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![[THE LOGS OF TWO VOYAGES]. Log One:�REMARKS RE H.M.S DIDO [Captain The Hon. Keppel]. Commencing Thursday October 24th 1844 from Penang recording the passage to Sheerness via the Cape of Good Hope, St Helena, Ascension and the Channel arriving February 1st 1845, the Log ending Wednesday 12th. 51pp. Written in neat legible hand, with the usual records relating to navigation and weather and detailed remarks dealing with nautical matters, ship repairs and upkeep, distribution of rations, passing ships, punishments and deaths, inspections, ‘’Punished Charles Colly Lord and Supernumerary with 24 lashes for quarrling and fighting ...’ ‘Fired 5 guns at interval for a pilot’, ‘received fresh beef and vegetables ...’ ’employed variously about the rigging and watering ...’ ‘received sugar tea and soft bread purchased’ ‘Departed this life John Johnson Invalid late of HMS Driver? ... committed the body of the deceased to the deep ... ’ ‘A.M. lost by the neglect of James Mitton (AB) Hammocks ... and by the neglect of Geo Arnor ... charged the same against their wages ....’ ‘carpenters making a new hatchway gating’, ‘scrubbed hammocks and washed clothes’, ‘Performed divine service’, ‘Exchanged Colors and Numbers with the English ship ‘Manlius’, ‘Surveying officers from HMS Winchester came on board and inspected worn sails and Running gear ... inspected twenty casks of peas complained as being hard and indigestible. Condemned and returned them into store ...’, ‘Discharged Mr H M Comber ...and M Hurley for a passage to England ...’ Punished Edward Puge ? AB With 30 lashes for drunkeness ...’ ‘disrated Wm. Carrigan Captain ... for drunkeness and mutinous conduct ..’�Log Two: OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF H.M.S. HIBERNIA Bearing the Flag of Vice Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart, GCB. Peter Richards C.B. Captain. Commencing April 3rd 1845 At Portsmouth Ending June 3rd 1847 at Gibraltar. c.100pp. Written in the same legible hand, again with the usual records relating to navigation and weather. Detailed remarks including considerable information regarding the process of preparing the ship for sea. Recording in considerable detail the process of preparing the ship for sea. The Ship is scraped, painted virtually rebuilt and loaded with necessary stores over a period of a little over three months. Noting the arrival of officers and crew, naming many (with the exception of the Ordinary Seaman), ‘received two seamen from HMS St Vincent, Recording the arrival and departure of other naval vessels ‘HMB Nautilius went out of harbour’ ‘HMSO Medea came into harbor’. The visits of Queen Victoria and other members of the Royal family to Portsmouth ‘His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at the Royal Clarence yard and Embarked on board’., HMSO Lightning came into harbor having on board Her Majesty Queen Victoria, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Prince of Wales and Princess Royal who landed at the Clarence yard’. The Hibernia sailed in July 20th for her base at Valetta Harbour, Malta. based there from late August until March 1846 noting Harbor traffic HMS Jackal and Bloodhound went into Quarentine Harbor’, daily actitivities ‘. Whilst docked there receiving visits from several notable persons ‘saluted the Russian? and Sardinian consuls’, details of disciplinary actions, ‘Lost through the nefarious conduct of Wm. Smith, Pursers Howard ... 22 lbs of fresh beef and charged it to their wages ...’, ‘Mr Gilbert Elliot was reprimanded by the Captain on the Quarter deck for insolent and highly insubordinate conduct to the officer of the watch’, ‘punished Thos. Hunt (RM) with 36 lashes for diobedience of orders ... Jas Williams and Ed. Williams with 24 lashes each for desertion ...’. And of course many remarks relating of usual daily occurences ‘Wm Anger boy 2nd class fell from Main Topmast rigging into a boat alongside He dies ...Coroner came on board and held an inquest ...’ Sailing out on at the end of March 1846 Hibernia sailed for the eastern Mediterranean and on April 19th anchored off Gallipoli. She remained there for about a month, returning to Gibraltar where Jenkins leaves.](https://images.antiqbook.com/books/edw/1694502573/the-logs-1-small.avif)
