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RAVILIOUS (ERIC)RICHARDS (J.M.) High Street, FIRST EDITION, woodcut vignette on title, 24 colour lithographed plates by Ravilious, first and last few leaves lightly spotted, publisher's pictorial boards, extremities rubbed, slipcase, 8vo, [Curwen Press for] Country Life, 1938; ibid., facsimile edition, V&A, 2012--POWERS (ALAN) and JAMES RUSSELL. The Story of High Street, limited to 750 copies, publisher's cloth, slipcase, 4to, Sparham, Mainstone Press, 2008 (3)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, Vance Gerry of the Weather Bird Press, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, publisher's white printed wrappers with a yellow band around the middle, and lettered in black, very slight soiling and vertical crease near each inner edge, with the SEPARATE PROOF SHEET ON CARD OF PROPOSED COVER DESIGN, creased at lower joint where folded, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:THE VERY FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT OF HARRY POTTER, WITH THE RARE PROOF COVER MOCK-UP. Although the print run has not been confirmed, Bloomsbury have noted that 200 copies of the proof were printed, with the author's name given as 'J.A. Rowling' on the title-page, and 'Joanne Rowling' with the number line 10 to 1 on the copyright page. The proof sheet of the proposed cover design is rarely present. This underwent several changes before publication in the form of pictorial boards, and includes the early version of Dumbledore which was retained for the first printing but subsequently revised.Provenance: Sent by the publisher to a children's bookshop in 1997.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) [and JOHN FLETCHER]Double Falshood : Or, the Distrest Lovers. A Play, As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Written Originally By W. Shakespeare; and Now Revised and Adapted To the Stage By Mr. [Lewis] Theobald, second edition, half-title (with 'Price 1.s. and 6d.'), Royal arms on imprimatur page, woodcut ornaments [ESTC T34859; Arden (2010), p.96], J. Watts, 1728; [KELLY (JOHN)] Timon in Love: or, the Innocent Theft, title with piece torn away resulting in loss of 4 letters, preliminaries working loose with frayed edges [ESTC T2468, calling for 4 leaves of advertisements at end, this copy with 3 leaves of advertisements], J. Watts, 1733; The Rake's Progress; or the Humours of Drury-Lane, title cropped with loss of final lines of imprint [ESTC T154210], J. Chettwood, [1735], 3 works bound in 1 vol., the 'Shakespeare' bound second, some foxing throughout, titles of the three works written in an early hand inside the upper cover, contemporary calf, rubbed with some abrasions, 8voFootnotes:Second edition, issued by the same publisher in the same year as the first edition, of a play believed to be based on a lost work by Shakespeare and Fletcher, retaining the same type setting but without the press figures, and with the preliminaries reset.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 etched plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'), some light damp spots to plates, untrimmed in publisher's blue diagonally-ribbed and blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, minor soiling, corners and spine ends slightly bumped [Eckel pp.71-73; Gimbel A72, binding as on first copy, errata as in second copy; Smith I:7], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1844Footnotes:A bright copy of the book that Dickens considered 'in a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories' (J. Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens, 1928, p.305). The title vignette is in Smith's first state (no priority) with the reversed '100£' on the signpost and signed 'Phiz fecit'. The errata is in the usual second setting, with 14 rather than 13 lines.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)The Tales of Beedle the Bard, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'To Tommy, Davy, Sorley and Felix with love from J.K. Rowling' above an authentification hologram on the leaf with a picture of a skull, publisher's pictorial boards, slight abrasion at extremities of the upper joint, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 2008Footnotes:Provenance: Inscribed by the author 'Tommy, Davy, Sorley and Felix', the children of Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. 'Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter' (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website); sold by the family.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION, with number line 10 down to 3, publisher's pictorial boards, dust-jacket (spine faded with slight creasing at extremities), 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]Footnotes:A fine copy of the third printing of The Philosopher's Stone, the first to be issued with a dust-jacket.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, publisher's purple-brown ribbed cloth, stamped in blind with border and elaborate floral-leaf design, upper covers with clock stamped in gold, spine elaborately gilt, yellow endpapers, spines faded as usual, corners slightly bumped or rubbed, preserved in single felt-lined green cloth pull-off case with gilt lettered spine [Eckel pp.69-70; Smith I:6], large 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1840-1841Footnotes:UNUSUALLY GOOD COPY OF THE FIRST OF THE TWO BOOK FORM ISSUES, with edges trimmed and yellow endpapers (see Hatton & Cleaver, p.163). This copy is bound without the dedication leaf in volume one - this was printed on the inside the back wrapper in the parts issue, which no doubt explains the occasional variation in the make up of the preliminary leaves.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)[Christmas Books] A Christmas Carol, second edition, with red and blue title-page dated 1843, 'Stave One' and corrected text, Smith's second state, plates hand-coloured (2 repaired), made up copy, soiled and stained, publisher's brown cloth, spine repaired, new endpapers, 1843; The Chimes; A Goblin Story, FIRST EDITION, advertisement leaf for the tenth edition of A Christmas Carol, first state of vignette title-page, recased, 1845, Chapman & Hall; The Cricket on the Hearth, fourteenth edition, frontispiece and vignette title loose, soiled, spine repaired, new endpapers, 1846; The Battle of Life, FIRST EDITION, vignette title-page in fourth state without imprint (Todd's E1), recased, 1846; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, FIRST EDITION, 1848, Bradbury & Evans, together 5 vol., wood-engraved frontispieces, all but the first with additional vignette titles, illustrations, publisher's red (the first brown) cloth with gilt illustration or device on upper cover, gilt-lettered and decorated spines, g.e., spines bumped, a few marks and light stains [Smith II: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9], 8vo (5)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SMALLER PRESSES[GIBBINGS (ROBERT)] Engraved by Robert Gibbings. A Portait of Lady Hester. From Alexander William Kinglake's Eothen, NUMBER 27 OF 5O COPIES, specially bound and with an extra set of the plates on Japanese hand-made paper, these loose as issued in separate portfolio wrappers, quarter morocco, 1987--VOLTAIRE (JEAN-FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DE) Candide, Or Optimism, NUMBER XVIII OF 125 COPIES, 14 plates by Angela Barrett, extra suite of plates loose as issued in separate portfolio wrappers, original quarter vellum, together in solander box, 1996--Messer Pietro Mio. Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, number 8 of 135 copies, signed by the illustrator Richard Shirley-Smith, 1985--DRYDEN (JOHN, translator) Theodore & Honoria. A Translation from Boccaccio, NUMBER 17 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, from an overall edition of 300 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Carol Walkin, quarter morocco, 1985, Marlborough, Libanus Press--JOHNSON (SAMUEL) The Vanity of Human Wishes, number 105 of 200 copies, 8 etched plates by Denis Tegetmeier, 1984--MILTON (JOHN) Areopagitica, limited to 400 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, Deighton Bell, 1973--ELIOT (T.S.) Four Quartets, one of 200 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, 1996, Rampant Lions Press--SIDNEY (PHILIP) The Lad Philisides, one of 225 copies signed by the artist, wood-engraved illustrations by Harry Brockway, original quarter cloth, 1988--WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, one of 150 copies, plates devised by Nicholas McDowall, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, 2002, Old Style Press--WILDE (OSCAR) The Ballad of Reading Gaol, NUMBER XI OF 25 COPIES BOUND IN FULL MOROCCO, from an overall edition of 125 copies, signed by the illustrator and author of the introduction, engraved plates by Peter Forster, green morocco, Reading, Carpathian Press, 1999, the first, third, fifth to eigth mentioned in slipcases, various sizes; and 6 others, published by Libanus (2), Tern, Gresham, Ulysses, and Gruffyground Press (16)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, UNCORRECTED PROOF, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Tommy and Davey (whose mum I know) J.K. Rowling (Fred & George Weasley?)' on the dedication leaf (with printed word 'Dedication' circled and with an arrow pointing towards the inscription below), publisher's blue and white wrappers, some creases and light soiling, 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]Footnotes:FINE ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO 'FRED & GEORGE WEASLEY?' OF THE RARE UNCORRECTED PROOF OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. It was whilst writing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that Rowling receeved a bursary of £8000 from the Scottish Arts Council, supplementing the small advance she had been given by her publisher at a time when the Harry Potter phenomenon was very much in its infancy. The inscription is written on the otherwise blank dedication leaf.It is thought that approximately 300 copies of this proof edition were printed, Errington noting that 'Bloomsbury is unable to provide accurate figures and has merely suggested between 200 and 300 copies'.Provenance: Inscribed by the author 'to Tommy and Davey.... Fred & George Weasley', the two eldest sons of Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. 'Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter' (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website); sold by the family.