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[LE CARRE JOHN]: (1931- ) British Author of espionage novels, a former officer with the Secret Intelligence Service. CORNWELL RONALD (1906-1975) English Confidence Trickster, father of John Le Carre. An unusual book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of John Le Carre’s novel A Small Town in Germany, First Edition published by William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1968. Signed (‘Ronnie Cornwell’) by Cornwell to the front free endpaper in blue ink, with an inscription in his hand, ‘To Mr. Walters, with best wishes from the Father of the Author of this book, my son – David’, and also dated London, July 1969 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket (price clipped). An interesting presentation copy. Some very light, minor discoloration to the front free endpaper, only very slightly affecting the inscription and signature, otherwise VG John Le Carre, born David Cornwell, had a difficult relationship with his father who was an associate of the Kray twins. Continually in debt, Ronnie Cornwell had been jailed for insurance fraud and, as one biographer has noted, it was Cornwell’s elaborate confidence tricks and schemes that led to Le Carre’s fascination with secrets. The scheming con man character Rick Pym, Magnus Pym’s father in A Perfect Spy, was based on Ronnie Cornwell.
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LITERATURE: John Fowles (1926-2005) English Novelist. Book signed, being a hardback edition of A Maggot, First Edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1985. Signed by Fowles in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket; Joseph Heller (1923-1999) American Writer. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Closing Time, the sequel to Catch 22, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster, London, 1994. Signed by Heller in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG, 2
MACLEAN DONALD: (1913-1983) British Diplomat & Spy, a member of the Cambridge Five. A rare printed 4to edition of the Cambridge University literary periodical Contemporaries, edited by John Kaestlin, Summer 1933, featuring various poems and other literary contributions by individuals including Donald Maclean. Signed (‘Donald Maclean’) by Maclean with his name alone in bold fountain pen ink to the lower margin of an inside page which features his own contribution entitled Puppet. Bound in the original yellow printed paper wrappers. Autographs of Maclean are rare in any form. Some light overall age wear and minor foxing and with a few small neat tears to the edges and spine of the paper wrappers, about VG Donald Maclean studied modern languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, arriving at the university in 1931. Whilst there he became a member of the Communist Party and was a relatively well-known figure on campus. His literary efforts, as well as his contribution to the present magazine, included a book review in 1933 for Cambridge Left, a journal to which other communists contributed, and in 1934 he became the editor of Silver Crescent, the Trinity Hall students’ magazine. In his last year at Cambridge Maclean became an agent of The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), the interior ministry of the Soviet Union, and graduated with a First in modern languages before entering the Diplomatic Service.
MACLEAN DONALD: (1913-1983) British Diplomat & Spy, a member of the Cambridge Five. An extremely rare original pencil drawing signed by Maclean, one page, 4to, March 1933, on the printed stationery of The Union Society, Cambridge. Maclean has executed an accomplished drawing of a young man seated in a profile head and shoulders pose with a pensive expression on his face. Signed (‘Donald Maclean’) by Maclean in bold pencil at the foot of the drawing and dated March 1933 in his hand. Maclean would appear to have identified the subject of his drawing in his hand with a single name (or series of initials?) which is regretfully somewhat indecipherable, although it can be presumed that the young man was a friend and contemporary of Maclean whilst reading modern languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Together with a printed 4to edition of Contemporaries and Makers, edited by John Kaestlin, March 1933, being the Cambridge University literary periodical and containing various printed poems, short stories and essays etc. With the ownership signature of Alastair Morton to the head of the first page and bound in the original maroon printed paper wrappers. A few very light, minor stains to the drawing and some light age wear and minor foxing to the periodical. About VG, 2 Donald Maclean studied modern languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, arriving at the university in 1931. Whilst there he became a member of the Communist Party and was a relatively well-known figure on campus. His literary efforts included a book review in 1933 for Cambridge Left, a journal to which other communists contributed, and in 1934 he became the editor of Silver Crescent, the Trinity Hall students’ magazine. In his last year at Cambridge Maclean became an agent of The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), the interior ministry of the Soviet Union, and graduated with a First in modern languages before entering the Diplomatic Service.
