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Lot 255
CAPTAIN S W ROSKILL: THE WAR AT SEA 1939-1945, L, HMSO 1954-1961, vol 2 1956 1st edn, vol 3 part 1 1960 1st edn both with dust jackets; Nicolson, Harold. King George The Fifth. London, Constable & Co, 1952; The memoirs of Field-Marshal The Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein, K.G. London, Collins, 1958. Signed and inscribed in ink "Montgomery of Alamein F.M June 1958", First edition with dust jacket. (4)
![[MISCELLANEOUS]. ART & OTHER Blunt, Wilfrid, & Stearn, William. The Art of Botanical Illustration, new edition reprint, Antiq](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3a002305-5cec-4309-8019-a5ab00964ff3/7e39d3f8-a17b-46e2-c12e-539efe15798e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 306
[MISCELLANEOUS]. ART & OTHER Blunt, Wilfrid, & Stearn, William. The Art of Botanical Illustration, new edition reprint, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1995, green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Walpole, Josephine. A History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters 1650-1950, first edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 2006, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; MacLeod, Michael. Thomas Hennell, Countryman, Artist and Writer, first edition, Cambridge University Press, 1988, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and a further ten works, (13).
![[MISCELLANEOUS] Berry, Michael, & Brock, D.W.E. Hunting by Ear. The Sound-Book of Fox-Hunting, first edition, Witherby, Londo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3a002305-5cec-4309-8019-a5ab00964ff3/954d2c82-62d5-4555-eff4-8e0b9a38cc9a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 302
[MISCELLANEOUS] Berry, Michael, & Brock, D.W.E. Hunting by Ear. The Sound-Book of Fox-Hunting, first edition, Witherby, London, 1937, scarlet cloth, illustrations by T. Ivester Lloyd, square octavo; Scott, Walter. The Lady of the Lake. A Poem, ninth edition, Ballantyne et al., Edinburgh, 1811, full diced leather (rebacked), octavo; and a further eight works, including leather bindings, (10).
![[MODERN FIRSTS] Jecks, Michael. A Moorland Hanging, first edition, Headline, London, 1996, boards, dustjacket, octavo; with T](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3a002305-5cec-4309-8019-a5ab00964ff3/4dcddd02-ee51-42b4-9dd7-97953917bd14/468x382.jpg)
Lot 303
[MODERN FIRSTS] Jecks, Michael. A Moorland Hanging, first edition, Headline, London, 1996, boards, dustjacket, octavo; with The Leper's Return, first edition, Headline, London, 1998, boards, dustjacket, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; Squire Throwleigh's Heir, first edition, Headline, London, 1999, boards, dustjacket, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; and a further twenty-nine titles by the same, many signed, (32, some duplication).
![Bible [Old Testament - Leeser, Isaac]. The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures: Carefully Translated According to the Ma](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf7f6b51-c0bb-47e6-bf07-a5b100f98eec/550a637a-adae-4502-dbc3-5a4d13ca70d3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 288
Bible [Old Testament - Leeser, Isaac]. The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures: Carefully Translated According to the Massoretic Text, on the Basis of the English Version, After the best Jewish Authorities; and Supplied with Short Explanatory Notes. By Isaac Leeser, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Published at 371 Walnut Street. 5614 [1853-1854], [iv],1011pp., occasional spotting to first & last few leaves, light toning mostly to margins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers with purple cloth hinges and gilt dentelle decoration to turn-ins, contemporary plum morocco (label to lower pastdown of Valentine, Printer, Bookseller & Binder, 34 Alfred St., W.C.), elaborate gilt and blind decoration to binding and board edges, large pierced & engraved brass clasp, joints and extremities rubbed, large 4to, page dimensions 275 x 211mm (approximately 10 6/8 x 8 3/8 inches) Deinard 847; Singerman 1271; Goldman 12. This volume is of great importance, being the first edition of the first English translation of the Hebrew Bible by an American Jew, commonly called The Leeser Bible. Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) was an Ashkenazi Jew born in Neunkirchen, Westphalia, Prussia and orphaned at an early age. He moved to Richmond, Virginia to join his uncle Zalman Rehine at the age of 18. In 1829 he received an invitation to occupy the pulpit of Philadelphia's congregation Mikveh Israel. Leeser became a pioneer of the Jewish pulpit in the United States, and founder of the Jewish press of America. In producing this translation of the Hebrew Bible, his aim was to provide the Jewish community of America with an accurate English text of the Bible, unaffected or influenced by conversionist motivations. In his preface to the volume, Leeser writes "The translator is an Israelite in faith, in the full sense of the word... that in his going through this work, he has thrown aside all bias, discarded every preconceived opinion, and translated the text before him without regard to the result thence arising for his creed." and he continues to state that this translation produced for those of the same religious persuasion is "a version of the Bible which has not been made by the authority of churches in which they have no confidence." (1)
Lot 329
Lunardi (Vincent). An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England, in a Series of Letters to his Guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, Written under the Impressions of the Various Events that Affected the Undertaking, 1st edition, 1784, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cosway (trimmed at lower margin affecting imprint), two folding engraved plates (some offsetting, second plate trimmed at top and lower margin), publisher's list to final leaf verso, all edges gilt, recent sprinkled calf gilt by R. Wallis, 8vo, with a loose 1 pp. typescript letter, signed by publisher George Harrap to a Frank Howell, Liverpool, dated 8th March, 1933, sending him proofs of W.S. Seabrook's new book 'Air Adventure' Vincent (or Vincenzo) Lunardi (1759-1806) was an Italian diplomat who, on 15 September 1784, made the first British ascent in a hydrogen balloon. (1)
![[Portraits]. Quinquaginta Illustrium Philosophorum et Sapientum Effigies ab eor numismatibus extractae, Venice, apud Ambrosiu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf7f6b51-c0bb-47e6-bf07-a5b100f98eec/38dc8495-ec47-4926-fa4a-369e1947a55d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 338
[Portraits]. Quinquaginta Illustrium Philosophorum et Sapientum Effigies ab eor numismatibus extractae, Venice, apud Ambrosium Dei, 1607, copper engraved title and 50 copper engraved portraits of Greek and Roman philosophers, writers, orators, etc., including Pythagoras, Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Epicurus, Aesop, Seneca, etc., interleaved with old blank ruled leaves, old calf-backed boards, somewhat worn to spine and outer corners, 4to (270 x 205 mm) A re-issue of a Venetian portrait book first issued in 1583 (and originally containing 74 engraved portraits). See Cicognara 2049, and Brunet III, 409 for the original edition ('Recueil fort rare'). (1)
Lot 339
Prynne (William). The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: Divided into Foure Parts. Together with an Appendix..., parts 1-4 & Appendix in one, London: Michael Sparke Senior, 1643, decorative typographic border to title of each part, final leaf of first part with repaired closed tear, short closed tear and marginal fraying to title of second part, bound with Romes Master-Peece. Or, The Grand Conspiracy of the Pope and his Iesuited Instruments, to extirpate the Protestant Religion, re-establish Popery, subvert Lawes, Liberties, Peace, Parliaments, by kindling a Civill War in Scotland, and all his Majesties Realmes, and to poyson the King himselfe in case he comply not with them in these their execrable designes. Revealed out of [c]onscience to Andreas ab Habernfeld, by an Agent sent from Rome into England, by Cardinal Barbarino..., 1st edition, London: Michael Sparke senior, 1643, bound with The Opening of the Great Seale of England. Containing certain Brief Historicall and Legall Observations, touching the Originall, Antiquity, Progresse, Use, Necessity of the Great Seal of the Kings and Kingdoms of England..., Lodon [sic]: Michael Spark senior, 1643, bound with An Humble Remonstrance Against the Tax of Ship-money Lately Imposed: Laying Open the Illegality, Injustice, Abuses, and Inconveniences thereof..., London: Printed for Michael Sparke senior, 1643, decorative typographic border to title of each work, few woodcut decorative initials, occasional minor toning, contemporary and later manuscript notes to two blank leaves at front (neatly repaired to frayed margins), endpapers renewed, near contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, red morocco title label to spine, 4to Wing P4087A, P4089, P4103, P3962, P4055, P4026 and P3982 respectively. (1)
![[Pseudo-Aristotle]. Aristoteles Master-Piece, or, The Secrets of Generation Displayed in all the parts thereof. Containing, 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf7f6b51-c0bb-47e6-bf07-a5b100f98eec/b56380c5-27b7-4ab3-e35d-1f7d50596fd1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 340
