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Click here to subscribeSouthey (Robert) The Life of Nelson, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with p.258 in vol.2 incorrectly numbered, half-title to vol.2 only, frontispieces, advertisements at end, light offsetting to titles, very light foxing, contemporary half morocco, corners bumped, a little rubbed, [Cowie 139], 8vo, 1813.
Kitchen garden.- Evelyn (John, translator).- [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)] The French gardiner: instructing how to cultivate all sorts of fruit-trees, and herbs for the garden. Together with directions to dry, and conserve them in their natural, translated by John Evelyn, 2 parts in 1, 'third edition' [but the fourth], initial f. blank, engraved frontispiece and 3 (of 4) plates, of which 1 folding, frontispiece very short tear to upper inner corner, just within image, but without loss, folding plate trimmed at outer margin, just within platemark, the odd small marginal hole or tear, spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine in compartments, top corner of upper cover worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.48 (note); Cagle 569; Gabler G13690 (note); Simon BG 621; Henrey 148; Keynes 10; Wing B3602 & R1938], Printed by T. R. & N. T. for B. Tooke, 1675; and The Planters Manual by Charles Cotton, 1715, extracted from his Works (bound), small 8vo & 8vo (2) *** The first work on horticulture by Evelyn, dedicated to his friend Thomas Henshaw, at whose suggestion Evelyn undertook the translation. The second part is The English Vineyard Vindicated, 1675, by John Rose. Provenance: 'Edw. Shackfield his book 1765' (ink inscription to rear endpaper).
Scotland.- Boswell (James) The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., first edition, with I5, Q7 & U6 all in second state, lacking half-title but with errata leaf at end, contemporary ink signature at head of title, bookplate removed from front pastedown, modern half calf over old marbled boards, red roan label, [Rothschild 456], by Henry Baldwin, 1785 § Abercrombie (Charles) & Bryce Macquiston. Reports respecting a New Line of Road, from Hamilton to Elvanfoot, first edition, folding engraved plan with routes supplied by hand (lightly offset and frayed at edges with slight loss, repaired), modern cloth, Glasgow, 1813 § M'Nayr (James) A Guide from Glasgow, to some of the most remarkable Scenes in the Highlands of Scotland..., first edition, half-title, wood-engraved bookplate of Sir John Smith, Bart., contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine chipped at head, Glasgow, 1797 § Paisley Magazine (The); or Literary and Antiquarian Miscellany, No.1-13 [all published], engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title (lightly offset), modern half calf, spine gilt, uncut, Paisley, David Dick, January - December 1828; and another on Orkney and Zetland (Shetland), 8vo & 4to (5)
Bees.- Mills (John) An Essay on the Management of Bees. Wherein is shewn the Method of rearing those useful Insects, first edition, engraved frontispiece, one folding plate, 2pp. advertisements at end, occasional faint off-setting, contemporary calf, small abrasion mark to upper cover, cracked upper joint but holding firm, [British Bee Books 116], 8vo, for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1766.
City of London.- Advice to the Livery-Men of London: shewing that it is for their Interest and Honour, to chuse Merchants in Trade, for their Representatives in Parliament..., only edition, with final advertisement leaf (not called for in ESTC), light staining, slight loss to lower inner margin of title and advertisement leaf (repaired not affecting text), modern cloth, spine slightly faded, [Not in Goldsmiths' or Kress], for A.Baldwin, 1713 § [Corporation of London. Court of Common Council]. Addresses presented...to the King..., [1778]; Addresses, Remonstrances, and Petitions; commencing the 24th of June, 1769..., [1778] bound with Petition (A) of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, presented to His Majesty, the 24th of May, 1769, together 3 works in 1 vol. (as often, the last mentioned bound second), first editions, bookplate removed from front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, a little rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old red morocco label, Henry Fenwick; and another on the livery, 8vo (3) *** The first is rare, with ESTC listing only 4 UK copies (2 BL, Longleat, Bodleian) and one in America (John Hopkins). The second volume concerns the Court of Common Council, the effective governing body of the City of London. The first two items listed include several references to the American colonies while the last relates to John Wilkes who was imprisoned for libel and barred from taking up his seat as a Member of Parliament. The radical Wilkes strongly supported the cause of the colonies against the Crown. The Lord Mayor of London, William Beckford, father of the author and art-collector, supported Wilkes and the rights of the City of London, accusing the King of interfering in the results of the election.
