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![[LITERATURE] Graves, Robert. Good-Bye To All That, first edition, Cape, London, 1929, red cloth, octavo; Graves, Robert. No M](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/66ca98df-183d-48ed-9963-b504423c77b5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 290
[LITERATURE] Graves, Robert. Good-Bye To All That, first edition, Cape, London, 1929, red cloth, octavo; Graves, Robert. No More Ghosts, second impression, Faber & Faber, London, 1941, boards, dustjacket (poor), octavo; Yeats, W.B. Where There is Nothing: Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre, first edition, Bullen, London, 1903, quarter green cloth and grey boards, octavo; and assorted other works, (two boxes).
![[LITERATURE] Lehmann, Rosamond. A Note in Music, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1930, black cloth, octavo; Lehmann,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/39ae6d9b-672c-4976-9655-0c77ad908136/468x382.jpg)
Lot 291
[LITERATURE] Lehmann, Rosamond. A Note in Music, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1930, black cloth, octavo; Lehmann, Rosamond. The Weather in the Streets, first edition, Collins, London, 1936, dark blue cloth, octavo; Lehmann, Rosamond. The Echoing Grove, first edition, Collins, London, 1953, red cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and assorted other works, (two boxes).
![[LITERATURE] Frost, Robert. In the Clearing, first edition, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, London, 1962, grey cloth, dustjacket, o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/0b1dc526-785f-4980-fa33-cf47137419ab/468x382.jpg)
Lot 292
[LITERATURE] Frost, Robert. In the Clearing, first edition, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, London, 1962, grey cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Lowell, Robert. History, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1973, grey boards, dustjacket, octavo; Baker, Elliott. Pocock & Pitt, first edition, Joseph, London, 1974, black boards, dustjacket, octavo; and assorted other works, (two boxes).
![[LITERATURE] Forster, E.M. The Eternal Moment & Other Stories, first edition, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1928, maroon cloth](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/4483047b-ebdf-4c66-87b4-44903c46f658/468x382.jpg)
Lot 293
[LITERATURE] Forster, E.M. The Eternal Moment & Other Stories, first edition, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1928, maroon cloth gilt, square octavo; Forster, E.M. Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, first edition, Arnold, London, 1934, blue cloth, quarto; Conrad, Joseph. The Arrow of Gold, first edition, Fisher Unwin, London, 1919, green cloth, octavo; Conrad, Joseph. Tales of Hearsay, first edition, Fisher Unwin, London, 1925, green cloth, octavo; and assorted other works, (two boxes).
![[MILITARY & NAVAL] Cumpston, J.S. The Rats Remain. The Siege of Tobruk, 1941, Grayflower Productions, Melbourne, 1966, pictor](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/18828a77-1972-4ed4-a125-5e49564dbf01/468x382.jpg)
Lot 296
[MILITARY & NAVAL] Cumpston, J.S. The Rats Remain. The Siege of Tobruk, 1941, Grayflower Productions, Melbourne, 1966, pictorial boards, illustrations from photographs throughout, quarto; Connell, John. Wavell, Supreme Commander 1941-1943, first edition, Collins, London, 1969, grey-green cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; Cocker, M.P. Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy, 1908 to Date, first edition, Airlife, Shrewsbury, 1993, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works, (two boxes).
![[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING]. MEDALS & COINS Gould, R.W., & Douglas-Morris, Capt. K.J. The Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826, Hay](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/19958e68-c32c-4168-bf4b-ec8ecf756070/468x382.jpg)
Lot 297
[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING]. MEDALS & COINS Gould, R.W., & Douglas-Morris, Capt. K.J. The Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826, Hayward & Son, London, 1974, maroon boards, quarto; Farrington, Anthony. The Second Afghan War 1878-1880 Casualty Roll, limited edition of 1000, The London Stamp Exchange, London, 1986, boards, dustjacket, quarto; Poulsom, Neville. The White Ribbon. A Medallic Record of British Polar Exploration, first edition, Seaby, London, 1968, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; and a further six assorted works, (8).
