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Lot 152
NO RESERVE Douglas (Lord Alfred).- Custance (Olive) Opals, first edition, half-title, 20pp. publisher's advertisements at end, occasional light spotting, endpapers browned, original boards, original printed label to spine, spine darkened, lightly soiled, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1897; and another, Oscar Wilde, 8vo (2)⁂ Custance was Lady Alfred Douglas. This is her debut collection, preceding her marriage to Lord Alfred Douglas. From the collection of Lord Berners at Faringdon House (without ownership mark), to whom she refers as 'Cousin' in her 'The Blue Bird'.
Lot 154
Carroll (Lewis).- Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson) The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll. (Rev. C.L. Dodgson), first edition, presentation copy from Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's sister, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, illustrations, 12pp. publisher's catalogue at end, related newspaper clippings to front pastedown and title, some foxing at ends, occasional spotting, upper hinge weak, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spine browned, rubbed, [Williams, Madan, Green & Crutch 501], 8vo, [1898].⁂ A very good family association copy. 'Mr. Dodgson's ten surviving brothers and sisters did well when they invited their nephew, Mr. S.D. Collingwood, to take up the biography of "Lewis Carroll."' (Crutch). The volume is presented by Dodgson's sister Elizabeth to a Rev. W. Hooper (slip mounted on verso of half-title, dated 1898). Also, tipped-in to front free-endpaper is a 2pp. apparently unpublished autograph poem by the author addressed to an 'L.W.' (supposedly one of Carroll's child friends), initialed 'S.D.C.', which presents the volume to her in France. It includes the lines 'He took the children by the hand / and led them into Wonderland.'.
Lot 162
Rosebery (Lord) Lord Randolph Churchill, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, 1906 § Churchill (Winston S.) Lord Randolph Churchill, second edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and facsimiles, newspaper clipping loosely inserted, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1907 § Cornwallis-West (Mrs. George) The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill, portrait frontispiece, plates, cracked hinges, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature and note taped to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1908; and 3 others on Lord Randolph Churchill, 8vo (6)
Lot 165
Churchill (Winston S.) Liberalism and the Social Problem, first English edition, previous owner's ink signature, related newspaper clippings loosely inserted, original cloth, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Woods A15], 1909 § Keynes (J. M.) The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill, scattered faint spotting, original paper wrappers, detached, lightly browned, small loss to corners, 1925, 8vo (2)
Lot 166
India.- Churchill (Winston S.) India: Speeches and an Introduction, second edition, occasional faint spotting, original green paper wrappers, very slight creasing to corners and spine extremities, [Woods A38], 8vo, 1931.⁂ The second edition was published in the same month as the first edition, but with different coloured wrappers.
Lot 168
Churchill (Winston S.) Post-War Speeches, comprising The Sinews of War; Europe Unite; In the Balance; Stemming the Tide and The Unwritten Alliance, 5 vol., first editions, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, all but the second with dust-jackets, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1948-61; Arms and Covenant, first English edition, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, slight sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Woods A44(a)], 1938; and others, speeches by Churchill, 8vo (12)
Lot 169
Churchill (Winston S.) The Second World War, 6 vol., first editions, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, light staining to foredges, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1948-54; A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first edition, maps, related clippings pasted to endpapers, previous owner's ink inscriptions, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1956-58 § Thomson (Malcolm) Churchill His Life and Times, 1965 § Churchill (Winston S.) Painting as a Pastime, 1962 § Heath (F.W., arranged) A Churchill Anthology, 1962; plates and illustrations, uniformly bound in red roan, black spine labels, gilt; and others, all on or by Churchill, 8vo & 4to (c.80)
Lot 171
Spiritualism.- Seymour (John D.) Irish Witchcraft and Demonology, first edition, manuscript recipes in contemporary hand loosely inserted, endpapers browned, light spotting to first few pp., original cloth, gilt, a very handsome copy, 1913 § Summers (Montague) The Vampire: His Kith and Kin, first English edition, plates, some light spotting, half-title foxed, ex-library blind-stamps, original cloth, spine and covers lightly faded, 1928; and 2 other works on spiritualism, 8vo (4)
Lot 173
NO RESERVE Moncrieff (Charles Scott) The Song of Roland, first edition of this translation, presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, previous ownership inscription also to endpaper, light browning to endpaper and spotting to first few pages, original cloth, paper label to spine a little chipped and browned, spine faded and ends bumped, 8vo, 1919.
