Bible, Irish.- Leabhuir na¡ Seintiomna...The Books of the Old Testament..., translated by William Bedell, first edition in Irish, title in English and Irish, double column, text in Irish, lacks initial and final blanks, small hole to 2O4 and 4T4 affecting a couple of letters, tear to foot of 5G3 extending into text but without loss, light soiling or water-staining to a few leaves but generally clean, worming to lower margin towards end, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving old spine, corners and some edges repaired, [Wing B2759A; Darlow & Moule 5534], 4to, n.p., 1685.⁂ First edition of the Old Testament in Irish, translated from the English Bible by William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore (1571-1642), but not published until 40 years after his death. About 500 copies were printed in Irish type supplied by Robert Boyle.
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Africa.- Hoskins (G. A.) Travels in Ethiopia, above the Second Cataract of the Nile, first edition, folding engraved map, 53 lithographed plates, 2 hand-coloured, 4 chromolithographed, several folding or double-page, wood-engraved illustrations, small stain to frontispiece and title, map lightly browned and torn & repaired at folds, Ricardo A.Caminos copy with his small ink stamps to dedication, modern morocco-backed buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine faded, 4to, 1835.⁂ Ricardo A.Caminos (c.1916-92), Argentine Egyptologist who worked particularly on epigraphy and palaeography.
![[Pepys (Samuel)] Memoires relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, for Ten Years..., first edition, issue with Gri](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/cf68ea0b-3616-4ef9-b30b-ad4e0109951d/468x382.jpg)
[Pepys (Samuel)] Memoires relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, for Ten Years..., first edition, issue with Griffin-Keble imprint, engraved portrait after Kneller, title in red and black, folding table of accounts mounted on stub (short tear to central fold), one or two leaves browned, some ink underlining on 2 pages, pencil note on front pastedown: "This was the Sergison (Cuckfield) copy & no doubt was bought by or given to Sergison on publication", contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine gilt, red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, small worn patch to upper cover, preserved in cloth drop-back box, [Pforzheimer 793; Wing P1450], 8vo, for Ben Griffin, by Sam. Keble, 1690.⁂ Charles Sergison (1654-1732), naval administrator; successor of Samuel Pepys as Clerk of the Acts at the Navy Board.
![[Locke (John)], "Philanthropus". A Second Letter concerning Toleration, first edition, title lightly browned, paper repair to](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/9161b926-15db-4b60-a64c-ad4e01099679/468x382.jpg)
[Locke (John)], "Philanthropus". A Second Letter concerning Toleration, first edition, title lightly browned, paper repair to lower corner D1, faint early ink ownership inscription to title, light damp-staining, some soiling, mainly marginal, modern half calf, upper joint rubbed, [Wing L2755], for Awnsham and John Churchill, 8vo, 1690.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, fifth (second illustrated) edition, engraved portrait by R.White after William Faithorne and 12 engraved plates mostly by M.Burghers and P.P.Bouche after Medina, [Wing M2150], for Jacob Tonson, 1692; Paradise Regain'd...to which is added Samson Agonistes, third (first folio) edition, [Pforzheimer 721; Wing M2154], by R.E[veringham]...to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688, together 2 works in 1 vol., old ink inscriptions "L.Streate 1697", "M.Streate" (crossed out) and "Mary Ann Watts Lawson 1850" to head of first title, portrait a little frayed at inner edge and laid down, some light browning and staining, a few minor tears (mostly marginal), later armorial bookplate of Chas. Ino. Lawson Esq. of Middle Temple, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, corners repaired, folio
Rabelais (François) The Works, translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, 2 parts in 1, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf, lacking C2-11 (loosely inserted from another smaller copy, some leaves torn & repaired, others frayed at edges with loss of a few letters), d1 &2 and B3 slightly defective at lower outer corner with loss of two catchwords, [Wing R104 & R109], 1694; The Third Book of the Works..., translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, first edition, title with short tear at inner margin, L6 with misprinting to lower outer corner where torn and leaf folded back and printed on wrong side affecting final 4 lines on verso, contemporary sprinkled calf, [Pforzheimer 815; Wing R110], 1693; Pantagruel's Voyage to the Oracle of the Bottle. Being the Fourth and Fifth Books of the Works..., translated by P.A.Motteux, first part only (lacking Fifth Book), first edition, [Pforzheimer 816; Wing R107], 1694, together 4 parts only (of 5) in 3 vol., uniform contemporary calf ruled and stamped in blind, a little rubbed, a few small stains, vol.1 with cuts to upper cover, vol.3 with some gouges, slight wear to spines, for Richard Baldwin; and another copy of the first with all text but lacking the engraved portrait, 12mo (4)⁂ An almost complete set of the translations of Rabelais' works. The first item consists of books 1 and 2, covering Gargantua and Pantagruel, and was first published in 1653. These and Urquhart's previously unpublished Third Book were issued to accompany Motteux's translation of the Fourth & Fifth Books in 1693-94.
