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Click here to subscribeAn Exposition of the five first Chapters of the prophet Ezekiel, contemporary calf, 8vo, London: Matthew Simmons and Benjamin Allen, 1645; Love, Christopher. A Treatise of Effectuall Calling and Election, modern calf, 8vo, London: John Rothwell, 1655; and 4 others, 17th century religious texts, v.s. (6).(i) spotted throughout, rebacked, extremities rubbed (ii) title and few leaves with margins repaired (iii) mixed condition.
J. Tomlin. Missionary Journals and Letters, written during Eleven Years' Residence and Travels amongst the Chinese, Siamese, Javanese, Chassis, and Other Eastern Nations, first edition, half-title, folding map, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, James Nisbet, 1844.Edge of spine with slight crack, otherwise fine.
Eli Smith and H. G. O. Dwight. Missionary Researches in Armenia: including a Journey through Asia Minor, and into Georgia and Persia, first edition, large folding engraved map, original publisher's cloth, ex-Signet Library, inscribed thus on endpaper, 8vo, George Wightman, 1834.Neatly rebuked, extremities neatly repaired.
Roald Dahl. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, first edition, illustrations by Anne Knight, original board, dust jacket, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed on free end paper 'Mary... Love Roald'. Provenance: the Hon. Mary Cynthia Burke Roche (1934-2023), aunt of Diana Spencer and friend of Roald Dahl.corners bumped, lightly toned, spine ends creased, slight shelf-lean.
Thomas West. Ten Years in South-Central Polynesia, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, London: James Nisbet, 1845; Rose Annie Rogers. The Lonely Island, first edition, half-title, plates, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: George Allen, 1926; James Chalmers. Work and Adventure in New Guinea 1877 to 1885, first edition, half-title, folding map, plates, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Religious Tract Society, 1885; Arthur Kent Chignell. An Outpost in Papua, first edition, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Smith Elder, 1911; and 22 others missionary travels in the Pacific islands, v.s. (26).Mixed condition.
Archibald L. Fleming. Perils of the Polar Pack, the the Adventures of the Reverend E. W. T. Greenshield, Kt.o.n., of Blacklead Island, Baffin Land, first edition, half-title, plates, original wrappers, 8vo, Toronto and London: S.P.C.K., 1932 PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed on preface leaf, 'Miss Ormsby. with the Writers Compliments A. L. Fleming... 3rd April 1933'.Spine creased, and chipped with slight loss to foot.
J. H. Bernau. Missionary Labours in British Guiana, first edition, half-title, 16 lithographed plates, folding engraved map, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: John Farquhar Shaw, 1847; W. B. Grubb. The Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco, first edition, half-title, 60 plates, folding map, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Seeley and Co., 1911; Geraldine Guiness. Peru, first edition, plates, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Morgan and Scott, 1909; Will Payne and C. T. W. Wilson. Missionary Pioneering in Bolivia, first edition, plates, folding map, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: H. A. Raymond, n.d.; and 18 others, missionary work in South America, v.s. (22).Mixed condition.
Henry Barth. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s Government in the Years 1849-1855, 5 volumes, first edition, three half-titles, 60 tinted lithographed plates, tissue guards, 15 folding engraved maps, publisher's original cloth, 8vo, London: Longmans, 1857-8.Occasional spotting throughout, some maps creased and torn, but without loss, hinges to volumes 1 and 5 cracked, corners bumped.
E. G. Kemp. Wanderings in Chinese Turkestan, first edition in book form, 8 septa plates, original cloth gilt, large 8vo, London: Wightman and Co., c.1914; William Carey. Travel and Adventure in Tibet, first American edition, plates, frontispiece with tissue guard, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902; Alice M. Pennell. Pennell of the Afghan Frontier, second edition, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Seeley and Service, 1901; and 9 others, similar (12).Mixed condition.
H. Capello and R. Ivens. De Angola à¡ Contra-Costa. Descripçao de uma viagem atravez do Continente Africano, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 7 folding lithographed maps, folding charts, numerous wood-engravings in text, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, Lisbon: Impress Nacional, 1886.Occasional spotting throughout.
