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André L. Simon copy.- Grapaldus (Franciscus Marius) De partibus aedium addita modo, collation: [par]8, [2par]8, [3par]4, a-q8, r6, s-z8, &8, [cum]8, [R with stroke]8, A-G8, H4, with the last blank, large woodcut portrait of the author to title, woodcut initials, early ink manuscript Latin verse to rear endpaper, two small marginal paper repairs to title, and one to H2, light marginal foxing, a couple of instances of finger soiling, contemporary vellum, 4to (212 x 155mm.), Parma, Francesco Ugoleto & Ottaviano Saladi for Antonio Quinziano, 1516.⁂ On the organisation of the household, including the kitchen garden, kitchen, dining room, hosting guests, and the avoidance of waste. This new edition was published a year after Grapaldi's death, and is the first to include the portrait on the title. The text is significantly enlarged and corrected, and is supplemented with a table of contents and an index. Our copy with an excellent provenance. Provenance: André L. Simon (1877-1970) wine merchant and writer, gourmet, book collector, and bibliographer. The wine writer Hugh Johnson described him as 'the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century, and the grand old man of literate connoisseurship for a further 20 years' (engraved bookplate). Literature: Adams G1009; B.IN.G 972; Cicognara 520; Fowler 145; Mortimer Italian 220; Paleari Henssler p.361; Sander 3254; Simon BB II, 317 & BG 789 (this copy); EDIT 16 CNCE 21596.

Mathematics.- Euclid.- Lambert (Johann Heinrich) Anlage zur Architectonic, oder, Theorie des Einfachen und des Ersten in der philosophischen und mathematischen Erkenntniss, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional contemporary ink or later pencil marginalia, some spotting or light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary orange marbled boards, spine starting to split, worn, but holding firm, 8vo, Riga, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1771.⁂ Rare in commerce. Lambert's attempt to transform philosophy into a deductive science, modelled on Euclid's approach to geometry. Lambert (1728-1777) was the first to introduce hyperbolic functions into trigonometry, and is credited with the first proof that π is irrational using a generalised continued fraction for the function tan x. He also devised theorems about conic sections that made the calculation of the orbits of comets simpler.

Secret Speech denouncing Stalin.- Khrushchev (Nikita Sergeyevich) O Kulcie Jednostki I Jego Nastepstwach, first edition, second issue, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription and tiny hole (not affecting text), original grey printed wrappers, upper wrapper with ink stamp 16799 and ink ownership inscription to head, a few subtle ink marks to imprint, sunned at extremities, Warsaw, March 1956; and a copy of the Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party in Polish, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ Rare and important copy of the second issue of Khrushchev's speech, given to a closed session of Party delegates on 25 Februrary 1956, the final day of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party. His speech openly denounced the deceased dictator Joseph Stalin (who died in March 1953). "Khrushchev recalled Lenin's Testament, a long-suppressed document in which Vladimir Lenin had warned that Stalin was likely to abuse his power, and then he cited numerous instances of such excesses" (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online). This Polish translation of the speech was the only version that circulated during the Cold War, the official Russian text being unknown until its publication in 1989. The work appeared in two issues, the second issue with a second part of 'Unpublished material', including Lenin's Testament, his 'On the National Question' and Stalin's notes.

Politics & human rights.- Althusius (Johannes) Politica methodicè digesta atque exemplis sacris & profanis illustrata, third edition, title printed in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces, final errata f., some ink underlining, couple of small wormholes within text of first c.320pp., diminishing in size as proceeds, 2C8 and 2k4 short tear at foot within text, with minor loss in case of latter, but with no loss of sense, some mostly marginal water-staining (heavier to endpapers), some spotting or staining, lightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, small piece from yapp edge at top corner of upper cover, lightly stained and marked, [VD 17 1:001507S; PMM 109 (first edition)], 8vo, Herborn, [Christoph Corvinus], 1614.⁂ Rare third edition. 'This is the beginning of the modern development of the theory of natural right: the point from which the political speculation of Locke and Spinoza started; and in Althusius's corollary of the natural 'sympathy' upon which co-operative living depends we have the essence of Rousseau's theory of the natural state.' (PMM).

