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Lot 3196
Hitler, Adolf: Mein Kampf, Unexpurgated Edition Two Volumes in One, first volume: A Retrospect, second volume: The National Socialist Movement, published Hurst & Blackett 1939 second impression with text in English, bound in original gilt cloth, together with Trevor-Roper, H.R.: The Last Days of Hitler, Macmillan & The Book Society, 1947, in publisher's red cloth. (2)
Lot 3456
Patterson, Arthur Henry: A Norfolk Naturalist, Observations on Birds, Mammals and Fishes, With 35 illustrations by the author, 1930 first edition, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex Street W.C. London, hardback in dust jacket, together with Wild-Fowlers And Poachers Fifty Years On The East Coast (1929), Nature In Eastern Norfolk (1905), Man And Nature On Tidal Waters (1909), Through Broadland By Sale And Motor (1930), The Cruise Of The "Walrus" On The Broads (N/D circa 1923), Through Broadland In A Punt (1920 signed John Knowlittle) and Manning, Stanley A.: Broadland Naturalist The Life Of Arthur H. Patterson, A.L.S. ("John Knowlittle".) (8)
Lot 2022
The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, And Literature, a broken run of nineteen volumes, the first being for the year 1794, Second Edition, London Published 1806, other years include 1803-4, 1806, 1821, 1829, 1838, 1840, 1842, 1844, 1848, 1850-53, 1857-58. 1860-61, together with the Index for 1758-1819, mostly uniformly bound in tan leather with gilt spines, 8vo. (20)
Lot 2036
Tennent, James Emerson: A Picture of Greece in 1825: as exhibited in the personal narratives of James Emerson Esq., Count Pecchio and W.H. Humphreys Esq. Comprising a Detailed Account of the Events of the late Campaign, and Sketches of the Principal Military, Naval and Political Chiefs. London: Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, half-title and engraved portrait in volume 1, 1/2 tan leather over marbled boards, crown 8vo. (2)
Lot 2062
Fleming, Ian: The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962 first edition, Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, London, in black publisher's cloth with silver dagger vignette to cover and titled spine, in Richard Chopping dustjacket, price 15s net. 8vo.In our opinion, the dust jacket is original.Provenance Jonkers Rare Books.
Lot 2060
Shepherd, Rob: Lost On The Titanic, The Story of the Great Omar a jewelled binding of the Ruba 'iyat of Omar Khayyam, Shepherds Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf, 2001, first edition, later full brown leather binding, tipped in colour frontis and illustrations in text, lacks poster, medium 4to.60 numbered pages, plus front and back pages.In excellent condition.
Lot 2038
Milne, Alan Alexander: The House At Pooh Corner With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 36 Essex Street, London, W.C., 1928 first edition, in pink publisher's cloth, 8vo., together with Greene, Grahame: The Wind In The Willows, With frontispiece by Graham Robertson, Eleventh Edition, 1921, in green publisher's cloth, 8vo. (2)
Lot 1250
A St Helena 1980 25p coin QEII, a 1980 "Tristan Da Cunha" Queen Mother 80th Birthday crown, a 1882 Mexican Eagle snake Commemorative coin, and a cased solid nickel Silver Exclusive edition to commemorate the First Distribution in Wales of the Royal Maundy, St. David's Cathedral, April 8th 1982. ***
Lot 7
