ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). The Literature of Politics. A Lecture ... With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden K.G., M.C., M.P., [London], 1955, 8vo, original stiff blue wrappers. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With 2 other books by Eliot. (3)ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). The Literature of Politics. A Lecture Delivered at a C.P.C. Literary Luncheon ... With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden K.G., M.C., M.P. [London:] Conservative Political Centre, 1955. 8vo (185 x 125mm). Half title, blue typographical ornaments. Original stiff blue printed wrappers. Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page, with Eliot's printed name scored through. It is not known whether Eliot signed this copy for Anthony Eden, but it seems likely. Eden's printed foreword to the work states: "It was enterprising of our Conservative Political Centre, and in keeping with its highly successful approach to politics, to have cast Mr. Eliot in an unfamiliar role and now to have reproduced, for the instruction and delight of a wider audience, his very stimulating lecture." Gallup A67a. With 2 others by the same author, namely Poems 1909-1925 (London, Faber & Gwyer Ltd., 1925, 8vo, original dark blue buckram, with Anthony Eden's old armorial bookplate) and Points of View (London, 1941, 8vo, original light blue cloth, SIGNED by Anthony Eden, with his sparse pencil highlighting). (3)
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GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated, London, 1775, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related work in 2 vols. (3)GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775. 8vo (214 x 125mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, woodcut typographical ornament on title, printed dedication to David Garrick, one-page of errata on the verso of the last page of the preface (portrait almost detached, some very light spotting and staining). Contemporary calf, spine gilt (worn, head of spine torn, some erosion to foot of spine, lacking lettering-piece, rubbed). Provenance: Robert Prescott Esq. (old armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this pioneering work of Shakespearean criticism - in part a rebuttal of Voltaire's "single discordant voice" (see the author's Preface) - and, arguably, the first to establish Shakespeare's status as "National Poet." Of particular interest are the author's comments on "King Lear", comparing Shakespeare's original tragedy and Nahum Tate's (now infamous) re-working of it in 1681 which remained the preferred version among audiences and critics even into the first half of the 19th-century. Griffith's printed introduction to the play, on p.351 (preserving her original eccentric punctuation), states: "It may be necessary to many Readers to premise, that the Piece here under consideration, is the Play as originally written by Shakespeare, lest the bearing it in mind as altered by Tate, and generally acted so, might occasion confusion or mistakes, in the following notes and observations. The Critics are divided in their opinions between the original and the altered copy. Some prefer the first, as a more general representation of human life, where fraud too often succeeds, and innocence suffers: others prefer the latter, as a more general description of what life should be ... However, if pity and terror, as the Critics say, are the principal objects of Tragedy, surely no Play that ever was written can possibly answer both these ends better than this [i.e. the original] performance, as it stands in the present text." The author's stance may have been influential in eventually restoring Shakespeare's original play to the stage and to print. RARE. With [Charlotte Lennox's] Shakespear Illustrated: or the Novels and Histories On which the Plays of Shakespear Are Founded, Collected and Translated from the Original Authors. With Critical Remarks. In Two Volumes. By the Author of the Female Quixote (London, 1753, 2 vols., 12mo, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover of vol. one detached. A supplementary third volume, not present here and not called for on the title page of vol. one (where it states "In Two Volumes"), appeared in 1755). (3)
LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970). Comes the Reckoning, London, 1947, 8vo, original cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To Anthony, from Bruce, in gratitude and admiration, R. H. Bruce Lockhart." With 7 other related books. (8)LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970). Comes the Reckoning. London: Putnam, 1947. 8vo (216 x 140mm). Half title (one leaf torn without significant loss, some marginal staining). Original dark blue cloth, the spine lettered in gilt (light stain to lower cover, without a dust-jacket). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the title page inscribed, "To Anthony, from Bruce, in gratitude and admiration, R. H. Bruce Lockhart, London, 7 November, 1947." With 7 other related books, including 5 by the same author, all PRESENTATION COPIES, namely, Retreat from Glory (London, 1943, 8vo, original cloth, reprint, inscribed, "[?]Mrs Eden, with the author's best wishes, R. H. Bruce Lockhart, London, July 6, 1944"), My Europe (London, 1952, 8vo, original cloth, inscribed, "For Anthony Eden, in memory of my Danish birthday, R. H. Bruce Lockhart"), Your England (London, 1955, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "For Anthony Eden with affectionate good wishes, R. H. Bruce Lockhart, Edinburgh, 11 July, 1955"; Friends, Foes and Foreigners (London, 1957, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "For Anthony Eden, in friendship, R. Bruce Lockhart, London, 26th October, 1957"); with Edward Crankshaw's Russia and Britain (London, [c.1944], 8vo, cloth, inscribed not by the author but by R. H. Bruce Lockhart [possibly to Anthony or Clarissa Eden], "This is not a 'projection of Russia' but a reminder of what Britain did to help the Russians since the days when Ivan the Terrible wanted to marry Queen Elizabeth, R. H. Bruce Lockhart, May 11, 1944"; and with Edward Benes. Essays and Reflections on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday [including R. H. Bruce Lockhart's essay "Some Personal Memories" on p.80] (London, 1945, 8vo, extensively inscribed by Bruce Lockhart to Anthony Eden, concluding "... the book was to have appeared in May, 1944, for Benes's sixtieth birthday, but has only just been published. Perhaps it had to be approved by Moscow!"). Following a colourful and varied life in finance, journalism, rugby football and espionage, Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart was appointed during World War II as first Chairman, and later Director-General, of the "Political Warfare Executive", the clandestine body set up to co-ordinate British propaganda against the Axis powers, where Eden had also prominently worked from its inception. Later, he would go on to become the British liaison officer to the Czechoslovak government when it was operating in exile from London under President Eduard Benes. (8)
POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady, London, 1735, folio, later grey paper boards. FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books. (3)POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady. London: Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gulliver, 1735. Folio (329 x 210mm). Half title, woodcut ornament on title and on final page, advertisement with head- and tail-piece, initial, 16-pages (lacks advertisements at the end, half title lightly stained and torn at gutter, spot in title, some light staining throughout). Later grey paper boards, older morocco lettering-piece on spine (some wear to head and foot of spine, corners rubbed, lightly scuffed and stained). Provenance: "[?]From K, Christmas 1919" (pencil inscription on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION of this epistle which is addressed to Pope's sometime mistress, Martha Blount. The Advertisement states, "The Author being very sensible how particular a Tenderness is due to the Female Sex, and at the same time how little they generally show to each other; declares, upon his Honour, that no one Character is drawn from the Life, in this Epistle. It would otherwise be most improperly inscribed to a Lady, who, of all the Women he knows, is the last that would be entertain'd at the Expence [sic] of Another". Foxon P917; Griffith 361. With [Thomas Hallie Delamayne's] The Senators: or, A Candid Examination into the Merits of the Principal Performers of St. Stephen's Chapel (London, G. Kearsly, 1772, lacks half title, engraved vignette on title, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, upper cover detached, FIRST EDITION) and [William Combe's] The Diaboliad, a Poem Dedicated to the Worst Man in His Majesty's Dominion's (London, "MCCLXXVII" [i.e. 1777], blank names filled in by a contemporary hand, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, FIRST EDITION of this infamous anonymously published satire directed at Simon Luttrell, Lord Irnham, also known as the "King of Hell"). (3)
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ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO - [Lorenzo MAGALOTTI (1637-1712), editor] & others. Saggi di Naturali Esperienze, Florence, 1691, folio, 75 full-page engraved illustrations, contemporary vellum-backed boards. Second edition.ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO - [Lorenzo MAGALOTTI (1637-1712), editor] & others. Saggi di Naturali Esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento sotto la Protezione del Serenissimo Principe Leopoldo di Toscana e Descritte dal Segretario di essa Accademia. Seconda Edizione. Florence: Nella Nuova Stamperia di Gio: Filippo Cecchi, 1691. Folio (351 x 255mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with engraved illustration, engraved portrait of Cosimo III, elaborate woodcut initials, head-pieces and tail-pieces, 75 full-page engraved illustrations (half title and final leaf stained, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining, marginal closed tear to one full-page illustration, some creasing). Contemporary vellum-backed [?]later paper boards, spine with remnants of old lettering-piece, new endpapers. The "Accademia del Cimento" was a scientific society established in Florence in 1657. During its short existence, the Saggi was its only published work. Brunet IV, 163 (citing the first edition of 1666, but mentioning the present edition in the note): "Cet ouvrage estimé ..."; Cinti 163; Dibner Heralds 82; Gamba 853; Krivatsy p.25; Riccardi II, 407; Wellcome III, p.23; Wheeler 196.