![[MISCELLANEOUS] Locke, Alain, editor. The New Negro. An Interpretation, second impression, Boni, New York, 1927, cloth-backed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/b1a9cc33-acc6-48a1-ddbe-d50a41529b90/468x382.jpg)
Lot 299
[MISCELLANEOUS] Locke, Alain, editor. The New Negro. An Interpretation, second impression, Boni, New York, 1927, cloth-backed boards, colour plate and black and white illustrations, quarto; In Fair Verona: English Travellers in Italy and their Accounts of the City from the Middle Ages to Modern Times, limited edition of 100, 1972, stiff paper covers, quarto; Anthony, Gordon. Russian Ballet, first edition, Bles, London, 1939, two-tone cloth, tipped-in black and white plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; and a further twelve assorted works, (15).
![[MISCELLANEOUS] Simon, Herbert. Song and Words. A History of the Curwen Press, first edition, Allen & Unwin, London, 1973, bo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/c3267ef9-358a-425c-b291-1cc556bed121/468x382.jpg)
Lot 300
[MISCELLANEOUS] Simon, Herbert. Song and Words. A History of the Curwen Press, first edition, Allen & Unwin, London, 1973, boards, dustjacket, quarto; Lidbetter, Hubert. The Friends Meeting House, limited edition no.718, Ebor Press, York, 1961, dark red cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; Thompson, Paul. The Work of William Morris, first edition Heinemann, London, 1967, maroon cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; and a further twelve assorted works, (15).
![[ART] Watney, Simon. The Art of Duncan Grant, first edition, Murray, London, 1990, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, SIGNED](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/6218f34b-eb7c-4f9b-aa30-5304b457f358/468x382.jpg)
Lot 305
[ART] Watney, Simon. The Art of Duncan Grant, first edition, Murray, London, 1990, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto; Barbara Hepworth, A Pictorial Biography, first edition, Adams & Dart, Bath, 1970, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and twenty-nine assorted other works, (31).
![[ART] Blunt, Anthony. The French Drawings at Windsor Castle, first edition, Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1945, scarlet cloth, dustj](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef307e71-ee71-407b-89bd-a58c00c3e821/61a140e9-a3e0-4eab-977c-b4d59034ea35/468x382.jpg)
Lot 306
[ART] Blunt, Anthony. The French Drawings at Windsor Castle, first edition, Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1945, scarlet cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; Browse, Lillian. Sickert, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1943, cloth, illustrations, quarto; and assorted other works, (two boxes).
Lot 8
Tallis (John). Tallis's Illustrated London; in commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851. Forming a complete guide to the Britsh metropolis and its environs... with historical and descriptive letter-press by William Gasbey, 2 volumes, John Tallis, circa 1851, numerous engraved plates, including one or two folding, some waterstaining towards of front of first volume, contemporary half dark brown calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with Goldsmith (Oliver), A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 volumes, 1856, numerous hand-coloured and monochrome engraved plates, minor waterstaining to first few leaves, contemporary half calf, rubbed and somewhat worn, large 8vo, plus Pigot (Richard), Moral Emblems with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of all Ages and Nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie, with illustrations by John Leighton, 2nd edition, 1862, numerous wood engraved illustrations, all edges gilt, original blind-decorated brown full morocco, recased with original spine laid down, rubbed and some marks, 4to, and other mostly 19th century antiquarian interest, history and literature, natural history, including [Symon, Patrick], A Continuation of the Friendly Debate, 1669 (the second volume only of a 2 volume work), contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, A Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places, printed for Richard Phillips, circa 1820s, De la Pluche, Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd, volumes 1-4 only, mixed editions, 1743-44, mostly leather-bound, 4to/8vo (approximately 70 volumes) (3 shelves)
Lot 111
