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A collection of four first edition children's books by Hilaire Belloc, Christabel Aberconway, Mrs H C Cradock and Hilary Stebbing. H.29 W.23cm (4)

A collection of seven first edition novels to include titles by Patricia Highsmith and Graham Greene. H.29 W.23cm (7)

Dorothy Baker: Young Man with a Horn. First Edition, Cambridge Riverside Press 1938. A Houghton Mifflin Fellowship Novel.

Two first edition Eloise children's books by Kay Thompson. H.29 W.20cm (2)

Three first edition titles: Iorana! A Tahitian Journal by Robert Gibbings, The Bones of my Hand by Edward James, inscribed by the author, and A Touch of Class, the story of Austin Reed by Berry Ritchie. H.28 W.20cm (3)

WILSON, Henry (1673-1741) and William HUME.  Surveying Improv'd or, the Whole  Art both  in Theory and practice, Fully Demonstrated. London: for J. Wood and C. Woodward, 1741.  8vo (195 x 120 mm). 11 engraved folding plates. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (joints starting, some minor rubbing). Provenance: Ebenezer Hare (early signature).   Third edition, the first to be published with Hume's supplement, Geodoesia Accurata: or, Surveying made Easy by the Chain only. The work, dedicated to Edmund Halley, describes use of chains, surveying wheel, theodolite, circumferentor, semicircle, plain table and scales.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

PINEL, Phillippe (1745-1826). La medecine clinique rendue plus precise et plus exacte par l'application de l'analyse. Paris: Brosson, Gabon et Cie., 1802.  8vo (198 x 124 mm). Half-title; 3 engraved folding tables. (Minor fraying to outer margin of one table.) Contemporary French sheep, smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained yellow (some minor wear, upper joint starting).  FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE PRINTERS on the half-title.   Pinel's work, based on his experiences at the Hospice de la   Salpêtriere, where he was chief physician, was a major contribution to the classification of diseases.   He was instrumental in the development of a more humane approach to the care of psychiatric patience, and worked to humanise their treatment, for which he's described as the father of modern psychiatry.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

HILL, John, Sir (1716?-1775).   The Construction of Timber, from its Early Growth; explained by the Microscope. London: for the author, 1770.Folio (498 x 297 mm). 46 engraved plates. (A few small spots, some very minor soiling.) Contemporary boards (rebacked and recornered); quarter morocco folding case. Second edition, THE VERY RARE LARGE-PAPER FOLIO EDITION, a reissue of the first edition, which was published in octavo format. Rare: according to online records, no copy of this edition has appeared on the market at auction since 1964. Henrey 803.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

LE CARRE, John (1931-2020). The Looking-Glass War. London: Heinemann, 1965.8vo. Original black boards; original dust jacket (price-clipped, spine sunned, some very slight rubbing to corners). Provenance: The Book Shop, Kew (bookseller's label).  FIRST EDITION.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

CUMMINGS, Edward Estlin ( "e e cummings") (1894-1962). W. New York: Horace Liveright Inc., 1931.  Folio (307 x 180 mm). Woodblock print on title-page. Original publisher 's quarter cloth, boards, smooth spine lettered in silver, all edges uncut (minor rubbing); original slipcase, front cover lettered in silver (some chipping).  LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 41 of 95 copies, SIGNED BY CUMMINGS. Cumming 's third major collection of poetry with typography by S. A. Jacobs, embodying his experimentation with typography and design.    Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

GREW, Nehemiah (1641-1712). Anatomie des Plantes.   Paris: Lambert Roulland, 1675.12mo (148 x 80 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved head-pieces and figures; woodcut tail-pieces and initials. (Two leaves roughly opened, not affecting text, tiny spots on a few leaves, some minor worm-holes in lower gutter margin occasionally touching letters.) Contemporary French mottled calf gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (a few wormholes on the spine, hinges starting). Provenance: Librairie Jacques Lechevalier (bookseller's ticket). FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Grew's first book, published in 1672, The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun, "the first published study of the development of a plant from seed to seed" (LeFanu). Hunt 338; Pritzel 3554.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Arthur RACKHAM, illustrator. A Midsummer-Night 's Dream by William Shakespeare. New York & London: Doubleday, Page & Co., and William Heinemann, 1908.    4to (246 x 180 mm). Title-page woodcut, 40 color-printed plates tipped to mounts and numerous illustrations by Rackham. (Some quires loose, one tipped-in image free). Original quarter green cloth gilt, top edge gilt (some light overall wear).  FIRST TRADE EDITION. Hudson p.168; Latimore & Haskell p.32; Riall p.87.Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[SOCIETAS REGIAS SCIENTARUM UPSALIENSIS]. Carolus LINNAEUS, Jan Frederik GRONOVIUS, and others. Acta societatis regiae scientiarum Upsaliensis ad annum MDCCXL [-MDCCXLII]. Stockholm: Laurentius Salvius, 1744-17483 parts in one volume, 4to (275 x 195 mm). Woodcut devices on title-pages, woodcut and engraved head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials and diagrams; 10 engraved plates (4 folding), one by Ehret. (Some spotting.) ORIGINAL BOARDS UNCUT (losses to spine, some soiling). Provenance: The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate, embossed stamp on title-page, sold Sotheby's London, 25 October 2005, Sale L05409, Lot 1916).  FIRST EDITION, THE MACCLESFIELD COPYLinnaeus contributes four articles, including work on orchids and lobelia. Gronovius also contributes four articles, including a work on fish.   Other contributors include: Swedish mathematician, Samuel Klingenstierna, 4 articles (2 on solar eclipses); Finnish physician Helmut D. Sporing, one article on the trachea; Astronomer Peter W. Wargentin, to articles on the movement of Jupiter's moons; Albert Haller, 2 articles and numerous astronomical observations; and entomologist Carlo De Geer on Parvulis Insectis. Soulsby 396, 416 & 930.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

