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Lot 375
Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, 3 vol set complete Deane, Seamus Published by Field Day Publications, 1992. Complete in original slipcase. Reprint of original 1991 edition. Fine in fine blue linen covers with titles to spine. A fine set. First edition copy. Still in Publishers shrink wrap
Lot 796
6x Golf Centenary Histories Books to include: In the Winds Eye, North Berwick Golf Club Alistair Beaton Adamson signed copy, Centennial History of The Country Club 1882-1982 Elmer Osgood Cappers, Battlefield of The Best, The Historic Golfing Glories of Musselburgh 1999 B J Delacey, limited edition No. 33 of 200 signed with dedication, Cardross Golf Club The First 100 years Western Gailes 1897-1997, 2 copies -a leather bound signed by President, Captain and vice-captain (6)
Lot 425
4 Golf Club Histories Centenary Books: to include Royal County Down Golf Club The First 100 Years - signed copy with dedication, The Royal Birkdale Golf Club Another 25 Years -Stuart Fish 2015 - from an edition of 800, The Road To Weatheroak Kings Norton Golf Club 1892-1992 Peter Ricketts 1992, St Andrews Golf Club The Birthplace of American Golf Desmond Tolhurst 1989
Lot 655
A Golfers Gallery by Old Masters Bernard Darwin - First Edition. Hardcover, very good condition, half title, spotted, 20pp introduction, occasional foxing, 18 colour reproductions of old master paintings mounted on thick card, 11 Dutch, 7 British, leaf with suggestions on framing at rear, green marbled paper cover boards with original cord but loose and removed but can be redone, a very good copy. Country Life Ltd [1927] size: 16 x 13.5". Comes in scarce original outer box with illustrated front (Please note box has damage to edges)
Lot 125
1996 annual edition lead crystal, first from the Fabulous Creatures trilogy. It is made from clear crystal, accented with a frosted crystal tail, horn, beard, and mane. Swarovski etched backstamp. This item has its original box. Box measures: 10"L x 10"W x 4.5"H. This item has a base included. Base measures: 6"L x 3"W x 2"H. Issued: 1996Dimensions: 5.5"L x 2"W x 4.5"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear. Horn has to be reglued to piece.
Lot 95
Figural is first piece of the Masquerade trilogy. Created with colored crystal on his clothing, hat and shoes. Along with blue crystal eyes and a black tear drop on his cheek. Satin crystal was used on his face, collar and base. An annual edition Pierrot plaque is included. Swarovski backstamp. 7400 099 000. This item has a oval base included: 5.5"L x 3.5"W x 1.5"H. This item has its original box: 6"L x 10"W x 5.5"H. Artist: Adi StockerIssued: 1999Dimensions: 4"L x 3.5"W x 8.25"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 234
Tintin - "Tintin in America" album, 1946 edition Boards slightly rubbed as well as at the edges and corners, traces of tape between the second board and the first page, last page and third board, good general condition. - Weight: 390 g - Shipping available - Region: Belgique - Sizes: H 305mm x L 235mm - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use
Lot 233
Tintin - Album "Le sceptre d'Ottokar" Edition of 1947. Boards in good condition, slightly rubbed as well as at the edges and corners, good condition overall, two small tears on the first page including a sticker. - Weight: 410 g - Shipping available - Region: Belgique - Sizes: H 305mm x L 235mm - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use
Lot 231
Tintin - Album "The Black Island", 1943 edition. Boards in good condition, slightly rubbed at the edges and corners, a trace of tape between the second plate and the first page, good condition overall. - Weight: 375 g - Shipping available - Region: Belgique - Sizes: H 305mm x L 235mm - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use
Lot 229
Tintin - Album "The Crab with the Golden Claws" 1944 edition. Boards in good condition, slightly rubbed at edges and corners, two small tears on last page, traces of tape on second and third boards, good condition overall. - Weight: 375 g - Shipping available - Region: Belgique - Sizes: H 305mm x L 235mm - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use
Lot 228
Tintin - Album "L'Etoile mysterieuse" 1940 edition. Boards in good condition, slightly rubbed at the edges and corners, a stain on the first, good condition overall. - Weight: 455 g - Shipping available - Region: Belgique - Sizes: H 305mm x L 235mm - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use
Lot 230
Tintin - Album "The Secret of the Unicorn" 1943 edition. Boards in good condition, slightly rubbed at the edges and corners, a small tear at the bottom of page 62 and last page. Good condition. - Weight: 390 g - Shipping available - Region: Belgique - Sizes: H 305mm x L 235mm - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use
Lot 12
Star Wars - Episode II Attack Of The Clones - unique autographed 'Collectors' Souvenir Edition' magazine. Autographed to the first page by: Director George Lucas, Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker), Warwick Davis (various roles) and Rick McCallum (Producer). Signed in black ink, undedicated. Supplied with the original photographs showing each person signing the magazine, and authenticated by ACOA #SB56778. Condition 8/10 - would benefit from framing.
