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Click here to subscribeSewell (Anna) Black Beauty first edition frontispiece 8pp. advertisements large contemporary ownership inscription on blank recto of frontispiece some marking mostly to margins original cloth Carter variant C neatly rebacked preserving original backstrip slightly rubbed later endpapers in style of originals 8vo Jarrold & Sons [1878].
Bartoli (Pietro Santi) Admiranda Romanarum 2 vol. [first and second edition] engraved titles dedications & 160 plates only (of 161 the second edition lacks plate 84) a little spotted and soiled contemporary calf rebacked joints cracking rubbed [cf.Berlin Kat. 4203] oblong folio Rome [n.d.] & 1693. ***31 plates which appear in the first edition were suppressed for the second edition and replaced by 34 plates.
Speckle (Daniel) Architectura von Vestungen. first edition title in red & black with engraved architectural border by Matheus Greuter woodcut coat-of-arms of Julius Herzog von Braunschweig (the dedicatee) tail-pieces and initials 21 engraved plates all but one double-page but many bound with text between two parts with additional R1 &2 leaves following signature R and errata leaf at end with typographical border a few contemporary ink annotations title a little soiled and water-stained some other light soiling and staining a little wormed affecting hinges but intact eighteenth century half vellum over marbled boards spine titled in manuscript and split at head rubbed [Berlin Kat. 3516; Cockle 789] folio Strasbourg Bernhart Jobin 1589. ***Advanced treatise on fortification and town planning by the architect responsible for the fortification of Gibraltar.
Ackermann (Rudolph) The Microcosm of London 3 vol. first edition early issue with several of Abbey`s 12 “key plates” in first state (nos.3 4 5 7 & 11 and possibly 6 & 8) wood-engraved pictorial titles engraved dedication leaves (that in vol.1 loose) 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin offsetting from plates but plates generally clean text lightly browned modern dark blue morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf g.e. [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7] 4to [1808-10]. ***Early issue bound from the original parts with text and plates watermarked 1807-08 the 13 errata at end of vol.3 uncorrected (except that of “coustom” on p.218 of vol.1 as in the Abbey copy) and the Contents leaf in vol.1 headed “Contents”. However the imprint of the wood-engraved title to vol.2 does not have a comma after “Bensley” but that in vol.1 does.
Gerning-A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine first English edition 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates one with small marginal stain double-page engraved map hand-coloured in outline list of subscribers some offsetting and light browning a few small stains modern leather-backed boards new endpapers [Abbey Travel 217] 4to R.Ackermann 1820. ***An attractive copy with plates in early state i.e. without plate numbers in top right corner and with good impressions and colouring.
Jomard.Voyage a l`Oasis de Syouah 1823 d`après les matériaux recueillis par M. le Chevalier Drovetti...et...M. Frédéric Cailliaud first edition half-title engraved map 19 lithographed plates and plans foxed throughout but some plates worse than others date in ink arabic numerals at foot of title contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards rubbed spine worn and chipped at head folio Paris 1823. ***Scarce account of Cailliaud`s expedition in 1819 to the Siwa oasis and Drovetti`s subsequent exploration in 1820.
[Parks (Fanny)] Wanderings of a Pilgrim 2 vol. first edition 49 lithograph plates 20 hand-coloured or chromolithograph some tinted and a folding panorama of the Himalayas in pocket at end of vol.1 occasional foxing original pictorial cloth gilt corners and spine ends rubbed [Abbey Travel 476] large 8vo 1850.
Scott - The Voyage of the Discovery inscrib. 2 vol. first edition presentation copy from the author to Sir Dighton Probyn half-titles photogravure frontispieces 2 folding maps in pockets at end (slightly browned) plates and maps some colour some double-page vol.1 bookseller`s ticket tipped-in at front occasional foxing original blue cloth raised gilt medallions on upper cover spines very slightly faded edges rubbed vol.1 crease along spine t.e.g. 8vo [Spence 1051; Taurus 41] 1905. ***Superb association copy from a naval hero to a military one. Inscription reads: “Sir Dighton Probyn with the compliments of the author.” General Sir Dighton Probyn VC GCB GCSI GCVO ISO (21 January 1833 - 20 June 1924) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. .
