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Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, first illustrated edition, plates after Paul Thiriat, captioned tissue-guards, note from the publisher acknowledging later publication date loose, this offset to half-title, black crushed morocco by Margaret Levy, matt black, white, brown, and cream onlays of top hat with gloves and walking stick with mounted brass knob, spine lightly faded, rubbing along joints, inner edge fillet with border heightened in white and gilt, silk moiré endpapers, g.e., preserved in board slip-case with morocco edges (rubbed), original wrappers bound in (with tear from edge), 4to, Paris, Charles Carrington, 1908 [but 1910].⁂ The first illustrated edition in French master binding with dandy-esque motif to upper cover.

America.- Ellis (Henry) A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California ... for Discovering a North West Passage, first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, 9 engraved plates, of which 5 folding, list of subscribers, previous owner's ink signature to title, one or two areas of marginal loss, expertly repaired, occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf for William Brown, Edinburgh, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 22312], 8vo, for H. Whitridge, 1748.

Slavery.- Wilberforce (William) A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, first edition, half-title, ex-Bedford College Library with their bookplate and occasional ink-stamps, scattered spotting, most to first and last few leaves, new endpapers, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, spotting, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1807.⁂ William Wilberforce (1759-1833), British politician and philanthropist headed the parliamentary campaign to end the British slave trade. The 'Slave Trade Act' was eventually passed in 1807.

Voyages.- Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (André) Voyage Historique, Littéraire et Pittoresque dans les Isles et Possessions ci'devant véntiennes du Levant, 4 vol. including Atlas, first edition, half-titles, 30 engraved plates and maps, all but 2 folding, scattered spotting, vol. 1 with previous owner's ink inscriptions, all but Atlas with bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, all but Atlas in contemporary tree calf, light rubbing to spines, Atlas in contemporary paper wrappers, rubbed, creasing and chipping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 722], 8vo & 4to, Paris, 1800.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861), English heiress and book collector. "This important and very detailed work describes the Ionian Islands shortly after their acquisition by the French. Grasset de Saint-Sauveur lived in the Ionian Islands from 1781 til 1798, latterly as a commissioner of commercial relations for Napoleon." (Blackmer).

Greenwood (C. & J.) Map of London made from an Actual Survey in the Years 1824, 1825 & 1826..., first edition, large scale detailed map of London, showing Kentish Town in the north, clockwise to the River Lea, Greenwich and Kensington, calligraphic cartouche, table of explanation, inset views of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral, dedication to George IV in the lower centre, engraving by James and Josiah Neele, an excellent richly inked impression with luminous contemporary hand-colouring, total sheet 1275 x 1870 mm (50 1/4 x 73 5/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, edged with green silk, minor surface dirt and browning in places, small handling crease to the lower right corner, folding with marbled endpapers, rubbed, folding into tree calf book-style slipcase, red label to spine, gilt, rubbing and scuffs, 8vo, [Howgego 309], George Pringle & Co., 1827⁂ Fine example of Greenwood's map of London, which took three years to complete.

Secret Speech denouncing Stalin.- Khrushchev (Nikita Sergeyevich) O Kulcie Jednostki I Jego Nastepstwach, first edition, first issue, title with tiny puncture mark (not affecting text), first f. with short tear into text without loss, occasional underlining in pencil or faint red pencil, original paper wrappers, ink-stamp '1794' to upper cover, spine with a few neat repairs, small loss to spine foot, 8vo, Warsaw, March 1956.⁂ Rare and important copy of the first issue of Khrushchev's speech, given to a closed session of Communist Party delegates on 25 Feburary 1956, in which he openly denounced the deceased dictator Joseph Stalin (who died in March 1953). "Khrushchev recalled Lenin's Testament, a long-suppressed document in which Vladimir Lenin had warned that Stalin was likely to abuse his power, and then he cited numerous instances of such excesses" (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online). This Polish translation of the speech was the only version that circulated during the Cold War, the official Russian text being unknown until its publication in 1989. The work appeared in two issues published in the same month, the first including the various interjections and ovations (eg pp. 30 and 31 "(poruszenie na sali)" [movement in the hall]).

Binding.- Bodoni.- Tasso (Torquato) Aminta, Favola Boschereccia, ora per la prima volta alla sua vera lezione ridotta, first Bodoni edition, one of only 50 copies on velin paper "Carta d'Anonnay", engraved portrait vignette and engraved coat-of-arms, later dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Thouvenin, outer broad border of arabesques and stylized flowers and acanthus leaves, in the four corners of the sides large pointille squares enclosing quatrefoil ornaments, inner narrow border of palmettes blind-tooled, large inner fan-shaped pointille corner pieces composed of arabesques, acanthus and leafy tools, in centres a large ornament with corresponding tools, spine with 5 raised double bands, the second compartment lettered in gilt, the others gilt with leafy tools on pointille background, doublures and endleaves of pink watered silk surrounded by gilt borders, g.e., preserved in silk-lined cloth drop-back box, [Brooks 379], 4to (binding 303 x 225mm.), Parma, Impresso co'caratteri Bodoniani, 1789.⁂ A magnificent copy of this celebrated typographic masterpiece. Brunet cites this as "une des plus belles éditions" produced by the legendary printer-typographer. Dedicated to the Marchesa Donna Anna Malaspina della Bastia with a poem of Vincenzo Monti, printed in Bodoni's elegant italics, underneath her engraved coat of arms and with a preface by the Abate Pierantonio Serassi. While it was subsequently reprinted in 1792 with a frontispiece bearing the original printing date of 1789, this example is identifiable as the first issue (with the small signature number on p. 13 of the preface, and the correct "novi lumi" on p. 38).The sumptuous binding, executed c.1830, is by Joseph Thouvenin l'Aîné. Born in 1791, the son of a bookseller, he learned bookbinding from 1802-1813. He started to work with Bozerian and had acquired great competence by 1806. He set up on his own in 1813, apparently to learn the gilding which Bozérian Jeune had been unwilling to teach him. His submission of 11 bindings at the Exhibition of 1819 was rewarded with an honourable mention while at that of 1823, he gained a silver medal. He became one of, if not the most respected and sought-after binders of the period but died in his binding prime in 1834.

Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith in the City, first edition, first issue with 2pp. of advertisements only, signed by the author on pastedown, 12 plates by T. M. R. Whitwell, one detached, ink ownership name to front free endpapers, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed along joints, bumped at spine ends, front free endpaper replaced from another copy, with ownership inscription, overall still a sharp and tight copy, [McIlvaine A14a], 8vo, 1910.

London.- [Busby (Thomas Lord)] Costume of the Lower Orders of the Metropolis, etched pictorial title and 22 plates of streetsellers only (of 23), all hand-coloured, one with tiny puncture mark within image, a few plates trimmed at fore-edge, once just touching image but without loss, very light offsetting, [Colas 492], [c.1820]; Costume of the Lower Orders in Paris, etched pictorial title and 22 plates of streetsellers, all hand-coloured, one folding and with a few neat repairs to verso, one trimmed affecting caption to foot, [Colas 493], [c.1820], first edition, a couple small and skilful marginal repairs, the odd spot or light stain, uniformly bound in handsome crimson morocco by Bayntun, gilt, a few faint marks, housed together in a marbled slipcase, g.e., 12mo (2)

America.- Hubbard (William) A Narrative of the Indian wars in New-England, from the first planting thereof in the year 1607, to the year 1677, second American edition, a few 20th century ink numbers to upper margin of title, some spotting and staining, mostly lightly browned (including title), attractive early 20th century dark turquoise crushed morocco, gilt (a pencilled note to front free endpaper attributes it to Pawson & Nicholson), covers with 3 flowers on long wavy stems, the stem ends appearing at the head of each cover, spine in six compartments, the upper and lower two with a single flower on a long wavy stem within foliage border, the central two with title and author's name, a pair of dots to raised bands, tan calf doublures semé with acorns, within a wide scrolling foliage and dots border, marbled endpapers, spine uniformly faded to a dark green, t.e.g., housed in a later light tan cloth drop-back box, [Evans 14120; Howes H-756; Sabin 33447], large 12mo (binding 179 x 107mm.), Boston, Printed and sold by John Boyle in Marlborough-Street, 1775. ⁂ Second American edition of this 'corner-stone authority on the subject' (Howes). Provenance: R.W. Howell (later ink signatures to title, "A2" and A6); Frank C. Deering, who has a collection of Americana at The Newberry Library (small blue leather armorial bookplate to front free endpaper); Samuel R. Rosenthal, Highland Park, Illinois (autograph note re. acquisition loosely inserted in box).

Pasquier (Jacques Jean) and Louis Denis. Plan Topographique et Raisonné de Paris, first edition, title, index map, folding map of Paris, 41 further engraved maps throughout, many presented side-by-side double-page, occasional hand-colouring, front free endpaper splitting, scattered spotting and minor surface dirt throughout, near contemporary mottled calf, spine splitting, slightly worn, 8vo, 1758; with another copy of the second edition, with additional folding maps, later calf, 8vo, 1763 (2)

Architecture.- Lewis (James) Original Designs in Architecture, 2 vol. in 1, vol. 1 second edition with corrections, vol. 2 first edition, list of subscribers to each vol., 64 engraved plates, of which one folding, light marginal soiling, modern half morocco, uncut, folio, for the Author by Copper and Graham, 1797.⁂ Scarce: for this edition of Book I, ESTC no copy in the BL and only 5 in America; for Book II, ESTC lists only 2 UK copies (BL and R.I.B.A.) and 4 more in America. The neo-classical architect's scarce second book was published some 17 years after the first (originally published 1780). He explicitly cautions against contemporary capriciousness, love of novelty, and a vain presumption of superiority over the ancients, while at the same time praising the work of individuals such as Jones, Wren and Vanbrugh. Among the subscribers are Catherine the Great (who had died the year before) and Paul I of Russia, as well as her Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi, and numerous British and Italian nobles, artists and architects.

Burroughs (Edgar Rice).- Goss (Geoffrey Walter) Original dust-jacket upper panel and spine artwork for 'Tarzan at the Earth's Core', watercolour and bodycolour, brush and ink over pencil, heightened with white, 405 x 350 mm (15 7/8 x 13 3/4 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1938].⁂ Goss' artwork for the first English edition, the first title for which he designed the dust-jacket of the first edition rather than the reissue.

Melville (Herman) Moby Dick, first Rockwell Kent edition, illustrations by Rockwell Kent, some light offsetting, ink library stamp to title, modern white pigment Bison Grain Bangladesh calfskin, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, upper cover with onlayed prosthetic eye with white leather eyelid replicating the gaze of the Whale, 8vo, New York, 1930.

