CORNWALL
TREGELLAS, I.T. Cornish Tales, in prose and verse. Truro: James R. Netherton. 1868
4pp initial ads. Orig. pictorial brick-red pictorial wrappers, printed in black; sl. wear to head & tail of spine. A good-plus copy.
TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Commentaries of Caesar. William Blackwood & Sons. (Ancient Classics for English Readers.) 1879
4pp initial ads, half title. Orig. light brown cloth, blocked in black; sl. rubbed & marked. A nice copy.
GEOFFREY & KATHLEEN TILLOTSON'S COPY
TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Macdermots of Ballycloran. New edn. Chapman & Hall. [c.1869]
Orig. brown cloth blocked in black & blind, spine gilt; sl. worn at head of spine, inner hinges sl. splitting but sound. White papers pasted over black e.ps with biro ownership inscription: 'G. Tilliotson's copy, K. Tillotson, Bedford College, Regent's Park NW2.' Sparsely annotated in pencil throughout, including on the titlepage.
SANITATION
TURNER, Ernest. Hints for Househunters and Householders. 2nd edn, with additions. B.T. Batsford. 1884
Initial ad. leaf, front., illus., 16pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, dec. & lettered in gilt, ruled in blind. Ownership inscription on half title. A nice bright copy.
BARDS OF CLEVELAND AND DURHAM
TWEDDELL, George Markham. Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham and the vicinage. First Series. Stokesley: Tweddell and Sons, Cleveland Printing and Publishing Offices. 1872
Issued in 12 parts 1864-72. Front. port, plates and woodcut vignettes in text; list of subscribers at end. Contemp. half green calf, spine gilt, maroon morocco label. v.g.
(VAN DE VELDE, Madame M.S.) Cosmopolitan Recollections. By the author of 'Random Recollections of Courts & Society'. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. War & Downey. 1889
Half titles, 16pp catas in both vols. (April, 1889). Orig. blue-green cloth blocked in black with floral design, spine lettered in gilt; sl. cocked, extremities a bit rubbed. Pictorial bookplate of Rose Mabel Lewis on leading pastedowns, ink inscription 'R M Lewis 1890' on leading f.e.ps of both vols.
FIGURE SKATING
VANDERVELL, Henry Eugene & WITHAM, T. Maxwell. A System of Figure-Skating. Being the theory and practice of the art as developed in England, with a glance at its origin and history. 2nd edn. Horace Cox. 1874
Half title, illus., final ad. leaf. Orig. purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a little dulled, hinges cracking, cloth sl. lifted. Ownership inscription of Arthur Wearhurst on leading f.ep.
ARCHITECTURAL NOVELETTE
VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugène. How to Build a House. An Architectural Novelette. Translated by Benjamin Bucknall, Architect. 2nd edn. Tall 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington. 1876
Half title, front., plates, illus., plans. Orig. blue cloth; boards sl. dulled & marked, spine sl. faded & rubbed at head & tail. A good copy.
WAIN, Louis. The Louis Wain Kitten Book. Square 12mo. Anthony Treherne & Co. 1904
Left hand pages with text, right hand pages with colour illus, versos blank. Light brown cloth, front board lettered in red, dec. in black and blue, spine lettered in blue; sl. marking, but a good-plus copy. Inscribed 'To Alice from her loving mother, Xmas 1904'.
THE PEERAGE
WALFORD, Edward. The Shilling Peerage for 1863, containing an alphabetical list of the House of Lords. FIRST EDITION. 32mo. Hardwicke. 1863
32pp ads. Ads on e.ps. Orig. brick-red cloth over limp boards, cut flush & blocked in gilt; marked & a little rubbed. WITH: The Shilling Baronetage for 1863, containing an alphabetical list of the baronets of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Great Britain. Hardwicke. 1863. Orig. blue cloth over limp boards, cut flush & blocked in gilt; a little rubbed.
WATSON, Rosamund Marriott. The Art of the House. Connoisseur series. George Bell & Sons. 1897
Half title, front., plates., illus. Orig. red dec. cloth; sl. faded & marked.
(WATTS, Isaac) WRIGHT, Thomas. Isaac Watts and Contemporary Hymn-writers. C.J. Farncombe & Sons. (Lives of the British hymn-writers, vol. III.) 1914
Half title, front. port., plates, ad. leaf; a little pencil marking, Orig. dark olive green cloth.
