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Gothic novel.- [Walpole (Horace)] The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story, second edition, light marginal to title and final leaf, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, 8vo, Printed for William Bathoe and Thomas Lownds, 1765.*** A very good copy of the second edition, published in the same year as the first edition, of the first major gothic novel, and one which influenced much of the genre.Provenance: Mary Hamilton (ink inscription on title).

Voyages.- Anson (George).- Pascoe (Thomas) A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, and round the Globe, first edition, presentation copy, list of subscribers, 5pp. manuscript index at beginning and inscription on front free endpaper, T4 torn just into text block but not affecting legibility, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Hill p.291; Sabin 95437], 8vo, Printed, and Sold by S. Birt...J. Newbery...J. Collyer, 1745.*** A scarce account of the Anson expedition, preceding the official account by three years. The inscription on front endpaper reads: "Given by the author, who lives at Mevagissey, & holds an Estate upon Lives of my Mannor of Galouras in the parish of Gurran, Cornwall. Sept. 1755."

More (Sir Thomas, Saint) The Workes, first edition in English of the complete works, largely printed in black letter, title within fine woodcut border incorporating Royal arms at head, woodcut initials, without leaf chi1 often inserted between 2C5 and 2C6, lacking blank leaf [par]10 and final blank, title little browned and soiled with a few wormholes (no loss to text or border), single wormhole within text of first c.18 leaves, 2[par]2 lower corner repaired with loss to letter of catchword, a few ff. with tears neatly repaired (fg5, 2i3, 2k7 & I7 affecting text or with loss to few letters), B4, X8 & 2R3 with tiny [rust-]hole within text, a few small marginal chips, occasional passage-marking and a few annotations in an early hand, some light browning, the occasional stain or light soiling, final few Sig. damp-stained at head, still overall a very good copy, modern antique style calf, spine in compartments, one lettered in gilt, a few minor scuff marks, [STC 18076; Pforzheimer 743], folio (277 x 185mm.), John Cawood, John Waly, and Richarde Tottell, 1557. *** The important first English edition of the complete works of "the man for all seasons", edited by his nephew William Rastell, arranged in chronological order and with marginal notes and a dedication to Queen Mary. It is also a source-book for Shakespeare's Richard III. "Given the conditions that More faced in the Tower of London during his last year it is all the more remarkable that he continued his writings. Towards the end, when paper and pen had been taken from him, he still managed to write letters in charcoal to the family. His Treatise on the Passion and the Latin version, Exposito passionis, give a vivid account of Christ's last hours before his death on the Cross, and his Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation is sometimes regarded as his finest work in English" (Keith Watson, Sir Thomas More). Provenance: Thomas Kery (contemporary ownership inscriptions to title and verso of final f.).

Wine.- Spain.- Rojas Clemente y Rubio (Simón de) Essai sur les variétés de la vigne qui végètent en Andalousie, translated by the Marquis de Caumels, first edition in French, second issue (with full name of translator and dedication to Duc d'Angoulême to title), half-title, folding engraved plate printed in colours, 6 letterpress tables on 4 folding sheets, spotting and staining, some light browning, contemporary brown morocco-backed green glazed boards, spine richly gilt, boards stained, rubbed, [Oberlé Bachique 127; Oberlé Fastes 958; Simon BG 352; Simon Vinaria p. 263; Pritzel 7739], 8vo, Paris, Poulet, 1814.  *** The Hroar Dege copy of the scarce first French edition of this work on the vine varieties and viticulture of Andalusia, Spain. The author was librarian of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Madrid. He references classical authors, including Crescentius, Cato, Varro and Columella.Provenance: Hroar Dege (1920-2003), Norwegian restauranteur, writer on food and wine and book collector (sold Sotheby’s, 9th June 2005, lot 522). 

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, first issue with 'Miss Violent Hunter' in the last sentence on p.317 and without name to street sign on upper cover, lightly foxed, heavier to first few pages, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., extremities a little bumped and rubbed, light toning to spine with ends creased and a little chipped, but still a very sharp and excellent example overall, [Green & Gibson A10a], 8vo, 1892. *** The first collection of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes stories. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone of Detective Fiction. 

Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, "Parlour Library, vol. CXLIV", half-title, title within ruled border, Thomas Hodgson, [1856], bound after Sala (George Augustus) Twice Round the Clock, 1863, together 2 works in 1, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, contemporary drab cloth, spine sunned and ends lightly bumped, 8vo.*** A scarce edition. Launched in 1847, the Parlour Library was the first successful series of fiction reprints; aiming to provide cheaper more accessible editions, they were originally bound in paper covers and have been deemed the forerunners of the modern paperback.

*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Johnson (Captain Charles, pseud.) A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates..., first edition, first issue, 3 engraved plates, one folding, I3 slightly trimmed at margin, O4 missigned as O3, front free endpaper torn away, some very occasional spotting, a few small marginal tears, contemporary calf, stamped in gilt and blind, rubbed, spine gilt in compartments, morocco spine label, [Sabin 36287], 8vo, Rivington, 1724.*** The rare first edition of this foundational work in pirate mythology: wooden legs, eye patches and the Jolly Roger all make their first appearance here. Biographies of some of the most famous pirates such as Blackbeard, Calico Jack, and Bartholomew Roberts are included, as well as two female pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Some have attributed the authorship to Daniel Defoe.Sabin notes that the work "embodies many items relating to the Colonial history of British America, nowhere else extant, as the Adventures of Blackbeard, and his Capture by Lieut. Maynard in the James River..."Provenance: ink ownership inscription of "B.R. Barneby".

Farriery & household.- Montague (Peregrine) The Family Pocket-book: or, Fountain of true and useful knowledge. Containing the Farrier's Guide; or, the horse dissected..., first edition, a few woodcut illustrations, including ‘A Summer-House in the Chinese Taste’, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, without frontispiece (see note), D2 narrow piece from lower margin, affecting catchword, spotted / foxed and stained, browned (as often, but still a solid copy), 20th century blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments and with ?earlier double light brown leather labels, corners little worn, rubbed, [Maclean p.102 (erroneously dating it to c.1768); British Bee Books 105], 8vo, Printed by Henry Coote, and sold by George Paul, Bookseller near Gray’s-Inn-gate, Holborn, [c.1760].  *** Rare at auction (we can trace only two copies since 2005, one with a frontispiece and one without). With much on the horse, and including the breeding of game-cocks, the kitchen garden, cooking, pickling, preserving, bees, growing a tea tree, and printing on silk. Opinion seems to differ as to whether a frontispiece is called for in this first edition. Provenance: Cooks Books, T & M. McKirdy (small book label to foot of rear inner cover and their catalogue entry for a copy of the work loosely inserted (without a frontispiece)).  

Ariosto (Lodovico) Roland Furieux, first edition in French, collation: *6 a-z6 A-R6 S4, lacking blank leaf *6, title (?supplied) within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut historiated initials, crushed brown morocco by Chambolle-Duru with Baron Seillier's arms ("Bibliotheque de Mello") on covers, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., a very good, clean copy, folio (295 x 187mm.), Lyon, Sulpice Sabon, for Jehan Thell, 1544.*** The first French translation of Orlando Furioso, likely the work of at least three translators: Jean des Gouttes, Charles Fontaine and Denis Sauvage. Scarce in commerce. 

