Dickens (Charles). A Christmas Carol, in Prose, being A Ghost Story of Christmas, with illustrations by John Leech, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1843, half-title and title verso printed in blue, title printed in red and blue, 'Stave I' at head of first chapter, four hand-col. eng. plts. (lightly browned), no pubs. ad. leaf at rear, uncorrected text throughout, t.e.g., 20th c. maroon crushed morocco by Worsfold, with orig. red cloth from spine and upper cover of a later edition bound in at rear, spine with gilt rope roll decorated raised bands bewteen dotted rolls, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder with central flower toll and volute cornerpieces, covers sl. rubbed in places, with gilt triple fillet border, double fillet on board edges, gilt dec. turn-ins, sm. 8vo. Smith II, 4. (1)
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![Howard (Brian, 1905-1958). First Poems, [God Save the King and Other Poems], author's original manuscript, [1930], title pag](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2714160/20-65-10729_468x382.jpg)
Howard (Brian, 1905-1958). First Poems, [God Save the King and Other Poems], author's original manuscript, [1930], title page with 'First Poems. Brian Howard', in author's holograph with small heart drawn in ink beneath and a pasted-in magazine headline 'Vive la Vie!' below, 4-line quote from Rimbaud to title verso, followed by eighteen poems in the author's holograph on thirty-seven pages, using blue, red and turquoise ink, numerous corrections and deletions, markings for verse intervals, some amendments including title changes in pencil, poems usually with composition place and date (1925-1930) at foot, final 7 pp. blank, small ink stain to fore-margin of a few leaves, pages uncut, orig. patterned wrappers with repeating abstract design in red, large heart outline drawn by Howard to upper cover in blue ink, partly soiled and faded, spine largely perished and upper cover det., large slim vo. Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard was born of American parents at Winkworth, Hascombe, Surrey. In 1918 he went to Eton and became friends with Harold Acton, and it was there that he began to write and publish poetry with encouragement from Harold Acton and Edith Sitwell. He started at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1923 where he joined the Hypocrites, a group whose members included Evelyn Waugh, L.P. Hartley, Lord David Cecil, Harold Acton and Anthony Powell. Later in the 1920s, he met W.H. Auden with whom he became a close friend and who echoed Lady Caroline Lamb's words for Lord Byron in describing Brian Howard as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'. Between 1930 and 1947 Howard produced over seventy articles for the 'New Statesman'. During the 1930s he drifted around Europe and had affairs with various young men. He was often drunk throughout his adult life and alcohol, along with drugs, became a problem during his thirties. After the War he continued to write book reviews. In the 1950s his health failed through alcohol dependency and drugs. In January 1958 Howard's lover, Sam, died accidentally of asphyxiation from fumes from a gas heater while they were living together in Nice. Four days later Brian Howard killed himself by taking an overdose of sedatives. He had failed to fulfil his early promise as a poet and published little. His importance arises more from the influence he had on his contemporaries who found his openly homosexual and flamboyant lifestlye an inspiration. He was partly the inspiration for Cedric Hampton in Nancy Mitford's 'Love in a Cold Climate', and largely inspired Evelyn Waugh's characters Ambrose Silk in 'Put Out More Flags' and Anthony Blanche in 'Brideshead Revisited'. The manuscript here appears to be the author's final manuscript draft used for the publication 'God Save the King', his first and only book, which was published in an edition of 150 copies in 1931 by Nancy Cunard at the Hours Press in Paris. Provenance: The manuscript is accompanied by an autograph letter, dated 8th November 2006, from Dorothea Farquhar, 'Dear Mr Pinnington, I enclose the Brian Howard manuscript. For the record, I inherited it from Jenny Macdonell who was Howard's mother's God-daughter. Jenny Macdonell's mother is mentioned in Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster's biography ['Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure', 1968]'. (1)
Doves Press. Cornelii Taciti De Vita et Moribus Julii Agricolae Liber, 1900, untrimmed, inscribed on prelim. blank 'To Robert Proctor from Emery Walker January 31. 1901', bookplate of Robert Proctor, orig. limp vellum, gilt lettered to spine, slim 4to. Limited edition of 230 copies. The first book produced by the Doves Press, inscribed by one of the Press founders, Emery Walker, to Robert Proctor, and with an ALS from Walker to Proctor loosely inserted, concerning Proctor's order for the book. (1)
![Clarke (Harry, illust.). Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe, Harrap, [1923], eight mounted col. plts., twe](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2714160/90-65-10729_468x382.jpg)