[Pseudo-Aristotle]. Aristoteles Master-Piece, or, The Secrets of Generation Displayed in all the parts thereof. Containing, 1. The signs of barrenness. 2. The way of getting a boy or girl. 3. Of the likeness of children to parents. 4. Of the infusion of the soul into the infant. 5. Of monstrous births, and the reasons thereof. 6. Of the benefit of marriage to both sexes. 7. The prejudice of unequal matches. 8. The discovery of insufficiency. 9. The cause and cure of the green-sickness. 10. A discourse of maiden-heads. 11. How a midwife ought to be qualified. 12. Directions and cautions to midwifes. 13. Of the privities. 14. The fabrick of the womb. 15. The use and action of the genitals. 16. Signs of conception, and whether of a male or female. 17. To discover false conceptions. 18. Instructions for women with child. 19. For preventing miscarriage. 20. For women in child-bed. 21. Of ordering new-born infants, and many other very useful particulars. To which is added a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation: and the pictures of several monsterous births drawn to the life, 1st edition, Printed for J. How, and are to be sold next door to the Anchor Tavern in Sweethings-Rents in Cornhil, 1684, woodcut frontispiece of a hairy woman and a black child born to white parents, cancel title-page, 6 woodcuts of monstrous births (including repeat of frontispiece) at end, with the blank H12, foremargin of frontispiece torn with loss not affecting image or text, title-page close-trimmed at foremargin (touching printed rule) and lower margin barely shaving first word of final line of imprint '"things", old ink spots and smudges to frontispiece, title and lower text area of leaves A3v and A4r, not affecting legibility, some minor spotting and dust-soiling, corner curling throughout, scattered small marginal splits, tightly stitched with evidence of very minor worm-tracing close to some catch-words, small tear with blank paper loss to foremargin of final text leaf (H11) and lower outer corner of final leaf (I6), I2 with long horizontal split, contemporary limp vellum folded and stitched from a 16th-century land deed with text in English partially visible on pastedowns, some soiling and wear, 12mo (140 x 85 mm) A surprisingly good copy of a very rare complete first edition of the most notorious sex manual of the age. 'Aristotle's Masterpiece was the most popular book about women's bodies, sex, pregnancy, and childbirth in Britain and America from its first appearance in 1684 up to at least the 1870s. More than 250 editions are known, but all are very rare... It was sold furtively by country peddlers and in general stores and taverns; regular booksellers seldom advertised it, though they usually had it under the counter' (The Library Company of Philadelphia, 'Treasures', online catalogue). The attribution to Aristotle is completely spurious and no doubt a ploy to give the risqu‚ work respectability. In fact it was assembled from Levinus Lemnius's The Secret Miracles of Nature (1564) and Jakob Rff's midwifery manual De conceptu et generatione hominis (1554). Although it was effectively banned until the mid-twentieth century, the prohibition didn't keep it from circulating: it was reprinted endlessly until the early twentieth century and became one of the most notorious and widely distributed sex books in the English language, with a London edition being published as late as 1930. Such enduring popularity was partly due to the practical advice on pregnancy and the care of infants, and partly to its rather sensationalised descriptions of the sexual act and forms of monstrosity. This is the earliest publication date for the Master-piece, ESTC listing 3 variant settings of 1684, all printed by J. How, with no priority having been established. ESTC records only the incomplete British Library copy of our setting, which has line 11 of title ending "both", line 18 of title ends "Ge-", first line of imprint ends "sold", signature B5 is under the "nt Bl" of "effluent Blood" and on p. 190 the fifth line from bottom begins with a capital "Q". Identically, this copy has "Swee/things" rather than "Sweetings" in the imprint. Curiously, the only two complete copies of this setting noted have both been recently sold at auction by Bonhams, London: 12 November 2014, lot 47 & 24 June 2015, lot 157. In total ESTC records seven copies of the 1684 settings (British Library, Guildhall Library, Royal College of Surgeons, University of Pennsylvania, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Yale University, 2 copies), but all are incomplete to varying degrees. ESTC R504793; Wing A3697fA. (1)
Lot 343