Palladio (Andrea). Oeuvres Completes, new edition, 2 volumes, Paris, 1825, 365 single and double-page engraved outline architectural plates, some spotting, occasionally heavy, ink library stamp to front free endpaper of volume 2, contemporary quarter calf, worn with loss and joints weak, folio, together with La Chenaye-Desbois (Francois-Alexandre Aubert de), Dictionnaire de la Noblesse, contenant les genealogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de France, l'explication de leurs armes..., 12 volumes, Paris, 1770-78, oval inkstamp to titles, some light spotting to first and last few leaves, 19th-century quarter calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, shelf label with adhesive tape to foot of each spine, 4to, plus Bryant (Jacob & William Cole), Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus; ex Praestantioribus Desumptus, quae in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis Conservantur, 2 vols., John Murray, 1845, engraved frontispiece to each, 108 engraved plates of antique gemstones by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, text in Latin and French, occasional offsetting and scattered spotting, library stamps to volume I title verso and index leaf, t.e.g., contemporary red half morocco, spines with morocco label and gilt decoration, library numbers at foot of spine, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (originally privately published circa 1783, the work describes the celebrated collection of gems assembled by the fourth Duke of Marlborough) (16)
Lot 20
Anon. An Accurate Description and History of the Church of St. Peter, York, From its first Foundation to the present Year, 2nd edition, printed by A. Ward, 1783, 13 black and white folding engravings, lacks original endpapers, some toning, some engravings worn to edges and repaired, contemporary calf binding, front board partially detached, 8vo, together with H.M.S.O., An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, volumes 3-5, 1st editions, 1971-81, numerous black and white illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other modern UK topographical and architectural reference and related, including publications by Pevsner, Batsford, Antique Collectors' Club, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)
Lot 116
Rothe (Edith). Deutsche Infanterie, Das Ehrenmal der vordersten Front, 1st edition, Zeulenroda b. Sporn, 1933, numerous colour and black & white full-page plates, numerous black & white illustrations to text, including many after photos, folding map contained in pocket at rear, contemporary owner's bookplate of Ernst Foerster carefully tipped-in to title verso, orig. maroon cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed (generally in good condition), large folio, together with Ahrons (E.L., and Nock, O.S.), The British Steam Railway Locomotive from 1825 to 1925/1925 to 1965, pub. Ian Allan Ltd., n.d./1966, num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding diags., orig. cloth in frayed an torn dust jackets, 4to (the first volume is a facsimile reprint c. 1960s and the second volume is a first edition published in 1966), plus Jane (Fred T.), Fighting Ships, 1906 (9th year of issue), numerous b & w illusts. from photos., ads. both front and rear, a few minor marginal defects, orig. cloth gilt, rebacked, oblong folio, plus other early 20th-century and modern military and transport reference including Observers' Books and publications by Ian Allen, Blandford, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves & a carton)
Lot 97
Ferguson (John Alexander). Bibliography of Australia, 8 volumes (including Addenda), Facsimile Edition, Canberra, 1986, some monochrome plates, original blue cloth gilt in dust jackets, spines lightly faded, together with Time-Life Books. Classics of Exploration, 19 works bound in 20 volumes, 1983-86, some colour and numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, all edges gilt, original uniform full brown leather gilt, 8vo, VG, and Pike (Douglas, editor), Australian Dictionary of Biography, 6 volumes (1788-1850, 2 volumes & 1851-1890, 4 volumes), Melbourne Unversity Press, 1966-76, plus another copy of the first 2 volumes, reprinted with corrections, 1983, and Chisholm (Alec H., editor), The Australian Encyclopaedia, 10 volumes, Sydney, Grolier Society of Australia, 1965, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, original red cloth gilt, large 8vo (46)
Lot 58
