![Imaginary voyages and utopias.- [Bretonne (Nicolas Edmé Restif de la)] La Découverte australe Par un Homme-volant, ou La Déda](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/eb958104-5954-4c7d-beb1-afc10104421a/468x382.jpg)
Imaginary voyages and utopias.- [Bretonne (Nicolas Edmé Restif de la)] La Découverte australe Par un Homme-volant, ou La Dédale français, 4 vol., first edition, first issue, engraved frontispieces (1 double-page) and 19 plates, titles with woodcut vignette, vol. 1 lacking dated additional title, bookplate "N.J.D 1900" tipped-in to front free endpaper, vol. 2 with contemporary ink ownership inscription to title faded, vol. 4 with the same subtly erased, S2 and Y7-8 with paper repair to upper corner, affecting a couple of letters, minor printing flaw to Y8-9, affecting a few words, occasional light foxing, handsome later crushed blue morocco, gilt, spines lightly rubbed and sunned, still an excellent set, g.e., small 8vo, Leipzig, to be sold at Paris, [1781].⁂ A curious and fantastic account of a flying-man in an unexplored Southern utopia. The work is one of the least often seen by Restif de la Bretonne, and considered one of the earliest novels of science fiction. This copy is in its rare first state, with the six later censored satirical diatribes present at the end of vol. 4 (pp.337-422), as well as the proceeding table of contents and advertisement leaf.
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Metallurgy.- Diaz Infante (José) Pirometalia absolvta o Arte de fvndidores, engraved portrait of Barbara, patron saint of miners, 3 folding engraved plates at end, 5 approbation ff. at end, plate 2 with repaired tear, without loss, plate 3 water-stained (with a little light pink staining from red ink to cover), the other 2 lightly so, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary limp vellum, remains of ties, red ink staining to lower cover, soiled and creased, 8vo, [Palma, Mallorca], Miguel Cerdà, 1740. ⁂ Rare work on mining and metallurgy, with WorldCat recording only three copies.
Australasia.- Fleurieu (Charles Pierre Claret de) Découvertes des François, en 1768 & 1769, dans le Sud-Est de la Nouvelle Guinée, first edition, 11 folding engraved maps or plans and folding plate, occasional light foxing but overall a very good clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, covers with central French royal arms in gilt, spine gilt in compartments and with burgundy morocco labels, minor and expert repairs to spine ends and corners, lightly rubbed, [Sabin 24748; Ferguson 81], 4to, Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1790.
Eliot (T.S.) "The Waste Land", in The Criterion. A Quarterly Review, Volume I, No. I, pp.50-64, occasional foxing, Autograph Letter signed from a BBC producer thanking Alan Clodd for the loan of this volume for use in a 1984 documentary about Eliot, book label of David Garnett to inside front cover, original printed wrappers, light creasing and browning to spine, light toning and surface soiling to covers, some slight fraying to yapp edges at head and foot, but an excellent example overall, [Gallup C135], 8vo, R. Cobden Sanderson, October, 1922.⁂ The first appearance in print of the most important poem of the 20th century. This copy with a distinguished collecting provenance.The Waste Land was published in 1922, the most auspicious of literary years, in the magazine founded and edited by Eliot. This issue included a plan of Dostoevsky's unwritten novel The Life of a Great Sinner (co-translated by Virginia Woolf) as well as an essay by Herman Hesse and a review of Joyce's Ulysses.David Garnett (1892-1981) writer, publisher and member of the Bloomsbury Group. Alan Clodd (1918-2002) book publisher, collector and dealer.
Hemingway (Ernest) Fiesta, first English edition, first impression, original cloth, marginal browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light shadowing to spine, first impression dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, pencil notes to rear flap, light creasing to head, some light marking or surface soiling to panels, but an excellent example overall, [Hanneman 33A], 8vo, 1927.⁂ The first English edition of The Sun Also Rises, one of Hemingway's best works and a cornerstone of modernist fiction. While copies in the second impression jacket have occasionally appeared on the market, copies in first impression jackets are exceptionally rare with only a handful of copies recorded.
![Scotland.- B[lack] (W[illiam]) The Privileges of the Royal Burrows, first edition, 2pp. errata at end, some light soiling, en](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/ab9c4a38-0c93-47df-8308-afc10105d172/468x382.jpg)
Scotland.- B[lack] (W[illiam]) The Privileges of the Royal Burrows, first edition, 2pp. errata at end, some light soiling, engraved bookplate of Ad Rolland Advocate, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, small stain to upper cover, rebacked, red morocco label, covers detached, [Goldsmiths' 4372; Hanson 740], Edinburgh, Andrew Anderson, 1707 § Bruce (Alexander) The Tutor's Guide; or the Principles of Civil and Municipal Laws and Customs, relating to Pupils and Minors, and their Tutors and Curators, first edition, title in red & black, engraved bookplate of Simon Mackenzie of Scotsburn, contemporary panelled calf, stains to upper cover, Edinburgh, Robert Freebair, 1714 § Letter (A) from a Blacksmith, to the Ministers and Elders of the Kirk of Scotland, first edition, cropped, modern cloth, Leith, by A.Robertson, 1766; and an Edinburgh Almanack for 1751, 8vo et infra (4)
Crime.- Hewitt (John) A Journal of the Proceedings of J. Hewitt, Coventry, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace...in Cases of Riot and Tumult, Coining, Murder, Burglary and Felony..., London...Birmingham...Coventry, for the author, [1779]; The Proceedings of J. Hewitt, Alderman..., Birmingham, for the author, 1783, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional light spotting or browning, a couple of contemporary ink annotations, ex-Rugby School copy with bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 4to⁂ An extraordinary and very scarce collection of memoirs and reports by the Coventry magistrate, John Hewitt (1719-1802). "Hewitt was an exceedingly zealous magistrate, prosecuting felons and transporting criminals. He carried on lengthy exchanges of letters with leading government figures of the day, soliciting their support for his actions to keep the peace. The 1750s and 1760s undeniably were decades of widespread civil disorder in the midlands, especially on account of the price of bread, and Hewitt made a stand against the rioters. His experiences of the disorders seem to have encouraged him to publish in 1779 a journal of his proceedings as magistrate, which was a strange mixture of cases he had brought successfully to justice, explanations of criminal law, and descriptions of some notorious local murders and thefts. His chief ambition, however, was to catch the Coventry gang, a group of highly skilled and well-known coiners led by Thomas Lightoler, who ultimately turned king's evidence and fled to Austria, leaving his fellow criminals to be executed at Lancaster in 1768...Hewitt also tried to stop prostitution in Coventry and to enforce appropriate behaviour on Sundays, and he published a handbook for the use of constables (1779)...". [Joan Lane in ODNB].
