Anon. [Defoe (Daniel)]Memoirs of a Cavalier: Or a Military Journal of The Wars in Germany and the Wars in England; from the Year 1632, to the Year 1648, nd. [1720], A. Bell, J. Osborn, et al, [8], 338 pages, (cf. Moore 434), annotation regarding reversal of pages 268 and 269, contemporary panelled calf (re-backed retaining original backstrip) £200 - 300
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Vere (Sr. Francis)The Commentaries of Sr. Francis Vere, Being Diverse pieces of Service, wherein he had command ..., 1657, Cambridge; William Dillingham, printed by John Field, small folio in fours, two (of three) portraits, four maps and three plates, sprinkled calf £100 - 200
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von Clausewitz (Carl)On War, 1873, Trubner, three volumes in one, first complete English edition, translated by J.J. Graham from the third German edition, portrait frontis, original blue cloth £400 - 600
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Berthier [Louis-Alexandre]Memoir of the Campaigns of General Bonaparte in Egypt and Syria, and the Operations of General Desaix in Upper Egypt, translated from the French by Thomas Evanson White, 1805, Barr, Jordan and Maxwell, lacking half title, recent cloth binding £50 - 100
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Blackwood (Lady Alicia)A Narrative of Personal Experiences and Impressions During a Residence on the Bosphorus Throughout the Crimean War, 1881, Hatchard, litho title, ten plates (four folding), author's presentation copy inscribed on half title (with further later ownership inscriptions), original cloth £100 - 200
BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY AND LOCAL HISTORY |
Crawhall (Joseph) edit.Chorographia, or A Survey of Newcastle upon Tyne ..., 1884, Andrew Reid, 4to., large paper copy, hand-coloured illustrations, original half vellum £200 - 400
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Bourne (Henry)The History of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: or, The Ancient and Present State of that Town, 1736, Newcastle; John White, folio in fours, folding plan, Collingwood bookplate from Bewick's workshop, half calf by Lubbock (re-backed, retaining original backstrip) £300 - 500
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Brand (John)The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ..., 1789, two volumes, 4to., portrait frontis, plates as called for (some folding), later half morocco;Mackenzie (E.) and Ross (M.)An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham ..., 1834, two volumes, 4to., plates, half calf;Mackenzie (E.), A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, including the Borough of Gateshead, 1827, two volumes in one, 4to., 15 plates as called for, half calf;Collard (William) & Ross (M), Architectural and Picturesque Views in Newcastle upon Tyne ..., 1842, 4to., presentation copy to Thomas Sopwith, engraved plates, original cloth (joints split);Dobson (Margaret Jane), Memoir of John Dobson of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1885, 4to., plates, lacking pages 127-130, quarter roan (lacking backstrip):with four others (11) £300 - 500
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Phillips (Maberly)A History of Banks, Bankers & Banking in Northumberland, Durham, and North Yorkshire ..., 1894, numbered large paper copy, signed by the author, frontis, plates, original cloth (joints worn) £100 - 200
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Northumberland County History CommitteeA History of Northumberland, 1893-1940, fifteen volumes, 4to., t.e.g., original cloth (15) £300 - 500
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Local TopographyA large quantity of books on local history and topography, predominantly Northern (qty) £400 - 600
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Brewster (John)The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton upon Tees, 1796, folio, large paper copy, dedication copy signed by Shute Barrington, plates as called for, full calf;Whellan (Francis), History, Topography and Directory...of Durham, 1894, publisher's half calf. (2) £100 - 150
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY |
GeologyA large collection of books on geology, mineralogy, paleontology, etc. (qty) £100 - 200
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Arkell (W.J.)The Jurassic System in Great Britain, 1933, Clarendon Press, first edition, original cloth;Higgins (W. Mullingar), The Book of Geology, nd., Routledge, two hand coloured folding maps, five hand-coloured plates, original cloth;Ansted (D.T.), Geological Science: Including the Practice of Geology ..., 1855, Houlston & Stoneman, original cloth;with nine others (12) £100 - 200
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De La Beche (Henry T.)Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset, 1839, Longman, hand-coloured map frontis and twelve plates (some folding, one with hand-colouring), original cloth (crude tape re-back);idem, The Geological Observer, 1851, Longman .., calf (re-backed, retaining original backstrip);idem, The Geological Observer, 1853, Longman .., second edition, calf (worn, joint cracked);idem, A Geological Manual, 1832, Treuttel & Wurtz, original cloth (binding broken) (4) £100 - 200
