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Click here to subscribeVives (Joannes Ludovicus ) De anima & vita libri tres, 2 parts in 1, *2 a-z A-E8 F4; aa4 bb-pp8 qq6 , woodcut device on title, tear in F4 without loss, 17th century calf, single gilt ruled border, g.e., extremities rubbed, 8vo (171 x 104mm.), Lyon, [Michael Sylvius for] Antonius Vincentius, 1555.⁂ Literature: Adams V940 (with Frellon as publisher); USTC 151726
Demosthenes & Aeschines. Principum Graeciae oratorum opera, cum utriusque autoris vita, & ulpiani commentariis, novisque scholiis, edited by Hieronymus Wolff, 6 parts in 1 vol., fourth edition, parallel Greek and Latin text, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., large woodcut diagram to α6v, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, penultimate colophon f., title all but neatly detached, some spotting and staining, the latter most pronounced in final part, but not obscuring text, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, spine in compartments and with later black leather label, lacking metal clasps, spine with split to pigskin at head and worn at foot, outer edges worn, soiled and marked, but solid, [Adams D268; Schweiger 87; VD 16 D 486], folio, Basel, Eusebius Episcopius, 1572.⁂ Fourth and best edition, which won for Wolff an excellent reputation among contemporary scholars. Contributors include Guillaume Morel and Johannes Oporinus.
NO RESERVE America.- Weller (Edward) Seat of War in Virginia and Maryland [and] Seat of War in Virginia, &c. Sheet 2 [and] Seat of War in Virginia. Sheet 3... Weekly Dispatch Atlas, 3 lithographed maps with some hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 490 x 340 mm (19 1/4 x 13 1/2 in), or the reverse, minor nicks and some even light toning, unframed, 1862 (3)
Gospels.- Chemnitz (Martin) & others. Harmonia quatuor Evangelistarum, 2 vol., vol.1 engraved portrait frontispiece, additional pictorial title and full-page portrait to verso of letterpress title, vol.2 half-title with full-page engraved portrait verso, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, 2 errata ff. at end of each vol., both vol. some neat underlining in brown pencil or ink and occasional contemporary ink marginalia, some spotting or mostly light staining, mostly lightly browned throughout, attractive 19th century black crushed morocco gilt, spines in compartments, upper covers with central monogram of Rev. Theodore Williams, lower covers with central arms, some scuffing and marking, rubbed, folio, Frankfurt, for Zacharias Härtel, 1652.⁂ An attractive set of these commentaries on the Four Gospels. Provenance: Rev. Theodore Williams (1785-1875), Vicar of Hendon, who amassed a magnificent library and commissioned the finest binders of his time, including Derome, Payne, Charles Lewis, and John Clarke. He sold the library in 1827 (gilt monograms to bindings).
Forteguerri (Niccolò) Ricciardetto, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 pictorial titles, initial and final blanks, the odd spot, lightly browned, handsome contemporary green crushed morocco, gilt, covers with roll tooled border within single gilt filets, spines in compartments and with double red morocco labels, some staining, g.e., 12mo (bindings 147 x 87mm.), London & Paris, Prault, 1767.⁂ An attractive set of this satirical poem, first published posthumously at the author's request in Venice in 1738, and promptly placed on the Index. The Ricciardetto had some influence on Byron in the writing of Beppo: A Ventian Story, written in Venice in 1817. Provenance: Princess Giuseppina di Lorena (ink inscription to front free endpaper of vol.1).
Italian Preacher.- Segneri (Paolo, Italian Jesuit, preacher, missionary, ascetical writer, 1624-94) Similtudini... Ragionamenti, first part only, manuscript in Italian, title and c. 265pp., slightly browned, contemporary patterned boards, paper spine, a few small tears, rubbed, [18th century]; and 3 others, manuscripts in Italian, including 2 account books, 8vo & folio (4).
China.- Games.- Kwong (Tam Wing) The Game of Sparrow as played in China...with the history of Maa Jong appended, second edition, revised, numerous woodcut illustrations, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, upper cover detached, lightly soiled and rubbed, 8vo, Hong Kong, Wing Fat & Co., 1925.⁂ Rare, with Library Hub recording a BL copy only, and WorldCat noting two copies, but with no location details.
Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of, soldier and Prime Minister, 1769-1852) 2 Autograph Letters signed "Wellington" to Henry Fellowes of Hurstbourne Park, Whitchurch, 2pp. with conjugate blanks and address panels, 8vo, Stratfield Saye, 6th January & 8th February 1840, "I will with pleasure be a member..."; and another, an ALs from his wife Lady Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellington to Lady Liverpool, folds, v.s., v.d. (3).