ROSSETTI, Donato (1633-86). La Figura della Neve, Turin, 1681, 8vo in 4s, 7 etched illustrations of snowflakes, 3 of which full-page (text ends at [E4] p.40), contemporary calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. RARE. Please see the note on completeness below.ROSSETTI, Donato (1633-86). La Figura della Neve. Turin: "Per la Vedova Gianelli, e Domenico Paulino," 1681. 8vo in 4s (179 x 113mm). Half title, woodcut ornament on title, initial, 7 etched illustrations of snowflakes by Donato Rossetti, 3 of which full-page (the final leaf [E4], paginated 40 on the verso, followed by an old blank leaf [see note], some very light mainly marginal staining, some minor worming at gutter of a few leaves, not affecting letters). Contemporary calf (crudely rebacked and rubbed, particularly at the corners, inner hinges split or reinforced). Provenance: Marchesa di Ravarolo (old signatures at lower margin of 2 pages); remnants of old manuscript library labels on front and rear pastedowns; later pencil annotation on the front blank stating [?erroneously] "lacks last leaf ...". FIRST EDITION of this pioneering study of snowflakes which was the first to represent them as hexagonal platelet crystals. The work built on the earlier and inconclusive studies on the same subject undertaken by Kepler and Descartes and took as its model related microscopic investigations of Robert Hooke. The author, a Tuscan natural philosopher, mathematician and canon of Livorno Cathedral, is not listed in the DSB. Like the copy in the "Biblioteca Comunale Labronica", which is collated as ending on [E4] (i.e. p.40) without any suggestion that it is incomplete, the copies in the BL and "The Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History)" also consist of just 40-pages, but are, according to their speculative catalogue entries, "apparently imperfect". Although p.40 in the present copy ends mid-line, and with an apparent semi-colon [illustrated], it has, unlike any other page of text in the book, no catchword, suggesting it is the final page. Since all of the few recorded copies end similarly at p.40, we are reasonably confident, despite its abrupt conclusion, that the book is complete, but our lack of complete certainty compels us to sell it, with regret, not subject to return. RARE.
LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges, Anvers, 1889, folio, 185 phototype plates of lace, contemporary dark blue half morocco. FIRST EDITION.LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges, formant la Collection de Feue Madame Augusta Bnne. Liedts, et donnée au Musée de Gruuthuus à Bruges. Anvers: Phototypies Jos. Maes, 1889 [but dedication leaf dated 1890]. Folio (555 x 365mm). Title and dedication leaf printed in red and black, portrait of Augusta Godin Liedts, 185 "phototype" plates of lace including 35 supplementary plates at the end (title and dedication leaf lightly stained and spotted, some light mainly marginal staining to plates). Contemporary dark blue half morocco gilt, spine with 6 raised bands and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (rubbed). Provenance: from the Collection of the late Professor Bernard Nevill (1930-2019). FIRST EDITION of this monumental catalogue of Baronne Liedts' renowned collection of lace which, following her untimely death, was donated by her husband to the city of Bruges where it remains to this day on display at the Gruuthusemuseum. Cf. Siegelaub Bibliographia textilia historiæ p.209; Whiting A Lace Guide for Makers and Collectors ... Bibliography 1073. RARE.
LAPIE, Pierre-Olivier (1901-94). Certitudes Anglaises, Paris, 1938, wrappers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "à Monsieur Anthony Eden, [illegible words] Ministre des Affaires [illegible words], hommage [illegible word], P. O. Lapie".LAPIE, Pierre-Olivier (1901-94). Préoccupations de Notre Temps. Certitudes Anglaises. Paris: Éditions Rieder, 1938. Small 4to (190 x 142mm). Half title (some light browning). Original blue and white wrappers lettered in black, unopened (some light staining). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the half title inscribed, "à Monsieur Anthony Eden, [illegible words] Ministre des Affaires Etrangère, hommage [illegible word], P. O. Lapie". The author was a French lawyer, politician, writer and freedom fighter who took part in the ill-fated Norwegian campaign in 1940 before joining Charles de Gaulle's "Free France" in London.