AGRIPPA VON NETTESHEIM, Henricus Cornelius (1486?-1535). De Incertitudine & Vanitate Scientiarum Declamatio Invectiva, Denuo ab Autore Recognita, & Marginalibus Annotationibus Aucta. [Cologne]: T. Baumius, 1544.  8vo (157 x 97 mm). Woodcut portrait on title-page, 2 woodcut initials. (Some underlining, some dampstaining, small marginal wormholes toward rear). Contemporary calf rebacked (all else preserved), spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, blind-stamped sides (sides worn, some wormholes, annotation on fore-edge "Van. Scich"). Provenance: Anto[nius] Manuelus? (signature, some annotations); Philip vir De Lauberiviere (signature, some annotations).  Early edition, first published in 1530. Following the publication of this work, Agrippa was branded a heretic and lost his position as the imperial historiographer to Charles V for scrutinizing intellectual activity in his satirical call for a return to the faith as exemplified by the early Christian church. STC German p. 11; not in Adams.  Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[FINE BINDINGS] -- A group of 7 works in 8 volumes finely bound, comprising:    THICKNESSE, Ann. Sketches of the Lives and Writings of the Ladies of France. London: Dodsley and W. Brown, 1781. 12mo, Vol. III only. Contemporary calf smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece. Later edition.   ESTC T110208 -- LYTTON, Edward George Earle Bulwer. Eugene Aram. London: Members of the Society of Bibliophilists, 1831. Edition de Luxe, number. 51 0f 100 copies. -- LAMB, Charles & Mary. Arthur RACKHAM, illustrator. Tales from Shakespeare. London and New York: J.M. Dent & Co. and E.P. Dutton & Co., 1909. 4to. 20th-Century Half brown morocco. -- PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY, Clive. A Sportsman's Eden. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1888. Bruns P88. "“ And 3 others. Together, 7 works in 8 volumes, all 8vo (173/225 x 101/159 mm) (except where noted), all late 19th-century half-calf morocco gilt (except where noted), all FIRST EDITION except where noted, condition generally good.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BOCCONE, Paolo (1633-1704). Icones & descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae, & Italiae. Quarum unaquaeque proprio charactere signata, ab aliis eusdem classis facile distinguitur. Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano and London: Robert Scott, 1674.  4to (226 x 174 mm). Engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theater on title, 52 engraved illustrations, some with hand-coloring (title repaired in upper blank margin, some minor mostly marginal browning). Modern calf. Provenance: Sold Wheldon and Wesley, 1964; Anita Peek Gilger, M.D. (sold her sale, Christie's New York, 14 October 2003, Lot 12).FIRST EDITION of this description of rare plants in Italy and France. Boccone, an Italian naturalist, visited England in 1673, where he attended a meeting of the Royal Society and met Charles Hatton.   Hatton convinced his mentor, Robert Morison, to edit Boccone's manuscript for this work, and paid for its publication. Boccone brought plates for the work to England, but Morison had them redrawn from dried specimens and engraved at Hatton's expense because they were inaccurate. Henrey 14; Hunt 329; Nissen BBI 179; Wing B-3385.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MANUSCRIPT - CIPHERING]. EVANS, Cadwallader. Ciphering Book of a Colonial Schoolboy. [Philadelphia], 6 April-26 July 1763.  Folio (330 x 210 mm). 37 II. Manuscript in English, in ink, with diagrams, comprising Geometry and Trigonometry (ff.1-6), land surveying (ff.7-19), and plain, traverse, oblique and Mercator sailing (ff.20-37). With an elaborate surveying map, compass, and several diagrams. (Some mostly marginal chipping or tearing occasionally affecting text, small losses to the corners of two leaves.) Original red linen over boards, hand-lettered "C. E." on upper cover. (Upper hinge broken A portion of the surveying exercise appears to come from William Leybourn's The Compleat Surveyor (see the fourth edition, published 1679, pp. 292-294). Evans personalizes his ciphering book on the first page, including a drawing of his rooster, "Belon is Narr Cock's Father or the Bony Cock a Doodle Doo."   The drawing includes the rooster's spurs, with a note: "Spurr um up my Boy." Evans also includes an aphorism about doing good deeds.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898).   The Game of Logic.   London: Mac Millan and Co., 1886.    8vo. Wood engraved diagrammatic frontispiece, numerous diagrams in text; 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end; complete with original printed envelope containing the separate card diagram (envelope torn with old tape repairs, flap of envelope detached, card with a few short tears and one crease); COMPLETE WITH 9 ORIGINAL COUNTERS, 5 gray and 4 pink (with two additional pink and one additional gray counter laid in). Original red cloth gilt, black coated endpapers (front endpaper disbound with minor chipping, a few gatherings or leaves disbound, separations to hinges); quarter morocco folding case.RARE SUPPRESSED FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 50 COPIES BOUND AT DODGSON'S REQUEST. Dodgson was not satisfied with the first issue, initially intended to be printed in an edition of 500 copies, so the issue was suppressed.   In a letter to the publishers of 5 December 1886, Dodgson complains that Baxter used "old type, which obliged him to damp the paper so much that the letters print a little too thick ... and the crooked printing showed me that, to get the best results, it does not do to trust the local printers" (Lewis Carroll and the House of Macmillan, pp. 216-217). "A mystery edition which is rarer than would be expected" (Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 193).[With:] CARROLL. The Game of Logic. London, 1887. With original printed envelope and separate card diagram (lacking counters). Second edition.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

WELTY, Eudora (1909-2001). The Robber Bridegroom. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1942.  8vo. Original teal cloth stamped in white and pink; top edges stained green; dust jacket (some light toning on rear panel, minor edgewear and soiling).  FIRST EDITION of Welty's popular second book. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WELTY TO BARRY MOSER on the front free endpaper: "For Barry Moser, with warmest admiration stretching out of the past (1942) for your sensitive, beautiful, imaginative engravings of the 1987 Robber - and gratitude and affections, delight - Eudora Welty / Jackson, Mississippi / November 13, 1987."  [With:]    WELTY, Eudora. The Robber Bridegroom. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1944. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket (significant portion of lower spine and rear panel torn away, some other chipping). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, INSCRIBED BY WELTY on the title: "For James S. Bloom / Eudora Welty." Accompanied by a later American edition (no dust jacket); and an essay on Welty 's photography by Robert MacNeil, Jackson, Mississippi: University Press, 1990, 8vo, original wrappers.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