Clark (Kenneth). The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, revised with the assistance of Carlo Pedretti, Phaidon, 1968, numerous black & white illustrations, all original uniform cloth gilt in dust jackets, slightly rubbed and marked, 4to, together with Kress Collection. Decorative Art from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Carl Christian Dauterman, James Parker & Edith Appleton Standen, 1964, Tapestries from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, by David Dubon, 1964, & Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, by John Pope-Hennessy, 1965, some colour and numerous black & white plates, etc., all original cloth gilt in dust jackets, first volume with small library ink stamp to front endpaper only, 4to, plus De Kunst in Nood. En Nationale uitgave tot steun aan de noodlijdende Nederlandsche beeldende kunstenaars, nos. 1-6, The Hague, c. 1933, tipped-in black & white plates, illustrations etc., all bound in original pictorial wrappers, stitched as issued, loosely contained in orig. cloth portfolio, 4to, (a complete set of six issues of the Dutch art journal Kunst in Nood, covering painting, sculpture, dance, music, photography, architecture etc., with numerous illustrations by Dutch artists, and contributions by writers and critics etc., each issue with a striking original cover design by H. Willebeek le Mair, Christian de Moor, Willem Witjens, P. A. H. Hofman, Jo Spier and Titus Leese), plus other modern art reference, G/VG, 4to/folio (3 shelves)
Lot 11
Fleming (Ian). You Only Live Twice, 1st edition, 1964, The Man with the Golden Gun, 1st edition, 1965, some light spotting, both original black cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo (2 volumes in total), together with Rowling (J.K.), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 19th impression, 1997, original boards in dust jacket, 8vo, and other modern first editions and fiction including P.G. Wodehouse, Bernard Cornwell, Sebastian Faulks, Patrick O'Brian, Dick Francis, P.D. James, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)
Lot 1
Quinn (Seabury). ... Roads, 1st edition, Wisconsin, 1948, black and white illustrations by Virgil Finlay, some minor toning, original black cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with some minor tears and loss, 8vo, together with Oakeshott (Michael), The Voice of Poetry in the Conversation of Manking, 1st edition, 1959, original black cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus Stephens (James), Reincarnations, 1st edition, 1918, contemporary inscription and sticker to front pastedown, some minor spotting, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked and rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 20th-century and modern poetry, first edition literature and related, including Aldous Huxley, Walter de la Mare, T.S. Eliot, P.D. James, W.B. Yeats, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)
Lot 117
Fielding (Henry). The Complete Works... , with an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, by William Ernest Henly, 16 volumes, Drury Lane edition, New York, 1902, additional engraved titles, frontispieces, colour and black and white plates, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original burgundy cloth with printed paper labels to spines, 8vo, (limited edition, 18/385 copies, signed and numbered by W.E. Henly), together with Amery (Leo), The Times History of the War in South Africa, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1900-09, photographic portrait frontispieces (the first detached), plates, folding colour map in front pocket to 3 volumes, some foxing, uncut and partially unopened, some hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, spines unevenly faded, a few chips and tears, 8vo plus Butler (Samuel), The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler, Edited by Henry Festing Jones and A.T. Bartholomew, 20 volumes, London & New York, 1923, titles in red and black, photographic frontispieces, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, patterned endpapers, original quarter vellum gilt over blue cloth, spine unevenly spotted and yellowed with occasional dust-soiling, 8vo, (limited edition, 387/750), plus others including cloth-bound sets of John Ruskin (6 volumes), Thomas Carlyle (38 volumes) and Charles Lamb (12 volumes) (approx. 100)
Lot 367
A quantity of first edition books to include "Under Milk Wood" by Dylan Thomas, 1954, "Salome" by Aubrey Beardsley, 1957, "The Trevicka Letters" by M.H. Jones 1932, "The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes" 1882, "A Dustbin of Milligan" Second Impression 1961, further first edition books, 18th and 19th century books to include "Private Ddevotions for Several Occasions" W.N. For Edward Pawlet 1701, "The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore with Engravings", the Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron" in six volumes 1818, "Hypatic" by Charles Kingsley 1887 etc.
