India.- Broughton (Thomas Duer, translator) Selections from the Popular Poetry of the Hindoos, title with ink inscription "Presented by ?C. E. Myer, Esq." to head, few instances of ink passage-marking, few tiny marginal nicks or tears, lightly browned throughout, ex-library copy with ink-stamps to title and few other ff. and ink reference to title, upper hinge cracked, later cloth, repair to spine head, wear to spine ends and corners, Whittingham & Rowland, for John Martin, 1814 § [Vetch (George Anderson)] "A Bengal Officer". Songs of the Exile, ink ownership inscription "Miss Isabella Crawford 1820" to half-title, couple contemporary ink corrections, scattered light foxing, mainly to margins, later wrappers, sunned, Edinburgh, for David Brown, 1820, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards, 8vo (2) *** The first mentioned scarce, with a Notes section at the end explaining the meaning of culturally specific references in the poetry.
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Rackham (Arthur).- Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 19 plates by Arthur Rackham, title margins lightly browned, few plates with light creasing to corners, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, spine browned and little rubbed with chipping to head, light creasing and some very small nicks or tears to extremities, 1920 § Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, colour frontispiece and 11 plates, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth, gilt, some light marks, little rubbed, 1932, black & white illustrations, bookplate of Celia Mary Smith to front free endpaper; and others illustrated by or relating to Rackham, including his bibliography by Richard Riall, v.s. (10)
Clemens, Alexandrinus. Opera, 2 vol., double column, text in Greek and Latin, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and vignette title, a few seminary ink stamps, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary 'carta rustica', vol.2 short horizontal to split, soiled, a wide-margined copy, Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1757; and 7 others, including, [Apostolic Fathers]. Collectio nova (edited by Montfaucon), 2 vol., Paris, 1706, and Basilius Caesariensis, 3 vol., Paris, 1721-1730, folio (9)
Betjeman (John) A Pictorial History of English Architecture, signed presentation inscription from the author "- and to my loyal cousins, Eg, Syb, wishing them a very happy Christmas and New Year - from John, 1972" to dedication f., photographic illustrations, some colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, fading to spine, light toning to head and foot of flaps, rubbing to extremities, John Murray, [1972] § Leighton (Clare) Where Land Meets the Sea. The Enduring Cape Cod, reprint, signed by the artist/author on half-title, wood-engraved illustrations by Leighton, slip advertising her exhibition at The Left Bank Gallery loosely inserted, original pictorial wrappers, some very faint spotting or surface soiling, Riverside, CT., Chatham Press, 1973; and others, various subjects, a few signed or with signed bookplates, v.s. (17)
Sci-Fi.- Clarke (Arthur C.) A Fall of Moondust, first English edition, jacket with larger tears at upper fold and joint, 1961 § Stugeon (Theodore) More Than Human, some light spotting to initial pages, 1954 § Brunner (John) No Future In It, first edition, 1962, all in original cloth, with dust-jackets, mostly with small chips and/or small amounts of creasing and fraying to extremities, Victor Gollancz; and 5 others all published by Gollancz, 8vo (8)
Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, engraved portrait frontispiece by Finden after Maclise, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), lacking half-title, extra-illustrated with 40 engraved plates by T. Onwhyn (some under pseudonym 'Peter Palette'), frontispiece lightly offset, occasional foxing, usual browning to plate margins, ?original publisher's full morocco binding, tooled in gilt, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip, some light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Smith I, 5], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839.
World War Two.- History of the First Division Anzio Campaign January - June 1944, 10 folding maps and tables, of which 9 loosely inserted, original paper wrappers, tape repairs to spine, slight creasing to edges, Jerusalem, "Ahva" Printing Press, 1944 § First Conference of German Prisoner of War Privates and Non-Commissioned Officers in the Soviet Union, illustrations, original paper wrappers, light spotting, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Moscow, 1941; 8vo (2).
![Women poets.- Pearson (S[arah or Susanna]) Poems on Various Subjects, first edition, 8pp. list of subscribers, lacking half-t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4114ac53-cefd-49ab-8026-b28b00b69633/10cb9964-b263-4640-8895-b28e01193baf/468x382.jpg)
Women poets.- Pearson (S[arah or Susanna]) Poems on Various Subjects, first edition, 8pp. list of subscribers, lacking half-title, small abrasion marks to pastedown and front free endpaper, occasional light soiling, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, some wear to corners, lightly rubbed, S. Low, 1800; and 3 others, 19th century poetry by women, small 8vo (4) *** According to Jackson, the author is more probably Sarah Pearson than Susanna, a name under which she is also known, and was a native of Sheffield. Poems include "On Reading in Several Publications Many Insidious Allusions to Mrs. Radcliff's Elegant Novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho", "On Being Asked to Go to the East-Indies", "The Mysterious Knight", "On Reading Mr. Southey's Tale of Donica", and others.
