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T. E. Lawrence (1888 - 1935) Crusader Castles First Edition Property of an academic collector

Antiquities.- Petitot (Ennemond Alexandre) Suite de Vases, ?first edition, engraved throughout with pictorial title, 2 dedications and 31 plates by Bossi after Petitot, title with marginal soiling and light water-stain to upper outer corner not affecting image, some other light marginal soiling, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with urn motif, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 1081], 4to (c.295 x 235mm.), Parma, [?1765].⁂ Excellent impressions of these superb plates of classical vases.

Piranesi (Giovanni Battista).- Barbieri (Giovanni Francesco) Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto Il Guercino, first edition, printed title in red and black with engraved vignette by Ottaviani, additional etched title by Piranesi with dedication to Thomas Jenkins, 32 etchings in black and sanguine on 28 sheets, including 23 after Guercino (12 by Bartolozzi, 2 by Nevay, 6 by Ottaviani, 2 by Piranesi and one double-page by Piroli), one large folding plate depicts Christ bearing the cross (torn at fold), occasional foxing and marginal soiling, contemporary half vellum over blue boards, covers foxed, a couple of tears to spine, [Hind p.86; cf. Berlin Kat 1878; Wilton-Ely 1015-1018], large folio, Rome, Giovanni Generoso Salomoni, 1764.⁂ Rare collection of plates seemingly conceived by Piranesi in 1764 when he purchased twelve etchings after Guercino from Francesco Bartolozzi, who left for London that year. Before publication, Piranesi added several additional plates, including his own work. At least one of the original Guercino drawings after which these plates were designed was from Piranesi's own collection, whilst the depiction of the old man asleep which is reproduced on the additional title-page belonged to the sculptor Cavaceppi. Wilson-Ely notes: "the group is particularly notable for Piranesi's attempt to reproduce the pictorial quality of Guercino's brush drawings by applying two coloured inks, red and black, simultaneously to the copper plate".

Norfolk.- Neville (Alexander) De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto Duce, first edition, first issue, 2 parts bound as 1 vol., titles within elaborate woodcut borders, engraved arms of Archbishop Parker to versos, first title trimmed at head, partially removing old signature, Evelyn copy with later bookplate, lacking 2 genealogy tables (as usual), first gathering and 2D5-2D6 becoming loose but holding firm, small wormhole to 2D6 (final ff.) and final free endpaper, faint spotting and staining, mostly to endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, rubbed and worn, small wormhole to both covers, [STC 18478], 4to, Henry Binneman, 1575.⁂ This, the first issue, includes the famous passage speaking of the laziness of the Welsh levies and comparing them to sheep, which at the insistence of an offended government was excised from later issues. Includes a description of the city of Norwich and its antiquities, to which is added a list of its mayors and sheriffs.

Terence. Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi poetæ Terentii omnes Anglicæ factae primúmque hac noua forma nunc editæ, translated by Richard Bernard, first complete edition in English, text in Latin and English, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, Y1 with very short tear at foot, with loss of 1 letter recto and verso without loss of sense, 2D4 short tear at foot within text without loss, closely trimmed at head, occasionally affecting a headline, water-stained, some spotting and staining, including a little red ink to last few ff., 17th century printed f. used as rear endpaper, lacking pastedowns, contemporary blind-ruled calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original slightly worn and creased backstrip, some water-staining, rubbed and marked, [STC 23890], small 4to, Cambridge, John Legat, 1598.⁂ Rare copy of the first complete edition in English of Terence's comedies. The translator Bernard (1568-1641) was an English puritan clergyman and writer. When he held a parish post at Worksop he knew John Robinson (pastor of the 'Pilgrim Fathers' before they left on the Mayflower) and William Brewster (a passenger on the Mayflower, who became a senior elder of the Plymouth Colony). Bernard's daughter married Roger Williams, co-founder of the state of Rhode Island. Provenance: Thomas Davies, 1688 (ink signatures).

Shakespeare (William).- Allott (Robert) Englands Parnassus: or The choysest Flowers of our Moderne Poets, with their Poeticall comparisons, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations, lacks signature Q (8ff., pp.225-240), also lacking initial 2 and final blank leaves, final text leaf Kk7 with hole affecting a few words of text, occasional foxing and soiling, some early ink annotations, later vellum with red morocco spine label, [STC 378; Pforzheimer 358 (state A), Grolier, Langland to Wither 3], 8vo, N[icholas] L[ing], C[uthbert] B[urby] and T[homas] H[ayes], 1600.⁂ Important early anthology of English poetry with numerous references to Shakespeare as well as his contemporaries such as Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton etc. Pforzheimer's state A of the preliminaries with publishers' names in title imprint indicated only by their initials, dedication leaf (A4) uncancelled, and with dedicatory poem signed 'R.A.'Provenance: Rebecah ?Wilthen (ink name at foot of Kk7); early ink inscription on A8v "inquire for one Henry Lunn a shoomaker in Fareham"; another inscription at foot of P8v (ie before the missing gathering) "Hiatus deplorabilis".

Shakespeare (William) [The Tragedy of Richard the Third], 2 leaves from the first folio edition, comprising pp.197-200, tipped in to a facsimile edition of the entire play published in 2012, a little toned and soiled, repaired at foot, the second leaf with tear and slight loss of a few words, folio, [Printed by Isaac Jaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623].⁂ The leaves include the confrontation between the recently crowned Richard and his sister-in-law Queen Elizabeth where she curses him with the words "Bloody thou art, Bloody will be thy end: Shame serves thy life, and doth thy death attend." She also laments that she has no more sons for him to kill and continues "For my Daughters (Richard) They shall be praying Nunnes, not weeping Queenes" before he begins his suit for her daughter Elizabeth.

Shakespeare (William) The Winters Tale, from the second folio, the complete play, comprising 14 leaves (pp. 277-303, verso blank), occasional foxing and marginal toning, small burn-hole to final leaf but not affecting text, modern russet morocco-backed marbled boards by Maurin, a little rubbed, folio, by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632.⁂ One of Shakespeare's last plays which was first published in the first folio edition of 1623.

