List 164 - International League of Antiquarian Booksellers

195 BRIGHTWELL, C.L. ROMANTIC INCIDENTS IN THE LIVES OF NATURALISTS AND CELEBRATED TRAVELLERS.
Original heavily blind-stamped red cloth gilt signed JL, the upper board panelled with gilt fi llets with corner-pieces of entwined
snakes, the title wrapped around a prancing crocodile. Spine a little dulled. Pp. 343, all edges gilt, with 4 woodcut plates. [First
edition] T.Nelson and Sons, 1863. £75.00
196 BRISTOL UNIVERSITY: GAZETTE. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL, Chancellor of the University of Bristol 1929-
1965. Original wrappers. Pp.32, with portrait and two plates. Uncommon. Bristol: The University, 1965. £45.00
197 BRISTOW, Carol. CENTRAL 822. The remarkable life of one of Britain’s fi rst women detectives. Original boards, dustwrapper.
Pp. 349. [First edition] Bantam Press, 1998. £15.00
198 BRITISH NAVAL BIOGRAPHY: comprising the lives of the most distinguished admirals, from Howard to Codrington: with
an outline of the naval history of England, from the earliest period to the present time. Small thick 8vo. Original blind-stamped
blue cloth gilt. Pp. viii, 665, 4, with engraved frontispiece and title. Joints strained. Fourth edition, Adam Scott, 1853. £45.00
199 BRITTAIN, Frederick. IT’S A DON’S LIFE. An autobiography. Original red cloth gilt. Pp. 262, with portrait and 10 plates.
[First edition] Heinemann, 1972. £15.00
200 BRITTAIN, Vera. THE WOMEN AT OXFORD. A fragment of history. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper (few small edge nicks).
Pp. 272, with 12 plates. [First edition] Harrap, 1960. £20.00
201 BROCKBANK, Elisabeth. RICHARD HUBBERTHORNE OF YEALAND, yeoman, soldier, quaker, 1628-1662. Original
cloth gilt. Pp. 168, illustrated by the author, with tipped-in coloured frontispiece, 1 plate and 4 tipped-in plates from blocks cut
by James Jackson of Yealand after designs by the author. Inscribed by the author on reverse of title and numbered No.45. A little
spotting in places. [Signed limited edition] Friends Book Centre, 1929. £45.00
202 BRÖGGER, W.C. and ROLFSEN, Nordahl. FRIDTJOF NANSEN 1861-1893. Translated by William Archer. Original
pictorial cloth silvered, spine and top edges a little faded, neatly recased. Pp. x, 402, 24, with 8 plates, 3 maps and numerous text
illustrations. Scarce. [First English edition] Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. £150.00
203 BROOKE, Geoffrey (Major-General). GOOD COMPANY. Original cloth, dustwrapper. Pp. 278, with 3 plates. [First edition]
Constable, 1954. £25.00
204 BROOKE-HUNT, Violet. LORD ROBERTS. A life for boys. Full tree calf gilt prize binding. Pp. ix, 346, with portrait
frontispiece. James Nisbet & Co., 1901. £45.00
205 BROOKS, J.Barlow. LANCASHIRE BRED. An autobiography. 2 volumes, original blue cloth gilt. Pp. viii, 229; viii, 159, with
4 illustrations in volume 2. Recollections of a methodist minister working throughout the north of England from 1895 to the early
1950s. [First edition] Oxford: privately published, no date [c.1942-51]. £35.00
206 BROUGHAM, Henry (Lord). HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF STATESMEN who fl ourished in the time of George III. To
which are added, remarks on the French revolution. New series, followed by principles of democratic and mixed government.
Old half calf gilt with marbled boards, extremities slightly rubbed and lettering partially dulled. Pp. xii, iv-viii, 372. Corner torn
off front two fl yleaves. Signature of E[dward S[tanley] Curwen dated 1844. Paris: Baudry’s European Library, 1844. £35.00
207 BROWN, Antony. CUTHBERT HEATH. Maker of the modern Lloyd’s of London. Small 4to. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper.
Pp. 220, illustrated throughout and with 17 colour plates. [First edition] David & Charles, 1980. £25.00
208 BROWN, Charles (Sir). SIXTY-FOUR YEARS A DOCTOR. Reminiscences of an octogenarian Lancashire doctor. Original
cloth-backed boards. Pp. (iv), 195, with portrait and 3 plates.Very scarce. [First edition] Preston: Groege Toulmin &v Sons,
1922. 16
£75.00