Benyovsky (Count Maurice) Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky...Written by Himself, 2 vol., half-titles, vol.1 title with stipple-engraved medallion portrait as vignette, 23 engraved plates and plans, many folding, 2 with short tears but no loss, vol. 2 with some light damp-staining to head, occasional slight browning or foxing, uncut in original blue boards, neatly rebacked, printed paper labels to spines, covers rubbed and lightly soiled, vol. 2 lower cover detached, housed in an attractive red morocco-backed drop-back box, [Hill 115], 4to, Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
Beechey (Capt. F.W.) Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), 23 engraved and lithographed plates, most with tissue-guards, tipped-in errata slip and advertisement f., remains of original spines tipped-in at end (with ink title in manuscript), bookplate of Frederick E. Ellis, ink ownership inscription of Eliza Giffard to pastedowns, occasional light foxing, maps with light offsetting, a few plates toned, hinges repaired, original boards, neatly rebacked with spine labels renewed, upper covers with title in manuscript, a few small stains, rubbed, preserved in a morocco-backed drop-back box, [Sabin 4347; Hill 93], 4to, 1831.⁂ The so-called Admiralty edition, issued in quarto, with an octavo edition published the same year. The work includes much information on Alaska, the Californian coast and the Pacific islands, particularly details on the Bounty mutiny taken from the narrative of John Adams, the last surviving mutineer on Pitcairn Island.
Freemasonry.- Hutchinson (William) The Spirit of Masonry in Moral and Elucidatory Lectures, first edition, engraved frontispiece and title with masonic vignette, light spotting, later bookplate, later half roan, g.e., rubbed, rebacked, for J.Wilkie, 1775 § Smith (Capt. George) The Use and Abuse of Free-Masonry, first edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette, some foxing, [Vibert p.39], later half calf, for the Author, 1783 § Exposition (An) of the Causes which have produced the late Dissensions among the Freemasons of Scotland, first edition, half-title, light soiled, stab-holes, ex-library copy with blind-stamp to title and label, old cloth-backed boards, Edinburgh, 1808, 8vo (3)
Soap.- Short and True Relation concerning the Soap-busines (A). Containing the severall Patents, Proclamations, Orders, whereby the Soape-makers of London...were damnified, by the Gentlemen that were the Patentees for Soape at Westminster..., lacking final blank, woodcut head-piece and initial, light foxing and soiling, title with ink smudge and defective at lower inner margin not affecting text (repaired), [Goldsmith's 724; Kress 603; Wing S3555], for Nicholas Bourne, 1641 bound with Looking-Glasse (A) for Sope-Patentees, title with typographical border, verso of final leaf soiled, [Goldsmiths' 910; Wing L3026], 1646, together 2 works in 1 vol., only editions, later engraved bookplate of E.F.Armstrong, modern calf, gilt, by Palmer Howe of Manchester, red roan label, very slightly rubbed, small 4to⁂ Two interesting tracts on the making of soap. In 1631, hoping to exploit the soap trade as a source of revenue, Charles I granted a monopoly of soap-manufactures to a Westminster group made up of inexperienced Catholic recusants. The new patent was justified on the basis of invention which allegedly made a better, cheaper, white soap without the use of whale oil, which had been the key ingredient in the patent of the dispossessed London soap makers. The latter were now ruthlessly suppressed, brought before the Star Chamber, and even jailed. In the first tract the Londoners narrate the extraordinary repressive measures taken against themselves and the general public and expose the fraud of their Westminster rivals, who in fact continued to use whale oil while producing an inferior and more expensive product. Edward Frankland Armstrong (1878-1945), chemist.
![[Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Daniel Deronda, first edition in eight parts, half-titles and divisional fly-titles, all a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/c64246bf-fc08-445d-a199-afc101052e56/468x382.jpg)
[Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Daniel Deronda, first edition in eight parts, half-titles and divisional fly-titles, all advertisements, slips and errata slips as called for (and part 2 with errata slip at p.1), occasional minor marginal spotting, original greenish-grey printed wrappers, spines toned and a little cracked, a few parts with chipping to spine ends, the odd closed tear at joints, part 1 upper cover lightly toned, part 3 small tear upper cover edge and lower hinge starting, part 7 with small booksellers label to front cover and back-strip coming loose at foot, a few instances of light creasing, overall a very good set, [Baker & Ross A11.1.a.1], 8vo, William Blackwood and Sons, 1876.Provenance: Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941), English novelist and book collector [Brackenburn bookplate to front pastedowns]
Briggs (Raymond) The Snowman, first edition, signed by the author "Best wishes Raymond Briggs 1978" on title, colour illustrations by the author, light spotting to title and final p., original pictorial boards, spine ends a little bumped, light toning to covers, a few small dents to covers but a good copy generally, 4to, 1978.⁂ The author's most popular work, scarce signed.
