◆ FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1883-1937) IONA, EAST BAY - THE LITTLE Signed, signed, titled and inscribed verso, oil on board(38cm x 45cm (15in x 17.75in))Provenance: Given by the artist to Miss Jessie Service and thence by descent Sotheby's Gleneagles, 5 September 2001, lot 1385, from where acquired by the present ownerThis idyllic sun-lit scene shows a view of the White Strand at the north-east of Iona, which was one of the artist's favourite places to work. Looking north, we can see Cows Rock, the Strait of Storm between Iona and the small island of Eilean Annraidh and beyond to Mull. Cadell revels in the textures and weathering of the exposed and seaweed-strewn rocks in the foreground, which emerge from the pure white sand for which Iona is celebrated. The eye is led along the curve of the bay and across the sea in which Cadell captures tones of turquoise and emerald depending on the depth of the water. His preferred high horizon is crowned by a sky which hints at the fast-changing Hebridean weather, about which Philip MacLeod Coupe has explained: 'The low-lying terrain of Iona is often bathed in bright sunshine when the weather is stormy over the high mountains of Mull...In these conditions the colour of the sea is generated by sunlight reflected from the white sandy base of the shallow waters of the Sound and is independent of the dark sky. This effect is surprising and very beautiful.' (Philip MacLeod Coupe, Paintings of Iona: Cadell and Peploe, privately published, Malvern, 2014, p.79). Cadell gave this painting to Miss Jessie Service, a sister of his great patron, the ship-owner George W. Service, who summered with his family on Iona. The men met during Cadell's first visit to the island in 1912, with Service eventually acquiring some 150 of his works and donning 'his tartan dress jacket for the big night when he had his annual buying spree' (as related by Jessica Christian and Charles Stiller, Iona Portrayed: The Island through Artists' Eyes 1760-1960, The New Iona Press, Inverness, p. 62). Jessie herself came to purchase paintings by Cadell and appears in his 'Register of Pictures', which he maintained between 1907 and 1930 to record works which he sold or gave away. The entries numbered 49 to 51 in October 1924 are described as '3 Oils 18" x 15" Iona (£25 each) £75 Miss Jessie G. Service, 11 Kensington Gate, Kelvinside, Glasgow' (the register is on loan to the National Galleries of Scotland from a private collection).
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◆ FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1883-1937) THE STEADING, c.1927 Signed, oil on board(37.5cm x 45cm (14.75in x 17.75in))Provenance: Aitken Dott & Son Ltd, Edinburgh Christie's London, 16 March 1925, lot 123, sold for three guineas to 'Middleton' Christie's Scotland, 7 December 1989, lot 466 The Fine Art Society, London from whom acquired by the present owner in 2001 Exhibited: The Fine Art Society, London, The Scottish Colourists: Cadell, Fergusson, Hunter, Peploe, 19 June - 21 July 2000, no. 4 (repr. col.)In contrast to his Edinburgh-based studio practice, Cadell also enjoyed working outdoors in locations around Scotland and France. The steading in this work is thought to be in the village of Auchnacraig on the east coast of Mull, which Cadell visited for the first time in 1927 on the way to Iona. The village and its surroundings appear in a series of at least four extant paintings (see Tom Hewlett and Duncan Macmillan, F. C. B. Cadell: The Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist 1883-1937, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2011, p. 94). Duncan Macmillan has identified an engagement with the work of Paul Cézanne in Cadell's Auchnacraig tree landscapes, praising their 'free handling and also an interest in light that over-rides local colour' (op.cit., p. 181). This painting is viewed from a distance and through trees in an ambitious composition in which Cadell revels in the effects of sunshine and shadow across stonework and grass. Layers of paint, applied with visible, varying brushstrokes, build up sophisticated colour and tone combinations, as well as rhythmic surface texture. Dabs of yellow are particularly effective in conveying flower heads in the foreground, whilst Cadell's enjoyment of applying and manipulating his creamy paint is clear. The result successfully communicates the strength and warmth of light and the beauty of the sun-dappled scene depicted.
FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1883-1937) WHITE SANDS, NORTH END, IONA Signed, watercolour(16.5cm x 24cm (6.5in x 9in))Provenance: Mrs Euphemia Ritchie, IonaThis work formerly belonged to the artist Mrs Euphemia Ritchie, wife of the metal worker and jewellery designer Alexander Ritchie. Their shop, Iona Celtic Art, was in the grounds of Iona's Nunnery and the couple were the only resident artists on the island during the first half of the twentieth-century (see Jessica Christian and Charles Stiller, Iona Portrayed: The Island through Artists' Eyes 1760-1960, The New Iona Press, Inverness, 2001, p. 53). They became good friends with Cadell, who occasionally stayed with them in their house, Shuna, in the village. Mrs Ritchie appears in Cadell's 'Register of Pictures 1917-30' from 1914 until 1926 as both a purchaser and recipient of his work, the former recorded in black ink and the latter in red (the register in on loan to the National Galleries of Scotland from a private collection).
CIRCLE OF DAVID WILKIE JOHN KNOX PREACHING BEFORE THE LORDS OF THE CONGREGATION Oil on canvas(32cm x 43cm (12.5in x 17in))Note: This sketch would appear to be based on the prime examples of Wilkie's work in the Tate Collection and Petworth House. It is likely that the artist of our painting would have had first-hand knowledge of Wilkie's original.
EDMUND THORNTON CRAWFORD R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1806-1885) VIEW FROM LEITH ROADS OF THE REGATTA OF THE Signed and dated 1836, oil on canvas(46cm x 83cm (18in x 32.5in))Exhibited: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1837, no.81 Note: The Royal Eastern Yacht Club is the oldest of the East Coast clubs. It was founded in 1835 on December 31st, when an influential committee was convened to consider the expediency of holding a regatta in the following year, under the auspices of a club to be called the Eastern Regatta Club. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Provosts of Leith, Musselburgh and Dunbar, and about two dozen of the leading county gentlemen interested in sport, formed themselves into an interim committee for the purpose. The Duke of Buccleuch was elected Commodore and the Earl of Caithness Vice-Commodore of the club. The support accorded to the committee was such as to encourage them to form a permanent club, and the scheme was so heartily taken up that within a few months the Eastern Yacht Club was formed. On June 30th 1836, the Lords of the Admiralty granted a warrant authorizing the fleet to wear the blue ensign of His Majesty’s Navy and the royal patronage of the club was bestowed by H. M. William IV. In that year, the first Commodore of the Royal Eastern Yacht Club was His Grace the fifth Duke of Buccleuch.
A collection of mixed coins to include a Bank of Zambia 1968 proof set, a United States 1969 proof set, a Royal Mint 1951 Festival of Britain ten coin set, a Royal Mint 1966 Crown set, a coin collectors folder collection No.3 Great Britain shillings and sixpences 1937 to 1966 and two Britains first decimal coin sets.
Persian fables.- Sa'di. Select fables from Gulistan, or The bed of roses, translated by Stephen Sulivan, first edition in English, lacking half-title, small ink ownership stamp to verso of title, stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, covers detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for J. Ridley, in St. James's Street, 1774.⁂ A rare copy at auction of this landmark of Persian literature, with the last copy we can trace being in 1915. Its influence is found in La Fontaine and Voltaire, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, who had addressed one of his own poems to Sa'di, provided the preface to Francis Gladwin's 1808 translation of Golestan.
