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Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church..., Lo

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Lot 377

Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church..., London: John Baskett and Assigns of Henry Hills, deceased, 1728, eng. frontis., title in red & black, red ruled borders throughout, occasional spotting to few leaves, front free endpaper & blank insect damaged to upper and lower margins with some loss, lacking pastedowns, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. panelled morocco, with gilt royal arms of George II to centre of each board, one (of 4) large silk tie present with metal thread fringed edge, short crack to upper joint at head, covers slightly scuffed, folio (1)

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Bindings. The Alps, Described by W. Martin Conway, Painted by A.D. McCormick, Adam and Charles Black, 1904, half-title, seven

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Lot 380

Bindings. The Alps, Described by W. Martin Conway, Painted by A.D. McCormick, Adam and Charles Black, 1904, half-title, seventy col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, contemp. ms. inscription on prelim. blank, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., contemp. yellow half morocco, edges a trifle rubbed in places, spine inlaid with coloured leathers depicting a mountain scene, between gilt quatrefoil decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct at head and foot, large 8vo, together with Kate Greenaway, by M.H. Spielmann and G.S. Layard, Adam & Charles Black, 1905, half-title, numerous col. and b & w plts. and illusts., contemp. ms. inscription on prelim. blank, pictorial endpapers, t.e.g., contemp. dark blue half morocco, sl. rubbed, spine inlaid with coloured leathers depicting a young girl, between gilt quatrefoil decorated raised bands, gilt lettered morocco label at head, date lettered direct at foot, 4to (2)

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Bindings. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, L

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Lot 382

Bindings. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, London: printed by John Baskett, 1713/12, eng. port. frontis. and addn. eng. title, numerous eng. plts. (lacking plts. 4, 30 & 55), red ruled borders throughout, slight dust-soiling, a.e.g., with gauffered edges, contemp. gilt & blind dec. panelled morocco, slight wear to joints & extrems., 8vo, together with The New Testament or New Covenant of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..., with Notes and References..., by the late Mr. John Worsley, 1770, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. morocco, joints cracked and extrems. rubbed, 8vo, with The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New..., Oxford, 1769, front blank with manuscript ownership “Ann Cook’s, November 7th 1770, Given by her Godmother M. Butter”, some worming, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. panelled morocco, some wear to extrems. and vertical split to spine, 8vo (3)

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Lot 385

Camden (William). Britannia. Sive Florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et Insularum... Chorographica descriptio, Nunc tertio recognita..., Frankfurt: Wechel, 1590, title in red & black, with woodcut Royal arms, woodcut dec. initials and few illusts. to text, occasional marginal fraying and minor closed tears to few leaves, two leaves repaired to fore-edge margins, some dampstaining, contemp. limp vellum, worn to edges of covers and some soiling, lacks ties, 8vo, together with Cicero (Marcus Tullius), De Oratore Libri III, Orator, De Claris Oratoribus, cum correctionibus Pauli Manutii, Venice: Aldus, 1559, occasional early marginalia, slight dampstaining mostly to margins of last few leaves, 19th c. wrappers, rubbed & marked, 8vo (2)

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Lot 389

Cyprian (Saint, Bishop of Carthage). Sancti Caecilii Cypriani Opera, recognita & illustrata per Joannem Oxoniensem episcopum..., pub. Oxonii, 1682, addn. eng. frontis., eng. vign. title, manuscript notes to front blanks, some worm damage affecting first few leaves, some annotations to margins, contemp. calf, rebacked, some wear to extrems., folio, together with New Testament [Greek & Latin], Novum testamentum Graecum, cum lectionibus variantibus mss. exemplarium, versionum, editionum, ss. patrum et scriptorum ecclesiasticorum; et in easdem notis. Accedunt loca scripturae parallela, aliaque exegetica. Praemittitur dissertatio de libris N.T. canonis constitutione, et s. textus n. foederis ad nostra usque tempora historia, Studio et labore Joannis Millii..., pub. Lipsig, 1723, eng. vignette title, contemp. speckled calf gilt, rubbed, folio (2)

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Doyle (Richard). The Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition Showing a Few Extra Articles & Visitors, Chapman and Hall,

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Lot 393

Doyle (Richard). The Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition Showing a Few Extra Articles & Visitors, Chapman and Hall, [1851], sixteen hand-col. etchings bound concertina-style to form a panorama, foxed, two folds strengthened with archive tape, folded into orig. printed boards with cloth spine and corners renewed, oblong 8vo (13 x 18cm/5 x 7ins). Scarce. (1)

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Lot 395

Grose (Francis). Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army, From the Conquest to the Present Time, 2 vols., new ed., 1801, engraved frontispiece and titles to each, numerous engraved plates, occasional spotting, endpapers marked and bookplates removed, hinges repaired, contemp. calf, rebacked, wear to joints, head & foot of spines and board edges, 4to, together with Raymond (George Frederick), A New, Universal and Impartial History of England, from the Earliest Authentic Records, and most Genuine Historical Evidence, to the Summer of the Year 1787..., J. Cooke, [1784], folding eng. map frontis. of Great Britain by Thomas Bowen (torn with loss & repaired to verso), numerous eng. plts., title, dedication & one plt. torn to margins and repaired, some spotting & occasional dampstaining, endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, folio (3)

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Lot 396

Heber (Mrs. Amelia). The Life of Reginald Heber, D. D., Lord Bishop of Calcutta, with selections from his correspondence, unpublished poems and private papers; together with a journal of his tour in Norway, Sweden, Russia, Hungary and Germany, and a History of the Cossaks, 2 vols., pub. John Murray, 1830, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, two eng. plts., folding map (relined), contemp. calf, rebacked, gilt lib. blindstamp to covers, rubbed, 4to, together with Sidney (Algernon), Discourses Concerning Government..., 1751, eng. port. frontis., manuscript text to front free endpaper and head of eng. port. frontis., contemp. speckled calf, rebacked, rubbed, small folio, plus Canning (George & others), Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, 4th ed., 1801, some occ. spotting, contemp. mottled calf gilt, rebacked, rubbed and some wear, 4to, plus Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Written by Himself..., 1806 (5)

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John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres). Policraticus de nugis curialiu[m] et vestigijs philosophoru[m], in octo partiales di

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Lot 398

John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres). Policraticus de nugis curialiu[m] et vestigijs philosophoru[m], in octo partiales divisus libros..., [Lyons]: Curauit imprimi honestus vir Constantinus Fradin bibliopola, 17th May, 1513, title in 5 lines printed in red, with ink stamp of bishop and circular library stamp, woodcut dec. initials, some other initials highlighted in red & blue (including running titles), red ruled borders throughout volume, 19th c. half vellum, blue morocco title label & paper library labels to spine, 8vo. Adams J303 (with colophon uncorrected). (1)

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Lot 401

Macdonald (George). Works of Fancy and Imagination, 10 vols., 1st Collected Edition, pub. Strahan & Co., 1871, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, rubbed to extrems., 16mo in 8s (10)

