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ANTIQUARIAN (DICTIONARY): Davies (John), Antiquae Linguae Britannicae...Cambro-Britannicae...Cymraecae vel Cambricae... Dictionarium Duplex, first edition, contemporary panelled calf, folio, Joan Davies, 1632. Provenance: sold on behalf of Gregynog Hall, surplus to the collectionAuctioneer notes: "Davies's Welsh grammar in Latin, Antiquae linguae Britannicae ... rudimenta appeared in 1621. In 1632 he published a Welsh-Latin dictionary, Antiquae linguae Britannicae ... dictionarium duplex. Davies wrote the Welsh-Latin section of the dictionary himself, and used Thomas Wiliems's work for the Latin-Welsh sections, abridged and revised. His dictionary was subsequently used and cited as an authority in the English dictionaries of Thomas Blount (1656) and Edward Philips (1658), and Dr Johnson had a copy of the Dictionarium duplex in his library." - Oxford DNB.Comments: toning, bumps and rubbing, hole to centre of flyleaf with owner signatures, modern Gregynog Library bookplate, spine loose, last page marginal tears, inspection advised.

RACKHAM (ARTHUR), Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, first edition, green cloth boards, gilt embossed illustrated cover, forty-four tipped-in tissue guarded colour plates including frontispiece, William Heinemann, London 1913Provenance: sold on behalf of Gregynog Hall, surplus to the collectionComments: covers discoloured by spine, scuffs, pages toned

Puppets & Marionettes - Books, H W Whanslaw, The Bankside Book of Puppets, first edition, Wells Gardner Darton & co, 1935, Everybody's Marionette Book, 1935 first edition, H W Whanslaw & Victor Hotchkiss, Specialized Puppetry, first edition 1938, The First Book of Puppets, Moritz Jagendorf, 1964, You Can Make a String Puppet, Richard slade, 1957, Puppet Master magazines etc

Hornby Model Railways - R2435 'The Northumbrian' locomotive and coach train pack boxed set, comprising BR 4-6-2 'Andrew K McCosh' class A4 locomotive in green, a corridor first class coach, a corridor third class coach and a brake coach in crimson and cream, limited edition 569/3000, 00 gauge, boxed and outer sleeve

'The World's First Railway Jubilee', by S.T. Richardson, pub. Darlington: Bailey, Horse Market, 1876, with cartoon illustrations; Railway Ribaldry - Railway Humour, W. Heath Robinson, Bradshaw's Railway Guide April 1910 and a facsimile copy of the 1863 edition together with other railway related books:- Two Boxes

A set of 4 leather colored covered books with caramel-brown fabric bookmark ribbons. The set includes: Roses; Bulbs; Perennials; and Annuals. The set measurements: 5"L x 4.5"W x 8.75"H. Issued: Late 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionEdition Number: First Edition Manufacturer: The Easton PressCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

A set of 4 leather colored covered books with caramel-brown fabric bookmark ribbons. The set includes: Garden Design; Gardening Techniques; Water-Saving Gardening; and Vegetables & Herb. The set measurements: 5"L x 4.5"W x 8.75"H. Issued: Late 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionEdition Number: First Edition Manufacturer: The Easton PressCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

A set of 4 leather colored covered books with caramel-brown fabric bookmark ribbons. The set includes: Trees; Houseplants; Ground Covers, Vines & Grasses; and Shrubs. The set measurements: 5"L x 4.5"W x 8.75"H. Issued: Late 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionEdition Number: First Edition Manufacturer: The Easton PressCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

Dinosaurs.- Hawkins (Thomas) The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, first edition, mezzotint frontispiece by John Martin and 29 lithographs, of which one folding, frontispiece with tears, including one touching image, and neat repairs, scattered spotting, original upper cover trimmed and pasted in, modern endpapers, modern antique style half morocco, folio, 1840.

Scotland.- Logan (James) and R. R. McIan. The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, Illustrated by Appropriate Figures, 2 vol., first edition, 2 chromolithographed armorial frontispieces, 72 hand-coloured lithographed plates after McIan, tissue-guards, one plate working loose in vol.1, a few small tears to margins, foxing to few leaves in vol.1, occasional light surface soiling, ex-library copies with bookplate, ink-stamp to titles, vol. 2 upper hinge broken, original green morocco-backed decorative cloth, gilt, library stickers to foot of spines, some wear to spine ends and joints, a little rubbed, joints split at ends, g.e., [Abbey Life 426], folio, Ackermann and Co., 1845-47.

