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Ruskin (John) Studies in Both Arts, first edition, plates, some colour, printed at the Ballantyne Press, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed and browned, 1895; Of Queens' Gardens [&] Of Kings' Treasuries, together 2 vol., printed in red & black, decorative borders, original vellum with ties, gilt, uncut, a little splayed, printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1902; Notes by Mr Ruskin on his Collection of Drawings by the late J.M.W.Turner, plates, original roan-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1878 § Binyon (Laurence) The Followers of William Blake, number 4 of 100 copies signed by the author, plates, some colour and tipped in, tissue guards, original half pigskin, t.e.g., spine a little rubbed, slip-case (worn and split), 1925; and 3 others, v.s. (8)

Harris (Frank) Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions, 2 vol., signed and inscribed by the author "To Charles Ayres, from his friend, the author, Frank Harris. Aug. 1920 57 Fifth Ave. NY City" on front free endpaper, with T.L.s. from Harris loosely inserted, New York, by the author, 1918; Elder Conklin and other stories, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author to Janet W.Byrne "...this is my first book of stories & my worst; but some of them are worth reading, I think..." on front free endpaper, New York, 1894, original cloth, the first slightly rubbed; and 10 others by or concerning Harris, some inscribed by him, including a play (lacking title) inscribed to Max Beerbohm, 8vo & 4to (13)⁂ The letter from Harris is dated December 1st 1927 and relates his reception to lecturing in Berlin "...all the celebrities visited me, including Hauptmann and Einstein, and crowds of professors and pretty women..." and mentions his Wilde book "Lord Alfred Douglas told me I was mistaken in many things, but...I found out he was lying and my book...is correct, except the last scene in which Bobby Ross plays good angel. I found that he left that office to the grave-digger...".

Fowles (John) The Collector, first edition, original brown boards, fine, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1963.⁂ A superb copy of Fowles first novel.

Pirkis (Catherine Louisa) The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective, first edition, frontispiece and numerous illustrations, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original red cloth with visiting card inset to upper cover as issued, slight shelf-lean, spine a little darkened, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, card rubbed, [Queen, The Detective Short Story, 1969, p.86], 8vo, 1894.⁂ A good, sharp copy of the first detective story by a woman featuring a female detective.

Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) The Brothers Karamazov, A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue. Translated into English by Constance Garnett, first English language edition, ink ownership inscription and light spotting to front free endpaper, upper hinge weak, original cloth, spine faded, upper joint split, wear to lower joint, spine ends and corners bumped and worn, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1912.⁂ First edition in English of Dostoevsky's final novel. Copies of this edition are rare in any condition with only a handful appearing at auction in the last fifty years.

Lindsay (Jack) Fauns and Ladies, number 33 of 210 copies on hand-made paper and signed by the author, 3 wood-engravings by Norman Lindsay tipped in, each numbered and signed/initialled in pencil, signed presentation copy from the author's wife "To my dear Harry Green, I won't wish him luck, because he doesn't need it - nor success, because he has earned it. But I give him my love, and all wishes for happiness, whatever that may be ... Janet Lindsay. 15.4.'26" inscribed on limitation leaf, with folded sheet of manuscript notes, errata etc. by Jack Lindsay loosely inserted, original roan-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed and soiled, Sydney, J.T.Kirtley, 1923 § Catullus (Caius Valerius) The Complete Poetry, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 325, wood-engraved illustrations by Lionel Ellis, with manuscript note by Jack Lindsay tipped in "...the Catullus must be quite rare. Less were printed than the colophon states, & there were more spoils than expected - & not enough extra sheets to make allowance for it", and another note by him below "I haven't seen this book for over 30 years & it brought back many memories - including those of the hard physical work the printing of such a big book was...", original russet morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and spotted, spine faded, Fanfrolico Press, 1929, 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a scarce Lindsay item; only about half the copies were issued with the woodcuts and of the remaining copies several were destroyed in a fire at the warehouse.

Waugh (Evelyn) Men at Arms, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, "For J.L.Naimaster with thanks for his help to the author" to front endpaper, paperclip rust mark to endpaper, bookplate of Naimaster to pastedown, Autograph Card from Waugh, printed notice from Waugh and copies of 2 letters from Naimaster loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, otherwise excellent, preserved in custom slip-case, 8vo, Boston, 1952.⁂ A lovely presentation copy that lends insight to the process of Waugh's research and composition. Naimaster contacted Waugh in response to Waugh's advertisement for a former P.O.W. to provide background detail for the work in progress that would become Officers and Gentlemen, suggesting a suitable candidate and mentioning that Waugh had materials lent to him via a Major Wallis for research in composing Men at Arms. Waugh replied with a handwritten card, thanking Naimaster and enclosing the inscribed copy.

