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Click here to subscribeMedicine.- Williams (John Calthrop) Practical Observations on Nervous and Sympathetic Palpitation of the Heart ..., first edition, folding lithograph frontispiece, trimmed, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, modern cloth, 8vo, 1836.⁂ Rare in commerce. See Lot 248 for the equally scarce second edition of the same.
San Alberto (José Antonio de) Carta pastoral, qve el ilustrisimo Señor Don Fray Joseph Antonio de San Alberto, arzobispo de la Plata, dirige a todos los que en el pasado concurso han sido nombrados, y elegidos para curas, first edition, errata f. after title, sig. 4H duplicated, some spotting or mostly light foxing, hinges split, but holding, later limp vellum, lacking ties, [Furlong II, 367; Gutiérrez 54; Medina 130; Palau 289494; Sabin 75976], Buenos Aires, House of Niños Expósitos, 1791; and another, Spanish religion, small 4to (2) ⁂ San Alberto compares unfavourably the character of the Peruvian Indians with that of the Mexican Indians.
Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist, 3 vol., second edition, second issue with titles dated 1839, half-titles, etched frontispieces and 21 plates by George Cruikshank, foxing to plates, light finger-soiling to margins, original brown cloth, vol. 1 & 3 rebacked, retaining original backstrip, vol. 2 joint split, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [Smith I, p.36], Richard Bentley, 1839; and a 3 volume first edition of Villette, lacking 1 leaf at end of vol. 3, 8vo (6)
Antiquarianism.- Numismatics.- Strada (Jacopo) Epitome thesauri antiquitatum, hoc est, imperatorum Romanorum orientalium et occidentalium iconum, ex antiquis numismatibus delineatarum, first edition, title with large woodcut printer's device recto and full-page arms of Johann Jakob Fugger verso, numerous woodcuts of coins in text (white on black ground), woodcut criblé decorative initials, errata f. (L4), final f. blank, small chip to upper margin of title, water-stained, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, 18th century panelled calf, rebacked, lower joint split, but holding, corners worn, rubbed, [Adams S1916; Cartier, De Tournes, 260; Mortimer French 502], small 4to, Lyon, [Jean de Tournes] for Jacques de Strada & Thomas Guérin, 1553.⁂ History of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Maximilian II, based on the author's own collection of coins. With 'Le privilege du Roy' on V2v and V3r, signed 'Mahieu', and dated 'le sixieme de Novembre 1553'.Provenance: Charles Chitty (engraved armorial bookplate and signature to title dated 1790); Lloyd Cabot Briggs, gift from his father, 1926 (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
W[ard] (Hon. Mrs. [Mary]) & Lady [Jane] M[ahon]. Entomology in Sport, and Entomology in Earnest, first edition, printed on thick paper, hand-coloured lithographed additional pictorial title to verso of printed title, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and decorative wreath enclosing dedication on verso, hand-coloured wood-engraved initials and illustrations to text, some light soiling and staining, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, rebacked preserving part of original spine, 8vo, Paul Jerrard & Son, 1859.⁂ A scarce and charming work with delightful illustrations.
