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Lot 319
Death and Restoration A Jonathan Argyll Mystery by Iain Pears. Signed first edition hardback book with dust jacket printed in 1996 in Great Britain 223 pages. Good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 380
The Fitzroy The Autobiography Of A London Tavern paperback book by Sally Fiber. First Edition Signed by Author. Published 1995 Temple House Books ISBN1-85776-023-9. 114 pages. Very nice condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 410
Phil Edmonds A Singular Man First Edition hardback book by Simon Barnes. Signed by Phil Edmonds. Published 1986 The Kingswood Press ISBN 0-434-9802-7. 180 pages. Dust jacket shows some slight wear but book in very nice condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 411
The Art Of Captaincy hardback book by Mike Brearley. First Edition Signed BY Author. Published 1985 Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-27086-1. 288 pages. Very good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 432
Tied Up In Tinsel hardback book by Ngaio Marsh. Published 1972 William Collins And Co. The Crime Club First Edition. ISBN 0-00-231823-7. 256 pages. Dust jacket showing some signs of age around the edges. Book in good sound condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 437
Arts Of The African Native hardback book by Marcel Griaule. Published 1950 Thames and Hudson First Edition. 107 pages. No dust jacket. Cover has some discolouration, especially along the spine but in good sound condition for age. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 142
A collection of books to include, The Book Collector's Quarterly, edited by Desmond Flower & A J A Symon, Cassell & Co. LTD, together with, First Edition club 1930-1932, limited edition of 100 copies volumes 1-4 in red cloth, volumes 5-8 in marbled cloth. Further volumes and ephemera on collecting, typography, printing, binding and bibliography. 3 boxes (A quantity)
Lot 1358
Walpole (Hugh) The Fortress and Judith Paris, in slip cases, published by MacMillan and Co 1937 and 1931 Milne (A.A) The House at Pooh Corner eight edition 1936, with dust wrapper and Tales of Pooh first published 1930, two Spanish books 'La Guerra' D Las Muggers, Vol 1 and 2, Habana 1846 and four other works.
Lot 10
London.- Illustrated Exhibitor...the Principal Objects in the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations. 1851, numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some folding including large exterior view of the Crystal Palace and several interiors, some staining, John Cassell, 1851 § Thornbury (W.) & Edward Walford. Old and New London, 7 vol. including folder of maps, 5 folding maps torn and repaired, loosely inserted in folder, n.d. § Andrews (W.) Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain, out-of-series limited edition, 1887 § Cook (Mrs. E.T.) Highways and Byways in London, illustrations by Hugh Thomson and F.L.Griggs, 1903 § Fitter (R.S.R.) London's Natural History, New Naturalist No.3, 1945, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the first two pictorial gilt, the last with dust-jacket, all rubbed, the first stained; and c.80 others on London, 4to & 8vo (c.90)
Lot 11
London.- Jackson (J.G.) & G.T.Andrews. Illustrations of Bishop West's Chapel, in Putney Church, Surrey, first edition, half-title, lithographed additional pictorial title and 12 plates, one on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, with 2 additional engraved plates of the chapel from Lysons loosely inserted, contemporary manuscript errata slip tipped in, original lithographed wrappers, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, rebacked, 1825 § London Interiors..., 2 vol. in 1, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 74 plates only after Thomas Shepherd and others, some foxing, bookplate of F.E.Fetherstonhaugh, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, lacking label, rubbed, [c.1840]; and another with engraved plates of London, 4to (3)⁂ The first is by two young architects working in the office of P.F.Robinson in London.
Lot 112
Pirated memoir of a pirate.- Duguay-Trouin (René) Memoires de M. du Gue-Trouin, chef d' Escadre des Armées de S. M. T. C. & Grand-Croix de l' Ordre Militaire de Saint Louise, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, bookplate "Ex Libris Laurentii Currie" to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt arms of De Bariville to covers and his ink ownership inscription to endpaper, spine gilt with some neat repairs, light wear to joints, 1 corner worn, [cf. Sabin 29098], 12mo, Amsterdam, chez Pierre Mortier, 1732.⁂ The pirated edition of the memoirs of this famous corsair who ransacked Rio de Janeiro in 1711. The first authorised edition was published in 1740 with much of the more colourful material (present here) suppressed.
