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Click here to subscribeASTRONOMY & MYSTICISM. – John SYMONDS & Kenneth GRANT. The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, an Autobiography. London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First edition, 8vo (229 x 150mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Some browning.) Original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket. – And a quantity of others (a quantity).
TOPOGRAPHY. – Margery WEST. Island at War, the Remarkable Role Played by the Small Manx Nation in the Great War 1914-1918. Laxey, Isle of Man: 1986. First edition, signed by the author, 8vo (208 x 145mm.) Illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And a collection of other volumes, maps and ephemera of topographical interest (a lot).
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ursula. Silence and Music. London: Hutchinson, 1959. First edition, 8vo (212 x 135mm.) (Minor spotting.) Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (extremities slightly bumped and faded), dust-jacket (browned and spotted). Note: presentation inscription signed by the author to front-free endpaper ‘Greetings from our shared programme’ dated 14.10.61. – And ten others, including three further poetical works signed by their author (11).
TOMASI, Giuseppe, 11th Prince of Lampedusa. The Leopard. London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1960. First U.K. edition, 8vo (208 x 135mm.) (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly discoloured). – And a quantity of others, the majority modern first editions (a quantity).
SCOFIELD, Paul and Joy. – James GOLDMAN. The Lion in Winter. New York: Random House, 1966. First edition, 8vo (208 x 136mm.) Decorative double-page title, occasional plates. Original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket. Provenance: Paul Scofield (presentation inscription signed by the author dated December 1974 to front-free endpaper). – And thirty-eight other volumes given to Paul and Joy Scofield by the authors, most signed or with associated note or letter (a lot).
POETRY. – Ted HUGHES. Remains of Elmet, a Pennine Sequence. London & Boston: Faber and Faber, 1979. First edition, 4to (253 x 213mm.) Numerous illustrations by Fay Goodwin. (Minor browning or spotting.) Original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket. – And a quantity of other poetical works (a quantity).
RANSOME, Arthur. Peter Duck. London & Toronto: Jonathan Cape, 1932. First edition, 8vo (198 x 135mm.) (Minor spotting to fore-edge.) Original cloth (minor soiling, head and foot of spine slightly bumped and slightly faded). Note: signed by the author to half-title with small drawing of a sailing boat. – And seven others by Ransome including one other signed (8).
FISHING. – C.W.W.S. CONWAY. Sunlit Waters. Bombay: Thacker & Co., Ltd. 1942. First edition, 4to (274 x 188mm.) Plates, a few colour, illustrations. (Occasional minor spotting.) Contemporary red morocco (slightly rubbed). Provenance: A.L.A. Bonbernard (name in gilt to upper cover). – And five others of fishing interest (6).
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Farmer Giles of Ham. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1949. First edition, 8vo (198 x 126mm.) Frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Diana Baynes. (Some very minor ink-stains to top-edge.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly torn and soiled). – And three other vols. by Tolkien (4).
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. [The Lord of the Rings]. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1955. First edition, 8vo (216 x 133mm.) Folding maps printed in red and black bound at rear. Original red cloth (extremities slightly bumped, slightly soiled and discoloured). Note: this set comprises ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ (third impression), ‘The Two Towers’ (second impression) and ‘The Return of the King’ (first impression). Provenance: Christina Chapin (signatures to front-free endpapers).
KEATE, George. An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. London: printed for G. Nicol, 1788. First edition, 4to (298 x 230mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 folding chart, 1 plan, 13 plates only (of 14) (1 folding). (First few and occasional other leaves creased, some offsetting, some spotting, mostly to plates.) Contemporary tree calf, the upper cover with central armorial (rebacked, extremities scuffed, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Sir John Ingilby Bar’t of Ripley Yorkshire (binding).
HART, Frank. Rahator of Bombay, The Apostle to the Marathas. London: 1936. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) Portrait frontispiece. (Some spotting to first few leaves.) Original cloth (slightly discoloured), dust-jacket (faded). Provenance: ‘Mrs Vaux’ (presentation inscription signed by the author and dated ‘Xmas 1936’). – And forty-three others, various (44).
AMIS, Martin. The Rachel Papers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First edition, 8vo (208 x 139mm.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (slightly discoloured). Provenance: ‘Sally’ (presentation inscription from the author ‘To Sally, with very best wishes from Martin’ in red ink).