Schroeder (Johann). The Compleat Chymical Dispensatory, in five books, treating of all sorts of metals, precious stones, and minerals, of all vegetables and animals, and things that are taken from them, as musk, civet, &c. How rightly to know them, and how they are to be used in Physick; with their several Doses... being very proper for all merchants, druggists, Chirurgions, and Apothecaries, Englished by William Rowland, 1st English edition, printed by John Darby, for Richard Chiswell, and Robert Clavell, 1669, title with two small paper repairs, text in double column, some spotting and light browning, old light waterstain to top margin throughout, without first and final blank leaves, with early ownership inscriptions in brown ink to title 'Wm. Goodwin Bought of Mrs: Field' and 'John Hurnon his booke' at foot, recent half calf gilt over marbled boards, folio Wing S898. Duveen, page 538. The first and only English editon of Schroeder's Pharmacopoiea Medic-Chymica of 1641, a work which continued to be published for over a century. (1)
Lot 344
Sinclair (George). The Hydrostaticks; or, the Weight, Force, and Pressure of Fluid Bodies, made evident by physical, and Sensible Experiments. Together with some Miscellany Observations, the last whereof is a short History of Coal, and of all the Common, and Proper Accidents thereof; a Subject never treated of before, by G. S., 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed by George Swintoun, James Glen, and Thomas Brown, 1672, seven engraved plates, (6 folding, lacking the additional engraved title and the folding engraved plate of arms), faint oval ink stamp to title (evidence of removal and consequent slight thinning to paper), plate II torn with very slight loss, plate IV with two old paper repairs to verso, plate V slightly loose with minor worming, marginal hole to P4, upper outer corner of Qq1 torn with loss of one word, occasional light fraying to few margins etc., occasional light spotting, manuscript ownership to front free endpaper of John Kirsop, 6 Queen Cresent, Glasgow, 1868, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers & corners heavily rubbed, 4to ESTC R38925; Kress S.1382 (calling for 7 plates); Wing S3854 & Challinor 8. A scarce first edition. 'A gallimaufry of practical and theoretical physics, drawing on [Sinclair's] experiences with the diving bell and barometer' (ODNB). Sinclair had practical experience of the former while salvaging ordnance from an Armada wreck in Tobermory Bay, and was one of the earliest adopters of the latter to measure heights and depths in mines. Pp. 258-302 deal with mining in relation to the Midlothian coal field, Sinclair explaining the terms 'dipp', 'streek' [strike] and 'cropp' and describing folding and faulting. Without 2P4 (pp.303-4) as per Kress and ESTC. (1)
Lot 362
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New..., printed by the Assigns of Thomas Newcombe, and Henry Hills deceas'd; Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, 1712, Book of Common Prayer (dated 1713) at front (title with restrengthening to fore-margin), text in double column, whole Book of Psalms, dated 1712 at end, New Testament text close-trimmed to fore-margin, slightly touching printed marginal notes, contemporary reversed full calf, rubbed and some minor marks, thick 4to, together with The Holy Bible..., printed by John Baskett, 1723, Book of Common Prayer at front (lacking first few leaves), engraved frontispiece to main title, whole Book of Psalms at end (final leaf defective), contemporary reversed full calf, thick 4to, plus Fortescu (Alexander), The Holy Family Bible, containing the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and the Apocropher at large, with concise explanatory notes..., 3rd edition, 2 volumes in one, Bristol, Hill and Blagden, 1778, engraved plates by J. Taylor after Samuel Wale, contemporary calf, worn, thick 4to, and other 18th and 19th century bibles, and related works, including Thomas Stackhouse, A New History of The Holy Bible, 2nd edition, carefully revised, 1742, folio, D'Oyly and Mant, The Holy Bible, 3 volumes, Oxford, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1817, Thomas Scott, Holy Bible, 6 volumes, new edition, 1832, etc. (18)
Lot 368
Churchill (Charles). The Ghost, the Third Edition, with Additions, Printed for the Author, 1763, half-title (dust-soiled and browned) with ink ownership signature of William Greenly dated 1763, and somewhat indistinctly, John Greenly, final blank present, bound with The Duellist, A Poem, in Three Books, the Second Edition, Printed for G. Kearsly... , 1764, half-title somewhat soiled and with ownership signature of William Greenly, light stain to foremargin of early leaves, closed tears to margins of final leaves and final leaf versos dust-soiled, bound with Goldsmith (Oliver), The Deserted Village, A Poem, the Third Edition, Printed for W. Griffin, 1770, half-title slightly soiled and with ownership name of William Greenly at head, split to foremargin, loss of page