NO RESERVE Ramus (Petrus) Scholarum Mathematicarum, libri unus et triginta, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and a few diagrams, some light foxing, browning and water-staining, creases to some leaves, inscription and ink library stamps to title, modern vellum-backed marbled boards, [Tomash & Williams R10; Smith, Rara arithmetica, p.335; VD16 L534], 4to, Basel, Heirs of Eusebius & Niklaus Bischoff, 1569.⁂ "This book, consisting of thirty-one chapters, was part of Ramus' attempt to reform the teaching of mathematics. The first three chapters deal with the history of mathematics, mainly from the time of the Greeks, and were actually published two years previously, in 1567, as Proemium mathematicarum. The next two chapters are a commentary on one of Ramus' earlier works, Arithmetica (an elementary text on arithmetic), first published in 1555 but with many editions since that date. Chapters 6 to 31 are a commentary on Euclid's Elements, with Ramus pointing out the useful applications. In a remarkable eight-page preface to this work, Ramus addresses Catherine de' Medici and pleads with her to provide a building for the professors of what came to be called the Collège de France. He indicates that this building is needed so that the professors would no longer have to lecture in the back streets of Paris. He also asks that she follow the lead of her Italian relatives and put her personal library in this new building rather than keeping it in the provinces. Ramus was well aware of the library and the current situation of the queen mother because he had taken shelter with her when, in 1562, his Protestant beliefs caused him to be driven out of Paris" (Tomash & Williams).Provenance: Library of the Franciscan Minims, Tyrol, Austria (inscription on title: Ex lib F.F. Mm Ref Bibliothek der P.P. Franciscaner in Hall, and later ink stamps).
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NO RESERVE Stone (Edmund) A New Mathematical Dictionary, first edition, woodcut initial, head-piece and diagrams, errata f., 2pp. advertisements, bookplate to pastedown and endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed, [Tomash & Williams S201], 8vo, J. Senex and others, 1726.⁂ Rare. The self-taught Stone became a member of the Royal Society in 1728, his Mathematical Dictionary would run through a number of editions and was used as a source by Johnson in compiling his Dictionary of the English Language.Provenance: James Rigg; Turner Collection, Keele University (bookplates)
NO RESERVE Sundials.- Guerrino (Tommaso) Tavole gnomoniche Per disegnare in diversi modi gli Orologj Solari Sopra Piani Orizontali, E Verticali, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, one folding woodcut plate, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, one with printed extension (p.28), one leaf blank apart from volvelle (p.33), a few corrections made by use of printed overlays, occasional light marginal soiling, ink notes in an early hand to front free endpaper, floral paper pastedowns, contemporary vellum, Latin motto to upper cover, repairs to spine ends, modern label to spine, [Riccardi i, 638; Tomash & Williams G98], folio, Milan, Pietro Agnelli, 1762.⁂ Guerrino's treatise on sundials, with extensive astronomical tables.Provenance: Teodoro Arrighi (inscription on title-page).
NO RESERVE Vega (Georg, Freiherr von) Thesaurus Logarithmorum Completus, ex Arithmetica Logarithmica, et ex Trigonometria Artificiali Adriani Vlacci collectus... [parallel title in German] Vollstaandige Sammlung grosserer logarithmisch-trigonometrischer Tafeln, nach Adrian Vlack's arithmetica logarithmica und trigonometria artificialis verbessert, first edition, tables, errata with manuscript notes and additional small slip pasted in, lacking un-numbered leaf after errata, occasional spotting and browning, modern vellum-backed boards, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Tomash & Williams V7; VD18 1474418X], Leipzig, Weidmann, 1794; Logarithmisch-trigonometrisches Handbuch, first editions, parallel titles in Latin and German, tables, errata at end, occasional foxing or browning, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, later endpapers, [Tomash & Williams V5; VD18 1024705X], Leipzig, Weidmann, 1793, folio & 8vo (2)⁂ Both of these works would prove enormously popular, each running into hundreds of editions.