Roosevelt (Franklin D.).- Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1938, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Roosevelt "For Fred Adams from Franklin D Roosevelt 1939 / See p. 13" on bound-in upper wrapper, with a pictorial envelope from the "Third Presidential Cruise" with a photograph of the U.S.S. Houston addressed to Mrs. F.B. Adams and postmarked Jul. 29, 1938 loosely inserted, book-label to pastedown, illustrations, contemporary blue half morocco, gilt, original printed wrappers bound in, joints slightly rubbed, Washington, by the Smithsonian Institution, 8vo, 1939.⁂ In July and August 1938, FDR undertook his third Presidential cruise and fishing expedition from San Diego, California to Penascola, Florida by way of the Panama Canal aboard the U.S.S. Houston. The Smithsonsian Institution was invited to participate, and this publication includes an introduction by FDR and an article by Waldo L. Schmidt on the Presidential cruise. P.13 shows Frederick Adams on deck with a 9ft 7 inch Cocos Island sailfish weighing 120lb, together with a 230lb tiger shark caught by Roosevelt after a tug-of-war of an hour and thirty six minutes - the heaviest fish caught on the cruise. Halter notes that this was published in a restricted edition not available for distribution to the general public.

London.- Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, first edition, large wall map of London, 31 sheets only (of 32, lacking sheet F4), presented on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile, with title in oval and imprints to lower centre of each sheet, extending from Angel to Limehouse, and Kennington to Brompton, engravings with some hand-colouring, on cream wove paper each watermarked 'Horwoods Plan/ Of London', each individual sheet approx. 705 x 575 mm (27 3/4 x 22 5/8 in), all carefully laid on conservation supports, occasional handling small losses and tears in the margins, with larger tears and associated browning from old repairs to sheets F1, C2, and C3, many sheets with some localised spotting and browning to marginal edges, scattered surface dirt, unframed and loose, presented in modern cloth portfolio case, facsimile label to upper cover, elephant folio, [Howgego 200 (1)], [c.1792-1799].⁂ The largest map printed in Georgian Britain, and a defining study of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Horwood's plan was the first map of London to attempt to show every individual property, and took over 7 years to complete following numerous logistical and financial obstacles.

Thompson (Hunter S.) The Curse of Lono, first edition, one of 1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator, colour illustrations by Ralph Steadman, original white cloth, slip-case, sealed in publisher's cellophane and cardboard box, folio, 2005.⁂ The last editioned work Thompson signed before his death in 2005.

Golding (William) The Lord of the Flies, first edition, ownership name to endpapers, endpapers and half-title lightly foxed, original cloth with white lettering to spine, first issue dust-jacket with summary of the book on the front flap, short closed tear to spine head, other light nicks along edges with light toning, slightly heavier along joints, faint spotting to lower panel, slight shelf-lean, overall still an excellent example, 8vo, 1954.⁂ An excellent copy of this cornerstone of English fiction. Previously owned by famous journalist and TV producer Julian Jebb (1934-84).

*** Please note the description of this lot has changed *** Edwards of Halifax (binder).- [Walpole (Horace)] "Onuphrio Muralto". The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story, first Bodoni edition, translated by William Marshal, large paper copy, ruled in red throughout, engraved frontispiece in 2 states bound either side of half-title, occasional slight foxing, contemporary calf by Edwards of Halifax, covers with central panel of tree calf within gilt frame of Greek key, this within a double framework of blind Etruscanesque tools and further gilt framework, the spine with beautifully gilt tooled compartments between double raised bands gilt stippled and ruled, gilt board edges and turn-ins, watered silk endpapers, with a fine fore-edge painting of Countess Weir Bridge on the River Exe, expert repair to upper joint, lower joint cracking, extremities slightly rubbed and spine gilt a little dulled, preserved in modern padded cloth drop-back box, [Diehl, Bookbinding I 170; Weber, Fore-edge Paintings, 26-44, 140], 8vo, Parma, Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, 1791.⁂ A stunning copy. Both the binding and the fore-edge painting on this copy exactly match the descriptions given on the copy once in the collection of Mrs G.J. Guthrie Nicholson of Newport, Rhode Island. The collection was dispersed by the Parke-Bernet Galleries in their famous auction sale of November 8-9, 1948 and was considered to be one of the finest and most important collections of Fore-edge paintings in the Americas.

Supernatural.- Lilly (William) Supernaturall Sights and Apparitions Seen in London, June 30. 1644. interpreted. With a Mathematical Discourse of the now imminent Conjunction of Iupiter and Mars, 26 July, 1644..., first edition, 2 woodcut astrological diagrams, final f. with errata slip pasted to blank lower margin, armorial bookplate of Sir William Grace, title and first f. with very slight chipping to fore-margin, title closely trimmed at head touching text, printed side-note to A4v fractionally trimmed, lightly browned throughout, light scattered spotting, later half roan, quite worn, very small chip to spine head, [Wing L2249], 4to, for T.V. and are to be sold by I.S., 1644.

Conrad (Joseph) Lord Jim, first edition, occasional scattered foxing, light browning to endpapers, original green cloth, light toning to spine, bump to upper cover lower corner, light rubbing and slight fraying to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, William Blackwood, 1900.⁂ Conrad's classic novel that combines romance with astute psychological insights of character, rare in such sharp and bright condition.

Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill, first edition, first issue (with 'head' ornament to letterpress title), engraved additional pictorial title by Abraham Bosse, folding letterpress table, L2&3 from another copy (remargined and neatly bound in), additional title trimmed to border and neatly remargined, B4 small hole in lower margin, affecting 1 letter of catchword verso, 2B2 repair to upper blank corner, 2B3&4 inner gutters strengthened, 2Y3-3A4 minor mostly marginal worm trace, some spotting or foxing and staining, occasional soiling, lightly browned, later dark red calf-backed boards, spine in compartments and with later to style black leather label and black rules, repaired, boards stained, rubbed, [Macdonald & Hargreaves 42; Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246], folio, Printed [by Thomas Warren and Richard Cotes] for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651.⁂ Sir Anthony Kenny's copy of Hobbes' masterpiece of political philosophy. It was written while he was resident in Paris, and espouses the idea of a 'social contract' freely entered into between an absolute ruler and their subjects. The Roman Catholic Church placed the work on the Index of Prohibited Books for its idea that the sovereign should also act as head of the state's religion. Provenance: Sir Anthony Kenny (b.1931), British philosopher, who wrote on Hobbes in his A New History of Western Philosophy, 2010 (bookplate to front pastedown).

