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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA Victorian white metal bangle, marked 'Standard', with box. Condition - hinge has been sightly bent backwards, clasp is working fine, general wear including light dings and scratches, marked 'Standard' and in our opinion is silver, various auction results exist of bangles marked similarly. Box generally a little scruffy and repair to hinge.
Strachey (Julia). Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, uncorrected proof, London: Hogarth Press, 1932, ink annotations and corrections, R. & R. Clark Ltd, Edinburgh ink stamps and 'First Proof' stamps, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine ends chipped, 8vo, together with An Integrated Man, uncorrected proof, London: John Lehman, 1951, a few ink corrections, original wrappers with publisher's label to upper wrapper, tear and loss at spine ends, a little toned, 8vo, plus Fry (Roger). A Sampler of Castile, London: Hogarth Press, 1923, 16 monochrome illustrations, endpapers toned, previous owner signature of Lawrence Gowing, original illustrated boards, some toning and light edge wear, 4to, limited edition 6/550, with others, Hogarth Press etc, including, Art and Commerce, by Roger Fry, Hogarth Press, 1926, Afterthoughts, by Logan Pearsall Smith, 1931 (limited edition of 100), The Man on the Pier, by Julia Strachey, 2nd impression, 1951, plus an album of photographs belonging to Julia Strachey, circa 1916 and later, with numerous family photographs loose and mounted, with a copy typescript poem of 'The Sluggard's Quadrille and Other Remains of Stephen Tomlin' loosely inserted QTY: (17)NOTE:Small archive of books and photographs belonging to the writer Julia Strachey (1901-1979), the niece of Lytton Strachey, and was associated with the Bloomsbury Group through him. She married the sculptor Stephen Tomlin in 1927, and after they separated in 1934 she married artist and critic Lawrence Gowing, in 1939.Her most famous novel was Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, in 1932, of which Virginia Woolf remarked 'I think it astonishingly good - complete and sharp and individual'.
Moveable. Moveable Shadows, second series, by W. Newman (of "Punch"), London: Dean & Son, [1857], pictorial title, 8 tinted lithograph plates, each with a moveable character operated by a tab (all working), when the figure is moved a comical shadow is revealed, tissue guards, a few light spots, original pictorial paper boards, lacking backstrip (with front cover loose), extremities rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Osborne p.419; Not in Gumuchian (only lists first series).Exceedingly scarce at auction, we can only trace one copy of the second series appearing at auction in the past forty years.
Bell (Clive). The Legend of Monte Della Sibilla or Le Paradis de la Reine Sibille, London: Hogarth Press, 1923, frontispiece and head and tail-piece by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, unopened, a little minor spotting to title, original boards, upper cover illustrated by Vanessa Bell, light dust-soiling to margins and lower cover, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), Times art critic and essayist. Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: 'Wishing you an altogether better new year. Clive Bell. Dec, 1923'.Woolmer 27. 400 copies printed.
Murdoch (Iris). The Bell, 1958; A Severed Head, 1961; An Unofficial Rose, 1962; The Unicorn, 1963; The Italian Girl, 1964; The Red and the Green, 1965; The Time of Angels, 1966; The Nice and the Good, 1968; Bruno's Dream, 1969; A Fairly Honourable Defeat, 1970; An Accidental Man, 1971; The Three Arrows and the Servants and the Snow, 1973; The Black Prince, 1973; A Word Child, 1975; Henry and Cato, 1976, 1st editions, some light spotting to fore margins and endpapers of a few titles, bookplate to An Official Rose, original cloth (The Bell spine lettering dulled), dust jackets, a few price-clipped, a few small tears and nicks at spine ends and panel edges, 8vo, together with 8 others including Anita Brookner's A Start in Life, 1st edition, 1981 (price-clipped issue with new price sticker), The Black Tower, by P. D. James, 1st US edition, 1975, and 4 1st editions by Ngaio Marsh, including Death at the Dolphin, 1967 QTY: (22)
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche re-told by Walter Pater from "The Golden Ass" of Lucius Apuleius, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951, colour illustrations, original vellum gilt (some light discolouration), slipcase, a little dust-soiled, 4to, limited signed edition 432/1500, together with The Masque of Comus. The Poem by John Milton, Limited Editions Club, 1954, colour illustrations, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited signed edition 656/1500, plus others in German illustrated by Arthur Rackham including Der Weihnachtsabend, von Charles Dickens, Zurich & Leipzig, 1917, limited edition 422/500, Arthur Rackham Das Sagenbuch, Zurich, 1920, limited edition 446/1000, and Das Stille Volk, Zurich, 1923, limited edition 578/1000QTY: (10)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving, 2 volumes, New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1895, monochrome illustrations by Arthur Rackham (frontispiece) and others, light damp stain to fore margins of first volume, top edge gilt, original publishers gilt decorated brown full calf, rubbed and some marks, limited edition 2/175, large 8vo, together withDulac (Edmund, illustrator). Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, London: Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1915, original decorated grey cloth in dustwrapper, some marks and wear, torn and near detached along upper joint, with two original printed advertisements (one for the exhibition of Dulac's drawings at the Leicester Galleries, November- Christmas 1915 and the other for the publication of the picture book) loosely inserted at the front, 4to, plus Cecily M. Barker. Fairies of the Flowers and Trees, reprinted, London: Blackie & Son, circa 1950, colour illustrations, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, and other miscellaneous illustrated literature, including Hergé, The Adventures of Tin Tin, Black Island, 1st English edition, 1966 & Tin TIN and the blue Oranges, 1st English edition, 1967, and five other reprint English editions of Tin Tin, 8 art deco printed illustrations advertising Rilette cigarettes, circa 1920s, each framed and glazed, a run of Cassell's Magazine, 12 volumes, 1896-1904, several issues of The Gentle Woman for 1900, several Tarzan paperback editions, two framed and glazed lithographs of illustrations by Georges Redon entitles Il a bu de l'Eu, and Ne buvez jamais d'eau, etc.QTY: (100)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Scrapbook, compiled by Nicholas Carroll, designed and assembled by him, Malden, Mass., 1931, portrait frontispiece, 51 mounted and tipped-in colour plates, printed biography pasted to portrait verso, some light mainly marginal spotting and stains, typescript letter, dated 12. 2. 31 from Arthur Rackham to the compiler and manuscript note signed by Rackham approving the scrapbook, loosely inserted, original patterned stiff wrappers, some wear to spine, light toning to extremities, 4to, together with The Bookman Portfolio, Christmas 1906. Three Drawings by Arthur Rackham from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Art of Arthur Rackham. 24 Cards, edited by Jeff A. Mences, Dover Publications, New York, 2004 QTY: (3)