Anchovies.- Young (Thomas) The Epicure: or, A treatise on The Essence of Anchovies, The Age and Quality Of Foreign Wines, British Wines and Brandy...making Cyder and Perry, first edition, woodcut plan of orchard at p.68, lacking K3&4 (supplied in good facsimile), occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern light brown morocco-backed marbled boards by John Gardner of Borough Green, small black morocco label to spine, [Gabler G43350; Simon Vinaria p.253], Printed by B. McMillan, 1815; and a defective George Read on cookery, confectionery, and pickling, [1854], 8vo & 12mo (2) *** Rare, with only one copy recorded by Library Hub and WorldCat (National Library Wales). The title tells us that Young was 'The inventor of the essence of anchovies'.
Sala (George Augustus) The Seven Sons of Mammon: A Story, 3 vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 1 (all called for), lacking advertisements, bookplate of James B. Pond, margins very slightly toned, the odd spot or light finger-soiling, bound in green half morocco over marbled boards by J. Larkins, spines sunned, wear to corners, rubbed, mainly to spines and extremities, t.e.g., [Wolff 6130], Tinsley Brothers, 1862. *** Rare.
Jonson (Ben) The Works, first complete collected edition, title with 4 woodcut ornamental blocks, lacking portrait frontispiece, small hole to a couple of ff., ink stain to R4, paper flaw to 3S3 slightly affecting rules at headline, sig. 3C (2ff.) browned as in most copies and 2Z2-3 foxed, also as usual,some other occasional foxing and light water-staining, 19th century calf, gilt, rebacked, [Pforzheimer 561; Wing J1006], folio, Printed by Thomas Hodgkin, for H. Herringman [&c], 1692.*** The first one-volume edition and the last of the folio editions, which includes The New Inne for the first time. According to Pforzheimer, the discolouration of 3C and the foxing to 2Z2-3 is likely due to the different (and probably inferior) paper used for those two particular sheets.
Birds.- Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., first edition, with advertisement on last f. of vol.1, ink inscriptions to title heads, some faint browning and spotting to vol.1, bookplate to vol.2, covers with gilt fillets, morocco spine labels, a little rubbed, spines faded, 1797-1804; General History of Quadrupeds (A), sixth edition, ownership label and ink inscriptions to front free endpapers, light spotting, covers ruled in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, 1811, wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrips, spines faded, 8vo, Newcastle (3)
A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD FAIRYLAND LUSTRE VASES, CIRCA 1920 'Candlemas' pattern (No.Z5154) designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, slender baluster form (shape 3148), each gilt and lustred with three black gound panels with a candle with a woman's head aureole to the flame flanked by a three-light candelabra and a figure above a coiled dragon, the blue ground straps between with imps climbing flower tendrils, printed Portland vase marks, painted pattern number and incised numbers, 26cm highThe designs of Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood (1881-1945) reflected a contemporary passion for fairies and the 'other-worldly', found in the illustrations of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and the Danish artist, Kay Nielsen; the latter apparently inspiring the Candlemas pattern with her illustrations for 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North', in particular perhaps the plate 'She saw the Lindworm for the first time...' (to be found on page 57 of the edition published in New York by G.H. Doran, 1922).
