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Click here to subscribeCocteau (Jean) The Hand of a Stranger, translated by Alec Brown, first American edition, signed by the author with original pencil drawing of a youth in profile dated 1959 to endpaper, original boards, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few spots or light patches of soiling, 8vo, New York, Horizon Press, 1959.
Copland (Aaron) Music and Imagination, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light sunning to spine, light foxing spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to head of upper panel, 8vo, Cambridge, MASS, Harvard, 1952.
NO RESERVE Corso (Gregory) Herald of the Autochthonic Sprit, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his parents on front free endpaper, with compliments slip from the publishing house signed "Nunzio C." loosely inserted, New York, New Directions, 8vo, 1981.⁂ A lovely association copy, with warm inscription from Corso to his parents. An intriguingly personal copy, considering Corso's difficult upbringing, having been abandoned by his biological mother and sent to foster homes and beaten by his father. After a long period of estrangement, Corso seemingly reunited with his parents years later. Born "Nunzio Corso" to his Italian parents, he later used his confirmation name Gregory as a poet.
Auden (W.H.) Nones, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his brother John to endpaper in green ink, green ink corrections to 3pp., ink inscription "Ischia 7.vii.51" to foot of endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, light browning to covers, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped with loss affecting imprint at foot of spine, toning to panels, some creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, New York, Random House, 1951.⁂ An excellent familial association copy of this collection, including one of Auden's most esteemed poems, his In Praise of Limestone. Works inscribed by Auden to family members are rare, we can trace no other examples at auction. Dr. John Bicknell Auden (1903-91) was a noted geologist and explorer. His mapping of the Himalayas inspired Auden's Ascent of F6 (which was dedicated to him). Though often separated the two brothers remained close and maintained an extensive correspondence. See also next 2 lots.
Crowley (Aleister) Songs of the Spirit, first trade edition, [one of 300 copies], presentation inscription "With the author's kindest wishes" to endpaper, scattered foxing, light browning to title, original cloth, uncut, light rubbing and fading to spine, light stain to upper corner of upper cover, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, [Yorke 4a], small 8vo, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1898.⁂ Rare, we can trace no other inscribed copy. Early collection of poetry by Crowley who was only 22 at the time of publication.
Crowley (Aleister) Why Jesus Wept, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from the author "W. J. W. startles the Belle (touches the clitoris as they say at the White Cat) This, then to startle you. A. C." to endpaper, some light scattered spotting, 1 gathering loose, note in pencil in Crowley's hand "M. H. Bell Htl. de la Haute Loire Bd. Raspail" loosely inserted, original Japanese vellum wrappers, largely unopened, spine browned with ends chipped, browning and soiling to covers, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Yorke 19a], 4to, Privately Printed, 1904.⁂ The rare first edition of this religious satire by Crowley with a typically enigmatic and risqué inscription. We can trace no other inscribed copy. This copy without the two printed inserts (often lacking). A loosely inserted bookseller's description intriguingly gives the provenance as by descent through the family of Clive and Vanessa Bell.
Crowley (Aleister) The Works, [edited by Ivor Back], 3 vol. in 1, first edition, "Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author "G. A. S. ?Puiscant, a trifling token of appreciation for his many kindnesses" to endpaper, spotting to endpapers, bookplate and ink stamps of St. Catherine's College Oxford, original limp linen, spine browned, spine to head of lower joint, soiling to covers, [Yorke 23], 8vo, Foyers, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905-07.⁂ Published by Crowley's new publishing company whose name was a parody of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. In an attempt to boost sales Crowley offered a £100 prize for the best essay on his works. The winner was also allegedly the only entrant, a Captain J. F. C. Fuller who enthused over Crowley's skill as a poet.
Crowley (Aleister) The Winged Beetle, first edition, number 113 of 350 copies, signed presentation inscription from Crowley comprising three original limericks dated Sunday Aug 19 '22 to endpapers, with Glossary of Obscure Terms tipped in at end, light scattered foxing, light browning to endpapers, original boards lettered and decorated in gilt, light fading to spine, spine ends a little bumped with small split to head, but a near-fine example otherwise, t.e.g., others uncut, [Yorke 33], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1910.⁂ A superb copy with a lengthy and charming inscription to each of Austin Harrison's three daughters. Due to a flood at a storage facility a number of copies of this edition were lost and copies in this condition are rare. Austin Harrison (1873-1928), journalist, editor of The English Review. He published several articles by Crowley in 1922 including a pseudonymous article for the Shelley centenary.