![Coaching.- [Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois (François Alexandre)] Le Parfait Cocher, ou l'Art d'entretenir, & de conduire](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/fd4f7d6f-14d1-41cd-87ac-ad6300fcdbf2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 113
Coaching.- [Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois (François Alexandre)] Le Parfait Cocher, ou l'Art d'entretenir, & de conduire un Equipage à Paris & en Campagne, first edition, engraved frontispiece, with leaf of distances at end of preliminaries, light water-staining, some foxing, slight worming to lower margin, nineteenth century calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, upper corners a little worn, [Not in Podeschi], 8vo, Paris, F.G.Merigot, 1744.⁂ Scarce work on coaching and carriage-driving including information on highways, driving instructions, maintenance, and equestrian ailments.
![French Novels.- [Yon (Le Chevalier)] Les Femmes de Mérite. Histoires Francoises, first edition, errata on final leaf of text,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/7542ad5f-3a0f-4dc2-90a6-ad6300fccbb7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 115
French Novels.- [Yon (Le Chevalier)] Les Femmes de Mérite. Histoires Francoises, first edition, errata on final leaf of text, title lacking small portion at inner margin just touching rule at foot, some leaves lightly browned, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 59.27], [Paris or Amsterdam], n.p., 1759 bound after Lettres d'un Citoyen de Geneve, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and short tear to fore-edge, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 63.7; Dufour p.107], Cologne, et se trouve à Paris, au Cabinet Litteraire...Magazin de Grangé & Dufour, 1763, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with floral motifs and green roan label, a little rubbed, slight worming to lower joint, 8vo & 12mo⁂ The first item is rare and appears to be the only prose work by the mysterious Chevalier Yon, who may also have written a couple of plays. Library Hub records only 2 UK copies (BL and Oxford). The second mentioned is a novel in imitation of Rousseau's Nouvelle Héloise.
![NO RESERVE Satire.- [Chevrier (Francois-Antoine)] Almanach des Gens d'Esprit, par un Homme qui n'est pas Sot. Calendrier pour](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/f18a2110-dfe7-488c-9d0e-ad6300fcd592/468x382.jpg)
Lot 116
NO RESERVE Satire.- [Chevrier (Francois-Antoine)] Almanach des Gens d'Esprit, par un Homme qui n'est pas Sot. Calendrier pour l'année 1762..., first edition, title with woodcut border, a little browned, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, upper joint split, head of spine and corners worn, 8vo, "Londres" [The Hague], Jean Nourse, 1762.
Lot 117
French Novels.- Riccoboni (Marie Jeanne) Les Vrais Caracteres du Sentiment, ou Histoire d'Ernestine, first edition, Liege, D. de Boubers, 1765 bound with Hawkesworth (John) Ariana ou la Patience Récompensée. Histoire..., first edition, half-title (a little stained), Londres, et se vend a Paris, Laurent Prault, 1757 and [Martigny (Comte de)] Voyage d'Alcimédon, ou Naufrage qui Conduit au Port, ?third edition, Nancy, J.B.Hiacinthe Leclerc & Paris, Merlin, 1768 and [Falconet (Ambroise)] Le Début ou les Premieres Aventures du Chevalier de⁂, ?first edition, L[ondres], et se vend à Paris, Rozet, 1770, together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary sheep-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt in compartments with spider's web motif and green roan label, rubbed, spine worn at head and with gouge to lower compartment, label split and chipped, lower joint split at head, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 65.40, 57.7, 51.38 & 70.45], 8vo & 12mo⁂ WorldCat lists only one copy of the first title (Bibliothèque Nationale) and two of the second (Bib. Nat. & Harvard).
