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Click here to subscribePullman, Philip The Subtle Knife, 1997, Scholastic. First edition in dustwrapper, signed to the title page. The second in the His Dark Materials Trilogy. A very near fine copy. idem Lyra's Oxford, 2003, David Fickling, red cloth boards with illustrated title label to front panel as issued. Together with three hardback reprints, The Book of Dust signed. (5)
Harling (Robert) edit. Image: A Quarterly of the Visual Arts, Numbers 1 to 8, 1949-1952, eight volumes (all published), colour and monochrome illustrations after Piper, Gill, Ravilious, etc., cloth bound retaining original wraps; Moore (Henry), Shelter Sketch Book, nd., Editions Poetry, facsimile artists signature to front free endpaper (dated 1940), colour plates, dust wrapper (priced 15/-);
Legrand (Edy.) Macao et Cosmage, ou l'Experience du Bonheur, 1919, Paris; Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, quarto, colour illustrations (some leaves loose), pictorial boards (worn); de Brunhoff (Jean), The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant, 1934, Methuen, folio, first English edition, ownership inscription, original cloth-backed pictorial boards (worn); Oftini (Fritz von) & Pellar (Hanns), Der Kleine Konig, nd. [c1909], Munchen; Dietrich, oblong quarto, colour plates, original cloth-backed boards; Nicholson (William), [Clever Bill], nd., Heinemann, defective ?first edition, front endpaper followed by 22 numbered pages with colour illustrations, lacking upper board and backstrip, rear board detached; Anderson (Anne) illus., The Sunbeam Picture Book, nd., Collins, folio, eight colour illustrations, cloth-backed pictorial boards (5)
Ephemera An interesting and extensive collection of letters, indentures, assorted ephemera, copies of photographs, etc, predominantly relating to the Howard family of Corby Castle in Cumbria, as well as the Duke of Norfolk, et al, 18th century and later, includes many interesting letters, some with pre-stamp markings, a printed poaching document, an angling permit for the River Eden, an engraved receipt, a manuscript inventory, etc., in five boxes, personal inspection highly recommended (qty) [from the same vendor as lot 94 in our November 2017 book sale]
Gimlette (Thomas) The History of the Huguenot Settlers in Ireland, and Other Literary Remains, nd., [c1888], private printing, quarto, two plates, four maps, three plates, some annotation, cloth; Hodges (John George), Report of the Trial of John Mitchel for Felony, .... at the Commission Court, Dublin, May 1848, 1848, Dublin; Thom, some annotation relating to a juror, quarter cloth; Graham (John), A History of the Siege of Londonderry [Derry] and Defence of Enniskillen in 1688 and 1689, 1829, Dublin; William Curry, frontis, engraved title, map, plate, small broadside song tipped-in, later half morocco; Trinity, The Book of Trinity College, Dublin 1591-1891, 1892, quarto, frontis, top edge gilt, quarter vellum; with five others (9)
Holy Bible The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the originall tongues ..., 1639, printed by Robert Barker .. by the assignes of John Bill, quarto in eights, Herbert #539, preceded by Kalendar of psalmes, Book of Common Prayer/Psalmes (1636) and Genealogies. Downame's Concordance and Book of Psalmes (1634) at rear, calf; The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New ..., 1670, Cambridge; printed by John Hayes, quarto in eights, Herbert #702, public library bookplate, reversed calf (2)
GILLIES, JOHN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD FROM THE REIGN OF ALEXANDER TO THAT OF AUGUSTUS. London: Strahan, 1807. 2 vols., large 4to., light tan calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, black morocco lettering pieces: Gibbon, Edward. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire: introductory memoir of the author by William Youngman. London: Ball, Arnold & Co., 1840. Small folio, (one vol. edition) engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper outer joint partly split, book label of Charles Crofton-Atkins and 2 others [5] Others: Giberne,A. The ocean of the air. London, 1894; Creevey, T. The Crevey papers. 1904. Vol. 1 only
HARLAN J. A MEMOIR OF INDIA AND AVGHANISTAUN [sic] with observations on the present exciting and critical state and future prospects of those countries. Philadelphia: Dobson, 1842. First edition, 8vo., engraved portrait frontispiece of Dôst Mo??ammad, engraved folding map of Cabul and map of Djillalabad, later calf, gilt, bookplate of Charles Crofton-Atkins Note: Josiah Harlan (1799?1871) was an adventurer and soldier of fortune who possibly was the first American to travel to Afghanistan. He found employment as a surgeon with the British East India Company. In 1827 he entered the service of Shah Shooja-ool-Moolk, the former leader of Afghanistan who had been deposed in 1810. Following later intrigues with various Afghan leaders, he was later expelled by the British. The book begins with a discussion of the disastrous defeat of the Anglo-Indian force at the hands of Afghan tribesmen in January 1842. Six of the book's seven chapters deal with British India, its foreign policy, and its relationship to Afghanistan. The seventh, and by far the longest, chapter is a detailed description of Amir Dôst Mo??ammad Khân (1793-1863), based in part on Harlan's service to and interactions with the Amir.