Foyle copy.- [Shakespeare (William)] Macbeth. A Tragedy: With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and New Songs. As it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal, a few tiny holes to gutter from previous binding, D1 paper flaw/repair affecting one or two letters, H2 small chip to lower margin, very light browning and a few light spots, final leaf lightly soiled and with headline shaved, bound in speckled calf by Coverly & Sons, spine richly gilt, a little rubbed at spine ends and corners, joints starting but holding firm, marbled endpapers, a handsome copy, [Wing S2932; Pforzheimer 914], 4to, for Hen. Herringman, and are to be sold by Jos. Knight and Fra. Saunders, 1687.⁂ The fourth quarto edition. The second edition of this adaptation by Sir William Davenant, which was first published in 1674.Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (burgundy morocco bookplate).

Livius (Titus) The Romane Historie Written by T. Livius of Padua, translated by Philemon Holland, first edition in English, large woodcut device on title and portrait of Queen Elizabeth I on verso, portrait of Livy on verso of A4, numerous woodcut initials, lacks last f. (blank), slight brown stain in margin of title, 3F6 and 5X6 small tear in lower margin, 17th century ink signature of Robert Gregge on title, bookplate of Sir Joseph Radcliffe Bart on front pastedown, later endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt centrepieces of arabesque design with initials WRE and single line gilt borders on both covers, slightly rubbed, brass clasps, rebacked, [STC 16613; Pforzheimer 495.], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, 1600.⁂ A good, clean copy of the first edition in English of Livy's Roman History translated by Philemon Holland. "Holland's first book, the first complete rendering of Livy into English, was published in 1600 when he was nearly fifty. It was a work of great importance, presented in a grand folio volume of 1458 pages, and dedicated to the queen. The translation set out to be lucid and unpretentious, and achieved its aim with marked success. It is accurate, and often lively, and although it does not attempt to imitate the terseness of Latin, it avoids prolixity." - Oxford DNB.

Piranesi (Francesco) Il Teatro d'Ercolano, first edition, double-page engraved title and 9 double-page plates, some minor foxing and toning, contemporary half vellum over plain boards, some foxing to covers and upper cover with water-stain patch, folio, Rome, Stamperia Salomoni, 1783.

Ireland.- Davies (Sir John) A Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely Subdued, nor brought under Obedience of the Crowne of England, untill the Beginning of his Majesties happie Raigne, first edition, woodcut decoration and device on title, dedication leaf within typographic border, lacking A1 (blank except for signature), some marginal browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners slightly rubbed, [STC 6348], 4to, Printed for John Jaggard, 1612.⁂ Important work on Anglo-Irish relations. Davies (1570-1652) was an eminent poet, lawyer and political writer. In 1603 he was sent to Ireland as solicitor-general and soon was promoted to Attorney-general and one of the justices of assizes. This work was the result of a judicial circuit round Ireland and on his return to England he wrote an account to the King. He was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England but died shortly afterwards.Provenance: Nico. Atkinson (ink name at head of title).

Cookery.- Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen (A). Or, The Art of preserving, Conserving, and Candying, all leaves within typographic woodcut border (occasionally trimmed), woodcut initials and decorations, occasional soiling, modern red morocco, gilt, [STC 5436.7; Vicaire 183 "Rare et Curieux" 1618 edition; Bitting (under Plat) 373], 12mo, Printed by John Haviland, 1627.⁂ Charming and rare anonymous work with the first part concentrating on culinary matters, while the second deals with medical recipes. STC records only 4 copies of this, one of several early 17th century editions, but although often attributed to Sir Hugh Platt (with whose Delights it was often bound), it remains stubbornly anonymous with no initials, introduction, epistle, dedication or acknowledgement.

Pufendorf (Samuel) Histoire du Regne de Charles Gustave Roy de Suede, 7 parts in 2 vol., first French edition, additional engraved title, portrait of the author and another of Charles XI both by Blesendorff, 10 single-page engraved portraits and 114 double-page or folding engraved plates and maps (?of 115), and one folding letterpress table (trimmed), engraved decorations, some browning to text ff., occasional foxing, later half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, folio, Nuremberg, Knorz for Christophe Riegel, 1697.⁂ First published in Latin the previous year, this impressive work covers the history of Carl Gustav's reign from 1654-60, much of which involved the Second Northern War in Poland/Lithuania. As well as maps, town-views and battle-plans and scenes, the plates include a large multi-folding depiction of the King's funeral procession in Stockholm.

Macclesfield copy.- Parsons (Robert) The Cristian Directory, 'seauenth, and last Edition', title with 'IHS' woodcut device, woodcut initials, typographical ornaments, ruled in red throughout, very light browning, rust spot to M5, small rust hole to 2X7 affecting a couple of letters, handsomely bound in contemporary red morocco, gilt, covers with central gilt arms of Sir Kenelm Digby, spine gilt in compartments and with four raised bands, lettered in one compartment, the others with Digby cipher (KVD), small, neat and expert repairs to joint ends, lower cover with small worm trace to head, g.e., [STC 19354.9; Allison & Rogers 625], 8vo, [St Omer, English College Press], Printed with licence, 1633.⁂ A devotional work by the mastermind of the English mission, and one of the most demonised of all Jesuits. Bound in the arms of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), courtier, alchemist, bibliophile and leading English Catholic intellectual of his day. The book was also in the possession of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Cleveland (1591-1667), a noted royalist, captured and imprisoned in the Tower from late 1651. A year before his release he presented this volume, with others, to Humphrey Paynter, presumably the surgeon of that surname who was similarly imprisoned at the time for Royalist attachments.Provenance: Earl of Macclesfield ('North Library' bookplate); 'Cleaveland' (ink inscription to fore-margin of title); 'The Lord Cleveland gave this booke and some others unto Humphrey Paynter when the sayd Earl was a prysoner in the Tower of London July 1 1655' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); Shirburn Castle (embossed stamp to head of first three leaves).

