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Wollstonecraft (Mary) Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness, first illustrated edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates by William Blake, 3pp. advertisements at end, plates lightly offset (as usual), a little foxed towards end, bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell, engraved pictorial bookplate of Alice Marion Trusted tipped to front free endpaper, attractive later red straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Roger de Coverly, covers with single gilt fillet border and cornerpieces of leafy sprays against a background of small dots, spines gilt in compartments with five raised bands, g.e., very slightly rubbed at edges, [Bentley 514; Rothschild 2597], 12mo, for J.Johnson, 1791.⁂ Originally published in 1788 this is the first illustrated edition, with copper-engraved plates by William Blake, and in a pretty binding by Roger de Coverly.Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919), lawyer and Liberal Party politician who married Lady Catherine Henrietta Wallop, a minor author. They entertained many artistic and literary figures at their home, Wenlock Abbey, Salop., including Henry James and Thomas Hardy.

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, without the very rare errata slip (as usual), light foxing to title and one or two other leaves, engraved bookplate of John Gordon, contemporary tree calf, red roan label, rubbed, joints split, 8vo, Bristol and London, 1797.⁂ Second edition of Coleridge's Poems on Various Subjects published the previous year but in many ways a new work and the first edition of many items. It was revised and greatly expanded by Coleridge including a new Preface and eleven new poems, and with additional poems by Charles Lamb (who had contributed four poems to the first edition) and Charles Lloyd.

Southey (Robert) Poems, second edition, with advertisement leaf but lacking final blank, soiled and stained, preliminary leaves misbound, old boards, rebacked and cornered in vellum (one corner lacking), worn, Bristol, N.Biggs for Joseph Cottle, 1797; Omniana, or Horae Otiosiores, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with 2 initial advertisement leaves and half-title, some spotting or soiling, original boards, uncut, rubbed, 1812; Metrical Tales and Other Poems, first edition, half-title, 2 advertisement leaves & 36pp. catalogue at end, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, green roan label, splits to joints, 1805; Joan of Arc, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece (offset), contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine ends worn, Bristol, 1798; and another, 8vo (7)

[Southey (Robert, editor)] The Annual Anthology, 2 vol., first edition, with B8 excised from vol.1 and C3 in vol.2 a cancel (as usual), some spotting and light staining, later morocco, by Rivière & Son, t.e.g., others uncut, joints rubbed, Bristol, 1799-1800; Metrical Tales and Other Poems, first edition, half-title, later roan-backed marbled boards, 1805 § [Lamb (Charles)] Elia, first edition, second issue with "Waterloo Place" in imprint, half-title, later claret straight-grain morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt, g.e., 1823 § Talfourd (T.N.) Final Memorials of Charles Lamb, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, spines faded, 1848, all rubbed, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first contains contributions by Coleridge (27 poems), Charles Lamb and others; the excised leaf was Southey's 'War Poem' and was removed because it contained unpatriotic sentiments.

[Hunt (Leigh)] Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres..., first edition, half-title, engraved vignette title, without 8pp. prospectus for 'The Examiner' and advertisement leaf at end, light foxing to title, later tan calf, gilt, by Root & Son, spine gilt with red and green roan labels, g.e., 8vo, by and for John Hunt, 1807.⁂ A handsome copy of the author's second book, printed and published by his brother John.

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Remorse. A Tragedy, first edition, occasional light spotting or soiling, later blue morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t,e.g., others uncut, 1813; Poems...to which are added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, second edition, some light foxing, small ink stains to fore-edge, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine a little worn and cracked, Bristol & London, 1797; The Poetical Works, 3 vol., light foxing, ink stain to fore-edge of vol.3, original cloth, paper labels, rubbed and mottled, spines faded, William Pickering, 1834; and another, 8vo (6)

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Posthumous Poems, [edited by Mary Shelley], first edition, first issue without errata slip, title lightly soiled and stained, a few other minor spots or stains, contemporary half calf, roan label, rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, 1824.⁂ Containing previously unpublished poems, translations etc.; one of fewer than 500 copies, many of which were suppressed at the demand of Sir Timothy Shelley, Percy's father.

Jones (Ebenezer) Studies of Sensation and Event; Poems, first edition, half-title, errata slip, advertisement slip tipped to rear pastedown, the author's copy with 3 long additional poems written by him in ink on the half-title, title & rear endpapers and signed by him at end dated 1st September 1845, several with crossings out and alterations, also some corrections to text in ink, with A.L.s. from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to R.H.Shepherd dated 27 August 1878 concerning Jones tipped in at beginning, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, upper joint split, 8vo, 1843.⁂ First and only edition of the author's only poetical work, published when he was 23 and working as a clerk in a tea warehouse. The book was poorly reviewed and Jones died of consumption in 1860, but he found some fame posthumously when he was taken up by D.G.Rossetti who published an article about his work in Notes and Queries in 1870. In 1878 Richard Herne Shepherd wrote a brief account of Jones, the pamphlet referred to by Rossetti in his letter to Shepherd, and a year later issued a revised edition of Studies of Sensation and Event including the author's corrections, presumably taken from this annotated copy.

Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles) The Feminin' Monarchi', or the Histori of Bee's..., third edition, woodcut illustration with verses on verso of title, woodcut head-pieces, initials and diagrams, 4pp. musical notation (partly printed upside down for 4 singers to use simultaneously), lacking 4 preliminary leaves [para]4 following Preface, various contemporary ink signatures to margins of several leaves, rather soiled and stained, ink stain to S2 & 3, several leaves slightly defective at outer margin and reinforced, modern half mottled calf, rubbed, [British Bee Books 18; STC 4194; Walker Catalogue p.12], Oxford, by William Turner, 1634 § Wildman (Thomas) A Treatise on the Management of Bees, first edition, list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional light marginal soiling, contemporary half mottled calf, spine ruled in gilt with red roan label, rubbed, corners and edges of boards a little worn, [British Bee Books 119; Walker Catalogue p.78]. for the Author, 1768, small 4to & 4to (2)⁂ "This is the greatest early British bee book and contains the best account of skep beekeeping which is available today". (British Bee Books). First published in 1609 this is the first edition written in the phonetic spelling devised by the author.