number to final leaf, bound with [Combe, William], The Diaboliad, A Poem... , a New Edition, with Large Additions, Printed for G. Kearsly, 1677 [i.e. 1777], small split to foremargin of half-title, final leaf (K1) misbound after D2, various anonymous characters identified in pencil to the margins, bound with The Diaboliad... Part the Second... , Printed for J. Bew, 1778, half-title somewhat soiled and with short marginal split, several manuscript names at upper margin, advert leaf at rear (verso slightly soiled), bound with The First of April: Or, The Triumphs of Folly, A Poem, Printed for J. Bew, 1777, bound with The Justification: A Poem, By the Author of The Diaboliad, Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Bew, 1777, half-title slightly soiled and with manuscript names at upper margin, advert to final leaf verso (somewhat soiled and with several marginal splits without loss of text), contemporary ownership inscription of W. Greenly to front pastedown, contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards with leather label to spine, rubbed, 4to ESTC T74515, T30002, T146044, T31775, T112377, N411 & T2683. (1)
Lot 374
Currie (James). The Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life and a criticism on his writings. To which are prefixed, some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry, 4 volumes bound in 2, 2nd edition, 1801, titles with wood engraved vignette, contemporary quarter calf gilt, with vellum outer tips, rubbed and joints partly cracked, thick 8vo, together with [Smith, Elizabeth]. Memoirs of Frederick and Margaret Klopstock, 3rd edition, Bath, 1809, signature of E.B. Greenly, dated 1809 to head of title, contemporary sprinkled full calf gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Edgeworth (Maria), Comic Dramas, in Three Acts, 1st edition, printed for R. Hunter, 1817, some light paper toning, contemporary half green calf gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 19th century literature, history, theology, etc., including Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Mrs Hannah Moore, by William Roberts, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, 1835, Coelebs in Search of a Wife, 2 volumes, 7th edition, 1809, Tremaine, or The Man of Refinement, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, 1825, Essays, and Sketches of Life and Character, 2nd edition, 1821, Works of Alexander Pope to which are added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with additional observations by the Rev. William Lisle Bowles, 10 volumes, 1806, etc., all leather bound, some wear, mainly 8vo (100)
Lot 375
Elyot (Sir Thomas). The Boke named The Governour, edited from the first edition of 1531 by Henry Herbert Stephen Croft, 2 volumes, 1880, some light spotting to preliminary leaves, original black cloth gilt, a little rubbed, small square 4to, together with Mathews (Mrs). Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1838, engraved frontispiece to each volume, original blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor marks, spines sunned, 8vo, plus Foxe (John), The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: A New and Complete Edition: with a preliminary dissertation, by the Rev. George Townsend, edited by the Rev. Stephen Reed Cattley, 8 volumes, 1839-41, original uniform blindstamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor fraying to head and foot of spines, with a little loss to head of spine of first volume, 8vo, and other 19th and 20th century cloth bound literature and history, including J. D. Harding, Lessons on Trees, 14th edition, circa 1860s, G. Jean-Aubry, Joseph Conrad Life and Letters, 2 volumes, 1927, Brandon, Analysis of Gothic Architecture, 2 volumes, new edition, 1903, 49 volumes of the Travellers' Library, all in bright condition, Works of Shakespeare, 39 volumes, miniature edition with original wooden bookshelf, etc. (approx. 175)
Lot 379
Gibbons (Thomas). Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women, 2 volumes, 1777, contemporary full calf gilt, 8vo, together with [Allestree, Richard], The Ladies Calling in two parts. By the author of the whole duty of man, &c., 8th impression, Oxford, 1705, engraved frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Walpole (Horace), The Castle of Otranto, a gothic story, 4th edition/6th edition, 1782/1791, contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper of first volume E.B. Greenly, the kind gift of Miss Weston, 1783, both contemporary calf, the first volume with upper cover detached, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, and other 18th century literature, history, classics, etc., including East Apthorp, Letters on the Prevalance of Christianity, 1778, John Dryden, Miscellaneous Works, 4 volumes, 1760, Joseph Nicholas D'Azara, The Works of Anthony Raphael Mengs, 3 volumes in one, 1796, etc., all bound in period calf bindings, 8vo (90)
