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Preisdatenbank abonnierenSmith (James Edward) The English Flora, 5 vol. in 6, second edition, half-titles to vol.3 and 4 only, some light foxing, mostly confined to endpapers, vol.4 with 8pp. Desiderata of the Botanical Society of London, 1850, bound in at end together with 16pp. London Catalogue of British Plants, contemporary red half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with double black morocco labels, 8vo, 1828-36.
Doves Press.- [Cobden-Sanderson (T.J.)] Catalogue Raisonné of Books Printed & Published at the Doves Press, [one of 300 copies], first edition, printed in red and black, Ramsay MacDonald's copy with Doves Press invoice/receipt for Wordsworth's 'Prelude' made out to him and loosely inserted, light browning to final leaf, original holland-backed printed boards by the Doves Bindery, uncut, lightly soiled, 4to, Doves Press, 1908.⁂ J.Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), politician and Britain's first Labour Prime Minister.This is one of several books stolen from MacDonald's library and sold to a London bookshop, of which all but one were recovered and returned to the owner. The bookshop's pencilled price of £2 is still to be found on the front pastedown.
Sweet (Robert) The British Flower Garden, 7 vol., (i.e. 1st series 3 vol. & 2nd series 4 vol.), 712 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few folding, by Weddell, F.W. Smith and others after E.D. Smith, J. Hart and others, without the rare 16pp. 'A Monograph on the Subordo V. of Amaryllideae, containing the Narcissineae' by Adrian Hardy Haworth (as usual), very occasional light spotting, but generally plates clean and bright, uniform contemporary green half morocco, gilt, over marbled boards, [Nissen BBI 1923], 8vo, 1823-25.
Woodville (William) Medical Botany, 4 vol., first edition, 274 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light foxing and toning but plates generally very clean, title and dedication leaf of vol.1 trimmed at foot, later half calf over marbled boards, [Nissen BBI 2183; Hunt 716; Henrey 1521-22], 4to, for the Author, 1790-94.
Hermannus (Paulus) Paradisus Batavus, 111 engraved plates, woodcut title vignette, initials and head- and tail-pieces, eighteenth century ink ownership inscription to front endpaper and ink annotation to 2*4v, [Nissen BBI 860], Leiden, by Abraham Elzevier, 1698; bound with Commelin (Caspar) [Praeludia Botanica], 33 engraved plates, lacking initial 4ff. (all before A1, including title), A1 heavily browned, [Nissen BBI 388, Hunt 405], [Leiden], [by F. Haringh], [1703], together 2 works in 1, some light browning and offsetting, spotting throughout, occasional ink stains and other soiling, eighteenth century calf, covers lightly stained and scuffed, red morocco label to spine, upper joint slightly cracked, extremities scuffed, 4to.
Reptiles.- Topsell (Edward) The History of Serpents, woodcut title vignette of a child being swallowed by a boa, woodcut illustrations, reinforced at inner edge and with manuscript alteration pasted over part of title, some light soiling or browning, a few stains, small hole to Nnn4 with loss of a couple of letters and affecting woodcut of crocodile, Ttt3 with small portion lacking from upper margin with loss to head-line, a few minor marginal tears and repairs, old ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, modern half calf, [Nissen 4147; Wing G624], folio, by E. Cotes, 1658.⁂ The second part only (of 3, pp.591-818) of Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents of 1658 (second edition), with its own separate title but amended in manuscript to read "...Or, The Book of living Creatures" instead of "...Or, The second book of living Creatures". It covers bees & wasps, chameleons, crocodiles, dragons, frogs & toads, lizards, scorpions, spiders, and tortoises as well as snakes.
Bible leaf from 1462.- Bible, Latin, Single leaf, from Genesis chapters 34 to 36, double column, 48 lines, Gothic type, 2 initials supplied in red and blue with large marginal flourishes, chapter numbers and head-lines in red and blue, ruled, light staining to head and foot, small patch of worming to margins, [BMC I 22; Goff B529; GW 4204], folio, (400 x 300mm.), [Mainz, Johannes Fust and Peter Schoeffer], [1462].⁂ A leaf from the first dated bible (and the fourth edition of the Vulgate); preceeded only by the Gutenberg Bible at Mainz, the Pfister Bible at Bamberg and the Mentelen Bible at Strasbourg. The text is from Genesis 34 - 36 and concerns the aftermath of the rape of Jacob's daughter Dinah and the moving of his family to Bethel in Canaan. 1462 Bible leaves from the Book of Genesis are very rare in commerce.