Clarke (Harry, illust.). Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe, Harrap, [1923], eight mounted col. plts., twenty-four b & w plts., letterpress illusts. and decs., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed (sl. foxed), orig. black cloth gilt, lower corners bumped, printed pictorial label mounted to upper cover, 4to. The first edition with coloured plates. (1)
Linton (Sir James D., illust.). Shakespeare's Comedy of The Merchant of Venice, [c. 1910], edition de luxe, 40/500 copies, signed by the artist, thirty-six tipped-in coloured plates with captioned tissue guards, orig. vellum, lettered and blocked in gilt, silk ties, t.e.g., others untrimmed, 4to, together with the first trade edition of the same title, bound in orig. green cloth, gilt, royal 8vo (2)
Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 38th ed., Methuen, 1931, b & w illusts. and pictorial endpapers by E.H. Shepard, half-title present, 8pp. pubs. ads. at rear, prelim. blank torn out, neat ms. signature to front free endpaper, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, extrems. rubbed, damp-stain to lower cover, 8vo, (the first edition to be illustrated by E.H. Shepard), together with Milne (A.A.), Toad of Toad Hall, A Play from Kenneth Grahame's Book 'The Wind in the Willows', 1st ed., 1929, half-title present, 8pp. pubs. ads. at rear, free endpapers browned, contemp. ms. inscription to front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, spine darkened and sl. rubbed, 8vo, plus ten others A.A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame interest (12)
Banks (Iain). The Wasp Factory, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1984, orig. cloth in d.j., signed by the author to title, together with The Whit, 1st ed., 1995, & Excession, 1st ed., 1996, both orig. cloth in d.j.s, each signed by the author to title, the second title additionally inscribed 'From Wasp to Waterboy', plus Walking on Glass, 1st ed., 1985, orig. cloth in d.j., and another copy of the first edition of The Wasp Factory with front free endpaper excised, in price-clipped d.j., all 8vo (5)
Clarke (Arthur C.). Interplanetary Flight, An Introduction to Astronautics, 1st ed., Temple Press, 1950, orig. cloth in d.j., sl. chipped at spine ends, 8vo, together with The Sands of Mars, 1st ed., 1951; Prelude to Space, 1st UK ed., 1953, both Sidgwick & Jackson, both orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j.s, edges chipped, 8vo, and Rendezvous with Rama, 1st ed., Gollancz, 1973, orig. cloth in d.j., very sl. faded at spine, vo. 'Interplanetary Flight' is Clarke's first book. 'The Sands of Mars' and 'Prelude to Space' are his first two science fiction novels, the latter having textual revisions from the Galaxy paperback edition.. (4)
Harris (Frank). The Bomb, published by the Author, New York, 1920, b & w plts., several leaves with closed tears, mostly to lower blank margin, upper hinge split, lacking rear free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, spine darkened and rubbed, 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'To dearest Paddy from "Pat" the author Frank Harris who loves her dearly June 1920'. Frank Harris was one of the most infamous characters of the late 19th and early 20th century. He made his name as a journalist and author, and was a key figure of the literary and political scene. He was a friend to both Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, and amongst many others he also knew H.G. Wells, Max Beerbohm, Winston Churchill, Aleister Crowley, George Moore and Arnold Bennett. He was notably outspoken and candid, which did not suit the tenor of the times, but it was the publication of his autobiography in 1922 'My Life and Loves' which finally destroyed his reputation. This work immediately scandalised the society of his day with its unshrinking depiction of sexual matters. 'The Bomb', Harris's first novel, is set among the anarchist victims of the events surrounding Chicago's Haymarket Square bombing of 1886. It evoked a chorus of praise amongst reviewers, for example, 'The Times': "'The Bomb' is highly charged with an explosive blend of Socialistic and Anarchistic matter, wrapped in a gruesome coating of 'exciting' fiction... Mr. Harris has a real power of realistic narrative... The tense directness of his style, never deviating into verbiage, undoubtedly keeps the reader at grips with the story and the characters." First published in 1908, this edition was a small print run published by the author. (1)
Lawrence (David Herbert). Apocalypse (Lungarno Series no. 6), 1st ed., Florence, 1931, port. frontis., partly uncut, orig. red boards with black phoenix motif to upper cover and leather label to spine, in orig. green d.j., somewhat faded and spine lightly darkened with small waterstain towards head, one or two small chips and sl. tears, 8vo (Roberts A57), together with The Man who Died, 1st ed., 1931, (three copies), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. buckram gilt in frayed and torn d.j.s, tall 8vo, each printed in a limited edition of 2000 copies, plus Assorted Articles, 1st ed., 1930, orig. maroon cloth gilt in d.j., a little rubbed to extrems. and two others (Pornography and Obscenity, Criterion Miscellany No. 5, 1st ed., 1929 & The Ladybird, The Fox: The Captain's Doll, 1st ed., 1923, first title in orig. printed wrappers, sewn as issued, in clean condition, the second work with a little foxing to prelims., binding rubbed and marked, all 8vo (7)