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Geological SocietyTransactions of the Geological Society, established November 13, 1807: Volume the First, 1811, 4to., [12], 420, [6], twenty-five maps and plates (one hand-coloured, one double page), half morocco (well rubbed);Volume the Third, 1816, 4to., [8], 444, recent quarter leather;Plates and Maps, An Illustration of the Third Volume of the Transactions of the Geological Society, 1816, 26 plates (including double page and hand coloured), half sheep (well worn) (3) £150 - 200
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Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United KingdomJukes-Browne (A.J.), The Cretaceous Rocks of Great Britain .., 1900-04, three volumes, original cloth;Anon., Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London, Vol. I, 1846, nine folding plates (seven hand-coloured), original cloth;Topley (William), The Geology of the Weald .., 1875, frontis, folding map, original cloth;Geike (Archibald) (edit.), The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland, 1907, 52 plates and large folding map, original cloth;with four others (10) £200 - 400
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Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United KingdomThe Jurassic Rocks of Britain, Vols 1 - 5, comprising:Fox-Strangeways (C.), Yorkshire, 1892, two volumes, folding colour map, plates as called for, original cloth;Woodward (Horace B.), The Lias of England and Wales, 1893, map frontis, original cloth (re-backed);idem, The Lower Oolitic Rocks of England (Yorkshire Excepted), 1894, two plates, original cloth;idem, The Middle and Upper Oolitic Rocks of England (Yorkshire Excepted), 1895, folding map frontis, original cloth (5) £100 - 200
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Institute of Geological Sciences - Memoirs of the Geological SurveyDay (J.B.W.) et al, Geology of the Country around Bewcastle, 1970, HMSO, dust wrapper;Frost (D.V.) & Smart (J.G.O.), Geology of the country north of Derby, 1979, 4to., dust wrapper;Mykura (W.) & Phemister (J.), The Geology of Western Shetland, 1976, dust wrapper;with a quantity of others (qty) £200 - 300
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Phillips (John)Figures and Descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset ..., 1841, Longman Brown .., 60 plates, presentation inscription from the author to Rev J. Pye-Smith with 4 page ALS by the author bound in, original cloth (re-backed retaining part of backstrip);idem, Geology of Oxford and The Valley of the Thames, 1871, Clarendon Press, 17 plates (four hand-coloured), original cloth;with one other (3) £100 - 200
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Phillips (John)Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains of the Yorkshire Coast .., 1829, private printing, 4to., presentation inscription from the author, hand coloured frontis (map), 24 plates (8 with hand-colouring), [bound with]idem, Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains ...., Part II, The Mountain Limestone District, 1836, Murray, 4to., 25 plates (2 folding), later cloth £100 - 200
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Phillips (John)Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains of the Yorkshire Coast .., 1829, private printing, 4to., hand coloured frontis (map), 23 plates (8 with hand-colouring, supplementary plate not present), ex library (labels to endpaper, shelf ref verso of title, no other evidence found internally), quarter leather;idem, Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains, Part I, The Yorkshire Coast, 1875, Murray, third edition, 4to., hand-coloured folding map, 28 plates (7 with hand-colouring), cloth (worn, title and map detached);idem, The Rivers, Mountains, and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire .., 1853, subscriber's edition with subscription slip present, 36 plates, original cloth (binding weak);Baker (John Gilbert), North Yorkshire; Studies of its Botany, Geology, Climate and Physical Geography, 1863, Longman, Green .., first edition, author's presentation inscription, four colour maps, recent quarter calf;with eighteen others on Yorkshire Geology, various authors (22) £200 - 400
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Bradley (Lonsdale)An Inquiry into the Deposition of Lead Ore, in the Mineral Veins of Swaledale, Yorkshire, 1862, Edward Stanford, colour map frontis, eleven colour plates (including reference plate), original cloth £100 - 200
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Anon. [Hutton (John)]A Tour to the Caves, in the Environs of Ingleborough and Settle, in the West-Riding of Yorkshire ..., 1781, Richardson, Urquhart, Robson & Pennington, second edition, later boards £100 - 200
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Bewick (Jos.)Geological Treatise on the District of Cleveland, in North Yorkshire, it Ferruginous Deposits, Lias, and Oolites; with some Observations on Ironstone Mining, 1861, Weale and Reid, large folding colour geological map, large folding section, two folding colour plans, two folding tables, original cloth £100 - 200
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Bewick (Jos.)Geological Treatise on the District of Cleveland, in North Yorkshire, it Ferruginous Deposits, Lias, and Oolites; with some Observations on Ironstone Mining, 1861, Weale and Reid, large folding colour geological map (torn at folds), two large folding colour sections, two folding colour plans, two folding tables, recent quarter calf £100 - 200