Fawcett (Dame Millicent Garrett, leader of the constitutional women's suffrage movement and author, 1847-1929) 3 Autograph Letters signed and 2 Autograph Postcards signed to various recipients, 7pp., 2 sides & 2 envelopes, 8vo & smaller, Gower Street [London], 10th March 1880 - 30th November 1895 & undated, on a variety of subjects, "I am much obliged for your kindness in sending me the reports of my lecture and also for report of the Domestic Economy Congress...", meeting at the British Museum etc., folds (5).
NO RESERVE French art dealer.- Vollard (Ambroise, art dealer, art collector and publisher, 1866-1939) 9 photographs of Ambroise Vollard, with a autograph receipt, dated le sept Mai 1896, issued by and signed by Ambroise Vollard on headed notepaper of the Galerie Vollard for the sale of 4 'études' by Maurice Denis to the noted collector Baron Denys Cochin, receipt browned and creased, v.s., v.d., [1896 & later].Provenance: heir of Ambroise Vollard, 1989, Le Tremblay.
French Poet.- Lochac (Emmanuel, known as Loschack, French writer and poet of Ukrainian origin, 1886-1956) c. 43 Autograph Letters signed to the philosopher André Devaux, c. 100pp., 8vo & 4to, Paris, Fontenay & Vincennes, 1936-56, including sending a poem, and another a signed manuscript poem, Le Rouleau de Musique, written mostly during the war years when Lochac, a Ukranian of Jewish extraction lived in hiding, mostly on various poetry questions, including an appreciation of his article on Monostiches (1936), quibbles about elisions, and other remarks on Devaux's attempts at poetry etc.; and a small quantity of others, including a letter from the poet, Jacques Arnold to Devaux, discussing efforts to promote Lochac's work, two printed offprints and published poems with manuscript dedication to Madame Devaux , typed notes on the letters from Devaux and an invitation to a Ball in aid of Russian writers at the Russian Club, 1941, a few with tears, folds, some browned, v.s., v.d. (qty).
Hall (Joseph) Epistles, The First Volume: Containing two Decads, lacking initial and final blank of first gathering (A1 & A8), [STC 12662] bound with Epistles the Second Volume: Containing two Decads, [STC 12663.2], together 2 vol. in 1, titles within woodcut architectural borders, slightly trimmed, woodcut head-, tail-pieces and initials, a little light browning and some minor damp-stains, outer margins slightly trimmed affecting side-notes with minor loss to some ff., nineteenth century calf-backed boards, by A.H. for Eleazar Edgar and Samuel Marcham, 1608; and 10 others similar 18th and 19th century, sermons and Quakerism, 8vo (11)
Law.- Trials.- A Collection of the several Statutes, and Parts of Statutes, Now in Force, relating to High Treason, and Misprision of High Treason, 2 parts in 1, initial imprimatur leaf, light damp-staining to foot, front free endpaper loose, contemporary morocco, gilt with arms of Queen Anne, slight bumping to corners, g.e., Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1709 § Gurney (Joseph) The Whole Proceedings on the Trial... Thomas Walker of Manchester..., title upper margin torn away supplied in paper, spotting to a few initial ff., modern half calf, Manchester, for T. Boden,1794 § The Declaration and Confession of Robert Watt..., small ink ownership inscription to title, light scattered spotting, modern cloth, Bell & Bradfute, 1794; and c.70 others, eighteenth and nineteenth century, trials and law, v.s. (c.70)
Sidney (Algernon).- The Very Copy of a Paper Delivered to the Sheriffs, Upon the Scaffold on Tower-hill, first edition, 2ff., creased at fold, final f. lower margin defective and supplied in paper, disbound, [Wing S3766], for R[obert] H[orn] et al, [1683] § The Arraignment, Tryal & Condemnation of Algernon Sydney, Esq; for High-Treason..., some minor fraying at margins, modern half rexine, [Wing A3754], for Benj. Tooke, 1684 § Letters of the Honourable Algernon Sydney to the Honourable Henry Savile, Ambassador in France, first edition, half-title, modern cloth, for R. Dodsley, 1742; and 5 others relating Sidney, his letters, works and trial, folio and 8vo (8) ⁂ Algernon Sydney (1623-1683), politician and republican political theorist - his ideas are seen as culminating in the Glorious Revolution and the founding of the United States. Although opposed to Charles I's execution he was later charged with plotting against Charles II, in part based on his most famous work, Discourses Concerning Government and was executed for treason. The first here mentioned is the first edition of Sydney's famous speech as he ascended the scaffold for execution at Tyburn.