![S[ergeant] (J[ohn]) The Method of Science, first edition, title with ornament, errata leaf, with blank d8, erratic pagination](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/f43c0b26-7e13-4003-873f-ad4e010998bd/468x382.jpg)
S[ergeant] (J[ohn]) The Method of Science, first edition, title with ornament, errata leaf, with blank d8, erratic pagination but complete, occasional light spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, upper cover detached, [Wing S2579], 8vo, by W.Redmayne for the Author, 1696.⁂ Attack on John Locke by the controversial Catholic and Aristotelian.
Pope (Alexander) The Works, 2 vol., first quarto edition, plus Letters, first authorized edition, together 3 vol., vol.1 with folding engraved portrait (trimmed), titles in red and black, numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces and vignettes, vol.1 with odd collation at beginning and seemingly lacking initial leaf Directions to the Binder, without F1 but with additional leaf signed G, and without I1 but with additional leaf signed K, with the half-sheet C2 containing the Ode on Solitude and The Dying Christian to his Soul (as in the Ashley copy), and with an additional Epistles of Horace/The First Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace/Sober Advice from Horace bound in before The Dunciad, Letters lacking e2, occasional foxing and light browning, contemporary red morocco, with gilt arms of Frederick, Prince of Wales (father of King George III) to covers, early reback, spines gilt and faded, covers a little rubbed and soiled, [Rothschild 1584, 1626 and 1634], 4to, by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot [and by John Wright, for Lawton Gilliver], 1717-35-37.⁂ Vol.1 is the first issue, with Tonson's name not in the imprint; The Letters is the second issue with 'Ludgatestreet' and 'Bond Street' in imprint unhyphenated.
Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with initial advertisement leaf, engraved portrait, 5 maps and one plate, some worming to lower margins of vol.1 repaired, last 2 leaves vol.1 lower margin renewed, generally clean, 20th century green calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, g.e., [Teerink 289 etc.; Rothschild 2108], 8vo, for Benj. Motte, 1726.⁂ A handsome, complete copy of the first edition of Gulliver's Travels. The printing history and identification of this major work is notoriously complicated, with numerous papers and works written on this topic alone, since there were multiple printers, self-censorship, requests for post-printing revision, secret deliveries of the manuscript at night, and extraordinarily rapid demand from the public. This copy has some of Teerink's AA printing, with the page-numbering beginning afresh for each part; but it also has elements of Teerink B: the title-page to part 3 has the volume II statement on it, as well as Parts III and IV, and vol.1 E8 verso is misnumbered 66 (for 68). The portrait frontispiece is in the second state, with vertical chain lines and the stone below the portrait inscribed with a Latin motto.
China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 vol., first 8vo edition, 3 large folding engraved maps (2 torn and repaired), folding table, some browning, a few small stains, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, G.Nicol, 1797.
![NO RESERVE [?Pulteney (William)] The Negotiators. Or, Don Diego brought to Reason. An Excellent New Ballad. Tune of Packingto](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/c6d8d2dc-2b18-405f-95bc-ad4e01099f72/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [?Pulteney (William)] The Negotiators. Or, Don Diego brought to Reason. An Excellent New Ballad. Tune of Packington's Pound, 4ff., first edition, woodcut frontispiece, woodcut title ornament and head-piece, lightly soiled, horizontal crease where previously folded causing small tears and holes touching a few letters but no significant loss, reinforced on verso frontispiece, modern roan-backed marbled boards, a little rubbed, [Foxon N18], folio, for R.Thompson, 1738.⁂ A satire on Sir Robert Walpole's ultimately successful negotiations with Spain over trade, the failure of which led to the war with Spain declared in 1739, the "War of Jenkins' Ear", which lasted until 1748. The frontispiece depicts the Spanish king pulling the tail of the British lion.