Bible, English. The Bible..., 2 parts in 1, Geneva-Tomson-Junius version, with initial leaf (blank but for 'A' & woodcut) and 2A1 (often lacking), general title and title to NT within ornate woodcut border, double column, roman type, woodcut head-pieces, initials and a few illustrations, bound without Apocrypha, contemporary manuscript notes to end of OT and verso of NT title, some light water-staining, a few other small stains, 2P5 torn at head without loss, small hole to 2Q7 not affecting text, 3K1 & 2 frayed at lower outer corner & margin with slight loss to a couple of lines, also hole to head of 3K1 with slight loss, 3N6 lacking small portion at foot affecting final line, [Herbert 306; STC 2213], by Robert Barker, 1610 [but colophon 1611] bound with an incomplete Sternhold Booke of Psalmes (1612), together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary ink signature of Car.s Umfreville to front pastedown, contemporary calf with blind-stamped central lozenge and brass clasps, rather worn, split to upper joint, spine ends worn, 4to
![Poetry.- [?Muir (George)] 'Author of Field Sports'. Hamilton Wedding (The): A Humourous Poem on the Marriage of Lady Susan. C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4114ac53-cefd-49ab-8026-b28b00b69633/7531d6bf-6c0f-4247-9a89-b28e011946ae/468x382.jpg)
Poetry.- [?Muir (George)] 'Author of Field Sports'. Hamilton Wedding (The): A Humourous Poem on the Marriage of Lady Susan. Clydesdale Club Coursing..., half-title, woodcut frontispiece, title vignette and head- and tail-pieces, some light browning and foxing, later cloth, loss to much of backstrip and label, Lanark, George Roberton, 1833 § Adventures (The) of a One Pound Note; A Poem. Written by Myself, some light marginal dust-soiling, modern boards, T. Booth, 1819 § Big Wigs Outwitted (The)!! The Extraordinary Trial of Miss Mary Ann Ticklewig; or, Truth No Libel, leather bookplate of Edward Hailstone (offset), bookplate of E. Donald Smart, later ownership inscription of B. Bradford to front free endpaper, some light spotting, 19th century morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded and little chipped at foot, rubbed, John Fairburn, [1818], first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry, comic or satirical, 8vo & 12mo (9) *** The second mentioned a scarce skit in verse on the trial of Mary Tocker for libel at Launceston (Cornwall).
Dentistry.- Chémant (Nicolas Dubois de) A Dissertation on Artificial Teeth. Evincing the Advantages of Teeth made of Mineral Paste..., fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and one double-page plate, presentation inscription "From the Author" to front free endpaper, same endpaper with contemporary ownership name of John Turton M.D. to head, frontispiece offset, plate and few text ff. nearly loose, some browning, some spotting or light foxing, upper hinge strengthened affecting flourish to inscription, original marbled boards with printed paper label to upper cover, rebacked in calf, circular sticker of Ash's Circulating Library to lower cover, extremities worn, T. Bensley, 1804; and others 19th century, various subjects, including A Stevenson Medley, one of 300 copies (1899), 8vo & 12mo (6) *** Fourth edition in English of a work originally published in French in 1797 and first translated the same year. Dubois was a pioneer in the manufacture of artificial teeth.
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vol., one of 250 numbered copies signed by the illustrator in pencil, colour frontispieces and 22 plates by Cecil Aldin, illustrations, printed tissue-guards, plates with some light surface soiling and the occasional small portion of offsetting from text, some spotting, mainly to fore-edge, endpapers foxed, original gilt decorated vellum, some spotting and faint foxing, some light surface soiling, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, 1910; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vol., limited edition signed by the illustrator, colour plates and plain illustrations by John Austen, spotting to fore-edge and occasionally to peripheral leaves, original cloth, gilt, some very small scattered ink marks to spines, very lightly rubbed, Oxford, Oxford University Press for Limited Editions Club, 1933; and a copy of Mr Pickwick with tipped-in colour plates by Frank Reynolds, 4to & folio (5)
The Volume of the bookes called Apocrypha, conteynyng, from The Holie Bible, collation: 4a-4m8, 4n-410, woodcut illustration to contents, 4d2 with chip and ink annotations, light browning, some surface soiling and staining, bookplate and ink inscription to front pastedown, ink inscription to front free endpaper, tape repairs to endpapers, later calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed and worn, folio by Richard Lugge, 1572.*** The Apocrypha from the 1572 second folio edition of the Bishop's Bible.
Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The), comprising The Old & New Testaments and The Apocrypha, 8 vol., engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 2 engraved frontispieces and 73 plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West and others, and numerous head- & tail-pieces, some tissue guards, some light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, spotting or browning to some leaves of text, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, covers with decorative border in gilt and blind, spines gilt in compartments with five pairs of raised bands, ivory silk doublures and flyleaves edged with gilt floral roll, g.e., rather rubbed and faded, some scuffs, vol.1 & 8 rebacked preserving old spines, [Herbert 1442], folio, for Thomas Macklin [& T.Cadell and W.Davies] by Thomas Bensley, 1800-16.*** A handsome copy of this remarkable Bible, "the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." - DNB.Macklin first announced his plan to publish this lavishly illustrated work in 1789 and devoted the next 11 years of his life to bringing his plans to fruition. He sadly died 5 days after the completion of the final engraving so never lived to see the completed work.
