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Preisdatenbank abonnierenHuxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, neat pencil ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, some light scattered edge-spotting, very light sunning to spine, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, spotting to flaps, an excellent example, [Connolly, The Modern Movement 75], 8vo, 1932.
[Austin (Henry)] Thoughts on the Abuses of the Present System of Competition in Architecture..., modern marbled boards, 1841 § Scott (Sir Francis E.) Shall the New Foreign Office be Gothic or Classic? A Plea for the Former..., presentation copy from the author to Hon. W.C.Talbot MP inscribed at head of title, errata slip, stitched, lightly soiled, 1860 § Johnson (John) Reliques of Ancient English Architecture, lithographed pictorial title and plates by Alfred Newman, light spotting or staining, mostly marginal, original cloth, gilt, rebacked in calf, corners repaired, new endpapers, [1850s] § Richardson (A.E.) Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland during the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries, presentation copy from the author to "my dear friend Hanslip Fletcher", bookplate of architect Ir. M.Bolton, photogravure plates, 1914 § Walcot (W.) Architectural Water-Colours & Etchings, 1919 § Pollen (Anne) John Hungerford Pollen 1820-1902, 1912, the last three with plates & illustrations, original cloth, rubbed; and a quantity of others, architecture, v.s. (c.150)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, second impression, half-title spotted, the odd faint spot, some light staining to inner margins, short tear to spine head, 1954; The Two Towers, first impression, occasional light spotting, 1954; The Return of the King, first impression, without signature mark "4" and text block straight on p.49, some light staining to inner margins, very faint spotting along board fore-edge, 1955, first editions, folding maps, last leaf or two foxed at margins, endpapers foxed, book-labels to front pastedowns, edges spotted, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, spines faded, a few small stains, board fore-edges nibbled with some loss, otherwise excellent, 8vo.
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, rear endpaper removed with stub remaining, original cloth, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners comprising 1" at foot of spine and 1/2" at head, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, 1945.*** Waugh's most popular novel, his exploration of the demise of the English country house and Catholic identity.
Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, first state without roman numeral on contents p., 1924; Winnie-The-Pooh, map endpapers, 1926; Now We Are Six, pictorial endpapers, half-title lightly browned, slight cracking to gutter at p.5, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, pictorial endpapers, spine slightly faded, 1928, first editions, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, all but the third with light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, bumping to spine ends and minute rubbing to corners, t.e.g., 8vo.*** An attractive and bright set of Milne's classic series.
Baskerville (John).- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers ending with "York", births and deaths of the Miles family in ink manuscript to front free endpaper, scattered spotting or light foxing, particularly near start, light browning and soiling to endpapers, early 19th century russia, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, upper cover with "John Miles/ West End/ Hampstead" in gilt within central blind-tooled lozenge, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, lower cover with some light scuffing and very small patch of worm damage to head, some light rubbing to extremities, preserved in a contemporary calf "dust-jacket" (rubbed), [Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146], folio, Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1763. *** One of c.1250 copies, in an attractive and well-preserved binding. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279).
Antarctica.- Murray (George, editor) The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901, first edition, half-title, illustrations, 3 folding maps loosely inserted in pocket to rear pastedown, presentation bookplate "To the Zoological Society of London by the Royal Geographical Society, October 10th 1901", small circular ink-stamp "Zool. Soc. Lond. Library 1901" to half-title and foot of title, further Zoological Society ink-stamps and labels to endpapers, half-title browned, some spotting to maps, margins very slightly toned, front free endpaper loose and rear free endpaper little chipped at edges, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened, rubbing to spine ends and corners, some light rubbing and soiling elsewhere, [Rosove 235 "very scarce"; Spence 829], 8vo, Royal Geographical Society, 1901. *** Conceived of by Sir Clements Markham as a primer for the participants of the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04 under Captain Scott, containing articles on various branches of Antarctic science and exploration, including geography, climate and botany.
Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp advertisements at end including those for 'The Manxman' and 'The Naulahka', some light marginal finger-soiling, endpapers browned, neat pencil inscription of Clive Hirschhorn to front pastedown, original buckram lettered in purple with Egyptian design to cover, slight shelf-lean, spine a little dulled, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, extremities rubbed, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Currey p.525; Wells 4], 8vo, 1895.*** An excellent example of this science fiction cornerstone. This copy sold at the Hirschhorn sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 395.
Women's suffrage.- Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, presented to Alice Roberts "On behalf of all women who will win freedom by the bondage which you have endured for their sake...We, the Members of the Women's Social and Political Union, herewith express our deep sense of admiration for your courage...in enduring a long period of privation and solitary confinement in prison for the 'Votes for Women' Cause...", single sheet, printed on recto only, calligraphic name of recipient, chromolithographed 'Angel of Freedom' vignette to head, all within purple, green and gilt foliate border incorporating the portcullis and prisoner's arrow motif, some repaired tears and laid down, loss to upper edge, top right corner and lower left corner, a few other shallow chips to extremities, light soiling, tipped onto card mount, sheet c.445 x 304mm., mount 597 x 385mm., [September 1908 & later]. *** Designed by Sylvia Pankhurst to incorporate the purple, green and white colours adopted by the WPSU in June 1908, these illuminated addresses were presented to ex-prisoners who had suffered for the cause. The 'Angel of Freedom' device was incorporated into various WPSU designs, including tea-sets and medallions. From April 1909, the meeting of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, the addresses were accompanied by a Holloway Brooch (not present).