Maxwell (James Clerk) A Treatise on Electricity an 2 vol. first edition half-titles with errata slip in vol.1 only 20 lithographed plates illustrations 15pp. publshers` catalogue at end of vol.2 with “Just Published” by entry for this work on p.10 bookplate on front pastedowns with inscription “Herbert Goldstein/ Cambridge June 1950” in ink original maroon cloth rubbed spines worn and faded vol.1 with chip to spine with slight loss to title and another at foot vol.2 spine repaired preserved in modern cloth drop-back box morocco label on spine [PMM 355] 8vo Oxford 1873. ***”May well be judged the greatest theoretical physicist of the 19th century...Einstein`s work on relativity was founded directly upon Maxwell`s electromagnetic theory; it was this that led him to equate Faraday with Galileo and Maxwell with Newton.” PMM. Herbert Goldstein (1922-2005) American physicist.
Watson (James D.) The Double Helix first English edition signed by the author on front free endpaper diagrams very light spotting and staining to fore-edge towards end original boards dust-jacket price-clipped very slightly frayed at edges 8vo 1968. ***The first appearance in book form of Watson`s account of the discovery of the structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid in which he explains the discovery with Francis Crick of the double helix. This model was largely based on work Rosalind Franklin had been doing on DNA using x-ray diffraction techniques which her associate Maurice Wilkins had passed on to Watson & Crick. “Like nothing else in literature it gives one the feel of how creative science really happens. It opens a new world for the general non-scientific reader”. C.P. Snow.
[Evans, Marian] "Eliot, George" Middlemarch. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1871-72. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, lacking labels; Idem Romola. London: Smith, Elder, 1862. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, morocco labels, lacks half-titles, Idem The Spanish gypsy. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1869. Fourth edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Idem Middlemarch. Edinburgh, 1874. New edition, engraved title, contemporary half calf; and 5 others by Eliot, contemporary half calf (13)
Anderson, James, "Agricola" Miscellaneous observations on planting and training timber trees, particularly calculated for the climate of Scotland. Edinburgh: C. Elliot & T. Cadell, 1777. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed "from the author, James Anderson", contemporary calf, spine gilt
Maw, George A monograph of the genus crocus. London: Dulau and Co., 1886. First edition, 4to (305 x 244mm.), half-title, 81 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Maw, double-page map, 2 double-page tables, contemporary green morocco gilt, some slight rubbing to edgesNote: Great Flower Books, p.67; Nissen BBI 1316 A fine, clean copy. George Maw dedicated his book Monograph of the genus Crocus (London, 1886) to Mr and Mrs Charles Danford, whose journeys he states "throughout the length and breadth of Asia Minor in the years 1876, 1878 and 1879, added much to the knowledge of Crocuses in that district. Many of the Vignettes appearing in the present book have been engraved from original sketches made by Mr Danford in the remote mountain region of the Taurus and other parts of Asia Minor, and to Mrs Danford I am indebted for the roots of several new species of Crocus discovered by her, and also for much valuable information respecting the habitats of Crocuses throughout Asia Minor." Crocus Danfordiae is illustrated on plate 63 and was discovered by Mrs Danford in 1879.
Ventenat, Etienne Pierre Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues, cultivées dans le jardin de J.M. Cels. Paris: de l`imprimerie de Crapelet, [1800-1803]. First edition, 4to (334 x 243mm.), half-title, dedication leaf, 100 engraved plates, nineteenth-century red half morocco gilt, some slight spotting or soiling, binding rubbed, some paper loss to upper boardProvenance: Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplateNote: Dunthorne 253; Great Flower Books, p.79; Hunt, Redouteana 7; Nissen BBI 2048 The Philippe de Vilmorin copy of this important catalogue devoted to newly-discovered exotic species, including a number of descriptions and illustrations of Australian, South Pacific, and South African flora. The plates were drawn by Pierre Joseph Redouté (81), his brother Henri Joseph (8), and others.