NO RESERVE Gill (Eric) Sculpture: An Essay on Stone-Cutting, very light browning to endpapers, original linen boards, lightly faded, Ditchling, Sussex, Saint Dominic's Press, 1923; Last Essays, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, small nicks to edges, lightly faded, 1942; Clothes, first Cheap edition, original cloth, faded, dust-jacket, rather worn, spine lacking portions to ends, faded, 1931; Drawings from Life, light foxing, endpapers toned, original boards, dust-jacket, name crossed out on upper cover, light creasing to edges, 1940; and 2 others by Gill, 8vo (6)
Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Goetz of Berlichingen, with the Iron Hand: A Tragedy. Translated from the German of Goethé...by Walter Scott, first edition, second issue with cancel title with the translator's name correctly printed, half-title, light foxing and browning, occasional light marginal damp-staining, handsomely bound in contemporary marbled calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, covers very lightly rubbed, for J. Bell, 1799 § [Boothby (Sir Brooke)] Sorrows. Sacred to the Memory of Penelope, first edition, frontispiece and 2 stipple-engraved plates after Fuseli and Joshua Reynolds, 3 vignette illustrations, tail-pieces, errata slip laid-down to final leaf of text, lacking half-title, frontispiece starting to work loose at foot, light offsetting, some foxing, occasional light soiling, endpapers soiled and working loose, hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, old covers rubbed, marbled endpapers, W. Bulmer & Co., 1796, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 18th century poetry, v.s. (12)
[Cooper (William)] The Will of a Certain Northern Vicar, second edition, frontispiece, numerous ink notes and additions in a contemporary hand, for the Author, 1765, bound with Caveat to the Will (A) of a Certain Northern Vicar. Addressed to the Reverend W. C⁂** Rector of K⁂* W⁂*, first edition, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription and small doodle, title and dedication leaf with short repaired tears, with loss to a few letters of dedication, final leaf with short marginal tear, for W. Flexney, 1766, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplates of George Redesdale Brooker Spain and J.O. Edwards, ink ownership name J. White Ridley Hall to pastedown, small stab-holes to inner margin, light browning, a little heavier at points, scattered spotting, some light dust-soiling, later cloth, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, heavier to corners; and others, 18th century poetry, 8vo & 4to (11)⁂ The first mentioned with numerous names supplied in a contemporary hand where the poet has omitted them with dashes.
Silk manufacture.- Sá (José António de) Dissertações philosophico-politicas sobre o trato das sedas na comarca de Moncorvo, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, folding engraved plate, letterpress table within woodcut typographic border, lacking half-title, small marginal wormhole / trace early on, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and with 2 gilt flowers (2 others blind-stamped, but not gilded) and remains of leather label, upper cover wormed, some scuffing, [Avila Perez 6811; Innocêncio IV, 246], Lisbon, Printers of the Academy of Sciences, 1787; and 3 others, Silk, v.s. (4)⁂ Includes a history of silk production in a number of countries, and the cultivation of silkworms and silk production in Portugal, in particular in Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança. The author was a director of the royal silk factory, and one of the earliest members of the Academy of Sciences.
NO RESERVE Grass (Günter) The Tin Drum, first English edition, cut signature of the author laid down on title, light foxing to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and lower panel, a couple small marks to spine, faint surface soiling, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1962.
NO RESERVE Carter (John) and Percy H. Muir. Printing and the Mind of Man, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, dust soiled and a little creased, 1967 § Gill (Eric) Art-Nonsense and Other Essays, first edition, un-opened along top edge, original cloth, spine sunned, 1929 § Backhouse (Janet) The Illuminated Page, profusely illustrated in colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine head a little rubbed, 1997; and c.35 others on the art of the book, v.s. (c.40)
Classics.- Terence. The Comedies...Translated into Familiar Blank Verse. By George Colman, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, 2E2 with closed tear into text without loss, some light browning, some foxing or light soiling, upper hinge weak, contemporary calf, spine label majority lacking, quite worn, joints split but holding, for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt [&tc], 1765; and others, 18th century, Classics related, including the Baskerville printed Works of Virgil, 8vo & 4to (c.18)
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, early issue, engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H. K Browne, and extra-illustrated with c.30 plates by the same, foxing to plates as usual, light offsetting, contemporary ownership inscription to frontispiece verso, modern sage green half morocco, spine gilt, g.e., 1837; David Copperfield, first edition in book form, bound from the parts, engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, original wrappers bound in at end, occasional light offsetting, later calf, black morocco spine labels, lightly scuffed and faded, 1850; and 3 others by Dickens in attractive bindings, 8vo (5)
First World War.- Binyon (Laurence) For Dauntless France. An Account of Britain's Aid to the French Wounded and Victims of the War...With Preface by His Excellency Paul Cambon, first edition, colour frontispiece and 5 black and white plates by Edmund Dulac and others, A.L.s from the author loosely inserted on Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum headed paper "My dear de Glehn...I will try to find out about X Rays. But do you intend to run a car...If so, I fancy it would be commandeered; as happened to Masefield's boat, which has been taken over by the Navy...I saw M. the other day. He sails for America today...", T.L.s from French ambassador Paul Cambon with original envelope also loosely inserted, addressed to Major Pat-a-Becket "My country-men have been deeply touched by the immense generosity of Great Britain...", contemporary and later ink ownership inscriptions to front endpaper, some light spotting, mostly to fore-edge, occasional cracking at gutter, endpapers toned, original cloth, spine gilt but a touch sunned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped and rubbed, 8vo, [1918].
