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Lot 201
POTTER, Beatrix: (9 Titles, including): THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING. F. Warne, 1908, first edition, first issue with "All rights reserved" printed on the title page below the date. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and colour picture of Samuel Whiskers laid on; illus endpapers. 69pp. Damp stain affecting bottom edges of boards and some pages; grubby finger marks. Inscription to front pastedown dated 1908; rear hinges cracked; The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. Very early edition; A/F; Plus 7 others, including a French edn. (9)
Lot 208
POETRY: 1- Larking, P: Poems (Selected by Martin Amis). Faber, 2011, 1st. edn. 2nd. impr; 2- Aldington, R: Exile and Other Poems. 1923, 1st. Limited edition of 750. 61pp. Dw (torn with some loss), ownership name on ffep; 3- Sitwell, S: The People's Palace. Oxford, 1918, 1st. Plain paper covers with printed label, Engraved frontis and title page with decorated border. 53pp + 2pp publisher's list; 4- Gurney, EE: Poems. 1907, 1st. Covers unevenly darkened; foxing; 5- Ten Singers, an Anthology. 1925, 1st. Printed paper covers, 23 pp; (Contains first edition of four poems by Cecil Day Lewis); 6- The Poems of Ernest Dowson. 1906, 2nd. edn; 7- An Anthology Extracts from Letters Written By Miss May Chesshire a West Country Poet to Llewelyn Powys. Limited edn 250 copies; 8- Hodgson, R: Poets Remembered. 1967, Limited edn. 112/199 (8)
Lot 244
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK: Blomefield, Francis: An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volumes 1 & 2 only of 5; the rare first edition. Fersfield & Norwich, 1739 & 1745, First editions. Volume 1 Contains: the Hundreds of Diss, Giltcross, Shropham, The burgh of Thetford, Grimeshoe, Wayland and Forehoe; 808pp inc index; Volume: devoted to The History of the City of Norwich. 913pp inc index. The two volumes contain Numerous engraved illustrations of crests initial letters etc., but lacking all the plates apart from a ground plan of Norwich Cathedral. Sold A/F (2)
Lot 245
ATLASES : 1- BLACKIE, W G: Descriptive Atlas of the World and General Geography. ND, c.1890 (Population charts refer to 1891 census and no later). Above one hundred carefully executed maps; Half morocco with raised bands; 15.5 x 12.5 inches. Tear to title page and preface; 2- The Citizen's Atlas of the World. Newnes, 1898. Folio; containing 120 pages of maps and plans with a descriptive gazetteer and geographical statistics. Half leather. Title page has small tear at bottom and is finger marked; One map is working loose and with tear along the centre; 3- BLAEU, J: ATLAS Of GREAT BRITAIN. NO TITLE PAGE, (Amsterdam 1645, date to page after dedication leaf). Large Folio, cont. full vellum. LACKING ALL THE MAPS AND MANY TEXT PAGES. OVER 200 PAGES LEFT, SOME WITH ILLUSTRATION. Some damp staining; SOLD A/F; 4- Asprey's Atlas of the World. Published between the wars, a series of 145 coloured plates, with a Geographical and Statistical summary. Leather covers, AEG. 12mo. Spine faded; 5- JOHN SPEED’S ENGLAND, Part II: A Coloured Facsimile of the First Edition. 1953, with slipcase; 6- BLAEU, J: ATLAS MAIOR OF 1665. TASCHEN, FACSILILE EDN. 2 VOLS. IN SLIPCASE. FINE (6)
Lot 253
1- Lang, Andrew: The ORANGE Fairy book. 1906, And: The OLIVE Fairy book. 1907, both first editions, in the original gilt pictorial cloth and aeg. Covers little faded; 2- Lawrence, T E: Seven Pillars of Wisdom. J Cape, 1935, first trade edition, original cloth. Spine and part of covers faded; 3- Brahma, E: The Wallet of Kai Lung. G. Richards, 1923, Signed & Numbered Limited edition #10/250. Original cloth backed boards; 4- SIX ILLUSTRATED SPORTING BOOKS, mainly foxhunting; 1921-1934. (10)
Lot 259
Saunders, Edward: 1- The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands. L, Reeve & Co, 1896, first edition. With 55 Plates (51 hand-coloured lithographs). 391pp; original cloth gilt. Covers little rubbed; H.L.G.Stroyan’s copy, with his signed bookplate; 2- The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands. L, Reeve & Co, 1892, first edition. With 32 Plates (31 hand-coloured lithographs). 350pp; original cloth gilt. Covers little rubbed; H.L.G.Stroyan’s copy, with his signed bookplate and also with his notes in ink at the head of a number of pages. (2)
Lot 474
Selection of some first edition and other books - to include Fresh Woods by Ian Niall with wood engravings by Barbara Greg, Fell days by Graham Sutton, The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, A Soldier with the Arabs by Lieutenant General Sir John Bagot Glubb, All the Mowgli stories by Rudyard Kipling and Lorna Doone by R.D Blackmore illustrated by C.E Brittana and C.E Brock.
