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STEINBECK, (John), East of Eden, New York, The Viking Press, September 1952, first edition, first printing, 1st state, with 'bite' for bight on page 281, line 38, printed in the U.S.A. by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., with dustjacket unclipped, $4.50, pale green boards with dark green title and author's name, author's image on rear of dustjacket

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition 1902 with "you" for "your" on p.13 line 3. This copy has been neatly and sympathetically rebacked retaining original backstrip, includes all 16 plates by Sidney Paget

Hermès. Paris. "Tableaux de chasse d'Hermès par Henri de Linarès". Women's natural silk scarf with printed design.First edition from 1950.Vintage.77 x 79 cm.

Gregynog Press.- Herbert (George) Poems, one of 43 specially-bound copies (this one of 13 by George Fisher), from an edition limited to 300, printed in red & black, J.R.Abbey's copy with his large engraved bookplate, bound in scarlet morocco with single gilt fillet border, [by George Fisher] at the Gregynog Press Bindery, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands, signed on rear turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight rubbing to edges of bands, modern cloth drop-backed box, red morocco label, [Harrop 1], 8vo (205 x 142mm.), Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1923.*** The first book produced by the press. "The renowned collection of bookbindings formed by the late Major J.R.Abbey was then in its infancy. Captain Abbey, as he then was, wrote to the Press on 19 March to say that he had seen copies of the first two publications bound in full levant which he greatly admired. He had purchased copies of the ordinary edition and enquired whether the Press would consider re-binding those in levant also. This Fisher did, at a price of thirty-one shillings and sixpence for the Poems by George Herbert and two guineas for the Poems by Henry Vaughan." (Harrop p.35)

Bretez (Louis) La Perspective Pratique de l'Architecture, engraved frontispiece, 2 leaves of engraved text and 57 plates (including 5 unnumbered at end), the Marquess of Bute's copy with engraved armorial Luton Library bookplate, contemporary cats's paw calf, a little rubbed, slight worn patch to lower cover, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, [cf.Berlin Kat. 4727 & Fowler Cat 66, first edition with 52 plates; not in BAL], folio, Paris, C.-A.Jombert, 1751.*** First published in 1706 with only 52 plates. Bretez is best known as the draughtsman employed by Turgot in the mid 1730s to produce his celebrated map of Paris. 

Grazioli (Pietro) De praeclaris Mediolani aedificiis..., only edition, title in red & black with engraved vignette, engraved head-piece & initial, folding engraved map and 20 plates, 2 folding/double-page (one trimmed and tipped into blank leaf), one shaved at foot, neat old ink inscription of Jesuit College of Linz to title, contemporary vellum, [Cicognara 4240; not in Berlin Kat.], Milan, 1735 § Allegranza (P.Giuseppe) Spiegazione e Riflessioni...sopra alcuni Sacro Monumenti Antichi di Milano, first edition, 8 folding engraved plates, contemporary half calf, [Cicognara 3928], Milan, B.Sirtori, 1757, slightly rubbed, 4to (2)*** The first discusses the temples, public buildings, walls, towers and gates of the Roman Imperial period which had survived in the city of Milan into the early middle ages, only to be largely destroyed in the demolition of the entire city ordered by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (”Aenobarbus”) in 1162. 

Dugdale (Sir William) The Antient Usage in Bearing of such Ensigns of Honour as are commonly call'd Arms..., first edition, advertisement leaf at beginning, errata leaf, folding letterpress list of Knights of the Garter, woodcut coats-of-arms, Kimbolton Castle shelf-label, contemporary calf, rebacked, Oxford, at the Theater, for Rich. Davis, 1682 § [Fleetwood (William)] Chronicon Preciosum: or, An Account of English Money, the Price of Corn, and other Commoditites..., first edition, 5pp. advertisements at end, old ink signature to head of title, light spotting. modern half morocco, Birmingham Assay Office library copy with small ink stamp to front free endpaper, [Goldsmiths' 4403], Charles Harper, 1707 § Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, lacking half-title, with hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and plate, 10 other engraved plates, lithographed plan lacking folding part, wood-engraved vignettes, genealogical tables and list of subscribers at end, light spotting to plates, book-labels of George Harwood and John Sparrow, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, Shaftesbury, by the Author, 1823 § Wright (Edward) Some Observations made in Travelling through France, Italy, &c. in the Years 1720, 1721, and 1722, 2 vol., first edition, 31 engraved plates only (of 40), folding engraved plan, contemporary mottled calf, T.Ward & E.Wicksteed, 1730, most a little rubbed; and 34 others, mostly imperfect, v.s. (39)

[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first edition, third printing on laid paper and with half-title and frontispiece on same leaf, numerous illustrations, 4pp. advertisements, some repaired tearing to front pastedown, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt and black, spine a little chipped at foot, small pin-hole to upper portion of spine, light rubbing to extremities, an unusually bright, near-fine example, [BAL3369], sm. 4to, Hartford, The American Publishing Company, 1876.*** A superb example of Twain's classic work of children's literature. 

