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Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first state with line break on p.7, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a mint copy, [Errington A7(a)], 8vo, 1999.*** A superb example of the third novel in the Harry Potter series.

Breydenbach (Bernhard von) [Peregrinatio in terram sanctam], first edition of the first illustrated travel book, 133ff. only (of 148), and also lacking the 8 fold-out views, 44 lines (variable), gothic letter, unrubricated, with the full-page allegorical woodcut of Mainz with the arms of Breydenbach, Johannes von Solms, and Philip von Bicken, 7 woodcuts of scenes from the Near East (of 8, some with early hand-colouring), 6 cuts of alphabets of Near Eastern languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic), Reuwich device at end, 2 woodcut initials, ink annotations in various hands, some water-staining and soiling, good margins, later half calf, rubbed, binding detached, folio (285 x 202mm.), Mainz, Erhard Reuwich, 11 February, 1486.*** The sad remnants but greater part of a highly important and celebrated book, which produced 13 editions before 1522. Breydenbach was accompanied by the two pilgrims whose arms are depicted in the allegorical woodcut on a journey to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai between 1483 and 1484, taking in Venice, Modon, Candia, Rhodes, Parenzo, Corfu en route, these places all wonderfully depicted in the large and impressive woodcut views (here absent). Erhard Reuwich (fl. 1480) a Dutch artist, woodcut designer and printer from Utrecht, accompanied them.Literature: HC3956; GW 5075; BMC I-43; Fairfax Murray German 92; Goff B-1189

Waugh (Evelyn) A Handful of Dust, first edition, very light scattered spotting to edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, top edge lightly creased, spine head a little frayed, but overall a remarkably crisp and intact copy, [Davis 11], 8vo, 1934. *** A bright copy in the rare jacket of 'Waugh's masterpiece' (ONDB).  

Venetian waterways.- Rompiasio (Giulio) Metodo in Pratica e Sommario o sia Compilazione delle Leggi..., second edition, half-title, title in red & black with engraved vignette, woodcut tail-pieces and initials, folding engraved map, light water-staining to upper edge of last few leaves and map at end, contemporary limp marbled boards, uncut and unopened, light damp-staining, lacking some of marbled paper covering from upper cover and title, 4to, Venice, Stamperia Ducale, 1771.*** Scarce work on the laws relating to Venetian watercourses, first published in 1733, concerning the administration, the preservation of the lagoon and the canals of Venice, the various gates, fishing rights, and regulations for building on the shores, before moving to inland rivers, describing the laws surrounding bridges and fords, and the tariffs imposed on river traffic.  

Textiles.- Gli Universali di tutti e bei dissegni..., first edition, title and colophon in red and black, title within elaborate pictorial woodcut border depicting women at their needlework, 68 woodcut illustrations of textile design, most whole-page a few double-page, printers device to colophon, occasional spotting, later vellum, gilt, 4to (243x191mm.), [Venezia], Niccolò Zoppino, 1532.*** Rare: only 1 copy listed on USTC, and among the printer's more scarce works. The full title goes on to describe the designs contained therein as, both old and new which any thinking human and pilgrim whether man or woman with ?needle [l'aco] in hand could commendably create.  Literature: EDIT16 CNCE 72564

Spanish horsemanship.- Tapia y Salcedo (Gregorio de) Exercicios de la gineta, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title (a little soiled), 1 (of 2) engraved portraits, 28 engraved plates by María Eugenia de Beer, some very light scattered spotting, a few neatly repaired tears to foot, largely to blank margin but occasionally straying into text or plate margin, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 19th century patterned roan, gilt arms of Stirling-Maxwell to covers, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., title and author embossed into lower gilt edge, [Schwerdt I, p. 247, "very rare"], oblong small folio, Madrid, Diego Diaz, 1643. *** First edition of this rare and important work that traces the original of Spanish bullfighting. The plates were much admired by Francisco Goya who would reproduce many of the subjects in his Tauromaquia series.

Rackham (Arthur) .- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery & Imagination, first trade edition, 12 colour plates and numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, pictorial endpapers, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some creasing and fraying to extremities, a few neat tape repairs to verso, 1935 § Ibsen (Henrik) Peer Gynt, first trade edition, 12 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, pictorial endpapers, dust-jacket, large portion of loss to head replaced with blank paper chip to foot, 1936; and 7 others, children's v.s. (9)

India.- Scott (Captain Allan N.) Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency, first edition, albumen frontispiece and 100 albumen plates, tissue-guards, lacking half-title, front free endpaper with contemporary pencil gift inscription "From Charles McMinn...Lucknow India", scattered spotting and soiling, generally light, stain to head of plate LV and surrounding few ff., upper hinge tender, contemporary half morocco, gilt, spine almost detached and with loss to head and foot, rubbed, joints split, g.e., 8vo, 1862. 

