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Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie Queene. Disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII. morall vertues, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, cartouches and decorative initials, lacking title, H1-8, M5 and all after 2P3, a few ff. loose, water-stained, wormed, some spotting, lightly browned, loose in contemporary limp vellum, loss to spine ends, a few splits, creased and soiled, [cf. STC 23081 and 23081a], 4to, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. sold not subject to return. ⁂ With page 309 incorrectly numbered 319, the Welsh (and English) words in lines 4 and 5 of p. 332 not printed, spaces being left for them to be filled in by hand (see Pforzheimer copy), and pp. 486-87 numbered correctly.

Chronology.- Chronographia. A description of time, from the beginning of the vvorld, vnto the yeare of our Lord, 137, second edition, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, G1v with woodcut printer's device, final f. blank, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, title chipped at outer margin, just touching minute part of border at head, stained, lightly browned, 18th century half calf, gilt spine in compartments, upper cover detaching, lower joint split, but holding firm, worn, [STC 5471a], 8vo, Printed by Richard Field for Robert Dexter, dwelling at the Brasen Serpent in Paules Churchyard, 1590. ⁂ Second edition, corrected and with some 44pp. more than the first edition.

Chapman (George, translator).- Homer. Homer prince of poets: translated according to the Greeke, in twelue bookes of his Iliads, engraved architectural title by William Hole, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, Cc4 blank, lacking leaf of dedicatory verses to Lady Wroth and the Countess of Montgomery ('rarely present' (Pforzheimer)) and final blank, dedication leaf to Queen Anne misbound after A2, title page repaired seemingly using central title and imprint from another copy, I1-3 heavily stained, but perfectly legible, T1 short tear at foot, not affecting text, V2 repair to lower blank corner, X2 small piece from upper corner, not affecting text, some water-staining and spotting, 18th century red panelled morocco, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments (with some loss here and there), corners worn, stained, rubbed and marked, [Pforzheimer 168; Grolier/Langland to Wither 26; STC 13633], small folio, Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for Samuel Macham, [?1609]. ⁂ Rare at auction, with only four copies recorded since 1923 (the last two being the Pirie copy (2015) and the Henry Yates Thompson copy (2016)). First edition of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 12th books. Provenance: Grenville family (engraved armorial bookplate with motto 'repetens exempla suorum').

Heraldry.- [Milles (Thomas)] The Catalogue of Honor, first edition, engraved architectural title by Renold Elstracke, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 9 engraved illustrations, 2 full-page, numerous woodcut coats-of-arms throughout, lacking blanks A1 & 2V8, title lightly soiled, trimmed and tipped into blank leaf (?A1), with 3S4 intact and 3 column errata at end, 5X3 defective at upper outer corner up to border (repaired), one or two spots but a remarkably clean copy, later engraved bookplate of Chas. E.H.Chadwyck Healey, handsome later red morocco ruled and tooled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with six raised bands, g.e., gilt floral turn-ins, a few spots to lower cover, very slightly rubbed at edges, small nick to fore-edge of upper cover, folio, [STC 17926], folio, William Jaggard, 1610.⁂ A very fine copy and complete with 3S4 intact, which has frequently been mutilated to excise reference of Charles Blount's illegitimate children.

Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his pilgrim. Microcosmus, or the historie of man, first edition, title with first three words within woodcut cartouche and with woodcut printer's device, 3G2 dedication f. to Bishop John King bound after title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title and dedication f. trimmed to border and neatly laid down (both are without text verso in original state), some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, covers worn, but holding firm, [STC 20503; Sabin 66677], 8vo, Printed by W[illiam] S[tansby] for Henry Fetherstone, 1619.⁂ Rare at auction, the last copy we can trace being in 1981. Includes references to the New World.

Walton (Izaak) The life of Mr. George Herbert, first edition, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, lacking final 2 blanks, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary blind-ruled mottled sheep, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed and little scuffed, [Wing W669; Pforzheimer 1055], 8vo, Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Richard Marriott. Sold by most booksellers, 1670.⁂ George Herbert (1593-1633) poet, orator and priest.

Hobbes (Thomas) Behemoth; or an Epitome of the Civil Wars of England, from 1640, to 1660, first edition, scattered faint spotting, tiny worming to gutter, not affecting text, previous owner's ink signature to blank and title, cracked upper hinge, nineteenth century cloth, loss to backstrip, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Wing H2213], 12mo, 1679.⁂ This was originally written in 1668, and suppressed until surreptitiously published in 1679 with the title 'Behemoth'. Two other pirated versions were also published in 1679, though ESTC lists this as the first edition.

