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Click here to subscribeA half hide bound Twelve volume set of Books - ``Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest with anecdotes of their Courts, now first published from official records and other authentic documents, private as well as public, new edition with corrections and additions`` by Agnes Strickland, London, Henry Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street, 1844.
WWII – Alfred Rosenberg a good copy of the Nazi Party programme. Originally published in 1922 this is a later edition from probably 1937. At the time it was first produced Adolf Hitler was a minor figure in the whole Nazi set-up being a hot head from Munich who subscribed to ultra right-wing politics. This volume effectively was the blueprint for what was to change 20th c history for good.
WWII – Adolf Hitler – Mein Kampf two volumes in one – being the second edition of the first part and first edition of the second part. This is a pre-publication copy of the 1926 edition. Bound in red cloth gilt title slight blemish to top of spine upper hinge slightly weak but otherwise appears unblemished. On the inside front cover there is an autograph inscription signed by Hitler to Emil Danneberg : ‘...in memory of our shared imprisonment Adolf Hitler Munich 20 December 1925.’ This is one of the rarest books obtainable on the market. Hitler was imprisoned in Landsberg gaol in 1923 after his infamous ‘Munich bierkeller putsch’ – his attempt to overthrow the Government by armed insurrection. He spent two years in prison and during time wrote the first part of Mein Kampf [My Struggle]. This appeared in 1925 as an edition of 500 copies only. It was reasonably successful and this (plus Hitler’s intense personal impetus) led him to write a second part which appeared with the first part in 1926. The present volume bearing Hitler’s personal date of December 20th 1925 is therefore one of a few pre-publication copies which were supplied to him as author for distribution to relatives friends political colleagues etc. Very few of these copies ever appear on the market. We have seen only one other copy which sold in these rooms in August 2009 (lot 320). The dedication on that copy was dated ‘Christmas Day 1925’ in Hitler’s hand and the recipient was a Johann Maurer. In that inscription Hitler as here indicated that Maurer shared Hitler’s imprisonment in Landsberg though the wording was slightly different : ‘In memory of our time together in prison in Landsberg’. In the case of Maurer there is scant information on him though he was believed to have been an early official of the Nazi Party. In the same respect information on Danneberg the dedicate of this volume is scant – though clearly from the dedication in Hitler’s hand he was in Landsberg during Hitler’s imprisonment there. Danneberg is not listed as a co-conspirator in the Bierkeller Putsch and it has been speculated that he might have been a prison guard. This seems highly unlikely given the wording of the dedication, It is much more likely that Danneberg was a fellow inmate – either because of his political activities or simply because he was a common criminal. However whatever his status in Landsberg he clearly earned enough respect from Hitler to be given one of these exceptionally rare copies of Mein Kampf and to receive the personal autograph dedication of Adolf Hitler.
A BOOK " THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE IMPERIAL VISIT TO INDIA 1911 ", ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH GILT BOARDS, QUARTO SIZE, FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED BY MURRAY 1914 WITH NUMEROUS TISSUE GUARDES ILLUSTRATIONS, ILLUMINATED TITLES, MAPS ETC. 457 PP A SCARCE BOOK TOGETHER WITH A MAP OF THE CORONATION DURBAR DELHI 1911
A GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY SILVER JUBILEE LOVING CUP - LIMITED EDITION NO. 537 OF 1000 - DATED 1935 - SIGNED NOLKE AND FENTON - HEIGHT 10" - THIS, THE FIRST ROYAL LIMITED EDITION LOVING-CUP HAS A PORTRAIT MEDALLION IN PROFILE OF THE KING AND QUEEN ( UNCROWNED ), SURROUNDED BY THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, SCOTLAND AND THE ROYAL NAVY
DDS Peter Blake (b.1932), Tourist Attraction ‘Ostrich Beach’, offset lithograph printed in colours, 2001, signed in pencil, on wove paper, with full margins, 200 x 190mm (7.75 x 71/2in), with the book: Peter Blake: About Collage published by Tate, London, first edition, colour illustrations, 4to, 2000.