Britain.- Wright (Thomas) The History and Topography of the County of Essex, 2 vol., engraved map, lacking vol. 2 additional engraved title, repairs to vol. 1 title and additional engraved title with slight trimming, light browning, occasional offsetting, modern half calf, gilt, spines browned, 1836 Finden (William & Edward) Views of Ports and Harbours, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt-pictorial cloth, spine browned, wear to joints, g.e., 1838 § Picturesque Europe: The British Isles and The Continent, 5 vol., vol. 5 lacking title, modern half calf, gilt spines, a little rubbed to extremities, n.d., all with plates, occasional foxing or staining; and 18 others, mostly British Topography, v.s. (26)
Bible, English. The Bible..., 2 parts in 1, engraved pictorial general title and full-page woodcut of the Garden of Eden to verso of A4 (both cropped), roman type, woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials, with the Apocrypha, hole to 4Z3 with loss of a few letters, some light soiling, a few small stains, bound after The Booke of Common Prayer of 1611 (first few leaves defective) and before The Whole Booke of Psalmes of 1612), without Speed's Genealogies and map, contemporary calf with central device in gilt, lacking one clasp, other detached, a little worn, joints split, spine ends repaired, [Herbert 312; STC 2218], folio, by Robert Barker, [1611, colophon dated 1612].
Rackham (Arthur).- Dickens (Charles) The Chimes, limited edition signed by Arthur Rackham, illustrations by Arthur Rackham, printed in brown and black, pictorial endpapers, light foxing or surface marks, original gilt pictorial cloth, spine browned, minor chipping to spine ends, t.e.g., original slip-case, ink manuscript numbering to foot of spine, lightly soiled, splitting, worn, 4to, for the Limited Editions Club, 1931.
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Dickens (Charles) [Christmas Books], 4 vol., comprising: The Chimes, additional pictorial title in second state, contemporary ownership name to front free endpaper, first few ff. with tiny nick to lower-margin, light spotting to first few ff., hinges cracked, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth, 2pp. advertisements at end, lower hinge cracked, slight shelf-lean, upper corners worn, 1846; The Battle of Life, additional pictorial title in fourth state, 2pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ownership name to pastedown, 1846; The Haunted Man, initial advertisement f., bookplate and embossed stamp of W.H. Smith Library to front free endpaper, frontispiece and additional title lightly browned and offset to title and advertisement f., spine very slightly faded, ink-staining to lower cover, 1848, first editions, half-titles, engraved frontispieces and additional pictorial titles, illustrations, occasional light finger-soiling, some light marginal toning, original pictorial cloth, gilt, few very small ink marks or light soiling, spine ends bumped with few tiny nicks, some wear to corners and joints, g.e., [Smith II, 5, 6, 8 & 9], small 8vo; and another copy of The Haunted Man, small 8vo (5)
![Scottish poetry.- [Ainslie (Hew)] A Pilgrimage to the Land of Burns; Containing Anecdotes of the Bard..., half-title, woodcut](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4114ac53-cefd-49ab-8026-b28b00b69633/22bd2fb6-4b37-4530-82ff-b28e01194458/468x382.jpg)
Scottish poetry.- [Ainslie (Hew)] A Pilgrimage to the Land of Burns; Containing Anecdotes of the Bard..., half-title, woodcut frontispiece and 2 plates, errata slip tipped-in at end, later newspaper clipping tipped onto pastedown, pp.16-17 with old tape residue to gutter, light offsetting and some very light browning, small stain to rear free endpaper, uncut in ?original boards, rebacked in later cloth, light sunning to spine, boards rubbed with some wear to extremities, Deptford, Printed for the Author, by W. Brown, 1822 § Fowler (William M.) The Spirit of the Isle, and Other Poems, presentation inscription "To Lieut. Chas. Gray Royal Marines, This Copy of...is presented by his sincere friend The Author. 10 Jany. 1818" to half-title, armorial bookplate of Colinton House Library, some spotting, browning to endpapers, hinges cracked, uncut in original boards, printed spine label with some loss, small loss to spine ends, rather worn, Edinburgh, Michael Anderson, 1817, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry of Scottish imprint or interest, several by James Hogg, 8vo (16)
WW1.- Globe and Traveller (The), late special edition, celebrating the end of WW1, light foxing and staining, small tears to edges, slight wear to foldlines, browning, Monday Evening, Nov. 11 1918; and 14 others, including news telegrams and supplements from World War One, v.s. (15); sold as a periodical not subject to return
Sitwell (Edith & Osbert) Twentieth Century Harlequinade and Other Poems, presentation inscription "Dearest Miss Annie, with Edith and Osbert's best love" to head of upper wrapper, original printed wrappers, tear to lower wrapper, toned, chipped and frayed at edges, lacking backstrip, contents and wrappers loose, Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1916 § Ruskin (John) Letters to M.G. & H.G., plates, light spotting and toning to endpapers and half-title, original cloth, spine slightly faded, rubbing to spine ends and corners, some browning and very light spotting to fore-edge, t.e.g., others uncut, [Edinburgh], Privately printed, 1903, first editions; and others, various, including first editions of Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana (1958) and The Comedians (1966), v.s. (20)
Blake (Quentin) Words and Pictures, limited edition, spine and edges of dust-jacket a little faded, 2000; Laureate's Progress, limited edition, 2002; The Life of Birds, a few surface marks to dust-jacket covers, 2005; first editions, signed by the author, original boards, a little bumped, dust-jackets, light bumping to spine ends and upper edges, excellent copies, 4to (3)
Lyttelton (Hon. R.H.) Out-Door Games. Cricket & Golf, one of 150 copies, colour plates, illustrations, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, some foxing and light browning, original gilt-stamped vellum, some light surface soiling, little rubbed, uncut, 1901 § James (Grace) Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 39 plates by Warwick Goble, captioned tissue-guards (one or two working loose), frontispiece and few other plates with light crease to corner, browning to endpapers, foxing to endpapers and half-title, some spotting, gutter cracked at points, upper hinge cracked, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded and with some light discolouration, extremities rubbed, 1910; and others illustrated, including Sinbad the Sailor with tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, 8vo & 4to (5)
Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Hard Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, occasional spotting, mainly to endpapers and fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, original first state olive green moiré cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, usual light sunning to spine and fading to cover margins, slight fraying to spine head, some very small marks, light bumping to spine ends and corners, still an excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I, 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854.
