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Click here to subscribeA mixed lot _ sewing comprising an ivory disc form pincushion 4.2cm, a needlecase as a furled umbrella with Stanhope (A Memory of Buxton, six views), a bone prisoner of war work stiletto, a leather book form needlepacket box, sixteen coloured needlebox prints, a vegetable ivory combination pincushion/tape measure, sd to base, 6cm, and a boxwood moule turc, 7cm dia (22)
Four needle books and boxes comprising a tortoiseshell example of knife box form, white metal lid plaque, bone internal divisions, 5.2cm high, a rectangular green leather gilt tooled exampled inscribed to lid ïNeedlesÍ, 5cm, a needle book with variant carved boards, 9 x 6cm, and an ivory example the cover engraved ïMenagerieÍ (housekeeper), 3.2 x 4.2cm (4)
Tartan Ware _ six pieces comprising a rectangular card box, hinging to form a cribbage board with Tartan panels and oval fern panels, 127cm closed, a book form box with Tartan appliques, 10.5cm, a tumbler case with fern etched glass, 10.5cm, a pocket watch case (Caledonia) and two napkin rings (Grant and Stuart) (6)
Nine charms and novelties all with Stanhopes comprising an agate book, (six view _ Memory of Southport), 1.7cm, a bog oak harp (six view _ Souvenir of Antrim _ distorted), 2.5cm, a similar pig (six view _ Glasgow International Exhibition), 2cm, a similar hoof (six view - A Memory of Blackpool), 3cm, a set of bone binoculars (six views _ Winchester?) 2cm, a gilt metal armoured first, (HRH The Prince Conset-Rep Dragon and C+B Paris) 1.5cm, a white metal cathedral (The Lords Prayer), 2.2cm, a bone figure of a boy (A Memory of Tintagel), 3cm, and a damaged pendant (six views _ A Memory of Sandgate _ McKee, Dublin), 2.5cm (9)
Roberts (Field Marshall Frederick Sleigh of Kandahar). Forty-One Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief, 2 volumes, 13th edition, 1897, engraved frontispieces (loose in volume 1), plates and folding maps, volume 1 half-title inscribed by the author 'I have great pleasure in writing my name in Mrs. Hoffman's copy of my book, Roberts FM, Bradford, 3rd May 1899', hinges split & worn, original dark blue cloth gilt, lightly frayed at head & foot of spines, 8vo (2)
Guthrie (James). The Elf, a Sequence of the Seasons. Winter Number and last of the second set, Old Bourne Press, 1904, illustrations in blue, original linen-backed boards, small mark and slight marginal soiling to upper cover, small 4to, limited edition 46/250, with a presentation inscription from the author dated Christmas 1940, together with Twenty-Five Lyrics, by Seumas O'Sullivan, Pear Tree Press, 1933, illustrations in green, front hinge tender, original cloth-backed boards, light soiling to upper cover, 8vo, limited edition of 150, this copy unnumbered, with three others by the Pear Tree Press: The Wreath, by P.J. Miller, 1911, A Little book of Legends for Children, by Janie Legge, 1925 and The Phoenix and Turtle, by William Shakespeare, edited by Gerald Bullett, 1938 (limited edition 24/200) (5)
Lang (Andrew, editor). The Blue Poetry Book, 1st edition, 1891, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, including frontispiece, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine a trifle rubbed at ends and with a couple of faint marks, but a bright copy, 8vo, together with The Arabian Nights Entertainment, 1st edition, 1891, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, including frontispiece, contemporary pencilled ownership signature on half-title, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, in bright condition, 8vo, plus The Animal Story Book, 1st edition, 1896, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, including frontispiece, occasional minor spotting, contemporary manuscript name at head of half-title, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, slight rubbing to extremities in places, 8vo, plusThe Red Book of Animal Stories, 1st edition, 1899, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, including frontispiece, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine faded, but otherwise a bright copy, plus three other first editions edited by Andrew Lang: The True Story Book, 1893; The Red True Story Book, 1895; The Book of Princes and Princesses, 1908, and a second edition of The Yellow Fairy Book, all in original cloth, generally in good condition (8)
*Grahame-Johnstone (Janet, 1928-1979 & Anne, 1928-1998). Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake & "There Was An Old Lady..." (from Dean's New Gift Book of Nursery Rhymes), circa 1960, two original gouache illustrations on artist's board, 305 x 255 mm (12 x 10 ins) Janet Grahame-Johnstone (1928-1979) and Anne Grahame-Johnstone (1928-1998) were twin sisters and prolific children's book illustrators. They always worked together, passing drawings back and forth across their studio until both twins were satisfied with the final outcome. (2)