Botany.- Martyn (John) Historia Plantarum Rariorum, first edition, imprimatur f., title printed in red and black, engraved dedication leaf to the Royal Society, mezzotint and woodcut headpieces, engraved and woodcut initials, 50 fine mezzotint plates by Elisha Kirkall after paintings by Jacob van Huysum, R. Sartorius, and others, printed in colours and finished by hand, each plate with engrave subscriber's arms, occasional light damp-staining, occasional light finger-soiling to margins, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, rubbed, [Great Flower Books, p.67; Henrey 3:1016; Hunt 476; Nissen BBI 1289], folio, Richard Reily, 1728 [-1787].⁂ The first botanical book to be illustrated with colour-printed plates and one of the earliest examples of colour-printing from a single plate. Martyn's work would pave the way for other great botanical works including Thornton's Temple of Flora as well as the colour-printing of Redouté and others.
Economics.- Postlethwayt (Malachy) Great-Britain's True System..., first edition, contemporary ink signature of Lewis Johnson to head of title, title and final leaf browned at edges, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving old label, [Goldsmiths' 9266; Kress 5639; Sabin 64565], A.Millar, 1757 § Sheffield (John Baker Holroyd, Lord) Observations on the Commerce of the American States, A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 10 folding tables, light water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, a few slightly worn or stained patches, spine repaired at head, [Goldsmiths' 12622; this edition not in Kress], J.Debrett, 1784 § Report of the Commissioners for Taking, Examining, and Stating, the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom, 1711; Report from the Commissioners appointed to Take, Examine and State the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom, 1712; A Report from the Commissioners appointed to Take, Examine and Determine the Debts of the Army, &c., [Goldsmiths 4755, 4906 & 5055], 1713, together 3 works bound in 1 vol., early 19th century calf with border in gilt and blind, g.e., rebacked preserving old gilt spine with roan labels, 8vo (3).⁂ The first was Postlethwayt's last published work; the second was Sheffield's attack upon Pitt's proposal to relax the navigation laws against the new United States of America; the third relates to charges against the Duke of Marlborough.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, black and white illustrations, some light spotting to peripheral ff. and the odd instance of finger soiling, hinges starting, original cloth, small amounts of damp-staining to covers, spine and extremities a little rubbed, spine ends bumped, 4to, 1894.
Gill (Eric) Engravings, one of 400 copies, from an edition limited to 490, portrait frontispiece and 103 plates, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light finger-soiling, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 4to, Bristol, printed by Ernest Ingham at the Fanfare Press for Douglas Cleverdon, 1929.
Oz Magazine.- A complete run of 'London OZ' Magazine, nos. 1-48, colour illustrations throughout, original printed wrappers, nos. 11 and 22 with covers detached, some splitting to spine, no. 15 with central leaf detached, no. 32 covers with a few tears and light creasing, no. 46 with "Has Fame Gone to Her Head" central leaf detached with moving rings held in place by tape, the odd tear and some occasional light creasing, but a very good set generally, 1967-73; with duplicates of nos. 31 and 35 (both in alternate colours) and no. 28 (School Kids Issue, 1 signed by Richard Neville) and with with the "Friendz with Oz" issue of Friendz magazine, 4to & folio (52)⁂ A complete run of the iconic counter-culture magazine including an issue of the School Kids Issue signed by one of the defendants in the notorious obscenity trial that resulted from publication. This set includes many of the loose inserts includingthe he Che Guevara, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, 'Outcry! People's Park' and 'Honeybunch/Jail Bait' posters.
Australasia.- Kerguelen-Trémarec (Yves Joseph de) Relation de Deux Voyages Dans les mers Australes & des Indes, only edition, half-title, folding engraved chart, 2 privilege leaves at end, extra-illustrated with an additional engraved plate of Christmas harbour at E5, half-title probably supplied from another copy, with a few small worm holes to fore-edge, chart hand-coloured, some light browning or spotting, occasional minor damp-staining, later half russia, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip, g.e., [Sabin 37218], 8vo, Paris, Knapen & fils, 1782.⁂ Rare, most copies having been suppressed by the French Government, supposedly due to the dedication "a la Patrie". Kerguelen's two voyages of 1771-74 were commissioned in search of the fabled Terra Australis, as the French answer to the discoveries of Cook. The work also includes chapters on the island of Madagascar and the American War of Independence.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) My Early Life. A Roving Commission, reprint, signed by the author on half-title, typed note dated 1 June 1961 "Here are the books which Sir Winston has signed. He asks me to send you his good wishes" loosely inserted, plates, original cloth, light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, chipping to head and foot with portion of loss and closed tear to head of lower panel, 8vo, Odhams Press, 1958.
Mining.- Geology.- Ramirez (Santiago) Litología. Introducción al estudio de las rocas, small wood-engraved vignette of a miner to title, 3 errata ff. at end, author's name on title underlined in red, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary red calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, spine with remains of paper label at foot, little faded, and stained, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Mexico City, Filomeno Mata, 1886.⁂ Rare work by one of the pre-eminent Mexican mining engineers of his time. He edited the periodical El Explorador Minero, which provided accounts of mining life in the country. Our work includes a list of authors consulted.
Verne (Jules) Mathias Sandorf, first English edition, plates, scattered foxing to text, contemporary ink inscription to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, short nick to foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, but a remarkably bright, near-fine example overall, g.e., 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886.⁂ A superb copy of Verne's Mediterranean epic. Due to it's substantial size, copies usually appear with the text block separating are rarely, if ever, found in such attractive condition.