NO RESERVE Barrême (François) Le livre necessaire à toute sorte de conditions. Inventé de nouveau pour tirer tout d'un coup les intérêts, first edition, ?second issue, engraved title and list of works by the author, woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, [Kress 1280; Tomash & Williams B101], 12mo, [Paris, Barrême], [1671].⁂ Compared with the copy in Kress, this one has just 14 preliminary leaves and is without pp.373-395 ("Les econtes faites"). Le Livre Necessaire became one of the foundational works for the new discipline of accounting.
NO RESERVE Woodhouse (Robert) The Principles of Analytical Calculation, first edition, occasional light browning, occasional damp-staining to head, second and third ff. torn at inner margin, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Tomash & Williams W109], Cambridge, 1803 § William (Farr) Vital Statistics: A Memorial Volume of Selections From the Reports and Writings of William Farr, first edition, portrait frontispiece, ex-library copy with ink stamps to title and elsewhere, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, wear to extremities, [not in Tomash & Williams], 1885 § Charting courses, limited edition, plates and illustrations, folding table, original pictorial boards, spine chipped at head, New York Recording & Statistical Corporation, 1931, [Tomash & Williams R45]; and another, statistics, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ "...Woodhouse defended analytic methods, the differential notation, and a theory of calculus based, like that of Lagrange, on series expansions" - DSB.
![NO RESERVE Zucchetta (Giovanni Battista) Prima Parte della Arimmetica, part 1 [all published], first edition, title with eng](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b115c030-8bc2-41da-8556-abba00b2e11b/242401cc-4ffa-42bd-b32f-abba00b4c6e5/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Zucchetta (Giovanni Battista) Prima Parte della Arimmetica, part 1 [all published], first edition, title with engraved architectural border and portrait of the author, engraved portrait of the dedicatee Christopher Papa of Nuremberg to *2, contemporary printed corrections slip mounted on contents f. 2*3, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional scattered foxing, occasional marginal dampstaining, seventeenth-century vellum, a little browned, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Adams Z195; Edit16 30423; Smith, Rara Arithmetica pp.425-426; Riccardi I I, 674 'rarissimo'); Tomash & Williams Z13], folio, Brescia, Vicenzo Sabbio, 1660.⁂ Zuchetta was a mathematician from Genoa. The preface lists some 98 arguments for the need of arithmetic in all classes of society. As well as general arithmetic it includes mercantile arithmetic, especially currency exchange.
Sultan's book on syphilis.- Hunter (John) and Philippe Ricord. Traite de la Syphilis, first French edition, 9 engraved folding plates, occasional spotting, attractive contemporary red morocco, gilt, Sultan Abdulmecid I 's copy with gilt arms to covers, some light rubbing to extremities, g.e., Paris, 1844.
Theory of evolution.- White (Charles) An Account of the Regular Gradation in Man, first edition, 4 engraved plates (3 folding), light spotting and offsetting, occasional very light browning, bookplate of Burghwallis Hall to pastedown, contemporary half calf, light rubbing to extremities, [Norman 2234], 4to, C. Dilly, 1799.⁂ An interesting prequel to the theory of evolution, stimulated by the work of White's fellow surgeon John Hunter. The advertisement at the front includes "The author...has no desire to elevate the brute creation to the rank of humanity, nor to reduce the human species to a level with brutes". One of the folding plates depicts a variety of skulls. Darwin was apparently unfamiliar with the work.
Europe.- Moore (John) A View of Society and Manners in Italy, 2 vol., first edition, 1781; A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland and Germany, 2 vol., second edition, 1779, occasional light foxing, uniform in attractive contemporary tree calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and black morocco labels, some light rubbing to extremities, 8vo (4)
India.- Rennell (James) Description of the Roads in Bengal and Bahar, first edition, folding frontispiece map, double page table at end, map torn at folds and repaired, margins torn with slight loss, marked & offset, table mounted, fore-edge trimmed with slight loss, title frayed, paper somewhat brittle, some marking, ink stamps of the New York Historical Society on title, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, 1778.⁂ Rare. Rennell was appointed Surveyor-General of India by Clive in 1767.
