Agriculture in Scotland 21 volumes, comprising Wight, Andrew. Present State of Husbandry in Scotland. Edinburgh: W. Strahan [&c.], 1778-1784, 4 volumes in 6, 8vo, volumes 1-2 contemporary calf gilt, volumes 3-6 original boards, uncut, those in boards lightly rubbed; Maxwell, Robert. Select transactions of the Honourable The Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland. Edinburgh: Paton &c., 1743. First edition, 8vo, folding plate, signed by Maxwell beneath authenticity statement on title page verso, contemporary calf, gilt; Robertson, James. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth. Perth, 1799. First edition, 8vo, folding map, original wrappers, uncut; Young, David. Agriculture the Primary Interest of Great Britain. Edinburgh, 1788. 8vo, contemporary quarter calf, dampstained at beginning, rubbed; [Lindsay, Patrick] The Interest of Scotland Considered... Agriculture. Edinburgh, 1733, 8vo, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt; [Linen Manufacture] A Collection of the Acts in Parliament... relating to the Linen Manufacture. Edinburgh, 1751, 8vo, contemporary calf, lacks front free endpaper; Young, David. National Improvements upon Agriculture. Edinburgh, 1785. 8vo, Geo Dempster's copy, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco label; Mackenzie, Henry. Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1799, volume 1 only, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt; Naismith, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydesdale. Glasgow, 1798, 8vo, folding map, original boards, uncut; Anderson, James. Essays relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Edinburgh, 1784-96, Third edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, modern quarter calf, morocco labels; Sinclair, Sir John. Address to the Society for the Improvement of British Wool, constituted at Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1791. 8vo, original wrappers, slightly rubbed; Robinson, John. Letter to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. London, 1794. 4to, disbound; Douglas, Robert. General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk. Edinburgh, 1787, 8vo, folding maps, 1 folding plate, contemporary half calf, joints split; Kames, Lord. The Gentleman Farmer. Edinburgh, 1798, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, title slightly torn and spotted, contemporary calf, rubbed; [Clerk-Maxwell, George] Observations on the Method of growing of Wool in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1756, 8vo, marbled wrappers, some spotting; and 2 odd vol. on agriculture (21)
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Keynes, John Maynard A Treatise on Money London: Macmillan, 1930-1935. First edition of vol. 1, 2nd volume reprinted 1935 [?2nd or 3rd edition], vol. 1 original blue-green cloth, vol. 2 original blue cloth, dustwrappers, 2nd volume with typewritten owner's name on slip pasted to front endpaper, volume ii with small tear to lower corner of dust-jacket and up the spine, slightly affecting upper cover
12 illustrated works, comprising The Island, Quarterly. 1931 4 parts in 3 volumes, 4to, plates, original wrappers lightly soiled or spotted; Graves, Robert, editor. The Owl. 1919, 2 volumes, number 1 original pictorial wrappers, number 2 original pictorial boards, rubbed; The Winter Owl. [1923], First edition, 4to, original pictorial boards, spine slightly worn; Rampant Lions Press. Portfolio One [Portfolio Two]. 1967-74, 2 volumes, 4to, loose as issued in original folders; The Adelphi Magazine. 1922. Number 1 (all published), 2 copies, limited to 25 copies, original wrappers, uncut; Wain, John. Twelve Poems for the Zodiac. 1980, number 13 of 100 copies signed by the author, 10 numbers, 8vo, all signed, original wrappers; Lane, Christine. Fourteenth Century Stained Glass. Oxford School of Art, [n.d.]. 4to, 6 hand-coloured plates, original quarter buckram, uncut (12)
Bone, Gertrude and Stephen 14 volumes, some signed, comprising Women of the Country. 1913, first edition, dustwrapper; Bone, Gertrude. The Brow of Courage. 1916, 2 copies, both first editions, one presentation copy to David Drummond Bone, the other with dustwrapper, original cloth; Bone, Gertrude. Mr Paul. 1921, 2 copies, 8vo, each one of 750 copies signed by Gertrude and Stephen Bone, woodcuts by Stephen Bone, original green cloth, uncut, dustwrappers; Bone, Gertrude. The Furrowed Earth. Woodcuts by Stephen Bone. 1921, first edition, original brown cloth; Bone, Stephen. A Set of Woodcuts by Stephen Bone, being the Illustrations to a Farmer's Life by George Bourne. 1922, limited to 55 copies on Japanese vellum, each print signed by the artist, loose in green cloth folder; Bone, David W. The Lookoutman. 1923, inscribed "To John Masefield with great affection. Item: I think this is the first book ever to be published, actually, on the High Seas!), with bookplate "Bought at the High Seas Bookshop, T.S.S. Tuscania" and"From the Library of John Masefield, O.M., Poet Laureate", dustwrapper slightly frayed; Bone, Gertrude. This Old Man. 1925, presentation copy to Mr and Mrs Gordon Bottomley, original blue cloth; Bone, Gertrude.The Cope. Medici Society, 1930, Small 8vo, number 20 of 25 copies signed by Gertrude Bone, illustrations by Stephen Bone, original vellum gilt, t.e.g; Bone, Stephen and Muirhead Bone. The English and their Country. 1951, signed by the author and illustrator, original wrappers very lightly soiled; Bone, Stephen & Mary Adshead. The Little Boy and his House. 1936. Oblong 4to, coloured lithographs, original pictorial boards; Bone, David W. Merchantman Rearmed. 1949. 4to, one of 160 copies of the special edition signed by the author, plates by Muirhead Bone, original blue quarter morocco, t.e.g., in original cardboard packaging; Bone, Gavin. Anglo-Saxon Poetry. 1943, presentation copy to Oswald B. Powell from Muirhead & Gertrude Bone, original paper boards slightly soiled (14)