Kotzebue (Otto von) A Voyage of Discovery, Into the South Sea and the Beerings Straits, 3 vol., first edition in English, 9 plates, 8 of which hand-coloured aquatints, 7 engraved maps and charts, 4 folding, lacking half-titles, front free endpapers with book-label of Carl Wendell Carlsmith, vol. 2 with frontispiece working loose, 2 folding maps with short tears (1 with neat repairs) but no loss, some offsetting, mostly from text to plates, occasional light foxing, vol. 2 with minor damp-staining to fore-margin towards end, later half calf, spines gilt with ship motif and double morocco label, rubbed, still an attractive set, [Sabin 38291; Hill 944; Abbey, Travel 596], 8vo, 1821.
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, minor foxing to endpapers, small patches of tape-marking to front free endpaper, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, short nicks to head and foot of lower joint, light creasing to spine ends, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1945.⁂ Waugh's most popular novel, his exploration of the demise of the English country house and Catholic identity.
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Prison.- [Craig (James)] Plan for a General Bridewell, only edition, interleaved (as issued), 2 folding engraved plans (offsetting), light water-staining to upper margin of text, modern cloth, 4to, [?Edinburgh], [1780].⁂ This was in effect the fund-raising prospectus for a brand new prison or bridewell in Edinburgh, the blank interleaves intended to be used by recipients for comments to be sent to the council. The proposed Bridewell would comprise three courts with cells eight feet square so that every prisoner would be locked up at night in a separate cell. The architect was the local James Craig (1739-1795) who is probably best known to history for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town. Craig's plans were abandoned and instead Robert Adam designed a Panopticon which was built on Carlton Hill between 1791 and 1796 but demolished in the late 19th century.Very rare and not in the British Library; only one UK copy cited by ESTC (National Library of Scotland), and 3 others in America.
![Agriculture.- M[ortimer] (J[ohn]) The Whole Art of Husbandry, Or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land, first edition, w](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/b70ff867-5b93-451d-b4ef-afc101036535/468x382.jpg)
Agriculture.- M[ortimer] (J[ohn]) The Whole Art of Husbandry, Or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land, first edition, woodcut illustrations, some light browning, engraved armorial bookplate of Ambrose Holbech of Mollington to verso of title and his signature to front free endpaper, Rosebery copy with bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends worn, upper joint split, [Fussell I pp.96; Perkins 1231; Not in Goldsmiths' or Henrey], by J.H. for H. Mortlock...and J. Robinson, 1707 § Kent (Nathaniel) Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property, first edition, 10 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, short splits to joints, [Goldsmiths' 11247; Kress 7125; Perkins 927], J.Dodsley, 1775 § [Trowell (Samuel)] The Best Mine above Ground; or, the most laudable and most certain means of Enriching this Nation, by improving our Agriculture..., 16pp., second edition, advertisement leaf at end, stitched in modern marbled wrappers, Olive Payne, 1739, 8vo (3)⁂ Mortimer's comprehensive treatise, which went through several later editions, is a detailed account of early 18th century English farming and horticulture, particularly reliable on farming in Essex where the author himself had an estate (Topping Hall). In the second item Kent considers drainage, culture of turnips and hops, the distress of the rural poor and labourers' cottages, and advocates small holdings. The third concerns manure, the author proposing the use of Thomas Living's patent salt compound; first published in 1737 this is a rare printing by Olive Payne with only 2 copies located by ESTC (National Library of Scotland and Bodleian).
Belle Epoque Fashion.- Barbier (George) Journal des Dames et des Modes, 79 issues in 4 vol., one of 1250 copies on papier de hollande, 184 hand-coloured pochoir plates plus 3 unnumbered hand-coloured plates, half-titles to vol.2-4, very occasional light spotting, but generally clean, uncut, contemporary brown morocco (not uniform), covers variously rubbed and worn, 8vo, Paris, 1912-14.⁂ A complete set of this iconic periodical with exquisite plates by Barbier, Antoine Vallee, Leon Bakst and Umberto Brunelleschi. This is a uniform set, each numbered 292, though the bindings of the first 2 volumes differ from the last 2.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The End of the Beginning, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, plates, silk endpapers, original dark blue morocco, light sunning to spine, rubbing and scuffing to spine and corner tips, [Woods A94], 8vo, 1943.⁂ A signed copy of Churchill's speeches in the publisher's presentation binding. See previous lot.
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Vale Press.- Arnold (Matthew) Empedocles on Etna, [one of 210 copies], Vale type, original blue boards, uncut, a little rubbed, spine faded, 1896 § Browning (Robert) Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, one of 210 copies, 1899 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Poems, [one of 320 copies], some light foxing, 1900 § Wordsworth (William) Poems, edited by T.Sturge Moore, [one of 310 copies], 1902, all Vale type, wood-engraved borders, decorative initials and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, the last three uniform original cream buckram, all uncut, spines a little browned, the Tennyson with boards spotted and browned, [Watry B8, B26, B29 & 37], [Vale Press]; and 2 others from the press (Watry B2 & B19) and a small bundle of 11 Vale pieces of ephemera (lists, catalogues, order forms), 8vo (17)
Trade.- Merchants Adventurers of England. Veneris.14. Feb. 14. Car. At the Grand Committee of Trade, Mr. Knight in the Chair. Ordered, that on Monday next the Merchants Adventurers of England, do deliver ... all their papers relating to the Conveniences and Inconveniencies arising to this Kingdome, as to the Liberty or Restraint of Trade, within the limits of the said Merchants Adventurers Patent..., 45pp., first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, double-column, hole in final leaf with loss of a few letters, [Kress, S.549; Not in Wing], [1674] bound with Advantages of the Kingdome of England (The)...by Manageing and Issuing the Drapery, and Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom, under the Ancient Government of the Fellowship of Merchants-Adventurers of England, 7pp., first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, [Wing A600D], [1662] both bound after Prynne (William) A Breviate of the Life of William Laud, second edition, engraved frontispiece by Hollar, worming to lower margin affecting caption to frontispiece and typographical border of title, [Wing P3904A], by F.L. for Michaell Sparke Senior, 1644; Hidden Workes of Darkenes brought to Publike Light, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Hollar (as in previous work), [Wing P3973], by Thomas Brudenell for Michaell Sparke Senior, 1645 and Cromwell (Oliver) A Declaration of His Highness...setting forth on the Behalf of this Commonwealth, the Justice of their Cause against Spain, first edition, black letter, with the final blank, browned, [Wing C.7081], by Henry Hills & John Field, 1655 and Feversham (George Sondes, Earl of) His Plaine Narrative to the World, of all Passages upon the Death of his two Sonnes, first edition, 1655, engraved armorial frontispiece, with blank K2 bound at end, [Wing F832B], 1655, together 6 works in 1 vol., the first two items bound at end, with contemporary ink manuscript index at beginning, the Evelyn family copy with modern JE book-label and engraved bookplate of Sir Fredk. Evelyn Bart., contemporary calf, rubbed and a little marked, head of spine and corners a little worn, folio⁂ The first two mentioned items are both very rare: ESTC records only the Harvard Business School copy of the first, and 5 of the second (British Library and Senate House Library in UK plus 3 in America).
