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Click here to subscribeBERTRAND RUSSELL: ICARUS OR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE, London, Kegan Paul Trench Trubner, 1924 first edition, original boards, printed paper labels worn plus J B S HALDANE: DAEDALUS OR SCIENCE AND FUTURE, London, Kegan Paul Trench Trubner, 1924 third impression, original boards, printed paper labels, spine split and faded (2)
GERTRUDE L MOORE: MRS MOORE IN SPACE, foreword Patrick Moore, London, Cassell, 1974 first edition, inscription on half title, oblong 4to, original pictorial boards worn plus DAVID MCPHAIL: CAPTAIN TOAD AND THE MOTORBIKE, London, J M Dent, 1979 first edition, inscription on ffep, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards with some wear plus RAYNER SUSSEX: THE MAGIC APPLE, illustrated David Higham, London,Methuen, 1979 first edition, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards plus JEREMY LLOYD: THE WOODLAND GOSPELS ACCORDING TO CAPTAIN BEAKY AND HIS BAND, illustrated Graham Percy, London, Faber & Faber, 1984 first edition, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards, vgc plus HANNAH KOCH: STICKY BEAK, Sydney, Methuen of Australia, 1978 first edition, 4to, original pictorial laminated boards (5)
FAIRYTALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, Ill A Rackham, London, The Folio Society, 1996, original pictorial cloth gilt, slip case plus THE ARABIAN NIGHTS TALES FROM THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, Ill E J Detmold, London, The Folio Society, 1999, first Folio Society edition, original pictorial cloth gilt, slip case plus THE FAIRYTALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT, Ill E Dulac, London, The Folio Society, 1999, original pictorial cloth green, pink, grey and gilt, slip case plus HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRYTALES, Ill W Heath Robinson, London, The Folio Society, 1999, original pictorial cloth gilt, slip case, all titles fine condition (4)
GEORGE ERNEST ROCHESTER: 2 Titles: THE LAIR OF THE VAMPIRE, Bovey Tracey, Devon, C H Daniels [1948], first edition, original cloth d/w (small part losses) WHITE WINGS AND BLUE WATER, London, Frederick Warne, 1952 first edition, original cloth d/w, (price clipped and very small part losses) plus EDWARD KEBLE CHATTERTON: ADVENTURERS OF THE AIR, London, Frederick Warne, ND reprint "Magnet" Library, original cloth d/w (small part losses) plus HYLTON CLEAVER: THE PILOT OF PREFECT, London, Frederick Warne, 1937 first edition, original cloth d/w (small part losses) plus WILLIAM J CLAXTON: THE MASTERY OF THE AIR, London, Blackie [1930] original pictorial cloth d/w (price clipped and part losses) plus GUY DEMPSTER: WINGED VENTURERS, London, Lutterworth Press, 1942 first edition, original cloth d/w (price clipped and very small part losses) plus WILLIAM J CLAXTON: THE AIRMAN AND HIS CRAFT, London, Blackie, 1922, original cloth pictorial paper label d/w (part losses) plus BRACEBRIDGE HEMING: AIR BELOW ZERO, London, Frederick Warne, 1939 first edition, original cloth d/w (price clipped and part losses) (8)
ANNIE RATTRAY RENTOUL: THE LADY OF THE BLUE BEADS HER BOOK BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HER FIRST BLUE MOON SPENT ON SUN ISLAND, Ill Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, George Robertson [1908] first edition, 13 full page black and white illustrations as called for, some light foxing, 4to, original cloth decorated and lettered in orange and blue
MRS J R DALE: INDIAN PALMISTRY, London [Theosophical Pub Society], 1895 first edition, "To be obtained from W de Kerler the Occult Library" label on title page, original boards plus G V DASS: MODERN CHEIROSPHY A STUDY OF THE FASCINATING SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY, Madras & Bangalore, printed by Associated Printers, original pictorial cloth d/w (part losses) not on COPAC, both titles scarce (2)
A collection of seven Harry Potter books Adult edition of The Order of The Phoenix, Hard back, first edition The Order of the Phoenix / The Half Blood Prince / The Deathly Hallows - Hard Backs, first edition The Goblet of Fire, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Askaban - paper backs All are in very good condition
Corgi "The Great Book of Corgi 1956-1983" - First Edition covers the full range of Corgi Toys produced from 1956 to 1983 and is written and compiled by "Marcel R Van Cleemput", this also comes with the correct Routemaster Bus which appears to be Mint and also with the accompanying A4 softback "Pocket Book", along with a numbered certificate which is 1542 of 4000 - conditions appear to be generally Excellent, comes with a Good Plus outer cover and also with original brown card transit carton.