Raymond Briggs Snowman Signed First Day Cover FDC 2003 Limited Edition rare Internetstamps official Christmas FDC with Snowman at Christmas special postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 750
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de, 1746 in Fuendetodos, Aragón, Spanien; †16. April 1828 in Bordeaux: "Los Caprichos": Erstauflage mit allen 80 Radierungen 1798Vollständige Reihe von achtzig Radierungen in brünierter Aquatintatechnik, Kaltnadel- und Stichelgravur, erschienen 1797-1798 od. 1850 in Madrid; 33 x 23,3cm; 80 Tafeln auf einem einzigen, einheitlichen Bestand von Bütten ohne Wasserzeichen; am oberen Rand als Folio gebunden. Radierungen mit brünierter Aquatinta, viele mit Kaltnadel und/oder Stichel (mit dem Kratzer auf Platte 45, mit breiten Rändern, einige blassere Abzüge - guter Zustand); Pappeinband mit der Wiederholung des Selbstporträts von Platte 1 und dem Namen des Künstlers auf dem vorderen Deckel. Die Ränder vergilbt, im Ganzen etwas bräunlich, teilweise stockfleckig, Einband Bereibungen, Flecken und Eselsohr, Halbleinen, im sekundären Schuber. 24,5x34,5cm vollständig. Wahrscheinlich 1. Ausgabe, sonst frühe 2. Ausgabe der Calcographie National de Madrid von 1850. Sammlung Grewe, dort als Erstausgabe. Literatur: Loys Delteil 38-117 ; Tomás Harris 36-115Die Erste Ausgabe wurde von dem Künstler in einer Auflage von etwa dreihundert Exemplaren veröffentlicht. Mit Los Caprichos machte Goya seine Visionen von der düsteren Seite der spanischen Gesellschaft - und der menschlichen Seele im Allgemeinen - erstmals einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich. Goya war kommerziell ehrgeizig und nahm sich ein enormes Unterfangen vor, das über mehrere Jahre hinweg vorbereitet wurde und auf Hunderten von Zeichnungen beruhte. Harris vermutet, dass er 300 Sätze der Caprichos herstellte. Die bittere Realität ist jedoch, dass vielleicht nur etwa dreißig Exemplare dieser ersten und einzigen lebenslangen Auflage verkauft wurden. Im Jahr 1803 schenkte der Künstler die Platten und die restlichen Abzüge dem König, gegen eine Leibrente für seinen Sohn, vermutlich auch um dem Zorn der Inquisition zu entgehen.Complete series of eighty etchings in burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, published 1797-1798 or 1850 in Madrid, on laid paper. 33 x 23.3 cm; 80 plates on a single uniform stock of laid paper without watermarks; etchings with burnished aquatint, many with drypoint and/or engraving (with the scratch on plate 45, with wide margins, some paler impressions good condition); cardboard binding with the repetition of the self-portrait from plate 1 and the artist's name on the front cover. The edges yellowed overall somewhat brownish - some foxing, cover rubbed, stained and dog-eared, half cloth, in a secondary slipcase. 24,5x34,5cm Complete. Probably 1st edition otherwise early 2nd edition of the Calcographie National de Madrid from 1850. collection Grewe there as first edition. The first edition, published by the artist in an edition of about three hundred copies. With Los Caprichos, Goya made his visions of the darker side of Spanish society - and the human soul in general - accessible to a wider audience for the first time. Goya was commercially ambitious and undertook an enormous endeavour, which was prepared over several years and based on hundreds of drawings. Harris surmises that he produced 300 sets of the Caprichos. The harsh reality, however, is that perhaps only about thirty copies of this first and only liflong Edition.
