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Poetry.- Drinkwater (John) The Death of Leander and Other Poems, first edition, original cloth, gilt, Birmingham, Cornish Brothers Ltd., 1906; Persuasion: Twelve Sonnets, number 18 of 50 copies, original printed wrappers, slip-case, London, Privately Printed for the Author, 1921; Loyalties: A Book of Poems, limited edition, extra copy on Japanese vellum, original vellum-backed boards, 1918; Persephone, limited edition of 550 copies, designed by Bruce Rogers, original buckram, New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1926, all signed by the author; and 8 other vol. of poetry by Drinkwater, all signed by the author (1 signed Jonathan), 8vo (12).

Asia.- Keate (George) An Account of the Pelew Islands...composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson... , first edition, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, 15 engraved plates (some stipple-engraved) including folding panorama, some with tissue guards, errata leaf at end, a few plates with traces of where tissue guards previously tipped to corners, panorama very slightly soiled and frayed at edges, very occasional spotting but an excellent clean copy, bookplate of Hon. F. Ponsonby, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed and slightly stained, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red roan label, [Hill 907], 4to, 1788.⁂ "In 1783 the Antelope, commanded by Captain Henry Wilson, was wrecked on a reef near one of the Palau (Pelew) Islands, a previously unexplored group. The entire crew managed to get safely ashore, where they were well treated by the natives and eventually managed to build a small vessel from the wreck, in which they reached Macao. They took Prince Lee Boo, one of King Abba Thulle's sons, with them to England, where he made a very good impression. Unhappily, in spite of all precautions, he soon died of smallpox." Hill

China.- Abel (Clarke) Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China..., first edition, 18 engraved plates by T.Fielding and others, all but 2 aquatint, one folding, 8 hand-coloured, and 4 folding engraved maps, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slip bound in, foxing, some offsetting to and from plates, staining to a few leaves and a couple of plates (mostly marginal), folding botanical plate stained and frayed at fore-edge with slight loss, chromolithographed bookplate of Canford Manor, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with morocco label, rubbed, [Hill 2; cf. Abbey, Travel 537 & Tooley 1, both second edition], 4to, 1818.⁂ The author was naturalist to Lord Amherst's embassy to China but the work also covers Java, Hong Kong, Manila and Saint Helena which were visited on the voyage, and includes botanical, zoological and geological plates.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Levant.- Belon (Pierre) Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Iudaea, Arabia..., collation: *8, A-Z, a-h8, woodcut illustrations of fauna, flora etc., some full-page, 1589; De neglecta Stirpium Cultura, atque earum cognitione Libellus, collation: A-E8, F4, 1589, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles with woodcut printer's device, first title with faint old ink signature, light water-staining to first few leaves, lacking the 2 folding plates, bookplate of Col. Cooper, later sprinkled calf ruled in blind, morocco label, rubbed, split to upper joint, [Adams B566 & 556; cf. Blackmer 115, French edition; Nissen ZBI 305, first title only], 8vo, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin *** First editions in Latin of Belon's travels in Greece, Asia Minor, the Holy Land and Egypt between 1546 and 1549, and his treatise on the cultivation of exotic trees and plants, first published in French in 1553 and 1558 respectively. Saleroom Notice: This lacks the 2 folding engraved plates

Middle East.- Russell (Alexander) The Natural History of Aleppo, and parts adjacent, first edition, 17 folding engraved plates including unnumbered plate of sheep, mostly natural history including 8 botanical after Ehret, plates a little browned and offset, some foxing, particularly towards end, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, joints split, spine label chipped, [Nissen BBI 3534; cf.Blackmer 1458], 4to, for A.Millar, 1856 [but 1756].⁂ Russell was physician to the English factory in Aleppo

