(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)
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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.
William Broadfoot: 'The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C.B. (Governor-General's Agent N.W. Frontier, 1844-5) in Afghanistan and the Punjab. Compiled from his Papers and those of Lords Ellenborough and Hardinge.', London, John Murray, 1888, 1st edition, portrait frontis + 2 maps as called for, 445,[3]pp + publisher's 28pp catalogue of adverts at end dated October 1888, original cloth gilt (spine faded, slightly worn.) First edition of this uncommon memoir of the man described by his fellow political officer, Colin McKenzie, as "the foremost man in India". Broadfoot (1807-1845) first served in India in the late 1820s with the 34th Native Infantry Madras Army. After returning to Britain to study at Addiscombe, he rejoined the Madras Army, commissariat department, in 1838 serving with distinction during the latter stages of the First Afghan War, famously prevailing against the majority to insist on the defence of Jalalabad; "and thus the firmness of one man, and he nearly the junior in the council of war, preserved his country's arms from suffering another deep and disgraceful blow" (Durand, The First Afghan War, p400). After the lifting of the siege, Broadfoot joined the relieving army under Major-General George Pollock "and distinguished himself in the actions at Mamu Khel, Jagdalak, and Tezin. In October he was promoted brevet major and made a CB" (ODNB). He had caught the eye of the governor-general, Lord Ellenborough, for his inspirational role as part of the "illustrious garrison" at Jalalabad, and was made commissioner at Tenasserim in Burma, but his health suffered in the climate, and he requested a transfer. "In 1844 Sir Henry Hardinge, the new governor-general, appointed him his agent for the north-western frontier: an important position when war with the Sikhs seemed likely. He reported on the Punjab situation, negotiated with the Sikhs and, when war seemed imminent, gathered supplies for the army. In December 1845 the Sikhs invaded British territory. Broadfoot served on Hardinge's staff and was at the battles of Mudki and Ferozeshahr. At the latter, on 21 December, he was killed, shot through the heart".
Humphry Repton: 'Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening', Oxford, Phaidon Press, Limited, 1980, limited edition facsimile of the original 1803 edition, No. 391 of 445 copies only, portrait frontispiece + numerous colour and black & white plates, maps & plans as called for, folio, original quarter calf gilt by A.D. Constance & Co, Bristol, top edge gilt. Humphry Repton was born in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, in 1752, and became the last great designer of the classic phase of the English landscape garden, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown. His style is thought of as the precursor of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the 19th century. During his life he designed around 400 landscapes and gardens, and became famous for his Red Books. When his parents died in 1778 he used his small legacy to move to a modest country estate at Sustead, near Aylsham in Norfolk. His first two landscape jobs were for Jeremiah Ives, textile merchant and mayor of Catton, and for Thomas Coke of Holkham Hall in Norfolk. Repton produced designs for the grounds of many of the foremost country houses in England, Scotland and Wales. Other commissions in Norfolk and Suffolk as well as the aformentioned include Honing Hall, Broke Hall, Gunton Park and his last commission, Sheringham Park. He died on 24 March 1818 and is buried in St Michael’s Church, Aylsham in Norfolk.
(John Lennon, The Beatles), John Lennon, two titles, both first editions published London, Jonathan Cape: 'In His Own Write', 1964, 'A Spaniard in the Works', 1965, each original pictorial laminated boards; plus a duplicate 1964 first edition copy of 'In His Own Write', and 'The Penguin John Lennon', 1966, 1st thus, orig. pictorial wraps, together with Bill Adler (ed.); Osborn (ill.): 'Love Letters to the Beatles', London, Anthony Blond, 1964, 1st edition, orig. pictorial boards, dust wrapper; Michael Braun: 'Love Me Do: The Beatles' Progress', L, Penguin Books, 1964, 1st UK edition, orig. pictorial wraps, plus 2 copies of Charles Hamblett: 'Here are The Beatles', each Four Square/New English Library, 1964 1st UK editions, each orig. pictorial wraps (8)
RARE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK ON SIKH SHRINES IN WEST PAKISTANDepartment of Archaeology in Pakistan, 1962. First edition. pp, 143, illustrations. The earliest book and compilation of Sikh related sites in the newly formed West Pakistan post 1947, putting together an early history and photograph of Sikh shrines many of which today do not exist or have been defaced or destroyed. This rare book has 76 photo plates including the Samdhi of Maharajah Sher Singh, Mahan Singh, Suchet Singh, Teja Singh, Jawahir Singh, Phula Singh and Charhat Singh. A most valuable account and record. Original green cloth (slightly worn), dust wrapper (with internal repairs/reinforcement)