Ars memorandi.- Rosenheim (Petrus von) Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles evangelistarum figuras, first edition, 18ff. including final blank, 15 fine and extraordinary large woodcut illustrations, small hole in penultimate leaf but not affecting text, lower corner of c3 missing, modern olive green morocco by Cuzin, gilt arms of the Prince d'Essling to covers, g.e., inner gilt dentelles, 4to in 6's (201 x 140mm.), Pforzheim, Thomas Anshelm, 1502.*** A fine, complete copy of this curiosity of early printing - a menemonic with verses for remembering the key events of the life of Christ to accompany the unusual and highly symbolic woodcuts. For example, an eagle displays a pair of embracing lovers on its breast; an angel, a sack of grain perched on its head, carries a blazing sun in one hand and a figure of the Christ Child in the other. But the angel and eagle, as well as a lion and an ox in other images, are symbols of the four Evangelists, and the additional objects or figures refer to specific events in the Gospels.The cuts imitate those in a blockbook of c.1470, produced in south Germany, possibily in a Bavarian monastery, but here accompanied for the first time by text, edited by Georg Simler.Two editions were issued in 1502 by Thomas Anshelm, the first (as here) with the first line of leaf a1 ending 'memorabi-',whereas the second edition has the same line ending 'Sebastiani'.Provenance: Victor Massena, Duc de Rivoli, Prince d’Essling (1836-1910), sale Zurich 1939, lot 245; Maurice Burrus, with ex-libris, sale Christies Paris 2015.Literature: Brunet I: 499-500; Cf. Fairfax Murray German 43 (1503 edition); Ars Memorandi. A Facsimile of the Text and Woodcuts printed by Thomas Anshelm at Pforzheim in 1502. Houghton Library, Harvard University Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Cambridge, Mass.1981

Astronomy.- Wilkins (John) A Discovery of a New World, fifth edition, 2 parts in 1, woodcut diagrams, some faint toning, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original back-strip laid down, [Wing 2186], 8vo, by J. Rawlins for John Gellibrand, 1684.*** The first work and first printed book in English to give serious consideration to space travel.  ESTC does not call for either a portrait frontispiece or additional engraved title, as in the fourth edition. 

Steinbeck (John).- A group of Steinbeck Ephemera featuring works on paper, 6 pieces, between 360 x 260mm. and 430 x 480mm., v.s., v.d.*** Includes:Snyder (Dorothy) Steinbeck House, Salinas, Cal [2 copies], etching and aquatint, signed by the artist on lower right-hand corner and marked “art/pf.”, plate c.250 x 300mm, tipped onto mounts.Benton (Thomas Hart) Pa Joad, lithograph, sheet c.400 x 300 mm, signed by the author in plate, possibly a later printing, as it is on a larger sheet and unsigned, light surface marking.Original colour-printed poster for Cannary Row by The Forest Theater Guild, c.330 x 480mm., Carmel, CA, August 9-13, 1995.Poster for The Grapes of Wrath after the original first edition dust-jacket design, number 68 of 500 copies, nicks and light toning to margins, 430 x 320 mm., 1980.Magazine cutting of Steinbeck, printed in black and white, torn from unknown publication, c.360 x 260mm, c.1962.Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

Astronomy.- Scheiner (Christoph) Refractiones coelestes sive solis elliptici phaenomenon illustratum, first edition, woodcut vignette to title, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, typographic head-pieces, E4 & P4 with closed tears and silked repairs, affecting text but no loss, endpapers renewed, modern calf-backed boards, [Brunet VI 486], small 4to, Ingolstadt, Ederiana for Elisabeth Angerma, 1617.*** First edition of this work wherein Scheiner calls attention to the elliptical form of the sun near the horizon.

Canon Law.- Bonifacius VIII (Pope) Sextus decretalium liber...in Lugdunensi coniclio editus [& others], 4 parts in 1, collation: a-k8, aa-dd8 ee4, A-E8 F4, AA BB8 CC4, double column, printed in red and black, first two parts title within identical woodcut historiated border, full-page woodcut table to final verso of first work, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, early ink underlining, 19th century blue ink seminary stamp to first title, k7 sliver torn from outer margin, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or staining (including the odd instance of ink), lightly browned, lacking free endpapers, contemporary blind-ruled and gilt French calf, spine in compartments and with 19th century ink ms. title label, lacking ties, spine ends and corners worn, couple of losses to leather on upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, but solid, 8vo (154 x 102mm.), Paris, Jean Kerbriant & Jean Petit, 1531.  *** Rare edition of four important texts of canon law, including the Decretals of Boniface VIII; one of the greatest jurists of his age. Provenance: Capuchins of Valence (early ink inscription to head of title); 'In valesta vera virtus' and 'Joannes' (later ink motto to title and name to final f.).  Literature: Adams B2440.

Waugh (Evelyn) Ninety-Two Days, first edition, folding map and illustrations, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, extremities and corners chipped and nicked, 1934; Labels, cloth spine faded, [Davis 10], 1930, first editions, original cloth, 8vo (2) *** First edition of Waugh's third travel book, in the rare jacket. It chronicles a 92-day expedition across Latin America, illustrated with Waugh's own photographs. Grouped together with Waugh's first travel book Labels. 