Costa (Emanuel Mendes da). Elements of Conchology: Or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells, London: Benjamin White, 1776, 7 hand-coloured folding engraved plates, two folding tables, some light offsetting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, upper joint cracked, lower board detached, worn, 8vo, together with: Martyn (Thomas). Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the letters on the Elements of Botany, London: J. White, 1799, title with upper blank margin excised, 38 hand-coloured engraved plates, early inscription to upper margin of A2, some light toning and spotting, modern half calf, 8vo,Darwin (Erasmus). The Botanic Garden. A Poem, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: J. Johnson, 1799, 22 engraved plates (including by Blake and after Fuseli), one plate torn with loss, some damp-stains, L2 in volume 1 torn to lower outer blank corner, contemporary half calf, git and blind decorated spines, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other natural history related, including a defective copy of European Butterflies and Moths by W. F. Kirby, bound in 2 volumes, 1882, and The Natural History of Bees, [by William Dunbar], Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; London: S. Highley, 1840, The Natural History of the Felinae, by William Jardine, 1834 and The Naturalist's library edited by Sir William Jardine, volume 38 (Entomology, Bees), 1843QTY: (14)
Le Cain (Errol, illustrator). The King's White Elephant, by Rosemary Harris, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1973, colour illustrations by Errol Le Cain, original illustrated boards, price-clipped dust jacket, 4to, signed by the illustrator, together with The Cabbage Princess, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1969, colour illustrations, original boards, dust jacket, a few small chips, small light water stain to rear panel, 4to, plus The Child in the Bamboo Grove, by Rosemary Harris, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1971, colour illustrations, original boards, dust jacket, small split to upper joint, light edge wear, 4to, together with 8 others illustrated by Errol Le Cain including 1st editions The Faber Book of Children's Songs, 1970, Cinderella, 1972, King Orville and the Bullfrogs, 1976, The Sly Cormorant and the Fishes, 1977 Cupid and Psyche, 1977, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, 1981, and The Christmas Stockings, , 1989QTY: (11)
* Frei (Jakob, (1757-c.1806). Michael, et Angeli eius praeliabantur cum Dracone,... et projectus est Draco (Apoc. Cap. 12, V. 7 et 9), after Guido Reni, [Rome], 1734, engraving by Jakob Frei after Guido Reni, with hand-colouring, with wide margins, laid down on card, light soiling, plate size 53 x 34 cm, sheet size 66.5 x 46 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:After a painting in the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome.
Stackhouse (Thomas). A New History of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the World, to the establishment of Christianity, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Stephen Austen, 1742, titles in red and black, 30 engraved plates (including frontispiece to first volume), 5 engraved maps, occasional browning and few damp stains mostly to margins, modern half calf, gilt decorated spines with dark green morocco title labels, folio, together with:Le Maistre de Sacy (Isaac-Louis). L'histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament..., Paris: Aux depens des Libraires Associes, 1770, half-title, engraved illustration to title and numerous illustrations throughout volume, light toning scattered spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, repaired to joints, board edges and head and foot of spine, light wear at head of spine, 4to,Mislin (Jacques). Les Saints Lieux: pèlerinage à Jérusalem en passant par l'Autriche, la Hongrie, la Slavonie, les provinces Danubiennes, Constantinople, l'Archipel, le Liban, la Syrie, Alexandrie, Malte, la Sicile et Marseille, 3 volumes, Paris: Jacques Lecoffre, 1858, scattered spotting, contemporary quarter morocco, 8vo, and Stanley (Arthur). Sinai and Palestine in connection with their history, 5th edition, London: John Murray, 1858, folding colour lithograph maps, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, spine torn, 8vo, plus Josephus (Flavius). The Complete Works, London: London Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1850, engraved frontispiece, additional title and plates, some browning, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, light wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (8)
Coxwell (Henry). My Life and Balloon Experience, 2nd edition, London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1889, monochrome photograph portrait frontispiece, later inscription to the front endpaper, some minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly toned & rubbed, 8vo, together with:Eckener (Hugo), My Zeppelins, 1st U.K. edition, London: Putnam, 1958, 9 monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusWade (W. L., editor), The Flying Book, 1917 Edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917, front pastedown inscribed in pencil by Edward Greville Fern Salmon, service No. 82113, born 1898, numerous monochrome illustrations & advertisements to the front & rear, original boards, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, 8vo, and other late 19th & early to mid 20th century airship & aviation reference, including Ships in the Sky, the story of the great dirigibles, by John Tolland, 1st edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth/boards, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Lunardi (Vincent). An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in England, in a series of letters to his Guardian Chevalier Gherardo Compagni,..., 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1784, signed by the author to the foot of the half-title, engraved folding frontispiece, lacking 2 further engravings, modern endpapers, some light toning & offsetting, later half calf, slim 8vo, together with:Saint-Fond (M. Faujas de), Description des Expériences de la Machine Aérostatique de MM. De Montgolfier,..., 1st edition, Paris: Chez B. Le Franco, 1784, hand-coloured frontispiece, 8 further engraved plates 2 of which are also hand-coloured, some marginal period annotations throughout, frontispiece & title page trimmed to the foot, later endpapers with an armorial bookplate to the front endpaper, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)
Parley (Peter, editor). The Balloon Travels of Robert Merry and his young friends over various countries in Europe, 1st edition, New York: J. C. Derby & Co., 1855, engraved frontispiece & title page plus illustrations, contemporary inscription to the front endpaper, ink stamp to the foot of the front pastedown, some light marginal toning throughout, original gilt decorated & embossed green cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, together with:Glaisher (James, et al), Travels in the Air, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1871, numerous monochrome woodcuts, some light toning & spotting, contemporary red half calf, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusHearne (R. P.), Aerial Warfare, 1st edition, London: John Lane, 1909, monochrome illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light spotting & marginal toning, top edge gilt, original illustrated blue cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and late 19th & early 20th-century airship & aviation reference, including The Zeppelins..., by Ernst A. Lehmann & Howard Mingos, 1st edition, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, circa 1927, 8vo, Aerial Transport, by G. Holt Thomas, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, circa 1928, 4to, all original cloth, 8vo/4to QTY: (11)
