The Caledonian Muse: A Chronological Selection of Scotish Poetry (Joseph, editor ) The Caledonian Muse: A Chronological Selection of Scotish Poetry, first edition , engraved silhouette portrait (foxed), engraved head-pieces by Heath after Stothard, wood-engraved vignettes by Thomas Bewick, some spotting, original boards, uncut, lacking spine, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 1821; Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry, first edition , half-title, wood-engraved vignettes by the Bewicks, rear free endpaper defective at corner, contemporary calf, gilt, corners worn, rebacked, 1791 § Melmoth (Sidney, editor ) Beauties of British Poetry, wood-engraved vignettes (by ?Bewick), lightly soiled, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, Huddersfield, 1801 § Moore`s Fables for the Female Sex, engraved vignette title and 4 plates, wood-engraved decorations, frontispiece and title foxed, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, 1799, all rubbed, 8vo (4) The first was printed in 1785 but a fire in the warehouse destroyed the manuscript of the introduction; it was finally published in 1821 with new preliminaries.
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Clare (John) - The Village Minstrel, and other poems, 2 vol. in 1, first edition , half-titles, engraved frontispieces (portrait in vol.1), 4pp. publishers` catalogue at end of vol.2, frontispieces foxed and offset on titles, some other spotting, old ink inscription on front free endpaper, original red cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt and titled ""Poetic Souvenir"", g.e., a little rubbed and lightly stained, spine ends neatly repaired, 8vo, 1821.
Cooper (Thomas) - The Purgatory of Suicides. A Prison-Rhyme, first edition , half-title, lightly browned with occasional spotting, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and lightly stained, split to lower joint, 8vo, 1847. Cooper (1805-92) was a Chartist imprisoned for sedition in Stafford Gaol where he wrote this poem, which is over 900 stanzas long. ""Though few read it from beginning to end, its poetic ambition impressed not only the readers of the Chartist press but also Carlyle, Disraeli, and Kingsley. The Purgatory was a vindication of Cooper`s radical beliefs ."" Oxford DNB.
Barnes (William) - Hwomely Rhymes. A Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect, first edition , 1859; Poems of Rural Life in Common English, 1868; Select Poems , edited by Thomas Hardy, photogravure portrait, 1908 § Preston (Benjamin) The Dialect Poems, wood-engraved portrait, lightly spotted, Saltaire, 1872; Dialect and other Poems, photographic portrait, 1881, original cloth, all a little rubbed, the first and last faded, the first rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo (5)
[Dodgson (C.L.)], ""Lewis Carroll"". - The Hunting of the Snark, first edition , wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Henry Holiday, title browned, original pictorial beige cloth, soiled, spine browned and chipped, 1876 § Lindsay (Vachel) The Daniel Jazz and Other Poems, first edition , 1920 § Rilke (Rainer Maria) Letters to Venvenuta, first English edition , Hogarth Press , 1953 § Thomas (Dylan) Collected Poems 1934-1952, first edition , portrait, light spotting, 1952 § Blyth (R.H.) Haiku, 4 vol., plates, [Tokyo], 1952, all original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets, all rubbed, the second soiled and cockled ; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (11)
Hopkins (Gerard Manley) - Poems..., edited by Robert Bridges, first edition , 2 photogravure portraits, double-page facsimile, very light foxing at beginning and end, contemporary ink inscription and stamp ""Christian Community"" at head of front free endpaper, endpapers a little damp-stained, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed, spines browned and worn at head and foot, paper label chipped, corners slightly worn, 1918 § Beeching (H.C., editor ) Lyra Sacra, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, 1895, [Dunne A38 & A15], 8vo (2) The first is one of only 750 copies . Robert Bridges on whom the poet had relied to keep, treasure, and conceivably publish the poems after Hopkins`s death, believed that they must be printed, and was soon planning an edition with a short memoir. Delay was caused by his respect for the private nature of the letters, by his feeling that Hopkins`s melancholia should not be publicly exposed, and by fear that the public would not understand the peculiarities of the verse. He gradually introduced small groups of the poems into anthologies, but it was not until 1916 that he received the public encouragement for which he was waiting. The sensitive, handsome, and almost complete small edition, edited and largely designed by Bridges, was published at the end of 1918. DNB The second work contains the first appearance of Hopkins`s poems in book form (pp.313-136), also those of Digby Mackworth Dolben (pp. 323-26).
