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Click here to subscribeBallet.- Haskell (Arnold. L.) Baron Encore, one of 250 copies signed by Baron and Haskell, illustrations, one or two foxing marks, original red morocco, gilt, original slip-case (rubbed), 1952 § Money (Keith) The Art of Margot Fonteyn, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, creased and rubbed at edges, 1965; and 11 others, ballet, including a couple of catalogues, v.s. (13)
Central Asia.- Hedin (Sven) Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the Holy City of Lasa, 4 folding colour maps, plates, 7 in colour, illustrations, frontispiece to vol.2 detached, spines sunned, [Yakushi H100b], 1903; Through Asia, folding colour maps, plates, illustrations, [Yakushi H97], 1898, first editions, 2 vol., half-titles, portrait frontispieces, titles printed in red & black, some spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, hinges weak, some rubbing at extremities, t.e.g., others uncut; and 7 others by Hedin about his travels in Central Asia, 8vo (11).
Britain.- Miller (Edward) The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and its Vicinity, first edition, folding frontispiece map, 11 plates, small ink ownership name to title otherwise internally clean, contemporary half calf, joints split, rubbed, Doncaster, W. Sheardown, [?1804] § Markham (S. F.) The Nineteen Hundreds...Wolverton and Stony Stratford, first edition, illustrations and plates, light foxing, original cloth, spine faded, Buckingham, 1951 § Brogden Baker (Joseph) The History of Scarbrough, plates, foxing, heavier to title, original cloth, lightly rubbed at corners, endpapers renewed, 1882; and 7 others, British topography, v.s. (10)
Cruikshank (George).- [Combe (William)] The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, very occasional spotting, some light offsetting from plates but a good copy bound in handsome dark blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco spine labels, t.e.g., others uncut, light rubbing to corners but overall a very handsome copy, [Abbey, Life 356; Cohn 153; Tooley 151], 8vo, T.Tegg, 1815.
[Anstey (Christopher)] The Patriot: A Pindaric Address to Lord Buckhorse, second edition, ink inscription "R Graves, from the Author - Christopher Ansty Esq" to foot of title, a few instances of ink correction or marginalia, the odd spot or light mark, disbound, Cambridge, Fletcher and Hodson, 1768 § Hayes (Samuel) Duelling: A Poem, first edition, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription to head, stab-holes to inner margin, loose and unbound, Cambridge, J. Archdeacon, 1775, light soiling to title and verso of final leaf; and others, 18th century poetry of Cambridge imprint or interest, some disbound, v.s. (c.14)
Entomology.- Fabricius (Johann Christian) Systema entomologiae..., first edition, title with woodcut vignette and repair to lower outer corner, heavily foxed, modern roan-backed boards, uncut, original paste-paper wrappers bound in (attached with tape), [Hagen 220.2], 8vo, Flensburg & Leipzig, Korte, 1775.⁂ Fabricius (1745-1808) was a Danish zoologist and economist, and pupil of Linnaeus who become one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, naming nearly 10,000 different species and establishing the basis for modern insect classification. He worked primarily with arthropods and was a specialist on insects, classifying many spiders including the black widow. This was his first major work.
[Hemsterhuis (Frans)] Alexis ou l'age d'or, first edition, engraved folding diagram at end, occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary green calf ?by Thomas van Os (we note similar foliage tools on a red morocco binding by him for another copy of the same work), gilt, covers with outer single filet border, within which an undulating foliage border, flat spine in compartments, lacking label, spine faded, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (binding 173 x 109mm.), Riga, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1787.⁂ Here Hemsterhuis presents for the first time his concept of a golden age, which was embraced by the Sturm und Drang and Romantic movements.
Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, bookplate, some spotting and toning, upper hinge cracked, original cloth, bumped at corners, slightly worn at head and foot of spine, 1940; The Complaisant Lover, some spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly spotted and rubbed at corners, 1959; Monsignor Quixote, some very light spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, toned on flaps, 1982, first editions; and 11 others by Greene, mostly first editions with dust-jackets, 8vo (14)
Abuse of prisoners.- Fitzpatrick (Sir Jeremiah) An Essay on gaol-abuses, and on the means of redressing them: together with the general method of treating disorders to which prisoners are most incident, first edition, errata f., title little stained, some spotting, lightly browned, disbound, Dublin, Printed by D. Graisberry, No. 10, Back-Lane, for P. Byrne, No. 35, College-Green; and C. Brown, No. 93, Grafton-Street, 1784.⁂ Rare in commerce. Fitzpatrick was a physician, inspector of prisons, and social reformer. He wrote a work on the slave trade in 1797.
Chapbooks.- Pastime (Dame) Seventy-Eight Quizzical Characters, with a Poetical Description, for the Amusement of Children, woodcut illustrations with hand-colouring, 1p. publisher's adverts at end, for J. Souter, at the School Library, 1819 § Whimsical Incidents: or, The Power of Music, a Poetic Tale, first edition, 15 copperplate engravings, hand-coloured, light offsetting and the occasional spot, J. Harris, 1805 [1806 on cover] § A Sequel to the Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, 12 hand-coloured copper-engraved plates, contemporary ink ownership name to title, 1806, original printed wrappers, edges chipped and creased, spines worn; and 2 others, similar early 19th century chapbooks, 16mo (5)⁂ A collection of rare children's chapbooks.
NO RESERVE [Cajot (Jean-Joseph)] Histoire Critique des Coqueluchons, first edition, title printed in red, endpapers lightly browned, handsome crimson morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, spine in compartments, some very faint marks, uncut, Cologne [but Metz], [J. Collignon], 1762 § [Lemercier (Népomucène)] Les Quatre Métamorphoses. Poèmes, ?first edition, half-title, bookplate of Camille Aboussouan, tan morocco-backed marbled boards by Stroobants, spine gilt, one or two light marks, chipping to spine foot, Paris, Laloy, l'An VII de la République [1798 or 1799], scattered spotting, generally light, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed; and Baverel's Notices sur les graveurs, 12mo & 8vo (4)
Photography.- Sugimoto (Hiroshi) Time Exposed, first edition in English, 1995 § Ishimoto (Yasuhiro) Moment, first edition, Tokyo, 2004 § Onaka (Koji) Slow Boat, second edition, Cologne, 2008 § Yoshiyuki (Kohei) Sekigai Kousen, second edition, original wrappers, dust-jacket, ?Tokyo, 1992 § Morooka (Koji) Ginza 1930-1973, first edition, Tokyo, 1973 § Midorikawa (Koichi) Sketching Tour in Europe, first edition, ?Tokyo, 1960, the first four all signed by the photographers, most with Japanese text, some also English, photographic illustrations, some with exhibition leaflets etc. loosely inserted, all but the fourth original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the second and last two with slip-cases, the second also wrap-around, the last a little rubbed; and 13 others, Japanese photography, v.s. (19)
Langhorne (John) The Tears of Music. A Poem To the Memory of Mr. Handel. With an Ode to the River Eden, half-title, book-label of J.O. Edwards, C2 with short tear to fore-margin, the odd marginal ink mark, including small ink scribble to head of title, light soiling, heavier to title, some faint staining to head, ink inscription to verso of final leaf, modern wrappers, for R. Griffiths, 1760 § [Jerningham (Edward)] The Magdalens: An Elegy, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-piece, title with contemporary ink inscription "The ingenious Authors present to R. ?Marsham" to head, some very light foxing or browning, later stitching, disbound, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763, first editions; and others, 18th century elegies, several disbound, 8vo & 4to (c.13)⁂ The first published in the year after Handel's death. We can trace no copy appearing at auction.
Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. A Guide, first edition, folding plate, 2 folding maps and plans, advertisements, scattered foxing, occasional light staining, original wrappers, neatly rebacked with original (slightly chipped) backstrip laid down, light creasing, ink ownership inscription to upper cover, preserved in custom drop-backed box, [Neate W60], 8vo, John Murray, 1896.⁂ Rare first edition of Whymper's popular guide.
Burney (Charles) An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, and the Pantheon ... in Commemoration of Handel, first edition, 8 engraved plates including plan of orchestra, some stipple engraved and printed in bistre, tissue-guards, with final errata/directions to binder leaf, occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, contemporary half calf, green morocco label to upper cover, rubbed, rebacked, 4to, for the Benefit of the Musical Fund, and sold by T. Payne, 1785.
Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, plates, modern crushed brown morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, 1935; and 13 others, literature and history including a 1789 edition of Pacidus de Titis' astronomy with a few ff. supplied in manuscript, v.s. (14)
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Stigand (Capt. C.H.) To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 2 maps, 1 folding with tear, advertisements at end, Liverpool Free Public Library blind-stamps and bookplate, library blind-stamp to rear cover and numbering to spine, rubbed, bumped and darkened, 1910 § Hayes (A.J.) The Source of the Blue Nile, plates and maps, lacking front free endpaper, rubbed, 1905 § Rey (C. F.) In the Country of the Blue Nile, plates, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, loss to head of spine, chipping to foot of spine and corners, 1927, first editions, original cloth; and c.70 others, Ethiopia and Africa, including a group of maps, v.s. (c.75)
Egypt.- Gordon (Lady Duff) Letters from Egypt, 1863-1865, first edition, the odd spot, later ink gift inscription to endpaper, bookplate of Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie to front pastedown, modern half calf, gilt, 8vo, 1865.⁂ Rare in commerce, Gordon's Letters proved popular enough for her to fund much of her time in that country and painted a vivid picture of the country and its inhabitants.
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, illustrations, decorations and 24 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth, light toning to spine, extremities rubbed, 1907; and 15 others, illustrated books and furniture, v.s. (16)
America.- Emory (William H.) Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, vol. 1, parts 1 & 2, 5 maps and charts (2 large folding, one with colouring), 12 colour lithographed plates of views and Native American peoples, engraved plates, illustrations, some foxing, the odd tear to text or plate, occasional browning and damp-staining, 2 text ff. with fore-margin repaired, modern calf-backed boards, 4to, Washington, 1857.⁂ Emory's important survey, the first detailed report on the landscapes and peoples of the border.
WWI.- G Coy order book, manuscript, 79pp., occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp boards, chipped and creased, rubbed, 1914; and 8 others, related, 6 of which manuscripts and 2 printed, 8vo (9) ⁂ The first mentioned is a detailed order book for the months of October and November, 1914.
Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in book form, frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, lacking half-title, bookplate, foxing, some browning to plates, [Eckel pp.79-81; Smith I, 19], 1853; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 plates by Phiz, bookplate, foxing, some browning to plates, 1839, later half morocco, rubbed; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (11)
Trollope (Anthony) Miss Mackenzie, 2 vol., first edition, light foxing to endpapers, contemporary half calf, spines faded, lightly rubbed, 1865; Castle Richmond, new edition, light spotting, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 1961; Orley Farm, 2 vol., frontispiece and plates, foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1862 § Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 5 vol., seventh edition, frontispiece to vol.1, contemporary tree calf, spines retouched, recornered, vol.1 spine label replaced, still a very attractive set, 1811, 8vo (10)
Scottish poetry.- Sillar (David) Poems, title with ink initial to head, A2-3 loose, browned and foxed, a few ink doodles to lower pastedown, uncut in original boards, rebacked with later paper, old covers quite worn and soiled, front endpaper renewed, Kilmarnock, John Wilson, 1789 § [Mercer (Thomas)] The Sentimental Sailor or St. Preux to Eloisa, engraved vignette title, divisional title following title-page, book-label of J.O. Edwards, title with two tiny holes to fore-margin, some scattered spotting, heavier foxing and light browning towards end, hinges repaired, later half calf, lightly rubbed, Edinburgh, for A. Kincaid and W. Creech, 1772, first editions, the odd small stain; and others, poetry of Scottish interest or imprint, a few disbound, including another copy of the second, 8vo & 4to (10)⁂ The second inspired by Rousseau's Nouvelle Héloïse and dedicated to him. Little is known about the author, possibly a Scot, whose collected poems appeared in Edinburgh and London in 1774.