ETON - R. A. AUSTEN-LEIGH (1872-1961). Bygone Eton, Eton, 1912, 4to, 47 mounted plates, original cream buckram. Inscribed, "Robert Anthony Eden on leaving Eton from E.L.C. in token of much regard, Midsummer 1915." With 4 other related books. (5)ETON - Richard Arthur AUSTEN-LEIGH (1872-1961). Bygone Eton being a Collection of Historical Views of the Buildings at Eton College with Descriptive Notes ... Second Re-Issue. Eton: Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd., 1912. Folio (368 x 270mm). Half title, 47 mounted plates. Original cream buckram, spine gilt with black lettering-piece, top edges gilt, others uncut (some light staining). The front free endpaper is inscribed, "Robert Anthony Eden on leaving Eton from E.L.C. in token of much regard, Midsummer 1915." We have been unable to establish for certain the identity of "E.L.C." (initials which also appear in a book presented to Eden when he was at Eton in lot 86) although it could be E. L. Churchill, the co-author of the final book in this lot. With 4 other books of related interest, namely Virgil's Opera (London, 1912, 4to, original green-stained armorial vellum, Eton College presentation leaf with woodcut border inscribed to "R. Anthony Eden" by "E. Lyttelton" and dated 1915 inserted at the front, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden), List of Etonians who Fought in the Great War MCMIV-MCMXIX (London, 1921, 4to, printed in red and black, with the names of those killed in action printed in red, original hessian-backed paper boards, recording Anthony Eden's older brother John's death on p.81, directly above his own name [see illustration], with various associated supplements loosely-inserted), Thomas Gray's Poems (London, 1935, contemporary armorial vellum gilt, Eton College presentation leaf with woodcut border inscribed to "Simoni Gascoigne Eden" [Anthony Eden's son, killed in action in Burma in 1945] by "Claudius Aurelius Elliott" and dated 1942 inserted at the front) and L. S. R. Byrne & E. L. Churchill's The Eton Book of the River with Some Account of the Thames and the Evolution of Boat-Racing (Eton, 1935, 4to, plates, original tan buckram gilt, old armorial bookplate of Sir Gervase Beckett, Baronet). (5)
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo, original dark brown cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's You Only Live Twice (London, 1964, 8vo, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. 8vo (189 x 125mm). Half title. Original dark brown cloth, the upper cover with ski tracks in white, the spine lettered in silver with publisher's motif at foot, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping with price of 16s. unclipped (backstrip of jacket lightly browned with chips at head, some light spotting at edges of wrappers). FIRST EDITION. Gilbert A11. With the same author's You Only Live Twice (London, 1964, original black cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)
A rare mid 19th century French carriage clock with alarm and chaff-cutter escapementJ. B. Beguin, Paris Number 178, the front plate stamped H.L.The case surmounted by a shaped handle above the robust escapement observation window, the top and pillars cast with foliate tendrils, braced by four bevelled glass panels and supported on a moulded floral base with shaped feet. The Roman enamel dial signed J. B. Beguin A Paris in the chapter ring under VI and elegant blued steel quatre-foil hands, a subsidiary Arabic alarm dial with blued steel pointer below VI. The triple spring barrel movement with chaff-cutter escapement to a light monometallic balance and outside countwheel, the backplate stamped J. B. Beguin a Paris 178, the alarm setting arbor unusually set with a click spring. Ticking and striking with a double ended winding key and service report for the clock from 1966. 18cms (7ins) highFootnotes:Please see appendix for additional information on H.L.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An impressive 18th century brass-bound ebony quarter-repeating table clock with moonphaseClaude Duchesne, LondonThe case surmounted by an inverted caddy top with central finial over a silk-backed pierced soundfret framed by four further finials over an elaborately moulded cornice raised on brass-mounted Tuscan three-quarter columns to each corner framing the long shaped pierced brass-framed sound frets backed in silk to each side, the front and rear doors with similar brass frames, all on a multi-layered moulded base bound in brass to the top and bottom, on substantial brass bun feet. The 8-inch arched brass dial with rare 'Chronos' spandrels depicting a bearded Father Time below a sandglass and pair of wings, framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks and fleur des lys half-hour markers signed Claudius DuChesne Londini between V and VII, the finely matted centre with ringed winding holes, chamfered and engraved calendar and mock pendulum apertures under intricately pierced blued steel hands, the arch decorated with foliate scrolls and a pair of birds within strapwork enclosing a strike/not strike lever, moonphase (the outer scale marked 1-59) and aperture for setting the phase of the moon. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and knife-edge verge escapement, the backplate with extensive floral and strapwork engraving, a partridge in the centre and a beast mask below, framed by a stylised wheatear border. Ticking, striking and repeating with a door key and a winding key. 73cms (28.5ins) highFootnotes:Claude Duchesne was seemingly born around 1670. It is commonly accepted that he lived in Paris, until just after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, at which point he joined many other Huguenot refugees and fled to the U.K. It is uncertain exactly when he arrived, with some putting it as early as 1689. The first concrete evidence of his life in the U.K. is from 1693; not only was he made free of the Clockmaker's Company in this year, he also married Elizabeth Bossu in Stepney. The couple would have at least three children; Claudius, born in 1699, Elizabeth born in 1706, and Anthony, born in 1708, though there are some contemporary reports of the couple having five children at one point. Claudius would eventually become a weaver, and Anthony would become a goldsmith. It is not known what became of Elizabeth. Duchesne became a British citizen in 1711. Duchesne was known to sign his clocks as either 'Claude' or 'Claudius' and 'Duchesne' or 'Du Chesne'. The exact location of his shop is questionable; most clocks give a location of either 'Dean Street, Soho' or 'Long Acre', so it seems likely that he was working in Soho. Wherever he worked, Duchesne appears to have been a highly regarded maker, especially in the construction of musical clocks. An account given by Jane Squire in 1731, notes that she 'understood he had made the musical Part of most of the musical Clocks of Note in Town'. Duchesne set himself apart from other makers of the time by featuring interchangeable music barrels, a style that had last been extensively practiced by William Jourdain in the later 17th century. Both makers also featured twelve bells with multiple, variable hammers and parallel motion music work. This suggests a detailed knowledge of music theory, in addition to the horological skill required to make such clocks. It seems that Duchesne may also have had some acquaintance with George Graham and John Harrison, the latter being introduced to Duchesne by the former. It is thought that Harrison contacted Duchesne in order to obtain the large quantities of brass he, Harrison, needed for his horological experimentations. Claude Duchesne is believed to have died in April 1733, and been buried in St. James, Paddington. His son, Anthony, married Anne Gagnon, and the couple had six children, one of whom, Claude (born in 1735) would go on to be a clockmaker. Duchesne's other known son, Claudius, married Anne, and the couple had four children. One of their children, Elizabeth 'Betty' Duchesne was born in 1724 and was known to be close friends with John, Charles and Sarah Wesley, with John Wesley conducting her funeral in 1776. It is thought that Elizabeth was responsible for gifting a walnut, moon phase eight-day longcase clock, made by her grandfather, to the Wesley's. The clock is reported to have never left Wesley's house, where it remains to this day. A late 19th century account suggests that the clock is the very timepiece that inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to write The Old Clock on the Stairs, though this is not definitive: 'Half-way up the stairs it stands/And points and beckons with its hands.By day its voice is low and light/But in the silent dead of night,Distinct as a passing footstep's fall/It echoes along the vacant hall,Along the ceiling, along the floor/And seems to say, at each chamber-door, --'Forever -- never!/Never -- forever!''Blake, G. (2011) 'A Record of the Death of Claude Duchesne', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 32 (5), pgs. 730-731.Turner, A. (2014) 'Charles Clay: fashioning timely music', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 35 (3), pg.933.Betts, J. (2017) Marine Chronometers at Greenwich. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pg. 143.Blake, G., Wintle, C., Gill, J. (2010) 'Claude Duchesne- Huguenot Clockmaker', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 32 (1), pgs. 43-51.British Horological Institute (1891) 'Correspondence', The Horological Journal, Vol. 34 (1), pg. 16.Wesley's Chapel & Leysian Mission (2023) Virtual Tour: Wesley's House, Study. Available at: https://www.wesleyschapel.org.uk/your-visit/virtual-tour/ Dawber, E. G. (1898-1899) 'Some Thoughts on Clocks and Their Decoration: Part Two', The Architectural Review Vol. 5, pg. 261.Longfellow, H. (1890) The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with Bibliographical and Critical Notes, Riverside Edition, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin.Ord-Hume, A. W. J. G. (1995) The Musical Clock, Ashbourne: Mayfield Books.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Warhol (Andy) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, "To Robert F with love" and "London 1975" with a large soup can drawing "Campbell's Pea Soup" in black felt tip to front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine sunned, light damp-staining to spine head and along lower panel top edge, some slight creasing at edges, corners a little bumped with small nicks, Cassell/Dempsey, 1975; with two association A.L.s from previous owner loosely inserted, 8vo (3) ⁂ Rare copy with the Campbell's pea soup doodle, and with a good association. Dedicated to Robert Fraser (1937-1986), the prominent London-based art dealer. Fraser introduced and promoted the work of many important British and American artists, including Andy Warhol, to the British market, and was at the forefront of modern art in Britain throughout the 1960s and 70s. The two letters accompanying this present copy, are signed and written by previous owner Jaine (?)Wilson, in which she testifies that the book was given to her personally by Robert Fraser. She recalls how, "I mentioned to him that it looked valuable and he said 'you don't understand, it would be an unsigned copy that would be valuable'".
