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Click here to subscribeSalinger (J.D.) The Catcher in the Rye, first English edition, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, original boards, spine very slightly faded, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short tears and creasing to head of spine, minor chipping to foot of spine and corners, some light finger-soiling to lower panel, a very good, bright example overall, 8vo, 1951.
Sassoon (Siegfried) The War Poems , first edition, presentation inscription signed with monogram from the author to Stephen Tennant on Valentine's Day on half-title, light browning to endpapers, book-labels of Simon Nowell-Smith and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith to front pastedown, original cloth, paper labels to upper cover and spine, very light sunning to spine, minute chip to spine-label, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper joint, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example, 8vo, 1919.*** A superb association copy inscribed from Sassoon to his lover Stephen Tennant on Valentine's day less than a year after their first meeting. Sassoon and Tennant were introduced by the Sitwells in June 1927, they fell passionately in love and began an affair that lasted nearly six years.
Whistler (Laurence) The Imagination of Vanbrugh and his Fellow Artists, first edition, book-label of J.B.Bury, handsome pictorial black cloth, gilt, designed by Whistler, 1954 § Adam (William) Vitruvius Scoticus, one of 400 facsimile reprints, Edinburgh, 1980 § Elmes (James) Sir Christopher Wren and his Times, book-label of Gavin Stamp, 1852 § Bolton (Arthur T., editor) The Portrait of Sir John Soane, R.A...., light spotting, [1927] § Stroud (Dorothy) Henry Holland, A.L.s. & A.Pc.s. from the author loosely inserted, 1966 § Downes (Kerry) Vanbrugh, inscribed to Gavin Stamp & with his book-label, 1977 § Harris (John) Sir William Chambers Knight of the Polar Star, book-label of Gavin Stamp, 1970 § Saint (Andrew) Richard Norman Shaw, New Haven & London, 1976, plates & illustrations, original cloth or boards, the second with slip-case, the last four with dust-jackets, very slightly rubbed; and c.95 others on British architects, v.s. (c.100)
Stowe (Harriet Beecher) Uncle Tom's Cabin, first Cruikshank edition, frontispiece portrait, title vignette and 27 plates by George Cruikshank, occasional light finger-soiling or the odd spot, original blue blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, slight bumping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example overall, g.e., [cf. BAL 19518], 8vo, John Cassell, 1852.*** A superb example of this early English edition, preceded by the Clark & Co. edition of 1852, rare in such condition.
Vico (Enea) Augustarum Imagines, first Latin edition, translated by Natale Conti, collation: A4 b6 A-Z AA4 *2 complete with engraved title A1 and 63 plates, woodcut illustrations and initials, with cancel engravings as described by Mortimer: plates I and II misfolded and bound in the wrong order, xviii and xix (on G3v and H4r) each with cancel slips pasted over with the correct engravings (the two were originally transposed), plate xi with blank cancel slip pasted over portrait, plates iv, xv, and xxiii without coin portraits, occasional foxing and some offsetting, ink annotations to front endpaper, bookplate removed, 17th century red morocco, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, 4to (236 x 174mm.), Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1558.*** This work contains short biographies of ancient Roman women who held the title Augusta, given to high-ranking women in imperial families, usually the wives, daughters, or mothers of emperors. Augustae had their own imperial regalia, and were sometimes allowed to preside over courts, and issue currency, thus portraits in coin format. Vico's work contains entries on Julius Caesar's mother, four wives, daughter Cornelia, sister Julia Minor, and dozens of other influential ancient Roman women.Provenance: FC (small circular ink stamp with monogram in lower margin of A2). Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 537; Renouard 176:18; Adams V-634; BMSTC I 723; Mortimer Italian 533.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, first issue with "you" for "your" on line 3, p.13, 15 plates only (of 16, lacking frontispiece), 1 plate a little frayed, soiled and deatched, light browning to endpapers, original red pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, some splitting to foot of lower joint, some light marking to covers, rubbed, [Green & Gibson A26], 8vo, 1902.
Potter (Beatrix) [A set of 16 works], constituting: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first trade edition, frontispiece a little creased at upper corner and with short closed tear at inner-edge, preserved endpapers a little chipped at gutter, [1902]; The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1903; The Tailor of Gloucester, short tear to half-title repaired with tape, 1903; The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, 1904; The Tale of Two Bad Mice, 1904; The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, 1905; The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1906; The Tale of Tom Kitten, 1907; The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, 1908; The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1909; The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, 1910; The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1911; The Tale of Mr. Tod, 1912; The Tale of Pigling Bland, some light spotting, 1913; The Story of Miss Moppet, first edition in book form, some light foxing, rear free endpapers preserved, [1916]; Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, frontispiece detached, some foxing, [1922], first editions unless otherwise stated, first or early printings, a few with contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to half-titles or endpaper, some light soiling, bound in modern half morocco in a variety of colours, spines gilt, original upper and lower covers laid down (some very lightly rubbed or soiled), front free endpapers preserved, 12mo.
Durrell (Lawrence) Pied Piper of Lovers, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Clive Hirschhorn on front free endpaper, signed presentation inscription on author's loosely-inserted carte de visite "The secret is to keep trying and you'll win!", ink ownership inscription to endpaper, some cracking to upper hinge but holding firm, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light rubbing and bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket price at 7/6 (though with some shadowing indicating removal of a later price sticker), spine darkened, spine ends and corners repaired and restored, neat repairs and strengthening to top edge, in effect an excellent example, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1935.*** First edition of the author's first novel, exceptionally rare. The dust-jacket was designed by Lawrence Durrell's wife, Nancy. Only a few copies sold at the time, much of the later stock was destroyed in the Blitz. We can trace only one other inscribed copy selling at auction. This copy sold at the Hirschhorn sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 96.
