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Click here to subscribeTony Bennett in The Studio - A Life of Art & Music by Tony Bennett with Robert Sullivan 2007 First Edition Hardback Book published by Sterling Publishing Co, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Piers Browne Signed Book - Wensleydale - Etchings and Verse by Piers browne 1994 First Edition Hardback Book published by Ashford Buchan & Enright, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
A Alvarez An Autobiography by A Alvarez 1999 First Edition Hardback Book published by Richard Cohen Books, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
The Melting Pot - Balkan Food and Cookery by Maria Kaneva-Johnson 1995 First Edition Hardback Book published by Prospect Books, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
The Story of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment Edited by W V Brelsford 1954 First Edition Hardback Book published by The Government Printer, Lusaka, signs of wear and tears to dust cover, fair /good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
William Morris Icelandic Journals Introduced by Magnus Magnusson 1996 First Edition Hardback Book published by Mare's Nest Publishing London, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Twilight of the Hasburgs - The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph by Alan Palmer 1994 First Edition Hardback Book published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
John James Audubon The Watercolors for The Birds of America 1993 First Edition Softback Book published by Villard Books, Random House, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Manet by Himself Edited by Juliet Wilson-Bareau 1995 First UK Edition Softback Book published by Little, Brown and Co (UK), good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Clementine Churchill by her Daughter Mary Soames 1979 First Edition Hardback Book published by Cassell Ltd London, fading to spine of dust cover, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Jamie Oliver Signed Book - The Return of The Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver 2000 First Edition Hardback Book published by Michael Joseph (Penguin Group), good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
At My Mother's Knee…and other Low Joints - The Autobiography by Paul O'Grady 2008 First Edition Hardback Book published by Bantam Press (Transworld Publishers), good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Judith Miller Signed Book - Art Nouveau by Judith Miller 2004 First Edition Hardback Book published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd, signs of ageing fading to spine of dust cover, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Judith Miller Signed Book - 20th Century Glass by Judith Miller 2004 First Edition Hardback Book published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
James MacManus Signed Book - Ike and Kay by James MacManus 2018 First Edition Hardback Book published by Duckworth Overlook, inscribed on title page, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Between Sittings - An Informal Autobiography of Jo Davidson 1951 First Edition Hardback Book published by The Dial Press New York, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Rene Magritte 1898 - 1967 - Thought Rendered Visible by Marcel Paquet 2000 First Edition Softback Book published by Benedikt Taschen, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
The Book of Wealdstone by R S Brown 1989 Limited & First Edition Hardback Book published by Barracuda Books, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Picasso to Lichtenstein by Werner Schmalenbach 1974 First Edition Softback Book published by Tate Gallery Publications Department London, signs of ageing wear and small tear to spine, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
The Road to Waterloo by Ronald Welch 2018 First & Limited Edition (No 200 of 2000) Hardback Book published by Slightly Foxed Ltd London, good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Estate / Collection: Property of a New York Art CollectorPendant signed Lassaw. Length 16 inches. Egyptian-born American artist Ibram Lassaw was an early to mid-century pioneer of abstract sculpture. Born to Russian parents in 1913, Lassaw's family immigrated to Brooklyn in 1921. He was educated in the arts and developed his techniques at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Clay Club, and New York's Beaux Arts Institute of Design and City College. Lassaw learned his welding technique while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, which he applied heavily to his art. He was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Julio Gonzàlez, the Russian Constructivists, among others, as well as his passions and studies of biology, cosmology and Zen Buddhism. His first solo show debuted at Kootz gallery in New York City in 1951. After that, he exhibited widely until his passing in East Hampton, NY in December of 2003.Condition Report:Some silvery patina of another metal on center. 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches.Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