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Duff (Joseph)Notes and Investigations of the Coal Fields, Carboniferous and Magnesium Limestones, Millstone Grits, &c. of South Durham .., 1885, Bishop Auckland; Cummins, large folding geological map, plate, folding table, original cloth;Calvert (Robert), Notes on the Geology & Natural History of the County of Durham, 1884, Bishop Auckland; Cummins, folding colour chart, folding geological map (facsimile), original cloth;Lebour (G.A.), Handbook to the Geology and Natural History of Northumberland and Durham, 1889, Newcastle; Lambert, five plates, original cloth;Woolacott (D.), Geology of North-East Durham, 1897, Sunderland; Hills, original cloth (4) £100 - 200
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Postlethwaite (John)Mines and Mining in the Lake District, 1889, folding map, plates as called for, original cloth;idem, The Geology of the English Lake District, 1906, folding map, pictorial boards;Sedgwick (Rev. Prof.), Geology of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland & Lancashire, in Letters addressed to W. Wordsworth, Esq., 1853, Kendal, original printed wraps (spine worn with manuscript title)Lee (John), Weardale, Memories and Traditions, 1950, dust wrapper (worn);with fourteen others (18) £100 - 200
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Spargo (Thomas)Statistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon, Illustrated by Maps, Plans and Sections of the Several Mining Districts in the Two Counties, 1864, Vincent & Skeen, first edition, seventeen colour and b/w maps and plans, and two folding tables, as called for, original cloth (faded) £200 - 400
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Blanford (W.T.)Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia, made during the progress of the British Expedition to that Country in 1867-68, 1870, Macmillan, folding colour frontis, folding colour map (torn without loss), twelve plates (six coloured, after Keulemans), facsimile title page and final leaf, recent quarter morocco;Gregory (J.W.), The Rift Valleys and Geology of East Africa, 1921, Seeley, maps and plates, original cloth;Southworth (J.R.), Las Minas de Mexico - The Mines of Mexico ..., 1905, private publication, 4to., original cloth gilt (rubbed and faded);with a small quantity of others (qty) £100 - 200
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Calvert (John)The Gold Rocks of Great Britain and Ireland, and A General Outline of the Gold Regions of the World, with a Treatise on the Geology of Gold, 1854, Chapman and Hall, foxing throughout, a.e.g., morocco gilt;Read (C. Rudston), What I Heard, Saw, and Did at the Australian Gold Fields, 1853, Boone, 4 chromolitho plates, folding map, original cloth (foxed);Hatch (Frederick H.) & Chalmers (J.A.), The Gold Mines of the Rand ..., 1895, fourteen plates, eight maps and plans (nine listed but two appear to be the same sheet), some annotation in pencil, a.e.g., half morocco;with a small quantity of others on gold mining (qty) £300 - 500
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Barba (Albaro Alonso)[A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Treatises upon Metals, Minerals and Mines, c1738-40], lacking general title page, comprising the following works, each with title page;... Of the Art of Metals, Wherein is taught the Common Way of Refining Silver by Quick-Silver with some New Rules added for the better Performance of the Same, 1738, two books in one, frontis, head of title cropped, possibly with loss, lacking F5 (possibly a blank);Plattes (Gabriel), A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure; viz. Of all Manner of Mines and Minerals, from the Gold to the Coal ..., 1738;Houghton (Thomas), Rara Avis in Terris: or the Compleat Miner .., 1738, two books in one;advert leaf to rear, contemporary calf (worn) £50 - 100
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Agricola (Georgius)De Re Metallica, translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 ...., by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover, 1912, The Mining Magazine, folio, original 'vellum' £100 - 200
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Greenwell (G.C.)A Practical Treatise on Mine Engineering, 1869, Spon & Lambert, large 4to., 64 colour plates (61 double page), creased fly leaf with decorative inscription, t.e.g., half calf gilt £150 - 200
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Hunt (Robert)British Mining, A Treatise on the History, Discovery, Practical Development and Future Prospects of Metalliferous Mines in the United Kingdom, 1887, Crosby Lockwood, original cloth;Pepper (John Henry), The Playbook of Metals: including Personal Narratives of Visits to Coal, Lead, Copper and Tin Mines ..., nd., Routledge, a.e.g., original cloth gilt;Skinner (Walter R.), The Mining Manual for 1888, original cloth;Anon., [Holland (John)], The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, The Collieries, and Coal Trade in Great Britain, 1835, original cloth (worn, board detached, binding weak);with a quantity of others on mining (qty) £200 - 400
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Fitton (William Henry)A Geological Sketch of the Vicinity of Hastings, 1833, Longman, Rees .., folding coloured plate, cloth (binding weak, later board label);Buckman (James), Stone Steps. A Stratigraphical Arrangement of the British Geological Formations ..., nd. [1855], cloth; £100 - 150
