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Click here to subscribePOTOCKI JOSEPH Sport in Somaliland being an Account of a hunting Trip to that Region .... London, Rowland Ward Ltd 1900, (385mm x 305mm), half title frontispiece, title page in red and black, eighteen plates mounted on India paper, fifty eight illustrations, original white binding with imitation snakeskin end papers, first edition, number 144 of 200 copies, signed by the publisher Rowland Ward, one of the greatest African hunting books
A George III teapot and stand by Patrick Robertson, Edinburgh 1767-1768, the inverted pear shaped teapot with rococo chased scroll, shell and floral head design, two vacant cartouches, the domed cover with bud finial and semi spiral border, the silver handle with leaf thumb piece and carved horn insulators, with bold fluted curved spout, on simple stepped foot rim, the stand of shaped circular form with simple chased floral and shell detail border, raised on three C scroll hoof feet (2) teapot 19cm high 24oz; stand 19cm diameter 8oz Note: Both pieces are struck with the more unusual gothic N with dot to centre of the date letter, a variety recorded in 'Jacksons Silver and Gold marks' CJ Jackson, first edition 1905. Reference: For illustration of both varieties of this date letter see 'Jacksons Silver & Gold Marks, of England, Scotland & Ireland' (revised edition) I Pickford p549
FLEMING (IAN) - MOONRAKER. CAPE 1955. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, PRICED 10S 6D, "SHOOT" VARIENT (THE 'T' BEING ABSENT IN LATER COPIES OF THE PRINT RUN). BOOK IS NEAR FINE. DUSTJACKET IS VERY SLIGHTLY FADED TO THE SPINE, VERY LIGHT DUSTING TO REAR COVER. MINOR RUBBING TO TOP OF SPINE AND REAR COVER, LIGHTLY BROWNED VERSO. A VERY NICE COPY.
Horus Apollo Nilialus De hieroglyphicis notis, a Bernardino Trebatio Vicentino latinitate donatus. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1530, 8vo. ff. 28 (iv), printeres falling branch device on title, 19th century quarter vellum, marbled boards, corners worn, faint contemporary 12 line manuscript annotations on verso of last leaf, small stain to upper margin of first few leaves Note: The only ancient work that has come down to us on the interpretation of hieroglyphs, first printed in 1505 by Aldus in his collection of Greek fables, and in the translation of Trabatio in 1515. The work was supposedly written in Egyptian by Horapollo and later translated to Greek. Its style, which seems to resemble more that of Elien and his fantastical stories, than of anything relating to ancient Egypt, led to it being discredited of having any true historical value. However Champollion, after his studies on the Rosetta stone, re-examined this work and felt that it had more to do with the symbolic images found on Egyptian monuments than hieroglyphs themselves thus concluding that the only thing intrinsically wrong with the book was its title. Thorndike VI, BM STC C16 Fr. p. 230. Adams H 848. Renouard 34 : 13.. This edition not in Caillet. Provenance: Stamp of H.G. Doggett on fly, Elizabeth Armstronges printed ex-libris on first pastedown.
Jerome, St. Epistolae. Venice: Joannes Rubeus Vercellensis, 7 January and 12 July 1496, folio, ff. (i-xiv) 15-398 (numbered ix-390), contemporary calf over boards, Paduan in style, lacking clasps, rebacked, some wormholes, lower outer corner of first gathering a bit soiled, wormholes in the first gatherings, some marginal spotting, little tear without loss on f.174, few early marginal annotations Note: A substantial collective edition of the letters (and a few homilies) of St. Jerome, one of the Fathers of the Church. Jerome was the preeminent Christian scholar of his age, indeed he is one of very few examples of canonisation on grounds of exemplary service to the church rather than exemplary sanctity. In between his more substantial compositions, including the first bibliographical author catalogue, Jerome wrote letters on every subject under the sun but particularly anything controversial. Luther complained that Jeromees letters were only about fasting and virginity, but this is unfair. He was a pioneer in all fields of patrology and Biblical archeology. BMC V 419. Goff H-175. Hain III 8563. Provenance: Contemporary ex-libris on titlepage of ÔMonasterii Sancti Andree [Vercellarum]e, early of ÔP. Massimi a Taurino Ordinis Minorum Regularis Observanti[is] S. Patris Franciscie, later of ÔP. Clodoveo [...]e and on f. (vii) of ÔGregorii Vercell[ensi] post cuius obitum erit Monasterii Sancti Andree de Vercellise
Lefevre, deEtaples, Jacques Musica libris quatuor demonstrata. Paris: Guillaume Cavellat, 1552, 4to., ff. 44, italic letter, large printeres device on title, white on black woodcut initials, extensive printed tables and diagrams, modern maroon morocco, spine, borders and inner edges gilt, very minor waterstain to extreme upper outer corner of first four leaves, signed ÔGodin 1731e on the title-page Note: BM STC French Books. p. 259; Adams F 28. First separate edition of a very early and important work of musical theory. It had been printed previously in a now unfindable collective edition of 1496 and an almost equally rare Estienne of 1514. This edition has a variant form of the title-page in which the date appears as 1551. Cavellat in his preface states that he is republishing the text because of the almost complete absence of works on the science and method of music compared with all other subjects. "Many music theorists from the 16th century to the 18th either referred to Faber or quoted him" (Grove Dictionary of Music).
