Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan).- Newnes (George) The Strand Magazine, vol.1 January to June, first edition, very light foxing to first few pages, original pictorial boards, spine very lightly faded, dust-jacket, broken down joints held together lightly with masking tape verso, light chips to extremities and spine ends, lightly toned, still overall remarkably sharp, 1891; and two others, including another wrappered issue of the Strand Magazine, no.126, vol.21, featuring an article about Arthur Conan Doyle by Captain Trevor, 1901 and an early edition of Doyle's The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1929, 8vo & 4to (3) *** Exceptionally rare in the dust-jacket, we cannot find another example at auction. Includes Conan Doyle's first story published in the magazine, "The Voice of Science".
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Séguy (E.A.) Floréal: Dessins et Coloris Nouveaux, first edition, title, half-title and 17 (of 20) colour pochoir plates only, loose as issued, most with tissue-guard laid down to verso, lacking no.1, 5 & 18, no.9 with small patch of water-staining affecting image, a few with short marginal tears or frayed edges, some light foxing to margins, lacking portfolio case, folio, Paris, A. Calavas, [c.1925]. *** In these stunning semi-abstract designs, Emile-Allain Seguy uniquely combines Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. The pochoir technique in particular, popular in France at the turn of the 20th century, allows the artist to capture the vibrancy of colour of the flora that visually underpin this work.
Greene (Graham) & Hugh Greene. The Spy's Bedside Book, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the authors "Alan Cooke from Hugh Greene | Graham Greene September 1975" on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to extremities, otherwise an excellent copy, [Wobbe A36], 8vo, 1957. *** Alan Cooke (1926-1994) produced and directed a 13-part series on Greene's short stories.
Fallada (Hans) The Drinker, first edition, light toning strip on endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, evenly toned, some marks to lower panel, corners and spine ends very slightly nicked, still excellent overall, 8vo, 1952.*** Originally published Der Trinker, the posthumously-published novel by German writer Hans Fallada was first started in 1944 after he was imprisoned in a criminal asylum for the attempted murder of his wife. It is autobiographical in diary form, and tells the story of a man in the grip of alcoholism. Fallada originally wrote the manuscript in code, so as to encrypt the contents of the manuscript against detection by asylum staff and officials.
Mountaineering.- Hillary (Sir Edmund) High Adventure, signed bookplate by the author loosely inserted into corner mounts on colophon page, photographic illustrations, light toning strip on endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities and spine ends, a few tears and nicks repaired with tape verso, still a lovely copy overall, 1955 § Bradman (Don) Farewell to Cricket, signed cut signature from the author loosely tipped into corner-mounts on title, some related ephemera loosely inserted, 1950, first editions, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo (2)
Lewis (C.S.) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, first edition, small neat ink ownership inscription on map endpapers, faint light spotting to first few pages, original boards, spine faded, ends a little toned, dust-jacket, a little tender with very neat repairs and retouches along edges, heavier to spine and ends, still in effect a tight copy, 8vo, [1952]
America.- Mathews (Alfred E.) Pencil Sketches of Montana, first edition, 31 tinted lithograph plates, of which 4 are folding, some light spotting, marginal stain to first dozen or so leaves/plates, original green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, corners rubbed, covers with some stains, [Howes M414; Streeter sale 4:2230; Graff 2710; Smith 6603], 4to, New York, Published by the Author, 1868.*** Rare and important series of fine lithographs depicting Montana in its natural splendour before the major influx of settlers.An inscription on front free endpaper reads: "To Mrs General Meagher With the best wishes of James Gibson, Virginia City Montana, Jan 1st 1869." The recipient is presumably Elizabeth Meagher (nee Townsend), the second wife of Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish Nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the rebellion of 1848. He was convicted of sedition and sentenced to death, later commuted to transportation to Australia. He escaped and made his way to America, joining the US Army and rising to the rank of Brigadier General, fighting in the Civil War and leading the Irish Brigade. After the Civil War he was appointed by President Andrew Johnson as Montana's Territorial Secretary of State. He died in 1867 in rather mysterious circumstances, drowning in the Missouri River after falling from a steamboat at Fort Benton. It is unclear whether he fell as a result of weakness from dysentery, of being drunk; or perhaps he committed suicide or was even murdered by political opponents in Montana. We have been unable to ascertain more information on the donor, James Gibson.
Freeman (R. Austin) Flighty Phyllis, ownership stamp on front free endpaper, light spotting to first few pages, jacket with expert restorations and retouching, 1928; When Rogues Fall Out, jacket with 2" tear along upper panel, some minor loss to spine head, 1932; Mr. Polton Explains, 1940; For the Defence, Dr. Thorndyke, faded gift inscription on endpapers, jacket with small portion of loss to lower panel, vertical creasing and rubbing to upens, extremities chipped and nicked, short tear to spine and upper panel, 1934, first editions, original cloth, some light fading, dust-jackets, some nicks and chips to extremities, spines a little faded, 8vo (4)
Execution Broadside.- Trial and Execution of William Clayton, for the wilful Murder of Mr. S. Kay, at Sutton, near East Retford ..., printed broadside, woodcut illustration at head, foldlines, light soiling, laid onto paper, c.370 x 245 mm., Nottingham, T. Kirk, [1833]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded published by T. Kirk. WorldCat records a similar copy published by C. Sutton.