JASPERS KARL: (1883-1969) German-Swiss Psychiatrist and Philosopher. Book signed and inscribed, being a paperback edition of Der Philosophische Glaube, First Edition published by Artemis of Zurich, 1948. Signed by Jaspers in fountain pen ink with a brief inscription in German in his hand to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by the publisher’s printed paper wrappers housed in protective transparent paper. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and discoloration, only very slightly affecting the signature and front free endpaper. VG
CLINTON HILLARY: (1947- ) American Politician and First Lady 1993-2001. Secretary of State 2009-13. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Living History, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003. Signed ('Hillary Rodham Clinton') by Clinton in bold black ink to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Return by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes, being a novel of the human adventure, First Edition published by Tom Doherty Associates LLC, New York, May 2000. Signed by Aldrin in silver ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. About EX
CERNAN GENE: (1934-2017) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XVII, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan is the eleventh man to walk on the Moon, and the last man on the Moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Last Man on the Moon, First Edition published by St. Martin's Press, New York, March 1999. Signed by Cernan in bold black ink with his name alone to the half title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some extremely minor, very light age wear). VG
LEONOV ALEXEY: (1934- ) Russian Cosmonaut, the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), his spacewalk taking part during the Voskhod 2 mission in March 1965. A large signed colour 32 x 23 limited edition print of a painting by Leonov entitled Cyclone over Singapore, the image depicting a cyclone over Malaysia as witnessed by the cosmonaut during the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975. Signed by Leonov in bold pencil to the lower white border and numbered 70 of 500 in his hand. VG
LEONOV ALEXEY: (1934- ) Russian Cosmonaut, the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), his spacewalk taking part during the Voskhod 2 mission in March 1965. A large signed colour 32 x 23 limited edition print of a painting by Leonov entitled The Ashy Layer, the image depicting a mirage-like moon in the Earth's atmosphere, caused by an 'ashy layer' that refracts the moon's light as it passes through. Signed by Leonov in bold pencil to the lower white border and numbered 258 of 500 in his hand. VG
Bell, Adrian - 22 novels, sold as seen, comprising: - Corduroy, First illustrated edition, The Bodley Head 1948- Silver Ley, First illustrated edition, The Bodley Head 1948- The Cherry Tree, Oxford University Press, paperback, 1985 (no cover (N/C))- Folly Field, John Lane The Bodley Head, Wartime edition, 1943 (N/C)-The Balcony, Cobden, Sanderson, 1934, First edition, second impressionist (N/C)- Poems, The Centaur Press, 1935- By Road, cobden, Sanderson, 1937, First edition, (N/C)- The Open Air, The Faber Library, no.44, 1943, Wartime edition?, (N/C)- The Shepherd's Farm, John Lane The Bodley Head, Uniform edition, 1949- Men and the Fields, Sovereign, 1984, paperback- Apple Acre, John Lane The Bodley Head, Wartime edition, 1942 (N/C)- Sunrise to Sunset, John Lane The Bodley Head, Wartime edition, 1944 (N/C)- The Budding Morrow, John Lane The Bodley Head, First edition, 1946 (2 copies)- The Black Donkey, Blandford Press, First edition, 1949- The Flower and The Wheel, The Bodley Head, First edition, 1949- The Path by The Window, The Bodley Head, First edition, 1952- Music in the Morning, The Bodley Head, First edition, 1954- A Suffolk Harvest, The Country Book Club, 1958- My Own Master, The Country Book Club, 1962- A Street in Suffolk, Faber and Faber, 1964- A Countryman's Notebook, The Boydell Press, 1975- The Green Bond, The Boydell Press, 1976- Voice of The Countryside, Ann Gander, Holm Oak Publishing, 2001
NANSEN (F), FARTHEST NORTH, 2 vols, 3/4 leather with marbled boards, London, Newnes 1898; BAIN (J), FRIDTJOF NANSEN, pictorial cloth, prize plate paste down to back of front board; NANSEN (F), THE FIRST CROSSING OF GREENLAND, new edition, 1895; PEARY (R), NEAREST THE POLE, colour frontis plate, black and white plates, re-backed cloth, London, Hutchinson, 1907, and others on exploration (Qty)
GURNEY (I), SEVERN & SOMME, first edition with signed piece of paper tucked into the front - 'Ivor Gurney Royal College of Music', Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1917, with seven newspaper cuttings (1) CONDITION REPORT: The vendor purchased the book 20 plus years ago from a book shop in Gloucestershire. The front fly leaf is impressed 'Fred. J Brooke Stationer and Bookseller Gloucester' and written in pencil 'First association copy signed on piece / news cuts etc'. Some foxing internally, heaviest to the end papers. There is a small sketch of trees at the bottom of page 15. There is a plastic cover to the book but it is not attached to the book. General rubbing to the edges of the book, heavier to the spine - some fraying to the top of the spine and the paper title to the spine is worn.
