Grimm.German Popular Stories 2 v 1st 1823-6 translated from the Kinder und Hans Märchen. 2 vol. first English edition vol.1 second issue half-titles etched vignette titles and 20 plates by George Cruikshank those in vol.2 printed in brown 12pp. advertisements at end of vol.1 but vol.2 without 12pp. advertisements at beginning and 2pp. at end small tear to upper edge of plate opposite p.217 in vol.1 (repaired no loss) small hole to p.iv-v (advertisement) in vol.2 with loss of two letters H gathering in vol.2 with some foxing otherwise a fine copy in later calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels g.e. very slight rubbing to extremities small stain to upper cover of vol.2 [Cohn 369] 12mo C.Baldwyn 1823 and London James Robins & Co. and Dublin Joseph Robins Jun. & Co. 1826.
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Hardy.P`que..Tour..Mountains..High Pyrenees first edition presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper engraved map 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates mounted as issued map foxed very slight offsetting from plates original green cloth paper label on spine uncut a little rubbed and spotted spine label slightly chipped spine faded and worn at head and foot [Abbey Travel 210] 8vo R.Ackermann 1825.
Hassell.The Camera..Art of Drawing in Water Colour first edition folding plate in 3 states (1 outline 2 aquatint 1 hand-coloured) advertisement leaf at end plain aquatint plate lightly soiled and partly detached at inner margin original boards with printed paper label on upper cover uncut rubbed a little worn at corners and spine ends [Abbey Life 142] 8vo 1823. ***Scarce.
Hogarth.An Account..Five Days Peregrination first edition 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Hogarth and others title a little browned plates with light marginal staining to fore-edge just affecting border of final plate modern half tan morocco with gilt-stamped calf label on upper cover [Abbey Life 307] oblong folio for R.Livesay 1782. ***Account of Hogarth`s jaunt with his friends from the Bedford Arms Tavern in Covent Garden to the Isle of Sheppey.
Holderness (Mary) New Russia 1823 first edition 3 hand-coloured lithographed costume plates 2 plain lithographed plates 1 folding errata slip at end costume plates clean others foxed some other spotting to text contemporary half calf spine gilt rubbed [cf. Atabey 588 second edition; Not in Abbey or Tooley] 8vo 1823.
Honan.Andalusian Annual for MDCCCXXXVII first edition 12 hand-coloured lithographed costume plates by Gauci and Hullmandel some heightened with gum arabic musical notation some spotting and soiling mainly affecting text original pink cloth covers with title and figure of dancing girl in gilt within elaborate blind-stamped border g.e. rubbed and faded a few small stains to upper cover corners worn rebacked [Colas 1476; Palau 11860] 4to 1836. ***The plates include bullfighters and bandits.
![[Johnson (Charles)] Chrysal 3v 1821 3 vol. first edition half-titles 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates advertisement leaf at e](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/546-201057135439_468x382.jpg)
[Johnson (Charles)] Chrysal 3v 1821 3 vol. first edition half-titles 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates advertisement leaf at end occasional spotting light offsetting from plates but a good copy bookplate of Frederick Greenwood handsome contemporary burgundy straight-grain morocco gilt spines gilt g.e. a little rubbed spine of vol.1 worn at head [Tooley 283] 8vo 1821.
Johnston.Travels through. Russian Empire first edition half-title 2 engraved maps 21 plates all but one hand-coloured aquatints wood-engraved plate of agricultural implements and illustration of mammoth skeleton in text with the List of Plates leaf (often missing) some foxing and offsetting slight staining to one or two plates Egremont bookplate on front pastedown contemporary half red morocco pine gilt rubbed slight wear to head of spine [Abbey Travel 15; Tooley 286] 4to 1815.
Latrobe. Journal of a Visit to South Africa With some account of the missionary settlements...near the Cape of Good Hope first edition folding engraved map with routes supplied in red and blue 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates foxed at beginning and end affecting title otherwise very clean 19th century half sheep spine gilt with red morocco label a little rubbed [Abbey Travel 325; Tooley 292] 4to 1818. ***Latrobe was appointed by the Moravian Church to select a site for a third mission station at the Cape.
