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Books & Literature 44 objects · 1830–1979

Antique volumes, first editions, manuscripts, and the written word.

Pietas Quotidiana pocket prayer book c.1826-1840, dark full leather binding with gilt page edges and stipple-engraved frontispiece by Henry Corbould c.1826–1840 · England Pietas Quotidiana: Prayers & Meditations Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. I, B.C. 55 to A.D. 1100'; its title page reads 'The History of England... by John Lingard, D.D., The Sixth Edition... London: Charles Dolman... MDCCCLV.' 1855 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. I Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. II, A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1307'. 1854–55 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. II Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. III, A.D. 1307 to A.D. 1422'. 1854–55 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. III Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. IV, A.D. 1422 to A.D. 1532'. 1854–55 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. IV Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. V, A.D. 1532 to A.D. 1555'. 1854–55 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. V Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. VI, A.D. 1555 to A.D. 1603'. 1854–55 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. VI Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. VII, A.D. 1603 to A.D. 1642'. 1854–55 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. VII Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. VIII, A.D. 1642 to A.D. 1660'. 1854–55 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. VIII Brown cloth-bound Victorian volume with gilt spine lettering 'Lingard's History of England, Vol. X, A.D. 1680 to A.D. 1689'. 1854–55 · England Lingard's History of England, Vol. X Blue cloth-bound Victorian hymnal with gilt ornamental front lettering 'Songs of Grace & Glory' and red page-edges; shown with its 1872 title page (edited by Charles B. Snepp, W. Hunt & Co.), its preface and 'Arrangement of Hymns' pages, and a flyleaf inscribed in ink 'Mary Hawes 1874'. 1872 · England Songs of Grace and Glory Green cloth-bound Victorian book, gilt-lettered 'Character' and 'Smiles', published by John Murray; shown with its 1874 title page and a front pastedown bearing a woman's ink ownership signature. 1874 · England Character Lady Agnes and Other Poems by Philip Wentworth 1878 John Heywood Manchester, dark green cloth Victorian binding with gilt title 1878 · England Lady Agnes and Other Poems 1878 · England French Pictures, Drawn with Pen and Pencil c.1880s · England Italian Pictures, Drawn with Pen and Pencil Dark blue cloth pocket book with a chipped paper spine label reading 'Song-Tide, Poems by Philip B. Marston'; shown with its red-ruled title pages (The Canterbury Poets, Walter Scott, 1888), a Rossetti sonnet, and endpapers bearing the ink signature 'Helen G. Sankey' and a pencilled German note. 1888 · England Song-Tide The Works of William Shakspeare Chandos Classics Frederick Warne c.1879-1900 single-volume complete works on India paper c.1879–1900 · England The Works of William Shakspeare Maroon cloth-bound book with ornate gilt spine reading 'Abbeys, Castles & Ancient Halls of England & Wales, Timbs & Gunn, North, Warne'; shown with its title page (North & Wales volume, Frederick Warne) and a black-and-white frontispiece plate of Caerphilly Castle. early 20th c. · England Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England & Wales: North & Wales Poems by Lord Byron Red Letter Library Blackie and Son c.1904-1906, small green cloth binding with Art Nouveau gilt design, gilt page edges c.1904–1906 · England Poems by Lord Byron The Great White Chief by Robert M. MacDonald, Blackie & Son 1908, hardback with cover illustration by Massink 1908 · England The Great White Chief A 1914 Oxford Edition of the Poetical Works of Robert Bridges: maroon pocket volume with gilt page-edges, open to a marbled flyleaf inscribed in ink 'To Dear Alice, With fondest love, Xmas 1920', with its photogravure frontispiece portrait of the bearded poet and two old newspaper clippings from John o' London's Weekly laid in. 1914 · England Poetical Works of Robert Bridges A 1917 first edition of G. K. Chesterton's 'A Short History of England', red cloth boards with a gilt heraldic device and a spine faded to pale tan; shown with its Chatto & Windus title page dated MCMXVII and a front flyleaf bearing the pencilled name 'Francesca Claremont'. 1917 · England A Short History of England Nature's Arts and Crafts by W. J. Claxton, Wells Gardner Darton, c.1910s, hardback with London County Council prize label c.1917–1920s · England Nature's Arts and Crafts Blue cloth-bound book titled 'A Preface to Shakespeare' by George H. Cowling, published by Methuen; shown with its contents and illustrations pages, the 1925 publication notice, and a front-pastedown bookplate reading 'Ex Libris James Craigie, M.A.' 1925 · England A Preface to Shakespeare The Flight of the Heron by D. K. Broster, Heinemann 1927 cheaper edition, hardback with ownership inscription Xmas 1927 1927 · England The Flight of the Heron The Wounded Name by D. K. Broster, Heinemann 1928-1929 impression, hardback 1929 · England The Wounded Name The Gleam in the North by D. K. Broster, Heinemann 1930 impression, hardback 1930 impression · England The Gleam in the North c.1932 · England The Immortal Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, Vol. 3 1933 · England A Popular History of the Great War, Vol. IV 1933 · England A Popular History of the Great War, Vol. III 1933 · England A Popular History of the Great War, Vol. I 1933 · England A Popular History of the Great War, Vol. II Thick maroon flexible-bound omnibus book, 'Fifty Amazing Stories of the Great War', with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt-embossed figure on the front cover, published by Odhams Press. 1936 · England Fifty Amazing Stories of the Great War Maroon flexible-bound omnibus book, 'Fifty True Stories Stranger Than Fiction', with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt-embossed device on the front cover, published by Odhams Press. 1936 · England Fifty True Stories Stranger Than Fiction Maroon flexible-bound omnibus book, 'Fifty Thrilling Wild West Stories', with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt-embossed device on the front cover, published by Odhams Press. c.1938 · England Fifty Thrilling Wild West Stories War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Macmillan OUP 1943 reprint, two-tone red and cream hardback with Russian Imperial double-headed eagle emblem 1943 · England War and Peace England South by Sydney R. Jones, The Studio Publications 1948, hardback with illustrated topographical cover 1948 · England England South England West by Sydney R. Jones, The Studio Publications 1950, hardback with illustrated topographical cover 1950 · England England West Title page of 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill, Penguin Books Harmondsworth; with the Penguin Classics L22 series page, and a front flyleaf bearing the pencilled owner's name 'Marion Sills'. 1952 · England The Canterbury Tales England East by Sydney R. Jones, The Studio Publications 1954, hardback with illustrated topographical cover 1954 · England England East The Idiot by Dostoevsky, Heron Books 1968, illustrated hardback with yellow ribbon bookmark from The Greatest Masterpieces of Russian Literature series 1968 · England The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Volume I by Dostoevsky, Heron Books 1968, Constance Garnett translation, hardback with yellow ribbon bookmark 1968 · England The Brothers Karamazov, Vol. I The Brothers Karamazov Volume II by Dostoevsky, Heron Books 1968, Constance Garnett translation, hardback with yellow ribbon bookmark 1968 · England The Brothers Karamazov, Vol. II A 1979 Pan paperback of Arthur C. Clarke's 'The View from Serendip', shown spine and front cover with a globe motif, and opened to the title page bearing a handwritten ink inscription 'To Professor Shoenberg, with all good wishes, Arthur C. Clarke, Colombo, 1980'. 1979 · United Kingdom The View from Serendip
Scientific Instruments 2 objects · 1930–1947