Trollope (Anthony) Framley Parsonage, first edition, later one-volume issue, 6 wood-engraved plates after J. E. Millais, some light foxing, original cloth, joints and corners lightly scuffed, Smith, Elder & Co., 1861; The American Senator, first one-volume edition, half-titles, very occasional light spotting, gutter beginning to crack at hinges, endpapers renewed, original cloth, recased, spine rubbed, Chapman and Hall, 1877; John Caldigate, first edition, later one-volume issue, half-title, spotting, endpapers renewed, original cloth, spine a little toned and soiled, extremities scuffed, Chapman & Hall, 1879, [Sadleir c.f. 11, 46, 55], 8vo (3)
Magic. Supernatural.- Tales of Magic and Mystery, 4 issues only (of 5), lacking issue 2, very occasional light spotting, issue 3 with joints split at head but covers holding, 1927-8 § Friskell (Samri) Spirit Mediums Exposed, margins lightly toned, spine strengthened with brown paper and tape, 1930, original pictorial wrappers, lower covers lightly soiled, some chipping to extremities, some spines with loss to head and foot, short splitting to joint ends, New York; and a copy of The Life of a Showman, 8vo & small folio (6)⁂ The first includes the first printing of the short story "Cool Air" by H. P. Lovecraft, "that will ring down through the corridors of your memory for years to come". The second features writing by Houdini, magician Howard Thurston and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
NO RESERVE Africa.- Moffat (Robert) Missionary Labours and Scenes and Southern Africa, first edition, colour Baxter print frontispieces, engraved vignette title, woodcut plates and illustrations, folding map, occasional heavy spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink initials to title, contemporary diced calf, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, 1842 § The Life and Travels of Mungo Park, woodcut frontispiece, scattered spotting, bookplate, near contemporary calf, gilt, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, Edinburgh, n.d.; 8vo (2).
NO RESERVE Holroyd (Michael) Bernard Shaw, 3 vol., first edition, plates, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1988-91 § Munnings (Sir Alfred) An Artist's Life, 3 vol., portrait frontispiece, plates, original cloth, housed in original slipcase, 2001 § Fridlander (Ernest D.) Matthew Maris, one of 750 copies, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1921; and others biography, 8vo & 4to (c.80)
Physics.- Gamow (G.) Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity, folding table at end, publishers compliments slip loosely inserted, a few spots to title, two minor scratches to upper cover, dust-jacket, spine and extremities sunned with a few small chips, larger chip to upper panel, affecting two letters of title, small tears to lower joints, Oxford, 1931 § Heisenberg (Werner) Die Pysikalischen Prinzipien der Quantentheorie, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, photographic plate, cloth gilt, spine slightly sunned, lightly rubbed, a few spots of light soiling, Leipzig, 1930, numerous diagrams, margins and endpapers lightly toned, original cloth; and two others, an early English translation of the last, and a copy of Schrödinger's Four Lectures on Wave Mechanics, 8vo (4)
Fleetwood (William, Bishop) Chronicon Preciosum: Or, an Account of English Money, the Price of Corn, and Other Commodities, for the last 600 Years, first edition, bookplate to pastedown, light damp-staining, heavier to last few pp., contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, light rubbing to extremities, [Goldsmiths' 4403], 8vo, Charles Harper, 1707.⁂ The first major attempt at an historical survey of prices, wages and incomes.
Baines (Edward) History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, first edition, extra-illustrated with 18 plates, some folding or double-page, contemporary ink ownership signature to half-title, portrait frontispiece offset to title, occasional spotting or foxing, modern burgundy half morocco, 8vo, [1835].
Titanic.- The Journal of Commerce Report of the Titanic Enquiry, illustrations, advertisements throughout, lacking final leaf of text, some light marginal toning, first two leaves with a few small chips to extremities, later green half morocco, spine gilt, lower cover with a few spots of light staining, 8vo, London & Liverpool, [1912].
