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MOTTRAM (R H): 'The Lame Dog...', London, Chatto & Widus, 1933: First Edition: 8vo, a fine copy in dustjacket: 'The Apple Disdained', London, Elkin Mathews, 1928: no. 110 of 530 numbered stories inscribed by the author: 8vo, publisher's boards and dustjacket, near fine: TOGETHER WITH 16 others by or including contributions from Mottram, generally in very good condition and majority in dustjacket. (18)

POTTER (Beatrix): 'The Tale of Little Pig Robinson..' London, Frederick Warne, 1930: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's blue cloth, spine sunned and a little marked: TOGETHER WITH four other volumes, Potter & Blyton. (5)

MACDONALD (George): 'Within and Without: a dramatic poem...' London, Longman, Brown et al, 1855. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo, a near fine copy in original publisher's brown morocco grain cloth: TOGETHER WITH: 'Poems', London, same publisher, 1857: 12mo, publisher's blind stamped brown cloth gilt lettered: INSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHOR to the Rev. Caleb Morris. (2)

JAMES (Henry): 'The Spoils of Poynton', London, Heinemann, 1897. First London Edition: 8vo, publisher's blue cloth gilt lettered, some minor wear else VG: JOYCE (James): 'Ulysses..', Odyssey Press, 1933. Second Edition thus: 8vo, 2 vols, original grey printed wrappers contained in green buckram slipcase, the latter with some wear and damp soiling: DEIGHTON (Len): 'Funeral in Berlin', London, Cape, 1964: First Edition in dustjacket: TOGETHER WITH a quantity of other literature/first editions over 2 shelves, many in dustjacket, to include works by Angus Wilson, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, et al, generally in good or better condition. (2 shelves)

Heraldry.- [Legh (Gerard)] The Accedens of Armory, woodcut pictorial title, folding plate, arms and illustrations within text, a few hand-coloured, a few full-page, repair to upper corner of final f., not affecting text, some light water-staining and spotting, modern straight-grain morocco, gilt, with a double fore-edge painting concealed beneath the gilt with the arms of Sir Francis Bacon, g.e., [Gibson 468; STC 15389], small 4to, Rychard Tottel, 1568. ⁂ The second edition, which contains the arms of Sir Francis Bacon for the first time with the motto 'Mediocria Firma'. The full-page woodcut on S4r supposedly depicts Legh in the guise of the fictitious "Panther Herald".

Treason trial.- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.- Bacon (Sir Francis) A Declaration of the Practises & Treasons attempted and committed by Robert late Earle of Essex and his Complices, against her Maiestie and her Kingdoms, and of the proceedings as well at the arraignments & conuictions of the said late Earle, first edition, first issue, woodcut full-page coats of arms, initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking initial blank, title lightly soiled, trimmed at head, affecting part of first letter of title and headlines, occasional spotting, some light browning, 20th century polished mottled calf, gilt, upper joint starting, but holding firm, [Gibson 63a; Pforzheimer 26; STC 1133], By Robert Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1601; and another, Bacon on treason (Gibson 198), small 4to (2)

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane, first edition, variant b (with 'maniable' and 'through' and 'lights' in italic), with the 2 rare errata leaves at end, large woodcut initials, lacking blank 3H2, title repaired without loss of text, a couple of wormholes to outer margins, repairs to margins of ff. at end, water-stained at foot towards end, disbound, housed in a 20th century calf box, [Gibson 81; STC 1164; Pforzheimer 36; Grolier / Horblit 8a; Norman 97], small 4to, Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne gate in Holborne, 1605. ⁂ With the two rare errata leaves: 'A very few copies have appended two leaves of Errata' (Pforzheimer). 'In the Twoo Bookes, Bacon concerned himself primarily with the classification of philosophy and the sciences and with developing his influential view of the relation between science and theology' (Norman).

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane, first edition, variant b (with 'maniable' and 'through' and 'lights' in italic), large woodcut initials, lacking blank 3H2 and final 2 errata ff. (as often), title repaired without loss of text, trimmed at head, affecting headlines, repair to upper corner of last f. some staining and spotting, antique style calf, [Gibson 81; STC 1164; Pforzheimer 36; Grolier / Horblit 8a; Norman 97], small 4to, Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne gate in Holborne, 1605.

