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Click here to subscribeOrwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine tips, green dust-jacket designed by Michael Kennard, spine tips and corners a little chipped, very light fading and light rubbing to spine, a near-fine example otherwise with the Evening Standard Book of the Month s wraparound band, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.⁂ A superb copy, rare in such condition and with the wraparound band.
Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, half-title, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, ink gift inscription to frontispiece recto, pictorial endpapers, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial pink cloth, gilt, very slight sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine tips and corners, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1928.
Poor.- [Charles I.] Orders and Directions, Together with a Commission for the better Administration of Justice...the reliefe of the Poore, the well ordering and training up of youth in Trades..., first edition, variant with "Commaund" in line 1 of D3r, preliminary leaf blank but for signature 'A' within mortised ornament, large woodcut coat-of-arms to verso of title, woodcut initials and ornaments, with final colophon leaf, A1 a little stained and with hole to fore-edge, modern half brown morocco, by the National Library of Wales bindery, t.e.g., [Goldsmiths' 613; STC 9252.2], small 4to, Robert Barker and the Assignes of John Bill, 1630..⁂ A good wide-margined copy of this basis of Poor Law administration, one of three variants issued in the same year. ESTC cites only 4 UK copies of this variant (not in the British Library) and 3 more in America. A special body of 'Commissioners for the Poor' was set up in June 1630, consisting of ten of the Council. These were the first recorded Poor Law Commissioners and they appear to have been of exceptional activity and importance. This "Book of Orders" was the medium for the promulgation of elaborate rules and procedures for the regulation of the Poor.
Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, ink stamp of Rice's Bookshop, Newcastle, Australia to front free endpaper, original boards, very slight shelf-lean, light spotting to top edge, first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps, price-clipped, light toning to spine, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine tips and corners, light surface soiling to lower panel, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.
Coinage.- [Lowndes (William)] A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins, only edition, title soiled, later mottled calf, gilt, joints rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 3131; Kress 1908; Wing L3323], by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1695 § [Pratt (Samuel)] The Regulating Silver Coin, made Practicable and Easie, to the Government and Subject, first edition, [Goldsmiths' 3331; Kress 1990; Wing P3184], for Henry Bonwick, 1696 bound with [J. (R.)] A Letter of Advice to a Friend about the Currency of Clipt-Money, second edition, browned, stain to lower margin, [Goldsmiths' 3297; Kress 1973; Wing J29A], for Edw. Castle, 1696, together 2 works in 1 vol., with folding manuscript sheet titled 'A List of the Company of Monyers 11 June 1727 with the Time of their Decease' tipped in at beginning, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired § Comparative View (A) of the Nominal Value of the Silver Coin in England and France, first edition, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 9612; Kress 5840], J.Burd, 1760, the first two ex-Birmingham Assay Office library copies with small ink stamp to front free endpaper, 8vo (3) ⁂ By the end of the 17th century English coinage was in a poor state, with many clipped or forged coins in circulation. William Lowndes (1652-1724) was appointed Secretary to the Treasury in 1695 and his commissioned report proposed devaluation. This provoked a debate with the philosopher John Locke who advocated a full recoinage without devaluation. Samuel Pratt, an Anglican cleric, supported Lowndes's case for devaluation.
Cary (John) An Essay on the State of England, in relation to its Trade, its Poor, and its Taxes, for carrying on the present War against France, first edition, half-title, lacking final blank, old ink signature of Richd. Widmer (and another later) to verso of half-title, half-title soiled, one or two minor marginal defects, 18th century cats paw calf, rubbed, rebacked, new red morocco label, corners repaired, [Goldsmiths' 3074; Kress 1870; Sabin 11200; Wing C730], 8vo, Bristol, by W.Bonny, for the author, 1695.⁂ This popular work was reissued several times, with amendments, under different titles and was later published in both French (1755) and Italian (1764) translations. The author was a Bristol merchant who advocated excise reform to promote trade.
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard F.) & Verney Lovett Cameron. To the Gold Coast for Gold, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 colour folding maps, 1 with short marginal tear and tape repair verso, colour plate, publisher's advertisements dated 'October 1882' at end vol. 1, new endpapers, original decorative cloth, recased, vol. 1 with faint abrasion mark to upper cover where label removed, lightly sunned spines, lightly rubbed, [Penzer pp.106-107; Hosken p.34], 8vo, 1883.⁂ Burton defied an order by the Foreign Office not to travel for commercial purposes and set out to explore and survey the Gold Coast with Cameron in search for gold, on behalf of the Guinea Gold Coast Mining Co. They found evidence of gold and other minerals but were forced to return to England by the Foreign Office and to forfeit all rights to the deposits.
