*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Austen (Jane) Mansfield Park: A Novel... By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", 3 vol., vol.1 first edition with half-title, vol. 2 and 3 second editions with titles possibly supplied in excellent facsimile on old paper, vol. 2 title watermarked 1815, vol. 3 watermarked 180-, vol.2 half-title supplied from vol.3 first edition, vol. 3 half-title supplied from vol.1 second edition, lacking blanks, vol.1 with several neatly repaired tears, mostly marginal but a few running into text without loss, vol. 3 F2 with portion of restoration to lower margin, some light creasing, speckled calf, gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spines gilt in compartments, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrips, g.e., slip-case, [Gilson A6&7], T. Egerton [and J.Murray], 1814 [-16].
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![Lamb (Charles) Elia: Essays Which Have Appeared Under that Signature in the London Magazine [- The Last Essays of Elia], 2 vo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/e7901b0f-077a-4615-b608-ae4e01433bd5/468x382.jpg)
Lamb (Charles) Elia: Essays Which Have Appeared Under that Signature in the London Magazine [- The Last Essays of Elia], 2 vol., first editions in book form, vol. 1 second issue, half-titles, modern half calf, 1823-33 § Goldsmith (Oliver) The Miscellaneous Works, 4 vol., engraved plates, occasional light browning, 19th century half calf, spine gilt in compartments, 1812; and 3 others, a first edition of Meredith's The Egoist, 8vo (9)
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 5 vol., first Crocker edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, engraved folding map and Round Robin plate, plate guards, brown crushed morocco, gilt, by Bayntun, spines gilt in compartments, vol.4 with splitting to head of upper joint and rubbing to upper cover, otherwise an attractive set, g.e., 8vo, 1831.
![[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". Oliver Twist or, The Parish Boy's Progress, 3 vol., first edition, first issue with "Boz" on titl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/9c93c9ec-b096-4661-a831-ae4e01441279/468x382.jpg)
[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". Oliver Twist or, The Parish Boy's Progress, 3 vol., first edition, first issue with "Boz" on titles, half-titles, 24 etched plates (including the 'fireside' plate) by George Cruikshank, lacking advertisements, occasional light toning to plates, some scattered foxing, 19th century half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, joints a little rubbed, g.e., [Eckel pp. 59-60; Smith I, 4], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1838.
Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Zanzibar; City, Island, and Coast, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood engraved frontispieces and 9 plates, folding map hand-coloured in outline, 4 route maps, part title in vol.1 loose, map with short tear repaired, modern green straight-grain morocco, spines tooled in gilt and blind with red morocco labels, 1872; First Footsteps in East Africa, first edition, second issue without Appendix IV, with half-title, 2 engraved maps and 4 chromolithographed plates, 24pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lacking preliminary leaf A8 (pp.xiv/xv), one or two small spots or stains, DD7 & 8 with top outer corner torn away not affecting text, modern half dark red morocco, by Trevor Lloyd, spine gilt in compartments, 1856, [Penzer pp.88 & 60], 8vo (3)⁂ The second item describes Burton's first expedition to Somalia and an account of his exploration in disguise to the forbidden city of Harar. This is the second issue, without the suppressed Appendix IV on female circumcision.
![[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Villette, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles and advertisements, occasional ligh](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/8b6d4e48-bdf8-4c56-89f0-ae4e01443b78/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Villette, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles and advertisements, occasional light marginal soiling of spotting, bookplate of Edwin Williams to front pastedowns, contemporary half calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, spines with red and black morocco labels, light wear to edges, [Sadleir 342; Smith 6 pp.138-142; Wolff 828], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1853.