Tolkien (J.R.R.).- - Leeds University Verse 1914-24, compiled and edited by the English School Association, [one of 500 copies], contains 3 poems by J.R.R.Tolkien (pp.56-58), original pictorial wrappers, a little soiled and stained, spine faded, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, Leeds, Swan Press, 1924 § Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, first edition , illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original boards, dust-jacket, 1962; Tree and Leaf, first printing , original printed wrappers, browned, 1964; and 5 other later volumes of Leeds University poetry, 8vo (8) The Tolkien poems in the first are: `An Evening in Tavrobel`, `The Lonely Isle` and `The Princess Ni`, of which the first and last have not been reprinted although `The Princess of Ni` was revised and expanded into `Princess Mee` in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil . Tolkien taught at Leeds University from 1920 to 1926, first as a Reader and then as Professor of English Language, a post specially created for him.
Shakespeare (William) - The Merchant of Venice, edited by Herbert Farjeon, limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers, colour plates by René ben Sussan, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, New York, Limited Editions Club, 1939 § Kyd (Thomas) The Spanish Tragedie [1592], 1966 § Marlowe (Christopher) Doctor Faustus 1604 and 1616, 1970 § Webster (John) The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy 1623, 1968 § Ford (John) `Tis Pity She`s a Whore 1633, 1969 § Wycherley (William) The Plain Dealer 1677, 1971 § Farquhar (George) The Beaux Stratagem 1707, 1972, all but the first facsimile reprints, some illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets, Leeds or Menston, Scolar Press ; and 23 others, facsimiles of mostly 17th century drama, most Scolar Press, v.s. (30)
Greene (Graham) - Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes, limited edition signed by the author, glacine jacket chipped at head of upper panel, 1983; The Living Room, in inscription to pastedown, jacket price-clipped, a few tape marks, rubbed and creased at extremities, 1953; The Potting Shed, endpapers browned, jacket chipped and creased at extremities, 1958; The Complaisant Lover, ink inscription, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, 1961, first or first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 7 others by the same including the limited version of the first in wrappers, 8vo (11)
Powell (Anthony) - A Buyer`s Market, first edition , original cloth, minor sunning to spines ends, otherwise a fine, sharp copy, dust-jacket, tears and splits to corners and edges with slight loss, larger tear descending into upper panel and lower panel near spine with loss, light marking, 8vo, 1952. Second in the A Dance to the Music of Time series. Scarce.
Weaver (Lawrence) - Houses & Gardens by Sir Edwin Lutyens, R.A., third impression, 1925; Small Country Houses of To-day, 3 vol., third edition of vol.1, second edition vol.2, first edition vol.1, 1922-25; Small Country Houses: Their Repair and Enlargement, 1914; The House and its Equipment, [1910], most first editions , numerous photographic illustrations, original cloth, rubbed, the first lightly mottled, some spines faded, vol.1 & 2 of the second with dust-jackets (slightly frayed at edges), Country Life ; and a bibliography of Weaver, v.s. (7)
Fitzgerald The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch, first edition Fitzgerald (S.J.Adair) The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author with his ink inscription on front free endpaper, frontispiece, pictorial title in red and black, plates and illustrations, all by Arthur Rackham, occasional spotting, endpapers browned, some pages poorly opened, original dark green gilt pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly chipped at head and tail of spine, 8vo, 1896.
