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Click here to subscribeHarrington (James) Les Oeuvres Politique, Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, 3 vol., first edition in French, slight browning, short inked inscription on title vol.I, contemporary mottled calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt with double morcco labels, 1 missing, 8vo, Paris, chez Leclerc & Quatremere, L'an 3, [1795].
Hedelin (Francois) Des Satyres, Brutes, Monstres et Demons, first edition, some browning and spotting, large bookplate of E. Massicot, 'Globe Trotter, Bibliomane', Paris, Nicholas Buon, 1627 ~ Sacy (Louis de) Traite de la Gloire, first edition, note on title, bookplate of Leon Duchesne de la Sicotiere, Paris, Pierre Huet, 1715 ~ Grotius (Hugo) Traite de la Verite de la Religion Chretienne, some spotting and marking, Paris, Ph. N. Lottin & P. G. Le Mercier, 1724 ~ Charte-Livry (Abbe de) Dialogues Critiques et Philosophiques, name obliterated from title, Amsterdam, Jean Fred. Bernard, 1730 ~ Boullainvilliers (Comte de) Essais sur la Noblesse de France, Amsterdam, 1732, eighteenth-century speckled calf, spines gilt, 8vo (5).
Holder (Alfred) Alt-Celtischer Sprachschatz, 11 parts in 3 vol., A.L.s. from the author tipped into vol.3, cuttings etc. bound in or loosely inserted, Leipzig, 1896-1913 ~ La Tour-d'Auvergne-Corret. Origines Gauloises, celles des plus anciens peuples de l'Europe ..., third edition, half-title, engraved portrait, Hamburg, 1801 ~ Cambry (M.) Monumens Celtiques, ou recherches sur le culte des pierres, half-title, 7 folding engraved plates, Paris, 1805 ~ Bertrand (Alexandre) Archeologie Celtique & Gauloise, half-title, maps and plates, Paris, 1876, some spotting, all contemporary or later calf- or morocco-backed boards, the first with original wrappers bound in, rubbed; and 22 others on the celts, vikings etc., some pamphlets, mostly French, 4to & 8vo (28).
La Mettrie (Julien Jan Offray de) L'Ecole de la Volupte, first edition, engraved title, ownership signature on title, Cologne, chez P.Marteau, 1747: bound with Le Prince Ananas, et la Princesse Moustelle. Conte, engraved title, title slightly shaved, A La Haye, n.d. [c.1748]: bound with Les Epoux Reunis, ou le Missionaire du Temps, Berg-op-Zoom, chez P. La Bombe, 1748, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with morocco label, 12mo
[Le Gros (Abbe Charles Francois)] Analyse et Examen de l'Antiquite devoilee, du Despotisme oriental, & du Christianisme devoilee, Ouvrages Posthumes de Boullanger, par Un Solitaire, Geneva, chez B.Manget, and Paris, chez la veuve Duchesne, 1788: bound with Stael-Holstein (Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de) Lettres sur l'Ouvrage et le Caractere de J.J.Rousseau, [Geneva?], 1789, first edition of the first mentioned, contempory mottled calf, spine gilt with later double morocco labels, 8vo
Locke (John) Essai Philosophique concernant l'Intendement Humain, Traduit par Pierre Coste, sur la Quatrieme Edition, first edition in French, engraved portrait, short inscription on title, inked and pencilled marginalia, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with morocco label, slightly worn, 4to, Amsterdam, chez H.Schelte, 1700.
Lyell (Sir Charles) The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man ..., first edition, 1863; Principles of Geology, ninth edition, 1853, plates and illustrations, spotted, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rather worn and faded; and 3 others by Lyell including a bound volume of 14 extracts, offprints etc. by Lyell, some signed presentation copies from him to M.Hebert of the Ecole Normale, Paris, 8vo (5).
[Morelly]. Code de la Nature, ou le Veritable Esprit de ses Loix, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette, ownership signature on verso of front pastedown scored out, light pencilled marginalia, contemporary calf, spine gilt with morocco label, [Kress 5457; Goldsmiths' Library 9074], 8vo, Par-tout, [Paris], chez le vrai sage, 1755. *** The first modern proposal for a communist society, this very rare work was a direct inspiration to Babeuf and numerous nineteenth century communist agitators and thinkers and was frequently referred to by Marx. It employs rhetoric and dogma to establish the ideas of abolition of property, except in cases of personal use, and public prosperity through state provision of work and living according to ability, strength, age and need.
Morelly. Essai sue le Coeur Humain, ou Principes Naturels de l'education, half-title, name on half-title, some marginal notes, some spotting, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Ch. Jean-Bapt Delespine, 1745. *** Second edition of the author's first book, first published in 1743.
