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Click here to subscribeWarner (Richard) The History of Bath 2 parts in 1 (includes Appendix), engraved portrait frontispiece, 14 engraved plates, including maps, views & architecture, 1 illustration, half-title, title offset, browned, contemporary half calf, upper joint splitting and weak, 4to, Bath & London, 1801.
Morant.Hist/Antiqs..County of Essex,2v,1768 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, 9 double-page or folding engraved maps, 23 engraved plates and plans, some folding or double-page, large folding plate in vol.1 (Wanstead House) rather browned, some light foxing and very occasional marginal water-staining but generally a good copy, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, nineteenth century half red morocco, by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, spines gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed, folio, T.Osborne..., 1768. ***Including the second edition of The History and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester..
Jamieson, John An Etymological Dictionary of the S 4 vol., second edition, printed in double columns, contemporary calf, gilt, lettering labels, some slight foxing, library stamp to the recto & verso of some title-pages, bookplate of George Cornewall Lewis, to front pastedown, 4to, Edinburgh, 1841.
Baker Chronicle of the Kings of England 1669 engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title, ink inscription `Charles Bolas 1773` to upper margin of title, portrait laid down with loss fraying to upper outer margin of title, tear to lower margin of all ff. of sig.B, lightly browned, a few small stains, contemporary panelled reversed calf, joint starting, rubbed, for George Sawbridge and Thomas Williams, 1669 § Heylyn (Peter) Cyprianus Anglicus: or the history of...William...Archbishop of Canterbury, title printed in red and black, trimmed to border and laid down, some marginal worming, occasional touching a few letters of running title, contemporary calf, upper cover almost detached, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing H1699], J.M. for A.Seile, 1671; and 2 others, English Religion, folio & 4to(4)
Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds 2 vol., first edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, titles with ink inscriptions of the Earl of lauderdale, 1890, Q4 verso and R1 recto borowned, some foxing, handsome contemporary dark green straight-grain morocco, gilt, corners bumped, rubbed, inner gilt dentelles and silk doublures and endpapers, dust-soiled, gauffered gilt edges, [Roscoe 14a-d & 17a-d], Newcastle, Sol.Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804; and a copy of the fifth edition of Quadrupeds, uniformly bound, 8vo(3)
Housman (A.E.) The Name and Nature of Poetry first edition, half-title, original printed boards, spine worn, with loss of a quarter at head, lightly soiled, Cambridge, 1933 § Wagner (Richard) Tannhäuser, mounted colour plates and illustrations by Willy Pogany, original pictorial ckloth, gilt, rubbed, soiled and rubbed, n.d. § Il Cantico del Sole di san Francesco, calligraphic manuscript, 4pp., initials in blue, contemporary morocco-backed, soiled, [20th century]; and c.10 others, Modern Literature & Illustration, v.s.(c.13)
MacLaurin Isaac Newton`s Philosophical third edition, half-title, 6 folding engraved plates, ink ownership inscription `M. Adam, 1810` to title, some browning (particularly to plates), occasional spotting, a few stains, contemporary calf, worn, but holding firm, for J.Nourse [&c.], 1775 § Conybeare (John) A Defence of Reveal`d Religion, half-title, advertisements at end, occasional spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, worn, for S.Wilmot, 1732 § Nisbet (Alexander) A System of Heraldry, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, dedication with engraved coat-of-arms and plates, woodcut decorations, foxed and browned, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper covers detached, Edinburgh, 1722-42; and 6 others, including a single f. from the Nuremberg Chronicle, in very good condition, v.s.(10)
Black Privileges of the Royal Burrows 1707 contemporary speckled calf, covers detached, corners worn, Edinburgh, Andrew Anderson, 1707 § Mitchell (Hugh) Scotticisms, Vulgar Anglicisms, and Grammatical Improprieties, title soiled, Glasgow, Falconer & Willison, 1799 bound with Observations on the Use of the Words Shall and Will, Canterbury, for the author by Cowtan and Colegate, n.d. § Edinburgh Almanack (The) and Scots register for 1795, engraved folding frontispiece map of the United Provinces, title with contemporary stamp, later cloth, spine slightly faded, Edinburgh, David Ramsay, 1795; and a small quantity of others, Scotland, v.s.