Major, Johannes - Heinsius, Nicolaus Historia maioris Britanniae, tam Anglie quam Scotiae. [Paris]: Jodocus Badius Ascencius, 1521, first edition, 4to, large woodcut of a printing shop dated 1520 on title, woodcut coat-of-arms on title verso, crible initials, occasional early underlining and marginalia, seventeenth century vellum. Provenance: From the library of Nicolaus Heinsius (1620-1681), eminent Dutch classical scholar, sold in 1683 [inscription on front free endpaper]. Note: A good clean copy. John Majores Historia "takes the story of Scotland and England as far as the marriages of Henry VIIes children. Majores political theory has drawn attention to it... and it was possibly in order to propagate the idea of union between Scotland and England that he undertook the work. ... He holds that the first law of the historian is to write the truth, and this anxiety for truth appears again and again in the course of his book. He applies scholastic technique to the material at his disposal, accepting nothing without examination... not afraid to disagree even with Bede (whom he regards as the chief of English historians), on occasion, freely admitting his inability to offer a definite judgment" - Rev. Anthony Ross: "Some Scottish Catholic Historians", in The Innes Review, I, 1950, p. 6; Adams M228, Renouard III, p. 62
Marcello, Pietro. De vita, moribus et rebus gestis omnium ducum Venetorum. Frankfurt: Paulum Reffeler inpensis Sigismondi Feyerabent, 1574, 8vo. ff. [viii] 218 [i], Printeres flame device on titlepage, 83 woodcut portraits of Venetian Doges (some repeated) by J. Amman, 20 cuts of tombs (some repeated), contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, titlepage bit dusty, lower blank margin torn away Note: In 1574 Reffeler published two editions: a folio in German, and the present, which is the first illustrated edition in Latin. Both contain numerous half-page woodcut portraits of the Doges of Venice and smaller cuts of their tombs, attributed to the illustrious German engraver Jšst Amman (1539-1591). BM STC Ger. C16th p. 593. Adams M 532. Brunet Suppl. I p. 939. Provenance: ÔJoanni Angstenberg 1630e inscribed on titlepage.
Martialis, Marcus Valerius M. val. Martialis epigrammaton libri. London: F. Kingston, 1615, first English edition, small 8vo, nineteenth century half calf, [STC 17492], slight worming affecting text, rubbed; Pindar Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. [Geneva]: Paulus Stephanus, 1600, 16mo, 576pp., modern calf, raised bands; [Lubrano, Giacomo] "Brinacio, Paolo" Scintille poetiche o poesie sacre e morali. Naples: ad instanza deAndrea Poletti stampatore in Venetia, [1692], 12mo, engraved title, contemporary boards, boards lightly soiled; [Mount Carmel] Constitutiones fratrum discalceatorum congregationis teliae ordinid Bmae. Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo. Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1632, 8vo, woodcut coat-of-arms on title, woodcut device on final leaf, eighteenth century calf, early ownership inscription on title, lacking signature A, rebacked; [Bouhours, Dominique] Pensees ingenieuses des anciens et modernes. Paris: S. Mabre-Cramoisy, 1692, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette, contemporary calf, rubbed; [Anon.] Les nouveaux rudimens de la langue latine. Amsterdam: deE. Roger, 1715, 12mo, contemporary sheep, joints slightly split; and a quantity of miscellaneous printed works (quantity)
Norzi, Raphael Marpe Lanephesh. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1579. Small. 4to. ff. 26, Hebrew letter, title within splendid architectural border, censores autograph at end, modern boards Note: BM STC It. p. 549. Vinograd 638. Habermann, di Gara 638.. One of three tracts on ethics originally issued, but now rarely found, together. The first edition of this work came out in 1561. The work posits rational ethical answers to religious questions.