Eragny Press.- Browning (Robert) Some Poems, one of 215 copies on paper, from an edition limited to 226, printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece in colours and initials, 1903 § Villon (François) Les Ballades, one of 226 copies, printed in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations, border and initials, some spotting, 1900, wood-engravings all designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro, endpapers lightly browned, original floral patterned-paper boards, uncut, the first a little rubbed at edges, the second spine browned, Eragny Press; and another from the press, 8vo (3)

Minor Poet Sings (A), one of 6 copies on printed on vellum signed by the publishers (not for sale), from an edition limited to 306, oblong parchment, lacking ties, Murray & Co., 1907 § Carstairs (Carroll) My Window Sill, first edition, bound in vellum with elaborate floral design in gilt, by Hatchards, 1930 § Edwards (Cyril) Seven Sonnets, number 20 of 250 copies signed by the author, copper-engraved throughout by Cha. Sigrist, original tree calf, gilt, by Birdsall, 1934 § Vacaresco (H.) The Bard of Dimbovitza, Roumanian Folk-Songs, translated by Carmen Sylva [Queen Elisabeth of Romania, wife of Karol I], and Alma Strettell, number 2 of 50 copies signed by Strettell, original decorated vellum, gilt, designed by Charles Ricketts, [1892], most t.e.g., all uncut, slightly rubbed or soiled, oblong 8vo & 8vo (4)

Crane (Stephen) War is Kind, first edition, printed on grey paper, decorations by Will Bradley, original pictorial boards designed by Bradley, uncut, spine defective at head and foot, New York, 1899 § Blackmore (R.D.) Fringilla or Tales in Verse, one of 600 copies, printed in red & black, illustrations & decorations by Will Bradley, foxed, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1895 § Monahan (Michael) Palms of Papyrus, second edition, signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, t.e..g, others uncut, spine faded, East Orange, N.J., 1909 § Arnold (Matthew) Empedocles on Etna, one of 450 copies, printed in red & black, decorative wood-engraved borders, original boards, uncut, spine defective, Portland, Me., Thomas B.Mosher, 1900, all rubbed; and 19 others, American presses and literature, 8vo & 4to (23)

Pogány (Willy).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, [1910] § Goethe (J.W. von) Faust, 1908 § Louÿs (Pierre) The Songs of Bilitis, limited edition signed by the author, New York, 1926, all with decorated title, plates & illustrations by Willy Pogány, many colour, occasional light spotting, original cloth, the first two decorated, gilt, a little rubbed, the last with slip-case, 4to & 8vo (3)

Swinburne (Algernon Charles) The Ballad of Bulgarie, only edition [Wise piracy, one of only 25 copies], portrait, contemporary blue morocco, by Rivière & Son, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., original pale orange wrappers bound in, [Todd 305], printed for private circulation [by T.J.Wise], 1893; Chastelard; a Tragedy, signed presentation copy from the author to J.Lorimer Graham inscribed on front free endpaper and with Graham's bookplate, contemporary green morocco, by Rivière, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., spine a little darkened, 1866; Poems and Ballads, Second Series, inscription in red ink to front free endpaper, bookplate of John Whitley Nance, later morocco, gilt, by Bumpus, t.e.g., with original cloth covers bound in at end, spine faded, 1878, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a Wise piracy of a poem on the "Bulgarian Atrocities", sent by Swinburne to the Pall Mall Gazette in 1876 but not published.James Lorimer Graham Jr. (1835-76), editor of Putnam's Magazine, appointed American Consul in Florence in 1869, and friend of many artists and writers. Swinburne wrote an elegy to his memory.

Rosenberg (Isaac) Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, paper label to spine, dust-jacket, spine slightly darkened with small abrasion to head, minor chipping to corners, small ink marking to head of upper panel, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1922.

Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) Crash! An Experiment in Blockmaking and Printing, one of 15 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 80, printed in black and colours, 8 double-page colour prints in varied techniques, original brown cloth, fawn cloth strip laid down spine with paper label, pale blue endpapers printed with monotype in brown, [Chambers 11], 8vo, 1963.⁂ "This little book utilises a series of blocks made from odds and ends of waste material". (Note by artist at beginning). The waste material includes a disc of bevelled glass (sun in first two prints but carefully cracked in the second), wood, lace, card, wire mesh etc.

Cunard (Nancy, editor) Negro: Anthology...1931-1933, first edition, signed by Cunard and dated May 1942 on pastedown, folding colour map, numerous photographic illustrations, prospectus loosely inserted, endpapers a little spotted, original brown cloth blocked in red with map of the Black Belt of America on lower cover, corners a little bumped, extremities a little rubbed, otherwise excellent, 4to, 1934.Saleroom notice: Lot 527, Negro – this is a second issue binding.⁂ Rare signed. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies but apparently a large number of unsold copies were destroyed in the Blitz. Contributors include Ezra Pound, Samuel Beckett, Norman Douglas, Langston Hughes, W.C.Williams and Theodore Dreiser.