Rackham (Arthur) Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates by Rackham, some browning to half-title and plate margins, some spotting, mainly to first few leaves, original cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, few short tears to extremities, light browning to spine and panels, some soiling, William Heinemann, 1923 § Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, 12 tipped-in colour plates and black & white illustrations and decorations by Kay Nielsen, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, plate at p.37 with few light creases, one or two small marginal nicks or tears, light browning to endpapers and title, some spotting and light soiling, gutter cracking at points, rear free endpaper creased, lower hinge cracked, original pictorial cloth, gilt, fading to spine, some light staining, lightly rubbed, Hodder and Stoughton, [?1924], printed tissue-guards; and others, children's or illustrated, including a copy of Carroll's Rhyme? And Reason? (1883), v.s. (16)
Dyke (Thomas) Reading Made Perfectly Easy; or, An Introduction to the Reading the Holy Bible..., thirty-first edition, edited by D. Fenning, woodcut frontispiece with license to print to verso, woodcut pictorial alphabet and illustrations, very occasional small worming to head, affecting letter of text to *I5v, pagination a couple times trimmed, occasional small staining, scattered foxing, gutter cracked at points, lacking front free endpapers, contemporary calf, lacking much of backstrip, rubbed and worn, S. Jewkes & Co., [?1785] § Chevreul (Michel Eugène) The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, first edition in English, translated by Charles Martel, folding letterpress table, 4 plates at end, 3 double-page and 1 folding with flap, 24pp. publisher's catalogue, folding plate with very short tear into image without loss, very occasional light spotting, light marginal browning, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened and with couple short tears, wear to corners, extremities rubbed, some splitting and wear to joints but covers holding firm, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854; and various others, 19th century, including Digby Wyatt's Notices of Sculpture in Ivory (1856) and 3 reports relating to the Melbourne International Exhibition, v.s. (8)
![[Group of 13 engraved Patriotic Songs], some 2, 3 or 4pp., some spotting and light browning, few paper repairs, one loose wit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4114ac53-cefd-49ab-8026-b28b00b69633/48cf996b-cb51-4d1f-beaf-b28e01192a46/468x382.jpg)
[Group of 13 engraved Patriotic Songs], some 2, 3 or 4pp., some spotting and light browning, few paper repairs, one loose with tape to inner-margin to verso, others window-mounted, each c.335 x 220mm., [18th-early 19th century]. *** Includes "Rule Britannia", "The Roast Beef of Old England", "Flat-Bottom'd Boats", "The British Bucks", "When in War on the Ocean, A Celebrated Sea Song", "His Majesty's Welcome to the Camps by the Soldiery", and others.
![Spiritualism.- Home (D[aniel] D[unglas]) Incidents in My Life, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4114ac53-cefd-49ab-8026-b28b00b69633/767c90ea-2681-4dc6-b6dc-b28e01196fde/468x382.jpg)
Spiritualism.- Home (D[aniel] D[unglas]) Incidents in My Life, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, dated April 27th 1863, some light browning, spotting, gutter cracked at points but holding firm, original purple decorative cloth, gilt, fading to spine, small nick to foot of upper joint, some light rubbing to spine ends and corners, mostly unopened, 8vo, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1863. *** Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-86) was a Scottish medium and psychic, known for his ability to apparently speak to the dead, levitate to varying heights, and produce spirit rappings at will. Harry Houdini described Home as "one of the most conspicuous and lauded of his type and generation" in his A Magician Among the Spirits.