Africa.- Junker (Dr. Wilhelm) Travels in Africa during the Years 1879-1883; 1882-1886, vol. 2-3 only (of 3), first edition, half-titles with frontispieces verso, 3 folding maps, 1 with short tear at gutter, illustrations, many full-page, 2pp. advertisement at end vol. 2, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.111], 1891-92 § Pasha (Rudolf C. Slatin) Fire and Sword in the Sudan, half-title, frontispiece, 21 plates, 2 folding colour maps, advertisements at end, partly unopened, spotting, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1896; 8vo (3).
Birds.- Stonham (Charles) The Birds of the British Islands, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, 318 photogravured plates, captioned tissue guards, 2 folding maps, scattered foxing, plates 241-244 with corner creasing, a few plates with light tide-marks to margin, armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary crushed green half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, some rubbing to extremities, some damp-staining to covers, t.e.g., [Nissen IVB 898; Zimmer 604], 4to, 1906-11.
Africa.- Lugard (Captain Frederick D.) The Rise of Our East African Empire, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 9 colour maps, 5 folding of which 2 in pockets, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end vol. 1, one or two short marginal tears, neat tape repairs, modern half-morocco, [Hosken p.129; Czech p.100], 1893; and others similar, by Margery Perham, 8vo (5).
Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, first issue, folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 lithographs (one tinted), 20 wood-engraved plates, 1 folding table, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), advertisements dated 'November 1, 1857' at end, scattered faint spotting, first few leaves frayed at fore-edge with one or two short tears, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to edges, housed in modern cloth drop-back box, [Czech p.97; Hosken p.126], 8vo, 1857.⁂ There is some confusion over which variant is the first edition, first issue. This copy matches the precedence given by Gaston Renard with the lithographs by W. West facing pp.66 and 225.
NO RESERVE Trees.- Withers (W[illiam]) A Letter to Sir Walter Scott...exposing certain fundamental errors in his late Essay on planting, and containing observations on the pruning and thinning of woods, and maxims for profitable planting, first edition, occasional spotting or light staining, original printed wrappers, advertisements for other titles by the author to rear wrapper, small chip and split at foot of spine, but holding firm, lightly soiled, a good wide-margined copy, 8vo, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828.⁂ Rare in original printed wrappers. Withers owned two plantations near Holt in Norfolk. He objected to Scott's essays on planting in the Quarterly Review, accusing him of advocating the 'cheap, hole-digging, short-sighted Scotch system, which is calculated to bring upon those who adopt it only loss and disappointment.'. Scott had proposed a collection of his essays on planting and gardening, but late in 1828, perhaps as a result of Withers' criticism, he withdrew the proposal.
Fables and Tales for the Ladies, first edition, list of subscribers, woodcut ornaments, contemporary calf, short splits to joint ends, extremities rubbed, printed for the proprietor: and sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1750; and a facsimile edition of Burns' Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 8vo (2)⁂ Scarce collection, once attributed to Eliza Heywood. List of subscribers is dominated by women and includes a "Miss Austen".
