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Click here to subscribeHawking (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.
Milne (A. A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, very light browning to map endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, t.e.g., dust-jacket, slight sunning to spine, very light creasing to head and foot, very light surface soiling to extremities, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1926.
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) M.F. Quintilianus. [De institutione oratoria], [edited by Andrea Navagero & Giovanni Battista Ramusio], collation: *4 a-z A-E8 F6, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, *4 blank, some text marking with brown pencil, title with small worm trace in blank upper inner corner and with faded small armorial ink stamp in lower margin, some spotting or foxing and staining, lightly browned, 18th century vellum over boards, burgundy morocco label to spine, spine chipped and creased, but holding firm, little stained and marked, large 8vo (209 x 131mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [August, 1514]. *** First Aldine edition of the complete text of this work on oratory. Here edited by the humanists Andrea Navagero and Giovanni Battista Ramusio, with Aldus dedicating the edition to the latter. Provenance: Bibliotheca Giuliari (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); 'Purchased, Venice, chez Alfredo ?Rampi, 27/6/55' (pencil note to rear pastedown); thereafter remaining with our vendor. Literature: Adams Q52; Ahmanson-Murphy 124; Renouard 68:5; EDIT 16 CNCE 54150.
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- Parkinson (Sydney) A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece laid down, engraved map of New Zealand and 25 plates only (of 26, lacking plate 10), with errata f. but lacking final blank, occasional early ink correction or annotation, plate 1 short tear into image repaired, N3 tear into text with repair affecting few letters, some other short marginal tears to text and plates and few repairs (see K3), spotting, mainly to Sig. X, some offsetting, soiling and some staining, lightly browned, ex-library copy with bookplate, small ink-stamp to title and verso of plates, 19th century half morocco, library sticker to upper cover and spine foot, rubbed, 4to, for Stanfield & Parkinson, 1773.
Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, illustrations and pictorial endpapers by E. H. Shepard, light browning and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, t.e.g., dust-jacket, slight fading to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, small nick to foot of upper panel, small light splash-mark to upper panel, a near-fine example, 8vo, 1928.
[Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue, 1866; Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there, first edition, 1872, together 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces and illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional foxing and soiling, original cloth covers and spines bound in at end, later red crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt, g.e., joints cracked, [Crutch 46 and 84], Macmillan and Co., 8vo*** The first work is of the first issue with the inverted 'S' in the last line of the contents leaf.Provenance: William Garth (bookplate in first work); 'H.R.S.Jr.' (leather book label to both works).
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Fall of Robespierre. An Historical Drama, first edition, proposal f. at end, title with small ink number and pencil library reference to head, B2 repaired tears to fore-edge with loss to couple letters to verso, occasional small staining, some light surface soiling, some old stab-holes to inner-margin, bound with numerous blank leaves at end, library bookplate, 19th century half morocco, small library sticker to spine foot, wear to corners, joints and extremities rubbed, [Wise Coleridge 1], 8vo, Cambridge, Benjamin Flower, 1794. *** The first edition of Coleridge's first published work. Rare at auction, we can trace only 3 copies appearing since 1977, of which one without the final proposal leaf. The work started out as a sort of dramatic game or competition between Coleridge, Robert Southey and Richard Lovell: they undertook to produce a tragedy on Robespierre in three acts, in one day, with each working on a single act. Lovell failed to produce his act, but Southey and Coleridge did. Coleridge eventually completed the work, and the present published version is the first work to appear under his name - with the agreement of Southey, Coleridge's was the only name to appear on the title page.
Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, first edition, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, folding map at end (torn at margin and one 1" tear down joint), some cracking at gutters but holding firm, toning as usual, original pictorial cloth, lettered in silver, spine ends a little frayed, extremities bumped, 8vo, 1919.
Powell (William) The Anarchist Cookbook, first hardback edition, signed presentation inscription from the publisher "To [Salvador] Dali - Not as good as your cookbook - but the Spanish edition will be better - Lyle Stuart" on front free endpaper, illustrations, original boards, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, dust-jacket priced at $12 on front flap, chips and tears with some creasing to head and foot, joints splitting at head, extremities rubbed, 4to, New York, Lyle Stuart, 1971.*** The true first edition of this infamous manual that includes instructions on making bombs, weapons, drugs and much besides. This copy in the rarer hardback edition and with an excellent presentation inscription from the publisher Lyle Stuart (1922-2006). Stuart's publishing house developed a reputation as a publisher of controversial books, he collaborated with Salvador Dali when he helped publish his set of six lithographs The Lyle Stuart Tarot. A letter of provenance accompanies this lot.