NO RESERVE Juvenile poetry.- [Cotton (Nathaniel)] Visions in Verse, for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds, first edition, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary ink name E.S. Greville to front endpaper, some very light spotting and toning, the odd small stain or patch of soiling, including occasional faint damp-stain to foot, endpapers lightly browned, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, covers rubbed and scratched, for R. Dodsley, 1751; and others similar, including a later edition of the same, 8vo (4)⁂ The first scarce. We can trace only a handful of copies at auction, the last in 2002.
Biography.- [Rouillé (Guillaume)] Prima [-secunda] pars promptuarii iconum insigniorum a seculo hominum, subjectis eorum vitis, 2 vol., first edition, text in Latin, title with first few letters in woodcut cartouche surmounted by cherub's head and with woodcut printer's device, second title with large woodcut oval emblematic device, both parts numerous small woodcut medallion portraits, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, part 2 dd4 little trimmed (?from another copy), some staining (mostly in part 2), including ink (text legible still), some spotting and finger-marking, mostly lightly browned, 18th century mottled calf, spines gilt and with antique style red leather labels, spines and corners worn, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Adams P2161; cf. Mortimer, French, 465 (French edition of the same year)], small 4to, Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1553.⁂ Biographies of notable men and women from Adam and Eve to Henri II. Provenance: Trimmed contemporary ink professorial ownership inscription to head of first title.
NO RESERVE Buchan (John) Sir Quixote of the Moors. Being some Account of an Episode in the Life of the Sieur de Rohaine, first edition, frontispiece, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, half-title with ink ownership inscription to head, spotted, a few finger-marks and small stains, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, rubbed at extremities, little heavier to spine ends, lightly marked, [Blanchard A2], T. Fisher Unwinn, 1895; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (3)
Crabs, Lobsters & Prawns.- Leach (William Elford) Malacostraca podophthalmata Britanniae..., parts I-XVIII/XIX in 1 vol., first edition, with 29 engraved plates by James and G.B.Sowerby only (of 54), 2 folding, 18 hand-coloured, the remaining plates supplied in colour facsimile, 3 folding, some text leaves also supplied in facsimile, title soiled and frayed at edges (laid down), one or two plates lightly soiled, one with tear to outer edge repaired not affecting image, modern half dark blue straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, with all original part wrappers printed on blue paper bound in (part XVIII/XIX a little larger), uncut, [Nissen ZBI 2404], 4to, by B.Meredith [for] James Sowerby [&] Bernard Quaritch, 1815-20 & 1875; sold not subject to return
NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Drury (Charles) Second Edition, of The Farmer's Recent and Important Discovery, of a System for Improving Land, and Augmenting the Crops of Corn, &c. ..., half-title, small loss to half-title and final ff., both laid on tissue, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, modern cloth, 1813; Recent & Important National Discoveries; of a System for Preparing the Substitutes for Hay ..., second edition, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, modern cloth, 1813; 8vo (2).⁂ The first is rare with only 1 copy on WorldCat at the International Institute of Social History.