Duels.- Bacon (Sir Francis) The Charge of Sir Francis Bacon Knight, his Maiesties Attourney generall, touching Duells, vpon an information in the Star-chamber against Priest and Wright. With the decree of the Star-chamber in the same cause, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lacking initial and final blank, title torn at inner upper corner, with loss, supplied in ink, repairs to last few upper corners, some staining or spotting, modern panelled calf, [Gibson 102; STC 1125], small 4to, Printed [by George Eld] for Robert Wilson, and are to be sold [by Robert Wilson and W. Bladen] at Graies Inne Gate, and in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Bible, 1614. ⁂ Bacon against duels. He brought his case to court to see if it could 'doe any good to tame and reclaime that evill which seems unbridled'. He viewed duels as a threat to authority and against the will of God.

Pindar. [Odes] (graece), collation: α4, β-θ8, ι6, κ-μ8, ν-ξ6, Α-Η8, Θ10, Ι-Ρ8, complete with blanks ι6 and Θ10, in this copy final quire P has been misbound before quire O, [204]ff., Greek text, Kallierges' woodcut double-headed-eagle device and Benigno's serpent-wreathed staff both on title, Kallierges' device repeated on fol. P8v, fols. β2r and A3r headings and 6-line initials in Byzantine style printed in red, 6-line initials on fols. I2v and O1r printed in black, numerous smaller initials in the same style, some browing and foxing, title stained and spotted, strengthened along gutter, small ink stain on fol. L8v, a few contemporary notes, underlinings and reading marks, modern limp vellum with ties, 4to, 228 x 159mm., Rome, Zacharias Kallierges for Cornelio Benigni, 13 August, 1515. ⁂ The first all-Greek book printed in Rome. The volume was edited and published by the Cretan Zacharias Kallierges who was active in Venice between 1499 and 1509, and moved to Rome in the 1510s, as a director of the press of the Collegium Graecum, established by Pope Leo X. The press was housed in the palace of the rich banker and patron of the arts, Agostino Chigi, and lasted until 1523. The Pindar was printed, like the Theocritus of 1516 (see lot 28) in partnership with Cornelio Benigni, Agostino Chigi's protegé. From a textual point of view the Roman edition is more accurate than the Aldine princeps (1513), and Pindar's works are for the first time supplemented with the scholia. The text was set in the Greek font used by Kallierges in the last volumes issued from his Venetian press in 1509. "The most distinctive feature of the Pindar is Kallierges's original idea for the layout of the title page, where for the first time in a Greek book the title, the devices both of the co-editor and publisher and of the co-editor and printer, the place of publication, the printer's name and the statement of copyright all appear together" (K. Staikos, Charta of Greek Printing, p. 414). The Rome Pindar of 1515 is known in various variants (no priority). In this copy fols. A1 and A2 are signed, and on fol. A3r the heading and initial are printed in red. Provenance: The New York bookseller Bernard Rosenthal. Literature: Adams P-1219; STC Italian, 520; K. Staikos, Charta of Greek Printing, Cologne 1998, pp. 413-414.

Bacon (Sir Francis) The VVisedome of the Ancients, first edition in English, issue with 'Chancelor', title with small woodcut ornament, H2&3 trimmed at foot, water-stained, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Gibson 95; STC 1130], 12mo, Imprinted by John Bill, 1619.

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, first edition, second issue (with errata corrected), engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne, title within engraved architectural border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with initial blank, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary ink signature of Oswald Mosley, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving majority of original backstrip, [Gibson 116b; STC 1160; Pforzheimer 32], folio, Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622; and 4 other editions of the same (1629 1629; 1641 and 1676), folio (5)

Bacon (Sir Francis) Historia Vitæ & Mortis, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 2A4 and 2C6 blank, a few small stains, occasional spotting, contemporary polished calf, later gilt episcopal arms and filet borders, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Gibson 147; STC 1156], 8vo, in officina Io. Haviland, impensis Matthaei Lownes, 1623. ⁂ First edition of this work on all aspects of preserving and prolonging life, including medicines, herbs, food and drink, sleep, exercise, climate, occupations, baths and hygiene.