Milton (John) The Works, 8 vol., edited by Rev. John Mitford, titles in red and black, very occasional surface marks, light water-staining to margins, bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt, spines browned, joints repaired, hinges strengthened, rubbed to extremities, William Pickering, 1851 § Gray (Thomas) Poems, plates and illustrations, light offsetting to title, occasional foxing, bookplates to front pastedown, original calf, spine browned, very light rubbing, Eton College Press, 1902 § Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seignalt: Extraits 1734-55 and 1755-1772, 2 vol., plates and illustrations by Brunelleschi, light toning to margins, contemporary half calf, spines a little faded, edges uncut, Paris, Gilbert Jeune, [1950]; and 77 others, mostly literature, most attractively leather bound, v.s. (88)
Cahiers d'Art, 8 vol. only, mixed issues, illustrations original wrappers, light browning to margins, a little stained and soiled, a little rubbed, one original slipcase, folio, Paris, 1938-55 (8)*** Cahiers d'Art, founded in 1926, is renowned French artistic and literary journal, commenting on modern and contemporary art. Included are: "Piccasso-Le Greco" (1938), "Oeuvres de Picasso" 1946-48 (1948) "un demi-siecle d'art italien" (1950)
Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) British Birds, 4 vol., 80 colour plates with tissue guards, without supplement and two extra plates, 1915-16; A Naturalist's Sketch Book, 60 plates, of which 24 colour, 1919, occasional foxing to both works, original uniform red cloth, gilt, some fading and light stains or marks, ends slightly bumped, large 4to (5)
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, plates by Aubrey Beardsley, Dennis Wheatley's copy with his bookplate, additional D. Yates-Wheatley bookplate to rear pastedown with ink annotation, browning and some spotting to endpapers, original decorative red cloth, gilt, spine very slightly faded, one or two small and faint stains to upper cover, some light rubbing to spine ends and corners, very slight shelf-lean, t.e.g., others uncut, John Lane, 1920 § Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Hugh Thomson (frontispiece bound after dedication f.), extra-illustrated with c.85 plates and illustrations, some colour, some bound in, most laid down on blank sheets, frontispiece tissue-guard torn, some light foxing, spotting to fore-edge, attractively bound in brown morocco by Fazakerley, spine gilt and with raised bands but very lightly sunned, few scuffs or light scratches to covers, t.e.g., Macmillan & Co., 1890 § Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, colour frontispiece and 15 plates by A.E. Jackson, short tear to front free endpaper, gutter cracked and points but holding, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, very slight toning to spine, some small and light surface soiling, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, original pictorial slip-case (quite worn), t.e.g., others uncut, 1929; and others, children's or illustrated, 4to & 8vo (11)
Beerbohm (Max) A Survey, one of 275 copies signed by the author, colour frontispiece, the others plain, all tipped in, with captioned tissue guards, g.e., dust jacket, a few nicks and bumps at spine ends and edges, William Heinemann 1921; Caricatures of 25 Gentlemen, first edition, slight surface soiling to margins, a few stains to covers, Leonard Smithers, 1896; Observations, first edition, colour frontispiece, the others plain, all tipped in, with captioned tissue guards, very occasional light spotting, dust jacket, a few stains and markings to covers, a little loss to upper margin of lower cover, William Heinemann 1925, original cloth, spine browned or faded, spine ends and corners bumped, a little rubbed to extremities; and 8 others by the author, v.s. (11).
Macaulay (Thomas Babington) The History of England, 4 vol., some spotting, mainly to peripheral leaves, ink ownership inscriptions front endpapers, contemporary calf, spines gilt with double morocco labels, vol. 1 & 4 each with a cover detached, other joints cracked but holding, extremities lightly rubbed, 1860[-58] § Boccaccio. The Decameron, 2 vol., engraved plates, occasional light spots or stains, hinges repaired with linen, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rebacked, 1804 § Lever (Charles) The Daltons or Three Roads in Life, 2 vol., plates and illustrations by Phiz, some spotting and minor staining, contemporary boards with later half calf, Chapman and Hall, 1852; and 10 others literature, 19th century, v.s. (18)
Milton (John) The Poetical Works, with a Life of the Author by William Hayley, 3 vol., no half-titles, with 3 engraved portraits of Milton and 28 fine stipple-engraved plates after Richard Westall, tissue guards, wide margins, some light marginal foxing and occasional offsetting, contemporary engraved book-label of Richard Hoare, contemporary russia, gilt, g.e., rubbed and a little scuffed, spine of vol.1 chipped at foot, folio (c.425 x 325mm.), by W. Bulmer and Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol, 1794-97.*** Handsome edition combining superb typography, fine paper and wonderful illustrations. Some copies are recorded with a portrait of Milton and his daughters after Romney, and with a facsimile of a manuscript, and an index at the end of volume 3, none of which is present in this copy.
![19th Century Newspapers.- [Collection of c.55 London Chronicle Newspapers], occasional staining or foxing, light browning, so](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4114ac53-cefd-49ab-8026-b28b00b69633/1420353a-cb67-4fe1-93b2-b28e01194ce2/468x382.jpg)
19th Century Newspapers.- [Collection of c.55 London Chronicle Newspapers], occasional staining or foxing, light browning, some leaves becoming detached, ink-stamps to margins, folio, 1808-12; and three bound periodicals, sold as a periodical not subject to return. *** Topics included are Peninsular War, Wellington, anecdotes on Bonaparte, the Battle of Barrosa, and information from French and Spanish papers.