Theatres.- Littmann (Max) Die Königlichen Hoftheater in Stuttgart, only edition, photogravure plates, original boards with illustration mounted on upper cover, Darmstadt, 1912 § Beijer (Agne) Slottsteatrarna pa Drottingholm och Gripsholm, limited edition, original cloth, Stockholm, 1937 § Zucher (Paul) Theater und Lichtspielhäuser, original cloth, Berlin, 1926 § [Graslin (J.J.L.)] Réflexions d'un Citoyen, sur la Construction d'une Salle de Spectacle à Nantes, drop-head title, annotations in pencil, stitched in contemporary wrappers, upper cover with title in ink manuscript and inscription “Monsieur de Kevegant Premier Juge Consul”, a little stained, [Nantes], [c.1783] § [Caristie (Auguste)] Notice sur l'État Actuel de l'Arc Orange de des Théatres Antiques d'Orange et d'Arles, 9 lithographed plates, ink stamp "H.Revoil Architecte" to title, pencil tracing loosely inserted, light foxing to plates, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, original printed upper wrapper mounted on upper cover, Paris, 1839, plates and/or illustrations, a little rubbed; and 15 others on theatres and theatre design, v.s. (20)
Goldfinger (Erno) and Colin Penn. Planning Your Homes, 20 sheets, 500 x 360mm., colour, small holes at corners, some light toning, mainly marginal, minor chipping to head of final sheet, [for the Air Ministry & Admiralty Education Department], [1945].*** Unrecorded on Library Hub.The sheets here include plans of rooms in accordance with family size, comparisons for insulation materials; how to achieve optimum warmth, quiet, light, and fresh air, as well as designs for everyday activities - "A good plan must co-ordinate these physical and functional requirements" - sheet 12.
Camus (Albert) The Outsider, first English edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, small mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light surface soiling to lower panel, an excellent example, 8vo, 1946.
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Following the Equator. A Journey Around the World, first edition, issue with single imprint on title and without signature "11" to p. 161 (no priority established), portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, decorated in blue and gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, [BAL 3451], 8vo, Hartford, CN, The American Publishing Company, 1897.
Voghera (Giovanni) Illustrazione dell'Arco della Pace in Milano, lithographed title and 28 plates, modern half morocco over marbled boards, [Not in BAL], Milan, 1838 § Salazaro (Demetrio) Studi sui Monumenti della Italia Meridionale dal IVo. al XIIIo. secolo, 3 parts in 2 vol., 64 plates, 34 chromolithographed, some mounted actual photographs, tissue guards, light foxing, bookplate of the Somerset antiquary Frederick A. Wood, Chew Magna, Somerset (c.1822-1904), contemporary vellum printed in red, yapp edges, rubbed and soiled, Naples, 1871-81, large folio (3)*** The Arco della Pace in Milan, now known as the Arco del Sempione, was originally designed as a temporary structure for the wedding ceremonies of the Emperor Napoleon I’s brother-in-law, but Cagnola’s distinguished design, based on the arch of Septimus Severus in Rome, so impressed contemporaries that Napoleon ordered it to be built as a permanent structure in stone.
Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, original first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps priced at 16s., light toning to spine, spine a little chipped at head, very short closed tear to head of upper joint, minor chipping to corner tips, very light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.
Gardens.- Leopold (Joseph Friedrich) [Austheilung eines Prächtigen Gartens, so gantz in eine Ebnelieget], 7 parts in 1 vol., 37 engraved plates, some of multiple images, the first slightly larger and folded (browned at fold), some light foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, staining to last few plates, handsome modern calf with triple gilt fillet border, spine gilt with red morocco label, speckled edges, a few slight scuffs, [Not in Berlin Kat.], oblong folio, Augsburg, 1716-20.*** Rare suite of garden designs, from the simple to the very elaborate, including parterres, topiary, a maze, fountains, and pavilions.
Suffragettes & Politicians.- Autographs.- Autograph album, signatures including: Emmeline Pankhurst ("Can man be free if woman be a slave? (Shelley)/ E. Pankhurst") and Ramsay MacDonald ("A man's a man for a' that/ J. Ramsay Macdonald") on the same page, also Ethel & Philip Snowdon, Isabella O. Ford, Nellie Martel, Arthur Henderson, John Hodge and others, cut signature of Elizabeth Garrett [Anderson] laid down, 35pp. excluding blanks, a few illustrations in watercolour and pencil, A.L.s. from Millicent Garrett Fawcett to R. Spence Watson loosely inserted, 4pp. plus envelope, stamped 1886 on envelope, referring to the Egyptian policy of the late government among other topics "very glad to see how well the meeting of the Women's Liberal Association had passed off" (some light spotting, central fold), some light finger-soiling, upper hinge weak but holding, original red morocco, lacking backstrip, upper cover nearly detached, wear to extremities, oblong 8vo (c.103 x 160mm.), [c.1905-06]. *** Internal evidence suggests that this album likely belonged to Margaret Hodge, eldest daughter of Labour M.P. John Hodge (1855-1937). John Hodge was an active supporter of the women's franchise movement and knew the leading lights of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Manchester, including the Pankhursts and Isabella Ford, with Margaret known to accompany him to meetings.Among the names gathered here are Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the WSPU, who shares a page with future Prime Minister and then Secretary of the Labour Party Ramsay Macdonald. Also Ethel Snowden, a leading campaigner for women's suffrage, and her husband Philip, the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer. The loosely inserted letter is from Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, a campaigner for women's suffrage who led Britain's largest women's rights association, the NUWSS, for over twenty years. The album also contains the cut signature of her elder sister, physician and suffragist Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.