Melville (Herman) Moby-Dick; or, the Whale, first American edition, 6pp. publisher's advertisements at end, front free endpapers working loose, original blue-green cloth with publisher's circular blindstamp device on covers, orange endpapers, rebacked, preserving portions of original spine neatly laid down, gilt to head retouched, lightly faded, in effect an excellent copy, preserved in a custom-made morocco-backed drop-back box, [BAL 13664], 8vo, New York, 1851.

Dahl (Roald) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, first edition, presentation inscription from the author "The owner of this book will have a lucky year" to front free endpapers, very lightly spotted, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine ends, some light marking to lower panel, otherwise a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, 1977.

Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, original boards with skull design blocked in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt, very slight bumping to spine tips, spine a little dulled, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and lower panel, neat tape repair to spine head verso, light fraying to spine ends but overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1959.

Britain.- Repton (Humphry) Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening..., first edition, half-title, 13 aquatint plates only (of 16), of which 7 finely hand-coloured, 3 double-page, 9 only with overlays (5 coloured, and 4 uncoloured), wood-engraved tail-piece, many leaves detached and loose from spine, one of the remaining overlays with loss, numerous handling creases throughout, surface dirt and marginal stains to title and throughout, contemporary marble boards, lacking spine, upper cover detached, very worn, [Abbey Scenery 388; Berlin Kat. 3427; Henrey 1269], oblong folio, by W. Bulmer & Co. for J. & J. Boydell and G. Nicol, [1794]; together with small group of Repton related items inscribed by his granddaughter "Rose", including an original watercolour inscribed verso '"Aylsham Church" Norfolk/ Grand Father's Grave/ H. Repton', a manuscript letter addressed to "Miss Repton" dated '26 November 1849', and several annotated leaves collected together with isncription to upper marble papered slip that reads 'The Family Bible Chronicle', loose, mid 19th century (sm. qty)⁂ The landscape architect's first book, compiled from his famous "Red Books" which were drawn up for prospective clients and included watercolours with overlays showing before and after scenes.

Godwin (William) Lives of the Necromancers, first edition, lacking half-title and 2pp. advertisements at end, handsome contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, a couple minor marks, rubbed at extremities, g.e., 1834; and 5 others from the Library of William Foyle, finely bound, 8vo & 4to (6)Provenance of the first: William Foyle (bookplate); Irene Osgood, Guilsborough Hall (ink inscriptions to title).

Dahl (Roald) James and the Giant Peach, first edition, original pictorial boards, spine head very slightly bumped, short split to cellophane layer of lower joint, otherwise a fine copy, housed in custom-made morocco-backed drop-back box, 4to, 1967.

Bowie (David).- O'Neill (Terry ) Bowie by O'Neill, first edition, one of 500 copies, signed inscription by the photographer/author "I hope you enjoy this tribute to David" to front free endpapers, fold-out photographic illustrations, original boards with onlay bas-relief portrait of Bowie to upper cover, 2016; together with 2 signed limited edition O'Neill prints and a certificate of authenticity, signed by O'Neill, and a copy of the original prospectus, fine, folio, all housed in orange satin clamshell box with window to upper board, in original cardboard box.

Australia.- White (John) Journal of a Voyage to new South Wales..., first edition, title with engraved vignette, list of subscribers, 65 hand-coloured engraved plates, of which 11 with small paper repairs to margins (outside platemark), title browned and lightly foxed, otherwise some light browning, including to plates, occasional spots or damp-staining to margins, endpapers renewed, later half calf, uncut, [Ferguson 97; Nissen ZBI 4390], 4to, for J. Debrett, 1790.⁂ One of earliest and most appealing of Australian colour-illustrated natural history books. John White was chief surgeon with the First Fleet, his account chronicling their voyage from England, and surgeon general to the Settlement at Sydney Cove, where his account continues into his first year, including "many circumstances omitted by Governor Arthur Phillip and others". His naturalist interests served as inspiration for the publication of this journal, with its fine plates of Australian birds, reptiles, fish, plants and animals, many hitherto undescribed species.