Lot 65
Rugby Interest - England World Cup Champions 2003 Signed rugby shirt, complete with certificate of authenticity from UK Memorabilia, framed and glazed together with signed limited edition print of Johnny Wilkinson, framed, England rugby heroes first class stamps and a further first day cover (4)
Lot 2573
WILLIAMS (Harold, ed.) The Poems of Jonathan Swift, 3 vol., d/w's, original cloth, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1966 with MEREDITH (George) Lord Ormont and his Aminta, 3 vol., first edition, original green cloth, rubbed, Chapman & Hall, 1894 with FERGUSON (J. de Lancey) The Letters of Robert Burns, 2 vol., d/w's, original cloth, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1931 plus a quantity if literary vol., 8vo. (c.75)
Lot 2606
BRONTE SISTERS. Novels of the Sisters Bronte. Edited by Temple Scott. Thornton Edition, 12 vols. num. photo. plates, gilt cloth. Edinburgh, 1911. * incl. Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte; sold with TROLLOPE (A.) Orley Farm. first edition, 2 vols., 39 plates (by J.E. Millais), half titles; contemp. calf and marbled boards (distressed). 1862. (14)
Lot 2615
SHORTHOUSE (J.H.) John Inglesant: a Romance. First Edition. half title; red-lettered cream boards, gilt top, thick 8vo., in a custom-made vellum-backed cloth box. Birmingham: (printed for the author), Cornish Brothers, 1880. * only 100 copies printed, (a very successful trade edition, in 2 vols, published 1881); with a 4pp. relevant letter from the author (dated June 1882) loosely inserted, also a typed copy of extracts from another.
Lot 2626
ORTON (Rev. Job) A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament . . . for the use of families. Published from the author's manuscripts, by Robert Gentlemen. (mixed editions), 6 vols., subscribers' lists. various calf bindings. Charlestown ( & Shrewsbury (Salop), 1789 - 1805; together with Orton's Religious Exercises Recommended . . . first American edition. contemp calf. Bridgeport (Conn.), 1809. and also (same author) Discourses to the Aged . . . contemp. calf. Shrewsbury, 1771
Lot 2656
EVELYN (J.) Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber . . . by J.E. Esq; . . . to which is annexed Pomona or, an Appendix concerning Fruit Trees in relation to Cider . . . also Kalendarium Hortense; or Gard'ners Almanac . . . First Edition. title page armorial, 2 text engravings, 2 part titles, licence & errata leaves; rebound mottled calf with panelled spine, marbled e/ps. (by Roger de Coverley), 4to. 1664.
Lot 2660
MARRYAT (Captain) The Settlers in Canada Written for Young People, 2 vol., First Editions, 2 frontis., foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1844; The Children of the New Forest, 2 vol., Second and Third Editions, 7 of 8 plates, only, re-cased in contemporary blind stamped cloth, ink marks to lower boards, H. Hurst, 1849; Poor Jack, First Edition, illustrations by Clarkson Stanfield, foxed, contemporary gilt decorated morocco, rubbed, 1840, plus 7 other vol by the author, vs (12)
Lot 2718
The KENTISH TRAVELLER'S COMPANION . . . of the Towns, Villages, Remarkable Buildings, and Antiquities, situated in or near the Road from London to Margate, Dover and Canterbury . . . 2nd edition, considerably enlarged, the road map on 3 folded plates; rebound calf-backed marbled boards, 12mo. Canterbury & Rochester, 1779; together with another issue- the Rochester publisher being placed first in the imprint. * the detailed map (one inch to mile) shows individual houses, with some owners' named.