Murdoch (Iris). The Existentialist Political Myth, foreword by Robin Waterfield, Delos Press, 1989, orig. printed wrappers, cloth slipcase, 8vo, together with nine others by Murdoch. First item limited edition 42/225 signed by Iris Murdoch, the first 45 copies being signed by the author. (10)
Orwell (George). Animal Farm, A Fairy Story, 1st ed., 1945, orig. green cloth, spine lettered in white, in d.j., printed in grey and green, with Search Light Books motif printed in red to verso, a few minor marks and a little rubbed to extrems. with minor fraying to extreme corners (generally without loss), overall a very good copy, vo. Fenwick A10a. The first edition of 4,500 copies was delayed from May to August 1945, but was an immediate success, requiring a reprint of 10,000 copies. The story of its rejection by Faber & Faber, and several other publishers, although praised by T. S. Eliot, as "a distinguished piece of writing" is well-known. A very good copy of the first edition, first impression of this work. (1)
Churchill (Winston S.). Savrola, A Tale of the Revolution Laurania, 1st English ed., Longmans, 1900, half-title, ad. leaf at rear, minor spotting, small oval ownership name blindstamped to half title, hinges cracked, orig. blue-green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, and minor fraying at head of joints, 8vo. Woods A3(b). Only 1500 copies of the first English edition were printed. (1)
![Churchill (Winston S.). The Peoples Rights, 1st ed., first issue, [1910], paper sl. brown and brittle, chipped at corners at](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2714201/503-66-10729_468x382.jpg)
Churchill (Winston S.). The Peoples Rights, 1st ed., first issue, [1910], paper sl. brown and brittle, chipped at corners at front and rear, with small losses not affecting text, orig. printed yellow wrappers, some wear and small loss to upper outer corner of upper wrapper, contained in purpose-made cloth wallet, 8vo. Woods A16. A cloth-bound edition was published simultaneously and both have second issues with the Index deleted and a second Appendix inserted in its place. (1)
Churchill (Winston S.). My Early Life, a Roving Commmission, 1st ed., 1930, b&w plts., t.e.g., modern red half calf gilt by Georges, Bristol, together with another copy of the first edition in orig. cloth, spine faded and nicked at head, plus London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, new impression, 1900, maps and plans including folding frontis., some spotting and a few minor sribbles, orig. pict. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, a little frayed at spine ends, plus Marlborough, His Life and Times, 1st eds., 1933-38, b&w plts. including some folding, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and faded, plus other books by and relating to Churchill and his family (3 shelves)
![Bible [Hebrew]. Biblia Hebraica, ex Aliquot Manuscriptis et Compluribus Impressis Codicibus, Item Masora Tam Edita, Quam Man](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2714201/522-66-10729_468x382.jpg)
Bible [Hebrew]. Biblia Hebraica, ex Aliquot Manuscriptis et Compluribus Impressis Codicibus, Item Masora Tam Edita, Quam Manuscripta..., Selectae Variantes Lectiones Subiiciuntur: Cura ac Studio D.Io. Heinr. Michaelis, 2 vols., Halae Magdeburgicae, 1720, vol. 1 with eng. frontis. and title printed in red & black, contemp. gilt dec. panelled vellum, gilt arabesque to each board, slightly marked, 4to. The first attempt at a critical edition, issued in 4to, 8vo & folio. Darlow and Moule 5144. (2)
Bible. Italian. La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta in lingua Italiana, e commentata da Giovanni Diodati. Seconda Editione, migliorata, ed accresciuta. Con laggiunta deSacri Salmi, messi in rime per lo medesimo, Stampata in Geneva per Pietro Chou‘t, 1641, additional engraved title-page dated 1640, woodcut device on the printed title-page, integral blank Aaaab present, some light soiling and staining, but generally in good state, in an early 19th century English full calf binding, spine gilt, a little rubbed, joints cracked, a.e.g., folio. The second edition of Diodatis Bible, revised, and with the commentary enlarged. First published in 1607, Diodatis version, in its modern form, remains the official Bible of Italian Protestants. D. and M. 5600. (1)
Florian (Jean Pierre Claris de). William Tell, or, Swisserland Delivered ..., a posthumous work, to which is prefixed, The Life of the Author, by Jauffret, translated from the French by William B. Hewetson, 1st English edition, pub. Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1809, half title, eng. frontis., heavily spotted and lightly offset to title, 3 pp., pubs. ads. at rear, contemp. calf, worn, upper cover det. and lower cover def., 12mo. Rare, first full English translation. (1)