Finlay, Ian Hamilton A collection Two prints, comprising: Dove, dead in its snows & Apollo and Daphne, design for a wall; [and a collection of books and paper ephemera:] Six Proposals for the improvement of Stockwood Park Nurseries in the Borough of Luton. Little Sparta, Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorne Press, 1985/6. One of 250 copies, with a typed letter, signed, from Ian Hamilton Finlay gifting the book and discussing the project; Evening will come, They will Sew the Blue Sail. Ian Hamilton Finlay and the Wild Hawthorn Press 1958-1991. Edinburgh: Graeme Murray, 1991; A Wartime Garden. Edinburgh: Graeme Murray, 1990; Myths. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1991; Six Milestones. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1992; Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1986. 6 copies; The pears and frets of nettles, [n.d.] 7 copies; Saint-Just - a pack of Wild Hawthorne Press seeds; Unnatural Pebbles... Edinburgh: Graeme Murray Gallery, 1981; Instruments of Revolution. London: ICA, 1992; Lute, Lyre, Luger: chant for a Regional Occasion, 2000 voices; The Sound of a Single Swallow. Wild Hawthorne Press; Two Examples. Wild Hawthorne Press; Nature Over Again after Poussin. Glasgow: Collins Exhibition Hall, [n.d.]; The Old Stonypath Hoy. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1991; L'Idylle des Cerises. Wild Hawthorne Press, [n.d.]; Thermidor, 1ère Décade, 1989; The Wild Hawthorn Art Test. Wild Hawthorn Press, [n.d.] The Perfect Sentence. Wild Hawthorne Press, [n.d.]; Interpolations in Hegel. Wild Hawthorne Press, 1984. Inscribed and signed 'Ian'; A Bridge too Far: the First Battle of Little Sparta, 4th February 1983; A Concise Classical Dictionary, Christmas 1988, one of 250; Abrioux, Yves Homage to Ian Hamilton Finlay. London: Victoria Miro Gallery; Bann, Stephen Ian Hamilton Finlay. Shenval / Wild Hawthorne Press, 1972; and a large collection of others
Housman, Laurence and W. Somerset Maugham The Venture. An Annual of Art and Literature London: John Baillie's, 1903-05. 2 volumes, 4to, woodcuts by Charles Shannon, Charles Ricketts, Lucien Pisarro & others, inscribed in pencil 'J. |Gold Kendal, 1925, to Joanna Scott Forsyth', first volume original linen-backed pictorial boards, uncut, volume 2 original pictorial cloth, uncut, both volumes very occasionally lightly spotted, bindings lightly discoloured
Wilde, Oscar The Sphinx London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, at the Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894. 4to, First edition, one of 200 copies, decorated title-page and other illustrations by Charles Ricketts, printed in black, light red and green, original pictorial vellum gilt by Charles Ricketts, uncut, extremely small inscription of 'Joanna Forsyth' at head of front free endpaper, very small and faint pencil inscription from John Gold on first blank leaf, a few light spots to binding
![[Johnson, Samuel] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland London: W. Strahan, 1775. First edition, 8vo, finely bound in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/b96a7c24-f1d4-456d-96d2-ad4000fb3ece/468x382.jpg)
[Johnson, Samuel] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland London: W. Strahan, 1775. First edition, 8vo, finely bound in tree calf gilt by Riviere [ESTC T84319]; with a loosely inserted etching from The Gentleman's Magazine (volume 45, 1775) entitled Dr Saml Johnson's Introduction to a Highland Hut, 11.5 x 15.5cm
2 volumes, comprising Richardson, George A Treatise on the Five Orders of Architecture. London: for the Author, 1787, First edition, folio, title and text in English and French, 22 sepia aquatint plates, bookplate and signature of Sir A.E. Richardson, architect and grandson of the author of this book, George Richardson, somewhat dust-soiled, lower corner of some plates and text leaves repaired, inkstain to margin of plates towards rear, plate 7 with tear repaired, later cloth; Skelton, Joseph. Skelton's Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire. 1824. Folio, engraved title with vignette and 51 plates on india paper, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked (2)
Brenchley, Julius S. Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873. First edition, "Presented by the Publishers" blindstamp to title margin, 8vo, folding double-page chromolithograph frontispiece, 50 lithograph plates (all but 9 in colour), 1 chromolithograph & 8 wood-engraved plates & folding map with hand-colouring, original green pictorial cloth, small gilt stamp of C.L.A. on upper cover, head of spine worn, joints repaired
![Buchan, Alexander A Description of Saint Kilda [Edinburgh:] 1752. First edition, 8vo, later boards [ESTC T90139]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/5b106c46-ea14-44c0-8d27-ad4000fb5032/468x382.jpg)
Iona and Staffa 23 volumes, comprising Smith, John. The Life of St. Columba. Edinburgh, 1798, contemporary quarter calf; Saint-Fond, B.F. Travels in England, Scotland and the Hebrides. 1799, 2 volumes, plates, Lewis Library stamp removed from volume 1 title, 19th century cloth; Jameson, Robert. Mineralogy of the Scottish Isles. 1800, First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 2 folding maps, 10 plates, modern quarter calf, spotted, library stamp to titles; Britton, J. and E.W. Brayley. Beauties of England, Wales and Scotland. extract only: Islands of Invernesshire. 1808, extra-illustrated with numerous engravings and maps, half calf gilt; Maxwell, W. Iona and the Ionians. 1857, plates, original cloth; Ewing, A. The Cathedral or Abbey of Iona. [c.1880., 4to, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Maclean, J.P. An Historical... Examination of Fingal's Cave. Cincinnati, 1890, original cloth; Balfour, J.A. The Book of Arran. 1901-14, 2 volumes, 4to, limited to 550 copies, original cloth; Macleaen, L. A Historical Account of Iona. 1833, 12mo, frontispiece, original cloth; Nelson,T., publisher. Oban, Staffa and Iona. 1859, 12mo, original cloth, rebacked; and 10 others (23)
Mitchell, Joseph Reminiscences of My Life in the Highlands Chilworth and London: The Gresham Press, 1883. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map of Scotland in the front pocket of volume 1, original green cloth gilt, a little light foxing, news clippings pasted neatly to rear endpapersProvenance: Bookplates of John Philip Osbaldeston MitfordFootnote: Note: An unusual work, copies recorded on WorldCat in four libraries only
Pennant, Thomas A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides MDCCLXXII Chester: John Monk, 1774 / London: Benjamin White, 1776. 2 volumes, the second entitled 'A Tour in Scotland MDCCLXXII', the first volume with 33 plates (of 44), the second volume with a folding map and 47 plates, uniform calf with red morocco gilt labels to spines, bookplates of Edward Harris (2)