Lot 158
Don Van Vliet a.k.a. Captain Beefheart (1941-2010) - a collection of exhibition catalogues, books and ephemera, to include limited editions and rare out of print examples, comprising;two catalogues for Don Van Vliet 1986, his first UK exhibition at London's Waddington Galleries in 1986, one hand-inscribed to the first page 'Terry & Jan love Don' (thought to be his cousin Terry Van Vliet and partner Jan Keller);a limited edition hardback copy of Stand Up To Be Discontinued with CD, published by Cantz 1993, ISBN 3-9801320-3-X;a framed card invitation to the private view of Stand Up To Be Discontinued: The Art of Don Van Vliet at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Friday 2nd September 1994;two copies of the exhibition brochure for New Work in association with Michael Werner Gallery, November 11th - December 5th 1998, Knoedler & Company, New York;a framed folded paper invite to God’s Empty Socks and Other Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, 25th January - 18th March 1995;a paperback copy of Paintings and Poems for Anton Kern Gallery, New York, and Michael Werner Gallery, Cologne and New York, 2007, with introduction by Polly Jean (PJ) Harvey;a paperback copy of DON VAN VLIET 1986/89 (in German) for Galerie Frank Hänel of Frankfurt/Main, 1990;a small hardbook exhibition catalogue Don Van Vliet for Michael Werner Gallery, New York, 1991, with introduction by John Yau;paperback exhibition catalogue for Don Van Vliet Paintings and Drawings, Fred Hoffman Gallery, Santa Monica, 31 July – 8 September 1990;a paperback copy of Skeleton Breath, Scorpion Blush, a selection of paintings and poems, with introduction in German by A.R. Penck (Ralf Winkler), published by Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern & Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-906127-15-X;five folded paper art work exhibition flyers in corresponding Galerie Micheal Werner stamped envelopes, the flyers being of Castfat Shadows for Bilder und Zeichnungen (1991), Parapliers the Willow Dipped for Neue Arbeiten (1988), White Crepe Boat for Neue Bilder 1988-1990, Ohne Titel for Bilder 1985-1987, and A.R.Penck, 1985, Filzstift for Bilder und Zeichnungen; together with one flyer lacking envelope of Circles Don't Fly, They Float 1 (1993 exhibition);card exhibition invitations from Galerie Michael Werner (1993, 1996 and 2007) and another folded image of Crepe and Black Lamps for Anton Kern Gallery (2007);paperback volumes comprising Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh: On the Arts of Don Van Vliet by W.C. Bamberger, Alap Editions, second printing 2000, ISBN 0-917453-3-52; Captain Beefheart: The Man and His Music second revised edition by C.D. Webb, Kawabata Press, 1989, ISBN 0 906110 61 0; Fast & Bulbous – The Captain Beefheart Story by Ben Cruikshank, Agenda, 1996, ISBN 1 899882 25 1; Captain Beefheart Tin Teardrop by Ken Brooks, Agenda, 2000; and Captain Mask Replica Vita e are di Don VCan Vliet / Captain Beefheart by Francesco Nunziata (in Italian), arcana, 2017 (this printing 2022), ISBN 978-88-6231-453-4
Lot 2686
GRAY, ALASDAIR LANARK: A LIFE IN FOUR BOOKS Canongate Books, Edinburgh, 2001, first edition of the four-volume set, housed in an illustrated slipcase, signed and numbered by the author to upper surface (1,782/2,000) Working Legs: A Play for People Without Them Dog and Bone Press, Glasgow, 1997, first edition McGrotty and Ludmilla Dog and Bone Press, Glasgow, 1990, first edition Unlikely Stories, Mostly Canongate, Edinburgh, 1983, first edition in collected form The Fall of the Kelvin Walker: A Fable of the Sixties Canongate, Edinburgh, 1985, first edition Kelman, James and Owens, Agnes Lean Tales Illustrated by Alasdair Gray, Jonathan Cape, London, 1985, first edition MacDougall, Carl A Scent of Water Illustrated by Alasdair Gray, The Molendinar Press, Glasgow, 1975, first edition (7) Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 227
Football Autographed Gil Merrick 16 X 12 Limited Edition : Limited To Just 75 Editions, This Wonderful Image Depicts England Goalkeeper Gil Merrick Saving A Goalbound Effort From Hungary's Sandor Kocsis During The Infamous 6 3 Defeat In 1953 England's First Defeat At Wembley, Signed To The Lower Border In Fine Black Marker By Merrick. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 472