Brandt (Gerard) Het Leven en Bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter, additional engraved pictorial title, woodcut title vignette, 8 engraved plates, of which 6 double page and 1 folding, engraved portrait, initials and head- and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, including to a couple of plates, occasional light browning with I1-I4 more heavily browned, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, covers slightly toned, spine with red morocco label, joints beginning to crack, folio, Amsterdam, for Waasberge, Boom and Goethals, 1701.
Shipbuilding.- [Allard (Carel) & others.] L'Art de Batir les Vaisseaux et d'en perfectionner la Construction...avec...les pavillons de divers etats, 2 vol. in 1, vol.2 in 2 parts, titles in red and black with engraved portrait vignettes of Erasmus, 22 engraved plates and 34 illustrations in text of ship-building and tools, most plates folding, 'Les Pavillons...' with additional title dated 1718 and with engraved illustration & 90 plates of flags, with 6 leaves of Table at end (often lacking) and catchword on verso of final plate, contemporary ink signature of D.Humbert at head of first title with several annotations in ink in English and French including a list of contemporary Dutch ships and their details on verso of title of vol.2 and to some plates, some light soiling or staining, a few plates torn at folds and repaired, engraved bookplate of Daniel Comte de Schulenburg Cheval Teuton, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, spine worn at head, 4to, Amsterdam, D.Mortier, 1719.
Music.- Handel (George Frederick) Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin, 2 vol. in 1, first uniform edition (fourth edition of vol.1, first edition of vol.2), engraved throughout with calligraphic titles and musical notation, vol.1 with sheets numbered 1-94 and vol.2 numbered 2-83, most printed on both sides, a few ink or pencil markings for fingering and ornaments, title soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), slight worming to corners of first few leaves (some repaired), contemporary ink signature of Grisel Hamilton to front pastedown, contemporary reversed calf with roll-tooled panels in blind and gilt-stamped red morocco label to upper cover, slightly rubbed, a few light stains to upper cover, [Smith 6 & 5], oblong folio, John Walsh, No.490, [c.1736-1733].⁂ An excellent clean copy of the standard edition of Handel's harpsichord suites, and the basis for the numerous subsequent editions.Possibly Grisel Hamilton (1719-1811), daughter of Charles Hamilton, Viscount Binning, married Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope in 1745.
NO RESERVE Music.- Devienne (François) Méthode pour la Flûte dediée à Monsieur Roslin d'Ivry, Nouvelle Édition, engraved throughout, title with vignette of classical figure playing the flute by Aubert and 113pp. of text, fingering charts and musical notation by Richomme printed on both sides of sheet, all with number "402" at foot, title with old ink stamp at foot and reinforced at fore-margin, light foxing and soiling, contemporary half mottled calf, a little worn, spine frayed at head, 4to, Paris, Janet et Cotelle, [?1820].⁂ Later edition of Nouvelle Méthode... published by Imbault in Paris in 1794, by the most influential tutor of the classical (pre-Boehm) flute. It contains information on technique and articulation, and whereas the first edition was just for the single-keyed flute this edition includes instruction for a four-keyed instrument. Devienne played bassoon at the Paris Opera and was professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire from its foundation in 1793.WorldCat lists only one copy of this edition, in the Netherlands Music Institute library in The Hague.
Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Les Principales Aventures de l'admirable Don Quichotte, title in red and black, engraved title vignette, 31 engraved plates, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, some offsetting and light browning, occasional light spotting and finger soiling, upper hinge cracked, contemporary marbled boards with vellum corners, rebacked with morocco, spine with red morocco label, extremities rubbed, uncut, 4to, The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1746.