DDS Anish Kapoor (b.1954), Shooting into the corner, offset-lithograph printed in colours, 2009, signed and dated in black ink verso, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, 535 x 445mm (21 x 171/2in), with the book: Anish Kapoor by Homi K Bhabha & Jean de Loisy, first edition, signed by Kapoor on the rear endpaper, colour illustrations, 4to, 2009.
Potter (Beatrix). Ginger & Pickles, 1st ed., 1909, col. frontis. and plts., b & w illusts., pictorial endpapers, orig. boards with inset col. illust. to upper board, extrems. slightly rubbed & scuffed, small 4to, together with a worn first edition of The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, pub. 1909, plus seven other Beatrix Potter titles, mostly early editions. (9)
Audubon (John James). The Original Water-Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America. Reproduced in Colour for the First Time from the Collection at the New-York Historical Society, Introductin by Marshall B. Davidson, 2 vols., 1966, port. frontis., num. col. plts., some folding, orig. cloth with slipcase (slipcase damaged), 4to, together with Brockie (Keith), Drawn from Nature, pub. Arlequin Press, 1995, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to (limited edition 364/1000, signed by the artist), plus Wells (David R.), The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Covering Burma and Thailand South of the Eleventh Parallel, Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore, vol. 1 only (Non-Passerines), pub. Academic Press, 1999, num. col. illusts. and distribution maps to text, orig. boards in d.j., thick 4to, and other ornithology and natural history, etc.. (3 shelves)
Hawkins (Sir Richard). The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins Knight, in his voyage into the South Sea, Anno Domini 1593, printed by I[ohn. D[awson]. for Iohn Iaggard, 1st ed., 1622, printed woodcut device to title, woodcut initial to each section, initial blank present, damp staining to lower margins throughout affecting last five lines of text to each page, some purpling and scattered damp fraying to blank areas of lower margins of final leaves not affecting text, bound in at the rear of vol. 2 of Hakluyt (Richard), The Second [and Third & Last] Volume of the Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation... , vols. 2 & 3 (of 3), 1st eds., 1599-1600, vol. 2 paginated in two parts (and Hawkins bound in at rear), both vols. heavily damp stained throughout affecting generally up to one-third of each leaf, some damp fraying occ. affecting letter-press, leaves D6 to E3 of vol. 3 still partly adhered from damp, old closed tear paper repair to foremargin of Y3 to vol. 2 and a few minor worm holes touching running heads of final half of vol. 3, contemp. calf gilt, spines with five raised bands, leather labels and gilt-dec. compartments, both boards with gilt coat of arms of Robert Glascock [emigrated to Ireland before 1614; second surviving son of Richard Glascock of Down Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex], featuring three cocks and a crescent on the chevron, the crest a cock with outspread wings and ermine spots standing on a grassy mount, lower one-third to one half of each board damp stained, joints cracked near foot with some loss to lower compartments of spines, folio (285 x 185mm). The rare first edition of the work by Sir Richard Hawkins is unusually complete with initial blank leaf and bound in a more contemporary binding than recent copies offered at auction. Though damp stained the purpling and fraying is confined to the blank areas of the lower margins which are larger than often found. STC 12962; Sabin 30957. Collation: [*]4, A-Y4. For Hakluyt see STC 12626/a; Sabin 29597-98. Collation (vol. 2): * 8, A-Z6, 2A-2R6; (vol. 3):[*]8, A-I6, K8, L-Z6, 2A-2Z6, 3A-3Z6, 4A-4C6. (2)
Randolph (Bernard). The Present State of the Islands in the Archipelago (or Arches) Sea of Constantinople, and Gulph of Smyrna; with the Islands of Candia, and Rhodes, Oxford, 1687, 108 pp. + 8 pp. index, lacking all three engraved plates, and final leaf of index (p4), index leaves trimmed at foot with sl. loss, bound with The Present State of the Morea, called anciently Peloponnesus. Which hath been near Two Hundred Years under the Turks Dominion; and is now very much Depopulated. After several years observation, from 1671, to 1679, faithfully describ’d, Oxford, 1686, title + 24 pp. of text (1-24) plus additional single printed leaf describing Zacynthus, Cythera and other islands, bound in at rear, lacking folding eng. map, and title detached, some browning and discol. to first title and inner margins of first few leaves, second work with some staining throughout, several leaves loose, occn.. minor marks and one or two leaves a little creased, final leaf trimmed to top margin, just touching page number, contemp. vellum, rubbed and soiled, small, 4to. Wing R234 & R236. Blackmer 1386 & 1384. Bernard Randolph was a tradesman in the Levant, and here describes the coastal geography and economic output of the Eastern Greek islands and Turkish coast, shortly after the invasion of the region by the Venetians. A general map of Greece signed by Randolph and dedicated to Heneage Finch appears to have been published separately circa 1686-87, and was included in the third edition of the second work on Morea, published in 1689. . (1)
Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph). Letters to Young Shooters, First series, 5th ed., Second series, 3rd ed., Third series, 1st ed., together 3 vols., 1896-1902, b & w plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, previous owner signatures, bookplates, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, 2 vols., 1893, portrait frontispiece to each, b & w plates, pub. list at end, scattered spotting, bookplates, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus The Salmon Rivers of England & Wales, by Augustus Grimble, 2nd ed. (single vol.), 1913, folding map and half-tone plates, one or two light spots, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with six others including Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds, 1st ed., 1865, W.H. Hudson’s A Shepherd’s Life. Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs, 1910, Walter Winans’ Deer Breeding for Fine Heads, With Descriptions of Many Varieties and Cross-Breeds, 1913 and The Sportsman’s Pocket Companion, by Lt-Col Peter Hawker, introduced by John Marchington, 1980, limited edition of 500. (12)
Book of Trades, or Library of the Useful Arts, 3 vols., 4th ed., printed for R. Phillips, 1811, sixty-five (of 68) hand-col. eng. plts. of trades, Gardener plt. with small piece missing from lower blank margin, Gold-beater plt. uncol., pubs. ads. at rear of each vol., ex-lib. with ink stamp on verso of title-pages (showing through to rectos), contents generally toned and dusty, first two leaves to vol. 2 with upper outer blank corner torn away, front endpapers with library ink stamp and label, modern qtr. morocco gilt, lightly marked in places, 12mo in 6s. See Osborne, p.110. Uncommonly found with the plates coloured. Lacking a few plates as often (the Comb-maker, the Merchant, and the Tin-plate Worker). First published in 1804-5. Osborne has only an incomplete mixed edition comprising volumes 1 and 2 in third edition and a new edition of volume 3, lacking two plates. Mrs. Trimmer’s opinion of the work was as follows: ‘A few of the Prints relate to the employments of women, namely, the Straw-Hat-maker; the Lace-maker; the Milliner; the Feather-worker; the Laundress. These we think, in general, frivolous, excepting that the Prints are pretty. We recommend this Book as a valuable acquisition to the Juvenile Library. The Plates are uncommonly good.’. (3)
Guicciardini (Francesco). La Historia D’Italia... di nuovo Riveduta et Corretta per Francesco Sansovino, 3 parts in one, pub. Stoer, [Geneva], 1645, title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, woodcut head-and-tail pieces and initials, previous owner inscription to title, scattered light spotting, 18th c. sprinkled calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, covers with a few scuff marks, 4to. The first edition was published in Florence in 1561 and contained only 16 books, the last four being unfinished and not published until 1564. (1)
More (Sir Thomas). Lucubrationes, ab innumeris mendis repurgatae ... quibus additae sunt duae aliorum Epistolae, de vita, moribus & morte mori, Basel, Epicopium F[roben], 1563, printer’s oval woodcut device to title, single full-page woodcut illustration to d3 recto, printer’s woodcut device to verso of final leaf (with minor paper repair to blank top margin), some light soiling to title and minor foxing to final few leaves, later blind-panelled mottled calf, rubbed and scuffed, upper joint cracked and rear joint partly cracked at foot, 8vo. Adams 1752. Gibson 74. The first collected edition of Sir Thomas More’s works in latin, including Utopia and other pieces, with contributions by Erasmus, Guillaume Budé and others. (1)