Waugh (Evelyn) The Holy Places, number 12 of 50 specially-bound copies signed by the author and artist, from an edition of 950, wood-engraved illustrations by Reynolds Stone, original red niger morocco, spine gilt, dust-jacket, evenly toned, light surface soiling to panels, small nick to upper edge of lower panel, spine ends a little creased and frayed, but still overall a near-fine copy, 4to,The Queen Anne Press, 1952.⁂ The only product of the collaboration between Waugh and the Ian Fleming-managed Queen Anne Press. The press was set up by Lord Kemsley in 1951 and Fleming was made director in 1952. Fleming's wife Ann, a long-time friend and correspondent of Waugh, contacted a number of her literary friends including Waugh to drum up support for the press. However it was not a happy collaboration for Waugh- there were a number of errors to the text and the author was not keen on Reynolds Stone's illustrations. Moreover, he was horrified to learn that a number of copies he had specially inscribed to be sent by the press to friends of his never arrived.
Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, first edition, half-title, title in red & black, 2pp. advertisements at end, ink date and embossed stamp to endpaper, one or two spots to half-title, hinge cracked but holding firm, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, slight shelf lean, spine faded, light spot to lower cover otherwise an excellent example, [Hammond B4], 8vo, 1897.
Wells (H.G.) Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in History of the Future "The Shape of Things to Come", first edition, signed by the author and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper, very light scattered spotting, original cloth, gilt, near-fine, 4to, 1935.⁂ A 'Film Story' based on Wells' future history The Shape of Things to Come which follows a financially devastated Europe threatened with an incoming plague. The 1936 film, Things to Come, was directed William Cameron Menzies and stars Derrick de Marnay as Richard Gordon. "Things to Come qualifies as the first true masterpiece of science fiction cinema." - Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film
![[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, number 1011 of 1500 copies signed by Frederi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175e1d27-5155-4863-91f2-b02a010cc1cf/a897ff1d-cbb2-48bb-b1fb-b02a01197d66/468x382.jpg)
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, number 1011 of 1500 copies signed by Frederic Warde, illustrations by John Tenniel, original red morocco, decorative gilt panelling to covers, spine with pictorial motifs after Tenniel, light rubbing to spine ends, otherwise fine, 8vo, New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1932.
Nielsen (Kay).- Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) In Powder and Crinoline, number 75 of 500 copies signed by the artist, 26 tipped-in colour plates and illustrations & decorations by Kay Nielsen, captioned tissue guards, light foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, original pictorial green-stained vellum, gilt, spine gilt, uncut, lacking ties, spine a little faded, slightly rubbed at edges, minor scratching to lower cover, 4to, [1913].
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, first edition, first or second printing, signed presentation inscription from the author to her governess "for Miss Hammond with love from Beatrix Potter Sept 30th 08" on pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, upper hinge broken but holding firm, original grey boards with mounted colour illustration, small chip to spine tail not affecting text, very light rubbing to spine head, [Linder p.427; Quinby 14], 16mo, 1908.⁂ A superb association copy dedicated to Potter's favourite governess. Miss Flora "Florrie" Hammond was Potter's first governess, hired when her younger brother Walter Bertram was born. Potter didn't attend school and had very little contact with children her own age, and Miss Hammond would thus have been a pivotal early influence, teaching her reading, writing and arithmetic until she was 17. Moreover she encouraged her artistic pursuits - it was Miss Hammond who suggested to her parents that an art tutor was hired to give formal painting and drawing lessons. After leaving the family Beatrix and Miss Hammond continued to correspond with occasional visits to one another. The work is inscribed and dated in the first print window (August-September 1908), denoting it to be a possible first printing.
Royal wedding.- Stoop (Dirk, circa 1610-1686) Six festival prints illustrating Catherine of Braganza's voyage from Portugal to England on the eve of her marriage to Charles II in 1662, lacking the final and seventh print in the series, engravings, early impressions with burr printing in places, each platemark approx.190 x 565 mm (7 5/8 x 22 1/4 in), two with small margins, the others trimmed to the platemark or just within, old central folds with two splitting but reinforced verso, some scattered spotting and minor browning, light surface dirt, all tipped at the left corners onto support, each support verso with purple ink stamp 'Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz', unframed, 1662Provenance:[Plate 1 only] Johann Peter Maria Cerroni (1753-1826) [Lugt 1432]Olga Raggio (art historian and curator with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1926-2009)Gifted to the present owner⁂ Exceptionally scarce on the open market, with no auction records of the complete suite or individual plates that we can trace in the last 30 years. The British Museum appear to hold a complete set of seven, however Rudolph Weigel notes in the Supplement au Peintre-Graveur de Bartsch that 'this suite is so rare that there are barely four copies that are complete'.Prints included illustrate:1) The entrance of the Lord Ambassador Montagu into the City of Lisbonne the 28 day of March, 16622) The publique proceeding of the Queenes Matie, of Great Britaine through ye Citty of Lisbone ye 20th day of Aprill, 16623) The manner how her Matie Dona Catherina imbarketh from Lisbon for England4) The Duke of York's meeting with ye Royall Navy after it came into the Channell5) The manner of the Queenes Maties. landing at Portsmouth, &c.6) Ye coming of ye King's Matie and ye Queene from Portsmouth to Hampton Court
Chagall (Marc) Lithographe I, first edition, 12 lithographs and illustrations by Chagall, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creases and nicks to edges, otherwise excellent, 4to, Paris, André Sauret, 1960.⁂ For Chagall, the medium of lithography did not come easily. Printer Fernand Mourlot ran a lithography press where Braque, Matisse, Picasso, Miró and Chagall came to have their designs printed and to learn about this still nascent print-making process. "For many long months Chagall came and worked tirelessly, and his dissatisfaction allowed him to have only a few of his first attempts printed" (Sorlier, 45). This is the scarce first volume of the 6 vol. set which were issued separately over a period of 26 years.