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita. The Edwardians. [London:] published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, The Hogarth Press, 1930. First edition, 8vo (184 x 123mm.) (Some spotting, minor damp-staining to fore-edge.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped and slightly soiled), dust-jacket (somewhat torn with some loss, mostly repaired with adhesive tape, and discoloured). Note: signed by the author to front-free endpaper.
LAWRENCE, D.H. Twilight in Italy. London: Duckworth and Co., 1916. First edition, 8vo (186 x 114mm.) (Some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities somewhat bumped, spine faded). Provenance: Ada Borchgrevink (presentation inscription from E.M. Forster and signature to front-free endpaper). Note: Ada Borchgrevink, née Ada Starr, was a friend of Virginia Woolf.
LAWRENCE, D.H. Sons and Lovers. London: Duckworth & Co., 1913. First edition, 8vo (183 x 118mm.) Advertisements at rear. (Damp-staining affecting the majority of leaves, mostly to margins, light spotting or browning.) Original cloth (extremities somewhat bumped and lightly soiled, spine chipped at head and foot). – And one other by Lawrence (2).
Six `Exclusive First Edition` 1:76 (00/HO scale) models of Buses incl. Daimler Fleetline `Manchester City` No. 18002 double decker. Bristol L6B Wendover `Thames Valley` No. 20801, Cavalier coach `Neath and Cardiff` No. 12105, Bedford OB coach `Barton` No. 20116, Cheltenham District Bristol FLF lodecka bus No 14004 and Leyland TS8 Tiger type B `West Riding` No. 18401
Six Exclusive First Edition buses of 1:76 (00/H0 scale) incl. AEC Regal Windover ``South Wales`` No. 20703, Bristol MW coach ``Crosville`` No. 16202, Bedford SB Duple Vega ``Orange Luxury`` No. 18701, Bristol LS ``Jones of Aberbeeg```` No.16321, BET AEC Reliance coach ``Jones of Aberbeeg`` No. 24321 and a Black and White Harrington Grenadier.
A quantity of Exclusive First Edition boxed 1:76 (HO/00) scale models, incl. 18306 Leyland TS8 Tiger `Western Welsh` bus, 18007 Leyland PD2 Lowbridge `North Western` double decker, 16201 Bristol MW coach Bristol Greyhound, 18402 Leyland TS8 Tiger type B ``Lancashire United``, 15903 Leyland PD1 Highbridge `Samuel Ledgard` double decker, 16304 Bristol L.S. Bus ``Western National``, Lord Rayleigh Farms AEC Mammoth 6 wheeler and triple set including AEC Mammoth 8 wheeler ``Mobilgas`` tanker, AEC Mammoth 8 wheeler ``Century Lubricant Specialists`` tanker, and AEC Mammoth ``Liquids Powders and Gas Transport Co Ltd`` 6 wheeler.
ROOPER, GEORGE. - A FOX`S TALE A Sketch of the Hunting Field. 1867; The Autobiography of the late Salmo Salar.. Edited by a Fisherman 1867. First Editions. Bound together with : (Lowth, Robert) Billesdon Coplow, Feb 24th, 1800. Edition Alters.., Dublin 1845. (a poem on hunting). 8vo., cont. half calf. Bookplate of Sir Jonathan Edmund Backhouse of Uplands, Yarlington, Somerset, and another of Cosmo-George Russell.