[Mauburnus (Johannes)] Rosetum exercitiorum spiritualium et sacrarum meditationum, edited by Johannes Speyser, collation: [*]6 a-c8 d e6 f8 g6 h-l8 m-p6.8 q-y6 z8 A-S6, double column, full-page woodcut of a chiromantic hand to b6v, initial spaces with guide-letters, final f. blank, narrow section cut from front free endpaper to remove inscription, library ink stamp to lower margin of title and in a few other margins, a few small wormholes in text, mostly at ends, some staining (see in particular Q1&2), marginal water-staining, some spotting or finger-marking, lightly browned, early manuscript fragments used in binding, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, lacking metal clasps and corner-pieces, soiled, rubbed and marked, folio (291 x 195mm.), [Basel], [Jacobus Wolff, de Pforzheim], [1404 [i.e. 1504]].  *** Rare edition at auction of the principal devotional work of Jan Mombaer (1460-1501). He was an Augustinian friar of Brussels, who was part of the ‘devotio moderna’ movement, calling for religious reform. He was one of the first to insist that Thomas à Kempis was the author of the Imitatio Christi, and not Jean Gerson. The present work was said to have influenced St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. A variant exists with the correct date in colophon.Provenance: ‘Henricus Koboltus Juris Canonici Doctor’ (contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown and his signature to lower margin of title); ‘ex libris M. Georgii ?Stanglmayr…’ (contemporary ink inscription to head of title); St. Joseph’s, Blackrock (20th century ink stamps).Literature: VD 16 M 1623.

Bible illustrations.- Historiarum veteris instrumenti, & Apocalypsis Icones ad vivum expresse, first edition, collation: A-F8 A-B8, woodcut vignette on title of a scribe writing at a lectern, 126 woodcut illustrations of Bible scenes including 22 from the Apocalypse and 9 of the evangelists, occasional foxing, ink correction to caption of cut of St. Mark (Lucas crossed out and Marcus written instead), modern aubergine morocco, g.e., 8vo (148 x 95mm.), Paris, [Regnault], sub signo Elephantis, 1538.*** Extremely rare series of Bible illustrations which appeared in Paris in the same year that Holbein produced his collection of 94 cuts under the (similar) title of Historiarum veteris instrumenti icones ad vivum expressae in Lyon.Brunet calls this book "assez rare" but we have been unable to find any auction records.Provenance: F. Lorzel (early ink inscription on title).

Gelli (Giovanni Battista) La Circe, first French edition, collation: A-T8 U4, lacking final leaf (?blank), woodcut device on title, criblé initials, ink correction to p.95, later dark green morocco, gilt, by Koehler, with arms of Adolphe Audenet to covers, spine gilt, g.e., morocco-edged marbled board slip-case, 8vo (157 x 97mm.), Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1550.*** A fine copy of this work translated by Denis Sauvage and dedicated to Catherine de Medici, first published in Florence a year earlier.Provenance: Adolphe Audenet (1800-72, banker and bibliophile, his arms on covers); Hans Fürstenberg (book label).Literature: Brunet II, 1521.

Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, translated by Gilbert Murray, 2 vol. in 1, number 11 of 25 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 500, titles in terracotta and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray after Greek vase paintings, J.R.Abbey's copy with his large engraved bookplate and note of acquisition to rear free endpaper, prospectus loosely inserted, bound in polished brown morocco, by George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery, covers with figure of Apollo and another Greek in gilt within border of multiple fine gilt rules, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands and multiple fine gilt rules at head and foot, small mark to one compartment, turn-ins of 6-rule fillet and signed by Fisher on rear turn-in, uncut, original oak slip-case, [Harrop 18], folio (375 x 245mm.), Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1931.*** Harrop notes that only the first 9 copies of the 25 special bindings were by George Fisher, the remainder being similarly bound by John Ewart Bowen at the National Library of Wales in 1952, with the bands of fine lines replaced by a triple rule fillet. Despite this being number 11 it is bound to the original design by Fisher and includes his pallet. 

Novel with voyage to the moon.- [Labadie (Father)] The Adventures of Pomponius, a Roman Knight or, the history of our times. Made English from the Rome edition of the French original, translated by John Macky, 2 parts. in 1, first edition in English, general title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, half-title to separate 'Prince Jonas' section at end, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, lacking upper cover, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and marked, [cf. Drujon 111-115], 12mo, Printed for E. Curll, 1726.  *** Rare first English edition of this roman-à-clef, which was a satire against the regent Philippe D'Orléans. We find no copies at auction. Includes 'A voyage to the moon', witches, and a separate 'The deplorable history of Prince Jonas, .. Done from the French of Monsieur de la Roque, in his Voyage to Syria'. The author was a member of the Congregation of St-Maur, known for their scholarship. The original Rome edition was edited by the Abbé Prévost, French priest and novelist, best known for his Manon Lescaut. Provenance: 1742 romantic presentation inscription to an Elizabeth Dent to front free endpaper; religious ink note to rear pastedown. 

Trollope (Anthony) The Chronicles of Barsetshire, 8 vol., engraved frontispieces by F.A. Fraser, modern red half morocco by Baytun-Rivière, spines gilt, t.e.g., 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1878-79.*** A fine set of the first collected edition of the Barsetshire novels, with illustrations specially designed by Fraser for the set. 