Lot 174
Military.- Cumming (Hanway R.) A Brigadier in France, first edition, half-title, lithograph portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, 9 maps, library stamp to front endpaper, occasional very light foxing, original cloth, manuscript number to spine, 1922 § Ferrar (Major M. L., editor) The Diary of Colour-Serjeant George Calladine, first edition, original cloth, discoloured, 1922 § Kemble (James) St Helena. During Napoleon's Exile, first edition, 3 black and white plates, original cloth, 1969 § Caldwell (George) and Robert Cooper, signed by author on title, one of 1000 copies, black and white illustrations, original leather, 1994; and 24 others relating to military history and warfare, mainly first editions, 8vo, (28)
Lot 175
Shakespeare (William) The Merchant of Venice, printed from the first folio of 1623, number 63 of 100 specially bound copies from an edition of 606 signed by editors and artist, plates and illustrations by Thomas Lewinsky, original morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, signed with small gilt stamp to rear pastedown, very slight rubbing to spine foot, 4to, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press, 1923.⁂ Part of the Players' Shakespeare series, which was published as a series of 7 volumes. This copy is signed by Harley Granville-Barker; Albert Rutherston and Thomas Lewinsky.
Lot 176
Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Cymbeline, number 28 of 106 signed copies by the editor and illustrator to title verso, plates and illustrations, light scattered spotting to pastedown and endpapers, original vellum by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, t.e.g., some scuff marks and discolouration, corners bumped, 1923 § Hinman (Charlton) The First Folio of Shakespeare, second edition, original cloth, slip-case, 1996; and 50 others, by or relating to Shakespeare, v.s. (52)
Lot 180
NO RESERVE Wodehouse (P.G.) Blandings Castle, first edition, 1935; Mulliner Nights, first edition, 1933, very occasional spotting to fore-edge and margins, original cloth, rubbed and discoloured, corners bumped, spine ends frayed; and a quantity of others, mostly 20th century literature, v.s. (large quantity)
Lot 181
NO RESERVE Forster (E.M.) Alexandria: A History and a Guide, second edition, maps and illustrations, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, cloth spine darkened and spine ends rubbed, Alexandria, 1938 § Hartley (L. P.) The Go-Between, first American edition, 1954 § Pym (Barbara) The Sweet Dove Died, first edition, 1978, original cloth or boards, last with dust-jacket; and c.100 others, 20th century literature, v.s. (c.100)
Lot 187
NO RESERVE Cookery.- Toklas (Alice B.) The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, first edition, black and white illustrations, contemporary presentation inscription, pp. 254-264 with stains, original cloth, lightly toned, dust-jacket, panels, spine and flaps all separate and detached, toned, margins creased with some tears and chips, 1954 § Gourmet's Book of Food and Drink, first edition, colour illustrations by Hendy, original boards, laminated covering, cracked on spine, 1933; and 25 others, C20th cookery, v.s. (27)⁂Alice Babette Toklas (1877-1967) was the life partner of American writer Gertrude Stein. The recipes celebrate their time in Paris, with anecdotes about their numerous famous and creative acquaintances, chapters entitled, for example, 'Dishes for Artists', 'Murder in the Kitchen' and 'Servants in France'. This English first edition also includes the infamous recipe for 'Hashish Fudge' (removed from the American), from Surrealist artist Brian Gysin's, which Toklas suggests 'anyone could whip up on a rainy day [...] it might provide entertaining refreshment for a Ladies' Bridge Club' (p.259).
