LITERATURE:1. Cheever, J: Stories of John Cheever. 1978. 1st. US edn., dw ($15). Signed. CONDITION: VG+;2. Wiesel, E: Night Dawn Day. 1990. New printing. Signed and inscribed Êto LindaË. CONDITION: VG+;3. Wiesel, E: Twilight. 1989. 1st. trade pb. Signed and inscribed Êto LindaË. CONDITION: VG+;4. Wolfe, T: The Bonfire of the Vanities. 1987. 1st. US edn., dw($19.95). Signed. CONDITION: VG+;5. Baldwin, James: Just Above My Head. Dial Press, NY, 1979. 1st. printing stated, dw($12.95). Signed on dedication page. CONDITION: VG;6. Styron, W: Sophie's Choice. Random, NY, 1979. 1st. edn. Special eition for presentation. CONDITION: VG+;7. Styron, W: Sophie's Choice. First trade edition dw. Signed. CONDITION: VG;8. Perelman, S J: Eastward Ha. 1977. 1st. US edn., dw($7.95). Signed. CONDITION: VG+;9. Four other works: all 1st. US edns., dws; one signed (12)
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JOYCE, James: Ulysses,L, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1936, 1st. UK edition, first impression, limited edn, # 995 of 1000 copies on japon vellum. 4to. in the original green buckram with the Homeric bow device designed by Eric Gill to the front board in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. CONDITION: Spine darkened; light foxing to endpapers; o/w VG+
DICKENS, Charles:1. Great Expectations,Three volumes. L, Chapman and Hall, 1861, first editions in book form, first issues with no mention of later editions to title pages. Bound without the adverts at the end of volume 3, but with some first state textual points. 344, 351, 344 pp. Only 1,000 copies of the first edition were published, with most of these going to circulating libraries; hence not many survived. Bound in half leather over marbled boards. CONDITION: Covers little scuffed; the first page in vol. 3 little frayed and fore edge slightly trimmed; o/w G+;2. Master Humphrey's Clock. L, Chapman & Hall,1840, 1st. edns., three volumes bound in two. Modern plain cloth binding. CONDITION: G (5)
DOYLE, Arthur Conan:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,Two volumes. L, George Newnes, 1893 and 1894. First work: second edition. CONDITION: Original pictorial boards (little grubby); inner hinges cracked; occasional foxing and browning. Name to half title. Second work: first edition. CONDITION: Original pictorial boards (little blotched), teg; occasional foxing/browning; o/w G+ (2)
PRAYER BOOKS:1. Book of Common Prayer; together with the Psalter. Cambridge, J Baskerville, 1762, with two title pages. Contemporary tooled full leather. CONDITION: Hinges cracked and front cover detached; o/w G;2. The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford for Thomas Guy, 1682, with portrait frontispiece of Charles II, engraved title page plus many engraved plates. Contemporary tooled leather; rebacked (preserving original spine), new endpapers and aeg; contemporary ink writing to verso of one plate. CONDITION: o/w G+;3. Book of Common Prayer, bound with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Cambridge, J Baskerville, 1760, 1st edn. of the Baskerville Book of Common Prayer, printed in beautiful Baskerville Type. The title page to this copy is dated 1760 and importantly priced at Six Shillings and Six Pence, unbound" and therefore Gaskell's First Edition, Group One (whereas slightly later copies were priced at "Seven/Eight Shillings and Six Pence, unbound"). Rebound in the last 30 years in full leather with the original front flyleaf: R Chamberlin, 1761. CONDITION: A very clean copy with no hint of foxing; VG+ (3)
PRINTING: FOURNIER, Pierre Simon:Manuel Typographique,Two volumes. Paris, for the author, 1764-1766. First edition, half-title to vol. one (all called for), 2 engraved frontispieces and 16 folding plates, 5 folding specimens of music (one printed in red and black) and printed decorations and borders. Cont. French full mottled calf, marbled endpapers and edges. CONDITION: Covers slightly worn; o/w VG set (2)
