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Click here to subscribeBINDINGS. 10 vols. including: Roscoe, William. The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici. Sixth Edition, 1825. 2 vols. - Thackeray, W. M. Roundabout Papers. First Edition in book form, 1863. - Dickens, Charles. The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain, 1848. 8vo., mostly cont. calf or half calf. With Vol. 3 only of Thomas Day. The History of Sandford and Merton, Stockdale, 1789. First Edition.(11)
The following 7 lots were formerly in the collection of the poet Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) and his wife Sylva. BETJEMAN, Sir JOHN. Continual Dew. First Edition, 1937. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (lightly soiled), d.w. (slightly defective). Plates. With fragment of a letter signed by the author loosely inserted.
BUCHANAN, GEORGE. Opera Omnia. Ad optimorum codicum fidem summo studio recognita & castigata: Nunc primum in unum collecta . . . Curante Thoma Ruddimanno, A. M. Edinburgh, apud Robert Freebairn, 1715. First Edition thus. 2 vols. in one. Large folio, modern qtr. tan pigskin. Engraved frontispiece. Contains a full bibliography.
LE CARRe, JOHN (David Cornwell). The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. First Edition, Victor Gollancz, 1963. d.w. - FLEMING, IAN. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. First Edition, Jonathan Cape, 1963. d.w. (head and tail of spine of d.w. frayed). With 15 other volumes including 12 vols. of Works by Dickens, Imperial Edition. 8vo., orig. cloth.(20)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. The Poll at the Election of Members To Serve in Parliament . . . Taken before Ralph Sowerby, Esq; Sheriff, The 13th . . . and 19th Days of May, 1741. Newcastle, Printed by W. Cuthbert (1741). First Edition, 8vo., 19th c. half roan (some wear, ex library copy with stamp inside rear cover). The votes are recorded by trade, each guild being listed. The successful candidates were a Blackett and a Fenwick.
RAWLINSON, GEORGE. History of Ancient Egypt. First Edition, 2 vols., 1881. 8vo., orig. cloth (slightly soiled, lower inner joints cracked). Map, plates and text illustrations. Booklabels of William Robert Phelips. With 12 other volumes (The Queen's Prime Ministers, 6 vols., cloth, and a 4 vol. Bible 1802).(14)
TRIAL. Goodere, Samuel. The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony and Charles White for the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Bart. . . . At the Sessions of the Peace . . . in . . . Bristol. London: Printed for A. Millar . . ., 1741. First Edition, folio, recent green buckram (library stamp on modern blank before title). Sir Samuel Goodere, captain of the ship 'Ruby', arranged for the murder of his brother aboard the ship, but he was apprehended with his companions before he could put to sea, tried and executed. Without the initial advert. leaf, as with most recorded copies.
Cox, David (1783-1859), A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours: from the First Rudiments to the Finished Picture: with Examples in Outline, Effect, and Colouring, London, for S. and J. Fuller by J. Taylor, 1814, Oblong folio (280 x 430mm.), 33 aquatint and soft ground etchings, 6 sepia aquatints, and 16 hand coloured aquatint plates, title with obvious repair, contemporary half calf by Banting of Chelsea, front cover lettered in gilt, green morocco lettering piece, armorial bookplate of T. Villiers Lister. First edition, second issue with Haymuling plate.
Harding, J. D., Lessons on Trees, London, David Bogue, 1852, small folio (370 x 260mm.), title vignette, and 30 lithographed plates after the author, occasional marginal water-staining, contemporary cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. With Iola A. Williams first edition with dust-jacket 'Early English Watercolours' (London, 1952).
Burckhardt, John Lewis (1784-1817), Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred, London, Henry Colburn, 1829, 4o (260 x 180mm.), folding plan and 4 engraved plates, plan split in two, 2 small marginal tears, no loss, contemporary calf gilt, green morocco lettering piece, armorial bookplate of Edward Huth, First Edition, cf. Blackmer 239. The plates include plans of Mecca and Medina.
Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966), Men at Arms, London, Chapman & Hall, 1952, 8o (180 x 115mm.), half title, author's signature pasted down onto title, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Waugh, Evelyn, Officers and Gentlemen, London, Chapman & Hall, 1955, 8o (185 x 115mm.), half titles, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Waugh, Evelyn, Unconditional Surrender, London, Chapman & Hall, 1961, 8o (185 x 120mm.), half title, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With following Waugh first editions, 'The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold' (London, 1957), 'A Tourist in Africa' (London, 1960), a proof copy of a revised edition of 'Decline & Fall' (London, 1962), the first volume of 'A Little Learning' (London, 1964), & Martin Sannard's 'Evelyn Waugh - The Early Years 1909-1939' (London, 1986).
