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NO RESERVE Ishiguro (Kazuo) An Artist of the Floating World, first paperback edition, this copy bound in boards, signed presentation inscription from the author to Gerald Milward-Oliver on title, usual marginal toning, 1986; The Remains of the Day, original boards, jacket spine sunned, 1989, first editions, dust-jackets, near-fine generally, 8vo (2)⁂ The first a bibliographic oddity, bound in the boards of the true first edition.

Fox Hunting.- Somerville (E. Œ.) Slipper's ABC of Fox Hunting, first edition, half-title, 20 chromolithograph plates, one with tear and expertly repaired, scattered marginal soiling, cracked hinges, original pictorial boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1903 § [Surtees (Robert Smith)] [The Sporting Novels],comprising Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour; Plain or Ringlets; Mr Romford's Hounds; Hawbuck-Grange; Ask Mama, and; Handley Cross., 6 vol., subscription edition, hand-coloured frontispieces, title vignettes and plates, illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour' with cracked upper hinge, original pictorial cloth, gilt, sunned spines as usual, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [c.1880]; and 2 others, similar, v.s. (9).

Darwin (Charles) Insectivorous Plants, first edition, third thousand, half-title, woodcut illustrations, ink ownership inscription of John Bay to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, margins a little toned, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, quite rubbed, spine chipped at head, [Freeman 1217], 8vo, 1875.

NO RESERVE Miller (Henry) Tropic of Cancer, fifth printing, [one of 500 copies], 1939; Max and the White Phagocytes, first edition, spine and corners a little chipped, light soiling to covers, 1938, light browning to text, original wrappers, light toning and creasing to spines, Paris, Obelisk Press, 8vo (2)

Stoppard (Tom) Lord Malquist & Mr Moon, first English edition, signed by the author on half-title, ink names erased from front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, closed tear to head of upper panel, light toning to spine and panels, 8vo, 1966.

Assortment of books including Lt. Col. T Gibbons with the 1-5th Essex in the East Benham 1921, Francis M Kelly and Randolph Schwab, Historic Costume 1490 - 1790, BT Batsford, 1st edition 1925, Thelwell Country, Methuen & Co, 1959, Giovantti, Max, Macmillan Co, 1954, J H Dowd, Important People, Country Life Ltd., First Edition, 1930, William Secord, Dog Painting: A History of Dog & Art, Antiques Collector's Club, 2013, etc (12)

Ahmed bin Yusuf al-Damashqi al-Qaramani [d.1019 AH (1611 AD)]. Kitab Akhbar al-Duwal wa Athar al-Awal, lithographed in Arabic [Baghdad, Iraq, dated 1283 AH (1866 AD)] single volume, first printed edition, uncollatable but apparently complete with fihrist (index) at the front, opening and closing colophons present, leaves trimmed with loss to some page numbers along upper margins and catch-words along lower margins, outer edges of 22 leaves repaired, hinges cracked with some leaves becoming loose, a few closed tears repaired, 275 x 175mm.; later red-morocco boards, rebacked, a little scuffed and rubbed From the Mohamed Makiya Collection, their 50/200. This work on early history was compiled in 1007 AH (1598 AD), and first lithographed in Baghdad in 1283 AH (1866 AD). It was later reprinted in Cairo in 1290 AH (1873 AD). The Muhammadan Manuscripts collection in Cambridge University Library holds a manuscript copy of this work dating Dhu'l-Hijjja 1138 AH (August 1726) [Ms no.231 (a), references Brocklemann II, 301; Suppl. II, 412].

Edition of 'The Bystanders, Fragments From France' by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather, featuring many of his cartoons from the First World War, together with 'Nash's War Manual' dated 1914, and 'Arras and the Battles of Artois ( Michelin Illustrated Guides to the Battlefields 1914-1918)' (3)

A Chinese woodblock print album, China, Beijing, Rong Bao Zhai, published 1955, Rongbao Zhai Catalogue of Poems, woodblock prints, ink and colour on paper, 31cm. x 21.5 cm, cloth-bound slipcaseNotes: The Shizhuzhai Jianpu, Ten Bamboo Studio Catalogue of Letter Paper, was first printed in late Ming dynasty and is divided into eight categories. A Chinese publisher, Rongbao Zhai was tasked to reprint the book in the first decades of the 1900s, completing the first edition in 1941. In 1952, there was a second republication of around 300 copies. Another example from the 1952 edition is part of the British Museum collection The Beijing Rongbao Zhai Xin Ji Shi Jian Pu was first published in 1951 and reprinted in 1953, 1955, and 1957.

[ANTIQUES & COLLECTING]. CERAMICS & OTHER Five assorted works, including Haslam, Malcolm. The Martin Brothers Potters, first edition, Dennis, London, 1978, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; and Hayward, Leslie, & Atterbury, Paul, editor. Poole Pottery, third edition, Dennis, Shepton Beauchamp, 2002, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto.

[ART] Nine assorted works, including British Printmakers 1855-1955. A Century of Printmaking from the Etching Revival to St. Ives, first edition, Garton & Co. / Scolar Press, Devizes, 1992, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto.

[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2000, boards, dustjacket, octavo; together with Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, Bloomsbury / Raincoast Books, London / Vancouver, 2000, boards, dustjacket (jacket spine faded, with tear around head of lower joint), octavo; Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, adult cover first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2003, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, adult cover first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2005, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2007, boards, dustjacket, octavo, three copies (one with dustjacket faded along spine), (7).