Liquor.- Sedgwick (James) A New Treatise on Liquors: wherein the Use and Abuse of Wine, Malt-Drinks, Water, &c., first edition, light foxing, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and stained, spine repaired, [Maclean p.128; Simon BG 1370; Wellcome V p.80], for Charles Rivington, 1725 § [Davies (John)] The British Guide; or, a Directory to Housekeepers & Innkeepers..., lightly browned, original boards with printed paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed and stained, rebacked in cloth, Newcastle, 1813 § Considerations occasion'd by an Act..to prevent the Excessive use of Spirituous Liquors..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on verso of final leaf, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 9583; Kress 5843], 1760 § Burnaby (A.) Two Proposals, humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons...I. That a Duty be laid on Malt..., first edition, trimmed, stitched in later wrappers, [Goldsmiths' 3258; Kress 1940; Wing B5742], 1696; and 3 others on liquor and brewing, 8vo & small 4to (7)
Education.- Bevan (Rev. G.I.) Manual of Directions for Forming and Conducting a School, according to the National or Madras System, first edition, errata slip, 8pp. publisher's catalogue tipped in at end, light browning, John Lawson's copy with his book-label and old bookseller's ticket of Deck of Bury to front pastedown, original boards, uncut, rebacked, Bath, Richard Cruttwell, 1819 § Chapman (George) A Treatise on Education, first edition, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and marked, Edinburgh, A.Kincaid & W.Creech, 1773 § Pole (Thomas) A History of the Origin and Progress of Adult Schools, first American edition, contemporary ink signature to head of title, large folding table (torn with slight loss, repaired), foxed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt & faded, New York, Samuel Wood, 1815, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a rare instruction book for those planning to establish a school based on the Madras or monitorial system of Andrew Bell. Library Hub lists only 2 copies (BL & UCL). The last was first published in Bristol in 1814 and describes the establishment and success of schools set up there to instruct adults to read the Bible. Library Hub records only one copy of this edition (Cambridge).
Čapek (Karel) R. U. R. Rossum's Universal Robots, first edition, faint marginal stain to last few leaves, modern crushed morocco, 8vo, Prague, 1920.⁂ The word "Robot" was invented by the author's brother, and was first used in literature by Karel. See lot 496 for a later edition of the above, signed by both brothers.
Fencing.- Docciolini (Marco) Trattato in materia di scherma...Nel quale si contiene il modo, e regola d'adoperar la spada così sola, come accompagnata, first edition, woodcut arms of dedicatee Giovanni Medici to title, woodcut diagram and initials, foxed, early printed matter used in binding, contemporary limp vellum, little marked and stained, small 4to, Florence, Michelangelo Sermartelli, 1601.⁂ A rare copy of this treatise by the Florentine fencing master Docciolini. The last copy we can trace at auction was in 1977. Literature: Thimm p.80; Cockle 253.
Gambling.- Rouse (William) The Doctrine of Chances, or the Theory of Gaming made easy to every Person...Lotteries, Cards, Horse Racing, Dice &c. with Tables on Chance, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, engraved vignette title (foxed), 3 tables on 2 folding sheets (one with splits to folds), H.S.Foxwell's copy with his manuscript note of acquisition, ex-library copy with blind stamps and label, contemporary diced calf, a little worn, rebacked, [Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'], for the Author, [1814] § Fatal Effects of Gambling (The) exemplified in the Murder of Wm.Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer..., first edition in book form, engraved additional vignette title and 11 plates, some foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, red morocco label, Thomas Kelly, 1824 § [?Duff (James, Earl of Fife)] Hints for a Reform, particularly in the Gambling Clubs, first edition, lacking half-title, small stain to final leaf, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, roan label to upper cover, [Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'], R.Baldwin, 1784, the first two rubbed, 8vo ⁂ The second item is perhaps the fullest of the many contemporary accounts of the murder of William Weare, an unscrupulous London gambler, who had been pulled from a horse-drawn gig and murdered in a quiet country lane in Hertfordshire. The arrest and trial of three men for Weare's murder became one of the most famous and sensationalized crimes of its time.Herbert Somerton Foxwell (1849-1936), economist and book-collector whose library of 30,000 books forms the nucleus of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature. Duplicates and later purchases, totalling a further 24,000 volumes, were sold after his death to Harvard, forming the focus of the Kress Library.
Anson (George) A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, edited by Richard Walter, first edition, first issue with p.319 misnumbered 219, large paper copy, list of subscribers, 42 engraved maps and plates, all but one folding, lacking final leaf of directions to the binder, bookplates of S. V. Dashwood, F. G. Coles and Frederick Ellis, title slightly browned, some light foxing and offsetting, 1 plate with tiny hole to central fold, a couple with small puncture marks to fore-margin (not affecting image), hinges repaired, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with ship motif and red morocco label, rubbed, [Hill 1817; Sabin 1625 & 101175], 4to (295 x 220mm.), Printed for the Author, by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.⁂ The first official account of Anson's circumnavigation, with reference to Alexander Selkirk (the model for Robinson Crusoe) on p.120. The 350 recipients of large or "Royal Paper" copies are marked with an asterisk in the list of subscribers, this copy presumably that of Sir James Dashwood, Bart.
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, small compartments to front pastedown revealing the Queen and George Washington's faces, binder's "Certificate of Authenticity" leather label in panel to rear, letter from binder regarding this copy loosely inserted, light edge-spotting, modern black morocco in jacket design with metal skull buttons and gilt lettering "Winston Smith" to the left breast, onlayed prosthetic eye to chest with calf eyelid, radiating design in blind depicting the gaze of Big Brother to upper cover, title, author and date lettered in gilt on lower cover, 8vo, Secker and Warburg, 1949.⁂ This copy number 4 of 5 specially-bound "black edition" copies bound to commemorate the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The compartments in the front pastedown conceal a ten shilling Bank of England note and an old one dollar bill.
Slavery.- Beckford (William) A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica, with Remarks upon the Cultivation of the Sugar-Cane...the Consequences of an Abolition of the Slave-Trade, and of the Emancipation of the Slaves, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, Marcus Gage's copy with his ink signature to head of titles, very occasional spotting, contemporary half diced russia, rubbed, spines and corners a little worn, vol.2 with split to upper joint, [Goldsmiths 14195; Kress S.5284; Sabin 4248], 8vo, for T. & J.Egerton, 1790.⁂ An authoritative portrait of colonial Jamaica and the sugar/slave economy.William Beckford (1744-1799), a successful sugar planter and historian who was born in Jamaica, was the nephew of William Beckford, politician and Lord Mayor of London, and first cousin to the author and art-collector William Thomas Beckford of Fonthill Abbey.