Beerbohm (Max) Things New and Old, number 99 of 350 copies signed by the author/artist and with an additional signed print in pocket at end, 1923; Rossetti and his Circle, number 122 of 380 copies signed by the author, [1922]; A Peep into the Past, one of 300 copies on Japanese vellum, printed on rectos only, hand-coloured illustrations, small gilt-stamped book-label of Alva B.Gimbel, original cloth-backed boards, paper labels, glacine wrapper torn and defective, privately printed, 1923; The Works, vol.1 only (of 10), limited edition signed by the author, 1922, the first two with mounted plates, some colour, all but the third original cloth, the last with faded spine; and 2 others, Beerbohm, 4to & 8vo (6)

Craig (Edward Gordon, 1872-1966) The Taming of the Shrew, wood-engraving on tissue, signed and dated '1924', with further date of '1908' in the lower left corner, from an edition of 150, sheet 170 x 120 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in), light even browning with some spotting with tape stains to edges, unframed, 1908 [but later impression from 1924]; together with four others by Craig, including a woodcut from Hamlet of Polonius, signed and dated 1912 in pencil, another wood-engraving on tissue from 1906, possibly a stage design, from an edition of 75, signed and dated 1923, and two colour woodcut portraits of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry from the first published edition of Henry Irving. Ellen Terry. etc : a book of portraits, 1899, various sizes, all unframed, 1899-1924 (5).

δ Fleece Press.- Miniature Binding.- James (Angela) The Art of Binding Books, one of 10 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 210, wood-engraved illustrations by Anthony Christmas, bound in grey goatskin over speckled boards edged in blue, citron, green and pink goatskin, spine with bands of green and blue, by Angela James, speckled doublures & endpapers, preserved in felt-lined grey goatskin box and slip-case, slip-case edged in citron and with onlaid green & grey goatskin label, c.50 x 70mm., Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1991.⁂ Angela James (b. 1948) is a Fellow and past President of Designer Bookbinders. She trained at the Glasgow School of Art and was then apprenticed to Sydney Cockerell in 1970 where she worked with James Brockman. She won the Thomas Harrison Memorial Award with her first binding in 1974 and continues to exhibit regularly. Her work is held by many private and public collections. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Wilde (Oscar) A House of Pomegranates, first edition, [one of 1000 copies], pictorial title, 4 plates and numerous illustrations and decorations in text by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon, original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and red designed by Ricketts, decorated endpapers (front free endpaper detached and frayed at edges), uncut, rubbed and browned, lower cover spotted, uncut, slight wear to corners and spine ends, [Mason 347], small 4to, 1891.

Owen (Wilfred) Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, tissue-guard, usual browning to tissue-guard and title, some scattered spotting, light browning and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, paper label to spine, marked and faded at foot with chop to foot of upper cover, sm.4to, 1920.⁂ The most important book of poetry from the First World War.

Heaney (Seamus) Beowulf, first edition, number 150 of 325 copies signed by the author, 1999; Opened Ground: Poems 1966-1996, number 84 of 325 copies, 1998; Electric Light, first edition, 2001; District and Circle, first edition, 2006 § Henryson (Robert) The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables, translated by Seamus Heaney, number 14 of 110 copies, 2009, all signed by the author, the third & fourth original boards with dust-jackets, the rest original cloth-backed boards with slip-cases; and 2 others, Heaney, 8vo (7)

Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, neat ink ownership inscription to pastedown, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine darkened, some splitting to head of spine, otherwise a sharp and excellent copy overall, [Slocum & Cahoon A12], 8vo, [1916 but 1917].⁂ One of c.750 copies bound with the sheets from the American first edition after English printers refused to incur the risk of printing.

Cunard (Nancy) and others. Wheels: an Anthology of Verse, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Nancy Cunard 'Otto darling "first works" shall not be the last... (I would like to consign this to limbo, dear Otto - so, keep it dark)' to pastedown, title within wheel design, occasional very light spotting, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, bumped and chipped at head, light abrasions to upper cover, rubbing and surface soiling, 8vo, Oxford, 1916.⁂ A rare anthology containing works by Cunard and the Sitwells. Cunard's inscription gives a typical insight into the distaste with which she regarded her early work.

Craig (Edward Gordon) Henry Irving. Ellen Terry. etc. A Book of Portraits, first edition, decorative colour title and 19 tipped-in half-tone plates, some colour, with T.L.s. from the publisher to Ellen Terry and 3pp. pencil note from Edward Gordon Craig to his sister Edy concerning an adverse review loosely inserted, hinges weak, original boards, rubbed, lacking spine, 4to, Chicago, H.S.Stone & Co., [1899].⁂ Ellen Terry (1847-1928) was Gordon Craig's mother and the greatest actress of her day. She worked with Henry Irving and his company for many years and both her children, Edith "Edy" and Edward, appeared in the company's plays at the Lyceum Theatre. The publisher's letter to Ellen Terry concerns book sales, he states that he has sent a cheque [for £30] for Craig, and hopes to send others before long, to which Craig has added the comment "one other will do. That to be £120."