HUGHES-STANTON, Blair (Illustrator):1. Graves, Ida: Epithalamion. A Poem. Wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Colchester, The Gemini Press, 1934. No. 25 of only 50 copies on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist; (The first book published by the Gemini Press). Original half morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, teg. and slipcase. CONDITION: VG/ Fine; 2. Dickens (Charles) and Wilkie Collins: The Wreck of the Golden Mary: A Saga of the California Gold Rush. California, Allen Press, 1956, limited edition of 200 copies on Japanese vellum, printed in turquoise and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton and signed by him. CONDITION: VG+;3. Lawrence, D H: The Ship of Death. L, Martin Secker, 1933, 1st edn., dw. CONDITION: dw worn and torn, with little loss; foxing; o/w G;4. Hughes-Stanton, Penelope: The Wood-engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton. Private Libraries Association, 1991, 1st edn., one of 1750 copies of which 600 are for sa
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (Illustrator):1. Malory, Sir Thomas: Le Morte d'Arthur. J M Dent, London, 1909. Limited edn. of 1000 copies for UK and 500 for USA; second edn., but first single volume edition. Original green cloth, gilt; teg. CONDITION: Browning to endpapers; front inner hinges cracked; o/w G+;2. The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly, No. 1 & 2; January & March 1896. Original pictorial boards. CONDITION: Worn and chipped (3)
ERAGNY PRESS / PISSARRO, Lucien: RUST, Margaret:The Queen of the Fishes. An Adaptation in English of a Fairy Tale of Valois,L, Eragny Press, 1894, limited edition no. 47 of 150 copies, of which 120 are for sale. Printed in grey, red and gold, 5 coloured woodcut illustrations, others printed in grey, borders, by and after Lucien Pissarro. Original vellum, motif of a flower stamped in gilt on upper cover. The first publication by the Eragny Press. CONDITION: Browning to endpapers; o/w VG
MANSFIELD, Katherine (Murry, K; nee Beauchamp. 1888-1923):Je Ne Parle Pas Francais,The Heron Press, Hampstead, 1919, first edition, limited to 100 copies, printed by Arthur Murry, the second book of the Heron press; 4to, original wrappers & publisher's printed paper label on front cover, pp. [iv], 25, [1]. The original form of [the story] is preserved only in these copies as [her publisher] made her alter the ending of the story before including it in 'Bliss. 'She felt that this "alteration spoiled the story" [see Mantz, p. 34]. According to Mantz, in her 'Critical Bibliography of Katherine Mansfield,' John Middleton Murry said of this publication: "[It] was printed for private circulation by my brother and myself. It was printed in 1918, though dated 1919. The stitching and binding took us the whole of January. Of the original 100 copies, about 20 were spoiled, and of the 80 perhaps 60 actually issued"]. Housed in a specially made leather backed slipcase with gilt lettering; and with the original "Maggs Bros. Ltd" receipt: 15-6-1990, for £1,400. CONDITION: VG++
STEVENS, Wallace:1. Ideas of Order. The Alcestis Press, NY, 1935, 1st. edition, first printing. Number 104 of a limited edition of 165 copies signed by the author. Original wrappers, with the glassine jacket and with the original purchase receipt from Robert Dagg rare books", 18 August, 1993 for $1750+ postage. Pencil inscription to front flyleaf: Sterling- Souvenire of some good times in Hollywood, signed: LATIMER (Alcestis Press editor Ronald Lane Latimer?). CONDITION: VG; 2. Esthétique du Mal. The Cummington Press, Mass., July, 1945, number 91 of limited edn. of 300 (total edition of 340). 8vo. With pen and ink drawings by Wightman Williams. Original leather backed straw-paper-covered boards. CONDITION: Spine slightly scuffed; o/w VG+; 3. Transport to Summer. Knopf, NY, 1947, 1st edn. stated, DW($2.50). CONDITION: Plastic protection to dw(the kind that sticks on); VG+; 4. The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. Knopf, NY, 1954, 1st collected edn. # 755/2500 copies, dw. CONDITION: Couple of small chips to dw; o/w VG+; 5. Stevens, Holly (edit.): Letters of Wallace Stevens. L, Faber,1967, 1st edn, dw(7 Guineas). CONDITION: VG+; 6. Stevens, Holly: Souvenirs and Prophecies: The Young Wallace Stevens. Knopf, NY, 1976, 1st. edn. stated. Uncorrected Proof copy; pb. CONDITION: VG/Fine; 7. Blount, B J (edit.): Contemplated spouse, Stevens letters. 1st edn. dw. CONDITION: Fine (7)
