Language.- Monboddo (James Burnet, Lord) Of the origin and progress of language, 6 vol., vol.1 and 3 second edition, the rest first editions, 2 errata ff., lacking engraved portrait, some foxing (including title of vol.1) and browning, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, lacking 2 labels, some other chipped, worn, but holding firm, [Alston, III, 842], 8vo, Edinburgh, Printed for J. Balfour [and others], 1774-1792.⁂ An important contribution to the study of the origin of language. Monboddo tried to prove that language was not natural to man, but was a consequence of his social state. Alston notes that volumes 1 and 3 were reprinted in 1774 and 1786, when the publishers discovered that they had not printed a sufficient number, resulting in various combinations of mixed sets, as here.
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![[Gibbon (Edward)] A vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the decline and fa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4224d020-1d27-4982-9275-acd400ce526e/fd0a77eb-b436-4a3b-bde4-acd4011d1d32/468x382.jpg)
[Gibbon (Edward)] A vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. By the Author, first edition, half-title, advertisement f. at end, half-title all but detached, preliminaries foxed, some spotting elsewhere, mostly towards end, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with red morocco label, upper joint split, but holding firm, rubbed, [Norton 30; Rothschild 947], 8vo, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1779.
NO RESERVE Gaelic.- Smith (John) Galic antiquities: Consisting of a history of the druids, particularly of those of caledonia; a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian; and a collection of ancient poems, translated from the Galic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c., first edition, preliminaries foxed, occasional spotting, Edinburgh, Printed for T. Cadell, London, and C. Elliot, 1780 bound with Smith (John) Sean dana; le Oisian, Orran, Ulann, &c. Ancient poems of Ossian, Orran, Ullin, &c. Collected in the Western Highlands and Isles, water-stained, spotted, Edinburgh, printed for Charles Elliot; and for C. Elliot, T. Kay and Co., 1787, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, upper cover detached, corners worn, rubbed, 4to
Johnson (Samuel) The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works, 4 vol., first authorised separate edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds, vol.3 with final blank, vol.4 lacking final advertisement f., vol.2 O4 loose, portrait lightly foxed and browned, and lightly offsetting on to title, occasional spotting, contemporary polished calf, spines in compartments and with red morocco labels, vol.2 and 4 lacking labels, some chipping to spine ends, vol.3 joints splitting, but holding firm, [Rothschild 1265; Tinker 1365], 8vo, C. Bathurst [and others], 1781.
Russia.- Oliphant (Laurence) The Russian shores of the Black Sea..., first edition, half-title, frontispiece and two maps, one folding, short tears and spots to final map margins, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities bumped, spine a little faded, else a clean and bright copy, 8vo, William Blackwood & Sons, 1853.
![Shakespeare (William)].- [Downes (John)] Roscius Anglicanus, or, an Historical review of the Stage ... from 1660, to 1706 ...](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4224d020-1d27-4982-9275-acd400ce526e/cfad8727-baea-4572-b937-acd4011dde2c/468x382.jpg)
Shakespeare (William)].- [Downes (John)] Roscius Anglicanus, or, an Historical review of the Stage ... from 1660, to 1706 ... With Additions by the late Mr. Thomas Davies, second edition, 1789 in The Literary Museum, or a Selection of Scarce Old Tracts, [edited by G. F. Waldron], first edition, some chipping to head of title, some light browning, a few short closed marginal tears, contemporary boards, modern calf reback, light wear to extremities, rubbed, 8vo, for the editor, 1789.⁂ A scarce gallimaufry of literary reprints, including most significantly Downes' Roscius Anglicanus, the important contemporary account of the restoration stage with much on Shakespeare, first published in 1708, the first edition of which is extremely rare. The other works included are: De preclaris mulieribus; A delicate diet; Dispersed poems, by Spenser; The period of mourning; The works of Ben. Jonson Volume the First; The ceremonies for the healing... the King's Evil; The office of consecrating cramp-rings; Onne mie Maister Lydgate; The new Arcadia and The King in the country , all printed 1789.