Riding (Laura) Twenty Poems Less, number 27 of 200 copies signed by the author, spotting to title, original sheep-backed photomontage boards by Len Lye, uncut, rubbed, Paris, Hours Press, 1930; A Trojan Ending, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight fraying at edges, Deya, Seizin Press, & London, 1937 § Graves (Robert) Welchman's Hose, one of 525 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Paul Nash, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, printed at the Curwen Press for The Fleuron, 1925; George Sand in Majorca, number 58 of 75 copies signed by the artist, printer and translator, text in English, French and Catalan, original wrappers, 9 etchings by Nils Burwitz, all numbered and signed by the artist, loose as issued, together in original cloth drop-back box, printed label on upper cover, Deya, New Seizin Press, 1986; and 6 others, Riding, Graves & Hours Press, 4to & 8vo (10)

Buckland Wright (John).- Keats (John) The Collected Sonnets, number 6 of 325 copies on Dutch Pannekoek paper, from an edition limited to 376, wood-engraved portrait and plates by John Buckland Wright, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, uncut, spine very slightly browned, [Reid A1d], 4to, Maastricht, Halcyon Press, 1930.⁂ The illustrator's first published book.

Ricketts (Charles).- Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Macbeth, introduction by Harley Granville-Barker, edited by Albert Rutherston, number 85 of 106 specially-bound copies on hand-made paper and signed by the artist, Granville-Barker and Rutherston, from an edition limited to 606, colour plates by Charles Ricketts, original brown morocco with elaborate strapwork border in gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1923 § Bottomley (Gordon) Poems of Thirty Years, number 2 of 87 specially-bound copies signed by the author, portrait, light spotting, original cream cloth, gilt, 1925 § Ricketts (Charles) Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond..., limited edition, title with vignette printed in red, endpapers browned as usual, original pictorial cream cloth, gilt, Nonesuch Press, 1932; Unrecorded Histories, limited edition, plates in red, original buckram with design in red by Ricketts, 1933, all but the first in bindings designed by Ricketts, t.e.g., others uncut, some a little rubbed or soiled, 4to & 8vo (4)

Powys (Theodore Francis) Uncle Dottery, one of 50 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of the plates and signed by the author, from an edition limited to 350, 2 wood-engravings by Eric Gill, additional engravings loose in pocket at end, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1930 § When Thou Wast Naked, one of 500 copies signed by the author, wood-engravings by John Nash, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931; Soliloquies of a Hermit, first edition, signed & inscribed by the author to F.G.Robinson, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, spine torn, 1918; Fables, first edition, with long signed inscription by the author on front free endpaper, illustrations by Gilbert Spencer, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine rubbed and faded, 1929; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7)⁂ The third is the author's first book.

Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, browning, handsome modern crushed green morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, g.e., 8vo, 1953.

Shaw (George Bernard) An Unsocial Socialist, first edition, first issue with "Author of The Confessions of Byron Cashel's Profession" to title and no appendix, occasional light finger-soiling to text margins, original cloth, publisher's name spelt correctly at foot of spine, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing but a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1887.⁂ The rare first issue of Shaw's second novel.

Nash (Paul).- Ford (Ford Madox) Mister Bosphorus and the Muses, number 4 of 70 special copies with 6 plates on tinted hand-made paper and signed by the artist, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Paul Nash, the plates on different coloured papers, also design for pictorial upper cover of trade edition bound in at beginning, stain to outer margin of first and last few leaves, book-label of F.R.Furber, original cloth-backed patterned cloth, uncut, slightly rubbed and soiled, new endpapers, 4to, 1923.

Gregynog Press.- Butler (Samuel) Erewhon, one of 250 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original sheepskin, rubbed and scuffed, spine faded, 1932 § Vaughan (Henry) Poems, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 500, original cloth-backed boards, 1924 § Davies (W.H.) Selected Poems, one of 310 copies, original cloth-backed boards, 1928 § Thomas (Edward) Chosen Essays, one of 350 copies, original buckram, faded, 1926, wood-engraved illustrations, all but the first by Horace Walter Bray, uncut, Newtown, printed by R.A.Maynard, Gregynog Press; and 2 others printed/illustrated by R.A.Maynard and H.W.Bray at the Raven Press, v.s. (6)

Waugh (Evelyn) The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald Knox, first edition, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author to Major-General Sir Robert Laycock "I can't hope that you will be able to read this, but I send it as a pledge of loyalty and as a Christmas card, Evelyn" to free front endpaper, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, 4pp. A.L.s. and A.C.s. from Ronald Knox loosely inserted, original cloth, spine lightly faded, near-fine otherwise, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1959. ⁂ A lovely presentation copy; Knox was much-admired by Waugh and this copy is inscribed to a friend he held in similar esteem. Major-General Sir Robert Laycock (1907-68), served as the Second World War as a lieutenant colonel with the commandos in North Africa, Crete, Sicily and Italy, forming the "Layforce" in 1941. Waugh served under him as part of the "Layforce" from 1940-42.