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Lot 404

Mackay (George A. ). Management and Construction of Poorhouses and Almshouses... , 1st ed., 1908, b & w illusts. and plans, ex-lib. with stamps and marks to title, endpapers and spine, orig. cloth gilt, sl. frayed at head and foot, large 8vo, together with Reports of Special Assistant Poor Law Commissioners on the Employment of Women and Children in Agriculture, HMSO, 1843, modern boards with printed paper label to spine, 8vo, plus Watts (John), The Facts of the Common Famine, 1st ed., 1866, folding frontis., lib. stamp to title, modern cloth gilt, 8vo, plus other mostly antiquarian poor law interest (14)

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Lot 414

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World in Five Books, 11th. ed., To which is Prefix’d the Life of the Author. Newly Compil’d...., by Mr Oldys. Also his trial with some Additions Together with a new and more copious Index to the whole work, 2 vols. bound in 1, 1736, title printed in red & black, with later pencil ownership signature, eng. portrait frontis. by G.Vertue, table and index at rear, eight b & w engraved maps bound in at rear, appears to lack the ‘Letter to the Reader’ normally found before the list of tables, modern blind stamped calf, folio. ‘Before the Oxford edition of 1829 this used to be called the best edition’ (Lowndes. pp. 2039). (1)

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Richardson (Thomas, pub.). The Amateur’s Guide, including The Art of Legerdemain; How to Make Fireworks; Instructions f

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Lot 416

Richardson (Thomas, pub.). The Amateur’s Guide, including The Art of Legerdemain; How to Make Fireworks; Instructions for Swimming and Skating; Directions for Angling; the Breeding and Management of Pigeons and Birds, The Choice and Rearing of Dogs and Rabbits, &c. &c., Derby: published by Thomas Richardson, 1838, eight hand-col. folding plts. as frontis. to each part, seven separate title-pages, some minor toning, untrimmed, green endpapers, front hinge split, orig. olive green cloth, faded spine sl. frayed at ends and with printed paper label, 8vo. Rare: we have been unable to trace another copy. The short title to each part is as follows: The Whole Art of Legerdemain; The Art of Making Fireworks; The Swimmer’s and Skater’s Guide; The Modern Angler; The Pigeon and Bird Fancier; The Dog and Rabbit Fancier; The New Domestic Cookery, or the Housewife’s Sure Guide; The Comical Budget of Fun and Frolic. (1)

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Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus... revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new intro

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Lot 419

Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus... revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new introduction, by the author, 1st illustrated ed. (3rd ed. overall), Colburn & Bentley, 1831, eng. frontis. and addn. eng. vign. title, scattered foxing and a few short edge-tears, modern burgundy half morocco, 8vo. Sadleir 3734a; Wolff 6280a. Issued as volume nine of Bentley’s Standard Novels Series and bound with the first part of Schiller’s ‘The Ghost-Seer’, here not present (as often). This third edition represents the final definitive text as well as the first edition to be illustrated, the frontispiece being the first visual depiction of Frankestein and the Creature. Mary Shelley incorporated most of the changes introduced by William Godwin into the 1823 second edition as well as numerous other revisions, including an entirely new chapter and the famous ‘Introduction’ in which she relates the tale of the novel’s genesis at the nocturnal storytelling session with Shelley, Byron and Polidori at the Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva. (1)

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Lot 422

Trials. The Bloody Register. A Select and Judicious Collection of the Most Remarkable Trials, for Murder, Treason, Rape, Sodomy, Highway Robbery, Pyracy, House-Breaking, Perjury, Forgery..., 4 vols., Printed for E. and M. Viney, 1764, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, contemp. qtr. calf with vellum corners, some wear to spine ends, 8vo, together with Tryals for High Treason, and Other Crimes. With Proceedings on Bills of Attainder and Impeachmrnts for Three Hundred Years Past..., 4 vols., parts 3-6 only, 1720, parts 4 & 6 lacking title, contemp. half calf, spines torn and frayed, rubbed, 8vo, plus Palmer (William), Illustrated Life, Career, and Trial of William Palmer of Rugeley, Containing Details of His Conduct as Schoolboy, Medical Student, Racing-Man, and Poisoner..., 1856, port. frontis., two folding plts., num. engs. to text, orig. cloth gilt, some staining, rubbed, 8vo (9)

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Lot 424

Warner (Ferdinando). An Illustration of the Book of the Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England....., pub. John Allan & James Hodges, 1754, printed title and dedication, slight fraying to foredge on first few leaves, two b & w engraved plates, slight worming to foredge on pps. Oooo - Xxxx, two verses of poetry in near contemp. ink manuscript to front end paper, book plate of Herbert Fitzroy Eaton, near contemp. calf with gilt dec. spine, bumped and rubbed at extrems., folio, together with Taylor (Jeremy & Cave William),Antiquitates Christianae: Or the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: As also the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of his Apostles, in two Parts, 10th ed., 1742,eng. frontis., title page printed in red & black, three addn. half titles, seventy-three uncoloured engraved plts., later end papers, 20th century calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, folio (2)

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Lot 432

[Brotherton, Martha]. Vegetable Cookery, with an Introduction, Recommending Abstinence from Animal Food and Intoxicating Liquors, by a Lady, 4th ed., 1833, addn. eng. title, some light dampstaining & dustsoiling mostly to first and last few leaves, small area of text with adhesive residue to leaves Y2 & Y3 with consequent paper skinning, hinges cracked, 19th c. cloth, rubbed & slight wear, 12mo in 6s. Bitting p.613. (1)

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Lot 434

Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’, 3rd ed., 1891, pubs. ad. leaf present, two folding litho maps & five folding litho plates, front blank with ink ownership stamp at foot, orig. green cloth gilt, 8vo. Freeman 282. (1)

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Lot 447

Euclid. Euclidis Optica & Catoptrica, Nunquam Antehac Graece Aedita..., 1st part only of two (greek part, without latin part), Paris: Andream Wechelum, 1557, pp.[20] + 48, printers woodcut device to title and diagrams to letterpress, 20th c. qtr. morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slim 4to, (Adams E1020), together with Euclidis Elementorum Libri XV breviter demonstrati, Opera IS. Barrow, Cantabrigiensis Coll. Trin. Soc., pub. Cambridge, 1655,first and last blank leaves present, diagrams to letterpress, near contemp. vellum with modern title label to spine, upper joint & spine worn, lacks ties, 12mo (2)

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Lot 448

Faraday (Michael). Faraday’s Diary. Being the Various Philosophical Notes of Experimental Investigation Made..., During the Years 1820-1862 and Bequeathed by Him to the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Now ..., Printed and Published for the First Time, ed. Thomas Martin with a Foreword by Sir William H. Bragg, 8 vols., 1st ed., 1932-36, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., large 8vo (8)

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[Fitzherbert, John]. Surveyinge, [Londini: In aedibus Thom[a]e Bertheleti typis impress.], 1539, ff.[4],60, title within dec.