Ivan Lendl signed limited edition print with signing photo Ivan was ranked No. 1 in the world for 270 weeks, including 157 straight from 1985 to 1988. He is the holder of 94 career singles titles, including his 1980 feat, winning three tournaments in successive weeks on three different surfaces. He captured 8 Grand Slam titles and reached an astounding 19 Slam singles finals.He relied on strength and heavy topspin from the baseline to reach 8 consecutive US Open finals (1982 89), winning three, 1985, '86, '87. He also won twice at the Australian Open, 1989 and 1990, and three times at the French Open, 1984, 1986 and 1987.This stunning print shows Ivan's delight at winning his first Australian Open in 1989. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a photo of the signing (as shown in inset image).Actual Size 560mm x 410mm limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image and the edition number may vary. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 467
Gary Player signed limited edition print with signing photo In 1959, Gary won his first Open and the time was the youngest ever winner of an open. By 1961, Gary topped the money list on the US Tour. In 1965, he beat Arnold Palmer to win the US Masters and therefore finally winning each of the Majors.He would go to record 10 Major victories in total. He won the Open 3 times, the US Open once, the US PGS twice and the Masters 3 times.This stunning print shows Gary's delight at winning the British Open in 1968. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a photo of the signing (as shown in inset image).Actual Size 560mm x 410mm limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board.The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image and the edition number may vary.A stunning item of signed Golf memorabilia. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
![Wells (H.G.) The Country of the Blind and other stories, frontispiece, faint spotting to edges, [1911]; Kipps: the Stor](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/43d408dd-71d0-4306-bbbc-b18600ba67fb/f4379df9-f8bb-4946-8a62-b18600bd57d3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 172
Wells (H.G.) The Country of the Blind and other stories, frontispiece, faint spotting to edges, [1911]; Kipps: the Story of a Simple Soul, presentation copy, with blind-stamp to title, 1905; Meanwhile: the Picture of a Lady, occasional faint marginal spotting, faint spotting to upper board, 1927; Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island, 1928, first edition, faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities; 8vo (4).
Lot 55
Antiquities.- Spon (Jacob) Recherches curieuses d'antiquité..., first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, title vignette and illustrations, some full-page, a few illustrations fractionally trimmed, later book-plate, eighteenth century calf, spine gilt, spine head chipped, joint and corners worn, Lyon, Tomas Amaulry, 1683 § [Nideck, M.A. van] Antiquitates romanorum explicatae. Antiquitez des Romains expliquees, two letterpress titles in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved pictorial additional title, 80 engraved plates only (of ?83), engraved head- and tail-pieces, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, joints cracked but holding, spine ends chipped and worn, The Hauge, R.C. Alberts, 1726; and a single volume from Montfaucon's Antiquity Explained, with 37 engraved plates, many double page, 1722, 4to & folio (3)
Lot 47
Simeoni (Gabriel) Le sententiose imprese di... Paolo Giovio, et... Gabriel Symeoni, ridotte in rima per il detto Symeoni., first edition, collation: a-q4 r4 (r4 blank), title window-mounted, few marginal page repairs, M2 stained with one or two holes, 1561 bound with Dialogo pio et speculativo, con diverse sentenze latine et volgari, first edition, collation: A-V4, X-HH4, lacking folding map of the Limagne in the Auvergne but with rare final blank, 1560, together 2 works in 1, some marginal worming, some staining or finger-soiling marks, later vellum, morocco spine label, few scuffs, Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé. *** Rare pair of works by Simeoni, including the first as of one of the most important sixteenth-century emblem books, with numerous finely engraved woodcuts rich in details that illustrate the devices of the noble exponents of French and Italian families. The second work was produced as a second part to Simeoni's Le sententiose impresi though also issued separately. Some of the woodcuts are attributed to Pierre Eskrich, and were previously used in Rouillé's edition of Du Choul.
Lot 91
Laud (William) A Relation of the Conference betweene William Lawd...and Mr. Fisher the Jesuite..., title lightly soiled with small chip and a few tiny nicks to fore-margin, occasional underlining or passage-marking in red pencil, R1v & R2 with some pencil marks/doodles, Y4 small hole affecting couple letters, first and last few leaves with small damp-stain to lower margin, light browning, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 15298], Richard Badger, 1639; and 3 others 17th century, including the Works of Josephus (1693), 4to & folio (4) *** The first extended edition, originally printed in shorter form as part 2 of STC 25382.
