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WARNER, Richard. 'A Walk Through Some of the Western Counties of England,' First edition, full calf, rubbed and bumped with some splitting to joints, two aquatint plates, vignette engraved sketch maps, vg text block, pp.222, advertisement to rear, R. Cruttwell, Bath, G. G. and J. Robinson, London, 1800.Formerly in the library of Cornish historian Charles Thomas (1928-2016).

BAILEY, Alice A. Four works. 'A Treatise on White Magic,' first edition, original dark blue cloth with gilt titles, tight textblock, some graphite markings throughout, vg to fine, Lucis Publishing Company, New York, 1936; 'Letters on Occult Meditation,' second edition, dedicated to the Tibetan Teacher who wrote these letters, original cloth rubbed with cracked backstrip, ink inscription to front free endpaper, some slackening to textblock, pp.372, good, Lucis Publishing Company, New York, 1930; 'Initiation Human and Solar,' reprint, original blue cloth, spotting to edge of textblock, pp.190, John M. Watkins, London, 1933; 'A Treatise on the Seven Rays. Esoteric Psychology,' third edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, light spotting to edge of textblock, pp.430, vg, Lucis Press Limited, London, 1950. (4)

Enoch Powell (Signed) Dancer's End and The Wedding Gift DANCER’S END AND THE WEDDING GIFT By Enoch Powell MP (1951) London: The Falcon Press. First edition Not price clipped. Signed by author on title page. In protective wrapper (1)

BIRNBAUM, Martin. 'Oscar Wilde. Fragments and Memories,' First edition, original drab boards, cloth spine, printed label on upper cover, pp.34, vg, Elkin Mathews, London, 1920; Oscar Wilde. 'Salome. La Sainte Courtisane A Florentine Tragedy,' Second F'Cap edition, original green cloth with gilt decorations, some rubbing to extremities, vg, Methuen & Co, London, 1910. (2)

'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,' Willy Pogany (illustrator). 'The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse,' first edition thus, original cloth, staining to front board, slight split to head of spine, owner signature to front free endpaper, pasted in colour illustrations complete, vg text block, pp.172, George G. Harrap & Co, London, 1930; With another Pogany, bound in full green goat with gilt tooled decorations, 1934; Together with a Welsh translation printed in Mexico City by the American Book & Printing Co, 1939 and signed by the Welsh translator; and a Robert Stewart Sherriffs illustrated copy; and one other. (5)

CHRISTIE, Agatha. 'At Bertram's Hotel,' First edition, original cloth, some finger soiling to unclipped dj, spotting to edge of text block, good to vg, The Crime Club, London, 1965; 'Elephants Can Remember,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, vg, the Crime Club, London, 1972. (2)

Andrew Lanyon (1947) 'A Carbon Copy' First edition, limited to 150 copies this being number 9, signed by the author, colour images tipped in, vg.

Cornwall & Devon Interest Flora of Devon, 1939, and other books Flora of Devon, edited by Rev. W. Keble Martin & Gordon T. Fraser, 1939; Val Doone, The Other Eden, first edition, 1943; Who's Who In Cornwall, Limited Edition, No. 209, printed and published by Wilson & Phillips, 1935; E. H. Davison, Handbook of Cornish Geology, 1926; J. C. Tregarthen, The Life Story of an Otter, reprinted 1915; I Saw Three Ships and other Winter's Tales by Q, first edition, 1893.

St Austell and Fowey interest. Four early guides, 1920’s. A. L. Rowse. 'St Austell Church, Town, Parish,' first edition, hardcover, very good condition with dustwrapper (slight tear), subscribers edition (larger format than the standard edition), limited to 719 copies this one being 123, 94 pages, 35 photographs and illustyrations, including a map of st austell, signed by A. L. Rowse, tipped in 12 newspaper cuttings, 4 invoices from local suppliers dated 1890/1891, a ‘’Walk-Round-The Church’’guide circa 1965, with a list of arrangements for the ‘Festival of Flowers Holy Trinity, St Austell 25th-27th June 1965, pub by H. E. Warne Ltd, St Austell, 1960.Four early Fowey guides bound in 1 volume: 'Fifty Years Vicar of Fowey a Memento of Trinity Sunday 1917,' pub by A. R. Mowbray & Co Ltd, London; H. S. Graham. 'Fowey Official Guide,' pub by William Brendon and Son Ltd, Plymouth, 33 pages plus copious local advertisements, circa 1920’s; 'Fowey South ‘The Official Guide’, circa 1930’s, pub by the Home Publishing co, Croydon, introduction by Arthur Quiller-Couch, 39 pages plus many pages of local advertisements; 'Fowey Official Guide,' pub by Vickery, Kyrle & Co Ltd, London, circa 1910; With the booklate of John Blowey.Harold Warren. 'The History of St Austell Market House,' circa 1980’s, 32 pages. (3)

HEMINGWAY, Ernest For Whom The Bell Tolls First edition early printing. Original green cloth with black spine title on red title windows. Dust wrapper chipped with some loss to top and bottom edges of cover and spine. Price clipped; New York: Charles Scribner (1943)

Thomas HARDY The Famous Tragedy of The Queen of Cornwall Macmillan and Co., London, 1923. First Edition octavo, original green cloth over boards, gilt stamped design and lettering on front cover and spine, blind stamped design on front cover. A "new version of an old story, arranged as a play for mummers," illustration to frontispiece of 'Imaginary view of tintagel Castle at the time of the tragedy, initial T.H, May, 1923.