Lot 1132
Ruskin (John) Modern Painters, 1888, George Allen, complete in 5 volumes (Parts I - IX) plus Index, second edition, 4to large paper copy in original green cloth, plates, block uncut, some pages unopened [with:] Churchill (Winston) The Second World War, 1948-54, Cassell & Co. first edition, 6 vols 8vo in black cloth with slightly frayed dust jackets (12, in two boxes)
![Ellsworth (Robert Hatfield), Chinese Furniture, Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties, nd [c1970/1], Colli](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/02603306-03b5-4c88-800d-aa0000a7d873/c5a3a0c8-5c9c-4746-a838-aa1800ff95e2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1139
Ellsworth (Robert Hatfield), Chinese Furniture, Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties, nd [c1970/1], Collins, first edition, 4to., original cloth, slipcase; Robins (George), A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill, collected by Horace Walpole, nd. [c1842], portrait frontis and decorative title, binding well worn, front cover detached, lacking rear cover; Pain (William), The Builder's Companion, and Workman's General Assistant, nd., 82 pages (lacking page/plate 62), title, preface, and several leaves laid down/cropped), worn binding, board detached etc
Lot 307
A limited edition Theo Fennell for Franck Muller Sky wristwatch The square shaped blue dial with Arabic hour markers and date aperture to 6 with Theo Fennell logo to 12, signed Franck Muller within the stainless steel case, to the original blue crocodile leather strap, case signed and numbered Franck Muller, no. 14/25, 6000 H SC DT, with box and papers dated 2007. CONDITION REPORT: Strap length 22.3cm, first hole 16.3cm, last hole 20.7cm Approx dimensions of 3.7x4.6cm.
Lot 100
Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera cum decem commentis, 2 parts in 1, collation: a6 b-q8 r6 aa-ff8; A6 B-Z8 AA-OO8 PP6 †8, double column commentary surrounding text, first title in red and black and within ornate woodcut border, numerous fine woodcuts within text, woodcut decorative initials, without ff5-7, which were removed by the Inquisition, A6 repaired tear within text without loss, repair within text at head of ff8, several ink stains and smudges (the heaviest on C8 and Q6), some staining or spotting, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, remains of clasps, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed, folio (317 x 207mm.), [Lyon], [Jean Crespin], 1529.⁂ A handsomely printed edition, using the Strasbourg blocks from the 1517 Lyons edition of Jacques Sacon. Literature: Adams V474; Mortimer, French, 538 (this copy with 22 ff. removed by the Inquisition).
Lot 104
Bede, the Venerable. The History of the Church of Englande, translated by Thomas Stapleton, collation: *6, >4, A-CCC4, woodcut printer's device on title and royal arms within typographical border on verso, 3 woodcut illustrations (2 full-page or nearly so) and intitials, later engraved bookplate of Rt.Hon. Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill pasted over part of royal arms on verso of title and with old manuscript library de-accession note dated 1770 at head, worming to upper inner margin of title with loss of "T" to "The" of title and border on verso, cropped shaving a few side-lines, rather stained, old calf, worn, spine defective, upper cover detached (with title), lower becoming so, [Pforzheimer 55; STC 1778], small 4to (180 x 130mm.), Antwerp, by John Laet, 1565; sold not subject to return⁂ First edition in English of the primary source of British history from 597 to 731, translated by the recusant Thomas Stapleton and as a result banned in England as traitorous.
Lot 107
Synesius, of Cyrene. Opera quae extant omnia, edited by Denis Pétau, double column, text in Greek and Latin, title in red and black and with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut diagrams, head-pieces and decorative initials, N6 and áá4 blank, lacking final blank, A1 short tear to upper inner margin, occasional spotting, bookplate of St. Benedict's Abbey, Fort-Augustus, 17th century mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, upper joint starting, but holding firm, rubbed, folio, Paris, Claude Morel, 1612.⁂ The first complete edition of the writings of Synesius (c.270-c.414), neo-platonist and Bishop of Ptolemais, in ancient Libya.