Jocelyn (Robert). Six Months with the Chinese Expedition; or, Leaves from a Soldier's Note-Book, 1st edition, John Murray, 1841, folding lithographed frontispiece, folding lithographed view of Chusan Harbour, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements at end, dated March 1841, front free endpaper excised, original blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and soiling, numbered in ink to upper cover 172, 8vo, together with Davis (John Francis), The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its Inhabitants (Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge), 2 volumes, Charles Knight, 1836, wood engraved illustrations, contemporary ink ownership signature of R.J. Davies dated 1845 to front endpaper of each volume, contemporary plain cloth, rubbed and marked, and spines faded, 8vo, plus Macgowan (Rev. J.), Sidelights on Chinese Life, 1st edition, 1907, 12 mounted colour plates after Montague Smyth, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary red-brown half morocco gilt (by Birdsall, Northampton & London), very slightly rubbed to extremities, and Legge (James), The She King; or, The Book of Ancient Poetry, translated into English Verse, with Essays and Notes, 1st edition, 1876, original dark green cloth gilt, and rubbed to extremities, and Giles (Herbert A.), Historic China and Other Sketches, 1st edition, 1882, 10 pages of publisher's advertisements at end, original gilt-decorated green cloth, a little rubbed and some minor fraying to extremities, and Giles (Herbert A.), Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, 2nd edition, revised, Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1908, original green cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, and Headland (Isaac Taylor), Home Life in China, 1st edition, Methuen, 1914, colour frontispiece, monochrome plates, original gilt-decorated black cloth, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus others on Chinese folklore, life and customs, various, all late 19th or early 20th century publications, including Adele M. Fielde, Chinese Nights' Entertainment, New York, 1893, Rev. J. MacGowan, Chinese Folk-lore, Shanghai, 1910, & Chinese Folk-lore Tales, 1910, & Paul Carus, Chinese Life and Customs, Chicago, 1907, all original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo (13)
Williamson (Henry). The Beautiful Years. A Tale of Childhood, 1st edition, 1921, publisher's list at end, a few light spots, lacking front endpaper, original blue cloth, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo (the author's first book), together with The Ackymals, 1st edition, Windsor Press, San Francisco, 1929, illustrations by Julian Links, endpapers partially toned, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase (small splits along folds), 8vo, limited signed edition 130/225, plus The Wild Deer of Exmoor, privately printed, 1931, original red cloth, slipcase (a little rubbed and soiled), 8vo, limited edition 5/75, signed in initials with additional inscription "blast it!" beneath, with others by Williamson including The Pathway, 1928 (with a loose postcard from Williamson in red ink arranging a drink at the Savage Club, London), The Wet Flanders Plain, Beaumont Press edition, 1929, limited edition 376/400, The Wet Flanders Plain, revised Faber edition, 1929, The Old Stag, 1926, The Lone Swallows, 1922 (plus the Lone Swallows, 1933 illustrated by Tunnicliffe),The Beautiful Years, revised edition, 1929, Salar the Salmon, 1935 and Genius of Friendship "T.E. Lawrence", 1941 and two postcards from Williamson to A.C. Knights, one 1928 in manuscript the other typescript (both with some insect damage) (19)
Urquhart (Thomas & Motteux, Peter Anthony). Master Francis Rabelais, volumes 1-3, 1904, black and white plates by Louis Chalon, some light spotting, uniform original green cloth, boards and spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with Kipling (Rudyard), The Second Jungle Book, reprinted December 1895, black and white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other late 19th century and modern juvenile and illustrated literature, including Randolf Caldecott, Clare Leighton, H.M. Brock, Jules Verne, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
*Blake (Quentin, 1932-). There was an Old Man in whose Beard, pen, ink and watercolour on thick paper, showing an elderly man seated in an armchair, with a long white beard extending beyond his knees, in which is visible two owls, a chicken, and five small birds, with a ginger cat lying on the back of the chair, captioned to lower margin with title in the artist's hand and '11 pg 46', sheet size 38 x 27.5cm (15 x 10.75ins) Original illustration to accompany a limerick by Edward Lear published in 'The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse, Selected and Ilustrated by Quentin Blake' (1996): There was an Old Man with a beard,/Who said, "It is just as I feared!/Two Owls and a Hen,/Four Larks and a Wren,/Have all built their nests in my beard.' (1)
*Moveable Manuscript. Hand written and illustrated transformation booklet, circa 1824, large single sheet, watermarked 1824, folded and cut to form five horizontal narratives, each with pen, ink, and watercolour illustrations in a juvenile hand, accompanied by three four-line stanzas in neat manuscript, each with two folding flaps, toned and dusty, somewhat torn and creased, with some old paper repairs to folds, overall dimensions 38 x 46cm (15 x 18ins) An improving narrative which begins with the story of Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel, followed by a lion and a griffon with a girl as its prey, ending with a discussion of wealth and death: 'Sickness is come & death is nigh/Help gold & silver Else I die/They will not help they are but dross/Turn up & see my End at Last'. An early and unusual example of a story book with transforming pictures made by a child. (1)
Peepshow. A Brief Account of the Thames Tunnel, B. Azulay, circa 1860, four hand-coloured lithograph divisions, showing pedestrians in the Tunnel, back-scene slightly frayed to lower margin, blue front board with mounted green label showing the Rotherhithe entrance (rubbed), two circular peepholes, 9.5 x 14.5cm (3.75 x 5.75ins), extending 58cm (23ins), laid into an unrelated contemporary blind-stamped cloth binding (as issued), gilt lettered on spine 'Facts and Fancies &c. Sedgwick', somewhat rubbed, and short split at foot of spine, printed explanatory label mounted on front pastedown (with vertical crease) See Gestetner Collection 266, 267 and 270 for similar. Publisher Bondy Yomtob Azulay, a German immigrant, specialised in peepshows of the Thames Tunnel, which curiously, he sometimes mounted inside discarded empty book bindings. (1)
Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599, woodcut general title not present, printed general title and New Testament woodcut title both present, several woodcut illustrations, woodcut map of the Holy Land to verso of Aaa2 following New Testatment title, text in roman type, occasional stains (generally in good condition with good margins), bound with Book of Common Prayer at front, dated 1636, and undated Booke of Psalmes at end (both complete), two blank leaves at front of volume with extensive early manuscript notes in brown ink (not easily legible), light dampstain to lower margins towards rear of volume, Ggg7 with printing flaw and associated closed tear to lower portion, without loss, endpapers renewed, near contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, with a little loss to head and foot, remains of clasps, rubbed and marked, thick 4to Herbert 253 (with the error in Psalmes, LXXIII, 27 'that they' corrected to 'they that'). With 17th century ownership inscription 'Janne Martin Hur Booke' to blank verso of the final leaf of OT, and another inscription in a different hand to verso of part title preceding Psalmes 'Janne Martin daughter of Thomas Martin was Baptised the Elevent of june 1617'. (1)
[Boyle, Robert]. The Martyrdom of Theodora, and of Didymus. By a Person of Honour, 1st edition, H. Clark for John Taylor, 1687, early signature 'W. Clarke' at head of title, erratic pagination, lacking initial blank, final blank present, 20th century half calf, 8vo Wing B3987, Fulton 173. Written by Boyle in his youth, but not published for nearly forty years. The first part of the manuscript became lost (complete draft since recovered), the text therefore begins with 'Book II'. This volume is the issue mentioned by Fulton as having single not double line rules on the title. (1)
Searle (Ronald). Forty Drawings, 1st edition, CUP, Cambridge, 1946, 40 monochrome drawings, light spotting to endpapers, original printed boards, some light spotting, 4to Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "For Nick, Ronald Searle, May 1951." With a pencil note stating that this was inscribed to fellow artist Nicolas Bentley. The artist's first book with drawings made whilst a prisoner-of-war in Changi Prison in Singapore from 1942-1945. (1)
Wright (Thomas & Evans, R.H.). Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray, 1st edition, 1851, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary half-plum morocco, gilt decorated spine, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin Esq., containing his view of the Lancashire dialect, with large additions and improvements: also, his poem of The Flying Dragon and the Man of Heaton, to which is added, a Life of the Author, Manchester, J. Slack, 1818, engraved frontispiece and plates, untrimmed, original drab boards, remains of paper label to spine, some wear, 8vo, plus Bunbury (Henry), An Academy for Grown Horsemen... by Geoffrey Gambado, 4th edition, 1812, bound with Annals of Horsemanship, 1st edition, 1812, soft-ground etched plates, some marks and marginal spotting, later half calf gilt, 4to, and other various 19th century antiquarian interest, mostly relating to book illustration, caricatures, and similar, fables, etc., many leather bound, various sizes (3 shelves)
[Aspin, Jehoshophat. Cosmorama; a View of the Costumes and Peculiarities of all Nations, J. Harris, 1827], forty-eight hand-coloured engraved plates only (one with vertical repaired closed tear), each plate 7 x 4cm (2.75 x 1.5ins), each trimmed to border, laid down, and bound concertina-style, early 20th century cloth boards and matching slipcase, earlier gilt-lettered label relaid on spine, together with a modern reprint of a concertina-book illustrated by George Cruikshank, entitled The Tooth-Ache, Imagined by Horace Mayhew A collection of plates from Aspin's work neatly converted into a delightful miniature concertina book for juvenile hands. Titles include: Chinese Pedlar with Rats & Puppies for Pies; American Indian Chiefs; Esquimaux; Negroes; A Norwegian, Killing a Bear; Persian Ladies; Sandwich Islanders. (2)
Albertus Magnus. De secretis mulierum, item de virtutibus herbarum lapidum et animalium, Amsterdam: Jansson, 1643, engraved title-page (modern bookplate to verso), some spotting and light browning, early inscriptions to initial blank and upper outer corner of front free endpaper torn away, contemporary vellum, slightly soiled, 12mo The book also contains Michael Scot's Secreta Naturae as part of the same pagination. (1)
*Meredith (Norman, 1909-2005). A large watercolour of anthropomorphic animals, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, depicting animals playing on the way to school, including ducks, ladybirds, and frogs, a pig with a catapault, a hedgehog and mouse chatting, birds and a tortoise with their satchels, and a rabbit standing on the back of a mouse to retrieve a cap from a tree, signed lower left, 22.5 x 56.5cm (9 x 22.25ins), mounted, framed, and glazed Norman Meredith grew up in Liverpool and showed early artistic talent. His mother and grandmother encouraged him to study art at evening classes and, at the age of sixteen, he enrolled at Liverpool School of Art, subsequently studing at the Royal College of Art under Gilbert Spencer and William Rothenstein. As well as teaching art, Meredith became known for his humorous illustrations, in publications such as Punch, and his book illustration, for Enid Blyton, among others. He retired in 1974 and began to produce illustrations and text for a series of books featuring anthropomorphic animals. His stories were so successful that his designs were used for a variety of other merchandise, including textiles, stationery and greetings cards, chinaware, and tins. (1)
