Bindings. The Life and Adventures of Valentine Fox The Ventriloquist, Henry Lea, circa 1840, 40 black and white plates including frontispiece, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated half red morocco bound by Root & son, 8vo, (very early issue), Ninon De Lenclos, 1904, bookplate to front pastedown, minor toning, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red full morocco bound by Hatchards, 8vo, Jonsonian Miscellanies, by George Birkbeck Hill, volumes 1 & 2, 1898, minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco bound by Cornish Brothers, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott, edited by John Foster Kirk, The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, volumes 1 & 2, circa 1896, bookplate and black and white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated tree calf bound by Lawrence, Living in Tokyo, by Katherine Sansom, illustrated by Marjorie Nishiwaki, 1936, colour illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine lightly faded, 4to, together with 40 further volumes of 19th and early 20th century literature, all gilt decorated leather fine bindings, condition is generally very good, 8vo/4to (47)
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Wilson (Robert Thomas). History of the British Expedition to Egypt; to which is subjoined, a Sketch of the Present State of that Country and its means of Defence, 2nd edition, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, two folding engraved battle plans with original hand-colour, two folding tables, occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary red half morocco gilt, upper joint slightly cracked at foot, extremities a little rubbed, 4to, together with two other defective works on Egypt (3)
Burnet (Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Printed for Thomas Ward, 1724-1734, manuscript note on volume 2 title page verso: The original manuscript of both volumes of this history will be deposited in the Cotton Library by T. Burnett, title page versos to both volumes with armorial bookplate of The Right Honble. Thomas Earl of Hadinton, occasional light spotting and soiling, mainly to first and last leaves, front free endpaper to volume 1 with closed tear, contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, a little rubbed and marked, three joints slightly cracked, together with Stackhouse (Thomas), A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World, to the Establishment of Christianity..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1742-1744, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, titles in red and black, numerous engraved plates, including maps and plans, some folding, a few with closed tears (some repaired on verso), both volumes with armorial bookplate of The Rev. W. Parker, volume 1 front hinge split after endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with some wear, plus Temple (William, Sir), The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. ..., 2 volumes, 1750, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, each volume with pictorial bookplate of Hugh Trevor-Roper Chiefswood Melrose, volume 1 hinges strengthened, volume 2 endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked with some wear to extremities, and seven others similar including: The Works of Sir William Jones in Six Volumes, 1799; The History of the Jews, from Jesus Christ to the Present Time..., by Mr. Basnage, translated..., by Tho. Taylor, 1708; Historical Collections of Private Passages of State..., beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James..., by John Rushmore, 4 volumes, 1721; An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, by Jeremy Collier, 2 volumes, 1708, etc., all 18th century folios First item is a large paper copy, part of volume 1 was printed by William Bowyer; his records show 6000 ordinary and 300 large-paper copies printed (ESTC). (22)
Buxtorf (Joannes). Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum..., Opus xxx. annorum, nunc demum, post patris obitum, ex ipsius autographo ... in lucem editum, Basel: Ludovici K”nig, 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title, some worm holes & worming, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, blind rollwork & embossed decoration, lacking clasps, worm holes to lower board, folio, together with Socrates, Socratis Scholastici et Hermiae Sozomeni Historia Ecclesiastica. Henricus Valesius graecum textum collatis MSS. codicibus emendavit, LatinŠ vertit, & annotationibus illustravit...., Mainz: Christian Gerlach & Simon Beckenstein, 1677, half-title, title and text in greek & latin, contemporary vellum, folio, plus Suarez (Francisco), Commentariorum, ac disputationum, in primam partem Divi Thomae..., Mainz: Hermanni Mylii Birckmanni, 1621, title in red & black and with woodcut device, some worm holes, contemporary pigskin, blind rollwork & embossed decoration, brass clasps, some worm holes, folio (3)
