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[RUSSIAN ARISTOCRACY / WHITE RUSSIANS] A GROUP OF THREE RARE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOOKS PUBLISHED BY RUSSIAN EMIGREScomprising:a) ALBOM KAVALEROV ORDENA SV. VELIKOMUCHENIKA I POBEDONOSTSA GEORGIYA B GORGIEVSKOGO ORUZHIYA [Album Of Knights Of Saint Great Martyr And Victorious George And Georgian Armory], (Belgrad: Obschestvo Kavalerov Ordena Sv. Georgiya I Georgievskogo Oruzhiya, 1935), oblong folio, 4to (248 x 348 mm), originally designed cover illustration, soft cover, 198 pp. Text in Russian. Contains photo portraits of Knights of St. George Order and description of their feats and acts of bravery. Condition: last several pages detached.b) BOZHIEYU MILOSTIYU. STARSHAYA LINIYA DOMA ROMANOVYKH POSLE MUCHENICHESKOY KONCHINY IMPERATORA NIKOLAYA II, EGO SEM’IYI I VELIKOGO KNYAZYA MIKHAILA ALEKSANDROVICHA [By God’s Mercy. The Senior Line Of The House Of Romanov Dynasty After The Martyrdom Of Emperor Nikolay II, His Family, and His Brother The Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich], (Paris, 1957), oblong folio, 4to (216 x 278 mm), soft over, 129 pp. Text in Russian. Entirely consists of black and white photographs with descriptions of the Romanov House.c) Compiler: DENISOV, SVYATOSLAV VARLAMOVICH (1878-1957). BELAYA ROSSIYA. ALBOM N I [White Russia. Album N 1], (New York: Glavnoe Pravlenie Zarubezhnogo Soyuza Russkikh Voennykh Invalidov, 1937), First Edition, oblong folio, 4to (312 x 236 mm), soft cover, 128 pp. Text in Russian. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs throughout the album. Presumably signed and inscribed to V.K. Vitkovsky by the author on the back of the title page in 1939.LOT NOTESS.V. Denisov (1878-1957). Colonel, major general, lieutenant general. The Cossack commander S.V. Denisov, who was active in the opposition to Soviet power in South Russia in 1918, was raised at the Lugansk stanitsa in the territory of the Don Cossack Host and, having entered military service in 1896. In the wake of the October Revolution and the disintegration of the old army, Denisov commanded a column of Cossack in rebellion against Soviet power before becoming commander of the Don Army. He resigned from that post on February 1919, when the Krug of the Don Cossack Host passed a vote of “no confidence” in him. Following his resignation, Denisov immediately emigrated. While in emigration, he lived in Turkey and Germany before settling in the United States in 1923. Denisov was a founder and active member of the Cossack Union in the US, serving as a chairman. Denisov died in Stratford, Connecticut.V.K. Vitkovskiy (1885-1978). Colonel, major general, lieutenant general. One of the most dynamic leaders of White forces in South Russia. In the White movement, Vitkovskiy participated in the great march from Jassy to Novocherkassk, commanded the 3rd Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Rifle Division of the Volunteer Army, entered the Russian Army of General P.N. Wrangel, before beign evacuated with his men from Crimea to Gallipoli. Vitkovskiy subsequently lived in Bulgaria (1921-24), as commander of the 1st Army Corps, and as a chairman of the Society of Gallipoliits, before moving to France and then, after the Second World War, to the United States.
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CAPTAIN VASILY GOLOVNIN, NARRATIVE OF MY CAPTIVITY, 1818CAPTAIN GOLOWNIN, R.N. (Russian 1776-1831), NARRATIVE OF MY CAPTIVITY IN JAPAN, DURING THE YEARS 1811, 1812 AND 1813; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE, (London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818), Volume II of 2. Large 12mo (215 x 128 mm), hardcover, 348 pages. Inscribed on the title page Edward Thompson, 20 August 1854. Very rare, possibly unauthorised reprint of the first German edition, published in 1817. Condition: binding copy. LOT NOTESThis is Volume II in the two volume English language translation of a Russian book published in English in 1818.The set is an account of the voyage of the Russian ship Diana to Japan and the capture of it's Captain and part of the crew by the Japanese. The author and the part of the ship's crew were held captive by the Japanese for two+ years. This is a narrative of that voyage, the captivity and eventual release of the Russians. The first volume is a continuation of Golownin's account of his captivity by the Japanese. The second volume is an account by Captain P. Rikord (Imperial Russian Navy) of his successful negotiations to obtain the release of Golownin and his crew.GOLOVIN, Vasiliy Mikhailovich (1776—1831), trained at the Kronstadt Naval Academy and from 1801 to 1806 served as a volunteer in the British Navy. In 1807 he was commissioned by the Russian government to survey the coasts of Kamchatka, the Kurile Islands and Russian America.