STEVENS, Wallace:1. Harmonium. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1923. First edition, (date in Roman numerals on title page, & Sept. 1923 on copyright page), DW($2.00), third binding state, Octavo. 140 pages. Original blue cloth with titles printed in red on a yellow paper label mounted to the spine. CONDITION: DW torn with loss to front and spine parts, light rubbing to head & foot of spine; o/w VG;2. Harmonium. New York, Knopf, 1931, 1st thus (this edition contains fourteen new poems, while dropping three from the original 1923 edition), dw, first issue binding with pattern Boards (500 were so bound). Signed in full by Stevens at the top of title page and his signature covered with varnish!! CONDITION: Spine of dw darkened & with few cuts & small loss; front inner hinges split (but still firm); o/w vg;3. The Man With The Blue Guitar and Other Poems. Knopf, NY, 1937, 1st edn. stated, dw($2.00), yellow cloth, pattered endpapers and corrected state of the dw. CONDITION: Spine of
LAWRENCE, D H:1. Love Poems and Others. L, Duckworth, 1913, First edn., first issue, with i" in line 16 on p. xlv. Roberts A3(i), dw. CONDITION: Edges of dw little frayed and with small very loss, endpapers browned; o/w VG+; 2. Look! We Have Come Through! L, Chatto and Windus, 1917, 1st. edn. dw. With a letter from Blackwell Rare books, 4-1-86; stating that this copy came from Louisa Burrows (to whom Lawrence was engaged for 15 months) etc. CONDITION: dw with few cuts and small loss; small fade mark to head and foot of spine; occasional foxing; spare paper label still present at the back; 3. Birds, Beasts and Flowers! Poems. NY, Thomas Seltzer, 1923, 1st. US edn., dw($2.50). CONDITION: Few cuts to dw and small loss; covers faded; browning to endpapers o/w g+; 4. Last Poems. G Orioli, Florence, 1932, 1st. edn., dw(£1.10.0), limited edition #138 of 750 copies(700 for sale); extra paper label present at back; and original invoice from Gekoski, 18 Jan, 1993, £150. CONDITION: dw backed onto linen; light foxing to back pastedown; o/w vg; 5. Kangaroo. L, Heinemann, 1950, reprint, "With manuscript notes by John Middleton Murry" stated by the former bookseller. (John Middleton Murry was the husband of Katherine Mansfield and a friend of D H Lawrence). CONDITION: Spine faded; o/w G (5)
LAWRENCE, D H:1. Pansies. Privately printed for subscribers, by P R Stephenson. London, June, 1929, signed limited edn., # 80, of 500 copies; original wrappers and glassine dw. CONDITION: VG+;2. Bay. A Book of Poems. [Westminster, Printed by Cyril W. Beaumont], November, 1919. First edition, first issue. Number 111 of 200 copies; original boards. CONDITION: Small ink mark to title page; o/w VG+;3. Amores: Poems. NY, Huebsch, 1916 (no other statement & only three books listed facing title page), first US edition, dw($1.50 on spine of dw, the 50 crossed out and .25 in its place). CONDITION: A couple of minor tears to dw; o/w VG+;4. Nettles. L, Faber, 1930, first edn., (Criterion Miscellany No.11), dw(one shilling net), original wrappers and dw. CONDITION: dw very slightly dust soiled; o/w vg (4)
1. O'HARA, Frank: Love Poems (Tentative Title). NY, Tibor De Nagy, 1965, 1st trade edn., limited to 500 copies, original wrappers. CONDITION: Slight offsetting to title page; o/w VG;2. MOORE, Marianne: The Pangolin And Other Verse. L, Brendin Publishing Co, 1936. First edition. Limited to 120 copies printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by George Plank; original covers. CONDITION: VG+;3. MEW, Charlotte: The Farmer's Bride. L, The Poetry Bookshop, 1916 1st. edn., original wrappers; (The Author's First Book); preserved in a specially made box. CONDITION: Wrappers torn with small loss; foxing (some heavy); o/w VG+;4. MEW, Charlotte: The Rambling Sailor. L, Poetry Bookshop, 1929, first edn., dw(3/6), frontis portrait. CONDITION: vg;5. ELSKAMP, Max: Les Fleurs vertes. Bruxelles, Nouvelle Soci‚t‚ d'dition, 1934, Limited edn. # 182 of 200 copies; original wrappers. CONDITION: Back wrapper detached; o/w vg;6. Plus three other modern first editions (one signed) (8)
HUMBOLDT ALEXANDER: (1769-1859) Prussian Geographer, Naturalist and Explorer. A good A.L.S., Mr. de Humboldt, in the third person, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to the "Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres", in French. The geographer writes, in full, `Mr. de Humboldt has the honour of offering to the Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Letters the second edition of Nalus which Mr. Bopp, Professor of Sanskrit at the Berlin University, has just published.´ VG. £200-300 Franz Bopp (1791-1867) German Philologist. The second edition Humboldt refers to was published in Berlin 1830-32, the first edition having been published in London in 1819.