LEE (L), CIDER WITH ROSIE, first edition, green cloth, un-clipped d.j., Hogarth Press, 1959; with a signed National Portrait Gallery printed portrait card of Laurie Lee, a signed Cider with Rosie theater flyer; HOROVITS (A), ONLY THE FLAME REMAINS, signed by the author and numbered 3/40 and another book on Lee (5)
A SHELL GUIDE TO CORNWALL, first edition, 1934; a selection of 18th century parliament acts - all unbound, with BAILLIERES ATLAS OF THE OX, ex-library copy, oblong, 1927; TRANSACTIONS OF TEH LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Vols 1-5, an arctic expedition photographic print 'Watkins cutting through the tent to reach Courtauld' dated 1931 - copyright Daily Mail Picture Library / Royal Geographical Society, a mounted photographic print of Dr Atkinson in his laboratory Cape Evans, 15th Sept 1911, and other ephemera etc (Qty)
CARROLL Lewis, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , London 1867, eighth thousand; Through the Looking Glass, London 1872, 1st edition, both are defective copies in poor bindings, the first missing page 121/122 and is stained by some fluid to pages 65-75 (mainly in centre margins), the latter has had colouring added to illustrations on pages 5 and 11, well-worn copies (2)
After Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), The ''Grand National'', Becher's Brook, The Canal Turn, The First Open Ditch and Valentine's, a set of four limited edition prints no. 181/350 (Becher's Brook no. 182), each signed in pencil to the margin with original paper label verso and further Harrods Ltd label, 20 x 32.5cm. (4)
A gentleman's stainless steel Omega Speedmaster 125 limited edition chronograph, having two subsidiary dials, centre seconds hand and date aperture, fitted an original bar link bracelet See inside front cover colour illustrationReport by MWThe Speedmaster 125 was the first chronometer certified automatic chronograph watch, and was won the limited edition of 2000 pieces. There are several knocks and scratches commensurate with the watch being worn on a daily basis, functions all work correctly but no guarantee is implied or given. The original strap has general wear, scratches etc and the clasp is detached from the main body of the strapReport by GHAll functions currently working. Please note that Charterhouse do not guarantee the working condition of any watch or clock
![Macfall [Haldane]: The Splendid Wayfaring, London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1913, first edition, with nume](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/762a42b6-ea7e-4678-a5e7-a9a1009fd4aa/33cbbca1-4eda-48d6-9e88-a9af00cda50f/468x382.jpg)
Macfall [Haldane]: The Splendid Wayfaring, London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1913, first edition, with numerous vignette illustrations, gilt tooled red cloth, with presentation inscription "Presented to the Sheffield City Libraries by Mrs H.B. Gallimore from the library of her late husband Henry Burrows Gallimore, Jan 1935"; Salaman and Absal, an Allegory, translated by Edwin Fitzgerals, illus. E.A. Cox, pub. F.Lewis Ltd, Leigh-on-Sea, 1946, limited edition of 1000 copies on Barcham Green handmade paper, gilt toole red cloth; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1970 Folio Society, in slipcase and a further, earlier copy of the same
A box of Howard Spring books to include "Time and the Hour" first edition published by Collins 1957, "Fame is the Spur" published by Collins 1940, "The Houses Between" first edition published 1951 with dust jacket etc together with a box containing numerous Giles cartoons books CONDITION REPORTS Six of the Howard Spring books have dust jackets, although these are discoloured, scuffed, some areas of fading, areas of loss and tears to each of the dust jackets. Some foxing and discoloration to the pages of most of the Howard Spring books. None of the price corners have been clipped. There is some staining, accretions and discoloration etc on the spines of the books. General wear and tear commensurate with age and use. See photos for details.