Birds.- Olina (Giovanni Pietro) Uccelliera Overo Discorso della Natura, e Proprieta di Diversi Uccelli, conoscergli, alleuargli, e mantenergli, first edition, title with engraved arms, 66 full-page engraved illustrations by Tempesta and Villamena, woodcut initials & tail-pieces, a little browned, a few stains, A7 lacking small portion from inner margin, E4 with small paper flaw holes at head just touching head-line, engraved bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, 18th century diced russia, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, [Anker 380; Harting 278; Nissen IVB 693; Schwerdt II, p.48], 4to, Rome, Andrea Fei, 1622.⁂ "One of the earliest works with engraved plates representing birds"(Anker). The work is mainly concerned with the habits, trapping and management of songbirds, including the making of pasta to feed nightingales and use of musicians to encourage their singing, but there are also descriptions and plates of hawking.

Birds.- Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology..., first edition in English, title in red and black, 80 engraved plates (2 of trapping and the rest of birds), 2 letterpress tables, woodcut initials, lightly soiled and stained, plate 20 torn and repaired, 58 & 59 torn at fore-edge not affecting images, 78 stained and frayed at fore-edge with tear just touching image (repaired), contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rubbed, corners, worn, rebacked, red morocco label (spotted), [Anker 532; Nissen IVB 991; Wing W2880], folio, by A. C. for John Martyn, 1678.⁂ Greatly expanded version of Willughby's 1676 Latin text by John Ray, which includes essays on falconry and songbirds as well as additional plates.

Botany.- Commelin (Caspar) Horti medici Amstelaedamensis plantae rariores et exoticae, first edition, title with woodcut of bowl of flowers & fruit hand-coloured and heightened with gold, 48 etched plates by P.Sluyter expertly coloured in a contemporary hand, many heightened with white and gum arabic, many with caption in ink in contemporary hand in lower margin, some light browning and offsetting, faint heraldic stamp and ink signature "Will. Forsyth" to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, lacking label, [Nissen BBI 387], 4to, Leiden, Fr.Haringh, 1706.⁂ Scarce coloured copy of Commelin's supplement to his uncle Jan's Horti medici Amstelodamensis of 1697-1701 and containing many plates of new species recently introduced from the Cape, particularly aloes.?Possibly William Forsyth (1737-1804), Scottish botanist and gardener, author of many works on trees, and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. Forsyth trained as a gardener under Philip Miller at the Chelsea Physic Garden and from 1784 until his death was superintendent of the royal gardens at Kensington and St.James's palaces.

Botany.- Orta (Garcia de) Aromatum et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia, collation: A-Z, a-f8, fourth edition, woodcut printer's device on title and penultimate leaf, with final blank, woodcut illustrations, some underlinings in red, one or two contemporary marginalia, wormhole to Z gathering onwards with occasional slight loss, browned, cropped affecting a few head-lines, later calf-backed boards with vellum corners, spine gilt, rubbed, spine worn & chipped at foot, [Adams 322; Nissen BBI 949; Sabin 57666; Wellcome I 4655], 8vo (160 x 100mm.), Antwerp, ex Officina Plantiniana, 1593.⁂ Important work on the pharmaceutical plants of the New World and the first textbook on tropical medicine by a European.

Gardening.- Fatio de Duillier (Nicolas) Fruit-Walls Improved, by Inclining them to the Horizon: or, a Way to Build Walls for Fruit-Trees; Whereby they May Receive More Sun Shine, and Heat, than Ordinary, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece, with, engraved device to title, head- & tail-pieces, initials and 2 folding plates by Gribelin, with imprimatur on verso of title and errata/advertisement leaf at end of preliminaries, wide margins, lightly water-stained, first plate a little browned, engraved bookplate of William Morehead, contemporary calf, a little worn and stained, corners worn, rebacked preserving old spine, [Wing F557], 4to, by R. Everingham; and are to be sold by John Taylor..., 1699. ⁂ Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was a Swiss mathematician known for his work on the Zodiacal light problem and for his close working relationship with Sir Isaac Newton. In 1699 he suggested increasing fruit-tree and vine productivity by using sloping walls and later a tracking mechanism which could pivot to follow the sun.

Gardening.- Gilbert (Samuel) Florist's Vade-Mecum...The Second Edition Corrected, 2 woodcut plans of gardens, title with portion cut away at head touching some letters and contemporary ink inscription to verso, final 2 leaves cut and defective, browned, contemporary sheep, worn, for J.Taylor...and J.Wyat..., 1693 § [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)] The French Gardiner: Instructing how to Cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees, and Herbs for the Garden, translated by John Evelyn, second edition in English, engraved additional pictorial title and 4 plates, one folding, slight worming, cropped affecting a few side-notes, engraved bookplate of Isaac Barrow of Holland, Derby pasted on verso of title, old cloth, by T.B. for B.Took, 1691 § Evelyn (John) Kalendarium Hortense: or, The Gard'ners Almanac, ninth edition, engraved additional title, title and caption titles to each month printed in red & black, full-page engraved illustration, errata leaf at end, contemporary calf ruled & stamped in blind, rubbed, splits to joints, for Francis Fawcet, 1699, all foxed or browned, sometimes heavily, [Henrey 160, 149 & 130; Wing G714a, B3603 & E3502], 12mo (3)⁂ The first is a scarce edition, with only 2 UK copies listed by ESTC (BL & Kew) and 5 others elsewhere; Henrey also lists a copy in the Lindley Library of the Royal Horticultural Society. The second item contains an appendix with instructions for the preparation and cooking of fruit and vegetables and an engraved plate of a kitchen, plus 'The English Vineyard Vindicated' by John Rose, Gardiner to His Majesty.

Gardening.- Hot-Houses.- Tod (George) Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, an Aquarium, Conservatories &c., half-title, 27 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, one double-page, some light marginal soiling but generally a good, clean copy, contemporary manuscript note with dimensions for "Wm.Cambridge's Hott House" loosely inserted, original boards, uncut, contemporary ink inscription "Mr.Megram Saul Lodge 1840" at head of upper cover, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked, [Tooley 491; cf. Abbey Life 77, first edition of 1807], 4to, 1823.

Mining.- Pettus (Sir John) Fodinae Regales. Or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and...Ireland, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by W.Sherwin, 2 folding engraved plates with letterpress key on verso, 2 engraved illustrations of arms, corrigenda leaf at end (defective at upper edge and repaired), portrait a little frayed at upper & lower edge and reinforced, title with initials "S.P." in red ink at head, a little soiled and browned, B2 smaller, paper flaw tear to lower margin of Hh2, modern half calf, [Goldsmiths 1930; Kress 1270; Wing P1908], by H.L. and R.B. for Thomas Basset, 1670.⁂ The standard 17th century English work on mining by the deputy governor of the royal mines.

