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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Gregynog Press.- Ormond (John) Cathedral Builders, and Other Poems. With Drawings by the Author, first edition, one of 200 copies, illustrations by the author, some full-page, original black cloth-backed mustard boards, spine gilt, Newtown, Powys, [David Esslemont at the] Gregynog Press, 1991; and 3 others, Gregynog Press, most reference, v.s. (4)
Pear Tree Press.- Guthrie (James) The Wild Garden. Verses for Children, first edition, signed presentation copy, woodcut frontispiece by James Guthrie, spotted, original boards, backstrip faded, chipped and with upper joint split, corners little worn, rubbed, Selwyn & Blount, 1922 § Whittington Press.- Bagnold (Enid) Letters to Frank Harris, & other Friends. Edited & with an Introduction by R.P. Lister, one of 370 copies signed by the author, tipped-in frontispiece and plates, original floral cloth with oval photographic portrait of the author mounted on upper cover, board slip-case, Andoversford, Heinemann & Whittington Press, 1980; and 11 others, miscellaneous, including some reference and a Matrix 14 (one of 880 copies), v.s. (13)⁂ The first mentioned is inscribed 'To Jimmie, from Jim, June 1927', this being the husband of Janie Legge, whose work was printed at Guthrie's Pear Tree Press and whose bookplate is facing. Guthrie reprinted his verse collection two years later at the press.
Poetry.- Meredith (George) Three poems, number 16 of 65 copies signed by the illustrator, in an edition of 80, wood-engraved illustrations by Simon King, some full-page, original green morocco-backed decorative boards, spine titled in gilt, Milnthorpe, Simon King Press, 1998 § Libanus Press.- Moat (John) The Valley, first edition, number 64 of 100 copies signed by the author, presentation inscription from the author to Kathleen Raine, tipped-in colour title vignette and illustrations by the author, original linen-backed pictorial boards, gilt, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Libanus Press, 1998; and 10 others, Poetry from various presses, including Perpetua and Celandine, v.s. (12)
Winstanley (Alan, binder).- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps, marbled endpapers, full tan morocco by Alan Winstanley, signed and dated with monograph 6AW8, covers and spine with raised bands, elongated central lozenge of green, black and orange morocco onlays and inlays, spine with green, black and orange morocco onlays, gilt tooling, housed in a cream buckram drop-back box, a little rubbed, 4to, 1935.⁂ Alan Winstanley studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. He then specialised in bookbinding at Luton and St. Albans. He was apprenticed to Sydney Cockerell and then ran the Salisbury bookbinders until his retirement in 2000.
Ballet.- Anthony (Gordon) The Russian Ballet, first edition, with an introduction by Arnold Haskell, 96 tipped-in photographic plates, endpapers lightly foxed, original cloth, spine toned, dust-jacket, spine lightly toned with large tear and chip, other tears and chips (some large) to margins, folds and extremities, folio, 1939.
NO RESERVE Dust-jackets.- Sackville-West (Vita) In Your Garden Again, first edition, [1953] § West (Rebecca) The Birds Fall Down, [1966] § Beauvoir (Simone de) The Blood of Others, small loss to spine head, n.d. § Koestler (Arthur) Arrow in the Blue: an Autobiography, 4 short tears to edges, small loss to spine head, n.d., dust-jackets only, folds, slight creasing and chipping to edges; and 29 other dust-jackets, v.s. (33)
Farjeon (Eleanor) Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping and sunning to spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to lower cover, short tears, chipping to corners and spine extremities, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1952; The Fair of St. James, first edition, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small losses to top edge and corners, 1932; Kaleidoscope, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine extremities, 1963; signed and inscribed by author as Eleanor or Nellie; A Room at the Inn, inscribed 'Jon from Eleanor Christmas 1955', scattered faint spotting, original paper wrappers, the Favil Press, [1955]; and 9 others, most by the same, 3 inscribed by Farjeon, 8vo (13)⁂ The first is inscribed, "To my dearest Sally (who, without suspecting it, was always little Joan's child) from her loving Nellie (Eleanor Farjeon) August 4th 1955." With 4 others also inscribed to Sally by 'Nellie' or 'Nell'.
Flint (Sir William Russell) The Book of Tobit and the History of Susanna, one of 875 copies, colour frontispiece and plates, original boards, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little sunned, small tears to corners, joints and extremities, 1929; Judith, one of 875 copies, colour frontispiece and plates, original boards, backstrip beginning to split at joints, a little rubbed, 1928; The Odyssey of Homer, colour frontispiece and plates, captioned tissue-guards, original buckram, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Medici Society, 1924; More Than Shadows, first edition, inscribed by artist, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, 1943; and others, most by or on the same, several inscribed, v.s. (30)
NO RESERVE Flint (Sir William Russell) Models of Propriety, first edition, signed and inscribed by artist, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, one priced at 21s., slight creasing to extremities, one priced at 15s., a little rubbed, small tears to extremities, 8vo, 1951.