Lot 100
Estate of Jeremy Bulloch - Flying Solo - an un-numbered copy of Bulloch's autobiography. 2004 First Edition. Only 2,000 copies were issued, this copy likely being one of Bulloch's personally kept proof editions. Unsigned but supplied with an autographed paper slip by Bulloch. Housed within its original presentation case and mailing box. As new, unread. All lots from the estate of Jeremy Bulloch come with a special certificate signed by Maureen Bulloch, confirming the lots were from his personal collection. The majority of the items were displayed in his home museum for several years. Part of the proceeds of this lot will be donated to Parkinson's UK (Charity 258197)
Lot 1214
A two coin datestamp set commemorating the completion of Brexit. Elizabeth II Sovereign, 2020 and similar Britannia issue 1/4 ounce. Both slabbed with first class stamps and cancels for 31st December 2020 and 1st January 2021. In presentation case with certificates, from an edition of 195. *CR As issued.
Lot 942
The Britannia 2017, one ounce silver proof coin, number 0807 from an edition of 10,800. A Datestamp Britannia, 2020 with first class stamp and cancel for 31st January 2020. A 2016 'Last Round Pound' silver proof piedfort issue. A William Shakespeare 2016 £50 BUNC silver coin. A St Helena 2019 silver proof 'Cartwheel Penny'. A Guernsey 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta proof £5. And an American Eagle one ounce silver proof coin 2016. All in capsules and presentation cases of issue with literature. 7 coins. *CR As issued.
Lot 563
Crime Fiction. A miscellaneous collection to include Frequent Hearses, by Edmund Crispin, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1950; The Devil Doctor [Fu-Manchu], by Sax Rohmer, eighth edition, London: Methuen, 1922, in dust-jacket; Death Takes a Wife, by Anthony Gilbert, first edition, London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1959; Murder in Pastiche, by Marion Mainwaring, second impression, London: Victor Gollancz, 1955; Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers, 14th impression, London: Victor Gollancz, 1948; ABC Contre Poirot, by Agatha Christie, French edition, Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysees, 1938, and others, including essays & non-crime fiction by Sayers, mixed editions, some ex-library, condition varied and sold with all faults (12)
Lot 561
KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1902. Quarto, publisher's pictorial cloth, half-title. Contents generally good, spotting to endpapers and lightly at title/contents, pale scribble to p. 249, feeling a little shaken, cloth discoloured and worn at headcaps. Together with a reprinted and defective copy of the same, sold with all faults (2)
Lot 1168
Clare Leighton (1898-1989), wood engraving printed from the block on paper, May, Sheep Shearing, from The Farmer’s Year, 1933, 20.5cm x 26.5cm, mounted, glazed and framed. This original, full page wood block print is from the first edition of Clare Leighton’s most famous work, which she wrote, engraved and designed
Lot 161
Thackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, first edition, first issue with the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on p.336 and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p.453, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title-page, and 38 plates, wood-engraved vignettes throughout, lacking initial advertisement f., light marginal toning to plates and endpapers, some light offsetting, a few small marginal stains, attractive contemporary burgundy morocco with triple gilt fillet border by Zaehnsdorf, spine lettered and ruled in gilt compartments, inner dentelles richly gilt with flower motif, t.e.g., very slight rubbing to lower edge and upper joint, Bradbury & Evans, 1848; and 9 others, 8vo (10)*** The first issue of Thackeray's iconic novel, in exquisite gilt binding by Zaehnsdorf.
