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Chesterton (G.K.) The Napoleon of Notting Hill, first edition, 7 plates by W.Graham Robertson and map, 22pp. advertisements at end, free endpapers browned, original pictorial grey-green cloth stamped in black and red, rubbed, spine browned and worn at head, 1904 § Maugham (W.Somerset) The Narrow Corner, 1932 § Waugh (Evelyn) The Loved One, illustrations by Stuart Boyle, [1948] § Russell (Bertrand) Satan in the Suburbs, illustrations by Asgeir Scott, 1953 § Durrell (Lawrence) Mountolive, 1958, first editions, original cloth, the last three with dust-jackets, all a little rubbed; and c.35 others, modern novels, 8vo (c.40))⁂ The first is the author's first novel, a satirical fantasy set in the future featuring a main character based on Max Beerbohm, and said to have influenced George Orwell's 1984.

Douglas (Norman) London Street Games, first edition, 1916; Old Calabria, second edition, 1920; Some Limericks, n.p., privately printed, 1929; In the Beginning, original patterned-paper boards, spine soiled and label chipped, [Florence], 1927; Nerinda, original boards, slip-case, Florence, 1929, the last three limited editions, the last two signed by the author, the first three original cloth, most uncut, slightly rubbed; and 6 others by or about Douglas, 8vo (11)

Stoppard (Tom) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, first edition, original wrappers with dust-jacket, lightly foxed and soiled, 1967 § Hughes (Ted) Cave Birds: An Alchemical Cave Drama, first American edition, illustrations by Leonard Baskin, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1978; and a small quantity of others, modern poetry, plays, anthologies etc., 8vo & 4to (c.50)⁂ The first item was issued simultaneously with the hardback edition.

Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, original pictorial cloth, gilt, designed by Thomas Sturge Moore, pictorial dust-jacket, rubbed, upper cover with short tear, spine defective and detached, 1928; The Winding Stair and other poems, first edition, original blind-stamped cloth designed by Sturge Moore, spine gilt, uncut, traces of paint to upper cover, 1933; and 15 others, modern Irish literature, 8vo & 4to (17)

Agriculture.- Young (Arthur) A Course of Experimental Agriculture, 4 vol., first Dublin edition, half-titles in vol.1 & 4 (as called for), 2 folding plans, engraved bookplate of N.C.Colthurst of Ardrum, Co.Cork, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, spine ends of vol.1 slightly worn, Dublin, for J.Exshaw [& others], 1771; General View of the Agriculture of the County of Essex, 2 vol., first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 57 engraved plates only (of 58, lacking plate 2), 2 folding, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end of vol.2, map a little stained and frayed at outer edge with loss to border, slight worming to one folding plate, foxing, contemporary half russia, rubbed, 1807; Travels...with a view of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity of the Kingdom of France, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, half-title in vol.1, 3 folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured (stained and torn at edge), some foxing, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends a little worn, Dublin, 1793; Letters concerning the Present State of the French Nation, first edition, contemporary sheep, worn, 1769, 8vo (9)

Bates (Henry Walter) The Naturalist on the River Amazons, second edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map at end (defective), occasional spotting or soiling, a few leaves slightly frayed a edges, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, cockling to upper cover, 1864 § Hartwig (Dr. George) The Subterranean World, first edition, wood-engraved plates, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine very slightly faded, 1871 § [Knapp (J.L.)] The Journal of a Naturalist, first edition, folding aquatint frontispiece, 10 engraved plates at end (some offsetting), contemporary half calf, 1829, a little rubbed; and 8 others including others by Hartwig and a small French volume with hand-coloured plates of insects, 8vo et infra (11)

Trees & Forestry.- Evelyn (John) Silva, edited by A.Hunter, 2 vol., fourth edition, engraved portrait and 45 plates, 2 folding, light offsetting, some foxing to plates, mostly marginal, contemporary half calf, York, 1812 § Nicol (Walter) The Practical Planter, or, a Treatise on Forest Planting, second edition, advertisement leaf at end, original boards, uncut, 1803 § Pontey (William) The Profitable Planter, second edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but with advertisement leaf at end, Huddersfield, 1808; The Forest Pruner, second edition, 8 engraved plates, some printed in sepia and hand-tinted, 3 folding, title soiled, 1808, together 2 works in 1 vol., some light soiling or browning, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached § Taylor (Joseph) Arbores Mirabiles, first edition, half-title (loose), 6 engraved plates (foxed and offset), contemporary roan-backed boards, 1812, all rubbed, spines worn and defective, v.s. (5)

Food & Drink.- Cocktails.- Thomas (Jerry) How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion...[with] A Manual for the Manufacture of Cordials, Liquors, Fancy Syrups, &. &c....by Christian Schultz, first edition, later issue with altered title and price "$2.50" to upper cover, illustrations, 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lightly browned, bookplate of Archibald MacColl, original green cloth, rubbed and a little damp-stained, spine torn at head and frayed at foot, 8vo, New York, 1862.⁂ The first recipe book for mixed drinks or cocktails, by the "father of American mixology". Jerry Thomas was a famous bar-tender who worked throughout the United States but particularly in New York, where he ran several bars. His signature drink was the "Blue Blazer", involving flaming whiskey, which was developed at the El Dorado gambling saloon in San Francisco.

Food & Drink.- Jameson & Son (John) & others, distillers. Truths about Whisky, second edition, 4 folding lithograph plates, occasional spotting, with card showing scale for jars and beer casks loosely inserted, original cloth, 1879 § Roose (Samuel) The Wine and Brandy Dealer's Complete Guide and Stock Book, containing a new and complete Treatise on Ullaging..., first edition, large folding table signed by the author, with label "Lot No.322 From the Beaudesert Library sold at Christie's on Jan. 25/26, 1905" to front pastedown, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt but lacking portion at head, London & Wolverhampton, 1835 § Faulkner (Frank) The Art of Brewing..., first edition in book form, 5 plates (foxed at edges), original cloth, 1876, all a little rubbed, the firsts with small stains to lower cover; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (6)

Food & Drink.- Morewood (Samuel) A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs ... in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors, wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrations, tissue guard to frontispiece foxed, bookseller's stamp to foot of title, a few stains to text, bookplate of Henry Rogers Broughton, bound in old tree calf boards rebacked in calf ruled in gilt with morocco label, staining to upper cover, new endpapers, 8vo, Dublin, 1838.⁂ Greatly expanded from the first edition of 1824 and including sections on opium and other intoxicating drugs around the world.

Food & Drink.- Wine.- Album Officiel de la Fête des Vignerons. Vevey 1889, folding colour panorama by S.Krakow after E.Vullemin & P.Valloury, conjoined sheets folding concertina style, some foxing, original pictorial wrappers, ink stamp to upper cover, spine frayed and chipped, upper cover detached, Lausanne & Vevey, 1889 § Tovey (Charles) Wine and Wine Countries: A Record and Manual for Wine Merchants and Wine Consumers, second edition, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, additional title with pictorial border, lithographed plates & maps, folding facsimile, 8pp. advertisement at end, hinges weak, original decorated cloth, small stain to upper cover, 1877 § Andrieu (P.) Le Vin et les Vins de Fruits, first edition, illustrations, advertisements at end printed on orange paper, original printed wrappers, uncut & partly unopened, a little soiled and frayed at edges, Paris, 1894, 8vo (3)

Games & Puzzles.- Benham (W.Gurney) Playing Cards: History of the Pack..., first edition, 1931 § Dummett (M.) The Game of Tarot from Ferrara to Salt Lake City, 1980 § "Cavendish". The Laws and Principles of Whist, tenth edition, 1874; The Laws of Piquet, ninth edition, 1901 § B⁂* (Lt.-Col.) The Whist-Player, 1856 § Cadogan (Lady Adelaide) Illustrated Games of Patience, Second Series, 1887, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth, the first two with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed; and 12 others on card games, v.s. (18)

Hydropathy.- Short (Thomas) An Essay towards a Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Principle Mineral Waters of Cumberland, Northumberland...to which is added, a Short Discourse on Cold and Tepid Bathing, first edition, list of subscribers, errata leaf at end, browned, contemporary calf, rather worn and scuffed, rebacked, 4to, Sheffield, for the Author, by John Garnet, 1740.⁂ A continuation of Short's Mineral Waters of England, the first volume of which was titled The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire... , published in 1734.