![India.- Shepherd (William Jonah) Narrative of the Mutiny at Cawnpore 1857, first edition, [one of 500 copies], occasional mar](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b115c030-8bc2-41da-8556-abba00b2e11b/5b5a8c8c-8206-4de4-8551-abba00b4426e/468x382.jpg)
India.- Shepherd (William Jonah) Narrative of the Mutiny at Cawnpore 1857, first edition, [one of 500 copies], occasional marginalia (slightly cropped), ink inscription on preliminary blank f. and ms . title cut down and mounted on inside front cover both dated 1863, later cloth-backed marbled boards, 8vo, [1862/3].⁂ Scarce. This is the first (and probably only) edition of this work in book form, taking from the original publication in the Delhi Gazette and produced in 500 copies only. The inscription is by Sophia Catty, mother of Major Charles Parker Catty, who served in the Kaffir War as Commandant of "Catty's Rifles" from October 1868 to May 1876. There is also a 2pp. manuscript note relating to Major Catty's actions in the Kaffir War, written at the Cawnpore Club, loosely inserted.
![Levant.- [Montefiore (Lady Judith)] Private Journal of a Visit to Egypt and Palestine by Way of Italy and the Mediterranean,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b115c030-8bc2-41da-8556-abba00b2e11b/935a91bc-6151-4ec4-9e74-abba00b40144/468x382.jpg)
Levant.- [Montefiore (Lady Judith)] Private Journal of a Visit to Egypt and Palestine by Way of Italy and the Mediterranean, second edition, folding table, title a little browned, ownership blindstamp to endpaper, original blue cloth with gilt arms to upper cover, spine darkened and spotted, spine ends and corners a little bumped and chipped, 8vo, Wertheimer Lea & Co., 1885.⁂ Rare, we can trace only one other copy of this edition at auction and only one copy of the first edition. Judith Montefiore travelled frequently and extensively with her husband, Moses Montefiore, and was the author of the first Jewish cookbook in English, The Jewish Manual, published in 1846.
Russia.- Tooke (William) Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous le règne de Catherine II et à la fin du dix-huitième siècle, 6 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, vol.6 some water-staining at head, heavier towards end, occasional spotting or light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, spines richly so and with double black morocco labels, a few corners worn, rubbed, 8vo (bindings 252 x 132mm.), Paris, Crapelet, 1801.⁂ Tooke served as chaplain to the English church at St. Petersburg from 1774 to 1792. There he made the acquaintance of many members of the Russian nobility, as well as a variety of men of letters and science of all nationalities, whom Catharine II had summoned to her court.
South East Asia.- Nicolas (Gervaise) An Historical Description of the Kingdom of Macasar in the East-Indies, first English edition, foxed and browned, some water-staining towards end, mostly marginal, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, Printed for Tho. Leigh and D. Midwinter, 1701.⁂ Rare account of Makassar, now part of present-day Indonesia, by a French missionary who spent four years in Siam.
NO RESERVE Bramer (Benjamin) Beschreibunge und Underricht wie allerley Theylungen zu den Mathematischen Instrumenten zu verfertigen: neben dem Gebrauch eines newen Proportional Instruments in zweyen Theylen verfasset, first edition, title within decorative woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces and diagrams, 2 folding woodcut plates (both with short tears), browning, heavy in places, modern calf-backed boards, [Tomash & Williams Add 9; VD17 39:121571A], small 4to, Marburg, Paul Egenolff, 1615.⁂ Rare first edition of Bramer's important treatise on the construction and usage of a sector or proportional compass in which he cites Galileo (who had published his Le operazioni del compasso geometrico in 1606) , we can trace only 1 other copy at auction.
Britain.- Magalotti (Lorenzo) Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, through England, During the Reign of King Charles the Second, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 aquatint plates (including a folding panorama of London, occasional light offsetting but a clean and excellent copy generally, original boards with printed paper label to spine, spine repaired at head, extremities rubbed and bumped, [Abbey, Scenery 32], 4to, for J. Mawman, 1821.
NO RESERVE England.- Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, first edition, sepia-printed aquatint additional pictorial title and 29 plates, engraved map and 2 etched portraits, light foxing to plates, later blue calf, gilt, by R. Faulder, 1795 § The Salisbury Guide, engraved map, 2 folding plates, ownership inscription of John Arlott, other 19th century ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, calf-backed boards, rubbed, Salisbury, by J. Easton, 1800 § Twining (Henri) Voyage en Norwège et en Suède, 18 lithograph plates, some light spotting, later half calf, a little rubbed, Paris, chez Delaunay, 1836; and 58 others, topography, travel, London, v.s. (61)⁂ Second is scarce, with Library Hub recording only one copy of this edition.