Lot 102
Vaughan (Henry) Silex scintillans: or sacred poems and private ejaculations, first edition, first issue (with the uncancelled title dated 1650), engraved pictorial title, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, lacking A1 (Latin verse explanation f.) and final blank, title bound in at an angle and with outer and lower margins trimmed, A4 torn at head and repaired, with loss of drop-head title recto and 4 lines of text verso, printed side-note on B3 trimmed (as often), G7 (final text f.) professionally reinforced at outer margin, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, endpapers renewed, blind-ruled contemporary sheep, rebacked, preserving original backstrip (with little loss), lower corners worn, little stained, rubbed and marked, [Allison 8; Grolier/Wither to Prior 897; Hayward 81; Wing V125], 8vo, Printed by T[homas] W[alkley], for H. Blunden, 1650. *** The Gathorne-Hardy-Col. C.H. Wilkinson- Bent Juel-Jensen-Robert Ball copy of one of the great poetry rarities. 'Vaughan's finest poetry was published in this rare volume' (Hayward). Vaughan's work was rediscovered by Wordsworth at the end of the eighteenth century. The inclusion of 'Silurist' after the author's name on title alludes to his home county of Brecknockshire, which had been the place of the ancient British tribe of the Silures. Since 1989 only three copies have appeared at auction: the Houghton-Garden-Pirie copy (sold Pirie sale 2015, $100,000); the Bradley Martin copy (1990, $45,000 hammer, apparently badly wormed); and the John Heugh-Elkin Mathews-Everard Meynell copy (2017, having not been offered at auction since 1959; lacking A1). Provenance: Galthorne-Hardy (pencil inscription dated 1953 to front pastedown); Col. C.H. Wilkinson (‘one of the last books he bought was one which he had always most prized - Silex Scintillans.’ (L.W. Hanson’s obituary notice of him in The Book Collector), sold his sale Sotheby's, 25th October, 1960, lot 512, bought by Blackwell's for Juel-Jensen); Bent Juel-Jensen (book label, his pencil acquisition note to rear pastedown and note re. Wilkinson to front free endpaper); Robert Ball (book label to front pastedown).
Lot 99
Sallustius Crispus (Caius) and Costanzo Felice. The Conspiracie of Catiline...with the Historye of Jugurth, 2 parts in 1 vol., translated by Alexander Barclay and Thomas Paynell, first combined edition, black letter, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, part 1 Y6 blank, the odd instance of early ink marginalia, part 1 lacking A1 (general title), part 2 lacking 2G1-4 and 2H1-4 (the final 8 ff.), trimmed at head, just within some headlines, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, early 20th century brown half morocco, gilt, rubbed, t.e.g., [Pforzheimer 363; STC 10752], small 4to, [John Waley], 1557. sold not subject to return. *** Rare at auction in any state.
![Confectionery.- Jarrin (William [Guglielmo] Alexis) The Italian Confectioner, or complete economy of desserts, first edition,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/410b610c-164b-4fd1-be8b-b171010c7296/8653bc3c-925a-44cf-a68e-b171010decc6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7
Confectionery.- Jarrin (William [Guglielmo] Alexis) The Italian Confectioner, or complete economy of desserts, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 folding plates of utensils and apparatus (the final 8pp. describe the items depicted in the plates), occasional contemporary ink marginalia, lacking initial blank, portrait with outer and lower margins strengthened verso and water-stained, plate I with small part of one fold strengthened verso, mostly marginal water-staining (mostly at foot), spotted, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, flat gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, rubbed and marked, [Cagle 776 ; Oxford p.149; cf. Bitting pp.244- 245], 8vo, Printed for John Harding, 1820. *** Rare at auction. Jarrin was a confectioner at Gunter's in Berkeley Square. Provenance: ‘Mrs. H Brown, 1872, Warwick Castle’; Dorothy K. Thomas, 22, Crowndale Road, Knowle’ (ink inscriptions to front endpapers).