NO RESERVE Kirby (William) & William Spence. An Introduction to Entomology, or Elements of the Natural History of Insects, 4 vol., first edition, 30 engraved plates, 6 hand-coloured, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, folding letterpress table, portraits and uncoloured plates foxed, portraits offset onto titles, R1 in vol.2 with portion torn away from lower margin, signature 2B in vol.3 spotted, small stain to Index in vol.4, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt with burgundy roan labels, rubbed, some splits to joints, [Hagen 415.12; Nissen ZBI 2189], 8vo, 1815-1826.
Chamberlain (Neville) Norman Chamberlain: A Memoir, first edition, A.L.s from the author tipped in, thanking the recipient for a letter, 'with the author's compliment's' page bound after frontispiece, light spotting, endpapers a little browned, 1923; together with 2 T.L.s from Anne Chamberlain, and an invitation and order of service to the memorial service of Neville Chamberlain, and another related letter, v.s., v.d. (6)
Kennett (Basil) The Lives and Characters of the Ancient Grecian Poets, first edition, engraved frontispiece and two portrait plates, engraved portrait vignettes, final advertisement leaf, a couple instances of ink correction in a contemporary hand, H5 with very short tear into text without loss, browning, generally light but heavier at points, some foxing, final few leaves with lower outer corner creased, upper cover nearly detached, [Wing K297], for Abel Swall, 1697 § Euclid. The Elements of Euclid Explain'd...Written in French, by...F Claud. Franic Milliet de Chales...Now made English, fourth edition, additional engraved title, woodcut diagrams, a few small ink marks to title and doodles to one or two diagrams, fractional worming to upper corner throughout, sig. M & N becoming larger trace but not affecting text, light browning and occasional soiling, some light damp-staining towards end, upper cover detached, Oxford, L. Lichfield, 1704, contemporary calf, quite worn, spine labels missing, lower joint split but holding; and 2 others, antiquarian, one relating to John Locke, 8vo & 4to (4)
Fontenai (L'Abbe de) Galerie du Palais Royal, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol. 1 only with engraved title, vol. 2 & 3 with letterpress titles, engraved dedication, 351 engraved plates only (of 352), scattered spotting, mostly marginal, bookplates, contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, folio, Paris, J. Couché, 1786-1808.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Sir Robert Peel, and; white morocco and gilt bookplate of Alexander Lawson Duncan. This was at auction in 2003, in Alexander Duncan's Jordanstone House Sale at Lyon & Turnbull. A printing error claims that the 3 volumes contain a total of 355 plates, however counting each plate listed only adds up to 352. This work was originally issued in parts, as such many copies are incomplete. This copy is only lacking one plate, and is more complete than most.
NO RESERVE Trollope (Anthony) North America, first American edition, title becoming detached, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, chipping to spine extremities, slight bumping to corners, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1862; The Three Clerks, first American edition, previous owner's pencil signature to title, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, publisher's advertisements at end, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1860; Ralph the Heir, first American edition, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1871; [Sadleir 14; 6; 37]; and others on or by Trollope, v.s. (22).⁂ The first is a pirated edition, published before the authorised Lippincott edition.
Art technique.- Sculputra-Historico-Technica: or the History and Art of Ingraving, first edition, 10 engraved plates, 1p. advertisements at rear, bookplate, title and endpapers browned at margins, front endpaper detached, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, for S. Harding, 1747 § Gilpin (William) An Essay on Prints, third edition, bookplate, 1731; this bound with [Chelsum (James)] A History of the Art of Mezzotino, Winchester, by J. Robbins, 1786, occasional light foxing, later half calf, corners and joints a little rubbed; and a fourth edition of the Art of Engraving, 8vo (3)
Women Poets.- Seward (Anna) Monody on Major Andrè. By Miss Seward...To which are added Letters Addressed to her by Major Andrè in the Year 1769, first edition, signed by the author on p.28, book-label of J.O. Edwards, occasional light spotting, attractively bound in modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt but a touch sunned, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, marbled endpapers, [Adams 81-65a; Sabin 79478], 4to, Lichfield, J. Jackson, 1781 § [Anonymous] "A Lady". The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette; or, Lord Chesterfield's Advice to his Son, Versified, half-title, title with engraved vignette, half-title torn and silked to verso, with repaired portion of loss to upper corner affecting typographic ornament, a couple short tears to final two leaves (partly repaired), affecting text but without loss of sense, some light foxing, light soiling to peripheral leaves, disbound, [Gulick 130], for T. Davies, 1776; and others by women poets, including Hannah More, 18th and 19th century, 8vo & 4to (9)⁂ Seward, known as the 'Swan of Lichfield', was a poet and woman of letters whose adoptive sister, Honoria Sneyd, had been courted by Major John André. He was executed as a spy during the War of American Independence for carrying details of the fort at West Point from the traitor Benedict Arnold to the British forces. The work contains a bitter attack on George Washington.