[TOPOGRAPHY]. SOMERSET Powell, Rev. Arthur Herbert. The Ancient Borough of Bridgwater, first edition, Page & Son, Bridgwater, 1907, original crimson cloth, ten illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), folding map, octavo; Powell, Rev. Arthur Herbert. Bridgwater in the Later Days, first edition, Page & Son, Bridgwater, 1908, original crimson cloth, twenty illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), map, octavo; Robinson, W.J. West Country Manors, first edition, St. Stephen's Press, Bristol, 1930, dark green cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; and three other works, (6).

[MISCELLANEOUS]. WOOD-ENGRAVING Leighton, Clare. Four Hedges. A Gardener's Chronicle, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1935, green cloth, illustrations by the author, quarto; Bates, H.E., and Parker, Agnes Miller, illustrator. Through the Woods, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1936, brown cloth, illustrations, quarto; and Leighton, Clare. Wood-engraving and Woodcuts, The Studio, London, 1932, cloth-backed boards, mounted black and white plate illustrations from photographs, further full-page black and white illustrations, quarto, (3). Condition Report : Four Hedges: generally good; lightly soiled spine; Through the Woods: generally good; Wood-engraving: spine faded, with small loss at head. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. RUGS & TEXTILES Lipton, Mimi, editor. The Tiger Rugs of Tibet, first edition, Thames & Hudson, London, 1988, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; together with Picton, John, and Mack, John. African Textiles, British Museum Publications Ltd, London, 1979, soft covers, illustrations throughout, quarto, (2). Condition Report : Generally good condition; both slightly faded along spine. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. GARDENING & OTHER Twenty-seven assorted works, in twenty-nine volumes, including The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book, first edition, Murray, London, 1994, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto (jacket faded along spine), and nine Britain in Pictures titles, (29).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Knapp, Andrew, & Baldwin, William. The Newgate Calendar, comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious Characters who have been convicted of outrages on the Laws of England, Volume 1, Robins, London, 1824, modern half calf, text illustrations, octavo; together with Ferguson, Gordon. The Green Collars. The Tarporley Hunt Club and Cheshire Hunting History, first edition, Quiller Press, London, 1993, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to title page, quarto; and four assorted other works, (6).

Patek Philippe Nautilus Referenz 3712/1A/001 “3 dots”Herrenarmbanduhr in Stahl mit Stahlband in Originallänge. Durchmesser 42 mm. Saphirglas, blaues Zifferblatt mit Mondphase. Das ungewöhnliche asymmetrische Zifferblatt zeigt einen Subsekundenzähler bei 4 Uhr, Datums- und Mondphasenanzeige bei 7 Uhr und eine Gangreserveanzeige zwischen 9 und 11 Uhr von 48 Stunden. Der tiefste Punkt der Gangreserve ist mit 3 roten Punkten markiert. Dies bedeutet, dass es sich um eine Uhr der ersten Serie handelt. Die zweite Serie hat 4 Punkte.Hauseigenes Automatikwerk, mit Genfer Streifen verziert, mit Mikrorotor aus massivem Gold 22K, Kaliber 240 PS IRM C LU. Diese Vorserie der Jubiläums-Collection zum 40-jährigen Jubiläum der Nautilus war eine Hommage an die ursprüngliche 3700, die ein ähnliches Monoblockgehäuse mit integriertem Saphirboden besitzt.Originalbox von Patek Philippe, Zertifikat in Original-Ledermappe, Original Korrekturstift für Mondphaseneinstellung in Stahl und Ebenholz sowie Original Reisebox in Leder sind enthalten. Die Originalpräsentationsmappe von Patek Philippe mit der detaillierten Beschreibung der ersten Nautilus mit Mondphase, welche zusätzlich alle Messeneuheiten von Patek Philippe aus dem Jahr 2005 enthält, sind ebenfalls vorhanden. Die Uhr ist in absolut perfektem Zustand, also in mint condition.Bei dieser Uhr handelt es sich um eine der seltensten Uhren dieses Modelles, welche ausschliesslich im Jahr 2005 produziert wurden. Die Auflage betrug nicht einmal 1000 Exemplare. Die Variante „3 dots“ ist wegen ihrer puristischen Ausführung besonders gesucht.Patek Philippe Nautilus Reference 3712/1A/001 “3 dots”Men’s wristwatch in stainless steel with bracelet in stainless steel and in original length. Diameter 42 mm. Sapphire crystal, blue dial with moon phase. The unusual asymmetrical dial shows a sub-seconds counter at 4 o'clock, date and moon phase indicator at 7 o'clock and a power reserve indicator between 9 and 11 o'clock of 48 hours. The lowest point of the power reserve is marked with 3 red dots. This means that it is a watch of the first series. The second series has 4 dots.In-house automatic movement, decorated with Geneva stripes, with 22K solid gold micro rotor, caliber 240 PS IRM C LU. This pre-production run of the Nautilus 40th Anniversary Collection was a tribute to the original 3700, which features a similar monobloc case with an integrated sapphire caseback.Patek Philippe original box, certificate in original leather folder, original correction pen for moon phase setting in steel and ebony, and original travel box in leather are included. The watch was purchased at Basel World 2005. The original presentation folder from Patek Philippe with the detailed description of the first Nautilus with moon phase, which additionally contains all Patek Philippe fair novelties from 2005, are also present. The watch is in absolutely mint condition.This watch is one of the rarest watches of this model, which was produced exclusively in 2005. The edition does not even amount 1000 pieces. The variant "3 dots" is particularly sought after because of its purist design.