Coward (T. A.) The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay, 2 vol., first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910 § Carr (J. W.) The Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamshire, unopened, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, Nottingham, 1916 § Large (E. C.) The Advance of the Fungi, first edition, plates and illustrations, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, light staining, chipping to spine extremities, 1940 § White (Gilbert) The Natural History of Selborne, frontispiece and illustrations by Claire Oldham, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, The Cresset Press, 1960; and others Natural History, v.s. (c.85)
Trollope (Anthony) The Landleaguers, 3 vol., half-titles, ink ownership inscription front endpaper vol. 2, 32pp. of advertisements dated October 1833 at end of vol. 3, splitting to gutter vol. 1 (particularly after contents), a few pages working loose, some browning and spotting, hinges weak, original cloth, toned and worn, Chatto & Windus, 1883; An Eye for An Eye, 2 vol., half-titles, 32pp. for advertisements at end of vol. 1, some light spotting, marginal soiling and creasing, original cloth, library labels to upper covers, some toning and soiling, rubbed, Chapman and Hall, 1879, first editions in book form, [Sadleir 68 & 53], 8vo (5)
Fielding (Henry) The Works, 4 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting, some light foxing to initial and final ff. (including some titles, endpapers etc), endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, some repairs to corners, small amounts of scuffing to spine ends, A. Millar, 1762 § Pope (Alexander) The Poetical Works, 3 vol., near contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to titles, occasional spotting, mainly to endpapers, paper repairs to hinges, contemporary half calf, rebacked with morocco labels to spine, Glasgow, Andrew Foulis, 1785 § Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) Emilius; or, An Essay on Education, 2 vol., translated by Mr. Nugent, half-titles, 7 engraved plates, very occasional light marginal foxing or spotting, front endpaper vol. 1 coming loose, contemporary calf, spines gilt, joints cracking, light wear to spine ends and upper corners, lower corners with leather repairs, for J. Nourse and P. Vailant, 1763; and 3 others similar, v.s. (14)
NO RESERVE Silverware.- Pewter.- Oman (Charles) English Church Plate 597-1830, first edition, frontispiece, plates, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small loss and chipping to corners and extremities, 1957 § Kerfoot (J. B.) American Pewter, frontispiece, plates, original cloth-backed boards, small tape mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, rubbed, creasing and chipping to corners and extremities, New York, Bonanza Books, n.d. § A short history of The Worshipful Company of Pewterers of London and a catalogue of pewterware in its possession, 2 vol., plates, original boards, 1968-78; and others similar, v.s. (20).
NO RESERVE Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket a little frayed and soiled, 1930 § Thesiger (Wilfred) The Marsh Arabs, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket a little rubbed and frayed, 1964; and 9 others, literature, 8vo (11)
NO RESERVE Thomson (Hugh).- Somervile (William) The Chase, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1896 § Barrie (J. M.) The Admiral Crichton, frontispiece, vignette title, plates and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, captioned tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, new endpapers, later morocco-backed boards, n.d.; and 2 others illustrated by Thomson, 4to & 8vo (4)
Potter (Beatrix) The Pie and the Patty-Pan, first edition, first printing with date on title and mottled lavender endpapers, colour frontispiece and 9 colour plates, plain illustrations in text, some light finger-soiling, a few marginal spots, occasional splitting at gutter, light browning to some endpapers, original maroon boards with mounted colour illustration, light rubbing and surface soiling, spine a little darkened, but a very good copy overall, [Linder p.425; Quinby 9], small 4to, 1905.
Collectables.- Forsyth (Hazel) & Geoff Egan. Toys, Trifles & Trinkets: Base-metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 2005 § Wettergren (Erik) The Modern Decorative Arts of Sweden, illustrations, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, rubbing to corners and extremities, 1927 § Parakilas (James) Piano Roles. Three Hundred Years of Life with the Piano, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1999 § Haskell (Arnold) Infantilia: The Archaeology of the Nursery, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight rubbing, 1971; and others collectables, v.s. (50)
Golf.- Darwin (Bernard) The Golf Courses of the British Isles, illustrations by Harry Rountree, 64 plates, of which 48 colour (1 loose), 16 plain (1 loose), ink ownership inscription front pastedown, foxing throughout, original cloth, gilt, spine ends very lightly bumped, 1910; Green Memories, plain photographic plates, very occasional light spotting, original cloth, spine lightly sunned, extremities lightly scuffed, [1928] § Beldam (George W.) Great Golfers. Their Methods at a Glance, numerous black and white photographic plates, a very few instances of light finger soiling or spotting, lacking front endpaper, original cloth, spine lightly toned, extremities a little rubbed, 1904, first editions; and 3 others similar, 8vo (6) ⁂ The first in the first issue binding with the illustrator's name misspelled "Rowntree" on upper cover.