Sidney (Sir Philip, translator).- Mornay (Phillippe de) A Woorke concerning the trewnesse of the Christian Religion...Against Atheists, Epicures, Paynims, Jewes, Mahumetists, and other Infidels, translated by Sir Philip Sidney and Arthur Golding, first edition, Sir Philip Sidney's first published work, mostly black letter, title within woodcut historiated border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary ink notes to verso of title and occasional marginalia (this partly trimmed by the binder), title with obliterated ink inscription and repairs without loss, *3&4 working loose, I2 tear / small hole within text, with loss, L1 very small burn hole within text, with minor loss, 2C1 short tear / very small hole at foot, with loss of a few letters recto & verso, 2H6 hole mostly in inner margin, but affecting a few letters, final f. with a few small worm holes within text, trimmed, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, black library buckram, spine gilt, [STC 18149], 4to in 8s, [By George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, dwelling at the great North-doore of S.Paules Church at the signe of the Byble], 1587.  *** Rare copy at auction of the first edition of Sir Philip Sidney's first published work. Here with evidence of contemporary study. Sidney began the translation before his fatal expedition to fight against the Spanish in the Low Countries.Provenance: Obliterated ink ownership inscription dated 1592 to title; Rev. Aubrey Townsend, part of the Tottenham Library, presented by him to the City of Bath Library (engraved bookplates and modern Bath Library bookplate to front endpapers). 

Hunt (Leigh) Foliage; or Poems Original and Translated, first edition, attractively bound in dark blue-green morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, covers filled with a semé of small & smaller flowers in gilt & onlaid red calf in alternating lines within single gilt fillet border, spine titled in gilt and filled with similar gilt floral decoration, olive green silk moiré doublures and flyleaves edged in wavy gilt border, turn-ins with intricate leafy tendrils in gilt, signed at foot of front turn-in and with exhibition stamp in gilt to foot of rear doublure, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in old brown roan box with pull-off top (rather rubbed and scuffed), 8vo (c.175 x 110mm.), C. & J.Ollier, 1818.

Dickens (Charles) Sketches by "Boz": Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. The Second Series. Complete in One Volume, first edition, first issue without list of illustrations on p.viii, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 8 plates by Cruikshank, 20pp. publisher's advertisements at end, yellow-coated endpapers, some light offsetting, original blind-stamped rose pink speckled cloth, spine decorated in blind and lettered in gilt, covers slightly rubbed and soiled, spine sunned and ends bumped, upper joint slightly cracked but holding firm, leaves uncut, preserved in modern custom chemise and crimson morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, John Macrone, 1837. *** This, Charles Dickens' first published book, proved popular with four issues of the First Series being swiftly printed; however, the publisher's profits were ten times greater than those of Dickens. Therefore, with the publication of the Pickwick Papers proving a great success and Oliver Twist starting to appear in Bentley's Miscellany, Dickens realised he could do better with an alternative publisher. Backed by Chapman & Hall, he negotiated outright purchase of the copyright of Sketches by "Boz" leading to the publication in 1837 of this Second Series.Provenance: bookplate of George Barr McCutcheon; American Art Association, "First Editions of the Renowned Collection of George Barr McCutcheon Sale", 21st April 1925, lot 28.

Chandler (Raymond) Farewell, My Lovely, first edition, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, split running down lower joint from head with closed tear across spine, 4½ in. tear along lower flap joint continuing slightly into panel, few nicks to edges and spine tail, 8vo, [Bruccoli A2], New York, 1940.

Chatterton (Thomas).- [Croft (Sir Herbert)] Love and Madness. A Story too True. In a Series of Letters, first edition, errata to verso of title, ink ownership inscription to head of title, very occasional light spotting, some leaves slightly trimmed, slightly rubbed, G. Kearsly, 1780 § Chatterton (Thomas) Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others, in the Fifteenth Century, fifth edition, edited by Lancelot Sharpe, additional engraved vignette title, engraved facsimile plate to face p.197, B. Flower, 1794, later half calf, 8vo (2) *** The scarce first edition of Croft's novel based on the murder of Martha Reay, an opera singer and mistress of Lord Sandwich, who was shot by a jealous lover James Hackman at Covent Garden in 1779. Much of the work concerns literary forgeries particularly those of Thomas Chatterton in his adoption of the Thomas Rowley persona. Croft had fraudulently obtained letters relating to Chatterton from the poet's sister and was subsequently exposed by Robert Southey.Complimented by a contemporary edition of Chatterton's Rowley Poems, containing the first printing of Coleridge's Monody on the Death of Chatterton, only the poet's second appearance in print.

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, spine gilt, very minor fading and rubbing to spine tips, two very small nicks to lower edge of upper cover, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, spine browned, horizontal tear across spine head and slightly down lower joint, not affecting title, tape marks on upper head joints, rubbing along joints, chips to extremities with thin strips of fading, upper edge nicked with some light fraying, housed in custom-made morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1945. *** A true rarity - a signed first trade edition of Waugh's most enduring novel. In 1944, six months before the official publication, Waugh issued a pre-publication edition of the novel in a run of 50 copies. These were printed and specially-bound specifically to distribute amongst friends for Christmas - and to solicit any revisions. Several changes were made as a result of his friends' comments, including suggested alterations by Fr. Martin D’Arcy, Cyril Connolly, and Nancy Mitford. A letter from Graham Greene – Waugh’s friend and recipient of one of the 50 copies – had indicated that Waugh may have only inscribed 19 of the 50 copies (Jeffrey Young Collection, Sotheby's London, 14 December 1992, lot 182). It is because of the specially issued limited edition that so few copies of the first trade edition exist which are signed.  

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19, early issues, engraved portrait of Dickens by Finden after Maclise and 39 etched plates by H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), "latter" for "letter" on p.160 of part 5 (first state), those plates in first two parts without imprints, plate 29 with the uncommon short title, loosely inserted in part 4 is an original coloured pencil drawing by Browne, heightened in crayon, of the illustration "Newman Noggs Leaves the Ladies in the Empty House", lacking the inserted advertisements in part 1, the Mechi catalogue and most of the "Advertiser" in part 2, the scarce Amesbury advertisement in part 3, the Medical Casket in part 16, and the Valentine Vox advertisements in part 19/20, 4 of 5 specimen seals removed from rare "Hill's Wafers" advertisement in part 19/20, all other advertisements present, some browning to plates as usual, a few leaves loose, original blue-green printed wrappers, one spine neatly rebacked, some others slightly worn, preserved in two modern custom chemises and handsome crimson morocco slip-cases with pull-off tops, ends slightly bumped, 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1838-9. *** Dickens' third novel as it originally appeared in serial form. ""Dickens was under pressure all through 1838 with the [...] double monthly tasks [...] of Oliver [Twist] and Nickleby." His biographer John Forster said later that he never knew him work so much after dinner or such late hours. There was extra urgency because he had promised to complete Oliver for publication in book form [...] months before the series publication was to end" (Tomalin). Provenance: Anderson Galleries, Sale of the Library of Mr Edwin W. Coggeshall of New York, 25th April 1916, lot 99.

China.- The Shop Signs of Peking, one of 100 unnumbered copies, preface by H.K. Fung, 101 fine hand-coloured illustrations on 18 leaves, text in English and Chinese, loosely inserted article on 'Shanghai Pawnshops' from the Peking Chronicle 12th January 1933, and another titled 'The First parliament of Bombay Bay in High Debate' reprinted from Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Dublin 1786, in an edition of 100 copies, 1987, original cloth-backed patterned paper boards with silk corners and paper label on upper cover, fastened with cord in oriental style, extremities a little rubbed, a few small patches of discolouration to upper cover, oblong folio, Beijing, Chinese Painting Association of Peking, 1931. *** These finely coloured illustrations depict the diverse range of signs used in Beijing to represent different types of shops, including pawn shops, apothecaries, bakers, goldsmiths and public baths, among others. Fung notes that, 'eventually', with increasing levels of literacy, 'they will become nothing but relics of the ancient Chinese Customs'.