Golding, William, Free Fall, London, Faber & Faber, 1959, 8o (185 x 115mm.), half title, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Golding, William, The Spire, London, Faber & Faber, 1964, 8o (185 x 115mm.), half title, original red/brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With the following Golding first editions, 'Pincher Martin' (London, 1956), 'The Pyramid' (London, 1967), 'The Scorpion God' (London, 1971), 'Darkness Visible' (London, 1979), 'Rites of Passage' (London, 1980), 'A Moving Target' (London, 1982), 'The Paper Man' (London, 1984), 'Close Quarters' (London, 1987), & 'Fire Down Below' (London, 1989), all with dust-jackets.
Price, Anthony, The Labyrinth Makers, London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1970, 8o (195 x 125mm.), half title, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow dust-jacket, First Edition. Price, Anthony, The Alamut Ambush, London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1971, 8o (195 x 125mm.), half title, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow dust-jacket, First Edition. Price, Anthony, Colonel Butler's Wolf, London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1972, 8o (195 x 125mm.), half title, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow dust-jacket, First Edition. Price, Anthony, Our Man In Camelot, London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1975, 8o (195 x 125mm.), half title, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow dust-jacket, First Edition. Price, Anthony, War Game, London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1976, 8o (195 x 130mm.), half title, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow dust-jacket, First Edition. With a number of other Price first editions, 'Other Paths To Glory' (London, 1974), 'October Men' (New York, 1974, author's presentation copy with inscription on front free endpaper), 'Tomorrow's Ghost' (London, 1979, author's presentation copy with inscription on front free endpaper), 'The Hour of the Donkey' (London, 1980), 'Soldier No More' (London, 1981), 'The Old Vengeful' (London, 1982), 'Gunner Kelly' (London, 1983), 'Sion Crossing' (London, 1984), 'Here Be Monsters' (London, 1985), 'For The Good of The State' (London, 1986), 'A New Kind Of War' (London, 1987, signed by the author), 'A Prospect of Vengeance' (London, 1988), 'The Memory Trap' (London, 1989), & 'The Eyes of The Fleet' (London, 1990), all with dust-jackets.
Forsyth, Frederick, The Day of The Jackal, London, Hutchinson, 1971, 4o (215 x 130mm.), half title, contemporary ownership signature on verso of front cover, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Forsyth, Frederick, The Odessa File, London, Hutchinson, 1972, 4o (215 x 130mm.), half title, title printed in red and black, original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket, First Edition. Together with a number of other Forsyth first editions, 'The Dogs of War' (London, 1974), 'The Shepherd' (London, 1975), 'The Devils Alternative' (London, 1979), 'No Comebacks' (London, 1982), 'The Fourth Protocol' (London, 1984, signed by the author), 'The Negotiator' (London, 1989), and the following Patrick O'Brian first editions, 'The Reverse of the Medal (London, 1986), 'The Wine-Dark Sea' (London, 1993), 'The Yellow Admiral' (London, 1997), and a duplicate copy of the previous work, all with dust-jackets.
Wilson, A. N., Unguarded Hours, London, Secker & Warburg, 1978, 8o (215 x 130mm.), half title, original light tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With a number of other Wilson's first editions, 'Kindly Light' (London, 1979), 'The Laird of Abbotsford' (Oxford, 1980), 'The Healing Art' (London, 1980), 'Who Was Oswald Fish?' (London, 1981), 'Wise Virgin' (London, 1982), 'Hilaire Belloc' (London, 1984), 'How Can We Know?' (London, 1985), 'Scandal' (London, 1983), 'Gentlemen In England' (London,1985), 'Love Unknown' (London, 1986), 'Stray' (London, 1987), & 'Penfriends from Porlock' (London, 1988), all with dust-jackets.
Boyd, William, Stars and Bars, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1984, 8o (215 x 130mm.), half title, signed by the author on the title, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Boyd, William, The New Confessions, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1987, 4o ( 230 x 150mm.), half title, signed by the author on the title, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Judd, Alan, A Breed of Heroes, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1981, 4o (230 x 145mm.), half title, original blue cloth backed spine, lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With a number of other first editions by Judd, Moorehead, David Lodge and others, and a quantity of reference works, including Crossing's 'Hundred Years on Dartmoor' (Newton Abbot, 1967).