Shelley (Percy Bysshe). Queen Mab; a philosophical poem, 1st American edition, New York, William Baldwin and Co., 1821, printed title, 8 unnumbered preliminary pages, 181 pages, with advert to verso of final leaf, occasional contemporary marginal remarks in ink or pencil, untrimmed, original drab grey plain boards, rubbed and slight wear to joints, 12mo With the preface signed A. Pantheist, followed by the letter from Shelley to the publisher, dated Pisa June 22, 1821. Buxton Forman in The Shelley Library suggests that this 'book was printed in England, with an American imprint on account of the libel prosecutions against publishers of Queen Mab'. (1)
Lang (Andrew, editor). The Book of Romance; The Red Book of Romance, 1st editions, 1902 & 1905, together two volumes, each with eight colour plates, including frontispiece, and numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue/red cloth respectively, first item with spine ends a trifle rubbed, second item with faded spine slightly frayed at head and mottled fading to rear cover, 8vo (2)
Raucourt (Antoine). A Manual of Lithography, or Memoir of the Lithographical Experiments made in Paris, at the Royal School..., Translated from the French, by C. Hullmandel, 1st English edition, 1820, two folding lithographed plates (offset to text leaves), some spotting, additional blanks bound in at rear, some with contemporary manuscript notes and a circular pharmacy label (J.B. Trouillet, Paris), contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo Abbey, Life 231. An important book, being the first authoritative account in English of the process of lithography. (1)
Folio Society. The Kelmscott Chaucer, 2002, numerous black and white facsimiles, publisher's original gilt decorated white morocco in blue cloth book box, includes The Kelmscott Chaucer, An Essay by William S. Peterson, 2002, and the original envelope and literature, folio Limited edition 481/1010. (1)
Futagawa (Ukio, editor). Global Architecture Book 1-13, 13 volumes, Tokyo, 1981, colour and black and white plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets and slipcases, volume 9 lacks slipcase, folio, together with G.A. Houses, 1-10, 1982, plus G.A. Houses Special Issue, 2 volumes (Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright), 1982, black and white and some colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, plus large-format paperback editions of G.A. Houses, 12-14, 16-26 & 28, plus G.A. 1-4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 33, 37, 45, 59, 61, 64, 65 & 67, plus other related publications including 22 issues of G.A. Document, the majority with library number adhesive label strips at foot of spines (88)
London. Gill (Macdonald), The Wonderground Map of London Town, published The Westminster press, circa 1928, colour photolithographic map, old folds, 745 x 930 mm This is the slightly smaller and later edition of Gill's original 1913 map.There is a subsequent 1924 edition which was altered to help the promotion of the 1924 British Empire Exhibition that was held at Wembley between April and October of that year. It can be identified by a sign saying:- 'On To Wembley' and an empire lion in the top left hand corner below the man pushing a bus. This example is a slightly later state with a greyhound replacing the lion. Greyhound racing started at Wembley in 1927 so this edition probably dates from 1927 or 1928. The map remains highly stylised and whimsical and was held in great affection by Londoners. It was originally commissioned by The London Underground and was designed to be displayed in tube stations. The intense pictorial content of the map caught the public's imagination and as a result Gill is often credited with creating a resurgence in the genre of decorative map making. Much work and research has been done by Roderick Barron and Bryars & Bryars on the maps of the Underground and the work of Macdonald Gill and I am also grateful to Claire Dobbins book, London Underground Maps: Art, Design and Cartography. (1)
[Graves, Richard]. The Festoon: A Collection of Epigrams, Ancient and Modern. Panegyrical, Satyrical, Amorous, Moral, Humorous, Monumental. With an Essay on that Species of Composition, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, considerably augmented, Robinson & Roberts, 1767, engraved vignette to general title & title of second part, front free endpaper with presentation inscription 'To Dr. White from the Editor Ri.', bookplate of George White and book label of John Sparrow to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joint cracked, 8vo, together with D'Urfey (Thomas), New Opera's, with Comical Stories, and Poems, on Several Occasions, Never before Printed. Being the remaining Pieces, Written by Mr. D'Urfey, 1721, some toning, cropped bookplate of Sir Robert Salisbury Cotton Bt. of Cumbermere, Cheshire and book label of J.O. Edwards, hinges repaired, contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, preserving gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 8vo, with Woodhouse (James), Norbury Park, A Poem; with Several Others, Written on Various Occasions, 1st edition, 1803, contemporary calf gilt, lacking title label, joints cracked, small 8vo, plus eight other 18th century poetry related (11)
Wiseman (Richard). Several Chirurgical Treatises, 2nd edition, 1686, some old damp staining, front free endpapers and half-title upper margin inscribed in an early hand with old medical receipts and 'Dr Laurence Heislers Book of Surgery' inscribed to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid and corners restored, folio Garrison & Morton 5573; Norman 2252; both citing the first edition of 1672. (1)