Lot 118
Catherine II, Empress of Russia. Instruction...pour travailler à la rédaction d'un nouveau Code de Loix..., engraved title vignette, engraved portrait of Catherine by C.-A.Boily, Lausanne, François Grasset & Comp., 1769 bound after Jaquet de Malzet (Louis-Sébastien) Le Militaire Citoyen, ou l'Emploi des Hommes, first edition, one or two rust spots, Amsterdam, et se trouve a Paris, N.B.Duchesne, 1760 bound with Bourguignon d'Anville (Jean-Baptiste) L'Empire Turc considéré dans son Établissement et dans ses Accroissemens successifs, first edition, with initial and final blanks, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1772, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt with spider's web motif and green roan label, slightly rubbed, a couple of wormholes to foot of spine, 8vo⁂ The first mentioned is Catherine the Great's famous "Great Instructions", originally published in 1767 in Moscow. Catherine appointed a commission consisting of representatives from all ranks and provinces to create a new code of law in Moscow, which was dismissed without success in 1768. The present instruction for the commission reflected some progressive ideas adapted from the texts of Montesquieu and Beccaria. Library Hub lists only one copy in the UK (National Library of Scotland).
![French Novels.- [Saint-Lambert (Jean-François de)] Les Deux Amis, Conte Iroquois, first edition, title with engraved vignette](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/d88ee197-c0d2-4db8-8b00-ad6300fbe1d9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 119
French Novels.- [Saint-Lambert (Jean-François de)] Les Deux Amis, Conte Iroquois, first edition, title with engraved vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, with final blank, a few leaves with untrimmed corner folded in, [?Amsterdam], 1770 bound with [Zachariae (F.W)] Louise, ou le Pouvoir de la Vertu du Sexe. Conte Morale, translated by G.A.Junker, Frankfurt, François Varentrapp, & se trouve a Paris & Chalons-sur-Saône, 1771 and Lettres d'Elle et de Lui. Par une Dame de la Cour & qui n'est pas d'une Académie, ?first edition, half-title, "Londres", 1772 and [?Desbiefs (Louis)] Les Refus. Par M.D.B., ?first edition, final page misnumbered "161", Amsterdam, & se trouve a Paris, Mérigot jeune, 1772, together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary sheep-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt in compartments with spider's web motif and green roan label, rubbed, spine defective at head, label split and slightly chipped, lower joint split at head, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 70.71, 71.47, 72.3, 72.8], 8vo⁂ WorldCat lists only 3 copies of the first, all in Germany.
![Erotica.- [Hayn (H.)], "H. Nay". Bibliotheca Germanorum Erotica, ink stamp to title, light browning, original cloth-backed bo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/36c97f8f-f3f3-4fc1-a648-ad6300fc5b4c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 124
Erotica.- [Hayn (H.)], "H. Nay". Bibliotheca Germanorum Erotica, ink stamp to title, light browning, original cloth-backed boards, light browning, spine ends and corners bumped and worn, Leipzig, [Privately printed], 1875.⁂ The rare first edition or this important catalogue, published pseudonymously.
![London.- K[eepe] (H[enry]) Monumenta Westmonasteriensia: or an Historical Account of...St. Peter's, or the Abby Church of Wes](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/bc376f95-b495-4daf-8dc3-ad6300fc0c3b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 13
London.- K[eepe] (H[enry]) Monumenta Westmonasteriensia: or an Historical Account of...St. Peter's, or the Abby Church of Westminster, first edition, engraved bookplate of Thomas Foley of Great Witley Court, Worcs. mounted on verso of title, a few marginal defects, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Wing K126], for C.Wilkinson and T.Dring, 1682 § Phillips (Hugh) Mid-Georgian London, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1964 § Blunt (Reginald) The Carlyle's Chelsea Home..., one of 100 copies on hand-made paper, original vellum-backed Irish linen, uncut, 1895 § Feasey (H.J.) & others. Westminster Abbey Historically Described, one of 360 copies, some spotting, broken and becoming loose, original vellum-backed cloth, spine spotted, 1899 § Cox (Montagu H.) The Parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, Part III (Neighbourhood of Whitehall, vol.II), Survey of London vol.XIV, original wrappers, a little stained, 1931, all but the first with maps, plates and/or illustrations, some folding, rubbed; and c.15 others on Westminster and Chelsea, v.s. (c.20)
Lot 14
London.- Morrison (John) & Harold Burdekin. London Night, first edition, photographic illustrations by Burdekin, 1934 § Drinkwater (John) & others. The Artist's London, title spotted, 1924 § Laver (James) & others. Art for All: London Transport Posters 1908-1949, 1949 § Hyde (Ralph) The Streets of London 1880-1928: Evocative Watercolours by H.E.Tidmarsh, 1993 § Warner (Malcolm) The Image of London: Views of Travellers and Emigrés 1550-1920, 1987, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the first with title and stars blocked in silver and spine faded, the last three with dust-jackets, a little rubbed and soiled; and 5 others on London, 4to (10)
Lot 141
Matthieu (Pierre) The Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of the Most Christian King Henry the Fourth, translated by Edward Grimeston, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut portrait to A4 verso, a few rust-spots (one causing small hole with loss of a letter to 2P1), title and final leaf lightly soiled but generally a good clean copy, modern half blue morocco, slightly rubbed and faded, [STC 17661], small 4to, by George Eld, 1612.⁂ Matthieu (1563-1621) became the semi-official historian to the court of Henry IV of France and enjoyed special access to the king.
