LONDON BOOK FAIR 2016

19th Century English Literature, Presentation Copies, Private Press, Artists’ Books, Original Art, Letters, Children’s Books, African History, Travel, & More

Pictured Above: Original Drawings by , Items 8* & 9*

CURRENCY CONVERSION: $1 = £0.7 * Due to unexpected importation restrictions and fees, several items on this list are not at the fair

1. [Anvil Press] Racine, Jean; John Crowne (translator); Desmond Flower (foreword); Fritz Kredel (illustrator). Andromache: A Tragedy. Freely Translated into English in 1674 from Jean Racine's "Andromaque" Lexington KY: Anvil Press, 1986. Number 11 of 100 copies. According to an article by Burton Milward, the Anvil Press was part of the resurgence of fine press printing in Lexington, led by Joseph Graves, who was influenced and taught by Victor Hammer. The Anvil Press was unusual in that it was an association comprised of ten members, inspired and guided by Hammer and his wife, Carolyn. Their books were printed on any one of the several presses owned by members of the group, and were sold at cost. Bound with black cloth spine and red paper covered boards with red paper title label to spine. Pristine with numerous illustrations by Fritz Kredel. In matching red paper dust jacket with black title to spine and front panels. Creasing to jacket and minor wear to edges. Printed in red and black inks at the Windell Press in Victor Hammer's American & Andromaque uncial types. 51 pages. (#27468) $825 £577 1

2. [Barbarian Press] Barham, Richard; Crispin Elsted, editor and notes; Illustrated by John Lewis Roget and Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. The Ingoldsby Legends: a Gallimaufry. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 2015. 1 of 45 copies from the Standard edition. The Ingoldsby Legends is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed during 1837 as a regular series in the magazine Bentley's Miscellany. The legends were illustrated by John Leech, George Cruikshank, and Sir . They proved immensely popular and were compiled into books published in 1840, 1842 and 1847 by Richard Bentley. They remained popular during the 19th century but have since become little known. Includes seven wood engravings by John Lewis Roget printed from the original blocks done for an unpublished edition of The Ingoldsby Legends in the 1870s. The blocks were acquired by Robertson Davies, who donated them to the Library at Massey College from whom they were borrowed for this work. The book is bound with printed red and cream paper boards with deep red silk spine with paper title and press label. Engravings are printed on Zerkall Cream Smooth. In fine condition. 165 pages with tipped in errata sheet. (#28474) $450 £315

3. Barrie, J. M.; Doyle, Arthur Conan. Jane Annie, or The Good Conduct Prize A New and Original English Comic Opera. : Chappell & Co., 1893. This is a very scarce item with an interesting history. J.M. Barrie (1860-1937) and Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) met early in their writing careers when they both wrote for the magazine The Idler. They were both Scottish and passionate about cricket, and they became great friends. Their odd collaboration in writing this operetta came about because Barrie had agreed to write the libretto. He became ill, however, perhaps suffering a nervous breakdown, and his friend Doyle came to his rescue by collaborating with him on the work. Despite their efforts, the operetta was a failure, which apparently bothered them very little. In the original printed wrappers. This is very nice copy of this uncommon work, particularly in this condition. This is a variant issue of this unusual collaboration. Housed in slipcase with the bookplates of Lord Ezher and Clark Hunter. (#21947) $900 £630

4. [Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl and Jim Machacek. Spice Market. San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2004. Number 23 of 40 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artists. Founded by Sibyl Rubottom and Jim Machacek in 2000, the press produces artists' books, offers classes, and holds book arts' exhibitions. Their books address a wide range of subjects from the universe to gardening to opera to Yiddish and more. Most are letterpress printed, many have moveable pieces, and all are illustrated. This engaging accordion book is an alphabetical mélange of spice. Various spices are described by definition, quotes, or history, and accompanied by lovely images on tan color pages that were hand-tinted with spice dyes. Some of the pages had an "intoxicating 14 runs through the press." The accordion text pages are encased in stiff paper covers, with the top flap cut out in the shape of leaves. Comes in a burlap drawstring bag with title and press name printed on a label attached by string. In fine condition. 4.5 x 5 inches. (#26105) $700 £490

2 5. Beadle, J. H. Western Wilds and the Men Who Redeem Them: An Authentic Narrative. Cinncinnati, Philadelphia, Chicago: Jones Brothers & Co., [1877]. Unclear whether this is the true first edition. Copyright date is 1877 but there is no date on the title page. An account of seven years travel and adventures in the far west...An amazing narrative by Beadle, who traveled "to tell the exact truth about the country west of the Mississippi." Fascinating details about every aspect of the trip, from the people they met, the weather, terrain, and much more. Bound in original reddish brown cloth with ornate black designs to front and back covers as well as spine. Pictured in gilt on the front cover is a man from the wild west as well as a cow and pig. Bumping and light chips to corners of boards and spine. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior pages show slight aging, and front and back hinges loose from the weight of the book. Black and white illustrations throughout and a fold-out color map of the Indian nations in the new world. Map is fine. 624 pages. (#23831) $500 £350

6.* [ORIGINAL DRAWING BY ] Beardsley, Aubrey. Design for the Spine of Le morte darthur by Sir Thomas Malory. [1893]. Beardsley (1872-1898) is the best known illustrator from the British 1890s. He lived a tragically short time, dying of tuberculosis at the age of 25. This lovely major work, the epitome of Beardsley’s style of Art Nouveau, is for the spine of the binding cases of Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, published by J. M. Dent, 1893-94, Beardsley’s first important commission. The book's title (spelled incorrectly as “La Morte Darthur”), author, publisher, and date are included in the design, which is in fact drawn on four separate pieces of paper that have been adhered together. Le Morte Darthur, published by Dent has been described as incomparable. The same can be said of Aubrey Beardsley's beautiful and remarkable designs (a term he preferred to "illustrations"). Beardsley was only 20 years old when Dent commissioned him to do all of the designs for this work. It was a leap of faith by Dent in taking a chance on an unproven artist. The illustrations were done during 1892-1894 for the initial issue in parts, beginning in June 1893. The design is done in ink on paper with pencil under-drawing showing the change from the initial position of the leaves, the title and top border inset above the ornamental panel; 27 x 6.7 cm. Framed. In fine condition. Provenance: J. M. Dent. Exhibited: “Burne-Jones, The Pre- Raphaelites, and their Century,” Peter Nahum, London, 1989, 165 (listed in catalogue vol. I, p. 166-167, reproduced. vol. 2, pl. 124); “Beautiful Decadence,” Japan, 1998, 7 (reproduced in catalogue). Literature: Ian Fletcher, Aubrey Beardsley, 1987, p. 128-129; A. E. Gallatin, Aubrey Beardsley: Catalogue and Bibliography, 1945, p. 33; , A Selective Checklist of the Published Work of Aubrey Beardsley, 1995. (#28890) $35,000 £24,500

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7. Beerbohm, Max. And Even Now. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Inscribed by Beerbohm with Autograph Letter Signed laid in. The book is inscribed on the half title to S.J. Williams, “Dear Mr. Williams I am so very glad you see to like [And Even Now] and I thank you very much - Max Beerbohm May, 1943.” Laid in is a letter to Williams along with the envelope in which it was sent. In this charming letter Beerbohm writes: “June 15 1943/Dear Mr. Williams/I write to tell you, with many thanks, how proud I am to be the subject of an epigram so perfect in pre-, com-, and incision. Epigrams are usually unkind in wit. Wit and kindness are rather distantly related to each other. But here they seem to be [the word are is crossed out below this] brother and sister, and will abide in my heart as well as in my brain. With kindest regards from my wife and me to Mrs. Williams and to you, I am sincerely and gratefully yours, Max Beerbohm.” The envelope is addressed S.J. Williams, Prof/Queens’ College/Cambridge. The flap of the envelope is affixed to the front. There is one fold in the letter otherwise in fine condition. Book is bound in original yellow cloth with paper title label to spine. Soiled and bumped but in very good condition. Interior pages are clean and tight. 320 pages. (#25758) $650 £455

8.* [ORIGINAL DRAWING BY MAX BEERBOHM] Beerbohm, Max. Original of opening night at the Duke of York's Theatre. [1897]. Original caricature done in ink on paper. The caricature celebrates the opening night of The Happy Life, a play by Louis N. Parker and Murray Carson, staged at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, in 1897. It depicts Parker (standing atop the Duke of York’s column), Carson, and Max (top hat and wasp-waisted coat) himself drinking champagne. Both Parker and Carson were important dramatists at the turn of the century; Beerbohm would later collaborate with Carson on a one-act “curtain-raiser” in 1914, The fly on the wheel. Inscribed “Best wishes in a great success. December 6 ’97” and signed “Max.” Unrecorded; not in Hart- Davis’s catalogue of Beerbohm’s . In near fine condition and nicely framed. 20 x 25.4 cm. (#28895) $7,500 £5,250

9.* [ORIGINAL DRAWING BY MAX BEERBOHM] Beerbohm, Max. Original caricature of Sydney Schiff. [ca. 1922]. "The darkness and the flashing eye," pencil and watercolor on paper. Caricature of Sydney Schiff (1868-1944), the novelist who published under the name “Stephen Hudson,” translator of Proust’s A la recherché des temps perdu, patron of writers and artists including T. S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis, and best remembered perhaps for hosting the famous dinner in Paris on May 18, 1922 to mark the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet, “Le renard,” attended by Joyce, Picasso, Stravinsky and Proust. Schiff and his wife, Violet - the sister of Wilde's Sphinx, - were close friends of Max and Florence Beerbohm, providing the Beerbohms a refuge in England at their country house in Abinger during W.W.II. Inscribed with title and “Dearest Sydney Very many thanks. I shall treasure the document – the intensely interesting prophecy, based on so much knowledge of things and said with such keen vision. May you be right! Reading you, I feel that you might be. And then dismal doubts creep in. ‘The mills of God,’ you say. They do certainly grind slowly. But I don’t think the History of the World shows them to be efficient in the long run. If they were, our world wouldn’t be what it is! Your ever affectionate Max.” Unrecorded in Hart-Davis’s catalogue of Beerbohm’s caricatures. 25.4 x 20.4 cm. Nicely framed. In fine condition. (#28894) $7,500 £5,250

4 10.* [ORIGINAL DRAWING BY MAX BEERBOHM] Beerbohm, Max. Original watercolor of Florence Beerbohm. 1913. Original drawing in pencil and watercolor on paper. Signed and dated "Max 1913" in pencil. An evocative and affectionate image of Max’s American wife, the actress , showing her Pre-Raphaelite-like red hair and dress blown by a breeze. Fewer than a dozen “straight” portraits of Florence by Max and known. Virtually all derive from the collection of the publisher, bookseller, and broadcaster , who sold it to the American bookseller Franklin Gilliam; it later belonged to Marcia McGhee Carter, the co-founder (with Larry McMurtry) of the Booked Up bookshop and then passed into the collection of the Beerbohm bibliographer and collector, Mark Samuels Lasner. In fine condition. 34 x 23 cm. (#28892) $4,500 £3,150

11. Beerbohm, Max. . London: William Heinemann, 1919. A very nice ASSOCIATION COPY. Beerbohm signed and inscribed the book “For CS Evans from his friend Max 1919.” Evans was the chairman of Beerbohm’s publishing company, Heinemann, and he and Evans were close friends. Max Beerbohm, of course, is known as one of the leading critics, caricaturists, and writers of his day. This book is the first edition in the primary binding of dark blue cloth with gilt title and author to spine and front board. It is in very good plus condition with a small nick to the top of the front board, some chipping to corners and spine, and four darker blue spots to front. No dust jacket. Interior pages are clean with some browning to margins of pages. 219 pages plus four pages of publisher ads. (#21133) $1,400 £980

12. Belloff, Mindy, artist and designer. In the Garden of Earthly Delights. New York: Intima Press, 2014. Number 4 of 12 copies signed and numbered by Mindy Belloff, This superb book was inspired by and taken from Hieronymus Bosch's renowned three-panel painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights (1490-1516). This famous work, full of and subject to endless interpretation, depicts the Garden of Eden, earthly pleasures and pursuits, and humanity's punishment in Hell. Mindy created eleven color intaglio prints of deep bite copper etchings with hand painting in watercolor, gouache, and ink. Each beautiful print is unique within the limited edition, printed on Somerset cotton rag papers corresponding to the painting's three panels from left to right, progressing from white (Section I), to tan (Section II), to gray (Section III). The book also has three original poems by Amy Lemmon, Steven Gentile, and Rich Turnbull, each preceding a section and also inspired by Bosch's painting. Letterpress printed. In a concertina sewn spine binding in quarter-bound pink buffalo skin over Somerset white papers, with leather tip corners and leather ornamental onlays. Protected by a paper tri-fold enclosure with light grey leather spine with title label. Housed in a pink buffalo skin slip case. In fine condition. (#29214) $3,500 £2,450

13. [Bird and Bull Press] Craig, Edward Gordon, Colin Franklin, editor and prologue. Paris Diary 1932-1933. North Hill PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1982. Number 311 of 350 copies. (1872-1966) was the son of famed actress Ellen Terry and stage designer Edward William Godwin. Gordon in turn became a well known actor, director, and stage designer. Early in his career as an actor, he also became interested in graphic design. This diary, written when he was sixty, recounts a difficult period in Craig's life, when he was experiencing health and money worries. As Franklin notes in his prologue, this was a low period for Craig and was also for Europe, as Hitler was rising in power. Bound in brown quarter leather by Gray Parrot. Red leather spine label with title, and boards in yellow and white striped paper. In fine condition. 154 pages. (#25063) $200 £140

5 14. Brassey, Mrs. [Anna]. A Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1878. First Edition. Lady Anna Brassey (1839 - 1887) recorded several of the celebrated voyages that she and her family made together around the world on their yacht, “The Sunbeam.” This was the first of the several volumes she published about their travels. It was a huge bestseller, running into many editions and translations. It provides a lively and detailed account of their journey around the world in 1876-77. In addition to vividly describing their journey, the book describes life aboard her yacht, which carried over forty people, including the family, the crew, friends, and a complete domestic staff. An uncommon book to find in the original cloth, it is bound in dark grey cloth with gilt title and author to spine and front cover, and gilt illustrations to front and back. Cloth is chipped and faded but still quite attractive. Some soiling to preliminary pages and tear to front map but otherwise in very good condition. With two fold-outs and 118 wood engraved illustrations after drawings by the Hon. A.Y. Bingham. With ownership signature of George R. Clayton. 504 pages. (#28549) $550 £385

15. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM ROBERT BROWNING TO CLOSE FRIEND, ANNE PROCTOR] Browning, Robert. Dramatic Idyls, Second Series. London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1880. FIRST EDITION. AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed “Mrs Proctor, with RB’s affectionate regards June 27 ‘80.” Anne Proctor’s husband, the barrister and poet Bryan W. Proctor (who wrote under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall), was the dedicatee of Browning’s poem ‘Columbe’s Birthday’ (1844). The Proctors were among the Brownings’ closest friends. Proctor and John Forster anonymously edited the first selection from Browning’s works in the 1860’s. Near fine in original brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to edges and corners. There is browning from a paper clip to the top edge of first few pages, else the interior is very clean. 147 pages plus 2 pages of ads. (#21417) $3,200 £2,240

16. Bullard, Asa (compiled by). Sunnybank Stories. Aunt Lizzie's Stories. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1863. 32mo. Very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering and design on spine. Fading to spine but gilt remains bright. Minor rubbign and soiling to exterior. Minor foxing though text and illustrations remain bright. Illustrations throughout. 64 pages. Dimensions 4 1/2 x 3 inches. (#10163) $20 £14

17. [Caliban Press] McMurray, Mark (designer and printer); Elizabeth Vitek, Rebecca Doll (interns). Adirondack Sutra. New York: Caliban Press, 2013. Number 39 of 48 copies. Initialed by printer. Mark McMurray founded the Caliban Press in 1985 after studying letterpress printing with the Red Ozier Press and bookbinding with Timothy Ely. This inventive and moving production joins Buddhist and Tibetan sutras – Sanskrit for an aphorism, saying, or collection of same – with contemporary environmental themes. The sayings are from sources that include Indian and Tibetan sutras, American authors, and the Adirondack Mountains region and are printed with metal and wood types on a variety of beautiful handmade papers. Many of the papers were dyed, dipped, and/or floated in an indigo dye bath. Includes a volvelle made from area maps, an ecoprint by Velma Bolyard, and a mountain paperscape. Housed in a stiff paper box with bone clasps. With colophon and table of contents. Pages are about 4 1/4 x 14 inches. Unpaginated. (#27098) $375 £260

6 18. [FIRST PUBLISHED EDITIONS OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS] Carroll, Lewis; John Tenniel (illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass 2 Volumes. London: Macmillan and Co, 1866 and 1872. First published edition, first issue. Illustrated by John Tenniel with forty-two illustrations in volume one and fifty illustrations in volume two. A particularly desirable set as both volumes are bound in the original cloth with gilt titles to spines and circular gilt illustrations on both covers featuring Alice holding a pig, the Cheshire cat, the Red Queen, and the White Queen. Each volume has been expertly rebacked using the original boards, spines, and endpages with the repair visible in a few places along the spine ends and joints. There is minor fraying and wear to the spine ends, corners, and edges of the boards. The spine of Alice is darkened although the gilt title remains bright. There is minor rubbing and a few small spots of soiling to the boards of both volumes. There are two small dampstains on the rear board of Through the Looking-Glass, one of which effects the gilt illustration. There are a few bubbles under the cloth of Through the Looking Glass. The interior of Alice is lightly foxed and top margin is lightly browned. The verso of the front free endpage in Through the Looking Glass has remnants of glue where a bookplate was once adhered. The facing half title page is lightly browned as a result. Both volumes have a few light smudge marks and a few small spots of soiling. Alice has pale blue end pages and Through the Looking Glass has dark blue end pages. Full edges gilt. Both volumes are housed in a red cloth box with gilt titles of both volumes to the spine. The spine of the box is faded and the panels have minor rubbing and wear. (#24355) $10,000 £7,000

19. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM CONRAD TO HIS AGENT, J.B. PINKER] Conrad, Joseph. Tales of Unrest. London: T. Unwin Fisher, 1898. First English edition of Conrad's first collection of short stories, published in both America and England in 1898. Author's presentation copy, inscribed “For J. B. Pinker, Joseph Conrad.” The book marks the first stage of Conrad learning to write for popular magazines: "in that book I come nearer to the popular notion of tale-telling than in any previous work of mine" (writing to Unwin, Collected Letters, II., p.48). Pinker was one of the first literary agents in London, and became one of the most important agents of the twentieth century, with such clients as H.G. Wells, Stephen Crane, and . Pinker was “superbly attuned to the changing economic climate of the 1890s publishing market and served the interests of several 'difficult' writers with a skillful blend of shrewdness, tact, generosity, and long-suffering” (Knowles and Moore). This could not have been better demonstrated than with his relationship with Conrad, in which the agent was required to play many roles: friend, banker, father-figure and general factotum. Pinker could see Conrad's potential, but in many ways the author was ill-placed to survive the cutthroat market of the time, committed as he was “to a form of experimental novel, the unpredictable gestation of which involved an enormous amount of energy, time, and living costs” (op.cit.) As Conrad later gratefully acknowledged, Pinker believed in him and backed him for the long term, bankrolling him through the lean years when he had yet to be a commercial success, in the hope of future payments and royalties. Conrad was forced to split himself between his long serious and more commercial journalistic material. Tensions were high between author and agent in these years between 1904 and 1910, with Pinker being asked for larger and larger advances. The agent's requests for itemization and justification were resented by Conrad, and he sometimes resisted his agent's attempts to link payments to fixed amounts of delivered copy. In December 1909 Pinker's patience finally snapped after the author had been working on Under Western Eyes for two years and then broke off, against his agent's wishes, to write for the English Review. Pinker threatened to cut off all funds; his author retaliated by threatening to throw the manuscript into the fire. After an explosive row the two did not speak for two years. After the dramatic upturn in Conrad's popularity and finances after 1914 the author could finally begin to settle his debts, and the two men resumed their relationship. Conrad later wrote: “those books which, people say, are an asset of English Literature owe their existence to Mr. Pinker as much as to me. For 15 years of my writing life he has seen me through periods of unproductiveness[,] through illnesses[,] through all sorts of troubles...” (Collected Letters, V, p.619). Conrad was deeply affected by his agent's sudden death in 1922. Bound in original green cloth and housed in a slipcase. Bookplate of book collector Stanley J. Seeger. Very good. (#28898) $15,000 £10,500 7 20. [SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF CRANE’S FIRST NOVEL] [Crane, Stephen] Smith, Johnston. Maggie. A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York). (New York): [printed for author], (1893). First Edition, Scarce. A Milestone in the history of American Literature. Crane's first novel. One of only about 35 known copies. Crane had 1,100 copies printed but only two were sold through Bretano's. Bound in paper wrappers, which have been expertly restored. The original front wrapper has been backed and the missing areas have been filled in. The spine and rear wrapper are modern, but have colored to match the original front wrapper. The edges of the first few pages are chipped and several corners are clipped. There are a few spots of foxing to the interior, but otherwise it remains very clean. Housed in a modern clamshell box with rounded leather spine titled in gilt. 163 pages. Very good condition. (#27463) $12,000 £8,400

21. Debussy, Claude; Andre Halle, illustrator. La Boite a Joujoux. Ballet pour Enfants. Paris: Durand et Cie, 1913. A charming and scarce copy of Debussy's ballet score (piano reduction only) for “La Boite a Joujoux,” with delightful color pochoir illustrations by Andre Helle. The ballet was inspired by Debussy's daughter and her toys and toy box. This was one of Debussy's final works, and the ballet was in fact not staged until after his death, with costumes and decor by Helle. Published in hardbound and softbound editions, this copy has been recased in tan paper-covered boards with a digital reproduction of Helle's illustrated title affixed to front cover. The original paper covers are bound in. In very good plus condition with a few small closed tears on the lower margin of a few pages. 10 x 13 inches. 48 pages. (#26681) $850 £595

22. Dickens, Charles. Illustrated by Doyle, R.; Leech, J.; Maclise, D.; Stanfield, C. The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition, Fourth Issue. One of Dicken’s five Christmas books. Set in a quaint English village built on the site of a historic battlefield, this story of romance is the only Christmas story with no supernatural or religious elements. Very good original red cloth, intricate blind stamped borders. Detailed, bright gilt vignette to cover and spine. The boards are lightly soiled with slight bumping to corners. Minor wear to head and foot of spine with full gilt edges. Interior is tight and mostly clean with some light smudging in a few areas, pages lightly browned, and sporadic faint foxing. Contains a beautiful wood-engraved frontispiece and title page (fourth variant of the vignette title page), as well as eleven more engravings interspersed throughout the text. This book has been expertly rebacked but the repair is hardly noticeable. Slight cock to spine. A lovely book. 175 pages. (#4576) $375 £260

23. [FIRST EDITION. DEDICATION COPY.] Douglas, Lord Alfred. The Autobiography of . London: Martin Secker, 1929. First Edition, Dedication Copy, inscribed ‘W. Sorley Brown from his friend Alfred Douglas.’ The printed dedication page reads ‘To William Sorley Brown,’ whose ownership stamp is present on the front pastedown. An ardent admirer and long-time friend of Douglas, Brown published a brief work titled “The Genius of Lord Alfred Douglas” in 1913 with the intention of highlighting Douglas’s poetical prowess at a time when most people knew him only for his scandalous affair with . Editor and owner of ‘The Border Standard,’ Brown was known primarily for being a journalist. He is mentioned on page 268 and 292-3 of this book. Near fine condition in the original blue cloth with gilt title to spine and front board. This book has been expertly recased using the original cloth. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Browning to a few pages where a bookmark was once laid in and light rubbing to pastedowns, otherwise the interior is clean. Includes frontispiece photograph of Douglas. 340 pages plus index. Near Fine. (#21419) $3,500 £2,450

8 24. Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892. FIRST EDITION, mixed state. This collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) ensured his lasting popularity and fame. It includes such classics as “Scandal in Bohemia,” “The Red-Headed League,” and “Speckled Band.” It was followed in 1894 by a second compilation, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This volume is a mixed state: the front cover has a black and white illustration with a banner, “The Strand Library.” The street sign is not blank. The end papers are the variant light orange peacock design. Page 317 has the uncorrected “Miss Violent” rather than “Miss Violet.” Bound in the original blue cloth with gilt title and author to spine and front cover. Fraying to spine edges and beveled board edges, bumping and rubbing but still in nice condition. The hinges have been expertly restored. Interior pages are clean and bright except for what appears to be a small cigarette (or Calabash pipe?) burn affecting the bottom margins of pages 282-289. Page 285/286 has an actual burn hole. Illustrated throughout. Housed in light blue half morocco slipcase. 317 pages. (#21930) $1,850 £1,295

25. [Eragny Press] Flaubert, Gustave. Herodias. London: Eragny Press, 1901. 1 of 226 copies, of which 200 were for sale, issued by Hacon and Ricketts. Founded in 1894 by Lucien Pisarro and his wife, Esther, the Eragny Press became well known for its distinctive designs, woodcuts, and printing. The press originally printed books using Charles Rickett’s Vale Press type; however, in 1904, after the closing of the Vale Press, Lucien began publishing his own books and printing them with a typeface of his design called Brook Type. This lovely book is an edition of Flaubert's story about the beheading of John the Baptist. In an early full crimson morocco binding with five raised bands to spine. Title, author, and date in gilt to spine. Slight rubbing to hinges. Leather turnins are gold tooled and the endpapers are marbled paper. Red handsewn endbands with a three color silk ribbon marker and top edge in gilt. Interior pages are bright and clean save for evidence of bookplate on verso of free front endpaper that has lightly offset on opposite page. Includes a woodcut frontispiece illustration by Lucien with borders and initials done by Esther. Near fine condition. A lovely fine binding. In French. 104 pages. (#27663) $1,350 £945

26. [Essex House Press] Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which is to Come. London: Essex House Press, 1899. Number 627 of 750 copies. This was the third book published by the Essex House Press. Founded by C.R. Ashbee and Laurence Hodson “in the hope to keep living the tradition of good printing that had revived, and with the help of T. Binning and J. Tippett, compositors, and S. Mowlem, pressman, who came from the Kelmscott Press to that end” (from the printer’s note). A lovely book bound and signed by Bickers and Son in brown crushed pigskin with five bands and blind embossed title on spine, top edges gilt and marbled endpapers. Front hinge repaired. Printed in black and red type on fine handmade paper. Frontispiece illustration by Reginald Savage protected by tissue guard. Very good plus condition. 426 pages. (#25612) $395 £275

9 27. [PRINTED IN HEBREW & ENGLISH] [Even Hoshen Press] Poe, Edgar Allan; Ze'ev Jabotinsky (translator); Ido Agassi (binder and printer). The Raven. Israel: Even Hoshen, 2010. Number 32 of 66 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. The Even Hoshen press was founded in 1994 by Uzi Agassi, who was later joined by his son Ido. Their work is letterpress printed on high quality paper with hand made bindings and illustrations. The Raven is bound in full black leather with tan and black leather inlay forming the image of a raven on both boards. The binding is a dos-a-dos structure printed in English and in Hebrew. The English text was hand set in Alt-Mediaval type and the Hebrew text was set in Margalit type. It is printed on Bavaria-Butten paper and illustrated with a paper cut of a raven. Housed in a white cloth slipcase with paper title label with light, ghostly visibility under the white cloth. In fine condition. Unpaginated. (#26636) $1,800 £1,260

28. Field, Michael [Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper]. A Question of Memory. A Play in Four Acts produced at the Independent Theatre London on Friday October the 27th 1893 by Michael Field Author of 'Stephaia a Trialogue'. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the sign of , 1893. One of 120 copies. Uncommon first published edition. This book comprises the sheets of the private issue with four preliminary leaves added, containing half-title, limitation notice, Mathews and Lane title-page, preface, errata list, and a note explaining that "The play stands simply as it was roughly printed for our own and the actors' use." At the back is an advertisement for Michael Field titles followed by a Bodley Head catalogue dated 1893. The play was not reprinted in its original form and was heavily revised before printed in 1918. This is also a notable association copy, with the bookplate of Richard Le Gallienne. Not only was Le Gallienne well acquainted with the authors, but he was also the publisher's reader for the Bodley Head when the book was published. Bound in original green cloth with red title and author to spine and front cover. Offsetting to free front and rear endpapers. Pages unopened. Very good condition. 48 pages plus 16 page publisher's catalog. (#28544) $625 £435

29. [Flying Fish Press] Chen, Julie. Panorama. Berkeley: Flying Fish Press, 2008. Number 67 of 100 copies. Signed and numbered by Julie Chen, who wrote, illustrated and designed this remarkable production. She is an internationally renowned book artist whose work has been in numerous major exhibitions and is in many public and private collections. Julie describes her book thus: "Panorama explores the issue of climate change from an artist's perspective, simultaneously expressing hope and helplessness in the face of this growing crisis. Opening to a full width of 5 feet, Panorama engulfs the reader/viewer in an experience both moving and surprising with large format pop-ups and interactive folded sections that interlace personal thought with aspects of a more universal reality." The book is beautiful but the message terrible, with dire warnings that your habitat is in peril and that everything is much worse than you thought. Letterpress printed. The book design and execution took a year to complete. Bound in dark grey cloth with yellow title label and cutout design to front cover. The box has same grey cloth and title label. Book measures 9 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches opening to a full width of 60 inches. In fine condition. (#27775) $2,400 £1,680