![[Little (Thomas)] Confessions of an Oxonian 3 vol. first edition ?lacking half-titles 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.F](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/552-201057135449_468x382.jpg)
[Little (Thomas)] Confessions of an Oxonian 3 vol. first edition ?lacking half-titles 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.Findlay advertisement leaf at end of vol.1 rather browned plates offset handsome later crushed green morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf spines gilt in compartments uncut [Not in Abbey or Tooley] 12mo J.J.Stockdale 1826. ***Scarce.
Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians first edition 23 engraved plates 14 aquatint of which all but one hand-coloured including folding panorama of the Kremlin 3 others folding and large folding engraved map of Moscow (torn and repaired) some light foxing mostly to uncoloured plates and map later half morocco spine gilt [Abbey Travel 227] 4to 1823.
Maddock.Florist`s Directory first edition engraved title and 6 plates 4 hand-coloured some spotting and soiling modern half calf for the Author 1792 § Martyn (Thomas) Thirty-Eight Plates with Explanations...to illustrate Linnaeus`s System of Vegetables 38 hand-coloured engraved plates advertisement leaf at end later red morocco gilt by W.H.Smith & Son uncut 1788 8vo
Malcolm.Anecdotes..Manners/Customs of London 3 vol. first edition 50 engraved plates including 12 hand-coloured costume plates some light spotting and browning original printed label mounted on rear free endpaper engraved bookplate handsome later mottled calf spine gilt with black morocco labels t.e.g. others uncut very slightly rubbed at edges cloth slip-case 4to 1808.
Papworth.Poetical Sketches of Scarborough first edition 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Rowlandson after J.Green one leaf with small tear to fore-edge repaired cropped a fine copy in later crushed dark blue morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf spine gilt g.e. [Abbey Scenery 297; Tooley 422] 8vo R.Ackermann 1813.
Papworth.Hints on Ornamental Gardening first edition lacking half-title sepia-printed aquatint plan (lacking overslip lower margin defective where slip torn away) 27 hand-coloured aquatint plates plate 2 with `Gates and Fences` caption pasted over `Park Entrances` a few illustrations and diagrams in text a little soiled 19th century half calf bookseller`s ticket of Rees Davies of Hull on front pastedown rather worn [Abbey Life 46; Berlin Kat. 3436] 4to R.Ackermann 1823. ***Including an aviary dairy ice house laundry poultry house Venetian tent a bath and an apiary.
Pettigrew.History of Egyptian Mummies. first edition presentation copy from the author to Dr Copland inscribed on front free endpaper half-title list of subscribers 13 engraved or lithographed plates 4 hand-coloured 2 heightened with gold errata leaf frontispiece offset on title plates foxed and water-stained at lower outer corner original cloth-backed boards paper label on upper cover a little worn particularly at spine ends splits to joints [Cohn 644] 4to 1834. ***Ten of the thirteen plates are by George Cruikshank and the one of beetles by J.O.Westwood. Pettigrew was a surgeon and antiquary who conducted researches into medical history and biography and contributed to archaeological journals. James Copland (1791-1870) physician and writer on medicine.
Rowlandson.Annals of Sporting by Caleb Quizem first edition hand-coloured folding etched frontispiece vignette title and 27 plates by Rowlandson and Woodward a little spotted and browned plates offset modern boards with original printed wrappers mounted on covers uncut a little rubbed [Schwerdt II p.119] 12mo Thomas Tegg 1809.
Rowlandson`s Characteristic Sketches..Lower Orders intended as a companion to the new picture of London first edition 54 hand-coloured etched plates by Rowlandson (lacking `Placard/Lottery Prizes` but with duplicate of `Cooper`) a little browned slip with “Fifty-Four Engravings” pasted over part of title nineteenth century calf gilt spine gilt and labelled `London Cries` g.e. a little rubbed joints cracked crude repair to foot of spine with sticky tape [Tooley 424] 12mo 1820.
