Miller (Henry) Genius and Lust. A Journey through the Major Writings of Henry Miller by Norman Mailer, signed presentation inscription from Miller to Alfred Perlès to half-title, tape-staining to endpapers, jacket spine sunned, spine ends and corners chipped, surface adhesion, New York, 1976 § Abbey (Edward) The Monkey Wrench Gang, signed presentation inscription from the author to loosely inserted half-title from another work, jacket with light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short tears to head and foot with some creasing, New York, 1975 § Lawrence (Josephine) A Tower of Steel, slight cockling to pages, jacket with minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1944, first or first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 2 others, American literature, 8vo (5)
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O'Donnell (Peter) Modesty Blaise,1965; Modesty Blaise: Sabre-Tooth, 1966; Modesty Blaise: I, Lucifer, 1967, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light sunning and toning to spines, extremities with very light scuffing, the last with very small tear at spine foot; and 3 other first editions by the same, 8vo (6)
Osborne (John) Look Back in Anger, ink ownership of Paul Rotha (documentary film-maker and critic) to endpaper, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine and corners a little chipped at head, a few short nicks to head and foot, 1957 § Hastings Turner (John) The Lilies of the Field, number 7 of 50 copies on Kelmscott handmade paper signed by the author, this copy with additional presentation inscription from the author, Oxford, 1923 § Behan (Brendan) The Hostage, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light sunning to spine, 1958, first editions, original boards; and 4 others, plays, 8vo (8)
Sturgeon (Theodore) The Dreaming Jewels, signed by the author followed by symbol on title, title with splitting to gutter, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, fading to covers, jacket with chipping and creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, New York, 1950 § Boule (Pierre) Monkey Planet, light foxing, bookplate to pastedown, jacket a little sunned, split to head of lower fore-edge, 1963 § Greenberg (Martin, editor) Men Against the Stars, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket price-clipped, chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1951 § Lessing (Doris) The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, 1982, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 7 others, science fiction and fantasy, 8vo (11)⁂ The first was signed for fellow author John Baxter at the inaugural World SF meeting in Dublin, the symbol 'represents a crucial human drive - "ask the next question"'. This was a credo of critical thinking developed by Sturgeon - the symbol of a Q with an arrow running through it accompanied his signature from around 1970, and corresponded to a pendant he wore round his neck.
Walpole (Hugh) All Souls' Night, "Dominions Edition" ink stamp to title verso, ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, slight shelf-lean, rubbing to cloth at foot, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, rubbed, 1933 § Merritt (Abe) Burn Witch Burn, browning to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, spotting to lower panel, 1955 § Bloch (Robert) Psycho 2, signed presentation inscription from the author, jacket with light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1982, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others, horror, 8vo (5)
Beerbohm (Max) Cartoons "The Second Childhood of John Bull", 15 colour illustrations by the author, 3 pp. with very small tear at lower edge, front endpaper creased, hinges a little cracked, original cloth-backed boards, some light surface soiling, [1911]; Heroes and Heroines, one of a limited edition, facsimile letter, five colour illustrations by the author, tipped-in to card folders, some toning to folders, unbound, housed in vellum-backed portfolio, boards discoloured with some water staining, [1931], folio (2)
Beerbohm (Max) Things New and Old, from a limited edition, signed by the author, with an additional colour plate signed by the author, loose in pocket at rear, colour frontispiece, 49 black and white plates, tipped-in, with captioned tissue guards, bookplate, original cream cloth, dust-jacket, spine toned, surface soiling, a few small tears and chips at edges, 1923; Observations, from a limited edition, signed by the author, with an additional colour plate signed by the author (creased), loose in pocket at rear, colour frontispiece, 51 black and white plates, tipped-in, captioned tissue guards, original green cloth, 1926; More, light damp-stain to title, original green diced cloth with paper label to spine, spine ends a little bumped, 1899; and 3 others by the same, v.s. (6)
Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first edition, first issue with the six line colophon, fifth line reading "Paper manufactured by S. D. Warren and Co.", cut signature of the author laid down to half-title, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, blind-stamped, dust-jacket, first state, with no ISBN number on lower panel, price clipped, light sunning to spine, light surface scuffing to upper panel, spine ends a little bumped and creased, overall excellent, 8vo, 1964.
Nonesuch Press.- Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 vol., first Nonesuch edition, one of a limited edition, illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer, vol 1. ink ownership inscription front endpaper, vol. 1 lacking final 2 (?) leaves of text (last p.498), text block split at vol. 1 pp.ix-1 and vol. 2 pp.2-3 (spine firm), vol. 2 a few instances of light marginal spotting or soiling, original calf with red morocco labels to spines, vol. 1 lightly sunned, vol 2. a couple of small dark stains (ink?) to upper cover, some light damp-staining, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, The Nonesuch Press, [1930].⁂ This edition is based on the 1743 seventh edition of the English translation by Peter Motteux, first published 1700-3. Motteux's translation was widely admired for its lucidity and wit throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The illustrator, E. McKnight Kauffer, is best known for his modernist poster art, the style of which is visible in his illustrations here.