Craik, Dinah Maria - 'The Fairy Book, The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew' - The very scarce first edition, 'by the author of John Halifax, Gentleman', published by Macmillan and Co., London and Cambridge, 1863, bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt decoration
Collection of 19th century leather bound books, to include 'Stanfield's Coast Scenery' first edition (Smith, Elder, and Co., 1836), 'Annals of Westminster School' by John Sargeaunt, in H. Sotheran signed half calf prize binding (Methuen & Co., 1898), 'Fables of Aesop' by Samual Croxall, seventeenth edition bound in full calf (1805), 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby' by Charles Dickens, full calf prize binding (The Walter Scott Publishing Co., n.d.), etc
Dexter, Colin, 'The Wench is Dead', 1989 first edition, 'Death is Now My Neighbour', 1996 first edition, signed, 'The Daughters of Cain', 1994 first edition, 'The Remorseful Day', 1999 first edition, signed, 'Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories', 1993 first edition, 'The Way Through the Woods', 1992 first edition, signed and 'The Jewel That Was Ours', 1991 first edition (7)
Russell, John, 'G. Braque', 1959, Phaidon Press, London, with Philippe, Soupault, 'William Blake', 1928, Duchamp, Marcel, 'The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors Even', Wallis, L.W., 'Leonard Jay', 1963, Betjeman, John, 'Summoned By Bells', 1960 first edition and Smith, Stevie, 'Not Waving but Drowning', 1957 first edition (6)
Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry' War Office, 1796. By command of The Duke of York and William Fawcett. 12 introductory pages and number pages 1 - 90 with 29 plates. With previous owners names to the inside board including Thomas Bailey Heath, Liut Colonel Sewell. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. And 'A Treatise on the New Broad Sword Exercise by W.Pepper of the Notts Yeomanry Cavalry' Third Edition with additions. 1798. 31 pages with five plates.11.5 x 8.5 cm. *CR First with broken spine and much looseness as a result, folding to corners etc. Second with some folding of corners and wear from use.
(Cornwall) Thirteen works [REDDING, Cyrus]. 'An Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Cornwall,' half leather rubbed and bumped, marbled endpapers, spotting to five plates, steel engravings throughout, How and Parsons, London, 1842; 'Kelly's Directory of Cornwall, 1939' vg original embossed cloth, small tear to fold out map, some spotting but generally vg, advertisements, Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1939; Dorothy Yglesias. 'The Cry of a Bird,' flat signed by author to ffep, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, spotting, William Kimbar, 1962; Marianne Filleul. Ellen Tremaine Or The Poem Without an Ending,' original decorative cloth vg, presentation label to ffep, gilt edge, frontis engraving, The Religious Tract Society, London, [c.1884]; With eight other works including Tregarthen, Cyril Noall, A. C. Todd &c. &c. (13)
(Industrial Archaeology) Thirty two works. Frank Atkinson. 'Industrial Archaeology of North-East England,' two volumes, first editions, original cloth, clipped dj's, some spotting to edge of textblocks, good to vg, plates, Davd & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1974; John Butt. 'Industrial Archaeology of Scotland,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, spotting to edge of textblock, David & Charles, Newton Abbott, 1967; J. P. M. Pannell. 'The Techniques of Industrial Archaeology,' presentation copy from the editor, original cloth, clipped dj, David & Charles, spotting to the edge of textblock, David & Charles, Newton Abbott, 1974; 'The Newcomen Society for the study of the history of Engineering and Technology. Transactions,' vol 51-57, 1979-86; Arthur Raistrick and Bernard Jennings. 'A History of Lead Mining in the Pennines,' reprint, original cloth, unclipped dj, Davis Books, 1983; Neil R. Wright. 'Lincolnshire Towns and Industry 1700-1916,' vol XI of the History of Lincolnshire series, signed by the author, unclipped dj, History of Lincolnshire Committee, Lincoln, 1982; Neil Cossons. 'The BP Book of Industrial Archeology,' reprint, original cloth, unclipped dj, plates throughout, David & Charles, Newton Abbott, 1987; With seventeen other works including some L. T. C. Rolt limpbacks. (32)
(Cornwall) DRAYTON, Michael 'Poly-Olbion,' First edition, rebound in quarter leather with marbled boards by Hilary Honess of Hayle, lacks titlepage, British Museum Sale Duplicate 1787 stamp to dedication page, A-A3 to the general reader, pp.22 containing the first 'Alexandrine Couplets' song, some v.small nibbles to the margins of the William Hole engraved map of Cornwall, light tide mark throughout, finger soiling to margins, charming head and tailpieces, vg, [M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, and I. Busbie, London, 1612].Drayton's Poly-Olbion is a seminal work that transcends traditional boundaries of poetry, history, and geography. This being a copy of the first song with the increasingly scarce William Hole map of Cornwall featuring sea monsters, water nymphs, King Neptune etc. Lacks title page and frontispiece, two stamps to dedication page with one being a British Museum Sale Duplicate 1787 stamp, A-A3 to the general reader, some v.small nibbles to the margins of the William Hole engraved map of Cornwall this being the only map, light tide mark throughout, finger soiling to margins, small burn spot running from pp.2 through to pp.7 in the text, small mould spot to foot and in margin running through majority of the textblock not affecting text, generally vg throughout.
