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Click here to subscribeDisney Studios. Three Little Pigs first English edition illustrations original pictorial boards pages worn at corners contemporary pencil inscription to title-page a few small tears spine chipped Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Limited 1934 § Alice in Wonderland 3 way Tracing Puzzle & Story Book first edition illustrations pictorial boards unused Bairns Books Ltd [c.1940] v.s.
Flaxman (John) The Iliad of Homer 1805 The Odyssey of Homer 1805 Compositions from the Works Days & Theogony of Hesiod 1816 and Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus 1817 engraved titles and 39 34 36 and 36 engraved plates respectively foxed contemporary morocco gilt g.e. new lettering labels extremeties rubbed folio.
Flint (Sir William Russell) Drawings original cloth-backed boards slip-case a little spotted and soiled 1950; Models of Propriety original cloth very slightly soiled 1951 each one of 500 copies signed by the author/artist the first lacking the additional signed print illustrations 4to & 8vo(2)
Macfall (Haldane) The Book of Lovat number 144 of 150 copies signed by the author 23 tipped-in plates 10 in colour other black & white illustrations throughout original cloth-backed pictorial boards prospectus with the bookplate of Haldane Macfall large 4to Dent 1923.
Heine (Heinrich) Buch der Lieder plates and illustrations by Edmund Brüning ruled in red decorated cloth rubbed Leipzig n.d. § Aubert (Andreas) Caspar David Friedrich "Gott Freiheit Vaterland" plates cloth-backed boards rubbed Berlin 1915 § Vorberg (Gaston) Uber das Geschlechtsleben im Altertum limited edition plates most coloured half-title and title partly loose and taped original vellum boards Stuttgart 1925 § Bermann (Richard A.) Das Urwaldschiff colour plates half morocco rubbed Berlin 1927 § Steiner (Jacob) Rilkes Duineser Elegien original cloth dust-jacket Berne & Munich 1969 and a quantity of others German v.s.
Khayyam (Omar) Rubaiyat translated by Edward Fitzgerald tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac captioned tissue guards original red morocco with black morocco inlays gilt spine faded and with ends worn London & New York Hodder and Stoughton n.d. § Housman (Laurence translator) Princess Badoura tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac captioned tissue guards occasional spoting original pictorial cloth gilt a very good copy London & New York Hodder and Stoughton n.d.; and 3 others Dulac and Rackham all in good condition 4to(5)
Payne (Arthur & Harry) The Victoria jubilee panorama of cut out chromolithographic figures folding into original blue and red printed wrappers Raphael Tuck [1887] § [Keate (Augusta E.)] Infantine complaints 12 tinted lithograph plates original cloth worn inscription from (Miss) Keate to Lady Herries on title Dickinson 1843; and 4 others v.s.(6)
Seccombe (Thomas S.) Army and navy drolleries coloured plates by Kronheim original cloth gilt bit worn [1875] § The pretty pleasing picture book hand-coloured illustrations mounted on linen throughout half leather rebacked Dean & Son [1855] § The money bag vol.1 (all published) plates some leaves chipped with slight loss recent half cloth Oakey 1858; and others v.s.(16)
Doyle (Sir A.C. The Hound of the Baskervilles first American edition 8 plates by Sidney Paget 8pp. advertisements a little light marking front endpapers split with ownership inscription original pink cloth spine dulled minor edge rubbing preserved in later calf-backed marbled drop-back box [Green & Gibson A26c] 8vo New York 1902. ***Included in the lot are two letter from Conan Doyle regarding a property in Scotland dated 1905 and ink-stamped "dictated"..