Arabian Nights (The), translated by Rev. Edward Forster, 5 vol., engraved plates after Robert Smirke, some with slight foxing, vol.1 with light water-staining to lower outer corner of first few leaves, engraved bookplate of Edward Manners, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco tooled in gilt and blind, spines gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, printed by W.Bulmer & Co., 1802 § Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (The), translated by Capt. Sir R.F.Burton, 12 vol., portrait and plates, modern purple morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, 1897; another edition, translated by Dr. J.C.Mardrus & edited by E.Powys Mathers, 16 vol., one of 750 sets on Antique Paper, colour frontispieces, original parchment-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a little soiled, privately printed for subscribers to the Casanova Society, 1923, 4to & 8vo (33)
Byron.- Brockedon (William) Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 3 vol., additional engraved titles and 120 plates, occasional off-setting, foxing or damp-staining (particularly to additional titles), contemporary maroon calf, gilt, scuffed, g.e., 1833-34 § Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Corsair, first edition, second issue, early variant ending on p.100 but without the words 'The End' and the printer's imprint, half-title, ink ownership inscription title head, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked, corners a little rubbed, 1814; Hebrew Melodies, 1816, bound with The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems, 1816 and The Siege of Corinth and Parisina, 1816, together 3 in 1, first editions [issues unknown], some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked but upper cover detached, rubbed, 8vo (5)
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[Varlo (Charles)] Miscellany of Knowledge...By Several Gentlemen...Poetry...By an Irish Gentleman, now in America. A Twelve-Month's Tour, of Observations, Through America..., second edition, list of subscribers, some light soiling to title, L1 short tear to foot without loss, O6 portion of loss to fore-edge affecting some text, scattered foxing, contemporary marbled calf, morocco spine label, spine and extremities rubbed, [Sabin 49452], Printed for the Editor, 1792 § Locke (John) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 2 vol., tenth edition, with large Additions, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved bookplate, ownership name of James Spedding to pastedowns, vol. 1 G4 small paper-flaws to foot affecting signature, vol. 2 last few ff. of Index with small worming within text, occasional marginal worming elsewhere, gutter cracked at points but holding, vol. 2 front free endpapers loose, contemporary panelled calf, lacking spine labels, rubbed and worn, for Arthur Bettesworth & Charles Hitch, 1731; and others 17th and 18th century, various subjects, 8vo & 4to (8) *** The first mentioned includes the poem "On General Washington; An Allegory" (pp.1-7) and "A Twelve-Month's Tour Through America" (pp.251-94), in which the author dined with George Washington and comments on him and his wife.
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) There is No Natural Religion, 2 vol., one of 540 copies, original tan morocco-backed marbled-paper covered boards, tiny mark to smaller vol., together both housed within original custom-made slipcase, light rubbing at extremities, 1971; All Religions are One, one of 600 copies, original green morocco-backed marbled-paper covered boards, spine slightly faded, original slipcase, 1970 § Keynes (Sir Geoffrey) The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake, one of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth, slipcase, 1977, the first two with plates and illustrations in colour, the final with plain illustrations, all printed by The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 4to (3)
Needlework & Embroidery.- Banks (Mrs. G. Linnaeus) Crochet Designs, Light Work for Leisure Hours No.9, folding frontispiece with 3 images, plate, original printed wrappers, Birmingham, [c.1880] § Lambert (Miss) Church Needlework, title in red & black, original cloth, rebacked, 1844 § Potter (Esther) English Knitting and Crochet Books of the Nineteenth Century, extract, interleaved with annotations in ink and index to rear pastedown, final two leaves loose, cloth, Bibliographical Society, 1953 § Lotz (Arthur) Bibliographie der Modelbücher: Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Stick- und Spitzenmusterbücher des 16. und 17.Jahrhunderts, second edition, Stuttgart & London, 1963 § Groves (Sylvia) The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories, Newton Abbot, 1973, some illustrations, the last two original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the last with faded spine, most a little rubbed; and a bundle of others including a 2000 Phillips sale catalogue including the embroidery & sewing accessories collection of Mrs. M.J.P.Collins, mostly pamphlets, v.s. (c.15)
Steel (David) The Ship-Master's Assistant and Owner's Manual..., eighth edition, engraved frontispiece and one plate, advertisement f. at end, very faint damp-staining to frontispiece, for David Steel, 1799, bound with New and Complete Tables of the Net Duties Payable...On Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, imported into, exported from...Great Britain..., for D. Steel, 1796, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light soiling, contemporary calf, short tear to spine foot, rubbed § Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World, to that which is to Come...In Three Parts, new edition, general title and separate titles to parts 2 & 3, each with woodcut frontispiece, woodcut illustrations, contemporary ownership name of James Spedding to pastedown, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, paper spine label with title in ink manuscript, lower cover quite worn, rubbed, for Osborne & Griffin, 1787; and others, 18th and 19th century, many odd vol., 8vo & 4to (10)
Stillingfleet (Benj.) Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick. To which is added the Calendar of Flora, second edition, 11 engraved plates of grasses, title with very light spotting and small ink mark or stain, I8 short tear to foot without loss, I8 & K1 with passages underlined or crossed-through in ink, some light damp-staining to second half, some spotting and very faint damp-staining to plates, modern half calf, spine gilt and with morocco label, couple faint stains, spine slightly sunned, R. & J. Dodsley &c, 1762 § Millan (John) Arms of the Baronets of England and Nova Scotia, engraved throughout, pp. 37-40 blank but numbered, the odd spot, some browning, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, upper cover with modern red morocco label lettered in gilt, corners worn, covers rubbed, for J. Millan, [?1753]; and others, various subjects, v.s. (16)
Shakespeare (William) The Plays, 10 vol., engraved portrait, wood-engraved title vignettes, portrait foxed and offset onto title, light browning and occasional spotting, contemporary ink signature of Wm. Brodrick to front free endpaper, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco with decorative gilt border, spines gilt, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, spines faded, a few vol. rebacked preserving old spine, T.Bensley, 1803-05; The Plays, 14 vol. including 2 vol. Notes by Andrew Becket, engraved portraits, vignette titles and plates (a little foxed and offset), bookplate of Henry Thos. Dunster, attractive nineteenth century diced calf with Greek key border in gilt, spines gilt, spines a little rubbed and browned, one or two covers stained, Thomas Tegg, 1815; and c.30 others, Shakespeare in bindings, including 2 more sets and a Norton Facsimile First Folio, v.s. (c.50)
Shakespeare (William) The Dramatick Writings..., 20 vol. including 2 vol. Prolegomena, large paper edition, engraved portraits and plates, occasional foxing to plates and light offsetting but generally very clean, engraved Benjafield bookplate, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spines gilt, a little rubbed and marked, some fading to spines, one or two stained, 8vo (c.195 x 120mm.), John Bell, 1788.