Fleece Press.- Lawrence (Simon) S.T.E.Lawrence: Boxwood blockmaker, Wood engravings collected in honour of his eightieth birthday, number 202 of 250 copies,1980; 45 Wood-engravers, number 216 of 350 copies, 1982; Tales from Bleeding Heart Yard: Stories about Stanley Lawrence, one of 200 copies with an engraving by Barry Moser, from an edition limited to 310, original cloth-backed wood veneer boards, Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 2000, plates and illustrations, many wood-engraved, some colour, some tipped in, uncut, the first two original cloth-backed marbled boards with slip-cases and printed at the Whittington Press, Wakefield, 4to (3)
Jones (Harold) Two original drawings for M.E. Atkinson's 'Going Gangster', illustrations for p. 24 and 62, pen and black ink, both initialled 'H.J.', one signed in pencil, each approx. 180 x 125 mm (7 x 5 in), one with corrections by the artist pasted on, minor surface dirt, under glass, framed, [circa 1940] § Atkinson (M.E.) Going Gangster, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author to the artist "For H.J - with, as always, much gratitude - M.E.Atkinson. Feb. 1941", illustrations and endpapers by Harold Jones, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket by Jones, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, small portion detached from top corner of upper cover (loosely inserted), 1940; and 4 others by Atkinson from her Lockett series, all first editions illustrated by Jones, 3 signed and/or inscribed by the author (August Adventure, The Compass Points North, Smugglers' Gap, Crusoe Island), 8vo (5)Provenance:Acquired directly from the estate of Harold Jones⁂August Adventure features the first book illustrations by Harold Jones.
Du Maurier (George) Trilby, one of 250 large paper copies signed by the author, plates and illustrations by the author, very occasional spotting, endpapers lightly browned, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, 1895 § Moore (George) Aphrodite in Aulis, first edition, one of a limited edition signed by the author, bookplate to front pastedown, original vellum, uncut, 1930 § Addinton Symonds (John) In the Key of Blue, some light spotting and browning, lacking front endpaper, original pictorial cloth, spine head and foot chipped, upper joint beginning to tear, uncut,1893; and another similar, v.s. (4)
Vieillard (Roger) L'Ecclesiaste: Gravures au Burin de Roger Vieillard, letter D of 12 copies for contributors signed by the artist and with an additional engraving in first state initialled in pencil, from an edition limited to 214, engraved octagonal title-vignette and 13 engraved plates by Vieillard, tissue guards, decorative initials, spots to one or two plates but mostly to guards, loose as issued in original wrappers, uncut, engraved octagonal bookplate of Ralph Kirkpatrick by Vieillard mounted on inside front wrapper, wrappers lightly spotted, original vellum-backed boards, spine with paper label, board slip-case (browned at edge), folio, Paris, 1950.
Gentleman (David) The Wood Engravings..., number 111 of 350 copies signed by the author/artist, Montgomery, David Esslemont, 2000 § Empson (Patience) The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 1959 § Comstock (F.A.) & William D.Fletcher. The Work of Thomas W.Nason, N.A., limited edition, Boston, 1977 § Paynter (Hilary) Full Circle: Wood Engravings, inscribed by the author/artist on title, 2010 § Poole (Monica) John Farleigh, signed by the author on title, Henley-on-Thames, 1985 § See-Paynton (Colin)The Incisive Eye: Wood Engravings 1980-1996, Aldershot, 1996, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case, the rest dust-jackets; and c.35 others on wood-engravers, v.s. (c.40)
NO RESERVE Gill (Eric) The Engravings, limited edition, original blind-stamped cloth, spine spotted, slip-case, Wellingborough, 1983 § Gill (Evan R.) Bibliography of Eric Gill, 1953; The Inscriptional Work of Eric Gill, 1964 § Skelton (Christopher) & others. The Engraved Bookplates of Eric Gill 1908-1940, Pinner, 1986 § Jones (David) Ten Letters..., original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, 1996, plates and illustrations, a few colour, some folding, all but the first and last original cloth with dust-jackets, the second spotted; and 3 others on Gill and Jones, 4to & 8vo (8)
Guichard (Kenneth M.) British Etchers 1850-1940, with 3 original signed etchings by Robin Tanner, tissue guards, occasional light spotting, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., slight fading to upper cover, 1977 § Engen (R.) & others. British Printmakers 1855-1955: A century of printmaking from the Etching Revival to St.Ives, Devizes, 1992 § Meyrick (Robert) The Etchings and Engravings of Edgar Holloway: A Catalogue Raisonné, number 26 of 100 special copies signed by the artist and with an original etching, with Supplement, Christmas cards and several A.Ls.s. from the artist or his wife to Laurence Lee loosely inserted, Aldershot, 1996 § Rushbury (Julia) Henry Rushbury Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, 2010 § Garton (Robin) The Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints of Paul Drury 1903-1987, 1992 § Robin Tanner: The Etchings, limited edition, 1988, plates and illustrations, all but the first original cloth or boards with dsut-jackets, the third also with slip-case; and 10 others on modern etchers and etchings, 4to & 8vo (16)