America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)] Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, folding table, Atlas with 9 engraved maps, 4 folding, 8 plates, 2 folding, text with bookplate of Holland House, title with a few minor marks in red pencil to head, trimmed shaving a few side-notes and one f. of index, but without loss of sense, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, Atlas with bookplates of Lord Lovaine and ?Duke of Northumberland, title and contents leaf repaired at inner margin, folding maps neatly mounted on stubs with a couple very short marginal tears, 1 with neat paper repair to fore-edge to verso, some light foxing, contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners repaired, housed together in a custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Sabin 2312 & 69221; Hill 570], 8vo & small folio, Madrid, 1802.⁂ A rare account of the Galaino-Valdes expedition to the Pacific Northwest. The Atlas includes two folding aquatint views of the Nootka Sound, as well as maps of the Pacific coast from Baja California to the Northwest, including the ports of San Diego and Monterey. Hill proposes the voyage cartographer Espinosa y Tello as author. Others put forward include captain Galaino and marine historian Martín Fernández de Navarrete.
Canals.- Whitworth (Richard) The Advantages of Inland Navigation...to shew that an Inland Navigation may be easily effected between the three great Ports of Bristol, Liverpool, and Hull, first edition, presentation copy from the author to John Turton with Turton's ink inscription at head of title (and others to front free endpaper), possibly lacking half-title although conforms to ESTC copy, folding engraved portrait of the Duke of Bridgewater, 4 folding tables of furnaces & forges, manufactures & merchandizes, expenses, and landowners, large folding engraved map with routes supplied in red or green, browned and soiled, slight worming to map, engraved bookplate of John Turton of the Inner Temple, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving old morocco label, corners repaired, worming to lower corners and edges, 8vo, for R.Baldwin, 1766.⁂ Rare work by the High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1758/9 and MP for Stafford from 1768 to 1780. The frontispiece depicts the Duke of Bridgewater against a background of canals and working barges. The Bridgewater Canal, authorised by Acts of Parliament in 1760 and 1762, was not finally completed until 1776. It was the only major English canal to be financed by a private individual.
Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, first issue, second state with "Stave I" heading and title page printed in red and blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, lacking half-title, title cropped with loss to date at foot, occasional light soiling, green calf by Riviere & Son, spine sunned, light fading to upper cover, [Smith II 4], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, [1843].⁂ Though lacking the date on title, this copy agrees with every example of the first edition text as detailed by Smith.
America.- Price (Richard) Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America, 1776; Additional Observations on the Nature and Value of Civil Liberty..., 1777, together 2 vol., first editions, the first lacking half-title (not called for in second), the first with contemporary ink instruction to binder on title and slight worming to upper outer corner of first few leaves, both trimmed (the second slightly smaller), modern cloth-backed marbled boards with calf label to upper covers, spines faded, [Goldsmiths' 1st item 11512, 2nd item only later editions; Kress 7243 & B.71; Sabin 65452 & 65444] § Honor (The) of Parliament and the Justice of the Nation Vindicated. In a Reply to Dr. Price's Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, only edition, lacking half-title, lightly browned, ex-library copy with small ink stamp to p.57, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Sabin 32790], W.Davis, 1776, 8vo (3) ⁂ Essays of some significance in Anglo-American history. Price, a friend of Benjamin Franklin, had for several years before the outbreak of hostilities been sympathetic to the cause of the American colonists. As a non-conformist he had long championed the cause of the freedom of worship and he believed that government had no part to play in religion. Price's support of the American colonists made him almost at once one of the best known men in England, and provoked an extensive controversy, as evidenced in the final item which vehemently opposes Price's assertions regarding the failings of British colonial administration and displays no sympathy for those Americans seeking liberty.
Campbell (Archibald) A Voyage round the World...in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich Islands, were visited, first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece with hand-coloured route and wash border, lacking half-title, frontispiece very lightly offset, title with small contemporary ink inscription to head, some light foxing or finger-soiling, bound in half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt, uncut, [Sabin 10210; Hill 244; Forbes 448], 8vo, Edinburgh, 1816.⁂ A scarce Pacific narrative, published for the benefit of the author who had lost both his feet to frostbite following the shipwreck of the Eclipse off the coast of Alaska. He was sent to Hawaii to recuperate, spending over a year there. "The author lived among the chiefs and then with Isaac Davis...His keen firsthand observations on the social structure and agricultural practices of Hawaiians are of great importance" (Forbes).
Beckett (Samuel) Watt, first edition, one of 1,100 copies, original purple printed wrappers, light creasing to spine, light rubbing to joints, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press, 1953.⁂ Beckett's second novel, written while on the run in France during the Second World, a delicate publication and difficult to find in good condition.
Bank of England.- [Holland (John)] The Directors of the Bank of England, Enemies to the Great Interests of the Kingdom; and also, not just to the Trust reposed in them by the Adventurers, who chose them to do their best Endeavours, by all Honest Means, for the Advantage of the Joint Stock, 15pp., first edition, lightly browned, modern morocco-backed boards, a little spotted, [Goldsmiths' 5235; Hanson 2179; Not in Kress or Stephens], small 4to, [1715].⁂ John Holland (d. 1722), the organiser and founder of the Bank of Scotland, guided the new bank through its initial difficulties caused by the opposition of the African Company. In this pamphlet he made proposals for the foundation of a bank "for lending money on land, and for the relief of the poor of the kingdom" [p.6]. He was anxious that the rate of interest should be kept low, and that every facility should be given to borrowers. "That a low interest on money will be greatly beneficial to the government, to all the landed interest in the kingdom, and also to trade, is obvious to every considering man" [p.7]. He had made his proposals to the Bank of England, but the directors of the Bank had opposed them, in order to protect their own exclusive position in lending money.