Camden (William). The History of the most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England; Containing All the most Important and Remarkable Passages of State, both at Home, and Abroad..., 3rd edition, printed for Charles Harper, 1675, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, title dust-soiled with early ink name at head, frontispiece and title both guarded-in, occasional minor marks or spots, final blank with early manuscript notes dated 1676/7, modern calf by Maltbys of Oxford, faded spine with gilt lettering-piece, lightly soiled, folio, together with Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord), The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, printed by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn..., 1672, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, title with small loss to fore-margin, frontispiece faintly spotted, a few minor marks or spots, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir John Leveson Gower of Trentham in Stafford Shire Baronet, modern calf, faded spine with gilt lettering-piece and blind-tooled decoration, folio, plus Bacon (Francis and Godwin, Francis), The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, 1st collected edition, printed by W.G., 1676, portrait frontispiece, blank recto to frontispiece with early ink manuscript notes, in places faintly striking-through to verso, a few minor marks, final third with intermittent worming at tail of gutter, also affecting final few lower corners, armorial bookplate of C.W.H. Sotheby loosely inserted, front free endpaper with ink ownership inscription, contemporary calf, rubbed and rebacked, spine with gilt lettering-piece, folio, and one other similar: Annales Rerum Anglicarum, et Hibernicarum, Regnante Elizabetha, ad annum salutis M.D.LXXXIX, by William Camden, 2 parts in one volume, 1st edition, 1615-1627 (4)
Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings. Whereunto are annexed His Praiers and Apophthegms, &c., Printed by W.D. in R.M., 1649, title printed in red and black, poem 'Upon His Sacred Majesties incomparable Eikon Basilike' with woodcut headpiece, folding engraved plate by William Marshall, showing King Charles at prayer (some short tears to folds and lower left margin, one repaired on verso), portrait facing O6, Apophthegmata aurea, Regia, Carolina with separate dated title page, occasionally close-trimmed at head, bound with The Papers which passed at New-Castle betwixt His Sacred Majestie and Mr Alex Henderson: concerning the Change of Church-Government, Printed for R. Royston, 1646, title mis-bound between Apophthegmata pages 46/47, portrait facing A3, generally toned, some light marks towards rear, 18th century calf, a little rubbed, spine slightly frayed at tail, 8vo, together with Carter (Matthew), Honor Redivivus: or, the Analysis of Honor and Armory; Reprinted with many Useful and Necessary Additions; and Supply'd with the Names and Titles of Honour of the Present Nobility of England..., 3rd edition, 1673, engraved frontispiece and additional title, eight engraved portraits, woodcut illustrations to text, first few leaves with small blue stain to fore-edges, occasional minor marks and spots, first and last few leaves with faint embossed library stamp, front pastedown with presentation bookplate to Bath Public Reference Library and ink shelfmarks, contemporary speckled calf, cover with corner-pieces tooled in blind, front hinge cracked, spine rubbed and worn, with remains of paper label, 8vo, plus Holles (Denzil), Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles, Baron of Ifield in Sussex, from the Year 1641, to 1648, Printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1699, engraved portrait frontispiece, endpapers spotted, front pastedown with ink shelfmark below deleted shelfmark, contemporary Cambridge panelled speckled calf, rebacked with gilt spine label, some wear to extremities, 8vo, and a defective copy of Castara: Carmina non prius Audita..., 3rd edition, 1640, 12mo First item: Madan 22. (4)
Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent..., enlarged by the latest discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, printed for John Nichols for T. Payne and Son and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional half title, fifty-eight uncoloured engraved maps by John Cary (including fifty-six folding), and ninety-eight uncoloured engraved plates (including nine double-page), some maps trimmed with slight loss to printed margins, map of North Wales with small hole affecting image, one double page table, occasional spotting, bookplate of Lord Carrington to each volume, near contemporary tree calf with gilt decorated spines, rubbed and worn at extremities, folio (3)
Coke (Edward). The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Or, A Commentary upon Littleton, not the Name of the Author only, but of the Law itself..., 9th edition, corrected, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece and one other engraved plate, early signatures to title including an Edward Price and Lewis Hughes, heavily annotated to margins throughout volume in various early hands, frontispiece, plate and eight initial leaves of text torn to upper outer corners & neatly repaired (fore-margins also repaired), initial two front blanks and final leaf also torn to outer corners and repaired, modern calf, morocco labels to spine, folio, together with Spelman (Sir Henry), The English Works... Publish'd in his Life-time; Together with his Posthumous Works, Relating to the Laws and Antiquities of England..., Together with the LIfe of the Author, revised, 1723, title in red & black, two folding tables, some toning and scattered spotting, 19th century half calf, upper board detached, worn with loss of some leather to spine, folio (2)