French editions.- Bacon (Sir Francis) Le Progrez et Avancement aux Sciences, first edition in French, title with engraved printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 2R8 blank, lacking blank 2S2, Privilege f. 2S1 misbound near start, ex-library copy with ink stamps, some light staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, [Gibson 84], Paris, Chez Pierre Billaine, 1624; L'Artisan de la Fortune, woodcut head-pieces and initials, later small armoiral ink stamps, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rather worn, but holding firm, [Gibson 140], Paris, Chez Jean-Baptite Langlois, 1689; and 3 others, French editions of Bacon (Gibson 48; 122 (first edition in French of Henry VII); and 168a), v.s. (5)

Bacon (Sir Francis) De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum Libri IX, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some water-staining, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Gibson 130], small 4to, Paris, Typis Petri Mettayer, 1624. ⁂ The rare first continental edition and second edition overall.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Apophthegmes New and Old, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, modern morocco, gilt, g.e., [Gibson 157; STC 1115], 12mo, Printed [by J. Haviland] for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, and are to be sold at the Kings head in Pauls Chuch-yard, 1625. ⁂ Rare at auction.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie, edited by William Rawley, first edition, first issue (with printed title dated 1626), engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title (dated 1627), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with the 5 blanks called for by Gibson, a few small stains to preliminaries, contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, [Gibson 171; STC 1168], a very good copy, folio, Printed by I[ohn] H[aviland and Augustine Mathewes] for William Lee at the the Turks Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter, 1627. ⁂ The rare first issue, with ample margins. Provenance: Thomas Marsham, 1622 (ink inscription explaining provenance of this volume).

Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie, edited by William Rawley, 2 parts in 1, first edition, second issue (with printed title dated 1627), fine engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title, with blanks L3, 2A1, 2D4, 2M1 and g4, foot of additional pictorial title with contemporary ink ms.verse, and an ownership inscription Vincent ?Lawson, some later pencil notes, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked, preserving part of original backstrip, [Gibson 171; STC 1168], folio, Printed by I[ohn] H[aviland and Augustine Mathewes] for William Lee at the the Turks Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter, 1627. ⁂ Scarce at auction. The second part is Bacon's Utopian work New Atlantis. Provenance: Vincent ?Lawson (17th century ink ownership inscriptions) and 8 lines of ms. verse 'While Flora deckes the Earth, With Party Coloured Flowers, The Wing'd artificers Doe build their pleasant bowers...'.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Considerations Touching A Warre With Spaine, first edition, title with small woodcut ornament, the odd spot or small light stain, 20th century polished calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments and with red morocco label, housed in a modern morocco-backed slip-case, [Gibson 187; Wing 1126], small 4to, Imprinted 1629. ⁂ Rare at auction. The last copy we can trace was offered in 1947. Bacon's incitement to naval war against Catholic Spain. It includes much on the Spanish Armada of 1588. A very good uncut copy. Provenance: Harold Greenhill; David and Lulu Borowitz (bookplates)

Law.- Bacon (Sir Francis) The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, 2 parts in 1, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, title closely trimmed at foot, just touching imprint, closely trimmed at head, affecting a few page numbers at end, some spotting, lightly browned, modern half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Gibson 193; STC 1134], Printed by [Robert Young for] the assignes of I. More Esq., 1630; and 7 others, Bacon on Law and related, including a 1639 edition of The Elements, small 4to (8)

Peacham (Henry) The Compleat Gentleman. Fashioning him absolut, in the most necessary and commendable qualities concerning Minde or Body, that may be required in a Noble Gentleman..., 2 parts in 1, second edition, additional engraved pictorial title by Delaram with contemporary signature of William Fenwick at head, woodcut coats-of-arms and illustrations, with leaf X3 as both cancel and cancellendum in first part, with the variant "Printed for I.M." on the title of the second part, a little browned, M2 & 3 in first part stained (?supplied from another copy), one or two rust spots, cropped with loss to some head-lines, modern morocco, [Gibson 521; STC 19504], small 4to, for Francis Constable, 1634. ⁂ Manual written for the eight-year-old son of William Howard, Lord Arundel, and covering all subjects befitting a gentleman including conduct, the arts (particularly practical advice for drawing & painting), literature, heraldry and exercise (running, swimming, horsemanship, archery, hunting, hawking etc.). The second part is titled 'The Gentlemans Exercise'.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Operum Moralium et Civilium, first edition, first issue, engraved portrait frontispiece, printed titles with small woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, A4 and 2E6 blank, occasional light water-staining and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Gibson 196; Wing 1109], folio, Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini [and John Haviland]; prostant ad Insignia Regia in Coemeterio D. Pauli, apud Richardum Whitakerum [and John Norton], 1638. ⁂ The first issue (without the 'Novum organum' at end) of the first collected works in Latin. Provenance: 'Ex libris Rob. Thorp' (18th ink inscription to head of title); 'Miss Dickson from Miss Thorp Sale 1869, bought again 1879' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