Wordsworth (William) The Poetical Works, 6 vol., the first volume with two almost word for word duplicate presentation inscriptions by Wordsworth to Mr Fell, one to front endpaper and the other, clearly written first and in error, (with the book upside-down) to rear endpaper, new edition, portrait frontispiece, some light foxing to first and last couple of leaves, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, preserving original spines, a little rubbed and discoloured, double morocco spine labels, some renewed, gilt edges, housed in modern cloth slip-case, 8vo, Edward Moxon, 1836-7. *** A fine association copy with heartfelt double full-page inscription from the poet to his doctor. In the inscription, fully signed and dated "6th July 1839, Rydal Mount", Wordsworth tells Mr Fell that he is writing in the volume at the behest of his nephew John Wordsworth as a token of his gratitude for caring for him during a dangerous illness, to which Wordsworth adds his own thanks and expresses his respect for Mr Fell's professional skill. John's bout of illness was mentioned in a letter written months earlier by Wordsworth to his publisher Edward Moxon in which he expressed his "hopes that my nephew John Wordsworth... will correct the proofs" of a new edition of this very book, despite the fact that "he has been very unwell since, and may not be equal to the task." This same Mr Fell who treated John would also, 11 years later, attend to the pleurisy that ended Wordsworth's life. Note: Edward Moxon (c.1801-1858), publisher, poet and son-in-law of poet Charles Lamb: "In 1834, Wordsworth, always a steady friend, allowed him to publish a selection of his poems; next year he transferred all his works to Moxon, and in 1836 a full edition in six volumes was published." (Oxford DNB).Provenance: Sotheby's, 25th July 1978.
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision; The Pains of Sleep, first edition, with half-title and all fly-titles but lacking 4pp. advertisements at end, half-title slightly creased at upper corner, C1 chip to lower margin, occasional underlining and a few marginal scribbles in pencil, some soiling and staining, bound with numerous blank leaves at end, library bookplate, 19th century half morocco, small library sticker to spine foot, some wear to corners, joints and extremities rubbed, [Wise Coleridge 32], for John Murray, 1816; and a uniformly bound third edition of Coleridge's Remorse (1813), 8vo (2) *** The first printings of three of Coleridge's most celebrated poems.
Central Asia.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart) An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, 1 vol. bound in 2, first edition, engraved map in outline hand-colouring, 13 aquatint plates only (of 14), all but one hand-coloured (lacking frontispiece), all with small ink library stamp, errata leaf at end, some foxing and soiling, occasional staining, upper margin of 3Q2 torn away, large folding engraved map linen-backed and bound in separate vol., modern half morocco, map in modern matching morocco-backed cloth, [Abbey Travel 504; Tooley 209; Yakushi E63], 4to, 1815.*** Elphinstone's account of his Mission to the Court of Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, King of Kabul, the first full description of Afghanistan and it's people. Elphinstone was appointed British ambassador to the Afghan court in 1808.
Mathematics.- Newton (Sir Isaac).- Desaguliers (John Theophilus) A Course of Experimental Philosophy, 2 vol., first edition, lists of subscribers, vol.2 with engraved title-vignette, 78 folding engraved plates, clean and crisp copy, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, Printed for John Senex [&c.], 1734-44.*** The author was an experimental assistant to Isaac Newton and later popularized Newtonian theories and their practical applications in public lectures. "Newton, late Sir Isaac Kt." appears in the list of subscribers despite having died in 1727.
[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, 3 vol., vol.1 first edition, vol. 2&3 second edition, half-titles, vol.1 at end fly-title for publisher's catalogue dated 'June, 1847', 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated 'October, 1847', and advertisement f. for 'The Calcutta Review', vol.1 half-title torn with loss to majority of outer margin (not affecting text) and with small pencil portrait of Jane, the odd marginal short tear or missing piece, spotting and staining, mostly loose in original reddish brown blind-stamped cloth (vol.1) and original dark purple blind-stamped cloth (vol. 2&3), all vol. lacking backstrips, vol.3 ink staining to upper cover, all vol. corners worn, some fading (particularly upper cover of vol.1), staining and marking, rubbed, [Smith 2], 8vo, Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, 1847-1848. *** Provenance: George Granville Bradley (1821-1903), Dean of Westminster (1881-1902), scholar and divine (contemporary signature to each vol.).