(Perfume.) Simon Barbe: 'Le Parfumeur François, qui enseigne toutes les Manières de tirer les Odeurs des Fleurs, & de faire toutes Sortes de Composition de Parfums: avec le secret de purger le tabac en poudre, & le parfumer de toutes fortes d'odeurs ; pour le divertissement de la noblesse, l'utilité des personnes religieuses, & necessaire aux baigneurs & perruquiers.', Amsterdam, Chez Paul Marret, 1696, engraved frontispiece, 50 unnumbered pages, 170pp, 20 unnumbered pages. Classic manual of perfumery originally published in 1693, this 1696 edition being the first illustrated edition. Scarce in all editions, describing the extraction of fragrances from plant and animal sources and providing recipes for their use in hair and face powders, soaps, essences and oils, pomades, mouthwashes, scented gloves, and snuff. Boun together in one volume with three other late 17th Century works in French language, comprising Sir Kenelm Digby: 'Discours fait en une celèbre assemblée touchant la guérison des playes & la composition de la poudre de sympathie : enrichie avec beaucoup des remèdes et rare secrets tirez de memoires du Chevallier Digby, avec aucuns secrets pour la conservation de la beauté des dames', Utrecht, R. Van Zyll, 1681, 378pp. Powder of sympathy was a form of early pseudoscientific navigation and alchemy, in the 17th century in Europe, whereby a remedy was applied to the weapon that had caused a wound with the aim of healing the injury it had made. Weapon salve was a preparation, again applied to the weapon, but based on material from the wounded patient rather than on any remedy for the wound; [Claude Boutet]: 'Traité de mignature, pour apprendre aisément à peindre sans maître; et le secret de faire les plus belles couleurs l'or bruny, l'or en coquille, et le vernis de la chine', A La Haye : chez Estienne Foulque et Louis Van Doolen, 1688, "Dernière édition, corrigée et augmentée de plusieurs secrets", [16], 168, [8]pp; 'Instruction générale pour la Teinture des Laines et manufactures de Laine de toutes couleurs, et pour la culture des drogues ou ingrédiens qu'on y employe.', Paris, Chez Francois Muguet, 1671, [24],188pp, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt (worn), spine gilt in compartments, gilt titled to spine "Remedie Experimé"
Ian Fleming, thirteen James Bond 007 novels, facsimile editions published Shelton, Connecticut, The First Edition Library by arrangement with Glidrose Ltd. and Jonathan Cape, 1981-1993, comprising Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man With the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights, 13 volumes, all original cloth gilt, dust wrappers, original slipcases (13)
Conor O'Brien: 'Two Boys Go Sailing', London, J.M. Dent, 1936, 1st edition, b/w frontis + 12 b/w plates & map end papers by B. Ganly as called for, original pictorial cloth, pictorial dust wrapper (by B. Ganly, worn with some part losses). Scarce juvenile fiction title by Edward Conor Marshall O'Brien (1880-1952), Irish arsitocrat, intellectual, naval architect and ship builder, and mountaineer. He was also owner and captain of one of the first boats to sail under the tri-colour of the Irish Free State. He was the first amateur Irish sailor to sail around the world, which he did in the Saoirse, a ship he designed himself
Ian Fleming: 'Diamonds are Forever', London, Jonathan Cape, 1956, 1st edition, original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, silver diamond motif to front cover, dust wrapper (by Pat Marriott, 12s 6d price intact). First edition, first printing of the fourth James Bond novel, adapted into the 1971 film starring Sean Connery
Ernest Hemingway: 'Men Without Women', New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927, 1st edition, 1st issue, Scribner's seal verso of title page, page number '3' in perfect type at foot of p.3, and on heavier stock paper weighing approx. 16 ounces (2nd issue copies have an imperfect '3' at foot of p.3 and weigh less than 14 ounces), original black cloth, printed paper labels to spine and front cover (label to spine slightly worn), two-tone gold endpapers with charging bull design, facsimile dust wrapper. Hemingway's collection of 14 short stories, four being previously unpublished, including the first appearance in book form of "The Killers," the Hemingway classic that has been made into 4 films.
Arthur C. Clarke: 'A Fall of Moondust', London, Gollancz, 1961, 1st edition, ex library, original cloth, dust wrapper, Jules Verne: 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea', London, Ward Lock, c.1902, 2 black & white plates by Henry Austin as called for (of Nautilus submarine and shark attacking divers), parts I & II complete, 146;185pp + [6]pp catalogue of ads at rear, original pictorial cloth gilt, Evelyn Waugh: 'Black Mischief', L, Chapman & Hall, 1932, 1st edition, original cloth gilt (worn); plus 3 other assorted first editions (6)
Four signed crime fiction first editions, comprising P.D. James: 'A Certain Justice', L, Faber & Faber, 1997, 1st edition, signed on title page, Colin Dexter, 3 titles: 'The Jewel That Was Ours', L, Macmillan, 1991, signed on title page, 'Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories', L, Macmillan, 1993, signed & inscribed on title page, 'The Daughters of Cain', L, Macmillan, 1994, signed on title page, plus Sebastian Faulks (writing as Ian Fleming): 'Devil May Care', L, Penguin, 2008, 1st edition, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers (5)
Bernard Malamud: 'The Natural', New York, Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1952, 1st edition, (stated first edition verso of title page), original publisher's blue cloth gilt, publisher's compliment slip loosely inserted, pictorial dust wrapper ($3.00 price to inside front flap intact). The author's first novel, widely considered as one of the greatest baseball narratives of all time, basis for the acclaimed 1984 film of the same name directed by Barry Levinson, and starring Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall and Kim Basinger.
A collection of 41 assorted mid 20th Century novels, all original cloth, all but one in dust wrappers, some former copies of David Higham (1895-1978), literary agent, with his ownership signatures on FFEP, including Hugh McGraw: 'The White Cat', L, Arthur Barker, 1950, 1st edition, pencil ownership sig. David Higham FFEP (d/w worn), Ralph Arnold, 2 titles: 'Fish and Company', 1951, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Skeletons and Cupboards', 1952, 1st edition, orig. cloth, Josephine Tey: 'To Love and Be Wise', L, Peter Davies, 1953 reprint, orig. cloth, d/w, Angus Wilson: 'The Wrong Set', 1949, 1st, orig. cloth, d/w, Edward Atiyah, 2 titles: 'Donkey from the Mountains', L, Hale, 1961, 1st Uk edition, 'The Eagle Flies from England;, L, Hale, 1960, 1st Uk edition, "David Higham's File Copy" stated in pencil on FFEP, both original cloth, both in pictorial dust wrappers by Val Biro, Bruce Marshall, 10 first editions in dust wrappers, including 'The Red Danube', Constable, 1947, 'The Fair Bride', Constable, 1953, 'Girl in May', Constable, 1956, etc, William Mayne, 10 first editions in dust wrappers, including 'On the Stepping Stones', 1963, 'Plot Night, 1963, 'The Member for the Marsh', 1956, 'The Changeling', 1961, etc, plus others Nigel Balchin (2), Noel Langley (2), Constantine Fitz Gibbon (3), Harold Acton, Jonathan Burke etc (41)