Young, Thomas A syllabus of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy. London: Press of the Royal Institution, 1802. First edition, 8vo, [vi], 162, 32, 4 parts in one volume, diagrams, nineteenth century half calf with cloth sides, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spineNote: Scarce. `Young was the last of the natural philosophers who could know all that was to be known. He was the perfector of the wave theory of light, he expounded the mechanism of vision, stated the laws of blood circulation, introduced the modern conceptions of `energy` and `work done`` evolved a sound theory of tides, and helped decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosette Stone` (PMM 259 note).Provenance:
Bradbury, Ray The silver locusts. London: Hart Davies, 1951. First edition, presentation copy inscribed "For Gian-Carlo Menotti with great respect and appreciation from Ray Bradbury, 1951", original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at head of spine, lower wrapper slightly soiled, short closed tear to upper wrapper
Ernst, Max Une semaine de bonté. Paris: Jeanne Bucher, 1934. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to, number 492 of 800 copies on papier Navarre, illustrations by Max Ernst, varying shades of original wrappers, wrappers somewhat faded, marked and edges a little worn, part 3 lacking lower wrapperNote: Ernst`s last and most ambitious visual novel , Une Semaine De Bonté is regarded as a masterpiece of surrealist book artistry
Lebedev, Vladimir Original drawing for the upper cover of Bagazh [Luggage], 19 x 14.5cm., ink and watercolour, heightened with gouache, publisher`s initialled stamp on verso, tipped-on to sheet of card, folder and fitted case by Julie NadotNote: A copy of the 1935 edition of this famous children`s book by Samuil Marshak is included in the lot, preserved in matching folder. The first edition was published by Raduga in 1926. The collaboration between Marshak and Lebedev was emblematic of the intense creative relationships between author and artist during this period. Marshak was a poet, satirist and translator of English literature, becoming the hugely influential editor of the Leningrad board of OGIZ, the State Publishing House. Marshak and Lebedev collaborated on over 50 titles, many for children, of which Bagazh is one of the best-known.
Presentation Copies - Sendak, Maurice Higglety pigglety pop! New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author with sketch of a little boy ("Oct. `67 | For May Lowen - | in memory of a most | lovely hospital afternoon! | Maurice Sendak | [sketch of a little boy]") on front free endpaper, original cloth, dustwrapper ("$4.95" and "1067" on upper flap with five Sendak titles listed on lower flap), some minor fraying to extremities of dustwrapper; Minarik, E.H. A kiss for Little Bear. New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition (no ISBN or zip code on publisher`s imprint page), 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the artist with a sketch of Little Bear ("Oct. `68 | For May - | [sketch of Little Bear with speech bubble "Happy Birthday | for the 22nd!!"] | and all my love! | Maurice Sendak") on front free endpaper, original illustrated boards, dustwrapper ("$2.50 | Ages 4-8" on upper flap with four little bear books listed on lower flap), slightly bumped at head of spine; Sendak, M. In the night kitchen. New York: Harper & Row, 1970. First edition, 4to, presentation copy inscribed by the author with sketch of Mickey ("For May on her Birthday, | the 22nd of October, 70 | [sketch of Mickey] | With love, | Maurice Sendak") on front free endpaper, original cloth, dustwrapper ("$4.95" and "1070" on upper flap with seven Sendak titles listed on lower flap), head of spine slightly bumped, minor browning to dustwrapper (3)
Astronomy -- Costard, George The history of astronomy, with its application to geography, history and chronology, occasionally exemplified by the globes. London: J. Newbery, 1767. First edition, 4to, 2 full-page diagrams on one leaf, diagrams in text, early nineteenth century half calf, Royal Observatory Edinburgh bookplate, marked "duplicate", errata leaf at end, title somewhat spotted, rubbed, joints splitting; and 12 twentieth-century books on astronomy (13)
Maclaurin, Colin An account of Sir Isaac Newton`s philosophical discoveries. London: printed for the author`s children, sold by A. Millar, J. Nourse, 1748. First edition, 4to, lacking half-title, list of subscribers, 6 folding engraved plates, modern calf-backed boards, title page repaired along upper edge, some foxing and light water stainingNote: Babson 85Provenance: John Edward Glennell, Hackney, ink inscription.