Sri Lanka.- Knox (Robert) An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies..., first edition, double-page engraved map (little frayed at edges, trimmed with loss to scale at foot), 15 engraved plates, lacking advertisement f. at end, without the portrait (as usual), licence f. bound after title, I1 & plate at D4v with very small hole, some tears and repairs to text and plates, mostly marginal but occasionally into platemark or image without notable loss (see plates at D4v, F4, M4 & Q2v), trimmed at head occasionally affecting headline, some underlining/passage-marking in later red pencil, some spotting, some soiling and staining, ex-library copy with bookplate, ink-stamp to title and plates, later library cloth, small sticker to spine foot, little rubbed, backstrip peeled away from upper joint, [Wing K742], small folio, Richard Chiswell, 1681. *** The first account of Sri Lanka in English, and one of the sources for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. While sailing for Persia in 1658, Knox's ship lost its mast in a storm and was forced to put ashore on Ceylon. Knox, along with his elder brother and crew, was captured by King Rajasinha II of Kandy and refused permission to leave the kingdom. Knox and a companion eventually escaped after 19 years of captivity and fled to a Dutch fort in the north of the island.
Mishima (Yukio) After the Banquet, translated by Donald Keene, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To John Harder for the memory of an unforgettable interview" to front free endpaper, 2pp. autograph notes ?in Harder's hand loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, slight rubbing to extremities, very light surface soiling, a near-fine example, 8vo, 1963.*** Mishima's novel that brought him critical attention in America and a court case in Japan. Rare signed or inscribed.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, first impressions, each volume signed by the author on front free endpapers, The Return of the King with signature mark '4' and text block misaligned on p.49, occasional light finger-soiling to margins, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, shelf-lean to Two Towers, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, spine ends and corners chipped with some fraying, short tears with creasing to head and foot of joints and fore-edges, closed tear to foot of Two Towers upper panel and head of Return of the King lower panel, light creasing to head and foot of panels with a few short nicks, light marking or soiling to panels, [Hammond & Anderson A5.a.i., ii, iii], 8vo, Allen and Unwin, 1954-55.*** A fully-signed first edition, first impression set of this foundational work of fantasy fiction and one of the best-selling books of all time. It is believed that this was among a handful gifted by Tolkien to the Directors and Senior Managers at Allen and Unwin, presented by him to the Sales and Marketing Manager, Leslie Berry. Fully-signed sets are exceptionally rare, we can trace very few at auction in the last 40 years.Following the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien's publishers encouraged him to begin work on a sequel. Though resistant at first, the author began this new work within months, sometime between 16th and 19th December, 1937. The new work was influenced heavily by the world building of Tolkien's then-unpublished Silmarillion, indeed the author would come to see both works as a single text and his insistence of their being published together (and the consequent costs involved) led to Allen and Unwin initially declining publication. After a brief flirtation with the publisher Collins, Tolkien returned to Allen and Unwin. Now willing to compromise he agreed to split The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion into separate works and to divide the former into three books to reduce the costs involved for the publishers. Even so, the outlay involved for Allen and Unwin was considerable, but the firm finally agreed to publish in 1952 with an unusual arrangement whereby Tolkien would be paid no royalties initially but take a share in all profits once the costs had been covered. Tolkien's revisions and corrections to the texts, issues with printers Jarrold & Sons and the author's precise standards regarding his hand-drawn maps and Middle-Earth scripts meant that publication of the The Fellowship of the Ring would take some 18 months and Return of the King almost 3 years. Sales of The Lord of the Rings in hardback were brisk, due in part to the hard work of Leslie Berry and his team, with each volume averaging at least one new impression per year until the publication of the UK paperback edition in 1968 at which point the rate of reprints would increase. Tolkien's remarkable work would come to sell over 150 million copies, the numerous adaptations and expansions of the world he created have ensured its lasting popularity.Leslie Berry (d. 1967) first joined the firm of Allen and Unwin as a boy in 1934. He was called up to the Lincolnshire Regiment in 1939 and rose to the rank of major. On his return to the firm after the war, his new senior rank led to his transfer to the travelling sales team where he excelled before becoming Allen and Unwin's first sales manager. Berry would continue travelling in this new role, bringing the firm to new and emerging markets across the world. His unstinting efforts undoubtedly contributed to the success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.Provenance: passed by descent to the present owner. A letter of provenance accompanies this item. See also next lot.
Botany.- Hooker (Sir William Jackson) Exotic Flora, 2 vol. only (of 3), first edition, 173 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 233), of which c.47 double-page or folding, lacking half-titles and title and preliminaries to vol. 2, plates sometimes trimmed, affecting caption or with occasional slight loss of image, some light offsetting and minor soiling, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to title, few shelfmarks or ink-stamps to text leaves, some faint cockling where library ink-stamp removed to verso of plates, modern green half morocco, library label to upper covers, ink-stamp to lower-edge, t.e.g., [Nissen BBI 920], 8vo, Edinburgh, 1823[-27]. *** The second volume incorporates some plates from the lacking third volume. The plates present are numbers 1-172, and the additional plate 163*.