Economics.- Necker (Jacques) A very good sammelband of c.60 printed works, a manuscript, and engraved plates by or relating to Necker, including Necker (Jacques) Compte rendu au roi...Au mois de Janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté, engraved folding frontispiece and a plate ('Allégorie du Compte rendu au Roi par N.Necker en 1781'), 2 folding hand-coloured engraved maps, folding letterpress table, frontispiece and plate trimmed within image, the former with split at fold, 1776-1781; [Reply to a Remonstrance], manuscript in French, 18pp., closely trimmed at head, [late 18th century]; and Hospice de Charité, title and woodcut royal arms within woodcut borders, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, Paris, Royal Printers, 1780, some spotting, light staining and browning, modern calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, 4to
Russian order of merit.- Статутъ Орден Св. Станислава [Statute for the Order of St. Stanislaus], light foxing, some browning to first and last ff., but a very good copy generally, attractive modern calf-backed boards, folio, [St. Petersburg], [c.1831].⁂ Russian statute to establish the Order of Stanislaus, an order of merit for military and civilian distinction within the empire. The order was originally Polish but was incorporated by the Russian Empire in 1831 following the November Uprising. We can trace no other examples of this statute.
Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title, Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Holy Bible (The)..., 3 parts in 1, engraved portrait of George II and additional architectural title with vignettes in roundels, 5 folding engraved maps and 47 plates, most with 4 images, one large and folding of Solomon's Temple, [Herbert 1130], Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Downame (John, editor) A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible..., C.Ware, 1757, together 3 works in 1 vol., all maps and a few plates torn and frayed at edges (all silked, also frontispiece), some spotting or browning, light water-staining to inner margins, ex-library copy with a few ink stamps, bound in contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt border and onlaid central lozenge of black morocco tooled in gilt within gilt starburst, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, corners repaired, 4to⁂ A handsome binding on a scarce 18th century Bible. ESTC lists only 3 copies of this edition of the Book of Common Prayer (National Library of Scotland, Albert Sloman Library at the University of Essex, and the Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia), and 2 copies of the Bible (BL, and the American Bible Society in New York).
Maritime exercise book.- The Mariner's Compass [first title], manuscript in an Italic hand, 106pp., pen and ink diagram of the mariner's compass and a full-page chart of coastline, and numerous geometric diagrams, small tear in inner margins of rear half of volume, compass at beginning soiled, some other light dust-soiling and few marks, slightly browned, 20th century marbled boards, spine detached, sm. folio, n.d. [c. 1800].⁂ Various exercises, including: "plane sailing"; "traverse sailing"; "middle latitude sailing, Mercators sailing"; "oblique sailing"; "current sailing"; "of tides"; "rules for correcting the dead reckoning"; "rules for keeping a journal"; "a journal of a voyage from London to Madera and Teneriffe in the Frances of London, William Johnson Commander kept by Joseph Mills, Mate"; "the manner of surveying the coasts and harbours" etc.
English Statutes in contemporary bindings.- Table (A) to al the Statutes made from the beginning of the raigne of Kyng Edwarde the vi, 2 vol., black letter, woodcut general titles, numerous divisional titles, some with woodcut borders, woodcut initials, some light water-staining at end of vol.2, occasional spotting, last few margins of both vol. affected by clasps (causing holes and rust-marks), contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, vol.1 rebacked preserving original spine, a few other repairs and clasps renewed, folio, Richard Tottell [and others], 1570-76.⁂ A remarkable survival in generally excellent condition and in contemporary bindings, albeit restored. These statutes provide a profound insight into the legal framework governing the lives and times of the Elizabethans, such as apparel, apprentices, bail, beggars, the Book of Common Prayer, Brickmakers, Cathedrals, Counterfeiting, Rebellious Assemblies, Sheriffs, Wool, and so on, as well as statutes of major impact such as the Supreme Head of the Church of England (26 Henry VIII c 1).The bindings appear to be those of Oldham's "F.D. binder", who he believed came from Germany and of which some 35 examples are known. These bindings are characterised by a particular design - "his design was, with very few exceptions, always the same, one roll, used doubled, with an inner frame touching the outer" (Oldham, English Blind-stamped Bindings, p.32 and plate XIX). The first volume in this set has the collective table by Tottell, and individual issues by Tottell (five), Jugge (ten), and Christopher Barker (one), covering Edward VI; Mary 1, Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth 1 as follows: Edward VI year 1 (Tottell); 2-3 (Tottell), 3-4 (Tottell), 5-6 (Tottell), 6-7 (Totell), Mary 1 year 1 (Jugge); year 1 (Until October) (Jugge); Phillip and Mary Years 1-2 (Jugge), 2-3 (Jugge), 4-5 (Jugge), Elizabeth 1 Year 1 (Jugge), 5 (Jugge), 8 (Jugge), 13 (Christopher Barker), 14 (Jugge), 18 (Jugge). The second volume opens with the title page to volume two, collective table by Marsh, and is followed by his reissue of the Henry VIII statutes: years 1, 3-7, 14-15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34-35, 35.The group offered here is unusually coherent, being printed entirely between 1570-1576. Marsh is known to have produced a two-volume issue, and presumably he took over the stock of Jugge after his death, using it as spare parts to constitute the first volume, to go alongside his reissue of the Henry VIII statutes.