(Travel and Exploration) Seven works. Charles M. Doughty. 'Wanderings in Arabia,' two volumes, rubbed original green cloth, ex libris label to pastedown, light spotting to edge of text block, frontis, Duckworth and Co, London, 1908; Bertram Thomas. 'Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia,' first edition, original cloth, lacks dj, ex libris label, frontis and plates, Jonathan Cape, London, 1932; Norman Douglas. 'Looking Back. An Autobiographical Excursion,' Single-volume edition, original cloth, light spotting to edge of text block, plates, vg, Chatto and Windus, London, 1934; R. B. Cunninghame Graham. 'Cartagena and the Banks of the Sinu,' original cloth, spotting throughout, good, William Heinemann, London, 1920; With two other works. (7)
Fiction and young adult literature. Eighteen works Rosemary Sutcliff. 'Blood Feud,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, extra glassine wrap, remnants of withdrawn label to ffep, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Oxford University Press, London, 1976; 'The Mark of the Horse Lord,' second edition, unclipped dj, glassine wrap, ffep torn out, spotting to edge of text block, Oxford University Press, London, 1967; Ruth Manning-Sanders. 'A book of Mermaids,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, light spotting to edge of DJ, Methuen & Co, London, 1967; With fifteen other works including Quintilian by John Hatfield, The Haunting by Margaret Mahy, Pennington's Heir by K. M. Peyton &c. &c. (18)
Cornish Guide Books Four scarce late 19th Century guide books Bound in one volume, half calf with marbled boards, gilt tooled morocco label, bookplate of John Blowey and the armorial plate of John Tricks Spalding (1844-1924), some very light sporadic spotting, a fine copy of scarce works.E.W. Rashleigh. 'Notes on the Parish of Golant, Alias St. Stephens, with notes on the church by E.W.Reade,' first edition, 31 pages, J.T. Baker, St Blazey, 1885; 'A Short History of the Town and Borough of Fowey,' first edition, pp.32, J. Wellington, Chemist and Dentist, 1887; 'John Heywoods Illustrated Guide to Falmouth,' first edition, fold out map of Falmouth, one page of advertisements, pp.32, very scarce, John Heywood, 1901; A. Newland Deakin. 'Guide to Fowey & Neighbourhood,' first edition, pp.44, fold out map, fourteen pages of advertisements, William Pollard, Exeter, 1892.
(Arctic exploration) Fridjof Nansen Five works. 'Nansen Hunting and Adventure in the Arctic,' first edition, original clth with gilt lettering and embossed polar bear to front board, frontis and illustrations, vg, Duffield and Company, New York, 1925; Charles Turley. 'Nansen of Norway,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to edge of text block, Methuen & Co, London, 1933; Fridtjof Nansen and Hubert Majendie (trans). 'The First Crossing of Greenland,' one volume, new edition, original cloth with silver gilt lettering, some spotting, illustrations throughout, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1895; Liv Nansen Hoyer. 'Nansen a Family Portrait,' first English edition, original cloth, scarce unclipped dj, plates, contents and list of plates loose otherwise vg, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1957; John Black. 'Nansen in the Frozen North with Reminiscences of Artic Exploration,' original decorative cloth vg, frontis and plates, toning to leaves as is the norm, George Routledge & Sons, London, 1897. (5)
FLOYER, John and BAYNARD, Edward. '...The History of Cold-Bathing, Both Ancient and Modern,' Fifth edition, in two parts bound in one volume, full polished calf with gilt border to boards, compartmentalised spine with gilt tooling, loss of morocco label, ex libris label, marbled pastedown, ink owner inscription to tail margin of title page, A2-B4, pp.491 runs true, one leaf catalogue of books sold to rear, scarce, vg, William and John Innys, London, 1722.The first part by Floyer is on the history of cold-bathing; the second part and appendix treat the practical applications of the time, as well as case studies.