![NO RESERVE Woman author.- Johnsoniana.- [Knight (Ellis Cornelia)] Dinarbas; a tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4224d020-1d27-4982-9275-acd400ce526e/830dcc46-d3a3-4584-8662-acd4011d2910/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Woman author.- Johnsoniana.- [Knight (Ellis Cornelia)] Dinarbas; a tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, first edition, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern boards, [Rothschild 1304; Courtney & Nichol Smith, p. 94], Printed for C. Dilly, 1790; and 9 others, 19th century English, v.s. (10)
NO RESERVE Russia.- Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich) Russian Life in the Interior or the Experiences of a Sportsman, edited by James D.Meiklejohn, first edition in English, lacking half-title, with 8pp. advertisements at end and advertisements to pastedowns, new front endpaper, occasional spotting, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine ends worn, 8vo, Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1855.
Law.- Simeon (John) A Treatise on the Law of Elections..., second edition, some contemporary ink annotations, corner cut from head of title (removing signature, not affecting text and small section cut from foot of rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, red roan label, a little rubbed, 8vo, A.Strahan...for J.Butterworth, 1795.⁂ Considerably enlarged from the first edition of 1789. ESTC records only 5 UK copies (BL, Cambridge and 3 in Oxford)
NO RESERVE Trial.- Yorke (Henry Redhead) The Trial of Henry Yorke, for a Conspiracy, &c., first edition, half-title, a little browned, top corner cut away from head of half-title (removing signature), later ink inscription and bookplate of W.J.Winter-Taylor, contemporary half russia, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, lower joint split, 8vo, York, 1795.⁂ Henry Redhead Yorke (1772-1813), previously known as Henry Redhead, was an English writer and radical publicist. He was the son of a freed slave from Barbuda and an Antiguan plantation owner but raised in England. In 1794 he addressed a gathering in Sheffield promoting radical ideas and abolitionism, and was arrested and tried for conspiracy, sedition and libel, being sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
Women.- Ségur (Joseph Alexandre Pierre, Vicomte de) Women: Their Condition and Influence in Society, 3 vol., first edition in English, foxed, occasional staining, contemporary half calf, gilt, some joints splitting, but holding, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, C. Whittingham, for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803.
NO RESERVE Education.- Ripley (Rev. Ezra) The Obligations of Parents to give their Children a Virtuous Education, and to provide Schools for this purpose, with Advice to Scholars, illustrated and urged in a Sermon delivered...at the opening of Three New School Houses..., 31pp., first edition, inscribed by the author "A present from the Revd. Doctor Ripley to John Brown jnr." at head of front free endpaper, browned, staining to last few leaves, stitched in original marbled wrappers, rubbed, and worn, spine worn and repaired with old stitching, 8vo, Cambridge, Mass., Hilliard and Metcalf, 1820.⁂ Library Hub records only one UK copy, in the British Library, but WorldCat lists several in America.
Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, 2 engraved portraits, 2 maps (one printed in red and blue, one folding in pocket at end), 24 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, 34pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink and pencil signatures, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.151], 8vo, Edinburgh and London, 1863.
Cotton manufacture.- Guest (Richard) The British Cotton Manufactures, and a Reply to an Article on the Spinning Machine, first edition, pencil note to title 'J.Spencer - Presented by the Author 26 April 1828', ex-Textile Institute with ink-stamp to front free endpaper, previous owner's ink signature, small marginal hole (C1), pencil notes to endpapers, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, Manchester, 1828; and another copy of the same, 8vo (2)
![NO RESERVE [De Quincey (Thomas)] Klosterheim, first edition, half-title, first signature detached and loosely inserted, 2pp.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4224d020-1d27-4982-9275-acd400ce526e/c9d3b711-dce5-4892-b01d-acd4011d697b/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [De Quincey (Thomas)] Klosterheim, first edition, half-title, first signature detached and loosely inserted, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, ink signature of John Mitford (1781-1859) tipped-in, new endpapers, contemporary half-morocco, upper joint beginning to split, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1832.
![[Ainsworth (William Harrison)] Rookwood: a Romance, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, vol.1 also lacking initial bl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4224d020-1d27-4982-9275-acd400ce526e/2b9d67d7-9de4-45db-ad6f-acd4011d6a34/468x382.jpg)
[Ainsworth (William Harrison)] Rookwood: a Romance, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, vol.1 also lacking initial blank, some spotting and staining, tears to Q3 in vol.2 and F12 in vol.3 (no loss), a few marginal defects, Michael Sadleir's copy with his book-label, modern bookplate of Robert J.Hayhurst, contemporary half blue calf, handsome gilt spines with tan labels, boards a little rubbed, [Sadleir 26; Woolf 67], Richard Bentley, 1834; and 8 others, 19th century novels, 8vo (11)⁂ The novelist's second novel but first successful work, featuring Dick Turpin.