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COELSON (LANCELOT)The Poor-mans Physician and Chyrurgion Inlarged. Wherein Neer Four Hundred Rare and Choice Receipts for the Cure of All Distempers in the Body of Man... the Second Edition. To Which is Added a Usefull Treatise of Combustions and Burnings All for the Publique Good, lacks ?7 leaves (?blank A1, G2, H8, K7 and all after M4, see footnote), title and opening few leaves frayed at lower fore-corner (just touching imprint and date on title), several gatherings/pages loose, contemporary sheep, worn with loss to spine, covers near detached, small 8vo, A.M. for Simon Miller, 1663Footnotes:AN UNRECORDED EDITION OF A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY VOLUME OF MEDICAL RECIPES - AND THE ONLY APPEARANCE OF A SECOND PART NOT FOUND IN THE FIRST EDITION, with 'derections for purging, rules for opening a viene, bleeding with horse-leeches, and drawing teeth'. First published in 1656, 'containing above three hundred rare and choice receipts', this enlarged edition was issued by the same publisher with 'neer four hundred... receipts'. It includes a dedicatory epistle to Sir Harbottle Grimstone dated 25 March 1662, the author giving his address as 'at the sign of the Royall Oake in Cherry-garden Street in Redriff'. The second part (pp.152-170) is a translation by the author and 'F.C.' of Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus's De Combustionibus, an earlier translation of which, by the surgeon John Steer, had been published in 1642. Our book ends on p.170 (M5), with the words 'Farewell. L.C.', and a large catchword 'A' suggesting that it may lack three or more leaves at the end. We can find no trace of this edition on ESTC, WorldCat, in auction records or in the standard medical bibliographies.Provenance: Mrs Mabel Shelley, letter to her dated 1957 loosely inserted; thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Old Curiosity Shop, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL INK DRAWINGS BY JAMES CAMPBELL, engraved frontispiece, 34 original pen and ink drawings bound in, captioned in ink below, occasional soiling and foxing, one illustration loose, half calf by Webb of Liverpool, gilt panelled spine with red morocco label, covers rubbed, 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1848; together with the original part no. 4 of the same edition (2)Footnotes:'A VERITABLE DICKENS FIND' - Thomas Hatton on the pen and ink drawings in this extra-illustrated copy of The Old Curiosity Shop.A loosely inserted prospectus indicates that Thomas Hatton was intending to publish the illustrations in a limited edition: 'A series of 34 original and hitherto unpublished pen-and-ink Drawings... by James Campbell, of Liverpool (1825-1893). These clever drawings executed in the style of of 'Phiz' (HABLOT K. BROWNE) are contemporary with the issue of the First Cheap Edition, 1848. JAMES CAMPBELL, who possesses more than a provincial reputation, has treated the many subjects in a true Dickensian spirit, and their discovery is a veritable Dickens find... The edition will be strictly limited to 250 copies... the project will not mature until 100 names of subscribers have been received'. The project seemingly did not come to fruition and Hatton sold the volume to Collis on 1 November 1936.Provenance: W. Morris (of Imperial Chambers, Dale Street, Liverpool), fly-leaf with lengthy presentation inscription to 'Robert Bennett Esq/ In testimony of... his appreciation of the peculiar artistic pen and ink illustrations... 1883'; Mary Elizabeth Anderson, presented to her by Bennett with inscription on verso of title ('This unique book illustrated by original etchings... is presented... on her birthday 20 Feby 1892 by her old & attached friend R.B.'); Thomas Hatton.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LEONARDO DA VINCITrattato della pittura di Lionardo da Vinci. Novamente dato in luce, con la vita dell'istesso autore, scritta da Rafaelle du Fresne, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved additional frontispiece incorporating a portrait of Leonardo, engraved plate with portrait of Alberti, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, some spotting and toning, eighteenth century cat's-paw calf, rebacked preserving most of the original gilt-tooled spine, some neat repairs to lower section of sides [Brunet V 1257; Graesse VI 327], folio (380 X 260mm.), Paris, Jacques Langlois, 1651Footnotes:First edition of Leonardo's treatise on painting, compiled from his original notes by his pupil Francesco Melzi. The illustrations of Leonardo's Trattato Della Pittura are the same as those used in the French translation of the treatise published by Langlois in the same year, where they are attributed to Poussin.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SIBSON (THOMAS)Sketches of Expeditions, from the Pickwick Club, 10 etched plates by Sibson without captions, each with letterpress descriptions extracted from Pickwick, some oxidisation at edges of plates, typed label pasted in on title partially obscuring 2 words, and Collis's noted loosely inserted, publisher's light green pictorial wrappers ('Sibson's Racy Sketches of Expeditions...'), frayed at edges, spine and corners of lower cover defective, preserved in paper wrapper (titled in ink by Collis followed by the word 'untouched'), later red cloth chemise and slipcase with gilt-lettered spine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1838--The Pic Nic Papers by Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, first issue of volumes 1 ('publisher young' on p.3 of Introduction and Cox's imprint on verso of title) and 2, second issue of volume 3 (but with a first issue title-page loosely inserted), etched frontispieces and 11 plates by Cruikshank, H.K. Browne ['Phiz'] and R.J. Hammerton, 8pp. publisher's advertisements dated May 1841 at the end of volume 2 and 4pp. at the end of volume 3, slight oxidisation mainly at edges of plates, untrimmed in publisher's pea-green fine-ribbed cloth tooled in blind with design of acanthus leaves, spines lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, some fading at edges and to spines, corners bumped, front hinge of volume 1 split [Eckel 143ff; Sadleir 703], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1841 (4)Footnotes:The pictorial title to Sibson's 'Racy Sketches', one of several rare works illustrated by Sibson, depicts Dickens standing on Mr. Pickwick's head, holding above it a large quill pen.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Battle of Life, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title (in fourth state) and illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and John Leech, some light finger-soiling, publisher's deep red horizontally-ribbed cloth, covers decorated in blind, upper cover gilt-stamped with two cherubs mounted on wasps above a floral spray, spine with a similar gilt design, g.e., lower cover with some minor stain marks [Smith II:8], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1846Footnotes:First edition of the fourth of the Christmas books, presented to a Liverpudlian woman on Christmas Day 1846, six days after publication.Provenance: 'Marion Stuart Mills from Tho. Mills Liverpool 25 Dec. 1846', inscription on half-title; 'From McGoff 10.4.1928', loosely inserted note from Collis.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[DICKENS (CHARLES)]Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by 'Boz', 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, second issue or later state (with grotesque border to last plate and more elaborate binding), half-titles, engraved portrait, 12 etched plates after Cruikshank, 36pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some oxidisation to plates, detailed condition notes by Collis loosely inserted, publisher's purple cloth, covers with blind-stamped corner-pieces and large arabesque, spines elaborately decorated in gilt with clown figures, covers spotted, spines slightly faded [Eckel pp.140-42; Gimbel B64], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1838Footnotes:Provenance: 'From Elly, 28 Feb 1938', note from Collis at foot of loosely inserted sheet of notes.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Bleak House, FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 19/20 PARTS, additional etched title and 39 plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'), advertisements and slips including 'The Village Pastor' in part 15 (missing advertisement leaves in parts 1 and 14 supplied from other copies, see footnote), some parts with contents loose or working loose, most plates with varying degrees of oxidisation, publisher's blue pictorial wrappers after 'Phiz', some edges frayed, several backstrips defective or missing, others with smaller chips, one or two restored, ownership signatures on 3 or 4 front wrappers (including Henry Dwyer, J. Head and J.C. Longstaff), all preserved in Collis's annotated paper wrapper [Eckel pp.79-81; Gimbel A130; Hatton & Cleaver pp.275-304], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, March 1852-September 1853Footnotes:A SECOND SET OF 'BLEAK HOUSE' IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, complete (thanks to some loose insertions) and largely unsophisticated by Collis's standards, his intentions regarding cleaning and restoring left unfulfilled except for part 17, which was 'made up by Morrell 11/4/34', and a few others with small repairs.Contents:Part 1: has 4pp. version of Waterlow. Part 2: without Household Words slip, but supplied loose with duplicates of the 2 plates. Part 3: version 1 of Crochet Cotton slip. Part 5: dark green Household Words slip bound in and correct light green one loosely inserted. Part 7: additional London Weekly ad leaf supplied loose. Part 14: missing pp.15/16 of Advertiser, and all but one advertisement, but all these supplied loose with an additional front wrapper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PINCKARD (GEORGE)Notes on the West Indies: Written During the Expedition Under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby: Including Observations of the Island of Barbadoes, and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops Upon the Coast of Guiana, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title in volumes 1 and 2, contemporary red half morocco, gilt lettered on spine, rubbed, a few small scuff marks, 8vo, Longman, Hurst, 1806--KEATE (GEORGE) An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Parts of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson... Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece, 16 engraved plates, charts and maps (2 folding), errata leaf, nineteenth century half calf gilt, rubbed [Hill 907], 4to (295 x 230mm.), G. Nicol, 1788; and 3 others (7)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, Kinnaird, armorial bookplate; second work, Adam Drummond R.N., Megginch Castle, armorial bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BALLARD (J.G.)Series of sixteen letters, fifteen typed, one autograph, variously signed ('J.G. Ballard', 'James', 'Jim Ballard', 'Jim') to Francisco Porrúa ('Mr Porrua', 'Francisco', 'Paco'), his Spanish-language translator, publisher and friend, a wide-ranging correspondence touching on the English literary scene ('...In England, of course, the social novel still commands the greatest attention, though Burroughs to a certain extent may change this, but in general the climate here is hostile to the more imaginative types of fiction, and in particular to anything associated with symbolism, the French variety especially...'), surrealism ('...apart from Max Ernst... the whole movement is written off as a bad joke... and is pretty well identified with Dali and his worst efforts... If you accept Freud's view that symbols are unconsciously associated with censored images one needs to look no further for an explanation...'), agreeing that the climate is beginning to change ('...Burroughs himself of course has had a galvanic effect on the sluggish nervous system of British letters...'), giving updates and notes on his own work such as The Terminal Beach (Playa Terminale) ('...I would only draw attention perhaps to the sacrificial role of the dead Japanese, a symbol of unbetrayable mankind, like Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin... not in any sense anti-H-Bomb propaganda – far from it, of course... the bomb as a symbol of total possibility, as a force which as completely quantified the universe, both the outer world of reality and the inner world of the psyche, in so far as these have separate identities... what a marvellous title by the way...'), delighted with the Spanish publication of The Drowned World (El Mundo Summergido) and looking forward to reading English translations of Borges and Cortazar, mentioning the publication of Crash ('...surprised everyone by selling out its first edition within three months...'), stories such as The Assassination Weapon ('...I have invented a completely new technique that dispenses altogether with the exhausted conventions of sequential narrative and instead presents a fragmentary and cubist flux of related but quantified events that are more like the lives we actually experience... the Katherine Mansfield short story is at last on the decline... I regard each of these stories as a 'condensed novel'...'), other authors ('...my view of things is much closer to Melville and shares almost nothing in common with Conrad, who it seems to me is often guilty of the pathetic fallacy... Melville on the other hand, stresses the direct equivalence of inner and outer reality... Melville's