Le Carre, John, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, London, Victor Gollancz, 1963, 8o (185 x 120mm.), half title, original light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With 7 other John Le Carre first editions, 'The Secret Pilgrim' (London, 1991), 'Smiley's People' (London, 1980), 'A Perfect Spy' (London, 1986), 'A Small Town in Germany' (London, 1968), 'The Honourable Schoolboy' (London, 1977), 'The Looking-Glass War' (London, 1965, signed by the author), 'The Russia House' (London, 1989), 'The Naive & Sentimental Lover' (London, 1971), 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' (London, 1974), & 'The Little Drummer Girl' (London, 1983), all first editions, with dust-jackets.
Deighton, Len, The Ipcress File, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1962, 8o (190 x 130mm.), half title, original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, with review on inside front flap, First Edition. Deighton, Len, Horse Under Water, London, Jonathan Cape, 1963, 8o (190 x 125mm.), half title, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, with review on inside front flap, First Edition. Deighton, Len, Funeral In Berlin, London, Jonathan Cape, 1964, 8o (190 x 120mm.), half title, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, with review on inside front flap, First Edition. With the following Deighton first editions, 'Billion Dollar Brain' (London, 1966), 'An Expensive Place to Die' (London, 1967), 'Only When I Larf' (London, 1967), 'London Dossier' (London, 1967), 'Bomber' (London, 1970), 'Declarations of War' (London, 1971), 'Close Up' (London, 1972), 'Spy Story' (London, 1974), 'Yesterday's Spy' (London, 1975), 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy' (London, 1976), 'Fighter, The true story of the Battle of Britain' (London, 1977), 'SS-GB' (London, 1978), 'Blitzkrieg From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk' (London, 1979), 'Basic French Cooking' (London, 1979), 'Battle of Britain' (London, 1980), 'XPD' (London, 1981), 'Goodbye Mickey Mouse' (London, 1982), 'Berlin Game' (London,1983), 'Mexico Set' (London, 1984), 'London Match' (London, 1985), 'Winter A Berlin Family 1899-1945' (London, 1987), 'Spy Hook' (London, 1988), 'Spy Lone' (London, 1989), 'Spy Sinker' (London, 1990), all with dust-jackets.
Francis, Dick, The Sport of Queens, London, Michael Joseph, 1957, 8o (215 x 135mm.), half title, original turquoise cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Francis, Dick, Nerve, London, Michael Joseph, 1964, 8o (185 x 120mm.), half title, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Francis, Dick, For Kicks, London, Michael Joseph, 1965, 8o (185 x 120mm.), half title, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With the following Dick Francis first editions, 'Odds Against' (London, 1965), 'Flying Finish' (London, 1966), 'Blood Sport' (London, 1967), 'Forfeit' (London, 1968), 'Enquiry' (London, 1969), 'Rat Race' (London, 1970), 'Bonecrack' (London, 1971, signed by the author), 'Some Screen' (London, 1972), 'Slay -Ride' (London, 1973), 'Knock Down' (London, 1974, signed by the author) 'High Stakes' (London, 1975), 'In The Frame' (London, 1976), 'Risk' (London, 1977), 'Trial Run' (London, 1978), 'Whip Hand' (London, 1979, signed by the author), 'Reflex' (London, 1980), 'Twice Shy' (London, 1981, signed by the author), 'Banker' (London, 1982, signed by the author), 'The Danger' (London, 1983), 'Proof' (London, 1984, signed by the author), 'Break In' (London, 1985), 'Lester The Official Biography' (London, 1986, signed by the author and Lester Piggott), 'Bolt' (London, 1986), 'Hot Money' (London, 1987, signed by the author), 'The Edge' (London, 1988, signed by the author), 'Straight' (London, 1989, signed by the author), 'Longshot' (London, 1990), 'Comeback' (London, 1991, signed by the author), 'Driving Force' (London, 1992, signed by the author), 'Decider' (London, 1993, signed by the author), 'Wild Horses' (London, 1994, signed by the author), 'Come To Grief' (London,1995, signed by the author), 'To The Hilt' (London, 1996), '19-1b Penalty' (London, 1997, signed by the author), all with dust-jackets & Bryony Fuller's 'Dick Francis Steeplechase Jockey' (London, 1994, signed by Dick Francis).
Bradbury, Malcolm, The History Man, London, Secker & Warburg, 1975, 8o (215 x 135mm.), half title, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Bradbury, Malcolm, Rates of Exchange, London, Secker & Warburg, 1983, 8o (215 x 130mm.), half title, signed by the author on the title, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With the following Malcolm Bradbury, first editions, 'Phogey' (London, 1960), 'All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go. The Poor Man's Guide to the Affluent Society' (London, 1962), 'Who Do You Think You Are?' (London, 1976), 'Why Come to Slaka' (London, 1986), 'No, Not Bloomsbury' (London, 1987), 'My Strange Quest for Mensonge - Structuralism's Hidden Hero' (London, 1987), & 'Cuts' (London, 1987), all with dust-jackets, except 'Slaka'.