Mathematics.- Kersey (John) The Elements of that Mathematical Art commonly called Algebra, vol.1 only [all published], second edition, a few contemporary ink annotations, title soiled, browned, wormhole to inner margin of first few leaves, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, spine ends and corners worn, 1707 § Wingate (Edmund) & James Dodson. A Plain and Familiar Method for attaining the Knowledge and Practice of Common Arithmetic, nineteenth edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, stained, joints split, for C.Hitch & L.Hawes, 1760 § Hutton (Charles, translator) Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, edited by Edward Riddle, illustrations, original cloth, spine faded, 1840 § Barnard (F.P.) The Casting-Counter and the Counting Board: A Chapter in the History of Numismatics and Early Arithmetic, reprint, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, Castle Cary, 1981, all rubbed, some joints split; and c.30 others on mathematics including vol.IV of Philosophical Transactions of 1731 containing papers relating to Newton, v.s. (c.35)⁂ The first item consists of Books I & II only and was first published in 1673, followed by Books III & IV in 1674 but there does not appear to have been a second edition of the latter. ESTC lists printings of 1708 and 1709, with the same pagination, but none of 1707.

Science.- Peregrinus de Maricourt (Petrus) The Epistle of Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt to Sygerus of Foncaucourt, Soldier concerning the Magnet, translated by Silvanus P.Thompson, one of 240 copies, printed in black letter and rubricated throughout, diagrams, old wrappers, uncut, frayed at edges, spine worn, Chiswick Press, 1902 § Chevreul (Michel Eugène) The Laws of Contrast of Colour: and their application to the Arts..., translated by John Spanton, first edition of this translation, colour frontispiece, 3 plates, one with overlay, advertisement leaf at end, light foxing, original pinkish brown cloth with border in blind, spine faded and slightly frayed at head, G.Routledge & Son, 1857 § Halliwell (J.O., editor) Historical Society of Science. A Collection of Letters illustrative of the Progress of Science in England from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to that of Charles the Second, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, rubbed and stained, 1841; and another on science, small 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first item is the first complete edition in English of Pierre de Maricourt's letter of 1269, the first separate treatise on magnetism and an influence on William Gilbert. The second item is the first book in English on the subject of colour to use colour-printing.

Science & Medicine.- Casserius (Julius) Tabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu Tabulae, 2 vol. in 1, limited edition facsimile reprint, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case (a little soiled), Weiler im Allgäu, for members of Editions Medicina Rara Ltd., [?1971] § Wolf (A.) A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century, 1938 Daumas (M.) Scientific Instruments of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and their Makers, 1989 § Haining (Peter) The Dream Machines: An Eye-Witness History of Ballooning, 1972, plates and illustrations, all but the first original cloth or boards, the last two with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed; and c.25 others on science, medicine, technology, transport etc., v.s. (c.30)

France.- Boissel (T.C.G.) Voyage Pittoresque, et Navigation exécutée sur une partie du Rhône, réputée non navigable, first edition, half-title, engraved map and 17 folding plates, several etchings, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, uncut, rubbed, joints split, lacking most of spine, 4to, Paris, Du Pont, An III [1795].

Italy.- Baretti (Joseph) An Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy, 2 vol., first English edition, 2 plates of engraved music, some light foxing, upper outer corner of I4 in vol.2 torn away with loss of a few letters, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, spine ends worn, T. Davies, 1768 § Bell (John) Observations on Italy, first edition, 9 engraved plates, light foxing to plates, original boards, uncut, spine worn and defective, Edinburgh & London, 1825 § Guida della Città di Firenze..., engraved plates, original printed boards, joints rubbed, upper split, Florence, A.Campani, 1830, all rubbed, 4to & 8vo (4)

Mediterranean.- Lear (Edward) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, first edition, map and 20 tinted lithographed plates, very occasional spotting, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original blind-stamped blue cloth, spine gilt, small stain to lower cover, spine slightly rubbed and faded, a good copy, [Abbey, Travel 45], 1851.

***Please note, the description of this lot has changed.Evelyn (John) Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, plate and folding mezzotint plate by Prince Rupert of the Rhine after Ribera, light offsetting, marginal water-staining to folding plate, bookplate of Henry Yates Thompson with his manuscript note of acquisition "Quaritch Sep 30th 1885" and presentation label from his widow, later diced calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, for J. Payne, 1755.*** Originally published in 1662 this was the first book in English to describe the process of mezzotint engraving and to include a mezzotint print, 'The Executioner' by Prince Rupert of the Rhine after Ribera. Mezzotint was invented by Ludwig von Siegen in the 1640s and the process was developed and brought to England by Prince Rupert, whom Evelyn credited with the invention. This edition includes 'The Little Executioner', a copy of Rupert's version; itself a reduced version of the head in Rupert's masterpiece, the much larger 'Great Executioner' of 1658.

Mediterranean.- Lear (Edward) Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, original russet cloth, spine gilt, a little rubbed, slight spotting to upper cover, spine ends and corners a little worn, 4to, 1870.

China.- Fortune (Robert) Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, second edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and 2 plates, wood-engraved additional pictorial title & tail-piece, map, ex-library copy with cancellation stamp to head of title, modern bookplate, modern morocco, 1847 § Gordon-Cumming (C.F.) The Inventor of the Numeral-Type for China by the use of which Illiterate Chinese both Blind and Sighted can very quickly be taught to read and write fluently, first edition, plates, tables, printed slips and 12th Annual Report tipped in, original yellow cloth, 1898 § Proudfoot (W.J.) "Barrow's Travels in China". An Investigation..., light foxing, original cloth, 1861 § [Crowe (Eyre Evans)] A History of China to the Present Time..., first edition, advertisements at end, ink inscription to title, browned, lacking rear free endpaper, original cloth, upper cover stained, 1854, all rubbed; and 4 others on China, 8vo (8)⁂ Library Hub lists only 5 copies of the last.