SHAW, George Bernard. Three works IMMATURITY By George Bernard Shaw (1931) London: Constable and SIXTEEN SELF SKETCHES (1949) London: Constable and Company. Orig orange cloth. No dust wrapper. First edition. Together with AN UNFINISHED NOVEL (1958) London: Constable. Limited edition. Nice clean copy (3)

ZUBY, Ozzir (artist). '40 Pen Drawings,' First edition, folio, original pictorial boards, plates complete, Elite Publishers Limited, Karachi, 1971.

(Rosicrucian and Christianity) Five works. 'The Gospel of the Holy Twelve: Known also as The Gospel of the Perfect Life,' Translated and edited by a Disciple of the Master, original cloth, nibble and small tears to unclipped dj, spotting to edge of textblock, pp.201, plates and diagrams to rear, good to very good, John M. Watkins, London, [1956]; H. Spencer Lewis. 'The Mystical Life of Jesus,' 15th edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, frontis, advertisements, pp.317, Supreme Grand Lodge of Amorc, California, 1962; 'The Secret Doctrines of Jesus,' Rosicrucian Library, 19th edition, original boards, pp.237, vg, Supreme Grand Lodge of Amorc, California, 1981; Robert Payne. 'The Holy Fire. The Story of the Fathers of the Eastern Church,' first edition, original cloth, nibbles and tears to unclipped dj, pp.334, good, Skeffington, London, 1958; J. Paterson Smyth. 'How We Got Our Bible: An Answer to Questions Suggested by the Late Revision,' new edition, original cloth with embossed text, some spotting and toning, plates, pp.127, ex stock of G & F Pickering in Bath, good to very good, Samuel Bagster & Sons, London, [1889]. (5)

The New Naturalist. Five works. Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. 'British Game,' first edition, number 2 in the series, original green cloth, some spotting to complete unclipped dj, spotting to edge of text block and prelims, Collins, London, 1946; R. S. R. Fitter. 'London's Natural History,' first edition, number 3 in the series, original green cloth, some spotting to complete unclipped dj, spotting to edge of text block and prelims, Collins, London, 1945; With three others including 'The British Amphibians and Reptiles' by Malcolm Smith. (5)

KALM, Pieter. 'Reis Door Noord Amerika, geddan door den Heer Pieter Kalm, Professor in de Huishoudingskonst op de Hoge School to Aobo, en Medelid der Kolninglyke Zweedsche Maatschappy der Wetenschappen,' First Dutch edition, a deficient copy missing fold out plate four, map and extra titlepage (needless to say its binding!), nibbles and toning to edges of leaves but in a surprisingly good condition considering, pagination runs true, J. van Schoonhoven en Comp en G. van den Brink Janz, Utrecht, 1772.This Dutch edition was published in the same year as the first Swedish, which Lande calls "far superior to the [original] Swedish and English editions."

LE CARRE. John The Looking Glass War, 1965, first edition, together with four other signed works The Looking Glass War, clipped, Heinemann, first edition, 1965; Smiley's People, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980; A Most Wanted Man, The Night Manager and two copies of The Pigeon Tunnel, all four signed by the author. Together with another first edition of The Look Glass War missing dj and Silverview, 2021.

(Occult and Esoteric) Ten works. E. A. Wallis Budge (intro). 'The Queen of Sheba & her only Son Menyelek,' first edition, original maroon cloth, deckled edge, plates and frontis, pp.241, vg, The Medici Society, London, 1922; P. D. Ouspensky. 'A New Model of the Universe,' third edition, original cloth, pp.554, g to vg, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London, 1938; 'Tertium Organum. A Third Canon of Thought. A Key to the Enigmas of the World,' second edition, rubbed cloth, spotting to edge of textblock, pp.336, Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co, London, 1934; Mary Schweidler. 'The Amber Witch,' new edition, original embossed cloth, 'The Aquarian Book Service' ink stamp to titlepage, pp.171, toning to leaves as expected, vg, John Murray, London, 1861; B. Z. Goldberg. 'The Sacred Fire. The Story of Sex in Religion,' original cloth with tear to back strip, spotting throughout, pp.287, Jarrolds, London, 1931; Leslie D. Weatherfield. 'Psychology, Religion and Healing,' first edition, original cloth, pp.544, Hodder and Stoughton, 1951; Jacob Bohme. 'Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ,' first edition thus, translated by John Rolleston, original blue cloth, slight spotting to edge of text block, pp.284, g to vg, Constable and Company, London, 1934; Brother Philip. 'Secret of The Andes,' first edition, original cloth, pp.151, vg, Neville Spearman, London, 1961; George Horner (trans). 'Pistis Sophia,' original cloth, nibbles to scarce unclipped dj, spotting to edge of text block, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1924; G. R. S. Mead (trans). 'Pistis Sophia. A Gnostic Miscellany,' second impression, original cloth, fine unclipped dj, pp.325, vg, John M. Watkins. (10)

Ernest Shackleton. Hugh Robert Mill. 'The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton,' first edition, original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt with Shackleton's family crest in gilt on front cover, staining, frontis portrait, plates, some slight spotting to edge of text block, William Heinemann, London, 1923; With a popular edition 'The Hart of the Antarctic' by Shackleton, 1910. (2)

BETJEMAN, John Three first edition works Continual Dew, first edition, John Murray, 1937; Summoned By Bells, first edition, William Clowes & Sons, 1960; Vintage London with eleven coloured plates, London, 1942.