[Bolton (Edmund)] Nero Caesar or Monarchie Deprived, first edition, engraved title, torn with loss, repaired, title, lower corner torn with loss, repaired, illustrations, ownership inscription and library stamp on title, modern morocco backed cloth, [STC 3221], for Thomas Walkley, 1624 ~ Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, translated by Sir Thomas North, engraved title, illustrations, printed title in red and black, [Wing P2633], 1657 ~ Clinton (Henry Fynes) Fasti Hellenici, 3 vol., modern half morocco,1834, ex-library copies with usual markings; and a small quantity of others, Roman Studies, some Classics, v.s. (qty).
Baxter (Richard) A Christian Directory: Or, A Summ of Practical Theologie, and Cases of Conscience, in 4 parts, first edition, engraved frontispiece, detached, chipped at lower corners, title, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, worn at extremities, front cover detached, folio, Robert Whitt, for Nevill Simmons, 1673. *** Each part has a separate dated title; pagination and register are continuous through part 3; part 4 has separate pagination beginning on quire 7A. "Cases of conscience about matters ecclesiastical," has a separate dated title on p.767.
Lambarde (William) Dictionarium Angliae Topographicum & Historicum. An Alphabetical Description of the Chief Places in England and Wale, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, modern half morocco, Printed for Fletcher Gyles, 1730; and another, gazetteer, ex-library copies with bookplate and stamps, 4to & folio (2).
Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 38 engraved plates, advertisements, some light foxing and soiling, lacking No.V, No.3 lacks p.9-16 of advertisements and 1 folding leaf of advertisements, with 1f. of advertisements loosely inserted, No.8 lacks 2pp. advertisements and 18pp. Mechi's Catalogue of advertisements at beginning, No.19-20 lacks 1f. advertisements at end, original pictorial wrappers, some soiling, rubbed, chemise and slip case, [Hatton and Cleaver pp.129-160], 1838-39; and duplicates of No.3 and No.19-20, 8vo (20).
Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Kasidah (Couplets) of Haji Abdu Al-Yazdi, one of 250 copies, original cloth, rubbed, 4to, 1900 ~ Litchfield (Henrietta, editor) Emma Darwin, a century of family letters, 1792-1896, 2 vol., first edition, plates, library bookplates, original cloth, faded and rubbed, 8vo, 1915 ~ Hoffmann (William) With Stanley in Africa, first edition, plates, original clotgh, rubbed, frayed and browned dust-jacket, 8vo, 1938 (4).
Housman (A.E.) A Shropshire Lad, 1927; Last Poems, 1922, inscription on front free endpapers, contemporary green calf, g.e. ~ Powys (T.F.) Mr. Weston's Good Wine, number 49 of 660 copies signed by the author, drawings by George Charlton, inscription on front free endpaper, original buckram, t.e.g., covers slightly stained, 1927 ~ Wren (P.C.) Sowing Glory, first edition, with the bookplate of the author and a signed presentation inscription by him on front endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, 1931 ~ Sykes (Christopher) Evelyn Waugh, a Biography, presentation copy with signed inscription by the author to Dudley Carew on title, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1975; and c.85 others, Literature, 8vo (c.90).
Bibiena (Ferdinando Galli) L'Architettura civile preparata sú la geometria ..., first edition, engraved portrait only, lacks plates, woodcut tail-pieces, errata f, 3ff. with tears, corners water-stained, contemporary calf, defective, folio, Parma, Paolo Monti, MCDCCXI, [1711]; sold not subject to return.
Armour. - Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush) A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour ..., 3 vol., first edition, additional engraved vignette titles, 80 etched and aquatint plates, 70 hand-coloured, hand-coloured initials to chapters, contemporary ink signature at head of engraved titles, occasional foxing, some offsetting, ex-library copy but plates unstamped, library half morocco, a little rubbed, large 4to, 1824.
Wise (Thomas James) A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of the Members of the Bronte Family, facsimile edition, bookplate, 1972 ~ Milward (Peter) Religious Controversies of the Elizabethan Age. A Survey of Printed Sources, 1977 ~ Corbett (Margery) and R.W.Lightbown. The Comely Frontispiece. The Emblematic Title-page in England 1550-1660, 1979 ~ Fletcher (John) The Novels of Samuel Beckett, bookplate, 1964 ~ Shifreen (Lawrence J.) and Roger Jackson. Henry Miller: a Bibliography of Primary Sources, frontispiece, Ann Arbor and Glen Arm, 1993, original cloth, first to fourth mentioned dust-jackets; and c.30 others, Bibliography and Reference, 8vo & 4to (c.35).