Cumming (Roualeyn Gordon) Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa, 2 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 first edition, vol.2 third edition, half-title in vol.2, wood-engraved frontispieces, additional pictorial titles and 13 plates, map, a few small marks and stains, tear to lower margin of K3 in vol.1 repaired, book-label of Collingwood Hope, later half tan calf, spines gilt with red & green morocco labels, t.e.g., 1850-51 § Farini (G.A.) Through the Kalahari Desert, first edition, half-title, 2 portraits (small stain to margins), 15 plates, 2 folding maps, illustrations, 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, ink inscription to half-title, 1886 § Churchill (Lord Randolph S.) Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa, first edition, portrait, 28 plates, folding colour map at end, illustrations, 1892, the last two with light foxing at beginning and end, near uniform modern half calf, spines tooled in gilt and blind with red roan labels, original pictorial cloth upper covers bound in at end, 8vo (3)

Hobbes (Thomas) Thomae Hobbes Angli Malmesburiensis Philosophi Vita, edited by R[ichard] B[lackburne], first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of Hobbes, off-setting to title, ?lacking A1 (initial blank), [Macdonald & Hargreaves 93; Wing H2268], Carolopoli. apud Eleutherium Anglicum [colophon, London, apud Guil. Crooke], 1681 bound with The Art of Rhetoric, with a Discourse of the Laws of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of Hobbes, very small hole to title, not affecting text, small early ink annotation to margin of O8, [Wing H2212], for William Crooke, 1681 and Decameron Physiologicum: or, Ten Dialogues of Natural Philosophy, first edition, folding engraved plate, 3 engraved diagrams, woodcut head-pieces and initials, [Wing H2226], for W[illiam] Crooke, 1678, and Considerations Upon Reputation, Loyalty, The Manners and Religion, second edition, with final 5 leaves of advertisements, early ink annotation to margin of D7, [Wing H2218], 1680, together 4 works in 1, ink inscription to front endpaper, dated '7 May 1760', contemporary calf, small crack upper joint head, light surface wear to covers, extremities and corners a little rubbed, 8vo. ⁂ The first with commendatory verses by Abraham Crowley, Ralph Bathurst and John Aubrey.

Recusant.- Cary (Edward), "Adolphus Brontius". The Catechist catechiz'd: or, Loyalty asserted in vindication of the oath of allegiance, against a new catechism set forth by a father of the Society of Jesus, first edition, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, later endpapers, edges speckled in colours, occasionally encroaching on a margin, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt title and date, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing C722], 8vo, no place, no printer, 1681.⁂ Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace being offered in 1968. Cary was a Devon-born Catholic priest. Provenance: Rev. H. Campbell; Coombs Bookseller, Worcester; 'Bib. Mai Heythrop BX 2078, BRO, 1681' (labels to front endpapers).

Hobbes (Thomas) Seven Philosophical Problems, and Two Propositions of Geometry, first edition, lacking folding plate, E1 with small loss to bottom edge, not affecting text, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, loss to spine head, rubbed, [Wing H2259], 8vo, 1682.⁂ Rare in commerce. The last copy recorded at auction sold in 1980.

Music.- Purcell (Henry) Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One Two and Three Voices, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, wood-engraved music, with 'A Table of Songs' leaf with advertisement to verso after a2, a2 with small marginal defect and tear at lower edge (some loss of text), B2 and C1 with marginal tears and paper repairs, 3Q2 large tear with old stitching repair, occasional trimming to head (affecting page numbers), light browning, [Wing P4218], J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1698 bound with Orpheus Britannicus... The Second Book, which renders the First Compleat, second edition, woodcut initials, wood engraved music, Y1 marginal tear at lower edge with paper repair, 2G2 marginal tear at upper edge, by William Pearson for S. H., 1711, together 2 works in 1, all tears affecting text but with no loss, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, with original backstrip laid down but calf repairs to head and foot, morocco labels to spine, light wearing to spine, upper corners bumped, folio.