Wilde (Oscar) Lady Windermere's Fan, first edition, presentation inscription from the author "author's compliments. Op. 1 of the Hibernian School. London, 92" to front free endpaper with recipient's name carefully erased, 16pp. advertisements dated September 1893 at end, light marginal toning and occasional finger-soiling, original decorative cloth designed by Charles Shannon, spine darkened, spine ends chipped, light soiling and toning to covers, corners bumped, [Mason 357], small 4to, Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1893.***A presentation copy of the first of Wilde’s great comedies, possibly inscribed to George Bernard Shaw.Wilde and Shaw were frequent correspondents and, as documented in Stanley Weintraub’s article '"The Hibernian School": Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw', exchanged several of their works in which they acknowledged their status as the first Irish playwrights in decades to find success in London by inscribing them as "Op. XX of the Hibernian School".

India.- Lawson (Charles Allen) Narrative of the Celebration of The Jubilee of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Madras, first edition, frontispiece portrait of Queen Victoria by Alexander Bassanoone, coloured map and 38 mounted albumen prints, occasional damp-staining to margins (just straying into frontispiece image) with some light cockling, some light marking or soiling to text, mostly marginal, watered silk endpapers, original red and green morocco, richly gilt, some darkening, lower cover with chipping to green morocco onlay, extremities rubbed, g.e., folio, Macmillan & Co., 1887.*** With views of Madras, Conjeeveram, Madura, Ootacamund, Tanjore, Trichinopoly, Vellore, Trivandrum, and many other towns, as well as portraits of The Rajahs of Travancore, Vizianagram, & Cochin.

Mathematics.- Beveridge (William) Institutionum chronologicarum libri II. Unà cum totidem arithmetices chronologicæ libellis, 2 parts in 1, first edition, text in Latin with some Arabic, Syriac and Hebrew, amongst other languages, occasional contemporary ink mathematical marginalia and notes to endpapers, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped and blind-ruled speckled calf, crudely repaired short split at head of spine, foot of spine and corners (one repaired) worn, some staining, rubbed and scuffed, marked, [Tomash & Williams B147; Wing B2095], small 4to, Thomas Roycraft for Walter Kettilby, 1669. *** Includes a full explanation of the Chinese remainder theorem for the case in which the moduli are relatively prime, which was was the first general proof of the ta-yen rule. 'It is of interest from both a typographical and historical standpoint for the many different fonts of exotic character sets used to print out the tables, ranging from Hebrew and Greek to various Middle Eastern languages, including Arabic, Samaritan and Syriac.' (Tomash & Williams).Provenance: 'Hum: Humphreys, 1672', ?Humphrey Humphreys (1648-1712), Bishop of Bangor and then Hereford, and early patron of the SPCK (ink inscription to head of title and his annotations). 

America.- Pike (Zebulon Montgomery) Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America, first English edition, 2 engraved maps (one double-page), lacks half-title, a few marginal holes and repairs, ink correction to pp.179 and 208, a few ink and pencil annotations, occasional staining and soiling, small ink stamp to map versos, later library cloth with library markings, [Field 1218; Howes P373; Sabin 62837], 4to, 1811.*** The first U.S. government exploration of the American southwest. In 1806 Pike led an expedition to the southwestern borders of the land acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, signed by the author on dedication p., Clays Ltd. to title verso, letter of authenticity from Adam Houston loosely inserted, original pictorial boards, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine tips, else fine, 8vo, 2000.*** As noted by Houston in his letter, the book signing tour to promote Goblet of Fire was Rowling's largest and many of the signatures can appear a little rushed as in the present case. Nevertheless the signature bears all of Rowling's usual hallmarks from this period. 

Middle East.- Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria, first edition, 47 engraved plates & plans, of which 11 double-page or folding (these linen-backed or with linen repairs to folds to verso), engraved illustration of inscription, plate 2 with few short tears into image repaired, plates 3 & 4 trimmed slightly within image (these often bound as one large folding plate), some other folding plates trimmed within platemark but not affecting image, some small marginal repairs, some damp-staining to head, generally very light, some soiling and light browning, scattered spotting, ex-library copy with bookplate and small ink-stamp to title and plates, 19th century half morocco, extremities worn, joints splitting at ends, folio, 1757.

India.- Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand) The Story of My Experiments with Truth, second edition in English and first single volume edition, translated by Mahadev Desai, frontispiece, light toning to title and endpapers, original cloth, some fading and discolouration, a few spots, dust-jacket, the odd hole, browning and spotting, heavier to spine, chips and slight loss to spine head, 8vo, Ahmedabad, Navajivan Press, 1940. *** Gandhi's autobiography was originally written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India. This is the first single volume edition, tracing his birth and parentage until a discussion of the Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress in 1915. 