Camus (Albert) The Stranger, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "A Muriel ?Sutman nous ne sommes pas des étrangers, Albert Camus" to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tears to head of upper panel, light damp-staining to head, extremities rubbed, a very good copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1946.⁂ A rare inscribed copy of Camus' masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Inscribed copies are exceptionally rare, we can trace only one other copy at auction in the last 50 years.

Woolf (Virginia) Monday or Tuesday, first edition, full-page woodcut illustrations by Vanessa Bell (lightly offset as usual), advertisement leaf at end, endpapers a little browned, label removed from rear pastedown, original cloth-backed decorative boards by Vanessa Bell, slightly rubbed, lower cover a little foxed, small stain to spine, [Kirkpatrick A5a], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1921.

Whittington Press.- Randle (Rosalind) Rose's Aga Recipes, number 16 of 30 hand-coloured copies signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 950, linocut illustrations by Judith Verity hand-coloured with crayons, Addendum sheet loosely inserted, original patterned cloth with red morocco label mounted on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, original cloth drop-back box, 1995 [2009] § Connors (Sandy) Busy as a Bee: Recipes & Labels for the Kitchen Garden, number xl of 55 copies with proofs of the engravings and signed by the author, from an edition limited to 255, wood-engraved illustrations by the author, some hand-coloured, original half morocco, uncut, proofs and seed packet loose as issued in original half cloth folder, together in slip-case, 2002 § Lindsley (Kathleen) Pub Signs for Samuel Webster, one of 350 copies signed by the artist, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, 1983 § Crow (Barbara) An Acrobatic Alphabet, one of 335 copies, wood-engravings, original pictorial wrappers sewn in Japanese style, 1986, Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press; and an ordinary copy of the first, 8vo (5)⁂ The first was part of some unbound sheets of the fifth edition of the book discovered at the binders in 2008, and 30 copies were bound up (20 in red, 10 in blue) in the style of the 30 specials of the first edition of 1984.

NO RESERVE Chesterton (G.K.) The Incredulity of Father Brown, first edition, ink ownership inscription, some scattered foxing to fore-edge, original cloth, very light bumping to spine ends, else fine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine a little faded and with path of damp-staining to foot, light creasing to head and foot but an excellent example overall, [Queen, The Detective Short Story, 1969, p.21], 8vo, 1926.

Moore (Thomas Sturge) The Little School, a Posy of Rhymes, one of 175 copies on paper, woodcut title-vignette, 2 head-pieces & tail-piece by the author, initials by Lucien Pissarro, original green and yellow daffodil patterned-paper boards, rebacked in grey-green suede by Lester Capon and with gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover, uncut, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box with morocco label on spine, Eragny Press, 1905; The Vinedresser and other poems, first edition, first issue, author's first book, original cloth, 1899; The Centaur's Booty, signed by the author on front pastedown, original linen, spine browned, 1903; Hark to These Three Talk About Style, signed presentation copy from the author, original pictorial wrappers, 1915; Judas, signed and inscribed by the author, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 1923 § Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (J.M.) Axel, preface by W.B.Yeats, one of 500 copies, illustrations, A.L.s. from T.Sturge Moore to F.S.Salter loosely inserted, original pictorial white buckram, gilt, designed by Moore, very slightly soiled, t.e.g., others uncut, 1925; and 12 others, Moore, some in bindings designed by him, 8vo (18)⁂ The first is a charming book dedicated to the bookbinder Sybil Pye "the mistress of the little school, who wished these poems made for, and brought them home to children...". Loosely inserted is a letter from Lester Capon explaining his repair and an extra piece of the daffodil paper which he found underneath the paper on the rear board. It is clear that the paper was made specially for the binding as the decorative edge forms the turn-ins on the pastedown.