Royal Bank of Scotland.- Copy of a Signature for a New Bank, 35pp., first edition, drop-head title with woodcut head-piece, wide margins, spotted and soiled, final leaf stained, final two leaves defective at lower inner margin not affecting text (repaired), modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 655; Hanson 3753; Kress S.3245], 4to, [?Edinburgh], [?1727].⁂ In the face of opposition from the Bank of Scotland, the new Royal Bank of Scotland was granted its charter on 31st May 1727. By this charter, the Company of the Royal Bank was given full authority and liberty to "exercise the rights and powers of banking" in Scotland.
South America.- Brazil.- Lindley (Thomas) Narrative of a Voyage to Brasil; terminating in the seizure of a British Vessel, first edition, half-title, final errata f., occasional light browning, 20th century tan crushed half morocco, spine gilt, [Sabin 41294], 8vo, for J. Johnson, 1805.⁂ Following the peace treaty of 1801 between England and France, and as a result Capetown being flooded with goods, English merchants looked for other markets. Lindley took a ship to Saint Helena and then Bahia but on arriving in Brazil he was arrested for smuggling and imprisoned for a year. He was allowed to wander around the town and his observations of the people and their customs resulted in this account. Of particular note is his description of Father Agostinho Gomes's library, a unique glimpse of a private colonial library at that time.
Darwin (Charles).- Spencer (Herbert) The Study of Sociology, first edition, presentation inscription "Charles Darwin with the author's kind regards" to head of title, hinges weak, title and front free endpaper working loose, small patch of staining to upper corner, Autograph Letter signed from Edward Darwin gifting the book to a relative loosely inserted, original cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little frayed, light staining to covers, 8vo, 1875.⁂ Darwin's copy of Spencer's book with a presentation inscription from the author. Spencer cites Darwin several times in his book and singles out Origin of Species as one of the most influential scientific publications of recent times. Spencer and Darwin were occasional correspondents and would regularly send each other copies of their latest works. The relationship between Spencer and Darwin is best-remembered for Spencer's coining of the phrase "survival of the fittest" which Darwin would then borrow for his Variation of Animals and Plants and the fifth and subsequent editions of On the Origin of Species. Books from Darwin's library are rare to the market. Provenance: By descent in the Cornford family.
[Goyon de la Plombanie (Henri)] L'Homme en Société, ou Nouvelles Vues Politiques et Économiques pour porter la Population au plus haut degré en France, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, with half-title to vol.1 and initial blank to vol.2, contemporary mottled calf, rather worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, [Goldsmiths' 9831; Kress 6105], 8vo, Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1763.⁂ This was De la Plombanie's most important work, containing almost subversive and, for the time, modern ideas, for which reason the author had his work published anonymously outside France.
J. K. ROWLING SIGNED FIRST EDITION "HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE" WITH 'GOLDEN TICKET'. First edition of this book published by Bloomsbury in 2000 and signed by J. K. Rowling on dedication page. Comes with the much sought after 'Golden Ticket' which invited the holder to the book signing at Kidderminster Station on the Severn Valley Railway on Saturday 8th July."ConditionReport:Excellent condition with two identical dustjackets. Small crease on base of spine which appears to be done in manufacture. No other defects."Golden ticket has small hole in left hand side, otherwise excellent."
CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS TO INCLUDE "AESOP'S FABLES" illustrated by Charles Folkard, published by Adam & Charles Black 1912, "The Rectory Children" by Mrs Molesworth, illustrated by Walter Crane, published by Macmillan & Co. 1889 A/F, "Now We Are Six" by A. A. Milne 1927 first edition A/F together with Boys Own Book, "John Leech's Pictures of Life & Character" etc.