Torricelli (Evangelista) Lezioni Accademiche..., edited by Tommaso Bonaventuri, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait after Pietro Anichini, title with engraved device of the Accademia della Crusca, 3 woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials, lacking imprimatur leaf (c10 but often bound at end), old ink manuscript note praising the author on rear free endpaper, some light spotting or soiling, a little staining to upper edge of a few leaves, later vellum, gilt-stamped morocco label, yapp edges, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, [Norman II, 2088], 4to, Florence, Jacopo Guiducci, 1715.⁂ Twelve posthumously published lectures by Torricelli, Galileo's successor as Professor of mathematics at Florence, delivered to the Accademia della Crusca, the Studio Fiorentino, and the Academy of Drawing. The lectures relate mainly to physics, and include discussions on impact, wind and military architecture. Bonaventuri's preface contains a biography of Torricelli and a good overview of his work; it also reprints Torricelli's letters on the barometric experiment.

Weather.- Barlow (Edward) Meteorological Essays, Concerning the Origin of Springs, Generation of Rain, and Production of Wind. With a Rational and Historical Account of the Causes and Course of the Tide: Its Propagation thro' the Great Ocean, first edition, lacking A1 (?blank), with 12 folding engraved maps or plans, one bound upside down, another with tear to fold repaired, title soiled, some browning, a few stains, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine slightly worn at head, 8vo, for John Hooke...and Thomas Caldecott, 1715.⁂ Edward Barlow was the inventor of the repeating clock and watch. The work includes a world map of the winds and a double hemisphere map.

Americas.- [Beverley (Robert)] Histoire de la Virginie, second French edition, engraved additional pictorial title with coat-of-arms of Virginia and 14 plates of native Americans, title in red and black, lacking folding table at end, a little browned, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, gouges to upper cover, [Sabin 5116], 12mo, Amsterdam, Thomas Lombrail, 1707.⁂ Early account of Virginia by a native of the colony, with important information on the native Americans and the early settlers. The first French edition was published in the same year, by Pierre Ribou in Paris.

Americas.- California.- Shelvocke (Capt. George) A Voyage round the World by the Way of the Great South Sea, first edition, engraved title-vignette, folding engraved twin-hemisphere map, 4 engraved plates, 2 folding, light water-staining, ink stain to Bb8-Cc3, slight worming to outer margin of final gathering, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed, small gouge to lower cover, rebacked, [Cowan pp.581-2; Hill pp.272-3; Howes S383; Sabin 80158], 8vo, for J. Senex, 1726.⁂ Scarce account of Shelvocke's privateering adventures through the Pacific and with what Cowan calls "the fullest account of California, the natives and their features, of any of the old voyagers." The map depicts California as an island and two of the plates show natives of California; there are also early references to Californian gold and Peruvian guano. It has been suggested that Shevlocke's account of the passage around Cape Horn, where a sailor killed an albatross, inspired Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Americas.- Central America.- Cockburn (John) Journey over Land, from the Gulf of Honduras to the Great South-Sea, first edition, folding engraved map, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, 3pp. advertisements at end, occasional browning or soiling, a few stains to verso of B8, engraved bookplate of Tho.Jelf Powys, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, corners slightly worn, nearly rebacked, [Hill 324; Sabin 14095], 8vo, C.Rivington, 1735.⁂ Having been captured by pirates off the coast of Honduras Cockburn and five others escaped and made their way across the isthmus to the Pacific coast, enduring such hardship along the way that this account was for many years regarded as mostly fiction. It also includes 'A Briefe Discoverye of...the Travells of Nicholas Withington, a Factor in the East-Indiase' at end.

Americas.- Central America.- Gage (Thomas) A New Survey of the West-Indies..., third edition, folding engraved map, lacking final blank, title lightly soiled, a few minor repairs to lower margins, cropped, gilt-stamped circular book-label of William Twopeny, nineteenth century sprinkled calf, gilt, by M.M.Holloway, spine gilt with green morocco label, one compartment worn, [Sabin 26300; Wing G114, cf. Hill 665, first edition of 1648], 8vo, by A.Clark...to be sold by John Martyn, Robert Horn and Walter Kettilby, 1677.⁂ The first non-Spanish description of the Spanish territories in the New World. Gage spent a dozen years in Central America, living for much of the time amongst the Indians.

Americas.- South America.- Acuña (Cristóbal de) & others. Voyages and Discoveries in South-America, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, 2 folding engraved maps of the rivers Amazon and Plate, a little foxed and browned, particularly at beginning and end, staining to final leaf, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, [Borba de Moraes I:12; Hill 1788; Sabin 152; Wing V 746], 8vo, for S.Buckley, 1698.⁂ Collection of narratives of the first Europeans to penetrate into the territories of the the Arragoues and Nouragones nations, comprising: Acuña's account of Pedro Teixiera's expedition from Quito up the Amazon to Pará including scientific observations and descriptions of the native Indians; Acarete du Biscay's voyage up the River Plate with descriptions of Buenos Aires and the silver mines at Potosi; Grillet & Bechamel's travels in Guiana in search of Lake Parima.

Americas.- West Indies.- Martyr d'Anghiera (Peter) The Historie of the West-Indies, containing the Actes and Adventures of the Spaniards, which have conquered and peopled those Countries, inriched with varietie of pleasant relation of the Manners, Ceremonies, Lawes, Governments, and Warres of the Indians, Published in Latin by Mr. Hakluyt, and translated into English by M.Lok. Gent., woodcut initials, title very lightly soiled but generally clean, small paper flaw holes to I1 & O1 affecting one or two letters, S1 & 8 soiled at upper edge, loose in binding, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript at head, rubbed a little soiled and stained, lacking ties, [STC 651; Sabin 45011], 4to, [by Thomas Dawson] for Andrew Hebb, [?1625].⁂ An excellent clean copy in a contemporary binding of this scarce history of the Spanish conquest in the New World by Peter Martyr, King Ferdinand's councillor for Spain's affairs in the New World. The work is a translation of Richard Hakluyt's 1577 edition of De orbe novo, originally published in 1530 and the first work to describe contact between Europeans and Native Americans and containing the first European reference to india rubber. This is generally believed to be a reissue of the 1612 edition with the first gathering cancelled and a new title-page.ESTC lists only 7 copies of this edition in the UK and only 3 copies have appeared at auction, most defective or in later bindings. The most recent copy was part of the De Orbe Novo Collection, sold by Bloomsbury Auctions New York in 2009 for $3500, but with a soiled and repaired title and bound in modern goatskin.

Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, folding plates, illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end of vol.1, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, uncut & unopened, spines lightly faded, a little mottling to boards, vol.2 with split to upper joint and corners bumped, 8vo, Cambridge, 1888.⁂ Classic work on the exploration of Arabia with so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.

Turkey.- Nicolay (Nicolas de) The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, collation: ¶4 A-X8 Y2, printed in roman type, title within typographic border, 60 full-page woodcut illustrations, each within typographic border, illustration at p.138 torn and repaired, other small marginal defects not affecting text or images, one typographic border and one page number slightly trimmed, occasional soiling, mostly marginal, early 19th century calf, gilt, small worm-trace to joints, [Blackmer 1197; STC 18574; this edition not in Atabey], small 4to (186 x 130mm.), Imprinted at London by Thomas Dawson, 1585.⁂ The rare first English edition which "is much less common than the French or Italian versions. The plates in this version are woodcuts, not the copper engravings which were produced for the first edition (Lyon, 1567). The English edition is dedicated to Sir Phillip Sidney and his father Henry by the editor John Stell. It seems to be the only work by the translator Thomas Washington." (Blackmer)Provenance: indecipherable17th century inscription in lower margin of sig.V3.

Voyages.- [Noble (Charles Frederick)] A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748, first edition, 11 engraved plates, one folding of view of Batavia, with Directions to Binder leaf at end, light foxing, bookplates of Brocket Hall and Panshanger Hall, contemporary speckled calf, red roan label, rubbed, spine a little worn at head, 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A.Dehondt...and T.Durham, 1762.

World.- Morden (Robert) [Geography Rectified: or, A Description of the World], maps only, no title or text, comprising double-page engraved 'Catalogue of Mapps in This Booke' and 79 double-page engraved maps, maps all with attractive bright outline hand-colouring in contemporary hand (sheets c.150 x 165mm.), all mounted on stubs, rather soiled and browned, some offsetting or staining, a few maps with tear to fold, one or two others with marginal tears or defects, 'Catalogue' with wormhole affecting border, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old red roan label "Book of Maps", 8vo, n.p., [late 17th century]; sold not subject to return⁂ Bound volume of maps from Morden's Geography Rectified including a twin hemisphere map and 17 maps of the Americas, with a general map of America showing California as an island. The work was first published in 1680 with 62 maps and a second, enlarged, edition in 1688 with 78 maps. The 'Catalogue' lists 78 maps but this volume contains an additional map 'Turkey in Europe' following that of Greece.

Aesop. Vita & Fabellae, first Aldine edition, collation: a8, A8, B10, b8, c8, C8, D10, d8, e-h8, i6, k-ξ8, o4, 150 leaves, Greek and roman type, woodcut Aldine device on recto of first leaf, larger framed woodcut device on final verso, blank spaces for capitals, with printed guide letters, slightly browned and soiled in places, some bibliographical annotations on first front flyleaf, among others "Libri rarissimi exemplar pulcherrimum", pencil notes by Bernard Quaritch on rear pastedown, early 19th-century vellum, gilt-lettered green morocco spine label (chipped), folio (266 x 172mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, October 1505.⁂ The rare first Aldine edition of the Fabulae, supplemented with a Latin translation and the fictitious life of Aesop ascribed to Planudes, likewise in Greek and Latin. "This edition may be considered among the rarer and more beautiful productions of the Aldine Press" (Dibdin, Introduction, I, p. 247). The volume also contains the text, in both languages, of the forty-three fables by the second-century writer Babrius (or Gabrias, as Aldus erroneously calls him), and the Greek text only of writings by Phurnutus or Cornutus, Palaephatus, and Heraclides Ponticus, along with the Hieroglyphica by Horapollo, the proverbs by Tarrhaeus and Didymus, and the Apologus Aesopi de Cassita apud Gellium, all of which appear here in their first editions: this Aldine edition is thus rightly defined by N. G. Wilson as "a most curious miscellany" (From Byzanthium to Italy, p. 143).The Aldine Aesop follows the 1481 editio princeps printed in Milan by Bonus Accursius, but it includes five additional fables that had remained unpublished. The edition is the only work printed by Aldus to have parallel text in Latin and Greek, indicating the popularity of the Fables as a schoolbook during the Renaissance. The Greek and Latin text is interleaved to aid those readers who knew Latin but not Greek. The texts are also separable: the pages printed in Greek are numbered sequentially, and there are copies in which the Aesopus Graecus is found bound together without the Latin translation. The title-page points out this particular feature, stating that the Fables are presented "cum interpretatione latina, ita tamen ut separari a graeco possit pro unius cuiusque arbitrio".Provenance: Henry Philip Hope (1774-1839; see Catalogue of the... library of Henry P. Hope, Esq...sold by auction, by Leigh and Sotheby..., London 1813, lot 1584, "Esopi Vita et Fabulae, Gr. very fair Venet. ap. Ald."; note on front flyleaf 'Hope's Sale 1813' £8.0.0.'); Porkington Library of John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, Lord Harlech (1816-1876; ex-libris on front pastedown); Kenneth Rapoport (ex-libris on front pastedown).Literature: Adams A278; STC Italian 8; Renouard Alde, 49.6; Ahmanson-Murphy 93; Hoffmann I, p. 63; Staikos,The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators (1495-1515), New Castle, DE 2016, 46; N. G. Wilson, From Byzantium to Italy, Baltimore 1993, pp. 143-144.

Canon law.- Gregorius IX, Pope. Decretalium copiosum argumentum, collation [*]1 a-z A-S8 T10 aa8 bb6 cc-dd10, double column, printed in red and black, Gothic letter, title and woodcut printer's device within ornate woodcut criblé border, large pictorial criblé genealogy, second woodcut genealogy, woodcut criblé initials, title with a few small holes and repaired, some staining, heavier to first few ff., wormholes / small traces, affecting text, occasional spotting, 17th century mottled sheep, rebacked, folio (373 x 269mm.), [Paris], [Ulrich Gering & Berthold Rembolt], 1507.⁂ A rare edition of the Decretales.