French Revolution.- Young (Arthur) Travels during the Years 1787, 1788, and 1789 undertaken...the Kingdom of France, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, 3 folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured, one with tear, slight offsetting, slight worming to some inner margins, uncut in original boards, worn, backstrip defective, upper cover detached, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 4to, Bury St. Edmund's, Printed by J. Rackham, 1792.*** Excellent copy of Young's in-depth assessment of the "cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity of France leading up to and during the French Revolution. The inscription reads: "To Mr. Broussonnet, In testimony of the esteem I have for his merit & as a mark of my remembering with pleasure the assistance I received from him in my journey, Arthur Young"Young's entry for October 21st 1787 reads: "Mons. de Broussonet being returned from Burgundy, I had the pleasure of passing a couple of hours at his lodgings very agreeably. He is a man of uncommon activity, and possessed of a great variety of useful knowledge in every branch of natural history; and he speaks English perfectly well. It is very rare that a gentleman is seen better qualified for a post than Mons. de Broussonet for that which he occupies, of secretary to a Royal Society."
Economics.- Smith (Adam) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, [one of 500 copies], half-title in vol.2 only (as issued), each vol. lacking final blank, a couple of gatherings spotted, generally clean, repaired marginal tear to G1 vol.1, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels (one chipped), extremities a little rubbed and spine ends neatly repaired, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Einaudi 5329; Goldsmiths' 11663; Kress B.154, see also Printing and the Mind of Man 221], 4to, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778.*** Lovely copy of the second edition of this classic of economic thought. This edition is the only one to be published in quarto format after the first edtion of 1776, and is seemingly just as scarce on the market.Long considered a straight reprint, the second edition in fact contains "a number of alterations large and small, some providing new information, some correcting matters of fact, some perfecting the idiom, and a large number now documenting references in footnotes" (Todd, "The Text and Apparatus," in vol. I of the 1976 edition of the Wealth of Nations, p.62).
Birds.- Audubon (John James) Ornithological Biography, vol.1 only (of 5), first edition, A.L.s. tipped in plus related material, half-title, occasional foxing and browning, original cloth, recased, extremities rubbed, uncut, 8vo, Edinburgh &c, 1831.*** The half-page autograph letter from Audubon is dated January 9th 1841 and is addressed to a W.C. Prittan (?) mentioning sending him 20 new numbers of the octavo edition of Birds of America and asking for payment of $18. Additionally there are 4 autograph letters from Florence Audubon (grand-daughter of John James) to George A. Zabriskie, whose bookplate is tipped in above that of Thomas Parkin. There is also a note from Parkin explaining that this copy was given to him. There is a further inscription from Zabriskie to Bret Halpurn; a Christmas card inscribed by "the misses Audubon" [presumably Maria Rebecca and Florence]; and a few other pieces mounted, tipped-in or loosely inserted.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) Farmer Giles of Ham, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with best wishes from J.R.R. Tolkien. Christmas, 1949" to front free endpaper with ink inscription below in another hand in Gaelic, illustrations by Pauline Diana Baynes, occasional marginal foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, toning to head, dust-jacket, price-clipped, short nick to foot of lower panel, very light surface soiling but near-fine generally, [Hammond & Anderson A4a], 8vo, 1949.*** Inscribed to Professor Diarmaid Murphy who has added his inscription in Gaelic to the endpaper. Tolkien served as an external examiner at the University of Galway for 1949, 1950, 1954 and 1959, where Murphy was lecturing in English and both men are listed as examiners on the examination papers for those years.
Napoleon family copy.- Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire de France en 1815, first edition, from the library of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother, folding engraved map of the battle of Mont St. Jean (ie Waterloo), folding tables, foxed, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, gilt 'J' surmounted by crown on covers, spine gilt, corners and edges rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Chez Barrois l'Ainé, 1820.*** Superb association copy from the library of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia from 1807-13, rescued from the fire at the Palais Royal during the Paris Commune of 1870. Inscribed on front free endpaper "Ce livre provient de la bibliothèque de mon grand Père le Roi Jérôme puis de celle de mon Père, il était au Palais Royal dans l'aile incendiée en 1870. Napoléon". This is in the hand of Victor Bonaparte (1862-1926), son of Prince Jérôme (1822-91), known as 'Plon-Plon' and grandson of King Jérôme.Provenance: Jérôme Bonaparte (crowned cipher to covers); Jérôme, Prince Napoléon (ink stamp on title "Bibliothèque du citoyen Napoléon-Bonaparte" and small label to front free endpaper with ink numbers); Victor Bonaparte (manuscript note described above); unidentified ink stamp with monogram MC on title.
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, neat pencil ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, some light scattered edge-spotting, very light sunning to spine, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, spotting to flaps, an excellent example, [Connolly, The Modern Movement 75], 8vo, 1932.