Hassall (Joan).- Hassall (Christopher) Devil's Dyke, signed and inscribed by the author to David Cecil and also by the artist, wood-engraved pictorial title signed by the artist at foot, 1936; The Slow Night and other Poems 1940-1948, signed and inscribed by the author and artist, additional wood-engraved title printed in blue and black signed by the artist, [1949] § Church (Richard) Small Moments, signed and inscribed by the artist "These are some of my favourite blocks Joan Hassall" on half-title, 1957 § Young (Andrew) Quiet as Moss: Thirty-Six Poems, with 6 loose wood-engravings by Hassall (one signed), a Christmas card and other ephemera loosely inserted, 1959 § McLean (Ruari) The Wood Engravings of Joan Hassall, signed and inscribed by the author to George Mackley with accompanying A.L.s. loosely inserted, also signed by Joan Hassall and with loosely-inserted A.L.s. from her to Laurence Lee with directions to her brother Christopher's grave, 1960 § Chambers (David) & George Mackley. Joan Hassall: Engravings & Drawings, limited edition, with 4 photographs & negatives of Hassall working, change of address card, notes from Brian North Lee, David Chambers & John Dreyfus (with the latter's Hassall bookplate) and funeral service sheet for Hassall loosely inserted, Pinner, 1985, first editions, all with illustrations by Joan Hassall, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, all but the first and last with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed and frayed at edges; and 8 others, Hassall, mostly signed or inscribed by her, and a bundle of unused Christmas cards, 8vo & 4to (sm. qty)⁂ The first item contains the artist's first book illustration.
Hassall (Joan).- Chambers (David) & George Mackley. Joan Hassall: Engravings & Drawings, one of 110 specially-bound copiessigned by the artist and with 7 additional engravings printed from the wood, original morocco-backed cloth, slip-case, Pinner, 1985 § Lee (Brian North) Dearest Joana: A Selection of Joan Hassall's Lifetime Letters and Art, 2 vol., one of 300 copies signed by the editor and John Dreyfus, Fleece Press, Denby Dale, 2000; Dearest Sydney: Joan Hassall's Letters to Sydney Cockerell...1950, one of 200 copies, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1991 § Burns (Robert) The Poems, limited edition signed by the artist, illustrations by Joan Hassall, Glasgow, Limited Editions Club, 1965 § McLean (Ruari) The Wood Engravings of Joan Hassall, reprint, signed by the author and artist on title, Brian North Lee's copy with his bookplate designed and signed by Hassall, with A.L.s. from Hassall and other ephemera loosely inserted, original cloth, frayed dust-jacket, 1960, all with illustrations by Hassall, all but the first and last original cloth-backed boards with slip-cases; and 6 others illustrated by or about Joan Hassall, 8vo (12)
Leighton (Clare) The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Leighton, pictorial endpapers printed in green, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rather faded, a few marks, rubbed at edges, 1933; Country Matters, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket rubbed and spotted, scratch to lower panel and frayed at upper edge, 1937 § Jaffé (Pat) The Wood Engravings of Clare Leighton, original boards, dust-jacket, Cambridge, 1992, illustrations, many wood-engraved by Leighton; and 2 others illustrated by or about the same, oblong folio & 4to (5)⁂ The first item was the artist's first book.
δ Mackley (George) Haybarns at Eemdijk; Gateway; Haybarn & Lock, three works, wood-engravings, all signed in pencil, inscribed and numbered, the first two mentioned from editions of 75, the other from an edition of 60, various sizes between 130 x 100 mm (5 1/8 x 4 in) and 103 x 125 mm (4 x 4 7/8 in), all hinged into mounts, unframed, [1962-1969]; together with 15 further unsigned "proof" wood-engraved book illustrations by Mackley, various sizes, all unframed, 20th century (18)Provenance:[Gateway] Gifted to Laurence Lee from Monica Poole[Haybarn & Lock] Gifted to Laurence Lee from George MackleyFrom the collection the of the late Mr. Laurence Leeδ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Mackley (George).- Colt (Armida Maria-Theresa) Weeds and Wild Flowers, 2 vol., number 32 of 250 copies with an additional suite of engravings and signed by the author and artist, wood-engraved illustrations by George Mackley, additional engravings loose as issued in portfolio, original cloth-backed boards, together in slip-case, Two-Horse Press, printed at the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge, 1965; Bibliophile's Delight, number 7 of 75 copies signed by the authors, also signed and inscribed by Armida Maria-Theresa Colt on front free endpaper, printed by George Mackley, 2 wood-engraved plates by Frank Martin, with 'Apologia' by Colt in marbled wrappers loosely inserted, original cloth-backed marbled boards, uncut, Two Horse Press, 1961 § Life of the Christ Child (The), number 15 of 50 copies signed by Colt, printed by Mackley from calligraphy by Michael Renton, illustrations and decorative borders, first leaf hand-coloured, original cloth, uncut, Two Horse Press, 1962 § Mackley (George) Wood Engraving, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author "To my Mother & Father..." on front free endpaper, original cloth, pictorial dust-jacket, a little frayed at edges, 1948; another copy, signed and inscribed by the author [to Laurence Lee] "Your acquisition of this book is appreciated as a mark of your great interest in the wood engraver's craft George Mackley" with accompanying A.L.s. "...I wish that I could produce a card to send to you, but, as you may know, the Society for the Maintenance of Aesthetic Standards struck me off their roll years ago and, in consequence, wood blocks can rest safely in their beds with no pressure from me..." and other ephemera loosely inserted, original cloth, 1948; George Mackley Wood Engraver, ephemera loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, Old Woking, 1981, plates and illustrations, all a little rubbed; and 5 others on Mackley, 4to & 8vo (12)⁂ Mackley's Wood Engraving of 1948 is still one of the leading manuals of engraving techniques.