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. Book signed, a paperback edition of Los Papeles de Son Armadans, being a First Edition of a special publication of the monthly magazine dedicated to Picasso, edited by Camilo José Cela and printed by Mossen Alcover, Madrid, April 1960, in Spanish. One of a Limited Edition of fifty copies with an individual printed inscription (this copy being numbered 18 and presented to Don Jose Maria Garcia-Cernuda). Signed ('Picasso') by the artist in bold blue crayon with his name alone to the limitations page. Together with a loosely inserted original small 8vo printed invitation card to an exhibition of Picasso´s drawings at Palma de Mallorca, 1st-15th July 1960. Some light age wear and slight bumping to the corners of the covers. About VG. £600-900. Camilo Jose Cela (1916-2002) Spanish Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1989.
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. Book signed and inscribed, an 8vo edition of Picasso Documents Iconographiques, First Edition, published by Pierre Cailler, Geneva, 1954. The French text edition features over 200 black and white illustrations of Picasso, his art & his family, etc. Boldly signed and inscribed by Picasso to the half title page in black ink, (`Pour Alfred Rosset, Picasso´), and dated Paris, 4th March 1955 in his hand. Also signed by Jaime Sabartes to the title page, with a lengthy inscription in Spanish, also to Alfred Rosset and also dated Paris, 4th March 1955 in his hand. Attractively bound in red leather with gilt stamped title to the spine. An excellent signed book with a good association, VG £800-1200 Alfred Rosset was one of the translators, along with Felia Leal of the present book. Jaime Sabartes (1881-1968) Catalan Spanish Artist, Poet & Writer, a close personal friend of Picasso who later became his secretary and administrator.
ALBERTI RAFAEL: (1902-1999) Spanish Poet. Book signed and inscribed, a paperback edition of Antologia Poetica, Spanish Alianza Editorial edition published by El Libro de Bolsillo, Madrid, 1980. Signed and inscribed by Alberti to the half title page in black ink and dated 1983 in his hand, also incorporating a black and orange ink sketch of a sailing boat on water. Together with a second book signed and inscribed, a paperback edition of Marinero en Tierra, Spanish Alianza Editorial edition, published by El Libro de Bolsillo, Madrid, 1981. Signed and inscribed in green and black inks, with his first name only, to the half title page and dated 1983 in his hand. VG, 2. £100-150
GREENE GRAHAM: (1904-1991) English Novelist. Small collection of three T.Ls.S., Graham, on behalf of Greene by his secretary in his absence, each one page, 8vo, Antibes, 22nd November 1971 - 2nd July 1975, all to Georges Belmont. Greene, who dictated each of the letters, states, in part, 'Yes, I've heard of [Jean Louis] Barrault's defection. I must say I had little hope after our last meeting that anything would come of the play and now time is too short to do anything about it and fulfil the conditions laid down by the film producers. I wish you'd try your hand at a musical version!' and further refers to a Book Festival in Nice to which he had been invited to sit on a jury, 'I hate all juries except the legal ones which are amusing...I am finding myself overwhelmed with small bits of work - three introductions to write for example and I do want to save all my time for finishing a novel' (22nd November 1971), 'I have just been reading Vizinczey's typescript of the first part of his new novel and I find it extremely amusing. He's coming to see me one day this coming week and I shall tell him to get in touch with you about In Praise of Older Women' (23rd March 1973), 'A friend of mine John Ciarncross who works with the F.A.O. in Rome is proposing to submit a quite amusing and scholarly work that has been published in England on Christian polygamy!....I'd be grateful if you'd look out for its arrival. Cairncross has done the best existing translation of Racine in English which was published by Penguins.' (2nd July 1975). Together with a contemporary typed copy of a letter from Greene to Belmont, one page, 4to, n.p., 24th March 1978, stating 'I am really worried about your translation which I feel does credit to neither of us. It seems to me over large sectors to be clumsy, literal, flat....I think I should insist that the book should be postponed till the autumn so that you have time for a proper re-writing....I don't see how you can possibly turn this into your usual high standard translation in a couple of weeks or so. I know you worked a miracle when you revised the first translation of Raffles, but this is a 300 page book. I am fagged out and I'm disappearing into the country away from the bloody book from Tuesday till Saturday'. Also including a small series of T.Ls.S., contemporary copies of letters etc., either to Greene or Belmont, one being a copy of Belmont's letter to Greene (19th November 1971) referring to Barrault's defection and the Nice Book Festival, and a T.L.S. by Marie Schebeko, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 2nd August 1974, to Belmont, concerning Greene, in part, 'He was delighted to hear that the so long hoped for reprints are actually in