Lot 108
Emblemata.- Hugo (Herman) Pia Desideria Emblematis illustrata, woodcut pictorial title, coat of arms of Pope Urban VIII, 46 full-page emblems by Christoffel van Sichem after Boetius à Bolswert, and tail-pieces, occasional staining, 20th century blue calf over older marbled boards, spine gilt and with red leather label, [Landwehr, Low Countries, 346; Praz p.376-377], Antwerp & Amsterdam, typis Henrici Aertssenii, 1628; and another edition of the same, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first edition with woodcuts. It is rarer than engraved editions.
![Mazarin edition.- Bible, Greek.- [New Testament, Greek], 'Mazarin edition', half-title, fine engraved title by Claude Mellan](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/095499c2-54c5-4dfc-952f-aa0200d64a2c/a09a2106-d7db-4c0c-905b-aa0600ca0eaf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 109
Mazarin edition.- Bible, Greek.- [New Testament, Greek], 'Mazarin edition', half-title, fine engraved title by Claude Mellan depicting an angel writing on an obelisk and with title itself inscribed on a scroll carried by three cherubs, imprint in Greek at foot, large engraved cul-de-lampe on verso of final leaf with the arms of the King Louis XIII, some staining, a few small repairs, occasional spotting, 18th century mottled calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, covers crazed, folio (402 x 268mm.), [Paris], [l'Imprimerie Royale], [1642].⁂ A wide-margined copy of the magnificent edition "known as the 'Mazarin edition', since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal" (D&M). It is the first edition of the Greek New Testament from the Imprimerie Royale, founded by Louis XIII in 1640. It is a substantial reprint, with a few alterations, of the New Testament printed by the Elzeviers in 1624, adding a 30-page appendix of Variae Lectiones. The text was set in Garamond's Greek types, used by the Estienne dynasty of printers, and which subsequently became part of the type holdings of the Imprimerie Royale.Literature: D&M 4687.
Lot 110
Corneille (Pierre, translator).- Kempis (Thomas à) L'Imitation de Iesus Christ, engraved pictorial title, printed title with woodcut Jesuit device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, privilege f. at end, preliminaries browned, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, ink stain to lower cover, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, housed in a dark blue crushed morocco box by Rivière & Son, 12mo, Rouen, Laurens Maurry, 1651.⁂ The rare first edition of this translation of the first 20 chapters of The Imitation of Christ by the renowned 17th century French dramatist.
Lot 114
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Dictionnaire philosophique portatif, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking half-title, some water-staining and spotting / light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, London [but Geneva], [Gabriel Grasset], 1764.⁂ The true first edition of Voltaire's explosive work, which criticised the dogmas and superstitions of the Catholic Church, Islam and Judaism, amongst other institutions. Provenance: 'Wm. Lee' (ink signature to title). Literature: Brown, Livre dangereux, Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique, a Bibliography, 1994, 1.
Lot 120
Erotica.- Batacchi (Domenico Luigi) Opere Complete. Volume Unico, 36 engraved plates by Dorvin, Dancourt, Curvin, Darcour, and others, some spotting or light foxing, upper hinge cracked, contemporary half vellum, stained and rubbed, large 8vo, Paris, 1830.⁂ The rare first illustrated edition of the works of this Italian poet, with the majority of the engravings of an erotic nature. The only other copy of this work we can trace at auction was in the Bibliothèque Érotique Gérard Nordmann, Christie's, Paris, 14th December, 2006, lot 58, which made 4,560 euros.
Lot 123
Chess.- Lopez de Sigura (Ruy) Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez, collation: *4 §4 A-S8 T6, first edition, woodcut decorative initials, marginal repairs, some soiling, 19th century half purple morocco, spine richly gilt, spine slightly faded, rubbed, [LN363], small 4to (192 x 138mm.), Alcala de Henares, Andres de Angula, 1561.⁂ First edition of this important work on the theory of chess, with a distinguished provenance. Provenance: Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, 1818-1899, chess master, historian and theoretician (engraved armorial bookplate, with ms. 'No. 1608 / (925)', his initials and dated 1884 and a tipped-in page of notes by him); Dr. Robert Blass (ink stamp; his sale Christie's, 8th May, 1992, lot 44).