Rembrandt.- Blanc (Charles) L'Oeuvre de Rembrandt... Catalogue Raisonné de toutes les estampes, 2 vol., 63 plates after Rembrandt, illustrations, vol.1 pp. 35-38 loose, vol.2 pp.165-6 with damp-staining to margins, vol.2 pp.234-5 with repaired tear to margins, a few marginal tears, offsetting, some light spotting, bookplates, original wrappers bound in, browned, later half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., extremities slightly rubbed, some light surface wear, folio, Paris, A. Levy, 1873.
Maugham (William Somerset) On a Chinese Screen, first edition, bookplate on endpapers, modern crushed dark green morocco, panelled in gilt with corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers with gilt turn-ins, very light rubbing to corners, a very attractive copy, 1922; and a first American edition of Casuarina Tree, 4to & 8vo (2)
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Bible, English. [The Holy Bible], first edition of the King James Bible, the Great 'He' Bible, 1 vol. bound in 2, largely printed in black letter, double column, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, woodcut title to NT, calendar printed in red and black, lacking all before C1 (i.e. first 8 leaves including general title) and all after NT O6 (final 60 leaves), lacking double-page woodcut map, 2Y2-3L6 present but misbound at beginning vol. 2 (preceding Apocrypha at 4I3), 2Y2 remains of ink-stamp to head and foot with abrasion causing few very small holes affecting couple letters, F3 with substantial portion torn away, NT C3 & F1-2 lower corner repaired with some text loss, the occasional tear into text, sometimes repaired (see F2&4, 3M2, 3N1, 3T3, NT B4), generally without loss but G5 & NT O2 affecting some letters, the latter also with loss to catchword, some marginal chips or tears with paper repairs, sometimes into ruled border, occasionally obscuring printed side-note or signature/catchword (see prelims, 3B3, 4Y2, NT B1 & F6), NT final c.50 present leaves with very short tear into text at lower fore-edge, some light browning, some soiling, the odd light stain, but generally good, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners repaired, covers worn, [Herbert 309; Pforzheimer 61; PMM 114; STC 2216], folio (413 x 260mm.), [Robert Barker], [1611]. *** Widely regarded as the greatest literary translation of the Bible ever produced and arguably the most important and influential book published in English. This Royal version took over 5 years to complete and used more than 50 translators; it is known as the Great 'He' Bible after the reading (on Bb2 recto) in Ruth 3:15 "and he went into the citie".Provenance: Cheshunt College Library (small embossed stamp first leaf of calendar, Genealogies, Genesis & NT title lower margin).
Ovid. Epistolas Ouidii: Cum commentariis Ubertini: Et epistolas Sabini poetae singularis: Ac epistolam Sapphos: Cum Domitio: Et opusculu[m] in Ibin: Cum [c]omentario eiusdem Domitii: singula peroptime castigata lector candidissime hic inuenies, collation: A-P6 Q4, 94 ff., 56 lines, Roman type, woodcut initials, title lightly foxed, repairs to inner margins of A1&2, some early ink annotations in different hands, some water-staining to margins, one or two short marginal tears, scattered light soiling, eighteenth century red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments with floral motif, some small wormholes to spine, strips of fading to covers and spine, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, 4to (295 x 195mm), Bologna, Caligola Bazalieri, 1501. *** This edition of the Heroides is unknown to all bibliographies and unrecorded in any institution. It is rare to come across any of Caligola Bazalieri’s editions: seventeen of the forty-two books that he published are known only as single copies or are “ghost” volumes, only known through bibliographies. This edition is based on the version published in July 1491 by his brother, Bazaliero Bazalieri, at whose press Caligola began his career. The text itself is Ovid’s Heroides, a collection of imaginary letters written from ancient mythological heroines to the lovers who abandoned or mistreated them, including Penelope, Dido, Ariadne, Phaedra, Medea, and Sappho.Literature: not in Adams; c.f. Edit16 CNCE 41015 (Venice, Varisio)Provenance: the library of Giacomo Filippo Durazzo, a Genoese nobleman (pencil inscription to front pastedown)
Bacon (Sir Francis) De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum Libri IX, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, engraved portrait by Simon van de Passe bound in after title (not called for), Pierre Gassendi's copy, with his ownership inscription "donum optimi d[omi]ni de Peiresc, ideo acceptum, quòd aliud exe[m]plar in folio hab[ea]t. 26 mart. M.DC.XXXVI. Gassendi." to foot of title, some worming to upper and fore-margins, often repaired, very occasionally affecting a few letters, small hole to XXx1 with slight loss of text, some light browning and spotting, the occasional light damp-stain near start, marginal browning to first and last few leaves, bound in handsome contemporary red morocco by Simon Corberan, binder to Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, covers with central gilt monogram of Peiresc and triple gilt fillet border, spine with three raised bands, compartments decorated with small floral tools, second compartment with title and date lettered in gilt, neat and expert repairs to some corner tips, foot of upper joint and head of spine, a few small and light stains to lower cover, housed in a later custom red morocco drop-back box, [Gibson 130], 4to, Paris, Typis Petri Mettayer, 1624. *** An excellent association copy, gifted by French savant and astronomer Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) to philosopher and mathematician Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) on 26th March 1636. The present edition is the first continental, and second overall, of Bacon's rallying cry for the advancement of learning. Peiresc's admiration of Bacon is attested by Gassendi himself in the latter’s biography of his good friend, first published in Latin in 1641 and translated into English in 1657: "No man made more observation, or procured more to be made...for which cause he admired the Genius, and approved the design of the great Chancellour of England Sir Francis Bacon, often grieving that he never had the happinesse to speak with him" (The Mirrour of True Nobility and Gentility Being the Life of the Renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius, Lord of Pieresk, London, 1657, p. 207). Peiresc played a pivotal role in the dissemination of Baconian thought across continental Europe, having copies of the present work sent to his large network of scientific correspondents. This copy, gifted to the recipient of his patronage Pierre Gassendi, thus represents an extraordinary union of three of the principal advocates of the New Science: Bacon, Gassendi, and Peiresc.
Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, first edition, a few light splash stains to edges of endpapers, fore-edge spotted, original boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, neat repairs to splitting along joints, chips to spine ends, slightly larger one to spine head, some nicks to extremities, light surface marks, still a bright and intact copy, 8vo, 1938.
Pinter (Harold) The Birthday Party, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Margery, I shall always remember your wonderful performance as Meg. You were the one and only belle of the ball. Love Harold. Dec. 59" on title, minor chipping to title corners, tape-staining to first leaf, original wrappers, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, some rubbing and light creasing to extremities, light tape-marking to lower cover, 8vo, Encore Publishing, 1959.*** An excellent association copy, inscribed to the actress Margery Withers (1905-99), the second actress to play the role of Meg and first to do so on television.
Beeding (Francis) Death in Four Letters, spotting to half-title, short 1" neat split to upper flap joint, 1935; The Eight Crooked Trenches, vertical and horizontal creases, small closed tear to upper panel, 1936, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing and rubbing to extremities, 8vo (2)
le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, spine fractionally faded but much less so than usual, very small nick to upper edge front panel, small patch staining to spine tail, still overall a remarkably crisp and excellent copy, 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.
Oppenheim (E.Phillips) The Spymaster, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his secretary on half-title, jacket with small repaired tear to head, 1938 § Queen (Ellery) The Four of Hearts, first English edition, fine cloth, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to spine ends, a near-fine example overall, 1939 § Graeme (Bruce) The Imperfect Crime, first English edition, spotting and browning to first few pages, endpapers with ownership inscription, 1933, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing and nicks to extremities; and 3 others, crime and mystery novels, 8vo (7)*** Includes a superb example of this Ellery Queen (pseudonym of Frederick Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee) detective story. As with many pre-war Queen titles, the English editions are far more difficult to find in dust-jackets in good condition than their American counterparts.
Essex House Press.- Ashbee (C.R.) and Edith Harwood. The Masque of the Edwards of England: Being a Coronation Pageant to Celebrate the Crowning of the King, number 6 of 20 copies printed on vellum, from an edition of 300, printed in red and black, 10 lithographs by Edith Harwood, hand-painted in watercolour, many heightened with gold leaf, 8 double-page, tissue-guards loose, a few creased and frayed at edges, some very light foxing, hinges slightly cracked but holding firm, original printed cloth, slight discolouration to upper corners, oblong folio, Essex House Press, 1902. *** A sumptuous and charming panorama of English history, with the eight double-page lithographs showing the coronation processions of the eight King Edwards. The gold leaf, unique to to this deluxe copy, particularly emphasises the grandeur of the proceedings and highlights the crowns and garments, as if the pages themselves were bejewelled.
Freeman (R. Austin) The Penrose Mystery, ALs from the author laid down on front free endpapers, and signed by the author on title, ownership inscription on half-title, 1936; Felo de Se?, 1937, first editions, original cloth, light fading to edges, dust-jackets, creasing along joints and to extremities, some nicks and chips to extremities, spines very lightly faded, 8vo (2)
Kafka (Franz) The Castle, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, first English edition, contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine lightly faded, otherwise excellent, dust-jacket, spine browned, chipping to extremities, slightly heavier to spine ends, light fraying and nicks to edges, still overall a bright and intact copy, 8vo, 1930.
Vampire.- Byroniana.- Theatre, Nottingham...On Wednesday Evening, October 17, 1838...to conclude with the Melo-Drama, (preceded by a vision), called The Vampire, or, the Lord of the Isles..., playbill, a few tears into text but no text loss, light spotting and soiling, laid down on paper, playbill 290 x 150mm., sheet 352 x 195mm., [1838]. *** Seemingly unrecorded. "This Piece is founded on the various traditions of the Vampires...that they cannot be destroyed, so long as they sustain their dreadful existence, by imbibing the Blood of Female Victims...The original idea of this Drama is taken from the celebrated Tale attributed to Lord Byron...".