RAY, John (1628-1705). Synopsis Methodica Avium & Piscium. London: William Innys, 1713.  2 parts in one volume, 8vo (192 x 110 mm). Four engraved folding plates; publisher's advertisement leaf at end. (Some very slight chipping to edges of two plates, some minor offsetting or spotting.) Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked to style). Provenance: S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001), ornithologist, eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian (bookplate).FIRST EDITION, published posthumously. "This classic treatise completes, with the Synopsis Quadrupedum et Serpentini, the author's contributions to vertebrate zoology, a series that should form part of every first-class library on natural history" (Wood p.529). Keynes, Ray 105.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). Employment for the Microscope. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.  8vo (196 x 120 mm). 17 engraved folding plates. (Some browning, spotting or offsetting.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (hinges starting, some light wear.) Provenance: Sir William Gregory (1625-1696) British judge and politician (armorial bookplate); Acton Scott (letterpress bookplate). FIRST EDITION presenting Baker's microscopic observations on salts, crystals, and aquatic life. Wellcome II, p.89.[With:] BAKER, Henry (1698-1774). Employment for the Microscope. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. 8vo (196 x 120 mm). 17 engraved folding plates. (Some browning, spotting or offsetting, a short tears to folds of a few plates.) 19th century half tan calf, marbled boards, edges marbled (some very minor rubbing.) Provenance: W. E. Davies (signature); Tomlinson (presentation inscription from Davies); Thomas Fiddian (bookplate). Second edition.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012)]. A group of approximately 20 works with illustrations by Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), including:SAWYER, Ruth (1880-1970). Maggie Rose: Her Birthday Christmas. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. 8vo. Publisher 's original pink cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. -- SENDAK. Very Far Away. New York: Harper Collins, 1957. 8vo. Publisher 's original decorated cloth, dust jacket. A later edition. -- SENDAK. Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must be More to Life. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1967. Square 8vo. Publisher 's original olive boards, dust jacket. First edition. -- MACDONALD, George (1824-1905). The Golden Key. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1976. 8vo. Publisher 's original decorated blue cloth, dust jacket. Second edition. -- HOFFMANN, E.T.A. (1776-1822). Nutcracker. London: The Bodley Head, 1984. Square 4to. Publisher 's original cloth, dust jacket. SIGNED by MAURICE SENDAK. -- And 15 more. -- Condition generally good. -- Complete list available upon request.Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Sketches by Boz...New Edition, Complete.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.  8vo (208 x 131 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title, 38 engraved plates by Cruikshank. 20th-century maroon straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt (a few minor scuffs lower cover). FIRST OCTAVO ONE-VOLUME EDITION of The Complete Sketches by Boz. Chapman and Hall acquired the copyright to both series of Sketches by Boz, which they issued in parts with 13 additional illustrations.   In May 1839, the series was published in the present one-volume edition (see Smith I:2, p. 16). Gimbel A7.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

CASSINI, JACQUES. Tables astronomiques du soleil, de la lune, des planets, des etoiles fixes, et des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne. Paris: de l'imprimerie royale, 1740.4to (248 x 192 mm). 26 engraved plates; engraved head-piece and initial. (Lacking the errata leaf as often, a few small spots or stains to a few leaves.) Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (some overall wear).FIRST EDITION of Cassini's collection of astronomical tables.   Jacques Cassini succeeded his father as the head of the Paris Observatory. He was a cartesian, and an opponent of Newtonianism.  Houzeau & Lancaster 12793.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT].  The Architectural Forum. Vol. 68, No. 1. New York: Time, Inc., January 1938.  4to. Numerous illustrations throughout. Original spiral-bound wrappers printed in red and black (some light staining, tiny crease to lower corner).FIRST EDITION of the issue dedicated to the work of Wright, and highlighting his work on Fallingwater, Unity Temple, the S. C. Johnson Company Building, and Usonian House.  Property of the Caraway FamilyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[BASKIN, Leonard (1922-2000), illustrator]. ALIGHIERI, Dante (1265-1321). The Divine Comedy. Translated by Thomas G. Bergin. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969.    3 volumes, folio. Numerous full-page plates by Leonard Baskin. (Some light spotting on edges.) Original cloth-backed boards, spine gilt-lettered (some burn damage to foot of spine of Vol. II [see note below], some light rubbing & soiling); publisher's slipcase, paper labels on sides (edges worn).    FIRST EDITION with Baskin's plates. BARRY MOSER 'S COPY, inscribe on front free endpaper of Vol. I: "This set was in a shelf in my study and was burned by a stupidly placed candle / Barry Moser." Laid-in are 2 printed Christmas wishes slips presenting the set from Christ Bromwich, Fred Ramage and 13 others, and adding: "this could only have been accomplished through the thoughtful kindness of Rev. Douglas Graham, Harold McGrath, Leonard Baskin and Albert, our worm."  [With:] 2 other illustrated editions of Dante 's Divine Comedy, by William Blake (New York: Heritage Press, 1944) and Gustave Dore (New York: Pantheon Books, 1948), original bindings, each with Moser 's bookplate.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012)]. A group of approximately 25 works illustrated by Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), including:MARGOLIS, Matthew. Some Swell Pup. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. 4to. Original publisher 's brown cloth, dust jacket. Stated first edition. "“ SENDAK. We are All in the Dumps Together. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. Oblong 8vo. Publisher 's original binding, dust jacket. SIGNED my MAURICE SENDAK. Stated first edition. -- YORINKS, Arthur. (b.1953). The Miami Giant. New York: Michael di Capua and Harper Collins, 1995. 4to. Publisher 's original boards, dust jacket. Stated first edition. -- MARSHALL, James (1942-1992). Swine Lake. New York: Michael di Capue and Harper Collins: 1999. Publisher 's original cloth, dust jacket. Stated first edition. -- And 21 more. -- Condition generally good. -- Complete list available upon request.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.  8vo (212 x 125 mm). Half-title; engraved frontispiece, engraved title; 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). (Some minor spotting to a few leaves.)   20th-century red morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Morrell (some slight rubbing to joints, minor wear to spine ends). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith, this copy without signature E on p.25, but with "inde-licate" corrected on p.341. Gimbel A15; Grolier English78; Smith I:3.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839.8vo (219 x 138mm).   (Lacking half-title; frontispiece, title, two text leaves (pp. 199-202) and final plate detached and a bit frayed at edges, some browning to plates.)   Late 19th-century half morocco gilt over marbled boards (minor wear to extremities, some rubbing to boards, rear hinge starting).    FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, this copy with copy frontispiece in 1st state (with imprint), first four plates in later state without imprint, page 123 with "sister" (2d state) & page 160 with "letter" (2d state). Smith I:5; Eckel, p. 64.  [With:]  DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman & Hall, 1844.    8vo (219 x 138mm). Frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne. (Lacking half-title, frontispiece detached and slightly shorter, engraved title and a few plates slighty shorter, some toning and spotting to plates, including frontispiece and pictorial title.) Late 19th-century half morocco gilt over marbled boards (minor wear to extremities, some rubbing to boards).    FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, second issue, with the signpost reading £100 and the 14-line errata leaf after list of plates. Smith Vol. I:7; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 185-224. Eckel, pp. 71-73.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