A collection of The Who and Related Vinyl Records and 7" Singles to include (1) Quadrophenia, 1973 UK First Issue Stereo, Track Record - 2657 013, Gatefold sleeve with 44-page booklet attached to gatefold; (2) Live At Leeds, 1970 UK First Edition Black Lettering, Stereo, Track Record - 2406 001, Gatefold Sleeve, Original inserts, (3) Who's Next, Matrix Side A - 2408102 A//1 1 1 5 MG 12888 Matrix Side B - 2408102 B//2 420 1 1 7, (4) Who Are You, Matrix A Side BIGGLES WHOD5004 A//2 ST 1 3 Matrix Side B - WHOD5004 B//2 ST 1 3, (5) Face Dances, 1981 UK Press Stereo, Polydor - WHOD 5037, 24" x 24" Poster, (6) Empty Glass, 1980 UK Press Stereo, ATCO Records - K 50699, Printed Inner Sleeve, (7) Ride A Rock Horse, 1975 UK, Polydor - 2442-135, (8) Collection of Singles to include You Better You Bet, Magic Bus, I'm A Boy and others. All Record conditions from Very Good to Excellent, Sleeve conditions from Very Good to Excellent. (8)
David Shrigley (British 1968-), 'Live Each Day As If It Were Your First', 2022, screenprint in colours on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Paper, signed, dated, and numbered from an edition of 125 in pencil verso, published by Jealous Gallery; sheet; 76 x 56cmARRsheet; 76 x 56cmIn Excellent ConditionNo knocks, tears, or creases to the sheetThis work has been stored flat and never been framedIn Excellent Condition
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., ARA, RWS (British, 1833-1898)The Answering String A standing female holding a Cithern in the green court of a building by a barred window, figure taken from a study for The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalonsigned with initials and dated 'E/B/J 18/96' (lower right), signed and inscribed with title (on artist's label attached to the reverse)bodycolour, gold paint and coloured chalk34.2 x 21.5cm (13 7/16 x 8 7/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceThe artist.With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.Christie's, London, The artist's studio sale, 16-18 July 1898, lot 22, described as a pastel.Lady Frances Jane Horner (née Frances Jane Graham), 1898-1940. Thence by descent.Private collection, UK.ExhibitedBrussels, International Exhibition, British Fine Art Section, 1897, ex-cat. (according to a label on the reverse, listed as property of the artist).London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Drawings and Studies by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 1899, no. 63, described as 'Design in gold and water colours of a female figure, with oriental drapery over her head, standing holding a Cithern [Cithara] in the Green Court of a Building by a Barred Window.' (lent by Mrs Horner).LiteratureWilliam Cosmo Monkhouse, Burlington Fine Arts Club Drawings and Studies by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart, 1899, cat no. 63, p. 15.Fortunée de Lisle, Burne-Jones, 1904, p. 187 (owned by J. F. Horner).Malcolm Bell, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, An Illustrated Record and Review, 5th Edition, 1910, appendix II, p. 132, as 'Unfinished picture' in the Studio sale, Christie's 16-18 July 1898.The present lot is listed in the online catalogue for the Committee of the Burne-Jones Catalogue Raisonné Foundation which can be viewed at www.eb-j.org. Painted in 1896, the figure in the present lot is from a study for The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon. As the catalogue notes: 'This figure was first included as an attendant musician in the first composition of The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon, she stands to the left of the mausoleum, next to the head of King Arthur. Not using the figure in the later designs, Burne-Jones thought it too good to completely abandon and in 1896 he took it up and made it an independent work.'1A heavily draped female figure, her head covered, stands in an enclosed space beside a building of stone construction and with a single barred window. A woman stands in the foreground holding a dulcimer the strings of which she appears to pluck. The drawing's title – The Answering String – seems to imply that she has found a way to communicate with an unseen person who is held captive in a cell, by striking a note on her instrument and awaiting the reply. The motif of a figure playing a stringed instrument occurs quite frequently in Burne-Jones's output. At the centre of the mural decoration that he made for William and Jane Morris's home, Red House, in 1860 is a man playing some kind of primitive fiddle; while the artist's composition, The Mill (Victoria & Albert Museum, London), begun in 1870, has a figure standing beneath an archway playing a dulcimer at the right side. Perhaps the most immediately familiar image of someone attempting to play an instrument in the context of Victorian art was George Frederic Watts's Hope (various versions, including that in the Tate commenced 1886), where the instrument has only one string remaining and yet which the figure persists in attempting to play. In the last years of his life Burne-Jones completed a number of head studies and figurative compositions of this type using gold paint to make works of the utmost richness and ornamental quality, complete in themselves and intended for display as aesthetic objects. For example, in 1890, he showed a series of 'Designs in Gold' at the New Gallery. Of the particular skill required in the use of gold paint, Burne-Jones told his assistant Thomas Matthews Rooke: 'This gold work must be done very directly – it's an art of itself. I forget how to do it between one time and another, and it's always an experiment'.2The provenance of the present lot is fascinating; when loaned to the posthumous exhibition of Burne-Jones' work at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, the work is listed as 'lent by Mrs Horner'. Frances Jane Horner (née Graham) (1854-1940) was the daughter of the Liberal MP William Graham, who became one of Burne-Jones' most ardent patrons. Graham owned a number of Burne-Jones works, including some early panels from the Briar Rose series. Graham also held an excellent collection of early Italian works, which he would loan to the artist for inspiration. He helped managed Burne-Jones' financial affairs and even oversaw the sale of his paintings. Graham's daughter Frances became a great friend of Burne-Jones; as a child she would accompany her father to the artists' studio. As a young adult, Frances and her father would accompany the artist to exhibitions, theatre events and circuses. 