[Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with diuers addicions, whiche were neuer in print before... , compiled by Jhon Lidgate, 5th ed., edited by John Stowe, 1561], black letter double-column text with woodcut initials throughout, lacks all prelims. (fourteen or ten leaves depending on issue which is otherwise not determinable), final leaf of text with colophon supplied as modern facsimile, old neat manuscript copy of the final leaf signed by Thomas Cox bound in at end (dampstained), some old soiling and dampstaining and scattered contemp. marginal inscriptions, two closed tear repairs to first leaf including one archival tissue repair touching running head and woodcut of the knight on his horse, the woodcut with neat old ink addition to right border of the image and a few doodles to the left, a few marginal tears, four defective and repaired prelims. [from the 1598 edition] inserted at front, recent calf by Period Bookbinders, folio. STC 5075. (1)
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Civil War. An Exact Collection of All Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes, Orders, Ordinances, Proclamations, Petitions, Messages, Answers and other Remarkable Passages betweene the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and his High Court of Parliament beginning at his Majesties return from Scotland, being in December 1641 and continued untill March the 21, 1643. Which were formerly published either by the Kings Majesty`sCommand or by Order from one or both Houses of Parliament, printed for Edward Husbands, T. Warren, R. Best, 1643, engraved frontis., title with woodcut decorative border, some underlining to one or two leaves at front of vol., two pages of contemp. index notes in ink to blanks at end, contemp. ownership signature of Fitzwilliam, and price 02s:06d in ink to front blank, 19th c. bookplates of General Fitzwilliam and Joseph Watson to front endpaper and front pastedown respectively, contemp. speckled calf, double lined rule to outer border of each cover, modern reback with raised bands and morocco title label, small thick 4to. Wing E1533. Enlarged edition of contemporary printed documents relating to the English Civil War, first published the previous year. (1)
Foxe (John). Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall history of the same. Wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles and great persecutions against the true Martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by Heathen Emperours, as now lately practised by Romish Prelates, especially in this Realme of England and Scotland. Now againe, as it was recognised, perused, and recommended to the studious reader by the Author Maister John Foxe, the fift time newly imprinted, 2 vols., printed by Peter Short, 1596-97, woodcut title to each vol., the first trimmed to woodcut border, and relaid, second title relined, black letter text, numerous woodcut illusts., occn. minor archival repairs, final leaf of index to second vol. with lower outer corner repaired and replaced in facsimile, additional large folding engraving entitled A Most Exact and Accurat Table of the First Ten Persecutions of the Primitive Church under the Heathen Tirants of Rome ..., sould by William Riddiard, n.d., c. 1625, (STC 11227.5), bound in at front of second vol., some repaired tears and marks, minor loss to extreme margins, relined, modern antique-style two-tone blind-panelled and decorated "Cambridge style" full calf (by Paul Tronson, Period Fine Bindings, Wottoon Wawen), marbled end papers, elaborately gilt dec. spines with morocco title label to each, folio. STC 11226 (and 11226a for the second volume). A handsome copy of the 1596-97 edition of Foxe`sBook of Martyrs, the first produced following his death in 1583, and containing the six-verse encomium in memory of the author by John Hopkins, included at the end of the preliminary leaves to volume 1. The woodcut table of persecutions missing from the early part of volume one is here supplied in the 1625 remodelled engraving bound at the front of volume two. (2)
Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vols., 1776-1788, engraved portrait frontispiece, three folding engraved maps (one with short closed tear), neat previous owner signature to vol. I title, some spotting and browning, one leaf with small marginal annotation, later red buckram, spines with gilt lettering with Foyle at foot, faded and a little rubbed, 4to. Volume I is a second edition, the others first editions. Gibbon`s"masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style" (PMM). (6)
Plinius Secundus (Gaius). Historia mundi ..., Basel, 1535, printer`swoodcut device to title and final leaf verso (Froben), some woodcut initials, old ink inscription to title upper margin partially erased, horizontal paper crease to title with small resultant paper flaw to margin, not affecting text, scattered minor spotting or soiling, old ink drawing of a labrynth with four lines of latin text on a folio sheet pasted to rear pastedown, somewhat spotted, hand-coloured large bookplate with name partially erased to front pastedown, contemp. blindstamped pig skin over wood boards with two clasps in working order, some rubbing and soiling, small splits at head of upper joints, stained red library mark to lower compartment, slight corner wear with wood showing through upper corners, folio. This is the first printing with notes by Sigmund Galen and contains a preface of Erasmus, reprinted from his edition of 1525. (1)