Music.- Purcell (Henry) Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One Two and Three Voices, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, wood-engraved music, lacking 'A Table of Songs' leaf with advertisement to verso after a2, some trimming at head and foot, affecting page numbers at head, loss of some signatures and sometimes affecting musical score at foot, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, but retaining original front endpaper to which later ink manuscript annotations, nineteenth century half-calf, with mounted morocco label to upper cover, worn, [Wing P4218], folio, J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1698

Music.- Babell (William) Suits of the most Celebrated Lessons Collected and Fitted to the Harpsicord or Spinnet..., first edition, engraved title, engraved 'Table of the Lessons', 76 engraved plates of music (numbered 2-77), manuscript ink annotation to front endpaper verso, title with light uniform browning and offsetting, plate 65 with small marginal tear to lower edge (just touching but not affecting music), some light browning and spotting, endpapers renewed, modern half calf, upper joint splitting at head and foot, rubbed, folio, Walsh and Hare, [1717].⁂ Rare. RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) lists no copy at the BL, nor is it listed on ESTC. Meanwhile, RBH lists only 4 copies at auction in the last 40 years. This collection, which includes some of Babell's own material, also contains some of the earliest known published arrangements and harpsicord transcriptions of arias by G. F. Handel, for example from his operas Rinaldo (1711) and Teseo (1713). Although Babell (1960-1723) was trained predominantly by his bassoonist father, it is thought to be possible that Handel also contributed to his musical training.

Music.- Handel (George Frideric) Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or a Violin... Being all Choice pieces Compos'd by Mr Handel, 7 parts in 1, 7 engraved titles, with 'A Table of Songs contain'd in the 7 collections' after first title, 167 plates of engraved music, 5 titles with slip altering imprint pasted down, nineteenth century ink stamp to multiple pages (including to first and sixth title; mainly to blank versos or to blank staves), title 5 with small marginal defect (not affecting text), part 6 plate 22 with small marginal defect touching music and small hole to plates 22-24 touching music (no loss), light marginal browning, with a few pages uniformly browned, endpapers renewed, modern half calf, for I. Walsh, [c.1733]; and a late eighteenth century edition of Handel's The Triumph of Time and Truth, folio (2)

Music.- Handel (George Frederick) Te Deum et Jubilate, for voices and instruments perform'd before the sons of the clergy at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, first edition, second issue (with number 212 on title), engraved throughout, water-stained, some marginal soiling to title, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Smith 157:2], small folio, John Walsh, [1732].⁂ Written to celebrate the peace of Utrecht.

Presented to a minister of the 'First Church in Boston'.- Watts (Isaac) The Holiness of times, places, and people under the Jewish and Christian dispensations consider'd and compared, first edition, initialled presentation copy from the author to the Rev. Thomas Foxcroft, advertisement f. for books by Watts (with a manuscript addition at end, ?by Watts himself), some contemporary ink underlining and marginal markings, staining (including some ink) and spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners worn, small circular piece from leather of lower cover, rubbed and scuffed, large 12mo, Printed for R. Hett and J. Brackstone, 1738.⁂ Provenance: 'To the Rev'd Mr. Foxcroft - in Boston - IW:'. Rev. Thomas Foxcroft (1697-1769) minister of the First Church in Boston, MA. He was the son of Col. Francis Foxcroft, Warden of King's Chapel and Elizabeth Danforth, daughter of Governor Thomas Danforth. He was educated at Harvard. Presumably his 'Rec'd August.17.1738'; 'Nath. Emmons, A.D. 1777.'. Nathanael Emmons (1745-1840) New England Congregational minister and influential theologian, who was educated at Yale; 'Jacob Ide's'. Jacob Ide (1785-1880) Massachusetts Congregational minister, who was educated at Brown University (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper).

Economics.- Gambling Probability.- De Moivre (Abraham) The Doctrine of Chances: or, a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play, third edition, engraved title vignette, marginal water-staining to bottom edge K3-S4, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, loss to spine head, bumping to corners, rubbed and worn, [Kress 5546], 4to, 1756.⁂ An important work on probability by a friend of Newton, greatly expanded from the first edition of 1718 which was dedicated to Newton.

Great Awakening.- Cole (Nathan) A dialogue between a Separate minister, and some of his people, and Cole; what was said to me, and my answers, first edition, drop-head title, final f. blank, hole to final blank, water-stained, browned, [Evans 16227], 8vo, [Hartford, CT], [Printed by Watson and Goodwin], [?1779].⁂ Rare only publication by this participant in the American Christian Great Awakening of the 1740s. ESTC records only one copy (Connecticut Historical Society). Cole was a carpenter and farmer and was in the crowd in 1740 when George Whitefield preached in Middletown, CT; an event which brought about his conversion. The work is signed in print at end 'Nathan Cole. Kensington, June 12, 1778.'.