NO RESERVE Marx (Enid) Some Birds and Beasts and their Feasts: An Alphabet of Wood Engravings, number 61 of 100 copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 450, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, Oldham, Incline Press, 1996 § Horsley (Terence) The Long Flight, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author, scraperboard plates by C.F.Tunnicliffe, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly frayed at edges, 1947 § Meyrick (R.) & Harry Heuser. Charles Tunnicliffe Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2017 § Beaven (Marcus) An Alphabet of Birds in Wood Engravings, number 184 of 250 copies signed by the artist, original cloth, Batheaston, 1974, plates and illustrations; and 2 others on birds, 8vo & 4to (6)
Nash (John).- Lewis (John) John Nash: the painter as illustrator, number 49 of 150 special copies with a portfolio of wood-engravings printed from the original blocks and signed by the author, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, spine faded and slightly mottled by damp, additional prints all numbered in pencil and with embossed stamp of the estate, printed at the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge and loose in folder (browned at edge), together in board slip-case, Godalming, Pendomer Press, 1978 § Greenwood (Jeremy) The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, one of 811 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, Liverpool, Wood Lea Press, 1987 § Nash (John) English Garden Flowers, first edition, with various Nash exhibition catalogues and price lists loosely inserted, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a little spotted and soiled, short tear to lower edge at fold, 1948, illustrations, some colour; and 2 others about John Nash, 4to & folio (5)
Nash (Paul).- Greenwood (Jeremy) The Wood-Engravings of Paul Nash, one of 490 copies, from an edition limited to 550, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 1997 § Boulton (Janet, editor) Dear Mercia: Paul Nash letters to Mercia Oakley, 1909-18, one of 300 copies, folding colour plate in pocket at end, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1991 § Eates (Margot) & others. Paul Nash: Paintings, Drawings and Illustrations, original cloth, 1948 § Postan (Alexander) The Complete Graphic Work of Paul Nash, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1973, plates or illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, the first two original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards with slip-cases, some spines very slightly faded'; and another on Paul Nash, v.s. (5)
O'Connor (John) The English Scene, number 14 of 200 copies initialled by the author, original half cloth, slip-case, Risbury, 2004; The Wood-engravings..., number 47 of 350 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slip-case, Andoversford, 1989; People & Places, number 282 of 275 copies, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, Risbury, 1999; The Boy and Heron, number 54 of 100 copies signed by the author with an original signed wood-engraving loosely inserted, original wrappers, glacine wrapper, Glasgow, [1977] § Childers (Erskine) The Riddle of the Sands, limited edition signed by the artist, original roan-backed patterned-paper boards, spine a little rubbed, slip-case, Barre, Mass., 1971, all with wood-engravings by John O'Connor, some colour, the first three Whittington Press, v.s. (5)
NO RESERVE Parker (Agnes Miller).- Rogerson (Ian) Agnes Miller Parker: Wood-Engraver and Book Illustrator, 1895-1980, one of 300 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1990; The Wood Engravings of Agnes Miller Parker, 2005 § Bates (H.E.) Through the Woods, first edition, 1936, illustrations, many wood-engraved by Parker, some tipped in, the last two original cloth with dust-jackets, the last rubbed and spotted; and 2 others illustrated by Parker, 4to & 8vo (5)
THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE: 6 assorted titles: EDWARD CECIL: A JOURNALL AND RELATION OF THE ACTION...UPON THE COAST OF SPAINE, 1968 facsimile of 1626 edition; [NICHOLAS BRETON]: PASQUILS MAD-CAP AND HIS MESSAGE, 1969 facsimile of London 1600 edition; THOMAS POWELL: THE ATTOURNEYS ACADEMY..., 1974 facsimile of London 1623 edition; LUDOVICO ARIOSTO: SEVEN PLANETS GOVERNING ITALIE..., 1976 facsimile of London 1611 edition; JOHN HAYWARD: THE FIRST PART OF THE LIFE AND RAIGNE OF KING HENRIE THE IIII, 1975 facsimile of London 1599 edition; [ROBERT ESTIENNE]: DICTIONARIOLUM PUERORUM TRIBUS LINGUIS LATINA ANGLICA AND GALLICA, 1971 facsimile of London 1552 edition, all titles original cloth gilt (7)
JANE AUSTEN: 5 titles: all ill by Hugh Thomson, intro Austin Dobson and pub London, MacMillan: NORTHANGER ABBEY AND PERSUASION, 1897, 1st edition, frontis and ills as list, part unopened, inscription on first blank; MANSFIELD PARK, 1898, 1st reprint, frontis and ills as list, inscription verso of ffep; EMMA, 1899, 3rd reprint, frontis and ills as list, inscription verso of ffep; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, 1899, 3rd reprint, frontis and ills as list, inscription verso of ffep; SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, 1900, 3rd reprint, frontis and ills as list, inscription on half title, small Douglas Foulis Edinburgh label on front paste down, uniform half blue morocco marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments and somewhat dulled (5)
HENRY WILLIAMSON: 6 titles: THE VILLAGE BOOK, London, Jonathan Cape, 1930, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, bookplate on ffep; ON FOOT IN DEVON, London, Alexander Maclehose, 1933, 1st edition, contemporary inscription on first blank, original cloth worn; DEVON HOLIDAY, London, Jonathan Cape, 1935, 1st edition, original cloth, spine toned, some sunning to edges of boards; GOODBYE WEST COUNTRY, London, Puttnam, 1937, 1st edition, review slip loosely inserted, ownership signature of reviewer Frank Howard Lancum with his original printed review on front paste down, original cloth, d/w; LIFE IN A DEVON VILLAGE, London, Faber & Faber, 1945, 1st edition, contemporary inscription on ffep, original cloth; TALES OF MOORLAND AND ESTUARY, London, MacDonald, 1953, 1st edition, contemporary inscription on ffep, original cloth, d/w (6)
RICHARD BRADLEY: NEW IMPROVEMENTS OF PLANTING AND GARDENING BOTH PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL...- THE GENTLEMAN AND GARDENERS KALENDAR..., London for W Mears, 1719-20, 1720, 3rd edition corrected, 3rd edition, 2 works in one, first work in 3 parts, separate title pages printed in red and black, 7 plates including 4 folding, 2pp adverts at end, 2nd work title page printed in red and black, 4 folding plates, lacks ffep, contemporary blind stamp cloth worn
REV WILLIAM HENRY HENSLOWE, PERPETUAL CURATE OF WORMEGAY: 3 titles: THE PHONARTHRON OR NATURAL SYSTEM OF THE SOUNDS OF SPEECH, A TEST OF PRONUNCIATION FOR ALL LANGUAGES, ALSO THE PHONARITHMON, AND THE PHONODION, London, JGF and J Rivington 1840 1st edition, errata slip, subscribers list, signed and inscribed by authors father Edward Prentis Wenslowe to Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover dated July 1843, original cloth: WERMIGEY OR THE WEIR AMID THE WATER, A NORFOLK LEGEND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES, Kings Lynn, Thew & Son 1865 1st edition, inscribed by author on title page '5 April 1865, first complete copy', ink annotations and corrections by the author, pencil annotations by his brother, further signed and inscribed to his brother, Frederick, disbound, old paper wraps, manuscript label 'unbound book... from Capt Henslow Hobart Town', 3 copies on COPAC: IN MEMORIAM CARISSIMAM, MY 'MARTYR' SON, OUR BLESSING AND OUR BLIGHT, OUR HOPE AND OUR DESPAIR, Kings Lynn, John C Bird [1883], 1st edition, original wraps, not on COPAC + HANNAH DOYLE OF CRIMPLESHAM, NORFOLK: A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF ISMENA WHITTAKER, OF SLIGO, IN IRELAND, DEDICATED TO HER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, London, A W Bennett 1860 1st edition, ownership signature of Rev William Henry Henslowe on title page with a few annotations by him, relevant autograph letter signed from author to Henslowe loosely inserted, original limp cloth gilt (4). From the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor.