Doyle(Sir A.C.)The Hound of the Baskervilles first edition 16 plates by Sidney Paget some foxing ownership inscription on half-title original red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt & black rubbed at corners and edges spine slightly faded [Green & Gibson A26a] 8vo 1902.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World Colonial Edition 7 plates only (of 8 missing plate replaced in facsimile) ownership inscription on front free endpaper original red cloth a very good copy [Green & Gibson A37b] [1912]; The Valley of Fear first edition in book form 7 plates by Arthur I.Keller full-page ownership inscription on front pastedown original cloth spine slightly dulled [Green & Gibson A39c] New York [1915]; and 4 others by the same 8vo (6)
Eliot (T.S.) Poems first American edition of Ara Vos Prec some spotting stained at foot of inner margin a few pages with tears where opened ownership stamp on front free endpaper original printed boards rebacked in brown morocco some marking New York 1920; The Rock first edition minor spotting to endpapers original printed wrappers rubbed with small splits at spine 1934 [Gallup A4b & A26a]; and 5 others Eliot 8vo & small 4to(7)
Heller (Joseph) Catch-22 1st Eng. first English edition 1962 § Murdoch (Iris) The Unicorn first edition ink inscription to front free endpaper dust-jacket small piece from foot of spine chipped and creased 1963 § Neville (Richard) Play Power first edition with original poster game in pocket at end dust-jacket in very good condition 1970 § Hornby (Nick) High Fidelity first edition signed by the author 1995 § Farson (Daniel) Gilbert & George A Portrait signed by both subjects 1999. original cloth or boards dust-jackets; and a small quantity of others Modern First Editions some signed including a selction of works on the Hell`s Angels and Bikers all water-stained to varying degrees 8vo(Sm.Qty.)
Joyce (James) Ulysses 1932 2 vol. `definitive edition` spines tanned and creased ends of spines chipped fore-edges little marked [Slocum & Cahoon 20] Hamburg &c Odyssey Press 1932 § Wodehouse (P.G.) Thank You Jeeves little marked Leipzig Tauchnitz 1934 § Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita 2 vol. second impression little marked Paris Olympia Press 1958 original printed wrappers and a quantity of others including another copy of the first and 2 more Tauchnitz Wodehouses 8vo(c.35)
Verne (J) From the Earth to the Moon... first English edition plates endpapers splitting at hinges repair and inscription covered on front pastedown 2 plates soiled at edges slightly foxed in places original blue pictorial cloth decorated in gilt & black spine dulled and slightly cocked worn at head and tail otherwise a good example 8vo Sampson Low [&c.] 1873.
Gorky (Maxim) Reminiscences translated by S.S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf 1p. advertisement original marbled wrappers with printed title label edges and label browned tear on lower cover worn at spine [Woolmer A10] 1920 § Shaw (Albert) Abraham Lincoln: His Path to the Presidency 2 vol. signed presentation copy from the author to Hugh Walpole illustrations original cloth gilt spines faded and marked New York 1929; and c. 30 others including 5 signed by Walpole or with his bookplate some others signed presentation copies 8vo & 4to(c. 30)
Skippon (Philip) A Pearle of Price... substantially defective with loss [Wing S3950B] [ESTC locates 5 copies only; not in BL] R. Cotes for Stephen Boutwell 1649 § Owen (John) The Nature of Apostasie from the Possession of the Gospel browned new endpapers rebacked [Wing O733] for N. Ponder 1676 contemporary calf rubbed; and another a defective copy of Matthew Pool`s A Dialogue Between A Popish Priest and An English Protestant 1673 12mo & 8vo (3)
Evelyn(J)Publick Employment & an Active Life first edition second issue with cancel title but lacking errata slip contemporary ink signature on verso of imprimatur leaf occasional spotting contemporary calf rubbed head of spine defective [Keynes 86; Wing E3511] 8vo by J. M. for H. Herringman 1667.