whale is a clear example...'), sympathising with the difficulties of publishing in Argentina ('...perhaps a volatile political atmosphere and runaway inflation create a panic demand for books and newspapers...'), and an unexpected burst of inspiration ('...some kind of surge forward of the middle-aged imagination...Perhaps it ties in with Freud's notion that a man is only truly free when his father dies – after my own died a few years ago I was waiting hourly for something remarkable to happen...'), throughout speaking fondly of their relationship ('...I feel I have the happiest relationship with Minotauro and yourself and I greatly appreciate the immense amount of care and thought which you have given to my writing...'), 18 pages, dust-staining, spotting and creasing, 4to (255 x 205mm.), Charlton Road, Shepperton, 10 February 1966 to 22 May 1989Footnotes:'YOUR CONTINUING INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE IN ME AS A WRITER HAS BEEN HEARTENING FOR TWENTY YEARS. LONG MAY IT PERSIST!'Written over a period of twenty-two years, the correspondence reveals the close and respectful relationship between author and publisher and is full of Ballard's appreciation for Porrúa's work in bringing his works to a Spanish audience ('...my oldest and longest publisher... I have the highest estimate of your abilities and literary sensibility...'). The series begins in 1966, just two years after the death of Ballard's young wife of pneumonia during a holiday in Spain, a dark time for the author personally but also a time of great creativity. He had already published several collections of short stories by this time and was at the forefront of the so-called 'new wave' of science fiction writers. As our letters show '...He also, on numerous occasions, berated the English literary world in the 1950s as both profoundly parochial and hopelessly resistant to modernism and all forms of innovation. Whether or not this was the case the ascription 'science fiction writer' was certainly one he bridled under as the years went by... Ballard seldom spoke about any literary influences, preferring to cite the surrealists—in particular Paul Delvaux and Dalí—as influencing his creative consciousness...' (Will Self, ODNB). Francisco Porrúa (1922-2014), literary translator and publisher, also known as Paco, founded Ediciones Minotauro in Buenos Aires in 1955, and was one of the leading publishers of science fiction and fantasy in the Spanish language, instrumental for bringing the likes of Ballard, Bradbury and Tolkien to a wider audience. Porrúa moved the business to Spain in 1977, prompting Ballard to write in our letters '...Your white house by the sea in Sitges sounds like a small piece of paradise... it must be an exciting time to be a publisher in Spain... an absolute deluge of politics, economics, social topics and so on banned under Franco...'. His obituary in the Buenos Aires Herald noted 'his undeniable gift as a translator and his keen eye for extraordinary, even if unknown or too daring, literary gems', and whilst at publisher Editorial Sudamericana, he is credited with discovering Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. See also lots in the present sale.Provenance: Francisco Porrúa; thence by descent to his son.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, Smith's's first issue, first state, with title-page dated 1843 printed in red and blue, the text uncorrected, 'Stave I' on p.[1] and yellow endpapers, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, a little light soiling and one or two spots, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt (Todd's first impression, second issue, first state, with 12-13mm. between closest points of blind-stamping and gold wreath on upper cover, and the 'D' of 'Dickens' unbroken), g.e., 3 or 4 small ink spots on covers, corners knocked, head of spine chipped [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II:4; William B. Todd, in The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 12mo (164 x 100mm.), Chapman & Hall, 1843Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF DICKENS'S FIRST AND MOST ENDURING CHRISTMAS BOOK, the first issue with 'Stave I' in the first chapter heading, the text uncorrected, the red and blue title-page dated 1843, and yellow endpapers. Dickens had requested the title be printed in red and green with green endpapers to match, but he was disappointed with the appearance of the green printing. The title was subsequently printed in red and blue, the title-page date changed to 1843 (rather than the gift book convention of using the following year's date), and the green endpapers replaced with yellow ones. However, the sheets continued to be issued in various combinations with no clear priority.With Scrooge as is central character, A Christmas Carol was published on 19 December 1843, at 5s. 'Its popularity was extraordinary and by every post he received letters from complete strangers, telling him about their home and hearths, and how this same 'Carol' was read aloud there, and kept on a little shelf by itself' (Kitton, Minor Writings, p.34). It ran through fourteen editions between 1843 and 1860, with the text comparatively unchanged and printed from the same original setting of type.Provenance: 'From McGoff/ 27.3.1929', loosely inserted note in Collis's hand.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BIBLE, IN HEBREW[BIBLIA HEBRAICA] Quinque libri legis, 12 parts (of 17) bound in 12 vol., comprising: Pentateuch, 5 vol. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy); Samuel; Kings; Isaiah; Jeremiah; 'Duodecim Prophetae'; Deniel & Ezra; Paralipomenon, titles printed in Latin and Hebrew with woodcut printer's device, text in Hebrew, 'Quinque' with opening 2 leaves repaired at blank inner margin, Exodus with lower part of opening 8 leaves torn away and replaced with loss of a few letters, Paralipomenon with some loss of text to final 7 leaves, lacks final blank leaf in Exodus and Isaiah, some ink annotations, later boards with gilt lettering spine label, excepting first volume ('Quinque...') in vellum with different gilt morocco spine label, all edges red [Adams B1224; Renouard, Estienne, 65:1; Schreiber, Estiennes, 82], 16mo, [Paris, Robert Estienne, 1544-1546]Footnotes:'One of the most impressive examples of Hebrew printing of the French Renaissance... seldom found complete' (Schreiber). Second Estienne edition of the Hebrew bible, but the first in small format.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People... New Edition, with a typed letter signed by Thomas Hatton loosely inserted along with notes from Collis, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 38 plates by Cruikshank (these with varying degrees of oxidisation, mostly at edges), publisher's blind-stamped brown/purple vertically-ribbed cloth, rebacked preserving original gilt lettered backstrip (faded), rubbed, corners knocked [Eckel pp.14-15; Gimbel A7; Smith II:2, note 4], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839Footnotes:THE FIRST SINGLE VOLUME OCTAVO EDITION OF THE COMPLETE SKETCHES BY BOZ. In 1837 Chapman and Hall acquired the copyright of both series of Sketches by Boz, issuing them in parts with the Cruikshank plates enlarged and an additional thirteen new illustrations. In May 1839 the complete series was published in this one volume edition, which includes the following first issue points: page 3 is unnumbered; the 'Parish Engine' plate is bound between pages 4 and 5; the 10 plates up to p.120 have no imprint; and the last page has 'reeled before' as one word six lines from the bottom.The letter from Thomas Hatton is dated 6 June 1936, and includes a paragraph on the advertisements not present in Collis's copy of Sketches: 'I do not agree that the earliest issue should have the 4 leaves of advertisements. When they appear, you may be sure it is a later binding of the book'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MEDICI (LORENZO)Poesie volgari nuovamente stampate... ... Col commento del medesimo sopra alcuni de' suoi sonetti, FIRST EDITION, Aldine device on title-page and on final leaf, one woodcut initial, gathering O complete with 8 leaves, 2 thin ink lines on title, occasional light spotting, nineteenth century blue morocco gilt, g.e., covers and spine detached [Adams M1005; Ahmanson-Murphy 473; Gamba 648; Renouard p.162], 8vo, Venice, [in casa de figliuoli di Aldo], 1554Footnotes:RARE COMPLETE COPY OF THE ALDINE MEDICI, WITH THE EIGHT SUPPRESSED LEAVES IN GATHERING O. The majority of copies of this edition have only four leaves in the gathering, following the suppression of five canzoni. The removal of the four leaves was clearly intended to be immediate as the register notes 'tutti sono quaderni, eccetto O che è duerno'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club... Edited by Boz, FIRST EDITION, IN THE 20 ORIGINAL PARTS IN 19, mixed isue, half-title, additional etched title and 42 plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), occasional foxing, publisher's pictorial blue wrappers, some parts with contents loose or inserted, some spines repaired (see footnote), all within additional paper wrappers annotated by Collis, with further loose notes, a letter from Thomas Hatton and some spare oddments, preserved in green cloth solander box with gilt lettered spine [Eckel, Prime Pickwicks in Parts; Hatton & Cleaver pp.3-88; Miller & Strange, A Centenary Bibliography of the Pickwick Papers], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April 1836-November 1837Footnotes:W.H. COLLIS'S 'SECOND SET' OF PICKWICK IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS. All the text, illustrations and wrappers are present in first and early issues and states, part 9 onwards being largely first issues. Except for those in part 1, the plates are all in varying states of the first issue, whilst the text in parts 11-19/20 is first issue, and the remainder later. The wrappers are all dated 1836 except for part 18 (1837, no priority); of these parts 9-19/20 are the first issue as in Hatton & Cleaver, while parts 1 and 6 are later issues with the 'Crusader' advertisement on the inside front wrapper, and parts 2-5 and 7-8 are early issues. 'The Pickwick Advertiser' is present in parts 9-19 (not present in parts 4-8) and parts 8 and 11-19/20 have the rear advertisements where called for. The Addresses are present as called for in parts 10, 15, 17, 18, 19/20, whilst those for parts 2 and 3 are supplied amongst the loose spare parts.The publication history of 'Pickwick' is notoriously complicated. Only about 400 sets of part 1 were issued on the day of publication, from a print-run of 1000, and subsequently only 500 sets of part 2 were printed, explaining its rarity in early form. Both eventually sold out, necessitating reprints of both parts before publication of part 3. The text to parts 1-8 was reprinted many times very quickly, leading to textual variations with older plates having to be re-etched. As the work's popularity increased advertisements were swapped and added - all of which led to a complex series of issue points for text, plates and advertisements, making it impossible for collectors to find a complete original set.As was common practice for Collis and collectors of his generation, the present set was painstakingly assembled, largely deriving from two sets described on Collis's additional wrappers as 'Lot 84' and 'Coumin'. A letter from Hatton and Collis's draft reply (loose in part 12) gives a fascinating glimpse as to how sets of Pickwick were made up and business transacted, Hatton writing 'Can you help me out of a hole? I sold when last in Los Angeles, a copy of Pickwick. It was lacking the No.2 Slip in Part 9, and the Advertiser in Part 12. I gave a solemn undertaking to supply these two missing items within a short time... I want to go out again at the end of January, but I dare not show my face without my having fulfilled my bargain... If you have not got spares, I wondered if you would loan me these two items from your spare set... under a penalty of some fixed sum you like to name'. Collis's draft notes confirm that he could help on one of the two counts: 'I should be pleased to let you have on loan out of my 2nd. set... Part 12 [which] will have to be taken to pieces. If you approve I propose to send this part to Morrell to be dissected, the Advertiser to be forwarded to yourself & the rest retd here. Morrell will debit you with his charges'. Hatton was given a year to send a replacement, which he presumably did as it is present here, presumably having been inserted by Morrell.Notes on individuals partsPart 1: plates later issues; without advertisements; text block loose in 'Crusader issue' wrappers (added to set 1933, spine repaired). Part 2: wrappers without Seymour's name on front, both blank on inside. Part 3: with Buss plates; without advertisements and address; wrappers without Buss's name on front, both blank on inside. Part 4: plates in H & C's 'second state of original plate'; early issue wrappers with 'John Horner' advertisement (as part 8). Part 5: without advertisements; early issue wrappers, blank on inside. Part 6: plates in second corrected state; 'Crusader issue' wrappers (replaced 1933). Part 7: without 'Phrenology Made Easy' slip; second issue wrappers with variant p.3. Part 8: with 4pp. Henekey advert, variant on yellow paper; text block loose in repaired early (not first or second) issue wrappers with insides blank (p.4 'This day is published').Part 9: with single Henekey advert leaf (H & C calls for 2 leaves as in part 8 but ours distinct and appears complete), second leaf only of 4pp. 