Wilde (Oscar) The Happy Prince and other tales, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane, head-pieces by Jacomb Hood, ex-library with ink-stamps neatly erased, half-morocco by Riviere & Son, lightly sunned spine, [Mason 313], small 4to, David Nutt, 1888.

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Ice in the Bedroom, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, light surface marking, dust-jacket, price-clipped, creased and nicked to edges and upper panel, spine ends frayed, [McIlvaine A84a], New York, 1961.

Austen (Jane) Emma, 'Standard Novels' series, first Bentley edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and vignette title, small ink ownership inscription front endpaper, without advertisements at rear, light off-setting, spotting to peripheral leaves, otherwise occasional, contemporary boards, rebakced and recornered, 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Arthurian legend.- Heywood (Thomas) The Life of Merlin, sirnamed Ambrosius. His prophesies, and predictions interpreted; and their truth made good by our English annalls, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, d2 and G3 with short neat splits within text, without loss, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned throughout, stunning dark brown crushed morocco by Rivière & Son, covers profusely decorated with red, citron, black, and brown morocco onlays on a richly gilt stippled background, including title centre-pieces, two heads of Merlin emitting prophecies (without the long white beard of Romantic tradition), and strapwork and foliage decoration, all within citron morocco, gilt scrolling foliage, and black morocco borders (working outwards in that order), spine in six compartments, four of which with decorative red and orange morocco onlays on a background of gilt stippled dots within a black morocco onlay frame, lower joint starting, upper cover detached, little rubbed at extremities, [Pforzheimer 478; Wing H1786], small 4to (binding 188 x 146mm.), g.e, Printed by J. Okes, and are to be sold by Jasper Emery in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Eagle and Child, neare St. Austins Gate, 1641.*** 'This compilation based on Alanus, and the English chroniclers, Fabyan, Holinshed, Speed, et al., is one of Heywood's most interesting pot-boilers. It was designed to attract that growing public which, worried and confused by the shadow of the coming troubles, might hope for guidance from this farrago of prognostications...' (Pforzheimer).Provenance: M.C.D. Borden (bookplate to front pastedown).

Sayers (Dorothy L.) Whose Body?, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, a few faint spots, small stain to lower board, else an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, 1923.

Polar.- Phipps (Constantine John) A Voyage towards the North Pole, first edition, half-title, folding map frontispiece, 14 folding or double-page plates and plans, 11 folding letterpress tables, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 62572], 4to, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J, Nourse, 1774.⁂ An important voyage into the northern latitudes by the Carcass and the Racehorse, in search of a route to India via the Arctic. The astronomer Israel Lyons had various pieces of scientific equipment, including two timekeepers sent by the Board of Longitude for testing. Also on board were the former slave Olaudah Equiano and a young Horatio Nelson, who was aged 14 and serving as a midshipman.

Tokien (J.R.R.).- Christie (Agatha) At Bertram's Hotel, first edition, J.R.R. Tolkien's copy with his ink ownership inscription to endpaper alongside neat pencil note in his hand "✱ from E" to endpaper, original boards, light vertical crease to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light marking and surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1965.⁂ Tolkien's copy of a classic Miss Marple mystery, gifted to him by his wife Edith. Tolkien was an avid reader of detective fiction and was particularly keen on the works of Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and G.K. Chesterton. Provenance: Gifted by Tolkien to his son John Francis Tolkien and subsequently to the present owner.

Australia.- Stokes (John Lort) Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, 2 vol., first edition, 26 engraved or lithographed plates, illustrations, 8 folding maps, of which 6 in pockets at beginning, vol. 2 pocket torn but holding firm, publisher's advertisements, previous owner's pencil signature and ink-stamp to title, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, mottling to edges, sunned spines, bumping to corners and extremities, rubbed, [Ferguson 4406], 8vo, 1846.

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first abridged paperback edition, half-title, light marginal toning, final page lightly spotted with some short marginal tears, this issue with advertisement to inner lower cover, original pictorial wrappers, light browning and rubbing, blue crayon marking to upper wrapper, creased, nicks to extremities, 8vo, 1901.⁂ The rare first paperback edition, only a handful of copies known featuring the first printed illustration of Dracula. Stoker oversaw the abridgment himself, cutting around 15% from the original text. He also approved the illustration which includes many of the classic features (pointed ears, receding hair and bat-like cape) that define the character today.

NO RESERVE Sundials.- Pini (Valentino) Fabrica de gl' Horologi Solari, first edition, collation: Ϯ4 A-M4 N2, fine engraved pictorial title, some light foxing and soiling, H1 and 2 misbound, original limp boards, lightly water-stained, rubbed, folio (311 x 213mm.), Venice, Marco Guarisco, 1598.⁂ Important early work on sundials, written in the vernacular.Literature: Houzeau and Lancaster 11395 ('ouvrage important et bien fait'); Riccardi I(ii) 280 ('raro e molto pregiato'); EDIT 16 CNCE 41173.

Virgilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis, first Baskerville edition, with initial blank and list of subscribers, a crisp and clean copy, bookplate removed, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed and scuffed, joints split, spine cracked and worn at ends, [Gaskell 1], Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1757 § Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) and Aulus Persius Flaccus. Satyrae, half-title, with cancels E2, K4, V4 and Z3, old ink presentation inscription to head of title, pencil annotations, foxing to last few leaves, contemporary tree calf with attractive gilt roll-tool borders, rubbed and a little scuffed, rebacked preserving an old gilt red morocco spine, new label, [Gaskell 15], Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761 § Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Opera, edited by James Talbot, engraved allegorical frontispiece featuring the Cambridge Backs by Gribelin after Cooke, engraved head- & tail-pieces, some browning, staining to verso of 3M3 & 4, later ink inscription "W.H.Peach, Given him by his tutor the Revd. C.Yonge. Eton Coll. 1826" to front free endpaper, bookplate of Sir John P.Boileau, Bart., later russet russia with quintuple gilt fillet border and initials CY surmounted by crest to centre of covers, spine gilt, joints rubbed and cracked, slight scratch to lower cover, [Wing H2764], Cambridge, J.Tonson, 1699, 4to (3)

Indian Independence.- Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand) Songs from Prison, first edition, "Mirabehn"'s copy, signed ownership inscription from Mirabehn with a quote from Ghandi to front endpaper, scattered spotting to initial leaves, original printed wrappers, toned, with a few light stains, some wear to spine, 8vo, 1934.⁂ Lovely association copy from a close British disciple of Mahatma Gandhi. Mirabehn (1892-1982), born Madeleine Slade, was a British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement; arriving in India in 1925, for the next 34 years she submitted herself to Gandhi's instruction, living a traditional life in ashrams across the country. Arrested often, including a two-year stint from August 1942 along with Gandhi and many Congress leaders for the 'Quit India' movement launch, she spent her time in prison with other female independence activists for example, Kasturba, Gandhi's wife and Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay. She accompanied Gandhi to the Round Table Conference (London, 1931), while in 1934 she returned west to promote Indian Independence, speaking in London, Wales, Lancashire and Newcastle, before continuing to the US where she addressed 22 gatherings, and 5 radio broadcasts over a fortnight. She met with Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The signed inscription here dates from her UK tour, reading "'Truth is god' M.K. Ghandi. Mira, Stafford, 18.7.34"

American Independence.- [Continental Congress]. Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, on the Fifth of September, 1774. Containing, The Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances..., first English edition, with half-title and final advertisement f., ink ownership inscription to title trimmed, half-title and verso of advertisement f. lightly browned and soiled, [Adams 74-83b], reprinted for J. Almon, 1774, bound after an incomplete run of The London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer for the year 1774, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label to spine with "London Magazine" and "1774" beneath in gilt, heavily rubbed, wear to spine ends and joints, joints cracked but holding, 8vo.⁂ First English edition of the measures of the first Continental Congress. One of three variants issued in the same year, seemingly without priority. This compilation includes the list of grievances known as the Declaration of Rights, the unified non-importation agreement known as the Association, the Address to the People of Great Britain, and the Memorial to the Inhabitants of the British American Colonies. "The forerunner of the Declaration of Independence" (Howes). The London Magazine includes a folding plan of the city of Boston and surrounding coastline.

Tolkien (J.R.R.).- Younger (William and Elizabeth) Blue Moon in Portugal, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from J.R.R. Tolkien to his wife "E.M.T. with love from J.R.R.T 1956" in Tolkien's fine calligraphic hand to endpaper, photographic plates and illustrations, hand-drawn colourful bookmark loosely inserted, bill from the Hotel Miramar, Bournemouth, made out to "Miss E. Jennings" with a few ink notes to verso, folded and loosely inserted, spotting to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1956.⁂ A charming inscribed gift from Tolkien to his wife Edith. The Hotel Miramar was a favourite of the Tolkiens' and the bill is most likely made out to the poet Elizabeth Jennings (1926 - 2001), a lifelong friend of the Tolkien family. Provenance: Gifted by Tolkien to his son John Francis Tolkien and subsequently to the present owner.

Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, double-signed by the author "John Le Carré aka David Cornwell" on title, some edge-spotting, author's compliments slip loosely inserted, original boards, slight bump to foot of spine, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, neat ink strike through price on front flap, some very light surface soiling to panels, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Rare double-signed. Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

London.- Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, first edition, large bound wall map of London, 31 sheets only (of 32, lacking sheet G3), presented on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile, with title in oval and imprints to lower centre of each sheet, extending from Angel to Limehouse, and Kennington to Brompton, engravings on cream wove paper without visible watermarks, each individual sheet approx. 590 x 530 mm (23 1/4 x 20 7/8 in), on stubs, heavy brown staining to sheets , F1-F4, G1-G3, and H1-H4, otherwise occasional minor nicks to extremities, light handling creases, some off-setting and surface dirt, later half calf, worn, elephant folio, [Howgego 200 (1)], [c.1792-1799].⁂ The largest map printed in Georgian Britain, and a defining study of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Horwood's plan was the first map of London to attempt to show every individual property, and took over 7 years to complete following numerous logistical and financial obstacles.

*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.*** Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, original boards with skull design in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, exceptionally minor creasing to spine ends, otherwise a very fine copy, 8vo, 1959. 