Golden Cockerel Press.- Sparrman (Anders) A Voyage Round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S Resolution, one of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Peter Barker-Mill, folding map at end, illustrations very slightly offset, occasional very light and minor spotting, original pictorial buckram, gilt, roan label, t.e.g., others uncut, slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, [Cockalorum 162], small folio, 1944.
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, bookplate, original boards, spine very lightly faded, dust-jacket, chipping to spine ends, heavier to spine tail triangular portion of loss, a few nicks and chips to extremities, light creasing along joints, still a sharp and unrestored copy, 8vo, 1932.
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[Durrell (Lawrence)], "Charles Norden". Panic Spring. A Romance, first edition, original cloth, light rubbing to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and head of upper panel, small splash mark to upper, small mark to spine, the odd short nick to head or foot and some very light creasing but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1937.*** A lovely example of Durrell's first book, rare in the dust-jacket.
Broadside.- Transportation.- Sentences of the Prisoners Confined in his Majesty's Gaols for the County and City of Lincoln ..., printed broadside, crudely printed obscuring some text, light spotting and soiling, laid onto paper, ex-Nottingham library with neat ink-stamp to verso, c.375 x 170 mm., Nottingham, J. Plant, 1832. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded. Including "Benjamin Ellis, aged 53, of Toynton All Saints, stealing a sheep, the property of Elizabeth Butler. Transported for Life", and an extremely rare 'not guilty' for William Skipworth of South Thoresby.
Statius (Publius Papinius) Opera, with commentaries by Lactantius, Mataratius, and Calderinus, collation: a–o8 p6 q4 A8 B C6 D–G8 H–N6, 208 ff. (of 210, lacking initial and final blanks (title from another edition bound in en lieu of the initial blank), 62-63 lines of commentary surrounding text, Roman type, some initials in red and blue with marginal flourish, others in red or blue, the blue often faded, initial-strokes in red, water-stained, some spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned, 18th century calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with brown morocco label, head of spine chipped, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners little worn, some water-staining, rubbed and marked, folio (300 x 210mm.), Venice, Jacobus de Paganinis, 24 December, 1483 [but actually 1490 (see note)]. *** Scarce second edition of the complete works of this Latin poet, best known for his epic poems The Thebaid and the unfinished Achilleid. He was put in Purgatory by Dante in his Divine Comedy. This edition is a reprint ‘with considerable elegance’ (Moss pp.611-612) of Octavianus Scotus’ first collected edition. Our copy seemingly an early issue with the colophon erroneously bearing the 1483 date of the Scotus edition, later corrected.Literature: BMC V, 456; Goff S-692; HC 14978; GW M43271; Bod-inc S-287; ISTC is00692000.
Du Maurier (Daphne) The Rendezvous and Other Stories, original final draft typed manuscript, loose in original publisher's box (broken in pieces, some loss), with letter from the editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine loosely inserted, [1980]; together with a first edition of the same work, signed by the author "with best wishes from Daphne du Maurier 1988" on title, review copy with publisher's slip loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light creasing, otherwise fine, 1980; and an uncorrected proof copy of the same in custom-made drop-back box, v.s. (4) *** A superb collection of Du Maurier's short stories, some composed before her novels, some later works. It includes a letter from the publisher James M. White of Cosmopolitan magazine, noting "after reading it I was very glad that it has not been my role in like to become an object of Miss du Maurier’s scorn. I am sure you feel the same way...". Included too is a note from the previous collector who photocopied the story in its entirety and has annotated the differences between the published edition and the transcript. All together a thorough collection of the work.
Japan.- Tindale (Thomas Keith) and Harriet Ramsey Tindale. The Handmade Papers of Japan, 4 vol., photographic frontispieces, numerous illustrations, facsimiles and reproductions, many examples of paper bound or tipped in, numerous hand-coloured prints, vol. 4 with 20 leaves of watermarks, colour block-printed endpapers, vol.1-3 in original decorative block-printed wrappers sewn in the Japanese style, printed paper labels, silk caps at spine ends, vol.4 in portfolio of matching design with ivory clasps, together with an envelope containing 5 samples of fibres, housed in russet cloth portfolio-style box with ivory clasps, printed label on upper cover, margins slightly browned, folio, Rutland and Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1952. *** A rare and important work on paper, this is one of the finest studies of Japanese papermaking, brimming with specimens, including old and rare documented papers from the eighth and ninth centuries. Volume I contains a history and description of Japanese papermaking, illustrated with photographs of a papermaking village and a hand-coloured facsimile of the earliest Japanese illustrated work on papermaking (with an English translation). Volume II contains 187 specimens from the Nara period (710-793) to the present day. Volume III contains the Contemporary Collection of 139 full-page specimens from twenty districts, with descriptions. Volume IV is the Watermark Collection, with twenty exquisite and complex pictorial light-and-shade watermarks, made by a hand-rubbing process unknown in the West.Provenance: Mildred Bliss of Dumbarton Oaks (bookplate on box, overstamped "withdrawn")
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Durrell (Gerald) [The Corfu Trilogy], comprising My Family and Other Animals, slight spotting and strip of toning to endpapers, fore-edge spotted, 1956; Birds, Beasts and Relatives, jacket price-clipped, light toning to lower panel, otherwise excellent, 1969; Garden of the Gods, light spotting to front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped,light chips and nicks to extremities, 1978, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo. *** Durrell's entertaining autobiographical trilogy, subject of two charming television adaptations.