Wheeler (Gervase) - Rural Homes; or Sketches of Houses suited to American Country Life, first edition , plates and illustrations, light foxing, original cloth, stained, spine faded and worn at ends, New York, 1851 § Loth (C.) & J.T.Sadler, Jr. The Only Proper Style: Gothic Architecture in America, Boston, 1975 § Dubrow (E. & R.) American Furniture of the 19th Century 1840-1880, second, revised and expanded edition, Atglen, Pa., 2000 § True (M.) & Jorge Sivetti. The Getty Villa, Los Angeles, 2005 § Wilkinson (H.) More is More: Tony Duquette, New York, 2009, illustrations, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets ; and c.20 others on American architecture and interior design, 8vo & 4to (c.25)
Bateman (H.M.) - Suburbia, first edition , illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1922; More Drawings, second edition, 1922; Rebound, first edition, 1927; Brought Forward, first edition , 1931 § Giles (Carl) Sunday and Daily Express Cartoons, an incomplete run of second series to 52 series, including some duplicates, illustrations throughout, original pictorial wrappers, overall condition good, [1946-1987] § Jackson (Raymond Allen `JAK`) Cartoons, series 1-27, illustrated, original wrappers , 1965-1996, first 4 original boards, worn ; and a quantity of others, similar, v.s. (c.110)
Grandville (J.J.) - Un Autre Monde, first edition , half-title and title printed in red, 36 wood-engraved plates mostly with contemporary hand-colouring, numerous illustrations, a little light foxing to some ff., later half morocco, g.e., [Vicaire III, p.132; Carteret III, p.285; Sander 214; Ray 196: ""In this remarkable book, of the boldest possible originality, Grandville dared to reveal his dream world to the public""], Paris , 1844; and the first part of Grandville`s Les Fleurs Animées, 8vo (2)
Wordsworth (William) - Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, first edition , 48 soft-ground engravings by William Frederick Wells after Wilkinson, some minor spotting, recent half calf, [Abbey, Scenery , 188; Upcott p.131], folio, R.Ackermann, 1810. Wikinson was a Carlisle-born amateur artist who until 1804 lived with his wife`s relatives the Brownriggs at Ormathwaite under Skiddaw. In 1803 he became Vicar of East Wretham in Norfolk and left the north for good. The text was supplied anonymously by William Wordsworth, who knew Wilkinson but who did not wish his name to be associated with the latter`s rather amateurish drawings (the figures and animal groups in the etchings were supplied by another, better artist). Wordsworth`s text later became the basis for his Guide to the Lakes. Provenance: The Appleby Castle Library, with the monogram (H below a crown) of Lord Hothfield, and an earlier armorial bookplate of Sir James Graham, Bart [of Netherby, Cumbria]. This copy was sold in the sale of the contents of Appleby Castle in April 1963 (lot 1403).
Shanghai of To-day: A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of (O.M., introduction ) Shanghai of To-day: A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of ""The Model Settlement"", first edition , 38 tipped-in photographic plates, occasional spotting, with photographic portrait and 2 large actual photographs of European social event c.1910 loosely inserted, original wrappers with illustration mounted on upper cover, a little frayed at edges, rebacked in cloth, 4to, Shanghai, 1927.
translator ) Egyptian Texts of the Earlies Period from the Coffin of Amanu... translator ) Egyptian Texts of the Earlies Period from the Coffin of Amanu in the British Museum, first edition , 32 chromolithographed plates, wood-engraved illustration, modern morocco-backed cloth preserving original printed label on upper cover (rubbed), folio, 1886.
Creswell (K.A.C.) - The Mosques of Egypt, 2 vol., facsimile edition, no. 511 of 1200 copies, numerous plates and illustrations (many printed in colour with tissue guards), 2 folding maps and Index in pocket at end of the first vol., original green roan, gilt, in slip-case, a little rubbed at extremities but otherwise an excellent set, folio, Hazar, 1992.
