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Cruikshank’s bibliographer’s copy . Adshead (Joseph) PrisonsandPrisoners.Longman,Brown,GreenandLongman.845, FIRSTEDITION,engravedfrontispiecesatirizingprisondisciplineisbyGeorgeCruikshank,2 lithographedplates,onefolding,ofPentonville,pp.[ii],xvii,3-326,8vo.,orig.rib-graindark greencloth,thebackstripletteredingilt,bumpedathead,thecoversembossedinblindwith bordersandcentrallozenges,bookplateofAlbertM.Cohn,fine(Cohn6) £450.00 AnimportantearlyVictoriansurveyoftheBritishprisonsystem,withcommentsoncomparable developmentsinAmerica.Theauthorwasanadvocateofreform,whofavouredtheModelPrison SystemasintroducedatPentonville.Heopposedthecommonpracticeofsolitaryconfinement.Of specialinterestisthechapteronCharlesDickens’melodramatictreatmentofthesubject. Thiscopyhasthearmorialbookplateofthewell-knownCruikshankbibliographerandcollector, AlbertM.Cohn.

2. Alciphron. Alciphron’sEpistles;inwhicharedescribedthedomesticmanners,theCourtesans, andParasitesofGreece.NowfirsttranslatedfromtheGreek[byWilliamBeloeandThomas Monroe].G.G.J.andJ.Robinson;LeighandSotheby;andR.Faulder.79,FIRSTEDITIONin English,half-titlewitherrata,pp.[iv],270,8vo.,nineteenthcenturyhalfcalf,backstrippanelled ingilt,blackandredmoroccolabelswithgiltlettering,byJ.Larkinswithhisstamponthe endpaper,bookplateofSolomonR.Guggenheim,verygood(ESTCT86057) £550.00

AcollectionofletterswritteninthesecondcenturyAD,inaverypureAtticdialect;theauthorwas probablyacontemporaryLucian.ThesettingisAthens.Ofparticularvaluearethe‘courtesan’letters, whichcontainmuchinformationderivedfromthelostplaysofMenander,andotherwritersofNew Comedy.

3. (Angling.) KEENE(J.H.) Thepracticalfisherman:dealingwiththenaturalhistory,thelegendary lore,thecaptureofBritishfreshwaterfish,andtackleandtacklemaking.“TheBazaar”Office. [88,]wood-engravedfrontispiece(oxidisedonverso)and20plates,textillustrations,errata- slippresent,stitchingslightlyshaken,pp.[iv],48,[5],3,[3],8vo.,orig.browncloth,backstrip dulled,extremitiesrubbed,giltblockedwithtitleandvignetteofangler,uppersideblockedwith titleongiltscrollandthreeillustrationsoffish,chalkedyellowendpapers,upperhingesplitbut firm,a.e.g.,good £180.00

4. (Antiquarian Book Trade.) MARKHAM(Sheila) ABookofBooksellers.Conversationswiththe AntiquarianBookTrade.SecondImpressionwithCorrections.Markham:OakKnollPress,New Castle,Delaware.2007,reproductionsofphotographicportraitsofrarebooksdealers,pp.328, 8vo.,orig.printedorangewrappers,new £15.99 Conversationswithfiftyrarebooksdealers.

5. (Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association.) OUTOFPRINT&INTOPROFIT. AHistoryoftheRareand SecondhandBookTradeinBritainintheTwentiethCentury.EditedbyGilesMandelbrote. SecondImpression.BritishLibrary.2007,numerousreproductionsofphotographsofbookshops andbookdealers,pp.xviii,44,roy.8vo.,orig.darkblueboards,backstripgiltlettered, dustjacket,new £30.00 Mapsoutthehistoryofthebooktradeinthetwentiethcentury.Twentycontributorsdescribeand explainthewaysinwhichbooksellersacquiredtheirstockandsoldbookstocustomers.Thework offersinsightsintochangesintasteandinbookcollecting.(UKBooksinPrint)

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First Greek Edition 6. Appianus, of Alexandria. Πωµαικων...RomanarumhistoriarumCeltica...Paris:Typis Regiis,curaacdiligentiaCaroliStephani.55,unobtrusiveschoollibrary-stampontitle- page,occasionalearlybriefms.marginalnotes,lightmarginalfoxing,unpressed,pp.393,[2], folio,lateeighteenthcenturysprinkledcalf,splitsatheadandfootofjoints,slightlossathead ofbackstrip,raisedbands,chippedgiltletteredredleatherlabel(perhapsrelaidfromearlier binding);sidesblindpanelled,withoutertripleandinnerblindrollborders,giltrollon boardedges,bookplatesofHillandL.A.Burd,sound(Adams340:BrunetI,p.64;MossI,pp. 73/74:Renouardp.02) £1,700.00 ThisfirstGreekeditionofAppianwasinitiatedbyRobertEstienne,butpublishedbyDr.Charles Estienne,hisbrother,thefirstyearhetookoverthepress.Theuseofthephrase‘curaacdiligentia’ shouldprobablybetakentomeanthatCharleswaspublishingonbehalfofsomebodyelse(itwould beusualtoaddthewords‘etsumptibus’or‘impensis’ifhewasalsothepublisher).Thetextwastaken fromtwomanuscriptsinthelibraryoftheKingofFrance.‘Averybeautifuledition.’(Moss)‘Thename ofCharlesStephendoesnotoftenoccurinbibliography,andthosewhocherishscarceworkswilldo welltotreasuretheproductionsofthiselegantscholarandprinter...TherearefewGreekvolumesof morebeautifulexecutionthanthisEditioPrincepsofAppian...’(Dibdin)CharlesEstiennecontinued hisbrother’spressuntil56.AquartoTestamentandthispresentvolumearetheonlybooks publishedbyhiminGreek.Hisskillbroughtroyalpatronageandthiswasthefirstofhispublications todisplaythewords‘TypisRegiis’.

Aquinas’ famous Commentaries on the Gospels 7. Aquinas (Thomas, Saint) OpusaureuzSanctiThomedeAquinosup[er]quatuorevangelia nuperrimereuisuzmultisme[n]dispurgatu[m]&eme[n]datu[m]studiosissime...verissimis quottationib[us],necno[n]marginalib[us]su[m]mariisdecoratum...Queo[mn]iadenovo additasunt:&nu[n]q[ue]al[iu]simpressafuere:[Venice:OctavinusScotus][52],large woodcutandthetextintriangularlayoutonthetitle,woodcutprinter’sdeviceattheend,ink inscriptionstothetitle:‘CatenaAurea’,thegoldenchain,andafaintownershipinscription, woodcutinitialsthroughout,singlewormholesthroughthebeginning,throughthetext,oneor twostains,minimalrepairstooneortwoouteredges,ff.[4],37,folio,latervellumoverstiff boards,rebackedpreservingtheoriginalbackstrip,sound(NotinAdams) £1,100.00 Ascarceprintingof‘TheGoldenChain’,orAquinas’commentariesontheFourGospels,withallthe eleganceofearlysixteenthCenturyVenetianprinting(fivecopiesrecordedworldwidebyOCLC,and onlyonebyCOPAC).

8. Aristotle. AristotelisetTheophrasti...scriptaquaedam:quaevelnunquamantea,velminus emendataquamnunc,editafuerunt.Geneva:ExofficinaHenriciStephaniParisiensis.557, FIRSTHENRIESTIENNEEDITION,woodcutEstienneprinter’sdeviceontitle-pagepicturingtreewith graftsfallingtothegroundandLatinmotto‘Nolialtumsapere’(benothighminded,butfear); contemp.inkmarginaliainGreek,asisthemajorityoftextwithjustpreliminariesandnotesin Latin,somelightwaterstainingtolowerforecornerofpageblock,goodpp.[viii],7-68,8vo., serviceablemodernfullburgundycalfbyHalesofBloomburg,PA;backstripletteredgiltdirect, giltdatedattail,sideswithdecorativegiltfilletroll,newhand-sewnsilkheadbands,two-toned Turkishmarbledendpapers,good(Brunet3376:GraesseI,2:Renuoard6:Lohr,Renaissance Quarterly,Vol.35,No.2.(Summer,982),pp.64-256) £750.00 ThiseditionoftheselectwritingsofAristotleandTheophrastuswasthefifthbooktobepublishedby thesecondHenriEstienne(528-598),eldestsonofthegreatRobertEstienne.Hisearlyyearswere spentasanapprenticeathisfather’sbusinessinParisandlatterlyinGeneva,towhereEstiennesenior hadrelocatedafterdifficultieswiththeSorbonne.Fromtheageofnineteenhespentseveralyears travellinginItaly,searchingformanuscriptsofclassicalauthors.OnhisreturntonorthernEurope,he travelledtoFlandersandEnglandbeforeestablishinghimselfinParisatthepressofhisuncle,Charles Estienne,wherehepublishedhisfirstworkontheeditioprincepsofAnacreonin554.By556he hadestablishedhisownpressinGeneva,thoughhestillreferredtohimselfasa“Parisianprinter” (typographusparisiensis).557wasasuccessfulyearforthenewlyestablishedprinterwiththiswork beingthethirdofsixbookspublishedthatyear.By559hisfatherhaddiedandlefttheGeneva-based printingbusinesstoHenriEstienne(HenricusStephanusSecundus).

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9. Aristotle [Græcè:Aristotleousperipoietikes].Aristotelisdepoeticaliber,GraecaetLatine,cum notis.FirsteditionaseditedbyWilliamParsons.Oxford:eTypographeoClarendoniano.760, engravedportraitvignetteonthetitleandlibrary-stamp,pp.[viii],32,8vo.,contemp.catspaw calf,spinewithfiveraisedbands,panelledingiltandwithredmoroccolabelwithgiltlettering, marbledendpapers,armorialbookplateofWilliamGordon,good(ESTCT34078) £180.00 TheGreektextisfollowedbyaLatintranslation,andasectionofnotesandvariantreadings.

0. Austen (Jane) SenseandSensibility;MansfieldPark;PrideandPrejudice.[Togetherthree volumes].RichardBentley.856,engravedfrontispieces,additionalengravedtitleswith vignettes,allbyGreatbatchafterPickering,half-titlesdiscarded,pp.xv,33;[ii],424;[ii],340, 8vo.,uniformlyboundincontemp.plumcalf,rebackedinmarooncalf,flatbackstrips,ruledin gilt,plummoroccolabelswithgiltlettering,marbledendpapers,good(GilsonD7) £1,200.00 JaneAusten’sStandardNovelswerereprintedbyBentleyafter833,thedateinvariablymissingfrom theengravedfrontispieceandthetitleof‘SenseandSensibility’,butalltheothernovelsretaining833 inthisposition,whilstshowingtheactualdateofpublicationontheprintedtitle.Althoughthesethree volumesareone,threeandfiveoftheseries,theywereissuedseparately.Thevolumenumbers,theonly indicationthatthisisacollectedset,appearedonlyonthespinesoftheoriginalclothbinding. Looselyinsertedisanundatedautographletterdonatingthebooks,signedbyEdithBrittain,possiblya relationofVeraBrittain.

. Ballou (Adin) Anexpositionofviewsrespectingtheprincipalfacts,causes,andpeculiarities involvedinspiritmanifestations:togetherwithinterestingphenomenalstatementsand communications.H.Bailiere.852,FIRSTENGLISHEDITION,lightlyfoxedtitle-pagewithlibrary- stampatfoot,pp.x,256,8vo.,orig.purple-browncloth,giltletteredbackstrip(slightlysunned) withblindstampeddecoration,boardsblindpanelledwithornatecorner-piecesstampedin blind,blindstampedoakleafwreathatcentres,yellowchalkedendpapers,frontpastedownwith contemp.inkownershipinscription:“JamesPetts-St.Kilda”(presumablyinVictoria,Australia) andmorerecentinkstamped“W.R.Higbie”atfoot,good £160.00 AnexpositionofBallou’sviewsonvarious“spirit”manifestationssuchas“knockings,”“rappings,” “writings,”and“themovingofmaterialsubstances,...suchastables,sofas,lightstands,chairs,and variousotherarticles,shaking,tipping,sliding,raisingthemclearofthefloor,placingtheminnew positions(allthissometimesinspiteofathleticandheavymendoingtheirutmosttoholdthemdown); takingupthepassivebodyofaperson,andcarryingitfromonepositiontoanotheracrosstheroom throughmid-air...”Theauthor,aswellasbeingaprominentexponentofpacifismandabolitionism (andaUnitarianminister),hadsetuptheHopedaleCommunityinWorcesterCounty,Massachusetts, in842.Bythelate840s,theHopedaleCommunityPresshadstartedissuingpamphletson SpiritualismbytheUniversalistministerJohnMurraySpear,whoregularlypreachedinthearea. Strangelyenough,paranormalactivitysuddenlystartedtooccurinHopedale;aftertestingthese bizarrephenomenaBallouconcludedthathetoowasaSpiritualist.

Cloaks, but no daggers 2. Bartholin (Bartolus) Commentariusde.AccessitHenriciErnstiieiusdemargumenti Epistola.Copenhagen:ViduaeMelch.Martzani.655,FIRSTEDITION,3full-pageengraved illustrationsof,ownershipsignaturesontitle,pp.[xx],84,8vo.,slightlylatervellumover stiffboards,alittlesprung,good £600.00 AtreatiseonthePaenula,thethicksleeveless,chieflyusedbytheRomanswhentravelling insteadofthe,asaprotectionagainstthecoldandrain,withthreefineengravingsofthestyles involved.Itwasreprintedin670.

3. Beaumont (Joseph) Psyche,orLove’sMystery,inXXIVCantos:displayingtheIntercoursebetwixt ChristandtheSoul.SecondEdition.Withcorrectionsthroughout,andfournewCantos,never beforeprinted.Cambridge:UniversityPressforTho.Bennet.702,engravedfrontispieceportrait oftheauthor,printedindouble-columns,pp.[xvi],370,[2](advertisementleaves),folio,modern

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quartercalf,vellumcorners,backstripwithsixraisedbands,ruledingilt,tanmoroccolabel withgiltletteringinthesecondcompartment,marbledboards(FoxonB30) £130.00 Only750copieswereprinted.(Foxon)

Earthquakes 4. [Bevis (John, compiler)] Thehistoryandphilosophyof earthquakes,fromtheremotesttothepresenttimes...With aparticularaccountofthephænomenaofthegreatoneof Novemberthest755,invariouspartsoftheglobe.Byamember oftheRoyalAcademy...J.Nourse.757,FIRSTEDITION,title-page laid-down,[*2]andB-2guardedandremarginedatfoot,final leafremarginedatfoot,allwithnolossoftext,waterandmould stainedinbottomedgethroughout,library’ssmallovalstampon title-pageandversooflastleaf,pp.[iv],35,[],8vo.,modernqtr. calf,withmarbledsides,backstripwithraisedbandsbetween blackrules,giltlettereddirectinsecondcompartment,remainder withsingleblindornamentincentre,buffendpapers,sound  £800.00 Amethodicalaccountofearthquakes,byJ.C.Sturmius.Ofthenature ofearthquakes,byM.Lister.Discoursesconcerningearthquakes, byR.Hooke.Earthquakescausedbysomeaccidentalobstructionof acontinualsubterraneanheat,byJ.Woodward.Aphysicochymicalexplanationofsubterraneous fires,earthquakes,etc.byM.Lemery.OfthevolcanosandearthquakesinPeru,byM.Bouguer. ThenaturalhistoryofvolcanosandearthquakesbyM.Buffon.Asummaryofthecausesofthe alterationswhichhavehappenedtothefaceoftheearth,byMr.J.Ray.Someconsiderationsonthe causesofearthquakes,bytheRev.S.Hales.Thephilosophyofearthquakes,bytheRev.W.Stukeley. PhaenomenaofthegreatearthquakeofNovember,755,invariouspartsoftheglobe. ThepublicationwasinspiredbytheLisbonearthquakeof755,probablythegreatestseismicdisaster tohavestruckwesternEurope,whichaffectedanareaofca.800,000km.2andkillingupto00,000 people.Thisearthquake,ithasbeensuggested,shockedEuropeinmorethanaliteralsense.Itplaceda temporarybrakeontheemergingrationalismoftheEuropeanEnlightenmentandattemptstoexplain thedisasterintermsofhumansinfulnesscolouredmanycontemporaryaccounts.Thiscollectionof papersissoundlybasedinobservationandscience.

5. Bewick (Thomas) AMemoir...WrittenbyHimself.EmbellishedbyNumerousWoodEngravings, designedandengravedbytheauthorforaworkonBritishfishes,andneverbeforepublished. Newcastle-on-Tyne:PrintedbyRobertWard...forJaneBewick,Gateshead...London:Longman, Green.862,FIRSTEDITION,frontispieceandseveralotherwood-engravingsbyThomasBewick, includinganAppendixof5full-pagewood-engravingsandaplate,pp.xx,344,8vo.,orig.mid greenbevel-edgedcloth,backstripandfrontcovergiltletteredanddecorated,withhorizontal blackbandstofrontcoverandinblindtorearcover,armorialbookplateofThomasLancaster, brownendpapers,untrimmed,verygood £130.00 FromthelibraryoftheOxfordprinterVivianRidler,withhissignatureonthefrontispieceverso.

Scottish ‘Herringbone’ binding 6. (Bible. English.) THE HOLYBIBLE containingOldandNewTestaments.Newlytranslatedoutof yeoriginalltongues.2Vols.JohnField.653,engravedtitle-pagewithborderfeaturingMoses, AaronandthefourEvangelistsandsigned‘W.V.’,someslightfoxingtointernalleaves,textin double-columns,contemp.hand-writtenmanuscriptlistofcontentsonopeningleavesofboth volumes,unpaginated,24mo.,earlyeighteenthcenturyScottish‘herringbone’blackmorocco, backstripsdividedintofivecompartmentsbygilttooledraisedbandsbetweengiltrules, compartmentswithdoublegiltruleborders,eachwithdotrollsaltirecappedbyroundels,with fleur-de-lysandroundelsineachquarter;sidespanelledwithgiltborderconsistingofswag,dot, floralsprayanddottedscalloprolls,seméroundelsanddots,centralpanelwith‘herringbone’

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designofflowersandfeathers;boardedgesandturn-inswithgiltzig-zagroll,brassclaspsand catchesoneachvolume,green,pink,andgiltDutchfloralendpapers,frontfreeendpaperofvol. iloose,Wardingtonbookplateonbackpastedown,contemp.owner’ssignature(A.M.J.Clarke) onversooffrontflyleaves,greensilk-markersinbothvolumes,a.e.g.,an‘O’for‘OldTestament’ andan‘N’for‘NewTestament’onfore-edgeofeachrespectivevolume,verygood(Herbert638: WingB499) £2,500.00

Queens’ Binder A 7. (Bible. English.) THEHOLYBIBLE, diligentlyComparedandRevisedbyhisMajestiesSpecial command.JohnBill&ChristopherBarker.676,textindouble-columns,pagesbrownedand foxedthroughout,somewaterstainingtocentralleaves,99addedengravedplatesofBiblical scenesmostlynumberedbutnotinsequence,platesallremarkablybright,unpaginated,8vo.   [Boundafter]  TheBookofCommonPrayer...PrintedbytheassignsofJohnBill,andChristopherBarker... 67,titleprintedwithindoublelineborder,indouble-column,unpaginated,lacksC2-C7,8vo.   [and]  ThewholebookofPsalms:collectedintoEnglishMeeterbyThomasSternhold,JohnHopkins, andothers...PrintedbyT.R....669,titleprintedwithintypographicornamentborder,indouble column,pp.[ii]+78,8vo.  Boundtogetherincontemp.blackmoroccobyQueens’BinderA,minorrubbingtoextremities, backstripdividedinto6compartmentsbygiltscrollandflorettedecoratedraisedbands, compartmentsdecoratedwithgiltfoliagecorner-piecesforminglozengeshapedframeenclosing dottedfleurons,raisedbandsrubbed,shortsplitatfootoffrontjoint;sideswithgiltfleuron andsunburstrollborder,enclosinganalloversilverandgolddesignofdrawerhandletoolsand dottedfleurons,silveroxidised,giltencircledflowerrollonturnins,a.e.g.,marbledendpapers, ownershipsignatureonfly-leaf,good(Herbert727) £3,000.00

Scottish binding 8. (Bible.) THEHOLYBIBLE, containingtheOldandNewTestaments,Newlytranslatedoutofthe originaltongues.Edinburgh:RichardWatkins.744,title-pagewithindoubleruledborder, textindouble-columnsthroughout,somebrowningtoleavesthroughoutandinparticular tolaterleavesinsecondvolume,unpaginated,2mo.,onevolumeboundastwoincontemp. Scottishblackmorocco,backstripdividedintocompartmentsbygiltdecoratedraisedbands, compartmentstooledwithdottedsaltiresenclosingfleuronsandroundels;sidespanelledwith houndstoothrollouterborder,seedheadtool,fleuron,andseméroundelsborderwithinthis; centralpanelwithlargeteardroptoolborder,filledwithoverlappingroundelsandfleurons, edgesandturn-insdecoratedbygiltzig-zagborders,jointsofsecondvolumejustsplittingbut strong,greenprintedstrapworkandfoliatepastedowns,twolaterowners’namesonfore-margin ofupperpastedown,lacksbinder’sinitialblanktovol.i,LordWardington’sbookplateonrectoof lowerblankinbothvolumes,modernSolanderdoublebookformqtr.greenmoroccobox,good  £3,500.00

9. (Binding.) [ALLESTREE(Richard)] Thelivelyoraclegiventous.Orthe Christiansbirth-rightandduty,inthecustodyanduseoftheholyscripture. BytheauthoroftheWholeDutyofMan,&c....Oxford:attheTheatre. 678,engravedadditionaltitle-page,pressdevice(Sheldonian)ontitle- page,lightlydustsoiled,imprimaturleafpresent,pp.[xii],226,[],8vo. in4’s,finelyboundincontemp.crushedandpolishedblackmorocco,an Oxfordbinding(seenote),minorrubbing,backstripwithgiltdecorated raisedbands,minorexpertrepairtohead,unlettered,compartments giltpanelled,eachwithcorner-piecevoluteterminatinginbird’shead, andcentralquatrefoilformedfromvolutetools;sideswithdoublegilt filletborder,jaggedbordercontainingvoluteornaments,friezeandbase columnsmadeupoffilletsanddrawerhandletools,ovalmassedvolutes, parrotheadsandleavesaroundacentralornament,corner-piecesofsprays

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andstrawberrytools,borderswithsemédotsandstars,leaftoolrepeatedfourtimes;a.e.g, marbledendpapers,good(Madan369i:WingA49) £1,000.00 Theuseofacentraloval,floralvolutesandparrot-headtoolareallhallmarksoftheNavalBinder andhisimitators(activeintheperiod670-690),withwhoseworkthisOxfordbindingbears somecomparison.ThisbookatonetimebelongedtotheeighteenthcenturybookcollectorEdward Collingwood.Amanuscript(possiblygift)poemontheversooftheengravedtitle-pageissignedwith hischaracteristic‘E.C.’anddated‘Augtthe9th732’.

Queens’ Binder ‘B’ 20. (Binding.) BOOKOFCOMMONPRAYER.FRENCH. LaLiturgiec’estadire,leformulairedesprieres publiques,del’administrationdessacremens,etdesautresceremonies...[TranslatedbyJohn Durel.]PourRobertScott...678,title-pageacancel,unobtrusivemarksonC8rindicating somethingpastedhavingbeenliftedoff(prayerstolatermonarch?‘Guillaume’inmanuscriptin themargin),imprimatur-leafprecedingengravedadditionaltitle-pagewithmanuscriptpoem andinitialsofEdwardCollingwoodon‘verso’,pp.[xlviii],489,[],2mo.,contemp.crushedand polishedredmorocco,bytheQueens’BinderB,backstripslightlydulledandfaded,extremities lightlyrubbed,smallstripmissingfromfootofbinder’spreliminaryblank,backstripwithgilt decoratedraisedbands,unlettered,compartmentspanelled,andtooledwithlargecentralvolute (seenote)andcornerroundels;sideswithoverallpatternofdrawerhandletoolsformingloose lozengecentralpanelcontainingdottedfleuronsandvolutesarrangedincruciformshape,dotted fleuroncorner-pieces,seméroundelsandballs;giltrollonboardedgesandturn-ins,marbled endpapers,a.e.g.(dulled),good(Maggs966.58:Nixon42:WingB3649B) £950.00 TheQueens’BinderwassonamedbyG.D.Hobsonin‘BindingsinCambridgeLibraries’becauseboth CatherineofBraganzaandMaryofModenaownedexamplesofthesebindings.Infactthetermshould almostcertainlybeappliedtofourseparatepeople.Fromtimetotimeattemptshavebeenmadeto identifythembyname,butintheabsenceofcertaintytheyhavebeenassignedletters. Thepresentbindingisinastylefavouredbyanumberofbinders,apartfromtheQueens’binder,atthis period.Designsbythe‘DevotionalBinder’andJohnHarding,forexample,areverysimilar.Wehave settledon‘Queens’Binder‘B’onthebasisofthedottedvolutetoolwhichoccupiesthecompartments ofthebackstrip,andisusedagain,backtoback,toformfourheartshapes,arrangedasacrossinthe centreofthesides.Allthebindersmentionedaboveusedaversionofthistool,butitisonlyonthe bindingsofQueens’Binder‘B’thatitispreciselythesame.Thereareotherindications.Thequatrefoil fleurons,forexample,inthecornersofthesides(andelsewhere)arecharacteristicofQueens’Binder ‘B’,butperhapsnotsufficientlydifferentfromtheversionsusedbyotherstoformaproof.

2. Boccaccio (Giovanni) TheDecameron,ortendays’entertainment...translatedfromtheItalian. TowhichareprefixedremarksonthelifeandwritingsofBoccaccio;andanadvertisementby theauthorofOldNick,aPieceoffamilyBiography&c.J.F.Dove,forR.PriestleyandW.Clarke. 820,half-titlepresent,engravedfrontispieceportrait,offset,scatteredfoxmarks,pp.579,8vo., contemp.halfcalf,backstripgilt,redmoroccolabelwithgiltlettering,t.e.g.,bookplateofA.H. Dickinson,good £150.00 Amodernisedversionofanananonymoustranslationfirstprintedin74.Therevisions,alongwith newprefatoryessays,wereprovidedbyEdwardDubois,ajournalistandwitnowbestrememberedfor hisvarioussatires,includingoneonWilliamGodwin.

22. Boethius (Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus) DeConsolationePhilosphiaeliber.Epistola adlectorem,cumauthorisuita.QuædeBoetianiscarminibustradiditNicolausPerottus. CentimetrumSeruiiGrammatia.Basle:ThomasWolf.522,titlewithinawoodcutarchitectural border,smallareaofrubbingtoedgeofborder,decorativewoodcutintitals,thelargerones enclosingplayinghares,largewoodcutprinter’sdeviceonthelastleaf,ff.[4],88,[4],8vo., modernquartercalfandmarbledboards,thebackstripruledinblind,good(AdamsB2292)  £1,000.00 Boethius(c.475-c.525),celebratedphilosopherandRomanconsul,completed‘Deconsolatione philosophiae’inprisontowardstheendofhislife,whenhehadfallenintodisgraceafterbeing

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involvedinaplotagainsttherulerofRome.Inthisworkwhichwasinfluentialworkthroughoutthe MiddleAges,hesoughttoestablishabridgebetweenclassicalphilosophyandChristianscholastic thought.Theworkattractedalargenumberofcommentatorsandimitators,inspiredphilosophyas wellasliterature,andwasconsideredmostsuitableforuseinschools.Italsoinspiredgreatauthors likeChaucerandDante.Theadditionaltreatiseswerebasicsourcesforideasontheorganisationof educationandthedutiesofstudents,and,especiallyduringtheRenaissance,onallquestionsrelating toeducation.

23. Boissard (Jean Jacques) VitæetIconesSultanorumTurcicorum,principumPersarum aliorumq[ue],illustriumHeroumHerionarumq[ue]:abOsmaneusq[ue]MahometemII.Ad vivumexantiquisMettalliseffictæ,primumexCo[n]sta[n]tinopolid.Imp.Ferdi[n]dooblatæ nuncdescriptæ&Tetrascichissuccinctisiluustratæ.Frankfurt:TheodordeBry.596,fine engravedtitleshowingSultansandbattlesceneswithanengravedportraitoftheauthoronthe verso,47beautifullyengravedportraits,eachenclosedbyawideborderwitharchitecturalscroll work,thesideswithallkindsofanimals,birds,flowers,etc.,decorativeinitials,byTHEODOR DEBRY,pp.[x],336,[5],sm.4to.,eighteenthcenturysprinkledcalf,thebackstrippanelledin giltwithfiveraisedbandsandgiltlettering,bookplateofWoodsideLibrary,fine(AdamsB2345; GraesseI,475;BrunetI,069) £7,500.00 Brunetdescribesthisworkas:‘rareetassezrecherché’.Certainlytheskill,detailandhumanityof theengravedportaitsofthenotablesoftheTurkishEmpireisstunning,andthebordersmakeeacha workofart.TheodordeBry(528-598)camefromalineofjewellersandengravers.Havingescaped persecutionhemovedtoFrankfurt,andwithhissons,establishedonofthemostsignificantpublishing firms.Hisouputwasremarkableforthequalityofthecopper-engraving,ofwhichthezenithwashis setofVoyages.

24. Book of Common Prayer and administration of the sacraments.Andotherritesand ceremoniesoftheChurchofEngland[ContinuouslycollatedwithThePsalter.]RobertBarker &JohnBill.620,title-pageandcalendarprintedinblackandred,titlewithinwoodcutborder (browned),edgesoffirstfewleavesslightlyfrayed,woodcutinitialsthoughout,largewoodcut initialatheadoffirstpsalm,printedmusicwithsomepsalms,leavesbrownedwithsmalltearsto title-page,A-Z8,Aa-Hh8,4to.in8’s(STC6354)   [Boundwith]  ThewholebookofPsalmes:collectedintoEnglishmeeterbyThomasSternhold,JohnHopkins, andothers...PrintedfortheCompanieofStationers.620,titleprintedwithinstrapworkpanel, printedindoublecolumn,someprintedmusic,ff.[i],89,[6],4to.in8’s(STC2570)contemp. Londonbrowncalf,expertlyrebacked,cornersrepaired,backstripfilledwithnetofstylised foliatescrollsandvolutés;sideswithlargetriangularreversedstrapworkcorner-piecesand centralstrapworkovalcartouche,groundbetweenfilledwithgiltdots,boardedgeswithnarrow ovalballroll,lacksties,eighteenthcenturyendpapers(slightlysoiled),bookticketofRevd. R.G.S.Browne,giltedgesgauffered(contemp.withbinding)withlargepatternofvolutésand dots,good(ESTCS2300) £5,500.00 LikeHetherington22.20b,thepresentcopyhasanearliersettingofgatheringCwithwhatSTC describesas‘theuniqueendingofCr,lineone,“MorningandEve-/”’(seemingly,sincethisisanother copy,itisnot‘unique’)whereasothercopiesarecorrectedto‘Morning/’. AboldandattractivebindingwhichhasagreatdealincommonwiththeidentifiedbindingonaBasel publishedSpanishBibleof569,soldbySotheby’sinNovember2002,anEnglishbindingbyJohn Bateman(seealsoMaggs.)ThisexamplemaybealittlelateforBateman,buttheinfluenceisclear.The centre-pieceonthesidesisPearsoncentre-piecexlv,anotherexampleistobefoundonHenryDavis GiftII,no.28.

25. Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ... TogetherwiththePsalteror PsalmsofDavid.WilliamPickering[andCharlesWhittingham].853,largetitlebordershowing thetreeofJesse,portraitofQueenElizabeth,eachpagewithornamentalborderbyMaryByfield, ownershipsignaturesonfrontfreeendpaper,pp.[708],8vo.,fulldarkbluecrushedlevant

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morocco,thespinepanelledingiltwithgiltrulingandlozenges,brownmoroccotitlelabelwith giltletteringinthesecondcompartment,thesideswithtriplegiltfilletborders,a.e.g.,marbled endpapers,fine £550.00 WilliamPickeringisrememberedforhismemorableproductions,manyofthemofexceptionalartistic quality.ThisreprintofQueenElizabeth’sPrayerBookof569hassomeoftheallureofthesixteenth centuryedition,inpartbecauseofthequalityoftheworkofMaryByfield(795-87).She‘workedfor theChiswickPressnearlyherentirelife,andhercontributionsplayedalargepartinthelooksofmany ofthesmallerPickeringeditions.Forthisvolumeshecutover00blocks,mostlyafterthedesignsby Holbein,Durer,Toryandothers,butincludinghercontemporaryCharlotteWhittingham,althoughit isnexttoimpossibletotellwhicharetheolddesigns,andwhichthenew.Thecutsharmonizeperfectly withthetype(whichisCaslon)andthissmalltomeisatriumphofprintingaswellasofillustrationand typography’.(McLean;VictorianBookDesign).

26. A Book of Valuations ofalltheEcclesiasticallPrefermentsinEnglandandWales.NP.680, FIRSTEDITION,titleandlastleafsoiledandbrittleattheedges,repairstoblankmarginsoflast leaf,eighteenthcenturyownershipsignatureontheversoofthelastleafoftext,then6pp.of contemp.manuscriptnoteswithdetailsofvariousdioceses,contemp.manuscriptlistonlastleaf, pp.[iv],383,2mo.,panelledcalfantique,thespinewithfiveraisedbands,ruledingiltandwith giltletteringinthesecondcompartment,good(WingB372) £300.00 Themanuscriptnotesattheendgiveinterestingdetails:‘TheArchBpofCant.asMetropolitanhath underhim2SuffraganBps,whereof7areinEngland&4inWales.Asdiocesanhehathsomepartof Kenttoyenumberof257parishes.’

27. Boulainvilliers (Count [Henri] de) ThelifeofMahomet.Translated fromtheFrenchoriginal...W.Hinchcliffe.73,FIRSTENGLISHEDITION, unobtrusivewormingattailoffirstfiveleavesexpertlyrepaired, occasionallightsoiling,pp.[viii],viii,400,8vo.,modernsprinkled calf,backstripwithraisedbandsbetweengiltrules,giltletteredred moroccolabelinsecondcompartment,doublegiltfilletborderon sides,sprinklededges,good £300.00 OneoftheearliestbiographiesoftheProphetMuhammedwrittenin WesternEurope.BoulainvillierscomparedMuhammedwithAlexander theGreatandJuliusCaesarforthecivilisednatureofhisconductandthe greatnessofhisvision.

28. Bower (Archibald, Editor ) HistoriaLitteraria:or,anexactandearlyAccountofthemost valuableBookspublishedintheseveralPartsofEurope...WithacompletealphabeticalIndex. [Threevolumes].ForN.Prevost.73/32alphabeticalindextoeachvol.,occasionalminor foxing,dampstainingtoafewloweredgesinvol.ii,pp.[viii],59,[2];[ii],596,[22];[ii],604, [24],8vo.,qtr.calfantique,withvellumfore-edgesandmarbledboards,thebackstripswithfive raisedbands,moroccolabelwithgiltletteringinthesecondcompartment,contemp.engraved armorialbookplatesofJamesAbercromby,good £350.00 AnEnglishliteraryperiodicalwhichcontinueduntil734;thefirstthreevolumes(asabove)eachwith 6numbersofmonthlyreview,thefourthwith5. ArchibaldBower,historicalwriterandreligiouscontroversalistcontributedtoseveralotherprojects, includingtheambitiousideaofpublishingamonthlyhistoryoftheworld(‘AnUniversalHistory’)and underhisindividualauthorship,‘HistoryofthePopes’.

Good Ministry from the Quakers 29. Bownas (Samuel) DescriptionoftheQualificationsnecessarytoaGospelMinister,containing AdvicetoMinistersandElders,howtoconductthemselvesintheirconversation,andvarious Services,accordingtotheirGiftsintheChurchofChrist.PrintedattheBibleinGeorge-Yard,[by LukeHinde].767,earlyinscriptionoftheQuakerMeetinginPooleattheheadofthetitle,pp.

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i-vi,7-2,8vo.,contemp.polishedpanelledcalf,theunletteredbackstripwithfiveraisedbands, minorrubbing,verygood £180.00 Bownasfirstpublishedthisessayin750,distillingfiftyyearsofexperienceasanintinerantQuaker preacher.HemadetwosubstantialtripstoAmericain702and726anddiedin753attheageof77.