[THE LOGS OF TWO VOYAGES]. Log One: REMARKS RE H.M.S DIDO [Captain The Hon. Keppel]. Commencing Thursday October 24th 1844 from Penang recording the passage to Sheerness via the Cape of Good Hope, St Helena, Ascension and the Channel arriving February 1st 1845, the Log ending Wednesday 12th. 51pp. Written in neat legible hand, with the usual records relating to navigation and weather and detailed remarks dealing with nautical matters, ship repairs and upkeep, distribution of rations, passing ships, punishments and deaths, inspections, ‘’Punished Charles Colly Lord and Supernumerary with 24 lashes for quarrling and fighting ...’ ‘Fired 5 guns at interval for a pilot’, ‘received fresh beef and vegetables ...’ ’employed variously about the rigging and watering ...’ ‘received sugar tea and soft bread purchased’ ‘Departed this life John Johnson Invalid late of HMS Driver? ... committed the body of the deceased to the deep ... ’ ‘A.M. lost by the neglect of James Mitton (AB) Hammocks ... and by the neglect of Geo Arnor ... charged the same against their wages ....’ ‘carpenters making a new hatchway gating’, ‘scrubbed hammocks and washed clothes’, ‘Performed divine service’, ‘Exchanged Colors and Numbers with the English ship ‘Manlius’, ‘Surveying officers from HMS Winchester came on board and inspected worn sails and Running gear ... inspected twenty casks of peas complained as being hard and indigestible. Condemned and returned them into store ...’, ‘Discharged Mr H M Comber ...and M Hurley for a passage to England ...’ Punished Edward Puge ? AB With 30 lashes for drunkeness ...’ ‘disrated Wm. Carrigan Captain ... for drunkeness and mutinous conduct ..’ Log Two: OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF H.M.S. HIBERNIA Bearing the Flag of Vice Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart, GCB. Peter Richards C.B. Captain. Commencing April 3rd 1845 At Portsmouth Ending June 3rd 1847 at Gibraltar. c.100pp. Written in the same legible hand, again with the usual records relating to navigation and weather. Detailed remarks including considerable information regarding the process of preparing the ship for sea. Recording in considerable detail the process of preparing the ship for sea. The Ship is scraped, painted virtually rebuilt and loaded with necessary stores over a period of a little over three months. Noting the arrival of officers and crew, naming many (with the exception of the Ordinary Seaman), ‘received two seamen from HMS St Vincent, Recording the arrival and departure of other naval vessels ‘HMB Nautilius went out of harbour’ ‘HMSO Medea came into harbor’. The visits of Queen Victoria and other members of the Royal family to Portsmouth ‘His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at the Royal Clarence yard and Embarked on board’., HMSO Lightning came into harbor having on board Her Majesty Queen Victoria, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Prince of Wales and Princess Royal who landed at the Clarence yard’. The Hibernia sailed in July 20th for her base at Valetta Harbour, Malta. based there from late August until March 1846 noting Harbor traffic HMS Jackal and Bloodhound went into Quarentine Harbor’, daily actitivities ‘. Whilst docked there receiving visits from several notable persons ‘saluted the Russian? and Sardinian consuls’, details of disciplinary actions, ‘Lost through the nefarious conduct of Wm. Smith, Pursers Howard ... 22 lbs of fresh beef and charged it to their wages ...’, ‘Mr Gilbert Elliot was reprimanded by the Captain on the Quarter deck for insolent and highly insubordinate conduct to the officer of the watch’, ‘punished Thos. Hunt (RM) with 36 lashes for diobedience of orders ... Jas Williams and Ed. Williams with 24 lashes each for desertion ...’. And of course many remarks relating of usual daily occurences ‘Wm Anger boy 2nd class fell from Main Topmast rigging into a boat alongside He dies ...Coroner came on board and held an inquest ...’ Sailing out on at the end of March 1846 Hibernia sailed for the eastern Mediterranean and on April 19th anchored off Gallipoli. She remained there for about a month, returning to Gibraltar where Jenkins leaves.