Bertotti Scamozzi (Ottavio) Il Forestiere Isstruito delle cose più rare di Architettura, e di alcune pitture della Città di Vicenza dialogo, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of dedicatee Mario Capra, allegorical title vignette and 36 plates, most folding, attractive mottled calf with ornamental gilt-tooled border, spine gilt in compartments with floral motif and red morocco label, a little rubbed at edges, upper joint split, [Berlin Kat. 2709; Fowler 43; Millard, Italian 19], 4to, Vicenza, Giovambattista Vendramini Mosca, 1761.*** A lovely copy of this architectural guide to Vicenza, and in particular the buildings of Palladio, in the form of a dialogue between an English traveller and a local who claims to have shown the sights to Matthew Brettingham, William Chambers and Robert Adam amongst others.
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, rear endpaper removed with stub remaining, original cloth, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners comprising 1" at foot of spine and 1/2" at head, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, 1945.*** Waugh's most popular novel, his exploration of the demise of the English country house and Catholic identity.
Este (Charles, editor) Carmina quadragesimalia ab aedis Christi Oxon..., occasional spotting, short tear to lower margin of title, contemporary red morocco with mitred panels tooled in gilt with ornaments to outer corners and flowers to inner, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1723 § Demosthenes. Logoi eklektoi [graece]...selectae orationes, edited by Richard Mounteney, Greek & Latin text, folding engraved map (browned), contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt-tooled border, spine in compartments with green morocco label/onlays lettered or tooled in gilt, full red morocco doublures with decorative gilt border, g.e., Cambridge, Cornelius Crownfield, 1731, both Macclesfield copies with embossed stamp to title and North Library bookplate, rubbed, spines faded and worn at ends, joints split, 8vo (2)*** Handsome copies of these two university texts presumably for presentation. The first is the first published collection of the epigrammatic verses in Latin elegiacs composed and publicly declaimed each year at Ash Wednesday by graduate students of Christ Church, Oxford; the second was the standard edition of Demosthenes for university students at the time.
Baskerville (John).- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers ending with "York", births and deaths of the Miles family in ink manuscript to front free endpaper, scattered spotting or light foxing, particularly near start, light browning and soiling to endpapers, early 19th century russia, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, upper cover with "John Miles/ West End/ Hampstead" in gilt within central blind-tooled lozenge, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, lower cover with some light scuffing and very small patch of worm damage to head, some light rubbing to extremities, preserved in a contemporary calf "dust-jacket" (rubbed), [Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146], folio, Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1763. *** One of c.1250 copies, in an attractive and well-preserved binding. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279).
Antarctica.- Murray (George, editor) The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901, first edition, half-title, illustrations, 3 folding maps loosely inserted in pocket to rear pastedown, presentation bookplate "To the Zoological Society of London by the Royal Geographical Society, October 10th 1901", small circular ink-stamp "Zool. Soc. Lond. Library 1901" to half-title and foot of title, further Zoological Society ink-stamps and labels to endpapers, half-title browned, some spotting to maps, margins very slightly toned, front free endpaper loose and rear free endpaper little chipped at edges, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened, rubbing to spine ends and corners, some light rubbing and soiling elsewhere, [Rosove 235 "very scarce"; Spence 829], 8vo, Royal Geographical Society, 1901. *** Conceived of by Sir Clements Markham as a primer for the participants of the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04 under Captain Scott, containing articles on various branches of Antarctic science and exploration, including geography, climate and botany.
Langley (Batty and Thomas) Gothic Architecture..., engraved title and 64 plates, 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end (folio & folding), occasional foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, contemporary tree sheep, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, [cf. BAL 1728 & Harris 411, other 1790s issues], I. & J. Taylor, [c.1797] § [Aikin (Edmund), C.A.Busby & others.] Designs and Examples of Cottages, Villas, and Country Houses..., 67 plates, 55 engraved (some aquatint), the rest wood-engraved, original blind-stamped cloth, John Weale, 1857 § Goodwin (Francis) Rural Architecture [Cottage Architecture], First & Second Series & 2 supplements, together 4 parts bound in 2 vol., second edition, supplements first edition, engraved frontispiece and 98 aquatint plates and plans, some foxing and offsetting, ink signature of John Worlledge, Ingham, modern bookplate of George Vernon, original cloth, vol.1 recased, John Weale, 1835 § Brooks (S.H.) Designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture, 111 engraved plates, foxed, book-label of architect Roderick Gradidge, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [c.1839], all rubbed, the second and third faded, 4to (5) *** The second item is a compilation of reissued plates from Aikin's Designs for Villas and Busby's Series of Designs for Villas and Country Houses, with a few more recent designs for houses in Italianate or Gothic styles in Harwich, Brighton and London. The third was originally published as Domestic Architecture in 2 volumes in 1833-34, then this second edition as Rural Architecture with supplements titled Cottage Architecture in 1835.
Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp advertisements at end including those for 'The Manxman' and 'The Naulahka', some light marginal finger-soiling, endpapers browned, neat pencil inscription of Clive Hirschhorn to front pastedown, original buckram lettered in purple with Egyptian design to cover, slight shelf-lean, spine a little dulled, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, extremities rubbed, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Currey p.525; Wells 4], 8vo, 1895.*** An excellent example of this science fiction cornerstone. This copy sold at the Hirschhorn sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 395.
Camus (Albert) The Outsider, first English edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, small mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light surface soiling to lower panel, an excellent example, 8vo, 1946.
McCartney (Sir Paul) 1964: Eyes of the Storm, first edition, one of 175 copies signed by McCartney, original boards, dust-jacket, mint, slip-case, preserved in unopened tissue paper, publisher's original cardboard box, and publisher's outer shipping box, small folio, 2023.*** A mint copy of this important photobook, with McCartney's prized signature.