the works this time. When I told him that the "Essays" would be coming out in 2 volumes.....he said he wondered why in two because he feared that the few who would have had the courage to buy Vol.1 would never touch Vol.2, tho' it has a lot more lively stuff in it. I did tell him that you had discussed this with him the last time you dined together. At this he grinned shyly and said his memory not being what it was, if you said so it must be true but that he would have thought that his ex-publishers' instinct would have prodded him to bring up the above arguments...' and in a holograph postscript writing 'Please, please see to it that the cover of the new reprints of "The P[ower] & The Gl[ory]" and of "Br[ighton] R[ock]" are submitted for the author's approval before anything is sent to the printers!' and further including two pages of original typed corrections headed Inserts for the Return of A. J. Raffles and noting that page numbers refer to the Limited Edition, detailing inserts for Act 2 and Act 3. An interesting selection of letters. Generally VG, 12. £250-350 Georges Belmont (1909-2008) French Writer and Literary Translator.
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[LENIN VLADIMIR ILICH]: Printed pamphlet, sixteen pages, small 8vo, first edition, published in 1899 in Geneva by Lenin, in Cyrillic. The protest document being an edition of the Union of Russian Social-democrats with epilogue by the editor of the magazine Rabochee Delo (The Workers´Cause), which states in part `Seventeen Russian social democrats have unanimously adopted and printed a resolution so that other comrades could read it. The reason for it is that recently Russian social democrats have demonstrated deviation from their principles established by founders and members of the movement since 1890. The "Credo", which should show main points of view of some new Russian social democrats, is an attempt to expose "new criteria" systematically....Industrialization has influenced the history of Social democracy.... The revolutionary movement started in the West with the words "liberté, fraternité, egalité"... Further reporting in part `We have to keep close to the plan set which means creating an independent workers political party, inseparable from the proletariat class struggle which will lead us to the conquest of political freedom.....The belief that the class struggle has to include mandatorily the political and economic struggle as proved in the international social-democracy....The proletariat must aspire to create independent workers, political parties and the target has to be the conquest of the political power to create a socialist society.....´ The manisfesto establishes some principles `The motto has to be helping the workers in their economic and political struggle; agitation as a consequence of the economic necessities and political oppression; and the propaganda of the scientific socialism and the democratic ideas....The social-democracy has to concentrate all the strength in organizing the political party, consolidating the discipline and developing conspiracy techniques.´ A very interesting early document. With some overall age wear, few stains, last page repaired, and few detached. G. £400-500
CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Book signed and inscribed, being a paperback edition of Le Tournant du Destin (`The Hinge of Fate´), First French Edition published by Les Petits-fils de Plon et Nourrit, Paris 1951. Signed by Churchill in bold black fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper `To Alban Dulong from Winston S. Churchill´, and dated 1951 in his hand. One of a Limited Edition of just twenty copies marked H.C to the limitations page.VG. £400-500
A J B HOBBS CRICKET COLLECTION comprising a team signed photograph, the English team at the time of an Australia tour of England in 1926, a letter from J B Hobbs to J Baylis of Alcester thanking him for his subscription to his testimonial and mention ing sending a signed photograph - plus a copy of "The Fight for the Ashes 1932-3" by J B Hobbs, First Edition 1933
A WINSTON CHURCHILL COLLECTION comprising;- a limited edition Collector's Plate with gilded portrait, cased, two silver Crown set Bon-Bon Dishes, cased, a cased gilded silver Ingot Collection, a Watercolour portrait of Churchill, a facsimile Letter i n embossed silver frame and a First Day Cover
BRUCE CHATWIN: ON THE BLACK HILL, 1982, 1st edn, uncorrected proof, orig wraps + LAURIE LEE: AS I WALKED OUT ONE MIDSUMMER MORNING, 1969, First Literary Guild edition, signed and inscribed orig cl d/w, + SEAMUS DEANE: READING IN THE DARK, 1996, 1st edn, signed, orig cl d/w + ALEXANDER KENT: SLOOP OF WAR, 1972, 1st edn, signed, orig cl d/w + H E BATES: THE VANISHED WORLD, ill John Ward 1969, 1st edn, signed and inscribed by artist with orig pen and ink drawing on ttle pge, signed and inscribed by artist postcard loosely inserted, orig cl d/w (5)