Turkey.- Fellows (Charles) A Journal written during an excursion in Asia Minor ... 1838, first edition, etched frontispiece, double-page engraved map with route hand-coloured in outline, 20 plates, most lithographs, 1 double-page, wood-engraved illustrations, previous owner's pencil initials to title, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, bumping to corners and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Atabey 424; Blackmer 578], large 8vo, 1839.⁂ An account of Fellows's first expedition to Lycia on the southern coast of Turkey, an area little known to Europeans at the time.

South America.- Lasso de la Vega (Garcia) The Royal Commentaries of Peru, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, translated by Sir Paul Rycaut, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White after Lely, title in red and black, 10 engraved plates (1 folding), 8 f. index bound after title, bookplate of Jay Randolph Sharpsteen, verso of frontispiece with contemporary ink inscription, title with light damp-stain to foot, L4 & 5K1 with small hole in text, 5L3 with short tear into text but no loss, some minor marginal worming, small worm trace within text from 5P onwards, a couple leaves frayed at edges, occasional light spotting or staining, but generally a clean copy, later calf-backed boards, rubbed, lower joint split at head, upper cover loose, [Sabin 98760; Wing G216], folio, Miles Flesher, for Christopher Wilkinson, 1688.⁂ One of four variant imprints, printed for different booksellers.

Peake (Mervyn) Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor, first American edition, signed inscription "from my friend Mervyn" from Graham Greeneto front free endpaper, additionally signed by Peake verso, with provenance note to foot of same page, illustrations by the author, note to pastedown blocked out with black felt tip, original pictorial boards, spine ends lightly rubbed, 8vo, New York, [1967].⁂ A fascinating association copy, with the provenance note stating that it was signed by Peake at Burcot, near Oxford - the place where he would die the same year in the care home run by his brother-in-law. Signed "with the assistance of Dr. Jim Gilmore, wife Sylvia and the N.O.C. of Mr Greene" (Greene here in absentia, having moved to Antibes in 1966).The two writers met in 1937 when Peake had been commissioned to paint Greene's portrait, and had remained friends throughout the following years. In 1946 Greene read the manuscript of Titus Groan and earnestly recommended that Eyre and Spottiswood publish it, which they immediately agreed to do.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, first edition, Book Society bookplate to endpapers signed by the author, hinge cracked, title and first few pages spotted, light marginal toning, original cloth, spine lightly sunned, corners and extremities a little rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, 8vo, 1938.

Blake (William).- Malkin (Benjamin Heath) A Father's Memoirs of his Child, first edition, engraved frontispiece by R. H. Cromek after William Blake and 3 plates, including one folding map, frontispiece laid down to sheet, one or two instances of finger soiling, contemporary red straight grain morocco, covers with rich gilt borders, rich dentelles, spine a little sunned, slight scratch to upper cover, minor scuffing to corners, 8vo, for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme by T. Bentley, 1806.⁂ Contains the first recorded account of Blake by a contemporary. Malkin knew Blake well, and herein devotes 24pp. in the preface to an account of his friend's life and genius, largely recorded from conversations with Blake himself. The preface also contains the first typographic printing of several of Blake's poems.

Political science.- Bodin (Jean) De republica libri sex, collation: ¶8 a-z A-Z Aa-Yy8 Zz4, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, h1-3 some loss to lower margin, foxing, some staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled, 8vo (181 x 107mm.), [Paris], Jacques du Puys, 1591.⁂ A rare edition at auction of 'the first modern attempt to create a complete system of political science' (PMM of the first edition). Literature: Adams B2230; cf. PMM 94.

