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Click here to subscribeChristie (Agatha). PARKER PYNE INVESTIGATES, first edition 1934, octavo, cloth. (Front free endpaper inscribed 'Madge Watts/Abney', probably in Mrs Watts' hand, in pencil and signed 'Agatha Christie' in ink, lower down). * Madge Watts was the author's elder sister whose marital home was Abney Hall in Cheshire.
Christie (Agatha). CROOKED HOUSE, first edition 1949, octavo, cloth. (Presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'Rosalind/from her mother/Agatha Christie'). * This volume is sold with two dust-wrappers, one with a drawing of a house amongst trees in green and priced at '6s. net', the other with the same illustration in blue and priced at '8s. 6d. net', presumably a later variation.
Baedeker (Karl). Konstantinopel, Balkanstaaten, Kleinasien, Archipel, Cypern, 2nd ed., Leipzig, 1914, folding maps and town plans, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine (this edition was published after the Tripolitanian War or 1912 and the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 showing new borders on the Balkan Peninsula. It describes Constantinople just before the outbreak of WWI. Salonika is described for the first time as part of Greece. This edition was being issued as late as 1938), together with Berlin und Umgebung, 19th ed., Leipzig, 1921, folding maps and town plans, 68 pp., Anzeigenanhang bound in at rear ('Ludwig Glenk' on p. 14, issued c. 1921), orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., with twelve other Baedeker guides, including Belgium and Holland, Northern France, Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland (14)
Boccaccio (Giovanni). The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleasant Novels, Wittily Discoursed, Betweene Seven Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, 2 vols. in one, vol. 1 2nd English ed., [1625]; vol. 2 1st English ed., 1620, wood eng. title to each vol. (that to vol. 1 dated 1620), both close-trimmed, that to first vol. laid down and with loss to edges supplied in facsimile, woodcuts to text, some browning and staining, intermittent worming, mostly to margins, but occasionally affecting text, vol. 2 with piece torn from top outer corner of Q3, with sl. loss of text, stipple eng. of Boccaccio tipped-in to rear pastedown, late 19th c. half morocco, spine rubbed, joints splitting at foot of spine, and binding detached at upper hinge, large 8vo Pforzheimer 71 & 72: 'Copies of the first edition of the first volume are rarer than those of the second and it is said that sometimes the second edition of the first volume with a mutilated title of the second volume substituted is offered as the original. We know of no such copy but its detection should be simple, cf. the collation of the second edition of the first volume'. (1)
Ropaligero Liviano (Didimo). I Goti Illustrati, Overo Istoria de'Goti Antichi... Insertovi l'Apologia per Frate Gioanni Annio Viterbese, Nella Quale si Libera Dalle Imposture di Molti d'Havere Supposti gli Autori da lui Publicati..., pub. Verona, 1679, small hole to first leaf of text (A1) repaired and margin trimmed, early 18th c. gilt panelled calf, gilt dec. spine lacking title label, rebacked, folio Chatsworth library bookplate to upper pastedown. The first edition was published in 1667. (1)
Shearer (Donald M.). The Old Course St. Andrews showing the 17th hole and the Swilcan Bridge, modern colour print, signed in pencil with limited edition 475/750, approx. 490 x 610 mm, together with Weaver (Arthur), The First Tee and "Tom Morris" Green, The Royal and Ancient, pub. Frost & Read, 1963, modern colour print, signed in pencil, approx. 460 x 560 mm, and Wade (Robert), The Eighteenth-St. Andrews, modern colour print, signed in pencil with limited edition 99/600, approx. 365 x 545 mm, plus Pimm (William), Putting, modern colour print, limited edition 152/500, approx. 395 x 600 mm, and Pettitt (E.A.), The Marine, North Berwick, from Point Garry, modern colour print, signed with limited edition 79/950, image approx. 245 x 345 mm, and one other, all framed and glazed (6)
Nonesuch Press. The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips, 1937, unopened, extra set of loose prints contained in pocket at rear, orig. dec. cloth, limited edition 228/1000, 8vo, together with Blake's Pencil Drawings, second series, 1956, numerous b & w illusts., limited edition 590/1440, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and The Complete Writings of William Blake, 2 vols., 1957, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus The Note-Book of William Blake called the Rossetti Manuscript, 1935, limited editon 274/650, orig. cloth, faded to spine, 4to (5)