Lot 58
Salazar (Pedro Franco) Restauracion Politica, Economica y Militar de España, first edition, contemporary tree sheep, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, spine worn at foot, Madrid, 1812 § Tesauro (Emanuele) Filosofia Moral, derivada de la alta fuente del grande Aristoteles Stagirita, second Spanish edition, half-title, title in red & black, double column, contemporary vellum with ties, spine lettered in red, soiled and stained, Barcelona, J.Llopis, 1692, small 4to (2)
Lot 204
Birds.- Brown (Leslie H.) and Dean Amadon. Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World, 2 vol., first edition, full-page illustrations in colour, original cloth, ?original glassine dust-jackets, original presentation slip case, cloth and mounted wrappers, a little rubbed and bumped, 1968; and 3 vol. only (of 4) of Delacour's The Waterfowl of the World, 4to (5)
Lot 248
British Isles.- Speed (John) Britain as it was devided in the tyme of the Englishe Saxons especially during their Heptarchy, first edition, decorative map of the British Isles with compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, fourteen engraved vignettes of historical scenes and Saxon kings to the vertical margins, engraving with hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of an armorial device, sheet 400 x 520 mm (15 3/4 x 20 1/2 in), small margins, central vertical fold with careful repairs, marginal nicks and tears repaired verso, surface dirt, unframed, Sudbury & Humble, [circa 1616].
![Hardy (Thomas) The Hand of Ethelberta. a Comedy in Chapters, 2 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 1000], wood eng](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/43d408dd-71d0-4306-bbbc-b18600ba67fb/d271bdf5-a72b-4c70-a572-b18600bbe214/468x382.jpg)
Lot 19
Hardy (Thomas) The Hand of Ethelberta. a Comedy in Chapters, 2 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 1000], wood engraved frontispieces and 9 plates, half-titles, scattered spotting, 1876; A Laodicean; or, the Castle of De Stancys, 3 vol., first English edition, half-titles, scattered spotting, 1881; Wessex Tales, 2 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 750], half-titles, scattered spotting, 1888, uniform near contemporary half-calf, rubbed, lightly sunned spines, [Purdy pp.20-23; 36-40; 58-60]; and others by the same, most first editions and in half-calf, 4 in original cloth, 8vo (22).
Lot 118
Blake (William).- Gay (John) Fables, 2 vol., first Stockdale edition, first issue with long "s" in text, engraved frontispiece of Gay monument, vignette titles and 67 plates, including 12 by William Blake, list of subscribers at end, foxing and offsetting, repairs to hinges, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, corners worn, for John Stockdale, 1793 § [Papworth (J. B.) & others]. Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, first edition, 21 hand-coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson, modern bookplate, occasional spots or browning, modern plum half morocco, gilt, g.e., [Abbey Scenery 297], R. Ackermann, 1813; and 19 others, v.s. (22) *** First mentioned: This the first edition to contain the plates by William Blake.
Lot 140
Slavery.- Carey (Henry Charles) The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign: Why it Exists, and How it may be Extinguished, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate removed from pastedown, very light damp-staining throughout, mostly marginal, some light marginal spotting, original blind-stamped cloth, quite subtle patch of abrasion to upper cover, some chipping to spine ends, wear to corners, Philadelphia, A. Hart, 1853 § Eliza: or the Fugitive Slave, vignette title, bookplate "Isabella C. Burns. Workington. 1865", upper hinge broken, original cloth, rubbed and faded, backstrip peeling away from upper joint, Halifax, William Nicholas, [c.1850s]; and others slavery related, including a few pieces of ephemera, v.s. (8)
Lot 5
Chesterfield (Philip Dormer, Earl of) Letters Written ... to his Son Philip Stanhope, Esq, 4 vol., second edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature to titles, partially erased in vol. 3, bookplate, spotting to first and last few ff., contemporary calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, for J. Dodsley, 1774.
