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'Voyages a Cadenne, dans les deux Ameriques, et Chez les Antropophages', by Louis-Ange Pitou, published for the author (Paris, 1805). Fold-out engraved frontis.Very Good. Rebound half-leather and cloth-covered boards. £60-80
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'French Prisoners Lodges: a Brief Account of 50 Lodges and Chapters of Freemasons' by John T. Thorp, published by The Lodge of Research (Leicester, 1935). Half-leather and cloth-covered boards. Near Fine. Along with 'Some Notes on French Prisoners Lodges' by W. Bro. Wonnacott, pamphlet, circa early to mid 20th century, no publishers name, possibly privately printed. Contained within a card for "Edward J. Lefkowicz Inc., Rare Books". Contained in custom box file titled to spine "French Lodges" £50-80
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'Journal; Containing an Account of the Wrongs, Sufferings, and Neglect Experienced by Americans in France', by Stephen Clubb, "late a prisoner in that Empire", printed at Boston Fair (Boston, 1809). Disbound, purchased in 1999 from Edward J. Lefkowicz Inc., Providence, USA for $300 £30-40
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'A Tour Through Sicily and Malta in a Series of Letters to William Beckford from P. Brydone', two volumes, printed for W. Strahan & T. Cadell (London, 1774 - third edition). Contained fold-out map frontis in volume 1.Very Good. Full leather with replaced spine. £40-60
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Four volumes on French Prisoners of War in Scotland and England comprising; 'St Ives; Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England' by Robert Louis Stevenson', published by William Heinemann (London, 1898), 'The French Prisoners of War in Selkirk; Being the Reminiscences of Sub. Lieut. Adelbert J. Doisy', published by G. Lewis & Co. (no date), illustrated by George Hope Tait, inscribed former owner's name "Geo. Crickton" to cover, and facsimile prints of some pages, contained within custom box file, 'Fragmentary Notes of the French Prisoners in the West of England and Other Places in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century', by J.D. Prickman (1901), contained within custom box file, 'The French in Wincanton' by George Sweetman, published by same (Wincanton, 1897) and facsimile copy of same annotated by Mr. Lloyd £40-60
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'Narrative of a Captivity and Adventures in France and Flanders', by Edward Boys, printed for J.F. Dove (London, 1831 - second edition). Fold-out engraved frontis.Very Good. Rebound half-leather and cloth-covered boards £40-60
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Three publications of 'Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of State...', including two copies of 'The number of impressed American Seamen confined in Dartmoor Prison, April 29 1816', printed by William A. Davis (Washington, 1816), one rebound half-leather and cloth-covered boards, purchased from Edward Lefkowicz Inc., Providence, USA, in the 1990s for $250, the other (dis-bound), and 'In Relation to Individuals Selected From American Prisoners of War and Sent to Great Britain for Trial, April 16 1814, printed by order of the Senate of the United States by Roger C. Weightman (Washington City, 1814), rebound half-leather and cloth-covered boards, Also; 'Report on Treatment of Prifoners of War', ordered to be printed 9th May 1798, half-leather, (4) £60-100
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'A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America' by William James, printed for T. Egerton (London, 1817), inscribed to title page name of former owners "Graham Hansow" (?), bookmarked with notes by Mr. Lloyd, contained loose typewritten seller's note from former sale. Half-leather and marbled boards. Good. Contained in custom box file title 'Naval Occurences - William James'
Provenance: - Purchased in 1992 from Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., Providence, USA for $425 £40-60
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Three volumes on the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain; 'The History of War, Between the United States and Great Britain', compiled by J. Russell, printed and published by B. and J. Russell (1815), with two bookmarks inserted by Mr. Lloyd, full leather, fair, contained in custom box file, purchased in 1992 from Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., Providence, USA for $175, 'Journal; of a Young Man of Massachusetts...captured at sea by the British...confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England and last, at Dartmoor Prison', printed by Rowe and Hooper (Boston, 1816 - second edition), full leather with replaced spine, fair, contained in custom box file, and 'Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne; A Pensioner of the Navy of the Revolution', written by himself, published by William Williams (Utica, 1828), with book-plate for John M. Chain, ex-lib, fair, full leather, contained in custom box file, purchased in 1992 from Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., Providence, USA for $150 £30-50
