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Johnson (Samuel). The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; With Critical Observations on their Works, 4 volumes, 1st separate edition, printed for C. Bathurst et al, 1781, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds (first state without imprint, spotted), volume 4 with advertisement leaf present, volume 3 without terminal blank, occasional spotting and toning to text, oval ownership label of Thomas Lee to upper pastedowns, hinges repaired, edges untrimmed, contemporary marbled boards with recent calf rebacks, board edges worn, 8vo Rothschild 1265; Tinker 1365. (4)

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To which are Prefixed, A History of the Language and an English Grammar, 2 volumes, the fifth edition, London: W. Strahan, J.F. & C. Rivington and others, 1784, titles printed in red and black (cloth tape strengthening to inner margin of volume 1 title), occasional minor spotting, modern full sheep, contrasting morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed and scuffed, folio Courtney p.57. Fifth edition of the first standard English dictionary, of which 1,000 copies were printed. (2)

Laennec (Ren‚-Th‚ophile-Hyacinthe). A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest, in which they are described according to their Anatomical Characters, and their Diagnosis established on a New Principle by means of Acoustick Instruments, translated from the French with a New Preface and Notes by John Forbes, 1st edition in English, T. and G. Underwood, 1821, late amendment: lacks part-title leaf to part 1, errata leaf, 8 engraved plates, moderate spotting and browning, marginal damp-staining and very small worm-track to lower inner corner of plates, short closed tear to margin of plate I, contemporary engraved bookplate of Richard Long MD, related gift inscription ('Richard Long MC to L. A. Long' to title page, contemporary half calf, mark to spine, short split to head of front joint, some wear to sides, 8vo in 4s (21.3 x 12.8 cm) Norman 1256; Garrison & Morton 2673 for the French first edition of 1819 (and referring to Forbes's translation). 'The publication of this book revolutionized the study of disease of the thoracic organs' (Garrison & Morton). Forbes 'did as much as anyone to popularise the use of the stethoscope and to introduce Laeenec's teaching to English readers' (Norman). His translation was printed in Penzance in a run of 500 copies only. (1)

Stanford (Edward, publisher). Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography, exhibiting the Physicial and Political Divisions of the Various Countries of the World, 3rd edition, revised and enlarged, Edward Stanford, Ltd., 1904, 110 double-page lithographic colour maps mounted on linen guards, spotting to endpapers, blanks and half-title, light finger-soiling to preliminary text leaves, all edges gilt, original crushed half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, large folio (56 x 39 cm) This edition contains ten additional maps not in the second edition (1893), which itself had ten more maps than the first edition (1887). (1)

Machiavelli (Niccolo). A Translation of Part of the First Book of Machiavell's Art of War: Treating of the best Method of defending a Country agaunst Invasions and Popular Tumults. With an Introduction and Preface, in Answer to Modern Objections, 1st edition, for M. Cooper, 1744, xxiv, 40 pp., half-title, light browning, leaf A4 spotted, modern quarter calf, 8vo, together with: Hervey (John, 1st Baron; subject), Sapho to Phaon: An Epistle from a Lady of Quality to a Noble Lord, occasion'd by the Late Publication of his Miscellaneous Thoughts, 1st edition, for Jacob Robinson, 1743, [4] 63 [1] pp., half-title, light spotting, quarter calf, 8vo, Marlborough (Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of; subject), Remarks upon the Account of the Conduct of a Certain Dutchess. In a Letter from a Member of the Last Parliament in the Reign of Queen Anne. To a Young Nobleman, 1st edition, for T. Cooper, 1742, 48 pp., marginal damp-staining, modern quarter calf, 8vo, [Winnington, Thomas; contested attribution], An Apology for the Conduct of a late celebrated second-rate Minister, from the Year 1729, at which Time he commenc'd Courtier, till within a few Weeks of his Death, in 1746 ... Written by himself and found among his Papers, ?1st edition, for W. Webb, [?1747], 6, 9-50 pp., title page spotted and browned, modern quarter calf, 8vo ESTC traces four copies only for Machiavelli, eight copies for the Remarks (of which five at Oxford), and seven copies in the UK for Sapho to Phaon, an anonymous harangue addressed to John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, concerning his Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Present Posture both of our Foreign and Domestic Affairs (1742). Henry Fielding published an anonymous vindication of the Duchess of Marlborough in the same year as the Remarks (1742). (4)

Pecquet (Jean). Experimenta nova anatomica, 3rd edition, Paris: Cramoisy, 1654, 6 engravings in the text (1 full-page), intermittent light damp-staining, contemporary speckled English calf, rebacked to style and relined, superficial stripping to front board, 4to (18.6 x 13.6 cm), together with Bartlet (John), Pharmacopoeia Hippiatrica: or, the Gentleman Farrier's Repository, of Elegant and Approved Remedies for the Diseases of Horses, 1st edition, Eton: by J. Pote for T. Pote, 1764, errata leaf, library stamp to title page verso, occasional light soiling, worming in top margin of quires O-S, contemporary ownership inscriptions to initial blank, modern quarter calf, 8vo (17.4 x 10.5 cm), Berkeley (George), Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, 2nd edition, improved and corrected, London: for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744, uncut in original wrappers, wear to spine-ends, 8vo, and 1 other (an ex-library copy of Richard Owen's History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds, 1st edition, 1846, contemporary calf, 8vo) Garrison & Morton 1095 for the first edition of Pecquet's work (printed in 1651). ESTC traces nine copies in UK libraries for Bartlet's work. (2)

