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A good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1564 £1400.00 Folio (280 × 178 mm.), pp. [vi], 38, [1], including initial licence leaf (A*) and final leaf L1 (beginning with a list of names of the committee for arrangements appointed by the Common Council, facsimile portrait of Charles II (not called for) bound between first and second leaves. Washed and pressed, first and last leaves with repair to inner margin, just touching text on verso of first. Late- nineteenth- or early twentieth-century morocco by Riviere. Bookplate of the Army Museums Ogilby Trust recording presentation from Colonel R.J.L. Ogilby. A good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1563 £950.00 2 vols.in one, 8vo (203 ×127 mm.), pp. xxxvi, 267; [4], 335. Woodcut French royal arms on titles. Contemporary French mottled calf, panelled spine with 5 raised bands, gilt, red morocco label, silk marker, marbled endpapers, red edges. Slightly rubbed. Early booksellers labels to front pastedown (Gay, Strasbourg), Bookplate of Bernhard Bloch-Levalois. An excellent copy in strictly contemporary state. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1562 £900.00 8 vols, 12mo (168 × 100 mm). Half-titles to each volume except the first (?not called for). Stipple engraved portrait by Simon after Dusaulchoy and 15 plates, also after Dusaulchoy. Occasional light browning. Contemporary straight-grain green quarter morocco, spines gilt, green paper cover boards. Early bookplates (Adhémari). A handsome set. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1561 £800.00 4 vols., 8vo (208 × 130 mm), pp. [iv], 32, 105, [3]; [iv], 22, 133 [97-104 present in duplicate], [5]; [iv], 143, [5]; [iv], 128, includes half-titles, 4 engraved frontispieces by Perdoux, each captioned in English, numerous ornamental tailpieces. Uncut in the original orange paper wrappers, printed paper spine labels, the volume numbers given in manuscript. Slightly dusty, but an excellently-preserved unsophisticated copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1560 £2000.00 [bound after:] BEST, Thomas. A concise treatise on the art of angling. Confirmed by actual experience and minute observations, exempt from redundancies, and superfluities, which tend more to perplex then instruct. With proper methods for breeding and feeding fish, and of making fish-ponds, stews, andc. with several arcana never before made public. To which is added the Compleat Fly Fisher... London: printed for C. Stalker, H. Turpin, 1787.2 works bound in one vol., 12mo (168 × 122 mm.), pp. [xiv], 112, [4] (adverts) (Best); [ii], 31, [1] (advert) (Edie). Engraved frontispiece to each part. Contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards. Armorial bookplate of E. W. Stackhouse. A beautiful copy in fine original condition. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1559 £1500.00 12mo (161 × 95 mm.), pp. [iv], 218, bound without half-title. One or two minor marginal tears without loss. Contemporary diced calf, sides with gilt-tooled borders, flat panelled spine with neo-classical urn and bird tools, black morocco label lettered in gilt. Corners slightly inturned, spine just a little rubbed. A very pretty copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1558 £850.00 12mo (164 × 94 mm.), pp. [vi], 234. Folding frontispiece. Engraved head and tailpiece. Contemporary calf, gilt decorations to spine and edges, gilt rules to covers. Some wear to joints and spine but holding well. Armorial bookplates of the Right Hon. the Lord Carmichael and Francis Alexander. An excellent copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1557 £50.00 [bound with:] - The clerical profession some of its difficulties and hindrances an address delivered at the opening of the theological classes in the University of Edinburgh, November 8, 1866. Edinburgh: Edmonstone and Douglas, 1866. Pp. 32. [and:] -. Thou art Peter. A discourse on Papal infallibility and the causes of the late conversions to Romanism. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1851. Pp. vi, [2], 118. [and:] ERSKINE, Thomas. The purpose of God in the creation of man. Edinburgh: Edmonstone and Douglas, 1870. Pp. 15. Four works bound together, 8vo (165 × 105 mm.). Half calf, spine gilt, red morocco label. Sprinkled edges. Bookplate, neat later inscription. Rubbed, minor wear to corners, upper joint cracked but firm. Good. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1556 £175.00 [bound with:] [CASTLEREAGH, Robert Stewart, Viscount], Marquis of Londonderry. Substance of the speech of the Marquis of Londonderry, delivered in the House of Commons, on Friday, the 15th day of February, 1822, on the subject of the agricultural distress of the country, and the financial measures proposed for its relief. With an appendix, containing the several accounts referred to. London: John Hatchard and Son, 1822. Pp. 89, [15] (appendix). [and:] CANNING, George. Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning, (President of the Board of Controul), in the House of Commons, on Thursday, March 4, 1819, in proposing votes of thanks to the Marquis of Hastings, and the British Army in India. London: Black, Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, 1819. Pp. [iv] (half title and title), 50, [6] (advert and blank). [and:] CANNING, Right Hon. George. Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning, delivered at the Liverpool dinner, given in celebration of his re-election, March 18, 1820. Second edition, revised and corrected. London: published at the Guardian office, 1820. Pp. 32.