Lot 164
Bible, English.- The Christian's Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments at Large; and the Apocrypha, the first to be edited and revised by Rev. William Rider, 3 vol., 9 engraved maps and 97 plates, some light foxing or soiling, occasional tearing to leaves, vol. 1 with contemporary and later ink familial inscriptions, contemporary calf, spines gilt, joints cracked, chipped and rather worn, [D&M 1178], folio, for the Author, 1763-7.⁂ A scarce edition.
Lot 165
Gibbon (Edward) An Essay on the Study of Literature, first edition in English, without the 2 advertisement leaves at end (sometimes missing), short tear to inner margin of title repaired, title and possibly some other leaves washed and pressed, engraved bookplate of John Yorke, modern panelled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed at edges, [Norton 6; Rothschild 939], 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A.De Hondt, 1764.⁂ The great historian's first book, originally published in French in 1761.
Lot 166
Jackson (Richard) Literatura Graeca, first edition, contemporary ink ownership name to pastedown, front free endpaper working loose, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, lower cover working loose, for F. Newbery, 1769 § Tindal (N.) A Guide to Classical Learning; or Polymetis Abridged, second edition, bookplate to pastedown (another removed), lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, joints split and working loose, Dublin, for John Exshaw and Sarah Cotter, 1767, 8vo (2)
Lot 168
Holland House.- Prostitution.- Restif de la Bretonne (Nicolas Edmé) Le Pornographe, ou Idées d'un Honnête-homme sur un Projet de Réglement pour les Prostituées, propre a prevenir les malheurs qu'occasionne le publicisme des femmes, 2 vol., Holland House bookplates to pastedown, with usual crayon markings to bookplate, half-titles, front free endpapers detached to both vol., contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, upper covers detached, vol.1 spine split but holding strong, 8vo, London & The Hague, 1776.⁂ Third edition, the most complete and best of the first title of the Idées Singulières series, which includes the separate titles of La Mimographe, le Gynographe, l'Andrographe, and le Thesmographe. It is identical to the second edition, though enlarged by supplement and note on pp.477-492. The first part takes the form of an epistolary novel between a libertine and his confidante, and Bretonne develops a utopia of legal brothels administered by the state. In the second, smaller part, the author devotes himself to historical manifestations of prostitution. Provenance: Bookplates of Holland House, an early Jacobean country house in Kensington, known as the Whig social epicentre of early 19th century. The house was passed down to Henry Richard Fox by his uncle and frequented by the Holland House set.
![[Grant (Anne)] Letters from the Mountains; being the real correspondence of a Lady, between the years 1773 and 1803, 3 vol.,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/03f57c70-ed2b-4d41-9856-ad6300fcbcfd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 177
[Grant (Anne)] Letters from the Mountains; being the real correspondence of a Lady, between the years 1773 and 1803, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol. 1 E1 lower margin torn away, vol. 1 lacking rear free endpaper, occasional chips or tears to margins, ink ownership inscriptions to half-titles, original boards, lacking majority of spines, rubbed and worn, vol. 1 upper cover becoming loose, 12mo, 1806.⁂ Scarce first edition of the work that first brought the author to fame.