Symson (David) A true and impartial account of the title with ownership inscription at head, lighty soiled, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, but holding firm, no place or printer, 1723 § Andersomn (John) A Defence of the Church-Government, faith, Worship & Spirit of the Presbyterians, lightly soiled, contemporary calf-backed boards, worn and soiled, Glasgow, Hugh Brown, 1714; and 5 others, Scottish Religion, v.s.,
Persius Flaccus (Aulus) Satyrae Sex first Bond edition & first printing in England, woodcut to title, front free endpaper and title trimmed at head, contemporary `scribble` on last page of text, later paneled calf, rebacked hinges repaired, Excudebat Felix Kingstonius impensis Guliemi Aspley & Natanielis Butterii, 1614 § Smet (Henrich) Prosodia...proptissima qua syllabarum positione & diphthongis,....slightly browned and soiled, contemporary annotations at rear, front free endpaper torn in half with ink library stamps of Repton School Library & bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, London, T.P. pro Societate Stationariorum, 1668, v.s.(2)
Browne.Pseudodoxia Epidemica,1650 second edition, title with old ink signature at head and soiled & frayed at edges, stained, K3 torn at foot (no loss), burn hole to lower margin of Hh3, contemporary calf, worn, [Wing B5160; Keynes 74], folio, by A.Millar for Edw.Dod and Nath.Ekins, 1650. ***Contains a chapter on magnetism and discussions on optics and astronomy, but it is mainly concerned with natural history..
Henderson (Thomas) Megista kai or The vertue, vigour, and efficacy of the promises display`d in their strength & glory, only edition, title soiled, stained and edges chipped, lacks final blank, a few other small tears in margins, browned throughout, some other slight marks, ink signatures of Joseph Pemberton and Mary Pursell, lacks endpapers, contemporary sheep, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, lower cover creased, [Wing H1446; ESTC locates 4 copies only, not in BL], 8vo, for Dor. Newman, 1669.
Rushworth (John) The Tryal first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking last f. (blank?), 2R4 corner creased and with small hole, 2 ink signatures smudged out at head of title, ex-library copy with 2 ink stamps on title, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing R2333], folio, for John Wright & Richard Chiswell, 1680.
Adlerfeld(G) Military History of Charles XII translated by Henry Fielding, 3 vol., first edition in English, vol. 1 & 2 half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and 6 folding plates, one or two with tears along folds, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, vol. 3 upper board becoming detached, J. & P. Knapton, 1740 § [Tooke (W.)] The Life of Catharine II. Empress of Russia, 3 vol., fourth edition, engraved folding map and plates, browned and stained, ink signature at head of title, marginalia throughout, bookplates on front pastedowns, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1800; and another, 8vo (7)
Trinity House. [Deptford Charter] The Royal Charte ...for the Government and Encrease of the Navigation of England and Relief of poor Mariners, their Widows, and Orphans, &c., lightly spotted, contemporary `Cambridge panelled` calf, arms of Trinity House on red circular panel probably from another binding to upper and lower covers, rubbed, and chipped, [Goldsmiths` 9914], 1763 § Taylor (Arthur) The Glory of Regality, first edition, contemporary half calf, gilt, joints cracked, bookplate, 1820, 8vo(2)
Ogilvie Inquiry into Nature and Causes 1783 occasional water-staining, contemporary tree calf, joints splitting, rubbed, Richardson and Urquhart, 1783 § Malthus (T.R.) An Essay on the Principle of Population, 3 vol., fifth edition, some foxing, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, 1817; and a small quantity of others, English & Continental Literature & History, some odd vol., v.s., sold not subject to return.(sm.qty)
Raymond (James Grant) The Life of Dermody 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, some browning and water-staining, ink signatures on titles, contemporary calf, spines creased, modern labels, William Miller, 1806 § Larmine (William) West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances, half-title, bookplate, new endpapers, contemporary morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1893; and 20 others, Ireland, 8vo & 4to(c. 20)
Shakespeare (William) Plays 21 vol., including supplementary vol., notes by Johnson, Steevens and Isaac Reed, engraved illustrations, browning, occasional foxing, presentation on front endpaper, contemporary parchment-backed boards, printed paper labels, uncut, spines darkened, corners bumped, the supplementary volumes in contemporary tree calf, worn, upper boards detached, contemporary 1813 & 1780 § Dickens (Charles) Works, 30 vol., plates and illustrations, contemporary calf, worn, n.d. [c.1880]; and 7 others, 8vo(58)
British (The) Essayists prefaces by James Ferguson, 40 vol., second edition, some slight foxing and browning, bookplates on front pastedowns, spines gilt in compartments, vol. I rebacked with the original spine laid down, 1822-1823 § Cellini (Benvenuto) The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine Artist, translated by Thomas Nugent, 2 vol., first edition in English, engraved portrait (offset on title), some foxing and browning, new endpapers, edges darkened, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, T.Davies, 1771, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; and 2 others, 8vo & 4to(44)
Langhorne (John and William) Plutarch`s Lives 6 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, offsetting, occasional spotting or damp-staining, ex-library copy with markings and labels, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, worn, but holding firm, 1823 § Newman (W.L.) The Politics of Aristotle, 2 vol., original cloth, spines gilt, vol.2 upper joint splitting, spine ends frayed, Oxford, 1887 § Haigh (A.E.) The Tragic Drama of the Greeks, illustrations, some underlining in biro, Oxford, 1896 § Verrall (A.W.) Euripides The Rationalist: A Study in the History of Art and Religion, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Cambridge, 1895 § Blum (Alan F.) Socrates the Original and its Images, original boards, dust-jacket, 1978 § Huby (Pamela) Plato and Modern Morality, original boards, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1972 § O`Brien (D.) Thories of Weight in the Ancient World, 2 vol., original printed wrappers, slightly creased, Paris & Leiden, 1981; and a quantity of others, Classics, v.s.