Rolewinck (Werner). Fasciculus Temporum, [probably Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 21 December 1482], black letter text, lacks title, seven leaves of unnumbered index in triple column, fifty-six numbered folios (numbered 1-56, of 64, according to Polain 3374), without signatures, woodcut illusts. throughout, some light marginal stains, minor short worm track to centre of inner margin towards end of vol., not affecting text, some marks and minor soiling to first and last leaf, 19th c. blind panelled calf, rubbed and some marks, spine lightly faded, folio. Hain-Copinger 6928. Goff R264. This copy conforms to the description given in Polain 3374 for the Ratdolt edition of 1482. An incomplete copy of Rolewinck’s popular world chronology, containing many small woodcut views of different cities. Werner Rolewinck was a carthusian monk who lived in Cologne. The crude but early woodcut views include Venice, Jerusalem, Syracuse, Lyons, Milan, etc. The Seilern copy of this edition, lacking the first eight leaves, was sold at Christies in 2003. (1)
Wotton (William, editor). Cyfreithjeu Hywel dda ac Eraill, seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Hoeli Boni et Aliorum Walliae Principum quas ex variis Codicibus Manuscriptis eruit, Interpretatione Latina, Notis & Glossario Illustravit Gulielmus Wottonus, 1st ed., pub. William Bowyer, 1730, title page printed in red & black, water stained, preface in Latin, then parallel Welsh & Latin texts, water staining to first few pps., occ. spotting throughout, ink library stamps to front and rear paste downs, late 18th century manuscript ownership signature to front past down, slight worming to front paste down, upper hinge and joints cracked, upper board loose, contemp. calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, rubbed and frayed, folio. The first printing of the laws of Hywel Dda, the traditional name for the native laws of Wales, which are preserved in about 80 Welsh and Latin manuscripts between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries. Wotton’s edition, comprising the Welsh text and Latin translation and notes was published by his son-in-law under the editorship of Moses Williams. (1)
Henderson (W.A. ). The Housekeeper’s Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook being a full and clear Display of the Art of Cookery in all its Branches... to which is added, The Complete Art of Carving..., 14th ed., J. Stratford, 1807, eng. port. frontis. (browned and torn, with archive tape repair and some loss to blank margins), ten (of 11) b & w plts. (lacking the second folding plt.), generally toned and occn. soiling, first few gatherings frayed at corners, modern qtr. calf gilt, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo in 4s, together with Acton (Eliza), Modern Cookery, for Private Families, Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a Series of Carefully Tested Receipts..., newly revised and much enlarged edition, copiously illustrated, Longman et al, 1855, half-title, eight eng. plts., numerous letterpress illusts., 24pp. pubs. cat. at rear, hinges repaired, orig. blindstamped cloth, soiled, rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spine, 8vo, plus six other 19th and 20th c. cookery books. (8)
Wing (Donald). Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries 1641-1700, 3 vols., 1st ed., New York, 1945-51, original cloth, spine labels rubbed, 4to, together with First-Line Index of English Poetry 1500-1800 in Manuscripts of the Bodleian Library Oxford, edited by Margaret Crum, 2 vols., Oxford, 1969, original cloth, price-clipped d.j.s, 4to, plus The Diary of Samuel Pepys... Edited with Additions by Henry B. Wheatley, 10 vols., 1893-99, portrait frontispiece to each, plates, t.e.g., original blue cloth, spines gilt-decorated, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others including the Complete Works of Thomas Otway, 3 vols., Nonesuch Press, 1926 (limited edition of 1250), Tristan Leclere’s Les Femmes de Theatre du XVIII Siecle, 1911 (in full blue morocco gilt by de Samblane), The Henry Lawes Manuscript, by Pamela J. Willetts, 1969 and A Bibliography of Dr. John Donne, by Geoffrey Keynes, 4th ed., 1973. (25)
Golden Cockerel Press. Matthew Flinders’ Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, Preceeded and Followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove &c., by Geoffrey Rawson, 1946, illustrations by John Buckland Wright, t.e.g., rebound in full green morocco gilt to match the full leather bindings found on the first 100 deluxe copies of this edition, small folio. Limited edition 661/750. (1)
Maund, B., F.L.S., The Botanic Garden..., two volumes, London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1825-26 and Simpkin and Marshall, 1827-28, coloured plates, original boards, together with The New Week`s Preparation..., 34th edition, Entick`s New Spelling Dictionary..., 1796, and Thorndike, Russell, Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh, first edition, 1915