Beckford (William).- Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and plate, 10 other engraved plates including unnumbered plate of South West View (as usual), large folding lithographed plan, wood-engraved vignettes, genealogical tables and list of subscribers at end, tissue guards, small stain to inner margin of additional title, occasional light foxing, ink presentation inscription to Rose Lawrence from “her very sincere friend, J.H.Smyth” (Rev.John Hill Smyth, a Liverpool clergyman and subscriber) at head of half-title and with bookplate of her husband Charles Lawrence, later book-label of the travel writer Edward Hutton, contemporary dark red embossed boards, uncut, rebacked in red calf, [BAL 2881; cf.Abbey, Scenery 418 & Millard, British 72, large paper copies], Shaftesbury, by the Author, 1823 § Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata leaf at end of vol.1, occasional browning, light marginal worming to vol.2, contemporary calf, some scuffs & light stains, spines worn at head, W.Strahan & T.Cadell, 1773 § Beckford (William) Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, foxing at end of vol.1, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 1834, all rubbed, 4to & 8vo (5)*** The first was a gift from one of the original subscribers to Rose Lawrence (née d’Aguilar), a Liverpool-based poet, author of The Last Autumn at a Favourite Residence and Other Poems, 1836, and a friend of another early nineteenth century female poet, Mrs Hemans.
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first issue with 'Miss Violent Hunter' in the last sentence on p.317 and without name to street sign on upper cover, very occasional light spotting, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title, very slight toning to spine, upper cover corner bumped with resultant creasing to following pages, 1892; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, light browning to endpapers, 1894, first editions, illustrations by Sidney Paget, a very clean set generally, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, light bumping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities but a bright, near-fine set overall, g.e., preserved in folding chemises and morocco-backed slip-case (spines sunned, splitting to one joint), [Green & Gibson A10a & A14], 8vo (2) *** A superb set of the complete Sherlock Holmes short stories. Rare in such condition.
Beckett (Samuel) Waiting for Godot, first English edition, publisher's note tipped in, faint foxing to title and half-title, endpapers a little browned, cast list altered by hand with note below "(seen at Criterion theatre with Gladys on Nov. 8/55)", original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, neat repairs and restoration to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, 1956.
Rawlins (Thomas) Familiar Architecture; Consisting of Original Designs of Houses for Gentlemen and Tradesmen, Parsonages and Summer-Retreats..., first edition, with author's signature of authentication at foot of title, list of subscribers, 60 engraved plates, with final letterpress leaf 'References to the Apparatus' at end (creased), light browning to text, one plate with short tear to lower margin, later endpapers, bookplate removed, contemporary marbled boards rebacked and recornered in calf, spine ruled in gilt and preserving old red morocco label, [BAL 2716; Harris 730], 4to, for the Author, 1768.*** Designs for small houses, both town residences for gentlemen or wealthy tradesmen and country villas, by a stone mason of Norwich, and also including centrally-planned churches or chapels, and designs for chimney-pieces. The list of subscribers includes Sir William Chambers and James Adam, as well as many Norfolk landowners.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression, map endpapers, illustrations, frontispiece and 3 colour plates, light toning to endpapers and splitting from upper edge of flyleaf, upper hinge cracked at half-title, spotting throughout but very faint and occasional, pp.15/16 loose, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light surface toning and discolouring, cloth splitting along upper joint and some edges, repairs to spine ends, preserved in facsimile jacket, [Hammond A3a], 8vo, 1937 [but 1938]. *** The second impression was the first version of the book to be illustrated in colour: the first impression had two plates only, both of which were uncoloured. A total of 2,300 copies were printed, and some 400 held at the binder's London warehouse were destroyed during the Blitz in November 1940.
Trade Catalogue.- D & S. [Catalogue of teapots etc.], 37 engraved plates, 2 double-page, all with prices in manuscript, with letterpress 'A List of the Prices of Tin Patty Pans, Scollop Shells, Tart Pans, and Tin Plates' bound in at beginning, some light offsetting, original wrappers, contemporary manuscript note in French headed "Livre 63090 W & L" to inside front wrapper, a little faded at edges, spine reinforced, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box with gilt-stamped red morocco label, 4to, [?Sheffield], [c.1820].*** Rare catalogue featuring teapots, coffeepots, dishes, cutlery, cruet stands, candlesticks, metal boxes etc., possibly by Dewsnap & Son of Sheffield who were silver and silver-plate manufacturers operating in the early 19th century. The French note mentions that the pieces were all in white metal (pewter) and the metal boxes are described as "Britannia metal", a pewter alloy with the appearance of silver developed in Sheffield in the late 18th century.
[Combe (William)] [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], comprising The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, 3 vol., first edition, 2 hand-coloured aquatint vignette titles (vol. 2 without) and 78 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, original ink and wash sketch by Rowlandson bound into vol. 1 at start, captioned "St. Michael's Mount Cornwall" in ink on verso, the odd spot or patch of light soiling, light offsetting, handsomely bound in purple crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt, inner gilt dentelles, spines uniformly sunned, some very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, t.e.g., [Tooley 427-29], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1812-20-21. *** The original sketch by Rowlandson depicts Doctor Syntax at work sketching the Mount from the beach below.Provenance: Rowlandson sketch at Christie's, South Kensington, British and Continental Watercolours and Drawings, 3 May 2001, lot 81.
Steinbeck (John) Of Mice & Men, first English edition, frontispiece and decorations by Michael Rothenstein, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lower panel with light foxing and short closed tear to head, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1937.
Criminal Broadside.- Transportation.- Sentences of the Prisoners that were Tried at the Summer Assizes, printed broadside, crude printing affecting odd letter, crease marks, light finger soiling, c.315 x 210 mm., St. Lawrence, Norwich, Walker, [1827]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded. The broadside records 3 prisoners sentenced to transportation and 11 prisoners sentenced to death.