'We went about with Burne-Jones everywhere' she noted. Burne-Jones was fascinated by her, drawing her many times, and bestowing many tokens of his affection upon her: painted caskets, illuminated manuscripts, hand-made Valentines. William and Frances both sat for formal portraits in the late 1870s, and Frances appears as one of the models in Burne-Jones's monumental work The Golden Stairs, which was shown at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1880.3Frances moved within the milieu of the 'Souls', an artistic and intellectual group centred around Mells, the Wiltshire home of the Horner family. The group, described by one member as 'men and women bent on pleasure, but pleasure of a superior kind... looking for their excitement in romance and sentiment'4 contained an extraordinary array of late Victorian politicians and intellectuals, including the Balfour, Wyndham, Grenfell and Asquith families. When, in 1883, Frances married the barrister and heir to the Mells estate John Francis Fortescue Horner (1842-1927)- Burne-Jones was said to be devastated- she became the hostess of this extraordinary circle of socialites. Frances adorned Mells with paintings and gifts from Burne-Jones - not least the 'Orpheus' piano, commissioned as a wedding gift by her father- and continued to support Burne-Jones following her father's death. Frances' daughter Katherine married into the Asquith family, Katherine becoming daughter-in-law of H. H. Asquith, who served as prime minister during the First World War. 1www.eb-j.org.2Mary Lago, Burne-Jones Talking, London, 1981, p. 143.3Charlotte Gere, writing in Edward Burne-Jones, ed. Alison Smith, London, 2018, pp.151-154.4Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, My Diaries; Being a Personal Narrative of Events 1888–1914, part One: 1888–1900, New York, 1923, p.53.We are grateful to the Committee of the Burne-Jones Catalogue Raisonné Foundation for their assistance in cataloguing this work.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WILDE (OSCAR)Poems, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 250 COPIES], half-title, t.e.g., publisher's decorative parchment boards gilt, t.e.g., others untrimmed, corner ends bumped, light soiling, preserved in morocco-backed solander box, gilt lettered on spine [Mason 304], 8vo, David Bogue, 1881Footnotes:Provenance: Robert Sebag-Montefiore.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
COCHRANE (CHARLES STUART)Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia, during the Years 1823 and 1824, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title in volume 1, 2 hand-coloured aquatint plates, folding engraved map (short tear), contemporary calf, rebacked to match [Abbey Travel 718; Sabin 14072], Henry Colburn, 1825--ADAMS (JOHN) A Voyage to South America, 2 vol., fourth edition, 7 folding engraved plates and maps contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original spines, worn, John Stockdale, 1806--DEPONS (F.) Travels in Parts of South America, during the Years 1801... 1804, 2 folding engraved maps, modern calf, Richard Phillips, 1806--WHYMPER (EDWARD) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, [with Supplementary Appendix], 2 vol, FIRST EDITION, plates and maps (including one large folding loose as issued inside lower cover of first volume), worn, John Murray, 1892[-1891]--MILLICAN (ALBERT) Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter. An Account of Canoe and Camp Life in Colombia, FIRST EDITION, chromolithographed frontispiece, 21 plates (one folding), spine faded, Cassell, 1891--KOLBERG (JOSEPH) Nach Ecuador. Reisebilder, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, Freiburg, Herdersche, 1885, publisher's cloth, the last 2 pictorial gilt, rubbed, 8vo--FERRER DE VALDECEBRO (ANDRÉS) Govierno General, Moral, y Politíco. Hallado en las Fieras, y Animales Sylvestres. Sacado de sus Naturales Virtudes, y Propiedades, third edition, woodcut of St Joseph and the Christ-Child, 18 half-page woodcuts of birds, blank lower portion of title-page torn away, early calf, worn [Palau 90598; Wood, p.339], small 4to, Barcelona, Thomas Loriente, 1696; and 7 others, mostly relating to South America (17)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PETRUS LOMBARDUSSententiarum libri IV, 255 leaves (of 256, lacking final blank O6), 55 lines, double column, gothic type, ink ornamentation to the title, rubricated with capital initials supplied in alternate red and blue, occasional early ink notations to margins, tear to title-page repaired with tape on verso, occasional wormholes (mostly marginal but some touching text), light marginal damp-staining to some leaves, early blind-stamped pigskin, clasps missing, small losses to head and foot of spine, worn [ISTC ip00494000; BMC III 694; Goff P494; GW M32492], folio (310 x 210mm.), [Freiburg im Breisgau, Kilianus Fischer, or Basel, Johann Amerbach, c.1491]Footnotes:Early incunable edition of Sententiarum libri IV, the major work by the scholastic theologian Petrus Lombardus (1095-1160), Bishop of Paris and professor at the cathedral school of Notre Dame. The Sententiarum was first printed at Strasbourg in 1468, whereupon it became the standard textbook of theology at the medieval universities.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANATOMYALBINUS (BERNARD SIEGFRIED) Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body; A Compleat System of the Blood-Vessels and Nerves, 2 works bound in 1 vol., first edition in English, one vignette title-page only (of 3), 49 engraved plates after Jan Wandelaar (of 51, lacks 2 from 'Nerves'), near contemporary calf-backed boards, worn with some loss to spine [Russell 6; cf. Garrison-Morton 399, first edition], large folio (680 x 500mm.), Printed by H. Woodfall, for John and Paul Knapton, 1749; The Explanation of Albinus's Anatomical Figures of the Human Skeleton and Muscles; A Compleat System of the Blood-Vessels and Nerves, 2 parts in 1 vol., lacks 'explanation' leaf (supplied at end in early manuscript facsimile) and advertisement at end, occasional light spotting, contemporary non-uniform half calf over marbled boards, worn with some losses to spine and corners [Russell 8], 4to, John and Paul Knapton, 1754 (2)Footnotes:First edition in English of one of 'the most artistically perfect of anatomical atlases.. Wandelaar placed his skeletons and musclemen against lush ornamental backgrounds to give them the illusion of vitality, using contrasts of mass and light to produce a three-dimensional effect. The most famous plate in the atlas depicts a skeletal figure standing in front of an enormous grazing rhinoceros, sketched by Wandelaar from the specimen which had arrived at Amsterdam zoo in 1741' (Norman).