Haggard, H. Rider (signed presentation copy), She: A History of Adventure, first English edition, London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1887, dark blue cloth gold embossed, double page colour lithograph of the Sherd of Amenartas inserted before title leaf, inscribed `To my mother from her affectionate and dutiful son - H. Rider Haggard - Janry 1887`
[Books]. MOTORING. Bird, Anthony, & Hutton-Scott, Francis. Lanchester Motor Cars. A History, first edition, Cassell, London 1965. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Grant, Gregor. British Sports Cars, fifth edition, Foulis, London 1958. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Couper, Mike. Rallying to Monte Carlo, first edition, Allen, London 1906. Cloth, dustjacket, illustration, octavo; and assorted other works of related interest, (12)
[Books]. MOTORING. Davey, Arnold, & May, Anthony. Lagonda. A History of the Marque, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1978. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Clark, Paul, & Nankivell, Edmund. The Complete Jowett History, first edition, Foulis / Haynes, Sparkford 1991. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Rose, John. Ginetta. The Illustrated History, first edition, Foulis / Haynes, Sparkford 1983. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, oblong octavo; and seventeen other volumes of motoring interest, (20)
[Books]. MOTORING. Green, Johnnie. Bentley. Fifty Years of the Marque, first edition, Dalton Watson, London 1969. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Dalton, Lawrence. Those Elegant Rolls-Royce, revised edition, Dalton Watson, London 1970. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Dalton, Lawrence. Rolls-Royce. The Elegance Continues, first edition, Dalton watson, London 1971. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and eleven other works of motoring interest, (14)
[Books]. MOTORING. Hopfinger, K.B. Beyond Expectations. “The Volkswagen Story”, third edition, Foulis, London 1962. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Ullyett, Kenneth. The Mercedes-Benz Companion, first edition, Stanley Paul, London 1966. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Purdey, Ken. The King’s of the Road, first edition, Hutchinson, London 1955. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works, (77)
[Books]. MOTOR-RACING. Setright, L.J.K. The Grand Prix Car 1954-66, first edition, George Allen & Unwin, London 1968. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Hays, Rex. Tribute by Trophy, first edition, MacGibbon & Kee, London 1938. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Walkerley, Rodney. Automobile Racing, first edition, Temple Press, London 1962. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works of related interest
[Books]. CIVIL ENGINEERING, BRIDGES, & INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY. Murray, Anthony. The Forth Railway Bridge. A Celebration, reprint, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 1991. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, square quarto; Plowdon, David. Bridges. The Spans of North America, Norton, New York 2002. Boards, dustjacket, ilustrations, oblong quarto; Morriss, Richard. The Archaeology of Railways, first edition, Tempus, Stroud 1999. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works, including periodicals
[Books]. RAILWAY & OTHER TRANSPORT. Wroe, David. The Atlantic Coast Express, second revised edition, Waterfront Publications, Launceston 1995. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Awdry, Christopher. Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies, first edition, Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough 1990. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Hunter, D.L.G. Edinburgh’s Transport, first edition, The Advertiser Press, Huddersfield 1964. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works, (81 items)
WELLS H. G.: (1866-1946) English Writer of Science Fiction novels. Brief A.L.S., H. G. Wells, on one side of a correspondence card, Easton Glebe, Dunmow, n.d., to McKenna, politely declining an engagement and asking for his regrets and homage to be conveyed. Together with P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) English Writer, creator of Jeeves and Wooster. T.L.S., P. G. Wodehouse, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Remsenburg, New York), 29th November 1971, to Julian Peabody. Wodehouse thanks his correspondent for their letter and birthday greetings and continues `It is so nice to know that one`s readers are wishing one well. I am working on another book and hope you like it, if it comes your way.` The letter is pasted to the front free endpaper of a hardback edition of Jeeves & The Tie That Binds, First Edition published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1971, being a 90th Birthday Celebration. The original envelope is laid down to the pastedown. Extensive light staining to the letter, caused by glue to the verso, slightly affecting the text and signature. FR to VG, 2