Faulkner (William) Light in August, first edition, first issue with 'Jefferson' for 'Mottstown' on p.340, light browning to endpapers, original first state coarse tan cloth, dust-jacket, very light creasing to spine ends and upper edge but a near-fine copy, housed in custom-made morocco-backed slip-case (lower spine rubbed), 8vo, New York, 1932.⁂ Published a year after his controversial Sanctuary, Faulkner's tale of Joe Christmas and Lena Grove is now hailed as ranking among his best and a major work of 20th century literature.

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, second impression, small ink ownership name to lightly spotted front free endpapers, light toning to half-title, 1954, The Two Towers, fourth impression, third impression jacket, small ink ownership name to lightly spotted front free endpapers, 1956, The Return of the King, third impression, staining and 3cm closed tear to lower panel, 1955, first edition, folding maps, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jackets, all price-clipped, light surface soiling to panels, spines browned, ends lightly creased and frayed, still overall sharp copies, 8vo.

Architecture.- Virloys (Roland de) Dictionnaire d'Architecture Civile, Militaire et Navale ..., 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 100 engraved plates, many folding, engraved head-pieces, previous owner's small ink-stamp to titles, small paper label to front pastedowns, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, raised spine bands, richly gilt compartments, red and green morocco spine labels, some expert restoration to corners and spine extremities, 4to, Paris, 1770.

[Polidori (John)] The Vampyre; A Tale, first edition, third issue, lacks half-title, title a little soiled, occasional spotting, Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Sons, 1819; bound with 2 later extracts relating to the Shelleys, contemporary half calf, lacking upper cover, 8vo⁂ The third issue with the preliminaries set in 23 lines and with p.36 lacking 'a' of 'almost' in final line. The circumstances surrounding the origins of this story and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein on the same night are well documented and are simply described in the introductory 'Extract of a Letter from Geneva': "It appears that one evening Lord B., Mr. P.B. Shelly, two ladies and the gentleman before alluded to, after having perused a German work, entitled Phantasmagoriana, began relating ghost stories..."

Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo, first edition, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, original pictorial boards, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, 1999.⁂ Exceedingly rare in commerce.

Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait and tinted lithograph frontispiece, 12 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, 2 colour maps, 1 folding, vol. 2 with previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, scattered very faint spotting, 1866; Ismailïa: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, 51 wood engraved plates, 2 colour maps,1 folding with large tear, neat old repair to verso, publisher's advertisements at end vol. 1, previous owner's discreet blind-stamps, scattered faint spotting, rebacked retaining original backstrip, 1874, first edition, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech pp.10-11], 8vo (4).

Rice (Anne) Interview With the Vampire, first edition, signed by the author to title, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine ends, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, New York, 1976.

Magens (Nicholas) An Essay on Insurances, explaining the Nature of the various Kinds of Insurance practised by the different Commercial States of Europe..., 2 vol., first edition in English, bookplates to pastedown, pagination of pp. 433-466 in vol. 2 corrected by pasted-over printed slips, some foxing, small library 'withdrawn' stamp to rear pastedowns, contemporary calf, rubbed, new red & green morocco spine labels, corners bumped, spines chipped, joints cracked but holding firm, still a very clean and attractive set overall, [Goldsmiths' 9045; Higgs 975; Kress 5453], 4to, by J. Haberkorn [for] W. Baker, 1755.⁂ Magens settled in London in the early 1700s, where he became an insurance trader and director of the London Assurance Company. His Essay on Insurances is a much amended and expanded translation of his Versuch uber Assecuranzen, Hamburg, 1753, produced because of the lack of any work on mercantile and maritime insurance in England. Adam Smith quotes him with respect (as "Mr Meggens") in Wealth of Nations and he owned a copy of Magens's explanations to his well-known Universal Merchant.