Daniel and Charles Wheeler. Extracts from the Letter and Journals of Daniel Wheeler while engaged in a religious visit to the Inhabitants of some of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, and New Zealand, Accompanied by his son, Charles Wheeler, brown cloth blind stamped, 8vo, Philadelphia: printed by Joseph Bakestraw, 1840; Reverend William Yate. An Account of New Zealand; and of the formation and progress of The Church Missionary' Society's Mission in the Northern Island, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map and nine wood-engraved plates, brown cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Seeley and Burnside, 1835; Reverend M. Russell. Polynesia & The Pacific Islands, third edition, folding map, half-title vignette, blue cloth gilt, 8vo, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, nd; Annals of the Diocese of New Zealand, first edition, half-title, numerous wood-cut illustrations, brown cloth, 8vo, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1856; J. B. Marsden. Memoirs of the Life and Labours of Samuel Marsden, engraved portrait frontispiece, three wood-engraved plates, blue cloth gilt, 8vo, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1857 (5).Mixed condition.
Walter Scott. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 volumes, first edition, additional engraved titles, 92 engraved plates, contemporary green straight-grained Morocco, rolled-tool borders in gilt and blind, spines tooled gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, small folio, London: Longman, Hurst and Reed, 1814 A FINE SET.Occasional light spotting, minor scuff marks to morocco.
John Morton. The Natural History of Northamptonshire; with Some Account of the Antiquities, first edition, folding engraved map after John Harris, 14 engraved plates, eighteenth century full calf, bookplate of Edward Prettey, folio, London: R. Knaplock, 1712.Light spotting, joints cracked, calf with extremities very slightly worn.
Leo Van Puyvelde. Van Eyck: The Holy Lamb, first English edition, translated from the French by Doris L. Wilton, numerous b/w and colour plates, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, folio, London: Collins, 1947; Ivan Gaskell and Michiel Jonker. Vermeer Studies, numerous b/w and coloured illustrations in text, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 4to, London:: Yale University Press, 1998; Roger H. Marijnissen. Hieronymus Bosch: The Complete Works, numerous coloured plates and illustrations in text, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, folio, Antwerp: Tabard Press, 1987; Jonathan Brown. Velazquez: Painter and Courtier, numerous illustrations throughout, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, folio, London: Yale University Press, 1986; and 14 others, similar, mostly relating to Dutch and Spanish art, v.s. (18) Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Mixed condition.
Harry Johnston. The Uganda Protectorate, 2 volumes, first edition, plates, folding maps, original cloth, 4to, London: Hutchinson, 1902; J. Forsyth Ingram. The Story of an African City, original cloth, Martizburg: C. Coester, 1898; Cagnolo, C. The Kikuyu, coloured frontispiece, plates, original cloth, 8vo, Nyeri: Mission Printing School, 1933; R. N. Hall. The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: methuen and Co., 1902; and 11 others, v.s. (16).Mixed condition.
Lewis Carroll. Wonderland Postage Stamp Case, with Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing, first edition, 16mo, London: Emerlin and Son, 1890. AUTOGRAPH LETTER. Loose is a signed letter by John Tenniel to Mr F M Ball Esq, "My dear Ball. I shall be happy to see Mr Dugan any day this week except Friday- that's my very busy day. As to time- between 11 and 12 would suit me best, With kindest regards. Yours Sincerely, John Tenniel " dated March 3 1884, 10 Portsdown Road, Maida Hill, W, 1pp., folded.envelope worn otherwise good. autograph letter laid down on card.
Robert Browning. Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. Maud, and other Poems, first edition, half-title, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at front, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Edward Moxon, 1855 PROVENANCE: From the family of Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), youngest brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, thence by descent. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed by Robert Browning on the half-title, 'Robert to dearest Arabella. Sept. 28th '55'. Arabella Moulton Barrett (1814-1868) was the sister of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.Light soiling, hinges neatly repaired, neatly rebacked.
Robert Bolton. Some Generall Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God: Delivered in the Lecture at Kettering in Northamptonshire, first edition, wood-engraved title vignette, modern mottled calf by George Bayntun, 8vo, London: Felix Kyngston, 1625 STC3250.Browned throughout, extensive annotations by a contemporary hand, last few leaves with some damp stains to lower margin, a few leaves with losses to margins and repaired.
Diana Princess of Wales. Christmas and New Year Card, folded, signed 'Dearest Mary, Fondest love from Diana', with mounted image of Prince Harry and Prince William, 152mm x 204mm, 1992. Provenance: the Hon. Mary Cynthia Burke Roche (1934-2023), aunt of Diana Spencer.corners bumped and signs of a light crease on first page.