India.- Conolly (Lt. Arthur) Journey to the North of India, overland from England, through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun, 2 vol. first edition, 2 engraved frontispieces (extremities repaired and silked to verso), 1 folding engraved map (silked to verso), each text leaf very finely silked, a few leaves torn, but repaired, a few light stains, very light spotting or soiling, ex-library copies with bookplates, ink-stamp to titles, modern library cloth, spine lettered in gilt, [Yakushi C140], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1834.

China.- Rapier (Richard C.) Remunerative Railways for New Countries; with some account of the first Railway in China, first edition, 8 mounted Woodburytypes, 9 folding letterpress tables, most estimate sheets to be completed, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams, 2 folding estimate sheets torn, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., a little soiled and extremities bumped, 4to, London, New York etc., 1878.*** Scarce work with particular interest in the first Chinese railway line, from Shanghai to Woosung, which opened in 1876. All the Woodburytypes depict this line.

Ware (Isaac) The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk, first edition, engraved title and dedication leaf, 5ff. letterpress with ink prices, double-page geometrical plan and 27 plates/plans numbered 1-35 mounted on stubs, 8 double-page, also with engraved bookplate of the Earl of Orford and illustrated slip "Published by I.Ware" on pastedown, occasional foxing and soiling, a few plates shaved, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, rubbed, corners worn, folio, [Harris 912; Millar II 88; cf.Berlin Kat. 2332, 1735 edition], Sold by C.Fourdrinier [&c.], 1760.*** Another copy, sold by Bloomsbury in 2011, had the same Orford bookplate and Ware slip; this copy also with later bookplate of Thomas Weld-Blundell. A manuscript note on front blank reads "The prices of the paintings as marked in this catalogue is taken from the European Magazine for February 1782 which observes that these prices was paid to the Earl of Orford by the Empress Catherine of Russia, exactly as they stand in this book, and that the Editor was favor'd with the account by Alderman Boydell."

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***  Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, fourth impression, colour frontispiece, illustrations and map endpapers, 1 p. advertisements to rear, Parker & Son bookseller's label to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, a few short tears with creasing to head of lower panel with paper repairs to verso, minor chipping to foot of spine and lower corners, small patch of discolouration to upper panel, slight retouching to spine tips and corners, an excellent copy generally, [Hammond & Anderson A3a note], 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, 1946.*** An attractive copy of the fourth (and last) impression of the first edition. 

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, maps, light occasional spotting, modern crimson half morocco, spines gilt with lion motif, double black morocco spine labels, an attractive set, 8vo, 1956-68.

Hooker (Richard) Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, first edition, 2 separate works bound together, each with woodcut device and ornament on title, first work lacking final blank, first title with tiny rust-hole, some small surface abrasion and margins repaired affecting ornament to head, both works with very occasional underlining or correction in ink or pencil, headlines a few times trimmed, few small marginal repairs, occasional soiling or small staining, some spotting and light browning, ex-library copy with bookplates and small ink-stamp to first title, modern cloth with library labels to upper cover, [Pforzheimer 498 & 499; STC 13712 & 13712.5], small folio, John Windet, [1594]-97.

Heaney (Seamus) Eleven Poems, first edition, first issue on wove and watermarked paper, original wrappers with purple nine-pointed star to upper cover, light foxing, ink ownership inscription of literary critic and architectural historian Andor Gomme to upper cover, [Brandes & Durkan A1a], 8vo, Belfast, Festival Publications, [1965].*** The scarce first issue of the poet's first separately printed collection.

Dawkins (Richard) The Selfish Gene, first edition, signed by the author on title, ticket for the lecture "An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Friends" at which Professor Dawkins signed the book loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, slight sunning to spine (though less than often), near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1976.*** Dawkins' first book and one of the most influential science books of the 20th century, rare signed.

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, 4 vol. including Atlas, first edition, text with 24 engraved maps and plates, some folding, vol. 3 with folding letterpress table but lacking advertisement f. at end, vol. 3 first map with some fraying to inner-edge, few very short tears to text and one or two plates, sometimes repaired, few plates cropped, offsetting, generally light, some light browning and spotting, Atlas with 2 maps and 61 engraved plates, 2 maps folding/double-page (one with very short tear at fold without loss), 2 plates trimmed and laid down with ink-stamp within image, one with repaired tear within image but no loss, some light surface soiling, mainly marginal, some marginal damp-staining towards end, scattered foxing and browning, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to titles and first map of Atlas verso, modern morocco-backed cloth (different to text and Atlas), light surface marking to vol. 3, [Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Sabin 16250], 4to & folio, W. and A. Strahan, 1784. *** The first edition of the official account of Cook’s third and final voyage, in which he made what he considered his most important discovery - the Hawaiian Islands, which he named the Sandwich Islands - and where he was killed in a skirmish. He also charted the Pacific coast from Northern California to the Bering Strait. The voyage was continued by Charles Clerke after Cook's death, and later by John Gore after Clerke's death. The third volume is authored by Captain James King, who served on the voyage.