NO RESERVE Čapek (Karel) R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots). A Fantastic Melodrama, first American edition, half-title, title printed in red and black, 4 plates, original orange cloth, lettered in black, spine slightly discoloured, some light fraying to spine ends, but a sharp and excellent copy overall, [Origins of Cyberspace 249; Tomash & Williams C20], 8vo, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.⁂ First American edition of the book that coined the word "robot".
NO RESERVE China.- Preyel (Adam) Artificia Hominum Miranda Naturae, in Sina & Europa, ubi Eximia... & Singularia, first edition, lacking additional engraved title, small hole to foot of title, affecting part of imprint, foxed, some worming in second half, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, upper cover detached, Frankfurt, Wilhelm Serlini, 1655; and 5 others, defective Continental and English, including a 2 vol. Apuleius from the library of Christopher Wordsworth, v.s. (6) sold not subject to return.
NO RESERVE Bernier (Jean) Réflexions, Pensées et Bons Mots, first edition, notes to endpaper, half-title, contemporary ink markings to title, some browning and staining, later calf, a little rubbed, Paris, Guillaume de Luyne, 1696 § Bernandin de Saint-Pierre (Jacques-Henri) Paul et Virginie, half-title, plates, foxing, captioned tissue-guards, later half morocco, slip-case, L. Curmer, Paris, 1838; and c.100 others, French, including a large quantity of 19th century French newspaper supplements, v.s. (lg qty.)
![Women.- [Lambert (Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles, Marquise de)] Reflexions Nouvelles sur les Femmes, third edition,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b115c030-8bc2-41da-8556-abba00b2e11b/5fdef618-193a-464c-9d0d-abba00b56507/468x382.jpg)
Women.- [Lambert (Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles, Marquise de)] Reflexions Nouvelles sur les Femmes, third edition, half-title, lightly browned, old ink stamp to margin of first leaf of text, colour-printed armorial bookplate of Jules de Moulin to rear pastedown, contemporary sheep, spine gilt with later red roan label, rubbed, corners a little worn, 12mo, "Londres, chez J.P.Coderc, in Little New-port Stret", 1730.⁂ The Marquise de Lambert was a celebrated hostess whose weekly salons for the literati and society inaugurated the Enlightenment's salon tradition which became influential in electing many seats at the Académie Français. She was interested in education and is most well-know for her works Advice from a mother to her son (1726) and Advice from a mother to her daughter (1728). The present work was first published in 1727.
NO RESERVE Casati (Paolo) Fabrica, Et Uso Del Compasso Di Proportione, Dove Insegna À Gli Artefici Il Modo Di Fare In Esso Le Necessarie Divisioni, E Con Vari Problemi Usuali Mostra L'utilità De Questo Stromento, first edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut diagrams, initials, head- and tail-pieces, 4 folding engraved plates (with a few neat repairs), 2ff. errata at end, title with small paper overslip changing "Del Molto" to "Il Molto", occasional marginal staining, occasional repairs and restorations to margins and corners, modern vellum, [Riccardi i, 271; Tomash & Williams C32], 4to, Bologna, Giovanni Battista Ferroni, 1664.⁂ Provenance: Grigorius Vivvarellus (early ink signature to title).
