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Click here to subscribeTHE SATIRES OF DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden and several other eminent hands together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus....', London, Jacob Tonson 1693, first edition Condition Report: Excessive worm damage to covers with loss to spine, staining to a few pages inside and just a few pages with worn damage
THE RURAL MUSE, POEMS BY JOHN CLARE', first edition published by Whittaker & Co. 1835, original green cloth with foliage design and paper label to spine, ex owner's name on endpaper dated Sept. 1836 Condition Report: Edge of spine paper label missing, small holes in cloth to front, splash staining on back, inside tight and good condition
RUPERT BROOKE - 'LITHUANIA A DRAMA IN ONE ACT', first edition published by The Chicago Little Theatre 1915, cover design by C. Raymond Johnson, thought to be one of only 200 copies issued Condition Report: Nicks to edges, staples rusted and centre pages detached, split half way down spine and mark on back cover, however for paperback of this age very good
ISAAC ASIMOV - 'FOUNDATION', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953 British first edition in dustjacket, together with Arthur C. Clarke - 'Prelude to Space', Sidgwick & Jackson 1953 first edition in A/F dustjacket and various science fiction paperbacks including Asimov, Clarke, Moorcock and first Penguin edition of John Wyndham - 'The Day of the Triffids' 1954 (12) Condition Report: Foundation - price clipped, nicks in edges, some foxing on page ends and endpapers Prelude to Space - price clipped, boards damp stained, tears in edges, grubby, ex owner's name on endpaper
J.R.R. TOLKEIN - 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS' FIRST EDITION SET WITH DUSTJACKETS, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 'The Fellowship of the Ring' Second Impression December 1954, 'The Two Towers' 1954, 'The Return of the King' 1955 (3) Condition Report: The Fellowship of the Ring - foxing on endpapers, owners name in pen on endpaper dated 1955, Sydney bookshop sticker on front endpaper, dustjacket price clipped and creased at top The Two Towers - foxing on endpapers and page ends, owner's name and address in pencil on endpaper dated Feb. 1955, Sydney bookshop sticker on front endpape, dustjacket price clipped, staining to front, creased on edges , slight nicks, wear on edges, slight foxing on spine The Return of the King - foxing on endpapers and page ends, Sydney bookshop sticker on front endpaper, dustjacket price clipped, edges creased, foxing on spine
IAN FLEMING - JAMES BOND FIRST EDITION BOOK 'THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN', Jonathan Cape 1965 with dustjacket, together with first edition 'Thunderball', Jonathan Cape 1961 no dustjacket, 'Colonel Sun' A James Bond adventure by Robert Markham, Jonathan Cape 1968 and 'Goldfinger', The Book Club 1959 no dustjacket (4) Condition Report:Man With The Golden Gun - book very good, dustjacket price clipped, crease on spine, staining to back not very visible Thunderball - no dustjacket, book very go apart from slight signs of wear Colonel Sun - book very good, dustjacket price clipped, faded spine, small nicks to spine top edge Goldfinger - no dustjacket, stain and creasing to spine
FLEMING IAN. CASINO ROYALE, THE FIRST EDITION. Orig. dark cloth with red heart motif & red lettering to back. Contents clean. No ownership inscriptions. Dustwrapper (slight chipping & wear, particularly to top of spine & some creasing to reverse), unclipped price of 10s 6d net; the lower fold blank except for numbered light pencil annotations & "Casino Royale/Fleming/Cape/10s 6d net" to lower corner. No Times review thus the FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE FIRST EDITION of about 4,728 copies. Jonathan Cape, "First Published 1953"..
