Lot: 7
William Musgrave De Arthritide Anomala, sive interna dissertatio. Ut et Richardus Mead ... de imperio solis ac lunae in corpora humana, & Morbis inde Oriundis. Wetstein, Amsterdam 1710. Bound in paper-covered boards, quarter-vellum, gilt leather title. Ownership signature on title page crossed through. Light browning throughout. Text intact including catalogue of other works at rear. (16),391,(15)pp.
Lot: 8
Edward Jorden A Discourse of Natural Bathes, and Mineral Waters . . . And in this Fourth Edition, A Quaere concerning drinking Bath-Water at Bathe, is resolved. to Which is Added, an Appendix Concerning Bathe... , by Thomas Guidot, London 1673, three parts in one volume, complete with folding Table, light browning to text, old library stamp of New York Historical Society to title page. In a fine modern polished calf binding, gilt.
Lot: 9
William Baylies Practical Reflections on the Uses and Abuses of Bath Waters A. Millar, London 1757, 1st edition, inscribed “Joseph Stone from the author” on reverse of half-title. Old stamps of Birmingham General Hospital Library at the foot of some pages. Some browning to half-title o/w good clean text. Bound in old library cloth, gilt; xxvi,(5),254pp
Lot: 10
Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts. Confectioner to her late Majesty Queen Anne. J. Brindley and R. Montagu, London, 1733; old worn leather binding, tear to front endpaper (with small loss), o/w intact with 4pp catalogue at rear. Scattered foxing. (8),100,(4)pp
Lot: 11
Charles Scudamore A Treatise on the Nature and Cure of Gout…with some observations on Rhuematism, London 1816, first edition; original paper covered boards, worn at corners, printed title label. Ownership signature to top of title page. Uncut two sides. Good clean text. Complete with half-title & errata leaf. Together with Antonii Storck Libellus, quo demonstrator Cicutam 1760, nicely rebound, lacking the two plates.
Lot: 12
John Scott Surgical Observations on the Treatment of Chronic Inflammation….. particularly as exemplified in the Diseases of the Joints, London 1828, First Edition, orig. paper-covered boards, printed title label chipped. Ownership signature top of title page and old stamp of Essex & Colchester Hospital Library. Front endpaper with annotations concerning the book. Commences with advert leaf. Uncut two sides. Occasional minor spotting and few pencil marginal annotations
Lot: 13
John Muller Elements of Mathematics….for the Use of the Royal Academy of Artillery at Woolwich, Vols. I & II, bound together with continuous pagination. J. Millan, London, 1765, third edition, complete with the 28 fine folding plates; full calf, relaid, later matching backstrip with gilt title, retaining orig. endpapers.
Lot: 14
Autobiography of Andrew T. Still with a History of the Discovery and Development of the Science of Osteopathy Kirksville, USA, 1897, presentation copy from the author to Dr. K.G. Williams. Original gilt cloth, slight wear to top & tail of the spine o/w fine with all plates. 469pp
Lot: 16
Antiquarian selection including The Fables of La Fontaine….with Illustrations by Gustave Dore [c.1870], old library stamps; George Barnard Drawing From Nature Routledge 1877; The Works of Sir William Temple 1740, two vols., 4to, worn calf, bookplates of Lyme Hall; Dr.Allen's Synopsis Medicinae London, 1730 (Vol.II only); and various others. (15)
Lot: 17
William Curtis The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed 1795-1798, Vols.9 to 12, with 138 (of 144) hand-coloured plates. The plates are mostly VG/VF, some from vol.12 with creasing, and around half of vol.11 with light staining at upper right corner. Lacking boards, backstrip split and partly missing.Vol.9 incomplete, the first page of text heavily soiled. (138 plates)
Lot: 20
Broadsides, early-19th Century, mostly patriotic verses, one published by T. Pearson, Manchester. Peripheral faults. Approx 24 x 16.5cm. (4)
Lot: 26
Public Notices for the Crawshawbooth Literary & Mechanics' Institution 1879-1881, all with faults, two with some loss. 17 x 11”. (3)
Lot: 27
Military Documents 1876-1882 concerning 992.Lance Corporal Charles Gray 2/17th Regiment of Foot, 27th Brigade, with Account and Pay Books, Drill and Education Certificates, comprising Army Forms with manuscript entries, bound together with a makeshift cloth and vellum binding, 49pp + blanks, final leaf cut away. Signatures include Btn.Major Bellaway and Lieut.Col. J.B.H. Boyd. Central fold.
Lot: 31
Thomas Lediard The Life of John, Duke of Marlborough J. Wilcox, London 1736, three volumes, 43 (of 45) plates including all 17 folding maps/plans all in VG condition, one of the plates of medals missing, another soiled. Vol.2 lacks its frontispiece. Full leather, re-cased employing original boards, new backstrips, gilt, and new endpapers. Occasional marks / spotting but generally VG internally especially the folding maps. An attractive set. (3)
Lot: 32
Manchester interest comprising ‘Plan of Deansgate Improvements 1870', dissected, cloth-backed, hand-coloured, with manuscript annotations dated 1872, in original cover, 13 x 22”; together with Butterworth The Antiquities of the Town and a complete History of the Trade of Manchester 1822 nicely rebound but with many faults internally.
Lot: 33
Gilbert Burnet The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, London 1681-1683, two vols, the second edition, plus the 1715 Supplement, complete with 23 engravings; 4to, old panelled calf, worn, gilt titles,front board of vol.1 detached; few marginal tears to vol.1 but no loss of text. Some browning (espec. the Supplement) but largely clean. Most engravings fine ex. Francis Walsingham which is tape repaired. Together with Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, London 1724-34, two vols, good clean text, folio, full calf, gilt titles, boards of vol.1 detached. All with engraved bookplates of Lyme Hall. (5)
Lot: 34
Edwin Butterworth Historical Sketches of Oldham John Hirst, Oldham 1856, half-morocco, gilt, four plates, abrasions to one page of adverts o/w VG; plus Butterworth's 1817 work on Oldham in poor condition, lacking map. (2)
Lot: 50
The Paradise Lost of Milton with Illustrations by John Martin, Charles Tilt, London 1833. First Edition. 4to. Blind-tooled & gilt morocco, slight wear at corners; contemp. gift inscription to second endpaper. 24 full-page mezzotints, browning to plate margins. Fine clean text.