Bacon (Sir Francis) Operum Moralium et Civilium, first edition, second issue, engraved portrait frontispiece, printed titles with small woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, A4, 2E6 and c4 blank, occasional staining or spotting, contemporary vellum, stained, [Gibson 197; Wing B1110], folio, Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini [, John Haviland, Bernard Norton, and John Bill]; prostant ad Insignia Regia in Coemeterio D. Pauli, apud Richardum Whitakerum [and John Norton], 1638. ⁂ The second issue (with the inclusion of the 'Novum Organum' sheets at end) of the first collected works in Latin. Provenance: 'Wolfgangi Engelberti, SRJ...1655'; 'Jo. ?Waiccardis' (17th century ink inscriptions to title); Fideicommisbibliothek, Ljubljana (bookplate).

Bacon (Sir Francis) History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death or of the Prolongation of Life, translated by William Rawley, initial imprimatur f., a second imprimatur at p.395, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, water-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Gibson 154; STC 1158], Printed by Iohn Haviland for William Lee, and Humphrey Mosley, 1638; and Gibson 153 (the offending 1638 translation mentioned below) and Gibson 290 (Blount's Natural History, 1693, which includes quotes from Bacon), 12mo & 8vo (3) ⁂ The first authorised translation in English. 'An entirely different translation from that of the former edition: in the address to the Reader the translation brought out by Moseley a few month earlier is repudiated, and referred to as 'lame and defective'. Comparison of the two edns. illustrated clearly the fallibility of translations.' (Gibson).

Bacon (Sir Francis) Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences IX Bookes, first edition in English of the expanded edition, first issue (with colophon dated 1639), fine engraved pictorial title by William Marshall, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece (supplied in facsimile), some water-staining at foot, occasional spotting, modern calf, [Gibson 141a; STC 1167; Madan, I, p.217], Oxford, Leon Lichfield, Printer to the University, for Rob: Young, & Ed. Forrest, 1640 [colophon dated 1639]; and the 1674 edition of the same (Gibson 142), folio (2)

Bacon (Sir Francis) Cases of Treason, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device and within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, stitched as issued, uncut, housed in a modern morocco-backed slip-case, [Gibson 198; Wing B272], small 4to, Printed by the assignes of John More, and are sold by Matthew Walbancke, and William Coke, 1641. ⁂ An unsophisticated copy of this posthumously published work, in which Bacon defines treason and felony and discusses the Office of Constables.

Bible, Latin.- Centum ac quinquaginta psalmi Davidici cum diligentissima etiam titulorum expositione, commentary by Jacobus Perez de Valentia, 2 parts in 1, collation: ã a-z8 ɀ8 ɂ8 Ħ8 A-Z8 aa-nn8 Ħ6 AA-HH8, double column, woodcut pictorial titles (the first in red and black), 3 ff. with large woodcuts, a few ff. with simple woodcut borders, woodcut historiated initials, lacking final f. of second part (?blank, preceeding f. with colophon at end), 20th century blind-stamped and richly gilt calf over wooden boards in imitation of a contemporary binding, metal clasps, housed in a cloth drop-back box, 4to (250 x 167mm.), Lyon, Étienne Gueynard & Jean Cambray, 1517. ⁂ A rare edition of the Psalms, with commentary by the Augustinian Perez de Valentia. The second part is the The Song of Solomon.Saleroom Notice: printed collation in the catalogue should include signature oo4. This is present in this copy.  