F.A. Campbell. A Year in the New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands, and New Caledonia, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to half-title 1890, engraved frontispiece, nine lithographic plates from drawings by the author, nine wood-cut and folding map, original gilt cloth, 8vo, Geelong: George Mercer, 1873.folding map with small tear, occasional spotting, otherwise fine.
John Pouncey. Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, 4 parts bound in 2 volumes, first edition, 79 photolithographic plates, including one double-page, tissue guards, 2pp. of advertisements at the end of each volume, original publisher's cloth, oblong folio, London: Bland and Long, 1857 RARE. The first English book illustrated with photolithography.Some browning and spotting to plates, but especially to tissue guards, evidence of light staining to title, cloth somewhat worn and faded, extremities chipped.
William Ellis. Three Visits to Madagascar during the Years 1853-1854-1855, first edition, half-title, folding frontispiece, plates, illustrations text, map, contemporary full calf gilt, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1858; J. J. Freeman and D. Johns. A Narrative of the Persecution of the Christians in Madagascar, coloured frontispiece, 6pp. of publisher's advertisements at the end, publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: John Snow, 1840; James Sibree. The Great African Island. Chapters on Madagascar, first edition, half-title, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Turner & Co., 1880; and 15 others, Madagascar missionary work (18).(i) spotting, preliminaries inscribed (ii) spotting, spine faded (iii) spotted, cloth rubbed, recased.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poems, 2 volumes, first edition, volume one with the front free endpaper inscribed, 'O. M. Barrett with Anabel's best love, May 31st/62', 8pp. publisher's catalogue, original cloth, 8vo, London: Edward Moxon, 1844 PROVENANCE: From the family of Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), youngest brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, thence by descent.Spines and hinges repaired, corners bumped.
Geraldine Guiness. The Story of the China Inland Mission, 2 volumes, third edition, half-titles, plates, 3 folding maps, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Morgan and Scott, 1894; In the Far East, third edition, illustrations, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, London: Morgan and Scott, 1901; R. C. Forsyth. Shantung. The Sacred Province of China, illustrations, 3 large folding maps, original cloth gilt, 4to, Shanghai: Christian Literature Society, 1912; S. Pollard. In Unknown China, first edition, half-title, plates, 3 maps, 2 folding, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Seeley, 1921; Mrs Pruen. The Provinces of Western China, first edition, APC from the author loosely inserted, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Alfred Holness, 1906; and 50 others, missionary work in China, v.s. (56).Mixed condition.
Robert Browning. Richard Doyle. In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures of the Elf-World, first edition, 16 chromolithographed plates, original green cloth gilt, folio, London: Longmans, et al., 1870 PROVENANCE: From the family of Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), youngest brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, thence by descent. PRESENTATION COPY. The front free-endpaper inscribed,'For dear Charlie - with the best Christmas wishes of his affectionately ever, Robert Browning. Christmas Eve, '69'. The recipient was Charles Moulton-Barrett (1860-1925), later Major Charles Graham Moulton-Barrett. He was the son of Octavius Butler Barrett Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.Light spotting, upper hinge neatly repaired, cloth lightly soiled.
Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first edition deluxe issue, 26 colour illustrations, all edges gilt, publishers original green cloth with colour illustration laid down, later cellophane jacket, London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1911.repaired tear to endpaper, spine worn and beginning to separate, staining to front board and minor scratches to back board.
Owen S. Rachleff. Rembrandt's Life of Christ, first edition, numerous photographic illustrations, original publishers boards with slipcase, 4to, New York: Abradale Press, 1966; Gary Schwartz. Rembrandt, his life, his paintings, numerous illustrations, original publishers boards, large 4to, New York: Viking, 1985; Simon Schama. Rembrandt's Eyes, original publishers boards, dust jacket, large 8vo, London: , Allen Lane, 1999, and 27 others, similar, mostly Dutch Golden Age, v.s. (30). Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Mixed condition.
Thomas Bell. A Short Essay on Military First Principles, first edition, contemporary half calf, bookplate of Hugh Owen, 8vo, London: T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1770.Leaves A4-5 working loose, title slightly soiled, some discoloration and soiling to later leaves, calf with extremities worn, joints cracked.