Lot 124
Chess.- Lopez de Sigura (Ruy) Il giuoco de gli scacchi, translated from the Spanish by Giovanne Domenico Tarsia, collation: *4 A-Z4 Aa-Dd4, first edition in Italian, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations of a board and pieces, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, light water-staining at foot, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, soiled, [LN372; Adams L1475; EDIT 16 CNCE 29870], small 4to, Venice, Cornelio Arrivabene, 1584.⁂ The scarce first Italian edition of this classic of the chess canon, with a distinguished provenance. Lopez gave his name to the most popular of all chess openings. His book was the first chess book to follow Damiano's small treatise of 1512. The first part deals with the origin and utility of chess, the second part provides a miscellaneous collection of openings and the third and fourth parts are a severe critique of Damiano, with corrections of his moves, and new openings included.Provenance: Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, 1818-1899, chess master, historian and theoretician (armorial bookplate with initials and 'N:t 3006 / (344) and dated 1884and his ms. notes to inside front cover and p.133); Albrecht Buschke (acquired in Munich in 1935. It is identified on p.100 of his typescript 1938 catalogue); sold by Buschke to Karl A. Baer (an invoice dated 11/16/54 is loosely inserted in the volume).
Lot 126
Chess.- Salvio (Alessandro) Il Puttino, altramente detto il cavaliero errante ... sopra il gioco de' Scacchi, con la sua apologia contra il Carrera, first edition, repair to head of title, worm trace to head of a4 and A4, affecting a few letters on A4, [LN383], Naples, Gio. Domenico Montanaro, 1634 bound with Salvio (Alessandro) Trattato dell' Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco di Scacchi, libro quarto, second edition, A4 small part of lower corner torn away, just touching the odd letter, [LN384], Naples, Gio. Domenico Montanaro, 1634, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut arms to titles, occasional later ink marginalia and underlining, worm trace to head of a few ff., affecting a few letters, some spotting or staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked in later contemporary red morocco, gilt, small 4to ⁂ Provenance: Sir Frederic Madden (signed ms. notes to front free endpaper comparing this edition to those of1604 and 1723); 'J.W. Rimington Wilson, Chess Library' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Lot 127
Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) The royall game of chesse-play· Sometimes the recreation of the late King, with many of the nobility. Illustrated vvith almost an hundred gambetts. Being the study of Biochimo the famous Italian, translated by Francis Beale, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles I by P. Stent, title with woodcut typographic border, woodcut illustration of a chess board, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, errata to verso of final f., a1&2 bound after title, lacking initial blank, portrait frayed at foot affecting caption, trimmed to within border and laid down, trimmed at head affecting headlines, a1 short tear to inner gutter affecting 2 or 3 letters, some staining, 19th century green mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, [LN 395; Whyld & Ravilious 1656:2; Wing G1810], small 8vo, Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Anchor, in the lower walk of the New Exchange, 1656.⁂ The first work on chess in English to note that the rook was sometimes depicted as a castle. This is a translation of Gioachino's Trattato del nobilissimo giuoco degli scacchi. Greco was a native of Calabria, the same province of Naples that had produced the chess masters Giovanni Leonard and Michele di Mauro. A5r has a poem by Richard Lovelace.Provenance: William Forbes Morgan (engraved bookplate).
Lot 130
Chess.- Tennis.- Billiards.- Divertissemens innocens, contenant les regies du jeu des echets, du billard, de la paume, du palle-mail, et du trictrac, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Adrian Schoonbeck, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, V6 small part of lower corner torn away, affecting part of catchword, lightly foxed, contemporary limp boards, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, [LN 3473], 12mo, The Hague, Adrian Moetjens, 1696.⁂ Pages 1-324 contain an early edition of Greco. Provenance: Francesco di Pietro (18th century ink signature to front pastedwon); Richard Ford, his sale, Phillips, 3rd October, 1985, lot 94.