James Kennaway, 3 titles, all first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Tunes of Glory', New York, Harper & Brothers, 1956, 1st US edition, (with correct C-G code on the copyright page), signed & inscribed on FFEP "To Talbot, with love from James (Kennaway)", original cloth, dust wrapper (with $3.00 price to inside front flap intact). Basis of the 1960 British drama film of the same name directed by Ronald Neame, 'Household Ghosts', L, Longmans, 1961, 1st edition, 'Silence', L, Cape, 1972, 1st edition (3)
Thea von Harbou: 'Metropolis', London, Reader's Library, September 1927, 1st edition, 4th printing, 250pp, small 8vo, original publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettered and decorated. Verso of title page states that the first edition, first print run was 100,000 copies in February 1927, followed by three print runs of 50,000 copies each in March, May and September 1927 respectively, this being a September 1927 4th printing copy. Landmark Science-Fiction and Fantasy story set in 2026 in a technologically advanced city, sustained by the existence of an underground society of labourers. Written in conjunction with the film directed by Von Harbou's husband Fritz Lang; together with Robert Hugh Benson: 'The Necromancers', L, Hutchinson, [nd], c.1909, original cloth gilt (2)
Rembrandt van Rijn; Edme Francois Gersaint: 'Catalogue raisonné de toutes les pieces qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt...avec les augmentations nécessaires, par les sieurs Helle & Glomy.', Paris, Chez Hochereau, 1751, 1st edition, engraved portrait frontis of Rembrandt-Van-Rhein by Jean-Baptiste Glomy as called for, second part with separate printed title page 'Supplement au catalogue raisonné de ... Rembrandt.', by Pierre Yver, Amsterdam, Pierre Yver, 1756, first part xxxii,326pp., second part viii,187,[11]pp. + errata leaf, the copy of George Fairholme of Greenknowe (1789-1846), Geologist, land owner, banker, traveller and naturalist, with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown, and copious manuscript pen & ink notes to text and margins throughout, stating sizes and various remarks about the works "Mr B. has an impression of this , great part of which is unfinished, the figures at bottom of angels being only traced out" (No.43 L'Annonciation aux Bergers) "another landscape, on the right are houses, particularly a large one with a turret, surrounded by trees, a river runs through in the foreground on the left...and in the background a view of Amsterdam with windmills...in the middle are two small figures on horseback, one of which seems pointing at the prospect. It has neither name nor date, and is one of those that he washed in Indian Ink - it is extremely scarce, as I never saw another - J.B.", 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, morocco gilt label to spine, together with John Evelyn: 'culptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving...To which is now added, A chronological and historical series of the painters from the eleventh century. Extracted from Baldinucci, Florent Le Compte, Fairthorne, the Abecedario pittorico, and others authors. With copper-plates.', L, J. Marks, 1770, 4th edition, 10 engraved plates as called for, xi,264pp., contemporary calf, morocco gilt label to spine, armorial book plate of George Fairholme of Greenknowe. His father, William Fairholme (mother Elizabeth) made his living from banking and was a serious art collector. Nothing is known of George's childhood years and there is no record of his attending any university. But he was probably tutored at home and self-taught in keeping with his family’s wealthy financial situation. In 1800 an uncle bequeathed to him the Greenknowe estate (5000 plus acres) near Gordon, Berwickshire. Like many in his day he used his wealth to pursue his study of geology both in Britain and in Europe. On 15 November 1818 he married Caroline Forbes, who was the eldest daughter of the eighteenth Lord Forbes and granddaughter of the sixth Duke of Atholl. They lived in Perth; Greenknowe; Berne, Switzerland; Brussels; Ramsgate, Kent; and many other locations in Europe. They had five children, William, James (a naval officer lost on the Franklin Expedition), George, Charles and Elizabeth Marjory. George died in November 1846 in Royal Leamington Spa, willing homes, paintings and nearly 3000 pounds to each child. From the estate of George Fairholme, provenance by descent (2)
Charles Darwin: 'On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects', London, John Murray, 1862, 1st edition, later issue, publisher's two 16pp catalogues of adverts at end both dated September 1871, 34 woodcut illustrations (of which 1 folding) as called for, vi,365,[1]pp + two 16pp catalogues of adverts at end, original blindstamped plum cloth gilt (worn, inner joints split, top board and backstrip detached from text block), front cover with gilt orchid design. Less than 2,000 copies of the first issue of the first edition were printed, these with adverts dated December 1861 and in ribbed cloth. Later issues of the first edition with adverts dated April 1868 and September 1871 also seemingly very scarce and printed from the same sheets, preceding the 1877 2nd edition. The first work by Darwin after his groundbreaking Origin of Species. This one complimenting his "evolutionary theory".