Fielding (Henry) Amelia, 4 vol., first edition, with pagination dropped on p.22 (vol. 1), the 'Universal-Register Office' leaf at end vol. 2, ink inscription to title vol. 1, occasional faint spotting and staining, bookplate, contemporary calf, spine ends restored, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Rothschild 853], 12mo, for A. Millar, 1752.⁂ The author's final novel. It is regarded as the first novel of social protest, concerning issues such as poverty and prisons, and was an influence on Dickens.
Music.- Ashworth (Caleb) A collection of tunes, suited to the several metres commonly used in publick worship, set in four parts, and on the most easy keys; with An introduction to the art of singing and plain composition, first edition, letterpress introduction, engraved music and accompanying text, staining and spotting, affecting part of 1 letter on title, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments, joints splitting, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, scuffed and stained, oblong 8vo, Printed and sold for J. Buckland, at the Buck, in Pater-Noster-Row, [?1760].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only three copies (two at BL and one Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, CT).
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Binding.- Almanac.- [Saunders (Richard)], "Cardanus Rider". Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of Our Lord God 1772, the first section (calendar) printed in red & black and interleaved, cropped with loss of or to a few head-lines, with contemporary ink or pencil manuscript notes & accounts to free endpapers including 4pp. prepared paper for the use of metal point at beginning, handsome contemporary red morocco wallet style binding elaborately tooled in gilt with cottage roof design and silver metal lock with disguised sliding release button, spine gilt, "Dutch" floral endpapers, g.e., spine with worm-hole to joint and repaired at head and foot, repairs to edges and flap preserving most of strip covering fore-edge, a little rubbed, 12mo, by R. & M.Brown, for the Company of Stationers, 1772.⁂ First published in 1656 Rider's British Merlin appeared for nearly two hundred years but this edition for 1772 is not recorded by ESTC. Library Hub lists 4 copies in the UK (Durham University, Manchester University, Oxford University, and National Trust libraries) but no copy in the British Library.
![Numismatics.- [Snelling (Thomas)] A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, first edition, 17 engraved plates, one wi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/d6c525dd-7256-4f33-a2b4-ad4e010a04b8/468x382.jpg)
Numismatics.- [Snelling (Thomas)] A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, first edition, 17 engraved plates, one with pencil annotation, light foxing, some leaves reinforced at edges, modern morocco, T.Snelling, 1762 § Martin-Leake (Stephen) An Historical Account of English Money, second edition, 13 engraved plates, traces of tape to inner margin of title, bookplate of John Dunn Gardner and book-label of Roy. Redvers. King, modern calf-backed cloth, red roan label, W.Meadows, 1745, folio & 8vo (2)
Mediterranean.- Lear (Edward) Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed "Presented to me by Mr. Edward Lear on his departure from India on the 16th July 1874. J.M.Boyd" on half-title, 40 wood-engraved plates, wood-engraved map and illustrations, occasional spotting, modern black morocco, tan calf label, large 8vo, 1870.⁂ Probably Lieutenant Colonel J.M.Boyd, who served in Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1880, taking part in the march from Kabul to Kandahar under General Roberts in August 1880. He was also an accomplished amateur watercolourist which would explain the gift from Lear.
Gothic novel.- Radcliffe (Ann) A Sicilian romance, first American edition, final advertisement f., worm trace to lower inner gutters of first sig., G1&2 tear at head within text, with minor loss, Q1 torn and stained at foot, with loss of text, Q2 stained and chipped, with obscuring of a few letters, but with no loss of sense, U1 long tear just within text, minor loss, stained (heavier to sigs. P&Q), spotted, lightly browned throughout (little heavier in a few instances), contemporary calf, spine gilt and with chipped red morocco label, upper corners worn, some staining, rubbed, [Evans 29381], large 12mo, [Philadelphia], Printed for Henry and Patrick Rice, and James Rice and Co. Baltimore, 1795.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording four copies, of which two at the American Antiquarian Society (others NYPL and Yale). Provenance: 'M. Stokes to his beloved wife R. Stokes' (contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper and her name to title).