![Trollope (Anthony) [The Chronicles of Barsetshire], 14 vol., comprising, The Warden, without advertisements, red crushed half](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/cb05df41-59b1-4dbe-8e42-ae4e0144955e/468x382.jpg)
Trollope (Anthony) [The Chronicles of Barsetshire], 14 vol., comprising, The Warden, without advertisements, red crushed half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g., Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855; Barchester Towers, 3 vol., vol. 1 half-title, lacking advertisements, light foxing and occasional soiling, red crushed half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g., Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857; Doctor Thorne, 3 vol., lacking advertisements, the odd spot or occasional light soiling, red crushed half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g., Chapman & Hall, 1858; Framley Parsonage, 3 vol., 3 wood engraved-frontispieces and 3 engraved plates by Dalziel after J. E. Millais, lacking advertisements, occasional scattered foxing, green half calf by Hale, spines gilt in compartments, Smith, Elder & Co., 1861; The Small House at Allington, 2 vol., issue with "hoobledehoya" to p.33 and p.70 mispaginated, occasional light foxing, red crushed half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g., Smith, Elder & Co., 1864; The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vol., frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates by G. H. Thomas, vignette illustrations, occasional foxing, modern burgundy half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., Smith, Elder & Co., 1867, first editions or first edition in book form, [Sadleir 4, 5, 7, 11, 18 & 26], 8vo.⁂ Anthony Trollope's most celebrated series of novels, all in first edition.
Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition in book form, first issue with p.213 misnumbered 113, etched frontispiece, additional title (both foxed), and 14 plates by Hablot K. Brown, some light offsetting and scattered foxing, original upper wrapper of part 1 bound at front, crushed brown morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, [Eckel p.86; Smith I, 13], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1859.
Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, second impression, without half-titles or advertisements, the odd spot or patch of light soiling but a very clean copy generally, bookplates to front pastedowns, nineteenth-century polished tree calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrips, g.e., [Eckel, pp. 91-93; Smith II,:14; Great Expectations (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, Appendix D)], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1861.
![[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, 4 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles and e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/9678715b-290e-406b-a7d3-ae4e01450235/468x382.jpg)
[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, 4 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles and errata (as often), without advertisements, occasional scattered foxing, contemporary half calf, slight shelf-lean, spines gilt in compartments with green morocco labels, a little rubbed, [Sadleir 815], 8vo, 1871-72.
Hardy (Thomas) Far From the Madding Crowd, 2 vol., first edition in book form, second impression with "Communion" on p.2, l.1, 12 wood-engraved plates by Helen Allingham (most signed under her maiden name of Paterson), crushed brown morocco, gilt, by Birdsall, covers with gilt line borders, spines gilt in compartments, some slight bumping to corners, t.e.g., [Purdy p.13], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1874.⁂ The first of Hardy's six great novels and the first set in the fictional area of Wessex. It was published anonymously in monthly instalments in the Cornhill Magazine from January to December 1874, each with a full-page illustration and vignette initial by Helen Paterson (who became Helen Allingham during the run when she married the poet William Allingham in August 1874).
Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, 3 vol., first edition in book form, vol. 1 & 3 first issue, vol. 2 second issue, half-titles, lacking final blanks, green crushed half morocco by Bayntun, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, very light fading to spines, t.e.g., [Purdy pp. 67-74], 8vo, James R.Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891-2.
Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Gold-Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities. A Fortnight's Tour in North-Western Arabia, first edition, half-title, folding lithographed map with routes in red, without final advertisement leaf and publishers' catalogue, illustrations, lightly browned, later half calf, spine gilt with red and green morocco labels, very slightly rubbed at edges, with bookseller's ticket of J.A.D.Bridger of Penzance, [Penzer p.95], 8vo, 1878.⁂ Exploration of the north-western part of the Arabian Peninsula, sponsored by the Khedive of Egypt in an unsuccessful search for gold.
Wilde (Oscar) The Importance of Being Earnest, first trade edition, unnumbered copy from an edition limited to 1,000, light browning to endpapers, some light scattered spotting to title and half-title but very clean generally, original lilac cloth, gilt, designed by Charles Shannon, uncut and unopened, light toning to spine, tips of spine a little bumped, light foxing and surface soiling to covers, but an excellent example overall, [Mason 381], small 4to, Leonard Smithers & Co., 1899.