Kinetics of Chemical Reactions 30. Boyle (Robert) NewExperimentsandObservationstouchingCold,oranexperimentalHistory ofCold,...TowhichareaddedanExamenofAntiperistalsis,andanExamenofMr.Hobs’s DoctrineaboutCold.JohnCrook.665,FIRSTEDITION,2engravedplates,onefolding,chieflyof thermometers,tearrepairedatfold,theotherofanItaliansnowpit,titleprintedinredandblack andwithindoubleruledborder,lightlybrownedandslightlybrittleattheedges,withsmalltear tothisandthe‘TotheReader’leaf,bothneatlyrepaired,advertisementleavesafter2Y4and3f2, afewedgestouchedbydamp,ContentsleavesboundbeforePreface,pp.[lx],696,[4],697-845, [2],54,[8],8vo.,contemp.calf,rebacked,spinewithfourraisedbands,ruledingilt,andwith giltletteringinthesecondcompartment,good(Fulton70) £4,000.00 Boyle’sstatureintermsoftheearlyhistoryofideasismademoresignificantwiththisworkonwhat hasbecomethermodynamics.‘Thetreatiseon‘Cold’isamilestoneinthehistoryofchemistrysinceit appliesaquantitativetool,namelythethermometer,toastudyoftheinteractionofelementalsubstances andmixtures(Fulton).Notonlydoesheaccountfortheprocessoffreezing,butalsoprovesthaticehas asmallerspecificgravitythanwater(andsomustexpandonfreezing).Theworkissignificanttoofor thelargenumberofphysiologicalobservations,includingthatfrogsandfishcouldbefrozeniniceand revivedifslowlythawed,andthatextremecoldpreventedputrefactionofanimaltissues,andcouldbe usedforthepreservationofmeat(op.cit).Boyle’swritingscontainingtheseexperimentswerealsoan importantsourceforLocke’swell-knowndistinctionbetweenprimaryandsecondaryqualities. BoylehadcloseconnectionswithOxford,movingherearound656andjoiningthelivelygroupof naturalphilosopherscenteredonWadhamCollegeundertheauspicesofWardenJohnWilkins;the groupalsoincludedsuchfiguresastheAnglicanphysicianThomasWillis.Thesignificanceofthis groupforthelaterdevelopmentofEnglishsciencehasoftenbeenemphasized,anditclearlyhada majorimpactonBoyle.Itwasnowthatheseriouslyconfrontedthewritingsofthemajorcontinental naturalphilosophers,notablyGassendiandDescartes,refiningandmodernizingtheideasthathehad acquiredfromtheessentiallyRenaissanceauthorswhomhehadencounteredearlierinthedecade. Inaddition,itseemsthatatthistimeBoylediscoveredmoreoftheintrinsicinterestofknowledge aboutthenaturalworld,asagainsttheapologeticmotivesthathaddominatedhisinitialespousalof experimentallearningearlierinthe650s.(OxfordDNB)

English Cookery 3. Briggs (Richard) TheEnglishArtofCookery,accordingtothepresentPractice;beingacomplete GuidetoallHousekeepersonaPlanentirelynew;consistingofthirty-eightChapters...With BillsofFareforeveryMonth...Secondedition.G.G.J.andJ.Robinson.79,titlewithafew foxmarksandslightlysoiled,preliminariesalittlemarkedwithpurpleink,2engravedBillsof Fare,pp.iv,xx,656,8vo.,modernspeckledhalfcalf,spinepanelledwithgiltfilletsandwithfive raisedbands,giltlettering,marbledboards,good(cf.Oxfordp.5/6) £750.00 Thefirsteditionofthisextensivecookerybookwaspublishedin788.Itincludesa‘CatalogueofThings inSeason’‘DirectionsforseafaringMen’,achapteron‘MadeWinesandCordials’,andoneonBrewing.

32. Bright (George) ATreatiseofPrayer.WithseveralObservationsandsomelargeDigressions concerningtheJudaicalObservationsoftheLord’sDay,theexternalWorshipofGod,&c. ForJohnWright.678,contemp.ownershipinscriptionontheversoofthetitle-page,titlea littlesoiled,extremecornersoffirstfewleavesrepaired,minorstainingtoafewoutermargins, publisher’slistonlastleaf,pp.[48],422,[2],8vo.,halfcalfantique,thebackstripwithfive blind-ruledraisedbands,redmoroccolabelwithgiltlettering,good(WingB4677;ESTCR00)  £300.00 ThomasBrightwasRectorofLoughboroughinLeicestershire,andhereputshisexperiencetogood use.

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33. [Bronte (Charlotte)] JaneEyre:anAutobiography.Newedition.ByCurrerBell.[pseud.]Smith, Elder.857,dedicationleafwithcontemp.ownershipsignature,title-pagealittlestained,pp. [viii],467,4,(publishers’catalogue),8vo.,orig.orangecloth,letteredinblackonthebackstrip andfrontcover,fadedandtheedgesalittlerubbed,sound £150.00 Thisisactuallythesixthedition:thefirstwasin847,therefollowedtwoeditonsin848,thefourthin 850,andthefifthin855.Thisisthefirstinwhichtheauthor’snameappearsintheadvertisements.

34. Brontë Sisters. TheNovels[andMrsGaskell’sLifeofCharlotteBrontë].ThorntonEdition. EditedbyTempleScott.[2Vols.]Edinburgh:Grant.9,half-titlesandtitlesinblackandred, 66gravureandhalf-toneplates(views,portraits,facsimiles),attractivelyprintedonlaidpaper, roy.8vo.,orig.greenbuckram,backstripsletteredanddecoratedingilt,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed, afewfoxmarkstotheedges,averygoodandbrightset £500.00 CharlotteBrontë’s‘Life’co-editedbyB.W.Willett.

A scarce but prudent cookery book 35. Brooks (Catharine) ThecompleteEnglishCook;orprudentHousewife.Beinganentirenew collectionofthemostgenteel,yetleastexpensivereceiptsineverybranchofcookeryand goodhousewifery.Viz.roasting,boiling,stewing,ragoos,soups,sauces,fricaseys,pies,tarts, puddings,cheesecakes,custards,jellies,potting,candying,collaring,pickling,preserving,mead wines,&c.Togetherwiththeartofmarketing.Anddirectionsforplacingdishesontablefor entertainments...Thewholemadeeasytothemeanestcapacity,andfarmoreusefultoyoung beginnersthananybooksofthekindeverpublished...Towhichisaddedthephysicaldirectory; beingneartwohundredsafeandcertainreceiptsforthecureofmostdisordersincidenttothe humanbody.Alsothewholeartofclear-starching,ironing&c.Thirdedition.FortheAuthoress, andsoldbyJ.Cooke.[772],SIGNEDBYTHEAUTHORontheprintednoteofauthentication ontheversoofthetitle-page,andwithahand-stampbythebookseller,J.Cooke,engraved frontispiece,strengthenedalongtheinnermarginoftheblankrecto,signatureonthetitle-page ofMaryJenkins,dated777,numerousotherearlysignatureandpentrialsonflyleaves,some lightsoilingatthebeginningandend,24-pagebookseller’scatalogueattheend,pp.32,24 (catalogue),2mo.,contemp.qtr.calfunlettered,marbledboards,cornersworn,sound(ESTC N55503;Oxfordp.93/94;cf.Bittingp.6/62;cf.Cagle585) £1,100.00 SignedbyCatharineBrooksontheversoofthetitle-page.ThisscarcethirdeditionofBrooks’popular cookerybookwaspublished‘withtheadditionofagreatvarietyofmadedishes,&c.’Thefirstedition isnotlistedinanyofthestandardbibliographies,orESTC;anundatedsecondeditionseemstoexistin twovariants,onewiththePrefacedated762,theotherwiththePrefacedated767.Inthis,thethird edition,thedateofthePrefacehasbeenchangedtoJanuary25,772.Allearlyeditionsofthebookare veryscarce.ESTClistsonlyonecopyofthethirdedition,alongwithfourcopiesofthesecondedition, ofwhichthefirsttwoareimperfect,andfourcopiesoftheundatedfourthedition.

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36. Bull (J[ohn], Rev.) SermonsontheFiftyFirstPsalm,withothersonDoctrinal&Practical Subjects...Longman,Hurst,etal.824,SOLEEDITION,contemp.ownershipsignatureofMartha Rawlinsonatoftitle-page,fewpageswithminorfoxing,pp.[ii],xx,[ii],384,8vo.,finely boundincontemp.darkpurplemorocco,forW.Perryman,withhisticket,extremitiesslightly rubbed,backstripwithwidelowgiltdecoratedraisedbands,giltlettereddirectinsecondand fourthcompartments,remaindergiltpanelledwithsixlineborderandvariousflower,volute, androundeltools;sideswithgiltdoublefilletouterborder,wideinnerborderofsevengiltfillets andelaboratevolutecorner-pieces,innerborderbetweenblindtriplefillets,lowersideslightly faded,giltsinglefilletonboardedges,giltrollonturn-ins,lilacendpapers,bookplateofThomas KnowlysParronfrontpastedown,a.e.g.,verygood£185.00 NotinNUC.CharlesHaddonSpurgeoncommentedthattheworkwas“anotherspecimenof sermonspublishedbysubscription.Thepoorcuratewasnodoubtthebetterfortheprofits,and nobodywasanytheworse.ClipstonChurchwasnotsetonfirebytheflamingeloquenceofthe preacher,norwasthecountrydisturbedbyanyfanaticalexcitementproducedbyhisexcessive zeal.”Containstwentydiscourses,sixonthefifty-firstPsalm,theremainingfourteenondifferent importantsubjects.Scarce.

‘The Perfumed Garden’ in English 37. Burton (Sir Richard F., translator) ThePerfumedGardenoftheCheikhNefzaoui.AManual ofArabianErotology(XVI.Century)[byAl-Nefzawi,UmaribnMuhammed].Revisedand correctedTranslation.Cosmopoli[London]:fortheKamaShastraSocietyofLondonand Benares,andforPrivatecirculationonly.886,thehalf-titlebrowned,pp.xv,256,8vo.,orig. bevel-edgedvellumoverboards,backstripwithgiltlettering,coverswithsinglegiltfilletborders, afewsmallspots,fore-andloweredgesuntrimmed,verygood(Penzerpp.73-75) £800.00 ItisperhapsunderstandablethatthisfamousworkontheArabartoflove,inessenceaSixteenth CenturyIslamicsexmanual,hasanerraticpublishinghistory,althoughitspopularityensuresthat itisstillpublishedtoday.‘ThePerfumedGarden’wastranslatedintoFrench,andaneditionofonly 25copiesissuedin876.Burton’sEnglisheditionincludessectionsdrawndirectlyfromtheoriginal Arabicmanuscript,whichwerenotincludedintheFrenchtranslation.AccordingtoPenzertherewas anedition,issuedinparts,oftheEnglishtranslationbyBurton,alsodated886,butitappearstobe sorarethatPenzerhimselfhadneverseenit.Theaboveisthe‘authorised’asopposedtothepirated edition,whichwasissuedinthesameyear,butwithdifferentspelling,‘Sheikh’,onthetitle,and printedindifferentink.

38. Busby (Thomas) ACompleteDictionaryofMusic.SecondEdition,withadditionsand improvements.RichardPhillips806,foldingplateofmusic,advertisementleaf,publisher’s catalogueatend,oneortwoedgesshaved,pp.viiiandixwithafewletterslostfromadhesion, smallinkstaintooneleafpp.xxxiii,[ii],[300],[3],8vo.,contemp.treecalf,rebackedpreserving originalbackstrip,panelledingilt,redmoroccolabelwithgiltlettering,cornersneatlyrepaired, good £160.00 Apocket-sizeddictionaryofmusicalterms,instruments,etc.,withanintroductiononmusicaltheory.

Authorial inscription to W.H. Laverty 39. Carroll (Lewis [i.e.C.L.Dodgson]) TheGameofLogic.Macmillan.887,FIRSTPUBLISHED EDITION,PRESENTATIONCOPY,inscribedbytheauthoronthehalf-titleinhiscustomaryviolet ink,‘W.H.LavertyfromtheAuthorMar./87’,includingtheoriginalprintedenvelopeforthe game(withthetitleandimprint),theoriginal‘board’toplay,onbuffcard(thedesignofwhichis repeatedonthefrontispiece)thenineoriginalcounters,fourpinkandfivegrey,andamourning cardalsoaddressedtoLaverty(inanotherhand),pp.xii,96,8vo.,originalpublishers’redcloth, thebackstripletteredverticallyingilt,theuppercovertitleingilt,thebackstriplightlysoiled, loweredgestouchedbydamp,redcrushedmoroccosolandercase,marbledlining,verygood (Williams,Madan&Green96) £2,500.00 Thepresentee,WallaceHayLaverty(847-928),wasaFellowandmathematicalLectureratQueen’s, Oxford.CarrollwaslectureratChristChurch,anditisobviousthetwokneweachotherwell.Laverty

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wasauthorandeditorofmanymathematicalworksandinvolvedintheLondonMathematicalSociety. NotonlydoesheappearinCarroll’sdiaries,buttheBerolCollectioncontainsthreeletterstoLaverty, twoonlogic(datedApril2nd878andApril9th882)andoneother(datedMarch28th878).

40. Carroll (Lewis [i.e. C. L. Dodgson]) SymbolicLogic.PartIElementary[allpublished].Second edition.[Withtheseparatecardandcounterstobeusedwiththebook].Macmillan.896,half- title,frontispieceshowingtheworkingoutofasyllogism,titlewiththepublisher’sblindstamp ‘presentationcopy’atthefoot,publishers’catalogueattheend,p.xxxi,92,[3]:card(measuring 78x95mm.)and4circularcounters,8vo.,originalrussetcloth,thetitleandauthor’snamein blackletteringwithindoubleblackrulesontheuppercover,flatspine,edgeslightlyrubbed,light

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soiling:theaccompanyingcardandcountersintheoriginalenvelopewiththetitleanddetails printedononeside,theupperandloweredgeslightstained,andtheupperextremityfrayed whereitstandsproudofthebook,good(Williams,Madan&Green270a&27) £1,300.00 Dodgsonattached‘specialvalue’to‘SymbolicLogic’(Letters)becausehehopeditwouldleadtoclearer judgementsand,and,atthetime,therewasconsiderablevogueforthebook.Withitwereissueda card,apamphletandninecounters,fourred/pinkandfivegrey.Itisremarkablethatinthiscasethere isactuallyanexcess:sevenpinkandsevengreycounters.Thebibliography(op.cit)describesallthe latterasrare.Itseemsinfactthattheaccompanyingpamphletofeightpages(notpresent)isevenrarer, possiblybecauseitwassoslight. Originallyintendedtoconsistofthreeparts,‘SymbolicLogic’,inwhichDodgsonsoughttopopularize FormalLogicandaccuracy,wasonlypublishedinPartI.Thesecondeditionhassomecorrectionsand anewPrefacedatedMay896.

4. (Carroll.) BOYD(William) Thesongsfrom“Alice’sAdventuresinWonderland”...Themusic composedbyWilliamBoyd.[Cataloguedfromwrapper.]Weekes&Co.8 70,lithographed throughout,foxed,dustsoiled,twoshortclosedtearsinedgesofdedicationleaf,pp.[ii],0, oblong4to.,orig.printedwhitewrappers,fourshortclosedtearsinedgesofwrappers, lithographedgildingdulledtobrown,sound(Williams,Madan&Green78;Parrishp.20)  £550.00 ‘Dodgsonwroteadditionallinestooneofthepoemsexpresslyforthisbookofsongs.Onturningtothe Prefacewefindthat’...Theauthorofthewordshasbeengoodenoughtoaddtooneofthepoems,so thatifonnoothergroundthispublicationwillbevaluableinasmuchasithasfurnishedthecharming absurdityabouttheDuckandtheDodo,theLizardandCata-swimminginmilkroundthebrimofa ’.(Williamsetal.)TherearevariationsofthefirsteditionWilliams(TheLewisCarrollHandbook) wasunabletodecidewhichisthefirstandintheendoptedfortheformasitwasenteredatthe Stationers’Hall,andsenttothecopyrightlibraries.Thepresentcopyconformstothisissue.

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Caslon’s distinguished typefaces 42. (Caslon.)POETRYOFNATURE,comprising,aSelectionofthemostsublimeandbeautiful Apostrophes,Songs,Histories,Elegies,&c.fromtheWorksofCaledonianBards.The typographicalExecutioninaStyleentirelynew,anddecoratedwiththesuperbOrnaments,ofthe celebratedCaslon.[CompiledbyMaryPotter].[Colophon:TypisJ.P.Cooke].[c.790],thetitle printedasatypographicalspecimenwithvarioustypes,undatedpreliminaryaddress,thetext printedinadecorativeitalictypewith‘copperplate’styleflourishesandwithornamentalhead- andtail-pieces,afewscatteredfoxmarks,thetitlewithanownershipstampatthefootofthe blankmargin,alittlelightstainingattheend,pp.[ii],2(subscribers’list),viii,84,4to.,modern quartercalf,withvellumcornersandgreyboards,uncut,good(ESTCT999) £1,200.00 Ascarcebookwhosefunctiondespiteitstitle,wastoexhibitCaslon’stypographicalprowess.It appearstohavebeenpublishedintwoissues,oneofc.789,withanincompletelistofsubscribers, datedpreliminaryaddress,andnocolophon.Thereareoneortwomorecopiessurvivingofthis issue,judgingbyinternationallibraryholdings,thantheabove.Onlyonecopy,issueunidentified,is recordedashavingcometoauctionsincetherecordsbegan.‘Caslon’sworkmarksaturning-pointin Englishtype-founding...Heintroducedintohisfontsaqualityofinterest,avarietyofdesign,anda delicacyofmodelling(Updike,II,0etseq.).Hisprofoundlyinfluentialtypedesignsarenotablefor beingbothdistinguishedandlegible.HavingbegunbydesigninganArabictypeforSPCK,hewent ontoestablishhisowntypefoundry,and‘arrivedtothatperfection,asnotonlytofreeusfromthe necessityofimportingtypesfromHolland,butinthebeautyandeleganceofthosemadebyhimsofar surpassedthebestproductionsofforeignartificers,thathistypeshavenotunfrequentlybeenexported tothecontinent.’(Nichols,37n.)

Oriental Gardening 43. Chambers (Sir William) ADissertationonOrientalGardening.TheSecondedition,with additions.TowhichisannexedandexplanatoryDiscoursebyTanChet-Qua,ofQuang-Chew- Fu.W.GriffinandT.Davies,773,firsttitle(dated772)withlargeengravedvignetteand dedicationleafwithlargeengravedhead-piece,bothbyBartolozziafterG.B.Cipriani,firsttitle anddedicationleafwithlowerblankmarginsdampstained,pp.vi,xi,2-63,4to.,contemp. greenhalfroan,thespinepanelledwithgiltGreekkey-patternrolls,verticallettering,marbled boards,alittlerubbed,good(Henrey54-9&548) £550.00 ThisworkissignificantforChambers’‘veryinterestingideasonplanting’,whichweremorethana centuryaheadoftheirtime(Henrey).‘Chambers’publicationalsocreatedgreatinterestabroad,and theideastheauthorputforwardfurtheredastyleonthecontinentknownasthe‘jardinanglo-chinois’ (op.cit)’. Chambers’reputationwasquicklyestablished,firstasarchitecturaltutortothePrinceofWales,then throughhisdesignsfortemples,bothclassicalandChinese,inKewGardens.Heplayedaleading partintheinstitutionoftheRoyalAcademy,wasappointedSurveyorGeneral,anddesignedSomerset House.

44. Chaucer (William) TheCanterburyTalesofChaucer. Towhichareadded,anEssayuponhisLanguageand Versification;anIntroductoryDiscourse;andNotes.[Five] Volumes.Vol.V.containingaGlossary.T.Payne.775-78, smallinknumeralstotitles,pp.[iv],xxxvi,[ii],30;[iv], 38;[iv],320;[viii],336;[iv],xxvii,290,8vo.,modern halfcalf,thebackstripswithfiveraisedbandsruledingilt, redandolivemoroccolabels,letteredingilt,bookplateof H.S.Harrison(ESTCT7639) £1,300.00 Thisisthefirstprintingoftheimportanteditioneditedby ThomasTyrwhitt,whichwastobereprintedmanytimesin thenineteenthcentury.Itisalsosignificantforincludinga Glossaryinthelastvolume.Trywhitt‘Thetruerestorerof Chaucer,andthefounderofallintelligentstudyofhiswork, wasThomasTyrwhitt(730-786),fellowofMertonCollege,

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Oxford.Tyrwhitthadnotheorytoserveandnoarbitrarystandardtoapply;buthehadacombined knowledgeofclassicalandmedievalliteraturethenprobablyunequalledinEurope,acorrectear,a senseofpoetryandsingularlysanejudgmentstrengthenedanddirectedbylegaltraining.Itisquite astonishing...tofindhowfarhewasinadvancenotmerelyofallhispredecessorsinthestudyof Chaucerbut...ofmanywhohavefollowed...Tyrwhittwasinterestedinthehistoryofverse,asGray hadbeen,andfromhisgrammaticalknowledgeandcriticalsense,hemadeouttheruleofChaucer’s heroicversewhichhadescapednoticefornearlyfourhundredyears.Nootherpieceofmedieval scholarshipinEnglandcanbecomparedwithTyrwhitt’sinimportance....Theartofthegrammarian hasseldombeenbetterjustifedandtherearefewthingsinEnglishphilosophymorenotablethan Tyrwhitt’seditionofChaucer’.(CHEL)

45. Churchill (Winston S.) TheStoryoftheMalakandFieldForce,anEpisode ofFrontierWar.Longmans,Green.898,FIRSTEDITION,firstissuewithout theerrata-slipprecedingtheinitialfolding-map,portraitfrontispiece,2 colourprintedfolding-mapsand5platesofplans,tissue-guardsdiscarded, foxed,pp.xv,336,32(Publisher’slist),cr.8vo.,orig.lime-greencloth, darkenedbackstripgiltlettered,headofbackstripbumped,frontcoveralso giltlettered,withinrectangularindentation,tearalongrearjointneatly pasted,fronthingealittleweak,roughtrimmed,sound(WoodsA(a))  £1,500.00 Looselyinsertedisafoldedleaf,‘SupplementtotheCapeTimes’,datedJune3, 900,(creased),andaninvoiceforthebookfromthe950s.

46. Cicero (Marcus Tullius) DeLegibusLibritres.Recensuit,acPetriVictorii,PauliManucii, LoachimiCamerarii,DionysiiLambini,etFulviiUrsininotis.SuasadjecitJoannesDavisius,Coll. Regin.Cantab.Praeses,acceditHadrianiTurnebiCommentarius.Cambridge:TypisAcadamcis; sumtibus(sic)Corn.Crownfield.727,LargePapercopy,withthenotesandcommentaryprinted intwocolumnsbeneaththetext,pp.[viii],427,8vo.,contemp.mottledcalf,backstripruledin gilt,fiveraisedbands,brownmoroccolabel,coverswithdoublegiltfillets,armorialbookplateof theEarlofMacclesfield,fine(ESTCT3837) £220.00 FirsteditionofCicero’s‘Delegibus’aseditedbyJohnDavies,friendoftheclassicistRichardBentley.

47. Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Opera.ExPetriVictoriicodicibusmaximaexpartedescripta,viriDocti etinrecensendiosauthorishuiusscriptiscauti&perdilentis...EiusdemVictoriiexplicationes suaruminCiceronemcastigationum.[5Partsin2Volumes].Paris:exofficinaRobertiStephani (Estienne).538/39,6title-pageswithlargewoodcutprinter’sdevices,thefirst,general,title creased,oneortwoedgesdampstained,woodcutinitials,pp.[xvi],288,640,[6];46,450,[2], 58,[00],folio,modernspeckledmorocco,backstripspanelledingiltwithrepeatedtooling, sixraisedbandsandmaroonmoroccolabelswithgiltlettering,verygood(AdamsC640;Ebert 4255) £3,200.00 AhandsomeandelegantlyprintedcopyofthesecondprintingofVettori’srespectededition-‘anew andveryvaluablerecensionfromMss.,[and]oldeditions...’(Ebert).ItcomprisesRhetorica(Pt.), Orationes(Pt.2),Epistolae(Pt.3),Philosophica(Pt.4)andExplications(Vettori’sCommentary),andis basedontheGiuntaeditionof534.PietroVettori(499-585),humanist,philosopherandrespected teacher,wasalsonotableforhiseditionsofTerence,AristotleandEuripides.

48. Claudianus (Claudius) Operaquamdiligentissimecastigata,quorumindiceminsequenti paginareperies.Venice:inaedibusAldietAndreaeAsulaniSoceri.[Colophon:MenseMartio, 523],largewoodcutprinter’sdeviceonthetitleandlastleaf(Aldineanchor),76leaves,8vo., contemp.vellum,thespineletteredininkvertically,remnantsofties,alittlesoiled,upperedges rubbed,verygood(Renouard96:AdamsC2073:Ebert4745:MossI,375) £2,500.00 AnunspoiltcopyofthisbeautifullyprintededitionofClaudianus,notableforitsnewcorrections tothetext,editedbyAsulanus,andforbeingthefirstandonlyAldineeditionofClaudianus.Inhis

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prefaceAsulanusassertsthatheisthefirstpublisherofthepoem,‘inHerculanem’andtheepigram,‘de Sirenis’,fromafragmentofveryancientmanuscript.Althoughtheremaybedoubtastotheaccuarcy ofthisstatement,sincebothappeartohavebeenpublishedintheCamerteseditionof50,Ausulanus canbecreditedwithworkingfromtheoriginal,ancientmanuscript.

49. Cooke (Rev. T[homas]) Theuniversalletterwriter;or,newartofpolitecorrespondence.To whichareadded,thecompletepetitioner,formsoflaw,&c.AlsoanewEnglishgrammar... Halifax:PrintedandPublishedbyWilliamMilner,Cheapside.84,half-titlepresent,engraved frontispiece,engravedtitlewithvignetteofseatedfemaleletterwriter,letterpresstitle,faint spottingtopreliminaryandfinalleaves,pp.256,sm.8vo.,orig.olive-greenblindstampedcloth, giltletteredanddecoratedbackstrip,contemp.bookseller’ssmallticketofS.Drayton&Sonsof Exeteratheadoffrontpastedown,yellowchalkedendpapers,good £55.00 Ausefullittleguide,whichremainedinprintforoveracenturyfromthelate700stothetheearly twentiethcentury.ThisMilner-publishedHalifaxeditionof84isnotlocatedbyCOPAC;OCLCstates justonelocation,intheIrishRepublic.

50. Corneille (Pierre) Oeuvres..précédésd’uneNoticesursaVieetsesOuvragesparFontenelle. Paris:Furne&Cie.853,engravedfrontispieceportrait,engravedplatesbyColinafter Bayalos,somedampstainingtotopedgesorcorners,occasionalfoxing,pp.xii,758,8vo.,finely boundinmoderndarkbluecrushedmorocco,thebackstrippanelledwithgiltfillets,withfive raisedbands,andletteredingilt,thesidesornatelygiltwithanouterborderofentwiningstylised foliage,innerdoubleandsinglegiltfilletssurroundingatancrushedmoroccoonlay,a.e.g., moroccoturn-insbyFredG.Wood[unsigned],slipcase,good £280.00 FredWoodtaughtcraftbookbindingattheCentralSchoolforArtandDesigninLondon.

5. Courtenay (Thomas Peregrine) MemoirsoftheLife,Works,andCorrespondenceofSirWilliam Temple,Bart.InTwoVolumes.Longmans,Rees,Orme.836,engravedfrontispieceportrait, foldingpedigree,inkownershipinscriptiononfrontfreeendpaper,pp.xxiv,57;vii,520, 8vo.,contemp.polishedstrawberrycalf,thespinespanelledingilt,withbandsofgilttooling, andthreepanelsinfilledwithblindtooling,brownmoroccotitleandnumerallabelswithgilt lettering,thesidespanelledwithblindfilletsdecoratedwithgiltbordersofvolutésandrules, marblededgesandendpapers,thespinesslightlydarkened,twolabelschipped,verygood  £130.00

52. (Cruikshank.) PointsofHumour;IllustratedbytheDesignsofGeorgeCruikshank.2Parts inOne.C.Baldwyn.823/24,20etchedplatesbyCruickshank,wood-engravedillustrations onletterpress,pp.47,[](imprint);v,[],56,8vo.,laternineteenthcenturydarkolive-green moroccobyanunnamedcraftbinder,backstripgiltruledonraisedbandsanddividedintosix compartments(faintwearatheadandtail),giltlettereddirectinsecondandatfoot,remainder withgiltdecoratedpanels,sideswithgiltfilletasborderandcentralruledpanel(corner-pieces), giltdotrollonboardedges,turn-insgilt,marbledendpapers,a.e.g.,verygoodNotinCohn Catalogue. £120.00

53. Dale (Antonius van) DeOraculisveterumethnicorumDissertationesduæ,...Editiosecunda plurimumadaucta;cuideNovoacceduntDissertatiunculae.Amsterdam:apudHenricum& ViduamTheodoriBoom.700,title-pageprintedinredandblackandwithprinter’sdevice,8 foldingengravedplatesbyRomeyndeHooghe,includingvariousdepictionsoftheoracles,pp. [xxiv],694,[4],4to.,slightlylaterhalfvellumandmarbledboards,inktitlingtothebackstrip, bookplate,good £450.00 DalewasaDutchAnabaptistphysicianofSociniansympathies.ThebookplateisthatofNewYork mentalist,mind-readerandmagician,JosephDunninger(892-975).Ofconsiderablefame,notleast forseekingtoexposethosefraudulentlyengagedinmind-reading,DunningerevenperformedforF.D. Roosevelt,andfrequentlyappearedinpublicperformances.

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54. Dalton (John) ADescriptivePoemaddressedtotwoLadies,attheirReturnfromViewingthe MinesnearWhitehaven.TowhichareaddedsomeThoughtsonBuildingandPlanting,toSir JamesLowther,ofLowther-Hall.J.andJ.Rivington,andR.andJ.Dodsley.755,FIRSTEDITION, decorativehead-pieceatbeginningoftext,pp.viii,35,4to.,modernhalfcalf,thebackstrip letteredverticallyingilt,marbledboards,verygood(ESTCT3720) £750.00 Thepoemexpressesthedelight‘theauthorfeltattheappearanceofthetownandharbourof Whitehavenafteranabsenceofsomewhatlessthanthirtyyears.TheMinesnearthatplaceare remarkableforsomanysingularcircumstances...’(Preface).Itisalsooneoftheveryfirstpoetical descriptionsoftheLakeDistrict.HisverseaccountofthecoalminesinthenorthofEnglandis accompaniedbyinterestingscientificnotesbytheauthor’sfriendWilliamBrownrigg,anoriginal thinkerwhodidimportantresearchonproblemsofmineexplosions,fire-damp,etc.Thenotes,in somecases,quitelengthy,givedetailsofthemines,fire-engines(referredtopoeticallyinthetext),and otherlocalandhistoricaldetail.

A pioneer study in quantitative ecology 55. Darwin (Charles) Theformationofvegetablemould,throughtheactionofworms,with observationsontheirhabits.Fourththousand.JohnMurray.88,ownershipinscriptionon title(W.B.R.Newlands2//24),withanother(dated882)neatlyscoredthroughatheadof contentspage,numerousengravedtextillustrations,pp.vii,326,[2](ads.),8vo.,orig.green cloth,backstripgiltlettered,boardspanelledinblind,chocolateendpapers,verygood(Freeman 360:DSBIII,p.576) £140.00 “Darwin’slastbookconnectedwithplants...publishedonlysixmonthsbeforehisdeathcoversa subjectthathehadstudiedformorethanfiftyyears.Heshowedtheservicesperformedbyearthworms ineatingleavesgrindingearthdownintheirgizzardsandturningitintofertilesoil...Hecalculated fromtheweightofworm-castingsthatononeacreinoneyear’stimeeighteentonsonsoilarebrought uptothesurfacebyworms.”(DSB)

56. Davenant (Sir William) TheWorks...ConsistingofThosewhichwere formerlyPrinted,andThosewhichhedesign’dforthePress:Now PublishedOutoftheAuthorsOriginallCopies.[3PartsinOneVolume]. T.N.forHenryHerringman.673,FIRSTCOLLECTEDEDITION,engraved portraitfrontispiecebyW.FaithorneafterJ.Greenhill,pp.[viii],402,[iv], 486,,folio,contemp.mottledcalf,rebacked,thebackstrippanelled ingilt,withsixraisedbands,redmoroccolabelletteredingiltchipped, coverswithgiltborders,cornersrepaired,slightlyrubbed,bookplates ofJamesMaidment(armorial)WilliamDouglasKellockandC.Pearl Chamberlain,good(WingD320;ESTCR0223;GregIII/pp.057/58)  £1,200.00 SixofDavenant’splayswereprintedhereforthefirsttime:‘ThePlayhouseto Let,’‘TheLawagainstLovers’(adaptedfrom‘MeasureforMeasure’and‘Much Ado’-DavenantwasthechiefreviverofhisgodfatherShakespeare),‘News fromPlymouth,’‘TheDistresses,’‘TheSiege’and‘TheFairFavourite.’ Amongthepoemsfirstpublishedherearethe‘AdditionstoGondibert,’thesong‘TheLarknowleaves hiswatryNest,’and‘TheSouldiergoingtotheField’: ForImustgowherelazyPeace Willhideherdrouzyhead; And,forthesportofKings,encrease ThenumberoftheDead. Provenance:(bookplate)JamesMaidmentwasapoetandfriendofSirWalterScott.

57. Descartes (Rene) PrincipiaPhilosophiæ.Editioquarta.[Withi.Speciminaphilosophiae,seu disertatiodemethodo...ii.Passionesanimae...]Amsterdam:[apudElizeumWeyerstraeten] 664,engravedfrontispieceportraitandadditionaltitle-page(bothguarded),publisher’sdevice ontitle-page,divisionalletterpresstitle-pagestoeachsection,wood-engraveddiagramson

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letterpressthroughout,pp.[32],96,[4],26,[20],83,[5],4to.,contemp.panelledcalf,orig. defectivebackstripexpertlyrelaidandcornersrepaired,backstripwithraisedbands,blind panelledcompartments,unlettered,sideswithblindpanelledouterandinnerdoublefillet borders,blindtooledfleuronsatcorners,newendpapers,r.e.,good £1,400.00 Anearlycollectededition.NotinCain.Descarteswasthefirstofthemodernphilosophers,andoneof thefirstmodernscientists.Hisinfluencecanbedatedfromthepublicationof‘Discoursdelamethode pourbienconduiresaraison&chercherlaverité,’(637).Fromitscentralpropositionsinlogic, metaphysicsandphysicscamethesubsequentenquiriesofLocke,LeibnizandNewtonandallmodern scientificandphilosophicthought.

58. Descartes (Rene) PrincipiaPhilosophiæ.Ultimaeditiocumoptimacollata,diligenterrecognita, &mendisexpurgata.Amsterdam:apudDanielemElsevirium.677,engravedfrontispiece portrait,printer’sdeviceontitle-page,divisionalletterpresstitle-pagestoeachpart,each separatelypaginatedandsigned,wood-engraveddiagramsonletterpressthroughout,pp.[iv], [xxxvi],222,[xvi],248,[xxiv],92,[4],4to.,contemp.panelledcalf,repaired,backstripwith raisedbands,blindpanelledcompartments,unlettered,sideswithblindpanelledouterandinner doublefilletborders,blindtooledfleuronsatcorners,modernpastedowns,good(Rahir660: Willems530) £1,000.00 TherevisedsixthandlastElzeviereditionofDescartes’works.