Smith (Percy John Delf, British artist-soldier, printmaker, calligrapher and book designer, 1882-1948) Collection of 22 drawings produced while on The Western Front, including studies of fellow soldiers at rest in their bunkers, views of dugout entrances, including 'Entrance to the officers'/ dugout. (C.O., Capt. W.B. Macgeorge)', soldiers hauling artillery and machinery, a working tractor, sites of destruction and ruins of buildings, amongst others, 17 pencil and black chalk, 5 in pen and ink, some with inscriptions and dates, a few signed, on various papers, various sizes between 120 x 95 mm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in) and 200 x 300 mm (7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in), some folded and creases, some with rough edges, minor surface dirt, all unframed, circa 1916-1918; together with two signed etchings, including 'A tractor of the 15" Howitzer in a wood in France, 1917', from an edition of 35, the other not inscribed, but of the Howitzer itself, numbered from an edition of 20, both on buff wove paper, each platemark approx. 214 x 162 mm (8 3/8 x 6 3/8 in), good margins, the latter with some marginal loss in the lower left corner, unframed, 1917; and two portraits of soldiers, 'The Battery Ammunitions Mate' and 'The Battery Carpenter', watercolours, signed, inscribed and dated in pencil, each approx. 255 x 165 mm (10 x 6 1/2 in), presented in one mount under glass, framed, 1916 (25)Provenance: Private collection (bought in the late 1990s)⁂ Important collection of drawings by an unauthorised artist-soldier, working from one of the main theatres of war during the First World War. Including intimate and detailed depictions of life in the trenches, and on the spot records of total destruction to the surrounding land."Mr. Percy Smith was a gunner. He was one of the crew - it consisted of 110 men of the Royal Marine Artillery- of a fifteen-inch howitzer [...] We may be thankful that Mr. Percy Smith, between working his gun and observing for it, kept his sketch book handy, for here that old scene above the Ancre Valley, and on the Thiépval plateau, lives again. It is not there today." [H.M. Tomlinson, Introduction for Sixteen Drypoints and Etchings, A Record of the Great War, 1930]

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, small compartments to front pastedown revealing Ten Shilling Bank of England note with the face of Queen Elizabeth II and an old dollar bill with the face of George Washington, binder's "Certificate of Authenticity" leather label to rear pastedown, concealed by panel, modern olive leather in jacket design with skull buttons and gilt lettering "Winston Smith" to the left breast, onlayed prosthetic eye to chest with leather eyelid, title and date lettered in gilt on lower cover, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, Secker and Warburg, 1949.⁂ This copy number 88 from the binder's limited edition of 100 copies.

Wilde (Oscar) The House of Pomegranates, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, plates by Charles Shannon, spotting to first few leaves, 1891; The Importance of Being Earnest, first edition, half-title, spotting, pencil notes to final ff., 1899; The Picture of Dorian Gray, half-title, title in red and black, neat pencil note to p.1, spotting to early blanks, Paris, 1901; The Ballad of Reading Gaol, half-title, scattered spotting, 1899; Salome, [possibly a pirate], illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, faint spotting to blanks, San Francisco, 1896, bookplate, original cloth bound at end, uniform contemporary half-morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to joints and extremities, [Mason 347; 381; 331; 378]; and another by the same, 8vo & 12mo (6).

Tolkien (J.R.R.).- The Fame of Blessed Thomas More... With an Introductory Essay by Professor R. W. Chambers, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Chambers to J.R.R. Tolkien dated "Dec. 31, 1929" with a 9-line quotation of Thomas More to front free endpaper, original cloth, toning to spine and covers, 8vo, 1929.⁂ An excellent association, inscribed to Tolkien by an important early friend and mentor. Chambers (1874-1942) was, like Tolkien, a Catholic as well as a scholar of Old English and influential writer on Beowulf. Tolkien and Chambers remained close friends and correspondents with each sending the other copies of their newly-printed works. Provenance: Gifted by Tolkien to his son John Francis Tolkien and subsequently to the present owner.

Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, first play edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To my dear Jane Pan from her loving admirer and uncle and servant J. M. Barrie. Aug 31, 1930, Stanway" to endpaper, some light scattered foxing, some slight smoke odour, original deluxe limp morocco, lettered in gilt, 8vo, 1928.⁂ An excellent association copy of this classic children's fantasy play with a superb inscription. "Jane" was the lifelong nickname given to Sylvia Jocelyn Llewellyn Davies, the daughter of Jack Lewellyn Davies, one of the principal inspirations for Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. Jane was named after her grandmother, a close companion of Barrie's whose death would lead to the author becoming the guardian of her four sons. We can trace only two other examples of inscribed copies of this work, neither with such a close personal association. See also lots 125, 127 and 171.Provenance: By descent through the family of Jack Llewellyn Davies and thence to the present owner.

Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander) Chirurgorum Comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery, first edition, engraved plate of surgical instruments (light finger-soiling), title with inkstamps and silked at fore-edge, B1 with repaired tear affecting a few letters, a few other short tears without loss, F4v with small paper repair to lower margin, printing flaw to R8, bound a little tight with text just disappearing into gutter, a few headlines shaved, lightly browned, occasional light spotting, a couple small stains or abrasion marks obscuring a few letters, modern mottled calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, [Wing R427], 8vo, Printed by Edw. Jones, for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687.⁂ Seldom found complete with the plate. Includes a summary of Tagliacozzi's pioneering work on plastic surgery, first published in 1597, and here described on p.645 and onwards. This one of two issues of 1687 with different imprint.

Gemini Press.- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 36 of 50 special copies on Japanese vellum signed by both the author and artist, from an edition of 330, full-page wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original half brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight fading to spine, board slip-case (a little soiled, bump to corner), small folio, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934.⁂ The first of only two books issued by the Gemini Press, established by Ida Graves and Blair Hughes-Stanton after the latter's departure from the Gregynog Press and his wife Gertrude Hermes. Despite being unable to marry this was a celebration of the couple's union. Only half the edition was sold and in 1970 Hughes-Stanton sold the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press who reissued the work in 1980.