Caetani (Enrico) Instructions for Young Gentlemen; or, the instructions of Cardinall Sermonetta to his Cousin Petro Caetano ..., first English edition, one or two tiny holes to front free endpaper, lacking front pastedown, final free endpaper lacking bottom section and with early ink ownership inscription of Thomas Clifford, contemporary limp vellum, rebacked, lacking ties, a little rubbed, [STC 11514], 12mo, Oxford, John Lichfield, for Thomas Huggins, 1633.

Selden (John) Mare Clausum seu De Dominio Maris Libri Duo, first edition, initial and final blank leaf present, title in red and black with woodcut device, 2 engraved maps and several woodcut illustrations, errata leaf at end, small paper flaw to R2 just affecting side-note, occasional foxing, early 18th century panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, [STC 22175; Sabin 78971], folio, William Stanesby for Richard Meighen, 1635.⁂ One of the cornerstones of modern maritime law, with references to the colonisation of Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 and to the earlier explorations of that region by Cabot.Provenance: R. Rigby (ink name trimmed at head of title, dated 1673); W. Bayntun of Gray's Inn (ink inscription below the aforementioned); Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and ink inscription on verso of initial blank).

Grub Street recluse.- Welby (Henry) [or Thomas Heywood]. The Phoenix of these late times: Or the Life of Mr. Henry Welby, Esq, first edition, engraved frontispiece, trimmed to or just inside the platemark and laid down, trimmed close to headline and touching odd letter, B4 with small loss to head affecting headline, tiny marginal worming (C4 to end), title and B4 with small loss to corners and expert restoration, scattered spotting and soiling, blue morocco by Ramage, g.e., richly gilt spine, gilt inner dentelles, [STC 25227], small 4to, by N. Okes, and are to be sold by Richard Clotterbuck, 1637.⁂ A scarce account of the recluse Welby, one of Grub Street's early residents. He was the owner of the estate of Goxhill in Lincolnshire. In 1592 his half-brother attempted to shoot him with a pistol. Shocked, he took a house on Grub Street and remained there, in near-total seclusion, for the rest of his life. He died in 1636 and was buried at St. Giles in Cripplegate.

Fuller (Thomas).- Viccars (John) Decapla in Psalmos: sive Commentarius ex decem linguis, first edition, double-column text in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Coptic and Arabic, additional engraved title by Hollar depicting the ten races of mankind, woodcut device on printed title depicting King David, woodcut decorations and initials, contemporary dark blue morocco, gilt, g.e., spine faded, corners rubbed, [STC 24696], folio, Robert Young, 1639.⁂ A lovely copy in contemporary binding of this work on the Psalms, dedicated to Archbishop Laud, and apparently the only known work from the library of Thomas Fuller, with gift inscription on front free endpaper "Liber Guil Howell Cranfordensis Ex dono ela. viri Thomas Fuller T.B. ob id: Pastoris reverendi" (Fuller was rector of St. Dunstan's in Cranford, 1658).Provenance: Alberry Merter of Arundel (early ink inscription on front pastedown); Thomas Fuller (see note above); Robert S. Pirie (bookplate).

Supernatural.- Lilly (William) Supernaturall Sights and Apparitions Seen in London, June 30 1644, first edition, 2 woodcut astrological diagrams, final f. with errata slip pasted to blank lower margin, armorial bookplate of Sir William Grace, title and first f. with very slight chipping to fore-margin, title closely trimmed at head touching text, printed side-note to A4v fractionally trimmed, lightly browned throughout, light scattered spotting, later half roan, quite worn, very small chip to spine head, [Wing L2249], 4to, for T. V. and are to be sold by I.S., 1644.

William Beckford's copy.- True Mannor and Forme (The) of the Proceeding to the Funerall of the Right Honourable Robert Earle of Essex and Ewe, first edition, title within typographic border and with small woodcut of a crown, large woodcut head-piece and floriated initial, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Marshall, 6 woodcut armorial banners, large folding woodcut of his catafalquw in procession, one full-page white on black woodcut of the lying in state, a few leaves shaved just affecting pagination or signature and catchword, Printed for Henry Seale, 1646; bound with Elegie upon the most lamented death of the Right Honourable and truly valiant, Robert Earle of Essex, &c. (An), 4pp., 'Finis' at foot of final page trimmed with loss, n.p., n.d., together 2 works in 1, 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Lewis, joints slightly rubbed, g.e., [Wing G5 and G3;not in Pforzheimer or Grolier], 4to ⁂ Rare, first and only edition of this attractively illustrated description of the funeral procession of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, whose father the second Earl was executed by Queen Elizabeth in 1601. Essex was made Captain-General of the Parliamentarian armies at the outbreak of the civil war but had mixed success on the battlefield and died after suffering a stroke after hunting at Windsor in 1646. This work describes and illustrates the pomp and ceremony of the state funeral he was awarded. This copy lot 966 in the sale of William Beckford's library in 1883.

Milton (John) Paradise lost. A poem in ten books, first edition, with title in Pforzheimer's fifth state ('Angel' in imprint in roman), our copy with 'The Printer to the Reader' before 'The Argument' and with five lines excluding headline, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, A4 small repair to lower inner gutter, closely trimmed at head, very occasionally just touching a ruled border or headline, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, antique style blind-ruled calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Pforzheimer 718 & cf.716 (note); Grolier, Wither to Prior 603; Wing M2142], small 4to, Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669.⁂ 'One of the greatest, most noble and sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced.' (John Dryden). In more recent times it was a great source of inspiration for Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials.Provenance: 'H. Meen, 1782' (ink inscription to title); Robert Ball (modern bookplate to front pastedown).

Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, fourth (first illustrated) edition, lacking engraved portrait but with all the 12 engraved plates, mostly by M.Burghers and P.P.Bouche after Medina, list of subscribers at end, ink annotations to first leaf of text, tear to lower margin of Oo4, by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, 1688; Paradise Regain'd...to which is added Samson Agonistes, third (first folio) edition, light water-staining to outer margin, R.E[veringham]...to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688, together 2 works in 1 vol., some light browning or soiling but a good wide-margined copy, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, wear to edges, rebacked preserving old roan label, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Pforzheimer 720 & 721; Wing M2147 & 2154], folio

Women's Rights.- [Drake (Judith)] An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In which are inserted the Characters of a Pedant, a Squire, a Beau, a Vertuoso, a Poetaster, a City-Critick, &c...by a Lady, first edition, engraved frontispiece of 'The Compleat Beau', title within double-rule border, variant with final line on p.148 reading "the mean Performance of", contemporary ink inscriptions to title (lightly offset on frontispiece but not affecting main image), cropped slightly shaving frontispiece, also one signature on title and head-lines of a few preliminary leaves, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, splitting to joints, spine ends worn and chipped, lacking label, [Wing D2125A], 8vo, for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson...and R. Clavel, 1696.⁂ The first English feminist tract, also attributed to Mary Astell but now generally accepted to be by Judith Drake, whose husband wrote the commendatory verses at the beginning. The treatise is a defence against male accusations of ignorance, vanity, enviousness etc. in women and also addresses the faults of men, particularly satirizing some of her contemporaries.

Watts (Rev. George) A Sermon Preached before the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, first edition, Printed by M. Downing, 1736, bound after another work, disbound; and 2 others, 18th century sermons, 4to and 8vo (3)

[Fielding (Henry)] The Historical Register, for the Year 1736, [second edition], 48 pp., some headlines trimmed with slight loss, tear to foot of title, repaired to verso, soiled, printed: and sold by J. Roberts, [1737]; bound after Stage (the) the High Road to Hell: being an Essay on the Pernicious Nature of Theatrical Entertainments, lacks half-title, last leaf repaired to verso, title slightly stained and with dates in ink at foot, printed by W. Nicholl and J. Williams [1767]; bound after Some Reflections on the Management of a Theatre, ?lacking half title, foxed, printed for J. Cooke, [c. 1735]; bound with another similar work, together 4 works in 1 vol., later half calf, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ The second edition, published in the same year as the first, of Fielding's satire on contemporary social events which caricatures Colley Cibber amongst others, ESTC claims that the first edition (41 pages as opposed to 48 pages here) is pirated and was published with a false imprint, all four works are scarce and seldom appear at auction.

Rousseau (Jean Jacques) A Treatise on the Social Compact: or The Principles of Politic Law, first edition in English, 3pp. advertisements at end, contemporary annotation to pp. 2 & 3, otherwise remarkably clean internally, endpapers browned, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, lacking most of morroco spine label, [PMM 270], 8vo, for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1764.⁂ Rare philosophical treatise by Genevan philosopher instrumental in the Age of Enlightenment. "The Contrat Social remains Rousseau's greatest work... Rousseau believed passionately in what he wrote, and when in 1789 a similar emotion was released on a national scale, the Contrat Social came into its own as the bible of the revolutionaries in building their ideal state. Still in print, translated into every language in cheap editions and paperbacks, it remains a crucial document of egalitarian government" (Printing and the Mind of Man, 270, discussing the 1762 first edition).

18th Century novel by two sisters.- [Gunning (Susannah) and Margaret Minifie]. "The Miss Minifies". The Picture: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, woodcut head-pieces, occasional light foxing, small contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, edges very lightly rubbed, heavier to joints and extremities, but still overall a very crisp set, 8vo, printed for the authors, sold by J. Johnson and co., 1766.⁂ Rare eighteenth-century novel by sisters Susannah Gunning, née Minifie and her sister Margaret. Very scarce first edition, with seemingly only one other copy sold at auction, in 1930.

Gothic novel.- Embarrassed Lovers (The); or, the History of Henry Carey, ESQ. and the Hon. Miss Cecilia Neville. In a Series of Letters, 2 vol., first edition, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to each vol. bookplates removed from pastedown, some very light soiling to first few pages, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco spine labels, a little rubbed, joints cracked but holding firm, [Summers, A Gothic Bibliography, p.308], 8vo, for W. Lane, 1775.⁂ Exceedingly rare epistolary novel. We can trace no other copies ever sold at auction, with none listed on Library Hub.

Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., first edition, first issue of vol.1 with errata uncorrected, [one of 500 copies], half-titles (that in vol. 1 a tipped-in later facsimile), 3 folding engraved maps, engraved portrait frontispiece after Reynolds and vol. 1 *a4-*b2 (Contents) bound in vol. 2, vol. 1 with later engraved portrait laid down as frontispiece, with all cancels and errata as called for, engraved bookplate, later ink ownership name S. de Giles to rear pastedowns, first map with tiny tear to fore-edge without loss, offsetting, some light browning and scattered spotting, a little heavier at points, the odd small stain or light soiling, vol. 1 front free endpaper renewed with old paper, hinges neatly repaired, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt and with red morocco labels, highly skilful repairs to spine ends and joints, a little rubbed and scratched, still a handsome set, [Rothschild 948; PMM 222], 4to, for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776-88.⁂ One of the world's great historical works, rare with volume one in first state. 500 further copies were quickly printed as the work sold out in a few days. In this set, the frontispiece and Contents to the first volume seemingly always bound in the second. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works...Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day; and the result was clothed in inimitable prose" (PMM).

Colebrooke (Sir Henry Thomas) A Grammar of the Sanscrit Language, vol. 1 [all published], first edition, text in English and Sanskrit, 4pp. errata at end, ink ownership inscription and stamp of College of Fort William to verso of title (some show-through), title repaired at gutter, p.185 torn at inner margin, light browning, a little heavier at points, some small marginal worming, with some old tape repairs at beginning and end, single tiny wormhole within text of last c.50 leaves, becoming very small worm trace towards end, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, small folio, Calcutta, Printed at the Honorable Company's Press, 1805.⁂ "The first European work to be based on the indigenous linguistic tradition" (ODNB). Colebrooke, a noted Orientalist, first arrived in India in 1782. Devoted to the study of Sanskrit, he was appointed as honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskrit at Fort William College in Calcutta in 1801.