GRAVES (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, 1st edition, 2nd issue 1929, 8vo, with poem excised from pp.341-343, plates, neat ink ownership name to first leaf, cloth, dust jacket with creases and tears repaired with conservator's tape; WAUGH (Evelyn) Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender, 1st editions in dust jackets; WHITE (Patrick) Voss, 1st edition 1957, dust jacket; FORSTER (E M) Maurice, 1971, dust jacket; with one other by Frank Budgen on James Joyce
KAWS,American b.1974-Astro Boy (Grey), 2012; ( VAT charged on Hammer Price)painted vinyl multiple,with artist's name, date, Tezuka Productions and publisher printed to underside,from an open edition,fabricated by Medicom Toy, China, and OriginalFake, Japan,38 x 16 x 10 cm,(multiple)Note: together with original card box packagingProvenance: Property from a private UK KAWS collectorThe authenticity of this lot has been corroborated on first hand inspection by a seasoned dealer in KAWS pieces
KAWS,American b.1974-Darth Vader, 2007; ( VAT charged on Hammer Price)painted vinyl multiple with detachable cape,from the limited edition, with artist, Lucasfilm Ltd.and published copyright to underside,fabricated by Medicom Toy and OriginalFake,contained within original card box packaging,overall: 26 x 10.5 x 8 cm,(multiple)Provenance: From the property of a private UK KAWS collectorNote: The authenticity of this lot has been corroborated on first hand inspection by a seasoned dealer in KAWS pieces
KAWS,American b.1974-Boba Fett, 2013; ( VAT charged on Hammer Price)painted vinyl multiple,from the limited edition,artist, Lucasfilm Ltd. and publisher copyright to underside,fabricated by Medicom Toy and OriginalFake,contained within original card box packaging,overall 26.3 x 12 x 8 cm(multiple)Provenance: From a private UK KAWS collectionNote: The authenticity of this lot has been corroborated on first hand inspection by a seasoned dealer in KAWS pieces
Stik,British b.1979-Doodle, 2017;ink on paper,signed in black marker,image: 7 x 5.4 cm,(framed)(ARR)Note: together with a first edition copy of the book 'Organizing for Creative People, signed by Sheila Chandra and Stik (doodle extracted from this book), published by Watkins in the UK and USA, 2017.
A collection of military history books, "Notes on The Battle of Waterloo" by the late General Sir James Shaw Kennedy KCB, published London 1865 by John Murray Albermarle Street, "Hamilton's Campaign With Moore and Wellington During The Peninsula War" by Sergeant Anthony Hamilton, published 1847, "The Military Adventures of Charles O'Neil" by Charles O'Neil published 1851 and "Military Memoirs of Four Brothers" by Thomas Fernyhough, first edition published London, William Sams, St James's Street (4).
Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) 'Selected Poems' by Maurice English, 1991, hand illustrated throughout by Breon O'CaseySigned by Breon O'Casey and numbered 153/250Inscribed 'For Pete and Jean - with love from Breon - Paul 1992' Limited edition handset in Bembo typeface and printed letterpress by Denis Stevens, St Ives, Cornwall. 1991Size 26 x 19.5cmThis is Breon O'Casey's first publication.
2 Early vols. in leather , first vol. by John Pearson 'Exposition of the Creed' 5th Edition, London by J Williams dated 1683 full leather being soiled spine mostly missing with engraved portrait together with Polybius 'The General History' in 5 books translated from the Greek by Mr Hampton, London by J Hughes 1756 including folding maps detached and damaged corners.
Stamp albums and first day covers to include:a hardbound edition 'Canada Post; The Millennium Collection' (mint condition);a hardbound Millennium album (limited edition, very good condition );a hardbound album of stamps from Australia 'Collection 2000';various first day covers to include: Australia, Royal Mail presentation packs, Canadian examples, Christmas and Ross Dependency (Caicos Islands), New Zealand, UK Commemorative FDCs Golden Jubilee of HM Elizabeth II, Landmark Buildings, Nobel Prize 100th anniversary, Bridges, British Humanitarians, Shackleton and The Endurance Expedition, Star Wars, Bees, The Battle of Waterloo.