U2 - Milan Live 2.11.06 ten song promo DVD as came with U218. Large new U218 T-Shirt, 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ Special Edition CD/DVD album with CD size carrier bags. Photocopy of interview with band about album. Jacknife Lee ‘Vertigo' Remix CDR’s 4 dated 15/10/2004, 'The Unforgettable Fire’ 2009 Remastered single album CD and 3 track promo CD. ‘Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own’ & ‘City Of Blinding Lights’ single set cases. ‘Music Rising’ large brad new T-Shirt, ‘No Line On The Horizon’ 2009 band interview CD about the album and album slipcase, ‘The U2 Talkie’ original cassette Interview with the band from 1987 about 'The Joshua Tree’ album plus CD version along with a transcript. U2 Remasters 6 track promo CD for the first 3 albums. ‘Electrical Storm (radio edit) promo CDR, MakePovertyHistory 2005 wristband, ‘The Million Dollar Hotel’ Soundtrack CD. 2 x ZOO TV promo packs, U2-3D In Cinemas promo card, ‘Zooropa’ 2 Condoms pack, VHS tapes of ZOOTV, Rattle and Ham, PopMart, U2 Irish Stamps First Day Cover 17th October 2002 presentation pack, Seven magazines featuring U2 including Time, Spin, Total Guitar, Q, Uncut.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Hardback first edition book published in 2005, signed to the inside page by J.K. Rowling.Provenance: This book was signed at the UK Premiere for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in Leicester Square London on 13th November 2018. Sold with Wristband from Premiere and information page.
FLEMING, IAN; 'You Only Live Twice', first edition with dust jacket, pub. 1964 Jonathan Cape, also further Pan Books editions of James Bond novels. CONDITION REPORT: You Only Live Twice dust jacket stained with some small tears particularly to corners and edges, further scuffing, dirt and marks, some dirt and staining to the page edges.
Twelve boxed Corgi diecast vehicle sets including Routemasters in Exile, 70th Anniversary Premier Omnibus set, Classical Commercials, Metropolitan Police Bedford OB Coach & Morris Minor, Thorneycroft Bus Sheffield, Guy Arab Bus, Walsall, etc, also various loose vehicles and a boxed exclusive first edition diecast Bedford box van and trailer.
![MORAND, Paul, Brassai [Photographer] Paris de Nuit.
Published by Paris Edition Arts et Meliers Graphiques (1933). First edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/05d409ff-d455-4035-92d4-a9a700b0eaf0/b62f2e3d-ed08-4dc8-b891-a9a700d081ae/468x382.jpg)
MORAND, Paul, Brassai [Photographer] Paris de Nuit. Published by Paris Edition Arts et Meliers Graphiques (1933). First edition, 4to. text by Paul Morand, this copy incomplete lacks 1, 6, 7, 12 ,13 ,14, 15 ,50, 51,58, 59, 60, 61, ex 62 listed on 4pp Legendes Des Photographies, gravure reproductions of Brassi's photographs, photo pictorial wrappers and spiral binding worn.
Great Britain Benham Stamp Sheet Collection in a Royal Mail Smilers album with a range of Thematic issues (each with 10 x 1st class stamps), First edition stamp series, mostly 500 only issued. Stated retail of 38 sheets £1,100. Superb includes: Railway, Aviation, Royalty, Titanic, Concorde, Military, Churchill, Antarctic etc.