(William Wilberforce, Abolition of Slavery.) Thomas Scott: 'Letters and papers of the late Rev. Thomas Scott', London, L.B. Seeley & Son, 1824, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by William Wilberforce on verso fo front free end paper "To the Revd. .. Richards, a Testimony of the cordial Esteem & Regard of his sincere friend W. Wilberforce Bath Octr. 24th 1824", engraved portrait frontispiece of Reverend Thomas Scott, xix, 515pp, contemporary calf gilt, housed in modern cloth slipcase. William Wilberforce (1759-1833), abolitionist and philanthropist, was born to a family of merchants, was first educated at Hull Grammar School under the evangelical Anglican minister Joseph Milner, and after the death of his father aged 9 was reared by an evangelical aunt and uncle in London. Through their influence, he came to faith at the age of 12. In this home he came into contact with such men as George Whitefield, the great evangelist, and John Newton, who had converted from a life of a slave trade, and ultimately penned the hymn Amazing Grace. Wilberforce's mother and other close family friends were alarmed at young William's religious "enthusiasm" and sought to reverse this course. By the time he arrived at St. John's College at Cambridge in 1776, his evangelicalism was well behind him, and he was as worldly as any of his friends, and vastly popular, displaying the charisma of a natural leader. In 1784, while respected as one of Parliament's leading debaters, Wilberforce embarked upon a European tour with Isaac Milner, an Anglican clergyman, who was known as a brilliant Cambridge scientist and mathematician. Unaware of Milner's evangelical convictions, Wilberforce was surprised to find that someone whom he could respect intellectually could also embrace a Christian worldview. Milner influenced Wilberforce greatly, by the end of two European trips, the politician was convicted of his sin. He acknowledged "a sense of my great sinfulness in having so long neglected the unspeakable mercies of my God and Savior." At this time, Wilberforce sought counsel from John Newton, by then the leading Anglican evangelical in London, and by October 1785 the 'great change' became complete. For a time Wilberforce thought about a call to ministry and retiring from public life, but Newton and Pitt urged him to stay in Parliament and serve Christ there. After a long period of self-questioning and prayer, Wilberforce reached his famous conclusion that "God had set before me two objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners" [i.e. morality]. While due in part to the influence of Newton, a former slave trader, Wilberforce's embracing of the anti-slavery cause was from the direct effect of embracing the Christian worldview. But this was not a popular cause. Wilberforce was the target of tirades, assassination threats, slander, the wrath iof Admiral Nelson, and was on one occasion even beaten on the street by an irate sea-captain. Despite threats to his life, he put forward a bill in the House of Commons in 1793 advocating gradual abolition, which failed by 8 votes. Promised the support of some Members of Parliament, he found himself abandoned, and despite Wilberforce reintroducing the Abolition Bill almost every year in the 1790s, little progress was made. However, Wilberforce's resolve to end slavery never abated. He was joined in his efforts by like-minded Christian friends known as the “Clapham Sect”. For twenty years they labored to turn public opinion and political leaders against the evils of slavery and the tide began to turn. On the night of February 23, 1807, excitement grew in the House of Commons as his latest motion was debated. Speech after speech spoke in favor of abolition, and his fellow members began to pay tribute to Wilberforce. The climax came when Solicitor General Sir Samuel Romilly contrasted the reception that Napoleon and Wilberforce would receive at the end of a day’s labors: Napoleon would come home in power and pomp, yet tormented by the bloodshed and oppression of war he had caused. “Wilberforce would come home to ‘the bosom of his happy and delighted family,’ able to lie down in peace because he had ‘preserved so many millions of his fellow creatures." The House of Commons rose to its feet, turned to Wilberforce, and began to cheer. They gave three rousing hurrahs while Wilberforce sat with his head bowed and wept.” (Belmonte, Hero for Humanity, p. 148) Then the Commons voted to abolish the slave trade by a vote of 283 to 16. Wilberforce went on to lobby the governments of other nations, including the US, to adopt similar measures, and to assure that the laws were enforced. After stopping the trading of slaves, he devoted himself for the next 25 years to ending the institution of slavery itself. Three days before his death in 1833, he heard that the House of Commons had passed a law emancipating all slaves in the British Empire.Wilberforce’s faith in Jesus Christ changed him from a careless, wealthy young politician to a tireless, compassionate public servant. He developed and used his gifts of leadership and persuasion to champion countless efforts to better society. He was a moral leader who voted against his party when principle required it. His partnership with his Christian brothers and sisters in the Clapham Sect serves as a model for Christians working together to bring about meaningful reform in society. He persisted for decades in the tasks God had called him to, despite illness, physical threats, and enormous opposition.
Virginia Woolf: 'The Death of the Moth', London, Hogarth Press, 1942, 2nd impression, original cloth gilt, Vita Sackville-West, 3 first editions, all published London, Hogarth Pres: 'The Edwardians', 1930, orig. cloth gilt, 'The Dark Island', 1934, orig. cloth, 'Solitude', 1938, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; E.M. Forster: 'Virginia Woolf', C.U.P., June 1942, 2nd printing, Bernard Blackstone: 'Virginia Woolf A Commentary', L, Hogarth Press, 1949, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt; Quentin Bell: 'Virginia Woolf A Biography - Volume Two Mrs Woolf 1912-1941', L, Hogarth Press, 1972, 1st edition, 27 ills. from photographs on 15 full page plates + map end papers as called for, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Raymond Mortimer: 'Channel Packet', L, Hogarth Press, 1942, 1st edition, Freya Stark: 'Perseus in the Wind', L, Murray, 1948, 1st edition, each orig. cloth gilt; plus 2 others Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf (11)
Alfred Bestall/Mary Tourtel, seven various Rupert annuals, comprising 'The New Adventures of Rupert', L, Daily Express, 1936 annual, 4to, original pictorial red cloth, first edition of the first ever Rupert annual, 'Rupert's Adventure Book', L, Daily Express, 1940, original pictorial paper covered boards, later rebacked, Rupert Annuals 1942 (rebacked cloth), 1946 & 1947, each original pictorial wraps, 'The Monster Rupert', L, Sampson Low, 1950, orig. cloth backed pictorial boards, 'More Adventures of Rupert', 1986 facsimile edition of the 1937 annual, the second Rupert annual, original cloth backed pictorial boards, wrap around band (7)
Juvenile Science-Fiction and Fantasy, sixteen titles, including Eric Frank Russell, six 1st editions, all orig. cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Sinister Barrier', Fantasy Press, 1948, 'Deep Space', Fantasy Press, 1954, 'Next of Kin', L, Dobson, 1959, 'Far Stars', L, Dobson, 1961 (d/w laminated), 'Dark Tides', L, Dobson, 1962 (d/w laminated) 'Somewhere a Voice', L, Dobson, 1965 (d/w laminated); Alan E. Nourse: 'The Universe Between', L, Faber, 1966, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Keith Roberts, two "Kaeti" fantasy stories, both first editions, both original cloth, both in dust wrappers: 'Kaeti on Tour', The Sirius Book Company, 1992, limited edition, number 118 of 150 special edition copies signed & numbered by the author, slipcased, with an original 2pp long typed letter signed by Roberts loosely inserted, content re his battle with MS and production of the book, dated December 1993, 'Kaeti & Company', Kerosina Books, 1986, 1st edition, one of 1,000 copies; Alan Garner: 'Boneland', L, 4th Estate, 2012, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 4 "Kemlo" first editions and 1 reprint, all orig. cloth, all in laminated dust wrappers, plus 1 other (16)
