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Click here to subscribeMadonna - Three books, including Sex, first edition, Secker & Warburg, London 1992, complete with original foil sleeve; and Nudes 1979, Taschen, Berlin 1990; with thirty-nine assorted single records; nine assorted picture disc single records, including shaped releases of 'Into the Groove' and 'Crazy for You'; a printed wall-hanging; and an original 'Who's That Girl' world tour poster, 1987.
Quaglio, Johann Maria von. Praktische Anleitung zur Perspektiv mit Anwendungen auf die Baukunst. Munich, 1811, folio, first edition, 30 lithographed plates; Mitterer, Hermann. Die deutsche Zimmerwerks-Kunst als Fortsetzung der burgerlichen Baukunst und Bauzeichnung. Munich, 1816, folio, 35 lithographed plates, 2 works bound in one volume, original boards, neatly rebacked in calf
Ortelius, Abraham[An epitome of Ortelius his theatre of the world... amplyfied with new mappes wanting in the Latin editions. London: Henry Swingenius for John Norton, 1602], first edition of the Epitome in English, 2 parts in one volume, oblong 8vo (110 x 145mm.), 125 engraved maps, contemporary calf, blind-stamped fillet around boards with heart motif in corners, lacking the title, dedication leaf torn in inner margin with loss of three letters, dedication leaf A2 and following leaf A3 (The Celestial Globe) cropped diagonally affecting headlines and first line of text of A3 verso, lightly dampstained from M2 onwards, a few light marks, without the final blank or cancel leaf, head and base of spine worn, small wormhole to upper board . Note: First English edition of Ortelius's Epitome. The first English edition of 1602 is dedicated to Mr. Richard Gargrave, who was knighted by King James in 1603. "These two little books were the earliest world atlases to be published in England and the earliest world atlases with English text" (R.A. Skelton, "Bibliographical Note" in Abraham Ortelius The Theatre of the Whole World. Amsterdam, 1968). The maps were engraved by Philip Galle after the maps in Ortelius's Theatrum of 1570, this edition being printed by Hendrik Swing (Swingenius) for the London bookseller, John Norton, the same person who published, in partnership with John Bill, the Theatrum in 1606. Koeman III, Ort 62; Phillips, Atlases 418; van der Krogt 332:31
Bookbinding--Hobson, G.D.. Thirty bindings. London: First edition club, 1926, 4to, number 59 of 600 copies, original parchment gilt, t.e.g., slight discolouration to corner of upper cover; Derome, Leopold La reliure de luxe. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1888, large 8vo, one of 900 copies, double-page frontispiece by Adeline, brown half morocco, spine gilt, a fine copy; Englisch, Paul Geschichte der erotischen Literatur. Stuttgart, 1927, 4to, illustrations, red half morocco gilt (3)
Aspin, Jehoshaphat. The naval and military exploits, which have distinguished the reign of George the Third. London: W. Clowes for Samuel Leigh, 1820. First edition, 12mo (150 x 90mm.), 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates, original printed pink-red boards, uncut, preserved in folding red cloth box, occasional light offsetting onto text and plates, without 'Embellishments' leaf, spine rather worn, extremities slightly rubbed . Note: Abbey, Life 350 (with 34 plates). This copy includes the two additional plates, 'Vittoria' and 'Pampeluna', which "were probably issued later, as an added attraction" (Abbey), which may explain why the 'Embellishments' leaf is not present in this copy as it lists only 34 plates.. The work includes illustrations of the wars with France, Spain, the North American Indians, India, the United States of America, Holland and Algiers and the abolition of Christian slavery.
King George VI--Scots Guards--Maurice, Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick. The history of the Scots Guards, from the creation of the regiment to the end of the Great War. London: Chatto & Windus, 1934, 2 volumes, 8vo, first edition, number 41 of the special edition of sixty copies, signed by Prince Albert, Colonel of the Scots Guards, later King George VI, plates and maps, some coloured, including 7 hand-coloured plates by Lawson, original blue buckram gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, dustwrappers, spines somewhat faded . Note: The rare limited edition signed by Prince Albert as Colonel of the regiment before he became King George VI.