*** Please notice, the description of this lot has changed *** New Zealand.- Polack (Joel Samuel) Manners and Customs of the New Zelanders; with Notes corroborative of their Habits, Usages, etc. and Remarks to Intending Emigrants, 2 vol., half-titles, folding engraved map, wood-engraved frontispiece, title-vignettes and illustrations, foxing and offsetting to map (as usual) and facing title of vol.1, bookplates and ink shelf-marks of Earl of Derby, Knowsley Hall on front pastedowns, original green cloth, spines gilt, a little rubbed and stained, spine ends slightly worn, [Hocken p.85, "illustrations and observations valuable and original"], 1840 § [Maning (Frederick Edward)] Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times. By a Pakeha Maori, first English edition, light water-staining to front endpapers, original brown cloth elaborately blocked in blind, rubbed and slightly damp-stained, [Hocken p.224], 1863, 8vo (3) ⁂ The first item is by the son of a Jewish painter who emigrated to England as a child and became a successful businessman in New Zealand in the 1830s, being the first Jewish settler in New Zealand. He wrote this book about the Maoris and their customs to encourage further emigration. The second is by another Maoriphile who moved to New Zealand from Tasmania in 1833 to work, eventually becoming a judge of the Native Land Court in 1865. Saleroom Notice: This is a first edition of this title but consists of an expansion of the Maori chapters in the author’s earlier work on New Zealand of 1838.

Pacific.- Shillibeer (Lt. John) A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island; including an Interesting Sketch of the Present State of the Brazils and of Spanish South Americia, second edition, 12 etched portraits and plates, 2 folding, one printed in sanguine, some light spotting, original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, [Ferguson 697; Hill 1563; Sabin 80484], 8vo, 1817.⁂ The Briton set sail from England on New Year's Eve 1813, visiting Rio de Janeiro, St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope before arriving at Pitcairn in September 1814. "A very interesting narrative including some curious details regarding the mutiny of the Bounty, and the meeting with the last survivor, John Adams..." Hill. There is also a portrait of "Friday Fletcher October Christian", the son of Fletcher Christian and the first child born on the island to the mutineers, and views of Rio, Pitcairn and the island of Juan Fernandez. This second edition was issued the same year as the first which was published in Taunton.

Goldsmiths.- B[adcock] (W[illiam]) A Touch-stone for Gold and Silver Wares: or, A Manual for Goldsmiths, and all other Persons whether Buyers, Sellers, or Wearers of any manner of Goldsmiths work, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 1 plate, slightly browned, without free endpapers, ink signature of John Robinson 1861 on verso of title, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, joints splitting, lacks tail of spine, [Wing B382], John Bellinge and Thomas Bassett, 1677.

Congreve (William).- A Collection of Poems, occasionally written upon the Victories of Blenheim and Ramillies. By the most eminent hands, first edition, comprising general title, leaf of contents and 13 separately published poems (11 first editions) celebrating England's military victories under the Duke of Marlborough, some browning and spotting, contemporary panelled calf, joints split, upper cover detached, modern cloth drop-back box, folio, for Jacob Tonson, 1708.⁂ One of only two known copies, this purportedly from William Congreve's library. The individual poems are as follows:1) [Prior (Matthew)] A Letter to Monsieur Boileau Depreaux; occasion'd by the victory at Blenheim, first edition, [Grolier 680; Ashley IV, 72], 1704.2) Addison (Joseph) The Campaign, third edition, half-title, 1705.3) [Prior (Matthew)] An Ode...on the late glorious success of Her Majesty's arms. Written in imitation of Spencer's stile, first edition, half-title, [Rothschild 1674; Ashley IV, 73], 1706.4) Congreve (William) A Pindarique Ode...on the Victorious Progress of Her Majesty's arms..., first edition, [Grolier 195; Ashley I, 230], 1706.5) [Walsh (William)] Ode for the Thanksgiving Day, first edition, [CBEL II, 486], 1706.6) [Clay (Stephen)] An Epistle from the Elector of Bavaria to the French Kings: after the Battel of Ramillies, first edition, half-title, [Ashley IV, 73]], 1706.7) Rowe (Nicholas) A Poem upon the late Glorious Successes of Her Majesty's arms, first edition, half-title, [Ashley IV, 175], 1707.8) [Conduitt (John)] A Poem upon the late Glorious Successes..., first edition, [Foxon C334], 1707.9) Paris (John) Ramillies. A Poem...written in imitation of Milton, first edition, 170610) [Fenton (Elijah)] An Ode to the Sun, for the New-Year, first edition, first issue, without the words "Tomorrow will be published..." in advertisements on last leaf, the author's first publication, [CBEL II, 548], 1707.11) Harrison (William) Woodstock Park. A Poem, second edition, 1706.12) [Vernon (Rev.) Corona civica. A Poem, first edition, printed and sold by John Nutt, 1706.13) Vernon (Mr.) The Union. A Poem, first edition, printed and sold by John Morphew, 1707.All but the last 2 published by Tonson. Numerous related cuttings etc. loosely inserted in box, much relating to the provenance suggesting this is the William Congreve copy, passed to the Duke of Leeds at Hornby Castle and thence in the Sotheby's sale of June 2nd 1930, bought by Quaritch. It has since been the Brett-Smith/Jim Edwards copy. The other copy, at Lehigh University Library, Pennsylvania, has an identical binding.