China.- Tchang (Mathias) Synchronismes Chinois, title foxed, C.R.Boxer's copy with his signature to front free endpaper, contemporary half cloth, Shanghai, 1905 § Needham (Joseph) & others. Heavenly Clockwork: The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China, original cloth, Cambridge, 1960; Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West, original cloth, dust-jacket, Cambridge, 1970 § Giles (Herbert A.) Chinese Poetry in English Verse, first edition, presentation copy from the author with initialled manuscript note tipped in, contemporary roan, spine worn, London & Shanghai, 1898, some plates or illustrations, the first and last rubbed; and c.40 others on China and Chinese literature, v.s. (c.45)

Eastern Religion & Philosophy.- Batchelor (Rev. John) The Ainu of Japan, first edition, ex-library copy with ink stamp to half-title, hinges weak, shaken, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, 1892 § Coomaraswamy (A.) Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism, [c.1916] § Munro (N.G.) Ainu Creed and Cult, 1963 § Dumoulin (H.) The Development of Chinese Zen..., New York, 1953 § Casal (U.A.) The Five Sacred Festivals of Ancient Japan, Tokyo, 1967 § Czaja (M.) Gods of Myth and Stone: Phallicism in Japanese Folk Religion, New York & Tokyo, 1974 § Rambach (P.) The Art of Japanese Tantrism, 1979, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed and soiled; and c.20 others on Eastern religions & philosophy, mostly Chinese or Japanese, v.s. (c.25)

Japan.- Beaton (Cecil) Japanese, first edition, light spotting to text, original cloth-backed boards, pictorial dust-jacket, a little stained and frayed at edges, 1959 § Changing Japan seen through the Camera; Image du Japon, text in English & French, Tokyo & Osaka, 1933 § Menpes (Mortimer & Dorothy) Japan: A Record in Colour, reprint, A. & C.Black, 1904 §Du Cane (Ella & Florence) The Flowers and Gardens of Japan, A. & C.Black, 1908 § Kincaid (Zoë) Tokyo Vignettes, light foxing, Tokyo & Osaka, 1933, all but the third first editions, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the first original cloth, the last two pictorial; and c.20 others on Japan, v.s. (c.25)

Japan.- Chamberlain (Basil Hall) Things Japanese, 1890 § Batchelor (Rev. John) Sea-Girt Yezo: Glimpses at Missionary Work in North Japan, 1902 § Arnold (Sir Edwin) Japonica, 1892 § Morse (Edward S.) Japan Day by Day..., 2 vol., Boston & New York, 1917 § Fraser (Mrs. Hugh) A Diplomatist's Wife in Japan, 2 vol., second edition, 1899 § Selenka (E. & L.) Sonnige Welten. Ostasiatische Reise-Skizzen, second edition, Wiesbaden, 1905, all but the last two first editions, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, most gilt, a little rubbed and soiled; and c.25 others on Japan, 8vo & 4to (c.30)

Japan.- Crebillon (Claude Prosper Jolyot de) L'Ecumoire ou Tanzaï, et Néardarné, Histoire Japonoise, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispiece, titles in red & black, bookplate of Lord Northwick, contemporary cats-paw sheep, a little rubbed, upper joints cracked, spine ends of vol.1 chipped, Pekin [Paris], Lou-Chou-Chu-La, 1756 § [Fenouillot de Falbaire (Charles-Georges)] Les Jammabos, ou les Moines Japonois; Tragédie dédiée aux manes de Henri IV, engraved plate after Gravelot, original yellow wrappers, uncut, contemporary ink note to upper cover, soiled, spine defective, "Londres" [?Paris], n.p., [c.1779] § Klaproth (J. von) Mémoire sur l'Introduction et l'Usage des Caractères Chinois au Japon, folding table, original wrappers, uncut, Paris, 1829; and another 1735 edition of the first lacking 2 leaves and an odd vol. of Delaporte's Le Voyageur François of 1767 concerning Japan, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first is a scarce satirical and licentious tale first published in 1734, supposedly a translation of a Japanese fairy tale, criticising the Papal Bull Unigenitus which opposed Jansenism.

Japan.- Dickson (Walter) Japan being a sketch of the history, government and officers of the empire, first edition, Edinburgh & London, 1869 § Golownin (Capt.) Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan 1811-1813, 3 vol., facsimile reprint, 1973 § McCullough (W.H. & Helen Craig, translators & editors) A Tale of Flowering Fortunes: Annals of Japanese Aristocratic Life in the Heian Period, 2 vol., Stanford, Ca., 1980 § Sansom (G.) A History of Japan, 3 vol., second or third impressions, 1965-69 § Pollack (David) The Fracture of Meaning: Japan's Synthesis of China from the Eighth through the Eighteenth Centuries, Princeton, NJ., 1986, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first a little rubbed and soiled, the second with slip-case, the last three with dust-jackets; and c.20 others on Japanese history, 8vo (c.30)

Japan.- Orange (James) A Small Collection of Japanese Lacquer, Yokohama, 1910 § Caiger (G.) Dolls on Display: Japan in Miniature, Nishikicho, [1933] § Otto (A.F.) & T.S.Holbrook. Mythological Japan or the Symbolisms of Mythology in Relation to Japanese Art, Philadelphia, 1902 § Tuer (Andrew W.) The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs...of the Art of the Japanese Stencil-Cutter, limited edition [?one of 100 copies], text in English & French, with original stencil mounted on stub as frontispiece (loose), double-page textile stencil designs, title browned, original cloth-backed boards, paper label on upper cover and spine, Leadenhall Press, [1893] § Teshigahara (Sofu) Coloured Pictures of Representative Flower Arrangements..., revised edition, stitching broken at upper hinge, Tokyo, 1951; Sofu: His Boundless World of Flowers and Form, original cloth, dust-jacket, slip-case and cloth drop-back box, Tokyo, 1966, all but the fourth original cloth or boards, the first two fastened with cord in Japanese style, the second with original box (broken), most a little rubbed; and 2 others on Japanese art & & crafts, 4to & folio (8)

Japan.- Waley (Arthur) The No Plays of Japan, first edition, inscribed by the author to the bookbinder Sybil Pye on front free endpaper, 1921 § Okoshi (Narinori) Miscellaneous Writings, first edition, text in English & Japanese, presentation copy from the author's wife with her photograph loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, Tokyo, [1926] § Hancock (H.I.) & Katsukuma Higashi. The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Jiudo), first edition, New York & London, 1905 § Miyajima (Tsunao) Contribution à l'Étude du Théâtre Japonais de Poupées, third edition, original wrappers, Osaka, 1931 § Akiyama (Aisaburo) Geisha Girl, third edition, Yokohama, 1937 § Fujimoto (T.) The Nightside of Japan, third impression, 1927 § Ayrton (M.C.) Child-Life in Japan, n.d. § Matsuo (Takane) Rice Culture in Japan, Tokyo, 1955, plates and illustrations, most original cloth, some pictorial, the last with dust-jacket, a little rubbed; and c.25 others on Japanese culture, 8vo & 4to (c.30)

Voyages & Travels.- Polo (Marco) The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian..., translated by Col. Henry Yule, 2 vol., second, revised, edition, lithographed portrait and additional pictorial titles, 1875 § Brassey (Mrs.) A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', second edition, 1879 § Seymour (Capt. W.D.) Journal of a Voyage Round the World, first edition, presentation copy from the author, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, Cork, 1877 § Hübner (Baron) A Ramble round the World, 1871, translated by Lady Herbert, 2 vol., first English edition, 1874 § [Borlase (W.C.)] Sunways: A Record of Rambles in Many Lands, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of title, Plymouth, 1878 § Ford (John D.) An American Cruiser in the East, first edition, bookplate removed, New York, 1898, maps, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the second and last pictorial gilt, a little rubbed, the first with nick to head of spine of vol.1, 8vo (8)

NO RESERVE America.- Hall (Capt. Basil) Travels in North America, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding hand-coloured engraved map, folding table, map lightly offset and with tear to inner edge, contemporary half calf, a little worn, joints split, one cover almost detached, Edinburgh, 1829 § Trollope (Frances) Domestic Manners of the Americans, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 24 lithographed plates by Ducôte after Hervieu, tissue guards, occasional light foxing, broken and becoming loose, original blue cloth, paper labels, rubbed and marked, cockling to upper covers, 1832, 8vo et infra (5)

NO RESERVE Birmingham.- Bunce (John Thackray) History of Old St. Martin's, Birmingham, first edition, list of subscribers, 9 lithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, Birmingham, 1875; and 8 others on assaying, mining and metallurgy, all ex-Birmingham Assay Office library with some stamps, v.s. (9)

