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LITERATURE FIRST EDITIONS, CLASSICS, PRIVATE PRESS
1. ADAMS, Douglas. Life, the Universe and Everything London: Arthur Barker. 1982. First edition. 8vo. Dark blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. Dust jacket not clipped, however no price is indicated possibly suggesting a later issue wrapper. The white spine of the jacket slightly toned, otherwise excellent. £175
2. AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice. Emma. Mansfield Park. Northanger Abbey. Persuasion. With... illustrations by C.E. Brock. London: J.M. Dent 1907- 9. Six volumes, small 8vo. Coloured title page and 23 coloured plates in each volume, patterned endpapers - free endpapers with some browning, one hinge slightly cracked. Original grey cloth, decorated in blue to upper covers and gilt to spines, t.e.g., an excellent set. See inside upper cover. £750
3. AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice. Emma. Mansfield Park. Northanger Abbey. Persuasion. Lady Susan and the Watsons. Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons [c.1920]. Adelphi edition, seven volumes, 8vo. Mild creasing to several top corners, marbled endpapers. Bound by Harrods in later full blue morocco, red spine labels, a.e.g., an excellent set. £950
4. BARNES, William. Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset Dialect. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1879. First collected edition, 8vo, (xii), 467, (1), 32 advertisement pp. Contemporary inscription to half title, some light foxing, hinges with some cracking. Original gilt titled green cloth, extremities rubbed. £50 Originally published in three separate volumes.
5. BASKERVILLE PRESS: LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. De Rerum Natura. Libri Sex. Birminghamiæ [Birmingham]: Typis Johannis [John] Baskerville 1773. 12mo, (ii), 131, 128-214 pp. Later owner’s stamp to title, marbled endpapers. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco, a.e.g., gilt ruled borders, light stain to part of the spine and the inner edge of the upper cover, otherwise very good. £150 Gaskell 50.
6. BASKERVILLE PRESS: [TERENCE] TERENTIUS AFER, Publius. Publii Terentii Afru Comœdiæ. Birminghamiae: Johannis Baskerville 1772. 4to, (ii), 364 pp. Some light foxing at the beginning and end, 19th century inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers. Contemporary diced calf, rebacked with repairs to the corners as well. £275 A beautifully printed edition of Terence’s six surviving comedies - Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Phormio and Hecyra. Gaskell 46.
7. BETJEMAN, John. Church Poems. Illustrated by John Piper. (London): John Murray (1980). First edition, first issue, 8vo, 64 pp. Frontispiece and 17 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £55 An edition which was quickly withdrawn owing to serious omissions in the text, including two pages of “Sunday Afternoon in St. Enodoc Church Cornwall”. A corrected second issue appeared the following year.
THE LIBRARY EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS 8. (BRITISH POETS). ADDISON, James. AKENSIDE, Mark. ARMSTRONG, John. BEATTIE, James. BLAIR, Robert. BOWLES, William Lisle. BURNS, Robert. BUTLER, Samuel. CHAUCER, Geoffrey. CHURCHILL, Charles. COLLINS, William. COWPER, William. CRASHAW, Richard. DENHAM, Sir John. DRYDEN, John. DYER, John. FALCONER, William. GAY, John. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. GRAHAME, James. GRAY, Thomas. GREEN, Matthew. HERBERT, George. JOHNSON, Samuel. KIRKE WHITE, Henry. MILTON, John. PARNELL, Thomas. PERCY, Thomas. POPE, Alexander. PRIOR, Matthew. QUARLES, Francis. SCOTT, Sir Walter. SHAKESPEARE, William. SHENSTONE, William. SMOLLETT, Tobias. SOMERVILLE, William. SPENSER, Edmund. SURREY, Earl of. THOMSON, James. WALLER, Edmund. WARTON, Thomas. WYATT, Sir Thomas. YOUNG, Edward. The Poetical Works of... Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Speciments with Memoirs of the Less-Known British Poets. With [Lives], Critical Dissertation[s] and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan. Edinburgh: James Nichol 1853-61. Forty-eight volumes, 8vo. Marbled endpapers. Uniformly bound by W. Worsfold in later half morocco, t.e.g., gilt spines, some slight sunning, a few minor abrasions, a very good set. £1,200 A complete set of the Library edition of the British Poets, including Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry and Less-Known British Poets in three volumes each. A number of poets are collected in multiple volumes - Spenser in five, Chaucer and Scott in three, Bowles, Burns, Butler, Cowper, Dryden, Milton and Pope all in two as well as nine volumes collecting more than one poet.
9. [BRONTË, Charlotte]. Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell. A New Edition. London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1857. Small 8vo, (iv), 534 pp. Original orange wrappers and yellow endpapers with advertisements bound in, a couple of early signatures at the front. Recent green half morocco, marbled sides. A handsome copy. £150 First published in 1849 in three volumes.
10. [BRONTË, Emily & Anne]. Wuthering Heights. Agnes Grey. by Ellis Bell... and... Acton Bell; with a Preface, and Memoir of both Authors, by Currer Bell. A New Edition. London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1858 Small 8vo, xix, (i), 446 pp. Advertisements to endpapers, contemporary signature to paste down, small bookseller’s blind stamp to fly leaf. Original limp orange printed cloth, recased, spine dull. £200 First published in 1847 in three volumes.
SIGNED COPY 11. BURGESS, Anthony. Any Old Iron. London: Hutchinson (1989). First edition, 8vo, (viii), 339, (1) pp. Signed by the Author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £40
12. BURNS, Richard. Some Poems by... Illuminated and Lettered by Frances Richards... (London): The Enitharmon Press 1976. Limited edition, no. 58 of 250 copies, 4to, (44) pp. Illustrations throughout. Cloth, d.w., spine and edges faded otherwise very good. £40
13. CARROLL, Lewis [DODGSON, C.L.] For the Train - Five Poems and a Tale. Being Contributions to “The Train”, 1856-1857, with the original illustrations by C.H. Bennett and W. McConnell; together with some Carrollean Episodes concerning Trains. Arranged with a Preface by Hugh J. Schonfield. London: Denis Archer (1932). First edition, 8vo, (xxii), 76, (2) pp. Portrait frontispiece and 7 illustrations, fly leaf with a signature and the lower corner folded in due to a fault in the cutting of the sheets. Original maroon cloth, spine slightly dull with a small mark to foot. £30 Williams, Madan & Green 307.
UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT 14. CARTER, Barbara Barclay. Abelard. A Play by... (Author of “Ship without Sails” [added in manuscript], “Old Nurse”, “Italy Speaks”). [Not published, late 1930s]. 4to, (4), 118 leaves of typescript, with some erratic numbering and evidence of leaves being removed and replaced with later versions. Manuscript annotation and editing by the Author throughout. Rough paper covers with the Author’s address to the foot of the upper cover, edges and lower part of spine. £45 An unpublished play. The Author had two books published in the 1930s, and her entry in the Book of Catholic Authors mentions how this work’s chances of publication were doomed by the outbreak of the second world war.
15. COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. Poetical Works. Edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge. Oxford University Press (1980). 8vo, xxiii, (i), 614 pp. Marbled endpapers. Full blue morocco, gilt spine, a fine copy. £60
16. CRABBE, Rev. George. Poems. London: J. Hatchard 1808. Second edition, (iii-xxviii), 258 pp, bound without the half title. Armorial bookplate of Lord Vivian to paste down. Contemporary full morocco, a.e.g., gilt rules, some rubbing to joints, very good. £60
17. DICKENS, Charles. The Adventures of Oliver Twist. A reprint of the first edition, with the illustrations, and an Introduction, Biographical and Bibliographical, by Charles Dickens the younger. London: Macmillan and Co. 1892. 8vo, (xxxvi), 394 pp. Black and white illustrations, marbled endpapers and sides, Prize label of Clive House School, Southport, to paste down. Slightly later maroon half morocco, slight wear to foot of spine otherwise good. £50
18. DICKENS, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby. Illustrated by W.H.C. Groome. London: Collins’ Clear-Type Press [1920s]. Small 8vo, 846 pp. Decorative title and 16 plates, some browning to text leaves, marbled endpapers. Contemporary quarter vellum, green cloth sides, brown morocco spine label, a lovely copy. £60
19. DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. Illustrated by W.H.C. Groome. London: Collins’ Clear- Type Press [1920s]. Small 8vo, 846 pp. Decorative title and 8 plates, some marginal browning, marbled endpapers. Contemporary quarter vellum, green cloth sides, brown morocco spine label, slightly rubbed otherwise an excellent copy. £50
20. DRYDEN, John. The Poetical Works of... London: William Pickering 1832-33. Five volumes, small 8vo. Armorial bookplates of Richard Tidswell, marbled endpapers and sides. Contemporary half morocco, gilt spines, t.e.g., some minor rubbing, a handsome set. £225 Published as part of the Aldine Poets series.
21. ESSEX HOUSE PRESS: PENN, William. Some Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims, relating to the Conduct of Human Life. [London]: (Essex House Press 1901). Limited edition, no. 240 of 250 copies, small 8vo, xiv, 257, (1) pp. Title engraving by T. Sturge Moore plus decorative initial letters throughout. Original vellum with yapp edges, tiny patch of wear to the lower cover otherwise very good. £325
22. ESSEX HOUSE PRESS: WOOLMAN, John. A Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman in the Service of the Gospel. [London]: (Essex House Press 1901). Limited edition, no. 164 of 250 copies, small 8vo, (ii), 387, (3) pp. Engraved frontispiece by Reginald Savage and decorative initial letters throughout. Original vellum with yapp edges, some light marking, upper cover slightly bowed otherwise a very good copy. £225 An American Quaker well known for his preaching against slavery, Woolman arrived in England in 1772 but died 3 months later. His Journal was first published in 1775 and its honest piety is well-suited to the ideals of C.R. Ashbee’s Guild of Handicraft, whose members produced these books.
23. EVELYN, John. Diary and Correspondence of... To which is subjoined The Private Correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde... and Sir Richard Browne. Edited from the original Mss. at Wotton by William Bray. London: Henry G. Bohn 1859. Four volumes, 8vo. 45 plates, booklabels of Edward Newton. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, red morocco labels, spines a touch dull otherwise a very good set. £250
24. FAULKNER, William. Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House (1951). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 286 pp. Small W.H. Smith label to foot of paste down. Two tone cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly sunned, a little wear to edges. £50 The first issue with E. McKnight Kauffer’s name misspelt to the upper flap.
25. FLEMING, Ian. The Man with the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape (1965). First edition, 8vo, 221, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, very slight rubbing to the foot of the spine otherwise a fine bright copy. £250 The second state, with a plain upper cover.
26. FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and the Living Daylights. London (1966). First edition, 8vo, 95, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped but with a later price sticker (16s) to the upper flap, fine £100
27. FORESTER, C.S. Josephine. Napoleon’s Empress. London: Methuen & Co. (1925). First edition, 8vo, viii, 246, (2), 8 advertisement pp. 12 plates, very subtle repair to the top of the inner margin of the half title. Original cloth, d.w. in excellent condition. £250
28. FRASER, George MacDonald. Flashman. London: Herbert Jenkins 1969. First edition, 8vo. 256 pp. Red cloth, d.w., not price clipped, map endpapers. Some very light spotting to top edge. Spine of wrapper slightly sunned, slightly creasing at head, nevertheless a very good copy. £175
29. FRASER, George MacDonald. Flash for Freedom. From the Flashman Papers 1848- 1849. Edited and Arranged by... London: Barrie & Jenkins (1971). First edition, 8vo, 295, (1) pp. Owner’s name to title page, map endpapers. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, some very light marks otherwise a good clean copy. £100
30. FRASER, George MacDonald. Flashman and the Dragon. London: Collins Harvill 1985. First edition, 8vo. 320 pp. Red cloth, d.w., not price clipped, map endpapers. Trivial soiling to edges, otherwise an excellent copy. £50
31. FRASER, George MacDonald. Flashman’s Lady. London: Collins Harvill 1985. First edition, 8vo. 328 pp. Red cloth, d.w., not price clipped, map endpapers. Trivial soiling to top edge. Small nick to cloth at lower edge of lower board, a tiny chip to wrapper adjacent, otherwise very good. £75
32. GASKELL, Mrs. Cranford. (Wood engravings by Joan Hassall). London: George G. Harrap & Co. (1948). First reprint of this edition, 8vo, 255, (1) pp. Wood engraved illustrations in the text, patterned endpapers, signature to fly leaf, small book label to verso. Contemporary blue quarter morocco, spine slightly darkened, very good. £40
PROVINCIAL PRINTING 33. GAY, John. Fables. Havant: Printed by Henry Skelton 1816. 12mo, (iv), 194 pp. Inscribed to Harriet Walters, dated 1852, on the fly leaf. Later full red morocco, lettered in gilt “Harriet Walters, Exeter...” to the upper cover, top of lower joint cracked, remains of an old paper spine label, some general marks and wear. £40 An uncommon Hampshire imprint; Copac listing only 11 titles printed by Skelton.
AGNES MILLER PARKER 34. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: DAVIES, Rhys. Daisy Matthews, and three other tales by... with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press (1932). Limited edition, no. 203 of 325 copies signed by the Author, 8vo, (iv), 63, (3) pp. 4 wood engravings plus the Press device. Original quarter morocco, patterned boards designed by Tirzah Garwood (later Ravilious), t.e.g, a lovely copy. £150 Chanticleer 87.
35. GOLDSMITH, [Oliver]. The Deserted Village. Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1912. Limited edition, one of 469 copies, large 8vo, (ii), 23, (1) pp. Etched title and 6 etched plates by H.W. Bicknell. Full calf, t.e.g., a fine copy. £50
36. GROSSMITH, George & Weedon. The Diary of a Nobody. With Illustrations by Weedon Grossmith. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith & London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. [1892]. First edition, 8vo, 300, (3 advertisement, 1) pp. Portrait frontispiece of the Authors, one leaf loose, a duplicate of the half title bound in at the front. Recent grey boards, paper spine label. Wolff 2818. £50
37. HEANEY, Seamus. Beowulf. Translated by... (London): Faber and Faber (1999). First edition, 8vo, xxx, 106 pp. Boards, d.w., price clipped otherwise a fine copy. £65
38. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. London: Jonathan Cape (1929). First English edition, 8vo, 349, (1) pp. Browning to the edge of the half title and the final blank. Modern maroon half morocco, marbled sides, a handsome copy. £175 The second state, with the misprint to page 66 corrected.
39. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1940. First edition, 8vo, (x), 471, (1) pp. Light marginal browning throughout. Modern dark blue half morocco, Author’s signature reproduced to the upper cover, an excellent copy. The first printing with “A” to the title verso. £275
40. HOMER: LAWRENCE, T.E. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by T.E. Shaw. (Colonel T.E. Lawrence). Oxford University Press, London: Humphrey Milford (1935). First English trade edition, 8vo, (xii), 327, (1) pp. Owners’ inscriptions to paste down. Original blue buckram, gilt roundel on upper cover, t.e.g., a few marks, slight sunning of spine. £35 Preceded by limited editions on both sides of the Atlantic and an American trade edition, all in 1932, plus a “popular” edition in 1934. O’Brien A144. See also item 54.
SIGNED COPY 41. HORNBY, Nick. High Fidelity. London: Victor Gollancz (1995). First edition, 8vo, 253, (1) pp. Signed on the title page by the Author. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly sunned, very good. £125
42. HUGHES, Ted. Five Autumn Songs for Children’s Voices. (Devon: Richard Gilbertson 1968 [but 1969]). Limited edition, no. 20 of 26 copies with a verse written out in the Author’s hand of “Who’s Killed the Leaves?” on the title verso (from a total edition of 500 copies), square 8vo, (ii), 10 pp. Fluorescent pink wrappers, a fine copy. Sagar & Tabor A18. £650
43. HUGHES, Ted. A Solstice. Knotting: The Sceptre Press (1978). Limited edition, no. 186 of 350 copies, 8vo, (12) pp. Printed wrappers, stapled as issued, a fine copy. £30
44. JEROME, Jerome K. The Diary of a Pilgrimage. (And six essays)... Illustrations by G.G. Fraser. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith [1891]. First edition, 8vo, 306, 11 advertisement [including rear paste down] pp. Original cloth, lettered in black to the upper cover and in gilt to the spine, some light soiling. £35
45. JOHNSON, Samuel. The Lives of the English Poets. With Critical Observations of their Works. And Lives of sundry eminent persons. London: Charles Tilt 1831. Small 8vo, (iv), 502 pp. Wood engraved portraits in the text, later inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers, contemporary Clapham School Prize label to paste down. Contemporary blind stamped morocco, some minor wear, sympathetically rebacked, a.e.g. with a gauffred pattern of diamond crosshatching. £100 The “second great work” (Courtney) of Johnson’s life, his edition of English poets was first published 1779-80 in 68 volumes, including ten volumes of the prefaces collected here.
46. JUVENALIS [JUVENAL], D. Junii & PERSII [PERSIUS], Auli Flacci. Satyræ. Cum veteris scholiastæ & variorum Commentariis. Editio nova. Amstelædami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium [Amsterdam: Henry Wetsten] 1684. 8vo, (xlvi), 525, (95), 112, (18) pp. Engraved second title, slight cracking of hinge by title, endpapers with some marks and soiling. Contemporary full vellum with gilt ruled borders, ornaments to corners and spine, both covers with a large gilt device showing Minerva and a shield carrying the coat of arms of The Hague, captioned “Hagæ Comitis”, maroon morocco spine label with slight wear, foot of spine also a little worn, lacking the ties otherwise a good sound copy of what was presumably a prize binding. £250 See inside upper cover.
