BOW WINDOWS BOOKSHOP 175 High Street, Lewes, Sussex, BN7 1YE T: +44 (0)1273 480 780 F: +44 (0)1273 486 686 [email protected] bowwindows.com CATALOGUE TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN Literature - First Editions, Classics, Private Press 1 - 89 Children's and Illustrated Books 90 - 107 Natural History 108 - 137 Maps 138 - 154 Travel and Topography 155 - 208 Art and Architecture 209 - 238 General Subjects - History, Theology, Militaria 239 - 264 Cover images – nos. 93 & 125 All items are pictured on our website and further images can be emailed on request. All books are collated and described as carefully as possible. Payment may be made by cheque, drawn on a sterling account, Visa, MasterCard or direct transfer to Account No. 40009652 at HSBC Bank, Eastbourne, sort code 40-20-69. Our IBAN code is GB02 HBUK40206940009652; SWIFTBIC is MIDL GB22. Postage will be charged at cost. Foreign orders will be sent by airmail unless requested otherwise. Our shop hours are 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday; an answerphone operates outside of these times. Items may also be ordered via our website. Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes General Data Protection Regulation We hold on our computer our customers names and addresses, and in some cases phone numbers and email addresses. We do not share this information with third parties. We assume that you will be happy to continue to receive these catalogues and for us to hold this information; should you wish to change anything or come off our mailing list please let us know. LITERATURE FIRST EDITIONS, CLASSICS, PRIVATE PRESS 1. [APULEIUS, Lucius. The XI Bookes of the Golden Asse: Containing the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius, Interlaced with Sundry Pleasant and Delectable Tales: with an Excellent Narration of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyches, Set out in the Fourth, Fifth and the Sixth Bookes. Translated out of Latine into English, by William Adlington. London: Printed by Thomas Harper for Thomas Alchorn, 1639]. 8vo. (18), 102, 123 (misnumbered 121) - 227 (misnumbered 14), 281-287 pp, with numerous other mispaginations, with the first four leaves, including the title page and the final leaf, supplied in slightly crude facsimile. Attractively bound in 20th century maroon full morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to three panels and misdated at the foot, blind and gilt ruled border extending across the spine and both boards with diagonal gilt rules also emanating from the bands, gilt inner dentelles, decorative gold patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. The paper darkened fairly evenly throughout, last original leaf (Gg3) trimmed close and the margin restored. £450 Adlington’s translation was the first in English and was originally published in 1566. Another three editions were issued by 1596; this was the fifth edition overall. The translation was still being used well into 20th century, being the text used for the Wordsworth Classics series. See insert page one. 2. AUSTEN, Jane. Emma. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with an Introduction by Austin Dobson. London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. First reprint thus, 8vo, xviii, 436, (2) pp. Black and white illustrations, peacock pattern endpapers. Original gilt decorated maroon cloth, a.e.g., spine sunned, some mild rubbing. £275 Originally published with these illustrations the year before. 3. AUSTEN, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an Introduction by Austin Dobson. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906. 8vo. xvi, 443, (5) pp. Publisher’s red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper cover, blindstamped decoration to both boards. Frontispiece and 39 black and white illustrations in the text, many full page. Fading to the spine, else very good. £60 4. [BARHAM, Rev. Richard]. The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels. By Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech and John Tenniel. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1877. Large 8vo. (iii)-xiv, 513, (1) pp, bound without the half title. Frontispiece and 71 black and white illustrations, contemporary inscription to half title, newspaper cutting pasted to the title verso, offset onto the facing page, light foxing at the beginning and end, marbled endpapers. Contemporary dark blue morocco, a.e.g., spine sunned, a few scuffs otherwise a very good copy. £90 5. BERRY, Erick. Honey of the Nile. Illustrated by the author. London & New York: Oxford University Press, (1938). First edition, 8vo, 224, (4) pp. Black and white illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Cloth, d.w. with some minor soiling, spine a little faded with loss to ends. £90 6. BETTERIDGE, Don. Balkan Spy. London: Herbert Jenkins, [1942]. First edition, 8vo, 252, (4 advertisement) pp. Ink date stamp, “Aug 1942,” to title page, address blind stamp to the fly title. Cloth, d.w. with some minor soiling and slight loss to the top edge. £60 7. BICKERSTAFF, Isaac (pseud., STEELE, Richard). The Tatler. London: Printed for J. Parsons, 1794. Four volumes, 12mo. Engraved second titles and 14 plates. Contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spines with red and black labels, a few minor marks otherwise a handsome set. £175 Originally published 1709-1711 with contributions from Jonathan Swift and Joseph Addison. 8. BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. The Poetical Works of... London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1900. 8vo. xxii, 667, (1) pp. Contemporary prize binding by Lawrence of Rugby for Rugby School, full dark green morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel, the college crest in gilt to the upper board and their prize label to the front pastedown, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait. An attractive copy. £75 9. (CHARLESTON MAGAZINE). The Charleston Magazine, Charleston, Bloomsbury, and the Arts. Issues 1-24. The Charleston Trust, 1990-2001. Twenty-four volumes plus the separately issued index to the first 10 issues. Large 8vo. Each either 48 or 56 pp. Original decorative wrappers, a small batch of Bloomsbury and Charleston related ephemera is loosely inserted, including postcards, flyers, guides, etc. plus issue no. 10 of the Charleston Newsletter from March 1985. Occasional light wear to the spines, a very good set. £250 10. DICKENS, Charles. Barnaby Rudge. A Tale of the Riots of “’Eighty”. [and] Hard Times. London: Chapman & Hall, [c.1880]. Two works in two volumes, “Hard Times” beginning halfway through volume II. 8vo. xii, 471, (1); viii, 471, (1) pp. Contemporary wine red half morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, twin gilt lettered black labels, gilt decoration to the others, endpapers and all edges marbled. Illustrated throughout. A gathering in volume I slightly proud but holding, else very good. £65 11. DISRAELI, Isaac. Curiosities of Literature. Edited, with memoir and notes by his son, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli. London: G. Routledge & Co., 1858. Three volumes, 8vo. Two portrait frontispieces and a folding facsimile, the second half of volume II with a light brown stain to the outer corner. Original gilt titled green cloth in remarkably good condition. £75 12. DOYLE, A. Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [with] The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1901. Souvenir edition. Two volumes. 8vo. (vi), 343, (1), 32; (iv), 296, 32 pp. Publisher’s green cloth, gilt to the spines and upper boards, circular blindstamped device to the lower boards. Numerous black and white illustrations in the text. Rubbing to the covers with dulling to the gilt spines, intermittent dampstaining to volume II, more pronounced to the final third. £120 The first volume contains twelve of Holmes’ stories, including “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Red Headed League”, the second eleven, including “Silver Blaze” and “The Final Problem”. 13. DU MAURIER, Daphne. Rebecca. London: Victor Gollancz, 1938. First edition, 8vo, 446 pp. Original black cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed, otherwise very good. See inside front cover. £475 SIGNED 14. DURRELL, Gerald. [Corfu Trilogy]. My Family and Other Animals. Birds Beasts and Relatives. The Garden of the Gods. London: [1] Rupert Hart-Davis, [2 & 3] Collins, 1956, 1969, 1978. First editions. Three volumes. Publisher’s cloth, the first volume with silver lettering to the spine, the other two lettered in gilt, dust jackets, first two not price clipped although the front flap of the first work features a Book Society price label. “My Family...” signed by the author as “Gerald M. Durrell” on the front free endpaper, original owner’s name handwritten on the verso with what appears to be typewritten school essay questions loosely inserted to the back of the book which have been neatly transcribed onto the rear free endpaper. Sunning to the jacket spine of “My Family” which also shows some small loss at the head, the exposed cloth faded underneath, and a little light wear to the corners, the other two in very good condition. See inside front cover. £850 15. DURRELL, Lawrence. Mountolive. A novel. London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition, 8vo, 320 pp. Cloth, d.w., with a couple of small scuffs near the foot of the spine and light browning to the edges of the flaps and the lettering of the spine, but overall an excellent copy. £175 16. DURRELL, Lawrence. [The Alexandria Quartet]. Justine. Balthazar. Mountolive. Clea. London: Faber and Faber, (1960). Four volumes, “Justine” eighth impression, the others fourth impressions, 8vo. Light staining to the fly leaf of “Justine”. Cloth, d.w.’s with some fading to the spines, ends with minor wear. £125 17. ELIOT, George. The Works of... Scenes of Clerical Life. Adam Bede. The Mill on the Floss. Silas Marner [including] The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob. Romola. Felix Holt. Middlemarch. Daniel Deronda. Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Poems. [and] CROSS, J.W. George Eiiot’s Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals Arranged and Edited by Her Husband..