December 2017 Peter Harrington london All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 1 Christmas 2017 opening hours: Dover Street Mon 27 Nov – Sat 23 Dec Mon–Fri: 10am–7pm Sat: 10am–6pm Sun: closed Sun 24 Dec – Mon 1 Jan 2018: closed Fulham Road Mon 27 Nov – Sat 23 Dec Mon–Thur: 10am–7pm Fri & Sat: 10am–6pm Sun: closed Sun 24 Dec – Tue 26 Dec: closed Wed 27 Dec – Sat 30 Dec: 10am–6pm Sun 31 Dec – Mon 1 Jan 2017: closed Tues 2 Jan 2018: Normal business hours resume Front cover image from Jean de Brunhoff’s Babar and Father Christmas, item 22 VAT no. gb 701 5578 50 Image opposite adapted from Roger Duvoisin’s small archive of Christmas greetings cards, item 66 Peter Harrington Limited. Registered office: WSM Services Limited, Connect House, 133–137 Alexandra Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 7JY. Design: Nigel Bents; Photography: Ruth Segarra Registered in England and Wales No: 3609982 Peter Harrington london catalogue 141 All items from this catalogue are on exhibition at Fulham Road chelsea mayfair Peter Harrington Peter Harrington 100 Fulham Road 43 Dover Street London sw3 6hs London w1s 4ff uk 020 7591 0220 uk 020 3763 3220 eu 00 44 7591 0220 eu 00 44 20 3763 3220 usa 011 44 7591 0220 usa 011 44 20 3763 3220 www.peterharrington.co.uk 1 1 1 tory of the books of the Press’” (Colin Franklin, per with a little offsetting to facing pastedown. A little The Private Presses, p. 60). rubbing to joints and extremities, a few small darkened (ASHENDENE PRESS.) ECCLESIASTI- areas to front board. An excellent, crisp copy. Ashendene XXXVIII; Franklin, p. 219. CUS. The Wisdom of Jesus, The Son of first ashendene edition, one of 145 unnum- £3,750 [121634] Sirach, Commonly Called Ecclesiasticus. bered copies printed on Batchelor handmade pa- Chelsea: Printed by C. H. St J. Hornby at the per; a further two copies were printed on Japanese 2 Ashendene Press, 1932 paper and eight on vellum. “It is the only true (ASHENDENE PRESS.) MALORY, Sir English ‘epic’ … The matchless style, the humour, Quarto. Original orange limp vellum, spine lettered in Thomas. The noble and joyous book en- the magnificence, the magic that takes away the gilt, orange ties, top edge trimmed, others uncut. Initial breath, combine in a masterpiece of legendary letters hand-executed in red, blue, and green by Graily tytled Le Morte Darthur: Notwythston- narrative” (PMM). Hewitt and his assistants, Ida D. Henstock and Helen E. dying it treateth of the byrth, lyf, and Hinkley. Very pale speckling to rear cover, an excellent Ashendene XXVI; Franklin, p. 224; Printing and the Mind copy with spine entirely unfaded. actes of sayd Kyng Arthur, of his noble of Man 29. first ashendene edition, one of 328 copies knyghts of the Rounde Table . Chelsea: £10,000 [121307] printed in red and black Subiaco type on Batch- Ashendene Press, 1913 elor handmade paper; a further 25 were printed Folio. Bound for the publishers by W.H. Smith in brown 3 on vellum. “Booksellers continually declare the calf, spine lettered in gilt, boards and turn-ins ruled in AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield Park. London: Ashendene Ecclesiasticus to be the finest book gilt. With 2 full page and 27 smaller woodcuts by W. H. from the private presses . A. D. Power stated ‘in Hooper and J. B. Swain after designs by Charles M. Gere Richard Bentley, 1833 my humble opinion it is one of the most satisfac- and his sister Margaret Gere. Initial letters by Graily Octavo. Original purple glazed linen boards, twin black Hewitt in red and blue; rubricated chapter headings and spine labels lettered in gilt. Engraved vignette title and shoulder-notes. Ownership stamp to front free endpa- 2 December 2017: Peter Harrington graved vignette title and frontispiece by William Great- bach after Ferdinand Pickering (tissue guards intact). Armorial bookplate of J. B. Gibson to pastedown. Spine faded to buff, as generally seen, a few marks to covers, tips slightly bumped, occasional faint spotting to con- tents. An excellent copy. first bentley edition, in the first issue bind- ing, the second edition overall, and the first Eng- lish edition to be illustrated. Gilson D4. £2,000 [120846] 5 AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911–12 12 volumes, octavo (199 × 133 mm). Contemporary tan half calf, darker tan morocco labels, floral centre tool to spines gilt separated by raised bands, tan cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Engraved frontis- piece to volume 1. Spines ever so slightly rubbed, couple of spines ever so slightly stained, overall an excellent set. the winchester edition, considered the most at- tractive of the unillustrated editions of Jane Austen’s works produced around this time. In this enlarged is- 2 3,4 sue, the set has two additional volumes, comprising “Lady Susan” and “The Watsons”, taken from the 1871 frontispiece by William Greatbach after Ferdinand Pick- 4 