Jenkins Mate, Robert. · 1804
£2,500.00 (€2,996.61 | $3,302.86 | ¥527,257)
Light browning, contemporary half leather with marbled boards, minor wear to boards and extremities. HMS Hibernia (1804) was a 110-gun first rate launched in 1804. She became the base flagship at Malta in 1855, and was broken up in 1902.
A BOOK BY, FOR, AND ABOUT MARY HORDER FRIEDEL 1911-2004. Introduction by Jacques Friedel.
(Friedel). · 2005
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)
Privately Printed 2005. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [viii] + 204pp. 4 colour plates, profusely illus. in b/w. throughout with many from photos. Very good in original coloured pictorial limp card wrapps.
MEMORIAL EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF THE LATE JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER.
(Whistler). International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. · 0
£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)
Ballantyne Press [1905]. Edition de Luxe. Royal 8vo. 126pp. + [i]. Port. frontis., profusely ills. throughout. E.ps. lightly browned and spotted, some very occasional light browning, several leaves of ms. noted pinned to lower f.e.p., top edge of last few leaves sl. waterstain...
SYLVIE AND BRUNO.
Carroll, Lewis. · 1889
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Macmillan and Co., Limited 1889. 1st Ed. [xxiv] + 400pp. + [iv]. 46 ills. by Harry Furniss. Some very light marginal browning, t.p. lightly browned, hinges sl. tender but firm, sl. shaken, original gilt lettered red cloth triple gilt rule edged boards with gilt roundel device ...
SCULPTURE AT CANARY WHARF: A Permanent Collection. A Decade of Exhibitions.
Iacobescu, Sir George. · 2014
£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)
Canary Wharf Group 2014. 1st Ed. 2 vols. 4to. 184pp. + 248pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour from photos. From the library of Sir Roy Strong, very good in d/ws., together in coloured pictorial slipcase as issued.
LES PLUS EXCELLENTS BASTIMENTS de France. Présentation et Commentaires par David Thomson. Traduit de l’Anglais par Catherine Ludet.
Cerceau, J.-A. du. · 1988
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
Éditions Sand/Conti, Paris 1988. Facsimile Reprint. 4to. 318pp. Profusely illus. with drawings, plans, figures etc. French text. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, good in d/w. lightly faded to spine.
THE GENERAL APIARIAN.
Isaac, J. · 2013
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
Books New and Old, Much Birch, Herefordshire 2013. Facsimile Reprint of 1803 Ed. Sm. 8vo. T.p. + v + [i] + (128)pp. Vignette t.p., several ills., dec. tail pieces. Marbled e.ps., very good in original gilt lettered blind rule edged buckram with gilt illus. to upper board. No....
PRATOLIO il giardino delle meraviglie. Seconda edizione con aggiunta di documenti e tavole. I: testi e documenti. Prefazione di Franco Borsi.
Zangheri, Luigi. · 1987
£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)
Edizioni Gonnelli, Firenze 1987. 2nd Ed. 2 vols. 4to/Slim 4to. [ii] + 362pp. + [ii] + 176pp. 329 b/w. ills. including photos., plans, diagrams etc. Italian text. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, very good in original printed limp card wrapps., in d/ws. lightly faded to spines, toget...
THE LARGE GAME And Natural History of South and South-East Africa.
Drummond, Hon. W.H. · 1875
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas 1875. 1st Ed. xxi + 428pp. Colour printed frontis., colour printed vignette to t.p., map, 12 tinted plates, ills. Some light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary mottled boards with gilt stamp of Mill Hill School, rebacked in modern ...
DESCRIPTION DES NOUVEAUX JARDINS DE LA FRANCE et de ses Anciens Chateaux Mélée d’Observations sur la vie de la Campagne et la composition des Jardins. Les Dessins par Ct. Bourgeois. Descriptions of the Modern Gardens and Ancient Castles in France With Local Observations of Rural Life and Gardening.