NO RESERVE Bindings.- Champsaur (Félicien) Les Bohémiens, illustrated by Jules Chéret, Félicien Rops etc., original wrappers bound in, minor spotting and marginal toning, contemporary blue marbled calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, g.e., lower cover detached, Paris, 1887 § [Pezay (Alexandre Masson, Marquis de)] Zelis au Bain: Poëme En quatre Chants, first edition, hand-printed decorative endpapers, half-title, engraved title and plates, contemporary calf, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, some wormholes to lower portion of spine, Geneva and Paris, 1764; and 4 others, 18th Century, French, 8vo & 4to (6)
A Collection of Microscope Related Books, including 'Carpenter on the Microscope, Smith', full calf, 1856, first American Edition; A History of Infusorial Animalcules Living and Fossil by Andrew Pritchard, 1852, third edition ; La Practique Microscopique par A Juillet et L Galavielle, 1923, half calf; Evenings at the Microscope by Philip Henry Gosse, FRS 1877 full calf, prize copy form Kings College London; The Microscope and its Revelations, by Carpenter, 1862, third edition, full calf, presentation copy
A 16th Century Map of Vilnius, Lithuania, A 16th Century Map of Vilnius, Lithuania, Braun & Hogenberg, 1599, map title ‘VILNA LITVANIAE’ uncoloured, 53cm x 42cmNotes: From first Latin edition of Volume III, plate 59, of “Civitates orbis terrarum,” drawn 1576, possibly based on an image by the Flemishartist, Guillebert de Lannoy, who visited Vilna in 1414
Rare and good Hetchins Magnum Opus Millennium, twenty-seven speed bicycle, limited edition no. 2001, circa 2000, blue and cream colourway with detail lugwork, 22" frame, Brooks leather saddle and rear pannier rack **The Hetchins Magnum Opus Millennium was produced for the year 2000 with a limited number of just 15 being made. The first was numbered 2000, this example is numbered 2001.
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) - 'Countryside at Osny' signed, also extensively inscribed on an exhibition label verso, black and white dry point etching, 4.5" x 6" (pl) - **Provenance with William Weston Gallery, 7 Royal Arcade, Albemarle Street, London, W1X 3HD, the etching is from the first edition of 100 impressions issued in 1894 for L'Estampe Originale, March 1894 and Ref Delteil 70, first date of two, before the re-touching of the plate. Leymarie- Melot 6 and 9. The label dated 1975/3
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, eighth impression, signed by the author in black ink with an apology, 'Sorry!', where the pen has slipped and pierced through the paper, hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Together with Goblet of Fire, first edition, 2000, signed by the author in the same fine black pen as the previous book. Condition as found, Azkaban lacking dust-jacket, highlighted marks and doodles to some of the contents; Goblet of Fire with wear to dust-jacket (2)Provenance: Vendor won a radio competition to attend a "meet and greet" with J. K. Rowling at Glasgow City Halls in 2002, where both of these books were signed
![Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 19](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/758f8ea2-4cb8-4195-a81e-ab7b00a8e513/ae8eae9c-5f39-4fe8-9f93-abbc00c24976/468x382.jpg)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; usual very light toning to page edges; a couple of tiny ink spots to outer page edges; covers worn with loss to corners, splitting to joints around spine (spine lifts up); some of the laminate still present. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. One of only 500 copies, 300 of which were sent to libraries and schools (this copy bearing school stamp to front free endpaper)
Dahl, Roald. The Gremlins, New York: Random House, 1943. Dahl's scarce first book. Presentation copy to W.C. John Alexander, D.F.C. (who formed a friendship with Dahl when they were serving together in the RAF), 'To John, who wrote the bloody thing anyway. Roald Dahl, 25/5/43.' First edition, possibly an earlier state or proof, the text-block stapled within quarter-cloth and pictorial boards (not glued or attached to boards), with corrections by Dahl in pencil (including two instances where Dahl has amended 'Barry' to 'Gus', and an arrow with the word 'No' pointing to a colour illustration of a gremlin next to a teapot).14 full-page colour illustrations (including one double-page). Contents generally good and bright with occasional light discolouration/marks, and a couple of little nicks at lower edges of two pages; the front free endpaper has lifted away from the staples of text-block but is not loose because it is bound to the cloth spine as issued; boards vibrant with some light rubbing/wearProvenance: By descent from W.C. John Alexander, D.F.C. to our vendor. The vendor believes Alexander helped come up with the plot for this book