Madox, Thomas. Formulare Anglicanum, or, a collection of ancient charters and instruments... London, 1702, folio, contemporary panelled calf gilt, some cracking at hinges, corners repaired, interior clean, bookplate; Spelman, Henry Glossarium archaiologicum... London, 1687, third edition, folio, portrait frontispiece, 19th century panelled calf gilt, upper board loose, interior clean, first 3 leaves loose, bookplate of John Clerk Brodie; Warner, George & Ellis, Henry Facsimiles of Royal and other charters in the British Museum, William I-Richard I. London, 1903, folio, volume 1 only, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some fading, interior clean, bookplate (3)
Military History - Hawker, Colonel Peter. The diary of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802-1853. London, 1893, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, some foxing; Fergusson, B. The Black Watch and the King's enemies. London, 1950, 8vo, original cloth, foxing; Groves, J. Percy With claymore and bayonet or the Ross-shire Buffs. London, 1895, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, backstrip faded; Mackenzie, W.C. Colonel Colin Mackenzie, first surveyor-general of India. London, 1952, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, faded; Cooper King, C. The story of the British Army. London, 1897, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, faded; Smith, Sir Harry The autobiography of... London, 1901, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontspiece, later red half morocco, interior clean; Yeomanry An abridgement of the regulations for the formations and movements of the cavalry. London, 1838, 8vo, plates, inscription of A. Gibson Maithland of the Royal Midlothian yeomanry cavalry, July 1843, contemporary cloth; Hammond, Capt. M. Memoir of... London, 1859, sixth edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Nolan, Edward Henry The history of the war against Russia. London: Virtue, [c.1855-95], 8vo, 8 volumes, 72 plates, original red cloth gilt, some foxing; Grieve, Capt. W. Tunnellers, the story of the tunnelling companies, Royal Engineers, during the World War. London, 1936, 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt (19) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,
New Forest. An Abstract of all the claims on the New Forest, in the county of Southhampton, entered at the Lord Chief Justice in Eyre's Court..., Salisbury, 1776, 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn, lacking backstrip, boards detached, interior clean; Perrault, Mr. & Stoy, Prof (trans.) Manuel elementaire en figures, pour l'instruction de la jeunesse. Nuremburg, 1789, 8vo, 3 [of 4] volumes, lacking plate volume, later calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at extremities, interiors clean; Clater, Francis Every man his own farrier. London, 1811, twenty-first edition, 8vo, lacking frontispiece, contemporary half calf, worn, boards detached, heavy foxing, first few leaves loose (5)
Skene, William F.. The Highlanders of Scotland, their origin, history, and antiquities … London: John Murray, 1837. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo., original cloth, fore-edges uncut, rubbed, spine of volume 1 damaged; Green, Charles E. East Lothian. Edinburgh: Green, 1907. First edition, 8vo., illustrations, publisher's cloth, t.e.g, others uncut, faded and a little stained, inner joints cracking; McCrie, Thomas, the Revd. The Bass Rock; its civil and ecclesiastical history by the Rev. Thomas McCrie geology by Hugh Miller … zoology and botany by Professor Fleming and Professor Balfour. Edinburgh: Greig, [1847]. 8vo., plates, publisher's cloth, upper inner joint broken, and another. (5)
Milne, A.A.. Now we are six, first edition, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, 1928, original cloth,, both slightly stained & rubbed; When we were very young, 1924, fourth edition, original cloth; Barker, M.C. Flower fairies of the spring, [summer], 2 volumes, [n.d.], original boards, dust-jackets lightly dust-soiled; Jerome, J.K. Told after supper, 1891, original cloth, spine lightly faded (6) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,
Potter, J.K.. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998, first edition, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket with blue prize circle and Bookseller review, slight skew to binding, slight light bumping to head of spine, and slight creasing towards edges of wrapper and corners, otherwise a fine copy
Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone, 1997, first paperback edition, 25th impression, Smarties Gold Award label on upper cover, 2cm sellotape strengthening in inner margin of title, some creasing and rubbing to binding, foot of spine torn with sellotape repair; Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets, 1998 (printer's number), first paperback edition, 11th impression, Smarties Gold Award label on upper cover, somewhat creased, rubbed at foot of spine, both signed "J.K. Rowling" on dedication leaf (2)
