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Click here to subscribePowell, Anthony, A Question of Upbringing, London, William Heinemann, 1951, 8vo (185 x 120mm.), half title, original red cloth, dust-jacket, worn and split, First Edition With a number of other works by the same author including 'The Acceptance World' (London, 1955), 'At Lady Molly's' (London, 1957), and 'Casanova's Chinese Restaurant' (London, 1960)
Aberconway, Christabel & Rex Whistler (illustrator), The Story of Mr Korah, London, Michael Joseph, 1954, 4to (250 x 185mm.), half title, tipped in colour frontispiece, title within border, 2 tipped in colour plates, illustrations, many full-page, original red cloth backed spine, decorative dust-jacket, few tears, First Edition Ehrlich, Bettina, Castle in the Sand, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1951, 4to (250 x 200mm.), illustarted title, illustrations, contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper, original decorative cloth, decorative dust-jacket, extremities frayed With a number of other works including J. Lowenthal 'Morphy's Games of Chess' (London, 1898), Toulouse Lautrec 'Hunting with 'The Fox' (Oxford, 1948), and J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobit' (London, 1965)
Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel) [The Lord of the Rings]: The Fellowship of the Ring, second impression, covers slightly stained, extremities of spine frayed, 1954; The Two Towers, first edition, head and foot of spine a little frayed, 1954; The Return of the King, first edition, head and foot of spine rubbed, [1953], all spines slightly faded, warped, 8vo; together with a later set, eighth, sixth and fifth impressions with dust-wrappers, spines light-stained. (6)
Carver (Captain Jonathan). Three Years Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America, for More than Five Thousand Miles..., pub. James Key, Edinburgh, 1808, contemp. ink anotation to inner margin of title, contemp. half calf, joints slightly rubbed, 8vo. First edition published in Philadelphia 1789. Sabin 11185. (1)
Golden Cockerel Press. A Compendium of the East. Being an Account of the Voyages to the Grand Indies made by the Sieur Jean de Lacombe, of Quercy, Formerly Captain at Arms in the Service of the Company of the Indies of Holland. Now Published for the first time [from the Bordeaux Manuscript of 1681] in an English Translation by Stephanie & Denis Clark. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Ashley Gibson, 1937, six double-page plates, map endpapers, orig. linen-backed silk boards, small folio. Limited edition 282/300, signed by the Editor. (1)
Ichida (Dr. Soichi). The Dragon Stamps of Japan 1871-1872. The Study and Story of Dragon Stamps, the First Group of Japanese Postage Stamps....., pub. Ikeda, Tokyo, 1959, profusely illust. throughout, including a colour guide, and photographs in a pocket inside the lower cover, orig. blue buckram, d.j., royal 8vo.. Limited edition, this being copy No.1. (1)
Phillips (John, Life Photographer). A collection of forty-nine gelatin silver photos, late 1950s, being a collection of images considered for his book 'Bled to the Gutter, A Photo-Reporter's Story', pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1959, all with 'Life Photo by John Phillips' ink stamp to verso, and many with pencil captions, most approx. 9" x 7" or similar, together with a first edition of the book in d.j., 8vo. The book contains twelve photos of which eight are in the collection, including portraits of King Ibn Saud, Antoine de Saint Exupery, Ben Gurion and Kruschev. (50)
Plautus (Titus Maccius). Comoediae XX, ex antiquis, recentioribusque; exemplaribus, invicem collatis, diligentissime recognitae, Basle, Cratander, 1523, woodcut title border and initials, corner of a8 torn away, with missing text of 15 words supplied in later manuscript, occasional light water-staining,full antique-style pigskin-effect blind-stamped calf byBayntun, retaining two large fragments of a 15th-c manuscript as endpapers, 8vo. The first Basle edition. (1)
Scott (Sir Walter). The Works, 5 vols., Edinburgh, printed by James Ballantyne & Co., 1806, each vol. inscribed on title 'Countess of Granard from her affectionate Eliz: Anne Parkyns', gilt-gauffered edges, contemp. two-tone red and black straight-grained morocco by George Muller, 27 Temple-Barr, Dublin, with his ticket to vol. 1, gilt dec. spines, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 8vo. The first collected edition. (5)
Tasso (Torquato). La Gierusalemme Liberata, ---con le Figure di Bernardo Castello; E le Annotatiini de Scipio Gentili e di Giulio Guastavini, first illust. Ed., Genova, 1590. first illustrated edition, engraved title, text in two columns, 20 full page engravings by Giacomo Franco and Agostini Carraci after designs by Bernardo Castelli, light foxing throughout, minor worming to last few leaves, contemp. pigskin, morocco label. small 4to. The first edition to contain the Gentili and Guastavini commentaries of the great epic poem. Both Tasso and the illustrator Castello are praised in the prefatory verses by different authors. (1)
Arabian Nights.- Arabian Nights Entertainments (The), edited by Andrew Lang, first edition, frontispiece and numerous illustrations by Henry J. Ford, 32 full-page, ornamental inscription on back of frontispiece, original cloth gilt, g.e., a fine bright copy, 8vo, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898
[Aulnoy (Marie Catherine, Comtesse d') and others] Temple of the Fairies, translated from the French of various authors, 2 vol., first edition, wood-engraved frontispieces, title vignettes, 10 plates, 15 illustrations, and 8 tailpieces by Lee after William Craig, original boards, spines restored, printed labels worn, uncut, 8vo, Vernor and Hood, 1804. An excellent copy of this well-produced collection. The twelve tales included are: The Yellow Dwarf; Minet; The Little White Mouse; Innocence Rewarded; The White Doe in the Wood; The Royal Enchanter; The Good Woman; The Young Shepherd (with continuation); The Princess Camion; Artless Love; and Invincible Fortitude. There are no records of this compilation appearing at auction.