More (Sir Thomas) La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, & l'exemplaire de vie heureuse, first French edition, collation: *8 A-O8 complete, woodcut decoration to title, woodcut device and decoration to verso of final leaf, woodcut illustrations and initials, small stain to F3, some light foxing and soiling, but overall an excellent copy, 19th century dark blue morocco, gilt, by Trautz-Bauzonnet, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., preserved in chamois leather pouch, 8vo, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550.*** A superb copy of this translation of More's highly important work by the Norman poet, Jean le Blond, which appeared a year before the English translation, the first edition having been printed in Latin in 1516.Literature: Mortimer, Harvard French, 391; Adams, M-1759; Brunet III 1894, and Supplement I, 1115-16; Davies, Fairfax Murray French 391.
Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, some light browning to endpapers with show-through to 2 following leaves, original cloth, slight toning to spine, dust-jacket, neat and expert restoration to spine tips and corners, some creasing to head of spine, in effect a near-fine example, [Connolly, The Modern Movement 86; Westby and Brown p.4; Woolmer 451], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1939.*** Isherwood's remarkable portrait of Berlin and wider Germany during the final days of the Weimar Republic. Scarce signed.
Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, plates, light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, short nick to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1929.*** The first issue, with the reference to Spiritualism on p. 290 and the unauthorised transcription of a poem from Sassoon to Graves on pp. 341-3, subsequently removed at Sassoon's request and reintroduced in the second edition.
Harbou (Thea von).- Metropolis. Premier Presentation at Marble Arch Pavilion, W.1. Monday, March 21st. Special Season, souvenir programme, photographic illustrations, some light creasing, original pictorial wrappers, light spotting, rubbing to spine, an excellent example, 4to, 1927.*** Original programme for the the UK premier of Fritz Lang's metropolis, scarce in good condition.
Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, first edition, foxing to first and last few leaves, original cloth, fading to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends chipped with strengthening tape to verso, minor chipping to corners, short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, extremities rubbed, a very good example overall, [Westby and Brown p.4; Woolmer 369], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1935.*** Isherwood's third novel, his first based on his experiences of living in Weimar Germany, scarce in the jacket in good condition.
Verne (Jules) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, second American edition, second issue without "End" on p.303, 109 engraved plates by Alphonse de Neuville and Edouard Riou, illustrations, occasional light soiling, later leaves with light damp-staining to fore-margin, 1 or 2 gatherings standing a little proud, ink ownership inscription "Jas. Shearer, Bay City, 1873" to pastedown, frontispiece recto and title, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, strengthening and repair to spine ends, corners a little bumped, rubbed, g.e., a very good, attractive copy overall, 8vo, Boston, Geo. M. Smith & Co., 1873.*** The second American edition, the first being exceptionally rare with the majority of the stock thought to have been lost in the Great Boston Fire of 1872.
Conjuring.- Houdini (Harry) The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To The Royal Southampton Y. Club. With best wishes from the author Harry Houdini. April 29/1911" to front free endpaper, frontispiece, illustrations, advertisement f. at end, front free endpaper with embossed stamp of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club Library, ink note to rear free endpaper, some browning to endpapers and verso of advertisement f., some light soiling, original pictorial cloth, spine a touch darkened and with a couple tiny nicks to foot, corners bumped and little worn, rubbing to joints and extremities, still overall very good, 8vo, George Routledge & Sons, 1909. *** A classic work by Houdini, the date of inscription of significance: Houdini premiered his newest escape, the 'Water Torture Cell', on the 29th April 1911 at the Southampton Hippodrome, as part of a once staged one-act play Challenged or Houdini Upside Down. The sole purpose of the performance was to obtain a copyright for the escape (performance being a necessary condition for copyright), the first public performance taking place in Berlin the following year.
White (Tim, artist, 1952-2020) Archive of original artwork illustrations for 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker, comprising three original illustrations for cover and spine designs on boards, and other original variation designs for illustrations or initials of the work on paper, all signed by the artist, some mounted on sheets (one detached), v.s., [1987] (sml qty)*** A remarkable archive documenting the creation of the entire publication of the science-fiction artwork for the first edition of Barker's novel Weaveworld. Tim White is celebrated as a representative of a new school of super-realists that began shaping British science-fiction art in the mid-1970s. Other notable works include designs for Frank Herbert, Robert A. Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The artist was particularly pleased with this work, and described in a letter that the "painting is a bit magical in that in certain light it seems to 'come alive'. I don't know if you have read the book? The carpet design in the book does just that!". Published in White's Chiaroscuro (1988), the illustrator explains the central theme of carpet within the novel: "gradually the idea evolved to use the carpet border to reflect events in the novel...the final design includes 32 separate vignettes, each portraying elements of the story", all of which is surrounded by a border of imagined "viruses, bacteria, parasites"..."whose purpose is to defend the carpet". White even claimed that Collins commissioned the Royal College of Art's Tapestry Studio to create the carpet itself, though the whereabouts is unknown. For the main cover image, White utilised colour theory, and deliberately chose contrasting primary colours to create a visually unsettling effect. While he enjoyed creating the designs for the work, White disliked the time constraints placed on him by the publisher. He recalled having "a bit of a bad time withe art director", and found that of daily nagging phone calls from Collins put him under pressure. Ultimately, though, White's labours were rewarded: "When the book came out and Clive Barker was on the Jonathan Ross show, with his book, he called me a genius!". Archive comprises: 1) 'Uriel', front panel jacket design for 'Weaveworld', airbrush and acrylic on board, signed in image and on board below in pen,c.35 x 245mm ( image c.300 x 155mm (11 ½ x 6 ¼in), taped down.2) 'Magic Carpet', 2 designs for spine and lower panel, airbrush and acrylic on boards, signed in image and on board below in pen, c.350 x 235mm (13 ¾ x 9 ¼in) and 345 x 80mm (13 ¾ x 3 ½ in), taped down.3) Untitled back cover design for lower panel, acrylic on paper, signed by the artist below, 190 x 120 mm (7 ½ x 4 ½ in). 4) 10 designs for 'Weaveworld', mostly illustrations and one jacket design, acrylic and pencil, laid down on 2 sheets, one detached, pencil designs slightly foxed, each signed on image, some with captions below, with inscription "Dear John, here are some ideas for 'Weaveworld', I hope you like them. Kind regards Tim" at top of first sheet, largest image 120 x 65mm (4¾ x 2¾ in), smallest 50 x 30mm (2 x 1 in).5) 4 designs for initials and in-text decorations, black pen and ink on 3 sheets, signed by the artist. 6) First edition of Weaveworld, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, 1987.