HOLBEIN, Hans (1497-1543). The Dances of Death, through the various stages of Human Life: wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited in Forty-Six Copper plates. London: W. Smith and Co., for John Scott & Thomas Ostell, 1803.  4to (179 x 144 mm).   Additional engraved title for "Le Triomphe de la Mort," dated 1786, frontispiece portrait, 46 engravings by David Deuchar after Holbein. Contemporary blue morocco gilt, covers with floral border, anchor tools in corners, upper cover with central ornament of Garter badge and collar surmounted by a crown and with anchor underneath, flanked by the initials "G. R.III.", smooth spine in 6 compartments (hinges starting, some light wear). Provenance: George III (1738-1820), King of Great Britain and Ireland (binding); his third son, William Henry, Duke of Clarence (1765-1837), later King William IV (bookplate); his eldest illegitimate son George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence (1794-1842), English peer (his bookplates as Col. FitzClarence and the Earl of Munster); John Gerard Heckscher (1837-1908), American book collector (bookplates). A COPY FROM KING GEORGE III'S LIBRARY. In terms of his contribution to the arts, he is best remembered for his book collecting; his library was available to scholars and became the foundation of a new national library (see Ayling, George the Third, 1972, p. 195-198). George Augustus FitzClarence served in the Peninsular War, was wounded twice, and escaped capture by the French. He became brevet lieutenant-colonel in 1819 and served as A.D.C. to his father, King William IV, from 1830 to 1837, becoming Earl of Munster in June 1831. His Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England, illustrated with hand-colored plates, was published in 1819.  Hans Holbein's series of woodcuts was first published in 1536. In this edition, 46 Dance of Death plates are within separately engraved borders in four different designs. 30 of the woodcuts are copied from Wenceslaus Hollar's 17th-century designs. Brunet III:258; Oppermann 1154 ("very rare edition").  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[CHILDREN 'S] -- A group of 18 chapbooks in 23 volumes, all likely Rosenbach remainders, comprising:    SHERWOOD, Mary Martha. The History of Little Henry and his Bearer. Catskill: Croswell & Son for Nathan Elliot, 1818. With another copy. Original tan printed papers (chipped). Third American Edition. Rosenbach 571. -- G., J. A Small Help, Offered to Heads of Families, for Instructing Children and Servants. Morris-Town: J. Mann for P.A. Johnson, 1814. Original wrappers (minor chipping). Rosenbach 489. -- London Cries for Children: With Twenty Elegant Wood Cuts. Philadelphia: John Bouvier for Johnson & Warner, 1810. Original printed stiffened wrappers (spine defective, some staining). Rosenbach 421; Welch 249.12. -- The Tragi-Comic History of the Burial of Cock Robin. Philadelphia: S. Probasco for Benjamin Warner, 1821. Plain stiff wrappers (spine defective, chipped, frontispiece and final plate laid-down to inside covers). Rosenbach 616. "“ SENDAK, Maurice. Ten Little Rabbits A Counting Book with Mino the Magician. Philadelphia: Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1970. Original blue marbled wrappers with mounted pictorial paper label to front cover. Blue wrappers preceded the red (Hanrahan). Hanrahan A76. "“ WOOD, Samuel. The Young Child's A,B,C; or First Book. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1806. With another copy, 24mo. Original printed pictorial wrappers (some creasing). FIRST EDITION and Later Edition. -- COBB, Lyman. Cobb 's Toys. Second Series, Nos. 3-6. Lewistown, PA: Hickok & Stark, 1835. 4 volumes. Contemporary plain colored paper wrappers (some chipping, some creasing). Rosenbach 794.   -- And 11 others. Together, 18 works in 23 volumes, all 12mo except where noted, condition generally good. Provenance for the lot: John F. Fleming (1910-1987).  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

VEITCH, James Herbert (1868-1907). Hortus Veitchii A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Together with an Account of the Botanical Collectors and Hybridists Employed by them and a List of the Most Remarkable of Their Introductions. London: James Veitch & Sons Limited, 1906.  4to (285 x 198 mm). Photogravure frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 50 photogravure plates. (A few light spots, some occasional creasing.) Contemporary half black morocco gilt, marbled paper, tan metal-tipped cornerpieces, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine sunned, some browning).    LIMITED EDITION, one of an unstated number "for Private Circulation only." The Veitch family comprised several generations of distinguished horticulturalists, owned the largest group of family-run plant nurseries in the 19th century, and may have been the first to employ "plant-hunters" for their nurseries. James Veitch was a fellow of both the Linnean Society and the Royal Horticultural Society. Through the Veitch family 's work "a mass of interest and beauty has been added to the gardens of Great Britain!" (Introduction, p. 10), and the work includes 1500 plants the business introduced to the market.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] "“ SCOTT, Walter (1771-1832). Tales of the Crusaders. "“ Vol. I-II, The Betrothed. "“ Vol. III-IV, The Talisman "“ Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable and Co., Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1825.  2 works in 4 volumes, 8vo (173 x 107 mm). 19th-century red morocco gilt, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands gilt,   edges gilt, concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS of St. Giles Cathedral, Parliament House, The University of Edinburgh, and The Bridewell (some minor chipping).    FIRST EDITION of two of Sir Walter Scott 's Waverly novels.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cannery Row. New York: Viking Press, 1945.  8vo. (Half-title and first few leaves creased). Original publisher's buff cloth printed in blue, top edge stained blue; original pictorial dust jacket (some minor chipping). Provenance: Bob Stricker (signature).  FIRST EDITION, issue in cloth, in first issue binding. Goldstone & Payne A22b.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[THE SAVOY]. SYMONS, Arthur (1865-1945), editor. Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator. The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly. London: Leonard Smithers, 1896.  3 volumes (Nos. I-VIII [all published]), 4to. Numerous illustrations after Beardsley and others. (Tear to one title-page repaired, some minor chipping, weak hinges.) Publisher 's original gilt-pictorial cobalt cloth, smooth spine gilt-lettered and decorated (chipping to spines, spines darkened, some corners bumped).    FIRST EDITION in book form with illustrations after Beardsley, Whistler, Beerbohm, Blake, Shannon, Pennell, and other contemporary artists. Literary contributions by Yeats, Beardsley, Conrad, and G.B. Shaw, amongst others. Reproductions include line and half-tone wood engravings by Paul Naumann. Lasner 103.  Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] -- BOWDICH, Thomas Edward (1791-1824). Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, During the Autumn of 1823, While on His Third Voyage to Africa. Sarah Bowdich, Editor. London: George B. Whittaker, 1825.  4to (265 x 209 mm). Lithographic hand-colored frontispiece, 18 lithographic plates (2 hand-colored, 6 folding, 4 in-text woodcut illustrations. (Some spotting or minor creasing.) Contemporary calf gilt, smooth spine gilt, black morocco lettering-piece gilt, blind and gilt decoration to sides, edges marbled, marbled endsheets (sympathetically rebacked, rubbed). Provenance: Rev. Dr. Bellamy (presentation inscription).  FIRST EDITION, A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR, inscribed to Rev. Dr. Bellamy by Bowditch 's wife. Bowdich 's text was completed and edited posthumously by his wife, Sarah, who contributed 3 additional sections: "A narrative of the Continuance of the Voyage to its Completion," "A Description of the English Settlements on the River Gambia," and the "Appendix." Abbey Travel   190; Colas 418.  Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