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, 4 vol. including supplement, mixed set, additional pictorial title by Tenniel, folding lithographed map with partial hand-colouring, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some folding, 2 folding engraved plans, vol.1-3 with book-label of T.D.Galpin, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, g.e., vol.1-3 slightly rubbed at edges but good bright copies, vol.4 soiled and a little worn with weak hinges and split to upper joint, 1851-[53]; Reports by the Juries...Presentation Copy, 3 chromolithographed plates, original red cloth, gilt, 1852 § Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue (The). The Industry of all Nations 1851, engraved frontispiece, decorative title, illustrations, original decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed & soiled, spine ends worn, 1851 § Mayhew (Henry) 1851: or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, who came up to...see the Great Exhibition, first edition bound from the original 8 parts, later issue with the slip "Just Published" inserted before p.65, pictorial title and 10 etched plates by George Cruikshank, most folding or double-page, plates foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, original pictorial wrappers to Parts I & VIII tipped in or loosely inserted, [1851]; and 15 others, mostly relating to the Great Exhibition or later ones, 8vo & 4to (22)*** The first is the comprehensive catalogue and essential record of the exhibitors and exhibits at the most famous of all international exhibitions of the 19th century. Vol.1 provides indices, introductory material and a catalogue of the exhibits of raw materials and machinery; vol.2 contains the exhibits of manufactured goods and fine art objects, and the exhibits provided by the British colonies; vol.3 is devoted to the exhibits sent by foreign states, and the supplement records further exhibits from India and foreign states. Often found without the supplementary volume.
Hoskins (George Gordon) Designs for Chimney Pieces, only edition, 56 plates, slight spotting to title, plates lightly browned, bookplate of the Liverpool-based architect James O'Byrne with A.L.s. to him from Tho.Harrison & Co., Ironfounders of Liverpool loosely inserted, original decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, small splits to upper joint, Darlington, 1871 § Clayton (John) A Collection of the Ancient Timber Edifices of England, tinted lithographed title, lithographed dedication and 26 tinted lithographed plates including several views, some foxing, bookplate of the Art Workers Guild (cancelled), contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rubbed, spine worn & defective, 1846; and 4 others, English, including a Coleson Wallpapers sample book of 1941, folio & obling folio (6)*** The first is a scarce collection of designs by a Darlington architect and dedicated to Alfred Waterhouse, the most prominent architect in the north of England at the time. Hoskins acted as clerk of works for two of Waterhouse’s commissions in the Darlington area in the 1860s. The second includes plates of some of the most notable black-and-white half-timber buildings in Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire, some no longer extant today.
Gardel (Pierre-Gabriel) L'Enfant Prodigue, Ballet-Pantomime, first edition, Hortense de Beauharnais' copy, half-title, contemporary red morocco, gilt, one corner nicked, 8vo, Paris, De l'Imprimerie d'Adrien Egron, 1812.*** Lovely copy with distinguished provenance of the libretto for this ballet-pantomime with music by Berton, first performed at the Theatre of the Imperial Academy of Music on 28th April 1812.Hortense de Beauharnais was the daughter of Empress Josephine by her first marriage, and thus the step-daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte and later also his sister-in-law when she married his brother Louis Bonaparte (1802), later King of Holland. Provenance: Hortense de Beauharnais (ink stamp on title and at head of p.1 of text); Simone André Maurois (bookplate); Hubert Heilbronn (bookplate).
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Following the Equator. A Journey Around the World, first edition, issue with single imprint on title and without signature "11" to p. 161 (no priority established), portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, decorated in blue and gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, [BAL 3451], 8vo, Hartford, CN, The American Publishing Company, 1897.
Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, original first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps priced at 16s., light toning to spine, spine a little chipped at head, very short closed tear to head of upper joint, minor chipping to corner tips, very light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.
Beckford (William).- Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and plate, 10 other engraved plates including unnumbered plate of South West View (as usual), large folding lithographed plan, wood-engraved vignettes, genealogical tables and list of subscribers at end, tissue guards, small stain to inner margin of additional title, occasional light foxing, ink presentation inscription to Rose Lawrence from “her very sincere friend, J.H.Smyth” (Rev.John Hill Smyth, a Liverpool clergyman and subscriber) at head of half-title and with bookplate of her husband Charles Lawrence, later book-label of the travel writer Edward Hutton, contemporary dark red embossed boards, uncut, rebacked in red calf, [BAL 2881; cf.Abbey, Scenery 418 & Millard, British 72, large paper copies], Shaftesbury, by the Author, 1823 § Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata leaf at end of vol.1, occasional browning, light marginal worming to vol.2, contemporary calf, some scuffs & light stains, spines worn at head, W.Strahan & T.Cadell, 1773 § Beckford (William) Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, foxing at end of vol.1, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 1834, all rubbed, 4to & 8vo (5)*** The first was a gift from one of the original subscribers to Rose Lawrence (née d’Aguilar), a Liverpool-based poet, author of The Last Autumn at a Favourite Residence and Other Poems, 1836, and a friend of another early nineteenth century female poet, Mrs Hemans.
Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) The Life and Exploits Of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 vol., first edition of the "Jarvis" translation, translated by Charles Jervas (misspelled "Jarvis"), engraved portrait of the author by George Virtue and 68 plates by Gerard van der Gucht after John Vanderbank, including the Life of Cervantes with title dated 1738, vol.1 with "Supplement to the Translator's Preface" by William Warburton, some very faint off-setting, paper repairs to hinges, contemporary mottled calf, early reback with repairs likewise to corners, spines gilt with morocco labels in green and red, cracking to joints, vol. 1 upper just holding, 4to, J. and R. Tonson, and R. Dodsley, 1742.*** First edition of the "Jarvis" translation, the most scholarly and accurate English translation of the Quixote at the time, to become the most frequently reprinted version until about 1885. The present copy contains the "Life" in an unusual variant of 88 pages rather than the 90 seen in other copies; it appears much the same, but with reset type often adding one extra line of text to each page compared to the other.
Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, spine lettered in silver and bronze, one or two tape repairs to jacket nicks, the odd chips to extremities, still a very crisp and sharp copy overall, 8vo, 1957.
Beckett (Samuel) Waiting for Godot, first English edition, publisher's note tipped in, faint foxing to title and half-title, endpapers a little browned, cast list altered by hand with note below "(seen at Criterion theatre with Gladys on Nov. 8/55)", original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, neat repairs and restoration to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, 1956.
Rawlins (Thomas) Familiar Architecture; Consisting of Original Designs of Houses for Gentlemen and Tradesmen, Parsonages and Summer-Retreats..., first edition, with author's signature of authentication at foot of title, list of subscribers, 60 engraved plates, with final letterpress leaf 'References to the Apparatus' at end (creased), light browning to text, one plate with short tear to lower margin, later endpapers, bookplate removed, contemporary marbled boards rebacked and recornered in calf, spine ruled in gilt and preserving old red morocco label, [BAL 2716; Harris 730], 4to, for the Author, 1768.*** Designs for small houses, both town residences for gentlemen or wealthy tradesmen and country villas, by a stone mason of Norwich, and also including centrally-planned churches or chapels, and designs for chimney-pieces. The list of subscribers includes Sir William Chambers and James Adam, as well as many Norfolk landowners.
Aviler (Augustin Charles d') Cours d'Architecture...; Explication des Termes d’Architecture..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved additional pictorial titles, vol.1 with 31 double-page and/or folding plates and 84 full-page illustrations, contemporary ink signature of Martin Bowes to front pastedowns, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, short split to head of upper joint of vol.1 and small hole to upper joint of vol.2, [BAL 155; Berlin Kat 2389; Fowler 32; cf.Millard, French 14, 1738 edtion], small 4to, Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1691.*** Comprehensive architectural text-book issued in many editions up to the 1760s. This copy is interesting bibliographically because it contains the title to a second part as the main title in vol.1 (rather than the usual general title) and shows that volume 1 was originally intended to be issued in 2 parts with separate title-pages, the break being after p.244 (as found in the Gibson copy sold in these rooms on 20th October 2022 lot 9). The 'Explication des Termes...' presumably then proved to be too bulky to add on to the rest of the first volume as a second part and was given a volume of its own, although the pagination is continuous. A general title was then printed but this copy must have been issued prior to that and is presumably an early issue.Martin Bowes F.R.S. (1670-1726), lawyer in Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk.
Palladio (Andrea) The First Book of Architecture..., fifth edition, engraved additional architectural title and 6 folding plates only (of 7, lacking plate of St.Paul's), 63 full-page engraved illustrations, hole in plate p.109 (actually 209), a few headlines shaved, Gavin Stamp's copy with his book-label, contemporary panelled sheep, worn, upper cover detached, [Harris 674; Wing P208], for T.Parkhurst [& others], 1693 § Scamozzi (Vincenzo) The Mirror of Architecture..., 2 parts only (of 3: including John Browne's 'Description and Use of an Ordinary Joynt-Rule' but lacking Wotton's 'Ground-Rules of Architecture'), with folding engraved plate of joint-rule but lacking all plates to main text, book-plates of J.B.Bury & Michael Bury, old vellum-backed boards, rubbed, [Harris 804; Wing S810, Magdalen Oxford copy only], for W.Fisher...E .Hurlock, 1676 § Salmon (William) Palladio Londinensis: or, The London Art of Building..., edited by E. Hoppus, third edition, 51 engraved plates only (of 52, lacking frontispiece), some folding, plate 4 lacking folding part, others torn, contemporary calf, rubbed, [Harris 795], 1748; 23 others, imperfect, including another copy of the first including the St.Paul's plate, v.s.; sold not subject to return (26)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression, map endpapers, illustrations, frontispiece and 3 colour plates, light toning to endpapers and splitting from upper edge of flyleaf, upper hinge cracked at half-title, spotting throughout but very faint and occasional, pp.15/16 loose, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light surface toning and discolouring, cloth splitting along upper joint and some edges, repairs to spine ends, preserved in facsimile jacket, [Hammond A3a], 8vo, 1937 [but 1938]. *** The second impression was the first version of the book to be illustrated in colour: the first impression had two plates only, both of which were uncoloured. A total of 2,300 copies were printed, and some 400 held at the binder's London warehouse were destroyed during the Blitz in November 1940.
[Combe (William)] [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], comprising The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, 3 vol., first edition, 2 hand-coloured aquatint vignette titles (vol. 2 without) and 78 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, original ink and wash sketch by Rowlandson bound into vol. 1 at start, captioned "St. Michael's Mount Cornwall" in ink on verso, the odd spot or patch of light soiling, light offsetting, handsomely bound in purple crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt, inner gilt dentelles, spines uniformly sunned, some very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, t.e.g., [Tooley 427-29], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1812-20-21. *** The original sketch by Rowlandson depicts Doctor Syntax at work sketching the Mount from the beach below.Provenance: Rowlandson sketch at Christie's, South Kensington, British and Continental Watercolours and Drawings, 3 May 2001, lot 81.