Gothic novel.- Tales of Terror, first Dublin edition, additional engraved vignette title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 2 hand-coloured plates, one with tiny stab-holes, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, 8vo, Dublin, Printed by John Brooke, 1801.⁂ A delightfully macabre work, originally assumed to be by Matthew Lewis but now assumed to be a parody. "The book is gruesome and in its illustrations even disgusting and it seems impossible that Lewis could have had anything to do with it. Some of the ballads are too coarse and grotesque to stand comparison with any work by M. G. Lewis." - Montague Summers, A Gothic Bibliography.
![Gothic novel.- [Peacock (Thomas Love)] Nightmare Abbey, first edition, occasional faint spotting, stencilled arms to front pa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/2f5d1310-21ca-4076-b6e8-ad4e0109ae17/468x382.jpg)
Gothic novel.- Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) The Wyvern Mystery, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional minor foxing and soiling, later dark-blue morocco-backed blind-stamped pebbled cloth, spines gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1869.⁂ Rare. "The Wyvern Mystery combines all the elements of nail-biting horror, romantic fairy tale, psychological thriller and rich period drama to create a compelling story." (Waterstones' online synopsis)
Napoleonic Wars.- Orme (Edward, publisher) Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes of personal valour ..., terminating with the Battle of Waterloo, first edition, 40 hand-coloured aquatints, tissue-guards, list of subscribers, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper verso, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, re-cornered, a little rubbed, [Tooley 352], 4to, Edward Orme, [1818].
Austen (Jane) Mansfield Park: A Novel... By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", 3 vol., second edition, half-titles, occasional spotting, some creasing, mainly to corners, contemporary calf, early reback, gilt spines, vol. 1 and 3 broken, with spines cracked down the centre and lightly chipped, corners and extremities rubbed, [Gilson A7], 12mo, for J. Murray, 1816.⁂ Contemporary comment on Mansfield Park praised the author's ability to capture and evoke 'natural' characters and 'real' life. First published in 1814 by Egerton, and sold out by November of that year, the second edition of 750 copies was entrusted to John Murray, Austen possibly dissatisfied with Egerton as a salesman and over his issue of a second edition of Pride and Prejudice without her knowledge.
Hardy (Thomas) The Trumpet Major, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, one or two faint marginal spots, minor staining (L4, vol. 1 only), short marginal tears not affecting text (B5 & F4, vol. 3), original cloth bound at end, bookplate, near contemporary half-morocco by Stikeman & Co., [Purdy p.31], 8vo, 1880.⁂ Hardy's epic novel set during the Napoleonic Wars, first published in monthly instalments in Good Words, from January to December 1880.
Ibsen (Henrik) A Doll's House, translated by William Archer, first edition of this translation, number 48 of 115 copies signed by the publisher, Laura Henderson's copy with her ink ownership inscription to half-title and bookplate to pastedown, portrait frontispiece, photographic plates, original vellum, spine ends and corners bumped, rather soiled and browned, 4to, T. Fisher Unwin, 1889.⁂ An excellent association. Laura Henderson (1863-1944) is best known as the founder of London's Windmill Theatres, famed for its tableaux vivants of motionless nude women to circumvent obscenity laws and for never closing during the Blitz.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, pp.147-223, "special English edition", vol.xlv, Jan-June, very light foxing to title, original morocco-backed boards, lightly rubbed, spine faded and lightly stained, London and Philadelphia, 8vo, 1890. ⁂ Seemingly the much rarer "special English edition" printed just after the American issue, and thus an early appearance in print of this story. The English edition was titled simply, "The Sign of the Four", and was published simultaneously in London and Philadelphia. Gibson and Green note that "in the American issue of the magazine the frontispiece faces a special title-page and is therefore considered by some to constitute the first edition." The first issue contains ads dated "January 1890" and the subsequent issue, as here, has ads dated "February 1890." The first English edition in book form was published in October, 1890 and the first American edition in book form was published in March, 1890.
Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, first edition, very light offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light finger-soiling and browning to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, a near-fine example overall, [PMM 423], 8vo, 1936.⁂ A superb example of one of the most influential economic treatise of the 20th century.
*** Please note the description of this lot has changed.Africa.- Haywood (Capt. C. Wightwick) To the Mysterious Lorian Swamp, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, folding map, 12pp. advertisements, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, a few short repaired tears to head and foot with some light creasing, a very good example overall, 1927.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. Sporting adventure in Jubaland, now Somalia, in which the author killed a rhino with an automatic pistol when it charged at him as he was taking a photograph. "[I]t is not the sort of effort I care to repeat...".
Churchill (Winston S.) The War Speeches, 7 vol., first edition, complied by Randolph S. Churchill and Charles Eade, black and white plates, handsomely bound in black half morocco, spines gilt with double red morocco labels, t.e.g., 8vo, 1941-46.⁂ Vol. 1: Into Battle; vol. 2: The Unrelenting Struggle; vol. 3: The End of the Beginning; vol. 4: Onwards to Victory; vol. 5: The Dawn of Liberation; vol. 6: Victory; vol. 7: Secret Session.
Food and Drink.- Hartley (Dorothy) Food in England, first edition, illustrations, some light marking to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to head and foot, dust-jacket, very light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few small nicks and some creasing to head and foot, light soiling to panels, some rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Hartley's fascinating compendium of English cookery through the ages, written over a 30 year period.
Blixen (Karen) Out of Africa, first edition, very minor foxing at beginning and end, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly soiled and a little rubbed and chipped at extremities, front flap with corner and price torn away, overall a very good copy, 8vo, 1937.
Blixen (Karen) Den Afrikanske Farm, first Danish edition, original pictorial wrappers, light toning and creasing to spine, spine ends a little chipped, label partially removed from lower flap, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, patch of light soiling to lower cover, a very good example, 8vo, Copenhagen, 1937.⁂ The fragile first Danish edition, published after first English but prior to the first American editions.
Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, first printing, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, original cloth, light sunning to spine and to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, fore-edges neatly strengthened and repaired on verso, spine with neat repairs to foot, some light rubbing to extremities but a very good example overall of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1958.⁂ The first of Michael Bond's Paddington books in which he created his much beloved marmalade-adoring eponymous bear. Increasingly rare in the jacket.
![[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Death of a Sadist, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rub](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/35ad0f94-8ead-4c97-aedf-ad4e0109c703/468x382.jpg)
[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Death of a Sadist, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some minor fraying, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1937.⁂ A rare horror title of a man who loves art so much he loses he soul. Little is known of Ryan, whose work initially vanished into obscurity before being rediscovered in the 1980s.
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[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Subjugated Beast, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, early ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original cloth, spine rubbed and faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some minor fraying, some light soiling and marking, rubbed, 8vo 1938.⁂ A rare macabre horror classic, including tales of cannibals and a husband feeding raw meat to his wife.
Burgess (Anthony) The Worm and the Ring, first edition, occasional marginal foxing, ink ownership inscription of Daphne Fielding, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped light creasing to spine ends, very short closed tear to head of lower panel, light spotting to flaps, 8vo, 1961.⁂ Burgess' suppressed novel with a good provenance, owned by the author and Bright Young Thing, Daphne Fielding (1904-97). The Worm and the Ring was closely based on Burgess' experiences at the Banbury Grammar School with several of the characters recognizable as staff there. The secretary, Gwendoline Bustin, objected to her inclusion and Heinemann agreed to pulp any unsold copies of the book.
Burroughs (William S.) The Naked Lunch, first edition, first issue with "Francs 1500" on back cover and rear flap of dust-jacket, title with typographic border in green, light water-staining to edges of rear free endpaper, original green printed wrappers, with dust-jacket, slightly creased and marked at upper edge, hole punched through wrapper and dust-jacket at foot or rear panel, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press, 1959.