Paradoxe against Life and 30 others Eng. Lit written by the Lords in the Tower ff. silked stained antique style calf stained and warped [Wing P331] James Vade 1681 § Temple (Sir William) An Introduction to the History of England 2 pp. advertisements at end contemporary speckled calf for Richard Simpson 1695 § Petronius Arbiter. The Works engraved frontispiece and plates wormholes to lower margins contemporary polished calf rubbed for Sam.Briscoe 1714 § Pope (Alexander) Letters engraved portrait frontispiece lightly browned a few small stains contemporary panelled calf foot of upper split rubbed 1735 § The cases of polygamy concubinage adultery divorce &c ink stamp to title browned occasional spotting later cloth worn for T.Payne 1732; and c.25 others most 18th century Literature & History v.s. sold not subject to return.(c.30)
Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1681 double column advertisement f. at beginning small hole in 4N3 loss of a few letters occasional water- or ink-staining 19th century half calf worn Cambridge John hayes 1681 § Ainsworth (Robert) Thesaurus Linguae Latuinae compendarius title with ink inscription and trimmed at foot affecting part of the imprint later calf worn for J.J. and P.Knapton [&c.] [1736]; and 2 others Dictionaries v.s. (4)
Boehme (Jacob) Theosophick philosophy unfolded. 16 portrait early inscriptions earliest John Beaufoy Evesham 1700-06 calf worn rebacked 4to [Wing B3421] 1691 § [Southey (R.)] The Doctor &c. 7 vol. first edition half calf worn the last vol. rebacked inscribed by the author bookplate of Lady Davy 1834-47; and 7 others one a bundle of disbound 17th Cent books 8vo and 4to (15)
Clarendon-The History of the Rebellion... 3 vol. half-titles engraved portraits title-vignettes head- & tail-pieces and initials some marginal staining occasional ink annotation bookplate on front paste-down contemporary panelled calf rubbed joints cracking Oxford Printed at the Theater 1707 1703 & 1704.
Accomplish`d Housewife woodcut table settings X3-4 Y2-5 Aa2 Aa5 Pp 6 loose F2 & Y6 torn title soiled and holed some marking few pen scribbles names on pastedowns inscription on verso of title contemporary calf worn front cover lacking calf spine and back cover defective 8vo J. Newbery 1745.
Quakers.- Story (Thomas) 1747 first edition 19th cent. ink presentation inscription on fly-leaf browned new endpapers part of contemporary spine mounted on pastedown contemporary tree calf a little rubbed corners repaired modern morocco spine by D. Cockerell & Son May 1946 with note loosely inserted folio Newcastle upon Tyne 1747.
Shebbeare Foreign Subsidies 1757 6 works in in 4 vol. 2nd & 6th first editions [Kress B5474 & B5648] others second editions first 2 modern boards 3rd contemporary wrappers others together in contemporary calf-backed boards for J.Scot 1755 for J.Morgan 1757 8vo(4)
[Hamilto] Memorandum on the subject... ?first edition pp.[2] 33 [1] slight foxing sewn as issued in original drab wrappers lower cover creased and torn and with contemporary inscription "Mr. Knight ?Soho Sq." [not in Blackmer or Atabey] 4to Edinburgh by Balfour Kirkwood & Co. 1811 § Report from the Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin`s Collection of Sculptured Marbles original blue printed wrappers spine frayed 1816 together preserved in cloth drop-back box 4to and folio ***The first mentioned is extremely rare. Copies of the London edition of 1811 called the second edition occasionally appear at auction but no copy of this un-illustrated first edition have been offered for sale at auction in the last 30 years. COPAC cites several editions of the work including one dated Edinburgh 1810 also printed by Balfour Kirkwood and Co. and with the same pagination as this copy. Ours is therefore perhaps a later issue with 1811 date on title. .