Lot 183
France.- S. (M.) Letters from France written by a Modern Tourist in that country, first edition, etched frontispiece and 9 plates, 1867 letter from a well-wisher presenting the volume to the author's son loosely inserted, occasional spotting or staining, original boards, rebacked, preserving part of original backstrip, rubbed and scuffed, lightly soiled, rare in commerce, Printed for the author and sold by T. Sotheran, 1815; and 2 others, Sotheran-printed Dickensiana (one a limited edition), 8vo (3)⁂ A satirical look at France in the early 19th century.
Lot 2
London.- Arnold (Richard) The Customs of London, otherwise called Arnold's Chronicle: containing...The Nut-Brown Maid, third edition, ex-Lincoln Cathedral Library with bookplate, contemporary half calf, 1811 § [Tyrrell (Edward, editor)] A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483, one of 250 copies signed by the editor at end of Preface, presentation copy from the editor with accompanying A.L.s. mounted on front free endpaper, facsimile frontispiece, some spotting, ex-library copy with stamp and labels, original boards, uncut, rebacked in sheep, 1827 § [Thomson (R.)] Chronicles of London Bridge: by an Antiquary, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations on india paper and mounted, modern half calf, 1827 § Norman (Philip) London Signs and Inscriptions, frontispiece and illustrations, light staining to a few leaves, modern panelled calf, t.e.g., others uncut, for the Camden Library, 1893, a little rubbed, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first is a collection of early documents relating to England and London; the first edition of 1503 included the first printing in English of Magna Carta (pp.213-223 in this edition).
Lot 20
London.- Wakefield (Priscilla) Perambulations in London and its Environs, first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 4 engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, map lightly browned and repaired at fold, some foxing, modern half calf, Darton & Harvey, 1809 § Ambulator; or, the Stranger's Companion in a Tour round London, third edition, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline (with short tear to edge), contemporary sheep, worn, for J.Bew, 1787 § Phillips (Sir Richard) A Morning's Walk from London to Kew, first edition, title soiled, near contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, 1817; and 2 others on London walks, 8vo et infra (5)
Lot 201
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, etched frontispiece, additional title (dated 1837) and 41 etched plates by H.K. Browne & Robert Seymour, extra-illustrated with 32 additional plates by Onwyn, frontispiece with neat repair to inner margin, light foxing or browning to plates, later half morocco, gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1837.
Lot 202
Chess.- Staunton (Howard) The Chess-Player's Handbook, first edition, colour frontispiece, numerous diagrams, occasional spotting, modern calf-backed boards, 1847 § Philidor (A. D.) The Celebrated Analysis of the Game of Chess, translated by George Walker, numerous diagrams, 1832 bound with Walker (George) A New Treatise on Chess, second edition, 1833, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints cracked but holding firm, 8vo (2)
![NO RESERVE [Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". Silas Marner, first edition, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at front and 16pp.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/16799863-3246-4037-a280-ad6300fc2765/468x382.jpg)
Lot 207
NO RESERVE [Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". Silas Marner, first edition, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at front and 16pp. undated publisher's catalogue at end, original blind-stamped cloth, spine darkened, spine ends and corners bumped, chipping to spine ends, splitting to head of joints, rubbing and marking to covers, [Sadleir 819; Wolff 2063], 8vo, Edinburgh and London, 1861
Lot 208
NO RESERVE Clemens (Samuel Langhorne) "Mark Twain". The Innocents Abroad, or, the New Pilgrims' Progress, first edition, third issue, 2 woodcut frontispieces and 14 plates, illustrations, 3pp. advertisements at end only (of 5pp), pp.599-602 becoming loose, short marginal tears (p.625), occasional spotting, previous owners inscription to blank, abrasion marks to endpapers, contemporary sheep, boards detached, rubbed and worn, loss to spine extremities, [BAL3316], 8vo, Hartford, Cnn., American Publishing Company, 1868.⁂ The same as the second issue, but with different advertisements to p.654.