10 30. [Foolscap Press] Lawrence G. Van Velzer, printer. The Tower of the Winds. Santa Cruz: Foolscap Press, 2002. 108 of 200 copies. This is an unusual and lovely scroll book, which, according to the Press, follows the written record of a wondrous monument standing in Athens. The Tower has been described by scholars from antiquity to the present, yet the Tower of the Winds was and still is a mystery to those who study it. The work is original to the Foolscap Press both in content and exterior form, and was created as a biblio-artifact, both a book and an object. The book is in a pre-codex form, allowing the reader to scroll through history viewing the subject along a panorama 25 feet in length. In addition to reproducing historic texts, there are illustrations of the Tower by James Stuart and Nicolas Revett, two important early British architects. The work is printed in Adobe Herculanum type on Zerkall Book and hand made papyrus from Egypt. It is housed in a formed sculptural / architectural case. The case is a rigid cylinder hinged with cloth and lined with a map of ancient Athens. Issued with handling instructions. It is a stunning and inventive work from this press. (#27196) $425 £295

31. [Foolscap Press] Annwn, David; Thomas Ingmire, calligraphy. The Saint John's Fragment. Against the Odds. Santa Cruz: Foolscap Press, 2015. Number 19 of 116 copies. Signed by the poet and calligrapher. A beautiful production from this press. From the book artists' description of this book: "This book is a collaboration between Anglo-Welsh poet, … David Annwn and the celebrated San Francisco calligrapher Thomas Ingmire. Originally, they created a truly remarkable unique book with the subject matter Saint John's Fragment. This was great for the owner, but leaves nothing for the rest of us. We’ve gone back to the collaborative drawing table with David and Thomas to create our own edition, … and although still sharply limited, it allows something for those of us who want an echo of their astounding original work. The piece of papyrus called the Saint John's Fragment was acquired in an Egyptian market in 1920 by Bernard Grenfell, an English scientist and Egyptologist. It now resides in the collection of the Rylands Library at the University of in England. This scrap of paper-like material, measuring only 3.5 by 2.5 inches, is made from the pith of the papyrus plant. It is dated from between 100 CE and 150 CE and is generally accepted as the earliest extant record of a canonical New Testament text. Written on both sides of the papyrus, it must have been part of a codex, that is, a collection of sewn and folded leaves, not a scroll or an isolated sheet. That being the case, it would be among the earliest surviving examples of a literary codex. It was written in Greek in a script known as Hadrianic... David Annwn has responded to this fragment in a poem that always seem to bear just below the surface remembrance of a statement from the Rylands Library: “The importance of this fragment is quite out of proportion to its size, . . .” And yet it exists, considering all which could have destroyed it, against the odds. Thomas Ingmire's calligraphy shows the image of the actual fragment, then the restored page, then the English translation of the restored pagein flaps that extend the pages in order to allow for the missing text.." The book is printed letterpress on Frankfurt Cream paper and bound in heavy brown handmade paper with cream paper spine label. In fine condition. 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Unpaginated [40 pages]. (#28032) $275 £190

32. [Foolscap Press] Lawrence G. Van Velzer; Peggy Gotthold (illustrator). A Dog's Life in Letters. Santa Cruz: Foolscap Press, 2013. Number 17 of 200 copies. A delightful alphabet book featuring a different dog breed for each letter: E for Elkhound, K for Keeshond, X for Xoloitzcuintli, etc. Each dog is depicted with a lino cut and a poem. Bound in quarter brown cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Beige paper label titled in red to spine. Printed in a variety of colors with linoleum blocks cut by Peggy Gotthold. Letterpress printed in Poliphilus type on Curtis Holcomb Text paper. Unpaginated. Fine. (#26653) $135 £95

11 33. Frigge, Karli; Els Rademacher (translator); Tanya Schmoller (editor). Marbled Flowers. Decorated Paper. Volume 5. Buren, the Netherlands: Fritz Knuf, 1980. Edition states it is limited to 55 copies; however, this one is number "60." Signed and numbered by the book artist. Frigge is a highly regarded Dutch bookbinder and marbled paper artist. These marbled floral images were created by Karli during a period of transition after she left her husband. Interspersed amongst her person reflections, she describes parts of her marbling process and how she acquired some of the pigments used. A beautiful but melancholy book with text in both English and Dutch. This large folio was bound by the artist in black wooden boards with red wooden inlay and a leather spine. The boards are laced on with red parchment straps. The text is screenprinted. It includes five marbled samples of various sizes, each signed by the artist. Housed in a grey cloth case with calligraphic title to front panel and black ribbon ties. The calligraphy is by Stan van der Weyer. Slight discoloration to small spot on edge of case, else fine. The book measures 21 ½ x 16 inches. 16 pages of text and 5 marbled paper samples. Fine. (#27885) $3,600 £2,520

34. Frost, Annie. Out West. New York: American Tract Society, (1873). Very good in original blue cloth boards with gilt title and small color illustration of a buck pasted down to front cover. Minor dampstain to rear cover, spine, rear endpages, and to gutter of last couple of pages. Minor wear to edges of boards and rubbing to edges of illustration on front cover. Gift inscription in pen dated 1875 to front free endpaper. Occasional smudge marks, but clean overall. Includes 8 black and white illustrations. Tight binding with splits after endpapers. 80 pages. Measures 3 1/4 inches tall by 2 1/2 inches wide. (#27739) $125 £85

35. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM GALSWORTHY TO W.H. HUDSON, FRIEND & AUTHOR] Galsworthy, John. The Island Pharisees. London: William Heinemann, 1904. First Edition of the English version of the first published issue, written when Galsworthy was only 37 years old. An important literary association copy, inscribed "Jan 29 1904. To W. H. Hudson from John Galsworthy." The book had been published the day before. W.H. Hudson, author of Green Mansions, for which Galsworthy wrote the introduction, was one of Galsworthy's close friends and the dedicatee of his 1907 novel The Country House. While signed copies of Galsworthy's early books are not uncommon, contemporary presentation copies are rare. Bound in original green cloth with gilt title and author to spine and gilt title in script across front cover. Some fading and rubbing. Hinges are tender but text block is solid. Housed in a handsome green quarter leather slipcase. With book plate of Joseph Fisher Loewi to front pastedown and Hugh Roberts Parrish on slipcase. Very good condition. 311 pages. (#28936) $3,000 £2,100

36. [Golden Eagle Press] Roesch, Kurt. Sprig and Turfy. Mount Vernon, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, [1938]. Number VI of 108 copies. Signed and numbered by the artist. There are thirteen original watercolors by the noted artist, Kurt Roesch, along with two additional lithographs. This is an overlooked livre d’artiste, published six years before the press printed Orpheus, a book recognized in The Artist and the Book 1860-1960. This work is the whimsical and mysterious story of a boy, Sprig, and his horse Turfy, and their nighttime adventure and transformation. In the colophon, Roesch writes: “This Archetype Edition of Sprig and Turfy is not only the first but unique in the history of the printed book. It is conveniently limited to one hundred and eight copies, each containing original paintings in watercolor over a key plate in black, printed by S.A. Jacobs, The Golden Eagle Press.” Bound in tan buckram with a gilt device on the front board, cloth ties, in a tri-fold chemise in a slipcase, both also covered in tan buckram. Book in near fine condition. Slipcase and chemise are very good with light wear. Unpaginated. (#25187) $995 £700 12

37. Green, J. R. ,M. A. A Short History of the English People. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. First Edition. The rare first edition of a key work in British history. Includes a time line, genealogical tables, and five maps of which four are printed in color. John Richard Green (1837- 1883) was an English clergyman who left the church and turned to history. This work assured his place as a major writer of history. The book was intended for a popular audience and was very successful, leading to subsequent expanded editions. Very good in original dark brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Bumping to corners, light rubbing to boards, and slight crease to rear board. This book has been expertly recased using all original materials. The interior has a few light spots of foxing throughout and spots of browning to the endpapers. One inch stain from tape remnant on ffe. With the bookplate of Thomas Brooke. Housed in a fine brown cloth slipcase with leather and gilt title label to spine. 847 pages. Very good. (#23642) $1,500 £1,050

38. Haggard, H. Rider; Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Montezuma's Daughter. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. First Edition of this Aztec romance. Author's Presentation Copy, inscribed "To Andrew from his affec brother H Rider Haggard 1894." Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was the author of a number of adventure novels set in exotic locales. His books, including She and King Solomon's Mines, are still popular today. Haggard traveled to Mexico in 1891 to do research for this book. The book describes the first interactions between the Spanish and South American natives, as well as murders, shipwrecks, and slavery. Colonel Andrew Haggard, who had a distinguished military career - he was one of he first British officers to command in the Egyptian army - was also a successful novelist, travel writer and poet. It is known that Andrew helped Rider with the writing of Dawn and he likely played an important role in helping his younger brother with the several bestsellers, which revolved around Egypt and mummies. There are 25 black and white illustrations. He was Haggard's friend, which led him to illustrate several of his adventure books, starting with She in 1889. Bound in the original publisher's blue-green cloth with gilt author and title to front cover and spine. Light bumping, small chip to bottom of faded spine. Hinges a bit tender but text block is tight. Interior pages are clean. Very good condition. 325 pages plus 24 page publisher's catalog. (#28937) $2,400 £1,680

39. Hanmer, Karen. Random Passions. Glenview, IL, 2008. 1 of 100 copies. Each page depicts the outline of a couple from a romance novel cover. The translucent paper allows the images to interact and form new combinations. According to Sarah Bodman of the University of West England "That shameful temptress Karen Hanmer has really done it this time! Under that tantalizing red cover is a heady series of swooning ladies and masterful men. In a whirlwind of passion, dozens of romance novels have been condensed into one steamy artist’s book of multiple outlines emerging through transparent papers." Fine in red velvet covered boards with gilt title to front cover. The interior is laser printed on vellum paper. Unpaginated [16 pages]. Fine. $100 £70

40. Hanmer, Karen. Secrets of Flight. Glenview, IL: Karen Hanmer, 2004. Number 18 of 30 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. Features photographs, archival documents, and text pertaining to the Wright Brothers' experimentation to develop the first manned, powered flight. Bound using the flag book structure with illustrated paper covered boards. This book was created for “Turning Pages: A Collection of Artists' Books shown in The Living Room,” the family installation space at the Wichita Art Museum. Housed in an archival paper case with the edition number and artist's contact information stamped on the front panel. Measures 7 x 26 x 5 inches open and 7 x 5 x 3 ¾ inches closed. Unpaginated. [16 pages.] Fine. (#26459) $400 £280 13 41. Hanmer, Karen. Star Poems. Glenview, IL: Karen Hanmer, 2008. Number 17 of 30 copies. At once vast and minimal, sparse and rich, the night sky has always been a canvas upon which people project their myths and dreams. Star Poems presents quotes that document response to the night sky across the ages by philosophers, artists, and poets from Plato and Byron to contemporary writers, scientists and astronauts. This text is paired with 17th century mythological images of constellation forms and images of early star gazers on a background of a NASA photograph of the Milky Way. The book can be held in the hand and read page by page like a traditional book or can be removed from its jacket and unfolded flat to reference historical astronomical charts or contemporary NASA photos, or can be folded into an infinite variety of sculptural shapes. Measures: 6. ¾ x 5 ¾ x ¾ inches closed, 17 ½ x 23 inches open. Housed in a blue cardstock box with velcro closure. Fine. (#28207) $725 £505

42. Hänni, Romano. Typographic Notes I (Typografische Notizen I) Basel: Romano Hänni, 1992. Number 49 of 175 copies. A collection of observations on elements of the universe such as time, energy, and more. Most of the notes are illustrated with symbols and type. For example one page shows a large black dot and the caption reads "A black hole is a star in which matter has imploded in on itself, creating an incredibly dense object whose gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape it. This is no black hole." Bound in the accordion style with white illustrated dust jacket titled in black. The paper is slightly browned along the margins, as is true of all copies. Handcomposed and handprinted in black and red. The text is German; however, there is a pictorial supplement with English translation included. A well designed, thought provoking book. 28 pages. Fine. (#24957) $420 £295

43. Hänni, Romano. Worte machen das Unendliche endlich or Words Make the Infinite Finite. Basel: Romano Hänni, 2008. Number 198 of 290 copies. Swiss book artist and typographer Romano Hänni (1956 - ) has been experimenting with unusual compositions of letter forms and symbols since the early 1980s. His designs can seem somewhat whimsical but often are reactions to society, politics, and traumatic events. This book was hand composed and hand printed in black, red, and blue ink. An accordion structure bound in boards with an illustrated white dust jacket and a paper band closure. Includes a two page laid in supplement featuring the title of the work and the colophon. ¼ inches wide by 5 inches tall. In fine condition. Unpaginated [10 pages]. (#28470) $95 £65

44. Hänni, Romano. Worte Machen das Unendliche Endlich VI. Words Make the Infinite Finite VI. Basel: Romano Hänni,, 2015. Number 57 of 187 copies. Swiss book artist and typographer Romano Hänni (1956 - ) has been experimenting with unusual compositions of letter forms and symbols since the early 1980s. His intricate designs can seem somewhat whimsical but often are reactions to society, politics, and traumatic events. This inventive new version of an earlier book of the same title was hand composed and hand printed in black, red, yellow, and blue ink. It is an accordion structure with a stiff paper illustrated book which, when removed, allows the twelve pages of the content to be unfolded into one continuous strip. With a paper band closure for the folded book. Includes a four page supplement featuring the title of the work and the colophon in both English and German. 3 ¼ inches wide by 5 inches tall. In fine condition. Unpaginated. (#28472) $130 £90

14 45. Hänni, Romano. 1987 (Calendar for the year 1987 or; Recollections on November 1, 1986); (Kalendarium für das Jahr 1987 oder: Erinnerungen an den 1. November 1986). Switzerland: Romano Hänni, 1987. Number 6 of 70 copies. "On November 1, 1986 near the city of Basel, Switzerland, there was a major chemical spill in the river Rhine, the greatest environmental catastrophe in the area - six months after the reactor catastrophe in Chernobyl in April 1986. Up to this point the residents of Basel, where there is so much chemical industry, were unaware they were sitting on top of a powder keg. The typographic illustrations and the text are a selection of twelve important incidents that occurred during the night of the catastrophe. Footnotes are used to indicate new or contradictory information. After removing the dust jacket you may fold the pages out as one strip, reading the capitals on each page as NOVEMBER 1, 1986" (Romano Hänni). 20 pages. Fine. (#27389) $1,800 £1,260

