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Click here to subscribeHolder Charles Frederick. Big Game at Sea first edition Hodder & Stoughton London 1909. Pictorial green cloth black and white illustrations octavo; Walker C.F. Brown Trout and Dry Fly first edition Seeley Service & Co. London 1955. Brown cloth dustjacket black and white plate illustrations octavo; and assorted other works of fishing interest
Sedgwick Noel et al. (editors) The New Wildfowler second impression Jenkins London 1963. Blue cloth dustjacket illustrations octavo; Martin Brian P. The Glorious Grouse: A Natural and Unnatural History first edition David & Charles Newton Abbot 1990. Maroon boards dustjacket black and white illustrations octavo; and assorted other works including further titles of shooting interest
Whitehead G. Kenneth. (editor) The Deer Stalking Grounds of Great Britain and Ireland first edition Hollis & Carter London 1960. Green cloth illustrated octavo; Whitehead G. Kenneth. The Deer of Great Britain and Ireland first edition Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1964. Maroon cloth dustjacket plate illustrations octavo; and assorted other works of related interest
Stanley Henry M. In Darkest Africa; or The Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria two volumes first edition Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington London 1890. Pictorial maroon cloth gilt woodcut illustrations maps octavo (volume one with loose lower board; both shaken and sold with all faults); and Selous Frederick Courteney. Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa third edition Ward London 1893. Pictorial tan cloth gilt illustrations folding colour map four page publisher’s catalogue octavo (covers with damp damaged fore edges; lower hinge tender) (3)
MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A History of British Birds… second edition. London: George Bell & Sons, 1870. 4 vols., 8vo (242 x 160mm.) 347 coloured plates only (of 365). (First and last few leaves to each vol. spotted, occasional other spotting, vol. IV lacking nine leaves of text.) Contemporary half-calf (spines slightly faded and rubbed). Note: this set is uniformly bound with lots 3140 and 3141.
SPEKE, John Hanning. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First edition, 8vo (212 x 130mm.) Numerous plates and illustrations. (Lacking maps, some spotting and light creasing.) Modern red morocco. Provenance: Julius Jeppe (ink-stamp to title page).
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: 1837. First edition in book form, 8vo (212 x 127mm.) Engraved frontispiece, additional decorative title and 41 plates, all after ‘Phiz’ [Hablot Knight Browne]. (Plates browned as usual.) Contemporary half-morocco (scuffed, hinges splitting).
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, 8vo (214 x 135mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece and 39 plates after ‘Phiz’ [Hablot Knight Browne]. (Plates browned as usual, some light browning or spotting to text leaves.) Contemporary half-calf (extremities and spine rubbed). – And twenty other works by Dickens, including a few other first editions (21).
DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition in book form, 8vo (211 x 129mm.) Additional engraved title and 38 plates after H.K. Browne. (Some offsetting.) Contemporary calf, the covers tooled in gilt and blind, the spine gilt, g.e. (spine slightly faded). – And five other works by Charles Dickens (6).
DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition bound from original parts, 8vo (212 x 135mm.) Portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title and 12 wood-engraved plates after S.L. Fildes. (Some light spotting or browning.) Contemporary half-calf, upper cover of one original blue paper-wrapper bound-in. – And three other works by Dickens, all first editions in six vols. (7).
ASHFORD, Daisy. The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteenas Plan… with a preface by J.M. Barrie. London: 1919. First edition, 8vo (168 x 116mm.) (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth-backed marbled boards, dust-jacket illustrated after a design by Norman Wilkinson (extremities slightly scuffed, nicks to dust-jacket).
FOLIO SOCIETY (publishers). – William SHAKESPEARE. The Norton Facsimile, the First Folio… second edition with a new introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney. London & New York: 1996. Limited ‘Folio Society Edition’ of 1000 copies, this number 467, folio (348 x 230mm.) Original black half-morocco, t.e.g., contained within original slipcase.