A group of seven books relating to big game hunting comprising: Taylor Maneater and Marauders London 1959 signed by the author Taylor Podoro London1956 signed by the author and annotated Baker Eight Years wanderings in Ceylon London 1855 Pease The book of the lion London 1913 Selous A hunters Wanderings in Africa London 1895 Greener The Gun and its Development first edition 1881 Roosevelt Outdoor passtimes of an American Hunter London 1905 various bindings (7)
Burrow (F.R.). My Tournaments, 1st ed., [1922], b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, together with Hillyard (Commander G. W.), Forty Years of First-Class Lawn Tennis, Cheap Popular Edition (with an extra chapter on hard courts), 1925, b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth, a little rubbed, plus Lonsdale Library series: Lawn Tennis, Its Principles & Practice. A Players Guide to Modern Methods, by A. Wallis Myers, 1930, Rackets, Squash Rackets, Tennis Fives & Badminton, edited by Lord Aberdare, n.d., c. 1930s, b&w illusts. from photos., both orig. cloth in frayed and sl. soiled d.j.s, and others, all 8vo (12)
(BOOKS) WESTERN F & M. 'Camera Pictures of Malta', published by the authors, circa 1920s, CUMING WALTERS, J. 'The Spell of Yorkshire', Methuen & Co. London 1931, First Edition, MACKENZIE, COMPTON, 'Our Street', Cassel, London 1931 and MILLFORD L.S., 'Haileybury College', Fisher Unwin, London 1909 (4)
Demosthenes (). Opera, Paris, apud Joannem Benenatum, 1570, Greek letter text, printers woodcut device on title, early ownership signature on title, woodcut initials, some age browning, contemp. limp vellum, a little soiled, repaired at head and foot of spine, folio Adams D267: Brunet vol. 2 p. 588. 'This edition is a beautiful and excellent one, taken chiefly from the first of Hervagius. It was begun by Morel in 1558, but he dying in 1564 it was finished by Benenat, with the assistance of Lambinus. The first part by Morel [who altered the Aldine arrangement of the Orationes, and collated eight Parisian mss. with many other valuable works] is not only more beautiful but more correct.' (Dibdin vol. 1, p. 480). (1)
Diodorus (Siculus). Historiae, Paris, Jehan Petit, n.d, c. 1510, printers large woodcut device on title, small crible initials to text, some age browning, contemp. blind-panelled calf, sprinkled with wormholes, 4to Not in Adams or Brunet. A good unsophisticated copy of an early edition of the first translation into Latin of the first six books of the history of Diodorus by Poggio Bracciolini, designed for schoolboy use. (1)
[Elliot, Ebenezer]. Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter, Written and Published by Order of the Sheffield Mechanics' Anti-Bread Tax Society, 1st ed, printed for the author, Sheffield, 1830, 12 pp, title and last page lightly browned, disbound with orig. stitch-marks visible, slim 12mo Rare first edition. The Sheffield Mechanics' Anti-Bread Tax Society was founded in 1830 and survived into the 1840s. Ebenezer Elliot (1781-1849) was an English poet, known as the Corn Law Rhymer, and an active Chartist agitator. (1)
England. Yearbooks. Regis pie memorie Edwardi tertii a quadragesimo ad quinquagesimum , London, Richard Tottell, 1565, title within woodcut architectural border, black letter text, woodcut initials, some contemp. marginalia, modern good quality antique style half morocco gilt, lettered on spine "Statutes Edward III 1565, folio STC 9583. Beale R44. A good wide-margined copy of the second edition of the year books from the 40th to the 50th, and last year of the reign of Edward III (1367-77). The year books are the first English law reports and are not just one of the foundations of English law but of every legal system in the world which has taken the common law as its model. (1)
Humbert de Queyras (Antoine). Alexandre et Isibelle. Histoire Tragi-Comique, 1st ed, Paris, Augustin Courbe, 1626, printers woodcut device to title (dust soiled), woodcut initials, some age browning, contemp. limp vellum, dust soiled, front hinge repaired, thick 8vo First and only known edition of this work belonging to the earliest phase of the French novel. (1)