Barlow (Joel) A Letter to the National Convention of France on the defects of the Constitution of 1791, small contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, title lightly foxed, modern half cloth, New York, by Thomas Greenleaf for J. Fellows, [1793]; The Political Writings of Joel Barlow, ink ownership inscriptions to title and front endpaper, light uniform browning, contemporary calf, worn, New York, by Mott & Lyon, 1796 § Cartwright (John) England's Aegis, or the Military Energies of the Empire, folding engraved map and plate, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, for Richard Phillips, 1804; and 3 others French Revolution, v.s. (6)⁂ I. Joel Barlow (1754-1812) was an American poet, diplomat and politician. He lived in Paris during the early years of the French Revolution (which he supported) and the Reign of Terror, was a close friend of Thomas Paine, and became U.S. Minister for France in 1811. III. Scarce first edition by former naval officer, written in response to possible French invasion, arguing for an Anglo-Saxon type militia.
Thelwall (John) Poems chiefly written in retirement. The Fairy of the Lake, A Dramatic Romance..., half-title (closed tear with paper repair), aquatint frontispiece, library stamps including to title and half-title, modern paper backed boards, 8vo, Hereford, W. H. Parker, 1801; Selections and Original Articles for Mr. Thelwall's Lectures on the Science and Practice of Elocution, ink stamp to title, some ff. with ink underlings and other markings, modern cloth, for the lecturer by J. Belcher & Son, 1806; and another later edition of the first (3)⁂ The first: scarce. Two editions appeared in 1801; OCLC gives priority to the London imprint, although both appear to have been printed in Hereford. Thelwall was a political reformer and lecturer on elocution. He was sent to the tower along with Thomas Hardy and Horne Tooke, but later found not guilty.
Radical Reformers.- Crime & Poverty.- Hunt (Henry) Investigation at Ilchester Gaol..., first edition, etched frontispiece and 5 plates, bookplate, later half-calf, Thomas Dolby, 1821; A Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Improvements effected in His Majesty's Gaol at Ilchester, two folding engraved plans (1 loose), light browning, ?original boards, joints cracked but stitching intact, spine toned, Bath, Wood et al., 1822 § Gurney (Joseph John) Notes on a visit made to some of the Prisons in Scotland and the north of England in company with Elizabeth Fry, light spotting, ?original boards, rebacked, uncut, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1819; and another, v.s. (4)⁂ I. Henry Hunt, radical orator and later MP for Preston, was imprisoned at Ilchester for his role in the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. During this time he gathered evidence to present to the House of Commons against the abusive regime, particularly against the gaoler William Bridle for torture, drunkenness, rape and neglect. II. Brother of renowned prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, Gurney campaigned with his sister against capital punishment, and travelled nationally gathering material for prison reports for Parliament.
Radical Reformers.- Scottish Reform.- Radical Reformer's Gazette, The, no.1-14, all published, wood-engraved headpieces, Glasgow, Francis Reid; W. & W. Millar; George Murray, [1832-33] bound with Loyal Reformer's Gazzette, The., 65 issues only, a broken run, [Glasgow], [Muir, Gowans & Co.], [1832-33], together 2 vol., aquatint frontispiece, some trimming to margins (no text loss), nineteenth century red half morocco, 8vo (2) ⁂ A bound collection of rare periodicals relating to the Scottish Reform Act. The Loyal Refomer's Gazette, was know from no.54 onwards as The Reformer's Gazette; it ran for most of the 1830s aimed at middle class reformers. The Radical Reformer's Gazette, was more militant, modelled after the penny papers of Henry Hetherington and similarly issued illegally without stamps. Publication was shut down three times over the course of its run, publishers changing each time.
Law.- Woman printer.- Brooke (Sir Robert) Ascuns nouel cases de les ans & temps le Roy, H.8. Edw.6. & la Roygne Mary, escrie en la graund abridgement, black letter, title with small woodcut ornament, the odd instance of contemporary ink marginalia, lacking A3, title soiled, creased and little frayed, A6 detaching, final sig. margins gnawed, not affecting text, some mostly marginal worming (see in particular sigs H-K), affecting the odd letter, but without loss of sense, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern calf, spine in compartments and with poorly executed gilt, [STC 3824], 8vo, Jane Yetsweirt, 1597.⁂ Printed by one of England's first woman law printers.