Lot 114
Tea.- "Friend to the Public" Tea Purchaser's Guide, first edition, some autograph corrections and annotations, one to title, light occasional spotting, first and last pp. browned, G. Kearsley, 1785 bound after Deane (John) A Narrative of the Ship-wreck of the Nottingham Galley, woodcut head-piece and initial, shaved at fore-edge with partial loss to text, some staining to inner margin, occasional foxing, 1738 and East-Bourne: Being a Descriptive Account of that Village, in the County of Sussex, and its Environs, engraved folding map and 2 plates, half-title a little soiled, gutter cracked, Denew & Grant, for Hooper, 1787 and 4 others, including The Adventures of Telemachus and 3 plays, together 7 works in 1 vol., upper hinge a little cracked, contemporary calf-backed boards, upper joint with old repair, worn with loss to spine ends, 8vo. *** The first a scarce work which last appeared at auction in 1967. The unnamed author is described as having "been many years in the East India Company's service, particularly in the tea department" and such sections as "Conduct of Tea-Dealers", "History of Tea" and the list of types of tea provide a unique insight into the development of the burgeoning tea trade and its associated colonialism. The second work is concerning the shipwreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island off the coast of Maine in 1710, and the survival of the crew through cannibalism. After nearly two months they were rescued and the crew published an account accusing the commander Deane and his brother of deliberately wrecking the ship as an insurance fraud. This is Deane's reply which went through several editions, all of which are rare.
Lot 88
Comines (Philippe de) The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton, translated by Thomas Dannett, first edition in English, woodcut genealogical tables, decorative initials and tail-pieces, lacking title, 2K1&6, and final errata f., water-stained, some marginal fraying / tears, mostly at end, repaired in sigs. 2K& 2L, with occasional loss of text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, new endpapers, 17th century panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with black leather label, corners and edges little worn, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 190; STC 5602], folio, [Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[ohn] Norton], 1596. sold not subject to return. *** Translated by Thomas Dannett and dedicated to Lord Burghley, Comines' Historie is essentially a memoir of his diplomatic experiences, along with some thoughts on the prerogative of princes.Provenance: George Cary (17th century ink inscription).
Lot 209
Fruit trees.- Knight (Thomas Andrew) To Dr. Anderson, first edition, bifolium, large remains of album mount to blank final verso, some worming, affecting the odd letter in a minor way, little spotting, lightly browned, [cf. Janson Pomona's Harvest, pp. 252-255], 4to, [Ludlow], [H. Proctor], [7th January, 1803]. *** Rare, with no copies located on WorldCat. A reply by Thomas Andrew Knight (1759-1838, horticulturist and botanist, of Ludlow) to Anderson's letter in The Morning Chronicle regarding William Forsyth's 'miracle' tree ointment, in which Knight vehemently calls into question the efficacy of the product.
Lot 263
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps, one colour profile sketch, some short tears to larger folding maps with paper or tape repairs to verso (no loss to image), foxing, original pictorial cloth, vol. 1 with slight shelf-lean, some rubbing to spine ends, corners and vol. 1 lower joint, a few faint marks but still bright, [Hosken p.189], 1890 § Boisragon (Captain Alan) The Benin Massacre, second edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, map, 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ink ownership inscription "R.G. Edward Locke. Hartlip" to front free endpaper, lightly browned, occasional spotting or patch of light soiling, ink note to final leaf, upper hinge cracked but holding firm, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine very slightly faded, some light soiling, rubbed, 1898; and others Africa related, including a few loose maps, v.s. (c.20)
Lot 161
Fleming (Ian).- Gomer Berry (James, 1st Viscount Kemsley) The Kemsley Manual of Journalism, first edition, signed by Kemsley on title, original buckram, dust-jacket, torn across upper panel, other nicks, tears and chips to extremities, 1950; and 2 issues of The Kemsley Writer, 4to & 8vo (3)*** An early appearance of Ian Fleming's writing, here appearing in his early capacity as Foreign Manager of Kemsley Newspapers and formerly Reuter's correspondent in Europe. Also with appearances in the two issues accompanying this book.