Memoir, together with Jane Austen’s letters. Rare in ering (tissue guards intact). Armorial bookplate of J. B. contemporary binding and in this condition. Gibson to front pastedown. Spine partially faded, a cou- AUSTEN, Jane. Northanger Abbey [and] ple of marks to covers. An excellent copy. Persuasion. London: Richard Bentley, 1833 £5,750 [121771] first bentley edition, in the first issue bind- Octavo. Original purple glazed linen boards, twin black ing, the third edition overall, and the first English spine labels lettered in gilt, green silk page-marker. En- edition to be illustrated. In 1832–3 Richard Bentley bought the copyright to all Austen’s novels, which had not been reissued since 1818, to include them in his Standard Novels series, of which this is no. XXVII. The Bentley illustrations, by the obscure Ferdinand Pickering, played an integral part in the reception of Austen’s novels; according to one Aus- ten scholar, they “promoted a sense that her novels were best understood as familial, female focused, and sensational. For decades, these illustrations would have served to steer readers away from the conclusion that Austen’s fiction ought to be under- stood as social, comic, or didactic” (Davoney Loos- er, The Making of Jane Austen, 2017, p. 20). Gilson D3. £2,250 [120842] 5 All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 3 6 AYTOUN, Edmondstoune William. Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, and other Poems. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870 Quarto (238 × 174 mm). Contemporary blue morocco, gilt titles to spine, gilt raised bands, gilt arms of Scot- land and armorial cornerpieces within gilt frame to cov- ers, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, blue page-marker. Numerous steel-engraved headpieces, vignettes and near full-page illustrations. Sympathetically refurbished with joints and extremities discreetly restored and the colouring enhanced, spine very slightly rolled and lightly toned, a couple of tiny scratches to covers. A very good, bright copy. presentation copy from victoria’s favour- ite daughter, princess beatrice, to the 6 7 queen’s favourite servant, john brown, inscribed by the princess on the front blank, “To Octavo. Original honeycomb-grain green cloth, spine joined a hunting trip to Zululand led by “Elephant John Brown, with best wishes for the season, from lettered and ruled in gilt, decorative blind rules to sides White”, travelling to St Lucia Bay to shoot hippo- Beatrice, Xmas. 1874”. An intriguing association: enclosing gilt hunting vignette to front, new endpa- potamus. In 1854 he hunted in Amatonga country Brown (1826–1883) had been a significant feature pers, edges untrimmed. Title page printed in red and (north-eastern Natal) and made a second trip to in the royal household for the majority of Bea- black, photogravure portrait frontispiece, folding map, 10 wood-engraved plates, 6 double-tint lithographs Zululand. In 1857 he visited the Transvaal, and the trice’s life, having been selected by Prince Albert not listed in the contents but still called for, wood-en- following year reached as far as Lake Ngami de- to be Victoria’s personal servant in Scotland in gravings to the text. Bookplate of Lancashire chemist spite the ongoing conflict between the Transvaal 1858. The Scotsman quickly became indispen- and bibliophile Robert J. Hayhurst. Spine rubbed, and and Orange Free State. “On a final journey in April sable to Victoria after Albert’s death in 1861, be- slightly rubbed at extremities, tips bumped, frontis- 1860 Baldwin set out from Potchefstroom, guided coming the cause of salacious gossip and familial piece foxed and offset, occasional spotting to text and only by a pocket compass, intent on reaching the tensions. Beatrice (1857–1944) was probably the to margins of lithographic plates, short closed tears to Victoria Falls which until then had been seen only closest of Victoria’s children to Brown, spending fore edges of sig. K2 and plate facing p. 424 just en- by David Livingstone. More by luck than judge- considerable time in his company, notably in Bal- croaching on image. A very good copy in the clean and fresh original cloth. ment he arrived at the falls on 3 August 1860 and moral, and helping him to carry out her mother’s about five days later encountered the celebrated wishes in her role as “the prop, comfort and com- first edition of “one of the best books describ- missionary . Apart from becoming only the panion” of Victoria. Victoria found solace in both ing early African big game hunting, and a nec- second European to set eyes on the falls, Baldwin Beatrice and Brown after Albert’s death, being essary volume in the African sporting library” was the first to provide their true dimensions and “over-protective of her ‘Baby’ until she was well (Czech), also noted for providing the first ac- the first to reach the falls directly from Natal.