Perrault, Charles Histoires ou contes du temps passe. Suivant la copie ˆ Paris. [Amsterdam: Jacques Desbordes], 1697, 12mo (12.5 x 7cm), [vi], 174, engraved frontispiece, 7 small engraved illustrations by Antoine Clouzier, eighteenth-century panelled calf, lacks final leaf, frontispiece and title with brown stain towards inner margin, & frontispiece with small red ?sealing wax drop and upper blank corner torn away, rust-hole to F1, upper corner of lower board very worn with some loss of board and corner of last few leaves slightly frayed, other corners rubbed Note: Very scarce. This unauthorised edition was one of the three published before the end of 1697 and was probably printed in Amsterdam by Jacques Desbordes. It has the errata corrected and the frontispiece and illustrations reversed from the first authorised edition published the same year in Paris by Claude Barbin. Cf. Pierpont Morgan Library: Early childrenes books and their illustration, 104. The book is dedicated to "Mademoiselle", who was Elizabeth Charlotte deOrleans, niece of Louis XIV, and is signed P. Darmancour, third son of the academician and poet Charles Perrault. Pierre, who took the name Darmancour, was sixteen or seventeen at the time and it is unclear, despite various theories, whether the young man composed the tales, or whether they were a father-son collaboration. The Bibliotheque Nationale copy [FRBNF32519146] has p.76 numbered 78 by mistake and page 168 misnumbered 268. The present copy has both pages numbered correctly. This copy has the pagination error (p.03 for 30) noted in the Pierpont Morgan copy which does not occur in the Osborne copy. Osborne catalogue II: 608; Brunet, Supplement, Vol II, p. 205.
Picerli, Silverio. Specchio secondo di musica, nel quale ... Canto figurato, e fermo. Naples: Matteo Nucci 1631. First edition, 4to. pp. (viii) 196 (viii), frontispiece engraving of Apollo (?) added, printeres dragon woodcut device within red-printed Cardinales hat on titlepage, musical scores throughout, contemporary limp vellum gilt, stamped in gilt on coves with eight hedgehogs within ornate oval frame, gilt border with one hedgehog at each corner, lower outer margin of D2-E4 slightly chipped, tears to two leaves [no loss], light lamp-oil stain to one gathering, occasional early manuscript annotations, a few leaves unopened Note: Second song manual written by Fr. Picerli and dedicated to Cardinal Boncompagno, Archbishop of Naples. The year before, Fr. Picerli had presented Cardinal Boncompagno with the first ÔSpecchio di musicae. A third one was expected to be published soon, as the Apostolic censor noted in his imprimatur on verso of titlepage, but no copy has been located. Fr. Silverio Picerli was a C16 Italian music theorist, a theologian and a Franciscan friar. He was successively Superior of the monastries of S. Maria Maddalena and of S. Chiara, in Naples. The depiction of hedgehogs (Ôriccie in Italian), on the binding, implies that the first owner belonged to an Italian family with this surname, perhaps the ÔRiccie family of musicians from Naples. BM STC It. C17 II p. 683. ÔLibrary of Congress. Catalogue of Early Books on Musice p. 209.
Primasius Briefue et fructeuse exposition sus les Epistres Sainct Paul. Paris: pour Estienne Rosset, 1540. First edition, 8vo., ff. 251 (i), contemporary French calf gilt, triple ruled central panel with gilt florets at each corner, larger floret in centre, five smaller on spine, some very light spotting of printeres ink, mostly marginal., two bands very slightly holed at upper joint Note: First edition of the first French translation of Primasiuse commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul, by Jean de Gaigny, who had published the Latin text, also for the first time only three years earlier. The volume is a lovely example of early Renaissance French book production with the repeated use (technically difficult and laborious) of elegant and contrasting types. Not in BM. STC Fr. or Adams. Brunet IV 876. Provenance: Printed record, Prat, 5 Soldi 1771 on endpaper.
Rennefort, Urbain Souchu de Histoire des Indes orientales. Paris: A. Seneuze & D. Hortemels, 1688, first edition, 4to, 3 larged engraved vignettes after Sevin, woodcut on title, Privilege leaf at end, modern vellum, spine gilt with morocco lettering pieces, cut a little close just trimming vignettes Note: Rennefort, secretary of the Conseil de la France Orientale, travelled to Madagascar in 1665 and was captured by the English on his return. The work is devoted in large part to Madagascar, but also to Ceylon, Surat, St. Helena, Brazil, and Calcutta and includes the first account of the city of Recife after the expulsion of the Dutch. Borba de Moraes II, p.189. The scarce first issue with the original title and privilege leaf noting that the book should have been called "Memoires pour servir ˆ lehistoire des Indes Orientales".