Broadside.- Poor Law Bill.- Most serious and alarming Riot, At Sheepshead, Leicestershire, by the people resenting the New Poor Law Bill, on Tuesday, the 5th of December, 1837, printed broadside, creases, light soiling, laid down on paper, broadside c.370 x 120 mm., Nottingham, J. Plant, [1837]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded. Recording a riot in Shepshed, Leicestershire, one of several across the country against the much hated New Poor Law Bill. "A vast concourse of people assembled to show their complete abhorrence to this mode of treating their aged and infirm fellow creatures ..."
Williamson (Henry).- Archive of postcards and letters by or relating to Henry Williamson, including one T.L.s. from Williamson to Roy Plomley, 2 postcards from Williamson to Plomley, 3 postcards from Williamson to Nick Austin (assistant editor of Panther books), 3 letters by Ann Thomas (Williamson's secretary and later lover), 2 letters by Patrick Garland (producer), together c.20 pieces (mostly letters and postcards), one with staple holes, a couple with folds, a few with light spotting, v.d., [1960s]; and an excellent first edition set of A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, v.s. (c.35) *** An extensive archive offering an insight into Williamson's personal life during the time in which he was writing A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, a fascinating complement to this superb first edition set.In the typed letter, Williamson agrees to take part in Desert Island Discs and discusses his Ancient Sunlight series, noting that it includes 750,000 words on the Great War in five of its fifteen novels; Williamson also reveals that Patrick Garland is filming a 50th anniversary programme with him for Armistice Day. Patrick Garland in turn discusses this film in his letters.In the letters to Plomley, Williamson goes into detail about the break-down of his marriages and lists his choices for Desert Island Discs as well as his favourite book (Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies). Across all three postcards to Austin, Williamson discusses the fact that the Macdonald edition (the first edition) of ‘Donkey Boy’ is not the definitive edition of the text.
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[Day-Lewis (Cecil)], "Nicholas Blake". The Case of the Abominable Snowman, first edition, ownership stamps to endpaper and title, light abrasion mark to half-title, original cloth, small patch damp-staining to corner, dust-jacket, 1" repaired tear to upper panel, few other nicks to edges, still a sharp copy overall, 8vo, 1941.
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B[ulwer] (J[ohn]) Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform'd: or the Artificiall Changling Historically, second much enlarged edition, engraved portrait by William Fairthorne tipped-in to front endpaper, engraved frontispiece, with letter-press explanatory leaf, unsigned leaf after S2 with woodcut illustrations to both sides, woodcut illustrations throughout, a few later printed slips laid to pastedowns, frontispiece slightly shaved at foot, 4A2-3 lightly stained, some light marginal browning and occasional spots, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt with red morocco label, small 4to, [Wing B5461], William Hunt, 1653.*** The second much enlarged edition, the first illustrated, of this extraordinary work by John Bulwer (1606-1656). On the theme of the human body as a medium of communication, he examines various cosmetic alterations and artificial deformations practiced by people across the globe; for example, tattooing, make-up, castration, circumcision, ear piercing, and hair removal. Recognised as an early work of comparative cultural anthropology, Bulwer's Baconian bent and moral perspective are also perceptible, with a clear emphasis on the natural as morally superior to the artificial. Bulwer was medical practitioner with a special interest in deafness and gesture, perhaps the first person in England to propose education of deaf people.
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Valerius Maximus. [Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX], edited by Josse Badius Ascencius & Oliviero d'Arzignano, collation: aa8 a-z8 &8 [con]8 [rum]8 A-Z8 Et8, title printed in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut criblé initials (hand-coloured in a light yellow), initial-strokes in red (a few instances of smudging), V3&4 lower margin little trimmed, marginal water-staining, some spotting and finger-marking, lightly browned, 17th century blind-stamped panelled vellum over wooden boards, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, small green ink stain to upper cover, soiled and marked, folio (284 x 204mm.), Paris, Josse Badius Ascensius, Jean Petit & Johann Koberger, [1510]. *** Handsomely printed first Badius edition of this collection of historical anecdotes, mostly drawn from Roman history.Provenance: Geroldus Heerma, 1582; 'Emptus ex bliblotq...?Yapton 1593' (ink inscriptions to title). Literature: Renouard, Ascensius, III, 316; VD 16 ZV 31600.
Eliot (T.S.) The Family Reunion, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Kenneth Pickthorn from T.S. Eliot 16.iii.39" on front free endpaper, very light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to extremities, [Gallup A33a], 8vo, 1939.*** See previous lot for details.