ACCUM,   Friedrich (1769-1838). A Treatise on the Art of Making Wine from Native Fruits; exhibiting the Chemical Principles upon which the Art of Wine Making depends; the Fruits best adapted for Home made Wines, and the method of preparing them. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820.12mo (187 x 108mm). Hand-colored engraved title-vignette; 24-pp. publisher 's catalogue at end. Contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, partially uncut (minor wear to spine end and corners).  FIRST EDITION. The catalogue at end contains several reviews of Accum's Treatise on Adulterations of Food. Bitting, p. 2; Simon 16; Vicaire 4.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

BATE, George (1608-1669). Pharmacopoeia Bateana ... Huic accesserunt Arcana Goddardiana. Edited by J. Shipton. London: Samuel Smith, 1691.  12mo (153 x 88mm). (Bifolium following title sprung in first quire; some minor marginal browning, heavier at end.) Contemporary calf (rebacked in sheep, worn). Provenance: John Lany (ownership inscription on blank recto of imprimatur leaf, dated 1695 and his? occasional marginalia and notes on rear flyleaf); Franz Sondheimer, British chemist (bookplate).    Second edition. Includes a 9-pp. catalogue of medical books printed by Samuel Smith at end. Welcome II, 113; Wing B1086; ESTC R31572.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[ARTIST'S BOOKS]. CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985). Chagall Lithographe. Vol. III: [Paris]: Andre Sauret, 1969; another copy; Vol. IV: New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1974.3 volumes, 4to (vols. III & IV only, with a duplicate of vol. III). Text in French or English corresponding with place of publication, 4 original lithographs (dust jackets and frontispieces), numerous reproductions of Chagall 's lithographs. Original cloth; lithograph dust jackets (vol. IV clipped, a few spine ends with soft creases); glassines (slight chipping); board slipcases.FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of vol. III; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of vols. IV. Includes a duplicate copy of vol. III.Property from the Estate of a Renowned Art Dealer, New York City, New York

[ARTIST'S BOOK]. RUSCHA, Ed (b. 1937). Course of Empire. N.p.: United States Pavilion, 51st Venice Biennale, 2005.Oblong 8vo. Illustrated. Original wraps. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY RUSCHA: "Michael Happ 'Nw' 'Yr' Ed Ruscha." Ruscha's ten-painting cycle The Course of Empire, inspired by the Jeffersonian layout of the American Pavilion's architecture and by Thomas Cole's painting cycle of the same name, was presented at the 2005 Venice Biennale, and included 5 paintings in color, and 5 in black and white. With a forward by Joan Didion and an essay by Frances Stork.  

[BIBLIOPHILIC SOCIETIES]. A group of 6 works published by the Caxton Club or the Grolier Club, including:A Decree of Star Chamber Concerning Printing. Made July 11, 1637. NY, 1884. Publisher 's original vellum wrappers gilt, uncut. Provenance: Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) and Mildred Barnes Bliss (1879-1969), co-founders of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. (bookplates). LIMITED EDITION, number 78 of 150 copies. -- JOUTEL, Henri. Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage. Chicago, 1896. LIMITED EDITION, one of 203. -- STEVENSON, Robert Louis. A Lodging for the Night. 1923. LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies. -- CHAPIN, Howard M., introduction. Gazette Francoise: A Facsimile Reprint of a Newspaper Printed at Newport on the Printing Press of the French Fleet. NY, 1926. LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies. -- And 2 others. Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original bindings or wrappers, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[BIBLIOGRAPHY]. A group 30 works of catalogues, pamphlets, and books, including:CURRIE, Barton. Fishers of Books. Boston, 1931. 2 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, number 164 of 365, SIGNED BY CURRIE. PRESENTATION COPY ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY CURRIE to Lawrence N. Conant -- ORCUTT, William Dana. The Kingdom of Books. Boston, 1927. Provenance: Abel E. Berland (gift inscription). FIRST EDITION, trade issue. -- George Orwell An Exhibition at the Grolier Club ... Selections from the Collection of Daniel J. Leab. Washington, CT, 1996. With original compliments letter.   -- And 27 others. Together, 30 works in 31 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good or fine.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[BINDINGS.] ROULE, Louis (1961-1942). Les Poissons et le Monde Vivant des Eaux. Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1926-1937.  10 volumes, 8vo (243 x 161 mm). Illustrated. Contemporary tree calf gilt, marbled boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red leather letting-pieces gilt in 2, the rest with gilt fish tools, top edge stained red, others uncut (some light rubbing to extremities).  FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ROULE: "Bien cordial souvenir de sympathique intime. Dr. Louis Roule."[With:] FABRE, Jean Henri (1823-1915). Souvenirs Entomologiques. Etudes sur l'Instinct et les Moeurs des Insectes. Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1924. 10 volumes, 8vo (243 x 162 mm). Illustrated. Uniformly bound with the preceding in contemporary tree calf gilt, marbled boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red morocco letting-pieces gilt in 2, the rest with gilt butterfly tools, top edge stained red, others uncut (some light rubbing to spines).  Property from the Estate of a Renowned Art Dealer, New York City, New York

BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768.  8vo (195 x 125 mm). Half-title, engraved vignette on title-page, D2, E2 and Z3 are cancellans, with final blank; engraved folding map (short tear to fold). Contemporary calf (neatly rebacked preserving old spine label and endpapers). Provenance: Abel E. Berland (bookplate).  FIRST EDITION, of the work which secured Boswell's place in London's literary and political circles, with the map in the first state.   ESTC T26157; Gaskell 473; Pottle 24; Rothschild 442.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[BONNEFONS, Nicolas de]. Le jardinier Francois, qui enseigne à cultiver les Arbres, & Herbes Potageres... Sixiesme edition. Amsterdam: Jean Blaeu, 1660.12mo (122 x 73mm). Engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved plates. (Frontispiece cut to platemark in upper margin. Contemporary Dutch vellum, yapp edges (minor soiling, lower corner chipped on I1 slightly affecting catchword, lacking front and rear free endpapers). Provenance: purchase note on pastedown dated 1699; some contemporary marginal annotations and underlinings in text.  Sixth edition. The book is divided into three sections, the first dealing with the earth, fruit trees, nurseries, grasses, shrubs, mosses, etc.; the second with melons, beets, radishes and other vegetables; and the third, with the preserving and conserving of various fruits. One plate depicts the interior of a busy kitchen. The first edition was published in Paris in 1651.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.2 volumes, 4to (277 x 216 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd. (Vol. I title-page reinforced at gutter, some light soiling, a few tiny mostly marginal wormholes, marginal tear with loss not affecting text to [X3] in vol. II.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, red and black leather lettering-pieces gilt (re-backed preserving original boards, joints cracking, some light chipping); brown cloth slipcase. Provenance: Abel E. Berland (bookplates).FIRST EDITION, second issue of the most celebrated biography in the English language, with "give" on p.135 of Vol.I , the initial blank in vol. II, and all 7 cancels. 1,750 copies of the first edition were printed. "Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of the dramatists, Demosthenes is not more sensibly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers" (Macaulay). Boswell's great biography of his friend, author Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was published 16 May 1791 and achieved immediate critical acclaim. It has not been out of print since. ESTC T64481; Grolier English 65; Rothschild 463; Tinker 338.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[BRITISH LITERATURE]. A group of 8 works by William HAZLITT (1778-1830), William McFEE (1881-1966), and Lord Alfred TENNYSON (1809-1892), including:TENNYSON. Maud, and Other Poems. Edward Moxon, 1855. -- McFEE. Letters from an Ocean Tramp. 1908. Custom half morocco chemise and slipcase by James MacDonald Co. Provenance: Katharine de Berkeley Parsons (bookplate). FIRST STATE BINDING, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY McFEE. -- HAZLITT. Lectures on the English Comic Writers. Taylor & Hessey, 1819. Later half green morocco gilt by Tout. -- And 5 others. Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, most published in London, all 8vo, most in original cloth, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[BRITISH LITERATURE]. A group of 11 works, including:  WILSON, Romer. Red Magic. Kay Nielsen, illustrator. NY, 1931. Dust jacket. -- THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. 1848. Later polished calf gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE. -- DOYLE, A. Conan. The Adventures of Gerard. NY, 1903. -- GOLDSMITH, Oliver. Essays. W. Griffin, 1765. Contemporary calf (rebacked). -- PHILLPOTTS, Eden. Children of the Mist. 1898. Provenance: Whitaker Wright (1846-1904), financier and swindler, gifted to; Clara Hubbard (gift inscription). 2 pp. ALS by author, January 1928 and newspaper clipping regarding Wright laid in. -- And 6 others. Together, 11 works in 11 volumes, most published in London, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, many illustrated, most in   original cloth gilt or stamped, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). The Ring and The Book. London: Smith, Elder, 1868-1869.  4 volumes, 8vo. 1p. publisher 's advertisements at the end of vol. I. (A few minor spots.) Publisher 's dark green cloth over beveled boards gilt and stamped in black (spines darkened, some light wear vol. IV with some light chipping to spine ends); slipcase. Provenance: Edward Hubert Litchfield (bookplates); Morse Peckham (bookplates).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with vol. I and III lettered in roman numerals and 2 and 4 in Arabic numerals on the spines. Containing 21,000 lines of blank verse, The Ring and the Book is Browning's psychological epic, is the most extensive use of the dramatic monologue. Sterling 89; Tinker 425; Wise Browning, pp. 27-28.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

CAMDEN, William. Britain or a Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes.Folio (326 x 220 mm). Engraved title-page, 57 engraved maps (56 double-page) by William Kip and William Hole after Christopher Saxton, John Norden, or George Owen, numerous illustrations. (Some overall browning and staining, worming to lower margin affecting a few maps, a few small holes.) Contemporary calf (worn, spine defective).  Camden's work was first published in Latin in 1586, but the work did not include maps until the sixth edition in Latin of 1607. ESTC S121328

[CHATTERTON, Thomas ( "Thomas Rowley") (1752-1770).] Poems, Supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others. London: T. Payne & Son, 1777.  8vo (226 x 141 mm). Engraved heraldic plate by I. Strutt. (Some spotting and marginal chipping, short tear on K1 with old repair.) Original blue-grey boards, uncut (modern rebacking, some staining and chipping); folding case. Provenance: A. Simpson (early signature, 1777); David and Lulu Borowitz (bookplate).  FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, with C4 in cancelled state with the words "and were probably composed by him" omitted. Published as the fictitious 15th-century poet Thomas Rowley, Chatterton 's work influenced several of the most prominent Romantic poets including Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Wordsworth. ESTC N70222; Hayward 188; Rothschild 589.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