59. Dickens (Charles) ThePersonalHistoryofDavidCopperfield.WithIllustrationsbyH.K. Browne.Bradbury&Evans.850,FIRSTEDITION,boundfromtheparts,half-titlediscarded, frontispiece,additionaletchedtitle-pagewithvignette,and38plates,smalladhesionon pp.66/67,scatteredfoxmarkspp.iii-xiv,[ii],(errata),624,8vo.,moderncrushedgreenhalf morocco,thebackstrippanelledingiltwithfiveraisedbands,giltlettering,a.e.g.,good(Eckel pp.77/78:GimbelA22:Sadleir686:Wolff797) £800.00

60. Dingley (Robert) VoxCæli;or,philosophical,historicallandtheologicalObservationsof Thunder.WithamoregeneralViewofGodswonderfulWorks.M.S.forHenryCripps.658, INSCRIBEDPRESENTATIONCOPYFROMTHEAUTHOR,signed‘Donumautoris.658’onthefrontfree endpaper,pp.[xl],74,includingblank,8vo.,modernpolishedcalf,blackmoroccospinelabel withgiltlettering,good(WingD502) £800.00 RobertDingley,clergyman,receivedanMA.fromMagdalenCollege,Oxfordin640.Hewas distinguishedbyhavingwrittenthreebooksincluding‘VoxCaeli’,whichinitselfisanearlydiscussion ofthecharacterofthunderandasurveyofearlywriters’viewsofit.IntheprefaceDingleyalso observedthatEdwardIII,HenryVIIIandSirWalterRaleghwereamongthemanywho‘couldequally handleboththeswordandpen’andhopedto‘provokeourmilitaryworthiestotheloveofthemuses’; henotesthatthededicatee,CaptainSamuelBullJP.,captainofCowesCastle,hasbeen‘instrumental incarryingthegospeltoatown[WestCowes]thatneverbeforeenjoyedit;consistingofabouta thousandsouls;andhavehelpedthemtobuildasynagogue’(DNB)

6. Eliot (George, i.e.MaryAnnEvans) FelixHolttheRadical.3Vols.WilliamBlackwood.866, FIRSTEDITION,half-titlespresent,vol.iiiwiththe4pp.publisher’sadvertisementattheend,but withthe9pp.publishers’cataloguediscarded,pp.[iv],303;[iv],290;[iv],283,[](blank),4, 8vo.,orig.reddish-brownsand-grainterracottacloth,Cartervariant‘A’(seenote),giltlettered backstripsskilfullyrepairedatheadandfoot,sideswithblindblockedborder,creamchalked endpapers,roughtrimmed,good(Baker&RossA8.:Muir‘Bookman’sJournalSupplement’7: Parrishp.20:Sadleir84:Tinker00:Wolff2058) £600.00 Carterdoesn’tattempttoestablishprioritybetweenthethreevariantsotherthantopointoutthatthe twopresentationcopieshewasabletotraceandtheBritishLibrarycopyareallinthe‘A’binding. ‘Insomerespects,thisbookholdsanisolatedpositionamongherworks,andpractically,alone warrantsherbeingplacedamongeminentEnglishwritersoffictionwho,intheirnovels,havetreated political,aswellassocial,topics.’(CHEL)

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62. Epistolae Clarorum Virorum,selectaedequamplurimisoptimae,adindicandamnostrorum temporumeloquentiam.Nuncdemùmemenadata,auctæ,...Cologne:apudIoannem Gymnicum.586,woodcutprinter’sdeviceonthetitle,woodcutinitials,smallareaofwearand paperadhesionontheblankinneredgeofthetitle,pp.[viii],320,8vo.,nineteenthcenturydiced darkgreenmorocco,thebackstripruledingilt,withfourraisedbandsandgiltletteringinthe secondcompartment,thecoverswithgiltarmslettered‘J.GomezdelaCortinaetAmicorum FalliturHoraLegendo’anddoublegiltfilletborders,innerdentelles,marbledendpapers,a.e.g., good(AdamsE280) £600.00 Thiscollectionoflettersbyfamousmenhasadistinguishedprovenance:insidethefrontcoverarethe bookplatesofHenriciDeodatidesSalles,inoriginalinkandwatercolourwiththeinscriptionbeneath: ‘AMonsieurl’abbéPaquierensouvenird’Aléandreetdelajournéedu25Avril900,F.deSalles’,and theprintedbookplateofl’abbéPaquier.Thiscopy,asisevidencedbythebinding,alsobelongedtothe famouscollectionoftheSpanishbibliophileJ.GomezdelaCortina(805-868).

63. Erasmus. Adagiorum...pereundemexquisitissimacurarecognitum&locupletatum, correctisubiquecitationumnumeris,acrestitutisindicibus...Basle:apudIoannemFrobenis, menseFebruario.Anno526,largewood-engravedprinter’sdeviceontitle-page,indistinct earlyowner’snameathead,earlymarginaliainGreekandLatin,pp.[lii],889,[],folio,late seventeenthcenturymidbrownmorocco,surfacewearonsides,backstripwithraisedbands, giltlettereddirectwithinruleandhoundstoothrollframeinsecondcompartments,remaining compartmentsseméfleur-de-lyswithinsameborder;sideswithgiltfilletandtrefoilrollborder, seméfleur-de-lys,withcardinal’sarmsincentre,marbledpastedowns,664inscriptionon binder’spreliminaryblankwithsignatureofCaesarJosephusdelaTremoilleandpaperseal oftheJesuitCollegeatBourges(Bituris),earlytwentiethcentury(?)bookseller’scatalogue descriptiononupperpastedown(mis-attributingthearmsonthebindingasthoseofFoucault), good(BibliothecaErasmiana.Adagia.Pp.04-08) £2,500.00 ThiseditionnotinAdams.InhisnewPrefaceErasmuswrotethatwhilehewassatisfiedwithwhat hadalreadybeenprinted,hehadaddedasupplementwhichwasequallyimportant,containingsome indispensablethings.TheeditionisnotablydifferentevenfromFroben’s523edition. TheAdagia,anannotatedcollectionofGreekandLatinproverbs,wascollectedandeditedbyErasmus andfirstpublishedinParisin500.Thefirstcollectionwasasmallvolume,whichthroughcontinual amplificationandcorrection(subsequentlyinthehandsofothers)becamethemostmonumentaland influentialcollectionofproverbsinEurope.ThepresenteditionwasthelasttowhichErasmusmadea majorcontribution.

64. (Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Bodleian Library.) LAURENCE(ProfessorRichard,translator) The bookofEnoch,theprophet:anapocryphalproduction,supposedforagestohavebeenlost,but discoveredatthecloseofthelastcenturyinAbyssinia:nowfirsttranslatedfromanEthiopicms. intheBodleianLibrary.Thirdedition,revisedandenlarged.Oxford:PrintedbyS.Collingwood, printertotheUniversity,forJ.H.Parker.838,faintfoxingtopreliminaryandfinalleaves,titlein Ethiopiccharactersatheadofeachtitle-page,pp.lix,xii,56,250,8vo.,   [Boundwith]  Laurence(Ricardo)AscensioIsaiæVatis,opusculumpseudepigraphum,multisabhincseculis, utvidetur,deperditum,nuncautemapudÆthiopascompertumetcumversioneLatina Anglicanaquepublicijurisfactum.Oxoniæ,TypisAcademicis.89,FIRSTEDITION,minor offsettingtotitle,pp.vii,56,[],8vo.,midnineteenthcenturyqtr.darkmarooncalf,backstrip dividedintosixcompartmentsbygiltlowraisedbetweenblindrules,giltletteredredmorocco labelinsecond,remainderempty,shelfwearatextremities,greymorocco-grainclothsides,red specklededges,smallbookplate(inEthiopicscript)ofphysicianandbookcollectorBentEiner Juel-Jensen,good £70.00 ThefirsttranslationoftheBodleian/EthiopicMS.waspublishedin82byProfessorRichard Laurence,afterwardsArchbishopofCashel.Asecondeditionwasreleasedin833,andthepresent thirdeditionin838.Includesbibliographicalreferences.

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65. Eutropius EutropiiHistoriæRomanæbreviarumaburbeconditausque adValentinianumetValentemAugustos,notisetemendationibus illustravitAnnaTanaquilliFabrifilia,jussuChristianissimiRegis,inusum serenissimiDelphini.Paris:ApudviduamAntoniiCellier.683,engraved frontispiecebyL.Moreau,pp.[xiv],83,4to.,contemp.mottledcalf, backstripgiltpanelled,withfiveraisedbandsandgiltlettering,smallchip totheheadband,armorialbookplateofCharlesCottrellDormer,very good £250.00 TheFirstDelphinedition.OneoffoureditionspreparedfortheDelphin seriesbyAnneLefèvre(654-720),aremarkableyoungcalssicalscholarwho marriedAndréDacier,alsoanotedclassicist.Eutropius,aRomanhistorianof the4thcenturyAD.,provideshereafavouriteelementarytext,notableforits impartialityandclearstyle.

66. Evelyn (John) MemoirsofJohnEvelyn...comprisinghisDiary,from64to705-6,anda SelectionofhisfamilarLetters.TowhichissubjoinedtheprivateCorrespondencebetweenKing CharlesIandSirEdwardNicholas;alsobetween...EarlofClarendonandSirRichardBrowne... EditedfromtheoriginalMss.byWilliamBray.Newedition,inFiveVolumes.HenryColburn. 827,9engravedplates,includingfrontispiecesfoxedandoffset,foldingtable,pp.viii,[ii],ix-xl, 394;[ii],464;[ii],44,[2];[ii],552;[ii],399,8vo.,contemp.polishedhalfcalf,thespineswith fiveraisedbands,all-overgilttoalatticedesign,olivemorccotitlelabelsandmaroonnumeral labelswithgiltlettering,marbledboardsandendpapers,good £350.00

67. Fenelon (François de Salignac de la Mothe), François Lamy & Henri Boulainvilliers. RefutationdesErreursdeBenoitdeSpinosa....AveclaViedeSpinosa,EcriteparM.JeanColerus. ...augmentéedebeaucoupdeparticularitéstireésd’uneviemanuscritedecephilosophe,faite parundesesamis[i.e.J.M.Lucas]Brussels[butAmsterdam],chezFrançoisFoppens.73,half- titlepresent,blindlibrary-stamptotitle,cancelledonverso,inklibrarynumeralattheheadof theadvertisementleaf,pp.[x],58,483,[2],8vo.,modernqtr.calf,thebackstripruledinblack andgilt,withgiltletteringinthesecondcomparment,marbledboards,good(VanderLinde 07/08.Wolf909.Bamberger35) £950.00 Arefutation,byCartesianrationalistFenelon(andothers),towhomSpinoza’slogicwasboth irreligiousanddangerous,andhisrationalismanathema.Thisworkcomprisesacollectionoffive differenttextsintwoparts.Thefirstpart,collectedandeditedbyAbbéNicolasLengletDuFresnoy, containsacompilationbasedonColerus’biographyofSpinoza,thetextofthe‘Traitédestrois imposteurs’,anextractfromFrancoisLami’s‘Lenouvelathéisme’andanextractofaletterofFénélon. IsaacOrobiodeCastro,writerofthesecondpart,wasborninSpain620,andstudiedphilosophy andmedicine.HewenttoAmsterdamin666,convertedtoJudaismanddiedin687.‘Certamen Philosophicum’againstbothBredenburgandSpinoza,waspublishedinAmsterdam703(firstedition 684).Theworkishighlyphilosophical,bothincontentsandinitsmathematicalstructure.Against Bredenburg,theauthorstates:Omniaentia,rationiscapacia,necessariooperantur(allbeings,ableto think,dowhattheydowithnecessity)whichiscompatiblewithSpinoza’sview.

68. Ferrarius (Octavius) AnaleactaDeReVestariasiueExercitationesadAlbertiRvbenii CommentariumdeReVestiaria,&LatoClauo.AccessitDissertatiodeVeterumLucernis sepulchralibus.(2PartsinoneVolume).Padua:typisPetriMariæFrambotti.670,titleprinted inredandblackandwithprinter’sdevice(onbothtitles),9engravedplates,oneortwowith theedgestrimmed,inkownershipsignaturesonthetitleandendpaper,half-pageengraved illustration,pp.[xvi],55,39,[6],8vo.,contemp.vellum,slightlysoiled,theedgesalittle chipped,rearpastedownstained,bookplateofRandallHatfield,good(Colas0 56;Lipperheide 5) £500.00 TheplatesshowGreek,RomanandByzantine,includinganintriguingoneof,with sandalsequippedwithspikes.Thiseditionhasplatestakenfromtheexpanded654edition,engraved byJ.RuffonusandJ.GeorgandwasissuedinresponsetoRubenius’work.

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Sixteenth century medallion binding 69. Fidelis (Ludovicus) DeMilitiaSpiritualilibriquatuor.Opus nuncprimumeditum.Paris:apudIoannemLodoicum& OliueriumMallardum.540,FIRSTEDITION,printer’sdeviceon title-page,ff.[viii],[i],44,[2](errata),8vo.,contemp.blind- panelledcalf,thesideswithouterblack-stainedrollborder ofmedallionportraitsandinnercornerandcentre-piecesof stainedfleurons,rebackedinthemidseventeenthcenturywith giltruledraisedbands,giltletteredandpanelledredleather labelinsecondcompartment,restoredwithspinepreservedand cornersrepaired,oneortwosmallchips,lacksties,endpapers foxed,bookplateofJamesSkinner,good(NotinAdams)  £1,100.00 Thesixteenthcenturybindingsurvives,essentially,ingoodconditionandisnotableforthesingular medallionportraitstampwhichisrepeatedwithoutbreakintheborders.Itshowsafacewitha particularlylargeeyeandnose,andanabundanceofhairorheaddressinstylisedlatticeform.The centraltoolingofthepanelsonthesideswouldsuggestthatthiswasacontemporarycontinental binding,possiblyParisian. LouisFéable(LudovicusFidelis)wasborninTournai,andstudiedinPariswherehereceivedhis doctorateintheology.His‘DeMilitaSprituali’‘estunouvragedemorale,oulesvertusetlesvicessont répresentésd’unemanièretypiqueLesseptpéchéscapitauxysontdésignésparlesseptpeuplesqui habitèrentanciennementlepaysdeCanaan’.(BiographieGénérale)

70. (Fonts.) [COOMBE(Thomas,Editor)] Illustrationsofbaptismalfonts.Withanintroduction byF.A.Paley,M.A.JohnVanVoorst.844,FIRSTEDITION,half-titlepresent,24plates,afew extraengravings(extractedfromotherworks)looselyinserted,pp.32,[24](plates),8vo.,orig. burgundymorocco,backstrip(withlightshelfwearatedges)dividedintofivecompartments bylowraisedbands,giltlettereddirectinsecondcompartment,remainderblindpanelledwith foliatecorner-pieces,floraldeviceblindstampedatcentres,sideswithdoubleblindruleas borderandornatefoliatepaneldesign,yellowchalkedendpapers,a.e.g.,goodTheplatesare interleavedwithdescriptiveletterpress. £65.00

Angling 7. Francis (Francis) ABookofAngling.BeingacompleteTreatiseontheArtineveryBranchwith explanatoryPlatesetc.Thirdedition,revisedandimproved.Longmans,Green.872,half- titlepresent,engravedfrontispieceportraitoftheauthor,and6platesoffishingequipment, including6handcoloured,offlies,advertisementandpublishers’catalogue,pp.xiv,[ii],482,[2], 32,8vo.,modernredcrushedhalfmorocco,spinewithgiltbandsandlettering,marbledboards, verygood £250.00

An ornate, signed binding 72. Fullerton (Lady Georgiana) GrantleyManor.Atale.Paris:A.andW.Galignani.847,FIRST PARISEDITION,pp.[iv],30,8vo.,contemp.rosecalf,thebackstrippanelledingiltwithrepeated volutés,fourraisedbands,giltletteringinthesecondcompartmentandwiththebinder’snamed atthefoot,thecoverswithoutergiltfilletborderswithcorner-piecesandelaboratelyblind- tooledlargecentralpanelswithcornucopiaecorner-pieces,innerdentelles,marbledendpapers, thelowerturn-insabitrubbed,verygood(cf.Sadleir94) £200.00 LadyGeorgianawasagrandaughteroftheDukeofDevonshire,andspentmuchtimeinParisand Romewhereherfatherwasadiplomat.This,hersecondnovel,wasfirstpublishedasatriple-decker earlierthesameyear.

73. Galen. DeArtecurativaadGalcone[m]Libroduo.NicolaoLeonicenoVicentinointerprete. Venice:inoff.D.Bernardini[colophon:perD.BernardinumStagninumdeTridino].538,

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largewoodcutofChristonthetitle-page,mostlymarginalinkmarkings,smallinkmarkonD3, woodcutinitials,ff.4,79,6mo.,modernvellumoverboards,yappedges,greensilk-ties,good (NotinAdams) £700.00 Ascarce,attractive,small-format,translationofGalen’swork,“ProsGlaukonatherapeutikon”,on thetherapeuticmethod.(NocopiesonCOPAC,andsevenonWorldcat).Thetranslator,Niccolo LeonicenoofVicenza,428-524,lecturedattheUniversityofFerrarafrom464untilhisdeath.Heis knownasapioneerofthecorrecttranslationofancientGreekandArabicmedicaltexts,andwasthe firsttodescribesyphilis.“AlthoughhetaughtmathematicsandGreekphilosophyaswell,Leoniceno’s interestsseemquicklytohavebecomeconcentratedonmedicalproblems,partlyasaresultofhisown epilepticcondition....RecentresearchhasprovedthatLeonicenoplayedavitalpartinassemblingand editingGreektextsforthepressesofAldoManuzio....From54Leonicenopublishedtranslationsof mostoftheworksofGalenandHippocratesintoLatin.”(ContemporariesofErasmus)

Geometric compartment binder 74. [Gander (Joseph)] TheGloryofHerSacredMajesty Anne,intheRoyalNavy,andHerabsoluteSovereignty asEmpressoftheSea,assertedandvindicated.Alsoa TreatiseofNavigationandCommerce...Printedforthe Authour.703,engravedfrontispieceshowingafine shipoftheFleetinfullsail,withamedallionportrait ofQueenAnneabove,byvanderGucht,afewmostly smallstainstolowermargins,faintdampstaining throughafewloweredges,pp.[xxiv],36,sm.4to., contemp.gilt-tooledblackturkeybytheGeometric CompartmentBinder,backstripwithfiveraisedbands andeachofthesixpanelsfilledwithsmallrectangular andL-shapedtools,thesideswithroll-tooledcentre panelcontainingsquarecompartmentswithlobedon adottedground,themiddlecompartmenttooledwith rosettes,theremainderwithanovaloralternativelya bunchofgrapes,innercornerswithafatvaseholding leafysprayssurmountedbyathistle,theborderwithachainofovalscontainingasmallerurnof flowers,giltgaufferededgeswithsmallflowersandtendrils,marbledendpapers,smallareaofre- toolingatupperboardedge,edgesslightlyrubbed,cornersrestored,moroccobookplateofthe FoyleLibraryatBeeleighAbbey,good(M.Foot‘EnglishandForeignBookbindings’,TheBook Collector,Spring986,pp.76/77) £2,000.00 AfineexampleoftheGeometricalCompartmentBinder’swork.Anumberofthetoolscanbefoundon publishedbindingsfromthisshop.ThiscopywasincludedintheFoylesaleof2000.

A rare incunable 75. Gerson (Johannes) Depassionibusanime.[Begins]:Incipittractatunotabilisdepassionibus animevenerabilisviriMagistriJoannisGerson.[Paris:EtienneJehannotpourClaudeJaumar.] [c.497],largewoodcutofthecrucifixiononthefirstleaf,withtouchesofearlycolouring, initialsalsohighlighted,33lines,Gothictype,lombardiccapitals,ff.20,8vo.,moderncalf,the backstripruledingiltwithadarkbrownmoroccolabelandverticalgiltlettering,thecovers withsinglegiltfilletborders,Fairfax-Murraycopywiththenumber92onthecharacteristic smalllabelinsidethefrontcover,fine(NotinBMC;GKM0803;Hain2686;Pellechet5207)  £3,500.00 Arareprinting,withoutindicationofprinter,orplaceofpublication,butthelargewoodcutonthe firstleafofthecrucifixionisconsideredbyClaudin(II,527)tobethedeviceofthepublisherClaude Jaumar.Goffliststwoothereditionsofthistitlein493(?)and495,withonlytwoandonecopies listedasholdingsrespectively.Neitherofthesehasthesamesettingupoftype(accordingtoPolain)as theabove,althoughtherearemarkedsimilarities.Thereareonlythreecopiesofthiseditionrecorded worldwideintheBritishLibraryIncunabulaCatalogueonline,noneintheUK.BMClistsseveralother worksprintedbyEtienneJehannot,alsomostlyundated,andinsmallformat.

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Gerson,scholar,educator,reformerandChancelloroftheUniversityofParis,focusedmuchof hisworkonmakingtheologypureandsimplebyfoundingituponthephilosophicalprinciplesof nominalism.Thisworkisagoodexpositionofhisthinking,foundedonaristotleianpsychology,and withexamplesfromtheBible.

76. Gilpin (Joshua) Amonumentofparentalaffectiontoadearandonlyson.Wellington [Shropshire]:F.HoulstonandSon.808,FIRSTEDITION,half-titlepresent,inscriptiononthefront endpapergiftingthebook,pp.xi,77,8vo.,contemp.sprinkledcalf,giltpanelledspine,black moroccolabelwithgiltlettering,upperjointcrckedbutfirm,armorialbookplateofThomas Whitmore,verygood £300.00 AtenderaccountbyJoshuaGilpin,ofhistalentedanddearson,whoremarkablyliveduntilhis finalyearatOxford.Hisson’slifewaslivedintheshadowofwhatappearstohavebeenavariety oftuberculosis,andtheworkisanunusualaccountfromasocio-medicalpointofview.Printed provincially,itwasreprintedinLondonandrantoatleastseveneditions.COPAClistsonlythree copies,withoneapparentlyindefectivestate.

77. Gottignies (Gilles Francois de, S.J.) Elementageometriaeplanae...Rome:typisAngeliBernabo. 669,5engravedfoldingplatesatend,preliminaryblankpresent,Macclesfieldarmsblind impressedontitle-pageanddedicationleafpp.[x],230,2mo.,contemp.vellum,soiled,slightly warped,longitudinallymanuscripttitledinblack,860bookplateofShirburnCastle,good  £550.00 Gottignies,aBelgianmathematician,wenttoRometocompletehisstudiesandfrom662taught mathematicsattheCollegiumRomanum.

A rare work on Lucerne and other Grasses 78. (Grasses.) TheimprovedCultureofthreeprincipalGrasses,Lucerne, Sainfoin,andBurnet:WhereinisdescribedanewMethodofcultivating LucernetomuchgreaterProfitthananyhithertopractisedinEngland orabroad;shewnbyaComparisonoftheseveralMethods.Towhich areaddedObservationsonClover.([Half-title]:AlsotheUsesofit,for feedingHorses;fortheDiary;andforfatteningBlackCattle,Sheepand Deer.)G.Robinson.775,FIRSTEDITION,half-titlepresent,diagram andtableinthetext,pp.[xvi],320,8vo.,contemp.sprinkledcalf, thebackstripwithfiveraisedbands,ruledingilt,redmoroccolabel, letteredingilt,atriflerubbed,fine(ESTCN48222;Henrey865;Perkins 859;notinFussell) £1,200.00 AscarcebookwithonlysixcopiesrecordedbyESTC,thisdetailedaccount hasinterestingcontemporarydetailofagriculturalmethods,andmuch specificinformationaboutagriculturalexperimentsinbothEngland andFrance.Theauthorhasnotbeenidentified,butrevealsthatheknew BartholomewRocque,amarket-gardenerinLincolnshire,whopublished hisownworkonthecultivationoflucernein765.

Newton and scientific truths 79. Gravesande (William Jacob van ’s) MathematicalElements.Fourthedition.[2Volumes] ForJ.Senex.73,title-pagesprintedinredandblack,58engravedplatesofscientific experiments,threadofwormholesthroughlowerblankmarginsofendpapersandtitletovol. i,narrowingtoasinglehole,paperflawwithlossofpagenumeraltoD6,cornerofP6torn awayaffectingcatchword,ownershipsignaturesonpastedowns:‘Harbin735’,pp.xii,259, [5];[xvi],285,[8],8vo.,contemp.sprinkledcalf,thebackstripswithfiveraisedbands,ruled ingiltandwithmoroccolabelsandgiltletteringinthesecondcompartment,thecoverswith doublegiltfilletborders,thejointsofvol.iwithsplitsatheadbutsound,good(Wallis83.2.)  £900.00

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FourtheditioninEnglishof’sGravesande’sPhysicesElementa Mathematica,whichwas‘easilythemostinfluentialbookofitskind,at leastbefore750.Itwasalarger,better-argued,andmorephilosophical workthanmostofitspredecessors;moreover,itleanedheavilyonthe Opticks(includingthequeries)aswellasonthePrincipia.Thestrengthof hisexpositionwasinhisperfectionofthemethodofjustifyingscientific truthseitherbyself-evidenceorbyappealtoexperimentalverification inthemanneralreadybegunbyKeillandDesaguliers,perfectedby himthroughthedesignofmanynewinstruments.’(DSB).’sGravesande wastheearliestinfluentialexponentoftheNewtonianphilosophyin continentalEurope. TheownershipsignaturesareprobablythoseofGeorgeHarbin,historical writerandnonjuror,c.665-744.

Paisley’s Coats family connection 80. (Great Britain. Juvenile.) ANONYMOUS. Thewondersofnatureandart.W.Tegg&Co.[c.845], SOLEEDITION(?),half-title(withinscriptiontoArchibaldCoatsfor2ndPrizeinreadingclassdated 4thApril85),steel-engravedfrontispiece,lithographicfrontispiecehighlightedingreenand gold,numerouscharmingwood-engravingsinthetext,pp.206,sm.4to.(5x2cm),orig.dark bluerib-graincloth,lightlysunnedbackstripwithgiltsailingshipatheadandelephantatfoot, letteredgiltbetweendesigns,ornatefoliateblindstampeddesignsonsides,MinishantMemorial ChurchLibrarybookplate,yellowchalkedendpapers,a.e.g.,good £150.00 Scarce.SeeminglynotinBL,orBodleian.COPAClocatesjustonecopyinU.K.institutionallibraries, whilstOCLCfindsnofurthercopiesofthisTegg-issuededition.TheOsborneCollectionnotesa similarlytitledworkof76,byThomasTaylor;Teggwasinvolvedinthereissueofremainderbooks duringthemidnineteenthcentury,soitseemsentirelypossiblethatthismightbeareprintofsorts. Thecontent,however,appearssomewhatdifferent:onecouldsaythatTeggwassimplymakinguseof Taylor’spopulartitle(whichwasendlesslyreprinted). Thisvolumetoo,wasintendedforjuvenilereadershipandcontainschaptersonVesuvius,Mont Blanc,Poole’sHole,BenNevis,Fingal’sCave,TheCatacombsofRome,TheGreatWallofChina, Stonehenge,diamonds,goldandsilvermines,theNiagaraandMissouriFalls,theColossusof Rhodes,thedivingbell,theThamesTunnel,earthquakes,andmuchelse.Arnold&Co.are indicatedasprintersonthefinalleaf.ThisparticularcopymakesreferencetoArchibaldCoatson thehalf-title,theMinsihantconnectionoverwhelminglysuggeststhatthisisthesonofthelocally much-lovedSirPeterCoats(aleadingthreadmanufacturer)ofPaisleyinRenfrewshire,whoerected theMemorialChurchafterthedeathofhiswifeGlorannain877.Togetherthetwohadatotalof children.

8. Grieve (Symington) Thegreatauk,orgarefowl(Alcaimpennis,Linn.)itshistory,archæology, andremains.ThomasC.Jack.885,FIRSTEDITION,frontispiece,preliminaryandfinalleavesfoxed (withsporadicfoxingtopageblock,asusual),wood-engravedtextillustrations,lithographed plate,2colourprintedplates,foldingcolourprintedmap,pp.x,[],4,[],58,(appendices),4to., orig.deepbrowncrushedandpolishedmorocco,backstripdividedbygiltraisedbandsintosix compartments,giltlettereddirectinsecond,remainderwithvolutecorner-piecesandcentrally placedfloraldevicesingilt,sideswithtriplegiltfilletrollandgiltfoliaterollasborder(slightrub oncornertips),giltdecoratedturn-ins,marbledendpapers,smallbookplatesofthelateBentJuel- Jensen(andthatofA.A.Kisby)onfrontpastedown,t.e.g.,verygood £450.00 Theclassicmonographonthespecies.Grievegivesexhaustivedetailsontheincrediblehistoryof theGreatAuk:muchoftheinformationpresentedhereremainsunavailableanywhereelse,even20 yearsafterpublication.Ofparticularinterestmustbethepassageonthespecies’grimdemise.Thelast confirmedsightingwasontheislandofEldey(offIceland)inSummer844.Twoolderbirds,nursing theireggwerespottednestinghighonaprecariousledge.Thebirdswerepromptlyshotby“scientists”, theirremainspreserved,andtheeggdestroyed.Grievementionsnumerousothermorerecent encounters,includingoneontheIsleofSkye.

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Roman Law 82. Grotius (Hugo) FlorumSparsioadIusIustinianeum.Paris:apudViduamGvlielmiPelé.642, titleprintedinredandblackandwithwoodcutdevice,LatintextwithsomeclassicalGreek, pp.45,sm.4to.,halfcalfantique,thebackstrippanelledingilt,withfiveraisedbands,andred moroccolabelwithgiltlettering,marbledboards,good £600.00 ThefirstissueofGrotius’interpretationswhichwasreprintedinthefollowingyear,insmallerformat, andlater,in729.

83. Hayward (John, Compiler.) EnglishPoetry. Acatalogueoffirst&earlyeditionsoftheworks oftheEnglishpoetsfromChaucertothepresentdayexhibitedbytheNationalBookLeagueat 7AlbemarleStreet,London947.PublishedfortheN.B.L.byCambridgeU.P.950,380/550 COPIES,platesofalmostalltitle-pagesofthebooksrepresentedintheexhibition,title-page printedinblackandred,pp.x,40,[],4to.,orig.midgreencloth,giltletteredbackstrip,front coverwithadoublegiltruleborder,nearfine(Besterman4892) £100.00 Firstpublishedin947,withoutillustrations,thesheetsofthateditionhavebeenusedand‘Additions andCorrections’insertedafterthe‘IndexofAuthors’.‘WiththeexceptionofNo.222(theproof-sheets ofDonJuan)andofcertainsupernumerarypiecesincompositevolumes,everybookenteredinthe Catalogueisillustratedinthefollowingpagesbyareproductionofitstitle-pageortheequivalentof one’.(NoteonthePlates)

84. Herrick (Robert) SelectPoemsfromtheHesperides,or,Worksbothhumananddivine.With occasionalRemarksbyJ.N.Bristol:J.M.Gutch,[80],engravedportraitbySchiavonetti,alittle foxed,errataleaf,pp.[ii],iv,[ii],253,8vo.,contemp.calf,neatlyrebacked,thebackstripbanded ingilt,withredmoroccolabelandgiltlettering,cornersknocked,bookplateofWilliamErasmus Darwin,good(CBELI,96) £320.00 Firsteditionthus,editedandwithaprefaceandnotesbyDr.JohnNott.Thiswasthefirstpublication ofHerrick’spoemssincetheoriginalappearanceof‘Hesperide’in648.Thebookplateisthatof CharlesDarwin’seldestsurvivingson.

85. Heylyn (Peter) AHelptoEnglishHistory,containingaSuccessionofalltheKingsofEngland ...asalsoofalltheDukes,Marquesses,EarlsandBishopsthereof;...TogetherwiththeNames, andRanksoftheViscounts,BaronsandBaronetsofEngland.T.BassetandC.Wilkinson.680, armorialandheraldicwoodcutsthroughout,teartotitle-pageandZ5,repaired,inkownership signatureonpastedown,manuscriptindexattheendpp.8,634,2mo.,contemp.calf,rebacked, giltletteringtospine,good(WingH720) £220.00 Thisgenealogicalclassicwasfirstissuedin652.

86. Heywood (Thomas, attributed) Apreparitivetostudie:or,thevertueofSack.Printedanno Dom.64,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[ii],5,sm.4to.,nineteenthcenturydarkgreenmorocco,upper jointneatlyrepaired,backstripwithraisedbandsgiltcompartments,giltlettereddirect,sides withfilletandvoluterollborder,giltdoublefilletonboardedges,turn-inwithgilttulip,dotand houndstoothrollsandfillets,marbledendpapers,darkblueleatherbookticketsofFrederick SpiegelbergandHerschelV.Jones,owner’smodernprintedbookticket,t.e.g.,good(Wing H790[‘Studie’only]:Grolier342:Pforzheimer35) £2,000.00 Thereweretwoprintingsin64,butpriorityhasnotbeenestablished.Theotherhas‘Study’onthe title-page.ThispoemondrinkopenswithatributetothememoryofBenJonson.Ithastraditionally beenattributedtoThomasHeywood.Theattributionhasalwaysbeenthesubjectofdispute.An internalreferencetoJohnLeslie,6thEarlofRothes,makesitcertainthatitcouldn’thavebeenwritten before23rdAugust64(thedateofhissuccessiontothetitle).Thisdoesn’tdefinitelyeliminate Heywoodwhowasstillaliveatthisdate,butitisdeemedunlikelybecausehehadceasedtowrite. FrancisBeaumontandThomasRandolph,whohavealsobeencanvassedastheauthor,canbemore certainlyeliminatedonthegroundofpriordeath.OthercandidateshaveincludedRichardBrathwaite andJohnTaylor(‘MercuriusAquaticus’).Thepoemwasreprintedtwentyyearslaterinamiscellany ‘Anantidoteagainstmelancholy’underthenameofDr.HenryEdwards.

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87. Hobbes (Thomas) ThomæHobbesAngliMalmesburiensisPhilosphiVita.Carolopoli[i.e. London]:ApudEleutheriumAnglicum[i.e.Guil.Crooke],68,pp.[xxiv],24,[3],8vo., contemp.mottledcalf,rebacked,backstripruledinblackandgilt,withfourraisedbands,and giltletteringinthesecondcompartment,good(WingH2268;Macdonald&Hargreaves93)  £1,000.00 Hobbesdiedin679,havinghadamostlyrobustandlonglife.HisearlyeducationatMagdalen College,Oxford,didnotsitwellwithhim.InfactinhisautobiographicalwritingsHobbesgavea veryjaundicedaccountofhisOxfordeducation,complainingthatitconsistedmainlyoflearningthe barbarismsofscholasticAristotelianism. Thisworkincludesthe‘Vita’,(asabove),aproseautobiography;‘VitæHobbianæauctarium’ byRichardBlackburne;and‘ThomæHobbesMalmesburiensisvitacarmineexpressa’,averse autobiography.Thefirstandthirdworkswereoriginallypublishedseparatelyin679(WingH2267 andH2269).Thelatterhasaseparatedivisionaltitle-page;paginationandregisterarecontinuous.

88. [Holberg (Ludvig)] NicolaiKlimiiitersubterraneumnovamtellerustheoriamachistoriam quintæmonarchiæadhucnobisincognitæexhibensebibliothecaB.Abelini.Editiosecunda auctioretemendatior.CopenhagenandLeipzig:sumptibusChristianiGottlobMengelii...745, engravedfrontispieceandtitle-page,5plates(onefolding),publisher’sintegralcatalogueatend present,pp.[viii],382,[2],8vo.,contemp.sheep,stained,rebackedwithmostoforig.backstrip relaid £250.00 FirstpublishedinCopenhagenin74inLatin,thisisthesecondCopenhagenedition.ThisUtopian novelwastranslatedandpublishedmanytimes,becomingoneofthemostpopularnovelsofthe secondhalfoftheeighteenthcentury.AbibliographybyHolgerEhrencron-Muller(‘Bibliografiover HolbergsSkrifter’[935]),quotedbyGove,lists34editionsinvariouslanguagesintheeighteenth centuryalone.Thespreadofitspopularitywasrapid-twoGerman,aDutch,andaFrenchedition allprecededatranslationintoDanish,thelanguageofthebook’sauthor.Goveprovidesagood bibliographyofcriticalworks. NilsKlimfallsdownashaftanddiscoversanundergroundfifthcontinent.Hevoyagesinavariety ofprovincesencounteringsocieties(includingoneofmobiletrees)inwhich,inasatireofhuman frailties,hisconservativeandmysoginisticcharacteriscontrastedunfavourablywiththeirUtopian ideals.