Bunyan (John) The Holy War, made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, folding engraved plate (skilfully remargined), final advertisement leaf present, single small worn-hole to first few leaves, sig.B damp-stained at lower outer corners, corner torn away from E6, small hole in G8 slightly affecting text, printing flaw on H3v affecting sidenote,short tear at head of R5, some foxing, generally a very good copy in contemporary calf, small nick at head of spine, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Wing B5538], 8vo, Printed for Dorman Newman and Benjamin Alsop, 1682.*** A very good copy of this rare allegorical epic, about which Macaulay said "if The Pilgrim's Progress had not been written, The Holy War would have been the greatest English allegory" (Cambridge History of English Literature, VII, p.177).Provenance: George Goyder (book label); and this copy apparently bought at the Harmsworth sale (Sotheby's 27 January 1947, lot 2781); sold by Maggs in 1993.

Whistler (Rex) Engravings...for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Introduction by Anthony Rota, out-of series copy (not for sale) from an edition limited to 100 copies on hand-made paper, this one of 26 unnumbered copies with one of the original copper plates, engraved title-vignette and 25 engraved sheets comprising 12 plates, 5 maps, 4 head- & 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, the 12 plates hand-coloured, loose as issued, with copper plate in recessed panel inside rear board and printer's original paper wrapping featuring the engraving mounted inside front board (soiled), together in original half viridian morocco drop-back box, slight discolouration to spine, large 4to, Harrison's for H.M. Fletcher, 1970.*** Whistler's illustrated version of Swift's Gulliver's Travels was his magnum opus, first published by the Cresset Press in 1930 with 195 copies on hand-made paper and 10 on vellum, and one of the most magnificent English illustrated books of the 20th century. It was apparently inspired by Richard Bentley's Designs for Six Poems by Mr T.Gray of 1753 and Whistler drew the illustrations within elaborate rococo frames, each one different, many reflecting his love of Baroque architecture. He spent months on the detailed pen and ink drawings; according to his brother Laurence he sat up all night drawing one wheatsheaf. The original copper plates were bought by bookseller H.M.Fletcher who issued this suite of the illustrations in 1970.The copper plate is for for the map displaying "The Kingdoms of Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg and Japan".

Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle..., 3 vol. in 4 including Appendix to vol. 2, first edition, 9 folding engraved maps by J. Gardner and J. & C. Walker, all linen-backed and bound in, 47 etched plates after P. King, A. Earle, C. Martens, R. Fitzroy and others, lacking half-titles and vol. 3 title, without advertisements at end of Appendix, vol. 1 frontispiece very small mark within image and working loose at foot, vol. 1 p.xv repaired tears affecting few words, occasional short tears to map edges or folds with fractional loss, few plates with minor spotting or light marginal staining, plates with some light browning and offsetting, some surface soiling, ex-library copies with bookplate, pencil shelfmarks and ink-stamp to titles, ink-stamp(s) to maps and plates, modern blue half morocco, [Freeman 10; Hill 607; Norman 584; Sabin 37826], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1839.  *** Darwin's first published work and his most-widely read, the account of the voyage that would lead to his publishing On the Origin of Species. The first volume contains Capt. Philip Parker King's account of the expedition in the Adventure, which surveyed the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. The second (and its Appendix) describes the Beagle's second voyage under Capt. Fitzroy to South America, the Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, and other islands and countries. “The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science...The experiences of his five years... and what they led to, built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought” (DSB).

Americas.- Long (John) Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, Describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians..., first edition, folding engraved map (few tears, one affecting image, very finely silked), list of subscribers, title mounted on stub with extremities repaired, final. f & errata f. mounted on stub, final f. trimmed with some marginal repairs and verso silked, errata f. present but trimmed, silked to verso and bound at end, few instances of ink correction or underlining, some soiling or small staining, ex-library copy with small ink-stamp and ink reference to title, modern library cloth, [Sabin 41878], 4to, for the Author, 1791. *** First-hand account of native American life and the fur trade of North America, with vocabularies of several languages. The author spent nearly 20 years living amongst the natives as a fur trapper and trader for the Hudson's Bay Company. 

Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, folding diagram slightly creased and repaired, lower margin of F8 and upper margin of X10 repaired, the latter just obscuring headline and pagination on recto and verso, lacking half-title and publisher's advertisements at end, slight foxing to a couple of ff., ink library stamp to a few ff., occasional light soiling and a few marginal chips but most of text generally clean and sound, library binding of later half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed and rebacked preserving old spine, [Freeman 373], 8vo, John Murray, 1859.*** An ex-library and thus necessarily inferior copy of, nevertheless, 'certainly the most important biologoical book ever written' (Freeman).Provenance: R.M. Artillery Library (ink stamps and shelf-mark to spine).