CHURCHILL, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir (1874-1965). The Second World War. London, et al: Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1948-1954.6 volumes, 8vo. Author's note and errata tipped in to vol. I, numerous maps, charts, and facsimiles. Original black cloth, top edge stained red (covers to vol. II bowed, light spotting to a few edges); original dust jackets (spines darkened, most volumes price-clipped, some chipping and minor losses); folding case. Provenance: Sold Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd., (bookseller slip laid-in ).FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION of Churchill 's monumental history, with the imprint reading "London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington." The First English Edition is dated 1948-1954 (as is the present set), while the First American Edition is dated 1948-1953. Woods A123(b).Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.Square 8vo (213 x 165 mm). Half-title, lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1), numerous illustrations. (Some minor spotting or staining.)Publisher 's original green pictorial cloth gilt, stamped in black (front hinge starting or separated, some wear and staining to extremities). Provenance: Dennis H. Miller (contemporary signature on rear pastedown).  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, third issue, with the following issue points: the frontispiece in the third state; the title leaf in the third state; second state of p. 13 with "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 87 where it appears; second state of p. 57 with "saw"; fourth state of p. 283; with final blank 23/8. BAL 3415.

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). Christabel: Kubla Kahn, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: William Bulmer and Co. for John Murray, 1816.  8vo (204 x 128 mm). Half-title. (Lacking 4pp. advertisements, a few tiny spots.) 20th-century teal crushed levant gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (some very slight fading). Provenance: Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984), American lyricist (morocco bookplate; his sale, Sotheby's New York, 24 April 1985, lot 17). FIRST EDITION, containing the first printings of three of Coleridge's most celebrated poems.   Coleridge began writing "Christabel" as early as 1803. "Kubla Khan," which Coleridge composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream in 1797, could not be completed according to his original plan; while writing, Coleridge was interrupted by "a person from Porlock," and the interruption caused him to forget the lines.   He would read the poem periodically to the Wordsworths, Lord Byron, and other friends, and in April 1816, Byron persuaded him to publish the visionary Kubla Khan and Christabel. Ashley I, p.204; Grolier English 70; Hayward 207; Tinker 693; Wise Coleridge 32.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems. London: Rest Fenner, 1817.  8vo (215 x 130 mm). (Lacking half-title, a few stains.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, with repairs to hinges and spine). Provenance: John Wordsworth (1805-1839), nephew of William Wordsworth (signature on verso of flyleaf). FIRST EDITION, with several of Coleridge's best-known works, including "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," "Fears in Solitude," "The Eolian Harp," "The Nightingale," "Dejection," and "France." John Evans & Co. abandoned a project to print a two-volume edition of Biographia Literaria and Sibylline Leaves in 1815.   Fenner acquired the sheets, printed preliminaries, and issued this work in 1817; thus, "Vol. II" appears on several leaves throughout the text. Ashley I, p.206; Tinker 697; Wise Coleridge, 45.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). A group of 4 works, including:An Outcast of the Islands. 1896. Provenance: Hugh Sutherland (bookplate); Wilson Collection (stamp); acquired from Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles. FIRST ISSUE. Cagle A2a(1). -- The Children of the Sea. NY, 1897. Provenance: Barton Wood Currie (1877-1962) American journalist and book collector (bookplate). -- The Nigger of the "Narcissus." A Tale of the Sea. 1898. Cagle A3c(1). -- Typhoon and Other Stories. 1903. 20th century blue polished calf gilt   by Bayntun. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, most published in London, most published by William Heinemann, various 8vo sizes, most in original bindings, ALL FIRST EDITION or FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, condition generally fine.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. CAREY, David (1782-1824). Life in Paris. London: for John Fairburn, 1822.  8vo (214 x 131 mm). Half-title, "To the Binder" leaf at end; engraved title, engraved frontispiece, and 20 engraved plates all with hand-coloring. (Some minor spotting or offsetting.) 20th-century green crushed levant gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son. Provenance: Thomas Gullan? (faded signature on half-title).FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 112; Tooley 129.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878)]. JERROLD, William Blanchard (1826-1884). The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs. London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.2 volumes, 8vo (188 x 120 mm). Half-titles, frontispieces, illustrated title-pages, illustrated throughout; EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of approximately 101 portraits plates, and facsimiles, many with hand-coloring. (Some light spotting.) 20th-century red morocco gilt, front covers with facsimile signatures gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with figures after Cruikshank gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (some light scuffing).FIRST EDITION of the definitive biography of Cruikshank.  

[CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878)]. A group of 3 works about Cruikshank, comprising:THACKERAY, William Makepeace. On the Genius of George Cruikshank. London, 1884. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. Contemporary maroon morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Morrell. Later edition. [Bound with:] The Political "A, Apple-Pie." London, 1820. Twenty-fifth edition. -- INGLIS, Henry David. Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote. London, 1837. Illustrated by Cruikshank. Later polished calf gilt stamp-signed by Root & Son. FIRST EDITION. -- BLANCHARD, Laman, editor. George Cruikshank 's Omnibus. London, 1842. Illustrated by Cruikshank. Later blue half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, condition generally fine.  