Lot 133
Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Chess analysed: or instructions by which a perfect knowledge of this noble game may in a short time be acquir'd, title with woodcut floral ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, a little soling to lower corners at beginning and end, occasional spotting, 19th century half morocco, gilt, [LN 486; Whyld & Ravilious 1750:2], 8vo, printed for J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant, in the Strand, 1750.⁂ First edition in English. Provenance: 'J.W. Rimington Wilson, Chess Library' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); Brooklyn Public Library (ink stamps to lower edge and modern rear endpaper).
Lot 134
Chess.- Lambe (Robert) The history of chess, together with short and plain instructions by which any one may easily play at it without the help of a teacher, first edition, folding f. of diagrams, diagrams within text, some spotting, lightly browned, modern half morocco over old marbled boards, [LN176; Whyld & Ravilious 1764:3], 8vo, no printer, 1764.⁂ Provenance: 'J.W. Rimington Wilson, Chess Library' (ink inscription to front pastedown); possibly item 744 in Bernard Quaritch 1929 chess catalogue, and subsequently rebacked.
![Chess.- [Twiss (Richard, editor)] Chess, 2 vol. in 1, engraved titles and 2 plates, errata f., offsetting, some light foxing,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/095499c2-54c5-4dfc-952f-aa0200d64a2c/98e695ea-8a2c-4018-a8fa-aa0600ca3d3d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 139
Chess.- [Twiss (Richard, editor)] Chess, 2 vol. in 1, engraved titles and 2 plates, errata f., offsetting, some light foxing, contemporary russia, gilt, rebacked, [LN 4543; Whyld & Ravilious 1787:7], 8vo, printed for G. G. J & J. Robinson, and T. & J. Egerton, 1787-1789.⁂ Includes 'The Morals of Chess' by Benjamin Franklin (pp.141-148 in vol.1), first published in The Columbian Magazine in December 1786. As one of the first Americans to play chess he advocates playing the game to develop skills, 'The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions...'.Provenance: Sir George Douglass (engraved armorial bookplate). Douglass was a subscriber to the 1790 edition of Philidor.
Lot 146
Chess.- Duchamp (Marcel) and Vitaly Halberstadt. L' Opposition et Les Cases Conjuguées sont Reconcilées, first edition, text in French, German and English, chess board diagrams in red and black, errata slip loosely inserted, original printed wrappers after a design by Duchamp, a near fine copy, 4to, Paris & Brussels, L' Échiquier, 1932.⁂ In 1932 Marcel Duchamp was appointed a French delegate to the International Chess Federation and played for France in the 1933 Chess Olympiad.
![[Loiseau de Tourval (Jean)] The French Herald summoning all True Christian Princes to a generall Croisade, for a Holy Warr ag](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/095499c2-54c5-4dfc-952f-aa0200d64a2c/18f0290b-eacb-4aef-b4e4-aa0600ca58e7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 15
[Loiseau de Tourval (Jean)] The French Herald summoning all True Christian Princes to a generall Croisade, for a Holy Warr against the great Enemy of Christendome...upon the Occasion of the most execrable murther of Henry the great, first edition, woodcut ornament on title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lacking final blank, light soiling to title, modern half red morocco, small [STC 11374], 4to, by E.Allde for Mathew Lownes, 1611.⁂ ESTC records 8 UK locations: BL, Cambridge (3 copies), Glasgow, Middle Temple Library, and Oxford (2 copies).
Lot 16
Sanderson (Robert) Logicae artis compendium, second edition, title with woodcut device, with penultimate errata leaf and final blank, signature of Robert Cranmer at head of title, inscribed by Dr J.Kidd to Rev.J.W.Burgon on front free endpaper and with accompanying A.L.s. & envelope tipped in, 19th century calf, gilt, by Bellamy of Oxford with his ticket, a little rubbed, joints cracked, Oxford, John Lichfield & James Short, 1618 § [Ward (Seth)] Vindiciae academiarum. Containing some briefe Animadversions upon Mr Websters Book, Stiled The Examination of Academies. Together with an Appendix concerning what M. Hobbs and M. Dell Have published on this Argument, first edition, title with single-rule border and woodcut device, a few small ink annotations and sheet of notes tipped in at beginning, title soiled and with ink stain to upper inner corner touching rule border, a little browned, a few stains, modern red calf, [Wing W832; Madan, III, 225], Oxford, Thomas Robinson, 1654, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ Rev. J.W.Burgon (1813-88), clergyman, became Dean of Chichester Cathedral in 1876.