Australia.- White (John) Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, first edition, list of subscribers, list of plates, 62 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 65), engraved title slightly trimmed and with vignette excised and repaired with paper, plate from another work bound in as frontispiece, one plate with ink correction to caption, one plate with a couple ink stains, a few repaired tears into text or plates, causing small loss of text (see A1-3), occasional light offsetting and light browning, occasional spotting, some staining and soiling, ex-library copy with bookplate, ink-stamp to title and plates, nineteenth-century half cloth, chipping to spine label, library sticker to foot of spine, joints split, rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 4390] 4to, for Debrett, 1790.

Solis (Antonio de) The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Townsend, engraved portrait frontispiece of Cortez, 6 folding engraved plates and 2 maps (1 folding), generally clean and crisp, contemporary blind-stamped calf, a little scuffed and with 2 patches of leather worn on lower cover and spine, corners rubbed, folio, Printed for T. Woodward, J. Hooke and J. Peele, 1724.

Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent..., 3 vol., edited and enlarged by Richard Gough, first Gough edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (laid down), 149 engraved maps and plates only (of 153), many folding, folding pedigree, ?lacking one preliminary f. to vol. 1, vol. 1 title with small loss to fore-margin repaired, vol. 3 title with following f. laid down to verso, vol. 1 penultimate f. & vol. 2 final f. laid down, very occasional marginal ink annotations, few maps trimmed into scale, several with folds or fore-edge reinforced with paper to verso, some tears and repairs to text and maps/plates, generally marginal but occasionally affecting text or image, occasional staining, particularly to vol. 2 near start, some browning and foxing, ex-library copy with small ink-stamp to titles, 19th century half morocco, gilt insignia of Leeds Library to upper covers, worn, some covers detached, folio, John Nichols, 1789; sold not subject to return. 

Douai Printing.- Holie Bible [The] faithfully translated into English out of the authentical Latin, 2 vol., first edition, errata leaf for both vol., lacking vol. 1 Tt1-4 and vol. 2 title, printed side-notes trimmed, front free endpapers and vol. 1 title becoming detached, very occasional light worming and foxing, occasional repairs to margins, sometimes affecting text, some damp- and other staining, some browning, ex-library copies with bookplates, ink-stamps to first f. of each vol., nineteenth-century half morocco, gilt insignia of Leeds Library to upper covers, library sticker to foot of spines, quite worn, [Herbert 300], small 4to, Douai, Laurence Kellam, 1609-[1610].

Harrison (John) A Description Concerning Such Mechanism as Will Afford a Nice, or True Mensuration of Time; Together With...Attempts for the Discovery of the Longitude of the Moon: As also...Discovery of the Scale of Musick, first edition, half-title (very lightly soiled), lacking final errata f., the occasional small marginal defect, some with silked repairs, occasional spotting, some light damp-staining to head, light browning, modern half calf, library label to upper cover, 8vo, Printed for the Author, 1775. *** Harrison is best known for having solved the 'Longitude Problem' with his development of an accurate sea clock. This work concerns pendulums and their escapements, with references to the author's sea clock, and his complex proposed theory of music. Rare, we can trace only 3 copies at auction, the last in 1998. 

[Chaucer (Geoffrey)] Amorum Troili et Creseidae libri duo priores Anglico Latini [translated by Sir Francis Kinaston], first edition, English and Latin text (English printed in black letter, the Latin in italic), woodcut architectural title within border [McKerrow & Ferguson 276], wide margins, margins shaved at head and tail, slightly browned, bookplate of Percy Lancelot Babington on front pastedown, nineteenth-century morocco-backed boards, joints rubbed, gilt spine, [Madan I, p. 183; STC 5097], small 4to, Oxford, J. Lichfield, 1635. *** Percy Lancelot Babington (1877-1950), Cambridge literature lecturer; published a bibliography of Victorian poet, critic, and historian John Addington Symonds.

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll".- Bowles (Thomas Gibson) The Log of the 'Nereid', first edition, Lewis Carroll's copy with presentation inscription "To the Revd C.L. Dodgson with the kind regards of the Author  Nov 1890" on title, frontispiece and 12 plates and illustrations by Lockhart Bogle, half-title, TLs from the author tipped-in, new endpapers, modern calf-backed boards, edges uncut, 8vo, 1889. *** TLs from the author on the outcome of the Great War: "6 March 1917... . Convinced as I am, and supported as I am by the similar convictions of the Kaiser now announced in acts, that the decision of this war can only be reached at sea, I feel it a duty to insist upon that truth, and upon the removal of all persons and things as yet unaware of it." - Bowles.