Andrew Lang and J. M. Barrie Two lectures Andrew Lang. 'How to Fail in Literature: A Lecture,' first edition, original printed wraps, small splitting to joints, light spotting throughout, a lecture given by Andrew Lang at the South Kensington Museum, reworked and augmented for print. The author provides amusing stylistic advice for writers, discussing tropes associated with literary forms such as the lullaby and ghost tale, Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, London, 1890; J. M. Barrie. 'Courage,' the Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews University May 3rd, 1922, later wraps, toning throughout, scarce, Hodder and Stoughton, London, [1922]. (2)
WOOLF, Virginia 'The Waves,' First edition, original purple cloth with some bleaching and staining, spotting throughout, good, The Hogarth Press, London, 1931; Laurie Lee. 'Cider With Rosie,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, slightly cock, spotting to edges of leaves throughout, good, The Hogarth Press, London, 1959. (2) From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)
(Literature) Four works. Owen Sheers. 'Resistance,' flat signed by author to titlepage, unclipped dj, fine, 2007; William Buchan (ed). 'John Mansfield. Letters to Reyna,' first edition, unclipped dj, some toning to leave but generally vh, Buchan & Enright, London, 1983; David Garnett. 'Great Friends,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, MacMillan, 1979; A. David Moody. 'Ezra Pound: Poet. A Portrait of the Man & His Work,' first edition, vol I, unclipped dj, fine, Oxfords University Press, 2007. (4)
SPRATT, Thomas Abel Brimage (Captain, Royal Navy) 'An Invesigation of the Movements of Teignmouth Bar,' First edition, original publishers embossd boards with paper label to front board, ffep fold out map and title page debound, small tears to fold out map by C.F. Cheffins, pp.36 runs true, four fold out maps to rear, followed by one other map and pp.12 of publishers catalogue, some light soiling, generally vg (not including debound leaves), a scarce work with WorldCat showing only two in British libraries (University of Exeter and the British Library), John Weale, London, 1856.T. Spratt eventually became an Admiral. Following a severe bout of malaria he was sent home on sick-leave and, as a result, spent the years 1848-49 studying the movements of the Bar sands at Teignmouth. Dedicated to Sir William Reid, Governor of Malta, he gave all his data to the Teignmouth Harbour Commission who, at that time, were struggling to relieve the local trade from an unjust tax, levied annually by the town of Exeter. It has been suggested that Sprat Sands are named after him.Isambard Kingdom Brunel congratulated Captain Thomas Spratt on his scheme to improve the promenade and the harbour entrance at the same time; “I never read a more sensible, concise and practical discussion of such a subject”. The main improvements were never carried out; however, some dredging works were implemented in 1857 near the Den Point following complaints from mariners. This was followed by further dredging works in 1865 and the later building of a groyne 330 yards long from abreast of Ferry Point to arrest sand. (Admiral Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt – Teignmouth Old Cemetery (wordpress.com)
Winston Churchill Six works 'What kind of people do they think we are?' two speeches made to U.S. Congress 29/12/41 and Houses of Parliament Ottawa 30/12/41, reprinted by the Daily Telegraph, original wrappers; A. MacCallum Scott. 'Winston Churchill in Peace and War,' first edition, original cloth, vg, George Newnes, London, 1916; E. D. W. Chaplin (compiler). 'Winston Churchill and Harrow. Memories of the Prime Ministers Schooldays 1888-1892,' second impression, plates, vg, privately printed, The Harrow School Book Shop in Aid of the Hospital on the Hill, 1941; W. H. Thompson. 'Sixty Minutes with Winston Churchill,' flat signed and dated by the author, some spotting, good to vg, Christopher Johnson, London, 1953; With two other including 'Brendan Braken 1901-1958' and 'A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of....'. (6)
(Arctic exploration) The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. Three volumes. Greely, Adolphus. 'Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84,' first edition, Richard Bentley, 1886, two vols, 428+444pp, approx 100 illus. 2 folding colour maps (one repaired with tape), plain cloth binding Clean sound binding;Schley, Winfield S. 'Report of Commander Schley...Commanding Greely Relief Expedition of 1884,' Govt Printing Office, 1887, 75pp, maps and 33 plates, Half red leather, Marbled eps, Front board detached otherwise uncommon. (3) SR £150This American expedition was well equipped and carried out important survey work in the northern area around Ellesmere Island. Disaster struck when the relief ship went down and Greeley had to trek and sail south for 500 miles. By the time relief came only six men survived and there followed a full and bitter enquiry into the reasons for the disaster.