Smith (Joseph). The Book of Doctrine & Covenants, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Selected from the Revelations of God, Second European edition, Liverpool: Orson Pratt, 1849, erratum leaf, contemporary ink ownership inscription of William Huskins to front pastedown, a few minor spots, inner hinges cracked, original blind-stamped brown cloth, somewhat rubbed and a few minor stains, small chip at head of lower board, 12mo After an unsuccessful attempt to publish in 1833, the first edition appeared in 1835, and later editions incorporated additional revelations and reference aids. In February 1841 in Liverpool, some 4,000 copies of the 1837 Kirtland edition were printed and it was from the plates of the 'European' edition that subsequent Latter-Day Saint editions would descend. Following the Liverpool printing of 3,000 copies of the first European edition in 1845 by Wilford Woodruff, this 1849 'Second European Edition' published by Apostle Orson Pratt and printed by R. James moved the index to the front of the volume, (in the present volume the index is headed 'Index' and not 'Contents' as noted by the Maxwell Institute and includes the chronology of revelations), along with other format changes which were retained for many later editions. Five thousand copies were printed, and George Q. Cannon used it for his translation for the Hawaii edition. The Nauvoo edition had been printed in 1844. The present copy was probably published around November 1849. Citing from the Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star Vol. II, No. 10, 15th May 1849: 'The Book of Doctrine and Covenants are all gone, but soon will be reprinted'. From the same journal and volume, No. 22, 15th November 1849: '"The Doctrine and Covenants" are now ready. An additional index has been formed in the order of the date in which the several revelations were given'. The second European edition of The Book of Mormon was published in Liverpool in May 1849, also by Orson Pratt. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), The Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stands alongside the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and The Pearl of Great Price as scripture. Together the LDS Church's scriptures are referred to as the 'standard works'. The LDS Church's version of the Doctrine and Covenants is described by the church as 'containing revelations given to Joseph Smith, the Prophet, with some additions by his successors in the Presidency of the Church'. (1)

Willyams (Cooper). A selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, John Hearne, 1822, 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some spotting and occasionally heavy old dampstaining tide marks to lower margins throughout, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, worn, folio (40 x 35.5 cm) This second edition has four additional plates relating to the Hajj and Egypt which are not found in the first. Abbey Travel 198; Atabey 1339 (issue with title dated 1821); Blackmer 1814. (1)

Verstegan (Richard). A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In Antiquities. Concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation, John Bill, 1628, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, illustrations, occasional marginalia in red ink, a few annotations, occasional marginal water stains and soiling, later calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, small 4to (STC 21362), together with Sylva Sylvarum: Or A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, by Francis Bacon, 5th edition, 1639, engraved portrait frontispiece (detached and repaired), additional engraved title, woodcut headpieces and initials, first leaf of Table (a1) with lower corner torn away (with small loss of text), marginal wormtrack to first few leaves, some water stains towards end, a little light soiling, later half vellum, modern calf reback, folio First work contains the first account in English of the Pied Piper story, first published in the first edition of 1605. (2)

Watson (J., publisher). Great-Britain's Memorial. Containing a Collection of the INstructions, Representations, etc. etc. Of the Freeholders and other Electors of Great-Britain, to their Representatives in Parliament, for these Two Years past, [bound with:] The Second Part of Great Britain's Memorial, 2 volumes in 1, 1st and 2nd editions, J. Watson, 1741-2, final advertisement leaf to each volume, mild spotting and browning, modern half calf, 8vo, together with: [Salisbury imprint], A Companion in a Post-Chaise; or, an Amusement for a Leisure Hour at Home: containing a Careful Selection from the most approved and entertaining Pieces, in Verse and Prose, that have appeared for many Years past, 1st edition, Salisbury, Sealy and Hodson, 1773, spotting and browning, marginal stain to first 2 quires, modern half calf, 8vo, [Chelsum, James], A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotinto, 1st edition, Winchester: J. Robbins, 1786, mild spotting and browning, contemporary manuscript annotation naming the author to title page, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, [Crokatt, Gilbert], The Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence; or, the Foolishness of their Teaching ... the Third Edition, with Additions, London: for M. Smith, 1719, half-title lacking, spotting and browning, ink-stamp of William Shand to title page, bookplate of John Sparrow to front pastedown, modern half calf, 8vo, Weber (Friedrich), Historiae Muscorum hepaticorum Prodorum, 1st edition, Kiel: Aug. Hesse, 1815, pp. 87/8 duplicated (possibly a cancel), both leaves tape-repaired, spotting and browning, marginal damp-staining, modern half calf, 8vo ESTC traces 13 copies of the first part of Great Britain's Memorial (5 in the UK), and four copies only of the second edition of the second part, which contains texts published to June 1741 (the first edition, of which ESTC traces three copies, ended on 1 May). Six copies only located by ESTC for the Salisbury-printed Companion in a Post-Chaise. (5)

White (John). The Way to the True Church: wherein the principall Motives perswading to Romanisme, and Questions touching the nature and authoritie of the Church and Scriptures, are familiarly disputed, 1st edition, for John Bill and William Barret, 1608, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, occasional staining, mainly in lower margins and apparently from the binder's tanning agent, small burn-hole in Y2 affecting a few letters, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, bookplate of the White family of Wallingswells, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rubbed, short split to head of front joint, 4to in 8s (18.6 x 13.4 cm) STC 25394. Rare first edition of this polemical response to John Fisher's Treatise of Faith (1605). The work went to a fifth edition by 1624. (1)

Zenger (John Peter ). The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer, who was Tried and Acquitted, for Printing and Publishing a Libel Against the Government, with the Pleadings and Arguments of Both Sides, Printed for P. Brown, 1752, [4], 74, [2] pp., scattered minor spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-titled spine, 8vo Enlarged edition of this account first published in New York in 1736 and 'one of the most famous decisions in legal history, establishing the epochal doctrine of the Freedom of the Press' (Howel Z6); Sabin 106307. (1)

Rooke, J[ohn]. Sacred Music. Or a Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Chants for the Organ, 111 New Lowther Street, Whitehaven, 1851, title page in watercolour + 454 pp. manuscript music each annotated with the name of the tune, meter and composer + 8 pp. manuscript index, contemporary stationer's ticket (Callander & Dixon, Whitehaven) and annotation 'bound 29 March 1851' to rear pastedown, mild spotting and browning, inner hinges cracked, contemporary red half roan, rubbed, oblong 8vo (14.5 x 23.5 cm), together with: [Smith, John, 1797-1861, & Edward Fitzsimons], [Irish Minstrelsy; A Selection of Original Melodies of Erin, 1st edition, Goulding & Co., 1814], engraved dedication leaf + 3 pp. list of subscribers + index leaf + advertisement leaf + 93 pp. (mainly engraved music; some leaves letterpress only), title page lacking, later half roan, binding defective, folio (33 x 23 cm) The first item is an attractive and substantial manuscript produced by one John Rooke (1807-1872), a musician and schoolmaster who spent most of his life in the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven and the surrounding area. According to a recent biography written in the parish newsletter of St Bees Priory Church (June 2008), trade directories record him working variously as an artist, surveyor, music precentor, organist and portrait painter until 1844, when he became a master at St Bees Grammar School, where he worked until 1857, in which year he became headmaster of a new school established by the Haematite Iron Company. For the second work (Smith and Fitzsimons) Copac traces three copies only (Cambridge, Oxford and Trinity College Dublin). (2)