Economics. KEYNES (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan 1936, 8vo, first edition, very slight scattered foxing, original cloth; A Treatise on Money. London: Macmillan, 1930, 2 vols. 8vo, first edition, original cloth, some pencil underlining to text; 5 others on economics including Adam Smith later editions (8)
P. G. WODEHOUSE, Much Obliged, Jeeves, Barrie & Jenkins, 1971, dust wrapper (small tear to the bottom of front panel); The Mating Season, Herbert Jenkins, n.d., 1st printing, without jacket; Lord Emsworth and others, Herbert Jenkins, 1937, without jacket; The Smaller Bachelor, Methuen 1933; The Man with Two Left Feet, Methuen 1934; The Little Nugget, Methuen, 1934; with the Letters of P. G. Wodehouse, Hutchinson 1990; Illustrated. Including PIPER (J., illust.), RICHARDS (J. M), The Castles on the Ground, illust. by Piper, London: The Architectural Press, 1946; jacket; Piper's Places, Chatto & Windus 1983, dj; GILBERT (W. S.), The Story of the Mikado, Daniel O'Connor 1921, jacket (chipped corners and head of spine); The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan, The Centennial Edition, Chappell & Co, 1975, jacket; with two others (13)
FOWLES (John) The Collector, first edition 1963, lightly worn dust wrapper; The Magus, first edition 1966, dust wrapper; The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition 1969, good in dust wrapper; The Aristos (Little Brown 1964), and The Ebony Tower (1974, jacket rubbed)), both first editions; and others (12)
JENNINGS (James) Two Thousand Five Hundred Practical Recipes in Family Cookery, London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper 1837, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, illustrations in text, some old staining, recased; PENNELL (H Cholmondeley) Oyster Legislation, Past and Present, London 1868, 8vo, cloth gilt; SMITH (Hugh) Formulae Medicamentorum: or, a Compendium of the Modern Practice of Physic, first edition 1772, 8vo, neat library stamp to title, modern boards, uncut; MORLEY (John) The Twenty-first Edition, revised, of an Essay, on the Nature and Cure of Scrophulous Disorders, commonly called the King's Evil. London: James Buckland, 1782, 8vo, hand coloured frontispiece (trimmed), modern binding (4)
MOTHERBY (George) A New Medical Dictionary; or, general repository of physic. Containing an explanation of the terms, and a description of the various particulars relating to anatomy, physiology, physic, surgery, materia medica, pharmacy &c... First edition, London: J. Johnson, 1775, folio, printed in double columns, with 25 engraved plates including two engraved tables, title slightly browned and a few plates foxed, Edinburgh Medical Society stamp to plates, contemporary calf, edges slightly won and neatly rebacked
JOYCE (James) Anna Livia Plurabelle. London: Faber & Faber, 1930, small 8vo, (Criterion miscellany - no 15) first English edition, printed paper wrappers, 3 publisher's advertisements inserted; Two tales of Shem and Shaun: fragments from Work in progress. London: Faber and Faber, 1932,8vo, first English edition, publisher's pale green paper boards, dust wrapper chipped at spine ends; Haveth Childers Everywhere, Faber 1931, printed wrapper; Stephen Hero,first edition Jonathan Cape 1944, dust wrapper; Exiles, The Egoist Press 1921, 2nd edition; 16 others by or about Joyce, of later date (20)
HALIFAX (George Savile, Marquis of) The Lady's New Year's Gift, or Advice to a Daughter. 9th edition 1716, 12mo, title slightly foxed and repaired; bound with COVENTRY (Sir W.) The Character of a Trimmer, 3rd edition 1697, contemporary panel calf gilt; [HOOLE (Samuel)] Modern Manners or Country Cousins, 2nd edition, London: for J. Dodsley 1782, small 8vo, caricature frontispiece, half title, lacks first free end paper, worn half calf; CRUIKSHANK (George) Whom to Marry and How to get Married!. no date, 8vo, illustrations, rubbed half calf; Comic Almanack for 1836-39, 12mo, engravings, half calf; Laconics or New Maxims of State and Conversation, in three parts, London: for Thomas Hodgson 1701, 8vo, 120pp., some dust staining, front board near detached; Morsels for Merry and Melancholy Mortals. Ipswich: J. Raw 1815, small 8vo, coloured frontispiece, untrimmed, worn cloth; TAYLOR (Jefferys) Old English Sayings newly expounded, 1827, 8vo, boards (7)
KNOLLES (Richard). The Generall Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie with all the notable expeditions of the Christian Princes against them..., 2nd edition, printed by Adam Islip, 1610, folio, engraved title laid down and cropped at foot, 30 engraved portraits to text, a battle scene by Laurence Johnson, p.594-5 misprinted, minor worming to inner margins towards the latter part but without loss to text, 6a1 and 2 stained, lacks 6c1 (table), some dust-soiling and a little offsetting.