Buchan, John. The thirty nine steps. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915, first edition, 2 pages advertisements at end, original blue cloth, slightly browned as usual, cloth slightly cockled, spine lightly faded & very slightly rubbed; Ibid. The power-house. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916, first edition, half-title, original red cloth, slightly browned as usual, spine faded, a few minor marks to cover; Ibid. The Runagates Club, 1928, original cloth, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, spine faded, slightly rubbed; Prester John, 1910, original cloth, slightly soiled; Greenmantle, 1916, original cloth, slightly soiled and faded (5)
Burton, John Hill. The history of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1874, second edition, 8vo, 8 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, some slight rubbing, bookplates; Temple, Sir W. Memoirs of the life of... London, 1714, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, offsetting; Aiken, Lucy Memoirs of the court of Queen Elizabeth. London, 1819, fourth edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed at edges; Osbourne, Francis Secret history of the court of James the First. Edinburgh, 1811, 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt [uniform with previous], rubbed at edges, some foxing and another volume (14)
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with divers addicions, whiche were never in print before.. compiled by Jhon Lidgate, monke of Berie. [London: Jhon Kyngston for Jhon Wight], 1561, fifth edition, first issue, folio, black letter, title within woodcut border, woodcut sectional titles to The Canterbury Tales and The Romaunt of the Rose, with the 22 woodcuts in the Prologues used by Caxton in his second edition of the Prologues and not present in the second issue of this fifth edition, seventeenth century calf, upper margin cut down with headlines and page numerals occasionally trimmed, lower fore-margin of title and Prologue somewhat grubby and slightly frayed/friable, 2cm repair to title fore-margin, two short tears in lower margin of Prologue (one extending into text, without loss), some damp-staining to margins, some light soiling, small rust-hole in I2, occasional adhesions affecting a few letters, 2B1 torn and repaired, paper flaw to 3N1 affecting a few letters, paper flaw to blank margin of 3O3 and 3V7, some later blank leaves bound in at beginning (now loose), binding worn, cords weak but holding, one ownership inscription lightly erased from title . Note: A complete copy of the desirable first issue of the fifth edition reproducing Caxton's woodcuts used in his second edition of The Canterbury Tales published in 1483. Pforzheimer 176; STC 5075; Langland to Wither 42. Provenance: John Goldwell, two early inscriptions on title, one trimmed; Samuel Oldham Lees, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1858; A. Oldham Lees, Cai. Coll. Cambridge, 1890, inscription on later blank bound in
Christie, Agatha. The murder of Roger Ackroyd. London: W. Collins Sons & Co, 1926, First edition, 8vo, original blue and red cloth, heavily stained and faded, worn at edges, inner hinges repaired, some foxing to interior; Ibid Partners in crime. London: W. Collins & Sons, 1929, First edition, 8vo, original black and red cloth, heavily rubbed, worn at hinges, ink stamp on front free endpaper, pp.43-48 with burns to edges [no text loss]; Ibid Death on the Nile. London: Collins Crime Club, 1937, First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, stained and faded, corners worn, some foxing to interior (3)
Christie, Agatha. Towards zero. London, 1944, First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, decorative dustwrapper, backstrip discoloured, torn at hinges, owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper; Ibid The labours of Hercules. London, 1947, First edition, 8vo, orignal orange cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, creased, interior clean; Ibid Taken at the flood. London, 1948, First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, dustwrapper, torn at head and tail of backstrip [4cm strip lacking at tail, 1cm at head], tear at rear; Ibid Crooked house. London, 1949, First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, some foxing to interior (4)
Conrad, Joseph. Youth: a narrative. Edinburgh & London: W. Blackwood, 1902, first edition, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated 10/02, original green cloth, slightly soiled with ink mark to upper joint; Ibid. Suspense, 1925, first edition, original maroon cloth; Ibid. Twixt land & sea, 1912, original green cloth, somewhat spotted, binding somewhat marked & rubbed; Tales of hearsay, 1925, first edition, original cloth, damp-mark to upper cover; Ibid. Notes on life & letters, 1921, spine very faded (5)