La Fontaine (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, chez Henry Desbordes, 1685, text soiled, sl. worming at the end, contemp. calf, spine gilt, rubbed, 12mo. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711) contributed, anonymously, the Dissertation sur la Joconde, found at the end of the first vol., on pages 181-206, His signature is here supplied at the end of the Dissertation, which first appeared in an edition of 1669. (1)
Horrocks (Jeremiah). Opera Posthuma; viz. Astronomia Kepleriana, Defensa & Promota. Excerpta ex Epistolis ad Crabtraeum suum. Observationum Coelestium Catalogus. Lunae Theoria Nova. Accedunt Guilielmi Crabtraei... Observationes Coelestes. Quibus Accesserunt, Johannis Flamstedii... De Temporis Aequatione Diatriba. Numeri ad Lunae Theoriam Horroccianam. [Edited by John Wallis], Londini, prostant venales apud Mosem Pitt, 1678, woodcut diags. in the text, errata leaf present at the end, lacks the two folding plts., text browned throughout, some soiling, recent pencil scoring, patterned indelible stencil at the foot of the title-page, contemp. vellum, soiled, small 4to. Horrocks was the first astronomer of note to accept the correctness of Keplers planetary laws and his physical theories. In this book, on which he was working when he died in 1641, Horrocks provides an accurate formulation of Keplers first and third laws, and a qualitative formulation of the second. First published in 1673, this second edition includes the Exercitationes Tres of John Wallis, separately paginated, at the end. Wing H.2869. (1)
Quincy (John). Medicina Statica: Being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius, Translated into English with Large Explanations, To which is added Dr. Keils Medicina Satica Britannica, with Comparative Remarks, and Explanations. As also Medico-Physical Essays..., 2nd ed., 1720, eng. frontis., folding eng. plt., contemp. panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo. This edition is the first to contain Quincys Medico-Physical Essays. (1)
Aringhi (Paolo). Roma Subterranea Novissima, 2 vols., Rome, Blasio Diversini & Zanobio Masotti, 1651, half-title and additional engraved title (by Baronio) to each vol., printed titles in red and black with large engraved vign., 224 engraved plates in all, mostly full-page, including six folding, woodcut illusts. to text, etc., occn. minor stains and some foxing to margins, one or two plates loose, and one or two text leaves creased, contemp. stained vellum, worn with backstrips partly deficient, covers to first vol. detached, folio. First edition of the latin translation of Antonio Bosios Italian text (first published in 1632), edited by the scholar Paolo Aringhi. Antonio Bosio (1576-1629), known as the father of Christian archaeology, spent most of his life exploring the catacombs of Rome, much of which has since deteriorated or been destroyed. (1)
Milne (A.A.). When We Were Very Young, Methuen, 1974, illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine a little sunned, 8vo. De luxe reissue for the 50th anniversary of the first edition in 1924, limited edition 154/300, signed by Christopher Milne. (1)
Baedeker (Karl). Egypt. Handbook for Travellers, 4th ed., 1898, folding maps and plans, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, together with Rome and Central Italy, 16th ed., 1930, folding maps and plans, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine (Hinrichsen E158. The last edition of this title in English - gives a last glance of Mussolinis Rome), plus London and its Environs, 16th ed., 1911, folding maps and plans, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and two short closed tears at head of spine, and Tyrol and the Dolomites, including the Bavarian Alps, 13th ed., 1927, folding maps and plans, several panoramas, orig. cloth gilt in slightly soiled and chipped d.j. (Himrichsen E54. First and only edition of this title in English), with a further thirty-three Baedeker european guides and approx. thirty misc. guides (a carton)
Baedeker (Karl). The Mediterranean. Seaports and Sea Routes including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Handbook for Travellers, 2 copies, 1911, folding maps and plans (first and only edition of this title and the only Baedeker in English containing a description of Constantinople), together with Egypt, 3rd, 5th & 7th eds., 1898, 1902 & 1914, folding maps and plans (5th ed. lacks title), plus Lower Egypt, 2nd & 3rd eds., 1885 & 1895, folding maps and plans (folding plan of Cairo in 3rd ed. repaired and tipped-in at rear) and Palestine and Syria, 3rd ed., 1898, folding maps and plans, folding panorama of Jerusalem, marginal dampstains, lacks front free endpaper, and Spain and Portugal, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th eds., 1898, 1901, 1908 & 1913, folding maps and plans, upper margin of front free endpaper in 3rd ed. torn away (with a defective dup. copy of 4th ed.), all orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear (13)