Bonnycastle (John). An Introduction to Astronomy. In a series of letters from a preceptor to hs pupil..., 4th edition, London: printed for J. Johnson, 1803, 19 etched plates plus frontispiece, contemporary inscriptions to the front endpaper & head of the title page, small tear to the foot of the front gutter, some light marginal toning, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, 8vo, together with:Locke (John), A collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Locke, never before printed, or not extant in his works, 1st edition, London: printed by J. Bettenham, etched title page vignette, some light marginal toning throughout, later calf spine retaining 19th century mottled calf boards, boards slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus other 18th to early 20th century literature & reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth/boards, some foreign language & odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Leighton (Clare, illustrator). Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, London: Duckworth, 1931, 12 wood-engravings, light partial offsetting to endpapers, top edge red, original cloth, 4to, together with Through the Woods. The English Woodland - April to April, by H. E. Bates, London: Victor Gollancz, 1936, 73 wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, all edges russet, contemporary russet morocco by Leighton-Straker, spine a little faded, 4to, plus Down the River, by H. E. Bates, London: Victor Gollancz, 1937, 83 wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, light spotting at front, original cloth, dust jacket, some light dust-soiling and slight spotting to margins, 4to, with 11 others illustrated including Country Matters, 1937, Sometime Never, 1939, Southern Harvest, 1943, all by Clare Leighton, and Men and Fields, by Adrian Bell, illustrated by John Nash, 1939QTY: (14)
Humphreys (Henry Noel & Westwood, John Obadiah). British Moths and their Transformations, 2 volumes, new edition, revised and corrected, London: William Smith Orr and Co., 1844, 124 hand-coloured lithograph plates, occasional light toning and scattered spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spines, upper joint cracked at foot, extremities rubbed, 4to, together with:Humphreys (Henry Noel & Westwood, John Obadiah). British Butterflies and their Transformations, London: William Smith, 1841, additional hand-coloured lithograph title, 42 hand-coloured lithograph plates, some toning and scattered spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco (matching above title), gilt decorated spines, extremities rubbed, 4toQTY: (3)
Heaney (Seamus). Door into the Dark, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1969, signed and dated 20 September 1969 in blue ink by author to title, small ex libris stamp of William and Patricia Oxley to front flyleaf and Foyle's Bookshop sticker to front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, light toning and a few small closed tears to upper and lower margins, 8vo, together with:Heaney (Seamus), A Laugh Neagh Sequence, 1st edition, Manchester: Phoenix Pamphlet Poets Press, 1969, small ex libris stamp of William and Patricia Oxley to half-title, original stapled printed wrappers, some spotting, slim 8vo, (one of 1,000 copies)QTY: (2)
Hergé. A collection of 21 Adventures of Tintin titles, all 1st UK editions published by Methuen, 1958-83, comprising The Crab with the Golden Claws, 1958, King Ottokar's Sceptre, 1958, The Secret of the Unicorn, 1959, Red Rackham's Treasure, 1959, Destination Moon, 1959, Explorers on the Moon, 1959, The Calculus Affair, 1960, The Red Sea Sharks, 1960, The Shooting Star, 1961, The Seven Crystal Balls, 1962 (2 copies), The Prisoners of the Sun, 1962, The Casrafiore Emerald, 1963, The Black Island, 1966, Flight 714, 1968, Land of Black Gold, 1972, Cigars of the Pharaoh (1972 reprint), The Broken Ear, 1975 Tintin and the Picaros, 1976, Tintin in America, 1978, The Blue Lotus, 1983, a few titles with small previous owner signatures to titles or opening chapters, original illustrated boards, some light edge wear, one copy of The Seven Crystal Ball with slight fading to upper extremity of front cover, The Red Sea Sharks front cover lightly rubbed, 4to, plus a set of 25 unused 8F Belgie-Belgique Tintin stampsQTY: (21)NOTE:Hergé was the nom-de-plume of Belgian cartoonist Georges Prosper Remi, the first series and title Tintin in the Land of the Soviets appearing in French in Le Petit Vingtième, a supplement of Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle in 1929 and then serialised in Le Soir thereafter. The first English Tintin adventure, King Ottokar's Sceptre first appeared in The Eagle in 1951-52 and then later published by Methuen in 1958.
Dahl (Roald). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1st UK edition, London: George Allena and Unwin, 1967, illustrations by Faith Jacques, one or two light spots, adhesive tape residue mark at head of front endpaper, original pictorial laminated boards, slightly rubbed at foot of spine, upper corners a little bent and rubbed, 8vo, together with The Magic Finger, 1st UK edition, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968, illustrations by William Pene du Bois, occasional; light spotting, original pictorial boards, spine slightly toned, a few small light marks, 4to, plus Fantastic Mr. Fox, 1st US edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, illustrations by Donald Chaffin, small contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, small chips at spine ends and folds, 8vo, with 15 others including James and the Giant Peach, 1st UK edition, 1967 (with abrasions), Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, 1st UK edition, 1973, Two Fables, 1986, Going Solo, 1986, The Vicar of Nibbleswicke, 1991, Roald Dahl. A Biography, by Jeremy Treglown, 1994, and John Julius Norwich's The Twelve Days of Christmas [Correspondence], 6th printing, 1998 (signed by illustrator Quentin Blake) QTY: (18)
Kipling (Rudyard). Plain Tales from the Hills, 3rd edition, 1890; The Light That Failed, 1st edition, 1891; The Light That Failed, June 1891 reprint; Life's Handicap. Being Stories of Mine Own People, 1st edition, 1891; Many Inventions, 1st edition, 1893, publisher's advertisements at rear of each, bookplates of A. P. Watt to all except The Light That Failed 1st edition, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, small bumps to one or two corners, 8vo QTY: (5)NOTE:All signed by the author to titles, all bar Many Inventions inscribed to A. P. Watt (1834-1914), founder of A. P. Watt and Son the world's first literary agency in 1875. His clients included Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins and Thomas Hardy.
Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Sign of Four, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Spencer Blackett, 1890, 1st issue with misprints '13' for '138' on contents leaf and 'w shed' for 'wished' to p. 56, frontispiece by Charles Kerr (lacking tissue-guard), bound without the 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, small W. H. Smith & Son, London blindstamp to front endpaper, original dark red cloth, covers with borders in black and two corner pieces, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, Spencer Blackett's Standard Library in gilt to foot of spine, small black ink stains to upper cover, small light rubbed patch to lower cover, one corner slightly bumped, tiny indentation to lower edge of upper cover, very slight lean, else a bright copy, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Green & Gibson A7: 'There are two variant states. Some copies have the publisher's 32 pp. catalogue for October 1890 inserted at the end...' A bright copy of the second Sherlock Holmes novel.
Thorley (John). Melisselogia {title in Greek] Or, the Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1744, engraved frontispiece (trimmed with slight loss to left side), 4 folding engraved plates, some spotting and light offsetting, contemporary calf gilt, modern calf reback, a little rubbed with small areas of worming, 8vo, together with Culpeper's Complete Herbal. to which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities; physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind, London: Richard Evans, 1818, engraved frontispiece, 40 hand-coloured plates, some spotting and water stains, modern half calf gilt, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:British Bee Books 97 (Thorley).
