CATALOG 29 THE ART OF THE BOOK: FINE BINDINGS, ORIGINAL BOARDS AND MUCH MORE Presenting a fine assortment of new arrivals with some stunning fine bindings by Katharine Adams, Sarah Prideaux, Club Bindery, Douglas Cockerell, Guild of Women Binders, Hampstead Bindery, Chivers, Ramage, Riviere, Sangorski & Sutcliffe and more. As well, we are pleased to offer two excessively scarce Jane Austen titles: Mansfield Park, the First American in Original Boards, and Pride and Prejudice, the Second Edition in contemporary boards. You will also find a plethora of manuscripts here, autograph letters, holograph proof edits, association copies and many fine illustrated books. TO ORDER Simply send an email denoting order to: [email protected] Or simply call us at: (206) 914-1814 POLICIES All items may be returned for any reason, within 7 days of receipt provided a written note has been supplied in advance to our email address, arranging for mailing and insurance. All items are described to the best of our knowledge and ability, but there may be errors or misinterpretation of condition and any serious buyer should inquire if unsure about anything regarding a catalogue description. NUDELMAN RARE BOOKS P.O. BOX 25339, SEATTLE, WA 98165 (206) 914-1814 [email protected] ’ 1 ARNOLD, EDWIN The Feast of Belshazzar. A Prize Poem. Oxford: Francis Macpherson, 1852. First printing. Original printed wrappers with cover decorative vignette wood. 16pp. With original envelope face to Mr. F. Dobson with clipped signature "With Best complm., E. Arnold." (#1922) $350 2 4 ARNOLD, MATHEW (11 VOL BOUND: ZAEHNSDORF) AUSTEN, JANE- FIRST AMERICAN MANSFIELD Set of Eleven Volumes, Bound by Zaehnsdorf: one inscribed PARK IN ORIGINAL BOARDS by Arnold: 1. Poems, First Series. A New Edition. Longman [et Mansfield Park. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First al], 1853. 2. Poems, Second Series. Longman [et al], 1855. 3. American edition. Two Volumes. Original publisher's cloth- Merope, A Tragedy. Longman [et al], 1858. 4. Essays in backed, drab boards, lettering labels on spine (trace remnants, Criticism. Macmillan and Co., 1865. 5. Culture and Anarchy. small contemporary institutional labels perished or remnant Smith, Elder and Co., 1869. 6. Friendship's Garland. Smith, only). The exceedingly scarce first American edition, virtually Elder and Co., 1871. 7. Literature & Dogma. Smith, Elder and non-existent in the original binding. One of 1250 printed, but Co., 1873. 8. God and the Bible. Smith, Elder & Co., 1875. 9. very few copies of the Mansfield Park American first editions Isaiah XL-LXVI. Macmillan and Co., 1875. 10. Irish Essays. have survived. As of 1997, "no appearance of the 1832 Smith, Elder and Co., 1882. 11. Isaiah of Jerusalem. Mansfield Park at auction has been traced" (Gilson, rev. ed., Macmillan and Co., 1883. First editions. Eleven Volumes. All 1997). Apart from this copy, a survey of ABPC and AE records uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf in three-quarter brown levant only one unsophisticated copy sold in the last 30 years (Gilson morocco, elaborately gilt-tooled compartments on spine, B4). Volumes cocked, few short splits at spine tips, generally marbled boards and endpapers. T.E.G. "Poems. First Series (A light wear and staining to boards, corners rubbed, hinges tender New Edition)" i.e. first collected edition, is inscribed by but integral, fr. pastedown loosened volume 1, scattered foxing Arnold. Mathew Arnold is considered by most to be the throughout, occasionally heavy foxing volume 2, small chips at preeminent Victorian poet and critic. A fine and attractive set. deckle, old penciled numerals on front endpapers, paper repairs (#1857) $2,250 on two leaves in volume 1 with no loss of text. Housed in nice cloth folding box with morocco gilt label. (#1948) $15,000 3 ARNOUX, GUY- ILLUSTRATOR 5 Tambours et Trompettes. Paris: Devambez, Editeur, n.d. (ca. AUSTEN, JANE. SECOND EDI- 1918). Huge folio (13 x 17 inches) suite of ten superbly colored TION PRIDE AND PREJUDICE full-page illustrations loose, as issued, and a full-color IN CONTEMPORARY BOARDS. illustrated title page by note French illustrator Guy Arnoux. Pride and Prejudice. London: T. Original color pictorial folding covers with ribbon ties. Limited Egerton, 1813. Second edition. 