Darwin (Charles), Admiral Robert Fitzroy & Captain Philip Parker King. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, describing their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe, 3 vol. in 4 including Appendix to vol. 2, first edition, vol. 3 second issue with new title-page (pages i-iv cancels & pp.v & vi discarded), half-titles, 9 folding engraved maps by J.Gardner and J. & C.Walker, all but 2 linen-backed, 8 loose in pockets at end, 47 etched plates after P.King, A.Earle, C.Martens, R.Fitzroy and others, without 24pp. advertisements at end of vol.3, short tear to lower margin of T2 of vol.1, 2P8 of vol.3 (pp.591/2) misbound after 2O8 (pp.575/6), some foxing, mostly to plates and facing leaves, later half dark blue calf, by Morrell, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., spines very slightly faded, slight rubbing to edges, [Freeman 11; Hill 1, pp104-105; Norman 584; Sabin 37826], 8vo, 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 King's account of the expedition in the Adventure made between 1826 and 1830, which surveyed the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. The second volume (and its appendix volume) describes the narrative of the Beagle's second voyage under Capt. Fitzroy made between 1831 and 1836 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, knowing the importance of evidence, almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change... 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)

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems on various subjects, first edition, errata and advertisement leaves at end, lacking half-title, pencil note to p.105, C8 narrow section excised from outer margin, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine with red morocco label, upper joint split, but holding, corners worn, rubbed, preserved in a modern brown morocco-backed marbled board drop-back box, gilt spine in compartments, 8vo, Printed for C.G. and J. Robinsons; and J.Cottle, bookseller, Bristol, 1796.⁂ First edition of the poet's first book of poems, which also contains the first published verses of Coleridge's lifelong friend Charles Lamb.

Southey (Robert) Poems, first edition, issue with second line of imprint in roman and the comma after "Biggs" above the "st" of "Bristol", with advertisement leaf at end but lacking final blank, wood-engraved tail-pieces, H1 & 2 transposed, light foxing to a few leaves, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, Bristol, N.Biggs for Joseph Cottle, 1797.⁂ The author's second book but the first published under only his name. It is dedicated to Mary Wollstonecraft and includes the poems 'To Mary Wollstonecraft', 'The Triumph of Woman' and 'Poems on the Slave Trade'.

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, second edition, without the very rare errata slip (as usual), light foxing to title and one or two other leaves (mostly to endpapers), later dark blue morocco, by Rivière & Son, covers with triple gilt fillet border, spines gilt in compartments with floral motif, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., upper joint very slightly rubbed, 8vo, Bristol, printed by N.Biggs for J.Cottle, and London, 1797.⁂ Second edition of Coleridge's Poems on Various Subjects published the previous year but in many ways a new work and with the first appearance of many items. It was revised and greatly expanded by Coleridge including a new Preface and eleven new poems, and with additional poems by Charles Lamb (who had contributed four poems to the first edition) and Charles Lloyd.

Lloyd (Charles) and Charles Lamb. Blank Verse, first edition, faint trace of signature to head of title, light foxing towards end, attractive later crushed mid-blue morocco, by Rivière & Son, covers with elaborate border tooled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with title and five raised bands, floral ornaments to corners of turn-ins, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, cloth slip-case, small 8vo, T.Bensley, for John and Arthur Arch, 1798.⁂ Comprising thirteen poems by Lloyd and seven by Lamb, including 'The Old Familiar Faces'. Lamb's first significant selection of verse to appear in print.

Southey (Robert).- James (Isaac) Providence Displayed: or, the Remarkable Adventures of Alexander Selkirk...who lived Four Years and Four Months by himself, on the Island of Juan Fernandez..., first edition, Robert Southey's copy with his neat ink signature to foot of title and his trimmed wood-engraved bookplate by Thomas Bewick on half-title, engraved map frontispiece, woodcut illustrations, first and last leaf browned, title soiled at foot, a few small stains, old boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in cloth preserving old paper label titled in manuscript in Southey's hand, new endpapers, 8vo, Bristol, Biggs and Cottle, 1800.⁂* Alexander Selkirk was marooned on Juan Fernandez Island, off the coast of Chile, from 1705 to 1709, when he was rescued by Capt. Woodes Rogers. His story inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.ESTC records only 5 UK copies, 2 being in the British Library.