δ Cox (Morris, 1903-1998) Poppies of consulation; Forest Bomb-Crater; Prancing pony in a landscape, three paintings, oil on board and canvas board, the first two signed and dated '49, the latter signed in ligature and dated '33, various sizes, from 425 x 305 mm. (16 7/8 x 12 in) to 405 x 505 mm. (16 x 19 7/8 in), minor rubbing and surface abrasion, all unframed, 1933 and 1949 (3).⁂ The painting 'Forest Bomb-Crater' was later used as the design for Cox's elimination linocut of the same name, printed in 1950 from an edition of 30.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Ricketts (Charles).- Warren (John Leicester, Lord de Tabley) Poems Dramatic and Lyrical, one of 100 specially-bound copies on Japanese vellum, 6 plates by Charles Ricketts, tissue guards (foxed), original decorated vellum, gilt, designed by Ricketts, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, covers splaying, slight staining to lower cover, London & New York, 1893 § Bottomley (Gordon) A Vision of Giorgione, 1922 § Ricketts (Charles) Unrecorded Histories, limited edition, 1933 § Hazlitt (William) A Reply to Z, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 300, signed presentation copy [to Charles Ricketts] inscribed "For the founder of the Vale Press from A.J.A.Symons" [the founder of the First Edition Club], endpapers heavily foxed, First Edition Club, 1923 § Watry (Maureen) The Vale Press, 2004, plates and illustrations, the second and third signed presentation copies from Gordon Bottomley and in bindings designed by Ricketts, all but the first original cloth, the last with dust-jacket, the fourth damp-stained; and 16 others by, concerning or in bindings designed by Ricketts and/or Charles Shannon, 8vo & 4to (21)

Whittington Press.- [Colverson (Simon)] Winnie-the-Pooh: Capitalist Lackey?, number 10 of only 30 copies, 4pp., printed in green and black, illustrations, very slight soiling, loose in original marbled wrappers by Rosie Arrindell, Whittington Press, 1976; another edition, [one of 1000 copies], original printed yellow wrappers, printed by the Whittington Press for Heal's Books & Prints, n.d.; and 5 others, similar, for Heal's, 4to & 8vo (7)⁂ The first is a very rare Whittington item, hand-set and printed at the first Whittington Press printing course by Geoffrey Bailey, Simon Colverson, Katherine Levine and Christine Lloyd.

[Sassoon (Siegfried)] Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first edition, second issue with 'A' to early blank, 1928; Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, 1930; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first illustrated edition, number 190 of 300 copies signed by the author and artist, plates and illustrations by William Nicholson, tissue guards, original pictorial vellum, uncut, soiled, spine ends worn, 1929; Vigils, number 119 of 272 copies signed by the author, engraved throughout with title-vignette by Stephen Gooden, original morocco, by Gray & Son of Cambridge, t.e.g., others uncut, 1934, the first two original blue cloth, the first uncut, both with dust-jackets, very lightly soiled and the second with slight fraying to head of spine but good copies, both preserved in cloth folders and red morocco-backed cloth slip-cases (spines darkened and a little rubbed); and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7)

Fleming (Ian) Live and Let Die, first edition, first impression, modern rexine, gilt, 8vo, 1954.

Officina Bodoni.- Gogol (Nicolas) The Overcoat, from the Tales of Petersburg, number 115 of 160 copies signed by the artist, 1975 § Joyce (James) The Dead, from Dubliners, number 141 of 170 copies signed by the artist, 1982 § Mansfield (Katherine) The Garden Party, limited edition, colour lithograph illustrations by Marie Laurencin, original patterned cloth, uncut, slight rubbed at edges, Verona Press, 1939, the first two with etched plates by Pietro Annigoni, original vellum- or morocco-backed boards, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, transparent wrapper, slip-cases, small folio & 4to, Verona, Officina Bodoni (3)

Cunard (Nancy) Black Man and White Ladyship. An Anniversary, first edition, signed by the author 'Here we are...' on inside front cover, light browning to text, original printed wrappers, stapled as issued, some browning to staples, otherwise fine, 8vo, [Toulon], Privately Printed, 1931.⁂ "How come, white man, the rest of the world is to be re-formed in your dreary and decadent image?"First edition of this rare, coruscating pamphlet by Cunard. Cunard began a relationship with Henry Crowder, an African-American jazz musician, in 1928. In 1931 the couple came to London and continued their relationship openly which drew the opprobrium of Cunard's mother and eventually led her to disinherit her daughter. In response Cunard published this open letter to her mother in W. E. B. DuBois's Afro-American journal The Crisis, and sent a privately printed version of it to Lady Cunard's friends. Only a handful of copies of this pamphlet have appeared at auction and we can trace no signed copies.

Flint (Sir William Russell).- Herrick (Robert) One Hundred and Eleven Poems, number 20 of 105 specially-bound copies with 8 additional plates and signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 550, original pictorial white alum-tanned sheepskin, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little yellowed, additional plates loose in envelope, together in marbled cloth slip-case (a little rubbed), Golden Cockerel Press, 1955 § Flint (Sir William Russell) Models of Propriety, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author/artist "...for Lindsey [one of his models] with affection, graitude & every good wish from Russell. Christmas, 1951 (Horrifying light reading!)" on front free endpaper, also signed on half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and soiled, short tear to upper edge, 1951; Breakfast in Périgord, one of 525 copies signed by the author/artist, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, t.e.g., slip-case, 1968, all with colour illustrations by Russell Flint; and 12 others illustrated by the same, v.s. (13)Saleroom Notice: To read 13 in the lot, not 15

Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, first edition, one of 1500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, board slip-case (a little rubbed), 8vo, New York, 1952.⁂ "I think everything else I have written has been, in a sense, practice for this." John Steinbeck.