Books - Literature & Children's - Priestley (J.B.), Faraway, first edition, William Heinemann Ltd, London 1932, h/b, d/j; Priestley (J.B.), Festival at Farbridge, first edition, William Heinemann Ltd, London 1951, h/b, d/j; other Priestley works (2); Adams (Richard), Watership Down, second edition, Rex Collings, London 1973, h/b, d/j; another, reprinted second edition, London 1973, h/b, d/j; mid 20th century h/b fiction, various, pictorial dustjackets; Bunkle books, various, all h/b, 2 with d/j [10]; A.A. Milne, various (4); children's annuals, including The Beano Book (3), The Dandy Book (2), others; qty
STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE first edition, colour illustrations, half title, pictorial boards, 1889 and - Catriona, first edition, 1892 (2) ++Both in reasonably well preserved condition with slight rounding of the corners. Heads and tails of spine creased and some very slight wear
[AUSTEN (JANE)] MANSFIELD PARK A NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" AND " PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" three vols, 12mo, first edition, wanting half titles, no advert to vol III and p49 almost detached, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf (3) Provenance: Sir John Mordaunt, 9th Baronet (1808-1845) of Walton Hall, Warwickshire (bookplate).
[SPENSER (EDMUND) COLLECTED WORK.] THE SHEPHEARDS CALENDAR CONTAINING TWELVE AEGLOGUES PROPORTIONABLE TO THE TWELVE MONETHS folio, woodcuts including twelve pictorial, early handwritten annotation to the foot of p27 "Here is a stanza wanting; which out of the first edition in quarto and the latin translation by Mr Bathhurst is thus supplyed;...", H [umphrey] L[lownes] for Mathew Lownes, 1611 bound with the following - Prosopopoia for Mother Hubberds Tale, 1613, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, The Mournings Muse of Thestylis A Pastorall Aeglogue upon the Death of Sir Philip Sidney, An Elegie for Friends Passion for his Astrophell, Prothalamion or A SPousall Verse, 1611, Amoretti and Epithalamion 1611, Epithalomion 1611, Foure Hymnes, 1611, Daphnaida An Elegie Upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard...,1611, Complaints Containing Sundry Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie, 1611, The Teares of the Muses, 1611, Virgil's Gnat, The Ruines of Rome by Bellay, Maviopotmos for the Fate of the Butterfly, 1611, Visions of the World's Vanitie, A Letter of the Authors, A Vision upon this Conceit of the Faery Queene [and sonnets to the Earl of Cumberland, et al], later ruled calf fine tooled in blind and gilt
RESTORATION DRAMA. DRYDEN (JOHN) MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE. A COMEDY. AS IT IS ACTED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL first edition, early inscription to title, later half brown morocco, printed by TN [Thomas Newcomb] for Henry Herringman, 1673 § George Etherege, The Man of Mode or Sr Fopling Flutter. A Comedy. Acted at the Duke's Theatre, title browned and repaired, J Macock for Henry Herringman, 1676 § Thomas Shadwell, The Amorous Bigotte with the Second Part of Tegue o'Divelly. A Comedy, Acted by Their Majesty's Servants, James Knapton, 1690 (3)
FALKLAND ISLANDS. TWO PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF THE VERY REVEREND LOWTHER EDWARD BRANDON, MA (1846-1937) AND HIS WIFE JACQUELINE REBECCA CORDELIA BRANDON, NEE JAMESON (1855-1946), 1906-07 one hundred and twenty four c 7 x 10cm sepia tinted and other silver prints including Port Stanley, Government House, the Harbour, shipping, choir picnic, Sparrow Cove, cutting peat, islands, Dean Brandon on his horse on his last tour, a shepherd's family in the Camp, David Gillow at Causeway Bay Woolshed, coast scenery, Arthur Cobb shearing sheep, George Bowles rolling up wool, Jessie Phillips retirement, Mr & Mrs Jennings, Jimmy Steele and other inhabitants, shag rookery, penguin colony and other birds, the majority captioned, both albums inscribed as gifts from Arthur Frederick Cobb (1877-1973) of Port Stanley, Christmas 1906 and May 1907, MacDonald (F C), Bishop Stirling of the Falklands, L E Bradon's copy with his signature, 1929, three illustrated souvenir booklets of views, c1900-10, a folding