America.- Laet (Johannes de) Novus Orbis, seu descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis, first edition in Latin, half-title, engraved architectural title, woodcuts, lacking all maps, supplied in good facsimile, light damp-staining, ex-library stamp to title and one or two others in text, bookplate, 18th century panelled calf, coat-of-arms blind-stamped in gilt to covers, leather and metal closing clasps (top re-glued, bottom with newer metal fixing), one or two worming holes to lower cover, rebacked, folio, [Burden 229-232; Sabin 38557; Willems 382], Leiden, [Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier], 1633.⁂ First Edition in Latin, first published as "Nieuwe Wereldt ofte Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien" in Leiden in 1625, dubbed "the finest description of the Americas published in the seventeenth century" by Burden.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Adams (Douglas) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, endpapers very lightly foxed, original cloth, first state dust-jacket with "Capricorn One" advertisement on rear panel, light chipping to spine ends, spine lightly toned, light denting to lower panel, 8vo, 1979.⁂ A superb copy of this keystone of 20th century sci-fi literature, very rare in commerce, especially with the first state jacket. The conceit was originally a radio series, broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4, with Adams later developing the Hitchhiker's Guide into a "trilogy" of five books which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime. 

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, first issue with "you" for "your" on p.13, half-title, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, light foxing to title and first few pages, but a clean copy generally, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very light toning, spine ends and edges with neat repairs, corners lightly rubbed, still in effect a remarkably bright and excellent copy overall, [Green & Gibson A26], housed in custom-made slip-case, 8vo, 1902.⁂ A crisp copy of the best Sherlock Holmes novel, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.

Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich) Materializm i Empiriokritisizm, first edition, later ink marginalia to foot of final f., the odd patch of light soiling, later cloth with leather spine label, spine rubbed, 8vo, Moscow, Zveno, 1909.⁂ Rare first edition of Lenin's seminal work of dialectical materialism, which was a set text for students of higher education in the Soviet Union as part of the Marxist-Leninist Philosophy curriculum.

Rowling (J.K.) The Harry Potter Gift Set, 2 vol., comprising Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, fourth printing, jacket with extremely light fading to spine, fold heads lightly bumped, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, seventh printing, pencil gift inscription to title, 1998, first editions, both signed by the author on half-title, original pictorial boards, dust-jackets, overall near fine, in original pictorial card slipcase (light sunning to spine, minor scuffing to corners), housed in custom-made drop-back box, 8vo; together with an original photograph of the author. ⁂ The first collected edition of these two works, released just prior to the publication of The Prisoner of Azkaban. Scarce signed.

Highsmith (Patricia) Strangers on a Train, first English edition, original cloth, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, staining to upper panel, spine faded with chipping to tips and corners, lower panel with light surface marking, 8vo, 1950.

Mansfield (Katherine) In a German Pension, first edition, half-title, 4pp. advertisements and 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, embossed presentation stamp to title, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, spine very lightly dulled and ends a little creased, very light scuffs to upper cover, still overall an excellent copy, 8vo, [1911].⁂ An excellent copy of Mansfield's first-published collection of short stories. Published by the ill-fated Stephen Swift (aka Charles Granville) who ended up imprisoned for bigamy and his publishing company liquidated in 1912. This first printing is one of only 500 copies. This edition was followed by two further reprints of 500 copies in January and in May/June 1912. The title was then not republished until 1926 after the author's death, when her husband John Middleton Murry had it reprinted. Extremely scarce with such attributes.

Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition in book form, later issue etched frontispiece, additional title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Brown, p.134 line 12 with "affetcionately" and p.238 line 14 with triple end quotes, p.213 is numbered correctly in this copy, scattered spotting, mostly marginal, booksellers blind-stamp to front free endpaper, original secondary binding of olive green blind-stamped cloth, sunned and faded, slight bumping to corners and extremities, housed in modern slipcase, [Smith I 13], 8vo, 1859.