![London.- [White (John)] Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the Western Part of London, by the formation of the Rege](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/a72b3e9a-ed2e-4c30-8d9b-ad6300fbc6d0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 21
London.- [White (John)] Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the Western Part of London, by the formation of the Regent's Park, the New Street, the New Sewer &c. &c., first edition, folding engraved plate and 3 folding hand-coloured plans, lightly offset, some marginal soiling, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine ends worn, upper joint split, 8vo, 1814.
Lot 211
Bindings.- Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát ..., third edition, bookplate, near contemporary full morocco by the Club Bindery, 1872; Rubaiyat ..., one of 550 copies, translated by Justin Huntly McCarthy, M.P., one or two faint spots, contemporary morocco by P. Ruban, gilt, g.e., David Nutt in the Strand, 1889; Rubáiyát, translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald, decorated by Thomas Lowinsky, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary half-morocco by Zaehnsdorf, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press, 1926, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is John A. Spoor's copy with his bookplate by Emery Walker.
Lot 215
NO RESERVE Military.- Low (Charles Rathbone) Soldiers of the Victorian Age, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, later morocco-backed boards, blind-stamps to upper covers, 1880 § Kaye (John William) Lives of the Indian Officers, 2 vol., first edition, ex-library with bookplates and occasional blind-stamps, later morocco-backed boards, blind-stamps to upper covers, 1867, 8vo (4)
Lot 218
NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) Ballads, first edition, bookplate of John Taylor Bottomley, hinges split, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, slight wear to head of spine, 1890 § [Moore (Margaret Jane, Countess of Mountcashell)] Stories of Old Daniel: or Tales of Wonder and Delight, first edition, engraved frontispiece, a little foxed and soiled, some stains, contemporary sheep, worn, upper cover detached (with first gathering), spine defective, preserved in later cloth folder and morocco-backed slip-case, spine with "Charles Lamb" as author and rubbed, Juvenile Library, 1808, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ The second was formerly attributed to Charles Lamb.
Lot 222
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Story of the Malakand Field Force, first edition, second issue (with errata slip), plates and maps, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated 3/98, half-title, water-stained at head affecting some plates and text, some foxing, original cloth, lower cover and small part of upper cover stained, [Woods A1a], 8vo, 1898; and 2 others, a second edition, Lord Randolph Churchill, 1907, and a first edition, My Early Life, 1930, 8vo (3).
Lot 223
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War, 2 vol., first edition, 24 maps (most folding) and 7 plates, illustrations, half-titles, some foxing, bookplates on front endpapers, original gilt pictorial cloth, some spotting, rubbed, hinges slightly weak, vol. II spine chipped at head, 8vo, London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1899.
Lot 224
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, first edition, 3 folding maps, 5 other maps and plans, 2pp. of advertisements, and 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, half-title, some foxing, bookplate on front pastedown, ink ownership inscription dated 1900 on dedication leaf, original pictorial cloth, a few marks on lower cover, lower joint with small split, gilt spine, tear at head, faded, [Woods A4a], London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1900; and another of the same, new impression, 1900, 8vo (2).
Lot 226
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Marlborough. His Life and Times, 4 vol., first editions, illustrations, plates, some folding, foxed and browned, original purple cloth, gilt, spines faded, [Woods A40(a)], 1933-38; and another set, Limited Presentation Edition of Marlborough, 4 vol., reprints, dust-jackets, tears to edges with small loss, 1939, 1934, 1936 & 1938 (8).
Lot 227
Churchill (Sir Winston) Mr. Churchill's Speech in the House of Commons 24th May 1944, original printed wrappers, [not in Woods but cf.A99], Stockholm, 1944 § Hitler (Adolf) Speech Delivered in the Reichstag Febrary 20th, 1938, original printed wrappers, covers detached, Berlin, [1938]; Peace Plan of the German Government of 31.3.1936, original wrappers, light soiling, slitting to spine, extremities chipped, Berlin, [1936], 8vo (3)⁂ A group of 3 rare speeches. The text of the first is recorded in Woods but not under this edition.
Lot 229
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first editions, maps, original cloth, dust-jackets, 1956-58; and 13 others, Churchill, including: a mixed edition of The World Crisis, 1923-31, and 7 vol. Randolph Churchill's biography of Winston Churchill, (comprising first 2 vol. of the biography and 5 vol. companion vol.), dust-jackets, 1966-69, 8vo (17).