Constantine (Robert). Lexicon Graecolatinum, secunda hac editione, partim ipsius authoris, partim Francisci Porti... auctum, Geneva, Haeredes Eustathii Vignon & Jacobus Stoer, 1592, title printed in red and black, with printer's woodcut device, text printed in double column, woodcut head-pieces, initials, etc., occasional light marginal waterstains and spotting, modern antique-style mottled full calf, thick folio, together with Castell (Edmund), Lexicon Heptaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Samaratinum, Aethiopicum, Arabicum, et Persicum..., bound in 2 volumes, Thomas Roycroft, 1669, single title printed in red and black, text in triple column, light waterstain at front of second volume, all edges gilt, near-contemporary blind-panelled full calf, old reback, rubbed and some marks and edges darkened, large folio, plus Dufresne (Charles), Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis, 6 volumes, Paris, Charles Osmont, 1733, half-title to each volume, engraved portrait of the author, and additional engraved title to first volume (by P. Giffart and S. Le Clerc respectively), titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette by De Poilly, text printed in double column, each volume inscribed in ink to head of half title in a contemporary hand 'Liber Coll. Di: Jo: Bapt. Oxon. Ex Dono', and with contemporary engraved bookplate of St. John's College, Oxford, to front pastedown of each volume (with Council inkstamp), contemporary mottled full calf, a little wear to extremities, some joints partly cracked, darkened to spine and edges, folio, and Gesner (Johann Matthias), Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus post Ro. Stephani et aliorum, 2 volumes, Leipzig, 1749, engraved portrait of the author, titles printed in red and black, text in double column, 18th century bookplate of Plummer of Middlestead to front pastedown of each volume and 19th century printed library ticket of Sunderland Hall to upper outer corner, contemporary full calf, joints cracked, and minor wear to extremities, folio (11)
D'Aviler (Augustin-Charles). Cours d'Architecture qui comprend les Ordres de Vignole, avec des Commentaires, les figures & descriptions de ses plus beaux Batimens, & de ceux de Michel-Ange..., premiere partie (only), Paris, 1710, 355 pp., additional engraved title, 140 copper-engraved plates, several folding, plate 42 bound upside down, occasional light offsetting and toning, bookplate of Gilbert Redgrave and note at front, contemporary calf, joints cracking, edges rubbed, 4to, together with Nibby (Antonio). Itineraire de Rome et de ses Environs, 2 volumes in one, Rome 1834, half titles, two folding engraved maps, 36 engraved plates and plans after Vasi, a little minor spotting, contemporary vellum, light soiling, 8vo, plus Wolff (Christian Friedrich von). Grond-Beginzelen van alle de Mathematische Weetenschappen, 3 volumes, Amsterdam, 1738-39, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black, 121 folding engraved plates, occasional light soiling, bookplates, contemporary mottled calf, spines with red labels and gilt decoration, volume III rebacked with most of original spine relaid, small tear at volume I head of spine, 8vo. First work: Fowler 33. Volume I only. First published in 1691, this is the first revised edition with the additions of Jean Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond. Volume II was titled 'Explication des termes d'architecture' and paginated from 357 to 920. (5)
Ferguson (Adam). The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, 3 volumes, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, four folding engraved maps, bookplate of Rev. Henry Collet, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines lacking labels, joints cracked and some wear, 4to, together with Ludlow (Edmund), Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow. With a Collection of Original Papers, and the case of King Charles the First, 1771, engraved portrait frontispiece, renewed endpapers with cloth hinges, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, replaced spine labels, corners repaired, 4to, with Cowley (Abraham), The Works... consisting of those were formerly Printed and those which he Design'd for the Press. Now Published out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of Coleman-Street, 9th edition, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece, spotting mostly to last few leaves, bookplate of Hon. Valentine Browne, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, red morocco title label, joints cracked, worn at head & foot of spine, folio, and another edition of the same work in comtemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, plus Camoens (Luis de), The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. Translated from the Original Portuguese [with an introduction and notes] ... by William Julius Mickle, 2nd edition, Oxford, 1778, etched frontispiece by J. Mortimer, folding engraved map, occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 4to, plus other 18th century antiquarian, mostly 4to (15)