Hilary Mantel, a complete set of her works, 1985-2020, 15 volumes, all 1st editions, all signed/with mounted signed pieces, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers and all in collectable condition in unclipped dust wrappers, comprising the Thomas Cromwell trilogy of 'Wolf Hall', London, Fourth Estate, 2009, signed on title page, 'Bring Up the Bodies', L, Fourth Estate, 2012, signed on title page, 'The Mirror & the Light', L, Fourth Estate, 2020, limited signed edition, signed on limitation page, all fine/fine, dust wrappers with prices intact, an excellent signed first edition set of Mantel's acclaimed trilogy of historical novels charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the first two in the series having won the Booker Prize in their respective years, 'Every Day Is Mother's Day', L, Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press, 1985, 1st edition, signed bookplate mounted on half title, 'Vacant Possession', L, Chatto & Windus, 1986, signed on title page, 'Eight Months on Ghazzah Street', L, Viking, 1988, signed on title page, L, Viking, 1989, signed bookplate mounted on title page, 'A Place of Greater Safety', L, Viking, 1992, signed on title page, 'A Change of Climate', L, Viking, 1994, signed on title page, 'An Experiment in Love', L, Viking, 1995, signed & dated 2 March 1995 on title page, 'The Giant, O'Brien', L, Fourth Estate, 1998, signed on title page, 'Giving Up the Ghost', L, Fourth Estate, 2003, signed piece mounted on title page, 'Beyond Black', L, Fourth Estate, 2005, signed on title page, 'The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher and Other Stories', L, Fourth Estate, 2014, 1st edition, signed on title page, 'Mantel Pieces', L, Fourth Estate, 2020, limited signed edition, signed on limitation page. An excellent complete set of signed first editions of Dame Hilary Mantel's works, one of Britain's greatest contemporary novelists (15)
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P. C. Wren [Percival Christopher Wren], 13 UK first editions, two of which with author signed presentation bookplates, being 'Beau Ideal', London, John Murray, 1928, 1st edition, P.C. Wren armorial bookplate signed & inscribed in blue ink by author "Dr J. Rutter-Williamson from his grateful friend P.C. Wren", 'Good Gestes', L, Murray, 1929, 1st edition, bookplate signed & inscribed "Miss V.B. with best good wishes from P.C.", plus 11 other UK first edition PC Wren titles 1926-1941 and a US first edition title by him, all original cloth (14)
Peter Henry Emerson & T.F. Goodall: 'Wild Life on a Tidal Water: 'The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew', London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890, 1st edition, limited edition, number 268 of 500 copies, though Emerson later wrote that only 300 were ever printed, 30 photogravure plates by P.H. Emerson and T.F. Goodall and a large folding plan of Breydon Water as called for, plates all with printed captioned tissue guards complete, xiii,145pp, 4to, recased in the original pictorial blue cloth depicting a river scene blocked in black, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, recent brown leather spine in the style of the original. "The simple record of my impressions and experiences, whilst living with my friend T.F> Goodall on his house-boat on Breydon Water in Norfolk." P.H. Emerson (1856-1936) is regarded as one of the most important influences in Victorian photography. Emerson was the first English photographer to work out a theory of naturalistic photography, his attitude and philosophy having 'a profound effect on the growth of good photography - he was a mainstream man when his colleagues were stagnating in backwaters' (Bill Jay, Album, 1970). A keen naturalist and photographer he records country life in Norfolk in his photographs. Breydon Water at the time was a haven for punt gunners, wildfowlers and bird collectors. Newhall's 'P.H. Emerson: The Fight for Photography as a Fine Art.' and Turner and Wood's 'P.H. Emerson: Photographer of Norfolk.'
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier, 1929-1994.) A collection of correspondence including autograph letters signed, autograph Christmas cards signed, signed & inscribed book, autograph note signed etc., c.1973-1978, to the interior designer Georgina Fairholme (1921-2019.) Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a client of hers in the 1970's when she was operating in the Cultra-Fairholme partnership, and after the dissolution of the partnership when Georgine Fairholme subsequently opened her own firm in New York City. Items include 25 line Autograph Letter Signed, [nd], circa 1973, content re decoration of Onassis’s Manhattan apartment as photographed by Horst P. Horst and featured in the June 1973 issue of Vogue. "Miss Fairholme- When you arrange the library-I'm sure you'll want to make the books a bit neater-all the things I haven't gotten around to yet- In the closet by the bar-underneath- there are some Tanagra figures- They used to look nice among the books- but now I don't think they will...- + the weird little fertility figure was the first thing excavated at Sumer- The bottle encrusted with shells - which now blazes forth from the middle of the bookcase - John made for me- + next to it I put a mushroom I brought back from the jungle around Angkor Wat - so please don't throw it out- And the festering pomander ball that Caroline made- you can hide it - but please don't throw it out either- And under the bar is a piece of black coral I dove very deep for in Yucatan- I guess we'll have to do another room to get all my Collier brother treasures in it- Anyway have fun and move all the furniture you want...thanks so much J. Onassis", on a sheet of lined paper 28 x 21.5cm, loosely inserted in the corresponding issue of Vogue magazine, September 1 1973, Number 11, with the double page colour illustrated feature on her redecorated New York apartment library by Cultra-Fairholme; Autograph Letter Signed, 25 lines plus additional sketch of a room lay out on separate sheet and colour photograph of an Indian bedspread "Dear Miss Fairholm [sic]- I should be back by March 4 - so perhaps we can see each other that week - i'll call you then. I took this polaroid of an Indian bedspread like 2 that are in the living room in Greece...I don't suppose one could find the same - at Azuma - or Sorva the Golden One - If not - at least it gives you an idea of whats there now...I enclose a sketch of the room -not that you need it! + the picture + label from the spread - I can't wait to see the house - it will soon be so pretty...thank you so much sincerely Jacqueline Onassis...", with photograph, sketch, label and original hand written addressed envelope by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; plus similar 11 line ALS, two Autograph Christmas cards signed in red ink "for Dear Georgina with much love at Christmas Jackie", Autograph note Signed "good luck and congratulations dear Georgina! much love Jackie" on blue personal printed card and matching printed envelope "1040 Fifth Avenue New York 10028", together with 'In the Russian Style', edited Jacqueline Onassis, New York, The Viking Press, 1976, 1st softcover edition, signed & inscribed on half title in green ink "For Georgina who does wonders In the Fairholme Style affectionately Jacqueline Onassis December 1976", illustrated throughout, original colour pictorial wraps, with four packets of souvenir views of St. Petersburg, Peterhof Palace, Catherine Palace etc. circa 1960's, plus two A.S. Onassis printed stationery card/envelope sets by Tiffany & Co New York, and two other envelopes. Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier, 1929–1994) was an American socialite, writer, photographer, and book editor who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A popular first lady, she endeared the American public with her devotion to her family, dedication to the historic preservation of the White House, the campaigns she led to preserve and restore historic landmarks and architecture along with her interest in American history, culture and arts. During her lifetime, she was regarded as an international icon for her unique fashion choices, and her work as a cultural ambassador of the United States made her very popular globally. After the assassination and funeral of her husband in 1963, Kennedy and her children largely withdrew from public view. In 1968, she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, which caused controversy. Following Onassis's death in 1975, she had a career as a book editor in New York City, first at Viking Press and then at Doubleday, and worked to restore her public image. Even after her death, she ranks as one of the most popular and recognizable first ladies in American history, and in 1999, she was listed as one of Gallup's Most-Admired Men and Women of the 20th century. She died in 1994 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery alongside John F. Kennedy and the two children who had predeceased them. Georgine Fairholme was born in London, 18 August 1927, and attended St Martin’s School of Art in London. She subsequently worked at interior designer Joy King’s Elizabeth Eaton shop in Belgravia before joining the esteemed London firm Colefax & Fowler in 1964, where she became a protégé of decorator John Fowler, founder of the firm. She re-located to New York to work in the firm’s Manhattan office and later joined Rose Cumming, in whose studio she presumably met the designer Harrison Cultra (1941-1983.) Together they formed the Cultra-Fairholme partnership, clients included Richard H. Jenrette and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis amongst others. Following the dissolution of the partnership, in 1978 she opened her own firm in New York City in a fiercely competitive sector but ran a book with many famous and notable clients including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon as well as Mr. and Mrs. John Hay “Jock” Whitney. In 1986, Architectural Digest called Fairholme the “doyenne of English Country Style.” In addition to designing interiors, she designed furniture, china, fabrics and wall coverings. On retirement she moved to Italy thence for the last 17 years of her life to Lavenham, Suffolk. She died in Bury St Edmunds 27 August 2019 – soon after her 92nd birthday. Provenance by descent
Ted Hughes: 'Collected Animal Poems. The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox', London, Faber & Faber, 1995, 1st collected edition, 4 volumes, volume 1 signed by Ted Hughes on half title, uniform original cloth, dust wrappers, orig. slipcase; together with Seamus Heaney, 2 titles, both first editions in original cloth, dust wrappers: 'Field Work', L, Faber, 1979, 'Opened Ground Poems 1966-1996', L, Faber, 1998 (6)
(Ireland, Architecture), Thomas Ulick Sadleir & Page Lawrence Dickinson: 'Georgian Mansions in Ireland, with Some Account of the Evolution of Georgian Architecture and Decoration', Dublin, Printed for the authors at the Dublin University Press by Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1915, limited edition, No. 405 of 700 copies only, frontis + 80 full plage plates + 20 ills. in text as called for, content/plates include Abbeyleix, Beaulieu, Bessborough, Caledon, Curraghmore, Desart Court, Dowth Hall, Drumcondra House, Furness, Turvey etc. etc., 6 page list of subscribers, foxing/toning to title page and first few leaves, else plates generally clean/VGC, xx,103pp, large 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt. The destruction of Irish country houses, or Big Houses, between 1919 and 1923 saw about 275 houses destroyed. Bessborough House, and Desart Court, County Kilkenny, are two such examples that feature within this book
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(Anatomy, Medecine.) [Jacques Dubois]: 'La pharmacopee: qui est la maniere de bien choisir et preparer les simples, et de bien faire les compositions. Despartie en trois livres / par Jaques Silvius Medecin de Paris. Faite françoise par André Caille docteur medecin.', Lyon, Loys Cloquemin, et Estienne Michel, 1574, first French edition of a pharmacopoeia first published in Latin at Lyon in 1548, publisher's woodcut device on title page, 16 unnumbered pages, 518pp, contemporary calf (worn), spine decorated in gilt. Jacques Dubois (Latinised as Jacobus Sylvius; 1478-1555) was a French Galenist physician and Professor of anatomy. Dubois was the first to describe venous valves, although their function was later discovered by William Harvey. He was the brother of Franciscus Sylvius Ambianus (François Dubois; c. 1483 – 1536), professor of humanities at the Collège de Tournai, Paris. The three "libri" cover collecting simples, preparing simples and preparing compound medicines. Early ownership signatures at front and on title page, including a "J. Roux", some early m/s pen & ink annotations
Andrew Favine: 'The Theatre Honour and Knight-Hood. Or A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the whole Christian World. Containing The Originall of all Monarchies...The First Institution of Armes, Emblazons, Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants of Armes...', London, William Jaggard, 1623, 1st English edition, 2 volumes in 1, 12 leaves of plates depicting various coats of arms, crowns, military orders etc., loss to bottom outer corner of plate 8 (just affecting lower part of engraved illustration), 572;538pp, volume 2 F2 and F10 bound twice, 18 unnumbered pages after pp406 in 2nd part (lacks 6pp), some closed tears and old staining in places, folio, old full calf gilt (worn), spine gilt in compartments, bookplate of John Fenwick of Newcastle upon Tyne, Attorney at Law (b.1787)
James Lees-Milne, 5 titles, all first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'Ancestral Voices', London, Chattow & Windus, 1975, 'Ancient as the Hills Diaries 1973-1974', L, John Murray, 1997, 'Through Wood and Dale Diaries 1975-1978', L, Murray, 1998, 'Beneath a Waning Moon Diaries 1985-1987', L, Murray, 2003, 'The Milk of Paradise Diaries 1993-1997', L, Murray, 2005, together with Stuart N. Clarke (ed.): 'The Essays of Virginia Woolf. Volume 6: 1933 to 1941', L, Hogarth Press, 2011, 3rd impression, orig. cloth, d/w, Philip Larkin: 'Letters to Monica', L, Faber, 2010, 3rd impression, orig. cloth, d/w, 'A Constant Heart - The War Diaries of Maud Russell', edited Emily Russell, L, Dovecote Press, 2017, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w (8)
Modern fiction, six titles, all first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, including Kurt Vonnegut Jr: 'Breakfast of Champions', London, Jonathan Cape, 1973, 1st UK edition, Ian McEwan: 'First Love, Last Rites', L, Cape, 1975, 1st edition, Barbara Pym: 'The Sweet Dove Died', L, Macmillan, 1978, 1st edition, plus others Angela Carter, Graham Swift & Leonard Cohen (6)
Kingsley Amis: 'Lucky Jim', London, Victor Gollancz, 1953, 1st edition, original green cloth gilt. Amis' first and one of his finest novels, Lucky Jim made him one of the leading novelists of his generation. Winner of the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction, the novel follows the academic and romantic tribulations of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctant history lecturer at an unnamed provincial English university. Adapted into a 1957 British comedy film directed by John Boulting and starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Hugh Griffith.