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'Thirty Years from Home; or a voice from the main deck, being six years in a Man-of-War, the experience of Samuel Leech', by Ebeneezer Collins, published by John Neale (London, 1844), with various bookmarks inserted by Mr. Lloyd, half-leather and marbled boards, very good, contained in custom box file, Along with; 'Recollections of the Jersey Prison-Ship; taken and prepared for publication from the original manuscript of the late Captain Thomas Dring', by Albert G. Greene, published by H.H. Brown (Providence, 1829), fold-out engraved frontis depicting the Jersey Prison Ship partial (damaged), pasted in slip for "Regulations of Union Juvenile Library", contained in custom box file £30-50
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'A Green Hand's First Cruise...together with a residence of Five Months in Dartmoor', two volumes by A. Younker, published by Cushing and Brother (Baltimore, 1841), both volumes inscribed former owner's name Josiah Cobb in pencil to title pages and with "Library of Congress Duplicate" stamp, various bookmarks inserted by Mr. Lloyd, cloth covered boards. Good. Ex-lib. Contained in fitted box file titled "A Green Hand's First Cruise", Along with; 'Journal; of a Young Man of Massachusetts ... captured at sea by the British...confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England and last, at Dartmoor Prison', printed by Rowe and Hooper (Boston, 1816), with fold-out engraved frontis depicting "Description of Dartmoor Prison, England", bookplates of former owners contained, full leather, fair, contained in custom box file £50-80
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'Jail Journal or, Five Years in British Prisons' by John Mitchel, published by Cameron, Ferguson & Company (Glasgow, no date - author's edition), and 'Locks, Bolts and Bars: Stories of Prisoners in the French Wars', collected by Mrs. Oliver Elton, published by Frederick Muller (London, 1945), both re-bound in matching green half-leather and cloth covered boards £40-80
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Four volumes on Prisoners of War in Britain and prisons in Britain; 'Prisoners of War in Britain: 1756 to 1815' by Francis Abell, published by Humphrey Milford (London, 1914), 'Dartmoor Prison: A Record of 126 Years of Prisoner of War and Convict Life' by A.J. Rhodes, published by John Lane (London, 1933), and 'The Story of Dartmoor Prison' by Basil Thompson, published by William Heinemann (London, 1907), all re-bound brown half-leather and cloth-covered matching bindings, along with 'Prisoners-of-War-Work 1756-1815' by Jane Toller, published by The Golden Head Press (Cambridge, 1965), contained in custom box file, (4) £40-60
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Six volumes on Naval History and Sailor's Lives comprising; 'The Life of Alexander Stewart', prefaced by his grandson Sir P. Malcolm Stewart, and inscribed by his grandson; "To Harry McGowan, a token of appreciation from P. Malcolm Stewart, 5 April 1950", printed at University Press (Oxford, 1947), 'The Log of a Jack Tar', edited by V.L. Cameron, published by T. Fisher Unwin (London, 1891), 'The Hidden Navy' by Evelyn Berckman, published by Hamish Hamilton (London, 1973), 'The Diary of Peter Bussell', edited by his great-grandson, published by Peter Davies (London, 1931), 'My Adventures During the Late War' by Donat Henchy O'Brien, published by Edward Arnold (London, 1902), contained within some pages from another volume on Lieut. O'Brien, these five in matching green half-leather and cloth-covered boards, and 'The British Tar in Fact and Fiction' by John Leyland, published by Harper and Brothers (London, 1911), in brown half-leather £40-60
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'A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy' by C.J. Ribton-Turner, published by Chapman and Hall (London, 1887), re-bound half-leather and cloth-covered boards, and four further volumes; 'The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain by Philbrick and Westoby, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington (London, 1881), original half-leather and marbled boards, 'Coins of the Romans relating to Britain' by John Yonge Akerman, published by John Russell Smith (London, 1844), 'Famous Bank Forgeries, Robberies and Swindles' by R. Thurston Hopkins, published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd. (London, 1936), and 'The Bank of England
Note: A History of Its Printing' by A.D. Mackenzie (Cambridge, 1953), both green half-leather and cloth covered boards £40-60
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'French Prisoners of Norman Cross' by Rev. Arthur Brown, published by Hodder Brothers (London, no date), green cloth-covered boards, contained in custom box file, and 'The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross Huntingdonshire', by Thomas James Walker and signed by him on half-title page, published by Constable and Company Ltd. (London, 1915), re-bound in green half-leather £50-80
