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Click here to subscribeMill Siege of the South Pole 1905 The Story of Antarctic Exploration first edition signed and inscribed by Armitage frontispiece plates folding chart and maps (3 folding 1 colour) colour map with small tear slightly foxed and browned original gilt pictorial cloth lower cover a little soiled spine dulled [Spence 793] 8vo 1905.
Murdoch. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic first edition illustrations some full-page 3 maps (1 folding at end) 32pp. advertisements at end some light foxing half-title with wording in ink also original pictorial cloth stamped in silver gilt armorial stamp to upper cover else a fine copy [Taurus 12; Spence 825] 8vo 1894. ***An important whaling expedition to the Weddell Sea the first of its kind since 1843..
Ross.Explanation and Answer to Braithwaite`s Suppl first edition repair to fore-margin of first leaf and ink inscription to same original printed wrappers with title to upper cover small hole to upper cover 4to A.W.Webster [1835]. ***Ross set out on his second voyage in 1829 in the Victory a small paddle-steamer with boilers fitted by Messrs. Braithwaite and Ericsson. Ross sought an outlet south from Regent`s Inlet but was unable to break through the ice and wintered in Felix Harbour in 1829-1830. The Victory made little progress south in the following summer and was abandoned in May 1832 beset by ice. Ross attributed the failures largely to the shortcomings of the boilers supplied by Braithwaite an experienced engineer who had designed the first practical steam fire engine. Ross`s criticism led to a series of vituperative exchanges. .
Ross.Voyage of Discovery..Southern/Antarctic 2 vol. first edition 8 tinted lithographed plates 1 folding 8 engraved maps 3 folding unpaginated chapter headings most with wood-engraved vignette Contents and List of Plates leaves of vol.1 misbound in Introduction without the 16pp. catalogue at end some foxing to maps and plates folding plate torn at fold old book-label of Frances Nicholson on front pastedowns contemporary marbled boards handsomely rebacked and recornered in calf to style spines gilt in compartments with red and black morocco labels boards a little rubbed upper board of vol.1 stained [Abbey Travel 610; Ferguson 4636; Sabin 73367; Spence 993; Taurus Coll. 9] 8vo 1847.
Scott.Voyage..Discovery 2v 2nd imp.1905 2 vol. first edition second impression half titles photogravure frontispieces plates some colour 2 folding maps illustrations light water-staining to frontispiece of vol.1 rather foxed mainly affecting text bookplate of Herbert G.Squiers later half blue morocco spines gilt t.e.g. others uncut a little rubbed at edges spines slightly faded 8vo Smith Elder & Co. 1905.
Shackleton. The Heart of the Antarctic 2 vol. first edition half-titles photogravure frontispieces plates some colour folding panorama and 3 folding maps in pocket at end of vol.2 original blue cloth lettered in silver silver pictorial vignettes to upper covers and spines in the original printed dust-jackets that for vol.2 with 2” piece missing from foot of spine (and cloth beneath subsequently slightly faded) and with small hole at upper joint area both a little rubbed but apart from defects mentioned in very good condition t.e.g. others uncut [Spence 1098; Taurus 58] 8vo 1909. ***Very rare in dust-jackets..
Shackleton. The Heart of the Antarctic 2 vol. first edition signed by the author half-titles photogravure frontispieces plates some colour folding panorama and 3 folding maps in pocket at end of vol.2 original blue cloth lettered in silver silver pictorial vignettes to upper covers and spines spines discoloured 2 joints torn preserved in modern cloth slip-cases [Taurus 58; Spence 1098] 8vo 1909. ***inscribed on front free endpaper of volume 2 “Yours truly/ Ernest H.Shackleton/ 1910.” Provenance: pencil/ink notes purchased from Maggs Bros. 31.3.1976..
Wollaston.Fasc.Astronomicus..N.Circumpolar 2 parts in 1 first edition foxed at beginning and end some pencil annotations and 4 ms. sheets of notes and calculations in contemporary hand loosely inserted Warren de la Rue`s copy with his bookplate (?and notes) contemporary tree calf rebacked preserving old gilt spine rubbed corners worn 4to 1800. ***Warren de la Rue (1815-89) chemist and astronomer..
Manstein (C.H.von) Memoirs of Russia first edition edited by David Hume 3 engraved maps and 7 plans all folding water-stain mostly marginal heavier towards end modern black leather gilt 4to 1770. ***First printed in English with German and French editions published the following year. The work describes the Turkish and Swedish campaigns and gives information about the Russian Court at the time of Empress Anna (daughter of Peter the Great who reigned from 1730-40)..