[STANDISH (ARTHUR)]The Commons Complaint. Wherein Is Contained Two Speciall Grievances. The First, the Generall Destruction and Waste of Woods in the Kingdome with a Remedy for the Same... The Second Grievance Is, the Extreme Dearth of Victuals, FIRST EDITION, one folding woodcut plate, woodcut royal arms on dedication leaf, initials and ornaments throughout, shaved touching ornament on dedication and 5 running headings (and pagination numeral of pp.15-16), twentieth century polished mottled calf gilt, red morocco spine labels, g.e. [ESTC S117779; Fussell I, p.33; Henrey 352], small 4to (175 x 133mm.), William Stansby, 1611Footnotes:'One of the first treatises to be published in this country entirely devoted to forestry' (Henry). Following a popular revolt in the midlands neighbourhood in which he lived, in 1607 Standish set out to look 'for measures to reduce discontent among the common people,... [by undertaking] a four-year journey through the kingdom in search of answers. The resulting essay, The Commons Complaint, was personally approved by James I' (ODNB). Central to his concerns was the destruction of woods, leading to high fuel and food prices, and he established himself as a pioneering advocate of the replenishment of the forests through increased planting of trees, especially of fruit trees.Provenance: Lawes Agricultural Trust, stamp inside covers.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

T[AYLOR] (SILVANUS)Common-good: or, the Improvement of Commons, Forrests, and Chases, by Inclosure. Wherein the Advantage of the Poor, the Common Plenty of All, and the Increase and Preservation of Timber... Are Considered, FIRST EDITION, title within one-line rule border, light dampstain to final 2 leaves, modern half calf over marbled boards, gilt morocco spine label [ESTC R203768; Goldsmiths 1248; Kress 860], small 4to (182 x 134mm.), Francis Tyton, 1652Footnotes:RARE, only this copy traced at auction in the past fifty years. A plea to reduce the impact of rapid deforestation in England, in which Taylor argues for a programme of planting on the 30,000 acres of Dean, Windsor and the New Forests. The author 'acknowledged that as it stood it was actually cheaper to get timber from New England than transport it 10-15 miles in England, but suggested this supply would soon be logged out' (P. Warde, The Invention of Sustainability: Nature and Destiny, c.1500-1900, 2018).Provenance: Donald McDonald, author of Agricultural writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800 (1908), bookplate; Lawes Agricultural Trust, stamp on endpapers.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

WINE[J.(S.)] The Vineyard: Being a Treatise Shewing I. The Nature and Method of Planting, Manuring, Cultivating and Dressing of Vines in Foreign-parts. II Proper Directions for Drawing, Pressing.. and Curing all Defects in the Wine. III. An Easy and Familiar Method of Planting and Raising Vines in England, to the Greatest Perfection... Being Observations Made by a Gentleman in his Travels, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece after R. Cooper, one woodcut illustration in the text, woodcut endpiece on final leaf, dampstain to lower fore-corner of the opening few leaves and upper fore-corner of the last few, small hole to frontispiece, final leaf with a 9 holes touching letters, endpapers loose, early ink annotation ('Marbled leath.r on back cutt edge') on blank recto of frontispiece, contemporary calf-backed boards (with losses to spine and much of the marbled papers on sides) [Henrey 870; Kress 3727; Simon BG 1580; cf. Bitting p.616, second edition, 1732], 8vo, W. Mears, 1727Footnotes:An important treatise on all aspects of viniculture, including the first detailed description in English of wine making in Champagne, and in which the author refutes the long-held notion that 'the raising of vines, to any tolerable perfection in England, was altogether impracticable...[arguing instead] that vine-yards are easily reconcileable to the temper and soil of our climate'.Provenance: Hen[ry] Balguy, early ownership inscription on title, with a correction to the text (relating to a quote from Homer's Odyssey) on p.179. Possibly Henry Balguy (1674-1737), of Derwent Hall in Derbyshire.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

WINE and CIDER[WARD (EDWARD, 'Ned')] The Delights of the Bottle: or, the Compleat Vintner. With the Humours or Bubble Upstarts. Stingy Wranglers. Dinner Spungers. Jill Tiplers. Beef Beggars. Cook Teasers... A Merry Poem. To which is added, A South-Sea Song upon the late Bubbles, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece of Bacchus by James Sympson, modern red morocco-backed cloth, spine titled in gilt [ESTC N28611], W. Downing, 1720--PHILIPS (JOHN) Cyder. A Poem, FIRST EDITION, issue with the errata corrected, half-title, engraved frontispiece (shaved at top), woodcut initials and head-pieces, disbound [ESTC T78745; Rothschild 1534], Jacob Tonson, 1708, 8vo (2)Footnotes:First edition of Ward's satirical description of his London tavern and its patrons, along with John Philips's ode aimed at teaching the reader 'not only how to produce superior cider but also how to enjoy this 'homebrew' in an atmosphere of rural conviviality' (Susanne Schmid & Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp, Drink in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, 2014).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

WYLD (SAMUEL)The Practical Surveyor, or, the Art of Land-Measuring, Made Easy, FIRST EDITION, engraved folding frontispiece and 5 plates (one with short tear), some spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked in calf gilt, upper cover near detached, J. Hooke and J. Sisson, 1725; idem, second edition 'Corrected and enlarged by a careful hand', engraved folding frontispiece and 6 plates (2 shaved touching lettering), light dampstaining to frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco spine label, joints weakened, H. Lintot, [1730?]; idem, fourth edition, engraved folding frontispiece and 6 plates, contemporary calf, worn, joints weakened, W. Johnston, 1760--DAVIS (WILLIAM) A Treatise on Land Surveying, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, 9 folding engraved plates, some off-setting and spotting, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, joints weakened, Anne Davis, 1813, 8vo (4)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

YOUNG (ARTHUR)A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, second edition, folding engraved frontispiece [ESTC T139688], W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, 1769; The Farmer's Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms, 2 vol., 10 engraved plates (some folding), last few leaves in volume 1 misbound, bookplate of Wauchope of Edmonstone [ESTC T56260], W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, 1770; Rural Oeconomy: or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry, half-title [ESTC T131650], T. Becket, 1770; The Farmer's Letters to the People of England, contemporary half calf, spine worn, joints weak [ESTC T55591 (mentioning 'plates' presumably in error); Kress 6511; Goldsmiths' 10293], W. Nicoll, 1767; The Farmer's Kalendar, some browning of margins, joints split, spine worn [ESTC T121921], Robinson & Roberts, 1771--[DICKSON (ADAM)] A Treatise of Agriculture, 2 folding engraved plates, occasional foxing and marginal browning, upper cover near detached, bookplate of Charles Pierrepont [ESTC T72210], Edinburgh, A. Donaldson & J. Reid, for the author, 1762--CURTIS (WILLIAM) Practical Observations on the British Grasses, sixth edition, hand-coloured engraved folding frontispiece and 7 plates, contemporary cloth-backed boards, upper joint cracked, Sherwood, Jones, 1824--SLADE (HARRY POOL) A Short Practical Treatise on Dew Ponds, folding lithographed frontispiece and 2 folding diagrams, E. & F.N. Spon, 1877; DENTON (J. BAILEY) The Storage of Water, E. & F.N. Spon, 1874, 2 works in 1 vol., modern cloth-backed boards--HUTTON (T.) Farmer's Companion and Complete Ready Reckoner, lacking front fly-leaf with adverts, original sheep wallet-style binding, small 8vo, Hamilton, Adams, 1888, FIRST EDITIONS, unless otherwise stated 8vo (10)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