Forster (E.M.) Howards End, first edition, first issue with "A Stepson of the Soil" featured on last page of advertisements, 4pp. advertisements at end, some occasional minor foxing or light marking, fore-margin lengths a little uneven, red crushed morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, t.e.g., [Kirkpatrick A4a], 8vo, 1910.
Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first English edition, light foxing to title, spotting to fore-edge, ink ownership inscription to half-title, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light marking and soiling to spine and corners, a very good copy, [Wobbe A13a], 8vo, 1938.
Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Land of the Midian (Revisited), 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 6 chromolithographed plates, 10 plain plates including 4 of hieroglyphics, folding colour map, wood-engraved illustrations, without publishers' catalogue, later half plum morocco, t.e.g., a little rubbed at edges, [Penzer p. 96], 8vo, 1879.⁂ An extension of the exploration begun on an earlier expedition (see previous lot) but the gold was still not forthcoming.
Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, green crushed half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, t.e.g., [Slocum & Cahoon A12], 8vo, [1916 but 1917].⁂ One of c.750 copies bound with the sheets from the American first edition after English printers refused to incur the risk of printing.
Joyce (James) Dubliners, first edition, some very light scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription of Cyrus Ghani to endpaper, original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumping to some splitting and fraying to spine ends, split to head of lower joint, some faint marking to spine and covers, extremities rubbed, [Slocum and Cahoon A8], 8vo, Grant Richards Ltd., 1914.⁂ First edition of one of the great short story collections, one of only 746 copies bound by the publisher. Cyrus Ghani (1929-2016) Iranian-born academic and critic.
Lawrence (D.H.) Rainbow, first edition, 4pp. advertisements, small patch of browning to fore-margin of first few ff., the odd small mark or patch of foxing to margins, original blue-green cloth, spine gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, some light finger-soiling to covers, but an excellent copy overall, [Roberts A7a], 8vo, 1915.⁂ The first printing consisted of 2500 copies, many of which were destroyed due to legal action being taken against the book.
Lawrence (D.H.) Lady Chatterley's Lover, first edition, number 401 of 1,000 copies signed by the author, crushed red half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, small dent to lower cover, else fine, [Roberts A42a], sm.4to, Privately Printed by the Tipografia Giuntina, 1928.⁂ Lawrence's most famous work, subject of the notorious 1960 obscenity trial.
Lawrence (D.H.) Sons and Lovers, first edition, 20pp. advertisements, portrait of Lawrence pasted to rear pastedown, spot to title and half-title, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly dulled, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light marking to upper cover, [Roberts A4, first variant], 1913; and a first edition of The Virgin and the Gipsy, 8vo (2)
![[Burton (Sir Richard Francis)] The Kasidah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: A Lay of the Higher Law, translated and annotate](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/121cdb5b-5817-4b54-9ab1-ae4e0143a131/468x382.jpg)
[Burton (Sir Richard Francis)] The Kasidah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: A Lay of the Higher Law, translated and annotated by his friend and pupil, F.B., first edition, first issue without publisher and date on title, later half morocco, gilt, with the original printed yellow wrappers bound in (lightly soiled), t.e.g., spine faded, slightly rubbed at edges, small stains to upper cover, [Penzer pp.97], 4to, privately printed [for Bernard Quaritch], [1880].⁂ Rare work written by Burton but purporting to be a translation of an original Persian Sufi text. Both first and second issues were published by Bernard Quaritch in 1880 for the use of the author and his friends. Few copies of the first issue were sold (possibly fewer than 100) and the remainders were returned to Burton or members of his circle.
Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, first edition, variant B with vignette of fly on p.176 facing to the right, wood-engraved title-vignette, illustrations and vignettes by or after Bewick, armorial bookplate to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt by T. Hookham, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, [Roscoe 1b; Tattersfield TB 1.1], Newcastle, Demi 8vo, 1790.
![Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., vol. 1 second edition, vol. 2 first edition, variant B, 1797 [but 1798] -](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/91a501b9-c8fa-47ab-89c5-ae4e014341e6/468x382.jpg)
Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., vol. 1 second edition, vol. 2 first edition, variant B, 1797 [but 1798] - 1804; A General History of Quadrupeds, fifth edition, 1807, Royal Paper copies, all with wood-engraved title-vignettes, illustrations and vignettes by or after Bewick, handsome green straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Charles Lewis, gilt arms to covers, spines richly gilt in compartments, g.e., [Tattersfield TB 1.14, 1.16 & 1.5], Royal 8vo, Newcastle (3)
![Bewick (Thomas).- Aesop. The Fables..., first edition, Imperial Paper issue [one of 500 copies], Variant B with cut of 'Philo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/396a24f4-6b86-4d4b-99de-ae4e01446b23/468x382.jpg)
Bewick (Thomas).- Aesop. The Fables..., first edition, Imperial Paper issue [one of 500 copies], Variant B with cut of 'Philosopher' and "candour and prudence" in last line on p.248, 'thumb-mark' receipt page with woodcut vignette over-printed with copper-engraved red seaweed spray signed by Thomas Bewick, woodcut title-vignette and illustrations by or after Thomas Bewick throughout, very occasional light spotting or minor soiling,19th century calf, gilt, by Dickenson of Cambridge, covers with gilt roll borders and with gilt centrepieces, spines gilt in compartments, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrips, [Roscoe 45a; Tattersfield TB 1.35], Imperial 8vo, Newcastle, 1818.
Dulac (Edmund).- Khayyám (Omar) Rubáiyát, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, first Dulac trade edition, 20 tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, captioned tissue-guards, contemporary ink gift inscription to endpaper, original cloth decorated in gilt, some scattered spotting and light soiling but an excellent example overall, [1909]; and a 1902 edition of the same, 4to & 8vo (2)
Birds.- Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of the British Isles, 12 vol., first edition, colour plates by George E. Lodge, captioned tissue-guards, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, light toning to spine, some chipping to spine ends and corners, an excellent set, Edinburgh, 1953-63; and 10 others, birds and mammals, 8vo & 4to (22)
Burton (Isabel) The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land, 2 vol., first edition, mounted photographic portrait frontispieces, 2 chromolithographed plates, folding map with route in red, lacking half-titles and errata slip, light foxing to tissue guards, map with a few short tears (rather crudely repaired), front hinge reinforced, contemporary calf, gilt, prize binding, spines gilt with green roan label, 1875 § Kinglake (Alexander William) Eothen, or Traces of Travel...from the East, first edition, half-title, 2 hand-coloured lithographed plates, frontispiece folding and slightly worn at folds (laid down), later bookplate of Frank Goldsmith, later dark blue crushed morocco, gilt, by Bayntun Rivière, spine gilt, g.e., spine slightly rubbed and faded, 1844, 8vo (2)
Birds.- Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of British Birds, 6 vol., mixed edition, 358 hand-coloured-wood-engraved plates, 1860-57; A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vol., first edition, 225 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates after Richard Alington, 1861-63, tissue guards, occasional light foxing, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, bookplate to front pastedowns, uniform 19th century red half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments bird or floral motifs, light rubbing to extremities, t.e.g., 8vo (9)
White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne, in the County of Southampton, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, 2 engraved vignettes in text, errata f. at end, 2S3 with repaired tear running into text, light offsetting, but a good copy overall with wide margins, calf, gilt by Frost & Co., spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., [Rothschild 2550, 4to, by T. Bensley, 1789.
![Alken (Henry).- [Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, early issue with 4 mounted plat](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/abdd0c70-4dc1-4a2a-81da-ae4e0142564b/468x382.jpg)
Alken (Henry).- [Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, early issue with 4 mounted plates (3 untitled) and plate at p.348 in first state, hand-coloured aquatint additional title with vignettes, frontispiece and 34 plates by Henry Alken, without advertisements, bookplate to pastedown, handsome later red crushed morocco, gilt, spine gilt with compartments with hunting motifs, covers gilt with hunting and foliate corner pieces, g.e., [Tooley 65], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1842.