46. [AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION COPY TO THE EARL OF LYTTON (OWEN MEREDITH); FIRST EDITION] Hardy, Thomas. A Group of Noble Dames. That is to say: the first Countess of Wessex, Barbara of the House of Grebe, the Marchioness of Stonehenge, Lady Mottisfont, the Lady Icenway, Squire Patrick's lady, Anna, Lady Baxby, the Lady Penelope, the Duchess of Hamptonshire and the Honourable Laura. London: Osgood McIlvaine, 1891. First edition. Uncommon author's presentation copy, inscribed “To the Earl of Lytton from Thomas Hardy. June. 1891.” Robert, 2nd Earl of Lytton, the former Viceroy of India and, at the time of presentation, British Ambassador to France, wrote under the pseudonym Owen Meredith. Hardy and the Earl met and became friends in 1887. This is a collection of short stories written by this great English writer. The short stories were published in serial magazines, some quite early in Hardy's career. The stories form a frame narrative, with ten members of a club each telling a story about a noble woman of the 17th or 18th century. Hardy gathered the stories together to publish them in book form. Bound in the original beige cloth, with the title-page, contents page, and cover design by . The earl's thank-you letter praising the book elicited a long reply from the author (dated 15 July 1891) printed in The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, ed. R. L. Purdy and M. Millgate, 1978, v. 1, p. 239–240. See also the reference in Michael Millgate, Thomas Hardy, 1982, p. 316. Purdy, p. 61-67; Sadleir 1106; Wolff 2976. In very good condition. (#28899) $12,000 £8,400

47. Housman, Laurence. All-Fellow. Seven Legends of Lower Redemption with Insets in Verse. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1896. First Edition. A Presentation Copy, inscribed "To W.B. Blaikie with sincere regards from Feb. 18th 1897." Blaikie was a master printer and the head of the firm of T. and A. Constable, which produced several of Housman's books. This was an early work by Housman (1865-1959), the renowned English writer, illustrator, and playwright. Each of these seven Christian fantasy tales for adults is preceded by a lovely engraving by Housman and followed the verse "inset." Housman also did the cover design, title-page, and initial letters. In original green publisher's cloth, with bumping, fading, and sunning to spine. Interior pages are very nice, with light browning to margins and deckled edges. In very good condition.138 pages plus five pages of reviews for two other Housman books. Very good condition. (#27812) $450 £315

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48. Housman, Laurence (translator & illustrator). Of Aucassin and Nicolette. A translation in prose and verse from the old French together with Amabel and Amoris. London: Chatto and Windus, 1925. Signed by Laurence Housman. 90 of 160 copies. The illustrations are from drawings by Paul Woodroffe which have been engraved on wood by Clemence Housman. The story of Aucassin and Nicolette dates from the early 13th century and is about two young lovers (the son of a count and a slave girl) who are forbidden to marry. They endure many adventures before they finally wed, some of which are quite humorous. After marriage, Nicolette is revealed to be a Saracean princess. The second tale of Amabel and Amoris is also about young lovers. This is a beautiful edition of these classic tales. Fine in a signed binding by Henry Sotheran. It is bound in marbled calf boards with title and author labels to the spine. There are six compartments to the spine with elaborate gilt decoration and raised bands. The dentelles are also heavily decorated. The interior is pristine with four full page illustrations, initials, head pieces, and tail pieces. Printed on Batchelor hand-made paper at the Shakespeare Head Press. 106 pages. Fine. (#20591) $775 £540

49. Hueffer, Ford M. : A Record of His Life and Work. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. TIPPED IN 2 PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM FORD MADOX BROWN AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. The book was inscribed in 1929 to noted book collector Frank Irving Fletcher from Ford Madox Hueffer, with "Mr. Ford" in parentheses. The letter from Ford Madox Brown is dated November 27, 1892, and is written to the poet William Allingham. It asks Allingham to recommend him for a position at Cambridge. This extensive biography of one of the great artists of the Victorian age was written by his also famous grandson, the author Ford Madox Ford, who later changed his last name from Hueffer in homage to his grandfather. Although Madox Brown was never a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was closely associated with them, in particular, with . Bound in white cloth with beautiful and intricate green, blue, red design by William Harrison Cowlishaw, with gilt stamped title and author to front board and bright gilt title author and title to spine. According to Haslam's Arts & Crafts Book Covers, this is one of only three stamped book covers designed by Cowlishaw. The covers are generally quite bright and clean, although there is some browning to the spine and minor rubbing to cloth along head of spine as well as some smudging to the rear board and minor wear to the corners. The interior is in beautiful condition. The frontispiece and many of the 40+ black or sepia and white illustrations are protected with labeled tissue guards. Bookplate of noted oilman and collector Frank Hadley affixed to front pastedown. The bookplate appropriately depicts oil wells. An exceptional copy with an interesting association. 459 pages including appendices and index. (#24209) $985 £690

50. [In Cahoots Press] Chadwick, Macy. The Topography of Home. Oakland: In Cahoots Press, 2009. Number 2 of 50 copies. Macy Chadwick formed the In Cahoots Press in 2002. Her work often addresses memory, communication, and connections between people. Signed and numbered by the artist. “The Topography of Home is the artist’s attempted reconciliation of living in the present while longing for the remembered feelings of the past, embodied in her childhood hometown. Imagery of letterpress printed maps convey a more emotional than geographical terrain; events and places are recorded and revisited, worried over and longed for. The book’s pages are punctuated with silk tissue apertures, allowing the viewer to look ahead to a piece of the imagery on the next page, and then, as the page is turned, to look back at a small part of the image on the page before. This sequential aspect of the book literally and metaphorically has the reader both seeing the past through the present and looking forward …” (Macy Chadwick). Fine in blue paper covered boards with title pastedown to front board. Printed with pressure prints and polymer plates. The window images are hand-stenciled on Silk Tissue. [21 pages.] Fine. (#21560) $700 £490 16 51. [Indulgence Press] Browne, Michael Dennis. Panthers. Minneapolis: Indulgence Press, 2007. 1 of 26 deluxe lettered copies. Signed by author and book artist, Wilber “Chip” Schilling. This book contains 31 previously unpublished poems by the highly regarded poet Michael Dennis Browne. The poems are short and intended to elicit larger thoughts by the reader. Inspired by his love of music, Schilling designed the book to create a meditative environment through the placement of poems and photographs on the page. The book structure acts as a composition around the lines of text to float the poems along the way. The pages are French folded and include cyanotype photographic prints; they are sewn with exposed cords laced into red oak boards. Housed in a clamshell box bound with blue goatskin and indigo dyed handmade paper. In fine condition. 60 pages. (#26362) $575 £400

52. [Indulgence Press] Schilling, Wilber; David Pitman. Agents of Change. Minneapolis: Indulgence Press, 2012. Number 26 of 50 copies. Signed by the book artists. The book was produced by Schilling and Pittman for an exhibition “Cull-arbor-ation.” They describe the exhibit and the book as a record of urban deforestation. The exhibit documents tree stumps as artifacts that allow one to reimagine space and time based on what is left behind. The book juxtaposes pictures of tree stumps with pictures of newspaper articles on environmental protection developments. It also provides a glossary of tree diseases. Accordion structure bound in brown cloth with black design on covers. Includes a vinyl record with tree cutting and chipping sounds in rear pocket. In fine condition. Unpaginated. (#26454) $95 £65

53. [AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION COPY TO LUCY CLIFFORD (CLOSE FRIEND & NOVELIST)] James, Henry. Essays in London and Elsewhere. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893. First edition. An excellent association copy of one of James's major books of essays. It is his presentation copy to Lucy Clifford, “Mrs. Clifford from her friend & servant Henry James.” Henry James (1843-1916) was one of the most important writers in American letters as well as one of its most productive and influential. Lucy Clifford (1846-1921) was a British novelist and dramatist with a wide circle of literary friends, most notably Henry James. From their letters it is clear that she held a special place in his affections and was one of his closest friends and confidantes. (See “Bravest of women, finest of friends”: Henry James’s Letters to Lucy Clifford, ed. Marysa Demoor and Monty Chisholm, 1999). The essays include pieces on James Russell Lowell, Fanny Kemble, Gustave Flaubert, Henrk Ibsen, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Bound in original beige cloth with gilt author and title to spine and front cover, and an Art Nouveau style decoration on front. Light rubbing, bumping, and three ink stains on front cover. Interior pages show slight aging to margins but are otherwise clean. A nice copy in very good condition. 320 pages. (#28900) $8,500 £5,950

54.* James, Henry. Signed Autograph Letter. 1911. A strongly felt 2 ¼ page letter from Henry James to Robert Underwood Johnson, editor of The Century Magazine in the United States. James writes: "January 26 1911. Dear R.U. Johnson, I am obliged to you for your invitation in respect to my Brother but can only reply that it's quite out of the question I should prepare for the Century a snippet of 3000 'popular' words on a subject which, when I do address myself to it I hope to be able to treat seriously and for readers who shall really care to know something about it. I must reserve myself for that [underlined] interesting work wholly, & am yours very truly Henry James." William James, Henry's brother had died on August 26, 1910. His family members, including Henry, were present at his death. Henry James died in 1916. Light crease where folded. In very good condition. 4 1/2 x 7 inches. (#29044) $1,600 £1,120 17 55. Keats, John; Jessie M. King, illustrator. Isabella or the Pot of Basil. Edinburgh and London: T.N. Foulis, [1907]. First Edition. Published as the third of the Envelope Books series, issued by the publisher to place on the market great poems at reasonable prices. This small and charming book has a cover design by Jessie M. King, a color frontispiece, color contents page, and three exquisite color illustrations. In original blue-grey paper wrappers, with grid design and circular illustration in middle of front cover. Chip to lower spine edge and slight chipping along bottom of covers. Light aging to text pages, with illustrations on different paper in near fine condition. A lovely copy. 3 x 7 inches. 39 pages plus ads. (#26347) $195 £135

56. [Kelmscott Press] Caxton, William. Nine Kelmscott Press Leaves from The History of Reynard the Fox. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, [1892]. A nice group of nine leaves from Kelmscott's famous edition of Reynard the Fox. The pages include two copies each of pages 34-35, 139-140, 193-194 and 207-208; and one copy of pages 133-134. There is no evidence that the pages were ever bound, and leaves 207-8 are each folded in opposite ways. One 207-8 leaf has a contemporary signature of William Copeland Borlase, "Borlase, WC" but is oddly dated 1877.One of the copies of pages 139-40 has a contemporary ink note at top "Acton (Lord) Catalogue, and one of the pages 208 copies has "Austin Stephen" written in at the bottom and upside down. With several large initials and decorations, In Troy type of Flower paper. There is some soiling and browning to the leaves, and closed tears to page 193 but still a very good collection that would be ideal for teaching purposes. (#29247) $350 £245

57. [Kelmscott Press] Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Two Kelmscott Press Leaves From Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Two leaves, pages 21-22 and 27-28 from this selection of Coleridge's poetry. There were 300 paper copies of the book printed. Pages 21-22 are from "Christabel." Pages 27-28 are from the opening pages of Coleridge's major poem, "Kubla Kahn." In his bibliography of the Kelmscott Press, William Peterson quotes from a letter written by William Morris to F.S. Ellis giving his thoughts on Coleridge's poetry for this proposed book [A38]. Morris wrote: ""Coleridge was a muddle-brained metaphysician, who by some strange freak of fortune turned out a few real poems amongst the dreary flood of inanity which was his wont....I have been through the poems, and find that the only ones that have any interest for me are - 1. Ancient Mariner, 2. Christabel, 3. Kubla Kahn, 4. the poem called Love." Printed in Golden type in black and red ink on Flower paper. The opening page of Kubla Kahn has a beautiful ten-line initial "K". In near fine condition save for a small closed tear on the lower margin of page 21. (#29127) $220 £155

58. [Kelmscott Press] Meinhold, William. Single Kelmscott Press leaf from Sidonia the Sorceress. [Hammersmith]: Kelmscott Press, [1893]. A beautiful single leaf of pages 281-282 from Sidonia the Soceress, one of the Pre-Raphaelite artists' favorite historical romances. The version printed by the Kelmscott Press was from a translation by Francesda Speranza, Lady Wilde. Page 282 is the beginning of chapter III and has a lovely 10 line initial letter "A". Page 281 has a six line initial "S". Printed in red and black Golden type of Flower paper. Very good condition with light wear to margins. Large quarto. (#29054) $150 £105

18 59. [Kelmscott Press] Morris, William. Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair. 2 Volumes. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. 1 of 612 copies (600 on paper). William Morris is to have said that he thought these small volumes were quite the most charming things issued by the press. The two volumes are bound in blue paper boards with linen spines and paper spine labels. Volume I has beautifully decorated title and first pages, with Morris woodcut floral borders, decorations, and floriated initials. The decorated borders were used only once again for Hand and Soul. Decorated three and six-line decorated initials throughout both volumes. Printed in black ink in Chaucer type with red ink shoulder notes and colophon on Flower paper. the boards of both volumes are lightly bumped with a light stain to the front board of Volume I. The labels on both volumes are chipped and the fragile linen spines are darkened as is typical for this book. Interior pages are bright and clean. Volume I contains the errata slip ("for 'two' read 'four'"). With bookplate of American heiress Elizabeth Wade White. Housed in a custom chartreuse cloth clamshell box with paper title label. Volume I: 256 pages; Volume II: 239 pages. (#29342) $1,350 £945

60. [Kelmscott Press] Morris, William. Five Kelmscott Press Leaves from . Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897. Five leaves, pages 177-181, which offer a wonderful example of the fine printing from the Kelmscott press and the impressive poetry of William Morris. Includes Epilogue, L Envoi, and the Colophon. The colophon states that the book was finished on the 10th day of June, 1897, with the beautiful William Morris and Kelmscott Press decorative printers mark. With lovely decorated initials including the ten-line letter "S" at the beginning of the Epiogue. Printed in black and red Golden type on Apple paper. In near fine condition. (#29322) $375 £260

61. [Kelmscott Press] Morris, William. Six Kelmscott Press Leaves from The Earthly Paradise. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, [1896-1897]. Six Leaves from "The Man Who Never Laughed Again" in The Earthly Paradise that offer a wonderful example of the fine printing of the Kelmscott Press and the impressive poetry of Morris. Pages 179-180 are from the text of the previous work, “The Story of Acontius" with a beautiful ten-line initial "I." Pages 181-190 are "The Man Who Never Laughed Again." The first two leaves are the double-page with the title and its beautiful decorative borders and a ten-line initial "A." Golden type on Apple paper. In near fine condition. (#29253) $400 £280