Pointer (John) Britannia Romana, or Roman Antiquities in Britain, viz. Coins, Camps, and Publick Roads, folding engraved map of roads, 1724; An Account of a Roman Pavement, lately found at Stunsfield in Oxford-shire..., folding engraved frontispiece, 1713; A Rational Account of the Weather..., 1723, together 3 works in 1 vol., first editions, some browning, contemporary ink manuscript index to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf with roll-tool border and ornaments in blind, spine gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, by Leon. Lichfield, Oxford § Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain, only edition, half-title, 105 engraved maps & plates, 5 double-page, old ink signature of F.Chute to head of title, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, a little worn, joints splie, for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732, both Macclesfield copies with embossed stamp to title and North Library bookplate; and another, 8vo & folio (3)*** Including three of the principal published works of Rev.John Pointer (1668-1754), Chaplain of Merton College, Oxford, and Rector of Slapton, Northamptonshire. 

Lebrun (Louis) Théorie de l'Architecture Grecque et Romaine..., half-title, engraved additional title with decorative border and 25 plates, letterpress title following preliminaries, light foxing, mostly marginal to plates, old ink library stamp to verso of engraved title and first leaf of text and labels to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, worn patch to lower cover, rebacked, [BAL 1797], Paris, 1807 § Spon (Jacob) Recherches Curieuses d'Antiquité, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, title vignette and illustrations, some full-page, engraved title with old ink inscription crossed out at head and frayed at upper outer corner (also following few leaves), light water-staining towards end, Jean Masson’s copy with his ink signature and notes to front free endpapers, later pencil signature of William St.Clair, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired,  Lyon, Tomas Amaulry, 1683; and another on antiquities, folio & 4to (3)*** The first is a scarce treatise on the theory of architecture, arguing that architecture is essentially a matter of mathematics and that true architectural beauty derives from arranging the parts of a building in proper geometric proportion. In the third part Lebrun applies his theories of architectural proportion to Soufflot’s church of Ste. Geneviève (the Pantheon) in Paris. The second item is an account of a journey in 1675-6 to Greece, Constantinople and the Levant by a Huguenot doctor with the English traveller George Wheler. Jean Masson (1666-1747) was a French Huguenot who eventually became a Church of England clergyman and an expert of Greek and Roman coinage. Several of his notes relate to coins.

Gardening and cookery.- Bonnefons (Nicolas de) Le Jardinier Francois, first edition, additional engraved title and 3 plates, privilege leaf at end, early ink annotations to front free endpaper, 19th century dark blue morocco, gilt, by Chambolle-Duru, fine red morocco doublures with gilt border matching the covers, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., preserved in blue velvet slip-case, 12mo, Paris, Pierre Des-Hayes, 1651.*** An impeccable copy of this major culinary work. The first two parts deal with the cultivation and maintenance of fruit trees and vegetable gardens while the third part focuses on the making of jams, conserves and marzipan.

London.- Stow (John) A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster...Corrected, Improved, and very much Enlarged...By John Strype, 2 vol., engraved dedication used as frontispiece to vol. 1, titles in red and black, list of subscribers, 83 engraved plates, maps and plans, many double-page, including large folding plan of the City of London, Westminster & Southwark, folding plan of the city in Q. Elizabeth's time and 12 plates of coats-of-arms, some woodcut illustrations, few coats-of-arms plates trimmed at fore-edge, just touching a few letters but no loss, part 2 L1 tear into printed side-note without loss, part 3 B4 paper-flaw repaired with loss to few letters of headline, part 3 2L3 repaired tears affecting few letters, part 5 G3 tear to lower margin repaired affecting letter of text, occasional light offsetting, occasional light soiling and the odd small stain, but overall very good copies, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip with red and black morocco labels, covers with a few repairs, wear to extremities, rubbed, folio, for A. Churchill [& others], 1720. *** The fifth edition of Stow's famous survey, first published in 1598. 

[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". The Prince and the Pauper, first American edition, second issue with John Wilson University Press imprint to title verso, illustrations, light browning to endpapers, original green pictorial cloth (BAL state B), decorated and lettered in black and gilt, bumping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, a bright, near-fine copy, [BAL 3402], small 4to, Boston, MA, James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.

Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., half-titles (with ink-stamps in Arabic, one to head mostly erased), titles within elaborate woodcut borders (slightly shaved at fore-edge), double column of Arabic and Latin text, vol. 2 & 3 with final blank, vol. 2 also with blank f. 3R6, vol. 1 lacking preliminary [circle]4 (Latin errata f.), vol. 2 2[circle]3-4 frayed at edges, detached and loosely inserted, vol. 3 title misbound after preliminaries, later ink ownership name to front pastedowns, pencil doodles to some endpapers and vol. 2 half-title, vol. 2 title with red ink manuscript date to foot, vol. 1 F4 short tear into text repaired (no loss), vol. 3 B3 very small hole affecting couple letters, the odd small marginal defect or short tear without loss, occasional small marginal worming, vol. 2 very occasionally into text towards end, browning, to varying degrees but heavy at points, some spotting, some damp- and other staining, contemporary morocco, gilt, some staining, extremities worn in places, rubbed, folio, Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. *** The rare first separate edition of the complete Bible in Arabic. Work on the translation began as early as 1625 under the direction of Sarkis Rizzi, the Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, taken over by his assistant Filippo Guadagnoli upon his death. In 1650, a Latin-Arabic Bible was printed on the presses of the Congregazione de Propaganda Fide, who immediately banned it, judging that the use of Arabic sources of the Bible had led to too great a deviation from the Vulgate. This second version, amended by Arbaham Echellensis and Ludovico Marracci to be in accordance with the Vulgate, was published in 1671. We can trace only a handful of copies at auction, the last in 2013.

[Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, second issue with inverted 's' in final line of contents leaf but with p.30 correctly numbered (first issue incorrectly reads '3'), half-title, illustrations by John Tenniel, some foxing and soiling upper corner of p.163/164 repaired with slight loss of pagination on verso, ink inscription on half-title,, modern red morocco, gilt, a.e.g., 8vo, 1866.

Gershwin (George) Porgy and Bess, An Opera in Three Acts, one of 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward (librettist), Ira Gershwin (lyricist) & Rouben Mamoulian (director), colour frontispiece and illustration on title by George Biddle, original red morocco, black morocco label on upper cover, lacking 'Porgy' and 'Bess' morocco spine labels (as often), spine very slightly darkened and with ends rubbed and little chipped, light rubbing to corners, t.e.g., original straw-covered board slip-case (wear to extremities), New York, Random House, 1935; The Theatre Guide Presents Porgy and Bess [printed vocal score], first trade edition, frontispiece portrait, foxing to first few leaves, occasional soiling, small stain to lower blank corner towards end, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, very short closed tear to upper fore-edge, spine ends little frayed, some light staining, lightly toned, housed in a cloth drop-back box, New York, Gershwin Publishing Company, [1935], 4to (2)

Silius Italicus The Second Punick War between Hannibal, and the Romanes, first edition, translated by Thomas Ross, additional engraved title, engraved portrait and 20 plates by Joseph Lamorlet, engraved initials and headpieces, ruled throughout in red, X4 & Y1 with small marginal loss to upper corner, small paper label to frontispiece foot, ex-Clinton Hall Association N.Y with ink-stamp to title, previous owner's pencil note to title, hole and loss to corners of front free endpaper with neat restoration, odd very faint spot or stain, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, folio, by Tho. Roycroft, and are to be sold by Jo. Martin, Ja. Allestry, and Tho. Dicas, 1661. *** A beautiful well margined copy. Difficult to find complete with the Continuation ... and in such good condition.

Waugh (Evelyn) Black Mischief, first edition, map frontispiece, original cloth, very light fading to spine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, band of toning to head of panels, short closed tear to head of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1932.

Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher. Comedies and Tragedies Never printed before, and now published by the authours originall copies, first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall (second state with 'Vates Duplex'), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, small repairs within text of 6A1 and 7A1 (to a lesser extent), affecting several letters, marginal repairs, affecting a few letters on 3F4 and the small part of a border or odd letter elsewhere, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, [Greg III, 1013; Grolier English 28; Pforzheimer 53; Wing B1581], Printed for Humphrey Robinson, at the three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1647 bound with Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher. The Wild-Goose Chase. A Comedie, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, correction slip for word 'Goose' to a1v, minor marginal repair to lower corner of N1, marginal repairs to P1&2, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, [Pforzheimer 52; Wing B1616], Printed for Humpherey Moseley, and are to be sold at the Princes Armes in St. Paules Church-yard, 1652, 20th century panelled burgundy crushed morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, upper joint splitting at foot, but holding firm, g.e., folio *** One of the great collections of English theatre. It contains 36 previously unpublished plays, and among the poetic elegies to the authors are first printings of poems by Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Lovelace, Shirley and Waller. Also included here is the first edition of The Wild-Goose Chase, which was omitted from the first mentioned work due to a lost manuscript.Provenance: Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Viscount Cowdray (large engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). 

Shakespeare (William) Measure for Measure, extracted from the second folio, comprising pp.61-84, trimmed at head with loss to ruled border and headline, occasional stain spots, modern tan morocco, ruled in gilt and lettered in gilt on spine, folio (296 x 206mm.), Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632.*** A handsome, crisp copy of what was published in the first folio as a comedy but which also has many tragic elements. The play was first performed in 1604 and there was no quarto edition so this second folio edition is in effect the second edition. The themes of power and hypocrisy are explored.

Ballard (J. G.) The Drowned World, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to "To Sister ?Elida" with best wishes, J. G. Ballard", and another ownership inscription both on front free endpaper, foxing to half-title and fore-edge, occasionally straying onto margins, original boards, dust-jacket, 1cm closed tear to upper panel upper edge, few other short nicks to extremities, spine lightly toned, 8vo, 1962. *** With note loosely inserted "informed by bookseller this was nurse where Ballard worked".  

Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Anna Karenina, first American edition, translated by Nathan Haskell Dole, 4pp. advertisements at end, faint ink name to head of title, portion excised from front free endpaper, closed tear to leaf facing title, floral endpapers, original cloth, gilt, spine ends a little bumped and frayed, light fraying to corners, an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886.*** The first American edition, and the first edition to be published in English. This was published in variant bindings of olive green, blue and brown, of which there seems to be no established priority.