Moholy-Nagy, László -- Licht-Raum-Modulator. 1930/printed 2005 from the original negative. Gelatin silver print. 40,3 x 30,5 cm (50,5 x 40,5cm). Monogrammed by Hattula Moholy-Nagy in pencil and with Griffelkunst edition text printed on the verso.This sculpture, which Moholy-Nagy made of metal and glass pieces, was moved by an electric motor. It is the first large kinetic sculpture in art history. – Light handling creases/marks in margins, otherwise in very good condition.Lit.: Barbara Auer. Künstler mit der Kamera. Photographie als Experiment. Mannheim 1994, ill. p. 14 (different image of the modulator).
Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's recreation, a facsimile reprint of the 1653 first edition, Adam and Charles Black, London, together with Guy (Joseph) Elements of Astronomy, familiarly explaining the general phaenomena of the heavenly bodies, fold-out frontispiece of the solar system, printed for Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1821, Stonehenge, Manual of British Rural Sports, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, London, 1863, Nicol (Walter) The Villa-Garden Directory or Monthly index of work to be done in town and villa gardens, shrubberies and parterres, Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, 1823, Emmanuel (Harry) Diamonds and Precious Stones, their history, value and distinguishing characteristics, John Camden, London, 1867, Norton (F.C) A popular handbook of useful and interesting information for beginners in the elementary study of Assyriology, published by the author, Sussex, 1908, Baty (Richard) A Friend In Need: or the Complete Art of Swimming, Printed for the editor, Hutton Watson, Carlisle Parsons (Rev.B) Anti-Bacchus: An Essay on the Crimes, Diseases and other evils connected with the use of intoxicating drinks, published by Jon Snow, London, Nicolas (Nicholas) Testamenta Vestusta: Being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners, Customs &c. As well as of the descents and possessions of Many Distinguished Families, Nichols and Son, London, 1826, Hervey (James) Meditations and contemplations, two volumes in one, Cookes Edition, Printed for C. Cooke, London, Broadbent (Thomas Biggin) The Folly of Vice and The Wisdom of Virtue, represented in two discourses, second edition, Printed for R. Hunter, London, 1818, Woodward (G.M) An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, a new edition, fold-out coloured illustration to frontispiece, printed for Thomas Tegg, London, 1809, Bacon (Francis) Essays; or Counsels civil and moral, the colours of good and evil, and apophthegms, Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, London,1872 and Foxes Book of Martyrs, being an authentic account of the sufferings and triumphant deaths of the Primitve Protestant Martyrs, Milner and Company, London
Shakespeare (William). The National Shakespeare. A facsimile of the text of the first folio of 1623, 3 volumes, London: William Mackenzie, [1888-89], photogravure frontispieces and plates on India paper by J. Nöel Paton, some browning to some text leaves, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's dark green full morocco, boards with large recess embossed roundel in gilt and blind, occasional light rubbing to extremities, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:The publisher's description advertises this facsimile as, "...a scrupulously accurate reproduction of the original, including all those peculiarities of paging, spelling, and punctuation to which so much interest is now attached. It will be printed in a special antique type, such as was actually employed in the 'First Folio', upon hand-made paper, with rough edges, specially manufactured for this work, to maintain the antique character of the edition." This special edition with India plates was bound in morocco and priced at five guineas per volume.
Heron (Robert, translator). Arabian Tales: or, a continuation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Consisting of stories related by the Sultana of the Indies, to divert her husband from the performance of a rash vow; exhibiting a most interesting view of the religion, laws, manners, customs, arts, and literature, of the nations of the east..., newly translated from the original Arabic into French, by Dom Chavis, a native Arab, and Mr. Cazotte, and translated from the French into English by Robert Heron, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, J. Dickson, E. Balfour, and P. Hill... and G. G. J. Robinson, 1792, half-title to each volume (except the fourth volume without half-title), contemporary ownership signature to title of each volume of John Henderson, ownership inscription'William Thomson, foot of Leitch Hill dated 30th October 1810' to front blank of first volume, and a further ownership signature of Mrs Thomson, Cassels Place to front endpaper of each volume, contemporary uniform tree calf, red morocco spine label to each, rubbed to joints and edges, 8voQTY: (4)