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques ƒmile, ou de leeducation. The Hague: Jean Neaulme, [i.e. Paris, Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne], 1762, 4 volumes, 8vo, first edition, presentation copy from Jean-Jacques Rousseau with autograph letter from the author tipped in at beginning, title-pages printed in red and black, 2 privilege leaves and one errata leaf for vols. 3-4 bound at the end of vol. 1, half-title in volume 2-4 as called for, 5 engraved plates after C. Eisen by J. D. de Longueil, L. le Grand and J.-J. Pasquier, volume 3 with blank leaf Z4, with the four usual cancels in volumes 1 and 2, variant Thetis plate with no title (added by hand), contemporary French mottled calf, triple gilt fillet on sides, spines gilt, g.e., rubbed, upper cover of volume 1 detached, corner of H6 volume 3 burnt not affecting text Note: With an unrecorded letter from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Monsieur de Muly [Maley], Superieur de leOratoire ˆ Mommorenci [Montmorency]: "J.J. Rousseau prie Messieurs de leoratoire de Mommorenci de vouloir bien accorder ˆ ses derniers ecrits une place dans leur bibliotheque; comme accepter le livre deun auteur neest pas adopter ses principes, il a cru pouvoir sans temerite leur demander cette faveur. A Mommorenci 29 Mai 1762", with a short note at foot in a later hand With a near contemporary transcript of a letter dated 16 Jan. 1763 from Rouseau to Baudoin-Cyprien-Antoine Dumoulin, published in Correspondence Complet de Jean Jacques Rousseau, Tom. 15, p.41, the original in Avignon, Bibliotheque Calvet, MS2702, folio 52-53. A rare presentation copy of the first octavo edition printed in Paris, published in late May 1762, concurrently with the 12mo edition. According to Jo-Ann McEachern the greater part of the duodecimo was imposed and printed before the octavo printing. However the preface and titles were printed initially in the octavo format, and it was the octavo that Rousseau received first and was the first to be distributed on 23 May 1762. Rousseaues educational treatise expounded his personal deist views, earning him the wrath of both clergymen and philosophers. The Parlement of Paris condemned both book and author, forcing Rousseau to flee France. However, despite the religious controversy it provoked, Emilefostered the Romantic movementes heightened appreciation of nature and strengthened the concept of the "noblesse sauvage." J.A. McEachern Bibliography of the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, vol. 2:1a; cf. Tchemerzine 10.46 Provenance: Three titles with contemporary inscription "Oratorii Montesmor, ex dono authoris, Catal. invent. 1774, Tab. O11, 16, E1.131"
Rycaut, Paul. Histoire de leetat de leempire Ottoman. Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1670, 4to, first French edition, additional engraved pictorial title and 21 engraved illustrations in text, engraved initials, contemporary calf, spine gilt, head and tail of spine and corners worn Note: Atabey 1069; Blackmer, 1464 (ed. of 1671, second issue).
Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin Vie, poesies et pensees de Joseph Delorme. Paris: Delangle frres, 1829, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title "Madame ƒmile Deschamps, hommage respectueux, Ste-Beuve", 12mo, contents leaf bound after the title-page, contemporary half calf, flat spine decorated in gilt to a romantique design, signed by Thompson Note: The book was published anonymously by Sainte-Beuve, who presented it as the posthumous work of a young poet friend, Joseph Delorme.
Soumille, Abbe Bernard Laurent Le grand trictrac, ou methode facile pour apprendre sans maitre la marche, les regles, & une grande partie des finesses de ce jeu. Avignon: Alexandre Giroud, 1756, second edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, 288 woodcut illustrations in text, half-title, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt in panels, raised bands, red morocco label, corners rubbed Note: The first important modern work devoted to Tric-Trac or backgammon, first published in Avignon in 1738.