TSCHUDI, JUAN DIEGO DE TRAVELS IN PERU, DURING THE YEARS 1838-1842: translated from the German by Thomasina Ross. New edition. New York: Putnam, 1849. 8vo., modern green calf, paper with patches of discolouration throughout: Squier, E. George. Peru: incidents of travel and exploration in the land of the Incas. New York: Harper, 1877. 8vo., engraved frontispiece, illustrations, map, plates, original cloth, rebacked, original backstrip retained; Raimondi, Antonio. El Peru. Lima: Imprento del Estado, 1874- 79. 3 vols., small folio, folding maps, pales, later full calf, red and green morocco lettering pieces, some wormholes in vol. III; Vegas, M.I. Historia de la marina de Guerra del Peru 1821- 1924. Lima: Castro, 1929. 8vo., plates, later half calf, cloth boards, library stamps on some leaves; Bulnes, Gonzalo. Historia de la Campana del Peru en 1838. Santiago: Los Tiempos, 1878. 8vo., folding map; Zumaeta, P. Las cuestiones del Putumayo. Barcelona, Tasso, 1913. 2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo., quarter calf, buckram, lower sections of part 1 with worming ; Rey de Castro, C. Los escandalos del Putumayo. Barcelona: Tasso, 1913. 8vo., quarter calf, buckram and 5 others , all with book plates of Charles Crofton-Atkins [14] Others: Narracion circunstanciada de la deplorable castrofe sufrida en Lima. [n.d.: Diez Canseco, J.A. Para la historia patria. 1921. Irigoyen. Historia de la cathedral de Lima 1535-1898. Lima, 1898.] Lorente. Histoia Antigua del Peru. 1860. Hoye. Peru. Tr. Hogarth. 1966
*DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) "HOME" an illustration from "Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm", published 1970, etching, 42.5cm x 30.5cm Provenance: Acquired from Goldmark Gallery Note: In the 1960s David Hockney was hired to illustrate the British Royal Academy of Arts' book Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm. From over 350 Grimm fairytales, Hockney selected 6: "The Little Sea Hare", "Fundevogel", "Rapunzel", "The Boy who left Home to learn Fear", "Old Rink Rank" and "Rumpelstiltzhen". The above lot features in the story "The Boy who left Home to learn Fear"
CIRCLE OF SIR HENRY RAEBURN (1756-1823) Portrait of James Traill of Hobbister, Castlehill and Rattar, Sheriff of Caithness, seated in an armchair, his finger saving a page in the book he holds in his right hand, a table of assorted books and papers beside him, oil on canvas, together with the companion portrait of his wife Lady Janet Sinclair, seated beneath a tree in a landscape, oil on canvas, both 126cm x 100cm (2)
EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND INLAID BOOK TABLE, CIRCA 1910, with line and marquetry inlaid decoration, the circular top with a moulded edge above a galleried X form revolving lower tier, on a vasiform spiral turned upright column support and ending in a carved tripod base, 46cm diam, 71cm high Provenance: Private Surrey Collection
Miniature Book. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1779, engraved view of Somerset House, 12pp., two pockets at ends, one with gilt-blocked writing sheet, silk doublures, original red morocco, morocco onlays of blue and cream, gilt clasp, extremities somewhat worn, 67mm x 60mm, London: Company of Stationers, 1779
Dorset. A collection of books and pamphlets relating to the history, archeology, architecture and topography of Dorset and adjacent counties, including; The Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle 1834-1934, half morocco, top edge gilt, 4to, London: T.U.C., 1934; Nightingale, J.E. The Church Plate of the County of Dorset, inscribed by the author, original cloth, 8vo, Salisbury: Bennett Brothers, 1889; Bayley. A.R. The Civil War in Dorset 1642-1660, original cloth, 8vo, Taunton: Barnicott and Pearce, 1910; Fowler, Joseph. Mediaeval Sherborne, bookplate of Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner, original cloth, 4to, Dorchester: Longmans, 1951, and others, mostly 20th century, v.s. (200, approx.)