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Blanc (Henry) A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia, presentation inscription "with the Author's affectionate regards Bombay 9th August 1877", 8 plates, ink inscription to title, ink ownership inscription of Eyre Burton Powell to front free endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary cloth initialled "E. B. P." on upper cover, lower cover detached, wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, 1868 § Munzinger (W.) Die deutsche Expedition in Ost-Afrika 1861 und 1862, lithographed frontispiece, 5 folding maps and plans, later wrappers, Gotha, 1864 § Vivian (Herbert) Abyssinia. Through the Lion-Land to the Court of the Lion of Judah, plates and maps, some folding, Liverpool Public Library blind-stamps, library bookplate to rear pastedown, original cloth, spine darkened, corners bumped, rubbed, 1901 § Hozier (Captain Henry M.) The British Expedition to Abyssinia, advertisements, ink library stamp on title, half-title browned, original cloth, rubbed, 1869, first editions; and c.25 others, Ethiopia and Africa, 8vo (c.30)
Woman writer.- Cartwright (Mrs. H.) Letters moral and entertaining, first edition, list of subscribers, ink ownership inscription to foot of title, water-stained, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine in compartments and with later paper manuscript title label, central vertical split at head of spine, but holding, head of spine and corners worn, boards with some staining and lightly soiled, rubbed, 12mo, Printed for J. Macgowan, No. 27, Pater-Noster Row, 1780.⁂ Rare in commerce. Provenance: 'Elizabeth Ann Bartlett, her book Dec 19/1842' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper); ?Hannah Humberstone, ?1803 (ink inscription to foot of title).
World.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Etruscan Bologna: a study, first edition, half-title, folding lithographed frontispiece, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1876; The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe, first edition, large folding map frontispiece, small loss to margin, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, light spotting to fore-edges, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1873; Wanderings in Three Continents, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 4 plates, cracked hinges, bookplates, original pictorial buckram, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1901; [Penzer pp.92-3; 89-90; 158-159], 8vo (3).
Architecture.- Jones (Inigo) The Designs...consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Published by William Kent, with some Additional Designs, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, lacking half-title and engraved allegorical frontispiece (both often missing), with engraved title-vignettes incorporating portrait of Inigo Jones and head- & tail-pieces and initials, list of subscribers, and 97 engraved plates by Fourdrinier and others, many double-page or folding, [Fowler 162, lacking frontispiece; Harris 385; Millard British 34, lacking half-title], folio, 1727.⁂ "The Designs of Inigo Jones is an impressive and important book. Yet oddly enough more influential than any single building depicted in it were its plates of doors, windows, niches, etc. These plates seem to have had a formative effect upon Gibbs's Book of Architecture (1728) and from that point on became a standard feature of eighteenth-century pattern books." (Harris).
Bodley (G.F.) Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the poet on front free endpaper, half-title and sectional titles printed in red, title printed in red and black, poem to Queen Victoria tipped-in, rubbed at edges, A.L.s from the author to Lady Grosvenor, 21 June 1900, loosely inserted, pages toned, t.e.g., others uncut, some very sparse spotting, contemporary vellum with stamped device reading "Sibell." to upper cover, slightly marked and bumped at corner, 1899; and c.80 others, English literature, v.s. (c.80)
London.- Adams & Sons (W.J.) The Improved "District" Railway Map of London, first edition, showing from Ealing Station to Stepney Junction, and Kentish Town to Brixton, with lines in black and red indicating existing and proposed above and below ground rail lines, lithograph printed in colours, 635 x 1065 mm (25 x 42 in), mounted on thin linen, folding into original publisher's printed paper wrappers, surface dirt and staining to covers and folding map, some minor splitting to folds, presented in purple morocco slipcase, very worn, cracking and splitting to sides, lacking under section, 8vo, 1879.
Hurdis (Rev. James) Tears of Affection, A Poem, Occasioned by the Death of a Sister Tenderly Beloved, first edition, with half-title and final advertisement leaf, book-labels of Simon and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith, half-title lightly browned, a few light spots, advertisement leaf with scattered spotting, modern parchment-backed boards, parchment a little toned, for J. Johnson, 1794 § Wonder of Wonders! The Secrets of the Rock; Or, The Rock-Dove and Jay, lightly browned, some faint water staining, inner margin skilfully repaired, two further very small repairs to verso of final leaf, modern half calf, Sold by G. Terry, 1788, book-label of J.O. Edwards, spines gilt; and others, 18th century poetry, v.s. (c.18)⁂ The second scarce. ESTC records two editions of 1788, one 11pp. (4 copies worldwide) and the other 15pp. (one copy in North America). This copy numbers 11pp.