Ficino (Marsilio). Epistole Marsilii Ficini Florentini, Venice: Matteo Capcasa for Hieronymus Blondus, 1st edition, 11 March 1495, 204 leaves (6 unnumbered pages, clxxxxvii, 1 unnumbered leaf), printed in Roman type, front blank with small ownership inkstamp of the Bibliotheca Heberiana, title printed in black (with woodcut motif of a phoenix) with small contemporary inscription 'Diem dies docet, Aedeus', illegible oval ownership blindstamp, and ink signature of H. N. Coleridge dated 1834, elaborate woodcut border to title verso, repeated to first two pages of the prologue, numerous small woodcut initials, occasional minor mark or small waterstain, larger stains to upper outer corners of folios CXXIV to CXXIX, dampstaining to lower blank margin beginning at leaf CXXXXI and continuing to end, with some associated fraying and small losses to final leaves, contemporary ownership inscription of Nicolas Pelletur, dated 1499 to verso of blank leaf at rear, medieval manuscript fragment bound in to rear gutter, 17th century full calf with coat-of-arms of the Prince de Condé to centre of each cover, worn with backstrip missing and small loss to lower outer corner of rear cover, folio (textblock measures 305 x 202 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Nicholas Pelletur, 1499 (inscription at rear of volume); Louis de Bourbon (1621-1686), Prince de Condé, "The Great Condé" with his coat-of-arms to covers; Richard Heber (1773 – 1833), bibliophile and founder member of the Roxburghe Club, inkstamp; H. N. Coleridge (1798-1843), signature.The very early latin manucript ownership inscription in brown ink reads: 'Nicolaus pelliparius artium et medicine doctor/hunc librum emit Lugdin' precio 21 gross’/anno domini 1499/Ni pelletur' ('Nicholas Pelletur, doctor of arts and medicine/bought this book at Lyons for 21 groschen/in the year of our Lord 1499/Ni Pelletur').Hain-Copinger 7059; GW 9873; BMC V, 486; Goff F154; ISTC if00154000. Editio princeps of the Epistole of Ficino.Marsilio Ficino of Florence (1433-1499), one of the most influential thinkers of the Renaissance, put before society a new ideal of human nature, emphasising its divine potential. For Ficino, the writings of Plato provided the key to the most important knowledge for mankind, knowledge of God and the soul. Ficino had been directed by Cosimo de’ Medici towards the study of Plato in the original Greek, and later formed a close connection with Cosimo’s grandson, Lorenzo de’ Medici. Gathered round Ficino and Lorenzo were such men as Landino, Bembo, Poliziano and Pico della Mirandola. The ideas they discussed became central to the work of many Renaissance writers and artists, including Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dürer, Spenser, Shakespeare and Donne.“The Letters occupy in fact a very important place in Ficino's work. As historical documents, they give us a vivid picture of his personal relations with his friends and pupils, and of his own literary and scholarly activities. As pieces of literature, edited and collected by himself, the letters take their place among other correspondences of the time and are a monument of humanistic scholarship and literature. Finally, the letters are conscious vehicles of moral and philosophical teaching and often reach the dimensions of a short treatise. Ficino began to collect his letters in the 1470's, gradually arranged them in twelve books, had them circulated in numerous manuscript copies, and finally had them printed in 1495." (Paul Oskar Kristeller).
Johns (W.E). Biggles in Borneo, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1943, colour frontispiece, neat ownership inscription of 'Sheila Lloyd' to head of half-title, original green pictorial cloth, dust jacket, priced 5/- to front flap (however 'winning' on first line), a few small closed tears to rear panel, spine extremities chipped (slightly affecting title to head), 8voQTY: (1)
Pound (Ezra). Personae, 1st edition, London: Elikin Mathews, 1909, untrimmed, original publisher's dark grey boards lettered in gilt, a little rubbed and spine detached with some loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Antheil and The Treatise on Harmony, 1st edition, Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1924, authors inscription to title 'to certify that E. Swainson having bought same refused 10 fr. reimbursement. The author's increase of 18, E. Pound, 1926', inscription in black ink to title, first few leaves somewhat loose, original red printed wrappers, rubbed and creased, spine lightly faded, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Gallup A3a, 1st edition, 1st issue, with the five lines of the gilt title to spine measuring 2cm, and without advertisement leaf at end.Gallup A25b.
Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper copy, London: George Allen, 1894, half-title, full-page frontispiece and illustrations to text by Hugh Thomson, all China paper proofs, decorative initials, Large Paper edition of 250 copies for England and 25 copies for America, additionally signed by Thomson to head of title, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, with the original red buckram covers bound at rear, along with the gilt decorated 'peacock' green cloth spine and upper panel and matching portion of the original pale blue pictorial dust jacket also bound at rear, contemporary crushed full green morocco gilt by Riviere, stamped to front turn-in 'Bound by P Riviere & Son for L.S Montague 1895', gilt foliate broad turn-ins, gilt foliate devices to covers and spine, spine faded to brown, large 8vo (26 x 17.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Gilson E78.A unique copy of the large paper issue of the 'Peacock' edition of Pride & Prejudice. Bound for Louis Samuel Montagu (1869-1927), financier and political activist. Highlights of Montagu's famous collection include Lewis Carroll's working copy of the 1865 true first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with 10 original pencil drawings by John Tenniel (Christie's sale 1970) and Through the Looking Glass with 22 original Tenniel preliminary drawings. The first title was also bound by Riviere, dated 1899, with the same stamp.The dust jacket for the standard Peacock edition bound in to this copy is one of two known examples that we have traced on the market.