Hitler (Adolf) Mein Kampf, first illustrated edition in original 18 parts, photographic illustrations, some light toning, original pictorial wrappers, some surface soiling, issue 1 upper cover with some loss to extremities, a few covers detached, some joints starting, 8vo, 1939.⁂ Scarce in the original parts.
Potter (Beatrix) The Roly-Poly Pudding, first edition, first printing with "All rights reserved" to foot of title, colour frontispiece, pictorial title, 17 full-page colour illustrations and numerous plain illustrations in text, pictorial endpapers, some light finger-soiling, a couple endpapers very lightly foxed, original red cloth with mounted colour illustration, very lightly rubbed, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, but an excellent and bright example, [Linder p.427; Quinby 15], 4to, 1908.
King (John Glen) The Rites and Ceremonies of the Greek Church, in Russia, first edition, double-page engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, title with engraved vignette, light spotting, hinges reinforced with paper, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 1772 § Vidy Pervoklassnogo Stavropigіal'nago Soloveckogo Monastyrja [Images of the Stravropegic Solovetsky Monastery of the First Order], 25 black and white photographic plates, hinges and first plate reinforced with paper at gutter, original cloth, rebacked, small amounts of soiling to covers, lightly scuffed, [c.1900], 4to and small oblong folio (2)
Economics, law & politics.- McCulloch (J. R.) The Principles of Political Economy, first edition, a few spots but mostly internally clean, modern cloth, spine faded and ends lightly rubbed, Edinburgh, for William and Charles Tait, 1825 § Bilhon (J. F.) Principes D'Administration et D'Economie Politique..., light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, Paris, F. Louis, 1819 § Burlamaqui (J. J.) The Principles of Politic Law: Being a Sequel to the Principles of Natural Law, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, for J. Nourse, 1752; and 9 others, similar, 8vo (12)
NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in book form, later issue, half-title, frontispiece, pictorial title and 38 plates by Halbot K. Browne, some light offsetting, occasional spotting, secondary binding variant, blind-stamped green cloth, portion of lower cover discoloured, spine faded, joints splitting with small tear to spine head, spine ends bumped, [Eckel pp.79-81; Smith I,10] Bradbury & Evans, 8vo, 1853.⁂ This secondary binding is identical to the primary cloth of Dombey and Son [Smith I, 8].
Trollope (Anthony) The Claverings, 2 vol., first edition in book form, 16 wood-engraved plates after M. Ellen Edwards (lacking tissue guards), single leaf of advertisements at rear of each vol., vol. 2 with manuscript bookplate to pastedown, also with first 12 ff. loose (including preliminaries), some light spotting and finger soiling, some cracking to hinges, original cloth, gilt and blind-stamped in black, some toning, mainly to spines, extremities rubbed, [Sadleir 27], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1867.⁂ This cloth is the variant noted by Sadleir, as opposed to the green cloth blocked only in gilt. He makes no distinction for primacy, but suggests that this present example being slightly more ornate hints at its earlier production.
American Declaration of Independence.- Reasons assigned by the Continental Congress, for the North-American Colonies and Provinces with-drawing their Allegiance to the King of Great-Britain... A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled, pp. 261-264, title foxed, slightly browned, contemporary calf-backed boards, worn, joints splitting, spine defective, [Sabin 1614 'contains accurate accounts of the Revolutionary War'], 8vo, J. Dodsley, 1777; and another Annual Register, with 4 folding engraved maps, 1764, 8vo (2).⁂ Generally considered to be the first English printing in book form of The American Declaration of Independence. Also includes reviews of Adams Smith's Wealth of Nations and the first volume of Gibbon's Decline and Fall , both published that year.
Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first one-volume edition, late issue, half-titles, additional pictorial title and 40 wood-engraved plates by Marcus Stone, advertisement leaf at end, bookplate to endpapers, original cloth, small split to upper joint, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, [Eckel pp.94-5; Smith I,15], Chapman and Hall, 8vo, 1865.⁂ The additional pictorial title is a variant with Chapman and Hall's address given as 'Henrietta Street', where the publishers moved in 1880, as opposed to 'Piccadilly'. This may explain the variant green cloth.
Trollope (Anthony) Can You Forgive Her?, 2 vol., 40 wood-engraved plates, very occasional light spotting, heavier to endpapers, Chapman and Hall, 1864-65; Phineas Finn, 2 vol., 20 wood-engraved plates after J. E. Millais, tissue guards, occasional light spotting, vol. 1 joints scuffed, Virtue & Co., 1869; Phineas redux, 2 vol., 24 wood-engraved illustrations after Frank Holl, half-titles, joints and corners a little scuffed, original blue cloth covers bound in, with spines laid down to lower covers at rear, Chapman and Hall, 1874, first editions in book form, contemporary half calf or morocco, [Sadleir 19, 30 & 41], 8vo (6)⁂ A good group of titles from the Palliser series.
Management Science.- Taylor (Frederick Winslow) The Priciples of Scientific Management, lacking front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to half-title, spine slightly darkened, [PMM 403], 1911; Shop Management, folding table, light sunning to spine, 1911, first trade editions, original cloth; and the 1947 first combined edition including his testimony before the special house of representatives committee, 8vo (3)⁂ Frist trade editions of Taylor's landmark works on management science, the first voted the most influential management book of the twentieth century.
NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol. in 1, first edition bound from the original parts, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, occasional spotting and soiling but generally clean, near contemporary handsome green straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt but a little faded, 8vo, 1840.
NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles editor) The Pic Nic Papers, 3 vol., first edition, frontispieces and 11 etched and lithographed plates by George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne and Day & Haghe, after Cruikshank, Browne and R. J. Hamerton, vol. 1 with small marginal repair to D3, occasional scattered spotting, bookplates of Thomas A. Stillman and Jessie Stillman Taylor, crushed green half morocco gilt by Mansell, spines gilt in compartments with initials "G. C." to foot, light rubbing to extremities, [Eckel pp.143-5], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1841.⁂ This copy agrees with that cited by Eckel except that it does not contain the rare misprint on p.iii of the introduction, 'publisher young'. However, neither does it have the imprint of Cox & Son on the verso of the title page of volume I, which is cited by Eckel as a sign of a later issue.
Plautus (Titus Maccius) Marcus Accius Plautus, ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum emendatus, edited by Denis Lambin, first edition, title with large woodcut printer's device, charming woodcut head-pieces, historiated and decorative initials, ruled throughout in red, errata and privilege ff. at end, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf panels with gilt arabesque centre-pieces laid onto modern calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, contemporary panels themselves worn in places, a wide-margined copy, [Adams P1500], folio (348 x 210mm.), Paris, [Jean Le Blanc, junior for] Jean Macé, October, 1576.⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first edition of this important and handsomely printed edition of Plautus. Lambin was Professor of Latin, and later Greek, at the Collège de France. Provenance: 'Bought this book at Chartres in France 1719' and a related bibliographical note beneath (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Trollope (Anthony) Miss MacKenzie, 2 vol., half-titles, single advertisement sheet at end of vol. 2, ink ownership inscriptions front endpapers, last 13 ff. upper fore-edge corner lightly soiled, occasional spotting and marginal soiling, vol. 1 front endpapers soiled, Chapman and Hall, 1865; An Editor's Tales, half-title, 1p. of advertisements at rear, W. H. Smiths blindstamp to endpaper, Strahan & Co., 1870; The Golden Lion of Granpere,16pp. publishers advertisements at end, very occasional spotting, hinges cracked, Tinsley Brothers, 1872 , first editions, original cloth, some toning, light scuffing and bumping, [Sadleir 20, 34 & 38]; and 3 others, original cloth, 8vo (9)
Nicholson (Renton) Dombey and Daughter: a Moral Fiction, first edition, 12 wood-cut illustrations, double-page text column, some spotting or finger-soiling to margins, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, lightly faded, tall 8vo, [1847].⁂ A biting parody of Dicken's Dombey and Son by the promoter of the scandalous 'Judge and Jury' entertainments.
Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, occasional scattered spotting or light marginal finger soiling, original first state olive green cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, spine and cover margins toned, small chip spine foot, light bumping to spine ends and corners, but a sharp and excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I,11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854.
Children's.- Steuart or Stewart (Walter, of Edinburgh) The ABC with the shorter Catechisme Appointed by the General Assembly to be a Directory for Catechising of such as are of a weaker Capacity, manuscript, title and 21pp., in black letter and roman script, browned, later ink inscription: "The Gift of Hary Barclay Esqr to Grissell Baillie Mellerstain Janr. 1742", 19th century bookplate of Sir Charles Philip Huntington on front pastedown, hinges a little weak, 19th century gilt panelled calf, upper joint splitting, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1714.⁂ Provenance: (1). Mellerstain House, Gordon, Scottish Borders. Home of the Baillie family, now owned by the Earl of Haddington (2). Sir Charles Philip Huntington, first Baronet (c. 1833-1906), British industrialist and Member of Parliament.
East Asia.- Laures (Johannes) Kirishitan Bunko, A Manual of Books and Documents on the Early Christian Missions in Japan, first edition, very light spotting, some staining to last few leaves, mostly unopened, original upper printed wrapper bound in (some tape marks), contemporary cloth, tan morocco label to spine, lightly rubbed, lower cover with patch of staining, spine ends bumped, Tokyo, Sophia University, 1940 § Salaman (Malcolm C., editor) Elizabeth Keith, no. 9 in the Masters of the Colour Print series, 8 tipped-in colour plates by Elizabeth Keith with captioned tissue-guards, bookplate of M. Sheldon Ridge, publisher's review slip tipped-in to front free endpaper, some light scattered spotting, mostly to endpapers, original boards, paper labels to upper cover and spine, lightly rubbed and toned, a few chips to spine ends, 1933, 4to (2)⁂ The second depicting mainly Korean scenes, but also some of China and Hong Kong.
NO RESERVE Delany (Patrick) Eighteen Discourses and Dissertations upon Various very Important and Interesting Subjects, first edition, lacking initial errata leaf, L3 with small marginal loss, 2B2 with ink-stain to verso, scattered spotting, later half-morocco, bumping to corners and extremities, rubbed, 8vo, 1766.