NO RESERVE Crime prevention.- Philanthropic Society. First report of the Philanthropic Society. Instituted in London, September, 1788, for the prevention of crimes, first edition, title stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, disbound, Sold by T. Becket, Pall Mall; T. Hookham, New Bond Street; and J. Johnson, St Paul's Church-Yard, [1789]; and another, relating to financial irregularities within the organisation, 8vo & small 4to (2)⁂ The Philanthropic Society was founded in 1788 with the intention of caring for juvenile offenders, and the offspring of convicted criminals who were either in prison, or who had been transported. It opened homes in which children in need and young offenders were trained in cottage industries. Robert Young was a founder and treasurer of the Society. He was a serial social entrepreneur and had spent time in the Fleet debtors prison. It would appear that much of the money collected by him for the organisation never actually reached its coffers; likely being diverted into other schemes in which he was involved (see second item in lot).
Egypt.- Dolman (A.) Snap Shots from Aden & Egypt, 45 vintage photographic prints, each c.135 x 80 mm (5 1/4 x 3 in.), window mounted, small loss to one or two mounts, slight creasing and small marginal tear to one or two photographs, original owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, including images of Port Said, Suez Canal, and Pyramids, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1933 § Fielden (Lt. Geoffrey) Album Served 142 Sqn & 30 Sqn Mespot, c.85 vintage photographic prints, most depicting planes and plane crashes in the desert, many captioned by hand, each pasted to thick boards, contemporary half-rexine, upper cover detached, backstrip becoming detached, rubbed and worn, 1918; and an album containing 70 envelopes, most with autograph letters, most addressed to Nicolas St. Coutsinas in Cairo, v.s. (3).
Markham (Francis) The Booke of Honour, first edition, lacking initial blank, [STC 17331], Printed by Augustine Matthews, and John Norton, 1625, bound with Five Decades of Epistles of Warre, with initial blank, final leaf with contemporary ink inscription, [STC 17332], Printed by Augustine Matthews, 1622, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, some worming, mostly marginal, but heavier towards end and affecting some text, occasional light spotting or soiling, later panelled calf, rebacked, preserving old gilt spine, worn at extremities with loss to spine ends, joints splitting at head and foot, folio.⁂ From the library of the Marquess of Bute at Luton Hoo house, with "Luton" in blue pen to front pastedown.
Dickson (David) A Brief exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ, according to Matthew, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, 19th century speckled calf, gilt, spine creased and with ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Wing D1399], Printed for Ralph Smith, at the sign of the Bible in Cornhill, 1647 § Durham (James) The Unsearchable riches of Christ, and of grace and glory, in and through Him, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, Z4 upper corner torn with loss of pagination, Z6 both corners torn, with loss of part of pagination verso, trimmed at head, just touching first word of title and a few headlines, some spotting and staining, including ink occasionally, lightly browned, 19th century half morocco by J. Edmond of Aberdeen, spine gilt, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Falkirk, Printed and sold by Patrick Mair, 1786; and 2 others, religion & medicine, v.s. (4)
Egypt.- Loveday (D. V.) The Welcome Hostel Visitors' Book: Sailors & Soldiers Home, 2 vol., 5 vintage photographic prints loosely inserted, 2 depicting the hostel, manuscript insertions in multiple hands, lightly browning and occasional faint staining, original morocco, vol. 1 rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to & oblong 4to, Port Said, 1928-51.
Classics.- Euripides. Hecuba, Orestes, et Phœnissæ, 2 vol., text in Greek and Latin, bookplate of Osterley Park, some light foxing, contemporary crimson morocco, gilt, vol. 1 with small portion of loss to spine foot, rubbed but still an attractive set, joints starting but holding, g.e., [Maslen & Lancaster, Bowyer Ledgers 3472], R. Manby & H.S. Cox et al., 1748, and others, classics, including a 1724 13 vol. set of the works of Cicero, v.s. (c.55)
Beattie (James) Original Poems and Translations, first edition, contents ff. detached, worming, spotting, occasional staining, disbound, 1760 § [(Head) Richard)] The English Rogue: described, in the Life of Meriton Latroon, 4 vol., frontispieces, plates, unopened, scattered spotting, original boards, vols 2 & 4 lacking part of backstrip, a little rubbed, c.1900 § Sterne (Laurence) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, limited edition signed by artist, colour frontispiece and plates by Rowland Wheelwright, original buckram, gilt, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1926; and others similar, v.s. (c.50)
NO RESERVE 18th & 19th century broadsides.- How Sweet In The Woodlands, printed broadside, large oval woodcut illustration of a hunting party, part hand-coloured, a few small tears, slightly creased and soiled, laid down on card, 274 x 176mm., I Evans, 1786; and another, a satirical broadside, "Mr. Herwerdine. Town Life; In Answer to Captain Morris's celebrated Song of 'Country Life'", part hand-coloured, browned, v.s., v.d. (2).