Byron. The Bride of Abydos &c first edition second issue title marked inner margin reinforced 1813 ; The Corsair first edition early variant of second issue lacks half-title first 2 ff. little marked 1814 ; Lara fourth edition but first separate edition first issue lacks half-title and imprint f. at end 1814 ; The Prisoner of Chillon first edition first issue lacks half-title and final f. 1816 ; Manfred first edition third issue 1817 ; Manfred second edition 1817 ; The Lament of Tasso second edition 1818 little spotting modern boards [Wise I 87 95 101-2 113 123] ; Childe Harold`s Pilgrimage Canto the Fourth first edition second issue name at head of title and fly-leaf some spotting . bookplate contemporary diced calf gilt rubbed hinges weak [Wise I 61] 1818 § Scott (Sir Walter) The Field of Waterloo first edition lacks half-title and advertisments at end modern boards Edinburgh 1815 § Hogg (Thomas Jefferson) The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2 vol. portrait frontispiece original blind-stamped cloth little rubbed ends of spines chipped 1858 8vo(11)
Irish Bindings.- Hogg (J) The Poetical Works vol.1-4 (of 5) plates half green calf gilt by Marcus Ward of Belfast with his ticket minor scrapes but in good state 1838-55 § Cianchettini (Pio) Toccata inscribed by the composer bound with other pieces by the same half limp leather by Samuel White of Armagh with his ticket backstrip defective; and 11 others well bound folio & 8vo(16)
Dickens (Charles) Pickwick Club first edition in book form wood-engraved frontispiece additional pictorial title and 41 plates a few stains to text ff. but plates without the usual oxidisation contemporary morocco giklt 1 corner worn rubbed [Eckel p17ff; Sadleir 698] 1837; and a copy of Dombey & Son 8vo(2) ***Provenance: Mr. Henry Charles Dickens grandson of the author and by descent in the family..
Howard-Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica second series vol. 1-3 contemporary half calf 1886-90 § Illustrated Catalogue of the Heraldic Exhibition Burlington House 1894 original roan-backed cloth 1896 § Bowles (W. H.) Records of the Bowles Family original cloth privately printed 1918 § Fox-Davies (A. C.) Armorial Families sixth edition original morocco gilt 1910 § Wilkinson Heywood & Clark Ltd. Monograms and Heraldic Designs trade catalogue original pictorial cloth gilt Paris 1900 plates and illustrations some colour some folding all rubbed; and 8 others Heraldry and Genealogy 8vo & 4to(15)
Macdonald Dress Regiment of Artillery 1st 1899 first edition subscriber`s copy colour frontispiece and plates tissue guards black & white illustrations original cloth-backed pictorial boards corners worn soiled and rubbed Henry Sotheran & Co. 1899; and a small quantity of others most late 19th century Children`s including 2 Victorian scrap albums v.s.(Sm.Qty.)
Binding.- St Francis of Assisi. translated by T.W. Arnold number 8 of 10 copies printed on vellum title in red and black illustrations printed on paper at rear rebound in full dark red morocco by Riviere & Son with olive green running leaf boards to the front and back covers design repeated on spine silk endpapers and doublures gilt t.e.g. 4to 1909.
Erasmus (Desiderius) Apohthegmatum 1560 title with woodcut printer`s device woodcut initials ruled throughout in red title and verso of final f. with early ink inscriptions title stained and with section cut from outer edges a2 with ink stain browned occasional spotting modern calf spine richly gilt sections from earlier binding mounted on covers [Not in Adams] 8vo Lyon apud Antonium Vincentium 1560 § Glass-making.- Neri (Antonio) L`Arte Vetraria Distinta in Libri Sette title in woodcut border and with small printer`s device short tear within text to G12 and H1 some light browning contemporary vellum slightly soiled Venice Giacomo Batti 1663; and 19 others Continental & English Literature & History 17th to 20th centuries v.s.(21)
Dante Alighieri. Divina Commedia Venice 1564 title with large woodcut portrait of the author woodcut illustrations and historiated initials title trimmed within border and laid down repaired tears to foot of 2R4&5 some foxing occasional staining 19th century vellum slightly soiled and spotted [Adams D103; Mortimer Italian 148] folio Venice Domenico Nicolini for Giovanni Battista & Melchiorre Sessa 1564. ***Provenance: John Houghton (friend of John Barrow of Salford one of the prinicpal buyers of Italian books at Roscoe`s sale of 1816) 19th century ink ownership inscription and later lengthy ink note front pastedown; Harry Maxwell Dalston and R.Milne-Redhead bookplates..