Food & Drink.- The Art of Carving.- Cervio (Vincenzo) Il Trinciante... ampliato et a perfettione..., 3 parts in 1, collation: [cross]⁴ A-H⁸ I⁶ K⁴ L⁸, woodcut printer's device to titles and final f. recto, woodcut initials, 4 whole page woodcut illustrations, 2 woodcut folding plates, of which 1 virtually loose and with small portion excised at corner, light damp-stains, mainly to upper fore-edge corner, a few small paper repairs at gutter, contemporary vellum stamped in blind, speckled and toned, 4to (151 x 210mm.), Rome, Gabbia for Giulio Burchioni, 1593.*** An exceptional treatise on the art of carving at table and presentation of dishes at banquets. Vincenzio Cervio, once ‘trinciante’ - ‘cutting steward’ or literally ‘carver’ - to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, advises on the correct treatment of meat and birds, for example pheasant and peacock, but also fish, fruit, pies, and even a simple egg at one’s Lord’s table. Didactic illustrations show contemporary instruments and knives available, and there is also advice on the preparation of various dishes, as well as instructions for receiving popes, kings and great people. Overall, it is a remarkable source concerning the art of the table and gastronomy in Renaissance Italy. Originally published in Venice in 1581, it was also reprinted there in 1593 .Literature: Adams C1288; Cagle 1120; Edit16 CNCE 10908.
America.- Sparks (Jared) The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller, first edition, 7pp. publisher's catalogue at start, half-title, p.149 short tear into text without text loss, p.163 tear into text repaired affecting some letters, final f. very short tear to lower margin repaired, edges a little brittle with the odd small chip, foxed and browned, the occasional light stain, uncut in original boards, rebacked in modern cloth, light stain to upper cover, wear to extremities, [cf. Hill 1613 (first English edition); Sabin 88991], 8vo, Cambridge, Mass., Hilliard & Brown, 1828. *** John Ledyard (1751-89) was an American soldier who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third expedition in H.M.S. Resolution, and was one of those who rowed Cook ashore in Hawaii before he was murdered. He later traversed Russia in an attempt to reach America, and then disappeared while exploring the river Nile in 1789.
India.- D'Oyly (Charles) Follower of. Interior of an Indian mansion house, with Englishman sitting at a table with hookah, pencil on cream wove paper, signed with initials 'F.L.B./1850', sheet 214 x 410 mm (8 3/8 x 16 1/4 in), minor surface dirt and light browning, with Archer's pencil number verso '459', unframed, 1850; together with another small study of an Indian temple, by a different hand initialled 'L.C.', and dated '1823', pencil on wove paper, sheet 105 x 205 mm (4 1/8 x 8 in), unframed, 1823 (2) Provenance:Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.*** For a similar interior study, see D'Oyly's 'The Summer Room in the Artist's House at Patna' [Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, acc. no. B1986.29.378].
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Waugh (Evelyn) Helena, [one of 50 large paper copies], signed presentation inscription from the author "For Diane [Abdy], with lots of love from her old chum Evelyn" on front free endpapers, light foxing to endpapers, original white cloth, uncut, edges a little damp-stained and discoloured, spine bumping to spine ends, large 8vo, 1950. *** One of an unspecified number (around 50) large paper copies that Waugh kept for private distribution.Lady Diana Abdy [Née Bridgedon] (1907-1967) was an English socialite and fashion leader associated with the Bright Young Things of 1920s, and included in Cecil Beaton's Book of Beauty.
Murder Broadside.- Domestic Abuse.- Particulars of a Dreadful case of Murder, Committed by Edward Stevenson on the body of his wife, printed broadside, light soiling, short tear to top edge, laid down on paper, ex-Nottingham library with neat ink-stamp to verso, c.250 x 185 mm., Nottingham, T. & W. Plant, [c.1820-50]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded. Edward Stevenson abused his wife horribly, including "while, we should suppose in a state of intoxication, he disposed of his wife by auction in the Market Place for a small trifle, but the bargain was subsequently annulled". He later killed his wife in a particularly cruel and gruesome manner by trying to induce an abortion by using "a wooden knitting pin, about a foot in length".
Charteris (Leslie) The Saint on Guard, signed presentation inscription from the author "this unfortunately unlimited first edition copy, which should have been something more special, if I could only have had it tailored to his real appreciation of books..." with small doodle on front free endpaper, cloth rather soiled and damp-stained, jacket spine faded, extremities chipped and creased, New York, 1944 § Hillary (Richard) The Last Enemy, ownership inscription on endpapers, light spotting to first few pages, jacket extremities chipped and frayed, 1942, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 5 others, including works by Richard Osman, most signed, 8vo (7)
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Durrell (Lawrence) [The Alexandria Quartet], 4 vol., comprising Justine, typed note signed by Durrell, loosely inserted, jacket with Book Society wraparound band, jacket spine a little faded, one or two short tears along joints, 1957; Balthazar, jacket price-clipped, spine lightly browned, small patch of browning to panels, 1958; Mountolive, light spotting to half-title, jacket spine a little faded, ends lightly nicked, 1958; Clea, faint spotting to endpapers, jacket with light browning to spine but very crisp, 1960; together with The Revolt of Aphrodite set, 2 vol., comprising Tunc, jacket with light creasing to upper edge, 1968; Nunquam, signed by the author on front free endpaper in year of publication, fine, 1970, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, overall a very bright set, 8vo. *** An excellent set of Durrell's acclaimed novel cycle, still frequently cited as one of the great literary achievements of the 20th century, together with his following Revolt of Aphrodite sequence.