Rowling, J. K. Set of seven Harry Potter deluxe editions: Philosopher's Stone (10th impression); Chamber of Secrets (4th impression); Prisoner of Azkaban (8th impression); Goblet of Fire (cellophane wrap, not labelled); Order of the Phoenix (first edition); Half-Blood Prince (shrink-wrapped with original First Edition label); Deathly Hallows (shrink-wrapped with original First Edition label) (7)
Piper, John. Brighton Aquatints, first edition, London: Duckworth, 1939, printed at the Curwen Press. Complete with all 12 aquatint etchings, the corresponding descriptions on blue paper. Oblong folio, publisher's quarter-cloth with marbled boards and paper title label, bearing bookplate for Philip Hall, with gift inscription to the same dated 1946. Contents good, clean and bright; the aquatint plates rich impressions and very well-preserved; some light scratches/scuffs and general discolouration to boards; some very pale spotting to opening leaves
Pienkowski, Jan. Three signed works: 1) Robot, first edition, London: Heinemann, 1981, signed by the author in bold black ink on front pastedown/opening page, 'To Vivien, with all good wishes, J Pienkowski, '81'. 2) Haunted House, London: Heinemann, reprinted 1980, signed by the author on pop-up refrigerator, 'To Vivien, with best wishes, Jan Pienkowski, '81'. 3) Dinner Time, London: Gallery Five, 1981, signed by the author on opening page, 'For Vivien, with best wishes, J. Pienkowski, '81'. Hardback, pop-up books; very good, clean, bright; well-preserved (3)Provenance: Vendor was a children's librarian and met the author personally
Collection of books, comprising: Paradise Lost, 'The Last Edition', John Milton, Paris: David, 1754, full calf; Meditations for the Aged, John Brewster, London: Rivington, 1810, full contemporary calf; Practical Lectures upon the Gospel of St. John, Part One, London: Dove, 1821; The Annual Register of 1827, London: Baldwin, 1828, half-calf; collection of four first editions by H. V. Morton (In the Steps of the Master, 1934; In the Steps of St. Paul, 1936; Through the Lands of the Bible, 1938; A Traveller in Rome, 1957) (7)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; covers bold and vibrant with fading to spine; very faint creasing to corners and very light wear to extremities
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents good with some discolouration and spotting to outer page edges; binding tight and solid; faint wear to extremities, slight creasing to spine; slight discolouration to spine; owner inscription to half-title and title page. Together with two copies of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first printing ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'), London: Bloomsbury, 1999, paperback (one very good, one with shelf-lean and creasing to spine) (3)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents good, clean, bright, with light dampstaining that becomes more apparent towards the end of the book (inner top and bottom of pages); binding tight and solid; covers good and bright, colours vibrant; faint creasing and wear to extremities/corners, laminate peeling at extreme lower edges with slight loss at bottom of spine; owner inscription to inner cover. Together with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, paperback (2)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, second issue ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2'), London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, signed by the author in bold blue ink to half-title. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding very good, tight and solid; covers bold and vibrant, remarkably well-preserved; laminate peeling very slightly at edge of upper cover; fading/discolouration to spine. Together with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, fifth issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback with dust-jacket, signed by the author in bold blue ink to half-title, very well-preserved with just some fading to spine (2)Provenance: Vendor had both books signed by J. K. Rowling at an event hosted by Waterstones, Canterbury in 1999.