Stigliani, Tomaso Del Mondo Nuovo. Piacenza: per Alessandro Bazarchi, 1617. First edition, 12mo., woodcut decorations and initials, title with engraved vignette map of the Americas, contemporary vellum boards, some general paper discolouration, a little foxing, a few small wormholes in blank spaces at very beginning, title-page loosening at tail, tears in A7 and last (without loss), some early sepia colour to title-page etching and first woodcut initial, outer edge cut close (removing no letters) in first few pages, contemporary ex libris on title, 19th century ms.note on blank of one leaf Note: BM STC 17th century Italian Books II p. 878; Alden 617/142; Sabin 91728; Graesse VI 497 (1628 edition only). Not in Brunet, Gamba or Fontanini. In this heroic and fantastical poem, the bard sings "del trouator del Mondo Nouo" i.e. Christopher Columbus. Stigliani tells the story of Columbuse and companionse discovery of the Americas in an account full of factual errors, historical and geographical contradictions and sheer impossibilities. Subjects of particular interest include the Carib Indians.
Vanini, Giulio Caesare Amphitheatrum aeternae providentiae divino-magicum. Christaino-physicum nec non astrologo-catholicum. Lyons: Antoine de Harsy, 1615, first edition, 8vo, eighteenth century red morocco gilt, title dust-soiled, binding worn Note: Thorndike VI, pp. 568- 573. Wellcome 6485. "Extrmement rare"-Caillet 11028.
Zeiler, Martin Itinerarium Galliae. Strasbourg: Inverlegung Lazari Zetzners S. Erben, 1634. First edition, 8vo., Black letter, text in German, portrait of the author and cityscape on engraved first title, printeres woodcut device on second title, topographical headpieces and ornaments, contemporary vellum over boards, edges rubbed, late 17th century presentation inscription and early shelfmark on upper pastedown, library stamp on title-page, very slight fraying on first two leaves in blank margins, some browning and foxing, light waterstaining in lower outer blank corners, very small tear in M1, edges somewhat soiled Note: BM STC 17th century German Books Z81. Not in Brunet or Graesse. This German guidebook to France forms the first part of a combined work on both France and Britain; the present copy contains a second title-page headed ÔItinerarii Galliae, et Magnae Britanniae, pars prima.e The second part, devoted to Britain, was again published separately in 1674.
Artillery-Siemonovich, Casimir The great art of artillery. London: J. Tonson, 1729, first English edition, folio, translated by George Shelvocke, engraved frontispiece and 22 folding engraved plates, title printed in red and black, fine modern period style panelled calf, raised bands, red morocco lettering piece, some spotting and light discolouration, small holes to 3U1 affecting a few letters Note: The only English translation of this important early work on artillery, fireworks and gunpowder, which for more than 150 years was the standard work on the science of artillery. This milestone of 17th century science contains the first known treatise on the rocket in military history.
Brougham, Henry Lord Historical sketches of statesmen who flourished in the time of George III. London, 1839, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges; Cockburn, Lord Life of Lord Jeffrey. Edinburgh, 1852, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, offsetting; Braybrooke, Richard Lord Memoirs of Samuel Pepys. London, 1828, second edition, 8vo, 5 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate; Walpole, Horace Letters of Horace Walpole... to Sir Horace Mann. London, 1834, third edition, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, 3 volumes, interiors clean; Gleig, Rev G. History of the life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. London, 1858, 8vo, 4 volumes, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, some foxing; Ibid. Essays... London, 1858, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges, interiors clean; Aiken, John Memoirs of the court of King James the First. London, 1822, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, foxing; Bethune, Maximilian de Memoirs of... London, 1763, fourth edition, 8vo, 6 volumes, portrait frontispiece to vol. I & II, folding map, modern quarter calf gilt; and approx 96 other 19th century historical works (qty)
Hallam, Henry The constitutional history of England. London, 1842, fourth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, some patches of wear on boards, ink inscription on front endpaper; Hume, David The history of England under the house of Tudor. London, 1759, 4to, 2 volumes, half titles, contemporary calf, rubbed, cracking, foxing and worm damage; Hume, David The history of England. London, 1807, new edition, 8vo, 8 volumes, portrait frontispiece, later half calf gilt, rubbed, hinges cracking, some foxing; Robertson, William The history of the reign of the emperor Charles V. Dublin, First Irish edition, 1769, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, red label, bookplates; and another (16)
Maurice, Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick The history of the Scots Guards from the creation of the regiment to the eve of the Great War. London: Chatto & Windus, 1934, 2 volumes, 8vo, first edition, coloured frontispieces, plates and maps, some coloured or folding, original blue cloth; Erskine, David The Scots Guards 1919-1955, first edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket torn with loss, slight fading to spine; Wauchope, Maj.-Gen. A.G. A history of the Black Watch [Royal Highlanders] in the Great War, 1914-1918, 1925, first edition, plates, folding maps, original decorative cloth, very slight wear at head of spine (4)