Colour Theory.- Chevreul (Michel Eugène) Expose d'un Moyen de Definir et de Nommer les Couleurs..., Atlas vol. only (without text vol.), 14 engraved plates of chromatic scales and circles, one of which folding, some light browning and spotting to edges, library stamps to endpaper, original cloth, folio, Paris, Firmin Didot frères et fils, 1861.*** An important work on colour theory, wherein juxtaposition of complementary colours is brought to the fore, and which is known to have had a considerable influence on the Impressionists and Pointillists.
Reynolds (Frank).- Dickens (Charles) The Old Curiosity Shop, one of 350 copies signed by the illustrator, mounted colour frontispiece and 20 plates by Frank Reynolds, captioned tissue-guards, very light spotting to first few ff., some leaves very slightly frayed at fore-edge, light browning to margins and endpapers, original pictorial vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, silk ties renewed, light spotting and browning to spine, surface soiling, mainly to lower cover, lower cover rubbed, covers slightly bowed, 4to, London, New York & Toronto, [1913].
Rackham (Arthur).- Browning (Robert) The Pied Piper of Hamelin, one of 410 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, colour frontispiece and 3 plates, black and white illustrations, by Arthur Rackham, pictorial endpapers, a few leaves with offsetting, very occasional light staining or foxing, original limp vellum, 2 small holes to lower cover, t.e.g., others uncut, original slip-case, spine browned, ink manuscript numbering to spine label, a little soiled, splitting, worn, 8vo, 1934.
Ireland (William Henry) Neglected Genius. A Poem. Illustrating the Untimely and Unfortunate Fate of Many British Poets..., 4pp. list of subscribers, bookseller's ticket of J. Bumpus, some light spotting, light browning, gutter split at points but holding, uncut in original boards, printed pink paper label to upper cover, lacking backstrip, light staining, worn, W. Wilson, 1812; Scribbleomania; or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem. Edited by Anser Pen-Drag-On, Esq., title printed in red and black with vignette, 3pp. advertisements at end, bookplate of Anne & F.G. Renier, first few ff. with light stain to foot of gutter, few gatherings working loose, some light foxing or browning, uncut in original boards, ink manuscript number to spine, spine ends with small loss and faint tape residue, rubbed and worn, lower cover nearly detached, for Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1815, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and a first edition copy of Ireland's 'Chalcographimania; or, The Portrait-Collector and Printseller's Chronicle' in original boards (1814), 8vo (3)
Poetry.- Holloway (William) The Country Pastor; or Rural Philanthropist: A Poem, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 advertisement leaves at end, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary pencil ownership inscription to pastedown and couple letters in ink, frontispiece lightly offset, spotting, lightly browned throughout, uncut in original boards, rebacked, surface soiling, rubbed, for Gale and Curtis, 1812 § Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) Clio's Protest; or, "The Picture" Varnished. With Other Poems, couple very short marginal tears, some light browning and soiling, ex-library copy with ink-stamp to title and few other ff. and label to rear free endpaper, modern marbled wrappers, for Joseph Arnould, 1819; and others, 19th century poetry, including a first edition copy of Samuel Rogers' Human Life in original boards, 4to & 8vo (c.20) *** Sheridan's Clio's Protest was first published as part of his 'The Rival Beauties, A Poetical Contest' [1772].
Raleigh (Sir Walter) A History of the World, with initial 'The Minde of the Front' leaf, engraved additional allegorical title by R.Elstrack dated 1614 and letterpress title incorporating engraved portrait (all trimmed and laid down), lacking maps, plates and final colophon leaf, tables at end cut and one missing lower portion, some soiling and staining, final leaves frayed at edges, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, [STC 20638a], Printed [by William Iaggard, W. Stansby and N. Okes] for Walter Burre, 1614 [but 1621] § Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking blanks but with 12pp. 18th century index bound at end, light browning, bookplate of Edmund Waller, later russia, gilt, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, [Wing F2440], by J.G.W.L. and W.G., 1662 § Burnet (Gilbert) Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 vol., vol.1 with Advertisement to Reader leaf and list of subscribers, woodcut head-pieces and initials, spotting at beginning and end, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, Thomas Ward, 1724-34; and 2 others, including an imperfect 1666 edition of the first but with the 8 double-page maps (a little water-stained), folio; sold not subject to return (6)*** Fuller's history contains the first printed biographical reference of Shakespeare, 46 years after the playwright's death.
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[Newton (Sir Isaac)] [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy], vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition in English, translated by Andrew Motte, engraved frontispiece and head-piece by A. Motte, 25 folding engraved plates, lacking title, ownership inscription "James Spedding accepted this from ?Doct. Hamilton's faithfull friend C.S., 1749" to pastedown and front free endpaper, light browning to frontispiece, plate 18 with loss to lower corner, small marginal worming to both text and plates, generally to outer corners, soiling, browning to endpapers, contemporary calf, very worn, [Babson 20; PMM 161], 8vo, [for Benjamin Motte], [1729]. *** First English edition of vol. 1 of Newton's Principia, considered one of the most important works in the history of science.