Beauties of the Creation (The), 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, 125 wood-engraved illustrations, including 7 by John Bewick and 2 or more by Lee, contemporary ownership inscription at top of title-pages, contemporary calf, rebacked, 16mo, G. Riley; Champante and Whiterow; and S. Hazard, 1790
B[oyle] (E[leanor] V[ere]) Child's Play, second edition, lithographed pictorial title-page and 16 plates incorporating text, coloured by hand, slightly stained, modern half morocco, 4to, Addey and Co., 1853. The artist's first book. Subsequent editions omit the plate for "I had a little Castle" and were printed in colour. Hand-coloured copies of the first two editions are rare. The second edition is recorded by Robin de Beaumont in his bibliography of E.V.B. in Ibis Journal 2, but he had not seen a copy.
Brunhoff (Jean de) Babar's Travels, coloured illustrations by the author, Methuen & Co., 1935, [1938] - Brunoff (Laurent de) Picnic at Babar's, first English edition, coloured illustrations by the author, Methuen & Co.,1950, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly worn at edges, folio, (2).
Burnett (Frances Hodgson) Little Lord Fauntleroy, first edition (serialised in St. Nicholas vol. 13 part 1 and 2), illustrations by R. B. Birch, New York, 1885-1886; Little Lord Fauntleroy, first English edition, illustrations by R. B. Birch, contemporary inscription on half-title, Warne, 1886; Two Little Pilgrims' Progress, first English edition, illustrations by R.W. Macbeth, Warne, 1895; A Little Princess, first English edition, 8 coloured plates by Harold Piffard, Warne, 1905, original decorated or pictorial cloth, 8vo, (5).
[Clemens (Samuel L.)] "Mark Twain". The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first English illustrated edition, a few slight stains, original decorated cloth, worn, short tear at top of lower joint, 8vo, Chatto and Windus, 1877 - Hawthorne (Nathaniel) The Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, frontispiece and illustrations by F.S. Church, original pictorial cloth gilt, g.e., 4to, John C. Nimmo, 1885 - Kingsley (Charles) The Water-Babies, first illustrated edition, illustrations by Linley Sambourne, original pictorial cloth gilt, g.e., first and last pages slightly spotted, otherwise a fine copy, Macmillan, 1886 Sewell (Anna) Black Beauty, illustrations by John Beer, original pictorial cloth gilt, 4to, Jarrold and Sons, 1894, 8vo and 4to, (4).