Law.- Sunderland copy.- Justinianus I. Codicis Dn. Ivstiniani Sacratiss. Principis Ex Repetita Praelectione Libri XII., edited by Gregor Haloander, collation: α8 β4 a-z4 A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 aaa-ggg4 hhh6 iii-kkk4 lll6, woodcut historiated initials, final f. with colophon recto otherwise blank, early ink underlining and occasional marginalia, repair to upper margin of title, browned (mostly lightly) and some damp-staining, some spotting, 17th century red morocco over wooden boards, gilt (some seemingly later), covers with ?later centre-pieces composed of vases, stars, and flowers within a circular double filet border, within outer triple filet borders with inner floral corner-pieces, spine in compartments with floral and foliage decoration to raised bands and spine ends and triple filet borders, some light staining / soiling, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., folio (305 x 201mm.; binding 315 x 219mm.), Nuremberg, Johann Petreius, [September], 1530. *** Provenance: The Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace copy (press-marks to front free endpaper ‘D.D. 4:13’ and ‘119 G.2.’), sold by Puttick & Simpson between 1881 and 1883. Our volume bought by Bernard Quaritch, and with their 1882 engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown.Literature: VD 16 C 5254.
Miller (Henry) Tropic of Cancer, 1963; Tropic of Capricorn, 1964, first editions, both signed and dated by the author on front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers, original boards, spine faded, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine ends and extremities, the odd nick to edges, some light surface marking, 8vo (2)*** A good pair, scarce signed, featuring a classic account of an American writer's life in Paris, first published there in 1934, but not officially published in the US and the UK until 1961 and 1963 due to censorship restraints.
Red-light district guide.- Nash (Norman) Sordid Side (of London Town), first edition, light browning and some foxing, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing to spine some surface soiling, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1967.*** A rare guide to the London underbelly, written pseudonymously by "a journalist who is familiar with the London after-dark scene". No copy in BL, Library Hub only lists one copy, in the International Anthony Burgess Foundation.
Craddock (Harry) The Savoy Cocktail Book, first edition, issue with half-title and title paginated but no errata slip, colour illustrations and decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, some scattered foxing, heavier to first few pages, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rebacked preserving original spine, spine a little faded, light rubbing to extremities, in effect a lovely and better than usual example, 8vo, 1930.
Cornwell (Bernard) Sharpe's Eagle, 1980; Sharpe's Gold, 1981; Sharpe's Company, 1982, first editions, signed by the author and dust-jacket artist Tony Kerins, with original illustration by Kerins repeating themes of the jacket artwork, in biro on half-titles with artist's initials below, original boards, dust-jackets, light fading to spines, otherwise excellent, 8vo (3)
Powell (Anthony) Venusberg, some notes in Heygate's hand on rear endpaper, 1932; A View to a Death, dedication copy, 1933; Agents and Patients, 1936, first editions, each with signed presentation inscription from the author to John Heygate on endpapers, some light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, lightly discoloured and marked, spine ends bumped and creased, 8vo (3) *** A trio of three key early novels by Powell, all signed and inscribed to his friend John Heygate. The first bears the inscription: “For John Heygate, from Tony Powell, with every sort of noble sentiment, October 6th 1932. ‘And Oh! far worse than all beside’”, the second is the dedication copy, dedicated to John and his wife Evelyn: "For John with the author’s love. Oct 4th 1933" on front free endpaper", and the third inscription reads "‘For John from Tony | January 8th 1936" surrounded by drawn decorative Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense garter". Heygate is known rather unfortunately as the man who stole Evelyn Waugh’s first wife, née Evelyn Gardner, at a party that Powell himself gave in June 1929. An event which marked, writes Powell’s biographer Hilary Spurling, “a stage of no return in the break-up of the Waughs’ marriage”. Heygate would later be the inspiration for the character John Beaver in Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust (1934) and remained a close friend of Powell’s, a regular correspondent and his trusted literary confidant.
Steinbeck (John) Of Mice and Men, first edition, first issue with "pendula" on p.9, and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on p.88., ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, light bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light fading to spine, small closed tear to spine and one nick to lower panel, otherwise excellent and sharp, 8vo, New York, 1937. *** A lovely copy of Steinbeck's landmark novella in American fiction.
Execution Broadside.- Execution of John Thurtell for the Murder of Mr. Weare. Hertford, Friday, January 9th, 12 o'Clock, printed broadside, woodcut illustration to head, light soiling, creases, two small holes, one just touching text, laid onto paper, c. 355 x 225 mm., Shorrocks, [1824]. *** Rare. This 'Shorrocks' printing of the broadside seemingly unrecorded. Thurtell served as a Royal Marine during the Napoleonic Wars, and was later a boxing promoter. He organised the bout between Ned Painter and Tom Oliver in 1814. Thurtell became a notorious gambler, who lost £300 in a gambling debt to Mr. Weare, and refused to pay as he believed that Mr. Weare had cheated him. Weare was later invited to a shooting and gambling weekend with Thurtell and his friends, Joseph Hunt and William Probert. Both Thurtell and Hunt were executed for the murder, with Probert acquitted on a technicality. He was executed a year or so later for horse stealing.See lot 79 for his execution broadside.