Polar.- Ross (Captain Royal Navy John) A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, 2 vol. (plates bound separately), first edition 25 aquatint or engraved plates, some folding, some with hand-colouring, 7 maps and charts, of which 6 folding, lacking errata slip, Appendix pp. 9-16 misbound at start, dedication f. laid down, title and one plate trimmed and window-mounted, some plates and maps linen-backed, some tears and repairs to text and plates, mostly marginal but occasionally into text or image, some light browning, some staining and soiling, ex-library copy with bookplate, ink-stamp to title and plates, modern cloth, library stickers to spines and upper covers, corners rubbed, [Abbey Travel 634, Sabin 73376], 4to, John Murray, 1819, bound with The Supplement the Second Voyage.

Spanish Dictionary.- Orozco (Sebastian de Corbarruvias) Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana, o Espanola, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, ink inscriptions to title verso (some show-through), title with short tear into text without loss and repaired to verso, a few annotations, trimmed, occasionally affecting headline and few annotations, a few short tears into text, some staining in pink ink to upper margins, mainly to final c.30 leaves, occasional minor marginal staining, some light browning and occasional light foxing, ex-library copy with bookplate, small ink reference to foot of title, contemporary vellum, rebacked preserving original backstrip with title in early ink manuscript, surface soiling, some old creasing and tears, new endpapers, 4to, Madrid, for Luis Sanchez, by del Rey N. S., 1611. *** One of the first monolingual dictionaries in Spanish, or any vernacular language in Europe.

Nesbit (E.) The Railway Children, second edition, frontispiece, illustrated title-page and nineteen other plates by C.E. Brock, 10pp. publisher's advertisements at end, some corner creasing, occasional light foxing, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light rubbing, t.e.g., dust-jacket, spine and margins of lower panel sunned, spine ends and corners chipped, lower panel with two patches of surface tearing and light tide-mark, 1 or 2 short nicks to head, light creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, Wells Gardener, Darton & Co., 1906.*** Exceptionally rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace only one example of the first edition, and none of the second, at auction in the last 40 years. 

Sallustius Crispus (Caius) De coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem de bello Iugurthino, collation: a-s8 t4, italic type, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, some faded early ink marginalia and passage marking at start, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, pink marbled endpapers, later vellum over boards, yapp edges, spine gilt and with black morocco label, little spotted and marked, 8vo (151 x 95mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [April, 1509].  *** Rare first Aldine edition of Sallust's two historical works, accompanied by Cicero's speeches against Sallust and Catilina, and other pieces. The work is dedicated to Bartolomeo d'Alviano, a mercenary commander of the Venetian forces, who distinguished himself in March, 1508 with the defeat of the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I. Provenance: 'Dono di D. Fortunato Federici' (18th century ink inscription to front free endpaper within a later ink bibliographical note); 'Purchased from M. Morton-Smith, Dec. 1959' (pencil note and cutting of the catalogue entry to rear endpaper); thereafter remaining with our vendor. Literature: Adams S139; Ahmanson-Murphy 103; Renouard 17:4; EDIT 16 CNCE 373431.

America.- North-American (The) and the West-Indian Gazetteer. Containing An Authentic Description of the Colonies and Islands in that Part of the Globe..., first edition, half-title (paper repair to upper corner), 2 folding engraved maps of North America and West Indies, map of North America laid down with couple repaired tears to fore-edge with tiny loss, few leaves guarded, some light surface soiling, scattered spotting, light browning, ex-library copy with small ink-stamp to title, modern library cloth, uncut, [Sabin 55537], 8vo, for G. Robinson, 1776. *** Designed to supply British officers and subjects with "a faithful description of the different countries known by the names of North-America and the West-Indies". The preface notes that the "alarming disturbances in North America...[and] the various changes that have occurred in the face of affairs in this part of the world, have rendered all former account of it useless and contradictory...". 

India.- Watson (John Forbes) The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India, first edition, 12 plates, of which 9 mounted composite albumen prints (8 hand-coloured), 2 lithographed and one chromolithographed, ink library stamps to title and plates, light finger-soiling to title, creasing and tear to endpaper, library stamps and labels to front free endpaper and pastedown, 20th century roan-backed cloth, folio, Printed for the India Office, by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1866.