'Parterre' slip loosely inserted, without the very rare Mann slip; text block loose in repaired wrappers.Part 10: H & C's 'first plate' of 'The Goblin and the Sexton', 'second plate' of 'Christmas Eve at Mr Wardle's' (but an additional 'first plate', with dog and kitten, loosely inserted); Address leaf in second state, without 'Literary Announcement' advertisement, James Fraser one loosely inserted.Part 11: H & C's 'second plates' (but additional 'first plates' of each loosely inserted).Part 12: H & C's 'first plate, second state'; with 22-page Mechi booklet.Part 13: H & C's 'first plate', without the very rare Pigot's advertisement.Part 14: H & C's 'first plate'; contents loose in sections within repaired wrappers.Part 15: H & C's 'first plate'; 'Caledonia Illustrata' 4pp. inset loosely inserted; spine repaired.Part 16: H & C's 'first plate'; loose in sections within repaired wrappers, staining to lower cover.Part 17: H & C's 'first plates' (one oxidised), advertisements present but Amesbury sheets bound out of order.Part 18: H & C's 'second plate' (but additional 'first plate' of 'Mr Bob Sawyer's mode of travelling' supplied loose); 'Advertiser' loose (slightly smaller); wrappers dated 1837. Part 19/20: all 4 plates H & C's 'first plate'.Spare loose first issue oddments, comprising: the plates and text from parts 1-2 (including the four Seymour plates in first state, removed from a volume and foxed); six leaves of text from part 3; eight leaves of text from part 6.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Hard Times. For These Times, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with all 11 of Smith's flaws in uncorrected state, half-title, occasional minor spotting, publisher's first binding of olive green moiré horizontally-ribbed cloth, covers with outer line and inner ornamental blind-stamped borders, gilt-lettered spine with price 5/- and decoration in blind, light yellow endpapers, slightly shaken, faded and stained, spine ends chipped, tear to lower joint [Eckel, p.131; Gimbel A136; Sadleir 689; Smith I:11], Bradbury & Evans, 1854; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, engraved portrait and additional title with vignette, 12 wood-engraved plates, 40pp. of advertisements at end (2pp. of advertisements for the author's other works; 32pp. W.H. Smith & Son catalogue of 'New and Second hand books', dated may 1872; 6pp. of additional advertisements), occasional foxing, publisher's green cloth blocked in blind and gilt (Carter's binding B), light yellow endpapers, worn at edges, 2 ink blots on lower cover [Eckel p.96; Gimbel A155; Smith I:16], Chapman and Hall, 1870, 8vo (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

KEATS (JOHN)Endymion: A Poetic Romance, FIRST EDITION, issue with 'T. Miller, Printer, Noble street, Cheapside' on verso of half-title, with 5 line errata on p.xi, without advertisements, occasional light spotting, crushed brown morocco gilt by Winstanleys (1973) [Hayward 232], 8vo, Taylor and Hessey, 1818Footnotes:'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;/Its loveliness increases...' - First edition of the second of only three books published during Keats' lifetime.Provenance: George Rust, inscribed 'George Rust Esq. from his sincere friend Whittle, Pemb. Coll. Oxon, July 1 1841' on the front free endpaper; George Bernard Rust, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DIXON (GEORGE)A Voyage Round the World; but More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in The King George and Queen Charlotte, FIRST EDITION, half-title, large folding engraved frontispiece chart, 21 engraved charts and plates (some folding, 7 natural history subjects hand-coloured), occasional light off-setting, nineteenth century calf gilt, red morocco spine label, marbled edges, spine worn, abrasions to sides [Forbes 161; Howes D365; Lada-Mocarski 43; Sabin 30264], 4to (295 x 230mm.), George Goulding, 1789Footnotes:First edition of an account of the fur-trading expedition fitted out by the King George's Sound Company, with important results for the exploration and mapping of the American Northwest. The two ships were commanded by Dixon and the American-born Nathaniel Portlock, both veterans of Cook's last voyage. It includes accounts of the Hawaiian islands where they wintered in 1787-1788. The text was edited by Dixon from a series of letters by the Quaker, William Beresford.Provenance: Adam Drummond of Megginch Castle (1821) bookplate; thence by descent.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ['Phiz'], plates all later issues with publisher's imprint, caption and signature, occasional minor spotting and slight creasing, publisher's purplish fine-diaper cloth (primary binding), covers stamped in blind with borders, spine lettered in gilt, edges and spine slightly faded, recased with repairs to free endpapers [Eckel pp.17-78; Hatton & Cleaver pp.1-88; Smith I:3], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1837Footnotes:Provenance: W.E. Forster (1818-1886, industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal Party statesman), presentation inscription to R.B. Fox on front free endpaper. Forster is best remembered for his Education Act of 1870, which established the elements of a primary school system, whilst his staunch advocacy of lethal force against the Land League earned him the nickname 'Buckshot Forster'; 'Bought from McGoff 4 July 1934/ Cleaned & repaired by Morrell 27 Aug 1934', note from Collis loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BOSWELL (JAMES)An Account of Corsica. The Journal of a Tour to that Island, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on title, folding engraved map (old tear), modern calf gilt, Glasgow, Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768; The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, sixth edition, engraved portrait, later half calf, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813; idem, limited to 2000 copies, publisher's quarter morocco, slipcase, New York, Limited Editions Club, 1974; The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., edited by Roger Ingpen, red crushed half morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, t.e.g., George Bayntun, 1925; Private papers from Malahide Castle in the collection of Ralph Heyward Isham, 18 vol. (of 19, lacking volume 4, and with 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'), bookplate of Sir Frederick Richmond, publisher's cloth-backed boards, paper label on spines, volume 4 lacking spine, some fading, Privately Printed, [1928-1934-1936]--James Boswell's Book of Company at Auchinleck 1782-1795. Edited by The Viscountess Eccles [Mary Hyde] and Gordon Turnbull, publisher's cloth, Roxburghe Club, 1995--POTTLE (FREDERICK A.) Boswell and the Girl from Botany Bay, limited to 500 copies, publisher's cloth-backed boards, slipcase, New York, Viking Press, 1917, various sizes; and approximately 45 others by or about James Boswell (c.70)Footnotes:Provenance: The Library of the late A.J. Karter.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE)More Hints on Etiquette, for the Use of Society at Large, and Young Gentlemen in Particular... with Cuts, by George Cruikshank, FIRST EDITION, half-title, advertisement leaf at front and end, without the additional slip advertisement, wood-engraved illustrations, ownership signature of Joseph [?]Briggs on front free endpaper, publisher's variant pictorial green limp cloth gilt [Cohn 234: Gimbel H329]; idem, third edition, with half-title, advertisement leaves and 4pp. slip advertisement, publisher's blue cloth as above, small 8vo, Charles Tilt, 1838 (2)Footnotes:Fine copies of this parody of Charles W. Day's Hints on Etiquette and the Usages of Society, 1836, being the earliest of some minor works wrongly attributed to Dickens.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, publisher's imprint page with the number sequence from 10 to 1, and author cited as 'Joanne Rowling', p.53 with the duplication of '1 wand' on the equipment list, misspelling 'Philospher's' on lower cover, light toning to paper (as usual), publisher's pictorial boards, extremities of spine slightly bumped, fore-corners slightly rubbed (one slightly more so), 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:A FINE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST HARRY POTTER NOVEL, AND THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, published in an edition of approximately 500 copies.Provenance: Acquired by the owner in the west of England in 1997, and long kept in the attic after a house move. Recently rediscovered, and since then stored in a saucepan for safety.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CHURCHILL (WINSTON)Shall We Commit Suicide?, 2 copies, first separate edition, second issue, 12pp., title within double rule border and with small device in centre, stapled as issued in integral wrappers, one copy slightly browned, the other slightly dampstained, [Cohen A74.2; Woods A33], 205 x 90mm., Reprinted from Nash's Pall Mall Magazine of September 24, 1924 [1924]; An Address by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill... December 26th 1941, one of 1,000 copies, original red cloth, paperclip stain to front cover [Cohen A163.7; Woods A84(c)], Stamford CT, Overbrook Press, 1942; A Speech... in the House of Commons August 20th, 1940, 19pp., on unwatermarked paper, publisher's light blue wrappers, spotted [cf. Cohen A131.1; Woods A60(a)], Baynard Press, 1940; The Message of President Roosevelt to Congress... January 6, 1942. The Address of... Churchill to the Joint Session of Congress... December 26, 1941, 2 parts in 1 vol., integral wrappers, browned [Cohen A165/1], 4to, New York, Macmillan, [1942]; Ceremonial to be Observed at the Funeral of the Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill... 30th January 1965, small folio; The Order of Service for the Funeral... at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in the City of London, 8vo, stapled in matching original printed wrappers with wide purple blocked border, HMSO, 1965 (7)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)[Christmas Books] A Christmas Carol, eleventh edition, plates hand-coloured, spine repaired ('Morrell, Dec 1937'), 1845; The Chimes; A Goblin Story, sixth edition, recased, 1845, Chapman & Hall; The Cricket on the Hearth, FIRST EDITION, second state of advertisement leaf, spine repaired and new endpapers, 1846; The Battle of Life, FIRST EDITION, vignette title-page in fourth state without imprint (Todd's E1), spine ends fraying, front hinge split, 1846; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, FIRST EDITION, 1848, Bradbury & Evans, together 5 vol., wood-engraved frontispieces, all but the first with additional vignette titles, illustrations, publisher's red cloth with gilt illustration or device on upper cover, gilt-lettered and decorated spines, g.e., spines bumped, 2 darkened [Smith II: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9], 8vo (5)Footnotes:Provenance: A Christmas Carol, Thomas Hatton, Collis's purchase note dated 11 November 1937; The Cricket on the Hearth, 'Miss Mattthews', signature on verso of frontispiece; The Battle of Life, 'Cost 15/6 1/11/30 Holland', Collis's pencil note; The Haunted Man, 'For the Kestrel from the old Hawk. Jan 3 1849', inscription on front free endpaper; '4.11.1930... From Holland Bros, B'ham', Collis's purchase note.