Smart’s famous translation of Horace 89. Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) TheWorksofHorace,translatedintoverse.Withaprose interpretation,forthehelpofstudents.AndoccasionalnotesbyChristopehrSmart.[Four VolumesinTwo].ForW.Flexney;MessrsJohnsonandCo.;T.Caslon.767,FIRSTEDITION, half-titlespresent,pp.xxxi,287;[iv],302;[iv],xiv,[ii],29;[iv],297,8vo.,contemp.treecalf, neatlyrebackedwithgiltpanelledbackstrips,redmoroccolabels,andgiltlettering,marbled endpapers,earlyarmorialbookplatesofPeterDiggesLaTouche,fine(ESTCT52764;Mahony& Rizzo58;Gray50;Lowndesp.7;CBELII,59) £1,500.00 AnimportantsetgivingtheLatinandEnglishparalleltextsforthefirsttimeinverse,withbeneath, theproseinterpretations.ChristopherSmart(722-77)showedearlyaccomplishmentasawriterof Latinverseandparticularlyasaclassicalstudent,winningvariousscholarships.Hisprosetranslation ofHoracewasfirstpublishedin756andquicklyachievedrecogntitonforitsfinetranslations,being reprintedin762,770,etc.Thepresenteditionisreferredtoseparatelyinallbibliographies,andby Smart’sbibliographerG.J.Gray,asthe‘completeedition’.ThesecondvolumealsoincludesaLatin translationofPope’s‘OdeonSt.Cecilia’sday,‘toexercisethestudentintheHoratianmeasure,and... givehimnomeanentertainment.’

Bound in ‘postbox’ red morocco 90. Hurdis (James) ThevillageCurate,andotherPoems;includingsomePiecesnowfirstpublished. C.Whittingham,forVernor,andSharpe[etc.].80,FIRSTEDITION,withhalf-title, engravedportraitbyJ.Romney,offset,titleandportraitspotted,contemp.inkinscriptionon

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theendpaper,pp.xxx,[ii],35,[5](publishers’catalogue),8vo.,contemp.fullredstraightgrain morocco,thebackstripruledingiltandwithfivelowraisedbands,giltlettering,thecoverswith singlegiltfilletborders,a.e.g.,verygood(Russell,WilliamCowper,pp.337etseq.) £220.00 Hurdis(763-80)wasafriendofWilliamCowper,whoseverseheimitated.Manyofhiswritings wereprintedonhisprivatepressatBishopstone,inSussex.Thisvolumewaseditedbytheauthor’s sisters.

9. Ingoldsby (Thomas) TheIngoldsbyLegends.InTwoVolumes.Editedwithnotes...byR.H. DaltonBarham.Macmillan.[90],numerousplatesafterCruikshank,Leech,andTenniel, ownershipinscriptiononthefrontendpaper,frontispieceofvol.iialittlefoxed,pp.xix,427;xi, 467,8vo.,contemp.darkredhalfmorocco,thespinespanelledandruledingiltenclosinggilt emblems,t.e.g.,byMorrellwiththeirstampontheendpapersofvol.ii,upperjointtender,oneor twomarkstothecoversofvol.ii,good £150.00

Insects illuminated 92. (Insects.)INSECTCHANGES.AnilluminatedPresentforYouth:formingaFirstLesson inEntomology.GrantandGriffith,SuccessorstoJohnHarris.847,fineadditional chromolithographedtitlewithawideborderofbutterfliesonablockedgoldgroundand heightenedwithgold,and7wide,full-lengthborderstoasimilarilluminateddesign,with butterflies,mothsandcaterpillarsonagoldground,lithographedbyF.Bauerandprintedin coloursbyH.Woods,uncoloureddecorativeinitialsinthetext,edgeslightlybrowned,pp.32, [2](indexofSpecies),8vo.,orig.russetroan,thebackstripwithverticalgiltletteringand decoration,thecoverswithcurvingfoliatedecorationingiltandthewords‘PericuloQuater Facto,TerVictoriCollegiumStonyhurst’onthefrontcover,neatlyrepairedattheheadandfoot, a.e.g.,good £250.00

93. James (John Angell) TheFamilyMonitor,orahelptodomestichappiness.Birmingham: BenjaminHudson.828,FIRSTEDITION,half-title,pp.ix,[iii],275,2mo.,orig.greyboards,edges ofbackstripalittleworn,largeleyunopened,verygood £220.00 Aguidetofamilylifewithsevenchapters,threeofwhichhavetodowiththedutiesofhusbandsand wivestoeachother,andtheotherfourconcernparents,children,mastersandservants.Jameswas prolific.WhenWordsworthhappeneduponhis‘ChristianCharity’,hewassufficentlyimpressedto wanttoheartheauthorspeak,andthencameuptointroducehimself.

Ghostly Presences 94. Jarvis (T. M. compiler ) AccreditedGhostStories.J.Andrews.823,FIRSTEDITION,half-title, publisher’scatalogueattheend,pp.viii,235,[8],8vo.,orig.blueboards,laterpaperlabeltothe backstrip,neatlyrepaired,untrimmed £200.00 Acollectionofallegedlytruestoriesofapparitions,hauntingsandsecondsight.

95. Johnson (Samuel) PrayersandMeditations,composedbySamuelJohnson,LL.Dandpublished fromhisManuscriptsbyGeorgeStrahan,A.M.,VicarofIslington,Middlesex,andRectorof LittleThurrockinEssex.T.Cadell.785,FIRSTEDITION,ONEOF750COPIES,pp.xvi,227,8vo.,later panelledcalf,giltpanelledspine,fiveraisedbands,giltlettering,thecoverswithlighterbrown insetpanelsslightlyrubbed,smallnicktotheheadofonejoint,good(ESTCT5787;Fleeman pp.,600/0;Courtneyp.58;Chapman&Hazenp.63) £600.00 JustweeksbeforehediedJohnsongaveaseriesofnotebookstotheRev.Strahanandaskedthathis privatereflectionsbeeditedforpublication.ThebookwaspublishedayearafterJohnson’sdeath,and themanuscriptsweredepositedinPembrokeCollege,Oxford.AccordingtotheStrahanledgersonly 750copieswereprinted.

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The famous History of the Jews 96. Josephus (Flavius) TheGenuineWorksofFlaviusJosephus,theJewishHistorian.Translated fromtheoriginalGreek,accordingtoHavercamp’sedition.ContainingTwentyBooksofthe JewishAntiquities...illustratedwithnewPlansandDescriptionsoftheTabernacleofMoses ...correctMapsofJudeaandJerusalem....TothisBookareprefixedEightDissertations...by WilliamWhiston.ByW.BowyerfortheAuthor.737,half-title,engravedportraitofWilliam WhistonbyGeorgeVertue,cutdownandstrengthenedatverso,largefoldingengravedmapof Palestine,foldingplanoftheTabernacle,afewupperblankcornersormarginsdampstained, scatteredfoxmarks,decorativeinitialsandhead-andtail-pieces,pp.[iv],cvi,cv-cviii,[],cviii- clii,02,[82],folio,modernantique-stylemottledcalf,thebackstripwithinfilledelaborategilt panels,sixraisedbandswithbartooling,damsonmoroccotitlelabelwithgiltletteringinthe secondcompartment,sound(LowndesII,p.,235:ESTCT266) £1,500.00 TitusFlaviusJosephus,wasafirstcenturyJewishhistorianandapologistofpriestlyandroyalancestry whosurvivedandrecordedtheDestructionofJerusalemin70.Hisworksnotonlygiveanimportant insightintofirstcenturyJudaism,butgoontoprovidevaluableinformationontheriseofChristianity. Lowndessaidofthepresentwork:“Thisadmirabletranslationfarexceedsallprecedingones,andhas neverbeenequalledbyanysubsquentattemptofthiskind.”ThistranslationofJosephus’saccountof theJewishrebellionagainstRomemayhaveservedasinspirationfortheauthoroftheDeclarationof Independence,asacopysurvivesfromThomasJefferson’spersonallibrary.

97. [Justinus (Marcus Junianus)] TheHistoryofJustin,takenoutofthefourandfortiethbooksof TrogusPompeius:containingtheaffairsofallagesandcountry,bothinpeaceandwar,from thebeginningoftheworlduntilthetimeoftheRomanEmperors.TranslatedintoEnglishby Rob.Codrington,MasterOfArts.Thefourthedition.ForWilliamWhitwood.682,additional engravedtitlebyF.H.vanHoue,earlyownershipinscriptionofBennetSherrard,pp.[vi], 304,8vo.,contemp.publisher’ssprinkledpolishedcalf,backstripwithfourraisedbandsand extensivelygiltwithflowerandfruittools,thesidespanelledingiltwithcornerfleurons,upper jointstartingtowardsfoot,butsecure,bookplateofHenryWilliamPagetHoskynsandhisnote ofpurchase(Sotheby’s,March3,882)(WingJ274;ESTCR2550) £480.00 OneofRobertCodrington’spopulartranslationsfromthegreatuniversalhistory,‘Historiae Philippicae’.CodringtonwaseducatedatOxfordandbecameaveryprolifictranslatorofFrench,Latin andSpanishworks.ESTClistsonlytwocopiesintheUKandfourinAmerica.

98. (Juvenile.) THEDOLLS’HOUSE. ErnestNister.[c.890],SOLEEDITION,lithographedillustrations throughout,almostallincolour,pp.[4],sm.4to.,orig.chromolithographedstapledcardcovers, pastedtoouterleavesasissued,coversandleavesintheshapeofadolls’house,withthefacadeof adolls’houseprintedonthefrontcover,someslightwearatcorners,good £400.00 Ararebookofverseinremarkablygoodcondition.NottracedinNUC,orintheBritishandBodleian Librariesonline.NotinOsborneorGumuchian.

99. (Juvenile.) THEENRAGEDCOBBLER[cover-title].H.G.Clarke. [c.875],largesheetengravedwithfiguresandscenery,folded fourtimes,twoclosedtearsatfolds,880x285mm.,orig.printed yellowwrappers,good £120.00 Instructionsontheinsidefrontcoveraregivenon‘Howto PreparetheFiguresfortheGalantyShow’.Thecobbler’sshop and6figuresaredesignedtobepastedontothincardandthen cutouttocreateatoytheatre,asshownonthefrontwrapper. Thereareanumberoflimbstobeattachedtothebodieswith threadandwireinorderthattheybemoveable.Thefigures,allin profile,arequitegrotesque,andreminiscentofPunchwiththeir bigtoothygrinsandlargehookednoses.Arareandfascinating survival.

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00. (Juvenile.) THEGENTLEMANANDLADY’SKEYTOPOLITELITERATURE;oraCompendiousDictionary ofFabulousHistory...IntendedfortheAssistanceofthosewhowouldunderstandMythology, Poetry,Painting,StatuaryandTheatricalEntertainments;andparticularlyadaptedtotheuseof LatinandFrenchSchools.T.Carnan.788,engravedfrontispieceandtitle-page,smalldarkstain F4-G3,unpaginated,pp.[a],[B-Y5],2mo.in6’s,orig.tansheep,rebacked,smoothbackstrip relaid,dividedbygiltsinglerules,contemp.bookplateofAlexanderSpeirsEsq.,Elderslie,sound (RoscoeJ45[7]) £220.00

0. (Juvenile.) ANILLUSTRATIONOFOSBOURNE’SPICTORIALALPHABET...C.Osbourne,andMessrs. Ackerman&Co.835,28giltedgedsteelengravedcards,includingengravedtitle,presentation card(noinscription),and26alphabetcards,eachletterenclosedwithinadecorativeborder, withorig.sewn8-pagebookletprintedonpinkpaperdescribingeachillustration,stitching broken,69x77mm.,containedwithinorig.darkgreenpaper-coveredcardslipcase,bluesilk- ribbon,good £850.00 NotinOsborne.Araresetofalphabetcards,theillustrationsexquisitelyandfinelyengraved,withthe letterscomposedmainlyofhumanformsinclassicalgarb,andafewcomposedofclassicallandscapes andmythologicalcreatures.

Shaped Book 02. (Juvenile.) POLLY’SPETS[cover-title]. ErnestNister.[c.890],SOLE EDITION,illustrationsonletterpressthroughout,4pagescolour lithographed,remainderinsepia,pp.[4],63x375mm.,orig. chromolithographedpictorialsewnstiffwrappers,shapedasacurly- headedlittlegirlinwhitewithbluesashandmob(latter slightlycreased),holdingtwokittens,onefoottipmissingfromupper side,theotherrepaired,insidewrappersprintedwithfirstandfinal pagesoftext(lightlyfoxed),verygood(seeHainingp.85forillustration)  £350.00 Rare.NottracedintheBritishorBodleianLibrarycataloguesonline.Not foundinNUCorRLG.NotinOsborneorGumuchian.Thisbears“the unmistakablehallmarksofErnestNister”andis“todayamongthemost difficultofsuchbookstofind.”(Haining)Thefinalstoryentitled“TheDolls’ House”isparticularlycharming,withcolourillustrationsoftheexteriorof adolls’houseandtheinteriorofthreeoftherooms:drawing-room,kitchen andbedroom.

03. (Juvenile. Moveable.) LOWE(ConstanceM.) Pictureseverywhere...Penandinkillustrationsby T.CromwellLawrence.ErnestNister...[c.900,]6colourlithographedplates(each‘transforms’ bymeansofsingleflapintodifferentscene),letterpressprintedindarkbrown,pp.[6],sm.4to., orig.redcloth-backedglazedboards,uppersidewithcolourlithographedtitleandillustration, lowersidepalecream,verygood £400.00

04. Kent (Nathaniel) HintstoGentlemenofLandedProperty.TheSecondEdition.J.Dodsley.786, 0foldingengravedplatesofdesigns,including8plansforcottagesandhouses,laterinknotes onfrontendpaper,advertisementleafdiscarded,pp.vii,282,8vo.,contemp.calf,rebacked, flatbackstripruledingiltandblind,withredmoroccolabelandgiltletteringinthesecond compartment,cornersrepaired,good(ESTCT4065:Fussellpp.0/02) £270.00 NathanielKentofFulhamwasgreatlyrespectedbyhiscontemporariesforhisworkaswellashis books.HeperformedoneoftheCountySurveysfortheBoardofAgriculture(Norfolk),havinglearnt muchabouthusbandryintheNetherlands,thenstillthemostadvancedinEuropeonthesubject. ‘Thebookstrikeswhatwasarathernewnoteinpolemicsonestatemanagement.ForonethingKent advisesgrantingequitableleasesinorderthatthesoilmaybecomeusefultothetenantsaswellasthe landlords.Thestyleoffarmingherecommendsiswhatmightbeexpectedfrom...‘averyenlightened person’.’(Fussell)

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05. Kingsley (Charles) and H[enry] C[ourteney] Selous (illustrator). IllustrationsbyH.C.Selousof ‘HerewardtheWake’Art-UnionofLondon.870,SOLEEDITION,pp.[2],obl.folio(3x44cm.), orig.morocco-grainburgundyclothsometimerebacked,giltletteredanddatedonfrontboard withblindruledborder,buffendpapers,redtintededges,good £65.00

06. Kinneir (David) AnewEssayontheNerves,andtheDoctrineofanimalspiritsrationally considered;shewingthegreatBenefitandtrueUseofBathinganddrinkingtheBathWaters,in allnervousDisordersandObstructions:WithtwoDissertationsontheGout,andonDigestion, withthedistempersoftheStomachandIntestines....TheSecondEdition;withAdditions;giving anAccountofsomealternativeMedicinesnotcommonlyinUse;andtheirEffectsconfirmed bypracticalCases.ForW.InnysandR.Manby.739,contemp.inkownershipsignaturetotitle, inkmanuscriptnotesonfacingendpaperabouttheauthor,inksignaturesoftwophysicians oftheKinneirlineattheheadofthededicationleaf,pp.vi,200,8vo.,contemp.sprinkledcalf, rebacked,thebackstripwithfiveraisedbands,ruledingiltandwithredmoroccolabelwith giltlettering,coverswithdoublegiltfilletborders,cornersrepaired,good(ESTCT49380; WellcomeII,22) £450.00 LittleseemstobeknownaboutDoctorDavidKinneir,exceptthathestudiedattheUniversityofSt. Andrews,gainedanM.D.in7andbecameaFellowoftheRoyalCollegeofPhysicians,Edinburgh, in724.InthefirsteditionofthisworktheauthorstyleshimselfD.Bayne,aliasKinneirofthatIlk, PhysicianatBath.Hispracticeclearlygavehimampleopportunityforacutelyobservingsymptoms andconditions,forwhichhegivessomesoundremedies.

07. Kitchiner (William) TheHousekeeper’sOracle;or,ArtofdomesticManagement:containinga completeSystemofCarvingwithAccuracyandelegance;HintsrelativetoDinnerParties;the ArtofmanagingServants;andtheEconomist’sandEpicure’sCalendar,shewingtheSeasons whenallKindsofMeat,Fish,Poultry,Game,Vegetables,andFruitsfirstarriveintheMarket -earliesttimeforced-whenmostplentiful-andwhenbestandcheapest.Towhichisadded aVarietyofusefulandoriginalreceipts.Whittaker,Treacher.829,FIRSTEDITION,engraved frontispiceportraitoftheauthorbyW.Finden,woodcutillustrationsofcarvingetc.inthe text,portraitandtitlewithlightbrowning,occasionalfoxing,pp.[iv],344,[8],(bookseller’s catalogue),8vo.,modernhalfcalf,thebackstripwithfiveraisedbandsruledingilt,darkblue andblackmoroccolabelsletteredingilt,marbledboards,good(Oxfordp.62;cf.Bittingp.262)  £400.00 Kitchinerwasawealthyphysicianwhodidnotpractice.Hepreferredtoexplorehisinterestinfood, andinvitecarefully-selectedgueststohislunches,whichwerefamousforthequalityofthefare. Kitchenerhadquiteadvancedideasaboutdiet,nutritionandhealth,andhiswritingsonthesesubjects, thoughslightlyeccentric,wereinfluential.

08. [Lawrence (John)] Apracticaltreatiseonbreeding,rearingandfatteningallkindsofdomestic poultry,pheasants,pigeons,andrabbits:includinganinterestingaccountoftheEgyptian methodofhatchingeggsbyartificialheat;withsomemodernexperimentsthereon.Third edition,withadditionsonthebreeding,feeding,andmanagementofswine,andofmilchcows forthefamilydairy...ByBoningtonMoubray,Esq.[pseud].Sherwood,NeelyandJones.89,a fewfoxmarksononeortwoleaves,pp.xii,288,8vo.,orig.blueboards,paperbackstrip,printed paperlabel,slightwearandchipping,untrimmed,good £300.00 Thefirsteditionof83israre,andtheworkwasreprintedin86.Apopularbookwhosecontents appeartohavevariedconsiderablyfromoneeditiontoanother.Lawrenceisbestknownforhis writingsonhorsesandcattle.Hehadanabidinginterestinthehumanetreatmentofanimals.‘His booksshowknowledgeandshrewdness.’(DNB)

09. [Le Clerc (Jean)] MemoirsofEmericCountTeckely.InFourBooks.Whereinarerelated... TransactionsinHungaryandtheOttomanEmpire,from...656,till...69.Tim.Goodwin. 693,engravedfrontispieceportraitbyP.Bouche,fore-edgeshaved,titleprintedinredand

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black,imprimaturleafatthebeginning,pp.xii,75,84,67,[6],2mo.,contemp.speckledcalf, backstripwithfourraisedbands,decoratedinblind,redmoroccolabelwithgiltletteringinthe secondcompartment,rebackedandrepaired,good(WingL822) £700.00 ThefirstEnglisheditionofthemostdetailedcontemporarybiographyofImreTeckely(Tokoly) translatedfromtheFrenchofJeanLeClerc.ItalsochartsthehistoryofOttomanHungaryduringthis verydynamicperiod.UnderOttomanrule,peacewasfragile:theHabsburgspursuedplanstoliberate thelandfromtheMusliminvaders,andtopromotetheCounterreformationwiththehelpofagents. UsingOttomanHungaryastheirbase,theOttomansattemptedtousethisreligiousdivisionoftheir Christianopponentsin683whentheylaidsiegetoViennaforthesecondtime.Underthetermsofthe TreatyofKarlowitz,whichendedtheGreatTurkishWarin699,theOttomanscedednearlyallthe territorytheyhadtakenfromtheKingdomofHungary.

0. The Literary Museum; or,ancientandmodernRepository.Comprisingscarceandcurious Tracts,Poetry,BiographyandCriticism.FortheEditor.792,publishedinparts,anumberof whichhaveseparatetitles,pp.viii,viii,v,6-8,iv,5-24,2,5,64,8,8,4,8,[2],28,[2],iv,5-70, [2],27,8vo.,modernhalfcalf,backstripwithfourraisedbands,enclosingapineapplestamp, greenmoroccolabelwithgiltletteringinthesecondcompartment,marbledboards,verygood  £350.00 Interestingpieceswhichrangeinsubjectfrom‘ADelicateDietfor...Droonkards’,789,tomourning, marriage,BenJonson,andhealingtheKing’sEvil(Scrofula).

Most Christian War God . (Louis XIV.) GALLO-GRÆCO(GERMANO) [Leibniz(CarlWilhelm,Freiherrvon)] Mars Christianissimus.AutoreGermanoGallo-Græco:or,anapologyforthemostChristianKing’s takinguparmsagainsttheChristians.PrintedforR.Bentley,andS.Magnes,inRussel-streetin Covent-Garden.684,FIRSTTRANSLATIONINTOENGLISH,title-pagewithwoodcutborder,minimal inkunderliningandmarginaliainacontemp.hand,pp.[2],76,[4],2mo.,contemp.speckled sheep(unrestored),backstripwithirregularlyspacedhorizontaldoubleblindrules(remnant ofgiltrulesforlabel),rubbedsideswithsimpleblindruleborder,leatherlossatheadoflower board,boardedgesdecorativelystampedinblind(cornersworn),endpaperssometimereplaced tomatch,redspecklededges,asoundcopy(ESTC R224082:WingM722) £500.00 ThescarcefirsttranslationintoEnglishofLeibniz’politicalpamphletagainsttheaggressivepolitics oftheFrenchmonarch,wiselywrittenunderapseudonym.AtfirstissuedinFrenchandLatin,from anAmsterdampublisher,this“brilliantsatiredirectedagainstLouisXIV’sforeignpolicy”(Craig, “Philosophy”p.568)seesLeibnizaccusethekingandhisempireofbeingtheenemy“quasitoutele monde”.

A Numismatic Novelty 2. Lowndes (William) AReportContaininganEssayfortheAmendmentoftheSilverCoins.... PrintedbyCharlesBill,andtheexecutrixofThomasNewcomb...695,FIRSTEDITION,some restorationofpagecorners,mainlytotheslightlyfoxedpreliminaryandendleaves,light browningthroughoutpageblock;letterpresstitle-pagewithwoodcutoftheRoyalCoatof Arms,woodcutinitiallettersinfloraldesigns,marginalnotes,pp.59,[],8vo.,contemp. blackmorocco,expertlyrebacked,backstripwithraisedbandsgiltlettereddirectinsecond compartment,remainderwithfloralgiltdesign;sideswithdoublegiltfilletborder,central panelgiltfilletborderedwithgiltfloraldesignandelaborategiltfleuroncorner-pieces,corner tipsreplaced,marbledendpapers,rehingedwithmatchingmarbledpaperrepairworkon pastedowns,a.e.g.,verygood(WingL3323;Einaudi3526;Golsmiths’33;Kress908; Lowndes406) £1,300.00 Giventheelaboratenatureofthebinding,thisreportwasperhapsboundforpresentationtoamember ofsocietytowhomtheworkwasimportant,possiblyevenamemberofparliament.Theauthor, (TreasuryofficialWilliamLowndes,652-724)becameSecretarytotheTreasuryin695andis rememberedforhisinvolvement,inthemid690s,inoneoftheUnitedKingdom’searlyfinancial crises.Bytheendoftheseventeenthcentury,thepracticeofclippingsilvercoinagehadbecome

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widespread.‘Clippers’wouldscrapeawaysmallportionsofsilverfromtheedgesofcoinsandillicitly pockettheproceedsbeforepassingthecoinsbackintocirculation.Thefinancialcrisisdeepenedas BritainbecameembroiledintheNineYearsWaragainstFrance,hammeredsilvercoinagedwindled to50%ofitsissuedweightandpeopleattemptedtohoardwhatlittlegoldcoinagetheywereableto acquireinstead.Eventheintroductionofmechanizationtoproducemillededgecoinagecouldnothalt thedecline,andthetaskofresolvingtheproblemwaslefttoLowndesandhisTreasury.Thisbookwas theresult:Lowndesproposedtoraisethevalueofallsilvercoinby25%(muchtothedismayofJohn Locke),andhispublishedinvestigationwasthencirculatedtobothHousesofParliament.

Handsome printing of Lucretius 3. Lucretius. DeRerumnatureLibrisex.InaedibusRicardiTaylor.824,inscribedonthefront endpaperbyDr.Keate,pp.295,4to.,contemp.polishedrussia,thebackstripwithfiveraised bandsandgiltinfilledpanels,letteredingilt,nicktothehead,andsmallstainatthefoot, thecoverswithdoublegiltfillet,blind,andfive-gilt-filletborders,innerdentelles,marbled endpapers,armorialbookplateofF.W.FitzWigram,verygood(Gordon22A) £200.00 ThistextofLucretiuswascommissionedbyJohnKeate,thecelebratedheadmasterofEton,asagift topupilsleavingtheschool.KeatewashimselfabrilliantwriterofLatinverse,afineclassicalscholar andpopularamongtheboysdespitetheharshregimeofthetimeandthefrequentfloggings.The inscriptioninthisattractivelyboundcopyreads:‘RobertWigram.December829.FromDr.Keate HeadMasterofEton,onbeingsentupforgoodforthe9thtime,andonleavingEton.’

4. (Medicine.) CAMERARIUS(JoannesRudolphus) Syllogesmemorabiliummedicinaeetmirabilium naturaearcanorum,centuriaeIV...Strasbourg:sumptibusEberhardiZerzneri...624,FIRST COLLECTEDEDITION,occasionallightbrowning,pp.[xlviii],288,2mo.,contemp.vellum,slightly soiled,manuscripttitledonspine,earlynoteonupperfreeendpaper,good(Willems40)  £275.00 CenturyIwasfirstprintedin64.ThisworkcontainswhatappearstobethefirsteditionofCenturia II-IVmakingthisthefirstcollectededitionofthisearlyworkonthehistoryofmedicine.Notin Waller,Osler,GarrisonandMorton,orWellcome.

Numerous anatomical plates 5. (Medicine.) HEMSTERHUIS(Siboldus) Messisaureaexhibens;Anatomica:novissimaetutilissima experimenta...HuiceditoniaccesseruntdevasislymphaticisitabulæRudibeckianæ.Figuris Æneisillustrata.Heidelberg:typisAdrianiWyngaerden...659,FIRSTHEIDELBERGEDITION, engravedadditionaltitle-page(fore-edgefrayedwithslightlossat),half-titleinformationprinted onrecto,nearcontemp.inkownershipinscriptionsatheadoftitle-page,woodcutinitialletters, 9engravedplates(6folding),browned,minorwaterstainsandoccasionalfoxingwithinpage block,pp.[xiv],[370],[39],8vo.,contemp.vellum,soiled,fore-edgesoverlapping,backstrip manuscriptletteredinink,bluespecklededges,sound(WellcomeIII,244:WallerI,p.98 [4320];CatalogueofMedicalBooksManchesterUniversityLibrary92) £550.00 FlemishsurgeonanddoctorSiboldus(Siebold)Hemsterhuis(born629),madepublichisdiscoveries regardinganatomyandthelymphaticsysteminaLeiden-publishededitionofthisworkin654.This volume,dedicatedtothenotedDanishanatomistThomasBartholin(66-680),containsthirteen moreengravingsthantheearlierversion(alsopublishedbyWyngaerden).Theillustrationsarethe workofOlofRudbeck(630-702).ThisvolumeincludesincludesJeanPecquet’s‘Experimentanova anatomica’;ThomasBartholin’s‘Delacteisthoracicishistoriaanatomica,Delacteisthoracicisdubia anatomica,Vasorumlymphaticorumhistorianova’;andOlofRudbeck’s‘Novaexercitatioanatomica, exhibensductushepaticosaquososetvasaglandularumserosa,Variaeanatomicaeobservationes.’The engravedtitle-pagedepictsleadinganatomistsoftheperiodperforminganautopsy.

6. (Medicine.) SANTORIO[Santorio] Medicinastatica:beingaphorismsofSanctorius,translated intoEnglish,withlargeexplanations.Towhichisadded,Dr.Keil’sMudicinaStaticaBritannica... Thefourthedition.ByJohnQuincy,M.D.PrintedforJ.OsbornandT.Longman...andJ.Newton. 728,engravedfrontispiece,foldingplate,letterpresslightlybrowned,pp.viii,463,[7],8vo.,

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contemp.calf,stained,cornersworn,sometimerebacked,withraisedbandsbetweendouble giltrules,giltletteredblackleatherlabel;sideswithdoublefilletandnarrowrollborder,corners worn,librarybookplate,laterowner’ssignatureonupperfreeendpaper,endpapersbrowned, hingessplitbutsound £150.00 ThiseditionnotinGarrisonandMorton,Waller,Osler,orWellcome.

7. (Medicine.) SYDENHAM(Thomas) Operamedica;intomoduosdivisa.Editionovissima... Geneva:apudFratresdeTournes.757,portraitfrontispieceinvol.i,printedindouble-column, pp.[x],7;[iv],496,[viii],88,[viii],68,4to.,contemp.sheep,backstripswithraisedbands, giltlettereddarkgreenleatherlabelsinsecondcompartments,vol.numbersdirectinthird, remainingcompartmentsgiltpanelled,withflowertools,twosmallunobtrusiverepairstoheads ofbackstrips,verygood £180.00 VolumetwohastwoworksbyWilliamMusgrave,‘Dearthritidesymptomaticadissertatio...editio nova’and‘Dearthritideanomala,siveinterna,dissertatio...editonova’attheend.Althoughtheyare separatelypaginatedandcollatedtheywerepublishedwiththiseditionofSydenham’sworks.

8. Melvil[le] (Sir James) TheMemoires...containinganImpartialAccountofthemostremarkable AffairsofStateduringthelastage,notmention’dbyotherhistorians:moreparticularlyrelating totheKingdomsofEnglandandScotland...inallwhichTransactionstheAuthorwaspersonally andpublicklyconcern’d.NowpublishedfromtheOriginalManuscript.ByGeorgeScott.Printed byE.H.forRobertBoulter.683,FIRSTEDITION,title-pagealittlebrowned,withsmallhole,and withtears,repaired,atinnermarginandloweredge,edgeslightlyfoxed,pp.[xvi],204,[28], folio,contemp.calf,rubbed,rebackedandcornersrepaired,thebackstripwithfiveraisedbands, ruledingilt,thecompartmentswithgiltlozenges,moroccolabelwithgiltletteringinthesecond compartment,engravedarmorialbookplatewiththemotto‘FatoPrudentiaMajor’andsignedin theplate‘MB’,sound(WingM564) £200.00 TheoriginalmanuscriptoftheseMemoireswasonlydiscoveredin660,andfirstpublished,here, bytheauthor’sgrandson,GeorgeScottofPitlochry.Thebookplateappearstobethatofthe‘Cheney familyofBadgerHall,Salop.’

9. Modius (Franciscus) CleritotiusRomanæEcclesiæsubiecti,seu,Pontificiorumordinum omniumomninovtriusquesexbvs,habitvs,artificiosissimusfiguris...nuncprimumàIudoco Ammannoexpressi...AdditolibellosingularieiusdemFrancisciModiiBrug,inquocuiusque ordinisEcclesiaticiorigo,progressus&vestitusratiobreuiterexvariishistoricisdelineatur. Frankfurt:sumptib.SigismundiFeyrabendii.585,largewoodcutofthePopeonthetitle,02 woodcutsofclericalbyJostAmman,devicesonsecondtitleandcolophonleaf, woodcutinitials,oneortwoedgesdampstained,inkownershipsignaturestothetitle,pp.[22], small4to.,nineteenthcenturyvellum,thebackstripletteredinblackinkanddecoratedwith colouredinks,alittlestainedandrubbed(AdamsA966;Colas20) £2,750.00 ThisworkisthefruitofthecreativepartnershipofJostAmmanandpublisherSigismundFeyrabend. Together,inthesixteenthcentury,theyproducedanumberofbooks,perhapsamongstthefinest examplesoftheuseofthewoodcutforillustration.Amman(539-59)wasknownforbeingmaster ofthewoodcut,andparticularlyforthecorrectnessandaccuracyofdetail,especiallyasfarascostume wasconcerned.

20. Monteith (A[lexander]. H.) AnewpracticalandeasymethodoflearningtheGermanlanguage. AfterthesystemofF[ranz].Ahn....Secondcourse.T.J.Allman.874,wood-engravedpublisher deviceontitle,textinGothicandArabicletter,pp.42,2mo.orig.morocco-grainblue-green cloth,smoothbackstrip,frontboardwithembosseddesignsof“Allman’sPopularElementary Series”withcentralgiltletteredpanelandgiltprice,publisher’sadverts.onlightlybrowned endpapers,pictoriallabelonfrontpastedown,good £15.00 Ahn’ssystemconsistsofaseeminglyendlessseriesofsentences(oneforeveryeventuality)whichthe pupilwaspresumablyexpectedtomemorize.

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2. Ovidius Naso (Publius) Operaomnisintretomosdivisa,cumintegrisNicolaoheinsiiD.F. lectissimisquevariorumnotis.[ThreeVolumes]Quibusnonpauca,adsuosquæqueantiquitatis fontesdiligenticomparationereducta,accesserunt,studioBorchardiCnippingii.Amsterdam: apudWaesbergios,Boom&Goethals.702,engravedportrait,fineengravedtitletoeach volume,vol.iiwith5full-pageengravedillustrationsbyMulderasfrontispiecesforeachofthe parts,decorativetail-piecesandintitals,pp.[xii],832,[4];805,[0];80,[9],8vo.,contemp. vellum,thebackstripswiththeauthor,titleandvol.numberinink,thecoverswithblind-ruled panels,slightlysprung,verygood(Ebert5369) £400.00 AhandsomecopyofthevariorumeditioneditedbyCnipping.NicolaasHeinsiuswasresponsiblefor thisrecensionofOvid,whichwasfirstprintedwithenlargednotesbyCnippingin683.

22. Phillips (Henry) Florahistorica,or,ThethreeseasonsoftheBritishparterrehistoricallyand botanicallytreatedwithobservationsonplanting,tosecurearegularsuccessionofflowers, fromthecommencementofspringtotheendofautumn.Towhichareadded,themostapproved methodsofcultivatingbulbousandotherplants,aspractisedbythemostcelebratedfloristsof England,Holland,andFrance.[TwoVolumes].PrintedforE.LloydandSon.824,FIRSTEDITION, half-titles,somefoxingoftext,pp.xlvii,354,[];xii,464,8vo.,contemp.halfdarkstainedcalf, smoothbackstripsdividedintosixcompartmentsbytriplegiltrules,giltletteredburgundy moroccolabelsinsecond,vol.nos.directinfourth,remainderwithgiltflowerhead&stem deviceatcentreswithgiltscrolleddecorationsasborders,blindruleonreturns,marbledsides (rubbed,withrubbedcornertips),marbledendpapers,nearcontemp.labelsofalongdefunct Chiswicklibraryonpastedowns,good £150.00 PhillipshadalreadyachievedmembershipoftheHorticulturalSocietyandhadauthoredseveralworks onbotanybythetimethepresentworkwasissuedin824.Theyearfollowingpublication,hewas electedtotheLinneanSociety.

23. Pope (Alexander) Onethousandsevenhundredandthirtyeight.Adialoguesomethinglike Horace.T.Cooper.[738,]FIRSTEDITION,half-titlepresent(expertpaperrepairathead),pagesat sometimefoldedlaterallyonce,D2anadvertisementleaf(6titles),pp.[iv],0,[],folio

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  [Togetherwith]  DialogueII.R.Dodsley.738,FIRSTEDITION,half-titlenotcalledfor,title-pageslightlysoiled, pagesatsometimefoldedlaterallyonce,pp.6,foliomodernhalfdarkgreenmorocco,spines longitudinallygiltlettereddirect,marbledboards,verygood(Griffith484&494:Rothschild 642/43:FoxonP932&P938) £240.00 ThefirstvolumeisGriffith’s‘EditionA,varianta’.