47. KIPLING, Rudyard. The Seven Seas. London: Methuen and Co. 1896. Second edition, 8vo, xv, (iii), 230 pp. Marbled endpapers, bookplate. Contemporary dark green morocco, a.e.g., spine faded to brown, gilt tools to spine and corners. £50
48. KIPLING, Rudyard. From Sea to Sea, and other Sketches. Letters of Travel. London: Macmillan and Co. 1900. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half vellum, t.e.g., red cloth sides, red morocco spine labels, some light marks otherwise very good. £85 Articles written for the Civil and Military Gazette and the Pioneer between 1887-9.
49. KIPLING, Rudyard. Kim. London: Macmillan and Co. 1901. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 413, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. 10 plates, endpapers lightly foxed. Original red cloth, t.e.g, gilt medallion to upper cover, spine ends bumped, a very good copy. Martindell 96. £125
50. KIPLING, Rudyard. Songs from Books. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. Second reprint, 8vo, (xx), 302, (2) pp. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt spine, t.e.g., a handsome copy. £60
51. KIPLING, Rudyard. Thy Servant a Dog. London: Macmillan and Co. 1930. First edition. 8vo. (vi), 92, (4) pp. Publisher’s red cloth, dustjacket (not price clipped). Black and white illustrations throughout. Spotting to jacket, also the endpapers. Slight loss at head and tail of spine of jacket, a few chips elsewhere, the cloth very good. £50
52. KIPLING, Rudyard. Humorous Tales. From... Illustrated by Reginald Cleaver. London: Macmillan and Co. 1931. First edition, 8vo, x, 512, (4 advertisement) pp. Frontispiece and 22 plates. Inscribed by Kipling on the title page to Lord Brentford “...from his friend the Author...”, dated Christmas 1931. Original gilt titled red cloth, sunned with some light rubbing and marks. £550 William Joynson-Hicks, first Viscount Brentford, was a Conservative politician and MP for north-west Manchester, Brentford and Twickenham successively. He lived not far from Kipling in Newick.
53. LAMB, Charles. The Letters of... Newly arranged, with Additions. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Alfred Ainger. London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. Two volumes, small 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I, marbled endpapers, blank Prize labels of Haileybury School. Contemporary scarlet calf, gilt spines, borders and arms, very slight wear to the top of one spine otherwise a very good bright set. £125
54. LAWRENCE, T.E. Minorities. Edited by J.M. Wilson with a Preface by C. Day Lewis. London: Jonathan Cape (1971). First edition, 8vo, 272 pp. Frontispiece, brief inscription to fly leaf. Linen backed cloth with a few spots, d.w., price clipped, with minor rubbing to extremities. £35 Poetry published after Lawrence’s death. O’Brien A258. See also item 40.
55. LEE, Laurie. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman. (London: Andre Deutsch 1969). First edition, 8vo, 252 pp. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, light browning otherwise a very good copy. £30
56. LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Poetical Works of... (Reprinted from the revised American edition, including Keramos and recent poems). London: Frederick Warne (1878). 8vo, viii, 600 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 12 plates, marbled endpapers. Contemporary full green morocco, a.e.g., covers with blind stamped borders and gilt medallions showing the Author in the centre and six scenes from his poetry, a superbly bound copy. £95
57. MOORE, Thomas. Lalla Rookh. An Oriental Memoir. Illustrated with Engravings from Drawings by Eminent Artists Under the SuperIntendence of Mr. Charles Heath. London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans 1838. Nineteenth edition, 8vo. [2], viii, 397, [1] pp. Contemporary half black morocco over brown cloth boards, spine with raised bands, title in gilt to one compartment, gilt decoration featuring the motif of a three leaf clover to the others, red speckled edges. Engraved title page vignette and 12 engraved plates. Some light foxing to plates and title page. Boards slightly scuffed and faded, light shelfwear to extremities, otherwise very good. £65
58. MORRIS, William. The Roots of the Mountains, wherein is told somewhat of the lives of the men of Burgdale, their friends, their neighbours, their foemen and their fellows in arms. London: Reeves and Turner 1890. First edition, one of 250 “superior” copies on Whatman paper, 8vo, (viii), 424 pp. Contemporary owner’s inscription to half title. Original elaborate floral cloth designed by Morris, gilt titled spine, some minor shelf wear to the spine otherwise an excellent clean copy. £1,750 Finely printed at the Chiswick Press, this was one of Morris’ final experiments with type before he founded the Kelmscott Press in the following year. Forman 109. See inside upper cover.
59. MURDOCH, Iris. The Philosopher’s Pupil. New York: The Viking Press (1983). First American edition, 8vo, (xii), 576 pp. Signed by the Author on the title page. Cloth backed boards, d.w. with some light edge wear and creasing to the upper flap. £100
60. O’BRIAN, Patrick. Clarissa Oakes. (London): HarperCollins (1992). First edition, 8vo, 256 pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. £100 Published as “The Truelove” in the United States.
61. OVID. Pub. Ovidii Nasonis Operum. Interpretatione et Notis Illustravit Daniel Crispinus Helvetius, jussu Christianissimi Regis; ad usum serenissimi delphini... Lugduni [Lyon]: Apud Anissonios, Joannem Posuel, et Claudium Rigaud 1689. Four volumes, 4to. Titles printed in red and black with a vignette engraving of the poet, some minor creasing to a few top corners. Contemporary blind stamped vellum, covers a little bowed with light soiling, later gilt arms of the Thynne family with the motto “J’ai bonne cause” to the upper covers, spines with raised bands and black morocco labels, minor wear to the spine of volume III otherwise an excellent set. £1,000 A revised version of the Delphin Classics edition including Daniel Crispin’s valuable Index, which takes up the whole of volume IV. See inside upper cover.
62. PALGRAVE, Francis Turner. The Golden Treasury, of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English Language. Selected and arranged with notes by... London: Macmillan and Co. 1874. Small 8vo, (xii), 330 pp. Contemporary Eton prize inscription from Arthur Campbell Ainger, composer of the words to the Eton school song, marbled endpapers. Contemporary full red calf, a.e.g., covers with gilt borders and an onlaid border of blue morocco with gilt leaves, gilt spine, some rubbing to joints otherwise a lovely copy. £75
63. PIRSIG, Robert M. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. London: The Bodley Head. 1974. First UK edition. 8vo. 412 pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettered to spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, two neat inscriptions to first free endpaper. Spine and extremities of dust jacket slightly toned, otherwise very good. £75
64. PLUTARCH. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared together by that grave learned Philosopher & Historiographer... Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amyot... and out of French into Englishe, by Thomas North. Decorated by Thomas Lowinsky. Stratford-upon-Avon: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press; Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1928. Limited edition, no. 458 of 500 sets, eight volumes, 8vo. Largely unopened throughout, small Foyles bookseller’s label to six paste downs. Original black buckram with gilt spines, t.e.g., spine ends slightly bumped, some light marks otherwise a very good set. £250 A faithful reprint of the first edition of North’s Plutarch, originally published in 1579.
65. POE, Edgar Allan. Poems of... Complete. With an original Memoir by R.H. Stoddard. London: George Routledge and Sons 1877. 8vo, 380 pp. Portrait frontispiece, one plate and a facsimile manuscript, marbled endpapers, edges and sides, later bookplate. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine, some light wear. £60
66. POWYS, John Cowper. A Glastonbury Romance. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head (1933). First English edition, 8vo, (xii), 1174, (2) pp. Later inscription to front blank. Cloth, spine ends sunned and slightly worn, d.w. also with loss to the spine ends and some other chips. £100
67. QUENNELL, Peter. A Letter to Mrs. Virginia Woolf. London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press 1932. First edition, small 8vo, 24 pp. Contemporary inscription from the Author to the half title. Original decorative wrappers, some light browning and soiling. £60 The Hogarth Letters no. 12. Woolmer 305. See also items 93 and 260.
68. RAINE, Kathleen. Six Dreams, and other Poems. London: Enitharmon Press 1968. Limited edition, no. 152 of 450 copies signed by the Author, large 8vo, (24) pp. Frontispiece and a small wood engraving tipped in. Original printed wrappers, fine. £45
69. (ROCHESTER). BURNET, Gilbert. Some Passages in the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester. Written by... with a Sermon preached at the funeral of the said Earl by the Reverend Robert Parsons, to which are prefixed... criticisms... by... Horace Walpole and Dr. Samuel Johnson. London: Printed for W. Lowndes, J. Hatchard and J. Badcock 1805. 12mo, (ii), 143, (1) pp. Two portrait plates, quote from Johnson in an old hand to a front blank, booklabel. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, some light rubbing, very good. £95 First published 1680, with Walpole and Johnson’s contributions included subsequently.
70. ROWLANDSON, Thomas & COMBE, William. Doctor Syntax’s Three Tours: In Search of the Picturesque, Consolation, and a Wife. London: John Camden Hotten (1869). 8vo, xlviii, 354, (18 advertisement) pp. 79 coloured plates. Original gilt titled green cloth, some light rubbing otherwise very good. £35
71. SACKVILLE-WEST, V. Pepita. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1937. First edition, 8vo, 282, (4 advertisement) pp. 16 plates. Inscribed from the Author “Olive from Vita. Oct. 1937” on the fly leaf. Cloth, some light staining and marks. £150 Presumably inscribed to one of two Olives close to the Author; Oliver Rinder, her sometime lover, and Olive Rubens (later Nation), her father’s mistress. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A32a.
SIGNED COPY 72. SACKVILLE-WEST, V. In Your Garden Again. London: Michael Joseph (1953). First edition, 8vo, 178, (2) pp. 8 photographic plates, signed by the Author on the fly leaf. Cloth, slight rubbing to spine ends. £125 Cross & Ravenscroft Hulme A51a.
73. (SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita). PROKOSCH, Frederic. Chosen Poems. London: Chatto & Windus 1944. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 70, (2) pp. From the Library of Vita Sackville-West, with her initials in ink, dated Sissinghurst August 1944, to the paste down, her note of the price paid (6 shillings) to the fly leaf, and a pencilled list to the rear paste down of six poems with their page numbers, plus a further pencilled note to the back of the publisher’s compliments slip, which is loosely inserted. Some other marginal marks in pencil also. Cloth backed boards, slightly browned. £125 See also item 230.
74. SANDEMAN, Chistopher. Thyme and Bergamot. London: The Dropmore Press 1947. Limited edition, no. 421 of 550 copies, small 4to, (viii), 58, (6) pp. 7 full page wood engravings plus several others by John O’Connor. Original blue buckram, d.w., light browning to spine and top of lower cover, roughly trimmed short at the base as seems to be common. £60
75. [SCOTT, Walter]. Tales of my Landlord. [First series]. Second series, Collected and Arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood; ...for Archibald Constable 1817-8. Two works in eight volumes (four volumes each), first series second edition, second series first edition, 12mo. Uniformly bound in contemporary green half morocco, marbled sides and edges, slight sunning of spines otherwise a handsome set. £300 Todd & Bowden 98Ab & 122Aa.
76. (SCOTT, Walter). LOCKHART, J.G. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott. By... his son-in-law and Literary Executor. Paris: A. and W. Galignani 1838. Four volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt spines with maroon labels, some minor marks and rubbing, a handsome set. £250 First published 1837-8.
77. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tragedy of Richard the Third. Edited by A. Hamilton Thompson. London: Methuen and Co. [1950s]. 8vo, xxxi, (i), 221, (1) pp, interleaved with blanks throughout. Green silk bookmark. Contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., marbled sides, gilt title and the initials “A.E.H.” to spine, very slight sunning otherwise fine. £75
78. SHAKESPEARE, William. Anthony and Cleopatra. Edited by M.R. Ridley London: Methuen and Co. (1954). 8vo, lvi, 285, (1) pp. All else as item 77. £75
79. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Edited by Frank Kermode. London: Methuen and Co. (1954). 8vo, lxxxviii, 167, (1) pp. All else as item 77. £85
80. SHAKESPEARE, William. King Lear. Edited by Kenneth Muir. London: Methuen and Co. (1955). 8vo, lxvi, 256, (2) pp. All else as item 77. £85
81. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Merchant of Venice. Edited by John Russell Brown. London: Methuen and Co. (1955). 8vo, lviii, 174 pp. Rubbing to one edge otherwise as item 77. £65
82. SHAKESPEARE, William. Love’s Labours Lost. Edited by Richard David. London: Methuen and Co. (1956). 8vo, lii, 196 pp. All else as item 77. £75 All excepting Richard III in the Arden Shakespeare series.
83. SHAKESPEARE, William & SURREY, [Henry Howard], Earl of. The Poetical Works of... With Memoir and Critical Dissertation. The text edited by Charles Cowden Clarke. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin [c.1880]. 8vo, xl, 316 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary half calf, slight rubbing to corners, a very good copy. £55
SIGNED COPY 84. SHUTE, Nevil. The Rainbow and the Rose. London: Heinemann (1958). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 306 pp. Signed by the Author on the title page. Cloth with staining to the lower edge, d.w. with fading and some loss, particularly to the spine ends. £175
85. SPENSER, Edmund. The Faerie Queene. Edited from the original editions of 1590 and 1596 with Introduction and Glossary by Kate M. Warren. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. 1897. Six volumes, 12mo. Attractively bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary quarter vellum, t.e.g., spines with green morocco labels, sunned and slightly rubbed, plus art deco style gilt flowers, cloth sides with some fading. £250
86. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Catriona. A Sequel to “Kidnapped”, being Memoirs of the further adventures of David Balfour at home and abroad... London: Cassell and Company 1909. Small 8vo, viii, 376 pp. Frontispiece, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Phyllis Fagan. Contemporary quarter vellum, t.e.g., gilt decorated spine in the Art Nouveau style, brown label, a lovely copy. £50
87. (TROLLOPE). SADLEIR, Michael. Trollope. A Commentary. London: Constable & Co. (1928). Second impression, 8vo, (x), 432 pp. Marbled endpapers, Harrow School prize label to paste down. Contemporary half diced calf, gilt spine, t.e.g., some minor rubbing otherwise very good. £30
88. VERONA PRESS: The Verona Press Rhyme Sheets. No.’s 1-6. Verona 1938. Seven loose sheets, each 39 x 21 cm. Title with a large coloured illustration by Chagall plus 6 leaves of poetry with coloured illustrations. Original decorative folder, this held in its original cardboard case. Fine. £200 The six sheets contain poetry by Geoffrey Scott, George Barker and Frederick Johnston as well as verses from Greek and Chinese, plus illustration by Frans Masereel, Aristide Maillol, G. de Chirico, Raoul Dufy, G.G. Boehmer and Karl Walser.
89. WATT, Alaric A. Poetical Sketches: The Profession; The Broken Heart, Etc. With Stanzas for Music, and Other Poems. ... Third Edition, with Additional Poems. Illustrated with Engravings from Drawings by Messrs. Stothard and Brockedon. London: Printed for Hurst, Robinson and Co.; and Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh 1824. 8vo. xv, [i], 189, [3] pp. Contemporary full dark blue calf, spine flat with gilt rules, gilt decoration and lettering to compartments, boards with scrolled leaf border in gilt and decorative blind stamped panel to centre, Greek key design in gilt to edges of boards and inner dentelles, plain brown endpapers. Frontispiece, title vignette and one other engraved plate. Slight discolouration to endpapers, otherwise a most handsome volume. £125
90. WELLS, H. G. The War in the Air, and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted. With Illustrations by A. C. Michael. London: George Bell and Sons 1908. First edition, 8vo, viii, 389, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. 16 plates, occasional foxing, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original red cloth, gilt titled spine, title in black to upper cover with a coloured version of the frontispiece to upper cover, slight fading to the top of the upper cover otherwise a very good copy of a variant binding. £200 G. H. Wells 35. Currey, binding D.
91. WELLS, H. G. The History of Mr. Polly. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons (1910). First edition, 8vo, 374, (10 publisher’s advert) pp. Coloured frontispiece, green and white decorative endpapers, a few marginal spots to preliminaries. Original green cloth, gilt and white spine label with some loss to the top part, otherwise very good. £50 G.H. Wells 39.
92. WOOLF, Virginia. Orlando. A Biography. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1928. First English edition, 8vo, 299, (1) pp. 8 plates. Cloth, top of spine with some fading, d.w. with loss to the top of the spine, some light edge wear and soiling. Overall a very good copy. £750 Dedicated to and based upon the family of Vita Sackville-West. Three of the plates are photographs of her; another is of Angelica Bell at the age of 9. Kirkpatrick A11b. See inside upper cover.
93. WOOLF, Virginia. A Letter to a Young Poet. London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press 1932. First edition, small 8vo, 28 pp. Original decorative wrappers, some light browning and soiling. £45 The Hogarth Letters no. 8. Kirkpatrick A17. Woolmer 314. See also items 67 and 260.
94. WOOLF, Virginia. The Captain’s Death Bed, and other Essays. London: The Hogarth Press 1950. First English edition, 8vo, 223, (1) pp. Brief contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. with design in yellow and black by Vanessa Bell to upper wrapper, not price clipped, some minor soiling and edge wear, a very good copy. £150 Kirkpatrick A30b. First published in New York a week earlier.
95. WOOLF, Virginia. A Writer’s Diary. Being Extracts from the Diary of... Edited by Leonard Woolf. London: The Hogarth Press 1953. First edition, 8vo, x, 372, (2) pp. Inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. designed by Vanessa Bell, price clipped, browned with some spots, light wear to top of spine. £90 Kirkpatrick A31a.
