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Lot 884
RUSSELL (R.) A Dissertation Concerning the Use of Sea Water in Diseases of the Glands, &c. To which is added Epistolary Dissertation by R. Frewin . . . First Edition (of this translation). pictorial title vignette, 7 engraved plates, part title, corrigenda leaf; sometime rebound half morocco & marbled boards. Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1753; together with 2 related books - Robt. White's The Use and Abuse of Sea Water Impartially Considered . . . First Edition, 1775); and Wm. Logan's Observations on the Effects of Sea Water . . . (3rd edition, 1771). * Dr. Richard Russell (originally of Lewes) actively promoted the medical properties of sea-water; moving to Brighton in 1753 - an important factor in its rise as a major resort. Illustrated
Lot 888
MALCOLMSON (J.G.) A Practical Essay on the History and Treatment of Beriberi. First Edition. hand-coloured plate, errata slip; old paper boards with later spine & label. Madras: printed by the order of the Government, Vepery Mission Press, 1835; bound with (Same Author) Observations on Some Forms of Rheumatism Prevailing in India. First Edition. Madras: printed by order of the Government, Vepery Mission Press, 1835. * Yudkin booklabel.
Lot 891
PERON (F.) Memoires du Capitaine Peron, sure les Voyages aux Cotes d'Afrique, en Arabie . . . a La Chine, etc. First Edition, 2 vols. 4 folded maps & plans, 2 folded views, half titles; contemp. continental calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled edges & e/ps., cr. 8vo. Paris, 1824. * with a 5pp. preface by the publisher, Brissot-Thivars; contemp. booklabels of Peter Le Cocq.
Lot 892
DEFELLER (Abbe) Itineraire, ou Voyages de Mr. l'Abbe Defeller en Diverses Parties de l'Europe . . . First Edition, 2 vols. half titles; contemp. continental calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled edges & e/ps., cr. 8vo. Paris & Liege, 1820. * contemp. booklabels of Peter Le Cocq; Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France & Holland (amongst others) were included, as well as Poland, Hungary & other East European countries.
![BIBLE [Bishop's Version, second quarto edition]. The holie Byble. pictorial engraved title, NT. title (dated 1573), the 4 map](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/471dd8ae-05c6-44dd-98d1-a87400bb03c0/6557c3ac-6d00-44dd-ae3d-d4117400a9fd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 916
BIBLE [Bishop's Version, second quarto edition]. The holie Byble. pictorial engraved title, NT. title (dated 1573), the 4 maps, (etc.), (539.) ff. (without the 40 prelim. leaves, & lacks the final leaf - supplied in facsimile), black letter; old gilt-ruled calf, the centre panels of the covers with gilt-decoration, ge. & silver clasps, gilt-lettered ' I. S. ' on covers, 4to. (in eights). imprinted in London in Powles Churchyarde by Richarde Jugge . . . (? 1573). * EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with some 90 hand-coloured engravings from a 16th cent. German Lutheran Bible (? Frankfurt am Mayn, 1567); the Bishops' Bible, first published 1568, was an 'official' revision from the earlier Great Bible, & 'held the fort' ( especially against the popular Geneva version) until the enduring KJB. of 1611; the significant pictorial title depicts the monarch (Elizabeth) being crowned by Justice & Mercie. Illustrated
Lot 924
CAMBRIDGE (R.O.) An Account of the War in India, between the English and the French, on the Coast of Coromandel . . . with a Relation of the Late Remarkable Events on the Malabar Coast, and the Expeditions to Golconda and Surat . . . First Edition. 15 maps, plans & views (only, ex 18); contemp. half calf & marbled boards, 4to. 1761.
Lot 926
DUBOIS (Abbe J.A.) Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India; and of their Institutions, Religions and Civil . . . Translated from the French Manuscript. First Published Edition. original grey boards, uncut, with paper spine label, 4to. 1817. * contemp. ownership inscription on title; with an interesting 5pp. introductory note concerning the author - originally a Mysore missionary, who later 'went native' for some years as a Sannyasi; the East India Co. purchased the ms. volume, the French edition not appearing until 1825.