24. (Pope.) RUFFHEAD(Owen) TheLifeofAlexanderPope,Esq.,compiledfromoriginalManuscripts; WithacriticalEssayonhisWritingsandGenius.C.Bathurst,H.Woodfall.W.Strahan,etc. 769,FIRSTEDITION,engravedfrontispieceofthePopemonumentwithportrait,offset,contemp. ownershipsignaturetothefrontendpaper,pp.[vi],578,8vo.,contemp.sprinkledcalf,backstrip withfiveraisedbandsandredmoroccotitlelabelwithgiltletteringandextremitiesslightly rubbed,lowerjointcrackingbutstillstrong,good(ESTCN34700;CBELII,52) £250.00 Asubstantialandsympatheticbiography,withmuchnewinformation,writtenatthesuggestionof Warburton,Pope’sliteraryexecutor,whoallowedRuffheadaccesstoPope’slettersandpapers.

25. Priscianus, Caesariensis. PriscianiGrammatici...LibriOmnes.Rufiniitemdemetriscomicis &oratoriisnumeris.Basle:apudNicolaumBryling.554,woodcutinitials,contemp.andlater ownershipinscriptionstotitle,frontendpaperdiscarded,pp.[vi],936,[8],8vo.,contemp. blindstampedpigskinoverwoodenboards,thebackstripwiththreeraisedbands,thesides withouterbordersofrepeatedtoolsencorporatingtheLatin,forFaith,HopeandCharity,inner panelstoatrellisdesignofinterlockingcirculartools,and,ontheuppercover,thedate559, wantingclasps,theedgeschipped(throughshelfwear?),sound(AdamsP25) £750.00 TheworksoftheLatingrammarianPriscian(49-58),abestsellerinmedievaltimes,beingthe standardauthorityforcorrectLatinusageupuntiltheRenaissance.Priscianwassignificantto Humanistscholarsnotonlyforthefragmentsandcitationshepreservedfromlostworks,butalsofor hisworkonprosody,onweightsandmeasures,andonthequestionofcomedy.

26. Pugin (Augustus Charles) ASeriesofornamentalTimberGables,fromexistingExamplesin EnglandandFrance,ofthesixteenthCentury.DrawnonstonebyB.Ferrey,undertheDirection ofA.Pugin,architect;withdescriptiveletterpressbyE.J.Willison,architect,F.S.A.Second edition,improved.HenryG.Bohn.839,additionallithographedtitle,and30numbered lithographedplatesofgablesandbuildings,scatteredfoxmarks,pp.5+(plates),4to.,orig.dark greendiaper-graincloth,thebackstripletteredverticallyingilt,thecoversembossedinblind, yellowendpapers,fine £500.00 Acharacteristicpublicationbyoneoftheleadingdraughtsmenoftheearly9thcentury,whose interestinmedievalarchitectureplayedakeyroleintheGothicrevival.Puginwasdraughtsmanto JohnNash,formedasignificantrelationshipwithRudolphAckermann,withwhomheproducedmany importantworks.Thebindingofthiscopyisinremarkablyfreshcondition. Provenance:Thisvolumealthoughunmarked,isfromthelibraryofJamesWatt,Junior,sonofthe celebratedengineer,whowasmuchinvolvedinhisfather’sbusiness:thedevelopmentofsteam- poweredvessels.

27. Quincy (John) DrCarr’sMedicinalEpistlesuponseveralOccasions.DoneintoEnglish,asa SupplementtotheExplanationsofSanctorius’sAphorisms.ForWilliamNewton.74,FIRST EDITION,titlewithelegantownershipinscriptionofEdwardGriffith780,neatteartoB3 repaired,pp.[ii],iv,[ii],68,8vo.,mottledcalfantique,thebackstripwithinfilledpanelsin gilt,redmorocoolabelwithgiltlettering,thecoverspanelledinblind,good(ESTCT099082)  £350.00 Containsepistlesonawiderangeofmedicalsubjectsincludingtheeffectsoftheuseoftobacco, thepropertiesofliquor,confirmingpregnancythroughtheurine,andevensex-changes.Quincy, apothecaryandphysician,studiedmathematicsandthephilosophyofNewton,andpublisheda numberofmedicalworks.

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28. Rabelais (François) TheworksofFrancisRabelais,M.D.Nowcarefullyrevised,andcompared throughoutwiththelatenewEditionofM.LeDuChat,byMr.Ozell.Whohaslikewiseadded atthebottomofthepages,atranslationofthenotes,historical,critical,andexplanatory,of thesaidM.duChat,andothers:inwhichnotes,neverbeforeprintedinEnglish,thetextisnot onlyexplained,but,inmultitudesofplaces,amended,andmadeconformabletothestand besteditionsofthislearnedandfacetiousauthor.Adornedwith5veryneatcopper-plates.5 Vols.PrintedbyJ.Hughs(notnamedintheimprintofvols.iii-v)...forJ.Brindley,etal.737, title-pagesinredandblack,wood-engravedhead-andtail-pieces,pictorialinitialletters,4 copperengravedplates(missingaplateentitled“Hearsay”,whichoccursinsomecopiesopposite p.48invol.v,butwhichwasinthiscopyperhapsneverboundin)someofwhichfolding(minor handlingtearsto2plates),vol.vbearsinobtrusiveholeintitle-pageandwithfreeendpapers discarded(vol.iiiwithrearfreeendpaperdiscarded),pp.[i-iv],v-xxii,iii-viii,[i],ii-cxxxiv,[35]- 384;[i]-x,[]-25;[i-iv],v-xx,[i],22,3-367,[i-v](ads.);[i-v],vi-xc,[],2-28,[i-viii](contents), [i-iv](ads.);lxiv,[]-267,[i-v](contents),2mo.,orig.browncalf,backstripsdividedintosix compartmentsbygiltraisedbands,giltletteredredmoroccolabelsinsecond,giltvol.numerals inthird,remainderwithdecorativegiltfloraldevicessurroundedbyfoliategiltcorner-pieces withinaquadruplegiltfilletborder,minorrubbingtoexternaljoints(butfirm),sideswithdouble giltfilletasborder(minorstainscommensuratewithagetosomevols.),boardedgesdecoratively stampedinblind,frontpastedownswithanonymousmid-nineteenthcenturybookplates (depictingavasedesign)andauctioneer’sticket(?),vols.i,iii,andivwithnearcontemp. ownershipinscriptionofJohnBrakenbury,redspecklededges,good(ESTCT3265) £500.00 SirThomasUrquhart’sfamouspart-translationformsthebasisforthisrevisededition.Translations ofBooksI,II,andaportionofthethirdhadbeencompletedatthetimeofUrquhart’sdeathinc.660. ResponsibilityfortheremainingbooksthenfelltoPeterAnthonyMotteux,whereupontheywereduly issuedin693-4.Thirtyyearsafterfirstpublication,translatorJohnOzellrevisedandre-editedthe text;hisworkwaslatertogaintheapprovalofthehistorianAlexanderFraserTytlerwhonotedinhis “EssayonthePrinciplesofTranslation”(of79)that“TheEnglishversionofRabelaisthusimproved maybeconsidered,initspresentform,asoneofthemostperfectspecimensoftheartoftranslation. Thebestcriticsinbothlanguageshavebornetestimonytoitsfaithfultranslationofthesenseand happyimitationofthestyleoftheoriginal;andeveryEnglishreaderwillacknowledgethatitpossesses alltheeaseoftheoriginaltranslation.”

29. Reade (Charles) ChristieJohnstone.Anovel.Boston:TicknorandFields.855,FIRSTAMERICAN EDITION,occasionallightfoxing,pp.309,[],8(publishers’catalogue),lge.2mo.,orig.brown cloth,smoothbackstripfadedandexpertlyrepairedatheadandfoot,giltlettereddirect,sides withfourlineblindstampedborderandcentralovalstrapworkdesign,yellowchalkedendpapers (foxed),good(Parrishp.74:Wolff5703a) £75.00 Thefourleafpublishers’catalogueattherearisboundbetweentheendpapers.Firstpublishedby Bentleyin853.

Seventeenth Century Meteorology 30. Reinzer (Franz) MeteorologiaPhilosophico-Politica,induodecimDissertationesper QuaestionesMeteorologicasetConclusionesPoliticasdivisa,appositisqueSymbolisIllustrata. Augsburg:JeremiahWolf.698,dramaticengravedfrontispiecebyA.M.WolfgangafterW. J.Kadorizashowingthunder,allegoricalfiguresandabattlescene,83largeroundengraved emblematicillustrations(circa3x3cm.)bythesameartistsandJ.Müler,J.Striedbeckand J.S.Krausen,showingalltheextremesofweatherandtheirvariouseffects,includingcomets, lightning,meteors,deluges,shipwrecks,earthquakes,etc.,afewleavesuniformly,butnot unattractivelybrowned,blankcornerofOO2repaired,pp.[vi],297,[5],folio,slightlylater vellumoverstiffboards,rebacked,thehingesweakened,good(Landwehr,GermanEmblem Books,495.Prazpp.93/468;DeBacker/SommervogelVI,640) £1,250.00 ThisunusualandstrikingemblembookwasfirstpublishedbyAntonNepperschmidin697.It attemptstodrawappropriatephilosophicalandpoliticallessonsfrommeteorologicalandother naturalphenomena,whilstdepictingtheminvividform,andispartlyderivedfromthewritings ofAthanasiusKircher.Reinzer,aJesuit,taughtrhetoricatVienna,philosophyatLinz,andmoral

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theologyatPassauandGraz.Thiscopyappearstohaveoneofthedigitsofthedate(698)suppliedin ink,perhapscorrectingaprintingerror,asitcollatesasthe698editionandhasthecorrectimprint forthatedition.

The Great Contemplator 3. Richard, Prior of St. Victor at Paris. RichardiSanctiVictoris,interTheologoDoctoris celeberrimi,omniaopera....Catalogumlibrorum,denisq[ue]titulostractatuumomnium,tam primæquamsecundæpartishuiusoperissequenspaginaindicabitabundanter.Lyons:apud IacobumGiunti;[colophon]:typisNicolausPetit[et]HectorPenet.534,woodcuttitle-page withwideborderoftrailingfoliageandputti,andprinter’sdevice,titleprintedinredand black,3woodcutillustrationsofEzechiel’sTemple,woodcutinitialsthroughout,afewink annotations,edgesofthetitleslightlysoiledandfrayed,afewwormholesfromthebeginning, mostlytothelowerandinnermargins,butthroughthetextinplaces,ff.[6],cciii,folio,contemp. calf,thebackstripwithfiveraisedbands,thesideswithroll-toolborderwithrepeatedsemi- circulartoolsinterspersedwithflowers,extremitiesrubbed,theheadandfootofthebackstrip withsomewhatcruderepairs,wantingties,sound(NotinAdams) £950.00 Averyrareedition(onlyonecopywiththisimprintappearstoberecordedbyWorldcat,andtwoby COPAC)oftheworksofRichardofSt.Victor(died73),whowasoneofthemostimportantmystical theologicansof2thcenturyParis,thentheintellectualcentreofEurope.Richard,aScot,wasPriorof thefamousAugustinianabbeyofSaint-VictorinParisfrom62untilhisdeathin73. Hismostimportantwork,DeTrinitate(“OntheTrinity”)containshisbest-knownphilosophical workinwhichhestressedthatitwaspossibletoreachtheessentialsofthedoctrineoftheTrinityby theprocessofspeculativereasoning.RichardhadgreatinfluenceonBonaventureandtheFranciscan mystics.Hiswritingsonmysticalcontemplationearnedforhimthetitle“MagnusContemplator”,the greatcontemplator. InDante’sParadise(Paradiso’X.30),heismentionedamongtheologiansanddoctorsofthechurch alongsideIsidoreofSevilleandtheEnglishmanBede(thelatteristheonlyotherBritoninDante’s Paradise).

Early Midwifery 32. [Roesslin (Eucharius)] DePartuHominis,etquaecircaipsumaccidunt,adeoq[ue]de parturientum&infantiummorbisatquecura,Frankfurt:apudHær.Chr.Egen[olphum].[556], largewoodcutonthetitle-pageshowingmidwivesatwork,30woodcutsinthetext,lowerinner cornersoffirstfewleavesdampstained,pp.69,[3],8vo.,latercalfbackeddecoratedboards,the jointsweak,sound(NotinAdams,WellcomeorDurling) £1,500.00 ALatineditionofRoesslin’sfamous‘Rosengraten’,thefirstprintedbookonmidwifery.Thefirst editionwaspublishedinGermanin53andnumerousvernaculareditionsappeared.TheLatin translationbyRoesslin’ssonwasintendedformedicsratherthanmidwives.It,too,waspopular; firstpublishedin532,itwasreissuedatleasteleventimes.Thepresenteditioncloselyshadowsthe originaltext,thoughtheillustrationstothesectiononpaediatricsareadditional.Itisalsoscarce,with nocopiesapparentlyrecordedbyCOPAC,andninebyOCLC;oneinGermanyandeightinAmerica.

A proper and almost indispensable companion... 33. [Rundell (Mrs Maria Eliza)] Thenewfamilyreceipt-book,containingsevenhundredtruly valuablereceiptsinvariousbranchesofdomesticeconomy;selectedfromtheworksof Britishandforeignwritersofunquestionableexperience&authority,andfromtheattested communicationsofscientificfriends.SquireandWarwick,...forJohnMurray,...soldalso byeverybooksellerandnewsmanintownandcounty.80,FIRSTEDITION,pp.xliii,40, [](advert.),8vo.,contemp.browncalf,rebackedandrecorneredtomatch,backstripdividedby giltraisedbandsintofivecompartments,giltletteredredleatherlabelinsecond,remainderwith blindstampedfleur-de-lisdeviceatcentres,giltdatedatfoot,sideswithsinglegiltruleasborder, giltroperollonboardedgeswithgiltrollonturn-ins,grey-greenendpapers(inknameathead offrontpastedown,repeatedatheadofblankprecedingtitle),redspecklededges,whitesilk ribbon-marker,verygood(Oxford:‘Englishcookerybookstotheyear850’,p.37:WellcomeIV, p.226) £300.00

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ThesupplementtoRundell’sextraordinarilypopularworkentitled“Anewsystemofdomestic Cookery”(807).Containssevenhundredhintsor‘receipts’,withsectionsonagriculture,angling, usefularts,cattle,anddomesticeconomyamongothers.Specifichintsconcernbleaching,paint, ink,cement,gaslight,varnishing,gilding,secretwriting,glue,cleaning,preserving,canaries,cloth, culinaryarts,distilling,eelkilling,rats,sugar,tobacco,coffee,etc.,etc.

34. Schonæus (Cornelius) TerentiusChristianusseuComoediæsacræ,tribuspartibusdistinctæ. ...Etnuncdemùmmagnadiligentia&laboreemendatæ,atquerecognitæ.Cologne:sumptibus JodociKalcovii.652,somefoxingandoccasionalstaining,threadsofwormholesthrough theedgesofgatheringEinthethirdpart,justtouchingthetext,pp.[xvi],343,240,262,8vo., contemp.vellum,alittlesoiled,sound £300.00 CornelisSchonaeus(54-6),taughtattheuniversityofHaarlemandwroteaseriesofdramasin thestyleoftheTerentius.Thisvolumecontainsseventeencomedies.

Furniture designs 35. Schwenke (Frederick) DesignsforDecorativeFurnitureandmodernChamber-arrangement; includingapracticalGuidetoupholstery,illustratedby...engravings,exhibitingthelatest ImprovementsinthisbranchofindustrialArt.HenrySotheran.879,titleprintedinredand black,72lithographedplatesoffurnituredesignsandroomsettingsonthickpaper,occasional foxing,oneortwochipstotheoutermargins,andoneedgefrayed,pp.[iv],72plates,folio, modernqtr.pigskin,thebackstripletteredverticallyingilt,a.e.g.,good £280.00 TheplatesshowtheexhibitionroomsfortheBerlinTradesExhibition,879,andtheViennaand DüsseldorfExhibitionsof880,andgeneralroomsettings;eachaccompaniedbyaseriesofplatesof thedesignsoftheindiviualpiecesoffurnitureshown.

36. Scott (Sir Walter) HalidonHill;adramaticsketch,fromScottishhistory...Secondimpression, firstissue,Edinburgh:ArchibaldConstable[etal.]822,half-titlepresent,somepages unopened,pp.09,[](blank),[],8vo.,earlytwentiethcenturydarkgreencalf,backstrip faded,withscrollinggiltrolldecoratedraisedbands,giltlettereddirectinsecondandfourth compartments,giltcrestinremainder,blueclothsideswithgiltcrestonupperside,marbled endpapers,bookplateandaccessionlabelofGilbertComptonElliot,t.e.g.,verygood(72: ToddandBowden58Ab) £95.00

37. [Scott (Sir Walter)] NovelsandRomancesoftheAuthorofWaverley.9Vols.Edinburgh;Printed forArchibaldConstableandCo.824,FIRSTCOLLECTEDEDITION,vignettetitletoeachvolume, slightfoxingthroughoutasusual,ownershipsignaturesonfrontfreeendpapers,8vo.,contemp. polishedhalfcalf,thespinespanelledingiltgiltlettering,marbledboardsandedges,slightly rubbed,oneortwochipstoextremitiesofspines,otherwiseaverygoodset £200.00 Comprising‘ThePirate,’‘TheFortunesofNigel,’‘PeverilofthePeak’and‘QuentinDurward.’

38. Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) TragoediasDecem;...Amplissimaadversaaria;quælocoCommentarii essepossunt.ExbibliothecaMartiniAntoniiDelrio.Antwerp:exofficinaChristophoriPlantini. 576,woodcutprinter’sdevicetotitle,woodcutinitials,printedintwocolumnswiththe commentaryalongside,neatrepairtothefootofinnerblankmarginsofthelasttwoleaves, contemp.inkownershipsignaturetothetitle,laterinkownershipinscriptiononendapaper, pp.[xxiv],38,4to.,eighteenthcenturyhalfcalf,thebackstripwithfiveraisedbands,panelled andruledingilt,calflabelwithgiltlettering,theuppercoverstampwithgiltcrestand‘DeLa Phalecque’atthefoot,thefootofthebackstripchippedandwithasmallhole,cornersknocked, fore-edgesalittlerubbed,good(AdamsS909;Ebert20929;BrunetV,286) £900.00 Firsteditionofthislearnedcommentary,withnotesbyMartinAntoineDelrio(55-608)ontheten tragediesbySeneca,withthePlantineditionofthetext.Inhiscommentary,knownforitsmodern approach,DelriocitesancientGreekandLatinauthors,contemporaryhumanists,andtheworksof

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poets,scientists,juristsetc.,includingPetrarch,LodovicoDolce,Ortelius,JustiusandLipsius.Delrio, FlemishtheologianandJesuitscholar,alsoincludesautobiographicalcommentsandalistofsources.

The Henry Irving Shakespeare 39. Shakespeare (William) TheWorksofWilliamShakepeare.EditedbyHenryIrvingandFrank A.Marshall.WithNotesandIntroductionstoeachPlay...andLifeofShakespearebyEdward Dowden.[EightVolumes].Blackie&Son.894,frontispieces,includingportraitoftheauthor, andnumerousillustrationsbyGordonBrowne,printedintwocolumns,pp.3,lxxxv,347;viii, 482;viii,509;viii,422;vii,430;vii,430;vii,7-32,-6,33-390;xv,5,4to.,orig.ochresand- graincloth,theflatbackstripswiththegeneraltitleelaboratelygiltandgilttitlesoftheworks below,andcentralfigureingiltandblack,withaspear,thecoverswithouterblackrulesand largecentralfiguresoftheMuseofDramawithhertwomasques,bevellededges,a.e.g.,theends ofthebackstripsalittlebumped,fine £400.00 Aremarkablybrightset.

40. Slack (Henry J.) Marvelsofpondlife;or,ayear’smicroscopicrecreationsamongthepolyps, infusoria,ritifiers,water-bearers,andpolyzoa.GroombridgeandSons.86,FIRSTEDITION, halftitlepresent,lithographfrontispiece(withtissue-guard),6lithographicplates(tissue- guardspresent),textillustrations,errata-slip,afewfinalleavesroughlycut,pp.xviii,97,[26] (publisher’scatalogue),sm.8vo.,orig.blindstampedgreenclothbyWestley’s(theirticketat footofrearpastedown),lightshelfwearatextremitiesofgiltletteredbackstrip,yellowchalked endpapers,good(Freeman,“Britishnaturalhistorybooks...”343) £50.00

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AdelightfulillustratedVictorianworkthatwasintendedasan“introduction”tomicroscopicresearches. Areviewerfromthe“QuarterlyJournalofMicroscopicalScience”commented:“MrSlackhaskept adiaryofhisobservationswiththemicroscope,andhasdaredtopublishtheresult.Wesay‘dared’ becausewethinkitrequiredalittlecourageonhisparttopublishaseriesofobservationswhichmany personsmorecompetentthanhimselfwouldhaveshrunkfrom....MrSlackhasillustratedhisremarks withwoodcuts,andseveralverybeautifullyexecutedplatesaccompanytheobjectshedescribes.We recommendMr.Slack’svolumeasagift-bookfortheencouragementofyoungmicroscopicobservers.”

4. Sleidan (Johann) DeStatvReligionisetReipublicæ,Caroloquinto,Cæsare,Commentarii.2 partsinonevol.[andadditionalwork,seebelow],[Geneva]:ThomasCourteau.[559],large woodcutprinter’sdevices,blindownershipstamp,pp.[x],6-467,[ii],[32],[ii],468-489, (including2blanks),8vo.,   [boundwith]:  SleidanJohann)DeQvatvorSummisImerii,Babylonico,Persico,Græco&Romano,libri tres.[Geneva]:typ.NicolaiBarbirii,&ThomæCourteau.[559],woodcutprinter’sdevice, blindownershipstamptothetitle,pp.06,[6],8vo.,contemp.calf,rebacked,preservingmost oftheoriginalbackstrip,sixraisedbands,laterpaperlabelwithinkletteringinthesecond compartment,thecoverswithgiltstrapworkcentrepieces,cornersknocked,a.e.g.,wantingties, good(NotinAdams) £700.00

Earlyeditions,bothscarce(twocopiesonlyonCOPAC,andapparentlynoneonOCLC),ofthetwomost importantworksofthe6thCenturyGermanhistorianSleidanus.‘Destatu’,anhistoricalchronicle from57-555,isthemostvaluablecontemporaryhistoryofthetimesoftheReformation,and containsthelargestcollectionofimportantdocuments(EncyclopaediaBritannia).Thesecondworkis abriefchronicleofthefourprincipalempires,Babylon,Persia,GreeceandRome.

The Beginnings of Mormonism 42. Smith (Ethan) ViewoftheHebrews;exhibitingtheDestructionofJerusalem;Thecertain RestorationofJudahandIsrael;ThepresentStateofJudahandIsrael;andanAddressofthe ProphetIsaiahrelativetotheirRestoration.Poultney(Vt.),[U.S.A.]:Smith&Shute.823,FIRST EDITION,contemp.inkownershipsignatureonthefrontfreeendpaper,smalltearinChapter heading,occasional,mostlylightfoxing,pp.iv,5-87,8vo.,contemp.treecalf,flatbackstrip ruledwithdoublegiltfillets,redmoroccotitlelabelinthesecondcompartment,alittlestained, slightlybowed,bookplateofWilliamGarnett,BleasdaleandQuernmorePark,Lancster,good (Sabin82538) £1,000.00 InthisworkEthanSmithdescribeshisbeliefthattheNorthAmericanIndiansweredirectdescendants ofthethelosttribesofIsrael,aclaimthatwastobemirroredfiveyearslaterinJosephSmith’sBook ofMormon.ClaimsofplagiarismwerelevelledatJosephSmithatthetime,whichhefastidiously refuted.Amongotherparallelsbetweenthetwotexts,scholarshavenotedthatbothbooksrelate thediscoveryofburiedrecords;refertoinspiredprophetsanddescribeobjectsresemblingtheUrim andThummimandthebreastplateoftheHebrewhighpriest;refertowrittencharacterssimilarto Egyptianhieroglyphs;claimthattheIndianswereseparatedintocivilizedandbarbarousculturesand thatthecivilizedpeoplewereexterminatedbythebarbarousIndians,andbothbooksattesttoahigh levelofcivilizationinancientAmerica.

43. [Smith (James & Horace)] RejectedAddressesortheNewTheatrumPoetarum,JohnMiller. 82,FIRSTEDITION,withhalf-title(foxed),signedonhalf-titleandtitlesignature(cropped)byJ(?) Gisborne,finaladvertisementleaf,pp.[xvi],26,[2],8vo.   [boundwith]:  [Smith(James)]HoraceinLondon,thirdedition,JohnMiller,83,half-title,pp.xii,73,8vo.   [and]  Brown(Thomas)InterceptedLetters,fourteenthedition,with...severaladditionalPoems,J.Carr, 84,half-title,signedonthetitlebyJ?Gisborne,pp.xvi,9,8vo.Togetherinmodernbuckram, redleatherlabelwithgiltlettering,good £220.00 Thefirstitemofthethreecomprisesparodiesofcontemporarypoets.ThesignaturesofJ?Gisborneare possiblythenorthernpoet,praisedbyWordsworthforhisdescriptionsofscenery.

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44. (Social ethics.) MARTINEAU(Harriet) Howtoobserve.Moralsandmanners.CharlesKnightand Co.838,FIRSTEDITION,titlelightlyfoxedpp.vii,238,[ii](ads.),8vo.,orig.greenmorocco-grain cloth,backstripgiltlettered,decorativeblindstampedpanelsonlightlyspottedsides,yellow chalkedendpapersfoxedatedgeswithcontemp.booksellers’smallticket“Bain,Bookseller-, Haymarket”atheadoffrontpastedown,good £130.00 TheNorwich-bornwriterandjournalisthadbecomesomethingofacelebritysincethepublication ofher“Illustrationsofpoliticaleconomy”whichhaddrawntheattentionofJohnStuartMill.Inthe presentwork,weseeMartineau’scontributiontoaseries,begunin835,underthegeneraltitle“How toObserve.”Theseries,byanumberofdifferentauthors,includedtitlesongeology,naturalhistory, agriculture,thefinearts,andgeneralstatistics.Thepreviousyearhadseenpublicationofher“Society inAmerica”anditisperhapsforthisreasonthateditionsof“Moralsandmanners”wereissuedin America(inbothNewYorkandPhiladelphia)laterin838.

45. Solleysel (Jacques de) Thecompleathorseman:or,perfectfarrier.Intwoparts...Writtenin FrenchbytheSieurdeSolleysell...AbridgedfromthefoliodoneintoEnglishbySirWilliam Hope.Withtheadditionofseveralexcellentreceipts,byourbestfarriers:anddirections tothebuyersandsellersofhorses...PrintedforH.Bonwicke[etal.]702,foldingengraved additionaltitle-pageand6plates(5folding),somewithclosedtearsonfolds,somemisfolded,pp. [xvi],376,[6],8vo.,contemp.Cambridge-panecalf,backstripunlettered,repairedatheadand foot,cornersrepaired,extremitiesrubbed;sidespanelled,upperfreeendpapercreased,hinges strengthened,redsprinklededges,good £900.00

46. Speechly (William) ATreatiseontheCultureoftheVine,exhibitingnewandadvantageous Methodsofpropagating,cultivatingandtrainingthatPlant,soastorenderitabundantlyfruitful. TogetherwithnewHintsontheFormationofVineyardsinEngland.York:FortheAuthor,byG. Peacock.790,FIRSTEDITION,half-titlepresent,5engravedplates,3ofthemfolding,including oneofaremarkablevinegrowinginNorthallerton,andanotherdemonstratinggoodgrowing positionsonanEnglishhillside,smallteartothehalf-title,neatlyrepaired,thefoldingplate showingthestagesofthewall-trainingofvines,withateartotheoutercorner,justacross theruledframe,pp.xvi,[vi],92,93-96,[2],4to.,contemp.calf,neatlyrebackedandcorners repaired,thebackstripgiltoverallwithrepeatedleafandothertools,panelledingiltwithfillets andchaintools,blackmoroccolabelwithgiltlettering,slightlymarked,good(Henrey376; Pritzel2985) £1,200.00 WilliamSpeechly(c.740-82),becamegardenertothethirdDukeofPortland,athisestate,Welbeck AbbeyinNottinghamshire.EncouragedbytheDukehebeganwritingonhisspecialistsubjectand, by776,hadmadehisfirstpublishedcontribution,toAlexanderHunter’seditionofEvelyn’s“Silva”. Speechlybecameparticularlyknownforhisskillandexpertiseingrowinggrapesandpineapples.In thepresentworkhediscusses50speciesofgrapes,givesdetailsofhothouseculture,theconstruction andmanagementofvineyardsintheopenair,pruning,irrigation,grafting,andinsectandblight control.HelaidthefoundationofgreatimprovementsinEnglishviticulture.SpeechlyretiredtoGreat MiltoninOxfordshire.

47. [Surtees (Robert Smith)] HandleyCross;or,Jorrocks’sHunt.Bradbury,Agnew.[c.880], handcolouredfrontispiece,title-vignetteand6handcolouredplates,oneortwofoxmarks,pp. viii,pp.550,8vo.,fullpolishedcalf,thespinepanelledingilt,withcentralhuntingemblems,and moroccolabelswithgiltlettering,theuppercoverwitharunningfoxingiltandtriplegiltfillet borders,t.e.g.,byHatchardswiththeirstampontheendpaper,verygood £280.00

48. Tacitus (Cornelius) ...exactacurarecognitus,etemendatus.Copiosusindexrerum,locorum,et personarum,dequibusinhislibrisagitur.Variolectio,incalceoperisimpressa.[Venice:inaedibus haeredumAldiManutii...MenseNovembri.]534,SOLEALDINEEDITION,title-pagebrowned,leaves niiandniiitransposed,otherbrowning,paperrepairtotopouterblankcornerandsmallinternal holeatfootofkviii(neithertouchingtext),ff.[xii]+260,8vo.,lateeighteenthcenturystraight-grain tanroan,jointsandextremitiesrubbed,backstripwithdotrolldecoratedraisedbands,giltlettered

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directinsecondandthirdcompartments,remaindergiltdecoratedwithlargedotrollquatrefoils containfleuronsandsemédots;sideswithfoliageandberryspraysincorners,blindandgiltpelmet rollsonturn-insandroanhinges,drabdoublure,andfreeendpapers,bookplateofJohnWyndham Bruce,a.e.g.,good(AdamsA25:Goldsmid245:Renouard534.8) £2,000.00 ‘Cetteeditionromaineestunlivrerecherchéetdestrèshautprix...’(Renouard)

Shorthand explained 49. Taylor (Samuel) AnEssayintendedtoestablishaStandardforanuniversalSystemof Stenography,orshort-handWriting;uponsuchsimple&approvedprinciplesashavenever beforebeenofferedtothePublic;wherebyapersoninafewdaysmayinstructhimselftowrite Shorthandcorrectly,&byalittlepracticecannotfailtakingdownanydiscoursedelivered inPublic.FortheAuthor.786,engravedtitle-page,andengravedplatesofshort-hand, ownershipsignatureofWilliamCurreyonthetitle-pageandendpaper,pp.[ii],[xvi],98,x,8vo., contemp.treecalf,rebacked,thebackstrippanelledingiltwithrepatedfloraltools,darkgreen moroccolabelwithgiltlettering,cornersrepaired,verygood(ESTCT6780;Alstonviii,286)  £350.00 Taylorwastheoriginatorandteacherofashorthandsystemmoresimplifiedandpracticalthanthose ofhispredecessors.ItrapidlyachievedgreatpopularityandwasadaptedbyIsaacPitman,andin oneformoranotherisstilllargelypractisedtothepresentday.FirstpublishedonJanuaryst786, thereappeartobetwoissuesofthefirsteditionoftheworkwithvaryingimprints.Theabovehasthe author’ssignatureauthenticatingitattheendofthesubscribers’list.

50. Terentius (Publius Afer) ComoediaePhaedrifabulaeAesopiae,PubliiSyrietaliorumveterum sententiae,exrecensioneetcumnotisRichardiBentleii.Cambridge:apudCornelium Crownfield;JacobumKnapton[etc].726,engravedportraitbyC.BoitafterG.Vertue,engraved plateofSt.FrancisandanimalsbyB.Baron,ownershipsignaturetothefirsttitle,pp.[vii],xxv, 444;[viii],87,4to.,nineteenthcenturyhalfvellum,backstripwithblackinktitlelettering, marbledboards,fine(Bartholomew75) £320.00 FirsteditionofRichardBentley’sTerence,whichbrokenewgroundinthetreatmentofmetrical questionsraisedbyLatincomedy.

5. Thomson (John) EtymonsofEnglishwords.Edinburgh:Oliver&Boyd.826,FIRSTEDINBURGH EDITION,maintextprintedindouble-column,pp.[iv],27,[22],4to.,orig.halfgreencalf, backstripdividedintosixcompartmentsbylowraisedblindstampedbandsbetweengiltrules, giltletteredleatherlabelinsecond,remainderempty,blindstampeddecorationsonreturns, lightlyrubbedmarbledsides(cornertipsrubbed),redspeckledandpolishededges,good (LowndesIV,p.2672) £300.00 TheLiteraryGazettecommentedinaJanuary847issuethat“MrThomson’sviewsofEnglish etymologyarethesoundest,themostrational,andthemostclear-sighted,withwhichweare acquainted.”

52. Thomson (Thomas) Chemistryofanimalbodies.Edinburgh:Adam&CharlesBlack.843, FIRSTEDITION,preliminaryandfinalleavesmodestlyfoxed,pp.ix,702,8vo.,nearcontemp.prize bindingpolishedcalf,backstripdividedintosixcompartmentsbylowgiltraisedbands,gilt letteredredmoroccolabelinsecond,remainderornatelygiltdecorated,giltvignetteandLatin mottoofHuddersfieldCollegeonfrontboard,giltcollegesealonlowerboard,giltdecorated boardedges,blindrollonturn-ins,marbledendpapers,HuddersfieldCollegeprizelabel(dated 848andawardedtoJohnCraven),alledgesmarbled,verygood £200.00 “Theauthorhasshownhisusuallogicalacutenessandmethodicalarrangement...Thewholework mustberegardedasavaluablecontributiontotheimportantdivisionofchemicalknowledgeofwhich ittreats;anditwilldoubtlessformanindispensabletreatisetothephysiologistandwhoeverwishesto formclearnotionsonthechemicalprinciplesandchemicalphenomenaofanimalbodies.”Sowrote

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areviewerofthepresentworkinthe844volumeofthe“EdinburghMedicalandSurgicalJournal”. Thomsonwasawell-knownandhighlyrespectedScottishpracticalchemist,largelyself-taught,who producedanumberofequallysignificantbooksonchemistry(seeColeandDuveen).