Wordsworth (William) [& Samuel Taylor Coleridge.] Lyrical Ballads, with other poems, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, first issue (with lines omitted from poem 'Michael' on p.210 and 3 errata on final leaf), vol.1 without blank c8 at end of preliminaries and with light foxing to title and following leaf, vol.2 with contemporary ink inscription to title, C3 lacking small portion from outer margin and stain to lower outer corners of final two leaves, modern half blue morocco, spines faded, [PMM 256], 8vo, T.N.Longman and O.Rees, 1800.⁂ Including a second volume with 42 new poems and the first appearance of Wordsworth's 40pp. Preface in vol.1 defining his ideas on poetry. "Its outline of the supreme function of poetry, expressed in such phrases as that poetry 'takes its origins from emotion recollected in tranquility', set a new tone; and it became in effect the revolutionary manifesto of the romantic poets of the next generation". PMM

Lamb (Charles [& Mary]) John Woodvil, a Tragedy...to which are added, Fragments of Burton, first edition, a fine copy in handsome later crushed dark blue morocco, by Rivière & Son, covers with triple gilt fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, 1802; The Works, 2 vol., first collected edition, lacking advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, modern blue morocco, by Bayntun of Bath, covers with geometric panel formed by rules in black & gilt and small gilt circles to corners, spine gilt, g.e., spine slightly faded, 1818; and an 1867 Essays of Elia with mounted manuscript note by Charles Lamb, 8vo (4)⁂ The first mentioned is Lamb's first dalliance with prose drama; against the advice of his friends Coleridge & Southey he submitted John Woodvil to the Drury Lane Theatre but the play was deemed unsuitable. The work also includes Mary Lamb's poem 'Helen', marking her first appearance in print, while the second item also contains poems by Mary.

Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, 8 plates, some folding, numerous illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end of vol.1, without 32pp. publishers' catalogue, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title of vol.1 and one or two other leaves, half-titles spotted, occasional light soiling, a few leaves creased at corners, tear to upper margin of p.213/4 in vol.2, modern half burgundy morocco, spines gilt, uncut, spines very slightly faded, 8vo, Cambridge, 1888.⁂ Classic work on the exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.

Southey (Robert).- Cottle (Joseph) The Fall of Cambria, a Poem, 2 vol., first edition, Robert Southey's copy with his neat ink inscription "Robert Southey from his friend the Author" to half-title and his trimmed wood-engraved bookplate by Thomas Bewick to verso of titles, half-titles, engraved map frontispiece to vol.1 (offset onto title), occasional spotting, with long newspaper cutting 'A Bristol Bookseller's Recollections' concerning the author and S.T.Coleridge pasted to rear endpapers of both volumes, additional ink inscription "E.A.Taylor June 1843" to half-titles, contemporary Cottonian binding of red leafy-patterned fabric over boards with manuscript paper labels to spines, uncut, a little rubbed, spines faded and a little worn at foot, labels slightly chipped, 12mo, 1808.⁂ Joseph Cottle (1770-1853) was a Bristol bookseller and publisher; he also wrote epic poetry which was ridiculed by Byron. He met Southey and Coleridge in 1794 when they stayed in Bristol preparing to emigrate to America to found a "pantisocratic" community. The project was abandoned but Cottle helped them financially in return for the copyright of poems which he then published.Many of Southey's books were bound in this fashion, executed by his daughters or female friends using coloured cotton prints over the original worn boards. They filled a room in his house which became known as the "Cottonian Library".

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, a few marginal spots and small stains, modern burgundy morocco ruled in blind, spine gilt in compartments, light discolouration to covers, 1816; Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, first edition, half-title, errata leaf, very occasional spotting, book-label of James Stevens Cox, modern red calf, by Langdon & Davis of Bristol, covers with border of small gilt flowers, spine gilt with same floral motifs and to turn-ins, cloth slip-case, 1817, 8vo (2)⁂ Sibylline Leaves contains the final version of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.

Austen (Jane) Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield-Park" &c. With a Biographical Notice of the Author, 4 vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 1 only, lacking final blanks in vol. 4, occasional very light toning to pages, some light spotting to fore-edge, but a very clean cope generally, morocco book label of Austin Smith to front pastedowns, brown crushed half morocco, gilt, by H. Sotheran, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, vol. 1 spine rubbed at head, corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, t.e.g., preserved in slip-case, [Gilson A9], 12mo, John Murray, 1818.⁂ First edition of both novels, published posthumously. Northanger Abbey, a Gothic novel parody, had been drafted fifteen years earlier under a working title of 'Susan', but was abandoned when another novel of the same name appeared in 1809. Persuasion was completed by Austen in the summer of 1816, shortly before she was forced to stop writing due to ill-health.