Newton, Sir Isaac Opticks: or, a treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures. London: printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, 1704. First edition, 4to (231 x 179mm.), [4], 144, 211, [1], 19 engraved plates, 2 folding, title printed in red and black, late19th century or early twentieth century calf gilt, black label, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spine, some light spotting, 10 plates trimmed touching image or plate numeral, very slightly rubbed at foot of spineNote: Babson 132; BMC; Ptg & the Mind of Man, 172; Gray 174 First edition of Newton`s fundamental experiments on the color spectrum. This classic work also explains such optical phenomena as the rainbow, "Newton`s rings", and the double refraction of the Icelandic spar. Newton opens his study with the sentence: "My design in this book is not to explain properties of light by hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by reason and experiments." Because of Newton`s reliance on scientific method, Opticks remained for over a century a work of great authority. The two Treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures included at the end of the text-Newton`s first printed mathematical papers-were intended to assert his priority over Leibniz in the discovery of the calculus.
Smyth, C. Piazzi Teneriffe, an astronomer`s experiment. London: Lovell Reeve, 1858. First edition, 8vo, map and 20 mounted photo-stereographs by A.J. Melhuish, half-title, 2+24+17pp. advertisements at end, original purple pictorial cloth gilt, some rubbing to gilt stamp on upper board, later endpapers, some light foxing
Young, Thomas A course of lectures on natural philosophy and the mechanical arts. London: William Savage for Joseph Johnson, 1807. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, xxiv, [ii], 796; xii, [ii], 738, 58 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured), contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spinesNote: Young, a prodigy as an infant, and a doctor by profession, was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution from 1801 to 1803. This work contains revised versions of the lectures he delivered during that time, including his demonstration of the fact of the interference of light, his lecture, "On Collision", which first suggested that the word "energy" be used in place of "living force" and his lecture on "Passive strength and friction", defining the ration between a stressing force and the resultant strain. Norman 2277.Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
[Kenrick, William] The whole duty of a woman, or a guide to the female sex... with the whole art of cookery, preserving, candying, beautifying &c. The sixth edition. [London, c.1750]. 12mo, contemporary calf, repairs to first four leaves with some loss of text, a few marginal repairs at end, rebacked
Chess A collection of books on chess, to include Hoffer, L. Chess. London, [no date]. Sixteenth edition, 8vo, original cloth; Lee, F.J. and Gossip, G.H.D. The complete chess guide. Edinburgh, 1914. 8vo, original cloth; Matanovic, A. Encyclopaedia of chess openings. London, 1979. 8vo, 5 volumes, dustwrappers; Averbakh, Y. Comprehensive chess endings. Oxford, 1985. First English edition, 8vo, 5 volumes, original covers; Staunton, Howard The chess-player`s handbook. London, 1890. 8vo, original cloth gilt; Cook, William The chess player`s compendium. London, 1910. Fifth edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Rice, John M., et al. The two-move chess problem: tradition and development. London, 1966. 8vo, dustwrapper; and a quantity of others on chess, mainly modern. 8vo, including 6 volumes of the British chess magazine (84)
King, William Ross The sportsman and naturalist in Canada. London, 1866. 8vo, 6 chromolithograph plates, original cloth gilt, some rubbing at edges and corners, some foxing to early leaves; Roosevelt, Theodore Hunting trips of a ranchman. London, 1886. 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt, fading to backstrip, previous owner`s pencil inscription on front endpaper; Grey, Zane Tales of swordfish and tuna. London, 1927. First UK edition, 8vo, plates, original blue cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, inner hinge weak; Strutt, Joseph The sports and pastimes of the people of England. London, 1834. 8vo, modern cloth backed boards; Chalmers, Patrick R. Gun dogs. London, 1931. 4to, colour plates by R. Ward Binks, original cloth, lacking wrapper; Haywood, Lt. -Col. A. Sport and service in Africa. London, 1926. 8vo, folding map, plates, original cloth gilt, foxing; Nimrod Hunting reminiscences. London, 1926. 8vo, colour plates, original cloth gilt; and 2 others (9)