20th Century Children's Books including Barker, Cicely M. The Book of the Flower Fairies. n.d., pictorial cloth, dustwrapper; Austin, Paul B. The Wonderful Life & Adventures of Tom Thumb. Stockholm, 1954-55, 2 volumes, 12mo, illustrations by Mervyn Peake, original wrappers, owner's name on 1 title, wrappers lightly soiled; Bone, Stephen and Mary Adshead. The Little Boys & Their Boats. 1953, original cloth, dustwrapper frayed; Hennell, Thomas. Lady Filmy Fern. 1980, 3 copies, dustwrappers; Chesterton, G.K. The Coloured Lands. 1938, dustwrapper; Gorey, Edward. The Dwindling Party. A Pop-up Book. [n.d.]; Wesker, Arnold. Say Goodbye. 1974, 4to, dustwrapper; Stone, Bernard & Ralph Steadman. Quasimodo Mouse. 1984, 2 copies, both signed by author and illustrator, pictorial boards; Logue, Christopher and Wayne Anderson. The Magic Circus. 1979, 4to, signed by Logue, pictorial boards; Ratsmagic. 1979, signed by Logue, pictorial boards; Columbus, editor. Good Afternoon Children. [n.d.], pictorial yellow cloth, dustwrapper, bookplate of Duff Cooper; Bell, Quentin. The True Story of Cinderella.1957, presentation copy from Bell to Dot, pictorial boards, dustwrapper frayed with some loss to lower wrapper; Thompson, Kay. Eloise. 1957, first edition, dustwrapper lightly frayed; Gregorson, Edith R. and Peter Scott. Lemuel. 1947, number 19 of 250 copies signed by author and illustrator, brown calf, lightly rubbed; Fenolloosa, Mary. Blossoms from a Japanese Garden. 1913, coloured mounted plates, pictorial cloth slightly worn, and 11 others (31)
Scorsesby, William An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding frontispieces, 4 folding tables and 21 (of 23) plates and maps only, modern red cloth gilt, some browning, a few plates and leaves neatly repaired (2)
Scottish Highlands 4 volumes, comprising Anderson, James. An Account of the Present State of the Hebrides. Edinburgh, 1785. First edition, 8vo, folding map, fine period style speckled calf gilt, spine gilt; Cordiner, Charles. Remarkable Ruins, and Romantic Prospects, of North Britain. 1795. 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles, numerous engraved plates, contemporary half calf, spines gilt; Cordiner, Charles. Antiquities & Scenery of the North of Scotland in a Series of Letters to Thomas Pennant, Esq., London, 1780. First edition, 4to, presentation copy from the author to Capt. Alexander Dirom, 21 engraved plates, joints neatly repaired, one partly split, bookplate of L.F. Salzmann (4)
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter: a set of de-luxe editions Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First de-luxe edition, second impression; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First de-luxe edition, first impression; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First de-luxe edition, first impression; and first de-luxe editions of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows; these four works wrapped in original shrink-wrapping; all 8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt, some slight soiling to covers of first three volumes, some tears to wrapping (7)
Scottish Travel and Topography, 18 volumes, including Stoddart, John Remarks on Local Scenery & Manners in Scotland during the years 1799 and 1800. 1801, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved titles and 32 hand-coloured plates, green half morocco gilt, spines slightly faded and slightly rubbed; [Burt, Edward] Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland. London, 1754, First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed; Necker de Saussure, L.A. Voyage en Ecosse et aux Iles Hébrides. Geneva, 1821, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, folding map, engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt arms on sides of the Earl of Minto; Nouveau Recueil de Voyages au Nord de l'Europe et de l'Asie. Geneva, P. Barde, 1785 2 volumes, gilt stamped on spine 22 and 23 1 & 2 partie (including Travels by Pennant, Troel, Banks, Kenneth-Macaulay), contemporary calf, spines gilt; [Browne, James] A Critical Examination of Dr. Macculloch's Work on the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo, half calf., t.e.g.; and 8 others on the Highlands (18)
Sporting books, and Scottish Highlands 26 volumes, including Macpherson, John. Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners and Religion of the Ancient Caledonians, their posterity the Picts and the British and Irish Scots. London, 1768. First edition, 4to, new calf retaining old sides with stamp of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow on sides, some spotting; Sulivan, Richard Joseph. A Tour through parts of England, Scotland and Wales in 1779. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, modern quarter calf; Lettice, I. Letters on a Tour through various parts of Scotland. London, 1794. 8vo, 20th century blue half morocco, t.e.g.; [Sutherland, Alexander] A Summer Ramble in the Northern Highlands. Edinburgh, 1825, 12mo, contemporary half morocco, rubbed; [Botfield, B.] Journal of a Tour through the Highlands of Scotland. Norton Hall, [Privately Published], 1830. 12mo, original boards, Colquhoun, John. The Moor and the Loch. 1851. Third edition, 8vo, plates, original pictorial cloth, rubbed; [Goss, William]. Holiday Excursions of a Naturalist. 1867. First edition, presentation copy from the author with original photograph of Goss and A.L.S. bound in, cloth; Gray, Robert. The Birds of the West of Scotland including the Outer Hebrides. Glasgow, 1871, 8vo, 15 plates, original pictorial green cloth, slightly rubbed; [Hely Hutchinson, H.] Twenty Years Reminiscences of the Lews. 1871, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, original pictorial cloth gilt; Hall, Robert. The Highland Sportsman and Tourist. Fourth Year. [c.1885], 8vo, map in pocket, plates, original green cloth; Peel, C.V.A. Wild Sport in the Outer Hebrides. 1901, 8vo, pictorial cloth gilt; Gathorne-Hardy, A.E. Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod & Gun. 1900, pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded; Ross, John. The Book of the Red Deer. 1925. 4to, plates, original grey pictorial cloth gilt; Ross, John and Hugh Gunn. The Book of the Red Deer and Empire Big Game. 1925. 4to, number 176 of 500 copies, plates, original pictorial white buckram gilt, t.e.g.; Atkinson, R.H.M. Buddle & G.A. Jackson Brougham and his Early Friends. London: privately printed (Darling and Read), 1908. 3 volumes, 8vo, original quarter vellum gilt over boards, bookplates; and 5 others (26)
St Kilda: Macaulay, Kenneth A Voyage to, and History of, St. Kilda London: T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1764. First edition, 8vo, folding map, contemporary calf neatly rebacked with a modern spine, bookplate of Norman Magnus MacLeodFootnote: Note: Norman Magnus Macleod (as 26th Chief of Clan Macleod) was a proprietor of St Kilda. The islands were ultimately sold by his son soon after the evacuation of Hirta in 1930.