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Lot 449

[Fitzherbert, John]. Surveyinge, [Londini: In aedibus Thom[a]e Bertheleti typis impress.], 1539, ff.[4],60, title within dec. woodcut border and few dec. initials, leaf H7 torn to fore-edge margin & lower outer corner with loss, repaired with few words of text proved in manuscript, final leaf torn with significant loss and text provided in manuscript to facing lower free endpaper, few other leaves slightly torn & frayed to fore-edge margins, some slight dampstaining and toning, later endpapers, 18th c. calf with gilt dec. borders to boards, rebacked, board corners worn, small 8vo. STC 11008. Includes a chapter on the laws and tenures relating to angling, entitled “Of mylnes, severall fishyng, and commen fyshyng, what they be worth in the yere.” (1)

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Lot 450

Foster (Prof. Michael & Lankester, Prof. E. Ray). The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley, 5 vols. (incl. Supplement), pub. MacMillan, 1898-1903, port. frontis. to vol. 1, num. eng. plts. and illusts. (some folding), scattered spotting, upper hinge of vol. 2 repaired, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some scuffing, large 8vo (5)

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Lot 452

Gouffé (Jules). The Royal Cookery Book (Le Livre de Cuisine), 1st English ed., 1868, sixteen chromo. plts., numerous wood engraved illusts., one or two leaves sl. edge-frayed, hinges strengthened, embossed address stamp on front free endpaper, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. bevel-edged green cloth, rebacked preserving orig. spine, thick 4to, together with Holland (Mrs. Mary) The Complete Economical Cook, and Frugal Housewife... containing approved directions for... Trussing & Carving... Potting, Pickling... Pastry and Confectionary, likewise the Art of Making British Wines..., 6th ed., 1825, eng. frontis. and addn. title-page (foxed), four eng. plts. (frayed at top edge and lightly spotted), printed title toned, modern cloth with printed paper from orig. boards laid onto covers, 12mo in 6s, plus Raffald (Elizabeth), The Experienced English Housekeeper..., new ed., 1803, eng. port. frontis. (with sl. loss to fore-edge and laid down), three folding eng. plts. (two laid down), frontis. and title toned and foxed, early 20th c. half sheep, 12mo, plus ten others cookery related, some defective (13)

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Lot 453

Gouffe (Jules). Le Livre de Cuisine..., Comprenant la Cuisine de Menage et la Grande Cuisine..., 3rd ed., Paris, 1874, twenty-five chromo plts. (inc. frontis.), wood eng. illusts., plt. list strengthened to fore-edge margin, dampstaining and spotting, manuscript ownership to front free endpaper and blank, contemp. half morocco gilt by Carter Bros. of Brighton, spine and extrems. rubbed, 8vo, together with Dubois (Urbain & Bernard, Emile), La Cuisine Classique Etudes Pratiques, Raisonnees et Demonstratives de l’Ecole Francaise Appliquee au Service a la Russe, 2 vols., 7th ed., Paris, 1876, addn. eng. title to vol. 1, sixty-two eng. plts., some tissue guards with pencil tracing, author’s autograph ink stamp to verso of titles, occasional spotting and few leaves with light marginal dampstaining, hinges cracked, contemp. dark green half sheep gilt, rubbed and slight wear to extrems., 4to (3)

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Heytesbury (William). Tractatus Gulielmi He[n]tisberi de sensu co[m]posito [et] diuiso. Regule eiusdem cum sophismatibus. Dec

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Lot 454

Heytesbury (William). Tractatus Gulielmi He[n]tisberi de sensu co[m]posito [et] diuiso. Regule eiusdem cum sophismatibus. Declaratio Gaetani supra easdem. Expositio litteralis supra tractatuz de tribus. Questio messini de motu locali cum expletione Gaetani. Scriptum supra eodem Angeli de Fosambruno. Bernardi Torni annotata supra eodem. Simon de Lendenaria supra sex sophismata. Tractatus Hentisberi de veritate [et] falsitate propositionis. Conclusiones eiusdem, Venice: Boneto Locatelli for Ottaviano Scotto, 1494, 204 leaves, woodcut decorative initials (few hand-col.), diagrams to text, woodcut printer’s device to recto of final leaf, some early marginal notes, title spotted and with faint signature, few small leaves to title & following leaf, some dampstaining to title and to fore-edge margins of initial leaves, near contemp. qtr. vellum with 20th c. printed paper sidings to boards, slight wear to extrems., folio. William Heytesbury (c.1313-1372/1373), logician and natural philosopher, was probably born in Wiltshire. He was one of the Oxford Calculators at Merton College, where he become a fellow by 1330. In his work he applied logical techniques to the problems of divisibility, the continuum, and kinematics. (1)

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Lot 456

Kitchiner (William). The Housekeeper’s Oracle; or, Art of Domestic Management: Containing a Complete System of Carving... the Art of Managing Servants; and the Economist and Epicure’s Calendar, Shewing the Seasons when all kinds of Meat, Fish, Poultry, Game, Vegetables, and Fruits, First Arrive in the Market..., 1st ed., 1829, eng. port. frontis. (contemp. ms. name on reverse), wood engs. to text, scattered foxing, and some marginal staining at rear, final Index leaf with upper outer corner torn away with loss of page number), modern qtr. morocco, large 12mo, together with Robinson (James), The Whole Art of Making British Wines, Cordials, and Liqueurs... to which is added a Collection of Valuable Recipes for Brewing Fine and Strong Welsh Ales..., 1st ed., Longman et al, 1848, half-title (re-attached), title-page with old adhesive tape stain at gutter, purple endpapers printed with pubs. ads., hinges split, orig. brown cloth, rebacked, upper cover gilt titled, sm. 8vo, plus Nutt (Frederic), The Complete Confectioner, or The Whole Art of Confectionary, Made Easy; with Receipts for Liqueures, Home-Made Wines, &c., the result of many years experience with the Celebrated Negri and Witten, 6th ed., 1809, half-title, ten eng. plts., some folding, 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, generally toned and foxed, untrimmed, modern qtr. morocco, large 12mo, plus six other 19th c. cookery books (9)

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Lot 458

Leadbetter (Charles). A Complete System of Astronomy..., to the whole are Prefix’d, Astronomical Definitions, for the Benefit of Young Students, 2 vols., 2nd ed., with additions, 1742, titles in red & black with signatures to upper margin (small hole to vol. 2 title), diags. to text, contemp. calf, contrasting morocco labels, vol. 1 spine worn at head, extrems. rubbed, 8vo (2)

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Lot 460

Maciver (Susanna). Cookery, and Pastry, as Taught and Practised by Mrs. Maciver, Teacher of those Arts in Edinburgh, new ed., with additions..., printed for C. Elliot & T. Kay, 1789, occn. minor marks, contemp. sheep, lacking spine label, rubbed, some discreet repairs to spine and corners, large 12mo. See Bitting, p.299; Oxford, p.106. (1)

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Lot 461

Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarten, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford; with Descriptions of the Coal-Fields and Overlying Formations, 2 parts in one, 1st ed., 1839, fifty-six litho & eng. plates & maps (including 45 plts., a few folding or hand-colored, 9 folding hand-coloured geological sections & 2 single maps), lacking the separate large geological map, folding plt. of ‘view from near Shrewsbury’ torn & frayed to blank margins, spotting and dampstaining mostly affecting plts. (some heavy), contemp. morocco gilt, with blind dec. to boards and spine, upper joint split, rubbed & scuffed, 4to (1)