Lot 150
Malory (Sir Thomas) Le Morte Darthur. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, second edition, edited by John Rhys, one of 1500 copies, plates, illustrations, and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, gift inscription on half-title, some rust stains from paper clips to first few pages, some very light foxing, later half morocco, spine gilt with red labels, 1909 § Prévost (L'Abbé) Manon Lescaut, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by John Austen, spotting, original vellum-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and spine ends, 1928; and 11 others, mixed but mostly illustrated literature, v.s. (13)
Lot 131
Edgeworth (Maria) Harrington, a Tale; and Ormond, a Tale, 3 vol., book-labels on pastedowns, vol.1 upper cover detached, for R. Hunter..., 1817; Essay on Irish Bulls, upper cover and title detached, for J. Johnson, 1802; Patronage, 4 vol., vol.1 upper cover detached, for J. Johnson & co., 1814; Helen, 3 vol., half-titles, bookplates, Richard Bentley, 1834, first editions, some spotting or foxing, contemporary half calf, covers rubbed; and another first edition by Edgeworth, 8vo (12)
Lot 98
Causes and Remedy (The) of the Distempers of the Times, first edition, advertisement leaf, leaf containing horizontal half-title at end (with manuscript title in ink in an early hand), title with contemporary ownership inscription to head, B3 with very small hole affecting couple letters, a couple wormholes or traces to fore-edge throughout, sometimes within text but generally very small, some light spotting and browning, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn in places, [Wing C1537], for Jonathan Edwin, 1675; and others 17th century, 8vo & 12mo (6) *** The first mentioned sometimes attributed to Thomas Traherne. We cannot trace a copy at auction.
Lot 104
Roscommon (Wentworth Dillon, Earl of) Poems, by the Earl of Roscommon..., first edition, worming to first few leaves and front pastedown, one or two stains, light foxing, contemporary calf, morocco spine label, some surface wear to lower cover, rebacked, extremities slightly rubbed, J. Tonson, 1717 § [Ellis (J.)] The Canto added by Maphaeus to Virgil's Twelve Books of Anaeas, engraved frontispiece, lightly offset onto title, the odd spot, endpapers browned at margins, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, red morocco spine label, spine foot worn, R. and J. Dodsley, 1758 § [Bacon (Francis)] The Remaines of the Right Honourable Francis Lord Verulam, first edition, lacking first blank leaf, A4 supplied in modern facsimile, slight loss to upper corners of first few leaves, T5 with strip of soiling to margin, some light water-staining to corners, closely trimmed at margins with some slight loss to text, light browning, modern calf, B. Alsop, for Lawrence Chapman, 1648; and 7 others, including James Webb's Hymen's Praeludia, v.s. (10)
Lot 205
Birds.- Hayes (W.) A Natural History of British Birds, etc. with their Portraits, accurately drawn, and beautifully coloured from Nature., first edition, 39 engraved plates only (of 40), all hand-coloured, of which two folding, a few with small tears at margins (a couple just affecting image), contemporary half calf over marbled boards, upper cover detached, lower joint worn but holding, extremities rubbed, [Fine Bird Books (1990) p. 105; Nissen IVB 421; Zimmer I pp. 293-4], folio, S. Hooper, 1775.
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Lot 100
[Savile (George, Marquess of Halifax)] The Lady's New-years Gift: or, Advice to a Daughter, second edition, ink ownership inscription "Faith Clerksons booke 1688 given by her father" to front free endpaper, another "Mary Wright her Book given her by her dear mother april the 2: 1715" to pastedown, with further inscriptions by the same to front free endpapers, frontispiece with ink inscription to lower margin, foxing and light browning, a few very small stains to a few leaves towards end, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, joints split but holding, [Heltzel 726; Wing H305], 12mo, for Matt. Gillyflower...and James Partridge, 1688. *** Written by Halifax for the benefit of his daughter Elizabeth, later the mother of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield, who in turn wrote his famous Letters to his Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, published in 1774. First published without the author's permission due to a corrupt scrivener selling the manuscript, this edition has been corrected from the original and a frontispiece added. ESTC records 6 UK copies and 5 in America.