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[Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". The Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, advertisement f. to vol. 1, vol. 3 with 16pp. advertisements at end, hinges weak, contents shaken, bookplates of C. P. Currie to pastedowns, original cloth (Carter variant B), vol. 1 with splitting to joints, spine ends and corners bumped with some fraying to spine ends, rubbing to extremities, [Carter, Binding Variants, pp.110-111; Sadleir 816], William Blackwood & Sons, 1860; and 4 others, the 1873 new edition of Middlemarch, 8vo (7)
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Lara, A Tale, fourth edition, 4 engraved plates, 1 trimmed, 2 short marginal tears (pp.55-57), scattered faint spotting, contemporary owner's ink signature to title, previous owner's ink signature to endpapers, near contemporary morocco, gilt, g.e., slight rubbing to joints and extremities, 1814 § Yeats (Jack B.) The Amaranthers, first edition, half-title, previous owner's pencil signature, faint spotting to title, original cloth, small tear to spine head, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1936; and others, a mixed group, v.s. (34)
Machiavelli (Niccolò) Oeuvres de Machiavel. Nouvelle Edition. Augmenté de l'Anti-Machiavel & autres pieces, 6 vol., half-titles, titles in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, vol. 3 1 folding plate and 7 folding tables, some light damp-staining (mainly vol. 1 and 3, mostly top edge), contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, vol. 1 spine and lower joint chipped, spine ends a little worn, small 8vo, The Hague, 1740⁂ The first edition of Machiavelli's works to include the rebuttal of Machiavelli's 'The Prince', composed by Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) and edited by Voltaire, here printed in vol. 6 as a parallel text as stipulated by Frederick.
New Naturalist.- Fitter (R. S. R.) London's Natural History, first edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, small tear and loss to spine head, chipping to corners and extremities, 1945 § Stamp (L. Dudley) Britain's Structure and Scenery, first edition, short tears to edges,1946 § Imms (A. D.) Insect Natural History, first edition, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1947 § Pearsall (W. H.) Mountains and Moorlands, first edition, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, cracked hinges, small library label to spine foot, 1950; plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket; and others from the New Naturalist series, mixed editions, 8vo (36)
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Natural History.- Skues (G. E. M.) The Way of a Trout with a Fly, first edition, 1921; Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies, first edition, 1910, frontispieces, scattered spotting, original cloth, gilt, slight rubbing to corners and extremities § Witherby (H. F.) A Practical Handbook of British Birds. 2 vol., 30 plates, of which 11 colour, illustrations, scattered spotting, near contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, 1920 § Coston (H. E. Towner), F. T. K Pentelow & T. W. Butcher. River Management, the Lonsdale Library vol. XXIV, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original buckram backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, small tear to top edge, slight chipping and small loss to spine extremities, n.d.; and others similar, v.s. (c.40)
Trollope (Anthony) North America, 2 vol., 32pp. of advertisements dated October 1862 at rear vol. 1, half-titles, folding map (torn with tape repair, no loss, creased), bookplates, vol. 1 upper hinge with paper repair, lower cracked, initial pages with glue staining at gutter, very occasional light spotting or soiling, original cloth, spines sunned, spine ends a little torn, Chapman and Hall, 1862; South Africa, 2 vol., half-titles, folding colour map (with tear, no loss), double-page colour plate, 32pp. of advertisements dated November 1877 at rear vol. 2, vol. 1 gutter cracking at p.128, light spotting to initial pages, original cloth, spines toned, some light soiling and bumping, 1878, first editions [Sadleir 14, 48]; and a copy of West Indies and the Spanish Main, second edition, 8vo (5)
Trollope (Anthony) How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland, first edition, colour map frontispiece, 14 lithographed plates and 2 mounted photographic plates, foxing throughout (including to plates), hinges weak, original blue cloth, gilt, some soiling, spine toned, extremities rubbed, g.e., [Sadleir 51], 4to, Virtue & Co., 1878.
Trollope (Anthony) Mr Scarborough's Family, 3 vol., first edition in book form, 32pp. of advertisements dated March 1883 to end of vol. 1, vol. 2 and 3 only with half-titles, vol. 2 library stamp to rear endpaper verso (coming loose), vol. 2 p.157 soiled, hinges renewed, original green-blue cloth decorated in brown, recased, spines very lightly toned, some light surface wear and soiling, a few very small tears at spine ends, [Sadleir 66], 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1883.
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NO RESERVE [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll".- [Reed (Latham R.)] Frankie in Wonderland. With apologies to Lewis Carroll, the original and pre-historian of the New Deal, first edition, original wrappers, some light marking and fading, 8vo, New York, 1934.⁂ A scarce anti-New Deal pamphlet.
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