Architecture - Cicognara, Leopoldo Le fabbriche piu cospicue di Venezia. Venice, 1820. First edition, folio, volume 2 only, contemporary half morocco, worn, hinges cracking, lacking front free endpaper; Greber, Jacques L`architecture aux Etats-Unis. Paris, 1920. 4to, 2 volumes, frontispieces, plates, original paper wrappers, wrapper of volume 2 torn, interior clean; Gillespie, James Details of Scottish domestic architecture. Edinburgh: George Waterston, 1922. Folio, original cloth gilt; Nicoll, James Domestic architecture in Scotland. Aberdeen, 1908. 4to, original green cloth gilt; Lutyens, Sir Edward Houses & Gardens. London: Country Life, 1925. Third impression, folio, original red cloth gilt, lacking dustwrapper; McKim, Mead & White A monograph of the work of... New York, [no date]. Folio, 2 volumes, loose in portfolios; and another volume (9)
Audsley, George Ashdown & William James Polychromatic decoration as applied to buildings in the mediaeval styles. London, 1882. First edition, folio, 36 chromolithograph plates in colour and gold, original brown cloth gilt, rubbing to edges, chipped at head and tail, tear to backstrip, gutta percha perished [leaves loose], foxing to half title and contents page but plates clean; Byron, G.G.N., Lord The prisoner of Chillon... London, 1865. 4to, illustrated by W. & G. Audsley, 20 chromolithograph leaves decorated in colour and gold, original decorative cloth gilt, boards loose, backstrip torn, gutta percha perished, leaves loose, some foxing; Audsley, W. & G. Handbook of Christian symbolism. London, [1865]. Small 4to, frontispiece, 7 chromolithograph plates, original decorative gilt, rubbed, hinges split, backstrip torn, foxing; [Idem] The sermon on the Mount. London, [1861]. Folio, illustrated by W. & G. Audsley & Charles Rolt, frontispiece, chromolithograph throughout, orginal decorative cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, worn at corners, gutta percha perished, leaves loose, tears to some edges (4)
Guillim, John A display of heraldrie. London: printed by William Hall for Raph. Mab, 1611. First edition, second issue, folio, [14], 276, 271-284, engraved title, woodcuts, front free endpaper misbound after title, large stain to A4, lacking F3 [replacement in manuscript], inner hinges repaired with black tape, title page trimmed at upper and lower edge [previous ink inscription cut from top], repairs to some edges [including previous worm damage from Hh3 onwards], ink marginalia throughout, previous ink inscription scored through on colophon, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, bookplate Note: STC 12501 Second issue of the first edition dated 1611 on title, colophon reads "London. Printed by William Hall and are to be sold by Raphe Mab. 1610." Provenance: Ian Harkness, bookplate.
Lawrence, T.E. - Pirie-Gordon, H. A brief record of the advance of the Egyptian expeditionary force. Cairo: Government Press, 1919. First edition, 4to, linen-backed frontispiece portrait of General Allenby, full page colour key and 55 maps, a few manuscript annotations, brown cloth backed printed wrappers, spine and wrappers worn, small tear to right hand margin of last plate, some creasing, a few stains and marks, slipcase Provenance: From the estate of Late Colonel P.L. Bradfer-Lawrence.
Lawrence, T.E. - Pirie-Gordon, H. A brief record of the advance of the Egyptian expeditionary force... London, 1919. Second edition, 4to, frontispiece portrait of General Allenby, key and 55 maps, publisher`s printed boards, covers rubbed at edges; Lawrence, T.E. An essay on Flecker. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. First American edition, 8vo, one of approx. 70 copies, original wrappers, preserved in black morocco backed folding box; [Idem] The diary of T.E. Lawrence. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. First American edition, 8vo, one of 56 copies, original wrappers, preserved in black morocco backed folding box (3) Note: O`Brien A012, A199, A195. Provenance: From the estate of Late Colonel P.L. Bradfer-Lawrence.
Byron, G.G.N., Lord Don Juan, cantos III, IV, and V. London: Thomas Davison, 1821. First edition, 12mo, half-title, original boards, uncut, slightly worn, some spotting, upper hinge splitting; Idem Don Juan. [Cantos I-II]. London: Thomas Davison, 1819. 8vo, half-title, original boards, uncut, spine worn, some spotting; Homer Ilias. Glasgow: R. & A. Foulis, 1747. 2 volumes, 12mo, edited by S. Clarke, Greek and Latin text, contemporary vellum; Williamson, H. Tarka the Otter. 1932. 8vo, illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, dust-jacket spine discoloured; Auden, W.H. Homage to Clio. 1960. First edition, dust-jacket; Graves, R. No more ghosts. 1940. First edition, dust-jacket; Mare, W. de la The traveller. 1946. 4 lithographs by John Piper; Wilde, Oscar The ballad of Reading gaol. By C.3.3. London: L. Smithers, 1899. 8vo, original cloth, binding soiled; and a small quantity of literary books
Kipling, Rudyard The jungle book. London: Macmillan, 1894. First edition, 2nd printing, illustrations, original cloth, some spotting, bookplate; Idem The second jungle book. London: Macmillan, 1895. First edition, illustrations, 2pp. advertisements, original cloth, some spotting, bookplate, both slightly rubbed, folding box
Signed copies - Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the philosopher`s stone. 19th impression, inscribed on dedication leaf "to Bryony, with best wishes, J.K. Rowling", original paperback, Smarties Gold Award Winner label to upper cover, split and slight wear to bottom of spine, slightly rubbed at extremities; Idem Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. First edition, first impression, signed on front endpaper "J.K. Rowling", original cloth, dust-jacket very slightly frayed at corners and small tear at head of lower jacket (2) Note: The volumes were inscribed and signed respectively for the vendor as a child at a book-signing session at Edinburgh.