Boïto (Camillo) & others. La Basilique de St. Marc à Venise..., 3 parts in 2 vol., bookplate of the Liverpool-based architect James O’Byrne (1835-1897), contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, spines gilt, rubbed, Venice, 1889-90 § Street (G.E.) Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes on Tours in the North of Italy, second edition, some foxing, 1874 § Bassi (Elena) The Convento della Carità, Corpus Palladianum vol.VI, University Park, Pa. & London, 1973 § Puppi (Lionello) Michele Sanmicheli: Architetto di Verona, Padua, 1971 § Fichera (F.) Luigi Vanvitelli, Rome, 1937, plates and illustrations, all but the first original cloth or boards, some a little rubbed, the second with short split to upper joint; and c.65 others on Italian architecture, v.s. (c.70)

Gregynog Press.- Vaughan (Henry) Poems,, one of c.30 specially-bound copies (this one for J.R.Abbey), from an edition limited to 500, printed in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations by R.A.Maynard & H.W.Bray, J.R.Abbey's copy with his large engraved bookplate, with T.L.s. dated 1969 from Philip C.Duschnes to James L.Thielman offering him the book loosely inserted, bound in crushed red morocco with swan of Usk in gilt to upper cover, [by George Fisher] at the Gregynog Press Bindery, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands, signed on rear turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, modern slip-case, [Harrop 2], 8vo (205 x 140mm.), Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1924.*** Harrop states that the first 30 copies were bound in morocco but this was bound for Abbey from an ordinary copy (see note to lot 410).

le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, original blue boards, faint splash-mark to upper cover, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, spine very slightly dulled, toning to spine ends, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, thin line of tape-marking to upper flap, a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1963.

Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first edition, first issue with Scribner's seal to title verso and without legal disclaimer, original cloth with gilt labels to upper cover and spine, some surface wear to spine label, first issue dust-jacket priced at $2.50 and with "Katharine Barclay" to front flap, light toning, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, 1 or 2 short nicks to head and foot with some very light creasing, light rubbing to extremities, in effect a near-fine example, [Hanneman 8a], 8vo, New York, 1929.*** An attractive example of one of Hemingway's key novels, among the best fiction to come out of the First World War.

Blyton (Enid) The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by J. Abbey, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, toning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, spine very slightly toned, light surface marks to lower panel, light rubbing along flap joint, some creasing and small nicks or short tears to extremities, 8vo, 1944.

Wiebenson (Dora) & others. The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, 4 vol., Washington & New York, 1993-2000 § Harris (E.) and N. Savage. British Architectural Books and Writers 1556-1785, Cambridge, 1990 § Fowler (Laurence Hall) and Elizabeth Baer. The Fowler Architectural Collection of the John Hopkins University: Catalogue, Baltimore, Md., 1961 § Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek, 2 vol. reprint, Utrecht, 1986 § (Frits) Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, 2 vol. including Supplement, vol.1 reprint, San Francisco & The Hague, 1975-56 § Cicognara (L.) Catalogo Ragionato dei Libri d'Arte e d'Antichita, 2 vol., reprint, Cosenza, 1960 § Cohen (H.) Guide de l'Amateur de Livres a Gravures du XVIIIe Siècle, sixth edition edited by Seymour de Ricci, 2 parts in 1, ex-library copy with stamps, modern half morocco, Paris, 1912, plates and illustrations, all but the last original cloth, the first two with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed; and c.50 others, architectural reference, including some sale catalogues, 8vo & 4to (c.60)

Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition, original cloth, very slight sunning to spine, minute splash-mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling to lower panel, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example, 8vo, 1951.

Guattani (Giuseppe Antonio) Roma Descritta ed Illustrata, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, engraved additional pictorial title, folding map and 57 plates, 3 folding, some light browning to text, book-label of Bibliotheca Reuvensiana, contemporary paste-paper boards with vellum tips, rebacked in calf preserving old roan labels, [BAL 1392; Cicognara 3753; Olschki 17084; Schudt 773], Rome, 1805 § Marangoni (Giovanni) Delle Memorie Sacre, e Profane dell'Anfiteatro Flavio di Roma volgarmente detto il Colosseo dissertazione, title in red & black with woodcut vignettes, woodcut head-piece & initials, some foxing, old stamp removed from title, later half cloth, contemporary paste-paper wrappers bound in, [Cicognara 3774; Olschki, Choix 17488; not in BAL], Rome, N. & M.Pagliarini, 1746 § Nibby (Antonio) Del Foro Romano della Via Sacra dell'Anfiteatro Flavio, only edition, 5 engraved plates, 4 folding, shelf-label of Carberry Tower, nr. Musselburgh, Midlothian, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red roan label, uncut, [Olschki, Choix, 17656], Rome, 1819 § Marquez (Pietro) Delle Ville di Plinio il Giovane Opere, only edition, engraved map, 2 folding plans & 2 vignettes in text, light water-stain to foot of title and last couple of leaves, Donaueschingen copy with old ink stamp to title, book-label of J.B.Bury, contemporary patterned-paper wrappers, uncut, [Cicognara 559], Rome, Salomini, 1796, occasional foxing, a little rubbed; and 4 others including a bound volume of engraved views of Paestum, Cuma, Baja & Sicilian classical sites issued by Agapito Franzetti, 4to & 8vo (8)*** The first was first published in 1795 under the title Roma Antica and includes accurate architectural descriptions of the remains of the major temples, baths and other structures, as well as descriptions of St.Peter’s and the Vatican.Prof. Caspar Jacob Christiaan Reuvens (1793-1835), a pioneer field archaeologist in the Netherlands and founding director of the Museum of Antiquities at Leiden. His books were sold at auction in Leiden in 1838, this was lot 852. 