Xenophon. Omnia quae extant operis, 2 parts in 1, first complete Aldine edition, collation: *4, A-L8; α-ξ8, ο6 (fol. G2 signed ii, fol. H1 unsigned), [4], 87; [119] leaves (with misnumbering), complete with blank leaves L8 and α1, Greek and roman type, text in Greek, woodcut Aldine device on title and on verso of final leaf, blank spaces for capitals, with printed guide letters, a few pale spots and fingermarks, some marginalia in Greek, 17th-century sprinkled calf, gilt spine with raised bands, edges speckled red, spine ends repaired, folio (306 x 209mm.), Venice, Heirs of Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresano, April 1525.⁂ The first complete edition of Xenophon issued by the Aldine press, edited by Gian Francesco d'Asola, son of Aldus' father-in-law, Andrea Torresano. Alongside Xenophon's short, and still then unpublished, De Atheniensium re publica and De vectigalibus, the Aldine edition of 1525 contains the Agesilao, the text of which had been in the past erroneously attributed - as Torresano states in his preliminary address to readers - to Plutarch, and therefore included in previous editions of the Plutarchean Vitae. The volume also contains Xenophon's Hellenica, a work which had already been published by Aldus Manutius in October 1503. Provenance: from the library of St. Maria Incoronata, Padua (ownership inscription 'Biblioth. Collegij S. Mariae Coronatae Papie[nsis]', and old small stamp on title).Literature: Adams X4; STC Italian 738; Renouard Alde, 100.1; Ahmanson-Murphy 229; Cataldi Palau 94.

ƟRichard Adams, Watership Down, first edition, signed by the author [London, Rex Collings, 1972]complete with large folding map, title signed “Yours sincerely, Richard Adams”, some faint scattered spotting to preliminary and penultimate leaves and pastedowns, original brown cloth, gilt vignette to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, corners and spine ends a little bumped, lower cover with with some discolouration, volume with slight shelf lean, original dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, extremities with some very faint finger-soiling, a few closed tears along creases and a few small chips to head and tail of spine with fractional loss, unclipped, overall an excellent copy, 8voAn excellent copy of the author's first landmark novel. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟMargaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, first Canadian and English editions, signed by the author [London & Toronto, 1985]a pair, comprising: the first Canadian edition (1985, original cloth-backed boards, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket extremities slightly faded, small closed tear along upper crease else excellent copy), first English edition (1985m original cloth, dust-jacket extremities very slightly rubbed, near-fine copy), both signed by the author on title, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟMargaret Atwood, Works, first and limited editions, most signed [Canada and UK, 1977-2015]a group of 48 volumes, comprising: Dancing Girls (1977, unsigned, price clipped), Lady Oracle (1977), Days of the Rebels (1977), Life Before Man (1979), Life Before Man (1980), Anna's Pet (1980, original printed boards), Second Words (1980), Bodily Harm (1981), Dancing Girls (1982), Murder in the Dark (1983, original printed covers), Bluebeard's Egg (1983), Second Words (1982), Encounters with the element Man (1982, copy xxvi of lx hand-bound copies), Bluebeard's Egg (1987), Hurricane Hazel and other stories (1987, limited edition in printed wrappers), Cat's Eye (1988, Canadian edition), Cat's Eye (1989, English edition), For the Birds (1990, original printed covers), Conversations (1990), Wilderness Tips (1991, Canadian edition), Wilderness Tips (1991, English edition), Good Bones (1992, Canadian edition), Good Bones (1992, English edition), The Robber Bride (1993, Canadian edition), The Robber Bride (1993, English edition), Various Atwood (1995, printed covers), Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut (1995, original printed boards), Strange Things (1995), Alias Grace (1996, Canadian edition), The Labradore Fiasco (1996, printed covers), Two Solicitudes (1996, paperback), Alias Grace (1996, English edition), The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1997, slip-case), The Blind Assassin (2000), The Blind Assassin (2000, English edition), Negotiating with the Dead (2002), Bottle (2004, Canadian edition), Bottle (2004, English edition), Oryx and Crake (2003, Canadian edition), Oryx and Crake (2003, English edition), The Tent (2006). The Tent (2006, English edition), Up in the Tree (2008), The Year of the Flood (2009, slip-case), Hag-Seed (2016), Madd Adam (2013), Stone Matters (2014), The Heart Goes Last (2015), original cloth and dust-jackets where applicable, all but the first mentioned signed by the author, a remarkably comprehensive collection of Atwood's works, including her children's books, 4to & 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟIain Banks, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [most London, 1984-2007]a group of 16 volumes, comprising: The Wasp Factory (1984, author’s first work), Walking on Glass (1985), The Bridge (1986), Espedair Street (1987), Cleaning Up (1987, number 454 of 500 copies, card wrappers), Tales From the Forbidden Planet (1987, number 208 of 250 limited edition copies, slip-case), The Player of Games (1988, number 107 of 201 copies, slip-case), Canal Dreams (1989), The Crow Road (1992), Complicity (1993), Feersum Endjinn (1994), Whit (1995), A Song of Stone (1997), Iain Banks (1999), Dead Air (2002), Raw Spirit (2003), The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007, limited edition, slip-case), all first English editions, signed by the author, all original cloth or boards, dust-jackets present where applicable, fine set overall, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟJulian Barnes, Works, first and limited editions, most signed by the author [most London, 1980-2016]a group of 30 volumes, comprising: Metroland (1980, price clipped), Before She Met Me (1982), Flaubert's Parrot (1984), Staring at the Sun (1986), A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters (1989), Talking it over (1991), Letters from London (1995, original printed wrappers), The Porcupine (1992), Cross Channel (1996), The Truth About Dogs (1998, introduction by Julian Barnes), England, England (1998), Love, etc (2000), In the Land of Pain (2002), Something to Declare (2002, original printed wrappers), The Pedant in the Kitchen (2003, dust-jacket spine faded), The Lemon Table (2004), Arthur & George (2005, decorated cloth, publisher's wraparound lower cover), Arthur & George (2005, number 52 of 125 specially bound copied, slip-case), Nothing to be Frightened of (2008, number 81 of 100 copies in quarter morocco, slip-case), Nothing to be Frightened Of (2008, number xxiv of xxv copies in full leather, drop-box), Pulse (2011), The Sense of an Ending (2011, number ix of xxv limited edition copies in full leather, top edges stained green, slip-case), A Life with Books (2012, unsigned, original printed wrappers), Levels of Life (2013, number ix of xxv copies in full leather, slip-case), The Noise of Time (2016), The Noise of Our Time (2016, number xx of xxv copies in full leather, together with a portfolio of 4 proof manuscript and typed editions of Barnes works, slip-case), The Noise of Time (2016, number 16 of 75 copies in quarter, together with a portfolio containing one facsimile proof, slip-case), The Only Story (2018, number xv of xxv copies in full leather, together with a portfolio of 4 proof manuscript and typed editions of Barnes works, slip-case), The Only Story (2018, number xix of xxv copies in full leather, together with a portfolio of 4 proof manuscript and typed editions of Barnes works, slip-case), The Only Story (2018, number 20 of 75 copies in quarter morocco, together with portfolio containing a facsimile proof, slip-case), all but one signed, original cloth, dust-jackets present where applicable, exceptionally clean, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟPeter Carey, Works, first editions, signed by the author [UK and Australia, 1974-2017]a group of 32 volumes, comprising: The Fat Man in History (1974, , Australian edition dust-jacket torn along upper crease without loss), War Crimes (1979, dust-jacket spine faded), The Fat Man in History (1980, English edition), Bliss (1981, Australian edition), Bliss (1981, English edition), Bliss, the screenplay (1985), Illywhacker (1985), Oscar and Lucinda (1988, Australian edition), Oscar and Lucinda (1988, English edition), The Tax inspector (1991, Australian edition), The Tax inspector (1991, English edition), A Letter to Our Son (1994), The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994, Australian edition), The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994, English edition), The Big Bazoohley (1995), Collected Stories (1995), Jack Maggs (1997, Australian edition), Jack Maggs (1997), True History of the Kelly Gang (2000), 30 Days in Sydney (2001), Four Easy Pieces (2002), My Life as a Fake (2003), Theft (2006), His Illegal Self (2008, copy XXVII of LX in quarter leather, slip-case), Parrot and Olivier in America (2010), The Chemistry of Tears (2012), The Chemistry of Tears (2012, copy x of xxx in full-leather, slip-case), Amnesia (2014, Australian edition), Amnesia (2014, English edition), A Long Way from Home (2017), A Long Way from Home (2017, copy iv of xxv copies in full leather, together with a portfolio of proofs and photographs, in custom drop-box), A Long Way from Home (2017, copy xxiii of xxv copies in full leather, together with a portfolio of proofs and photographs, in custom drop-box), all signed by the author, original cloth with dust-jackets where applicable, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟJohn Maxwell Coetzee, Dusklands, first edition, signed by the author [Johannesburg, 1974]complete, bookseller's label to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original dust-jacket, slightly chipped with fractional loss to head and tail of spine, lightly foxed, overall excellent copy, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