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'James Veitch; Philosopher Inchbonny - Jedburgh' by George Watson, reprinted from the Jedburgh Post of September 29th and October 6th, 1899, this a paperback pamphlet, cover loose but present, 'Extracts from the History of the Royal Burgh of Sanquhar' by T.A. Johnston, published by William Grieve & Sons (Dumfries, no date), section on page 5 marked in pen by Mr. Lloyd, both contained in custom box files, and 'Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society - Session 1912', printed at "The Hawick Advertiser Office" (Hawick, 1912), re-bound half-leather and cloth covered boards, and other for 1908 (4) £20-40
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'Prisoners of War in France from 1804-1814; Being the Adventures of John Tregerthen Short and Thomas Williams', with introduction by Sir Edward Hain, published by Duckworth & Co. (London, 1914), re-bound green half-leather and cloth covered boards, and another on similar subject; 'Journal of Two Escapes from French Prisons' by George Hall, reprinted by Truslove & Hanson Limited (London, no date), with handwritten paste in notes on the author inside front cover, contained in custom box file £30-40
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Ten volumes on Prisoners of War in late 18th and early 19th century France and Britain including 'A Relic of the Revolution…of 1776', by Charles Herbert, published by Charles H. Peirce (Boston, 1847), full contemporary leather, purchased from Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., Providence, USA in 1990s for $300 'The Depot for Prisoners of War and Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire' by Thomas James Walker (London, 1913), 'Prisoners of War in France Being the Adventures of John Tregerthen Short and Thomas Williams', with introduction by Sir Edward Hain, published by Duckworth & Co. (London, 1914), with many bookmarks inserted by Mr. Lloyd, 'Jail Journal' by John Mitchel, published by M.H. Gill & Son Ltd., (Dublin, 1913), with handwritten presentation inscription from "Thomas Atkinson" (?) dated 1913, 'The Dartmoor Yankee' by Malcolm Lynch, published by Tabb House (Cornwall 1992), etc. including three re-bound volumes in decorative half-leather bindings £50-70
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Six volumes on Napoleonic Prisoners of War; 'Napoleon the Gaoler' by Edward Fraser, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. (London, 1914), 'Napoleon's British Visitors and Captives' by John Goldworth Alger, published by Archibald Constable (Westminster, 1904), 'Napoleon and the Invasion of England' by Wheeler & Broadley, published by John Lane (London, no date), etc., all re-bound in decorative half-leather and cloth-covered boards £30-40
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'Encyclopaedia Britannica', Vols 1-29, two Index volumes, Propaedia volume, Britannica Atlas, and five further Britannica volumes, and a selection of dictionaries, thesaurus etc. £20-40
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Collection of books on maritime paintings, naval history, etc. including 'Louis Garneray: Peintre, Ecrivain, Aventurier' (in French) (1997), Nesser's 'History of the United States Navy', vols 1 & 2, 'Floating Prison' by Louis Garneray, with a note signed by the translator addressed to Mr. Lloyd, 'Prisoners of War Ship Models' by Ewart C. Freeston, published by Nautical Publishing Company (Hampshire, 1973), another of same in decorative half-leather and green cloth-covered boards, 'The Lloyd Collection of Napoleonic Prisoner of War Artifacts', presented by John F. Rinaldi, in half-leather and cloth-covered boards, and a quantity of catalogues for same £40-60
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'Horrors of Slavery or the American Tars in Tripoll', by William Ray, printed by Oliver Lyon (Troy, 1808), former owner's name inscribed to title page and later scrubbed out, Full leather, Fair, purchased from Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., Providence, USA in 1996 for $200 £80-100
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Selection of literary interest volumes including Waverley Novels Vol. 1, printed for Cadell & Company (Edinburgh, 1829), Enoch Arden by Alfred Tennyson, published by Henry S. King and Co. (London, 1874), Dickens novels in red bindings, etc., 'The Handbook of Heraldry' by John E. Cussans, published by John Camden Hotten (London, 1869), 'Christopher Tadpole' by Albert Smith, published by George Routledge & Co. (London, 1853), Life of King Henry The Eighth' by Patrick Fraser Tytler, published by Oliver & Boyd (Edinburgh, 1837) £30-40
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Large collection of historical and naval interest volumes etc., including 'The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration' by Sir Thomas Brassey, published by Longmans, Green & Co. (London, 1882), in two volumes, poor, 'The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration' by Sir Thomas Brassey, published by Longmans, Green & Co. (London, 1882), in two volumes, poor, 'Devonshire Antiquities' by John Chudleigh, (Exeter, 1893), 'The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross' by T.J. Walker (London, 1913), also three cigarette card albums, etc. £50-100