Tasker (Sohrabji Kuvarji). A Persian Poem in Commemoration of the Jubilee Year of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Empress of India, 1st edition, Surat: Mission Press, 1887, 12 linen-hinged stiff-card leaves, 1 with lithographic portrait of Queen Victoria with tissue-guard, the remainder with English, Persian or Gujurati letterpress in red, purple and blue, decorative typographic borders, bookplate, binder's ticket ('bound at the Mission Press, Surat') to rear pastedown, spotting to endpapers and blanks, faint spotting to title page, lithographic portrait spotted and offset onto first leaf of Persian text, original reddish-brown cloth gilt, rubbed, slightly marked, 4to No copies on Copac or OCLC, though one copy appears to have been displayed at an exhibition at Royal Holloway University Library to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. The author is otherwise untraced but his name indicates a Parsi origin, and the introduction is dated 'Parsi New Year's Day'. (1)

Knauer (Mauritius). Almenach perpetuel, imprim‚ … Francfort, 1700, traduit de l'allemand en fran‡ois pour Madame la Comtesse d'Hunolstein et Hombourg, 1770, French manuscript in red and black ink on laid paper, 158 pp. + 12 blanks, 1 folding table, bound red and blue silk page-makers, contemporary sheep, blind fleur-de-lys tools to spine and covers, rubbed, small 8vo (16.5 x 9.5 cm), together with Longus, Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chlo‚, Paris: [no publisher], 1745, additional engraved title page, engraved vignette to letterpress title, 4 engraved headpieces, 8 engraved plates by Jean-Baptiste Scotin, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contents largely unopened, later half morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo (17.5 x 11 cm), and 2 others (19th-century French literature, leather-bound Attractive French manuscript translation of the Calendarium oeconomicum perpetuum practicum by Mauritius Knauer, abbot of Langheim (1613/14-1664), prepared for a member of the pre-Revolutionary French aristocracy. The work is also known by its German title, the Hundertj„hriger Kalender. See Cohen-de Ricci 651-2 for Longus (this edition first published in 1731). (5)

Hoffmann (Josef, and Moser, Koloman, designers). Viribus Unitis, Das Buch vom Kaiser, mit einer Einleitung von Dr. Josef Alexander Freiherrn von Helfert, Vienna, [1898], three illuminated chromolithographed plates by Koloman Moser, including title and dedication leaf, numerous plates and illustrations by various artists, 3 plates near centre detached (one with small loss to fore margin), some light spotting (mainly to margins), red silk doublures (silk inside front cover split along fore edge), all edges gilt, original elaborately decorated leather gilt, somewhat spotted and soiled, front cover with gilt and enamelled mountings including the imperial crown and monogram, gilt and enamelled clasp in the design of the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, rear cover with four gilt bosses, contained in original drop-back box (soiled and broken), with gilt monogrammed lining and embossed lid, large folio This is a scarce first edition of this work commemorating the 50th anniversary of the rule of Austrian Emperor Franz Josef. "Viribus Unitis" was the personal motto of the emperor. The binding was elaborately designed by Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann in what is a fine example of German Art Nouveau style. Hoffman and Koloman Moser later established the Wiener Werkst„tte (Vienna Workshop), a group of artists who together produced ceramics, textiles, sculpture, furniture and other works. The Wiener Werkstatte was regarded as a pioneer of modern design, and its influence can be seen in later styles such as Bauhaus and Art Deco. (1)

Morris (Robert). An Essay in Defence of Ancient Architecture, 1st edition, for. D. Browne, W. Bickerton, K. Pote, and J. Walthoe, 1728, engraved frontispiece, 14 plates, table, terminal advertisement leaf, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, browning and damp-staining, contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, short splits to joint-ends, 4to (25.7 x 20.6 cm) Archer 214.1, Harris 568. First edition of Morris's first book. 'Morris was the first English author to write at length on architectural theory' (Archer). No other complete copy traced at auction in the last 20 years. (1)

Boswell (James). Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763, Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764, On the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764, & Italy, Corisca and France 1765-1766, Boswell In Search of a Wife 1766-1769 & Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774, (The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, edited by Frederick Pottle, 1951-60), monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original uniform publisher's quarter vellum gilt, large 8vo, limited editions of between 350 and 1050 copies, together with The Life of Samuel Johnson, newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen, 2 volumes, Bath, George Bayntun, 1925, original cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to rear joint of first volume, 4to, plus Johnson (Samuel), The Letters of Samuel Johnson, edited by Bruce Redford, 5 volumes, Princeton University Press, 1992-94, original uniform cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo, and other Johnsonia, including Katharine C. Balderston, Thraliana, The Diary of Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1951, etc. (approx. 40)

Churchill (Winston S.). The Major Works of Sir Winston Churchill, 25 volumes, Centenary First Edition, 1974, monochrome frontispiece and illustrations, all edges gilt, publisher's uniform gilt decorated red leatherette, minor rubbing to head and foot of spines, 8vo (25)

Folio Society. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, From Drawings made on the Spot by David Roberts, 2 volumes, 2010, facsimile colour illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, original red cloth, blocked illustrations to front boards and spines, designed by Neil Gower, each volume in original slipcase, large folio Limited edition, 212/1020 total copies. A smart facsimile of the first edition in the John Rylands Library. (2)

Verne (Jules). The Mysterious Island Trilogy: Dropped from the Clouds, 1st UK edition, 1875; Abandoned, 3rd UK edition, 1879; The Secret of the Island, 1st UK edition, 1875, all published Sampson Low, each with wood engraved plates (50; 50; 49 respectively, all complete), first and third volumes with publisher's catalogue at rear, Clouds with some soiling, and one gathering loose, a few plates slightly edge-frayed and re-attached (one water-stained), and one plate with paper residue from facing page adhered to fore-margin (with no loss of text or image), Abandoned with some marks and spotting, one or two marginal repairs, and two plates detached and slightly frayed to fore-edge, rear endpaper with advertisements, hinges repaired, Island with scattered spotting, first and third volumes both with endpapers renewed and with all edges gilt, all in original pictorial cloth gilt, all rubbed and recased, first volume rebacked and with new lower board, preserving both spine and cloth from rear cover, second and third volumes rebacked preserving original spines, 8vo, housed together in a custom-made cloth and paper-covered slipcase, together with four others by Verne in original cloth, three 1st UK editions (Dr. Ox's Experiment, 1874, For the Flag, 1897, and An Antarctic Mystery, 1898) Myers 42. (7)