NO RESERVE Marryat (Frederick) The Phantom Ship, 3 vol., without half-title and adverts from vol.3, occasional spot, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1839; Masterman Ready, 3 vol., frontispieces or title vignettes, illustrations, vol.2 lacking title, spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1841-42; The Privateer's-Man: One Hundred Years Ago, 2 vol., ink ownership name scored out from front free endpaper, original cloth, worn, portion of spine from vol.1 detached at joint, discoloured, 1846, first editions; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (11)
Himalayas.- Macintyre (Maj.-Gen. Donald) Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalayas, first edition, A.L.s from the author and cut newspaper obituary tipped onto endpapers, chromolithograph frontispiece, lightly offset, without publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, spine gilt with red morocco spine label, 1889 § Rundall (L.B.) The Ibex of Sha-Ping, first edition, tipped-in toned or coloured plates, original green cloth, gilt, cloth spine faded, dust-jacket, 4to, 1915, 8vo (2)
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard F.).- Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, vols. 7 & 8 bound as 1, ex-library with discreet blind-stamp to first and last few leaves, modern half-crushed morocco, gilt, 8vo, 1863-64 § Burton (Sir Richard) Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration, first edition, edited by N. M. Penzer, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1924, 8vo (2).⁂ The first mentioned includes articles on Africa by Livingstone, Speke, Baker, du Chaillu, and Burton. Vol. 8, number 2 includes "Rumour of the Death of Dr. Livingstone", with "Health and speedy Return of Dr. Livingstone" in number 4.
London.- Hunter (Rev. Henry) The History of London, first edition, 12 engraved plates and plans only (of 13), lacking the Plan of London, 2 additional folding, plates "A View of the Cities of London and Westminster" and "Index to the View of London ..." loosely inserted, list of subscribers, occasional faint marginal staining, occasional faint spotting, 1811 § Aikin (John) The History of the Environs of London, first edition, 15 engraved plates, 8 engraved maps, all but one folding, large map of "the Country round London" detached and loosely inserted, I4 with short marginal tear, 1811; bookplate of Lansdowne House, discreet blind-stamp to titles, uniform diced calf, rebacked, rubbing to edges, 4to, (2).
NO RESERVE Winter (Jay) Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History, Cambridge, 1995 § Davies (Norman) Rising '44: 'The Battle for Warsaw', 2003 § Van Emden (Richard) Britain's Last Tommies, 2005 § Holmes (Richard) Tommy, 2004, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the authors, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends; and 20 others, including a similar group of signed World War works, as well as a group on American/ Native American wars, v.s. (26)
NO RESERVE Drama.- Rolt (Richard) Almena. An English Opera. As it is performed At the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, first edition, with half-title but lacking dedication leaf, very small repaired hole to half-title (not affecting text), the odd spot or light stain, first and final f. lightly browned, disbound and loose, housed in a card portfolio, for T. Becket, 1764; and others, drama, majority 18th century (9)
NO RESERVE Ruskin (John) The Seven Lamps of Architecture, plates, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, lightly rubbed, 1849; Sesame and Lilies, bookplate to pastedown, ownership inscription to half-title, original cloth, spine sunned, ends frayed, 1865; The Political Economy of Art, original cloth, faded, rubbed at spine ends, 1857, first editions; and 3 others by the same, 8vo & 4to (6)