53. Trapp (John) Solomonis[græcè]Panaretos:or,aCommentarieupontheBooksofProverbs, Ecclesiastes,andtheSongofSongs.T.R.andE.M.forJohnBellamie.650,titlewithinaborder oftypographicalornaments,titleandfirstgatheringalittlebrowned,smallpaperflawtomargin ofO4affectingtheside-note,pp.[xvi],374,334,sm.4to.,nineteenthcenturyqtr.vellumand marbledboards,slightlyrubbed,sound(WingT2046) £400.00 TrappgraduatedfromChristChurch,Oxfordin622,becameaclergymanandwriterontheology, andasthetitlestates,‘PastourofWeston-onAvon’. His‘supremeachievementasawriterwashiscommentariesonallthebooksoftheBible,issuedin partsandthencombinededitionsfromthemid-640stothe660s.ABriefCommentaryuponthe GospelAccordingtoStJohninauguratedtheseriesin646,whileAnnotationsupontheOldandNew Testament(fivevolumesinone)completeditin662...thisvoluminousandmostlyuncontroversial workwasausefulreferencetoolforcontemporaryclergyinparticular.Itstopicalreferencesto writingsagainstsectarianismandothermid-centurypolemicdidnotpreventseveralreprintsbeing issuedinthelaterseventeenthcenturyandafurthereditioninthemid-nineteenth.’(DNB)

54. (Trees.) STRUTT(JacobGeorge) SylvaBritannica;orportraitsofforesttrees,distinguishedfortheir antiquity,magnitude,orbeauty.Drawnfromnature...Publishedfortheauthor.[830,]LARGEPAPER COPY,etchedadditionaltitle-pageand49plates,allproofsonIndiapapermounted,foxed,pp.viii, 5,[],roy.8vo.,contemp.halfhard-graingreenmorocco,backstripfaded,withblackdot-roll decoratedraisedbands,giltlettereddirectinsecondcompartment,giltcompartments,marbled boardsandendpapers,bookplateofMoultonGrange,t.e.g.,good(Nissen907) £750.00

55. (Trentham Hall.) THETRENTHAMHALLLIBRARY. Catalogueofthelibraryofprintedbooks& manuscripts;thepropertyofHisGracetheDukeofSutherland,K.G.etc.Whichwillbesoldby auction,byMessrs.Sotheby,Wilkinson&Hodge...attheirhouse,No.3,WellingtonStreet, Strand,W.C.onMonday,the9thNovember,906,andfivefollowingdays.Sotheby,Wilkinson &Hodge.906,neatmarginalinkannotationagainstcertainlots,pp.73,cr.8vo.,orig.dark greencalfbyBagguley,Newcastle-under-Lyme(theirinkstampatheadoffrontfreeendpaper verso),unletteredbackstrip(atriflefaded)dividedintosixcompartmentsbygiltdotroll- decoratedraisedbandsbetweengiltrules,sideswithtriplegiltfilletandblindstampeddotroll asborder,frontboardwithcentrallyplacedgilttitles,giltdotrollonboardedges,elaborategilt strapworkonturn-ins,marbledendpapers,a.e.g.,verygood £180.00 Scarce.CromartieSutherland-Leveson-Gower,the4thDukeofSutherland,wasalreadyimmensly wealthywhenthedecisionwasmadetoselloffhisaristocraticfamily’sextensivelibrary.TheDuke waspronetoactonwhimsanddecidedin9toofferTrenthamHallforsaletoStaffordshireCounty Council.NosettlementwasreachedbetweenthetwoandtheDukepromptlydecidedtohavethe ItalianateTrenthamcompletelydemolished.Decadesbefore,in873,theShahofPersiahadremarked oftheDukeofSutherlandtothefutureEdwardVIIthathewas“toograndforasubject-you’llhaveto havehisheadoffwhenyoucometothethrone.”Atleastthebooksweresaved.

Radley College Prize Binding 56. Trevelyan (George Macaulay) Garibaldi’sDefenceoftheRomanRepublic.Secondedition. Longman.907,frontispieceportraitofGariibaldi,7mapsandnumerousplates,titlelightlyfoxed, pp.xv,387,8vo.,contemp.plum-colouredpolishedcalf,thesideswithdoublegiltfilletbordersand centralgiltemblemofRadleyCollege,spinegiltinruledcompartmentswithfiveraisedbands, marbledendpapers,byBickerswithbinder’sstamponendpapers,slightlymarked,good £100.00

57. Trowell (Samuel) and William Ellis. TheFarmer’sInstructor;or,theHusbandmanand Gardener’susefulandnecessaryCompanion.Beinganewtreatiseofhusbandry,gardening andothercuriousmattersrelatingtocountryaffairs.Containingaplainandpracticalmethod

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ofimprovingallsortsofmeadow,pasture&arableland,&c.,....Withmanynew,useful, andcuriousimprovements,neverbeforepublished...WithaSupplementtoeveryChapteron Husbandry;givinganaccounthowpoorland...maybemadetobearasgoodcropsofgrain, grass&c.,astherichest,...bytheuseofthenewly-inventedexcellentfour-wheeldrill-plough, whichcarriesonitaseed-hopperandamanure-hopper,withalittleharrow;allofwhichareso lightamancaneasilydrawit.J.Hodges.747,half-titlewithbookseller’sadvertisementonthe verso,engravedfrontispieceshowingthenewplough,withaninkinscriptiondetailingwhowon theCupatBallinasloeFairin88ontheoutermargin,inkownershipsignaturetotitle,[xvi], 275,contemp.calf,backstripwithfiveraisedbands,ruledingilt,redmoroccolabelwithgilt lettering,uppercoverabitscraped,slightweartotopofspine,good(Henrey442;FussellII, p.2;cf.Perkins773) £600.00 FirsteditionaseditedandexpandedbyWilliamEllis.Oneofthedominantfiguresinthedevelopment ofnewfarmingtechniquesduringthefirsthalfoftheeighteenthcentury,WilliamEllistravelled overthecountrygivingadviceandobservingdifferentfarmingmethods.Inthisworkheexpresses admirationforTrowell’stext,providesa‘Supplement’toit,whilstTrowell’sremarksonvines,garden plants,flowers,shrubsandgreenhouseplantshavebeenreprintedwithoutcomment.Trowellhimself wasparticularlyknownforhistulips.

Venerable Beards 58. Valeriano (Giovanni Pierio) ProsacerdotumBarbis.Paris:apudAndreamWechelum.558, woodcutprinter’sdevicetotitle,woodcutinitial,pp.47,8vo.,eighteenthcenturymottledcalf, thebackstriplongitudinallygiltlettered,a.e.g.,slightlyrubbed,good(AdamsV56) £550.00 ‘ProSacerdotumBarbis’isascarceworkdefendingthegrowingofbeardsbyreligiousleaders,and istheearliestseparatetreatiseonbeards.Thepopularityofthesubjectandtheconcernthatwashad aboutthewearingofbeardsbydignitaries,anditspossiblereligious,orevenpoliticalsignificance,is evidencedbythenumberofeditions.ItwasfirstpublishedinRomein53andtwoeditionsfollowed in533,includingtheEnglishtranslation.Thiseditionof558appearstohaveonlythreelocations recordedbyCOPACandOCLC.

From C. S. Lewis’s Library 59. Vasari (Giorgio) Trattatodellapittura...;Nelqualesicontiene,laPratticadiessa,diuisatointre giorante;EtridottoinRagionamenti,ne’qualisispieganleinuenzionidaluidipinteinFirenze nelPalazzodiloroAltezzeserenissime.[Secondedition]Florence:I.Giunti.69,woodcut deviceonthetitleandlastleaf,dedicationleafwithdecorativehead-andtail-piecesandlarge portraitoftheauthorontheverso,woodcutinitials,withoutthefrontispieceportrait,pp.[iv], 86,[8],4to.,attractivemoderndarkgreencrushedmorocco,thebackstripwithfiveraised bands,andletteredingilt,a.e.g.,innerdentelles,marbledendpapers,verygood(Schlosserp. 345;Cigognara226) £600.00 Originallypublishedin588as‘RagiomentidelSig.CavaliereGiorgioVasari’,andeditedbythe author’snephew,thisscarceworkonthecycleofpaintingsinthePalazzoVecchio,isheldbyonlya fewlibrariesworldwide.Thepaintingshavebeendescribedas‘themostextensivepalacedecoration executedtoacoherentprogrammein6thcenturyItalyandtheprototypefortheresidenceofan absoluteruler’(AntoniManno).Thework,printedbythefamousFlorentineprinterGiunti,was originallypublishedwithafrontispieceportraitwhichhasbeendiscardedfromthiscopy.Itwas purchasedinitspresentstatebyC.S.Lewis,andalthoughitbearsnomarkings,isfromhislibrary.

60. Verheiden (Jacobus) PræstantiumaliquotTheologorum,quiRom.Antichristumpræcipuè oppugnarunt,Effigies:quibusadditaElogiaLibrorum[que]Catalogi.TheHague,[colophon]:ex officinaBucoldiNieulandii.602,FIRSTEDITION,architecturalengravedtitle-pagebyHenricus Hondius,theElder,and50fineengravedportraits,includingoneofMelanchthonbearingthe deviceofAlbrechtDürer,largedecorativeinitials,tail-pieces,thetitlewiththeedgesalittle stained,manuscriptindexonthelastleaf,boththeseleaveswithaninklibrarystamponthe verso,afewmarginswithmostlylightdampstaining,paperflawteartothemarginofCC2,pp. [x],226,folio,polishedcalfantique,thebackstripwithfourraisedbands,thecoverspanelledin blind,sound £850.00

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Aseriesoffiftyfull-pagedportraits,accompaniedbyprintedbiographies,ofmajorfiguresfromthe ProtestantReformation,including:MartinLutherandPhilipMelanchthon,theprimemoversofthe GermanReformation;theSwissreformerHuldrychZwingli,JohnCalvin,andtheEnglishreformers JohnWycliffeandWilliamTyndale.AlsoincludedareErasmusSavonarola,andthescholar-printer RobertEstienne. TheportraitsarebeautifullyengravedbyHenricusHondius,ofthefamousmap-makingdynasty.The engravedportraitofMelanchthonisbasedonAlbrechtDurer’s526engravingofthereformer.

6. Walker (William) IdiomatologiaAnglo-Latina,siveDictionarumIdiomaticumAnglo-Latinum. [ADictionarieofEnglishandLatineIdiomeswhereinPhrasesoftheEnglishandLatineTongue... arerankedunderseverallheadsalphabeticallie].QuintaEditio.W.Horton,impensisT.Sawbridg. 690,architecturalengravedfrontispiecewiththeEnglishtitle,oneortwominorspotsand stains,pp.[xvi],374,334,8vo.,modernpolishedcalfantique,backstripwithfourraisedbands andgiltletteringinthesecondcompartment,good £550.00 Avitalidiomaticdictionaryprovidingphrasesforanysituation,suchas:‘Anusindiciumidfecitmihi’ -‘Theoldwifegavemethathint’,and‘Opusrurefaciendum’-‘Imustgodoesomebusinessinthe country’,manywiththeclassicalsourceidentified.EnglishandLatintextsarearrangedinparallel columnsandorderedalphabeticallyunderEnglishwordheadings. Itwasfirstpublishedin670,and,forobviousreasons,wasextremelypopularrunningtosixeditions before700.‘Notedasanauthoroftextbooksdealingwithgrammar,[Walker’s]best-knownwork,A TreatiseofEnglishParticles(655),wasthefirstsystematictreatmentofEnglishparticlesforstudents ofLatin’(DNB).Experienceasaschoolmaster,andlater,HeadmasterofLouthGrammarprovidedhim withafineknowledgeoftheuseofwordandphrase.

62. [Watkins (John) and Frederck Schoberl.] AbiographicalDictionaryofthelivingAuthorsof GreatBritainandIreland;comprisingliteraryMemoirsandAnecdotesoftheirLives;anda chronologicalRegisteroftheirPublications,withthenumberofEditionsprinted;including NoticesofforeignWriterswhoseWorkhasoccasionallybeenpublishedinEngland.Henry Colburn.86,FIRSTEDITION,somefoxing,oneortwoedgesjusttouchedbydamp,pp.viii,449, 8vo.,nearcontemp.redhalfmorocco,backstrippanelledingilt,withfiveraisedbandsandgilt lettering,good(Bentley,BlakeBooks2929) £300.00 Givingfascinatinginsightsintothevalueplacedonthencontemporaryauthors,thisdictionary includesentriesforRicardo,Coleridge,Wordsworth,etc.Itisalsonotableforanearlyentryfor WilliamBlake,whoisdescribedas‘aneccentricbutveryingeniousartist.’

63. [Webbe (George)] ThePracticeofQuietnes:directingaChristianhowtolivequietlyinthis troublesomeWorld.TheEighthEdition,profitablyamplifiedbytheAuthorbeforehisDeath.T. MabbforJohnSawell.653,engravedfrontispieceportrait,additionalengravedtitleshowing VirtuespersonifiedandMountSion,minortearatinnermarginofthelater,withminimalloss, repaired,touchedbydampatthesameedge,printedtitlewithwoodcutofahuntingdogor greyhound,pp.[xxxiv],278,[24],2mo.,contemp.sheep,rebacked,cornersrepaired,theflat backstripruledinblind,withmoroccolabel,andgiltletteringinthesecondcompartment(Wing W98) £400.00 Webbewasamanofstrictlifeandconversation,andadistinguishedpreacher,bothinhisparish, atPaul’sCross,andatcourt.Hepublished,withRichardRogers,WilliamPerkins,andRichard Greenham,oneofthemostsuccessfulearlyStuarthandbooksofdevotion,‘AGardenofSpirituall Flowers’,in66;somethirtyimprintsandeditionsappearedby630.Heenjoyedthefriendshipofthe lordchiefjustice,SirHenryHobart,towhomhededicatedthis,hismostpopularseriesofsermons, ‘ThePracticeofQuietness’,inJune65.ItrantosixeditionsbeforeWebbeexpandeditin638.(DNB)

Bronze commemorative case 64. (Wellington.) THEBATTLES oftheBritisharmyinPortugal,SpainandFrancefromtheyear808to 84.UnderthecommandofEngland’sgreatcaptainArthurDukeofWellington...[Catalogued fromengravedtitleinlidofcase.]Edwd.Orme.85,2handcolouredcircularaquatintviews

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ofbattles(65mm.diameter),eachonthincard,withletterpressdescriptionofbattlesonverso, 65mm.diameter,circularbronzecase(75mm.diameter)informofmedal,withshoulderlength reliefportraitofWellingtonincoatonobverse(signed‘PorterF’onepaulette,and ‘Ormedirex’belowthis);reliefofwingedmuseofhistoryonreverseseatedbeneathanolive treerecordingonatabletthe‘RecordofBritishValour’(signedPorterFatfootoftablet);titled ‘PictureMedal’belowthisrelief,and‘Edwd.Ormedirex’belowthetitle;mountedinsideeach halfofthe‘medal’isacircularengravedtitle[asabove],verygood(Abbey‘Life’466:Prideaux p.72:Tooley353) £2,800.00 Rare.Atonetimetheviewswereconnectedtogether(cf.Abbey).Tracesofthetabsremain.Edward Orme,afterAckermann,wasthemostimportantpublisherofcolouredaquatintprints.Itisthought hepublishedoversevenhundred.Britishsuccessatseaandonlandwasoneofthestaplesubjectsof hispublishing.In‘Thehistoryofaquatintengraving’(p.243),S.T.Prideauxquotestheintroductionto Blagdon’s‘Historicalmementorepresentingthedifferentscenesofpublicrejoicingincelebrationof thegloriouspeaceof84...’whereitispointedoutthatin‘thecourseofthewarMr.EdwardOrmeof BondStreethasnotbeeninactiveinthegoodcause;hehasomittednoopportunityofbringingforward topublicadmiration,bythegraphicart,theprincipaleventsinwhichourarmshavetriumphedbothby seaandland’publishingatvariousperiodsengravingsofthosegreatexploitsmostcalculatedtoimpress themindwithcorrectideasofthearduousstruggleswhichhaveimmortalisedtheBritishname...’

Identification of the volcanic origin of the Basalts 65. Whitehurst (John) AnInquiryintotheoriginalStateandFormatiuonoftheEarth;deduced fromfactsandtheLawsofNature;TowhichisaddedanAppendix,containingsomegeneral ObservationsontheStratainDerbyshire.FortheAuthor.778,FIRSTEDITION,half-title,6 engravedplateson4leaves,2folding,byWhitehurst,subscribers’list,pp.[xvi],iv,99,4to.,

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modernhalfcalf,fiveraisedbands,giltletteredmaroonleatherlabelinsecondcompartment, giltblockeddateattail,orangeclothsides,untrimmed,nearfineedgesuncut,good £750.00 Whitehurst,makerofclocksandscientificinstruments,andgeologistsuppliedMatthewBoultonwith instruments.TravellingroundthecountrygaveWhitehurstopportunitiestopursuehisfavouritefield ofstudyandtocollectgeologicalinformation,whichborefruitintheabove:‘Theimportanceofthis workliesinthe‘AppendixonthestratainDerbyshire’...intheappendixheidentifiesthevolcanic originofthebasaltsandalsohintsattheorderlysequenceofstrata,oneofthegreatgeological generalizations’(DNB).ThebookledtohiselectiontotheRoyalSocietyinthefollowingyear.

66. [Wilkins] (John, lateLordBishopofChester) Oftheprinciplesanddutiesofnaturalreligion: twobooks.Towhichisadded,asermonpreachedathisfuneral,byWilliamLloyd,D.D.,Dean ofBangor,andChaplaininOrdinarytoHisMajesty.T.Basset,R.Chiswell,andC.Brome...693, portraitfrontispieceonletterpressleaf,finalblankD6offirstsectionpresent,title-pagewithin doublelineborder,occasionalannotationsinmarginsinacontemporaryhand,pp.[xvi],40,[2 ](blank),[ii],55,8vo.,contemp.sprinkledcalf,rebackedtomatch,sideslightlyrubbed,corners repaired,backstripdividedintocompartmentsbyraisedbands,giltletteredredmoroccolabelin secondcompartment,remainderblindpanelled,dotrollonboardedges,bookplateofLlandaff CathedralLibrary,sprinklededges,good(WingW2207) £200.00 TheWilliamLloydfuneralsermon,althoughwithseparatetitle-page,register,andpagination,wasnot separatelypublished.

67. [Woolley (Hannah)] CompleatServantMaid;or,theYoungMaidensTutor,directinghow theymayfit,andqualifiethemselvesforanyoftheseEmployments.Viz.Waiting-woman, Housekeeper,Chamber-maid,Cookmaid,Nurserymaid,Under-cook-maid,...Wherunto isaddedaSupplementcontainingthechoicestReceipts,andrarestSecretsinPhysickand Chirurgery.ComposedforthegreatbenefitandadvantageofallyoungMaidens.Thefourth editioncorrectedandamended.ForTho.Passinger.685,engravedfrontispiecewithviewsof cookingandchurning,foldingengravedcalligraphicplate,inksignatureandpentrialsonthe versoofthefrontispiece,afewedgeswithalittlestainingtotheedges,oneortwoleaveswith fore-edgesneatlystrenghtened,somewormingbeginningwithasinglehole,thenasmallstring anddecreasingtoasinglehole,throughthetext,pp.[vi],9-78,[2],2mo.,contemp.sheep, neatlyrebackedpreservingoriginalunletteredbackstrip,sound(WingW3274;ESTCR2780)  £1,200.00 Ascarceandpractical,anonymouslypublished,cookerybookwhichprovedsopopularthatitranto seventeeneditions.Itincludesguidanceonawiderangeofaccomplishmentsandremediesformany complaints,whichpossiblyexplainsitssuccess.Alltheearlyeditionsarerelativelyscarce.Certainly ESTClistsonlytheBodleyandYalecopiesofthisedition.HannahWoolley(623?-675?)wassaidto bethefirstwomanevertoearnherlivingbywriting.Shethushastalismanicvaluetofeministsand studentsofwomen’shistory.Shehadalifeofconsiderablestruggle,whichwasinpartresolvedby writingcookerybooks.ThesehadgreatsuccessintheRestorationperiod.Shebecameincreasingly interestedinwomen’sconductandpublished‘TheGentlewoman’sCompanion,or,aGuidetothe FemaleSex,’in673,andisreputedtohavesaid:‘Awomaninthisageisconsideredlearnedenoughif shecandistinguishherhusband’sbedfromthatofanother’.

Binding 68. Zimmerman (J.G.) Solitude...Towhichareaddedthelifeoftheauthor;noteshistoricaland explanatory;acopiousindex...2Vols.VernorandHood.802,portraitfrontispieceand engravedadditionaltitle-pagetovol.i,6plates,wood-engravedvignetteontitle-pages,woodcut tail-pieces,byBewick,pp.xlviii,30,[20](index),[6];354,[2],2mo.,contemp.treecalf,smooth backstripsdividedintocompartmentsbylargeopenroperollbetweenrules,gilttitleddirectin secondcompartments,vol.numberdirectinfifth,smallfleuronincentreofremainder,board edgesgilthatched,owner’smodernsmallbookticketinbothvols.,bluesprinklededges,very good £100.00 The799and804editionsofthisoftenreprintedworkarenotedbyHugo.

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Section Two: Modern First Editions

The Author’s Secretary’s Copy 69. Ambler (Eric) TheCareofTime.Farrar,Straus,Giroux,NewYork.98,FIRSTAMERICAN EDITION,No./300COPIESsignedbytheauthor,pp.[ix],277,8vo.,orig.darkbluecloth,backstrip giltletteredanddecorated,boardslipcase,fine £85.00 EricAmbler’ssecretary’scopyand,ascopynumberone,nodoubtspeciallyselectedbyAmblerforher.

70. Ambler (Eric) TheStorysoFar.Memories&OtherFictions.Weidenfeld&Nicolson.993,FIRST EDITION,pp.x,8,cr.8vo.,orig.midblueboards,backstripgiltlettered,lightwaterstainingto headsandtailsofcovers,frontfreeendpaperandfaintlytodustjacket,good £125.00 InscribedbytheauthorforhissecretaryPatriciaGaynor‘ForAlan&Patriciawithlove,EricA.Nov93’.

The Complete Ariel Poems 7. (Ariel Poems.) A Complete Collection oftheFirstSeriesof38ArielPoems.Faber.[927-3], FIRSTEDITIONS,usually2illustrations(normallyonecolourprinted)oneusedasadecoration oneachfrontcover,eachpamphlet4-pages,f’cap.8vo.,orig.printedsewnwrappersofvarious colours,someinfinestate,afewlightlydustsoiled,overallagoodset £1,150.00 AnexcellentintroductiontotheBritishpoetsandbookartistsoftheperiod. ThecopyofBinyon’s‘TheWonderNight’,withhissignatureattheendofthepoemandwithaone- pageALs.fromtheauthortippedtothefrontflyleafrelatingtotheillustrationswhichhedisliked(he preferredthosemadebyhisdaughterwhichFaberrefusedtoaccept).Theauthors:ThomasHardy, HenryNewbolt,LaurenceBinyon,WalterdelaMare,G.K.Chesterton,WilfridGibson,Siegfried Sassoon,T.S.Eliot,HilaireBelloc,W.H.Davies,HumbertWolfe,HaroldMonro,EdithSitwell, EdmundBlunden,W.B.Yeats,GeorgeW.Russell,JamesStephens,PeterQuennell,D.H.Lawrence, RoyCampbellandVitaSackville-West. Theartists:AlbertRutherston,RalphKeene,BarnettFreedman,BlairHughesStanton,EricGill,John andPaulNash,E.McKnightKauffer,HilaireBelloc,WilliamNicholson,CharlesRicketts,David Jones,StephenTennant,EdwardBawden,Gilbert,ClaudiaGuercio,DianeMurphy,Althea Willoughby,GertrudeHermes,CeliaFiennes,EricRavilious,R.A.DaviesandGrahamSutherland.

72. Arlen (Michael) AYoungManComestoLondon.AnOriginalShortStory.[DorchesterHotel], [932],FIRSTEDITION,4foldedcolourprintedplatesillustratingtheDorchesterHotel,6line- drawings,including2full-page,byCecilBeaton,pp.49,4to.,orig.art-decodesignedclothof greyandpinkzig-zagverticalstripes,frontcoverlabel,title-pageborderandendpapersrepeats art-decodesign,verygood £45.00 WritteninfictionalandfactualformasanintroductiontothenewlybuiltDorchesterHotel.‘AYoung ManComestoLondon’occupiespages3-23,‘ABriefHistoryofaNewEnterprise’bySirFrancisTowle pages25-34,‘AnArchitect’sProblem-howitwasSolved’byC.H.Reillyonpages35-38,finally,on pages39-49,‘SomeFactsandFiguresabouttheDorchester’bySirMalcolmMcAlpine.

73. Armitage (Simon) TheAnaesthetist.ANewPoem.WithLithographsbyValeriiMishim.Prospero Poets,ClarionPublishing,Alton,Hampshire.994,FIRSTEDITION,53/350COPIES(ofaneditionof 499copies)printedonItalianRivolipaper,4full-pagelithographs,pp.[20],cr.8vo.,orig.sewn pinkwrappers,frontcoverillustratedoverallinblackwithadesignbyMishim,fine £20.00

74. Atwood (Margaret) TheEdibleWoman.AtlanticMonthly,NewYork.969,FIRSTAMERICAN EDITION,pp.[iv],284,cr.8vo.,orig.qtr.pinkcloth,backstripgiltlettered,yellowclothsides,short teartofrontpanelofdustjacket,verygood £125.00

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75. Auden (W.H.) AbouttheHouse.Faber.966,FIRSTENGLISHEDITION,pp.96,cr.8vo.,orig.paleblue cloth,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,nearfine(Bloomfield&MendelsonA49b) £500.00 WithapresentationinscriptionfromtheauthortotheAmericanpoetDavidPosneronthetitle-page, beinginscribedatitshead‘ToDavidPosner’andbeneaththetitle‘fromWystanAuden’,usinghisfull christianname,normallyreservedforcloser,morepersonalfriendships. AmericanpoetDavidPosner’s,firstbookofpoemsappearedin940.Latterly,heattendedOxford University,wherein956hewontheNewdigatePrizePoetryprizeforhispoem‘TheDeserted Altar’.

76. Auden (W.H.) TheDanceofDeath.Faber.933,FIRSTEDITION,pp.40,cr.8vo.,orig.softpale lime-greenboardslightlyedgerubbedasusual,backstripandfrontcoverprintedinblack,usual partialfreeendpaperbrowning,tailedgesuntrimmed,price-clippeddustjacketalittledustsoiled inpart,rubbedatedgesandwithshorttearstothefrontfoldatbackstrippanel,good(Bloomfield &MendelsonA4) £375.00 Signedbytheauthor‘W.H.Auden’,adjacenttohispennedthrough,printedname,onthetitle-page.

77. Auden (W.H.) HomagetoClio.Faber.960,FIRST ENGLISHEDITION,pp.9,cr.8vo.,orig.mauvecloth, backstripgiltlettered,freeendpaperslightlybrowned inpart,dustjacket,nearfine(Bloomfield&Mendelson A42b) £650.00 Withapresentationinscriptionfromtheauthortothe AmericanpoetDavidPosneronthetitle-page,being inscribedattheheadofthetitle-page‘ToDavidPosner’ andbeneaththeprintedtitle‘fromWystanAuden’,using hisfullchristianname.

78. Auden (W.H.) Nones.Faber.952,FIRSTENGLISHEDITION,pp.72,cr.8vo.,orig.palebluecloth, backstripgiltlettered,lightfreeendpaperbrowninginpart,dustjacket,withbackstrippanela trifledarkened,nearfine(Bloomfield&MendelsonA32b) £650.00 WithapresentationinscriptionfromtheauthortotheAmericanpoetDavidPosneronthetitle-page, inscribedattheheadofthetitle-page‘DavidPosner’andbeneathhispennedthroughprintedname ‘WystanAuden’.

79. Auden (W.H.) and Christopher Isherwood. TheDogBeneaththeSkinorWhereisFrancis?A PlayinThreeActs.Faber.935,FIRSTEDITION,pp.80,cr.8vo.,orig.redcloth,backstriplettered inblue,dustjacketfaintlydustsoiledandwithshorttear(onecm.)tofrontpanel,nearfine (Bloomfield&MendelsonA9a) £600.00 Rarelyfoundinsignedstate,thiscopyhasAuden’sformalsignature(‘W.H.Auden’)onthetitle-page adjacenttohisscoredthroughprintedname.

80. Auden (W.H.) and Christopher Isherwood. OntheFrontier.AMelodramainThreeActs.Faber. 938,FIRSTEDITION,pp.23,8vo.,orig.redlinen,backstripgiltlettered,roughtrimmed,bright dustjacket,backstrippaneljustatouchhandlingsoiled,nearfine(Bloomfield&MendelsonA8)  £600.00 Again,rarelysigned,Audenhasinscribedthiscopy‘W.H.Auden’,abovehispennedthroughprinted nameonthetitle-page. Witha4-pageprintedbrochure‘TheAimoftheGroupTheatre’looselyinserted.

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Booker Prize Winner 8. Banville (John) TheSea.McCann,Oxford.2006,FIRSTEDITION,ONEOF46COPIES,OFWHICHONLY 40AREFORSALE(ofaneditionof56copies)signedbytheauthor,pp.[viii],266,cr.8vo.,orig.full bluecloth,printedbackstripandfrontcoverlabels,dappledblueendpapers,glassine-jacket,new  £275.00 Thespecial,0copyissue,issoldout.

82. Barker (Pat) TheRegenerationTrilogy:Regeneration,TheEyeintheDoor,TheGhostRoad.3 Vols.Viking.99-95,FIRSTEDITIONS,pp.[iv],252;[vi],280;[vii],278,8vo.,orig.grey(blackto vols.2and3)boards,backstripletteredinred(silvertovols.2and3),dustjackets,fine £215.00

83. Beardsley (Aubrey) SouslaColline[UndertheHill].(Précédéd’unePréfacparJacques- E.Blanche.TraductionFrançaisedeA-H..)Paris,Floury.908,FIRSTEDITIONIN FRENCH,ONEOF975COPIES(ofaneditionof,000copies)printedonpapiervélin,photographic frontispiece-portraitoftheauthor,withcaptionedtissue-guard,2full-pageillustrations,each withcaptionedtissue-guard,and2illustrationsinthetext,allbyBeardsley,titleprintedinred, initialandfinalleaflightlybrowned,pp.34,roy.8vo.,orig.greyboardsedgerubbed,withgilt letteringtobackstripandletteringprintedinredonthefrontcover,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmedand unopened,good £70.00

84. Blyton (Enid) HereComesMaryMouseAgain.BrockhamptonPressLtd.,Leicester.[947],FIRST EDITION,illustratedbyOliveOpenshawinstripcartoonform,twocartoonboxesperpage,using twocolours,blackandyellow,withBlyton’stextbeneath,pp.[64],oblong6mo.,orig.paleblue cloth-backedbluewrappersillustratedoverall,averyniceexamplemarredonlybyminorrust- stainingtothecloth,nearfine £55.00

85. Blyton (Enid) MaryMouseandHerFamily.BrockhamptonPressLtd.,Leicester.[946],FIRST EDITION,illustratedbyOliveOpenshawinstripcartoonform,twocartoonboxesperpage,using twocolours,blackandorange,withBlyton’stextbeneath,pp.[64],oblong6mo.,orig.black cloth-backedlightgreenwrappersillustratedoverall,averyniceexamplemarredonlybyfading tospine,nearfine £55.00

86. Boyd (William) Cork.(PrintedattheLibanusPressfor)Ulysses.994,FIRSTEDITION,86/50COPIES (ofaneditionof236copies)printedonVelinArchesmouldmadepaper,frontispieceandcover designbyIanBeck,pp.[26],8vo.,orig.qtr.darkgreencloth,backstripgiltlettered,printedfront coverlabel,greenpatternedcreamboards,tailedgesuntrimmed,glassine-jacket,fine £35.00

With the Two Extra Signed Engravings 87. (Brangwyn.) PRESTON(Hayter) Windmills.Lane;New York,Dodd,Mead.923,FIRSTEDITION,5/75COPIES, 6colourprintedwood-engravedplatesand2extra colourprintedwood-engravedplates,vignettesanddecorated initialsbyFrankBrangwyn(theextraplatesissuedonlywith thelimitededitionandbothsignedbyBrangwyninpencil atthebase),pp.26,4to.,orig.qtr.whitevellum,backstrip blockedinblack,tanboards,patternedblueandyellow endpapers,bookplate,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,fine£500.00

88. Burgess (Anthony) HereComesEverybody,anIntroduction toJamesJoycefortheOrdinaryReader.Faber.965,FIRST EDITION,pp.276,8vo.,orig.lime-greencloth,backstripgilt lettered,dustjacketunfaded,fine £100.00

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89. Campbell (Roy) Nativity.ArielPoems(NewSeries).Faber.954,FIRSTEDITION,full-page colourprintedillustration,afurtherfull-pagemonochromeillustrationandtitle-vignetteallby JamesSellars,pp.[4],8vo.,orig.printedsewnpinkwrappers,orig.printedenvelope,fine £20.00

With the Text Substantially Revised 90. Carr (J.L.) AMonthintheCountry.IntroducedbyRonaldBlythe.CornucopiaPress.990,ONE OF300NUMBEREDCOPIESsignedbytheauthorandRonaldBlythe,title-pageprintedinblackand red,pp.xv,06,[],roy.8vo.,orig.midgreencloth,printedbackstripandfrontcoverlabels,t.e.g., glassine-jacket,new £160.00 ThetextforthiseditionwascompletelyrevisedbyJ.L.Carrwhowasalwaysanxioustoseeafine editionpublishedofthis,hismostfamouswork.Thereworkingresultedinarevisedtextsubstantially atvariancefromthatofthefirstedition.

9. Cary (Joyce) TheHorse’sMouth.[TheDefinitiveText].WithaSelf-PortraitandEightIllustrations bytheAuthorand`TheOldStrifeatPlant’s(aDiscardedChapterofTheHorse’sMouth).Edited byAndrewWrightwithPreface,NotesandBibliography.Rainbird:Joseph.957,FIRSTCOMPLETE EDITION,409/,500COPIES,lithographicself-portraitontintedgreenpaperasafrontispieceand8 otherplatesbytheauthor,thelimitation-statementprintedonorangepaper,pp.[x],333,8vo., orig.creamboardswithgreymarblingoverall,redleatherlabel,nearfine £85.00

92. Charteris (Leslie) AliastheSaint.HodderandStoughton.93,FIRSTEDITION,rubber-stampon title-page,initialandfinalpageslightlybrowned,pp.320,cr.8vo.,orig.lightbluecloth,backstrip andfrontcoverblockedinblack,smallstainatextremeheadoffrontcover,good £60.00 Acompilationofthreenovellasfeaturing‘TheSaint’.PublishedinAmericaaspartofthecompilation in‘WantedforMurder’.

93. Churchill (Winston Spencer) and C.C. Martindale. Charles,IXthDukeofMarlborough,K.G. BurnsOates&Washbourne.934,FIRSTEDITION,pp.8,[2],f’cap.8vo.,orig.printedblue-grey sewnwrappers,fine(WoodsB23) £100.00 WinstonChurchill’scontributionappearsonpages5-.

94. Cohen (Leonard) FlowersforHitler.Cape.973,FIRSTENGLISHEDITION,pp.[ii],58,cr.8vo., orig.blackboards,backstripgiltlettered,faintfreeendpaperfoxing,owner’sneat,smallgift inscriptiononfrontfreeendpaper,dustjacket,verygood £200.00 Scarce.FirstpublishedinCanadain964,andfollowingthesuccessof‘SelectedPoems’,publishedin Englandin973.

95. Colfer (Eoin) ArtemisFowl.Viking.200,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[vii],280,cr.8vo.,orig.blackboards, backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,fine £125.00 Inscribedbytheauthoronthetitle-page‘ToLesley,Bestwishes,EoinColfer/7/’0’.

96. Cornford (Frances) OnaCalmShore.Poems.CressetPress.960,FIRSTEDITION,numerous colourprintedillustrations,somefull-page,byChristopherCornford,pp.95,cr.8vo.,orig.white boards,backstripgiltlettered,coversillustratedoveralltoadesignbyChristopherCornford,in blackandgreen,glassine-dustjacket,fine £30.00

97. Craigie (Dorothy) SummersaltsCircus.Eyre&Spottiswoode.947,FIRSTEDITION,colourprinted plate,6colourprintedplatesandseveralline-drawings,allbytheauthor,title-pageprintedin blackandred,pp.48,cr.8vo.,orig.qtr.midgreencloth,fawnboards,frontcoverblockedin blackandpink,dustjacketrubbed,verygood £80.00

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98. (Crisp.) REYNOLDS(Reginald) OgandOtherOgres.PrefacebyLaurenceHousman.Allen& Unwin.946,FIRSTEDITION,6full-pageline-drawings,errata-sliptipped-in,pp.76,f’cap.8vo., orig.orangecloth,backstripprintedinbrown,dustjacketwithbackstrippaneldarkened,good  £60.00 InscribedbyReginaldReynoldsonthetitle-page‘HiscopyendorsedbytheauthorforAlanAllenwith allthemoresatisfactionbecauseheboughtitwithhisownhardcash...withbestwishesRegReynolds Nov.946.’ ReynoldsworkedjointlywithGeorgeOrwelltoeditaworkonBritishpamphleteers.Thisworkof poetryissatiricalintone,andtargetsincludetelephonegirls,T.S.Eliot,Hollywoodfilms,whitebread, politicians,inshort,justabouteverything,andwithmuchamusement.