ROBERT NICHOLS: THE SMILE OF THE SPHINX, London, Beaumont Press, 1920, (295) (260) numbered (106), original cloth backed decorative boards + CYRIL W BEAUMONT: THE FIRST SCORE, AN ACCOUNT OF THE FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BEAUMONT PRESS AND ITS FIRST TWENTY PUBLICATIONS, New York, Nicholas T Smith, 1980 facsimile edition, original cloth, d/w + DAVID CHAMBERS AND CHRISTOPHER SANDFORD (EDS): COCK-A-HOOP, A SEQUEL TO CHANTICLEER, PERTELOTE AND COCKALORUM, BEING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS SEPTEMBER 1949-DECEMBER 1961, Pinner Private Libraries Association [1976] unlimited edition, original cloth, d/w (some repairs) + COLIN FRANKLIN: THE PRIVATE PRESSES, London, Studio Vista 1969 1st edition, original cloth + CHARLES FLORES: CORRESPONDENCES, ill Rigby Graham, Leicester, Cog Press, 1973 (150) numbered (126), 4to, original cloth + JOHN MILTON: THE HYMN ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY, Worcester, Ebenezer Baylis & Son, 1935, (500), original stitched wraps, vgc + R P CARR: THE MANDRAKE PRESS 1929-30, preparatory essay Jack Lindsay, Cambridge University Library 1985, exhibition catalogue, original wraps + ANNE STEVENS: MONICA POOLE, WOOD ENGRAVER, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1993, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + JOHN RUSSELL TAYLOR: ROBIN TANNER, AN APPRECIATION, London, Merivale editions in association with Garton & Co, 1989, original wraps, printed paper label + NANCY QUENNELL: THE EPICURE'S ANTHOLOGY, ill Osbert Lancaster, London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936, 2nd impression, original cloth, d/w, all titles from the collection of Derek Cottam. (10)
TOM WOLFE: 2 titles: FROM BAUHAUS TO OUR HOUSE, London, Jonathan Cape, 1982, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped); HOOKING UP, New York, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000, 1st edition, signed, edges of leaves soiled, original cloth, d/w (soiled) + FREDERICK FORSYTH: THE COBRA, London, Bantam Press, 2010, 2nd printing, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w (price clipped) + PATRICIA D CORNWELL: THE BODY FARM, London, Little Brown, 1994, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w + RUTH FAINLIGHT: SIBYLS AND OTHERS, London, Hutchinson, 1980, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w + JACQUELINE WILSON: LOLA ROSE, London, Doubleday, 1903, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original pictorial boards + NELSON A ROCKEFELLER: UNITY FREEDOM AND PEACE, A BLUEPRINT FOR TOMORROW, New York, Random House, 1968, 1st edition, bookplate on front paste down, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth gilt, d/w + GEORGE MCGOVERN: GRASSROOTS, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, New York, Random House, 1977, 3rd printing, signed and inscribed, original cloth backed boards, d/w + DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN: TEAM OF RIVALS, THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, New York, Simon & Schuster, 2005, signed on label affixed to first blank, original cloth backed boards, d/w + MAX HASTINGS: ALL HELL LET LOOSE, THE WORLD AT WAR 1939-45, London, Harper Press, 2011, 1st edition, signed, original cloth, d/w + PRUE LEITH: RELISH, MY LIFE ON A PLATE, London, Quercus, 2012, 2nd printing, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w (11)
Antiquarian and Later Books - KJV, The Holy Bible [...], Cambridge: Printed at the Pitt Press, by John Smith, 1833, printed in parallel columns, contemporary black roan gilt, contemporaneous ink MS presentation inscription, 4to, (1); other prayer books and devotionals, later; Local Interest, Jewitt (Llewellyn), The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire, first edition, London: Bemrose and Lothian, 1867, contemporary cloth, 8vo, (1); further Derbyshire and Sheffield interest works, but later, including the Eyre family, anthology of newspaper clippings; More (Hannah), Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, volume II only, tenth edition, London: 1806, calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); Second World War, including Churchill's history, others later memoirs and hardback studies; hardback non-fiction; literature and poetry; etc., [13 boxes]
Katherine Hepburn Signed Book. Titled Me, Story Of My Life. First Edition UK version. Spine and dust jacket in mint condition. 420 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Coin covers and stamps mostly relating to the RAF including 'Douglas Bader Aces and Leaders Coin First Day Cover' containing Bailiwick of Jersey 2010 five pound coin, '70th Anniversary Battle of Britain Commemorative Coin Cover' containing Bailiwick of Guernsey 2010 five pounds, various 'First Edition Stamp Sheets' comprising first class stamps, Alderney mint miniature sheets etc, housed in two ring binder folders
Royal Crown Derby Christmas plates, each boxed, The Royal Crown Derby Christmas plate limited edition, certificate, 116/2000, the first Royal crown Derby Christmas plate, limited edition, certificate, 1361/1500, the sixth Royal Crown Derby Christmas plate 1996, certificate, limited edition 156/2500, the fourth Royal Crown Crown Derby Christmas plate, limited edition, certificate, 220/2500, the third Royal Crown Derby Christmas plate, limited edition, certificate, 292/2500, the fifth Royal Crown Derby Christmas plate, limited edition, certificate, 202/2500. all boxed.(6)
Royal Crown Derby Christmas plates, The Second in a series of four Christmas plates 1998, limited edition, 56/1750, certificate; the First in a series of four Christmas plates 1997, limited edition, 219/1750 certificate; the Third in a series of four Christmas plates 1999; limited edition, 279/1750, certificate; the Fourth in a series of Four Christmas plates 2000, limited edition449/1750, certificate; a Royal Crown Derby plate, ribbons and bows pattern; another Royal Crown Derby plate, 40/1000, certificate, all boxed.(6)
Cricketing Interest. Ayres cricket companion 1912, a Captain Matthew Flinders RN by Joseph Bryant first edition 1928, Ernest Scott The Life of Matthew Flinders, with portraits maps and facsimiles, and a Thompson's History of Boston and a The Hundred of Skirbeck, with hand written notes dating to 1820 and 1884. (4)
Estienne, (Henri, editor). [Anthologia diaphor?n epigrammot?n palai?n : eis hepta biblia di?r?men?], Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum, in septem libros divisum, magno epigrammatu numero & duobus indicibus auctu..., 1st Estienne edition, [Geneva]: Henri Estienne for Ulrich Fugger, 1566, [4], 539 [i.e. 545], [35]p., first line of title in Greek characters, title with printer's woodcut device, light dust-soiling and occasional minor damp staining to foremargins of few leaves, late 17th/early 18th century calf, later morocco labels to spine, upper joint detached, large 8vo (25 x 16 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams A1187 (size referred to as a quarto); Renouard, Estienne, 124:6; Schreiber 159.