Crawhall, Joseph Olde ffrendes wyth newe faces. London: Field & Tuer, 1883. 4to, ballads paginated separately and printed on blue and grey paper, hand-coloured illustrations throughout, advertisement leaf at beginning, prospectus at end, original printed boards with hand-coloured vignettes, soiled, rubbed, spine with loss, edges uncut; Crawfurd, G. & Robertson, G. A general description of the shire of Renfrew. Paisley: 1818. 4to, 5 engraved plates, 2 folding maps (one hand-coloured in outline), green half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, offsetting to title-page; Forfarshire Forfarshire illustrated. Dundee: G. Cumming, 1843. 4to, 51 engraved plates only, contemporary green half morocco gilt, occasional light spotting; Gibson, John The history of Glasgow. Glasgow: for the author, 1777. 8vo, later plan tipped in, nineteenth century half calf, some spotting; Glasgow - Ure, David The history of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride. Glasgow: D. Niven, 1793. First edition, 8vo, 20 engraved plates (2 folding), list of subscribers, contemporary calf gilt, one plate shaved; and 1 other (6)
Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France. Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 4 folding engraved plates, 250 woodcut plates, engraved illustrations, half-titles, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, small wormhole to fore-margin of first few leaves of volume 2, occasional light discolouration of text; Pratt, Anne The ferns of Great Britain. London, [no date]. 8vo, 41 colour plates, illustrated by J.B. Sowerby, original cloth gilt, backstrip discoloured, tear to upper hinge, previous ink inscriptions to front endpaper; [Idem] The British grasses and sedges. London, [no date]. 8vo, 35 colour plates, original green cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip; Foster, Birket Fern leaves from Fanny`s portfolio. London, 1853. Second edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, rebacked, previous ink inscription (5) Provenance: From the library of Charles William Stewart, illustrator.
Kircher, Athanasius Latium, id est, nova et parallela Latii tum veteris tum novi descriptio. Amsterdam: J. Janssonius, 1671. Folio, additional engraved title, engraved portrait of Clement X, 27 engraved plates and maps [15 double page, 1 folding], engraved illustrations, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed, browning and spotting, small tear to A4, small tear to one plate Note: First edition of Kircher`s topographical description of Lazio, together with illustrations of the countryside, the remains of Roman villas and views of more modern country estates. Provenance: "Bib. Coll. Val. Gir. S.J.", library label of a Parisian Jesuit College on inside front cover.
St. John, Charles Natural history & sport in Moray. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. 8vo, frontispiece, vignette title, 38 plates, original green cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, some light foxing to upper edge; [Idem] A tour in Sutherlandshire. London: John Murray, 1849. 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispieces, original cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, foxing to early leaves, lacking front free endpapers, bookplates; Scrope, William The art of deer-stalking. London: John Murray, 1838. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, engraved title, 10 engraved plates, contemporary half morocco gilt, foxing to plates and title (4)
Curling -- Kerr, John The history of curling. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1890. First edition, large 8vo, presentation copy from the author to Field Marshal Haig, pictorial title, 15 plates, illustrations, original red morocco backed pictorial boards, spine gilt, t.e.g., boards slightly soiled, corners lightly rubbed
Gardening Planting and ornamental gardening. London: J. Dodsley, 1785. First edition, 8vo, half-title, erratum leaf, contemporary calf; Miller, Philip The gardeners dictionary. London: C. Rivington, 1741. Second edition, 8vo, volume 1 only, engraved frontispiece and one plate, corner of U4 torn away with loss of two letters, contemporary calf, extremities worn (2)
South Africa, Boer War -- Amery, L.S. The Times history of the war in South Africa 1899-1900. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1900-1909. First edition, 7 volumes, 8vo, plates, folding plans and maps including 5 folding maps in pockets, original red cloth gilt, a few spots, a few light marks to bindings
Wilkins, John Mercury, or the secret and swift messenger. London: J. Maynard and T. Wilkins, 1641. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, lacking blanks A1 and M7-8, A8 torn without loss, some spotting and soiling, text block broken, stitching weak, ink ownership inscription to title and endpaper, spine worn with loss
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