Camden (William). Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio...., Nunc postrem• recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam aeditionem adaucta, London: George Bishop, 1600, additional engraved title by William Rogers with early inscription to upper blank margin, letterpress title with woodcut Royal arms bound after dedication, two folding engraved maps by William Rogers, ten full-page engraved illustrations including map of Ireland, several woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, with final blank 3N4 present, front free endpapers with ink ownership stamps and inscriptions, contemporary calf, rebacked, black morocco title label to spine, boards rubbed and corners worn & showing, small 4to, together with [Garth, Samuel], The Dispensary. A Poem. In six cantos, 6th edition, 1706, engraved frontispiece, adhesive tape residue to gutter of frontispiece, title, final leaf, 20th century decorative endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo STC 4507 (Camden). The fifth edition and the first with maps. "Hiberniae, et insularum Britanniae adiacentium descriptio" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. (2)

Bates (H.E.). The Hessian Prisoner, 1930, limited edition 440/500, monochrome frontispiece, signed by the author to the limitation page, some minor spotting, original red cloth, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with Scott (Walter), The Pirate, 3 volumes, Edinburgh, 1822, some spotting and marks, uniform contemporary boards, spines cracked with loss, 8vo, and Straparola (Giovanni Francesco), The Most Delectable Nights of Straparola of Caravaggio, 2 volumes, Paris, 1906, limited edition 162/1000, hand coloured plates, bookplates and previous owner inscriptions to front endpapers, some spotting, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th century fiction, poetry and first editions, including Geoffrey Chaucer, John Galsworthy, Rudyard Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, some signed by the authors, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

Clarke (Charles). Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; or Graphical Survey of the Cathedral, Collegiate and Parochial Churches, in London, Southwark, and Westminster, with the adjoining Parishes, 1st edition, second issue, 1820, large paper copy, 123 engraved plates after John Coney and others, some minor spotting, light toning and offsetting, Plaish Hall bookplate, top edge gilt, remainder rough trimmed, modern half morocco, large folio, (53.5 x 37.5cm) First published in 1819. (1)

Hughes (Ted). Lupercal, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1960, original purple cloth gilt, in dust wrapper, rubbed and some fraying with short tears to edges, remains of glassine wrapper present, together with Crow, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1970, original black cloth gilt in price-clipped dust wrapper, plus Orwell (George), Animal Farm, 1st US edition, New York, 1946, original black cloth, spine lettering rubbed, in dust wrapper, a little rubbed and frayed to extremities, and Chatwin (Bruce), Songlines, 1st US edition, 1987, original cloth in dust wrapper, plus other 20th century literature and first editions, including Christopher Isherwood, Down There on a Visit, 1st edition, 1962, signed by author to title, Ian McEwan, Black Dogs, 1st edition, 1992, signed by author to title, Muriel Spark, The Hothouse by the East River, 1st edition, 1973, & All the Poems, 1st edition, 2004, signed by author to title, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled, 1st US edition, 1995, signed by author to title, Brian W. Aldiss, A Soldier Erect, 1st edition, 1971, other authors include Joe Orton, Jonathan Coe, D.M. Thomas, James Lees-Milne, Jasper Fforde, V.S. Naipaul, Zadie Smith, etc., mostly original cloth in dust wrappers, 8vo (approximately 150 volumes) (6 shelves)

[Johnson, Samuel]. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, first issue, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775, twelve-line errata and cancels D8 and U4, page 296 misnumbered 226, early 19th century inscription to upper margin of title (repaired to inner margin), toning and spotting, light water-stain at head throughout volume, modern morocco gilt, red morocco title label, 8vo, together with McNicol (Donald), Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides; in which are contained, Observations on the Antiquities, Language, Genius, and Manners of the Highlanders of Scotland, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell, 1779, half-title, slight dampstain to upper margin of initial few leaves, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo First title see Rothschild 1256, Courtney p.122-123, Tinker 1357. Second title see Courtney p.120-121. (2)

Lawrence (D. H.). Love Poems and Others, 1st edition, Duckworth and Co., 1913, original blue cloth, spine sunned, 8vo, together with Greene (Graham), Reflections on Travels With My Aunt, limited edition, New York: Firsts & Company, 1989, original stiff card wrappers, Greene's monogram gilt to front wrapper, large 8vo, number 131 of 250 copies signed by Greene, Boyd (William), An Ice-Cream War, 1st edition, Hamish Hamilton, 1982, original boards, dust jacket, 8vo, Wilson (A. N.), The Sweets of Pimlico, 1st edition, Secker & Warburg, 1977, original boards, dust jacket rubbed and nicked, 8vo, and over 100 others, including first editions of Paul Scott, Doris Lessing, Patrick White and others, dust jackets, 8vo (6 shelves)

[Johnson, Samuel]. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, first issue, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775, twelve-line errata and with cancels D8 & U4, page 296 misnumbered 226, light toning and occasional spotting, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine and morocco title label, 8vo, together with A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1775, with six-line errata, browning to margins of first & last few leaves, scattered spotting, hinges split, bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine and morocco title label, board corners worn & showing (one repaired), 8vo, plus The North Briton Revised and Corrected By the Author. Illustrated with explanatory notes, and a copious index of names and characters, 2 volumes in one, Dublin: James Williams, 1766, ownership signature at head of volume 1 title, continuous pagination, scattered spotting, modern quarter calf gilt, 12mo First title see Rothschild 1256, Courtney p.122-123, and Tinker 1357. (3)

[Pennant, Thomas]. A Tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX, 3rd edition, Warrington: Printed by W. Eyres, 1774, together with A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII, Chester: Printed by John Monk, 1774, plus A Tour in Scotland. MDCCLXXII, Part II, London: Printed for Benj. White, 1790, together three volumes, engraved vignette title to each volume, 110 engraved plates (some folding), some offsetting to text, occasional spotting and marks, etched bookplate of T.W. Dewar (by William Strang) to upper pastedown of first volume, near matching late 19th century half calf, contrasting title and volume number labels, 4to (3)