Lot 927
CAMPBELL (D.) A Journey Over Land to India, partly by a route never gone before by any European . . . First Edition. contemp. calf with panelled spine (defective), 4to., 1795. * included Aleppo, Mosul, Baghdad (etc.) & on to Bombay, Goa, & Madras; bound with GRIFFITHS (J.) Travels in Europe, Asia Minor, and Arabia. First Edition. portrait, folded map & 4 plates. 1805. * with shelf-marked Holland House bookplate.
Lot 928
HAMILTON (F.) An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal, and of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha. First Edition. 7 engraved plates (5 folded), a folded map & text illus., errata / advert. leaf; original grey boards (later rebacked), uncut, 4to. Edinburgh, 1819. * a leading surgeon-naturalist of the sub-continent during the earlier years of the 19th cent.; took part in the Symes's Ava Mission (see lot 929), later in the medical service of the Bengal Presidency, etc.; as might be expected this text includes a certain amount of natural history (including meteorological).
Lot 931
MUNRO (I.) A Narrative of the Military Operations, on the Coromandel Coast, against the combined forces of the French, Dutch, and Hyder Ally Cawn . . . in a Series of Letters. First Edition. engraved pictorial vignette & printed titles, 9 folded battle & associated plans, a folded view, (6)pp. subscriber's list; early 19th cent. half calf & marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, 4to. printed for the author, by Thomas Bensley, 1789. * neat stamp on front pastedown -'Earl of Ellenborough's Heirlooms / Book No. 1149'; he had been Governor-General of India, 1840-42.
Lot 934
OSBECK (P.) A Voyage to China and the East Indies . . . translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster. To which are added, a Faunula and Flora Sinensis. First English Edition, 2 vols. 13 copper-engraved plates; contemp. calf with gilt-ruled panelled spines. 1771. * old armorial bookplates of the Earl of Roden; a useful account, the author being chaplain on a Swedish East-Indiaman; the translator was to be a naturalist on Cook's Second Pacific Voyage.
Lot 935
KEPPEL (Capt. the Hon. H.) A Visit to the Indian Archipelago, in the H.M. Ship Meander. With portions of the private journal of Sir James Brooke . . . First Edition, 2 vols., 8 tinted lithographed plates, folded pocket map, half titles & 2 advert. leaves; gilt-pictorial & blind-decorated cloth, roy. 8vo. 1853. * mostly engaged against Borneo pirates, on the East Indies & China Stations
![[ORME, R.] A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, for the year MDCCXLV . . . 2nd editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/471dd8ae-05c6-44dd-98d1-a87400bb03c0/4f0291bb-9267-4143-8394-48d40326bfd4/468x382.jpg)
Lot 936
[ORME, R.] A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, for the year MDCCXLV . . . 2nd edition, corrected . . . 2 vols. num. folded maps & plans, 2 engraved plates; old half calf & marbled boards, 4to. 1775-78; sold with a copy of the first edition (vol. 1 only, 1763)
Lot 938
KIPLING (R.) Letters of Marque. First Indian Edition. 5 advert. leaves, original front free e/p. stamped with publisher's dispatch date (as called for), (lacks half title); later red / blue gilt-lettered crushed levant morocco, gilt-ruled inner dentelles (by Zaehnsdorf). Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1891. * apparently most copies of this (& the English) edition were destroyed at the author's insistence - over the violation of a provision in the Copyright Act. Illustrated
Lot 951
PALLISER (MRS. F.B) - History of Lace. First Edition. engraved pictorial & decorated title & 17 plates (mostly on coloured backgrounds), num. text illus.; finely bound (for Princess Mary, later Princess Royal) in early 20th cent. red crushed levant morocco, gilt-ruled & decorated covers, including panelled spine, lettered direct on upper cover & spine, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., floral-patterned coloured e/ps., cr. 8vo. 1865. * a superlative (unsigned) binding; with the monogrammed & coronetted bookplate of the Princess on front pastedown. 30.10 Illustrated
Lot 964
POTTER (B.) The Roly-Poly Pudding. First Edition. coloured pictorial title,half title, coloured illus. & pictorial e/ps.; gilt & green lettered maroon cloth with inset coloured illus. on upper cover, cr. 8vo. Frederick Warne & Co., 1908; sold with 2 other first editions in this series - The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907) & The Tale of Peter Rabbit (? 6th printing, Dec. 1903)
Lot 968
SCOTT (R.F.) The Voyage of the 'Discovery'. First Edition, first issue, 2 vols. photogravure frontispieces, 12 coloured plates, 171 other plates (5 d-page), 3 maps, text illus. & 2 coloured& folded pocket charts; gilt pictorial cloth, gilt tops, roy. 8vo.,Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905. * ink ownership both vols. - 'Jessie E. Royds / Autumn. 1905', i.e. wife of Lt. Charles W.R. Royds, a member of the Expedition.