Beveridge (Henry). A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social, from the First Landing of the English, to the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt; Including an Outline of the Early History of Hindoostan, 3 vols., 1860-62, steel-eng. frontis. and addn. vign. title to each, several col. maps and plans, num. wood-engs. to text, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt in bright cond., thick 4to, together with Atkinson (George Francklin), Curry & Rice, On Forty Plates: Or, The Ingredients of Social Life at Our Station in India, 5th ed., 1911, forty col. illusts., some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. and blind-stamped cloth designed by M. Digby Wyatt, a trifle rubbed on spine, folio, plus Keene (H.G.), History of India from the Earliest Times to the End of the Nineteenth Century, 2 vols., new edition, 1906, several maps, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo (6)
Greirson (James). Saint Andrews as it was, and as it is; Being the Third Edition of Dr. Griersons Delineations, containing much Curious and Valuable Information Never Before Printed, pub. Joseph Cook, St. Andrews, 1849, twelve eng. plts. (one loose), a.e.g., orig. blind stamped cloth, gilt dec. spine, small 8vo, together with Votiva Tabella. A Memorial Volume of St. Andrews University in Connection with its Quincentenary Festival, 1411-1911, pub. 1911, half-title, col. frontis. of armorials, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. gilt dec. off-white cloth, 4to, plus Loveday (John), Diary of a Tour in 1732 Through Parts of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, made by John Loveday of Caversham, and now for the first time printed from a manuscript in the possession of his Great Grandson, John Edward Taylor Loveday, privately printed for the Roxburghe Club, Edinburgh, 1890, t.e.g., orig. qtr. morocco gilt, rubbed and somewhat scratched (75 copies printed), 4to, and others The first volume includes a brief history of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club, a list of medal holders and details of a gold medal presented to the Society of Golfers by William IV. (10)
DU MAURIER, Daphne. Rebecca. London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1938. First edition, 8vo (195 x 125mm.) Original cloth (slightly bumped), dust-jacket (dust-jacket faded with small tears to head and foot). Provenance: signed by the author to ‘Book Society’ Ex libris pasted to front free endpaper.
![FORESTER, C.S. The Happy Return. [London:] Michael Joseph Ltd., 1937. First edition, 8vo (186 x 119mm.) Original cloth, dust](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2715215/3151-36-10123_468x382.jpg)
FORESTER, C.S. The Happy Return. [London:] Michael Joseph Ltd., 1937. First edition, 8vo (186 x 119mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket printed in colour with a design after Rowland Hilder (dust-jacket with tears to top-edge with loss to head of spine). Provenance: signed by the author to half-title. Note: this is the first novel in the Hornblower series.
AUDEN, W.H. and Louis MACNEICE. Letters from Iceland. London: Faber & Faber, 1937. First edition, 8vo (215 x 132mm.) Occasional illustrations. Original green cloth (extremities bumped), dust-jacket (slightly discoloured, some nicks and small tears to edges and folds). Provenance: signed by Auden to front blank.
COUNTRY LIFE. – Geoffrey SPARROW. The Crawley & Horsham Hunt. London: [n.d.] Limited edition of 500 copies, this number 149 signed by the author, 4to (306 x 244mm.) Plates and illustrations. (First and last few leaves spotted.) Original vellum-backed cloth. (somewhat soiled and affected by damp). – And approx seventy others, on hunting, horses and country life, including works illustrated by Lionel Edwards, Cecil Aldin and others (71).
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, 8vo (213 x 124mm.) Engraved frontispiece, additional decorative title and 38 engraved plates, after ‘Phiz’. (Plates spotted as usual, some other light browning or soiling.) Near contemporary half-calf, spine gilt in five compartments with raised bands, red-morocco lettering piece in the second, the others with repeat decoration in gilt (spine chipped at head). – And seven other works in 8 vols., by Dickens (8).
HARDY, Thomas. Jude the Obscure. London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. First edition in book form, 8vo (200 x 130mm.) Etched frontispiece after H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map. Original cloth (extremities bumped, stitching loose). – And thirty-nine other works and a small collection of pamphlets, all by or on Thomas Hardy (a lot).
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS. – Noël COWARD. Present Indicative. London & Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1937. First edition, 8vo (220 x 137mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: signed by Coward to Book Society Ex-Libris label to front paste-down. – And a quantity of others, the majority modern first editions (a quantity).
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