PETER HARRINGTON DOVER STREET DOVER FULHAM ROAD SPRINGAll items are fully described MISCELLANY and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 1 We are exhibiting at these fairs 25 April–1 May 2018 abu dhabi Abu Dhabi International Book Fair Abu D habi National Exhibition Centre Abu Dhabi www.adbookfair.com 24–26 May london The ABA Rare Book Fair Battersea Evolution Queenstown Road, London SW11 www.rarebookfairlondon.com 28 June – 4 July masterpiece The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3 www.masterpiecefair.com 6–8 July melbourne Melbourne Rare Book Fair Wilson Hall, The University of Melbourne www.rarebookfair.com Front cover image adapted from Leslie MacDonald’s VAT no. gb 701 5578 50 Wonderground map of London, item 71; item above from Peter Harrington Limited. Registered office: WSM Services Limited, Connect House, Man Ray’s Électricité, item 137. 133–137 Alexandra Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 7JY. Design: Nigel Bents; Photography: Ruth Segarra Registered in England and Wales No: 3609982 Peter Harrington london catalogue 144 SPRING MISCELLANY All items from this catalogue are on exhibition at Dover Street mayfair chelsea Peter Harrington Peter Harrington 43 Dover Street 100 Fulham Road London w1s 4ff London sw3 6hs uk 020 3763 3220 uk 020 7591 0220 eu 00 44 20 3763 3220 eu 00 44 7591 0220 usa 011 44 20 3763 3220 usa 011 44 7591 0220 www.peterharrington.co.uk 1 2 1 supported by a lengthy list of subscribers, who in- and pictorial jacket. Illustrated throughout with Araki’s artwork. Jacket just very mildly bumped at corners. An (ACKERMANN, Rudolph.) The History of cluded Queen Charlotte, Prince George, the Prince Regent, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sus- excellent copy. the Abbey Church of St. Peter’s Westmin- sex, and Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. ster, Its Antiquities and Monuments. London: “As a publisher he [Ackermann] was both creative Printed for R. Ackermann by L. Harrison and J. C. and efficient, bringing to the commercial produc- Leigh, 1812 tion of colour plate books innovative techniques 2 volumes, quarto (350 × 293 mm). 20th-century red half and an uncompromising attention to detail which morocco to style, raised bands to spine ruled in gilt, ensured uniform high quality” (ODNB). spine lettered and decorated in gilt, single gilt rule to £1,500 [123613] covers, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Engraved portrait and architectural plan frontispiece in vol. 1, 81 coloured aquatints, illustrations in the text. A 2 little rubbing to tips, pale foxing to endpapers in vol. 2, ARAKI, Nobuyoshi. Kaori: Love. Tokyo: Eyes- two small purple marks to leaves P3 and 4 of vol. 2, af- fecting 3 letters, otherwise an excellent copy. encia, 2007 first edition of this comprehensive survey of Quarto. Original yellow paper boards, titles to spine and front board pink. With the original photographic Westminster Abbey. This lavish publication was 2 2 Spring Miscellany: Peter Harrington 3 first edition, limited issue, this copy with an original signed self-portrait by the artist, done in silver paint on the front endpapers, signed “Nobuyoshi Arakiss”. One of 400 copies, the book features a series of full-page portraits of Araki’s model and muse Kaori in black and white, heightened with acrylic. £600 [123260] Zest and readability 3 ARIOSTO, Ludovico. Orlando Furioso: Translated from the Italian . with notes: by John Hoole. London: Printed for the Author: sold by C. Bathurst; T. Payne and Son; J. Dodsley [& 9 3 others, all London], 1783 Sneyd Kynnersley (1774–1844) of Loxley Park, Staffs. Vol. acknowledged in his postscript to volume V where 5 volumes, octavo (216 × 134 mm). Contemporary tree IV chipped at head of spine, vol. I with touch of worming he mentions the generous support of members of calf, raised bands with gilt rules either side, red mo- at foot of back joint, shallow scratches to covers of vols. rocco labels and numbering ovals, single-line gilt border the East India Company. “Hoole’s most striking II and III. An attractive set, with the errata leaf at the end liberty was, uniquely among English translators on sides, yellow edges. Engraved portrait frontispiece of vol. V. of Hoole by Anker Smith after Frances Reynolds (sister of Ariosto, to abandon the verse form of the origi- of Sir Joshua), vignette arms of Harry Verelst at head of first hoole edition in a very appealing pro- nal for a ‘native’ one, in this case the heroic cou- dedication (Verelst was an administrator in India whom vincial binding. The plate in volume III is signed plet . The popularity this translation enjoyed Hoole knew through the East India Office) and 7 -en by William Blake as engraver and shows “Orlando in its day is . tribute to its zest and readability” graved plates (fine profile portrait of Ariosto by Hall, “Ar- in a fury tearing up trees” (Keynes). John Hoole (Peter France (ed.), The