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Partial research and mock-up library of Mr. Clive Lloyd; comprising paperback volumes and box files containing research for publications and mock-ups, and partial mock-up of Hulk, Depot & Parole/ The Arts, Crafts & Occupations of the Prisoner of War by Clive Lloyd £20-40
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Selection of five 18th and 19th century volumes comprising; 'The female orators or, the courage and constancy of divers famous queens, and illustrious women', "Englifh'd from the French Edition of Monfieur De Scudery", printed by T. Tebb (London, second edition, early 18th century), 'Divine Judgment and Mercy Exemplified', by Rochester, Rogers et. al., (London, 1746), with inscription inside front cover, 'Hudibras, in Three Parts', by Samuel Butler, printed by R. Urie (Glasgow, 1753), 'Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft' by Sir Walter Scott, published by John Murray (London, 1831), 'To Love and Be Loved', various authors, published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co. (London, 1855) £80-120
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'The Naval Chronicle', twenty-three volumes, J.S. Clarke and others ed., published by Bunney & Gold (London, early 19th century), paste-in book plate of former owner, half-leather and marbled boards. Int. Good, bindings Poor. £300-500
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Large selection of art, collector's and historical interest books including; 'Rariora: Being the Notes of Some of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Historical Documents, Medals, Engravings, Pottery, Etc. Etc. Collected by John Eliot Hodgkin', in three volumes, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., ex-lib, 'English, Scottish and Irish Table Glass' by G. Bernard Hughes, published by B.T. Batsford Ltd. (London, 1956), in two volumes, 'Artes Etruriae Renascuntur: A record of the Historical Old Pottery Works of Messrs' Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, by Barnard and Hodgkiss (1920) £60-120
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Twenty-nine volumes of 'Royal Academy Pictures', published by Cassell & Company Ltd. (London, late 19th and early 20th century), six "Connoisseur" publications on artists e.g. George Morland, F. Wheatley, R.A., and 'The Art Journal', 2 volumes (Vol IX and Vol X), published by Virtue & Co. (London, 1870 & 1871) £30-40
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Three volumes published by the Antique Collectors Club; 'The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940', 'Works Exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists 1824-1893', and 'The Dictionary of Victorian Painters' by Christopher Wood, 'The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904', vols 1-4 and additional vol. 1, by Algernon Graves, published by Henry Graves & Co. Ltd. And George Bell and Sons (London, 1906), red cloth-covered boards, and 'The British Institution' by same, published by Kingsmead Reprints (Bath, 1969), and 'A Dictionary of Artists' by sames, published by Kingsmead Reprints (Bath, 1969), 'World Collectors Annuary', Vols XXI & XXII, 'Royal Academy Exhibitors', Vols I-IV, 'Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950' by Pieter A. Scheen, vols 1-2, 'Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers', vols I-V, 'Encyclopaedia of Painting' by Bernard S. Myers, published by Hutchinson & Co. (London, 1963 - third impression), 'A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters', complete in two volumes, by Daphne Foskett, published by Faber and Faber (London, 1972), and 'Water-colour Painting in Britain', vols 1 & 2, by Martin Hardie, published by B.T. Batsford Ltd. (London, 1967 - second edition) £40-80
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Collection of gardening and nature interest books and magazines, and a collection of cookery books £20-30
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'The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, printed for J. Dodsley (London, late 18th century), 22 vols, poor £20-40
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Large collection of books; literary, art and historical interest including; 'The Stolen White Elephant' by Mark Twain, published by George Newnes (London, no date), 'London: Vanished & Vanishing' by Philip Norman, published by Adam & Charles Black (London, 1905), 'East of Malta, West of Suez', published by His Majesty's Stationery Office (London, 1943), 'The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands' by Frank Adam, 'The Portrait of Peter Pett and the Sovereign of the Seas', large copy of 'Printing the Times 1785-1953', 'Van Gogh' by Jean Leymarie, 'A Guide to Elephanta' by Hirananda Sastri (Delhi, 1934), etc. including modern novels £50-100
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'Liber Nauticus and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing' by Dominick and John Thomas Serres, published by Scholar Press (London, 1979), and Contemporary Scale Models of Vessels of the Seventeenth Century by Henry B. Culver, published by Payson & Clarke Ltd., (New York, 1926), one of a limited edition of 100 copies printed for members of the Ship Model Society, this 58/100. Good. £30-40