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Proust (Marcel) Remembrance of Things Past [A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu], translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff & others, 7 vol. in 11, first English editions, both volumes of In a Budding Grove second impression, a few vol. limited editions, light foxing to beginning and end of earlier vol., bound in scarlet morocco onlaid with central hour-glass in beige & white morocco surrounded by small hour-glasses in other colours, spines with onlaid letter in black spelling out "Remembrance" across the set, dark blue silk endpapers, t.e.g., 8vo, 1922-31.
Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in book form, bound from original parts with wrappers bound at rear (few with ink ownership name to head and slightly trimmed), engraved portrait frontispiece, additional vignette title and 12 plates by Luke Fildes, with 1f. list of Dickens' works but without publisher's catalogue, plate at p.50 with short marginal tear, foxing, attractively bound in later polished calf, spine gilt and with red and navy morocco labels, upper cover with faint strip of sunning to head, some very light spotting or surface soiling, corners slightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Smith I, 16], Chapman and Hall, 1870; and a copy of the same work in the original 6 monthly parts, 8vo (7)
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Angling.- [Brookes (Richard)] The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea-Fishing: with the Natural History of River, Pond and Sea-Fish, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut vignette to title and prolific woodcuts of species throughout, 5pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, some very light and minor soiling, ?twentieth century half calf, a little rubbed at extremities, [Westwood & Satchell, p.42], small 8vo, by and for John Watts, 1740.*** Provenance: from the library of W.A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey [maroon leather book-label].
Geology.- Ritchie (Archibald Tucker) The Dynamical Theory of the Formation of the Earth, 2 vol., 8pp. list of subscribers at end vol. 2, bookplate of Library of the Royal Artillery with small ink references, title and endpapers with light browning or staining to inner-margin, some soiling to endpapers, some spotting, mainly to first and last few leaves, margins very slightly toned, vol. 1 upper hinge cracked, original cloth, few very small stains, some chipping and small loss to spine ends, rubbed, some splitting and few small portions of loss to joints, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1850 § Owen (Richard) A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds, half-title, illustrations, bookplate removed, light browning to half-title, small stain to head near start, spotting to endpapers and first few ff., light marginal toning, contemporary half calf, rebacked in modern calf, wear to corners, covers rubbed, John Van Voorst, 1846, first editions; and 2 others, a composite volume of various pamphlets and extracts relating to geology and archaeology by T. McKenny Hughes, and Rutherford on Radio-Activity (1904), 8vo (5)
Folkard (Charles).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Jackdaw of Rheims, one of 100 signed by the illustrator, 12 tipped-in colour plates by Charles Folkard, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, small crease to first plate, occasional light offsetting, ink inscription to front free endpaper, browning to front free and rear free endpapers, original vellum, gilt, a little soiled, very slight bumping to spine, t.e.g., others uncut, folio, 1913.
Women poets.- Parsons (Letitia) Verses, Hymns and Poems, on Various Subjects; Composed under a long Series of Affliction and Deprivation of Sight, [part 1 only], book-label of J.O. Edwards to verso of title, title with small loss to upper blank corner and few very small holes affecting few letters, some light spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, modern wrappers, Tonbrige, T. Dakens, 1815 § Opie (Amelia) Lays for the Dead, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, Contents leaves with some omitted names supplied in contemporary ink manuscript, some light browning and spotting, later green morocco, spine and extremities slightly darkened, some faint spotting to lower cover, rubbing to joints and extremities, t.e.g., Longman, Rees, Orme &c, 1834; and others, 19th century poetry by women, one by Mary Russell Mitford with A.L.s. from the author laid down, 8vo (17) *** The first mentioned the first part only, with a second part numbering 42pp. printed by T. Dakens in the same year. Letitia Parsons (1744-1806) was about thirty when she underwent a conversion experience. In the last twenty years of her life she suffered from poor health and went blind in her last years. The two parts of her Verses appear to have been first published in 1806 and 1808.
Poetry.- Crichton (Rev. Arthur) The Festival of Flora. A Poem. With Botanical Notes, second edition, half-title, 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, including additional vignette title dated 1819, 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ownership inscription "Ann Everett, The Gift of the Revd. John Hewlett. 5th July 1826" to pastedown, some light browning and offsetting, some spotting or light surface soiling, uncut in original boards, printed spine label rubbed with small text loss, wear to spine and extremities, joints split but holding, for N. Hailes, 1818 § Walker (James Scott) The South American, A Metrical Tale...With Historical Notes, and Other Poems, first edition, contemporary ownership inscription to pastedown, another to front free endpaper crossed through, light foxing and browning throughout, uncut in original boards, printed paper spine label with small chip to upper corner, loss to spine ends, some staining, quite worn, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co., 1816; and others, 19th century, most poetry, including 'The Dessert, A Poem, to which is added The Tea' (1819), 8vo & 12mo (8)
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, sixth edition, with additions and corrections (thirteenth thousand), folding lithographed chart, a few surface marks, very occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt spine, faded, joints splitting, pen mark to lower cover, some rubbing and wear, 8vo, John Murray, 1873.
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