Searle (Ronald) & Timonthy Shy. The Terror of St Trinian's or Angela's Prince Charming, second impression, original signed and dated drawing by Searle in pen and ink on front free endpaper, light toning, original decorative boards, gilt, dust-jacket, price-clipped, browned, edges brittle with some chipping and small portions of loss, 8vo, 1952.⁂ Dedicated to Searle's bank manager, with the drawing depicting a St Trinian's girl surreptitiously entering a bank with a shotgun.
δ Sutherland (Graham, 1903-1980) Cray Fields, etching, an excellent richly inked impression on antique laid paper with watermark 'I D', platemark 118 x 122 mm (4 5/8 x 4 7/8 in), sheet 229 x 184 mm (9 x 7 1/4 in), minor spotting and surface dirt, light handling creases, unframed, 1925.Provenance:Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (1876-1938) [Lugt 760a]Private collection, Gloucestershire, UKδ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Cranach Press.- Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, edited by J.Dover Wilson, number 120 of 300 copies on Maillol handmade paper, type designed by Edward Johnston after the Mainz Psalter of 1457, title cut by Eric Gill, printed in red, blue and black, wood-engraved illustrations designed and cut by Edward Gordon Craig, 'Notes on the Text...' by the editor in original cloth-backed wrappers loose in pocket at end, very light spotting to a few leaves (as often), foxing to rear endpapers, original red crushed morocco, gilt, by Otto Dorfner of Weimar, upper cover with title and small circular cut after Craig in gilt with single gilt fillet border, spine titled in gilt within five raised bands with double rules in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, signed on rear turn-in, lower corner of rear cover slightly bumped, [The Artist and the Book 1860-1960 66], folio, Weimar, Cranach Press, 1930.⁂ A magnificent copy of Edward Gordon Craig's masterpiece and one of only a few copies in the deluxe binding. A German edition was issued the previous year but this English edition contains 6 additional woodcuts by Craig. Having seen the prints ("black figures") made from Craig's wooden figures which he used with his model theatre, Count Harry Kessler commissioned Craig to illustrate an edition of Hamlet. It was to be printed at his private Cranach press using the woodblocks and with specially-designed type. This was in 1912 but work on it was suspended during the First World War and Craig became distracted by other projects so the book was not issued for nearly twenty years. Craig's son, Teddy, went to Weimar to assist the master-printer, Gage Cole, in the printing of the woodblocks: "I was the only person who knew how to get the kind of impression required, showing the delicate side grain of wood and at the same time producing the specially blackened details in certain blocks." Edward Craig. Gordon Craig: The Story of His Life p.326"This is one of the most ambitious and successful books of the Cranach Press, with a fine harmony between the type page and the illustration". (The Artist and the Book, p.52).
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Doves Press.- English Bible (The), 5 vol., [one of 500 copies on paper], printed in red and black with initials by Edward Johnston, light foxing to a few preliminary leaves in vol.1 as often, small sticker of Philip C.Duschnes of New York to rear pastedown of vol.5, original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, spines titled in gilt, uncut, folio, Doves Press, 1903-05.⁂ A superb set of the only folio printed by Cobden-Sanderson and the magnum opus of the Doves Press, described by Stanley Morison as representing "the finest achievement of modern English printing". Four Centuries of Fine Printing.
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Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated by Benjamin Jowett, [one of 260 copies], printed in red and black with text in Ptolemy type, side-notes in Blado Italic, chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, initials by Eric Gill, pencil inscription "R.C.M.White April 1931" to front free endpaper, original white pigskin, by the W.H.Smith bindery, spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands, uncut, some light spotting and very slight rubbing to corners, preserved in publisher's original card box (rubbed and torn), [Hornby XXXVII; Franklin p.242], folio, Ashendene Press, 1930.⁂ Lt. Commander Robert "Robin" White RN (1904-1939), killed on active service when HMS Barham accidentally rammed his ship HMS Duchess off the Mull of Kintyre in December 1939.
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Doves Press.- Keats (John) [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, printed in red and black, label removed from front pastedown, light staining to rear free endpaper, original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, covers very slightly splayed and soiled, small stain to lower edge of upper cover, preserved in modern blue morocco drop-back box, upper cover with gilt rules and panel tooled with wavy tendrils of flowers and leaves in style of the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, [Tidcombe DP36], small 4to, Doves Press, 1914.⁂ The design on the box is based on a binding by the Doves Bindery of 1914, and was executed in 2014.
Essex House Press.- Book of Common Prayer (The), number 233 of 400 copies on paper, printed in red and black in Endeavour and Prayer Book types, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by W.Hooper and Clemence Housman after C.R.Ashbee, very light foxing at beginning and end, original oak boards with woven leather straps and metal clasps, by the Guild of Handicraft under the direction of Anastasia "Annie" Power, uncut, rebacked in russet morocco and with woven straps and endpapers renewed by Chris Arnison, a few small scratches to boards, corners very slightly chipped, 4to, London & New York, printed at the Essex House Press of Chipping Campden,1903.⁂ Handsome copy of the largest book produced by the press and Ashbee's magnum opus, for which he designed the Prayer Book type.
Kelmscott Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones, printed in red and black, illustrations, bound in natural goatskin, by Chris Arnison, upper cover tooled in blind with panel incorporating title and latticework filled with small ornaments, lower cover with lattice panel in outline, spine titled in blind with six pairs of double raised bands, t.e.g, others uncut, signed at foot of rear turn-in, light mottling to lower cover, preserved in cloth drop-back box with opening flaps to sides, folio (c.425 x 290mm.), Folio Society, 2008.
δ Matthews (William, binder).- Shackleton (Keith) Tidelines, first edition, inscribed by the author "Bill Matthews with good wishes from W.S.Shackleton & the author Keith Shackleton 1952" on half-title, colour plates and black & white illustrations by the author, bound in dark turquoise goatskin, by William Matthews, upper cover with design of a goose coming to land in outline over a wavy vertical "tideline" in gilt formed by a specially-cut tool of close-cut lines, lower with large gilt circle using the same tool, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands, cloudy hand-stained endpapers, g.e., signed at foot of rear turn-in, c.280 x 220mm., light spotting to covers, spine a little faded, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Maggs cat.1212 no.322], 1951; with a 1978 V & A catalogue to an exhibition of the bindings of William Matthews and Edgar Mansfield featuring this binding (No.11 and plate 2), 4to (2)⁂ William Matthews (1898-1977) trained at the Central School of Arts & Crafts, having won a scholarship aged 13, studying design with Noel Rooke, lettering with Graily Hewitt and bookbinding with Peter McLeish, son of Charles McLeish the finisher at the Doves Bindery. He then served an apprenticeship with W.T.Morrell as a finisher before establishing his own bindery. He also spent many years teaching at the Central School and taught many later eminent bookbinders. He is renowned for his exceptional craftsmanship and particularly his gold-tooling, for which he often cut his own tools, as here.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Kelmscott Press.- Biblia Innocentium: being the Story of God's Chosen People before the Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ upon Earth... written anew for children, [one of 200 copies on Flower paper], printed in Golden type, wood-engraved border and initials designed by Morris, very light browning to title and one or two other leaves, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original vellum with silk ties, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, upper cover slightly warped, some light surface soiling, [Peterson A9], 8vo, Kelmscott Press, 1892.⁂ The first 8vo book issued by the press; Morris wanted it to be illustrated by Burne-Jones but he only completed twenty-five designs of the intended two hundred or so and it was therefore issued without illustrations.