Asquith (Lady Cynthia) The Black Cap, first edition, spotting, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, spotting, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, short closed tear to head of lower panel, upper panel with longer closed tears to head and foot with small patch of surface abrasion, light creasing to spine ends, a very good example, 8vo, [1928].⁂ Cynthia Asquith's first and only anthology of crime fiction, scarce in the jacket. Including stories by Edgar Wallace, Elizabeth Bowen, Arthur Machen, Somerset Maugham and D. H. Lawrence.
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Poetae Christiani.- Sedulius (Caelius) Mirabilium divinorum libri quatuor carmine heroico, collation: [*]8 a-c8 d4 e-i8 k10 aa-dd8 ee6 ff gg8 hh6 A-F8 G4 H-I8 K4 aaaaαα8.8 bbbbββ10.8 γγcccc8.8 δδdddd8.10 εεeeee4.4, Roman and Greek type (final part with parallel Greek and Latin text), woodcut printers device with partial hand-colouring to [*]8v (showing through recto), initial spaces with guide-letters, later ink foliation and marginalia, lacking ff1-8, gg1-3 and final blank, title with obliterated ink inscriptions in upper margin and 2 ownership stamps in lower margin, first quire and a few other ff. working loose, some marginal water-staining (including title), some spotting or mostly light foxing and staining, lightly browned (a few ff. a little heavier), upper hinge split, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, 8vo (189 x 139mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, [June, 1502 (colophon January, 1501)].⁂ This forms the second volume of three of Aldus' Christian Poets. Any volume from this series is rare at auction. Sedulius (Latin form of the Irish name Siadhal) was a Christian Poet of the early 5th century. Provenance: Medici Palatine Library (ink armorial stamp to lower margin of title); 'MD' (ink stamp to lower margin of title); Bibliothecae Puseianae, L.O. Bigg, April, 1888 (large bookplate with ink ms. insertions to front pastedown). Literature: Adams P1685 & S849; Ahmanson-Murphy 58 & 58.5; Renouard 39:17; EDIT 16 CNCE 36115.
Declaration of the Independent State of Israel.- Iton Rishmi, Official Gazette of Israel, no. 1, bifolium, text in Hebrew, light vertical creasing, holepunches to righthand margin, light marking and staining, folio, Tel Aviv, 1948.⁂ The first printing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Published on May 15, 1948, the day Israel announced its independence, the declaration names all of the 37 members of the Provisional Government of Israel, headed by David Ben-Gurion. It also contains the annulment of the infamous 1937 White Paper restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine.
Orwell (George) Animal Farm. A Fairy Story, first edition, ownership blind-stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 2 closed tears with creasing to head of lower panel, joints rubbed, a very good, sharp copy, [Fenwick A10a], 8vo, 1945.⁂ An attractive copy of Orwell's classic satirical allegory. Increasingly scarce in good condition. Orwell struggled to find a willing publisher, eventually Secker and Warburg obliged after it was rejected by Gollancz (Orwell's usual publisher) as well as Faber and Faber and Jonathan Cape.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- "Terminal" Pocket Guide, folding map, a few short tears to folds, original wrappers, lower cover signed by Winston Churchill (signature a little smudged), early tape and surface abrasion to lower cover, creasing and light surface soiling to upper cover, small 4to, [1945].⁂ A copy of the British delegate map for the Potsdam conference signed by one of its key figures. The Potsdam Conference (codenamed Operation Terminal by the British) was convened by the USA, USSR and UK to discuss the post-war agreement. Though Churchill had recently lost the election to Attlee (who was also in attendance) he nevertheless played an important role.
Milne (A. A.) Toad of Toad Hall, first edition, signed by the author to front endpaper, half-title, very light foxing to preliminaries, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light surface soiling to panels, spine toned with minor chipping to tips, slight rubbing to extremities, publisher's advertisement slip loosely inserted, 8vo, 1929.