Lot 188
Lewis (Cecil Day) Christmas Eve, first edition, coloured illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, original envelope lightly rubbed, a fine copy, 1954 § Spender (Stephen) Sirmione Peninsula, illustrations by Lynton Lamb, 1954 § Auden (W. H.) Mountains, illustrations by Edward Bawden, covers lightly marked, 1954, first editions, first two with original envelopes, original wrappers; and another also from the Ariel Poems series, 8vo (4)
Lot 189
NO RESERVE Peake (Mervyn) Titus Alone, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dust-jacket lightly toned, 1959 § Beaton (Cecil) and Kenneth Tynan. Persona Grata, plates and illustrations, most of half-title cut out, dust-jacket laid down to pastedowns and rather rubbed, 1953, original cloth, dust-jackets; and a quantity of others, mostly 20th century literature, v.s. (lge qty)
Lot 198
NO RESERVE Bee (Jon) Sportsman's Slang: A New Dictionary of terms used in the affairs of the Turf, the Ring ..., first edition, folding hand-coloured frontispiece, 4 plates, previous owner's ink signature, occasional pencil markings, occasional spotting, G1 detached, broken hinges, contemporary cloth-backed boards, becoming detached, rubbed and worn, defective spine, for the Author, 1825 § Doctor Comicus; or the Frolics of Fortune, additional hand-coloured engraved title, 13 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional spotting and staining, previous owner's pencil inscription, title and first few leaves detached, broken hinges, contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbed and worn, split to upper joint, 1828, 8vo (2).
![[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and illust](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c00cc4ac-0237-4e2f-84fe-ada20119152e/b41945b5-0636-4492-8a75-ada2011c2fe6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 202
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Harry Furniss, advertisement loosely inserted, original pictorial red cloth, gilt, lightly faded spine foot, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, small loss to spine foot, 2 short tears to top edge, 8vo, 1893.
Lot 204
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1907 § Irving (Washington) Rip Van Winkle, first trade edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1905, 4to (2)
Lot 209
NO RESERVE Gibson (Frank) Charles Conder: his life and work ... with a catalogued of the lithographs and etchings by Campbell Dodgson, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, bookplate, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1914.
Lot 213
Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed and discoloured, 1928 § Liedel (Oscar) La Guerre et L'Occupation, number 160 of 500 copies signed by the author to limitation page, contemporary panelled red and black morocco, worn and stained, Brussels, 1947 § Adlington (William, translator) The Golden Asse of Lucius Apuleius, colour lithograph plates, some heightened with gold, ink ownership name to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, 1923; and 40 others, children's and illustrated literature, v.s. (42)
Lot 215
Strang (Herbert) The Big Book for Boys, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, occasional light foxing, 1929 § Kay (Anne) Girls of Deepdene, endpapers browned but a remarkably clean copy, 1937 § Brereton (Lt. Col. F. S.) Rough-Riders of the Pampas, first edition, prize bookplate to front free endpaper, 1919, illustrations,original pictorial cloth or boards, last two with jackets, lightly bumped and creased to extremities; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (5)⁂ First with rare original glassine dust-jacket.
Lot 218
Watkins-Pitchford (Denys), "B.B". Wild Lone: the Story of a Pytchley Fox, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, spotting, slight chipping to top edge, 1938; Manka, the Sky Gypsy: the Story of a Wild Goose, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, light spotting, lightly sunned spine, slight chipping to top edge, 1939; Lord of the Forest, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, 1975; and 11 others by the same, 8vo (15)
Lot 235
NO RESERVE Keith (Elizabeth) Eastern Windows: An Artist's Notes of Travel in Japan, Hokkaido, Korea, China, and the Philippines, 12 colour tipped-in plates, glue abrasion to front free endpapers, [1928] § McGrath (Raymond) and A. C. Frost. Glass in Architecture and Decoration, first edition, 1937 § Entwisle (E. A.) The Book of Wallpaper: A History and Appreciation, cloth faded, 1954, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, original cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed and discoloured, illustrations; and c.40 others, similar, v.s. (c.45)
Lot 257
NO RESERVE Sporting.- Scrope (William) Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing on the Tweed, first edition, half-title, additional tinted lithograph vignette-title and 12 lithograph plates, 3 hand-coloured, frontispiece detached, some staining and spotting to plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, sunned and stained, spine faded and ends worn, 1843 § Grimble (Augustus) More Leaves from my Game Book, one of 250 copies, illustrations, contemporary half vellum, a little rubbed and soiled, [c.1917], 8vo (2)
Lot 258
NO RESERVE Birds.- Smythies (Bertram E.) Birds of Burma, first edition, frontispiece and 30 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, folding map, some plates trimmed not affecting image, contemporary calf, light rubbing, short crack to upper joint, spine faded with light spots, 8vo, Rangoon, 1940.