Collection of three books, comprising: 1) Orczy, Baroness and Montagu Barstow. Old Hungarian Fairy Tales, first edition, publisher's pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding very good, tight and solid. Scarce. 2) Thackeray, William Makepeace. Henry Esmond, London: H. Virtue & Company Limited, 1902, with introduction by William Macdonald and bearing his owner inscription in black ink, 'Wm. Macdonald, WM, His copy of "Esmond", Dec. 1901.' Publisher's pictorial cloth with loosely inserted specimen page for The Turner House Classics, Preliminary Announcement; top edge gilt. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding very good, tight, solid, faint discolouration to spine and outer page edges. 3) Smith, Adam. Wealth of Nations, London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1868. Publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Contents good, clean, bright; cloth covers good, pulling away from text-block at spine with some wear to headcaps (3)
Fleming, Ian. James Bond collection, comprising: Octopussy and The Living Daylights, first edition, Jonathan Cape, 1966, with dust-jacket (10s 6d price); From Russia with Love, Book Club edtion, no date [1957], with d.j.; Dr. No, Book Club, 1958, with d.j.; Goldfinger, Book Club, 1959, with d.j.; For Your Eyes Only, Jonathan Cape, third impression 1962, and reprinted 1964, both with d.j.; For Your Eyes Only, Book Club, 1960 with d.j.; Thunderball, Book Club, 1961, with d.j.; The Spy Who Loved Me, fifth impression, Jonathan Cape, 1963, with d.j.; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Book Club, 1963, with d.j.; You Only Live Twice, second impression, Jonathan Cape, April 1964, no d.j.; The Man with the Golden Gun, Book Club, 1965, two copies, both with d.j; Thrilling Cities: Part II, Pan paperback, 1963. Together with The James Bond Dossier, Kingsley Amis, first edition, Jonathan Cape, 1965; James Bond in the Cinema, John Brosnan, 1972; For Special Services, John Gardner, 1982; Scorpius, John Gardner, 1988; High Time to Kill, Raymond Benson, no date (20)
Lewis, James. Original Designs in Architecture, Book I, first edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1780, text in English and Italian, complete with 22 plates as called for, title page, two-page Subscriber list, Preface, four-page Introduction, seven-page Explanation of the Plates. Folio, contents sound with general discolouration and wear to some page edges, full contemporary calf (very worn as found)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; covers very good, colours vibrant, remarkably well-preserved; slight creasing to spine, very faint creasing to covers; inscription to inner cover, '20', and school stamp to half-title; with protective Gresswell slip-over cover
Christie, Agatha. Evil Under the Sun, first edition, London: The Crime Club, 1941, publisher's orange/red cloth with unclipped dust-jacket (priced 4/6), three pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Contents good, clean, bright, some spotting to outer page edges; dust-jacket well-preserved with some chipping to extremities
Briggs, Raymond. When the Wind Blows, first edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982, signed by the author in bold blue ink to verso of front free endpaper, 'For Vivien, with best wishes from Raymond Briggs, 20 May 1982', hardback. Together with Fungus the Bogeyman, first edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977, hardback; Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book, first edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982, hardback; Father Christmas Goes on Holiday, first edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975, hardback; Father Christmas, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973, hardback (5)Provenance: Vendor was a children's librarian and met the author personally
Rowling, J. K. The Casual Vacancy, first edition, London: Little, Brown, 2012, hardback, complete with dust-jacket, signed by the author in bold black ink on title page, hologram sticker on facing page, loosely-inserted ticket for The Independent Bath Literature Festival, 08 March 2013. Very good, clean, bright
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Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]. The Nursery "Alice", first published edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1890, publisher's quarter cloth with colour pictorial boards designed by E. Gertrude Thomson, 'Price Four Shillings', Easter & Christmas Greetings at rear with two pages of publisher's advertisements, specimen page from Alice's Adventures Under Ground, and Addendum slip advertising Sylvie and Bruno; p.34 Alice has no profile; gift inscription to front free endpaper, 'To Baby 'May', From "Unky Puff-Puff", 25th May 1890'. Contents very good, clean, bright, occasional light handling marks; tissue-guard present for frontispiece (some spotting to the tissue-guard); binding tight and solid, boards very good and bright, some wear to extremities and a couple of knocks to edges of boards
Dickens, Charles. Sketches by Boz, New Edition, Complete, illustrated by George Cruikshank, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, first issue with no comma after 'illustrations' on title page; imprint address '186, Strand'; half-title present with owner inscription curiously dated 1838; raised commas on p.429; p.515 numbered at centre; uncoloured etched plates and pictorial title, contemporary half-calf lettered in gilt, offsetting and foxing to plates
Wellby, Captain Montagu Sinclair. 'Twixt Sirdar and Menelik, first edition, London: Harper Brothers, 1901, publisher's pictorial cloth, bookplate for A. Cecil Spence. three pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Contents generally good and bright, two old tape repairs; binding solid with some discolouration and light wear to spine. Travel / Exploration / Ethiopia / Africa Interest
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; covers very good, colours vibrant, remarkably well-preserved; very light creasing to spine, very faint creasing to covers; very faint wear to lower extremities; inscription and school stamp to inner cover, '31'; with protective Gresswell slip-over cover
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