Architecture.- Plaw (John) Sketches for Country Houses, Villas, and Rural Dwellings..., A New Edition, half-title, 42 engraved plates and plans, all but a few sepia aquatints, ink ownership inscription "Willm. Perkin Architect 1830" at head of title, plates annotated with cost in pencil in margin, some light spotting to text and marginal soiling, modern half morocco with elaborated gilt-stamped label to upper cover, spine gilt, uncut, [cf.Abbey Life 49, 1800 edition], 1823 § Robinson (P.F.) Rural Architecture, fourth edition, lithographed additional pictorial title and 96 plates and plans, additional title severely foxed, some other foxing, mostly marginal, from the library of the Earl of Ellenborough with stamp to pastedown, contemporary roan-backed cloth, gilt-stamped roan label to upper cover, rubbed and lightly stained, upper joint repaired, 1836; and another, architecture, 4to & 8vo (3)
Art reference.- MacDonald (Margaret F.) James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné, half-title, portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations, many colour, some light soiling to frontispiece and title, upper hinge cracked but covers holding, original cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket, a little rubbed at extremities, margins lightly toned, New Haven & London, 1995; and c.50 others similar, v.s. (c.50)
Koudelka (Josef).- Photography.- Beranová (Libuse) Diskutujeme o morálce dneska, first edition, 13 photographic plates by Koudelka, of which 3 double-page, original white blind-stamped cloth, dust-jacket, some light discolouration to lower panel top edge, spine ends and corners a little bumped, oblong 4to, Prague, Nakladatelstvi Politické Literatury, 1965.⁂ First and only edition of this first work, a scarce photobook by the renowned Czech-French photographer Josef Koudelka (b.1938).
Daly (César) L'Architecture Privée au XIX Siecle sous Napoleon III, 3 vol., additional pictorial titles, 232 lithograph plates, vol. 1 and 2 without list of illustrations, spotting and some light foxing, contemporary morocco backed boards, spines with very faint sunning, edges and corners scuffed, folio, Paris, 1864.
NO RESERVE Razzall (Rosie) and Lucy Whitaker. Canaletto & the Art of Venice, very occasional light soiling, dust-jacket, 2017 § Hogben (Carol) and Rowan Watson. From Manet to Hockney, bookplate of Trevor Weston to front free endpaper, cloth lightly rubbed, 1985 § Jones (Roger) and Nicholas Penny. Raphael, ink inscription to front free endpaper, dust-jacket lightly rubbed and toned, 1983, original cloth; and c.95 others, art and architecture reference, v.s. (c.95)
NO RESERVE Arctic.- Sabine (Edward, editor) The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle, first edition, half-title, engraved arms to general title and head of first page of each 'issue', without errata slip, endpapers, half-title and final text verso foxed, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, original boards, upper cover detached, spine and corners worn, some chipping, rubbed, [Sabin 55714; Arctic Bibliography 12547], 4to, John Murray, 1821.⁂ 'A weekly newspaper established by Parry's crew in 1819-20, 'to enliven the tedious and inactive months of winter in the Arctic region' (Sabin).
NO RESERVE Aviation.- Bradshaw's International Air Guide No.1, folding colour map loose in pocket at end, with bookmark but detached from cord, original printed blue wrappers, a little very light spotting, 8vo, Henry Blacklock & Co., London & Manchester, November 1934.⁂ An excellent copy of this fascinating and informative early guide to both domestic and international flights.
Electricity.- Romas (Jacques de) Mémoire sur les moyens de se garantir de la foudre dans les maisons; suivi D'une Lettre sur l'invention du Cerf-volant électrique, half-title, lacking folding frontispiece and plate, 3 woodcut headpieces, pastedowns and free endpapers with inscriptions in ink and pencil, some contemporary, scattered light spotting, some browning and damp-staining, contemporary vellum, spine with five raised bands and calf label with gilt lettering, rubbed and soiled, Bordeaux, Bergeret & Pissot, 1776; and 20 others, French, v.s. (21)⁂ First and only edition of this rare work on the lightning rod. The appendix reprints a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Romas, dated July 1754.
Mathematics.- Euclid. Euclidis Elementorum sex priores libri recogniti opera Christiani Melder, additional engraved title, title with woodcut printer's device, numerous woodcut diagrams in text, contemporary ink inscriptions to pastedowns and additional title, including name Michaëlis of Gyöngyös and a note by him to additional title, occasional neat annotation and underlining, final blank and rear free endpapers with 4 large ink diagrams, all seemingly by Michaëlis, ink stamp DK to pastedown and additional title verso, ink stamps of University of Hungary to title verso, small tear to I2, affecting a couple of letters, some light foxing and very occasional damp-staining, upper hinge broken, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, 3 shallow puncture marks to spine, 12mo, Leiden & Amsterdam, Gaesbeeck, 1673.