Lamb (Charles [and Mary]) Tales From Shakespear Designed for the Use of Young Persons, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with printer's imprint to the foot of vol. 1 p. 236, and the address "Hanway Street" in vol. 2 advertisements, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates after William Mulready, 3pp. advertisements at end of vol. 2, light occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary half calf, double morocco spine labels, rubbed, joints worn, preserved in modern custom chemises and modern half calf drop-back box, 12mo, Thomas Hodgkins, at The Juvenile Library, 1807. *** The rare first issue of what was the first attempt to make Shakespeare accessible to a young audience, commissioned by William Godwin's children's publishing house. Mary Lamb (1764-1847), whose name was omitted from the earliest editions, contributed the majority of the stories, while Charles worked on the six tragedies. The plates were designed by William Mulready, and are often said to have been engraved by William Blake. Provenance: "Charlotte Allen" (ink signatures to titles, dated 1809).

Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, first printing, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, very small patch of fading to spine ends where jacket is chipped, otherwise fine cloth, dust-jacket, light strips of fading across extremities, 2" portion of loss to lower panel affecting text, few nicks, chips, and tears along edges and joints, light marking to lower panel, 8vo, 1958. *** The first of Michael Bond's Paddington books in which he created his much beloved marmalade-adoring eponymous bear. Increasingly rare in the jacket, particularly not price-clipped.

Sales (George) The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, first edition, title in red and black, three engraved genealogical tables, folding engraved map of Arabia, and folding engraved plate with plan of Mecca, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers a little scuffed, 4to, C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734.*** First edition of the second and most authoritative English version of the Koran; Sale's translation was the first directly from Arabic to English, and is credited with introducing the West to the Koran. Provenance: Francis Enys of Truro, Cornwall [early engraved bookplate].

Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems, first edition, half-title, 4 advertisement leaves at end, beautiful copy in red morocco, gilt, by Riviere, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, 12mo, Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1820.*** A fine copy of what is "now recognised as among the most important works of English poetry ever published" (ODNB). This is the third and final volume of poetry published in Keats's lifetime. By the time the volume appeared in early July of 1820, Keats was already gravely ill with the consumption that had killed his mother and brother and from which he died in Rome in February 1821. This collection, as well as the poems mentioned in the title, also includes the celebrated sequence of Odes ("To a Nightingale", "On a Grecian Urn", "To Psyche", and "On Melancholy").Provenance: Thomas Gaisford (bookplate).

Marine life.- Rumpf (Georg Eberhard) Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum, engraved portrait of the author and elaborate additional title, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 3 engraved head-pieces and one tail-piece, 60 engraved plates, some very small scattered ink stains to portrait, mostly marginal, additional title with very short closed tear to lower margin, plate 60 with small stain just within platemark, some light browning, plates with occasional light marginal spotting or minor soiling, but overall good, some foxing to text, modern calf-backed boards, spine label little chipped, extremities lightly rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 3520], folio, Leiden, Peter van der Aa, 1711. *** A first edition in Latin of Rumpf's landmark work on marine life in the Moluccan Archipelago of Indonesia, first published in Dutch in 1705. The plates include shells, sea urchins, crabs and lobsters etc.

America.- Josselyn (John) New Englands Rarities Discovered: in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that Country, second edition, initial and final blank leaves present, folding woodcut plate and woodcut illustrations, small repair to title without loss of text, occasional light browning, modern blind-stamped calf, [Wing J1094; Sabin 36674 for first edition, this edition not cited], 8vo, Printed for C. Widdowes, 1675.*** An excellent copy of a rare work which first appeared in 1672. This second 'Addition' as it is called on the title-page, is only located by USTC at Yale's Beinecke Library and the John Carter Brown Library and seemingly has no auction appearance for over 100 years.Josselyn's work is "the earliest work on the natural history and Indian remedies of New England" (Vail), much of it forming a description of herbal remedies among the Indians. The work also includes a brief chronological history of New England from Columbus's arrival in America, the founding of colonies in Virginia (1606), Massachusets (1628), Connecticut (1636), New-Haven (1638, also the year of a "terrible Earth quake throughout the Country") and such events as "The whole Bible Printed in the Indian Language finished" (1664). Additionally, the 'Description of an Indian Squa' with an accompanying poem, praising black beauty above white, occurs on pp. 99-102.

Typography.- Simon (Oliver) and Stanley Morison, editors. The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography, 7 vol. [a complete set], vol.2-6 deluxe limited editions on hand-made paper (110-160 copies) and containing additional material, specimens, plates and illustrations, some folding, some printed in colours, a few tipped in, vol.1 with ink inscription "T.Balston Apr. 1923", traces of bookplate to front pastedown of vol.7, vol.1 original cloth-backed boards, the rest original cloth, vol.2-6 uncut, vol.7 with dust-jacket (a little rubbed & soiled, small tears to edges), a good set, 4to, London, Cambridge & New York, 1923-30.*** One of the most important typographical periodicals of the 20th century. Oliver Simon edited the first four volumes, Stanley Morison the last three. The deluxe edition of vol.6 contains a wood-engraving by Eric Ravilious and 2 copper engravings by David Jones, one signed by him in pencil.Thomas Balston (1883-1967), publisher and writer on English book production and illustration, particularly papermaking due to his family connections with 18th century papermakers.

America.- Early travel guide.- Boyle (Robert) General Heads for the Natural History of a Country, Great or Small; Drawn out for the Use of Travellers and Navigators, first edition, final advertisement leaf, contemporary panelled calf, flower tool at corners, expertly rebacked preserving original backstrip, little rubbed, a very good copy, [Wing B3980; Sabin 7139; Fulton 195], 12mo, John Taylor...and S. Holford, 1692. *** "There are many amusing tales which Boyle and his editor had apparently received from navigators. Pages 102-6, for example, are headed 'Enquiries for Virginia and Bermudas' in which he asks for a 'particular Account of the [well known] Spider in the Bermudas, said to be Large and Beautiful for its Colours [&c.]'. He also desires further information concerning the 'Gigantick Natives of Cheasapeak' and the particulars of that sea water 'where ships do soonest rot as in the Streights of California the Sea looks red, with innumerable Worms that are in it'." (Fulton)Provenance: Hon. Robert Shirley (engraved armorial bookplate). 

Byroniana.- Lake (J.W.) A Poetical Tribute to the Memory of Lord Byron, first edition, ex-library with small embossed stamp to half-title and ink reference to foot of title verso, scattered spotting, disbound and loose, Paris, Amyot, 1824 § [Phillips (Willard) and Norton (Andrews)] A Review of the Character and Writings of Lord Byron, first edition in book form, half-title, portrait frontispiece (lightly offset), advertisement f. at end, gutter cracked at points, some light toning and spotting at beginning and end, original drab boards, remains of paper spine label, wear to corners and spine, spine with central vertical split, old glue repair to upper joint, lower joint split but cover holding, [Wise II, p.92], 1826; and others relating to Byron, including printed broadside poem "A Tribute to the Memory of Lord Byron" dedicated to W.F. Webb of Newstead Abbey, 8vo (10) *** The second mentioned first published in the North American Review of October 1825 (v.21, pp. 300-359). 

Campion (Edmund).- Particular declaration or testimony (A), of the undutifull and traiterous affection borne against her Maiestie by Edmond Campion Jesuite, and other condemned Priestes..., first edition, with initial blank leaf and colophon leaf D4, large woodcut of Royal Arms on verso of title, woodcut initials, printed mostly in black letter, initial blank with later ink note to verso, small ink letter to title fore-margin, trimmed close at head, touching one or two headlines and shaving headline to D1, modern cloth, g.e., [Pfrozheimer 125; STC 4536], 8vo (183 x 112mm.), Christopher Barker, 1582. *** "The official statement of her Majesty's government regarding the condemnation of Campion and the other catholics then in the tower" (Pforzheimer). The Jesuit mission to reconvert England to Catholicism had been authorised by Pope Pius V in the wake of his excommunication of Elizabeth in 1570. Provenance: Downside Abbey Library (bookplate; ink-stamps to initial blank and title verso).