WILLIAMS, Thomas Hewitt. 'Picturesque Excursions in Devonshire and Cornwall,' First edition, 8vo, part 1, subscribers list, large paper copy, a fine tall copy with uncut edges, all plates etc collated, original publishers boards rebacked, published by J. Murray, London, 1804.

THOMAS, Joseph (Late of St Michael’s Mount, Marazion). 'Randigal Rhymes and a Glossary of Cornish Words,' First edition, original blue cloth, frontis graving, a good copy, published by F. Rodda, Penzance, 1895.Formerly in the library of Cornish historian Charles Thomas (1928-2016).

(Occult) CROWLEY, Aleister. '777 Revised: vel prolegomena symbolica ad systemam sceptico-mysitcae' One of 1,100 copies, original vellum-backed board, large scratch across front board, residue from bookmark to pp.54-55, some very light spotting to edge of textblock, pp.155, a vg copy, The Neptune Press, London, 1955; 'The Magical Record of the Beast 666. The Diaries...edited...by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant,' early edition, original pictorial card wraps, some scuffing with a sun bleached back strip, felt tip owner name to verso of front wrap, booksellers label to half title, light spotting to edge of textblock, a good copy stored in leather jacket, Duckworth, 1972; 'Magick,' edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, reprint, original cloth, unclipped dj, pp.551, plates, fine, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London and Henley, 1985; 'The Confessions of Aleister Crowley. An Autohagiography,' edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, reprint, original cloth, unclipped dj, plates, vg, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1986; 'The Holy Books,' second Sangreal printing, lacks dj, gilt decorations to original cream cloth, some damp residue evident to pastedown also, preface by Israel Regardie, vg textblock, Sangreal Foundation, Dallas, [1972]; John Symonds. 'The Magic of Aleister Crowley,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, ex stock of The Aquarian Book Service with ink stamp, plates, pp.209, vg, Frederick Muller, London, 1958; 'The Great Beast. The Life of....,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, frontis and plates, pp.316, vg, Rider and Company, 1951; With four other works by and about Crowley. (11)A fantastic lot, covering Crowley's unconventional lifestyle, provocative teachings, and involvement in various occult practices, which led to both fascination and controversy during his lifetime. He embraced concepts and practices that were often considered taboo by conventional society. His legacy continues to spark discussions about the relationship between spirituality, individualism, and unconventional beliefs.

American Interest PRE-HISTORIC RACES OF THE UNITED STATES By JW Foster (1873) Chicago: SC Griggs and Company. Second edition. Orig green cloth with gilt front cover and gilt spine title. Corners bumped. Together with AMERICAN SHRINES IN ENGLAND By Alfred T Story (1908) London: Methuen & Co. Orig red cloth with gilt lettering. With four illustrations in colour and eighteen in monochrome all present. Contains bound catalogue of published Methuen books at rear and HAWKERS & WALKERS IN EARLY AMERICA By Richardson Wright (1927 J. B. Lippincott Company. First edition (3)

EDWARD THOMAS Twelve work written by or related to the author In Pursuit of Spring, April 1914, blue vertically ribbed cloth, gilt lettered at the spine and with a double-blue border, repeated on the upper board with a small gilt ornament. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Map-illustrated endpapers. The six plates are correctly signed 'E.W.Haslehust' but the artist's name is spelt incorrectly on the List of Illustrations page (seemingly a common occurrence with Haslehust contributions). The Last Sheaf, Jonathan Cape, first edition 1928; Celtic Stories, Clarendon Press, 1918.The Icknield Way, Constable & Company Ltd, 1916; A Literary Pilgrim in England, Methuen & Co, first edition, 1917; Beautiful Wales - painted by Robert Fowler - described by Edward Thomas, London: A & C Black, 1905; The South Country (Edward Thomas) with wood engravings Eric Fitch Daglish, In Dust Jacket, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1932; The Heart of England; Dent, london,1909. first edition; and other books related to the author.

BOYLE, Eleanor Vere. 'A New Child's-Play,' Sixteen Drawings by EVB, first edition, photographed from the original drawings and printed by the heliotype process, plates complete, original cloth gilt, vg, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1877.

BORLASE, William. 'Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall,' 'Consisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid Superstition, Customs and Remains of the Most Remote Antiquity in Britain and the British Isles, Exemplified and Proved by Monuments Now Extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, with a Vocabulary of the Cornu-British Language,' the second edition revised, original full leather rebacked, gilt titles to spine, book sellers label to pastedown Thornton & Son Oxford, fold out frontis map, i-xvi, pp.464, plates and illustrations complete, some offsetting but generally a very good to fine text block, marble edge, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, London, 1769.Formerly in the library of Cornish historian Charles Thomas (1928-2016).

