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Click here to subscribeWILLIAM WALCOT R.B.A., A.R.E., R.E. (1874 - 1943) Two framed, signed in pencil, drypoint etchings with aquatint on wove paper, one 1920, `Piazza Saint Marco', and one 1918, 'Parliament Square, Edinburgh'. The first is from a set of four etchings produced in Venice, during Walcot's trip to Italy, sponsored by the Fine Art Society. Parliament Square is from a set of five etchings; 'The Edinburgh Set', from an edition of 75, 10.5cm x 15.2cm and 9cm x 11.8cm, (2).
A 1st Edition Private Eye, 1961 Vol. 1, no. 1, six pages stapled and printed on white paper, October 25th, 1961, along with a photocopy of the original letter from Andrew Osmond to Christopher Matthew reading "Dear Chris, one lot of a hundred and one of 50 of our new paper. (NB; This is just a trial run!). Could you arrange for the distribution of these as soon as poss this week ... " Provenance: Christopher Matthew, the first owner Taken from Andrew Osmond's obituary in The Independent in 1999: "When Christopher Booker, Willie Rushton and Richard Ingrams (whom Osmond had met at Oxford) put together the first issue of "Private Eye" in 1961, they approached Osmond for funds. To their amazement he coughed up the then vast sum of pounds 300. Although memories differ, it is generally agreed that Osmond thought up the name "Private Eye" during a meeting in Rushton's bedroom, which doubled as the editorial office in the early days. He then helped sell the first issue, wandering through Chelsea pubs and offering it to likely looking readers for six old pence a copy."
The Christopher Robin story book by A.A. Milne, decorations by E.H. Shepard 2nd edition 1929 (same year as first printing) title page signed by Christopher Robin Milne 4.12.71 and main title page signed by Ernest H Shepard 20/12/1971, comes complete with small file of newspaper cuttings and correspondence with Shepard regarding signature
Book - Christopher Wordsworth, 'Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical', green leather with gilt tooling, five raised bands to spine interspersed with gilt decoration and title, marbled endpapers and gilt detail to the turn in, the edges gilt, published by William S. Orr & Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, first edition 1839, with bookplate from Carton Library, Carton House, seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster, Kildare, Ireland
Fleming, Ian - Dr No, first edition in clipped dj, London 1958; Thunderball, first edition in dj, London 1961; another copy lacking dj; For Your Eyes Only, first edition, London 1960, lacking dj; and 4 others all all with dj's; You Only Live Twice, 1965; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 2 copies 1963, second and fifth impressions and From Russia With Love, 1958
Selection of fifty-one used 1840 1d blacks contained within "Guide Lines to the Penny Black" by P. C. Litchfield (First Edition, 1949), all hinged onto the relevant pages relating to the corner letters (not checked), mostly with two or three margins but many are better, used with red or black Maltese Cross cancellations, also a few matched 1841 1d reds, mixed condition with some fine. Offered on behalf of the 'The Martlets Hospice-East Sussex' charity
All world unused and used collection in printed 'Ideal' (First Edition), 'Imperial', 'New Ideal', 'New Imperial' (2) and 'New Age' albums, very sparsely filled throughout with mostly lower value material in very mixed condition, the 'Ideal' album damaged, the others in good condition (Thousands)
One volume, ' My Line of Life ' by W. Heath Robinson, First Edition (lacking dust cover), one volume ' Bill the Minder ' written and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, second edition, 1915 and another volume ' Uncle Lubin ', his adventures told and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, with dust cover
Tottenham 1956 Football Team Signed Book: Spurs by Julian Holland (Phoenix Books) first edition without dust jacket signed on inside page by 8 then throughout the book by another 16. Autographs are undedicated in biro and include Blanchflower Duquemin Harmer Henry Walters Ditchburn Smith Withers Ryden Mackay Allen Hollowbread and others from that era.