*Birmingham (Christian, 1970-). Father Christmas with Lucy, Susan, Peter, and Mr. & Mrs. Beaver, 1998, chalk pastel, showing a snowy scene with Father Christmas in flowing robes with his arms round the shoulders of two girls, Lucy (on the left) holding a vial, and Susan holding a horn and bow, with Peter in front carrying a sword and shield, and two beavers, one wearing glasses, signed and dated lower right, 38 x 30.5cm (15 x 12ins), mounted, framed and glazed Original illustration for 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' by C.S. Lewis; executed for the fiftieth anniversary edition published by HarperCollins in 2000. Christian Birmingham graduated in illustration from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1991. He quickly gained his first commission, to provide illustrations for an edition of 'The Night Before Christmas', of which more than two million copies have been sold. He has been shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler and Kate Greenaway illustration awards and he won both the Smarties Prize and Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. Other books illustrated by the artist include: 'A Christmas Carol'; 'Oliver Twist'; 'Sleeping Beauty'; and 'Wenceslas and The Snow Queen'. Christian Birmingham's use of chalk pastel gives a wonderful luminosity to the evocative festive images for which he is so well-known. (1)

Darton (William, publisher). The History of a Goldfinch: addressed to those Children, who are Dutiful to their parents, and Humane to their Fellow Creatures, 1st edition, 1805, three copper engraved plates (with faint marginal damp-staining), including frontispiece, all coloured (or partially coloured) by an early juvenile hand, lacking A1 (blank or half-title?), title-page with early ownership name at head, toned and some fox spots, close-trimmed (clipping text in places, and with the occasional loss of a letter), modern buckram, with gilt lettered leather label on front cover, 12mo in 6s. (Apparently unrecorded first edition of this title, which appeared in various guises during the first half of the 19th century. All editions appear to be scarce. The earliest copy on COPAC is that held by Oxford University, undated but with the plates dated 1823. The earliest edition in Lawrence Darton's check-list was published in 1806 by W. and T. Darton (see H705[I]). This 1806 copy also lacks A1, but has slight differences in title and engravings to ours. Osborne lists an 1807 copy (p.259) and states that the book was first published in 1806. The last copy we have traced at auction was sold in 1991 (1823 edition)), together with Newbery (J., pub.), Letters On the most common, as well as important, Occasions in Life, by Cicero, Pliny, Voiture... and Other Writers of distinguish'd Merit; With many Original Letters and Cards, by the Editor. Who has also prefix'd, A Dissertation on the Epistolary Stile [sic]; With proper Directions for addressing Persons of Rank and Eminence. For the Use of young Gentlemen and Ladies, 1st edition, 1756, title-page toned and becoming detached, text block close-trimmed to fore-edge (but no loss of text), bookplate of Dudley Wilson on rear pastedown (rubbed with loss), red edges, mid 19th century dark green half morocco, rubbed, slight wear at head of spine, 16mo in 8s ESTC T53410; Osborne, p.133 (1757 edition); Roscoe J266. Rare. Only two locations for the first edition listed on COPAC (British Library, National Library of Scotland). Not in Gumuchian. The only copies we have traced at auction in the last thirty-five years have been the 1787 reprint. Prior to that there are two auction records in the 1970s for editions of 1757 and 1764. The verso of the title-page reads: To the Parents, Guardians, and Governesses in Great Britain and Ireland, this Collection of Letters Is humbly inscrib'd by Their most obedient Servant, John Newbery'. (2)

Marryat (Captain Frederick). The Children of the New Forest, 2 volumes, 1st edition, H. Hurst, [1847], early issue, bound partly from the parts (Part I all published?), twelve steel-engraved plates (including frontispieces), one plate detached and one edge-frayed and repaired (with partial loss at one corner), half-titles present (that to volume 1 misbound following title), title-pages printed in red and green, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear of volume 2, some openings and plates of first volume with stab holes at gutter, scattered spotting, and some dust-soiling, O1 of volume 2 with lower blank corner missing, endpapers renewed, rough-trimmed, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, recased and rebacked, preserving original spines, large 12mo in 6s Osborne, p.280; Sadleir 1573a; Wolff 4513. One of the first works of historical fiction for children, and one which was enduringly popular. It has a complex publishing history (see Sadleir p.231), and the first edition in the original cloth is scarce. This early issue with twelve plates (later reduced to eight) is particularly rare. (2)

Searle (Edis). Little Charlotte's Home in Burmah, by the Author of 'True Stories for Little People', 'Little Animals', etc., 1868, two hand-coloured engraved plates, each with a short closed edge tear, three engraved vignettes to text, one leaf of publisher's advertisements at rear, a few minor marks, final two leaves spotted, front free endpaper with early ink presentation inscription, rear free endpaper with tear at tail and loss of upper corner (torn away), both hinges cracked, original purple cloth gilt, rather faded and rubbed, spine with previous adhesive repair at tail, slim 8vo A scarce title. Not in Gumuchian or Osborne. Only one copy found on COPAC, and three others only on WorldCat (all first editions of 1867). None listed in previous auction records. This edition of 1868 appears to be completely unknown. (1)