Lot 985
FORBY (Rev. Robt.) The Vocabulary of East Anglia; an attempt to record the vulgar tongue of . . . Norfolk and Suffolk, as it existed in the last twenty years of the eighteenth century, and still exists . . . First Edition, 2 vols. engraved portrait frontis., 5pp. subscriber's list (& tipped-in 'additionals' slip); earlier 20th cent. tree calf, gilt-ruled & decorated, including panelled spines, marbled e/ps. (by Morrell). 1830. * relevant old ms. note & press cuttings added (vol. 1) & 8pp. printed pages (end vol. 2) -'Norfolk Words not found in Forby's "Vocabulary" ' (by W.G. Waters)
Lot 988
BIBLE - New and Complete Hieroglyphical Bible . . . regularly arranged from Genesis to Revelations . . . (? 3rd edition). frontis & many other engraved illus., old half morocco & marbled boards, preserving original pictorial wrappers, 12mo. Dean & Munday, 1819. * appears to lack first leaf of text
Lot 998
COOK (Capt. J.) & KING (Capt. J.) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean . . . for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere . . . abridged octavo edition, vols ii & iv only (of 4). 15 copper-engraved plates only (of 49 & 2 maps); contemp. half calf & marbled boards, gilt-panelled spines with red labels, cr. 8vo. printed for John Stockdale (etc.), 1784. * i.e. the Third Voyage, & published same year as the First Edition; vol. iv contains the index & the 24pp. subscriber's list; old armorial bookplates of Harvey Bonnell.
Lot 243
William Shakespeare : The complete works reprinted from the First Folio edition; edited by Charlotte Porter and H.A. Clarke with an introduction by John Churton Collins. London: Harrap [1906]. 13 volumes 8vo. Original brown cloth with gilt tree design, teg. Photographic frontispiece and title-page to each volume. Scarce. Together with Charles Knight (Notes) : Plays of Shakspere, Virtue, C.1890. Vols. I - VI. Folio,Green decorative cloth binding featuring a floral design reminiscent of Morris. Photogravures of contemporary leading Actors & Actresses,creating a fascinating souvenir of Theatrical History. Frontispiece of Vol 1 shows H. Beerbohm Tree as Falstaff and in others as King John & Richard II; Other Plates include Ellen Terry as Mistress Page, Queen Katherine, Lady Macbeth, Portia & Cordelia; Forbes Robertson as Hamlet & Romeo; Sir Henry Irving as King Lear, Shylock, Cardinal Wolsey & Becket; Brandon Thomas as John of Gaunt.Shakespeare's Songs and Sonnets illustrated by John Gilbert.C. 1890. Qto. Hb. Chromolithograph plates CONDITION REPORT: Both sets vg n/f set.
Lot 368
After Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969),'A Convent Interior',unsigned but numbered in pencil 161/850limited edition coloured reproduction,image 49 x 67 cm, together with another coloured print after the same hand titled 'Santa Lilabia' (2) CONDITION REPORT: Both framed and glazed. First with some rippling to paper. Second faded.
Lot 40
NO RESERVE Lugiato Andrea. Riflessioni sopra l'Arte magica annichilata. In Venezia: appresso Francesco Pitteri, 1755. In-4° (mm 220x180). Pagine 130, [2]. Vignetta allegorica incisa in legno al frontespizio. Restauro al margine bianco del frontespizio con perdita di qualche parola al verso, altrimenti buon esemplare. Legatura coeva in cartone rivestito in carta marmorizzata, titolo in oro su tassello al dorso, abrasioni e scoloriture. 4° (220x180 mm). 130, [2] pages. Woodcut allegorical vignette on the title-page. A good copy, repairs to the blank margin of the title-page, with loss of a few words on the verso. Contemporary marbled boards. Spine with gilt title on lettering-pieces. Covers abraded and discoloured in places. The first edition of this work, written by the Veronese Andrea Lugiato, and published anynomously.