St Kilda: Martin, Martin A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland London: Andrew Bell, 1703. First edition, 8vo, folding map with neat repairs to the reverse, folding plate with a couple of neat repairs to the reverse, a little dust-soiling and a few spots [ESTC T94240]; [bound with] [Idem] A Voyage to St. Kilda, the remotest of all the Hebrides... London: R. Griffith, 1749. 8vo, a little dust-soiling to title and final leaf, some slight damp marks to final leaf [ESTC T175617]; contemporary calf, neatly rebacked maintaining contemporary spine
The Borders a collection of 10 volumes, comprising An Act for the better Suppressing of Theft Upon the Borders of England and Scotland, and for Discovery of High-way Men and other Felons. London: H. Hills and J. Field, 1657. Folio, [2], 9pp., sewn, in blue morocco-backed cloth folder, lettered in gilt, ties, [ESTC R30671]; Pennecuik, Alexander. A Geographical, Historical Description of the Shire of Tweeddale. Edinburgh: J. Moncur, 1715, 4to, later panelled calf, blank strip torn from lower margin of last leaf, bookplate of Thomas Scott of Earlston, worn; William, Lord Bishop of Carlisle. Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws. London: Hamilton & Balfour, 1747. 12mo, 19th century calf, rubbed, joints split; [Milne, Rev. Adam] A Description of the Parish of Melrose. Edinburgh: T.W. Ruddimans, 1743, 8vo, modern quarter calf, marbled sides; [Milne, Rev. Adam] A Description of the Parish of Melrose. Edinburgh T. & W. Ruddimans, 1748, second edition, 8vo, dsibound, title slightly soiled; Home, Francis. An Essay on the Contents and Virtues of Dunse-Spaw. Edinburgh, 1751, 8vo, contemporary quarter calf; Hutchinson, W. A View of Northumberland, with an Excursion to the Abbey of Mailross in Scotland. Newcaslte, 1778. First edition, 4to, engraved title, folding table, engraved plates & illustrations, modern half calf, spine gilt, Ridpath, George. The Border-History of England and Scotland. London, 1776. 4to, modern quarter calf, red morocco label, tears to title repaired with sellotape; [Roxburghshire] A collection of Petitions and complaints to the Lords of Council and Session, most relating to Sir John Scott of Ancrum and Patrick Kerr of Abbotrule, [c.1780], 4to, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Scot, Walter. The History of several Honourable Families of the Right Honourable Name of Scot. Edinburgh: reprinted 1776. 4to, original boards, uncut, rubbed (10)
The Borders, 2 volumes - Mackaile, Matthew Moffet-Well: or a Topographico-Spagyricall description of the Mineral Wells at Moffet in Annandale of Scotland... As also, The Oyly-Well.. at St Catharines Chappel in the Paroch of Libberton. Edinburgh: Robert Brown, 1664. First edition, 8vo, 3 parts in one volume, title within typographic border, 19th century brown morocco gilt, g.e., some leaves very slightly trimmed by the binder affecting some words, [ESTC N16384], lacks the general map, title lightly soiled; Armstrong, Mostyn John. An Actual Survey of the Great Post-Roads between London and Edinburgh. London: for the author, 1776. 8vo, engraved title and 44 maps, contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, lacks the general map, corners neatly repaired (2)
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets London: Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition, first impression with the numberline 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 to the publisher's imprint page, 8vo, original paper covered boards, dust-jacket not price-clipped, dust-jacket spine faded, some light marginal toning to leaves
Trollope, Anthony How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland London: Virtue & Co., Limited, 1878. First edition, 4to, map, 14 lithographed plates & 2 mounted photographic plates, 20th century red half morocco gilt, with a loosely inserted Woodburytype of TrollopeFootnote: Notes: The Mastiff called on St Kilda and the work includes a sketch, by Trollope, of the natives.
Bedford: Reports and Observations A collection of documents Resolutions of the Associated Architects, with the Report of a Committee...to Consider the Causes of the Frequent Fires, and the best means of Preventing the Like in Future, [n.d.] 8vo, wrappers; The Report of John Golborne Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and the Outfall of the Wisbeach River, 1769. 8vo, folding map, paper wrappers; The Report of Thomas Yeoman Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and the Outfall of the Wisbeach River, 1769. 8vo, folding plan, paper wrappers; Observations on the Bedford Charity... London, 1761. 8vo; The Report of John Smeaton, Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and the Outfall of the Wisbeach River, [n.d.]. 8vo, folding map, paper wrappers; Remarks upon That Part of the Great Bedford Level, called the North Level: in which the Causes of its First Drowning, and of its present ruinous Condition, are considered..., 1748, folded folio; A Plan for Obtaining an Act of Parliament for the better Draining of the North-Level..., [n.d.], folded folio; A State of the Revenues and Debt of the Corporation of Bedford Levels... [n.d.], folded folio (8)
![Churchill, Sir Winston Spencer A Speech by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons, August 20th, 1940. [The Baynard Press]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/aa74c5e9-eace-47a8-b4f8-ad4000fc2c9c/468x382.jpg)
![Jacobite and Emigration 33 volumes, including [Volunteer] A Journey through Part of England and Scotland along with the Army.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/d1770390-1889-42f2-9780-ad4000fc3b19/468x382.jpg)