Swift (Jonathan) The Works 19 vol., occasional foxing, later full blue morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slight rubbing to some joints and spine ends, a few slightly chipped, but an attractive set, Edinburgh, 1824 § Peacock (Thomas Love) [Works], 10 vol., one of 100 large paper sets (one number 49, the rest number 50), later blue half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., 1891 § Milton (John) Paradise Lost, engraved portrait frontispiece, some foxing, last leaf creased and abraded with some loss and letters supplied in ms., 19th century blind-stamped calf, rubbed, gilt gauffered edges, [Gaskell 6], Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1759, 8vo & 4to(30) ***The second edition edited by Sir Walter Scott..
Jefferies (Richard) Wood Magic, a Fable 2 vol., first edition, original decorated cloth, uncut, [Sadleir 1317], Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881 § [Peacock (Thomas Love)] Rhododaphne: or The Thessalian Spell, A Poem, first edition, original boards, slightly worn, 1818 § Wordsworth (William) The Prose Works, 3 vol., edited by Rev.Alexander B.Grosart, original green cloth, gilt, 1876, v.s.(6)
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, plates, 32pp. advertisements, slight splitting to front hinge, original blue cloth, gilt and black, very slight rubbing, overall a very good example, 8vo, Vizetelly & Co., 1886. ***The tragic tale of Emma Bovary`s attempts to escape marriage & motherhood`s failure to live up to her own romantic expectations, through doomed affairs & excesses, ending with her own suicide in the face of insurmountable debts. Translated by Karl Marx`s daughter, who also took her own life by poison..
Churchill.London to Ladysmith 3 folding maps,1 colour, diagrams, 32pp. catalogue at end dated `10/99`, 1900; My African Journey, 3 maps, 1 folding, plates, advertisements at end, slight damp-staining to frontispiece, 1908; Savrola, first English edition, modern morocco, gilt arms on upper cover, 1900, the first two first editions, both with some spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, the first rebacked preserving original spine, [Woods A4, A12 & A3 (b)], 8vo
Churchill.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria 3 folding maps,1 colour, diagrams, 32pp. catalogue at end dated `10/99`, 1900; Ian Hamilton`s March, portrait frontispiece, folding map, advertisements at end, foxed, original cloth, 1900, first editions, half-titles, original cloth, the second pictorial, rubbed, the first with faded spine, the second with joints split, [Woods A4 & 5], 1900; and 2 others, Churchill, 8vo & 4to(4)
Churchill & Gilbert. Winston S. Churchill 8 vol. only, (without the Companion vol.), plates, original cloth, dust jackets, some torn, 1966-88 § Our Conservative and Unionist Statesmen, 6 divisions, original cloth-backed printed boards, rather worn, plates, [c.1895]; and 8 others, Ainsworth`s Works, 8vo & folio
Dickens.`Lloyd`s` Sixpenny Dickens,34v,c.1910 34 vol., illustrations, browned, original wrappers with colour illustration mounted on upper cover, spines slightly worn at head and foot, [c.1910] § Grimm (J. & W.) Grimms Märchenschatz, tipped-in colour plates by G.Tenggren, original cloth-backed boards, Berlin, [1923] § Bonaparte (Marie) Five Copy-Books, 4 vol., plates, original cloth, lightly stained, 1950 § Book of Fairy Poetry (The), tipped-in colour plates by Warwick Goble, one tissue guard torn and repaired with sticky tape, original cloth, 1920, all a little rubbed, 4to(40)