Sassoon (Siegfried) Counter-Attack and other Poems, first edition, some light foxing, original wrappers, upper joint split, with loosely inserted signed autograph note dated 2.10.33 ordering 3 books from "Catalogue 40" and asking the anonymous bookseller to "Please note change of address" [to Fitz House, Teffont, Salisbury], preserved in modern calf-backed board drop-back box, 8vo, 1918.⁂ Sassoon's second publication of war poetry. The books he orders include Blake and Goethe.

Booth (Charles) Labour and Life of the People, 3 vol., first edition, including 'Volume I: East London', Volume II: London Continued', and 'Appendix to Volume II', complete with seven folding coloured maps on linen, fine impressions of each map, editor's compliments slip to each volume, owners' pencil inscription to title of 2 'Joseph Crompton', additional ink owner's inscription to vol. I only, original pale green cloth, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Williams and Norgate, 1889-1891⁂ A fine copy of Booth's monumental polemic on poverty, where he argues that chronic pauperism inevitably leads to depravity, and that recognition of endemic poverty and the problems it causes must be given greater weight in both political and social circles. Maps include: - 'Descriptive Map of East End Poverty, compiled from School Board Visitors' Reports in 1887'- 'A Map of London showing the Proportion of the Inhabitants of each Registration Sub-District in 1881, Born in Other Parts of the United Kingdom'- 'Map shewing Degrees of Poverty in London, in Areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each. Compiled from Information collected in 1889-1890'- 'Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889' on four sheets: S.E. Section; S.W. Section; N.E. Section; N.W. Section.

Vicary (Thomas) The English-mans Treasure. With the true Anatomie of Mans Body...augmented and enlarged...By G.E., seventh edition, mostly in black letter, full-page woodcut of skeleton to *4v, ink-stamp of William Stone to title and final few ff., title with library ink-stamps and tape residue to inner margin, title edges frayed with inner and lower margins strengthened, A2 with repaired tear affecting text, small rust-hole to A3 & 2E1 (no text loss), the odd small stain, obscuring a few letters to R4 & 2E1-2, trimmed at head, shaving the odd headline, very occasional underlining or passage-marking in ink, uneven browning, some water-staining towards beginning, occasional light spotting, repairs and restoration to final 3 ff. of Table at end with loss, modern calf, lightly stained, 4to, [STC 24711], B. Alsop & Tho. Fawcet, 1626.⁂ One of the earliest English works of popular medicine, first published in 1548 (all copies of this edition now lost). The second edition of 1577 was published under the title A profitable treatise of the anatomie of mans body, the third edition of 1586 the first to use the current title. This seventh edition appears particularly scarce; we cannot trace a record at auction after 1940.

Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Remains of the Day, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, small strip of water-staining to top edge of jacket, otherwise an excellent copy, 8vo, 1989.

Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, first edition, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine, some faint marking to covers, but a bright, near-fine example overall, [PMM 423], 8vo, 1936.

Jewellery.- Cailles (Francoise) René Boivin: Jeweller, first English edition, illustrations, many in colour, original cloth, spine head lightly bumped, dust-jacket, minor bumping to spine head and foot, 4to, Quartet Books, 1994.

Rolewinck (Werner) Fasciculus temporum, collation: [* a-g8 h10], 74 ff., 57 lines and headline foliation, Gothic type, woodcut diagrams, illustrations, and white on black ground vine initials, occasional early ink manicules (faded), first two and last ff. foxed and lightly browned, a few small repaired holes, mostly on Tabula ff. with loss of the odd letter, washed, marbled endpapers, early 20th century red morocco, richly decorated with morocco onlays of various colours and gilt, including stylised pomegranate trees with flowers and an oblique striped border to covers, spine in eight compartments, six of which decorated with morocco onlays, the remaining two with red leather labels for title, place of publication, and date, little rubbed at extremities and marked, g.e., housed in a modern burgundy cloth chemise and red morocco-backed slip-case, gilt spine in compartments, spine faded, little rubbed, folio (text block 298 x 194mm.; binding 312 x 216mm.), Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 28 May, 1484.⁂ The third Ratdolt edition. The text reproduces that of the 1481 edition, with the addition of a circular diagram with Jerusalem at the centre of the world on fol. '2' and genealogies of the Virgin and St. Anne at end.Provenance: Roberto Salinas Price, Biblioteca Huicalco, Mexico, 1977 (bookplate to front pastedown). Literature: BMC V, 288; Goff R-270; H 6934*; GW M38735; Bod-inc R-120; BSB-Ink R-246; ISTC ir00270000.

Baskerville (John).- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers ending with "York", some light foxing, engraved bookplate and shelf-label of Pull Court Library, Worcs., contemporary mottled calf with decorative roll-tooled border in gilt, rubbed, lower cover a little scratched and stained (some repairs), rebacked preserving old gilt-stamped red morocco label, edges repaired, [Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146], folio, Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1763.⁂ One of c.1250 copies. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen". (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279).

NO RESERVE Einstein (Albert) Relativity. The Special & General Theory, translated by Robert W.Lawson, first edition in English, half-title, portrait frontispiece, diagrams and equations in text, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, browning to endpapers, some cracking to hinges, original red cloth, toning to spine, spine tips a little frayed, some light surface soiling to covers, [cf. PMM 408, first edition], 8vo, 1920.⁂ The first English edition of one of the most influential scientific works of the 20th century.

Voyages.- La Perouse (Jean-Francois de Galaup) The Voyage of La Pérouse Round the World in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, 44 engraved plates, 6 maps, 3 folding, one with large tear, scattered very faint spotting, vol. 2 with occasional faint staining, mostly marginal, bookplate, contemporary calf, vol. 2 upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Ferguson 269], 8vo, John Stockdale, 1798.⁂ This is one of two editions in English published in 1798, a year after the first French edition. "The narrative of the enterprising but ill-fated Pérouse, is full of interest in all portions, but his relations of the peculiarities he observed in the natives of the northwest coast of North America, are especially valuable. The mysterious fate of this distinguished navigator has never been satisfactorily cleared up. The above account was transmitted from Botany Bay, after leaving this place the expedition was never heard of again" (Sabin).