Scotland.- Bacon (Sir Francis) A Speech Delivered by Sir Francis Bacon, in the lower House of Parliament quinto Iacobi, concerning the Article of Naturalization of the Scottish Nation, first edition, title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head-piece and initial, with final blank, lacking initial blank, washed, 20th century calf, gilt, [Gibson 203; Wing B326; Pforzheimer 35], 'Printed Anno, 1641'; and a first edition of Three Speeches...Concerning the Post-Nati Naturalization of the Scotch in England..., 1641 (Gibson 206), small 4to (2) ⁂ Rare at auction. The last copy we can trace was in 1988.

Baker (Sir Richard) Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Raigne of...King Charles, engraved architectural title with portraits of monarchs by W.Marshall, lacking engraved portrait of Prince Charles, errata leaf at end, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Gibson 270; Wing B501], for Daniel Frere, 1643 § Sparke (Michael) The Narrative History of King James, 4 parts in 1, first edition, additional engraved allegorical title with facing letterpress explanatory leaf (both torn and repaired, title with slight loss), engraved portrait of Sir Thomas Overbury but lacking those of Robert Carr and his wife Ladie Frances Holland, with blank V4, browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, [Gibson 589; Wing S4818], for Michael Sparke, 1651 § [Lloyd (David)] The States-Men and Favourites of England since the Reformation..., first edition, engraved frontispiece of portraits of monarchs from Henry VIII to Charles I, title in red and black, lightly browned, cropped, modern half sprinkled calf, spine gilt, [Gibson 476; Wing L2648], by J.C. for Samuel Speed, 1665 § Leycesters Common-weatlh..., staining to upper outer corner of first few leaves, old mottled calf, rebacked, [Wing L968], 1641; and 8 others, mostly history, many with references to Bacon, v.s.; sold not subject to return (12)

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Remaines of the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam Viscount of St. Albanes...Being Essayes and severall Letters to severall great Personages, and other pieces of various and high concernment not heretofore published, first edition, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title trimmed at head, just touching border, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern wrappers, spotted, [Gibson 218; Wing B318], small 4to, Printed by B. Alsop, for Lawrence Chapman, and are to be sold at his shop neer the Savoy in the Strand, 1648; and 5 others, editions of Baconiana, in the variant states (cf. Gibson 236 and 237a & b), small 4to & 8vo (6) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare at auction.Saleroom Notice: Should read 5 in the lot not 6 

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Felicity of Queen Elizabeth and her Times, With other Things, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, modern calf, gilt, [Gibson 220; Wing B297], rare at auction, Printed by T. Newcomb, for George Latham at the Bishops Head in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651; and 2 other first editions of Bacon (Opuscula, 1658 (Gibson 220) and Certaine Miscellany, 1629 (Gibson 191)), v.s. (3)

R[oss] (A[lexander]) Arcana Microcosmi: or, The hid Secrets of Man's Body discovered...with A Refutation of Doctor Brown's Vulgar Errors, the Lord Bacon's Natural History, and Doctor Harvy's Book De Generatione..., second edition, title in red and black with author's name supplied in contemporary manuscript, contemporary note at end, occasional spotting or browning, staining to upper margin of a few preliminary leaves, cropped with occasional loss to head-lines, L5 with paper flaw at outer edge causing slight loss to a few lines, Easton Neston Library copy with engraved bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. and library shelf-label, eighteenth century tree calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed and slightly marked, upper joint split, [Gibson 561; Wing R1947], 8vo, Tho. Newcomb...John Clark, 1652. ⁂ Originally published in 1651 this enlarged second edition includes for the first time an Appendix containing attacks on Browne, Bacon and Harvey, the first published criticism of Harvey's work.

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Naturall and Experimentall History of Winds, &c., first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, without the 8pp. advertisements as with some copies noted by Gibson, 4 ff. with partially erased ink marginalia in purple pencil, occasional spotting or light soiling, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, [Gibson 115; Wing B305], printed for Humphrey Moseley, at the Princes Armes in St Pauls Church-yard; and Tho. Dring at the George in Fleet-street, 1653; and 3 other Continental editions of the same (Gibson 110a; and 2 copies of Gibson 111), 12mo (4)

Elzevier.- Bacon (Sir Francis) Scripta In Naturali et Universali Philosophia, edited by Issac Gruter first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, folding letter-press table, bookplate 'Ex Bibliotheca Elzeviriana Jacobi Broun Craven Kirkvallensis', contemporary vellum, yapp edges, [Gibson 223; Willems 1157; Caillet 617], Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1653; and 2 other Elzevier editions of Bacon works (Gibson 55 and 127), 12mo (3) ⁂ 'An important collection of Bacon's minor writings' (Gibson).