NO RESERVE Egypt.- Maspero (Gaston) Egyptian Archaeology, one of 50 large paper copies, translated by Amelia B. Edwards, illustrations, original gilt-stamped vellum, soiled, uncut, 1887 § Whymper (Charles) Egyptian Birds, first edition, colour plates, occasional foxing, endpapers browned, original decorative cloth, A. & C. Black, 1909 § White (Arthur Silva) From Sphinx to Oracle, first edition, plates, illustrations, folding map, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed and spine a little faded, 1899; and c.130 others on Egypt, v.s. (c.133)
NO RESERVE London's lowlifes.- A fortnights ramble through London, or A complete display of all the cheats and frauds practized in that great metropolis, with the best methods for eluding them, engraved vignette title, lacking frontispiece and final advertisement f., title soiled, some staining, lightly browned, 20th century cloth-backed boards, spine gilt, rare, Printed by & for J. Roach at the Britannia Printing Office, Woburn Street New Drury Theatre Royal, 22nd May, 1795; and a book purportedly from the library of Lewis Carroll, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Women & Education.- [More (Hannah)] Essays on various subjects, principally designed for young ladies, new edition, half-title, 8pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary dark green mottled calf, gilt, spine lacking label and with small piece of leather excised, corners little worn, rubbed, Printed by Whittingham and Rowland; for Sharpe and Hailes, 1810 § Ferguson (James) and David Brewster. The Art of drawing in perspective made easy to those who have no previous knowledge of the mathematics, new edition, the first revised by Brewster, half-title, 4 folding engraved plates, offsetting, occasional spotting, original boards, original printed label to spine, archival tape repairs to spine ends, joints little chipped, but holding firm, rubbed, Edinburgh, Printed for Stirling and Slade; and G. and W. B. Whittaker, London, 1823; and 10 others, similar, v.s. (12)
NO RESERVE Confectionery.- Stavely (S.W.) The New whole art of confectionary, sugar boiling, iceing, candying, wines, jelly making, &c. &c., 'A new edition', spotting and staining, lightly browned, later buff wrappers, [cf. Cagle 1009], Derby, Printed by G. Wilkins and son, [c.1830]; and another, defective 19th century Cookery, 12mo (2)
Book sale catalogue.- Paxton (Jonas, auctioneer) Claydon Rectory. Valuable and carefully selected library of upwards of 1,200 volumes...of the late Rev. Thomas Wright, printed sheets trimmed and laid down in a contemporary ledger, buyer's names and prices in ink on opposite page, some staining, contemporary marbled wrappers, upper cover with mounted printed sale title label with ink manuscript additions, rubbed, small 4to, [?Bicester], Tuesday, 25th May, 1841.⁂ Unrecorded. 414 lots of English and Continental books of the 17th to 19th centuries to be offered on site in Buckinghamshire. Possibly the auctioneer's own copy, as we find occasional manuscript notes such as '5 lots of miscellaneous works to be inserted as lots 427, 428, 429, 430 & 431'.
NO RESERVE Shakespeare (William) The Works, 3 vol., edited by Howard Staunton, engraved portrait frontispiece and illustrations after John Gilbert, occasional light foxing, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, rubbed, 1862-64; and others 19th century, including 5 vol. uniformly bound works of famous dramatists, large 8vo & 4to (9)
France & Italy.- Albanis de Beaumont (Jean Francois) Travels through the Maritime Alps from Italy to Lyons, additional engraved title, 17 sepia aquatint views only (of 18, lacking "Nice and its environs") and 1 engraved plate, 4 engraved maps or plans (1 folding), 1795, bound with Select Views of the Antiquities and Harbours in the South of France, additional engraved title, 11 aquatint views only (of 12, lacking "Harbour and City of Marseilles"), 2 engraved plans and 1 plate, 1 leaf working loose, 1794, together 2 works in 1 vol., offsetting, some light foxing, contemporary half morocco, worn at extremities, rubbed, joints split at foot, [Abbey, Travel 51 & 52], Printed by T. Bensley, folio.