Barrie (James Matthew, 1860-1937 ). Autograph letter signed, 'J.M. Barrie', Leinster Corner, Lancaster Gate, [London], 1 December 1902, to [Henry W.] Lucy, thanking him 'heartily' for his note, 'I need not tell you how much pleasure your article on my book gives me but I rejoice in your caring for it and in the way in which you have said so', hoping to meet up and sending regards to Mrs Lucy, a little dust-soiled, 2 pp., small 8vo, together with Barrie (J.M.), The Little Minister, 1892, publisher's adverts at rear, a little soiling to some preliminary leaves and small tear with minor loss of text to contents on p. xi, inner hinges broken, large bookplate of Henry W. Lucy to front pastedown, original cloth, soiled and worn with significant loss to spine, 8vo (2)
Lang (Andrew, editor). The Red Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1890, four plates, including frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, a few minor marks, spine faded and a trifle frayed at head, 8vo A good copy of the second title in Andrew Lang's Fairy Book series. (1)
Wyndham (John). The Secret People (pseudonym "John Beynon") 1st edition, [1935], a few light spots, original blue cloth, spine faded, 8vo, (the author's first book), together with The Kraken Wakes, 1st edition, 1953, endpapers with light partial troning, contemporary previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, one or two small chips and closed tears, 8vo, plus Jizzle, 1st edition, 1954, faint water stains at gutter front and rear, light partial toning to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, tiny nicks at spine ends, 8vo, together with other first editions by John Wyndham including The Chrysalids, 1955 (2 copies), The Seeds of Time, 1956, The Outward Urge, 1959, Trouble With Lichen, 1960, Consider Her Ways, 1961, the John Wyndham Omnibus, 1964 and Chocky, 1968 (15)
Manuscript paper doll book. The History of Little Fanny exemplified in a series of figures, A new Edition, circa 1860s, 14pp. manuscript, including title-page, paper watermarked 1856, with seven cut-out watercolour paper doll figures loosely inserted (no interchangeable head present), front free endpaper with ownership name of J.M. Hobart on verso, front pastedown with paper pocket for figures composed of three flaps decorated with pen & ink border, original card wrappers, with red border to covers, upper cover decorated in watercolour with calligraphic title within floral border, toned, dust-soiled, and a little rubbed, 13.5 x 10.5cm (5.25 x 4ins) 'The History of Little Fanny' was first published by S. & J. Fuller in 1810. This manuscript copy is charmingly executed, with all seven figures present. An accompanying later manuscript note states: 'Hobart family stayed at Hythe were [sic] this book came from. (Note) Edward VII was a personal friend of the Hobart family.' (1)
*Waugh (Evelyn, 1903-1966). Autograph letter signed, 'Evelyn Waugh', Piers Court, Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire, Christmas Day, 1946, to Monsieur Danver, giving a lengthy account of his entire career up until 1946, Danver was the French translator of 'Vile Bodies': 'your translation... will breathe new life into a text which has become somewhat "dated" in the original', and answering questions about specific phrases and references in the novel, 'Blast was an avant garde publication of the time - Vorticist, - edited by Wyndham Lewis, probably now forgotten by all but a dozen Englishmen', and regretting that he has no recent photograph but enclosing 'a reproduction of the portrait of me made in the year I wrote "Vile Bodies". Perhaps that could be used by the publishers, but they must make plain that I am now 17 years older, fatter & uglier', then giving a lengthy autobiographical account with his academic and other achievements, Modern History at Oxford, painting, cabinet making, all described parenthetically as 'without glory', before listing his publications including his first novel 'Decline and Fall' which 'was a success. Since then I have had no bitter struggles for recognition & have always been unduly praised by critics & unduly prosperous', mentioning his war service, 'varied, enjoyable but without distinction... finished the war among Tito's beastly partisans', his marriage and conversion to Catholicism, and, finally, 'Brideshead Revisited' on which he comments, 'This book is more serious than its predecessors, has annoyed most of the English critics and delighted illiterate Americans in a disconcerting way. But I like it', 4 pp., the final two pages written longitudinally down the centre spread, a little creased at edges, 4to, together with the aforementioned colour reproduction portrait after Lamb, inscribed and initialled by Waugh in ink to lower margin, 'Now aged 43 and much altered for the worse', 8vo, the two items preserved in a purpose-made cloth chemise and quarter morocco gilt book box (2)
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Bells and Other Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe, 1st edition, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912], half-title, twenty-eight colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, scarce spotting, gilt patterned endpapers, verso of front free endpaper with armorial bookplate 'Marc and Evelyn Fitch', original gilt decorated olive cloth, extremities a trifle rubbed in places, 4to, together with Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest, [1908], forty tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, some scattered spotting, front pastedown with armorial bookplate as above, original blue cloth, with gilt lettering and design to front cover and spine, spine faded and ends frayed, 4to, plus two copies of Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross, [1915], 4to, plus Lyrics Pathetic & Humerous from A to Z, 1908, 4to (5)