Wood, Casey A. & Fyfe, F. Marjorie (translators and editors) The Art of Falconry, being the De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus [reprint of the first complete English edition of 1943 of this famous book together with many drawings, facsimiles and photographs, Boston, London, Charles T. Branford Company, Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press,1955, thick 4to, pale green cloth covered boards, gilt, spine faded; Mavrogordato, J., A Falcon in the Field, A Treatise on the Training and Flying of Falcons, Being a Companion Volume and Sequel to A Hawk for the Bush: London, Knightly Vernon, 1966, royal 8vo, 123 pages illustrated with 12 tissue guarded full page colour plates, 3 pages of black and white figures, and 12 pages of black and white hood designs fine yellow cloth covered boards, green titles, dustwrapper fine and unclipped with three other birds of prey titles (6)
A SET OF FOUR LIMITED EDITION (6/125) HAND SIGNED WOOD ENGRAVED POEMS, 'The Fire Gaze' by Seamus Heaney, 'First Spring Dawn' by Jenny Joseph, 'Water' by Lawrence Sail and 'The Three Winds' by Laurie Lee printed for the Friends of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature 1989, the wood engraving by Hellmuth Weissenborn, framed (4)
Various Thomas the Tank Engine books by Rev. W. Awdry, published by Edmund Ward: Gordon The Big Engine, published 1953 First Edition, Thomas the Tank Engine, published 1953, 12th Edition, The Three Railway Engines published 1952, 12th Edition, Edward the Blue Engine published 1954, 1st Edition, Four Little Engines published 1955 1st Edition, Percy the Small Engine published 1956 1st Edition, Toby the Tram Engine published September 1952, 3rd Edition, Henry the Green Engine, published 1952, 2nd Impression, Troublesome Engines published 1952 3rd Edition, Tank Engine Thomas Again, published 1951, 4th Edition; and James the Red Engine published 1952 7th Edition
"The Apostolici of The History of the Lives, Acts and Deaths and Martyrdoms of those who were contemporary with, or immediately succeeded by, the Apostles As Alpho The Moft Eminent The Primitive Fathers of the Fithft 300 Years to which is added a chronology of the First Ages of the Church by William Cave, the 4th Edition Corrected. Dated 1716"
GRAFSTROM (A.) AND FORSSELL (C.) UNE ANNEE ET SUEDE, OU TABLEAUX DES COSTUMES, MOEURS ET USAGES DES PAYANS DE LA SUEDE, SUIVIS DES SITES ET MONUMENS HISTORIQUES LES PLUS REMARQUABLES, hand coloured title, music 1f, 48 hand coloured etched plates, contemporary maroon morocco, extra gilt spine, 4to, Stockholm, 1836. * Colas, 1281. * A fine copy of the first French edition.
LE HAY (AND CHARLES DE FERRIOL) [RECEUIL DE CENT ESTAMPES] [PART TWO] EXPLICATION DES CENT ESTAMPES QUI REPRESENMENT DIFFERENTES NATIONS DU LEVANT, 2nd edition, engraved 1f of music, 100 of 102 copper engraved plates only, including 2 un-numbered, contemporary calf, neatly re-backed, retaining the morocco label, folio, Paris, 1715. * Colas, 1820. * Lacks the engraved title to the first part of the work with text pages i-ii being 'Anecdotes de L'Ambassde', also plates 45 and 51. One of the 'great' early plate books depicting every conceivable character from the Ottoman Empire.
MILNE (A. A.) THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, first edition, original pink cloth, pictorial gilt, 8vo, 1928; Winnie-The-Pooh, 7th edition, original green cloth, pictorial gilt, 8vo, 1928; When We Were Very Young, 5th edition, original blue cloth, pictorial gilt, 8vo, 1924; Now We Are SIx, 2nd edition, spine cracked, original red cloth, pictorial gilt, 8vo, 1927 (4).
POTTER (BEATRIX) THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, a new printing from the original line-blocks, made for the first private edition of 1901, introduced by Maurice Sendak, 34 numbered sheets in printed paper folders, with 24 page introductory booklet, in original fold-over cloth presentation box, limited edition of 250 signed copies, 1995. * Mint condition.