Illuminated Manuscript. A book of hours, circa 1870s, pp.60, variously coloured leaves (pink, lilac, white), Latin text written on rectos and versos in black ink in a fine calligraphic hand, with red and blue initial letters, and many decorative borders in colours and gold, titles include 'Ordinary of the Mass', 'Vespers for Sundays and Festivals', 'Litany of The Most Holy Name of Jesus', a little dusty and occasional light finger-soiling in places, one leaf removed, approximately 60 blank leaves at rear, hinges split, all edges gilt, original maroon morocco gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, 8vo, together with Guild of Women-Binders, The Sonnets of William Shakspere, Edited by Edward Dowden, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co., 1893, portrait frontispiece, half-title present, title-page printed in red and black, occasional light spotting, mostly to preliminary leaves and edges, free endpapers stained by turn-ins, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary tan morocco by the Guild of Women-Binders, signed on front turn-in, spine a little rubbed and faded, gilt titled direct, with stylised flower and heart-shaped leaf device below, covers with gilt dot at each corner, returns and upper margins with narrow stain, 8vo (2)
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals..., To which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and English Grammer, Harrison's Edition, with his life of the Author, London: Printed for Harrison & Co., 1786, title in red & black, with signature to upper blank margin, engraved portrait plate (neatly repaired horizontal closed tear), some scattered spotting & browning, modern cloth, folio (1)
[Macky, John]. A Journey through England [& Scotland]. In Familier Letters, from a Gentleman Here, to His Friend Abroad, 3 volumes, mixed editions, 1732, half-title to volume 2 and publisher's advertisement list to volume 3, bookplate of John Dixon of Durham to each, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with green morocco labels, 8vo, together with Gostling (William), A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury, with many Observations not to be found in any description hitherto published, 2nd edition, Canterbury: Printed by Simmons & Kirkby, 1777, engraved portrait frontispiece (dampstained to outer margins), folding engraved plan with two closed tears (one to fold), subscriber's list, 19 engraved plates (including 2 folding and 2 single-page plans), contemporary half calf, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, with Warrington (William), The History of Wales..., 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1788, folding engraved map, folding pedigree table, toning to first & last leaves, top edge trimmed, remainder untrimmed, late 19th/early 20th century half calf gilt, morocco labels to spines, darkened to spines, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, plus 14 other British topography related, 18th & 19th century editions (20)
Mandey (Venterus & Moxon, James). Mechanick-Powers: or, the Mistery of Nature and Art Unvail'd, 1st edition, 1696, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 engraved folding plates, signature to title, upper outer corner of title torn & frayed with slight loss to double-ruled border, occasional marginalia & notes, few ink marks and some to verso of plates, later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 4to Wing M418. (1)
Oliver (& Boyd, publishers). Neptune's Musical Budget, or The Tar's Pocket Journal; being a selection of all the Popular and Admired Songs of the Ship, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, n.d., circa 1805-1810, 90 pages, engraved portrait frontispiece with inscription to verso 'George White, Sheepwash, March 22nd, 1824' (detached & partially adhered to loose front free endpaper, frayed to edges & soiled), title torn at head with some loss to first two words of letterpress, bound with Love (John, Publisher), The Oiseau. Being a Select Collection of more than One Hundred New and Fashionable Songs, that are now Singing at Both Theatres, and all the Public Gardens, in London, Weymouth: Printed, and Published by John Love, at his Circulating and Musical Library, on the Esplanade, and to be had of all Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1790, 104 pages, some dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary dark brown sheep, joints split and some wear to extremities, 12mo There are only two UK institutional locations found for the first title (National Library of Scotland & Bodleian), and the second title has no institutional locations recorded. (1)
Swift (Jonathan). Letters, Written by the late Jonathan Swift, D.D. .... and Several of his Friends. From the Year 1703 to 1740. Published from the Originals; with Notes Explanatory and Historical, by John Hawkesworth, L.L.D., 3 volumes, Printed for R. Davis, [etc.], 1766, titles to volumes 1 & 3 with early ink ownership name at head, hinges strengthened in volume 1, contemporary half calf, rubbed with some wear, volume 1 rebacked, retaining original spine label, front joint to volume 3 cracking, 8vo, together with Browne (Isaac Hawkins), Poems upon Various Subjects, Latin and English, 1st edition, Printed for J. Nourse, 1768, engraved portrait frontispiece, armorial bookplate of Syston Park, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed, slim 8vo, plus Pascal (Blaise), The Life of Mr. Paschal, with his Letters relating to the Jesuits, Translated into English by W.A., 2 volumes, 1744, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, both with some pale waterstaining, first few lower corners of volume 1 with minor worming, volume 2 with remains of bookplate, contemporary calf, a little wear to extremities, both spines with remains of early shelfmark labels at head, 8vo, and seven others similar including: An Introduction to Universal History. Translated from the Latin of Baron Holberg..., by Gregory Sharpe, 1755; The Contributions of Q.Q. to a Periodical Work..., by the late Jane Taylor, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1826 (17)