Bullinger (Heinrich). A Hundred Sermons upon the Apocalipse of Iesu Christ, reveiled by the angell of the Lord: but seene or received and written by the holy Apostle and Evangelist S. John compiled by Henry Bullinger, chief Pastor of the Congregation of Zurike. Faythfully corrected and amended, 2nd edition, London, John Day, 1573, title within decorative woodcut border, black letter text, woodcut initials, tail-pieces, etc., final colophon leaf at rear with large printer's woodcut device, generally in clean condition with good margins, endpapers renewed, contemporary English 16th century brown full calf, with initials in gilt to centre of each cover I B, late 19th or early 20th century reback, with printed label to spine, a little rubbed to extremities, 4toQty: (1)NOTESSTC 4062. Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575), Swiss reformed theologian, and Zwingli’s successor as the head of the Zurich reformed church, was one of the most influential ministers of the protestant reformation, who also had a significant impact on English puritanism. Bullinger first preached his sermons on the Apocalypse to his congregation between 1555 and 1556. Among those in attendance were English exiles, recent arrivals seeking safe harbour in the wake of Mary’s accession. Neither Zwingli, Calvin, Bucer nor Vermigli wrote a systematic study of Revelation and so Bullinger’s commentary was the most important early exposition of the book from a Reformed perspective. It was translated from the Latin by John Daus of Ipswich in 1561, with a second edition (as here) issued in 1573.
Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury). An Aunswere by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitane, unto a craftie and sophisticall cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy Sacrament of the body and bloud of our Saviour Jesu Christ, wherein it was also, as occasion serveth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme anythyng worthy the aunsweryng..., 2nd edition, London: printed by John Daye, 1580, black and roman letter type, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, imprimatur leaf at end with John Daye's woodcut device, title with some light soiling, minor waterstain to upper margin of final few leaves only, generally a clean copy with good margins, early 19th century half calf, worn with upper cover detached, ownership signature of J. Ayre, 1829 to front endpaper, folio (28 x 18.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSTC 5992. Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555) was the Bishop of Winchester, and Mary Tudor's chancellor during the persecution of the Protestants, who died before Cranmer was executed on 21st March 1556. Cranmer's Aunswere, part of a controversy between Cranmer and Gardiner on the sacrament of communion, was first published by Wolfe in 1551.
Dallington (Sir Robert). Aphorismes civill and militarie: amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, 1st edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, London: Edward Blount, 1613, engraved portrait of Prince Charles to title verso, woodcut printer's device on title, marginal damp-staining throughout (occasionally affecting text), lacking boards, spine extremities bumped with loss, lacking two raised bands, 4toQty: (1)NOTESSTC 6197 Dallington first presented Prince Henry with Guicciardini's manuscript of Aphorisms in 1609. However after the Prince's untimely passing, Dallington edited the work, publishing it in 1613 with a new dedication to his younger brother Charles.
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties special commandement, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1616, general title and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, general title a little close-trimmed at fore-edge and with early ownership inscription to verso 'Robert Collier his booke, March the 31 1695' (ink show-through to recto), long repaired closed-tear to first two leaves of 'Translators to the reader' (a3 & a4), full-page woodcut of Adam & Eve in Garden of Eden (close-trimmed at head & fore-edge, repaired at head & foot and with repaired closed tears), Apocrypha present, lacking blank leaf 4B6 before New Testament title and final blank 4V8, leaf 4E1 guarded, bound with the Genealogies at front (title with ownership signatures), with double-page woodcut map of the Holy Land by John Speed, light toning, occasional marginal finger-soiling and spotting, 18th century calf, gilt decorated spine (faint & without title label), upper board detached, lower joint split, rubbed, extremities worn, folio (32.5 x 21.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHerbert 349; Darlow & Moule 271; STC 2245. The first small folio edition of King James' version; printed in roman type. According to Scrivener (The Authorized edition..., p.17) this was the earliest to receive any considerable revision. The line Appointed... is omitted from both title.