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'The Old English Landscape Painters', vols 1-8, by Col. Grant, published by F. Lewis (Leigh-On-Sea, 1957), a limited edition publication 345/500, blue cloth-covered boards. Very Good £40-60
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'A History of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War', complete in two volumes, by Clive Lloyd, published by the Antique Collector's Club (2007) £20-30
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30 Vols of 'The Life and Times of…' English Kings and Queens, published by Book Club Associates, London, purple cloth-covered boards, 'A Pictorial History of Costume' by Wolfgang Bruhn and Max Tilke, published by A. Zwemmer Ltd., (London, 1955) £20-30
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'The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times' by David W. Waters, published by Hollis & Carter (London, 1958), ten volumes by Basil Lubbock, published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., including 'The Log of the Cutty Sark' (1954), 'Adventures by Sea From Art of Old Time' by Basil Lubbock, published by The Studio Ltd., (London, 1925), limited edition publication, no. 203/1750, and 'Adventures by Sea From Art of Old Time' by Basil Lubbock, published by The Studio Ltd., (London, MCMXXV), limited edition publication, no. 1148/1750 £20-30
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'Die Nederlandischen Maler Des. 17 Jahrhunderts' by Walther Bernt, complete in four volumes, published by Bruckmann (Munchen, 1960), red cloth-covered boards, and two further vols 'Die Nederlandischen Zeichner Des 17 Jahrhunderts (1958), green cloth-covered boards, 'De Haagse School', 2 vols, by Dr. Jos. De Gruyter, (Rotterdam, 1968), blue cloth-covered boards, 'Dutch Painters of the 19th Century', edited by Max Rooses, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., (London, 1901), half-leather, and 'Dutch Landscape Painting of the Seventeenth Century' by Wolfgang Stechow, published by Phaidon (London, 1968 - second edition), and 'Dutch Painters of the 19th Century' by Marius, edited by Geraldine Norman, published by Antique Collectors Club (1973), 'Flemish Painters 1430-1830', vols I-II, by R.H. Wilenski, published by Faber and Faber (London, 1960), 'Schweizer Kleinmeister', von Walter Hugelshofer, published by Fretz and Wasmuth (Zurich, 1943), and 'Dutch Painters of the XIXth Century', edited by Rooses (1901), with paste-in bookplate for Frank Cyril Tiarks £40-60
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'Dictionnaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs', vols 1-10, by E. Bénézit, published by Librairie Grund (Paris, 1976), and 'Les Petits Maitres de la Peinture Valeur de Demain', vols 1-5, by Gérald Schurr (Paris, 1975) £30-40
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'Dizionario Illustrato Dei Pittori, Disegnatori E Incisori Italiani Moderni E Contemporanei', vols I-IV, by Luigi Pelandi and Luigi Servolini, (Milano, 1962) £60-80
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'History of Freemasonry in the Province of Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirkshires' by W. Fred. Vernon, published by George Kenning (London, 1893), Ex. Libris E.H. Shackleton, paste-down Masonic bookplate inside front cover. Shackleton was raised to the degree of Master Mason at Guild of Freemen Lodge on 30 May 1913 £20-40
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'The Prisoners' Memoirs, or Dartmoor Prison', anon., compiled by a prisoner in England, printed for the author (New York, 1852), contained in custom box file, this purchased in 1985 for £250 (incl. postage) from Sim Comfort, Wimbledon £30-50
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'The Adventures of Ebenezer Fox', published by Charles Fox (Boston), and 'A Relic of the Revolution…of 1776', by Charles Herbert, published by Charles H. Peirce (Boston, 1847), green cloth-covered boards, contained in custom box file, purchased from Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., Providence, USA in 1990s for $225 £30-40
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Three volumes on French & Danish prisoners of war; 'Dr. James Currie and the French Prisoners of War in Liverpool' by Alfred de Curzon, published by Edward Howell (Liverpool, 1926), red and gilt cloth-covered boards, contained in custom box file, 'Travels through Denmark and part of Sweden', by James Macdonald, printed for Richard Phillips, (London, 1810), dis-bound, contained in custom box file, and 'Prisonen Danske Og Norske Krigsfanger I England', published by Glydendal (Copenhagen, 1953), re-bound half leather and cloth-covered boards £30-50
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Page from 'Clarendon's History, Oxford 1701-1704' £40-60
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Page from 'Baskerville's Virgil 1757' £40-60
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A page from King James Bible, 1611, Framed, II Chronicles chapters 11 and 12 £80-120
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Page from Second folio Shakespeare 1632, 'Troilus & Cressida' £50-80
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