BALLET: A hardback edition of Balletomania-The Story of an Obsession by Arnold Haskell, published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, September 1936 (Fifth impression, first cheap edition), signed to the inside pages (most to the illustration plates showing the dancers in various costume poses) by Arnold Haskell, Alice Nikitina, Lubov Rostova, Lubov Tchernicheva, Tamara Toumanova, Alexandra Danilova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Lydia Sokolova, Tamara Sidorenko, David Lichine, Felia Doubrovska, Serge Lifar, Yurek Shabelevsky, Wassily de Basil, Leonide Massine, Vera Nemtchinova, Irina Baronova etc. A little duplication. Together with a hardbound 8vo illustrated supplement entitled Some World-Famous Dancers of To-day, printed by The Dancing Times, signed to an inside full photo page by Tatiana Riabouchinska, showing her in a full length pose wearing a practice dress. Generally VG, 2
CLINTON BILL (1946- ) American President 1993-2001 & LEWINSKY MONICA (1973- ) American White House intern 1995-96 who was at the centre of the Lewinsky Scandal. Bill Clinton book signed, being a hardback edition of Giving-How Each of us can Change the World, First American Edition published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007. Signed by Clinton in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Monica Lewinsky book signed, being a hardback edition of Monica`s Story by Andrew Morton, First Edition published by Michael O`Mara, London, 1999. Signed by Lewinsky in bold blue ink with her name alone to the title page. Both books are accompanied by the dustwrappers. VG to EX, 2
CLINTON HILLARY: (1947- ) American First Lady 1993-2001. Secretary of State 2009- . Book signed, a hardback edition of Invitation to the White House, Limited Edition published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000. Signed (`Hillary Rodham Clinton`) in bold black ink with her name alone to the preliminary blank. One of a hundred Flat Signed Limited Edition, bound in black leather with gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine. EX
LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20th-21st May 1927. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, First American edition published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc., New York, 1970. Signed in black fountain pen ink by Lindbergh to the title page, `To Dr. John K. Lattimer, with admiration and best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh` and also signed and inscribed by William Jovanovich, Chairman of the Publishing House, and dated New York, 30th October 1970 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket (only FR, repairs). Spine a little loose, about G
Rothmans Football Year Book volumes 1-13, including first edition 1970, together with the 1946/47 Sunday Chronicle Football Annual, 1931/1932 Athletic News Football Annual, 1929/30 Athletic News football Annual, 1936/37 Vernons Hand Book, 1929/1930 Daily Express Football Annual and six other similar publications.
Pechey (John) The Complete Herbal of Physical Plan first edition with the last 2 leaves (advertisements + blank) minor stains but a good copy in contemporary calf somewhat worn joints cracked inscription on flyleaf “the Blew Ball in Artillery-lane M. Sngilly” bought from P&C in 1985 (invoice inserted) [Henrey 287] 8vo 1694. *** “In compiling this English Herbal of Physical Plants I have chiefly follow`d Mr. Ray...who is an excellent botanist and a candid Author...” - preface.
[Platearius (Joannes)] [The Grete Herball whiche g an imperfect copy 158 leaves only (of 180) lacking 22 leaves including the whole of the first gathering black letter upwards of 450 text woodcuts some leaves cut into at fore-edge 16th century inscriptions on medical uses in Latin and English and list of ?metals with signs of zodiac on final blank later name Francis Cox on first leaf divinity calf 4to [STC 13176; Henrey 168] [Peter Treveris 1526]; sold not subject to return *** First edition of the first illustrated book on plants to be published in England. The three copies at auction in the last 35 years have all been imperfect the worst lacking at least 100 leaves the best 16.