Creswell (K.A.C.) A Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam..., first edition, Cairo, 1961 § Walsh (Rev. Robert) Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Illustrated, 2 vol. in 1, First Series only (of 2), engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, map and 45 plates after Thomas Allom, foxing, bookplate of Lord Gwydyr, contemporary morocco blocked in gilt & blind, g.e., rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, n.d. § Goodwin (G.) A History of Ottoman Architecture, 1971 § Fergusson (James) History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, original roan-backed cloth, spine worn, 1899 § Havell ( E.B.) Indian Architecture, 1913 § Harada (Jiro) The Lesson of Japanese Architecture, 1936, plates and illustrations, all but the second and fourth original cloth, the third with dust-jacket, all rubbed; and 22 others on Eastern art & architecture, v.s. (28)

Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, bookplate of Walter and Dorothy Donnelly and pencil inscription of Clive Hirschhorn to front pastedown, original cloth, slight toning to spine, else fine, dust-jacket, spine a little browned with small splash-mark, minor chipping to spine tips, but otherwise a near-fine copy, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Westby & Brown p.6; Woolmer 411], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937.*** Scarce in good condition. The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character. The creation of Sally Bowles gave Isherwood financial security for much of the rest of his life.Dorothy Donnelly (1880-1928) stage actress, playwright, producer, librettist and lyricist. This copy sold at the Hirschhorn sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 246.

[?Stewart (John)] Critical Observations on the Buildings and Improvements of London, first edition, presentation copy inscribed "From the Author" at head of half-title, engraved title-vignette, half-title soiled and repaired at upper outer corner, a little foxed, final leaf laid down, pencil signature of Arthur Cates and bookplate of the library of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors recording his donation of the book, nineteenth century half calf, spine titled in gilt, rubbed, corners and spine ends slightly worn, later endpapers, [BAL 744; Harris 152], 4to, for J.Dodsley, 1771.*** Commentary on contemporary building and urban planning in London, with observations on the most recent architect-designed private houses and squares in the West End of London, expressing particular approval of St.James’s Square and of Cavendish Square, and looking forward to Oxford Street becoming “the noblest street in Europe”. The title vignette depicts two houses in Cavendish Square built by Tufnell and the recently erected equestrian statue of the Duke of Cumberland.Arthur Cates FRIBA (1829-1901), assistant in the office of Sir James Pennethorne, and subsequently Architect to the Land Revenues of the Crown.

Blyton (Enid) [The Secret Seven books], 15 vol. comprising The Secret Seven, small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, slight shelf-lean, jacket price-clipped, 1949; The Secret Seven Adventure, 1950; Well Done Secret Seven!, 1951; Secret Seven on the Trail, 1952; Go Ahead Secret Seven, book-label to front free endpaper, jacket with a few small paper repairs to verso, 1953; Good Work Secret Seven, front free endpaper with very small hole and bookplate to verso, jacket price-clipped, 1954; Secret Seven Win Through, 1955; Three Cheers Secret Seven, 1956; Secret Seven Mystery, wrap-around band (tape repair to joint verso), 1957; Puzzle for the Secret Seven, signed bookplate from the author on front free endpaper, 1958; Secret Seven Fireworks, some light discolouration to boards, 1959; Good Old Secret Seven, some light discolouration to boards, 1960; Shock for the Secret Seven, jacket with very small repair to head of upper flap joint, 1961; Look Out Secret Seven, 1962; Fun for the Secret Seven, jacket price crossed through, 1963, first editions, illustrations, a few vol. with contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers or half-title, a few with light toning to endpapers, some spotting, original boards, spine ends and corners very slightly bumped or rubbed, dust-jackets, some light surface marking, mostly to lower panels, some rubbing and light creasing to head and foot, some small nicks or tears to extremities, particularly to earlier vol., with the occasional chip, Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 8vo. *** An excellent and sharp, complete first edition set of the 15 full-length Secret Seven books.

Wollstonecraft (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, some light foxing and toning, slightly later half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, head of spine nicked, [PMM 242], 8vo, Printed for J. Johnson, 1792.*** A very good copy of the first edition of this highly important, and at the time controversial, work in the history of feminism. Although the final page reads "End of the first volume", no further volumes were published.

Ferrario (Giulio) Monumenti Sacri e Profani dell'Imperiale e Reale Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio in Milano, first edition, half-title, title with aquatint vignette, engraved plan and 31 aquatint plates, some printed in sepia, tissue guards, with an additional aquatint view of the basilica by Campi after Naymiller bound in at end, faint water-stain to lower outer corner at beginning affecting a few plates, plate XXX with small abrasions, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, joints a little worn, spine repaired at head and foot, [BAL 1054], folio, Milan, 1824.*** Devoted to the early mediaeval basilica church of S. Ambrogio in Milan, with particular emphasis on its unrivalled internal fittings (pulpit, high altar etc.). It is illustrated with fine aquatint plates, particularly perspectives by the stage set designer Alessandro Sanquirico, and of Bramante's cloister.

[Defoe (Daniel)] [Legion's Memorial] Mr. S------r. The enclosed memorial you are charg'd with, in the behalf of many thousands of the good people of England, first edition, 4pp., bifolium, ink numbers to upper outer corners, piece from upper inner blank corner of both sheets, all but split at fold, some foxing, lightly browned, [Moore 35], small 4to (203 x 161mm.), no printer, [1701].  *** 'Englishmen are no more to be slaves to Parliaments than to a King'. Rare, with the last copy at auction we can trace being in 1968. With the prospect of war with France King William asked Parliament to authorise the creation of a standing army. This was refused, causing many to send appeals to Parliament. The people of Kent chose five men to carry theirs to London in May, 1701. The Commons declared the petition seditious, and the men were arrested and imprisoned. Defoe responded with this strongly worded pamphlet, in which he pleaded that the pamphlet be delivered to the Commons, and demanded the immediate release of the Kentish petitioners (which they were to great fanfare). 