L'Orme (Philibert de) Le Premier Tome de l'Architecture, first edition, first issue, Roman type, title with woodcut architectural border (trimmed close to border), woodcut head-pieces & ornamental initials, 205 woodcut illustrations & diagrams, 72 full-page, 7 folding or double-page, with blank leaf e6 at end of Table of contents, with errata on Eee4 but lacking Eee5 & 6 at end (blank & privilege) as often (privilege duplicated on verso of title), a few woodcuts slightly shaved, title lightly soiled, a few spots and stains, ff.215 & 216 repaired at inner margin, ff.258 & 265-267 torn and repaired, with pencil ownership inscription on f.241 of “Revillon, Rue de Malte 13, le 10 Mai 1857” (the Paris-based sculptor Jean Baptiste Révillon, 1819-1869), subsequently Sir Reginald Blomfield's copy with A.L.s. loosely inserted, nineteenth century half sheep, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, recased, new endpapers, [Berlin Kat. 2362; Fowler 99, lacking Eee 4 & 5; Mortimer, Harvard French 356; cf.BAL 1955, second issue of 1568, lacking sig. e; Millard, French 105, second issue], folio (c.360 x 235mm.), Paris, Federic Morel, 1567. *** One of the most extensive architectural treatises of the Renaissance period. The only part published of a projected encyclopaedia of architecture by "the most important architectural theorist of northern Europe in the sixteenth century". (Millard). "De Lorme has been called the first modern architect because of his original contributions to construction and his skill as an organizer but Blomfield says that it was his strong individuality rather than by his art that De Lorme won, and has maintained, his place among the great Frenchmen of the sixteenth century". (Fowler, quoting Sir Reginald Blomfield, French Arch. I, vol.1 p.92).Sir Reginald Blomfield (1856-1942), one of the few British architects in modern times to take an interest in French architecture of the Renaissance period. The inserted letter dated 27 June 1903 records that this copy was a duplicate of his, and offers it with other duplicates to W.C.Alexander, Aubrey House, Kensington.
Narcissus Luttrell's copy.- Statius (Publius Papinius) [Opera], 3 parts in 1, collation: a-e8 a-z8 A-F8 G4 A-B8 C4 (here Orthographia (a-e8) bound at end), italic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, i8 blank, 2C4 colophon recto otherwise blank, final f. (e8) with woodcut printer's device recto otherwise blank, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum over boards, rebacked in later vellum, 19th century morocco label to spine, covers stained, 8vo (154 x 90mm.), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [August, 1502]. *** First Aldine edition of the extant works of Statius, along with an orthography of Greek terms found in Statius; presented in Aldus' octavo format often used for his classical publications.Provenance: Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), annalist, book collector, diarist, and bibliographer (cipher ink stamp with manuscript date 1707 to verso of title at foot); 'Lazari Chalcei'; 'Marg. Gudii' (early ink names to title of Orthographia). Literature: Adams S1670; Ahmanson-Murphy 61; Renouard 35:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 36141.
Steinbeck (John) Of Mice & Men, first English edition, frontispiece and decorations by Michael Rothenstein, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lower panel with light foxing and short closed tear to head, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1937.
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Dan, J.K. Rowling" with authenticating author's hologram sticker on title, original boards, few nicks to extremities, otherwise fine, 8vo, 2007; together with a small quantity of publisher's ephemera relating to the signing of this copy (sml qty)
More (Sir Thomas) La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, & l'exemplaire de vie heureuse, first French edition, collation: *8 A-O8 complete, woodcut decoration to title, woodcut device and decoration to verso of final leaf, woodcut illustrations and initials, small stain to F3, some light foxing and soiling, but overall an excellent copy, 19th century dark blue morocco, gilt, by Trautz-Bauzonnet, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., preserved in chamois leather pouch, 8vo, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550.*** A superb copy of this translation of More's highly important work by the Norman poet, Jean le Blond, which appeared a year before the English translation, the first edition having been printed in Latin in 1516.Literature: Mortimer, Harvard French, 391; Adams, M-1759; Brunet III 1894, and Supplement I, 1115-16; Davies, Fairfax Murray French 391.
Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, some light browning to endpapers with show-through to 2 following leaves, original cloth, slight toning to spine, dust-jacket, neat and expert restoration to spine tips and corners, some creasing to head of spine, in effect a near-fine example, [Connolly, The Modern Movement 86; Westby and Brown p.4; Woolmer 451], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1939.*** Isherwood's remarkable portrait of Berlin and wider Germany during the final days of the Weimar Republic. Scarce signed.
Stampart (Franz von) & Anton Joseph von Prenner. Prodomus, seu praeambulare lumen reserati portentosae magnificentiae theatri..., only edition, titles and text in Latin & German, engraved dedication incorporating portrait, engraved head-piece, engraved plate with ground plan & portraits of the authors, another with views of gallery interiors and 27 others of multiple paintings & sculptures numbered 4-30, with engraved Index leaf at end (sometimes missing), Latin title lightly spotted, contemporary boards, uncut, old manuscript label to upper cover and spine (latter chipped), a little rubbed and stained, [Berlin Kat. 3965], large folio, Vienna, J.P. van Ghelen, 1735.*** Remarkable illustrated catalogue of the paintings and sculptures in the art gallery of the Imperial Palace in Vienna. This was the first publication devoted to a major European collection in which so large a proportion of the works of art were illustrated, and it was also one of the earliest to show how the individual paintings were arranged and hung.