62. [Kelmscott Press] Morris, William. Six Kelmscott Press leaves from The Earthly Paradise. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, [1896-97]. Six leaves, pages 3-14 from “The Son of Croesus” in The Earthly Paradise that offer a lovely example of the fine printing of the Kelmscott Press and of the beautiful poetry by William Morris. Page 3 is blank. Pages 4-5 are the handsome double-page of the title with decorative boarders by Morris and an ornate ten-line initial letter "O". Printed in red and black ink with Chaucer type on Flower paper. In near fine condition. (#29345) $300 £210

19 63. [Kelmscott Press] Morris, William. The Story of the Glittering Plain Which Has Been Also Called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the Un-Dying. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1891. One of 200 paper copies. Six additional copies printed on vellum. This is the first book published by the Kelmscott Press. It is the only title to be printed twice by the press. Morris was so eager to get his first book out that he could not wait for illustrations from and printed this simply with his own beautiful initials and ornaments. The second edition of the book issued in 1894 included Crane's illustrations. This is an exceptionally lovely copy of this book with its original full vellum binding in near fine condition. Gilt title and author to spine, which is slightly faded. Boards are slightly bowed as usual with vellum bindings. Interior is clean and bright with occasional light aging to margins. The fragile four ties are intact. Printed in Golden type on Flower paper. Near fine. 188 pages. (#28942) $6,500 £4,550

64. [Kelmscott Press] Spenser, Edmund; Illustrated by Arthur J. Gaskin. Sample pages for The Shepheardes Calender Conteyning Twelve Aeglogues, Proportionable to the Twelve Monethes. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, [1896]. Five text pages plus two of the twelve full page illustrations by Arthur Gaskin. This was one of the later books of the Kelmscott Press, and it was finished several days after Morris's death on October 3, 1896. These beautiful sample pages include the first three pages for "Januarie" and the first two for “March.” The Januarie pages are in near fine condition but the March leaf has a tear along the bottom margin not affecting text. Each has a striking ten line first initial. The two Gaskin illustrations are printed on the versos of a bifold leaf. There is a three inch tear along the bottom of the fold not affecting the illustrations. Accompanied by a proof of the front cover showing the lettering. Very nice examples of Kelmscott Press printing and illustration. Very Good. (#28975) $650 £455

65. King, Jessie M. (illustrations) Seven Happy Days. A Series of Drawings by Jessie M. King with Quotations from & Others. London: The Studio, 1913. SCARCE. Issued as a bound-in Christmas supplement to Volume 60 of The Studio. It includes seven illustrations in color and eight in black and white, all in the quintessential Art Nouveau style for which Jessie M. King is known. This copy is hand-sewn into a folder with maroon paper boards and a beige linen spine. Housed in a slipcase covered in the same maroon paper. In near fine condition. (#26359) $650 £455

66. [King, Jessie M.] "Marion" [Marion Gemmel]; Jessie M. King, illustrator. Mummy's Bedtime Story Book. London: Cecil Palmer, n.d. [1929]. With its large format and beautiful color illustrations on every page, this is one of Jessie M. King's most desirable books. The stories are charming, and many impart a gentle moral to the children reading them. For many years there was some uncertainty about the identity of the author, "Marion." Many believed that Jessie M. King was the author because her middle name was Marion. It was finally established by her descendants, however, that the author was Mrs. Alexander (Marion) Gemmel. (B199, Colin White bibliography). The illustrations are exuberant and playful, as befits stories for small children. There are eleven full-page illustrations, with color decorations on each text page. Bound in bright paper covered pictorial boards with title and illustrator in red to front cover and spine. Some wear and rubbing to edges, hinges, and corners but in very good condition with clean, bright interior. Original glassine jacket not present. 56 pages. Near Fine. (#26358) $1,500 £1050

20 67. Le Gallienne, Richard. Volumes in Folio. London: C. Elkin Mathews, 1889. Number 7 of 50 copies of this large paper edition, signed and numbered by the author. Inscribed by the publisher, John Lane: "This is the first book published at The Bodley Head & Le Gallienne's first published book John Lane Chicago April 25 1896." This is a collection of poems for book lovers. It is a very nice copy bound in blue paper boards with cream paper spine and author/title label to spine. Binding is near fine. There is light offsetting and a small tear to bottom of Lane inscription page. Interior otherwise very good. With a blue cloth jacket and housed in a quarter morocco blue slipcase. 89 pages. Very good plus condition. (#28944) $1,100 £770

68. Maret, Russell; Nancy Loeber. Linear A to Linear Z: Twenty-Six Linoleum Cuts by Russell Maret. New York: Russell Maret, 2015. Number 55 of 70 copies in the standard edition signed and numbered by the book artist. Maret writes of this fascinating book: "I [had been] thinking about letterforms composed of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines, and made some digitally drawn experiments… The results were satisfying...but they did not quite capture what I had in mind. The lines that I wanted were neither digital nor black. Instead, they were white lines hand cut from a black surface, gathered together in an alphabet book titled, Linear A to Z… During the process I began fantasizing about making circular dots in a block, but my mind revolted. No, no, you can’t do that! This is an alphabet of lines! This resistance to deviation after a system has been developed is the most challenging hurdle in designing an alphabet, particularly one that is so clearly based on geometric forms. Despite their grouping under the seemingly homogeneous rubric of ‘Alphabet,’ letterforms are diverse. They have individual histories, potentials, and, structurally, they are made of different parts: horizontals, verticals, diagonals, and curves. Different letters need to be treated differently... Linear A to Z implied that all of the letters were composed of lines, which was no longer true. Linear A to Linear Z, on the other hand, described the construction of the A and Z without limiting the construction of the other letters… [The letters] are not meant to be immediately recognizable as the A, B, Cs we commonly use, but as forms and shapes that evoke the Roman capital letters. They are meant to be A, B, Cs that can also be something else entirely." Bound in black cloth wrappers with white title label to spine. In fine condition. (#29217) $800 £560

69. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND, FREDERICK MAXSE] Meredith, George. Farina: A Legend of Cologne. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857. First Edition of author's second novel. RARE INSCRIBED COPY: "F. Maxse/ from his friend/ GM." George Meredith (1828-1909) was an important author and poet of the . He was a friend to many major figures of his time including William and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne, , and J.M. Barrie. This book is inscribed to Frederick Augustus Maxse, his dearest friend, who was a hero of the Crimean War. Meredith's book, Beauchamp's Career, was based on the political career of Maxse. In his bibliography of Victorian fiction, Michael Sadleir described Farina as scarce, saying "few Victorian fictions are more seldom seen than [this and three others]." Bound in the original apple-green cloth. It has been professionally recased. The binding is rubbed and soiled but still very nice (According to Sadleir, the binding was both unusual and easily soiled.) Interior pages are clean and bright. Includes July 1857 publisher's catalog. With bookplate of the noted book collector, H. Bradley Martin. Housed in a green cloth clamshell box with paper title and author label to spine. An exceptional association copy in the extremely scarce original cloth. 244 pages plus 16 page publisher catalog. (#26421) $5,800 £4,060

21 70. Meynell, Alice. The Colour of Life: And Other Essays on Things Seen and Heard. London: John Lane, 1896. First Edition. Alice Meynell (1847 - 1922) was a popular English writer, poet, editor, critic, and suffragette. She is best remembered today for her poetry, although she thought her essays were superior. Bound in original tan cloth. Spine somewhat faded as usual and light bumping to corners but still very good condition. Occasional very light pencil in margin marking a passage. With bookplates of author Richard Le Gallienne and Hollywood director George Cukor. 103 pages plus four pages of reviews of Meynell's poetry and a 16 page John Lane catalog. (#28491) $150 £105

71. Moore, George and Bernard Lopez. Martin Luther. A Tragedy in Five Acts. London: Remington & Co., 1879. First Edition. This was Moore's second publication, and apart from a broadside of which only one copy is known, this is by far the rarest of his books. No copy has appeared at auction in the past decade. George Moore (1852-1933) was an Irish novelist, poet, critic, and dramatist who is often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist. This play was done in collaboration with French dramatist Bernard Lopez, who had ignited Moore's interest in drama when they were fellow residents at the Hotel de Russie in Paris. Moore made the suggestion to collaborate after the failure of his first work, Flowers of Passion. The result was this, a five act verse tragedy that was never produced. It was considered at the time almost unreadable because of its poor verse and wooden characters. In later years Moore had very little regard for this early effort and never considered its reissue in any of the collected editions of his work. Bound in original blindstamped black cloth with gilt title and authors to front cover and title to spine. In Edwin Gilcher's bibliography of Moore he describes this as the "Theater (?) impression, slightly larger in size, repaged and without prefatory matter presumably...issued to send to theater managers in an effort to secure a production." Corners lightly bumped and small piece missing from top on spine. Interior pages are very nice. Ownership signature of Henry Knight on title page and bookplate of Rosita de Texada. In very good condition. Housed in a green silk folding case. 139 pages. (#28496) $2,550 £1,785

72. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM GEORGE MOORE TO HIS BROTHER, MAURICE] Moore, George; William Strang, frontispiece. Confessions of a Young Man. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, & Co., 1888. First Edition. Author's presentation copy inscribed to his brother, "To Maurice Moore from George Moore." While Moore presentation copies are not hard to find, significant ones inscribed at the time of publication rarely appear on the market. Tipped in at back is an autograph letter from Moore to editor and writer C. Lewis Hind. George Moore (1852-1933) was an Irish novelist, poet, critic, and dramatist who is often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist. His younger brother Maurice (1854-1938) was also an author as well as a soldier and politician. He was a founding member of the Irish Free State. Maurice was the dedicatee of Esther Waters in 1894. Despite this, relations between the two brothers were troubled through most of their lives. The one page autograph letter to Hinds, dated June 18, 1900 is in regard to the possible reprinting of Esther Waters. He thanks Hind for his kind mention of the book and says that he read two "excellent articles in your paper." Bound in original cloth with pictorial illustration of a young woman on the cover. Spine somewhat darkened as usual, corners of book and spine bumped but still nice. Hinges tender but otherwise in very good condition. Tipped in is an advertisement for Moore's Parnell and His Island. Housed in a grey cloth chemise and quarter leather slipcase in very good condition. 357 pages. In very good condition. (#28497) $3,000 £2,100

22 73. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO FAMILY NURSE, EDITH LAMB] Morris, William. The Earthly Paradise. London: Reeves and Turner, 1890. UNUSUAL PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed by Morris on the half- title, "to Miss Edith Lamb from William Morris July 15, 1891." Edith Lamb was the family's nurse, primarily for Jenny Morris, who suffered from epilepsy most of her life. One of the inexpensive one volume editions published by Reeves and Turner, who offered a choice of cloth or leather binding. This edition contains corrections made by Morris which were incorporated into the Kelmscott Press edition. Bound in three quarter vellum with black leather title, author, and date spine labels and gilt decorated compartments. Boards are marbled blue, gilt, and cream paper, as are the end pages. Bumping and some chipping to top of boards and spine, and along edge of rear board. Vellum has light smudging. Paper boards have faded. Interior in very good condition. Housed in a modern white cloth clamshell box. 445 pages. In very good condition. (#23852) $2,200 £1,540

74. Moss, Arthur B. The Workman's Foe, A New and Original Dramatic Sketch in One Act [bound in with] Paul the Rebel, A New and Original Dramatic Sketch in One Act. London: Watts & Co., [1898?]. Rare. A Presentation Copy, inscribed "To Joseph Fay from his old friend Arthur B Moss 25 June 98.” The Workman's Foe concerns a man who succeeds in becoming a manager in a large firm and then turns upon the workmen who helped him climb the ladder, making their lives unendurable. Paul the Rebel is the story of a would-be anarchist whose mission is to blow up a bank. He ends up being blown up by his own bomb. Bound in brown cloth with titles and author in gilt to cover and original wraps bound in. Water staining on pastedowns and free endpapers, partially affecting the inscription. Some pages are loose and the paper has browned. The cloth binding is slightly rubbed and worn, but an extraordinary survival story as radical plays by a working-class author were printed in extremely perishable form. According to press notices reprinted on the original paper wrappers, both plays were actually performed in local theaters in London. No original copies in WorldCat, one of two known copies - the other is in the James Ellis collection of Victorian drama. Very good condition. Workman's Foe: 16 pages; Paul the Rebel: 14 pages. (#26620) $750 £525

75. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM EDITH NESBIT TO OLINDO MALAGODI, ITALIAN JOURNALIST] Nesbit, E. (Edith). The Rainbow and the Rose. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905. First Edition. RARE PRESENTATION COPY. Edith Nesbit (1858- 1924) was an English author and poet who is best known today for her children’s books. Publishing under E. Nesbit, she wrote or collaborated on over sixty books for children. She was a follower of William Morris and one of the founders of the Fabian Society, the British socialist movement. This book is inscribed to Olindo Malagodi, “To Olindo Malagodi from E. Nesbit July 1905.” Malagodi (1870-1934) was a prominent Italian liberal journalist and writer. He trained as a journalist in Britain, became the London correspondent for several newspapers, and eventually became the editor of La Tribuna in Rome. He was a close friend of Nesbit and her husband, Hubert Bland, eventually living near them as he raised his family. Bound in original green cloth with lovely floral and fleur-de-lis design in gilt on front cover along with author and title. Light bumping and small light stain to top of rear cover; otherwise in beautiful condition. Front and rear endpapers are foxed but interior pages are bright and clean. Each section is preceded by a blank page with a flower illustration. Each flower is a different color. Nesbit’s books of verse are uncommon and nearly impossible to find signed. 143 pages plus 4 pages of ads for Nesbit’s books. In very good condition. (#24819) $1,700 £1,190

23 76. Parker, Gilbert. Round the Compass in Australia. London: Hutchinson and Co, 1892. First Edition. Inscribed by the author: "To Mrs. Andrew Chisholm with the author's warmest regards and memories of Gard(?). London 1892." Best known for his romantic novels, Canadian author and politician Sir Gilbert Parker (1862 - 1932) also traveled extensively in the South Pacific, Asia, and Europe. This book is a detailed account of his adventures in Australia. Bound in original light blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Illustration of sheep to spine and shovel with gold and pick axe to front cover. There are a few splits to the cloth along the front joint and the rear hinge is cracked. Binding is a little loose with a few internal splits. Browning to spine, fraying to spine ends, and minor wear to corners. The interior is clean overall with just a few spots of foxing. Illustrated. 447 pages plus 4 pages of advertisements. Very good condition.. (#27578) $150 £105