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.  8vo (208 x 128 mm). 43 engraved plates by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), Robert William Buss, and Robert Seymour (including engraved frontispiece and additional engraved vignette title-page). (Lacking half-title, some minor spotting.) 20th-century calf gilt, red and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by RIVIERE & SON (spine sunned).FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith, this copy without signature E on p.25, but with "inde-licate" corrected on p.341. With most plates in Smith 's first state. Gimbel A15; Grolier English78; Smith I:3.  

DICKENS, Charles ( "Boz") (1812-1870). Master Humphrey's Clock By "Boz." London: Chapman and Hall, 4 April 1840 - 27 November 1841.  88 weekly parts, 8vo (267 x 180 mm). Three frontispieces and numerous wood engravings in the text by George Cattermole, Hablot K. Browne and others. (Some soiling and chipping, a few soft creases.) Original pictorial printed white self-wrappers, uncut (some chipping and light soiling, a few leaves becoming detached); green cloth slipcase and chemise.FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN THE ORIGINAL 88 WEEKLY PARTS. With preliminaries (frontispiece, title-page, and Preface) for the three volume edition present in numbers 26, 52, and 88; addresses by the author in parts 9, 80-83, and 87; a tipped in advertisement to pt. 62 for Chambers 's Journal of Literature, Poetry, Biography, and Adventure. Each weekly part was issued as a single folded sheet of 16 pages, 4 of which formed the outer wrapper around 12 numbered pages of letterpress. "Of the four issues the weekly one is difficult to obtain in a clean condition and is therefore the costliest" (Eckel). All 88 parts include front wrappers with an engraved design by George Cattermole which was engraved in wood by E. Landells. One of the first works to be published in both weekly and monthly parts, a strategy which proved unsuccessful. Eckel, pp. 61-65; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 161-182.

DICKENS, Charles ( "Boz") (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Hablot Knight Browne ( "Phiz") (1815-1882), illustrator. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.8vo (213 x 131 mm). Half-title, etched frontispiece, additional etched vignette title-page, 38 (of 38) etched plates by Browne. (Some spotting or staining, some toning to plates, some minor chipping with a one or two old repairs to a few plates.) Early 20th-century calf with gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Root & Son (some minor rubbing, bookplate removed from endpaper).FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, second issue with the signpost reading " £100," and the 14-line errata. Eckel pp. 71-73; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 185-224; Smith I: 7.

DICKENS, Charles ( "Boz") (1812-1870). Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, December 1855 - June 1857.20 parts in 19, 8vo (222 x 142 mm). Half-title in pt. 11, with 40 (of 40) etched plates (including frontispiece and additional title-page) by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). (Some staining or toning, some chipping, plates browned.) Original blue-green pictorial wrappers (a few wrappers detached, Part I soiled and with losses, some overall chipping, front wrapper to Part 3 supplied with part number updated in ink, repairs to spines).  FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, VIRTUALLY COMPLETE WITH ADVERTISEMENTS AND INSERTED SLIPS, first issue of part 15, with character name "Rigaud" rather than "Blandois" on pages 469, 470, 472, and 474 and the subsequent correction slip in part 16. "Little Dorrit Advertiser" present throughout, all of the inserted advertisements as called for by Hatton and Cleaver, with the following exceptions: additional advertisements not called for in parts 2 and 9; lacking 12pp. front ads in parts 3 and 15; lacking rear ads in parts 2, 3, 5, 11, 15, and 17; lacking one ad in part 6.  

BOUGUER, Pierre (1698-1758). Essai d'optique, sur la gradation de la lumiere. Paris: Claude Jombert, 1729.  12mo (160 x 97 mm). 3 folding engraved plates, initial blank, errata and publisher's catalogue at end. (Minor marginal toning to some gutters, occasional spots.) Contemporary calf   (rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, upper fore-corners worn). Provenance: Ferguson of Raith (armorial bookplate).  FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TREATISE ON PHOTOMETRY. As the discoverer of a practical method of measuring the intensity of light, Bouguer was the founder of this branch of optics. A youthful prodigy who established himself early in life as the leading French authority on nautical matters, Bouguer merely dabbled in optics as a hobby. Nevertheless, the Essai contains two fundamental contributions to the subject. The first was his method of using the naked eye "not as a meter but as a null indicator, i.e., to establish the equality of brightness of two adjacent surfaces" (DSB), and then applying Kepler's law of inverse squares. His second discovery concerned the transmission of light through transparent surfaces: "In a medium of uniform transparency the light remaining in a collimated beam is an exponential function of the length of its path in the medium. This law was restated by J. H. Lambert in his Photometria (1760) and, perhaps because of the great rarity of copies of Bouguer's Essai, is sometimes unjustifiably referred to as Lambert's law" (op. cit.). Norman 283.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

DICKENS, Charles ( "Boz") (1812-1870). Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, May 1864 - November 1865.20 parts in 19, 8vo (223 x 138 mm). Half-titles, frontispiece and 39 wood-engraved plates after Marcus Stone by Dalziel and W.T. Green. (Some staining.) Original green pictorial printed wrappers (several parts rebacked, a few covers becoming detached, some browning, chipping and staining); cloth slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Frank Cotton (early signature on pt. 1); M. Carr (signature on pts. 2 & 5).FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, first issue of part 1 without the printer's imprint on front wrapper, and with the scarce slip addressed to the reader. The "Our Mutual Friend Advertiser" in each part and other inserted advertisements as listed in Hatton and Cleaver with the following exceptions: a few parts with different advertisements on inner rear wrapper; lacking a portion of the Advertiser in part 14; with additional rear ad in part 2; Mappin ad in part 17 printed on white paper (rather than green or yellow), and in part 19/20 printed on yellow paper (rather than green). Our Mutual Friend was Dickens ' fourteenth, and final, completed novel. Eckel, pp. 94-5; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 343-370; Yale/Gimbel A149.