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Lot 462

Murchison (Roderick Impey). Siluria. The History of the Oldest known Rocks containing Organic Remains, with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold over the Earth, 1854 folding hand-col. eng. map frontis., thirty-seven litho plts. (some folding), wood eng. illusts. and diagrams, 20pp. pubs. ads. at rear, ink ownership stamp to verso of map frontis. and lower blank margin of title, with rubbed out stamp to upper outer blank corner of title (some consequent paper thining), occasional spotting, hinges cracked, adhesive staining to front endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, extrems. slightly frayed, 8vo, together with Arkell (W.J.), The Jurassic System in Great Britain, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, b & w plts., diags. and maps (some folding), orig. cloth gilt, thick 8vo, with Lyell (Sir Charles), The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation, 1863, wood eng. frontis. and illusts., pubs. ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, wear to joints and extrems., 8vo, plus nine other volumes including A Manual of Elementary Geology, by Sir Charles Lyell, 5th ed., 1855, Geology Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical, by Joseph Prestwich, 2 vols., Oxford, 1886, Dicours sur les Revolutions de la Surface du Globe..., by G. Cuvier, 6th ed., Paris, 1830, and Island Life or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras..., by Alfred Russel Wallace, 2nd ed., 1892 (12)

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Lot 464

Phillips (John). Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or, a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains: Accompanied by a Geological Map, sections, and Plates of the Fossil Plants and Animals, part 1 only (of 2), The Yorkshire Coast, 2nd ed., 1835, single-page hand-col. eng. map, nine sectional plts. (7 hand-col.) and twelve plts. of fossil specimens, some spotting, 20th c. green cloth, 4to, together with Tate (Ralph & Blake, John Frederick), The Yorkshire Lias, 1876, folding hand-col. litho map loosely inserted (entitled to lower margin ‘Geological Map of North-East Yorkshire’), two col. litho tables, two folding col. litho sectional diagrams, nineteen litho plts., few wood eng. illusts. & diags., ownership signature and ink stamp to front free-endpaper, hinges slight cracked, orig. cloth gilt, slightly frayed at head & foot of spine, 8vo, with Kendall (Percy Fry & Herbert E.), Geology of Yorkshire. An Illustration of the Evolution of Northern England, Printed for the Authors, 1924, b & w plts., illusts. and plans (few folding), pages browned, ink stamp to title, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Geological Rambles in East Yorkshire by Thomas Sheppard, [1907] (4)

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Lot 467

Spink (H., pub.). The Servant’s Companion; comprising the Most Perfect, Easy, and Expeditious Methods of Arranging and Getting Through Their Work; Rules for Setting Out Tables and Side-boards; Directions for Conducting Large and Small Parties..., Leeds: printed by H. Spink, 1830, pp.48, bound with Thomas (J.E.), The Housewife’s Guide; or A Complete System of Modern Cookery: containing Directions how to Roast and Boil... to Cure Hams, Bacon, &c. How to Make Gravies, Sauces, Fricassees, and Various Dishes for Lent. Particularly adapted for the middle Class of Society, new ed., Leeds: printed by Henry Spink, 1830, pp.48, and The New Whole Art of Confectionary, also, Sugar Boiling, Iceing, Candying; making Wines, Jellies, &c..., 12th ed., Leeds: printed by Henry Spink, 1830, pp.48, some spotting and toning throughout, hinges split, orig. blue cloth, edges sl. rubbed in places, 12mo in 6s, together with The Servant’s Companion..., Belfast: published by the Author, 1831, pp.35, bound with Stavely (S.W.), The New Whole Art of Confectionary, Sugar Boiling, Iceing, Candying, Jelly Making, &c..., 8th ed., Liverpool: G. Wood: 1828, pp.[ii]+vi+[7]-46, half-title, and The Cook and Housewife’s Manual, by Christian Isobel Johnstone, 2nd ed., 1827, pp.525, lacking title-page, some spotting and toning throughout, modern qtr. morocco, 8vo, plus a defective copy of The Footman’s Guide, by James Williams, 4th ed. (3)

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Thacker (John). The Art of Cookery. Containing Above Six Hundred and Fifty of the most approv’d Receipts heretofore pub

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Lot 468

Thacker (John). The Art of Cookery. Containing Above Six Hundred and Fifty of the most approv’d Receipts heretofore published, under the following Heads, viz. Roasting, Boiling, Frying, Broiling, Baking, Fricasees, Puddings, Custards, Cakes, Cheese-Cakes, Tarts, Pyes, Soops, Made-Wines, Jellies, Candying, Pickling, Preserving, Pastry, Collering, Confctionary [sic], Creams, Ragoos, Brasing, &c. &c. Also, a Bill of Fare For every Month in the Year. With an Alphabetical Index to the Whole: Being a Book highly necessary for all Families, having the Grounds of Cookery fully display’d therein, 1st ed., Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by I. Thompson and Company, 1758, eng. head and tail-pieces and initial letters, wood engraved diags. and illusts., some marks and edge-tears, first few leaves soiled and frayed (title re-attached), final (blank) leaf with numerous early ink trials, modern morocco, 8vo in 4s. Cagle 1019; MacLean, p.140; Oxford, p.88. John Thacker was cook to the Honourable and Reverend the Dean and Chapter in Durham. Bills of Fare include a Dinner for the Grand Jury, a Justices’ Dinner, and a Dinner for the Prebendaries at Durham. (1)This volume is lacking one leaf - B2 (pp. 11/12).

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Young (Rev. George). A Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast: Describing the Strata and Fossils Occurring between the Humb

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Lot 471

Young (Rev. George). A Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast: Describing the Strata and Fossils Occurring between the Humber and the Tees, from the German Ocean to the Plain of York, 1st ed., Whitby, 1822, eng. frontis. (slight offsetting to title), double-page hand-col. eng. geological map of the Yorkshire Coast, double-page hand-col. eng. sectional plt., seventeen hand-col. litho plts., wood eng. vignette illusts., subscribers list & advertisement at rear, occ. minor spotting and dust-soiling, sewing weak and some plts. & leaves detached at rear, some plts. strengthened to inner blank margins, lacking upper pastedown, orig. boards, contemp. ownership signature “Rev. Wm. Smith, Bransby” to upper board, spine & extrems. frayed and worn, old printed lot number to upper board, 4to. Chromolithograph bookplate of Thomas Burgess, Morton Villa, Brighouse, Yorkshire to upper pastedown. (1)

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Lot 472

Architectural Review, A Magazine of Architecture & the Arts of Design, 39 odd vols., c. 1901-1939, yearly/half yearly vols., num. b&w plts. and illusts., mixed bindings, some with wear/loss to spines etc., folio, together with Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Esatablished 1843, for the Encouragement and Prosecution of Researches into the Arts and Monuments of the Early and Middle Ages, 28 odd vols., c. 1849-1937, num. plts. and illusts., later cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear, 8vo (67)