Great Britain Benham Stamp Sheet collection in a Royal Mail Smilers album with an outstanding range of 65 first Edition Stamp sheets (each with 1st class x 10) only 500 issued, thematic issue includes: Rugby, Railways, Concorde, Tardis, Royal Air force, WWII, Birds, Royalty, Battle of Britain, Fire, Pillar boxed etc. Stated Retail £1,200 (65)
Dameto (Juan Bautista). The Ancient and Modern History of the Balearick Islands; or of the Kingdom of Majorca: which Comprehends the Islands of Majorca, Minorca, Yvica, Formentera and others..., translated from the original Spanish [by Colin Campbell], 1st English edition, William Innys, 1716, two folding engraved maps (including one of Majorca), some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed and some wear to edges, covers detached, 8vo Palau 68215. First English edition of Dameto's history of the Balearic Islands published in a second edition three years later. (1)
Parkinson (John). Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or A garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up: with a Kitchen garden of all manner of herbes, rootes, & fruites, for meate or sause used with us, and an Orchard of all sorte of fruitbearing Trees and shrubbes fit for our Land together with the right orderinge planting & preserving of them and their uses & vertues, Collected by John PArkinson Apothecary of London, 1st edition, London: [Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young], 1629, imprint from colophon, woodcut title close-trimmed and lined to verso (some cropping to ruled border at head & foot), numerous woodcut illustrations, 35 leaves (**2-E6) at front of volume torn to fore-edge with some loss and repaired (mostly affecting blank margins), *6 possibly from another copy, lower outer corner of 2Y4 repaired, 3G1 & 3G2 at rear of volume also torn to blank margins and repaired, some dust-soiling, occasional dampstaining and few marks, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked and corners repaired, small folio in 6s Henrey 282; Nissen 1489; Hunt 215; STC 19300. First edition of "the earliest important treatise on horticulture published in England" (Henrey). A1r line 4 of heading ends "amend" in this example. A variant also occurs with the quire reset, with A1r line 4 of heading ending "amend the". (1)
Reeves (John). The Art of Farriery both in Theory and Practice, 1st edition, for J. Newbery, 1758, 4 engraved plates (1 folding), errata leaf, front free endpaper excised, closed tear to title page tape-repaired verso, contemporary sprinkled tan calf, slightly marked, some minor wear and expert restoration, 8vo (20.4 x 12.5 cm) Roscoe A434 (1). The work went to a fourth edition by 1778 and the first edition is notably scarce. The author is described on the title page as a farrier from Ringwood, Hampshire; the 'eminent physician' named as contributing part of the text has been identified as Dale Ingram (bap. 1710-1793). (1)
Jerdon (Thomas Caverhill). Illustrations of Indian Ornithology, containing 50 figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India, 1st edition, Madras: P.R. Hunt, American Mission Press, 1847, 50 hand-coloured lithographed plates (3 with printed correction to plate numeral pasted on), two closed tear marginal repairs to text leaves, not affecting text, a little spotting and dust-soiling, ink ownership name of Bernard dated 9/14 to upper margin of title, lacks half-title, top edge gilt, modern red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to Anker 231; Fine Bird Books, page 83; Nissen IVB 477; Wood, page 407; Zimmer, page 335. Jerdon (1811-1872) worked as assistant surgeon to the East India Company, arriving in Madras in 1836. The author notes that the great majority of the 47 species depicted 'are figured here for the first time, and either improved figures, or different states of plumage, compose the remainder of the drawings'. (1)
Oates (Eugene W.). A Handbook to the Birds of British Burmah, Including those found in the Adjoining State of Karennee, 2 volumes, 1st edition, R.H. Porter, 1883, folding colour map to volume 2, some heavy spotting at front of both volumes, original cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with a loosely inserted autograph letter signed from the author to [H.E.] Dresser, Birmingham, 13 November 1910, giving details of his ill-health that year and asking when the last part of Dresser's egg book is coming out, a little spotting, creasing and small split to left margin, 2 pp., 8vo, plus Hume (Allan O.), The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, second edition, edited by Eugene William Oates, 3 volumes, R.H. Porter, 1889-90, twelve mounted Woodburytype portraits, neat ink (and some pencil) notes and marginalia throughout, ink ownership signature of Arthur Dixon, dated 1901, to front free endpapers, with additional ownership signature of F.C.R. Jourdain written beneath in volumes 1 & 3, the first dated 21 February 1907, a little spotting, inner hinges of volume 1 cracked, original cloth gilt, a little damp-staining to board fore-edges, slightly rubbed, 8vo (6)