Shultens (Albert) Proverbia Salomonis. Versionem integram ad Hebræum fontem expressit, atque commentarium., first edition, title in red & black, some foxing, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, ex-library bookplate and stamp to pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rubbed, lower joint splitting, Leiden, Johannem Luzac, 1748 § Bythner (Victorinus) Lyra Prophetica Davidis Regis, sive Analysis Critico-Practica Psalmorum, first edition , title in red and black, ink ownership inscription to head of title "Edward Moore T.C.D. 1734/5", [Wing B6418], typis Jacobi Flesher, 1650 bound with Lingua Eruditorum: Sive Methodica Instituti Lingua Sanctae...addita est Introductio ad Linguam Chaldaeam, errata f. at end, [Wing B6414], typis Jacobi Flesher, 1650, together 2 works in 1, a few small marks or stains, contemporary calf, upper joint split, spine ends worn, stained, rubbed and scuffed; and 6 others, Judaica and Holy Land related works, including a vellum-bound defective copy of Buxtorf's Lexicon Chaldaicum, v.s. (8)
NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Unknown War. The Eastern Front, "Keystone Library edition", frontispiece, plates, and folding maps, last map with creased edges, stamp to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, ends creased, 1937 § The World Crisis, 5 vol., mixed editions, most reprints, vol.5 first edition, plates and maps, some browning and spotting, vol.1-4 original cloth, repaired and retouched, vol.5 in modern library cloth, 1927-29; and 28 others by or relating to Churchill, v.s. (34)
Bibliography.- Lindsay (James Ludovic, Earl of Crawford) Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Catalogue of a Collection of English Ballads... of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries, one of 100 copies, this copy inscribed by the author to Michael Kerney, original half vellum, stained, 1890; Catalogue of Chinese Books and Manuscripts, signature of M.P.Kerney, original cloth, gilt, 1895; Catalogue of English Broadsides 1505-1897, original cloth, gilt, 1898; Hand-list of Oriental Manuscripts: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, with loosely-inserted A.L.s. from J.P.Edmond (librarian to the Earl of Crawford) to Michael Kerney concerning several eastern manuscripts he would like to send to Kerney requesting his advice on whether to purchase them for the library, original cloth, gilt, 1898; Collations and Notes No.5: Catalogue of English Newspapers 1641-1666, original roan-backed boards, 1901 § Lehrs (Max) The Playing Cards of the Master Es of 1466, one of 250 copies, plates, original cloth-backed printed boards, Paris & Berlin, 1892, the first five each one of only 100 privately-printed copies, most uncut, rubbed; and a small quantity of others including several Quaritch catalogues or parts, some inscribed to Kerney, v.s. (a box)⁂ Michael Kerney was the chief cataloguer at the antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch and responsible for many of the firm's distinguished catalogues and productions. A natural linguist with an extensive knowledge of books and early manuscripts he taught himself Arabic, Persian and other eastern tongues to add to his Greek, Latin and various modern European languages.
[Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., first edition, engraved hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional title to vol.1, and 72 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, some offsetting, occasional nicks to plate edges, modern boards, [Abbey, Life 263; Tooley 411], 1815-16; The Dance of Life: A Poem, additional engraved title, frontispiece, and 24 engraved hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson, some offsetting, later green half calf, joints and extremities rubbed, 1817, 8vo (3)
Voetius (Gisbertus) Politicæ Ecclesiasticæ, 3 parts in 4 vol., titles with woodcut printer's device, 'Pars secunda' with folding letterpress table, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, the odd marginal tear or small area of loss, some spotting or mostly light staining / water-staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, small 4to, Amsterdam, Waesberg at the house of Johannes Janssonius, 1663-1676.⁂ Rare complete set of this important work on ecclesiastical life. Voetius (1589-1676) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, who famously clashed with Descartes. Provenance: Titles of vol.1&2 with contemporary ink presentation inscriptions (?the first authorial).