Crowley (Aleister) Household Gods, first edition, two signed presentation inscriptions from the author "To A. K. C. (Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, mongrel pup) from the author. June 1916." and "To Gerda von Kothek from Aleister Crowley Sept. 1916 E.V." to endpaper, autograph letter fromt Crowley signed "666" loosely inserted, some very light marginal toning, original buckram, lettered in gilt, light browning to spine and toning to covers, t.e.g., other uncut, [Yorke 36], small 4to, Palanza, Privately Printed [but probably London, Chiswick Press], 1912.⁂ An excellent double-presentation copy that paints an illuminating picture of Crowley's tangled love life. Crowley met "AKC" while staying in New York and swiftly began an affair with his wife, Ratan Devi. AKC allegedly did not mind the affair and merely asked Crowley to find him a mistress of his own, with Crowley only too happy to oblige. The woman picked out for AKC was a former lover of Crowley's and part-time sex worker Gerda von Kothek. Inevitably the somewhat complex affair collapsed, with Crowley alleging that AKC became jealous of him once Ratan Devi's career as a singer and musician began to flourish.The letter, addressed to Frank West-Kelsey castigates him for unspecified reasons "The Patient can never judge his own case - and, Lord! You need a doctor!"
Crowley (Aleister) Mortadello; or the Angel of Venice, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to the poet Evan Morgan incorporating an older inscription "The smokeless perfumed torch, admiration without envy of Aleister Crowley for the Author of 'The City of Camels' has transformed this Loan Copy into a modest presentation." with the Thelemic date 1933 to front free endpaper with additional signed lengthy inscription to pastedown, some occasional scattered foxing, browning to endpapers and half-title, original red cloth lettered in gilt, fading to spine, a few light splash marks, uncut, preserved in custom black morocco drop-back box, [Yorke 49], 4to, Weiland and Company, 1912.⁂ One of Crowley's rarest titles with a superb and lengthy encomium to a fellow poet and practitioner of Magick. Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), published poet and accomplished occultist. After the death of his father in 1934, he took possession of the family seat of Tredegar House and there devoted a room entirely to the practice of Magick. Crowley was a frequent visitor and would collaborate in Morgan's Magick rituals including one that was allegedly so horrifying Crowley fled before it was completed.
SAUSSURE (HORACE-BÉNEDICT DE)Voyages dans les Alpes, précédes d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve, 4 vol., volumes 1 and 2 second edition, volumes 3 and 4 FIRST EDITION, half-titles, engraved vignette on titles and at head of opening chapter in volumes 1 and 2, 22 plates on 21 engraved sheets (most folding or double-page), 2 folding engraved maps, contemporary mottled calf, spine tooled in gilt with red and green gilt morocco spine labels, red edges, joints rubbed, 2 spine ends worn exposing band [cf. Longchamps 2615], 4to, Neuchatel, Louis Fauche-Borel, 1803-1804[-1796]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PETER LEE (British, 20th century); colour lithograph, 'The Onlookers', limited edition signed, dated 1991 and numbered 19/200, framed and glazed, 66 x 50cm, M Preston; mixed media, pair of figures in a doorway, signed, Dennis Oakes; oil on board of a bird of prey perched on an ivy covered post, signed, an engraving after William Fisk 'The Last Moments of King Charles the First' and two other prints, various sizes, all framed and glazed (6).
Three antiquarian books relating to horse care in the 17th and 18th century to include 'The Farrier's New Guide: Containing First, the Anatomy of a Horse, Being an Exact and Compendius Description of all His Parts, Second, an Account of all Diseases Incident to Horses with their Signs, Causes and Methods of Cure', seventh edition, corrected, by W Gibson, London 1731, containing various illustrations and fold-out frontispiece, book marked for W. Wynne, 'The Gentleman's Stable Directory or Modern System of Farriery' by William Taplin (Surgeon), thirteenth edition, London 1796, and 'The Gentleman's Farriery or A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horses' by J Bartlet (Surgeon), sixth edition revised, London 1767, with many folded illustrations, also a 1915 edition of 'Table of Veterinary Fosology and Therapeutics' by George A Banham and an eight edition Veterinary Book with many illustrations, mainly relating to horses, reputedly dated 1802 (5). CONDITION REPORT There are signs of loose pages, foxing and loose bindings.
ROWLING, J K; a signed first edition 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', published 2005. CONDITION REPORT Signed JK RowlingThis item comes from a very good local private source and while we cannot guarantee the authenticity of these signatures, we have every reason to believe in their veracity.A couple of tiny scuffs to the dust jacket, some very light brown staining to the edges of the paper, but a clear signature and otherwise in good condition.
CHURCHILL, HIS LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS; a 1955 first edition signed by Randolph Churchill dated May 1960, further inscribed 'Clementine Churchill' and 'Anthony Eden' in pencil. CONDITION REPORT This item comes from a very good local private source and while we cannot guarantee the authenticity of these signatures, we have every reason to believe in their veracity.The boards are very heavily discoloured and faded, so you can barely see or read the writing. The Randolph Churchill signature is clear to the inside.
NELSON MANDELA; conversations with myself, a signed edition inscribed 'To Bill, Best wishes 25th.5.01', on placed sticker with doodle of two bound wrists being broken, inscribed 'Freedom', also a first day cover signed by Nelson Mandela dated 22.4.98 and a signed postcard dated 27.7.98 (3). CONDITION REPORT This item comes from a very good local private source and while we cannot guarantee the authenticity of these signatures, we have every reason to believe in their veracity.Very slight smudge to the inscription on the sticker within the autograph album, otherwise all ok.
