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Preisdatenbank abonnierenRowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first printing, usual light marginal toning, original pictorial boards, slight shelf-lean, small patch of sunning along top edge, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, [Errington A2(a)], 8vo, 1998.
Ukraine.- [Cathedral of Prince Vladamir the Saint of Kyiv (The)], first edition, printed in red and black, chromolithographed title, 42 plates, 2 of which double-page (one in colour and gilt), illustrations, some in colour and gilt, some after the designs of Viktor Vasnetsov and Mikhail Nesterov, decorative endpapers, light rusting to staples at gutter, occasional light offsetting, final few leaves with very small damp-stain to lower margin, original decorative cloth, gilt, highly skilful repairs to spine ends and corners, some very light rubbing to joints and extremities, else excellent, custom morocco-edged slip-case, folio, Kiev, Kulzhenko, 1898.
Africa.- Lopes (Duarte) A Report of the Kingdome of Congo, a Region of Africa, first edition in English, translated by Abraham Hartwell, collation: [fleuron]4, *4, 2*2, A-2E4, woodcut device on title and arms to verso, 10 full-page woodcut illustrations, some shaved, lacking the 2 engraved maps, also lacking 2*2 and A1 (blank except signature 'A'), some light foxing, 18th century calf, gilt, worn, upper cover and endpapers detached, [STC 16805; Mendelssohn (1979) III, 163], 4to, Printed by John Wolfe, 1597.⁂ One of the earliest descriptions of Central Africa. First published in Italian in Rome in 1591, the English translation was made by Abraham Hartwell at the request of Richard Hakluyt.Lopez lived at Loanda from 1578 to 1587 before returning to Rome at the request of the King of Congo, Don Alvaro, in a vain attempt to interest Pope Sixtus V in the Congo. Pigafetta's compilation, derived from Lopez's notes, is largely devoted to the geography of the various provinces, the climate, the succession of native monarchs, and the relationship of the Portuguese with the Congolese that led to the growth of Christianity. De Bry and Purchas included extracts from this history in their collections of voyages.
Brookner (Anita) Hotel du Lac, first edition, signed by the author on title, publisher's printed review slip loosely inserted, light marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, very light creasing to spine tips and corners, some surface wrinkling to laminate at spine, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1984.⁂ One of the most difficult Booker titles to obtain signed, especially so flat-signed in this manner.
Botany.- Allen (John Fisk) Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America, Boston, 6 chromolithograph plates by William Sharp, some worming, affecting first 4 plates, at blank margin of gutter head but also within image, worst affected frontispiece and plate 1, with only small holes within image continuing through to 2nd and 3rd plates, same worm holes also affecting letterpress title, dedication leaf, first few text leaves, front endpaper and plate paper guards, but no text loss, all worming with paper repairs, otherwise light damp-staining from gutter head, including to plates but most noticeable in margins and on verso, original printed boards, ?early reback in cloth, neat repairs upper cover corners, toned, water and other stains, a little rubbed, [Nissen BBI 16; Great Flower Books (1990) p.69], folio, for the author by Dutton & Wentworth, 1854⁂ A masterpiece of colour lithography. Allen's work on the giant lilies of the Amazon river is brought to life by William Sharp's large-format chromolithographed plates; recognised as some of the finest botanical images ever produced in America, they are also some of the earliest to employ the multi-stone printing process.
Harbou (Thea von) Metropolis, first English edition, first issue with no mention of this work to list on page [7], light marginal browning, original cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, spine slightly darkened, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket with no mention of this work in list on lower flap, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to foot of lower panel with some some creasing, a few small nicks to head, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, Reader's Library, [1927].⁂ First edition in English of this novelisation of the film of the iconic science fiction film of the same name with the superb art deco dust-jacket designed by Aubrey Hammond. A delicate production and difficult to find in good condition.