LINCOLN, Abraham ( 1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.  8vo (231 x 155 mm). (Some light spotting.) Publisher's blue-gray cloth (spine toned, small separation along upper joint, minor chipping to spine ends).  FIRST EDITION, later issue, with "2" on p.13 (rather than p.17).   The first published edition of the debates between Lincoln and Douglas, conducted during their campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1858. Follett, Foster, and Co. would later publish Lincoln's campaign biography. Howes L-338; Sabin 41156.Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

GRIMM, Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859) ( "The Brothers Grimm"). Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories. Kay Rasmus Nielsen, illustrator. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.  4to. Color printed frontispiece and 11 colored printed plates tipped in; title-page and numerous pictorial initials printed in red and black, 10 full-page woodcuts. (Short marginal tears to a few leaves.) Publisher 's original half red cloth gilt top edge gilt, others uncut (some minor chipping ); original glassine; original black cloth slipcase (some minor staining). Provenance: Jasmine Britton, gifted to; Helen Ramsay Fifield (bookplate laid in).  LIMITED EDITION, No. 319 of 600 copies SIGNED BY NIELSEN. Danish illustrator Nielsen moved to California in 1939 and contributed illustrations to Fantasia in one of his many collaborations with Disney over a 4-year period. Despite his talent, Nielsen did not have financial success. His last artworks were murals for local churches and schools around Los Angeles, most notably the "The First Spring" mural at Central Junior High School. With a pamphlet by Nielsen, "The First Spring Mural for Central Junior High School," laid in.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

White, Elwyn Brooks ( "E.B. White") (1899-1985). Charlotte 's Web. Garth Williams, illustrator. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952.    8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original publisher 's cloth stamped in blue and black, decorated blue endsheets (some light rubbing); original publisher 's dust jacket (some light chipping, overall browning).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with "I-B" on the copyright page in FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with $2.50 price on front flap and four blurbs for Stuart Little on the rear panel. White's children 's literary classic won the John Newbery Medal in 1953, the Horn Book Fanfare in 1952, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, and the Massachusetts Children 's Book Award in 1984.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

CORNUT, Jacques Philippe (1606-1651). Canadensium plantarum, aliarúnque nondum editarum historia cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicum parisiense. Paris: Simon le Moyne, 1635.  4to (238 x 132 mm). 68 full-page etchings in text. (Some occasional pale spotting and browning.) Modern brown morocco. Provenance: Early inscription dated 1670 on title; occasional marginalia and titling of some plates; Edward Sandford Burgess (bookplate); Ashton Allis (bookplate); sold Swann Galleries, 28 October 1971, lot 111; Dr. Anita Peek Gilger (her sale, Christie's New York, 14 October 2003, Lot 34). FRIST EDITION OF THE FIRST CANADIAN FLORA, describing and illustrating approximately thirty Northeast American species for the first time.   French physician Cornut never visited North America, but received plant specimens from the Robins family,   who supervised the gardens of Henry IV and the garden of the Paris Faculty of Medicine, and the Morin family, who owned several Parisian commercial nurseries. Cornut also includes five South African bulb plants, again illustrated here for the first time.   Cleveland Collections 190; Hunt 227; Nissen BBI 406.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Salome. A Tragedy in One Act. Translated from the French by Joseph Donohue. Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2011.  8vo. Illustrated with 23 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket.  FIRST TRADE EDITION illustrated by Moser, SIGNED by Moser on the title-page. Accompanied by the additional suite of plates printed at the Pennyroyal Press for the deluxe Pennyroyal issue, each signed by Moser.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

