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introduction. With illustrations designed by Lieutenant J. S.,
Cotton, and reduced from Aubry’s drawings.
Wm. S. Orr.,
1850
With additional engraved title-page and 7 engraved plates, 32-
pp, square 8vo, contemporary full polished calf, gilt, gilt spine,
with label gilt, top edges gilt: an attractive copy, with the original
coloured printed paper wrappers preserved.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
STREAMER (Volney),
ed.
What
makes a friend. With introduction by Richard Garnett.
London
& New York: Truslow Hanson & Comba,
1900. FIRST UK
EDITION, pages xx, 111, (1), large 12mo, contemporary full
red polished calf, decorative gilt panelled sides, fully gilt and
lettered spine, broad inside gilt dentelles, watered silk endpapers
and flyleaves, edges gilt: a handsomely bound and attractive
copy.
(2)
LONGFELLOW (Henry W.).
of Miles Standish, and other
poems. 1858, ink stain on small portion of upper outer fore-edge
(not extending onto the leaf): otherwise a very good-nice copy.
BAL 12121: precedes the US edition.
(3)
SHERIDAN (Louisa H.),
ed.
The Comic Offering; or
ladies’ melange of literary mirth, for 1834.
Smith, Elder, and Co.,
1834. With frontispiece, additional decorative title and 60,
mostly full-page, illustrations, pages xii, 346, large 12mo,
original blindstamped cloth, edges gilt: slight suggestion of wear
at headbands, but still very good.
Faxon page 88. The fourth of five annual volumes published in this
series.
(4)
BAYLEY (F. W. N.).
The New Tale of a Tub, an adventure
in verse. With illustrations designed by Lieut. Cotton, and
drawn by Aubry.
George Routledge and Sons, circa
1858. With
engraved title-page and 7 engraved plates, 32-pages, square 8vo,
original pale blue cloth with designs and lettering in red: a nice
copy. (5)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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BAZALGETTE (Sir Joseph W.) & KEATES (T. W.).
Metropolitan Board of Works. Report on experiments with the
electric light on the Victoria Embankment. No. 901.
Printed by
order of the Board, 9th May,
1879
FIRST EDITION, 16-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very
good copy.
Not found in COPAC. WorldCat locates only the Smithsonian copy.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
COLOMB (Philip Howard).
Colomb’s Flashing Signals. Patented in England, France, Russia
… Prize medal, Dublin Exhibition, 1864. Adopted in the
English & Austrian Navies. Sole agent: - W. Nunn. 179
[corrected in contemporary ms to ‘67’] St. George Street, East.
Fourth edition.
Printed by Harrison and Sons,
1867. With a folding
plate and 5 + 4 illustrations, pp 22, (1, blank), 5 (‘Description of
the Oxy-Calcium Light, as fitted for use with Commander
Colomb’s Flashing Signals’), (1, blank), 8, (2, blank) (The
Chatham Light. Colomb & Bolton’s Patent’), and tipped in
printed slip regarding Admiralty adoption of his system, in 1
vol, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: very good copies.
(2)
PUBLISHER’S SAMPLE:
- Kennedy (Rankin). Electrical
Installations, of electric light, power, traction and industrial
electrical machinery. A new edition revised and enlarged. The
Caxton Publishing Company 1909. With 2 coloured plates with
coloured overlays (rotary converter and Kelvin Ampere
balance), 16 plates and 40 other illustrs, and, a sample of the
upper cover design and the backstrips for the five volumes
mounted on the end flyleaf, endpaper, and fold-out flap, with
some (60)-pp of sample text, roy 8vo, contemporary unlettered
cloth: a little worn, but sound, strong and very good. (3)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
38
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BECKETT (Samuel).
Molloy. A novel translated from the
French by Patrick Bowles in collaboration with the author.
Paris:
Collection Merlin. The Olympia Press
(1955)
FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION, pages 241, (1,
blank), 1, cr 8vo, original stiff unlettered white wrappers, with
green and blue dustwrapper, the latter a little rubbed at corners
and edges but quite sound, otherwise a clean and very good
copy in original state.
His first novel in French, which marked a turning-point in his career.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
SYNGE (John M.).
to Lady
Gregory and W. B. Yeats. Selected by Ann Saddlemyer. 1971. a
nice copy.
Limited edition of 500 numbered copies.
(2)
TREVOR (Wm.).
Death in Summer.
Viking,
1998. FIRST
EDITION, pages (6), 214, 8vo, original cloth: a fine copy in a
fine dust wrapper.
(3)
MacCOURT (Frank).
Angela’s Ashes. A memoir of a
childhood.
Harper/Collins,
1996. FIRST UK EDITION, 364-pp,
8vo, original cloth: fine, unmarked copy in dust wrapper.
His first book, winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize, and National Book
Award.
(4)
STEPHENS (James).
Collected Poems.
Macmillan,
1926.
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, pages (2), xxii, 260, 4to,
original vellum-backed boards, uncut: a very good copy.
One of
500 copies on large paper, signed by the author.
(5)
THOMPSON (Wm.).
Appeal of One Half of the Human
Race, Women, against the Pretensions of the Other Half, Man
to Retain Them in Political and Thence in Civil and Domestic
Slavery, 1975 reprint. (6)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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BEETHOVEN (Ludwig van).
Monzani & Hill’s selection of
Beethoven’s piano forte music. No. 12 [and nos 13, 14, 21, 37
and 66].
Monzani & Hill, circa
1815-20
Parts, folio, disbound: in very good state
The complete piano, flute or violin and cello parts for six trios, namely
Op 1 No 2, Op 1 No 3, Op 11 No 4, Op 12 No 1, Op 60 No 1, and, Op.
38.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
MOZART (W. A.).
Monzani &
Hill’s selection of piano forte music composed by Mozart. No. 8
(Trio No. 8 from Op. 19 for pianoforte, violin and violoncello).
Published by Monzani & Hill, circa
1820. Parts, engraved on title-
leaf and pages 11: 3: 3, folio, disbound: in very good state
(2)
BEETHOVEN (Ludwig van).
Deux Grandes Sonates pour
piano et violoncello ou violon, dedies a sa majeste Frederic
Guillaume II. Roi de Prusse, &c. … Oeuvre 5. No. 1 [and 2].
Paris, chez A. Farrenc, circa
1830. Parts, Plate Nos 265 & 266,
engraved on title-leaf and 23-pages; title-leaf and 23-pages:
pages 7; 7: 7; 7, folio, disbound: light foxing, but otherwise in
very good state, with Farrenc’s name stamp on both pf. title-
pages
(3)
MAYESEDER (Joseph).
Premier Trio pour piano violon &
violoncelle dedie a Madame Josephine Noble de Schmerling nee
Erlach … Oeuvre 34.
Paris chez I. Pleyel, circa
1810. Parts. Plate
Number 1638. Engraved on title-leaf and pages 25: 9: 7, folio,
disbound: marginal repairs (no loss) to four leaves of the violin
part and with some light foxing: in very good state with the
signature of Pleyel on pf title-page
(4)
RAIMONDI (Ignatius).
Three trios concertante for a
violin, tenor, and violoncello; composed and respectfully
dedicated to … the Earl of Aylesford … Book 1[- 2]. Opera
XIII.
Printed for Monzani & Co., circa
1815. Parts. Engraved on
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