Oxford Guide to Literature in iosto’s Chair and Inkstandish”, 5 plates of scenes (by Bar- (1727–1803) “enjoyed languages and studied Ital- English Translation, 2001, p. 481). tolozzi after Angelica Kauffman, Collyer after Stothard, ian for pleasure” (ODNB) and his version of Ari- Keynes, Blake, 96; Lowndes I, p. 64. Blake after Stothard, Heath after Metz, Caldwall after osto’s masterpiece was published by subscription, Hamilton). Engraved armorial bookplates of Thomas £875 [123638] All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 3 4 5 4 Arnold. Upon his death in June 1930 the project was ARNOLD, Thomas W., & J. V. S. Wilkinson delayed, until James Vere Stuart Wilkinson resumed the process, including new additions to the collec- (eds.) The Library of A. Chester Beatty. A tion. The manuscripts and miniatures detailed rep- Catalogue of the Indian Miniatures. Oxford: resent some of the finest products of the Mughal Privately printed by John Johnson at the Oxford Uni- court painters from the 16th century onwards, versity Press and published by Emery Walker, 1936 alongside some of the work of artists from the prov- 3 volumes, large folio. Original green cloth, spines let- inces of the Mughal empire. tered in gilt, top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. £2,950 [123495] With 19 plates in colour and 84 in monochrome. Spine ends a little bumped, some markings to covers, discol- ouration to front cover of vol. I. A very good set. 5 first edition. An enormous and finely illustrated (ART DECO.) Catalogue général officiel. -Ex production detailing the collection of Indian minia- position internationale des arts décoratifs et tures of Alfred Beatty (1875–1968), a copper mining industriels modernes. Paris: Concessionnaire ex- tycoon who built up one of the world’s greatest col- clusif imprimerie de Vaugirard, 1925 lections of western and oriental manuscripts. The cataloguing of Beatty’s collection of Indian minia- Octavo. Pictorial grey card wrappers, design in red and black by Robert Bonfils to the front panel, floral pat- tures was originally undertaken by Thomas Walker 5 4 Spring Miscellany: Peter Harrington 6 7 terned endpapers with advertisements, 24-page advert area between the esplanade of Les Invalides and 7 section with illustrations. 7 double-page Exposition maps the entrances of the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels. Edinburgh: John printed in blue ink, a transportation map printed in red and along both banks of the Seine. Over 15,000 ex- and blue, 16 blue-tinted half-tone plates from photo- hibitors from 20 countries and close to 16 million Grant, 1911–12 graphs each with 2 images, mounted sample of “Tekko” 12 volumes, octavo (205 × 135 mm). Contemporary crim- simulated silk brocade upholstery fabric, loosely in- visitors attended. son half calf, titles and centre tool to spines gilt, raised serted flyers all printed by Vaugirard, for their own series £1,250 [124377] bands, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges of photogravure views of the exposition, Élie Richard’s gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait frontispiece by James Le Guide des Grands Ducs, and an offer to be reclaimed at Andrews after the drawing by Cassandra Austen with tis- the Pavillon de Provence. A little rubbed, particularly on 6 sue guard to vol. I. Title pages printed in red and black. the joints, some creasing on the spine, corners a touch ATWOOD, Margaret. The Circle Game. To- Spines a little faded and rubbed, an excellent set. bumped, but overall a very good copy. ronto: Contact Press, 1966 first edition of this exhaustive guide to the ex- the winchester edition, enlarged issue. Octavo. Original wrappers, printed in red and black. hibitors at the 1925 international fair, representing Considered the most attractive of the unillustrated Light toning to wrappers, splash mark to front some- the zenith of the style moderne, or Art Deco, as it editions of Austen’s works produced around this what showing through on front endpaper, but otherwise time, it was first published by Grant Richards in was later known. It was instigated by the Societé very nice, overall a very good copy. des Artistes Décorateurs in their desire to achieve 1898 in ten volumes. This issue has two additional first edition, signed by the author on the equal status with practitioners of the fine arts, and volumes, comprising Lady Susan and The Watsons, title page, one of 200 copies issued in wrappers supported by the French government to provide taken from the 1871 Memoir, and Jane Austen’s let- in addition to a “Library edition” of 50 hardback a showcase for the style moderne – “modernism ters. copies. The Circle Game was Atwood’s first regularly turned into fashion” (Encyclopaedia Britannica) – in Gilson E91. published book, preceded only by a self-published architecture, interior decoration, furniture, glass, poetry collection, Double Persephone, in 1961.