Dickens (Charles) [Works], 26 vol. only, all but Oliver Twist; Hard Times; A Child's History of England; and Edwin Drood first editions, most with frontispieces, engraved titles and plates, illustrations, one or two short tears, expertly repaired, occasional faint off-setting, Pickwick with original blue wrapper bound-in, bound without advertisements, 1837-61 § Savonarola (Don Jeremy) Facts & Figures from Italy ... addressed during the last two winters to Charles Dickens, first edition, 1847; scattered faint spotting, uniform nineteenth-century calf, gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, light rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 8vo (27).⁂ Including the first edition, fifth impression of 'Great Expectations' in 3 vol., with no full stop after 'robbery', p.42, line 5 in vol. 1. and p.149, line 21 with a faulty 's' in 'earnings.' Smith notes that "the first five issues were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered title-pages to imply and encourage a rapid sale."Lacking: Master Humphreys Clock; Barnaby Rudge; Old Curiosity Shop; Sketches of a Young Gentleman; Sketches of Young Couples; American Notes vol. 1 only; A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; and The Cricket on the Heath.

Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form later issue with letterpress title dated 1838 (final roman "i" erased and altered to appear as 1837), half-title, frontispiece, pictorial title and 41 etched plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Halbot K. Browne, spotting and browning (mainly marginal) to plates, some light off-setting, original slate fine-diaper cloth, joints and spine ends with tears and chips, corners a little rubbed, [Eckel p.17-18; Hatton and Cleaver pp.1-88; Smith pp.19-27 (this issue see n.1)], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1838.

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, with publisher's imprint to frontispiece and first four plates, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 plates by Halbot K. Browne, list of plates with 2 small marginal tears and paper repairs, some offsetting, spotting, endpapers renewed, original first state green fine-diaper cloth, some very light sunning to spine, recased, spine ends strengthened and repaired, in effect still an attractive copy overall, [Eckel pp.64-66; Smith I,5], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839.

Ellis (William) Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands, 2 vol., first edition, 8 engraved plates and 2 maps, one folding, wood-engraved illustrations, plates foxed, contemporary calf elaborately stamped in gilt and blind with additional central gilt arms of Trinity College Dublin, rubbed at edges, rebacked with gilt spines and red morocco labels, new endpapers, [Hill 549], 1829 § Bickmore (Albert S.) Travels in the East Indian Archipelago, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, wood-engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, some spotting, Preface leaf lacking portion from lower margin, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with green roan label, a little rubbed, 1868, 8vo (3)⁂ Hill calls the first "one of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and...one of the most important and enlightened missionary accounts of the South Seas".

Dickens (Charles) The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress...A New Edition, Revised and Corrected, bound from the original parts, half-title, 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank, some light foxing or browning, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, by Robson & Kerslake, covers with triple gilt fillet border and ornamental corner-pieces, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, with original pictorial blue wrapper to part I bound in at beginning, rubbed, split to upper joint, 8vo, for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846.⁂ Oliver Twist was unusual in that it was first issued, in 1838, in cloth during its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany from February 1837 to April 1839. Dickens later bought back the copyright from Bentley and substantially revised the text with more dramatic scenes, as a result of his public readings. A set in the 10 original parts is extremely rare.

Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, pp.264-5 lightly soiled, occasional scattered spotting or light marginal finger soiling, original first state olive green cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, usual light sunning to spine and fading to cover margins, light bumping to spine ends and corners, but a sharp and excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I,11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854.

Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition in book form, third issue with title dated 1860, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Browne, tissue guards, bookplates of I.T.Davy and Walter Harold Wilkin, original green cloth with blind-stamped border (Smith's secondary binding), spine faded, corners bumped, slightly cocked, one or two small spots to lower cover, small scores to fore-edges where once tied with cord, still a very good copy, [Eckel pp.86-90; Smith I, 13], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1860.