NO RESERVE Čapek (Karel) Krakatit, first edition, title in red & black, small ink ownership name to title, final errata leaf and adverts at end, contemporary half cloth, gilt, rubbed, 4to, Prague, 1924.⁂ First edition of Čapek's science-fiction novel that pre-empted the arrival of the nuclear bomb.
Vicary (Thomas) The Surgion's Directorie, for Young Practitioners, In Anatomie, Wounds, and Cures, &c, title printed in red and black within typographic border, A8 (final Contents f.) supplied in facsimile, various 18th century ink inscriptions to front endpapers, title trimmed at foot with loss to border, preliminaries foxed and frayed at fore-edge, with some text loss to A2-3, a few headlines shaved, very small worming to foot throughout within text, reducing to single wormhole towards end, very occasional underlining in purple ink, light browning, the odd small stain, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, [cf.Wing V335], 12mo, T. Fawcet, 1651.⁂ A later manifestation of Vicary's A Profitable treatise of the Anatomie of mans body, the first edition to be published under this title. One of two issues of 1651 with slightly different imprint, this not recorded by Wing. Scarce, ESTC records just two copies (Wellcome Institute & Folger Shakespeare). Provenance: Samuel Fishor...a surgeon (ink inscription to front endpaper, dated 1725); Rich.di Gardner (ink ownership inscription to head of title); Wm. Wooton (ink inscription to rear pastedown, dated 1728).
NO RESERVE Trollope (Anthony) Orley Farm, 2 vol., first edition, illustrations by J. E. Millais, occasional light scattered spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, spines faded, 1862; The Vicar of Bullhampton, first edition, half-title, illustrations by Henry Woods, modern red morocco-backed boards, upper cover lightly soiled, 1870; and 3 others by the same in attractive bindings, 8vo (6)
Theatre.- Castelo Branco (Camilo) Espinhos e flores, drama original, first edition, half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece of the author, some spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, original blue printed wrappers bound in, modern burgundy calf, gilt, spine in compartments, [Innocêncio II, 15 & IX, 10; Lacape 23], Porto, J.A. de Freitas Junior, 1857; and 4 others, Theatre, v.s. (5) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare in commerce.
NO RESERVE Castle (Agnes and Egerton) Charles Robinson (illus.), Our Sentimental Garden, first edition, colour frontispiece and plates, illustrations, some light spotting, ownership inscription in ink to pictorial half-title, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 1914 § The Queen's Gift Book § The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book, last two with colour plates and frontispiece tipped-in, illustrations, some spotting and toning, ownership inscription in ink and pencil to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed, n.d.; and 6 other illustrated books (9)
NO RESERVE Evolution.- Freke (Henry) On the origin of species by means of organic affinity, first edition, half-title, folding letterpress table frontispiece, ink signatures to head of title, occasional pencil marginalia and underlining, occasional spotting or finger-marking, terracotta endpapers, hinges splitting, but holding firm, original green cloth, spine faded to brown, damp-stained, 8vo, Longman & Co., 1861.⁂ Rare in commerce. Freke (1813-1888) was an Irish physician and an early writer on evolution. He is listed as an early advocate of the theory in the third edition of On the Origin of Species. Provenance: 'Dr. Buxton'; Charles Martin, August, 1889 (ink signatures to head of title).
Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Queen Mab. a Philosophical Poem, "first American edition" [but second unauthorised edition], engraved title, bookplates, title offset to endpapers, some spotting, contemporary calf, tooled and gilt border, red calf labels to spine, corners bumped, head and foot of spine worn, some scratching to covers, joints cracked, New York [but London], J. Baldwin, 1821 § Smith (William) British Heroism, bookplate, some light toning, contemporary half calf, rebacked, red morocco label to spine, rubbed, new endpapers, Sunderland, 1815 § Marshall (George) Epistles in Verse, between Cynthio and Leonora, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, engraved vignette on dedication, some spotting, heaviest to title and plates, later half calf, red morocco label to spine, slightly bumped at corners, Newcastle, 1812; and 11 others, nineteenth-century poetry, including a defective copy of Mary Leadbeater's "Poems" in the original boards, v.s. (14)⁂ The first mentioned the second unauthorised edition of Queen Mab known as the "First American edition", believed to have been published by William Benbow in London in 1821, bearing a false imprint recording the publication in New York. George Goodspeed, in "The 'First American' Queen Mab" argues: "The suppression of Clark's edition of Queen Mab left the field open to another publisher. Demand had been stimulated by the controversy and the source of supply had been cut off" (The Colophon, New Graphic Series, No. 1, p.25-32, 1939).
Nicholls (Thomas) The Harp of Hermes. Poems, first edition, engraved vignette title, engraved armorial bookplate of the Marquis of Stafford, book-label of J. O. Edwards, one or two short marginal tears, into text to D1 but without loss, some light browning and foxing, upper hinge neatly repaired, near contemporary half calf, upper cover with blind-stamped garter arms of the Duke of Sutherland, highly skilful repairs to joints and corners, lightly rubbed, for the Author, [c.1797] § James (Charles) Poems, engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 plates, 4pp. engraved music, some foxing, hinges weak, uncut and partly unopened in original boards, loss to spine, worn, joints split but just holding, J. Davis, 1792; and others, 18th century poetry, 8vo (c.17)⁂ The first mentioned scarce, with only three copies recorded on ESTC.
Military.- Nordenfelt (Thorsten) The Nordenfelt Machine Guns described in Detail and compared with other Systems, first edition, illustrations and plates throughout, half-title foxed, original pictorial cloth, recased, tears and wear to joints and spine ends, Portsmouth, Griffin & Co., 1884; and c.65 others military history, v.s. (c.65) ⁂* Uncommon promotional publication for Nordenfelt's guns.
King Penguin series, complete run of 76 volumes King Penguin books 1939-1959. Majority First Edition, few reprints. Original Pictorial boards, 28 with dust jackets. (Some bumped/worn/small part losses to backstrips). Includes John Piper Rodney Marsh, 1950, First Edition, No. 55, 16 colour plates. Plus, ‘King Penguins’ by Stephen Butler, limited edition of 50 copies, copy 13/50. (77).
BEERBOHM, MAX. ‘Rosetti and his Circle’ by Max Beerbohm. First Edition. William Heinemann, London, 1922. 22 illustrated plates. With a typed letter signed by Beerbohm that reads; ‘Dear Mr Morris. I do so hope that you will be coming to Italy in the autumn; for it would be a very great pleasure for me to see you there. With kind regards, Yours very sincerely, Max Beerbohm’ (27th May, 1953). With original dust jacket. Overall very good condition, slight tears to dust jacket as expected, protected in plastic sleeve.