![[Darwin (Erasmus)] The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts, 2 parts in 1 vol., part 1 first edition, part 2 third edition, e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c00cc4ac-0237-4e2f-84fe-ada20119152e/69bd5f0e-ca88-4eae-ad27-ada2011c24fc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 262
[Darwin (Erasmus)] The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts, 2 parts in 1 vol., part 1 first edition, part 2 third edition, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates (4 folding), of which 5 plates by William Blake, occasional off-setting, signatures L & M misbound (part 2), scattered faint spotting, short marginal tear (Y2), bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, 4to, 1791.⁂ Often found with part 1 as a first edition and part 2 as a third edition.
Lot 265
Mushrooms.- Price (Sarah) Illustrations of the Fungi of our fields and woods, 2 vol. comprising first and second series, first edition, half-titles, list of subscribers, 20 hand-coloured lithographs, 4 detached and loosely inserted, occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, gilt, vol. 1 lacking most of backstrip, rubbed, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1864-65.
Lot 266
NO RESERVE White (Rev. Gilbert) A Naturalist's Calendar, first edition, one hand-coloured plate, off-setting, some damp-staining and spotting, contemporary calf, upper cover held in place by stitching along joint, a little scuffed, 1795 § Butler (Arthur) The Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, 2 vol., 115 colour plates with tissue guards, occasional spotting or finger soiling, original cloth backed boards, spines slightly toned, [1907], v.s. (2)
Lot 274
NO RESERVE May (G.) Ballooning: a concise sketch of its history and principles, first edition, folding wood-engraved frontispiece, 48pp. publisher's illustrated catalogue at end, endpapers browned, original cloth, gilt, lightly damp-stained, 1885 § Nobbs (Moses James) Old Coaching Days: Some Incidents in the Life...the Last of the Mail Coach Guards, portrait frontispiece, original limp cloth, spine faded, [1881] § Endless Amusement: a collection of nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in various branches of science, sixth edition, folding wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrations, original embossed cloth, gilt spine faded, 1834, 8vo et infra (3)
![Midwifery.- [Salmon (William)] Aristotle's complete and experienc'd midwife, 2 parts in 1, twelfth edition, half-title, woodc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c00cc4ac-0237-4e2f-84fe-ada20119152e/9adc33b7-dc32-49e7-90f2-ada2011d695e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 275
Midwifery.- [Salmon (William)] Aristotle's complete and experienc'd midwife, 2 parts in 1, twelfth edition, half-title, woodcut head-pieces, first 2 ff. mounted on stub, trimmed, occasionally just touching a headline or minor part of text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 12mo, Printed and sold by the booksellers, 1770.⁂ ESTC records two variants of the 'Twelfth edition', both rare (four copies for ours and three the other). For our variant ESTC calls for [6]pp. of preliminaries, while we have [4]pp. However, we have an uncalled for half-title (rendering signature A complete in 6) and 2 uncalled for contents ff. at end.
Lot 277
NO RESERVE Sexually transmitted diseases.- Turner (Daniel) A discourse concerning gleets. Their cause and cure. With a prefatory account of Professor Boerhaave's new comments on the venereal disease, first edition, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine ends and corners worn, joint splitting, but holding firm, Printed for John Clarke, 1729 § Hill (John) A review of the works of the Royal Society of London; containing animadversions on such of the papers as deserve particular observation, first edition, wormhole turning into small trace by end to lower margins, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rather worn, but holding firm, printed for R. Griffiths, 1751; and 3 others, 19th century Medicine, 8vo (5)⁂ The second part of the book is Turner's first blast in the pamphlet war between him and James Blondel.
Lot 46
Gower (John) De Confessione amantis, second edition, black letter, mostly printed in double column, lacking title and 3 other leaves of text (H6, I1 and I2, all supplied in facsimile), also lacking final blank, aa2 with corners defective and some text supplied, G3 holed with loss to a couple of words, also supplied, some browning and staining, a few headlines shaved, 19th century calf, stamped in gilt and blind, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 421; STC 12143], small folio (241 x 165mm.), [by Thomas Berthelette], [1532].⁂ The substantial part of the second edition of this rare Middle English poem, The Lover's Confession, first printed by Caxton in 1483. The Confessio Amantis was completed in 1390 and written at the command of King Richard II by John Gower (1325-1408). Gower wrote three major works: the Confessio Amantis in English, the Vox Clamantis in Latin and the Speculum Meditantis in French. All three books are shown on Gower's elaborate, decorated tomb in Southwark Cathedral. The Confessio Amantis was revised to include a dedication to Henry IV and other changes between 1390 and c.1393. Gower's literary reputation was only matched by that of Chaucer, with whom he is frequently linked by later writers. The two poets did know each other, though Gower, possibly a lawyer by profession, was given power of attorney by Chaucer when he went to Italy in 1378.