Falkner (J. Meade) Moonfleet, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed "Thos. Hardy from the Author 1898" on title, 2pp. advertisements and 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated November 1898 at rear, pencil markings to pp. 1, 114 and 119, bookseller's label of Mawson, Swan and Morgan of Newcastle to front pastedown, the odd spot, light browning to endpapers, occasional slight cracking to gutter, original cloth, very slight fading to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, [Wolff 2120], 8vo, Edward Arnold, 1898.*** A superb association copy of this classic adventure novel, Hardy was a good friend and correspondent of Falkner and the two Dorset authors read and admired each other's works. Other works by Falkner are known to have been in Hardy's library at Max Gate. The inscription here is likely in the hand of the author's sister who was known to have inscribed works on her brother's behalf. Though the markings are difficult to determine as being in Hardy's hand, the passages highlighted on pp.114 and 119 are reminiscent of Hardy's own descriptive writing style. 

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***America.- Wafer (Lionel) A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, first edition, folding engraved map and 3 folding plates, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine gilt, upper joint slightly cracked, [Wing W193; Sabin 100940], 8vo, Printed for James Knapton, 1699.*** A lovely copy. Bookplate of Hans Sloane probably that of Hans Sloane (1739-1827), the great-nephew of BM founder Sir Hans Sloane. Interesting work on the inhabitants and geography of central America.

Brewing.- [Child (Samuel)], “A Gentleman, lately retired from the Brewing Business”. Every man his own brewer; or, a compendium of the English brewery, first edition, half-title, 2 advertisement ff. at end, A6 cancelled, B11 cancel with drop-head title 'The Philosophy of brewing; or, a compendium of the English brewery', obliterated ink ownership inscription to head of A3 (some ink offsetting on to verso of title), occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, front endpapers water-stained, contemporary sheep, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends chipped, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, some staining, rubbed, [Cagle 599 (uncancelled state of ff. A6 & B11) & 600 (cancelled state); Maclean p.26], a good copy, large 12mo, Printed for the Author: and sold by J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly; and Mess. Robinson and Roberts, in Pater-noster Row, 1768.  *** Rare at auction. 

Pollard (Percival) Lingo Dan, first edition, 1p. advertisements, slight crack to upper hinge, bookplate of Arthur K. Brewer to front pastedown, original red cloth lettered in gilt, slight darkening to spine, a few patches of mottling but an excellent example overall, [Hubin p.650], 8vo, Washington, The Neale Publishing Company, 1903.*** An excellent example of the famous crime rarity, a Queen's Quorum title (no. 32). The novel's title character is the all-American anti-hero: a murderer, thief, con-man and patriot. This copy includes a note from the crime bibliographer Allen Hubin discussing the rarity of the present title and the possibility of using the present copy as the basis for a modern reprint.

Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, abrasion marks from removal of stamps to endpapers, half-title and several other pp., remains of label to head of title, light abrasion to fore-edge, light foxing to half-title and rear endpapers, first state boards with golden gun on upper cover, spine ends and corners rubbed and a little bumped, chip to foot of lower joint, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to head and foot, vertical crease to upper panel, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1965. *** The very scarce issue with the gold gun on upper cover, considered by Jonathan Cape inadequate and subsequently reissued in plain boards.

Bible, English. [The bible in Englishe], 5 parts in one, [Great Bible version], double column, black letter, woodcuts in the text, decorative initials, lacks c.54 of 600ff. (all 8 preliminary leaves including title; part 1 A1-2, A7-8, B1, B5, B8, H7, I1 & K8; part 2 M3, M6, M8, N1, N3-6, O2-7, P1, P8, Q1-2, Q7-8, R1 & R8; NT [fleuron]A1 (title), [fleuron]C1-2 (a sliver remaining), [fleuron]I8, all after [fleuron]O8 (final 10ff.)), interleaved where leaves lacking, several ff. defective with serious text loss (see part 1 A3-6, G5 & I2; part 2 M3-4; part 4 3L1; NT [fleuron]I7), sometimes supplied in later ink manuscript, other portions of text loss and repairs, some woodcuts unfortunately cut away but many remaining, extensive marginal repairs to part 1 & NT towards end, a few instances of underlining, browned, some spotting and staining, modern morocco, preserved in custom drop-back box by Temple Bookbinders, [Herbert 117; STC 2096], folio (331 x 215mm.), [Richarde Harrison], [1562]; sold not subject to return.  *** The first folio edition published after Elizabeth I's accession. Harrison was fined for printing without licence. Provenance: Thomas Osborne of Codrington his Booke Anno Dom 1694 (ownership inscription to foot of T1 & several other ff.); "A Gift Received through Rev. Professor J.H. Thayer. 2 May 1868" (pencil inscription to front free endpaper). 

Carter (Charles) The Complete Practical Cook, first edition, title in red and black, 60 engraved plates, a few folding, slight worming to front endpapers and margin of folding frontispiece, occasional soiling and light water-staining, contemporary panelled calf, extremities worn, some surface abrasion to lower cover, [Bitting p.77; Maclean p.23; Oxford pp.61-62], 4to, Printed for W. Meadows, C. Rivington and R. Hett, 1730.*** "This is a large quarto with fine engravings of the courses at table" (Oxford).

Lake District.- Fielding (Theodore Henry) & J. Walton. A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, first edition, half-title, aquatint title-vignette and 48 plates, all hand-coloured, some tissue-guards loose, occasional light foxing and spotting slightly affecting the edges of one or two plates, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, a few surface tears to marbled boards, slightly rubbed, R. Ackermann, 1821 § Garnet (J., publisher) Views of the English Lakes, engraved title and 30 plates, some very light water-staining to upper edge, modern half calf, gilt, morocco spine label, Windermere [c.1860s], 4to and oblong 8vo (2) ***  To summarize Ackermann's introduction, this work unites the "most striking features of the various kinds of scenery of the lakes, executed by able artists in a style worthy of the subject" with "a description of all that is interesting and remarkable in the nature and appearance of the country... combining a judicious selection from the labours of former writers... with much new and original information." 

Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, usual light browning to half-title, light marginal toning, small bookseller's sticker on pastedown corner, original cloth, second impression jacket with "Second large printing" to front flap, light creasing and fraying to spine ends and extremities, spine a little toned, very faint surface soiling to lower panel, but an excellent example overall, [Wobbe A16a], 8vo, 1940.*** Hailed by John Updike as "Graham Greene's masterpiece", the work was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the hundred best English-language novels since 1923.  Many of the copies were seemingly lost in the bombing of Heinemann's publishing house during the war. 

Pollution.- Evelyn (John) Fumifugium: or the Inconvenience of the Aer and Smoak of London dissipated, first edition, first issue (with 'Published by His Majesties Command' on title), lacking final blank (as often), later pencil marginalia, title with neat repair to outer margin, some water-staining and a little soiling, a1&2 (To the Reader) small worm trace in text, affecting part or whole of a few letters, but with no loss of sense of text, b2 very small hole to outer margin, closely trimmed at head, just touching headline on D1r&v, some marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, bound between blank ff. in 19th century half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, head of spine and corners little worn, rubbed, [Keynes 23; Wing E3488], small 4to, Printed by W. Godbid for Gabriel Bedel, and Thomas Collins, and are to be sold at their Shop at the Middle Temple Gate neer Temple-Bar, 1661.  *** The first English book on pollution, with suggestions on how to improve the poor air quality of London, including the planting trees and relocating of industries such as brewing, dyeing and lime-burning.Provenance: Henry Davies (late 19th / early 20th century bookplate to front pastedown). 