(Mining and Dowsing) FIDDICK, Thomas. 'Dowsing. With an account of some Original Experiments,' First edition, thin printed card wraps, staple bound with rust, pp.40, spotting to margins, two loose pages, a very rare work, published by the author, The Camborne Printing and Stationary Company, 1913.'Dowsing' or the means adopted for finding metalliferous lodes or water is an old practice (believed to be at least 17th century), used by Cornish miners and others. The author developed a 'Cone' and was surprised how small a quantity of metal would affect it. A speck of gold not larger than the head of a pin will cause it to oscillate and to continue the motion. Very small pieces of copper, lead, tin &c. will affect it in a like manner. This synopsis on the use of Dowsing to discover lodes etc is a scarce work.

(Prose, poetry and early 20th century decorative printing) Ten works. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 'Nature,' Roycrofters binding, full brown suede with blind stamped title to front wrap, title page with stylised woodcut tree and red ink underlining to text, woodcut headpieces, some spotting throughout, pp.91, good, Elbert Hubbard, 1905; J. R. Aitken. 'In a City Garden,' first edition, full green suede wraps with blind stamped title, colour plates pasted in, a vg copy, T. N. Foulis, London & Edinburgh, 1913; M. Aumonier. 'Gardens in Sun and Shade,' 7th impression, 1928; 'The Garden of the Nightingale,' 5th and 6th impressions; All thin card wraps with colour illustration past to front; 'The White Rose Anthology,' ivory card wraps with gilt embossed title, Decorated by Joseph W. Simpson, T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh, [1903]; C. Lovat Fraser (illustrator). 'The Lute of Love,' decorative card wraps with paper labels, woodcut head and tilpieces throughout, pp.66, vg to fine, Selwyn & Blount, London, imprint of The Curwen Press, Plaistow, [no date although ink inscription to from free endpaper is dated 1920]; With three other illustrated works including a spineless yet highly decorative 'Poems of Pleasure' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. (10)

S. L. MacGregor-Mathers. 'The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage, As Delivered by Abraham the Jew unto his Son Lamech, A.D. 1458' First edition in English, first issue, original cloth with gilt table to front board, rubbed with cracked hinges, contemporary card dj although not original, owner graphite inscription to front pastedown, pictorial title in sepia [often missing], a vg text block with some very light sporadic spotting, pp.268, John M. Watkins, London, 1898; With a later reprint limited to 500 copies, 1956. (2)A classic text of ceremonial magic, translated by a founding member of the Golden Dawn, and highly inspirational to the young Aleister Crowley.

John BRATBY Break-Pedal Down Hutchinson, London, 1962 First Edition, pp.320 Original blue cloth. Backstrip titles lettered in gilt, author and publisher lettered in red, Illustrated title page. Full page black & white illustrations also by Bratby. Dustjacket clean and bright, illustrated by author, some small close tears.Together with Breakdown by the same author, second impression 1960.

Three illustrated works. Haldane MacFall. 'The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser,' cloth backed pictorial boards with some staining and bumps, decretive pastedown, illustrated throughout, good, J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1923; Frank Brangwyn (illustrations) and Hayter Preston. 'Windmills,' first edition, staining to original cloth, tears and loss to unclipped dj, plates, vg text block, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1923; John Austen (decorations). 'Shakespeare's Hamlet. Prince of Denmark,' early edition, missing back strip, good to very good text block, Selwyn & Blount, London, n.d. (3)

Sigmund Freud Collection Nine works Sammlung Kleiner Schriften Zur Neurosenlehre Aus Den Jahren 1993-1906 by Prof Sigmund Freud (1920) Leipzig: Franz Deuticke. Orig Boards and Studien Uber Hysterie by Jos Breuer and Sigmund Freud (1922) Leipzig: Franz Deuticke. Orig boards bumped and pages browned. Together With Zur Psychopathologie Des Alltagslebens (1924) Die Frage Der Laienanalyse (1926) orig boards and Inhibitions Symptoms and Anxiety (1936) Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-analysis. First Edition. Orig green cloth and an Autobiographical Study (1946) Hogarth Press. Second Edition, and two others and one 1924 biography of Freud (9)The remaining titles are: A General Introduction to Psycho-Analysis, Authorized English Translation of the revised edition by Joan Riviere, De Luxe Edition, Garden City Publishing Co, 1938; WITTELS, Fritz, Sigmund Freud, His Personality, His Teaching & His School, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, first edition, 1924; An Outline of Psycho-Analysis, authorized translation by James Strachey, The International Psycho-Analytical Library, Edited by Ernest Jones, M.D. No.35, The Hogarth Press, 1949.All of the books are in good order, with minimal age-related wear to each.

(Egyptology) Four works. G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson. 'Egyptian Mummies,' first edition, original cloth with gilt tooled sarcophagus and titles, scarce pictorial unclipped dj, light spotting to endpapers, numerous full plates, some light finger soiling to an otherwise vg copy, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1924; Georg Moller. 'Hieratische Palaographie. Die Aegyptische Buchschrift in Ihrer Entwicklung von Der Funften Dynastie bis Zur Romischen Kaiserzeit,' four vols bound in one, a working copy with numerous notes throughout, original cloth detaching from text block, profuse in hieroglyphic charts, Otto Zeller, Osnabruck, 1965; VIGNEAU, D'Andre. 'Encyclopedie Photographique de L'Art,' tome I, thin card printed wraps, staple bound, pp.32 of b+w photographs of Egyptian artifacts housed at the Louvre Museum, TEL Editions, Paris, 1935; Guy Brunton. 'Lahun I the Treasure,' research account of the twentieth Year, original cloth backed printed boards, rubbed and bumped, some light toning throughout, colour plates to rear, British School of Archaeology in Eygpt, Bernard Quaritch, London, 1920. (4)