Charles Dickens. A contemporary group of 38 volumes, comprising the majority of his works in book form, principally first editions, bound in uniform green full morocco, spines tooled gilt in compartments, the upper covers with tooled initials ‘C. H. T. W.’, all edges gilt, 8vo, 1836–1870RARE. Nineteenth century collections of Charles Dickens are becoming increasingly scarce to the market. The present lot contains early minor works, such as Sunday Under Three Heads (1836) and sought-after major works, such as Great Expectations (1861). The lot comprises:Sunday Under Three Heads… by Timothy Sparks, half-title, 3 engraved plates, original wrappers bound in, London: Chapman and Hall, 1836; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, without half-title, engraved frontispiece and additional title, 41 engraved plates, many corresponding to the first state, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, with an additional 32 engraved plates by Thomas Onwhyn, London: Chapman and Hall, 1837; Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi… edited by ‘Boz’, 2 volumes, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and 12 engraved plates, ‘The Last Song’ without border, London: Richard Bentley, 1838; Sketches of Young Gentlemen, 6 engraved plates, original wrappers bound in, London: Chapman and Hall, 1838; Sketches of Young Couples, 6 engraved plates, original wrappers bound in, London: Chapman and Hall, 1840; Oliver Twist; or The Parish Boy’s Progress… by ‘Boz’, 3 volumes, half-titles, 3 engraved frontispieces and 21 engraved plates, including the final ‘Fireside’ plate, with ‘arter’ on page 318, ‘XXVIX’ on page 155, and ‘mattrass’ on page 182, London: Chapman and Hall, 1838; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, without half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece with the imprint of Chapman and Hall, 39 engraved plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, with an additional 24 character study plates published by Robert Tyas, ‘visiter’ on page 123, ‘conducter’ on page 342, and ‘Grogswig’ on page 618, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839; Master Humphrey’s Clock, 3 volumes, 3 engraved frontispieces, illustrations in text, ‘deessed’ on page 128, ‘intructions’ on page 128, and ‘Thirty-Fiftth’ on page 133, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1840–41; Barnaby Rudge, London: Chapman and Hall, 1841; American Notes for General Circulation, 2 volumes, without half-titles, with ‘xvi’ on final page of contents in volume 1, London: Chapman and Hall, 1842; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, half-title, engraved frontispiece and additional title, 38 engraved plates, ‘thresh-hold’ on page 587, London: Chapman and Hall, 1844; Pictures from Italy, half-title, ‘canvass’ on page 112, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846; The Adventures of Oliver Twist, third edition, half-title, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846; Dombey and Son, engraved frontispiece and additional title, 37 of 38 engraved plates, lacking ‘A Visitor of Distinction’, but with 4 additional portraits, ‘amiliar’ on page 70, ‘Capatain’ on page 324, and ‘if’ present on page 426, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848; The Personal History of David Copperfield, without half-title, engraved frontispiece and additional title, 38 engraved plates, ‘recal’ on page 16, ‘screwed’ on page 132, ‘coroboration’ on page 387, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850; Bleak House, half-title, engraved frontispiece and additional title, 38 engraved plates, ‘elgble’ on page 19, ‘chair’ on page 209, ‘homeards’ on page 605, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853; Hard Times, half-title, ‘her,’ on page 60, ‘hese’ on page 108, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854; A Child’s History of England, 3 volumes, later edition, 3 frontispieces by F. W. Topham, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854–1855; Little Dorrit, engraved frontispiece and additional title, 38 engraved plates, ‘chimnies’ on page 342, ‘diceing’ on page 360, ‘B2’ on page 371, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857; The Story of Little Dombey, half-title, original wrappers bound in, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858; A Tale of Two Cities, engraved frontispiece and additional title, 14 engraved plates, ‘Stryver’ on page ix, ‘affetcionately’ on page 134, ‘113’ on page 213, London: Chapman and Hall, 1859; The Uncommercial Traveller, half-title, ‘s de’ on page 20, ‘themselve’ on page 176, London: Chapman and Hall, 1861; Great Expectations, 3 volumes, vol. 1, ‘recal’ on page 84, no period after ‘other’ on page 311, vol. 2, ‘their’ on page 162, ‘recal’ on page 350, vol. 3, ‘raving’ on page 37, ‘led’ on page 150, ‘skackled’ on page 262, London: Chapman and Hall, 1861; Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes bound as one, without half-titles, 2 engraved frontispieces, 38 engraved plates, vol. 1, ‘Dont’ on page 276, vol. 2, ‘pricipal’ on page 115, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865; The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs Gamp, original wrappers bound in, London: Chapman and Hall, 1869; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, engraved additional title and portrait frontispiece, 12 plates, ‘tower’ on page 1, ‘sentiment’ on page 131, London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.Also included in this lot is Edward Caswell, Sketches of Young Ladies, 6 engraved plates, original wrappers bound in, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1843; James Cook, Bibliography of the Writings of Charles Dickens, 1879.ConditionLight browning and spotting, but particularly to the plates, as usual, a few volumes with rust-marks or rare minor tears to leaves, Little Dorrit with one plate loose, morocco with extremities rubbed.