Eliot (T.S.).- Baudelaire (Charles) Intimate Journals, translated by Christopher Isherwood, introduction by T.S. Eliot, first edition in English, number 44 of 50 copies signed by T.S.Eliot, from an edition limited to 650, portrait and plates, ink inscription on front free endpaper, endpapers rather browned and stained, rebound in modern cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, [Gallup B14b], 8vo, New York, Blackamore Press, 1930.

Brangwyn (Frank).- Phillpotts (Eden) The Girl and the Faun, one of 350 deluxe copies signed by the author and artist, original vellum-backed boards, 1916 § Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, bookplate of Pickford Waller, later half green morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, 1906; another edition, London & Edinburgh, T.N.Foulis, [c.1910] § Barman (C.) The Bridge, 1926 § Hutton (E.) The Pageant of Venice, 1922 § de Belleroche (W.) Brangwyn Talks, one of 500 copies on hand-made paper, 1944, plates and illustrations, most by Frank Brangwyn, many colour and tipped in, the first three with decorative borders printed in colour, all but the first two original cloth, some t.e.g., all uncut, the last two with frayed dust-jackets, all a little rubbed; and 4 others illustrated by or about Brangwyn, 4to & 8vo (10)

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Jonson (Ben) Volpone: or The Foxe, with An Eulogy of the Artist by Robert Ross, limited edition, inscribed by Ross (according to pencil note) "With Ben Jonson's kind regards Dec 95" on front free endpaper, bookplate of James Denny, 1898 § Beardsley (Aubrey) Under the Hill and other essays, 1904; Drawings for the Sixth Satire of Juvenal, 3 plates printed in red, loose as issued in original green printed wrappers, a little soiled and frayed at corners, Jesus Press, 1903 § Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, limited edition, 1897 § Wilde (Oscar) Salomé, bookplate of Edward C.Knight, junr., contemporary half brown morocco, t.e.g, others uncut, Melmoth & Co., 1904 § Symons (Arthur) Aubrey Beardsley, revised & enlarged edition, extra-illustrated copy with many additional plates tipped in, each labelled in pencil, some foxing, bookplate of James Denny, original cloth-backed boards, 1905, all with plates and/or illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, all but the third and last two original decorated cloth, designed by Beardsley, most a little rubbed or soiled, some spines slightly faded, all but the second and last Leonard Smithers; and 4 others, Beardsley, 4to & 8vo (10)⁂ The fifth was issued as a pirated edition by Beardsley's publisher Leonard Smithers under the imprint Melmoth & Co.. It was the first edition to include all 16 of Beardsley's Salomé illustrations, the first "authorised" publication of this work was not until 1907.

Lobel-Riche (Alméry).- Benoit (Pierre) L'Atlantide, number 145 of 505 copies on vélin d'Arches, from an edition limited to 592, etched plates by Lobel-Riche, captioned tissue guards, 1922 § Verlaine (Paul) Chansons pour Elle, number 121 of 260 copies, dry-point frontispiece and illustrations by Lobel-Riche, lightly foxed, 1945, both loose as issued in original wrappers, uncut, glacine wrappers, the second also with original board folder, slip-cases (both worn and split, the first defective), 4to, Paris (2)

Dos Passos (John) [U.S.A. Trilogy] The 42nd Parallel; Nineteen Nineteen; The Big Money, 3 vol., first illustrated edition, number 74 of 365 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Reginald Marsh, pictorial endpapers, original cloth, roan labels on spines and upper covers, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in modern cloth folders and burgundy morocco-backed slip-case, by Asprey, spines gilt with black and white labels, 8vo, Boston, 1946.

Craig (Edward Gordon) Henry Irving. Ellen Terry. etc. A Book of Portraits, first edition, decorative colour title and 19 tipped-in half-tone plates, some colour, hinges weak, original boards, rubbed, spine worn and chipped, Chicago, H.S.Stone & Co., [1899] § Terry (Ellen) The Story of My Life, number 139 of 100 large paper copies signed by the author and with additional plates, O.B.Clarence's copy with his signature and A.L.s. from the author concerning theatrical engagements in envelope tipped to front free endpaper, original cream buckram, t.e.g., spine browned, 1908; another copy, ordinary paper, with long inscription by the author "For my dear dear Anna, my constant friend - from A-to Z...this book with much love from 'Nelly Terry' 1909" on front free endpaper and with her bookplate, original cloth, spine faded, 1908; Autograph letter signed to Miss Herz, 1p, 10th January 1899, sending an autograph as requested, "Forgive this tardy note - I'm a busy woman - It's a an age since I saw our dear friend Professor McHardy. Isn't he a pocket angel?...", central fold, mounted below photographic postcard of Ellen Terry as 'Fair Rosamund', framed & glazed, all but the last with plates and illustrations, all rubbed; and 7 others by or concerning Edward Gordon Craig & Ellen Terry including Craig's biography of Henry Irving with A.L.s. from him tipped in and other works belonging to the Craig family, v.s. (11)⁂ Oliver Burchett Clarence (1870-1955), actor.