12mo. to 475 numbered copies (#218), printed on laid paper, Three volumes. Contemporary half watermarked. Each plate very good condition, but contain calf over marbled boards, spine git remnants of plastic tape on verso of image not affecting with leather lettering pieces (two images. Some minor marginal tearing of fragile paper. Binding perished, one with partial loss). Half- spine sl. frayed and covers a little soiled. A remarkable title are not present. The second survival. Exceedingly scarce and desirable graphic art by this edition is scarcer than the first. exemplary French artist. (#27) $2,500 Signatures on all three title pages: “Sposttiswoode, Aug. 1813.” According to Gilson, the publishing history is rather obscure ("The size of the edition is not known”). However, it is knows that the second edition was entirely reset, resulting in occasional variations with the page as well as spelling and punctuation and wording (Gilson A4 has a list of alterations). Covers and spines scuffed with some splitting along extremities, fore-edges slightly bumped in areas, joints strengthened, some signatures slightly pulled. TTwo out of six maroon morocco onlays to spine absent, but title lettering visible in blindstamp. There is scattered light foxing (even browntoning due to acidic paper), overall quite tight and certainly presentable copy considering age and scarcity. (#1949) $12,500 6 BADNALL, RICHARD (PRESENATION TO SON) Zelinda; A Persian Tale. London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1830. First edition. Bound in full contemporary wavy grain calf 8 with bold gilt vine and blossom pattern on both covers and [BINDING, FINE- KATHARINE ADAMS] spine, beautiful crimson wavy silk endsheets. Inscribed by the Bound by Katharine Adams for Sydney Cockerell author to his son, William Badnall. A fascinating and Delisle, Leopold. Les Heures Dites de Jean Pucelle. Paris: vanishingly scarce book of poetry by Richard Badnall, silk, Imprime par Philippe Renouard, Librarie D. Morgand, Edouard ribbon and button tycoon of the early 1800's in Leek, Rahir, 1910. First edition. Sumptuously bound by Katharine Staffordshire and a man whose riches to rags story could make Adams (her initials and 'cross' monogram signed in gilt on rear an entertaining if not sad novel. Through bad investments, he turn-in) for Sydney Cockerell in 1911 in full luxurious brown lost his fortune and nearly landed in debtor's prison. Somehow, goatskin. The covers have a single gilt fillet border with a during this time he seemed to be able to write poetry, and this smooth spine lettered in gilt and dated at bottom. Dentelles volume was received with some praise, though acclaim never with single gilt border, vellum doublures. All edges gilt. A landed Badnall reputation, much less remuneration from his stunningly simple and elegant binding made to match the 1334 writings. He also wrote a treatise on Silk Trade (1828), a book facsimile of the famous Book of Hours by Jean Pucelle. Delisle on politics (183) and another on Railroad Improvement (1833), (1826-1910) was a specialist in manuscripts and the head of all exceedingly rare. Besides our copy of Zelinda, no copies of Department of Manuscripts at the Bibliotheque Nationale in any of these books were found at the time of research. Laid in Paris. He was described by Wilfrid Blunt as the greatest is a handwritten memo from the Society of Genealogist of authority of his day on manuscripts. This copy was given by London, from Howard H. Cotterell, explaining some details of Delisle to Sydney Cockerell and inscribed on the half-title: "A Badnall's lineage and also citing some of his works mentioned M. S. C. Cockerell souvenir affectuex. L. Delisle." Cockerell here. Bookplate of Russell Markland. Some rubbing to calf. has then added the date, "July 6, 1910" just below. On the Book is near fine internally. (#1332) $1,500 previous leaf is a death notice with portrait for Delisle who died on July 22nd, just two weeks after inscribing the book to 7 Cockerell. As well, there is a 3pp ALS from Delisle to BAUM, L. FRANK. Cockerell tipped into the front dated Dec. 3, 1909, mentioning American Fairy Tales. his research, examining some photographs and referring to Chicago: George M. several individuals (Holford, Yates Thompson and Perrins). Hill, 1901. First edition. Finally, Cockerell has written a note on p.81 concerning the Original beige cloth with provenance of a manuscript. A wonderful binding, with all its superb color cover presentation and provenance highlights. Cockerell was a close stamped in red, dark friend of Katharine Adams ever since the former's association green and beige, spine with William Morris and the Kelmscott Press, and once lettered in blue-green confessed, "I would have married her, but she was five years with red flowers on each older than I..." Cockerell commissioned Katherine Adams for side. Illustrations by Ike this special project and has written abover her cross and initials Morgan, Harry Kennedy at back, "Bound by Katharine Adams at Broadway and N. P. Hall, many Worchestershire, 1911." Later, the book was given by full-page, as well as Cockerell to Brian Cron, a close friend, in 1955: written in border line drawings shaky hand by Cockerell: "To B.S. Cron from Sydney througout. 207 un- Cocerell, Kew, 5 Dec. 1955." Katherine Adams bindings, numbered pages with found on Kelmscott Press, Doves and Ashendene Press, are three pages of legendary and known for their high degree of precision in advertisements at end. tooling and their intricate content and composition from tools The best copy of this book we have ever seen, with occasional which she fashioned herself.