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Lot 473

Auction Catalogues. A collection of approx. 240 catalogues for sales of engravings, sold by auction by Christie, Manson & Woods, 1896-1905, 1907-1911, majority with prices realised in manuscript to blank margins, bound together in 12 volumes (some loosely contained), with limp paper covers, manuscript title to upper boards, extrems. rubbed, 8vo (12)

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Lot 477

The British Bookmaker. Devoted to the Interests of the Book Printer, The Book Illustrator, The Book-cover Designer, The Book Binder- Librarians, and Lovers of Books generally, edited by Robert Hilton and E. Gowing Scopes, vols. 4-7, 1890-94, chromo and b & w plts. (few folding), b & w illusts. and advertisements, uniform contemp. brown half straight grain morocco, gilt dec. spines with morocco title labels, 4to, together with Nicholson (James B.), A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding..., 1887, b & w frontis., plts. & illusts., seven leaves of orig. marbled paper samples, hinges cracked, lower free endpaper with manuscript insructions to make Bookbinder Varnish, orig. cloth gilt, frayed at head & foot of spine and upper board slightly marked, 8vo, plus Catalogue of the Celebrated Library, the Property of Major J.R. Abbey, parts 1-10, 1965-78, col. and b & w plts., parts 1-4 bound in modern gilt dec. morocco, remaining vols. in orig. printed boards, 4to, plus one other related (16)

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Lot 478

Cummins (Genevieve). Antique Boxes - Inside and Out, for Eating, Drinking and Being Merry Work, Play and the Boudoir, pub. Antique Collectors’ Club, 2006, col. illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, together with Gentle (Rupert & Feild, Rachael), Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820, 1994, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, plus Chinnery (Victor), Oak Furniture. The British Tradition, 1979, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, plus twenty-seven other mostly porcelain related (30)

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Lot 480

Flint (William Russell, illust.). The Song of Songs Which is Solomon’s, 1909, 10 tipped-in colour plates, small contemporary presentation inscription, bookplate, t.e.g., original cloth-backed boards, edge wear and a few marks, 4to, limited edition, 83/500, together with Le Morte Darthur, 2 vols., Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1920, colour illustrations, a few spots, t.e.g., later full brown morocco gilt, slipcase, 8vo, with two others: The Scholar Gipsy & Thyrsis, 1911 and Pictures from the Artist’s Studio. Sir William Russell Flint R.A., 1962, signed by the artist (4)

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Lot 481

Flint (William Russell). Breakfast in Périgord. Essays on Various Occasions and in Diverse Moods with favourite quotations Decorated and Enlivened with 60 Illustrations & Devices, privately printed, Charles Skilton, 1968, b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. black qtr. morocco gilt, some faint finger-soiling to covers, folio, accompanied by a 4pp. prospectus for the work, contained in orig. cardboard slipcase. Limited edition, 39/525 copies, signed by Flint. (1)

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Munnings (Alfred James, 1878-1959). The Autobiography, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1950-52, b & w plts., signed presentation copies

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Lot 485

Munnings (Alfred James, 1878-1959). The Autobiography, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1950-52, b & w plts., signed presentation copies from the author, the first volume with front pastedown ‘Inscribed for a lady who actually seems to have read about Charlotte!’, dated 29th March 1951, the second volume with inscription to half-title, ‘I inscribe this copy for a lady who encourages me - so much with her appreciation of my writings in vol. 1 that I begin to think I’m a heaven born genius. May she live to read the third & last, The Finish, is all I say’, dated 12th November 1951, the third volume with inscription to front f.e.p. verso, ‘For Violet Ewing of Roxburghshire. I inscribe this copy for a lady who loves horses & who has read - or who says she has read - my books. May she go on getting these simple pleasures from life that so many miss. This sounds as if my books were simple pleasures. They should have been far far better. Not another book would I write - & now - I have to pack this volume up & tie it up & get it posted in the village half a mile away’, dated 11th August 1953, to the printed illustration of Munnings as an angel to half-title facing Munnings has drawn in pencil cloud formations and after the printed words ‘The Finish’ has added the words ‘Of St. Alfred’, all orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j.s, 8vo, two loosely inserted autograph letters signed from Munnings on his letterhead to the same lady, dated 8th November 1952 & 10th August 1953, the books contained in three red quarter morocco gilt book boxes, VG (3)

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Lot 489

Schiffer (Herbert F.). The Mirror Book, English, American & European, pub. Pennsylvania, 1983, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. gilt dec. cloth, some staining, in d.j., large 4to, together with Gilbert (Christopher), The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, plus Pinto (Edward H.), Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, 1969, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus twenty other furniture related (23)

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* @ Baynes (Pauline, 1922-2008). Torhthelm and Tidwald Searching Among the Slain after the Battle of Maldon, c. 1980, orig. p

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Lot 492

* @ Baynes (Pauline, 1922-2008). Torhthelm and Tidwald Searching Among the Slain after the Battle of Maldon, c. 1980, orig. pen and ink and watercolour and gouache drawing on paper, untitled and unsigned, visible sheet size 21.5 x 13.5cm, framed and glazed. This illustration is reproduced on page 83 of “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son”, first used in the Tolkien Anthology with illustrations by Pauline Baynes titled “Poems and Stories”, published George Allen & Unwin, 1980. Pauline Baynes was Tolkien’s favourite illustrator, illustrating ‘Farmer Giles of Ham’ (1949), the cover art for the 1961 Puffin edition of ‘The Hobbit’, a triptych for the slipcase of the 1964 deluxe edition of ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘The Adventures of Tom Bombadil’ (1962), and ‘Smith of Wootton Major’ (1967). After Tolkien’s death, she provided illustrations for the covers for the British 1973 one-volume and 1981 three-volume paperback editions of ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘Poems and Stories’ (1980), and ‘Bilbo’s Last Song’ (1990). After Tolkien ‘discovered’ Pauline Baynes in 1948 when chancing upon some unsolicited artwork at his publishers, George Allen & Unwin, she went on to work on C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books in the 1950s. (1)

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* @ Baynes (Pauline, 1922-2008). The Young Warrior Slays The Old Dragon, c. 1980, orig. pen and ink and watercolour and gouac

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Lot 493

* @ Baynes (Pauline, 1922-2008). The Young Warrior Slays The Old Dragon, c. 1980, orig. pen and ink and watercolour and gouache drawing on paper, untitled and unsigned, visible sheet size 21.5 x 13.5cm, framed and glazed. A variation of this illustration by Pauline Baynes was used to illustrate “The Hoard” on page 55 of “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil” (1962). This alternative version showing the back of the young warrior in the foreground was reproduced on page 61 for the same work in a Tolkien Anthology entitled “Poems and Stories”, illustrated by Pauline Baynes and published by George Allen & Unwin in 1980. (1)