Money-Coutts (F.B.) Poems, half-title, signed presentation inscription from the author to "my aunt the Baroness Burdett-Coutts" on front free endpaper, dated Oct 24 '96, handsomely bound in brown crushed morocco by Lloyd, covers with gilt-tooled borders with teal morocco onlays, spine gilt in compartments with quatrefoil motif, slight rubbing to spine, some minor spotting to covers, g.e., 1896; with 3 others attractively bound, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ The Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), born Angela Georgina Burdett, became one of the wealthiest women in England upon inheriting the fortune of her grandfather, banker Thomas Coutts. Upon her death, her nephew Francis Money-Coutts became the sole beneficiary.
Arts & Crafts style binding.- Boswell (James) Boswell's Life of Johnson, 2 vol. in 1, portrait frontispiece to each vol., occasional spotting, lightly browned, attractive contemporary brown crushed morocco, gilt, in an Arts & Crafts style, signed with 'FG' monogram (?Frank Garrett) to rear turn-in, spine in compartments, some fading, mostly to spine, little rubbed, g.e., 8vo (binding 174 x 124mm.), 1904.
NO RESERVE Strachey (John) Post D: Some Experiences of an Air Raid Warden, 1941 § Bradley (Omar N.) A Soldier's Story of the Allied Campaigns from Tunis to the Elbe, 1951 § Rawlings (Leo) & Bill Duncan. And the Dawn Came up Like Thunder, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, 1972, first editions; and 3 others, World War II related, v.s. (6)
Cookery.- Huth (Angela, novelist and journalist, b. 1938) [Cookery diary at Wootton House & Ladybird Cottage], autograph manuscript, 38pp. excluding blanks, on thick card, 29 photographs, including: Princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon, Norman Parkinson etc., original cartoon by Nicholas Garland, original hessian-backed boards, folio, 1966-74.
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, 2 vol. tenth and eleventh thousand, ink ownership inscription to front free endpapers or half-title, hinge broken in places, original cloth, lightly soiled spine ends frayed and splitting at joints, 1968-1872 § Tozer (Katharine) Wanderings of Mumfie, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipping to spine ends and corners, spine browned, split along lower joint, 1935 § Lewis (C.S.) The Horse and His Boy, first edition, ink ownership name to half-title, endpapers lightly spotted, original cloth, ring stain to upper cover, spine browned, lightly soiled, 1954; and 27 others, children's literature, v.s. (31)
Khayyám (Omar) The Rubaiyat, one of 750 copies, illustrated by Willy Pogany, with an original etching signed by the artist, 12 colour plates tipped-in, black and white vignettes, contemporary decorative morocco, small stain to upper cover, spine a little sunned, 1930 § Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of the Faithful Dove, first edition, one of 100 copies, usual browning to free endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, very minor dust-soiling to edges and folds, but overall an excellent copy, [Linder 432; V&A pp.1236-1238 & 1715; Taylor, Whalley, Hobbs, Battrick p.168], Warne, 1955 § Cinderella. one of 850 copies with colour frontispiece and signed by the illustrator, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, small ink ownership inscription, some light off-setting, original cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, dust-jacket, slightly chipped and stained, 1919 § Froude (James A.) The Cat's Pilgrimage, first edition, 6 plain plates by Jemima Blackburn, bookplate, contemporary half calf, Edinburgh, 1870; and 5 others children and illustrated, v.s. (9)
Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition, second printing, colour illustrations, double-page endpaper occurring twice (December 1903, first printing of October 1903 had single endpaper occurring four times), ink inscription to verso of endpaper, couple of minor abrasions, original pictorial boards, head of spine missing and foot nicked, Frederick Warne & Co., 1903; and 3 other first editions by Potter in 'well-loved' condition, 16mo (4)
Flaxman (John) The Odyssey of Homer [ - The Illiad of Homer], 2 vol., engraved titles, 34 and 39 plates respectively, original boards, paper labels to upper covers, extremities worn, rubbed, 1805; Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus, engraved title and 30 plates, title with repaired vertical tear (no loss), contemporary half calf, loss to spine, worn, covers detached, 1795; Lectures on Sculpture, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 52 plates, 1 folding but chipped at fore-edge, a few trimmed close at fore-edge affecting imprint, contemporary calf prize binding with "Presented by The Royal Academy to Mr George James Miller" in gilt to upper cover, spine broken, lacking backstrip and lower cover, g.e., 1838, some spotting and damp-staining; with 2 others, an illustrated Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Cox's Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours, oblong folio & 8vo (6)