96. WOOLF, Virginia. The Essays of... 1901-41. Edited by Andrew McNeillie and Stuart N. Clarke. London: The Hogarth Press (1986-2011). First edition thus, six volumes, 8vo. Cloth, d.w.’s, some minor marks to volume I and mild staining to the top edge of the upper wrapper to volume III otherwise an excellent set. £450 Bringing together the pieces collected in the two Common Reader collections, The Death of the Moth, The Moment, The Captain’s Death Bed and Granite and Rainbow plus further material and extensive notes and commentary, and including the most recently published volumes.
97. XENOPHON. [Greek title]. Xenophontos Kyrou Anabaseos, Biblia Hepta. Xenophontis de Cyri expeditione libri septem. A Thomas Hutchinson. Cantabridgiæ [Cambridge]: Typis Academicis excudebat J. Archdeacon 1785. Fourth edition thus, 4to, (viii), lix, (i), 598, (2 advertisement) pp. Folding map, inscriptions to front blank, marbled endpapers and edges. Slightly later full russia with gilt borders consisting of rules and two repeated tools, blind stamped central panel with a monogram, CY, in the centre below a stag motif, skilfully rebacked to style, a few minor scuffs to edges otherwise a handsome copy. £475 Vicar of Horsham from 1748, Hutchinson’s editions of Cyropaedia and Anabasis first appeared in 1727 and 1735 respectively. The text is printed in Greek with a Latin translation and copious notes.
98. YEATS, W.B. Deirdre. Being Volume Five of Plays for an Irish Theatre. London: A.H. Bullen & Dublin: Maunsel & Co. 1907. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 47, (1) pp. Contemporary inscription to front blank. Original quarter cloth, some rubbing and browning to edges, paper spine label browned and slightly worn. Wade 69. £40
99. YEATS, W.B. The Tower. London: Macmillan and Co. 1928. First edition, 8vo, vi, 110, (2 advertisement) pp. Original gilt decorated olive green cloth by T. Sturge Moore, some light rubbing to the gilt otherwise very good. £450 Wade 158. See inside upper cover.
CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
100. AINSLIE, Kathleen. “Me and Catharine Susan”. London: Castell Brothers Ltd. [1903]. First edition, 12mo, (40) pp. Coloured illustrations, lightly browned throughout. Original card covers with further coloured illustrations, sewn as issued, brief inscription to the inside of the upper cover, some minor spots, very good. £50
SIGNED COPY 101. ALLAN, Mabel Esther. Behind the Blue Gates. London: Heinemann (1972). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 169, (1) pp. Signed by the Author on the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, with some light browning and rubbing to top edge. £40
102. ALPHABET: An Alphabet, Allegorical, Alliterative & Amusing. Appreciable at All Ages. London: Effingham Wilson 1871. First edition, large oblong 8vo, (28) pp. Title printed in red, black and white illustrations, later signature to title page, a few marks. Original maroon half morocco with some wear, recently recased. Scarce, only three copies noted on Copac. £125
103. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby. London: Chatto and Windus 1907. First edition thus, 8vo, (xiv), 166, (3, 7 advertisement) pp. 12 coloured plates, some light spotting, owner’s name to front blank. Original gilt titled blue cloth, t.e.g., coloured vignette to upper cover, spine sunned, very good. £75
104. DAHL, Roald. Matilda. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. London: Jonathan Cape (1988). First edition, 8vo, 240 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, later issue d.w. without a price to the upper flap, very slight bumping to top of spine otherwise fine. £150
105. [DAY, Thomas]. Sandford and Merton, an Interesting Tale. London: Dean and Munday 1818. 12mo, 34 pp. Hand coloured folding frontispiece, partially loose with minor loss to edges, contemporary inscription to title. Sewn in contemporary marbled wrappers, soiled and worn. £35 A popular and oft-reprinted work first published in the 1780s. No copy of this issue noted in Copac; not in Osborne.
106. (DULAC, Edmund). FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by... With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton [1909]. First edition thus, 4to, (61) leaves, printed on rectos only. 20 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues, some occasional light foxing, marbled endpaper,s original patterned endpapers, spine and upper cover bound in. Recent full green morocco, gilt title and decoration, t.e.g., an excellent copy. £400
107. GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. (1933). Forty-third edition - third Shepard edition, 8vo, (vi), 312, 8 advertisement pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, map endpapers, brief inscription and a small blind stamp to front blank. Original green cloth, gilt vignette to upper cover, a couple of light marks, d.w. browned with a tear to the upper wrapper and slight loss to the top of the spine. £250
108. GREENAWAY, Kate. Language of Flowers. Illustrated by... Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. London: George Routledge and Sons [1884]. First edition, later issue, small 8vo, 80 pp. coloured illustrations, some foxing, booksellers’ label to foot of paste down. Original gilt decorated white imitation morocco boards, extremities rubbed. Schuster & Engen 107 - 1f. £200
109. HENTY, G.A. Both Sides the Border. A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower. London: Blackie & Son [c.1911]. 8vo, (3)-384 pp. 8 plates, Prize inscription of Aymestrey House, Malvern, to front blank, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary red calf, gilt borders and spine, some minor marking otherwise a handsome copy. £65
110. (HUDSON, Gwynedd M.). CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson. London: Hodder and Stoughton [1930s]. Large 8vo, (x), 180 pp. 12 coloured plates tipped in, some light foxing. Original yellow cloth, slight darkening to spine and top edge, small mark to spine, very good. £125
111. (HUGHES, Arthur). MACDONALD, Lilia Scott. Babies’ Classics. Chosen by... Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1904. First edition, 4to, (xii), 79, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, slightly later inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled buckram, slight sunning, spine ends with some wear. £65
112. LANG, Andrew. The Red Book of Animal Stories. Selected and Edited by... with... Illustrations by H.J. Ford. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1899. First edition, 8vo, (xviii), 379, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, later bookplate to fly leaf. Original gilt decorated red cloth, a.e.g., spine a little dull with minor wear to ends. £65
113. LUCAS, E.V. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy’s Apprentice. London: Grant Richards 1899. Second reprint, 16mo, (viii), 159, (1) pp. Original light green cloth, binding slightly sprung, light soiling. £30
DELUXE EDITION 114. MILNE, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. (1926). First deluxe edition, 8vo, (xiv), 158, (2) pp. Illustrations throughout, map endpapers, brief contemporary inscription to the dedication leaf. Original publisher’s limp blue morocco with gilt decoration, a.e.g., very slight rubbing to spine ends and the foot of the lower cover, otherwise a very good bright copy. £1,250
115. MILNE, A.A. Now We are Six. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. (1927). Second edition, 8vo, (xii), 103, (1) pp. Illustrations throughout. Original gilt decorated maroon cloth, t.e.g., spine ends slightly bumped, a very good bright copy. £75
"THE NEWSPAPER FOR MALTA’S CHILDREN" 116. NEWSPAPER: Children’s Own. No’s 1-3, 5, 7, 11-18, 21, 23-26, 28, 31. March 9th 1946 - July 12th 1947. Hamrun, Malta: St. Joseph’s Institute Press Twenty-one issues, with a duplicate of no. 26, 4to, of 8 or 12 pp each, with some chips and marginal tears, some issues with stamps and either written or printed addresses on or by the masthead, with a compliments slip from the Editor, each issue neatly folded 3 times. Scarce. £150 A curious mixture of sentiment, British propaganda and Maltese news.
117. ORLEBAR, F. St. J. The Adventures of Her Serene Limpness, the Moon-Faced Princess, Dulcet and Débonaire. London 1888. First edition, large 8vo, (iv), 132 pp, frontispiece and numerous illustrations, 9 full page, a very good copy in the original decorated cloth, slightly marked. £75
118. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. Fairyland. Verses by Annie R. Rentoul. Stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie R. Rentoul. London: A. & C. Black (1931). First English edition, folio, 126, (2) pp. 16 colour plates and 31 full page black and white illustrations plus further vignettes in the text, pictorial endpapers with some wear to paste downs. Recently rebound in blue full morocco, gilt spine and border, an attractive copy. £850
119. (RACKHAM, Arthur). SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. By... with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann 1908. First trade edition, large 8vo, (vi), 134, (2) pp. 40 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues plus black and white illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers. Recent dark blue full morocco, gilt spine and rules, a.e.g. £500
120. (RACKHAM, Arthur). SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann (1926). First trade edition, 4to, x, 185, (1) pp. 20 coloured plates tipped in, light crease to fly leaf. Original gilt decorated black cloth, minor rubbing to extremities, a very good clean copy. £325
121. RAVILIOUS, Eric. High Street. Written by J. M. Richards. Illustrated by... London: Country Life (Printed... at the Curwen Press 1938). First edition, 8vo, 100, (2) pp. 24 full page coloured lithographs plus a woodcut to the title, spotting to endpapers only. Original pictorial boards, top of spine with slight loss, some light rubbing otherwise a good sound copy. £2,250 One of the scarcest and most renowned of all the books Eric Ravilious illustrated, containing beautifully observed illustrations of the kind of English shops which have long died out. See lower cover.
122. (ROBINSON, Charles). BURNETT, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. London: William Heinemann 1911. First English edition and first edition with these illustrations, 8vo, (viii), 306, 6 advertisement pp. 8 coloured plates with captioned tissues, light foxing to fly leaf, small “Times Book Club” label and small date stamp to foot of rear paste down, pictorial endpapers. Original gilt decorated and titled green cloth, recased with skilful restoration to the joints, a good sound copy. £400 Originally published the same year in New York with different illustrations.
123. (ROBINSON, W. Heath). HUNTER, Norman. The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm. With... Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head (1933). First edition, square 8vo, (xiv), 203, (1, 4 advertisement) pp. Colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations in the text, some light foxing to early leaves. Original orange cloth, spine faded and some light soiling, very slight fraying to the head of the upper joint. £175
NATURAL HISTORY GEOLOGY, SCIENCE, SPORT AND PASTIMES
124. BADMINTON LIBRARY: WALSINGHAM, Lord & PAYNE-GALLWEY, Sir Ralph. Shooting - Moor and Marsh. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1887. Second edition, 8vo, xiv, 348 pp. 8 plates plus numerous illustrations in the text, contemporary signature to half title. Original brown decorated cloth, spine ends bumped, some minor wrinkling to upper cover, very good. £60
125. BEWICK, T. History of British Birds. The History and Description of Land Birds. ...Water Birds. Newcastle: Printed by Edw. Walker for T. Bewick 1826. Two volumes, eighth edition of the Land Birds, sixth edition of the Water Birds, demy 8vo. Numerous wood engraved illustrations, a few minor spots. Bound by Waters of Newcastle in later full calf, t.e.g., gilt borders and cornerpieces, gilt spines with raised bands and green and red morocco labels, a handsome set. £275 Roscoe 31c, variant B & 32c.
INCLUDING AN ESSAY ON THE CHIN-COUGH 126. BURTON, John. A Treatise on the Non-Naturals. In which the Great Influence They have on Human Bodies [is] Set forth, and Mechanically accounted [for]. To which is subjoin’d, A Short Essay on the Chin-Cough: with a New Method of treating that Obstinate Distemper. York: Printed by A. Staples... 1738. First edition, 8vo, xxiii, (1), 367, (1) pp. Signatures to title, one partly removed affecting a couple of the printed words, modern owner’s ink stamp to fly leaf. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked with a red label, some repair to corners also. £375 Burton lists the non-naturals as “1. Air; 2. Meat and Drink; 3. Exercise and Rest; 4. Sleep and Waking; 5. Things retain’d, that should be excreted; and too great an Excretion of what shou’d be retain’d; 6. Affections of the Mind.”, and examines the effect of climate and diet on the body. “Chin-cough” is a contemporary term for whooping cough. Wellcome II p277.
127. CRADDOCK, Harry [Editor]. The Savoy Cocktail Book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes and other Drinks... compiled by... of the Savoy Hotel, London. London: Constable & Company 1930. First edition, 8vo, (iv), 286, (2) pp. Coloured illustrations throughout, including several maps of wine regions as well as humorous cartoons relating to individual drinks, pictorial endpapers, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original cloth backed boards, decorated in silver, green and black, boards with some of the usual deterioration of the metallic finish, spine slightly dull. £350 A wonderfully designed collection of cocktails evoking the spirit and gaiety of the era.
128. (CURTIS). NELMES, Ernest & CUTHBERTSON, William (Compilers). Curtis’s Botanical Magazine Dedications, 1827-1927. Portraits and Biographical Notes. London: Bernard Quaritch for the Royal Horticultural Society [1931]. Large 8vo, (xxii), 398 (2) pp. 100 portraits with accompanying biographical text, inscribed from Cuthbertson on the fly leaf, later inscription also. Original gilt titled brown cloth, slight bumping to spine ends, a very good copy. £125
129. DARWIN, Charles. Journal of Researches, into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage round the world of HMS Beagle under Command of Captain Fitz Roy. London: John Murray 1902. 8vo, (xvi), 521, (1) pp. Frontispiece plus 16 plates and a few illustrations in the text, foxing to the edge of one plate, marbled endpapers and edges, Prize label of King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, to paste down. Contemporary blue calf, gilt spine, edges, and arms, red label, a couple of minor scuffs else a handsome copy. £300 Freeman 58.
130. DARWIN, Charles. Journal of Researches, into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage round the World of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’, under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy. London: John Murray 1912. 8vo, xvi, 521, (1, 10 advertisement) pp. 16 plates plus a few illustrations in the text, 2 folding maps at the end. Original gilt titled green cloth, some minor rubbing else near fine. Freeman 122. £85
131. DE BROKE, Lord Willoughby. The Sport of Our Ancestors. Being a Collection of Prose and Verse setting forth the Sport of Fox-Hunting as they knew it. Edited and Selected with an Introduction and Appreciations by... London: Constable and Co. 1921. First edition, 4to, xii, 279, (1) pp. 20 plates tipped in, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth, spine a little faded, t.e.g., very good. £30
132. EMANUEL, Harry. Diamonds and Precious Stones: Their History, Value, and Distinguishing Characteristics. London: John Camden Hotten 1867. Second edition, 8vo, xxii, 266, 32 advertisement pp. Chromolithographed second title and 4 lithographed plates, 1 other plate, some light foxing. Original gilt titled blue cloth, some light rubbing. £125
133. FYSON, P.F. The Flora of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hill-Tops (above 6,500 feet). Being the wild and commoner introduced flowering plants round the Hill-Stations of Ootacamund, Kotagiri and Kodaikanal. Madras 1915. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo. 581 plates, of which 325 are hand coloured, perhaps by a skilful later hand. Recently rebound in quarter calf, marbled sides, scarce. £400
THE ART OF DYING WOOL 134. HAIGH, James. The Dyer’s Assistant in the Art of Dying Wool and Woollen Goods. [bound with] DELORMOIS [also DE LORMOIS], M. Suite Du Nouveau Teinturier Parfait, ou L’Art De Faire L’Indienne... London & York 1800 and Liege: F.J. Desoer 1773. Two volumes in one, 12mo, 256, xvi, 84, viii pp, ink stamp to title and one stain to a preliminary leaf of the first work, half title of second work soiled, rebound in recent half calf over contemporary marbled boards, spine with period gilt decoration and red label. £750 Haigh was a dyer in Leeds, and the first edition of his work appeared there in 1778. Several editions followed including this one, all are scarce. Wellcome III p547 lists 4 editions of De Lormois’ work between 1767 and 1786. This edition not located.
135. HASLUCK, Paul N. (Editor). Woodworking. A Book of Tools, Materials and Processes for the Handyman. London: Cassell and Company [1906]. First edition, large 8vo, viii, 760 pp. 2,545 illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers. Contemporary red half morocco, cloth sides with some marks otherwise a handsome copy. £55
136. HAYWARD, Peter J. A Natural History of the Seashore. (London): Collins (2004). First edition, 8vo, 288 pp. 16 pages of colour photographs plus black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. £80 New Naturalist series no. 94.
EDWARD BAWDEN 137. HEATH, Ambrose. Good Potato Dishes. London: Faber & Faber (1935). First edition, 8vo, 88 pp. Title designed by Edward Bawden. Original boards also by Bawden, d.w. replicating the design, not price clipped but a little browned, a little loss to top of spine and one corner otherwise a very well preserved copy. £75
138. HEATH, Ambrose. Savoury Snacks. A Collection of Recipes for Snacks, hot and cold, suitable for Sherry or Cocktail Parties, Picnics, informal Meals, late Suppers and other notable Occasions when light but not uninteresting fare is expected: with a note on Savoury Butters. London: Nicholson & Watson 1939. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 72 pp. Cloth backed patterned boards, d.w. with some browning and slight loss to edges. Scarce. £40
139. HEATH, Ambrose. Good Vegetables. London: Faber and Faber (1949). First edition thus, 8vo, 244 pp. Light spotting to free endpapers. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, some minor rubbing and a small chip to the foot of the spine, a very good copy. £60
140. HOLLAND, J.H. Rubber Cultivation in West Africa. 7th March, 1901. Small folio. 7 pp. Original printed blue paper boards, paler blue cloth spine, small old inscribed library ticket pasted to lower corner of upper board. Five b/w plates. Slight cockling to paper boards, a few chips at edges, otherwise very good. £80 Holland was Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Old Calabar, Southern Nigeria.