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WILDE (OSCAR)The Picture of Dorian Gray, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title and title designed by Charles Ricketts, Preface and with misprint 'nd' for 'and' on page 208, untrimmed and uncut in publisher's grey parchment-backed bevelled boards, gilt design by Ricketts on upper cover of title and funnel of ten butterflies, neat repairs to upper part of joints [Mason 328], Ward, Lock & Co., 1891; The Picture of Dorian Gray [in 'Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'], 20 pp. advertisements (including 16 for Ward and Lock), additional advertisement for the 'August Number of Lippincott's Magazine' tipped in before p.3, partially unopened, publisher's wrappers printed in red and black, spine with some loss to lower section (including 6 letters), covers frayed at fore-edge with minor losses, corners rubbed, small tear to lower cover [Mason 81], Ward, Lock and Co., July, 1890, the 2 works housed together in morocco-backed solander box, gilt lettered on spine, 8vo (2)Footnotes:FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM OF, TOGETHER WITH THE STORY'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT AS ISSUED IN LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINEDorian Gray was first printed in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Magazine, and contained thirteen chapters. It was published simultaneously in London (Mason 81) and in Philadelphia (Mason 82). For the first edition in book form of 1891, the novel was expanded with the addition of six new chapters.Provenance: Robert Sebag-Montefiore, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ELIOT (T.S.)The Waste Land, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, publisher's blue mottled boards, printed label on upper cover, fading to edges of covers and especially spine, rubbed at extremities, short split to lower joint [Gallup A6c, State 1], 8vo, Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1923Footnotes:One of approximately 460 copies hand-printed by the Woolfs at the Hogarth Press. This copy comes from a house associated with the Hogarth Press.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSION[The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testment, and the New], KING JAMES' GREAT 'SHE' BIBLE, New Testament title (dated 1613) within wide woodcut pictorial borders, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, bound with incomplete 'Genealogies', lacks general title and 11 (of 18) preliminary leaves before Genesis, shaved at upper margin often touching headline, some margins torn and repaired (occasionally with loss to text), occasional spotting, eighteenth century mottled calf gilt, worn [ESTC S122066; Herbert 322], folio (375 x 260mm.), [Robert Barker, 1613]Footnotes:THE 'GREAT SHE BIBLE', FOLIO EDITON OF THE KING JAMES AUTHORISED VERSION, with the reading 'She went into the citie' in Ruth 3:15. Herbert notes that 'From about the middle of the seventeenth century until the appearance of the Revised Bible of 1881-5, the King James' version reigned without rival'. This edition is described by Herbert as 'the true 1613 folio edition of King James's Bible; easily distinguishable from the other large folio editions by its smaller type'.Provenance: William Westway, seventeenth century ink inscription on verso of final leaf of the Apocrypha; Raddon family, eighteenth century ink inscriptions on verso of final leaf of the Apocrypha; Quick family, nineteenth century ink inscriptions on verso of the New Testament title and on the first blank.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NATTES (JOHN CLAUDE) AND JAMES FITTLERScotia Depicta; or, the Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, Cities, Towns, and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland, FIRST EDITION, additional engraved frontispiece, 48 engraved plates, and tail-piece vignette by Fittler after Nattes, paper guards, variable spotting (mostly marginal, extensive on 4 or 5, small stain in margin of 2), contemporary red morocco gilt, sides with 3-line gilt fillet border, spine tooled with decorations in 6 compartments with raised bands, g.e., worn at edges, a few small abrasions and stains to sides, W. Miller, 1804--[WESTALL (WILLIAM), CHARLES HULLMANDEL, AND JAMES DUFFIELD HARDING] Britannia Delineata: comprising Views of the Antiquities, Remarkable Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain. Kent, FIRST EDITION, text in English and French, lithographed vignette on title, 26 lithographed views by Charles Hullmandel after Westall and Harding on 25 sheets, spotting (heaviest on title), small light dampstain in lower margin, modern half morocco, rubbed, Rodwell and Martin, 1822[-R. Ackermann 1823]--COOKE (EDWARD WILLIAM) AND GEORGE RENNIE. Views of the Old and New London Bridges... with Scientific and Historical Notices of the Two Bridges, FIRST EDITION, 12 etched plates, some browning and spotting, early red half morocco, extremities rubbed, Brown and Syrett, 1833, folio (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FLEMING (IAN)Casino Royale, FIRST EDITION, publisher's black cloth with red heart on upper cover and lettering on spine, light diagonal scratch to bottom cover, dust-jacket (with price 10s 6p on front flap, light age-toning and some spotting mostly internally and to back cover, minor wear to head of spine, short tear (c. 1cm) to top of front cover, no loss) [Gilbert A1a(1.1)], 8vo, Jonathan Cape, [1953]Footnotes:A FINE FIRST EDITION TO CELEBRATE 70 YEARS OF 007.First published April 13th 1953, Casino Royale, the first of the eleven James Bond novels, introduced the world to the legendary British Secret Service agent who is now a household name. The cover was devised by the author himself and the book received critical acclaim, Hugh Fausset in the Manchester Guardian describing it as 'a first-rate thriller...with a breathtaking plot.' The book was adapted for the screen as early as 1954 (for U.S. television).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the number sequence from 10 to 1 on reverse of title-page and misspelling 'Philospher's' on lower cover, light spotting to page edges, publisher's pictorial boards, lacks spine, corners worn, some losses to surface of upper cover affecting very slightly the 'P' of 'Potter', a few other small abrasions, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE NOVEL THAT INTRODUCED HARRY POTTER TO THE WORLD.Provenance: Given to the present owner by his aunt, with inscription 'To Christian/Happy Birthday//Lots of love/Auntie Yvonne '98' on front free endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