[Shelley.”We Pity the Plumage...” An Address to the People on The Death of the Princess Charlotte 16pp. first and last leaves browned slight creasing to lower edge of first leaf (title) with the original stitching but broken preserved in old marbled portfolio rubbed [Granniss pp.43-44; Wise p.46] 8vo London Thomas Rodd [c.1843]. ***Rare. Originally issued in 1817 no copy of the first edition is known. Thomas Rodd issued the above reprint in or about 1843 and stated that the author printed only twenty copies of the original. Wise states “no example of this mysterious original has ever been unearthed; no trace of it beyond Rodd`s own statement has ever been discovered; and no mention of any kind either of its printing or distribution is to be found in the correspondence of Shelley or any of his friends. My own opinion is that no original ever existed that the private impression of twenty copies was a myth and that Rodd`s so-called facsimile reprint of 1843 is in fact the actual princeps of the Address.”.
Sotheby.Tour through Parts of Wales first edition presentation copy from the author “To Miss Stables A.D. 1814” inscribed at head of title half-title 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates by S.Alken most after J.Smith some plates rather browned one torn across corner affecting image (repaired) David Lloyd George`s copy with his etched bookplate on front pastedown contemporary straight-grain morocco ruled and stamped in gilt and blind g.e. a little worn [Abbey Scenery 513; Tooley 462] 4to 1794.
[Surtees] Jorrocks`s Jaunts and Jollities first edition in book form etched plates by Phiz 1838; Hawbuck Grange etched plates by Phiz n.d.; “Ask Mama” first edition in book form hand-coloured plates by John Leech some foxing contemporary calf gilt by Root & Son spine a little faded 1858; “Plain or Ringlets?” hand-coloured additional pictorial title and plates by John Leech later red morocco gilt by Bayntun 1860 the first two uniform later half morocco by Zaehnsdorf all with gilt spines featuring sporting motifs t.e.g. all but the third with original pictorial gilt cloth spines and upper covers bound in at end 8vo(4)
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[Surtees] “Ask Mama” 13 parts 1858 first edition first issue in the original 13 parts 13 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech wood-engraved illustrations with all advertisements/slips as called for (some on yellow paper) some light spotting or soiling original red printed wrappers with advertisements a little rubbed edges slightly frayed with one or two chips spines a little worn preserved in later cloth slip-cases spine faded [Schwerdt II p.233; Tooley 472] 8vo 1858.
![[Surtees] Plain or Ringlets 13 parts 1860 first edition in the original 13 parts (in 12) hand-coloured etched pictorial title](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/583-201057135533_468x382.jpg)
[Surtees] Plain or Ringlets 13 parts 1860 first edition in the original 13 parts (in 12) hand-coloured etched pictorial title and 12 plates by John Leech wood-engraved illustrations without the 12pp. list of works by Bradbury and Evans at end of final part but with tipped-in advertisements for Ackermann in several parts very occasional spotting one plate lightly creased but a good set in original red printed wrappers with advertisements Ackermann label at foot of a few upper wrappers very slightly rubbed and soiled small chip to one edge preserved in later cloth drop-back box and slip-case [Schwerdt II p.238; Tooley 477] 8vo 1860.
![[Surtees] Mr. Facey Romford`s Hounds 12 pts first edition in the original 12 parts 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Lee](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/584-201057135534_468x382.jpg)
[Surtees] Mr. Facey Romford`s Hounds 12 pts first edition in the original 12 parts 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech and Hablot K.Browne wood-engraved illustrations with all advertisements/slips as called for (some on coloured paper) except slip for `The Belle of the Village` in part VII some light spotting a good set in the original red printed wrappers with advertisements all upper wrappers titled “Mr.Romford`s Hounds” very slightly rubbed preserved in later cloth slip-cases spine faded [Schwerdt II p.237; Tooley 475] 8vo 1864-65.
Thornton (Alfred) Don Juan 2v 1821 2 vol. first edition 31 hand-coloured aquatint plates occasional spotting and soiling one plate slightly creased another with short tear repaired later red morocco spines gilt vol.1 with original printed wrappers bound in at end [Abbey Life 323; Tooley 486] 8vo 1821-22. ***”The first volume is a parody of Mozart`s and Byron`s Don Juan the second an imitation of Egan`s Life in London.” Abbey.
White.Journal..Voyage to New South Wales first edition engraved vignette title list of subscribers 65 hand-coloured engraved plates 4pp. advertisements at end title and tissue guards foxed plates very clean Dd2 soiled old ink signature of J.W. Rimington Wilson on front pastedown also book-label of Westdean Library contemporary sprinkled calf spine gilt with red morocco label rubbed a little worn at edges and spine ends splits to joints [Ferguson 97] 4to 1790. ***Including 30 ornithological plates 9 botanical and 24 zoological.