Very Rare Double Signed copy of the Limited Edition Book “The Fun Of The Fair” by Aleister Crowley, the book is number 160 of 200 produced. Although all were meant to be signed by Crowley, very few actually were signed. This example has his signature to the front but also a signed dedication to the title page. This book was published in 1942. Book remains in good overall condition with some light staining to the covers. Original string binding to the spine. Ex Harry Spilstead Collection. ** Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion and philosophy of Thelema, in which role he identified himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. Born to a wealthy family Crowley rejected this fundamentalist Christian faith to pursue an interest in Western esotericism. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, where he focused his attentions on mountaineering and poetry, resulting in several publications. Some biographers allege that here he was recruited into a British intelligence agency, further suggesting that he remained a spy throughout his life. In 1898 he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, where he was trained in ceremonial magic. He married Rose Edith Kelly and they honeymooned in Cairo, Egypt in 1904. There, Crowley claimed to have been contacted by a supernatural entity named Aiwass, who provided him with The Book of the Law, a sacred text that served as the basis for Thelema. After an unsuccessful attempt to climb Kanchenjunga and a visit to India and China, Crowley returned to Britain, where he attracted attention as a prolific author of poetry, novels, and occult literature. In 1907, he and George Cecil Jones co-founded a Thelemite order, the A?A?, through which they propagated the religion. After spending time in Algeria, in 1912 he was initiated into another esoteric order, the German-based Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), rising to become the leader of its British branch, which he reformulated in accordance with his Thelemite beliefs. Through the OTO, Thelemite groups were established in Britain, Australia, and North America. He spent the First World War in the United States, where he took up painting and campaigned for the German war effort against Britain, later alleging that he had infiltrated the pro-German movement at the behest of the British intelligence services. In 1920 he established the Abbey of Thelema, a religious commune in Cefalù, Sicily where he lived with various followers. His libertine lifestyle led to denunciations in the British press, and the Italian government evicted him in 1923. He divided the following two decades between France, Germany, and England, and continued to promote Thelema until his death. Crowley gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, as a result, he was denounced in the popular press as "the wickedest man in the world" and erroneously labelled a Satanist. Crowley has remained a highly influential figure over western esotericism and the counter-culture, and continues to be considered a prophet in Thelema.
THE MACALLAN 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORONATION (1953-2013) Limited edition single Highland malt whisky. Bottled to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II, comprising of two 350ml, bottles, the first featuring a picture by Cecil Beaton of The Queen in 1953 and the second a photo by Julian Calder of The Queen in present day. One of 1953 released. 350ml, 55.7% volume, 350ml, 58.1% volume. In presentation box with booklet. 2 bottles CONDITION REPORT: Good condition
ABHAINN DEARG 2008 Limited edition single cask Island malt whisky. Distilled 2008, bottled 2011. Cask no. 04, bottle no. 154 of 2011 bottles. First bottling of The First Legal Single Malt produced in the Outer Hebrides. 500ml, 46% volume. In wooden presentation box, NCF, NC. CONDITION REPORT: Good condition
AUCHENTOSHAN/ BOWMORE/ GLEN GARIOCH 8 YEAR OLD Pure malt Scotch whisky, a 'marriage' of Auchentoshan, Bowmore and Glen Garioch single malts. Celebration edition of 200 bottles marking the occasion of Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd. being awarded the first ever I.W.S.C 'Distiller of the year' trophy in 1995. No capacity or strength stated. In wooden presentation box. CONDITION REPORT: Good condition
FOUGASSE (CYRIL KENNETH BIRD CBE 1887-1965) You and Me, signed first edition 1948; Home Circle, signed and inscribed to Katie MacKinnon, first edition 1945; ...And The Gatepost, signed and inscribed to Katie MacKinnon, first edition 1940; Running Commentary, signed and inscribed to Katie MacKinnon, first edition 1941; The Neighbours An Animal Anthology, signed and inscribed to Katie MacKinnon first edition 1954; A School of Purposes, signed and inscribed to Katie MacKinnon, first edition 1946; E.And O.E, signed and inscribed to James Paton, first edition 1928; Fun Fair, signed and inscribed to Katie McKinnon, first edition 1934; You Have Been Warned, signed and inscribed to Katie MacKinnon, third edition 1935; Careless Talk Costs Lives, introduction by Bevis Hillier, signed and inscribed to Katie MacKinnon from ?.H.Bird, 1977; and two black and white portrait photographs of possibly Cyril Kenneth Bird and his wife Mary Holden Bird (12)
[Jebb (S.)] The Life of Robert Earl of Leicester, the Favourite of Queen Elizabeth: Drawn from Original Writers and Records, 12mo, contemporary calf, 1727, first edition, bookplate of Joseph Sikes of the Chauntry House, Newark; Plutarch, Select Lives... A New Edition, 12mo, contemporary calf, frontispiece, 1806, early signature of E. Cooke, and 3 others (5).