YOUNG (Miss S.A.)Studies of Trees, With and Without Foliage, FIRST EDITION, drop-head title above list of subscribers, 12 lithographed plates of trees printed by Hullmandel after S.A. Young, 11 of which proofs on India Paper, plate 12 hand-coloured not on India, publisher's printed wrappers with title and publisher's details on upper cover, some soiling, neatly re-backed with new spine to match, preserved in purpose-made morocco-backed solander box by J. & S. Brockman, folio (555 x 400mm.), Edinburgh, Abraham Thomson, [and others], 1834Footnotes:Rare series of views of magnificent trees. 'The Sketches contained in this Work were drawn from Nature during a short residence near Clifton, chiefly to beguile the tediousness of a lingering indisposition'. Most of the trees were in the park of Kings Weston, a John Vanburgh designed house near Bristol, with others at nearby Shirehampton. Little is known of the artist, but the list of subscribers (and lead publisher) suggest she was probably from Scotland, but with connections to the Channel Islands, with many members of the de Saumerez, Dobree and other Guernsey families listed. Other subscribers are local to Bristol, but also included is Darwin Galton, the brother of Francis Galton, and grandson of Erasmus Darwin.Copies with proofs on India paper cost £2.2s, while 'common' copies were priced at £1.6s.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

ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS)Moriae encomium nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitum, una cum aliis aliquot libellis, first three pages within woodcut borders (the first signed 'IF', i.e. Jakob Faber), woodcut initials, large woodcut printer's device on final verso, light dampstaining to lower margin of opening 30 leaves, slightly heavier dampstain to approximately 20 leaves at end, contemporary Flemish panel-stamped calf, the sides each with small panels of animals/birds and frieze of dogs and a porcupine surrounded by legends ('O[mn]ias si perdas/fama[m] savare memento/qua semel/amissa nul]la revisio erit'; 'De profundis/clamavi ad te domine/domine/exaudi vocem meam', rebacked using a seventeenth century manuscript on vellum, old paper spine label, pastedowns made of a fourteenth century manuscript of Comester's 'Historia scholastica', vellum waste visible at hinges, joints slightly weakened [Adams E396; USTC 676454], 8vo, Basle, [Froben], [July], 1522Footnotes:Early edition of Erasmus's Praise of Folly in a contemporary Flemish panel-stamped binding, using binder's waste of a fourteenth century manuscript on vellum pastedowns. This edition includes the commentary attributed to Gerhard Lister, Erasmus's supplementary Epistola apologetica ad Martinum Dorpium, Seneca's satire on the Emperor Claudius, and Synesius of Cyrene's praise of baldness. The binding is illustrated in Janet E. Scinto, 'The Panel Stamp in Early Modern Bindings', Library Quarterly, vol. 85, no. 1, University of Chicago, 2015.Provenance: Franciscan monastic inscription dated 1638 on title.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

SMITH (PHILIP)MEYERSON (SIMON) Fungus and Curmudgeonly, the first play of a quartet... designed, illustrated and produced by Natalia d'Arbeloff, NUMBER 2 OF 10 COPIES FOR DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS, from an overall edition of 50 copies signed by the author and illustrator, etched illustrations (some double-page), calligraphic text by Sally Johnson printed in red and black, typed 'Artist's Notes' signed by Philip Smith tipped-in at rear, blindstamped black buckram, patterned endpapers, housed in a specially designed sculpted black morocco box created in 1983-1984 by Philip Smith, with brown and grey onlays and maril, removeable side and top panel which detaches to reveal felt-lined slots for the cassette, Sony cassette recorder and printed instruction booklet, the top with leather-covered head and shoulder sculpted figures representing an audience, the front with circular cut out of a waste pipe leaking sewage and showing the cassette speaker behind, the rear with typewriter ribbon case whose cap pulls off to reveal a landscape in maril, binder's blindstamp on ribbon cap and detachable flap, book 313 x 135mm., overall structure 380 x 160mm., Natalia d'Arbeloff Press, 1980This 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

SMITH (PHILIP)PHILLIPS (TOM, translator and illustrator) The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Inferno. A Verse Translation by Tom Phillips with Images & Commentary, bound in 3 vol., NUMBER 3 OF THE 'SPECIAL COPIES FOR FINE BINDING HC 1-17', SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON THE COLOPHON, from an overall edition of 185 copies, 140 plates comprising etchings, lithographs, screenprints and mixed media, each initialled by the artist, binder's notes tipped-in at rear of each volume, bound by Philip Smith in full black, black and red, and 2 shades of red goatskin respectively, the covers and spines with overall designs of impasto modelling in various colours using emulsified maril layers and leather onlays with the application of acrylic paint, coloured rough-trimmed edges and press stud leather clasps to match the binding, the three volumes joining to make a large book wall when mounted vertically, the front covers forming an image of a tall grotesque male figure with inset figures and scenes, the rear covers forming a last judgement vertical tryptich, housed in a three-part UV perspex case, folio (each volume 425 x 325mm., overall dimensions when assembled in perspex case 1345 x 380mm.), Talfourd Press, 1983; together with a large wooden cabinet base, with compartments for storing the volumes and/or the packaging (the back of the cabinet door with printed instructions for storage and assembly), and a stained oak trellised tower made by Adrian Jones to Philip Smith's design for an alternative method of displayFootnotes:'A RARE SYNTHESIS OF TWO WORKING, LIVING GENIUSES': PHILIP SMITH'S SPECTACULAR TRIPTYCH DESIGN ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTIST'S BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Philip Smith first developed the concept of the 'book wall' in the late 1960s, with images on each volume flowing on to the covers of the adjacent books, but at the same time forming integral individual images. His versions of Lord of the Rings are the best known examples: in 1973, he and Tolkien were invited at the Craftsman's Art Exhibition to present a set to the Duke of Edinburgh, and in 2003 a monumental wall of 21 volumes was sold at auction for £130,000. The design for the Dante tower structure was drawn up in 1984, but work on the first volume was only begun properly in 1991. Three years later it was completed and exhibited at the British Library. The remaining two volumes were designed in 1999 and completed a year later. The work can be displayed in three separate volumes, or erected vertically to form a contiguous tower using an elaborate three-part perspex case (all parts and instructions supplied).'It is to my mind a rare synthesis of two working, living geniuses giving visual form to a remarkable poem... This extraordinary work is unique in vision and skill... I believe their like will never be equalled' (Timothy C. Ely, in 'Designer Bookbinders newsletter', no. 185, Spring 2019). For his illustration and for providing a new translation of the Inferno, Phillips received the Frances Williams Memorial Prize in 1983, the LA Times writing 'there is no doubt that Tom Phillips has captured Dante for our time'. Exhibited: British Library 1994; Designer Bookbinding 2000-2001.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

HUGHES (TED)The Hawk in the Rain, first American edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS PARENTS, inscribed 'To Mom & Dad/Number one on a long shelf.' on the title-page, half-title, contents working loose, some spotting and foxing, publisher's cloth, dampstains on sides, yellow dust-jacket (price-clipped, upper cover and spine soiled with small losses at corners) [Sagar/Tabor A1b], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, [1957]Footnotes:THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF TED HUGHES' FIRST BOOK, INSCRIBED TO HIS PARENTS. The American edition was published in a print run of 750 copies, five days after the English edition had appeared. The Hawk in the Rain had won the First Publication Award in a competition conducted by the Poetry Centre of the Young Men's and Young Women's Association of New York, and judged by the poets Stephen Spender, W.H. Auden, and Marianne Moore. The book was very well received, with W.S. Merwin writing in the New York Times (6 October) that its publication allowed him to 'acclaim an exciting new writer'.Provenance: Gifted by Ted Hughes to his parents; by descent to Olwyn Hughes, Ted's sister; Frieda Hughes, Ted's daughter.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