Jacobite and Emigration 33 volumes, including [Volunteer] A Journey through Part of England and Scotland along with the Army. London, 1747, third edition, 12mo, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked; Rae, Peter. History of the Rebellion. London, 1746. Second edition, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners rubbed; Selkirk, Earl of. Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1805, First edition, presentation copy to Sir William Forbes, Forbes bookplate, contemporary speckled calf; another copy. Edinburgh, 1806. Second edition, contemporary green morocco, faded & rubbed; [Jacobites] The Spirit and Principles of the Whigs and Jacobites Compared. London, 1746. 8vo, modern calf-backed boards; [Griffiths, Ralph] Ascanius, or the Young Adventurer. London: T. Johnson, 1740, 12mo, frontsipiece, contemporary calf, rubbed; [Griffiths, Ralph] Ascanius, or the Young Adventurer. London: S. Smith, [1746], part 2 only, modern calf-backed boards; [Prestongrange, Lord.] The Occasional Writer, being an Answer to the Second Manifesto of the Pretender's Eldest Son. London, 1746. Second edition, modern quarter calf, [ESTC T26232]; Forster, Sir Michael. A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission for the Trial of the Rebels in the year 1746. 1792, 8vo, later half cloth; Brown, Robert. Strictures and Remark's on the Earl of Selkirk's Observations. Edinburgh, 1806, modern quarter calf, title repaired and laid down; Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland. 1811, 2 volumes in one, red half morocco, slightly rubbed; Sobieski, John and C.E. Stuart. Tales of the Century. Edinburgh, 1851, frontispiece, modern quarter morocco, g.e.; Mitchell, Arthur. On Various Superstitions in the North-West Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1862, 4to, original wrappers bound in, cloth; [Webb, P.C.] Remarks on the Pretender's Declaration and Commission. London, 1745, modern quarter calf; The Annals of King George, year the Second... containing also a full and compleat History of the Rebellion. London, 1717, [2nd Year of six] 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf; and 19 others, mostly Jacobite related (33)
![Lhuyd, Edward Archaeologia Britannica volume 1: Glossography [all published]. Oxford: M. Bateman, 1707. First edition, folio,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/941984f9-6d10-4bcb-8617-ad4000fc3e65/468x382.jpg)
Lhuyd, Edward Archaeologia Britannica volume 1: Glossography [all published]. Oxford: M. Bateman, 1707. First edition, folio, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked retaining contemporary spine, early ownership signature to paste-down endpaper and title, flyleaves renewed with later ownership signature, bookplate, a little light internal spotting, a few minor damp spots to margins [ESTC T116102]Footnote: Note: A pioneering work, by the Welsh polymath Edward Lhuyd, on comparative Celtic philology.
Scottish Highlands 9 volumes, comprising McNicol, Donald. Remarks on Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides. London, 1779. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to upper cover; Maxwell, W.H. Highlands and Islands. 1852, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt; Stewart, David. Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland. 1825, Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red half calf, spines gilt; Grant, J.P. Memoir and Correspondence of Mrs Grant of Laggan. 1844, 3 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, black half morocco, Mount Stuart bookplates; Blackie, John S. Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands, 1876, contemporary half morocco, spine slightly faded (9)
![Scottish History, 11 Books including [Skene, Alexander] Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burgh in Scotland. Aberde](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7585ab16-9d02-401a-8ea4-ad4000cd8dfd/5d74450f-2a73-4614-8a6d-ad4000fc498a/468x382.jpg)
Scottish History, 11 Books including [Skene, Alexander] Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burgh in Scotland. Aberdeen: J. Forbes, 1685. First edition, 8vo, 19th century calf, a few running titles slightly shaved, corner of A2 torn with loss of a few letters, rubbed, bookplate of Monte Rosa Aberdeen signed John Morgan, [ESTC R38926]; [Welwood, James] Reasons why the Parliament of Scotland cannot comply with the Late K. James's Proclamation. London: D. Newman, 1689. 4to, modern quarter calf, [ESTC R2126]; Fuller, William. A Full Demonstration that the Pretended Prince of Wales was the Son of Mrs Mary Grey. London: for the author, 1702. 8vo, disbound, [ESTC T40314]; [Spottiswood, John] A Speech one of the Barons of the Shire of B--- at a Meeting of the Barons and Freeholders. [Edinburgh ?, 1702], 4to, modern quarter calf, [ESTC T49694]; [Kirkwood, James] A Memorial concerning the Disorders of the Highlands, Especially the Northern Parts thereof. Edinburgh, 1703. 4to, quarter cloth, [ESTC T79088]; [Wildman, Sir John] The Pretender an Impostor. London: Booksellers, 1711. 8vo, boards, morocco lettering piece, slight browning, [ESTC T103526]; [Hickes, George] Some Queries... in order to prove the Legitimacy of the Pretender. London: S. Popping 1712; [Barrington, John Shute, Viscount] A Dissuasive from Jacobitism. London: J. Baker, 1713. [ESTC N2926 ]; Asgill, John The Pretender's Declaration Abstracted. London: A. Baldwin, 1713, [ESTC T44259]; [Idem] The Succession of the House of Hannover Vindicated, against the Pretender's Second Declaration. London: J. Roberts, 1714, 4 works in one volume, calf, lacks upper cover; Justice done to the Late Ministry 8vo, second edition, slight dampstain, bound with 2 others, calf-backed cloth; [another copy] London: J. Baker, 1715. Third edition, 8vo, modern calf-backed cloth; [Lord Lovat] An Answer to a Dangerous Pamphlet, entitled, a Candid and Impartial Account of the Behaviour of Simon, Lord Lovat. London: C. Corbett, [1747], 8vo, disbound, [ESTC T4560]; [Scotland, Parliament] An Account of the Proceedings of the Parliament of Scotland, which met at Edinburgh May 6, 1703. 1704. 8vo, modern quarter calf, [ESTC T84508]; Gentleman's Magazine 1745, volume 15, contemporary calf, rubbed (11)
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[Radcliffe, Ann] The Romance of the Forest London: T. Hookham and J. Carpenter, 1791. First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, contemporary half calf gilt, bookplates of Lucy Scott and ownership signatures of Anne of Harden, a relative of the author, tears and repairs to the final few leaves of volume 1 with slight loss to text, and to pp.87-88 of volume 3 but without loss, a little spotting to a few leaves (3)