Ɵ John Maxwell Coetzee, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [most UK and South Africa, 1974-2013]a group of 29 volumes, comprising: Dusklands (1974, first South African edition, booklabel to front free endpaper, endpapers spotted, dust-jacket slightly chipped at head and tail of spine, spotted), In the Heart of the Country (1977, dust-jacket creased and a bit rubbed), Waiting for the Barbarians (1980, first American edition, paperback copy), Waiting for the Barbarians (1981, first South African edition, dust-jacket spine faded), The Life and Times of Michael K (1983, first South African Edition), The Life and Times of Michael K (1983, first South African Edition, dust-jacket spine a little faded), Foe (1986, first South African edition), Age of Iron (1990), The Master of Petersburgh (1994), Boyhood (1997), Disgrace (1999), Disgrace (1999), The Lives of Animals (1999, first American edition), Youth (2002), Elizabeth Costello (2003), His Man and He (2004, number 8 of 75 copies bound in cloth), Slow Man (2005), Slow Man (2005, first South African edition), Slow Man (2005, number 75 of 100 limited edition copies, original half morocco, slip-case), Inner Workings, essays 2000-2005 (2007), Diary of a Bad Year (2007, uncorrected proof copy, original printed wrappers), Diary of a Bad Year (2007), Diary of a Bad Year (2007, first Australian edition), Dusklands (2008, number 111 of 160 limited edition copies), Summertime (2009), Here and Now (2013, number 56 of 100 limited edition copies, original half morocco, slip-case), The Childhood of Jesus (2013, number 36 of 100 limited edition copies, original morocco, slip-case), all signed by the author, first English editions unless specified, original cloth and dust-jackets where applicable, some volumes in custom-bound slip-cases to form sets, 8vo Please note there are 27 items in this lot, as listed in the description Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟWalter de la Mare, The Connoisseur and other stories, first edition, signed by the author [London, W. Collins and Sons, 1926] complete, signed by the author on title, clean and crisp copy, marbled endpapers, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt in compartments within raised bands, lettered in gilt, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

Ɵ  Isak Dinesen, Last Tales, first edition [New York, Random House, 1957]complete, pencil inscription removed from front free endpaper, gutters of pastedowns a little browned, original grey cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, spine ends and outer edges a little faded, original dust-jacket, spine a little faded, crease at foot of spine with small closed tear (verso repaired with small piece of tape), a few nicks and creases to extremities, edges a little darkened, top corner of upper flap cut, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

Ɵ Margaret Drabble, A Summer Bird-Cage, first edition of the author’s first novel, signed by the author [London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962] complete, a few faint marks and stains to pastedowns and final free endpaper, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original dust-jacket designed by Quentin Blake, some early water-damage causing very slightly staining to lower cover and lower edge of upper cover, lower edged of volume also stained, overall presentable and bright copy, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