Dickens, Charles. The personal history of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850, 8vo, illustrated by H.K. Browne, engraved title, frontispiece & 38 plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, worn at corners, bookplates, some foxing; Ibid Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857, first edition in book form, 8vo, illustrated by H.K. Browne, engraved title, frontispiece, 38 plates, contemporary half green calf gilt, backstrip faded, bookplates, some foxing (2)
Dickens, Charles. Sketches by Boz. London: John Macrone, 1836, first edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, 16 etched plates by George Cruikshank, with most of the internal flaws listed by W.E. Smith, pale yellow coated endpapers, original dark grayish olive green embossed leaf-patterned cloth, plates lightly damp-mottled, lacking protective tissue volume 1, corner of K9 vol.1 torn away and final leaf torn without loss, some light soiling & spotting, textblock of both volumes split, with some leaves detached, bindings damp-stained, rubbed at extremities, volume 1 lower joint partly split and with small hole to spine . Note: First edition of the first work by Dickens to appear in book form. Smith 1. . Provenance: John Thomson, 1836, inscription on endpapers
Dodgson, C.L. "Lewis Carroll" --Leathes, E. Stanley. Alice's Wonderland birthday book, compiled by E. Stanley Leathes from Alice in Wonderland and Through the looking glass by permission of the author. London: Griffith and Farran, 1884, first edition, small 4to, printed in red and black, illustrations, original red pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed at extremities and lightly soiled . Note: Rare. The work comprises a quotation for each day of the year with space on the facing page for birthdays to be noted in. There are entries for twenty days in a neat early hand. Sotheby's sold a presentation copy from Lewis Carroll with his name inscribed on his own birth date, January 27, in their sale of 10 November 1998, lot 78, £5200.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The white company. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1891, first English edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of volume 2 and 3, original red-brown cloth lettered and blocked in black and gilt, slightly spotted, covers lightly damp-spotted, very slightly rubbed, Conan Doyle newspaper poem stuck to endpaper of volume 1 with slight loss of floral endpaper at head of page Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,
Hardy, Thomas. The melancholy hussar [in] three notable stories. London, 1890, first printing in book form, first issue with the Marquis of Lorne incorrectly styled K.G., 4 pages of advertisements, original blue cloth lettered in black, bookplates of A. Edward Newton and Hugh Roberts Parrish, browning to endpapers and half-title, binding slightly stained, spine chipped at head and foot, hinges weak and another copy, later issue with cancel title correcting K.G. to K.T., 4 pages of advertisements and publisher's catalogue dated September 1889, original pictorial grey cloth, hinges tender, covers slightly faded, extremities rubbed; Ibid Life's little Ironies. A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches entitled A Few crusted characters. London, 1894, first edition, ownership inscription of Hardy's cousin, John Antell (dated Easter 1894), original green cloth blocked in brown and lettered in gilt, browning to endpapers, extremities rubbed; Ibid Life's little ironies. London, 1894, Colonial Library edition (issued in the same year as the first edition), original printed wrappers, advertisements at end dated 20 July 1894, wrappers somewhat stained and chipped, spine worn and beginning to split; Ibid Life's little ironies. London, 1895, Colonial Library edition, publisher's catalogue at end dated August 1894, original dark green cloth, hinges slightly tender, extremities bumped; Ibid The famous tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse. London, 1923, first edition, frontispiece and one illustration reproduced from drawings by Hardy, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Ibid The famous tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. New York, 1923, number 553 of 1,000 copies, frontispiece and one illustration, original cloth-backed boards; Ibid An indiscretion in the life of an heiress. Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1934, first edition, number 81 of 100 copies, Max Gate booklabel tipped-in before title-page, original limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt, gilt edges, original black board case; Ibid An indiscretion in the life of an heiress Hardy's lost novel, now first printed in America and edited with introduction and notes by Carl J. Weber. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1935, first American edition in book form, original dark green cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Ibid An indiscretion in the life of an heiress. Edited and with an Introduction by Terry Coleman. London, 1976, proof copy, paper wrappers, slightly stained; and 2 others (12)