Manstein.Beytrag zur Geschichte Russlands first German edition 10 large folding engraved maps by Relffson at end mounted on guards lacking b7 leaf of instructions to the binder original red boards spine and upper cover lettered in gilt spine faded and upper joint worn 8vo Hamburg and Bremen 1771. ***Distinguished provenance: Prinz von Sachsen Weimar (lettering to upper cover); Joseph Freiherr von Lassberg (ink inscription to front free endpaper)..
Lloyd (Llewellyn) Scandinavian Adventures 2 vol. first edition tinted lithographed frontispieces and 10 plates 4 wood-engraved plates 1 map wood-engraved illustrations plate guards half-title some spotting slightly browned original blind-stamped gilt pictorial cloth corners bumped recased spines faded and laid down edges uncut 8vo 1854. ***Shooting trapping fishing and hunting in Bohus to the north of Gothenburg Sweden..
Grosvenor.Narrative of a Yacht Voyage 2 vol. first edition half-titles 26 lithographed plates most a little foxed frontispiece to vol.2 loose text lightly browned M2 of vol.1 (p.243-4) with small ink stain to lower edge some leaves a little chipped at fore-edge ex-Constitutional Club library copy with bookplate original cloth a little rubbed rebacked part of spine of vol.2 preserved [Atabey 532; Blackmer 758; Not in Abbey] 8vo 1842. ***Account of a voyage exploring the Mediterranean including the coast of Greece and Turkey..
Sykes (Sir Mark Masterman) Dar-ul-Islam first edition half-title 21 maps only (of 22 lacking Essengeli to Shaykhli at p.61 supplied in facsimile) some colour and folding 76 plates including the 3 not called for original decorated cloth gilt with glazed colour map mounted on upper cover (slightly stained) a little rubbed spine slightly faded 1904; and 2 others 8vo(3)
[Bartlett (William Henry)] Gleanings first edition engraved frontispiece additional title 2 maps 24 plates including 1 folding publisher`s advertisements at end slight foxing affecting frontispiece and additional title woodcut illustrations remains of letter removed from front free endpaper bookplate on front pastedown original cloth gilt bumped at corners joints splitting t.e.g. large 8vo 1851.
SCIENCE FICTION. – Mark WICKS. To Mars via the Moon, an Astronomical Story. London: Seeley & Co. Limited, 1911. First edition, 8vo (193 x 121mm.) 16 plates. (Some spotting, browning and occasional soiling.) Original cloth (spine slightly faded and bumped at head and foot). Provenance: A.J. Treasurer (author’s presentation inscription dated ‘February 1915’; 4pp. a.l.s. from Wicks dated ‘4th Feb 1915’). Note: the a.l.s. discusses the book ‘the large portion of it being scientific fact’ and other related current affairs, such as ‘the need of saving Pollard’s Hill for the public’ and finally discusses some predictions in the book ‘I predicted the possibility, in the future, of aerial evolutions… in our own world. In less than two years after the book was published Grahame White made the first start with an illuminated aeroplane’.
MILLS, Hugh. Prudence and the Pill. [N.p. but London:] Triton Books, 1965. First edition, 8vo (196 x 127mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: Vivian [Cox] (presentation inscription signed by Mills dated 1965). – And four other works by Mills, including three others signed by the author (5).
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS. – James Dillon WHITE. Night on the Bare Mountain. London, Melbourne, etc.: Heinemann, 1957. First edition, 8vo (194 x 124mm.) Typed film adaptation synopsis loosely inserted (staple rusted, somewhat browned). Original cloth, dust-jacket (dust-jacket soiled and lightly browned). – And forty-eight others, all 20th Century, the majority first editions, including some signed by their authors (49).
SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illustrator). – Kenneth GRAHAME. The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1931. Thirty-eighth edition, 8vo (188 x 121mm.) Numerous illustrations by Shepard. (Some light soiling and spotting.) Original green cloth (bumped and scuffed, front endpapers crudely hand-coloured). Note: the first edition featuring Shepard illustrations. – And fifteen other illustrated works (16).
BINDINGS. – T.S. HUGHES. The History of England… third edition. London: George Bell, 1846. 7 vols., 8vo (215 x 131mm.) (First and last few leaves of each vol. lightly browned or spotted). Contemporary brown calf, spines gilt (extremities scuffed, spines somewhat rubbed). – And two other related works in nine volumes, bound to match (16).
ROBERTSON, William. The History of America… eleventh edition. London: 1808. 4 vols., 8vo (210 x 127mm.) 4 folding maps, 1 folding plate. (Vols. I & III with worm damage to first few pages, affecting map in vol. III, minor tears to maps, some spotting or browning.) Contemporary speckled calf (worn, four covers detached).