Lot 271
World.- Lewis (Matthew Gregory) Journal of a West India Proprietor, first edition, lacking half-title, 19th century bookplate of Marianne Hudson with her ownership name to head of title, margins slightly toned, some light spotting or soiling to first and last few leaves, 19th century half calf, light stain to spine head, rubbed, [Sabin 40821], 1834 § Moore (John) A Journal During a Residence in France, new edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map in vol. 2 with explanatory leaf at end, lacking half-titles, spotting, some light browning, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, wear to corners, little rubbed, for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1793 § Prescott (William H.) History of the Conquest of Mexico, 3 vol., half-titles, frontispieces, 2 folding maps and facsimile signature plate, some spotting, bound in half calf by Rivière & Son, spines gilt and with morocco labels (some little chipped), chips to spine ends, wear to corners, rubbed, some joints cracked but holding, 1843; and others, travel, 8vo & 12mo (c.20)
Lot 122
Burney (Frances) Camilla: Or a Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition, Maria Edgeworth's copy with an annotation and gift inscription to her stepmother Honora on each title, vol.1 with list of subscribers and advertisement leaf at end, later ownership inscriptions on titles and endpapers, pencil annotations in another later hand, light foxing, some light worming to corners, contemporary half calf, rubbed, vol.5 spine split with some gatherings proud, covers rubbed, [Rothschild 550], 8vo, T. Payne... and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796. *** A very good Edgeworth/Burney/Austen association copy of Burney's enormously popular novel. The list of subscribers includes Edmund Burke, Sir William Chambers, Humphry Repton, Mrs Siddons, and Maria Edgeworth herself. The annotation from Edgworth is the cutting insertion "this is worse than folly" to vol.1 p.12 margin, next to a passage of Eugenia passionately discussing Bellamy. Also included in the list of subscribers was a young and unknown Jane Austen (aged 20), as well as Warren Hastings (godfather to Austen's first cousin and sister-in-law Eliza de Feuillide). Austen was obviously familiar with Fanny Burney's works and, following the issue of Camilla in 1796, in October of that year she began writing a novel titled False Impressions which later became Pride and Prejudice, a title possibly taken from a quotation in Burney's Cecilia. She also refers to Camilla in Northanger Abbey: "'And what are you reading, Miss - ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language."
Lot 59
Law.- Alletz (Julien) Dictionnaire de Police Moderne pour toute la France, 3 vol., second edition, half-titles, foxing, ex-library copy with old stamps, contemporary tree sheep, spine gilt, Paris, 1823 § Sonnenfels (J. von) Su l'Abolizione della Tortura, first edition in Italian, engraved title-vignette, contemporary marbled yellow boards, large label to spine, Milan, G.Galeazzi, 1776 § Delaporte (J.B.) Formulaire du Code de Procédure Civile, ou Modèles des differents Actes de Procédure d'après ce Nouveau Code, first edition, half-title, foxed, contemporary sheep-backed boards, Paris, 1807 § Nougarède de Fayet (André) De la Législation sur le Mariage et sur le Divorce, first edition, half-title, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, Paris, An X 1802, the first two rubbed with spine ends worn; and another, 8vo (7)
Lot 148
Flaubert (Gustave) Trois Contes, first edition, one of 100 copies on papier de Hollande, very faint scattered spotting, later crimson half morocco, very slight scuffing to extremities, otherwise an excellent example, Paris, G. Charpentier, 1877. *** Trois Contes is a collection of three stories: "Un coeur simple, " "La légende de Saint-Julien l'hospitalier, " and "Hérodias." Flaubert had been working on his incomplete novel Bouvard and Pécuchet (published posthumously) for over a decade when he decided to take break to write these short stories.
Lot 54
L'Ecole des ragoust ou le chef-d'euvre du cuisinier, du patissier et du confiturier, first edition, lacking E2-11 & I2-12, early ownership inscription to title, title trimmed with some loss to text, A4 soiled, upper corners of first dozen leaves scuffed, early ink inscriptions and wormholes to final leaf, some upper edges closely shaved with partial loss to text, some light water-staining to corners, light spotting and soiling, ownership stamp and label to rear endpapers, later cloth-backed boards, small ink splodges to head of upper cover, some surface wear, extremities rubbed, Lyon, chez Jacques Canier & Fleury Martin, [1668]; and 13 others, v.s. (14). sold not subject to return. *** The first an important cookery work bringing together three disciplines (meat, pastries and jams) which testify to the revival of French cuisine in the 17th century.
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