77. Pauly, Bettina. A sun that rises. San Francisco: Bettina Pauly, 2013. Number 7 of 10 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. This powerful work was created for the "An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street" project. In March 2007 a car bomb exploded on Al-Mutanabbi Street, the center of Iraqi bookselling. Thirty people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. Bettina is one of the many artists who responded to a call from San Francisco poet and bookseller Beau Beausoleil to join a coalition of writers, poets, and artists wanting to show solidarity with Al- Mutanabbi Street - to lament the attack and to commemorate the ultimate power of words. She describes her book: "The text I used...is the same text I used for the 'Al-Mutanabbi Street starts here' broadside. It is taken from the documentary 'A Candle for Shabandar Cafe', filmed by Emad Ali in 2007. Abdul Satar (Abu Ali) is shown in the documentary in front of the Cafe where they are holding vigil for the people who died in the bombing. He is talking about destruction throughout the centuries, about continuing cruel violence and he ends with the words 'there is still a sun that rises and there is hope despite all the destruction'. This after the bombing had taken its toll of his family, his livelihood, his life. With the choice of colours - the etching pulled in a grey/black, the letterpress printed text in a dark red/brown, the stitching a dark red, the silk ribbon a vibrant red, the clamshell box covered in a smoky black - I am trying to give this piece the feeling of the destruction, the smoke, the flames, the blood, the scars left behind. The vibrant color of the ribbon is the color of the sunrise seen through air thick with smoke." The book is an accordion structure letterpress printed on BFK paper, with the text and the red stitching printed atop an abstract etching that darkens with each page. Hand-died red ribbons are attached. Housed in a clamshell box with title label. and cut-out window. In fine condition. 6 x 5.5" (44" when fully extended). Fine. (#28100) $750 £525

78. [Pennyroyal Press] De Fournival, Richard; Barry Moser, illustrator; Jeanette Beer, translator. Master Richard's Bestiary of Love and Response. Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Number 194 of 200 copies signed and numbered by Barry Moser. The preface states that the bestiary was a well-established tradition in France by the time De Fournival wrote his Bestiare d'Amour in the middle of the 13th century. In his bestiary, however, he diverted the bestiary's hallowed animal symbolism to amorous purpose. An anonymous woman composed a response to his new symbolism, which was appended to a few of the surviving manuscripts. The two works remain as an articulation of the eternal debate between Man and Woman. The text is illustrated with dozens of Barry Moser's splendid small wood engravings of animals, birds, and insects. Bound in limp vellum with gilt title to spine and housed in a grey cloth slipcase. The rear panel of the slipcase has three watermarks but is otherwise in fine condition. In monotype Dante, designed by Moser and Chase Twichell, and printed by Harold McGrath. A beautiful book in fine condition. Unpaginated. (#26712) $450 £315

24 79. Platt, William. Men, Women, and Chance. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. First Edition of this rare work. William Platt was a peculiar 1890s writer whose works concern the role of the sexes and inhabit an area between regular fiction and the risqué. A very nice copy in original grey cloth with a gilt cover design attributed to Sidney H. Sime. In very good plus condition. With book plate of Mark Samuels Lasner. 88 pages. (#26752) $200 £140

80. [Purgatory Pie Press] Happersett, Susan. Fibonacci Flower. New York: Purgatory Pie Press, 2005. 1 of 23 copies. The artist describes her book: "Fibonacci Flower is an artist book made up of letter press prints of drawings. In each drawing I have mathematically generated a red flower, using the Fibonacci Sequence to determine the number of petals in the outer ring of each bloom. On the first page there is one petal. On the next page, the flower grows with a new ring of two petals, [and so on] up to 34 petals. Fibonacci Flower has a unique structure that is a combination of an accordion and a sewn binding, that allows the viewer to see two or three consecutive Fibonacci flowers at the same time." Bound in light green card stock with the full Fibonacci flower in red to cover. In fine condition. [10 pages] Fine. (#26412) $90 £63

81. [Quarles, Francis]. Sions Sonets. Sung by Soloman the King and Periphras'd by Francis Quarles. [Song of Songs or Song of Soloman]. Cambridge: Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin, 1905. Number 12 of 430 copies. This is a fine press edition of the Song of Songs as published in 1680 by Quarles in his Divine Poems. Very good in original red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Fading to spine and a few markings to front cover. Printed on laid paper with untrimmed edges. Pages remain unopened. 125 pages. (#26732) $60 £42

82. [Ricketts, Charles and Charles Shannon]; Thornley, George, translator. Daphnis and Chloe Signed Proof Illustration. London, 1893. A proof wood engraved illustration for Daphnis and Chloe, published in 1893. 210 copies of the book were printed by the Ballantyne Press and sold by Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the sign of the Bodley Head. This proof is signed by Charles Shannon on the bottom right of the proof. Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts worked on the design and engraving of the thirty-six illustrations together, each engraving some of the plates. This was done by Shannon. This is for the illustration on page 89 of the book, "Love in a Dream Tells Dionysophanes to Declare the History of Chloe at a Feast He and Nymphs Having Good Care of Her.” Slight foxing to plate, otherwise in very good condition. 167x174mm. Matted. (#25035) $650 £455

83. Robbins, Sarah (illustrated, printed and bound). Devil's Darning Needles. Baltimore: Sarah Robbins, 2012. Unnumbered edition of 8 copies. According to English folklore, red dragonflies (sometimes referred to as "devil's darning needles") sew shut the mouths and sometimes the ears and eyes of people who misbehave. This carousel book celebrates the myth with comically disturbing illustrations of people who have thread twined around their eyes and lips. Clear plastic printed with red dragonflies overlays the illustrations. Bound in light grey paper covered boards with red title to front cover and artist's name to rear cover. It is silkscreen printed in turquoise and red inks. A red twine closure wraps around the book when not in use and can also be tied to hold it open in carousel format. "Sarah Robbins is an illustrator, printmaker, and book artist living in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work focuses on feminist themes, visual journalism, and a love for folklore and the natural world." (book artist). [6 pages.] Fine. (#29331) $125 £85 25 84. Rossetti, Christina. Maude: A Story for Girls. London: James Bowden, 1897. 1 of 500 copies. Includes prefatory note by her brother, William Rossetti that discusses the history of the work and his sister’s objectives in writing it. He believed that his sister’s main objective was to delineate through Maude what she regarded as defects in her own character and in her attitude towards her social circle and religious obligations. Maude was written in 1850, when Christina Rossetti was only 19 years old. A few changes were made by her to the manuscript in 1874 or 1875. William states that the book is “in all senses a juvenile performance: but I think it is agreeably written and not without touches of feminine perception and discernment.” Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt facsimile of author's signature to front board. Browning to spine. Interior is very clean with minor browning to top edge of pages; text remains bright. Tight binding. Includes frontispiece copy with tissue guard of drawing of Rossetti by her brother Dante Gabriel. Previous owner’s bookplate on front pastedown. 81 pages In very good condition. (#15931) $125 £85

85. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM D.G. ROSSETTI TO ARTIST & AUTHOR, JOHN POLLEN] Rossetti, Christina. The Prince's Progress and Other Poems. London, 1866. First edition. A very nice presentation copy from Christina's artist and poet brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, inscribed "To John H. Pollen from his friend D.G. Rossetti 1867." John Hungerford Pollen (1820-1902) was an artist and writer, and later an assistant keeper at the South Kensington Museum. Pollen specialized in mural painting and was one of the group who worked on the decoration of the Union debating hall in 1857 along with Rossetti, Morris, and Burne-Jones. This is also an exceptionally lovely copy of Christina Rossetti’s second book, published four years after her very popular Goblin Market. This second work was unfortunately not nearly as well received. The poems are typical of Rossetti, being melancholy and sometimes mystical. There are also nine devotional poems. Bound in the original green cloth with a gilt design by Dante Gabriel Rossetti on the front and rear boards and gilt title and author to spine. Except for slight bumping to corners and edges of spine, the binding is near fine. Rear hinge is tender but text block is tight. The interior is very clean and bright with the usual light aging to the margins. There is no foxing. There are two beautiful designs by Dante Rossetti, a full page frontispiece and a half-page on the title page. There is a small stamp on the rear pastedown from the binder, Burns. Very good plus condition. Housed in grey-green cloth slipcase. Small octavo. 216 pages. (#28945) $3,500 £2,450

86. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. The Ballad of Jan Van Hunks. London, Bombay, and Sydney: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1929. Number 383 of 620 copies of this unusual work by Rossetti. Introduction by Mackenzie Bell. Printed by W. Lewis at the University Press in Cambridge. Illustrated by Monro S. Orr. Vellum wrappers with gilt title to spine and gilt illustration to front panel. Minor browning and slight crease to spine. Clean, bright interior with several illustrations. 42 pages. Near Fine. (#19210) $125 £85

26 87. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM D.G. ROSSETTI TO HIS MOST IMPORTANT PATRON, FREDERICK LEYLAND] Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Ballads and Sonnets. London: Ellis and White, 1881. First Edition. AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSOCIATION COPY. Inscribed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: "To Frederick Leyland from his friend D.G. Rossetti 1881." Rossetti died the following year. Leyland was Rossetti's most important late patron. Frederick Leyland (1832-1892) was a Liverpool shipping magnate and major art collector. He had a collection of paintings by the Pre- Raphaelites and from artists of the Aesthetic Movement, as well as an important collection of Italian paintings. His collection included Rossetti's “The Blessed Damozel,” “Monna Rosa Proserpine”, and “Lady Lillith.” Rossetti also painted portraits of Leyland and his wife. Other well-known works commissioned by Leyland were “The Beguiling of Merlin” by Edward Burne-Jones, and Whistler's Peacock Room, which was installed in his London house (The Peacock Room may now be seen at the Freer Art Gallery). Bound in original green cloth with gilt flower and lattice design by Rossetti on covers and spine. There is spotting to the preliminary leaves and at the end of the book, including on the inscription page, but this does not obscure the inscription. Closed half-inch margin tear to page 327. A very nice copy in very good plus condition. Housed in a modern green cloth clamshell box. 335 pages plus one page ad. (#26817) $4,500 £3,150

88. Rossetti, William Michael and Algernon C. Swinburne. Notes on the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1868. London: John Camden Hotten Piccadilly, (1868). First Edition. Scarce. Written in two parts with the first being by Rossetti and the second by Swinburne. Swinburne's criticism discusses works by Leighton, Millais, Watts, Moore, Whistler, Sandys, D.G. Rossetti, and others. He saves his discussion of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's paintings for last stating that "his work must always hold its place as second in significance and value to no work done by any English painter of his time." Amidst his words of admiration for Gabriel’s latest paintings, he incorporates the first publication of his poems, which the painter had written across the frames of his pieces. The poems included are "Sibylla Palmifera", "Venus Verticordia", and "Lady Lilith." Very good in original cream paper wrappers with black title to front panel. The covers are darkened along the edges with minor soiling and a few spots of foxing. There are a few chips to the spine panel and to the rear corner. The interior is clean overall with a few splits to the binding and a few small spots of foxing on first and last few pages. Housed in a modern green cloth covered slipcase with black leather title label to spine and pull out chemise. 51 pages. (#27436) $750 £525

89. Rothenstein, William. Men of the R. A. F. [Forty Portraits with some account of life in the R. A. F…]. London: , 1942. First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed "For my sister Emily, in grateful appreciation of her generous thought for my children, her brother, in old affection, Will / March 16 - 42." Near fine in original orange cloth boards with gilt title to spine. The spine is slightly cocked and rubbed and there is minor wear to the spine ends and corners. Illustrated with 40 photogravures printed in red. Clean and bright. 134 pages. Near fine. (#23637) $295 £205

27 90. Ruskin, John; J.M.W. Turner, artist; Thomas Lupton, engraver. The Harbours of England. Engraved by Thomas Lupton From Original Drawings Made Expressly for the Work by J.M. W. Turner, R.A. with Illustrative Text by J. Ruskin. London: E. Gambart & Co., n.d. [1856]. First Edition. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed on half-title page: "Arthur Severn With 's love. 15th January 1872." Arthur Severn (1842-1921) was the son of artist Joseph Severn, who is often remembered today as a friend of John Keats who was with Keats when he died in 1821. Arthur Severn was also a highly regarded portrait and subject artist who was close to Ruskin and married to Ruskin's cousin and later caretaker Joan Ruskin Agnew. There are twelve beautiful steel engravings in this book. Six were first published in 1825 for Views of Ports of England. Six more were added in 1856 for this work. Each is protected by a tissue guard. Ruskin's text includes an overview of the harbours plus two pages each of description of the included harbours. This is a small folio that was nicely rebacked with t original reddish brown cloth. Bumping, chipping and fading but still solid. Bottom edges of first few pages are chipped but otherwise the interior is in very good condition. 53 pages plus XII plates. Previous owner taped an early bookseller/auction listing to front free endpaper. (#28268) $1,500 £1,050

91. [Set In Motion Press] Gardner, Casey. Cartographical Incantations. Berkeley: Set In Motion Press, 2015. Number 7 of 25 copies. The book artist, Casey Gardner, beautifully describes this splendid new production as follows: "A book of cartographical unfoldings, tessellated map fragments, and beasts of the imagination. Pages open to reflected images of historical map details from the Dutch Age of Discovery. Turn the book over, and the patterns become more complex, abstracting the repetition and reflection many journeys entail. Text includes wayfarer invocations and wayfinding instructions, with mapmaking histories relating to a time when the unknown could be imbued with magical qualities. Also included is a traveler’s tale of chance and choice… Each folio opens to a tableau of a map fragment joined in reverse symmetry, as if the landscape has more to reveal upon reflection, or mirrors a traveler’s aspirations in a quest. On the reverse side of the accordion, these map images are conjured into rhythmic patterns reflecting the repetition of each step in a journey and the variables that form the spell of discovery that entices us into new horizons and lands…Each folio includes a Wayfarer Invocation, a poetic directive for finding one’s way, or one’s place in the world... Going forth in any journey is an opportunity for an entrancing and spellbinding venture of options chosen to reflect our exploratory desires. Map fragments are from photographs taken by the artist of sixteenth and seventeenth-century Dutch maps found in atlases at the Public Library of Amsterdam, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam." The book is a double-sided accordion structure with sewn folios. Letterpress and digitally printed on Hahnemuhle Igres and Nepalese Lokta silkscreened paper. In Fine Condition. Unpaginated. Paperback. (#28466) $750 £525