Sweden.- Lindebladh (Swedish, active c.1720) and others. Collection of 15 original drawings and plans for shipbuilding and various associated architectural projects, including within the Karlscrona shipyard, including 3 signed and dated plans by Lindebladh from 1721, an original drawing after a plan by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, indistinctly signed but dated 1778, an unsigned plan for the dock's lock entrance dated 1721, and two variant cross sections of a battery ship, one dated 'Strasbourg 1784', with two architectural plans for barrel storage, pen and inks, watercolours, some pencil, on various papers, various sizes between 440 x 280 mm (17 1/4 x 11 in), some losses, splits to old folds, handling creases, surface dirt and light browning, all unframed, [mainly 18th century or slightly later] (15)Provenance:Some with Carl Råbergh-Mannerskantz (1747-1817)Carl Axel Mannerskantz (1809-1888)Värnanäs Manor, Hallstorps socken, Småland, Sweden; by descent.⁂ This collection of plans and drawings may have been informed and collected by an engineer and architect working in the circle of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, who in 1765 had begun to undertake his Architectura Navalis Mercatoria publication. Chapman's book contained 62 illustrations of ships and smaller vessels, both Swedish and foreign designs. Some of these were Chapman's own designs, but many were also types that he had seen during visits to foreign countries.
Bible, Syriac. Kethabha dh-Ewangeliyon Kaddisha... Liber sacrosancti evangelii de Jesu Christo domino & deo nostro [and Pauli Epistolae XIIII., &c.], collation: a*-a5*⁴ a6*⁶ b-z⁴ A-L⁴: Aa* Aa** Bb-Vv⁴ Xx⁶; Pauli Epistolae bb-ll⁴ BB-LL⁴, title and a few ff. printed in red and black, 15 full-page woodcuts, final f. of Pauli Epistolae with woodcut ornament and 2 lines of text verso, otherwise blank, light browning to title and endpapers, occasional very light spotting or soiling, but an excellent copy overall, old catalogue description tipped onto front pastedown (for another copy), ink cataloguing note to front free endpaper, eighteenth century blind-tooled vellum, six raised bands to spine, ink manuscript title to second compartment, lightly rubbed and darkened, 4to (200 x 140mm.), [Vienna], [Michael Cymbermann], [1555].⁂ The first edition of the Syriac New Testament and first book printed in Syriac. Provenance: Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer collection (OS 355), acquired in 1964 from G. Heilbrun.Literature: Adams B1797; Darlow & Moule 8947.
Le Carré (John) A Small Town in Germany, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Robin Atthill, Who (literally) taught me English, & a care for words, & an ear for language. David." on title and additionally signed by the author at head of title, scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light fading to spine, rubbing to spine tips and corners, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1968.⁂ An excellent association copy of Le Carré's fifth novel, inscribed to his English teacher at Sherbourne. Atthill (1912-94) did much to encourage the young Le Carré's literary ambitions, culminating in the young author writing for The Shiburnian and receiving the school's English Verse Prize in 1948, for "The Dream of the Deserted Island". Association copies of any of Le Carré's works are rare.
Dahl (Roald) The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and six more, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Jonna with love Roald Dahl. 30th Nov. 1984" to endpaper, some foxing to top edge, bookseller label "The Abbey Bookshop... Great Missenden Buckinghamshire" to front pastedown, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped with £5.95 price sticker to front flap, sunning to spine, light creasing to head, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1977.⁂ Dahl's classic short story collection, the title story of which has recently been adapted for film by Wes Andersen. This copy with a bookseller's label from Dahl's hometown.
Physics.- Alfven (Hannes) Niels Bohr, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, Gerhard Herzberg, Wolfgang Pauli, Erwin Schrodinger and others. [A collection of c.850 physics papers], nearly all offprints, ranging from the early 1930s to the late 1950s, including many by Nobel Prize winners such as Alfven (21 papers), Bohr (5), Born (27), Heisenberg (17), Herzberg (25), Pauli (8), Raman (20), Schrodinger (40+), Tomonaga (19) as well as others like Bethe, de Broglie, Irene and Marie Curie, Tamm, around 30 papers signed by the author, some inscribed to or signed by Ralph Kronig, many in original wrappers (as issued), little light sunning to some, the odd spot or case of minor staining but overall clean, housed within five card boxes, v.s., v.d., 1930s-1960⁂ A superb and extensive collection. A full list of all papers available upon request. Provenance: from the library of Ralph Kronig (1904-1995), a German physicist, known for his discovery of electron spin and X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
Dahl (Roald) James and the Giant Peach, later edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Ian" to endpaper, illustrations by Nancy Eckholm Burkett, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear and small chip to foot of upper wrapper, large chip to head of lower wrapper, 4to, New York, [c.1972].
Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke [New Testament], 'Mazarin edition', half-title, fine engraved title by Claude Mellan depicting an angel inscribing an obelisk beneath title on a scroll carried by three putti, imprint in Greek at foot, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials including large cul-de-lampe on verso of final leaf of text featuring arms of King Louis XIII, with final blank, some light browning and offsetting, occasional spotting, marginal soiling at beginning & end and water-staining to lower outer corner towards end, bookplate removed but with old ink shelf-mark to front pastedown, handsome contemporary red morocco tooled in gilt with central royal arms and rich roll-tooled border featuring fleurs-de-lys, spine gilt in compartments with title or fleur-de-lys and seven raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, g.e, rubbed and marked, upper cover a little stained, corners slightly worn, short split to head of upper joint, [D&M 4687], folio, Paris, Royal Printers, [1642].⁂ A handsome wide-margined copy of the magnificent edition "known as the 'Mazarin edition', since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal" (D&M). It is the first edition of the Greek New Testament from the Imprimerie Royale, founded by Louis XIII in 1640. It is a substantial reprint, with a few alterations, of the New Testament printed by the Elzeviers in 1624, adding a 30-page appendix of Variae lectiones. The text was set in Garamond's Greek types, used by the Estienne dynasty of printers, and which subsequently became part of the type holdings of the Imprimerie Royale.
Gillray (James) Disciples Catching the Mantle - The Spirit of Darkness Overshadowing the Priests of Baal, etching with hand-colouring, an excellent vibrant impression on wove paper without watermark, platemark 400 x 340 mm (15 3/4 x 13 3/8 in), sheet 425 x 365 mm (16 3/4 x 14 3/8 in), small minor repairs to margins, some surface dirt and browning, scraping to old adhesive visible verso, unframed, [BM Satires 10992], Hannah Humphrey, 1808.Provenance:Spanish Library, probably 19th century [crowned ink stamp verso, not in Lugt]Humphrey Minto-Wilson (1938-1951) [Lugt 1922a, red ink stamp verso]⁂ Satire showing William Pitt the Younger is borne upwards in a chariot of swirling clouds of flame drawn by four horses abreast, and snorting fire, while his eyes are fixed on a broad beam of light inscribed 'Immortality', numerous figures below,
Voyages.- Anson (George).- Thomas (Pascoe) A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas. . . Under the Command of Commodore George Anson, first edition, list of subscribers, from the library at Mount Congreve, Waterford with ink signature of Ambrose Usher Congreve to head of title & front free endpaper and engraved armorial bookplate of John Congreve, some light browning, contemporary calf with double gilt fillet border, rubbed, spine repaired, [Sabin 95437; Hill 1693; Palau 331781], 8vo, S. Birt [& others], 1745.⁂ A scarce account of the Anson expedition, preceding the official account by three years.
McCarthy (Cormac) Child of God, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, very light toning, light creasing to foot of spine, a fine copy, 8vo, 1975.⁂ McCarthy's second novel, this edition seemingly far more difficult to find inscribed than its American counterpart.
Bound in the arms of the dedicatee.- Villette (Charles Louis de) Oeuvres, printed on 'Papier de Guimauve' [marshmallow], 20 samples of various kinds of paper made from plants and barks at end, some light spotting, marginal worm-holes to final few samples and rear free endpapers, handsomely bound in contemporary green morocco, gilt, covers with central gilt arms of the Marquis Ducrest, red morocco label to spine, very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, tiny chip to upper corner, g.e.,12mo, Londres [but Montargis], [Claude Lequatre], 1786.⁂ Among the earliest European examples of printing on paper made from vegetable fibres. Dedicated to the Marquis Ducrest, chancellor of the House of Orléans. The dedication is written by Pierre Alexandre Léorier-Delisle, director of the Langlée paper mills near Montargis, in whose work Ducrest had taken a keen interest. The work was also issued on paper made from the bark of the lime-tree (ecorce de tilleul), with some copies seemingly also on blue and pink tinted rag-paper. Provenance: Denise Weil-Scheler (book-label).
