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A Bibliography of Ezra Pound. Soho Bibliographies XVIII.

GALLUP (Donald) · 1969

£19.35 (€23.19 | $25.56 | ¥4,081)

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969. Second impression, corrected, 454pp., frontis., 3 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.

The Literature of the Restoration. Being a Collection of the Poetical and Dramatic Literature Produced Between the Years 1660 and 1700, with Particular Reference to the Writings of John Dryden. [Offered for Sale by Percy John Dobell].

DOBELL (Percy John) · 1918

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)

London: P. J. & A. E. Dobell, 1918. 8vo, o101, [3]pp., original printed wrappers, 1,287 items.

[Five works bound in one.] Lectures in Natural Philosophy, designed, To be a foundation, for reasoning pertinently, upon the petrifications, gems, crystals, and sanative quality of Lough Neagh in Ireland; and intended to be an introduction, to the natural history of several counties contiguous to that lake, particularly The County of Ardmagh. Dublin: Printed for the Author, 1751. First edition, xvi, [10],209 [i.e.185], [1]pp., (p.185 misnumbered 209), engraved frontispiece, one folding map and 5

BARTON (Richard) · 1759

£370.88 (€444.55 | $489.99 | ¥78,220)

Dublin: Printed by and for S. Powell, 1759. First edition, 23, [1]pp. 5 works bound in one, 4to (254 x 205 mm), some light damp-staining lower blank margins which has caused a small hole to one plate (not effecting image), to contemporary calf, rubbed, slightly peeled, joints...

Progymnasmata. The Inn-Play: or Cornish-Hugg Wrestler. Digested in a method which teacheth to break all holds, and throw most falls mathematically. Easy to be understood by all gentlemen, &c. and of great use to such who understand the small-sword in fencing. And by all tradesmen and handicrafts, that have competent knowledge of the use of the stilliards, bar, crove-iron or lever, with their hypomochlions, fulciments or baits.

PARKYNS (Sir Thomas, of Bunny Park) · 1727

£913.75 (€1,095.26 | $1,207.20 | ¥192,713)

London: Printed for Tho, Weekes, and sold by Humph. Wainwright, at Bunny, Nottinghamshire, 1727. Third edition, corrected, with large additions, small 4to (199 x 154 mm), 8, xviii, 9-64, [2, appendix], [2, poem], [8, index]pp., first word of title in Greek (transliterated), wo...

Catalogue of First Editions in English Literature, Private Press Books and Bibliography. The Property of the late Michael Sadleir, Esq. Which will be sold by auction by Messers. Sotheby & Co., on Monday, the 17th November, 1958.

SADLEIR (Michael) · 1958

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)

London: Sotheby & Co., 1958. Royal 8vo, 63, [1]pp., orig. printed wrappers, 576 lots.

The H.W. Bruton Collection. Catalogue of the Very Choice Collection of Printed Books... Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson... Some Rare Pamphlets by Charles Dickens... Books Illustrated by George Cruikshank... To be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on 9th June, 1921.

BRUTON (Henry William) · 1921

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)

London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1921. Small 4to, un-illustrated edition, some prices added in a in contemporary hand, orig. printed wrappers, new cloth spine, 417 lots.

Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection... The First [-Eighth] Portion... The Property of C. E. Kenney, Esq. To be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co....

KENNEY (C. E.) · 1965

£155.88 (€186.84 | $205.94 | ¥32,876)

London: Sotheby & Co., 1965-68. 8 Parts, 34 plates, list of prices and buyers names’ loosely inserted, orig. printed wrappers, 4,461 lots. The collection comprising of Trade and Economics, Geography, Navigation and Surveying, Dictionaries and Social History, Science and Tech...

The Antiquities of Hastings and the Battlefield, with Maps, and a Plan of the Battle.

HOLWELL (Thomas) · 1884

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

Hastings: Hastings and St. Leonards Philosophical Society, 1884. New edition, enlarged and revised, 8vo, 238, vipp., folding plans and maps, original cloth.

Catalogue of Valuable Books, Forming a Great Portion of the Library of the Rev. Wm. Turner, and which will be Sold by Auction, in Small and Brough’s Sale Rooms, Royal Arcade, Newcastle, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 18th, 19th, and 20th instant, at Eleven o’clock in the Forenoon, by Messrs. Small & Brough.

TURNER (Rev. William) · 1842

£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.23 | ¥24,939)

Newcastle: Printed at the Courant Office, 1842. 8vo, 16pp., 488 lots. An extremely rare provincial auction catalogue, there are no auction catalogues for Small & Brough listed by JISC.

Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Rare and Curious Books, Including Selections from the Libraries of Thomas Jolly, Esq. and R. W. Altham, Esq. Also, A Consignment from Holland, Among which are Scarce Quarto Plays and Tracts by Shakespeare, Cartwright, Chapman, Davenant, Deccker, Greene, D’Urfrey, Heywood, Randolfe, Wither, &c. &c.... which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Southgate... on Thursday, the 24th of March, 1825, and six following Days.

JOLLY (Thomas) & ALTHAM (R. W.) · 1825

£145.13 (€173.96 | $191.74 | ¥30,608)

[London: Printed by J. and C. Adlard]. 1825. 8vo, [2], 82pp., title and terminal leaf browned, detached and a little frayed at margins (partially terminal leaf), stitched as issued, 2187 lots.