Wigstead.Remarks..Tour to North/South Wales first edition half-title engraved additional title and 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and others advertisement leaf at end plates lightly soiled occasional spotting contemporary half roan uncut a little worn especially corners and spine ends [Abbey Scenery 516 uncoloured copy] 8vo 1799 [engraved title 1800].
Poggio Florentinus. Historia Fiorentina first edition of this translation 116 ff. including final blank f. 41 lines Roman type large decorated initials on a1 and a3 in gold and colours coat-of-arms in gold and colours at foot of a1 (little scuffed) large panel in lower margin of a2 with miniature of 2 putti one on rocks the other with a lion decorated with flowers and foliage blank capital spaces some with guide-letters faint ownership inscription at head of title `Collegii Barie (?) Soc. Jesu` note on fly-leaf with catalogue cutting pasted in bookplates on back of front free endpaper title lightly soiled and with small crease at foot sporadic spotting elsewhere heavier to a few ff. handsome 18th century red morocco spine gilt in six compartments with floral decoration rules on covers inner dentelles marbled endpapers little rubbed covers scratched g.e. [BMV V 215; Goff P873] folio Venice Jacobus Rubeus 1476. ***A handsome copy of this work that covers Florentine history in the period 1350-1455.
Pacioli (Luca) Divina Proportione first edition title and final leaf with woodcut of the tree of proportion and proportionality in red and black woodcut initials some criblé diagrams in margins woodcut illustrations including the human head 3 architectural subjects the alphabet (without Z) & the suite of polyhedral shapes the latter after Leonardo da Vinci some early ink annotations in Italian washed trimmed and with some paper repairs (to blank margins and worm-holes) and the lower half of the final leaf (woodcut of tree of proportion) supplied in good facsimile 2 leaves bound out of order modern brown calf in period style with clasps cloth drop-back box [Mortimer Harvard Italian 346] folio (trimmed down to a 4to size) Venice Alessandro & Paganino de Paganini 1509. ***A professionally restored copy of one of the great renaissance books. Pacioli was born in Borgo Sansepolcro and entered the Franciscan order sometime between 1470 and 1476 where he taught mathematics first as a tutor and then as a lecturer at the University of Perugia. In 1496 he went to Milan where he met Leonardo da Vinci who drew the various figures of polyhedra for this work. He completed the work in 1498 and dedicated it to his Milanese patron Ludovico il Moro. It was eventually published in Venice in 1509 with the addition of a short tract on architecture and an Italian version of Piero della Francesca`s De quinque corporibus regularibus. .
Marx (Karl) Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie...Erster Band first edition inscribed by the author to Professor E.S. Beesly on verso of title with further contemporary inscription ?by Beesly below inscription offset slightly onto printed dedication p. bound in later half morocco [PMM 359] 8vo Hamburg & New York 1867. ***”The New Religion” Printing and the Mind of Man 1967. “Under the guise of a critical analysis of capital Karl Marx`s work is principally a polemic against capitalists and the capitalist mode of production and it is this polemical tone which is its chief charm.” Athenæum review of English edition 1887. The first volume of Marx`s magnum opus and the only one to be published in his lifetime the further two volumes published posthumously under the editorship of Friedrich Engels. Such preeminent works signed and/or inscribed thus by Marx are incredibly scarce with no comparable titles seemingly appearing at auction in the last twenty-five years. This is an excellent association copy inscribed to Karl Marx`s friend Professor Edward Spencer Beesly (1831-1915) positivist of the August Comte school of thought historian and one of the founding editors of the Fortnightly Review. In 1868 when Marx & Engels were trying to develop international momentum for the economic philosophy contained in this work they contacted the Fortnightly Review via Beesly to see if it would be interested in publishing a critique of Das Kapital; at the time Marx wrote to Engels: “Prof. Beesly who is one of the triumvirate which secretly runs this rag has. declared he is `morally certain` (it depends on him!) a criticism would be accepted” [8th January 1868]. An eventual review was passed on to the then chief editor John Morley by Beesly but Morley apparently found the piece unreadable and would not allow publication even after Beesly had suggested Marx could try and make the article less dry and more popularist in tone. Beesly subsequently suggested Marx & Engels contact The Westminster Review but nothing seems to have come of this either. The further inscription possibly by Beesly reads “Died 14 March 1883” the date of Marx`s death.