WOYO POT LIDThe Woyo of Cabinda used a pictographic language to convey feelings about specific social situations. Wooden pot lids with motifs carved in relief conveyed messages usually between a husband and wife but sometimes between parents and son or daughter. The lids were placed on the clay pots in which a wife would usually carry the food for her husband to the men’s communal dining space. The lid would convey her feelings and a husband might place a lid on a pot before returning it to his wife to convey his message. A young woman obtained her initial supply of pot lids from her mother and grandmother at the time of her marriage together with advice concerning their use. If a suitable pot lid was not available to convey a particular message it was made to order. The complainant would seek the advice of nkotikuanda, the village sage whose instructions were conveyed to the local sculptor. If the message was too complicated for the recipient to read he would visit the nkotikuanda for a translation. (McGuire, C., ‘Woyo Pot Lids’, in African Arts, Vol.XIII, no.2, February 1980, pp.54-56). Interpretation of individual lids is difficult without detailed knowledge of the language used but the lids contained messages conveyed with each individual element as well as a more general message conveyed by the combination of elements.“But here is a strange thing: in the corner of the hut, a disc of black wood, about twenty centimetres wide. On one of its sides, figures in relief: a spiral, a half-ellipse, a sort of hook forming an acute accent. - What's this? - A lid. You find such lids everywhere in the region from the sea to Mayumbe. They carry signs, carved figures: each of them represents either a proverb or a native fable. But now it's finished: aluminum and enamelled iron pans have dethroned native pots. And what does this one mean? - Wait. We're going to call an old woman. The old woman no longer knew how to explain very well what we wanted to know. We had to resort to the chieftaincy secretary who called on the most competent female elders:This spiral is the centipede: it is coiled at the edge of the path, it is coiled because it senses danger. This means: if you see the centipede curled up, be careful, there is a man nearby. In other words: watch the omens.And this circle?- That means: you have to listen to the person who comes to tell you what people say about you, because it is useful to hear.- And this cut ellipse?- Ah! This is the oyster shell: we opened the oyster, and we gave you one of its halves. It is the symbol of sharing. The meaning is: I gave you something today so that when I meet you again, you in turn will give me something. You understand?- Of course. And that sharp angled hook?- Well, that means that when something is hung high, you have to raise your arm to get it... And everyone laughed. All languages work now. And as it is clear that I am interested in local things, pot lids come out of all the boxes: two first, then five, then ten; and it continues: it would be up to me to buy all the objects in the village.The lids are now passed from hand to hand.There is this one dominated by a sort of pyramid; it represents a tomb and reminds its owner that to enjoy, after her death, a beautiful tomb like this, she must have many children... and that if she does not have children, she will be forgotten after her death.There is this other one which represents an open trap; morality: for the trap to work... you must first set it. There is this other one which shows a standing bird: “when the bird is at the top of the termite mound it sees what is happening”; popular wisdom translates: we must take a step back to judge events. There are other covers, more complicated, such as one which shows a woman followed by a hooded man armed with a stick, reminding us that we must observe the customs of the tribe, or this other which presents a double bell, similar to the iron bells that the chiefs once had to summon the people of their villages, maintaining the spirit of discipline within homes by making it known that “when the chief's bell beats, you must go and listen to what he says”.Seeing the money coming out of our pockets, the natives emptied their huts of their reserves.”(Scohy, A., "Etapes au soleil", Brussels, 1952, pp.115-117)22.5 cm. diameterProvenancecollected by André Scohy (1914-1994), before 1952and by descent through the familyLiteratureScohy, A., "Etapes au soleil", Brussels, 1952, p.115