EUCLID (fl. ca 300 B.C.). Euclidis Megarensis Mathematici Clarissimi Elementorum Geometricorum Libri XV"¦ Basel: Johann Herwagen, 1537.  Folio (298 x 202 mm). Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations. (Title torn crossing letters with old repair verso and lower corner renewed, closed tear on p.181 repaired, title slightly soiled). Contemporary vellum (endpapers renewed, slightly soiled). Provenance: Christen Sorensen Longomontanus (1562-1647), Danish astronomer (signature on title); Alexander Campbell (armorial bookplate). FIRST HERVAGIUS EDITION OF EUCLID IN LATIN, containing the complete works derived from Zanetti's 1505 translation, and including comments by Campanus, Hypiciles, and the rare preface by Philip Melanchthon, removed by censors in many copies.   DANISH ASTRONOMER CHRISTEN SORENSEN LONGOMONTANUS'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE.   Longomontanus was Tycho Brahe's assistant at the astronomical observatory of Uraniborg in 1589. There, Brahe, Longomontanus and Kepler worked to try to develop a theory to predict longitude at oppositions with complete accuracy. He had good "skill at manipulating observational data, and he may have played an important role in Tycho's remarkable research on the lunar theory" (DSB). He visited Frauenburg, where Copernicus had made his observations, and took a master's degree at Rostock. He was elected in 1605 to a professorship in the University of Copenhagen, where we became chair of mathematics in 1607, a position he held until his death.   Longomontanus developed Tycho's geoheliocentric model of the universe to public acceptance. When Tycho died in 1601, he had not yet completed his program for the restoration of astronomy.   Though the observational aspects were complete, Longomontanus selected and integrated the data into accounts of the motion of the planets and presented the results, which he published in his Astronomia Danica of 1622.   Though Kepler's Rudolphine Tables of 1627, based on Tycho's observations, are often believed to be more accurate than any previous tables, Longomontanus's tables, published in 1622, also based on Tycho's observations, were demonstrably more accurate. With several marginal annotations, presumably in Longomontanus 's hand. Adams H-974; Houzeau Lancaster 832.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection. New York: D. Appleton, 1860.8vo. Half-title; one folding letterpress table. (Some spotting or browning, small dampstain to upper corner of a few leaves.) Original blue blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered (Rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, some light wear to corners). Provenance: C. F. Wreak (signature); S. B. Wakeman (signature); Liberal University Library (bookplate partially removed and struck through).   FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with two quotations facing title-page.   Darwin's work "marked a turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general, for there is no field of human intellectual endeavor that has not been influenced by the thought and fact of evolution" (DSB III, p.571). Freeman 377.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[BINDINGS] - [EASTON PRESS]. A group of 99 books published by the Easton Press relating to American politics and presidents with some duplicates, including:VIDAL, Gore (1925-2012). Lincoln. 1990. In original plastic. SIGNED by GORE VIDAL. -- REAGAN, Ronald (1911-2004). An American Life. 1981. In original plastic. -- PARMET, Herbert S. (1929). Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy. 1980. -- (1878-1967) SANDBURG, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years. 1995. 6 volumes. -- CARTER, Jimmy (1927). White House Diary. 2010. In original plastic. SIGNED by JIMMY CARTER. -- BUSH, George H.W. (1924-2018). All the Best. 1999. In original plastic. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. -- KISSINGER, Henry (1923). Crisis. 2003. SIGNED EDITION. -- GALBRAITH, John Kenneth. Name-Dropping. 1999. SIGNED. -- REAGAN. Speaking my Mind. 1989. -- MEACHAM, Jon (1969). Destiny and Power. In original plactic. SIGNED EDITION. -- And 84 others. -- All in original leather bindings, edges gilt, condition fine.   -- Complete list available upon request.Property from the Estate of Timothy E. Burton, Brookfield, WisconsinFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- BRUCE, James (1730-1794). -- Travels To Discover The Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768"¦ 1773. Vol. I-IV. -- Select Specimens of Natural History, Collected in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia. Vol. V. -- Edinburgh: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.  5 volumes, 4to (294 x 229 mm). 55 engraved plates, 3 engraved folding plans, 3 engraved folding maps, half-titles, title-pages with engravings, engraved dedication vol. I. (Some spotting or minor offsetting, a few marginal tears, a few blank leaves stuck together.) Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (hinges starting, some with old repairs, overall wear).  FIRST EDITION. Bruce of Kinnaird had studied Arabic and Ethiopic and was British Consul at Algiers. Believing the source of the Nile to be somewhere in Abyssinia, Bruce travelled from the Red Sea coast (near present day Eritrea) and reached Gondar where he spent three years at the royal court. By 1770 he had jointed an expeditionary force which brought him within reach of his goal -- to the spring south of Lake Tana form which the Blue Nile rises -- and was forever convinced this was the source of the main Nile. He remained in the Sudan and Egypt until returning to Scotland in 1773, but disillusioned by the reception he received there, did not publish his journals until 1790. It is however "one of the most splendid narratives in the literature of African explorations" (Hallett, Africa to 1815). Blackmer 221; Hilmy I:91; Nissen ZBI 617.  Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BOUTCHER, William (fl. 1734-1781). A Treatise on Forest-Trees: Containing not only the Best Methods of their Culture hitherto Practiced, but a Variety of New and Useful Discoveries. Edinburgh: R. Fleming for J. Murray, 1775.  4to (283 x 224 mm). Without engraved frontispiece and half-title as usual (Some light toning.) Original boards, printed lettering-piece, uncut (rebacked, some wear to edges, some staining). Provenance: Robert Mascall (armorial bookplate).    FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY BOUTCHER. Boutcher guides the reader through "plain directions for removing most of the valuable kinds of forest-trees," "transplanting hedges of sundry kinds," as well as the "disposition, planting, and culture of hedges" to promote more robust growth (title-page). Henrey declared that the present work is the best 18th-century treatise on arboriculture, which has practical guidance that aid forestry today. Cleveland Collections, 521; Henrey 3, 476.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Bacchanalia. Ten Woodengravings by Barry Moser with Six Epigrams from the Anthologia Graeca newly Translated by D. L. Graham. Easthampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1970.Folio. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Loose as issued in original blind-embossed blue wrappers (some fading and discoloration to covers).  LIMITED EDITION, one of 35 copies. ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR ADDITIONAL PROOF SHEETS OF THE PLATES, each captioned and signed in pencil by Moser ( "a.p. Moser 1970").   An extremely rare copy of the first book printed under the Pennyroyal Press imprint. "This was the first Pennyroyal book to use wood engravings. It was done under the aegis of graduate course in printmaking at the University of Massachusetts taught by the eminent printmaker, Fred Becker""”Pennyroyal Checklist 4.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

STERBEECK, Johannes Franciscus van (1630-1693. Citricultura oft regeringhe der uy-themsche boomen te weten Oranien, Citroenen, Limoenen, Granaten, Laurie-ren en andere. Antwerp: Joseph Jacops, 1682.4to (200 x 163 mm). Copper engraved frontispiece, 14 copper engraved plates. (Some minor soiling, a few leaves with marginal chipping.) Contemporary calf (joints starting, minor losses to spine ends).  FIRST EDITION, including descriptions of citrus plant including their flowers, leaves, and fruit, and the care and planting of citrus trees with information about citrus diseases and pests.   The plates, engraved by Francois Ertinger, are closely based on the plates created by Giovanni Battista Ferrari for his 1646  Hesperides. Nissen BBI  1893.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 19 works by Lawrence Clark Powell (1906-2001), many signed, including:  Philosopher Pickett: The Life Story of the Eccentric Pamphleteer Who Became the West 's First Political Reformer. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1942. 8vo. Original publisher 's red cloth. -- HANNA, Phil Townsend (1896-1957). Libros Californianos, or Five Feet of California. Revised and enlarged by Lawrence Clark Powell. Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Clark Powell, 1958. Small 8vo. Original publisher 's yellow boards and red title-plate. -- Fortune & Friendship: An Autobiography by Lawrence Clark Powell. New York and London: R.R. Bowker Company, 1968. 8vo. Original publisher 's stamped red cloth. -- W.W. Robinson, 1891-1972. Eulogy spoken by Lawrence Clark Powell. Los Angeles: Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, 1974. Folio. Original publisher 's white boards. -- Arizona: A Bicentennial History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. and Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1976. 8vo. Original publisher 's grey cloth, dust jacket. SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell. -- Eucalyptus Fair. Tuscon, AZ: Books West Southwest, 1992. 8vo. Original publisher 's green cloth, dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, one of 50 copies SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell. -- And 13 others.   Together 19 works in 19 volumes, all in original publisher's bindings, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.From the Private Collection of Richard CadyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