Dr Fridtjof Nansen. The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-96, or Farthest North, 2 Vols, first edition, illustrated with one chromolithograph after Nansen, fold-out coloured map/chart, numerous black and white full page and in-text illustrations, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, London: George Newnes Ltd, 1898.end papers darkened, occasional spotting, fold-out coloured map torn, hinges cracked with slight tears particularly to volume two, corners and spine bumped.
Randall Davies. A Little More Nonsense, wood-cut illustrations, original publishers cloth, 8vo, Kensington: The Cayme Press, 1923; Henry Williamson. The Old Stag and other hunting stories, first illustrated edition, illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933; Tarka The Otter, first illustrated edition, illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: G, P. Putnam's Sons, 1932; Laurie Lee. Cider with Rosie, first edition, with drawings by John Ward, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: Hogarth Press, 1959; C. Day Lewis. A Lasting Joy, first edition, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1973; and 13 others, mostly poetry of the 20th century, v.s. (18).Mixed condition.
Charles Leadbetter. Astronomy: or, the True System of Planets Demonstrated, first edition, 10 engraved plates, 8 folding, engraved illustration, contemporary calf, 4to, London: J. Wilcox, 1727.Light spotting, a few leaves soiled, 7 folding plates torn, but neatly repaired, some laid down, without final free-endpaper, rebuked, extremities rubbed with slight loss.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. An album of sketches and manuscript copies by the Barrett's and their circle, including 'The Sea Side Walk' signed 'EBB' with a note 'Sidmouth August 17th, Monday evening, 1835', 2pp., and a further untitled poem, commencing 'For ever since my childhood looks/Could rest on nature's pictured books..', in six stanzas, also signed 'EBB', 2pp., together with a watercolour sketch by J. Varley, signed in pencil, and other sketches and drawings, the title page inscribed 'Arabella Barrett, Hope End June 13th 1831', contemporary morocco, 4to; together with a notebook with an outline for a play, possibly by Octavius Barrett Browning. PROVENANCE: From the family of Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), youngest brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, thence by descent. RARE. The album was a gift to Arabella Moulton-Barrett from Eliza Cliffe. 'The Sea Side Walk' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was first published in The Athenaeum. 2 July 1836, and collected in 'The Seraphim, and Other Poems', 1838. This appears to be a fair copy in the author's hand. The untitled poem is 'Minstrelsy', and also a fair copy in the author's hand. The album also contains 'A Short Catechism on the Subject of Albums' by Edward Moulton-Barrett, 2pp., several lines from William Wordsworth's 'The Fountain', transcribed by Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, and a copy of 'A Couplet, Written in a Volume of Poems...' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, transcribed by Arabella Moulton-Barrett, 1p.Mixed condition.
Thomas Williams and James Calvert. Fiji and the Fijians, edited by George Stringer Rowe, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map, 12 engraved plates, 2 coloured, illustrations in text, original publisher's cloth by Edmonds and Remnants, 8vo, London: Alexander Haylin, 1858.Map with small tear, a few leaves with minor repairs, plates to volume 2 with some waterstaining, spines faded.
Thomas Manton. A Practical Commentary, or An Exposition with Notes Upon the Epistle of James, third edition, later half calf, 8vo, London: J. Macock, 1657; A Practical Commentary, or an Exposition with Notes On the Epistle of Jude, first edition, contemporary decorated calf gilt, 8vo, London: J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1658; Christ's Eternal Existence, modern period calf, 8vo, London: no publisher, 1685; Christ's Temptation and Transfiguration, first edition, modern period calf, 8vo, London: no publisher, 1685 (4).(i) browned, margins shaved, affecting text notes on E2 recto (ii) light staining throughout, title without margins, repaired and laid to size, rebacked (iii-iv) light browning.
Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Book; first edition, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, all edges gilt, original blue cloth, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co,1894; Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book, reprint, illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, all edges gilt, original blue cloth, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co, 1895 (2).occasional spotting, hinges cracked, fading and edges rubbed at extremities.