RUSSELL, Bertrand. Six works SCEPTICAL ESSAYS By Bertrand Russell (1928) George Allen & Unwin. First edition. With pencil marginalia. Together with THE ANALYSIS OF MIND (1922) London: George Allen Library of Philosophy, A NEW SOCIAL ANALYSIS (1938. George Allen & Unwin. First edition and PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS (1947) National Book League and NEW HOPES FOR A CHANGING WORLD (1951) George Allen & Unwin. First edition Price clipped Dust jacket small loss at edges and AUTHORITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL. THE REITH LECTURES FOR 1948-9 (1955) George Allen & Unwin. Second impression. Not price clipped (6)

Lieutenant-Colonel E.F. Norton The Fight For Everest 1924 A scarce first-edition presentation copy; with maps and illustrations; a full descriptive account by the members of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1924; one leaf with plate loose; London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1925.

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Assorted literature, modern first editions etc., including Agatha Christie: 'Endless Night', London, Collins Crime Club, 1967, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper, Jack Kerouac: 'Scattered Poems', City Lights Books, July 1977, 5th printing, orig. pictorial wraps, Aldous Huxley: 'Texts and Pretexts', L, C & W, 1932, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Graham Greene: 'Monsignor Quixote', L, Bodley Head, 1982, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Boris Pasternak: 'An Essay in Autobiography', L, Collins & Harvill, 1959, 1st Uk edition, portrait frontis + 10 full page ills. as called for, orig. wraps, Lawrence Durrell: 'Sebastian', L, Faber, 1983, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Ernest Hemingway: 'Islands in the Stream', L, Collins, 1970, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Stephen Bagnall: 'The Attack', L, Hamish Hamilton, 1947, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, scarce, Antonio Ruiz Vilaplana: 'Burgos Justice', L, Constable, 1938, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Aharon Appelfeld: 'Badenheim 1939', L, Dent, 1981, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Henri Charriere: 'Papillon', L, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Wallace Stegner: 'Angle of Repose', NY, Doubleday, 1971, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, plus 7 others including Jean-Paul Sartre, Alistair Maclean, Elleston Trevor etc. (19)

(William Blake, Nonesuch Press.) 'The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. The Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes', London, The Nonesuch Press, 1937, 1st edition, limited edition, No.546 of 1,000 copies, printed by the Curwen Press from design by Meynell, illustrations & plates throughout, plus a further suite of 16 plates in rear pocket as called for, original publisher's patterned cloth boards, acetate protective cover

Edward Walker Slade: 'The Skull, and Other Poems', Bristol, printed and published for the author, 1829, 1st edition, vi,[2],220pp, list of subscribers at end, old boards worn, scarce, plus James Storer & John Greig: 'Views in North Britain, Illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns', London, 1805, engraved frontis, added engraved title page + 18 engraved plates as called for, old boards worn, lacks backstrip, [John Baldwin Buckstone: 'The Green Bushes; Or, A Hundred Years Ago. A Romance', London, E. Lloyd, 1847, folding hand coloured frontis, engraved ills. in text, 64pp, bound together with Victorian Penny Dreadful 'The Bottle; or, the First step to crime. A romance.', L, E. Lloyd, [1847], parts 1-7, each part with full page engraved illustrated title page, appears incomplete, 64pp (of 94pp?), leaves toned/foxed throughout, old half cloth worn (3)

Mervyn Peake: 'Titus Groan', London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, in second impression dust wrapper as often (original 18/- price sticker stuck over 15s net price, VGC+/VGC+), together with another 1946 1st edition copy of the same title, original cloth gilt, second impression dust wrapper, 'Titus Alone', L, E & S, 1959, 1st edition, b/w frontis, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (21s price intact). The first and the third books in the author's Gormenghast series of fantasy novels, about the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, Gothic structure. (3)

Assorted literature, modern fiction, biography etc, 11 titles, including D.H. Lawrence, 2 titles, both first editions published London, Martin Secker, both original cloth gilt: 'The Lost Girl', 1920, 'The Ladybird', 1923; Mervyn Peake: 'Titus Groan', L, E & S, 1946, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt; Nina Hamnett: 'Is She a Lady? A Problem in Autobiography', L, Allan Wingate, 1955, 1st edition, frontis + 10 ills. as called for, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 7 others including Dylan Thomas, Henry Miller, W. Somerset Maugham, Evelyn Waugh etc (11)

Laurie Lee, the autobiographical trilogy: 'Cider With Rosie', London, The Hogarth Press, 1959, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by John Ward, 18s price intact), 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning', London, Andre Deutsch, 1969, 1st edition, signed on half title, original cloth, dust wrapper (30s/£1.50 price intact), 'A Moment of War', London, Viking, 1991, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (£14.99/C$24.99). An excellent first edition set of Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy, his most significant literary contribution (3)