Lot 24
Sherry.- Vizetelly (Henry) Facts About Sherry, gleaned in the Vineyards and Bodegas of the Jerez, Seville, Moguer, & Montilla Districts during the Autumn of 1875, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 15 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 6 advertisement ff. for various wines and spirits, lightly browned, original colour pictorial wrappers bound in, the upper wrapper depicting a worker testing the vintage, advertisements verso, upper wrapper with very small remains of a label, obscuring one letter, rubbed and marked, modern light brown morocco-backed buckram, spine gilt and with double burgundy morocco labels, a very good copy, [Gabler G40310; Simon Vinaria p.117], 8vo, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1876. *** Provenance: 'M.Winton' (contemporary ink signature to verso of upper wrapper); Cooks Books. T&M McKirdy (small label to lower margin of inner lower wrapper).
Lot 173
King Edward VII.- Liddell (Col. R.S.) The Memoirs of the Tenth Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own), first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Albert Edward Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, chromolithograph plates, tissue-guards, illustrations, original cloth backstrip bound at end, new endpapers, modern antique-style crushed red morocco, green morocco label to upper cover, gilt, richly gilt spine, gilt inner dentelles, 4to, 1891. *** Provenance: Inscribed in ink to Commissioner of the Inland Revenue, Alfred Montgomery (1814-96). "To Alfred Montgomery from Albert Edward. Xmas 1893'.Inscribed below in pencil "Edith Finch given by Montgomery" Edith Finch was the daughter of Alfred Montgomery. She was the second wife of George Finch of Burley on the Hill, Rutland.
Lot 114
Judaica.- Josephus (Flavius) The Works of Flavius Josephus: Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, first edition, additional engraved title and 2 plates, 4 folding maps, one rather browned, bookplate, the odd spot, some light offsetting, first and last leaves reinforced at hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked, extremities a little rubbed, endpapers renewed, folio, Richard Sare, 1702.
Lot 4
Bread.- Acton (Eliza) The English Bread-Book for Domestic Use, Adapted to Families of Every Grade, first edition, wood-engraved additional pictorial title, a few wood-engraved illustrations in text, without 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end (seemingly never bound in), occasional spotting, brown endpapers, pastedowns with printed publisher's advertisements for Richard F. Burton and Huc, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some staining or soiling, rubbed, [Bitting p.3; Cagle 537; Simon BG 25], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. *** First edition of Acton's influential work on bread-making.Provenance: 'G Murray Wilson, Dale End, Grasmere, 1898' (pencil inscription to additional title).
Lot 137
Regency.- History and Proceedings (The) of the Lords and Commons of Great-Britain, in Parliament, with regard to the Regency..., first collected edition, Lord Eldon's copy with his ink signature and small armorial bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red roan label, John Stockdale, 1789 § [House of Commons.] Report from the Committee appointed to Examine and Report Precedents of such Proceedings as may have been had in the Case of the Personal Exercise of the Royal Authority being prevented by Infancy, Sickness, Infirmity or otherwise, with a View to provide a Remedy for the same, title and final leaf a little soiled and stained, ex-library copy with label to pastedown but no stamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, corners lacking most of leather, rebacked in cloth, 17th December 1788, 8vo & folio (2) *** Concerning the constitutional crisis caused by George III's mental illness and the potential appointment of the Prince of Wales as regent which would have caused parliamentary upheaval. In the event the King recovered and the Regency Act was not implemented until 7 February 1811. The first is a significant association copy of these comprehensive reports. It collates as in ESTC with the three reports of the "committee appointed to examine the physicians who have attended His Majesty, during his illness, touching the state of His Majesty's health" and Pitt's letter each with separate title-page, pagination and register. John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), barrister and politician, Lord High Chancellor 1801-06 & 1807-27. In 1788 he was appointed Solicitor-General and supported Pitt's suggestions on the state of the King and his delegation of authority. It is thought that he drafted the Regency Bill.