Bibliotheca Towneleiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive Library of the late John Towneley, Esq. Part I. Containing Very Fine and Rare Specimens from the Presses of Caxton, Pynson, Wynkyn de Worde, &c... The Books will be Sold by Auction, by R. H. Evans, on Wednesday June 8th, and Six following Days.

TOWNELEY (John) · 1814

£188.13 (€225.50 | $248.55 | ¥39,677)

[London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.], 1814. 8vo, part I only, [2], 47, [1]pp., title and terminal leaf a little browned, stitched as issued, uncut, 905 lots.

Catalogue of the First Portion of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the late Venerable Archdeacon Wrangham, F.R.S. Consisting of the Books removed from Chester. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, on Wednesday, July 12th, 1843, and Nine following Days.

WRANGHAM (Archdeacon Francis) · 1843

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,540)

[London: Compton and Ritchie], 1843. 8vo, first portion only, [2], 153, [1]pp., ruled in red with prices added in a neat contemporary hand, original printed wrappers, 2669 lots. The first portion only of the very scarce auction catalogue of the library of Archdeacon Francis ...

Catalogue of Rare Books and Early Engravings, Consigned from Germany, [Mr. Halbach] to which is added an extraordinary and unique collection of early playing cards by the Master of 1466. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr Evans, at his house, No. 93, Pall-Mall, on Monday, February 6, and three following days.

RARE BOOKS, ENGRAVINGS AND EARLY PLAYING CARDS. · 1832

£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.23 | ¥24,939)

[London: W. Nicol], 1832. 8vo, [2], 57, [1]pp., title and terminal leaf dust soiled, blank margins a little chipped, stitched as issued, 1109 lots.

A Practical Treatise upon Modern Printing Machinery and Letterpress Printing.

WILSON (Fred. J. F.) & GREY (Douglas) · 1888

£209.63 (€251.27 | $276.95 | ¥44,212)

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1888. First edition, royal 8vo, [2], vii, [1], 455, [1] + 24pp., of adverts, with half-title, 136 illustrs., of machinery and printing paraphernalia, original publishers brick red cloth, uncut, top edge gilt, a very nice copy.

Fac-Similes of all the different signatures of the Emperor Napoleon I.

[SAINBURY (John)] · 1875

£91.38 (€109.53 | $120.73 | ¥19,272)

London: William Tegg & Co., 1875. 4to, 11 ff, facsimiles of 30 of Napoleon’s signatures, original printed wrapper a little stained, lacks lower wrapper.

Anatomie Comparée du Système dentaire chez l'Homme et chez les principaux Animaux. Nouvelle édition, augmentée du Système dentaire de la Chauve-Souris commune, du Hérisson et de la Taupe. Avec 31 planches dessinées d'après nature.

DENTISTRY. ROUSSEAU (Louis François Emmanuel) · 1839

£91.38 (€109.53 | $120.73 | ¥19,272)

Paris: J.-B. Baillière, Libraire de l'Académie Royale de Médecine, 1839. 4to (265 x 175 mm), 348pp., 31 plates, light water tidemark to lower margin of prelims, original printed wrappers, spine broken, uncut.

Battle Sketches by Ambrose Bierce with Eight Engravings on Wood by Thomas Derrick.

SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS. BIERCE (Ambrose) · 1930

£161.25 (€193.28 | $213.03 | ¥34,008)

Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press for the First Edition Club, 1930. 4to, [6], 88, [2]pp., one of 350 copies, 8 wood engravings, original vellum, lettered in gilt, yapp edges, deckled edges, a nice copy.

The Gentleman from Cracow / The Mirror by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Illustrated with Water Colors by Raphael Soyer, with an introduction by Harry T. Moore.

THE LIMITED EDITION CLUB. SINGER (Isaac Bashevis) · 1979

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

New York: The Limited Edition Club, 1979. First edition, 4to, xii, 60pp., one of 2000 numbered copies, signed by the author and illustrator, numerous illustrs., (some coloured), original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, a very good copy.

The History of a Case in which Animals were Found in Blood drawn from Veins of a Boy, with remarks.

BUSHNAN (J. Stevenson) · 1833

£209.63 (€251.27 | $276.95 | ¥44,212)

London: S. Highley, 1833. First edition, 74, [2]pp., with a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece of the ‘animal’ drawn from the boys veins, neat faint stamp to frontis., and title page, later cloth, printed paper spine label. Provenance: From the library of the Birmingham Me...

Manuscript of 19 pages headed “An Inventory of the Stock in Trade, Horses, Carriages and other effects of Mr Daniel Waterfield a bankrupt at his premises Little James Street Bedford Row Holborn taken under the commission January 7th 1795 and following days...”.

COACH MAKERS INVENTORY. · 1795

£854.63 (€1,024.40 | $1,129.09 | ¥180,244)

London, 1795. Folio (410 x 160 mm), 19 pages of inventory, verso of last leaf blank, stitched in contemporary marbled wrappers, corners a little dog-eared. A fascinating insight into the stock of a late eighteenth-century coach maker. The inventory was taken by Spurrier & P...