Rowling (J.K.) The Harry Potter Gift Set, 2 vol., comprising Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, fourth printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, seventh printing, 1998, first editions, both signed by the author on dedication page, original pictorial boards, dust-jackets, spines faded, corners lightly bumped, original pictorial card slipcase, 8vo.*** The first collected edition of these two works, released just prior to the publication of The Prisoner of Azkaban. Scarce signed.
Newton (Sir Isaac) Opera quae exstant omnia, 5 vol., edited by Samuel Horsley, half-titles to all but vol. 4, 2 folding engraved tables, 32 engraved plates and plans, of which 3 folding, woodcut diagrams, vol. 1 with blank leaves 3D2 & 4C1, vol. 1 & 4 with corrigenda leaves at end, lacking blank Y4 to vol. 3 and final blank to vol. 5, half-titles/vol. 4 title guarded, very occasional spotting or light browning, occasional light soiling, water-staining to head, mainly to vol. 1 and 5 and very occasionally elsewhere, ex-library copies with small ink-stamp to titles, modern half cloth, library sticker to foot of upper covers, [Babson 8], 4to, J. Nichols, 1779-85. *** First and only collected edition of Newton's works. "This edition is by no means complete…but it is a very full collection of original texts issued in book form. It is the first to contain his important Geometria Analytica. Additions include Newton’s only printed chemical paper De Natura Acidum, a number of his letters, and, for the first time, the original text of the unfinished Methodus Fluxionum" (Babson). Copies are recorded with a portrait, not here present and likely not called for in this edition.
Seaweed.- Turner (Dawson) Fuci; or, Colored Figures and Descriptions of the Plants Referred by Botanists to the Genus Fucus, vol. 1 & 2 only (of 4), first edition, 134 engraved plates by Ellen Hutchins after W. J. Hooker, printed in colour and finished by hand, a few folding, text in Latin & English, very occasional spotting to text, some soiling, mostly to margins, some light offsetting and very slight marginal toning, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to titles and plates, 19th century green half morocco, rebacked and recornered, slightly rubbed, [Nissen BBI 2011], 4to, J. M'Creery, 1808-09.
Ammianus (Marcellinus) The Roman Historie..., translated by Philemon Holland, first edition in English, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, title a little soiled, occasional light damp-staining, modern calf, some rubbing to foot of spine, [STC 17311], folio, Adam Islip, 1609.*** The last major Roman history translated by the most celebrated Elizabethan translator of the classics.
[Waring (Henry)] The Rule of Charity: or, the Liberal Mans Guide, first edition, occasional light browning and spotting, small loss to final blank and final free endpaper, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature to title, contemporary red morocco, g.e., 4 raised spine bands, richly gilt spine, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, small 8vo, for the Author, 1690. *** Provenance. Ink signature of K. Southwell to title. Bookplate of the antiquary Henry Thomas Ellacombe (1790-1885).
Statius (Publius Papinius) [Opera], collation: a-e8 a-z8 A-F8 G4 A B8 C4 (here Orthographia (a-e8) bound at end), italic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, i8 blank, 2C4 colophon recto otherwise blank, final f. (e8 of Orthographia) with woodcut printer's device recto otherwise blank, occasional spotting, lightly browned, inner gilt dentelles, 19th century green diced calf, gilt, spine in compartments, spine faded, rubbed, gilt edges, 8vo (160 x 92mm.), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [November & August, 1502]. *** First Aldine edition of the extant works of Statius, along with an orthography of Greek terms found in Statius; presented in Aldus' octavo format often used for his classical publications. Provenance: Herbert Norman Evans (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); C.S. Ascherson (large book label to front pastedown); Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (collated note in pencil to rear free endpaper); bought from Qs by our vendor 16/6/55 (pencil note to rear free endpaper). Literature: Adams S1670; Ahmanson-Murphy 61; Renouard 35:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 36141.
Birds.- Audubon (John James) Ornithological Biography, or An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America, 5 vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 1 & 3 only, wood-engraved illustrations, prospectus for Birds of America bound at the end vol. 1, vol. 2 few leaves loose near start, occasional soiling or light staining, occasional very light spotting, some light toning to margins, ex-library copies with bookplate and small ink-stamp to titles, few hinges cracked, later half cloth, small sticker to foot of spines, rubbed, vol. 1 backstrip peeling away from upper joint, [Anker 18; Sabin 2366], large 8vo, Edinburgh, Adam Black, 1831-49 [but 1831-39]. *** First edition of Audubon's text to accompany the elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, published separately to circumvent copyright laws and given away to subscribers.