Stowe, Buckinghamshire. Stowe. A Description of the House and Gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, Richard Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple, Marquess of Buckingham, Buckingham: Printed and sold by J. Seeley: Sold also by L. B. Seeley, 169 Fleet Street, London, 1820, 24 engraved plates (including frontispiece), 7 engraved plans (including 2 folding), repaired closed tear to central fold of plan of Stowe House, some light scattered spotting, light damp stain to lower blank margins of few leaves, fron blank inscribed 'Presented to the Lady Lyttelton by her affectionate friends A. E. L. Buckingham & Chandos, Chandos Buckingham & Chandos, Stowe 1822', purple endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated straight-grain red morocco, gilt decorated turn-ins, 4toQTY: (1)
Burnet (Gilbert). Some Letters, Containing an Account of what seemed most Remarkable in Travelling through Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, &c. In the Years 1685 and 1686, 2nd edition, corrected and altered in some places by the author, Rotterdam: Printed for Abraham Acher, 1687, [xxii],336pp., bound withThree Letters concerning the Present State of Italy, written in the Year 1687. I. Relating to the Affair of Molinos, and the Quietists. II. Relating to the Inquisition, and the State of Religion. III. Relating to the Policy and Interest of some of the States of Italy, [London?], 1688, [xvi],191pp., with errata to verso of final leaf, occasional minor marks and light soiling, all edges gilt, attractive late 18th or early 19th century gilt-decorated red full morocco, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Pascal (Blaise). Pensées de Mr. Pascal sur la Religion, et sur quelques autres sujets, qui ont esté trouvées apres sa mort parmy ses paperes, Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfganck, suivant la copie imprimée a Paris 1677, old ownership insription to title, a few marks, later calf, backstrip deficient, 12mo, plus[Davies, John]. Reflections upon Monsieur Des Cartes's Discourse of a Method for the Well-guiding of Reason, and Discovery of Truth in the Sciences. Written by a private Pen in French, and Translated out of the Original Manuscript, by J. D., London: Printed and are to be sold by Peter Parker, 1679, [14 (of 16)], 93pp., lacking A2(?), some marks and light soiling, title and final leaf relined, late 19th or early 20th century boards, 12mo, and other 17th century works, with defects including Hugh Latimer, [Frutefull Sermons], circa 1578, lacking title (text begins on A1 'to the Right Honourable the Lady Katherine, Dutches of Suffolke), final leaf with some repairs, old calf, worn with covers detached, small 4to, Charles Hoole, The Common Accidence Examined and Explained by short questions and answers according to the very words of the book. Conducing very much to the ease of the teacher, and the benefit of the learner, 1690 (lacking leaf of index at end), The Divine Banquet, or Sacramental Devotions, 1716, and the first volume of a two-volume bible published by Thomas Basket, 1756 (in contemporary binding), the last three works 12moQTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.
Baker (Samuel White). The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1867, portrait frontispiece, 2 colour maps (one folding), 24 wood-engraved plates including one extra plate at p. 485, light spotting front and rear, prize label, contemporary half calf gilt, edges lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Brassey (Lady Annie). In the Trades, the Tropics, & the Roaring Forties, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1885, folding maps and illustrations, some spotting front and rear, original pictorial cloth gilt, edges a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, with a presentation inscription from the author to her son, Thomas Allnutt Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey, 1884, his bookplate, together with 3 others: Lady Brassey's Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople, 1st edition, 1880 (rebound in modern cloth), China to Peru over the Andes. A Journey through South America, by Lady Howard Vincent, circa 1894, inscribed by the author, and Farthest North, by Fridtjof Nansen, 1st pictorial cloth edition in English, 2 volumes, 1898 QTY: (6)
* English playing cards. Royal National Patriotic Playing Cards, 2nd edition, David Kimberley & Sons, circa 1893-1897, a complete deck of 52 colour and gold lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts representing rulers of France, Britain, Germany and America, aces with four flags of the nation, those of spades and hearts with patterned backgrounds, ace of diamonds with Patentee W. Kimberley Birmingham England, all cards with gold border, spade pip signs in blue, heart pip signs crimson, no indices on pip cards, courts with worded ranks, lightly dusty, few minor marks (mainly to pip cards), 9 of diamonds with corner crease, versos blue clocks on gold, rounded gilt corners, each card 91 x 62 mm, in unrelated box, together with: 3rd edition pack of the same, David Kimberley & Sons, circa 1898, 52 complete, as above except no gold, muddy colours, aces with four flags on cloud backgrounds, pip signs black or red, pip cards with indices, courts and aces still with worded ranks, flimsy cardstock, toned and soiled, some rubbing and creases, 2 of diamonds with loss to one corner, king of hearts with tear (from side edge near hand, then turning vertically and towards pip sign), jack of clubs with short edges tears associated with corner crease, light wear to edges, versos pink clocks design, each card 93 x 63 mm, plus: 4th edition pack of the same, Kimberley Press, circa 1899-1901, 52 complete, redesigned double-ended courts, still with worded ranks, aces with two flags and two crowns, two additional cards: one red Characters card and a blank, toned and lightly soiled, some minor marks and scratches (mainly to pip cards), versos blue clocks pattern, each card 91 x 63 mm, with original two-part box, and four 5th edition decks of the same, circa 1902-1905, each slightly different: the 1st with Character card but no joker, versos royal blue on blue-black flags of the British Empire; the 2nd with Character card and joker, versos colourful flags of the British Empire, original 2-part box (no mention of Kimberley Press) with title card adhered to verso; the 3rd with Character card and joker, versos blue and pale pink clocks on dark blue; the 4th with Character and title cards (no joker), versos lilac and mauve clocks on pinky-blue, original box (flap detached), a quantity of cards from each pack mounted with photo corners onto 7 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40.5 cmQTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, [211] (4th edition); Berry, The Waddington Playing-Card Collection, [W285] (5th edition); Fournier, British 335 (2nd edition).See Trevor Denning in The Playing-Card vol. XX no. 2 (Nov 1991), pp. 59-67 for details of the different editions of this striking pack. He notes (p. 66) that the third edition is almost as scarce as the first one, and concludes that it was quickly replaced by the completely redesigned fourth edition.