Brockman (Stuart, binder).- Morgan (Derek Llwyd, editor) Kyffin: A Celebration, one of 50 copies for the Designer Bookbinders, from a total edition of 360 copies, foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, 20 linocuts in blue and black and linocut endpapers by Kyffin Williams, bound by Stuart Brockman (with his label) in 2007 in thick boards covered in translucent vellum over a watercolour painting and tooled with chimney smoke in palladium punctuated with gilt diamond-shaped tooling, remarkable deep blue and silver patterned endpapers, original linocut endpapers bound in, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, housed in perspex box for viewing within Brockman’s original black velvet-lined clamshell black cloth box with black morocco, gilt lettered spine label, small folio (binding 266 x 176mm.), Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 2007.*** An astonishing binding paying tribute to Kyffin Williams’s art with a bold image of a Welsh village in the mountains stretching across both boards and the spine in splendid colours. British Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders, Stuart Brockman has brought the technique of translucent vellum over painted boards, first developed by Chivers of Bath, into the 21st century with great skill and artistry.

Woolf (Virginia) Orlando: A Biography, first edition, one of 861 copies, this one of 800 signed by the author, plates, original cloth, gilt, one or two light marks, otherwise a fine copy, [Kirkpatrick A11a], 8vo, New York, Crosby Gaige, 1928.

Cicero against agrarian reform.- Loredano (Bernardino) In M. Tullii Ciceronis orationes de lege agraria contra P. Servilium Rullum tribunum pl. commentarius, first edition, collation: A-Z4 AA-OO4 PP2, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, 3pp. errata at end, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, spine in compartments, lacking ties, a few small stains, small 4to (203 x 145mm.), Venice, Paulus Manutius, June, 1558.  *** Rare copy at auction of this commentary on Cicero’s orations against land reform in favour of the poor, spoken against the tribune of the plebs P. Servilius Rullus. Cicero equated the agrarian movement to robbery, and believed that it had disrupted the 'concordia' of the Roman republic, and given rise to factions. Provenance: Baron Landau (engraved bookplate to front pastedown). Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 535; Renouard 174:8; EDIT 16 CNCE 28035. 

Bees.- Butler (Charles) The Feminin' Monarchi', or the Histori of Bee's, third edition, verso of title with half-page woodcut illustration of the hive with a crowned queen at head (perhaps in honour of the dedicatee Queen Henrietta Maria) and with verses in Latin and English beneath, woodcut diagrams, musical notation for a bee's madrigal, head-pieces and historiated or decorative initials, printed side-notes, early ink pen trials to title and occasionally elsewhere (mostly in margins), R4 short tear to outer margin, just touching a printed side-note without loss, Z2&3 small hole in outer margin, occasional spotting or staining (including some ink), lightly browned, lacking endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary sheep, spine ends little worn, corners worn, rubbed, scuffed and scratched, but solid, [British Bee Books 18; Walker p.12; Madan II, 780; STC 4194], small 4to, Oxford, Printed by William Turner, for de Author, 1634. *** 'This is the greatest early British bee book and contains the best account of skep beekeeping which is available today.' (British Bee Books). First published in 1609, this is the first edition written in the phonetic spelling devised by the author.

Hieroglyphics.- Champollion (Jean Francois) Precis du Systeme Hieroglyphique des Anciens Egyptiens, 2 parts in 1, first edition, half-title, 48 lithograph plates, some folding, some foxing, specially bound for Pope Leo XII in contemporary red straight-grain morocco, the covers with his gilt arms in centre within elaborate gilt border and fillet, spine richly gilt with dark green morocco label, blue glazed endpapers, uncut and partly unopened, spine ends very slightly rubbed, preserved in modern velvet-lined morocco slip-case, 8vo, Paris, Strasburg & London, Chez Treuttel et Wurtz, 1824.*** A stunning copy of Champollion's landmark work on the deciphering of hieroglyphs from the Rosetta Stone, establishing him as the father of scientific Egyptology.In this remarkable work the author describes, step by step, with numerous examples and details, the method he followed to discover and document the three aspects of hieroglyphics: the phonogram images, the figurative representations, and the symbolic representations.Pope Leo XII was an active supporter of Champollion's endeavors to decipher hieroglyphs. Champollion (1790-1832) was an extraordinary philologist, who, by the age of sixteen, besides Greek and Latin, had mastered six ancient Middle Eastern languages, among these Coptic, the knowledge of which, unlike that of Egyptian, had never been lost. Champollion recognised the connection between the Coptic and the Egyptian language, and was able to identify many of the Egyptian words on the Rosetta Stone, as he could read them with their Coptic equivalents. He was the first to believe that both Demotic and hieroglyphs represented symbols, and not sounds as earlier presumed. After that he quickly realised that each single hieroglyph could represent a sign, and he began compiling a hieroglyphic alphabet.

Salinger (J.D.) The Catcher in the Rye, first edition, ownership name and light foxing marks to endpapers, original cloth, spine gilt, lightly dulled, extremities lightly bumped, first printing dust-jacket with correct positioning of 'R' on front flap and photographer credited on lower panel, some creases, a few nicks and chips to edges, small patches of staining to lower edge, spine faded, flap margins tender after expert lifting, lower flap with portion of loss to upper corner, still overall a bright example, 8vo, Boston, 1951. *** An excellent copy of Salinger's seminal novel, rare in an unrestored jacket. 

Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John, editor) The Pastorals of Virgil, with a course of English Reading, adapted for Schools..., 2 vol., third edition (first Blake edition), numerous wood-engraved and engraved plates including 17 wood-engravings and 6 engravings by William Blake and 4 other designs by Blake engraved by others, folding lithographed maps, some very light spotting and offsetting (mostly to vol.1) but a good copy internally, contemporary sheep (not quite uniform), a little rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, spines ruled in gilt with blue morocco labels, corners repaired, preserved in modern sheep-backed marbled board drop-back box, spine ruled and titled in gilt, slightly rubbed, [Bentley 504], 8vo, J.M'Gowan for F.C.& J.Rivington [& others], 1821.*** Blake's wonderful and typically unconventional wood-engravings for the first Eclogue were the first and only he produced. Thornton rejected Blake's initial relief etchings and requested wood-engravings. He was obviously a little worried but was persuaded by John Linnell and others to include them, judging by his comment at the foot of the frontispiece, "they display less of art than genius, and are much admired by some eminent painters".These wood-engravings were hugely influential on contemporary artists, particularly Samuel Palmer, George Richmond, and Edward Calvert, and later artists such as Paul Nash and Graham Sutherland. Samuel Palmer wrote, after seeing them for the first time, "They are visions of little dells, and nooks and corners of Paradise; models of the exquisitest pitch of intense poetry...There is in all such a mystic and dreamy glimmer as penetrates and kindles the immortal soul...". 

Verlaine (Paul) Romances sans Paroles, first edition, first issue with "Paris chez tous les libraires" on upper cover, [one of 300 copies], half-title, handsome black morocco mosaic binding, by Huser, covers with semé of small flowers inlaid in cream, fawn, green & deep pink morocco and tooled in blind, spine titled in gilt and with compartments of onlaid cream & deep pink morocco, cream calf doublures, black silk flyleaves, original pale grey printed wrappers bound in, g.e., signed "Huser" at foot of front doublure, small stain to front endpapers where label removed, black morocco-backed marbled chemise with morocco yapp edges, board slip-case (very slightly rubbed), 8vo (c.190 x 120mm.), Sens, 1874.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***[Langland (William)] The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., printed in black letter, woodcut initials, lacking final blank, title soiled and little rubbed at head causing a few very small holes (no text loss), first 8 leaves with upper and lower corners torn away with diminishing loss, F1 small paper-flaw hole with loss to few letters, I3 with 2 corrections in ink, light soiling, some light damp-staining to head, the odd stain elsewhere, final few ff. little browned, 18th century marbled calf, spine gilt and with red and green morocco labels (chipped), upper cover detached, some wear to spine ends and corners, little rubbed, lower joint starting, [STC 19907a; cf. Pforzheimer 798, variant], 4to (190 x 130mm.), Roberte Crowley, 1550. *** Considered one of the greatest works of Middle English literature, Langland's allegory takes the form of a series of dream-visions, providing insight into the medieval conception of the true religious life. This copy is one of two variants of the second edition, the first edition having been published by Crowley in the same year. All three use the so-called "B-text" (one of three different versions of Piers Plowman to survive), a considerably extended version dating from around 1377–79. The two variants are distinguishable by the spelling of "time" (as here) or "tyme" in the title, the former also with the signatures of the preliminary leaves and foliation regularised. "The editions published by Crowley...are of interest and importance equal to that of the manuscripts which have survived" (Pforzheimer).Provenance: Robert S. Pirie (bookplate to front free endpaper); remains of engraved armorial bookplate to pastedown, owner unclear. 