Shepard (Ernest H.).- Drinkwater (John) manuscript poems by Drinkwater and with pen and ink decorations by E.H. Shepard for publication in Punch Magazine, first mentioned signed presentation from Shepard to Drinkwater, heightened with white, both sadly water-stained, 1 framed and glazed, both 360 x 255mm., 26th January 1927 & 12th October 1932(2)
Erasmus Epitomes Adagiorum Omnium, 1566 title with woodcut printer`s device and ink stamp of Repton School Library, a few woodcut initials, modern vellum, Antwerp, ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1566 § Heinsius (Daniel) Poemata, engraved pictorial title, woodcut printer`s device at end, stained, contemporary vellum, Leiden, Orlers and maire, 1613; and 3 others, 17th & 18th century Continental, v.s.(5)
Vegetius.De re militari libri quatuor,1585 edited by God. Steenwech, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut printer`s device, woodcut initials, first part with typographical military formations, second part with engraved portrait on verso of title, woodcut illustrations and folding plan of Roman camp at end, m3 & 4 misbound before m1 & 2 in second part, cropped and with occasional light browning but generally a very clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine repaired at head and foot, [Adams V336], 8vo, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1585. ***The first Plantin edition of this important Roman text on military strategy..
Caro (Annibal) De le Lettere Familiari 1587 2 vol. in 1, titles with woodcut printer`s devices, a few pencil annotations, [Adams C743], contemporary lim vellum, lacking ties, creased, Venice, Bernardo Giunti, 1587; and an 18th century edition of the same in 3 vol., small 4to & 8vo(4)
Boufflers (Stanislas Jean de) Oeuvres,2v,1813 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait and plates after Marillier and others, original wrappers, uncut, a little worn, vol.2 broken, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, Paris, 1813; and 2 others including a Hebrew bible, 8vo & small folio(4)
Doyle (Arthur Conan) Hound of Baskervilles first edition, A.L.s. from the author in envelope loosely inserted, discussing a visit to Edinburgh, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, some foxing and marginal fraying, some springing to gatherings, pencil name & blind-stamp on front fly-leaf, original cloth decorated in gilt & black, rubbed and frayed at spine, [Green & Gibson A26a], 8vo, 1902.
Doyle (Arthur Conan) Return Sherlock Holmes first edition, 13 plates by Charles Raymond Macauley, original pictorial cloth, spine dulled, otherwise good, [Green & Gibson A29c], 8vo, New York, 1905. ***Preceding the publication of the English edition by a month..
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World second large paper issue, 13 mounted plates, 2 full-page maps, a few minor marginal closed tears, pictorial endpapers, original cloth, this with `Oxford` at foot, rubbed and lightly marked, slight splitting to lower joint, [Green & Gibson A37d], large 8vo, Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]. ***Probably one of 810 copies done for the second issue in this format, though different with `Oxford` stamped to foot of spine..
Greene (Graham) The End of the Affair usual browning to margins, 1951; The Quiet American, 1955; Our Man in Havana, 1958; A Burnt-Out Case, 1961; The Comedians, 1966, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, last 2 price-clipped, fine copies; and 13 others, Greene, 8vo & 4to(18)
Swarup (Vikas) Q & A,proof copy,2005 uncorrected proof copy, autographed publicity Pc loosely inserted "I know you didn`t much like this in ts..", original wrappers, 8vo, 2005. ***The author`s first book, filmed as the phenomenally successful Slumdog Millionaire..