Physiology.- Embryology.- Harvey (William) Exercitationes de generatione animalium, engraved additional pictorial title depicting Jove releasing human and animal life from an egg with the motto 'Ex ovo omnia', woodcut printer's device to letterpress title, final f. blank, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, some chipping / wear to edges, spine spotted, lightly stained, [Keynes (third edition) 36; G&M 467; Willems 1129], a solid copy, 12mo, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1651.⁂ Harvey considered this work on embryology to be his greatest achievement. He argued that all animal life arose from eggs, and that the foetus developed gradually. The chapter on gynaecology and obstetrics was the first work on the subject to be written by an Englishman. One of three Continental editions published in the same year as the first edition. 'It is usually assumed that the Elzevir edition was the first of these; it is certainly the most elegant' (Keynes. p.85). Our copy with Louis Elzevier imprint to additional and letterpress titles. Provenance: Jean Luneau, 1685 (ink inscription to letterpress title).

Pellatt (Apsley) Brief Memoir of the Jews in relation to their Civil and Municipal Disabilities, first edition, faint abrasion mark to title where label removed, small loss to title corners, a little finger-soiled, faint vertical crease throughout, unbound as issued, 8vo, 1829.⁂ Rare in commerce.

Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, internally fine, original cloth, spine lightly sunned, dust-jacket, price-clipped, one or two light foxing marks to lower flap, spine ends a little frayed, short closed tear to upper panel head, otherwise a bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1932.⁂ A superbly bright and clean example of Huxley dystopian classic.

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Return of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, half-title, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, 4pp. advertisements at end, endpapers browned, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, rebacked preserving original spine, [Green & Gibson A29], 8vo, 1905.

Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, original boards with eye design in white to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, spine lettering a little sunned, spine ends and corners very lightly chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1960; Thunderball, original boards with skeleton hand design to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, light fraying to spine ends and corners, 1961, first edition, excellent copies generally, 8vo (2)

Hume (David) A Treatise on Human Nature, 2 vol., second edition, occasional foxing but quite heavy on titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol.1 and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, uncut and almost entirely unopened in original boards, printed spine labels with a couple of small holes, head of spine of vol.1 with small piece missing, 8vo, Printed for Thomas and Joseph Allman, 1817.⁂ A rare survival in entirely unsophisticated condition of the second edition of Hume's principal work. The first edition was published in three volumes in 1739-40 and it seems strange that a second edition was not published separately until nearly seventy years later but it was misunderstood and savagely reviewed on its first appearance. It has been estimated that a thousand copies were printed of the first edition but only four hundred copies or so had been sold by the middle of the eighteenth century. Despite this Hume's work is now regarded as one of the most important works in the history of philosophy, being hugely influential on other writers including his friend Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, Charles Darwin and Immanuel Kant amongst others.Rare at auction, a copy sold in these rooms in 2020 being the only one cited on RBH.Provenance: Mr. Middleton (ink name on front free endpaper of each volume).

Holy Land.- Roberts (David) The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, ordinary format, lithograph portrait frontispiece, 3 tinted lithograph titles, 60 tinted lithograph plates and 60 half-page illustrations, engraved map, scattered foxing, worse on titles, vol. 3 with several leaves beginning to work loose, hinges strengthened, contemporary half-morocco, vol. 2 with backstrip becoming detached and small loss to extremities, rubbing to corners and joints, [Abbey Travel 385; Blackmer 1432], folio, 1842-49.⁂ "'The Holy Land' was issued in 20 parts in 3 formats: tinted lithographs in paper wrappers, proof plates in a portfolio and coloured lithographs mounted, in a portfolio. The vignettes (half-page) printed with letter-press in the ordinary format were printed as separate plates in the coloured and proof formats." (Blackmer)