Early baseball.- Kidgell (John) The Card, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece in vol.1, woodcut head-pieces occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, spines in compartments and with red morocco label, spines scuffed, corners little worn, rubbed, [Roscoe A282 (1)], 12mo, J. Newbery, 1755.⁂ The James M. Osborn copy of these tales, with an early mention of the sport of Baseball.

Austen (Jane).- Burney (Frances) Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition, vol.1 with list of subscribers and advertisement leaf at end, K7 with paper flaw tear causing loss to a couple of letters, vol.4 with E2 slightly creased at fore-edge, L5 with short tear to edge of text and Q1 torn without loss, F1 in vol.5 lacking lower outer corner not affecting text, a little foxed and browned, subscriber's copy with contemporary ink signature of Eliz: Hervey on front pastedowns and a few marginal pencil annotations, contemporary half bleached calf over boards, spines gilt with black roan labels, rubbed and soiled, particularly spines, some labels a little chipped, [Rothschild 550], 12mo, T.Payne...and T.Cadell Jun. and W.Davies, 1796. ⁂ ?Elizabeth Hervey (1748-1820), half-sister of William Beckford, and author of several novels. Both Mrs. Hervey and Mrs. E. Hervey are listed as subscribers. The list of subscribers also includes a young and unknown Jane Austen (aged 20), as well as Sir Joseph Banks, Edmund Burke, Sir William Chambers, Maria Edgeworth, Warren Hastings (godfather to Austen's first cousin and sister-in-law Eliza de Feuillide), Rev. Thomas Leigh of Adlestrop (cousin of Austen's mother), Nevil Maskelyne, Hannah More, Mrs Piozzi, Mrs Radcliffe, Humphry Repton and Mrs Siddons. Austen was obviously familiar with Fanny Burney's works and, following the issue of Camilla in 1796, in October of that year she began writing a novel titled False Impressions which later became Pride and Prejudice, a title possibly taken from a quotation in Burney's Cecilia. She also refers to Camilla in Northanger Abbey: "'And what are you reading, Miss - ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language."

Austen (Jane).- Chard (George William) A Collection of Twelve Glees, for Three, Four, and Five Voices..., first edition, engraved title and musical notation, letterpress list of subscribers and index, numbered "No.53" and signed by the author in ink at foot of title (rather faint), spotting and offsetting, original printed boards, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, folio, for the Author, by Clementi & Co., n.d. ⁂ George William Chard (1765-1849) gave piano lessons to Jane Austen, as mentioned in a letter from Austen to her sister Cassandra in September 1796: "I am glad to hear so good an account of Mr Charde, & only fear that my long absence may occasion his relapse. I practise every day as much as I can - I wish it were more for his sake". At the time Chard was assistant organist at Winchester Cathedral, becoming organist in 1802, and later master of music at Winchester College.COPAC lists 4 copies of the work (BL, Leeds, Royal College of Music, and Glasgow University), suggesting varying dates of 1811 and c.1825.

Austen (Jane) Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles (that in vol.1 at end), foxing and some staining, ownership inscription of Dowager Lady Vernon, dated 1816 at head of each title (trimmed), contemporary half calf, vol.1 and 3 rebacked preserving original gilt spines, vol.2 spine cracked and chipped at head, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Gilson A8], 12mo, 1816.⁂ An interesting association copy. Lady Vernon is cited in Gilson's bibliography p.49 under the Mansfield Park note vii Contemporary comments: "Georgiana, Dowager Lady Vernon wrote to Mrs. Phyllis Frampton, apparently between 15 and 20 June 1814: 'I now recommend you 'Mansfield Park' if you meet with it. It is not much of a novel, more the history of a family party in the country, very natural, and the characters well drawn' (The journal of Mary Frampton, edited by Harriot Georgiana Munday, London, Sampson Low, 1885, 226; Lady Vernon's copy of MP is now at Pennsylvania State University - she also owned a first edition of E, now in the Newberry Library, Chicago)." This is that copy, with the bookplate of The Newberry Library in each volume and a pencil note on each bookplate reading "Duplicate. Withdrawn from The Newberry Library 8-24-93 AJL"Coincidentally, Lady Susan, the eponymous character of Jane Austen's shortest and least known novel (written in 1794 when Austen was 18, but not published until 1875), is in fact Lady Susan Vernon.