Barnes (Djuna) Nightwood,1st US, 1937 first American edition, signed by Desmond Harmsworth, New York, 1937 § Sackville-West (V.) Solitude, Hogarth Press, 1938 § Joyce (James) Ulysses, eighth printing, browned, a few light stains, a little creased and frayed at edges, disbound, preserved in wrapper, spine crudely reinforced, Paris, 1926 § [Russell (George)], "AE". Enchantment and other poems, one of 542 copies, signed by the author on p.9, New York, Fountain Press, and London, 1930 § Quennell (Peter) Poems, signed by Eric Harmsworth, 1926, first editions, the first two original cloth, the last two original cloth-backed boards, all rubbed and soiled, the first with faded spine, the fourth spine frayed at foot; and c.35 others, some with Harmsworth signatures or associations, 8vo & 4to(c.40)
Cunard (Nancy) Parallax,1925 first edition, [one of c.420 copies], original pictorial cream boards, browned, spine rubbed, [Woolmer 57], Hogarth Press, 1925; Poems (Two) 1925, number 65 of 150 copies signed by the author, original patterned-paper boards by Elliott Seabrooke, paper label on upper cover, uncut, Aquila Press, 1930, first editions, both with boards browned and a little soiled, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo & 4to
Fletcher.Piscatorie Eclogues, imp.,1633 part 2 only (of 2: Piscatorie Eclogues), first edition, lacking initial blank, title and final leaf with verse by Francis Quarles, but text complete and including `Elisa` with separate title, collates as ESTC, cropped and lightly browned, slight water-staining at end, inscribed by Cecil Harmsworth to his son "Eric with love from Dad" on front free endpaper, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed, [STC 11082; Westwood & Satchell p.95], [Cambridge, by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel], [1633]; and 3 others, 17th & 18th century, including a very worn embroidered binding, v.s.(4) ***Cecil Harmsworth (1869-1948, first Baron Harmsworth of Egham) was a keen fly-fisherman, member of the exclusive Houghton Fishing Club and author of A Little Fishing Book, privately printed by the Cuala Press in 1930..
Greene (G).- Oxford Poetry 1923 & 1924 1923 vol. inscribed by Desmond Harmsworth to his brother "Eric with very fond love from Bud", 1924 vol. signed by Cecil Harmsworth, original cream-backed dark blue boards, uncut, spines browned, Oxford, 1923-24 § Orioli (G.) Adventures of a Bookseller, one of 300 copies signed by the author, incomplete A.L. (2pp. only) from Desmond Harmsworth to Orioli concerning the book and referring to Norman Douglas loosely inserted, original wrappers, uncut, spine torn at head, Florence, [c.1937] § Lewis (Wyndham) Enemy of the Stars, illustrations by the author, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 1932 § Pound (Ezra) How to Read, signed by Eric Harmsworth on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine titled in silver (earliest binding), frayed dust-jacket, 1931, first editions, all rubbed and soiled, the last two published by Desmond Harmsworth; and 3 others published by the same, 8vo & 4to(9) ***Oxford Poetry includes contributions by Harold Acton, Graham Greene and Desmond Harmsworth. Graham Greene contributed two poems to both volumes; these are his first appearances in book form..
Jonson/Jones.Masque of Queenes,1930 number 1 of 350 copies, illustrations, original red vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, The King`s Printers, 1930 § Pimlott (Philip) 6 Etchings of the Middle Temple, subscriber`s copy no.8, etchings all signed in pencil and tipped to card in folders, loose as issued in original wrappers, preserved in worn portfolio, [c.1900] §Shelley (P.B.) Epipsychidion, one of 500 copies, original boards, uncut & unopened, 1921 § Eliot (T.S.) Journey of the Magi, Ariel Poem No.8, colour frontispiece and cover illustration by E.McKnight Kauffer, original wrappers, n.d. § Beardsley (Aubrey) Letters...to Leonard Smithers, original cloth, gilt, uncut & unopened, First Edition Club, 1937, all but the last rubbed and soiled; and 2 others, v.s.(7)
Walton.Lives..Donne..,ex-ill,1825 engraved frontispiece and 10 plates on india paper, wood-engraved vignettes, extra-illustrated with c.120 engravings, mostly portraits, some cut and mounted, some foxing and soiling, contemporary red morocco, gilt, by Palmer Howe & Co. of Manchester, rubbed, spine faded, joints split, 8vo, John Major, 1825.
Austen(John).- Prévost d`Exiles-Manon Lescaut one of 500 copies signed by the artist, colour plates by John Austen, illustrations, original vellum-backed buckram, spine a little soiled, t.e.g., others uncut, 1928 § Richardson (Dorothy) John Austen and the Inseparables, number 9 of 125 copies signed by the author and artist and with a signed woodcut loosely inserted, original buckram, transparent wrapper, 1930 § Disraeli [(B.)] The Infernal Marriage, original vellum-backed cloth, soiled and marked, printed by the Curwen Press, 1929 § Louÿs (Pierre) Collected Tales, limited edition, original half morocco, spine gilt, extremities rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, Chicago, 1930 § Longus. Daphnis & Chloe, original cloth, dust-jacket, torn and chipped at edges with some loss to head of spine, 1925, plates and illustrations by John Austen, some colour; and 6 others, illustrated by Austen, v.s.(11)
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