[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first American edition, first state, half-title with illustration to verso and other illustrations in text by E.W. Kemble, portrait frontispiece of the author after the bust by sculptor Karl Gerhardt in first state with tablecloth visible and with "Heliotype Printing Company" imprint below, spotting and occasional light marginal soiling, closed tear to head of p.55, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped with some chipping to spine ends, rubbed, a very good copy, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-case (some fading, extremities rubbed), [BAL 3415], 8vo, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.*** A good copy of one of the cornerstones of American fiction.With the following first state points: p.9, "Huck Decided" (later corrected to "decides"); p.13, "Him and another man" listed as p. 88; p.57, 11 lines up, says "with the was" (later corrected to "with the saw"); p.143, line 7 part of "b" in body broken; p.155, final 5 in a different font. The title is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state but first state only present in the prospectus and advance sheets).

Bagnold (Enid) "National Velvet", first edition, illustrations by Laurian Jones, original cloth, some light edge-spotting, dust-jacket, neat and professtional repairs and restoration to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, in effect a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1935.*** Enid Bagnold's most famous work, adapted for the classic 1935 film staring Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney.

Asimov (Isaac) I, Robot, first edition, light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, New York, [1950].*** Asimov's most famous book, a short story collection in which he first coined the term "robotics" and proposed his Three Laws of Robotics. 

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., first edition, folding maps, modern dark blue half morocco, spines gilt with double red morocco labels, 8vo, 1948-54.

[Thompson (Stephen)] British Museum. [Antiquities], Parts I-III only (of 6), 105 mounted albumen photographs only (Prehistoric 27, Egyptian 28, Assyrian 50), photographs c.260 x 225mm. (mounts c.455 x 355mm.), printed captions pasted to corner of mounts, some images a little faded (mainly at edges), loose as issued in original printed wrappers, torn and frayed, a few leaves creased at edges, worn, W.A. Mansell & Co., 1872 § [Woolls (Charles)] The Barrow Diggers. A Dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet, half-title, 11 lithographed plates only (of 12, lacking frontispiece, replaced with duplicate of plate 11), ink inscription & old book-label to head of title, plates foxed, Sir Howard Colvin's copy with his pencil signature, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded and torn, London and Blandford, 1839 § Ouseley (W., translator) Epitome of the Ancient History of Persia, lacking folding map & plate, with errata slip, title browned, contemporary half calf, worn, 1799 § Fraser (J.B.) An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, second edition, half-title with vignette, folding engraved map, modern half calf, Edinburgh, 1834 § Layard (Austen H.) Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, first edition, Gavin Stamp's copy with his book-label, spotting, original pictorial embossed cloth, 1853 § Bourguet (E.) Les Ruines de Delphes, Blackmer copy with book-label, bookplate of Richard Orlando Jolliffe, contemporary morocco-backed boards, original wrappers bound in, Paris, 1914, the last 3 with plates & illustrations, some folding, rubbed; and c.40 others, antiquities, v.s. (c.50) *** Stephen Thompson was tasked with photographing the British Museum collection in the early 1870s by the amateur archaeologist Charles Harrison. This resulted in nearly 1000 photographs published in 6 parts. Parts IV-VI comprised Grecian, Etruscan & Roman, and British.

Supernatural.- Brown (J.H.) Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions. Showing Ghosts Everywhere, and of any Colour, First Series, first edition, 16 bright hand-coloured plates, illustrations, some very light marginal toning, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, surface soiling to covers, rubbed, 4to, Griffith & Farran, 1864.*** A classic work of Victorian rationalism in which the author attempts to demonstrate that supposed sightings of ghosts and other supernatural figures were demonstrable tricks of eye. Readers are instructed to stare at the brightly-coloured plates for 15-30 seconds before looking away and seeing the resultant retinal imprint flash before them.  

Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2 vol., first edition, first issue with "gve" on p.135 line 10 of vol.1, stipple-engraved portrait by Heath after Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles, with all usual cancels (Mm4 & Nn1 in vol.1 and E3, Oo4, Qq3, Zz1 & Eee2 in vol.2) and misprints as recorded by Pottle, vol.2 lacking initial blank, some light foxing, 3R4 in vol.1 lacking lower outer corner not affecting text, bookplate of William Reeve, attractive contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt in compartments with back and green roan labels, a little rubbed, a few small stains and a minor repair to one cover, [Pottle 79; Rothschild 463], 4to, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.  *** A good set of one of the greatest biographies in the English language in a handsome contemporary binding.

Buchan (John) The Thirty-Nine Steps, first edition, light marginal toning, 20th century black crushed morocco gilt by the Cottage Bindery, orange, yellow and tan morocco onlays with rising perspective stair design in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., slip-case, 8vo, 1915.