Hobbes.- Cumberland (Richard) De legibus naturæ disquisitio philosophica, in qua earum forma, summa capita, ordo, promulgatio, & obligatio è rerum natura investigantur; Quin etiam elementa philosophiæ Hobbianæ, cùm Moralis tum Civlis, considerantur & refutantur, second edition, title printed in red and black and with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, Lubeck & Frankfurt, Samuel Otto & Johann Wiedemeyer, 1683 bound with Schritsmeier (Leonhard) Speculum Politicum, In quo exhibentur Nobilissimae Et Selectissimae Quaestiones, Ex Iure Publico Decerptae, title printed in red and black and with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, Frankfurt, Paul Humm & Michael Cubach, 1670, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 19th century speckled boards, spine gilt and with paper label, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ The first mentioned is the rare second edition of Cumberland's antidote to the principles of Hobbes. Stephen Darwall calls it 'one of the three great works of the modern natural law tradition' (The British Moralists and the Internal 'Ought' (1995), p. 81). Provenance: Carl Gerds von Ketelhodt, 1804 (engraved letterpress bookplate to front pastedown).

Childers (Erskine) The Riddle of the Sands, first edition, 2 maps (one folding) and 2 charts, 4pp. advertisements at end, contents leaf loose, upper hinge broken, ink ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper and ink note about the author on title, occasional minor spotting, original pictorial cloth, lower joint worn, extremities rubbed, a little bumped, 8vo, 1903.⁂ A generally very good copy of this classic spy novel, set in the German North Sea islands. The ink note on the title reads "Englishman - executed as a rebel in Dublin 1922."

Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first edition, signed by the author and illustrator to limitation page, folding map and replacement spine label bound in at end as issued, endpapers lightly toned, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, a lovely copy, 1931.

Dickens (Charles) [The Christmas Books], 5 vol., comprising A Christmas Carol, fourteenth edition, half-title printed in blue, title in red and blue, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates by John Leech, 1p. advertisements, light spotting, contents a little shaken, cloth faded with surface soiling, extremities a little rubbed, 1860; The Chimes, engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title (second state), upper hinge cracked, light spotting and foxing, cloth spine faded, spine chipped at ends, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title, 2pp. advertisements at end, bookplate, corners bumped, otherwise an excellent copy, 1846; The Battle of Life, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title (fourth state), 2pp. advertisements, ink gift inscription to endpaper, cloth lightly marked and rubbed, spine ends creased and bumped, 1846; The Haunted Man, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title, 2pp. advertisements, ownership signature cut from front free endpaper, cloth joint cracked, spine ends repaired, extremities rubbed, 1848, all but the first, first editions, illustrations, original cloth, g.e., [Smith II, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9]; and a copy of The Faces in the Fire by George Frederick Pardon, an imitation of the Dickens' Christmas books, 8vo (6)

Lewis (C.S.) The Magician's Nephew, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, occasional light scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, extremities and joints a little rubbed, toning to spine and lower panel, tape repair to spine head, lower panel lightly foxed, still a very good copy, 8vo, 1955.

Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, 2pp. advertisements at end, toning to margins, inner hinge cracked but firm, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, spine darkened, ends bumped, lower cover lightly faded, 8vo, 1897.

Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition, light spotting to fore-edge, occasionally straying onto margin, original cloth, very faint marking to covers, dust-jacket, light surface soiling to lower panel, light fraying to spine head, 2cm closed tear to upper panel top corner, still overall a very bright and crisp copy, 8vo, 1951.

Economics.- Hayek (Friedrich August) The Road to Serfdom, first edition, first printing, some light foxing to endpapers and final f. of Index, original cloth, spine gilt, covers rubbed at extremities and with vertical crease, spine with horizonal tear and small portion of loss to foot, joints starting but holding firm, 8vo, George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1944.⁂ A scarce copy of this landmark work by the Nobel Prize winning economist. Hayek argues against central economic planning, as it often led to the eventual loss of personal freedom as in National Socialism and socialist states. Accordingly, he argued in favour of private property and market libertarianism.