map, new edition backed on linen published by Edward Stanford, nd, (late 19th c), an album of snapshot photographs of India and Ceylon, c1930, miscellaneous correspondence namely letters to the Misses Nora F and Maud V Jameson, including one from Florence Brandon and another from Emeline Cadbury (Westhill, Birmigham 1948) and a Victorian hand coloured photograph of a lady, framed Lowther Brandon was appointed Colonial Chaplin to the Falkland Islands in 1877, where he served for thirty years, the last ten of which as Dean of Christchurch Cathedral, Stanley. A Church of Ireland clergyman, Brandon was energetic in his ministry and founded the first savings bank, established an abstinence society and also the Falkland Islands magazine, typesetting and printing it himself. He must have cut a distinctive figure riding tirelessly around his extensive parish, followed by a packhorse that carried his magic lantern and equipment to distant settlements. He returned to Ireland in 1907. The Misses Jameson, spinster sisters born in the 1890s, were related to Brandon's wife. Prior to retirement, Miss Nora Jameson was Secretary of the College of Nursing Club, Birmingham. The Indian photographs were almost certainly taken by her or her sister. ++A most interesting selection of unpublished images of Falkland Island life and scenery in the early 20th c. Clean and in good condition
WALTON (IZAAK) THE LIVES OF DR JOHN DONNE SIR HENRY WOTTON MR RICHARD HOOKER AND MR GEORGE HERBERT 8vo, first edition, four engraved portraits, contemporary spotted calf, 1670 § John Donne Poems etc by John Donne late Dean of St Paul's with Elegies on the Author's Death to which is added Divers Copies under his own hand never before printed, title repaired, later panelled calf, 1669 (2)
WORDSWORTH (W) [AND S T COLERIDGE] LYRICAL BALLARDS WITH OTHER POEMS two vols, 8vo, second edition, later crushed dark red morocco by Riviere & Son, raised bands, gilt dentelles, aeg, 1800 (2) Provenance: Julia Nesham (1779-1861) (signature on title of vol II); the bibliophile C H Wilkinson (1888-1960) Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford (armorial bookplate) The second and best edition of the first volume and the first edition of the second containing Wordsworth's famous Preface, regarded as the manifesto of the Romantic movement.
ENDERBIE (PERCY) CAMBRIA TRIUMPHANS OR BRITTAIN IN ITS PERFECT LUSTRE SHEWING THE ORIGEN AND ANTIQUITY OF THAT ILLUSTRIOUS NATION... folio, first edition, 2 vols in one, arms frontispiece and double page plates and illustrations, early ownership signatures to title, 19th c calf ruled in gilt, a.e.g., 1661 Provenance: Pete Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King of Arms and William Tennant (1805-1848). ++++
LYELL (SIR CHARLES) THE GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCES OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN WITH REMARKS ON THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY VARIATION 8vo, first edition, wood engraved plates and illustrations in the text, small neat embossed crest to title, half title, 32p advertisement at end dated January 1863, original stamped green cloth gilt with fossils, upper joint weak
WITHERING (WILLIAM) AN ACCOUNT OF THE FOXGLOVE AND SOME OF ITS MEDICAL USES WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS ON DROPSY AND OTHER DISEASES 8vo, first edition, hand coloured folding frontispiece of a foxglove engraved by J Sowerby, partly torn, it, the title and half title detached, Birmingham: M Swinney 1785 bound with Thomas Fowler [of Stafford] Medical Reports of the Effects of Arsenic in the Cure of Agues Remitting Fevers and Periodic Headaches, 1786, contemporary half calf rubbed, with loss
HAZLITT (WILLIAM) TABLE-TALK OR ORIGINAL ESSAYS 8vo, first edition, original boards rebacked, wanting pp113-114, 1821 § another copy, two vols, 1821 [and 22] § Conversations of James Northcote Esqr RA, original boards, spine relaid, 1830, boxed, § Lectures Chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth delivered at the Surrey Institution, original boards, 1820 § Literary Remains, two vols, 1836 (7) One of the volumes of Table Talk contains an original drawing of Hazlitt by A Robson after Bewick.