Lot 51
Fuller (Thomas) The Historie of the Holy Warre, first edition, additional engraved title, engraved folding map, both with marginal tears and paper repairs to verso, small marginal tear and paper repair to front endpaper, occasional spotting and staining, light marginal browning, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, small worm damage upper cover, [STC 11464], 8vo, Cambridge, Thomas Buck, 1639.
Lot 53
NO RESERVE Goodwin (Philip) The Mystery of Dreames, Historically Discoursed; or a treatise..., first edition, decorative head and tailpieces, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, imprimatur leaf laid down to pastedown, lacks C8 (?blank, as in ESTC) and everything after O¹ (laid down to rear pastedown), occasional minor annotations, later roan, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing G1217], 8vo, A.M. for Francis Tyton, 1658.
Lot 58
Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra: Mysteries of State and Government, in Letters ..., third edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, one manuscript insertion, small rust hole affecting odd letter (T1), marginal worming affecting last few leaves, occasional spotting and staining, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, [Wing C186], for Tho. Sawbridge ..., 1691 § Clarendon (Edward Earl of) The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved frontispiece, title vignette, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, off-setting, water-staining to first few leaves, occasional faint spotting, near contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, cracked joints but holding firm, Oxford, Clarendon Printing-House, 1759; and 3 others, including a defective Sacra Bibbia, 4to & folio (5)
Lot 59
Kenyon (Lloyd, 1st Baron, Lord).- Burnet (Gilbert) An Essay on the Memory of the Late Queen, first edition, Lord Kenyon's copy with his dated ownership signature to front free endpaper, engraved portrait frontispiece, light damp-staining to top corner, contemporary calf, rather rubbed but binding holding strong, [Wing B5783], for Ric. Chiswell, 1695; and an 18th century work in contemporary vellum, 8vo (2)
Lot 6
Cardano (Girolamo) Proxeneta: seu de Prudentia civili, second edition, title within metalcut decorative border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, foxing and staining, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, spotted and soiled, Geneva, Paul Marceau, 1630 § Romanian imprint.- Franciscans.- Franchini (Giovanni) Antiquioritatis Franciscanae conventualibus adjudicatae Apologema. some worming at beginning and end within text, but with small loss, some mostly light foxing, lightly browned, 20th century half cloth, spine gilt, worn, Oradea [Romania]: Printers of the Csákiani Seminary for Michaëlem Becskereki, 1747; and another, 17th century French, v.s. (3)⁂ The first mentioned is the second edition of 'The Mediator, or Civic Prudence' by the Italian polymath Cardano.
![[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, vol.1 only (of 2), 2 parts](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c00cc4ac-0237-4e2f-84fe-ada20119152e/ba891829-9184-41d4-baf9-ada2011c403e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 66
[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, vol.1 only (of 2), 2 parts in 1, first edition, Teerink's 'B' edition, engraved frontispiece in second state with vertical chain-lines, 2 engraved plates, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing or browning, faint contemporary ink signature "?Ed. Wyatt 1727" to front free endpaper, modern calf preserving old calf lower board (rubbed), spine ruled in gilt, for Benj. Motte, 1726 § Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World...Vol.III, 2 parts in 1, first edition of the spurious third volume, half-title, with pp.112-120 in part 1 misnumbered "110-118", lacking engraved frontispiece but with engraved plate and engraved map from vol.2 of the genuine work (plates V & VI) bound in, occasional browning, a few stains, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, 1727; and a rather foxed and stained copy of Teerink's AA first edition of vol.1 with second state frontispiece, [Teerink 291, 292, & 290; Rothschild 2108], 8vo (3)⁂ The second item is the famous pirated work containing 'A Second Voyage to Brobdingnag', 'A Voyage to Sporunda' (both imitations), and 'A Voyage to Sevarambia, &c.' taken from an earlier work by Denis de Veiras of 1675-9.