P[lot] (R[obert]) The Natural History of Oxford-sh first edition folding map 16 engraved plates “price in sheets at the Press. nine shillings To Subscribers. eight shillings” contemporary calf rebacked bit worn inscription torn from endpaper Oxford 1677; the same second edition folding map (old repair with slight loss) 16 engraved plates contemporary russia rebacked ib. 1705 folio (2)(2)
Pratt (Anne) Flowering Plants Grasses Sedges of publisher`s file copy with a note Mr Britten`s Revised Manuscript of Volume 1 with Mrs Peerless` (nee Pratt) Report on the Plates inserted in 3 binding cases (1 2 and 4) the first with dust-jacket (very rare) 8vo 1899-1905.*** Extensive and very interesting alterations both by Britten and by Pratt in the event the editing of this new edition was given to Edward Step and Britten`s alterations seem not to have been used. John Britten was later to write Pratt`s obituary (J. Bot. 1894). A number of letters are inserted and a pencil sketch of the title-page. (3)
Ray (John) Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Britannicar first edition 2 engraved plates contemporary panelled calf worn bookplate removed 1690; the same second edition 2 copies contemporary panelled calf worn one copy with contemporary inscription of Tho. Matthews has `de variis plantarum methodis dissertatio` (Keynes 99) bound in 1696; the same third edition first issue 2 copies 24 engraved plates one copy in contemporary calf rebacked worn the grass section much annotated in a contemporary hand pencil inscription by WCGL at front the other a very nice copy in contemporary calf bound in two vol. 1724; the same third edition second issue new titles dividing the work into 2 vol. 24 engraved plates calf rebacked 1724 [Keynes 54-57] 8vo (8)(8)
Ray (John) Historia Plantarum 3 vol. first edition large paper copy first state of the first title issued without the imprimatur leaf contemporary panelled calf from the library of Thomas Wentworth (1693-1750 Earl Strafford of the second creation) with the Wentworth crest differenced with a crescent for the second son gilt in centre of covers and at corners of panel rebacked bit worn his signatures St. John`s College Cambridge 1711 on titles the 19th century Fitzwilliam bookplate bought from W&W with their invoice for pp.335-38. Most of the family library from Wentworth Woodhouse was sold by Sothebys in 1948 though this book was not in the sale. “a great buyer of books espcially between about 1707 and 1713 when he was at St. John`s College. His tastes lay mainly in the field of natural philosophy” - [GD Hobson] introduction to 1-2 March Sotheby sale 1948 on Thomas Wentworth.
Ray (John) Synopsis Methodica Animalium first edition portrait calf worn rebacked Medical Soc. Edinburgh copy with old stamps 1693; another copy lacking the portrait bound uniform with: Synopsis methodica avium & piscium bound in 2 vol. 4 engraved plates together 3 vol. contemporary calf worn covers off bookplate of John Cooper 1693-1713; the same a second copy of the Synopsis 4 engraved plates a large and perhaps thick paper copy contemporary calf rebacked bookplate of Mathew “Scatters” Wilson and notes perhaps by him 1713 [Keynes 91 105] 8vo (5)(5)
Ray (John) Dictionariolum Trilingue first edition contemporary red morocco gilt with crowned cypher of CC adosse at corners for Charles II bound by Samuel Mearne for the Royal Library rebacked gilt g.e. in a Marlborough patent pamphlet case booklabel of Halstead Place Kent (home of Anna Atkins nee Children 1799-1871 botanist and photographer) [Keynes 26] 1675; the same fifth edition (title changed to Nomenclator classicus) title rather crumpled contemporary sheep worn [Keynes 31; 5 copies on ESTC] 1736; the same `eighth` edition bit browned title with ink blots contemporary sheep worn [Keynes 37; 3 copies on ESTC] 1736 8vo (3) *** “The most important documentary evidence for the Mearne binder`s work is found in a list preserved at Longleat (Thynne papers vol. LXXXIII ff. 23a-31b; the brothers Henry and James Thynne were Charles II`s librarians) endorsed Catalogue of Bookes belonging to the King`s Library at St. James`s in the hands of Mr. Merne...” Nixon English Restoration Bindiings p. 12. This copy is listed 29b (third in the octavos with authors beginning with R) showing that it was the copy deposited “under the terms of the Licensing Acts in the Royal Library at St. James`s during the 1670s...the same royal cypher tools were used...all appear to have been used exclusively by Mearne.” - Nixon p.12.(3)