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Last (Arthur, binder).- Bodoni.- Thomson (James) The Seasons, [one of 50 large paper copies], occasional light foxing, bound in later brown goatskin, by Arthur Last, covers with inlaid scallop-edged vertical strips of tan and sand goatskin, strips tooled in gilt with row of lozenges outlined and connected by gilt rules, spine titled in gilt, uncut, signed and dated "19 Ω 63" at foot of rear cover, faint scuff to spine, [Brooks 531], folio (c.420 x 270mm, binding c.430 x 280mm.), Parma, Bodoni, 1794.⁂ One of only a few works printed by Bodoni in English. It was issued in 4to and two sizes of folio, the folio edition being much rarer.Arthur Last (1913-79), bookbinder, member of the Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders, and founder member of Designer Bookbinders. He used an omega, the final or last letter of the Greek alphabet, as his signature.
City Planning.- London.- Goldfinger (Erno) and Ursula Blackwell. Planning Your Neighbourhood: for home, for work, for play, 20 sheets, 500 x 360mm., colour, small holes at corners, some light toning, mainly marginal, [for the Army Bureau of Current Affairs], [1944].⁂ Rare. Library Hub lists 2 copies only.Architect Erno Goldfinger played an important part in the development of the modernist movement in Britain, particularly famous for his Brutalist designs, which were often unpopular publicly (allegedly Ian Fleming, Goldfinger's neighbour, was so opposed to one design that he named the Bond villain after the architect). 'Planning Your Neighbourhood' is an optimistic presentation of an utopian vision of improved post-war city life. Shoreditch, with slums and heavily damaged in the war, was a perfect candidate for post-war reconstruction. The 20 sheets of the proposal here, incorporate maps, aerial photos and diagrams to aid visualisation - the idea was that anyone, young and old across different social classes, would enjoy living in the "vertical city".
City Planning.- London.- Goldfinger (Erno) and Colin Penn. Planning Your Homes, 20 sheets, 500 x 360mm., colour, small holes at corners, some light toning, mainly marginal, some light chipping to edges, [for the Air Ministry & Admiralty Education Department], [1945].⁂ Rare, unrecorded on Library Hub or any copies in commerce.Goldfinger designed a number of exhibitions during World War II for public bodies, envisioning a pragmatic and modernist take on improved city living. Like 'Planning Your Neighbourhood' (see next lot), each exhibition series comprised drawings, photographs and graphics on boards designed to be reproduced and toured. 'Planning Your Homes' is another in this series, this one exceedingly rare. The sheets here include plans of rooms in accordance with family size, comparisons for insulation materials; how to achieve optimum warmth, quiet, light, and fresh air, as well as designs for everyday activities - "A good plan must co-ordinate these physical and functional requirements" - sheet 12.
Fryer (John) A New Account of East-India and Persia, first edition, half-title with engraved portrait on verso, title printed in red and black, 7 engraved plates and maps, 3 folding, and one full-page engraved map in text with printed slip pasted below, engraved or woodcut illustrations, Ss1 with marginal repaired tear, some light foxing and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends chipped and joints starting, [Wing F2257], folio,Printed by R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri. Chiswell, 1698.⁂ In 1672 Fryer embarked on a 10-year tour to India, Goa, the Arabian Gulf and Persia, before returning to England. The work includes a detailed account of Surat and Muscat and mentions pirates in the Gulf, and the natural history of the region.
Heylyn (Peter) Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the whole World, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title dated 1669, printed title in red and black, 4 double-page engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, some with tears at folds, with initial imprimatur f., a few burn-holes, occasional worming to margins and very slightly affecting map of America, some light staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Sabin 31655; Wing H1694A], folio, Printed for Philip Chetwind, and Anne Seile, 1674.⁂ A variant of the edition with letter-press imprint "printed for Anne Seile, and Philip Chetwind" and engraved imprint "printed for Philip Chetwind" (Wing H1694).
Kinneir (John Macdonald) Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, first edition, half-title, large folding engraved map with hand-coloured routes, with slight tear, marginal repair to fore-edge of following leaf of text, some light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, upper cover detached, [Blackmer 914; Weber I, 55; cf. Atabey 636 (French edition only)], 8vo, 1818.⁂ The Peter Hopkirk copy. Kinneir was attached to Sir John Malcolm's mission from India to Persia in 1808-9, acting as an agent at Bushire and making numerous journeys within Persia. In 1810 he went back to England but returned to India in 1813-14 by way of Cyprus, Constantinople, Baghdad and Bombay. It is this latter journey that is recounted here, though his earlier travels in Persia are also listed (p.552).Provenance: Thomas Thomas Jr (ink inscription dated 1818 on front endpaper); Peter Hopkirk (bookplate, his sale at Sotheby's 14 October 1998, lot 907).
Malcolm (Col. Sir John) The History of Persia, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map and 22 plates, some light foxing and offsetting, contemporary russia, stamped in blind and gilt, corners and spine raised bands rubbed, but still a handsome copy, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], 4to, 1815.⁂ A handsome copy of this important and comprehensive history of the region.
Morier (Sir James Justinian) A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, first edition, 1812; A Second Journey..., first edition, 1818, together 2 vol., with a total of 43 engraved plates (30 aquatint, 4 folding or double-page, 4 hand-coloured), 5 engraved maps (some folding), wood-engraved illustrations, vol.1 lacking half-title and advertisement leaf at end, vol.2 with half-title present, vol.1 S2 and vol.2 one folding plate with repaired tears, some light offsetting, uniform modern calf, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., [Abbey, Travel 357-358; Atabey 836-837], 4to⁂ A handsome and clean set. Morier was born and raised in Smyrna. He was secretary to the mission of Sir Harford Jones to Persia in 1808-09, and again to that of Sir Gore Ouseley which resulted in the Anglo-Persian treaty of 1812, both as recorded here. Morier also wrote novels set in the East, most notably The Adventures of Haji Baba of Ispahan.
Pococke (Richard) A Description of the East, 3 parts in 2 vol., first edition, 3 titles with engraved vignettes, engraved dedication to the Earl of Chesterfield in vol. 2, 177 engraved maps, plans, and plates only (of 178), a few folding, including 12 botanical plates by G.D. Ehret, occasional light offsetting or browning, modern blind-stamped calf, [Atabey 965; Blackmer 1323; Hilmy II, p.124; Weber II, 513], folio,Printed for the Author, by W. Bowyer, 1743-45.⁂ While the first volume is dedicated to Egypt, the second volume features Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Crete, the Greek islands, Asia Minor, and Greece.