Lot 69
Sussex Smugglers.- Full and Genuine History (A) of the Inhuman and Unparallell'd Murders committed on the Bodies of Mr. William Galley ... and Mr. Daniel Chater, ?first edition, 7 engraved plates, one with loss to lower corner affecting image, another torn and laid down with small marginal loss, another with ink-stains, B4 with tear and small loss affecting text, neat tissue repair, short marginal tear (T4), one or two ink signatures and marks, some foxing and soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo, Printed for the Proprietor R. Walker, 1749.
Lot 7
Scottish neo-Latin poetry.- Johnston (Arthur, editor) Delitiae poetarum Scotorum hujus aevi illustrium, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, titles with woodcut printer's device, vol.1 with addition f. '2A6', occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned throughout, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, lightly stained and marked, Amsterdam, Johann Blaeu, 1637; and an Elzevier edition of John Barclay, 1630, 12mo (2)⁂ 'a collection to grace any nation' (Samuel Johnson). The work is dedicated by the poet and physician Johnston to Sir John Scot, of Scotstarvit, whose own verse is included.
Lot 72
Hume (David) The History of Great Britain, 2 vol., first edition, some light browning, endpapers defective, early ink annotations to rear pastedowns, contemporary calf, spines gilt, vol.1 spine label chipped, joints cracked, vol. 2 upper joint partially broken, covers scuffed, extremities worn, 4to, 1754-57.
Lot 82
Pennant (Thomas) The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq. By himself, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Gainsborough and 3 plates, one folding and hand-coloured, some marginal foxing to plates, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, preserving original richly gilt backstrip in compartments and with red and green morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed, Sold by Benjamin and John White, 1793 § Ryley (Terence) A new a bridgment of the rules of French prosodia, according to bussier's observations, title lightly soiled and detaching, lightly browned, disbound, rare, no printer, 1756 § Provincially-printed.- Goldsmith (Oliver) The poetical works, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary half calf ?by J. Ackland of Bristol (ticket), spine gilt and with burgundy leather label, rare, Cheltenham, S. Harward, 1798; and 10 others, 18th century English Literature, v.s. (13)
Lot 83
French Revolution.- A Speech delivered at the Jacobin Club, supposed in the Candlerigs of Glasgow, first and only edition, title detaching, lightly spotted, disbound, 8vo, [?Glasgow], no printer, 1793.⁂ Scarce. 'A satirical exposition of the differences between the French and British nations, with regard to the causes of the French Revolution' (ESTC).
Lot 89
Prospectuses & Advertisements.- Prospectus of a new and uniform edition of the works of the late William Mason, J. Cundee, 1801 § A New edition of the Nonconformist's Memorial, with at least twenty-six heads of the most eminent Divines...on the first of June will be published, J. Cundee, 1801, single sheets, printed on both sides; and 8 others, similar, 18th & 19th century, 8vo (10)
Lot 91
Edgeworth (Maria) Belinda, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, final f. of vol.1 blank, ink signatures to titles, that of vol.1 mostly obliterated, vol.1 small worm trace to first few ff. and with tape marks to rear endpapers, vol.2 closely trimmed at foot in places, affecting signatures and catchwords, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, engraved armorial bookplate of Jephson of Mallow, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt and with red morocco label, vol.1 covers detached, vol.2 upper joint split, but holding, vol.1 single crease to length of spine, both vol. corners worn, rubbed, 12mo, Dublin, Printed for H. Colbert and J. Stockdale, 1801.⁂ Rare in commerce. Published in the same year as the first edition.
Lot 98
Southey (Robert) Life of Nelson, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with p.258 correctly numbered, half-titles, frontispieces, 3pp. advertisements at end, some ink ownership inscriptions to first few pp. each vol., endpapers and titles spotted, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed and discoloured, [Cowie 139], 8vo, 1813.⁂ "Southey constructed an early-nineteenth century hero as a model for the young - in his words, a 'patriotic manual'. He told a friend that he would write 'such a life of Nelson as shall be put into the hands of every youth destined for the Navy'" (Knight, The Pursuit of Victory, p. 542)
Lot 206
Charles Dickens hardback book The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1931 First Edition published by George G. Harrap & Co Ltd in good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 254
Keith Miller hardback book Gods or Flannelled Fools? 1954 First Edition published by Macdonald & Co Ltd in good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
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Major-General Derek Tulloch hardback book Wingate in Peace and War 1972 First Edition published by The History Book Club in good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
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