Lot 153
Economics.- House of Commons. Report from the Secret Committee on Joint Stock Banks, with Appendix & Index, together 3 parts, 2 lithographed plans, one with outline in green, [Kress C.591 & 531], 1836-37 bound with Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, drop-head title, W.E.Gladstone's copy with his signature at head of first leaf, [c.1840], together 2 works in 1 vol., ex-Lloyds Bank Board Room copy with bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked § Macleod (Henry Dunning) The Theory and Practice of Banking, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, Seymour E.Harris's copy with his signature and J.F.Kennedy Library bookplate to front pastedowns, original cloth, rubbed, paper labels chipped, 1866; and 12 others on banks and banking, folio & 8vo (15) *** Seymour E.Harris (1897-1974), American economist and adviser to Presidents John F.Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and whose books and papers were bequeathed to the John F.Kennedy Library in Boston.
Lot 199
Argan (Giulio Carlo) Botticelli: Biographical and Critical Study, first edition, tipped-in colour plates, jacket extremities slightly rubbed, a couple of spots to spine, New York, 1957 § Grossmann (F.) Bruegel: The Paintings, second edition, illustrations, jacket with lower cover slightly soiled, spine lightly sunned, 1966 § Illing (Richard) The Art of Japanese Prints, first edition, illustrations, jacket edges lightly creased, 1984, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.60 others, art reference, v.s. (65)
Lot 147
Military Law.- Wellesley (Arthur, Duke of Wellington).- Principles (The) of War... as Developed in a Series of General Orders..., first edition, light foxing and occasional marginal soiling, bookplate removed, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 1815 § Burn (Richard) A Digest of the Militia Laws, first edition, foxing, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to title, modern cloth, S.Richardson & C.Lintot, 1760 § Napier (Maj.-Gen. Charles J.) Remarks on Military Law and the Punishment of Flogging, first edition, a few leaves torn and creased at lower margin, ex-library copy with label, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, 1837, 8vo (3) *** Although the first is not written or edited by Wellington himself, this clearly draws largely from an analysis of his recorded Orders in the second Peninsular campaign between 1809 and 1814. The hundreds of Orders provide a remarkable record of war management in the early 19th century. The editor's dedication to Wellington ("the Illustrious Hero") is dated June 27, 1815, a mere nine days after Waterloo.
Lot 151
Morier (Sir James Justinian) The Adventures of Haji Baba, of Ispahan, 3 vol., first edition, without half-titles, occasional spotting (mainly to peripheral leaves), modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, John Murray, 1824.*** Provenance: Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Baronet (1770-1844), entrepreneur, linguist and diplomat [bookplates, loosely inserted].
Lot 11
Food & drink quality.- Lemery (Louis) A Treatise of all sorts of foods, both animal and vegetable: also of drinkables, initial imprimatur f., title printed in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, Hugh Selbourne's copy with the usual small marginal ink stamps, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, small 20th century paper ms. title label to upper cover, covers detached, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting pp.281-282; Cagle 822; Gabler G27500; Maclean p.89; Simon BG 948]; Printed for T. Osborne, 1745; and a first edition of The Tricks of the trade in the adulterations of food and physic, 1856, in original cloth, 8vo (2)
Lot 164
Meredith (George) Rhoda Fleming. A Story, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional spotting or light browning, bound in tan half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, vol. 3 with a few light spots, little rubbed in places, t.e.g., [Sadleir 1702], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1865. *** The first edition rare, with infrequent appearances at auction.
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Lot 78
Suleymanname [Life of Suleiman the Magnificent], first printed edition, text in Arabic, previous owner's ink inscription, contents ff. and final blank with tears and expert repairs, one or two short marginal tears with neat old repairs, scattered spotting, modern cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo, Cairo, Bulak Printing House, 1248 [1832]. *** Suleiman I or 'Suleiman the Magnificent' (1495-1566), was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He reigned for 46 years, from 1520 until his death in 1566, longer than any other sultan. He is known in the West as 'Suleiman the Magnificent' and in the Muslim world as the 'Lawgiver' because he changed the organisation of the Ottoman legal system.