William Macdonald Sinclair (1850-1917), Archdeacon of London, eminent Anglican priest, author, Freemason Grand Chaplain, a collection of 13 titles by him, all gifted by him to Repton School Library and with contemporary corresponding inscriptions by him to first blanks of each book "For Repton School Library with all best wishes from William Sinclair, Archdeacon of London. Chapter House, St. Paul's Cathedral - 23 May, 1902", including 'The Psalms: The Authorised Version in the Original Rhythm', London, Hatchards, 1879, 1st edition, 'The Servant of Christ', L, Elliot Stock, 1892, 'Words to the Laity', L, Nisbet, 1895, 1st edition, 'Simplicity in Christ', L, Constable, 1896, 1st edition, etc etc, uniform contemporary half vellum gilt, leather gilt title labels to spines, top edges gilt, others uncut, Repton School Library bookplates to front pastedowns, these each further inscribed by Sinclair at foot "Presented by Archdeacon Sinclair (O.R.) May 1902 (13)
Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, Duke of Wellington, 13 volumes, including Sir Henry Drummond Wolfe: 'The island empire, or, The Scenes of the first exile of the Emperor Napoleon I : together with a narrative of his residence on the island of Elba: taken from local information, the papers of the British resident, and other authentic sources', London, T. Bosworth, 1855, 2nd edition, hand coloured lithograph portrait frontis of Napoleon I, engraved folding map of Elba & tinted litho plate of Napoleon's residence at Porto Ferrajo as called for, rebound paper covered boards, Edward Fraser: 'Napoleon the Gaoler: personal experiences and adventures of British sailors and soldiers during the great captivity', L, Methuen, 1914, 1st edition, 12 plates/maps as called for, orig. cloth gilt, W.H. Maxwell: 'Life of Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington', London, A.H. Baily, 1839-1841, 1st edition, 3 volumes, 48 engraved plates/maps as called for, uniform old half calf gilt, plus 8 others (13)
Edward Maitland: 'Anna Kingsford Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work', London, George Redway, 1896, 1st edition, 2 volumes, photogravure portrait frontispieces of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland as called for, "with the publishers compliments" inkstamps at head of title pages, uniform original cloth gilt. Anna Kingsford (née Bonus, 1846-1888) was a prominent English Theosophist in the 1880's, best known as the co-author with Edward Maitland of The Perfect Way. She was one of the first women to become a physician in England; mystic and poet; feminist; and avid anti-vivisectionist and vegetarian. She was a prolific writer on the esoteric and the occult, with her long-time friend and collaborator Edward Maitland. (2)
(India, Sikh Wars.) 'The War in India : despatches of Lt.-Gen. Viscount Hardinge, governor-general of India, General Lord Gough, commander-in-chief, Majr.-Gen. Sir Harry Smith, and other documents, comprising the engagements of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, and Sobraon', London, John Ollivier and Ackermann & Co, 1846, 2nd edition, title page & prelims. upto and including pp.2 provided in facsimile, large folding map of India in facsimile, else 7 maps of the battle plan (of which 3 large folding hand coloured in outline) as called for, folding table at end, 193pp, rebound (not recent) half calf gilt. Scarce detailed accounts of the first Anglo-Sikh wars, with the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal and Sobraon.
A collection of fourteen assorted modern first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, including Robert M. Pirsig: 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', New York, William Morrow, 1974, 1st edition, (dust wrapper worn with tape repairs) Salman Rushdie: 'The Moor's Last Sigh', L, Cape, 1995, 1st edition, signed, Laurie Lee: 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning', L, Deutsch, 1969, 1st edition, William Dalrymple: 'In Xanadu', L, Collins, 1989, 1st edition, John Creasey: 'The Blight', L, H & S, 1968, 1st edition, Alan Bennett: 'The History Boys', L, Faber, 2004, 1st edition, Douglas Adams, 2 titles: 'So long, and thanks for all the fish', L, Pan Books, 1984, 1st edition, 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency', L, Heinemann, 1987, 1st edition, Sue Townsend: 'The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole', L, Methuen, 1984, 1st edition, Pip Vaughan-Hughes: 'Relics', L, Orion, 2006, 1st edition, Number 32 of 100 exclusive signed first edition copies only, etc etc (15)
(The Dutch Treat Club), 'The House Organ Supreme: Dutch Treat Year Book 1931', Privately Published by the D.T. MFG. Co. 1931, limited edition, one of 1,000 copies, signed to first blank leaf at front in pencil by Paul Gallico (1897-1976), Paul Bransom (1885-1979), Burns Mantle (1873-1948), John Peter Toohey (1880-1946), Morris Bibby Aleshire (1881-1931) + 6 others, double page illustrated title by Rea Irvin + colour wood engravings and other illustrations throughout by Rea Irvin, Henry Stoner, Burns Mantle, John E. Sheridan, Robert E. Sherwood, Rube Goldberg, Ogden Nash et al, ills. being mainly erotic/female nudes, humour etc., 92,[3]pp, including final section listing the members of the club for 1931 complete with their occupations, addresses and telephone numbers. Original two tone black paper and gold foil covered boards. The Dutch Treat Club is a New York based society of illustrators, writers that first came into being in 1905. Primarily social in nature, the club has had as members such leading literary figures and humorists as Robert Benchley, Rube Goldberg, Robert M. McBride, and Ogden Nash.