Barlement Colloquia et Dictionariolum 1625 text in Latin French Dutch German Spanish Italian English Portuguese biro onwnership inscription to front pastdown occasional spotting a few small stains contemporary limp vellum slightly soiled Venice apud Io. Baptistam Combum 1627; and an 18th century Italian-French Dictionary by Veneroni oblong 8vo & 4to(2)
Bible Swedish Biblia woodcut title with large device verso lightly browned some staining contemporary tree calf metal and leather clasp joints split rubbed Stockholm Jacob Schneidler 1736 § Peringskiold (Johan) Wilkina Saga eller Historien um Konung Thiderich af bern och Hans Kampar title with woodcut arms browned some staining and fraying contemporary calf upper hinge broken worn Stockholm no printer 1715; and a quantity of others Swedish Literature & History most 19th century some earlier v.s. sold not subject to return (Qty.)
Pichler (Vitus) Summa Jurisprudentiae engraved portrait title in red and black browned portrait partly loose stamps on title contemporary paper covered boards front cover gilt with 2 metal corner-pieces and 3 bosses worn and marked spine and corners damaged Augsburg I. Adam & F.A. Veith 1758 § Calmet (Augustin) Commentaire Literal sur tous les Livres de l`Ancien et du Nouveau Testament Tome Premier Partie Seconde only engraved head-pieces contemporary calf rubbed covered in blue paper gilt monogram on front cover torn and marked Paris Emery &c. 1724 g.e. folio(2)
Dumont D`Urville Voyage Pittoresque 1835 2 vol. half-title wood-engraved frontispieces folding maps and plates vol.2 some water-staining and foxing contemporary calf-backed marbled boards corners worn Paris 1835; and 4 others Continental Literature & History v.s.(6)
"Bertall" La Vigne. Voyage autour des Vins... wood-engraved frontispieces plates and illustrations original morocco-backed cloth spine gilt g.e. very slightly rubbed Paris 1878 § Andersen (Hans Christian) Gesammelte Werke vol. 1-35 in 13 only (?of 50) engraved portrait occasional foxing or browning contemporary cloth gilt-stamped paper labels on spines a little rubbed and faded Leipzig 1847-48; and 13 others continental literature 8vo & 4to(27)
Builder`s Dictionary (The) 1734 2 vol. engraved frontispiece 33 folding plates and full-page illustrations 2 plates frayed at outer edge affecting border vol. 2 stained contemporary speckled calf gilt joints starting but holding firm corners worn A.Bettesworth & C.Hitch 1734 § Nicholson (Peter) The New Practical Builder 2 vol. engraved additional pictorial title and plates some folding vol.2 water-stained a few plates browned and frayed modern cloth-backed boards 1823-1825; and 4 others similar v.s.(8)
Colvin (H.M) King`s Works 6 vol. and box of folding plans (including supplementary plans V and VII but without plan VI Kensington Palace) first edition frontispieces plates and illustrations plans loose as issued in original drop-front box original cloth vol. I & II stained dust-jackets little marked and frayed one tape-repaired small 4to 1963-82-76-73.(7)
Éluard (Paul) A Toute Épreuve reprint colour illustrations by Joan Miró loose in original pictorial wrappers board chemise and slip-case a few short splits to joints New York George Braziller 1984 § Cantz (Hatje) Kurt Schwitters Catalogue Raisonné vol.1 only many illustrations some full-page and in colour lightly water-stained original cloth water-stained dust-jacket 2000 § Cooke (Lynne) and Karen Kelly editors Joseph Beuys Drawings after the Codices Madrid of Leonardo da Vinci many illustrations original pictorial boards lightly water-stained slightly wharped New York & Dusseldorf 1998; and a small quantity of others similar some water-stained v.s.(Sm.Qty.)