Sbarra (Francesco). Il Pomo d'Oro, Festa Teatrale rappresentata in Vienna per la nascita del Serenissimo Arciduca Ferdinando primogenito della Sacra Cesarea, Real Maesta dell'Imperatore, Vienna, Matteo Cosmerovio, Stampatore della Corte, 1667, twenty-four folding eng. plts, including large folding frontispiece (tipped onto Bi), by Melchior Küsell, after Lodovico Burnacini, light waterstain to upper outer corner of first few leaves, a few minor marks (generally in clean condition), early 19th c. plain boards, rubbed and soiled, folio Il Pomo d'Oro (The Golden Apple), an opera by Antonio Cesti, with libretto by Francesco Sbarra, was written to celebrate the wedding of Emperor Leopold I of Austria, and Margherita of Spain, and was first performed in Vienna, on 12th and 14th July 1668. One of the most spectacular of Baroque operas, with set designs by the Italian theatre architect and designer Lodovico Burnacini, required elaborate stage machinery for the enactment of scenes from the lives of the Gods, portrayed here in a fine series of engravings by Mathäus Küsel. This 1667 edition pre-dates the standard edition of 1668. See illustration on front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Williams (J, publisher). Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades: or, Approved Directions, from the best Artists. Containing Upwards of One Thousand Approved Receipts Relative to Arts and Trades, 1st Irish ed, pub. Dublin, 1778, early ms. receipt for counterfeit gold bound in at rear, hinges split, contemp. calf, text block split in two pieces, joints cracked & slight wear to extrems, 12mo The rare Dublin edition of a translation of a French work originally published, and possibly written by, Claude Jombert, in Paris in 1714, entitled "Secrets Concernant les Arts et Métiers", and first published in English in 1775. Instructions for the preparation and use of colours, dyes, varnishes, sizes, inks, for manufacturing paste jewellery, wine, vinegar, confectionary, snuff, and with a long section on engraving, and directions for the manufacture of marbled paper, etc. (1)
Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. Deluxe Collector Editions, vols. 1-12, ed. Mike Higgs, Hawk Books, 1987-1995, col. illusts. throughout, orig. pict. laminated boards, a few vols. with very minor wear at head of spines, folio, together with a small qty. of other Dan Dare-related material, incl. a copy of the '10th Anniversary Imprint of the 1st Deluxe Collector's Edition' from the same publisher, four framed and glazed prints, a souvenir album of printed postcards, first day covers, promotional leaflets, comic books and other related ephemera etc. (a carton)
*James (Helen M, early 20th c.). A collection of twenty-three original pen & ink illustrations for Verona (Medieval Towns series), pub. J. M. Dent, 1902, twenty-three orig. b&w pen & ink drawings on paper, each signed, and captioned in pencil, approx. 370 x 245 mm (14.5 x 9. 5 ins), and sl. smaller, together with sixteen original b&w pen & ink illustrations for The Story of Nuremberg (first published in 1899), approx. 240 x 300 mm (9. 5 x 12 ins), and smaller, with a 1904 edition of the published work, and a collection of thirty-two original pen & ink illustrations by Helen James and Nelly Erichsen for The Story of Assisi (Medieval Towns series), first published in 1900, approx. 270 x 315 mm (10.5 x 12.5 ins) and sl. smaller, together with a 1903 edition of the published work, plus Atkinson (Amy B, early 20th c.), Twenty-nine original pen & ink illustrations for Touraine and Its Story, by Anne MacDonell, pub. J. M. Dent, 1906, twenty-nine b&w pen & ink drawings on card, each signed, sheet size approx. 240 x 305 mm (9. 5 x 12 ins) (a folder)
Alex Brychta & The Bee Gees, The Legend, Illustrated Stof the Bee Gees, first edition 1983, signed and dedicated by author and the Bee Gees, together with Richard Chapman, Complete Guitarist, first edition 1993, signed and dedicated; Belinda Charlton, Big is Invisible, first edition 1985, signed and dedicated; and Susan George & Andrew Hewkin, Songs to Bedroom Walls, book and tape, plus thank you note from Susan George to Gary Grant 1987, signed 4.500, (4).
Stefan Richter, Tattoo, first edition, signed and dedicated, together with Brian Keenan, an Evil Cradling, first edition 1992, signed and dedicated; Ellen Kuzwayo, Call me Woman, first edition 1985, signed and dedicated and Lynda La Plante, Bella Mafia, proof copy 1990, signed and dedicated, (4).
White Horse Hill and its Surroundings, Issued in Commemoration of the Unveiling of the Statue of Alfred the Great at Wantage,...1877, first edition, Lewis, Wantage as dated. Decorative brown cloth gilt, frontispiece, two text illustrations, octavo; Hayden, Eleanor G. Islands of the Vale, first edition, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1908. Green cloth, colour frontispiece and further black and white plate illustrations after J.M. Macintosh, octavo; and four other works of Berkshire interest, (6).
Ison, Walter. The Georgian Buildings of Bristol, first edition, Faber, London 1952. Crimson boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; Amery, Colin. (editor). Period Houses and their Details, first edition, Architectural Press, London 1974. Blue boards, dustjacket, illustrations from photographs, quarto; and a further twenty works of architectural interest, (22).
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