T.S. Eliot: 'The Four Quartets - East Coker; Burnt Norton; Dry Salvages; Little Gidding', London, Faber & Faber, 1940, 1941, 1941, 1942, 1st editions, 1st impressions, each original printed wraps (first 3 titles stapled, Little Gidding stitched, East Coker wraps detached with some small part losses), plus W.H. Auden: 'Spain', L, Faber, 1937, 1st edition, and a January 1941 4th impression copy of 'East Coker', each orig. stapled printed wraps (6)

Fifteen modern first editions etc and proofs, mainly signed & inscribed to the publisher Dan Franklin (b.1949), plus a small number flat signed by author or unsigned but with Dan Franklin's ownership signatures at front, including Salman Rushdie, 2 titles: 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet', London, Jonathan Cape, 1999, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to Dan Franklin on half title, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'Fury', L, Cape, 2001, 1st edition, signed on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, Ian McEwan: 'For You The Libretto', L, Vintage, 2008, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to Dan Franklin on title page, orig. wraps, Kate Figes: 'On Smaller Dogs and Larger Life Questions', L, Virago, 2018, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to Dan Franklin on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, Bill Bryson: 'Made in America', L, Secker, 1994 reprint, signed & inscribed to Dan Franklin on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, Dan Franklin bookplate on front pastedown, Tom Willocks: 'Green River Rising', L, Cape, 1994, uncorrected proof, signed & inscribed to Dan Franklin on title page, orig. pictorial wraps, plus others Helen Fielding, Toby Litt, James Scudamore, Mark Haddon, Michael Caine, Richard Ford etc (15)

Fiction, modern first editions, 15 titles, including George Griffith: 'The Rose of Judah', London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899, 1st edition, 7 b/w plates (of 8, lacks frontis), original pictorial cloth, Henry Rider Haggard: 'Fair Margaret', L, Hutchinson, 1907, 1st edition, b/w frontis + 14 full page b/w illustrations on 7 leaves as called for, original cloth gilt, Aldous Huxley: 'The Olive Tree', L, Chatto & Windus, 1936, 1st trade edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, John Myers Myers: 'Silverlock', NY, E.P. Dutton & Co, 1949, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Joseph Wechsberg: 'Home Coming', NY, Knopf, 1946, 1st edition, orig. cloth d/w, Graham Greene, 2 titles: 'The Quiet American', L, Heinemann, 1955, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'J'Accuse', L, 1982, 1st edition, orig. wraps, plus Graham Swift 'Last Orders' 1st edition signed, Salman Rushdie 'Shame' 1983 1st, others William Golding, Norman Mailer etc (15)

(Shakespeare.) 'The Comedies Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare', New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1939, limited edition, No.153 of 1,950 copies, 6 b/w plates after Edy Legrand as called for, folio, original cloth backed patterned paper covered boards, orig. prospectus loosely inserted; plus 5 others Shakespeare related, including Caroline Spurgeon: 'Keats's Shakespeare, a Descriptive Study Based on New Material', 1929, 2nd edition, frontis + 20 plates as called for, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper, Rothery: 'The Herladry of Shakespeare', L, The Morland Press, [1930], frontis + 10 full page plates + numerous ills. in text as called for, 4to, rebound cloth, 'Antony and Cleopatra. A Facsimile of the First Folio Text', L, [1929], The Chiswick Press for Faber & Gwyer, Folio, orig. quarter cloth, 'Macbeth by William Shakespeare, as Arranged for the Stage by Forbes Robertson and Presented at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday , September 17, 1898', London, The Nassau Press, 1898, 7 plates, orig. cloth backed boards, orig. theatre programme loosely inserted, plus 1 other (6)

Ian Fleming: 'Live and Let Die', London, Jonathan Cape, 1954, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper by Kenneth Lewis (dust wrapper 1st printing/2nd state, with Kenneth Lewis "floating"credit well below the blurb on inside front flap, neatly price clipped to inside front flap, inside rear flap with 10s. 6d. price intact). A first edition copy of the second of Ian Fleming's Bond novels, following on from Casino Royale. Adapted into the 1973 film starring Roger Moore and Jane Seymour