Central Asia.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, 5 vol. (including plate vol. & box of maps), first edition, half-titles, text vol. with plates containing multiple photographic illustrations, plate vol. with 176 plates, some colour, few folding, box of maps with contents f., general map with printed glacine overlay (small ink-stamps to glacine), index map and maps numbered 1-94, occasional soiling, light browning to endpapers, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to plates (text vol. to plate lower margins, plate vol. and maps to verso), original cloth, maps loose as issued in original matching cloth box, library sticker to foot of upper covers, plate vol. spine foot bumped and corners rubbed, few very faint stains and some light surface soiling, slight rubbing to extremities, 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921. *** Landmark work and one of the most important texts on Central Asia, covering Stein's explorations and his archaeological discoveries on his three expeditions between 1900 and 1915.

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Workes, largely printed in black letter and double column, title within fine woodcut border, engraved portrait, woodcut divisional titles, full-page arms, illustration at head of Knight's Tale and numerous initials, foxed and browned, sig.3R misbound, 2 leaves in sig 4A duplicated, old manuscript notes on front free endpaper, lacking final leaf (?blank), small hole in c5, later calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, [Pforzheimer 177; STC 5079], folio, Geor. Bishop, 1598.*** A handsome copy of the first Speight edition which was also the first to include a portrait of Chaucer. Speight's glossary is the first printed glossary of Middle English.Provenance: James Bindley (armorial bookplate).

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, patch of browning to lower margin of first 22pp., light foxing and small patch of abrasion to endpapers, original cloth, light sunning to spine and head and foot of covers, patch of browning to foot of upper cover, red dust-jacket, spine faded, repair and restoration to spine tips and corners, a few short repaired tears to head and foot with creasing, rubbed, 8vo, 1949.

Anthologia Graeca.- Florilegium Diversorum Epigrammatum in Septem Libros, edited by Franciscus Asulanus, collation: A-Z8 AA-MM8 NN10, Roman and primarily Greek types, title in Greek and Latin, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., initial spaces with guide-letter, title a little soiled with a few ink inscriptions, very occasional light marking or staining to margins, the odd ink note to margin in Greek, bookplate of Lord Sandys to front pastedown, 18th century calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, joints a little rubbed with slight splitting to head, [Adams A1183; Ahmanson-Murphy 195; Renouard, Alde, 93:17; EDIT 16 CNCE 1973], 8vo, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [January, 1521].*** Second Aldine edition of the earliest known anthology in Greek. The work was originally compiled by Meleager of Gadara. Aldus used his own annotated copy of Janus Lascaris' 1494 editio princeps as an exemplar for his first edition of 1503.

West Indies.- Tobago.- Poyntz (Captain John) The Present Prospect of the Famous and Fertile Island of Tobago: with a Description of the Situation Growth, Fertility and Manufacture of the said Island, first edition, short tear to final leaf with expert repair and restoration to the gutter, scattered spotting and staining, cracked hinges, later calf, upper cover detached, gilt inner dentelles, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 64857], small 4to, by George Larkin for the Author, and are to be Sold by Thomas Malthus, 1683.

Fish.- Albin (Eleazar) The History of Esculent Fish, first edition, half-title, 18 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, some offsetting and spotting, most plates trimmed within plate-mark, front free endpaper detached, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.3], 4to, Printed for Edward Jeffery [&c.], 1794.*** Also includes An Essay on the Breeding of Fish, and the Construction of Fish-Ponds by Hon. Roger North. Quite scarce at auction, the last coloured copy sold in 2011.

Americas.- Cartwright (George) A Journal of Transactions and Events, during a Residence of nearly sixty years on the Coast of Labrador, 3 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved folding maps (all linen-backed), list of subscribers in vol. 1, glossary at start of each vol., vol. 1 title with tear into text repaired but no text loss, maps slightly trimmed, touching scale of one map, a little wear at folds of maps, light offsetting, a few annotations to margins and frontispiece, a few small tears and occasional repairs, including verso of titles, a few leaves browned, mostly to margins, occasional light foxing and spotting, some staining and surface soiling, ex-library copies with bookplates in 2 vols., ink-stamp to titles, modern half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, library stickers to upper covers, a few light marks to covers, [Sabin 11150], 4to, Newark, Allin and Ridge, 1792.

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) The Historie of the World, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, woodcut device on titles, vol.1 Aa5 lower margin repaired, vol.2 H4 tear just into text block, Y4 small hole with slight loss of text, occasional light staining, generally clean and crisp, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, lacking ties, [STC 20029], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, 1601.*** Provenance: John Renshaw (early ink inscription to title); J.A. Knowles Renshaw (later bookplate).