Natalis (Hieronymus) Evangelicae historiae imagines ex ordine Evangeliorum, first edition, engraved title (trimmed and laid down), 4 text leaves and 153 plates by Anton Johann, Hieronymus Wierix, Adrian and Johann Collaert and others after B. Passer, Martin de Vos and Johann Wierx (?lacking one or two blanks at end), tissue-guards, plates 1, 2 & 89 with slightly faded contemporary marginal ink note, each plate numbered to upper margin, the occasional small stain, some light spotting or foxing, mainly marginal, handsome 19th century straight-grain green morocco, richly gilt, gilt turn-ins and raspberry silk endpapers, some rubbing to spine ends and corners, edges gilt and gauffered, housed in a pull-top box (quite worn), [Adams N 56], folio (305 x 200mm.), Antwerp, [?Martinus Nutius], 1593. *** Provenance: Baron Dimsdale (bookplate); "Donald D. Mackinnon from his grandmother Hon. Baroness Dimsdale Feb. 1874." (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

Kent (Rockwell).- Melville (Herman) Moby Dick, or The Whale, first Rockwell Kent edition, illustrations by Rockwell Kent, original pictorial cloth, light bumping to spine tips else fine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1 or 2 short nicks to head of panels, very light creasing to head and foot, extremities lightly rubbed, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1930.*** An attractive example, scarce in the dust-jacket in good condition. 

Remarque (Erich Maria) All Quiet on the Western Front, first English edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, first issue dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d. and with the "German Opinions" to the front flap, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, spine a little creased at head, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1929.*** A superb example of this anti-war classic. 

Montesquieu (Charles Secondat, Baron de) De L'Esprit des Loix, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, lacking errata leaves, contemporary ownership inscription of Carolus Beaumont to titles, further 18th and 19th century ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, vol. 2 title with loss to upper blank corner and short tear to fore-margin, vol. 2 very small puncture mark to lower margin from start to L2, the occasional small marginal defect, vol. 1 occasional light damp-staining, mainly to upper corner, occasional very light spotting or finger-soiling, some light browning, uncut in contemporary sheep-backed boards, remains of paper labels to spines, small later label to vol. 2 upper cover, quite heavily rubbed, [PMM 197], 4to, Geneva, Barrillot & Fils, [1748]. *** An uncut and unsophisticated copy of "in many ways one of the most remarkable works of the eighteenth century" (PMM). Montesquieu divides his work into six main sections, touching on general law and forms of government, military arrangement and taxation, economics and religion, Roman, French and feudal law, and a peculiar discussion on the effects of climate and geography on national character. The work influenced the formation of the United States Constitution and was the ideological basis of the French Revolution. 

[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, first American edition, first state with some early gatherings unsigned, frontispiece (BAL state A), illustrations, original brown decorative cloth, lettered in gilt, some fraying to foot of spine, a near-fine copy, [BAL 3442], 8vo, Hartford, CN, American Publishing Company, 1894.

Patte (Pierre) Monumens Érigés en France a la Gloire de Louis XV, first edition, engraved title-vignette and head-pieces, woodcut tail-pieces, 42 engraved plates only (of 57), some double-page and/or folding, privilege/errata leaf at end, a very clean copy, bookplate of Duveen Brothers Paris Library, later half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, [Berlin Kat. 2516; Millard, France 130], Paris, the Author, Desaint & Saillant, 1765 § Cottart (Pierre) Recueil des Oeuvres..., engraved architectural title, head-pieces and 19 plates only on 18 sheets, some double-page and/or folding, several trimmed and mounted, spotted and browned, small ink stamp of C.F. Mewes to foot of title, contemporary mottled calf, worn, [cf.Berlin Kat. 2384], [Paris], [?1680s] § Héré de Corny (Emmanuel) Histoire detail & devis des Edifices Publics...de la capitale de ses états S.M.Le Roi de Pologne Duc de Lorraine et de Bar, 2 parts in 1, third edition, engraved title-vignette, folding plan and 2 large plates of ironwork only (of 3), engraved illustrations in text, light spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, worn, repairs at edges, Paris, 1765; and 5 others, French, folio & oblong folio; sold not subject to return (8)*** The first is an important work on urban planning in eighteenth century France, including proposals for what is now the Place de la Concorde as well as practical concerns such as sanitation and conservation.

Fitzgerald (F. Scott) This Side of Paradise, first edition, first printing with Scribner's seal and "Published April, 1920" on title verso, original cloth, very slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, a fine copy, preserved in chemise and custom slip-case, 8vo, New York, 1920.*** A superb example of Fitzgerald's first novel, rare in such condition. 

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue with contents leaf with inverted "s" in last line and p. 30 incorrectly numbered 3, very occasional light spotting and some faint finger-soiling, blue endpapers, darkening to spine and covers, neatly and skilfully rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners a little bumped, rubbed, 1866; Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice Found There, first edition first issue with "wade" for "wabe" on page 21, occasional corner-creasing and some light marginal spotting or finger-soiling, some cracking to gutter with the odd gathering a little loose, cracking to upper hinge, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, finger-soiling to covers, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 1872 [1871], frontispieces and illustrations by John Tenniel, light foxing to half-titles, Newton bookplates and labels, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., rubbed, preserved together in custom pull-top box (spine a little faded), [Crutch 46 & 84], Macmillan, 8vo (2) 

Saunders (George) A Treatise on Theatres, first edition, half-title, 13 engraved plates & plans, 4 folding, very occasional light spotting, original boards, uncut, rubbed and stained, later paper spine and label, upper cover detached, [BAL Cat. 2908], 4to, for the Author, 1790.*** The first book on theatre architecture by an English architect, covering all aspects of construction including sections on acoustics, lighting, seating areas & leg-room, along with notes on some of the principal theatres of Europe.