[PLATH (SYLVIA)]A Winter Ship, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 COPIES, title within an ornamental border, stitched in original stiff card with marbled wrappers, title printed in black on label pasted on upper cover [Tabor A1], 8vo, Edinburgh, Tragara Press, 1960Footnotes:THE FIRST EDITION OF SYLVIA PLATH'S FIRST SEPARATELY PRINTED POEM. Alan Anderson, the owner of the Tragara Press, has stated that approximately 60 copies were printed. Plath was extremely pleased with the result, writing to Anderson on 23 July 1960 'The pamphlets are absolutely beautiful. Ted and I are delighted with them, and especially with the handsome way you make up your covered booklets' (The Letters, Vol.II, edited by Steinberg and Kukil, 2018).Provenance: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; by descent to Olwyn Hughes; Frieda Hughes.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

[PLATH (SYLVIA)]The Bell Jar by Victoria Lucas, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TED HUGHES on the front free endpaper, some light spotting, mostly to fore-edge, publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered on spine, pictorial dust-jacket (light soiling, slightly worn at extremities) [Tabor A4a.1], 8vo, Heinemann, [1963]Footnotes:A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED BY TED HUGHES, OF THE FIRST EDITION OF SYLVIA PLATH'S ONLY NOVEL. According to the publishers, only 'a token quantity' of the book was printed (Tabor, Sylvia Plath. An Analytical Bibliography, 1987).Provenance: Ted Hughes, ownership inscription; by descent to Olwyn Hughes, Ted's sister; Frieda Hughes, Ted's daughter.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

[PLATH (SYLVIA)]The Bell Jar by Victoria Lucas, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY TED HUGHES on the front free endpaper, some light spotting, mostly to fore-edge, publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered on spine, pictorial dust-jacket (light soiling, slightly creased and frayed at corners and extremities of spine) [Tabor A4a.1], 8vo, Heinemann, [1963]Footnotes:A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED BY TED HUGHES, OF THE FIRST EDITION OF SYLVIA PLATH'S ONLY NOVEL. According to the publishers, only 'a token quantity' of the book was printed (Tabor, Sylvia Plath. An Analytical Bibliography, 1987).Provenance: Ted Hughes, ownership inscription; by descent to Olwyn Hughes, Ted's sister; Frieda Hughes, Ted's daughter.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

[PLATH (SYLVIA)]The Bell Jar by Victoria Lucas, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED WITH A POEM BY FRIEDA HUGHES relating to this copy of the book on front free endpaper, small piece neatly cut away from upper margin of front free endpaper with ink note by Frieda on the half-title [see footnote], pencil annotation ('Mrs. Prouthy') by Ted Hughes in the upper margin of p.5, publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered on spine, pictorial dust-jacket (upper fore-corner of upper cover and half of inner flap with blurb torn away, the inside cover illustrated by Frieda) [Tabor A4a.1], 8vo, Heinemann, [1963]Footnotes:THE FIRST EDITION OF THE ONLY NOVEL BY SYLVIA PLATH, WITH AN EVOCATIVE POETIC INSCRIPTION BY HER DAUGHTER FRIEDA.It is annotated with a note and poem by the author's daughter Frieda Hughes, which suggests that this copy at one time had the autograph ownership inscription of Sylvia. On the half-title she has written 'Somewhere there is a square of paper with my mother's signature on it that fits exactly here. FH.', and on the front free endpaper she has written out a copy of her poem 'The Signature'. It begins 'One for you, one for me/The books are being/Divided between us...', with the second stanza reading 'Each book is opened, and there/She has written her name. A mother/For you, a mother for me/And suddenly, a small square/Cut from the page corner where/Her ink had dried'. The poem was published in Hughes' The Stonepicker (Bloodaxe, 2001). Ted Hughes has written 'Mrs Prouthy' at the head of one page, presumably a reference to Olive Prouty, the woman who sponsored Plath at Smith College, and is thought to have been the person on whom the character of Philomena Guinea is based in The Bell Jar.Provenance: ?Sylvia Plath, and Ted Hughes, one pencil note in his hand; Frieda Hughes, their daughter.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

PLATH (SYLVIA)Ariel, FIRST EDITION, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket designed by Berthold Wolpe, VERY FINE COPY [Tabor A5a], Faber and Faber, 1965; idem, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, introduction by Robert Lowell, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket (light toning to spine, very small snick to fore-edge of upper cover) [Tabor A5b], New York, Harper & Row, [1966]; and 3 others, including fine copies of the first editions of Winter Trees and Crossing the Water (5)Footnotes:'In these poems, written in the last months of her life and often rushed out at a rate of two or three a day, Sylvia Plath becomes herself, becomes something imaginary, newly, wildly and subtly created...' (Robert Lowell, introduction to the American edition).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

PLATH (SYLVIA)Uncollected Poems, 9 copies, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, THESE COPIES SPECIALLY INSCRIBED AND LETTERED BY TED HUGHES ('Ted Hughes, Feb. 1966. D [or other letter] of 13 copies) inside upper cover, facsimile of the manuscript of 'Half-Moon' (i.e. 'Thalidomide') printed on pink paper, publisher's stiff wrappers, dust-jacket printed with a drawing of 'Wuthering Heights' by Plath on the upper cover, a couple with a few light spots [cf. Tabor A6], 8vo, Turret Books, 1965 [but 1966]--HUGHES (TED) Animal Poems, 4 copies, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES, 2 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR 'Ted Hughes, 25th Sept. 1971' on the front free endpaper, ink smudge on one page of one of the signed copies, contents loose in original printed salmon-pink textured wrappers [Sagar/Tabor A13], small 4to, [Crediton, Richard Gilbertson, 1967]; and a copy of Plath's The Magic Mirror, Embers Handpress, 1989, THIS COPY SIGNED BY TED HUGHES (14)Footnotes:Nine copies from thirteen special 'lettered' copies (from 'D' to ''L') signed by Ted Hughes of Plath's Uncollected Poem. There is no mention of these copies in Stephen Tabor's Plath bibliography. According to the blurb these twelve poems in the collection 'represent an intermediate stage in Sylvia Plath's development as a poet... [a] connecting link between the poems to be found in the The Colossus... and those in her posthumous volume, Ariel'. Hughes's Animal Poems were published in a an edition of 100 copies, but the Sagar/Tabor bibliography suggests that some of the proposed edition were never printed.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

PLATH (SYLVIA)The Bell Jar, ink notes inside lower cover [Tabor A4.a3], Faber, [1966]; idem, first American edition, numerous passages marked in margin, a few underlined, notes on lower endpapers [Tabor A4b], Harper & Row, [1971]; The Colossus, several pages cut out (but present), with corrections to the text, lower cover stained and scuffed, Faber, [1972]; Ariel, first American edition, annotated with numerals on index leaf, dust-jacket very soiled [Tabor A5b], [1966]; Crossing the Water, first American edition, annotated with numerals on index leaf, dust-jacket soiled [Tabor A11b], [1971], New York, Harper & Row--BUNDTZEN (LYNDA K.) Plath's Incarnations. Woman and the Creative Process, several passages marked in pencil or green pen in margins, with a few comments in the margins ('strange affirmation, savage & desperate...'. 'Did she!', 'No', etc.), Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1983, ALL ANNOTATED BY OLWYN HUGHES, unless otherwise mentioned publisher's cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo; and approximately 70 others by, or about or relating to Plath, a few annotations by Olwyn Hughes in three, including the biographies by Anne Stevenson and Linda Wagner-Martin (c.76)Footnotes:A collection of works by, or references about Sylvia Plath, several of which have been annotated by her sister-in-law Olwyn Hughes. The two women only met only six occasions, with the last of these resulting in an argument, for which 'it was in no small measure as self-justification and atonement that she [Olwyn] spent the next 50 years reading Plath, talking about her, loathing the feminists who made a martyr of her, and correcting what she perceived as biographical misreadings of her brother's ill-starred first marriage' (Jonathan Bate, Guardian obituary, 5 January 2016).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