Müller (Albin) Architektur und Raumkunst, first edition, 5 letterpress leaves printed in grey including title with decorative device, 100 photographic plates, loose as issued in original printed board folder with ties, stain to lower cover, rebacked in cloth, 4to, Leipzig, [1909].*** Rare record of the pavilion building designed by the architect and interior designer Albin Müller (1871-1941) as the principal architectural structure at an exhibition held at Darmstadt, Germany, in 1908. Albin Müller had recently succeeded Josef Olbrich as the leading figure in the artistic colony at Darmstadt, and the present volume offers superb photographic images both of the exterior of the pavilion and of every significant detail of its interiors and furnishing, all designed by Albin Müller himself in an Art Nouveau-influenced style similar to Olbrich.
Aviler (Augustin Charles d') L'Architecture de Vignole, qui comprend ses Ordres..., 2 vol., early issue, engraved additional pictorial titles, plates and full-page illustrations, some folding, lacking pp.245-260 and accompanying plates, also lacking plates 63A & 64A, some spotting or browning, contemporary mottled calf, spine ends worn, Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1691 § Penther (J.F.) Bau-Anschlag Richtige Anweisung..., third edition, large engraved title vignette and 17 folding plates, lacking engraved dedication leaf, some staining, last few plates nibbled at for-edge not affecting images, hinges broken, contemporary boards, rubbed, Augsburg, J.A.Pfeffel, 1765; and 9 others, imperfect French & German architecture including a volume of aquatint views of Germany by S.H.Petersen and an empty binding, v.s.; sold not subject to return (12)*** The first is an edition of Cours d'Architecture with alternative titles.
Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, plates, light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, short nick to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1929.*** The first issue, with the reference to Spiritualism on p. 290 and the unauthorised transcription of a poem from Sassoon to Graves on pp. 341-3, subsequently removed at Sassoon's request and reintroduced in the second edition.
Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, first edition, foxing to first and last few leaves, original cloth, fading to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends chipped with strengthening tape to verso, minor chipping to corners, short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, extremities rubbed, a very good example overall, [Westby and Brown p.4; Woolmer 369], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1935.*** Isherwood's third novel, his first based on his experiences of living in Weimar Germany, scarce in the jacket in good condition.
Verne (Jules) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, second American edition, second issue without "End" on p.303, 109 engraved plates by Alphonse de Neuville and Edouard Riou, illustrations, occasional light soiling, later leaves with light damp-staining to fore-margin, 1 or 2 gatherings standing a little proud, ink ownership inscription "Jas. Shearer, Bay City, 1873" to pastedown, frontispiece recto and title, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, strengthening and repair to spine ends, corners a little bumped, rubbed, g.e., a very good, attractive copy overall, 8vo, Boston, Geo. M. Smith & Co., 1873.*** The second American edition, the first being exceptionally rare with the majority of the stock thought to have been lost in the Great Boston Fire of 1872.
Conjuring.- Houdini (Harry) The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To The Royal Southampton Y. Club. With best wishes from the author Harry Houdini. April 29/1911" to front free endpaper, frontispiece, illustrations, advertisement f. at end, front free endpaper with embossed stamp of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club Library, ink note to rear free endpaper, some browning to endpapers and verso of advertisement f., some light soiling, original pictorial cloth, spine a touch darkened and with a couple tiny nicks to foot, corners bumped and little worn, rubbing to joints and extremities, still overall very good, 8vo, George Routledge & Sons, 1909. *** A classic work by Houdini, the date of inscription of significance: Houdini premiered his newest escape, the 'Water Torture Cell', on the 29th April 1911 at the Southampton Hippodrome, as part of a once staged one-act play Challenged or Houdini Upside Down. The sole purpose of the performance was to obtain a copyright for the escape (performance being a necessary condition for copyright), the first public performance taking place in Berlin the following year.
White (Tim, artist, 1952-2020) Archive of original artwork illustrations for 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker, comprising three original illustrations for cover and spine designs on boards, and other original variation designs for illustrations or initials of the work on paper, all signed by the artist, some mounted on sheets (one detached), v.s., [1987] (sml qty)*** A remarkable archive documenting the creation of the entire publication of the science-fiction artwork for the first edition of Barker's novel Weaveworld. Tim White is celebrated as a representative of a new school of super-realists that began shaping British science-fiction art in the mid-1970s. Other notable works include designs for Frank Herbert, Robert A. Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The artist was particularly pleased with this work, and described in a letter that the "painting is a bit magical in that in certain light it seems to 'come alive'. I don't know if you have read the book? The carpet design in the book does just that!". Published in White's Chiaroscuro (1988), the illustrator explains the central theme of carpet within the novel: "gradually the idea evolved to use the carpet border to reflect events in the novel...the final design includes 32 separate vignettes, each portraying elements of the story", all of which is surrounded by a border of imagined "viruses, bacteria, parasites"..."whose purpose is to defend the carpet". White even claimed that Collins commissioned the Royal College of Art's Tapestry Studio to create the carpet itself, though the whereabouts is unknown. For the main cover image, White utilised colour theory, and deliberately chose contrasting primary colours to create a visually unsettling effect. While he enjoyed creating the designs for the work, White disliked the time constraints placed on him by the publisher. He recalled having "a bit of a bad time withe art director", and found that of daily nagging phone calls from Collins put him under pressure. Ultimately, though, White's labours were rewarded: "When the book came out and Clive Barker was on the Jonathan Ross show, with his book, he called me a genius!". Archive comprises: 1) 'Uriel', front panel jacket design for 'Weaveworld', airbrush and acrylic on board, signed in image and on board below in pen,c.35 x 245mm ( image c.300 x 155mm (11 ½ x 6 ¼in), taped down.2) 'Magic Carpet', 2 designs for spine and lower panel, airbrush and acrylic on boards, signed in image and on board below in pen, c.350 x 235mm (13 ¾ x 9 ¼in) and 345 x 80mm (13 ¾ x 3 ½ in), taped down.3) Untitled back cover design for lower panel, acrylic on paper, signed by the artist below, 190 x 120 mm (7 ½ x 4 ½ in). 4) 10 designs for 'Weaveworld', mostly illustrations and one jacket design, acrylic and pencil, laid down on 2 sheets, one detached, pencil designs slightly foxed, each signed on image, some with captions below, with inscription "Dear John, here are some ideas for 'Weaveworld', I hope you like them. Kind regards Tim" at top of first sheet, largest image 120 x 65mm (4¾ x 2¾ in), smallest 50 x 30mm (2 x 1 in).5) 4 designs for initials and in-text decorations, black pen and ink on 3 sheets, signed by the artist. 6) First edition of Weaveworld, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, 1987.