Enid Blyton, a collection of twenty Famous Five series children's novels, all published Hodder & Stoughton, all illustrated by Eileen Soper, first edition and early impression copies of all of the first eight books in the series, comprising 'Five on a Treasure Island', August 1942, 1st edition, rebound cloth gilt (cloth worn, internally leaves clean/VGC), together with two other copies of the same title, a September 1942 2nd printing, original pale blue blue cloth (cloth rubbed/worn, mottled as usual, internally no previous owner names etc, some spotting/foxing mainly FFEP), and an October 1942 3rd printing (cloth slightly rubbed/worn, slightly mottled, internally no prev. owner names etc, leaves clean/VGC); 'Five Go Adventuring Again', June 1943, 1st edition, original cloth, plus another copy of the same title, September 1948, 3rd impression, orig. cloth, d/w (neat contemporary gift inscription to FFEP, else internally clean, cloth VGC, dust wrapper VGC or better, clean and bright, minimal edgewear, 6/- price intact); 'Five Run Away Together', August 1944, 1st edition, orig. cloth (slightly bumped/worn), plus 3 other copies of the same title, being an April 1948 2nd printing and two August 1949 3rd printings, these all original cloth, all in dust wrappers; 'Five Go To Smuggler's Top', July 1945, 1st edition, original cloth, plus another July 1945 1st edition copy of the same title in original cloth, an April 1948 2nd impression copy, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (laminated), and an October 1948 3rd impression copy, original cloth, dust wrapper; 'Five Go Off in a Caravan', November 1946, 1st edition, original cloth (generally clean/VGC copy), together with a September 1948 2nd impression copy of the same title, original cloth, dust wrapper (generally VGC/VGC or better); 'Five on Kirrin Island Again', August 1947, 1st edition, original cloth; 'Five Go Off to Camp', August 1948, 1st edition, original cloth (generally VGC copy), together with April 1949 2nd printing copy of the same title, original cloth, dust wrapper (generally VGC/VGC or better), and another April 1949 2nd printing copy, original cloth, dust wrapper (d/w laminated); 'Five Get Into Trouble', October 1949, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (d/w laminated) (20)
Wrey Gardiner, 4 titles, all first editions, all signed & inscribed by Gardiner to Rosalind Windebank (1932-2022), copywriter, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising: 'The Gates of Silence', London, The Grey Walls Press, 1944, signed & inscribed on title "For Rosalind, Should this have been called no silence in Soho. Charles Wrey Gardiner 23.3.55", 'Lament for Strings', L, Grey Walls Press, 1947, signed & inscribed on title page, Wrey Gardiner Autograph Postcard Signed dated 7.9.70 to Rosalind Windebank loosely inserted, plus Autograph Christmas Card 1970 with m/s poetry by Wrey Gardiner, m/s invitation letter to Rosalind Windebank for Charles Wrey Gardiner memorial 1981, etc, 'The Flowering Moment', Grey Walls Press, 1949, signed & inscribed on dedication page, 'Poems 1948-1954', Tunbridge Wells, Peter Russell, 1955, 1st edition, limited edition (350), signed & inscribed on title page, plus 'Poems', Privately Printed for the Enitharmon Press, 1980, ltd. edn. (51/100), numbered, orig. wraps (5)
Alexander Trocchi: 'Cain's Book', London, John Calder, 1963, 1st UK edition, signed and inscribed on FFEP, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (25s price intact). Controversial novel about heroin addiction by the Scottish beat writer Alexander Trocchi. A roman à clef, it details the life of Joe Necchi, a heroin addict and writer, who is living and working on a scow (cargo boat) on the Hudson River in New York. The book alternates between Necchi/Trocchi's attempts to score and flashbacks to his experiences as a child in Glasgow, and later as a young man in London and Paris. It is also an account of what it means to be a junky and an outsider from society. It describes with an eye for detail the rituals of heroin, the cooking up and the search for a suitable vein, in a visceral way that surpasses even William Burroughs. In April 1964 the UK edition went to trial for obscenity, with six defense witnesses testifying to its literary value. The case is notable in that the court's judgement was the first in the UK to condemn a book for obscenity not for sexual content but for "the lifestyle it advocated." In response to the unfavorable verdict Trocchi held a public burning of his book, with fireworks. In the 1950's Trocchi was a prominent member of the avant garde Paris literary scene, establishing the influential and now highly collectible Merlin magazine, which ran for five years and 11 issues, publishing many of the last great names of Modernism. 'Cain's Book' was his last great work, after which Trocchi lost his powers of productivity and lived the life of a refractory addict. John Calder, the publisher of Cain's Book wrote, "he is … a lost writer … lost because of heroin. I've known many drug addicts, [and] I've known nobody who was able to cope with it as well as Trocchi, but it killed his talent..."
The first in a series of exclusive SCS member Annual Edition Ornaments, was only available to SCS members during 2009, and was strictly limited to one per member. This SCS Ornament is created in faceted Golden Shadow crystal. The year of issue is stamped on the silver-tone metal tag, and the light brown satin ribbon allows for easy hanging on the tree or an ornament display. Swarovski etched backstamp. Includes original box: 6.5"L x 1.25"W x 6.5"H. Artist: Elke KumaDimensions: 3"L x 0.5"W x 3.5"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
The LED illuminated display stand for Harmony, the first edition of the Wonders of the Sea Trilogy. The 3 LED illuminated display stands and the power supply for the 2005-2007 Wonder of the Seas Annual Editions Harmony, Eternity and Community. The power supply for the LED illuminated display stands. Please note that this is the US/Canada version. Largest box measures 7"L x 6"W x 2.25"H. Issued: 2005Manufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
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