KORWAR FIGUREThis important ancestor figure was part of the extraordinary group of korwars in the Henry Blekkink collection, which generated great excitement among collectors of Indonesian material when it surfaced only about ten years ago. Henry Blekkink (1888, Java - 1953, The Hague) was a Dutch high school geography teacher who spent the first ten years of his childhood in the Dutch East Indies. In his article in the Tribal Art Magazine, Weener demonstrates that Henri Blekkink likely acquired his korwar collection from the protestant missionary of the Utrecht Missionary Society, Frans Johannes Frederik van Hasselt (1870-1939). According to the author, missionaries from the Utrecht Missionary Society were dispatched to northern New Guinea starting in 1862. Upon their arrival in the Cenderawasih Bay area, they began collecting korwar ancestor figures. F.J.F. van Hasselt arrived in the region in 1894 and actively gathered a substantial quantity of material during numerous boat trips to the various islands in the area. He sent those objects to the Netherlands, where many were displayed in exhibitions organised from 1909 by the Utrecht Missionary Society. Weener suggests that Henry Blekkink most likely encountered van Hasselt through the New Guinea study circle of the Moluccan Institute, a group they both joined in the thirties. According to the old label attached to the back of this figure, this Korwar was collected on the southern coast of Biak Island.32 cm. highProvenanceHenry Blekkink (1888-1953), The HagueLiteratureWeener, F., ‘The Korwar Collection of Henry Blekkink’, in Tribal Art Magazine, no.63, Spring 2012, p.88Corbey, R., "Korwar: Northwest New Guinea ritual art according to missionary sources", Leiden, 2019, p.68, fig.41, p.77, fig.49 and pp.116-117, fig.85
Webster (John) The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, first edition, initial imprimatur and blank leaf at end present, repaired hole in title not affecting text, some soiling and occasional staining, Pp3 with hole slightly affecting text, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, rubbed, [Wing W1230; Thorndike VIII, p.575], folio, Printed by J.M., 1677. *** A very good copy of this criticism of traditional views of witchcraft, which started a polemical war with Henry More and Joseph Glanvill, who were convinced of the genuine existence of witches. Provenance: T.B. Grierson (bookplate); unidentified Theological Library (early ink inscription to title but name cut out)
Gayton (Edmund) Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixot., woodcut device to title, woodcut head-, tail-pieces and initials, extensive annotations in a ?nineteenth century hand to initial leaves (including title) and scattered instances thereafter, most likely in a blue-coloured pencil, final f. coming loose at foot, small worm-trail to blank inner margin through gatherings S-Z, hinges cracked but stitching firm, contemporary calf, spine gilt, cracking to joints with back-strip beginning to peel away, some wear to extremities, [Wing G415], large 8vo, William Hunt, 1654.*** The first critical commentary in English on Don Quixote.
Grew (Nehemiah) The Comparative Anatomy of Trunks, Together with an Account of their Vegetation grounded thereupon, first edition, with a4 errata f., 19 folding engraved plates (numbered 8-27), one printed in white on black, without initial imprimatur f. (as usual), first plate with short tear repaired not affecting image, fig.16 neat repair along fold to verso, plate printed on black little frayed at upper corner, some marginal text browning and foxing, modern calf, spine lettered in gilt, joints and extremities rubbed, [Wing G1947; Henrey 164], 8vo, J.M. for Walter Kettilby, 1675. *** Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy.Provenance: Eliz. Blois (ink name on title, crossed through); B.D. (early ink name with indecipherable surname on title verso); The Horticultural Society of New York "Bequest of Kenneth K. Mackenzie, October 1934" (bookplate; blind-stamp to F4).
Corneille (Pierre) Polyeuctes, or The Martyr. A Tragedy, first edition in English, translated by Sir William Lower, Printed by Tho. Roycroft for G. Bedell and T. Collins, 1655; bound with Mead (Robert) The Combat of Love and Friendship, A Comedy, first edition, Printed for M.M.G. Bedell, and T. Collins, 1654, together 2 works in 1, occasional light water-staining and a few leaves foxed, some marginal browning, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, head of spine worn, [Greg 753 and 735; Wing C6316 and M1564], 4to *** Provenance: Kansas City Public Library (small ink stamp at foot of A2).
Sharrock (Robert) The History of the Propagation & Improvement of Vegetables, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, lacking plate and explanation leaf, light water-staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, [Henrey 340; Madan III, 2528; Wing S3010], 8vo, Oxford, Printed by A. Lichfield, Printer to the University, for Tho. Robinson, 1660. *** Provenance: Wa[lter] Dobell (of Streat, East Sussex, ink name on title).