Sexual Health.- Stopes (Marie) Married Love, A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties, first edition, 2 charts, ink-stamps to pastedown, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional very light spotting and finger-soiling, some cracking at gutter, original blind-stamped cloth, small stain to lower cover, extremities lightly rubbed, spine a little sunned, A. C. Fifield, 4to, 1918.⁂ One of the first books to openly discuss birth control. Married Love was considered too controversial by a series of publishers between 1914 and 1918, accepted by Fifield & Co on the condition that the publication be funded by Humphrey Roe, Stopes' future second husband. It was an instant success, the first edition of 2000 copies selling out within two weeks.
Rivière (Lazare) Medicina Practica in succinctum Compendium redacta, studio & sumptibus Bernhardi Verzaschae, lacking half-title and portrait frontispiece, endpapers soiled with contemporary ink inscriptions, title in red and black with number 3543 in ink, some toning and light marginal damp-staining, lower hinge cracked but holding, bound in remains of Conrad Dieterich's Vortreffliche & kernhaffte theolog, soiled and with ink markings, some loss to extremities and spine, joints split at base, Basel, Jacob Werenfels, 1663; and 16 others, most 18th century, including a defective 1604 copy of Verepaeus' De Epistolis Latine Conscribendis libri V, v.s. (17)
Canada.- Douglas (George M.) Lands Forlorn: The Story of an Expedition to Hearne's Coppermine River, portrait frontispiece with captioned tissue-guard, illustrations, two folding maps at end, loosely inserted typed note from Lewis Douglas III, very light spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, gilt, corners and spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, lightly sunned with a couple small chips to upper panel and spine, some water-staining to spine, t.e.g., New York, 1914; and 28 others, travel related, v.s. (29)⁂ The note is addressed to Luigi, dated September 30 1966: 'I thought you would like to have a copy of Lands Forlorn which your Great, Great Grandfather financed'.
NO RESERVE Elzevier.- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Epistolarum Libri XVI ad Familiares, 2 vol., engraved additional pictorial title, printed title with woodcut printer's device, engraved full-page portrait, small repaired tear to lower margin of additional title, some spotting, occasional light staining, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, [Willems 1525], Amsterdam, Daniel Elzevier, 1677-1676; and 2 vol., defective Paulus Manutius Cicero in 18th century red morocco, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Georgel (Jean-Francois, Abbé) Mémoires pour Servir a l'Histoire des Événemens...depuis 1760 jusqu'en 1806-1810, 6 vol., folding hand-coloured engraved plate, contemporary half sheep, worming to joints, Paris, 1817-18 § [Dezallier d'Argenville (A.-N.)] Voyage Pittoresque de Paris..., sixth edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, 3 folding, ink signatures to title, some light water-staining, contemporary mottled calf, worn, upper cover detached (with all before title), Paris, de Bure, 1778 § Besenval (Pierre Victor, Baron de) Mémoires..., 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, vol.2-4 with half-titles, contemporary mottled calf-backed marbled boards, Paris, 1805-06 § [Faur (L.F.)] Vie Privée du Marechal de Richelieu, contenant ses Amours et Intrigues, 3 vol., contemporary tree calf, Paris, Buisson, 1791 § Guizot (Francois) Cours d'Histoire Moderne, 5 vol., half-titles, old ink library stamp to titles, contemporary half mottled calf, 1829-32 § Coxe (William) Memoirs of the Kings of Spain of the House of Bourbon, 3 vol. in 1, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary half calf, 1813, some foxing and browning, rubbed, or worn; and c.45 others, mostly French history, all from the library of the late Dr. Rohan Butler with his ink signature and occasional notes, 8vo & 4to; sold not subject to return (c.65)⁂ Dr. Rohan Butler (1917-96), historical advisor to the Foreign Office, author of Choiseul: Father and Son, 1719-1754, 1980.
NO RESERVE Cinema.- Arrosev (A.) Soviet Cinema, design by V. Stepanova and A. Rodchenko, including numerous film-still illustrations, folding photomontage with cut-out of Lenin and tipped-in celluloid leaf with Stalin's silhouette, lacking p.35 and 43, the odd spot, occasional very light soiling, celluloid with three short tears at inner margin, one affecting text, upper hinge cracked, original red cloth with pictorial onlay, lightly rubbed, 4to, Moscow, 1935.⁂ Designed in the constructivist style, Soviet Cinema is part history, part manifesto, containing biographies of prominent filmmakers such as Eisenstein, Kuleshov, Trauberg and Vertov.