141. HUISH, Robert. A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management, of Bees; In which the various systems of the British and Foreign Apiarans are examined, and the most improved methods laid down for effectually preserving the lives of the bees... London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy 1815. First edition, 8vo, xxiii, (i), 414, (2 advertisement) pp. 6 plates, one extending, with heavy foxing to 10 text leaves near the end plus some occasional lighter spotting, small ink stamp of Sion College Library to title verso, cancelled, title with a little edge wear. Uncut in modern half calf, marbled sides. British Bee Books, 176. £350
142. JEKYLL, Gertrude & ELGOOD, George S. Some English Gardens. After Drawings by George S. Elgood with Notes by Gertrude Jekyll. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1904. First edition, folio, xii, 130, (2) pp. 50 coloured plates with captioned tissues, armorial bookplate of William Bernard Godfrey to half title. Original gilt titled buckram, some marks and rubbing, t.e.g. £200
143. JEKYLL, Gertrude. Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden. London: Country Life [c.1928]. Seventh edition, 8vo, xvi, 159, (1) pp. Coloured frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Cloth, spine and edges sunned, d.w. with a further coloured illustration, loss to foot of spine, edges chipped. £45
144. LANKESTER, Sir Ray. Science from an Easy Chair. London: Methuen & Co. (1922). Fifteenth edition, 8vo, (xiv), 423, (1) pp. 2 plates, one in colour, plus 81 illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers and edges, Prize label of Aysgarth School to paste down. Bound by Bickers and Son in contemporary tree calf, gilt arms and borders, gilt spine with brown and green labels, a couple of minor marks otherwise a fine copy. £80
145. LINSSEN, E.F. Beetles of the British Isles. First series. Second series. London: Frederick Warne & Co. (1959). First edition, 2 volumes, small 8vo. 39 and 87 plates, roughly half in colour. Gilt titled maroon cloth, d.w.’s, price clipped and with some light soiling, preserved by a previous owner’s lamination. A bright set. £150 Wayside and Woodland series.
146. MANTELL, Gideon. On the Remains of Man, and Works of Art Imbedded in Rocks and Strata. As illustrative of the connexion between Archaeology and Geology. [n.p., 1850]. 8vo, (327)-346 pp. 7 small wood-engravings in the text, some light foxing. Modern boards. Extracted from the Archaeological Journal. Dean 222. £125
147. MEDLICOTT, H.B. and BLANFORD, W.T.; BALL, V.; MALLET, F.R. A Manual of the Geology of India. Chiefly Compiled from the Observations of the Geological Survey. Calcutta: By order of the Government of India. 1879-1881-1887. 4 vols plus map in matching covers. 8vo. lxxx, 444; viii, 447-815; xx, 663; xi, 179 pp. Original publisher’s cloth: parts I, II and the map in brown cloth featuring the gilt device of a double horned animal to the upper board and parts III and IV in rust cloth featuring two differing gilt devices, spines gilt lettered, upper boards with black ruled borders and titled in gilt, all but part IV with plain brown endpapers, that part with plain yellow endpapers. 36 plates and 7 maps bound into the 4 volumes, plus a large folding linen backed map bound separately. Volume 1 and map case rebacked preserving most of the spines, small section to head of volume 1 restored. Chipping to paper at inner hinge of vol 2. Abrasion to spine of volume 4 with slight to gilt lettering. Two leaves in volume 1 coming loose. Bindings bumped and slightly worn at extremities, otherwise sound. Contents generally very good. £1,250 “The want of a general account of Indian Geology has been felt for some years. The regular Geological Survey of India may be considered to have commenced in 1851 ... It is desirable, before all the older Members of the Survey pass away, that some record of the early observations many of which are unpublished, should be rescued from oblivion, for the benefit of future explorers.”
Henry Benedict Medlicott (1929-1905), initially joined the Geological Survey of Ireland in 1851, before moving on to the British Survey. The younger brother of Joseph G. Medlicott, one of the founding members of the Geological Survey of India. H.B. settled in India in the mid 1850’s and ascended to the post of Professor of Geology at the University of Roorkee. Latterly he became a fellow of the Royal Society and the University of Calcutta. William Thomas Blanford (1832-1905) lead a varied and interesting career, beyond his long involvement with the Geological Survey of India his interests extended to meteorology and zoology. Both men were Wollaston Medal winners (1888 and 1883 respectively). Medlicott and Mallet were the Superintendents of the Survey at the respective times of publication, Blanford and Ball were Deputies. The impressive folding, geologically coloured, map is titled “Preliminary Sketch of the Geology of India ... 1877 ... First Issue”. A complete set of first editions of the Manual. Part 1 - Peninsular Area; Part 2 - Extra-Peninsular Area; Part 3 - Economic Geology; Part 4 - Mineralogy (Mainly Non-Economic).
148. PAGE, David. Advanced Text-Book of Geology. Descriptive and Industrial. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1872. Fifth edition, 8vo, (iii)-488 pp, bound without the half title. Illustrations in the text, some underlining and marginalia, largely in pencil. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, light wear otherwise very good. £60
149. [RUNDELL, Maria Eliza]. Modern Domestic Cookery: Based on the well-known work of... but including all the recent improvements in the culinary art. Founded on principles of economy and practical knowledge, and adapted for Private Families. By a Lady. London: John Murray 1857. 12mo, xxviii, 644, 32 advertisement pp. Frontispiece and one other plate plus illustrations in the text, marginal browning throughout. Modern brown half morocco, marbled sides, very good. First published 1806. £125
150. SMART, John. Tables of Interest, Discount, Annuities, &c. London: J. Darby and T. Browne 1726. 4to, (viii), 123, (1) pp. Detailed numerical tables throughout, with a copperplate table bound in at the front showing the counties contributions to the Land Tax in relation to their Parliamentary representation (c.1745), and a double page table bound in at the back showing mortality rates, marbled endpapers. 18th century speckled calf, some wear, recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip, new morocco label. £400 The two inserted plates are - “A Scheme of the Proportions the several Counties in England paid to the Land Tax in 1693, and to the Subsidies in 1697, compared with the number of Members they send to Parliament... Calculated by John Smart at the Town Clerks Office, London” [c. 1645] and “An Account of the Number of Persons Dying at the several Ages undermentioned... of the Number of Persons Dying in every Seven Years Current... of Persons Buried in Ten Years past... A Table Shewing the Probabilities of Life... By John Smart, Gent.”
151. SPOONER, Angus & ROBERTS, Peter. Fungi. (London): Collins (2005). First edition, 8vo, (xii), 594 pp. Colour photographs throughout. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some very minor marks and rubbing otherwise fine. £75 New Naturalist series no. 96.
152. TUBBS, Colin R. The New Forest. London: Collins (1986). First edition, 8vo, 300 pp. 20 colour photographic illustrations plus over 100 black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly sunned, some minor soiling, small closed tear to the top corner of the upper flap. £210 New Naturalist series no. 73.
153. WENTWORTH, Lady. The Authentic Arabian Horse and his Descendants. Three Voices concerning the Horses of Arabia. Tradition (Nejd, Inner East), Romantic Fable (Islam), the Outside World of the West. London: George Allen & Unwin (1945). First edition, 4to, (iv), 388 pp. 26 coloured plates and 232 further monochrome illustrations, pencil inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., lightly browned with some loss to the edges. £450 An early issue with the date to the title verso reading 1943 and corrected in pen.
CARTOGRAPHY
154. [ATLAS]. The Times Atlas. (New Edition). Containing 132 Pages of Maps, and comprising 196 Maps and an Alphabetical Index to 150,000 Names. London: The Office of “The Times” 1900. Folio. (45 x 31 cm). Maps, 120 pp index. Publisher’s half tan morocco over dark blue cloth gilt and blindstamped decorated boards, gilt rules to sides, spine gilt lettered, marbled endpapers. Full complement of maps as called for on the title page. Leather to binding a bit worn, save for the title page being somewhat browned a very good, bright and clean copy. £125
AMERICAS
155. RAND, MCNALLY & CO. Rand, McNally & Co.’s New Official Railroad Map of the United States and Canada. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. [c. 1880]. Map dimensions 67.5 x 108 cm, overall dimensions 69.5 x 110 cm. Large folding colour printed map of the United States, the colouring demarcating the states and the railways marked with black lines. Large inset of the Atlantic coast states to the lower right, also insets plans of eight cities. A few small neat pencil annotations to the map. The map backed onto linen, though not dissected. Folds between original cloth covers, Stanford’s printed title label to upper cover, marbled paper to front paste down and to folded end section on linen verso of map. Covers faded, tear to centre of spine. A few pin holes to margins, otherwise the map in very good condition. £300 The inset plans are of Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo & Niagara Falls and Washington. A few copies listed on Copac, including one in the British Library with an attributed date of 1880.
156. WALKER LITHOGRAPH CO. New Map of Boston Giving All Points of Interest; With Every Railway & Steamboat Terminus, Prominent Hotels Theatres & Public Buildings. Boston: Walker Lith. & Pub. Co. 400 Newbury Street. [c. 1900]. Map dimensions 43 x 47.5 cm, overall dimensions 47 x 49.5 cm. Folding plan of Boston, colour printed in black, green and red. Folds between publisher’s printed grey wrappers. Small tear to upper edge of upper cover, otherwise very good condition. £95 First published 1883, this an undated later edition. Cover title - “Walker’s Vest Pocket Map of Boston”.
ASIA
157. (ADMIRALTY CHART). China / East Coast / Yellow Sea And Gulf of Pechili. London: Admiralty. 1840 with additions to 1859. 47 x 61.5 cm. Sea chart of the Yellow Sea with an inset of the canal between Peking and the gulf of Pechili. Uncoloured. Old tear at lower left corner sometime very neatly repaired. A few trivial marginal tears, generally very good. £150 Engraved by J. & C. Walker.
158. (ADMIRALTY CHART). China Sea / Tong King Gulf. London: Admiralty. 1881 with corrections to 1959. 65.5 x 98 cm. Large sea chart covering the Gulf of Tonkin, encompassing the adjacent coastlines of Vietnam and China with Hainan Island to the right of the chart. Inset chart of Namwan Bay to the upper left. Uncoloured. Single central fold. Slight darkening to lower edge of fold, generally very good. £75
159. (ADMIRALTY CHART). Malay Peninsula - South Coast / Western Portion of Johore Strait (Singapore Old Strait) Sultan Shoal to Sungi Kranji... London: Admiralty. 1926, with corrections to 1959. 117 x 66 cm. Large chart of the waters to the west of the main island of Singapore. Numerous depth soundings indicated, two panels featuring coastal profiles. Original colour marking out the shallower coastal waters. Two light patches of green along the central line of the chart, otherwise very good. £175
160. (ADMIRALTY CHART). Western Approaches to Singapore. London: 1927, but corrected to 1959. 99 x 66 cm. Large Admiralty chart of the waters to the west and south of Singapore, the city shown in some detail to the upper right corner. Printed colour to the coasts. Printed on thick paper, folded. A few old neat ink annotations. Very good condition. £275
161. BACON, G.W., & Co. Map of China Burma, Siam, Annam &c. London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. 172 Strand. 1900. Map dimensions 61 x 73.5 cm, overall dimensions 65 x 78 cm. Large colour printed folding map of China. Inset maps of the key routes to China, the environs of Peking, the Taku Forts to Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong - Macao - Canton and the gulf of Pe-Chili. Folds between original blue/grey printed card covers. A few small splits at edges of folds, covers slightly sunned, otherwise very good. £225 Cover title: “Bacon’s Large-Print Map of China”.
162. FADEN, W. A Map of the Peninsula of India from the 19th Degree North Latitude to Cape Comorin. London: Printed for W. Faden ... May 10, 1800 A large engraved map of India with attractive original colour in block and outline to the land. Printed over two sheets (not joined), each section 49 x 82 cm. Each sheet centre folded. Small split to lower edge of centre fold of northern sheet, otherwise a very good bright example. £325 Engraved by B[enjamin] Baker.
163. WALKER, J. & C. Map of India from the Most Recent Authorities. London: W.H. Allen & Co. 7 Leadenhall Street 1846. Map dimensions 93 x 82 cm, overall dimensions 97 x 84.5 cm. A very attractive folding map of India with bright original hand colouring. The whole dissected into 24 sections and mounted on linen. Folds between original brown cloth covers, publisher’s gilt crest to upper board. Publisher’s advertisements to paste down and to folded end section on linen verso of the map, the former partially covered with a contemporary engraved ownership plate. Small old annotation to upper left margin sometime obscured with white paint, another just within the upper left corner of the map also obscured. Slight wear to head and foot of spine of covers. A lovely bright example of the map. £450
164. WYLD, James. Map of Burmah and the Surrounding Countries. London: James Wyld. 11 & 12 Charing Cross S.W. 1886. Map dimensions 77 x 59 cm, overall dimensions 86.5 x 66.5 cm. Folding map of Burma / Myanmar, original colour in outline. The whole dissected into 24 sections and mounted, folds between original green cloth dark cloth covers with publisher’s printed title label to upper board. Publisher’s advertisements to paste down and to folded end section on linen verso. Covers soiled and slightly worn, save for a small stain to the lower margin the map in very good condition. £250
BRITISH ISLES
165. ARROWSMITH, S. Map of England And Wales, Constructed for the Use of the Schools of the British and Foreign School Society. London: C. Smith. 172 Strand. Jan. 1st 1851. Overall dimensions 165 x 130 cm. Very large map of England and Wales printed over four conjoined sheets, mounted on linen and fixed upon original wooden rollers, printed brief title label to upper roller. Original colour demarcating the counties. Slight fraying to upper edge of lower left sheet, occasional minor creasing, paper toned evenly, paper coming away from lower roller at lower left. A very handsome map. £750
166. CRUCHLEY, G.F. Cruchley’s New Plan of London improved to 1845. London: G.F. Cruchley 1845. Map dimensions 52.5 x 139 cm, overall dimensions 56 x 144 cm. A fine example of one of Cruchley’s most decorative plans of London. The plan with original colour in block and outline, the edges of the map ornamented with a printed border pasted on as issued. The whole dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen, the edges trimmed with green cloth. Folds into original dark green cloth slipcase with publisher’s yellow printed label to upper board and old manuscript title label in French to spine. Matching dark green cloth panels to folded end sections on linen verso, three large publisher’s advertisements also pasted across one row on verso. The map accompanied by booklet (70, 8 pp) comprising a street index and Cruchley’s catalogue of maps, atlases, handbooks and guides. Both the map, the slipcase and the booklet in excellent condition. Cf. Howgego, No. 304, C., this state not listed. £1,750
167. CRUCHLEY, [George Frederick]. Cruchley’s New Plan of London Shewing All the New and Intended Improvements to the Present Time. London: Cruchley Mapseller from Arrowsmiths, 38 Ludgate Street, St. Paul’s 1831. Plan dimensions 42 x 60 cm (including border), overall dimensions 45 x 61.5 cm. Folding plan of London with bright original colour in block and outline. The map divided up into lettered squares, table of references to the streets to three sides of the map. The whole dissected into eighteen sections and mounted on linen, folds into original green marbled paper covered slipcase with publisher’s label to upper board. Matching green marbled paper to folded end sections on linen verso of plan, mapseller’s advertisement on one part. Slipcase worn at edges, but sound. Some minor wear to linen at intersections of the folds, otherwise a very good example. £350 Shows both Old and New London Bridge. Howgego, No. 307, A. (5).
168. EBDEN, Will[ia]m. Laurie’s Map of Norfolk and Suffolk, Divided into Hundreds; Exhibiting the Whole of the Mail, Direct & Principal Roads, Gentlemens Seats, Rivers, &c. &c. London: R.H. Laurie. No. 53, Fleet Street. 5th June, 1821. 71.5 x 57 cm, overall dimensions 73.5 x 59 cm. Folding map of the two counties with original outline colour. The whole dissected into twenty sections and mounted on linen, green marbled paper to folded end sections on linen verso. Initials “M.F.” in old ink manuscript to upper left margin. Linen worn at a few of the folded intersections, some light offsetting and toning, otherwise good. £75 Only one copy listed on Copac, in the National Library of Wales, with a date of 1811.
169. FADEN, William, et al. Counties of Essex, Gloucestershire, Hants, Kent, Somerset, Sussex and Wilts [Cover title. The set comprises the following:] SMITH, C. A New Map of the County of Essex Divided into Hundreds. London: C. Smith 1801. (45 x 50.5 cm). TAYLOR, Isaac. The County of Gloucester... [with inset of the City of Gloucester]. London: William Faden 1800. (68 x 59.5 cm). FADEN, W. Hampshire or the County of Southampton Including the Isle of Wight Reduced from the Large Map in the Sheets. London 1796. (66 x 58 cm). [After DOWNES, C.?]. The County of Kent, shewing the Line of the Intended Thames & Medway Canal the Lines of the Proposed Navigation through the Weald of Kent, as also the Course of the River Rother and its branches in the Eastern parts of Sussex. [No imprint, presumably London: Faden c. 1800].(50 x 70.5 cm). SMITH, C. A New Map of the County of Somerset Divided into Hundreds. London: C. Smith 1801. (44 x 51 cm). GREAM, Thomas. A Topographical Map of the County of Sussex; Reduced from the Large Survey in four Sheets. London: Faden 1799. (36 x 78 cm). SMITH, C. A New Map of the County of Wilts Divided into Hundreds. London: C. Smith 1801. (50 x 45 cm). Bespoke collection of seven folding, dissected and linen backed maps of southern counties, all finely engraved and with either bright full or outline colour. Housed within a contemporary slipcase, marbled paper boards and red morocco spine, lettered and with the crest of the Order of the Garter in gilt. Each of the maps featuring an engraved plate on the linen verso bearing the same crest and the initials E.D.C., for Ernest, Duke of Cumberland. Three of the maps with Faden’s label on another panel of the verso. Wear to one small section of the linen of the Somerset map, otherwise an excellent set. £950 Ernest, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), the fifth son of George III and later King of Hanover. See inside lower cover.