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Lot 494

Blake (William). Auguries of Innocence, illustrated by James Guthrie and S. J. Housley, Pear Tree Press, Hansham, 1914, printed in red and black, two engraved plates, a little spotting at front and rear, text block detached from plain wrappers with printed paper label to upper cover, sl. soiled and torn, 8vo, (limited ed., 13/100), together with Dunsany (Lord), The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, illust. S. H. Sime, 1st ed., George Allen & Sons, 1908, b&w plts., t.e.g., orig. green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, square 8vo, plus Ruskin (John), Of Kings’ Treasuries, Edinburgh, 1902, red woodcut initials and decorative black border throughout, partly uncut, autograph letter signed from T. Reynard to Sir Stanley Unwin, loosely inserted and offering the book for his collection, dated 27th August 1947, 1 p., 8vo, orig. vellum gilt with partly broken cloth ties, dust-soiled, 8vo, plus Norman (Henry), The Real Japan ..., 1st ed., T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, b&w plts. and illusts. to text, orig. half vellum gilt over cloth, sl. rubbed and soiled, 8vo, author’s autograph letter signed loosely inserted, plus other miscellaneous books, mostly antiquarian and early 20th c. literature, etc., plus a quantity of Stanley Unwin and Unwiniana pamphlets, mostly multiples (2 cartons)

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Heyerdahl (Thor). The Kon-Tiki Expedition, by Raft Across the South Seas, trans. by F. H. Lyon, 1st English ed., Allen &

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Lot 497

Heyerdahl (Thor). The Kon-Tiki Expedition, by Raft Across the South Seas, trans. by F. H. Lyon, 1st English ed., Allen & Unwin, 1950, b&w plts., signed by author to front free endpaper, orig. cloth in chipped d.j. (relined), together with Aku-Aku, 1st Norwegian and 1st English eds., Oslo, 1957 & Allen & Unwin, 1958, colour illusts. from photos, both with signed presentation inscriptions from the author to Rayner Unwin to front free endpapers, orig. cloth in chipped and sl. torn d.j.s, plus The Ra Expeditions, 1st English ed., Allen & Unwin, 1971, colour illusts. from photos., signed presentation inscription from the author to Rayner Unwin to front free endpaper, modern tan calf gilt in slipcase, all 8vo, plus American Indians in the Pacific, the Theory Behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition, 1st English ed., Allen & Unwin, 1952, b&w plts., folding maps and plans, author’s signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, ‘To Sir Stanley Unwin with great appreciation of the truly masterly way you have managed to make “Kon-Tiki” reach the British public!’, orig. cloth in chipped d.j., 4to, plus nine further Heyerdahl works in English inlcuding one pamphlet, three of these signed by the author of which two are inscribed with presentation inscriptions to Rayner Unwin, two ex-library copies, plus two autograph letters, three typed letters and two notecards signed from Heyerdahl to Rayner Unwin. ‘Later successes from Unwin’s firm included The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl (1950), acquired in Oslo by his nephew Philip. It was the firm’s first blockbuster, enabling it ‘to change into an altogether higher key of success and prosperity’ (P. Unwin, The Publishing Unwins, p. 146) and to offer a pension scheme for its employees for the first time. In this period Unwin travelled widely on business—to New Zealand by way of the USA, Canada, India, and the Middle East—and in 1954 completed fifty years in the book trade. He sold the Bodley Head in 1957 and, as formerly, he continued his interest in the activities of the Publishers’ Association and the International Publishers’ Association as well as the British Council’ (DNB entry for Stanley Unwin). (21)

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Kokoschka (Oskar, 1886-1980). Oskar Kokoschka, The Work of the Painter, by Hans Maria Wingler, 1st English ed., 1958, colour

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Lot 499

Kokoschka (Oskar, 1886-1980). Oskar Kokoschka, The Work of the Painter, by Hans Maria Wingler, 1st English ed., 1958, colour and b&w reproductions throughout, some tipped in and some folding, artist’s signed presentation inscription dated 1959 to front free endpaper, ‘For Sir Stanley, this is my life’s work. I always enjoyed vision and tried to give a record of what I had seen. To-day it is not fashion, they like non-objective existence, love to you’, orig. cloth in d.j., and card slipcase, 4to, together with two autograph letters signed from Kokoschka to Stanley Unwin, Villeneuve (Vaud), Switzerland, 21st December 1959 & 3rd January 1960, the first begins, ‘I am happy indeed knowing now that you returned from Siberia without being turned out into an ice-block. I hear your heart chirruping, how happy and huan (?) you can be! It is so more to-day and certainly inspired me while we were together ...’, sending Christmas and New Year good wishes, one page, 8vo, the second thanking Sir Stanley for his letter concerning the Christmas family reunion and ‘Concerning the proofs of the reproduction of our painting I am rather content with them and my experience tells me to trust the expert rather than making suggestions of my own. The blockmaker has the original before his eyes and if he thinks he can alter the blue at the expense of other colours he should be careful not to weaken the eyes, face, expression and spatial illusion which are rendered on the proof to my full satisfaction ...’, 2 pp., both 8vo plus a printed address by R.H. Code Holland read at the funeral of Stanley Unwin on 13 November 1968, 3pp., colour frontis. reproduction of the oil portrait by Kokoschka, slim 8vo. When it was decided to have a portrait of Stanley Unwin painted, he left the arrangements to his son Rayner who wrote that ‘we were determined not to have the sort of dull likeness that one could see in so many boardrooms’. The Austrian Oskar Kokoschka was the artist eventually chosen. In spite of the meeting of two strong personalities, artist and sitter got along splendidly with Kokoschka painting while Sir Stanley went about his daily office routines. So happy was Unwin with the finished artwork that he used the image on the dust jacket of his own autobiography The Truth about a Publisher (1960).The second letter offered here relates to the proofs for the dust jacket and highlights Kokoschka’s understandable concern about his all important colours. (4)

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Longstaff (Tom George, 1875-1964). This My Voyage, 1st ed., 1950, b&w plts. and illusts., author’s autograph letter

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Lot 501

Longstaff (Tom George, 1875-1964). This My Voyage, 1st ed., 1950, b&w plts. and illusts., author’s autograph letter signed, tipped onto front pastedown with sellotape, dated 24th April 1950 and addressed to Ross [Higgins], concerning his book and some work for the BBC, 2 pp., 8vo, orig. cloth in rubbed and sl. soiled d.j., together with two further autograph letters signed to Higgins, 21st October 1952 and 3rd May 1958, concerning climbing and publishing, both 2 pp., 4to, one with punch holes to inner margin, plus a colour polaroid of the author, together with Young (Geoffrey Winthrop, 1876-1958), Mountain Craft, 7th revised ed., 1949, b&w illusts. from photos, author’s signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, presented to Ross Higgins and dated February 1950, together with a b&w portrait photo of the author taped beneath and a typed letter signed (dated 23rd February 1950) to Ross Higgins tipped in with sellotape to front pastedown, one page, oblong 8vo, orig. cloth in sl. soiled and chipped d.j., both 8vo. Ross Higgins (1914-1998) was a Glasgow bookseller who ran Wylies Bookshop in Glasgow, and spent much time working on the council of the Bookseller’s Association. An avid reader he found lasting friendships with authors, publishers, booksellers, as well as climbers, mountaineers and hillwalkers. (5)

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Maxwell (Gavin, 1914-1969). Harpoon Adventure, 1st ed., 1952, b&w plates and a few illusts. to text, folding map at rear,