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, Smith's second issue, with the 1843 title-page printed in red and blue, the text largely uncorrected, 'Stave One' on p.[1] and yellow endpapers, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt (Todd's first impression, first issue, with 14-15mm. between closest points of blindstamping and gold wreath on upper cover, and the 'D' of 'Dickens' unbroken), yellow endpapers, g.e., one or two very minor marks, spine ends slightly bumped [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II:4; William B. Todd, in The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 12mo (162 x 100mm.), Chapman & Hall, 1843Footnotes:VERY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL', considered by Todd to be the first impression, first issue due to the binding, but traditionally described as the second issue, with 'Stave One', the text uncorrected, red and blue title-page dated 1843, and yellow endpapers. 'Dickens' changes of mind [regarding the production] led to a period in December of 1843 when there were on hand at the printers and the binders different endpapers, title-pages, half-titles and text pages already printed, though not yet cased--a situation that led to copies going out with mixed features' (Lee Biondi, Firsts, September 1997, p. 30).Provenance: Lorraine Wilson, pencil signature on front free endpaper; Thomas Thorp, 6 July 1935, note in Collis's hand loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby... Edited by 'Boz', FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 19/20 PARTS, mixed issue, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece by Daniel Maclise, 39 etched plates by 'Phiz', most with varying degrees of foxing, some soiling throughout, publisher's blue-green pictorial wrappers, some spines restored, 11 parts with cellophane outer wrapper crudely attached with tape, preserved in red cloth folding box with gilt lettered spine [Eckel pp.64-66; Gimbel A40; Hatton & Cleaver pp.129-160], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April 1838–October 1839Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF 'NICHOLAS NICKLEBY' IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. This set has the following issue points: part 4 with 'visiter' on p.123, line 17 (first state); part 5 with 'letter' on p.160, 6 lines up (second state); the first 4 plates in parts 1 & 2 with publisher's imprints; part 8 plate 16 from third steel ('in' omitted); part 12 plate 23 with 'Mr' present; and part 15 plate 29 in second impression. The 'Nickleby Advertiser' front catalogues are present, as are all the back advertisements including the scarce folding 'Amesbury's Supports' one in part 3. Part 11 is without the small slip on yellow paper (described as 'non-essential' by Hatton & Cleaver) whilst the advertisement in part 19/20 for 'Hill's Seal Wafer' is present but lacks the attached wafers, as often.'Dickens was a busy twenty-five year old in 1837. While the final number of Pickwick was quickly being bought up from the bookseller's stalls, and Oliver Twist was highlighting the pages of Bentley's Miscellany, the young novelist signed a contract in November with Chapman and Hall to produce a manuscript for another serial tale beginning the following March. The new work was published in the same manner and form as Pickwick, but Dickens received ten times the amount per number—a healthy £150—as he received for his first novel. The first number, which appeared in April 1838, sold over 48,000 copies.... Nicholas Nickleby clearly shows Dickens's maturing power.... With the good-natured yet temperamental Nickleby providing the story's dramatic center, Dickens learned how to weave parallel plots into a unified structure, completing his transition from journalist to novelist' (Grolier, Essential Parts p.14.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BOECKLER (GEORG ANDREAS)Theatrum machinarum novum, exhibens aquarias, alatas, iumentarias, manuarias, pedibus ac ponderibus versatiles, plures, et diversas molas... Ex Germania in Latium recens translatum opera R.D. Henrici Schmitz, additional engraved title by Sommer retaining imprint of Paul Fürst of Nuremberg, and 154 plates after Boeckler, lacking printed title, the following 2 leaves slightly creased and frayed, some mostly marginal dampstaining and foxing to text, some plates with marginal foxing, nos. 31 and 32 repaired affecting image, contemporary mottled calf, gilt panelled spine, edges worn, upper joint cracked, folio (330 x 208mm.), [Cologne, Paul Principis, 1662]Footnotes:First Latin edition of this finely illustrated work by the German architect and engineer Boeckler, following the Nuremberg printing of the year before. The plates illustrate the construction of gigantic mill wheels and various sytems of hydraulic machinery to be operated not only by water or wind, but by weights, horse power or human energy. Provenance: De Prony and Mme. de Corancez, ink stamps at foot of additional title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Mr. Nightingale's Diary: a Farce. In One Act, first American edition, advertisements on endpapers, publisher's red cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt [Eckel p.164; Gimbel B215], 16mo, James R. Osgood and Company, 1877--[Reading Editions:] A Christmas Carol, Bradbury & Evans, 1860; The Chimes, Chaman & Hall, n.d.; The Story of Little Dombey, Bradbury & Evans, 1858; idem, another edition, 2 copies, Chapman & Hall, n.d.; The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp, 2 copies, [Dickens & Evans for] Chapman & Hall, n.d., together 7 vol., publisher's printed wrappers, 2 of the Dombeys soiled and with spines chipped, 12mo; David Copperfield. A Reading, in Five Chapters, reprint of 1866 edition, portrait, publisher's half calf with gilt panelled spine, Henry Sotheran, 1921--On the Origin of Sam Weller and the Real Cause of the Success of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club... with a facsimile reprint of the Beauties of Pickwick... Embellished with a choice etching of Mr. Samuel Weller composing his love letter, by F. W. Pailthorpe, etched frontispiece, title printed in red and black, publisher's printed wrappers, J.W. Jarvis, 1883--OSBORNE (E. ALLEN) The Facts About a Christmas Carol, publisher's red cloth, Bradley Press, 1937, 8vo (11)Footnotes:A group of theatrical, reading and bibliographical editions including Mr. Nightingale's Diary, a farce first performed in 1851 and privately printed for Dickens. It is known in only a few copies worldwide, making this the first obtainable edition.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Dombey and Son, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, early issue, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 38 plates by H.K. Browne ['Phiz'], 2-line errata leaf after list of plates, foxing to most plates and occasionally text, publisher's green cloth, variant binding with blind-stamped borders on sides and arabesque-style pattern on spine, cloth at lower joint split and fraying, spine faded [Gimbel A103; Smith II:8], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1848Footnotes:Early issue of the first edition in book form, in a variant green cloth binding. This copy has the following issue points: 2-line errata slip; the frontispiece and plate at p.238 with Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm; 'Delight' for 'Joy' in 3 lines on p.284; 'Capatin' on p.324, last line; 'if' nor printed on p.426, line 9; p.431 with page number printed.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ASHENDENE PRESSBERNERS (JULIANA) A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the printer C.H. St. John Hornby to J.G. Metcalf, one of 150 copies on paper, from a overall edition limited to 175, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations copied from the original edition printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496, first initial printed in red, publisher's limp vellum [Hornby 16], 8vo, Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1903Footnotes:Provenance: J.G. Metcalf, gift inscription from Hornby, Christmas 1908; Helmut N. Friedlaender, book label; his sale, Christie's New York, 24 April 2001, lot 249; with Sophie Schneideman Rare Books.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Dombey and Son, FIRST EDITION IN THE 19/20 ORIGINAL PARTS, early issue of part 11 ('Capatin' for 'Captain' on p.324, final line), both early and late issue points in part 14 ('431' present on p.431 but 'if' omitted on p.426, line 9), earlier state of errata page (2-line), 40 engraved or lithographic plates by 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne), all advertisements and slips called for by Hatton and Cleaver except for 2pp. of the Advertiser in part 2 and a few others in parts 2-3 which are supplied loose, early issue of the Advertiser in part 13 ('October, 1847' unbroken on p.1, first line), some plates heavily oxidised, others just at edges, publisher's printed blue-green pictorial wrappers, a few parts cleaned and restored by Morell but most with wrappers detached, defective backstrips and contents sometimes loose, many parts in Collis's annotated paper wrappers [Eckel pp.74-76; Gimbel A102; Hatton & Cleaver pp.227-250], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, October 1846-April 1848This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CHURCHILL (WINSTON)[Wartime Speeches], 7 vol., PRESENTATION COPIES, THE FIRST VOLUME INSCRIBED 'To T.E.R. Harris fom Winston Churchill 1946' on fly-leaf, the remaining six INITIALLED BY CHURCHILL on fly-leaf, comprising: Into Battle, eleventh edition, 1945; The Unrelenting Struggle, third edition, 1943; The End of the Beginning, third edition, 1946; Onwards to Victory, FIRST EDITION, 1944; The Dawn of Liberation, FIRST EDITION, 1945; Victory, FIRST EDITION, 1946; Secret Session Speeches, FIRST EDITION, 1946, half-titles, frontispieces and plates as called for, some light browning and occasional foxing, uniformly bound in full dark blue crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (signed on turn-in), gilt panelled spines with raised bands, g.e., 8vo, Cassell & Company, 1943-1946Footnotes:FINE PRESENTATION SET OF THE COMPLETE SECOND WORLD WAR SPEECHES.Provenance: T.E.R. Harris; and thence by descent to the present owner (see lot 142).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Sketches by 'Boz,' Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People... Illustrations by George Cruikshank, 2 vol., 1836; ...The Second Series. Complete in One Volume, 1837, together 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUES, THOMAS HATTON'S COPIES, with his loosely inserted typed note signed, [first series:] 2 etched frontispieces and 14 plates, publisher's dark green textured cloth with embossed seaweed pattern, spines gilt lettered within ornate shield-shaped design, orange-coated endpapers, corners worn, spines bumped, front inner hinges cracked, [second series:] half-title, etched frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 8 plates, 20pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at end, publisher's rose sand-grain cloth, spine with gilt lettering and decoration on black background, blue patterned endpapers, spine and edges faded, lower joint cracked, wear to foot of spine, all 3 volumes with occasional light soiling to text and light dampstaining to plates, untrimmed, some staining to covers, preserved in 2 felt-lined red cloth matching slipcases [Eckel pp.11-13; Gimbel A1 & A4; Sadleir 609 & 700; Smith I:1 & 2], 12mo (200 x 125mm.; 197 x 120mm.), John Macrone, 1836-1837Footnotes:THOMAS HATTON'S COPIES OF THE COMPLETE 'SKETCHES BY 'BOZ'', DICKENS'S FIRST BOOK.First series: Hatton writes of the binding that the present copy 'is one of only three ever seen by [the] writer possessing this particular kind of green cloth binding, and the peculiar orange-coloured end-papers. There is however no question of its pureness and genuineness as having been originally bound in this manner, and as such it may be considered a more desirable copy than in its more usually accepted state'. These two volumes have all the flaws called for by Smith except for three in volume 1 (at p.