1920s Literature 13 volumes, including Muir, Edwin. First Poems. Hogarth Press, 1925, original marbled boards, owner's name on front endpaper; Manhood, H.A. Nightseed. 1928, dustwrapper; Hartley, L.P. Simonetta Perkins. 1925, original cloth-backed boards, owner's name on endpaper; Davies, Rhys. The Song of Songs and other Stories. 1927, number 15 of 100 copies signed by the author, original wrappers slightly faded; Graves, Robert. Country Sentiment. 1920. First edition, original boards, dustwrapper; Pound, Ezra. Anthell and the Treatise on Harmony. Chicago, 1927, 1st U.S. edition, original cloth; Wodehouse, P.G. My Man Jeeves. [1920], Second edition, original boards, some spotting; Walpole, Hugh. The Thirteen Travellers. [n.d.], long autograph inscription by the author, original green boards; Graves, Robert. Poems 1926-1930. 1931, frayed dustwrapper; On English Poetry. 1922, original cloth; Graham, R.B.C. Bibi. 1929, number 29 of 250 copies signed by the author, original cloth, dustwrapper; Jones, Henry Festing. Castellinaria and other Sicilian Diversions. 1920, presentation copy inscribed for Dorothy Bennett, dustwrapper; Diversions in Sicily. 1920, presentation copy inscribed for Arnold Bennett, both with dustwrappers (13)
1930s Literature 14 volumes, including Llewellyn, Richard. How Green was my Valley. 1939, number 178 of 200 copies signed by the author, original buckram, spine darkened; Riding, Laura. Four Unposted Letters to Catherine. Paris: Hours Press, [1930], number 7 of 200 copies signed by the authoress, original calf-backed pictorial boards, the spine defective; Davies, W.H. Ambition and other Poems. 1929, number 75 of 210 copies signed by the author, original green morocco-backed cloth, dustwrapper; Lawrence, D.H. The Triumph of the Machine. Drawings by Althea Willoughby. 1930, number 164 of 400 copies, original green boards; Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. 1937, first edition, original cloth, somewhat spotted, binding worn and soiled; Bracey, Axel. Flower on Loyalty. Rich & Cowan, [n.d.], dustwrapper; Faulkner, William. Pylon. New York: H. Smith & R. Haas, 1935. Second printing, dustwrapper slightly rubbed; [Doolittle, Hilda] The Hedgehog. Brendin Publishing Co., 1936. 4to, original green boards, spine a bit worn and dampstained at foot, dustwrapper spine discoloured and worn at ends; Wolfe, Humbert. The Uncelestial City. 1930, number 294 of 400 copies signed by the author, original cloth, dustwrapper; Goodchild, George. Q33. 1933, dustwrapper; Campbell, Roy. The Georgiad. 1931, number 34 of 170 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g.; Muir, Edwin. The Three Brothers. 1931, first edition, dustwrapper slightly frayed; Ressich, John. Dago Red. 1932, dustwrapper spine frayed and slightly soiled; McKenna, Stephen. Superstition. [1932], dustwrapper, short tear to upper panel (14)
1940s Literature 73 Books Sartre, Jean-Paul The Age of Reason. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1947. First English edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; Messens, E.L.T. Troisième Front, poèmes de Guerre... London: Gallery Editions, 1944. 8vo, number 223 of 500 signed copies, original wrappers; Sansom, William Fireman Flower. London: The Hogarth Press, 1944. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Stonier, G.W. The Memoirs of Ghost. London: Grey Walls Press Limited, 1947. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Gardiner, Wrey Sharp Scorpions. Billericay: Grey Walls Press, 1941. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Tagore, Rabindranath The Parrot's Training, and other Stories. Calcutta: Visva-Bharati, 1944. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but with a few closed tears, ownership inscription; Bowes Lyon, Lilian Collected Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, bookplate of Naomi Mitchison and a loosely inserted affectionate ALS from Lilian Bowes Lyon to Naomi Mitchison, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Prokosch, Frederic Death at Sea. London: Chatto & Windus, 1940. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Rogers, W.R. Awake! and other poems. London: Secker & Warburg, 1941. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, ownership signature of Sidney Goodsir-Smith; Brittain, Vera England's Hour. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1941. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, inscribed from Vera Brittain to Avis B. Falconer; Forester, C.S. Lord Hornblower. London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but with some rubbing to lower cover; and 62 others (73)
1950s Literature 14 volumes, comprising Wyndham, John. The Chrysalids. 1955, first edition, dustwrapper; Hoggart, Richard. Auden. 1951, dustwrapper price clipped, inscribed by author on title; Spark, Muriel. The Fanfarlo and other Verse. original buff wrappers; Powys, John Cowper. The Inmates. 1952, dustwrapper; Powys, John Cowper. Atlantis. 1954, dustwrapper; Cary, Joyce. A Fearful Joy. Publisher's file copy stamped "File Copy Michael Joseph Ltd" on upper wrappers and title page, proof wrappers with frayed dustwrapper; Braine, John. The Vodi. 1959, proof copy, publisher's wrappers marked "Proof"; Linklater, Eric. Position at Noon. 1958, number 257 of 250 copies signed by author and artist, original cloth; Causley, Charles. Poems in Pamphlet. Hand and Flower Press, 1951, presentation copy and with A.L.S. to Philip Abrams from the author, original wrappers slightly faded; Hillary, Edmund. High Adventure. 1955, first edition, signed by author on half-title, inscription, not from author, on endpaper, dustwrapper slightly frayed; King, Martin Luther. Stride Towards Freedom. Gollancz, 1959, first British edition, dustwrapper; Wheatley, Dennis. The Rape of Venice. 1959, dustwrapper; Williamson, Henry. Love and the Loveless. 1958, dustwrapper; Williamson, Henry. How Dear is Life. 1954, dustwrapper, closed tear to head of spine; Fleming, Ian. From Russia with Love. 1957, reprinted, dustwrapper somewhat frayed (14)
Designs by George Rae and Jesse Hall Architectural plans, elevations, and detail drawings for Rae, George Plans, Elevations Sections and Detail Drawings for the property of John Buddo, Esq. [Seaton House, The Scores, St Andrews], c.1864, comprising 12 coloured drawings, quarter calf album, 40 x 28cm some dust-soiling; [Idem] [A property on] North Street, St Andrews, 1845, comprising 8 coloured drawings signed by Rae, paper wrappers, some soiling and chipping to drawings; Hall, Jesse Plans, Elevations & Sections of Buildings to be Erected for John Paterson Esq., St Andrews, 1856 [St Katharine's Lodge, The Scores], comprising 8 coloured drawings, each signed J.Hall, limp album, 33 x 27cm, some dust-soiling (3)Footnote: Note: George Rae was St Andrews's first native architect, designing many buildings in the town. Seaton House now comprises half of the Best Western Scores Hotel. St Katharine's Lodge now houses the School of History at the University of St Andrews.