Lot 142
Lionel Edwards, A Leicestershire Sketch Book, Eyre and Spottiswoode 1935, first edition, partial dust wrapper, CDB Ellis, Leicestershire and the Quorn Hunt, The Cream of Leicestershire, Hunts with Jorrocks, Reminiscences of a Sporting Artist, and other similar books, Charles Simpson The Harborough Country, Guy Paget, The Melton Mowbray of John Fearnley, Plain or Ringlets, Handley Cross, Mr Sponges Sporting Tour, Hawbuck Grange, Ask Mamma, Mr Romford's Hounds subsription editions, Robert Viner, Notita Venatica, Treaties on Fox Hunting, other hunting books, (quantity).
Lot 32
A quantity of detective novels, including:- Chandler, Raymond "Farewell my Lovely", The World Publishing Company third printing, June 1946, green cloth, dust jacket "Spanish Blood", The World Publishing Company 1946 first printing, black cloth with red titles, dust jacket "Red Wind", The World Publishing Company, first printing Tower Books edition 1946, black cloth with red titles and decoration and Peter Cheyney, George Bellairs, John Creasey, Dick Francis, Ian Rankin, etc. (2 boxes)
Lot 626
A collection of books relating to Charles Darwin. To include: Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. Darwin, Charles, Published by John Murray, London (1890) Used Hardcover, On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs; Also Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle Charles Darwin, Published by Ward Lock, UK (1890) Used Hardcover First Edition & Charles Darwin And The Voyage Of The Beagle. Edited with an Introduction by Nora Barlow, Pilot Press 1945
Lot 549
Robert Taylor rare signed limited edition print 798/1250 "Early Morning Arrival" Lancaster VR-A Bomber returns to RAF Colerne from her first operation over enemy territory on the morning of 6th June 1944. Signed in pencil by Bill Reid VC, Roderick Learoyd VC, Norman Jackson VC, A De Breyne, J. Kelly, P. Brophy, R. VIgars, J. Friday and A. Bodie. (Of Local interest). Published by The Military Gallery, Bath 1988.
Lot 1089
FA CUP Two editions of "The FA Cup Annual, 50 Years of English Cup Finals", First Edition (green cover) 1883 - 1932 (covers detached, not split, slight ageing) and Jubilee Edition (blue cover) 1985 - 1935 (rusty staples removed). Also included is an "Umbro" catalogue titled "The choice of both teams in the Wembley Final 1935" with picture on front cover of WBA and Sheff Wed captains shaking hands and including single sheet flyer. Generally good
Lot 566
WORLD CUP 1974 Superb West German Limited Edition collection of First Day Covers relating to the 1974 World Cup held in West Germany. A number of the covers have been signed. Issued by Lindner, this is number 744 and the covers are contained in a purpose made album direct from the publisher. There are 94 covers which represent a cover for each game played, a cover for each Stadium used, a cover for the various training centres for the teams and some overseas covers sent back to Germany for this album. Some of the covers are signed including a West Germany cover signed by 16 including Hottges, Scwarzenbeck, Heynckes, Netzer, Herzog, Grabowski, Holzenbein, Overath, Bonhof etc. There are signatures from Sepp Herberger, Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer, 4 x Australians, 6 x Brazil including Zagallo, Rivellino and Jairzinho, Jupp Derwall, Helmut Schoen, 10 x Jugoslavs, 5 x Poles including Deyna and Lato, 1 x Scot, 4 x Zaireans and Gerd Muller, Vogts, Hoeness and Breitner. Finally the postage stamps issued by West Germany for the Tournament are illustrated and all the covers have appropriate frankings/postmarks. An excellent collection rarely available in this country and enclosed in a large green binder Very good
Lot 129
A collection of Hornby 00 gauge rolling stock including a limited edition Seven Plank wagon "Lambert & Cox", each No'd. of 250 (R6427) (x 5), a limited edition Five Plank wagon "W Butler & Co.", each No'd. of 250 (R6428) (x 5), an OTA Timber wagon 110292 (x 4), a Pullman First Class Parlour Car "Leona" (R4143), a Pullman Third Class Parlour Car, Car No. 35 Third Class (R4144), a Pullman Third Class Kitchen Car, Car No. 171 Third Class (R4146), a Pullman Third Class Brake Car, Car No. 161 Third Class (R4150A) and ten further items of rolling stock (all boxed)
Lot 278