Hogg, James. The shepherd's calendar. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, London: T. Cadell, 1829, first edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, half-title in volume 2 only, original boards, uncut, early reback with cloth, occasional spotting; Dundas, J. An abridgment of the acts of the general assemblies of the church of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1721, 12mo, contemporary calf; Scott, Sir W. The history of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1836, 2 volumes, 12mo, folding map, contemporary sheep, worn; Cromerty, George, Earl of An historical account of the conspiracies by the Earls of Gowry and Robert Logan of Restalrig against King James VI. Edinburgh, 1713, 8vo, half-title, contemporary calf, worn, cover detached; [Turnpike roads] The acts of Parliament for making and repairing the turnpike roads... within the county of Edinburgh from the Union to the year 1803, Edinburgh, 1803, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Hill, Rowland Journal of a tour through the north of England and parts of Scotland. London, 1799, 8vo, old sheep, worn, pp.123-126 torn without loss, spotting; [Crockatt, Gilbert] Scotch Presbyterian eloquence. London, 1786, 12mo, calf-backed cloth, some spotting and soiling; [Steuart, Walter] Collections and observations methodiz'd concerning the worship... of the Church of Scotland. Edinburgh: Heirs & Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1709, 4to, errata leaf, contemporary calf, rebacked (10)
Joyce, James. Ulysses. London: John Lane, 1936, 8vo, number 317 of 900 copies on Japon vellum, original green cloth gilt, gilt stamp of bow on upper board, dustwrapper, rubbed, chipped at edges, interior clean; Ibid Two tales of Shem and Shaun. London, 1932. First edition, 8vo, original paper boards, hinges cracking, some foxing; Ibid Haveth childers everywhere. London, 1931, 8vo, No 26 Criterion Miscellany, paper wrappers, torn at hinges, some spotting (3)
Mackay Brown, George. The storm and other poems. Kirkwall: The Orkney Press, 1954. First edition, 8vo, introduction by Edwin Muir, original plain paper wrappers, decorative thick paper wrapper designed by Ian MacInnes, small tear at foot of backstrip, some slight discolouration to edges, interior clean; Ibid The year of the whale. London: Chatto & Windus with The Hogarth Press, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, decorative dustwrapper, some discolouration to edges, interior clean (2)
Pinkerton, J.. Rimes. London: Charles Dilly, 1782. Second edition, 8vo., engraved vignette on the titlepage, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, some spotting throughout, possibly lacking a frontispiece; De Quincey, Thomas. Confessions of an English opium-eater. London: Taylor & Hessey, 1823. Third edition, 12mo, contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, rubbed, one of the front free endpapers removed; Scott, Sir Walter. The lady of the lake. Edinburgh: Ballantyne, 1810. First edition, 4to.,engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf, paper boards, rubbed and stained and two others. (5) . Provenance: From the library of the Hon. Lord Elliott Q.C., M.C.
Spark, Muriel. The prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1961, first edition, dust-jacket slightly cockled;Forester, C.S. Hornblower in the West Indies, 1958; Lieutenant Hornblower, 1952; The good shepherd, 1955; Mr Midshipman Hornblower, 1950; Hornblower and the hotspur, 1962, first editions, dust-jackets slightly marked; O'Brian, Patrick Clarissa Oakes, 1992, first edition, dust-jacket; Doyle, A.C. Micah Clarke, 1889, first edition, original cloth gilt, slightly spotted; Hardy, T. Jude the obscure, 1896, etched frontispiece loose, worn; A changed man, 1913, frontispiece, original cloth; Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world, 1932;Smith, C.H. Rawhedia, 1926, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, spine lightly faded (12)
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Co., 1883, first edition, map frontispiece, half-title, 8 pages publisher's advertisements at end dated 5R - 1083, publisher's blue cloth, a few pages slightly spotted, slightly rubbed, spine discoloured and slightly rubbed at extremities . Note: With issue points: "dead man's chest "not capitalised on either page 2 or 7; "8" present in pagination on p.83; "7" not present in pagination on p.127; full-stop lacking following "opportunity" in line 20 of p.178; "worse" in line 3 of p.197.