[Chaucer (Geoffrey)] [The Workes...], black letter, double column, lacking a1-6, b1, 3 & 4, c4, G2, 3T1 & 6 and 3V7 & 8 (including title with woodcut border, divisional title with woodcut coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf at end), woodcut illustration to head of Knights Tale and head- & tail-pieces and initials, with missing G2 leaf supplied in near contemporary ink manuscript on 5pp., 2Y signature supplied from another copy (cropped, soiled and frayed at fore-margin), 3K2 defective at lower outer corner with loss of a few letters on verso), several old ink signatures and inscriptions in various hands (Edward ?Bird at beginning and other leaves, Chessborough Le Poer-Kennedy to Knight's Tale, Richard Blagrave 1659 at end), slight worming to first few leaves, some light soiling and occasional water-staining, final leaf a little frayed, old bookseller's ticket of Attwood's of Dublin loosely inserted, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [STC 5080 or 5081], [printed by Adam Islip or George Bishop], [1602]; with a rather damp-stained but complete copy (bar initial blank) of the Adam Islip 1602 edition, containing all the missing leaves from the mentioned copy (including woodcut title, coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf), folio (2); sold not subject to return⁂ The second Speight edition, additionally edited by Francis Thynne; including Lydgate's The Storie of Thebes and much erroneously attributed to Chaucer.A note at end of the leaves supplied in manuscript reads, "This copy of Chaucer is of a very rare edition. The order of the tales differs from that adopted in the ordinary editions. I purchased this book at a sale in Dublin (Lewis auctioneer Anglesea St.). Le Poer-Kennedy MA. Harbertonford, Totnes Devon 1863...".
Bible, English.- The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew..., woodcut general and New Testament titles, woodcut illustrations, initials and head- and tail-pieces, double column in blackletter, lacking 2M8, 2N1 upper corner defective with loss of some text, 2N5 and 2R4 with marginal tears but no loss of text, a few manuscript prayer annotations, [STC 2241, D&M 340], Robert Barker, 1615 issued with R.F.H, Two profitable and fruitful Concordances, double-page map, Robert Barker, 1615 bound after The Book of Common Prayer, title a little creased, heavily trimmed, affecting headlines and side notes, [Wing B3612], Robert Barker, 1641 bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, worming with slight loss of text, [Wing B2452A], for the Company of Stationers, 1653, some light foxing, soiling and staining throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, covers and extremities worn, 4to.
Drayton (Michael) Poems..., with engraved additional title with allegorical figures by William Hole (name erased at foot) but lacking letterpress title with engraved portrait on verso, woodcut initials and ornaments, engraved title with old ink inscriptions to upper & lower margins and a little soiled & water-stained, some light marginal staining, contemporary calf, a little worn, joints split, spine repaired at head and foot, [Pforzheimer 307; STC 7222.3], folio, [by W.Stansby for John Smethwicke], [1619]; sold not subject to return⁂ One of several variants issued the same year.
Peacham (Henry) The Compleat Gentleman fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable Qualities concerning Minde or Bodie that may be required in a Noble Gentlema[n], first edition, engraved architectural title by F.Delaram, woodcut head-pieces, initials and coats-of-arms in text, lacking initial blank, with cancels X4.5, X5, Y4 & Y5 as usual, old ink inscriptions to title and one or two other leaves (one crossed out) and a few marginalia, some light spotting or soiling, cropped shaving a few head-lines and inscriptions, A2 with small portion torn away from upper margin, engraved bookplate of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Bart. of Meisham Hatch, handsome nineteenth century sprinkled calf with gilt roll border, by Mansell, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, inner gilt dentelles, slightly rubbed, [Pforzheimer 787; STC 19502], small 4to, [by John Legat] for Francis Constable, 1622.⁂ Scarce first edition of this important courtesy book for young gentlemen, with particular reference to literature, music, philosophy and art. We have been able to trace only 2 copies at auction since 1975, one at Sotheby's in 1977, the other in Germany in 1981.