Hervé (Francis) Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France, 8vo, half calf, portrait, 1838, first edition; Pouchet (F.A.) The Universe... New Edition, 8vo, cloth gilt, g.e., coloured frontispiece, plates (some coloured), illustrations, 1871; Moore (T.) Lalla Rookh, 8vo, cloth gilt and silver, g.e., plates (one coloured) and illustrations, 1861 (3).
John Crome, British 1768-1821- "Footbridge at Cringleford"; etching, c.1810, from the first published edition of 60 impressions issued by Mrs Crome, 1834, signed within the plate, 22x17cm Provenance: with William Weston Gallery, London, according to label attached to the reverse of the frame
SOUTH AFRICA RUGBY UNION: A hardback edition of The Legends of Springbok Rugby 1889-1989, being Doc Craven's Tribute, edited by Keith Clayton, First Edition published by KC Publications, Cape Town, December 1989, Limited Edition number 432 of 1000, featuring 96 individually signed 12mo labels by various Springbok legends, each neatly affixed to inside pages, including Louis Babrow, Jaap Bekker, Gerald Bosch, Naas Botha, Hansie Brewis, Johnny Buchler, Johan Claassen, Boland Coetzee, Dawie De Villiers, Ernst Dinkelmann, Carel Du Plessis, Fonnie Du Toit, Piet Du Toit, Stephen Fry, John Gainsford, Okey Geffin, Danie Gerber, Piet Greyling, Doug Hopwood, Basil Kenyon, Ian Kirkpatrick, Bubbles Koch, Fanie Kuhn, Butch Lochner, Flappie Lochner, Abie Malan, Pat Montini, Louis Moolman, Wilf Rosenberg, Uli Schmidt, Des Sinclair, Gert Smal, Fred Smollan, Errol Tobias, Clive Ulyate, Jack V. D. Schyff, Moaner Van Heerden, Ryk Van Schoor, Frank Waring, Peter Whipp, Jimmy White, Lionel Wilson etc. Also including facsimile signatures of other players. Attractively bound in dark green leather with gilt title, five raised bands and gilt title to spine. VG
BERGMAN INGRID: (1915-1982) Swedish Actress, Academy Award winner. Book signed, a paperback edition of The Films of Ingrid Bergman by Lawrence J. Quirk, First paperbound edition published by Citadel Press, New Jersey, 1975. Signed by Bergman in black ink with her name alone to the illustrated title page. Together with a selection of other signed hardback and paperback (5) books by various actors and film directors etc., including The Avengers and Me by Patrick Macnee, The New Avengers Annual by Joanna Lumley, Shakespeare - Hit or Miss and two other titles by John Gielgud, Hullabaloo in Old Jeypore - The Making of the Deceivers by Ismail Merchant, A Hell of A War by Douglas Fairbanks Jr., The Actors' Director - Richard Attenborough Behind the Camera by Richard Attenborough, Things I Did and Things I think I Did - A Hollywood Memoir by Jean Negulesco, A Modest Pageant by Terence Davies, Henry V by Kenneth Branagh (also signed by Emma Thompson and Richard Briers) etc. Many are first editions and most of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to generally VG, 16
PAVAROTTI LUCIANO: (1935-2007) Italian Tenor. Book signed, a hardback edition of My Own Story, First Edition published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1981. Signed by Pavarotti with his name alone in blue ink to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by the dust jacket (slight age wear and one small tear). VG
An original drawing for his nurse PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. Book signed and inscribed, with an original drawing by Picasso, being a folio paperback edition from a series entitled Chefs-D'Oeuvre De L'Art Grands Peintres, Picasso, (premiere partie), published by Hachette, 1966. The French text edition features 16 colour plates of different works by the artist. Attractively signed and inscribed by Picasso in bold black ink to a clear area at the head of the first page, 'Pour Madame Boccard, Picasso' and dated 4th May 1969 in his hand. Immediately beneath his signature Picasso has drawn a sketch of a bearded man in a head and shoulders profile pose, wearing a hat, and with a flower held between his teeth. Some very light, minor age wear to the covers, otherwise VG The present book was apparently presented to Picasso's nurse and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Claude Picasso, the artist's son, dated 19th March 2013.