Japan.- Trigault (Nicolas) Rei christianae apud Japonios commentarius, ex litteris annuis Societatis Jesu annorum 1609. 1610. 1611. 1612 collectus, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, T6 colophon recto and large woodcut Jesuit device verso, T7&8 blank, I1 small repair at foot, just touching text, without loss, occasional spotting or light staining, later endpapers, recased in contemporary vellum over limp boards, small piece of vellum missing from upper cover, little marked, [Cordier Japonica col. 272; Sommervogel VIII, col. 239], a very good copy, 8vo, Augsburg, Christopher Mangius, 1615. *** Scarce copy at auction of the first edition of Trigault's account of the Jesuit missions in Japan between 1609 and 1612. It is compiled from the letters of Joao Rodrigues Girao, and covers a pivotal period for the Jesuits, who were trying to avert conflict with Japan's new ruler, the Tokugawa shogun. The Franciscans were causing difficulties for Christians by preaching openly, which antagonised the new Japanese regime.  

Rome.- Vasi (Giuseppe) Delle Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna, vol. 4 & 5 only (of 10), first edition, titles with engraved vignette, 35 engraved plates & 14 illustrations, a few plates numbered in manuscript, 2 plates to vol. 5 with horizontal and vertical printer's crease replaced in pen facsimile, spotting throughout, sometimes heavy, light offsetting, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt, covers with central onlaid arms, some portions of wear, rubbed at extremities, still a handsome set, oblong 4to, Rome, 1754.

Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, top edge slightly dust-stained, original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, spine lettered in silver and bronze, near-fine, dust-jacket, evenly toned, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lower panel slightly foxed, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1957.

Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, original boards with upper cover decorated in blind with silver diamond to centre, spine lettered in silver, fine, very faint spotting to fore-edge occasionally straying onto margin, dust-jacket, some nicks to extremities, light rubbing along joints and spine ends, light surface marks to lower panel, otherwise an excellent and crisp copy, 8vo, 1956.

Waugh (Evelyn) Vile Bodies, first edition, original cloth, one or two very faint surface marks, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, spine faded, light chipping and nicks to spine ends and corners, one or two very light splash marks, still overall an excellent example, [Davis 5], 8vo, 1930.*** An excellent copy of Waugh's classic early send-up of the Bright Young Things. Very scarce to find in the rare first-state jacket.

Celestial atlas.- Gallucci (Giovanni Paolo) Theatrum mundi, et temporis, first edition, first issue, title with woodcut printer's device, 144 astronomical illustrations, of which 31 (of 51) with volvelles (some skilfully restored with facsimile elements; some possibly from other copies), additional f. after Mm4 showing the constellation Cepheus, folding letterpress table and errata f. at end, woodcut head and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional extensive 18th century Italian manuscript notes, including to verso of title, partially erased small ink stamp to title, sig. Ooo at end misbound, some foxing and staining, lightly browned, later endpapers, recased in contemporary limp vellum, splits to joints, but holding firm, a few small repairs, some staining, [Adams G168; Houzeau & Lancaster 2725; Mortimer Italian 206; Riccardi I, 568; Tomash & Williams G24; Warner 91; EDIT 16 CNCE 20287], 4to, Venice, Giovanni Battista Somasco, 1588. *** The first celestial atlas to use Copernican co-ordinates. 'There are 48 woodcut maps of the Ptolemaic constellations, each of which is preceded by a catalogue of the included stars identifying position within the constellation, latitude and longitude (in degrees and minutes), magnitude, and nature ... The longitudes on Gallucci's catalog and on his map are those published by Copernicus in De Revolutionibus (1543)' (Warner). Gallucci (1538- c.1621) was a private tutor to the Venetian nobility and founding member of the Second Venetian Academy. 

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale, first Italian edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Nicole and Martin lots of love from Jo" on front free endpaper, illustrations, original boards, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, spine faded, ends lightly creased, otherwise excellent, 8vo, Florence, Salani, 1998. *** Especially rare with personal inscription to Rowling's school friend, gifted directly signing ‘Jo'.

Orwell (George) Animal Farm, first edition, original cloth, very thin strip of fading to edges, dust-jacket, without Searchlight advertisement verso, 1.5" tear from upper edge, few other tears and nicks along extremities, corners and spine ends a little chipped, light scuffing along joints, [Fenwick A10a], 8vo, 1945.

Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], 8 plates, some folding, numerous illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end of vol.1, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, lacking half-titles, 20th century half morocco, very light fading to spine, corners a little bumped, t.e.g., 8vo, Cambridge, 1888.*** Classic work on the exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.

Bible, Portuguese. Do Velho Testamento, vol.1 only (of 2), ie most of Old Testament, translated by Joao Ferreira d'Almeida, some lower margins trimmed close, occasionally slightly affecting signature or catchword, lacking initial and final blank, water-stain to upper corner, ink stamps to title and verso of final leaf, later burgundy morocco, gilt, g.e., 12mo, Batavia, por H. Mulder, 1748.*** The first edition of most of the Old Testament in Portuguese, the New Testament translated by Almeida having been printed in Amsterdam in 1681. Almeida's death in 1691 prevented him finishing his work on the OT, managing only as far as part of the Book of Ezekiel, but the work was to be completed by Jacobus op den Akker (end of Ezekiel, Daniel and Minor Prophets) and volume 2 was published in 1753, thus completing the 'Almeida Bible'Provenance: from the stock of the late Max Israël; Ets Haim library of Amsterdam (black ink stamp and purple withdrawn stamp).

Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, original boards, dust-jacket, first state with "Capricorn One" advertisement on rear panel, very light toning to rear panel, otherwise fine, 8vo, [1980]. 

South Sea Bubble.- Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, Vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie ..., first edition, title in red and black, 71 engraved plates and maps (including map of Louisiana), of which 55 folding, 3 with tears and neat repairs verso, 5 with splits to foldlines, 5 with short tears, occasional marginal spotting, 2 ff. with tiny rust-holes affecting odd letter, pencil signature to early blank, bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt lozenge to centre of boards, gilt borders with crowns at inner corners, rubbed and mottled, neat old repairs to spine extremities, bumping to corners, [Goldsmith 5879; Kress 3217], folio, [Amsterdam], 1720 *** Bookplates of R. Kirk, Greenmont and Otto Orren Fisher. First edition of "The Great Mirror of Folly", made up of "various pieces in prose and verse which together with the prints, pertain to the speculative period in Holland coincident with the 'Mississippi bubble' in France." (Kress)

Shakespeare (William) Measure for Measure, or Beauty the Best Advocate, [adapted by Charles Gildon], half-title with publisher's advertisements in double column verso, contemporary ink pen trials to half-title (some trimmed), lacking final f., title little chipped, closely trimmed at head, spotted and stained, lightly browned, 20th century burgundy ?textured buckram-backed brown marbled boards, spine gilt, covers with gilt Signet arms, rubbed, [Bartlett 182; Wing S2936], small 4to, Printed for D. Brown, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; and R. Parker, at the Unicorn Under the Royal-Exchange, 1700.  *** This first edition of Charles Gildon's adaptation is the first separate edition of the play in any form. It is rare at auction, with only two appearances since 1980. 'Davenant first combined portions of Measure for Measure and Much Ado and called the play Law against Lovers. This appeared in 1673. Gildon took from this the portions which had been taken from Measure for Measure, altered them somewhat, [and] added four musical entertainments' (Bartlett). Includes the epilogue ‘Shakespeares Ghost’.  

Astronomy.- Pappiani (Alberto) Della Sfera Armillare e dell' Uso di essa nella Astronomia Nautica e Gnomonica, first edition, enrgaved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 9 folding engraved plates at rear, small ink ownership inscription front endpaper in ?contemporary hand, some worming to gutter at both hinges, with small trails continuing through to frontispiece, title, following few leaves (partial loss of letters), and to blank inner margin of final plates, Dutch floral pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, covers and spine richly gilt, scattered minute worm holes and minute leather repair to upper joint head, [Houzeau & Lancaster 9677], 4to, Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1745.

Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo, first edition, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, 2 original drawings in black felt-tip of the Gruffalo and mouse, each signed and dated by the artist, loosely inserted, some pages creased with light finger-soiling marks, original pictorial boards, spine ends and corners bumped, repaired tear along lower joint, overall still a very crisp copy, 4to, 1999.  *** A lovely copy of this exceedingly rare work in commerce, bolstered with 2 drawings from the artist. Together with a photograph of Scheffler drawing the illustrations at a signing. 

Horses.- Galiberto (Giovanni Battista di) II Cavallo da maneggio, first edition, engraved additional title, engraved device on title verso, 55 engraved illustrations, double-page engraved plate, occasional light browning and some marginal foxing, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century morocco, vellum panels to covers, rubbed, a little soiled, g.e., [Nissen ZBI1470], small folio, Vienna, Per Giovan Giacomo Kyrneri, 1650. *** Rare first edition of this work dealing the training, care and treatment of horses.

Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, first edition, ownership inscriptions of several contemporary Okies on half-title, upper hinge cracked, lacking preliminary leaves, half-title detached, a little foxed, edges spotted, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, 8vo, New York, 1939.*** The original owner of this copy, Max Berg, was an interior designer from Pennsylvania, who read the book eagerly on its first publication. Soon after, the Daily Worker printed an appeal from some migrant agricultural workers ('Oakies') asking for books to be donated for the local library in California. Max sent several books from his library as gifts, but specifically asked to have The Grapes of Wrath returned after reading. A 1990 newspaper article covering the story notes that “The seven members of the Walter Gore family who had settled in Salinas, Calif. from Oklahoma did indeed return the edition, but not before writing their thanks on the inside cover” (Times Chronicle, Jenkintown, PA, April 25, 1990). The names include Henry Gore, Bess Gore, Nancy Ann Foster, Evalyn Welch, Fred. L. Fried, Mrs. F.L, and lastly, P. McDaniel, with their accompanying dates of reading the work. Berg gifted the copy to Elaine Steinbeck in April of 1990 (letter dated April 10, included with the book), and Elaine passed it on to David Heyler: “Dear David / I want you to have in your collection this book I told you about. It has a lot of history. I have some more publicity about it mixed in with the Grapes file, and as soon as I come across it, I will send it on” (October 21, 1990) (see note to lot 120). A rare historical association copy. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