19th century 2 and 3 volume novels comprising Smith, Horace. Brambletye House. 1826, Second edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf, 'Loyal Alyth Public Library' stamp to titles; [Cooper, John Fenimore] The Water Witch. 1830. First British edition, 3 volumes, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spines, no half-titles, rubbed; Galt, John. Southennan. 1830, First edition, 3 volumes, original boards, half-titles in 2 volumes only, some spotting, worn; Morier, James. Zohrab the Hostage. 1832. Second edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf, no half-titles, rubbed; Mitford, Mary Russell. Belford Regis. 1835. First edition, 3 volumes, cloth-backed boards, Library labels to endpapers, some leaves of vol. 2 soiled, Peebles Institution Library stamps to titles; James, G.P.R. Ticonderoga, or the Black Eagle. 1854, 3 volumes, original blue cloth, bindings rather soiled and rubbed; [Yonge, Charlotte] Hopes and Fears. 1860. First edition, 2 volumes, original cloth, last few leaves of vol. 2 stained; Scott, Walter. The Monastery. Edinburgh, 1830. 3 volumes, 19th century calf, spines gilt; The Abbot. 1820, 3 volumes, 19th century half calf, slightly rubbed; Woodstock. 1826, 3 volumes, 19th century half calf, rubbed; [Haliburton, T.C.] The Attaché or Sam Slick in England. 1843, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf; [Logan, Eliza] Restalrig or the Forefeiture. Edinburgh, 1829, 2 volumes, original boards, recently rebacked with grey cloth, new endpapers; sold not subject to return (33)
Amis, Martin 18 first editions, many signed Money. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Einstein's Monsters. London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; London Fields. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Time's Arrow. London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; Visiting Mrs Nabokov. London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Information. London: Flamingo, 1995. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Night Train. London: Jonathan Cape, 1997. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Heavy Water, and other stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Experience. London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; The War Against Cliché. London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Koba the Dread. London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Yellow Dog. London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; House of Meetings. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped, leaflet for Edinburgh Book Festival event enclosed; The Second Plane. London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Pregnant Widow. London: Jonathan Cape, 2010. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Lionel Asbo. London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Zone of Interest. London: Jonathan Cape, 2014. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Inside Story. London: Jonathan Cape, 2020. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped
Aurobindo, Sri Sri Aurobindo on Himself and on the Mother Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1953. First edition, 8vo, signed and inscribed by Mirra Alfassa to the front free-endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped, some internal browning, slight dust-soiling to a few leaves and dust-jacket
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Banks, Iain A collection of 16 first editions, several signed The Wasp Factory. London: Macmillan, 1984; Walking on Glass. London: Macmillan, 1985; The Bridge. London: Macmillan, 1986; Espedair Street. London: Macmillan, 1987. Signed and inscribed to a "fellow DC9-ex & returned exile - fanks fur the lift, pal"; Canal Dreams. London: Macmillan, 1989. Signed and inscribed; The Crow Road. London: Scribners, 1992. Signed; Complicity. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Signed and inscribed; Whit, or Isis Amongst the Unsaved. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1995. Signed and inscribed; A Song of Stone. London: Abacus, 1997. Signed and inscribed; The Business. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. Signed; Dead Air. London: Little Brown, 2002. Signed; Raw Spirit, London: Century, 2003. Signed; Transition. London: Little, Brown, 2009. Signed and inscribed; Stonemouth. London: Little Brown, 2012. Signed, Foyles sticker to the upper cover; The Quarry. London: Little Brown, 2013; these all in first edition with unclipped dust-jackets, 8vo; [and] The Steep Approach to Garbadale, cloth bound edition in slipcase, in cellophane wrapper with Waterstone's 'signed by the author' sticker; with and a signed paperback copy of The Wasp Factory (17)
Banks, Iain M A collection of 10 first editions, several signed Against a Dark Background. London: Orbit, 1993. Price-clipped dust-jacket; Feersum Endjin. London: Orbit, 1994. Signed; Excession. London: Orbit, 1996. Signed and inscribed; Inversions. London: Orbit, 1998. Signed; Look to Windward. London: Orbit, 2000. Signed; The Algebraist. London: Orbit, 2004. Signed; Matter. London: Orbit, 2008. Signed; Surface Detail. London: Orbit, 2010; The Hydrogen Sonata. London: Orbit, 2012; Macleod, Ken - Iain M. Banks, introduction The Human Front. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2001. Number 48 of 400 copies signed by the authors; all 8vo, with dust-jackets (10)
Barnes, Julian Metroland; Flaubert's Parrot; Before She... Metroland. London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author below the title, original grey cloth, dust-jacket price-clipped, small note in red ink to rear free-endpaper; Before She Met Me. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author below the title, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Flaubert's Parrot. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author below the title, dust-jacket not price-clipped (3)
Bates, Herbert Ernest A collection of works The Vanished World. London: Michael Joseph, 1969. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and another copy; [Idem] The Blossoming World. London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and two further copies; [Idem] Seven by Five. London: Michael Joseph, 1963. Uncorrected proof copy, 8vo, original wrappers; [Idem] A Love of Flowers. London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and another copy; [Idem] A Fountain of Flowers. London: Michael Joseph, 1974. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and another copy; [Idem] The World in Ripeness. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Song of the Wren. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] A Crown of Wild Myrtle. London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] When the Green Woods Laugh. London: Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped, some dampstaining; [Idem] Oh! To be in England. London: Michael Joseph, 1963. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Triple Echo. London: Michael Joseph, 1970. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] Death of a Huntsman. London: Michael Joseph, 1957. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but a little worn; [Idem] The Feast of July. London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] A Breath of French Air. London: Michael Joseph, 1959. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] A Moment in Time. London: Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Daffodil Sky. London: Michael Joseph, 1955. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Scarlet Sword. London: Michael Joseph, 1950. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but a little chipped; and another copy; [Idem] Fair Stood the Wind for France. London: Michael Joseph/The Book Society, 1944. 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but with some chips and tears; [Idem] Seven by Five, 7x5. London: Michael Joseph, 1963. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] The Cruise of the Breadwinner. London: Michael Joseph, 1943. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but worn; and another copy, clipped; [Idem] There's Something in the Air. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First American edition, ownership stamps of Archibald Knox; [Idem] The Jacaranda Tree. London: Michael Joseph, 1949. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped (29)