![NO RESERVE [Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Villette, first American edition, 2pp. advertisement at front, 18pp. advertis](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4224d020-1d27-4982-9275-acd400ce526e/72e14e2d-b611-4da8-90fc-acd4011d774e/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Villette, first American edition, 2pp. advertisement at front, 18pp. advertisements at rear, occasional light foxing, original cloth, spine faded and chipped at head, spine ends and and corners a little chipped, some ink staining along joints, still excellent overall, [Smith 6 pp.152-153], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1853.
Browning (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems before Congress, first edition, half-title, lacking advertisements at end, modern half-morocco, 1860 § Spencer Redivivus containing the First Book of the Fairy Queen, lacking A1 (blank), trimmed affecting odd headline, corrections inserte by hand, occasional spotting and staining, bookplate, later half-calf, upper cover detached, a little rubbed, [Wing S4969], for Thomas Chapman, 1687 § Brownsmith (J.) The Dramatic Time-Piece, title browned and laid down, preface leaf detached and loosely inserted, ex-library with blindstamp to title, modern boards, a little rubbed, for J. Almon, T. Davies, and J. Hingeston, 1767 § [Wilson (John)] Earl Douglas; or, Generosity Betray'd. A Tragedy, dedication leaf strengthened at fore-edge, marginal loss not affecting text (E1), scattered faint spotting, bookplate, later half-calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, Glasgow, by R. Urie for the Author, 1764 § The Rolliad, in two parts; Probationary Odes for the Laureatship; and Political Miscellanies, engraved frontispiece, vignette title, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1795; and others, poetry, 8vo (15)
Reid (Captain Thomas Mayne) The Headless Horseman. A Strange Tale of Texas, first edition in book form, 20 wood-engraved plates after R.J. Hammerton, 1 detached, contents shaken, some staining and soiling, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, some rubbing and scuffing, 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1866.⁂ Reid's classic adventure novel, rare in the first edition, based in part on the author's own experiences in Texas the folk tales he heard there.
Nottinghamshire.- Thoroton (Robert) The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, first edition, title in red & black, 8pp. engraved coats-of-arms at end, folding engraved map and 16 plates and plans by Wenceslas Hollar after R.Hall, some double-page and/or folding, many engraved illustrations, some full-page, bookplate to pastedown,1 plate inset at edges onto paper support, some others tipped onto paper stubs, occasional tears, neatly repaired, occasional marginal finger soiling or foxing but overall a good clean copy, 18th century calf, gilt, covers rubbed, extremities and spine worn, [Wing T1063], folio, Robert White for Henry Mortlock, 1677.
Women.- Dedicatee's copy.- Coleridge (Christabel Rose) The daughters who have not revolted, first edition, initialled presentation copy to the dedicatee, half-title, title in red and black, original pictorial wrappers, printed in red and black, neatly rebacked with brown paper, lightly stained, 8vo, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1894.⁂ The work was dedicated to Jane Francis Pearson and 'to all other middle-aged maids'. The presentation inscription reads 'To J.F.P. from C.R.C., Page 35. line 3' ('may shelter the flower of a real friendship'). Christabel Coleridge (1843-1921) was an English novelist and grand-daughter of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. While feminism was gathering momentum around her Coleridge maintained more conservative ideas about the role of women in society, which are outlined here in a series of essays.