Mandela (Nelson) Long Walk to Freedom, first edition, signed by the author and dated "14.12.94" on half-title, note of provenance loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, Randburg, 1994.*** The note of provenance, written by the then-head of Penguin Books, South Africa, describes purchasing the present volume at a pre-publication party for the book at which Nelson Mandela spoke.
Lugar (Robert) Architectural Sketches for Cottages, Rural Dwellings, and Villas, in the Grecian, Gothic and Fancy Styles, first edition, 38 engraved plates & plans including 23 sepia aquatints, marginal foxing, modern boards, [Abbey, Life 30; cf. BAL 1968, 1815 edition], 1805 § Plaw (John) Ferme Ornée; or, Rural Improvements, A New Edition, advertisement leaf, 38 sepia aquatint plates, [BAL 2578; Berlin Kat. 2305; cf.Abbey, Life 48, 1795 edition], 1800 § Laing (David) Hints for Dwellings…, 34 engraved plates and plans, mostly aquatints, faint ink signature to title, some light foxing, mostly marginal, [cf.Abbey, Life 27, 1804 edition & BAL Cat 1715, 1800 first edition, but incomplete], 1801, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners worn, 4to (2)*** Plaw had introduced a new style of architectural book with his Rural Architecture... of 1794, with aquatint designs set in a picturesque landscape. The first item by Lugar, features some designs in an Indian style influenced by Daniell's views, including a small Taj Mahal.
London.- Stow (John) A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark, 2 vol., sixth edition, edited by John Strype, large folding map of London (a few tears and laid down, with a few small portions of loss), titles in red and black, 131 engraved plates, maps and plans, many double-page and/or folding, woodcut coats-of-arms and a few illustrations or diagrams, armorial bookplate of Henry Carrington Bowles, vol. 2 map frontispiece with few marginal tears and laid down, map of London in Q. Elizabeth's time with very small loss to lower blank corner, plate of Montagu House with paper-flaw to head (no image loss), few plates with short tears within image, causing fractional loss to map of St. James' Parish, couple text leaves with short marginal tears, the occasional light stain, some spotting and light browning, offsetting, generally light, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt and with double morocco labels, repairs to joints, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, folio, for W. Innys and J. Richardson [& others], 1754-55. *** The best edition, comprising the text from Strype's fifth edition of 1720 with the addition of the magnificent plates of London squares.
[Sangiorgi (Pietro)] Idea di un Teatro adatto al locale detto delle Convertite nella strada del Corso di Roma, 5 engraved plates, pencil note to one margin, some light marginal foxing and soiling, modern wrappers, a little marked, [Not in BAL], folio, Rome, 1821 § Lovatti (Antonio) Progetto di un Teatro Municipale, half-title, 4 double-page engraved plates, light foxing, original printed green wrappers, old label to corner of upper cover, Rome, [1853]*** Two designs for a theatre on the same site on the Corso, Rome’s most fashionable street from the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. Sangiorgio's exterior elevations were to be classical, but he wanted the style of the interior to be a rather unusual “Gotica moderna”, somewhere between Gothic and Moorish. The semi-circular rear elevation of Lovaztti's design of thirty years later is derived from that of the Theatre of Marcellus.
Early Computing.- Collection of Material Relating to the Ferranti Pegasus Computer, including: A Description of the Ferranti Pegasus Computer with Magnetic Tape Equipment, second edition, illustrations, original wrappers, Hollinwood, Ferranti, 1959; Programming Examples for the Ferranti Pegasus Computer, title leaf and a few others lightly spotted, original wrappers, one or two short tears, edges slightly creased, very light spotting, Ferranti, 1959; and 8 typescript documents relating to the Ferranti programming course for the Pegasus, 74pp. manuscript notes by a student on the course, 3 loose ff. of tables, 8vo and small 4to (small group) *** Designed in the early 1950s, the Ferranti Pegasus computer is described by the Science Museum (which has one as part of its permanent collection) as the first "user-friendly" computer which "addressed the early issues of how you actually work with a computer". These documents serve as vital evidence for this revolutionary new relationship between computer and user, tracing the information and training programmes that would allow for the Pegasus' practical and commercial use. Forty Pegasus systems were sold between 1956 and 1962, used for large scale and quick mathematical calculations - banks being early purchasers - and in engineering design. A number of the lecturers on these programming courses were women, thus contradicting the stereotype of the male computer scientist. One such woman was Mary Berners-Lee whose husband Conway Berners-Lee also worked at Ferranti and is listed here as the lecturer for "The use of auto-coding for commercial work". Their son Tim Berners-Lee would of course go on to become the inventor of the World Wide Web.A full list is available upon request.