After Pablo Picasso- 'Femme dans un Fauteuil et Guitariste', 'Femme Couchee et Homme a la Guitare', 'Picador et Toreo' and 'Picador et Taureau', originally publ. 1958-60, these examples from a later edition; linocuts printed in colours, 31.7x37.5cm., ea., (4), (unframed). The first edition of 45 linocuts were exhibited at Galerie Louise Leris and the Hanover Gallery in 1960
Carter (Susanna). The Frugal Housewife; or, Complete Woman Cook Wherein the Art of Dressing all Sorts of Viands is Explained in Five Hundred Approved Receipts, together with the Best Methods of Making of English Wines, printed for J. Harris and B. Crosby & Co., [1804?], two eng. plts., twelve table settings in letterpress, corners frayed to first & last pages, orig. printed wrapper to rear only (dust-soiled & marked), 12mo in 6's, contained in modern purpose-made book box This edition unrecorded, but appears to be a later edition of Maclean p.23, Bitting p.78-79, Cagle 594. (1)
The Cookmaid's Complete Guide, and The Art of Cookery Made Easy: being the best and easiest methods of correctly fulfilling all the duties of the cookmaid in respectable families. With proper instructions for steaming; and the most exact directions for preparing to cook, and for cooking, and serving-up, all sorts of provisions , the whole written from experience, by a Lady, pub. Thos. Dean and Co., c. 1847, b&w wood eng. frontis., xxxii + 173 pp., a few minor marks, pubs. ad. to front pastedown, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded to spine and extrems., 12mo Not listed in Bitting, Maclean, Oxford, or Cagle. The preface is dated February 1847. This copy would appear to be the first edition. (1)
Accomplished Lady's Delight in Cookery; or, the Complete Servant-Maid's Guide, Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow-Lane, London, c.1780, 24pp., crude woodcut of servant-maid and gentlemen diners to title, somewhat soiled, and frayed at top edge and inner margin with some loss of lettering to imprint details and first line of title, first leaf of text and a few page numbers, sewn as issued, 12mo, contained in cloth folder within cloth solander box with leather label to upper cover Rare. This edition not in ESTC which lists only a Wolverhampton printing also of c.1780. Virginia Maclean, 'A Short-title Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books', 1701-1800, p.3, locates one copy (British Library) of the Wolverhampton edition only. (1)
Eales (Mary). Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts. Confectioner to her late Majesty Queen Anne, printed for J. Brindley, 2nd ed., 1733, title-page soiled, and with early ms. signature, some marginal marks and foxing, single early ms. leaf with recipes on each side bound in at rear, modern qtr. calf, 8vo Bitting 139; Cagle 660; Maclean, p.40; Oxford, p.55. The first edition was published in 1718. (1)
Gouffe (Jules). The Royal Book of Pastry and Confectionery (Le Livre de Patisserie). Translated from the French and Adapted to English Use, by Alphonse Gouffe, 1874, half-title present, ten chromos., advert leaf to rear, wood engravings to text, cracking to upper inner hinge, orig. gilt dec. cloth, sl. rubbed, large 8vo The first English edition (see Bitting, p. 195). See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Henderson (William Augustus). The Housekeeper's Instructor, or Universal Family Cook, being an Ample and Clear Display of the Art of Cookery in all its Various Branches, 1st ed., W. & J. Stratford, c.1790, eng. frontis. of working kitchen, eleven eng. plts incl. two folding, index and list of subscribers at rear, occasional light spotting, contemp. sheep, rubbed, joints cracked, some wear to spine ends and corners, 8vo Possibly in the first issue state (preceding Cagle's 3rd issue copy), with uncorrected error ("Explaning") on line 22 of title, "No.112" in imprint, and the complete absence of the line "Management of the Kitchen and Fruit-Garden", which does appear in subsequent issues of the first edition. (1)
Robertson (Hannah). The Young Ladies School of Arts, containing A great Variety of practical Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Cakes, Puddings, Cordials etc., 1st ed., Edinburgh, printed by Wal. Ruddiman junior, for Mrs Robertson, 1766, some minor soiling, mostly to first few leaves, contemp. quarter calf, somewhat worn with joints partly cracked, rear cover with lower outer corner missing, in modern cloth book-box, small 8vo Rare. Not in Simon or Vicaire. Bitting and Oxford list the second edition oly. Maclean, Short-title Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books 1701-1800 (1981) records no copy in the UK (although the National Library of Scotland and the British Library have since acquired copies) and only two copies in America. (1)
Williams (J., publisher). Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades: or, Approved Directions, from the best Artists Containing Upwards of One Thousand Approved Receipts Relative to Arts and Trades, 1st Irish ed., pub. Dublin, 1778, early ms. receipt for counterfeit gold bound in at rear, hinges split, contemp. calf, spine rubbed and cracked, with sl. loss at ends, 12mo The rare Dublin edition of a translation of a French work originally published, and possibly written by, Claude Jombert, in Paris in 1714, entitled "Secrets Concernant les Arts et Métiers", and first published in English in 1775. Instructions for the preparation and use of colours, dyes, varnishes, sizes, inks, for manufacturing paste jewellery, wine, vinegar, confectionary, snuff, and with a long section on engraving, and directions for the manufacture of marbled paper, etc. (1)