Hardy (Thomas) The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars..., 3 vol., first edition, second issue of vol.1 & 2 with cancel titles, [one of 1000, 1508 & 1500 copies respectively], vol.1 & 2 with advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription to front free endpaper of vol.1, light foxing to vol.3, original olive green cloth with gilt monogram medallion to upper covers, uncut, spines very slightly faded and vol.1 & 3 with slight wear to head, 1904-08; The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall, first edition, frontispiece by Hardy, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, dust-jacket a little soiled, tape marks to corners, 1923; The Three Wayfarers, one of 250 copies, original wrappers, spotted, Dorchester, Henry Ling, 1935; The Duke's Reappearance, number 9 of 89 copies, original boards, uncut, glacine wrapper frayed, New York, privately printed, 1927; Old Mrs. Chundle, one of 700 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, New York, 1929, [Purdy pp.120, 124, 129, 227, 80, 153 & 267]; and 3 others including Purdy's bibliography of Hardy, 8vo & small 4to (10)
Wise (Thomas J.) The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters, 11 vol., limited edition, plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, for private circulation, 1922-36 § Sterling (Sir Louis) The Sterling Library. a Catalogue of the Printed Books and Literary Manuscripts, inscribed and signed by author, portrait frontispiece and plates, contemporary morocco-backed boards, privately printed, 1954 § Day (Alan Edwin) J.B. Priestley: an Annotated Bibliography, number 38 of 50 copies signed by author from an edition of 200, original cloth, 2001 § Turner (John R.) A Bibliography of Unauthorised American Editions of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, first edition, original cloth, 2012; and others bibliography or literary biographies, including duplicate copies of the Priestley and Potter bibliographies, v.s. (c.120)
Hardy (Thomas) Compassion: An Ode in Celebration of the Centenary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 16pp., one of 50 copies signed by A.J.A.Symons, stitched, uncut, foxing particularly to first and last leaves, privately printed [at the Morland Press] for A.J.A.Symons, [1924]; another issue, 8pp. (single folded sheet), number 83 of 500 copies printed for the subscribers to The First Edition & Book Collector, lightly browned, 1924; The Song of the Soldiers, 8pp, reprinted from 'The Times' of 9th September 1914, original printed brown wrappers, Hove, 1915; The Oxen, 4pp., reprinted from 'The Times' 24th December 1915, original printed wrappers, spine a little worn, Hove, privately printed, 28th December 1915; Yuletide in a Younger World, Ariel Poem No.1, 8pp., pochoir frontispiece by Albert Rutherston, original printed green wrappers with flaps, [1927], [Purdy p.232 note, 158, 175 & 249], 8vo (5)⁂ Compassion was first printed simultaneously in the centenary volume of the Society of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and in The Times on 16th June 1924. The latter stated that there was no copyright and Hardy was immediately solicited about reissuing it privately. Mrs. Hardy contacted Ling, the local Dorchester printer, who ran off 25 copies in under an hour enabling Mrs. Hardy to reply that it was already in print.
Brontë (Emily) Wuthering Heights, one of 450 copies signed by artist, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates by Clare Leighton, original cloth, New York, 1931 § Lock (John) and Canon W. T. Dixon. A Man of Sorrow: the Life and Times of the Rev. Patrick Brontë 1777-1861., number 8 of 100 copies signed by authors, portrait frontispiece, plates, original calf-backed boards, housed in a cloth slipcase, 1979 § Moore (Virginia) The Life and Eager Death of Emily Brontë, first edition, ?proof copy, without illustrations, occasional marginal pencil annotations, contemporary paper wrappers, rubbed and worn, chipping to corners and extremities, tear to lower cover, housed in a modern drop-back box, 1936; and others on the same, including duplicates or Brontë bibliographies, v.s. (c.110)
NO RESERVE Military memoirs.- Waugh (Alec) His Second War, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small loss to corners and spine extremities, short tear, 1944 § Campbell (Sir Malcolm) Drifting to War, first edition, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faded spine, several short tears to extremities, n.d. § Beaton (Cecil) Near East, second impression, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, very slight bumping to corners, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to extremities, 1943 § Walder (David) Bags of Swank, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to extremities, 1963; and 25 others similar, 8vo (29)
Regimental histories.- Moorehead (Alan) The End in Africa, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight creasing to extremities, 1943 § Aubrey-Fletcher (Major H. L.) A History of the Foot Guards to 1856, maps, previous owner's pencil inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, rubbed, faint spotting, areas of loss, tape repair to spine head verso, 1927 § Regimental Heritage: a Pictorial Record of the Paintings and Silver of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, illustrations, orignal cloth, slipcase, a little rubbed, 1984; and others similar, v.s (c.100)
NO RESERVE Wales.- Davies (Hugh) Welsh Botanology, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved plate, errata leaf, later calf-backed boards, gilt, uncut, stain to upper cover, by W. Marchant, 1813 § Pennant (Thomas) Tours in Wales, 3 vol., with notes...by John Rhys, half-titles, lithographed and engraved plates, original cloth, very light spotting to endpapers and titles, original cloth, extremities and spines rubbed, spine ends bumped and chipped, 1883, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Angling.- Howitt (Samuel) The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience, which the Proficient in the Delightful Recreation of Angling Will Not Despise..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, occasional spotting, original printed boards, spine and extremities worn, chipped and stained, [Westwood & Satchell, p.10 and 120], oblong 8vo, Liverpool, G,F, Harris, 1808.