Gunn (Thom). My Sad Captains and Other Poems, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1961, original cloth in dust jacket, some browning and fading to spine and lower panel margins, 8vo, together with Hamilton (Ian), The Visit, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1970, original cloth in dust jacket, a few minor marks and 2 small nicks to upper margin, 8vo, plusPlath (Sylvia), The Colossus, uncorrected proof copy, Faber & Faber, 1967, a few marks, ownership inscription of 'Miss Goad' to upper cover, some marginal browning to covers, 8vo, plusOsborne (John), Look Back in Anger/The Entertainer/Epitaph for George Dillon, 1st editions, Faber & Faber, 1956, 1957 & 1958, ownership name inscription of Rosemary Goad to front endpapers, original cloth in dust jackets, a little chipped at edges and slightly torn at head of first volume, 8vo, plus other largely unsigned literature and related from the library of Rosemary GoadQTY: (26)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.
Larkin (Philip). High Windows, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1974, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, inscribed to front endpaper "Philip Larkin, Garrick Club, 3 June 1974, plus 11 other signatures beneath including Rosemary Goad, John Betjeman, Mollie du Sautoy, Peter du Sautoy, Anthony Thwaite, Ann Thwaite, Monica Jones, Charles Monteith and Elizabeth Cavendish, together with Required Writing. Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982, 1st paperback edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1983, original wrappers, some fading to spine, a few light creases, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed at front "For Rosemary, with warm gratitude for all help and encouragement - Philip", with three others: Jill, 1st edition, 1946 (without the jacket, signed by Charles Monteith), The Whitsun Weddings, 1964 (somewhat bowed), and Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press and Me, by Jean Hartley, 1989, inscribed by the authorQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.
Murray (John). Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1882, 2 folding maps (one each in pocket at front and rear), plan of Calcutta facing page 82, and folding map of British Burma facing page 396, fifty-page publishers catalogue at rear, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and marked and some fraying to upper joint and outer corners, together with A Handbook for Travellers in India and Burma and Ceylon including the provinces of Bengal, Bombay and Madras, the Punjab, north-west provinces, Rajputna, central provinces, Mysore, etc., the native states, Assam and Cashmere, 3rd edition, London: John Murray, 1898, 74 maps and plans, including large folding mpa in pocket at rear (torn to folds withhout loss), ownership inscription of R. E. S. Thomas, 8 Mission Row, Calcutta, to half-title, printed advertisements to endpapers, inner hnges partly cracked, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, plus three further editions of Murray's Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon (8th editon, 1911, 10th edition, 1919, and 13th ediiton, 1929), all bound in original publishers red cloth, first two volumes rubbed and some marks and soiling, with some fraying to joints, second volume detatching along rear joint, and six others similar: The Imperial Guide to India including Kashmir, Burma and Ceylon, London: John Murray, 1904, S. Ruben, A Guide for Travellers in India, Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., Murray's Handbook for iNdia, part I-Madras, 1st edition, 1859 (but lacking the general map and with plan of Madras only), Murray's Handbook of the Bengal Presidency with (two of four) maps only (rebound in modern red cloth), and Joshua Duke, Kashmir and Jammu. A Guide for Visitors, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1903 (defective), all 8voQTY: (10)
Black (A. & C., publishers). Cruikshank's Water Colours, London: A. & C. Black, 1903, colour plates, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original cloth, a few small marks, 4to, Edition de Luxe 38/300, signed by the publishers, together with Some English Gardens, after drawings by George S. Elgood, notes by Gertrude Jekyll, 1904 QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Robert Jones, Liverpool, bookplate to Cruikshank's Water Colours. Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933) was a pioneering orthopaedic surgeon and early user of radiography, described the Jones fracture in 1903. During the First World War he was instrumental in establishing military orthopaedic hospitals and his use of the Thomas splint for femoral fractures led to a much reduced mortality rate for this injury. The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry is named after him.