Europe.- Hobhouse (John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton) A Journey through Albania, and other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured aquatints only (of 17), of which 6 double-page, 2 folding maps, 1 plan, 2 facsimiles, 2 plates of music, Z2 vol. 1 with tear into text, neat repair, vol. 1 with publisher's advertisement pasted at end, scattered spotting, ex-library with remnants of labels to endpapers and occasional ink-stamps throughout, later half-morocco, paper library labels to upper covers, a little rubbed, [Blackmer 821, first edition], 4to, 1813.⁂ Hobhouse's important account of his journey with his friend Lord Byron. "This work is of great interest not only for the light it sheds on that journey, but for the mass of information Hobhouse provides, in particular on the court and character of Ali Pasha." (Atabey)This copy lacking the folding plate of "Ruins of Hadrian's Temple."
Malta.- Acciard (Michele) Mustafà Bassà di Rodi schiavo in Malta, o sia la di lui congiura all'occupazione di Malta, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Richard Dalton, title with woodcut ornament, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, engraved armorial bookplate, some light browning, scattered foxing, small damp-stain to fore-margin towards end, contemporary vellum, rubbed and lightly soiled, spine with a couple very small portions of loss, 4to, Naples, Appresso Benedetto ed Ignazio Gessari, 1751.⁂ A controversial account of the 1749 Muslim slave revolt in Malta, a failed conspiracy to assassinate Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca and take over the island. This work, also attributed to the historian and patriot Francesco Agius de Soldanis, attacked the order and argued for the rights of the Maltese, questioning the governing ability of the Grand Master. Following its publication copies were sought out and destroyed, with de Soldanis having to defend himself to Pope Benedict XIV. Scarce, we can trace only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 1974).
Middle East.- Aramco.- Duce (James Terry) Middle East Oil Developments, full-page maps and illustrations, one with acetate overlay, light creasing, some light toning or offsetting, original spiral-bound wrappers, upper cover detaching from spine at foot, rubbing and browning to covers, a few short tears to extremities, 2 loose chipped glacine covers, all housed within card chemise with £A. Kazandjian & Sons. Khartoum" ink stamp to cover, oblong folio, Arabian American Oil Co., 1952.⁂ This is the first printed version of a paper presented by Duce, Vice President of the Arabian American Oil Company, at the thirty-first annual meeting of the American Petroleum Institute in Chicago in 1951.
Holy Land.- Creighton (Robert) A New Historical Map of Palestine with Part of Egypt & Arabia..., map of the Holy Land including the mouth of the Nile River and part of Arabia, with inset plans and vignettes, and showing part of the old Roman road that leads to Mecca, engraving with vibrant original hand-colouring, 835 x 1055 mm (32 3/4 x 41 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, light offsetting with very minor browning and surface dirt, folding with dark blue morocco ends and the book plate of Augustus Terry Clarke, map edged with blue linen, folding into slipcase, gilt title 'Palestine' to spine, rubbed and scuffed with with splitting to spine, 8vo, Henry Teesdale, 1838.
Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Secret Despatches From Arabia, one of 1,000 copies, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, foxing to endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, some light soiling to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, [Pertelote 145], Golden Cockerel Press, 1939; Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, maps, plates and illustrations, original buckram, shallow dent to lower cover and bump to head, dust-jacket, spine a little chipped, some chipping to corners, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, small internal tear to lower panel, a very good example, 1935, 4to (2)
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, a few pencil marks to margins, occasional light corner creasing, some cracking to gutter but holding firm, upper joint cracked but firm, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to joints, some faint spotting, but still overall a sharp, near-fine copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.⁂ This second edition was considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition". Rare in this condition.
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, third edition (seventh thousand), half-title, folding lithographed plate, advertisement f. at end, newspaper clippings tipped onto title verso and first contents page, pencil markings and marginal notes, 1 or 2 ff. with short closed tear running into text, some splitting to gutter but holding firm, upper hinge starting, original green cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and with minor fraying, slight darkening to spine, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good copy overall, [Freeman 381; PMM 344 (b), note], John Murray, 1861; and a first edition of his Insectivorous Plants, 1875 (not collated), 8vo (2)⁂ 'the most important biological book ever written' (Freeman). The third edition 'was extensively altered, and is of interest for the addition of a table of differences between it and the second edition, a table which occurs in each subsequent edition, and also for the addition of the historical sketch... which was written to satisfy complaints that Darwin had not sufficiently considered his predecessors in the general theory of evolution... there is also a postscript on page xii... concern[ing] a review of the earlier editions by Asa Gray' (Freeman p. 78). Provenance: 'Thomas J.T. Corfield, St. Dye, Sept. 19th, 1863' (ink inscription to head of title); João Maria de Montezuma Diniz de Carvalho (1923-2020, ink inscription to endpapers), researched for his doctorate at the John Innes Horticultural Institution, Bayfordbury (awarded 1963), and went on to become the director of the Botanical Institute and its gardens at the University of Coimbra, where he published extensively in the field of plant genetics (ink signature to front free endpaper, verso of advertisement f. and rear endpaper, the first London, 1958).
Curr (John) The Coal Viewer, and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, first edition, 5 folding engraved plates, tables, bookplate to pastedowns, lightly browned, some light soiling to title, scattered spotting to plates, front endpaper working loose, hinges cracked but holding firm, 19th century marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in later calf, old covers rubbed, spine lightly sunned, Sheffield, for the Author, by John Northall, [Kress B3373; Ottley 172], 4to, 1797.⁂ Possibly the first printed account of an iron railway. John Curr, a mining engineer, made great contributions to the development of underground haulage in South Yorkshire collieries during the Industrial Revolution, introducing the flanged wheel still used on modern railways. One copy with an imprint of 1796 is recorded at auction (Sotheby's, 1974), this unrecorded on ESTC and WorldCat. The title-page was seemingly reset in 1797 to include a list of booksellers in London, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Shrewsbury and Manchester.
Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New, black letter, text in double columns, in 72 lines, within ruled border, general and NT titles within ornate woodcut borders, calendar in red and black, woodcut decorations and initials, Speed's Genealogies inserted before Genesis, lacking final 2 ff., including double-page map, general title with small paper repair at inner margin (just affecting woodcut border), 3 ff. with small defects affecting text with loss of letters from a few lines (2Y1, 3I3 & 4G3), 3Z1 & 4G1 soiled, 4N4 laid down to sheet (final f.), trimming to top edge, often affecting ruled border and headlines, some instances of light damp-staining, nineteenth century blind-stamped calf, spine a little scuffed, brass clasps, [STC 2226; Herbert 322], folio, Robert Barker, 1613⁂ A remarkably clean and complete copy of "the true folio edition of King James' Bible; easily distinguishable form the other large folio editions by its smaller type" (Herbert p.138)Provenance: Stephen Drake Freer [bookplate, Eton College prize label dated 1938]
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[Burton (Robert)] "Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, fifth edition, half-title with 'Argument of the Frontispiece' to verso, engraved title with allegorical border by C.Le Blon, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, with 2L1 present (often cancelled), 2S2-3 bound out of order, bookplate removed, half-title with ink initials C.W.M. to upper corner, the odd marginal chip or short tear, within text to A2, 2L1 and 4Q4 but without loss, G1 with small hole within printed side-note, a few tiny rust-holes within text, some light browning, some water-staining (mostly marginal) and the odd small stain, small worming to upper margin towards end, a couple times touching border, final f. creased, contemporary calf, lacking label, rubbed, [STC 4163], folio, Oxford, for Henry Cripps, 1638.