Francis Drake. Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York, first edition, 60 engraved plates and maps, some folding or double-page, numerous engravings in letter-press, contemporary calf, folio, London: printed by William Bowyer for the Author, 1736.title page torn and neatly repaired, some plates trimmed to edge, some darkening and spotting, extremities scuffed and rubbed.
Jospeh Caryl. An Exposition with Practical Observations upon... the Booke of Job, 12 volumes (all published), first edition, volumes 1-10 and 12 in late seventeenth century calf, volume 11 in modern calf, 8vo, London: G. Millar, et al., 1643-1666 RARE Joseph Caryl (1602-1673) was born in London, educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and graduated at Exeter College, Oxford, and became preacher at Lincoln's Inn. He frequently preached before the Long Parliament, and was a member of the Westminster Assembly in 1643. By order of the parliament he attended Charles I in Holmby House, and in 1650 he was sent with John Owen to accompany Cromwell to Scotland. In 1662, following the Restoration, he was ejected from his church of St Magnus-the-Martyr near London Bridge. He continued, however, to minister to an Independent congregation in London till his death in March 1673, when John Owen succeeded him.Occasional spotting, browning and rust-marks throughout, a few volumes with margins slightly shaved, rarely affecting the text of marginal notes, neatly rebacked in mottled calf, extremities neatly repaired.
Thomas Hardy. Under the Greenwood Tree, or, The Mellstock Quire; A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, first edition, with wood-engravings by Clare Leighton, original publishers cloth, lacking dust jacket, 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1940; The Return of the Native, limited to fifteen hundred copies signed by the artist, illustrated with wood-engravings by Clare Leighton, vellum backed paper covered boards, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1929; Late Lyrics and Earlier, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1922; A Changed Man, photographic frontispiece, original publishers cloth, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1913; and 61 others, to include Folio Society publications and biographies (65).Mixed condition.
G. H. Mason. Zululand. A Mission Tour, first edition, frontispiece portrait, tinted lithographed plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: James Nisbet, 1862; Paul Kruger. Memoirs, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902; Ruth B. Fisher. On the Borders of Pigmy-Land, first edition, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Marshall brothers, c. 1905; Joseph Tritton. Rise and Progress of the Work on the Congo River, illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, London: Baptist Missionary Society, 1884; and 47 others, missionary travels on the African continent, v.s. (52).Mixed condition.
Frederick C. Selous. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, first edition, half-title, plates, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, Rowland Ward, 1896; Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, third edition, folding coloured map, illustrations in text, original cloth, 8vo, London: Rowland Ward, 1893; A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, third edition, 19 full-page illustrations, folding map, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Richard Bentley and Co., 1893; and 2 others (5).(i) Cloth darkened (ii) a few leaves marked, cloth soiled, extremities rubbed (iiI) hinges cracked, upper cover marked (iv) mixed condition.
Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility, 2 volumes in one, half title, contemporary half calf, 12mo, London: H.G. Clarke & Co., 1844. *The first separate edition to appear after the copyright expired in 1839.Inscribed to marbled endpaper and half title page, binding starting to separate at front board.
Major Hermann Moedeback. The Pocketbook of Aeronautics, first English edition, translated by W. Mansergh Varley, half-title and title, black and white illustrations after photos, further diagrams to text, original green cloth, 8vo London: Whittaker & Co, 1907.worming to front and back quarters and boards with some loss to text and advertisments, cloth rubbed and stained, joints split and frayed. Sold not subject to return.
A. W. Murray. Missions in Western Polynesia, first edition, 6 lithographed plates, tissue guard to frontispiece, map, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: John Snow, 1843; George Turner. Nineteen Years in Polynesia, second thousand, contemporary half calf, 8vo, London: John Snow, 1841; Robert Young. The Southern World. Journal of a Deputation from the Wesleyan Conference to Australia and Polynesia, second edition, half-title, original cloth, 8vo, London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1855 (3).(i) slightly shaken, extremities of cloth very slightly worn (ii) without half-title, spotted, ex-library copy with usual stamps, lightly rubbed (iii) occasional light spotting, neatly rebacked and recased, preserving original spine.