Hoyle, Edmond. A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist...[etc.], 4 parts in one volume, tenth edition, spotted, contemporary calf-backed boards, worn, 8vo, London: T. Osborne, 1750; Cervantes de Saavedra, Miguel. Don Quixote de la Mancha, 4 volumes, engraved plates after Tony Johannot, some browning and spotting, modern half morocco gilt, 8vo, London: J.J. Dubochet, 1837; Detmold, E.J. Fabre's Book of Insects, later edition, coloured plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, box (a.f.), 4to, New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1937 (5)
Dickens, Charles. Bleak House, 2 volumes, first edition in book form, engraved additional title, frontispiece and 38 engraved plates after Hablot Knight Browne, spotted, browned, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1853; Little Dorrit, 2 volumes, first edition in book form, engraved additional title, frontispiece and 38 engraved plates after Hablot Knight Browne, spotted, browned, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1857; bound in uniform contemporary half calf, rubbed (4)
Manuscript, Arabic. Kitâb al-mutâjir, 442pp., Naskhî script, black ink, headings and keywords in red, commented sentences ruled in red, decorative headpiece on the incipit, main text framed by a close red and double-lined gold rim, additional larger outer double-lined black frame, later lacquered boards, inset with floral motifs, boards detached, 210mm x 300mm, ?c.1850 Kitâb al-mutâjir, or The Book of the Merchant, is a manual of rules concerning commerce. This fine copy was possibly commissioned for display or teaching purposes as an outer frame has been drawn around the text, perhaps to allow for marginal comments. We are grateful to Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb for her assistance with this lot. See illustration.
A FAMILY GROUP OF MEDALS & SERVICE ARCHIVE namely a Great War and later group of seven to Company Quarter Master Sergeant W.B. Crichton, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots, comprising the 1914-15 Star (275161 Pte. W. B. Crichton, R.Scots), British War & Victory Medals (1605 Pte. W. B. Crichton, R. Scots), General Service Medal, GRVI, single clasp Palestine (3047638 C.Sjt. W.B. Crichton. R. Scots),1939-45 Defence Medal, and Long Service Good Conduct Medal, GRV, clasp Regular Army (3047638 Sjt. W.B. Crichton R. Scots), officially impressed, mounted for wearing, and an Order of Merit 1st Class Corps of Commissionaires, with related dress miniatures; together with a Korean War pair to Private J.W. Crichton, Army Service Corps, Highland Brigade (son of the above), comprising Korea Medal (S/2272634 Pte. J.W. Crichton. R.A.S.C.) and United Nations Service Medal (un-named as issued), clasp Korea, in their original card box of issue; with a related National Service Discharge Army Book 111, an R.A.S.C. cloth brassard and a collection of personal photographs, some inscribed verso. Note: Walter Burgess Crichton joined the army on the 5th of August 1914 and was discharged on the 31st of January 1919. He re-enlisted with the colours on the 7th of July 1921, and served continually until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. He ended his long military career as an officer with the Home Guard. The collection includes his Glengarry bearing bi-metal cap badge of the Royal Scots, Regular Army Certificate of Service, Soldier's Service & Pay Book, Regimental photographs including 'D. (M.G.) Company & Indian Platoon 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots - Quetta (India) 1931'; 'Member's Sergeant's Mess 1st Battalion The Royal Scots (Northern Command Tattoo, Roundhay Park, Leeds, 1937'; and 'W.O's & Sergeants, 1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) Visit of H.R.H.'; personal photographs India 1930s; 'Home Guard No.29 Platoon No.7 Company - 51st Surrey (Malden) Bn. Home Guard'; (Lieut. W. B. Crichton) - Home Guard - Surrey 31'; and two cased marching compasses, one inscribed 'W.B. Crichton, 2nd Royal Scots'.