Chess.- [Willis (Robert)] An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player, of Mr. de Kempelen, first edition, half-title, 10 lithographed plates, half-title browned, frontispiece and plates lightly spotted with slight water-staining to fore-edge, final leaf partly detached at inner margin, old cloth, rubbed and water-stained, gouges and adhesions to covers, J.Booth, 1821; and another on chess, 8vo (2)⁂ The Automaton Chess Player or "Mechanical Turk" was presented to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1770 and travelled around Europe and America defeating many challengers including Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon. Not actually an automaton it concealed a chess master within the cabinet of the machine who operated the pieces mechanically.

[Browning (Elizabeth Barrett)] An Essay on Mind, with other Poems, first edition, mixed issue with "found" on p.75 and page number on pp.24 & 148 misaligned but p.12 correctly aligned, without half-title as issued, a fine copy bound in later charming crushed brown morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, covers with border of heart-shaped leaves tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt with compartments of small leaf spray and five raised bands, turn-ins with interspersed small gilt leaves, t.e.g., others uncut, [Barnes A2; Hayward 238], 8vo, James Duncan, 1826.⁂ A delightful copy of the poet's second, but first published, book, preceded only by the very rare Battle of Marathon, which was privately printed by her father in an edition of just 50 copies in 1820.

Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 3 vol., first edition in book form, engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne, extra-illustrated with 29 duplicate plates by the same artists in different states and issues, the 2 suppressed plates by Buss, 72 watercolour plates of Pickwickian characters by Joseph Clayton Clarke ["Kyd"], 32 contemporary plates by Thomas Onwhyn, title-page and 12 hand-coloured plates by Onwhyn first published in 1894, and a portrait of Dickens, vol. 2 with one blue upper wrapper from the issue in parts bound near start, early 20th century bibliographical notes in pencil to some plate margins, occasional light foxing, handsome Cosway-style binding of emerald green crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, fine miniature of the young Dickens painted on vellum under glass, surrounded by a fine brass rim and decorative border of small gilt and blind-stamped tools inset into the front tan morocco doublure of vol. 1, covers decorated with border of triple gilt fillet, front covers with a central red morocco inlay gilt-stamped with Dickens's crest of lion couchant, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, three lettered in gilt, the others decorated in gilt with small floral and volute tools, green morocco turn-ins decorated with gilt borders, five cinnamon silk moiré doublures each stamped in gilt with a facsimile of Dickens's signature, cinnamon silk moiré endpapers, t.e.g., very faint scratch to vol. 1 upper cover, preserved in a morocco-backed pull-top box (little rubbed), 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1837.

Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, first edition, first impression, first issue with "Stave I" heading to first chapter and text entirely in uncorrected state, half-title in blue, title printed in red and blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, 2 plates with slight offsetting, but a remarkably clean and bright copy generally, green endpaper, neat ink ownership inscription "Sarah Greenwood, January 1st 1844" to front free endpaper, original first issue brown fine-ribbed cloth, with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, g.e., slight shelf-lean, slight sunning to spine, minor chipping to head of spine, very small dent to head of upper cover, a few small marks to covers, but a crisp, near-fine example overall, preserved in attractive custom hinged morocco box by Riviere & Sons, [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II, 4; William B. Todd, in The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1843.⁂ A superb, bright copy of Dickens' classic Christmas tale, rare in such condition. A Christmas Carol is one of Dickens' most important literary creations adapted numerous times, it has become a part of a collective seasonal mythology.

[James (Sir Henry, photographer & editor)] [Domesday Book or Great Survey of England of William the Conqueror], 2 vol. comprising Great Domesday & Little Domesday, first facsimile edition, printed in red and black, short tear to fore-edge of first leaf of Great Domesday, original reversed calf, red edges, preserved in modern red cloth drop-back boxes, spines gilt with black labels, 4to (Great Domesday slightly larger), [Southampton, Ordnance Survey], [1862].⁂ Rare complete facsimile of the Domesday Book reproduced using the new process of photozincography invented by Sir Henry James. The work was transported to Southampton where it was taken apart and photographed, with the results being offered as individual county sections with introductory notes. This copy is one of only a small number with all the sections, apart from the introductions, bound together in a replica binding of the book at the time.

[Hardy (Thomas)] Under the Greenwood Tree, 2 vol., first edition, [one of ?500 copies], half-titles, foxing and soiling, small stain to title of vol.2 (with similar stain to half-title of vol.1, presumably half-titles exchanged during restoration), G8 of vol.1 (pp.95/6) torn and frayed at edges (tear rather crudely repaired), with contemporary ink inscription "Mrs Reginald Smith Stafford Rectory Dorchester 1873" to front pastedowns, seemingly an ex-library copy with faint traces of stamps or labels, original green cloth with bevelled edges, covers with Oxford frame in black, recased and repaired (vol.1 apparently rebound preserving original cloth over boards and spine), rubbed, vol.1 cockled and stained, rear endpapers renewed, [Purdy p.6], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1872; sold not subject to return⁂ Interesting association copy of Hardy's second novel, published anonymously, and rare to find in the original cloth. It sets the rustic tone of many of his future works. Geneviève Smith was the wife of Rev.Reginald Smith, rector of West Stafford, with whom Hardy is known to have dined in January 1874. There he was put in the uncomfortable position of being waited on by James Pole, the butler at Stafford House and the father of maid Cassie Pole whom James believed had been jilted by Hardy. Following the dinner Hardy wrote to Mrs. Smith, admiring her "varied knowledge & experiences, which are of the precise kind that has a peculiar charm for all engaged in such pursuits as mine...having been denied by circumstances until very lately the society of educated womankind, which teaches men what cannot be acquired from books, and is indeed the only antidote to that bearishness which one gets into who lives much alone". 6th January 1874. Millgate. Thomas Hardy: A Biography, 1982 p.149.According to family belief the schoolboy Hardy was once offered a glass of milk at the rectory; as an adult he went on to become a friend of the family particularly the son Boswell, a teacher at Harrow.