[107], p.174, and plate at p.329). Second series: the Contents leaf loosely inserted is the first state, with no list of illustrations, whilst that bound in is in the second state, with a list of illustrations on verso (omitting 'Mr Minns and His Cousin' at p.263). The 19-page catalogue at the end, dated December 1836, is as described by Smith. The binding by Remnant & Edmunds has the rarer blue and white patterned endpapers as opposed to the usual pale yellow ones.Provenance: Thomas Hatton, loosely inserted typed note, bookplates in first two volumes, William Henry Collis; and thence by descent to the present owners. ______________________LOTS 67-138: THE CHARLES DICKENS COLLECTION OF WILLIAM HENRY COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL (1865-1944)'W.H. Collis (aka Harry), was born in 1865 in Stourbridge, Worcs., the eldest of 8 brothers. His father William Blow Collis was a Mining Engineer and Coal Master (employing 200 men) and his grandfather of the same name, a renowned local solicitor and JP. 'Collis Street' is to be found near the centre of Stourbridge, and more recently 'The Collis Play Area' designated to their memory.WHC studied electrical sciences at Kings College in London, a subject at that time at the very frontiers of science and technology, and went on to work for the fledgling electricity company supplying electricity to Liverpool where he was also a lecturer at the university.As a life-long bachelor, he devoted himself to his role as the senior member of the family, but his two loves were his interest in his family genealogy, and his amazing interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens, on which he spent so much of his time.He amassed a large collection, and had wide correspondence with fellow Dickens aficionados for over 30 years of his life, becoming a recognised authority on the subject. Much of his correspondence has been kept. He was a meticulous adherer and recorder of detail as is evident in his notes relating to the books. Even with all his correspondence, he nearly always noted down on the letter the date of receipt of the letter as well as of his always prompt reply! In many cases he kept his edited drafts of these replies.' (Information provided by the family).The collection, sold on behalf of the descendants of Collis, provides a fascinating insight into the circle of 1930s Dickens collectors, dealers and bibliographers who, following in the footsteps of John F. Dexter, shared knowledge and collations, often buying and selling parts and spares to make up sets. WHC's most frequent correspondent was Thomas Hatton, who acknowledged Collis first and foremost in the bibliography he compiled with Arthur Cleaver ('The authors are indebted to many collectors and friends for information and assistance; particularly Mr. W.H. Collis, of Liverpool, and Dr. Hablot Browne, of Hoylake'). Many of the lots contain related letters from Hatton, some the draft replies, and the vast majority include WHC's detailed collation and provenance notes. They also reference the extraordinary amount of work done by the binder Morrell in repairing, cleaning and making up parts. Most of the books are still preserved in their 1930s brown paper parcels tied with string, and many of the individual parts and books are in a paper wrapper supplied by Collis with his edition notes.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, second printing, dust-jacket (some fading to spine, extremities rubbed), [1999]; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, FIRST EDITION, some spotting mostly at edges, upper joint split, dust-jacket (creased, small loss to one corner), [2000]; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket (spine faded, slightly frayed at edges), [2005], EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (the first 2 mentioned on the dedication leaf, the third on the title-page), publisher's pictorial boards, 8vo, Bloomsbury (3)Footnotes:Provenance: Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. 'Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter' (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website); sold by the family.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ASHENDENE PRESSHORATIUS FLACCUS (QUINTUS) Carmina Alcaica; Carmina Sapphica, each one of 150 copies on Japanese paper, from an overall edition limited to 175, initial letters in gold, red and blue by Graily Hewitt, uniform red crushed morocco gilt, covers with central arabesque, the first near-contemporary by Zaehnsdorf, the second recent by Sangorski to match, together in slipcase [Hornby 15, 17], 8vo, Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1903 (2)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, very small circular inkstamp of 'E.K.' on flyleaf, trace of a bookplate removed, and a few booksellers' pencil annotations.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, eleventh edition, FIRST BRADBURY & EVANS ISSUE, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., spine bumped, with a letter from Thomas Thorp loosely inserted [Smith II:4], 12mo, Bradbury & Evans, 1846Footnotes:A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST BRADBURY & EVANS ISSUE, which resulted from the author's temporary dissatisfaction with Chapman & Hall.The Christmas Day inscription on the half-title is intriguing, reading as it does 'J.G. Gardiner from M.B./ Decb. 25th 1843'. In reply to Collis's enquiry on the subject, Thomas Thorp writes: 'I cannot account for the date of the inscription... The book was no doubt issued during Dec. 1845 & dated 1846. I came to the conclusion that the date 1843 was a slip of the pen. Such mistakes frequently occur. The half-title has certainly not been inserted from another copy'.Provenance: J.G. Gardner, presentation inscription from 'M.B.' on half-title dated 1843; Thomas Thorp, purchased by Collis for £25 on 9 September 1937, note on printed catalogue description loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, FIRST EDITION, IN THE 20 ORIGINAL PARTS IN 19, half-title, additional etched title and 42 plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), a few plates with a little light foxing, publisher's pictorial blue wrappers, one or two parts soiled, many spines expertly restored (along with some covers, predominantly of the earlier parts, mostly at edges), each part preserved in Collis's annotated paper wrapper, preserved in maroon cloth solander box with gilt lettered spine, worn at joints [Eckel, Prime Pickwicks in Parts; Hatton & Cleaver pp.3-88; Miller & Strange, A Centenary Bibliography of the Pickwick Papers], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, April 1836-November 1837Footnotes:A NEAR-PRIME SET OF 'PICKWICK' IN ORIGINAL PARTS, CAREFULLY ASSEMBLED IN THE 1930S BY THE LIVERPOOL COLLECTOR W.H. COLLIS. The set is probably as complete as any that has appeared at auction, and surpassed only by the likes of the Dexter copy in the British Library, with nearly all text and plates in first issue or state, all but one of the advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver, and with one rare variant advertisement not recorded elsewhere.The letterpress is virtually perfect with all points listed in Hatton & Cleaver except part 8, p.233, line 8, where there are no quad marks in 'I ever'. The addresses are as called for in parts 2, 3, 10, 15, 17, 18, 19/20.The plates are all without captions (parts 1-11 have only page numbers), and all in the first state recorded by Hatton & Cleaver. The two plates by Buss are present in part 3; and the two plates in part 6 are in the FIRST STATE, with page numbers interchanged ('THE RAREST ITEMS IN THE WHOLE REALM OF 'PICKWICK''--Hatton & Cleaver). All the advertisements, 'Pickwick Advertisers', slips and addresses listed by Hatton & Cleaver are present, with the exception of the 'Phrenology Made Easy' slip in part 7, and the very rare 'George Mann' leaflet which Hatton & Cleaver say 'cannot be accepted as a definite unit in the construction of Part 9', having been found pasted into the Dexter copy. The wrappers are all dated 1836 and first issues except for part 2 (see below). The inner wrappers on parts 1 and 3 are blank, and the front wrappers of parts 1-3 have a bracket following the part number, reading respectively: 'With four illustrations/ by Seymour', 'With illustrations/ by Seymour' and 'With illustrations by R.W. Buss'. Parts 16 to 19/20 have the imprint of 'Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars' added at foot.In terms of completeness, issue and rarity, W.H. Collis's 'best set' would certainly have found a place in Eckel's 1936 Prime Pickwick in Parts, surpassing for example the McCutcheon-Suzannet copy in all those aspects, and meeting and in one case exceeding all the following criteria demanded by his contemporary bibliographers and collectors: (i) For Eckel it was essential that 'the three insets essential to the perfect 'Pickwick' were present, namely the Chapman and Hall catalogues in parts 1 and 3 and especially the four-page 'Pigot's Views in the Isle of Wight' in part 13 ('almost an unknown quantity'). Hatton & Cleaver list the five copies known at the time, of which 'the fifth [our copy] is owned by a Liverpool collector'.(ii) Dexter viewed the two mis-paginated plates in part 6 as 'the greatest rarity known to me', a sentiment echoed by Hatton & Cleaver who called them 'the rarest items in the whole realm of 'Pickwick''. (iii) Hatton & Cleaver refer to a very rare textual issue point in part 9, where p.261 is signed N2 instead of X2: 'This 'point' is an extremely rare one and has not been previously recorded. Only twice has it come under writer's [sic] notice'.(iv) Amongst the advertisements of Collis's set appears something of perhaps even greater rarity, deemed by him to be 'the only known copy'. Titled 'Adventures of an Oil Bottle', it appears in part 6, being one of four variants listed by Hatton & Cleaver. Narrative adverts on four pages for either Rowland's 'Kalydor' or 'Genuine Macassar Oil', they represent the first paid advertisements to appear in Pickwick. Hatton & Cleaver state that they are indicative of the earliest issue of Pickwick, ours being listed as 'No. 1c', an entry presumably based on Collis's set. Collis's copy of a note from Thomas Hatton written in June 1933 is included: 'I quite agree that 'Adventures of an Oil Bottle' is earlier than 'Autobiography' [the version found in Dexter's and other copies]... it was the earliest printed and soon superseded by 'Autobiography', with slight textual differences'. For good measure a copy of one of the other variants ('The Toilet', H & C's no. 1) is supplied loose along with a spare of the rear wrapper.Notes on individual parts:Part 1: the 4 plates all H & C's 'first state of first Seymour plate'; with 8pp. Chapman & Hall catalogue.Part 2: 'The Dying Clown' in Miller & Strange's second state, after the signature, 'Mr Pickwick in Chase of His Hat' in [?]second state, 'The Refractory Steed' in first state; early issue wrappers, front wrapper reading 'With Illustrations/ By Seymour' (according to Collis 'even more elusive' than the variant with the word 'Four', a loose copy of which is also supplied), inner and both rear wrappers as H & C's part 4 wrappers.Part 3: with the 2 Buss plates in Miller & Strange's first state; Chapman and Hall 4pp. slip at front, and rare variant 4pp. 