Booklets and Ephemera 'Heywood's Comic Recitations and Readings, in Prose and Verse,' original printed thin paper wraps, some finger soiling, small tears, generally vg, pp.100, lots of advertisements, Abel Heywood & Son, Manchester, n.d; Laurence Binyon. ; The Burning of the Leaves and Other Poems,' first edition, printed card wraps, staple bound, vg, MacMillan & Co, London, 1944; 'The Toilet,' New Penny Handooks, thin paper wraps, loss to back strip, toning throughout, Ward, Lock & Co, London, 1898; Cutcliffe Hyne. 'Further Adventures of Captain Kettle,' cheap edition, printed paper wraps, tears, toning throughout, C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1902; 'The Lincoln Crest& Monogram Album,' fourth edition, original full embossed lever with gilt lettering, lots of full and partially filled pages, vg, William S. Lincoln, London, n.d; 'Guyana Yearbook 1966,' card wraps, toning, Guyana Graphic Limited, Georgetown, 1966; with other booklets and ephermal works including a small collection of McGlennon's Standard Series 'Stump Speeches', 'Commercial Art' 1923, a fold out map of Bangkok &c. &c. (q)
BURNET, Thomas 'Theory of the Earth: Containg An Account of the Original of the Earth, And of All the General Changes Which Hath Already Undergone, Or is to Undergo, Till the Consummation of All Things,' 'The Two First Books Concerning The Deluge and Concerning Paradise,' second edition, original full calf boards rebacked, complete with: in Book One- full page frontis, two double page illustrations of the Earth, California shown as an island, a full page illustration in the text & eight vingette illustrations; in Book Two- three illustrations in the text: in Book Three- full page frontis: in Book Four- one vignette illustration, vg text block, R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, London, 1691.Contemporary ink signature to first title page; small stain in margin not affecting text to p.a 'Preface to Reader' and verso; small hole to margin of pp.71/2 not affecting the text; stain running through the middle of pp.193 decreasing in size to pp.200; small burn hole to margin of third title page; stain to pp.89 of the fourth book; the odd very small spot sporadically through.Generally speaking, this is a very good copy, with a tight text block and lovely plate marks.
DOYLE, Richard 'Fairyland, Pictures from the Elf-World' First edition, folio, original green gilt cloth, unusual binding error with the title page bound after list of illustrations, sixteen chromolithograph plates as listed, by Edmund Evans, some instances of light finger soiling, generally vg, Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1870.