170. GAME: Betts’s Tour Through England and Wales. London: John Betts [c.1856]. Hand coloured folding map, 27 1/2 x 25 inches (including margins), on linen with dissections, folding down into the original cloth covers, paper label, rebacked retaining the original rather faded spine. £350 A well preserved early Victorian game, with 91 towns and cities across the two countries picked out on a roundabout route from and to London. Whitehouse p19.
171. GREENWOOD, C. & J. Map of the County of Sussex from an Actual Survey Made in the Years 1823 & 1824... London: Greenwood, Pringle & Co. 13 Regents Street, Pall Mall. March 24th, 1825. A decorative large map of the county in three parts, the overall dimensions of each part c. 128 x 70 cm (128 x 210 cm if conjoined). Each part dissected into 24 sections and mounted on linen. The overall edges trimmed with green cloth, marbled paper panels to the folded end sections on linen versos. The map housed within publisher’s full tree calf book style slipcase, gilt rules to spine, gilt lettered red label. Old ownership inscription to inside of case reads: “James Cave, The Martello Tower, Normans Bay, Sussex”. The map with attractive full original colour in block and outline. Large vignette illustration of Chichester Cathedral to lower right corner of the map. Tables of explanation and a reference to the hundreds also to the lower edge. Some wear to slipcase with occasional slight loss to the leather, spine label chipped. Green cloth trim on the edges of the map parts starting to come away at a few points and one small section missing. Overall, a very good example of this fine map. See upper cover. £1,650
172. HEFFERNAN, D. Edward (Pub.). Dublin in 1861. Dublin: D. Edward Heffernan, Civil Engineer, 12 Charleville Road, Rathmines. 1st May, 1861. Map dimensions 45 x 74.5 cm, printed on india paper (64 x 94 cm) and mounted on thick paper (77 x 109.5 cm). A most handsome plan of Dublin, many of the larger buildings shown elevated. Two panels of text listing historical events to the centre left and right of the map. The title to the top edge of the india paper. Oval vignettes to each of the corners displaying views of the city from Phoenix Park, Killakee, the Bay and the
Royal Hospital. Surrounding the plan 32 slightly smaller oval views of the principal buildings of the city, including Trinity College, the General Post Office and the Bank of Ireland amongst others. Some minor abrading and cracking to the thick paper, the india paper generally not affected save for a small section to the lower edge, the printed area very good. A lovely plan. £1,500 The plan would appear to be rare. There is a copy in British Library, but seemingly not in the National Library of Ireland and no copies traced in auction records. This example compares favourably with the BL copy, in that theirs is dissected, mounted onto linen and folded with some consequent offsetting. The BL copy also somewhat soiled, whilst this example really quite fresh. Both examples printed on india paper and mounted on thick paper.
173. [ORDNANCE SURVEY?] [Steyning and Northern Environs]. [n.d.]. 137 x 172 cm. Large map of the area just to the north of Steyning, West Sussex, including Ashurst, Wappingthorn Wood and Loves Rough. Scale: 25.344 inches to a mile. Stanford’s labels to the lower margin, one stating that the map has been protected using their “Lutra recording process”, giving the map a varnished appearance. The whole mounted on original wooden rollers, the side edges trimmed in red silk. Some very minor cracking to surface of the map, otherwise a decent example in this format. £75 No date indicated on the map, but early 20th Century.
174. ORDNANCE SURVEY. [Sussex]. 1862-64. Pair of large folding maps covering the whole of the county, the western half uncoloured and the eastern half with old outline colour. Each half of the map dissected into 24 sections and mounted on linen, each with fold-over sections to show Selsey Bill and Beachy Head respectively. The two parts fold into contemporary green straight grain morocco case, lacking top fold over flap, handwritten label to upper board. Matching morocco panels to folded end sections on linen versos. Slipcase worn and joints cracked or split. The maps themselves in very good condition. £125 Imprint to Eastern map notes that it was electrotyped in 1862, the Western section electrotyped two years later. Both maps bear Letts, Sons & Co. labels to their lower borders.
175. PHILLIPS, John. A Map of the Principal Features of the Geology of Yorkshire. York: Published for the Author, St. Mary’s Lodge. 1853. Map dimensions 57 x 75.5 cm, overall dimensions 62 x 79.5 cm. Folding map coloured according to the geology of the county. Scale 5 mile to one inch. The whole dissected into 18 sections and mounted on linen, folds between original gilt lettered green cloth boards, advertisment listing Phillips’ other publications to inner cover. Some small splits to cloth at spine, but the covers essentially very good. Slight soiling along some of the map folds, otherwise a very nice example. £500 John Phillips (1800-1874), nephew of William Smith. Phillips spent the early part of his career in Yorkshire and published two works on the geology of the county, “Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire” (first published 1829, subsequent editions) and “The Rivers, Mountains and Sea Coast of Yorkshire” (also published 1853). He eventually succeeeded to the position of reader of Geology at Oxford in 1856 and was a Wollaston Medal winner in 1845. The map chromolithographically printed by W. Monkhouse of York for Phillips.
176. S.D.U.K. London. Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1844 Map dimensions 35 x 64.5 cm, overall dimensions 40 x 65 cm. Folding map of Central London showing the extents from Holloway down to Battersea New Town and Bow Creek across to Earls Court. Vignette views of the Tower from London Bridge and London from Holloway to the upper left corner adjacent to title. Original colour to the parks and bodies of water, the boundary of the City of London marked out in red. Along the lower edge a comparative chart of the heights of the principal buildings. The whole dissected into 10 sections and mounted on linen, folds into original black cloth slipcase with gilt lettered dark red morocco label to upper board. Trivial wear to extremities of the case, the map paper ever so slightly toned, a particularly nice example. £600 The map is not dated, the date above being taken from the gilt lettered label on the case.
177. STANFORD, Edward. Stanford’s New Map of Ireland in Counties & Baronies on the basis of The Ordnance Survey & Census ... London: Edward Stanford, 6 Charing Cross. S.W. [n.d., c. 1880]. Map dimensions 93 x 73 cm, overall dimensions 98.5 x 78 cm. Large folding map of Ireland, original colour in block and outline. The whole dissected into 30 sections and mounted on linen. Folds into original dark green cloth slipcase with publisher’s green printed label to upper board. Stanford’s yellow printed advertisements to folded end sections on linen verso. Some slight wear to slipcase label, a very good example. £425
178. WALKER, J. and C. England and Wales founded upon The Grand Trigonometrical Survey; shewing all the Mail Coach, Turnpike & Rail Roads, the Rivers & Navigable Canals, also the Boundaries & Divisions of Counties, the extent of the Boroughs, County Election & Polling Places... [London;] 1840. Map dimensions 131.5 x 101.5 cm, overall dimensions 134 x 104 cm. Large folding map of England and Wales. Attractive original outline colour marking out boundaries and routes. The whole dissected into 48 sections and mounted on linen. Folds between original green cloth covers decorated in gilt to the upper board with the emblem of Letts & Son, plain green paper to the folded end section and to inner cover of map. Covers worn at joints, green paper on end panel slightly chipped. Some light offsetting, most evident to the area around the title, otherwise very good. £350
179. WALKER, J. & C., (engr.). Stanford’s Railway and Road Map of England and Wales. London: Edward Stanford, 6 Charing Cross 1865. Map dimensions 93 x 80 cm, overall dimensions 97 x 84 cm. Folding map of England and Wales outlining railways, roads, canals and rivers. Original colour in block and outline marking out the county boundaries. The whole dissected into 48 sections and mounted on linen, publisher’s advertisements to the folded sections on linen verso. Folds into original red ribbed cloth slipcase, gilt lettered to upper board. Lower corners of slipcase worn, the map browned evenly overall, otherwise a very good example of the covers and the map. £250
180. WELLER, Edward. England and Wales. London: Longman & Co. [c.1870]. Map dimensions 40.5 x 30.5 cm, overall dimensions 44 x 34.5 cm. Folding geological map of England and Wales, original colour. Comparative charts of the principal peaks to the lower left margin. The whole dissected into six sections and mounted on linen, green paper to folded end sections, slipcase wanting. Pin holes to corners with corresponding mark to lower left, small tape residues to upper corners, otherwise good. £75
EUROPE
181. HARWOOD, William. A Topographical Plan of Modern Rome... with the New Additions London: Thomas Richardson & Son 1860. Map dimensions 53.5 x 64.5 cm, overall dimensions 56.5 x 67.5 cm. Folding plan of Rome, original hand colouring. Scale approximately seven inches to one mile. The whole dissected into twelve sections and mounted on linen. Plain orange paper to folded end sections on linen verso. Folds into contemporary rust coloured cloth case, gilt lettering to upper board reads “Plan of Ancient Rome”. Light wear to extremities of the case, some slight offsetting to the plan, in very good condition overall. £150
182. KAEPPELIN (lith.). [Turkey in Europe, the Black Sea and the Caucasus]. [Paris: c. 1860]. Map dimensions 50 x 97 cm, overall dimensions 58.5 x 105 cm. Large folding map covering the region from the Austrian Empire across the Balkans, northern Turkey and southern Russia to the Caucasus. Original outline colour. Neat old ink annotation to upper right corner. The whole dissected into 24 sections and mounted on linen. Folds into original purple cloth slipcase with mapseller’s printed label (James Wyld) to upper board and printed title label to spine. Matching cloth panels folded end sections on linen verso. Both the case and the map in very good condition. £250
183. (KÜMMERLY & FREY). Skitouren Karte von Arosa Graubünden 1856. Bern: Kümmerly & Frey. [c. 1930] Map dimensions 62 x 96 cm, overall dimensions 65.5 x 99 cm. Folding colour printed map of the region surrounding Arosa, the skiing routes overprinted in red. The whole dissected into 24 sections and mounted on beige cloth. Decorative printed title label to upper folded panel featuring the illustration of a skier. Some light damp-staining to the covers and the map, otherwise good. £30
184. MUNCH, P.A. Veikart over Norge. Christiania: J.W. Capellans Forlag. 1885 Map dimensions 121 x 76 cm, overall dimensions 126 x 83 cm. Large folding colour printed map of southern Norway. Three inset maps of the waters adjacent to Trondheim, Bergen and the the fjords south west of Stenkjer. Other panels of explanatory text, mostly in Norwegian, to the edges of the map. Large title panel to the upper right corner with circular medallions of the Bibliotheque Francaise and the Exposition Universelle of Paris 1878. Comparative chart of mountains along right margin. The whole dissected into 49 sections and mounted on linen, folds into original plain black cloth slipcase with Stanford’s label to upper board and their advertisements to folded end sections. Slipcase worn at edges. Some minor creasing at section edges, a very good example. £300
185. PETTERSSON, N.P. Godtköps Reskarta öfver Sverige upptagande Jernvägar, Gästgifvaregärdar, Postanstalter o Bruk m.m. Efter nyaste officiella materialier utarbetad af N.P. Pettersson. [n.d., but c. 1880]. Map dimensions 65 x 60 cm, overall dimensions 67 x 62 cm. Folding map of Southern Sweden, inset map of Gotland and long strip map of the canal system between Stockholm and Gothenburg running vertically along right edge. Color printed with the railway routes indicated in red. The whole dissected into 24 sections and mounted on linen, folds between original black cloth covers with a Stanford’s label to upper board and yellow printed advertisements to inner cover and to folded end section on linen verso, small Stanford’s ticket to the lower right margin of the map also. Spine of covers very slightly faded, otherwise they and the map in very good condition. £100
186. SCHMIDT, O.F. Post Reise Karte durch Deutschland und die Angraenzenden Staaten, Zwischen London und Lublin, Koppenhagen und Mantua... Berlin: Simon Schropp & Comp. 1824. Map dimensions 64.5 x 81.5 cm, overall dimensions 67.5 x 87.5 cm. Folding engraved map, hand coloured in outline, on linen with dissections, showing Northern Europe from London to Warsaw and Copenhagen to Milan. Some light marks. Engraved publisher’s label to reverse showing a detailed street map of part of Berlin. Folds into the original marbled paper slipcase with matching paper chemise. £200
187. WYLD, James. The Russian Dominions in Europe, drawn from the latest maps Printed, by the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg; revised and corrected with the Post Roads & New Governments, from the Russian Atlas of 1806 by Jasper Nantiat. London: J. Wyld. Charing Cross East. 1840 A large engraved map of Russia in Europe with attractive original outline colour. Printed over two sheets (not joined), each section 57 x 92 cm. Each sheet centre folded with additional fold towards right edge. Small chip at lower left margin of southern sheet, A few old tape repairs to verso, one small tape repair to recto. £275
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188. PHILIP, George & Son, Ltd. [Jigsaw Maps] The World on Mercator’s Projection. / Scotland. / Europe. London: George Philip & Son Limited. [n.d., but c. 1920]. Three jigsaw maps of the world, Scotland and Europe, each c. 24 x 32 cm. Colour printed on paper, mounted on wood and dissected into multiple small pieces. All pieces present and in very good condition. £450
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189. ALLNATT, William. Rambles in the Neighbourhood of Wallingford. Wallingford: Printed and published by S. Bedford 1873. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 100, [2]. Publisher’s purple cloth gilt lettered to upper board, plain yellow endpapers, presentation inscription from the author to a W. Greene dated November 1873. Spine and edges faded, otherwise very good. £60
190. AMENOMORI, N. Guide Book for Yokohama and Immediate Vicinity. Yokohama: The Grand Hotel, Ltd. [c.1899]. 16mo, (vi), 94, (6), 23, (75) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations plus a coloured folding map in a pocket at the end, the pocket with some wear to the inner margin but the map in excellent condition. Original gilt titled cloth, some small marks to the lower cover. £150 Also inserted in the pocket at the end is a folded sheet of typescript, dated 1899, detailing promotions in the First Regiment, Colorado Infantry, who stopped in Yokohama aboard the USAT Warren on their way home from the Philippines. The sheet holds a leaf with a manscript note that it comes from one of the trees planted by Ulysses S. Grant during his visit to Japan in 1879.
191. [AUSTRALIA]. Report from the Select Committee on Rewards to Discoverers of Gold Fields; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, And Appendix. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer. 1866. Folio. 25 pp. Leaves sewn as issued. A few light marks, generally very good. £50
192. BAEDEKER, Karl. Southern Italy and Sicily. With Excursions to Sardinia, Malta and Corfu. Handbook for Travellers by... Leipzig: Karl Baedeker 1912. Sixteenth edition, small 8vo, lvi, 508 pp. 30 maps and 34 plans, old leaflet for Henry Sotheran tipped in at the front. Original gilt titled red cloth, d.w. with some light soiling and slight loss to extremities. Hinrichsen E 174. £60
193. BAIN, J. Arthur. Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen. New Edition Revised and Considerably Enlarged. London: Walter Scott, Ltd. [c. 1898]. 8vo. xix, 449, (19) pp. Publisher’s bright red cloth, lettered and illustrated with a portrait of Nansen in gilt to upper board, gilt lettered to spine with an illustration of The Fram in silver, patterned endpapers. Frontispiece and 14 plates, including a map, as called for. Numerous other illustrations throughout. A few very light marks to lower edge of upper board, a few small bumps to lower board, otherwise a lovely bright example. £95
194. BELL, Gertrude. The Letters of... Selected and Edited by Lady Bell. London: Ernest Benn Limited (1927). Two volumes, volume I first edition, volume II second impression, 8vo. 31 plates and a folding map. Original cloth, slight sunning of spines with some wear to the tops. £75
195. BERNACCHI, L.C. Saga of the “Discovery”. London: Blackie & Son (1938). First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 240 pp. 48 plates and 7 maps, signature to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., some light rubbing and soiling, very good. £100 Famous as the vessel which transported Captain Scott to the Antarctic, the Discovery also carried Sir Douglas Mawson’s expedition nearly three decades later.
196. BILLING, M. (Publisher). M. Billing’s Directory and Gazetteer of the County of Devon, Containing a Descriptive Account of every Town, Village, Hamlet, etc. Followed by a General Directory. Birmingham: M. Billing’s Steam-Press Offices 1857. 8vo, (vi), vi, 777, (3), iii Index, (1), 192 advertisement pp. Original gilt titled cloth, some loss to the top of the spine, preserved by a previous owner’s laminated cover to the binding and endpapers. £150
197. BRANGWYN, Frank. Belgium. With text by Hugh Stokes... and an Introduction by M. Paul Lambotte. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. 1916. First edition, 4to, xvi, 143, (1) pp. Frontispiece, title vignette and 50 black and white illustrations. Original cloth backed boards, blue morocco spine label, d.w. torn with some loss to the edges. £110
198. BURTON, Captain Sir Richard. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah. Edited by his wife, Isabel Burton. London: Tylston and Edwards 1893. Memorial edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xxviii, (4), 436; xii, (4), 479, (1) pp. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Isabel Burton, 13 lithographic plates (5 coloured), 3 folding plans, a plate showing heads and a coloured folding map, the latter with a small marginal repair and some light creasing to the outer edges, plus further small illustrations and plans in the text, some occasional light foxing. Original gilt decorated black cloth, one crease to the upper cover of volume II, spine ends slightly worn. £325 First published 1855, these volumes originally formed part of the seven volume Memorial edition.