ENGLISH LIFE
WATTS, John George. Pictures of English Life. After original studies by R. Barnes and E.M. Wimperis, engraved by J. D. Cooper, with descriptive poems. FIRST EDITION. Folio. Sampson, Low, Son & Marston. 1865 [1864]
Half title & title engr.; a little spotted. Orig. brick-red cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in gilt. Gift inscription to 'Elizabeth Mary Brooker, with her Dear Papa's love, December 25th 1864'. A nice copy.
EATEN BY CANNIBALS
(WILLIAMS, John) PROUT, Ebenezer. Memoirs of the Life of the Rev. John Williams, Missionary to Polynesia. FIRST EDITION. John Snow. 1843
Front., 12pp cata. John Snow publications, 4pp cata. Jackson and Walford cata. pasted on top of John Snow cata. not affecting text. Orig. blind stamped purple cloth by Westleys & Clark, faded to brown; very sl. worn, with a small dark mark on the upper outer corner of the front board. Overall a nice copy.
WILLIAMS, John. A Narrative of the Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; With remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants. Fifth thousand. Published for the author, by J. Snow. 1837
Front., vignette title, plates, illus. Orig. green straight-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine titled in gilt; extremities a bit rubbed, some water damage to rear board, black sticker mark in upper outer margin of front board.
GARDEN PLEASURES
WILSON, Henrietta. The Chronicles of a Garden: its pets and its pleasures. James Nisbet & Co. 1863
Front., illus, 12pp. cata. Orig. green cloth, by Leighton, Son & Hodge, borders in blind & gilt, floral gilt dentelles. a.e.g. A very nice copy.
HAMIDIAN MASSACRES
WINTLE, William James. Armenia and its Sorrows. FIRST EDITION. Andrew Melrose. [1896]
Front., folding map, illus. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in red, blocked in black with an image of a battle; spine sl. faded, remnants of removed label on leading pastedown. With ink inscription on leading f.e.p.: 'Mrs. Porlivay from S.M. August 1908'; bookseller's ticket of Nugent's London on following pastedown.
CATHOLIC NOVEL
(WISEMAN, Nicholas Patrick, Cardinal) Fabiola; or, The Church of the Catacombs. New edn. Burns & Oates. 1877
Half title, additional illus. title, 4pp ads. Orig. dark brown cloth; a little rubbed. Bookseller's ticket of Librairie Galignani on leading pastedown.
WISEMAN, Nicholas Patrick. A Letter Respectfully Addressed to the Rev. J.H. Newman, upon some passages in his letter to the Rev. Dr. Jelf. Charles Dolman. 1841
Disbound. 32pp.
JOHN OLIVER HOBBES' COPY
ZETA, pseud. (James Anthony Froude) Shadows of the Clouds. John Ollivier. 1847
Sl. later full tan calf, spine compartments ruled in black & gilt, brown morocco labels, gilt turn-ins; extremities sl. rubbed. With an armorial bookplate on leading pastedown, with 'Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie' written in ink, biro inscription on initial blank: 'Pearl Mary Craigie, Jan. 1897' with short newspaper review pasted in, John Bumpus bookseller stamp on leading f.e.p. verso. a.e.g.
SWITZERLAND
ZINCKE, Foster Barham. A Walk in the Grisons. Being a third month in Switzerland. Smith, Elder, & Co. 1875
Half title, 1p. ad. Orig. royal blue sand-grained cloth, panelled in blind, blocked in gilt, spine lettered & blocked in gilt; extremities sl. rubbed, spine faded, cloth sl. lifting on front board. Blind stamp of W.H. Smith on leading f.e.p. Ink inscription on titlepage: 'Louisa Wilson from Mrs. Tottie Oct. 1903.'
WITH FOLDING MAP OF SWITZERLAND
ZINCKE, Foster Barham. Swiss Allmends, and a walk to see them. Being a second month in Switzerland. Smith, Elder, & Co. 1874
Half title, 2pp cata., pristine folding map in pocket behind following pastedown. Orig. royal blue sand-grained cloth, panelled in blind, blocked in gilt, spine lettered & blocked in gilt; extremities sl. rubbed, spine faded. Blind stamp of W.H. Smith on leading f.e.p.
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