*Steiff. A pair of rod bears, Germany, circa 1904, together two mohair teddy bears, one white and the other golden, both jointed with metal rods, with hump back, long limbs, seam from ear to ear, black boot button eyes, protruding shaved snouts (with stitching and remains of gutter percha nose), card-lined felt pads, and paws with black stitching, golden bear with .75" remains of thick thread stitched to tummy (at one time attaching paper tag?), left foot of white bear with outline hand-stitching where fabric label previously attached (retailer's label or child's name tag?), some minimal threadbare areas, golden bear with pad on right foot worn with some loss and small hole to pad on left foot, neither bear with ear button, height of each 41cm (16ins), together with a copy of The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures, by Seymour Eaton, Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Company, 1st edition, 1906, contents becoming loose in original pictorial boards, rubbed and some wear to extremities, 4to Provenance: given when new to the current owner's grandfather, George W. Elkins (1903-1966), and thence by descent. George Elkins was the only child of Eleanor Pollock Glass and Port Brommell Elkins, who was an inventor and innovator, the first person to use reinforced concrete in industrial buildings in Boston. They lived in Pittsburgh and travelled widely. The current owner's parents met in Helensburgh during their teens, and that is how the bears came to live in the UK, following the decease of their original owner. The bears were known in the family as Teddy B and Teddy G after the duo in Seymour Eaton's famous storybook 'The Roosevelt Bears' (the original owner's copy of the book accompanies the lot). Steiff's very first fully jointed teddy bear, produced in 1902, had string jointing, but none are believed to be in existence today. They were followed by a brief period (1904-1905) in which bears were made with rod jointing, before disk jointing was perfected to give the bears their moving limbs, a method which is still used today. As is well known, Steiff toys were given a button in the ear - although they are often now missing - as well, apparently, as a paper chest tag, which seldom survives. The metal button is first known to have been used in 1904, but the device wasn't registered as a trademark until May 1905. It may perhaps be that our pair of bears are two of the earliest, which had only a paper tag, before the button became universally used (although we have not been able to confirm this). Nevertheless, rod bears are rare, and the appearance of not one, but a pair of such teddy bears at auction, which have been in the same family since new, is an exceptional occurrence. Their well-preserved condition makes them additionally unusual; the original child owner travelled extensively with his parents, and the bears were often left behind, and so were not played with as much as they might have been. The current owner remembers not being allowed to handle them as a child, and for some years they have been confined to an old trunk. In all appearance early Steiff bears, a visit to the local vet confirmed the metal rod construction inside each bear, and a copy of the resulting x-ray is available to the bears' new owner. We would like to express our thanks to Bunny Campione for assistance in researching this lot. (3)

Bird-breeding. A New Way of Breeding Canary Birds. Without the Trouble, that is in the Common Way of Breeding. And, Will Breed As Many Canary Birds Again, as the Common Way of Breeding does. And, How Presently to Cure a Sick Bird. - Also, How to Keep a Canary (or Any Other) Bird in a Cage, for Singing Only, that they may not Die, as they Do. By a Person, who has Bred Canary Birds, Several Years, With Far Greater Success by this New Way, than Ever He Had Before, in the Common Old Troublesome Way of Breeding, 1st edition, London: Printed by J. Hughs, in Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1742. And, sold up one pair of stairs, at the sign of the famous Anodyne Necklace the Children's Teeth, Fits, Fevers, &c. Over Against Devreux-Court, Without Temple-Bar. And, at Mr. Bradshaws, at the Golden Key, Under the Back Piazza of the Royal Exchange, [1742], 46pp., (comprising title, pages 2-6, [7/8 blank stub], 9-47, [+1p. appendix]), horizontal chain lines, 21 circular wood engraved illustrations to text, title with long horizontal closed tear with old repairs at gutter and fore-edge margins, some dust-soiling and few marks, without free endpaper, front free endpaper with ownership inscription of William Hiscock 1777 & 'Thomas Hiscock his book March 19th 1823 given by his uncle William Hiscock', contemporary sheep, joints split, covers rubbed and worn, slim 8vo ESTC T96277. The work was reissued with a cancel title page in [1762] as part II of The Bird Fanciers Necessary Companion and Sure Guide. This first edition is extremely rare: ESTC traces the British Library copy only. (1)

Blyton (Enid). Motoring, A Book of Rhymes About all Kinds of Motors, [Birn Brothers, 1924], four colour plates, including frontispiece (with pencilled ownership names on reverse), toned throughout, some minor edge-fraying and chipping, original colour pictorial wrappers, rubbed and slightly worn at edges, slim oblong 4to, together with Real Fairies, 1st edition, J. Saville & Co. Ltd., 1923, a little spotting at gutter in places, rough-trimmed, original pictorial yellow wrappers (2nd issue binding), some soiling (mostly to spine and rear cover), a little edge-frayed in places, slim 8vo First item one of the rarest Blyton titles; no copies listed on COPAC. Second item is the author's second book, a companion to her first, 'Child Whispers', published the year before. (2)

Churchill (Winston S.). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War, 1st edition, 2nd state, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898, half-tone frontispiece, 2 folding colour maps, 4 sketch-maps, errata slip tipped to p. 1 (indicating second state), 32 pp. publisher's catalogue dated '12/97' to rear, very faint mark to p. 1, a few small spots to edges very occasionally appearing in margins, original green cloth, a bright copy, 8vo, together with a contemporary pen-and-ink sketch of the Malakand Pass (spotted, 11.5 x 18 cm), and 1 albumen and 4 silver gelatin print photographs of native troops and a British officer, identified in manuscript captions versos or on mounts as the 30th Punjab Native Infantry and a Colonel O'Bryen (see note), some chipping, photographs including 2 large group portraits mounted on card (approximate dimensions 22 x 28 cm) Woods A1(a). A bright copy of Churchill's first book, accompanied by a collection of contemporary photographs apparently depicting Lieutenant-Colonel James Loughan O'Bryen of the 31st Punjab Infantry (not the 30th regiment as indicated by the captions), whose death in action on 2 October is described by Churchill at pp. 245-6. Provenance: acquired by the vendor from a descendant of O'Bryen circa 2010. (2)

Crane (Walter, illustrator). Triplets: comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and The Baby's Own Aesop, 1899, numerous colour illustrations (many full-page) and decorations, a few light spots, mainly to first and last leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, recent blue half morocco, gilt decorated and lettered spine, large 4to Limited edition, 253/750 total copies. A smart copy. (1)

Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Stories from Hans Andersen, 1911, 28 tipped-in colour plates, five plates (at pages 5, 63, 117, 131 & 139) replaced with plates supplied from the first trade edition, occasional light offsetting, previous owner signature, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, some soiling and stains, covers a little bowed, 4to Edition de Luxe 652/750, signed by the artist. (1)

Kent (Rockwell, illustrator). Moby Dick, or The Whale by Herman Melville, first trade edition, New York, Random House, 1930, woodcut illustrations throughout by Rockwell Kent, including some full-page, occasional light spots, and two inscriptions in pale ink by the original owner (pages 1 and 597) across the page, upper inner hinge cracked (with remains of sellotape to inner margin), rear joint also restrengthened, contemporary presentation inscription to front blank, and a small mounted portrait photograph, dated June 1931, top edge gilt, contemporary blue crushed half gilt-decorated morocco, a little rubbed to edges, upper joint partly cracked at foot, 8vo (1)