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, title within double-ruled border with printer's ornament, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials, text within ruled border with blank marginal column for side-notes, lacking initial blank leaf, later sprinkled calf, gilt, by F. Bedford, [STC 1147; Gibson 13 (see also notes in Gibson 14); Pforzheimer 30 (note)], 4to, Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker, 1625. *** First complete edition and the last of Bacon's books published during his lifetime.
Taylor (John) All The Workes, first collected edition, additional engraved title within ornate architectural border (some fraying to fore-edge just touching image), woodcut & typographical head-, tail-pieces and initials, woodcut illustrations, C1 duplicated, C2 lacking but provided from another copy loosely inserted thus text complete, Kkk3 & Kkk4 both duplicated, with Kkk3s mis-bound after Kkk4s, H6, Ff3 & Nn2 with closed marginal tears affecting text, Oo2 small hole loss of letters, a few other small marginal defects but no text loss, seventeenth century calf, repairs to spine ends, lower joint foot chipped, small folio, [Pforzheimer 1006; STC 23725], by J.[ohn] B.[eale] for James Boler, 1630. *** Taylor wrote and published his works without the support of patrons and so dedicated his works "To the most high, most mighty, and most ancient producer, seducer and abuser of mankind, the world."
Shirley (James) The Humorous Courtier. A Comedy, first edition, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper listing titles of 10 plays by Shirley headed by the name "fferdinando Marshams" and "8s.", ink underlining to A2 (Catalogue of Works) offset to title verso, small hole to B2 with loss to couple words, a few other ff. with tiny holes affecting one or two letters, browned to varying degrees, some spotting, modern black half morocco, tiny chip to spine foot, small 4to, [STC 22447], T[homas] C[otes] for William Cooke, 1640.
Grotius (Hugo) His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace, third edition in English, translated by William Evats, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, light browning, the odd spot or minor soiling, faint damp-stain to lower corner at beginning and end, front free endpaper loose, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in lighter modern calf, blue morocco label to spine, old covers heavily rubbed, [Wing G2126; Goldsmith's 2491], folio, M.W. for Thomas Basset & Ralph Smith, 1682. *** A seminal work of international law. The Latin original was first published in 1625. Provenance: W. Priestley, Lightcliffe; Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society "Bequeathed by William Priestley" 1860; Burns Halcyon Lake Almanor (bookplates to front pastedown and endpaper).
Astrology.- Lilly (William) Annus Tenebrosus, or the Dark Year. Or Astrologicall Judgements upon two Lunar Eclipses, and one admirable Eclips of the Sun, first edition, woodcut vignette on title, woodcut illustrations, a few headlines trimmed, small stain to title and following couple of leaves, old sticker to top left corner of title, later half roan, worn, upper cover detached, [Wing L2209], 4to, Printed for the Company of Stationers, and H. Blunden, 1652. *** One of the woodcuts depicts "the English Commonwealth as it will be for 3 years or thereabout, viz, in great Majesty and glory"; another, of a soldier riding a bull, "presents the state of England after a few yeares, viz, the soldier tilling the ground, his Armes laid a side, A peaceable time, yet the soldier ever prepared."; and a third, of a woman playing a lute, "This seemes to promise a cessation of all Taxes and all things governed by Love." Provenance: Sir William Grace, Bart (bookplate); A.M. Broadley (bookplate dated 1902).
Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus) Of the Consolation of Philosophy, first edition of this translation, translated by Richard Lord Viscount Preston, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf at end, ex-library copy with a few ink stamps, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn, [Wing B3433], 8vo, Printed by J.D. for Awnsham and John Churchill...and Francis Hildyard, 1695.
Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The History of the Turks. beginning with the year 1679, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 6 portrait plates, D3 with neat hole cut into margin, 2S3 with short tear at head, L2 to end with worming to upper margin, touching headline and odd letters of 'Contents', scattered faint spotting and staining, later panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners, [Atabey 1077], folio, for Robert Clavell ..., and Abel Roper, 1700. *** This is complete in itself, but also "forms the third volume of the first collected edition of Rycaut's histories and his edition of Knolles' history of the Turks." (Atabey).