[PHOTOGRAPHS & POSTCARDS]. A TAUNTON TRAMWAYS & SOMERSET BUS ARCHIVE comprising a group portrait of the staff inside the depot at the start of operations in 1901, 19cm x 23.5cm; a group portrait of the staff immediately prior to the company ceasing to operate in 1921, 11cm x 16cm; two intermediate group portraits; a real photographic postcard of the National Omnibus Co. bus before the first service from Taunton to Ilminster and Chard; a further seventeen assorted real photographic postcards of charabancs and coaches on trips in the West Country; and other items, including a presentation copy of a book, Perkin, J.B. Exeter and Taunton Tramways, first edition, Middleton Press, Midhurst, 1994, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, octavo.
A Continental cabinet cup with painted decoration in the manner of Teniers of a girl reading a book with two onlookers, heavy gilt highlights and indistinct mark to base in the manner of Sèvres CONDITION REPORTS Large areas of loss, wear and fading to the gilt work both on the inside and outside of the cup and on the handle. Chip to the underside of the flared rim. Light surface scratches etc. General signs of wear and tear conducive with age and use. See pictures for details.
A LARGE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM featuring pre-war Mercedes-Benz, a reprint sales brochure, an instruction book (well- worn) for Type SS and Type SSK, a reprint parts list, sales brochures for Bugatti B-118 and Lamborghini Diablo VT, a Voisin price list, Knox price and parts lists, copies of sales advertisements, cigarette cards and many others
Bristol.- Law.- Presentment (The) of the Grand Jury of Bristol at the General Sessions of the Peace, &c. holden there, begun March 13. 1682. To the right worshipful, Thomas Eston, Esq; Mayor; the right worshipful Sir John Churchhill, Knight, Recorder..., single sheet, 359 x 219mm., printed recto and verso, fold, short tear, chip to margin, soiled, [Wing P3286], folio, printed by H. Hills, Jun. for Charles Allin, book-seller in Bristol: and published by Ran. Taylor, near Stationers Hall, 1683.⁂ Scarce; only 6 copies listed by ESTC (3 in UK: BL, Cambridge & National Library of Scotland) but it appears to be the same item as Wing P3285 which lists 3 copies, 2 in UK (BL & Lincoln's Inn).
Natural History.- Kirkman (F. B.) and B. A. Oxen, The British Bird Book, 2 vol. only (of 4), edition de luxe numbered and signed by publisher, 95 colour plates, black and white plates and illustrations, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed and worn, 1911 § Goldsmith (Oliver) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, additional hand-coloured titles, engraved plates, many hand-coloured, map, illustrations, ink signature to blank prelims, occasional spotting, occasional water-staining, contemporary half morocco, rubbed joints, 1852; folio 8vo (4)
America.- Hawkins (Alfred) Hawkins's Picture of Quebec; with Historical Recollections, first edition, additional lithographed title and 13 plates, one engraved, the rest lithographed views, without the 2 maps (as usual, not called for in list of plates but sometimes found with the book), original cloth, spine with paper label, Quebec, 1834 § Hunter, Jr. (W.S.) Chisholm's Panoramic Guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec, wood-engraved additional pictorial title, large folding panorama and illustrations, panorama becoming detached, advertisements on pink paper at beginning and yellow at end, original pictorial cloth, lightly damp-stained at edges, Montreal, [?1868] § Stories about Whale Catching, wood-engraved plates, heavily foxed, contemporary roan-backed boards, New Haven, S.Babcock, 1832 § Carling (John, editor) Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. Canada: its History, Productions and Natural Resources, 2 folding colour maps (in pockets at ends), original cloth, spine faded, Ottawa, 1886, all rubbed; and a small bundle of others, Americas, v.s. (c.10)
Asia.- Williamson (Rev. Alexander) Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia: with some acount of Corea, 2 vol., first edition, 7 wood-engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 2 folding maps, one spotted and with tear to fold, the other colour with short tear to edge, occasional other spotting, Peter Hopkirk's copy with his book-label, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, gouge to upper cover of vol.1, 8vo, 1870.