Voyages.- Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World...including details of the Naval Operations in China, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding engraved maps in pocket at beginning of vol.1, engraved frontispieces and 17 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1, foxing to most plates but text generally clean, original blind-stamped blue cloth, uncut and unopened, spines faded, covers damp-stained, [Ferguson 3564; Hill 102; Sabin 4390], 8vo, 1843. ⁂ Important survey of the Pacific and its islands, and the coast of north-west America from California up to Alaska. The naval operations in China refer to the First Opium War.

Tocqueville (Alexis de) Democracy In America, 2 vol., translated by Henry Reeve, first edition in English, vol. II folding engraved map of America hand-coloured in outline, ?lacks half-titles, lacks 2pp. of advertisements, vol. I C2 small tear in margin, corner torn away from lower fly-leaf at end, contemporary tree calf, slightly rubbed, spines slightly rubbed and dulled, red and green morocco labels, [Howes T 278], 8vo, Saunders and Otley, 1835.

Austen (Jane) Sense and Sensibility, 2 vol., some foxing, ?lacking half-titles, contemporary half calf, rebacked, [Gilson E2], 16mo, H.G. Clarke & Co., 1844.⁂ The first stand-alone edition to appear after the copyright expired in 1839.

Austen (Jane) [Novels], 6 vol. "Harlequin set", various individual volumes in different pictorial cloth, a few spine ends slightly rubbed, all but Mansfield Park (Philadelphia) London, 1883-1900 § Austen Leigh (William) and Montagu George Knight. Chawton Manor and its Owners, first edition, plates and illustrations, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt, 1911 § Keynes (Geoffrey) Jane Austen: A Bibliography, one of 875 copies, spare spine label, uncut in original boards, Nonesuch Press, 1929; and another relating to Jane Austen, 4to and 8vo (9)

Strachey (Lytton) Clive Bell, Leonard Woolf, Sydney Saxon Turner and others. Euphrosyne, first edition, pencil markings to index, ink ownership inscription of Barbara Hiles Bagenal to title with inscription 'marked by S.S.T.' in another hand below, original wrappers, lacking spin, upper cover detached, remains of tape repair to joints, creasing, 1905.⁂ An exceptional rarity in any condition, many copies having been later destroyed by Clive Bell. This collection is arguably the first Bloomsbury Group work, and is especially unusual for being a poetry collection. S.S.T. likely refers to Sydney Saxon Turner.

Voyages.- Vancouver (Capt. George) A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World..., 3 text vol. (without folio Atlas), first edition, half-titles, engraved map and 17 plates by J. Landseer and others after W. Alexander, 3pp. errata at end of vol.3, occasional spotting or soiling, light marginal water-staining to plates, vol.2 with list of plates becoming loose, marginal tear to L4 and final leaf creased, contemporary ink manuscript lending list to front pastedown of vol.1, a good clean copy with wide margins, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, worn and stained, spines a little frayed and partly covered with old marbled paper (defective), [Ferguson 281; Hill 1753; Sabin 98443], 4to, for G. G. & J. Robinson, 1798.⁂ Vancouver had accompanied Cook on his second and third voyages and was sent on this expedition to explore the Pacific northwest coast of America to try and find a possible passage through to the Atlantic. "This voyage became one of the most important ever made in the interests of geographical knowledge. Vancouver sailed by way of the Cape of Good Hope to Australia, where he discovered King George's Sound and Cape Hood, then to New Zealand, Hawaii, and the northwest coast of America. In three seasons' work Vancouver surveyed the coast of California, visited San Francisco and San Diego and other Spanish settlements in Alta California... investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovered the Strait of Georgia, circumnavigated Vancouver Island, and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and Hudson Bay.'' Hill

Strachey (Lytton) Elizabeth and Essex, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Roger [Senhouse] to front pastedown, additional notes in Senhouse's hand to rear pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, tape repairs to verso, chipped at foot and head, some creasing and surface soiling, 1928; and another owned by Senhouse with his notes, 8vo (2)⁂ An excellent association copy of this key work inscribed to the man with whom Strachey was about to commence a passionate relationship.