Lot 52
NO RESERVE Possevino Antonio. De apparatu ad omnium gentium historiam. Expeduntur historici graeci, latini, & alij. Venetiis: apud Io. Bapt. Ciottum Senensem, sub signo Aurorae, 1602.In-8° (mm 156x98). Pagine [16], 565, [1] (di 3, manca ultima carta bianca). Insegna dei Gesuiti incisa su legno al frontespizio, capilettera e finalini xilografici. Tracce di sporco e piccola gora al frontespizio, qualche lieve arrossatura. Legatura in pergamena su cartone, titoli in oro su falso tassello al dorso, tagli azzurri. Firma di possesso al recto della sguardia anteriore 'Dominici Fontanini', al contropiatto anteriore ex libris di Luigi Balsamo.Seconda edizione latina dopo la prima stampata a Venezia da Ciotti nel 1597. "Allo scopo di estendere la diffusione della Bibliotheca selecta fra il pubblico più vasto di chi non conosceva il latino, l'autore ebbe cura di pubblicarne singole parti anche in traduzione italiana, in più luoghi ampliando il testo con criteri divulgativi e dando ai volumi più agevole formato (in 4° e in 8°) così da facilitarne l'uso nelle scuole: vedasi, ad esempio, il volumetto tascabile (Apparatus..., 1597 e, in traduzione italiana, Apparato all'historia di tutte le Nationi..., 1598) dove riunì il libro XVI e il cap. 19 del libro XV della Bibliotheca selecta, riorganizzando il testo originale nell'esposizione, arricchendolo di "condensati" di opere di classici e naturalmente aggiornandolo all'Indice del 1596 [...] Le numerose ristampe di questi volumetti, destinati soprattutto ai rudes, ne documentano l'ampiezza della penetrazione" (L. Balsamo, La Bibliografia. Storia di una tradizione, Firenze 1992, p. 40). Bestermann, col. 1884; De Backer-Sommervogel, coll. 1079-1080, nr. 24.8°(156x98 mm). [16], 565, [1] (of 3, wanting the last blank leaf) pages. Woodcut Jesuits coat of arms on title page, woodcut head-pieces and tail-pieces. Soiled the title page with small waterstain, some light foxing. Vellum over pasteboards, gilt tiles on fake littering piece on the spine, azure edges. Ownership inscription on the recto of the front flyleaf 'Dominici Fontanini', on the front pastedown ex libris by Luigi Balsamo.Second Latin edition after the first one printed in Venice by Ciotti in 1597. "Allo scopo di estendere la diffusione della Bibliotheca selecta fra il pubblico più vasto di chi non conosceva il latino, l'autore ebbe cura di pubblicarne singole parti anche in traduzione italiana, in più luoghi ampliando il testo con criteri divulgativi e dando ai volumi più agevole formato (in 4° e in 8°) così da facilitarne l'uso nelle scuole: vedasi, ad esempio, il volumetto tascabile (Apparatus..., 1597 e, in traduzione italiana, Apparato all'historia di tutte le Nationi..., 1598) dove riunì il libro XVI e il cap. 19 del libro XV della Bibliotheca selecta, riorganizzando il testo originale nell'esposizione, arricchendolo di "condensati" di opere di classici e naturalmente aggiornandolo all'Indice del 1596 [...] Le numerose ristampe di questi volumetti, destinati soprattutto ai rudes, ne documentano l'ampiezza della penetrazione" (L. Balsamo, La Bibliografia. Storia di una tradizione, Firenze 1992, p. 40). Bestermann, col. 1884; De Backer-Sommervogel, coll. 1079-1080, nr. 24.