A collection of hardback books, to include: Ian McKewan, signed first edition; Jed Rubenfeld; Spike Milligan: Where Have All The Bullets Gone, 1985, first edition; together with Goodbye Soldier, 1986, first edition; and four first editions, all signed by John Francome, Stone Cold, Stud Poker, Rough Ride and High Flyer; etc.
Vols. 1, 2 and 3 The History Of England, 1832, third edition, by Henry Hallam; The Colony of Victoria, 1864, by William Westgarth; Critical & Historical Essays and Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches, dated 1878, by Lord Macaulay; the autobiography Pele, signed by Pele 2006; The Man With The Golden Arm, signed first edition, 1949, by Nelson Algren; and others.
A collection of hardback books: The Food Of The Gods & How It Came To Earth, 1904, first edition, by H.G. Wells; Collected Poems, 1959, second edition, signed and inscribed by Robert Graves; Mussolini, His Part In My Downfall, 1978, signed and inscribed first edition, by Spike Milligan; and others.
A collection of hardback books, some first editions, some signed, to include: two signed books by Spike Milligan; The Goon Cartoons; and Rommel Gunner Who?, vols. I and II; The Life Of Lord Lawrence, dated 1883, first edition, by R. Bosworth Smith; An Italian Englishman, by Sir James Lacaita; etc.
A collection of hardback books, containing some first editions, to include: The Massacre Of Glencoe, first edition, dated 1933, by John Buchan; The Evening Colonnade, 1973 first edition, by Cyril Connolly; Sketch By Boz, dated 1863, by Charles Dickens; The Ghost, 2007, signed first edition, by Robert Harris; etc.
Hardback books and catalogues, to include: Andre Derain, by Denys Sutton; a 1950's first edition The Forties, by Alan Ross; a catalogue of The 22nd Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1st November-3rd December, 1950, The Arts & Crafts Exhibition; Pascin C'est Moi, by George Papazoff, limited edition 82/800; etc.
A small collection of hardback books, to include: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, dated 1976, signed and inscribed by Ken Kesey; The Watcher Of The Threshold, 2005 special edition, by John Buchan; A History Of The Royal Society, 1848, first edition, in two vols., by Charles Richard Weld; and vols. I and II Franco German War of 1870-1871, dated 1891, first edition, by Count Helmuth von Moltke; etc.
MOFFENSPIEGEL - A RARE FIRST EDITION 1944 COPY OF ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA S.I. [Utrecht], De Bezige Bij, [Charles E. van Blommestein & Geert Lubberhuizen], 1944. Small 8°. Original boards, with bold red coloured type cover title and a large coloured caricature of Adolf Hitler. Ti. -p. and colophon printed in red and black type, each illustrated. Hftitle (verso blank). [36] pp. with captioned coloured and monochrome caricatural illustrations drawn by Karel Lodewijk Links, colophon. DE JONG, 569. 'Dutch clandestinely published book with caricatures of Adolf Hitler his cronies, regarding Nazi oppression of Holland during the Second World War'
Contemporary limited edition silver chalice, a copy of the original Hertford Elizabethan chalice commissioned to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the first ever national church assembly held in England - the Synod of Hertford 673, no. 382 of 1300, with original certificate, in a fitted case (London 1972), Garrard & Co. Ld. All at approximately 6ozs, 15.8cm overall height
NICO JUNGMAN 'Holland' published 1904 by A&C Black, London, first edition quarto hardback bound in white linen, limited edition number 49 of 300 and signed by the author, uncut pages with gilt edging to the top and illustrated covers Foxing to pages, signs of wear and dirt, covers have a lot of wear through the linen to the boards below
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