Agriculture.- Walton (William) The Alpaca. Its Naturalization in the British Isles ..., first edition, wood engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, sunned spine, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, backstrip beginning to split at spine head but holding firm, 8vo, 1844.
Atlantic.- Boyson (V. F) The Falkland Islands, first edition, frontispiece and 35 plates, folding map at rear, bookplate to pastedown, foxing to frontispiece, title and map, occasional light spotting, original cloth, in the original dust-jacket, spine darkened and stained, some toning to panels and extremities, spine ends and corners chipped, 8vo, 1924.⁂ Rare in the original dust-jacket.
Gardens.- Jekyll (Gertrude) Wood and Garden, 1899 § Jekyll (G.) & Edward Mawley. Roses for English Gardens, 1902 § Jekyll (G.) & Lawrence Weaver. Gardens for Small Country Houses, second, revised & enlarged edition, one leaf loose, 1913 § Hulme (F.Edward) Familiar Wild Flowers, First-Eighth Series, 8 vol., [c.1900] § Paul (William) The Rose Garden, tenth edition, 1903 § Cook (E.T.) Gardening for Beginners, n.d., the first two first editions, plates and illustrations, some colour, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed; and 4 others on gardens and gardening, 8vo & 4to (17)
NO RESERVE Arsenic.- Bergman (Torbern) and Andreas Phil. Dissertatio chemica de Arsenico, first edition, light spotting and browning, unbound, yellow paper backstrip, [Cole 85; Partington III, p.182; cf. Wellcome II, p.149], small 4to, Upsala , Edman, 1777.⁂ Scarce little treatise on the history and properties of arsenic.
Forster (Thomas) Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena, first edition, presentation copy inscribed 'with the Author's respects' to half-title, without plates found in later editions, scattered spotting, bookplate of Alexander Laing, near contemporary half-calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1813 § Wood (James) The Elements of Optics, lacking half-title, illustrations, occasional marginal manuscript marks and notes, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, a little rubbed, Cambridge, 1799 § Frome (Captain) Outline of the Method of Conducting a Trigonometrical Survey ..., second edition revised and enlarged, 9 engraved plates, illustrations, faint off-setting, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, 1850; and another similar, 8vo (4)
![[Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Jane Eyre ou Mémoires d'une Gouvernante ... imités par Old-Nick, half-title, booksellers](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4224d020-1d27-4982-9275-acd400ce526e/ea1de689-667f-4660-8e09-acd4011d5183/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Jane Eyre ou Mémoires d'une Gouvernante ... imités par Old-Nick, half-title, booksellers label, spotting, small marginal staining to first couple of leaves, several leaves neatly strengthened at hinge, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and worn, 8vo, Paris, L. Hachette, 1855.⁂ An early abridgement of Jane Eyre in French, published a year after Giraud produced the first French edition of Jane Eyre in 2 volumes.
![[Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Shirley et Agnès, 2 parts in 1 vol., first French edition, titles to each part loosely in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4224d020-1d27-4982-9275-acd400ce526e/0c969460-04aa-4ffe-82d0-acd4011ddb86/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Charlotte)] "Currer Bell". Shirley et Agnès, 2 parts in 1 vol., first French edition, titles to each part loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, faint marginal staining to first few leaves, unopened, original paper wrappers, glassine dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, Paris, 1859; Jane Eyre ou les Mémoires d'une Institutrice, half-title and title detached, spotting, cracked hinges, original paper wrappers, upper cover detached, rubbed and wornParis, 1855; Le Professeur, first French edition, later issue, occasional faint marginal staining, original paper wrappers, publisher's advertisement to rear cover, glassine dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Paris, 1858; and other French editions by the same, 8vo (12).