SACRO BOSCO, Johannes de (fl. ca 1230-1240). Sphaera mundi, cum commento Wenceslai Fabri de Budweiss. Leipzig: Wolfgang Stockel, 1499.Small 4to (208 x 139 mm). Collation: A-C6 D4 E-G6 H4 I6 . 49 leaves (of 50, lacking I6, blank). 39 lines. Types: 160, title and headings; 81, text (leaded); 73, commentary. Capital spaces, with capitals, initial strokes and underlines supplied in red. Woodcut printer's device at end hand-colored in red and green, 28 woodcuts in-text, a few hand-colored in outline in red, one full-page. (Some browning or staining.) Later vellum (some minor soiling). Provenance: Diagram on title-page and marginal notes and diagrams throughout in a contemporary hand; Jois Henrici (17th-century inscription on title)A close reprint of Landsberg's edition of ca 1497, the first to be published with commentary by Wenzel Faber von Budweis (1455-1518), an astronomer, astrologer and theologian from Bohemia. Sacro Bosco's Sphaera Mundi, in which he sets out the basic principles of spherical astronomy, was widely commented upon, corrected and republished across Europe. First written in about 1220, the Sphaera Mundi is "a small work based on Ptolemy and his Arabic commentators antedating the De sphaera of Grosseteste. It was quite generally adopted as the fundamental astronomy text, for often it was so clear that it needed little or no explanation. It was first used at the University of Paris and from the middle of the thirteenth century it was taught in all the schools of Europe. In the sixteenth century it gained the attention of mathematicians, including Clavius. As late as the seventeenth century it was used as a basic astronomy text" (DSB XII, p. 61).RARE: according to online records, only one copy of this edition has sold at auction in the last 50 years; ISTC traces only 12 copies at institutions worldwide. BMC III 655; Goff J420; GW M14592; HC 14123; not in BSB-Ink.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDINGS - AMERICAN]. A group of 8 decorative bindings, all duodecimos, comprising:BYRON, Lord George (1788-1824). Child Harold 's Pilgrimage. New York: H.M. Caldwell Company, nd. Original publisher 's decorated green cloth. -- MARVEL, Donald Grant "IK" (1822-1908). Dream Life: Fable of the Seasons. F.M. Lupton Publishing, nd. Original publisher 's decorated white cloth. Provenance: Miss Ruth Prenery (earlier ownership inscription). -- BAKER Jr., George A. (1821-1880). Point Lace and Diamonds. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1886. Original publisher 's decorated white cloth. New and Revised Edition. -- DRUMMOND, Henry (1851-1897). Addresses. Philadelhia: Henry Altemus, 1892. Original publisher 's decorated cloth. -- TABB, John B. (1845-1909). Poems by John B. Tabb. Boston: Copeland and Day and London: John Lane, 1895. Original publisher 's decorated green cloth. -- WILKINS, Mary E. (1852-1926). The Jamesons. Philadelphia: The Publishing Company and New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Original publisher 's decorated green cloth. -- PEABODY, Josephine Preston (1874-1922). The Signing Leaves, A Book of Songs and Spells. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1903. Original publisher 's decorated green cloth. Provenance: Emma Hall [Letter tipped in: "Dear Friend, Your work during the institute first aroused my interest, and I soon became eager to know your letters. Since then you have been kind to me in many wats, but I have not known how to thank you. Please accept this little book as an expression of my gratitude. I hop you will find something in it worth while. Lovingly, Emma Hall. Perry, March twenty seventh, nineteen hundred eight."] -- PERCIVAL, Olive (1869-1945). Leaf-Shadows and Rose-Drift, Being Little Songs from a Los Angeles Garden. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1911. Original publisher 's decorated green cloth. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, condition generally fine.  From the Private Collection of Richard CadyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