'Adventures of an Oil Bottle' at rear ('The Toilet' variant supplied loose).Part 4: both plates H & C's 'first state of original plate' (Collis states 'hitherto unrecorded').Part 5: plates in Miller & Strange's first state.Part 6: plates in the rare mis-paginated state.Part 7: plates in first state.Part 8: p.233, line 8 without quad marks after 'I'; wrappers with original setting as per H & C, 'cleaned by Morrell April 1933. Wrapper IV altered to VIII March 1937... by Morrell'.Part 9: p.261 mis-signed N2 instead of X2.Part 10: H & C's 'first plate'; Advertiser with second state of p.10 (with 'The Poetic Wreath'); Address in second setting (with dash).Part 11: H & C's 'first plate'.Part 12: H & C's 'first plate, first state'; 'as received by WHC was untouched. Cleaned etc all through by Morell Aug 1935.. but nothing added or exchanged... Ex Hatton'.Part 13: H & C's 'first plate'; with the rare Pigot advertisement at front.Part 14: H & C's 'first plate'.Part 15: H & C's 'first plate'; Address bound before plates and with variant headed '186 Stran D,June 30, 1837' supplied loose; the Royal Beulah Spa advert on green paper; 'Remade up Nov:1932 by Riviere'.Part 16: H & C's 'first plate'.Part 17: H & C's 'first plate'; last leaf of Walter Scott advert slightly cut down.Part 18: H & C's 'first plate'; Tea advert the issue with prices in small type (last line shaved, a copy of the other issue supplied loose); wrappers dated 1837.Part 19/20: H & C's 'first plate'; earlier printing of Advertiser with '1388' for '1838' on p.7.Provenance: Part 1, 'FSR Villiers 1836' and part 5, 'With the publisher's compts', inscriptions on front wrappers; part 12, Thomas Hatton; remainder mostly noted by Collis as being from 'lot 84' or 'Coumin'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CHURCHILL (WINSTON)The Sinews of Peace. Post-war Speeches, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED on front free endpaper 'From Winston S. Churchill to T.E.R. Harris Christmas 1948', publisher's cloth, dust-jacket, 1948; The Second World War, 6 vol., with a typed envelope addressed to Harris containing a calling card signed by Clementine Churchill ('My husband & I hope you will soon be better'), 3 telegrams from Churchill to Harris and 2 facsimile Churchill notes, plates and maps, publisher's cloth, dust-jackets (spines slightly frayed, one chipped), 1948-1954, 8vo, Cassell (7)Footnotes:Provenance: T.E.R. Harris; and thence by descent to the present owner (see lot 142).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ROBERT GIBBINGSMILTON (JOHN) Paradise Lost. A Poem... the Text of the First Edition Prepared for Press by J. Isaacs, number 155 of 196 copies on paper, from an overall edition limited to 200, wood-engraved title-page printed in red and black by Robert Gibbings, 30 wood-engraved illustrations by Mary Groom, untrimmed in original black half pigskin by Zaehnsdorf with marbled paper sides by Sydney Cockerell, spine gilt, t.e.g., original boards, slipcase (worn), folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LAWRENCE (T.E.) - CLOUDS HILL LIBRARYCELLINI (BENVENUTO) The Life... Translated by John Addington Symonds, 2 vol. bound in 1, decorations by Charles Ricketts, occasional spotting, full purple morocco gilt by C. & C. McLeish (gilt signature inside lower cover), sides with 6-line border with leaf pattern corner-pieces, spine tooled in six compartments within raised bands with a distinctive design of interlocking circles and leaf patterns in corners, t.e.g., others untrimmed, upper joint and spine ends neatly repaired, small folio, Ballantyne Press, sold by Hacon and Ricketts, 1900Footnotes:A BOOK FROM T.E. LAWRENCE'S LIBRARY AT CLOUDS HILL, signed by Lawrence with his initials ('T.E.L.'). A complete listing of the books held in the library on Lawrence's death was made. This list is reprinted in T.E. Lawrence by His Friends (1937), noting set correctly as bound in one volume, initialled by Lawrence, the correct dimensions (11.5 inches) and that the binder was McLeish. Charles McLeish worked for Riviere, then the Doves Bindery before establishing his own business with his son, Charles Jr. in 1909. When Lawrence was deciding on the different binders to use for the first edition of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom it was to McLeish that he sent more copies of the loose sheets than any other single binder. It is perhaps not too far-fetched to think that Lawrence's admiration for the binding on his copy of Cellini's Life influenced this decision.With grateful thanks to Richard Knowles, of Rickaro Books, for his input in cataloguing this item. Richard is in possession of a photograph of the interior of Clouds Hill taken shortly after Lawrence's death, showing our copy of Cellini on the book shelves.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RENDELL (RUTH)From Doon with Death, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper, publisher's green cloth, dust-jacket (unclipped and with author portrait on lower inside flap), small losses including one letter of imprint on spine, 3 areas at lower/upper margin of upper cover, and one corner of lower cover, 8vo, John Long, [1964]Footnotes:A SIGNED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, which featured Inspector Wexford.Provenance: Patrick Lay, a financial journalist who in 1964 was working with Don Rendell, Ruth's husand, at the Daily Herald. They became close friends, 'so much so that Don confided in Patrick when Ruth was negotiating her first publishing deal and had a celebratory drink together when it was signed... Don invited Patrick [and his family]... to call in for coffee one Sunday, and Ruth signed this copy on her dining table'. A signed note of provenance from the vendor is included with the lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[DICKENS (CHARLES)]CROWQUILL (ALFRED, pseud of ALFRED HENRY FORRESTER) Pictures Picked from the Pickwick Papers [titled on wrappers], IN 10 ORIGINAL PARTS, 40 lithographed plates after Crowquill (some printed recto and verso, varying degrees of oxidisation at edges, a few with spotting to images), loose in publisher's buff pictorial wrappers (parts 1, 6, 9 & 10 with hinge repaired, part 2 wrappers separated and with bottom section cut away affecting imprint, part 5 wrappers separated and adhered to first and last plate), preserved in paper folders along with duplicate sets of the plates from parts 3 & 4, 'cleaned by Morell', [Gimbel H1077], 8vo, Ackermann & Co., 1 May-9 November 1837 (12)Footnotes:RARE FIRST EDITION IN BI-MONTHLY PARTS OF CROWQUILL'S ILLUSTRATIONS. These lithographs, with nearly 200 figures represented on the 40 sheets, were offered as extra illustrations to the monthly issues of Pickwick, each part accompanying two parts of the novel. They are generally found bound into copies of the book, but are rare in parts, especially in uncoloured state.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'to Davey and Tommy - great to meet you at last! J.K. Rowling' on the dedication leaf, with the number sequence from 10 to 1, light dampstain in lower margin of opening and final few leaves, usual paper toning, publisher's pictorial wrappers (with misspelling 'Philospher' on lower wrapper), some creases and abrasions, laminate lifting in places with a few losses, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY of the first paperback edition of the first Harry Potter title, issued on the same day as the first hardback edition.Provenance: Inscribed by the author 'to Davey and Tommy', the two eldest sons of Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. 'Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter' (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website). The bursary was actually given to Rowling whilst she was in the midst of writing The Chamber of Secrets; sold by the family.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Sketches by 'Boz'. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People... New Edition, IN THE ORIGINAL 20 MONTHLY PARTS, additional etched title and 39 plates by Cruikshank, with publisher's imprint from part 7 onwards, p.18 with '8' set lower, p.50 with '0' set higher, 'p.83' level and clear, 'p.515' correct, p.526 with 'reeledbefore', advertisement leaves as called for by Hatton & Cleaver comprising those in part 1 (8pp.), part 2 (8pp. including Address), part 3 (4pp., 8pp., 18-page Mechi Catalogue with wrappers), part 5 (4pp. 'Proclamation'), part 9 (4pp.), publisher's pink pictorial wrappers, some soiling, 8 of the parts noted by Collis as 'untouched' (3 with backstrips chipped), others restored by Riviere or Morrell (3 wrappers substituted, see condition report for further details), each part preserved in Collis's annotated paper wrapper, together with loosely inserted letterpress from part 2, a single uncut sheet with the 2 plates from part 3, and letters from Thomas Hatton and Thomas Thorp, housed in brown and green half morocco top-opening slipcase, with gilt panelled spine and laid on manuscript title label [Eckel p.15; Gimbel A6; Hatton & Cleaver p.89-128], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, November 1837-June 1839Footnotes:W.H. COLLIS'S 'BEST SET' OF 'SKETCHES BY BOZ' IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS. One of the rarest of Dickens's works to appear in parts, the present set is complete with all the advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver, and the usual thirteen additional plates supplied to supplement the twenty-seven etchings which appeared in the earlier book form issue.The Sketches had first been published in different periodicals and newspapers, and some were then gathered into book form in two series published 1836 and 1837 (see preceding lots). The copyright was purchased outright by Chapman and Hall who issued the work in monthly parts to meet the form's growing popularity, and to coincide with appearance of the final part of Pickwick Papers. The change from Pickwick's standard green wrappers to light pink was not popular at the time, resulting in fewer advertisements being supplied.In the letter from Thomas Thorp, dated 10 December 1931, the bookseller is amongst other things offering Collis an incomplete set of 'Boz' ('I can let you have Sketches by Boz, as catalogued, for £165, or will give you a good price for the two missing parts'); the offer was evidently not taken up since Collis's notes show that most of the parts were bought on two separate occasions in 1934, and one in 1928, the earliest date we have found recording a purchase by Collis.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Hard Times. For These Times, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, publisher's first binding of olive green moiré horizontally-ribbed cloth, covers with outer line and inner ornamental blind-stamped borders, gilt-lettered spine with price 5/- and decoration in blind, light yellow endpapers, covers spotted, spine bumped and with wear affecting part of title lettering [Eckel, p.131; Gimbel A136; Sadleir 689; Smith I:11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854Footnotes:Along with Great Expectations, this was the only first edition of a Dickens novel to be issued without illustrations. This internally clean copy has nine of Smith's eleven flaws in uncorrected state, and only those on pp.122 and 231 in corrected state.