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Chitty (Lady [Helen Mary]) The Black Buddha, first edition, 6pp. advertisements with this title listed, original cloth, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, some minor chipping to spine ends and corners, a few short tears with light creasing to head and foot, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1926.⁂ An excellent example of this rare adventure title set in India, we can trace no other copies online or at auction. Helen Mary Chitty (1859-1932) was wife of Sir Charles William Chitty, a High Court Judge in Calcutta. The price on the spine has possibly either been transferred from another jacket or previously been covered with another price sticker since removed.
Meade-Falkner (J.) The Lost Stradivarius, first edition, presentation inscription to pastedown, bookplate to front free endpaper, light spotting and foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, a little marked, spine ends bumped and creased, 8vo, 1895.⁂ Falkner's first novel, a supernatural tale of ghosts possessing objects.
Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, a few spots to endpapers, spotting to edges, original boards, short split to head of spine and to foot of lower joint, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light browning to spine tips, small tape-stain to upper and lower panels, a few scattered spots to lower panel, but a very good, bright copy overall, 8vo, 1957.
Africa.- Ludolf (Hiob) A New History of Ethiopia, being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia..., first English edition, engraved plate of Ethiopic alphabet, 8 engraved plates, most folding and mainly of natural history (sheep, monkeys, elephants, hippopotamus etc.), folding genealogical table, some spotting or browning, final leaf defective at lower outer corner not affecting text, contemporary calf, red morocco label, rubbed, upper joint split, spine ends a little worn, [Wing L3468], folio, for Samuel Smith, 1682.⁂ Including important material on Ethiopic languages.
Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends, light creasing to head and foot, some rubbing and light surface marking, but an unusually bright and excellent example without any of the usual fading to spine, 8vo, 1960.
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, price-clipped, some light rubbing and minor creasing to spine ends and corners, very short closed tear to foot of upper joint, but an unusually bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1961.
Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, ink ownership stamp to foot of front free endpaper, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light browning to spin, light creasing and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, small splash-mark to spine, but a bright, near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1962.
Fleming (Ian) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 3 vol., first edition, illustrations by John Burningham, original boards, dust-jackets, vol.1 with very minor chips and creases to spine ends, vol.2 small chip to spine tail, vol.3 boards lightly discoloured in places, jacket with chips and creases to extremities, and small stain and loss to spine head slightly affecting title, still overall an excellent and crisp set, housed in custom-made slip-case, 8vo, 1964.
Greene (Graham), H. E. Bates, T. F. Powys, Sean O'Faolin and others. No Want of Meat, Sir!, edited by John Hackney, first edition, light browning to endpapers, light damp-staining to covers, rubbing to head and foot, dust-jacket, price-clipped with 3/6 price sticker to upper flap, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, surface soiling to panels, light damp-stain to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Grayson, [1935].⁂ A rare piece of Greeniana, the trade edition of the collected stories by 18 writers that were published the same year as a set of limited editions. We can trace no other examples of this volume in a dust-jacket either at auction or online.
Hemingway (Ernest) Winner Take Nothing, first edition, first issue, with 'A' to the copyright leaf, with missing 'T' from 'Two' (p.159), original black cloth, gilt, short tear to spine head, first state dust-jacket with Stalling's review of 'Death in the Afternoon', torn in two at spine, chipping to spine extremities and edges,[Hanneman A12a], 8vo, 1933.
Hitler (Adolf) Mein Kampf, first edition in Japanese, translated by Yasuo Okubo, portrait frontispiece, original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket and original red wrap-around, tiny nick to edge of lower panel of jacket, otherwise an exceptionally fine and intact example, 8vo, Tokyo, Mikasa Shobo, 1937.⁂ This translation leaves out certain derogatory sections on the Japanese, Japanese culture and extremist racist views in general, attempting to make Hitler and his Nazi regime more appealing to the Japanese readership. Extremely rare in such original condition.
James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, half-title browned, frontispiece and 3 plates by James McBryde, 16pp. advertisements at end, a couple of spots, original cloth, yapp edges, covers with a couple of small stains, but overall a very good copy, [Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, 1973, pp.100-105; Tymn 3-125], 8vo, 1904.
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