![[Sterne (Laurence)] The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 vol., first edition, signed by the author vol. 5,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/3f8cd034-144d-48a1-ba4f-afc1010148f5/468x382.jpg)
[Sterne (Laurence)] The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 vol., first edition, signed by the author vol. 5, 7 and 9 at head of first chapter as usual, vol. 4, 5, 6, and 9 half-titles as called for, vol. 3 engraved plate as frontispiece (labelled "vol. 4 page 112") and unsigned marbled leaf inserted between L4 and L5 as called for, vol. 7 first state with errata on title verso, vol. 1-4 with small ink ownership inscription title upper for-edge corner, vol. 1 ink ownership inscription front endpaper, all vol. (except 6) with small paper book-label to front endpaper or pastedown, vol. 1 spine broken at A2 (with front endpaper, title ([-]1) and A1 attached to upper cover, and with modern tape repairs at gutter of title and front endpaper), vol. 3 single leaf (A8) coming loose, vol. 4 margins trimmed (affecting scattered ff. throughout with loss of some letters at outer or inner margins and multiple other ff. trimmed close to text but no loss), vol. 5 lacking [A]1 blank (as in Rothchild's copy), otherwise spotting and browning throughout, contemporary calf with gilt and red morocco labels to spines, vol. 1 upper cover detached (as described above), vol. 2-8 expertly rebacked with original backstrips laid down, vol. 9 rebacked, some light wear to spines and covers, all housed within drop-back cloth box with ornamental cover replicating calf spines, paper library label to inner side and 1 torn hinge, [Rothschild 1970], 8vo, for R. & J. Dodsley [-for T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt], 1760-67
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer), Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin and others.- A collection of c.50 photographs from the Potsdam Conference, c. 40 larger photographs (c.255 x 200mm.) most with press captions to verso and 10 smaller photographs (120 x 165mm.) with catalogue numbering to verso, some light creasing, [1945].⁂ Includes: Churchill, Truman and Stalin posing together; the leaders arriving at Berlin airport; leaders seated around the conference table; other figures including Clement Attlee, Anthony Eden and Field Marshall Montgomery.
Montagu (Richard) Diatribae upon the First Part of the late History of Tithes, first edition, with initial blank, light foxing at beginning and end, slight worming to upper margins occasionally touching a letter, John Sparrow's copy with his book-label, contemporary calf, covers ruled in gilt and blind with fleurs-de-lys in gilt at corners and traces of original blue silk ties, g.e., rubbed and slightly stained, wormhole to head of spine, [Goldsmiths' 504; Kress 381; STC 18037], 4to, Felix Kyngston for Matthew Lownes, 1621.⁂ Richard Montagu (1577-1641) is well known to historians for his scurrilous and indiscreet letters to John Cosin, describing the ecclesiastical faction-fighting of the 1620s in rich detail. Montagu had a nice line in personal invective, well brought out in the present work, written in response to John Selden's Historie of Tithes of 1618.
![[Locke (John)].- Histoire de la Navigation, son Commencement, son Progrès & ses Découverts jusqu'à présent, 2 vol., first](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/83231e2c-b943-41c8-beb0-afc10100d227/468x382.jpg)
[Locke (John)].- Histoire de la Navigation, son Commencement, son Progrès & ses Découverts jusqu'à présent, 2 vol., first French edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, the odd spot or patch of light soiling, but overall crisp copies, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, lightly rubbed, [cf.Sabin 13018], 12mo, Paris, Etienne Ganeau, 1722.⁂ A translation, with some augmentations, of the introduction to Churchill's Collection of Voyages. Churchill's work was written under the advice and encouragement of John Locke, who is believed to have authored the introduction. Sabin contrastingly attributes this edition to Churchill.
![Pacific.- [Behrens (Carl Friedrich)] "Monsieur de B⁂.". Histoire de l'Expedition de Trois Vaisseaux...aux Terres Australes, 2](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/f89b75b4-8df6-4015-aac3-afc101018b04/468x382.jpg)
Pacific.- [Behrens (Carl Friedrich)] "Monsieur de B⁂.". Histoire de l'Expedition de Trois Vaisseaux...aux Terres Australes, 2 vol. in 1, first French edition, half-title to each vol., titles in red and black, vol. 1 title with small abrasion mark to inner margin, affecting a letter of text, some light foxing, contemporary half calf, double morocco labels to spine, rubbed, [Sabin 4379; Hill 99], small 8vo, The Hague, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1739.⁂ The first French account of Jakob Roggeveen's landmark voyage of Dutch discovery in the Pacific, in which Behrens served as a commander. Intended to reach the great Southern continent, the voyage became the first European expedition to land on Easter Island. This edition, likely translated by Behrens himself, was published two years after the German original.
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, some corner creasing, usual light marginal toning, original pictorial wrappers with misprint "Philospher's" to lower cover, sunning and light creasing to spine, light creasing to covers, some minor wear to corners, still an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1998.
![Cook (Capt. James).- [Baston (Guillaume André René)] Narrations d'Omaï, Insulaire de la Mer du Sud, Ami et Compagnon de Voyag](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/aa13ec1d-d2cf-4233-b7e6-afc100ff0abd/468x382.jpg)
Cook (Capt. James).- [Baston (Guillaume André René)] Narrations d'Omaï, Insulaire de la Mer du Sud, Ami et Compagnon de Voyage du Captaine Cook, 4 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing, vol. 4 with later ink inscription to inside lower wrapper, uncut in original pale blue wrappers, paper labels to spines, worn and frayed at edges, spines a little sunned, vol. 4 with upper joint split at foot, [Sabin 57263], 8vo, Rouen, Le Boucher & Paris, Buisson, 1790.⁂ Fictional autobiography of Omaï, a Tahitian man taken to Europe by Captain Cook on return from his voyage around the world.
Wodehouse (P.G.) William Tell Told Again, first edition, first impression, 16 colour plates by Philip Dadd, captioned tissue-guards, scattered foxing to text, browning to endpapers, original stone-coloured pictorial cloth blocked in green, black and brown with gilt lettering, spine slightly darkened, light bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to head of spine affecting title, chips to lower joint, a few closed tears and some chipping to head and foot of panels with creasing, rubbing and light surface soiling, [Mcllvaine A5a], 4to, 1904.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can only trace a handful of like examples at auction.