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Lot 502

Maxwell (Gavin, 1914-1969). Harpoon Adventure, 1st ed., 1952, b&w plates and a few illusts. to text, folding map at rear, author’s signed presentation inscription to Ross Higgins, inscribed in brown ink to half-title, tan morocco gilt by Gavin Maxwell (?), gilt initialled and dated to inner dentelles, shark-skin panels, spine a little rubbed and faded, cloth slipcase, 8vo, together with three personalised notecards signed (Gavin or GM), 1957/63, all to Ross, one concerning some proofs and how a word has changed from “Oil” to “Evil”, another hoping to see him in London, and the last concerning the shark-skin situation and how he has been advised ‘It is only suitable for panelling, not for the total binding’, each oblong 16mo (4)

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Moore (Henry & Clark, Kenneth). Henry Moore’s Sheep Sketchbook, 1st ed., 1980, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. g

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Lot 503

Moore (Henry & Clark, Kenneth). Henry Moore’s Sheep Sketchbook, 1st ed., 1980, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. glazed pictorial boards, a little rubbed, oblong small folio, together with a typed letter signed from Henry Moore, on Henry Moore Foundation headed paper, 30th October 1984, to Rayner Unwin, ‘I shall be happy to add my name to the list of signatories of a letter recommending Kathleen Raine for a public honour’, one page, folio, together with Newby (Eric), The Last Grain Race, 1st ed., 1956, author’s first book, b&w plts., frontis. partly detached, orig. cloth in chipped d.j., plus Jhabvala (R. Prawer), To Whom She Will, 1st ed., Allen & Unwin, 1955, author’s first book, orig. cloth in chipped and soiled d.j., plus Danielsson (Bengt), Gauguin in the South Seas, trans. by Reginald Spink, 1st ed., Allen & Unwin, 1965, col. and b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in chipped d.j., typed letter signed from the author to Rayner Unwin, dated 1984, 1 p., 8vo, plus other mostly hardback 20th-century art, travel writing and literature, various publishers, some inscribed and/or with autograph letters and notes loosely inserted (approx. 70)

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Lot 504

Russell (Bertrand). German Social Democracy: Six Lectures, with an Appendix on Social Democracy and the Woman Question in Germany by Alys Russell, 1st ed., 1896, marginal pencil marks and scattered marginalia throughout, 32-page publisher’s catalogue at rear, pencil note to front free endpaper identifying the pencil markings as those of [Goldsworthy] Lowes Dickinson, orig. maroon cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and faded on spine, together with a second copy, bound without advert leaves at rear, some spotting and a few closed tears to early leaves, sellotape and paper cut marks to title margins, orig. blue cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, both 8vo. Both Stanley Unwin copies with his pencil initials to front free endpapers. Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862-1932) was a British political scientist and philosopher, who was also published by Allen & Unwin. ‘Unwin relied heavily on a circle of advisers, whose opinions he solicited when the publication of a book was in question or likely to cause controversy. Gilbert Murray and G. Lowes Dickinson were frequently called upon and it was through the advocacy of Professor J. H. Muirhead, editor of the Library of Philosophy, that Russell joined the Allen and Unwin list [in 1916], though Muirhead disagreed with much of Russell’s philosophy’ (DNB entry for Stanley Unwin). (2)

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Russell (Bertrand). The Principles of Mathematics, vol. 1 [all pub.], 1st ed., Cambridge, 1903, contemporary ownership signat

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Lot 505

Russell (Bertrand). The Principles of Mathematics, vol. 1 [all pub.], 1st ed., Cambridge, 1903, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, hinges strengthened with tape, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo. Seemingly the copy used by Allen & Unwin in preparation for the second edition published by them in 1937. In this copy the unwanted imprint details etc. have been struck through in pencil to both half and full titles. One pencil correction has been noted in the index with Jermelo corrected to Zermelo and placed as final entry to index, the imprint beneath struck through in pencil. (1)

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Russell (Bertrand, 1872-1970). The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, 3 vols., 1st eds. (vol. 2 3rd impression), 1967/70, b &

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Lot 506

Russell (Bertrand, 1872-1970). The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, 3 vols., 1st eds. (vol. 2 3rd impression), 1967/70, b & w plts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j.s, together with two typed letters signed from the author, 16 October 1968 & 6 June 1969, both to his publisher Rayner Unwin of Allen & Unwin, the first thanking him for his kind letter, ‘I was much moved by your generous remarks and telling once more of his sorrow in respect of Stanley Unwin’s death, ‘I wrote to Lady Unwin to try to express my sympathy, but my words did not express adequately my sorrow after a friendship lasting over half a century. I know the loss which you must feel deeply. Although I must be approaching retirement, I look forward to the closest collaboration with you’, the second a short letter thanking Rayner for his kind birthday greetings and ‘your recent generous remarks in sending my royalty statement. I much appreciate all that you say’, both 1 p., 4to, plus Portraits from Memory and Other Essays, 1st ed., 1956, signed by author to title, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo. Bertrand Russell was 96 years old when he wrote the first letter joking about retirement. Fittingly, these were the last of Bertrand Russell’s books to be published by Allen & Unwin closing a family publishing and author relationship stretching back to 1916. (5)

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Russell (Bertrand, 1872-1970). Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1st ed., 1954, b & w frontis., author’s signed

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Lot 507

Russell (Bertrand, 1872-1970). Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1st ed., 1954, b & w frontis., author’s signed presentation inscription to front f.e.p., ‘To Sir Stanley Unwin from Bertrand Russell with mutual compliments’, together with Portraits from Memory and Other Essays, 1st ed., 1956, plus Fact and Fiction, 1st ed., 1961, both signed by author to front f.e.p., plus Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects, 1st ed., 1957, all orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j.s, 8vo, the last title with ‘Three blurbs for Why I am Not a Christian’ loosely inserted, two typed pages on two leaves, a few minor corrections and a pencil note, ‘Drafted by Bertrand Russell and typed by Lady Russell, Oct 56’, 4to. The first blurb is a humorous spoof: ‘This is the book of the century, the book for which the world has been waiting ever since the death of Mark Twain. Its wit is so hilarious that the compositors who set it up fell off their stools and rolled upon the floor in inextinguishable laughter... ‘, the blurb ends with a note not to send to the publisher Simon & Schuster for ‘They might use it’. The second blurb is intended for ‘The Tablet’, the third for more general use. (5)

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Russell (Bertrand, 1872-1970). The Problem of China, 1st ed., 1922, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., a little edge wear, spine brown