Gillray (James) Substitutes for Bread - or - Right Honorables Saving the Loaves and Dividing the Fishes, etching with original hand-colouring, an excellent impression on wove paper without watermark, platemark 248 x 350 mm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in), sheet 270 x 380 mm (10 5/8 x 14 7/8 in), hinged into mount, minor exposure lines within the margins, light spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 8707], Hannah Humphrey, 1795.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, fourth (first illustrated) edition, lacking engraved portrait but with all the 12 engraved plates, mostly by M.Burghers and P.P.Bouche after Medina, list of subscribers at end, ink annotations to first leaf of text, tear to lower margin of Oo4, by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, 1688; Paradise Regain'd...to which is added Samson Agonistes, third (first folio) edition, light water-staining to outer margin, R.E[veringham]...to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688, together 2 works in 1 vol., some light browning or soiling but a good wide-margined copy, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, wear to edges, rebacked preserving old roan label, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Pforzheimer 720 & 721; Wing M2147 & 2154], folio
Botany.- Palmstruch (J. W.) Svensk Botanik, vol.1-10 only (of 11), 720 hand-coloured engraved plates, some folding, occasional light offsetting, foxing and staining, a few short tears, some corners browned, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt, rubbed, some wear to spine ends, 8vo, Stockholm & Upsala, 1803-25.
James (M.R.) A Warning to the Curious and other Ghost Stories, first edition, pencil musical notation to rear endpaper, original cloth, light mottling and soiling to covers, spine ends and joints frayed, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, chip to head of upper panel affecting 2 letters of title, a few short nicks or small chips to head and foot with light creasing, very light surface soiling but a very good copy overall, [Tymn 3-128], 8vo, 1925.⁂ M. R. James' last collection, and one of his bleakest. Rare in the macabre dust-jacket in good condition.
[Tyrwhitt-Wilson (Gerald Hugh, Lord Berners)], "Adela Quebec". The Girls of Radcliff Hall, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Noël Coward on half-title, pencil note on last page in later hand, original wrappers, light water-staining, lightly toned, small mark to upper cover, 8vo, Printed for the Author for Private Circulation Only, [c.1935].⁂ Superb association copy of a very rare lesbian satirical novella. Set in a girls fictional school of Radcliff Hall - a derisive nod to The Well of Loneliness written by the British author Radclyffe Hall 7 years before - the story follows a series of assignations, affairs, and treacheries among a group of adolescent lesbians. With a key to the roman à clef written at the back of this copy in pencil by a later hand, the reader understands the analogous turbulent liaisons between the people of whom it is satirising, those being the artistic set known for their salacious parties held at Farington House throughout the 1930s. Among the friends subject to Berners's mockery are Cecil Beaton (Cecily), Oliver Messel (Olive), Pavel Tchelitchew (Madame Yoshiwara), Christian Bérard (Mademoiselle Gousse), Peter Watson (Lizzie), David Herbert (Daisy), and Robin Thomas (May Peabody), with the author styled as the voyeuristic headmistress Miss Carfax. The dedicatee Noël Coward, though part of this set, is not featured among the characters, yet Coward's lover Jack Wilson was not spared Berner's caustic portrayal, and is characterised as the insipid Helene de Troy. Only around 100 copies were printed, and after an uproar amongst the set, most were destroyed by the author's lover Robert Heber-Percy, denoted as Millie in the novel. Library Hub locates just four copies in institutions: The British Library, Oxford (two copies), and Eton College.
Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, first edition, signed by the author "Love Roald Dahl", illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, original cloth-backed boards, light fading to spine, slight sunning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, price-clipped, very slight sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, else near-fine, 8vo, New York, 1972.⁂ The sequel to Dahl's most beloved title. Scarce signed.
Lewis (C.S.) The Screwtape Letters, first edition, first impression, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth with paper label to spine (label slightly browned at head), slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, upper and lower panel spotted with some light soiling, minor chipping to head of spine and corners, short closed tear to head of upper joint with tape repair to verso, short nicks to head and foot of lower panel, an excellent example, 8vo, Geoffrey Bles, 1942.⁂ Lewis' classic novel of spiritual conflict, one of his most celebrated works, rare in the dust-jacket in good condition.
Arabic manuscript.- Abu Nuwas al-hasan b. Haniʾ al-Hakami (classical Arabic poet, c.756-early 9th century CE) Diwan, manuscript in Arabic, on 19th-century Russian wove paper, lightly burnished, with the blind-stamp of Factory No.4 Sergiev(a), c.355pp., copied by Muhammad bin Abi Turab (potentially a pseudonym), in an informal hand, with numerous ink notes and corrections (by the same), trimmed at fore-edge affecting some notes, toning, occasional light staining or soiling, final few ff. almost loose, contemporary sheep, paper label to spine titled in ink, some staining, particularly to head of lower cover, rubbed, lower joint with small loss to head, 4to (215 x 170mm.), n.p., c.1287 AH [c.1870 CE].⁂ This copy of the Diwan is in the recension of al-Suli, the earliest of those in circulation, divided into ten chapters, arranged by theme (wine poetry, love poetry (including same-sex), ascetic verses, &c), and, though brief, light on spuriously attributed verses compared to more capacious later recensions. While the location of the manuscript is not stated, Iran to Istanbul seems the likely geographic range. Copies of the Diwan are uncommon, even institutionally.
Fleming (Ian) From Russia With Love, first edition, ink ownership inscription and some light spotting to front free endpaper, original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket,small surface abrasion to front flap, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light foxing to lower panel, a few small nicks to head and foot of panels, extremities rubbed, a very good copy, 8vo, 1957.
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue with "fifth thousand" on title, half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, very light foxing to peripheral pages, neat repairs to hinges, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, light bumping to corners, spine ends a little creased, but still overall a sharp copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.
Rand (Ayn) Atlas Shrugged, first edition, light tape marking to endpapers, original cloth, first state dust-jacket with 10/57 and price of $6.95 to front flap, slight chipping to spine tips, light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, rubbing to extremities, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1957.
Chinnery (George, 1774-1852) Indian cattle in a landscape, pen and black ink, pencil, variously inscribed in the artist's shorthand, on laid paper with Strasbourg lily, sheet 190 x 313 mm (7 1/2 x 12 1/4 in), sun exposure and light toning to sheet, minor surface dirt, hinged into mount, unframed, [bearing Archer no. 133], [early to mid-19th century]Provenance:From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.
Mantel (Hilary) Wolf Hall, uncorrected proof, signed by the author on title, original wrappers, light creasing to spine with bump to foot, slight rubbing to corner tips, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 2009.⁂ Rare, seemingly only a very small number were signed by Mantel prior to her death in 2022.
Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, small ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine spine and covers with shadowing from jacket, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine chipped at foot with loss affecting publisher's name, chipping to head, light surface soiling, a very good copy, 8vo, 1950.⁂ The first book in the Narnia series and one of the most celebrated Children's fantasy stories ever published, scarce in the dust-jacket.
Rushdie (Salman) Satanic Verses, first edition, signed by the author "Salman Rushdie, to Tolerance" on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1988; The Satanic Verses, uncorrected proof, light marginal toning, publisher's letter enclosing proof loosely inserted, original wrappers, extremities rubbed, 1988, 8vo (2)⁂ Rushdie's celebrated exploration of the immigrant experience in Britain as well as the intersection of the Muslim and Hindu faiths. Scarce signed in such superb condition, here with Rushdie's defiant declaration against the attempts to silence him through the Fatwa and numerous assassination attempts.