Shakespeare.- Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt, first edition, lacking engraved portrait and final blank, woodcut initials, preliminary leaves misbound, old ink signature of W.Dalton Scoones to dedication (twice) and inside front cover, cropped, C2 folding at foot, some light water-staining and damp-spotting, a few leaves slightly frayed at edges and reinforced, no endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, repaired, [STC 7190; Pforzheimer 301], small folio, for William Lee, 1627.⁂ The elegy to Henry Reynolds includes mention of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Chapman and Jonson.
Shakespeare (William) A Midsommer Nights Dreame, extracted from the second folio, comprising pp.145-162 (p.153 misnumbered p.151), p. 149 with small paper restoration to foot of inner margin, occasional spotting and light staining, modern calf, gilt, folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], [1632].⁂ The most popular of all Shakespeare's plays.
NO RESERVE Weigel (Valentine) Astrologie Theologized...What Astrologie, and the light of Nature is. What influence the Starres naturally have on Man, and how the same may be diverted and avoided, first edition in English, woodcut head-piece and initial, title with old ink signature to title crossed out and small hole to inner margin repaired, lower corner chipped, a little browned and soiled, a few stains, A3 shaved at head touching pagination, modern half sheep, a little rubbed at edges, [Wing w1255], 4to, for George Whittington, 1649.⁂ Weigel was a German theologian, philosopher, and mystical writer, and an important precursor of theosophy.
Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme & Power of a Common-Wealth, first edition, first issue, printed title with 'head' ornament, additional engraved pictorial title with paper restorations to upper corner (not affecting image) and light minor staining, folding letter press table with small tear to lower margin, initial 4 ff., including title, and a few other ff. with small marginal tears, occasional spotting and staining, worm hole from 2R2 onwards, very slightly affecting text, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, re-backed, covers and extremities rubbed, [Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246], folio, for Andrew Crooke, 1651.⁂ Hobbes is now widely regarded as among the greats of political philosophy and Leviathan, his most famous work, has been described as rivalling the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau and Kant in terms of political significance due to its early and influential development of the 'social contract theory' (Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy). His argument, drawn from experiencing the English Civil War, was that a contract between society and an absolute power was necessary to prevent a degradation into anarchy or the 'war of all against all'. The iconography of the frontispiece, created after detailed consultation with Hobbes by Parisian etcher Abraham Bosse, reflects many of the book's fundamental concepts; the gigantesque sovereign-king is composed of over 300 tiny individuals, the contractual co-signers, who face away from the viewer towards their ruler, rendering him more powerful by their consent and the double columns beneath, whose panels represent the two sources of sovereign authority, ecclesiastical and temporal.
Bible, Irish.- Leabhuir na¡ Seintiomna...The Books of the Old Testament..., translated by William Bedell, first edition in Irish, title in English and Irish, double column, text in Irish, lacks initial and final blanks, small hole to 2O4 and 4T4 affecting a couple of letters, tear to foot of 5G3 extending into text but without loss, light soiling or water-staining to a few leaves but generally clean, worming to lower margin towards end, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving old spine, corners and some edges repaired, [Wing B2759A; Darlow & Moule 5534], 4to, n.p., 1685.⁂ First edition of the Old Testament in Irish, translated from the English Bible by William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore (1571-1642), but not published until 40 years after his death. About 500 copies were printed in Irish type supplied by Robert Boyle.