Washington. Ettinger (C. W.), Gorhaischer Hof Kalender..., published Gotha, 1795, small German almanac with an allegorical frontispiece and a decorative title, with a folding engraved city plan of Washington by J. G. Kilnger, with the title 'Plan de la Ville de Washington en Amerique', map measures 160 x 190 mm, the book also contains three historical portraits and twelve engravings of historical scenes, all edges gilt, contemporary marbled card wrappers, 12mo, binding size 105 x 60 mm One of the earliest European published plans of Washington D.C., based on the Andrew Ellicott plan of 1791. (1)
Bernieres (Louis de). The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, 1st edition, 1990, light marginal toning, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, the author's first book, together with Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord, 1st edition, 1991, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed to title, plus The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman, 1st edition, 1992, previous owner inscription to title, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, with others by Louis de Bernieres including Captain Corelli's Mandolin, 1st edition, 2nd issue (black boards), 1994, signed to title, A Partisan's Daughter, 2008 (limited signed edition 40/100) and A Day Out for Mehmet Erbil, 1999 (copy 'S' of 26 de luxe copies, with two extra prints) (26)
Wells (H.G.). Little Wars. A Game for Boys, 1st edition, 1913, 19 photographs, marginal drawings by J.R. Sinclair, one photograph with piece torn away, some leaves detached with light soiling and spotting, front hinge breaking, original red cloth, inset illustration to upper cover, spine rubbed with some fading, preserved in a custom made black cloth foldover box, small 4to Graham Greene and Hugh Carelton Greene's copy. Signed twice by a juvenile Graham Greene in pencil to front pastedown, and two ink annotations, presumably by Graham Greene to page 46, providing two extra rules for the game. In the first volume of his autobiography A Sort of Life, Graham Greene recounts this copy of Little Wars: "My favourite toys in those days were a clockwork train and lead soldiers... When I was a bit older (about twelve) I would play with Hugh, who was six, an elaborate war game based on H.G. Wells's book Little Wars. In the holidays we were able to use the big tables in the School House dining hall. We would push two tables together and lay out a whole countryside. There were roads marked in chalk and cottages and forests of twigs and rivers which had to be crossed. One game might last a week, with perhaps two hundred men on either side, quick raids by cavalry and slow advances by infantry, measured on lengths of string, melees which led to capture of prisoners, and bombardments with the two 4.2 naval guns. It was 1916, but war was still glamorous to a child". The poor condition of the book shows the extent to which the Greene brothers played with it, with Graham Greene's extra rules 7 and 8 in ink at foot of page 46, "A gun may not fire if there is more than 2 men of its opponents side within 3" of it" and "One can carry two sand bags moving half his move [and] one [sandbag moving] the whole of his move". There are pencil scores from the brothers games to the rear endpapers, under the headings H and G (unsurprisingly the elder Graham always seemed to win), together with a few juvenile drawings which appear to be the six-year old Hugh's work. (1)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, 1913; Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, 1919; The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth & Marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1920; The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, 1920; Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, 1911; A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, 1920, Heinemann, numerous tipped-in coloured plates, with captioned tissue guards, black & white decorations and illustrations in the text, Rhinegold and Siegfried with decorative endpapers, Book of Pictures with a Rackham-designed bookplate printed on front pastedown (not used), some rear free endpapers toned, top edges gilt, textured and decorated semi-limp brown leather, gilt designs to front covers and gilt lettering on spines, five volumes with additional gilt lettering to front cover, four spines with additional gilt decorative elements, minimal rubbing to some extremities, 4to Scarce variant bindings, probably publisher's bindings circa 1920 and perhaps using first edition sheets in some cases. (6)
Batten (J.D., illust.). Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights, edited and arranged by E. Dixon, 1893, large paper copy, decorative half-title, twenty-one plates, nineteen on india paper, numerous black & white illustrations to text, top edge gilt, original gilt lettered cloth, lightly marked, spine faded, 4to, (limited edition, 93/160 copies), together with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Undine, 1st edition, 1909, fifteen tipped-in colour plates, black & white illustrations to text, light spotting to first and last leaves, decorative endpapers, original gilt decorated blue cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, spine faded, 4to, plus Goble (Warwick, illustrator), Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, 1st edition, 1910, forty tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, free endpapers toned, front pastedown with bookplate of 'E.A. Bennett', original gilt decorated blue cloth, lightly rubbed and marked, 4to, plus The Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1913, thirty-two colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, endpapers spotted, front pastedown with contemporary ownership name, associated manuscript letter mounted onto front free endpaper, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, spine with gilt dulled, 4to (4)