Lubbock (Basil). The China Clippers, Glasgow: James Brown & Son, 1914, original blue cloth with illustrated front boardThe Colonial Clippers, 2nd edition, 1921, period inscription to the front endpaper, both with monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, both original blue cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:E. C. & W. Osbourne, publisher, Osbourne's London & Birmingham, Railway Guide, illustrated..., Birmingham, circa 1838, 30 monochrome illustrations, folding time table, period inscription to the front endpaper, pp.269 to the rear endpaper detached, slightly loose binding, original brown cloth, boards & spine rubbed, tear to the head of the spine, 8vo, plusBart (F. Fitzwygram), Horses and Stables, 3rd edition, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886, 39 monochrome plates, lacking front endpaper, front gutter re-enforced with white tape, toning & spotting throughout, original green cloth, boards & spines marked & rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th century shipping/naval, railway, & transport reference, mostly original cloth, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Dennys (Nicholas Belfield). An Account of the Cruise of the St. George on the North American and West Indian Station. During the years 1861-1862, 1st edition, London: Saunders, Otley and Co., 1862, frontispiece, folding map, illustration, one or two light finger marks, original blindstamped cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Biddlecombe (George). Naval Tactics and Trials of Sailing... to which are added the established plan of lights for steam-vessels and regulations to avoid collision, 1st edition, London: Charles Wilson, 1850, engraved frontispiece of H. M. S. St. Vincent, diagrammatic plates and illustrations, some spotting and occasional water stains, original cloth gilt, tear and splits to spine, some light fading, 4to, with 3 others: Blue Jackets of '61. A History of the Navy in the War of Secession, by Willia J. Abbot, 1st edition, New York, 1886, The Bounty Ships of France, by Alan Villiers & Henri Picard, 1972, and The Book of Common Prayer... together with the Psalter, John Baskett, 1715-16 QTY: (5)
Modigliani (Amedeo, illustrator). Les Nymphes, Poème, [by] Roger Frène, 1st edition, Paris: Ronald Davis & Cie, 1921, 5 illustrations by Modigliani (title vignette and 4 full-page), author’s signed presentation inscription for M. Flint at head of half-title, ‘avec l'expression de ma haute sympathie litteraire, Roger Frène’, some old light water-staining to lower half of a few leaves, some spotting and toning to blank leaves at front and rear, uncut, original printed wrappers, some soiling and browning, slim 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:One of 130 copies, this 25/120 copies on papier japon ancien. The dedicatee is Frank Stuart Flint (1885- 1960), an English poet and translator who was a prominent member of the Imagist group.
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Dickens (Charles). A Christmas Carol, London: William Heinemann, 1915, colour frontispiece, 11 colour illustrations (each with captioned tissue-guard), further black and white illustrations, contemporary gift and ownership inscriptions in black ink to half-title, bookplate to verso of front free endpaper, top edge gilt, original publisher's deluxe brown leather gilt, backstrip lightly faded, 8vo, together with:Aesop's Fables, a new translation by V. S. Vernon Jones, with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton, London: William Heinemann, 1920, colour frontispiece, 12 colour illustrations (each with captioned tissue-guard), further full-page and smaller black and white illustrations, a few light spots, original publisher's terracotta morocco gilt, rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)
Evans (Arthur J.) The Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult and its Mediterranean Relations with illustrations from recent Cretan finds, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1901, colour plate, illustrations, with some underlining in red and blue pencil and annotations throughout, endpapers lightly toned, original cloth, spine faded, a little rubbed at ends, 4to, presentation copy, inscribed 'To W. M. Ramsay from Arthur J. Evans, Jan. 1902' (Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, 1851-1939, archaeologist and biblical scholar), together with Gutzlaff (Charles). China Opened; or a display of the topography, history, customs, manners, arts, manufactures, commerce, literature, religion, jurisprudence etc. of the Chinese Empire... revised by the Rev. Andrew Reed, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1838, folding map with outline colour (with small marginal tears), folding specimen plate, a little light toning, modern black half morocco, a few small marks, 8vo, plus Dowson (John). A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature, 2nd edition, London: Trubner & Co., 1888, Trubner's Oriental Series advertisements at front, some spotting front and rear, hinges tender, original cloth gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, with others related including George Clifford Whitworth's An Anglo-Indian Dictionary, 1885, Korean Tales. Being a collection of stories translated from the Korean Folk Lore, by H. N. Allen, 1889, and Cha-No-Yu Tea Cult of Japan, by Yasunosuke Fukukita, 1932QTY: (32)
De Tolnay (Charles). Michelangelo, 5 volumes (The Youth of Michelangelo, The Sistine Ceiling, The Medici Chapel, The Tomb of Julius II & The Final Period), 1st editions, Princeton University Press, 1947-60, numerous monochrome plates, original uniform black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, in dustwrappers, some fraying to edges and somewhat browned to spines, 4to, together withBerenson (Bernard). The Drawings of the Florentine Painters, 3 volumes, reprinted, University of Chicago Press, 1970, numerous monochrome illustrations, original gilt-decorated uniform blue cloth, 4to, with slipcase, plus Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, 7 volumes (Florentine School, Venetian School & Central Italian and North Italian Schools), 1st edition, Phaidon Press, 1963-68, numerous monochrome plates, all uniform publisher's cloth in dustwrappers, some light browning to spines, occasional fraying to extremities, 4to, and others on Italian renaissance art including Walter Friedlaender, Caravaggio Studies, Princeton University Press, 1955, (with autograph letter to Gowing from Benedict Nicolson, on Burlington Magazine headed note paper loosely inserted), Cecil Gould, The Paintings of Correggio, 1st editon, Faber & Faber, 1976, Luitpold Dussler, Raphael, A Critical Catalogue, 1st English edition, Phaidon press, 1971, Rona Goffen, Giovanni Bellini, Yale University Press, 1989, Andrew Martindale, The Triumphs of Caeser by Andre Mantegna, 1979, R. Langton Douglas, Piero di Cosimo, University of Chicago Press, 1946, Janet Cox-Rearick, Dynasty and Destiny in Medici Art, Princeton University Press, 1984, Peter Mellen, Jean Clouet, Complete Edition, Phaidon, 1971, Leonardo Da Vinci Treatise on Painting, 2 volumes, Princeton University Press, 1956 etc., all original cloth, most in dustwrappers, mainly 4to, generally G/VGQTY: (27)
Mantel (Hilary). Wolf Hall, 2009; Bringing Up the Bodies, 2012; The Mirror & the Light, 2020, 1st editions, 1st printings, London: Fourth Estate, original cloth, dust jackets, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Each signed by the author, Wolf Hall signed on a laid-in slip to title, Bringing Up the Bodies flat signed to title, The Mirror and the Light signed to limitation leaf at front.
* English School. Portrait of a Young Girl, circa 1910, watercolour and pencil, depiciting a young girl with light brown hair standing, holding a large basin under her arm, in slightly oversized pale yellow dress and wide brimmed hat, 24 x 14 cm, printed label for picture framer's Chas. D. Soar & Son, 1 Launceston Place, Kensington, W., to verso, mounted, framed and glazed (38.5 x 28.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.
Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1937, colour frontispiece, 12 colour and monochrome illustrations by the author, advertisement leaf at rear, The Elvenking's Gate illustration at p. 177 with juvenile colouring-in in brown and green crayon, occasional minor spotting, map endpapers (slight toning), Blackwell ticket to foot of front pastedown, original green pictorial cloth, some fading and light spotting to spine, small closed tears at spine tips, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Published in the same year as the first impression, and the first with colour plates.
Bayly (Lewis). The Practice of Pietie: Directing a Christian how to walke that he may please God. Amplified by the Author. The last edition, London: Printed by R.Y. for Andrew Crooke, 1638, [16], 559 pp., engraved title, light damp staining at front of volume, front free endpaper with early ownership inscription 'Francis Honyfield his book was given me by my father in the year 1679', all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated morocco, with brass clasps, fore-edge of lower board worn and showing, 24mo in 12s (10.7 x 5.1 cm), together with:Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd, Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb, 1683, engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles II, 46 engraved plates (some detached and frayed), some damp staining and sewing partly broken, ink stamp to lower margins of last few leaves, contents shaken, front free blank endpaper inscribed 'Ex libris Guli. Williams 1684' and 'Walter King Coker 1819', without front free marbled endpaper, contemporary dark brown morocco, engraved white metal corner pieces incorporating foliate and human face decoration, central cartouches bearing the initials 'W. W.' to front board and engraved family armorial to rear board, engraved white metal clasps, head and foot of spine worn with slight loss, 24mo in 12sQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: From the Estcourt family of Estcourt House, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire.1. ESTC S1471; STC 1619.
Valentia (George Annesley, Viscount). Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Miller, 1809, first volume with half-title inscribed to verso 'To his beloved aunt Apphia Lady Lyttelton from her affec. nephew the author', 60 engraved plates (3 folding), 9 folding engraved maps and plans, 3 engraved vignette illustrations, lacking advertisement leaf at end of volume 3, some light spotting, occasional damp staining (mostly light in vols. 1 & 2, majority to vol. 3), armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf, spine with Greek key gilt decoration to raised bands and black morocco title labels, spines very slightly damp marked, minor wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:cf. Abbey, Travel 515.Apphia Lyttelton (née Witts), Lady Lyttelton (1743-1840) was the wife of Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton (1744-1779).
Mission (Maximilien). A New Voyage to Italy. With curious observations on several other countries;..., 2 volumes in 4, volumes 1-3 1st edition, London: printed for R. Bonwicke, 1714, volume 4 is a 5th edition, London: printed for J. and J. Bonwick, et al, 1739, engraved plates & maps, some period inscriptions, some light toning & spotting, volumes 1-3 in contemporary uniform full calf, volume 4 in contemporary full calf, boards & spines rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with:Gilpin (William), Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c...., 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1789, several monochrome plates, front endpaper & board partially detached, some light spotting, toning & offsetting throughout, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus other 17th, 18th & 19th century miscellaneous literature & reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some in original boards, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 55 volumes
* Swiss playing cards. Swiss Canton Costumes, Diessenhofen: J. Müller, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), each double-ended court depicting 2 different characters in traditional Swiss costumes, at the corners the arms of Swiss cantons, each ace with a single large Swiss view (with hand-colouring?), some spotting or browning to edges, pip cards lightly bowed, versos red dotted honeycomb, each card 87 x 57 mm, together with: Swiss Canton Costumes, Diessenhofen: J. Müller, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended Swiss costume courts as above, each ace with two Swiss views (hand-coloured?), somewhat toned and soiled, lightly rubbed in places, some marks, jack of spades with closed edge tear, jack of diamonds with some surface abrasion, versos red dotted honeycomb, each card 87 x 57 mm, plus: Swiss Views, unknown maker (possibly German?), circa 1850, a complete piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts in Germanic style, kings with sceptres, jacks with halberds or pikes, queens in possibly early 19th century style, aces with two Swiss views, dusty, some light toning or minor marks, lightly rubbed in places, versos pale red flowers and dotted weaving lines, gilt edges, each card 84 x 59 mm, with unrelated (defective) box for a Lenormand type pack, and two other Swiss decks, both Canton Costumes: J. Müller of Diessenhofen, circa 1850, almost identical to the 2nd pack listed above, 50 of 52 (without 2 of diamonds & 5 of spades); J. Müller & Cie of Schaffhouse & Hasle, circa 1890, rounded gilt corners, versos with different Swiss scenes, in addition to scenic aces, 51 of 52 (without queen of diamonds), with partial original box, titled Costumes & Vues suisses, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 5 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder contained in clear plastic bags, the boards 55 x 40.5 cm & similarQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: courts identical to Schweizer Spielkarten 167 but without backgrounds which were added later, with aces showing different aspects of the same views.Second item: Courts as above, scenic aces as Schweizer Spielkarten 136.Third item: the British Museum has two partial decks (Schreiber, German 279 & 280) with the same courts but differing views on the aces.
Drayton (Michael). Poems by Michael Drayton Esquyer. Collected into one volume. With sondry pieeces inserted never before imprinted, London: printed for John Smethwick, [1619], [3], 487pp., engraved allegorical title by William Hole, some light soiling and light damp stain to title and margins, without the undated printed title with portrait of the author to verso (as sometimes found), six printed part-titles, each dated 1619, early ink ownership signature dated 1636 inked through to front endpaper, inner hinges restrengthened, contemporary plain calf, modern plain reback, some wear to covers, small folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.STC 7222 (1st edition, 2nd issue); Pforzheimer 307.