[Audot, L. E.]. La Cuisiniere de la Campagne et de la Ville, ou nouvelle cuisine économique; contenant: Almanach des Gourmands; indication des Jours maigres. Table des mets selon l'ordre du service. Ustensiles, instruments et procédés nouveaux, avec figures. Service de la table par les domestiques, avec figures. Manière de servir et de découper à la table, avec figures. Cuisines Française, Anglaise, Allemande, Flamande, Polonaise, Russe, Espagnole, Provençale, Languedocienne, Italienne et Gothique, au nombre de 1,300 recettes, d'une exécution simple et facile. Divers moyens et recettes d'économie domestique, de conservation des viandes, poissons, légumes, fruits, oeufs, etc., etc. Article détaillé sur la Pâtisserie, avec figures. Moyen facile de faire les glaces, Des caves, des vins et des soins qu'ils exigent. Propriétés sanitaires et digestives des aliments. Table des mets par ordre alphabétique, 30th ed., Paris, 1851, col. frontis. of two decorated salad plates, browned, illusts. to text, some browning throughout, three pages of ms recipes on front free endpapers, two pages with old marginal repairs, contemp. half calf, boards rubbed The first edition of this most popular treatise on French Cookery was issued in 1818. Bitting 20; Vicaire 54/55. (1)
Chaptal (Jean-Antoine-Claude). L'Art de Faire, Gouverner, et Perfectionner les Vins, edition originale, seule avouée par l'Auteur, 1st separate ed., Paris, 1801, bound with Charpentier de Cossigny (Joseph Francois), Observations sur l'Art de Faire de Vin, 1st ed., Paris, 1807, half-title, title, + 196 pp.; half-title, title, 16 + 107 pp., some very light marginal foxing, contemp. half calf, modern reback, 8vo See Cagle, A Matter of Taste, 132. The important first appearance of Chaptal's important essay on improving the wine yield by adding sugar to the fermentation process, which became known as 'Chaptalisation'. This essay was included in the second volume of his Traité sur la Culture de la Vigne of the same year. This copy is the second issue of this edition, with the change in the publisher's address from 29 to 38 Quai des Augustins, and is bound with a printed response to Chaptal's proposal by Charpentier de Cossigny. (1)
[Glasse, Hannah]. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which far excels any Thing of the Kind yet published In which are included, One Hundred and Fifty new and useful Receipts, not inserted in any former Edition. With a copious Index. New edition. With all the modern Improvements; And also the Order of a Bill of Fare for each Month; the Dishes arranged on the Table in the most fashionable Style, London, 1796, mod. half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, 8vo The first edition of this most famous eighteenth century English cookery book was issued in 1747. - Hannah Glasse's printed signature on B1. Simon 771. Bitting 186ff. (1)
[Hughes, William] Fish, How to Choose and How to Dress. By Piscator, author of "The Practical Angler," etc., 1st ed., London, 1843, original gilt decorated glossy paper covered boards, rubbed, 8vo First edition of a work which eleven years later appeared again under the title 'A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish'. (1)
Macdonald (Duncan). The New London Family Cook: Or, Town and Country Housekeeper's Guide. Comprehending Directions for Marketing, With illustrative Plates, on a principle entirely new; General Observations, and Bills of Fare for every Week in the Year; Practical Instructions for Preparing Soups, Broths, Gravies, Sauces, and Made Dishes; and for Dressing Fish, Venison, Hares, Butcher's Meat, Poultry, Game, &c. in all their Varieties. With the respective Branches of Pastry and Confectionary, the Art of Potting, Pickling, Preserving, &c. Cookery for the Sick, and for the Poor; Directions for Carving: and an Appendix, Containing general Directions for Servants relative to the Cleaning of Household Furniture, Floor-Cloths, Stoves, Marble, Chimney-Pieces, &c Forming in the whole a most complete Family Instructor, 1st ed., London, Albion Press for James Cundee, 1808, engraved frontis., four copper plt. engs. of table settings, six copper plt. engs. illustrating the art of carving, ms. annotations and ownership inscriptions to endpapers, some minor soiling and marks, recent qtr. calf gilt, 8vo This is the true first edition, complete with the later omitted four pages of 'Family Tradesmen's Directory'. "Oxford, Bitting and MacLean date the first edition 'c. 1800' incorrectly. This is the first edition, dated 1808, and including 2 leaves of recommended London suppliers at pp605-08. The undated, probably second edition (1809) omits these pages and drops the paragraph in the Introductions referring to it. The first edition has copper engraved plates, in later editions they are wood-engraved" (John Lyle). (1)
[Massialot, François]. Nouvelle Instruction Pour les Confitures, Les Liqueuers et les Fruits. Avec la maniere de bien ordonner un Dessert, & tout le reste qui est du Devoir des Maîtres d'Hôtels, Sommeliers, Confiseurs, & autres Officiers de bouche. Suite du Cuisinier Roial & Bourgeois. Egalement utile dans les Familles, pour sçavoir ce qu'on sert de plus à la mode dans les Repas, & en d'autres occasions, 1st ed., Paris, 1692, folding plate of table settings for desserts, two woodcut illustrations in the text, full contemp. calf, hinges sl. cracked, 8vo. Bookplate Jean-Paul Lacombe. Massialot, born 1660 in Limoges, served as cook for the Dukes of Orléans, Chartres and Aumont, and was first chef for Louis XIV. A pirated edition with the same printer and date is known, but with a different collation and no plate. Vicaire 454; Horn/Arndt 169. (1)
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