Sales catalogue 43: Marks and Co

Date:
c.1938
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/14/24
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 43: Marks and Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 952 935 934 935 936 937 938 Naval, Navigation and Shipping—continued. . . EKINS (CHARLES) NAVAL BATTLES, from 1744 to the PEACE in 1814, with 79 engraved plates (some folding) and 40 text-illustrations of modes of attack, lines of battle, changes of wind, etc., 4to., rebound in half rexine, manuscript paper label, m.e., 1824 _ £1/15/- — A few leaves of text spotted. FALCONER (WILLIAM) An UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY of the MARINE: or, a Copious — Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases employed in the Construction, Equip- — ment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Tllus- — trated with a Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in different Situations; together — with separate Views of their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. ‘To which is annexed a — Translation of the French Sea-Terms and Phrases. First EDITION, with 12 folding — plates, 4to., old rebacked calf, Printed for T. Cadell, 1769 £3 /15/- Title-page soiled and repaired ; small tear in three plates repaired. j New [Turrp] EDITION, CORRECTED, with the same series of folding plates (some — strengthened at folds), 4to., contemp. calf, neatly rebacked, zbid. 1776 £4/4/- ’ New [FIFTH] EDITION, CORRECTED, with the same series of folding plates (3 pears: 4 torn and badly folded), 4to., contemp. calf, neatly rebacked, zbid. 1784 £3/5 [-4 : Lower margin of the jase 50 leaves slightly wormed, not affecting the text. NEw [SIXTH] EDITION, CORRECTED, with the same series of folding plates (3 slightly : torn), 4to., contemp. calf (joints cracked), zbid. 1789 £3/10/- ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THE BEST EDITION, modernized and much enlarged by WILLIAM 7 BurRNEY, with 35 double-page and other plates, 4to., neatly rebound in “ old style”? sheep, — entirely uncut, 1815 £6/15/-— Re-issued in 1830 with a new title-page. : FISHER (Lorp, Admiral of the Fleet) MEMORIES, illustrated, 8vo., cloth, 1919 8/- 1 RECORDS, portrait and illustrations, 8vo., cloth, 1919 8i- JANE (FRED T.) The BRITISH BATTLE FLEET: its Inception and Growth throughout the ; Centuries to the Present Day, REVISED EDITION, coloured illustrations, numerous plans and — photographs, 2 vols, 8vo., cloth, 1915 16/- LECKY (HALTON STIRLING) The KING’s SHIPs ; together with the Important Historical — Episodes connected with the successive ships of the same name from Remote Times, ~ and a List of Names and Services of some Ancient War Vessels, Vols. 1-3 [ail published], — with 3 photogravure portraits, 15 coloured plates and numerous text-tllustrations from old — paintings, prints and models, naval crests, etc., 3 vols, 4to., cloth, 1913-14 £3/15/-— LEVER (Darcy) The YOUNG SEA OFFICER’S SHEET ANCHOR, or a Key to the Leading of — Rigging and to Practical Seamanship, SECOND [AND Best] EDITION, with an Appendix ~ containing several figures illustrative of novelties and improvements in rigging, &c., & engraved title and numerous engraved plates, 4to., neatly rebound in “ old style ”’ sheep, gilt — emblematically tooled back, entirely uncut, [1819] £8/-/= Lower outer corner of last leaf neatly restored, but a nice copy. NAVAL CHRONICLE (THE): Containing a GENERAL and BIOGRAPHICAL — History of the RoyAL Navy ; with a VARIETY of ORIGINAL PAPERS on NAUTICAL — SuBJEcTSs, from the commencement in January, 1799, to December, 1818, COMPLETE SET, with 524 plates, comprising portraits, maps, charts, engravings of — ships and naval engagements, 40 vols, roy. 8vo., contemp. half russia, 1799-1818 — £15/-/- A few volumes slightly water-stained and some plates foxed, but a sound set. NAVY RECORD SOCIETY : PusLicaTIOns, edited by Sir J. K. LAUGHTON, — J. S. CorpeTt, J. R. TANNER, W. G. PERRIN, and others, wth numerous illus-— trations, Vols. 1 to 75 (including the scarce portfolio of plans of the Battle of Sole Bay), 74 vols 8vo. and 1 vol folio, orig. buckram, 1894-1936 £20/-/=— NELSON (Horatio, Lord Viscount) LIFE : the EMBODIMENT of the SEA POWER of GREAT BRITAIN, by Capt. A. T. MAHAN, FIRST EDITION, maps, plans and portraits, 2 vols, 8vo.,_ cloth, 1897 15/-— POLLEN (ArTHuR H.) The Navy in BATTLE, portrait and plans, 8vo., cloth, 1918 6/-—