![MILNE (A A) A Gallery of Children, illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair, London [1925], 4to, limited edition being no. 485 of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/64c475a3-ba19-411d-821a-a7f4010c9f56/7388c1a2-65c2-4fd8-eb22-20930ecf29d4/468x382.jpg)
Les Beautés Architecturales De Londres, Edition Poliglotte. en Francais, Anglais et Allemand. Paris: H. Mandeville, no date, c.1855, oblong folio, vignette title, steel engraved plates, morocco gilt (lightly rubbed); WHITE (G) The Natural History of Selborne, 1902, 8vo, half morocco by Riviere & Son (corner bumped); POTTER (B) The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition 1903, lacks spine strip, later inscription overleaf of loose frontispiece; BERKELEY (Stanley) Kings of the Forest, Dean & Son, 4to, colour illustrated, pictorial boards
Irish Literature. O'FLAHERTY (Liam) The Wild Swan and Other Stories, 1932, one of 550 signed copies, cloth, eraser mark to title; DOYLE (Roddy) Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, first edition 1993, a little browned, dust wrapper, with 4 other first editions; BOWEN (Elizabeth) collection of 19 vols. by or about Bowen, many in dust wrappers (25)
Children's illustrated. LANG (A) The Brown Fairy Book, first edition 1904, 8vo, some pencilling, cloth gilt; 7 others later impressions, in varying condition; TRONSENS. Les Enfans d'Aujourd'hui, Paris: chez Aubert & Cie (no date), oblong 8vo, 32 coloured lithographic plates, cream boards, taped spine; The Costume, Manners and Peculiarities of Different Inhabitants of the Globe, 1821, 12mo, 16 coloured illustrations with text below, some old graffiti, boards; TITMARSH (M A) Our Street, 2nd edition 1848, 8vo, plates, calf gilt; QUILLER-COUCH (Sir A) Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, illustrated by E. Dulac, Hodder & Stoughton no date, 4to, colour plates, a few fore-margins with edge tears, cloth gilt, slip case; GREENAWAY (Kate) Mother Goose, F. Warne & Co, no date, 12mo, dust wrapper; with another earlier copy; BURROUGHS (E Rice) Tanar of Pellucidar. New York 1930, early edition, dust wrapper: etc (27)
FITZGERALD (Edward) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Willy Pogany, George Harrap 1930, colour plates, gilt illustrations, tooled calf rather dry and rubbed; BELLEW (Paddy) Private View. 1937, 4to, title signed and inscribed by the author, somewhat loose in worn boards; ALDIN (C) An Artist's Dogs, 1930, illustrated, first edition, cloth in worn dust wrapper; one other - dogs (4)
MURDOCH (Iris) Set of first editions in dust jackets of the author's first 27 novels, including: Under the Net (1954) jacket a little worn; The Flight from the Enchanter (1956) jacket by Edward Bawden; The Sandcastle (1957) chipped spine ends of wrapper; The Bell (1958); The Time of the Angels (1966) signed by the author; also Something Special Four Poems and a Story, 1990, signed ltd edition in paper wrapper; etc (28)
RACKHAM (A.) illustrator. Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, 1905, small 4to, 2nd impression, 50 tipped in plates, lacking one guard, some foxing to first leaves, worn original cloth; MORRIS (Rev. F O) A History of British Butterflies, 1865, large 8vo,coloured plates, some loose leaves, cloth gilt; PARKINSON (J) Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, 1904, folio reprint edition, libary stamps, boards (stained); GODWIN (J) translator. Hypnerotomachia poliphili, by F. Colonna, 1999, dust wrapper; few others various literature (10)
![LESSING (Doris) The Grass is Singing, [the author's first book], first edition 1950, 8vo, in slightly chipped dust jacket; Ma](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/64c475a3-ba19-411d-821a-a7f4010c9f56/792842b9-1766-4184-b597-a541e79a5c0a/468x382.jpg)
STERNE (Laurence) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. London 1761-67, small 8vo, mixed editions (vols I and II 6th edition; III, IV, VII, VIII, IX first editions; vols. V & VI 2nd edition), signed by the author as usual in vols V, VII & IX, half titles to vols. IV, V, Vi and IX, Vol. VII with errata overleaf of title, frontispieces (after Hogarth) to vols. I and III, neat contemporary ownership name to heads of titles, contemporary calf backed marbled boards (9)