Spain.- [Ford (Richard)] A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain, and Readers at Home, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 folding engraved maps, one laid down on linen, the other in pocket at end of vol.2, also 24pp. pages of advertisements printed on blue paper at end of vol.2, contemporary signature of Ed. Bowen and bookplate of J.W.Bowen on front endpapers, original cloth, rather faded, vol.1 slightly damp-stained, vol.2 with short split to upper joint, John Murray, 1845 § Greene (William) Manuel Matamoros: His Life and Death. A Narrative of the late Persecution of Christians in Spain, ?first edition, with frontispiece of mounted actual photograph of Matamoros in his cell, original cloth, rubbed and damp-stained, 1866; and a Laurie & Whittle folding hand-coloured engraved map of Spain and Portugal dated 1808 in slip-case, 8vo (4)⁂ The first is a classic work of travel-writing and one of Murray's finest handbooks. The second concerns the Spanish Protestant Matamoros who was imprisoned for his prosetylising and became a symbol of religious freedom.
West Indies.- 18th century Packet Boat to Barbados.- Golightly (Robert, Commander of the Ship Newcastle, fl. 1756) Journal Book... "From Bristol Towards Barbadoes", manuscript ship's log, 9pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, pen and ink compass drawing loosely inserted at end, 8 watercolours of ships loosely inserted, original wrappers, manuscript title on upper cover, ink stained and slightly marked, 1756; and another manuscript ship's log, ship St. George to Bristol to the Cape of Good Hope, 1840, folio (2).⁂ First mentioned: "Monday Febry. ye 2d 1756 at four in the morning ... Sail for ye Island of Barbadoes in Company wth. 30 sails for Different Ports at 8: P:M a Brest a Pawlock [Porlock] at 10... Dicharg'd the Pilot. fine pleasant breezes."
Salmon (William) Seplasium. The Compleat English Physician: or, the Druggist's Shop Opened, first edition, half-title, with a4 leaf (blank but for table on verso for pasting over table on p.304), contemporary ink inscription of Robert Parker at head of title and with engraved bookplate of Edward Parker of Browsholme, Yorks., occasional soiling, a few minor marginal defects, contemporary calf, rubed, spine ends worn, [Wing S452], for Matthew Gilliflower, 1693 § Medicina curiosa: or, a Variety of new Communications in Physick, Chirurgery, and Anatomy..., No.2 only (of 2), drop-head title, with another title-page supplied in old ink manuscript at beginning, ?lacking table, one or two ink annotations (one cropped), a little soiled, small ink stain to final leaf, modern morocco, Tho. Basset, 1684 § Culpeper (Nicholas) The English Physitian Enlarged, vertical half-title bound at end of preliminaries, a little soiled and stained, paper flaw to foot of D2 affecting a few letters, old front free endpaper with contemporary inscription "James ffinch his book 1713" bound in, modern roan, by Peter Cole, 1653 § Hammond (Dr.) Spermatorrhoea, and its immediate self cure..., plate, original limp cloth, lightly stained, 1864, 8vo & 4to (4) ⁂ The second is the second part of the first English medical periodical, of which only two numbers were issued. It includes several cures for diseases including the "French pox".