Hunter (Dard) The Literature of Papermaking 1390-1800, first edition, one of 190 copies signed by the author, 24 tipped-in facsimile title-pages, illustrations, light offsetting, one or two leaves wrinkled from facsimile being poorly tipped to verso (as often), occasional light toning or spotting to facsimiles, loose as issued in original half cloth folder with ties, small ink mark to foot of upper joint, a couple other very small and faint marks, folio, Chillicothe, Ohio, [Mountain House Press], 1925.⁂ The second of Hunter's hand-made books devoted to the history and art of papermaking; he hand-printed the book on hand-made paper using type that he had designed and cast. Although the limitation in the book reads 190 copies, his autobiography (p.71) states that only 180 copies were produced. Halfway through the production, Hunter experienced a haemorrhage in his left eye from an earlier accident which reduced his sight to less than half normal vision.
Curwen Press.- Simon (Oliver, editor) The Curwen Press Miscellany, number 125 of 275 copies, printed in red & black, plates and decorations, some pochoir, a few samples tipped in, bookplate, ownership name in red crayon to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, light fraying and rubbing to corners, 4to, Curwen Press, 1931.⁂ Including an engraved head-piece by Barnett Freedman, wood-engraved plates by Eric Gill, John Nash and René Ben Sussan (the last printed in colours), and pochoir plates by E.McKnight Kauffer, Edward Bawden, and Barnett Freedman.
Milne (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, first edition, first state without roman numeral on contents p., illustrations by E.H. Shepard, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, slight toning to spine, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped touching spine lettering at head, a few nicks or short closed tears to head and foot of lower panel, light marking and surface soiling to panels, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1924.
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first paperback edition, with "Joanne Rowling", no space between "Taylor" and "1997" and full 10 to 1 number line on title verso, "wand" listed twice on p.53, light soiling to margins of first and last few pages, otherwise clean internally, original pictorial wrappers with misprint "Philospher's" to lower cover, nicks to edges with laminate very slightly peeling away, still an excellent example overall, [Errington A1(aa)], 8vo, 1997.
Paton (Alan) Cry, the Beloved Country. A Story of Comfort in Desolation, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper along with contemporary ink ownership inscription "A. J. Sowden, Supt. Mbuluzi Lepter Hospital", original cloth, slight toning to spine, slight shelf-lean, minor fraying to foot of spine, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends a little chipped, light rubbing to corner tips, slight toning to panels with the odd nick to head or foot, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1948.⁂ Paton's searing indictment of South African society, published on the eve of the South African government formally institutionalising apartheid, one of the best-known and most acclaimed works in South African literature. Rare signed.
Erotica.- [Argens (Jean Baptiste Boyer, Marquis d'), attibuted to] Therese. Philosophe ou Mémoires Pour servir à l'Histoire de D. Dirrag & de Mademoiselle Eradice, 2 parts in 1, "édition correcte et corrigée", additional engraved title, 15 engraved plates, 3 of which folding, each plate labelled in contemporary ink manuscript to head, one or two subtle marginal repairs to text leaves, a few plates with highly skilful repairs to fore-edge, not affecting image, a few short tears into folding plates neatly repaired to verso, some light foxing and browning, handsomely bound in later crimson morocco, spine titled in gilt and with five raised bands, light rubbing to spine and corners, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., 8vo, A La Haye, [c.1748].⁂ A seemingly unrecorded edition in two parts.Provenance: Gérard Nordmann (book-label; his sale, Christie's Paris, 14th December 2006).
Dahl (Roald) Revolting Rhymes, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Charles Love Roald Dahl" to endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original pictorial boards, very light toning to spine, else fine, 4to, 1982.⁂ Rare signed, we can trace no examples at auction.
Miró (Joan).- Frénaud (André) Joan Miró et l'Émancipation Définitive de la Queue du Chat, number 154 of 195 copies on Arches signed by author and artist (20 not for sale), signed by the author on colophon and artist on folding plate, colour title, colour etchings by Miro including cover, one large folding triptych plate (c.250 x 790mm.) numbered 154/175 and signed in pencil, illustrations, some light offsetting to folding plate, loose as issued in original decorative etched wrappers by Miró, original cloth drop-back box, oblong 4to, [Paris], Maeght, 1978.
Forster (E.M.) Howard's End, first edition, first issue with "A Stepson of the Soil" featured on last page of advertisements, 4pp. advertisements at end, very light foxing to fore-edge, some straying to margins, bookseller's sticker to pastedown, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, fading strip along upper edge of lower panel, overall an excellent and brightly gilt example, [Kirkpatrick A4a], 8vo, 1910.
Briseux (Charles-Etienne) Traité du Beau essentiel dans les Arts, appliqué particulierement à l'Architecture..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved throughout with portrait, 2 titles within decorative borders, text with decorations, 138 plates (some double-page or folding) including pictorial divisional titles, and privilege leaf at end of vol.2, some light spotting or staining, contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2403; Fowler 69; Millard, French 42], 4to, Paris, the author & Chereau, 1752.⁂ Featuring charming rococo decorative borders, head & tail-pieces, and ornaments. "A fine example of an entirely engraved book". (Fowler).
Law.- [Rastell (John)] An Exposition of Certaine difficult and obscure words, and Termes of the Lawes of this Realme, title with small hole at gutter and no loss, front free endpaper with tears and small loss to fore-edge, lacking final endpapers, tiny marginal worming from V5 to end, light dust-soiling to first and last ff., weak lower joint, bookplates, contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, lacking ties, rubbed and worn, [STC 20715], small 8vo, [by Adam Islip] for the Company of Stationers, 1615.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Edward Jackson Barron. Bookplate of the Los Angeles Law Library.
Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, some lifting to laminate along lower joint, else fine, 8vo, 1965.⁂ The author's fourth novel, difficult to find in the present condition with the spine entirely unfaded.
Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., first edition, first issue of vol.1 with errata uncorrected, [one of 500 copies], half-titles (that in vol. 1 a tipped-in later facsimile), 3 folding engraved maps, engraved portrait frontispiece after Reynolds and vol. 1 *a4-*b2 (Contents) bound in vol. 2, vol. 1 with later engraved portrait laid down as frontispiece, with all cancels and errata as called for, engraved bookplate, later ink ownership name S. de Giles to rear pastedowns, first map with tiny tear to fore-edge without loss, offsetting, some light browning and scattered spotting, a little heavier at points, the odd small stain or light soiling, vol. 1 front free endpaper renewed with old paper, hinges neatly repaired, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt and with red morocco labels, highly skilful repairs to spine ends and joints, a little rubbed and scratched, still a handsome set, [Rothschild 948; PMM 222], 4to, for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776-88.⁂ One of the world's great historical works, rare with volume one in first state. 500 further copies were quickly printed as the work sold out in a few days. In this set, the frontispiece and Contents to the first volume seemingly always bound in the second. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works...Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day; and the result was clothed in inimitable prose" (PMM).
Dahl (Roald) Kiss Kiss, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine, some foxing to covers, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light cockling to upper panel, internal tear to spine with tape repair to verso, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, in effect a very good copy, 8vo, New York, 1960.
Hardy (Thomas).- Lea (Hermann) Superb collection of c.64 original photographs of 'Dorset characters', many mounted on card, many captioned in pencil to verso (in various hands) and often signed by Lea, generally very good condition, Dorset, v.s. [c.1897-1912].⁂ A wonderful glimpse back in time to rural life in Wessex at the turn of the 19th/20th century, with individuals and groups in their natural surroundings and captured in a pure and honest light. Whilst not directly related to Hardy, these figures represent the typical characters who populate his fictional works and by whom he was surrounded and would certainly have been greatly influenced when creating the atmosphere and people of Wessex. Children at play, labourers, young lovers, individual portraits of old men and young girls, all caught in the moment and without pretence. One individual is identified by name - "William Churchill 1897, in working garb. Fought in Crimea"; another shows a young lad holding a bucket talking on a doorstep with a girl who leans on a broom, and is signed by Lea on verso and simply captioned "Courtship"; there are 3 images of a local cobbler at work; and an image of two workers on a country track by a horse and cart is similarly signed by Lea and captioned in another hand "Return of Native file"; and there are several shots of the Woodbury Hill Fair.