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, ink ownership name from date of publication on front free endpaper, very faint spotting to endpapers and fore-edge, original cloth, spine faded, red dust-jacket by Michael Kennard, chips and creases to extremities, spine ends a little frayed, spine faded, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.

Chess.- Damiano de Odemeira. Libro da imparare giochare a scachi, collation: A-H8 64 numbered ff., roman letter, text in Italian and Spanish, large woodcut of two chess players on title and numerous woodcut diagrams in text, fore-margin of title trimmed close with loss of a hyphen and just shaving border of woodcut, 18th century French pale brown calf, spine gilt, edges gilt, slightly rubbed, head and foot of spine slightly chipped, joints partly cracked but firm, 8vo (140 x 91mm.), Rome, [c.1524].*** Extremely rare early edition of the first book to deal with the complete game and the first to give directions for playing without seeing the board.First printed in 1512, this is the second of several undated editions (1520–1540) described in detail by Dr A.van der Linde, Geschichte des Schachspiels, Berlin 1874, vol. I pp. 337–47. The woodcut on the title is the one used in Antonio Blado’s 1524 edition.Little is known about the author, a Portuguese apothecary, but his compilation is the first Italian work on modern chess and includes variations of Petrov’s defence, the gambit now called after him, the Giuoco Piano, and the Queen’s Gambit Accepted. Of particular interest are some of his pieces of advice: don’t play aimlessly, don’t play too fast; when you have a good move look for a better one; and use the ‘king’s leap’ (i.e. castling) for protection. Damiano is also the first to state that the board should be placed so that the lower right square is white. The section headed ‘Artede giocare alla mente’, beginning on H5 of this edition, is an explanation of how to play blindfold.Provenance: ‘De Truchis’(?) (16th century ownership inscription at foot of title and on final leaf); ‘Di Giulio . . .’, (obliterated seventeenth-century inscription on final leaf); Rev. George Innes (1759–1842, Master of Warwick School for half a century from 1792, with his bookplate); J. W. Rimington-Wilson (ownership inscription on back of front free endpaper and with his notes on recto and verso of front flyleaf). Sale, Sotheby's, 28 February 1928, lot 314, to Quaritch; Bernard Quaritch Catalogue 428 (1929), no. 387 (‘a good copy, the text is not cut into in any way’).Literature: Sander no. 2295 (citing this copy, classifying it as the fifth edition, and dating it after 1524); Van der Linde I p. 341; Palau records two or three editions (nos. 68221 and note, and 68223) but without sufficient detail to distinguish between them; A. Chicco, ‘Le edizioni italiane del Libro di Damiano’, L’Esopo 22 (June 1984), pp. 46–58. Library Hub records copies of undated editions which may or may not be the present edition (Bodleian and British Library). OCLC records six copies only: Braunschweig, Cleveland, Library of Congress, Princeton, UCLA, and State Library of Victoria. 

Hornby (China) R3074 (limited edition) 4-6-0 GWR green King Class No.6002 "King William IV" complete with certificate 832 of 1200 produced along with souvenier first day cover issue of Hornby Great British Railways Stamps, as produced for the Royal Mail Company. Condition is assumed Mint (model is still factory tissue wrapped) in Excellent box. 

Motor Racing: Six related first edition hardback books, five of which are Signed, includes - VILLENEUVE (Jacques) and Gerald Donaldson. My First Season in Formula 1, Signed by Jacques Villeneuve on printed bookplate to title-page, photo. illustrated throughout, a race-by-race account of Villeneuves confrontations with other drivers during the 1996 F1 season and gives an insight into his private life, both on Grand Prix weekends around the world and at his Monaco home. In his first season in Formula 1, Jacques Villeneuve won his first Grand Prix in only his fourth race at the 1996 European GP, dust-jacket unclipped, publishers blue cloth, lettered in silver on spine, published Collins Willow, 1996. HENRY (Alan). Twenty-Five Years of Williams F1: The Authorised Photographic Biography, Signed on a printed bookplate by Frank Williams, and Patrick Head, foreward by Frank Williams, illustrated throughout with exclusive photographs of the team and their successes, selected from the Williams archive and published for the first time within a book, dust-jacket unclipped, publishers navy-blue boards, lettered in white on spine, published Orion, 2003. Former driver and founder of the Williams team, British businessman, Frank Williams established Williams Grand Prix Engineering in 1977 and recruited a young, talented engineer, Patrick Head to lead the teams technical department; KIRBY (Gordon). Mario Andretti: A Driving Passion, first US. edition, Signed by Mario Andretti and Gordon Kirby on printed bookplate, foreward by Dan Gurney, photo. illustrated throughout with the work of top racing photographers and memorabilia from Andrettis own scrapbooks, a definitive portrait of the Italian born former racing driver, and one of the most successful drivers in the history of motorsports, dust-jacket unclipped, publishers grey cloth, lettered in black on upper cover and spine, published Phoenix, AZ: David Bull Publishing Inc., 2001; EDWARDS (Robert). Stirling Moss: The Authorised Autobiography, first edition, photo. illustrated throughout, dust-jacket unclipped, publishers green boards, lettered in gilt on spine, and extensive work covering all aspects of the former British Formula One racing drivers career and beyond, published Cassell & Co., 2001. together with, BRUNDLE (Martin). Working the Wheel, Signed on title-page, dust-jacket unclipped, published, Ebury Press, 2004; and Mansell (Nigel). My Autobiography, Signed on front free, dust-jacket unclipped, published Collins Willow, 1995; 4to, 8vo. (6) Please note this lot has the standard Ewbank's standard buyers premium payable on top of the hammer price and not the reduced rate for cars and motorbikes. Condition Report: near fine conditions with strong signatures

CATRIONA MILLAR, ALBERT WITH CELIE oil on canvas, initialled, further signed and dated 2024 versounframedoverall size 31cm x 21cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).

CATRIONA MILLAR, GEORGE WITH JANE oil on canvas, initialled, further signed and dated 2024 versounframedoverall size 31cm x 21cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).

* DONALD M SHEARER (SCOTTISH 1925 - 2017), STREET SCENE oil on board, signedframedimage size 18cm x 23cm, overall size 32cm x 37cm Note: Donald Shearer specialised in the landscapes and seascapes of the North of Scotland. Being a keen golfer and a leading Scottish painter, it is natural that one of his favourite subjects was golf courses of which there are many in his part of the world. But it is for his highly detailed and striking landscapes that he is best known, his original work and limited edition prints being collected by enthusiasts all over the world. Born in the Kyle of Lochalsh, on Scotland’s West Coast, Donald Shearer studied painting in Aberdeen at Grays School of Art where he achieved the RSA Award. He exhibited widely including at the RGI and at The Royal Scottish Academy. RSA records show his first painting was shown in 1959 when his address was 7 Simpson Place, Dingwall and from 1979 onwards he was living at "Rossal", Seabank Road, Invergordon. After more than thirty years, his final painting at the RSA was exhibited in 1990.