![Alken (Henry).- [Apperley (Charles James)] The Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition, first issue with title and prefa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/0cea3904-07bd-4906-899f-ae4e0141c9df/468x382.jpg)
Alken (Henry).- [Apperley (Charles James)] The Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition, first issue with title and preface dated 1846 and plates at pp.156 & 204 in early state dated 9th November, additional pictorial title and 6 plates after Henry Alken, all hand-coloured aquatints, bookplate of Windsor Holden White to pastedown, handsome red crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son, spines gilt in compartments with sporting motifs, g.e., [Tooley 470], R. Ackermann, 1846.
Caillié (René) Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and Across the Great Desert to Morocco, 2 vol., first English edition, mounted lithographed portrait frontispiece on india paper, folding aquatint view of Timbuctoo, 2 folding lithographed maps and 4 wood-engraved plates, lacking half-title in vol.2 (not called for in vol.1) and advertisements, small stain to upper margin of portrait, a couple of leaves in vol.1 lightly browned from a previous insert, one map with tear to fold at centre, bookplate of Francis James Griesbach, later burgundy roan, gilt, by Mudie, g.e., spines very slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, 1830.
Angling.- Walton (Izaak) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, edited by Sir Harris Nicolas, 2 vol., first Nicolas edition, half-titles, titles in red and black, engraved frontispieces and vol. 1 title, engraved plates and illustrations, some light offsetting, handsome contemporary green morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments with fish motifs, covers with gilt borders and corner pieces, g.e., [WS p. 228-9; Coigney 44], large 8vo, William Pickering, 1836. ⁂ "This superb edition contains the variations of all the first five editions, voluminous notes, with original and elaborate memoirs of Walton and Cotton, presenting many new facts." - Westwood Satchell.
Beckford (Peter) Thoughts Upon Hunting. In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend, new edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, ink ownership inscription to half-title, bookplate to pastedown, later polished calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, [Schwerdt I p. 56 (first edition)], Sarum, E. Easton, 1782 § Hawker (P.) Instructions to Young Sportsmen, second edition, hand-coloured frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, some light offsetting, 19th century polished calf, gilt, spine gilt with compartments with dark green morocco labels, g.e., 1816; and another Scott's British Fields Sports, sm. 4to & 8vo (3)
Rawstorne (Lawrence) Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game; and an improved method of making Plantations and Covers, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author's son to half-title, 15 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.T.Rawlins heightened with gum arabic, errata slip at end, tissue-guards, some occasional light foxing to text or plate margin, but very clean generally, ink ownership stamp to half-title, contemporary green morocco, covers with gilt roll borders, spine lettered in gilt, [Schwerdt II p.127; Tooley 393], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1837.
![[Surtees (Robert Smith)] Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, first edition, in the original 12/13 parts, 13 hand-coloured etched plat](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/bfaf604b-526f-47a0-bc59-ae4e0143aa3b/468x382.jpg)
[Surtees (Robert Smith)] Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, first edition, in the original 12/13 parts, 13 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech, wood-engraved illustrations, part 2 with slip for Bleak House, part 4 without the People's Illustrated Journal insert, part 6 with Chapman and Hall slip, part 11 with 8pp. Allsopp's Ale advertisements, part 12/13 with slips for Household Words, Punch's Almanack and Handley Cross as well as advertisements for The Field at front and 4pp. advertisements at rear, original pictorial wrappers with advertisements, some very light creasing, the odd neat repair or light retouching to spines, but in effect a near-fine set, preserved in custom morocco box with gilt sporting motifs to spine, [Schwerdt II p.238; Tooley 476], 8vo, 1853.
Surtees (Robert Smith) Handley Cross, or Jorrocks's Hunt, first illustrated edition in the original 17 parts, 17 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech, wood-engraved illustrations, part 7 with advertisement slip for The Newcomes, part 15 with only 2pp. advertisements (of 4pp.), otherwise with all inserts as called for by Schwerdt, original pictorial wrappers with advertisements, part 17 lower wrapper neatly supplied from part 7, a few neat repairs to spines, but in effect a bright and excellent set, preserved in folding cloth chemise (with book labels to Samuel Henry Austin and Lucius Wilmerding) and straight-grain morocco pull-top box with gilt hunting motifs to spine, [Schwerdt II p.234; Tooley 473], 8vo, 1853-54.