Shaw (Tsen-Hwang). The Birds of Hopei Province, 2 volumes, Peking, 1936, folding colour map, 25 black & white plates and illustrations to text, continuously paginated, first and last leaves to both volumes slightly yellowed, bound without wrappers in near-contemporary cloth, 4to, together with Wilkinson (E.S.), Shanghai Birds, A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai and the Surrounding Districts, 1st edition, Shanghai, 1929, 23 colour plates and one plain plate as listed, original cloth gilt, plus The Shanghai Bird Year, a Calendar of Bird Life in the Country around Shanghai, Shanghai, 1935, black & white plates from photographs, illustrations to text, original cloth gilt, both large 8vo, plus others related to Chinese ornithology (13)
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Woodcock (Martin, illustrator). The Birds of Africa Volume I, [by] Leslie H. Brown, Emil K. Urban, Kenneth Newman, illustrated by Martin Woodcock and Peter Hayman, 1st edition, Academic Press, 1982, colour plates, maps and line illustrations to text, pencil signature of Martin Woodcock to limitation page, all edges gilt, original morocco gilt, 4to Limited edition, 4/100 copies. A pencil note by Martin Woodcock is loosely inserted: 'In this special binding edition of volume 1 of Birds of Africa, the contents are a sort of hybrid between the first and second printings of the standard edition. Thus, the colour work is the improved version done by McCurwen Press, but none of the textual corrections appear, so my horrid little Goldeneye drawing still appears in the Redeyed Pochard account'. (1)
London. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of London from an actual survey made in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826..., extended and comprising the various improvements to 1830, published Greenwood & Co., 2nd. edition, August 31st 1830, fine large scale map with contemporary hand colouring, engraved by Josiah Neele, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, table of explanation and reference to the parishes, inset views of Westminster Abbey and St. Pauls, dedication to King William IV, very slight staining, edged in green silk, marbled endpapers, 1250 x 1890 mm, contained in a contemporary green morocco gilt book box, all edges gilt, some wear to extremities Howgego, Printed Maps of London 1553 - 1850, 309, state 2. The Greenwood brothers Christopher and John spent three years preparing this remarkable new survey of London, prepared on the lavish scale of 8 inches to a mile, illustrating for the first time the planned development of Belgravia by Thomas Cubitt, the completion of the Grand Surrey Canal and Regent's Park one year before it was completed in 1828. This second edition has the additions of the Lea Union Canal and the names of Bayswater and East Greenwich. (1)
Mandelslo (Johann Albrecht von). Voyages celebres et remarquables, faits de Perse aux Indes orientales ... contenant unde description nouvelle et trŠs-curieuse de l'Indostan, de l'Empire du Grand-Mogol, des Œles et presqu'Œles de l'Orient, des royaumes de Siam, du Japon, de la Chine, du Congo, etc. ... mis en ordre et publiez ... par Adam Olearius, traduits de l'original par A. de Wicquefort ... nouvelle edition rev–e et corrig‚e exactement, augment‚e considerablement, Amsterdam: Michel Charles Le CŠne, 1727, half-title to volume 1, title pages printed in red and black, engraved arms to dedication, portrait 20 maps and plans (most of them folding), 16 folding views including panorama of Tokyo, 1 folding plate depicting Hottentots, 7 further plates not mentioned in the 'avis au relieur', 19 vignettes in the text, final privilege leaf, additional engraved title and volume 2 half-title lacking, occasional spotting and browning, later hand-colouring to folding map 'Royaume de Perse' and the views of Gamron (i.e. Bandar Abbas) and Anvers, plan of Goa with small rupture to intersection of folds, map of the Congo with short split along one fold, short closed tear to 'La rade de Batavia' plate not affecting image, mild damp-staining towards rear, near-contemporary calf, gilt spine, joints cracking superficially at ends, folio (31 x 19 cm) Atabey 884 (accompanied by a copy of Olearius's Voyages ... faits en Moscovie, Tartarie, et Perse), Cordier Indosinica 883, Japonica 367-8, Sinica 2077, Cox I pp. 271-2 for other editions. Re-issue of Van der Aa's 1719 Leiden edition, the preferred edition of a work first published in German in 1647. Mandelslo travelled to Persia in 1633 as part of an embassy sent by the Duke of Holstein; the other ambassadors remained in Persia but Mandelslo obtained permission to continue to India, sailing from Hormuz on the Persian Gulf in 1638 and landing at Surat, thence travelling throughout India and returning to London via Ceylon and Madagascar. In addition to the regions visited, the plates and maps depict China, Japan, and various locations in the Dutch East Indies. (1)