Villanueva (Juan de) Arte de Albanilería..., first edition, 10 engraved plates, 7 folding, 8pp. bookseller's catalogue at end, some light browning, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, slight wear to spine ends and corners, [Bonet Correa 704; not in BAL], 8vo, Madrid, 1827.*** Textbook for students on the art of masonry by Spain’s most celebrated neoclassical architect, published posthumously by one of his pupils.
Brown (Richard) The Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, first edition, 25 engraved plates, most with aquatint, one hand-coloured and 16 with partial hand-colouring, some light spotting or offsetting, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with black roan label, a little rubbed, upper joint split, [cf.BAL 438, 1835 edition], 4to, for, and sold by the author, 1820.** Rare work, published at the author's own expense, of this instruction manual and pattern book for furniture designs in a neo-classical manner. The final plates show Brown’s designs for the exterior and interior of a library building, lit by a central skylight in the manner of Sir John Soane, including a fully hand-coloured view of the library’s interior, while the description commends the furniture of the late George Bullock.Library Hub records only 2 copies of this first edition (Manchester Public Library and the National Library of Scotland); WorldCat adds a copy at the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art. Collections Jacques Doucet.
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Shelley (Mary) Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], half-titles, vol.1 lacks final blank, a few minor marginal tears, some light foxing and soiling, occasional light water-stains, some pencil marginalia, vol.2 in early boards, edges rubbed, rebacked, vol.1 bound to match in closely matching boards with similar spine, new paper labels to both vol., 12mo, Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823.*** A very nicely presented copy of the rare second edition of Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece. This was the first edition to bear the author's name on the title-page and also to include her preface in which she briefly mentions the well-documented occasion on which she and her friends "amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts, which happened to fall into our hands. These tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation." Thus were Frankenstein and Polidori's The Vampire born.
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first edition, first issue with advertisements dated October 1884, frontispiece, illustrations, 32pp. advertisements at rear, ink inscription to frontispiece recto, bookplate of L.G.E. Bell to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, very light sunning to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, a sharp, near-fine example, [BAL 3414], 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1884.*** Precedes the American edition by four months.
Erotica.- Bretone (Nicolas Edmé Restif de la) Le Paysan perverti ou les dangers de la ville Histoire recente, mise au jour d'apres les veritables lettres des personnages, 8 parts in 4 vol., 82 engraved plates, including frontispieces, divisional titles, a few scattered plates laid-down to sheets, small tear and hole to vol. 1p.163, modern bookplates to pastedowns, contemporary calf, spines spines in red and black morocco, gilt, light rubbing, 8vo, The Hague & Paris, Chez la Veuve Duchene & Chez Valade, 1776.
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, usual light toning to text, small damp-stain to lower corner of first few and final pp., original pictorial wrappers with misprint "Philospher's" to lower cover, slightly splayed, spine vertically creased with lighter fading than usual, light rubbing to corners, laminate peeled off in places, light creasing, [Errington A1(aa)], 8vo, 1997.
Rossetti (Christina) Goblin Market, half-title, wood-engraved pictorial title, 12 plates and numerous illustrations by Laurence Housman, "Presentation Copy" blind-stamp to title, light browning to endpapers, pencil ownership inscription "M.Morris" to front free endpaper, bookplate of L.G.E. Bell to front pastedown, original green decorated cloth, gilt, designed by Housman, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, near-fine otherwise, g.e. [Ray 279], 8vo, Macmillan & Co., 1893.*** One of the most important Art Nouveau illustrated books. It was originally published in 1862 with two illustrations by the author's brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, but Laurence Housman wrote to the publishers suggesting a fully illustrated version.
Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, comprising The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, sunning to spine tips, jacket with internal splitting to lower fore-edge, repairs, restoration and retouching to head, foot, joints and fore-edges, strengthening tape to verso, 1950; Prince Caspian, very light fading to spine, some light mottling to covers, jacket price-clipped, repairs and restoration to head and foot, strengthening tape to verso, light toning to lower panel, 1951; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, neat ink ownership inscription to half-title verso, covers with light sunning to upper and lower edges, jacket with neat repairs and restoration to head and foot, light toning and ink initials to lower panel,1952; The Silver Chair, foxing to endpapers and some spotting to edges, jacket with repairs and restoration to head, foot and extremities, including a 2" portion at foot of spine, 1953; The Horse and his Boy, light browning to endpapers, covers with light sunning to upper and lower edges, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few very short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, 1954; The Magician's Nephew, ink ownership inscription and spotting to endpapers, covers with bumping and toning to spine tips and corners, jacket with repairs and restoration to head and foot with strengthening tape to verso, flaps spotting, toning to lower panel, extremities rubbed, 1955; The Last Battle, light spotting to endpapers, covers with sunning to lower edge, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners rubbed and a little creased, lower panel foxed, faint foxing to upper panel, 1956, plates, illustrations and maps by Pauline Baynes, including colour where called for, occasional scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jackets, some toning to spines, 8vo.*** An attractive set of C. S. Lewis' classic children series.