![[Surtees (Robert Smith)] Mr Facey Romford's Hounds, first edition in the original 12 parts, 24 hand-coloured etched plates by](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/b85c5f1c-4e36-4154-ab9a-ae4e0144e8cf/468x382.jpg)
[Surtees (Robert Smith)] Mr Facey Romford's Hounds, first edition in the original 12 parts, 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech and Hablot K.Browne, wood-engraved illustrations, with all advertisements/slips as called for by Schwerdt except for notice of Lever's Martins of Cro' Martin in part 6, and with additional inserts to parts 1, 2 and 12, original pictorial wrappers with advertisements, part 12 with repairs to lower wrapper, the odd neat repair to spines, some light creasing, but a sharp and excellent set generally, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Schwerdt II p.237; Tooley 475], 8vo, 1864-65.
Adams (Robert) The Narrative of Robert Adams, a Sailor, who was Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa...was Detained Three Years in Slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and Resided Several Months in the City of Tombuctoo, first edition, folding engraved map with routes supplied by hand in blue and yellow, from the library of Louis-Philippe King of the French at Neuilly with small ink library stamp "Bibliotheque du Roi Neuilly" to title, contemporary ink inscription in French to head of title, light water-staining or cockling to upper margin of some leaves, contemporary half roan, by René Simier, handsome gilt spine with coat-of-arms of Louis-Philippe at head and monogram "LPO" at foot, signed at foot, rubbed, 4to, 1816.⁂ One of the few accounts of a white man sold into slavery, and one of the earliest descriptions of the city of Timbuctoo. The work was initially thought to be a hoax but details were verified by both Banks and Barrow.Louis-Philippe, King of the French (1773-1850) ruled France from 1830-48, when he was forced to abdicate and flee to England. The books from his various libraries were sold at auction in 1852-3.René Simier (1772-1843) was one of the foremost French bookbinders of the 19th century and was appointed bookbinder to the King.
Campbell (Rev. John) Travels in South Africa. Undertaken at the Request of the Missionary Society, first edition, ?lacking half-title, with hand-coloured engraved portrait, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 9 engraved plates, 7 hand-coloured, a few contemporary ink marginalia, plates lightly offset but otherwise a very clean copy, modern half brown calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, [Abbey, Travel 323], 8vo, 1815.⁂ A fine coloured copy of this survey of the missions in southern Africa. The frontispiece, hand-coloured in this copy although not called for as such by Abbey, "shows Campbell against a background of South African scenery: he is holding an umbrella, an object not usually the emblem of an explorer". (Abbey).
![Mary, Queen of Scots.- [Blackwood (Adam)] Martyre de la Royne d'Escosse, douariere de France, collation: ã8 A-2H8, first edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/20262584-df76-496b-8072-ae4e01421705/468x382.jpg)
Mary, Queen of Scots.- [Blackwood (Adam)] Martyre de la Royne d'Escosse, douariere de France, collation: ã8 A-2H8, first edition, with final leaf of verse and final blank, woodcut initials, early ink inscription date 1636 to title, light water-staining to a few leaves at foot, one or two head-lines slightly shaved, engraved bookplate of the 2nd Duke of Newcastle, handsome eighteenth-century red morocco, covers with ornamental gilt roll border, spine gilt in compartments, black roan label, g.e., slightly rubbed, spine a little faded and worn at head, one corner bumped, [STC 3107], 8vo (161 x 106mm), "Edimbourg " [Paris], Jean Nafeild, 1587.⁂ Fine copy of this attack on the detractors of Mary Queen of Scots, by the Catholic polemicist Adam Blackwood (1539-1613). Born in Dunfermline, Blackwood was educated in Paris and spent most of his adult life on the Continent. However, his loyalty to the tragic queen of his homeland, who had supported his early studies, was unwavering and he continued to publish attacks on Knox and others throughout the rest of the century. Despite the imprint the work was published in Paris and there were subsequent reprints with the same imprint, either in Antwerp or Paris, during the next few years.Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle (1720-94), known as "the handsomest man in England", creator of Clumber Park, Notts., and of the Clumber spaniel.