Lot 384
Holinshed (Raphael). Chronicles of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1st edition, imprinted for John Hunne, 4 parts in one volume, 1577, black letter text in double column, first title, contents leaf and first 3 leaves of text, supplied in brown ink in a neat 17th century hand, a few leaves following with some marginal replacement in manuscript, without title page to second part, but with the woodcut title pages to the third and fourth parts (The Historie of Scotlande & The Historie of Irelande), author's woodcut coat of arms to title versos, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, some soiling and marginal marks, a number of leaves supplied in 17th century manuscript in brown ink, occasional modern marginal repairs, ownership inscription of William Prichard dated 1684 to front endpaper, ink signature of E.B. Greenly, dated 1787, and bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed with joints partly cracked at head and foot, and with some wear, thick folio Pforzheimer 494. STC13568. Luborsky and Ingram, English Illustrated Books 1536-1603, I, pages 452-68: "The Histories represent the most copiously illustrated secular texts of the Tudor era". Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
Lot 395
Lyall (Sir Charles). Principals of Geology; or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its Inhabitants, 8th and entirely revised edition, 1850, wood engraved illustrations, some spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, with school coat of arms in gilt to upper cover, 8vo, together with Tiek (???), Works, 20 vols., Berlin, 1828-46, some spotting and toning, small circular inkstamps, E.H. Greenly bookplates, contemporary olive half calf, spines with green and black labels, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV, by Sir John Froissart, Translated from the French editions by Thomas Johnes, 2 vols., 1839, additional colour title to volume I, illustrations, a few spots, E.H. Greenly bookplates, contemporary half calf, spines with red and green labels and gilt decoration, a little rubbed and scuffed, large 8vo, and The Cornhill Magazine, vols. I-VIII, 1860-63, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with green and red labels, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others leatherbound including The Spectator, 1853, Aikin's Select Works of the British Poets, 1849 and George Rawlinson's The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern Worlds, 3 vols., 4th ed., 1879 (78)
![Minerva Press. Substance and Shadow, or, The Fisherman's Daughters of Brighton, a Patchwork Story, [by Mrs E.M. Foster], 4 vo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bf7f6b51-c0bb-47e6-bf07-a5b100f98eec/16ed0ddf-c37a-45a0-9fe9-8657d608a379/468x382.jpg)
Lot 398
Minerva Press. Substance and Shadow, or, The Fisherman's Daughters of Brighton, a Patchwork Story, [by Mrs E.M. Foster], 4 volumes in 2, 1st edition, printed at the Minerva-Press for A.K. Newman and Co., 1812, half-title to each volume, all signed by E.B.C. Greenly and first two dated 1814, 3 pp. publisher's adverts at rear of volumes 1 & 3, spotting throughout, old dampstaining to lower outer corners of initial leaves of volume 1, bookplate of E.H. Greenly to front pastedowns, contemporary half calf gilt with leather labels to spines, a little rubbed, 12mo (2)
Lot 41
Britton (John). The History and Description with Graphic Illustrations of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire: The Seat of the Earl of Essex, published by the Author, 1837, twenty uncoloured aquatint or engraved plates (as called for in plate list, after Turner, Pugin, R.W. Billings and others), woodcut illustrations of estate cottages in the text, some spotting and dust soiling throughout, verso of front endpaper and first blank with manuscript presentation inscriptions, rear endpapers a little stained, a.e.g., contemporary calf gilt, re-backed, sidings worn and a little scuffed, folio Abbey, Scenery 412. Limited edition of 170 copies printed (20 on large paper and 150 on small paper). (1)
Lot 411