Heyne (Benjamin) - Tracts, Historical and Statistical, on India...also, an account of Sumatra, first edition , 2 folding engraved geological maps with partial hand-colouring, 5 engraved plates, 1 hand-coloured, lacking advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting and water-staining, book-label of Frances M.Beach of Langley House, contemporary half calf, rebacked in sheep, rubbed, 4to, 1814. Concerning a variety of subjects including geology, meteorology, numismatics, mines and the cotton industry.
Maria (Graham) - Journal of a Residence in India, first edition , hand-coloured frontispiece and 15 plates (2 folding), plates a little oxidized, some light offsetting and foxing, bookplate and label to upper pastedown, contemporary quarter calf, spine blind-stamped and gilt, rebacked preserving original backstrip, later endpapers inserted, extremities rubbed, 4to, Edinburgh, 1812.
Buckley (Charles Burton) - An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore, 2 vol., first edition in book form , plates, folding map, foxed, map creased at edges with small tear to inner margin, one leaf of Index loose, contemporary half reversed calf, rubbed, spine ends worn and splits to joints, Singapore, 1902; and another on the Straits Settlements, 8vo (3)
Crawfurd (John) - History of the Indian Archipelago, containing an account of the manners, arts, languages, religions, institutions, and commerce of its inhabitants, 3 vol., first edition , 34 engraved plates including 4 of musical notation and 1 hand-coloured, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, foxed, map with 2 tears, one repaired with sticky tape, vol.1 with leaf loose at end, contemporary calf, spines gilt with roan labels, some lacking or partly so, rubbed and scratched, vol.2 with upper joint split and cover detached, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1820.
Marryat (Frank S.) - Borneo and the Indian Archipelago, first edition , half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece and additional pictorial title, 19 tinted lithographed plates of costumes and views only (of 20, lacking plate of Chinese Joss House at Ningpo), wood-engraved illustrations, marginal spotting, some plates loose, original red blind-stamped cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed and spotted, [Abbey Travel 549], 4to, 1848. Including Brunei, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and the Philippines.
Marsden (William) - The History of Sumatra, first edition , folding engraved map, engraved plate of alphabets, title foxed, map with offsetting and torn (partly laid down on linen and reinforced at lower edge), some other spotting, pencil markings in margins, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red morocco label, new endpapers, 4to, for the Author, 1783. The first English book on Sumatra.
Newbold (T.J.) - Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca..., 2 vol., first edition , half-title in vol.2 only, 8 lithographed maps and plates including hand-coloured geological map and cross-section, some annotations in pencil and red ink, a little foxed and browned, a few small marginal tears, later half red calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed and marked, 8vo, 1839.
Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S (Sophia, Lady ) Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. particularly in the Government of Java , 2 parts in 1, first edition , engraved portrait frontispiece and 6 aquatint plates including large folding panorama of Singapore, 4 engraved maps, 3 folding, contemporary ink signature of John Steel at head of title and correction in ink to p.513, some pencil markings to margins, foxing, marginal tear to portrait repaired, panorama torn and slightly worn at one fold (repaired), folding maps with some tears and repairs, contemporary calf, rather worn, rebacked in sheep, 4to, 1830.
Butler (A.S.G.) & others. - The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, 3 vol. [with] The Life by Christopher Hussey, together 4 vol., first edition , plans and numerous photographic illustrations, a few neat annotations to Chronology in vol.1, original cloth, spotting to fore-edges, folio & 4to, Country Life, 1950.