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*World. Magini (Giovanni Antonio), Universi orbis descriptio ad usum navigantium, published Venice, [1596], hand coloured map, engraved by G. Porro, 135 x 175 mm, mounted, framed and glazed R. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no. 196. First published in Magini's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. This 'mariner's map' is a reduced version of Gerard Mercator's large world map of 1569. Note the speculative addition of a mountain range in the Southern Continent, a clear 'North-West passage' and the absence of the Great Lakes. (1)
Aesop. Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflections, by Sir Roger L'Estrange, 2nd edition, corrected and amended, printed for R. Sare [and others], 1694, 2 engraved plates including portrait frontispiece of L'Estrange by Robert White after Godfrey Kneller,and portrait of Aesop, front free endpaper detached, small spill-burn in d1, large engraved armorial bookplate of the Biddulph family, contemporary panelled calf, joints split but firm, slightly rubbed, folio (32 x 19.5 cm), Croke (Sir George), The First Part, though last publish't, of the Reports of Sr George Croke ... Collected and written in French by Himself; Revised and published in English by Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st edition, for John Field [and others], 1661, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials, text mainly in black letter, errata leaf, contemporary calf, front board near-detached, worn, folio (29 x 17.3 cm), Agathias Scholasticus, [Greek title] De imperio et rebus gestis Iustiniani imperatoris libri quinque, ex bibliothecae et interpretatione Bonaventurae Vulcanii, Paris: Typographia Regia,1660, engraved title vignette, head- and tailpieces and initials, 3 initial leaves including title page detached, browneand slightly chipped, contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, large folio (42.5 x 28 cm), Jones (Sir William), Memoirs of the life, Writings, and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, by Lord Teignmouth, 1st edition, John Hatchard, 1804, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 leaf of manuscript facsimile, browning, ownership inscription 'Philip Gell, Tr. Coll. Cambridge, Aug. 1804' to half-title, bookplate of publisher and politician Philip Lyttelton Gell (1852-1926), contemporary quarter roan with Gell arms gilt to front board, spine rubbed and sunned, worn at head, 4to (29.8 x 24 cm) Wing A707 and C7011 for the first two items. (4)
Aquinas (Thomas). In libris de generatione et corruptione Aristotelis clarissima expositio, Venice: heirs of Ottaviano Scoto, 1530, [4] + 46 leaves, text in black letter, double column, printer's woodcut device to title page and colophon, large woodcut depicting Thomas Aquinas triumphing over Averroes (Ibn Rushd) to folio [2], woodcut initials and typographic diagrams throughout, damp-staining to title page and lower margins of outer leaves, variable tide-mark to fore and lower margins occasionally encroaching on text, modern greyish-brown calf with geometric red and black morocco panel onlaid to front board, folio in 8s (29.5 x 19.5 cm) USTC 859462; not in Adams or BM STC Italian (but see p. 671 of the latter for the first edition of 1488). Scarce Venetian edition. USTC traces nine copies, all in French or Italian institutions; no copies traced on Copac or OCLC. (1)
Bacon (Francis). Opuscula varia posthuma, philosophica, civilia, et theologica, cura et fide Guilielmi Rawley, 1st edition, 2nd issue, by Roger Daniel for Octavian Pulleyn, 1658, a few minor marks, 17th-century engraved bookplate of Antonius Biderman (d. 1679, bailiff in the service of the House of Frstenberg) to title page verso, causing faint toning recto and very minor paper disruption to no loss of text, later floral paper-backed marbled boards, rubbed, small 8vo (16 x 9.8 cm), together with: [Dunton, John], Athenian Sport: or Two Thousand Paradoxes Merrily Argued, to Amuse and Divert the Age ... by a member of the Athenian Society, 1st edition, for B. Bragg, 1707, half-title, 8 pp. advertisements, browning, bookplate of Robert S. Pirie, 19th-century green half morocco, rubbed, 8vo (19.6 x 12 cm), Leyden (John), The Poetical Remains ... with Memoirs of his Life by James Morton, 1st edition, for Longman [and others], 1819, half-title, 8 pp. advertisements, uncut in original boards, short split to head of front joint, extremities bumped, 8vo (22.4 x 13.8 cm) Wing B314 for Bacon; Gibson 230 for the first issue (imprint 'ex officina R. Danielis, 1658'), ESTC traces eight copies in UK libraries. (3)
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[Bird, Isabella]. The Englishwoman in America, 1st edition, John Murray, 1856, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue to rear, contents toned, damp-staining to fore edges of front free endpaper and initial blank, inner hinges cracked, engraved bookplate (John Murray of Touchadam), contemporary bookseller's ticket and 2 other effaced labels to front pastedown, a few other minor spots and marks, original pink cloth, spine sunned and slightly marked, small chip to headcap, tips slightly bumped and worn, 8vo Sabin 5545. First edition of the first book by 'the most notable woman traveller of her time' (ODNB). Rare in commerce. (1)
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