Tools of measurement, observation, and calculation from the age of discovery.

A.W. Faber Castell model 360 slide rule with celluloid-faced pearwood body, aluminium cursor marked Made in Bavaria, and English-language conversion table on reverse c.1927–1934 · Germany A.W. Faber Castell 360 Slide Rule Shortland Brothers SB wall barometer and thermometer in Art Deco dark oak case with chrome-bezelled square barometer dial and brass Saltash United F.C. dedication plaque dated 22 November 1947 1947 · England Shortland Brothers Wall Barometer & Thermometer
Navigation & Cartography 2 objects · 1590–1928

Maps, charts, and the instruments by which the world was charted.

Original 16th-century copperplate engraved map of Taprobana by Tomaso Porcacchi, Venice c.1590, with title cartouche and sailing ship decoration, conservation framed c.1590 · Italy Descrittione dell'Isola Taprobana Red cloth-bound 1928 book 'Flags of the World, Past and Present' by W. J. Gordon, published by Frederick Warne; shown with its colour frontispiece of Nelson's Trafalgar signal in code flags and a front flyleaf signed in ink 'Ernest E. Ausden, March 1929'. 1928 · England Flags of the World, Past and Present
Optics & Photography 6 objects · 1885–1955

Lenses, cameras, and the apparatus of seeing.

Albumen photograph by Scowen & Co. showing a worn flight of stone steps rising to an ornate shrine-gateway with a makara-arch and guardstone figures, set on a brick terrace among large trees, on the terraced approach to the Sacred Bo Tree at Anuradhapura, Ceylon. c.1875–1895 · Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Sacred Bo Tree, Anuradhapura Albumen photograph by Scowen & Co. of the white bell-shaped Thuparama dagoba at Anuradhapura, Ceylon, rising behind many rows of leaning ancient stone pillars and fallen carved slabs, with tall palmyra palms against the sky. c.1875–1895 · Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Thuparama Dagoba & Dalada Maligawa, Anuradhapura Album von Bremen 1891 by Ernst Roepke, souvenir photographic album with 12 albumen silver prints, green cloth accordion-fold leporello binding 1891 · Germany Album von Bremen A black Agfa Synchro-Box box camera, Made in Germany, with two brilliant finders and a central lens; shown with its back open, its embossed metal body, a Fujifilm Provia 400F 120 film spool marked 'EXPOSED', and the complete folded multilingual Agfa Synchro-Box instruction leaflet. 1951–1957 · Germany Agfa Synchro-Box Ensign Ful-Vue Super pseudo-TLR camera with large brilliant viewfinder above taking lens, collapsible pressed-steel hood, and cast alloy body c.1954 · England Ensign Ful-Vue Super Camera A black Coronet Ambassador box camera, Made in England, with a ribbed body, chrome-covered brilliant finders and a decorative metal front plate reading 'Coronet Ambassador, 6x9 cm'; shown from front, side and base (with a red 'Coro-Flash' label and serial H 62317), together with its printed 'Instructions for using the Box Camera' booklet. c.1955 · England Coronet Ambassador
Writing & Correspondence 1 object · 1939

Pens, inkwells, paper, and the artefacts of letters.

Hermes Media portable typewriter by Paillard S.A. in its original metal carry case with QWERTY keyboard and Taylor's Typewriter Co. dealer badge c.1939–1945 · Switzerland Hermes Media Portable Typewriter