Lawrence (John) - The Clergy-Man`s Recreation: shewing the Pleasure and Profit of Gardening, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut diagram, B5 with tear to fore-edge, 1716; The Gentleman`s Recreation: or the Second Part of the Art of Gardening Improved. Containing?Curious Observations relating to Fruit-Trees , first edition , engraved frontispiece and 3 folding engraved plates, 1716, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary signature of Arthur Gregory at head of first title and notes on front free endpaper, spotted and browned, ex-library copy with stamp on verso of first title and label on pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Henrey 936 & 942], for Bernard Lintott, 1716; and vol.XVII only of Smith & Sowerby`s English Botany with hand-coloured plates, 8vo (2)
Arena (Filippo) - Della natura, e coltura de` fiori fisicamente esposta, 3 vol., first edition, later issue of volume I, engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette on title in vol. 1 and woodcut vignette in vol. 2, woodcut floral initials and devices, 64 (of 65) folding plates, including frontispiece, (engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates detached, browning and foxing to text and some lighter soiling to plates, a few occasional marginal repairs), contemporary half calf with floral motifs on panels, gilt spines, marbled edges, extremities rubbed, corners bumped, some worming and chipping to spines and vol. 3 with front joint split but still holding, [Nissen BBI 48], 4to, Palermo, Angelo Felicella, 1768. Provenance: Maximiliani Lezzani (stamp on titles). A very important and rare botanica book, one of the rarest Italian Florilegia. The work deals with the anatomy of the flower, its reproduction (including an early discussion of pollination), horticulture, the cultivation of flowers and the creation of a flower garden.
Memoirs of British Quadrupeds, first edition, 71 engraved plates , foxing ( Rev . William ) Memoirs of British Quadrupeds , first edition, 71 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured), foxing, several repaired tears (affecting both leaves and plates), contemporary calf with gilt border, 1809 § Bennett (Edward Turner) The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated, 2 vol., engraved vignette titles and numerous illustrations, library stamps and markings, later library half calf, rubbed and scratched, 1830-31 § Howitt (Samuel) A New Work of Animals, 56 etched plates, foxing, mostly to margins but heavy in places, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 2018], 1811; and 2 others, Lepidoptera, v.s. (6)
Darwin (Charles) - The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, being the First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle , first edition , half-title, 2 folding maps only, lacking plate 2, partly hand-coloured, few text-illustrations, without Advertisments, maps browned at folds and creased, marking and marginal browning, blurred red stamp at head of Preface, offset to title verso, and on pp. 212/3. bookplate removed, contemporary half calf, worn, spine & corners damaged, marbled paper partly missing from covers, [Freeman 271], 8vo, 1842.
Lisle (Edward) - Observations in Husbandry, first edition , engraved portrait frontispiece, rather browned and offset to title, errata f. at the end, some scattered foxing, ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary calf, scuffed, rebacked in later mottled calf, 4to, J.Hughs and others, 1757.
Pennant (Thomas) - British Zoology, 4 vol., half-titles, 4 engraved additional vignette titles and 294 plates, some foxing, original boards, uncut, joints starting to crack, some soiling to boards, [Nissen ZBI 710], 1812 § Morris (F.O.) A Natural History of British Moths, 4 vol, first edition, 132 lithographed plates coloured by hand, original cloth gilt, some rubbing, Bell and Daldy , 1872, large 8vo (8)
L`Histoire Naturelle, éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, l L`Histoire Naturelle, éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, l`Ornithologie, qui traite des Oiseaux , translated by M.Salerne, first edition in French, half-title, engraved frontispiece by Longueil, 30 engraved plates by Martinet, frontispiece neatly trimmed and laid down on thick early paper, lightly browned, occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary motttled calf, rebacked, preserving part of original gilt backstrip, [Nissen IVB 757; Fine Bird Books, p.101; Anker 414; Zimmer, p.501; Keynes 106], Paris, chez Debure, 1767 § Baker (E.C. Stuart) The Indian Ducks and their Allies, half-title, additional pictorial title, 30 chromolithographed plates after H.Granvold, G.E.Lodge and J.G.Keulemans, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, spine faded, 1908; and a complete copy of Morris` British Game Birds in worn original cloth, 4to (3)
Horology.- Cumming (Alexander) - The Elements of Clock and Watch-Work, Adapted to Practice. In Two Essays, first edition , second issue, 16 folding engraved plates, lacking errata f., offsetting, title with a few repaired chips to outer edge and with a few small stains, some spotting or foxing, lightly browned, modern mottled calf, spine gilt and with red leather label, [Baillie p.270; Clockmakers` 218; Tardy p.58], 4to, [by J.Hughs] for the Author , 1766. The author was a mathematician, mechanic and clock- and watchmaker from Edinburgh who worked in London and was one of the examiners of Harrison`s longitude watch.