Wodehouse, P.G.. Psmith journalist, 1915, half-title, 12 plates, original pictorial cloth, one plate loose, endpapers spotted, slightly rubbed and marked; The coming of Bill, 1920; The clicking of Cuthbert, 1922; The adventures of Sally, 1923; Leave it to PSmith, 1924; Carry on Jeeves, 1925; The heart of a goof, 1926; The small bachelor, 1927; Meet Mr Mulliner, 1927; Mr Mulliner speaking, 1929; Summer lightning, 8vo, first editions, original cloth, without dust-jackets, most spines slightly faded; and a later edition (12)
Women novelists--[Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone]. The Inheritance, 1824, first edition, 3 volumes, half-titles, contemporary half green calf, rather worn, 1 cover detached; Destiny; or, the Chief’s Daughter, 1831, first edition, 3 volumes, half-titles but with advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, later half morocco, g.e., spines gilt, joints rubbed, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, 1831, some spotting, [Wolff 2235 & 2234; Not in Sadleir]; Fullerton, Georgiana Grantley Manor, 1847, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, bookplates of Sir Frederick Milner; [Kelty, Mary Anne] The favourite of nature, 1822, third edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, contemporary half calf, rebacked, title to volume 3 repaired without loss; Opie, Amelia Tales of real life, 1810, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, volume 3 lacking pp. 145-151, several pages loose; [Tayler, C.B.] May you like it, 1823, 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary green calf gilt (14)
Pugin, Augustus. Paris and its environs displayed in a series of picturesque views. London: R. Jennings, 1831, 4to, 2 volumes, additional engraved titles and 101 plates (depicting 202 views), contemporary half calf, a little light spotting, small marginal dampstain to a few plates, light wear to binding, split at head of one joint; Huish, M.B. Samplers and tapestry embroideries, 1900, 4to, number 302 of 600 copies, plates, original cloth, a clean copy; Rousselet, Louis L'inde des Rajahs. Voyage dans l'Inde centrale, Paris: Hachette, 1875, 4to, illustrations, original red morocco-backed pictorial cloth, g.e., spine rubbed, upper hinge broken; Ritson, Joseph Robin Hood. A collection of all the ancient poems, songs and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw, 1885, large 8vo, fine large paper edition, number 34 of 100 copies, portrait and 9 etchings on Whatman and Japanese paper, wood-engravings by Thomas Bewick on china paper, original green silk, spine faded and slightly rubbed at head; Mackenzie, Alexander History of the Mackenzies. Inverness, 1894, 8vo, 2 plates, original red morocco-backed cloth, first gathering loose (6)
Wine--Barry, Sir Edward. Observations historical, critical and medical on the wines of the ancients, and the analogy between them and modern wines. London: T. Cadell, 1775, first edition, 4to engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed at base of spine . Note: Simon, BG 168; Vicaire p.67
[Fortin de Grandmont, François]. Les ruses innocentes, dans lesquelles se voi comment on prend les oyseaux passagers. Paris: Pierre Lamy, 1660, 5 parts in one volume, 4to, issue with author's initials only on title, title printed in red and black, 66 woodcut plates, 9 folding, contemporary vellum, a few plates just shaved, some soiling and browning to margins, upper joint splitting . Note: First edition of a famous work on hunting. A variant issue gives the author's name in full on the title page. Schwerdt i, 180-181
India--Baker, E.C. Stuart. Indian ducks and their allies. Published in the Bombay Natural History Society's Journal, 1898-1900, presentation copy inscribed by the author, 10 chromolithographed plates (as called for) finished by hand, black half morocco with red morocco lettering pieces, red morocco corners; Ibid. The birds of Cachar. Published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, first edition, 10 chromolithographed plates (as called for) finished by hand, contemporary blue half calf, spine gilt; Ibid. The bulbuls of North Cachar. [Bombay Natural History Society] 8 chromolithographed plates finished by hand, some double-page (including 2 uncalled for plates of a new species of Wren, one from The Ibis, each with one leaf of accompagnying text by Baker, loosely inserted), presentation copy inscribed by the author, contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece; Ibid. The game birds of India, Burma and Ceylon, London: Bombay, Natural History Society, 1921-30, volumes 2-3, presentation copy from the author, coloured and plain plates, green half morocco and green half cloth, one spine faded (5) . Note: The copy of Indian ducks and their allies comprises the 10 original parts from the Bombay Natural History Society Journal, each with one coloured plate, with a specially printed title. The first full edition did not appear until 1908. The Birds of Cachar is similarly composed.