199. CARTER, Howard. The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, London: Cassell and Company Ltd. 1923, 1927, 1933. First edition. 3 volumes. 8vo. xxi, 231, [1]; xxiv, 277, [1], xvi, 248, [1] pp. Publisher’s brown cloth, gilt lettered and with black panel featuring an illustration of a scarab to upper boards, decorated endpapers. Frontispiece to each volume plus 79, 88 and 80 numbered plates respectively. Volume 3 supplied, the cloth darker in tone. Slight shelf wear. A few light marks to the upper board of volume 2, a few leaves at the front of volume 3 very lightly spotted, overall a very good set. See inside lower cover. £1,750 A full set of the classic account of perhaps the greatest archeological find of the century.
200. CRICHTON, Andrew. History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern: Containing a Description of the Country - an account of its inhabitants, antiquities, political condition, and early commerce - the life and religion of Mohammed - the conquests, arts, and literature of the Saracens - the caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain... Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. 1834. Second edition, two volumes. 464, 464 pp. Publisher’s red blindstamped cloth, gilt lettered to the spines. Old ownership inscription to first free endpapers. Folding map of Arabia and 10 illustrations including title vignettes. Sometime expertly recased, marks to cloth and one small patch repaired, small tear to map with old tape repair, otherwise good. £150
201. [DE BECKER, J.E.] The Nightless City. Or the “History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku” by... Twenty Years a Resident of Japan. Yokohama: Max Nössler & London: Probsthain & Co. (1905). Second edition, revised, large 8vo, xvi, 386, (4) pp. Two folding maps and 44 plates, 19 in colour. Hinge slightly cracked by title, part of a front blank leaf neatly excised, a couple of marks to the fly leaf. Original gilt titled decorative cloth, light staining to upper joint and foot of spine, d.w. with some loss to the top of the spine and the outer edge of the upper wrapper and also some fading. Not usually found still with the wrapper. £550 Examining the courtesans of Japan - the Yoshiwara Yukwaku being the red light area of Tokyo.
202. DOIDGE & CO. (Publishers). Doidge’s Western Counties Illustrated Annual for 1887. Plymouth: Doidge & Co. 1887. 8vo, 432 pp. Engraved illustrations throughout, sections printed on coloured paper. Original decorative card covers, spine slightly sunned and worn, a well preserved copy. £75
203. DOUGHTY, Charles M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. With an Introduction by T.E. Lawrence. New and definitive edition. London: Jonathan Cape 1936. Two volumes, large 8vo, 674; 696 pp. Portrait frontispiece, 8 plates and 2 folding maps, manuscript quotes - one from Doughty, the other by Walter De La Mare, to front endpapers, contemporary signature to paste downs also. Gilt titled buckram, d.w.’s, some light soiling, wrapper to volume I with some chipping and a number of small closed tears, nevertheless a well preserved set. £350 “[I] have grown to consider it... a bible of its kind... The book has no date and can never grow old. It is the first and indispensable work upon the Arabs of the desert...” (from Lawrence’s Introduction). New and Definitive edition, in a format to match Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, published the year before. First published 1888, and with Lawrence’s introduction 1921. O’Brien A017.
204. FERMOR, Patrick Leigh. Mani. Travels in the Southern Peloponnese. Photographs by Joan Eyres Monsell. Frontispiece by John Craxton. London: John Murray (1958). First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 320 pp. 26 photographic illustrations and a map, two inscriptions, one crossed out, to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, one small tear otherwise a very good bright copy. £125
205. GANN, L.H. & DUIGNAN, Peter. The Rulers of Belgian Africa. 1884-1914. Princeton University Press (1979). First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 265, (3) pp. Publisher’s compliment’s slip loosely inserted. Cloth, d.w. with some minor edge wear, very good. £60
206. GILPIN, William. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views, (Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty). Illustrated by the Scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire. London: Printed for R. Blamire 1791. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, vii, (i), 328, iv, 7, (1); (ii), 308, iii, (i), xx, 30 pp. Folding map and 31 plates, including oval aquatints of scenery as well as reproductions of the Author’s sketches of wildlife, a few with pencilled captions, several of the full page plates with slight loss due to the leaves being trimmed by the binder. Manuscript contents leaf bound in before the text in each volume, two quotes (by Thoreau and George Saintsbury) about Gilpin tipped in at the front of volume I, one manuscript and the other typescript. 19th century marbled boards, with some wear, attractively rebacked in black morocco with red labels. A very good set. £325 Abbey, Scenery, 149 has the second edition of 1794.
207. GRANT, Captain Richard. Annapurna II. London: William Kimber (1961). First edition, 8vo, 192 pp. 13 black and white photographic illustrations plus a map, diagram to endpapers, Publisher’s compliment’s slip loosely inserted. Cloth, slightly bowed, d.w., not price clipped, with some light soiling, a very good copy. £80
208. GRENFELL, Sir Wilfred. The Romance of Labrador. Illustrations by D. Ross. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1934. First English edition, 8vo, xiv, 306 pp. 35 photographic illustrations. Gilt tilted cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some light browning and soiling, a very good copy. £30
209. HEARN, Lafcadio. Japan. An Attempt at Interpretation. New York: Macmillan 1904. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 549, (1) pp. Coloured frontispiece. Original brown cloth, t.e.g., spine ends rubbed, a very good copy. First published 1904. £95
210. HERMES, Wilh[elm]. [German Scenes] Berlin: Hermes. [c. 1861]. Small oblong 4to. Contemporary brown cloth, the initials H.G.L. in gilt Gothic letters to the upper board, both boards blindstamped, ownership inscription of a H.G. Lasemann to first free endpaper with his address and dated 1861. 16 hand coloured lithographs of uncaptioned German scenes, mostly landscapes and small towns. Upper board unevenly faded, small black residue to lower board, else very good. £325
211. HUDSON, John (Editor). A Hand-Book for Lake Visitors, with A new Map of the Lake District; to which is added an Account of Furness Abbey, and a ground plan of that building. Kendal: John Hudson & London: Whittaker and Co. 1845. Second edition, 12mo, 42 pp. Frontispiece and a plan of Furness Abbey plus a folding map, backed on linen, at the end. Contemporary manuscript concerning the area in ink and pencil to front endpapers and blanks plus some occasional marginalia. Original gilt titled green limp cloth, recently recased, slight rubbing. £125
212. [INDIAN WATERCOLOURS] India. 1904. Original artist’s sketch book, cloth bound, titled and dated in manuscript to upper right corner of the upper board, artist’s signature to front paste down. 26 watercolour sketches plus one half completed illustration over 20 leaves, of which two are on one page. Six leaves with illustrations verso and recto. Lower part of spine missing, some wear to edges and cloth ties, a few leaves loose. £450 A charming series of watercolour sketches of everyday street characters mixed in with a few more typical topographical views. The watercolours of people include a “Blind Gulab” playing a sitar, a Bawarchi (a cook) at work, a Dak-wala (a Postman) and a snake charmer. Two illustrations of women, a Dudh-wala (a milkwoman) and an Ayar. See inside lower cover.
213. LANDOR, A. Henry Savage. Across Widest Africa. An Account of the Country and People of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as seen during a twelve months’ journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde. London: Hurst and Blackett 1907. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 396, (4 advertisement); xii, 511, (1 advertisement) pp. 166 photographic illustrations plus a large coloured folding map at the end of volume I, two pages carelessly opened in the preliminaries of volume II, without loss, some occasional foxing to the text leaves. Original gilt titled buckram, extremities slightly rubbed. £150 Starting from Djibouti, Landor journeyed west via Timbuctu and Lake Chad towards Dakar over the course of a year.
214. LAWSON, John Parker. Scotland Delineated. A Series of Views of the Principal Cities and Towns, Particularly of Edinburgh and its Environs; of the Cathedrals, Abbeys, and other Monastic Remains; The Castles and Baronial Mansions; The Mountains and Rivers, Sea-Coast, and other Grand and Picturesque Scenery. London: Day and Son. [1847] 4to. 285 pp. Publisher’s blue cloth, sometime neatly rebacked preserving original spine and recased, renewed endpapers, cloth elaborately gilt decorated. 72 tinted lithographs after various artists, including Joseph Nash, David Roberts and J.M.W. Turner. Intermittant spotting as is usual with plate books of this period, contents recased slightly unevenly causing some pages and tissue guards to be frayed at edges, cloth abraded to lower board, extremities rubbed. £325
215. LEAR, Edward. Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica. London: Robert John Bush 1870. First edition, large 8vo, xvi, 272 pp. A map and 40 plates plus 40 vignettes in the text, some minor cracking to the hinges. Original gilt titled brown cloth, slight rubbing to the spine ends and corners, a very good copy. £475
216. [LIVINGSTONE]. The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. Nottingham: John R. Haslam. [n.d., but c. 1880] 4to. viii, 632 pp. Contemporary half black morocco over cloth boards, spine with gilt decorated raised bands, gilt lettered red label, gilt rules to sides, marbled endpapers and edges. Colour map od South and Central Africa plus 21 tinted lithographs (including pictorial title page). Some wear to boards at corners, abrasion to label, some light spotting towards front of volume, otherwise a very good clean example. £275 Letterpress title bears the Nottingham imprint, the pictorial title page gives the publisher as Adam & Co of London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
217. MACPHERSON, David. The History of the European Commerce with India. To which is Subjoined A Review of the Arguments For and Against the Trade with ndia, The Management of it by a Chartered Company; with an Appendix of Authentic Accounts. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1812. 4to. Contemporary full tree calf, spine flat with triple gilt ruled bands, gilt lettered red label, sometime expertly rebacked preserving the original spine, old ownership inscription of Sophia Atkinson to front paste down. Double page map of southern and south eastern Asia at front of volume. Binding rubbed at extremities, map browned, otherwise very good. £350
218. MATTERS, Leonard. Through the Kara Sea. The Narrative of a Voyage in a Tramp Steamer through Arctic waters to the Yenisei River. London: Skeffington & Son (1932). First edition, 8vo, 283, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 30 plates showing 50 illustrations, former owner’s signature to title page, some occasional light foxing. Original cloth, a little rubbed with a few small marks. £50
219. [MONTEITH, James]. Two Months in Palestine: or, A Guide to a Rapid Journey to the chief places of interest in the Holy Land. London: Nisbet and Co. 1871. Second edition, 8vo, viii, 238, (2) pp. Frontispiece, coloured map and 8 illustrations, Prize label partially removed from paste down. Contemporary full calf, marbled edges, gilt arms of the Edinburgh Institution (now Stewart’s Melville College) to upper cover, gilt and blind stamped borders, gilt spine with a black label, some minor marks and rubbing otherwise a handsome copy of a scarce title. £150
220. MORRIS, Rev. F.O. (Editor). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. With Descriptive and Historical Letterpress.... (Fac-Simile of Autographs of Subscribers...) London: William Mackenzie [c. 1880]. First edition seven volumes (volumes I-VI views, volume VII autographs), 4to. Coloured vignette title pages and 234 fine coloured plates, some very occasional light and mostly marginal foxing. Original publisher’s gilt decorated brown cloth with bevelled edges, a.e.g., minor rubbing to spine ends, a handsome set. See inside lower cover. £500
221. MORRIS, Ralph [pseud.]. A Narrative of the Life and Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel. London: Rupert Holden & Co 1926. Limited edition, no. 8 of 750 copies, 8vo, xvi, 276 pp, 4 plates, inscription on fly leaf verso, light browning to free endpapers only, quarter vellum, green buckram sides, marking to spine, t.e.g., a very good copy. £60 A fictitious adventure first published 1751. The first volume in the Library of Impostors Series edited by N.M. Penzer.
222. OTLEY, Jonathan. A Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes, and adjacent Mountains: with Notices of the Botany, Mineralogy, and Geology of the District. To which is added, an Excursion through Lonsdale to the Caves. Keswick: Published by the Author 1842. Seventh edition, 12mo, (viii), 220 pp. Hand coloured folding map and 13 plates plus vignette engravings in the text, contemporary signature to title, later bookplate. Original blind stamped cloth, gilt titled spine, marbled edges, a very good copy. £175
223. PALESTINE: Palestine Partition Commission Report. Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament... October, 1938. London: HMSO 1938. 8vo, 310 pp. 13 folding maps, including those for the “A”, “B” and “C” plans for partition. Original printed wrappers, top edge of upper wrapper creased and a little chipped, very slight loss also to the first few pages. Scarce. £85
224. PARK, John James. The Topography and Natural History of Hampstead, in the County of Middlesex. With an Appendix of Original Records. London (1982). Limited edition, one of 550 copies, this copy unnumbered, 8vo, (ii), xxii, 360, xl pp. 10 plates, a large folding map and 2 folding genealogies. Green half morocco, marbled sides, slipcase, a fine copy. £95 A fine facsimile of the first edition of 1814, published when the Author was only 19 years old.
225. PARRY, Captain William Edward. Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the years 1821-22- 23, in his Majesty’s ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of... London: John Murray 1824. First edition, 4to, (viii), xxx, (ii), 571, (1) pp. 31 plates, including 5 maps, plus 4 folding maps and 4 extending views of coastline at the end, the latter with some browning and mild chipping to the edges, some light spots, piece neatly cut from the top corner of the title page, bookplate and later inscription to front endpapers. Contemporary half sheep, marbled sides with some wear. A good unsophisticated copy. £750 The second of three voyages Parry made to the Arctic; while it was less successful in exploratory terms than the first he was able to make an invaluable study of the Eskimos and their language, including a vocabulary in this volume.
226. PHILBY, H. St. J. B. The Empty Quarter. Being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub‘ al Khali. London: Constable & Company 1933. First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 433, (1) pp. 32 black and white plates, ex-Library copy with a small stamp to the foot of the title verso, and labels removed from the front endpapers. Original gilt titled cloth, small hole to upper joint, spine with the remains of a small label and the ends a little rubbed. £250
227. POLAR: Recent Polar Voyages. A Record of Discovery and Adventure. From the search after Franklin to the British Polar Expedition 1875-1876. London: T. Nelson [1876]. First edition, 8vo, 663, (1) pp. Coloured folding map with a small tear to the central fold crease, full page black and white illustrations, contemporary prize inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary red calf, double gilt rules, gilt spine with a dark green label, light rubbing to raised bands, a handsome copy. £125
228. [POSTCARDS. Japanese Postcard Album]. [c. 1908]. Decorative postcard album (27 x 37 cm), black lacquer boards, the upper cover with the onlaid design of a bird on a branch with mother of pearl detail, plain black cloth spine with raised bands. Housed within what appears to be the original custom made lidded wooden box, lined with newspaper leaves from the Ceylon Morning Herald and Japanese newspapers. 70 postcards plus a hand drawn illustration of a sailing ship. The postcards addressed to a Rowland Moores of Middlesex, mostly stamped and postmarked 1908 or thereabouts. All fixed on Japanese hand painted silk covered boards with variously coloured thread bands, each board featuring a different illustration and edged with patterned green and yellow cloth. A few postcards worn, but generally very good. A few trivial abrasions and marks, otherwise the covers in lovely condition. £325 The postcards feature variously: Australia (20), Singapore (3), Ceylon (2), Hong Kong (1), Japan (4), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Belgium (4), Netherlands (5), UK (24), France (1) and one miscellaneous (Christmas Greetings).
229. RANDALL, Peter. Mount Washington. A Guide and a Short History. Foreword by Sherman Adams. Hanover, NH 1974. First edition, 8vo, xx, 170 pp. Photographic illustrations and 2 folding panoramas, original wrappers bound in, folding map in pocket at the end, marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in red full morocco, gilt ruled border, t.e.g., fine. £60
230. SACKVILLE-WEST, V. Twelve Days. An account of a journey across the Bakhtiari Mountains in South-western Persia. London: The Hogarth Press 1928. First edition, 8vo, 142, (2) pp. 32 photographic plates, one of which, “Near Cheshmeh Khatoun”, is included twice as usual, some light foxing. Original marbled cloth, d.w. with one of the plates reproduced to the upper wrapper, slight loss to the spine ends, some general wear to the edges and light soiling. Scarce in the wrapper. £450 See also items 71-73, and inside upper cover.
PRIVATELY PRINTED BY ORDER OF A MAHARAJAH 231. SINGH, Hardyal. Guide to Jodhpur and its Suburbs. Published by Order of H.H. The Maharaja Jaswant Singh, and Maharaj Dhiraj Col. Sir Pratap Singh on the... Occasion of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince Albert Victor of Wales. [n.p.] 1890. 8vo. [4], ii, 77 pp. Original black textured cloth, upper board with gilt decorated border and gilt lettering, plain black endpapers, a brief neat ink inscription dated 1891 to verso of first free endpaper. Gilt lettering to upper board slightly faded, otherwise a remarkably fresh example. £675 Jaswant Singh II (1838-1895), Maharajah of the state of Jodhpur. His brother Sir Pratap Singh (1848- 1925) was a career soldier in the British Indian Army. A list of official positions to the verso of the title page announces him as his brother’s Prime Minister. Pratap later acted as regent to Jaswant’s successors. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, conducted a 7 month visit to India in late 1889 and early 1890. He was entertained and hosted by many Maharajahs during his stay. Evidently privately printed to commemorate the Royal visit to Jodhpur, the work provides a fascinating contemporary account of the city and environs. Passages include a description of the city’s guns, wells and game laws, as well as a few pages on the rules and regulations of the city. A note towards the rear of the volume reads: “Compiled by Maharaj Dhiraj Colonel Sir Pratap Singh’s Secretary, Hardyal Singh, in the Secretariat Office.” Scarce, no other copies of the work traced in auction records or on Copac.