Pound (Ezra). Draft of XXX Cantos, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1933, edges rough trimmed, booksellers label to front pastedown, original black cloth gilt in orange dust wrapper, little rubbed, minor fraying to head and foot of spine (with slight loss to foot), 8vo, together with other 1st editions by Ezra Pound comprising: A Draft of Cantos XXXI-XLI, 1935, The Fifth Decad of Cantos, 1937, The Pisan Cantos, 1949, Section: Rock-Drill 85-95 de los cantares, 1955, and Thrones 96-109 de los cantares, 1960, first two without dust-wrappers, plus others by and about James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Ezra Pound, etc., including: As the Story was Told by Samuel Beckett, Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1987, limited edition 39/325, The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 4 volumes, Cambridge University Press, 2009-2016, James Joyce, Ulysses, A Critical and Synoptic Edition prepared by Hans Walter Gabler..., in 3 volumes, New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1984, The Red Limbo Lingo, A Poetry Notebook by Lawrence Durrell, 1st edition, signed, London: Faber and Faber, 1971, in slipcase, James Joyce, Ulysses, a facsimile of the manuscript, with a critical introduction by Harry Levin and a bibliographical preface by Clive Driver, 1975, etc., mainly 8voQTY: (26)
* Heaney (Seamus, 1939-2013). Typed Letter Signed, 'Seamus', Dublin, 13 March 1995, to Rosemary [Goad] thanking her very much for sending the "Extempore Effusion" and saying how he was delighted to meet Sue Shaw at the Wilde occasion and asking for her address, continuing that 'The edition probably should be fairly limited. I have agreed that it be published in scholarly compendium... We must, indeed, meet again for a bit of a hooley', with a manuscript insertion and an ink postscript, 2 pp., 8vo, with filing notes, stapled to an A4 photocopy of the same and a computer print-out of 'Oscar Wilde Dedication: Westminster Abbey 14 February 1995', 5 pp., folio, together with 3 different printed versions of 'Extempore Effusion on Missing Rosemary's Party', 29 November 1988, one with Rosemary Goad's notes at head and foot, a little creasing, each one page, folio, plus a 10-line computer print-out of a poem for Rosemary Goad by Seamus Heaney, beginning, 'With love on publication day, To Rose, to wish you happy birthday, You, who are highest on the list, "The goad we never kick against...."' signed 'Seamus' with three kisses at foot, one page, folio, plus 3 other unsigned Heaney itemsQTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.
* Bohemian playing cards. Jubilee Exhibition cards, Prague: Jan Šrámek, circa 1908, the complete deck of 32 colour lithographed playing cards (non-standard suits), comprising 4 suits of 8: toboggans, barrels, African shields, Chinese lamps, each with Daus, single figured king, ober, & unter, and pips 7-10, daus of toboggans with maker's details, 8 of lamps with copyright and logo, maker's stamp, and Austrian tax stamp, a trifle rubbed in places, 8 of lamps faded, unter of tobaggans scuffed and retouched, versos grey checkerboard, square corners, each card 112 x 68 mm, together with: Mythology tarock, Bohemia, Budweis: Alois Machaczek, 1858, a reduced tarot pack of 42 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 5 (French suits), each with 1 pip card (red aces & unusually black 6s), and 4 double-ended courts, place of manufacture on jack of clubs, plus 21 double-ended trumps (Roman numerals at each end), and Fool card, trump I with dated maker's stamp and Austrian tax stamp, dusty, some cards slightly rubbed, some minor marks or light soiling, versos green & blue paste marbled, each card 107 x 53 mm, plus: Prague type II Trappola, Prague: Maria Sewera (or Severa), circa 1876, a complete deck of 36 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Italian suits), double-ended courts, ace of batons with maker's details, generally a trifle darkened (jack of cups & ace of batons more so), some pale spotting, 7 of swords with previously repaired 1.5 cm closed edge tear, versos brown plaid, each card 107 x 59 mm, with 6 other 20th century Czechoslovakian packs including: Czech Heroes pack with box, F. Piatnik, circa 1935; Patriotic pack with wrapper, F. Piatnik, circa 1950; Proletarian pack, Tvar of Bratislava, circa 1957, a quantity from each pack listed mounted with photo corners onto separate display boards, most encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder contained in plastic bags, the boards 59.5 x 42 cm and smallerQTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Altfahrt, Makers of Playing-Cards in Prague (IPCS Papers #8), p.102; Cary, CZE 16; World Web Playing Cards Museum, WWPCM02133.An unusual pack specially designed and made in a limited edition of 1000 for the 1908 Jubilee Exhibition in Prague, celebrating Emperor Franz Joseph's diamond jubilee. The suit signs relate to the exhibition pavilions. Apparently these are the only playing cards Jan Šrámek ever produced.Second item: previous provenance: Collection of Klaus Reisinger; Collection of David Temperley. This is the pack illustrated in Reisinger, Tarocke, vol.I page 134. Third item: Maria Sewera continued the playing card business when her husband Wenzel died in 1875. She then ran it alone until Anton Kratochvil took over in 1879.