[Locke (John)], "Philanthropus". A Second Letter concerning Toleration, first edition, title lightly browned, paper repair to lower corner D1, faint early ink ownership inscription to title, light damp-staining, some soiling, mainly marginal, modern half calf, upper joint rubbed, [Wing L2755], for Awnsham and John Churchill, 8vo, 1690.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, fifth (second illustrated) edition, engraved portrait by R.White after William Faithorne and 12 engraved plates mostly by M.Burghers and P.P.Bouche after Medina, [Wing M2150], for Jacob Tonson, 1692; Paradise Regain'd...to which is added Samson Agonistes, third (first folio) edition, [Pforzheimer 721; Wing M2154], by R.E[veringham]...to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688, together 2 works in 1 vol., old ink inscriptions "L.Streate 1697", "M.Streate" (crossed out) and "Mary Ann Watts Lawson 1850" to head of first title, portrait a little frayed at inner edge and laid down, some light browning and staining, a few minor tears (mostly marginal), later armorial bookplate of Chas. Ino. Lawson Esq. of Middle Temple, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, corners repaired, folio
S[ergeant] (J[ohn]) The Method of Science, first edition, title with ornament, errata leaf, with blank d8, erratic pagination but complete, occasional light spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, upper cover detached, [Wing S2579], 8vo, by W.Redmayne for the Author, 1696.⁂ Attack on John Locke by the controversial Catholic and Aristotelian.
Linguistics.- Lhuyd (Edward) Archaeologia Britannica, giving some Account...of the Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain, vol.1: Glossography [all published], title with engraved vignette of Sheldonian Theatre, list of subscribers, a few contemporary ink annotations, title lightly soiled, occasional spotting or light browning, small paper flaw hole to Xxx1 with loss of a couple of letters, engraved armorial bookplate of Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, contemporary polished calf, a little rubbed, slight worn patch to upper cover, rebacked preserving old green roan label, corners repaired, folio, Oxford, at the Theater for the Author, 1702.⁂* Includes a Cornish grammar and dictionary of the Irish language, as well as the first printed specimen of Manx.The Rashleigh family were wealthy merchants dating back to the sixteenth century who became prominent and influential landowners in Cornwall. Their family seat, Menabilly, near Fowey, was let to the writer Daphne du Maurier from 1943 to 1969. She restored the house and used it as a model for Manderley in her novel Rebecca.
Pope (Alexander) The Works, 2 vol., first quarto edition, plus Letters, first authorized edition, together 3 vol., vol.1 with folding engraved portrait (trimmed), titles in red and black, numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces and vignettes, vol.1 with odd collation at beginning and seemingly lacking initial leaf Directions to the Binder, without F1 but with additional leaf signed G, and without I1 but with additional leaf signed K, with the half-sheet C2 containing the Ode on Solitude and The Dying Christian to his Soul (as in the Ashley copy), and with an additional Epistles of Horace/The First Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace/Sober Advice from Horace bound in before The Dunciad, Letters lacking e2, occasional foxing and light browning, contemporary red morocco, with gilt arms of Frederick, Prince of Wales (father of King George III) to covers, early reback, spines gilt and faded, covers a little rubbed and soiled, [Rothschild 1584, 1626 and 1634], 4to, by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot [and by John Wright, for Lawton Gilliver], 1717-35-37.⁂ Vol.1 is the first issue, with Tonson's name not in the imprint; The Letters is the second issue with 'Ludgatestreet' and 'Bond Street' in imprint unhyphenated.
Numismatics.- [Snelling (Thomas)] A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, first edition, 17 engraved plates, one with pencil annotation, light foxing, some leaves reinforced at edges, modern morocco, T.Snelling, 1762 § Martin-Leake (Stephen) An Historical Account of English Money, second edition, 13 engraved plates, traces of tape to inner margin of title, bookplate of John Dunn Gardner and book-label of Roy. Redvers. King, modern calf-backed cloth, red roan label, W.Meadows, 1745, folio & 8vo (2)
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, pp.147-223, "special English edition", vol.xlv, Jan-June, very light foxing to title, original morocco-backed boards, lightly rubbed, spine faded and lightly stained, London and Philadelphia, 8vo, 1890. ⁂ Seemingly the much rarer "special English edition" printed just after the American issue, and thus an early appearance in print of this story. The English edition was titled simply, "The Sign of the Four", and was published simultaneously in London and Philadelphia. Gibson and Green note that "in the American issue of the magazine the frontispiece faces a special title-page and is therefore considered by some to constitute the first edition." The first issue contains ads dated "January 1890" and the subsequent issue, as here, has ads dated "February 1890." The first English edition in book form was published in October, 1890 and the first American edition in book form was published in March, 1890.
Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, first edition, very light offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light finger-soiling and browning to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, a near-fine example overall, [PMM 423], 8vo, 1936.⁂ A superb example of one of the most influential economic treatise of the 20th century.
*** Please note the description of this lot has changed.Africa.- Haywood (Capt. C. Wightwick) To the Mysterious Lorian Swamp, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, folding map, 12pp. advertisements, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, a few short repaired tears to head and foot with some light creasing, a very good example overall, 1927.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. Sporting adventure in Jubaland, now Somalia, in which the author killed a rhino with an automatic pistol when it charged at him as he was taking a photograph. "[I]t is not the sort of effort I care to repeat...".
Food and Drink.- Hartley (Dorothy) Food in England, first edition, illustrations, some light marking to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to head and foot, dust-jacket, very light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few small nicks and some creasing to head and foot, light soiling to panels, some rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Hartley's fascinating compendium of English cookery through the ages, written over a 30 year period.
Blixen (Karen) Den Afrikanske Farm, first Danish edition, original pictorial wrappers, light toning and creasing to spine, spine ends a little chipped, label partially removed from lower flap, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, patch of light soiling to lower cover, a very good example, 8vo, Copenhagen, 1937.⁂ The fragile first Danish edition, published after first English but prior to the first American editions.
Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, first printing, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, original cloth, light sunning to spine and to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, fore-edges neatly strengthened and repaired on verso, spine with neat repairs to foot, some light rubbing to extremities but a very good example overall of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1958.⁂ The first of Michael Bond's Paddington books in which he created his much beloved marmalade-adoring eponymous bear. Increasingly rare in the jacket.
[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Death of a Sadist, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some minor fraying, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1937.⁂ A rare horror title of a man who loves art so much he loses he soul. Little is known of Ryan, whose work initially vanished into obscurity before being rediscovered in the 1980s.
[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Subjugated Beast, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, early ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original cloth, spine rubbed and faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some minor fraying, some light soiling and marking, rubbed, 8vo 1938.⁂ A rare macabre horror classic, including tales of cannibals and a husband feeding raw meat to his wife.
Burgess (Anthony) The Worm and the Ring, first edition, occasional marginal foxing, ink ownership inscription of Daphne Fielding, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped light creasing to spine ends, very short closed tear to head of lower panel, light spotting to flaps, 8vo, 1961.⁂ Burgess' suppressed novel with a good provenance, owned by the author and Bright Young Thing, Daphne Fielding (1904-97). The Worm and the Ring was closely based on Burgess' experiences at the Banbury Grammar School with several of the characters recognizable as staff there. The secretary, Gwendoline Bustin, objected to her inclusion and Heinemann agreed to pulp any unsold copies of the book.
Burroughs (William S.) The Naked Lunch, first edition, first issue with "Francs 1500" on back cover and rear flap of dust-jacket, title with typographic border in green, light water-staining to edges of rear free endpaper, original green printed wrappers, with dust-jacket, slightly creased and marked at upper edge, hole punched through wrapper and dust-jacket at foot or rear panel, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press, 1959.
Chitty (Lady [Helen Mary]) The Black Buddha, first edition, 6pp. advertisements with this title listed, original cloth, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, some minor chipping to spine ends and corners, a few short tears with light creasing to head and foot, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1926.⁂ An excellent example of this rare adventure title set in India, we can trace no other copies online or at auction. Helen Mary Chitty (1859-1932) was wife of Sir Charles William Chitty, a High Court Judge in Calcutta. The price on the spine has possibly either been transferred from another jacket or previously been covered with another price sticker since removed.
Durrell (Gerald) [The Corfu Trilogy], 3 vol., first editions, My Family with light chipping to extremities, Birds and Beasts price-clipped, still overall fine or near-fine copies, 8vo, 1956.⁂ A clean and bright set of Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy, comprising My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods, now the inspiration for the popular ITV drama.
Meade-Falkner (J.) The Lost Stradivarius, first edition, presentation inscription to pastedown, bookplate to front free endpaper, light spotting and foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, a little marked, spine ends bumped and creased, 8vo, 1895.⁂ Falkner's first novel, a supernatural tale of ghosts possessing objects.
Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, a few spots to endpapers, spotting to edges, original boards, short split to head of spine and to foot of lower joint, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light browning to spine tips, small tape-stain to upper and lower panels, a few scattered spots to lower panel, but a very good, bright copy overall, 8vo, 1957.
Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends, light creasing to head and foot, some rubbing and light surface marking, but an unusually bright and excellent example without any of the usual fading to spine, 8vo, 1960.
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, price-clipped, some light rubbing and minor creasing to spine ends and corners, very short closed tear to foot of upper joint, but an unusually bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1961.
Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, ink ownership stamp to foot of front free endpaper, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light browning to spin, light creasing and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, small splash-mark to spine, but a bright, near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1962.
Greene (Graham), H. E. Bates, T. F. Powys, Sean O'Faolin and others. No Want of Meat, Sir!, edited by John Hackney, first edition, light browning to endpapers, light damp-staining to covers, rubbing to head and foot, dust-jacket, price-clipped with 3/6 price sticker to upper flap, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, surface soiling to panels, light damp-stain to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Grayson, [1935].⁂ A rare piece of Greeniana, the trade edition of the collected stories by 18 writers that were published the same year as a set of limited editions. We can trace no other examples of this volume in a dust-jacket either at auction or online.
America.- Massachusetts.- Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency John Brooks ... A proclamation, for promulgating the amendments to the constitution, broadside, 505 x 405mm., double column, wood-engraved state arms at head, folds, tear to central fold with minor loss, small piece torn from from upper right-hand corner, a few nicks, lightly browned, [Boston], no printer, 1821 § Regular Ticket. Ward 6. Union Republican. Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr. for Mayor, broadside, 330 x 147mm., printed in light blue and black, wood-engraved illustrations, [Boston], no printer, 1864; and c.40 others, 19th century Massachusetts political and electioneering ephemera, v.s, (c.42)
James (P.D.) Unnatural Causes, first edition, signed by the author on title, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, small stain to foot, dust-jacket, some light creasing, neat strengthening to verso of spine ends and one corner, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1967.⁂ James' third novel, scarce signed.
Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Clive Hirschhorn on title, spot to outer margin of text, neat ink ownership inscription dated 1962 and small spot to endpaper, Hirschhorn's neat pencil purchase notes to front pastedown, original boards, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1961.⁂ The author's first novel that introduced George Smiley, his most enduring creation and arguably the greatest and most complex character in all of spy fiction.
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, signed by the author on title, light spotting, original blue boards, light fading to lower edge, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, faint markings to flaps from careful removal or tape residue neatly retouched in places, light creasing and faint surface soiling to lower panel, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Le Carre's third novel, an overnight sensation that firmly established his reputation as the master of the literary spy thriller. One of the great British novels to come out of the Cold War.
Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, double signed by the author "John Le Carré aka David Cornwell" on title, slight cockling to endpapers, original boards, faint sunning to head of spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, upper panel with small hole towards foot and small chip to head, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Rare, we can trace no other examples at auction either signed or double-signed. Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
America.- Mormonism.- Smith (Joseph) [The King Follett Sermon], in Times and Seasons, Vol. V, No.15, double column, marginal tears, occasional spotting and light staining, creased, unbound, large 8vo, Nauvoo, IL, 1844.⁂ The first published account of the King Follett Sermon of Joseph Smith, along with an article on his succession. The sermon was delivered at Nauvoo, Illinois by Smith, who was the founder and President of the Latter Day Saints Movement. It is one of the most important sermons in the history of Mormonism and a classic of church literature, with the literary critic Harold Bloom calling it 'one of the truly remarkable sermons ever preached in America'. Our copy has an interesting provenance, with the first outer margin bearing the signature of Elijah Cheney (1783-1863), a contemporary of Smith who had assisted in the construction of Kirtland Temple building, and who later was ordained as an Elder.
Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, jacket price-clipped, a few very short closed tears to head and foot, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977; Smiley's People, promotional photograph for the television adaptation loosely inserted, jacket with light sunning to spine, short closed tear to foot of lower panel, 1980, first editions, all with bookplates signed by the author loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jackets, rubbing and some light creasing to head and foot but very good or excellent overall, 8vo.
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