232. SMITH, R. Murdoch, Captain and PORCHER, E.A., Commander. History of the Recent Discoveries at Cyrene, Made During an Expedition to the Cyrenaica in 1860-61, Under the Auspices of Her Majesties Government. London: Day and Son 1864. Folio. xvi, 117 pp. Original gilt titled dark blue cloth, spine with raised bands, all edges gilt, engraved armorial bookplate of Terence Theobald Bourke featuring the printed date of 1889. 87 illustrations comprising: 22 tinted lithographs (including frontispiece), 25 smaller black and white illustrations set into the text, three maps, 11 plans (of which one is part coloured), 16 mounted photographs and 10 plates of inscriptions. Small hole towards lower edge of half title. Corners of three leaves torn and now repaired, the last leaf with slight loss to edge, the text entirely unaffected. The volume recently recased with the gilt edges ever so slightly uneven. Some discolouration to spine and corners. Contents uncommonly clean for a plate book of this period. £975 An ancient settlement founded by the Greeks in 630 B.C., Cyrene went on to become one of the principal trading posts on the Libyan coast. In more recent times the city had fallen into ruin and, as Porcher notes in his preface, had been scantily recorded prior to this expedition. Terence Theobald Bourke, youngest child of Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, 4th Viceroy of India.
233. SMYTHE, F.S. Kamet Conquered. London: Victor Gollancz 1932. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 420 pp. 48 photographic plates and 2 maps in the text plus a folding map at the end, signature to fly leaf. Original black cloth, a very good copy. £50 Neate 729.
234. SUSSEX: Hastings Guide. A Concise, Historical and Topographical Sketch of Hastings, Winchelsea, and Rye... to which is added a list of the lodging houses... Hastings: P.M. Powell & London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green [c.1819]. Second edition, 8vo, 94 pp. Folding plan, folding map of the environs and 7 lithographic plates plus a hand coloured lithograph of Powell’s Circulating Library and a geological map of the south coast. Minor chipping to the outer margin of the plan and damp staining to the lower margin of the folding map. Uncut in recent black quarter calf, marbled sides. £175 Scarce. Several of the plates are either dated 1817 or 1819.
235. SUSSEX: An Account of the Miller’s Tomb, on Highdown Hill, near Worthing. Greenwich: Geo. E. Allen [1820s]. Single sheet, 28 x 21 cm, printed on one side only. A little marked and creased, with cuttings from contemporary magazines pasted to the verso. £100 A two column description of the tomb of John Oliver, which he prepared three decades before his death in 1793. Famous for allegedly using the sails of his mill to alert ships to the movements of Customs officers, he was also said to have been buried face down, as the Day of Judgement would turn the world upside down.
236. SUSSEX: BECKETT, Arthur. The Spirit of the Downs. Impressions and Reminiscences of the Sussex Downs... Illustrations in colour by Stanley Inchbold. London: Methuen & Co. (1909). Second edition, 8vo, (xvi), 366 pp. 20 coloured plates, some foxing, top margins of 7 leaves torn and carefully repaired, bookplate. Contemporary dark blue half morocco, spine partially sunned. £50
237. SUSSEX: BECKETT, Arthur. The Wonderful Weald, and the Quest of the Crock of Gold... Illustrations in colour... by Ernest Marillier. London: Mills and Boon [1911]. “Popular edition” (same year as first), 8vo, (xvi), 444 pp. 20 coloured plates and a folding map, bookplate. Contemporary dark blue half morocco, spine sunned. £50
238. SUSSEX: [DUNVAN, Paul]. Ancient and Modern History of Lewes and Brighthelmston, in which are compressed the most interesting events of the County at large under the Regnian, Roman, Saxon and Norman settlements. Lewes: Printed for W. Lee, the Editor and Proprietor 1795. First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 555, (5 Index) pp. Old signature to front blank. Recent half calf, marbled sides, an excellent copy. £300
239. SUSSEX: FLEET, Charles. Glimpses of our Ancestors in Sussex; with Sketches of Sussex Characters, Remarkable Incidents, &c. Lewes: Farncombe & Co. 1882-3. Two volumes, second edition of the first series, first edition of the second series, 8vo. 4 plates in the second volume, some occasional foxing. Original gilt titled cloth, some wear to edges otherwise a good tight set. £95
240. SUSSEX: HARPER, Charles G. The Brighton Road. Speed, Sport, and History on the Classic Highway. London: Chapman & Hall 1906. Second edition, 8vo, xvi, 472 pp. Coloured frontispiece and 49 black and white plates plus illustrations in the text, some light foxing. Original red cloth, a little rubbed and marked. £75
241. SUSSEX: LEE, Arthur. The Battaile of Lewes, and Other Legends of St. Pancras’ Priory, Lewes. Lewes: Baxter & Son 1847. First edition, small 8vo, (iv), 70 pp. Frontispiece with light marginal browning, later inscription to paste down. Original gilt titled blind stamped cloth, a few marks, spine dull with light wear to ends. £60
242. SUSSEX: [VIDLER, J.]. Gleanings Respecting Battel [sic] and its Abbey. By a Native. Battel: F.W. Ticehurst [1841]. First edition, small 8vo, 175, (1) pp. 4 plates, including 2 lithographed views. Original dark green cloth, gilt vignette of Battle Abbey to upper cover, spine a little sunned, an excellent copy. £85
243. SUSSEX: WILLS, Barclay. Shepherds of Sussex. Foreword by His Grace the Duke of Norfolk. London: Skeffington & Son [1938]. First edition, small 8vo, 255, (1) pp. 28 plates of black and white photographs, partially erased signature to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. with some light soiling and wear, minor loss to top of spine. £90
244. THOMAS, Bertram. The Arabs. The life-story of a People who have left their deep impress on the world. London: Thornton Butterworth (1937). First edition, 8vo, 372 pp. Frontispiece and 24 illustrations plus 4 maps. Original cloth, spine and part of covers sunned. £40
245. VARRONE, J. & PETROVITS, L. Fünfzig Ansichten von Wien und Umgebung. Neue verbesserte und ergänzte Ausgabe. Nach Aquarellen von... Wien: Carl Gerold`s Sohn 1893. Oblong 8vo, title page followed by 50 chromolithographed plates, small tear to the inner margin of the first plate, light damp stain to the final plate only. 2 advertisement pp at end. Title and endpapers browned. Original cloth with a gilt titled illustration to the upper cover, slight wear to spine ends. £100
246. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF CHIEF OF STAFF. Russia / Route Zone A. Murman Railway and Kola Peninsula. Information and Route Notes Murmansk to Petrograd. / Military Monograph Subsection M. I. 2. / Military Intelligence Division General Staff. Washington: Government Printing Office 1918. 8vo. 118 pp. Original cloth covers with fold over upper cover fixed with press stud, printed with the title and the crest of the US War Department. 6 maps and plans, of which 5 are folding, plus 27 leaves of black and white photographic illustrations. Text block cracked at a few points, but holding, some occasional light discolouration to the inner edge. Some wear to covers, otherwise a good, sound example. £350 “Confidential - for official use only”. A printed note to the front of the volume states that 3,000 copies were printed, of which this is copy no. 107, though the space where the name of person to which the copy was to have been assigned has been left blank. Evidently produced in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. The work covers the territory surrounding Murmansk and the routes south towards St. Petersburg, The introduction begins: “If military operations are to be carried on in Russia it would be desirable to have access from all sides. In case the Baltic and Black Sea entrances should be closed, it would be necessary to choose between the northern routes via Murmansk and Archangel and the eastern routes via Siberia.” This volume obviously covers the first route, the writer goes on to mention the separate handbook covering routes from Archangel. Pages 95-118 are headlined “Additions and Corrections” and left blank for the operative to record new or supplementary data.
GENERAL SUBJECTS HISTORY, MILITARIA, ARCHAEOLOGY, THEOLOGY
247. ANDERSON, Rev. Robert. Discourses on the Beatitudes. London: J. Hatchard and Son 1837. Second edition, 8vo, (xvi), 238 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary calf, double gilt rules, gilt spine with a black label, extremities with some wear. £50 Scarce - Copac listing only three copies of this edition, and none of the first.
248. ATKINSON, C.T. (Compiler). The Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1918. Exeter: Eland Brothers & London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1926. First edition, 8vo, xxii, (4), 742 pp. 4 plates, 2 maps and 54 plans, some occasional foxing, Regimental presentation stamp to paste down. Original gilt titled blue cloth, spine and lower cover slightly sunned, a couple of small marks. £125
249. AUGUSTINE, Saint. The Confessions of... Translated by E.B. Pusey. London: The Medici Society 1930. Small 8vo, 431, (1) pp. 8 coloured plates, text leaves slightly browned, marbled endpapers. Bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary full blue calf, a.e.g., double gilt rules, gilt spine with red and brown labels, spine a little sunned, very good. £65
250. AVEBURY, Lord. The Pleasures of Life. Part I. London: Macmillan and Co. 1909. 245th thousand, 8vo, (xx), 199, (1) pp. Prize label of the Prebendal School, Chichester, to paste down, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary dark blue morocco, gilt borders, spine and motto, a fine copy. £40
251. BARCLAY, Brigadier C.N. (Editor). The History of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment 1919-1952. Produced under the direction of the Regimental Council, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment. London (1953). First edition, small 4to, xxii, 398 pp, coloured frontispiece, black and white illustrations and 10 folding maps, original red cloth, spine ends slightly bumped else fine. £65
HEBREW BIBLE 252. BIBLE: Biblia Hebraica, olim a B. Christiano Reineccio Edita... cum variis Lectionibus ex ingenti codicum copia a B. Kennicotto et I.B. De Rossi collatorum, ediderunt D. Io. Christophi Doederlein et Ioannes Henricus Meisner. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Breitkoppii et Haertelii (1793). Four volumes, 8vo, bound in contemporary calf, blind stamped borders, joints rubbed. £325 Apart from the titles and preliminary leaves, which are in Latin, the text is entirely in Hebrew.
253. BIBLE: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of The Original Tongues... Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood 1815. 12mo, 839, (1), 252 pp. Later inscription to fly leaf. Contemporary scarlet straight grain morocco, a.e.g., gilt rules, extremities slightly rubbed, a very good bright copy. £225
254. [BICKNELL, Elhanan, (compiled by)]. Engravings. [c. 1850]. Folio. (44 x 39 cm). Full brown morocco, boards double gilt ruled, gilt and blindstamp decoration, spine flat with gilt rules, gilt to compartments, gilt inner dentelles, plain endpapers with the engraved armorial bookplate of Elhanan Bicknell. 44 steel engraved plates printed on india paper and mounted on large sheets. Binding rubbed, small ring mark to upper board, some light foxing throughout. A handsome binding of a unique collection. £900 A significant number of the engravings are untitled. The volume would appear to be a bespoke collection of illustrations from various works including Jennings’ Landscape Annuals. A few more exotic scenes, almost certainly from editions of the Oriental Annual. The illustrators include J.M.W. Turner and David Roberts. Elhanan Bicknell (1788-1861) made his fortune as a merchant, primarily in the trade of sperm whale oil. He compiled one of the great collections from the Victorian era of contemporary British paintings. He counted Roberts and Turner as friends.
255. [BINDINGS]. Petit Mois de Marie Notre Mère. [with] Petit Mois de Saint-Joseph ... [and] Petit Mois De Jesus-Hostie. Limoges: Dalpayrat et Depelley [c.1900]. 12mo. 124, 124, 124 pp. Together three volumes housed within black morocco hard shell case lined with cream silk. Each volume in full morocco, variously dark blue, green and burgundy, matching coloured fabric with a fleur-de-lys motif to endpapers, boards richly gilt tooled, spines with raised bands, gilt lettering and tooling to compartments, the initials V.L. to the upper boards and also to the upper cover of the case. One of the brass clasps cracked, case slightly worn, but sound. The bindings themselves in excellent condition. £225
256. BROWNE, Sir Thomas. Religio Medici, Letter to a Friend &c. and Christian Morals. Edited by W.A. Greenhill. London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Small 8vo, lvi, 392 pp. Portrait vignette to title, marbled endpapers. Bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary full crushed morocco, a.e.g., gilt border with decoration to corners, gilt spine, a fine copy. £75
257. CALENDAR: An Omar Khayyam Calendar for 1907. London: O. Anacker 1906. 12mo, (32) pp. Printed in red and black throughout and with decorative borders to two leaves plus initial letters. Original cloth backed boards, a lovely copy. £75
258. CALENDAR: From Friend to Friend. A Calendar for the Year 1911. London: Ernest Nister. Small 8vo, (24) pp. Coloured illustrations throughout, contemporary inscription to front blank. Cloth backed paper boards, some light marking. £40 A typical gift book of the period, including suitable quotes concerning friendship by various authors.
259. CAROLINE: The Proceedings and Correspondence upon the Subject of the Inquiry into the Conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Faithfully copied from Authentic Documents. London 1807. 8vo, (viii), 246, (2), 108, (4) pp, chipping and slight loss to top corners of early leaves, some marginal marks, original wrappers, worn, bound in recent cloth, handwritten spine label. £60 The estranged wife of the Prince Regent (later George IV), Princess Caroline had feigned pregnancy and the birth of an illegitimate son. This inquiry, held by four eminent Lords, exposed the ruse, and the Princess was never again welcome in Royal circles, being refused entry to her husband’s Coronation in 1821.
260. CECIL, Viscount. A Letter to an M.P. on Disarmament. London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press 1931. First edition, small 8vo, 40 pp. Errata slip tipped in. Original decorative wrappers, some browning and light soiling. Scarce. £50 The Hogarth Letters no. 2. Woolmer 249, noting that of the 5,000 copies printed, 2,900 were pulped and a further 500 bound up in the collected edition of the Hogarth Letters. See also items 67 and 93.
261. CHURCHILL, Rt. Hon. Winston. The River War. An Account of the the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1940. Third “cheap” edition, 8vo, (xvi), 381, (1) pp. 14 folding maps plus a further 8 in the text, signature to fly leaf, lower hinge slightly cracked. Original cloth with some mild rubbing. First published in 2 volumes in 1899. £60
262. CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Second World War. The Gathering Storm. Their Finest Hour. The Grand Alliance. The Fringe of Fate. Closing the Ring. Triumph and Tragedy. London: Cassell & Co. (1949-54). First edition. Six volumes, 8vo. The set elegantly bound for Asprey & Co. in half red morocco over matching cloth boards, spine with gilt tooled raised bands, lettered direct to three compartments, gilt rules to sides, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A very nice set. See inside lower cover. £2,250
263. CHURCHILL, Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell and Company. (1956-58). First edition. 4 volumes, 8vo. Attractively bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half red morocco over matching cloth boards, spine with gilt tooled raised bands, gilt lettered direct to three panels, gilt illustration of the lion rampant to the other three, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. A very handsome set. See inside lower cover. £1,200
264. CLARENDON, Edward [HYDE], Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641... Oxford: Printed at the Theater. 1702 [but 1703]-1703- 1704. Three volumes. Folio. (40 x 25 cm). [4], 557, [1]; [16], 581, [1]; [24, 603, [23]. Contemporary full speckled calf, blind stamped rules to boards, rebacked to style with small restorations to the boards of volume 1, spine with raised bands, red gilt lettered labels, volumes numbered direct, red speckled edges. Engraved armorial bookplates of John Ward of Capethorne, Cheshire, dated 1704 to each of the front paste downs, also another’s later ownership inscriptions in ink. Frontispiece portraits to each volume, each title page with a vignette, ornamental head and tailpieces throughout. Some very occasional age toning at the upper margins. Save for two pages in volume one with a few old ink blots, the contents in very good condition. A handsome set. £1,750 Second edition of the first volume, dated 1702 on the title page and the imprimatur, the licence however replicates that of the third volume (dated 1703). First editions of the latter two volumes.
265. COOK, Brian. The Britain of Brian Cook. Foreword by Sir Hugh Casson. Preface by Ian Logan. London: B.T. Batsford (1987). First edition, large oblong 8vo, 144 pp. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., some minor marks, near fine £65
266. DAMIANO, [Pedro, de Odemira], LOPEZ, Rodrigo (Ruy) and SALVIO, Alessandro. SARRATT, J. (trans). The Works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez, and Salvio, on the Game of Chess; Translated and Arranged: with Remarks, Observations, And Copious Notes on the Games, Containing, Also, Several Original Games And Situations, by the Editor. To which are Added, The Elements of the Art of Playing without seeing the Board. London: T. Boosey, No. 4, Old Broad Street, Royal Exchange. 1813 8vo. [4], xviii, 382pp. Contemporary half dark blue calf over marbled boards, spine flat with triple gilt ruled compartments, red gilt lettered label, plain endpapers, presentation inscription to first free endpaper reads: “Gilberto Jackson, amicus amico / d.d. Franciscus Hirst / Xmas, 1941”. Binding rubbed, label slightly chipped, some very light spotting towards front of volume, otherwise very good. £400 The volume comprises Sarratt’s translation into English of three early works on Chess: Damiano’s “Libro da imparare giochare a scachi ...”, Ruy Lopez’s “Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez ...” and Salvio’s “Trattato dell'Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco Degli Scacchi”. Jacob Henry Sarratt (1772–1819) was one of the pre-eminent chess players of his age. As well as this publication, he also wrote “A Treatise on the Game of Chess”, the first edition of which was published in 1808.