Westminster Bridge.- Price (John) A Short History of Bridges, Ancient and Modern...Part I [?all published], [seemingly unrecorded], 1728; Some Considerations...for Building a Stone-Bridge over the River Thames...at Westminster..., second edition, folding engraved plate by Fourdrinier, title soiled, light marginal water-staining, [Harris 717, copies at Guildhall & New York Public libraries; this edition not in BAL or BL], 1736 bound with Langley (Batty) A Design for the Bridge at New Palace Yard, Westminster, first edition, half-title, folding engraved plate, [BAL 1747; Harris 455], for the Author & J.Milan, 1736 and James (John) A Short Review of the several Pamphlets, and Schemes...in relation to the Bridge at Westminster, first edition, a few ink marginalia, [Harris 378; not in BAL], by H.Woodfall..., 1736 and Langley (B.) A Reply to Mr. John James's Review..., first edition, folding engraved plate, [BAL 1754; Harris 467], for the Author..., 1737 and Short Narrative of the Proceedings (A)...for building a Bridge at Westminster, first edition, [Harris 820; not in BAL or BL], for T.Cooper, 1738 and [Labelye (Charles)] The Present State of Westminster Bridge..., second edition, advertisement leaf at end, [BAL 1706; Harris 404], for J.Millan, 1743; A Short Account of the Methods...in Laying the Foundation of the Piers of Westminster-Bridge, first edition, 4 folding engraved plates (originally one large sheet but here cut and mounted as four), [BAL 1707; Harris 405], by A.Parker, for the Author, 1739, together 8 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or browning, Macclesfield copy with embossed stamp to title of first and South Library bookplate, contemporary ink manuscript Index, handsome contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, very slightly rubbed at edges, 8vo *** An excellent sammelband of pamphlets, put together before the middle of the eighteenth century, and relating to the long controversy over the design and construction of a new bridge over the River Thames at Westminster. The majority of the pamphlets are written by those directly involved in the successive projects.Parliament had passed an Act authorizing a bridge in 1736 and various architects submitted designs including John Price and Hawksmoor, but Hawksmoor died and the project descended into a pamphlet war, as evidenced by the present volume. After much deliberation the bridge was finally built by the Swiss engineer Charles Labelye. "This was the first stone bridge to be built over the Thames since London bridge in the thirteenth century. When it opened to the public in November 1750 there was nothing comparable to it anywhere; not only was it the longest bridge constructed entirely of stone over a tidal river with its piers standing continuously in water but it was also the first in which caissons were employed to lay the foundations beneath the river bed." (Harris p.258).
Pain (William) The Practical Builder, or Workman's General Assistant, second edition, 83 engraved plates, one folding, advertisement leaf at end, light stain to edge of title, contemporary half sheep, rubbed, corners worn, [Harris 641; cf. BAL 2371, 1774 edition], I. Taylor, 1776 § Pain (William & James) Pain's British Palladio: or, The Builder's General Assistant, first edition, 42 engraved plates, staining to upper edge affecting a few images, modern half morocco, [BAL 2368; Harris 634; Millard, British Books 49], H.D.Steel for the Authors, 1786 § Salmon (William) The London and Country Builder's Vade Mecum: or, The Compleat and Universal Estimator, third edition, engraved frontispiece, bookplates of Sir Edmund Antrobus and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (no stamps), contemporary sheep, worn, rebacked, [BAL 2886; Harris 790], J.Hodges, 1755, v.s. (3)
Henry Drury's copy.- Medicine.- Celsus (Aulus Cornelius) Medicinae Libri VIII, collation: *8 a-s8 t4 u x8 (t4 blank), italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, a few instances of early ink marginalia, occasional spotting or staining, free endpapers loose, later calf, gilt, ?by Charles Lewis, sympathetically rebacked, spine with light brown morocco label, corners restored, rubbed and scuffed, small 4to (207 x 133mm.), Venice, [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March, 1528]. *** Henry Drury's copy of the first Aldine edition of this compilation of medical texts. It includes a poem on remedies by Quintus Sammonicus Serenus. 'Dans cette édition plusieurs endroits sont heureusement corrigés d'après un bon manuscrit' (Renouard). Provenance: Henry Joseph Thomas Drury (1778-1841), classical scholar, educator at Harrow School, Fellow of the Royal Society, member of the Roxburghe Club, and friend of Lord Byron and Dibdin. According to de Ricci (p.98) the majority of his books were bound by Charles Lewis (autograph ink ownership inscription with shelfmark 'C.226.2' to upper corner of front free endpaper). Literature: Adams C1241; Ahmanson-Murphy 250; Renouard 105:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 10745; Durling 908; Norman 428.
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Life on the Mississippi, first edition, numerous illustrations, 2pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated March 1883, scattered foxing to title and frontispiece, chip to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and black, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light surface soiling to covers, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example, [BAL 3410], 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1883.*** Twain's classic work on the steamboat era Mississippi, including the inevitable impact of railways upon its use for transport and trade, and the resultant culture that sprung up around it. As with many of Twain's works, the English edition preceded the US.
Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, large paper copy, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and plate, 10 other engraved plates including unnumbered plate of South West View (as usual), large folding lithographed plan hand-coloured in outline, wood-engraved vignettes, folding sheet of genealogical tables, without list of subscribers at end (not found in all copies and possibly not issued with the large paper copies), some light foxing or soiling, bookplate of William Henry Wills (later 1st Baron Winterstoke, tobacco magnate and politician), original printed boards, uncut, rubbed and slightly stained, rebacked and recornered in dark red morocco, [Abbey, Scenery 418; BAL 2881; Millard, British 72], large 4to (360 x 290mm.), Shaftesbury, by the Author, 1823.*** The best contemporary publication on William Beckford's extravagant Gothic mansion at Fonthill, built for him by James Wyatt between 1796 and 1812. Rutter began the book when the house still belonged to Beckford, but completed it after Beckford had sold the house to John Farquhar, and in its finished form it is a remarkably vivid memorial to the house in the closing days of Beckford's period of ownership. Rutter's text is eloquent on the opulence of the interior and of its furnishings, and his plates convey the grandeur of the central tower (soon to collapse) and the appearance of the principal rooms.
Woolf (Virginia) The Years, first edition, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, slight creasing to head, small patch of discolouration to upper panel, but overall a near-fine example, [Kirkpatrick A22a; Woolmer 423], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937.