Africa - Stigand, Captain C.H. To Abyssinia through an unknown land. London, 1910. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original cloth gilt, ink stain to lower board, bookplate of the Signet Library, Edinburgh; Matthews, Herbert Eyewitness in Abyssinia. London, 1937. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth, lacking wrapper, some foxing; Walker, C.H. The Abyssinian at home. London, 1933. 8vo, original cloth gilt; Decle, Lionel Three years in savage Africa. London, 1900. New edition, 8vo, frontispiece, maps, original decorative cloth gilt, bookplate, inner hinges weak; Kidd, Dudley The essential Kafir. London, 1925. 8vo, plates, original decorative cloth, interior clean; McDermott, P.L. British East Africa. London, 1895. 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, inner hinge split, backstrip detached; Powell, E. Alexander Beyond the utmost purple rim. London, 1925. 8vo, frontispiece, later cloth; Fisher, A.B. Twilight tales of the Black Baganda. London, [no date]. 8vo, plates, original decorative cloth, contemporary ink inscription to endpapers; Moubray, J.M. In South Central Africa. London, 1912. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original cloth gilt, foxing; and 7 others (16)
Darwin, Charles - Fitzroy, Admiral Robert, editor Narrative of the surveying voyages on His Majesty`s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. First edition, 4 volumes, including Appendix to volume 2, bound in 3 volumes, 8vo, [iii - xxviii, [4], 597; iii - xiv, [2], 694, [2]; viii, 352; iii - xiv, 615, pp. 609-629 addenda], 47 engraved plates after P.P. King, A. Earle, C. Martens, R. Fitzroy, T. Landseer, S. Bull, T.A. Prior and others, 8 folding charts laid down on linen all bound at the end of volume 3, 6 woodcuts in the text, contemporary calf, spines gilt with Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, morocco lettering pieces, slight offsetting from plates to text, slight offsetting to maps, bound without half-titles, head of spined rubbed, lacking the large Map of South America from volume 1Note: First edition of Darwin`s first published work, Journals and Remarks 1832-1836, in volume 3. Although his studies on the Beagle concentrated initially on geology, his observations on the voyage led to a desire to understand and explain the distribution and development of the species he encountered on the five year expedition, and led to the openng on his first noebook on "Transmutation of Species" in 1837 . . "It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stresed" [Freeman, 10]. Hill 607; Norman 584; Sabin 37826Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
Edinburgh & Scotland A civic survey & plan for the City & Royal Burgh of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1949. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, some marking to wrappers; Geddie, John The water of Leith. Edinburgh, 1896. 4to, illustrated by Joseph Brown, original green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges; Baird, William Annals of Duddingston and Portobello. Edinburgh, 1900. 8vo, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt, inner hinges weak; Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1779. 4to, frontispiece, lacking folding map, modern cloth gilt, browning and foxing; Ewing, Major John The Royal Scots 1914-1919. Edinburgh, 1925. 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt; Turner, A. Logan History of the University of Edinburgh 1883-1933. Edinburgh, 1933. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; RCAHMS Counties of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan. Edinburgh, 1933. 4to, original blue cloth, rubbed, ex-library copy; Watson, C. B. & Cowan, W. The maps of Edinburgh 1544-1929. Edinburgh, 1932. 8vo, presentation copy from editor Boog Watson, cloth backed boards; Groome, Francis H. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1886. 8vo, 6 volumes, original cloth gilt, water staining to boards and some interior pages; and 39 others (55)
Wittman, William Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria and across the desert into Egypt during the years 1799, 1800 and 1801. London: Richard Phillips, 1803. First edition, 4to, [xvi], 595, folding frontispiece, 20 plates (16 hand coloured costume plates), and 2 maps (one folding), lacking plate 7 of Jaffa, 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, some foxing to frontispiece, offsetting from plates to text, folding map repaired and with small tearProvenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
Crawfurd, George The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: printed for the author, 1716. First edition, folio, title-page in red and black, modern calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, foxing, chipping to page edges at rear, with the list of subscribers at the endNote: Moule 429. "As the first publication upon the Peerage of Scotland, this work is deserving of great praise." (Moule)Provenance: The late Maurice H. Moore, bookplate.