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Poetry.- Charles I, King of England.- [Cleveland (John)] Monumentum Regale or a tombe, erected for that incomparable and Glorious Monarch, Charles the First...In select Elegies, Epitaphs, and Poems, first edition, title and pp.2-3 printed in red and black, woodcut crown and skull to title, woodcut head-pieces, trimmed at head and foot, affecting final line of text on C6r, and some pagination, signatures and catch-words, [Wing C4681], no printer, Printed in the Yeare 1649 bound with [B[irkenhead] (Sir J[ohn])] Loyalties tears flowing after the bloud of the royall sufferer Charles I. &c. Englands glory and shame, initial f. blank, woodcut head-piece, lacking 4 advertisement ff. at end, pen trials to final verso, closely trimmed at outer margin, [Wing B2966], no printer, Anno Dom. 1649 [i.e. 1650], together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf in compartments, 1 lower corner little worn, rubbed at extremities, 8vo⁂ I: Rare at auction. Another issue (Wing C4681A) has 'Year' in imprint.
Qu'ran, English.- The Alcoran of Mahomet, first octavo edition of the first English language version, A2, A3, 2E5 & 2E6 strengthened at fore-edges, E4 with small hole and strengthened bottom edge, G3 with small hole affecting text, occasional tiny marginal worming, tender edges, trimmed, occasionally touching head-line, no signature O (as issued), light toning, later half-calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, cracked joints but holding firm, [Wing K747A], 8vo, 1649.
Sprat (Thomas) The History of the Royal-Society of London, first edition, first issue, imprimatur leaf A1 with Society's arms to verso, lacking frontispiece (as usual), 2 engraved plates, errata leaf at end, book-label of Gloddaeth Library and small contemporary ink ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, light scuffing to extremities, spine with vertical crack but neatly repaired, joints repaired, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Wing S5032; Norman 1989; Keynes, Evelyn 178; Hooke 28], 4to, Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn...and J. Allestry, 1667.
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Owned by an opponent of Darwin.- [Hume (David)] Philosophical essays concerning human understanding. By the author of the Essays Moral and Political, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, 2ff. publisher's advertisements at end, brief contemporary ink annotation in English to foot of verso of contents f. [pi]2, some spotting or light foxing, occasional light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with modern (but to style) burgundy morocco label, [Jessop p.19; Rothschild 1173], 12mo, Printed for A. Millar, opposite Katharine-Street, in the Strand, 1748.⁂ First edition of what would become better known as An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding when reprinted in 1758. Here found with an excellent provenance. Provenance: François Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809-1872), Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist. He wrote a lengthy review of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, of which Darwin commented 'Of all the opposed reviews I think this the only quite fair one, & I never expected to see one' (ink signature 'De la Rive' to front pastedown); René-Édouard Claparède (1832-1871) Swiss anatomist and former assistant to de la Rive (ink 'Edouard Claparede, Champel-Génève' to front free endpaper).
Trinity College prize bindings.- Shakespeare (William) The Plays...To which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson, 8 vol., first Johnson edition, first issue with Corbet listed as the second bookseller and Johnson's preface unpaginated, all but vol. 1 & 2 with half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, vol. 3 with worming to lower margin of first few sig., a few times just touching text, vol. 4 with worming up to O5, mostly to upper margin but the occasional worm hole/trace within text, 2P6 with small hole touching printed footnote, vol. 8 with small worm trace to inner gutter of first few ff., some light browning, occasional spotting or light staining, but generally clean copies, 18th century prize bookplate and contemporary calf with arms of Trinity College Dublin to upper and lower covers, spines with red and black morocco labels (little chipped), spines with contents listed in ink manuscript, one or two small worm holes, a few chips to ends and old glue repairs, vol. 4 & 6 covers worn with loss to arms, rubbed and scuffed, some joints split but holding, 8vo, for J. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet [&tc], 1765.⁂ A landmark in Shakespeare studies.
Burney (Frances) Camilla: Or a Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition, vol.1 with list of subscribers and advertisement leaf at end, vol. 2 B12 and vol. 3 K2 with marginal tears, vol. 4 D2 with loss to upper margin affecting page numbers, occasional very light browning, bookplate of R. H. Alexander Bennet to front pastedowns, contemporary speckled half calf, spines gilt with green morocco labels, slight chipping to spine ends, light rubbing to covers, corners a little bumped, but an attractive set overall, [Rothschild 550], 12mo, T.Payne...and T.Cadell Jun. and W.Davies, 1796.⁂ A very good copy of Burney's enormously popular novel. The list of subscribers includes a young and unknown Jane Austen (aged 20), as well as Sir Joseph Banks, Edmund Burke, Sir William Chambers, Maria Edgeworth, Warren Hastings (godfather to Austen's first cousin and sister-in-law Eliza de Feuillide), Rev. Thomas Leigh of Adlestrop (cousin of Austen's mother), Nevil Maskelyne, Hannah More, Mrs Piozzi, Mrs Radcliffe, Humphry Repton and Mrs Siddons.Austen was obviously familiar with Fanny Burney's works and, following the issue of Camilla in 1796, in October of that year she began writing a novel titled False Impressions which later became Pride and Prejudice, a title possibly taken from a quotation in Burney's Cecilia. She also refers to Camilla in Northanger Abbey: "'And what are you reading, Miss - ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language."
Abolition of slavery.- The Bristol Mercury, 7 consecutive issues, woodcut illustrations, red tax stamp to upper margin of front page of each issue, folds, occasional spotting (including small ink stains), some light soiling, lightly browned, folio, Bristol, 16 February-30 March, 1807 (7)⁂ Five issues have pieces on the abolition of slavery, including parliamentary debates on the abolition bill, its progress through parliament, and its eventual Royal Assent. Their inclusion in this publication is all the more poignant as the city was at the centre of the slave trade. The issues also give other trade and shipping news, including America and Australia.
Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition in the original 19/20 monthly parts, early issue of part 11 ("Capatin" for "Captain" on p. 324, final line), both early and late issue points in part 14 ("431" present on p. 431 but "if" omitted on p. 426, line 9), part 19/20 with the 8-line errata, 40 plates by Hablot K Browne, most front adverts present (parts 3 & 4 with additional slips, part 8 lacking pp.7-8 of "Dombey & Son Advertiser"), most back adverts present (part 4 lacking "Lett's Diaries" advert & specimen leaves, part 6 lacking "Portrait of a Horse" and "Introduction to Zoology" adverts, part 8 with additional advert at rear for "Heath's Illustrated New Testament" and additional slip, part 9 lacking "Just Published..." adverts, part 15 with 10 of 18 Diary specimen ff.), all other slips and advertisements as called for, occasional light spotting, mainly to plates, original printed blue wrappers, some ink ownership names to wrappers and plates verso, some spines repaired (part 19/20 spine rebacked), some light soiling and nicks to extremities, a clean and excellent set overall, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.227-25], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
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