ROWLING, J. K. Range of five Harry Potter hardback novels by J. K. Rowling (some First Edition) to include; ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ First Australian Edition, Griffin Press, 2000. ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, First Edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2007. ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’, First Edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2003. ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’, First Edition, Bloomsbury, 2005 – with “Eleven Owls” (instead of ten owls) error on page 99. ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’. All copies with dust jackets and have writing (in pen) to inside page other than The Deathly Hallows. (5)
BETJEMAN, JOHN. Collection of 20 Books / Literature by John Betjeman, numerous first editions, to include; ‘Ghastly Good Taste or a depressing story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture’ by John Betjeman, First Edition Chapman & Hall Ltd, London, 1933 with fold out insert to reverse. ‘Continual Dew’ by John Betjeman, First Edition, William Clowes and Sons, London, 1937 with dust jacket. ‘Antiquarian Prejudice’ by John Betjeman, The Hogarth Press, London, 1939. ‘Old Lights for New Chancels’ by John Betjeman, John Murray, London, 1940. ‘New Bats in Old Belfries’ by John Betjeman, John Murray, London, 1945. ‘The English Scene’ a readers guide by John Betjeman, Published for the National Book League by The Cambridge University Press, 1951. ‘First and Last Loves’ by John Betjeman, First Edition, William Clowes and Son, London, 1952 with dust jacket and fold out insert. ‘A Few Late Chrysanthemums’ by John Betjeman, First Edition, John Murray, London, 1954. ‘Poems in the Porch’ by John Betjeman, S.P.C.K, London, 1954 with John Piper. ‘Summoned by Bells’ by John Betjeman, First Edition, William Clowes and Sons, London, 1960, in dust jacket. ‘High and Low’ by John Betjeman, 1966 First Edition, John Murray, London, 1966. ‘West Country Churches’ Four Essays by John Betjeman, Society of SS Peter and Paul, London, 1973. ‘A Nip in the Air’ by John Betjeman, John Murray, London, 1974. ‘Mount Zion’ by John Betjeman, 1975 Poetry Reprint Series, St. James Press, London, 1975. ‘Archie & The Strict Baptists’ by John Betjeman, First Edition, John Murray, London, 1977. ‘An Oxford University Chest’ by John Betjeman, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979. ‘Uncollected Poems’ by John Betjeman, John Murray, London, 1982. ‘Ah, Middlesex’ by John Betjeman, Warren Editions, 1984. ‘Poems in the Porch’ The Radio Poems of John Betjeman by Kevin Gardner, Continuum, London, 2009. Plus, ‘Wantage Poems’ compiled by Sister Sylvia Mary preface by John Betjeman, A. R. Mowbray & Co, London, 1966 & A Catalogue of Works by Sir John Betjeman from the Collection of Ray Carter with an unpublished poem, 1983. (20)
‘Poetry from Oxford in Wartime’ edited by William Bell. 1945 First Edition. The Fortune Press, London, 1945. Featuring poetry from; Drummond Allison, Ian Bancroft, William Bell, Peter Bentley, Raymond Chapman, Ian Davie, Anthony de Hogton, Roger Lancelyn Green, Paul Haeffner, W. J. Harvey, John Hawke-Genn, John Heath-Stubbs, Brian Hutton, Gerard Irvine, J. D. James, Francis King, Philip Larkin, David Luke, Christopher Middleton, Roy Porter, Philip Rawson, Guy Simmons, Michael Walls & David Wright. In original dust jacket, some small tears to dust jacket. This book features the first collection of Philip Larkin poems in book form, scarce with only around 500 copies originally printed.
THOMAS, R.S. Pair of First Edition signed books by R. S. Thomas (Ronald Stuart Thomas, 1913-2000). To include; ‘Song at the Year’s Turning’ 1955 First Edition signed in pencil to title page, Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1955, with original dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve and ‘Between Here and Now: Poems by R.S. Thomas’ 1981 First Edition signed in biro to title page, Macmillan, London, 1981, with original dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. Overall condition for both excellent, minor tears to dust jacket of Song at the Year’s Turning. (2)
ECKEL, JOHN C. ‘The First Editions of Charles Dickens’ by John C. Eckel. The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and Their Values A Bibliography, By John. C. Eckel with a portrait of Charles Dickens and 36 Illustrations and Fac-similes. First Edition number 79 of 250 copies. London, published by Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1913. Large Paper copy, limited to edition run of 250, signed by Author and Publishers. Edition 79/250. Provenance, private collection. Very good copy in protective plastic sleeve, expected toning to initial pages and few spots throughout.