Lot 109
Price, Luxor.The Quoks. London; W. & R. Chambers, 1925. Large 4to. Original cream pictorial boards, pictorial alphabet endpapers in blue and black; with pictorial title-page, illustrated panelled borders throughout, 6 fine and glorious coloured plates and a total of 24 intricately detailed images in black and white; First edition
![[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Power, John. A Handy-Book About Books, first edition, Wilson, London, 1870, modern quarter black morocco, oct](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/be21178d-c11c-4314-ba0a-a8640113025d/39844c66-c927-45e6-f37c-480a4db4cbb3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 105
Moore (Henry).- Read (Herbert) Henry Moore: Sculptor. An Appreciation, first edition, signed "Henry Moore Dec 1942" on half-title, plates, original limp boards with pictorial dust-jacket, lightly soiled, rubbed at edges, spine ends a little frayed, A.Zwemmer, 1934 § Sackville-West (Edward) The Rescue: A Melodrama for Broadcasting based on Homer's Odyssey...Orchestral Score by Benjamin Britten, number 475 of 850 copies, colour plates by Henry Moore, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, a little faded and marked, dust-jacket rubbed and frayed, spine defective at head (repaired), rear panel torn, 1945; and 3 others with contributions by or about Moore including another copy of the second without dust-jacket, small 4to & 8vo (3)
Lot 112
Penrose (Roland) Portrait of Picasso, revised, enlarged edition, inscribed by the artist with decorations in pastel "for Lydia with love Roland" on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1971 § Themerson (Stefan) Jankel Adler: An Artist..., number 235 of 400 copies signed by the author and artist, printed in red and black, illustrations by Adler, lightly browned, a few pencil scribbles, original printed wrappers, uncut, soiled and stained, Gaberbocchus Press, 1948; Kurt Schwitters in England, first edition, printed on coloured papers, original glazed printed boards, Gaberbocchus Press, 1958 § Javarone (Domenico, editor) Carte Segrete, No.1, original printed corrugated card boards with label, Rome, 1967 § Hamnett (Nina) Laughing Torso, first edition, original cloth, a little stained, 1932 § Leiris (M.) & G.Limbour. André Masson and his Universe, translated by Douglas Cooper, original cloth, spine faded, Geneva, Paris & London, 1947, illustrations; and c.25 others, mostly exhibition catalogues of European artists, 4to & 8vo (c.30)
Lot 146
Warhol (Andy).- Green (Samuel Adams) Andy Warhol, first edition, designed by Ben Brillo, printed on cream green and silver leaves, plates, a few leaves loose (as often), original cloth-backed wrappers, upper cover featuring Campbell Soup tins, very slightly rubbed and soiled but a good copy, 8vo, Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania, 1965.⁂ Scarce catalogue of the artist's first museum exhibition in 1965. In the crush at the press night some of the paintings were damaged so they were removed before the official opening the following night, effectively making Andy Warhol himself the exhibit and creating his status of Pop Art icon.
Lot 15
Dust-jackets.- Koestler (Arthur) The Age of Longing, first English edition, dust-jacket by Peter Curl, 1951 § Sadleir (Michael) Forlorn Sunset, colour plates and dust-jacket by John Piper, 1947 § Arkell (Reginald) Old Herbaceous, illustrations and dust-jacket by John Minton, 1950 § Rein (Harold) Few were left, dust-jacket by John Minton, 1955 § Greenfield (George) Desert Episode, dust-jacket by Eric Fraser, 1945, first editions, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, all a little rubbed and/or soiled; and c.25 others with pictorial dust-jackets including several by Minton, a few duplicates, 8vo (c.30)
Lot 154
Bown (Jane) Portraits, 1987 § Brandt (Bill) Portraits, 1982 § Penprase (David & Jan) Harbour 2 Harbour, signed by David Penprase on title, Porthleven, n.d. § Barber (Edward) In the City, limited edition signed by the photographer, 1999, first editions, illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first two with dust-jackets, the first price-clipped, the last with slip-case; and 7 others on photographic portraits, 4to (11)
Lot 159
Capa (Robert) Slightly Out of Focus, first edition, New York, 1947 § Whelan (Richard) Robert Capa, 1985 § McCullin (Donald) The Destruction Business, 1971 § Korda (Alberto) Diario de una Revolución, original wrappers, Valencia, 1999 § McBride (Will) I, Will McBride, Cologne, 1997, illustrations, all but the fourth original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first rubbed and frayed at edges; and 32 others, war photography & photojournalism, including issues 1-14 of Reportage magazine, 8vo & 4to (37)