Laborde, Alexandre. · 1971
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
Gregg International ... Farnborough 1971. Folio. [vi] + 226pp. Profusely ills. Text in French, German, English. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, original gilt lettered cloth, light dampstaining to edges of boards.
MISCELANEA STRUCTURA CURIOSA. Edited by William Laffan.
Chearnley, Samuel. · 2005
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Churchill House Press, Tralee 2005. Folio. 180pp. Frontis., port., 83 plates, several ills. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, Good in torn and sl. chipped d/w. with some loss to lower leading corner. ‘Preserved in an album in Birr Castle for two hundred and sixty years ...’
ROMAN GARDENS. Villas of the Countryside.
Fagiolo, Marcello. · 1997
£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)
Monacelli Press, New York 1997. 1st Ed. 4to. 264pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour from photos. by Roberto Schezen, many figures. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, very good in d/w.
PORTRAITS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I.
Strong, Roy C. · 1963
£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)
Clarendon Press, Oxford 1963. 1st Ed. xiv + 173pp. + [i]. Colour port. frontis., 1 colour plate, 21 b/w. plates, numerous figures. From the library of Sir Roy Strong, good in price-clipped d/w.
PARABLES FROM NATURE. First Second and Third Series.
Gatty, Mrs Alfred. · 1855
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
Bell and Daldy ... 1855-62. First Series 2nd Ed. 3 vols. in 1. Thick 12mo. 12 tinted plates. From the Library of Sir Roy Strong, some light browning, upper hinge cracked though firm, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, sl. rubbing and wear, let...
BRITISH GARDENERS. A Biographical Dictionary.
Hadfield, Miles; Harling Robert and Highton, Leonie. · 1980
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
A. Zwemmer Ltd. 1980. 1st Ed. 4to. 320pp. Profusely ills. including many colour. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, rebound in modern half morocco with marbled boards, gilt motifs and lettering to spine.
ALMANACK FOR 1883.
Greenaway, Kate. · 1882
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
George Routledge and Sons N.d. c.[1882]. 1st Ed. 16mo. [24]pp. Colour ills. throughout printed by Edmund Evans. From the Library of Sir Roy Strong, half title browned, yellow cloth backed ills boards, soiled and worn with sl. loss to corners, sl. bubbling to tail of upper boar...
MANUEL DE L’ARCHITECTE DES JARDINS ou l’Art de les Composer et de les Décorer.
Boitard, M. · 1979
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
Franz Wolf, Heppenheim 1979. Facsimile Reprint of 1854 Ed. 2 vols. in 1. Landscape 8vo. [iv] + vi + 174pp. + [ii]. 120 plates. French text. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, good in lightly rubbed gilt lettered cloth.
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE LAW AND CUSTOM OF THE SEA. A.D. 1205-1767.
Marsden, R.G. · 1915
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
Navy Records Society 1915-16. 2 vols. xl + 561pp. + xxxiii + 457pp. Light browning, ex.-libris Richard Campbell, original gilt ruled two tone cloth with gilt devices to upper boards, some marking, loss to tail of spine of vol 2. Navy Records Society Volume XLIX & L.
THE RETIR’D GARD’NER. Translated by George London & Henry Wise.
Gentil, François. · 1982
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Garland Publishing Co. NY London 1982. Facsimile Reprint of 2 vols. Sm. 8vo. [xx] + [ix] + 786pp. + [xii]. Ills., folding plan. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, original bright gilt lettered cloth, spines very sl. faded and bumped. The English Landscape Garden, Garland Series, Edi...
TRATTATO DELLA COMPOSIZIONE E DELL’ORNAMENTO DE’ GIARDINI. A cura di Lina Danielli.
Magazzari, Giovanni. · 1994
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Edagricole Edizioni Agricole 1994. New Ed. Landscape 4to. xi + 273pp. Numerous plates including some colour. Italian text. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, sl. rubbed d/w. From the 1837 Bologna edition.