Ray (John) A Collection of English Words first edition issue with comma after Ray and not after words date trimmed from title interleaved throughout and with fascinating extra dialect in at least 3 different hands 18th century sheep rubbed Kinnaird bookplate on pastedown John Brand`s bookplate on title verso (1744-1806 north country antiquary; probably the last of the annotators) [Keynes 23] [1674]; the same second edition tear in last quarter of book repaired (rather roughly) affecting some letters recent calf 18th century bookplate preserved signature of Godfrey Bosville 1721 and price of 1/- on old flyleaf (1745-1813 radical of Guntwaite Yorkshire) [Keynes 24] 1691; the same fourth edition nice copy in contemporary half calf somewhat worn signature of Robert Hilton Trinity College Camb. on flyleaf [2nd half of Keynes 15 but redeemed by contemporary binding] 1768; and a copy of Keynes 25 8vo (4) *** “It may very safely be said that on the whole Ray`s is the most important book ever published on the subject of English dialects with the sole exception of such publications as belong to the present centruy” Skeat in 1874 quoted by Keynes.(4)
R[ay] (J[ohn]) A Collection of English Proverbs first edition title rather soiled and a bit frayed calf rebacked inscription form Elizabeth Brookes of Hallaughton to Sam. Dickinson 1694 and his signature on title verso with enigmatic note probably to be read that he was an assistant in a shop or tavern : Naked boy yard Bedford street Covent Garden at the end “ at Mercers(?)” Cambridge 1670; the same second edition a bit browned several leaves just trimmed calf rebacked contemporary name Thomas Goodwin on title 18th century bookplate Abrahm Awson ib. 1678; the same third edition first issue 19th century half calf bound as part of a set of Ray`s works booklabel of George Edmund Benbow 1737; the same third edition second issue cancel title in red and black a nice crisp coy in contemporary calf gilt spine label missing signature of John Gordon and Kinnaird bookplate 1737; the same third edition third issue Victorian calf worn 1742 [Keynes 10-14]; and 5 others copies of Keynes 15 17-20 8vo (10)
Ray (John) The Wisdom of God manifested in the Wor [A collection of the first 6 editions and some later] 7 vol. includes the first and second issues of the first edition engraved portrait in editions 3-6 (the portrait recorded by ESTC in the BL copy of a first is not called for by Keynes and must be added to that copy) one vol. in binder`s cloth rest in various contemporary bindings three rebacked [Keynes 58-63 & 65] 1691-1714; and copies of Keynes 68 70-1 73 & 76 (4 copies only on ESTC); and 3 other editions 8vo (15); sold as a collection not subject to return(15)
Ray (John) Methodus Plantarum Nova 2 copies first edition first issue engraved frontispiece engraved plate contemporary vellum/half vellum bit worn inscription of A.W. Roth 1777 (1757-1834 German botanist) with his note of cost and binding signature E. Meyer 1836 (probably E.H.F. Meyer 1791-1858 Prussian botanist) a Boissier-de Candolle duplicate with printed label 1682; the same first edition second issue engraved plate (the Keynes copy had 5 additional plates added but they do not belong to the book) russia worn covers off Amsterdam 1682; the same second edition first issue 2 copies portrait 2 folding tables contemporary vellum one with Keynes 99 bound in 1703; the same second edition second issue portrait 2 folding tables stub of the cancel title present contemporary calf rather worn Amsterdam 1710; the same third edition 2 folding tables continental sheep worn a Hunt library duplicate “London” [Tubingen] Myntsing 1733 8vo (7)(7)
Ray (John) Catalogus Plantarum circa Cantabrigiam first edition first issue title with `qua` and `Anglo`and black rule above imprint with the rare appendix bound at the end a nice copy in contemporary panelled calf RC in blind on covers and Kinnaird bookplate Cambridge 1660; the same first edition second issue title with two text corrections and red rule contemporary calf 18th century bookplate of Beilby Thompson Escrick ib. 1660; the same 2 copies first and second issue titles both present old green boards the HC Watson-JG Baker-JE Lousley copy/ contemporary calf very worn the 1685 appendix bound at the end ib. 1660 [Keynes 1-4] 8vo (4)Condition report:first edition first issue title(with `qua` and `Anglo`and black rule above imprint) with the rare appendix bound at the end a nice copy in contemporary panelled calf RC in blind on covers and Kinnaird bookplate Cambridge 1660; the same first edition second issue title(two text corrections red rule) contemporary calf 18th Cent. bookplate of Beilby Thompson Escrick ib. 1660; the same 2 copies first and second issue titles both present old green boards the HC Watson-JG Baker-JE Lousley copy/ contemporary calf very worn the 1685 appendix bound at the end ib. 1660 8vo [Keynes 1-4](4)
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