Todd White (American, b. 1969) - The Fighter - Embellished Canvas on Board. Limited edition No. 14/50. Framed. With CoA to back. Measures approx. 76cm x 40cm (30" x 15.5") The painting was released to celebrate the achievement of the legendary boxer, middleweight boxing champion Gennady Golovkin.  The painting was countersigned by the boxer, Gennady Golovkin ‘GGG’.  Michael Todd White (born October 10, 1969, in San Antonio, Texas) is a figurative expressionist painter. He has also been described as an avant-garde expressionist. White was named the official artist for the Grammy Awards by the Recording Academy in 2007. His painting appeared on the ceremony's invitation and program book and served as the official image for the event. His work was featured in the Inspirations of Oz Fine Art Collection, an exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz. The collection toured designated cities all over the world including Miami, Los Angeles, Dubai, Japan, London, Toronto and Vienna. In 2010, White was chosen to provide sketches for Coca-Cola Light in Mexico. White's six sketches are depicted on different faces of Coca-Cola Light bottles and cans, each featuring his distinctive box signature. This was the first time that Coke had collaborated with a fine artist to depict artwork for its label.[citation needed] The bottles were released in August 2010. As a result of some of these career achievements White has earned international recognition and a lengthy list of celebrity collectors. This lot is also sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Ted Jones (Irish, 1952) - Coel, Craic angus Rince - 2000 - A contemporary limited edition print on paper painting. Limited edition No. 148 / 500. Signed & numbered in pencil. Published by Killarney Art Gallery, Ireland. Framed & glazed. Measures approx. 40 x 31cm (16" x 11"). Ted Jones was born in Dublin in 1952. Apart from early instruction from his father, Ted was a completely self taught painter. He was encouraged to draw from a very early age and has nurtured and developed his immense talent into a style unmistakably his own. His unique style probably owes a lot to the fact that he never attended Art College, left to his own devices his style was able to evolve without influence, save his admiration for great artists such as Klimt, Rossetti & Caravaggio. His first (and only) one-man exhibition in Killarney in 2005 sold out completely in a matter of hours, hitting the headlines in many Irish newspapers. 2006 saw the publication, by Killarney Art Gallery, of "A Life, Wrapped up" a signed limited edition book on his life and work.

Patricia Lynch and Jack B. Yeats RHA (1871 - 1957)The Turfcutter's Donkey, First Edition, London, J.M Dent & Sons, 1934, with 13 illustrations by Yeats, 5 in colour (including frontispiece). With original d.j. Printed at The Temple Press, Letchworth

Gerard Byrne (b.1958) California Lilac Oil on canvas, 40 x 40cm Signed; together with the exhibition catalogue Turning Corners, Gerard Byrne Studio, 2022. With introduction by Susan Stairs. Hardback, limited edition of 1000. A volume showcasing the 150 artworks executed by Byrne during the three lockdown phases of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.Exhibition: Gerard Byrne Studio, Dublin, Turning Corners, September 23rd - October 10th 2022Literature: Turning Corners, Gerard Byrne Studio, 2022, illustrated pp.86, 87This painting depicts Ranelagh's iconic red brick houses on Albany Road during the first lockdown, Spring 2020.

Sydney Alex Kumalo (South African, 1935-1988)St Francis of Assisi signed and numbered 'K VII | X' (beneath the figure's tunic)bronze on wooden base 70 x 27.5 x 22.5cm (27 9/16 x 10 13/16 x 8 7/8in). (including base)Footnotes:ProvenanceEgon Guenther Gallery, purchased 3rd November 1966;By descent;A private collection.ExhibitedJohannesburg, Egon Guenther Gallery, An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Sydney Kumalo, (8 May 1962). (edition i/x).LiteratureGavin Watkins and Charles Skinner, The Sculptures of Sydney Kumalo and Ezrom Legae, A Catalogue Raisonné, (South Africa: Strauss & Co, 2023), SK13, p. 143.H. Toerien & G. Duby, ed. Our Art, vol.3, (Pretoria), p. 66. (illustrated).Elizabeth Rankin, 'Sydney Kumalo', ed. E. Burroughs & K. Nel, Re/discovery and Memory: The works of Kumalo, Legae, Nitegeka & Villa,(Cape Town: ABC Press & Norval Foundation, 2018), p. 131. (different edition of the same work illustrated). S. Sack, The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South African Art (1930-1988), (Johannesburg Art Gallery, 1988), p. 51. (different edition of the same work illustrated), (edition 6/10).Born in 1935 and raised in the old suburb of Johannesburg known as Sophiatown, Sydney Kumalo grew up with and became absorbed into a community that would be destroyed by the apartheid, catalysing a generation of some of South Africa's most passionate, driven, and famous artists. Being Zulu in this community meant that Kumalo grew up surrounded people of different political beliefs and cultures, developing a grounding of cohesive societal understanding that would reflect in his later works of art. Kumalo was only seventeen when he began studying at the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg under the guidance of Cecil Skotnes and Edoardo Villa, before becoming a teacher there himself in 1964. Kumalo would go on to exhibit alongside the two aforementioned artists (also prominent figures in today's market) in collaborative shows. Given his background Kumalo would establish himself as a prominent figure in modern African Art who overcame challenging adversity given his position as a Black creative during apartheid, emphasising his importance. Guenther Gallery cast two terrazzos and the first bronze (edition i/x) of this sculpture for the May 1962 exhibition, An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Sydney Kumalo. Further casts were created on a basis of supply and demand; the present rendition was cast in November 1966. Evidently a popular cast, Egon Guenther Gallery sold all future editions of St Francis of Assisi from 1966 to 1971. Elizabeth Rankin notes that Carlo Gamberini of the foundry remembered 'how Kumalo used to come to the foundry to oversee the finishing of the bronze casts, and also to work on the waxes of his sculptures, often using a saw blade to introduce surface texture.' This practise can be seen on the present work, with hairline etchings of texture most notable to the head, shoulders, and back of the work. This technique would further animate the figures the artist produced and displayed the artist's continuous passionate development of his works. Figures expressing spiritual emotion is a theme that is consistent within his oeuvre. With regards to his wider body of work, Kumalo's renditions of strong semi-abstracted figures, whether they be animals or humans, are somewhat characteristic of traditional African sculptures. As Jean Kennedy notes on the artist's technique: 'The solidity and central axis of his forms convey strength, the interpretation of which ranges from protest to endurance.' (Jean Kennedy, New Currents, Ancient Rivers; Contemporary African Artists in a Generation of Change, (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992), p. 175.). In this instance, the image of St Francis of Assisi brings to the surface notions of peace which the figure is associated with. Differing from classical descriptive reproductions of the Saint, for instance often portrayed bearing stigmata in Old Master depictions of the Saint, Kumalo portrays the essence of Assisi, focusing on compositional form rather than the imitation of Christ which older western portraits tend to have leaned towards. While most associations of an animal interaction with the Saint are more famously through the legend of Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio, doves themselves are symbols of peace and therefore contribute to the humility of the figure. St. Francis is one of Kumalo's best known works. Conceived in 1962, the sculpture depicts the Christian saint renowned for his acts of compassion. It was described by Watter in Our Art 3 contemporary critic thus:'The mask-like head radiates spiritual serenity, yet the neck is rigid with strain. The wide-legged stance asserts confidence but the arms are pathetically thin. This is a representation of a man rent by spiritual conflict, caught in his frail human body. Movement is concentrated at two points: on the saint's left hand that cuddles a dove protectively against his chest, and on the strong thrust of the right arm reaching heavenwards in a gesture that combines blessing with threat. This double significance reinforces the tension caused by the amalgam of Christian content with forms redolent of African ritual. The soft pot-belly is opposed to hard purpose. The ludicrous little legs provide a stylised base for a gesture that challenges the universe. In Sydney Kumalo's St. Francis a man is portrayed who has galvanised himself through the strength of selfless compassion and so overcomes the limitations set by his fallible human body.'Since the creation of this work, Sydney Kumalo represented South Africa at the Venice Biennale in 1966, and in 1967 participated in the Sao Paulo Biennale. Kumalo received a number of awards throughout his career; he was invited to the Artist of Fame and Promise Exhibition in 1960 further winning the award for most promising up and coming artist. In 1967 won a bronze medal from the Transvaal Academy and a travel bursary from the US-SALEP (the United States/ South African Leadership Exchange Programme) enabling him to travel to the US in 1967. It seems appropriate, given the religious motivation behind much of the artist's work such as the present lot, that Kumalo also received commissions from religious institutions, such as a mural in the Catholic Church in Kroonstad that was completed in 1957. Therefore, we see Kumalo's career extending beyond these art circle bounds and into physical and pivotal societal structures.We are grateful to Gavin Watkins for his assistance with the above footnote.BibliographyGavin Watkins and Charles Skinner, The Sculptures of Sydney Kumalo and Ezrom Legae, A Catalogue Raisonné, (South Africa: Strauss & Co, 2023), pp. 142-145.H.Toerien & G.Duby, ed. Our Art, vol.3, (Pretoria), pp. 66-68.Jean Kennedy, New Currents, Ancient Rivers; Contemporary African Artists in a Generation of Change, (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992), p. 175.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966)Ensemble de 4 livres La Lampe dans l'horlogeEdition originale, tirage de tête, un des 350 exemplaires sur vélin d'Arches no 243, avec la seconde épreuve du frontispice en mauve et signé dans la planche.Illustrée d'une lithographie non signée de TOYEN en frontispice et d'une photographie d'André Breton dans le parc du château de la Coste.Edition non coupéeParis, Edition Robert Marin, 1948, collection L'Age d'homme.First edition, first printing, one of 350 copies on Arches vellum no 243, with the second proof of the frontispiece in mauve and signed in the plate.Illustrated with an unsigned lithograph by TOYEN as frontispiece and a photograph of André Breton in the park of the Château de la Coste.Unopened editionParis, Edition Robert Marin, 1948, collection L'Age d'homme.Ode A Charles FourierEdition originale, sur vélin, non numérotéeIllustrée de 21 compositions de Frederick Kiesler, dont deux en couvertureAchevé d'imprimer du 1er février 1947Paris, Éditions de la Revue Fontaine, collection « L'Age d'or », 1947First edition, on vellum, not numberedIllustrated with 21 compositions by Frederick Kiesler, including two on the coverApproved for printing on 1st February 1947Paris, Éditions de la Revue Fontaine, 'L'Age d'or' collection, 1947Notes Sur La PoésieEdition originale, non numérotéeIllustrée d'un dessin de Salvador Dali en reproductionParis, Editions GLM, 1936First edition, not numberedIllustrated with a reproduction drawing by Salvador DaliParis, Editions GLM, 1936ANDRÉ BRETON et PAUL ELUARD Les Vases CommunicantsEdition originale non numérotée, couverture illustrée par Max ErnstAchevé d'imprimer du 26 novembre 1932Paris, Edition des Cahiers Libres, 1932Unnumbered first edition, cover illustrated by Max ErnstApproved for printing on 26 November 1932Paris, Edition des Cahiers Libres, 1932Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, Paris.Collection particulière, Paris (par descendance).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ## A reduced TVA rate of 5.5% will be charged on Buyer's Premium. This is subject to government change and the rate payable will be the rate in force on the date of the sale.Pour les livres, la commission acheteur est soumise à un taux de TVA réduit de 5,5 %. Ce taux est susceptible à être modifié par les autorités françaises et le taux à payer sera celui en vigueur à la date de la vente.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