Walton (Izaak & Cotton, Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler: or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing, 2 parts in one, 2nd Hawkins edition, London: J. Rivington, T. Caslon and R. Withy, 1766, 14 engraved plates only (of 16, including 2 frontispieces and 1 of 2 music plates), wood engraved illustrations of fish and few headpieces, advertisement leaf at front, repaired closed tears to E2, E5, S1, S8 and T1, few ink marks and splashes, some toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, 8vo, (Coigney 10; Westwood & Satchell, p. 221), together with:O'Gorman. The Practice of Angling, particularly as Regards Ireland, 2 volumes, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1845, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, some minor toning, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with green morocco labels, spines and extremities rubbed, 8vo, Mosely (Martin E.). The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology... being a supplement to Frederic M. Halford's The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook, London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1921, portrait frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured plates, publisher's green cloth wallet binding gilt, small 8vo,Medwin (Thomas). The Angler in Wales, or Days and Nights of Sportsmen, 2 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1834, etched frontispiece to each volume, few vignette illustrations, light toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn (1836 -1907) to upper pastedowns, hinges splitting, contemporary half calf, sheep rebacked spines with gilt decoration, rubbed, 8vo, plus Jardine (William). The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology volumes 12 & 14 only, Edinburgh, 1842-43, numerous hand-coloured engraved plates, uniform contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines, 8voQTY: (8)
Green (Valentine). The History and Antiquities of the City and Suburbs of Worcester, 2 volumes in one, London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and Co., 1796, engraved portrait frontispiece at front, engraved titles, folding plan and 23 engraved plates (2 double-page), some toning and spotting, all edges gilt, modern brown half morocco, 4to, together with:Allen (Thomas). A New and Complete History of the County of York, 6 volumes, London: 1828, numerous steel engraved plates, some water stains, toning & spotting to all volumes, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo,George Virtue, publisher, The Tourist in Wales, comprising views of picturesque scenery, towns, castles, antiquities, seats of the nobility, gentry, &c., circa 1851, monochrome plates, some light toning & spotting throughout, original embossed green cloth, boards slightly marked, spine & boards lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusMerrett (H. S.), A Practical Treatise on the science of Land and Engineering Surveying, Levelling, Estimating Quantities, &c., 4th edition, London: E. & F. N. Spon, 1887, 42 monochrome folding plates to the rear, some light toning & spotting, original embossed blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th century British topography & architecture reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Pound (Ezra). Cathay. Translations by Ezra Pound for the most part from the Chinese of Rihaku, from the notes of the late Ernest Fenollosa, and the decipherings of the Professors Mori and Ariga, 1st edition, London: Elkin Mathews, 1915, some light scattered spotting (a little heavier to endpapers), untrimmed, original printed brown wrappers, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Gallup A9. 1000 copies printed. A collection of Pound's translations from classical Chinese poetry.
* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965). Greetings Card Signed, 'T. S. Eliot', [?New York], Hallmark Cards, c. 1950s, greetings card with colour reproduction of a painting of Rouen Cathedral by Claude Monet tipped on to front, two verses from The Rock ('O light invisible, we praise Thee!') printed to right inside page, inscribed in blue ink, 'From Charles, with love' to blank left page and signed in blue ink by Eliot at foot of the two verses, printed credits, copyright details and card reference number at foot of inside left page and second leaf verso, two brown spots and some browning and adhesion marks to final page with loss of copyright wording, one light spot adjacent to Eliot's autograph, slim 8vo, together with first edition copies of books with author's signed presentation inscriptions to Rosemary Goad from Brian Aldiss, Michael Dibdin, Fay Godwin, Rachel Ingalls, Julian Symons and Naguid Mahfouz, plus a small quantity of Goad's ephemera including orders of service for T. S. Eliot and Geoffrey Faber, a framed and glazed etching of T. S. Eliot by P. E. Rose, 1987, a few photographs loosely contained in a leather blotter, education certificates, private press ephemera of Merrion Press and Cuckoo Hill Press, etc. QTY: (approx. 30)NOTE:Provenance: Given by the Faber & Faber editor Charles Monteith to Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber.
Haggard (H. Rider). King Solomon's Mines, 2nd edition, London: Cassell & Company, 1885, folding frontispiece, publisher's advertisements dated '5 G. 10. 8' at rear, contemporary ownership inscription in purple ink to head of front free endpaper, light scattered spotting, rear hinge tender, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, together with:King Solomon's Mines, 3rd edition, sixth thousand, London: Cassell & Company, 1885, folding frontispiece, publisher's advertisements dated '5 G. 10. 8' at rear, light scattered spotting, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, withThe Witch's Head, a novel, 1st one volume edition, London: John and Robert Maxwell, [1887], contemporary ownership inscription to head of half-title, ownership inscription of Roger Allen in blue ink to front free endpaper verso, original red cloth gilt, spine slightly toned, portion of damp-staining to fore-edge of covers, 8vo, withKing Solomon's Mines, revised with thirty-two illustrations by Russell Flint, London: Cassell & Company, 1905, 32 black and white illustrations by Flint, publisher's advertisements at rear, original pictorial green cloth gilt, slightly cocked and rubbed, 8vo, with approximately 45 other early Haggard printingsQTY: (approx 50)
Le Cain (Errol). Thorn Rose, by the Brothers Grimm, 1st edition, Faber and Faber, 1975, colour illustrations, original boards, dust jacket, slight marginal toning, oblong 4to, signed by the illustrator, together with Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper, by Charles Perrault, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1972, colour illustrations, occasional light spotting, original boards, dust jacket, a little rubbed with a few spots, oblong 4to, plus The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen. A new adapted version by Naomi Lewis, 1st edition, London: Kestrel Books, 1979, colour illustrations, original boards, dust jacket, onbe or two tiny nicks, 4to, plus 8 others illustrated by the artist including Mrs. Fox's Wedding, 1980, Molly Whuppie, 1983 A School Bewitched, 1985 The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1988, and Mr Mistoffelees with Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer, by T. S. Eliot, 1990 QTY: (11)
Fleming (Ian). Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 3 volumes (volumes 1 & 2 1st editions, volume 3 reprinted), London: Jonathan Cape, 1964-65, colour and monochrome illustrations, a few small marginal stains, original illustrated boards (light spotting to volume 2), dust jackets, a few small closed tears and nicks, small reinforcements to versos, 8voQTY: (3)
Millant (Roger). J. B. Vuillaume, Sa vie et son Oeuvre, 1st edition, London: W. E. Hill & Sons, 1972, colour & monochrome plates, original two-tone cloth, spine lightly rubbed, minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Dilworth (John), The Brompton's Book of Violin and Bow Makers, 1st edition, London: Usk Publishing, 2012, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, limited edition 298/1000, includes a bookmark, plusMartens (Frederick H.), Violin Mastery, talks with master violinists and teachers..., 1st edition, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919, monochrome portrait frontispiece, ex-library copy with associated stamps & marks, some light toning, original red cloth with front board illustration, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern violin reference, including Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers, by William Henley, Brighton: 'Amati' Publishing, 1973, Dictionary of Contemporary Violin and Bow Makers, by Cyril Woodcock, standard edition, Brighton: Amati Publishing, 1965, Fritz Kreisler, by Louis P. Lochner, expanded edition, New Jersey: Paganiniana Publications, 1981, Adolf Busch, The life of an honest musician, 2 volumes, by Tully Potter, 1st edition, Toccata Press, 2010, & other violin reference, 8vo/4toQTY: (16)