Ireland -- Butler, James, 1st Duke of Ormonde True copy of two letters, the first sent from the Earle of Ormond to the Honourable Colonell Michael Jones, Commander in chiefe of the Parliaments forces in Leinster, and Governor of the City of Dublin. With Colonell Jones his Answere, to the Earl of Ormond`s said letters. Dublin: William Bladen, 1649. 4to, [ii], 16, early twentieth century half calf, spine gilt, a few page numerals and the lower line of A4 trimmed with slight lossNote: Wing O461. Copac records a copy of this edition at Cambridge only. The National Library of Ireland only possesses the edition with the imprint: Printed by William Bladen, Dublin, and now re-printed, 1649
Macdonald, Lt. Col. John - Lord Viscount Melville - John Murray A treatise on telegraphic communication. London: printed for T. Egerton, 1808. 8vo, 5 plates, contemporary half calf gilt, backstrip loose, rubbing to edges, bookplate [bound with] an autograph letter signed from John Murray to Lord Viscount Melville, dated 15th September 1808, presenting Macdonald`s volume to Melville, 2 pages, folded; [bound with] an autograph note signed from author also presenting the volume to Melville, dated 1st June 1808, single leaf; Trotter, Thomas A view of the nervous temperament. London, 1812. Third edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, pencil marks in margins (2)Provenance: Lord Viscount Melville [first Lord of the Admiralty] ,bookplate. Presentation copy from the author to Lord Melville, sent via the publisher John Murray.
Rycaut, Paul, Sir The history of the Turks, beginning with the year 1679. London: printed for Robert Clavell, 1700. First edition, folio, 6 portraits, contemporary calf , worn, rebacked, upper board loose, some staining; [Idem] The Turkish history. London: Jonathan Robinson, 1687. Sixth edition, folio, volume 2 only, 3 portraits, [bound with] The history of the Turkish empire from the year 1623 to the year 1677. London: printed for Thomas Basset, et al, 1687. Folio, portrait frontispiece, 2 portraits, [bound with] The present state of the Ottoman empire. London, 1687. Folio, contemporary calf uniform with previous, worn, rebacked (2)
Rycaut, Sir Paul The present state of the Ottoman Empire. London: printed for John Starkey and Henry Brome, 1668. Second edition, 4to, 2 engraved plates, lacking frontispiece, engravings in text, modern half calf gilt, fading to backstrip, title page browned at edges and mounted on a guardNote: Wing R2413 A majority of the first edition of this work was lost in the Great Fire of London, [although the title-page was dated 1667 it was actually published in 1666, just before the fire of London]. However, it did go on and earn Rycaut election to the Royal Society in December 1666 and was quickly reprinted. (Oxford DNB)
Sinclair, Sir John The statistical account of Scotland. Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1791-99. First edition, 21 volumes, 8vo, half titles, 18 engraved plates and maps, some folding, 4 printed tables, contemporary cloth, paper labels, many hinges tape repaired, some boards loose, foxing to boards, foxing to interior especially on folding plates (21)Provenance: Alexander S. Finlay, bookplates.
Fleming, Ian Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some cracking to tail of backstrip; [Idem] On Her Majesty`s secret service. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, some slight rubbing at edges; [Idem] The man with the golden gun. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, some rubbing at edges, price clipped (3)
Grahame, Kenneth & Shepard, E.H. The wind in the willows. London: Methuen & Co., 1931. First edition illustrated by E.H. Shepard, signed on the title by Grahame and Shepard, original green cloth gilt, some slight rubbing to head and tail of backstrip, interior cleanProvenance: From the library of C.W. Chamberlain, chairman of Methuen & Co. from ??????