Sheppard (William) Of Corporations, Fraternities, and Guilds, first edition, lacking initial blank, some marginal browning, small hole in I8 affecting pagination on recto and verso, contemporary sheep, rebacked preserving original spine, [Wing S3195], 8vo, Printed for H. Twyford, T. Dring, and J. Place, 1659.*** The first book in English on the law of incorporation. William Sheppard (d. ?1675) , a productive legal writer and successful lawyer was invited to London by Cromwell in about 1653. In 1656 he became a serjeant-at-law and was nominated with three others to prepare the charters granted to town corporations. His subsequent study of corporate law is embodied in the present work, covering not only civic and municipal corporations, but also trades, colleges and universities, hospitals and other similar bodies. Sheppard himself was deprived of his offices at the Restoration and fell into obscurity.
Saunders (C[harles]) Tamerlane the Great. A Tragedy, first edition, B1v headline slightly shaved, some foxing, modern dark blue calf-backed cloth, [Wing S741; Pforzheimer 854; Macdonald 116], 4to, Printed for Richard Bentley and M. Magnes, 1681. *** Rare at auction, with no copy since 1981. The epilogue is by John Dryden. Provenance: G.E. Selby (bookplate).
Walker (Obadiah) Periamma Epidemion [graece]. Or, Vulgar Errours in Practice Censured, 2 parts in 1, general title ruled in red, later ink inscription causing 2 small holes on title but not affecting text, E1 with small paper flaw touching text, F5 with small burn-hole slightly affecting text, Printed for Richard Royston, 1659; bound with Farnaby (Thomas) Troposchema-tologia [graece], R. Royston, 1660, the second mentioned bound between the 2 parts of the first mentioned, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rebacked, corners worn, [Wing W408 and F465], 8vo *** An imitation of Thomas Browne's Vulgar Errors, which includes "A Censure of the Epidemicall practise of reproaching Red-Hair'd Men", "A Censure of the generall Scandall of some Professions, especially that of the Profession of Physick" and "A Censure of that common evill practice of reproaching the Feminine Sex".
Pare (Ambroise) The Workes of that famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Johnson, engraved title (browned and laid down, with small loss to fore-margin), woodcut illustrations throughout, title verso & first f. with small tape-residue to corners, single wormhole to fore-edge near start (within a few woodcuts or printed side-notes), occasional very small marginal worming elsewhere, faint damp-staining to first few Sig., 2D2 small rust-hole within text, a few ff. with restoration to margins or tears into text or woodcut neatly repaired, occasional light browning or soiling, but overall a very good and crisp copy, attractive 20th century antique style half calf, with earlier gilt backstrip laid down, corners bumped, little rubbed, [STC 19189], folio, Th: Cotes and R. Young, 1634. *** This copy with the preliminary "To the Reader" leaf, often lacking. Provenance: Le Roy Crummer (bookplate); Howard Updegraff (leather book-label); Brian Davies (embossed stamp to front free endpaper); Los Angeles County Medical Association (ink-stamp to lower margin of title & K6).
Googe (Barnaby) A Prophecie Lately Transcribed from an Old Manuscript...Predicting the Rising, Meridian, and Falling condition of the States of the United Provinces, first edition, a little browned, ink inscription on final leaf slightly trimmed, later half russia, rebacked, corners worn, [Wing G1271], 4to, Printed by J.C. for R. Robinson, 1672.*** A rhyming prophesy with interpretation, relating to the Netherlands, with references to Surinam and Amboina in the Dutch West and East Indies.Provenance: James Boswell [probably James Boswell the Younger, 1778-1822] (ink signature on rear pastedown, dated 1812).
Astronomy.- Morgan (Sylvanus) Horologiographia Optica. Dialling Universall and Particular, first edition, printed leaf "On the frontispiece", additional engraved title, engraved and woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut decorations and initials, upper edge of title trimmed to plate-mark, some worming, affecting text and both titles, lower corner of M1 torn away just touching catchword, later calf, rebacked, worn, [Tardy p.179; Wing M2741], 4to, Printed by R.& W. Leybourn, for Andrew Kemb, and Robert Boydell, 1652. *** The illustrations include Walter Hayes's "Universal Quadrant" and an engraved scheme for hour-lines of a pillar dial.