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Tale of Two Cities, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, bound from the original parts with p.213 in part 7/8 mispaginated '113', and signature 'b' present on 'List of Plates' at end, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 14 plates by 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne) with tissue guards, occasional light foxing and soiling mostly at edges of plates, without advertisements but one original front wrapper bound in at end, contemporary dark purple half calf, gilt panelled spine, extremities rubbed and one joint slightly cracking (hinges reinforced internally), short tear to head of of spine [Eckel, pp.86-90; cf. Gimbel A142/3; Smith I.13], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1859This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BIBLIOGRAPHY - PRIVATE PRESSESMARDERSTEIG (GIOVANNI) The Officina Bodoni. An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977, 2 vol., NUMBER 37 OF 115 COPIES, edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, publisher's quarter morocco, together in a slipcase, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1980--BUTCHER (DAVID, compiler) The Whittington Press. A Bibliography 1971-1981, number 8 of 90 copies bound in quarter vellum, from an overall edition of 320 copies, 1982; The Whittington Press. A Bibliography 1982-93, number 67 of 80 copies bound in quarter vellum, from an overall edition of 380 copies, 1996--TAYLOR (MICHAEL) AND BROCARD SEWELL, compilers. Saint Dominic's Press. A Bibliography, 3 vol. (including facsimile of 'Daisy and Marguerite' and portfolio), NUMBER 2 OF 6 OUT OF SERIES COPIES signed by the compilers, bound in quarter oasis, from an overall edition of 400 copies, housed together in original slipcase, Risbury, Whittington Press--MAGEE (DOROTHY AND DAVID) Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1940-1956, limited to 225 copies, printed in red and black, publisher's quarter morocco, San Francisco, Grabhorn, 1957--FRANKLIN (COLIN) The Ashendene Press, one of 750 copies, this copy additional inscribed by the author, publisher's quarter cloth, Dallas, Bridwell Library, 1986--TUCKER (PETER) Haslewood Books. The Books of Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, limited to 170 copies, this copy 'XXXVIII/LXXXV. Intermediate copy' with some of the plates in colour pochoir, publisher's cloth, Church Hanborough, Hanborough Parrot, 1990--BRINKS (JOHN DIETER, editor) The Book as a Work of Art. The Cranach Press of Count Harry Kessler, second edition, limited to 400 copies, publisher's cloth, Laubach and Berlin, Triton, 2005--The Stanbrook Abbey Press... Written and Illustrated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook, 2 vol., NUMBER 40 OF 50 COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND BY GEORGE PERCIVAL, from an overall edition of 450 copies, full morocco gilt, g.e., Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970--SANDFORD (CHRISTOPHER) and others. Chanticleer [-Pertelote; Cockalorum; Cock-a-Hoop]: A Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press 1921-1936 [-1961], together 4 vol., each limited to 200, 250 or 300 copies signed by Christopher Sandford and/or contributors, the first three with original prospectus loosely inserted, all with bookplate of D.G. Bridon, original green, red, brown or blue morocco-backed patterned cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., Golden Cockerel Press, 1936-1943-[1949-1976], the first to fourth, and seventh to ninth mentioned in slipcases, 8vo, 4to and folio; and 8 others, Private Press bibliographies (25)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Master Humphrey's Clock, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN ORIGINAL 88 WEEKLY PARTS, wood-engraved illustrations by G. Cattermole and H.K. Browne, with preliminary matter (title, preface and frontispieces) to parts 26, 52 and 88, and addresses by the author in Parts 9, 80-83 and 87, publisher's white pictorial wrappers, Parts 1-2, 53-56 and 58-62 partially unopened, some soiling and slight wear at outer edges, one or two brown spots or small stains but overall very clean and intact, preserved in 3 original green cloth portfolios with gilt decoration and spine lettering (some stains, spines weak), [cf. Eckel p.67ff; Gimbel A49; Hatton & Cleaver p.163], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April 1840-December 1841; together with duplicates of Parts 1 & 2, and an additional variant issue of Part 26 (differently set but wanting the front wrapper) (91)Footnotes:A VERY GOOD SET OF THE RAREST ISSUE, IN WEEKLY 88 PARTS. 'Of the four issues the weekly one is difficult to obtain in a clean condition, and is therefore the costliest' (Eckel). The portfolios containing the parts seem particularly scarce. Their inner covers bear the bookseller's ticket of Nettleton, Plymouth, and are printed with: 'Portfolio for Master Humphrey's Clock. Price Two Shillings. This portfolio is intended to contain Twenty-six numbers of the 'Clock' after the four pages of Advertisements have been cut off. London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street'.Master Humphrey's Clock was one of the first works to appear in weekly as well as monthly parts, containing the two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Sketches by 'Boz'. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Second Series, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without list of illustrations on p.[x] and with 'Vol. III' on all plates, half-title, etched frontispiece ('Vauxhall Gardens by Day'), additional vignette title and 8 plates by Cruikshank, 20pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at end, publisher's rose sand-grain cloth, spine with gilt lettering and decoration on black background, neatly rebacked preserving original backstrip, new endpapers, slightly soiled, corners worn [Eckel pp.11-13; Gimbel A4; Sadleir 700; Smith I:2], 12mo (197 x 120mm.), John Macrone, 1837 [1836]Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND SERIES OF 'SKETCHES BY BOZ', EARLY ISSUE. According to Michael Sadlier, 'a few copies are known with no List of Illustrations and with 'Vol. III' unerased and these would certainly seem to represent an earlier (and perhaps suppressed) issue of the book, which was evidently unknown to J.F. Dexter'. Smith found six comparable copies, but concludes that priority is uncertain in terms of text, make up and binding. The spine of the present copy does have the black pigment, but the design of the blind panels differs very slightly from other copies seen, Collis describing it as '2nd issue cover' with no explanation.Provenance: 'Text with loose cover bought from Mr. Byram 23 May 36/ Recased etc. by Morell. June 1936', note in Collis's hand loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FREUD (SIGMUND)Autograph draft letter signed ('Freud') seemingly to J.L. Garvin, editor-in-chief of the Encyclopaedia Britannica ('Dear Sir'), agreeing that the Encyclopaedia of 1911 '...contained no mention of ΨA...' but uncertain if an article regarding '...the development, contents and achievements of ΨA from the very beginning...' is quite what he requires, apologising for the length of the article that is, even so, '...extremely condensed, I found it impossible to give an intelligent account of the intricate subject in a more shortened frame...', suggesting he apply to Dr Ernest Jones ('...the foremost among English analysts...') or to James Strachey ('...brother to the famous historian... one of my English translators...') to help with the special terms ('...It would be a pity if the E. Br. Did not use the same technical denominations...'), 2 pages, light dust-staining at edges, slightly creased at fold, 4to (287 x 225mm.), Vienna, [n.d. but c.1925-6]Footnotes:'THE DEVELOPMENT, CONTENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ΨA FROM THE VERY BEGINNING': Sigmund Freud's contribution to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.The first stand-alone entry on the subject of psychoanalysis appeared in the thirteenth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, published in three volumes (nos. 29, 30 and 31) in 1926 and written, as seen here, by Freud himself: 'He described the subject as he understood it at that time but also as he wished it to be understood later. 'The future will probably attribute far greater importance to psychoanalysis as the science of the unconscious... than as a therapeutic procedure.' Freud also chafed at what he seemed to think was the two-small space allotted to his article... a remarkably clear expression of psychoanalytic theory interlaced with Freud's reflections upon his own scientific legacy' (Britannica.com). In our letter he refers the recipient, most probably the newly appointed editor-in-chief (and long-standing editor of The Observer) J. L. Garvin (1868-1947), to his friend, colleague and biographer Ernest Jones and his English translator James Strachey, brother of Lytton, for assistance in making his article more comprehensible. The lack of date and several amendments and deletions would perhaps indicate that this is a draft of a letter which appears to be unpublished. Freud's use of the Greek letter Ψ (psi) to abbreviate the word 'psychoanalysis' and the abbreviation of Encyclopaedia Britannica to 'E. Br' or 'E. B.' would also bear this out. Freud spoke highly of Garvin in a letter to Franklin Hooper, the American editor of the Encyclopaedia in September 1924 following the publication of Hooper's These Eventful Years, writing in a similar vein to our letter: 'My complete admiration goes to the introductory essay by Garvin... I am very proud that you have granted psychoanalysis a chapter to itself. I hope that the future will justify your assessment. If my essay has turned out longer than you wished it to be, my excuse is that a shorter description of the difficult topic would have offered nothing comprehensible to the reader' (ed. Freud, Ernst, Letters of Sigmund Freud 1873-1939, 1961).Garvin was keen to maintain the encyclopaedia's closely-held reputation for scholarship and saw the publication as an opportunity to restore international unity through intellectual cooperation, whilst in turn making it more cosmopolitan and accessible. With that in mind he commissioned the best possible authority on each subject, as shown here. Other illustrious contributors to the edition included Marie Curie writing on Radium, Albert Einstein on Space-Time, Henry Ford on Mass Production, Suzanne Lenglen on Lawn Tennis, Andrew Mellon on Finance, Marconi on Wireless, Nansen on Polar Exploration and Leon Trotsky on Lenin.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)[Christmas Books] A Christmas Carol, fourteenth edition, 4 hand-coloured plates and wood-engraved illustrations after John Leech, advertisement leaf at end, Bradbury & Evans, 1860; The Chimes: A Goblin Story, engraved frontispiece and additional title (first state) after Maclise, wood-engraved illustrations by Doyle, Leech and Stanfield, advertisement for tenth edition of A Christmas Carol at beginning, some light soiling to upper cover, Chapman & Hall, 1845 [1844]; The Cricket on the Hearth, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title and illustrations by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise and Landseer, second state of Oliver Twist advertisement at end, Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [1845]; The Battle of Life, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title (in fourth state) and illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and John Leech, thin ink splash to upper cover, Bradbury & Evans, 1846; The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain, advertisement leaf at the beginning, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and illustrations by Leech, Stanfield, Tenniel and Stone, Bradbury and Evans, 1848, all but the first FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's deep red ribbed cloth decorated in blind, upper covers pictorially gilt, spines and upper covers lettered in gilt, g.e. [Smith II:5, 6, 8, 9], 8vo (5)Footnotes:A FINE SET OF THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS, comprising a Bradbury & Evans fourteenth edition of A Christmas Carol, and first editions of the other four.Provenance: Each with Collis's purchase note, respectively: 'Weatherhead 11/12/34'; 'Spencer 21.6.1927'; 'From Elly 24/11/30'; last two 'From Exors of W.J. Harris 16.1.1930' (the first pencilled on Collis's wrapper, the other four with loosely inserted note).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com