A hook-and-spike wall clock, John Whitehurst III Derby, c1852, the train quarter ting tang triple weight movement with 9½" painted dial, the serial number engraved on the backplate (6766), with wall fixings in later Whitehurst style oak hooded wall case, pendulum and weights Comparative literature: Craven (M) - John Whitehurst, first edition, p.193 for a similar example and p.253 for Whitehurst's numbering system
[Antiquarian] The Miscellaneous Works in Prose And Verse of George Hardinge Esq., Senior Justice of the Counties of Brecon, Glamorgan and Radnor 1818 in three volumes first edition with portrait, rebound in leather backed boards with title labels, Select Works of Archbishop Leighton with some letters never before printed 1758 first edition, The New Whole Duty of Man with Faith & Practice of A Christian 22nd edition (inscription 1773) with 2 engraved plates, Agreeable Historian or English Traveller 1746 volume 2 only containing Gloucestershire (binding broken), The Iliad of Homer Translated by Alexander Pope 1771 volumes 1-5 (volume 1 boards detached) and two other similar, all in leather bindings
A History of British Forest-Trees, Indigenous and Introduced by Prideaux John Selby illustrated with nearly 200 engravings, published 1842 first edition in gilt lettered cloth, Trees And Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles by W.J. Bean with illustrations published 1921 in 2 volumes in gilt cloth (worn), The Charm of English Gardens by Wilhelm Miller illustrated with 112 photographic plates and 8 plates in colour (c.1910) in gilt cloth, The Treasury of Botany Edited by Lindley & Moore 1884 Part 2 only Illustrated (5)
Charles Dickens The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby with illustrations by Phiz, published Chapman & Hall 1839 first edition bound in 2 volumes in half leather (with page restorations and repair with slight text loss 4 pages), Household Words Christmas Stories 1851-1858 conducted by Charles Dickens (c.1870) being extra Christmas numbers bound together in gilt cloth (lacking title), The Mystery of Edwin Drood illustrated S.L. Fildes 1870 first edition in half leather (worn) and two other Dickens (5)
The Complete Angler: or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish and Fishing in Two Parts. The First written by Mr. Isaac Walton, the Second by Charles Cotton Esq to which are now Prefixed The Lives of the Authors. Illustrated with Cuts of the several kinds of River Fish and of the Implements used in Angling, Views of the Principal Scenes described in the Book and Notes Historical, Critical and Explanatory, printed only for Thomas Hope at the Bible & Anchor 1760 bound in full leather [this copy would appear to contain 15 plates and text woodcuts] binding rather rubbed and worn with some text pages with loss, tears and some stains, with copy of the John & Francis Rivington 1775 third edition with notes by Sir John Hawkins [containing only 10 Plates and text woodcuts], in half leather with gilt label (2)
Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published William Heinemann (1907) first edition with 13 coloured plates (complete) with lettered guards and black & white text illustrations, in publisher's gilt decorated and black lettered cloth (lacking part of rear endpaper), Aesop’s Fables Illustrated by Arthur Rackham published Heinemann 1953, Uncle Remus by Joel Harris with eight coloured plates by Harry Rountree 1908, Black Beauty by A. Sewell Illustrated by John Beer 1894 in illustrated cloth (4)
Shires and Provinces by "Sabretache" (Albert Stewart Barrow) illustrated by Lionel Edwards, published Eyre & Spottiswoode 1926 first edition with mounted colour plates printed on handmade paper bound in gilt lettered cloth, John Buchan The Kings Grace 1910-1935 Hodder & Stoughton 1935 first ediition limited to 500 signed copies with illustrations at rear in gilt lettered cloth (2)
Charles Dickens Little Dorrit with Illustrations by H.K. Browne, published Bradbury Evans 1857 first edition with engraved title, frontispiece and other plates bound in half leather gilt spine. The Mystery of Edwin Drood with 12 illustrations by S.L. Fildes and Portrait Chapman & Hall 1870 first edition with vignette title page bound in half leather with gilt leather label (2)
[Signed] Two books by Alexander McCall Smith: The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency published Polygon 2003 first hardback edition, signed on title page and in original colour dust-wrapper (seemingly an unauthorised hardback edition with only a small print run), Forensic Aspects of Sleep edited by Professor's Colin Shapiro and Alexander McCall Smith (signed by Smith on title page) 1997 first edition in laminated boards (2)
An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary with an Index of English Words, King List and Geographical List, Hieroglyphic Characters, Coptic and Semitic Alphabets etc by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge 1920 in 2 volumes first edition with colour decorated dedication page in gilt lettered cloth and a copy of Eternal Egypt 1955 in dust-wrapper
Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by The Brothers Grimm and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published Constable 1917 first edition with 12 coloured plates tipped-in on lettered mounts (complete) and many black & white illustrations in original gilt cloth (lacking front endpaper), The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens illustrated in colour by Frank Reynolds (c.1920s), gilt cloth in original (worn) dust-wrapper (2)
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