ELIOT T. S.: (1888-1965) American-born English Poet & Dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1948. Book signed, a hardback edition of Triumphal March, First Edition published by Faber & Faber Ltd., London, 1931, being number 35 of The Ariel Poems, the large paper edition featuring two illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Signed by Eliot with his name alone in fountain pen ink to the limitations page. Number 122 of a limited edition of 300. Lacking the paper wrappers. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG
From Swift's library - 'non est mortale quod opto' SWIFT JONATHAN: (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish Writer & Clergyman, remembered for his work Gulliver's Travels (1726). Extremely rare book signed, being a folio hardback edition of A Commentary upon the Whole Booke of Judges, preached first and delivered in sundrie lectures, since collected, and diligently perused, and now published...., by Richard Rogers, Preacher at Wethersfield, Essex, First (and only) Edition, published by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, London, 1615. Previously part of Swift's library and with the ownership signature ('Johannis Swift') of Swift in ink to the title page, further adding Liber in his hand above his signature, and a Latin quotation in his hand immediately beneath his signature, 'non est mortale quod opto' (Translation 'What I desire is not mortal') as well as the date, 1698, in his hand. With a later ink ownership signature and inscription to the front free endpaper, 'S. R. Mason. Presented by Dr. A. C. Webber, January 1856, Cambridge, Mass.' With a contemporary half-morocco and decorated boards binding, gilt title and five raised bands to the spine. Housed in an attractive custom made clamshell case and half-morocco slip case, also featuring a gilt stamped title and five raised bands to the spine. Front board a little loose and with some extensive age wear. Some light foxing, age wear and minor staining, as is to be expected, to the title page and other inside pages, generally about VG
NIN ANAIS: (1903-1977) Cuban-French Author. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of A Woman Speaks - The Lectures, Seminars and Interviews of Anais Nin, edited by Evelyn J. Hinz, First American Edition published by the Swallow Press, Chicago, 1975. Presentation copy signed and inscribed to the front endpaper by Nin, 'For Corita, in memory of vivid colors and beauty of design. Please get well, Love, Anais'. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some tears and slight creasing to the edges). Some scattered marginal ink marks, about VG Corita Kent (1918-1986) American Artist.
MASPERO GASTON: (1846-1916) French Egyptologist. A.L.S., G Maspero, one page, 8vo, Paris, 1st December 1892, to a lady, in French. Maspero writes to his correspondent concerning a work by Denon, discussing the French and English editions ('…prices in France must be lower than that of the English edition…') and advising that his correspondent contact either one of the London booksellers Quaritch or Ellis, although adding that he does not know their addresses. With blank integral leaf. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, about VG Vivant Denon (1747-1825) French Artist, Writer, Diplomat and Archaeologist, appointed as the first director of the Louvre Museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian Campaign of 1798-1801.
A set of the 3rd edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in contemporary full leather - this edition was published in 1797 and was the first to be produced in the modern format. There are 17 volumes out of the 18, plus two supplementaries which are often missing and they are illustrated with hundreds of fascinating engravings. The books have the bookplate of Pauncefoot of Witham in the county of Lincolnshire and are in very nice period condition. Volume 18 is missing but there is a volume 18 available online but it is the Dublin edition.
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