Thames.- Boydell (John & Josiah) An History of the River Thames, 2 vol., first edition, 2 printed titles to each vol., vol.1 with printed dedications to George III and the Earl of Orford, 2 folding engraved maps, 76 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Stadler after Farington, 3 folding, engraved plate of head of 'Father Thames' bound within vol.1 not as frontispiece, some offsetting and oxidisation to plates, some foxing, mostly to text, occasionally heavy, one leaf in vol.2 with repaired tear affecting text, one title and dedication leaf in vol.1 detached, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rebacked, corners bit worn, [Abbey Scenery 432], folio, 1794-96.
Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop) An Aunswere by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitane, unto a craftie and Sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester ..., second edition, black letter, one wood engraved plate only (of 2), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut illustration to imprimatur at end, early ink inscription to title, occasional very neat red ink markings, occasional faint pencil marginal markings, ex-Nottingham Mechanics' Institute with bookplate obscured by modern endpapers, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, later calf, rebacked and recornered retaining original backstrip and calf, gilt shelfmark to spine foot, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, by John Daye, 1580. *** Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555) was the Bishop of Winchester, and served as Mary Tudor's Lord Chancellor during the persecution of the Protestants. Cranmer's Aunswere, part of a controversy between Cranmer and Gardiner on the sacrament of communion, was first published by Wolfe in 1551. This copy bound with one of the two plates called for, both of which are often lacking.
Mercuriale (Girolamo) De arte gymnastica libri sex, second edition, collation: *6 A-C8 D10 E-S8 T10 V8 X6 complete, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, 2 full-page plans and 21 illustrations, all but one full-page, some repaired worming and some light soiling and staining, all mostly marginal, colophon leaf torn (repaired), modern vellum, [Adams M1320; EDIT 16 46968; G & M 1986.1; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 302], 4to, Venice, Giunta, 1573.*** The first illustrated edition of this important work on exercise and health, first published in 1569. "One of the earliest books to discuss the therapeutic value of gymnastics and sports generally for the cure of disease and disability, and an important study of gymnastics in the ancient world". (Garrison-Morton).
Hamilton (Sir William) Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases Mostly of Pure Greek Workmanship..., 3 vol. only (of 4, as usual), first edition, engraved frontispiece to vol. 1, 195 engraved plates on 192 sheets, errata f. at end vol. 1, engraved titles and parallel text in English and French, vol. 1 2E1 with marginal tears and paper repair, vol. 3 plate 9 trimmed within image, few other plates trimmed into border, vol. 2 titles and plates numbered in early ink manuscript, occasional damp-staining or very light spotting, some surface soiling and light browning, ex-library copies with small ink-stamp to lower margin English titles, later half calf, small library sticker to foot of spines, corners worn, rubbed, [Blackmer 778], folio, Naples, Wm. Tischbein, 1791-95. *** A lavishly illustrated work recording Hamilton's second collection, particularly valuable because the ship transporting it to England sank off the Isles of Scilly, losing one third of the collection. An undated supplementary fourth volume was published later, containing plates but no text, but is rarely found with the set. Sets of varying numbers of previously unpublished proof impressions continued to circulate in the 19th century, sometimes referred to as a ‘fifth volume'.
Middle East.- Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart, first edition, 1 vol. bound as 2 (plates bound separately), engraved panorama extending over 3 sheets and 56 engraved plates & plans, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, panorama and plate 1 tipped-in, panorama folds reinforced with linen to verso, plate 31 and final text f. with repaired marginal tear, some plate fore-margins trimmed very slightly unevenly, one or two within platemark but not affecting image, few very short marginal tears or lower corners creased, some surface soiling and light browning, foxing, cracking to hinges, ex-library copy with bookplate and small ink-stamp to title and panorama verso, 19th century half morocco, quite worn, folio, 1753.
Cornwall.- Carew (Richard) The Survey of Cornwall, first edition, Peter Le Neve, Andrew Coltée Ducarel and John Howard's copy with their ink signatures, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and headpieces, initial blank, errata f. and Contents ff. at end, L2 small tear with loss in margin, slightly browned, some ink notes and coats of arms in margins by ?William Burton in a 17th century hand and other notes in a 19th century hand, 3pp. manuscript index at end, ink signature on title and ink signatures and inscriptions on A1, bookplates of Ducarel on front pastedown and of Treverbyn Vean (Cocks family of Cornwall) on front free endpaper, 19th century half calf, gilt, gilt panelled spine, red morocco label, [STC 4615], sm. 4to, by S. S. for Iohn Iaggard, and are to bee sold neere Temple-barre, at the signe of the Hand and Starre, 1602. *** Carew's history, which is "above all a representation of Cornwall as its author saw it, in terms of the landscape and climate, and of the occupations of men and women whose lives these shaped. Such matters as the local tin mines, the fishing industry, and the games people played, including hurling, all come within the compass of his lively pen." - Oxford DNB. Provenance: A good copy with an impressive series of owners: (1). Peter Le Neve, (1661-1729), herald and antiquary; "Liber Petri Le Neve Rouge Crois [Pursuivant] 1693"; (2). Andrew Coltée Ducarel (1713-1785), librarian and antiquary; "A Ducarel 1770"; (3). John Howard (1726?-1790), philanthropist; "John Howard 1787"; (4). Also 19th century ink inscription on A1: ?William Burton (1575-1645), antiquary; "The coates of Armes in this book were trick'd by William Burton of Lindley Esq in 1602. See Thom: Rawlinson's English Topographer p. 29."
