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299.WalPole-Bond, John. a history of sussex Birds.H.F. & G. Witherby. 1938.
£1,800
4to. 3 vols. original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine; pp. xx + 381, viii + 384, viii + 384, 53 colour plates by rickman, signed by Philip rickman to title page of vol 1, with original watercolours by him dated 1972-3 facing the title page of vol 1 and to the half-titles of vols 2 and 3; spines a little sunned, very good indeed. Provenance: presentation inscription to ffep of vol 1 from ivor grantham (1898 - 1986) to his first wife helen. grantham was lord of the Manors of camois court and Balneath and survived the Western Front in World War i to serve in the raF from 1931-46. he was resident in Buckle’s Wood, chaily, sussex for many years and this set of books was ‘a reminder of all the birds which have given us so much pleasure in our three sussex homes’. he gave it to his wife in april 1972, at which time rickman, a sussex man himself, made his unique contributions; within a year she had passed away.
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First edition, of which only 800 copies were produced. a unique copy of this handsome set. rickman’s original watercolours, each of which is signed or initialled and dated, depict ducks. Walpole-Bond’s work is probably the most detailed of all county ornithological works and is still used as a standard reference work. around 450 species are discussed, showing the unrivalled diversity of sussex’s avifauna with its mixture of natives and migrants. it was unusual for a county book in the care lavished upon the descriptions of the birds’ life histories, behaviours, nesting habits and especially their songs; the author was reputed to have a faultless and immediate memory for bird calls.
300. Ward, F. Kingdon. From china to hkamti long. Edward Arnold & Co., 1924.
£650
8vo. original black cloth, lettered in yellow, later dustwrapper; pp. 317 + [1, ad.] + 16, publisher’s catalogue; photo. illusts., one folding map; spine a little rubbed, crease to ffep, else a very good copy.
300
First edition. “the author’s second attempt to march overland to india from likiang, on the borders of Yunnan. he explored Yunnan and szechwan in 1921, and Yunnan, szechwan, tibet and north Burma in 1922. this is a feat which had been performed only three times; in 1895 by Prince henry of orleans, with two companions; in 1906 by e.c. Young; and in 1911 by F.M. Bailey” (Yakushi).
Trager 0465; Yakushi (3rd ed.) K192.
301.Ware, samuel. a treatise of the Properties of arches, and their abutment Piers: containing Propositions for describing geometrically the catenaria, and the extradosses of all cruves, so that their several Parts and their Piers may equilibrate; also concerning Bridges, and the Flying Buttresses of cathedrals. to which are added, in illustration, sections of trinity church, ely; King’s college chapel, cambridge; Wesminster abbey; salisbury, ely, lincoln, York, and Peterborough cathedral. J. Taylor… And Longman, Hurst, Rees, And Orme, 1809.
£650
8vo. (231 x 145 mm). contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, black calf and gilt label to the spine, all edges yellow; 1f. blank, pp. ix, [iii], 62 + 19 engraved, folding plates; the ticket of the book-binder and book seller J. richmond, Jermyn street, to the front pastedown; a bright, crisp copy.
First edition. samuel Ware enjoyed a long and active career. he was responsible for designing, among other structures, Burlington arcade, Piccadilly, [the facade was subsequently remodelled by Beresford Pyte], and the Middlesex house of correction in clerkenwell. in addition he provided designs for alterations to the interior of Burlington house and the remodelling of northumberland house in the strand.
301 Skempton 1755.
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