Lot 169
Parr (Martin) Bad Weather, 1982; The Cost of Living, Manchester, 1989; Home and Abroad, 1993; Bored Couples, 1993; From A to B: Tales of Modern Motoring, 1984; Think of England, original boards, dust-jacket, 2000; The Phone Book 1998-2002, signed limited edition, 2002; Tutta Roma, Rome, 2006; Mexico, 2006, first editions, all signed by Parr, illustrations, all but the sixth and last original wrappers; and 2 others by the same, oblong 4to & 4to (11)
Lot 20
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, spotting, spine creased and faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1932; Island, jacket spine faded, spine ends a little creased and chipped, 1962; The Doors of Perception, light browning to endpapers, jacket with closed tear to head, chip to head, 1954; and 11 others by the same, 8vo (14)
Lot 23
Marsh (Ngaio) Singing in the Shrouds, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket with light surface soiling, minor chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1958; False Scent, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original boards, dust- jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1960; Black as he's Painted, uncorrected proof copy, original printed wrappers, 1974; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (9)
Lot 28
Rodker (John) Poems, first edition, number 40 of 50 copies numbered by the author on front free endpaper, signed presentation copy from the author to Edith M.Bushell inscribed at head of title, very light spotting at beginning and end, ex-library copy with small ink stamp on pastedowns and pencil accession number on verso of title but otherwise unstamped, original pictorial boards by David Bomberg, rubbed, spine worn, lower cover stained, privately printed, 1914 § Eluard (Paul) Poésie et Vérité 1942; Poetry and Truth 1942, translated by Roland Penrose and E.L.T.Mesens, number 483 of 500 copies signed by the translators, this copy also inscribed by E.L.T.Mesens with quotation on half-title, portrait of Eluard by Man Ray, original printed yellow wrappers, uncut, dust-jacket, a little browned, slight wear to spine and corners, London Gallery Editions, 1944, 8vo (2)⁂ The first item is the first book by the modernist poet and publisher John Rodker, one of the "Whitechapel Boys" along with David Bomberg, Mark Gertler and Isaac Rosenberg.
![Cunard (Nancy) Parallax, first edition, [one of c.420 copies], very light spotting to endpapers, original pictorial cream boa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/36d6827e-2878-4904-9015-a87100bf908c/eab69ce0-8256-464a-dbfb-41c3f4df36be/468x382.jpg)
Lot 33
Beedham (R.John) Wood Engraving, later issue, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, David Jones & others, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, slight staining to lower edges, dust-jacket, rubbed, Ditchling, S.Dominic's Press, 1925 § Sandeman (Christopher) Thyme and Begamot, one of 550 copies, wood-engravings by John O'Connor, Dropmore Press, 1947 § Nash (Thomas) The Unfortunate Traveller, limited edition, this one of the first 300 copies with illustrations by Haydn Mackey hand-coloured, Verona Society, 1930 § Masefield (John) The Wanderer of Liverpool, one of 525 copies signed by the author, colour frontispiece, plates, 1930, all but the first original cloth, most gilt, all uncut, the second with dust-jacket and slip-case, the third rubbed, the last with publisher's box (worn and split at edges); and 7 others, 8vo & 4to (11)
Lot 34
Bibliography, Printing etc.- Dilke (O.A.W.) Roman Books and their Impact, one of 460 copies, Leeds, Elmete Press, 1977 § Fairbank (Alfred, editor) Augustino da Sienna: the 1568 Edition of his Writing Book, one of 750 facsimile reprints, 1975 § Burrett (Edward) Full Point: A Typographer Remembers, one of 125 copies signed by the author, Esher, Penmiel Press, 1976 § Adams (John) The House of Kitcat; A Story of Bookbinding 1798-1948, privately printed, 1948 § Severin (S.) & Anthony Reid. Engraved Bookplates: European Ex Libris 1950-70, limited edition, Pinner, 1972, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the first two and last with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed; and 12 others, printing, typography etc. including 4 works by the Glade Press of A.S.Osley (each one of 35 or fewer copies), v.s. (17)
Lot 41