J. M. Barrie 'Peter and Wendy,' First edition, original decorative cloth rubbed to extremities, spotting throughout with some heavy areas otherwise vg, Hodder and Stoughton, London, [1911]; Lewis Carroll and Arthur Rackham (illustrations). 'Alices Adventures in Wonderland,' original decorative cloth with gilt tooling, sun bleaching to back strip, very light spotting sporadicly, vg, William Heinemann, London, n.d. (2)
W. B. Yeats Five works R. F. Foster. 'W.B. Yeats A Life,' two volumes I. The Apprentice II. The Arch-Poet, original cloth, unclipped dj's, fine, Oxford University Press, Oxfordm 1997 and 2003; Desmond Flower and Henry Maas (collected & edited). 'The Letters of Ernest Dowson,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, Rutherford, Madison, Teaneck, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, New Jersey, 1967; Richard Whittington-Egan & Geoffry Smerdon. 'The Quest of the Golden Boy. The Life and Letters of Richard Le Gallienne,' first American, original cloth, clipped dj, vg, Barre Publishing Company, Barre, 1962; Edward Mendelson. 'Early Auden,' first edition, original clooth, unclipped dj, fine, Faber and Faber, London, 1981. (5)
Isaiah W. N. Keys. 'Flora of Devon and Cornwall,' First edition, 1871, privately published by I.W.N. Keys and Son, Bedford St, Plymouth, 451 Pages with 16 leaves at the back to make notes, bound in original blue hard back boards with gilt embossed spine.These works are reprinted for private circulation from the annual reports and transactions of the Plymouth Institutes and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society 1865–1871 by the same author. This collection consists of five reports :Flowering Plants and Ferns.Part 1. RANUNCULACEAE 1866Part 2. BALSAMINACEAE 1867Part 3. HEDERACEAE 1868Part 4. CAMPANULACEAE 1869Part 5. LABIATAE 1870In a very good condition with the label of John Blowey.
(Cornwall) Twenty four works J. B. Cornish. 'Mate's Illustrated Penzance,' second edition, original wraps, staple bound, b+w photographic illustrations throughout, vg, advertisements, W. Mate & Sons, Bournemouth, 1904; Canon G. H. Doble. 'Old Penzance and St. Mary's Chapel,' ink inscription from the author to front printed wrap, staple bind, vg, The King Stone Press, Shipston-On-Stour, 1943; P. A. S. Pool. 'The Life and Progress of Henry Quick of Zennor,' first edition, card wraps, vg, Obtainable from the author, 1963; Frank Baron. 'Ma'tha Madder. A Cornish Character,' first edition, card wraps, vg, John W. Saundry, Penzance [1952]; With twenty others including 'The St. Austell Recipe Book', Arthur Caddicks 'One Hundred Doors Are Open', 'Cornish Yarns' by Frank Baron &c. &c. (24)
ELIOT, George 'Felix Holt. The Radical,' First edition, three volumes, half goat with marbled boards, rubbed and bumped, some light staining but generally a vg set, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1866. From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)
BORLASE, William. 'Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall,' 'Consisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid Superstition, Customs and Remains of the Most Remote Antiquity in Britain and the British Isles, Exemplified and Proved by Monuments Now Extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, with a Vocabulary of the Cornu-British Language, the second edition revised, modern half green claf with marbled boards and morocco label to spine by Hilary Honess of Hayle, lacks frontis map, xvi, pp.464 runs true, some sporadic spotting, couple of repairs to plates, graphite notes to margins, vg, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, London, 1769.
Bryan PEARCE (signed) Ruth Jones 'The Path Of The Son' Two publications, each signed by Bryan and his mother, Mary Pearce, Sheviock Gallery Publications, first edition and updated editions; together with Peter Everett, 'The Voyages of Alfred Wallis', Jonathan Cape, 1999. (3) From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)
Edmund Dulac illustrations. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald,' Second edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, very slight sun fading to back strip, plates complete, mounted with descriptive tissue guards, vg, Hodder and Stoughton, n.d; (Various). 'Because I Love You. Love Poems,' first thus, bound by Hatchards in full calf, compartmentalized spine with gilt tooling, gilt top edge, ex libris label to pastedown Henry Beauchamp Harrison, illustrated with five small engravings, vg to fine, Arthur L. Humphreys, London, 1911. (2)
Six classic works Jerome K. Jerome. 'Three Men in a Boat,' first edition, original cloth, small chips to ends of back strict, slightly cocked, advertisement to front pastedown, half title, vg, J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1889; Laurie Lee. 'Cider With Rosie,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, the Hogarth Press, London, 1959; P. G. Wodehouse. 'Mulliber Nights,' first edition, lacks dj, staining to original cloth, loss to half title, fair to good, Herbert Jenkins, London, 1933; With two vg miniature edition Lewis Carrols, both 1908 and a Uniform Edition 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' by Baroness Orczy. (6)
WALTON, Izaak 'The Complete Angler,' 'Being a Fac-simile reprint of the first edition, published 1653', full polished calf, compartmentalised spine with gilt tooling and morocco labels, gilt edges, marbled endpapers with a ex libris label to front pastedown, London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. 1876. From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk) Backstrip loosening to head, partially debound front free-endpaper, but otherwise a fine copy.