Tolstoy (Count Leo N.) Anna Karenina 3 vol. first (complete) edition sporadic foxing or soiling generally clean early 20th century half calf over contemporary marbled boards vol.1 hinges weak vol.3 upper hinge broken and binding becoming loose [Kilgour 1196] 8vo Moscow 1878. ***A very good copy of arguably Tolstoy`s greatest work the tragic story of Anna Karenina`s love affair with Count Vronsky the inspiration for which apparently derived from an occasion when Tolstoy arrived at a railway station shortly after a young woman who had been the mistress of a nearby landowner had committed suicide. .
Wollstonecraft. Vindication Rights of Woman with strictures on political and moral subjects vol.I (all published) first edition very light marginal browning to a few ff. but overall internally very good contemporary marbled boards with 19th century half calf [PMM 242] 8vo for J.Johnson 1792. ***A powerful yet rational essay on the dynamic of the relationship between men & women and how equality is a right of all women but is repressed through the lack of education available to them. Sadly it was the author`s personal life that garnered more interest than her role as a proto-feminist largely due to the well-intentioned but somewhat damaging Memoir published by her husband William Godwin in 1798 following Wollstonecraft`s death after delivering their only child together Mary Shelley.
Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For these Times first edition in book form half-title internally very good original primary green moiré cloth binding with `Price 5/-` to foot of spine spine browned light circular mark to uper cover but overall a very good copy 8vo 1854. ***”[Hard Times] stamps and records the reality of Dickens`s emotion on a great many things that were often considered unphilosophical grumblings but which since have swelled into the immense phenomena of the socialist philosophy. To call Dickens a Socialist is a wild exaggeration...” G.K. Chesterton Charles Dickens 1903.
Morris (William) The Decorative Arts. An Address Delivered before the Trades` Guild of Learning first issue T.J. [Cobden-]Sanderson`s copy with ink signature to upper cover Ellis & White [1878]; Chants for Socialists original pink sewn wrappers Socialist League 1885; Art and Socialism large paper edition of the Leek Bijou reprint advertisements original pictorial wrappers 1884; A Summary of the Principles of Socialism written for Democratic Federation issue without adverts and in white decorative wrappers ink stamp on last p. and title 1884; Socialists at Play original pink sewn wrappers South Place Institute 1885; How I Became a Socialist portrait edition in printed green wrappers 1896; and 16 others Morris pamphlets all from the collection of Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett 3rd Viscount Esher all housed in his later uniform brown buckram chemise with bookplate v.s. (22)
Morris (William) The Roots of the Mountains first edition one of 250 copies on Whatman paper original Morris chintz patterned cloth lettered on spine in gilt a very good copy uncut [Forman 47] small 4to Chiswick Press for Reeves & Turner 1890 [1889]. ***”This book so satisifed its author that he never reprinted it at his Kelmscott Press. He declared it to be the best-looking book issued since the seventeenth century.” Forman.
Morris (William) Letters on Socialism first edition one of 30 copies on paper from an overall limitation of 34 4pp. facsimile letter bound in Ashley Library device Kelmscott House library bookplate and bookplate of William Morris Society co-founder and Honorary Treasurer Freeman Bass original japanese paper boards lettered in gilt to spine covers rubbed spine darkened uncut [T.J.Wise] The Ashley Library 1894.
Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine first edition blind-stamped `presentation copy` on title author & francophile William Henry Helm`s copy with his pencilled name and occasional highlighting original printed wrappers browned and torn with some loss preserved in modern cloth drop-back box [Wells 4] 8vo 1895. ***Wells` sci-fi classic reflecting many of his own socialist leanings and the increasing anxiety at industrialisation and the yearning for a more atavistic lifestyle. Some speculate that several of the characters contained are caricatures or representations of fellow socialists of renown including William Morris possibly as `the Silent Man` alongside other Fabians. Scarce to survive this intact in the wrappers; this edition was published simultaneously with the first issue cloth edition.