Golden Cockerel Press.- Barclay (John) Euphormio's Satyricon, number 55 of 60 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 260, wood-engraved plates by Derrick Harris, all with border in red, original pictorial red morocco, gilt, spine ends slightly scuffed, slip-case, 1954 § Xenophon, of Ephesus. The Ephesian Story, number 51 of 75 specially-bound copies but lacking the additional suite of plates, from an edition limited to 300, illustrations by Eric Fraser, original pictorial green morocco, gilt, spine faded, slip-case, 1957 § Shelley (P.B.) Zastrozzi; A Romance, number 36 of 60 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of plates, from an edition limited to 200, wood-engravings by Cecil Keeling, original pictorial black morocco, gilt, additional suite of engravings loose in original envelope (frayed at edges), together in slip-case, 1955, all t.e.g., the first uncut, Golden Cockerel Press; and 10 others from the press, v.s. (13)
Lot 54
Sitwell (Sir George) On the Making of Gardens, one of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the author and artist, colour frontispiece and plates by John Piper, ink stamp of John Stuart Pollock on front pastedown (suppliers of ink and paper to the Dropmore Press), original pictorial green morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket spotted and browned, spine torn, slip-case (a little rubbed and faded), Dropmore Press, 1949 § Hockney (David) Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm..., inscribed by Hockney "For Mario with love from David Nov. 1970 xxx" on half-title, illustrations by Hockney, original rexine, 1970 § Raine (Kathleen) A Place, A State, number 198 of 200 copies, plates by Julian Trevelyan, original hessian-backed marbled boards, dust-jacket, browned, tear to head of rear panel, Enitharmon Press, 1974 § Nashe (Thomas) The Unfortunate Traveller, first edition, plates by Michael Ayrton, signed by the artist on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little soiled, 1948 § Gascoyne (David) Poems 1937-1942, first edition, title and plates by Graham Sutherland, title loose, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-jacket, rubbed, spine worn and defective, 1943; and 4 others illustrated by the same, v.s. (9)
Lot 62
Ardizzone (Edward).- St. Luke's Life of Christ, translated by J.B.Phillips, number 52 of 150 copies signed by the artist and translator, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., spine a little faded, board slip-case, Curwen Press, 1956 § Black (Margaret) Three Brothers and a Lady, first edition, colour illustrations by Ardizzone, original pictorial boards, a little rubbed, spine ends chipped, 1947 § Fordham (Hallam, editor) Hey Nonny Yes, signed and inscribed by the editor, colour lithograph illustrations by Ardizzone, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket rubbed and torn, crudely repaired with sticky tape, 1947; and 2 others illustrated by the same, v.s. (5)
Lot 84
Gropius (Walter) The New Architecture and the Bauhaus, first English edition, photographic plates, original cloth, dust-jacket by L.Moholy-Nagy (frayed at edges), 1935 § Moholy-Nagy (L.) The New Vision: Fundamentals of Design, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, New Bauhaus Book No.1, enlarged edition, 1939 § Bell (Clive) Art, first edition, signature of Arthur Watts on title, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, paper spine label chipped, 1914 § Fray (Roger) Letters..., edited by Denys Sutton, 2 vol., price-clipped, original rexine, dust-jackets, 1972, plates and illustrations; and 2 others, art theory, 8vo & 4to (7)⁂ ?Arthur Watts (1883-1935), illustrator and artist who served in the RNVR during World War I and was killed in a plane crash in the Alps.
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Jammes (Francis) Le Roman du Lievre, number 4 of 12 copies with an additional suite of plates and the decompositions but lacking the original drawing, from an edition limited to 162, woodcuts in colours by Roger de le Fresnaye, Paris, 1929 § Cassou (Jean) Ballades, number 27 of 100 copies, etchings in colours by J.J.J.Rigal, Paris, 1956 § Toesca (Maurice) Le Jet d'Eau, one of 260 copies, colour lithographs by André Fougeron, 1945 § Scéve (Maurice) Blasons, number 156 of 225 copies, lithographs by Édouard Pignon, 1945, plates and illustrations, all loose as issued in original wrappers, uncut, the first three all with original folder and slip-case, Paris; and 4 others, similar, v.s. (8)
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