Lot 162
Lyell (Sir Charles, first baronet, geologist, 1797-1865) Autograph Letter signed to Robert Harkness, 2½pp., 8vo, 53 Harley Street, [London], 21st January 1865, "I have just returned from Berlin... before I left town I gave orders that a copy of the new edition of my 'Elements' [Elements of Geology, 1838] should be sent to you by post so that you should get it before it was in the hands of the public... You shall have one of the earliest copies which you have more than earned by the kind manner in which you verified my Arbroath section. I have cited you among other things for having confirmed Sir Roderick's [Roderick Impey Murchison] views of the Silurian age of certain metamorphic rocks in Scotland", tears along folds, browned, laid down on album leaf.⁂ Robert Harkness (1816-78), geologist.
Lot 166
Wallace (Alfred Russel, naturalist, evolutionary theorist, and social critic, 1823-1913) 12 Autograph or Letters signed, Autograph Postcards or Postcards signed & other signed items, comprising: (1). 3 Autograph Letters signed, 1 Autograph Postcards signed & Postcard signed to Rev. George Edwards Comerford Casey, (2) Autograph signed reference & Letter signed to Edward Comerford Casey, (3). Autograph Letter to Ernest Westlake (4). Autograph presentation inscription to Mrs Casey (5). Autograph botanical note signed (6). Autograph Letter signed & initialled note to Olive Casey, together 15pp. and 3 sides, Parkstone and Broadstone, Wimborne, Dorset, 1896-1913, on a variety of subjects, (1) to Rev George Edwards Comerford Casey, "I am very very busy, seeing my large 'Spruce' book [Richard Spruce's Notes of a botanist on the Amazon & Andes..., 1908] through the press arranging illustrations maps &c, getting materials for Biographical Introduction &c. ... . I began reading your 'Great & Good' book [Casey's ?The Broad Churchman, 1891] - the two first chapters were excellent - but afterwards it did not interest me so much, but I have read on, at intervals, till I got to the Chapters on 'Christians' and 'Quakers' - both of which are really admirable... . My publisher's have arranged for a new, cheap, & much reduced edition of 'My Life', - So Will is going to do the cutting out, under my general direction, less than halfis to remain..."; (2). "I have much pleasure in saying that I have known Mr. Edward C. Casey as well as his family, for eight or nine years... and that I consider him to be a young man of exceptionally high character and of a disposition well suited for the profession of an instructor of youth" (3). To Ernest Westlake, "Allow me to introduce to you my young friend Mr. Edward Casey who is much interested in flint implements..." (5). "My Holly-like shrub is Desfontainea spinosa (Gentianacea) native of Peru" (6). Letter & note to Olive Casey, one replying to a juvenile verse in Irish, "To complete your copy of Man's Place in the Universe AR.W"; and a small quantity of other Wallace and Casey family material including: "A verse from The Higher Catechism by Sam Walter Foss", written out and signed by Wallace, verse by Wallace in reply to a riddle by Casey (not Wallace's autograph), photographs of the Wallace and Casey families, ephemera, including tickets, 2 copies of a printed reference for Edward Casey, newspaper cuttings of Wallace's obituary, correspondence from Wallace's son William G. Wallace to Olive and Edward Casey, 2 photographs of Olive and Alvina Bertram "Bertie" as children etc., folds, v.s., v.d. (c. 23 pieces & a qty of photographs).⁂ Friends and neighbours of Alfred Russel Wallace. Rev. George Edwards Comerford Casey (1845-1912), came from an Anglo-Irish family that made their money in the soap industry in Liverpool. Casey served as a curate in Lincolnshire before becoming an Assistant Master at the High School in Nottingham. Casey was the author of several works, including, Riviera Nature Notes, published in 1898.