Ɵ Margaret Drabble, Works, first and special editions, most signed by the author [most London, 1964-2013]a group of 22 volumes, comprising: The Garrick Year (1964, dust-jacket covers a little soiled), The Millstone (1965, a few closed tears to dust-jacket without loss), Jerusalem the Golden (1967, dust-jacket spine faded), The Waterfall (1969), The Realms of Gold (1975), The Ice Age (1977, spine of dust-jacket faded), For Queen and Country (1978), A Writer's Britain, landscape in literature (1979), Hassan's Tower (1980, California, number 87 of 330 limited edition copies), The Middle Ground (1980), The Radiant Way (1987), Stratford Revisited: The Legacy of the Sixties (1989, one of 150 copies signed by the author, marbled paper wrappers), A Natural Curiosity (1989, price clipped), A Natural Curiosity (1989, number 76 of 150 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, glassine wrapper), Safe as Houses (1990, printed wrappers), The Gates of Ivory (1991), The Witch of Exmoor (1996), Poetry of Place (1977, unsigned, printed wrappers), The Peppered Moth (2000), The Seven Sisters (2002, unsigned), The Red Queen (2004), The Pattern in the Carpet (2009), The Pure Gold Baby (2013), all original cloth and signed unless specified, dust-jackets present where applicable, the first three mentioned with just-jackets designed by Quentin Blake, 8vo & 4to Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟSebastian Faulks, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [London, 1984-2018]a group of 15 volumes, comprising: A Trick of the Light (1984, author’s first work), The Girl at the Lion D'Or (1989), A Fool's Alphabet (1992), Birdsong (1993), The Fatal Englishman (1996), Charlotte Gray (1998), On Green Dolphin Street (2001), Human Traces (2005), Human Traces (unopened, signed limited edition copy), Engleby (2007), Devil May Care (2008), A Week in December (2009), A Possible Life (2012), Where my Heart Used to Beat (2015), Paris Echo (2018), all signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jackets, a fine set, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟHelen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary, first edition, signed by the author [London, Picador, 1996]complete, signed by the author on title, excellent condition, original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, tail of spine a little creased, original dust-jacket, clean and crisp, 8vo; together with 4 volumes by the same, comprising: Cause Celeb (1994); The Edge of Reason (1999), Olivia Joues and the Overactive Imagination (2003) and Mad About the Boy (2013), all first editions, signed by the author, with original dust-jackets, in excellent condition, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟKingsley Amis, Lucky Jim, first edition, signed by the author [London, Victor Gollancz, 1953]complete, signed and dated by the author on front free endpaper “Kingsley Amis, February 1954”, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine very slightly faded and ends a little bumped, original printed yellow dust-jacket, spine and extremities a little darkened, head and tail of spine very slightly chipped, edges spotted, overall an excellent copy of the author's first work, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟWilliam Golding, Lord of the Flies, first edition, dedication copy signed by the author [London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1954] complete, half-title with signed inscription from the author reading “For John Dalton, with best wishes, William Golding”, original red cloth, spine lettered in white, original dust-jacket, priced 12s. 6d., spine and extremities a little darkened, creases and head and tail of spine rubbed with some slight loss, overall very good copy of the author's most celebrated work, 8vo Provenance: John Dalton was a freelance UK journalist whose career spanned the mid-twentieth century. This signed copy passed only by decent until sold by his niece in 2006 and acquired then by the present consignor. Please note this is a presentation copy, inscribed by Golding to the original owner of this copy, not the person to whom the volume is dedicated in print.  Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟWilliam Golding, The Ladder and the Tree, privately printed limited edition, first state, signed by the author [Marlborough, Marlborough College Press, 1961]complete, woodblock frontispiece by J. Pritchard in black and white, title signed by the author, original printed blue wrappers, original staples oxidised leaving slight discolouration around spine, else a fine copy, small 8voGeoski & Grogan note that “Mrs Kempson [commissioner of work] recalls that only 20 or 30 copies were printed” and that the printer John Randle recalls a figure closer to 100, printed exclusively for private distribution and none for sale (A7, p.14, William Golding, a Bibliography, 1994, A7, p.14). This is a work of extreme rarity, and often considered Golding's most scarce work. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟSeamus Heaney, Death of a Naturalist, first edition, signed by the author [London, Faber and Faber, 1966] complete, title signed by the author, a few spots to endpapers and lower pastedown, dust-jacket spine faded (as often), head of spine a little rubbed, outer extremities a little darkened, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟSeamus Heaney, Works, first or limited editions, many signed by the author [most London, 1966-2010]a group of 20 volumes, comprising: Death of a Naturalist (1966, the author's first work, dust-jacket spine a little faded, as often), Door into the Dark (1969, small closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dust-jacket), Wintering Out (1972, unsigned, paperback edition), North (1975, unsigned, paperback edition), Field Work (1979, unsigned), Preoccupations (1980), Selected Poems 1965-1975 (1980), Station Island (1984, unsigned), The Haw Lantern (1987, paperback edition), New Selected Poems 1966-1987 (1990, unsigned), Seeing Things (1991, unsigned, paperback edition), The Redress of Poetry (1995, unsigned), The Spirit Level (1996, unsigned), Open Grounds (1998), Beowulf (1999), Electric Light (2001, dust-jacket spine faded), Finders Keepers (2002), District and Circle (2006, with original wrap-around dust-jacket), Human Chain (2010), Human Chain (2010, number 12 of 300 limited edition copies, original slip-case), signed by the author unless specified, all original cloth or wrappers, dust-jackets present where applicable, an excellent set overall, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟJoseph Heller, Something Happened, first edition, signed by the author [New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1974]complete, signed by the author on title, small stain to dedication page else clean and crisp, original black cloth, spine lettered in gold, some small white specks to covers, extremities very slightly faded, original dust-jacket, spine a little faded, edges a little discoloured, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟAldous Huxley, Brave New World, first edition, signed by the author [London, Chatto & Windus, 1932]complete, signed by the author on half title, very few scattered spots to preliminary and penultimate leaves, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine ends and outer corners very slightly bumped, original dust-jacket, near-fine condition with fractional creasing to very outer edges, flaps faintly spotted, 8voAn exemplary and exceptionally fine copy of Huxley's dystopian masterpiece, exceedingly scarce in such immaculate condition and signed. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟLaurie Lee, The Sun my Monument, first edition in book form, Iris Murdoch's personal copy [London, The Hogarth Press, 1944]complete, “Iris Murdoch, London, Sept 5 1944” to front free endpaper in her hand, some faint scattered spotting, original publisher's boards, lettered in green, spine a little darkened, original dust-jacket, a few spots, corners and extremities worn with a little loss to edges, spine ends torn along creases with some loss, small 8voA wonderful association copy of Laurie's Lee's first published work, which was owned by Iris Murdock (1919-1999) as a young woman, over a decade before her own first novel was released. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟLaurie Lee, Cider with Rosie, first edition, signed by the author [London, The Hogarth Press, 1959]complete, titlepage signed by the author, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original dust-jacket with Book Society Choice wraparound, head and tail of spine chipped with fractional loss, overall very crisp and clean copy Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟLaurie Lee, Works, most first editions and signed by the author [various UK, 1944-1991]a group of 9 works, comprising: The Sun my Monument (1944, annotation copy, bookseller's label to upper pastedown, dust-jacket spine darkened, extremities a little chipped and worn), Peasants' Priest (1947, original printed wrappers, a little darkened), The Bloom of Candles (1947, John Lehmann book review slip loosely inserted), Cunard Atlantic Fairway (n.d., early 1960s with numerous illustrations and glassine pages, unsigned, original fold-out wrappers), The Firstborn (1964), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), I Can't Stay Long (1975), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1985, later illustrated edition, inscribed by he author), A Moment of War (1991, unsigned), all original cloth or boards, dust-jackets present where applicable, 4to & 8voThe annotation inscription present in The Sun My Monument reads “The evening, the heather, the unsecretive cuckoo and butterflies in their disorder”, being the first three lines of the first poem in Laurie Lee's first published work in book form. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟIan McEwan, the Complete Novels and early Short Stories, all first or limited editions, signed by the author [most London, 1975-2016]a group of 28 volumes, comprising: First Love, Last Rites (1975, author’s first work, an exceptionally clean copy), In Between the Sheets (1978, dust-jacket spine faded, edges a little spotted), The Short Stories (1978), The Cement Garden (1978), The Imitation Game... (1981), The Comfort of Strangers (1981), Or Shall we Die (1983, small stain to lower cover of dust-jacket), The Ploughman's Lunch, an original screenplay (1985, original printed wrappers), The Child in Time (1987), The Child in Time (1987, number 97 of 150 limited edition copies, cloth-backed boards, glassine wrapper), Somerset (1988, original printed wrappers), The Innocent (1990), Black Dogs (1992), The Daydreamer (1994), Enduring Love (1997), Amsterdam (1998), Other Minds (2001, number 31 of 100 numbered copies, original blind stamped cloth), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005, one of 1500 signed copies, slip-case), On Chesil Beach (2007, number 88 of 100 numbered copies, cloth-backed boards, slip-case), Solar (2010, number 27 of 100 copies, original decorated morocco, slip-case), For You, the libretto (2008, signed limited edition, original printed wrappers), Sweet Tooth (2012), Sweet Tooth (2012, number vi of 25 copied in full leather, top edges stained yellow, slip-case), The Children Act (2014, number xxiii of 25 copied bound in full morocco, top edges stained red, together with a portfolio containing 4 facsimile sheets of McEwan manuscripts, with original slip-case), The Children Act (2014, number 30 of 150 copies in quarter morocco, top edges stained red, slip-case), Nutshell (2016, number 7 of 25 copies bound in full morocco, together with a copy of My Purple Scented Novel, in slip-case), Nutshell (2016, number 2 of 150 copies bound in quarter morocco, slip-case), all signed by the author, all original cloth or boards unless specified, all with original dust-jackets where applicable, an exemplary and fine set, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟJohn McGahern, Works including complete set of novels, first editions, signed by the author [London and New York, 1963-2002]a group of 13 volumes, comprising: The Barracks (1963, spine of dust-jacket a little darkened), The Dark (1965), Nightlines (1970), The Leavetaking (1974, small chip to foot of dust-jacket spine with slight loss), Getting Through (1978), The Pornographer (1979), High Ground (1985), Amongst Women (1990), The Power of Darkness (1991, original printed wrappers, excellent condition), The Collected Stories (1992), That They May Face the Rising Sun (2002), Memoir (2005, signed limited edition, in original slipcase), By the Lake (2002), all signed by the author, original cloth and dust-jackets where applicable, exceptional set in fine condition, 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟEdna O'Brien, the Complete Novels, plus short stories and dramas, first and limited editions, most signed by the author [most UK, 1960-2015]a group of 37 volumes, comprising: The Country Girls (1960, author’s first novel, dust-jacket with some slight surface soiling, extremities a little creased, price clipped), The Lonely Girl (1962, dust-jacket head of spine a little creased), Girls in their Married Bliss (1964, dust-jacket with a few faint scuffs), August is a Wicked Month (1965, dust-jacket slightly foxed, price clipped), Casualties of Peace (1966, head of dust-jacket chipped with slight loss), The Love Object (1968, head of dust-jacket chipped with slight loss), A Pagan Place (1970), Zee & Co (1971, signature on cutting tipped-onto front free endpaper), Night (1972), A Scandalous Woman (1974), Mother Ireland (1976), Johnny I hardly Knew You (1977, dust-jacket spine faded), Arabian Days (1977, photobook), Mrs Reinhardt and other Stories (1978), Some Irish Loving (1979, price clipped), Virginia (1981), James and Nora (1981, letter K of 26 signed copies, spine faded, slip-case), Returning (1982), Returning (1982, closed tear to upper edge of dust-jacket), The Dazzle (1981, original printed boards), The Dazzle (1981, unsigned copy, original printed boards), A Fanatic Heart (1984, limited edition, t.l.s. by the publisher loosely inserted, original buckram, gilt edges), A Fanatic Heart (first American edition), Tales for the Telling (1986, illustrations throughout), The High Road (1988), Lantern Slides (1990), Time and Tide (1992), House of Splendid Isolation (1994), Dow by the River (1996), Love Lessons (1997, limited edition illustrated by Cozette de Chamoy, original wrappers), Wild Decembers (1999), James Joyce (1999), In the Forest (2002), On the Bone (2002, original printed wrappers), The Light of Evening (2006), The Light of Evening (2006), Country Girl (2012, number 5 of 100 specially bound copies, slip-case), The Little Red Chairs (2015, number 52 of 100 specially bound copies, slip-case), all but one signed by the author, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets present where applicable, overall an excellent set of works, 8vo and 4to Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟGeorge Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, first edition [London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937]complete, some very light spotting, original orange limp cloth, spine a little darkened, 8vo; together with three volumes by the same, comprising: Shooting an Elephant, and other essays (first edition, London, 1950, dust-jacket), Such Were the Joys (first American edition, New York, 1953, dust-jacket), The English People (first edition, London, 1947, dust-jacket), 8vo Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).