![Anson (George).- [Anonymous] "An Officer of the Squadron". A Voyage to the South-Seas, And to many other Parts of the World,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/e52bdcc7-6b1a-4dff-8d96-afc101045761/468x382.jpg)
Anson (George).- [Anonymous] "An Officer of the Squadron". A Voyage to the South-Seas, And to many other Parts of the World, Performed...By Commodore Anson, engraved portrait frontispiece and 4 folding plates, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, plates with a few short tears to extremities, affecting image but with no significant loss, 1 plate with paper repairs to verso, some light browning, the odd small stain, final few leaves with small hole to blank lower margin, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, new spine label, corners repaired, rubbed, 8vo, Printed and Sold by R. Walker, 1744.⁂ The rarer of two pirated accounts of the Anson voyage to be printed in 1744, predating the official narrative by a full four years. The other is attributed to "An Officer of the Fleet".
![Straits of Magellan.- [Vargas y Ponce (José de)] Relacion del Último Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes de la Fragata de S.M. Sa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/81530cec-bc86-4201-8519-afc10104884a/468x382.jpg)
Straits of Magellan.- [Vargas y Ponce (José de)] Relacion del Último Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes de la Fragata de S.M. Santa María de la Cabeza, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 folding engraved maps and 4 folding tables, number in ink manuscript to foot of title, epigraph leaf with later ink note and bookplate of Maria Zoila Godoy de Cobo, frontispiece and title with small worm hole to upper blank margin, Madrid, Widow, Heirs and Company of Ibarra, 1788, bound with Apéndice a la Relacion del Viage al Magallanes, folding table and folding map, Madrid, Widow of D. Joaquin Ibarra, 1793, first edition, a few folding maps with very short tears to inner margin skilfully repaired, 1 with longer tear but no loss, occasional light spotting or soiling, small worming to endpapers, contemporary crimson morocco with central Spanish royal arms in gilt, lightly rubbed with a few small stains to covers, blue silk endpapers, g.e., a handsome copy, [Sabin 16765 & 1729; Hill 1756], 4to. ⁂ The official account of the expeditions under Antonio de Córdoba to ascertain the advisability of the continued use of Magellan's Strait in voyages to the Pacific.
Bank of England.- William & Mary. An Act for Granting to Their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tunnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale and other liquors...towards...the War against France, text in black letter, wide margins with contemporary ink manuscript annotations summarising the essential clauses of the Act (rather faded but legible), light marginal water-staining, lacking final blank, modern half calf, red morocco label to spine, folio, by Charles Bill..., 1694.⁂ This is the "Ways and Means Act" of 1694, also known as the Bank of England or Tonnage Act [5 & 6 William & Mary cap. 20] which established not only the legal foundation to the Bank of England but also regulated its powers in numerous clauses throughout. Incorporated thus in 1694 as a private institution with special privileges, the Bank's charter was later interpreted to mean the prohibition of other joint stock banks in England until 1826.
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine tips, green dust-jacket designed by Michael Kennard, spine tips and corners a little chipped, very light fading and light rubbing to spine, a near-fine example otherwise with the Evening Standard Book of the Month s wraparound band, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.⁂ A superb copy, rare in such condition and with the wraparound band.
Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, half-title, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, ink gift inscription to frontispiece recto, pictorial endpapers, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial pink cloth, gilt, very slight sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine tips and corners, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1928.
Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, ink stamp of Rice's Bookshop, Newcastle, Australia to front free endpaper, original boards, very slight shelf-lean, light spotting to top edge, first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps, price-clipped, light toning to spine, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine tips and corners, light surface soiling to lower panel, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.
Dunn (Nell) Up the Junction, illustrations, 1963; Talking to Women, small chip to jacket spine head, light discolouring to lower panel, 1965; Poor Cow, 1967; The Only Child, 1978; Grandmother's Talking to..., jacket with very light sunning to spine, light creasing to flaps and head of spine, 1991, first editions, all signed by the author and dated the year of publication on title or half-title, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and fraying to edges, still excellent copies, 8vo (5)⁂ An excellent group of Dunn's works, scarce to find signed and dated from the year of publication.
Liquor.- Sedgwick (James) A New Treatise on Liquors: wherein the Use and Abuse of Wine, Malt-Drinks, Water, &c., first edition, light foxing, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and stained, spine repaired, [Maclean p.128; Simon BG 1370; Wellcome V p.80], for Charles Rivington, 1725 § [Davies (John)] The British Guide; or, a Directory to Housekeepers & Innkeepers..., lightly browned, original boards with printed paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed and stained, rebacked in cloth, Newcastle, 1813 § Considerations occasion'd by an Act..to prevent the Excessive use of Spirituous Liquors..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on verso of final leaf, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 9583; Kress 5843], 1760 § Burnaby (A.) Two Proposals, humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons...I. That a Duty be laid on Malt..., first edition, trimmed, stitched in later wrappers, [Goldsmiths' 3258; Kress 1940; Wing B5742], 1696; and 3 others on liquor and brewing, 8vo & small 4to (7)
Education.- Bevan (Rev. G.I.) Manual of Directions for Forming and Conducting a School, according to the National or Madras System, first edition, errata slip, 8pp. publisher's catalogue tipped in at end, light browning, John Lawson's copy with his book-label and old bookseller's ticket of Deck of Bury to front pastedown, original boards, uncut, rebacked, Bath, Richard Cruttwell, 1819 § Chapman (George) A Treatise on Education, first edition, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and marked, Edinburgh, A.Kincaid & W.Creech, 1773 § Pole (Thomas) A History of the Origin and Progress of Adult Schools, first American edition, contemporary ink signature to head of title, large folding table (torn with slight loss, repaired), foxed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt & faded, New York, Samuel Wood, 1815, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a rare instruction book for those planning to establish a school based on the Madras or monitorial system of Andrew Bell. Library Hub lists only 2 copies (BL & UCL). The last was first published in Bristol in 1814 and describes the establishment and success of schools set up there to instruct adults to read the Bible. Library Hub records only one copy of this edition (Cambridge).