Le Brun (Charles) - A Series of Lithographic Drawings, Illustrative of the Relation between the Human Physiognomy and that of the Brute Creation, first English edition , engraved portrait. frontispiece mounted on india paper and 37 lithographed plates, ink presentation inscription on a plain label `to William Anderson (Professor of Anatomy at the RA) `from Thomas Woolner` (Preraphaelite Sculptor) on the front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, covers detached, 1827 § Quain (Richard) The Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body, (The Anatomy of the Arm and Leg Only), 40 lithographed plates by Joseph Maclise, margins soiled and first few leaves with some insect damage, ex-library copy from with stamps throughout and labels to front free endpaper and pastedown, contemporary half morocco, spine ends torn with loss, 1844, extremities worn, folio (2)
Sowerby family. - Sowerby (James) - A Short Catalogue of British Minerals, Part I: Combustibles and Earths, all published?, corrigenda f. present, stabbed but unbound, 1810 § Smith (James Edward) Compendium Florae Britannicae, first edition , half title, 12 pp. advertisments, dated April 1816, presentation inscription on fly-leaf `Mr Sowerby from his sincere friend, the author`, bookplate of W. Sowerby, original boards, rubbed & marked, spine damaged , 1816 § Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, vol. I, Part I [only], half-title, 2 engraved plates, 1 folding, receipt for two guineas for a year`s subscription to the Horticultural Society for `James Sowerby Esq`, loosely inserted, original wrappers, worn and marked, 1807 § Smith (Worthington G.) Guide to Sowerby`s Models of British Fungi in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History), text-illustrations, original wrappers, front cover missing , 1898 § Salter (J.W.) and Henry Woodward. A Descriptive Catalogue of all the Genera and Species contained in the Accompanying Chart of Fossil Crustacea, large folding engraved plate, backed with linen, presentation inscription from the first author at head of title, loose in original cloth covers, n.d. § Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late John Coakley Lettsom, 2 vol., portrait frontispiece, bookplates of William Sowerby, original boards, worn, vol 1 spine broken, 1817, and a quatity of others, from the Sowerby family, including 3 small boxes of fossils, mineral specimens and a few sponges, Freedom of the City of London, some correspondence from the Prince of Teck, envelopes with stamps etc., v.s. (qty). James Sowerby and James Smith collaborated on the great series of English Botany .
Johann Ludwig Gottfried"". Historische Chronica oder Beschreibung der... ""Johann Ludwig Gottfried"". Historische Chronica oder Beschreibung der fuernehmsten Geschichte, second edition (first folio edition), engraved frontispiece, title printed in red & black with engraved device and typographic border, double-page engraved World map by Merian, 2 double-page engraved plans, 1 engraved view of a naval battle (Gibraltar), 31 plates of medallion portraits, numerous engraved vignette illustrations, frontispiece and title trimmed and laid down, one page with repaired closed tear, another with small section of loss to printed marginalia, some browning, modern half morocco, folio, Frankfurt am Maine, Matteo Merian, 1642.
Petronius (Titus Arbitri) - Satyricon, additional engraved title, letterpress title printed in red & black with device, vignette engravings including coins and a superb quarter-page plate of gladiators fighting bears and a lion, 18th century vellum, gilt, [Dibdin V: II, pp.117-118], 4to, Curante Petro Burmanno. Utrecht: William van de Water, 1709. The first Burmann edition of a classic Roman work of fiction in poetry and prose - ""one of the best edited [such that] it is almost impossible to read Petronius in any other edition [Harwood, quoted in Dibdin]"".