[Johns, W. E.]. Mossyface, A Romance of the Air, 1st edition, London: The Weekly Telegraph Novels, no. 121, [1922], advertisement leaf at rear, leaves lightly toned, text block loose from wrappers (with staples removed), original pictorial paper wrappers, priced with 6D sticker to upper cover, 1 small closed tear to upper cover outer margin, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The extremely rare first work by W. E. Johns. Published 10 years before its first appearance in book form, its rarity can partly be attributed to the fragile paper wrappers and the fact it was published under a pseudonym.The only auction record we are able to trace seems to be this very copy. (Bloomsbury, 2005)
MacKinnon (Colonel). Origin and of the Coldstream Guards, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, monochrome plates, occasional minor spotting, original cloth gilt, some wear with portion to head of spine of first volume nearly detached, 8vo, together with:Ross-of-Bladensburg (Lieutenant Colonel). A History of the Coldstream Guards from 1815 to 1895, illustrated by Lieut. Nevile R. Wilkinson, 1st edition, London: A. D. Innes & Co., 1896, colour lithograph plates, maps etc., top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary ownership signature to half-title of Eric Hanbury Tracy, Coldstream Guards 1896, bookplate of N Lawrence to front pastedown, original dark blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, large 8vo, plusDavies (G.). The Early History of the Coldstream Guards, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, monochrome plates and maps, original dark blue cloth gilt, large 8vo, and further histories of the Coldstream Guards including Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Ross-of-Bladensburg, The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918, 3 volumes (including maps), 1928, Colonel Sir John Hall, The Coldstream Guards 1885-1914, Oxford 1929, Michael Howard and John Sparrow, The Coldstream Guards 1920-1946, Oxford, 1951 (two copies), D. C. Quilter 'No Dishonourable Name', 1st edition, 1947, Richard Crichton, The Coldstream Guards 1946-1970, 1st edition, 1972, Cuthbert Headlam, History of the Guards Division in the Great War 1915-1918, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1924, Patrick Forbes, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, [1946], and Captain J. Pereira, A Distant Drum, War Memories of the Intelligence officer of the 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 1944-45, 1st edition, 1948, all original publishers cloth gilt, 8vo (Quilter in 4to) G/VGQTY: (16)
Firminger (Rev. W. K.). Thacker's Guide to Calcutta, 1st edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1906, xiv, 271 pp., 6 pp. adverts, and 55 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, folding plan of Calcutta loosely inserted to rear pastedown, 14 monochrome plates after photographs, one or two old oval ink stamps ('Capital', Calcutta), rear hinge loosened, original dark blue cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed and slight wear to edges, together withMalleson (Colonel G. V.). Seringapatam Past and Present. A Monograph, reprinted, London: Luzac & Co., Madras: Higgin Botham & Co., 1909, viii, 79pp, 3 pp. advertisements at end, some scattered spotting, original cloth-backed printed boards, some marks, plusKarkaria (R. P., editor). The Charm of Bombay, An Anthology of Writings in Parise of the First City in India, with a foreword by H. E. Lord Willingdon, Governor of Bombay, 1st edition, Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala, Sons & Co., 1915, XXVII, 627 pp., original gilt-and blind-stamped red cloth, very lightly rubbed, all 8voQTY: (3)
Moveables. Tony Sarg's Books for Children from Six to Sixty, London: T. Werner Laurie Limited, 1924, colour illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers, front inner hinge rubbed, original cloth-backed pictorial boards with blank theatre inlay, slightly soiled, 4to, together withAus Dem Kleinen Alten Stadtchen, by Else Wenz-Vietor, 8th edition, Oldenburg: Stalling, circa 1922, 7 double sided colour plates with insertion slots and 26 facsimile cut out figures, tear to tab on page 2 resulting in some loss to lower page, pictures depict various scenes from life including: street, market, shop and school scene, figures can be inserted at will, cloth backed pictorial boards, 4to, plus My First Jig-Puz Book, Full of Jig-Saw Puzzles and Story Verses, London: John Leng & Co. Ltd, circa 1920, 5 full-page inset jigsaw puzzles (complete), original linen-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed at edges, 4to, plus Ding Dong, London: J.W.Spear & Sons Ltd, [1937], mounted wood and metal xylophone at the rear, with eight notes to be tapped, four colourfully illustrated pages with songs, each with a window allowing the instrument to be played, cover rubbed in places, oblong 4to, and other moveable, panorama, pop-up and children's books including: Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves, a peepshow book; Le Roy Soleil; Noddles, a Wibbly Wobbly Book; The Snow White, moving eye book; The Coronation of the Queen, stand up model of the Royal State Coach; 4to and 8voQTY: (18)
Shakespeare (William). Bell's Edition of Shakspere, 20 volumes, London: John Bell, 1788, half-titles, engraved frontispieces and numerous plates, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, some joints cracked, 12mo, together with:Wordsworth (William), The Poetical Works, 6 volumes, new edition, London: Edward Moxon, 1841, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, small 8voQTY: (26)
James (P.D). Cover Her Face, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1962, ownership inscription of Rosemary Goad to head of front free endpaper, original green cloth gilt, spine extremities lightly dust-soiled, dust jacket, spine extremities a little frayed with small portions of loss, small green ink stain to jacket verso, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.James wrote to Goad 'I owe you more than I can say for all these decades of advice, encouragement and shred enthusiasm, which made every editing session pure pleasure' (Rose Goad, A Rare Edition, celebrating six decades in publishing, p.14).