Ricraft (Josiah) A Survey of Englands Champions, and Truths faithfull Patriots, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folded at edges and becoming loose, 21 engraved portraits, title trimmed at foot obscuring publication date, ?lacking additional title, trimmed occasionally affecting printed side-notes, A4 & A5 with marginal paper defects and neat repairs, occasional faint spotting, off-setting, previous owner's ink and pencil notes to early blanks, manuscript list tipped to frontispiece verso, later crushed morocco, g.e., richly decorated in gilt and blind, small 8vo, by R. Austin, and are to be sold by J.H., [1647, but 1649]. *** Provenance: Bookplates of John Townley; Thomas Brooke F.S.A. and Fairfax of Cameron. This copy collates as the second edition, but appears to have had a copy of the first edition title-page trimmed and inserted at a later date.
Vane (Sir Henry) The Retired Mans Meditations, or the Mysterie and Power of Godliness, first edition, lacking A1 (?blank), 3C2 and 3C3 supplied from another copy, lower corner of 3E2 defective and repaired, some worming with loss of text, occasional light foxing, later calf, gilt, g.e., [Wing V75A], 4to, Printed by Robert White, 1655. *** Another issue has "printed by R.W. and are to be sold by T. Brewster" in imprint.
[Balcanquhall (Walter)] A Large Declaration concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional marginal notes in an early hand, occasional faint marginal staining, near contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, by Robert Young, 1639. *** Purportedly by Charles I, but in fact written for him by Scottish clergyman Walter Balcanquhall, Dean of Rochester and later of Durham.
Fitz-Geffrey (Charles) Compassion Towards Captives, Chiefly Towards our Bretheren and Country-men who are in miserable bondage in Barbarie, first edition, title with some skillful repairs, including tear into text at head without loss, *2-3 tiny repaired tears to head, sometime washed, some light dust-soiling and scattered rust-spots, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt but sunned, [STC 10937], 4to, Oxford, Leonard Lichfield, 1637. *** Scarce in commerce, we cannot trace a copy at auction.
[Sancroft (William)] Modern Policies, Taken from Machiavel, Borgia, and other choice Authors, [second edition], lacking final blank f., title with very small chip to upper inner corner, spotting and browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt, printed paper label "Sancroft" to spine foot, rubbed, heavily to covers, [Wing S556], 12mo, for Tho: Dring, 1653. *** One of the earliest works by Sancroft, future Archbishop of Canterbury. A popular work first published in 1652, with seven editions by 1657. Provenance: William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam (bookplate).
Blaxton (John) The English Usurer. Or, Usury Condemned, second edition, fine woodcut frontispiece trimmed at top and fore-edge with slight loss of cut and headline caption, upper edge trimmed close slightly affecting first word of title and some headline rules throughout, some light water-staining to lower edge, modern calf, [STC 3129a], 4to, Printed by John Norton, and are to be sold by Francis Bowman, in Oxford, 1634.
Bacon (Sir Francis) Resuscitatio, or Bringing into the Publick Light severall Pices of the Works ..., engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved initials and headpieces, first divisional title detached and loosely inserted, damp-staining and tender edges at beginning and end, C1 with small loss to bottom corner, I2-O4 with worming at gutter, not affecting text, pastedowns present but not attached to boards, near contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, folio, by Sarah Griffin, for William Lee, 1657.
Pettus (Sir John) Volatiles from the History of Adam and Eve, first edition, final blank leaf present, small stain to upper corner towards end, some marginal browning, modern brown half morocco, gilt, by Macdonald of New York, joints a little rubbed, [Wing P1912], 8vo, Printed for T. Bassett, 1674. *** Rare in commerce. Sir John Pettus (1613-1685) English Royalist, politician and natural philosopher. He is best known for his works on mining and minerals. Provenance: Elizabeth Hunt (ink name on verso of final blank); Bartholomew Beale (ink name beneath the above and also on title); Frank L. ? (American bookplate with surname abraded).