(Science, Medicine, Astrology, Occult, Witchcraft etc.) A Renaissance library, twelve C16th-C18th mainly Italian texts, including (Demonology, Magic, Occultism, Witchcraft.) Strozzi Cigogna (1568-1605): 'Del palagio de gl'incanti, et delle gran merauiglie de gli spiriti, & di tutta la natura : Diuiso in libri XXXXV. & in III. prospettiue. Spirituale, celeste, et elementare / di Strozzi Cigogna gentilhuomo Vincention, theologo, filososo, & dottor di leggid, & nuncio della Citta di Vicenza', Brescia, Appresso Francesco Tebaldino, 1605, 1st edition,[40],623,[1]pp, wood engraved device on title page, decorative woodcut initials, 8vo, old paper covered boards, m/s title to spine. First edition of the author’s most important work on occultism (The first edition of 1605 was published simultaneously, by four different publishers, in Venice and Brescia.) Strozzi Cigogna (1568-1605) studied law at Padua; a late humanist, he devoted himself to poetry and philosophy, achieving lasting fame with ‘Il Palagio degl’incanti’, published in 1605. It is a treatise on daemonology—a winning combination of ancient and Scholastic theories on god, the nature and origin of the world, with a Renaissance interest towards pagan, Christian, Hermetic and Cabalistic ideas, and a wealth of learned and popular anecdotes. Some of these Cicogna had heard from the archpriest of Barbarano, near his hometown Vicenza, who recounted supernatural events which had happened to him (‘Storia popolare d’Italia’, VII, 163). ‘The most comprehensive and original treatise on angelic beings ever written in early modern Europe’ (Maggi, ‘Company of Demons’, 17). Robert Burton drew heavily from Cigogna’s work for his ‘Anatomy of Melancholy’; one of Cigogna’s anecdotes inspired a poem by the English Gothic novelist Matthew Gregory Lewis; Paul Dubé: 'Il medico de' poveri, trattato prattico che insegna il modo di curare qualsivogliano infirmità humane per via di medicamenti di niuna, o pochissima spesa... [The Doctor for the Poor]', Bassano, Gio. Antonio Remondini, 1734, 420pp, Pt. [2] (p. [349]-420) has special title page: Il chirurgo de' poveri with wood engraved printers device, 12mo, contemporary paper covered boards (worn); Jeronimo Cortez: 'Stock image for O Non Plus Ultra do Lunario, e Pronostico Perpetuo, Geral e Particular para Todos Os Reinos e Provincias (Classic Reprint) (Portuguese Edition) for sale by GF Books, Inc.Stock ImageO Non Plus Ultra do Lunario, e Pronostico Perpetuo, Geral e Particular para Todos Os Reinos e Provincias [The Incomparable Lunary]', Lisbon, Francisco Borges de Sousa, 1768, [8],312pp, wood engraved illustration to title page and wood engraved ills. to text throughout, 16mo, old calf gilt (worn); Raimondo Lullo: 'Di Natura della Quinta Essentia [Concerning the Five Principles]', c.1700, a/f, lacks title page, ff.[27],151, also includes the work Albertus Magnus 'Filosofo Clarissimo de Minerali, & di cose Metalliche', wood engraved ills. in text, contemporary m/s notes to margins of some leaves, 16mo, contemporary vellum. Lullo or Lully was a 13th Century Catalan philosopher and this book enunciates his philosophical principles. Albertus Magnus was a 13th Century German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop; Timoteo Rosselli: 'De' secreti universali parte prima [e seconda][Concerning Secrets of the Universe]', Venice, 1644, 2 parts in 1, ff.[8],136,[8],132, 16mo, contemporary calf gilt; Guillaume Budé: 'Trattato delle monete e valuta loro, ridotte dal costume antico, all'vso moderno ... Tradotto per Gio. Bernardo Gualandi [Treatise on money and the value of gold]', Florence, Appresso i Giunti, 1562, [8],309,[11]pp, 16mo, contemporary vellum; Atanagio Cavalli: 'Delle Apparizioni, ed Operazioni de' Spiriti, Dissertazione. [Concerning apparitions and the workings of spirits]', Milan, Federico Agnelli, 1765, CCLXIXpp., contemporary vellum; Florian Canale Breciano: 'De' secreti universali raccolti, et esperimentati trattati nove : ne' quali si hanno rimedii per tutte l'infermità de' corpi humani. Come anco de' cavalli, bovi, & cani. Con molti secreti appartenenti all'arte chemica, agricoltura, & caccie come nell'indice alfabetico', Brescia, Bartolomeo Fontana, 1613, [24],269pp, contemporary vellum worn; Leonardo Fioravanti: 'Dello specchio di scientia vniversale / dell'eccell. Dottore ... M. Leonardo Fioravanti Bolognese', Venice, Per il Valentini, 1624, ff.[16],347, 16mo, contemporary vellum; plus 3 others similar (all appear to be lacking title pages) (12)

(India.) Major A.C. Yate: 'Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, Commandant of the 36th Sikhs: A Hero of Tirah, A Memoir.', London, John Murray, 1900, 1st edition, lacks portrait frontis, else 25 b/w ills. from photographs + 4 folding maps as called for (Plan of Chareekar with small marginal loss just affecting edge of printed area), original deep red cloth gilt, tope edge gilt, others uncut. First and only contemporary edition of this interesting and engaging biography of "one of the most distinguished soldiers of the [Tirah] campaign" (Nevill, p. 303), described by Lord Methuen as "the best leader of men I ever saw". Increasingly uncommon on the market. John Haughton (1852-1898) was the son of Lt.-Col. John Colpoys Haughton, "the staunch defender of Charikar in 1841 [whose name] is known but to the few serious students of Indian Frontier warfare" (p. ix). In India, the younger Haughton commanded the 36th Sikhs during the 1897-1898 Tirah campaign to subdue part of the Indian frontier. In the last major battle of the campaign, Haughton was killed by sheer overwhelming numbers. A plaque in the chapel at Uppingham School commemorates Haughton's death, "while boldly defending a position to the last against overwhelming odds". The present work also contains a detailed description of the famous engagement at Saragarhi, where 21 members of Haughton's 36th Sikhs were involved in an heroic last stand against 10,000 Afghans.