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery Of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870.One volume bound from 6 original parts (222 x 138 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by J.H. Baker from a photograph, engraved title after Luke Fildes, 12 wood-engraved plates by Dalziel, C. Roberts and others after Fildes. (A few minor spots, slight toning.) Late 19th-century brown morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Henderson & Bisset (spine sunned, slight wear);original blue-green pictorial wrappers bound in.  FIRST EDITION, BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS, with all covers and ads as listed in Hatton and Cleaver including the scarce "Cork Hat" ad, with the following exceptions: part 4 lacking Chapman & Co. 2pp. ad; part 5 lacking Chapman & Hall's ad dated 31st July 1870 and Chapman & Co.'s 4pp. slip; pt. 6 lacking 4pp. Wilcox & Gibbs ad. Dickens only completed 6 parts of this work before his death, with only 3 being published while he was alive, leaving readers in suspense regarding the outcome of the tale (Hatton & Cleaver, p. 373). Eckel pp. 96-98; Hatton and Cleaver pp. 373-384; Gimbel A154.

[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. FORSTER, John (1812-1876). The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874.6 volumes (3 volumes in 6 parts), 8vo (212 x 133 mm). 3 half-titles, portrait frontispieces, illustrated throughout; EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of approximately 196 portraits and plates, and with 5 printed wrappers bound in for monthly issues of Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, Our Mutual Friend, Martin Chuzzlewit. (Some spotting and staining, some light offsetting.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (some light wear to extremities).FIRST EDITION of this biography of Dickens, written by his friend, literary agent, editor, and literary executor John Forster. Following Dickens ' death, Forster was left the manuscripts for many of Dickens ' novels, which are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

[DICKENS, Charles]. KITTON, Frederick George (1856-1904). Dickens and His Illustrators. London: George Redway, 1899.4to (278 x 222 mm). 68 plates (of 69, lacking plate XIV). (Some minor spotting and chipping.) Modern half calf gilt top edge gilt, others uncut (a few gatherings becoming detached, some staining and wear).Second Edition of Kitton 's work including illustrations by the   illustrators of Dickens ' works, including George Cattermole, George Cruikshank, John Leech, Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz," Marcus Stone, and Sir John Tenniel.[With:] CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). The Comic Almanack. First Series, 1835-1843. --Second Series, 1844-1853. London: John Camden Hotten, 1835-1853. 4 volumes, 8vo (185 x 120 mm). Engraved title-page vignette in vol. I, numerous illustrations. (Some toning and spotting.) 20th-century half green morocco, gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Root & Son (some spotting and light wear).

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A group of 3 editions of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club and related works, comprising:The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. ALDIN, Cecil, illustrator. London: Chapman & Hall Ld. and Lawrence & Jellicoe, Ltd., 1910. 2 volumes. 20th-century half maroon calf gilt.   First edition illustrated by Aldin. "“-- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. NY & Chicago: Butler Brothers, Incorporated, n.d. Publisher 's green cloth. Provenance: S.J. Puckett (early gift inscription); Peggy Timberlake (gift inscription, 1937). -- FITZGERALD, Percy Heatherington. The History of Pickwick. London by Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1891. Contemporary half calf gilt, stamp-signed by Morrel.   FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 3 works in 4 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, condition generally good.  

[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. A group of 8 works about Dickens and his life, including:BAKER, George Pierce, ed. Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell ("Dora") Private Correspondence. Saint Louis, MO: Privately printed for William K. Bixby, 1908. Publisher 's half vellum gilt. Provenance: Mrs. H.C. Scott (contemporary gift inscription). INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER. -- LANGTON, Robert. The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1891. Publisher's tan cloth gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 180 of 300 copies   SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. 7 etchings related to Dickens laid in. -- FORSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. NY: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. 2 volumes.   Contemporary dark green half morocco gilt by Stikeman & Co. "Memorial edition.". -- WHIPPLE, Edwin Percy. Charles Dickens The Man and His Work. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. 2 volumes. Contemporary half brown morocco gilt by The Riverside Press. LIMITED EDITION, number 331 of 550 copies. -- SMITH, Francis Hopkinson. In Dickens' London. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Publisher 's half cloth. -- And 3 others. Together, 8 works in 11 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, many illustrated, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good or fine.  

[DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886)]. "Success." In: A Masque of Poets. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1878.  8vo. Original black decorated cloth gilt and stamped in red (some wear, some soiling, rear joint cracked; front hinge starting); black cloth folding case, red leather lettering-piece gilt to spine. Provenance: Charles Purrington (stamp).FIRST EDITION, containing one of the only lifetime publications of the author. Also including works by Louisa May Alcott, Sidney Clopton Lanier, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, James Russell Lowell, Christina Georgina Rossetti, and Celia Thaxter.Property from a Private Collection, Evanston, IL

[CARDIAC DISEASE]. A group of 8 works, including:LATHAM, P.A. Lectures on Subjects ... Comprising Diseases of the Heart. London, 1845. 2 volumes. -- KEYNES, George, editor. The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey. London, 1928. Contemporary morocco gilt, uncut.   LIMITED EDITION, number 60 of 1450 copies. -- BALFOUR, George William. Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Heart and Aorta. London, 1882.   -- MACKENZIE, James, Sir. Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment in Heart Affections. London, 1916. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. -- And 4 others. Together, 8 works in 9 volumes, various 8vo sizes, most in original cloth gilt, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886). Poems ...--Poems Second Series "“Poems Third Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892, 1891, 1896.3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo. 3pp. facsimile of "Renunciation" in the Second Series. (Some light creasing and spotting.) All in original green cloth-backed cream cloth gilt, edges gilt (some staining or soiling, some light rubbing or scuffing). Provenance: Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935), American editor, translator, author (note by Stephen Weissman, Ximenes Rare Books, indicating the purchase from Dole's library in 1978).FIRST EDITIONS of the Second and Third Series, eighth edition of the First Series. While Dickinson published 7 poems during her lifetime in magazines, these posthumous volumes comprise the first published collections of her poetry, which were edited by her close friends Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson. Dole published a letter summarizing a paper written by Todd on Dickinson 's life and works, published in Book News in March 1892, noting that Todd was "one of the comparatively few who were admitted to anything like intimacy with the weird recluse of Amherst" (Buckingham, 361). Dole also noted that the Indian pipe decoration on the front covers of the present works was made from the panel given to Dickinson as a gift from Todd (Buckingham, 349). BAL 4655; 4656; and 4661 [Binding 1, with spine imprint of "Roberts Bros." in unbeveled boards]; Buckingham, Emily Dickinson 's Reception in the 1890s.Property from a Private Collection, Evanston, IL

DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886). Poems by Emily Dickinson Edited by Two of Her Friends Second Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886). Poems by Emily Dickinson Edited by Two of Her Friends Second Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. 8vo. 3pp. facsimile in the Second Series. (Some light toning, a few short tears not affecting text.) Original gray cloth gilt, top edge gilt (some light wear to extremities and light soiling). FIRST EDITION, second issue with "1892" on title-page and no printing or edition statement. While Dickinson published 7 poems during her lifetime in magazines, the present works are her first published collections of poetry, which were edited by her close friends Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson. BAL 4656 (covers beveled, flyleaf at front, terminal flyleaf). [With:] Poems by Emily Dickinson Edited by Two of Her Friends [First Series]. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. 8vo. (A few spots.) Original green cloth gilt, top edge gilt (some light rubbing, rear hinge a little loose; corner chipped on one leaf from rough opening).  Fifth edition. Property from a Private Collection, Evanston, IL

DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886). Letters. Mabel Loomis Todd, editor. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1894. 2 volumes, 12mo. 2 frontispieces, 3 facsimile letters. (A few minor stains.) Publisher’s green cloth gilt (some very light rubbing, spines slightly darkened); modern green slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with (half-titles in both volumes, the "paration to me” reading on p.[v] in vol.I, and the correct footnotes. IN THE FIRST STATE BINDING with Robert Bros. imprint in gilt on spine). BAL 4660. Property from a Private Collection, Evanston, IL

DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886). Poems by Emily Dickinson Edited by Two of Her Friends. New York: Collectors Reprints, Inc., November 1993.2 volumes, 8vo. Publishers quarter gray pictorial cloth gilt and stamped in silver; tissue dusk jackets. [With:] 2 copies of a typed card laid in "Printed for subscribers to The Library of American Poets".LIMITED EDITION of this facsimile, one of 2,500 copies, printed at the Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont. The facsimile is based on the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection copy at the New York Public Library, a first edition, first issue of the work.  Property from a Private Collection, Evanston, IL

[DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886)]. A group of 20th-century editions relating to Dickinson and her circle, including:  STEARNS, Florence Dickinson. Strange Dimension Poems. NY: G.P. Putnam 's Sons, 1938. Original blue cloth gilt.   PRESENTATION COPY. "“Two additional copies, both presentation copies. -- HITCHCOCK, Frederick H. The Handbook of Amherst. Amherst, MA: N.p., 1891. Original blue cloth gilt.   -- TODD, Mabel Loomis, editor. Letters of Emily Dickinson. NY et al: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931. Original green cloth gilt; dust jacket. . -- Unpublished Poems of Emily Dickinson. Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, editors. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. Original green cloth gilt; original dustjacket. Later edition. SIGNED BY THE EDITORS, and additionally inscribed by Bianchi. -- JENKINS, MacGregor. Emily Dickinson Friend and Neighbor. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company,1930. Original blue cloth stamped in red and green; dustjacket.   -- Another copy. 1939. Publisher 's green cloth stamped in orange; dustjacket. Later edition. -- Together, 5 works in 8 volumes, various 8vo sizes, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good or fine.Property from a Private Collection, Evanston, IL

D'ISRAELI, Isaac (1766-1848). An Essay on the Manners and Genius of the Literary Character. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1795.  8vo (205 x 124 mm). (Some occasional staining.) Original blue-grey boards, uncut (some light staining and chipping); folding case. Provenance: Sir George Douglas (bookplate).FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. "The Literary Character has, in the present day, singularly degenerated in the public mind" (Preface). British writer and scholar Isaac D'Israeli was the father of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. ESTC T109852.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust