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Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Candid: or, All for the Best, translated from the French..., second edition, half-title, for J.Nourse, 1759 bound with Candid: or, All for the Best...Part II, first edition, [Rothschild 2460], for T.Becket and P.A.de Hondt, 1761, together 2 works in 1 vol., some spotting, mostly to first, contemporary ink signature of James Chapman to head of first title and his red ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red morocco label, 12mo⁂ The second part is not by Voltaire but a parody attributed to C.C.F. Thorel de Campigneulles and more recently to Henri-Joseph Dulaurens. They are usually but not always found together; the second part is reasonably scarce with only 4 UK copies listed by ESTC.

Leone (Ambrogio) Novum opus quaestionum, collation: a4, A-P4, Roman type, title in red and within woodcut frame printed in blue, woodcut diagrams, woodcut printer's device to verso of penultimate f., final f. blank, marginal water-staining, fragments of medieval manuscripts used in binding, contemporary limp vellum, upper cover with ink title within 4 concentric circles, lacking ties, folio (315 x 217mm.), [Venice], [Bernardino & Matteo Vitali], 1523.⁂ Scarce first edition of this miscellany by this Italian physician, mathematician, historian, and philosopher. 'The 'New Work of Questions' includes four hundred and four problems of very miscellaneous character. The majority deal with medicine and natural philosophy... Leone's longest discussion of any single question is that of the seventieth, which inquires why quicksilver, dissolved in oil or fat and used to anoint the heels or palms, within a week affects the gums and saliva. In this connection Leone gives a very good account of syphilis which deserves publication along with the other early tracts on that disease' (Thorndike).Literature: Houzeau-Lancaster 2389; Riccardi I/2, 33; Sander 3915; Wellcome I, 3726; Thorndike V, 143; EDIT 16 CNCE 38060.

Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vol., first edition in book form, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by George H.Thomas, light foxing, bookplate of Rev. Prebendary Hedgeland, contemporary half calf, 1867; The West Indies and the Spanish Main, first edition, hand-coloured map frontispiece, light spotting at beginning and end, contemporary diced calf, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., spine slightly faded, 1859, a little rubbed, [Wolff 6784 & 6800], 8vo (3)

Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Buried Alive or Ten Years Penal Servitude in Siberia, translated by Marie von Thilo, first edition in English, occasional light marginal soiling, original pictorial cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners bumped, rubbed, 8vo, 1881.⁂ Rare. The first English edition of Dostoevsky's House of the Dead and the first appearance of any of his works in English.

Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) The Friend of the Family; and The Gambler, first edition in English, half-title with advertisement to verso, 2pp. advertisements at rear, short tear to rear endpaper, joints starting but holding firm, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine rubbed and darkened, spine ends and corners bumped, small splash mark to upper cover, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Vizetelly & Co., 1887.⁂ The rare first English edition of Dostoevsky's darkly comic novel The Gambler written when the author himself was deeply in debt due to his gambling addiction. We can trace only one other copy of this edition at auction.

Nietzsche (Friedrich) Thus Spake Zarathustra a Book for all and none, translated by Alexander Tille, first English edition, half-title, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signatures, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down and retaining original endpapers, slight bumping to corners, 8vo, 1896.⁂ Volume 8 only of a projected 11 volume 'Works of Nietzsche.' This was the second volume published of the series, but is the first English edition of the philosopher's most important work.

Berkeley (Anthony) Not to be Taken, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, very light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped and creased, lower panel a little spotted with some light surface soiling, light rubbing to extremities, [Hubin p. 68], 8vo, 1938.⁂ An attractive copy of this scarce Golden Age Detective Fiction title.

Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, typed sheet signed by the author at foot loosely inserted, original boards, small dent to head of spine, else fine, first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps and priced at 16s., neat repairs to head of joints, very short repaired tear to head of lower panel, very light rubbing to head and foot, in effect a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1962.⁂ A superb copy of Burgess' masterpiece, a cornerstone of 20th century British fiction.

Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, original boards, small dent to head of upper cover, minor bumping to spine ends, first issue dust-jacket without the Sunday Times review, neat and expert repairs and restoration to spine ends and corners, some light creasing to head and foot, but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1953.⁂ A crisp and bright example of Fleming's first novel and the first in the James Bond series.

Fleming (Ian) Live and Let Die, first edition, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, first state dust-jacket without credit to Kenneth Lewis, very slight darkening to spine, neat and expert repairs and restorations to head and foot, some occasional light retouching to joints and fore-edges, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1954.

Fleming (Ian) Live and Let Die, first edition, ink inscription to front pastedown, second state dust-jacket with artist's credit centred between the blurb and foot of the flap, corners unclipped, spine a little dulled, a little chipped at head of spine and upper corners, light browning to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1954.

Fleming (Ian) Moonraker, first edition, issue with "shoot" on p.10, a few small patches of spotting to margins, small patch of light staining to pp. 14-15, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine lightly faded, spine chipped at head, but a remarkably bright example with strong colouring to upper panel, 8vo, 1955.

Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, original boards, fine and bright, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, minor creasing to head, light patch of discolouration to foot of lower panel, rubbing to extremities, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1957.

Fleming (Ian) Dr. No, first edition, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original first state plain boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine dulled but lettering bright, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine ends and corners, 2 very short closed tears to head of upper panel, but a crisp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1958.

Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, original blind-stamped and gilt pictorial boards, near-fine, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, some minor creasing to top edge, but a bright and fine example otherwise without the usual toning, 8vo, 1959.

Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, first edition, neat ink inscription to pastedown, original boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, spine lightly toned but lettering bright, spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing to head and foot, still an excellent copy without the usual fading to lettering, 8vo, 1960.

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, original boards, some light marking to fore-edge, near-fine otherwise, dust-jacket, light rubbing and minor creasing to spine ends and corners, small patch of rubbing to foot of spine, but a remarkably bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1961.

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, variant issue with printer's quad mark to title, signed by Henry Blofeld on endpaper, bookplate of Thomas Blofeld to endpaper, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very slight toning to spine, light creasing to spine ends and corners, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.⁂ Thomas Robert Calthorpe Blofeld (1903-1986) attended Eton with Fleming, his name is thought to be the inspiration for the supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Henry Blofeld (b. 1939) his son, cricket commentator and broadcaster. Although Blofeld does not feature in the novel, he was originally scripted to appear as the villain in the film adaptation until an injunction blocked Eon Productions from using the character.

Hebraica.- Pagninus (Sanctes) Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ, collation: *a-*i4 a-z, A-Z, aa-zz, AA-ZZ, aaa-zzz, AAA-ZZZ, Aa-Zz, AAa-ZZz, AAAa-KKKk4, text in Hebrew and Latin, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, outline of a hand in ink to final blank verso, AA1 upper corner torn with loss of a few letters, occasional marginal staining, some spotting, occasional light browning, new endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked (by a Mr. Harvey of the Bodleian, according to a pencil note to front pastedown), corners repaired, rubbed, thick 4to (232 x 158mm.), [Paris], Robert Estienne, [12 February, 1548].⁂ First edition of Pagnini's translation and commentary on David ben Joseph Kimhi's Sefer ha-shorashim. Provenance: Elizabeth Armstrong, Estienne scholar and bibliographer (book label). Literature: Adams P37; Renouard, Estienne, 71:5.

Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, ink ownership inscription to half-title, original first state boards with golden gun on upper cover, upper cover with patch of discolouration and 2 small bumps to foot but with the gun clean and bright, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, minor rubbing and light creasing to spine ends and corners, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1965.⁂ The rare first state, discontinued by Cape due to the prohibitive cost of stamping every copy in gilt. Around 940 copies were produced with this binding with the majority sent to Commonwealth countries.

Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, original boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, very minor rubbing and creasing to tips of spine, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1965.

Fleming (Ian) Octopussy and the Living Daylights, first edition, original boards, lettered in silver, dust-jacket, some very light toning to spine, slight rubbing to tips of spine and corners, but a fine copy overall, 8vo, 1966.⁂ The earliest of the states, issued prior to the states with stickers or those price-clipped.

Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, first edition, light browning and contemporary pencil inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly darkened, fading to spine ends, faint ring mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, darkened at spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners chipped, a few short tears to some chipping to head and foot with accompanying creasing, ring mark to upper cover, some rubbing or slight chipping to extremities, still a very good example of a rare jacket, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Kirkpatrick A10], 8vo, 1924.⁂ Forster's most popular novel, rare in the dust-jacket.

Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, first edition, light scattered spotting to fore-edge, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, first issue dust-jacket priced at 7/6 and with review of The Man Within to lower panel, light browning to spine, head of spine and corners a little chipped, small patch of dampstaining to head of upper panel, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Greene would later disown The Name of Action, making any edition of it published in his lifetime scarce, especially so in the dust-jacket.

Greene (Graham) L'Homme et Lui-Mème, translated by Denyse Clairouin, first French edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For ?Edgar Lionbourg, this book of a very young man, with gratitude for his kindness in Brussels" to front free endpaper, original wrappers, spine a little creased and spine ends and little chipped, glacine dust-jacket, spine ends chipped, a few very short tears to extremities, 8vo, 1931.

Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second issue with "Quin Savory", original cloth, light central creasing to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, tear to upper panel with creasing (neat tape repair to verso), chip to lower fore-edge, light abrasion mark to spine, 8vo, 1932.

Greene (Graham) The Heart of the Matter, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Koo Stark to title, browning to half-title, ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, rubbed, dust-jacket, spine faded, rubbed, chipped and creased, 8vo, 1948.Koo Stark (b. 1956), photographer and actress, appeared in Shades of Greene, a television adaptation of several Greene stories, and has cited Greene as a mentor.

Greene (Graham) A Burnt Out Case, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to spine ends and corners, a few spot to rear panel, but sharp and excellent overall, 8vo, 1961.

Greene (Graham) The Comedians, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Dick Slater, with many thanks for your kindness to me in Havana" to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped with paper repairs to verso, 8vo, 1966.⁂ An excellent association copy - Dick Slater was the U.S. ambassador to Havana and met Greene when he travelled to Cuba in 1966 to report on Castro's government.

Greene (Graham).- Wells (H.G.) Little Wars. A Game for Boys, first edition, Graham and Hugh Greene's childhood copy with their ownership inscriptions in pencil to pastedown, plates and illustrations, occasional foxing, gatherings pulling and a few plates loose, original cloth lettered in white with pictorial onlay, spine ends and corners chipped and bumped, splitting to lower joint with a few minor glue repairs, preserved in custom drop-back box, 4to, 1913.⁂ Graham Greene's childhood copy of a much-loved game-book, the condition testament to the boys' frequent use. "My favourite toys in those days were a clockwork train and lead soldiers. When the soldiers had lost too many limbs to stand up we melted them down in a frying-pan over the nursery fire and dropped them into cold water as people do now in Sweden on New Year's night, seeking omens of the future... When I was a bit older (about twelve) I would play with Hugh, who was six, an elaborate war game based on H. G. Wells's book Little Wars" - Graham Greene, A Sort of Life.

Joyce (James) Finnegan's Wake, first edition, one of 425 copies signed by the author in turquoise ink, title mounted on stub, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original brick red buckram, spine titled and ruled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, original yellow cloth slip-case, a fine copy, [Slocum & Cahoon 49], 8vo, London and New York, 1939.⁂ A superb example of Joyce's masterpiece and his final complete work.

Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., compising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, bookplate signed by the author to title, very short close tear with minor creasing to head of lower panel, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, signed by the author on title, 1977; Smiley's People, signed by the author on title, 1980, first editions, original boards, jackets with usual light fading to spines, a little rubbed at head and foot, but generally near-fine overall; Smiley's People, uncorrected proof copy, cut signature of the author to upper cover, light foxing, front free endpaper upper corner clipped, original wrappers, some light foxing to covers, minor creasing to spine and corners, proof dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, some creasing to head and foot, [c.1980], 8vo (4)⁂ An excellent example of Le Carré's seminal spy trilogy. The proof dust-jacket of Smiley's People has significant differences with that on the first edition including a different setting on the upper panel, an alternative author portrait on the lower panel and a different colour scheme on the flaps.

Leadbitter (Eric) The Rain Before Seven, second impression, remains of wraparoud loosely inserted, 1915; The Road to Nowhere, first edition, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, 1916; Perpetual Fires, first edition, 1918; Shepherd's Warning, second impression, dust-jacket, loss to head of spine, 1921; Dead Reckoning, first edition, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1922; The Evil That Men Do, first edition, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1923, author's own copies with his notes in ink or pencil to endpapers and occasional corrections in his hand to margins, occasional foxing or spotting, original cloth, 8vo (6)⁂ Leadbitter's own copies of his complete works, all now hard to find.

Merrill (James Ingram) Jim's Books: a Collection of Poems and Short Stories, first edition, half-title, front free endpaper tipped to front pastedown, original cloth backed boards, lightly faded spine, slight toning to top edges, 8vo, New York, Privately Printed, 1942.⁂ This was published as a surprise for Merrill when he was 16. His father had collected his short stories and poems and have them privately published.

Orwell (George) Animal Farm. A Fairy Story, first edition, contemporary ink gift inscription to pastedown, original cloth, very minor bumping to spine ends and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso, small chip to head of rear panel, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, very short closed tear to head of upper panel, but a sharp, fine copy overall, 8vo, 1945.⁂ A superb example of Orwell's classic satirical allegory. Rare in such immaculate condition. Orwell struggled to find a willing publisher, eventually Secker and Warburg obliged after it was rejected by Gollancz (Orwell's usual publisher) as well as Faber and Faber and Jonathan Cape.

Pound (Ezra, editor) Catholic Anthology 1914 - 1915, first edition, occasional faint spotting, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper where signature removed, original decorative boards illustrated by Dorothy Shakespear Pound, a little rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, slight chipping to corners, 8vo, 1915.⁂ With work by W.B. Yeats; T.S. Elio; Harold Monroe; Carl Sandburg; William Carlos Williams and John Rodker.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, signed by the author on dedication p., neat ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original pictorial boards, some bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, very light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, 2000.

Sadleir (Michael) Fanny By Gaslight, 3 vol., first edition, author's own copy with printed notice bound in vol.1 "This first copy of Fanny By Gaslight has been specially bound in three volumes (with apologies to Marie Corelli and Richard Bentley) for the author from his wife" , titles and half-titles, original blue cloth with yellow ribbon decoration to spines, spines faded, glacine dust-jackets (spine ends chipped), slip-case (1 joint broken), 8vo, 1940.⁂ Michael Sadleir's own copy of his most famous novel, specially-bound in three volumes (each volume with numerous blank pages at the end to help bulk them out) in reference to Sadleir's pre-eminent collection of Victorian triple-deckers.

Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catulli, Tibulli, Properti, 2 parts in 1, collation: à8 A-R8 S2, a-q8 r6, titles with woodcut printer's devices, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, S2 blank, r5 privilege f., lacking final blank, occasional spotting, 19th century vellum, gilt, spine richly so and with orange and dark green morocco labels, g.e., 8vo (166 x 100m.), Paris, Mamert Patisson, in the house of Robert Estienne, 1577.⁂ The first edition of Catullus edited by Joseph Scaliger. 'Joseph Scaliger's Catullus enjoys an exalted position in the history of textual criticism, for in learning and historical sense -- and above all in method -- it has been seen to anticipate the triumphs of the great nineteenth-century philologists. In fact, it is not going too far to say that Scaliger is the first Catullan critic to have any method at all.' (Glaisser, p. 178). This volume is printed in two parts, each with its own title-page and pagination; the second part containing Scaliger's commentary and emendations.Literature: Adams C1154; Renouard, Estienne, 179:1; Schreiber, Estiennes, 248.

Wodehouse (P.G.) Louder and Funnier, first edition, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper, original yellow cloth, blue-green spine lettering, very slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket designed by Rex Whistler with price 7s.6d., a little rubbed, one or two faint spots to upper cover, 2 very small tears, very slight chipping to corners and spine head, but overall in excellent condition, [McIlvaine A45], 8vo, 1932.

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue with 'wade' for 'wave' on p.21, contemporary ownership signature to half-title, 1872; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, forty-seventh thousand, 1875, half-titles, 50 illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional very faint spots to corners, bookplates, uniformly bound in modern crushed red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, original cover designs replicated in gilt, spines gilt in compartments with motifs after Tenniel's illustrations, g.e., lightly sunned spine, very slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo (2)

Shepherd (J. A.).- [A Collection of 52 original ink drawings from Cuming's 'Wonders in Monsterland], drawings depicting the adventures of a young boy and girl among dinosaurs and various other giant animals and birds, most with pencil and wash shading, all but one signed or initialled, captions and directions on verso in artists hand, a few stained or spotted, most chipped at edges, some with small loss to corners, 3 drawings framed, c.1901 § Cuming (E. D.) Wonders in Monsterland, first edition, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, slight spotting to spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1901, v.s. (53)

Buckland-Wright (John).- Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 2 vol., number 4 of 7 special copies for sale with the original aquatints and an additional suite of plates, this copy one of only 4 sets with an artist's trial proof and signed by Christopher Buckland-Wright, 20 plates in two states (original aquatints and collotypes), bound in red morocco-backed boards, by the Chelsea Bindery, t.e.g., prospectus and invoice loosely inserted, each volume with additional suite of aquatint plates for that volume printed on Whatman paper, vol.1 with an additional early state of one plate (copper-engraving before aquatint), loose as issued in 2 cloth sleeves, together in cloth slip-case, 8vo & 4to, Folio Society, 1954-55.⁂ Note in pencil on verso of vol.1 title reads: "Number 8 of fourteen two-volume sets of the first edition containing a complete suite of original aquatints bound in and preceding each collotype reproduction...The volume and prints all come from the artist's studio and their binding was undertaken by the Chelsea Bindery in 2001. This set contains an artist's trial proof before aquatinting. No 4/7. Christopher Buckland-Wright".

Fleece Press.- Donne (John) Mud Walls: Exceprts from the Sermons, one of 7 specially-bound copies on sheepskin parchment, from an edition limited to 207, printed in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Jane Lydbury, original pale blue goatskin by Angela James, signed "APJ" at foot of rear turn-in, together with prospectus and note Pc.s. from the printer in cloth drop-back box, calf label, 8vo, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1986.⁂ "...All the copies (2 grey, 1 scarlet, one yellow, one dark red, one dark green + this) look superb! I'm so pleased with them - far better than the paper copies...S.L." Postcard from the printer, Simon Lawrence (loosely inserted).Angela James (b. 1948) is a Fellow and past President of Designer Bookbinders. She trained at the Glasgow School of Art and was then apprenticed to Sydney Cockerell in 1970 where she worked with James Brockman. She won the Thomas Harrison Memorial Award with her first binding in 1974 and continues to exhibit regularly. Her work is held by many private and public collections.

Hughes-Stanton (Blair).- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 279 of 330 copies signed by the artist (but one of 150 copies issued later), wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, Basilisk Press prospectus loosely inserted, original boards edged in brown morocco and with morocco label, by David Sellars and Paul Collet, spine a little faded, with accompanying booklet in original wrappers, together in board slip-case, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934 and Basilisk Press, 1980 § Hughes-Stanton (Penelope) The Wood Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, number 78 of 112 special copies with 8 wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton printed from the wood, from an edition limited to 1750, original morocco-backed cloth, cloth slip-case, Pinner, 1991, small folio (2)⁂ The first mentioned was published in 1980 from sheets printed by Hughes-Stanton in 1934 at his Gemini Press; 300 copies were printed, of which only 150 sold. In 1970 Hughes-Stanton gave the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press.

Courtesy & Manners.- [Courtin (Antoine de)] Nouveau Traité de la Civilité qui se pratique en France, parmi les honnestes gens, first edition, half-title, title with engraved vignette of flying angel, woodcut decorations and initials, errata leaf at end, lightly browned, contemporary ink initials "MA" at head of title and signature of Mary Anderson to front free endpaper, engraved bookplate of Sir Charles Anderson Bart. Lea Library, contemporary mottled calf rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, 12mo, Paris, Helie Iosset, 1671.⁂ Manual of good manners, conversation and civility with directions for the correct way of serving and eating food, offering and accepting wine, behaviour at balls and games of chance, letter-writing including the importance of paper size and other such matters. And, importantly, a man should never tell a lady who is endeavouring to appear young that he has known her for a long time.

Ashendene Press.- Berners (Dame Juliana) A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, one of 150 copies on paper, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations copied from the original edition printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496, first initial printed in red, original limp vellum, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, [Hornby XVI], 8vo, Ashendene Press, 1903.⁂ Beautifully-printed facsimile of the first English book on angling.

Bird & Bull Press.- Taylor (W.Thomas) & Henry Morris. Twenty-One Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography, 1958-1979, number 52 of 350 copies, 1980 § Heaney (Howell J.) & Henry Morris. Thirty Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography 1958-1988 number 195 of 300 copies, with 4 A.Ls.s. from Henry Morris to Samuel Rosenthal loosely inserted, 1988, both special editions with additional folder of material, specimens, plates and illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, each with original cloth folder of additional material, together in original cloth drop-back boxes with morocco labels, [B & B A27 & 46], Newtown, Pa., Bird & Bull Press § Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications...1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club, limited edition, specimens, original morocco-backed cloth, glacine wrapper, spine browned and defective, slip-case, New York, 1959, 4to (3)

Mnemonics.- Petrus de Rosenhaym. Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum, collation: [a-f8], 48 ff. (the first blank), 32 lines, Gothic type, initials, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red, initial blank loose, library blind-stamp to lower corner of second and final f., blank with small repaired hole, lower corners stained, some spotting, late 19th century half vellum, [?Cologne], [?Ludwig von Renchen], [c.1480-1490].⁂ First edition of this aid to the memorising of biblical texts. The hexameters of each section of the summary form an acrostic of the letters of the alphabet, and the metrical prologue to the work forms an acrostic reading 'Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum compilatum per fratrem Petrum de Rosenhaim monachum monasterii Medlicensis'. Literature: BMC I, 312; BSB-Ink P-362; Goff R336; GW M32724; HC 13988*Provenance: Wigan Public Library (accession note to front free endpaper 'cat. bought January 1908. H.J.T') (large bookplate and blind-stamps).

Craig (Edward Gordon) Book of Penny Toys, number 156 of 550 copies [actually about 250], title with woodcut illustration and partly hand-coloured, 20 hand-coloured woodcut plates by the author, woodcut illustrations, many hand-coloured, a clean bright copy internally, original buckram-backed hand-coloured pictorial boards, uncut, paper label on spine, rather rubbed and soiled, a few stains, label chipped, [Fletcher & Rood A1 (a)], 4to, 1899.⁂ The author's rare first book, printed privately in 1899 in 550 copies (500 for sale). Craig burnt half the edition when he realised that hand-colouring all 550 copies would be too laborious.

Herrick (Robert) Delighted Earth: a Selection...from...'Hesperides', number 22 of only 25 copies on Japanese vellum signed by the artist, collotype plates by Lionel Ellis, original vellum, g.e., slip-case (rubbed at edges), Fanfrolico Press, 1927 § Hooker (Jeremy, editor) Inwards where the battle is: a Selection of Alun Lewis's writings from India, number XXIV of 300 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, illustrations by David Gentleman, original morocco-backed pictorial cloth, uncut, slip-case, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1997 § Beerbohm (Max) Zuleika Dobson, one of 750 copies signed by the author, double-page colour plates by Osbert Lancaster, original morocco-backed boards, slip-case (a little rubbed), Oxford, Shakespeare Head Press, 1975 § Bernanos (Georges) The Diary of a Country Priest, limited edition signed by the artist, wood-engraved plates by Fritz Eichenberg, original morocco-backed cloth, spine slightly faded, slip-case (a little stained), New York, Limited Editions Club, 1986 § Dostoyevsky (Fydor) Crime and Punishment [&] The Idiot, together 2 vol., limited editions published for Penguin Classics' 60th anniversary, the second designed by Ron Arad, the first original wrappers, the second unbound, each with perspex slip-case or box (the second still sealed), 2006; and 4 others, 8vo & 4to (10)

Genet (Jean) Le Condamné a Mort, first edition, lightly browned, loosely inserted as issued, original pink paper wrappers, original glassine dust-jacket, overall an excellent copy, 8vo, Fresnes, 1942.⁂ Scarce, none of this edition on Library Hub. This was written whilst Genet was in prison in Fresnes, and printed at his own cost.

Shakespeare (William) A Midsommer Nights Dreame...from the First Folio of 1623, illustrated by Paul Nash, 1924; The Merchant of Venice..., illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky, 1923; The Tragedie of Julius Caesar..., illustrated by Ernst Stern, 1925, together 3 vol., 'The Players' Shakespeare', each one of 450 copies, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jackets, spines a little browned, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon § Cushman (Robert) Fifty Seasons at Stratford, limited edition signed by 6 people connected with the Ontario Stratford Festival, with signed colour print of Richard III by Tanya Moiseiwitsch loosely inserted, colour illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, Toronto, 2002, 4to (4)

Whittington Press.- O'Connor (John) Knipton: a Leicestershire village, one of 200 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings by O'Connor, with 3 additional wood-engravings initialled by the artist in pencil loosely inserted, 1996 § Macgregor (Miriam) Whittington: Aspects of a Cotswold Village, one of 350 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings by Macgregor, 1991 § Hanscomb (Brian) Cornwall: an Interior Vision, one of 135 copies signed by the artist, engravings by Hanscomb, inscribed by the printers "To Mel - with our love & thanks John & rose 18 Oct. '94" on front free endpaper, original wrappers sewn in Japanese style, 1992 § Harrison (Ski) Portraits of Presses: Photographs..., out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 350, 1997, all but the third original cloth-backed boards, the second with pictorial dust-jacket, the first and third with slip-cases, folio & 4to, Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press (4)

Corbeil (Gilles de) De urinis et pulsibus, edited by Venantius Mutius, with a commentary by Gentilis de Fuligneo, collation: a8 b-r4 s6, 77 ff. (of 78, lacking final blank), 43 lines, Gothic letter, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut printer's device to foot of final verso, neat restoration to some upper corners or margins, within text on S4, but without loss, occasional staining, faint traces of an ink stamp to foot of final verso, modern calf, inner gilt dentelles, [BMC V, 546; Goff A-94; HC 101*; BSB-Ink A-37; GW 270; Klebs 466.1], small 4to (195 x 135mm.), Venice, Bernardinum, de Vitalibus, 16 February, 1494.⁂ The first combined edition of the author's 1483 work 'De urinus' and 1484 work 'De pulsibus.' 'De urinus' constitutes a compendium of uroscopy, and remained the authoritative textbook on uroscopy until the sixteenth century, while De pulsibus (on the pulse) concerns the second of the two principal diagnostic tools available to physicians of the time. After studying at Salerno and Montpellier Gilles de Corbeil became physician to Philip II of France.

Arithmetic.- [Recorde (Robert)] [The Grounde of Artes: teaching the perfecte worke and practise of Arithmetike, bothe in whole numbers and fractions ...], black letter, lacking endpapers, A1 (title) & 8, P1 & 8, Y1 & 8, and anything after a3, with woodcut initialis, with 17th and 18th century manuscript names and notes, rather soiled and stained, A2 strengthened at hinge, leaves at beginning and end a little frayed at edges, occasional marginal tears and some loss to corners (occasionally affecting text), contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, [STC 20799.3], 8vo, Reynolde Wolfe, 1552; sold not subject to return⁂ Very rare, with only one copy on ESTC (BL), also incomplete. One of the first English textbooks on arithmetic, first published in 1543, and running to many editions in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This edition is probably the last to be edited by Recorde, before his death in 1558.

Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, translated by Sir Henry Billingsley, preface by John Dee, first edition in English of the first complete translation, title within fine woodcut border depicting Ptolemy and Strabo, amongst others, folding letter-press table (torn and repaired, without loss), numerous woodcut diagrams including 37 diagrams on 28 pp. with one or more printed overslips, woodcut portrait of John Day above colophon, woodcut historiated or decorative initials and tail-pieces, lacking final blank, title and final 2ff. with neat restorations to blank outer corners, occasional dampstaining, mostly marginal, 2D2 with burn hole to head, 2V2&3 with small patch of soiling partially obscuring text, small rust hold to 2D1, small paper flaws to 2T2&5 with some minor loss to text, modern antique-style calf with original covers laid down, [STC 10560; cf. PMM 25], by John Daye, [1570].⁂ First edition of the first major science book in English. The clear and precise nature of the text coupled with the numerous illustrations ensured this work's continued popularity as a scientific textbook up to the present day. In addition the use of printed slips here (originally printed as six bifolia bound in at the end) mean that this work can lay claim to being the first illustrated popup work in the English language. John Dee's preface is considered by many to be his most important published work. It outlines the practical applications of Euclid's work, lays the foundations for later experimental science and hints at the use of magic and the supernatural in conjunction with the natural. In addition, Dee also contributed further theorems and annotations.

Eye surgery.- Bartisch (Georg) Opthalmoduleia [Greek type]. Das ist, Augendienst., first edition, collation: A-D⁶ E⁴ A-Z⁶ a-x⁶ y⁸ z⁴ Aa⁶, Gothic letter, title in red and black, woodcut coat-of-arms, portrait and 88 woodcut illustrations, 2 with overlays, colophon to final leaf, previous owner's ink and pencil inscriptions to the front endpapers, 2 old faint library stamps to title, occasional pencil markings to blank margins, short tear to foot a2, occasional browning and spotting, contemporary vellum, later doeskin ties, small ink stain to upper cover, a little rubbed, housed in a modern drop-back box, [VD16 B558; G&M 5817; Hirschberg II pp.323-342], 308 x 190 mm, folio, Dresden, Matthes Stöckel, 1583.⁂ Bartisch was court oculist to the Elector of Dresden and the founder of modern opthalmology. He was developed many instruments and was renowned for his cataract operations. This is the first modern work on eye surgery, and one of the most remarkable illustrated book in early medical literature. Provenance. Purchase note of Andreas Latumarr, dated 1585, to front pastedown. Ownership note of Lundsgaard, Copenhagen, dated 1921 to front pastedown.

Botany.- Fuchs (Leonhart) De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes ..., first edition, collation. α⁶ β⁸ A-Z⁶ a-z⁶ aa-zz⁶ Aaa-fff⁶, printer's device to title and final leaf verso, 509 full-page woodcut engraved illustrations, woodcut portraits to title verso and at end, previous owner's inscription dated 1672 to front pastedown, loss to final free endpaper (restored), occasional faint spotting and minor finger-soiling, pen and ink drawing of a heraldic lion tipped-in to front free endpaper, seventeenth century French calf, spine expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, corners expertly restored, a little rubbed, housed in a modern drop-back box, [Adams 1099; Dibner 19; Horblit 33b; Hunt 48], 360 x 233 mm, folio, Basel, Officina Isingriniana, 1542.⁂ Fuchs's celebrated herbal which effected a revolution in the natural sciences, earning him the title 'German fathers of botany' along with Brunfels and Bock. All three wished to correct botanical knowledge which had been in the hands of itinerant and illiterate herbalists to this point. To effect this reform accurate illustration and identification was the first requirement, and it was to this task that Fuchs addressed himself. Fuchs employed the best artists then available in Basel; Albrecht Meyer, Henrich Füllmaurer and Veit Rudolph Speckle. All three are depicted in the book, the first time that book illustrators are themselves portrayed and named. These illustrations set a new standard for botanical description and were some of the most influential in botanical history, being copied and reprinted well into the eighteenth century.

Architecture.- Papworth (John Buonarotti) Hints on Ornamental Gardening: consisting of a series of Designs for Garden Buildings, first edition, lacking half-title, with 2 hand-coloured aquatint plans and 27 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, a few illustrations and diagrams, occasional spotting or soiling to plates, light offsetting, broken, modern vellum-backed marbled boards, [Abbey, Life 46; Berlin Kat. 3436], 4to, R.Ackermann, 1823.⁂ The fine aquatint plates include an aviary, dairy, ice house, laundry, poultry house, Venetian tent, a bath and an apiary. The two plans show a before and after plan of an estate, one usually forming an overslip to the other, and printed in sepia and uncoloured.