Lot 22
Robertson (Hannah) The Young Ladies School of Arts. Containing a great variety of practical receipts, in Gum-Flowers, Filligree, Japanning, Shell-Work, Gilding, Painting, Cosmetics, Jellies, Preserves, Cakes, Cordials, Creams, Jamms, Pickles, Candying, Made Wines, Clear Starching, &c., 2 vol. in 1, 'A New edition, corrected', engraved additional title within ornate floral border ('The second edition with large additions') and 4 (of 5) botanical plates (that missing provided in facsimile), of which all but 1 folding, 1 partially hand-coloured in green, vol.2 b6 blank, lacking M6 in vol.1 (provided in facsimile), spotting and staining, lightly browned, bookplate of Irene A Dunn, 1991, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Maclean p.124], rare in commerce and often found missing plates, Edinburgh, Printed for Robert Jameson, 1777 § Smith (Robert) Court Cookery: or, The Compleat English Cook, second edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial advertisement f. and title, the latter supplied in facsimile, water-stained, some spotting and staining, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked (preserving majority of original backstrip in compartments) and restored, with some loss of original leather at head of lower cover, [Bitting p.440; Maclean p.137; cf. Oxford pp.55-56 (first edition)], Printed for T. Wotton, 1725; and 4 others, defective 18th century cookery (Borella, Lamb (first edition with majority of plates), Atkyns, & Complete Family-Piece, [1737]), v.s. (6). sold not subject to return.
Lot 246
London.- Langley (Edward, & Belch, William) Langley and Belch's New Map of London, first edition, map of London with 24 uncoloured engraved vignettes of London landmarks set within the horizontal margins, engraving with vibrant hand-colouring, sheet 537 x 785 mm (21 1/8 x 30 7/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, minor surface dirt, some light offsetting, folding into marbled slipcase with publisher's orange printed label to upper cover, worn, [Howgego 256 (1)], 8vo, 1812
Lot 182
Forsythe (Robin) Missing or Murdered, first edition, half-title lightly browned and with very small chip to inner margin, margins very slightly toned, a few small stains, hinges cracked but holding, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, some soiling, rubbed, 8vo, The Bodley Head, 1929.
Lot 154
Economics.- Mill (John Stuart) Principles of Political Economy, 2 vol., third edition, publisher's advertisements at end, ink ownership names to pastedowns and front free endpapers, a few instances of ink underlining or passage-marking, margins slightly toned, some very light spotting to first and last few leaves, vol. 1 gutter cracked at points with a few gatherings working loose, hinges cracked, vol. 1 upper hinge very weak but holding, original cloth, printed paper spine labels (chipped), some chips and fraying to spine ends and joints, rubbed, vol. 1 backstrip splitting at joints but holding firm, 1852; and others, economics and similar, 8vo (8) *** An important edition, revised by Mill and heavily influenced by his wife Harriet.
Lot 23
Servants.- Haywood (Eliza) A New Present for a Servant-Maid...The Whole Art of Cookery, Pickling, Preserving &c., first edition, engraved frontispiece, this with a couple of closed tears and neatly silked verso, final f. (a table of expenses & wages) torn and repaired with loss, D8 neat tear within text without loss, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern blind-stamped and gilt calf in compartments and with double brown leather labels, covers little stained and scuffed, [Bitting p.220; Cagle 733; Maclean p.67; Simon BG 828], 8vo, Printed for G. Pearch, No. 12, Cheapside; and H. Gardner, opposite St. Clement’s Church, in the Strand, 1771. *** Rare at auction in any condition. Of the few copies that have appeared at auction over the last decades the majority either lacked the frontispiece or had some textual loss, or indeed both. While this is the first appearance of this title it owes much to her A Present for a Servant-Maid: or, the sure means of gaining love and esteem, of 1743. Haywood (c.1693-1756) was an English writer (particularly novels), actor and publisher.
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