JONES (David) The Anathemata, Faber & Faber 1952, first edition in dust jacket; and first editions in dust jackets of - Epoch and Artist, 1959; The Dying Gaul, 1978, title slightly stained at head; The Sleeping Lord and other Fragments, 1974; Dai Greatcoat, 1980; and 25 others Jones related including pamphlets and paperbacks; also works by W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, Henry Miller, Ted Hughes, and others (quantity)
MARTIN (M.), A Compendium of the Practice of stating averages, for the use of counting-houses, insurance-brokers' offices, ship owners, ship-masters..., and other matters connected with marine insurance. Liverpool: sold by G. Cruikshank 1823, 4to, first edition, later boards with printed paper title label on the spine, title a little dusty and a few small stains near the end (Goldsmiths 23869; not in Kress)
MILNE (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1927, bookplate and ownership name, spine ends faded, dust wrapper chipped and worn; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition 1928, bookplate and ownership name, spine ends slightly faded, dust wrapper chipped and water stained; Winnie-the-Pooh, 3rd edition 1927; When We Were Very Young, 12th edition 1925, both named as previous two vol., in worn dust wrappers (4)
MILNE (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1927, 8vo, illustrated by E. H.Shepard, half title with pale brown stripe stain and contemporary neat inscription, imprint leaf similarly stained, original red cloth gilt, slight damage to foot of spine, in original dust wrapper (lightly chipped to edges, spine darkened)
![[MUSSARD (Pierre)] Roma Antiqua et Recens, or the Conformity of Antient and Modern Ceremonies...., London 1732, 8vo, first En](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/64c475a3-ba19-411d-821a-a7f4010c9f56/335cc0d2-7a5a-4ad8-aed5-50469b8a4821/468x382.jpg)
[MUSSARD (Pierre)] Roma Antiqua et Recens, or the Conformity of Antient and Modern Ceremonies...., London 1732, 8vo, first English edition, contemporary morocco gilt, chipped spine; BURNETT (Gilbert) The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale. London 1682, small 8vo, portrait frontispiece, old calf (2)
STOUT (Rex) Nine UK first editions, published by The Crime Club (Collins) in dust wrappers, including: The Silent Speaker (1947), Curtains for Three (1951), Second Confession (1950), Triple Jeopardy (1952), The Black Mountain (1955); with - DURBRIDGE (Francis) Paul Temple and the Front Page Men. London 1939, first edition, worn dust wrapper; VAN DINE (S S) First US editions of Murder Case series - The Kidnap Murder Case, The Greene Murder Case, The Garden Murder Case, The Gracie Allen Murder Case, The Casino Murder Case; lacking dust wrappers, 4 others later reprints (19)
MAETERLINCK (M) Hours of Gladness, illustrated by E. J. Detmold, 1912, 4to, first edition, 20 mounted colour plates, uncut, original cloth gilt; MOORE (T. Sturge) Charles Ricketts R.A., sixty five illustrations, Cassell & Co 1933, dust wrapper; "Book of famous and beautiful Chinese Ladies from all antiquity", early 20th century concertina bound coloured picture book in wooden covers (3)
BEHAN (Brendan) Brendan Behan's Island, drawings by Paul Hogarth, first edition 1962, signed by author and illustrator, dust wrapper, Bernard Geis Associates publisher's ticket inserted; Brendan Behan's New York, Hutchinson 1964, dust wrapper; Borstal Boy, first edition 1958, dust wrapper; The Quare Fellow, first edition 1956, dust wrapper; others - Behan (11)
JOHNSON (J.) Typographia, or the Printer's Instructor: including an account of the origin of printing, with bibliographical notices of the printers of England.... first edition, 2 vols, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, 1824, 8vo, 2 portraits and 2 additional engraved titles, volume 1 with the 4 leaves relating to Earl Spencer and the Roxburghe Club, wood-engraved illustrations and portraits, text within a typographic border throughout, contemporary half calf, slight wear at head of spines, joints partly cracked. Note: This work was issued in 4 sizes from 32mo to royal 8vo; the present copy is the third largest in size and is a 'Roxburghe copy' having the additional engraved titles with the scenes from printing history; together with DIBDIN (T. F.) A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, second edition, 3 vols, 1829 (together 5 vols.)