*Menpes (Mortimer L., 1860-1938). Bronze Workers, Japan, etching with drypoint on laid paper (watermarked F.J.H.), initialled in pencil, plate size 138 x 175 mm (5.4 x 6.9 ins), sheet size 225 x 280 mm (8.8 x 11 ins), together with Interior of St. Marks, Venice, 1910-11, etching with drypoint on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper, signed in pencil, plate size 305 x 210 mm (12 x 8.25 ins), sheet size 380 x 275 mm (15 x 10.8 ins), plus Interior of St. Maclou, Rouen, 1912/13, etching and drypoint on thick wove paper, published in an edition of 50, signed, plate size 310 x 160 mm (12.25 x 6.25 ins), sheet size 345 x 192 mm (13.5 x 7.5 ins), and one other signed etching of a street with buildings and archway (possibly Mexico), plate size 300 x 190 mm (11.75 x 7.5 ins), sheet size 386 x 252 mm (15.25 x 9.9 ins) Morgan 411, 366 & 383 for the first three works. (4)
*@Drury (Paul, 1903-1987). The Steeplejack, 1925, & Head of a Negro, 1925, 2 etchings on wove paper, the first from an edition of 65, the second from an edition of about 55 published by the XXI Gallery, each signed in pencil, both in excellent condition, plate size 108 x 90 mm (4.25 x 3.5 ins) and 127 x 102 mm (5 x 4 ins) respectively, sheet size 217 x 160 mm (8.5 x 6.25 ins), and 220 x 170 mm (8.7 x 6.75 ins) Garton 13 iii/iii & 15 ii/ii. (1)
*Tanner (Robin, 1904-1988). The Gamekeeper's Cottage, 1928, etching on antique laid paper, an artist's proof impression, aside from the edition of 12 published by Garton & Cooke in 1982, a rich, dark impression, signed in pencil, and additionally inscribed to lower margin by the artist 'Artist's Proof. No. 2. Printed at Kington Langley, 1976. 'The Gamekeeper's Cottage'. First published, 1929. Plate partially reworked, 1975. This proof is of the Final (1975) State.', plate size 175 x 226 mm (6.9 x 8.9 ins), sheet size 270 x 328 mm (10.6 x 12.9 ins) Garton 8, iv/iv. (1)
A bone and bamboo Mah-jong set in stained beech case, together with one volume "Foster on Mah-jong", first edition, published 1924, tooled cloth board bound CONDITION REPORTS Case with various stains, wear and scuffs, please see photos for examples of contents, contents do have various wear, stains, some chips, etc., size of case 26 x 17.25 x 17 cm high. Book is in very poor and damaged condition.
Sutton - Golf Courses, Design, Contruction and Upkeep, second edition, plates (Martin A., editor ) Golf Courses, Design, Contruction and Upkeep, second edition, plates, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, 1950 § Crossman (E.C.) Military & Sporting Rifle Shooting, illustrations, ink onwership inscriptions, upper hinge a little weak, Onslow COunty, NC, 1932 § Caffyn (William) Seventy-One Not Out, the Reminiscences Edited by "Mid-On", first edition , Blackwoods' Colonial Library issue, frontispiece, 30 plates, name at head of title, original decorated cloth, faded & rubbed, 1899; and 3 others, sports and pastimes, 8vo & folio (6)
Greenhill (Thomas) - Nekrokedeia: or, the Art of Embalming, 3 parts in one, first edition , folding engraved allegorical frontispiece with inset portrait, printed 'Explanation ' on facing page, folding engraved map and 13 plates including one folding, blank f. at beginning and end, frontispiece slightly dust-soiled with minor fraying at fore-edge, map trimmed to engraved border at fore-edge, a few plates trimmed tight to platemark, some light toning and foxing noticeable at margins, slight staining visible to edges at terminal ff., modern buckram, 4to, for the author , [1705]. "Greenhill's central purpose was to reverse the decline of embalming by advocating its restoration within aristocratic burial practices, and by making it the exclusive preserve of surgeons, rather than undertakers and quacks The work offers rich evidence on attitudes to death, of early eighteenth-century antiquarianism and Egyptology, and the medical politics of the day, in an accessible and interesting blend" (ODNB).
Bate (George) - Pharmacopoeia Bateana...Huic accesserunt Arcana Goddardiana, second edition, edited by J. Shipton, lacks a preliminary f., first 7 ff. margins restored, browning and marking, modern cloth, [Welcome II 113; Wing B1086], S. Smith , 1691 § Fuller (Thomas) Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea: or, a Body of Medicines, fourth English edition, lacks portrait, names, partly obliterated, on title, browning and staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, W. Innys, 1730 § Quincy (John) Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea, or, a complete English Dispensatory , twelfth edition, Advertisment f. (holed) at start, double column, names on adverisment & title, browning and spotting, modern calf-backed boards, T. Longman , 1742 § Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis, name on fly-leaf, browning, modern cloth, Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute , 1803, with 10 other Pharmacopoeias, v.s . (14)
Guyot (Edme-Gilles) - Nouvelles Récréations Physiques et Mathematiques , 4 vol Nouvelles Récréations Physiques et Mathematiques , 4 vol., first edition , half-titles, 73 folding engraved plates, including 68 hand-coloured, 3 tables including one folding, each vol. with engraved price-list bound in at end, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, rubbing to edges and joints with splitting to 2 joints, [Honeyman 1584; Caillet 4900], 8vo, Paris, Chez Gueffier , 1769-70. A superior copy of the first edition of this work by the renowned French doctor, inventor and cartographer Guyot (1706-1786); includes mathematics, geometry, optics, sundial, cosmography, mechanics, arithmetic, magic, fireworks as well as puzzles and conundrums.