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) [The Sherlock Holmes novels], 4 vol., comprising A Study in Scarlet, second English (first illustrated) edition, frontispiece, 11 plates and numerous illustrations by George Hutchinson, 24pp. advertisements at rear, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, neatly recased, spine a little faded, ring- and splash-marks to upper cover, 1891; The Sign of Four, first edition, first issue with misprints "13" on contents p. and "w shed" on p.56, without advertisements, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, original first issue cloth with "Spencer Blackett's Standard Library", slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, with two small chips to head and neat repair to lower joint, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a bright and excellent copy generally, Spencer Blackett, 1890; The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, first issue with "you" for "your" on p.13 line 3, 15 plates only (of 16) by Sydney Paget, small patch of water-staining front pastedown with some resultant bleeding of red dye to endpaper, original red pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt and black, light fading to spine, short split to lower joint, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, some light rubbing but an excellent example overall, 1902; The Valley of Fear, first edition frontispiece by Frank Wiles, 6pp. advertisements, scattered foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, light soiling, a very good copy, 1915, all housed together in custom slip-case, [Green and Gibson A1c, A7a, A26a & A39a], 8vo.⁂ The complete Sherlock Holmes novels, rare to find all together an in good condition.

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, later issue with "The Shoulder of Shasta" advertisement f. and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear but on thicker, uncut paper, 4 titles listed on half-title verso, a very clean copy, original yellow cloth lettered in red, slight shelf-lean, usual light cockling to upper cover, spine a little rubbed and dulled, slight bumping and minor fraying to spine tips and corners, some light surface soiling, but overall an unusually bright and excellent example, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box (with splitting to lower joint), 8vo, Archibald Constable, 1897.⁂ An excellent copy of this cornerstone horror title, rare in such condition.

Wilde (Oscar) An Ideal Husband, first edition, one of 1,000 copies, ink ownership stamp to front pastedown, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, gilt decorations by Charles Shannon, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners bumped with chipping to head of spine, light marking and surface soiling to covers, [Mason 385], 4to, 1899.

Elton (J.Frederic) Travels and Researches among the Lakes and Mountains of Eastern & Central Africa, first edition, portrait, 3 folding maps (one colour), 13 wood-engraved plates (one folding), illustrations, occasional spotting or light staining, bookplate of John Ralph Willia, contemporary burgundy morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., 1879 § Pinto (Maj. Serpa) How I Crossed Africa, 2 vol., first English edition, maps, plates and illustrations including large folding map and folding facsimiles, a few small stains, contemporary calf, gilt, 1881, both school prize bindings with presentation label or inscription, slightly rubbed; and 2 others, Africa, 8vo (5)

Cosway-style Binding.- Churchill (Winston S.) Marlborough: His Life and Times, 4 vol., first edition, frontispiece, plates, handsome Cosway-style binding of contemporary red morocco by Bayntun (Riviére) for Asprey, with detailed miniature portrait of Churchill inside vol. 1 upper cover, gilt, g.e., housed in cloth slip-cases, lightly rubbed, 8vo, 1933-38.

Adams (Richard) Watership Down, first edition, slight shelf-lean, light mottling to spine and covers, spine ends and corners a little bumped, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped, light creasing to head, extremities rubbed, 1972; Watership Down, first American edition, signed by the authoron title, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, jacket with creasing to head and foot, otherwise near-fine, New York, 1972; Tales from Watership Down, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations by John Lawrence, jacket with very light creasing to head, else fine, 1996, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)

Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition, signed by the author on neatly tipped in leaf at front, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1988.

Eliot (T.S.) The Sacred Wood, first edition, first state without advertisements and with type of "Methuen" at foot of spine measuring 3mm., signed by the author on title, slight toning to endpapers, original blue cloth, slight rubbing and bumping to spine tips and corners, second state dust-jacket with sub-title to upper panel and "Books by A. Clutton-Brock" to lower panel, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few very short tears with light creasing to head, [Gallup A5a], 8vo, 1920.

Allen (Capt. William) The Dead Sea, a New Route to India, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-title, 8 lithographed plates, most tinted views, 2 folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured in outline, wood-engraved vignettes, occasional foxing, mostly to tissue guards, one map soiled and frayed at edge (reinforced), modern half crimson morocco, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., 8vo, 1855.

Emerson (James, later Tennent) Letters from the Aegean, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, lacking half-title in vol.1 but not called for in vol.2, with aquatint frontispiece and folding engraved map, advertisement leaf at end, map with tears and small holes to folds (some repairs), O7 & 8 with small stain to lower margin, Blackmer copy with book-label of Henry Blackmer, modern calf, spine gilt, [Atabey 397; Blackmer 550], 8vo, 1829.