Anthony Burgess: 'Time for a Tiger', London, William Heinemann, 1956, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. The author's first novel, set in British Malaysia; together with ten assorted novels, all first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, including John le Carré: 'The Russia House', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989; Evelyn Waugh: 'The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy', L, Chapman & Hall, [1948]; Ian McEwan: 'Atonement', L, Jonathan Cape, 2001; Mario Vargas Llosa: 'The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta', L, Faber & Faber, 1986; William Trevor, 2 titles: 'Elizabeth Alone', L, Bodley Head, 1973, 'Felicia's Journey', L, Viking, 1994; plus 4 others (11)

Joan Fleming: 'Malice Matrimonial', London, Collins Crime Club, 1959, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper by William Randell, John W. Vandercook: 'Murder in New Guinea', L, W.H. Allen, 1960, 1st UK edition, original cloth, dust wrapper by WIlliam Randell, Allan Mackinnon: 'Nine Days' Murder', L, Collins Crime Club, 1945, 1st edition, orig. cloth, first edition of the Scottish author's first novel, Leslie Charteris: 'Featuring the Saint', L, H & S, 1931, 1st edition, orig. cloth, Kate Atkinson: 'When Will There be Good News?', L, Doubleday, 2008, 1st UK edition, signed by author on title page, orig. cloth, d/w, Patricia Highsmith, 2 titles, both first editions published London, William Heinemann, both orig. cloth, both in dust wrappers: 'A Dog's Ransom', 1972, 'Found in the Street', 1986, Elly Griffiths: 'The Last Remains', L, Quercus, 2023, 1st Uk edition, signed, orig. cloth gilt, d/w (8)

Charles Dickens: 'The Nonesuch Dickens. The Complete Works of Charles Dickens', London, The Nonesuch Press, 1937-38, 23 volumes, one of 877 sets, without the etched steel plate in box, but with the accompanying Nonesuch Dickensiana volume, original variously coloured full buckram by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co. Ltd., black morocco gilt letter-pieces on spines, top edges gilt. Intended as a definitive edition of Dickens' works the Nonesuch Press edition was printed using the original steel plates and woodblocks created by Chapman & Hall for the illustrations in the first editions of the books. The largest project of the Nonesuch Press and one of their great triumphs, esteemed for the quality of its printing, illustrations, and paper. As noted in the Prospectus, collected within Nonesuch Dickensiana, also included here, "it will never be possible for a more complete and perfect edition to be put upon the market" (24)

Dennis Potter: 'The Singing Detective', London, Faber, 1986, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, Tennessee Williams, 3 titles, all first editions, all London, Secker & Warburg, all orig. cloth, all in d/w's: 'Baby Doll', 1957, 'Orpheus Descending', 1958, 'Four Plays', 1956 (first collected edition), Matt Crowley: 'A Breeze from the Gulf', NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1974, 1st edition, signed & inscribed on FFEP dated 8.14.75, orig. cloth, d/w, Brian Friel: 'Lovers, Winners & Losers', NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1968, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein: 'Me and Juliet', NY, Random House, 1953, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Harry Bloom: 'King Kong an African Jazz Opera', L, Collins, 1961, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, William J. Kerr: 'Images of Imagination', NY, Exposition Books, 1954, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author to Paul Gallico on FFEP, orig. cloth, Joe Orton: 'Between Us Girls', L, 1998, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w (10)

John le Carre: 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold', London, Victor Gollancz, 1963, 1st edition, signed piece attached to half title, original blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, dust wrapper (priced 18/- net as called for,) with accompanying Typed Letter Signed from Vicki Phillips, assistant to Le Carré, regarding the signing of the book, July 2018 on David Cornwell headed paper, with orig. envelope and compliment slip. Signed first edition copy of le Carré's third book. The definitive Cold War novel, it won le Carré the 1964 Somerset Maugham Award and secured his reputation as a master of the spy thriller.

John le Carré, 17 titles, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, of which 9 UK first editions/first impressions: 'The Looking-Glass War', L, Heinemann, 1965, 'A Small Town in Germany', L, Heinemann, 1968, 'Smiley's People', L, Hodder & Stoughton, 1980, 'A Perfect Spy', L, H & S, 1986, 'Singe & Single', L, H & S, 1999, 'Absolute Friends', L, H & S, 2004, 'The Mission Song', L, H & S, 2006, 'Agent Running in the Field', L, Viking, 2019, 'Silverview', L, Viking, 2021, plus US first edition/first impressions of 'Call for the Dead', NY, Walker, 1962 (dust wrapper with no price), 'The Russia House', NY, Viking, 1989, 'The Secret Pilgrim', NY Knopf, 1991, 'Our Game', NY Knopf, 1995, 'The Tailor of Panama', NY, Knopf, 1996, 'Single & Single', NY, Scribner, 1999, plus 2 others UK later impressions (17)

(India, Sikh.) PRINCESS BAMBA DULEEP SINGH COLLECTION catalogue, Dr. F.A. Khan: 'The Princess Bamba Collection (Antiques of Sikh Period) Catalogue', Department of Archaeology, Government of Pakistan, 1961, 17pp letterpress, 3 colour plates (portrait of Maharajah Duleep Singh; Maharajah Ranjit Singh at Amritsar; Maharajah Sher Singh in Council) + 10 b/w illsutrations (7 full page, 1 double page folding, 2 on 1 page) as called for, original pictorial wraps, neatly rebacked gilt cloth. Rare first and only edition of the remnants of the Sikh art collection held by Maharajah Duleep Singh and inherited by his eldest daughter in Lahore. The collection was sold to the Lahore Fort in 1958.