WARD (C S) Hints on Driving, London 1870, 8vo, mounted photograph frontispiece, 24pp, original limp cloth (worn), armorial bookplate; UPTON (R) Newmarket and Arabia, an Examination of the Descent of Racers and Coursers, first edition 1873, 8vo, frontispiece and four folding pedigree tables, cloth (2)
MALTON (Thomas) A Compleat Treatise on Perspective, in Theory and Practice, on the Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor. Made Clear, by Various Moveable Schemes, and Diagrams, in the Most Intelligent Manner. London: printed for the Author, 1775, folio, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 43 (of 46) engraved plates, including 4 plates with printed onlays, light offsetting, occasional light foxing, 2pp prospectus bound in also dated 1775, addressed to 'your grace', bookplate of William Arthur, Sixth Duke of Portland, contemporary calf, worn, detached boards. Note: the first published edition is recorded as 1776, so this must be an advance copy.
FARRER (Rev. Edmund). The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: a description of all coats of arms on brasses, monuments, slabs, hatchments, &c., now to be found in the county. 3 vols. Norwich, 1887-93, 8vo, illustrations, light spotting to first and last leaves, half morocco gilt by Roger de Coverly; BRAITHWAITE (J B) Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney, 2 vols. 2nd edition, 1855, later half calf; a Norfolk scrap album with prints, drawings, and small photographs, bookplate of Arthur Somerville Gurney, (front cover detached); and 5 others, 19th century, Gurney family related
MILNE (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1924, 8vo, first state without 'ix' to p.9 (contents), illustrated by E. H. Shepard, very neat inscription dated 1924 to first leaf, original blue cloth gilt with very slight loss of colour to front board, with original dust wrapper showing light typical wear and staining
Science at Cambridge. HERSCHEL (J F W) Collection of Examples of the Application of the Calculus of Finite Differences, Cambridge 1820, 8vo, foxing, bound with: BABBAGE (Charles) Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations, 1 plate at end, worn boards near detached; PEACOCK (George) A Collection of Examples of the Applications of the Differential and Integral Calculus. Cambridge 1820, 6 folding plates at end, slight foxing, uncut, original boards; EDDINGTON (Arthur S.) The Mathematical Theory of Relativity. Cambridge University Press, 1923, 4to, original cloth; WHITEHEAD (A N) The Principle of Relativity, 1922; LIVESLEY (R K) An Introduction to Digital Computers, 1957, first edition, dust wrapper; one other (5)
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DICKENS (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition, first issue [with p213 misnumbered 113], Chapman & Hall 1859, 8vo, illustrated by H. K. Browne, added vignette title (repaired), frontispiece and plates, as called for, sporadic typical light foxing, bookplates of Nancy Astor and Peter O' Toole , half morocco rubbed along spine
Report of the Committee of the Society of Arts... Relative to the Mode of Preventing the Forgery of Bank Notes. London 1819, 8vo, 6 plates, signature of Earl Compton to first end paper, a clean copy, uncut in original boards; BAGEHOT (Walter) Economic Studies, 2nd edition, edited by Richard Hutton, 1888, 8vo, half morocco (2)
FERMOR (Patrick Leigh) Mani, John Murray 1958, first edition with author's bold inscription, also signed by Ludovic Kennedy, in dust jacket; 8 others of later date by the author; AMIS (Kingsley) 15 vols. first or early editions in dust jackets; 5 by Patrick White, including Voss (1957); others
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