Andreas Libavius' copy.- Plastic surgery.- Tagliacozzi (Gaspare) Cheirurgia nova...de narium, aurium, labiorumque defectu, first octavo edition, title printed in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, 22 full-page woodcuts of patients and surgical instruments, occasional early ink marginalia, foxing and staining, mostly lightly browned throughout, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, remains of labels to spine, upper cover with gilt library stamp at foot and upper corner chipped, soiled, [Durling 4312; G&M 5734 (1597 edition); Waller 9451; Wellcome I, 6211], 8vo, Frankfurt, Johannes Saur for Peter Kopf, 1598. *** Andreas Libavius' copy of the first octavo edition of the first modern work on plastic surgery. The German Libavius (c.1550-1616) was an alchemist, university professor, and physician. In 1597 he published Alchemia, a textbook that summarized all the discoveries alchemists had made to that point. With his ink ownership inscription to front pastedown.

Horses.- Eisenberg d' (Barone) Description du Manege Moderne dans sa perfection, first edition, engraved additional title and 59 plates by Picart after Eisenberg, list of subscribers, occasional light browning but a very good copy generally, light vertical crease to title and a few early leaves, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century half morocco with Sitrling-Maxwell monogramme in blind to upper cover, extremities rubbed, title and author in blind to lower edge, [Cohen-De Ricci 345], oblong folio, n.p., 1727.*** A clean copy of this description of horsemanship by King George II's stablemaster. 

Circle Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, one of 50 A.P. copies, signed by the artist Ronald King, colour screen-prints, original cloth, slip-case, with accompanying portfolio of thick hand-made card containing 20 parts, each part with an original print (all but one signed) and an accompanying piece of prose or poetry printed on the inside wrapper by Roy Fisher, Andrew Crozier, Kevin Power and Keith Please, folder with silk ties, folio, Guildford, Circle Press, 1978.*** The Second Edition, as here, is a creation of some considerable complexity beyond even the details described above. Each of the twenty loose prints was new for this edition, as were the poems and essays by the four contributors. However, for five of the Chaucer characters which had already been illustrated by images in the book itself, the loose prints provided with the second edition were composite lithographic images of six versions of preliminary sketches for the final design, printed in black on a blue graph-paper grid (the exception is The Franklin, which although it appears in the book is also represented by a new full colour signed print in the portfolio). These five lithographs are I (The Knight), III (The Squire), V (The Nonne), VI (The Monk) and XVII (The Miller). Finally, above and beyond the called-for issue state, there are an additional five full-colour prints of the original images from the First Edition of the book inserted into folders I, III, V, VI and XVII. With the exception of the original print of III: The Squire and the lithograph of VI: Monk, each of the loose prints is numbered, titled and either intialled or signed by Ron King in pencil.

Steinbeck (John) The Pastures of Heaven, first edition, fourth issue, author's own copy with stamp "This book belongs to Carol and John Steinbeck" on pastedown, original cloth, top edge stained blue, some light toning, otherwise excellent, New York, Covici Friede, [Goldstone & Payne A2d], 8vo, 1935. *** Steinbeck's own copy of this celebrated short story cycle. Written in typical Steinbeckian prose, the interconnected stories chart the lives of families who relocate to a Californian valley. This was likely part of the “incunabula” (March 13, 1953) or “bunch of junk” (November 19, 1956) that Steinbeck mentions sending to Joan and David Heyler over the years (see note to lot 120).  Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

Fleming (Ian) Dr. No, first edition, very light spotting to fore-edge, original first state plain black boards, light surface marks, small stain to lower cover, very minor bumping to corners, dust-jacket, spine faded, light chipping to corners and spine ends, otherwise an excellent and sharp copy, 8vo, 1958.

Italy.- Sculpture.- Rossi (Domenico de) Raccolta di Statue Antiche e Moderne, first edition, plate vol. only (of 3), engraved letterpress title, engraved dedication leaf, 163 engraved plates by Dorigny, Francesco Aquila, Pailly and others, eighteenth century half sheep, spine gilt with black morocco label, corners a little worn,  [Brunet IV, 1406], folio, Roma, [Gaetano Zenobi], 1704*** First edition (plates only) of this magnificent collection of classical, Renaissance and Baroque sculpture; most of the statues depicted are ancient, but around 30 show 'modern' statues by famous sculptors such as Bernini, Giambologna, Michelangelo and others. Brunet notes, ‘le texte manque quelquefois’, while others suggest that the plates of Pope Paul IV (dated 1708) and Hercules and the Hydra are later additions. 