[and:] LIVERPOOL, [Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of]. The speech of the Right Hon. The Earl of Liverpool, in the House of Lords, on Friday, the 26th of May, 1820, on a motion of the Marquis of Lansdown, "That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the means of extending and securing the foreign trade of the country." With an appendix containing the original accounts referred to in the speech. Second edition. London: John Hatchard and Son, 1820. Pp. [iv] (half title and title), 56, [4]. [and:] LIVERPOOL, [Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of]. The Speech of the Earl of Liverpool, delivered in the House of Lords, on Tuesday, the 26th day of February, 1822, on the subject of the agricultural distress of the country, and the financial measures proposed for its relief. With an appendix, containing several accounts therein referred to. London: John Hatchard and Son, 1822. Pp. 64, [8] (appendix). 6 pamphlets bound in 1 vol., 8vo (210 × 130 mm.). Nineteenth century half calf, with red morocco label, gilt lettering and bands to spine. Marbled boards, red sprinkled edges. Armorial bookplate. Somewhat worn, upper hinge starting. Ownership signature to half titles. Very good. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1555 £14000.00 8vo, pp. [iv], 368. Original mulberry-colored boards with spine-label. Phoenix bookplate to front pastedown. Pages mostly uncut. Copy 37 of 1,000 numbered and signed by Lawrence. Minute chips only to one edge of dust-jacket. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust-jacket. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1554 £1500.00 Small 8vo (145 × 88 mm), pp. [viii], 110, [1] adverts. With additional engraved title. Light spotting and soiling, early ink notes to rear flyleaf. Contemporary black morocco gilt, spine in compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A little rubbed, corners worn, some worming to spine. A good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1553 £2750.00 Small 4to (200 × 130 mm), ff. 30 plus numerous inserted sheets and pattern slips, several tipped-in slips. Manuscript in a neat, probably female, hand, mainly in French with some Flemish, brown in with occasional rubrication. 9 striking pen and wash patterns for floral designs in green, red, yellow, pink and blue and several further manuscript patterns loosely inserted. Bound in contemporary boards covered with vellum reused from a medieval service book with script, musical neumes and calligraphic initials, simple tawed calf tie with blue glass bead (original), linen page markers joined at head with a pink bone bead. An exquisite and decorative manuscript in a superb state of presentation. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1552 £2250.00 8vo (168 × 96 m), pp. [ii] 388 with engraved frontispiece, folding map and 2 plates. Fine French eighteenth-century olive morocco gilt. Upper joint just starting, but unobtrusive. Neat inscription to upper forecorner of front free endpaper "Coll. perf. H. Drury. Harrow. 1822..." Modern bookplates of A.L. McLaughlin and Bent Juel-Jensen. An excellent copy of a work rarely found in such attractive condition. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1551 £3000.00 8vo (189 × 122 mm), pp. 55, [3] including final blank. Slightly foxed indicating paper of indifferent quality. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt, panelled sides, falt spine quite elaborately gilt in compartments, lettered direct, gilt edges, blue endpapers. Later armorial ex libris "De Marsay". A handsome copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1550 £850.00 8vo (163 × 105 mm), pp. [xvi] (including engraved frontispiece portrait by Faithorne), 280, [10] (advertisement). Contemporary sheep, with some expert repair. Minor worming to inside upper board and upper margin of prelims (just touching woodcut borders) and to blank lower margin of final 75 or so pages (mostly a single small hole), not affecting text, small chip to lower edge of title, not affecting text. Bookplate. Manuscript note in a contemporary hand to front endpaper. A very good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1549 £750.00 Large 8vo (210 ×120 mm), pp. 48. Several neat authorial or editorial manuscript corrections. Printed on large "papier vélin". Contemporary straight-grain red morocco, gilt roulettes with palmettes to sides, flat spine, gilt in compartments, green morocco label, gilt edges, blue endpapers. Minor stain to and 3 small wormholes to joint of lower cover. A handsome copy on large paper, presumably bound for presentation. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1547 £1300.00 4 vols, folio (405 × 240 mm), titles printed in red and black. 125 engraved plates, maps and plans (the county map advertised on the title was not published). Nineteenth-century half calf, spines gilt, marbled boards. Joints of vol 3 almost broken, the boards held by the hinges, those in volume 1 cracking, those in vol 2 sometime expertly repaired. A very good and handsome copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1545 £150.00 2 vols., 12mo (175 × 100 mm), pp. 255; 244. Contemporary sheep, red morocco labels lettered in gilt, numbered direct. Spines with four raised bands between gilt rules. Hinges just starting, head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Red sprinkled edges. Later armorial bookplates of Sir Norman Lamont. An excellent copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1544 £600.00 8vo (190 × 125 mm), pp. 136, [2] (imprimatur). Woodcut ornament to title and elsewhere. Title and few other leaves lightly foxed, but generally clean. Nineteenth-century