[Humphreys (Henry Noel)] The Miracles of our Lord, chromolithographed title and text within illuminated decorative borders heightened with gold, 2 leaves of letterpress at end (lightly foxed), original morocco-backed black papier maché binding, g.e., slightly worn at corners, [Abbey Life 222; Ray 231], 1848 § Houghton (Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord) Good Night & Good Morning...Illuminations and Etchings by Walter Severn Esq., presentation copy from the author to Lady Muriel Boyle inscribed on front pastedown, chromolithographed and heightened with gold, 1872 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) The May Queen, chromolithographed title and illuminated borders by L.Summerbell, tissue guards, some spotting, [c.1876]; Poems, wood-engraved illustrations after Millais, D.G.Rossetti, Holman Hunt & others, a few leaves water-stained, Edward Moxon & Co., 1859, all but the first original decorated cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed; and a small quantity of others, Victorian illustrated, mostly wood-engraved, 8vo & 4to (c.60)
NO RESERVE Alaux (Jean-Paul & Gustave) L'Histoire Merveilleuse de Christophe Colomb, number 30 of 20 on Japon with an original signed illustration and an additional suite of illustrations, from a total edition of 950, plates, illustrations, original wrappers bound-in, scattered faint spotting, most to fore-edges, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, previous owner's discreet blind-stamp at end, 4to, Paris, 1924.
NO RESERVE India.- La Touche (Sir James John Digges) Gazetteer of Ajmer-Merwara, in Rajputá'na, title foxed and with library blind-stamp, inner margins wormed, some spotting or foxing, lightly browned, gutta percha perished, original cloth-backed printed boards, spine faded and worn, but holding firm, some worming, Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1875; and an unrecorded issue of a rare work on revenue orders, Lahore, 1855, small 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ Rare. Provenance: Pandit Sandar Lal, Advocate High Court, Allahabad (bookplate).
Braque (Georges).- Malraux (André) & Hervé Alphand. Des Dieux et Déesses ou Hommage a Georges Braque, one of 145 copies on grand vélin d'Arches, from an edition of 225, 12 full-page plates, scattered faint spotting, loose as issued, previous owner's discreet blindstamp and pencil note, housed in original blue cloth drop-back box, gilt relief image to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Paris, 1971.
Dutry (Marc).- Renassia (Daniel) & Joseph Ben Aaron. Le Livre du Job, Letter 'D' from an edition of 4, from a total edition of 230, 16 full-page plates by Dautry, illustrations, 2 additional suites of 13 plates, 1 sepia and 1 black and white, 2 mounted copperplates, 1 loose, lacking original gouache, all loose as issued, faint marginal spotting, previous owner's discreet blind-stamp at end, housed in original paper wrappers, housed in original pictorial vellum drop-back box, a little rubbed, fractional bumping to corners, folio, Nice, Joseph Pardo, 1961.
Reinig (Christa) Die Ballade vom blutigen Bomme, number 2 of 180 copies, folding plates by Christoph Meckel, each signed in pencil, bookplate, original boards, fractional bumping to corners, Düsseldorf, 1972 § Wolfram (Peer) & Richard Wagner. Es braust mein Blut in blühender Brunst, number 30 of 200 copies, plates, signed in pencil, bookplate, original boards, Düsseldorf, 1974 § Kirchner (Robert) Das Hohelied Salomos, limited edition, frontispiece and illustrations signed by Kirchner in pencil, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners, lacking slipcase, 1968; previous owner's discreet blind-stamp at end, and others, German art or illustrated, v.s. (27)
Golden Cockerel Press.- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Hymn to Proserpine, one of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland-Wright, original cloth, 1944 § Coppard (A. E.) Pelagea & other poems, one of 425 copies, signed by the author on endpaper, woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original buckram-backed boards, dust-jacket, spine browned, panels spotted, 1926; and 13 others by Golden Cockerel and other presses included several prospectuses, v.s. (15)
Private Presses.- Holland (Lord) Eve's Legend, number 37 of 300 copies, hand-coloured plates and illustrations by Hester Sainsbury, bookplate of Pamela and Raymond Lister founders of the Golden Head Press, faint staining to endpapers, original decorative boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1928 § Phipps (Howard) Ebble Valley, one of 300 copies, signed in pencil by author, folding frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original pictorial boards, housed in original slipcase, The Whittington Press, 2007 § Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the parliament of England, one of 400 copies, original buckram, Deighton, Bell & Company, 1973 § Boccaccio (Giovanni) Amorous Fiammetta, one of 550 copies, colour plates, original limp green vellum, faint spotting, faded spine, contemporary cardboard slipcase, rubbed and bumped, The Mandrake Press, 1929, previous owner's neat blind-stamp towards end of each vol.; and others private presses, v.s. (38)
Shakespeare Head Press.- Malory (Sir Thomas) The Noble & Jouous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur, 2 vol., one of 370 copies printed from the Wynkyn de Worde edition of 1498, printed in red and black in double-column, woodcut illustrations, original half red morocco, spines gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in original cardboard packaging, rubbed, lacking a few flaps, large 8vo, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1933.