Wilkes (Maurice V & Wheeler & Gill) - The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer with Special Reference to the EDSAC and the use of a library of subroutines, First edition, original cloth, gilt lettering dulled, Addison-Wesley Press Inc., Cambridge, 1951 § Felton (G.E.) The Pegasus Programming Manual, original cloth, Ferranti, 1962, plus a quantity of related vol., v.s. (qty)
Blair Hughes-Stanton.- Ida Graves. - Epithalamion, number 278 of 330 copies signed by Hughes-Stanton (but actually one of 150 copies issued later) , 23 full-page wood-engraved illustrations, bound in paper over boards, edged in brown morocco at top and bottom, morocco title label, spine a little faded, with accompanying booklet in original wrappers, together in board slip-case, spine and upper edges splitting a little, all bindings by Paul Collet and David Sellars, folio, The Basilisk Press, 1980 § Crane (Walter) Mrs Mundi at Home: Lines and Outlines, second edition, fore-edges soiled, offsetting, rebound in later cloth preserving original covers, g.e., a little rubbed, London & Belfast, [n.d.]. The first mentioned was published in 1980 from sheets printed by Hughes-Stanton in 1934; 330 copies were to be published in 1934 by his Gemini Press. Only 300 were printed, of which only 150 sold. In 1970 Hughes-Stanton gave the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press.
De la Mare (Walter) - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, number 535 of 650 copies signed by the author and with the illustrations printed from the copper plates (not blocks as in the ordinary edition), engraved additional pictorial title and 2 head- & 2 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, tissue guards, original green cloth with gilt decorations by Whistler on upper cover and spine, t.e.g., others uncut, London & New York, 1930 § La Fontaine (Jean de) The Fables , translated by Edward Marsh, 2 vol., number 407 of 525 copies signed by the translator and artist, London & New York, 1931 § Moore (George) The Brook Kerith, number 116 of 375 copies, signed by the author and artist, 1929 § Henry (O.) The Gift of the Magi, number 103 of 105 copies signed by the artist , original morocco backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1939, all but the first illustrated by Stephen Gooden, the second and third with copper-engraved pictorial titles and plates, tissue guards, original vellum, uncut, slip-cases, 8vo (5)
Doré (Gustave) and Blanchard Jerrold. - London. A Pilgrimage, first edition , wood-engraved pictorial title, plates and illustrations by Doré, captioned tissue guards, light marginal staining to frontispiece, one or two other small marks, original green cloth, gilt, rubbed, a little worn at edges, 1872; and 4 volumes of the Survey of London concerning Westminster (vol.13, 14 & 29 with folder of maps), 4to (5)
Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph) - A History of Egyptian Mummies, first edition , half-title, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates and 9 lithographed plates, 10 by George Cruikshank, 4 hand-coloured, some foxing and light offsetting, darkening to edges of some plates, bookplate of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland with deaccession stamp on front pastedown and further stamp of Alexander H. Rhind on verso of title, 19th century half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed at extremities, t.e.g., 4to , 1834.
Walton (Isaac).- Covell (William) - A Modest and reasonable examination, of some things in use in the... A Modest and reasonable examination, of some things in use in the Church of England, first edition, Izaak Walton's copy with his signature on title, some surface wear over second line of imprint, slightly browned, front free endpaper and all to A2 detaching, Walton signature partially chipped away at head of title, also initials "IW" and inscribed "89" ?1689 probably Walton's son, another near contemporary ink signature on title and a later ink inscription at head, 2 bookplates on front pastedown, hinges a little weak, 18th century half calf, worn, rebacked in modern calf, gilt spine, housed in a modern slip-case, [STC 5882], sm. 4to, by Humfrey Lownes for Clement Knight, 1604. Provenance: Pickering's catalogue for 1900, item 2107.
Slatyer (William) - The History of Great Britanie, first edition , parallel text in Latin and English, initial verse explanation of the title page, engraved hand-coloured pictorial title, woodcut arms to O1, initials and head- and tail-pieces, without colophon f. (as often, see ESTC), initial explanation f. torn at inner corner and laid down (without loss of text), occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in 20th century calf, gilt, upper joint splitting, lower joint starting, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 22634], rare at auction, folio, by W: Stansby, for Rich: Meighen, [1621].