straight-grain green quarter morocco, spine gilt. Traces of old paper shelf labels to upper and lower covers. Slightly rubbed, further wear to lower corners. A good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1543 £225.00 12mo (180 × 105mm), pp.144. Title marked, somewhat foxed, occasional ink stains to page edges. Nineteenth-century half roan, gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards. Worn, but still a good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1542 £175.00 8vo (200 × 115 mm), pp. [xxviii], 280. Contemporary panelled calf, sometime rebacked, red sprinkled edges. Minor worming to blank lower margin of first 30 pages and to upper forecorner to final 100 pages, never affecting text. Corners worn. Armorial bookplate of Gaddesden Library. Contemporary ownership inscription (Steph Waller) to first page of text. A reasonable copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1540 £125.00 2 vols., 8vo (215 × 135 mm), pp. [ii], xi, [vii], 340, [2] (blank); (x), 359, plus engraved frontispieces and 6 plates. Contemporary brown half morocco, lettering and numbering pieces attractively gilt. Marbled boards and endpapers, all edges gilt. Eight portraits, including frontispieces. Early ownership inscription (A.H. Munro). Light foxing to endpapers. Very minor rubbing only. An excellent copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1539 £250.00 8vo (220 × 140 mm), pp. xv, [i], 462, plus wood engraved frontispiece portrait. Original publisher's cloth, with paper spine label. Edges partially uncut. Numerous astrological diagrams and tables. Somewhat rubbed, with chipping at head and foot of spine. Ownership stamps to front endpaper and bottom of title. A good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1538 £100.00 8vo (165 × 95 mm), pp. (x), 316. Original sprinkled calf, tan morocco label with gilt lettering, gilt raised bands. Red sprinkled edges. Bookseller's label. Woodcut vignette portrait to title, woodcut head- and tailpieces, decorative initial. Somewhat rubbed, upper joint starting. A good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1536 £1400.00 Small 8vo (115 × 78 mm), pp. [xcvi], "989" [misnumbering for 894]. Metalcut ornaments to text. Title and first few gatherings with an old light waterstain to upper half, light browning towards the end. Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, wants ties, title in early manuscript to upper edge, quite heavily soiled and cockled, lower edge of upper cover very slightly gnawed, fornt pastedown torn without major loss, upper forecorner of front-free endpaper cut away. Early ownership inscription to title, obscured, inscription to verso "Polwarth" and the date 1702 to head of facing page, several early shelf-marks, more recent ownership inscription "John Bostock". An unsophiticated copy, which despite the stated faults, remains an attractive artefact. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1534 £1300.00 2 vols, 12mo (128 × 70 mm), pp. [xxiv], 488, [10] (with 215/16 repeated); [ii],489-946, [8], bound without final blank in vol. 1. Titles with armillary sphere device, the first printed in red and black, woodcut ornaments, decorative initials, text within woodcut bottle on p. 833. Titles with early inscriptions washed out (nearly illegible), the first title consequently quite fragile, slightly torn at head without loss, old paper repair to verso, minor splitting to inner margin with minute loss. Eighteenth-century red morocco gilt by or in the style of Nicolas-Denis Derome (le jeune), sides with triple fillet borders with floral cornerpieces, panelled spines in 6 compartments with flower tools, olive green morocco lettering and numbering pieces, the latter with two hearts each, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, green silk markers. Slightly soiled with very minimal rubbing, upper corners just bumped with minor wear. An excellent, tall set of an edition rare in good early bindings. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1533 £750.00 8vo (140 × 95 mm), ff. [viii], 283, [33], with [viii] (cut slightly short and tipped in, evidently a cancel.) Title with woodcut arms. Significant browing and occasional staining, mainly marginal, wax stain to foot of f. 253 affecting but not obscuring some text, a few old pen-trials. Contemporary limp vellum, remnants of one tie, title in early manuscript to spine. Quite soiled and creased, lacks front free endpaper. Early inscription "S[?] Malaga 1653" to front pastedown. An unsophisticated copy, but not unattractive. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1532 £2500.00 Small 8vo (120 × 85 mm), ff. [1] (additional engraved title), [viii], [1] (engraved portrait), 120. Numerous typographical ornaments, woodcut initials. Occasional light browning and a few very minor stains. Eighteenth-century full calf, gilt, sides with single fillet borders with acorn cornerpieces enclosing central lozenges of multiple small tools including curled leaves and flowers, spine with 4 raised bands, star tools in each, wants label. Joints and spine ends recently carefully repaired. Nineteenth-century circular engraved armorial bookplate of John, Baron Carteret of Hawnes, bookseller's ticket (John Reuter, Shaftesbury Avenue). A very good copy in a very attractive binding. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1531 £300.00 12mo (155 × 85 mm), pp. [iv], 186, includes fine engraved portrait. Title printed in red and black with ornaments. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt in compartments. Spine chipped at head with minor loss. A very good copy. http://www.justincroft.com/book/1529