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Dotti, Thank you! Jo | J.K. Rowling | 21st July 2007" on title, newspaper articles loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light nicks to spine ends otherwise fine, 8vo, 2007.
China.- Gonzalez de Mendoza (Juan) Historia de las Cosas Mas Notables, Ritos y Costumbres, del gran Reyno dela China...con un Itinerario del nuevo Mundo, first edition, collation: (, ((, A-Z, Aa-Dd8, Ee4, with blank ((8, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, title margins slightly frayed, very occasional light water-staining, mainly marginal, some light browning and foxing, ex-library copy with bookplate, small circular ink-stamp to title and shelfmark to head of )2, modern calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, [Adams G864; Cordier 8; Sabin 27775], 8vo (159 x 98mm.), Rome, Vincentio Accolti, 1585. *** One of the earliest European works on China. It also contains an account of Mexico.
Middle East.- Chesney (Lieut.-Colonel Francis Rawdon) The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, 3 vol. (maps bound separately), first edition, 49 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations, a few marginal tears, occasional water- or damp-staining, mainly marginal but sometimes affecting plates, occasional surface soiling, some spotting and very light browning, map vol. with 14 linen-backed maps (some short tears at folds, slight offsetting), ex-library copies with bookplates, ink-stamp to titles, plates, maps and illustrations, text vol. modern royal blue half cloth, map vol. 19th century half morocco, map vol. with library sticker to spine, wear to spine and extremities, [Atabey 234; Blackmer 337], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. *** "Only 2 of the four volumes were published, since half of the manuscript was lost when Chesney was sent to China; this also explains the random numbering of the plates" (Atabey).
Polar.- Phipps (Constantine John) A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773, first edition, half-title, 3 folding engraved maps and 12 folding plates,11 folding letterpress tables, directions to the bookbinder leaf, first map laid down with some small loss, plates and maps with some tears and repairs, some fully or partially laid down, one map trimmed with slight loss to scale at foot, occasional offsetting, some staining and foxing, some soiling, mostly to margins, ex-library copy with bookplate, ink-stamp to title, nineteenth-century half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, library stickers to spine and upper cover, rubbed with wear to extremities, upper cover detached, [Sabin 62572], 4to, by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J. Nourse, 1774. *** "An important addition to nautical science which does honor to its author" (Sabin).
Fireworks.- Babington (John) Pyrotechnia or, A discourse of artificiall fire-works: in which the true grounds of that art are plainly and perspicuously laid downe... Whereunto is annexed a short Treatise of Geometrie, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, numerous full-page engraved illustrations and 2 folding plates, woodcut initials and diagrams, part 1 lacks engraved title, title small piece of corner repaired, one folding plate torn with loss along lower image and corner, other folding plate repaired, F4 small tear in lower margin, part 2 lacks last f., browned throughout, very light staining in many margins, a few other marks, ink signature of Marianne Babington Keyes at head of title, bookplate of William Mitford, Exbury, Hampshire on front pastedown, new endpapers, modern calf, [Philip B010.1; STC 1099], folio, Thomas Harper for Ralph Mab, 1635; sold not subject to return.*** The first English treatise to deal exclusively with fireworks. "This book is without doubt the most important in Firework bibliography." - Philip. Soldier and mathematician Babington was a gunner in the service of the Earl of Newport, to whom he dedicates the present work. The first part comprises detailed descriptions and instructions concerning firework displays with much on firework automata. The second part was intended for the use of artillery officers and includes extensive early logarithmic tables.