HOOKE, Robert (1635-1702).   Micrographia: Or Some Psychological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. London: for James Allestry, 1667.  Folio (298 x 198 mm). Title-page with engraved arms of the Royal Society, 38 engraved plates (32 folding), woodcut head-pieces and initials. (Some very minor spotting or soiling.) Contemporary sprinkled calf (sympathetically rebacked preserving original spine, edges and corners neatly restored); calf folding case gilt. Provenance: W. P. Collins (booksellers stamp rear flyleaf).   FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the title dated 1667 instead of 1665, of "he most influential work in the history of microscopy, containing the discoveries made with Hooke's newly perfected compound microscope. Micrographia was not only the first book devoted entirely to microscopical observations, but also the first to pair its descriptions with profuse and detailed illustrations" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 262; Grolier/Horblit 50; Keynes 7; Norman 1092;   PMM 147.Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870).   Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz".  London: Richard Bentley, 1838.  3 volumes, 8vo (200 x 117 mm). Half-titles to vols. I&II with advertisements verso, publisher's advertisements vols.I&III. Etched frontispiece to each volume and 21 plates after George Cruikshank. (Some very minor offsetting.) 19th-century polished tan calf gilt, maroon and brown lettering-pieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (a few small scuffs); original covers bound in.  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST ENGLISH NOVEL TO FEATURE A YOUNG CHILD AS A PROTAGONIST, with the "Fireside" plate at p.312 in vol.III, and authorship ascribed to "Boz" on each title-page. Dickens opposed the "Fireside" plate, and also objected to having "Boz" on the title-page; the plate was replaced with the "Church" plate, and his name was added to the title-page in later issues. Eckel, p.59-60; Gimbel A27; Smith I:4. A FINE COPY.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BURROWS, George (1832-1909). On Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation; And on the Connection between Affections of the Brain and Diseases of the Heart. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.  8vo (222 x 140 mm). 6 hand-colored lithographic plates; 4pp. advertisements at beginning, 16pp. advertisements at end. (Some very minor spotting to preliminary leaves.) Original maroon blind-stamped cloth gilt (some light wear, spine sunned). Provenance: London Hospital Medical College (shelf label on spine, stamps).    FIRST EDITION of Burrow 's research, which was critical in dispelling the earlier hypothesis by Monro-Kellie that the blood volume in the brain remains constant. Burrows "demonstrated that the amount of blood in the brain can vary and this may be responsible for clinical signs," making this publication a "milestone in the study of cerebral vascular physiology" (McHenry). The advertisement at the read is a publisher 's catalog "Corrected April 1846." McHenry, Garrison 's History of Neurology, P237.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BERGMAN, Torben Olof, Sir (1732-1784). Physical and Chemical Essays. Edmund Cullen, translator. London: J. Murray, 1788.  2 volumes only (of 3, lacking Vol.III, published 1791), 8vo (207 x 125 mm). 2 folding tables; 4 folding engraved plates. Contemporary tree calf (neatly rebacked). Provenance: note indicating a 1996 purchase at Maggs Bros. Second edition of this English translation of volumes I and II of the Opuscula physica et chemical. Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, was the first chemist to use the A, B, C. etc. system of notation for chemical species. According to Neville, the second edition is so rare that Bergman's bibliographer stated he had never seen a copy (Neville, p. 125).  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955).   A group of offprints, comprising:  "Zu Kaluzas Theorie des Zusammenhanges von Gravitation und Elektrizitat. [Parts I and II]." Offprint from: Sitzungsberichten der Presussichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phys.-Math. Klasse, VI. Berlin: Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter U. Co., 1927.  2 parts in 1 volume, 4to (255 x 184 mm). Original printed orange wrappers (minor creasing). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Theodor Kaluza (1885-1954) published a paper in 1921 where he linked gravitation and electromagnetism using Einstein 's gravitation equations for 5 dimensions, instead of 4. In February 1927, Einstein published these "papers on the five-dimensional theory are two short communications" where "his improved treatment [of the Kaluza theory] turns out to be identical with the work of Klein" (Pais, Subtle is the Lord, pp. 344, 333).  [With:]  EINSTEIN. Walther MAYER (1887-1948). "Einheitliche Theorie von Gravitation und Elektrizitat." [With:] "Einheitliche Theorie von Gravitation und Elektrizitat. Zweite Abhandlung." Offprint from: Sitzungsberichten der Presussichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phys.-Math. Klasse. XXV, XII. 25 (1931) [Part I] and 12 (1932) [Part II]. Berlin: Der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter U. Co., 1931-1932.    2 parts in 2 volumes, 8vo (258 x 182 mm). Original printed orange wrappers (browning, brittle, some annotations). FIRST SEPARATE EDITIONS. "In 1931 Einstein and Walter Mayer reformulated Kaluza 's 5-dimensional [unified field] theory retaining a 4-dimensional space-time" (Norman 701).  Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS].   Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774. Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, at the London Coffee House, 1774.  8vo (186 x 110 mm). Half-title, title with woodcut seal. (Some pale spotting.) Modern calf; blue cloth folding case.  FIRST EDITION OF THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRST CONGRESSFIRST ISSUE, with the half-title, title, and 132pp. The title-page bears the seal of the Congress, showing twelve hands representing the twelve participating colonies supporting a column topped with a Liberty Cap resting on the Magna Charta, framed by the motto "Hanc Tuemur Hanc Nitimur" ("This we defend, this we lean upon").  Committees of Correspondence resolved to hold a Continental Congress in June of 1774, and delegates from twelve colonies (none from Georgia) gathered in Philadelphia in the fall.   Delegates included: Samuel Adams, John Adams, Roger Sherman, John Jay, Joseph Galloway, John Dickinson, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Edmund Pendleton, and Henry Middleton. On October 14, the Congress adopted a Declaration of Rights, and agreed to an Association governing imports and exports and boycotting British goods. They drafted an Address to the People of Great Britain and an Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec. They agreed to reassemble on May 10, 1775 for what was to be the Congress that broke with England. Evans 13737; Howes J-263; this issue not in Sabin.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY] -- A group of 2 works related to scientific inquiry, comprising:  VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Les Singularites de la Nature. Paris or Geneva: [Cramer], 1768. 8vo (190 x 118 mm). Woodcut on title-page. (Light toning or occasional staining.) Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (some minor rubbing). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Voltaire 's work containing his observations of natural history, science, law, medicine, philosophy, and religion. Cioranescu 64840.  [With:]  BROWNE, Thomas, Sir (1605-1682). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents and commonly presumed Truths, Together with the Religio Medici Together with many more Marginal Observations, and a Table Alphabetical at the end. London: Printed by J.R. for Nath. Ekins, 1672. 4to ( 222 x 162 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Some browning or light offsetting.) Later roan gilt, spine gilt(front joint repaired, some rubbing). Sixth and last edition of Browne 's popular work, corrected and enlarged with additional explanations, in which he refutes superstitious contemporary beliefs based on empirical observations in line with the Baconian method. The work is organized into books based on the renaissance scale of creation: mineral, vegetable, animal, man art, geography and history, and astronomy and the cosmos. Keynes 79; Wing B5165.    Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

NABOLL, Nathan.   Green's Register for the State of Connecticut: With an Almanack, For the Year of our Lord, 1790. Calculated for the Meridian of New-London, Lat. 41.23. North. New London: T. Green & Son, [1790].  12mo (133 x 76 mm). [2], 79, [14] pp. (Browning and spotting, lacking final blank.) Sewn into contemporary wrappers without backstrip (some soiling or chipping). Provenance: Josephus E. Comstock (signature, front wrapper); Ford Mitchell (his sale, PBA Galleries, 15 December 2005, Sale 323, lot 64). FIRST EDITION of this rare 18th-century Connecticut register, listing corporations, tax collectors, ministers, civil officers, justices of the peace and details of the faculty at Yale.   With an early printing of the United States Constitution (pp.36-48).   Also including details about taxes and ferry fares.   With a few leaves bound in upside down, and the final text leaf pasted to the lower wrapper. Drake Almanacs, 455; Evans 21779.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com