[PLATH (SYLVIA)]A Winter Ship, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 COPIES, title within an ornamental border, stitched in original stiff card with marbled wrappers, title printed in black on label pasted on upper cover [Tabor A1], Edinburgh, Tragara Press, 1960; Three Women. A Monologue for Three Voices, second (first published) edition, NUMBER 167 OF 180 COPIES, frontispiece by Stanislaw Gliwa, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt [Tabor A3b.1], 1968; Ariel, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket (very small tear at lower margin of upper cover, but otherwise very good) [Tabor A5a], [1965]; Uncollected Poems, [LIMITED TO 150 COPIES], THIS COPY 'M OF 13 COPIES' SIGNED BY TED HUGHES inside upper cover, a few light spots to covers [Tabor A6, not mentioning this 'lettered' limited variant], Turret Books, 1965 [but 1966]; Wreath for a Bridal, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES, this number 13 [Tabor A7], Frensham, Sceptre Press, 1970; Crystal Gazer and Other Poems, NUMBER 105 OF 400 COPIES, publisher's quarter cloth, slipcase [Tabor 9], Rainbow Press, 1971; Fiesta Melons, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, this numbered '8/30', publisher's cloth, dust-jacket [Tabor A10], Exeter, Rougemont Press, 1971; Crossing the Water, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket [Tabor A11], Faber, 1971; Lyonnesse. Poems, ONE OF 90 COPIES BOUND IN FULL CALF, from an overall edition of 300, this copy number 35, publisher's calf gilt, slipcase [Tabor A13], Rainbow Press, 1971; Million Dollar Month, NUMBER 49 OF 150 COPIES, [Tabor A14], Frensham, Sceptre Press, [1971]; Winter Trees, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket [Tabor A15], Faber, 1971; Child, LIMITED TO 325 COPIES, this copy not numbered [Tabor A16], Exeter, Rougemont Press, [1971]; Pursuit, NUMBER 22 OF 100 COPIES, WITH ORIGINAL ETCHING SIGNED BY LEONARD BASKIN, 4 full-page illustrations by Baskin, full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, t.e.g., slipcase [Tabor A17], Rainbow Press, 1973; Two Poems, NUMBER 68 OF 75 'ESPECIAL' COPIES, from an overall edition of 300 [Tabor A22], Knotting, Martin Booth at Sceptre Press, 1980; Two Uncollected Poems, NUMBER 4 OF 450 COPIES, [Tabor A23], Anvil Press, 1980; A Day in June. An Uncollected Short Story, NUMBER 162 OF 160 COPIES, [Tabor A24], Ely, Embers Handpress, 1981; A Dialogue Over a Ouija Board, NUMBER 127 OF 140 COPIES, illustration by Leonard Baskin, publisher's limp vellum, slipcase [Tabor A25], Rainbow Press, 1981; The Green Rock, NUMBER 11 OF 160 COPIES [Tabor A28], Ely, Embers Handpress, 1982; The Magic Mirror, NUMBER 127 OF 226 COPIES, a few light spots, publisher's cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, Rhiwagor, Embers Handpress, 1989, unless otherwise stated publisher's stiff wrappers (with additional dust-jacket where required), FIRST EDITIONS, FINE COPIES, 8vo and 4to; and 3 others relating to Plath (22)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

[PLATH (SYLVIA)]A Winter Ship, FIRST EDITION, 22 COPIES OF THE APPROXIMATELY 60 PRINTED, title within an ornamental border, stitched in original stiff card with marbled wrappers, title printed in black on label pasted on upper cover [Tabor A1], 8vo, Edinburgh, Tragara Press, 1960 (22)Footnotes:A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-TWO COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION OF SYLVIA PLATH'S FIRST SEPARATELY PRINTED POEM.Alan Anderson, the owner of the Tragara Press, has stated that approximately 60 copies were printed. Plath was extremely pleased with the result, writing to Anderson on 23 July 1960 'The pamphlets are absolutely beautiful. Ted and I are delighted with them, and especially with the handsome way you make up your covered booklets' (The Letters, Vol.II, edited by Steinberg and Kukil, 2018). The poem was printed at the expense of Anderson, with the entire print run sent to Hughes and Plath who, writing to her mother (14 December 1960) mentioned she had been sending Christmas cards 'and in many enclosed my poem about a 'Winter Ship''.The lot consists of approximately one third of all the copies printed, which have been retained by Sylvia Plath's family since publication.Provenance: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; by descent to Olwyn Hughes; Frieda Hughes.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

PLATH (SYLVIA)Ariel, 20 copies, FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket designed by Berthold Wolpe, FINE COPIES (2 spines slightly faded and toned, short tear to extremity of 5 spines, short tear to upper cover of 3, but generally all bright) [Tabor A5a], 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1965; and 48 others by Plath, including first editions in good dust-jackets of 'Crossing the Water', 1971 (13 copies, and 3 American firsts, Tabor A11a/b); 'Winter Trees', 1971 (18 copies, and 8 American firsts, light blue smudge on lower covers off-set from upper covers of UK edition, spines slightly frayed to American editions, Tabor A15a/b), a first American edition of 'Ariel', smudge on upper wrapper [Tabor A5b], 1966 (68)Footnotes:A COLLECTION INCLUDING TWENTY COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION OF ARIEL, all retained since publication by family of Ted Hughes and his sister Olwyn.''Ariel' by Sylvia, is in a class apart. She truly became the most phenomenal genius just before she died. In English there is nothing quite so direct & naked & radiant - yet complicated & mysterious at the same time' (Ted Hughes, letter to János Csokits, 21 April 1967).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