JEROME, JEROME K. ‘Three Men in a Boat’ by Jerome K Jerome, illustrations by A. Frederics. J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 11 Quay Street, 1889. First Edition hardback. Original blue cloth hardback with gilt and black titles. Overall excellent condition, some wear to covers and expected occasional tone spot.
DICKENS, CHARLES. ‘Master Humphrey’s Clock’ by Charles Dickens with Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. London, Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841. First Edition. Three volumes, marbled board covers with leather numbered spines. Overall condition great with some toning (as expected) throughout. (3)
HEANEY, SEAMUS. ‘Field Work’ by Seamus Heaney. 1979 First Edition, Signed to title page in blue ink ‘Seamus Heaney October 1982’. Faber and Faber, London, 1979. In original dust jacket, overall condition excellent. With accompanying photograph showing Seamus Heaney signing the book, labelled to reverse 'Weekend of 19th-21st July 1996 The Housman Festival Seamus Heaney signs for Ruth'.
BETJEMAN, JOHN – Shell Guides, three original first edition spiral bound shell guides, to include; Derbyshire (1935 – edited by Christopher Hobhouse), Wiltshire (1935 – edited by Robert Byron) and BUCKS Shell Guide by John Nash (1936). Overall condition good, some creases and tone as expected with age. (3)
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, First Edition Macmillan & Co London 1866, cloth-bound, together with handwritten document found with the book, Log of the Tortoise dated 1862Book is in poor condition with pages loose, coverboards stained, spine dented plus some torn and stained pages, handwritten document is generally discoloured but interesting and unsure if there is any connection with the book
Eight boxed diecast models to include Burago 1/18 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge (no. 3378), Maisto 1/18 Special Edition Jaguar XJ220, 4 x EFE Exclusive First Editions, Solido & Lledo (diecast ex, boxes generally gd); together with a small quantity of unboxed diecast & plastic models (featuring Matchbox Connectables)
Hornby China OO Gauge Steam Locomotives with Tenders, both boxed, R3074 special edition Royal Mail Great British Railways Collection, King Class 6002 King William IV, with certificate 0794/1200 and first day cover, R2402 Grange Class Hardwick Grange 6800, both in GWR green livery, G-E, boxes G-E, (2)
Vanessa Bell - Clarice Cliff - A Coronet shape jug circa 1934, decorated in the Vanessa Pattern with a band of circles, spots and crosses to the upper rim with spot line border, printed signature, height 15.5cm. N.B - This was designed by Bloomsbury artist Vanessa Bell for the 1934 Harrods and Art in Industry 'Modern Art for the Table' exhibitions. Marked 'First Edition'. In 1934 Foley China and Clarice Cliff were asked to produce a range of table wares for the exhibitions and notable artists of the day such as Paul Nash, Laura Knight, Duncan Grant, Graham Sutherland, Gordon Forsyth, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth were invited to submit designs. Due to poor marketing, the public were largely unaware of the designs and after an initial twelve sets were commissioned of each, further production was halted.
Ernest Proctor - Clarice Cliff - A pair of large Athens shape tea cups and saucers circa 1934, hand painted in silver lustre over a green glazed ground with stylised figures to a landscape with a wave line, printed signature, damages. NB - This was designed by Ernest Proctor for the 1934 Harrods and Art in Industry 'Modern Art for the Table' exhibitions. Marked 'First Edition'. In 1934 Foley China and Clarice Cliff were asked to produce a range of table wares for the exhibitions and notable artists of the day such as Paul Nash, Laura Knight, Duncan Grant, Graham Sutherland, Gordon Forsyth and Ben Nicholson were invited to submit designs. Due to poor marketing, the public were largely unaware of the designs and after an initial twelve sets were commissioned of each, further production was halted.
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