Lang, Andrew The blue fairy book. London, 1890, fourth edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative blue cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, foxing, bookplate; Ibid. The red fairy book. London, 1891, third edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative red cloth gilt, backstrip sunned, corners bumped, spotting, bookplate and owneres ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid. The green fairy book. London, 1892. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, foxing, bookplate of Hamilton of Carnell; Ibid. The yellow fairy book. London, 1894. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original yellow cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, corners worn, foxing, bookplate and a 1901 copy with heavily faded and discoloured binding; Ibid. The pink fairy book. London, 1906, new impression, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative pink cloth gilt, backstrip and edges faded, foxing; Ibid. The grey fairy book. London, 1900. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original grey cloth gilt, corners bumped, some spotting, bookplate; Ibid. The violet fairy book. London, 1901. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, edges of boards stained, head and tails chipped, bookplate; Ibid. The crimson fairy book. London, 1903. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, backstrip sunned, some rubbing, bookplate; Ibid. The brown fairy book. London, 1904. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, some rubbing to head and tail of spine, bookplate; Ibid. The olive fairy book. London, 1907. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, owneres ink inscription on reverse of frontispiece; Ibid. The lilac fairy book. London, 1910. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, backstrip sunned, bookplate and 11 others by Andrew Lang; Kirk, R. The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns and fairies. Stirling, 1933, 8vo, presentation copy from R. Cunninghame-Graham, frontispiece by D.Y. Cameron, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped and stained; Halifax, John & Goble, Warwick The fairy book. London, 1913, 8vo, 32 colour plates, original decorative cloth gilt, some rubbing to gilt on boards, foxing; Ozaki, Yei Theodora The Japanese fairy book. London, 1903, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, worn, hinges weak (26)
Milne, A.A. Now we are six. London, 1927, First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, sellotape repair to inside head of backstrip, backstrip discoloured, interior clean; Ibid. The house at Pooh Corner. London, 1928, First edition, 8vo, original pink cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at head and tail of backstrip, backstrip faded, interior clean (2)
Arnot, Hugo A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland from A.D. 1536 to 1784. Edinburgh: printed for the author, 1785, first edition, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, red label, edges rubbed, bookplate of A.C. Clathick; Hume, David Commentaries on the law of Scotland respecting trial for crimes. Edinburgh, 1800, 4to, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened (3)
Burns, Robert Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: for the author, 1787, 8vo, second (first Edinburgh) edition, with "Boxburgh" on p. xxxvii and "stinking" on p. 263, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-title, list of subscribers, nineteenth century blue morocco gilt, g.e., with autographed phrase "for ae that" on slip of paper pasted in at head of frontispiece, foot of frontispiece and title with manuscript notes in ink relating to Burnse life, spine slightly rubbed
Dickens, Charles The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman & Hall, 1839, first edition in book form, engraved portrait and 39 plates, contemporary half calf, spotted, rubbed, joints splitting; Ibid The mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman & Hall, 1870, first edition, engraved title, portrait & 12 plates, early cloth, slightly rubbed; Ibid The cricket on the hearth. for the author, 1846, 12mo, additional title and frontispiece, original cloth, rubbed and somewhat soiled; Ibid The battle of life. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846, first edition, fourth issue, 12mo, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, upper joint fraying; Ibid Our mutual friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, 40 plates, contemporary half calf (not uniform), rubbed; Ibid Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857, first edition in book form, additional etched title and 39 plates, contemporary half calf, spotted, slightly rubbed; and volumes 1-2 only of Master Humphreyes Clock (9)
Hardy, Thomas Far from the madding crowd. New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1874. First American edition, 8vo, published in the ÔLeisure Hour Seriese, frontispiece and 11 plates, original cream cloth lettered and decorated in black, red advertising endpapers dated 2 April 1875, collectores cloth folding box, light spotting to title-page, traces of label removed from verso of title, binding somewhat soiled, some wear to extremities Note: Purdy, pp.17-18 The first American edition of Far From the Madding Crowd "has sometimes been described as the true first edition of the novel, but the claim to priority rests solely on the evidence of advertising endpapers, dated in a few instances 17 November" (Purdy). The novel was first published in England on 23 November 1874, having been first printed anonymously in the Cornhill Magazine from January to December 1874.
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