Christie (Agatha) The Secret of Chimneys, first edition, half-title, very light scattered spotting to first and last pages, modern green half-morocco, spine gilt with red morocco label, 4to, 1925.

Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, first issue with 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated 1897, half-title, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original grey cloth, lettered in black, very light surface soiling and marking, corners and spine ends bumped and creased, still generally an excellent copy, 8vo, 1898.

Burgess (Anthony) Time for a Tiger, first edition, cut presentation inscription signed from the author "To Florence - with gratitude for all she has done for my sister" laid down to front free endpaper, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, spine lightly faded, dust-jacket, light discolouration, lower panel browned, spine faded, tips and joints expertly repaired and retouched, in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1956.⁂ Burgess's beloved sister Muriel died in the flu pandemic of 1918, four days before his mother.

Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, very light scattered spotting to endpapers, original decorative green cloth, gilt, lower cover very lightly marked, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and edges, slight creasing to extremities, small closed tear to upper panel, light chipping to upper edge, but overall a lovely copy, 8vo, 1933.

Smith (Dodie) I Capture the Castle, first edition, bookplate to front free endpaper, original cloth, a few small patches of soiling, spine ends faded, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, light creasing to edges but still a remarkably crisp and bright copy, 8vo, 1949.

Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first edition, very faint spotting to edges, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends creased and frayed, light creasing to upper edge, still a very crisp example overall, [Wobbe A2a], 8vo, 1929.⁂ Greene's first novel, the success of which allowed him to pursue a full-time career as an author.

Bloch (Robert) Psycho, first edition, marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, light surface soiling to lower panel and extremely light chipping to extremities, otherwise a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1959.⁂ A cornerstone of modern horror fiction, Psycho was famously adapted into Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1960 film of the same name.

Fleming (Ian) Moonraker, first edition, state with "shoot" on p.10, light browning to endpapers and light foxing marks to title, original boards lettered in silver, dust-jacket, spine lightly browned and a little creased at head, light surface soiling, small spot to foot of upper panel, lower panel lightly foxed, light rubbing to extremities, still a bright copy overall, 8vo, 1955.

Marx (Karl) Sermaye [Das Kapital], first Turkish edition, translated by Haydar Rifat, ink ownership inscription to first f. of text, first few leaves with upper corner creased and little frayed, not affecting text, some light browning, original wrappers, skilfully rebacked and with upper corner repaired, light soiling, a few chips or short tears to extremities, upper wrapper with remains of tape to inner margin, 8vo, Istanbul, 1933.⁂ The rare first Turkish translation of Marx's Das Kapital in book form, preceded only by Bohor Israel's summary translation in the journal Ceride-i Felsefiye in 1912. We can trace no copies at auction.

Camberton (Roland) Rain on the Pavements, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Gordon and Joyce. With very best wishes and with much gratitude for the use of Gordon's typewriter, upon which "Scamp" was written - from 'Roland Camberton' - November 1951" to endpaper, light browning to half-title, original cloth, sunning to spine and head of panels, dust-jacket by John Minton, light browning to spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners chipped, chipping to head of upper panel, creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1951.⁂ A good association copy of this second novel by the Hackney writer Camberton. Camberton (real name Henry Cohen) wrote only two novels (this and his poorly-reviewed debut Scamp) before disappearing into obscurity. His work has since been subject to critical re-assessment and he is now regarded as a significant literary figure.

Petrarca (Francesco) Trotspiegel in Glück and Unglück, title printed in red & black and with large woodcut printer's device, woodcuts by Hans Weiditz, title with portions of loss with paper restorations, other minor marginal restorations to first few pages, light marginal spotting, disbound, folio, Frankfurt, Johann Saur for Vincent Steinmeyer, 1604.⁂ The first 17th century edition with the handsome woodcuts by 'The Petrarch Master' Hans Weiditz.