John David Glennie. Views on the Continent, first edition, tinted lithographed title, dedication leaf and 25 tinted lithographed plates, guards, publisher's morocco-backed boards gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: Hullmandel and Walton, 1849 (Abbey, Travel 40).Spotted, early leaves loose, including letterpress, hinge repaired.
John Rutter. Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey, first edition, LARGE PAPER COPY, half-title, hand-coloured additional engraved title, hand-coloured frontispiece, 13 engraved plates on India paper, one hand-coloured, with a further suite of 6 duplicate plates, folding lithographed plan, hand-coloured in outline, illustrations in text in India paper, contemporary calf, rolled tool borders in gilt and blind, dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, Shaftsbury: Printed for the Author, 1823.pp. 5-8 with small stain.
Jonas Moore. A New System of Mathematicks, volume one only (parts I-VI), first edition, engraved additional title, 36 folding engraved plates and 4 single page only, 45 engravings in text, volvelles present on p.255 and p.262., p.185 with cancel slip, contemporary calf, 4to, London: Robert Scott, 1681 RARE.Defective, lacking 3 plates and the first 66pp. of Part III, occasional rust-stains and paper flaws, occasionally affecting text, a few leaves with fore-edge shaved, folding plates with some tears and repairs, one stained, one defective, calf repaired, new endpapers.
William Heath Robinson (Illustrator). Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night, or what you will, first edition, number 0000 of 350 copies signed by the illustrator, 40 tipped-in tissue guarded plates, contemporary gilt vellum, uncut, 4to, London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. (1908).internally clean, uncut edges slightly browned, silk ties are missing (as often), vellum marked and scuffed at corners.
Gerstle Mack. Gustave Courbet, numerous black and white photographic illustrations, original black cloth, 8vo, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951; Ronald Anderson & Anne Koval. James McNeill Whistler: Beyond the Myth, first edition, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1994; Julia Frey. Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life, first edition, numerous black and white photographic illustrations, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1994; Ronald de Leeuw and Arnold Pomerans. The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, first edition, 8vo, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1996, and 66 others, similar, mostly biographical, v.s.(71) Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Mixed condition.
Augustine Vincent. A Discoverie of Errours in the first edition of the Catalogue of Nobility, first edition, wood-engraved shields throughout, with cancel leaves, modern period calf, period bookplate of Gulielmus Iaggard, folio, London: William Haggard, 1622.Upper margin cropped, affecting title and running title, margin worming to running title on early leaves, ink stain affecting Ll-Mm4, P3 repaired.
Capt. Allen F. Gardiner. Narrative of a Journey to the Zulu Country in South Africa... Undertaken in 1835, first edition, 26 lithographed plates, 2 coloured, tissue guards, 2 lithographed folding maps, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: William Crofts, 1836.Some spotting throughout, spine lightly faded from damp, chipped at head of spine.
Richard F. Burton. Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, 2 volumes, first edition, photographic portrait frontispiece, 4 lithographed plates, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863.Spotted, shaken with signatures working loose, leaves with fore-edge chipped or worn, cloth stained, soiled and chipped.
Robert Browning. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Last Poems, first edition, half-title, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1862 PROVENANCE: From the family of Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), youngest brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, thence by descent. PRESENTATION COPY. The half-title inscribed by Robert Browning, 'With R. B.'s affectionate love to Arabel. London, March 22, '62.' Arabella Moulton Barrett (1814-1868) was the sister of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The dedication leaf has a further inscription, possibly by Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910).Spotted and soiled, pp. 65-80 working loose, cloth soiled, spine repaired.
David Livingstone. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait, 22 engraved plates, folding table, 2 folding maps at end, numerous illustrations in text, contemporary quarter morocco, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1857; James Creach. A Scamper to Sebastopol and Jerusalem in 1867, half title and title, contemporary quarter morocco, 8vo, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1873 (2).(i) occasional spotting and staining, maps slightly torn at folds, joints cracked, extremities worn (ii) occasional spotting, extremities worn.
John Horsford. A Voice from the West Indies, first edition, half-title, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Alexander Ceylon, 1856; John Howard Hinton. Memoir of William Knibb, Missionary in Jamaica, first edition, 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Houlston and Stonemason, 1847; Peter Duncan. A Narrative of the Wesleyan Mission to Jamaica, first edition, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Patridge and Oakey, 1849; Edward Bean Underhill. The West Indies: Their Social and Religious Condition, first edition, original cloth, 8vo, London: Jackson, Walford and Hodder, 1862; and 4 others, similar (8).Mixed condition.
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