Tuer (Andrew W.) History of the Horn-Book, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured title illustrations and one woodcut by Joseph Crawhall, other plates, text illustrations, 7 replica hornbooks contained in front compartments, internally cracked, compartments worn and defective, original vellum gilt, morocco labels, t.e.g., ex-library copy with bookplate &c., 4to, Leadenhall Press, 1896.
Robinson (William Heath) Bill the Minder, colour plates and text illustrations by the author, bookplate, original cloth, spine slightly faded, n.d. [c.1920] ~ Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, colour plates and decorations by Willy Pogany, original cloth, slightly defective dust-jacket, n.d. [c.1920] ~ Molesworth (Mrs. Mary Louisa) The Old Pincushion, colour illustrations by Mabel L.Attwell, internal cracking, original pictorial cloth, 1910 ~ Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first English edition, illustrated by Faith Jaques, ownership signature on front free endpaper, original pictorial boards, spine slightly worn, 1967; and 15 others, Illustrated and Children's, 4to & 8vo (19).
[Page (Thomas)] The Art of Shooting Flying: Familiarly Explain'd by way of Dialogue, first edition, contemporary mottled calf, spine rubbed, J. Crouse, 1766 ~ Markland (George) Pteryplegia: Or, the Art of Shooting-Flying. A Poem, third edition, engraved frontispiece, fore-edge of A3 trimmed affecting text, later half calf, rubbed, for J. Lever, 1767, 4to (2).
Wilkins (John) The Autobiography of an English Gamekeeper, edited by Arthur H. Byng and Stephen M. Stephens, plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spotted, 1892 Carnegie (William) Practical Game Preserving, first edition, in 3 parts, plates, illustrations, slight foxing, inner hinges cracked, original cloth, gilt, 1884 ~ Newhouse (S.) The TRapper's Guide and Manual of Instructions, plates, illustrations, lacking front endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, extremities worn, New York, 1910, 8vo (3).
Crawhall (Joseph) The Compleatest Angling Booke That Ever was Writ, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to his daughter, and from her to her daughters, 159ff. printed on rectos only (unpaginated), number 15 of 40 copies, additional engraved title, 34 mounted plates, including 3 hand-coloured and 2 in two states (1 being hand-coloured), 2 original watercolours on text versos, all initialled by artist, original double-page watercolour of a trout tipped in, numerous vignettes in the text, many hand-coloured, facsimile plates, music, Crawhall's bookplate to front free endpaper, contemporary newspaper cuttings and photocopied hand-written table showing to whom the 40 copies were presented tipped in, some foxing, contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., rebacked and repaired with original spine laid down, lower cover damp-stained, drop-back box, [Westwood & Satchell pp.69-70], 4to, Newcastle upon Tyne, [by and for the author], 1859. *** This is without question the premier collectable copy of this much sought after work.
Crawhall (Joseph) Old Aunt Elspa's ABC, first edition, presentation copy from the author to his daughter, 21pp., [3pp.], hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by the author throughout, 3pp. advertisements at end, 4pp. prospectus for this work and original watercolour Valentine card for his daughter loosely inserted, a little light browning, original wrappers with hand-coloured woodcut vignettes, ink inscription to upper cover, drop-back box, light soiling, extremities a little rubbed and chipped, oblong 4to, Leadenhall Press, 1884. *** Very important association copy of this work. Inscription reads "For the original 'Auld Elspa' with the Author's dearest love." The inscription to the upper cover reads "Challoner". Felver's copy. The charming watercolour Valentine card loosely inserted shows Cupid standing forlorn with his bow and arrow on the ground, saying "Boo hoo! my occupation's gone. February 14th 188 one. For Elspeth Crawhall, Ambulance Certificate." 'Aunt Elspa' was a family term of endearment for Crawhall's daughter Elspeth. Refreshingly boisterous in comparison to much Victorian children's literature, this contains the usual self-caricature on p.15 with the author being chased by a termagant queen and the crow on the sheaf of wheat from the family crest.
Crawhall (Joseph I), "Jeffrey Gorcock". Grouse Shooting Made Quite Easy, second edition, number 294 of 300 copies, 40ff., introduction by Duff Hart-Davies, 2 colour plates and 36 illustrations by the author, original buckram-backed boards, gilt, small folio, Shap, Cumbria, David A.H. Grayling, 1998. *** Reprint of the first edition of 1827, the only book by Joseph Crawhall I (1793-1853), of which very few copies were printed, probably no more than 20, and all different.
