Lot: 101
Philaletheses [Thomas Taylor] An Appeal to the Public: whether a Calvinist can, with a good conscience, be a Minister of the Church of England. 1780. A pamphlet. 12pp. Disbound. VG
Lot: 102
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. Oxford, 1868, octavo, full blind-tooled morocco, gilt title, a.e.g.; brass corners & clasps, two ribbon markers; 1880 gift inscription and some foxing to free endpaper o/w fine and attractive.
Lot: 103
Samuel Jackson (1785-1861) Nine Pamphlets on the education of children in Wesleyan Day and Sunday Schools, Leeds and London, 1847-59. Disbound. Eight with original printed wraps (one with rear cover missing). VG. Also four related papers. (13)
Lot: 104
The Holy Bible with the Apocrypha, Henry Frowde & C.F. Clay, London, 1912; thin paper edition, octavo; fine binding by Bumpus in maroon morocco, gilt, raised bands ending in trefoils, a.e.g.; neat gift inscription dated 1922 to free endpaper.
Lot: 105
Madame Guyon A Short and Easy Method of Prayer, H.R. Allenson, [c.1906], small octavo, privately bound in carved wooden boards, satin backstrip. A fine & unusual binding. Ownership inscription to front endpaper dated 1906
Lot: 106
The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, Rivingtons, Cambridge & London c.1870; crown 8vo, fine binding by Townsend of Sheffield in purple morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, raised bands, gilt dentelles to inner margins of boards and gauffered gilt edges with a fleur de lys pattern, ribbon bookmarker. Endpapers foxed, ownership inscription partly erased, first leaf of Genesis torn & in need of repair.
Lot: 107
Jean de la Fontaine Fables de La Fontaine, Alfred Mame, Tours, 1875; quarto, handsome three-quarter leather binding, the spine with raised bands, each compartment with foliate gilt & red inlay, slight wear; engraved frontispiece portrait and 50 additional engravings by Foulquier laid down in the text. Some occasional minor spotting to text margins. Small ownership inscription to first free endpaper
Lot: 108
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Smith, Elder & Co, 1893-95, set of 26 volumes in attractive maroon half-leather bindings, the spines with raised bands, gilt title labels & decoration to the compartments; marbled boards with matching sides and endpapers. Some scuff marks. Internally fine with wood engravings in text; free from inscriptions. (26)
Lot: 109
Edward Waring A Letter to The Reverend Dr.Powell….In Answer to his Observations on the First Chapter of a book called Miscellanea Analytica, and his Defence of those Observations, Thurlbourn & Woodyer, Cambridge, 1760, 47pp plus plate; bound with [W.S. Powell] A Defence of the Observations on the First Chapter of a Book called Miscellanea Analytica, T. Merrill, Cambridge, 1760, 38pp; and [John Wilson] A Vindication of the Miscellanea Analytica: in Answer to a late Pamphlet entitled Observations, &c. T. & J. Merrill, Cambridge, 1760, 22pp plus blank leaf. Octavo, disbound, remains of leather backstrip. Good clean text, plate and title pages. (3)
Lot: 110
Letters from Eminent Historical Writers relating to the Public Records, Record Commission, London, 1836; octavo, contemp. wraps; blindstamp of the Essex Institute 1846 and small catalogue stamp at foot of title page; a collection of letters from many contributors relating to the work of the Public Record Office and its publications. 76pp. Very Good
Lot: 111
Annie Howell (Ephziba) Elim: or Harrogate in Prose & Verse, R. Ackrill, Harrogate, 1892; small octavo, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, a little worn; endpapers browned; first gathering of text fairly loose o/w fine internally; gilt edged; wood-engravings in text; xv,127pp. R. Ackrill, 1892
Lot: 112
A Short Account of John Marriott, including extracts from some of his Letters. To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions. D. Boys, Doncaster, 1803, First Edition; 12mo, full tree-calf, gilt decoration & title label to spine, peripheral wear, front hinge weak; ownership signature dated 1805; fine internally. [8], 194, [2] pp.
Lot: 113
L. Susan Stebbing Logic in Practice, Methuen, 1954, in chipped d/jkt, boards slightly bowed, 90pp, and Philosophy and the Physicists, Penguin, 1944 (1st Edn. in Penguin), printed wraps, VG, 219pp plus adverts. Logic in Practice with ownership inscription. (2)
Lot: 114
Frances and Edward Larocque Tinker Widows Only – Old New Orleans, the Sixties, D. Appleton, 1931, 1st Edition, orig.cloth with onlay titles, front board slightly marked, signed & warmly inscribed by the authors on reverse of frontispiece. Pictorial endpapers. 165pp. Fine internally.
Lot: 115
Paul Dunbar Les Aventures de Staline, Cirque Divers, Liege, 1980, large format s/bk, card wraps, worn at periphery; a comic-book style account of the life & career of Joseph Stalin. Fine internally. 56pp
Lot: 116
Vernon Scanell selection of first editions, three signed by the author, comprising The Tiger and the Rose 1971 in d/jkt, Ring of Truth 1983 in djkt (signed), The Loving Game 1975 (signed, in price-clipped d/jkt), Feminine Endings 2000 (signed s/bk), and Of Love and War 2002 in d/jkt. No ownership inscriptions etc. VG/VF (5)
Lot: 117
Leonard C. Smithers (Ed.) The Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour, H.S. Nichols, London 1893; tall octavo, large paper edition, one of 650 printed; three-quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt leather title, minor wear; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; some light spotting to prelims o/w fine internally, no inscriptions.VG
Lot: 118
Winifred Wolfe (1923-81) Yesterday's Child, Hammond & Co, 1964, 1st UK Edition, gilt cloth in VG complete d/jkt (mylar protected); spotting to edge of text block o/w fine, no inscriptions.
Lot: 119
[Charles Benjamin Taylor, 1797-1875] A Fireside Book, or the Account of a Christmas Spent at Old Court, J.A. Hessey, London, 1828; first edition, sm.octavo, original boards, scuffed & marked, the later paper backstrip and title label fine; uncut; engraved frontispiece after George Cruikshank; small repair to corner of the Dramatis Personae leaf o/w VG internally, a few minor tone marks; no inscriptions; (3)229,(2)pp.
Lot: 120
John Farrimond Dust in My Throat, George Harrap, 1963, First Edn., gilt cloth, fine, in a VG near-complete d/jkt (slightly chipped top & tail of spine), no inscriptions. Minor spotting to edge of text block occasionally straying on to text margins.. A tale of a mining community. 222pp