Austen (Ralph) Observations upon some part of Sr Francis Bacon's Naturall History as it concernes, Fruit-trees, Fruits, and Flowers, first edition, trimmed at head and foot, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern calf, [Wing A4234; Gibson 266; Hunt 274; Madan III, 2374], small 4to, Oxford, Printed by Hen: Hall, for Thomas Robinson, 1658.

Bacon (Sir Francis) A Letter of advice written by Sr. Francis Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham, when he became favourite to King James, never before printed, first edition, contemporary ink marginalia and underlining, trimmed, affecting marginalia, engraved armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, modern half calf, [Gibson 232; Wing B302], printed for R.H. and H.B. and are to be sold at Westminster and the Royal Exchange, 1661; and Gibson 77b, small 4to (2)

Cryptography.- F[alconer] (J[ohn]) Cryptomenysis Patefacta: Or the Art of Secret Information disclosed without a Key..., first edition, with all blanks (A1, A8 and N8), light spotting, contemporary sheep, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [Gibson 387; Wing F296], 8vo, for Daniel Brown, 1685. ⁂ Scarce work on cryptography, the second to be published on the subject but the first of practical value; with several references to Bacon's works.

Cryptography.- [Thicknesse (Philip)] A Treatise on the Art of Decyphering, and of Writing in Cypher. With an Harmonic Alphabet, first edition, 3 folding engraved plates at end, light browning, modern brown morocco, 8vo, W.Brown, 1772.

Lamb (Charles [and Mary]) Tales From Shakespear Designed for the Use of Young Persons, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with imprint "T. Davison" to the foot of vol.1, p.236, and the address "Hanway Street" in the vol.2 advertisements, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates after William Mulready, 3pp. advertisements, attractive later blue crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere and Son, inner gilt dentelles, spines gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in custom morocco pull-top box, also by Riviere (a little faded at along spine and head), Thomas Hodgkins, At The Juvenile Library, 1807.

Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus, third edition, part of vol. 9 of Bentley's Standard Novels series, engraved frontispiece and additional illustrated title, a very good, clean copy, bookplate of Fasque library to pastedown, contemporary half calf, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, 1831. ⁂ A very good, clean copy of the first one volume and the first illustrated edition. Fasque library was primarily built and maintained by W.E.Gladstone.

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) The Hunting of the Snark, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, wood-engraved plates by Henry Holiday, hinges weak, original pictorial red cloth, gilt, very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, spine a trifle darkened, else a fine copy, preserved in cloth chemise and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, [Crutch 115], 8vo, 1876. ⁂ A fine association copy, inscribed by Dodgson on the day of publication: "William M. Wilcox from his affte. Cousin & Godfather, the Author. Mar. 29. 1876" on half-title. Dodgson's own copy, sold at the sale of his books in 1898, was dated 30th March. Provenance: Blairhame booklabel to front pastedown.

Pankhurst (Sylvia) Writ on Cold Slate, first and only edition, text browned, original printed wrappers, light browning to spine, The Dreadnought Publishers, [1922]; and a first edition of The Convert by Elizabeth Robins, 8vo (2) ⁂ A scarce collection of poems written by Pankhurst whilst in prison, we know of no other copy at auction in the last 40 years, COPAC lists 5 copies.

Beat Generation.- Burroughs (William S.) Junky, introduction by Alan Ginsberg, first complete and unexpurgated edition, signed by Burroughs and Ginsberg on title, original wrappers, 1977; The Soft Machine, original printed wrappers, sticker with manuscript price 18- to lower cover, dust-jacket, 'New Francs 15' on front flat crossed out by hand, spine slightly browned, a little rubbed, Paris, Olympia Press, 1961 § Ginsberg (Alan) Howl, second edition, light scattered spotting, original stiff wrappers, light spotting and marking, San Francisco, 1956; Kaddish, first edition, signed by the author on title and on bookplate to pastedown, original wrappers, a little spotted, San Francisco, 1961; Empty Mirror, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original wrappers, a little spotted, some markings, 1961; Collected Poems 1947-1980, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, New York, 1984 § Wolfe (Tom) Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, illustrations by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, New York, 1976 § Barth (John) The Sot-Weed Factor, revised edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, T.L.s. and A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little faded else fine, New York, 1967, 8vo (8) ⁂ An interesting collection of works by Beat writers and surrounding figures, many unusual find to signed. The signed copies of Ginsberg's own works all carry his trademark "A.H." initials (with a particularly large example in the Collected Poems), a reference to Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD. The first and last item are inscribed to Linda Stevens a highly-respected New York book-editor.