99. Davies (Robertson) TheLyreofOrpheus.ANovel.LondonLimitedEditions.988,FIRSTEDITION, 2/50COPIESsignedbytheauthor,pp.[v],472,8vo.,orig.qtr.midgreencloth,backstripgilt letteredwithingiltframe,greenmarbledboards,orig.tissue-jacket,fine £35.00

200. de Bernières (Louis) APartisan’sDaughter.HarvillSecker:BlackwellCollector’sLibrary.2008, FIRSTEDITION,ONEOF00NUMBEREDCOPIESsignedbytheauthor,usingsheetsofthefirsttrade edition,pp.[viii],26,cr.8vo.,orig.qtr.darkbluecloth,backstripletteredandwithadesignin gilt,whiteboardsides,matchingdarkblueclothslipcase,new £100.00 ThefirstinaseriesofbookswhichBlackwellwillbepublishingfromtimetotimeandcloselyfollowed bySalmanRushdie’snovel‘TheEnchantressofFlorence’,andDavidLodge’snewnovel.

20. de la Mare (Walter) TheWinnowingDream.ArielPoems(NewSeries).Faber.(954),FIRST EDITION,full-pagecolourprintedillustrationandtitle-vignettebyRobinJacques,pp.[4],cr.8vo., orig.printedsewnmauvewrappers,orig.printedenvelope,fine £20.00

Design by the Design Team FUEL 202. Dostoyevsky (Fyodor) CrimeandPunishment.Penguin.2006,ONEOF,000NUMBEREDCOPIES, 8vo.,orig.tanpapercoveroverprintedoverallinred,withletteringintanandwhitetoadesign bytheFUELdesignteam,clearperspexslipcase,new £200.00 Oneoffivetitles,selectedbyPenguin,eachwithadustjacketdesignbyanotablemodernartist,issued tocelebrate60yearsofPenguin.

203. Dunn (Nell) UptheJunction.MacGibbon&Kee.963,FIRSTEDITION,line-drawings,some full-page,bySusanBenson,pp.2,f’cap.8vo.,orig.midblueboards,backstripgiltlettered,two cornersatriflebumped,threesmallspotstorearpanelofdustjacket,good £45.00 Workingclasslifeinthe‘swinging60s’,andin968madeintoanexcellentfilmbyPeterCollinson, starringSuzyKendall,DennisWaterman,AdriennePostaandMaureenLipman.Thebookcaptures theperiodsuccessfullyandcontributestotheissueofabortion,whichwasfinallylegalisedin967.

204. Empson (William) Poems.Chatto&Windus.935,FIRSTEDITION,title-vignette,pp.viii,48, cr.8vo.,orig.qtr.blackcloth,backstripgiltlettered,withrubbingtoextremeheadandtail,pink clothsides,untrimmed,dustjacketintwopieces(splitatrearbackstrippanelfold)andlacking topandbottomthirdsofbackstrippanel,overallgood(Hayward‘EnglishPoetry’344) £95.00 Poet,AnneRidler’scopy,withhermaidennamepencilledinduringtheyearofpublication,onthe frontfreeendpaper,‘AnneBradby935’. Empson’sfirstcollectionofverse:‘ManyofMr.Empson’spoemsarefamiliartoreadersof contemporarypoetrythroughtheirappearanceinanthologies...buttheyarehereforthefirsttime collectedinbookform’(blurb)

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205. Farrell (J.G.) TheHillStationanUnfinishedNovelandanIndianDiary.Edited(andwitha Foreword)byJohnSpurling.WeidenfeldandNicolson.98,FIRSTEDITION,pp.x,230,cr.8vo., orig.biscuit-yellowboards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,fine £35.00

206. Farrell (J.G.) TheSingaporeGrip.WeidenfeldandNicolson.978,FIRSTEDITION,pp.560,cr.8vo., orig.scarletboards,backstripgiltlettered,faintspottingtoheadedges,dustjacket,nearfine  £25.00

207. The Fleuron. AJournalofTypography.EditedbyStanleyMorison.CambridgeUP:Doubleday, Page.926,ONEOF,250COPIES(ofaneditionof,370copies)printedionAntiquelaidpaper, withnumerousreproductionsoftypographicalletteringandornaments,andincludingoriginal typographicalspecimenstipped-in,flyleaveslightlyfoxed,pp.xvi,206,[20](adverts.),4to.,orig. cinamonclothalittlefingersoiled,backstripandfrontcoverlettered,andwithadesign,blocked inblueandpink,backstripatrifledarkened,andrubbedatheadandtail,patternedendpapers, untrimmed,good £90.00

Signed by Bobby Charlton 208. (Football.) The Rules of Association Football 1863. ForewordbySirBobbyCharlton. IntroductionbyMelvynBragg.BodleianLibrary,Oxford.2006,ONEOF300NUMBEREDCOPIES signedbySirBobbyCharltonandMelvynBragg,thehandwrittentextfromtheoriginal notebook(heldbytheFA)formingeachofthethirteenoriginalrulesisreproduced,eachona separatepage,withtheprintedtextontheopposingpage,togetherwith5illustrationsrelating tofootballfrombooksorperiodicalsoftheperiod,pp.[iv]+66,6mo.,orig.scarletcloth, backstripandfrontcovergiltlettered,matchingclothboxinwhicharelooselyinsertedcopies oftheyellowandredcardsusedtoadmonishthoseonthefootballfieldwhotransgressthe rules,new £75.00 InDecember863foundingmembersoftheFootballAssociationmettodrawupandrecordtherules ofassociationfootball.Thesethirteenrulesformthebasisofthisfacsimile,eachoriginalhandwritten rulereproducedonasinglepagewiththeprintedversiononitsopposingpage.Adefinitionof termsandtherulesoftheFootballAssociationarealsoincluded.MelvynBragghaswrittenalong introductionandSirBobbyCharltonhascontributedaforeword.

209. Forester (C.S.) GoldfromCrete.ShortStories.Joseph.97,FIRSTEDITION,pp.94,cr.8vo.,orig. paleblueboards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,fine £25.00

20. Forester (C.S.) Hornblower&theCrisis.AnUnfinishedNovel.Joseph.967,FIRSTEDITION,pp. 75,cr.8vo.,orig.paleblueboards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacketrubbedatheadedges,very good £35.00

2. Francis (Dick) IntheFrame.Joseph.976,FIRSTEDITION,double-pagemap,pp.252,cr.8vo.,orig. blackboards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,fine £40.00 Inscribedbytheauthoronthefrontfreeendpapertohisclosefriend,Joseph’smarketingdirector, ‘December‘76.Dick&June,Love&verybestwishesforChristmas-andafterwards.DickFrancis. BestwishesDickFrancis.’

22. Francis (Dick) Slay-Ride.Joseph.973,FIRSTEDITION,pp.224,cr.8vo.,orig.lightbrownboards, backstripgiltlettered,dustjacketalittlefadedatbackstrippanelandatriflebrownedathead, verygood £40.00 Inscribedbytheauthoronthefrontfreeendpaper‘October973DickDouglas-Boyd.Verybestwishes -&howaboutanothernightoutinKent?DickFrancis’.

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23. Freeman (R. Austin) FelodeSe?HodderandStoughton.937,FIRSTEDITION,pp.35,[5] (adverts.),cr.8vo.,orig.palebluecloth,lightlyfadedbackstripandthefrontcoverprintedin black,bookticket,onetinyteartoheadoffrontjointofdustjacketwhichisatriflerubbedand soiled,good(Donaldson35a) £300.00 PublishedinAmericaas‘DeathattheInn’.

24. Freeman (R. Austin) TheGreatPortraitMystery.HodderandStoughton.[98],FIRSTEDITION, poorqualitywartimepaperbrowned,asusual,tinyteartotitle-leaffore-edge,pp.38,cr.8vo., orig.palebluecloth,fadedbackstripandthefrontcoverprintedinblack,afewsmallstainsto covers,bookticket(Donaldson3) £95.00

25. Freeman (R. Austin) Mr.Pottermack’sOversight.HodderandStoughton.[930],FIRSTEDITION, pp.39,cr.8vo.,orig.palebluecloth,fadedbackstripandthefrontcoverprintedinblack, bookticket,good(Donaldson28a) £30.00

26. Freeman (R. Austin) ThePuzzleLock.HodderandStoughton.[925],FIRSTEDITION,frontispiece, preliminariesandfinalfewleaveslightlyfoxed,pp.320,cr.8vo.,orig.paleblueclothwithlightly sunnedbackstripatriflespotted,backstripandfrontcoverprintedinblack,freeendpaperslightly browned,owner’snameonfrontfreeendpaper,good(Donaldson9a) £65.00

27. Freeman (R. Austin) TheRedThumbMark.CollingwoodBros.[907],FIRSTEDITION, frontispiecebyT.E.Francis,smallrubber-stamperasedfromrectooffrontispiece,half-titleand title-page,pp.[vii],232,f’cap.8vo.,orig.blackclothwithminorstains,backstripandfrontcover letteredinwhite,thatonbackstripentirelyflakedaway,asusual,andonthefrontcoveralittle rubbed,largeprintedscarletthumbmark(allegedlyanenlargementoftheauthor’sown)atthe centreofthefrontcover,backstripatriflefrayedatheadandwithhalfinchteartofrontjointat tail,labelremovedfromrearpastedown,bookticket £500.00 Araresurvivalofoneofthemostimportantofearlytwentiethcenturycrimenovels. ThefirstofFreeman’sworksinwhichthedetectiveThorndykemakeshisappearance.‘R.Austin Freeman’sinnovativeapproachtocrimefictionensureshisclassicstatus.Hedevisedtheformatofthe invertedstory,wheretheinterestarisesfromthedetectionofacriminalalreadyknown;andhecreated acredibleforensicdetective,whosemethodsandresultsstillbearexpertscrutiny.’(CooperandPike ‘DetectiveFiction’)

28. Freeman (R. Austin) TheStonewareMonkey.HodderandStoughton.938,FIRSTEDITION, frontispieceofa‘particularlyhideousstonewarefigure’,pp.288,cr.8vo.,orig.palebluecloth,gilt letteredbackstripatrifletarnished,bookplateandbookticket,good(Donaldson36a) £40.00

29. Freeman (R. Austin) TheSurprisingExperiencesofMr.ShuttleburyCobb.Hodderand Stoughton.[927],FIRSTEDITION,frontispiece,lightfoxingtopreliminariesandfinalleaf,pp. 28,4(adverts.),cr.8vo.,orig.midbrowncloth,backstripalittledarkened,letteringinblack anddesigninblackandyellowonbackstripandfrontcover,verysmallstaintofrontcover,tail cornersatriflebumpedandrubbed,owner’snamewrittenandaddressembossed,onfrontfree endpaper,bookticket,good(Donaldson23a) £75.00

220. Freeman (R. Austin) WhenRoguesFallOut.HodderandStoughton.932,FIRSTEDITION,pp. 320,cr.8vo.,orig.palebluecloth,fadedbackstripprintedinblack,bookticket,good(Donaldson 3a) £40.00 PublishedinAmericaas‘Dr.Thorndyke’sDiscovery.’

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22. Frost (Robert) AYoungBirch.(PrintedattheSpiralPress),946,FIRSTEDITION,title-page vignette,decorationandcoverdesignallbyJosephLow,pp.[6],2mo.,orig.whitestapled wrappersdecoratedoverall,fine(CraneB5) £50.00 OneoftheFrostChristmascardsofwhich3,445copieswereprinted.Thereweretendifferentformsof printedgreeting,thiscopyis‘fromHenryHolt&Company’,oneof,60printedwiththisgreeting.

222. (Gill.) PEPLER(H.D.C.) ALetterfromSussex[AddressedtoR.HunterMiddleton]byH.D.C.Pepler abouthisFriendEricG[ill.]ForewordbyR.H[unter]M[iddleton].CherryburnPress,Chicago. 950,FIRSTEDITION,thetitle-pagewithareproduction,inbrown,ofGill’ssignatureandthe frontcoverwithaGillengraving,pp.[8],6mo.,orig.printedpalegreywrappersovercard, untrimmed,tissue-jacket,nearfine £30.00

223. Graves (Robert) SixteenPoems.OxfordCollegeofTechnology.967,FIRSTEDITION,72/75COPIES, 8full-pageillustrationsbyRomayneDawnay,initialandfinalpagesbrowned,pp.30,4to.,orig. palegreycloth,frontcoverwithgiltletteringandarepeatofoneoftheillustrationsinblack, good(Higginson&WilliamsA9) £120.00 Aselectionfrom‘CollectedPoems965’andwiththeinclusionof“InSingleSyllables”and“The Intrusion”from‘MorePoems96’.

224. Greene (Graham) ABurnt-OutCase.Heinemann.96,FIRSTENGLISHEDITION,pp.[viii],256, cr.8vo.,orig.blackcloth,twotinydampspots,backstripletteredinsilver,dustjacket,verygood (WobbeA4a) £70.00

225. Greene (Graham) TheQuietAmerican.Heinemann.955,FIRSTENGLISHEDITION,pp.[viii],247, cr.8vo.,orig.midbluecloth,backstripgiltlettered,coversatriflespotted,edgesfoxed,dustjacket withlightfoxingtobackstripandrearpanels,good(WobbeA35a) £135.00

226. Hassall (Joan) WoodEngravings.WithanIntroductionbyRuariMcLean.OxfordUP.960, FIRSTEDITION,withreproductionsofover80wood-engravingsbyJoanHassall,somefull-page, pp.38,[82]pagesofengravings,f’cap.8vo.,orig.blackcloth,backstripandfrontcoverblockedin gilt,freeendpaperslightlybrowned,dustjacketfoxed,good £30.00

227. (Heaney.) Outposts Number 129. EditedbyHowardSergeant.OutpostsPublications,Walton onThames.Summer98,SOLEEDITION,pp.40,6mo.,orig.printedwhiteglazedwrappers,near fine £20.00 ContainscontributionsbySeamusHeaney:‘AnUlsterTwilight’andRuthFainlight:‘TheRiver’.

228. Heaney (Seamus) ElectricLight.Faber.200,FIRSTEDITION,paperbackissue,pp.[viii],8, f’cap.8vo.,orig.printedorangewrappers,fine £20.00 AnneRidler’scopy,fromherlibraryandinscribedtoheronthehalf-title‘ForAnnewithlovefromBen 20.7.0’.

229. Heaney (Seamus) HedgeSchool.SonnetsfromGlanmore.PrintedforCharlesSeluzicki,Fine BooksinSalem,OregonattheJanusPress,Newark,Vermont.979,FIRSTEDITION,280/285COPIES printedinblackandbrownonpalegreyBarchamGreenDeWintpaperandsignedinpencilby theauthorandartist,7colourprintedwood-engravingsbyClaireVanVliet,pp.[6],imp.8vo., orig.mid-browncardwrappers,titleandauthor’snameprintedinblindonthefrontcover, brownendpapers,tailedgesuntrimmed,fine £1,000.00

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230. (Heath Robinson.) SHAKESPEARE(William) AMidsummerNight’s Dream.WithIllustrationsbyW.HeathRobinson.Constable. 94,FIRSTHEATHROBINSONEDITION,2colourprintedplates onlaidtowhitebacking-paperand63full-pageandotherline- drawings,allbyHeathRobinson,somehingesalittleweak,pp. xvi,88,4to.,orig.thirdissueqtr.midgreencloth,printedlabel, palegreenboards,cornersrubbed,endpaperslightlybrowned, untrimmed,good(BeareTheIllustrationsofW.HeathRobinson’ 77d) £1,000.00 Thefinalbindupofthesheetsofthefirsteditionand,presumably becauseofwartimeconstraints,publishedin99.

23. Hill (Geoffrey) MercianHymns.Deutsch.97,FIRSTPAPERBACKEDITION,pp.[48],f’cap.8vo., orig.printedorangewrappers,fine £85.00 Inscribedbytheauthoronthetitle-page‘GeoffreyHill’(followedbyplaceanddate).

232. Hill (Geoffrey) TheOrchardsofSyon.PenguinBooks.2002,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[viii],75,3 (blanks),f’cap.8vo.,orig.printedwhitewrappers,fine £40.00 Inscribedbytheauthoronthetitle-page‘GeoffreyHill’(followedbyplaceanddate).

233. Hill (Geoffrey) Preghiere.NorthernHousePamphletPoets,[Leeds].964,FIRSTEDITION,pp.2, 6mo.,orig.printedwhitesewnwrappers,fine £110.00 Inscribedbytheauthoronthetitle-page‘GeoffreyHill’(followedbyplaceanddate).

234. Hughes (Ted) TheMartyrdomofBishopFarrar.Gilbertson,Bow,Crediton.[970],FIRST EDITION,ONEOF00NUMBEREDCOPIES(thiscopyunnumbered(seenote)),printedinbrown,pp. [8],4to.,orig.blueandredmarbled(andriveted!)wrappers,coversoverprintedinbrownwith letteringanddesigns,fine(Sagar&TaborA2a.) £100.00 Hughesrefusedtosignornumbertheedition;hedislikedthebindingandtwoofthelinesinthepoem herearetransposed.Acorrected,signededition,wasissuedafewdayslater(A2a.2)

235. Innes (Michael, i.e.J.I.M.Stewart) TheWeightoftheEvidence,aDetectiveStoryby‘Michael Innes’.Gollancz.944,FIRSTEDITION,diagram,pp.68,f’cap.8vo.,orig.midbluecloth,faded backstripgiltletteringtarnished,coversfaintlyfoxed £50.00

236. Isherwood (Christopher) LionsandShadows.AneducationintheTwenties.HogarthPress. 938,FIRSTEDITION,photographicportraitfrontispiece,pp.32,f’cap.8vo.,orig.midbluecloth, backstripletteredinblack,alittlebrowningandrubbingtothepalegreydustjacket(designedby RobertMedley)printedinbrown,verygood(Woolmer43) £400.00

With its Dustjacket 237. Jacobs (W.W.) NightWatches.HodderandStoughton.94,FIRSTEDITION,6platesbyStanley Davisprintedinblackandbrown,preliminaries,finalleavesandedgesfoxed,pp.[vii],248, f’cap.8vo.,orig.orangecloth,backstripgiltlettered,frontcoverletteredinblackandwithaDavis designonbackstripandfrontcover(repeatedondustjacket),owner’sgiftinscription(95)on thefrontfreeendpaper,dustjacket,withsomefadingandlightsoiling,verygood £100.00

238. James (P.D.) ATasteforDeath.Faber.986,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[ii],454,8vo.,orig.blackboards, backstripletteredinsilver,dustjacket,fine £40.00 Signedbytheauthoronthetitle-page.

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239. Jefferies (Richard) GreeneFerneFarm.Smith,Elder.880,FIRSTEDITION,preliminariesand finalleavesfoxed,pp.viii,290,[29-96](adverts.),cr.8vo.,orig.firstissueolive-greencloth, giltletteredbackstripfaded,frontcoverletteredanddecoratedinblack,verysmalllightarea ofrubbingtofrontpastedown,fore-edgesroughtrimmed,good(Miller&MatthewsB.(a))  £135.00

240. Jhabvala (R. Prawer) TheHouseholder.Murray.960,FIRSTEDITION,faintpartialbrowning toinitialandfinalletterpresspagesasusual,pp.92,cr.8vo.,orig.paleblueboards,backstrip letteredindarkblue,faintlyrubbeddustjacketwithlightlytonedbackstrippanel,verygood  £30.00

24. Johnson (B.S.) Trawl.Secker&Warburg.966,FIRSTEDITION,pp.84,f’cap.8vo.,orig.black boards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,nearfine £140.00 Signedbytheauthoronthetitle-page.

242. Joyce (James) TwoTalesofShemandShaun.FragmentsfromWorkinProgress.Faber.932, FIRSTENGLISHEDITION,pp.45,f’cap.8vo.,orig.paleblueboards,backstripletteredinblue,faint backstripandedgefading,dustjacketlightlyfrayedandbackstrippanelfaded,good(Slocum& Cahoon37) £80.00

243. Knox (Ronald A.) TheFootstepsattheLock.Methuen.928,FIRSTEDITION,foxingtoletterpress andedges,owner’saddressonhalf-title,pp.viii,248,8(adverts.dated0.27),cr.8vo.,orig.mid bluecloth,backstripgiltlettered,frontcoverletteredinblind,rearcoverfadedinpart,endpaper map,tailedgesroughtrimmed,good £40.00

244. (Lawrence.) CLARE(John) TheShepherd’sCalendar.(Printed(byJohnRandle)attheWhittington Pressfor)Paradine.978,ONEOF400NUMBEREDCOPIES(thisunnumbered,ofaneditionof500 copies)printedonVelinArchespaperandsignedbytheartistandprinter,wood-engravingsby JohnLawrenceeachprintedonJapanesepaperandpastedtotheheadofeachchapter‘Month’, titleandchapter-titlesprintedinbrown,pp.[viii],36,sm.folio,orig.qtr.midgreencloth, backstripgiltlettered,palegreenboards,endpaperswithawood-engravedrepeateddesign overall,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,matchingpalegreenboardslipcasewithwood-engraving onlaid,fine £400.00 Withthe4-pageglossarylooselyinserted.

245. Lawrence (T.E.) SevenPillarsofWisdom,aTriumph.Cape. 935,FIRST(DELUXE)TRADEEDITION,03/750COPIES,3facsimiles, 48plates(4coloured)and4foldingmaps,pp.672,stout 4to.,orig.qtr.brownpigskin,backstripgiltlettered,dark brownbuckramsideswithgiltdesignonfrontcover,marbled endpapers,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,fine(O’BrienA4)  £1,250.00 Afinecopywithnoneofthecrackingusuallyassociatedwiththe pigskinjoints.

246. Le Carré (John) NervousTimes.AnAddressgivenattheSavoy HotelattheAnnualDinneroftheAnglo-IsraelAssociation on0November997.Anglo-IsraelAssociation.998,FIRST EDITION,ONEOF250NUMBEREDCOPIES(thisunnumberedand markedO/S),printedonFabrianoandPariluxpapersand signedbytheauthor,portraitfrontispiecetippedin,pp.22,[],

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f’cap.8vo.,orig.qtr.midbluemorocco,backstripgiltlettered,paleandmidbluemarbledboards, fine £90.00

247. Le Carré (John) TheNightManager.Hodder.993,FIRSTEDITION,pp.443,8vo.,orig.darkblue boards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,fine £50.00 SignedbyJohnleCarréonthetitle-page.

248. Lees-Milne (James) MidwayontheWaves.FaberandFaber.985,FIRSTEDITION,pp.248, roy.8vo.,orig.midblueboards,backstripgiltlettered,usualminorsoilingtotherearpanelofthe whitedustjacket,nearfine £50.00

249. Linklater (Eric) PrivateAngelo.PrivatelyPrinted(AllenLaneChristmasBook).957,ONEOF 2,000COPIESprintedonIndiapaper,decoratedpinkandwhiteendpapersfromdesignsbyDavid Gentleman,pp.[v],237,[],f’cap.8vo.,orig.cream,pinkandpalegreyboards,backstripgilt lettered,verygood £30.00 Composedentirelywithoutmetaltype,thiswasthefirstbookproducedinBritainby photocomposition,onanIntertypeFotosetter.

250. McEwan (Ian) Atonement.Cape.998,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[vii],78,8vo.,orig.blackboards, backstripletteredinsilver,dustjacket,fine £60.00

25. MacNeice (Louis) TheOtherWing.ArielPoems(NewSeries).Faber.954,FIRSTEDITION,full- pagecolourprintedillustration,afurtherfull-pagemonochromeillustrationandtitle-vignetteall byMichaelAyrton,pp.[4],8vo.,orig.printedsewnpalebluewrappers,orig.printedenvelope, fine £20.00

252. Mansfield (Katherine) InaGermanPension.Swift.[9 ],FIRST EDITION,lightfoxingtopreliminaries,finalleaf(adverts.)and endpapers,pp.252,4+32(adverts.),cr.8vo.,orig.darkgreencloth, backstripandfrontcovergiltlettered,andthefrontcoverwith anoverallblind-blockeddesignofarrowsandopenbooks,gift inscriptiononfrontfreeendpaper,verygood(KirkpatrickAa)  £1,500.00 Theauthor’sfirstbookofwhichonly500copiesofthefirstedition wereprinted. Anuncommonbookfromsoonafterpublication,itsscarcityledto thestorythatcopiesofthefirsteditionwereonboardTheTitanic! Kirkpatrickappearstohaveresearchedthisstoryinsomedetailand concludes‘thereportisunlikelytobetrue’.Infactthepublisher StephenSwift(analias,hisrealnamewasCharlesGranville)was somethingofacolourfulcharacter,hehadappearedbeforethecourts onachargeofbigamy,beengivenbail,failedtoappearatcourtwhen calledandfinallyfledthecountrytotherelativesafetyofAlgiers.Asa resulthisfirmwasliquidatedandthestockdispersed.

253. Masefield (John)Sou thandEast.MediciSociety:NewYork,Macmillan.929,FIRSTEDITION, 20/260COPIESonhandmadepapersignedbytheauthorandillustrator,6colourprintedplatesby JacynthParsons,eachwithcaptionedguard,titleprintedinred,pp.viii,26,imp.8vo.,orig.cream vellum,backstripandfrontcoverletteredinred,whitesilk-marker,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed, wornboardslipcasewithprintedlabel,verygood(Wight75a) £65.00

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254. Maugham (W. Somerset) TheVagrantMood.SixEssays.Heinemann.952,FIRSTEDITION, 270/500COPIESsignedbytheauthor,titleprintedinred,pp.[vi],24,roy.8vo.,orig.qtr.mushroom calf,blackleatherlabel,darkbluecalfsides,veryfaintbrowningtofreeendpapers,t.e.g.,others untrimmedandpartlyunopened,glassine-jacket,boardslipcase,fine(TooleStottA74a) £275.00

255. Mew (Charlotte) TheRamblingSailor.PoetryBookshop.929,FIRSTEDITION,portrait frontispiece,pp.45,sm.4to.,orig.purpleboards,spineandfrontcoverletteredinblack,faint fadingatextremeedges,faintfreeendpaperbrowning,lightfadingtobackstrippanelof dustjacket,verygood(WoolmerA42) £65.00

256. Monro (Harold) RealProperty[Poems].PoetryBookshop.922,FIRSTEDITION,pp.64,cr.8vo., orig.boardswithoveralldesignbyLovatFraserofblack,greenandwhiteverticalstripes, backstripandfrontcoverletteredinblack,edgesatriflerubbed,untrimmed,good(Woolmer A29b) £20.00

257. Motion (Andrew) Goodnestone,aSequence.WorkshopPress.972,FIRSTEDITION,pp.20, 6mo.,orig.printedwhitestapledartwrappers,fine £100.00 Theauthor’sfirstbook.

258. Murdoch (Iris) TheBell.Chatto&Windus.958,FIRSTEDITION,pp.320,cr.8vo.,orig.mid greenboards,backstripgiltlettered,lightfoxingandpartialfreeendpaperbrowning,dustjacket (designedbyMozley)withlightbrowningtobackstrippanelandfaintfoxing,good £50.00

259. Murdoch (Iris) Bruno’sDream.Chatto&Windus.969,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[vi],294,cr.8vo.,orig. mauveboards,backstripgiltlettered,alittlefrayingtodustjacket,verygood £40.00

260. Murdoch (Iris) TheMessagetothePlanet.Chatto&Windus.989,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[viii],568, 8vo.,orig.redboards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacketdesignedbyTomPhillips,fine £25.00

26. Murdoch (Iris) TheUnicorn.Chatto&Windus.963,FIRSTEDITION,pp.39,cr.8vo.,orig.pale greencloth,backstripgiltlettered,backstrippanelandedgesofrearpanelatrifledarkened,very good £30.00

262. (Nash.) LEWIS(John) JohnNash,thePainterasIllustrator.WithaForewordbyWilfridBlunt. (Printed...bytheComptonPressincollaborationwithSkelton’sPressforthe)PendomerPress, Godalming,Surrey.978,withnumerousreproductionsofillustrationsbyJohnNash,including 4colourprinted,andanumberreproducedfull-pageinsize,pp.36,sm.folio,orig.midbrown cloth,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,fine £65.00

With Dustjacket 263. Nesbit (E.) WingsandtheChildortheBuildingofMagicCities.Hodder&Stoughton.93, FIRSTEDITION,double-plateand0plates,andwithseveralline-drawingsbyGeorgeBarraud, including4full-page,preliminariesandedgeslightlyfoxed,pp.xiv,97,cr.8vo.,orig.lightgreen clothwithafewfaintspots,backstripgiltlettered,frontcoverletteredinblackandwithadesign byBarraudblockedinblack,freeendpapersbrownedinpart,letteringanddesignsrepeatedon dustjacket,whichisinfinestate,overallverygood £550.00

264. Newby (P.H.) TheBarbaryLight.Faber.962,FIRSTEDITION,pp.288,f’cap.8vo.,orig.lemon- yellowcloth,backstripprintedinred,faintpartialfreeendpaperbrowning,dustjacketwithlight staintorearpanelandbackstrippanelalittledarkened,good £50.00

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265. O’Brien (Edna) TheHighRoad.LondonLimitedEditions.988,FIRSTEDITION,23/50COPIES signedbytheauthor,pp.xi,80,cr.8vo.,orig.qtr.greencloth,fadedbackstripgiltletteredwithin agiltframe,brownandgreenmarbledboards,orig.tissue-jacket,verygood £20.00

266. Patmore (Derek) PrivateHistory.AnAutobiography.Cape.960,FIRSTEDITION,frontispieceand 4plates,pp.294,8vo.,orig.qtr.orangeboards,backstripgiltlettered,lightbrownboards,small erasuremarkadjacenttopriceonfrontflap,dustjacket,verygood £20.00

Penguin Number One, a Publishing Landmark 267. (Penguin.) MAUROIS(Andre) Ariel.AShelleyRomance.TranslatedbyEllaD’Arcy.(PenguinNo.). PenguinBooks.935,FIRSTPENGUINEDITION,pp.vi,[7]-256,f’cap.8vo.,orig.blueandwhite stiffenedwrappers,printedinblueandblack,matchingdustjacket,darkenedandwithonehole inspine;containedinabluefelt-linedmodernqtr.whitevellumsolanderbox,giltletteredon backstrip,bluemarbledsidesandedges,verygood £100.00 Thedustjacketliststentitlesincluding‘AFarewelltoArms’.

268. Pierre (D.B.C., i.e.PeterFinlay) VernonGodLittle.A2stCenturyComedyinthePresenceof Death.Faber.2003,UNCORRECTEDPROOF,pp.280,cr.8vo.,orig.printedlightbluewrappers,fine  £100.00

269. Piper (John) QualityandExperiment.ThePrintsofJohnPiper.ACatalogueRaisonné,Orde Levinson.LundHumphries.996,FIRSTEDITION,printedindouble-ortriple-column,hugerange ofPiper’sworkillustratedinmonochromeorcolour,somefull-page,pp.92,lge.4to.,orig.mid bluecloth,backstripgiltlettered,illustratedendpapers,dustjacket,fine £400.00

270. Powell (Anthony) TheAcceptanceWorld.Heinemann.955,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[vii],24, cr.8vo.,orig.redcloth,backstripgiltlettered(atrifletarnishedasusual)onablackground,light endpaperbrowning,owner’snameonfrontpastedown,professionalrestorationtosmallareasof dustjacketatheadsofflaps,headandtailofbackstrippanelandsmallareaonfrontcover,short tearatheadofbackstrippanel,butoverallasuperiorcopywiththedustjacketinmuchbetter conditionthannormallymetwith,good(LilleyA(a)) £625.00 Thethirdintheseries‘ADancetotheMusicofTime.’

27. Pullman (Philip) TheAmberSpyglass.DavidFicklingBooks:Scholastic.2000,FIRSTENGLISH EDITION,pp.[viii],550,cr.8vo.,orig.blackboards,backstripandfrontcovergiltlettered,very smallareaoflaminatetodustjacketatriflebubbledatonelowercorner,nearfine £150.00 Signedanddated‘PhilipPullmanOxford/0/07’onthetitle-page,bytheauthor.

With a Pen-and-Ink Drawing and Revealing Letter by Rackham 272. (Rackham.) GOLDSMITH(Oliver) TheVicarofWakefield.Harrap.929,FIRSTRACKHAMEDITION, 4/775COPIESsignedbytheartist,2colourprintedplatesandotherillustrationsinthetext,all byArthurRackham,titleandRackhamdesignontitle-pageprintedinred,preliminaryleaves foxed,oneleafalittlecreased,pp.232,4to.,orig.creamparchment,letteringanddesignon backstripandletteringonfrontcoverwithinadouble-ruleborder,allblockedingilt,endpapers withdesignsingreenbyRackham,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,boardslipcasefromTheCompleat Anglerandwithprintedlabeltothataffect!,verygood(Latimore&Haskellp.65;Riallp.70)  £10,000.00 Publisher,GeorgeHarrap’scopy,withhisbookplateonthefrontfreeendpaperverso.Beneaththe statementoflimitationisapen-and-inkdrawingbyRackham,drawnforHarrap,ofacharacter leadinghishorsewithonehandwhilstplacingmoneyintoabeggar’soutstretchedhandwiththeother. ThedrawingisalsosignedbyArthurRackham.

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AREVEALINGANDIMPORTANT3-pageletterfromRackhamtothepublisherGeorgeHarrapisloosely inserted,dated22Jan/30.Rackhamwasrecoveringfromanoperationandapologisesforthefactthat ‘IamafraidIhavetoconcludethatIshallnotbeabletodoabookatallthisyear-unless,later,there happenedtobejusttimefor“TheNightbeforeChristmas”’(eventuallypublishedin93).Presumably uponrecommendation,hehadreadOurVillageandCranford:Ihaveseizedtheopportunitytoread ‘“OurVillage”-Ireallydon’tfindmyselfmuchinterestedinit.ButIhaveconsideredit,&Cranford, mostcarefully:Ifranklydon’tfeelfittedforeitherofthem.Thecharmingdepiction&gentleviewof characterwhichistheirstrengthisbeyondmetoilluminate.’Heproceedstorelatethatwithwhich heismoreatease‘Ineedgreaterlicense-somethingthatallowsafreerinterpretation.TheVicar camemorereadily-partlybecauseitsperiodisjustenoughmoreremote.ButIwishIcoulddiscover somethingthatallowedamorefantastic,orevengrotesque,&lessrespectfultreatment.’

273. Ransome (Arthur) GreatNorthern?Cape.947,FIRSTEDITION, frontispieceandnumerousline-drawingsinthetext,somefull-page, pp.352,cr.8vo.,orig.midgreencloth,backstripgiltlettered,front covertitledinblind,fourcolourendpapersmaps,price-clipped dustjacketatouchedgerubbed,butoverallunusuallybrightandclean, nearfine £300.00 ThefinalSwallawsandAmazonstale.

274. (Ravilious.) RICHARDS(J.M.) HighStreet.(ABookofPicturesand DescriptionsofdifferentkindsofShops).CountryLife.938,FIRST EDITION,24full-pagelithographsprintedincoloursandalargewood- engravedtitle-pagedesignincorporatingthetitleletteringallbyEric Ravilious,pp.00,[],8vo.,orig.flat-backeddarkgreenboards,in

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unusuallynicecondition,withanoveralldesignincorporatingtheletteringbyRavilious,light overallendpaperfoxingasusual,nearfine £2,200.00 Begunasan‘AlphabetofShops’,andofferedtotheGoldenCockerelPressin935inordertoreplace abookongardeningtheyhadproposed,theideaforwhichhedidnotrelish.ShopswereinRavilious’ blood,hisfatherhadrunadrapersandlateranantiquesshop.Ravilioussearchedfortheunusualon thehighstreetandintheenddrewscenesfromtwentyfourshops.Hisfriend,J.M.Richards,wasasked tosupplythetextwhichwasaimedatchildrenaswellasadults,andthetitlewassuppliedbyGwyneth Lloyd-Thomas,afriendofEdwardBawden’swifeCharlotte.