Lot 23
Britain.- Hutton (William) An History of Birmingham to the end of the year 1780, first edition, list of subscribers, folding engraved panorama, 2 folding plans (town and canals) and 14 plates, one folding, marginal spotting to panorama and title, later half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, spine faded, Birmingham, Pearson and Rollason, 1781 § [Gough (Richard)] British Topography..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved title vignettes, 8 folding engraved maps, one large in 2 parts, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, rubbed, joints split, lacking volume number labels, T.Payne & Son, and J.Nichols, 1780; and 4 others including a later edition of the first and a defective copy of Plot's Natural History of Staffordshire, 8vo & 4to (7)⁂ The first is the first significant history of Birmingham and includes information on the architecture, trade, politics and leading figures of the city.
Lot 233
Bindings.- Dickens (Charles) Christmas Stories, frontispiece and plates, some foxing to first few pp., contemporary half morocco, spine gilt in 2 compartments with floral decorations, very lightly rubbed and faded, 1906 § Besant (Walter) London, new edition, illustrations, manuscript prize inscription to front free endpapers, very occasional light foxing, contemporary tree calf, gilt prize blind-stamp to upper cover, edged with floral border, spine gilt in compartments with brown morocco spine label, very lightly scuffed to raised bands but overall sharp and bright, 1904; and 2 others, bindings, 8vo (4)
Lot 238
Hitler (Adolf) Mein Kampf, first illustrated edition in original 18 parts, photographic illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, light surface soiling, some light creasing to extremities, vol. 1 a little frayed along fore-edge, with 4pp. prospectus with contents and original cloth wraparound covers (splitting to foot of upper joint), 8vo, Hutchinson and Co., 1939.⁂ Rare in the original parts in good condition with the cloth covers supplied to bind the issues together one the series was completed.
Lot 242
Dickens (Charles) The Pickwick Papers, number 32 of 250 copies specially made on antique laid paper, illustrations, morocco-backed boards with spine gilt in compartments by W. T. Morrell, Nottingham Court Press, 1979; Sketches by Boz, new edition, additional engraved title and illustrations by George Cruikshank, light spotting, 1867; and 2 others, Dickens, including a first but defective edition of Nicholas Nickleby, 8vo (4)
![[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll".- Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson) The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C.L.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/09db0e1f-e3c2-430e-aac5-ad6300fc9f71/468x382.jpg)
Lot 243
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll".- Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson) The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C.L. Dodgson), first edition, initialed presentation inscription from Henrietta Harrington Dodgson to title, some scattered foxing and soiling, frontispiece, illustrations, 10pp. advertisements, hinges weak, original cloth, browning to spine, spine ends bumped and frayed, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1898.⁂ Influential biography of Carroll written by his nephew with a good association inscription from Carroll's sister.
Lot 246
NO RESERVE Potter (Beatrix) Ginger & Pickles, first edition, first or second printing with date on title, colour frontispiece and 9 colour plates, plain title vignette, illustrations in text, pp.11-12 detached and loosely inserted, cracked hinges, original tan boards with mounted colour illustration, lacking backstrip, rubbed and worn, [Linder p.428], 1909; and 7 others by the same, small 4to & 12mo (8)
![NO RESERVE [Budgen (L.M.)] "Acheta Domestica". Episodes of Insect Life, First Series, first edition, wood-engraved frontispie](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/a3945b83-0655-4330-89a5-ad6300fc6c73/468x382.jpg)
Lot 255
NO RESERVE [Budgen (L.M.)] "Acheta Domestica". Episodes of Insect Life, First Series, first edition, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations, many hand-coloured, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners a little bumped, g.e., endpapers renewed, 1849; and a 19th century manuscript commonplace book with a few watercolour drawings, 8vo (2)
Lot 258
Griset (Ernest Henri) Funny Picture-Book, first edition, colour illustrations, lightly browned title, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [1874]; and 2 others on Griset by Lionel Lambourne, one inscribed by author, 4to (3)
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