Beaumont Press.- Clare (John) Madrigals & Chronicles..., edited by Edmund Blunden, number 40 of 80 copies on Japanese vellum and signed by the editor, artist & publisher, from an edition limited to 398, plates, wood-engraved illustrations by Randolph Schwabe, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, a little browned, board slip-case (soiled), Beaumont Press, 1924 § Beaumont (Cyril W.) The First Score: An Account...of the Beaumont Press, number 127 of 310 copies, printed in blue & black, 4 colour plates, bookplate of Martin Secker, original buckram-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, spine browned, 1927; and 11 others from the press, 8vo (13)

James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, frontispiece and 3 plates by James McBride, without advertisements, half-title browned and with small ink inscription to head, lacking front free endpaper, marking in red crayon to pastedown, upper hinge tender, original buckram, ruled in red and lettered in black minor fraying to tips of spine and corners, otherwise excellent, yapp edges, [Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, 1973, pp.100-105; Tymn 3-125], 8vo, 1904.⁂ First edition of this first collection of stories by one of the most influential writers of ghost stories of the 20th century. "The greatest master of the ghost story" - John Betjeman.

Gabory (Georges) Le Nez de Cléopatre, number 61 of 90 copies on Hollande van Gelder signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 102, 10 dry-points by André Derain, a little light spotting and offsetting (particularly first on verso of title), bookplate of J.A.-B.E.Dunbar, contemporary half green roan, by Atelier Bindery of New York, uncut (edges spotted), a little worn, Paris, 1922 § Eluard (Paul) Le Dur Désir de Durer, translated by Stephen Spender and Frances Cornford, one of 750 copies for America, from an edition limited to 1500, 2 colour frontispieces and illustrations after Marc Chagall, many full-page, original pictorial wrappers, uncut & unopened, glacine wrapper, a little browned and rubbed at edges, Philadelphia & London, 1950 § Reverdy (Pierre) Sources du Vent 1915-1929, number 22 of 80 copies on Hollande van Gelder, from an edition limited to 116, facsimile colour portrait by Picasso, light spotting, embossed stamp to title, child's ink inscription to final leaf, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, Paris, 1929; and 2 others with illustrations after Rodin and Vuillard, 8vo & 4to (5)

Yeats (Jack B.).- Synge (J.M.) The Aran Islands, first edition, signed by Jack Yeats on front free endpaper, frontispiece and 11 plates by Jack Yeats, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners bumped, 8vo, Dublin and London, 1907.⁂ Rare signed.

Household (Geoffrey) Rogue Male, first edition, title in red and black, original cloth, first issue dust-jacket priced at 7/6. , light fading to spine, neat and sympathetic repairs and restorations to head and foot, some retouching, in effect a sharp and excellent copy, 8vo, 1939.⁂ An excellent example of Household's classic action thriller.

Crowder (Henry) Henry Music... Poems by Nancy Cunard, Richard Aldington, Walter Lowenfels, Samuel Beckett, Harold Acton, first and only edition, one of 100 copies signed by Crowder and additionally inscribed by him "For Mr. and Mrs. Otto Theis... if this little effort of mine brings you one moment of pleasure, I assure that I am amply repaid for whatever effort went into the making of it. You two people are realy [sic] nearer to my heart than you may suspect." to limitation p., musical notation, light foxing and browning, original pictorial boards with specially designed photomontage (incorporating a portrait of Crowder, African sculptures and Nancy Cunard's bangles) by Man Ray, light wear to spine, a little browned, extremities rubbed, folio, Paris, Hours Press, 1930.⁂ An excellent presentation copy of this rare work.

Craig (Edward Gordon) Book of Penny Toys, number 136 of 550 copies [actually about 250], title with woodcut illustration and partly hand-coloured, 20 hand-coloured woodcut plates by the author, woodcut illustrations, many hand-coloured, with the rare prospectus including 2 hand-coloured woodcuts (one full-page) tipped in, Pickford Waller's copy with his bookplate designed by Austin Osman Spare on front pastedown, some light foxing but generally a very clean bright copy, original buckram-backed hand-coloured pictorial boards, uncut, paper label on spine, very slightly rubbed, 4to, 1899.⁂ The author's rare first book, printed privately in 1899 in 550 copies (500 for sale). Craig burnt half the edition when he realised that hand-colouring all 550 copies would be too laborious.