Swift (Jonathan). The Works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, 20 volumes, Dublin: George Faulkner, 1772, engraved plates, volume 1 with portrait frontispiece and bookseller's ticket to title, single advertisement leaf at rear of volume 20, volume 3 with marginal dampstaining to a few leaves, each with bookplate of John Pollock Esqr., fore-edges with early manuscript ownership name(s), contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, a few joints splitting, some wear to spines, 8vo Teerink 48. (20)
Plumptre (Anne). Narrative of a Residence in Ireland During the Summer of 1814, and that of 1815, 1st edition, Henry Colburn, 1817, contemporary ownership signature of Graham E. Hamond dated 1818 at head of half-title (and his armorial bookplate on front pastedown), stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece by Henry Meyer after James Northcote, 12 aquatint plates on 11 leaves, including double-page folding view of the Giant's Causeway, some offsetting of plates to text, one plate trimmed to fore-edge (with no loss of image or text), publisher's advertisement leaf at end, some toning and spotting (mainly associated with plates), red sprinkled edges, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine, rubbed, upper joint beginning to split at head, corners showing, 4to Sir Graham E. Hamond (1779-1862) was the son of Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond (1738-1828), Controller of the Navy. Sir Graham entered the Navy in 1785, and rose through the ranks to become Admiral of the Fleet in 1862, just before he died. (1)
Vega (Andreas de). De Justificatione Doctrina Universa, Libris xv. Absolute tradita, & contra omnes omnium errores, iuxta germanam sententiam Orthodoxae veritatis, & sacri Concilii Tridentini, praeclarŠ defensa, Cologne: Geruinum Calenium & haeredes Quentelios, 1572, woodcut portrait to title, later endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, marked, rebacked and ties replaced, folio (Adams V321), together with Concordance, Concordantiae Bibliorum utriusque Testamenti, Veteris et Novi, perfectae et integrae..., Antwerp: Christophori Plantini, 1585, printer's woodcut device to title, crossed through inscriptions to title and final leaf, some worm holes & worming, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, blind rollwork decoration and gilt blocked medallion to centre of each board (upper medallion in gilt), brass clasps, spine and extremities worn, rubbed, 4to, plus one other early 16th century vellum bound folio volume (3)
Wilson (Arthur). The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James the First..., Printed for Richard Lownds, 1653, engraved portrait frontispiece, early ink signature to blank recto, title with early ink signature to lower margin, Gg1 with small burnhole affecting a couple of letters, final leaf of table defective, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Lewis Biddulph, contemporary mottled calf, lightly rubbed, spine with modern gilt-lettered label, small folio, together with Burnet (Gilbert), The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald... Together with Many Letters, Instructions, and Other Papers, Written by King Charles the I. Never Before Published..., 1st edition, 1677, engraved portrait frontispiece, with half-title on recto, one engraved plate and two full-page engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, half-title with early ink inscriptions and lower edge slightly chipped, a1 with small loss to upper corner, occasional minor marks and soiling, mostly to margins, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir James Dalrymple Hay, Bart., hinges strengthened, 19th century half mottled calf, rubbed and rebacked, folio, plus three others similar: Historical Collections of Private Passages of State... Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, anno 1618, and Ending the Fifth Year of King Charls, anno 1629..., by John Rushworth, 1659; Memorials of the English Affairs, from the Suppos'd Expedition of Brute to this Island, to the End of the Reign of King James the First, by Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke..., 1709; State Tracts, Being a Collection of Several Treatises relating to the Government, privately printed in the Reign of K. Charles II, 1693, all folio (5)