Chapman (Abel) The Borders and Beyond, Arctic ... Cheviot ... Tropic, first edition, xxii, 489pp., [3pp.], half-title, colour frontispiece, 2 folding maps, numerous plates including 13 colour plates of salmon and birds, with captioned tissue guards, plates and illustrations by the author, 3pp. advertisements at end, ink inscription to front free endpaper, uncut, original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g., 8vo, Gurney and Jackson, 1924. *** An interesting and rather scarce book by this noted naturalist.
Chapman (Abel) Retrospect, Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928, first edition, xx, 353pp., [5pp.], half-title, 20 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, plates and illustrations, by Joseph Crawhall III, W.H. Riddell and the author, 5pp. advertisements at end, errata slip tipped-in, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 8vo, Gurney and Jackson, 1928. *** Chapters IV, V, XII and XIII refer to trout fishing, salmonology and memories of angling.
Chapman (Abel) Retrospect, Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928, first edition, xx, 353pp., [5pp.], half-title, 20 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, plates and illustrations, by Joseph Crawhall III, W.H. Riddell and the author, 5pp. advertisements at end, errata slip tipped-in, ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Gurney and Jackson, 1928. *** Chapman reused Crawhall's illustrations from 'Unexplored Spain' in this, his later autobiographical work.
Bewick (Thomas) Memoir ... Written by Himself, 1822-1828, xxxii, 274pp., reprint of the 1862 first and only prior edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, introduction by Selwyn Image, 61 illustrations by the author, a little light foxing to first few ff., original cloth, extremities very slightly rubbed, a few small marks to lower cover, 8vo, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1924. *** The first edition of this work by Bewick (1753-1828) was published in 1862, 34 years after his death; it was decorated with a selection of engravings originally intended for his unpublished 'History of British Fishes'. He had set about writing his memoirs in 1822. No doubt he was acquainted with Joseph Crawhall I (1793-1853). Crawhall's son Joseph III reproduces an initial block 'JC' engraved by Bewick in his 'Newcastle Fishers' Garlands', 1864, and several Crawhall caricatures, one inscribed 'Mr. Bewick with J-C's [Joseph Crawhall II's] Comp'ts.', were sold in the dispersal of the Bewick estate in 1884.
Bewick (Thomas) Thomas Bewick and the Fables of Aesop, 61pp., one of 518 copies, half-title, portrait frontispiece, biographical sketch by John W. Borden, history of the fables by Janet S. Krueger, illustrations by Bewick throughout, original leaf from the first edition of 1818 tipped in, original boards, dust-jacket, San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1983. *** The most collectable copy for the collector of angling books, this incorporates a leaf from the original 1818 Bewick edition, of the fable "The Angler and the Little Fish". Other copies of this book had different fables inserted. Bewick himself was no coarse fisherman for his fable begins "An angler caught a small trout ... ". The same fable in the classic 1722 edition of Aesop by Samuel Croxall begins with "A man was angling in a river and caught a small perch ... ".
Gutherius (Jacobus) De Veteri Iure Pontificio Urbis Romae Libri Quatuor, first edition, title in red & black with engraved device, numismatic & other engravings in text, privilege leaf present at end, lightly browned, 17th century calf, gilt, covers with roll borders, central panel filled with alternate diagonal lines of rampant lions & arrow heads separated by dotted rules, arms gilt on both covers, flat spine gilt to same pattern, e.g., lower cover scored, hinges slightly rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Nicolas Buon, 1612.
[Collins (Dr. Samuel)] The Present State of Russia, in a Letter to a Friend at London, first edition, engraved frontispiece & 6 plates, small rust hole in E8, 8pp. Dorman Newman advertisement at end, contemporary calf, [Wing C5385], 8vo, John Winter for Dornam Newman, 1671. *** Includes a chapter on the mycology of the country.
Hentzner (Paul) A Journey to England. In the Year M.D.XC.VIII, first edition, engraved title vignette, without final blank E4 ("often missing" Hazen), Hentzner's Latin text with Richard Bentley's translation en face, bookplate, catalogue cutting tipped in, contemporary calf, spine gilt, morocco label, rebacked, original backstrip preserved, outer corners rubbed, [Hazen 2], 8vo, Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1757.
Price (Uvedale) A Letter to H.Repton, Esq. on the application of the practice as well as the principles of landscape-gardening to landscape-painting ... To which is prefixed, Mr. Repton's letter to Mr. Price, first edition, occasional slight browning, contemporary calf, morocco label, 8vo, Printed for J.Robson, 1795.
[Baker (David Erskine)] The Companion to the Play-House, 2 vol., first edition, errata leaf at end vol.2, marginal browning to a couple of ff. at beginning and end, vol.1 Hh6 torn with slight loss, contemporary sprinkled pale calf, spines gilt, 12mo, for T.Becket [and others], 1764. (See Lot 94 for Illustration).
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