Lot 17
Stockwood (John) Disputatiuncularum grammaticalium libellus, fourth edition, woodcut head-pieces, initials and fine full-page illustration of picking apples on verso of colophon, with the two final blanks, contemporary ink inscriptions at end, a few ink squiggles to text, title a little soiled, slight worming to inner margin with occasional loss of letters, cropped shaving a few side-notes, contemporary calf, new morocco label, rubbed, small hole to spine, upper cover repaired at lower edge, [STC 23279], 8vo, [T.Dawson] for John Battersby, 1619.⁂ Rare Latin grammar first published in 1598. All editions are scarce with only 4 examples recorded as having appeared at auction, none of this date, most defective and the most recent in 1981. ESTC records 7 copies, all in the UK: BL, Cambridge (2 copies), Oxford (3 copies), Wells Cathedral.
Lot 195
Wilkins (John) An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, 2 parts in 1, first edition, imprimatur leaf, title with engraved armorial, two full-page engraved plates, engraved illustrations, two folding tables, slightly browned, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of Beilby Thompson of Escrick, contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down, corners bumped, [Wing W2196; Alston VII 290, noting that copies vary as to plates and tables], folio, John Martin Printer to the Royal Society, 1668.⁂ The first full exposition of universal language in English by the renowned mathematician and astronomer John Wilkins (1616-72), first Secretary of the Royal Society. This, his most important work, was prepared with the assistance of John Ray & Francis Willughby. It contains sections on the origin of languages and letters, the theory of grammar and phonetics and their relation to universal language, and the proposed alphabet for Wilkins's devised universal language."Beilby Thompson (1742-99), landowner and politician.
Lot 197
Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by R.White after Faithorne (laid down), 12 engraved plates by M.Burghers and P.P.Bouche after Medina, 6pp. list of subscribers at end, a little soiled and browned, a few ink stains, first plate trimmed close at fore-edge, M3 with tear to lower margin, near contemporary speckled calf, very slightly rubbed, neatly rebacked preserving old red morocco label, new endpapers, a good copy, [Pforzheimer 720; Wing M2147], folio, for Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently...and Jacob Tonson, 1688.⁂ The first folio and the first illustrated edition of Milton's great work; one of three variants published in the same year.
Lot 200
Pantomime.- Dance.- Thurwood (John) Harlequin Doctor Faustus: with The masque of the deities. Compos'd by John Thurmond, dancing-master. With additions and alterations, first edition, half-title, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, modern dark brown half morocco, spine gilt, [Fletcher, Forty rare books relating to the Art of Dance, 25], 8vo, Printed for W. Chetwood, 1724.⁂ The rare detailed synopsis of the most famous of Thurwood's pantomime's for Drury Lane. It gives details of the stage effects ('Thunder and lightning....Mephostophilus flies down upon a Dragon vomiting fire') and the series of dances performed.
Lot 208
Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, 6 vol., first edition, first issue with the errata leaf (c8 recto) in vol.I and with the errata uncorrected, complete with the final blanks in vol.I (K12) and vol.III (R12), and with all of the cancels called for by Rothschild: B9 and B10 in vol.I; B4, B5, and N12 in vol.II; H8, H9, H10, M3, and Q11 in vol.III; and N8 in vol.V, decorative woodcut tail pieces, armorial bookplate of Ambrose Isted to to verso of titles, vol.1 front free endpaper detached, light foxing or browning, occasional minor soiling, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels, cracking to joints but holding firm, minor bumping to corners, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-cases, [Rothschild 850-851], 12mo, for A.Millar, 1749.
Lot 209
Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 6 vol., first edition, first issue with errata in vol. I, vol. I B9-10, vol. II B4-5 and N12, vol. III H8-10, M3 and Q11, vol. V N8 cancels, vol. II title and some ff. a little creased, slightly browned, ink signatures of Richard Thompson on titles, bookplates of H Wood on front pastedowns, vol. VI lacks free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, vol. II disbound, vol. III lacks lower cover, vol. I covers detached, other vol. covers detaching, gilt spines, rubbed and splitting, [Cross 2:120; Rothschild 850], A. Millar, 1749.
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