![Astronomy.- Monnier (Pierre Charles le) Mémoires Concernant Diverses Questions d'Astronomie, [de Navigation] et de Physique,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/ebeb8d72-94f7-4332-b8f9-afc101030901/468x382.jpg)
Astronomy.- Monnier (Pierre Charles le) Mémoires Concernant Diverses Questions d'Astronomie, [de Navigation] et de Physique, 4 parts in 1 vol., each part with title, 2 engraved plates and folding double-hemisphere map, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, part 2 with margins browned, occasional light browning or scattered spotting elsewhere, the odd small stain, attractive later calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint split at foot, uncut and partly unopened, [Sabin 40010], 4to, Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1781-8.⁂ The rare full series of Le Monnier's Mémoires, together in one volume. Including a considerable discussion of the scientific observations made on Cook's second voyage.
Pacific.- Vincendon-Dumoulin (Clément Adrien) Iles Marquises ou Nouka-Hiva, half-title, 4 maps, 2 folding, extra-illustrated with an additional engraved map at end, small mark to title in pen, first few leaves with minor damp-stain to fore-margin, some light foxing, slight creasing to folding maps, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, lightly rubbed, [Hill 1777; O'Reilly 6269], 8vo, Paris, 1843.
Berchorius (Petrus) Repertorium morale, edited by Johannes Beckenhub, 3 parts (order given as per GW), I: collation: a8 b-z aa-zz [et][et]6 [con][con] t̃t̃8, final f. blank, a2 is signed a, 300ff., II: collation: A8 B-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Sss6, 386 ff. (including an initial blank not called for by GW, our A2 signed A. GW calls for a final blank, however signature 3S is complete with 6 text ff.), III: collation: AA8 BB CC6 DD7 EE-ZZ AAA-YYY6 ZZZ7 AAAA BBBB6 CCCC8, 296 ff. (of 300, lacking initial blank, 3M2&5 and final blank (blanks of ?17th century paper substituted)), includes an additional f. DD2 with variant text, AA2 is unsigned and AA3 signed AA2 &c., double column, 70 lines and headline, Gothic type, each vol. with large opening maiblumen initial in red and blue with marginal flourish, all other initials in red, occasional early ink marginalia, some spotting and staining / water-staining, generally light in all instances, lightly browned, early vellum manuscript ff. used at endpapers, 18th century reversed calf, spines in compartments and with double modern leather labels (parts 2&3 numbered in reverse order to GW), rebacked or spines repaired, preserving original backstrips with loss to calf, corners worn, marked, rubbed and scuffed, folio (c.320 x 210), [Nuremberg], Anton Koberger, 4 February, 1489. ⁂ Exceedingly rare at auction, especially so with all three parts. Pierre Bersuire (c.1290-1362) was a French Benedictine author, translator and encyclopaedist. In the 1340s when a student at the University of Paris he met Petrarch, and later translated his Ab urbe condita into French. The present work for the use of preachers arranges the principal words of Scripture alphabetically and attaches to them moral reflections. Literature: Goff B-340; HC *2798 = 2801; GW 3866; Bod-Inc: B-158 (Vol.1 only); BSB-Ink B-294; ISTC ib00340000.
Anson (George) A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, edited by Richard Walter, first edition, first issue with p.319 misnumbered 219, large paper copy, list of subscribers, 42 engraved maps and plates, all but one folding, lacking final leaf of directions to the binder, bookplates of S. V. Dashwood, F. G. Coles and Frederick Ellis, title slightly browned, some light foxing and offsetting, 1 plate with tiny hole to central fold, a couple with small puncture marks to fore-margin (not affecting image), hinges repaired, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with ship motif and red morocco label, rubbed, [Hill 1817; Sabin 1625 & 101175], 4to (295 x 220mm.), Printed for the Author, by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.⁂ The first official account of Anson's circumnavigation, with reference to Alexander Selkirk (the model for Robinson Crusoe) on p.120. The 350 recipients of large or "Royal Paper" copies are marked with an asterisk in the list of subscribers, this copy presumably that of Sir James Dashwood, Bart.
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, small compartments to front pastedown revealing the Queen and George Washington's faces, binder's "Certificate of Authenticity" leather label in panel to rear, letter from binder regarding this copy loosely inserted, light edge-spotting, modern black morocco in jacket design with metal skull buttons and gilt lettering "Winston Smith" to the left breast, onlayed prosthetic eye to chest with calf eyelid, radiating design in blind depicting the gaze of Big Brother to upper cover, title, author and date lettered in gilt on lower cover, 8vo, Secker and Warburg, 1949.⁂ This copy number 4 of 5 specially-bound "black edition" copies bound to commemorate the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The compartments in the front pastedown conceal a ten shilling Bank of England note and an old one dollar bill.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Draft typescript speech commencing "During the last fortnight the British Navy", 11pp. one side only, with revisions in Churchill's hand to 4pp., on paper blind-stamped "G.R." and with tag holes to upper corner, light surface soiling to initial and final pp., 1940; and a carbon copy of Churchill's speech delivered at the Congress of Europe in The Hague, 7 May, 1948, 4to (2)⁂ A working draft of Churchill's War of the Unknown Warriors speech, delivered 14 July, 1940, on the BBC. This draft contains significant differences to the version that was ultimately delivered, including a middle portion about the Home Guard that was partially excised, with the violent language toned down.
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