WILLIAM NICHOLSON “The Square Book of Animals” with rhymes by Arthur Waugh, first edition, published William Heinemann, London 1900, printed paperboard bound, signed to cover by the illustrator and dated April 1900 and inscribed to front page “To Cousin Margaret with love - Chancery House….” (with foxing and interior staining to the script by the plates opposite) (provenance: from the family, thence by descent) CONDITION REPORTS Some small tears to the ends of the bindings, appears to have drop or such like as the bottom corners are bent. See images for more details of the interal foxing and marks. Bindings appear tight. Wear and tear conducive to age and use, see images for more details.
Excessively Rare Limerick Civil War Journal A Complete File Co. Limerick: Sgeala Chatha Luimnighe (Limerick War News), later Sgeala Chatha (South-Western Command War News). Vol. 1 No. 1, Friday 14th July 1922, to Vol. III NO. XVI, 7th October 1922. Altogether 73 issues, apparently a complete file, small quarto and folio, as follows: Vol. 1 Nos. 1 - 27, (with two issues of no. 27); Vol. 2 Nos. 1 - 25, with first and second editions of Nos. 4, 9 & 19; Vol. 3 Nos. 1 - 16, with an unnumbered edition (dated 'October') between Nos. 13 and 14. Early issues 2pp (single sheet printed both sides); later issues 4pp. Bound in 2 vols. green boards, sm. quarto and folio. One issue loosely inserted in Vol. 1. * This is probably the rarest of all Civil War Journals. We have found no record of anything approaching a complete file in any major library, and even single copies are extremely rare. No printer is recorded. The journal was issued by the Free State military authorities, and the content reflects their views. It includes issues marking the deaths of Arthur Griffith (Vol. 2 No. 7) and Michael Collins (Vol. 2 No. 9 and succeeding issues), and includes many arresting poster-type pages, evidently intended to be posted in public. Vol. 1 No. 26 reproduced a photograph of Erskine Childers, in British uniform 'in his Imperial phase,' accusing him of 'a great deal of responsibility for the present tragic events.' The next issues (12 August, Vol. 1 No. 27) records the taking of Clonmel. There are two copies of this issue, one evidently a second edition which also records that Cork has fallen. These issues allow us to follow the progress of the Civil War in the South in great detail. Vol. 1 No. 17 records that Tipperary. Kilrush and Kilkee have been captured (by the Free State); Vol. 1 No. 18 accuses the Irregulars of a 'Shoot, loot & scoot: policy;' Vol. 1 No. 19 states we are 'Nearing the End;' Vol. 1 No. 20 includes General O'Duffy's Proclamation ordering troops to fire on anyone destroying public or private property; Vol. 1 No. 23 claims 'Nine Towns Fall, Big Dublin Coup'; Vol. 1 No. 26 profiles Collins as an Irish hero; Vol. 2 No. 3 says 'Ireland today a mourning nation' (for Griffith), and records 'Kerry clear, Killarney Captured by the Troops.' Collins' death is in a Stop Press column in a second edition of Vol. 2 No. 9, and the next six issues have much about him. Vol. 2 No. 17 says No: to 'an armed junta, led by Englishmen, and the sons of Englishmen.' which 'threatens the very life of the Irish Nation.' Vol. 2 No. 23 claims there is mutiny among the irregulars; Vol. 3 No. 6 records the capture of Sean Moylan, and accuses the 'Four Courts Camarilla' of being 'bombers of children.' Vol. 2 No. 8 describes events in Macroom as 'The work of friends.' An unnumbered issue after Vol. 3 No. 13 contains a Call to Arms; and the final issue present here, Vol. 3 No. 16, contains President Cosgrave's offer of amnesty to rebels giving up their arms. * A collection of great importance and interest, almost certainly a unique file, with the second and variant editions. Sold as a periodical, w.a.f. (1)
![Kafka (Franz), [Lloyd (A.L.)trans.] The Metamorphosis, 8vo [First English Language Edn.] L. (The Parton Press) 1937, hf.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f4e1af99-2601-4c42-957a-acca00e9a9d6/0fc24e59-5936-446c-be38-accd00ae15e4/468x382.jpg)
Kafka (Franz), [Lloyd (A.L.)trans.] The Metamorphosis, 8vo [First English Language Edn.] L. (The Parton Press) 1937, hf. title, Signed on f.e.p. by 'Boris Ford' (noted literary critic), original blue cloth backed boards, ptd. label, lettered spine. Good Copy. (1)* First Edition in English of Kafka's 'Die Verwandlung' originally published in Leipzig in 1915.