Panoramas.- seventh edition wood-engraved frontispiece Bath for the proprietor 1809 § Christ Rejected. Catalogue of the Picture...painted by Benjamin West. 1814 § M. (A.D.) Description of the Picture Christ Healing the Sick in the Temple painted by Benjamin West. 1812 § [Hale (James W.)] Account of the Siamese Twin Brothers engraved frontispiece [1830] § Burns (Robert) The Jolly Beggars: a Cantata one fold-out leaf n.d. § Description of a View of the Battle of Navarin folding engraved frontispiece 1828 § Description of the View of the Battle of Vittoria...now exhibiting in Henry Aston Barker`s Panorama folding wood-engraved plate at end 1814 § A Short Description of Badajoz. folding wood-engraved plate at end 1813 § Description of the Field of Battle...near Waterloo folding wood-engraved plate prospectus leaf at end 1816 § Military Carriage of Napoleon Buonaparte (The) folding engraved frontispiece 1816 § Catalogue of the Waterloo Museum 97 Pall Mall (A) 1815 § Explanation (An) of the View of Rome folding wood-engraved plate at end 1817 § Description of the View of Athens folding etched plate at end 1818 § Description (A) of the City of La Valetta and the surrounding country of Malta ?lacking plate n.d. § Description of a View of Hobart Town Van Dieman`s Land folding etched frontispiece with short tear 1831 § Description of a View of the Island and Harbour of Bombay folding etched frontispiece 1831 § Description of a View of the Town of Sydney New South Wales; the Harbour of Port Jackson. folding etched frontispiece 1829 § Madras painted by Wm. Daniell R.A. and E.T.Parris; from drawings made by Mr. Aug. Earle...now exhibiting in Coromandel Place ?lacking plate [1829] § Description of a View of the City of Calcutta. folding etched frontispiece 1830 § Description of a View of the City of Mexico folding etched frontispiece 1826 § Description of a View of the City and Harbour of Amsterdam folding etched frontispiece 1830 § Description of a View of the City of Paris folding etched frontispiece 1830 § Explanation of the View of the Interior of the City of Paris folding wood-engraved frontispiece slightly torn later inserted leaf of ms. notes 1815 § Explanation of the View of Paris from Montmartre folding wood-engraved frontispiece 1814 § Brief Account of the Origin of the City of London (A) drop-head title folding plan n.d. § Under the Patronage of His Majesty: Description of the Eighteen Views of the British Diorama and Physiorama exhibiting at the Royal Bazaar 1830 § Petit Louvre (The) being the Original Drawings from the Distinguished Paintings that adorned the Louvre during the Reign of Napoleon Buonaparte 1827 § Ottley (William Young) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the National Gallery 1832 § Plan (The) and New Descriptive Catalogue of the European Museum 1806 together 29 works in 1 vol. contemporary half calf worn 8vo ***A rare collection of so many Barker and Burford panoramas together. The panorama (from the Greek “all-embracing view”) was devised and patented in the 1780s by the Scottish portrait painter Robert Barker. He opened the first custom-built panorama near leicester Square in 1794 and after his death in 1806 it continued to prosper under his son Henry Aston Barker and his former pupil John Burford.
Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice 3 vol. first edition half-title to vol.2 and 3 only lacking in vol.1 vol.1 D7 lower corner torn just touching text but no loss vol.3 E1 torn and defective at inner margin with slight loss of text to both sides a few other marginal tears and defects generally clean vol.1 lacks rear free endpaper engraved bookplate of William Kemmis contemporary tan straight-grain half morocco over marbled boards spines with seven gilt rules and lettered and numbered also in gilt leather a little rubbed some peeling to marbled paper on vol.1 and 2 upper covers marbled edges to the same pattern as the boards [Gilson A3; Keynes 3] 12mo for T.Egerton 1813. ***A very good copy of Austen`s major work in a contemporary binding. Provenance: possibly the William Kemmis (1836-1900) of Rathdrum Co. Wicklow. An indecipherable ink inscription is visible on the recto of the front pastedowns over which the bookplates have been pasted probably mid-late 19th century.