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). Alice's Adventures Under Ground, [Max Jaffe for Eldridge R. Johnson, Camden, New Jersey, 1936], colour title, 37 illustrations by the author, including 14 full page, mounted oval portrait of Alice at foot of final leaf, loose folding leaf at end with alternative ending of text, all edges gilt, original green limp morocco gilt (spine a little darkened and a little rubbed at joints and ends), slipcase (lightly rubbed), 8vo Very rare facsimile edition by Max Jaffe in Vienna for American collector Eldridge R. Johnson. Johnson had bought the original manuscript in 1928 and arranged to have this very limited privately printed edition made for presentation to friends. "It is not too extravagent to say that this production is as near perfection as is possible for a printed facsimile. It has been said that if this facsimile is put beside the original, the only way that they can be distinguished is that the facsimile is in better condition." (Selwyn Goodacre and Denis Crutch, Jabberwocky: The Journal of the Lewis Carroll Society, Autumn 1978). (1)
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[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll']. Tom Brown's School Days, by an Old Boy [Thomas Hughes], new edition, 1869, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, a few light spots, small blindstamp to front endpaper, hinges reinforced, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid (faded), a few light marks, 8vo Presentation copy from Charles Dodgson to his brother Skeffington Hume Dodgson, inscribed in purple ink to front pastedown: "S.H.D. from C.L. D., 1873", and signed by Skeffington Dodgson to front endpaper. (1)
Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson, editor). The Lewis Carroll Picture Book. A Selection from the Unpublished Writings and Drawings of Lewis Carroll, together with Reprints from Scarce and Unacknowledged Work, 1st edition, 1899, portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations, a few minor spots, endpapers a little toned, front hinge a little tender, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, edges a trifle rubbed, 8vo Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 287. Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper in purple ink: "Mrs Fuller, with the author's thanks and best wishes. 14-XI-1899. The Chestnut, Guilford", with additional one page autograph letter pasted at end, from Collingwood to Mrs Fuller, dated 8 May 1899: "Dear Mrs Fuller, I telegraphed for the address book and received six of them this morning. Will you be so good as to name a convenient date & hour for me to accept your kind invitation. My mother & aunts send you their kindest regards. P.S. as early date as possible will be a great convenience to me". The dedicatee, Mary Frances Fuller (nee Drury, 1859-1935) was a childhood friend of Dodgson and later honororary secretary of the General Committee of the 'Lewis Carroll' Memorial. (1)
Madan (Falconer, editor). The Lewis Carroll Centenary in London 1932, 1st edition, 1932, signed on half-title by the five members of the executive committee including Harold Hartley and Falconer Madan, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and soiled, small nick to upper margin, 8vo, (limited edition 54/400 copies), together with separately stitched pamphlet of 'Additional Exhibits' loosely inserted, plus Speech at the Lewis Carroll Centenary Exhibition by J.C. Squire, [1932], original stitched wrappers, slim 8vo, together with Williams (Sidney Herbert), Some Rare Carrolliana, printed for private circulation, 1924, frontispiece and illustrations to text, partly uncut, original boards, some marginal browning and light marks, 4to, (limited edition, 7/79 copies, signed by Williams), plus A Bibliography of the Writings of Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, MA), 1st edition, 1924, a little spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, large 8vo (limited edition, 475/700 copies), plus Catalogue of an Exhibition at Columbia University to Commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Lewis Carroll..., New York, 1932, two plates including portrait frontispiece, small oval gilt-titled red morocco bookplate of George Arents, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, minor marks, 8vo (limited edition, 33/1500 copies), plus a copy of Williams & Madan, 1931 (7)
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). For the Train, Five Poems and a Tale..., Arranged, with a Preface, by Hugh J. Schonfield, 1st edition, 1932, portrait frontispiece, uncut, original buckram gilt, slightly rubbed, (limited edition, 80/100 copies, signed by the editor), together with The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, edited by Charlotte M. Yonge, Third Series, volumes 1 & 2, January to December, 1881, some spotting, first volume contemporary half calf, rubbed, second volume original cloth, chipped at extremities, plus Carroll (Lewis), The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch, with a Foreword by Florence Milner, 1st edition, 1932, illustrations to text, spotting at front, original cloth in dust jacket, a little frayed and browned, all 8vo, plus other periodical publications and related with Carroll interest including 4 original issues of Notes and Queries (No. 202 discussing the phrase 'As mad as a hatter'), various sizes and conditions (20)
Doyle (Arthur Conan). Memories and Adventures, 1st edition, [1924], portrait frontispiece and half-tone illustrations, scattered light spotting, original blue cloth, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to title: "With author's love. Sept. 24", with a pencil note stating that the recipient was Mrs Oldham, Arthur Conan Doyle's sister, together with a 2nd edition of the same work (2)