Strachey (Lytton) Elizabeth and Essex, first edition, extra-illustrated with c.60 additional plates, occasional foxing, bookplate, early 20th century crushed morocco, gilt by Bayntun, 1928; Portraits in Miniature, first edition, presentation inscription from Max Beerbohm, the dedicatee, to Alfred Waring to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, 1931; Portraits in Miniature [2 copies], limited edition signed by the author, original half buckram, 1931; Elizabeth and Essex [2 copies], limited edition signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, New York, 1928; and c.55 others, Strachey, including a caricature of the writer v.s. (c.60)

Woolf (Virginia) The Common Reader, first edition, occasional light foxing, endpapers browned, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, light browning to head and foot, dust-jacket, spine a little browned with 1" portion of loss to foot, some minor creasing and chipping to head, still a very good example of scarce and fragile jacket, 8vo, 1925.⁂ Virginia Woolf dedicated her first collection of essays "To Lytton Strachey." According to Woolf's diary, Strachey said The Common Reader "was divine, a classic."

Horror & Supernatural.- Blackwood (Algernon) and Wilfred Wilson. The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories, first edition, the odd spot, small ink mark to title, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few very short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, still an excellent example of a scarce and fragile jacket, 8vo, 1921.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. "Of the quality of Mr. Blackwood's genius there can be no dispute; for no one has even approached the skill, seriousness, and minute fidelity with which he records the overtones of strangeness in ordinary things and experiences, or the preternatural insight with which he builds up detail by detail the complete sensations and perceptions leading from reality into supernormal life or vision." - H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature.

Horror & Supernatural.- Crawford (Francis Marion) Uncanny Tales, first edition, title printed in red and black, light browning to endpapers, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, rubbed, [Lovecraft p.70; Tymn 3.63], 8vo, 1911.⁂ Published in the U.S. as Wandering Ghosts, this collection includes the classic ghost story The Upper Berth as well as the excellent vampire short story For the Blood is the Life. "The Upper Berth... is Crawford's weird masterpiece; and is one of the most tremendous horror-stories in all literature." H.P.Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature.

Horror & Supernatural.- [Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan, contributor)] Ghost Stories and Presentiments, first edition, light foxing to title, advertisements and fore-edges, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, spine a little darkened, minor rubbing to tips of spine and corners, other wise a sharp, near-fine example overall, [not in Tymn], 8vo, [1888].⁂ Rare. A repackaging of volume 3 of the scarce triple-decker Dreamland and Ghostland which includes five of the seven Conan Doyle short stories found in that collection (the first appearances by Conan Doyle in book form). The sales were of the initial collection were poor and the publisher repackaged the sheets in separate volumes with new titles and bindings. We can trace only one other copy of this collection at auction.

Horror & Supernatural.- Landon (Percival) Raw Edges, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Lady Headfort to front free endpaper, 4 plates, occasional light scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, some very minor bumping to spine ends and faint discolouration to spine, but a remarkably sharp and excellent copy overall, [Tymn 8vo, 1908.⁂ Rare signed and in such excellent condition, includes the much-reprinted classic ghost story. "The little-known Percival Landon was capable of suspense, terror, wit, and insight into Edwardian technology." - Tymn.

Horror & Supernatural.- Leroux (Gaston) The Phantom of the Opera, first English edition, 6pp. advertisements, very light browning to endpapers, original red cloth, lettered in gilt with design to upper cover, spine slightly faded, minor bumping to spine ends, light finger-soiling to covers, but a sharp, excellent example overall, 8vo, 1911.⁂ A sharp copy of Leroux's classic gothic horror.

Horror & Supernatural.- Lindsay (David) The Haunted Woman, first edition, spotting, bookplate, original cloth, spines slightly faded, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, some light surface soiling, still and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1922.⁂ An excellent copy of this metaphysical fantasy novel, that centres around the strange goings on at a stately home in Sussex.

Horror & Supernatural.- Marryat (Florence) The Blood of the Vampire, first edition, half-title a little browned, occasional light finger-soiling, modern antique-style half calf, gilt, g.e., [not in Tymn], 8vo, 1897.⁂ Rare, Marryat's tale of a female vampire which sucks the life force from her victims was unfortunately overshadowed by Bram Stoker's much better known vampire novel that was published the same year.

Horror & Supernatural.- Mee (Huan) A Diplomatic Woman, first edition, 2pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, very light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, some very light rubbing, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1900.⁂ A rare collection of short stories centring on the exploits of a female spy, these include a horror story set on a submarine.

Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de) and others. The Figure of the Earth, determined from Observations made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle, first English edition, folding engraved map and 9 folding plates, charming engraved head-piece of sled being pulled by a reindeer, title a little soiled, light water-staining to lower outer corner at beginning and end, generally a crisp clean copy, contemporary signature of W.Dawker at head of front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, slight staining to lower cover, 8vo, T. Cox [& others], 1738.⁂ Account of the French expedition to Lapland made to measure a degree of meridian at the North Pole, thereby verifying the Newtonian hypothesis that the earth was flatter towards the poles.

Horror & Supernatural.- Middleton (Richard) The Ghost Ship & Other Stories, With an Introduction by Arthur Machen, first edition, Vincent Starrett's copy with his bookplate to pastedown and ink ownership inscription to half-title and front free endpaper, original cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, neatly split along upper joint and fore-edges, upper flap foreshortened with only first 35mm remaining, [Tymn 3.170], 8vo, 1912.⁂ "One of the most interesting stylists in British ghostly fiction" - Tymn.

Horror & Supernatural.- Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, first issue without advertisements, with final p. numbered 390, followed by an integral blank and printed on thinker paper stock, publisher's presentation blindstamp to title, pencil ownership inscription dated 1903 to endpaper, original yellow cloth, lettered and ruled in red, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped and worn with chip to foot of spine, rubbing and soiling, preserved in custom drop back box, [Tymn 3.234], 8vo, Archibald Constable and Complany, 1897.⁂ The earliest and rarest of the all the issues, one of only a small number of copies send out for review by the publishers.

Horror & Supernatural.- Stoker (Bram) The Mystery of the Sea, first edition, title spotted, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to joints and corner tips, a sharp, near-fine example otherwise, 8vo, 1902.⁂ Stoker's acclaimed supernatural thriller, rarely found in such bright and sharp condition.

Horror & Supernatural.- Waring (D.G.) The Oldest Road, first edition, original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, a very very short closed tears to head and foot and some minor creasing, but a bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1938.⁂ A rare work, especially so in the extraordinarily bright dust-jacket. Waring's novels were often set in a semi-fictionalised Ireland, frequently featuring the British Secret Service and the occult.

Birds.- Willughby (Francis) Ornithologiae Libri Tres, edited by John Ray, first edition, initial imprimatur leaf, title in red and black with engraved coat-of-arms, 77 engraved plates, 2 folding letterpress tables, small stain with tiny hole to plate LXXV (within plate but not affecting image), an excellent clean copy, engraved bookplate of John Gordon, contemporary calf, a little worn, joints split, [Nissen IVB 991; Wing W2879], folio, John Martyn, 1676. ⁂ The first systematic classification of the birds of the world.

Christie (Agatha) Death on the Nile, first edition, very occasional light spotting, original cloth, very slight fading to spine, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, but a remarkably sharp, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1937.

Saleroom notice: The dates of publication should read 1908-09.Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., vol.1 second edition, the rest first editions, vol. 1 with a signed presentation inscription from the author to "Mrs Daly" dated 1949 to front free endpaper, the rest with printed facsimile inscriptions tipped in at front, folding maps, occasional spotting, some hinges starting, original cloth, some light fading, dust-jackets, spines faded, some chipping and rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1949-54.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Jamaica Inn, first edition, an occasional spot, small ink inscription to front free endpaper, hinges tender, tape marks to front pastedown, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, spine slightly darkened, dust-jacket, heavily repaired and restored, front flap supplied in sympathetic facsimile, browned and tape-stained, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Du Maurier's classic novel, hard to find in the jacket in any condition.

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

Wallace (Alfred Russel) Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. A Series of Essays, first edition, 42pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1870 at end, title foxed, original cloth, 1870; Darwinism: an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection..., first edition, half-title, photographic portrait frontispiece, folding colour map, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, hinges weak, 1889; Island Life, second edition, 3 maps, one hand-coloured, illustrations, occasional spotting, 1892 § Darwin (Charles) The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, ninth thousand (corrected), illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, 1883, all original green cloth, a little rubbed, the first rubbed and two damp-stained; and 2 others by Wallace, 8vo (6)

Greene (Graham) The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, minor repairs and restorations to head and foot, extremities retouched, still an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1950.