Butler (A.S.G.) George Stewart & Christopher Hussey. The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, 3 vol. , one of 1500 reprints, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, a little toned, spine heads creased, otherwise very crisp copies, folio, Woodbridge, 1984.⁂ Together forming The Lutyens Memorial.
Cartwright (Julia) Jean François Millet, number 18 of 50 large paper copies, frontispiece and plates, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1896 § Catalogue of the Etched Work of Frank Brangwyn, half-title, title in red and black, portrait frontispiece, plates, tissue-guards, occasional water-staining, cracked hinges, original vellum-backed boards, rubbed and worn, staining, bumping to corners and extremities, 1912 § Johnson (Robert Flynn) & Joseph R. Goldyne. Master Drawings from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts ..., limited edition, plates, original cloth, slipcase, a little rubbed, San Francisco, n.d.; previous owner's discreet blind-stamp at end, and others art and antiquities, v.s. (c.40)
Middle East & Europe.- Debbas (Fouad) [Early Photographs of the Near East: Mount Lebanon, Early Photographs], 60 sepia plates, 3 maps, text in Arabic, all loose as issued, housed in original cloth box, fractional bumping to corners, 1997 § Wheelhouse (Claudius Galen) Narrative of a Yacht Voyage in the Mediterranean 1849-1850, 2 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, housed in original cloth slipcase, shrink-wrapped, Bradford, 2006; folio & 4to (2).⁂ Fouad C. Debbas (1930-2001), built the world's largest private collection of postcards and old photographs of Lebanon and the Middle East. He believed in the importance of collecting, preserving and sharing old images to safeguard the collective memory and history of the entire region.
NO RESERVE Scandinavia.- Tweedie (Ethel B.) A Winter Jaunt to Norway, signed and inscribed "Mittag-Leffler with the authors kind regards & remembrance of a delightful evening. Ethel B. Tweedie", frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 4pp. advertising pamphlet loosely inserted, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1894 § Oppenheim (E. C.) New Climbs in Norway, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, captioned tissue-guard, illustrations, scattered spotting, small blind-stamp to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1898; and others similar, 8vo (5)
Africa.- Holland (Major Trevenen J.) & Captain Henry Hozier. Record of the Expedition to Abyssinia compiled by order of the Secretary of State for War, 3 vol., including portfolio, first edition, 2 additional lithographed titles, 32 lithographs, maps and plans, some hand-coloured, 1 folding table, 5 large linen-backed folding maps and loose Index sheet in portfolio as issued, scattered spotting, occasional pencil underlining, near contemporary half-morocco, gilt, rubbed and worn, cracked hinges, bumping to corners and extremities, [Shapero, Africana 183], 1870.⁂ The portfolio accompanying this copy contains all 5 maps called for. It is rare to find this with all 5 maps, the copy Shapero reference only contains 3.
NO RESERVE Britain.- Syms (H.S.) 2 Albums containing c.40 original sepia watercolours of British views and landscapes, traces of graphite, some with subject and date in lower right in ink, most signed, dated and with subject in pencil on album leaf (sometimes faded or partly erased), each watercolour between c.270 x 180mm. and c.180 x 130mm., hinges broken with leaves loose, contemporary half roan over marbled boards, roan label to upper covers with "Sepia Sketches" and "H.S. Syms" in gilt, rubbed, [first half of 19th century]; with an oversized scrap album in a hand-embroidered binding, including ephemera relating to the coronation of George V, oblong 4to & elephant folio (3)⁂ While the majority of watercolours depict Sussex, the album also includes views of Skiddaw and Ulswater, as well as Smuggler's Cave and Peel Castle on the Isle of Man.
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