PLATH (SYLVIA)The remaining stock of twelve works by Sylvia Plath previously retained by Ted Hughes, comprising: Three Women, 9 copies, second (first published) edition, LIMITED TO 180 COPIES, these numbered '167' to '175', introduction by Douglas Cleverdon, frontispiece by Stanislawa Gliwy, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, original plastic dust-wrapper [Tabor A3b.1], Turret Books, 1968; Wreath for a Bridal, 7 copies, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES, these numbered '14', '21' to '25', and one marked by Ted Hughes '[copy] D of 5 unumbered', all but the last mentioned in plain tissue dust-wrapper [Tabor A7], Frensham, Sceptre Press, [1970]; Fiesta Melons, 14 copies, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, these all numbered as if limited to 30 copies (i.e. 4/30), illustrations by Sylvia Plath, publisher's cloth, dust-jackets (one with short tear to upper cover, light fading to a few) [Tabor A10], Exeter, Rougemont Press, 1971; Million Dollar Month, 8 copies, LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES, [Tabor A14], Frensham, Sceptre Press, [1971]; Child, 26 copies, LIMITED TO 325 COPIES, some of these unnumbered, occasional uneven fading to dust-jackets [Tabor A16], Exeter, Rougemont Press, 1971; Two Poems, 48 copies (including 4 'especial' copies), LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, [Tabor A22, mentioning that 'Ted and Olwyn Hughes took numbers 51-60 and 201-250'), Knotting, Sceptre Press, 1980; Two Uncollected Poems, 22 copies, LIMITED TO 450 COPIES, [Tabor A23], Anvil Press Poetry, 1980; A Day in June, 23 copies, LIMITED TO 160 COPIES, [Tabor A24], 1981; The Green Rock, 24 copies, LIMITED TO 160 COPIES, [Tabor A28], 1982; The Magic Mirror, 10 copies, LIMITED TO 226 COPIES, OF WHICH 2 SIGNED BY TED HUGHES (these from the 26 'lettered' copies 'reserved by the Press'), publisher's cloth, dust-jackets (7 with some uneven discolouring or dusting), 1989, Ely [or Rhiwagor], Embers Handpress; To Eva Descending the Stair, 6 copies, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, colour lithographed illustration by Ralph Steadman, single folded sheet with dust-jacket (missing from 2 copies), Steam Press, [1974], unless otherwise mentioned publisher's stiff wrappers with dust-jackets if where printed, 8vo and 4to; and 14 copies of American Poetry Now... edited by Sylvia Plath, [1961] (c. 211)Footnotes:Provenance: Ted Hughes; Frieda Hughes, Ted's daughter.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

HUGHES (TED)Moortown Elegies, LIMITED TO 175 COPIES, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE AUTHOR, prospectus loosely inserted, one full-page illustration by Leonard Baskin, original vellum by Zaehnsdorf, gilt-blocked illustration of a bull by Ted Hughes on upper cover, slipcase [Sagar/Tabor 57a], small folio, Printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lion Press, for The Rainbow Press, 1978; and 44 further copies of the same, ALL SIGNED BY HUGHES (45)Footnotes:The remaining stock of Hughes' Moortown Elegies, comprising 45 of the 175 signed copies published by The Rainbow Press, the joint enterprise of Ted and his sister Olwyn. 'Olwyn played the major role in the Rainbow Press publications. She chose the printer and binder for each edition and mostly chose the paper on which it was to be printed... Ted enjoyed being involved in the making of the books and had enormous creative force and energy. He watched over the Press productions and provided much of the material from his own writings' (Ann Skea, Ted Hughes and Small Press Publication, online).Of Moortown Elegies John Carey wrote 'It grips your heart, and your intestines, like a vice from the first page. [Hughes] makes language as physical as a bruise, and these poems beauty and tenderness blend in violence' (review in Sunday Times).Provenance: Ted Hughes and Olwyn Hughes; Frieda Hughes, Ted's daughter.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

BAGNOLD (ENID)The Squire, AUTHOR'S OWN COPY, INSCRIBED 'Men build their own lives: but No girl knows her journey - Enid Bagnold', dust-jacket (soiled with small losses at corners), 1938; Two Plays, AUTHOR'S OWN COPY, INSCRIBED 'My Own Copy E.J., March 21 [19]51, London' on front free endpaper and on upper cover of dust-jacket, [1951]; The Chalk Garden, AUTHOR'S OWN COPY INSCRIBED 'My first copy. Enid Bagnold, Rottingdean. August 22 - 1956' on front free endpaper, and EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED throughout Act I, a note by her recorded that this copy was 'used for the French translation...', dust-jacket, [1956]; Alice and Thomas and Jane, COPY BELONGING TO THE AUTHOR'S FATHER, ONE OF THE DEDICATEES, with ownership inscription 'Colonel A.H. Bagnold, Warren Wood, Shooters Hill, S.E.18' on front free endpaper, pictorial dust-jacket (a few small marginal tears), 1930; The Loved and the Envied, first American edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Mr & Mrs. Sanderson from the Author Enid Bagnold, Jan. 1951', dust-jacket, New York, Doubleday, 1951; Four Plays, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'Dear Billie with deep gratitude & love from Enid (Have a look at 'Call Me Jacky' - I might be badgering you again if you could stand it)', Boston, Little, Brown, [1970]; Letters to Frank Harris, & Other Friends, LIMITED TO 400 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, this copy marked 'Advance copy 6th May 1980 (for the author)' on the colophon, and with an additional inscription on the title-page to Enid from the printers, John and Rose Randle, 5 plates, slipcase, The Whittington press, [1980]; Serena Blandish or the Difficulty of Getting Married. By a Lady of Quality, THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY, WITH AUTOGRAPH CORRECTIONS in ink and pencil on approximately 10 pages, inscribed 'Corrected Copy for America... Feb. 192[?5], E.J[ones, Bagnold's married name]' on the upper cover, and 'Enid Jones' on front free endpaper, labels on cover age soiled, 1924, unless otherwise stated William Heinemann, 8vo; and 3 others, 2 inscribed by Bagnold, one a paperback edition in French of 'Serena Blandish', limited to 100 copies 'sur Alfa special des Papeteries du Marais', with long inscription to Bagnold ('Lady Jones') from the publisher (11)Footnotes:'NO GIRL KNOWS HER JOURNEY' - The author's copies of some of her own books, all signed, and two of which are annotated in preparation for new editions.Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from the sale of the remaining contents of North End House, Rottingdean... The Property of Lady Jones, C.B.E. (Miss Enid Bagnold), Christie's, 16 October 1980.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

BECKETT (SAMUEL)Waiting for Godot. Tragicomedy in 2 Acts, first edition in English, 2 leaves of photographs, publisher's black cloth, lettering in silver and gold italics on spine, scarlet endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket (slightly dulled on spine), 8vo, New York, Grove Press, [1954]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

DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN)The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'you' for 'your' on page 13, line 3, 16 plates by Sidney Paget (2 loose), publisher's red pictorial cloth gilt, thin vertical light dampstain on lower cover, light dampstain at foot of spine but generally bright [De Waal 87], 8vo, George Newnes, 1902This 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

GRAVES (ROBERT)Good-bye to All That, second impression without the Sassoon poems on pp.341-2, jacket with some loss to spine and age soiled, Jonathan Cape, [1929]--WELLS (H.G.) The Croquet Player, jacket price-clipped, Chatto & Windus, 1936--ORWELL (GEORGE) The English People, Collins, 1947; England Your England and Other Essays, Secker & Warburg, [1953]--AUDEN (W.H.) and LOUIS MACNEICE. Letters from Iceland, [1937]--LARKIN (PHILIP) The Whitsun Weddings, 1964; High Windows, jacket price-clipped, 1974, Faber--GREENE (GRAHAM) British Dramatists, Collins, 1932, FIRST EDITIONS--BURY (ADRIAN) Shadow of Eros. A Biographical... Study of the Life and Works of Sir Alfred Gilbert, NUMBER 53 OF 53 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, full morocco gilt, jacket soiled with small losses to spine, Dropmore Press, 1952, ALL WITH DUST-JACKETS (occasional toning or slight rubbing at extremities)--HUXLEY (ALDOUS) Brave New World, FIRST EDITION, circular cup stain on upper cover, Chatto & Windus, 1932--GAUTIER (THEOPHILE) Mademoiselle De Maupin, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, engraved plates by John Buckland Wright, original quarter vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1938--STEWART (CECIL) Topiary, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, illustrations by Peter Barker-Mill, publisher's half buckram over patterned boards, [1954], Golden Cockerel Press--WELLINGTON. A Selection from the Private Correspondence of the First Duke of Wellington, printed in red and black, publisher's cloth, Dropmore Press, for The Roxburghe Club, 1952, unless otherwise mentioned publisher's cloth, 8vo and 4to (13)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