Bible in English. Holy Bible, lacking Old Testament title, New Testament: Edinburgh: heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1705, Psalms dated Edinburgh, 1699, 8vo, black panelled morocco, worn, cropped title from a different edition mounted at beginning; [Theology] Two discourses, the first concerning the spirit of Martin Luther, Oxford, 1687 (no printer), bound with others, theological, 4to, calf, worn, title torn with slight loss; Holy Bible London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1592, 4to, later calf, numerous leaves torn and repaired with loss, clasps; Holy Bible [No place or printer], 1708, folio, folding engraved maps; bound with The Psalms of David, Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1679, ninteenth-century blindstamped calf, lacking one clasp; Holy Bible Glasgow & London, 1862, 4to, illustrated, contemporary embossed morocco gilt, some rubbing at corners; sold not subject to return Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis De.. Introduction a la conoissance de l'esprit humain, suivie de reflexions et de maximes. Paris: Antoin-Claude Briasson, 1746. First edition, 12mo (166 x 97mm.), half-title, with the errata leaf, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, pencil markings in margins of first few leaves, joints repaired . Note: Vauvenargues (1715-1747) was a soldier as well as a philosopher and essayist. He wrote on free will and the innate goodness of man, in opposition to the writings of La Rochefoucauld and Pascal, who were pessimistic in their view of man's condition.
Danish medicine--Smith, Henrik. Tredge Urtegaard. Copenhagen: Hans Vingaard, 1557, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, with the final blank leaf, [Nielsen 1511; Rosenkilde & Ballhausen 266; Waller 9022]; Ibid. Fjerde Urtegaard. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, with the final blank leaf, [Nielsen 1512; R. & B. 267; Durling 4224; Waller 9023;]; Ibid. En skon Nyttelig Laegebog. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within a woodcut border, [Nielsen 1507; R & B 265; Durling 4225; Waller 9020]; Ibid. En Bog om Pestelentzis Aarsage. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, [Nielsen 1505; R & B 264; Durling 4222; Waller 9018], lacking final blank; Fries, Lorentz. En Liden Bog om Menniskens Vand... fordancket aff Henrick Smit. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, [Nielsen 639; Waller 3262], lacking final leaf (supplied in facsimile), 5 works in one volume, 4to, later calf, spine gilt, a few early manuscript notes and inscriptions, some light damp-staining throughout, some worming in margins, a few printed margin notes very slightly trimmed, inscription on first title-page deleted, binding slightly worn; Smith, Henrik. [Laegebog] En Bog om Pestilientzia aarsage. Copenhagen: A. Gutterwitz, 1577, part 4 only (of 6), modern morocco, [Nielsen 1508; R & B 269], a few repairs in margins (2) . Note: These five medical works are usually found bound together. The Tredje Urtegaard (orThe third simple garden) is the largest of Smith's popular medical works. Not a medical man himself, Smith drew heavily on the work of others, including Christiern Pedersen. The Fierde Urtegaard is the first Danish book about obstetrics and female diseases. According to Smith himself this is the second edition of his work on the plague following the first of 1535. Fries's work was translated by Smith.
Royal Society--Philosophical Transactions.. The philosophical transactions from the year 1719 to the year 1733. London, 1734, first edition, volume VI (2 parts in one), 49 folding engraved plates, 2 folding tables (one engraved); Ibid. The philosophical transactions from the year 1719 to the year 1733. London, 1734, first edition, volume VII (2 parts in one), 38 folding plates; Ibid. The philosophical transactions from the year 1732 to the year 1744. London, 1747, first edition, volume VIII (2 parts in one), 32 folding plates; Ibid. The philosophical transactions from the year 1743 to the year 1750, London, 1756, volume X (4 parts in two volumes), 87 folding engraved plates, together 5 volumes, 4to, edited by John Martyn and John Eames, together 206 folding plates, one frayed, contemporary calf, worn, hinges split, one cover detached (5) . Note: The leading scientific publication of its day, comprising summaries of the most important scientific and mathematical work submitted to the Royal Society.