Magic & Conjuring.- [Lewis (Angelo J.)],"Professor Louis Hoffmann". Modern Magic, first edition, first state with Routledge monogram on title, frontispiece (becoming loose), illustrations, original first state pictorial cloth with the hat in black and cone in gilt, damp-stained, [1876] § Greenwood (James) Silas the Conjurer. His Travels and Perils, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed, Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. § Boy's Own Conjuring Book..., frontispiece, illustrations, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, New York, Dick and Fitzgerald, 1860; and 3 others on conjuring, 8vo (6)
[More (Sir Thomas [St Thomas More], lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr, 1478-1535)] [The answere to the fyrst part of the poysened booke, whych a namelesse heretyke hath named the souper of the lorde], manuscript in a fine Tudor hand, 1½pp., 1f. only from a larger work and unfinished at end, one side 39 lines, browned, disbound, folio, [c. 1530s].⁂ The Answer to a Poisoned Book was a defence of the orthodox doctrine of the eucharist, published in 1533, and the last of More's religious publications. Written in response to Tyndale's The Souper of the Lorde, 1533, which from the above title would suggest that More was unaware of the author's name.
Legal & Great Western Railway.- Judge's Note-Book [West Oxfordshire Petty Sessions], manuscript, 168pp. excluding blanks, interleaved with blotting paper, 2pp. manuscript "Questions" loosely inserted, slightly browned, original blind-stamped morocco, gilt lettered direct on upper cover, slightly rubbed, 4to, 1874 - 1900.⁂ Includes a case involving the Great Western Railway: "1874 Gibbs v G.W.R. & Co... Gibbs... I received a parcel... on 24th June G.W. delivery not produced. I did not pay charge soles plaice Station master told me to take... rest of them & send in claim. I sent in claim for 10/- In depts parcel which came to Witney for me 125 herrings missing - roes broken - not fit to sell... Sent in claim for 15/-... ." Other cases including flooded land, making a tomb, debts etc.
Burma & England.- Hawkes (Philip, of Reading, educated at Wellington College, joined Royal Artillery, "superseded for absence without leave, son of General Henry Philip Hawkes, 1834-1900, b. 1867) Commonplace Book, manuscript (53pp., including: "Hindu Gods", "Sketch of the Maha-Bharata", "Thayetmyo Bowl... made by [H.L.] Tilly", "Rangoon Bowl", recipe for Mulligatawny paste, poems in England, some by Edith Louisa Hawkes etc.), 9 watercolours of Burmese designs, several pencil drawings ("Group of Cloisonne enamels", furniture designs etc.), several pen and ink drawings (some of Burmese figures & of an English sea side town), 2 photographs of Mandalay, ephemera (2 New Years Greetings cards etc.) and newspaper cuttings, together 175pp. excluding blanks, some ff. excised, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt stamped, (1882 diary), 8vo, 1882-1900.
Bible, English. [The Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New], 2 parts in 1, [Authorised version], black letter, double column, NT title within heart-shaped woodcut border, lacks general title and several ff. of text, bound before genealogies, bound with The Book of Common Prayer, margins heavily trimmed, 1638, an incomplete Genealogies, n.d., and some incomplete religious matter at end, some ff. with tears, some loose, margins trimmed, browned and some ff. soiled, some stains, a few 18th century family notes on verso of NT title and elsewhere, lacks free endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled calf, worn, lacks most of spine, [?Herbert 339], sm. 4to, Robert Barker, NT title dated 1615; sold not subject to return.
Goodwin (Thomas) The Tryall of a Christians Growth in Mortification or Vivification, 3 vol. bound in 1, R. Dawlman, 1643; bound before, The Vanity of Thoughts Discovered with their Danger and Cure, short marginal tear to final leaf, R. Dawlman, 1643; bound before, Aggravation of Sinne and Sinning Against Knowledge Mercie, small hole (N1), J. G. for R. Dawlman, 1650, heavily annotated, ink signatures to blanks, browning, fore-edge of title restored, chipping to first and last few leaves, modern calf, gilt, [Wing G1261, G1264 & G1224], 4to⁂ One of the earliest notes reads, 'J Elisabeth Matthews bought this book of Duglis Spencer Jan. 4th 1734.'