Leybourn (Thomas). The Mathematical Repository, vols. 1 (2nd ed.) and 2 (of 3), 1799/1801, twenty-seven folding eng. plts., speckled edges, contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. spines rubbed and with sl. loss at ends, joints cracked, 12mo in 6s (scarce; volumes 2 and 3 [1804] appeared without edition statements), together with Simson (Robert), The Elements of Euclid, viz. the First Six Books, together with the Eleventh and Twelfth... also the Book of Euclid`sData..., 8th ed., Edinburgh, 1791, three folding eng. plts., numerous letterpress diagrams, armorial bookplate with ms. ownership name above, contemp. speckled calf, rubbed, spine a little worn, with sl. loss at ends and upper cover just holding on the cords, 8vo, plus Maclaurin (Colin), A Treatise of Algebra, in Three Parts. Containing I. The fundamental Rules and Operations. II. The Composition and Resolution of Equations of all Degrees; and the different Affections of their Roots. III. The Application of Algebra and Geometry to each other. To which is added, An Appendix, Concerning the general Properties of Geometrical Lines, 4th ed., 1779, twelve folding eng. plts., early ms. note on prelim. blank, front free endpaper detached, lacking rear free endpaper, contemp. sprinkled calf, rubbed and worn, with spine label missing and covers detached (final plt. attached to rear board), 8vo (4)
Putnam (Samuel). The World of Jean de Bosschere, Fortune Press, [1932], colour woodcut frontis., numerous plates and illusts., untrimmed, orig. white cloth gilt, 8vo, limited ed. 660/900, this copy also containing the signed colour etching, numbered 24/100, normally reserved for the first 100 copies only, together with Nonesuch Press. The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, illust. Reynolds Stone, 2 vols., 1938, wood eng. illusts. to text, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. tan goatskin morocco, spines darkened with slipcase, 8vo, limited ed. 86/800, plus Detmold (Edmund J., illust.), Fabre`sBook of Insects, New York, Tudor Publishing Co., 1937, tipped in colour plates, orig. cloth in d.j., a little rubbed and sl. creased to extrems., in orig. pubs. card bookbox, and other illustrated literature and first editions, including Isabella or The Pot of Basil by John Keats, illust. W. B. MacDougall, 1898, Pilgrimage by Dorothy M. Richardson, 4 vols., 1938, Sung to Shahryar, Poems from the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night by E. Powys Mathers, pub. Casanova Society 1925, with limited ed. 31/50 large paper copies, signed, The Hieroglyphic Tales of Hermes Trismegistus by Horace Walpole, decorated by The Duchess, pub. Cypher, 1996, in an edition of six copies, etc. (21)
EARHART AMELIA: (1897-1939) American Pioneer Aviatrix, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Fun of It, sixth printing, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1932. Signed by Earhart with her name alone to the front free endpaper. Additionally annotated in an unidentified hand to the half title page, `This book given to Charles Burgoyne by Miss. Earhart when she spoke in the Senior High School at 14 & Maine while he was an usher, Spring of 37.` Accompanied by the dust jacket (heavy tears and creasing to the edges, some small areas of paper loss). Earhart`s signature is completely affected by a light brown stain caused by a piece of tape previously covering the signature, which remains perfectly legible. Front board loose, about G
ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Reaching for the Moon, First American Edition published by Harper Collins, 2005. Signed by Aldrin with his name alone in black ink at the head of the title page and also signed by the book’s illustrator, Wendell Minor. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with a very small swatch of kapton foil from the Columbia Command Module which carried Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins on their historic Apollo XI mission to the moon, neatly mounted to a 4to certificate of authenticity signed by Aldrin. VG, 2
BRADMAN DON: (1908-2001) Australian Cricketer. Book signed, a hardback edition of Farewell to Cricket, First Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton, May 1950. Signed by Bradman in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower white border beneath his portrait on the frontispiece. Together with a hardback edition of Our Cricket Story by Alec and Eric Bedser, published by Evans Brothers Ltd., London, n.d. (1950?), signed by both individually in fountain pen ink with their names alone to their image on the frontispiece. Both accompanied by the dust jackets (minor wear). About VG, 2
HILLARY EDMUND: (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Book signed, a hardback edition of High Adventure, First Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. Signed by Hillary with his name alone to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Very minor discoloration, only lightly affecting part of the signature, otherwise VG
Edward Bawden C.B.E., R.A. (1903-1989). "The Guild Hall". Signed artist`s proof, limited edition, 27/75, coloured linocut print, 66.5cm by 50.5cm (pl), Born in Braintree, Essex, studied at Cambridge School of Art, taught by Paul Nash at the Royal College of Art and studied engraving and book binding at Central School of Art and Crafts. His first one man show was at the Zwemmer Gallery in 1934, and exhibited at the Royal Academy being elected a member in 1956. He became an official war artist during World War II. The Imperial War Museum and Tate Gallery hold his work.