Fishing - Harvie-Brown, J.A.. The wonderful trout. London, 1898, First edition, presentation copy from the author, interleaved, original green cloth, some foxing to endpapers; Cadman, Henry Harry Druidale, fisherman from Manxland to England. London, 1898, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, foxing; Ward, R. The English angler in Florida. London, 1898, 8vo, frontispiece, illustrations in text, original red cloth, some rubbing; Chalmers, Patrick Where the spring salmon run. London, 1931, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt, some fading, foxing; Master, J. The Compleat Indian Angler, 1938, 4to, original cloth, covers marked; Maeterlinck, M. Hours of glasness. London, 1912, 4to, coloured plates by E. J. Detmold, original cream cloth gilt, uncut, slightly marked; Harvie-Brown, J.A. The wonderful trout. Edinburgh, 1898, 8vo, original green cloth, ink inscription; Stewart, W.C. The practical angler. Edinburgh, 1861, 8vo, inscribed copy from J. Harvie Brown to Bertram Danford, original green cloth, worn, inner hinges weak; and another copy (9) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,
Millais, John Guille. Game birds and shooting sketches, 1894, second edition, 8vo, plates and illustrations, original pictorial buckram, spine darkened with tiny nick at head of spine; Ross, John & Hugh Gunn The book of the red deer and empire big game, 1925, 4to, limited to 500 copies, plates, original cream buckram, t.e.g., binding slightly soiled; Bell, W.D.M. The wanderings of an elephant hunter, 1923, first edition, 4to, plates, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, a few light marks to covers, article tipped onto front endpaper (3)
Cunningham, Alexander. Ladak, physical, statistical and historical. London: W.H. Allen, 1854, first edition, 8vo, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline laid down on linen as issued, 31 plates (16 coloured), publisher's blue blind-stamped cloth, some light spotting, textblock split, hinges weak, head and tail of spine worn, some spotting, chiefly to lower board . Provenance: Robert Price 1858; J.E.R. Oldfield; and later inscription on endpapers
Drew, Frederic. The Jummoo and Kashmir territories. London: Edward Stanford, 1875, first edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 3 Woodbury-type plates, general map in pocket, 5 folding maps, 2 other folding plates, Map of India apparently never bound in, publisher's maroon cloth, hinges weak, spine faded . Note: Rare. The Peter Hopkirk sale had a copy of the later edition, The northern barrier of India (1877)
Geology of Ireland--Griffith, Sir Richard John. A general map of Ireland to accompany the report of the railway commissioners shewing the principal physical features and geological structure of the country. Constructed in 1836 and engraved in 1837-8. Dublin: Hodges & Smith: London: James Gardner, [1839], first edition, hand-coloured lithographed map on 6 sheets (each sheet 65 x 79.5cm), dissected and backed on linen, edged in red silk, cloth chemise, original diced calf slipcase lettered in gilt on spine . Note: A fine copy of the Sir Richard Griffith's geological map of Ireland on the quarter inch scale. In Ireland the map possesses the same pioneer status as is held in England and Wales by William Smith's map (1815) and in Scotland by John Macculoch's map (1836). The Irish geologist Richard Griffith (1784-1878) a child prodigy, was unanimously elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh at 23 years of age, elected a member of the newly established Geological Society of London in 1808 and in 1812 was elected professor of geology and mining engineer to the Royal Dublin Society. In 1827 he started his monumental work on the valuations of Ireland. In his work Sheets of Many Colours: the Mapping of Ireland's Rocks Davies states "In its edition of 1839 Griffith's map represents a fine acheivement; in its edition of 1855 it is on every count - cartographic, aesthetic, and geological - a truly superb map." For his geological map and other services to science Griffith was awarded the Wollaston medal by the Geological Society in 1854. Presentation copy, inscribed on cloth chemise "Sent to me from London by Mr Drummond Under Secretary, July 1840", the recipient's name erased. Thomas Drummond (1835-1840), The Under-Secretary for Ireland, the permanent head of the British administration in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Rare: only three copies of the 1839 edition found in the online catalogues of Copac or KVK: N.L.S. (2 sheets only, of 6), Cambridge and Trinity College, Dublin.
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