Signed Deluxe First Edition by J.K. RowlingRowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1997, First Deluxe Edn., Signed by the Author on title page, hf. title, bright red cloth bound boards with gilt lettering, gilt stamped signature J.K. Rowling on front cover, a.e.g., pictorial onlay, sewn in blue satin ribbon place marker, in custom made red slipcase; together with a signed typed Letter from the author's personal assistant regarding the book and the signature. (1)
Signed First Edition, (First State)Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn (First State), Signed by the Author on t.p., copyright page reading 'Joanne Rowling' and descending Code 10 - 1, illus. publishers boards and matching d.j. after a design by Cliff Wright, in matching custom made gold coloured slip case. Good Copy.(1)Provenance: Purchased by the Present Vendor from Bookbid Rare Books, California, U.S.A. (with letter).
Lever (Charles) Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1841. First Edn., Bound from orig. Parts., engd. titles, & plts. etc., cont. hf. calf, raised bands, mor. labels, v. good; an English Edition of same work; and The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, roy 8vo L. n.d. c. 1840, engd. plts. by Phiz, cont. calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. (5)
![Limited Edition[Thomas Bewick] Thomson (D. Croal) The Life and Works of Thomas Bewick, lg. 4to L. 1882. First](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f4e1af99-2601-4c42-957a-acca00e9a9d6/00769df2-65a9-43da-8860-accd00aea569/468x382.jpg)
The Book of Kells - Most Sumptuous EditionFacsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN. (1480), in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards. Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with a large Commentary Volume, with illus., leather backed cloth, and orig. advertising portfolio. An unique opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the Worlds greatest Art Treasures. As a lot. (1)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter collection, comprising: The Harry Potter Boxed Set, paperback editions of the first four novels in the series (no first printings); Order of the Phoenix, first edition hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2003; Half-Blood Prince, first edition hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2005; Deathly Hallows, first edition hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 2007 (4)
Collection of books to include Narrative of the Indian Revolt, by Sir Colin Campbell, London: George Vickers, 1858; A General View of the World, by Rev. E. Blomfield, Vol.II only, Bungay: Brightly & Kinnersley, 1807; Cyclopaedia of the Practice of Medicine, Vol.I, by Albert H. Buck, New York: William Wood, 1874; Hereward the Wake, illustrated by H. Selous, London: Art Union, 1870; A Midsummer Night's Dream, illustrated by Heath Robinson, London: Constable, 1914; Every Family's Cookery Book, by An Experienced Cook, Wakefield: Nicholson, no date; The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, by Beatrix Potter, London: Warne & Co. Ltd., stated 'Copyright 1918', not a first edition, 'London' with letter 'n' present, and others. Part-sets, damaged, incomplete, sold with all faults, as found (17)
Seals of the Counts of Flanders. Sigilla Comitum Flandriae, first edition, Bruges: Jean-Baptiste Kerchove, 1639. Quarto, later parchment-covered boards with morocco title labels lettered in gilt, numerous engraved illustrations throughout. Contents with light dampstaining and old paper repairs to lower section of pages, otherwise good and bright; not collated; binding tight and solid with some light rubbing
Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Life of Charlotte Bronte, first edition, in two volumes, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857. Association copies bearing owner inscription of John Nussey [brother of Ellen Nussey], 4 Cleveland Row, on front free endpaper of each volume. Ellen Nussey was a lifelong friend of Charlotte Bronte, and her correspondence was a major influence for this landmark biography. Octavo, publisher's cloth, re-cased, pale yellow endpapers, binder's ticket (Westleys & Co., London), frontispiece present in each volume, facsimile manuscript plate in first volume, 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear of second volume. Contents generally very good, clean, bright; occasional little marks or nicks to page edges; spotting to frontispieces and protective tissue-guards with some offsetting to title of second volume; endpapers with marks and slight wear; publisher's cloth binding re-cased, slight fraying to joints, corners bumped and worn (2)
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