[Cuala Press]. A Book of Saints and Wonders put down here by Lady Gregory According to the Old Writings and the Memory of the People of Ireland, The Dun Emer Press, Dundrum, 1906, signed by Lady Gregory 'Augusta Gregory' to endpaper facing title and signed boldly in pencil vertically along the inner margin of title by Stephen MacKenna, colophon printed in red, Stephen MacKenna bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth-backed boards with printed label to spine, slightly rubbed and soiled, largely covered in adhesive plastic, 8vo One of 200 copies. (1)
Waddington (George and Hanbury, Rev. Barnard). Journal of a Visit to Some Parts of Ethiopia, 1st edition, John Murray, 1822, 2 folding engraved maps, 16 uncoloured lithograph plates by Agostino Aglio, including one folding, early ink ownership inscription to head of title erased (with some consequent paper-thinning), the folding maps with some spotting and light discolouration, occasional minor spots elsewhere, marbled endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green straight-grained gilt-decorated full morocco, with Greek key border decoration to covers, and sphinx to each corner, spine with raised bands, and motif of a sphinx, pyramid and camel, some marks, and corners a little bumped, 4to Abbey, Travel 289. With fore-edge painting in watercolour of the River Nile, with camel train in the foreground, Dhows on the river, palm trees and pyramids. Provenance: Purchased by the Gloucestershire bookseller Alan Tucker from the author Bruce Chatwin were resident in Ozleworth in a rented farmhouse. A typewritten description of this book, and its history of purchase by Alan Tucker is loosely inserted. (1)
Palladio (Andrea). The First Book of Architecture..., translated out of Italian, with an Appendix touching doors and windows, by Pr. Le Muet, Architect to the French King. Translated into English, by Godfrey Richards, 12th edition, corrected and enlarged, with a new model of the cathedral of St. Paul, London, printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch..., 1733, additional engraved title, printed title in red and black, 70 engraved plates, including several folding, single printed advertisement leaf at end, folding plate to Chapter 52 at Dd3 now attached to front endpaper, early engraved bookplate to front pastedown with the motto La Vie Durante, contemporary sprinkled full blind-ruled plain calf, joints partly cracked, small 4to Harris 682. (1)
Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1st edition, John Murray, 1859, folding lithograph diagram at page 117, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, dated June 1859 (Freeman's variant 'a'), original light brown chalk-glazed endpapers (previous owner signature of Suzie Sherwin to front endpaper), half title, title and first few leaves detached (light crease mark to half title), short closed tear to page 397, a few light spots, mainly at front (main text generally clean) front hinges breaking at front and tender at rear, original green blindstamped cloth gilt by Edmonds & Remnants, with their ticket to rear pastedown, spine a little rubbed with slight rippling, wormhole at foot of first triangle, two other very small wormholes, spine ends rubbed with small tears (small loss at head), short splits to lower joint, some light edge wear, mainly to corners, a few small light stains to covers, 8vo The most important biology book ever published. Darwin's achievement "is the most powerful and comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on earth. It helps us understand our origins... We are part of a total process, made of the same matter and operating by the same energy as the rest of the cosmos, maintaining and reproducing by the same mechanism as the rest of life..." (Sir Julian Huxley). In his conclusion, Darwin states "There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a begining endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved". All 1250 copies of the first edition were taken up on the day of publication. Dibner 199; Freeman 373; Garrison & Morton 220; Grolier 23b; PMM 344. (1)
*Rutherston (Albert, 1881-1953). A collection of original illustrations, seven pen & ink drawings on thick cream paper, consisting of two larger drawings depicting a young girl with a floral posy, three smaller drawings depicting a young girl bathing in a pool between trees, a young couple standing between two trees, and a young couple on a beach, and two tail-piece illustrations of ribbon-tied posies, some minor toning, with remains of adhesive on verso and/or adhesive tape to extreme edges where previously mounted, largest 140 x 131cm (5.5 x 5.25ins), smallest 6.2 x 5.8cm (2.5 x 2.25ins) British artist Albert Daniel Rutherston was a portrait and landscape painter, as well as a book illustrator and designer of posters and stage sets. His brother was painter Sir William Rothenstein (the family was of German Jewish descent and Albert anglicised his surname in 1916). Rutherston trained at the Slade School from 1898 to 1902, and subsequently became Visiting Teacher for the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, as well as Ruskin Master of Drawing at Oxford University from 1929 to 1948. He did a considerable amount of designing for private presses in the 1920s. His work is represented in many public and private collections. (7)