Mathematics.- Arms of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse.- Bion (Nicolas) Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématiques, first edition, engraved illustration by N. Guerard at head of dedication, woodcut ornament on title, intials, head- and tail-pieces, 28 engraved plates (one double-page), very occasional light browning, the odd spot, but a very good, clean copy generally, neat ink contemporary calf, arms of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse to covers, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original gilt backstrip, corners neatly repaired, 8vo, Paris, Chez Jean Boudot, Jacques Collombay, et Jean Boudot fils rue S. Jacques, 1709.*** A handsome copy of this important mathematical treatise that covers the construction and use of numerous instruments including astrolabes, sundials, a water clock, a mircometer, sea charts and much else besides. Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Louis Alexandre became a legitimised Prince du Sang with the right to inherit the French throne and was granted the rank of Marshall of France in 1696, becoming commander of the royal armies the following year.
[More (Cresacre)] D.O.M.S. The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore Lord high Chancellour of England, first edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, ✠3-4 with short tear touching odd letter and neat repairs, R1-4 with small loss to top edge affecting headlines and expert tissue repairs, 2Y2 with small marginal ink note, early ink signatures to title and final ff., spotting and staining, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked and recased, expert repairs to upper cover, a little rubbed, 4to, [Douai, Printed by B. Bellière], [1631]. *** Provenance. Early ink signature of Edward Wood to title. Ink signature of Rich. Fleetewodd, and dated 1640 to final leaf, possibly Sir Richard Fleetwood (d.1649), the High Sheriff of Staffordshire who built Wootton Lodge at Ellastone. A good copy of this scarce biography of More, written by his great grandson and dedicated to Queen Henrietta Maria.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit; or There and Back Again, first edition, first impression, frontispiece, one plate and 8 illustrations, including 7 full-page, map endpapers printed in red & black, all by the author, 1 f. advertisements, small patch of browning to fore-margin of last 10 leaves, the odd marginal spot and some light finger-soiling, neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green pictorial cloth, shelf-lean, toning to spine, fraying to lower joint and spine ends with some loss touching imprint, soiling to lower cover, some fraying to extremities, [Hammond A3a], 8vo, 1937.
Woolf (Virginia) Orlando: A Biography, first English edition, two light foxing marks to title, fore-edge foxed sometimes straying onto pages, faint strip of toning on endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few tears neatly repaired, one with tape stain from previous repair, the odd repaired nick mainly to upper edge, light and expert tissue repairs to spine ends, creases to lower panel, surface marks to lower panel, [Kirkpatrick A11b; Woolmer 185], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1928. *** Rare with the jacket. The first limited edition was published in New York a few days prior.
Birds.- Edwards (George) A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, Printed for the Author, 1743-51; Gleanings of Natural History/Glanures d'Histoire Naturelle, 3 parts in 2 vol., first edition, Printed for the Author, 1758-64, together 7 parts in 4 vol., first work with hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, list of subscribers to parts 1 and 4, 210 hand-coloured engraved plates (one in part 2 torn), plus 5 additional plates (3 plain and 2 coloured) at end of part 2, second work with engraved portrait frontispiece by Miller after Dandridge to part 1, titles in English and French, list of subscribers and preface misbound at beginning of part 2, part 2 continues into vol.2 with duplicate engraved portrait preceding hand-coloured engraved border plate with oval cut-out to reveal face of portrait, list of subscribers to part 3, 153 hand-coloured engraved plates (one double-page), some offsetting from plates and also sometimes from text onto facing plate, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked with spines numbered so second work precedes first, [Anker 124, 126; Nissen IVB 286, 288; Fine Bird Books (1990) p.73], 4to*** A complete set of one of the greatest English ornithological works, this a subscriber's set with the ink inscription of George Bell, surgeon, to titles of part 1 and 2 of first work.
Americas.- Kalm (Peter). Travels into North America; Containing its Natural History, 3 vol., first English edition, translated by John Reinhold Forster, 6 engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end of vol. 1, list of subscribers to vol. 2, lacking large map, a few ink annotations and markings, a few repairs to margins, occasional spotting, light browning, some staining, ex-library copies with bookplates, ink-stamp to titles, modern navy half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, a few minor marks to covers, uncut, [Sabin 36989], 8vo, Warrington, William Eyres (vol. 1) and London, printed for the editor; and sold by T. Lowndes (vol. 2 & 3), 1770-71.
Sandford (Francis) A Genealogical History of Kings of England and Monarchs of Great Britain, first edition, title in red and black, 5 double-page engraved plates, illustrations, 57 full-page, the odd short repaired marginal tear, 3Y2 with longer repaired tear, but a very good, clean copy generally, bookplates, red morocco by Bedford, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with crown motifs, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Wing S651], folio, Savoy, Tho. Newcomb, for the Author, 1677. *** Provenance: Bookplates of Hon. Hugh Howard and Fox Pointe.