Economics.- Marx (Karl) Capital. A Critique of Political Economy. Volume II. The Process of Circulation of Capital. Translated by Ernest Untermann. Edited by Frederick Engels, first English edition, faint ink library stamp to title verso, original red cloth, spine faded, short tear to head of spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, endpaper renewed, 8vo, 1907.*** The English issue of the first English translation, issued in UK using the original sheets from the American edition.
Darwin family copy.- Litchfield (Henrietta Emma) Emma Darwin. A Century of Family Letters, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 250 copies], signed presentation inscription from the author 'Margaret Darwin from H. E. Litchfield' to both half-titles, with detailed ink notes to vol. 1 family pedigree pages presumably in Margaret's hand, frontispieces and plates, occasional spots, mainly to plates, vol. 1 upper hinge broken, others cracked and weak, original cloth, spines sunned, very light wear to extremities, also with A.L.s from George Howard Darwin loosely inserted (folded, 2pp.), 8vo, Cambridge, privately printed at the Cambridge University Press, 1904. *** Remarkable association copy linking three members of the Darwin family. Henrietta Litchfield (1843-1927), daughter of Charles Darwin, who often assisted her father, editing 'The Descent of Man', his biography of Erasmus Darwin and his own autobiography, here presents her own work to Margaret Darwin (1890-1974), her niece, and granddaughter of Charles Darwin. Henrietta's brother, George Howard Darwin (1845-1912), expresses his liking for Henrietta's book in his letter letter loosely inserted in this copy. He goes so far as to offer £25-30 towards the publication costs, and also rather poignantly writes 'I perhaps naturally feel we are less interesting than our fore-runners' (p.1).
Shakespeare (William) The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., revised by George Steevens, half-titles, 96 engraved plates with tissue-guards, some half-titles little creased (heavier to vol. 4), King Henry VIII pp.111-114 short tear to upper margin with paper repair, a couple other minor marginal tears, very occasional light marginal damp-staining, more pronounced to vol. 6, some browning, some light offsetting, scattered foxing and spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, vol. 1 rebacked with original backstrip laid down (little chipped) and corners repaired, vol. 3 small repair to spine head, some spine ends chipped, some corners worn, rubbed in places, particularly to extremities, some joints split but covers holding, g.e., folio, W. Bulmer and Co...for John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. *** An impressive set of Josiah Boydell's monumental edition of Shakespeare, with engraved plates after paintings by Reynolds, Smirke, Hamilton, Opie, Westall, Northcote and others.
India.- Foley (Capt. Henry Mirtel, served in India with the 69th Foot Regiment, landowner of Tetley Hall, Sunninghill, Ascot, c.1800-1853) Album comprising 65 original drawings, including 26 from the soldier-artist's time in India circa 1826-1828, with 26 drawings of India that include 'Sketch of the Village of [...?] on the road to Poonah', '...Parbuttee near Poonah', four drawings of the 'Ruins at Bassein [Vasai, Mumbai]', 'A Common husbandry cart with the Jhanjeed on it', 'A sketch of an Indian Plough or Nangur', 'A sketch of a hackerie', '... the Hill Fort of Kulcj Bhooj and its entrance', 'A Sketch of the Indian Light drill plough or Mogurh', 'A Sketch of [?] a Brahmin Village near Malabar Point Bombay', 'Sketch of the Ruins of the old Palace of [Shrimant Daulat Rao Shinde] near the City of Poonah', 'A Sketch of a Stone image in the old tomb of [?] Row Lucka Kutch Bhooj', 'A Sketch of a part of the Hill Fort of Kutch Bhooj', 'A Sketch of part of the town of [?] Maridavee', 'A Native preparing a rice field during the rains', 'Sketch of a Remarkable Gun in the Hill Fort of Kutch Bhooj', 'Gateway to the Fort of Ahmednagar', and a study of Butcher Island (Jawahar Dweep), and others of Sri Lanka, St Helena, and numerous studies of European locations including Switzerland and Germany, 10 pen and black ink, 16 in pencil, all inscribed and mostly dated, various sizes between approx. 78 x 158 mm (3 x 6 1/4 in), and 220 x 285 mm (8 5/8 x 11 1/4 in), neatly tipped onto album leaves, not in date order, manuscript title with off-setting, toning, a few splits, handling creases, lacking covers and spine, folio, circa 1825-1853Provenance:Private collection, London*** A unique and early collection of drawings from India in the 1820s, including towns and temples, as well as local farming tools, local farming practices, and local people. Henry Foley is recorded as being the landowner of Tetworth Hall, Ascot, in 1829, however little is recorded of his artistic practice, or of his military career; he was discharged in 1839.
Stephenson (Neal) Snow Crash, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Chris, best wishes Neal Stephenson" on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light surface marks, otherwise fine, 8vo, New York, 1992.*** Stephenson's disturbingly prescient first book, and a classic of the cyberpunk genre.Combining cyberpunk science fiction, sophisticated theory of linguistics, and postmodern satire, Snow Crash paints a uncomfortable picture of near-future America where government has collapsed and everything is run by franchise. A deadly disease, the snow crash virus, then wreaks havoc on virtual reality. It was nominated for both the British Science Fiction Association Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
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