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, In Four Bookes. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the principal Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Henry Seile, 1652, additional engraved title to first volume (small hole to upper blank margin, dust-soiled, lined to verso), initial titles to both volumes with signature of "John Evelyn [Junior] Durate &c Virg: aen: 1.1", four double-page engraved maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas), each map cropped to edges with some loss, first volume with ink stain to fore-edge blank margins of leaves 2Q1 & 2Q2 and closed tear to 2Q6, lower outer blank corner of 2S4 torn away, front free endpapers with manuscript press mark D6:8, front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Evelyn Bart. and 20th century John Evelyn library 'J.E' bookplate, attractive contemporary speckled calf, with elaborate gilt decorated spines, upper joint of first volume cracked at head & foot, folioQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: John Evelyn, junior (1655-1699), son of John Evelyn, writer, diarist & gardener, 1620-1706; The Evelyn Library, Christie's December 1, 1977, lot 740, where purchased by Desmond Burgess for £200. Wing H1689; ESTC R5447. Books 1-3, the two parts of book 4, and the Appendix each have separate dated title page; register attempts to be continuous. Pagination is separate except for book 4, part 2, which is continuous with part 1.
Descartes (René). De Homine figuris et Latinitate donatus a Florentio Schuyl, inclytae urbis Sylvae Ducis Senatore, & Ibidem Philosophiae Professore, 1st edition, Leiden: Franciscus Moyaerd & Pieter Leffen, 1662, title with woodcut device, depicting Apollo beneath a tree with the motto 'insigne Apollinis laurus', 10 engraved plates (including one of the heart, with one of two overlays only) and four folding (three of which are frayed to outer margins, with a little shaving touching the image), numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations to text (several full-page), 19th century bookplate of Robert Palk Mogridge to inside front cover, contemporary full calf with triple blind-ruled outer border, modern antique-style reback, a little rubbed to extremities, small 4to, (200 x 150 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Palk Mogridge (1795-1837), surgeon, of Ashburton, Devon. Garrison & Morton 574; Guibert, Descartes Bibliographie, pages 197/198; Krivatsy 3120; Norman 627; Waller 2376; Heirs of Hippocrates 453. First edition of the first text book on physiology, in which Descartes is amongst the first to recognise Harvey's doctrine of the circulation of the blood. 'Descartes was prepared to publish this book in 1633, but decided to withhold it when he learned of Galileo's condemnation by the Church. As a result, the first edition was not published until 1662, twelve years after Descartes' death. The Latin translation [by Schuyl] preceded the French edition by two years' (Heirs of Hippocrates).
Buonanni (Filippo). Ricreatione dell'occhio e della mente nell'osservation delle chiocciole, 1st edition, Rome, Varese, 1681, 3 parts in 1 volume, 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 inner title-pages, 109 engraved plates (some bound out of sequence), contemporary calf, rebacked with red morocco spine, title in gilt to spine, gilt floral embellishment to spine, stamps to front endpaper, corners bumped, boards chipped, marginal spotting, 4toQty: (1)NOTESFirst edition of the earliest book on the beauty of seashells.
Taylor (John) - Bible [English]. Verbum sempiternum [salvator mundi], London: Printed by F. Collins for T. Ilive, at the Nags-Head in Jewen-Street, 1693, [288] p., signatures A-K? a-h?, imprimatur leaf (A1, slightly torn at gutter), half-title 'The Bible' on A2r, with half-title 'The New Testament' on a2r, "Salvator mundi. Printed by F. Collins for Tho. Ilive in Jewen-Street, 1693." (with separate dated title page and register), final two blank leaves present at rear (first blank inscribed 'The gift of the Revd. Mr. Chapman to Jn. Dampier Junr. in 1774), initial 7 and final 8 leaves with rust holes and consequent localised staining at fore-edge (reducing into volume), without free endpapers, contemporary speckled sheep, upper joint split and board attachment weak, head of spine worn, one brass clasp present, 64mo (4.7 x 3.8 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESWing T525; ESTC R184924; Bondy pp.14-15. A Thumb Bible in verse, which Wing reports as 32mo. Many more editions followed during the next century and the latest, reprinting the 1693 edition, were published by Longman in London in 1850. The great popularity of these texts is perhaps explained by the fact that this Thames waterman turned poet had, as Harvey's Oxford Companion to English Literature remarks, "a marked talent for expressing himself in rollicking verse and prose" (Bondy).
Aesop. Aesop's Fables, with his life: in English, French, and Latin, newly translated, illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures, to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life by Francis Barlow, printed by R. Newcombe, for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1703, additional etched title, dedication plate with engraved coat of arms for William Earle of Devonshire, 32 full-page plates by Thomas Dudley illustrating the life of Aesop (the first unnumbered and often placed as frontispiece, plate 6 with small rust hole to image), 110 half-page engravings after Francis Barlow illustrating the fables, few closed tears mostly to margins and some fraying mostly to first & last leaves, browning and spotting mostly at front of volume, occasional damp stains to lower margins of few leaves, bookplate of to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine without title label, joints split and some wear to extremities, folio (31.1 x 19.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESWing A695 & ESTC T87018. This third edition is a reissue of the 1666 and 1687 edition sheets, with a cancelled title leaf. This copy, unlike most others, has the sheets for folios 2R1-2 with the requisite copper plate impressions. It also includes the additional engraved title-page, often missing, and the scarce plate 17, often removed because of concern for the nude women depicted.
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