*** Please note the description of this lot has changed *** Grey (Charles) Biography of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Queen Victoria "To Major General Francis Seymour. In recollection of his beloved Mother from the dear Prince's devoted & sorrowing widow Victoria RI, April 25. 1867" to front free endpaper, engraved portrait frontispiece and 19 mounted photographic plates, tissue-guards, gutter broken with some text leaves and a few plates loose, including front free endpapers, half-title and frontispiece, pp.14-15 browned, a few leaves slightly frayed at edges, occasional light soiling (heavier to a few plates), some spotting to endpapers, original cloth, gilt, spine slightly mottled and with short tear to head, spine ends, corners and upper joint quite worn, lightly rubbed elsewhere, upper joint split at foot, 8vo, Printed for private circulation by Smith, Elder and Co., 1866.

America.- Jefferson (Thomas) Notes on the State of Virginia, first English edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, hand-coloured in outline and laid down (Washington marked in ink manuscript, few short tears and very small portions of loss, slight wear to some folds, some light browning), woodcut cave plan to C8v, folding table, lacking final blank, light surface soiling and neat repairs to title, E2 with repaired tear affecting few letters, central fold of table repaired at foot, few other marginal repairs, few later marginal pencil annotations, the odd spot or stain, some light soiling, ex-library copy with small ink-stamp to title, modern half morocco, library label to upper cover, [Sabin 35895], 8vo, for John Stockdale, 1787. *** The only full-length book by Jefferson to be published during his lifetime. The first English edition followed a privately printed, extremely rare first edition (Paris, 1782 [but 1785]) and a French translation (Paris, 1786). Written in the form of answers to questions about Virginia, Jefferson gives a comprehensive account and analysis of the state, its natural resources and economy, and his prescription for the improvement of both state and country.

Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. With an Introductory Note by W. Bateson, offprint from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XXVI. 1901. Part I., illustration, some scattered spotting, pencil inscription to endpaper crushed brown half morocco by Bumpus, light sunning, [cf. Garrison-Morton 222; Norman 1490], 8vo, [1901].*** The first edition in English of Mendel's landmark Versuche uber Pflanzen- Hybriden. Exceptionally rare, we can trace only the Norman copy at auction (his sale, lot 1198, sold for $5,175). William Bateson (1861-1926) became the principal populariser of Mendel's ideas after reading the present work in the original German in May 1900. He would go on to coin the word "genetics" and headed an informal "school" at Cambridge devoted to studying Mendel's theories. 

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To David (again!)" on dedication p., letter of authenticity from Adam Houston loosely inserted, usual light toning to margins, original pictorial boards, spine tips and corners a little bumped dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine tips and corners, else fine, [Errington A2(a)], 8vo, 1998.

Hutton (James) Theory of the Earth with Proofs and Illustration, 2 vol., first edition, 6 folding engraved plates (finely silked and laid down), vol. 1 half-title bound after title, vol. 1 title and half-title silked to verso, vol. 2 half-title laid down, trimmed once into plate number at fore-edge, plate 4 slightly frayed at fore-margin, a couple tears to plates with very small loss, occasional staining, some light spotting, ex-library copies with ink-stamp to titles, modern half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, cloth slip-cases, [Norman 541], 8vo, Edinburgh, William Creech, 1795. *** James Hutton's Theory of the Earth was pivotal in the development of geology as a science. Although, initially to be printed into 4 parts, Hutton passed away before finishing.

Herbal.- Parkinson (John) Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, or, an Herball of a Large Extent..., first edition, additional engraved title, over 2000 woodcut botanical illustrations, lacking initial blank and final errata f., additional title with short tear and few very small portions of loss supplied in manuscript, printed title with partially erased ownership inscription to foot, both titles trimmed to border and laid down, first few ff. with some small marginal repairs and reinforcement to gutter, R3-S3 small gash within text, 2N2, 5K2 & 6S2 short tear into text, Table at end with some fraying to edges affecting few letters, very occasional early ink correction or annotation, few very small rust-holes within text, the odd small marginal defect, occasional very light spotting, some light browning, some staining, mainly to margins at beginning and end, overall good, ex-library copy with bookplate and small ink-stamp to both titles, modern half morocco, [Blanche Henrey 286; STC 19302], folio, Tho. Cotes, 1640.

Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with covers priced at 900F, Libraire Biret bookseller's labels to foot of titles, original wrappers, slight shelf-lean, light creasing and toning to spines, minor chipping to spine tips, vol. 1 upper cover with slight blurring to imprint and short nick to foot, some light surface wear to vol. 2 lower joint, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent set, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press, 1955.*** An attractive set of Nabokov's controversial masterpiece, difficult to find in good condition. 

Hawking (Stephen) My Brief History. A Memoir, first edition, signed with author's right thumb-print and with ink stamp reading "Right thumb-print of S.W. Hawking witnessed by Judith Croasdell" on title, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine tips, sticker to upper panel, else fine, slip-case, 8vo, 2013.*** Hawking's memoir, scarce signed.