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War, An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates, maps and illustrations, vol.1 final map torn, foxing, vol.2 slight repaired tears and abrasion to front endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, [Woods A2a], 8vo, London, New York and Bombay, 1899.⁂ A very good copy overall of Churchill's second book. He served in the 21st Lancers and was part of the last great cavalry charge of the British Army.

Homosexuality.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Terminal Essay to "The Thousand and One Nights", mimeographed typescript in purple ink, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 50, slight insect damage to inner margin of title, restitched in original printed blue wrappers, bookplate of Robert Booth to front inside cover, a little rubbed, upper cover slightly creased and stained, rebacked, 4to, for private circulation only, 1901.⁂ Burton's rare and notorious essay on "pederasty", originally issued as part of his translation of The Arabian Nights, "produced for private circulation among Scholars and Students of Sexual Psychology" to accompany John Addington Symonds's essay A Problem in Greek Ethics. The essay was the first openly published discussion of male homosexuality in English and in it Burton proposes the geographical existence of a "sotadic zone...which I hold to be geographical and climatic, not racial". This consisted of the area around the Mediterranean, the Levant, much of Asia, and the Americas.

Astronomy & Astrology.- Cardano (Girolamo) Libelli duo. Vnus, de supplemento Almanach. Alter, de Restitutione temporum & motuum coeslestium, first edition, title with woodcut oval portrait of the author, woodcut charts, diagrams and historiated and decorative initials, lacking final blank, title with some restoration (just touching a few letters) and some soiling, marginal repairs, see in particular part of lower blank corner of final f., some spotting and staining, lightly browned, later vellum over boards, some staining, [Caillet 2013; Durling 857; Houzeau & Lancaster 4826; Riccardi I, 1. 250]; VD 16 C 940], small 4to, Nuremberg, Johann Petri, 1543.⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first edition of Cardano's work on the fundamentals of astronomy for astrologers, including the determination of the correct length of the solar, tropical, and sidereal years, and followed by a section of 67 horoscopes of notables, including Petrarch, Luther, Cicero, Erasmus, Dürer, and Alciati.

Astronomy.- Astrolabes.- Stöffler (Johannes) Elucidatio Fabricae ususque Astrolabii, first edition, title within woodcut architectural border with putti at head, woodcut arms of Georg Simler to **6v, numerous woodcut charts, diagrams and illustrations, some full-page, those on A6v, C4v and D3r with extension slips (single extension slip of D3 loosely inserted), woodcut decorative initials of various sizes, foot of final recto with woodcut criblé printer's device, **6 verso with poem by Philipp Melanchthon, early English ms. price (3s 4d) to head of title, occasional early ink marginalia in an English hand, trimmed at outer margin and lower margins, occasionally just touching a woodcut, printed side-note or signature mark, a few marginal repairs, some spotting or staining, 17th century English speckled calf, rebacked in gilt calf in compartments with leather label, corners restored, lower cover bottom corner chipped, covers rubbed and little marked, [Adams S1886; Houzeau & Lancaster 3256; Stillwell Science, 892. Wellcome 6099; VD 16 S 9191], 4to, Oppenheim, [Jakob Köbel], 1513 [colophon 1512].⁂ The Macclesfield copy of the first edition of the most comprehensive treatise on the astrolable of its time, which was handsomely printed at the first press in Oppenheim. It is rare at auction. 'Stoeffler recognized that, in mapping, computation of the distance between two places whose latitude and longitude were known failed to take into account the convergence of the meridians' (Stillwell). Johann Stöffler (1452-1531) was a mathematician, astronomer and instrument-maker, who was appointed to the chair of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Tübingen. He was the teacher of Philipp Melanchthon, Johannes Schöner, and Sebastian Münster, and a key member of the generation who considered Regiomontanus the paragon of Renaissance astronomers. The poem by Melanchthon is possibly his first appearance in print.Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (1860 North Library armorial bookplate to front pastedown, with press mark '180 G. 9'.)

Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, first issue, 7 heliotype plates (3 folding), numbered in Roman, wood-engraved illustrations in text, lacking advertisements at end, occasional very light foxing, faint marking to title, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, upper cover a little soiled, light rubbing to extremities, preserved in custom half morocco drop-back box, [Freeman 1141; G&M 4975], 8vo, John Murray, 1872.⁂ "This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment" - Freeman p.141.

Mathematics.- Euclid. Elementorum liber decimus, translation and commentary by Pierre Mondoré, first edition of this translation and commentary, Roman and italic type, woodcut diagrams, some water-staining, mostly to lower margins, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, head of spine repaired, some staining and creasing, housed in a modern red morocco-backed drop-back box, spine gilt, spine spotted and faded, [Thomas-Stanford XII; Adams E1013], 4to, Paris, Michel de Vascosan, 1551.⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first Mondoré edition of the tenth book of Euclid's Elements. Mondoré was a mathematician, poet, and Royal Librarian. The preface contains an attack on Ramus, whose Latin version of the Elements had appeared in 1545. Provenance: 16th century ink signatures to title; 'R.Hill' (?Sir Rowland Hill, ink signature to front free endpaper); engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown; armorial blind-stamp to second front free endpaper.