Churchill (Winston Spencer) The River War, 2 vol., first edition, second state with typographical correction to vol.2 p.459, half-titles, 7 photogravure portraits including 2 frontispieces, 24 maps, 20 folding, illustrations, without the advertisements at end of vol.1, light foxing and spotting throughout, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines a little rubbed and darkened, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent set overall, preserved in slip-case, [Woods A29(a)], London, New York and Bombay, 1899.

Churchill (Winston Spencer) The Story of the Malakand Field Force, first edition, first state without the errata slip preceding the map, frontispiece portrait, 6 maps (2 folding), 32pp. advertisements dater 12/97, occasional scattered spotting, original cloth, spine a little spotted and faded, light soiling to spine ends, some minor marking to covers, still a very good, sharp copy, [Woods A1(a)], 8vo, 1898.

Churchill (Winston Spencer) Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, plates, occasional light foxing, endpapers a little browned, original cloth, some minor bumping, but excellent overall, 1906; My Early Life, frontispiece, original cloth, recased, spine ends repaired, spine faded, light marking to covers, 1930; A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., illustrations, attractive modern crushed green morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey, 1956-58, first editions, [Woods A8, A37, A138]; and a first edition Thoughts and Adventures, 8vo (8)

Dahl (Roald) Someone Like You, first edition, signed and dated Nov.11th 1953 by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine and covers a little browned, dust-jacket, browning to spine and margins of panels, otherwise an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, 1953. ⁂ The author's first short story collection, a Queen's Quorum title and the recipient of an Edgar award.

Dexter (Colin) Last Bus to Woodstock, first edition, signed inscription from the author "Introducing DI Endeavour Morse", bookplate with signed inscription "First case for old Morse!" loosely inserted, A.N.s. from the author loosely inserted, usual browning to page margins, light spotting and discolouration to endpapers, original boards, very slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor rubbing and chipping to spine ends and corners, but an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1975. ⁂ A lovely copy of the first in the Inspector Morse series with some charming inscriptions by the author. In the note enclosed note Dexter writes "This is worth a lot of money! No more pristine copy exists."

Frank (Robert) The Americans, introduction by Jack Kerouac, first edition, photographic illustrations throughout, light toning to margins, ink ownership stamp and presentation inscription to front free endpapers, original cloth, minor bumping, fading and fraying to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light browning to spine, a little chipped and creased at head and foot, still a very good copy overall, New York, Grove Press, 1959; and 2 other photo books, oblong 8vo & large 4to (3) ⁂ "In The Americans Frank has given us a vision of the United States that is as true or untrue as we care to make it. What is certain is that it changed the face of photography in the documentary mode. It struck a chord with a generation of American photographers who were not fooled by the sanctimony of The Family of Man, and it paves the way for three decades of photographs exploring the personal poetics of lived experiences. Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of material. None has been more memorable, more influential, no more fully realised than Frank's masterpiece." Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, 2004, vol.1, p.247.

Frank (Anne) The Diary of a Young Girl, first English edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, professional restorations to spine ends and corners, repaired closed tears to foot, in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1952. ⁂ Scarce in the jacket, especially in good condition.

Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second state with "Quin Savory", light scattered spotting, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine darkened, spine ends and corners chipped, upper panel creased at head and foot with 1" portion of loss to head, closed tears to upper and lower panel with staining from old tape repairs, light surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1932.

Greene (Graham) It's a Battlefield, first edition, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine a little mottled, second issue dust-jacket priced at 3/6, spine ends and corners a little chipped, upper panel a little creased at foot, some minor fraying to head and foot, light surface soiling to lower panel, rubbing to extremities, still a very good example overall, 8vo, 1934.