Buxtorf (Joannes). Lexicon Chaldaicum et Syriacum, Basle: Ludovici Regis, 1622, scattered spotting and browning, ink stamp to final leaf, contemporary calf, lacking spine, worn, 4to, together with Dieu (Ludovicus), Animadversiones sive Commentarius in quatuor Evangelia..., Lyon: Ex officina Bonaventurae & Abrahami Elzevir, 1631, dust-soiling and few marks, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, upper joint split at head & foot, some wear mostly to extremities, 4to, with Grotius (Hugo), Hugo Grotius, His Discourses, 1. of God, anf His Providence, II. of Christ, His Miracles and Doctrine..., 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, 1653, engraved Portrait frontispiece, fore-edge margin of title torn, 20th century calf backed marbled boards, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous 17th-19th century antiquarian, including The Compleat Practice of Physick, in Eighteen Several Books..., [by Lazare RiviŠre], 1655, lacking half-title, some leaves detached, frayed & creased, few minor worm trails to inner margins, contemporary calf, worn and leather torn, small folio (2 cartons)
Runciman (Thomas). Songs, Sonnets & Miscellaneous Poems, privately printed, 1922, loose black and white portrait with tissue guard (with some light toning), publisher's original cream cloth, boards and spine lightly marked and rubbed, 4to, together with Squire (J.C.), The Moon, circa 1920, limited edition 29/200, signed by the author to the limitation page, some minor toning, original cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, and Turner (W.J.), Paris and Helen, 1921, some light spotting, original marbled boards, slightly rubbed and toned, 4to, plus other early and mid-20th century poetry, including publications by A. & C. Black, Oxford, Yale University Press, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves + a carton)
Brown (Cornelius). Lives of Nottinghamshire Worthies, And of Celebrated and Remarkable Men of the County, from the Norman Conquest to A.D. 1882, 1882, numerous monochrome portrait photographs and illustrations, some minor spotting and toning, ex library copy with associated marks, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with other history, topography and archaeology reference and related, including a run of medieval archaeology, circa 1957-2010, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
*Hooker (Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911). Autograph letter signed, 'Jos. D. Hooker', embossed letterhead of Royal Gardens Kew, 29 March 1876, to Mr Williamson, concerning future lecture meetings, 3 pp., some slight toning, 16mo, together with Himalayan Journals, or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c, Ward, Lock & Co., 1905, plates and illustrations including two folding maps and portrait frontispiece, publisher's adverts at rear, small purple ink stamp of the Ayr Club and ink numeral 199 to half-title, original red buckram gilt, spine rubbed and faded, 8vo The correspondent of the letter is William Crawford Williamson (1816-1895), an English naturalist and palaeobotanist. (2)
Pryce (William, of Redruth). Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining: Containing the Theory and Natural History of Strata, Fissures, and Lodes, with the Methods of Discovering and Working of Tin, Copper, and Lead Mines..., 1st edition, 1778, engraved portrait frontispiece, seven engraved plates (including 3 folding), two folding letterpress tables, list of subscribers, some slight offsetting from plates, bookplates of the Earl of Carysfort, Elton Hall, contemporary calf, neatly repaired to joints and head & foot of spine and aslo to board corners, folio (1)
Virgilius Maro (Publius). Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem. The Bucolicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes, by John Martyn, F.R.S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, 2 volumes, R. Reily for T. Osborne, 1749, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and letterpress title in red & black, four hand-coloured engraved maps (including one folding and one double-page double-hemisphere map), 12 hand-coloured or printed colour engraved plates, occasional toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated calf with contrasting morocco labels to spines, darkened patch to lower board of volume 1, joints cracked and slight wear to board corners, 4to Latin text of Virgil's pastoral and agricultural poetry with English translation and natural history notes by the botanist John Martyn (1699-1768), of which the Georgics first appeared in 1741 and the Bucolics in 1749. "The notes discuss in considerable detail the proper identification of the plants mentioned by the poet . . . It was one of the works on which the reputation of John Martyn rested", Hunt 517 (original edition of the Georgics only). (2)
William Rochfort, an original unframed oil painting portrait of Bobby Moore commissioned from the artist by the Bobby Moore Foundation, funds raised to be donated to the Dorset Children's Foundation. 92 x 61cms The artist has waived ARR on this lot to aid Dorset Children's Foundation raise as much as possible
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