PALEY, William. Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity… the eleventh edition. London: printed for R. Faulder and Son, 1807. 8vo (213 x 126mm.) (Light browning to first and last few leaves.) Contemporary calf, the upper cover with centrally-placed ownership cartouche in gilt, spine gilt (extremities rubbed and scuffed). – And two other works in three vols. by Paley, bound to match. Provenance: C. Johnson (bindings) (4).
SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator). – A.A. MILNE. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: 1926. First edition, 8vo (185 x 120mm.) Numerous illustrations by Shepard. (Occasional light soiling or very light browning.) Original red morocco gilt, g.e. (small mark to upper cover), original glassine dust-jacket (creased and with minor tears), contained within original publisher’s box (soiled and defective).
SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator). – A.A. MILNE. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1927. First edition, 8vo (188 x 122mm.) Numerous illustrations by Shepard. (Occasional light browning.) Original red cloth, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped, spine slightly faded). – And two other works by Milne, including one other first edition (The House at Pooh Corner. London: 1928. 8vo) (3).
STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. London & Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1939. First U.K. edition, 8vo (196 x 125mm.) Original cloth (spine slightly bumped at head and foot), dust-jacket (soiled, minor creases and tears). Provenance: Vivian Cox (signature dated ‘September 1939’ to front-free endpaper). – And one other work by Steinbeck (2).
HARRISON, Richard. Recollections of a Life in the British Army during the Latter Half of the 19th Century. London: 1908. First edition, 8vo (208 x 133mm.) Occasional illustrations, (Light browning.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, spine slightly faded). Provenance: Royal Society of Arts (presentation inscription by the author dated November 1908; presentation a.l.s. by Harrison and ink-stamp to front free endpaper).
STEWART, Donald William. Old and Rare Scottish Tartans. Edinburgh: George P. Johnston, 1893. Limited edition of 300 copies, this number 10 of 250 copies on Dutch hand-made paper, 4to (272 x 212mm.) Title printed in red and black and with vignette, 45 tartan specimens. (Torn with minor marginal loss to first few leaves, some browning.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped and soiled, spine slightly faded, stitching weak and one leaf now loosely inserted).
CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – E. NESBIT. The Magic City. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. First edition, 8vo (193 x 125mm.) Full-page illustrations by H.R. Millar. (Some browning and occasional soiling.) Original red cloth blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities chipped and slightly discoloured, lower hinge split, stitching weak). – And twenty-seven others, the majority children’s books, late 19th and 20th Century, including eight others by Nesbit (28).
TOMKINSON, G.S. A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses Public and Private in Great Britain and Ireland. London: The First Edition Club, 1928. Limited edition of 1000 copies, 4to (250 x 185mm.) Printed in red and black. (Light spotting.) Original cloth-backed boards (lightly bumped and scuffed), dust-jacket (torn with slight loss and soiled).
FILM & THEATRE. – Eric BARKER. Steady, Barker!. London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. First edition, 8vo (196 x 127mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: Vivian Cox (presentation inscription signed by Barker ‘This isn’t conceit. Just a personal souvenir to that very erudite man with thanks for having me and all the fun off the set. Eric August ‘58’). – And a quantity of others, a number relating to films, the theatre and plays or poetry (a quantity).
LANG, Andrew (editor). The Yellow Fairy Book. London & New York: 1894. First edition, 8vo (182 x 116mm.) Numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. (Slightly affected by damp, some spotting or browning.) Original decorative cloth blocked in gilt, g.e. (extremities bumped, spine slightly darkened). – And two others by Lang (3).
BIOGRAPHIES. – Lucy NORTON. First Lady of Versailles. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1978. First edition, 8vo (215 x 126mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Occasional soiling.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: ‘Bill’ (presentation inscription signed by the author, dated ‘Christmas 1980’ to half-title). – And forty-two others, all biographies, all 20th Century (43).
NELSON, Robert. A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England… the twentieth edition. London: 1752. 8vo (201 x 122mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Title-page and some other leaves torn without loss, Qq7 torn with slight loss and repaired with tape to margin, some spotting and browning.) Contemporary calf (worn, upper cover detached, stitching broken, frontispiece and first quire now loosely inserted).
Somerville, E. OE., & Ross, M. Some Irish Yesterdays, first edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London 1906. Cream cloth with pictorial onlay, illustrations, octavo (spine browned); In Mr Knox`s Country, first edition, 1915. Green cloth, illustrations, octavo; and fifteen others by or on the same, (17).
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