Traité Historique et Dogmatique sur les Apparitions ( Abbé Nicolas) Traité Historique et Dogmatique sur les Apparitions, les Visions & les Révélations Particulières, avec des Observations sur les Dissertations du R.P.Dom Calmet , 2 vol., first edition , half-titles, vol. 2 tears to inner magin of half-title and title, sig. B partly loose, early ownership entry on vol. 1 fly-leaf `Pour Mr. Vauthier Chanoe de Bayeux`, 6 ff. of bibliographical and biographical notes added at end of both vol., and 1 f. inserted at vol 2 I3, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, paper labels on spine, rubbed, corners and ends of spine worn, 12mo, Avignon & Paris, Jean-Noel Leloup, 1751.
Kol`tsov (Aleksey Vasilievich) - Stikhotvoreniya [Verses], first edition , issue with frontispiece portrait on india paper mounted, lithographed facsimile at end, light stain affecting half-title, title and first approx. 20 pp., ex-libris stamp on title, blank recto of frontispiece and verso of facsmile, contemporary half morocco, rubbed at edges, 8vo, [St Petersburg] , 1846.
Ibsen (Henrik) - Samfundets Støtter, first edition, original cloth, gilt, g.e., Copenhagen, 1877 § Ruskin (John) Praeterita, vol. 1 & 2 only (of 3), first edition, half-titles, ink inscriptions to front free endpapers, original publisher`s boards with paper labels to spines, spines darkened, extremities a little chipped, Orpington, 1886-1887; and 15 others, mostly Continental literature, v.s. (18)
Hope (W.H.St.John) - Windsor Castle: An Architectural History, 3 vol. including portfolio of plans, limited edition, Country Life, 1913 § Smith (H.Clifford) & Christopher Hussey. Buckingham Palace: Its Furniture, Decoration & History, Country Life, 1931 § Roberts (Hugh) For the King`s Pleasure: The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV`s Apartments at Windsor Castle, 2001 § Aldrich (M., editor ) The Craces: Royal Decorators 1768-1899, Brighton, 1990 § Brown (J.) The Garden at Buckingham Palace: An Illustrated History, 2004 § Major (Norma) Chequers, 1996, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first two rubbed with faded spines, the rest with dust-jackets ; and 7 others, v.s. (15)
DUGDALE (Sir WILLIAM), Monasticon Anglicanum, 2 vol. only (of 3, lacks vol. III), first edition, titles in red and black, engraved "Tree" frontice piece, 65 plates only (some folding), slight staining to some quires, extensive contemporary ink inscription to half titles and throughout, modern cloth, [Wing D2484-6], folio, Richard Hodgkinson and Alice Warren, 1655-1661 (2).
FLEMING (IAN), You Only Live Twice, first edition 1964; CHEYNEY (PETER), Dark Bahama, first edition 1950; HADLEY CHASE (JAMES), Just Another Sucker, 1961; and c.80 other 20th century modern first editions including Sax Rohmer, Agatha Christie, Dennis Wheatley and others, many without dust jackets (c.80).
STEVENSON (ROBERT LOIUS), Kidnapped, The Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751, first edition, folding map with simple tear to one fold, no loss, 17pp ads, dated 5g.4.86, "business p40", book plate to front face down, publishers blue cloth, rubbed out extremities and bumped at corners [Prideaux 18], 8vo, 1886.
MILNE (A.A.), The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, 1928; BARRIE (J.M., illust. Hugh Thomson), Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts, tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, [1913]; FORTESCUE BRICKDALE (ELEANOR), Powell Grave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics, tipped-in colour plates, caption tissue guards, n.d. [c.1925], publishers cloth; and nineteen others similar, children's and illustrated.
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