PHOEBE ANNA TRAQUAIR & JOHN SUTHERLAND BLACK "Dante" with illustrations by Phoebe Anna Traquair and notes by John Sutherland Black, privately printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh 1890, tooled and gilded leather bound, together with DANTE "La Divina Comedia di Dante Alighieri", edited by Pietro Cicchetti, first publication in England of the poem in one Volume with explanatory notes, published by C.S. Arnold, London 1827, tooled and gilded leather bound pocket edition, together with PIETRO FRATICELLI "Opere Minori di Dante Alighieri", three volume set : Volume I "Il Canzoniere, Le Rime Sacre e Le Poesie Latine", Volume II " La Vita Nova, de Vulgari Eloquio de Monarchia a de Aqua et Terra", and Volume III "Il Convito e Le Epistole", in Italian, published by G. Barbera, Florence 1879, clothboard bound with tooled and gilded leather spines (5)
Lot 1363
Buck, Pearl S. (1892-1973). American novelist, critic, and humanitarian activist; raised in China, she is best known for her stories and novels set there. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Good Earth and, in 1938, the Nobel Prize for Literature. Scarce Autograph Manuscript Signed twice"P.S.B." once in pen and once in pencil, 8-112 pages, 4to, no place, ca. March 1941. A series of book reviews for Asia magazine. First comes a brief note on "The autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru ... entitled Toward Freedom ... the new edition, which contains a valuable new chapter that brings it up to date ... " With Buck's "Asia Column," a book review, in which she writes, "Out of the Night, by Jan Valtin, is a book like none other that has ever been written. It is difficult to define exactly its unique quality and significance, but it has both these. The material is not in itself new. It is, superficially, the story of a German communist who was sent to work in underground activities for communism in many countries ... among which were the United States and China. The book contains no propaganda. It is the story of a man so shaped by the circumstances of his time ... that he was captured by communism ... [For Communism] might be substituted almost any other impersonal power which has laid hold of human individuals and used them and dehumanized them ... " After a discussion of the book's contents, she concludes that "It all makes a book which everyone ought to read who believes in the dignity of the individual ... " She next turns to "Workers Before And After Lenin by Manya Gordon ... an examination into the conditions of the Russian labor for the last fifty years, and a comparison of the conditions of working people in that country now ... The book begins with an account of the gains which labor was making before the revolution ... " Rebelling against oppression and exploitation, " ... The unions did not at once realize that they would be in exactly the same relation to the Soviet government as they were to their former capitalist employers ... with one difference. Under the old system they could strike and arbitrate and negotiate. Under the new regime they lost all such rights ... " She writes of the author's conclusion, " ... If she is right and if the people of Russia are once more fighting for liberty ... it brings them back into the world of peoples ... " She reviews two other works more briefly, "Chinese Homes and Gardens ... a joy to possess ... " and "The Maori People Today," a collection of symposium essays. She notes that " ... it has been taken for granted that the white man in New Zealand has treated the Maori with unusual justice and mercy ... " but the collection shows there was " ... no unusual goodness on the part of the white conquerors ... " Buck signs her initials after each of these last two reviews, the first in pencil. With numerous pencil and ink revisions. All pages stapled together in upper left corner. Binder holes at left edge. Age-toned, especially at edges, with some breaks in binder holes of first page, otherwise in very good condition.
Lot 1360
Brittain, Vera (1893-1970). English writer, feminist, and pacifist. Her most popular work was the 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during the First World War, and the origins of her journey towards pacifism. TLS. Dated June 1, 1962. "…'Letters to a Friend' really is out of print…" She suggests that the recipient of the letter should urge the local library to purchase a limited edition and make it available to all readers. Bold signature, and the letter is in excellent condition. From the collection of Diana Herzog.