CLEMO, Jack Ten works 'The Marriage of a Rebel. A Mystical-erotic Quest,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, Victor Gollancz, London, 1980; 'The Map of Lay,' first collected edition, unclipped dj, vg, Methuen, London, 1961; 'The Invading Gospel,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, heavy spotting to edge of text block, Geoffry bles, London, 1958; with eight works by and about Jack Clemo; with Ethelwyn Watts 'How Long is Forever'. (12) From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. 'Poems on Various Subjects,' First edition, full polished calf, compartmentalised spine with gilt tooling and morocco labels, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers with an ex libris label to front pastedown, A-xi, pp.188 runs true, errata to rear, advertisement, small graphite sketch to page 13, some minor toning and a couple of spots here and there but quite the lovely copy, vg, Printed for G.G. and J. Robinsons, London and J. Cottle, Bookseller, Bristol, 1796. From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)
KNIGHT, Laura 'Oil Paint and Grease Paint' US first edition, fine original cloth with gilt lettering to spine, nibbles to clipped dj, plates, vg to fine, scarce, The MacMillan Company, New York, 1936. From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk) Nibbles and small tears to scarce clipped dj, the dj has done its job admirably with the cloth being fine although some very small instances of what appears to be white paint to the foot of the boards, graphite price of $80 to ffep neatly written, pp.391 runs true, plates complete, a fine text block also with no real issues.
DICKENS, Charles 'Dombey and Son,' First edition in book form, first issue later half leather with marbled boards, marbled edge, lacks half title, ink inscription to dedication page, 2-line errata leaf after list of plates, thirty nine plates by H.K. Browne as called for, spotting to plates and proceeding leaves as is the norm, good to very good, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1848.Cataloguing points that show that this is a first edition, first issue;In the title-page vignette, Capt. Cuttle's hook is erroneously on his left arm. p.xv, no page entry for the frontispiece and vignette, and no quotation marks around "The Party" line 2; p.14, ten lines up, "aint" has no apostrophe; p.26, line 11 has "fidgetty"; p.40, lines 16-17 "shewed" and "shew" instead of "showed" and "show"; p.284, fifth and sixth lines from the bottom, "Delight" instead of "Joy".
GOLDING, William 'Lord of the Flies,' First edition, second impression, original cloth, front and rear unclipped dj torn in two, cocked, sporadic spotting to prelims and edge of text bloc, Faber and Faber, London, 1954. From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)
Camborne: W. Bailey, Machine Printer, &c. 'Tables for Ascertaining the Price of Tin Ore,' at a Given Standard and Produce, To Which is Added Tables for Ascertaining the Value of any Quantity of Black Tin, From 1lb to 10 tons, at any price from £20 to £100 per ton,' first edition, 1883, published by the collator/printer, 88 pages bound in original brown boards with gilt lettering to the front board,Mr Wellington in 1836 published a series of tables in two volumes for ascertaining the value of Black Tin. By the 1850’s they had been out of print for a considerable time. Mr Bailey thought it desirable to bind the two volumes together and correct some of the small errors additionally extending the series from £90 to £100 a Ton (Mr Wellington’s tables went as far as £90 a Ton). A very good copy with the inscription of 'The Redruth Smelting Co Ltd, 1903. Bookplate of John Blowey.
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