Biron (Chartres, 'Hyder Ragged'). King Solomon's Wives; or The Phantom Mines, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, folding map, black and white illustrations, original red pictorial wrappers, portions of backstrip lacking, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Haggard (H Rider). A Note on Religion, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1927, a few light spots, original blue paper wrappers, 12mo, withThe Days of My Life, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1926, portrait frontispieces to each, black and white illustrations, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, two closed tears to spine of volume two, extremities slightly chipped, 8vo, with approximately 40 others by and about Rider HaggardQTY: (approx 45)
Book of Games. The Book of Games; or, a History of Juvenile Sports, practised at a Considerable Academy near London, 1st edition, London: printed for Tabart & Co., by R. McMillan, 1810, 24 engraved plates (2 detached), advertisement leaves at end, some offsetting and toning, previous owner signatures to title and endpapers, contemporary morocco-backed boards, tear and losses at head of spine, rubbed with some edge wear, 12mo, together with The Young Gentleman and Lady's Instructor; or new Reader and Speaker: Being a choice collection of pieces in poetry and prose, designed as a pleasing and useful companion to young persons in general, Lewes: J. Baxter, Sussex Press, 1808, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, title with wood-engraved vignette, , some light toning and spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, upper joint splitting, rubbed with some wear, 8vo, with others related including The Newtonian System of Philosophy... by Tom Telescope, new edition, 1812, Cruikshank v. Agnew, or a view of Sir Andrew Agnew's Bill for the better observance of the Lord's Day, 1833, The Juvenile Lavater; or, a familiar explanation of the passions of Le Brun... by George Brewer, circa 1810, The Country Gentleman's Companion, 2nd edition, Dublin, 1755, and A Series of Prints of Roman History, circa 1800QTY: (16)
Nesbit (E.). The House of Arden, a story for children, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, Harding's Luck, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909, The Magic World, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1912, Wet Magic, 1st edition, London: T. Werner Laurie, 1913, period inscription to the front endpaper, all with monochrome illustrations, some marginal toning & light spotting, some cracked gutters, top edges gilt, all in original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines lightly faded, marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Washington (Irving), Old Christmas, London: Macmillan & Co., 1876, monochrome illustrations by R. Caldecott, blind stamp to the front endpaper, Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1893, monochrome illustrations by George H. Boughton, lacking front endpaper, slightly loose binding, small tears to the head & foot of the spine, both volumes with all edges gilt, both original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th century to modern juvenile & illustrated literature, including works by Enid Blyton, Ted Hughes, Mark Twain, W. E. Johns, Rudyard Kipling, mostly original cloth/boards, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to QTY: (3 shelves)
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, 1st edition, Methuen & Co., 1927, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, slight offsetting from flaps to half-title and endpapers, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends, dust jacket, tear and loss at head of spine, spine toned, closed tear to upper panel, small tears at folds, 8vo, together with When We Were Very Young, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1924, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, a few light stains, endpapers toned, small contemporary ownership inscription, rear hinge tender, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, some peeling and stains to later laminate covering, spine and edges a little rubbed, later dust jacket, spine toned with tears and losses at ends, a few chips and stains, 8vo, with 38 others including Poems, by Lionel Johnson, 1895, limited edition of 750, Enid Blyton etcQTY: (40)
Ripa (Cesare). Iconologia... divisa in tre libre ne i quali si esprimono varie imagini di Virtu, Vitii, Affetti, Passioni humane, arti, Discipline, Humori, Elementi, Corpi Celesti, Provincie d'Italia, Fiumi, & altre materie infinite utili ad ogni stato di Persone. Ampliata dal Sig. Cav. Gio. Zaratino Castellini... & Ricorretta, Venice: Christophoro Tomasini, 1645, 350 woodcut emblems, half-title with contemporary Italian ownership inscription at head 'Ad usum Theodori Pecorini a Florentia Vallis-Umbrose monach. 1681', some marks and loss to edges, laid down on modern paper, title with printer's woodcut device, some light soiling, water stains mainly to upper margin, diminishing through the volume, occasional light browning, final few leaves repaired to upper outer corners, with loss of a few works, endpapers renewed, contemporary limp vellum, spine with manuscript tile in brown ink, thick 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Landwehr 629.
Lang (Andrew). A selection of first editions, 13 volumes, London: Longman's Green & Co, 1891-1913, frontispieces (some colour), black and white illustrations throughout (some full-page), portions of covers and backstrips preserved to pastedowns, a few light spots, all edges gilt, similarly bound in crushed half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son and Sangorski & Sutcliffe, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (13)NOTE:The titles are Strange Story Book, All Sorts of Stories Book, Red Romance Book, Animal Story Book, Red Book of Animal Stories, The Book of Romance, Red Book of Heroes, Red True Story Book, The Arabian Nights, Book of Saints and Heroes, Blue Poetry Book and the True Story Book.
* English playing cards. Standard pattern HB5, Hunt & Sons, circa 1830, a complete Piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured woodblock smaller playing cards (French suits), single figure courts and Old Frizzle ace of spades in reduced size, with wide borders, faint Superfine stamp on ace of clubs, some light spotting (mainly to pip cards), ace of clubs spotted, versos dotted blue wiggly lines, each card 84 x 56 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Lodge, The Standard English Pattern, pp.20-21.According to Dudley Ollis' notes, this deck was originally produced with a duplicate pack in a games compendium box. Several traditional features have been changed in this unusual piquet pack: the jack of hearts and king of diamonds both have a hand shown lower than usual and holding a slanted weapon, the jack of diamonds is missing his left hand (usually holding his sword), the queen of hearts holds a tulip, and the jacks are all clean shaven. Apparently this Hunt & Sons type A7a small Old Frizzle ace of spades is the only one of its type recorded.
Polyaenus. [Poluainou Strat?g?mat?n bigloi okt?]. Polyaeni Stratagematum libri octo, I. Casaubonus ... Adiecta est etiam I. Vulteii Latina versio, [Lyon]: Ioan. Tornaesium, 1589, woodcut device to title with first line in Greek characters, some light browning, spotting and damp-staining, armorial bookplate of Peter Nouaille, Greatness to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum with yapp edges, 16mo in 8s, together with:Apollodorus. Apollodori Atheniensis Bibliotheces, sive De deorum origine, tam graece?, qua?m latine?, luculentis pariter, ac doctis annotationibus illustrati, & nunc primum in lucem editi libri tres..., Rome: in aedibus Antoni Bladi, 1555, lower margin of title with early signature Aloyeij Radulphi, Greek and Latin text throughout, front blank with annotation 'Sunderland Library 2. XII. 01', early 20th-century vellum by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, red skiver title label to spine, small 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Adams P1799 and A1305.
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