Keneally, Thomas, Schindler's Ark, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, large 8o (215 x 130mm.), half title, inscribed by the author on the title, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Keneally, Thomas, The Place at Whitton, London, Cassell, 1964, 8o (195 x 130mm.), half title, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Keneally, Thomas, Bring Larks and Heroes, Australia - Melbourne, Cassell, 1967, 8o (195 x 130mm.), half title, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With the following Thomas Keneally first editions (either Australian or UK) 'The Fear' (Melbourne, 1965), 'The Survivor' (Sydney, 1970), 'A Dutiful Daughter' (Sydney, 1971), 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith' (Sydney, 1972), 'Gossip from the Forest' (London-Sydney, 1975), 'Season in Purgatory' (London-Sydney, 1976), 'A Victim of the Aurora' (London-Sydney, 1977), 'Passenger' (London-Sydney, 1979), 'Confederates' (Sydney-London, 1979), 'The Cut-Rate Kingdom' (London, 1984), 'A Family Madness' (London, 1985), & 'The Playmaker' (London, 1987), all with dust-jackets.
Harvey, William (1578-1657), The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The first English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes, London, Nonesuch Press, [1928], 8o (200 x 115mm.), title vignette, original calf, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., slip-case, No. 1361 of 1450 limited edition copies printed on Dutch Paper.
Deighton, Len, Horse Under Water, London, Jonathan Cape, 1963, 8o (190 x 120mm.), half title, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. Deighton, Len, Funeral in Berlin, London, Jonathan Cape, 1964, 8o (190 x 120mm.), half title, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With a number of other works by John Le Carre, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, Philip Roth, & Kingsley Amis.
A limited edition commemorative silver ingot issued by Unipart in 1976, one depicting a racing car and the other with the words, 'International Formula 31976 First ever Unipart officially sponsored single seater racing car powered by Truimph Dolomite Sprit engine'; both set into purple background, framed and glazed with ingot card (2)
Madonna. Sex, first edition, illustrations, some colour, original spiral bound aluminium boards, original pictorial sleeve (opened), 1992 ~ Dupouy (Alexandre) Scenes d'Interieur, colour plates, original decorated boards, Tubingen, 1995 ~ Vargas (Alberto) and Reid Austin. Vargas; The Esquire Years; a Catalogue Raisonne, New York, 1987, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 7 others, 4to (11)
Rojankowski (Fedor) Idylle Printaniere, first edition, number 393 of 516 copies (500 plus 16 hors commerce), pictorial title and 30 colour lithographs, loose as issued in paper window-mounts, the title with light spotting and partly split along horizontal crease, the plates in good condition, original cloth-backed portfolio, backstrip worn, ties, justification notice mounted inside upper cover, [Weiermair, Erotic Art, pp214-217], folio, [Paris], for the subscribers, n.d. [c.1934].
Wegener (Gerda) Les Delassements d'Eros, five lesbian lovemaking scenes (from the set of twelve), hand-coloured pochoir plates, 3 circular, 140mm. diameter, 2 oval, 130 x 175mm., in good condition with fresh colours, [Weiermair, Erotic Art, pp182-185], [Paris], 1917 (first edition) or 1925 (5)
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) [His own library]. H. L. Swinburne, The Royal Navy, Adam & Charles Black, London, 1907. First edition. With 51 colour plates by marine artist Norman Wilkinson, and a further 10 illustrating sailor costumes by J. Jellicoe. PRESENTATION COPY (blind stamped on title-page) to poet John Masefield, who subsequently gave the book to Jack B. Yeats. INSCRIBED: "To the Admiral of the Gara Fleet from M", with the dancing figure of a man forming an 'M' and a boat on water under him. The "Admiral" was Yeats whose studio in Devon had overlooked the Gara River. (see Bruce Arnold, Jack Yeats, Yale University Press, London, 1998, pp.106-115). Masefield and Yeats sailed model boats along the Gara and the river features in Masefield's ribald ditties about the pirate Theodore, the illustrations to which Yeats supplied. SIGNED BY YEATS on the front free-endpaper. A fascinating piece of Yeats/Masefield memorabilia. 300-400 Euros (IR £200-£300 approx.)
Albee (Edward) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play..., FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed at spine-ends, small repaired tear to upper edge and foot of spine, New York, 1962 ~ Ballard (J.G.) The Unlimited Dream Company, FIRST EDITION, "Ex-Libris" bookplate on front free endpaper, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1979, 8vo (2).
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