Milton (John) Pro populo Anglicano defensio, contra Claudii Anonymi, aliàs Salmasii, Defensionem regiam, title with woodcut arms of the Commonwealth, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional minor worm trace or water-staining to lower margins, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Willems 1134; Wing M2168B], London [i.e. Amsterdam], 'Typis Du Gardianis' [i.e. Louis Elzevier], 1651 § Filmer (Sir Robert) The Free-holders grand inquest, touching our Sovereign Lord the King and his Parliament, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, spine and corners worn, rubbed, [Wing F914], no printer, Printed in the Year MDCLXXIX [1679]; and 2 others, 17th century English, v.s. (4) ⁂ The second mentioned discusses the first mentioned work, Hobbes' Leviathan, and Grotius' De jure belli.
Quakers.- Bugg (Francis) The Picture of Quakerism drawn to the life. In two parts., 2 parts in 1, first edition, double-page letterpress within woodcut frame plate, lacking initial blank to part 2, title trimmed within border at foot, closely trimmed at head, occasional staining, mostly light apart from outer margin of k5&8, 19th century calf, rebacked in modern gilt calf with burgundy leather label, corners little worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Wing B5381; Sabin 9072; Smith I, p.337], Printed for, and are to be sold by W. Kettleby at the Bishop's-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, and W. Rogers at the Sun in Fleet-street, 1697; and 3 others, Quakers, v.s. (4)⁂ Rare at auction. Bugg (1640-1727) was fined for attending a meeting of the Friends around 1675. He believed that the preacher Samuel Cater should be liable for his fine, as it was he who had encouraged him to attend. However, arbitrators disagreed. Consequently, he attended the yearly Quaker meeting in London, and there complained to William Penn that the Friends had refused him justice. He eventually left the Society in 1680 and began to write against Quakerism.
Photography.- Nazraeli Press.- Gossage (John) The Romance Industry, first edition, one of 250 hardcover copies from a limited edition of 500, signed by Gossage "Paolo's smile" on pink slip, loosely inserted, half-title, whole page photographic illustrations in black and white, original cloth, dust-jacket, minute amounts of sunning to spine and top edge, very minor creasing to spine head, small 4to, the Nazraeli Press, 2002.
Barry (Charles) Studies and Examples of the Modern School of English Architecture. The Travellers' Club House, first edition, 10 engraved plates, previous owner's ink signature dated 1868 to title, occasional marginal finger-soiling, original printed boards, rebacked and recornered, rubbed and worn, folio, 1839.
Pasternak (Boris) Doctor Zhivago, translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, first English edition, ink signature on front free endpaper, slight foxing on endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, small chip at head of upper cover, corners slightly rubbed, a few small marks on lower cover, head and tail of spine with small tears, 8vo, 1958.
Opérations Géodésiques et Astronomiques pour la mesure d'un arc du parallèle moyen, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 14 folding engraved plates and maps, full-page illustrations, scattered spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, sunned spines, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Milan, 1825-27.
Lake District.- Robinson (John) A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, first edition, engraved folding map frontispiece and 20 plates, light spotting and browning, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 1819 § [Harwood (John)] Harwood's Illustrations of the Lakes, 30 engraved plates, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, corners bumped, [c.1850] § Whellan (William) The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, occasional spotting, margins lightly water-stained, contemporary ink ownership name to title head, modern half calf, lightly rubbed, spine gilt, 1860 § and 5 others, similar, 8vo & oblong 8vo (8)
[Sheridan (Richard Brinsley)] Verses to the Memory of Garrick, first edition, first issue with "deference" misspelt as "difference" in the dedication and corrected in ink manuscript, half-title, stipple-engraved frontispiece by A. Albanesi (loose), frontispiece lightly offset to half-title, B2 with very small chip to fore-margin, foxed and lightly browned, a couple ink spots obscuring a letter or two of text, disbound, Published by T. Evans [&tc], 1779 § Wynne (J. H.) The Prostitute, A Poem, title with engraved vignette, some very light marginal staining, modern wrappers, worn, for J. Wheble, 1771; and others, 18th century poetry, most disbound, 4to (c.20)
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