Hodgson (William Hope) The Night Land, first abridged edition, light browning to text margins, original boards, some light abrasion to spine, dust-jacket, closed tear to foot of spine and both panels with accompanying creasing, split to lower fore-edge, white marking, 8vo, 1921.⁂ "One of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written." - H.P. LovecraftScarce in the dust-jacket, a large and somewhat impenetrable work in the first edition, the abridged edition is often the one used by many readers of this classic work of fantasy-horror.

James (Henry) [The Novels and Tales], 24 vol., "New York Edition", photographic frontispieces by Alvin Langdon Coburn, tissue-guards, some occasional light spotting or browning to endpapers, original green cloth with gilt design to upper cover, spines lettered in gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, but a sharp and excellent set overall, 1907-09; and a copy of David McWhirter's book on the publication of this set, 8vo (25)⁂ The first collected works of Henry James, a monumental edition for which the writer undertook substantial rewrites of his novels and contributed entirely new prefaces, many of which constitute important critical essays in their own right. Without the 2 volumes published posthumously.

King (Stephen) Carrie, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light rubbing to tips of spine and corners but a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1974.⁂ A superb copy of the author's first novel.

Milne (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, first edition, first issue, with contents p. unnumbered, initialed presentation inscription from E.H. Shepard to front free endpaper, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, very light fading to spine, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1924.

Plath (Sylvia) Ariel, first edition, book label and adhesion marks from removed bookplate to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jackets, faint discolouration to spine, some very minor chipping to spine ends and corners, otherwise a near-fine copy in the publisher's original wraparound band, 8vo, 1965.⁂ Rare in such fine condition with the original wraparound.

Wallace (Alfred Russel) [Collection of Works], comprising: The Geographical Distribution of Animals, 2 vol., half-titles, 7 colour maps, most folding/double-page, 20 wood-engraved plates, very occasional foxing, 1876; Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection, second edition, 1871; Tropical Nature, and other essays, 1878; Australasia, 1879; Island Life, 1880; Land Nationalisation, its Necessity and its Aims, presentation copy with "From the author" in ink on original front free endpaper, 1882; Bad Times: an Essay on the Present Day Depression of Trade..., 1885; Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection..., 1889; The Wonderful Century..., third edition, 1899; Studies Scientific & Social, 2 vol., 1900; Man's Place in the Universe, third edition, 1904; My Life, 2 vol., 1905; The World of Life, 1910, together 13 works in 16 vol., all but the second, ninth & eleventh first editions, half-titles as called for, most with maps, plates and illustrations, some folding, occasional spotting, uniformly bound in later half green morocco, by Root & Son, spines ruled in gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed, spines faded, 8vo (16)

Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first illustrated edition, number 57 of 320 copies signed by the author and illustrator, illustrations, colour plates and pictorial endpapers by Barnett Freedman, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped but still excellent overall, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, 1931.

Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first edition, first issue, 12 plates, occasional light foxing, original dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, spine a little sunned, spine ends and corners a little bumped and rubbed, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1901.

Woolf (Virginia) Granite & Rainbow, first edition, light browning to margins, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, minor chipping to spine ends, very short closed tear to head of upper panel, still an excellent copy in the original publisher's wraparound band (foreshortened at fore-edge and faded at spine), 8vo, 1958.

Yeats (William Butler) The Wild Swans at Coole, first edition, one of 400 copies, charging unicorn device by Robert Gregory at beginning and colophon at end printed in red, ink gift inscription to Robert Lynd on day of publication from Sylvia Lynd, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine, spine browned, label a little retouched, light fading to margins of covers, 8vo, Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1917.⁂ Robert Lynd (1879-1949), writer, journalist and Irish nationalist.

Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 2 vol., first edition, Teerink's "A" edition, engraved portrait frontispiece in first state, 4 engraved maps and 2 plans, additional later plate after Stothard bound in to part 1, contemporary ink verse in lower margin beneath portrait, some light water-staining to vol.1, occasional soiling, contemporary panelled calf, black morocco spine labels perhaps a little later, a little rubbed and joints starting to crack, head of spine vol.2 very slightly chipped, [Teerink 289; Grolier, English 42; Rothschild 2104; PMM 185], 8vo, Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726.⁂ A very good copy in a contemporary binding, of Swift's masterpiece of satire and one of the greatest works of English literature. Conforms to all Teerink's "A" small-paper points and the portrait has the inscription "Captain Lemuel Gulliver, of Redriff Aetat, suae 58."Provenance: Robert Callaghan (ink name on titles, dated 1732). C. Fox (ink name to front endpaper/pastedown, dated 1865/66)