Lot 1502
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932). Russia's most popular poet and critic of Stalinism and anti-Semitism. Sketch of Yevtushenko by Kurt Vonnegut. 3/17/96, signed by both men. Signed print of the translation of Babii Yar that once accompanied a limited edition 16/150 art print; signed limited edition Colophon of "Twenty-first Century;" signed limited edition 143/150 "Autoportrait on the Sharp Edge of the Kremlin Tower…." All in excellent condition.
Lot 76
Rennell (James). A Bengal Atlas: Containing Maps of the Theatre of War and Commerce on that side of Hindoostan, 2nd edition, 1781, title page, contents list with errata printed to verso, advertisment, map of inland navigation, tables of routes and distances, key map to Bengal and Bahar, nineteen double page engraved maps and one single page map, engraved panorama of Oudanulla and Chunargur (on one sheet), the first ten maps with contemporary outline colouring, lacking the battle of Buxur plan, slight water staining, a.e.g., contemporary mottled calf with elaborate decorated borders to boards, worn and rubbed at extremities, folio (1)
Lot 626
Luttrell Psalter. The Luttrell Psalter, Folio Society/Cambridge University Press, 2006, numerous facsimile colour plates, all edges gilt, original blue Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle, with bevelled edges, decorated gilt blocked border & central armorial to upper board designed by David Eccles, morocco title label to spine, folio, VG Limited edition 335/1480. Lacking both the companion commentary volume by Michelle P. Brown and solander box. This Folio Society volume was the first full facsimile edition of the Luttrel Psalter. The original held by the British Library (MS 42130) was acquired for the nation in 1929, and was the highest price ever paid for a manuscript at the time. (1)
Lot 1
Albrizzi (Giovanni Battista). L'Etranger Plainement Instruit des Choses les Plus Rares et Curieuses, Anciennes et Modernes de la Ville de Venise et des Isles A l'Entour, avec la description de ses Eglises, Monasteres, Hopitaux, Tresor de S. Marc, Arsenal, & Batimens publiques: ainsi que des Tableaux les plus excellens, des Moeurs, des Arts & des Sciences, du Commerce..., 1st French edition, Venice, 1771, engraved frontispiece, folding map, and forty-one engraved plates, some folding and with two views, three(?) plates lacking, V1 with short tear in lower blank margin, a clean copy, sprinkled edges, contemporary vellum, gilt titled on spine, with some early manuscript below, 8vo According to the list of plates, there are three lacking: 11/12 - Tour de l'Horloge dans la Place/Eglise de S. Jeminien; 40/41 S. Marie de Nazeret des Carmes dechausses/S. Jeremie y joint le Palais Labia; 68/69 Isle de Burano/Isle de Mazorbo. However, only the first of these has the remains of the stub inside the volume, suggesting that the other two may never have been present in this copy. It would appear that other copies of this work also vary slightly in the number of plates. (1)
Lot 114
Wordsworth (Christopher). Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, 1st ed., 1840, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and twenty-six steel engraved plates, including two maps (complete as list), wood engraved illustrations to text, occasional spotting, green calf gilt, neatly rebacked with original spine relaid, large 8vo, together with Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there, 2nd edition, 1837, two folding maps (one repaired to verso), three lithographed plates, folding plate of inscriptions, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary Eton prize inscription, contemporary calf, a few gouge and scuff marks, 8vo Blackmer 1839 (for the first edition of 1836), for the second work. (2)
Lot 108
Waring (Edward Scott). A Tour to Sheeraz by the route of Kazroon and Feerozabad, with various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians..., printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807, engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate, letterpress Persian text in places, some overall browning, modern half calf, 4to The first edition of this work was published in Bombay in 1804. This London edition has a greatly expanded section on the language and poetry of Persia and was "an important book in its day as it constitutes one of the first attempts to introduce Persian poetry to the West. Byron's reference to Persia poets, especially Hafez, in his English Bards comes from Waring" (Ghani). (1)