Frankau (J) Eighteenth Century Artists... portfolio only (lacking 8vo text vol.) 40 mezzotints or stipple-engravings some colour loose as issued in original buckram portfolio upper cover stained one flap detached and lacking ties 1904 § Tuer (Andrew) Bartolozzi and his Works 2 vol. original parchment uncut soiled [c.1881] § Wax (Carol) The Mezzotint 1990 § Tooley (R.V.) English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860 Folkestone & London 1973 plates and illustratrations some colour the last two original cloth; and c.40 others art reference etc. v.s.(c.45)
Nisbet (Ulric) & Christine Bacheler. Archive a collection of manuscripts diaries drawings and paintings to include; Quite Another World Sylvie - from three to five & one half 111pp mss July 1 1934 - July 30 1946; Nisbet (Ulric) English Castle typed mss c.1930; Solittle Pottsblitz watercolour drawings and mss n.d. § Nisbet (C.B.) Art Record Als. newspaper cuttings and correspondence 1925 1929-1939; Photograph Album of original artwork by C.B.Nisbet with records of exhibitions c. 1930-1943; 3 original oil paintings and other ephemera v.s.(qty)
Gill (Stephen) Hackney Wick number 88 of 100 copies signed by the author and with a c type print signed in pencil on verso and poster loosely inserted from an edition limited to 1500 original cloth slip-case 2005 § Reas (Paul) Flogging a dead horse Manchester 1993; and 6 others British photography including another copy of the first mentioned limited to 100 copies (print stuck to envelope) 4to & oblong 4to(8)
Liebchen (Jens) DL 07 Stereotypes of War number 9 of 15 copies signed by Liebchen with an original print signed in pencil on verso from an edition limited to 750 print loose as issued (badly stained) photographic illustrations original green cloth together in green cloth drop-back box 4to Tubingen & Berlin J. J. Heckenhauer 2000.
Rocheleau&Sprigg. Shaker Built New York 1994 § Mies van der Rohe New York 1998 § Wedeking (Beate) New York Interiors New York 1997 § Whiting (P.) New Houses 1964 § Cicolini (Alice) The New English Dandy 2005 original cloth dust-jackets; and a small quantity of others mainly Fashion and Design 4to & oblong 4to(sm. qty.) *** .
Rosenberg (Marc) Alte und Neue Fächer... 69 plates tissue guards text-illustrations cloth-backed pictorial boards Vienna 1891 § Darcel (Alfred) Les Tapisseries Décoratives du Garde-Meuble 10 plates 4 coloured tissue guards later cloth worn Paris n.d. § Bossert (Helmuth Th.) Ornament in Applied Art 122 colour plates stamps on endpapers original cloth worn hinge broken spine damaged folio New York 1924 § Kardol (P.C.) Siersmeedwerk 40 plates tissue guards loose as issued in cloth-backed board portfolio rubbed & marked Amsterdam [1934] and 16 others mainly art v.s.(20)
Janin (De Combe-Blanche) Memoires... ink signature and stamp on title [Wellcome III p.345] Paris 1772 bound with Gamet (J. M.) Traité des affections Cancéreuses... Paris & Lyon 1777 together 2 works in 1 vol. first editions occasional spotting and browning modern vellum-backed boards marked 8vo
Young-Geological Survey of the Yorkshire... engraved frontispiece and 18 hand-coloured plates (1 double-page) folding hand-coloured map 3pp. subscribers` list at end minor spotting unobtrusive embossed library stamp in margin of title and subscribers` list modern half calf new endpapers Whitby 1822 § Simpson (Martin) The Fossils of the Yorkshire Lias second edition later cloth discoloured Whitby 1884; and another by Young Scriptural Geology 8vo & 4to(3)
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