Belkin (Kristin Lohse). Corpus Rubenicinum Ludwig Burchand, Part XXIV, The Costume Book, 1st edition, 1978, 244 black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Hunt (R.W., et al, editors), Studies in Medieval History, OUP, 1969, 3 black and white plates including portrait frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, original blue cloth in price clipped dust jacket, 8vo, and Briggs (Robin), Witches & Neighbours, 1996, slightly toned, original black cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern medieval history reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
[Blake, William, illustrator]. The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper..., Esqr., with an introdutory letter to the Right Honorable Earl Cowper, by William Hayley, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Chichester, printed by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson, 1803-04, 5 engraved plates by William Blake, including portrait frontispiece of William Cowper to first volume, and View of St. Edmund's Chapel to third volume, with imprint partially trimmed, a clean copy with wide margins, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed and some marks to extremities, 4to Provenance: Archibald 13th Earl of Eglinton (1812-1861), organiser of the famous medieval re-enactment of 1839, the Eglinton Tournament, with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, page 85. The plates were printed by Blake's wife Catherine on their own press, as Blake stated in a letter to his brother James of 30th June 1803. Large Paper copy, printed on Whatman paper (watermarked and dated 1801), and described as 'uncommon' by Easson & Essick, William Blake book illustrator, 1972, page 38. (3)
Powell (Anthony). Agents and Patients, 1st edition, 1936, 3 pp. advertisements at end, slight toning at front, original pink cloth, spine faded, slight lean, 8vo Inscribed in green ink by the author to front endpaper: "John Betjeman gave Roland Young this book in my presence. It came from my agents, Anthony Powell, Oct. 20th 1937". The agent's (A.M. Heath) rubber address stamp beneath the inscription. Roland Young (1887-1953) was a British actor who had a successful Hollywood film career, and at that time in 1937 Powell had tried (and failed) to gain employment in America as a script writer and was presumably meeting Young to seek information and advice about the Hollywood film industry. Additionally there is a photocopy of a letter, dated 19 October 1937, from John Betjeman to Anthony Powell, on Shell-Mex and B.P. headed paper, carefully declining most of his ideas for marketing the Shell-Mex brand and writing "Roland Young has said that he cannot let us know until tomorrow morning whether he can lunch or not, but anyhow you and I will lunch and let's hope that Roland Young will come too." (1)
Lang (Andrew, editor). The Blue Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1889, eight plates, including frontispiece, and numerous letterpress illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, very occasional light spotting and one or two corners slightly creased, front hinge split, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, some minor rubbing and faint marks, 8vo A good copy of the first title in Andrew Lang's Fairy Book series. (1)
Murdoch (Iris). A Year of Birds. Poems by Iris Murdoch, Compton Press, 1978, 12 wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 122/350, signed by Iris Murdoch and Reynolds Stone, together with The Good Apprentice, London Limited Editions, 1985, original cloth-backed boards, glassine wrappers, 8vo, signed limited edition 166/250, plus The Existentialist Political Myth, Delos Press, 1989, original wrappers (spine faded), slipcase, 8vo, signed limited edition 34/45, from an overall edition of 225, with four other signed limited editions: Something Special. Four Poems and a Story, Eurographia, Helsinki (39/350), Existentialists and Mystics, Delos Press, 1993 (82/100), Joanna Joanna, Colophon Press, 1994 (9/125) and Existentialists and Mystics, Delos Press, 1993, one of 400 copies, signed, plus four autograph letters, three addressed to a Mrs Patterson from Steeple Aston, Oxford, on various matters including requesting a photocopy of The Transatlantic Review with her poems, the other 2 pp. from Charlbury Road, Oxford to 'Tom' thanking him for a "wonderful book... I was overwhelmed at the time, and again now!" (13)
Detmold (Edward J., illust.). The Fables of Aesop, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909], twenty-three tipped-in colour plates (as listed), some spotting to first and last few leaves, front free endpaper with two ink ownership inscriptions, hinges strengthened,original pictorial brown cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, covers with some damp staining to fore-edge, 4to, together with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Tales from Shakespeare, By Charles & Mary Lamb, 1909, twelve colour plates, front pastedown with ink ownership inscription, occasional light spotting to fore-edges, original pictorial green cloth gilt, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Dulac (Edmund), Stories from Hans Andersen, 1938, twelve colour plates, one with two short closed tears, letterpress lightly toned, original cloth with red decoration and lettering, slightly soiled, spine darkened, 8vo, plus two other similar: A Wonder Book, By Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, [1922], 4to; Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts, by J.M. Barrie, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1913, 4to (5)
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