Milne (A. A.) When I Was Very Young, first edition, signed on final text leaf, one of 842, printed in red and black, original pictorial cloth, paper label to spine, spine very slightly sunned, 1930; The Secret and other stories, signed on half-title, one of 742, some very sparse spotting, original red clothe, paper label to spine, some nicks to upper cover and upper corner of spine, 1929; Michael and Mary, a play, signed on half-title, one of 260, a few light spots, heavier to edges, original green cloth, spine sunned, t.e.g., others uncut, 1930, from limited editions signed by the author, first two by The Fountain Press, New York, 8vo (3)

Binding.- Printed in 150 languages.- Oratio Dominica CL linguis versa, first edition, edited by J.J. Marcel, every page within typographic border printed in red, title with imperial arms of Napoleon, wide margins, contemporary English straight-grain purple morocco, gilt, bound for George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough with his arms on covers, g.e., joints slightly rubbed, 4to, Paris, Typis Imperialibus, 1805.⁂ An exceptional copy of a typographic tour de force. This luxurious polyglot Lord's Prayer is a spectacular display of the types from Napoleon's newly refurbished Imprimerie Impérial, printed only weeks after his coronation and including many non-Latin types he had confiscated from the Propaganda Fide in Rome, celebrating Napoleon as Emperor and suggesting with all its languages that his influence should spread over the entire world. This copy is appropriately bound in luxurious Empire or Regency style gold- and blind-tooled morocco for the Duke of Marlborough. It presents 150 numbered renditions of the Lord's Prayer, each in a different language (or sometimes more than one variant of a single language), set in a wide variety of types, including Hebrew, Samaritan, Arabic (including variants for Persian, Turkish and other languages), Manchu, Chinese (followed by a transliteration below printed musical notes to indicate the tones), Estrangela Syriac, Armenian, Greek, Irish, Cyrillic (both the civil - Grazhdanskii - and Old Slavonic styles), Coptic and Ethiopic (for both Geez and Amharic).Provenance: Earl Spencer (arms on covers); Charles Barclay (bookplate).

Middle East.- Roberts (David) The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 vol. bound as 4, first edition, lithograph portrait frontispiece, 6 tinted lithograph titles, 121 tinted lithograph plates and 120 half-page illustrations, 2 engraved maps, vol. 1 bound without list of subscribers as often, scattered spotting, most faint, contemporary half red-morocco, strengthened at joints, rubbing to joints and corners, bumping to corners and spine extremities, large folio, [Abbey Travel 272 & 385; Blackmer 1432], 1842-49.⁂ The first edition was published in 3 formats, of which this is the 'ordinary' format with tinted lithographs. "One of the most important and elaborate [publishing] ventures of the nineteenth century" (Abbey)"Roberts' original intention was to publish Egypt and Nubia together with The Holy Land in six volumes (this explains the 'vol. 5' on the title of Egypt, vol. 2) but this was not carried out, and the two works were brought out separately." (Blackmer)

Chess-like Game of Strategy.- Boissiere (Claude de) Le Tres Excellent et Ancien Jeu Pythagorique, dict Rhythmomachie..., first edition, collation: A-I4, woodcut device on title and armorial illustration on verso, woodcut illustrations in text, a few leaves with repairs to corners or margins, occasional soiling, modern calf, gilt, by Courtland Benson, 8vo (159 x 100mm.), Paris, Annet Briere, 1554.⁂ Extremely rare first edition. Not in Smith Rara Arithmetica, which mentions only the second edition of 1556. "Claudius Buxerius (Claude de Boissière) was born in the diocese of Grenoble, probably c. 1500, He also wrote on poetry, music and astronomy...Of the three standard treatises on the ancient number game of Rythmomachia mentioned in this list, the others being one of 1496 of uncertain authorship and Barozzi's work of 1572, this is the clearest. It describes very carefully the checkerboard on which the game is played, the nature of the calculi used, and the general mode of procedure. Moreover, it is profusely illustrated, which adds much to the value of the book. The game was connected with the mediaeval number classifications and ratios, and could never have been understood by any save those who were well educated in ancient theoretical arithmetic." (Smith, Rara Arithmetica). Rithmomachia was a strategy game for two players. A black and a white party of numbers face each other, similar to chess. There was a time when Rithmomachia was in competition with chess and was even more respected than chess, for example in some mediaeval treatises Rithmomachia was favoured. (Folkerts 1989) The reason was, that Rithmomachia was the only game in the curriculum of mediaeval schools and universities - an honour which chess had never received, because it was played as a tactical war game in the nobility for pure entertainment, but it did not suit the canon of the seven liberal arts. In Rithmomachia the aim is not to fight against each other with armies of numbers, rather to take part in a contest, where the players must bring some of their pieces into a harmonious order.Literature: Boissiere's Pythagorean Game by John F. C. Richards, Scripta Mathematica 12: 177-217, 1946; See also: "Illmer, Detlef & Gädeke, Nora, & Henge, Elisabeth & Pfeiffer, Helene & Spickler-Beck, Monika. Rhythmomachia. Hugendubel Verlag (1987)"; On Rythmomachia see also Spielerische Seiten. Herzog August bibl. p. 21 ef; Brunet I 1072. (Livre rare), non reseigné par Caillet; Not in K.V.K. (only 1556 edition); Not in Biblothèque Nationale de Paris.