YVAN GOLL (1891-1950), CLAIRE GOLL (1890-1977)Ensemble de 10 livres, du fondateur de la revue Surréalisme Le Microbe de l'OrEdition originale, un des 50 exemplaires sur papier pur fil Lafuma (n°23), seul grand papierExemplaire non coupéParis, Editions Emile-Paul frères, 1927First edition, one of 50 copies on Lafuma pur fil paper (n°23), the only large paper.UnopenedParis, Editions Emile-Paul frères, 1927A Bas L'EuropeEdition originale, un des 50 exemplaires sur papier pur fil Lafuma (n°13), seul grand papierExemplaire non coupéParis, Editions Emile-Paul frères, 1929First edition, one of 50 copies on Lafuma pur fil paper (n°13), the only large paper.UnopenedParis, Editions Emile-Paul frères, 1929Agnus DeiEdition originale, un des 50 exemplaires sur papier pur fil Lafuma (n°9), seul grand papierManques et déchirure à la couvertureExemplaire non coupéParis, Editions Emile-Paul frères, 1929First edition, one of 50 copies on Lafuma pur fil paper (n°9), the only large paper.Cover missing and tornUnopenedParis, Editions Emile-Paul frères, 1929Sodome Et BerlinEdition originale sur papier d'éditionEnvoi de l'auteur « A Bernard Zimmer, ce récit d'un cauchemar qu'il vécut aussi, en amical souvenir »Paris, Editions Emile-Paul frères, 1929First edition on publisher's paperSent by the author « A Bernard Zimmer, ce récit d'un cauchemar qu'il vécut aussi, en amical souvenir »Paris, Editions Emile-Paul frères, 1929Pariser GeorgikaIllustré par Robert DelaunayCouverture jaquette illustréeHermann Luchterhand Verlag, 1956Illustrated by Robert DelaunayIllustrated dust jacket coverHermann Luchterhand Verlag, 1956Mythus Vom Durchbrochenen FelsenIllustré par Yves TanguyCouverture cartonnéeHermann Luchterhand Verlag, 1956Illustrated by Yves TanguyHardcoverHermann Luchterhand Verlag, 1956Nouvelles Petites Fleurs de Saint Francois D'AssiseEdition originale, un des 1000 exemplaires sur vélin de Ruysscher (n°686)Illustré de dessins de Salvador DaliExemplaire non coupéParis, Editions Emile-Paul, 1958First edition, one of 1000 copies on Ruysscher vellum (n°686)Illustrated with drawings by Salvador DaliUnopenedParis, Editions Emile-Paul, 1958Les Confessions d'Un Moineau du SiècleIllustrations de Chagall, Clavé, Delaunay, Louradour, Masson, VillonExemplaire non coupéParis, editions Emile-Paul, 1963Illustrations by Chagall, Clavé, Delaunay, Louradour, Masson, VillonUnopenedParis, editions Emile-Paul, 1963L'AntirosePoèmes et couverture illustrés par Marc ChagallParis, Editions Pierre Seghers, 1965Poems and cover illustrated by Marc ChagallParis, Editions Pierre Seghers, 1965Œuvres, Vol. 1Illustré par Chagall, Foujita, Delaunay, Léger, avec un portrait de l'auteur en 1919Paris, Editions Emile-Paul, 1968Illustrated by Chagall, Foujita, Delaunay, Léger, with a portrait of the author in 1919Paris, Editions Emile-Paul, 1968Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, Paris.Collection particulière, Paris (par descendance).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ## A reduced TVA rate of 5.5% will be charged on Buyer's Premium. This is subject to government change and the rate payable will be the rate in force on the date of the sale.Pour les livres, la commission acheteur est soumise à un taux de TVA réduit de 5,5 %. Ce taux est susceptible à être modifié par les autorités françaises et le taux à payer sera celui en vigueur à la date de la vente.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com