Wodehouse (P.G.) Young Men in Spats, Jenkins 1936. First Edition. 8vo, 312pp+ ads. Turquoise cloth, dusted compressed edges, dustjacket price 2/6 with Drones Book Club banner, a few closed tears; Plus Seven Further Titles, including Thank You Jeeves, Right Ho Jeeves, Piccadilly Jim. Early impressions in dustjackets.
CHRISTIE (Agatha) The Mousetrap, first edition London: Samuel French Limited 1954, 8vo, signed and inscribed by the author to Cyril Hogg (managing director of Samuel French) `For Cyril Hogg on our Sixth Birthday Agatha Christie`, the blue cloth cover with gilt blocked date `25 November 1958`, fine condition
MILNE (A A) Now We are Six, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1927, 8vo, illustrated by E H Shepard, aeg, rebound in decorative full morocco gilt (spine faded) with original cloth binding and dust wrapper bound in at end; When We Were Very Young, fifth edition, London: Methuen & Co 1924, 8vo, blue cloth gilt (boards a little worn); The King`s Breakfast, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1925, 4to, printed boards (discoloured) (3)
MILNE (A A) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1928, 8vo, pink cloth gilt (spine nicked and faded); When We Were Very Young, seventeenth edition, London: Methuen & Co 1928, 8vo, cloth gilt (spine loose at head and foot) (both volumes with crayon colouring to one or two illustrations) (2)
Early Aviation. MARSHALL (A W) Flying Machines, 3rd edition 1910; FARMAN (Dick) The Aviator`s Companion, Mills & Boon 1910, 8vo; CLAXTON (W J) The Airman and His Craft, 1914; BERRY (W H) Aircraft in War and Commerce, first edition; Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps, 10 Lehrhefte, 1939, bound from , 10 sections with wrappers (5)
![RACKHAM (Arthur) Illustrator Peer Gynt, first American edition, Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co [1936], large 8vo, 12 colour](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10091/2774310/256.JPG)
RACKHAM (Arthur) Illustrator Peer Gynt, first American edition, Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co [1936], large 8vo, 12 colour plates, cloth gilt (head and foot of spine bruised) in damaged dust wrapper; The Ring of the Niblung, 2 volumes in 1 comprising The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie and Siefried & The Twilight of The Gods, London: William Heinemann 1939, 4to, 48 colour plates, slight foredge spotting, cloth (slightly bruised to foot of spine) in worn dust wrapper (2)
Sporting - Africa - India. ROSE (Cowper) Four Years in Southern Africa, London: Colburn & Bentley 1829, 8vo (boards detached); Fore`s Sporting Notes and Sketches, vol III 1886-87, 8vo, cloth; CHEEM (Aliph) Lays of Ind, 7th edition, Calcutta 1883; Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, Edinburgh 1830, 8vo; SHAKESPEAR (Major H) The Wild Sports of India, 2nd edition 1862, 8vo; HARTLEY (Gilfrid) Wild Sport with Gun Rifle and Salmon Rod, 1903; Wild Sport and Short Stories, 1912; STEVENSON (R L) Treasure Island, first illustrated edition, 1885, faded cloth; few others (overall condition varies, some needing attention)
![[COLE (Mrs H W)] A Lady`s Tour round Monte Rosa, first edition, London 1859, 8vo, hand-coloured title-vignette, 4 chromolitho](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10091/2774310/339.JPG)
GALE, NORMAN (1862 – 1942; poet). A collection of his published work, as under, arranged chronologically, seven inscribed to Winifred Craven: Meadowsweet. (Anon). Rugby: George E. Over [1889]. Wrappers. 1 of an edition of 50 copies numbered and signed by the publisher. Prince Redcheek. Rugby: George E. Over [1891]. Text block detached from wrappers. [1 of 50 printed].Violets. Rugby: George E. Over [1891]. Frontispiece. Original cloth. One of an edition of 80 copies numbered and signed by the publisher. The Candid Cuckoo. Old Bilton, Rugby: by the author [1891]. Original cloth gilt. One of 100 copies printed.A June Romance. Rugby: George E. Over, 1892. Contemporary three-quarter calf. With, loosely inserted, a proof of the first gathering with Gale`s autograph corrections.A Fellowship in Song. (With Alfred Hayes and Richard Le Gallienne). Rugby: George E. Over, London: Elkin Mathews. 