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Colebrooke (Robert Hyde). Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from drawings taken on the spot. To which are annexed, concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the operations of the army under the Marquis of Cornwallis, during the late war, and a few other particulars, 1st edition, 1793, printed title, dedication leaf, 12 uncoloured aquatint plates by J.W. Edy after R.H. Colebrooke, each with accompanying leaf of letterpress description, single-sheet list of subscribers at rear, title with some light soiling and marginal fraying, relined, with central horizontal repaired tear, and lower outer blank corner missing, short closed tear repair to centre of foremargin of dedication leaf and first two text leaves and plates (not affecting image), a few minor marginal marks and small marginal repairs towards rear of volume, final plate with light central vertical crease, list of subscribers, with one or two marginal closed tears (repaired), late 19th or early 20th-century cloth gilt, with printed label of the Royal United Service Institution to front pastedown, rubbed and some marks and soiling, spine partly defective, large oblong folio (550 x 705mm) Abbey, Travel 419. Tooley 149. First edition of these scenic views of the southern kingdom of Mysore in India, etched in aquatint by the engraver John William Edy after drawings by the surveyor Robert Hyde Colebrooke (1762-1808), produced in the aftermath of the Third Mysore War, following which Tippoo Sultan handed over parts of the region, various forts, and a significant financial settlement to the East India Company. The prints are titled: East View of Bangalore, The Lake of Mooty Tallaow near Seringapatam, Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallaow, Pagodas at Maugry with a distant View of Sewandroog, N.W. View of Nandydroog, North View of Sewandroog shewing the Attack in Decr. 1791, South View of Sewandroog, S.W. View of Ootra-Durgum, West View of Ramgherry, The Mausoleum of Hyder Aly Khan at Laulbaug, East View of Seringapatam & N.W. View of Seringapatam. (1)
Lot 22
Conway (William Martin). Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1894, half-titles, photogravure portrait frontispiece to first volume, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations by A.D. McCormick, with duplicate proofs of the plates printed on Japan tissue, with tissue guards captioned in gold, single advertisement leaf at rear of second volume, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original cloth with morocco labels to spines, a little rubbed and some marks, 8vo Neate C103. Limited edition 73/150 (of which 125 only are for sale), signed by the author. Without the two supplementary volumes of maps and scientific reports. (2)
Lot 100
Tuckett (Francis Fox). A Pioneer in the High Alps, Apline Diaries and Letters of F.F. Tuckett, 1856-1874, Edward Arnold, 1920, photogravure portrait frontispiece with original tissue guard, seven black and white plates, light scattered spotting, presentation inscription 'Lucy and Violet Hodgkin from Alice Tuckett, Xmas 1920' and ownership inscription of Robin A. Hodgkin to upper pastedown, original brown cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with [Tuckett, Elizabeth], Pictures in Tyrol and Elsewhere, from a family Sketch-book, 2nd edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1869, numerous black and white plates, original publisher's cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, scuffed, 8vo, plus Whymper (Edward), Scrambles Amongst the Apls in the Years 1860-69, 5th edition, John Murrary, 1900, numerous black and white plates, plans, maps and illustrations to text, some light scattered spotting, original blue cloth, 8vo First work Neate T69. From the collection of Robin Hodgkin (1916-2003), the eminent mountaineer and educationalist. Alice Tuckett married Francis in 1896. (3)
Lot 509
Swift (Jonathan). The Works..., Accurately revised in Six Volumes... with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory by John Hawkesworth, 6 vols., 1755, each volume paginated in two parts with main title to each volume printed in red and black, twenty-six engraved plates, 4pp. engraved music, some light browning & spotting, armorial bookplate of Charles Brandling, hinges repaired, contemporary mottled calf, with gilt crest of Charles Brandling to centre of upper boards, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and morocco labels, board corners worn, 4to Teerink 87. This is the first Hawesworth quarto edition and not to be confused with the 12 volume octavo edition of the same year. (6)
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