275. Read (Herbert) NakedWarriors.Art&Letters.99,FIRSTEDITION,headofguttertowardrearof letterpressandheadofrearcoverlightlywaterstained,pp.60,f’cap.8vo.,orig.creamboardswith partialdampstaintorearcover,coversletteredinredandfrontcoverwithadesignbyWyndham Lewis £80.00 Scarce.PoetryandashortstoryoftheFirstWorldWar.

276. Rendell (Ruth) TheBridesmaid.Hutchinson.989,FIRSTEDITION,pp.298,cr.8vo.,orig.black boards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,fine £20.00

277. Rendell (Ruth) TheTreeofHands.Hutchinson.984,FIRSTEDITION,pp.269,cr.8vo.,orig.black boards,backstripletteredinsilver,dustjacket,fine £20.00

278. Rutherston (Albert) SixteenDesignsfortheTheatre.OxfordUP.928,FIRSTEDITION,75/475 COPIES,6plates,including4double-page,8colourprintedand4tinted,allbyRutherston,pp. 6,[ii],(Plates),[],lge.4to.,orig.bevel-edgedblackbuckram,backstripgiltlettered,usualfaint freeendpaperbrowning,untrimmed,verygood £145.00 Thedesignsareforstageproductionsof‘LeReveildeFlore’,‘AndroclesandtheLion’and‘TheWinter’s Tale’.

279. Sackville-West (Vita) KnoleandtheSackvilles.Heinemann.922,FIRSTEDITION,frontispiece, withtissue-guard,and24otherplates,occasionallightfoxing,pp.xv+23,roy.8vo.,orig. whitecloth,letteringonbackstripandoverallfrontcoverillustrationfromadesignbyWilliam Nicholson,rearhingestrained,freeendpaperslightlybrownedinpart,roughtrimmed,the scarcefragiledustjacket(backstrippanelsunned),repeatingtheNicholsoncoverdesigninred, verygood £300.00

280. Sackville-West (Vita) Sissinghurst.Warlingham,Surrey,SamsonPress.933,9/500COPIES printedinblackandredonBarchamGreenhandmadepaperandsignedbytheauthor,pp. [ii],5,[5],8vo.,orig.limpfawnlinen,thefrontcovertitledinred,dustsoilingtocoversathead andatthetailedges,untrimmed,good £225.00 Sissinghurst,waspurchased,inaparlousstate,bytheSackville-Westsin930.Fromitsruinsa beautifulhouse,andVita’sfamousgarden,werecreated-nowaNationalTrustproperty. Thiseditionwaspublishedtwoyearsafterthefirstedition.

28. Sassoon (Siegfried) MemoirsofaFox-HuntingMan.Faber.928,SECONDENGLISH(LIMITED) EDITION,246/260COPIESprintedonhandmadepaperandsignedbytheauthor,pp.396,4(blanks), 8vo.,orig.midbluebuckram,lightlyfadedgiltletteredbackstrip,freeendpapersbrowned, untrimmed,verygood(KeynesA30b) £950.00 Thesuccessofthefirsteditiontriggeredadecisiontoprintthislimitedissue.

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282. Sassoon (Siegfried) TheTasking.[PrivatelyPrinted](attheUniversityPress,Cambridge[for SiegfriedSassonandGeoffreyKeynes]).954,FIRSTEDITION,68/00COPIESwithouttheauthor’s pennedmonogrambeneaththelimitationstatement(butseenote),titleprintedinblackandred, pp.[i],[i](blank),5,[i](blank),[],f’cap.8vo.,orig.qtr.maroonbuckram,backstripgiltlettered, golddustedredboards,tissue-jacketalittlefrayedandwithonetear,nearfine(KeynesA56)  £265.00 Thiscopy,althoughnumberedwithinthenumericalsequenceofthelimitation,isnotinitialled bySassoon,butinsteadinscribedinitsplacebySassoon’sfriendandcoproducerofthisbook,the eminentsurgeon,bibliographerandbookcollectorGeoffreyKeynestofellowbookcollectorand medicalpractitionerBentJuel-Jensen‘BentfromGeoffrey’.

283. Sitwell (Edith) TheMotherandotherPoems.Oxford,Blackwell. 95,FIRSTEDITION,pp.9,cr.8vo.,orig.brownwrappers,frontcover printedinblack,untrimmedandpartlyunopened,fine(FifootEA)  £1,150.00 Aneditionof500copiesofwhich200weresaidtohavebeenpulped. Theauthor’sfirstbookcontaining5poemsofwhich‘DrownedSuns’ and‘Serenade’appearedintheDailyMirrorinMarchandNovember 93.

284. Spark (Muriel) AFarCryfromKensington.LondonLimitedEditions.988,FIRSTEDITION,36/50 COPIESsignedbytheauthor,pp.89,cr.8vo.,orig.qtr.lightbrowncloth,backstripgiltlettered withingiltframe,creamandorangemarbledboards,orig.tissue-jacket,fine £60.00

285. Stallwood (Veronica) OxfordMourning.Macmillan.995FIRSTEDITION,pp.[vi],97,cr.8vo.,orig. greyboards,giltletteredbackstrip,minorcreasingtorearpanelofdustjacket,verygood £20.00 Signedbytheauthoronthetitle-pagebeneathherscored-throughprintedsignature.

286. Stallworthy (John) TheEarthlyParadise.TheNewdigatePrizePoem958.PrintedPrivately, Oxford.958,FIRSTEDITION,pp.4,cr.8vo.,orig.creamstapledwrappersprintedinredand lightlysoiled,tinyinkmarktorearfreeendpaper,verygood £85.00 Theauthor’sfirstbook.

287. Stallworthy (Jon) InMemoryofGeoffreyKeynes,Kt.lateofLammasHouse887-982.Printed forK.GarthHouston...byPatrickReagh[California].(984),FIRSTEDITION,ONEOF60COPIES,pp. [ii],6,2mo.,orig.printedfawnsewnwrappers,untrimmed,fine £40.00 InscribedbyJonStallworthyattheheadofthetitle-page‘ForBent[Juel-Jensen]andMarywith gratitudeandgoodwishesfromJonandJill’.

288. Stevens (Wallace) ThePalmattheEndoftheMind.SelectedPoemsandaPlay(Bowl,Catand Broomstick).EditedbyHollyStevens.Knopf,NewYork.97,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[iv],xvi,404,xxiv, 8vo.,orig.tanclothblockedinblind,withbackstripprintedinsilver,rubber-stamponfrontfree endpaper,dustjacketatriflerubbed,verygood(EdelsteinA30) £40.00

289. Stevens (Wallace) SelectedPoems.Faber.953,FIRSTEDITION,pp.44,f’cap.8vo.,orig.purple cloth,backstripprintedinsilver,lightfreeendpaperbrowning,dustjacketatriflefrayedat backstrippanelheadandtail,nearfine(EdelsteinA9.a.) £125.00 Knopfhadoriginallycontractedforaneditionof‘SelectedPoems’tobepublishedinBritainbythe FortunePress(EdelsteinA8),editedbyDennisWilliamson.Theysubsequentlycancelledthecontract

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believingthatFaberwouldbetterrepresenthisworkinBritain.Nonetheless,theFortunePresshad toberestrainedbyKnopf’sbarristersbeforetheeditionwaswithdrawn(onlycopiesforreviewers hadbeenreleased).Caton,attheFortunePress,didnotdestroytheedition,however,andcopies subsequentlyappearedonthemarket.

290. Stevenson (Robert Louis) AStevensonMedley.(WithaPrefacebyS[idney]C[olvin]).Chattoand Windus.899,FIRSTEDITION,ONEOF300COPIES(ofaneditionof350copies)andinitialledbeneath thelimitation-statement(asalways)‘WBB’,portraitfrontispiece,tissue-guardpresent,pp.xi,5, 8vo.,orig.qtr.darkbluemorocco,giltletteredbackstriplightlyrubbedatheadandtail,darkblue clothsideswithsmallclearstainonrearcover,innerhingecracked,ownershipinscriptionon versooffrontendpaper,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,good(Prideaux55) £95.00 Miscellaneouspieces,includingtipped-infacsimilesofbookletsStevensonhadoriginallyproducedon atoyprintingpresswithhisstepson,inDavos.

29. Stevenson (Robert Louis) Works.WithanIntroductionbyAndrewLang.25Vols.Swanston Edition,ChattoandWindus.9/2,880/2,060SETS,frontispieces,half-titlesandtitlesprinted inred,cr.8vo.,orig.redcloth,fadedbackstripsletteredingilt,spottingorsoilingtoaveryfew volumes,browningtoendpapers,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,good £300.00

292. Storey (David) Pasmore.ANovel.Longmans.972,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[iv],204,cr.8vo.,orig. creamboards,backstripprintedinred,dustjacket,nearfine £20.00

293. Theroux (Paul) MySecretHistory.ANovel.LondonLimitedEditions.989,FIRSTEDITION,22/50 COPIESsignedbytheauthor,pp.[xiii],468,8vo.,orig.qtr.darkpinkcloth,backstripgiltlettered withingiltframe,brownandcreammarbledboards,orig.tissue-jacket,fine £50.00

294. Thomas (Dylan) LetterstoVernonWatkins.EditedwithanIntroductionbyVernonWatkins. Dent:Faber.957,FIRSTEDITION,portraitfrontispiece,pp.45,cr.8vo.,orig.midgreencloth, backstripgiltlettered,dustjacketatriflesunned,frayed,andwithtearstofolds,good £30.00

295. Thomas (Dylan) UnderMilkWood.APlayforVoices.PrefaceandMusicalSettingsbyDaniel Jones.Dent.954,FIRSTEDITION,pp.ix,0,f’cap.8vo.,orig.midbrowncloth,backstripgilt lettered,dustjacketwithlightfrayingandfaintstainingtoextremeheadandtailofbackstrip panel,nearfine(RolphB2) £290.00 Withtwo957programmesfortheplay’sappearanceattheNewTheatre,St.Martin’sLane,London, thefirstBritishproduction(956).IthadbeenpreviouslyproducedontheBBC(954)andinNewYork.

296. Thomas (R.S.) Frequencies.Macmillan.978,FIRSTEDITION,pp.[ii],54,6mo.,orig.midblue boards,backstripgiltlettered,dustjacketwithbackstrippanelfaintlyfaded,nearfine £25.00

297. Thomas (R.S.) H’m,Poems.Macmillan.972,FIRSTEDITION,pp.vi,38,f’cap.8vo.,orig.black boards,backstripgiltlettered,fadedbackstrippaneltodustjacket,verygood £30.00

298. Thomas (R.S.) JudgementDay.PoetryBookSociety.960,FIRSTEDITION,ONEOF,000COPIES,3- pagefacsimileoftheauthor’sholographforthispoem,pp.[4],f’cap.8vo.,orig.printedpaleblue stapledwrappers,fine £30.00

299. Thomas (R.S.) NotThatHeBroughtFlowers.Hart-Davis.968,FIRSTEDITION,pp.48,f’cap.8vo., orig.brownandwhiteboards,backstripandfrontcoverleteredinblack,brownandwhite,faded backstrippaneltodustjacket,verygood £35.00

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300. Thomas (R.S.) Pietà.Hart-Davis.966,FIRSTEDITON,pp.45,f’cap.8vo.,orig.printedblackand purpleboards,fadingtobackstrippanelofdustjacket,verygood £30.00

30. Thomas (R.S.) Tares.Hart-Davis.96,FIRSTEDITION,pp.48,f’cap.8vo.,orig.brownandcream boards,letteredinbrownandgrey,dustjacket,fine £40.00

302. (Thomson.) MITFORD(MaryRussell) OurVillage.WithanIntroductionbyAnneThackeray RitchieandOneHundredIllustrationsbyHughThomson.Macmillan.893,ONEOF475COPIES printedonLargePaper,line-drawingsbyHughThomson,somefull-page,frontispiecetissue- guard,pp.lx,256,imp.8vo.,orig.maroonbuckram,printedlabelonfadedbackstrip,covers dampstained,freeendpapersbrowned,roughtrimmed,matchingbuckramdampstainedfall- down-backboxwithgiltletteredbackstripandAbbey’sgiltcrestonfrontcover £50.00 J.R.Abbey’scopy,withhisbookplateonthefrontpastedownandhispencilledshelf-mark‘J.A.9.3’at theheadoftherearpastedown.

303. Tolkien (J.R.R.) Beowulf:theMonstersandtheCritics.SirIsraelGollanczMemorialLecture. BritishAcademy.[937],FIRSTEDITION,pp.56,8vo.,orig.printedpalegreywrappers,faintedge browning,yappededgesatriflefrayed,untrimmed,verygood(Hammond&AndersonA2)  £1,250.00

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304. Tolkien (J.R.R.) MiddleEnglishLosenger,SketchofanEtymologicalandSemanticEnquiry. [Offprintfrom]Essaisdephilologiemoderne(95).Societed’edition,LesBellesLettres,Paris. 953,FIRSTSEPARATEEDITION,pp.[63]-76,8vo.,orig.printedcreamstapledwrappers,nearfine (Hammond&AndersonB20note) £450.00

305. Wadsworth (Edward) TheGraphicWorkofEdwardWadsworth[by]JeremyGreenwood.With anIntroductionbyRichardCork.WoodLeaPress,Woodbridge.2002,ONEOF450COPIES(of 500copies),withnumerousreproductionsofworkbyWadsworth,thegreatmajorityincolour, printedtotruesizeinalmostallinstances,thetitleprintedinblue,pp.2,folio,orig.white boardswithanoveralldesigninblack,(anenlargedcopyofWadsworth’sdesignfor‘Drydocked forScalingandPainting’)andwithhisnameprintedinwhiteonredonthebackstrip,grey boardsslipcase,fine £115.00

306. Walcott (Derek) TheCastawayandOtherPoems.Cape.965,FIRSTEDITION,pp.64,cr.8vo.,orig. qtr.blackboards,backstripgiltlettered,patternedpalegreyboardsides,fadingtobackstrip panelofdustjacket,nearfine £50.00

307. Walcott (Derek) ThePoetintheTheatre.RonaldDuncanLectureNo..PoetryBookSociety. [990],FIRSTEDITION,printedindouble-column,pp.[8],f’cap.8vo.,orig.printedpalecream stapledwrappers,nearfine £60.00

308. Walcott (Derek) SeaGrapes.Cape.976,FIRSTENGLISHEDITION,pp.96,f’cap.8vo.,orig.printed blackartpaperwrappers,fine £30.00

309. Walcott (Derek) TheStar-AppleKingdom.Farrar,StrausandGiroux,NewYork.979,FIRST EDITION,pp.[iv],58,cr.8vo.,orig.lightbluecloth,backstripletteredinsilver,dustjacketwith backstrippanelandadjacentareafaded,onetinytearatheadoffrontpanel,verygood £50.00

Extra Illustrated Issue 30. Waugh (Evelyn) BlackMischief.Chapman&Hall.932,FIRSTEDITION,62/250COPIESprinted onlargepaperandsignedbytheauthor,frontispieceand8otherfull-pagedrawingsbyEvelyn Waugh,pp.323,8vo.,orig.mauvebevel-edgedcloth,thebackstripgiltletteredandamedallion portraitblockedingiltatthecentreofthefrontcover,fadingtobackstripandasmallareaon frontcoveradjacenttoheadofthebackstrip,bookplate,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,dustjacket detachedatfrontfoldofbackstrippanel,lackingahalfinchatheadofthebackstrippaneland withthreehorizontaltears,good £1,000.00 Allillustrations,withtheexceptionofthemap,wereexcludedfromthetradeedition.

3. (Waugh.) KNOX(RonaldA.) ASelectionfromtheOccasionalSermonsoftheRightReverend MonsignorRonaldKnox...EditedbyEvelynWaugh.DropmorePress.949,FIRSTEDITION,79/500 COPIES(ofaneditionof550copies)printedinPerpetuatypes,usingGill’sdecorativecapitalsfor title,chaptertitlesandinitialletterofeachchapter,andprintedonHodgkinson’shandmade paper,title-pageprintedinblackandred,pp.02,[4],imp.8vo.,orig.maroonbuckram, backstripandfrontcovergiltlettered,lightfadingtoextremetailofbackstrip,t.e.g.,others untrimmedandpartlyunopened,tinytaperepaironinteriorofdustjacket,verygood £140.00

32. Williams (Raymond) BorderCountry.ChattoandWindus.960,FIRSTEDITION,pp.35,cr.8vo., orig.pinkboards,backstripgiltlettered,short(cm.)teartoheadofrearpanelofdustjacket (delightfullydesignedbyG.J.Galsworthy),verygood £185.00 Theauthor’sextremelywellreceivedfirstnovel.Hewasfamousalsoforhispoliticalwork‘Cultureand Society’.

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33. Woolf (Virginia) TheMarkontheWall(CoverTitle).(PrintedatthePelicanPressforthe) HogarthPress.June99,FIRSTSEPARATEEDITION,foxedthroughout,pp.0,[2](blank),cr.8vo., orig.stapledprintedcreamwrappers,veryfaintwaterstainingtofore-edgeandextremeheadof covers(KirkpatrickA2b:Woolmer‘AChecklistoftheHogarthPress’8) £650.00 OriginallypublishedtogetherwithLeonardWoolf’sshortstory‘ThreeJews’inwhatisnowascarce pamphletentitled‘TwoStories’(97).ThefirstpublicationoftheHogarthPress.

34. Woolf (Virginia) MondayorTuesday.HogarthPress.92,FIRSTEDITION,4full-pagewoodcuts byVanessaBell,pp.9,[](advert.),f’cap.8vo.,orig.qtr.mid-brownclothalittlewornathead andlightlyrubbedattail,whiteboards,withthefrontcoverblockedinblacktoadesignby VanessaBell,usualendpaperbrowning,good(KirkpatrickA5a:Woolmer‘AChecklistofthe HogarthPress’7) £1,250.00

35. Yeats (W.B.) TheHerne’sEgg.AStagePlay.Macmillan.938,FIRSTEDITION,usuallightgutter browning,tothehalf-titleandfinalletterpresspage,pp.v,74,cr.8vo.,orig.marooncloth, backstripgiltlettered,dustjacket,fine(Wade95) £125.00

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36. (Doves Press.) ST.FRANCIS[ofAssisi]. LaudesCreaturarum.(TheItalianTextwithTranslation bythelateMatthewArnold).(90),[ONEOF250COPIES](ofaneditionof262copies)printed onhandmadepaper,withalternateItalianandEnglishtextsprintedinblackandred,pp.[viii (blanks),0,0(blanks)],6mo.,orig.russetmoroccobytheDovesBindery,backstrip(withfive raisedbands)giltletteredbetweenfirstandsecondbands,frontcoveralsogiltlettered,g.e.,fine  £385.00

37. (Eragny Press.) BROWNING(Robert) SomePoems.904,ONEOF25COPIES(ofaneditionof226 copies)printedinblackandredonhandmadepaper,colourprintedwood-engravedfrontispiece byLucienPissarro,0redlargewood-engravedinitiallettersatthebeginningofeachpoem designedbyLucienPissarroandengravedbyEstherPissarro,pp.[iv](blanks),74,cr.8vo.,orig. qtr.palegreyboards,frontcovergiltlettered,patternedroseandleafcreamboards,endpapers brownedasusual,untrimmedandunopened,nearfine £435.00

38. (Eragny Press.) VERHAEREN(Emile) LesPetitsVieux.(90),ONEOF230COPIESprintedinblack andorangeonJapanesepaperandboundintheJapanesestyle,full-pagecolourprintedwood- engravingbyLucienPissarroand3largeorangefloriatedinitials(oneotherprintedingreenand red),pp.[ii],9,[],oblongf’cap.8vo.,orig.qtr.palegreyboards,smallscuffmarktotailoffront cover,backstripgiltlettered,floralpatternedpalegrey-greenboards,scuffingtofrontpastedown whereabookplatehasbeenremoved,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,good £400.00

39. (Golden Cockerel Press.) BATES(H.E.) AGermanIdyll.932,FIRSTEDITION,267/307COPIESprinted onhandmadepaperandsignedbytheauthor,frontispiece,title-pageandseveralotherwood- engravingsbyLyntonLamb,pp.[v]+40+[],roy.8vo.,orig.qtr.crimsonmorocco,lightfadingto giltletteredbackstrip,smallareaoffadingtoheadofrearcover,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,good (Chanticleer8) £150.00

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320. (Golden Cockerel Press.) CHANTICLEER. ABibliographyoftheGoldenCockerelPress,April 92-936August.IntroductionbyHumbertWolfe,Foreword&NotesbythePartners.936, 2/300COPIESprintedonHead’shandmadepaperandsignedbythefourpartners,namely thetwoSandfords,RutterandNewbury,numerousreproductionsofwood-engravings,being examplesofsomeofthoseusedinGoldenCockerelPressbooksfromitsinceptionto936,the title-pageprintedinblackandgold,pp.[46],roy.8vo.,orig.qtr.midgreenmorocco,fadedgilt letteredbackstripandalsolightlyatadjacentheadofcovers,brightyellowclothsideswithan overallrepeateddesignofacockerelprintedingreen,bookplate,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,very good(Pertelote6) £185.00 This,‘Pertelote’,‘Cockalorum’and‘Cock-a-Hoop’formthefourbibliographiescontainingthecorpus ofthepress’swork.

32. (Golden Cockerel Press.) COCK-A-HOOP. ASequeltoChanticleer,Pertelote,andCockalorum, beingaBibliographyoftheGoldenCockerelPressSeptember949-December96.Compiled byDavidChambersandChristopherSandford.WithaListofProspectuses920-62.(Private LibrariesAssociation,Pinner,Middlesex).976,UNLIMITEDEDITION,numerouswood-engravings, reproducingsomeofthoseusedinGoldenCockerelPressbooksbetween949and96,pp. 26,roy.8vo.,orig.palebluelinen,backstripandfrontcoverletteredinturquoise,dustjacket, fine(Cock-a-Hoop24) £40.00 Alsoincludesafulllistoftheprospectusesissuedbythepress.

322. (Golden Cockerel Press.) DICKENS(Charles)TheCricketontheHearth.AFairyTaleofHome. (WithanIntroductionbyWalterdelaMare).TheGoldenCockerelPress.Printedforthe MembersoftheLimitedEditionsClub[NewYork].933,83/,500COPIES,7colourprintedplates byHughThomson,pp.x,7,[],folio,orig.canary-yellowbuckram,greenletteringonbackstrip, GoldenCockerelpress-deviceonfrontcover,smallblueleatherlabelonfrontpastedownoffset toendpapers,untrimmed,darkgreenclothslipcase,fine £200.00

323. (Golden Cockerel Press.) GILL(Eric) ClothingwithoutCloth,anEssayontheNude.93, FIRSTEDITION,260/500COPIESonEnglishhandmadepaper,4full-pagewood-engravingsby Gill,illustratinghisuseofwhitelineonablackground,pp.[viii],24,tallcr.8vo.,orig.scarlet buckram,fadedbackstripgiltlettered,frontcoverwiththepress-device,incorporatingthe initials,giltblockedonthefrontcover,freeendpaperslightlybrownedasusual,topandfore edgesgilt,tailedgesuntrimmed,verygood(Chanticleer75:Gill20) £200.00 Thefirstofthe‘Saddle-back’Cockerels;thepageistwiceashighasitswidth.

324. (Golden Cockerel Press.) KEATS(John) Endymion.APoeticRomance.947,36/400COPIES(ofan editionof500copies)printedonArnoldhandmadepaper,58wood-engravings(2full-page) byJohnBuckland-Wright,withfoxingtosomeleavesasalways,pp.[ii],54,sm.folio,orig. qtr.whitevellum,backstripgiltlettered,pinkbuckramsideswithaBucklandWrightdesign giltblockedonthefrontcover,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,nearfine(Cockalorum75:ReidA Check-listoftheBookIllustrationsofJohnBucklandWrightA47b) £500.00 ‘Inhis58illustrations,JohnBucklandWrightisbothasclassicalandromanticasthepoetwouldhave desired.Hisvisionitseems,approachesthatofKeatsascloselyasispossibleforanyartistworkingin ourgeneration’.(Cockalorum)

325. (Golden Cockerel Press.) LUCAS(F.L.) Gilgamesh,KingofErech.948,326/440COPIES(ofanedition of500copies)printedonmouldmadepaper,largewood-engravedtitle-engravingand0other full-pagewood-engravings,allbyDorotheaBraby,titleprintedingold,pp.[ii],68,8vo.,orig. qtr.canary-yellowbuckram,lightlyfadedgiltletteredbackstrip,overallrepeatedBrabydesignin pinktowhiteclothsides,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,nearfine(Cockalorum80) £115.00

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326. (Golden Cockerel Press.) SPENSER(Edmund) TheWeddingSongs:beingtheProthalamion&the Epithalamion:PrintedfromtheBestEditions.923,XXIV/25SPECIALISSUECOPIES(ofanedition of345copies)printedonJapaneseVellum,3wood-engravingsbyEthelbertWhiteprintedin brown,greenandyellow,pp.47,[2],6mo.,orig.qtr.whitebuckram,printedlabel,creamboards withusuallightfoxing,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,(orig?)tissue-jacket,nearfine(Chanticleer4)  £350.00 Thefirstofthepress’sbookswithwood-engravings.

327. (Gwasg Gregynog.) OLIVERS(Thomas) ThomasOliversofTregynon.TheLifeofanEarly MethodistPreacherWrittenbyHimself.Newtown,Powys.979,ONEOF360NUMBEREDCOPIES(of aneditionof375copies)thisunnumberedandselectedfortheOxfordprinterVivianRidler,with hisnameinplaceofthenumerals,printedonBasingwerkParchmentpaper,frontispieceportrait, titleprintedinbrown,pp.55,[],cr.8vo.,orig.midbrownlinen,printedlabel(sparelabeltipped in),frontcoverblockedinblind,fine £30.00

328. (Hughes-Stanton.) HUGHES-STANTON(Penelope) Wood-Engravings.PrivateLibrariesAssociation, Pinner.99,FIRSTEDITION,ONEOF,750COPIES,withadetailedcheck-listtoreproductionsof 27wood-engravingson95pagesattheendofthebook,reproductionsofphotographsand engravingsinthetext,somefull-page,pp.xii,84,folio,orig.blackcloth,backstripgiltlettered, fine £45.00

329. (John H. Mason.) MILTON(John) SonnetsincludingTranslationsbyWilliamCowperofthose WritteninItalian.LCCCentralSchoolofArts&Crafts.July938,printedinblackwithtitle,

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dateandtwolinesinthe‘Index’printedinred,pp.20,8vo.,orig.qtr.unletteredorangecloth, marbledbrown,greenandyellowboardsatriflewarped,endpapersfoxed,untrimmed,good  £20.00 Printedstatementon[page8]‘PrintedatheLondonCountyCouncilCentralSchoolofArts&Crafts. LayoutandsettingbyThomasJ.Cowley.Teacher:JohnH.MasonRDI.FinishedJuly938’.

330. (Jones.) COLERIDGE(SamuelTaylor) TheRimeoftheAncientMariner.Bristol,Cleverdon.929, 330/400COPIES(ofaneditionof460copies)printedinthebeautifulArrighitypeface,withthe 0superbgrey-greentintedcopperplate-engravings,including8full-page,byDavidJones,pp. [viii],38,lge.4to.,orig.qtr.whitebuckram,giltlettered,sunnedandslightlysoiled,backstripa touchrubbedatheadandtail,softgreyboardscornersatrifleworn,usuallightlybrownedfree endpapers,untrimmed   with  Jones(David)AnIntroductiontotheRimeoftheAncientMariner.(EditorialNotebyDouglas Cleverdon).CloverHillEditions.(PrintedattheRampantLionsPressfor)WillandSebastian CarterandDouglasCleverdon.972,FIRSTEDITION,64/25COPIES(ofaneditionof330copies) printedongreyHodgkinson’spaper,copperplate-engravingbyDavidJonesonthetitle-page, titleprintedingreen,pp.[vii],40,[],lge.4to.,orig.midgreenlinen,backstripgiltlettered, untrimmed,fine £600.00 BothenclosedinagreenclothslipcaseandwithVivianRidler’sbookticket,printertotheuniversity andowner,andprinter,ofthePerpetuaPress.

33. (Mosher Press.) SWINBURNE(AlgernonCharles) DeadLoveandOtherIneditedPieces(Prefaceby ThomasB.Mosher.)Portland,Maine.90,8/35COPIESprintedentirelyuponJaponVellum,the portraitfrontispiece,looselyinsertedintothiscopy,asissometimesthecase,title-pageprinted inblackandred,pp.[xvi],48,[6],2mo.,orig.printedstiffwhitewrappers,untrimmedand partlyunopened,fine(Hatch94) £250.00

332. (Nonesuch Press.) [BURTON(Robert)] TheAnatomyofMelancholy,whatitis,withallthekinds, causes,symptomes,prognostickes,&severalcuresofit...byDemocritvsJvnior.2Vols.925, 559/750SETS(ofaneditionof790sets)printedindouble-columnonDutchhandmadepaper, thecolophontovol.iprintedinblackandred,numerousdrawingsbyE.McKnightKauffer reproducedfromzincline-blocksandwithborderdecorationstothetitle-pagesechoingthoseof theoriginaledition,pp.xv,300;[iii],30-59,sm.folio,orig.qtr.whiteparchmentalittlesoiled andrubbed,backstripsgiltlettered,patternedblack,purpleandwhiteverticallystripedboards, cornersatrifleworn,untrimmed,good(Dreyfus28) £325.00

333. (Nonesuch Press.) EVELYN(John) DirectionsforTheGardineratSays-Court,butwhichmaybe ofUseforotherGardens.EditedbyGeoffreyKeynes.932,FIRSTEDITION,497/800COPIESprinted onpalegreyVanGelderpaper,line-blockillustrationofa‘castrating-hookforbees’,beautifully designedtitle-pagewithovaltypographicalborderandatypographicalbordertoeachtextpage, pp.09,[2],cr.8vo.,orig.marbledmidgreenboardsandmatchingendpapers,cornersrubbed, palegreenleatherlabel,t.e.g.ontherough,othersuntrimmed,dustjacketatriflechippedand withshorttears,good(Dreyfus82) £120.00

334. (Nonesuch Press.) MEYNELL(Alice) SelectedPoems.NewlyChosenfromCollectedPoems92, LastPoems923,Preludes875.(ForewordbyFrancisMeynell).965,FIRSTSELECTEDEDITION, pp.[iv],68,f’cap.8vo.,orig.printedcreamwrappers,gluefromorig.printedlabelonfrontflapof orig.glassine-jacketoffsettofrontflyleaf,nearfine(Dreyfus38) £35.00 InscribedbyFrancisMeynellonthefrontflyleaf‘JohnBrownfromFrancisMeynell’. Thepress’sonlypaperbackedition.

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335. (Nonesuch Press.) MILTON(John) PoemsinEnglish.[TheTexttakenfromtheOxfordUniversity PressEdition,EditedbyH.C.BeechingandwithExtensiveNotesonBlake’sIllustrationsby GeoffreyKeynes.]2Vols.inOne.926,4/90COPIESOFTHESPECIALISSUE(ofaneditionof,450 sets)printedonIndiaPaperandboundinonevol.,53platesreproducingillustrationsbyWilliam Blake,eachplateprintedonvellumpaper,typographicbordertotitle-pagesprintedinterracotta anddesignedbyDouglasBliss,pp.[viii],359;[vi],283,8vo.,orig.whitevellum,backstripgilt lettered,untrimmed,nearfine(Dreyfus32) £400.00

336 (Nonesuch Press.) SHAKESPEARE(William) CompleteWorks.TheTextandOrderoftheFirst FoliowithQuartoVariantsandaChoiceofModernReadingsnotedMarginally.Towhich areAdded‘Pericles’andtheFirstQuartosofSixofthePlaysofdoubtfulAuthorship,alsothe PoemsaccordingtotheOriginalQuartosandOctavos.TheNonesuchTextEstablished929by HerbertFarjeon;aNewIntroductionbyIvorBrown.953,printedonIndiaPaperwiththetitles printedinblackandbrown,thededicationsandhead-piecesdesignedbyReynoldsStone,8vo., orig.qtr.darkbrowncloth,backstripsgiltlettered,brownmarbledclothsides,specklededges, bookplates,boardslipcaserubbed,nearfine(Dreyfus9) £80.00

337. (Officina Bodoni.) THEHOLYBIBLE.AccordingtoMathew,Mark,LukeandJohn.(TheTextofthe AuthorisedorKingJamesVersion.PostscriptbyGiovanniMardersteig).Verona.962,CXVIII/55 COPIES(ofaneditionof320copies)printedonMagnanimouldmadepaper,wood-engraved title-pagebyReynoldsStone,06wood-engravingsbyBrunoBramanti(and8byItaloZetti) afterthoseusedinthe495Florenceeditionof‘EpistoleetEvangelii’,pp.370,sm.folio,orig.full maroonstraightgrainmorocco,giltletteredbackstrip,frontcovergiltletteredwithinacircular giltdecorativeborder,innerbordersruledinblind,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,patternedpalegrey linenslipcase,fine(Schmoller26) £1,800.00

338. (Pear Tree Press.) BLAKE(William) AuguriesofInnocence.Flansham,Bognor.94,9/70COPIES printedincolours(ofaneditionof00copies,thelimitationpencilledinbyJamesGuthrieand signedbyhim)onArcheshandmadepaper,intaglioprintedtoadesignbyJamesGuthrie,the calligraphybyLilianFrost,with6plates(printedonrectoofeachleaf),includinghalf-title, title-page,pagesoftext,colophonand2platesofGuthrie’sillustrations,allprintedinred, orangeandgold,pp.[ii],6(plates),[2],8vo.,orig.whitebuckram-backedpaleblueboards,front coverwithaprintedpaperlaberlinpaleblueandgreentoadesignbyGuthrie,freeendpapers browned,untrimmed,verygood £300.00 GenerallyregardedasGuthrie’sfirstreallycompetentplatebook,anexcellentpieceofprinting.

339. (Saint Dominic’s Press.) CORNFORD(Frances) AutumnMidnight.(PrintedbySt.Dominic’sPress for)ThePoetryBookshop.923,FIRSTEDITION,printedonhandmadepaper,wood-engraved frontispiece,7capitallettersand5othersmalldecorationsallbyEricGill,pp.24,cr.8vo., orig.palegreenprintedwrapperswithtwoGilldesignsonthefrontcover,coversfadedinpart, untrimmed,good(Taylor&SewellA5:Gill,Corey&Mackenzie273:AndersonFrances CornfordA4) £150.00 AvariantnotlistedinTaylorandSewell,correspondingtoA5,butboundinpalegreenwrappers: thetitle-pagehasthededicationdevicebyGill(printedinred)engraved‘ToJ.&G.R.fromF.C.& E.G.’(JacquesandGwenRaverat).Theauthor’snameispresentonthefrontcoverwithinrules,and ‘sxipence’isincorrectlyspelt.

Copy Number One 340. (Stanbrook Abbey Press.) ROBERTSON(Alec) Contrasts:theArtsandReligion.Worcester.980, No.I/XXXCOPIES(ofaneditionof350copies)printedonGlastonburyBookAntiqueLaidpaper, 3tipped-incolourprintedplates,pp.xviii,69,[9](blanks),f’cap.8vo.,orig.‘contrasting’black andbrownmoroccosbyGeorgePercival,backstripgiltlettered,giltblockeddeviceonthefront coverfromadesignbyMargaretAdams,fawnOguraJapaneshandmadepaperendpapers,t.e.g., glassine-jacket,boardslipcase,fine(ButcherA37) £225.00

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34. (Vine Press.) READ(Herbert) TheParliamentofWomen,aDrama inThreeActs.HemingfordGrey,Huntingdonshire.960,FIRST EDITION,55/00COPIESprintedinblackandredonMillbourn Lexparhandmadepaper,with4three-colourplatesasfrontispiece andillustrationtoeachActbyRegBoulton,eachacombination oflinocut,etchingandend-grain;theengravedtitleletteredin whiteonaredbackgroundwithyellowandwhitedecorated surround,pp.[i],4,[],sm.folio,orig.qtr.tanmorocco,backstrip letteredingilt,fiveraisedbands,Cockerellmarbledboards, endpapersprintedtoanoveralldesign,topandfor-edgesgilt,other untrimmed,fine £300.00

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