Colonial Town-Planning.- [Sharp (Granville)] A General Plan for Laying Out Towns and Townships on the New-Acquired Lands in the East Indies, America, or elsewhere; in order to promote Cultivation, and raise the Value of all the adjoining Land..., 24pp., second edition, folding engraved plan with partial hand-colouring, stitched in original stiff pink wrappers, a little soiled and faded, spine worn and frayed at head, [Sabin 79822], 8vo, [W.Calvert, printer], 1804.⁂ Scarce second edition (first published in 1794) of a guide for settlers and officials in the colonies. The author was the noted abolitionist Granville Sharp, who founded Freetown in Sierra Leone in 1787 for freed African slaves. Only 4 copies listed on COPAC (BL, Durham University, King's College London, and York Minster).

Americas.- Burgoyne (Lt.-Gen. John) A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons, first edition, folding engraved map and 5 folding engraved battle-plans with partial hand-colouring, 2 with overslip, advertisement leaf at end (becoming loose), folding map soiled and creased at edges with a couple of short tears, another to fold repaired, marginal soiling to title, engraved Johnstone bookplate, contemporary half sheep, worn, joints split, [Sabin 9255], 4to, for J. Almon, 1780. ⁂ Burgoyne's own account of his disastrous campaign in the American Revolutionary War culminating in the defeat at Saratoga in 1777, a turning point in the war.

Burroughs (Edward) Essays on Practical Husbandry, and Rural Economy, 3 parts in 1, ink inscription to title, some water-staining at foot, occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary half, richly gilt spine in compartments, rubbed at extremities, 1820 § Hints for the Cultivation of the Peat-Bogs in Ireland, ...In a letter to the Rev. T. Malthus, first edition, lightly browned, modern marbled wrappers, 1816 § Fagan (James) Waste Lands of Ireland: suggestions for their immediate reclamation, as a means of affording reproductive employment to the able-bodied destitute, modern marbled wrappers, 1847; and 14 others, Agriculture, v.s. (17)⁂ The second mentioned contains a proposal to drain the bogs and resettle convicts and former soldiers there as an alternative to Botany Bay.

[Dunn (Rev. James)] Essay on the present state of manners and education among the lower class of the people of Ireland, and the means of improving them, first edition, water-stained, modern calf-backed buckram, gilt title to upper cover, 8vo, Dublin, printed by Wm. Watson and Son, NO. 7, Capel-Street, 1799.

Newenham (Thomas) A View of The Natural, Political and Commercial Circumstances of Ireland, first edition, folding engraved map of Ireland, hand-coloured in outline, lacking half-title, foxed, contemporary diced calf, sympathetically rebacked, for T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1809 § Atkinson (A.) Ireland in the Nineteenth Century ... Enriched with Copious Descriptions of the Resources of the Soil, original boards, rebacked in later cloth, preserving original printed label, 1833; and 8 others, similar, 2 odd vol., including Wallop Brabazon on the fisheries of Ireland and J.C. Curwen on Ireland, v.s. (10)

Parkinson (Richard) The English Practice of Agriculture, exemplified in the management of a farm in Ireland, belonging to the Earl of Conyngham, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, offsetting, some spotting, original boards, spine worn, but binding holding firm, rubbed, 8vo, 1806.⁂ A good association copy. The Slane Castle copy (sold H.O.K., Dublin, November, 1994) - Parkinson was employed by the Earl of Conyngham to run and improve his estates at Slane. Provenance: 2nd Baron Northwick (armorial bookplate); Slane Castle (no markings, but sale details above).

Americas.- Diereville (N. de) Relation du Voyage du Port Royal de l'Acadie ou de la Nouvelle France, second edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with woodcut device, 8pp. bookseller's catalogue at end of preliminaries, light marginal staining, D5 defective at lower outer corner, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Sabin 20128], 12mo, Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1710.⁂ Acadia was a French colony in northeastern America, the capital being Port Royal. The work, in verse and prose, describes the fauna and flora of the region, the beaver trade, and customs of the native tribes, of particular interest being their culinary practices making it one of the earliest gastronomical works of Canada. At the end of the work is a 7pp. appendix describing the unsuccessful attack on Port Royal by the New Englanders in 1707. The first edition of 1708 did not include the engraved frontispiece of Indians hunting deer and building a canoe.