Golden Cockerel Press. The Voyage of the Bounty's Launch as Related in William Bligh's Despatch to the Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934, wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, light offsetting to title and spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, original contrasting cloth, slight partial soiling, folio, limited edition 85/300, together with Bligh's Voyage in the Resource, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, partly unopened, light spotting to endpapers, original contrasting cloth, spine slightly darkened, a little light spotting, folio, limited edition 130/350, plus The First Fleet. The Record of the Foundation of Australia from its Conception to the Settlement at Sydney Cove, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, bookplates including Elizabeth Greenhill (1907-2006, bookbinder), original cloth gilt, folio, limited edition 89/375QTY: (3)
Burckhardt (John Lewis). Travels in Nubia, Published by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior parts of Africa, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1819, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved maps including 2 folding, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, original publisher's boards, printed title to spine, upper board detached, worn, 4to (28.5 x 22.3 cm), together with:Burckhardt (John Lewis), Travels in Syria and the Holy Land, Published by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior parts of Africa, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1822, half-title, lithograph portrait frontispiece, 6 engraved maps including 2 folding, edges untrimmed, original publisher's boards, printed title to spine, spine and edges worn, 4to (28.2 x 22 cm),Burckhardt (John Lewis), Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account of those Territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred, Published by Authority of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1829, half-title discarded, 5 engraved maps including 1 folding, occasional light scattered spotting, late 19th-century half calf, worn at head and foot of spine, 4to (27 x 21 cm),Burckhardt (John Lewis), Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys, collected during his travels in the East, Published by Authority of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830, half-title, engraved map frontispiece with some spotting and slightly offset to title, few wood engraved illustrations, edges untrimmed, original publisher's cloth-backed boards, manuscript title label to spine, spine torn at head and worn at foot, 4to (28.8 x 21.8 cm)QTY: (4)NOTE:1. cf.Blackmer 238 (second edition). John Lewis Burckhardt (1784-1817), travelled from Aleppo to Cairo and then made two journeys, one along the Upper Nile, the other through the Nubian desert.2. Atabey 166; Blackmer 237. "Edited by William Leake, these journals describe Burckhardt's various journeys between 1810 and 1816. It was at Aleppo that he studied Arabic in preparation for his later travels and he toured Syria and the Holy Land making the first visit by a European to Petra" (Blackmer).3. cf. Blackmer 239 (second edition). Burckhardt spent nearly nine years in the Middle East and North Africa preparing for an expedition to find the source of the Niger under the auspices of the African Association, only to succumb to dysentery before completing his quest. In 1814 he travelled up the Nile as far as Dar Mahass; then, finding it impossible to penetrate westward, he journeyed through the Nubian desert in the character of a poor Syrian merchant, passing by Berber and Shendi to Suakin, on the Red Sea, whence he performed the pilgrimage to Mecca by way of Jidda. At Mecca, he stayed for three months and afterwards visited Medina. The present work relates his experiences in Arabia and contains the first accurate account of the Hedjaz including Mecca and Medina to reach Europe. The plates include plans of Mecca and Medina. There were two editions of this title published in 1829, the present large quarto edition, and a two-volume octavo edition.4. Not in Blackmer. The final work was published posthumously by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa.
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