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Smyth (Warrington W.)On the Mines of Wicklow and Wexford (Part of Records of the School of Mines), 1853, Longman Brown, two colour maps, plain plate, recent quarter morocco retaining original wraps;Dines (H.G.), The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England, 1969, two volumes, dust wrappers;with a quantity of others (qty) £200 - 300
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Sopwith [Thomas]An Account of the Mining Districts of Alston Moor, Weardale, and Teesdale, in Cumberland and Durham; comprising Descriptive Sketches of the Scenery, Antiquities, Geology, and Mining Operations, in the Upper Dales of the Rivers Tyne, Wear, and Tees, 1833, Alnwick; W. Davison, hand coloured map, Henry Cadell's name to front endpaper, original cloth (wear to spine, label darkened) £200 - 300
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Sopwith [Thomas]Description of A Series of Geological Models, illustrating The Nature of Stratification, Valleys of Denudation, Succession of Coal Seams in the Newcastle Coal Field, The Effects produced by Faults or Dislocations of the Strata, Intersection of Mineral Veins, &c., nd., Newcastle: for the author, twelve plates, original printed boards (intended 'either to accompany the geological models .., or as a separate work, explanatory of the several subjects illustrated by them'. This copy sold without the models) £100 - 200
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Mantell (Gideon)The Geology of the South-East of England, 1833, Longman, Rees .., frontis, five plates, folding coloured map, original boards (lacking backstrip) £200 - 300
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Mantell (Gideon Algernon)The Wonders of Geology, 1839, Relfe and Fletcher, third edition, two volumes, frontis, ten plates (six hand-coloured), original boards (re-backed);idem, The Wonders of Geology, 1840, Relfe and Fletcher, fourth edition, two volumes, frontis, ten plates (six hand-coloured), recent cloth;idem, The Journal of Gideon Mantell .., 1940, O.U.P., cloth (5) £100 - 200
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Conybeare (W.D.) & Phillips (William)Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales ... Part I [all published], 1822, Phillips, folding hand-coloured geological map, folding hand-coloured strata, folding table, lacking plate of apparatus, partly unopened, original cloth;Anon. [Lowry (Delvalle)], Conversations on Mineralogy, 1822, Longman Hurst .., two volumes, folding colour frontis, eleven folding plates, calf (worn) £100 - 200
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Greg (Robert Philips) & Lettsom (William G.)Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland, 1858, Van Voorst, original cloth (rubbed);Jameson (Robert), Mineralogy according to the Natural History System .., 1837, A. & C. Black, four folding plates, original cloth;Phillips (William), Outlines of Mineralogy and Geology .., 1818, folding frontis, three plates (2 coloured), calf;Chapman (Edward J.), Practical Mineralogy; or a Compendium .., 1843, thirteen engraved plates, original cloth;with ten others (14) £100 - 200
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Brauns (Reinhard)The Mineral Kingdom, 1912, 4to., 91 colour and other plates, half-title and title page in facsimile, some neat annotation, recent quarter calf;Sowerby (Henry), Popular Mineralogy; comprising A Familiar Account of Minerals and their Uses, 1850, Reeve and Benham, twenty hand-coloured litho plates, original cloth gilt (one torn unopened page);with a defective first volume from Sowerby's British Mineralogy, 84 hand coloured plates, all library stamped, detached boards (a.f.) (3) £100 - 200
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Mawe (John)A Treatise on Diamonds, and Precious Stones: Including their History - Natural and Commercial, to which is added, the Methods of Cutting and Polishing, 1823, second edition, five plates (three hand-coloured), boards (worn);Streeter (Edwin W.), Precious Stones and Gems .., 1898, sixth edition, frontis, colour plates as called for, recent cloth;with three others (5) £100 - 200
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Lyell (Charles)Principles of Geology .., 1834, John Murray, four volumes, fourteen plates including coloured and folding, full calf (worn) £300 - 500
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Lyell (Charles)Principles of Geology .., 1830-3, John Murray, three volumes, volume 2 a second edition, eleven plates including 3 frontis (2 coloured) and 8 plates (2 coloured), original boards (some loose pages, bindings not uniform, well worn, volume 2 lacking backstrip) £500 - 800
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Lyell (Charles)Principles of Geology .., 1840, John Murray, sixth edition, three volumes, frontis, eleven plates, original boards (well worn, loss to backstrips) £100 - 200
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Lyell (Charles)Principles of Geology .., 1847, John Murray, seventh edition, frontis, eleven plates, original cloth;idem, A Second Visit to The United States of America, 1849, John Murray, two volumes, original cloth (gathers loosening) (3) £100 - 200
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Lyell (Charles)Elements of Geology .., 1838, John Murray, first edition, coloured frontis, original cloth-backed boards (worn) £100 - 150
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