Austen (Jane) Northanger Abbey/Persuasion 4 vol. first edition half-title in vol.I only (a11) lacking in remaining vol. vol. IV lacking P7 & 8 (final blanks) pencil signatures at head of titles some foxing and browning B10 in vol.III defective at lower outer corner with loss to 6 lines on p.19 (repaired) I11 & 12 in vol.IV slightly defective at upper outer corner just touching first line of pp.173-4 (repaired) one or two small marginal tears modern calf preserving old sprinkled calf on boards and gilt spines (rubbed) [Gilson A9] 12mo John Murray 1818.
Tenniel/Lewis Carrol Wasp in Wig 3 pp. on a single sheet folded to make 4 pp. comprising 140 words with an original rough ink sketch at head of first page 8vo Portsdown Road [London] June 1 1870 the long-lost “Wasp in a Wig” letter in which Sir John Tenniel discusses revision of an illustration for Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There and proposes the omission of the Wasp episode from the book. The letter was reproduced in facsimile in The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll [London 1898; New York 1899] by Dodgson`s nephew Stuart Dodgson Collingwood but the location of the original document has been a mystery for more than a century. The contents of the episode itself were unknown until Dodgson`s own galley proofs appeared at auction in 1974. In 1977 a scholarly edition of the narrative was published containing a copy of the facsimile originally provided by Collingwood. Despite the fact that Dodgson and Tenniel are immortally linked in literary history it is well known that the relationship between author & artist was a prickly and difficult one. Tenniel found the Rev. Dodgson to be pedantic and overbearing in his direction of the project of illustrating Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland and tried to evade the chore of illustrating its sequel. After the publication of Through the Looking Glass. Tenniel turned down later proposals from Dodgson claiming that he had entirely abandoned book illustration. Tenniel himself was not always easy-going: it was at his insistence that the first printing of Alice. was suppressed because the artist felt that the illustrations had been too faintly printed and he was apparently quite hostile to the wasp passage; Collingwood quotes Tenniel as declaring that “a Wasp in a Wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art a phrase that does not appear in this letter. Both parts of this brief letter are important. Tenniel heads the letter with a rough but clear sketch of the nightmarish railway-carriage episode from Chapter Three: Alice is depicted seated across from a billy goat and a man dressed in white paper, while a station guard peers at her with opera glasses through the carriage window. In his first paragraph Tenniel suggests that when the train leaps the brook at the end of this passage, it would be preferable for the jarred Alice to seize the goat`s whiskers than the hair of an old woman whom Dodgson had evidently originally written into the scene. Tenniel`s proposal was clearly successful, as there is no old lady in the published text or illustration. Then Tenniel goes on to confront his waspish adversary: Don`t think me brutal but I am bound to say that the `wasp` chapter does not interest me in the least & [that (crossed out)] I can`t see my way to a picture. If you want to shorten the book. I can`t help thinking--with all submission--that there is your opportunity.” Again Tenniel got his way and the peevish wasp disappeared for more than a century. It seems that little or none of the working correspondence between Dodgson & Tenniel has survived so this note furnishes a unique glimpse of the process of developing and perfecting the Alice books. A fair quantity of Tenniel`s sketches have been preserved but this may well be the only spontaneous drawing of its type. The text of the letter and the drawing have been available since 1898 thanks to Collingwood; but this small sheet of paper is the irreplaceable original creased and lightly soiled with a couple of neat docketing numbers but overall very good housed in modern cloth drop-back box. ***The legendary Long-Lost Wasp in a Wig letter [Collingwood Life and Letters pp.146-148.; Gardner editor The Wasp in a Wig passim.; Lewis Carroll Handbook” pp. 63-64 232; Schiller Census [of] Sir John Tenniel`s original drawings to [the Alice books] contained in Alice`s Adventure in Wonderland. An 1865 printing. pp. 54-106 (but not mentioning this sketch)].
![[Wilde (Oscar)] [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] “Ma first edition binding state A inscribed by Oscar Wilde on page followi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/647-201057135653_468x382.jpg)
[Wilde (Oscar)] [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] “Ma first edition binding state A inscribed by Oscar Wilde on page following dedication “For Joe Mack / from his / friend / Oscar Wilde / affectionately / New York / May. 11. / `82.” frontispiece illustrations some wear to page edges original pictorial cloth gilt hinges skilfully restored housed in quarter morocco solander box gilt [BAL 3402] small 4to Boston 1882. ***The identity of `Joe Mack` is to date unknown.