Banking.- John Law.- Lettres patentes du Roy, Portant privilege au Sieur Lavv & sa Compagnie d'establir une Banque generale, & de stipuler en Escus de Banque du poids & titre de ce jour. Données à Paris le 2. May 1716, first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece, marginal dust-soiling at foot, trimmed, affecting pagination on first f., [Paris], [Widow of François Muguet & Hubert Muguet], 1716 bound with Lettres patentes du roy, contenant reglement pour la Banque generale, accordée au Sieur Law, & à sa compagnie. Données à Paris le 20. may 1716, first edition, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece, trimmed, just touching pagination, [Goldsmiths' 5317], [Paris], [Widow of François Muguet & Hubert Muguet], 1716 and Arrest du conseil d'estat du roy, qui ordonne que les billets de la banque generale seront pris en payement de toutes impositions, et seront payez & acquittez par les directeurs des monnoyes, receveurs & fermiers des deniers de Sa Majesté sur le pied de six livres l'ecu du premier juin 1718, drop-head title, large woodcut head-piece, trimmed affecting pagination and just touching first line of text A1v, [Goldsmiths' 5462], [Paris], Royal Printers, 1718 and 15 other related 'Arrests' of 1719-1720, together 18 works in 1 vol., trimmed, occasionally touching text, some spotting, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, small 4to ⁂ Rare first editions of the letters patent that allowed John Law to open the first paper currency issuing private bank, which would go on to become France's first national bank. The Banque Générale was mostly funded by Law and Louis XV, and one year later was nationalised at the request of Law, becoming the Banque Royale. Funded by this organisation Law bought and directed the infamous Mississippi Company, which produced an economic bubble that was soon thereafter to burst.
William IV (King of England).- Bottari (Giovanni Gaetano) Del Museo Capitolino tomo I contenente immagini d'uomini illustri [- tomo secondo contenente i busti imperiali], 2 vol. only (of 4), first edition, engraved titles and 186 engraved plates, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, faint marginal water-staining at end both vols, bookplates, without marbled free endpapers, previous owner's ink shelfmark to plain free endpapers, contemporary morocco, rebacked retaining original backstrip, bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, richly gilt, Rome, 1741-48.⁂ Provenance: Armorial bookplate of William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester to rear pastedowns. Armorial bookplate of King William IV when Duke of Clarence, to front pastedowns. Tracing its origins to 1471, the Museo Capitolino was opened to the public in 1734 by Pope Clement XII, and is considered to be the first public museum in the world.
Binding.- Apollinaire (Guillaume) Ombre de Mon Amour, one of 3000 copies on papier chamois, plates, original printed wrappers bound in, brown half morocco, gilt, by P.-L. Martin, the upper cover with matching brown and black morocco onlays, gilt stars, rules and lettering, matching morocco-edged slip-case, 8vo, Geneva, Pierre Cailler, 1947.⁂ Important edition which includes the first appearance of a number of poems, extracted from letters written by the poet between 1914 and 1918 to Louise de Coligny-Chatillon.Provenance: Emmy Joubert (bookplate).
Chandler (Richard) Travels in Asia Minor: or an Account of a Tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti, first edition, folding engraved map, errata leaf, foxing at beginning and end, modern speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, [Atabey 215; Blackmer 318], 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, sold by J.Dodsley, 1775.
Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting and Trading, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata leaf in each volume, wood-engraved frontispieces and 6 plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps with routes in red, one foxed, one or two other spots, bookplate of Hans Sauer, later half green morocco, gilt, by Bumpus, t.e.g., vol.2 partly unopened, spines a little faded, corners a little bumped and rubbed, 8vo, 1868.
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