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defective with 45% or so torn off: a very good copy.
Speer was
supervisor and assayer of spirits in the port of Dublin. COPAC locates
copies at L and C: there is also a copy on-line at D: none of these three
copies mentions the errata leaf.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
ARMSTRONG (Sir Wm. G.
A.), LONGRIDGE (J. A.) & RICHARDSON (T.).
Three
reports on the use of the steam coals of the “Hartley District” of
Northumberland in marine boilers …With an appendix,
containing letters by … Playfair … Thompson …Williams …
Reed …
London: John Weale, Newcastle: Andrew Reid,
1858. With
2 plates and a few text illustrations, 66-pages, 8vo, recent wraps:
a very good-nice copy.
Following experiences in the Crimea, the British navy ceased using
North Country Coal in favour of the more expensive Welsh Coal.
(2)
SMITH (W. MacDonald).
The Physical Education of Brain
and Body. An essay (International Congress of Physical
Education, Paris, 1900). By W. MacDonald Smith, Civil and
Mining Engineer; Member of the International Commission of
Physical Education; Discoverer of the “Full Contraction”
Principle of Muscular Training.
MacDonald Smith, Steinway Hall,
London W. (Charles North, Blackheath Press, S. E.)
(1900). Pages 21,
(1), (2, blank), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice
copy.
Inscribed “With the Author’s Compliments” on the title-page.
(3)
SMITH (W. MacDonald).
Prospectus, MacDonald Smith’s
System for the acquisition and maintenance of robust health by
full-contractions - baths - diet.
MacDonald Smith, Steinway Hall,
London W. (Charles North, Blackheath Press, S. E.), circa
1900.
Pages 31, (1), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice
copy, with the upper (but not the lower) original printed paper
wrapper bound in.
(4)
WHITAKER (Wm.), FRS.
On subaerial denudation and on
cliffs and escarpments of the chalk and the lower tertiary beds
…
Hertford: Printed by Stephen Austin.
1867. FIRST COMPLETE
EDITION, with 3 small text illustratios, pages 27, (1), (2,
adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
copy.
This paper, which finally ended the belief that escarpments were formed
by marine erosion, was theoretical, original, and closely researched; it
was highly praised by Charles Darwin (ODNB).
(5)
SMITH (W. MacDonald).
The MacDonald Smith System
of Phyysical Education. By the Originator.
MacDonald Smith,
Steinway Hall, London W. (Charles North, Blackheath Press, S. E.),
circa
1902. 8-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to
nice copy. (6)
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
414
.
SPONTINI (Gaspare).
La Vestale. Tragédie lyrique en 3
actes de Mr. Jouy. Die Vestalinn, grosse oper in 3 acten …
Vollständiger klavierauszug von Fried. Schneider.
Leipzig, bei C.
F. Peters,
[1812?]
Piano vocal score, comprising title-leaf and pages 77; 61; 3-63
(complete thus), in 1 volume, oblong 4to, contemporary quarter
calf: with some light foxing, the binding worn and rubbed but
sound and strong: a very good copy.
The text in French and
German. With instrumental cues. Plate numbers 945, 878, 947 and
956. NUC dates this [1812?] and notes the CU copy only. Considered
his first masterpiece, completed in 1805 but kept from the stage through
the opposition of a jealous clique, first performed at Paris in December,
1807.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
SIMPSON (Christopher).
The
Division-Viol, or the art of playing ex tempore upon a ground.
A lithographic facsimile of the second edition.
J. Curwen & Sons,
1955. With portrait, pp xii, (14), 61, (17), folio, original cloth:
nice copy in worn & defective dw.
Copy number 141 of a limited edition of 750 copies. A valuable book of
instructions for the viola da gamba. Simpson (c. 1602-69) was widely
recognized as one of the most accomplished musicians of his generation.
(2)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
415
.
ST JOHN (James Augustus).
Egypt, and Mohammed Ali;
or, travels in the valley of the Nile.
Longman, Rees...,
1834
FIRST EDITION, with vignette title-pages, pages xxxviii, 552:
xxiv, 595, (1), complete with the half-titles, 2 vols, 8vo, finely
bound in recent quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt: a very
good to nice copy.
Dedicated to the author’s friend and travelling companion, Vere Monro.
St John worked with James Silk Buckingham on the `Oriental Herald’
and was responsible for the text for Prisse d’Avennes’ `Oriental Album’.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
SAINT JOHN (James A.).
Egypt
and Nubia, their scenery and their people. Being incidents of
history and travel, from the best and most recent authorities,
including J. L. Burckhardt and Lord Lindsay.
Chapman and Hall,
circa
1845. With 125 woodcut text illustrations, pages viii, 472,
with half-title, 8vo, contemporary full polished calf, gilt, fully
gilt spine, with contrasting label, gilt: a very good to nice copy.
(3)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
416
.
STANFORD (Edward), pub.
Jeppe’s Map of the
Transvaal. Sheet 1.
Lithographed by Wurster, Randegger & Cie …
Winterthur, Switzerland, circa
1900
An attractive coloured map on linen, 65 by 38 cms, folding to
small 8vo, in the original limp green cloth, gilt: in very good to
nice state
Combined street map of Johannesburg and Pretoria on one sheet
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
KRUGER: - Juta (Marjorie).
The pace of the ox. The life of Paul Kruger.
Constable &
Company,
1937. FIRST EDITION, with 9 plates & 2 folding
maps, pp xii, 338, 8vo, original cloth: very good
(2)
JOHNSTON (Wm. Andrew) ].
With the Rhodesian Horse.
Collins’
[1903]. FIRST EDITION, 4 coloured plates, pp 142, (2,
blank), cr 8vo, original cloth: some light foxing and the binding,
though sound and strong, worn and dull: a good-very good
copy.
(3)
MARKHAM (Violet R.).
South Africa past and present. An
account of its history, politics and native affairs … (with)
personal reminiscences of African travel during the crisis
preceding the war.
Smith, Elder,
1900. FIRST EDITION, with 4
portraits and a large folding chart, pages xii, (1), 450, (14,
advertisements), 8vo, original blue cloth: a very good copy.
(4)
VERVOORT (Laurent).
De Diamant..
Antwerp, Drukk,
Monden,
1906. FIRST EDITION, with 2 plates and one full-
page illustration, 68-pages, 8vo, original printed paper wrapper:
minor marginal waterstain, but still a very good copy.
“First edit
(?); not seen … At the time this was the only useful instructional
manual available to diamond cutter apprentices in Europe. “ -
Sinkankas 6857.
(5)
POHL (Victor).
Adventures of a Boer family.
Faber and
Faber,
1944. SECOND IMPRESSION, with a map, 117-pages,
8vo, original cloth: a very good copy.
Two of Pohl’s brothers served
as scouts under De Wet.
(6)
NEVILLE (John Ormond).
Boer and Britisher in South
Africa. A history of the Boer-British war …
Chicago, Thompson &
Thomas, circa
1900. Many illustrations, pp 460, vi, original
pictorial cloth: inside hinges weak, otherwise very good
(7)
SCHREINER (Theophilus L.).
Some aspects of the native
question in South Africa. A reply to … Cronwright Schreiner …
The Imperial South African Association
[1901]. FIRST EDITION,
15-pp, 8vo, original printed paper wrapper: a very good to nice
copy.
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