Milne (Alan Alexander). When We Were Very Young; Winnie the Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner, mixed editions, (Now We Are Six, 1st edition, 1927; House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928), Methuen, 1925-1928, black & white illustrations by E. H. Shepard, partial toning to some endpapers or first & final leaves, Now We Are Six and House at Pooh Corner with a few minor marks, each book with ink ownership name to half-title or preliminary blank, first three half-titles with mounted portrait newspaper clipping, When We Were Very Young with additional clipping mounted to verso of front free endpaper, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original cloth gilt, House at Pooh Corner rear cover with small mark to lower corner, dust jackets, a few light spots, spines a little darkened, top edges and spine ends with some chips and short tears, Now We Are Six with 5cm tear and separate small loss to rear panel, all 8vo (4)

Milne (Alan Alexander). When We Were Very Young, with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, 6th edition, Methuen, December 1924, numerous black & white illustrations, half-title with ink ownership name and some minor marks, partial toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, lightly soiled dust jacket, some chips and edge tears, spine a little toned, 8vo, together with another copy of the same title, 2nd edition, December 1924, a few minor marks, stitching slightly strained, first and last leaves and free endpapers lightly toned, front free endpaper with embossed ownership address, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed in places, some light soiling, tail of spine slightly frayed, 8vo (2)

Milne (Alan Alexander). Now We Are Six, with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, 1st edition, 1927, numerous black & white illustrations, first and last leaves and free endpapers partly toned, rear free endpaper with short tear and minor surface loss at fore edge, top edge gilt, remainder lightly spotted, original red cloth gilt (spine a little darkened), dust jacket, spine somewhat toned, folds lightly spotted with minor wear at upper tips, 8vo (1)

Milne (Alan Alexander). When I Was Very Young, New York: Fountain Press, 1930, black & white illustrations by Ernest Shepard, partly untrimmed, rear pastedown with small blank label to lower right corner, front pastedown with bookplate of G.F. Reiss, original patterned cloth with paper label to spine, slipcase, 8vo, together with The Christopher Robin Birthday Book, 1st edition, Methuen, 1930, numerous black & white illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original cloth gilt, spine somewhat faded, dusty and soiled dust jacket, small area of surface loss to front panel, some chips and losses, spine toned, 8vo, plus When We Were Very Young, 17th edition, Methuen, 1928, numerous black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, contemporary ink presentation inscription to half-title, first and last leaves and free endpapers partially toned, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership name, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends barely rubbed, dust jacket, toned and lightly rubbed spine chipped at head, some minor edge fraying, rear panel with small mark, 8vo, and 8 others related including: Winnie-the-Pooh and the Bees, a Pop-Up Picture Book, [1953]; Punch Vol. CLXVI. January-June 1924; Winnie-the Pooh, a Reproduction of the Original Manuscript..., 1971 First item: limited edition, 635/842 copies signed by the author. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, fourteen colour illustrations with corresponding text leaves bound concertina-style, slightly rubbed at folds, first leaf creased to upper right hand corner, original wallet-style olive green cloth binding with dark blue lettering, upper cover with mounted colour illustration and tab fastening, dust-soiled, small paper residue on lower cover, ink blot on upper cover affecting a couple of letters of title, 16mo Linder, p.426; Quinby 12. (1)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour, 1911, 30 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting and offsetting, bookplate of George Kitchin (1827-1912, first Chancellor of the University of Durham), top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, later ties, light soiling to extremities, 4to Limited edition 602/1150, signed by the artist. (1)

Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: Containing a history of the plants indigenous to Great Britain, illustrated by figures of the natural size, a new edition, enlarged by George Graves and William Jackson Hooker, 5 volumes, Henry G. Bohn, 1835, 647 hand-coloured engraved plates after Sydenham Edwards, William Kilburn, James Sowerby, George Graves and William James Hooker, some offsetting and occasionally heavy from plates to descriptive letterpress leaves facing, scattered minor spotting, first letterpress leaf of volume 2 near-detached, bookplate of the Daltry Library, Stoke on Trent to each pastedown and each volume with manuscript presentation note to front free endpaper 'Presented to the Rev. Thos. W. Daltry, MA, FLS, by the members of the North Staffordshire Naturalist's Field Club in grateful recognition of his long and valuable services as its Honorary Secretary', dated 22nd March 1877, and signed by William Molyneux (President) and G. Brunt (Secretary to the Testimonial Committee), the final volume with additional inscription by Bertrum Daltry, presenting it to the Daltry Library of the North Staffordshire Field Club, 7 September 1904, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, spines darkened, folio (49 x 30.5 cm) One of the most important British flora. This is virtually a new work, being a greatly enlarged edition of the Flora Londinensis with over 200 new plates added. The first three volumes contain the original 432 plates, but with the text rewritten by Hooker. The final two volumes are entirely new with plates mostly from drawings by Hooker, together with his own descriptions. This edition was published in 1817-1828, and reissued with new title-pages in 1835. Great Flower Books, Page 54, Henry 597; Nissen BBI 440 (incorrect plate count). (5)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, by Izaak Walton, 1931, 12 colour plates, half-title, title printed in green and black, some light toning to endpapers and first and last leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original vellum gilt, a few light spots, spine lightly creased, 4to Limited edition, 717/775 copies signed by the artist. (1)

Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). The Admirable Crichton, by J.M. Barrie, [1914], 20 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, some spotting to first and last leaves and fore edge, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, lacking ties, some pale spotting in places, front cover a little bowed, 4to, (Limited Edition de Luxe 188/500 copies, signed by Hugh Thomson), together with Sullivan (Edmund J., illustrator), A Dream of Fair Women & Other Poems, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1900, 40 black & white plates, with four plates in duplicate in photogravure (margins spotted), all with captioned tissue guard, endpapers spotted, unopened, original gilt decorated quarter vellum, somewhat soiled, board edges worn in places, 4to, (unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 125), plus Jackson (A.E., illustrator), The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, 1929, 16 mounted colour plates, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original pictorial cloth gilt, lightly rubbed in places, slightly chipped dust jacket, soiled with some marks, head of toned spine somewhat frayed, with a short tear at top of lower joint, 8vo, and four others similar, including: Fabre's Book of Insects..., illustrated by E.J. Detmold, circa 1920; The Cecil Aldin Book, 1932 (7)

Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). Shakespeare's Comedy As You Like It, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], 40 tipped-in colour plates, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, covers somewhat bowed, slightly toned, a few minor marks, lacks ties, 4to, (limited edition, 402/500 copies, signed by the artist), together with The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, 1910, 40 tipped-in colour plates, intermittent spotting, both hinges cracked, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, spotted and dust-soiled, rear cover with a few light scratches, lacking ties, 4to, (limited edition, 181/350 copies, signed by the artist), plus The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Hodder & Stoughton, [1911], 25 tipped-in colour plates, first and last leaves toned and spotted, some soiling to pastedown and first 3 leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated vellum, spine and rear cover toned with some soiling, front cover discoloured at fore edge, lacking ties, 4to, (limited edition, 137/350 copies, signed by the artist) (3)

Fitzgerald (Edward, translator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse, 2nd edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1868, bookplate, top edge gilt, later green morocco gilt by Proudfoot, spine faded to brown and a trifle rubbed at ends, small 4to The first edition of 1859 contained 75 quatrains, this expanded and revised second edition contains 110. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. ( ). The Golden Cockerel Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald. The First Edition reprinted together with Fitzgerald's Monk-Latin Version now printed for the first time translations of the Latin & of the Persian originals and a critical essay by Sir E. Denison Ross, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, eight copper-engraved plates by John Buckland-Wright, one or two faint spots at front, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed cloth gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slight fading at head of lower cover, folio Limited edition 287/300. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald's translation reprinted from the first edition with his preface and notes, Golden Cockerel Press, 1958, engravings by J. Yunge Bateman, top edge gilt, original red morocco gilt, slipcase (a little rubbed with partial light fading), small folio Limited edition 30/75, with extra suite of the seven plates plus two not printed. (1)

Omar Khayyam. The Book of the Omar Khayyam Club 1892-1910/The Second Book of the Omar Khayyam Club 1910-1929, 2 volumes, 1910 & 1931, numerous tipped-in illustrations, previous owner signature at head of first book, original cloth-backed boards, a few light stains, 4to Limited edition 51/181 & 76/125 respectively. (2)

The Fleuron, A Journal of Typography, edited by Stanley Morison, Numbers V-VI, 3 volumes, 1926-30, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, tipped-in specimens, sample papers and facsimiles, some folding, original cloth, first volume somewhat darkened to spine, 4to, together with Birmingham School of Printing. The Torch, a journal produced by students of the City of Birmingham School of Printing, numbers One & Two, 1933 & 1938 respectively, colour and monochrome illustrations, advertisements, specimen pages, etc., original blue cloth gilt/rebound in brown cloth with original cloth covers bound in, both folio, plus The Woodcut, edited by Herbert Furst, numbers II & IV, 1928 & 1930 respectively, numerous woodcuts and wood engravings by David Jones, Paul Nash, Leon Underwood, Clare Leighton and others, both original cloth, the second volume with dust wrapper (frayed and with some loss to head and foot of spine), the latter volume being one of 75 copies of the Edition Deluxe, but without the signed Eric Ravilious wood engraving, 4to, and other 1920s publications, illustrated with woodcuts, including Eric Fitch Daglish, Animals in Black and White, volumes 1-6 (complete), 1928-1929, all original printed boards in dust wrappers, volumes 3, 4 and 6 inscribed by the artist to Emmie & Sybil, and dated 1928 and 1929 to front endpapers, square 8vo, John F. Greenwood, Twenty-Four Woodcuts of Cambridge, 1926, limited edition 156/850, R.L. Stevenson, Ten Fables with twenty-one illustrations by Rachel Russell, Swan Press, Chelsea, 1928, limited edition 66/250 and Of The Western Isles, forty woodcuts by Stephen Bone with letterpress by Gertrude Bone, 1925 (16)

Nonesuch Press. The Holy Bible reprinted according to the Authorised Version 1611, 4 volumes, 1925-27, copper-engraved title-page to each volume, head- and tail-pieces, by Stephen Gooden, original bookplate of Herbert H. Marks to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, uniform full vellum, spines letter in gilt, some light discoloration to covers of first 2 volumes, generally in very good original condition, 4to Dreyfus 20. Limited edition of 1,000 on Japon vellum. The second Nonesuch commission for the engraver Stephen Gooden (after the Anacreon of 1923), and one of the most significant productions of the Nonesuch Press. (4)

Ashendene Press. Thucydides, [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated into English by Benjamin Jowett, limited edition, Ashendene Press, 1930, main text printed in Ptolemy type, decorative initials designed by Graily Hewitt and Blado Italic side notes printed in red, edges untrimmed, original pigskin by W. H. Smith, spine lettered in gilt, a few faint spots and marks to boards, small scuff to rear board, cardboard slipcase (worn and marked), folio (40 x 26.5 cm) One of 260 copies on paper. Provenance: Robert ('Robin') Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscription 'Robin White, April 1931' to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, with Wood Engravings by Eric Gill, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31, woodcut decorative borders, full- and half-page illustrations, line-fillings, and tailpieces, all by Eric Gill, woodcut initials by Gill printed in red, blue or black, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original orange quarter niger by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, patterned paper boards, spines sunned, a few small abrasions to spine of volume 2, volume 4 spine slightly mottled and with small chip on front joint, folio Chanticleer 63, Gill 281. Number 132 of 485 copies on paper. Provenance: Robert ('Robin') Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscriptions 'Robin White, April 1929 [-March 1931' to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (4)

Hardy (Thomas). Tess of the d'Urbevilles, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926, woodcut frontispiece, plates and headpieces by Vivien Gribble, folding map of Wessex to rear, contents entirely unopened, original quarter vellum, lower outer corners of boards minutely rubbed and bumped, folio Purdy p. 77. First edition illustrated by Vivien Gribble, large-paper issue, one of 325 copies signed by Thomas Hardy. There were also 1500 unsigned copies in octavo. Provenance: Robert ('Robin') Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscription 'Robin White, January 1938' to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (1)

Gerard (John). [The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, citizen and apothecarie of London, London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636], without title, first and last blank leaves also lacking, numerous botanical woodcut illustrations throughout, dedication leaf lined to verso, final leaf of table creased and with repairs to fore-edge, occasional spotting and few marks (slight ink stain to final leaves of tables), dust-soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, 19th century blind panelled calf, joints partly split, extremities worn, folio Henrey 156; STC 11752. The third edition, in which D1r last line begins "of"; 7B5v has editor's "An Aduertisement to the Readers". (1)