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Lot 509

Russell (Bertrand, 1872-1970). The Problem of China, 1st ed., 1922, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., a little edge wear, spine browned, 8vo, one-page typed blurb for the book approved by Russell with his initials at foot (for the 1966 edition), 4to, together with Why Men Fight, A Method of Abolishing the International Duel, 1st American ed., New York, 1917, file copy stamps to title and front f.e.p., orig. cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, orig. printed wrapper inner flap, plus two notes (not in Russell’s hand) loosely inserted, the notes being publisher’s questions and answers concerning a possible reprint of the work, plus Conway Memorial Lecture. Free Thought and Official Propaganda, 1st ed., 1922, signed by author to title, orig. cloth gilt, spine rubbed, small 8vo, and Russell (Bertrand & Dora), The Prospects of Industrial Civilization, 1st ed., 1923, orig. cloth in d.j., spine browned, upper wrapper split and separated along joint, 8vo, plus a loosely inserted typed letter signed from Dora Russell, 14th January 1982, to Rayner Unwin, concerning the rejection of her ‘machine age’ book, ‘I was very much interested in it and thought I would write to tell you why I think you are wrong to suppose that there is not a sale for the book. Also why, in a sense, I feel that your firm have some responsibility towards it... if it had not been for my insights about industrialism in 1920, the book “Prospects of Industrial Civilization” would not have been written. It was very much my book, we issued it as joint and I left the actual writing to Bertie. Incidentally, for years after the divorce, he did me out of my half of the royalties... ‘, 2 pp. on two leaves with a few manuscript corrections, 4to, plus an autograph letter signed from Bertrand Russell, Telegraph House, Chichester, c. 1927, to Stanley Unwin and thanking him for the cheque, ‘I hope I was not unreasonable? The question of a commission had not occurred to me, though I suppose it ought to have’, one page, 4to. Dora Russell’s book ‘Religion of the Machine Age’ was published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1983. (10)

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Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, 1st ed., 1937, b & w illustrations by the author, single leaf adve

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Lot 511

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, 1st ed., 1937, b & w illustrations by the author, single leaf advert. leaf at end, map endpapers, publisher’s ‘File Copy’ ink stamps to front map endpaper and front free endpaper, top edge stained green, original green cloth with blue wraparound illustration of Smaug and mountains, spine a trifle rubbed, 8vo. J.R.R. Tolkien’s award-winning fantasy novel was published on 21 September 1937, 1500 copies were printed and sold out by 15 December. Originally conceived in the late 1920’s-early 1930’s to entertain his three sons, Tolkien recalled in a letter to W.H. Auden in 1955: ‘All I can remember about the start of The Hobbit is sitting correcting School Certificate papers in the everlasting weariness of that annual task forced on impecunious academics with children. On a blank leaf I scrawled: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” I did not and do not know why. I did nothing about it, for a long time, and for some years I got no further than the production of Thror’s Map. But it became The Hobbit in the early 1930’s...’. The book has gone on to sell an estimated 100 million copies worldwide since first publication and has never been out of print. Hammond A3. Believing that the best judge of children’s literature were children themselves it was the habit of Sir Stanley to pay the young Rayner a shilling (five pence) for each reader’s report. Teh ten-year-old Rayner was given the manuscript of The Hobbit by his father in 1936 and for which he wrote this positive report, the original of which is held at the University of Reading: “Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who lied in a hobbit-hole and never went for adventures, at last Gandalf the wizard and his dwarves perswaded him to go. He had a very exciting time fighting goblins and wrags, at alst they got to the lonley mountain; Smaug, the dragon who gareds it is killed and after a terrific battle with the goblins he returned home - rich! This book, with the help of maps, does not need any illustrations it is good and should appeal to all children between the ages of 5 and 9.” Sir Stanley duly went ahead and published the book in autumn of 1937. In honour of his services to Tolkien publishing the Tolkien Society presented Rayner with a 1936 King George V one shilling piece at the Tolkien centenary celebrations Oxford in 1992. The shilling is offered here with this lot. It is suspended in perspex set in a small wooden desk frame (13 x 15 x 6 cm) with a gilt plaque from the Tolkien Society front and back. Sadly, this is not the original shilling, Rayner admitting on receipt of this gift that the original had long since been spent on sweets. (2)

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Lot 520

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Lord of the Rings, Harper Collins, 1991, 50 colour illustrations by Alan Lee, original faux morocco-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, Centenary Limited Edition, 239/250 copies signed by artist, together with The Hobbit, 1987, colour illustrations, map endpapers, t.e.g., original green morocco, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition, 1/500 signed by Christopher Tolkien, plus The Silmarillion, HarperCollins, 1998, 18 colour illustrations by Ted Nasmith, t.e.g., original boards, 8vo, limited edition, 220/500 signed by Christopher Tolkien and Ted Nasmith, with others by/about Tolkien, including Tree and Leaf, 1964, Joan Turville-Petre’s The Old English Exodus. Text, Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien, OUP, 1981, Christina Scull & Wayne Hammond’s J.R.R. Tolkien’s Chronology and Reader’s Guide, 2006 and Wayne Hammond’s J.R.R. Tolkien. A Descriptive Bibliography, 1993, inscribed to Rayner Unwin (approx 50)

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Waley (Arthur). The Lady Who Loved Insects, trans. from the Japanese, Blackamore Press, 1929, drypoint decorations and fronti

Dominic Winter Auctions

Lot 521

Waley (Arthur). The Lady Who Loved Insects, trans. from the Japanese, Blackamore Press, 1929, drypoint decorations and frontis. by Hermine David, t.e.g., orig. moire cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and soiled, 8vo, (limited ed. 358/550), together with Monkey by Wu Ch’eng-en, trans. from the Chinese by Arthur Waley, 1st ed., Allen & Unwin, 1942, tinted pict. title page, orig. cloth in pict. d.j., spine browned and a little chipped at head, 8vo, loosely inserted a signed photograph of Arthur Waley dated 1947, an autograph letter signed from the artist Duncan Grant to Stanley Unwin, 25th March 1943, ‘I thought I remembered that in our agreement the original drawing for “Monkey” was to be your property, but I could not find the letter and wished to be certain before copying to the Lady’, Allen & Unwin file stamp lower right, plus a two line typed letter signed from Arthur Waley to Stanley Unwin telling that Duncan Grant would like to illustrate “Monkey” for the Folio Society, 14th March 1965, plus twenty-two further Arthur Waley titles, mostly hardbacks and many published by Allen & Unwin, including three signed by Waley (two presented to Stanley Unwin), plus one autograph letter and one postcard signed, both addressed to Stanley Unwin (29)

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Lot 523

Aldin (Cecil). Dogs of Character, 1927, colour illustrations, occasional light soiling, school presentation inscription, t.e.g., original cloth, a trifle rubbed at spine ends, 4to, together with Little Songs of Long Ago, [1912], 32 full-page colour illustrations by H. Willebeek le Mair, original pictorial boards, d.j., a few chips and tears, oblong 4to, plus Just Pups, Sketches in Pen & Pencil by K.F. Barker, 1937, b & w illustrations, light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, price-clipped d.j., tears and repair, some spotting, 4to, with others illustrated including The Pied Piper of Hamelin, c. 1903, Het Rijngoud, 1911, K.F. Barker’s Rogue’s Gallery, 1939, The Fairy Book, 1923 and five A & C Black guides (18)

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Lot 530

Chesterton (G.K.). The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton, 1927, some occ. spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum, rubbed, 8vo (limited edition 165/350, signed by the author), together with Milton (John), The Poems of John Milton, English, Latin, Greek & Italian, 2 vols., 1925, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. half morocco gilt, 8vo, plus Cowper (William), Poems, 2 vols., new ed., 1800, eng. plts., t.e.g., modern half calf gilt with contrasting morocco labels to spines, 8vo, plus six others (11)

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