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 first edition first issue with “business” on p.40 and advertisements coded `5G.4.86` & `5B.4.86` folding colour map almost completely lacking half-title Hatchlands bookplate original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine shelf-lean corners and spine ends slightly worn general rubbing to edges 8vo 1886.
![Wilde (Oscar) A House of Pomegranates first edition [one of 1000 copies] 4 plates by Charles H.Shannon woodcut title decorati](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/649-201057135656_468x382.jpg)
Wilde (Oscar) A House of Pomegranates first edition [one of 1000 copies] 4 plates by Charles H.Shannon woodcut title decorations and patterned endpapers by Charles Ricketts ink contemporary signature at head of title original cloth comprising green spine and off-white covers decorated in red & gilt spine lettered in gilt uncut a little rubbed and browned spine slightly stained [Mason 347] small 4to 1891. ***”Mr. Shannon is the drawer of dreams and Mr. Ricketts is the subtle and fantastic decorator.” Oscar Wilde in letter to The Speaker December 5 1891 in defense & praise of this publication. This is one of Ricketts & Shannon`s early collaborations before they went on to form the Vale Press in 1896.
Stoker (Bram) Dracula first edition first issue inscribed from the author to Mrs W.S. Gilbert on front fly-leaf minor spotting to endpapers otherwise internally fine original canary-yellow cloth with lettering and single-roll borders & rules in red some very light surface marking but overall an excellent clean & sharp copy housed in custom-made black buckram drop-back box felt-lined lettered in gilt 8vo Archibald Constable 1897. ***A wonderful completely unsophisticated copy of the scarce first issue published in May 1897 with no advertisements as issued and printed on slightly thicker stock. The contemporary inscription reads “To Mrs. W.S. Glibert with Bram Stoker`s very warm regards 12/7/97”. Mrs W.S. Gilbert who was the wife of William Schwenck Gilbert of Gilbert & Sullivan fame was a friend of Stoker. Some mild controversy was attached at the time to the friendship that existed between Gilbert and Stoker`s young wife Florence as they often socialised together and the former was seen by some as something of a “decadent”.
Joyce (James) Ulysses second printing first English edition number 1509 of 200 copies on handmade paper 7 pp. errata unopened loosely inserted lower corner first few pp. little creased blue paper wrappers rubbed front cover partly loose edges of covers frayed chipped and creased ends of spine chipped [Slocum & Cahoon 18] 4to Published for the Egoist Press London by John Booker Paris 1922.
Radclyffe-Hall (M) The Well of Loneliness first edition first issue ink presentation inscription from Una Trowbridge Radclyffe Hall`s lover to Richard Baldridge on front free endpaper dated “Rome 1960” and with pencil inscription which reads “Richard see p.50” original cloth edges very slightly rubbed dust-jacket slightly rubbed edges nicked with small loss to corners and spine ends 8vo 1928. ***Recognised as the first novel in the English language to openly address lesbianism; its publication provoked a fierce outcry and lead to an obscenity trial that concluded with the book`s ban and an order that all copies should be destroyed. .
Churchill. Europe Unite signed first edition signed presentation inscription on front free endpaper original cloth ends of spine little knocked spine and covers little marked dust-jacket frayed and chipped at head and foot with some loss 8vo 1950. ***Inscribed `To Donald Wolfit from Winston S. Churchill`. Sir Donald Wolfit (1902-1968) actor and theatre manager.
B. (J.L.) The Butterfly`s Funeral first edition engraved frontispiece and 11 plates coloured by hand 10 incorporating text original printed wrappers slightly worn 16mo John Wallis Jun. 1808. ***Only two copies of this rare sequel to The Butterfly`s Ball have been sold at auction. There appears to be no copy in the British Library.
![[Dodgson (C.L.)] Alice`s Adventures second (first published) edition wood-engraved illustrations after John Tenniel tissue gu](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793382/665-201057135719_468x382.jpg)
[Dodgson (C.L.)] Alice`s Adventures second (first published) edition wood-engraved illustrations after John Tenniel tissue guard between frontispiece and title original cloth gilt g.e. by Burn small stain on both covers joints worn corners and top and bottom of spine slightly worn in morocco-backed fitted case [Williams Madan Green and Crutch 46] 8vo Macmillan 1866 [1865].
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