India.- Khandalavala (Karl) Amrita Sher-Gil, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Umrao Singh Sher-Gil "in memory of his late wife Antoinet and their daughter Amrita Sher-Gil (in sorrow for them)... 9th October 1948" on first page, 20 mounted colour plates (one with light crease), numerous other plates and illustrations, some colour, occasional very light foxing, address labels sending the present volume from Umrao Sher-Gil in India to the recipient, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket with mounted colour illustration priced at Rs. 30/- on front flap, slight toning to spine, a few neat tape repairs to extremities, light surface soiling, 4to, Bombay, New Book Co., 1944.*** The first in-depth study of India's most celebrated 20th century painter with a mournful inscription from her father in the year he lost his wife, rare in the dust-jacket.
Ronnie Wood Ronnie My Autobiography, signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page Cheers Ronnie Wood 07 plus Jo Wood and a heart, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, black boards, illustrated endpapers, dust jacket, unclipped, includes a number of colour and black & white photographs, features original art work by Wood, published by Macmillan, 2007, pp 358, (1)A fascinating portrait not just of the Rolling Stones, with whom Wood (b.1947) has played since 1975, but of the greatest musicians of the 1960s and beyond - from Eric Clapton to Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page to Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix to Pete Townshend. Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Both book and dust jacket in fine condition
Harry Potter Film Cell, Exclusive Parker Pen and Movie Memorabilia. A collection of Harry Potter film items, To include the following:Special Edition Harry Potter x Parker Sonnet premier pen. Complete with Hedwig engraved wooden case. An exclusive release given to the executives after the production of the third Potter instalment. Also including the following physical media items: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban framed genuine film cell from Rye By Post, Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone DVD (Region 2, UK), Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone DVD (Region 1,USA). Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone Special First Edition CD (5)
Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton An Animated Life signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, blue boards, dust jacket, unclipped, includes a number of colour and black & white photographs, published by Aurum, 2003, pp 302; (1)Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Both book and dust jacket in fine condition.
Maureen O'Hara - Tis Herself - A Memoir - First Edition, hardback, with dust wrapper, gold lettered spine, original emerald green cloth, signed to the title page by Maureen O'Hara, published by Simon & Schuster, includes a number of b&w photographs, signed 8vo. pp324, 6 x 9 inches; (2)Maureen O'Hara completed a signing at Harrods in 2004Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Fine condition for both book and wrapper. Never been read, opened only for images to be captured
AFTER THEODORE KALIDE (1801-1863) A LEAD FOUNTAIN GROUP OF A BOY AND A SWAN the swan figured naturalistically with wings outstretched, the boy with one arm raised aloft the other holding the swan, on a composite stone plinth, 166cm high overallNote: Erdmann Theodor Kalide (1801-1863) was a German sculptor who studied under Johann Gottfried Schadow and Christian Daniel Rauch. This work was one of the first produced independently by Kalide and it was commissioned by Frederick William III, King of Prussia. It was originally exhibited at the Berlin Academy in 1834 and then the 1851 Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace. An edition was acquired by Queen Victoria and can now be seen in the Italian garden of Osborne House, Isle of Wight. The model was produced first by Mortiz Geiss (1805-1875) zinc works and later by Crowthers in the early 20th century. A detailed account of the casting in lead of this group in Crowthers factory can be found in John Davis's seminal book 'Antique Garden Ornament', published in 1991.
DICKENS, CHARLES: TWO FIRST EDITION TITLEScomprising 'The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club' and 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby', 8vo, both published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1837 and 1839 respectively, both in three-quarter brown leather binding with marbled boards (2)
ALDIN, CECIL: 'CECIL ALDIN'S HAPPY FAMILY'first edition, 4to, published by Henry Frowde, London 1912, half grey cloth binding with illustrated boards, and a large collection of volumes written or illustrated by Cecil Aldin including 'An Artist's Models', first edition published by H.F. & G. Witherbury, London 1930 (31)
C. S. Lewis - Five first edition and later 'Narnia' books, in varying states and impressions, to include; 'Prince Caspian, The Return to Narnia' first impression (1951), lacking dust wrapper; 'The Silver Chair, third impression (1959); 'The Magicians Nephew', third impression (1960), with dust wrapper; 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader', third impression (1960), with dust wrapper; 'The Last Battle', third impression (1961), illustrated by Pauline Baynes, published in London by Geoffrey Bles and The Bodley Head
Set of four limited edition proof ingots commemorating The First & Last Fifty-Pound Banknotes, and a set of three proof medallions celebrating Christmas, each in presentation case, together with a Charles III set of five Jersey two-pound coins commemorating Traditional Pub Games, and Charles III set of five Isle of Man two-pound coins commemorating The History of British Railways (4)
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