267. DORÉ, Gustave. Cassell’s Doré Gallery. With Memoir of Doré, Critical Essay, and Descriptive Letterpress by Edmund Ollier. London: Cassell & Company [c.1880]. 4to, xlvii, (i), 152 pp. 250 plates, hinges strengthened. Original gilt decorated blue cloth with bevelled edges, extremities a little worn, spine a little wrinkled. £200 Containing examples of work from Doré’s illustrations for the Bible, Paradise Lost, Dante’s Inferno, Don Quixote and Baron Munchausen.
268. [DUBREUIL, Jean]. The Practice of Perspective: or, an Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects According to the Rules of the Art. Applied and Exemplified in all the Variety of Cases: as Landskips, Gardens, Buildings of divers kind... Written in French by a Jesuit of Paris... translated... into English... a second time... by E. Chambers. London 1726. 4to, (xviii) [pp], 151 [leaves], with 150 engraved plates and descriptive text opposite, some light browning, contemporary signature to title, contemporary calf, rubbed, recently rebacked with a black spine label, spine with gilt bands. £450 First published in English in 1672 as “Perspective Practical” and an important work, the excellent illustrations giving exacting instructions for drawing all manner of objects and views.
269. ELLAM, W.H. (Illustrator). Waterloo. Illustrated by... London: Castell Brothers [1891]. Squarish 12mo - the covers and pages shaped round the front cover illustration of two flags, helmet, breastplate and swords. 5 coloured illustrations, one double page. Sewn as issued, slight loss to top corner of the upper cover, a little rubbing to spine. £60 Scarce, Copac listing only 2 copies.
270. EYTON, Anthony. ‘A Sort of Touchability.’ Paintings 1938-1975. [London]: Austin/Desmond Fine Art [1990]. Square 8vo, (24) pp. 36 illustrations, 25 in colour, signed on the upper cover by the Artist. Loosely inserted are three invitations for this exhibition, two of which are also signed. Stiff paper wrappers, minor wear to one corner otherwise fine. £60
271. (FARLEIGH, John). POOLE, M. The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh. With a Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. (Henley-on-Thames): Gresham Books (1985). First edition, folio, (vi), 122 pp. 74 illustrations, inscription to fly leaf. Original cloth, d.w., near fine. £40 Contains examples from all the books illustrated by Farleigh including his most well known - Shaw’s “The Adventures of the Black Girl...” and the scarce “Whole Works of Homer”.
SIGNED 272. FROST, Terry. Works on Paper. 25 years: 1947-72. [London]: Austin/Desmond Fine Art [1989]. Square 8vo, 20 pp. 45 illustrations, 23 in colour, signed on the upper cover by the Artist. Loosely inserted are two invitations, both also signed, one to this exhibition and the other to an exhibition for Frost’s illustrations to Federico Garciá Lorca’s poems. Stiff paper wrappers, some minor marks otherwise fine. £100
273. FRY, W.T. (engr.). A Genealogical Chart of the Kings and Queens of England from the reign of William the Conqueror to that of His Most Gracious Majesty William the Fourth. London: George Taylor Junr. [n.d.]. 57 x 76 cm. Folding genealogical chart of the royal line, the heads of the monarchs illustrated, The armorial bearings of the royal houses, the line and the names of the monarchs with original hand colour. The whole dissected into sixteen sections and mounted on linen, blue marbled paper to folded sections on linen verso. Slipcase wanting. Some light offsetting, otherwise in very good condition. £75
274. GILL, Eric. The Engravings. Edited by Christopher Skelton. (London): The Herbert Press (1990). 4to, 478 pp. 997 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., spine sunned otherwise a very good copy. £125
275. (GRIMANI). The Grimani Breviary. Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript belonging to the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice. Preface by Giorgio E. Ferrari. Introduction by Mario Salmi. Commentaries on the plates by Gian Lorenzo Mellini. London: Thames and Hudson (1972). 4to, 276 pp. 110 coloured illustrations. Gilt titled cloth, slipcase, fine. £100
276. GLADSTONE, W.E. The Eastern Crisis. A Letter to the Duke of Westminster, K.G., From the Right Honourable W.E. Gladstone. London: John Murray 1897. 8vo. 16 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Neat old ownership inscription of a W. Henderson Pringle to the upper cover, abbreviated to the the first page. Some light marks to covers, spine worn at lower edge, otherwise very good. £35 The composition of this paper was prompted by the Hamidian Massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in Armenia in the mid 1890s. Gladstone touches on the decline of the empire, the effects on the region at large and its relation to the European superpowers.
277. HALLIWELL, James Orchard. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words. Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the XIV Century. London: George Routledge and Sons 1924. Seventh edition, 8vo, xxxvi, 960 pp. Signature and later bookplate to front endpapers. Original publisher’s maroon quarter morocco, red cloth sides, an excellent copy. £60
278. [HEATH, Henry]. Heath’s Comic Album. [c. 1830]. Oblong 4to. Publisher’s green cloth ribbed and blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettered and tooled to upper board, plain yellow endpapers, old doodles lightly pencilled to verso of front free endpaper. 36 plates, uncoloured, each with numerous caricature illustrations. A few slight marks to cloth, otherwise in very good condition. £250 No title page or text, the title taken from the upper cover. Where present, the imprints on the plates bear the names of either S. Gans or E. Lacey. Apparently a selective compilation from Heath’s catalogue. Some of the series of illustrations include “Sketches of Wit and Humour”, “Lexicographical Illustrations” and “Humourous Scraps”.
279. HERALDRY. New Heraldry in Miniature; Containing all the Arms, Crests, Supporters, and Mottos, of the Peers, Peeresses, and Bishops, of England, Scotland, and Ireland... [bound with] LONGMATE, B. The Arms, Crests and Supporters, of the present Baronets of Great Britain. Engraved by... London: John Stockdale 1788, 1786. Two works bound in one, 12mo, 60, 12 pp. 79 pages of engraved arms and insignia in the first work and 25 in the second, contemporary signature to fly leaf, modern bookplate. Contemporary calf with a gilt tooled border, upper cover with a small piece of leather laid on, also surrounded with a gilt border, partially (and unusually) rebacked, with only the right hand half of the spine being replaced, slight loss to the top of the spine. £300 Sscarce, ESTC listing only three copies of the first work, and six of the second.
280. LANGDON, Wm. B. “Ten Thousand Beautiful Things.” A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, Now Exhibiting At St. George’s Place, Hyde Park Corner, London, With Condensed Accounts of the Genius, Government, History, Literature, Agriculture, Arts, Trade, Manners, Customs and Social Life of the People of the Celestial Empire. London: Printed for the Proprietor. 1842. First English edition, 8vo. Frontispiece, 3-150 pp. Publisher’s ribbed and blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettered to upper board, plain yellow endpapers, neat old ownership inscription of a “W. Greenwood” to first free endpaper. Frontispiece and 7 plates. Covers slightly mottled and one small mark to upper board, nevertheless very good. £125
281. LEACH, Thomas. Modern Reports; or, Select Cases adjudged in the Courts of King’s Bench, Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer. A New Edition, including... Cases from the Restoration of Charles [II] to the [28]th year of George [II]. By... of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law. London 1793-6. Fifth edition, 8vo, 12 volumes. Contemporary polished calf, blind stamped rolled border to covers, some light general marks and wear, spines with red morocco labels, loss to tops of two spines otherwise a well preserved and clean set. £850 A complete set of a series that had been published and added to since 1682.
282. MACAULAY, Thomas Babington. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second. Critical and Historical Essays, contributed to the Edinburgh Review. The Miscellaneous Writings of... London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1849-60. Three works in ten volumes, “History of England” seventh edition in five volumes, “Essays” sixth edition in three volumes, “Miscellaneous Writings” first edition in two volumes, 8vo. Later bookplates, brief contemporary inscriptions to three title pages, one portrait frontispiece, marbled endpapers and sides. Contemporary half calf, gilt spines with green and brown morocco labels, one board with some wear otherwise some minor rubbing, a good set. £500
MINIATURE BIBLE WITH LECTERN 283. MINIATURE BOOK: The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments... Edinburgh: Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell [1900]. Miniature book, covers measuring 48 x 33 mm, (vi), 876 pp. Complete with the magnifying glass in a pocket at the front, top corners of early leaves bumped. Original blind stamped calf with some rubbing, an old glued repair reattaching the chain to the foot of the lower cover, with the original wooden lectern standing 5½ inches high and in excellent condition. Welsh 565. See inside lower cover. £500
284. NEPOS, Cornelius. Excellentium Imperatorum Vitæ. Edinburgi [Edinburgh]: ...Gulielmum [William] Coke 1804. 12mo, 156 pp. Recent owner’s signature to rear free endpaper recto, marbled endpapers. Contemporary red sheep, gilt spine and borders, slight wear to extremities. £45 A well known collection of Roman biography.
285. PAINE, Thomas. The Case of the Officers of Excise: with Remarks on the Qualifications of Officers, and on the numerous Evils arising to the Revenue, from the insufficiency of the present Salary: humbly addressed to the Members of both Houses of Parliament. London: W.T. Sherwin 1817. Third edition, 8vo, 16 pp. 19th Century marbled paper wrappers. Small hole to upper margin of one leaf affecting numbering, otherwise very good. £550 A very scarce copy of Paine’s first work, agitating for higher wages for himself and his fellow excise-men. Despite lobbying many M.P.’s the campaign was not a success, and Paine returned to Lewes to find himself dismissed, officially for deserting his post. The failure set him on the path that would see him take ship to America the following year. Gimbel p44. Preceded only by the Lewes first edition of 1772 and a Jordan edition from 1793. Only three copies of this issue on Copac.
286. PIPER, John. Buildings and Prospects. (Westminster): The Architectural Press (1948). First edition, large 8vo, 146 pp. Double page lithographed title by Piper and numerous black and white illustrations, mainly photographic. Original cloth, some minor marks. £30
GOLD EMBROIDERED SILK BINDING 287. [PORTUGAL]. Diario Ecclesiastico Para O Reino de Portugal, Principalmente Para a Cidade de Lisboa, Para o Anno de 1813. Lisbon (1813) 16mo. 137 pp. Bound in pale silk elaborately embroidered with gold thread, diamond pattern to spine with central gold sequins sewn, the centre of the upper board embroidered with what would appear to be a close variation of the coat of arms of the Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family, the lower board with a central circular embroidered panel featuring an illustration of the Tower of Belem, marbled endpapers. Housed within original red straight grain morocco two part slipcase lined with marbled
paper, itself elaborately gilt tooled: the British royal crest of the lion and the unicorn with motto “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense” to both boards of the upper part and another crest to the lower part featuring two crossed trumpets surmounted with a lyre. Folding hand coloured map of Portugal bound in opposite the title page. Slipcase slightly rubbed at edges, lower edge of upper part of case slightly worn and turned in on itself, inside of lower part somewhat worn. Binding expertly recased, slight fraying at head and foot of spine, a beautiful example nevertheless. See inside lower cover. £1,000
288. PUGIN, Augustus Welby. Details of Antient Timber Houses of the 15th & 16th Century. Gothic Furniture in the Style of the 15th Century. Designs for Gold & Silversmiths. Designs for Iron & Brasswork in the Style of the XV and XVIth Centuries. London: Ackermann 1836, [1835], 1836, [1836]. Four works bound in one volume, first editions, 4to. Hand coloured titles and a colophon plus 21, 24, 27 and 25 plates respectively, slight cracking of binding otherwise very good. Publisher’s cloth, possibly later, some light marks, gilt titled spine, t.e.g. £350 Four of Pugin’s many influential architectural publications. Pugin was heavily involved in the design of the Houses of Parliament and other Gothic buildings, and designed numerous churches, including Southwark Cathedral. He was also a keen sailor - “‘There is nothing worth living for,’ he is reported to have said, ‘but Christian architecture and a boat.’” (DNB).
INSCRIBED 289. RUSSELL, Bertrand. Freedom and Organization, 1814-1914. London: George Allen & Unwin (1945). Third impression, 8vo, 528 pp. Inscribed from the Author to Irina Morley on the fly leaf, free endpapers foxed, slight cracking of upper hinge. Original red cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, spine ends a little worn. £250
290. SEGUR, General Count Philip de. History of the Expedition to Russia, Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the year 1812. London: Treuttel and Würtz, Treuttel jun. and Richter 1825. Third edition, 2 volumes, 12mo. Engraved titles, 4 portraits and a folding map, some mostly light foxing, with a signature to the engraved titles and front blanks plus a later newspaper cutting tipped in at the front of volume I, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary green half calf, gilt spines with maroon labels, some minor rubbing, a very good set. £250
291. SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Life of the Author, an introductory discourse, notes, and supplemental dissertations by J.R. M‘Culloch. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1863. 8vo, lxvi, 669, (1) pp. Two portraits, brief later inscription to frontispiece recto. Original cloth, slight wear to extremities, some mild discolouration. £75
292. STARFORTH, John. The Architecture of the Park. A Series of Designs comprising Plans, Elevations, Perspective Views, and Details for Buildings required by the various dependants and purposes on an Estate... Edinburgh: Banks & Co. 1890. First edition, 4to, (62) pp, printed on rectos only. Frontispiece and 100 plates, of which 20 are tinted views, the rest architectural plans and elevations, signature on half title, marbled endpapers. Original gilt titled blue cloth, some rubbing, foot of spine a little worn. £400
293. STEWART, Major Rupert (Compiler). The Book of the Victoria Cross. London: Hugh Rees 1916. First edition, 8vo, xxiv, (ii), 555, (1) pp. Colour frontispiece, contemporary owner’s name to fly leaf. Original red cloth, gilt medal to upper cover, boards slightly bowed with some sunning, spine ends bumped. £75
294. STONE, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armour, in all Countries and in all Times. Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. New York: Jack Brussel (1961). 4to, (xii), 694 pp, numerous black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with some marks and small tears, still in the original slipcase. £60
295. TAYLOR, Jeremy. The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying. London: William Pickering 1847. 8vo, xxiv, (6), 327, (1) pp. Some light foxing, later inscription to paste down. Later half vellum, marbled sides, maroon morocco spine labels, minor soiling, a very good copy. £55
296. TEMPERANCE: The Church of England Temperance Society. War Issue. No.’s 1 - 36. January 1st, 1915 - December 1st, 1917. Large 8vo, thirty-six issues of this monthly publication bound in one volume, pages browned, list of Subscribers loosely inserted, contemporary maroon cloth, some light marks. £80
297. THOMSON, Thomas, Rev. A History of the Scottish People from the Earliest of Times. London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 49 & 50 Old Bailey, E.C. 1893-4. Six volumes. 8vo. Publisher’s bright gilt and blindstamped dark blue cloth, all edges red. 40 full page black and white plates plus 3 colour maps on two pages. Tissues guards slightly foxed, affecting adjacent leaves. A few small abrasions to pastedown of volume IV with some corresponding slight loss to the first free endpaper, some very light shelfwear, nevertheless a very nice set. £90
AUTHOR’S INSCRIPTION 298. [TURNOR (or TURNER), Thomas]. The Case of the Bankers and their Creditors, Stated and Examined. Wherein the Property of the Subject in this, and the like Cases, is soberly asserted, by the Common and Statute Laws of England, His Majesties most gracious Declarations; By innumerable, great and Important Records of this Kingdom, from the times of the Norman Conquest to our own Times... By a true Lover of his King and Countrey, and Sufferer for Loyalty. London: Printed in the Year 1675. Third impression [ie edition], 8vo, (x), 147, (1) pp. Light browning, minor marks and a small hole to the final leaf, faint stamp on a front blank. Inscribed from the Author - “For my highly honour’d Friend and Kinsman Sr. William Turnor knight, and Alderman of the Citty of London...” Contemporary panelled calf with some wear, recently rebacked retaining much of the original backstrip, marbled edges. £750 An attack on Charles II’s “Great Stop of the Exchequer”, whereby money intended to repay debt was re-allocated to build ships, seriously affecting the financial markets of the City of London. Sir William Turner, 1615-1692, was Lord Mayor of London in 1668. Wing T3338. Goldsmiths 2130. Kress 1392. First published the year before, this edition is considerably enlarged.
299. WATERLOO: Album Contenant un Plan de la Bataille de Waterloo. Dressé par le Général Baron de Jomini et douze vues des Environs du dit Champ de Bataille. Bruxelles: H. Gerard (1842). First edition, oblong 4to. Upper wrapper, rather soiled, bound in and followed by 12 lithographic plates captioned in either English or French, several dated 1842, some light marginal browning, slight loss to corners of the final plate. 20th century cloth backed boards, bookplate. £135 A unusual collection of views of the landmarks, monuments and buildings of Waterloo three decades on, including contemporary figures engaged in sightseeing which give the collection a rather gentrified air.
300. WATSON, Robert. The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies [et al] 1812. Seventh edition, 3 volumes, 8vo. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary diced calf, minor wear to corners and spine ends, gilt spines sunned. First published 1777. £150
301. WEBB, Maria. The Penns & Penningtons of the Seventeenth Century, in their Domestic and Religious Life: Illustrated by original Family letters: also incidental notices of their friend Thomas Ellwood... London 1867. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 430, (1 advertisement, 1) pp, 7 plates, some spotting, signature on fly leaf, original maroon cloth, gilt spine, sunned. £50 The lives of three Quakers - Ellwood, Isaac Penington and William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
302. WEBER, Carl J. Fore-Edge Painting. A Historical Survey of a Curious Art in Book Decoration. New York: Harvey House 1966. First edition, large 8vo, (xiv), 223, (1) pp. 35 illustrations, including 6 colour plates tipped in. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, otherwise a fine copy. £225