Scudery (Madeleine de) A Triumphant Arch Erected and Consecrated to the Glory of the Feminine Sexe, first English edition, title in red and black with small hole and slight loss of text, lacking initial and final blank, final leaf with hole slightly affetcing pagination, some light water-staining, contemporary sheep, spine ends chipped, [Wing S2163], 8vo, Printed for William Hope, and Henry Herringman, 1656.*** Provenance: John Aston (ink name at head of title); Mary Aston (Ink inscription on front pastedown).
Selden (John) Titles of Honor, first edition, lacking the 2 leaves signed * after a4 and final blank, small burn-hole in c2 and 2G3 with slight loss of text, occasional light water-staining, later calf, a little rubbed, [STC 22177], 4to, By William Stansby for John Helme, 1614.*** Includes a laudatory poem by Ben Jonson.Provenance: John Prideaux [1578-1650, Bishop of Worcester] (ink signature on title); Henry Sutton [son-in-law of the above, rector of Bredon, with whome Prideaux took refuge during the Civil War] (ink signature within the loop of the 'J' of Prideaux's signature); Cirencester bookplate.
West Indies.- Brief and perfect Journal (A) of The late Proceedings and Successe of the English Army in the West-Indies...By I.S. an Eye-witnesse, first edition, with "Successe" on the title-page, lacking final blank f., some highly skilful marginal repairs, tiny hole within text to B1, light browning, modern half calf, g.e., [Wing S35; Sabin 7854 & 74616], small 4to, 1655. *** An account of the unsuccessful attempt of the Commonwealth navy to conquer the Spanish West Indies. The expedition redeemed itself in the taking of Jamaica.
Beaumont (Sir John) Bosworth-field: with a Taste of the Variety of other poems, first edition, woodcut decorations, first few leaves remargined, some leaves shaved with loss of headline or pagination, lacking initial blank leaf and cancel N3 (as with all known copies), later calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, g.e., morocco-edged cloth slip-case, Printed by Felix Kyngston for Henry Seile, 1629.*** John Kershaw (bookplate); David & Lulu Borowitz (bookplate).
Augustine (Saint) Of the Citie of God: with the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives, first English edition, translated by John Healey, title with woodcut device, woodcut decorations and initials, lacking initial and final blank, some ink marginalia, sig.Gg3 and 4 misbound, occasional worming, mostly marginal but sometimes encroaching on text block, occasional soiling, modern calf, gilt, in antique style, [Pforzheimer 19; STC 916], folio, Printed by George Eld, 1610. *** First English edition of a translation of De civitate Dei, with the commentary of the great Spanish humanist scholar Juan Luis Vives. Aside from a second printing of this translation in 1620 this was the only English version published until the late 19th century.
[Neville (Henry)] The Ladies, a Second Time, Assembled in Parliament. A Continuation of the Parliament of Ladies, first edition, final blank leaf present, upper inner corner of sig.B repaired, water-stained, modern red half morocco, uncut, [Wing N507], 4to, 1647. *** One of several satirical pamphlets published by Neville and others parodying some prominent women associated with the parliamentarians. Provenance: Fairfax of Cameron (bookplate).
Massinger (Philip) The Maid of Honour, first edition, second issue, a few ink corrections, modern crushed dark blue morocco by Riviere, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., [STC 17638.5; Greg II 470], 4to, Printed by I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, 1632. *** Second issue with the corrected version of signature K. The play is unusual for its sympathetic portrayal of Roman Catholicism, exemplified in the heroine's decision to enter a nunnery rather than marry the man she loves. Provenance: A.N.L. Munby (bookplate).
H[awkins] (R[ichard]) A Discourse of the Nationall Excellencies of England, first edition, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine but with new label, repaired and varnished, [Wing H1177], 8vo, Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry Fletcher, 1658. *** Provenance: Will. Boothby (ink name at head of title); Isaac Ashton (ink name on front endpaper, dated 1792)
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