Sforza.- Giovio (Paolo) Vita Sfortiae Clariss. Ducis A Paulo Iovio Conscipta, Ad Guidonem Ascanium Sfort. A Sancta Flora Cardin. erariique Praefectum, collation: a4A-N4, italic type, full-page woodcut portrait of Muzio Attendolo Sforza to verso of a4, with a related 17th century ink inscription beneath, initial spaces with guide-letters, fine woodcut device of Blado at end, lacking final blank, title lightly soiled, some spotting or light foxing, a few small stains, a few ff. lightly browned, 19th century brown straight-grain morocco, gilt, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, small 4to, Rome, [Antonio Blado], November, 1539. ⁂ A good copy of the first edition of this biography of Muzio Attendolo, the founder of the Sforza dynasty, which is rare at auction. Literature: Adams G692; Harvard, Italian, 304; Sander 3170; EDIT 16 CNCE 21154.

Greene (Graham) The Confidential Agent, first edition, text and endpapers browned, ink stamp and ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf lean, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light marking to covers, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, restorations to head and foot and along joints and upper fore-edge, upper panel browned, rubbed, 8vo, 1939. ⁂ Exceptionally scarce in the dust-jacket.

Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, browning to endpapers and half title, original cloth, shelf-lean, covers mottled, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small portion of loss and closed tear to top corner of upper panel, light browning to lower panel and flaps, red staining to lower panel, light rubbing and some creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1940. ⁂ Scarce in the dust-jacket, much of the first edition stock was destroyed when Heinemann's warehouse was bombed during the war.

Joyce (James) Dubliners, second published English edition, contemporary pencil inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine a little darkened, a few minor marks to covers, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy, [Slocum & Cahoon A8n & A10n] 8vo, 1917 [but 1918]. ⁂ The scarce second English edition, we know of only a handful of copies. For the 1914 first edition of Dubliners (published only after an almost decade-long wait) Grant Richards decided to print 1,250 sets of sheets, of which around 500 were sent to B. W. Huebsch in the U.S. for the 1916 first American edition. A second American edition was published in 1917 by which time Grant Richards had run out of English sheets. Under pressure from Joyce (often a stickler when it came to others honouring contracts), Richards decided to publish just enough copies to satisfy the writer at a bare minimum of expense. This he did by importing sheets of the second America edition and binding them up as English copies. It is not known how many copies were produced in this fashion but only a handful have come to auction in the last 40 years.

Kipling (Rudyard) Plain Tales From the Hills, first edition, first issue with p.192 number misplaced and 24pp. advertisements dated December 1887, ownership inscription to half-title, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving original backstrip, rubbed and faded with some markings to covers, later endpapers, 8vo, Calcutta, 1888.

Kipling (Rudyard) The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places, first published edition, 13pp. advertisements &c., ink ownership inscription to upper cover, a little rubbed and faded, Allahabad, A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1891; In Black and White, first edition, first issue with '[reprinted in chief from the "Week's News"]' on verso of title, 9pp. advertisements &c., light surface soiling, later endpapers, Allahabad, A.H. Wheeler & Co., [1888]; The Phantom 'Rickshaw & Other Eerie Tales, first edition, issue with the apostrophe and periods to upper cover and "Mayo School of Art Lahore" and "Mufid I Am Press" to foot (the second potentially followed by the word "Lahore", now erased by hand), 9pp. advertisements, splits to head and foot of upper joint, light toning and creasing to extremities, Allahabad, A.H. Wheeler & Co., [1888], original pictorial wrappers, all neatly and sympathetically rebacked and with some minor restoration to extremities of covers, all in effect excellent or very good copies, preserved in custom chemises and slip-cases, 8vo (3) ⁂ Three scarce, early works by the author. Provenance: Mrs J. Insley Blair (morocco "Blairhame" book label to chemises).

Kipling (Rudyard) Puck of Pook's Hill, first edition Autograph Letter signed (three times) from the author to pastedown, illustrations, a few additional illustrations pasted in, bookplate to front free endpaper, original cloth, rebacked preserving original backstrip, spine a little faded, a little rubbed, 1906.

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, Autograph Note signed by the author loosely inserted, modern red crushed morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, fine, 8vo, 1963. ⁂ An attractive copy of Le Carré's seminal spy novel, currently being adapted for a new series with the BBC.