1893. Contemporary three-quarter calf.On Two Strings. (With Robinson Kay Leather). Rugby: George E. Over, 1894. Text block detached from wrappers. One of only 10 copies on large handmade paper. With publishers announcement of this work loosely inserted. The ordinary edition consisted of 60 copies.Songs for Little People. Constable:1896. Original cloth gilt; headband chipped else very bright. Inscribed "Inscribed for Winifred by Norman".A June Romance. Chicago: Stone, 1899. Original cloth.A Norman Gale Treasury. Manchester: Broadbent, 1909. Wrappers.A Country Muse. Grant Richards, 1912. Original cloth in d.w.Country Lyrics. Harrap [1913]. Full publisher`s leather; spine badly chipped. Inscribed "To Winifred from Norman in memory of beautiful walks and pleasant conversations".Collected Poems. Macmillan, 1914. Original cloth. Inscribed "To Winifred from Norman".A Merry-Go-Round of Song. Old Bilton, Rugby: by the author, 1919. Original cloth; binding damp-marked. Signed D.W.S.Craven.Verse in Bloom. Old Bilton, Rugby: by the author [1924]. 3 copies, original cloth, 2 in d.w`s. One signed by Winifred Craven.A Book of Quatrains. Old Bilton, Rugby: by the author [1925]. 2 copies, original green cloth gilt in d.w`s. One inscribed "Gladly given to Winifred by the maker of the verse, Norman".A June Romance. Rugby: George Over, 1925. 5th edition, original cloth.A Flight of Fancies. Old Bilton, Rugby: by the author [1926]. 3 copies, original cloth, that in d.w. inscribed "Gratefully given to Winifred by Norman".Remembrances. Torquay: Devonshire Press [ 1937 ]. Unbound sheets. Published under the pseudonym ` Denys Heatherford.`Brackenham Church. Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1938. Wrappers. 4 copies of an edition of 50, each signed and numbered by the author, one inscribed "Affectionately given by the author to Winifred Craven, in memory of the lessons when She was Pupil and He was Master".Unpigeonholed. Barganny, Brassey Road, Bexhill-on-Sea: by the author [1940]. Wrappers. 2 copies from a `Private edition of 100` numbered copies signed by the author, one inscribed "Winifred Craven`s copy willingly inscribed by her friend Norman Gale".Together with two incomplete copies of Verses in Bloom and a Book of Quatrains, also a 12-page sewn gathering listing the works of Norman Gale, Alfred Hayes and Richard Le Gallienne. Also 80 copies of an anonymous work `The Lapse`, a 7-page poem printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, n.d. Stitched into printed wrappers. With a printed notice stating that copies can be obtained from Mr. Blackwell`s Bookshop, Oxford. Together with:HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST. A Book of Verses. London: David Nutt, 1888. Original Japanese vellum gilt; very good. No. 10 of only 20 copies printed on Japanese paper of which 14 for sale, so inscribed and signed by the publisher. Inscribed on the half-title "Affectionately Given to Winifred by Norman".
Brigadier General JJ Collyer, The South Africans with General Smuts in German East Africa 1916 published by the South African Government 1939. A scarce book documenting conflict in one of less well known theares of the First World War, with several folding maps offered with Siegfried Saddon Memiors of an Infantry Officer published by Faber & Faber 1930 First Edition. In 90% dustwrapper.
Cyril Power monseigneur st. thomas (c.cep.27) linocut printed in colours 1931 a richly inked early impression signed and titled in pencil presumably from the first 10 impressions printed which were not numbered the edition was 60 on tissue thin laid japan paper with full margins in good condition 354 x 280mm.
Ed Ruscha (b.1937) every building on the sunset st the laperello book 1966 first edition spine and front cover printed in silver published by the artist covers soiled with some wear overall size 180 x 145mm. ***`NOT ONLY THE MOST PHYSICALLY AMBITIOUS OF RUSCHA`S BOOKS BUT ALSO THE MOST FLAMBOYANT` (The Photobook). .
Johns (W.E.) Comrades in Arms, 1947, first edition, dust wrapper; id., Gimlet Comes Home, 1946, first edition, dust wrapper; id., Biggles Hunts Big Game, 1948, first edition, dust wrapper; with fourteen others by the author in dust wrappers (some wear) and three Harold Begbie Struwwelpeters (20)
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter `de-luxe editions`: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, 1999; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, first issues of this Bloomsbury de-luxe edition (the fourth title is without a number string), cloth gilt with pictorial on-lay (4)
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