Europe.- Reichard (Heinrich) Guide des Voyageurs en Europe, 3 vol., third edition, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, 13 folding engraved maps and plans, some spotting (including to maps), occasional light damp-staining to margins, vol. 2 initial 6 pages with small portion frayed at fore-edge, contemporary half calf, vol. 2 with potion upper cover fore-edge torn away, joints and extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, Weimar, 1805.
Erotica.- 37 drawings of an erotic nature, on 24 sheets, each c.180 x 110mm., opaque pigments on paper, with pen and ink, [India], [probably late 19th or early 20th century] bound with ?Lizut-u-Nifsa, manuscript on the relationship between man and woman and sexual matters, 16pp., [late 19th century], occasional spotting or light staining / water-staining, 20th century morocco, rubbed, small 4to⁂ Provenance: 'These pictures were procured to give some idea of the absurd & ridiculous notions & practices of the Mahomitans [sic] in India'. .
Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry...to which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil, 3 parts in 1, general title in red and black, 58 engraved plates only (of 75), many with engravings on both sides, numerous armorial woodcuts to text, bookplate of John Smyth of Heath, occasional light spotting and browning, the odd small marginal tear, a few small holes to text, each affecting a couple of letters, contemporary calf, rebacked with corners repaired, gilt spine in compartments with red morocco label, covers rubbed and worn, [Wing G2222], folio, S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679; and c.70 others, bindings and antiquarian, v.s. (c.70)
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Auerbach (Rev. Meyer) and Rev. Samuel Salant. An Open Letter Addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore...Together With a Narrative of a Forty Days Sojourn in the Holy Land By Sir Moses Montefiore, text in English and Hebrew, printed crest to pastedown, small photographic print of Montefiore pasted to rear pastedown, very occasional light spotting, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine lightly faded, bumping to extremities, a.e.g., 8vo, 1875.
![NO RESERVE Woman mystic & adventurer.- [Garden (George, attributed to)] An apology for M. Antonia Bourignon: in four part](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4c283513-cc7b-4e00-a8cd-ae5a00cb2d95/503bc2b9-9ff1-47ed-9c04-ae5a00cc5b92/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Woman mystic & adventurer.- [Garden (George, attributed to)] An apology for M. Antonia Bourignon: in four parts, lacking portrait frontispiece, some spotting and light staining, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in modern calf in compartments with red leather label, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing G218], 8vo, Printed for D. Brown, at the Black Swan, 1699. sold not subject to return. ⁂ The final two leaves contain a catalogue of books by Bourignon. Bourignon (1616-1680) was a French-Flemish mystic and adventurer, who preached that the end of the world was imminent. She attracted a good number of mainly male followers, including Robert Boyle (who had her work translated into English) and Jan Swammerdam.
NO RESERVE Juveniles.- Hogarth (William).- Trusler (John) Hogarth moralized. Being a complete edition of Hogarth's works...Calculated to improve the Minds of Youth, and, convey Instruction, under the Mask of Entertainment, first edition, printed on thick paper, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional vignette title and illustrations, a few full-page, lacking letterpress title, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary tree calf, gilt, joints splitting, but holding firm, Sold by S. Hooper...and Mrs. Hogarth, 1768 § Somerville (Elizabeth) The Villge maid; or, Burton's moral stories for the instruction and amusement of youth...to which are added Plain Tales, 2 parts in 1, half-title, engraved frontispiece, M4&5 holed with loss of text, N5&6 paper flaw and staining, with loss of text, stained, lightly browned, contemporary cloth-backed boards, For Vernor and Hood...and sold by E. Newbery, 1801; and 3 others, 19th century English, v.s. (5)
17th century oval oil on canvas, portrait of a man in armour, unsigned, label verso "King Charles I Royalist Cavalier Officer, English Civil War 1642 -1651", 76cm x 64cm, probably original carved giltwood framePainting has been re-lined plus a later small patch repair, signs of small repaired holes with small areas of overpainting visible under UV light, no further provenance available
Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky (1906 - 1996), oil on canvas abstract, signed with monogram, dated Oct '64, further inscription verso, and inscribed Beaux Art, 91cm x 122cm, unframed Very good untouched condition, no canvas damage or repairs, would benefit from a light clean, from a local deceased estate
Attributed to George Clint (1770 - 1854), early 19th century oil on canvas, view of Hastings from White Rock with figures pulling boats ashore in a storm, unsigned, 50cm x 70cm, unframedCanvas has been re-lined but no sign of previous repaired tears, a few tiny spots of overpainting, general light craquelure but paint all stable, generally very good bright condition
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL GILT BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED THREE LIGHT CANDELABRA IN ROCOCO REVIVAL TASTE mid 19th century, the foliate cast sockets and drip pans rising on tendrilous stems from behind the seated figures of a young man and a maiden, on rocaille cast bases, 31.5cm high, 27cm wide
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