, Moderation a Vertue: or, a Vindication of the Principles and Practices of the Moderate Divines and Laity of the Church of England, 2 loose leaves, title and final leaf a little soiled, disbound, [Wing M2331B], Jonathan Robinson, 1683 § [Hayter (Thomas)] An Examination of a Book, Lately printed by the Quakers, occasional marginal staining, later half morocco, J. and H. Pemberton, 1740; small 4to (2)
[Grimaldi (Stacey)] The Lady's Toilet, third edition, engraved frontispiece and 9 hand-coloured engraved plates, each illustrating an object from the dressing table with flap lifting to reveal a virtue, tissue guards, 1 plate inner margin slightly stained, slightly foxed, original paper covered printed boards, slightly rubbed, parft of spine working loose, [Osborne vol. 2 p.418], 16mo, London, by the Author, 1823; and 8 others, including 2 vol. the Young Artist's Assistant New Drawing Book, n.d., v.s., v.d. (9).
EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT OF A READING GEISHA16cm x 11cm mounted, framed and under glass; along with another Japanese woodblock of a woman in an architectural setting with a cockerl crowing and architectural landscape in the backgroundNote: Possibly from a book illustration
FALLA MANUEL DE: (1876-1946) Spanish Composer. An attractive score book, signed and inscribed by Falla, the 9 x 12 hardback edition being a printed musical score of one of his most renowned works La Vida Breve (1905), published by Max Eschig, Paris. Signed and inscribed in black ink to the title page `To my dear Director.. with all my friendship, admiration and deep gratitude. Manuel de Falla.´ in French, adding also the date beneath the inscription, Paris 31st January 192?, in his hand. The 122 pages book is attractively bound in dark black and green leather with embossed gilt letters to the spine. Extremely small overall, minor age wear, otherwise VG £200-300La Vida Breve (1905) ("The Brief Life¨) is a lyric drama in two acts and four scenes, with libretto by the Spanish poet Carlos Fernandez-Shaw, and French adaptation by Paul Milliet. The present score includes words both in Spanish and French.
FRANCK CESAR: (1822-1890) Belgian-French Composer. A good score book, signed and inscribed by Franck, the 8 x 11 hardback edition being a printed musical score of his work Ruth (1843-46, revised 1860), published by G. Hartmann, Paris, 1869. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen ink to the title page `Affectionate homage to … César Franck´. The 117 pages book is attractively bound in dark green leather with embossed gilt letters to the spine. Extremely small overall, minor age wear, otherwise VG £150-200Ruth (1843-46), revised in 1860, is an "Eglogue Biblique" work in three parts, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, baritone, two tenors, four-voice chorus and orchestra, with libretto by French author Alexandre Guillemin (1789-1872). The present version is a piano-vocal score prepared by Franck himself which was issued in 1869 by Hartmann, Paris.
CHERUBINI LUIGI: (1760-1842) Italian Composer. A.L.S., L. Cherubini, one page, 4to, Paris, 29th April 1826, to Vicount of Rochefoucauld, in French. Cherubini, referring to a letter from Count Turpin states in part `..I was on my way to the Institute when the Count sent me the letter, and only found it later..´ Together with Cécile Cherubini (1773-1864) Anne Cécile Tourette. Wife of Luigi Cherubini. A.L.S., Cecile Cherubini, one page, 8vo, n.p., Friday 29th, n.y., to Alcide Beauchesne, in French. Accompanied by an 8vo small paperback book entitled Notice sur la vie et les Ouvrages de Cherubini, (`Life and works of Cherubini´) inscribed by Cécile Tourette to Beauchesne, containing 32 pages. Also including Salvador Louis Cherubini (1801-1869) Son of Luigi Cherubini. L. Cherubini, two pages, 12mo, n.p., Sunday, n.d., to Alcide Beauchesne, in French. G, 4 £100-120
WELLES ORSON: (1915-1985) American Actor & Film Director. Academy Award winner. Signed 7 x 9.5 paper photograph by Welles. A book-weight quality page removed from a book, the image depicting the actor in a half length pose. Signed in dark blue ink `Orson Welles´ to a clear area of the image. Signed by Welles in Paris in 1981. VG £100-150
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