RASHLEIGH (PHILIP)Specimens of British Minerals Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh, FIRST EDITION, OWNED BY THE RASHLEIGH FAMILY, 2 vol. bound in 1, 54 engraved aquatint plates, most hand-coloured, a few uncoloured as usual, separate title-pages, title of volume one neatly repaired at upper margin, title of volume two with text abraded and imprint date supplied in pencil [May 1802], ink inscription to title ('Uncle to Wm. Pooley of Truro') and early ownership ink inscription in upper margin of Introduction, extensive pencil annotations in margins of volume one possibly in the hand of William Rashleigh or another family member, light toning, occasional foxing mostly to second part, later quarter morocco gilt, minor wear, 4to, W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol and J. White, 1797-1802Footnotes:Philip Rashleigh (1729-1811), of Menabilly in Cornwall, was one of the most celebrated mineralogists in England. He assembled one of the finest collections of minerals in Cornwall, and the present work is devoted to the most important specimens in his possession. The collection is now in the Natural History Museum in London.Provenance: Mrs William Rashleigh of Menabilly, Cornwall; Mrs William Pooley [previously Donovan, née Hannah of Tortola] given to her son [D...] Donovan of Gargrave in November 1827, ink inscription on upper margin of introduction ('Mrs William Pooley, a gift from Mrs W. Rashleigh, November 1827. D. [D...] Donovan Gargrave'); Wayne L. Leicht, Laguna Beach, CA, bill of sale from 1991 loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FORSTER (E.M.)The Story of the Siren, FIRST EDITION, [ONE OF 500 COPIES], paper toning, uncut in publisher's blue mottled wrappers, printed label with gold-printed border on upper covers, uneven fading, extremities rubbed [Kirkpatrick A6, first state], Richmond, Hogarth Press, 1920; Howards End, FIRST EDITION, first issue with 'A Stepson of the Soil' featured on last page of the 4pp. of advertisements, half-title, spotting, publisher's cloth, spine worn, hinges splitting, Edward Arnold, 1910--WOOLF (VIRGINIA) Monday or Tuesday... With Woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, FIRST EDITION, 4 full-page woodcuts by Bell, advertisement leaf at end, publisher's cloth-backed decorative boards designed by Bell, rubbed and spotted [Kirkpatrick A5], Richmond, Hogarth Press, 1921, 8vo (3)Footnotes:Provenance: Ray Strachey (nee Costelloe, 1887-1940), Suffragist and politician, ownership signature ('Ray Costelloe') in Howard's End, which was published the year before her marriage to Oliver Strachey, Lytton's brother, in 1911. From a house associated with the Strachey family.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NICHOLSON (BEN)Drawings Paintings and Reliefs 1911-1968. Introduction by John Russell, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 19 OF 60 COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING, numerous colour plates, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket, the etching loose as issued in folder held within matching cloth solander box, large 4to, Thames and Hudson, 1969This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) 'LEWIS CARROLL'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, SECOND (FIRST PUBLISHED) EDITION, half-title, 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional light spotting, soiling to blank fore-margin of p.112, full red crushed morocco gilt by Trevor Lloyd, upper cover with gilt vignette of Alice holding the baby pig, lower cover with gilt vignette of the Cheshire Cat, spine tooled in gilt with Mad Hatter and playing card vignettes, g.e., retaining original blue endpapers (in place, with original 'Burns' binder's label) and publisher's cloth (bound at end), slipcase with gilt decoration as for binding on sides [Williams & Madan-Green 46], 8vo, Macmillan and Co., 1866Footnotes:Provenance: John J.M. ?Clerk, ownership inscription dated 1866 on front free blue endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FLEMING (IAN)Goldfinger, FIRST EDITION, light spotting to edges of text block, publisher's gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket (light soiling, spine darkened with spine ends frayed not touching text, folds rubbed with small loss at corners) [Gilbert A7a(1.2)], 8vo, Jonathan Cape, [1959]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ADDISON (LANCELOT)The Life and Death of Mahumed, the Author of the Turkish Religion. Being an Account of His Tribe, Parents, Birth, Name, Education, Marriages, Filthiness of Life, Alcoran..., FIRST EDITION, light damp-staining and browning (mostly to margins), upper margin shaved touching a few pagination numerals, light ink annotation on title and final leaf, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover near detached [ESTC R33059], 8vo, William Crooke, 1679Footnotes:RARE, no copies traced at auction. The book was re-issued in the same year with a cancel title The First State of Mahumedism; or, An Account of the Author and Doctrines of that Imposture.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CURTIS (WILLIAM)Flora Londinensis; or, Plates and Descriptions of Such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vol. bound in 3, engraved title with large vignette in volume 1 (repeated in volume 2 with volume numeral altered in ink), letterpress title in volume 3, 432 hand-coloured engraved plates by W. Darton, J. Sowerby and others after Sydenham Edwards, Will Kilburn and J. Sowerby, list of subscribers on one leaf, 2 dedication leaves, 2 indexes, occasional light spotting or toning, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked in calf gilt with morocco lettering labels, slightly rubbed with some abrasions [Great Flower Books, p.54; Henrey III, 595; Hunt 650; Nissen BBI 439], folio (478 x 275mm.), Printed for and Sold by the Author, 1777Footnotes:First edition of Curtis's Flora Londinensis, the most comprehensive English flora of the period, the plates of which 'remain the finest illustrations of British plants ever published'(ODNB). This set has the plates arranged alphabetically under the Latin names.Provenance: General Sir Moore Disney (1765/6-1846), bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MOUNTAINEERINGALMER (CHRISTIAN) A Facsimile of Christian Almer's Führerbuch 1856-1894, Reproduced under the Superintendence of C.D. Cunningham and Capt. W. De W. Abney, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 99 OF 200 COPIES, half-title, heliogravure photographic frontispiece portrait of Almer, 2 illustrations, limitation label printed in red pasted to front free endpaper, light stain at lower margin of the frontispiece, publisher's cloth, gilt morocco spine labels, g.e., rubbed with some abrasions to labels [Neate C157], 8vo, Sampson Low, 1896Footnotes:Christian Almer (1826-1898) was one of the great pioneering Alpine guides from the golden age of mountaineering, making the first ascent of the Eiger, and many other Alpine peaks. Privately printed, the Führerbuch reproduces in facsimile the manuscript recommendations of the climbers he accompanied, together with a lengthy introduction.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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