Silvanella, or the Gypsey; a Novel, in Four Volumes, 4 volumes bound in 2, 1st edition, Gloucester, printed by Joseph Wood [for] Brisley, Stroud, and Washbourn, Gloucester, 1812, contemporary ownership inscription of E.B.C. Greenly [Lady Elizabeth Greenly] to head of all 4 titles, contemporary paper strip tipped over first publisher's name (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne) within imprint of each title, errata slips tipped into first 2 volumes and pasted to verso of title to volume 3, subscriber's list (pp. v-xii) after preliminary leaves to volume 1, 2 contemporary manuscript name additions [Dr Cheston, Gloster [and] Mrs Dickenson, Hendon] neatly added, scattered minor spotting, small brown stain to upper margins of first few leaves of volume 3, armorial bookplate of E[dward] H[owarth] Greenly to both front pastedowns, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spines with contrasting leather labels, a little rubbed, 12mo Very rare, with only 3 copies located at British Library, University of Liverpool and University of Sydney (all of which include Longmans as the publisher). This was reprinted at the Minerva Press for A.K. Newman in 1812. The setting of this melodrama by an unidentified female writer is mainly in Gloucestershire, and particularly near Stroud; but also includes London and English provinces including Bath. Among the subscribers are Sir Joseph and Lady Banks, Lady Greenly, John Cator (20 sets), Herbert Watkyns (20 sets) and Lord Yarborough (50 sets). (2)
Lot 420
Williams (Taliesin). Cardiff Castle: A Poem. With Explanatory Remarks and Historical Extracts, 1st ed., Merthyr-Tydfil, 1827, half title, 40 pp., bound with The Progress and Comforts of Religion; An Essay in Blank Verse, printed for the author [Sarah Wilmore, 1820], 66 pp., bound with Mahomet: A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, in the Year MDCCCVIII, [by Matthew Rolleston], Oxford, 1808, 23 pp., bound with two others: John the Baptist: A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, in the Year MDCCCIX [by C.H. Johnson] & An Essay on Mind, with Other Poems, [by Elizabeth Barratt], 1826, scattered light spotting, ownersip signatures of E.B. Greenly, manuscript contents list at front, bookplate of E.H. Greenly, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to Lady Coffin Greenly from Taliesin Williams?, in gratitude for her kindness to his late father (clipped note pasted to Cardiff Castle half title verso). First edition, first issue of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's second work. (1)
Lot 443
Enachescu-Cantenir (Alexandrina). Popular Roumanian Dress I. Wearing Apparel from various Roumanian Districts, 1st edition, Craiova, circa 1939, 16 pp. introductory booklet, 140 plates of which all but the first plate are coloured costume plates, loosely contained as issued in original canvas book box portfolio with pictorial upper board, some rubbing and fraying, folio (1)
Lot 457
James (P.D.). Cover Her Face, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1962, original green cloth, small faint stain to upper cover, price-clipped d.j., two small holes to lower joint, spine slightly toned with small creases at ends, 8vo Surprisingly scarce copy of the author's first novel, most copies sent to public libraries upon publication. (1)
Lot 462
Milne (A.A.). The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, Methuen, 1928, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers partially browned (as often), top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original salmon cloth gilt, corners of upper cover slightly bumped, in torn dustjacket, with some loss and adhesive tape repairs on verso, 8vo, together with another first edition of the same title, free endpapers lightly toned, original salmon cloth gilt, spine faded, and rubbed at ends, some light fading to margins of covers, 8vo (2)
Lot 463
Milne (A.A.). The Secret and Other Stories, New York: Fountain Press and London: Methuen & Co., 1929, half-title signed by A.A. Milne (signature faded), occasional light spotting, original cloth, printed paper title label to spine, 8vo, (limited edition 486/742), together with Now We are Six, 1st edition, 1927, black & white illustrations by Ernest Shepard, ink signature & date to dedication leaf, occasional spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original burgundy cloth gilt, generally in bright condition with minor fading to spine, 8vo, with The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928, black & white illustrations by Ernest Shepard, ink inscription to half-title, browning at gutter to first & last leaves and to pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original salmon pink cloth gilt, lightly faded to extremities, 8vo (3)
Lot 465
Neil (Wing Commander T.F.). Gun Button to Fire, 1st edition, William Kimber, 1987, black and white plates throughout, short biography author (signed) tipped to verso of half-title, bookplate signed by the author pasted to endpaper, additional bookplate signed by several pilots of the Hawker Hurricane pasted to front free endpaper, original publisher's cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Stokes (Doug), Paddy Finucane: Fighter Ace, 1st edition, Willaim Kimber, 1983, black and white illustrations, limited edition bookplate signed by pilots and aircrew who took part in the Battle of Britain pasted to front free endpaper, original publisher's cloth in d.j., 8vo plus Wellum (Geoffrey), First Light, Viking, 2002, black and white plates, author's autograph pasted to front free endpaper, original publisher's cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus five other similar titles, each with associated autographs pasted in (8)