Seeley (J.) Stowe. A Description of the House and Gardens...of the...Duke of Buckingham & Chandos, folding engraved frontispiece with 2 elevations by G.LSmith, lightly offset on title, original blue wrappers, titled in contemporary manuscript on covers, a few small stains, spine worn, Buckingham, J.Seeley, 1827; another copy, 24 engraved plates by T.Medland, 2 folding, 5 plates of plans only (lacking 2 folding ground plans), contemporary half calf, spine gilt, Buckingham, 1827 § Bridgman (John) An Historical and Topographical Sketch of Knole, first edition, half-title, 4 aquatint plates of views & details, 5 engraved plates of coats-of-arms, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old spine, later labels, new endpapers, 1817 § Mackinlay (John) An Account of Rothesay Castle, first edition, engraved frontispiece showing plan only (view cut away, foxed), modern half calf, [Library Hub records 5 copies only], Greenock, William Scott, 1816 § Bell (T.) The Ruins of Liveden..., printed in red & black, 4 tinted lithographed plates, folding genealogical table, contemporary calf, spotted, 1847, some foxing, all but the fourth rubbed; and 10 others on notable houses, 8vo & 4to (15)*** Including both issues of the 1827 guide to the house and landscape gardens of Stowe, the first illustrated with only the larger elevations by Smith, the second with plates of all the various temples and monuments by Medland.
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, first American edition, second state without the ornament on p.[59] and with broken type on page 72, numerous illustrations, 2pp. advertisements, rear hinge weak, original green pictorial cloth decorated and lettered in grey, black and gilt, very slight bumping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, a fine, bright copy, [BAL 3429], small 4to, New York, Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889.
Ware (Samuel) Tracts on Vaults and Bridges..., 3 parts in 1, first edition, 20 folding or double-page plates, folding tables, some offsetting, bookplate of G.J.Vulliamy (Superintending Architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works), contemporary half calf, [BAL 3587], 1822; A Treatise of the Properties of Arches..., first edition, half-title, 19 folding engraved plates, 8pp. catalogue at end, Signet Library copy with ink inscription and shelf-label, original boards, uncut, label chipped, [BAL 3588], 1809 § Meyler (Anthony) Observations on Ventilation..., first edition, lacking half-title, foxing, bookseller's ticket of T.Connolly of Dublin, contemporary half calf, London & Dublin, [c.1822] § Beamish (Richard) Memoir of the late Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, lacking half-title, engraved portrait, wood-engraved plates & illustrations, offsetting, modern half calf, 1862, the first two rubbed; and c.50 others, engineering & construction, v.s. (c.55)
Gandy (M.) & Benjamin Baud. Architectural Illustrations of Windsor Castle..., in the original 8 parts, first edition, engraved portrait and 40 engraved or tinted lithographed plates & plans, water- & damp-stained, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, together in contemporary roan-backed cloth folder with ties, worn and stained, [Not in Abbey], R.A.Sprigg, 1842 § Rokewode (John Gage) A Memoir on the Painted Chamber in the Palace at Westminster, extract from a larger work but complete in itself, drop-head title, 14 engraved plates, 10 hand-coloured, 2 uncoloured plates foxed, with another on the Louterell Psalter, disbound, uncut, [Abbey, Life 69], [Society of Antiquaries], [1842] § Kendall (Henry Edward, the younger] [Modern Architecture, First Series], no title, 12 tinted lithographs by Clerk & Co. after Dolby, spotted, bookplate of Nathan of Churt, original cloth, upper cover titled in gilt, worn, [2 copies only on Library Hub: BL, V & A], [J.Williams & Co.], [c.1846]; and 4 others including a bundle of loose plates from Hume's History of England 1806, folio; sold not subject to return (7)
Mandela (Nelson) Long Walk to Freedom, first edition, signed by the author and dated "14.12.94" on half-title, note of provenance loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, Randburg, 1994.*** The note of provenance, written by the then-head of Penguin Books, South Africa, describes purchasing the present volume at a pre-publication party for the book at which Nelson Mandela spoke.
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