Mathematics.- Euclid. Elementorum Geometricourm Libri Tredecim, first edition in Arabic, title in Latin and Arabic, text entirely in Arabic, woodcut decorations and numerous diagrams, title trimmed and laid down, lacking 4ff. (pp.17-24), some ff. browned, occasional spotting, upper hinge broken, contemporary vellum, folio, Rome, In Typographia Medicea, 1594.⁂ "Possibly the most remarkable of all printed editions of Euclid" (Thomas-Stanford). Important and rare, despite the faults in this copy, it is from the more complete of the 2 issues, having all 13 chapters and ending on p.454 (as opposed to 12 chapters and only 400pp.). It was printed at the press established in Rome by Ferdinando de' Medici under the auspices of Pope Gregory XIII, devoted to Eastern languages and overseen by mathematician and head printer Giovanni Battista Raimondi.Literature: Adams E990; Honeyman 1015; Mortimer Italian 175; EDIT 16 CNCE 18366.

Mathematics.- English ownership.- Tunstall (Cuthbert) De arte supputandi, libri quatuor Cutheberti Tonstalli, hactenus in Germania nusquam ita impressi, woodcut diagrams and historiated and decorative initials, final f. blank, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 18th century blind-stamped tan calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt decoration and leather label, small shelf label at foot of spine, spine repaired, joints splitting, but holding firm, small repair to head of upper cover, lightly stained, [Adams T1124; Smith, Rara Arithmetica, p.136], 8vo, Strasbourg, Georg Messerschmidt for Johann Knobloch, [February, 1544].⁂ Rare edition at auction of the first English book wholly devoted to arithmetic. The work was Tunstall's farewell to secular scholarship, as he was made Bishop of London a few days after its publication, and thereafter Lord Privy Seal. It is dedicated to his friend Thomas More, who the previous year had been appropriately appointed sub-Treasurer of England. Rabelais considers it required reading for the young Gargantua in Paris. Provenance: Thomas Liliat, graduated MA and Batchelor of Divinity from Christ Church, Oxford in the 1550s, becoming rector of Houghton in Northamptonshire and then Westley in Suffolk (ink signature and Greek inscription at head of title); William Constable (1783-1806), naturalist and collector of natural history curiosities. In 1775 he was elected fellow of the Royal Society. His cabinet of curiosities is still on display at his family estate of Burton Constable Hall in Yorkshire (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).

Newton (Isaac) Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light, first edition, title in red and black, 19 engraved folding plates, one with ink signature dated 1756 and trimmed lacking fig. 1, lacking 2K3 (text ff.), water-staining to fore-edges and occasional light ink stains, scattered spotting, tender edges toward end, marginal worming to final plate and final endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping and loss to corners, a little rubbed, [Wallis 174], 4to, for Sam. Smith. and Benj. Walford, printers to the Royal Society, 1704.⁂ The first edition of Newton's mathematical and experimental investigations into the nature of light and colour, considered to be one of the three major works on Optics, alongside works by Kepler and Huygen.

Physics.- Hawking (Stephen) A Brief History of Time, first edition, illustrations, very light marginal toning to text, original boards, dust-jacket, some light creasing, else fine, 8vo, 1988.

Bibiena (Ferdinando Galli) L'Architettura Civile, 5 parts in 1 vol., first edition, woodcut decoration on title, woodcut initials and decorations, full-page engraved portrait and 72 plates, errata leaf at end, all leaves guarded, water-stain to upper and lower margin throughout, some soiling, a few short tears, contemporary vellum, worn and rebacked, early ink writing to both covers, [Berlin Kat. 2628; Fowler 134, variant title mentioning Bologna; Millard Italian 45], folio, Parma, Paolo Monti, 1711.⁂ "The five parts of this work treat of geometry, civil architecture in general, perspective, painting, theatrical scenes and the mechanics of lifting and moving objects. As an author Ferdinand is perhaps the most important of the five members of the great Italian architectural family of Galli da Bibiena, known for their theater designs and decorations in the full baroque style". (Fowler).

Wood (Robert) Les Ruines de Balbec autrement dite Heliopolis dans la Coelosyrie, first French edition, 46 engraved plates by Fourdrinier and Major after Borra, some folding, plate 3 as one continuous plate not in 2 parts as often, occasional foxing, blue endpapers, contemporary French red morocco, gilt, g.e., slightly scuffed, folio, 1757.⁂ A superlative copy of the first French edition which appeared in the same year as the English.

Blake (William).- Gay (John) Fables, 2 vol. in 1, first Stockdale edition, first issue with long "s" in text, engraved frontispiece of Gay monument, vignette titles and 67 plates, including 12 by William Blake, list of subscribers at end, some foxing and offsetting, later bookplate of John Paley of Ampton, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, new red morocco label, corners repaired, 8vo, John Stockdale, 1793.⁂ The first edition to contain the plates by William Blake.

Ukraine.- [Cathedral of Prince Vladamir the Saint of Kyiv (The)], first edition, printed in red and black, chromolithographed title, 42 plates, 2 of which double-page (one in colour and gilt), illustrations, some in colour and gilt, some after the designs of Viktor Vasnetsov and Mikhail Nesterov, decorative endpapers, light rusting to staples at gutter, occasional light offsetting, final few leaves with very small damp-stain to lower margin, original decorative cloth, gilt, highly skilful repairs to spine ends and corners, some very light rubbing to joints and extremities, else excellent, custom morocco-edged slip-case, folio, Kiev, Kulzhenko, 1898.

Doves Bindery.- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Songs before Sunrise, first edition, ink note "wedding present" dated 1911 to front free endpaper, bound in crushed crimson morocco, gilt, by the Doves Bindery, designed by T.J.Cobden-Sanderson, covers tooled in gilt with diaper pattern of interlocking diamond shapes containing alternating heart-shaped flower and Tudor rose with dots at points, spine titled in gilt with same design in compartments and five raised bands, turn-ins ruled in gilt with leafy ornaments at corners, g.e., signed "The Doves Bindery 18 C-S 98" at foot of rear turn-in, slightly rubbed with small scratch to edge of upper cover, joints a little worn and cracked, 8vo (c.185 x 130mm.), 1871.