92. Shannon, Charles. The White Watch Lithograph. n.p., [1894]. A mysterious and evocative lithograph by Charles Hazelwood Shannon. It was described in the 1897 "Spectator" by as a "strange and touching fancy." This lovely illustration depicts three female figures, two asleep and one standing watch at a window. Sickert says "the moonlight falls from the casement on the figures, annihilated by sleep; the watcher peers out, from the mystery of sleep within, into the mystery of dawn without." The picture was inspired by a work by Gordon Bottomley, an admirer and collector the works of Shannon and his life partner Charles Ricketts. They designed and illustrated books, founded The Dial magazine and the Vale Press, and were key figures in the London cultural world. The 9 x 13 ¼ inch print is on a sheet of 14 ½ x 19 inch paper. There are a few small tears and chips along the paper margins, not affecting the image. There are light pencil notes along the bottom edge with framing instructions but there is no indication that it was framed. Said to be from the collection of T. Sturge Moore but there is no evidence of provenance. (#26897) $750 £525 28 93. [Sherwin Beach Press] Shen, Juliet; Roger Black, foreword; Frontispiece by Carl Montford. Searching for Morris Fuller Benton: Discovering the Designer Through His Typefaces. Chicago: Sherwin Beach Press, 2011. Number 65 of 75 copies. Signed by author. Morris Fuller Benton was the most prolific type designer of the hot metal era, but unlike , Bruce Rogers, or William Dwiggins--whose ideas about type design are well documented -- Benton wrote nothing about his own work, nor was it the subject of analysis by others. Benton (1872-1948) headed the design department of American Type Founders for over forty years and designed hundreds of typefaces. Juliet Shen has made a meticulous study of his work, including a new enumeration of designs appropriately attributed to him…Shen places Benton in the context of American life at the turn of the 20th Century, when branding, advertising, and marketing were first becoming major factors in the economy. She compares his typefaces to similar ones from the same period, discovering the elements which he found important. There are dozens of reproductions of typographic specimens from Europe and North America. As Roger Black says in the introduction, "Benton's lean, driving, consistent style took over American printing in the pre-war era, and remains the bedrock of American typography." The book is designed by Robert McCamant. It is printed on Mohawk Superfine, with letterpress by Michael Russem of Kat Ran Press, and offset illustrations and captions by Capitol Offset. Trisha Hammer designed and executed the black cloth binding with red stitching to open spine. In fine condition. 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. 58 pages. (#28481) $450 £315

94. Shorthouse, J. H. Sir Percival: A Story of the Past and Present. London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First Edition. A Presentation Copy, inscribed "Edward Shorthouse from his affectionate brother & sister J Henry & Sarah Shorthouse." John Henry Shorthouse (1834-1903) was an English novelist probably most famous for his book John Inglesant. The recipient was also an author. With the bookplate of Ohio book collector Paul Lemperly, with Lemperly's inscription stating that he received the book as a gift from Morris L. Parris, whose collection of Victorian novels is now at Princeton. Parrish's letter of presentation is inserted. Bound in original dark blue cloth with gilt stripes and embossed design on front cover and spine. In fine condition. Housed in a fine custom half-red morocco slipcase. Octavo. 300 pages. (#26839) $500 £350

95. Shukhin, Tatiana. Florentine Pages. DC: Windhorse Press, 2013. Number 7 of 7 copies. "In my book 'Florentine Pages', I want to take the reader through the streets of Florence in the same manner as taking journey through the book. The entire experience of walking through the streets of Florence is akin to flipping pages of a book. The text is a narrow black passage leading to a colorful illustration, represented by fountains, cathedrals and towers, just beyond the corner. The city is a live version of the book that the reader doesn’t read but live in. The city of Florence itself parallels the structure of a basic codex book form. While the exteriors of buildings represent dark gray color with some yellow from street illumination during evening hours, there is a different life inside of the buildings. The same happens with the cover and interior of the book, which are usually quite different. The codex book form includes photographic images of Florence, which I took during my trip, combining with woodcuts and manuscript, as well as letterpress" (artist statement). Each copy is bound a little differently. This book is bound in red cloth with dark red leather spine and woodcut illustration inset to the front cover. The silk headbands are handsewn. The images and text are printed from a combination of lithographic pronto-plates, woodcuts, letterpress, and polymer plates. Unpaginated. [48 pages.] Born in Moscow, Tatiana has been interested in books and bookmaking since childhood. She holds degrees from the Moscow University of Printing, the University of Maryland, and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Her work is in collections nationwide and she has recently won an award for traditional illustration. Fine. (#29129) $900 £630

29 96. Shukhin, Tatiana. Chess. DC: Windhorse Press, 2011. Number 4 of 8 copies, signed by the artist. In Russian. According to the book artist this "book recounts a story of a child learning to play chess with book pages numbered as chessboard squares. The child does not want to follow the game's rules by making two moves each turn, not allowing his pieces to be taken, etc. In the end the child removes all pieces from the board with only two kings remaining and proclaims that 'Kings walk slowly but always make quick decisions'". In the form of a dialogue, the text is based on personal experience from trying to teach chess to her son. The book is bound in black cloth with a small red paper square inset to the front cover. The images were printed using a carved plastic plate and the text was printed on a laser printer. Housed in a whimsical red cloth box which opens in an unusual manner. A miniature book measuring 1 ¾ x 2 inches in a box measuring 2 ½ x 2 ¾ inches. Born in Moscow, Tatiana has been interested in books and bookmaking since childhood. She holds degrees from the Moscow University of Printing, the University of Maryland, and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Her work is in collections nationwide and she has recently won an award for traditional illustration. Unpaginated. Fine. (#29133) $250 £175

97. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM STANLEY TO FRIEND & U.S. CONSUL, JOHN GOODENOW] Stanley, Henry M. How I Found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; Including Four Months Residence with Dr. Livingstone. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872. Second English Edition. AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSOCIATION COPY. Inscribed at the time of publication on a slip of paper affixed to front pastedown, "To my dear friend John H. Goodenow Esq U.S. Consul to Constantinople from Henry M. Stanley The Author London Nov 5 1872." Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the explorer and journalist, was commissioned by his employer, the “New York Herald” to mount an expedition to Africa to find the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone. Stanley found Livingstone in November 1871, where he famously said (or perhaps not),"Dr. Livingstone, I presume." The trip brought Stanley fame and fortune. This first account of the expedition was published in July 1872. The recipient, John Goodenow (1833- 1906) was from a prominent legal and political family in Maine. In 1864 he was appointed as consul general in Constantinople and became secretary of the legation in Turkey in 1873. It was in his capacity as a senior diplomat in the Ottoman Empire that brought him in contact with Stanley. Stanley, traveling with two other men, made plans to travel through Turkey to Asia and China. Two weeks into their journey they found themselves embroiled in a violent encounter with local Turks. Stanley was eventually able to obtain the assistance of Goodenow, who secured compensation for their treatment. Bound in original brown cloth with embossed design on spine and front cover, with gilt illustration of two men meeting with the caption "D,. Livingstone I presume." Boards are chipped, bumped and spine has chip to top left edge. Rear cover watermarked, but binding is nicer than it sounds. Hinges are weak but text block is tight. The end papers are chipped, and the folding map is entirely intact but cleanly split along the fold. Later ownership signature on half-title. Frontispiece is an original mounted photograph of Stanley. Full and partial page illustrations throughout. Four folding maps. Overall in very good condition. 736 pages including index. (#27031) $3,500 £2,450

30 98. Smith, Donaldson A. Through Unknown African Countries: The First Expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu. New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. Signed by author with two important letters inserted. First Edition of Donaldson Smith's enthralling narrative about his journey in 1894-95 through unexplored areas of Africa, ranging from the Gulf of Aden to the Indian Ocean. Smith, an American doctor and big game hunter took the trip to explore, to gather specimens, and to shoot animals. He was accompanied by a taxidermist, Edward Dodson, and a friend. They were attended by native men and animals. The book recounts their experiences in detail, and is filled with black and white illustrations and photographs from the journey. They include full page depictions of shootings and encounters with various tribes; and partial page pictures of animals, birds, and native artifacts There are six partially colored maps, five of which fold out. The maps are in pristine condition despite the fragility of their paper. Following the text are several appendices on the collections brought back. Laid in are two interesting letters from him about his journey. Both are to "Tony" who may have been a fellow physician as Smith thanks him for medications received from him for the trip. The first letter was written March 22, 1900 from Africa while on his way back to England. He tells Tony that the medicines were a godsend and that all of the personnel in his caravan arrived out of the Nile without any sickness. He says that his collections were all safe, and included 18 elephants and lots of other sport. He talks about the arrangements made for getting his collections out of Africa and the routes he is taking. The second 4 page letter is written in London and dated June 23, '00. After expressing relief that he made it back he discusses his problems with the Royal Geological Society. Bound in original black cloth with gilt ruling and elephant illustration to front board along with author and title. Gilt title and author on spine. In very good condition with bumped corners; bottom edges are chipped and have some discoloring. Some tenderness to hinges but otherwise tight. Interior is in near fine condition with bright text and illustrations. 472 pages plus 4 pages of ads. (#24448) $1,500 £1,050

99. Stern, Meredith. Mine. Providence, R.I., (circa 2005). One of an unsigned edition of 72. This powerful multi-media artists' book by the artist and musician Meredith Stern is a piece on reproductive justice. It is a silkscreened and hand stamped, and then machine and hand sewn into a stuffed cat. The cloth book "inside" the stomach starts with the words "is this mine." The pages inside begin with "when we allow them to keep taking," followed by several pages on many of the laws which have been passed in the U.S. restricting abortion rights. The text ends with "all that may be left" and a small coat hanger. The multi-colored animal is stamped all over with the words "This Space is Mine." In very good condition. 18 inches x 4 inches by 2.5 inches plus a 10 inch tail. Comes with wooden doll stand (not originally issued with book). Very Good. (#27539) $400 £280

100. Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Essays and Studies. London: Chatto and Windus, 1875. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'O.A. Watts from his friend A C Swinburne Christmas 1879.' Octavius Watts was one of the brothers of Swinburne's friend Theodore Watts- Dunton, a writer who lived with Swinburne from 1879 until his death in 1909. Watts-Dunton has been credited with rescuing Swinburne from declining health and prolonging his life. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to corners and gentle bump to spine ends. Some rubbing to boards. The interior is clean overall, though there are occasional spots of foxing. The last few pages of ads have heavier foxing, though the text remains bright. A little loose in casing, with one signature coming loose. 380 pages plus 32 pages of ads. (#17344) $600 £420

31 101. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM SWINBURNE TO HIS COUSIN (AND POSSIBLY LOVER), MARY C.J. LEITH] Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Studies in Prose and Poetry. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. First Edition. An extraordinary association copy, inscribed "Mary C. J. Leith from her affectionate cousin A.C. Swinburne Nov. 8, 1894." Mary Gordon, later Mrs. Leith, was Swinburne's first cousin and by far the most important woman in his life apart from his mother. Herself a poet and novelist, Mary Gordon's intimacy began in childhood when they lived in neighboring houses on the Isle of Wight. Later their relationship became literary, Swinburne providing the poems that appear in Gordon's anonymously issued "The Children of the Chapel" in 1864, and Gordon appearing as Clara in Swinburne's own novel, A Year's Letters, first serialized in The Tatler in 1877. It was published in book form in 1905 as Love's Cross-Currents. In her memoir, Gordon wrote that Swinburne [was] to me as an elder brother, a loved and sympathetic playmate, and in later years a loyal and affectionate friend. Although there is no direct evidence, recent scholarship has identified Gordon as most likely Swinburne's sole romantic attachment, which ended in traumatic rejection. This book was probably inscribed after Gordon visited Swinburne and Watts-Dunton at The Pines in the fall of 1894. In 1899, Swinburne dedicated his last major poetic work, Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards to Mrs. Disney Leither. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt rule to front cover borders and title and author in gilt to spine. Light offsetting to free endpapers otherwise near fine condition. $1,500 £1,050

102. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM SWINBURNE TO HIS SISTER, ALICE] Swinburne, Algernon Charles. A Study of Shakespeare. London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. First Edition, Presentation Copy. Inscribed: "Alice Swinburne from her affectionate Brother A,C, Swinburne." Swinburne (1837-1909) gained early fame for his poetry, but was also regarded as a discerning literary critic of English and French writers. He was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Swinburne wrote a beautiful poem in 1887 in honor of his sister titled "Dedication To Alice Swinburne." Among the closing lines are these: "So, in some void and thought- untrammelled hour,/Let these find grace, my sister, in your sight,/Whose glance but cast on Casual things hath power/To do the sun's work, bidding all be bright/With comfort given of love: for love is light." Bound in original green cloth with gilt title and author to spine and gilt ruling to front cover. Slightly bumped corners with light fraying, but in near fine condition. Interior is pristine. 309 pages plus 32 page publisher's catalog. (#26895) $2,250 £1,575

103. Tennyson, Alfred. Fairy Lilian and Other Poems. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1888. First Edition. Includes over 30 engraved illustrations by a variety artists including F.S. Church, Hamilton Gibson, Charles Copeland, Louis Meynelle, and Jessie Curtis Shepherd. A decorative border frames each illustration. Folio. Bound in half brown cloth and half green cloth with gilt title and elaborate floral decoration to front cover and spine. Minor wear and fraying to the spine ends, edges, and corners of boards. There are a few spots of soiling to the covers. Foxing to the endpages, a few light finger smudges to the interior, and small chips to edges of a few pages. Small dampstain to top edge of first few pages. Slight browning to margins of pages and slight musty smell. A charming collection of poems and artwork. Unpaginated [100 pages.] In very good condition. (#26054) $185 £130 32 104. [The Printery] Boos, Florence; Foreword by Jack Waldsdorf. The Artist & the Capitalist: William Morris and Richard Marsden. Kirkwood MO: The Printery, 2009. 1 of 100 numbered copies. Includes a facsimile and transcription of a seven page William Morris letter to Richard Marsden, and portraits of Morris, Marsden, and Charles Rowley. This book presents Florence Boos’s research on an important, previously unpublished letter. The book and the letter focus on one of Morris’s most acclaimed lectures, “Art Under Plutocracy,” which was about art and its social environment. The letter is Morris’s response to Richard Marsden’s unfavorable review of the lecture. Florence Boos is a noted Morris scholar and Jack Walsdorf has been a major Morris collector for over forty years. Quarter bound in red leather with Morris inspired covers in gold and orange paper. Title in gilt on spine. Printed in Jenson Old Style types on Somerset Book mould paper. In fine condition. 41 pages. (#23829) $375 £260