Strada (Jacopo) Imperatorum Romanorum omnium Orientalium et Occidentalium Verissimae Imagines ex Antiquis Numismatis quam Fidelissime Delineatae, first edition, collation: α6 A-V6, lacking final blank, fine woodcut title, repeated woodcut border to 4 preliminary ff., α6 blank present, 118 superb woodcut medallion portraits by Rudolf Wyssenbach after Rudolf Manuel Deutsch within repeated decorative architectural border, caption beneath, each verso with text and arabesque design by Peter Flötner within same woodcut border as in preliminaries, F4 with clean tear, some slight worming to inner margin, light water-stain at foot to many ff., 19th century sprinkled sheep, a little rubbed, modern cloth slip-case, folio (473 x 359mm.), Zurich, Andreas Gessner, 1559.***A lovely copy with rich impressions of one of the great Renaissance illustrated books, describing the medals in the collection of Jacopo Strada, an antiquary from Mantua.  Strada (d.1588), a goldsmith who had studied antique coins and medals, had a successful career in the service of three Habsburg emperors whom he served as artist and advisor on the acquisition of antiquities. He was also supervisor of the imperial Schatzkammer.Provenance: Nordkirchen, Ferdinand von Plettenberg (his inscription on title); Nordkirchen, Esterházy de Galántha (bookplate, the family owned Nordkirchen Castle from 1833 to 1903); Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer collection (OS 51), acquired in 1955 from W. Heimann through Adalbert Lauter, Munich.Literature: Adams S1919; Mortimer, French 502 (note); Goldschmidt, The Printed Book of the Renaissance, 1950, p. 76

Waugh (Evelyn) Remote People, first edition, folding map, light spotting to edges, endpapers toned, original boards, dust-jacket, light surface marking, corners lightly chipped, spine head a little creased, [Davis 7], 8vo, 1931.

Astronomy.- Monnier (Pierre Charles le) La Theorie des Cometes, first edition, half-title, 4 folding engraved plates, folding table, contemporary calf, gilt, 8vo, Paris, 1743.*** Scarce work based on, indeed much a direct translation of Halley's Cometographia of 1726. Page 65 includes the announcement of his prediction of the return of his eponymous comet "de sorte que je puis avec assez de certitude annoncer son retour pour l'an 1758."Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and small blind-stamps to first few leaves, as usual).

Dugdale (Sir William) The History of St. Paul's Cathedral, first edition, title in red and black, engraved portrait and 44 etched plates and illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar and others, most full- or double-page, one large and folding (torn and repaired), some light soiling, small hole to Ee1 within plate-mark but not affecting image or text, contemporary ink inscription of Sir Peter Leicester de Tabley "...pretium 14s 6d" to front free endpaper, engraved bookplate of Sir William Jerningham Bart. of Cossey, contemporary russia with triple gilt fillet and roll-tool border in blind, rebacked with gilt spine, rubbed and slightly stained, corners and edges a little worn, [Millard, British 17; Wing D2482], folio, by Tho. Warren, 1658.*** A fine large copy with the plates printed with good impressions."The most detailed study of a single building produced in seventeenth-century England, and the best evidence for how St. Paul's Cathedral looked before the 1666 Fire of London." (Millard).

Channel Islands.- Falle (Philip) An Account of the Isle of Jersey, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink inscriptions to half-titles, engraved diagrams, engraved folding map hand-coloured in outline, 2 short tears at gutter with old tape repairs verso, short marginal tear with small loss to foot K1, publisher's advertisements at end, modern antique style panelled calf, gilt, for John Newton, 1694; Histoire détaillée des Isles de Jersey et Guernesey, first French edition, 2 folding engraved maps, short tears at gutter with old tape repairs verso, engraved diagrams, previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and front free endpaper verso, occasional faint spotting, later calf-backed boards, slight rubbing to corners, Paris, 1757; 8vo & 12mo (2) *** Provenance: Both inscribed to or by Rear Admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq (1873-1922). The Dumaresq family was a patrician family in the Channel Islands, with a particular interest in Jersey. Each volume contains a map drawn from a survey by Philip Dumaresq. On the accession of King James II, Philip Dumaresq presented him with an account of the Channel Islands and suggestions for their defence. 

Horses.- Cavendish (William, Duke of Newcastle) A General System of Horsemanship in All it's Branches, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, half-title, additional double-page engraved title in French (imprint Antwerp, Jacques van Meurs, 1658), 42 double-page engraved equestrian plates, 20 engraved anatomical, equipment and veterinary plates in part 2 (12 printed in bistre, 2 double-page), engraved vignettes and historiated initials, woodcut diagrams in the text, occasional light browning, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century half calf, arms and motto of Stirling-Maxwell to covers, extremities rubbed, [Nissen, ZBI 849], folio, J. Brindley, 1743.*** The second volume comprises "The Perfect Knowledge of Horses", the first appearance in English of Gaspard de Saunier's Parfaite connoissance des chevaux.