Innes, Hammond Killer mine. 1947, dustwrapper chipped at edges; The blue ice. 1948, previous inscription to front endpaper; The white south. 1949, previous ink inscription blacked out on front endpaper, chipped at edges, Book Society Choice; The angry mountain. 1950, short tears to wrapper; Campbell`s kingdom. 1952, Book Society wrapper; The strange land. 1954; The Mary Deare. 1956, wrapper chipped at edges; The land God gave to Cain. 1958, price clipped, some foxing to wrapper; The doomed oasis. 1960; Atlantic fury. 1962; Levkas man. 1971; Golden soak. 1973; The big footprints. 1977; Solomans seal. 1980, signed by the author; The black tide. 1982; all London, first edition, original cloth, dustwrappers (15)
Cosway-Style Binding - Lawrence, T.E. The seven pillars of wisdom. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First trade edition, 4to, frontispiece, folding plates, morocco extra by Bayntun-Riviere, with Cosway-style ivory painted miniature of Lawrence inserted to upper board, slip autographed by Lowell-Thomas "With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia" and T.E. Lawrence under glass on rear board, a.e.g., silk endpapers, slipcaseNote: A fine binding produced by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, with a hand painted portrait of Lawrence on ivory placed under glass on the upper board. The slip placed under glass on the lower board is signed by both Lowell Thomas and T.E. Lawrence. Lowell Thomas was the american writer and braodcaster that made "Lawrence of Arabia" a household name. He travelled to the Near East to record the work of General Allenby and Lawrence in the campaign against the Ottoman Empire in Palestine during WWI. Thomas, and his cameraman Harry Chase, spent several weeks in the desert with Lawrence, capturing some dramatic footage. After the war Thomas toured the world with his film, With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia, bringing the work of Lawrence to the international stage. Lawrence hid from the limelight and, eventually, grew to resent Thomas for the success of his show, refering to him as a "vulgar man".
Milne, A.A. The house at Pooh corner. London, 1928. First edition, illustrated by E.H. Shepard, original pink cloth gilt, fading to backstrip, previous ink inscription to front endpaper; Rackham, Arthur & Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London, [c.1912]. 8vo, 14 colour plates [one loose], original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded (2)
Orwell, George [Blair, Eric Arthur] Inside the whale and other essays. London: Victor Gollancz, 1940. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author on front free endpaper "With all the best / Eric Blair", half title, original black cloth gilt, lacking dustwrapper, some rubbing to edges of cloth, foxing to endpaperNote: Fenwick A.8a TO CHECK A scarce Orwell title, around 1000 copies were printed in 1940 and went out of print before the end of the year. However, all the volumes were not sold, some were destroyed during an air raid. No American edition has been published. These essays, as one critic later remarked, are “small masterpieces in a limited field”. No other inscribed copies appear in the auction records from 1975 onwards (ABPC).
Potter, Beatrix The tailor of Gloucester. London & New York: Frederick Warne, 1903. First published edition, first issue [single endpaper repeated four times], 16mo, 27 colour illustrations, original red boards, section at tail of backstrip lacking [tape repair], some leaves loose, pages 41 & 44 stuck together [no text loss as reverse of illustrations blank]
Signed Copies - Morton, H.V. A collection of 11 signed copies, to include In the steps of St. Paul, 1936. First edition; In Scotland again, 1936; A London year, 1933; The call of England, 1935; In the steps of the master, 1935; In search of Wales, 1936; In search of England, 1936; In search of Ireland, 1936; In search of Scotland, 1936; A London year, 1933; In search of Scotland, 1933 [special presentation copy from Methuen & Co. to C.W. Chamberlain]; all bound in half calf gilt by Bayntun of Bath, some fading to backstrips (11)
Wilkins, John An essay towards a real character and a philosophical language. London: S. Gellibrand & J. Martin, 1668. First edition, folio, [20], 454, [2], [158], engraved coat-of-arms on title, eighteenth century calf, title slightly spotted once rebacked, very worn, upper cover and license leaf detached, lacks 2 folding plates and 2 folding tables
[Books]. CRICKET, General. Ranjitsinhji, K.S. The Jubilee Book of Cricket, second edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London 1897. Blue cloth, illustrations, octavo; `Old Ebor` [A.W. Pullin], Talks with Old English Cricketers, first edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London 1900. Blue cloth, vignette illustrations, octavo; and nine other volumes, including Lonsdale and Badminton Library titles, (11).
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