India.- Architecture.- Kittoe (Markham) Illustrations of Indian Architecture from the Muhammadan Conquest Downwards, Parts 1-10 only (of 17), complete with 41 lithographed plates and all text ff. called for, some spotting or staining and marginal creasing, some light browning, original lithographed pictorial wrappers, part 9 lacking wrappers, parts 2, 8, & 10 lacking upper wrapper, some tears and staining, and creasing, [RIBA 1677], Calcutta, Thacker & Co., 1838; and 5 other miscellaneous plates and 2 text ff. from the work, oblong folio *** Rare first work on the Islamic architecture of India. We locate only three other sets at auction (2009 and 2010, both defective, and 1919, for which we have no statement of completeness). Kittoe (1808-1853) was a pioneer of Indian archaeology, and was appointed Archaeological Surveyor to the Government of India in 1846. Most of the sites documented are in Uttar Pradesh.
Cabrol (Fernand) & Henri Leclercq. Dictionnaire d'Archéologie Chrétienne et de Liturgie, 15 vol. in 19 [a complete set], light water-stain to upper edge of first few vol., a few plates, illustrations, bookplate of Ripon Hall (Church of England theological college) and book-label of the art historians Peter & Linda Murray, contemporary half morocco, uncut, rubbed, some spines worn, a few rebacked, Paris, 1907-50; and 19 others, archaeological periodicals, some Danish, 4to & 8vo (38)*** A vast and erudite dictionary of the history, literature and archaeology of late antiquity and of the early Christian period. The final pages of the last volume are devoted to the Vatican excavations of 1940-9.
America.- [Beresford (William)] A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America...by Captain George Dixon, first edition, 22 engraved charts and plates, several folding, lacking half-title, some very light browning and offsetting, occasional foxing but overall a very good copy, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, extremities slightly rubbed, [Hill 118; Sabin 20364], Geo. Goulding, 1789; and a copy of Portlock's account of the same voyage but lacking 2 plates, 4to (2)*** A series of letters by William Beresford, cargo-officer on Dixon's ship the Queen Charlotte. Portlock and Dixon's was the first commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest, ostensibly to set up a fur-trading business. They succeeded, however, in a more detailed exploration and mapping of the coast, visiting both the Falkland islands and Sandwich islands (Hawaii), and improved on Cook's charts of the region. This copy with uncoloured plates.Provenance: Joseph Radcliffe of Milnsbridge, Yorkshire (bookplate).
Wright (Thomas) Universal Architecture, Book 1. Six Original Designs of Arbours, vol.1 only (of 2), first edition, title in red & black with engraved vignette by M.Darly, list of subscribers also with engraved vignette, 12 engraved plates and plans, without the preliminary leaf ‘The Method of Executing the Design A (-F)’ (?issued later as not apparently missing), light stain to upper outer corner of title, a couple of marginal spots, stab-holes to upper or lower margins, contemporary marbled boards with paper label titled in manuscript "Designs of Arbours No1" on upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, [Harris 951; BAL 3720, defective copy of Book I only, lacking 2 of the 12 plates), oblong folio, for the author, 1755.*** One of the great rarities of the literature of English eighteenth-century garden architecture, with fine impressions of the plates and in a contemporary binding. Thomas Wright (1711-1786) had had an initial career as a writer of books on astronomy, but had begun by the late 1740s to design garden buildings and to remodel country houses for a network of aristocratic English patrons. He announced in 1753 his intention to publish a volume of his designs for garden architecture, to be issued in three instalments covering “arbours, grottos and alcoves”, but the publication was dependent on his securing sufficient subscribers and it was not until 1755 that the present Book I, on arbours, appeared in print. The imaginative designs include a domed temple, an arbour “of the parasol kind”, an aviary, a hermitage and a platform for open air entertainment. Sadly he was unable to attract the required number of subscribers and although Book II, on grottos, followed in 1758, Book III, on alcoves, was never published."There are no other pattern-books of grottos, rustic buildings and ruined follies, nor at that time were there any books of architectural design so attractively presented in complete landscape settings." (Harris)
[Mathias (Thomas James)] The Pursuits of Literature. A Satirical Poem, 1 vol. bound in 2, ninth edition, half-title bound after preliminaries, T. Becket, 1799; [Another vol.], containing pp. 343-344, 439-444, 481-579 & 68pp. Index only from a later edition of the same work, [?1808], together 3 vol., extra-illustrated with c.580 plates and illustrations, most engraved portraits, some mezzotint, a few with hand-colouring, including 2 prints of Dr. Gossett at a book auction and a hand-coloured example of Gillray's Scotch Poney, each text leaf window-mounted, plates bound in (a few loosely inserted), illustrations window-mounted or laid down on c.200 sheets, some laid down on verso of plates, occasional ink or pencil annotation to text and plates, some plates trimmed within image, the occasional short tear or loss to a corner, occasional foxing or soiling, some offsetting and browning, uniformly bound in 19th century straight-grain green morocco, gilt, gilt turn-ins with watered silk endpapers (front turn-ins with small sticker to head, vol. 1 small worm trace to front endpaper), vol. 1 rebacked preserving original backstrip, spines very slightly faded, some spotting to covers, generally light, a few scuff marks, rubbing to joints and extremities, g.e., 4to. *** Provenance: the Earl of Bessborough, "I wish to declare to those who look at this Book that the Reason of my having illustrated it, has not been because I agree with the Author in the Political Opinions which He has advanced, or in the Characters He has drawn...on the contrary, I disagree with them almost universally...I particularly object to the bigoted Attack the Author makes against any Toleration to the Roman Catholicks...-Bessborough" (ink note to front free endpaper of vol. 1).
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