English provenance.- Annotated.- Trithemius (Johannes) Catalogus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum sive illustrium virorum, collation: A B4 a-z aa-zz4, woodcut historiated initials, occasional contemporary ink marginalia in an English hand in English or Latin (including rear endpaper), including motto 'Fare-fac' and reference to Erasmus to title, [Cologne], [Peter Quentel], 1531 bound with Basilius Magnus (Saint, Archbishop of Caesarea) Opus argutu(m) ac pium De spiritu sancto, ad Amphilochium, translated by Desiderius Erasmus, collation: A6 a-p4 q6, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut historiated initials, final errata f., extensive contemporary neat Greek marginalia, Basel, [Hieronymus Froben & Nikolaus Episcopius], 1532, together 2 works in 1 vol., marginal water- or -damp-staining (the former heavier to last few ff. of second work), occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary English ornately blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards (Oldham, Blind-stamped Bindings, nos. 648 & 896, F.I. binder in London between 1538-1551), rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with later red leather label, lacking 1 metal clasp, the other breaking off, lower cover with very small piece missing from leather at head and a few small nail holes, little staining, rubbed and marked, 4to (204 x 156mm.; binding 214 x 174mm.) *** I: Enlarged edition of this bio-bibliography of Christian writers, which first appeared in Basel in 1494.Trithemius (1462-1516) was a German Benedictine, abbot of Sponheim, lexicographer, chronicler and occultist. He had Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus were among his students. Our English annotator has concentrated on English authors, including Bede, William of Ockham and Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury. II: First Latin edition of this treatise on the Holy Spirit.  Literature: I: Adams T966; VD 16 T1999. II: Adams B356; VD 16 B723.   

Astronomy.- Galilei (Galileo) Istoria e dimostrationi intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, with two additional leaves inserted at N3 entitled 'Moediceorum Planetarum, ad inuicem, & ad Iovem Constitutiones...', bookplate, intermittent browning, contemporary vellum, 4to, Bologna, heirs of Evangelista Dozza, 1655.*** Galileo's famous letters to Marcus Wesler on his discovery and theory of sunspots, originally published in 1613, and here extracted from the second volume of the first collected edition of works published 1655-56. The letters also contain Galileo's first publication on the phases of Venus and the mysteries of Saturn.

Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopiæ, sive linguæ latinæ commentarii, [edited by Aldus Manutius], first Aldine edition, collation: [aa-ee6] a-z A-H10 I12, 352 ff., the last blank, 59 lines, Roman letter and a little Greek, initial on a1 in red and blue, the others in red, some underlining in red or black, contemporary and later ink marginalia in several hands, occasionally in red, marginal repairs, mostly at beginning and end, H1 neat short split just within text at inner margin, without loss, f4 and k8 piece from lower blank corner, final blank repaired, mostly marginal water-staining, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, leaves from ?14th century hymnal used as pastedowns, fragments of 15th century rubricated manuscript used in binding, ornately blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, including various flowers and dragons in triangular borders and large and small rosettes in circular borders, spine in compartments, metal clasps, repaired with some loss to pigskin, mostly on lower cover, stained, rubbed, folio (318 x 214mm.; binding 334 x 230mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, July, 1499. *** A great Aldine rarity at auction. The first Aldine and best edition of this monumental work on the language and literature of classical Rome. It is written in the form of a commentary on the epigrams of Martial. The first edition was edited by the author's nephew Pyrrho Perotti and Lodovico Odaxio, from whom there are two letters at the beginning of our edition.  Provenance: Father Labe, S.J., 1698. Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 32; BMC V, 561; Goff P-296; H 12706*; Bod-inc P-107; BSB-Ink P-221; GW M31090; Renouard 19:2; ISTC ip00296000.     

Law.- Bracton (Henry de) De Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri ..., first edition, title trimmed and reset at gutter, previous owner's ink and pencil notes to title, ink and pencil notes to front free endpaper verso and final ff., occasional faint marginal staining, small loss to edges of one or two ff. with neat restoration, bookplates, modern calf, [STC 3475], folio, Richard Tottell, 1569. *** Divided into five books, each subdivided into chapters with subheadings whose contents are listed in detail in the extensive index in order of appearance, Bracton's 'De Legibus', completed in the 1250s, occupies a unique position in the history of the common law. It is the first attempt to treat the whole extent of English law in a manner both systematic and practical, it constitutes the first modern English law book and it is the outstanding legal work of any English writer of the Middle Ages.Provenance: Bookplate of John Fisher. Bookplate and ink signature of O'Dunne. Bookplate of Ralph Barnes.

Dahl (Roald) The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated in year of publication "To Asha, love Roald Dahl, 6/9/85" on title, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, lightly marked, extremities lightly bumped, still overall a fresh copy, 4to, 1985.

Waugh (Evelyn).- Bradley (H. Dennis) Vile Bodies: A Play in Twelve Episodes, first edition of stage version, light toning strip on endpapers, fore-edge lightly spotted, original cloth, covers lightly discoloured, dust-jacket priced 5/-, light surface marking, short nick to lower panel bottom edge, otherwise excellent, 12mo, 1931.*** Scarce stage version of Waugh's second novel, seemingly issued simultaneously both as hardback and in wrappers. The play was originally produced at the Arts Theatre Club, where it had a short and moderately successful run, before moving on to the Vaudeville Theatre. 

Falconry.- Huber (Jean) Observations sur le vol des oiseaux de proie, first edition, woodcut device on title, 7 double-page engraved plates, occasional light scattered foxing, but very good, wide-margined copy generally, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century morocco-backed cloth with arms and monogramme of Stirling-Maxwell to covers, spine ends a little rubbed, t.e.g., [Nissen IVB 458; Schwerdt I, p.253], 4to, Geneva, Paul Barde, 1784. *** "A scarce and instructive treatise on flight of falcons and hawks. The book is evidently the outcome of a great deal of observation and study" - Schwerdt.