Denslow (W.W.) Denslow's Mother Goose, being the old familiar rhymes and jingles of Mother Goose, edited and illustrated by W.W. Denslow, first edition, first state, with 4 pp. following the colophon, numerous coloured illustrations, 40 full-page, two double-page, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 4to, New York, McLure, Phillips & Company, 1901
Doleful Death (The) of Poor Old Robin, with the Distribution of his Valuable Property, as related by Peter Prim, first edition, title-page and 15 pages each with large illustrations and accompanying verse, slightly worn, contemporary ownership inscription on back of title, original printed wrappers with title and imprint on upper cover, [Moon 679], 16mo, J. Harris, 1814
Garden (The), second edition, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates coloured by hand, 7 wood-engraved plates, original roan-backed cloth, [Moon 303 (2)], John Harris, 1832 - [Mogridge (George)] Paul Preston's Voyages, Travels, and Remarkable Adventures, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece 17 plates, and illustrations in text, original calf backed boards, [Moon 69A], John Harris, 1838; Wanderings in the Isle of Wight, by "Old Humphrey", folding engraved map, wood-engraved illustrations, R.T.S., [map dated 1846, inscription dated 1862] - [Clark (Samuel)] Tales about Canada by Peter Parley, edited by the Rev. T. Wilson, engraved map, wood-engraved illustrations, pin holes in title-page, upper cover slightly stained, Darton and Clark, [map dated 1839, inscription dated 1841] - The Indians of North America, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, R.T.S., [inscription dated 1845] - Grove (Miss) Little Grace, or Scenes in Nova-Scotia, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title-page, slightly discoloured, Halifax, N.S., C. Mackenzie & Co., 1846 - The Wonders of Home, by Grandfather Grey, wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, Grant and Griffith, 1850, all but the first two in original cloth gilt, 16mo, (7).
[Godwin (William)] "Marcliffe (Theophilus)". The Looking-Glass, a True History of the Early Years of an Artist, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, prize inscription on endleaf dated 1812, contemporary kid over original boards, label with manuscript title on upper cover, 12mo, Thomas Hodgkins, 1805.
[Guthrie] (F. Anstey) Vice Versa, or a Lesson to Fathers, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1882 - Phillpotts (Eden) The Human Boy, Methuen and Co., 1899 - Salten (Felix) Bambi, first English edition, Jonathan Cape, 1928 - Garnett (Eve) The Family from One End Street, illustrations by the author, Frederick Muller, 1937; Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street, illustrations by the author, William Heinemann, 1956, all but the third first editions, original cloth, the last three with dust jackets, 8vo, (5).
Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Tanglewood Tales, another Wonder Book, first English edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, pictorial title-page and 5 plates after Baker, original cloth, top of spine repaired, front pastedown replaced, Charles Kingsley's copy, inscribed on half-title "Charles and Fanny Kingsley, 1853", with the bookplate of Charles Horrax, and his note at end that the book is from the library of Kingsley's daughter, Chapman and Hall, 1853 - Kingsley (Charles) The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 plates after the author, original decorated cloth gilt, g.e., Cambridge, Macmillan and Co.,1856 [1855], 8vo, (2).
Helme (Elizabeth) James Manners, Little John, and their Dog Bluff, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved illustration and vignettes, Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1813 - The Young Emigrants, or Pictures of Canada, first edition, engraved frontispiece, hole in outer margin, Harvey and Darton, 1826 - The Poetical Piece-Book, third edition, engraved frontispiece, Yarmouth, C. Sloman Jun, and London, W,.Darton, and Harvey and Darton, 1823 - [Strickland (Agnes)] The Moss-House, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, William Darton, 1822 - The History of More Persons that One, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, advertisements at end including cards, games, dissected maps and dissected puzzles, upper cover loose, William Darton, 1823 - A Mother's Care Rewarded, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, William Darton, [plate imprints dated 1824] - Hewlett (Esther) The Little Cowslip-Gatherers, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, William Darton, [plates dated 1824], original roan-backed boards, 12mo, (7).
Hey (F.) Picture Fables, translated by Henry W. Dulken, first English edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations after Otto Speckter, original cloth gilt, g.e., a fine copy, 8vo, Routledge, 1858; Another edition, original cloth gilt (new design), 8vo, Routledge, 1863 - V. (L.) The Three Little Friends, wood-engraved frontispiece and 20 illustrations by Oscar Pletsch, coloured by hand, top of half-title replaced, original cloth gilt, faded and stained, 4to, Frederick Warne & Co., [1863] - Howitt (Mary) Sketches of Natural History, or Songs of Animal Life, wood-engraved illustrations after H. Giacomelli, original pictorial cloth gilt, g.e., 4to, T. Nelson and Sons, 1873 - Trojan (Johannes) Das Buch der Stonde, coloured illustrations by Bernhard Mšlins, 4to, Hamburg, [c.1880] - Kerner (Theobald) Prinzessin Klatschrose, text in German, French, and English, illustrations coloured through stencils, rebacked, 4to, Stuttgart, Deutsches Verlags-Anstalt, [1893], the last two in original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 8vo and 4to, (6).
[Hughes (Mary)] The Alchemist, first edition, engraved frontispiece, William Darton Jun., 1818; Something New from Aunt Mary, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, William Darton, 1820; Stories for Children, second edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, William Darton, 1822, original roan-backed boards, spine of the last gnawed at foot, 12mo, (3).
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