Napoleon.- Houssaye (Henry) Napoléon Homme de Guerre, first edition, out-of-series copy on Japon (limited to 5 copies with 4 additional states), from an edition limited to 215, etched frontispiece and illustrations by Charles Morel, this the author's own copy with original watercolour portrait, 7 additional states of the etching, 2 unused etchings and 4 leaves of text printed with unused illustrations, bookplate of the author, bound in magnificent red morocco inlaid with intricate mosaic pattern tooled in gilt, by Joly fils, covers with quintuple gilt fillet border surrounding panel with all-over diaper pattern of small inlaid black morocco lozenges tooled with alternate imperial eagles and laurel wreaths in gilt, all within gilt lattice with small circles at intersections, spine titled in gilt and with inlaid compartments and five raised bands tooled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, red silk doublures and flyleaves, signed at foot of front turn-in, original printed wrappers bound in, g.e., preserved in half red morocco chemise, spine gilt with imperial eagle motifs, marbled board slip-case, 12mo (c.160 x 115mm.), Paris, 1904.⁂ A stunning binding on a unique copy of this Napoleonic work, with much additional material.

Wordsworth (William) Poems, edited by Matthew Arnold, bound in handsome crushed brown morocco, gilt, by Ramage, covers intricately tooled in gilt with vertically-pointed central wheel and similar fans to corners all within decorative border, spine gilt in compartments, ivory silk moiré doublures and flyleaves, inner gilt dentelles with small crescents, g.e., 1906 § Adams (Estelle Davenport) and A.C.Swinburne. Sea Song and River Rhyme, first edition, later crushed dark turquoise morocco, gilt, by Stikeman & Co., covers ruled in gilt with small ornaments to corners, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in roan slip-case with pull-off top (rubbed, top edge detached), 1887; and another in a Bayntun binding, 8vo (3)

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur..., 2 vol. in the original 12 parts, one of 1500 sets on ordinary paper, from an edition limited to 1800, 2 photogravure frontispieces, plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, with note to Subscribers leaf in part XII but without Directions to Binder leaf, exceptionally clean with virtually none of the usual offsetting, original pictorial grey-green wrappers, uncut, a superb set, [Lasner 22], 4to, 1893-94.⁂ Beardsley's first major commission and an early masterpiece, produced when he was only 20 years old. The young artist met the publisher J.M. Dent who was looking for someone to illustrate an edition of Morte d'Arthur. On seeing Beardsley's trial drawing 'The Achieving of the Sangreal' the publisher was reputedly rendered speechless by its quality. Duly commissioned, Beardsley produced a body of work which took the medievalism of the Pre-Raphaelites and married it to his own bizarre imagination and Japanese-influenced style, making his reputation. They are among the most stunning illustrations he ever produced.

Chagall (Marc).- Goll (Claire) Journal d'un Cheval, number 133 of 150 copies on Rives, from an edition limited to 200, printed in red & black, 2 etchings (portraits of the author and artist) and 5 lithographs by Chagall including cover, 3 printed in bistre and one in grey, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers with colour lithograph by Chagall to upper cover, uncut, glacine wrapper, original pictorial board folder with ties and wood-engraving by Robert Blanchet to upper cover, [The Artist and the Book in France p.327], 4to, Paris, Éditions Manuel Bruker, 1952.⁂ First published in 1922 by the socialist journalist and friend of Chagall, the story is of a left-wing activist seen through the eyes of a horse.

Esoterica.- Guillermus Alvernus, Bishop of Paris. De fide et legibus, collation [a-o10], 139 ff. (of 140, lacking initial blank), 37-43 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces, f.45 with later ink marginalia and large ink smudges (text perfectly legible), occasional spotting or light staining, 19th century polished speckled calf by J. Mackenzie (small stamp to front free endpaper), gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine with small chip and repaired, corners worn, rubbed and little marked, folio (273 x 183mm.), [Augsburg], [Günther Zainer], [1475-1476].⁂ A wide-margined copy of the first edition of one of the portions of William of Auvergne's Magisterium divinale, an explanation of the natural world, which was composed between about 1231 and 1236. Includes heresy, demonology, the errors of the Jews, the dangers of transvestism, superstition and magic, cults, the errors of Islam (especially in relation to astrology and sex), the causes of 'idolatories' such as witchcraft, conjuring, divination, and necromancy. Literature: BMC II, 323; Goff G-711; H 8317*; GW 11863; Bod-inc G-297; BSB-Ink G-471; ISTC ig00711000; Thorndike II, pp.219-20, 279-81 and chapter lii. Provenance: Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (bookplate to front pastedown).

Warhol (Andy) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), presentation copy signed with soup can doodle to Stephen Spender, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket with a couple of short tears and chips, 8vo, New York & London, 1975.⁂ "I took this picture of Stephen Spender and Christopher Isherwood when I was over in England a while ago. Baron Rothschild took us up to Spender's house for dinner. I think that's a bottle of Rothschild wine Spender is holding. I think Isherwood was mad at us for taking pictures. I guess it was when I was a little fresher- I took pictures without even asking. I ask more now. or I don't even do it. It was a really intellectual evening. I don't think they liked us. I went with Bob Colacello." (Warhol, A Warhol Portrait Gallery, Paris Review, issue 94, Winter 1984). This copy has 'BCDE' on title-verso but does not say 'first edition'.

Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrated throughout by E.H. Shepard, half-title very lightly browned, original publisher's deluxe green limp roan with decorative gilt to cover and spine, a couple of very light scuffs to lower cover, g.e., housed within publisher's original card box with printed paper labels to upper and side, two corners neatly split, a little toned, 8vo, 1927.

Nielsen (Kay) East of the Sun and West of the Moon, first edition, 25 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations, 2 text ff. and 1 plate stained, otherwise some marginal browning, modern navy morocco, spine gilt, with original cloth upper cover and spine bound-in (laid down to sheet) at rear, t.e.g., 4to, [1914].