Cranmer (Thomas) & others. - Certaine Sermons or Homilies Appoynted to be Read in Churches..., 2 parts in one , G & G6 duplicated, lacks G3, G4 & blank I2, bookplates to front pastedown and front endpaper, library stamps and labels, some ff. repaired, others damp-affected, [STC 13661 & 13676a], by John Norton for Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, 1635 § James I ( King ) Apologia pro Iuramento Fidelitatis , 2 parts in one , text block working loose, [STC 14406], by John Norton, 1609 § Guise (Henri, Duc de ) Memoires , errata f., hinges splitting, [Wing G2226], by T.N. for H Herringman, 1669 § Vaughan (Thomas) " Eugenius Philalethes". Long Livers…, faint even browning, hinges strengthened, for J. Holland and L. Stokoe, 1722 § The Mirror , 3 vol., third edition, hinges pulling, for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1781, second later vellum , else contemporary calf , first blind-stamped over wooden boards , second gilt with Royal coat of arms to covers , first and fourth rebacked , third worn with loss at spine ends , else rubbed , first with remains of metal clasps ; and a quantity of others, v.s. (qty)
Wesley (Samuel) - History of the Old [New] Testament in Verse, 2 vol History of the Old [New] Testament in Verse, 2 vol., engraved titles, vol. engraved frontispiece and printed title in red and black, engraved illustrations in the text, book catalogues at end of each vol., vol. I all to B2 slight damp-staining in margins with some wear not affecting text, some other slight staining and tears, vol I free endpapers loose, bound in contemporary morocco, gilt floral borders, worn, vol. I upper cover detaching, lower cover detached, head and tail of spines chipped with loss, [Foxon W328], for Cha. Harper, 1701; and another, Samuel Wesley's New Testament volume which appeared separately in 1701, sm. 8vo (3). First complete edition of a Bible paraphrase in verse. The author was the father of John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
Greenhill (Thomas) - Nekrckedeia [ graece ]: or, the art of Embalming , first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, with 'Explanation of the Frontispiece', folding map, 13 plates, 1 folding, title, frontispiece, map & text f. N2 torn and repaired, little marking, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, rebaacked, preserving old backstrip, corners repaired, 4to, For the Author, 1705.
[Lemprière (John)] - Bibliotheca Classica; or, a Classical Dictionary, containing a full Account of all the proper Names mentioned in Ancient Authors, to which are subjoined Tables of Coins, Weights and Measures , first edition , errata f. at end, title detached and tipped-in to pastedown, and lower margin holed, name on title and Preface, some spotting and marking, contemporary marbled boards, backed with cloth, worn, front hinge broken, uncut, a poor copy of an uncommon book, [PMM 236], 8vo, Reading, for T. Cadell, 1788. 'The first of a new kind of manual: the rendering of a body of knowledge not easily accessible in any other form into a series of alphabetical articles for the use of those who lack the time or the learning to seek out the sources.' (PMM)
Slavery.- - The London Missionary Society's Report of the proceedings against... The London Missionary Society's Report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro Slaves , first edition , occasional spotting, original boards, chipped original paper label to spine, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed, 1824 § West Indies.- Substance of The Three Reports of the Commissioner of Inquiry into the Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice in the West Indies, half-title, original boards, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, 1827; and and vol.1 only of Stephen's Slavery of the British West India Colonies in original boards, 8vo (3)
Dickens (Charles) - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, First Edition, portrait frontispiece and 39 plates, foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed and marked. 1839; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, First Edition, frontispiece, extra engraved title and 38 plates, foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1844; Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation, First Edition, frontispiece, eaxtr vignette title and 38 plates, foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1848. (3)
Auchinleck - .- Seago Tideline, first edition, inscribed presentation copy from... (Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre).- Seago (Edward) Tideline, first edition, inscribed presentation copy from Seago ( as "Ted") to Auchinleck with original ink drawing of a boat on front free endpaper, plates, original cloth, lacking dust-jacket , 1948 § Williams (Eric) The Wooden Horse, signed by the author , ninth printing, original cloth, dust-jacket , 1949, with a small collection of material, some relating or previously belonging to Auchinleck, v.s. (sm.qty)
Auden (W.H.) - The Dance of Death, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his brother John to front free endpaper, autograph corrections in the author's hand to 4pp., worming throughout, browning to endpapers, original boards, spine chipped and worn, remains of tape repairs to spine, worming to covers, a little rubbed at extremities, dust-jacket supplied from another copy, spine slightly discoloured, spine ends and corners a little hipped, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1933. John Bicknell Auden (1903-1991), geologist and explorer.
Churchill - Savrola, first English edition, half-title ( Sir Winston Spencer) Savrola, first English edition, half-title, some occasional light spotting, original cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light rubbing, lacking the advertisement, 8vo, 1900.
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], “Mark Twain”. - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first edition, half-title, 1p. advertisements, occasional light foxing and browning to outer margins, front free endpaper sympathetically replaced, original cloth, skilfully recased, spine darkened, spines ends strengthened and repaired, corners lightly bumped, a little rubbed and darkened, 8vo, 1876. Published first in the UK to secure a British copyright, this edition precedes the American by around 6 months.
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