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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Almanac] Parker's Ephemeris For the Year of Our Lord 1774.](jpegs/26708.jpg)
[Almanac] Parker's Ephemeris For the Year of Our Lord 1774. The Eighty-Fifth Impression.
London, Printed by J. Emonson, for the Company of Stationers. [Price Nine-Pence Stitched.]
Small woodcut and letterpress booklet, printed in red and black; 12mo (160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4"), lacking original binding and with later detached brown paper wrapper. A little soiled and stained; contents generally good.
A miscellany of general and historical information, including astronomical, astrological, and meteorological charts/tables, calendars, and a few decorative woodcut vignettes. Title page with woodcut portrait of George Parker (1651-1743), almanac maker. In 1690 Parker commenced the publication of an almanac with the title 'Mercurius Anglicanus; or the English Mercury,' which was continued under his name until 1781. In 1707 the name of the publication was changed to 'Parker's Ephemeris.' With pen ownership inscription 'Thomas Cadbird' to title page.
See BL General Reference Collection P.P.2465.
[Ref: 26708] £110.00
London, Printed by J. Emonson, for the Company of Stationers. [Price Nine-Pence Stitched.]
Small woodcut and letterpress booklet, printed in red and black; 12mo (160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4"), lacking original binding and with later detached brown paper wrapper. A little soiled and stained; contents generally good.
A miscellany of general and historical information, including astronomical, astrological, and meteorological charts/tables, calendars, and a few decorative woodcut vignettes. Title page with woodcut portrait of George Parker (1651-1743), almanac maker. In 1690 Parker commenced the publication of an almanac with the title 'Mercurius Anglicanus; or the English Mercury,' which was continued under his name until 1781. In 1707 the name of the publication was changed to 'Parker's Ephemeris.' With pen ownership inscription 'Thomas Cadbird' to title page.
See BL General Reference Collection P.P.2465.
[Ref: 26708] £110.00
How this Little Pig went to Market.
W.P. Snow, del.t M & N Hanhart, Imp.t
Dickinson Bro.s Lith.rs 114, New Bond Street. [n.d. c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, very rare. 361 x 506mm (14¼ x 20"). Tears around edges.
Chinese men carrying a pig to market in a sling tied to bamboo, which they carry on their shoulders. From William Parker. Snow's "Sketches of Chinese Life & Character", which included sketches of lives and customs in Canton in the time of the Qing Dynasty.
[Ref: 30907] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
W.P. Snow, del.t M & N Hanhart, Imp.t
Dickinson Bro.s Lith.rs 114, New Bond Street. [n.d. c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, very rare. 361 x 506mm (14¼ x 20"). Tears around edges.
Chinese men carrying a pig to market in a sling tied to bamboo, which they carry on their shoulders. From William Parker. Snow's "Sketches of Chinese Life & Character", which included sketches of lives and customs in Canton in the time of the Qing Dynasty.
[Ref: 30907] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Looking Out.
[After Henry Perlee Parker.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 325 x 255mm (12¾ x 10").
An old man in a smock learning out of a window, holding a pistol and looking to front with a sorrowful expression.
[Ref: 30449] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[After Henry Perlee Parker.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 325 x 255mm (12¾ x 10").
An old man in a smock learning out of a window, holding a pistol and looking to front with a sorrowful expression.
[Ref: 30449] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
South View of Nottingham Castle, As it appear'd on the Evening of the 10.th Oct.r 1831.
Painted by Parker. Engraved by H. Dawe.
Published by Geo. Simons Nottingham. [n.d. c.1831.]
Mezzotint. 203 x 267mm. 8 x 10½".
In 1831 the Duke of Newcastle opposed the Reform Bill which drove rioters to attack the ducal mansion setting part of the building on fire.
Fitzwilliam Museum: P.363-R / 130638.
[Ref: 21902] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Parker. Engraved by H. Dawe.
Published by Geo. Simons Nottingham. [n.d. c.1831.]
Mezzotint. 203 x 267mm. 8 x 10½".
In 1831 the Duke of Newcastle opposed the Reform Bill which drove rioters to attack the ducal mansion setting part of the building on fire.
Fitzwilliam Museum: P.363-R / 130638.
[Ref: 21902] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Aguirre Bay, Tierra del Fuego.] Starvation Beach, Spaniard's Harbour.]](jpegs/52019.jpg)
[Aguirre Bay, Tierra del Fuego.] Starvation Beach, Spaniard's Harbour.]
W.P. Snow, Del.t. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.t.
[London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, &? Roberts 1857.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½").
A beach showing the remains of Allen Gardiner's missionary expedition to Patagonia, which perished from scurvy and starvation at least a month before the arrival of a supply ship. From William Parker Snow's 'Two years' cruise off Tierra del Fuego: the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the river Plate; a narrative of life in the southern seas'. Snow (1817-95), having participated in the Search for Franklin, became captain of 'Allen Gardiner', a ship named after the unfortunate missionary, a post he was sacked from after disagreements with his employers, the Patagonian Missionary Society.
[Ref: 52019] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
W.P. Snow, Del.t. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.t.
[London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, &? Roberts 1857.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½").
A beach showing the remains of Allen Gardiner's missionary expedition to Patagonia, which perished from scurvy and starvation at least a month before the arrival of a supply ship. From William Parker Snow's 'Two years' cruise off Tierra del Fuego: the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the river Plate; a narrative of life in the southern seas'. Snow (1817-95), having participated in the Search for Franklin, became captain of 'Allen Gardiner', a ship named after the unfortunate missionary, a post he was sacked from after disagreements with his employers, the Patagonian Missionary Society.
[Ref: 52019] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pozzuoli.]](jpegs/18829.jpg)
[Pozzuoli.]
J.C. Parker [in signature lower left.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Watercolour. 177 x 247mm. 7 x 9¾".
A view of Pozzuoli, in the Italian region of Campania.
[Ref: 18829] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)
J.C. Parker [in signature lower left.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Watercolour. 177 x 247mm. 7 x 9¾".
A view of Pozzuoli, in the Italian region of Campania.
[Ref: 18829] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)
![The Boat-House, Shrewsbury School. [pencil.]](jpegs/11657.jpg)
The Boat-House, Shrewsbury School. [pencil.]
Mabel Oliver Parker [pencil signature.]
[n.d, c.1920.]
Etching with Artist's Proof blindstamp and signature. 200 x 265mm, 8 x 10½". Paper toned
With the school's crest in the title area. It was founded in 1866 and the on-site Boathouse is located on an idyllic stretch of the River Severn.
[Ref: 11657] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mabel Oliver Parker [pencil signature.]
[n.d, c.1920.]
Etching with Artist's Proof blindstamp and signature. 200 x 265mm, 8 x 10½". Paper toned
With the school's crest in the title area. It was founded in 1866 and the on-site Boathouse is located on an idyllic stretch of the River Severn.
[Ref: 11657] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)