Lot 471
Smith (Jessie Willcox, illust.). The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, Boots the Chemist, [1919], twelve tipped-in colour plates, each with captioned tissue guard, letterpress vignettes printed in green, early manuscript inscription on front pastedown, original gilt decorated green cloth, in bright condition, in dustjacket, with colour illustration mounted on front panel, rubbed and torn, with some edge-loss, 4to, together with Greenaway (Kate), The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning, Frederick Warne, circa 1903, colour illustrations throughout, some full-page, pictorial endpapers, yellow edges, original tan cloth-backed pictorial olive-green boards, edges a trifle rubbed, 4to, plus Pearse (S.B., illustrator), Ameliaranne Keeps School, told by Constance Ward, 1st edition, George G. Harrap, 1940, full-page colour illustrations, black & white vignettes, occasional light finger marks, pictorial endpapers, front free endpaper with ownership name on recto and adhesive tape marks on verso, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and marked (mostly to lower cover), 8vo, plus nineteen others, mostly children's and illustrated books, including the first Dutch edition of Rip Van Winkle illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and Our Darlings, with three mounted colour plates by Louis Wain (22)
Lot 5
Bernacchi (Louis). To the South Polar Regions. Expedition of 1898-1900, first edition, "Colonial issue", London: Hurst and Blackett, 1901, black & white frontispiece and plates (including folding panorama), single-page plan, folding map of Victoria Land loosely inserted at rear with repaired closed tears, lacking map of South Polar Regions, ownership inscription to half-title, occasional spotting, lacking front free endpaper, original red 'Colonial issue' cloth, spine faded, joints and extremities frayed, slightly marked, 8vo, (Spence 124), together Borchgrevink (C.E.), First on the Antarctic Continent, being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, 1st edition, 1901, photogravure portrait frontispiece, black & white plates & illustrations, three folding colour maps at end, publisher's advertisements at rear, manuscript ownership to front free endpaper, original red cloth gilt, spine faded and frayed at head & foot, 8vo, with Maury (M.F.), The Physical Geography of the Sea, and its Meterorology. Being a Reconstruction and Enlargement of the Eighth Edition of "The Physical Geography of the Sea", 1st ed., 1860, fourteen engraved maps and tables at rear (of 16, mostly folding, few with closed tears), some dampstaining, approximately 14 leaves torn at head with occasional loss of text, flowing diagonal signature of the Swedish Polar explorer & geologist Otto Gustaf Nordenskj”ld (1869-1928) to title, written whilst in the Royal Swedish Navy, later endpapers, original cloth, crudely rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, plus other Polar related & miscellaneous etc. (9)
Lot 71
Raswan (Carl R.). The Raswan Index and Handbook for Arabian Breeders, 7 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the author, 1957-67, first five volumes signed by the author to title, few black and white plates, occasional marginalia in ink, errata slips pasted in, various original bindings, 8vo (7)
Lot 232
CONSPIRACY OF OWLS - A very limited edition (90 copies) of the eponymous LP from Conspiracy Of Owls (Bobby Harlow of The Go)- this is the highly treasured "Crowder cover"; the first 90 copies sold had screen-printed sleeves that were hand numbered and signed by the artist, Topher Crowder. This is number 70/90. Both record and sleeve are in clean Ex condition with only minor wear.
Lot 301
JOHN PERCIVAL "Nureyev - Aspects of the Dancer", published by Faber & Faber London, first UK edition 1976, original dust wrapper, signed by Nureyev, together with TWO COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF NUREYEV leaving the stage door of the Royal Shakespeare The atre, Stratford-upon-Avon after appearing in "La Sylphide" February 1985, and an A5 single sheet PROGRAMME of the event
Lot 303
THOMAS WRIGHT (editor) "The Roll of Arms of the Princes, Barons, and Knights who attended King Edward I to the siege of Caerlaverock, in 1300", London 1864 (first edition) published by John Camden Hotton, Piccadilly, colour plate illustrations, gilt tooled red leather binding stamped Zaehnsdorf
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