105. Thomas, Donna. Hetch Hetchy Flora. A Collection of Wildflowers Painted on May 22, 2013. Santa Cruz CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 2013. Number 15 of 35 copies. A beautiful production from noted California book artists and papermakers Peter and Donna Thomas. Donna has spent years painting California wildflowers, and has numerous miniature books featuring her illustrations. Donna decided to make a larger book with actual-sized watercolor paintings of California wildflowers. To limit the scope of the work she decided to make a book of the flowers she could find and paint in one day, She chose to paint in Hetch Hetchy Resevoir. Early in the morning on May 22, 2013 Donna walked from the parking lot of the O’Shaughnessy Dam, following the trail around the reservoir, studying the wildflowers, noting the varieties in bloom and the best specimen to paint. When the light was perfect for painting, she walked the return trip, stopping to paint her chosen flowers. From the dam she painted a landscape looking back over the area she had just painted in. Over the next few months she designed the book, painted the borders on each of the original watercolors, wrote the text and created the original text pages. Peter created a paper for the project he felt would emulate the feel of the granite walls of the Hetch Hetchy valley. Peter also made another stronger and slightly different color of granite paper for the end pages, and an off-white sheet of paper for the illustrations. Donna’s original watercolors were printed directly onto Peter’s paper using a Cannon digital printer. Those prints were then sewn by hand onto the accordion folded sheets of “granite” paper. The covers feature a wooden “plant press” over blue Moroccan grain leather-covered boards. This plant press is a lattice of strong hardwoods, most of walnut modeled after those used in the early 1900s by botanists. There are nine watercolor paintings of wildflowers, one painting of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir from O'Shaughnessy Dam, one watercolor painted map, and five ornamental pages of handwritten and rubricated text. The book is housed in a blue cloth clamshell box with a decorative title label on the front. In fine condition. 11 ½ by 8 ¼ by 1 ½ inches. 20 accordion pages. (#28036) $875 £615

106.* Trollope, Anthony. Signed Autograph Letter. England, [1882]. An interesting two page letter written on April 28th 1882 by Trollope to Dr. Macleod. Trollope died the same year on December 6. Donald Macleod was the editor of "Good Words", which published Trollope's short work The Two Heroines of Plumpington in 1882, so the letter may refer to that story. Trollope writes on stationery engraved Harting, Petersfield: "April 28, 1882, My dear D. Macleod, I find that 25 of your pages will considerably exceed 100 ordinary novel pages. I could not do this amount of work for [pound sign] 75 guineas. I will do it, if you like, for 100 guineas, making the payment nearly equal to the [pound sign] 1 a novel page. In that case the copyright should be left to me. I can let you have it by the end of July. But I shall not be sorry to see the task go elsewhere, as it is always hard for me to cudgel my brain for a Xmas story. Where is your brother George and when does he leave town Yours always Anthony Trollope." Written on both sides of 4 1/2 x 7 inch paper. Two small spots on left margin of front page. Very good condition. (#29040) $1,500 £1,050

33 107. Turner, Charles Tennyson. Sonnets. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1864. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY to Louis Tennyson d’Eyncourt inscribed: “The gift of the author ... to L.T. d’Eyncourt.” The recipient was the author’s cousin and a member of the part of the family that inherited the fortune and aristocratic ambitions of their grandfather. Charles was the older brother of the renowned poet Alfred Tennyson. Very good in original green cloth boards with lightly rubbed gilt title to spine and gilt rules to front board. Minor wear to corners and edges of boards, with a few light spots of damp staining to rear board. Bump to top edge of front board. Bookplate of C.J. Sturman to front paste down. 102 pages plus 2 pages of notes. (#21596) $350 £245

108. Unknown. The Children's Walk. Boston: Henry Hoyt, 1863. Scarce. Includes five stories with Christian morals: “The Children's Walk”, “Afraid to Die”, “The Footprints in the Snow”, “Stealing from God”, and “Little Minnie.” Very good in original purple cloth boards with embossed title "My Pet Library" bordered in gilt to spine. Embossed decoration to covers. Minor soiling / discoloration to edges of covers and darker line of soiling to middle of front cover. Small loss to book cloth along front hinge. Lacks front free endpaper. Overall clean interior with occasional spots of foxing and soiling. Binding is cocked. 64 pages. Measures 4.5 inches tall x 3 inches wide. (#27728) $75 £55

109. Unknown. The Philopena; or, Cousin Hill's Stories for Her Pets. New York: J.Q. Preble, circa 1900. Scarce. Includes six stories: “Flower Bells”, “The Mother and Her Child”, “Little Eva”, “Fairies of Caldon Low”, “Gentle Hand”, and “Early Flowers.” Very good in original red cloth with gilt title and decoration to front cover. Some gilt decoration remains on spine, but most has been rubbed away. Minor wear to edges of board, minor rubbing, a few small spots, and small dampstain to bottom of rear board. Occasional spots of foxing to interior, but overall very clean. Ownership inscription to front free endpapers. Both hinges are starting with small splits along interiors; although, text block remains firmly attached to boards. Coated endpapers and full edges gilt. Slight bow to boards. A sweet little book. 96 pages. 3.125 inches tall x 2.25 inches wide. (#27736) $75 £55

110. Unknown. Sand Castles. (New York): Ernest Nister, circa 1890. Victorian miniature book. Very good in blue cloth spine with illustrated paper cover. Minor wear to edges and light soiling to boards. Offsetting to endpapers, else clean and bright. Includes 4 chromolithograph illustrations. Unpaginated. [12 pages.] Measures 3.75 inches tall by 3.25 inches wide. (#27740) $45 £30

111. [Vale Press] Shakespeare, William. The Passionate Pilgrim and the Songs in Shakespeare's Plays. London: Vale Press, 1896. 1 of 310 copies printed at the Ballantyne Press. This is one of the earliest works issued by Charles Ricketts's Vale Press. It is the first to include a table of contents. Edited by Thomas Sturge Moore, who retained the original spelling. There is one illustration and a border by Ricketts on the title page depicting a mischievous Cupid stealing wild honey. Printed in black Vale type. Bound in blue paper backed boards with paper title labels to spine and front board. There are two splits to the paper along the rear hinge which have been repaired with glue and there are a few chips to the spine ends. Offsetting to endpapers and a few spots of foxing along fore-edge, else the interior is very clean. lxxix pages. Very good. (#20569) $375 £265 34 112. [Verdigris] Temple, Frederic Jacques; Judith Rothchild (artist). Un jardin au bord de l'eau. Verdigris, 2008. Number 3 of 50 copies. This is one of ten copies of the DELUXE EDITION which includes a monoprint signed by the artist with a caption hand written on the facing page. Judith Rothchild has created eleven exquisite mezzotint plates to illustrate Temple's poem. The book is bound in the accordion style with yellow and blue paper covered boards and title stamped in black to the front cover. The monoprint is contained in a portfolio with a black cloth spine and marbled paper covered boards. Both the print and portfolio are housed in a clamshell box with a black cloth spine and paper covered boards. A blue paper title label covers the spine panel of the box. Unpaginated [16 pages] Fine condition. (#24236) $2,250 £1,575

113. Walker, Eric. Lord De Villiers and His Times: South Africa 1842-1914. London: Constable & Company, Ltd., 1925. First Edition. With laid-in two page letter and postcard from Walker to Cornelis Willem de Kiewiet, and with de Kiewiet's ownership signature on the free front endpaper. Walker (1886 –1976) was a professor of history at the University of Cape Town and the University of Cambridge. He was a pioneer in writing the history of South Africa and later an important historian of the British Empire. Cornelis Willem de Kiewiet (1902 – 1986) was a historian most notable for having served as president of Cornell University and the University of Rochester. De Kiewiet was born in the Netherlands, but grew up in South Africa. In the early 1920s, Cornelis earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and, in 1927, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of London. The inserted correspondence from Walker to de Kiewiet was written in 1927. The texts discuss South African history during and after the Boer War. They do not pertain to this work directly. John Henry de Villiers (1842-1914) was a key figure in South Africa's history, serving as the Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa from 1874-1914. Bound in original dark blue cloth with gilt author and title to spine. Corners bumped and some wrinkling to cloth but still very good. Interior pages also very good. Frontispiece portrait of Lord de Villiers. 523 pages including index. (#29114) $150 £105

114. [PRESENTATION COPY FROM WELLS TO ENGLISH ARCHITECT, CHARLES VOYSEY] Wells, H.G. When the Sleeper Wakes. London, 1899. First Edition. An excellent Author's Presentation Copy, inscribed "C.F.A. Voysey from H.G. Wells." Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific writer in many genres but is best remembered for his science fiction novels, of which this is one. This dystopian work was first published in 1899, but Wells revised it in 1910 and published it as When the Sleeper Awakes. He was dissatisfied with this first version, saying it was written when he was under time pressures. The recipient is Charles Voysey, an important English architect and designer who was influenced by the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. In 1900 he was the architect for Spade House, which Wells built in 1900 and lived in for the succeeding decade. Laid in is a Raphael Tuck and Sons "real photograph" postcard of Wells that is contemporary with the book and signed in ink below the image. Such an early photograph of Wells is uncommon and signed ones are rare. It is very likely that Wells gave this one to Voysey. Bound in original red cloth with gilt title and author to spine and front cover. Spine is faded, bumping to corners. Hinges tender, endpapers smudged, light spotting to half title page not affecting the inscription. An accession number is written in ink on the free front endpaper and there is a blind stamp "W.H. Smith and Son London" below it. Bookplate of John Richard Sofio to front pastedown. Housed in handsome beige cloth box with leather title and author label to spine. Very good condition. 329 pages. (#28947) $9,500 £6,650 35 115. Wheatley, H. B., F.S.A, Illustrated by T.R. Way Reliques of Old London upon the Banks of the Thames & in the Suburbs South of the River. London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. Limited to 145 of 280 copies. Signed by Wheatley. Parchment-backed illustrated brown paper boards with gilt to spine and front board. Bumped corners and worn edges; chipping to corner of top rear board. Minor rubbing to spine and boards. Tight binding. Foxing to endpages, but interior is otherwise very clean. Laid paper interior with 24 original lithographs and tissue guards. Includes a 15 page introduction with detailed description of each building illustrated. 111 pages. (#412) $100 £70

116. Wilde, Oscar; Charles Ricketts (illustrator). A House of Pomegranates. London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine, 1891. 1 of 1000 copies. A nice copy of this relatively scarce book. It comprises four exquisite fairy tales: “The Young King”, “The Birthday of the Infanta”, “The Fisherman and His Soul”, and “The Star-Child.” This was Wilde’s second collection of stories following The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Although his fairy tales were seemingly for children, Wilde in fact intended them more for adults. He is quoted as saying that the stories were intended neither for the British child nor the British public. Bound in original publisher’s cloth binding, with title and author to cream colored front boards, with ornate designs in light red and a gilt peacock, fountain, and fruit basket. The spine is green linen with gilt title and author. There is smudging, browning, and bumping to covers, and the spine is faded with small tears at top and bottom. There is browning and chipping along the edges of the endpapers. The interior is clean, with striking black and white Ricketts drawings and designs throughout. The hinges are slightly cracked in the rear but the text block is tight. It is described by Stuart Mason in his 1906 Wilde bibliography, that the four full page illustrations by Shannon were printed in Paris by a new process. In attempts to remove a dusty deposit resulting from this new process, the surfaces of the plates were also removed, leaving the reproductions of the illustrations faint and in some cases virtually removed. 158 pages. (#23012) $1,200 £840

117. Wu, Robert. Etude Two. Opera. Toronto: Robert Wu, 2007. Unique blank journal in fine full leather designer binding by Canadian binder Robert Wu, signed and dated on bottom edge on interior of rear cover. This stunning piece featuring an elaborately gilded night sky was created was as a "study book" for the artist to practice his techniques. When designing this journal, Robert was inspired by Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute,' specifically the Queen of the Night aria. Bound in black and pink morocco with onlayed silver crescent moon, pink clouds, silver stars, and gilt circles of light. Red and black marbled paper pastedowns with black morocco doubles facing yellow leather endpages, both tooled in metallic pastels. The edges of the textblock have been fully colored in pink (to match the clouds on the covers), speckled, and tooled. Handsewn headbands in matching pastel stripes. Housed in a marbled paper covered slipcase with chemise. The chemise is covered in green marbled paper with a black and pink morocco spine titled in gilt, which matches the binding of the journal. The interior of the chemise is lined in bright green suede. Unpaginated. (#27863) $3,000 £2,100

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118. [PRESENTATION COPY YEATS TO FRIEND & CRITIC CLEMENT SHORTER] Yeats, William Butler; Illustrated by Jack Butler Yeats. The Secret Rose. London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897. First Edition. An excellent presentation copy. Inscribed by William Butler Yeats to his friend Clement Shorter: " Clement Shorter from W B Yeats June 23 1899." William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), the famous Irish poet, was one of the most important figures in twentieth century literature and a key figure in Ireland's nationalist movement. Clement Shorter (1857-1926) was a British journalist and critic who was also an avid collector of books and manuscripts, particularly of the Brontes. He was the editor of the Illustrated London News and in 1893 founded the periodical Sketch. The fourth story in this short story collection, "Where There is Nothing, there is God," was first published in Sketch in October 1896. The stories blend Irish with Rosicrucian themes and characters. Bound in the original blue cloth with the famous cover design done for Yeats by Althea Gyles stamped in gilt on covers and spine. At its center is a four-petalled rose joined to a cross. The boughs of the tree resemble a serpent; among them, just above the rose, are the kissing faces of a man and a woman, With six black and white illustrations by William's brother, Jack Butler Yeats. The binding is bright and beautiful with very slight bumping to corners. Interior pages are quite clean with just a trace of aging to margins. Near fine condition. (#28948) $14,500 £10,150

119. Zussman, Na'ama. A Survey of a World. Washington DC: Na'ama Zussman, 2015. Number 7 of 12 copies. A beautifully conceived and produced book from Na'ama Zussman, a powerful new book artist originally from Israel. She describes her book: "A Survey of a World scrutinizes interactions between map and territory, along with memory and reality, whether of the surveyor herself - the creator of this artist's book - or of other people. It surveys and seeks to capture the doubt in the role of the surveyor, and the inevitable immersion in this role. A Survey of a World portrays the endeavour of grasping the moment ahead of the impression of the territory, when doubt turns into representation." Na'ama's exquisite images are interwoven with her evocative text as she ponders interactions, memory, and reality. Bound in brown Cialux book cloth, with a goatskin leather spine. The images throughout the book were created through the screen printing process and are done on lovely Thai Kozo paper. The text is composed in Meta Capitals and Constantia. The book is housed in a surveyor's bag made out of grey cashmere, with a leather string. The colophon is in a pocket on the back of the bag. 7 ½ x 9 ¾ inches. Unpaginated. (#28553) $1,500 £1,050

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