Astronomy.- Mercator (Nicolaus) Institutionum Astronomicarum libri duo, first edition, lacking T7 and T8, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing M1729], William Godbid for Samuel Simpson, 1676; and 2 other 17th century astronomical works, 4to and 8vo (3)

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Susan Stirling with love from Evelyn Waugh, June 1947" to endpaper, additionally signed on title, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, some fraying to spine ends, some marking to covers, 8vo, Boston, 1946.*** A good association copy, inscribed to the wife of Bill Stirling (1911-83). Following his brother David's capture, Bill Stirling took over command of the Special Air Service; Waugh was accepted into the battalion with the responsibility of presenting the case for greater funding and expansion of the unit. Throughout this period Waugh was working on Brideshead Revisited, an effort that took up much of his attentions, as remarked on by Stirling himself: "It was difficult if one was doing a general reorganisation of things to have to deal with Evelyn as well, and particularly when he felt he ought to be writing a book." (Selina Hastings, Evelyn Waugh. A Biography), p.457. 

Eliot (T.S.) The Waste Land, first English edition in book form, [one of c.460 copies], light spotting, pencil ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper with a few glossings in pencil to pp. 6 & 7, original marbled boards, paper label to upper cover (Gallup variant 3, a little soiled), neatly rebacked in blue cloth, rubbed, some toning to head, [Gallup A66; Woolmer 28], 8vo, Richmond, Hogarth Press, 1923. *** This label, without the star border or rules, among the rarest of the 3 variants. 

India.- Martin (F.R.) The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey from the 8th to the 18th Century, 2 vol., first edition, plates, a few colour, and illustrations, some slight worming, occasional finger soiling, vol.1 original buckram, gilt, vol.2 modern half calf preserving cloth covers, some worming to covers, large 4to, 1912.

Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, first edition, [one of 1,250 copies], half-title, folding plate with splitting to lower half of second fold, 25pp advertisements (Freeman's variant 3) only (of 32pp.), some light corner creasing, pencil note to half-title and facing page, W.H. Smith & Son blind-stamp to front free endpaper,  lacking rear endpaper, upper hinge cracked with the text block shifted down but holding, original blind-stamped cloth (Freeman's variant b) with Edmonds & Remnants binders label on the rear paste-down, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly darkened, spine end and corners a little bumped, small patch of soiling and very small portion of cockling to upper cover, [Freeman 373; GM 220; PMM 344b], 8vo, John Murray, 1859. *** A very good, unrestored copy in the original cloth of "The most important biological book ever written." - Freeman.Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection, first set out in detail in the present work, is virtually unmatched in its influence on 20th century thought. "A turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general" - DSB.Provenance: the Stirlings of Keir.

Slavery.- Quakers.- Bell (John) An epistle to Friends in Maryland, Virginia, Barbadoes, and the other colonies, and islands in the West-Indies, where any Friends are, first edition, bifolium, drop-head title, folds, neat tape repairs to splits at folds, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, folio (340 x 218mm.), [?London; it is signed in print 'Bromley near London'], no printer, ['3rd month, 1741']. *** Rare and important publication in the Quaker abolitionist movement. The last copy at auction we can trace was in 1948. The work was particularly well-received in New England, and recommended to all members there at their Yearly Meeting. 

Waugh (Evelyn) Black Mischief, first trade edition, signed by the author on title, map frontispiece, pencil ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, 2 short splits to head of spine, light rubbing to extremities, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1932. *** Black Mischief was published in both trade and limited editions, with the latter used by Waugh in part for presenting as gifts. As a result, the first trade edition is one of the most difficult of Waugh's titles to find signed.

Astronomy.- Ferguson (James) Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles..., first edition, engraved folding frontispiece, 13 folding engraved plates, ink library stamp to title and front-pastedown, bookplate, rear endpaper loose, faint off-setting, occasional spotting and light browning, contemporary calf-backed boards with vellum corners, joints cracked but stitching just holding, small damp-stain upper cover, rubbed, 4to, for the Author, 1756.*** First edition of this popular work, which went on to appear in 17 subsequent ones. 

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War, 2 vol., first edition, second state with typographical correction to p.459 in vol.2, half-titles, photogravure frontispieces, 5 plates, 24 maps, of which 20 folding, illustrations, some light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, inner hinge to vol.1 a little cracked, very slight shelf-lean, slightly rubbed, label removed from upper cover vol.2 leaving some marks and discolouring, 8vo, 1899.

Hunting and falconry.- [Goury de Champgrand (Charles Jean)] Traite de Venerie, et de Chasses, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-titles, 39 engraved plates by Louis Halbou, plate 13 with portion of restoration to lower blank margin with loss to part of printed border, a very good, clean copy otherwise, bookplates of Comte de Beaufort and Carl Schwerdt to endpapers and pastedown, handsome later crushed brown morocco, gilt, arms of the Comte de Beautfort to covers, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., [Schwerdt I, pp.214-215 (this copy)], 4to, Paris, Claude-Jean-Baptiste Herissant, 1769. *** The Schwerdt copy of this important treatise, one of the only illustrated works on the subject published in France in the 18th century.