Brown (Dee) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Jamake Highwater - in admiration for your literary skills and your wondrous perception of the arts of your people - sincerely Dee Brown" to endpaper, illustrations, numerous ink markings and occasional notes by Highwater to margins, upper hinge weak, original cloth, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine spine ends and corners creased and chipping a few short closed tears to head and foot with light creasing, 8vo, New York, 1970.⁂ A fascinating association copy of this important history of Native American life, inscribed to the author Jamake Highwater.Jamake Highwater (born Jackie Marks, 1931-2001) was of Eastern European Jewish ancestry but would mispresent himself as Cherokee for much of his life, even after his exposure as an imposter by two journalists in 1984.
Dahl (Roald) The Enormous Crocodile, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Charles Love Roald Dahl" to endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original glazed boards, very light toning to spine, else fine, 4to, 1978.⁂ Dahl's first picture book and the first of his works to be illustrated by Quentin Blake. We can trace no other signed example at auction.
Mantel (Hilary) Wolf Hall, 2009; Bring Up the Bodies, 2012, first edition, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to head and foot, "signed" price sticker to upper panels, else fine, 8vo (2)⁂ The first two books in Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy, both winners of the Booker Prize.
18th Century novel by two sisters.- [Gunning (Susannah) and Margaret Minifie]. "The Miss Minifies". The Picture: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, woodcut head-pieces, occasional light foxing, small contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, edges very lightly rubbed, heavier to joints and extremities, but still overall a very crisp set, 8vo, printed for the authors, sold by J. Johnson and co., 1766.⁂ Rare eighteenth-century novel by sisters Susannah Gunning, née Minifie and her sister Margaret. Very scarce first edition, with seemingly only one other copy sold at auction, in 1930.
Early report on the Holocaust.- Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland (The), original printed stapled wrappers, some very light rust-staining, but an excellent copy generally, 8vo, Hutchinson, for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [1943].⁂ The first official announcement of the Final Solution, the systematic mass-murder of Jews by the Nazis, which led to the Holocaust. The pamphlet is based on reports filed by Jan Karski, a Polish secret agent who operated in Nazi-occupied Poland. From 1940 to 1942, Karski witnessed the extermination of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Belzec death camp and in other locales, and reported back to the exiled Polish Government in London. The pamphlet also contains the full text of "Raczynski's Note", a letter by Edward Raczynski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivered to the 26 government signatories of the Declaration by United Nations on 10th December 1942, introducing the reality of the Holocaust to the world.
James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, sixth impression, some scattered foxing, original cloth, light toning to spine, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears to head and foot with creasing, minor chipping to lower fore-edge with neat tape repair to verso, light surface soiling, an excellent example of a delicate jacket, 8vo, 1922.⁂ Rare in the wonderfully atmospheric dust-jacket, depicting a person with a striking resemblance to the author being assailed by a demonic figure.
Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, translated by H. F. Cary, one of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, an excellent copy without the usual fading to spine, light splaying to covers, head of spine lightly creased, [Dreyfus 50], folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrated throughout by E.H. Shepard, half-title very lightly browned, original publisher's deluxe green limp roan with decorative gilt to cover and spine, a couple of very light scuffs to lower cover, g.e., housed within publisher's original card box with printed paper labels to upper and side, two corners neatly split, a little toned, 8vo, 1927.
Lee (Laurie) Cider With Rosie, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To darling Rosamond [Lehmann] with love as always from Laurie 6.11.59" on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, short nick to head of upper joint, light creasing to spine tips, some slight rubbing to extremities, small surface abrasion to front flap, original publisher's wraparound band, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1959.⁂ A lovely association copy of the author's most treasured work, inscribed to Lee's good friend and fellow author Rosamond Lehmann.
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