[Ford (Ford Madox)], "Ford Madox Hueffer". The Good Soldier, first edition, first issue with London publisher listed above that in New York and this work listed as "The Saddest Story" in the advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine darkened, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy overall, [Connolly 27], 8vo, 1915.⁂ "This is the saddest story I have ever heard". One of the great novels of the 20th century, and a landmark in modernist writing.

Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea, first edition, first issue, with 'A' and publisher's seal to title verso, original light blue cloth, first issue unclipped dust-jacket priced $3.00 and with author's photographic portrait on rear panel, flaps with blurb printed in brown, slightly chipped at spine ends and corners, preserved in half morocco drop-back box, [Hanneman A24a], 8vo, New York, 1952.⁂ A very good copy of the true first edition of Hemingway's great novella.

Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first edition, slight cracking to upper hinge but holding firm, foxing to top edge, original boards, light sunning to spine, second impression dust-jacket, minor chipping to foot of spine and corners, portion of loss to head of spine with loss to 1 letter of title, tape to verso foot of spine, small patch of light staining to foot of upper panel, some light creasing to head and foot, but a good, bright copy overall, 8vo, 1961.

Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first American edition, signed by the author on title, faint foxing to endpapers, original cloth, light spotting, dust-jacket, spotted, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tears to head and foot with light creasing, small chip to upper fore-edge, 8vo, New York, 1962.

Le Carré (John) A Murder of Quality, first American edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, very slight bowing to upper cover, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, New York, 1962.

Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, signed by the author on title, autograph note from Le Carré's secretary accompanying the signed copy returned from Le Carré loosely inserted, light browning and occasional foxing to text, original boards, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, spine with light surface indents, light spotting and surface soiling, but an excellent example overall without the fading to spine often seen, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Le Carre's third novel, an overnight sensation that firmly established his reputation as the master of the literary spy thriller. One of the great British novels to come out of the Cold War. The accompanying note states that Le Carré estimated the value of this copy at £3,000-4,000.

Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, very faint sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light toning to split, long split to lower joint, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting first letter of title at head of spine, light water-staining to spine and lower panel, light toning to panel margins, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

Faria y Sousa (Manuel de) Asia Portuguesa, 3 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 second edition, vol.2 & 3 first editions, vol.2 & 3 with engraved architectural titles, vol.1 with engraved coat-of-arms to dedication and small woodcut portrait to end of preliminaries (engraved in vol.2 & 3), woodcut initials, 19 folding views/plans of fortresses (engraved in vol.1, woodcut in vol.2 & 3), numerous woodcut portraits of navigators and governors, over 40 full-page, vol.1 with final blank leaf but lacking in vol.2, contemporary ink signature to verso of vol.1 title, some browning, short tear and loss of lower outer corner to S2 of vol.1, engraved titles and a few head-lines shaved, plan of Mozambique torn at inner edge, light worming and water-staining to vol.3 (mostly marginal), modern embossed library stamp of Antonio de Almeida Correa to title of vol.1 and one or two other leaves with label to front pastedowns, uniform contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, rubbed, folio, Lisbon, vol.1 Bernardo da Costa Carvalho; vol.2 & 3 Antonio Craesbeeck, 1703-1674-75.⁂ Important account of the Portuguese empire in Asia. The views are of Santa Elena, Cochim, Quiloa, Cananor, Sofala, Goa, Malaca, Ormuz, Bacaim, Chaul & Dio in vol.1; Mocanbique, Daman, Manar, Mangalor, Onor & Barcalor in vol.2; Mascate & Macao in vol.3.

Le Carré (John) A Small Town in Germany, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, very slight bumping to spin ends, dent to foot of lower cover, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1968.

Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, slight bump to head of spine, dust-jacket, usual light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, very small dent to lower joint, a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1974.⁂ The first title in the Karla trilogy and one of Le Carré's most acclaimed works.

Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, sunning to spine (as often) short closed tear to foot of lower panel, light rubbing to head and foot, an excellent example 8vo, 1979.

Le Carré (John) A Perfect Spy, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth-backed boards, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot , an excellent example, 8vo, 1986.⁂ Le Carré's semi-autobiographical novel regarded by many as his greatest. Philip Roth called A Perfect Spy "the best English novel since the war".