Boyd, William A collection of 19 signed works An Ice-Cream War. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. 8vo, first edition, signed; On the Yankee Station. London: Penguin, 1982. 8vo, softcover, signed; Stars and Bars. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1984. 8vo, first edition, signed; The New Confessions. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 8vo, first edition, signed; Brazzaville Beach. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990. 8vo, first edition, signed; The Blue Afternoon. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. 8vo, first edition, signed; The Destiny of Nathalie 'X'. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. 8vo, first edition, signed; Nat Tate, an American Artist, 1928-1960. Cambridge: 21 Publishing Ltd, 1998. 8vo, first edition, signed; Armadillo. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1998. 8vo, first impression, signed; Any Human Heart. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2002. 8vo, first edition, signed; Fascination. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2004. 8vo, first impression, signed; Bamboo. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005. 8vo, first edition, signed; Restless. London: Bloomsbury, 2006. 8vo, first impression, signed; Waiting for Sunrise. London: Bloomsbury, 2012. 8vo, third impression, signed; Solo. London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. 8vo, first impression, signed; Sweet Caress. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. 8vo, first impression, signed; The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth. London: Viking, 2017. 8vo, first impression, signed; Love is Blind - the Rapture of Brodie Moncur. London: Viking, 2018. 8vo, first impression, signed with book signing ticket loosely inserted; Trio, a Novel. London: Viking, 2020. 8vo, first impression, signed; all hardcover works with unclipped dust-jackets (19)
Brown, George Mackay 14 volumes, including 6 signed copies Letters to Gypsy. 1990. First edition, signed by author on title, dustwrapper; In the Margins of a Shakespeare. The Old Stile Press, 1991, number 155 of 220 copies signed by the author and illustrator, Llewellyn Thomas, original blue paper-backed brown boards, slipcase; Selected Poems 1954-1983. 1991. First edition, signed and with inscription "Midsummer Greetings to you Malcolm, 17 June 1991 "The Black Pig", Kirkwall", dustwrapper; Selected Poems. 1977, signed by the author on title "2 August 1977, Stromness, Orkney", dustwrapper; Christmas Tales. The Old Celtic Cross Press, 2010, number 998 of 125 copies signed by Rosemary Roberts, original two tone blue cloth, uncut, mint condition; The Son of the Fisherman. The Old Celtic Cross Press, 2002, number 159 of 165 copies, original two tone cloth, uncut, mint condition; Orfeo. The Celtic Cross Press, 1995, number 157 of 175 copies, signed by the author and illustrator, Rosemary Roberts, original blue cloth, uncut, mint condition; The Year of the Whale. 1965. First edition, 2 copies, dustwrapper spines discoloured; Epiphany Tales. Celtic Cross Press, 2009. One of 145 numbered copies signed by Roberts, original wrappers; Harvard, Seven Choruses. The Celtic Cross Press, 2013. One of 125 numbered copies signed by Roberts, original wrappers; Foresterhill. Babel, 1992. Number 9 of 50 copies signed by the author, from a total edition of 300 copies, original wrappers; Island Wedding. The Celtic Cross Press, 2005, number 95 of 145 copies signed by Rosemary Roberts, original wrappers; Greenvoe. 1972, first edition, dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; Jabberwock. Edinburgh University Review, Summer 1950, with 2 articles extensively annotated in pencil, possibly by G.M.B., original wrappers (14)
Brown, George Mackay 13 volumes, 6 signed by the author, comprising Greenvoe, 1972, First edition, dustwrapper; Letters to Gypsy. 1990, signed by the author on title-page, inscription (not by GMB) on endpaper, dustwrapper; Selected Poems. 1991, signed by the author on title-page, dustwrapper; The Sun's Net. 1976, signed by the author on title, and with 'Michael Curtis' written by GMB, dustwrapper; The Two Fiddlers. 1974, signed by the author and illustrator, Ian MacInnes, on title, dustwrapper; Orfeo, a Masque. The Celtic Cross Press, 1995, number 169 of 175 copies signed by the author and illustrator, Rosemary Roberts, original pictorial cloth, uncut; Island Wedding. The Celtic Cross Press, 2005, number 93 of 145 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original wrappers, uncut; Havard Seven Choruses. The Celtic Cross Press, 2013, number 51 of 125 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original pictorial wrappers, uncut; Keepers of the House. The Old Stile Press, 1986. Tall thin 4to, illustrated by Gillian Martin, number 156 of 225 copies, signed by artist and illustrator, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase; Sea Stories. The Celtic Cross Press, 2008, number 105 of 125 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original grey and blue pictorial cloth, uncut; The Poor Man in his Castle. The Celtic Cross Press, 2004, number 33 of 135 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original brown and buff pictorial cloth, uncut; Epiphany Tales. The Celtic Cross Press, 2009, number 91 of 145 copies signed by the artist, Rosemary Roberts, original wrappers, uncut; Foresterhill. Schondorf am Ammersee: Babel, 1992, limited to 300 copies, original wrappers (13)
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett A collection of works, comprising A Drama of Exile. New York: Langley, 1845, FIRST EDITION, volume 1 only, original cloth [Barnes A5a]; ii) Two Poems. Chapman & Hall, 1854, FIRST EDITION, original wrappers [Barnes A9]; iii) Last Poems. Chapman & Hall, 1862, FIRST EDITION, second impression, full blue morocco by Lefort [Barnes A13]; iv) The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. New York: Miller, 1867, 3 volumes, original cloth [Barnes E53]; v) The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. New York: Macmillan, 1897, 2 volumes, three-quarter calf [Barnes E222], worn with lower boards detached; vi) Lady Geraldine's Courtship. New York: G.P. Putnam's and Sons, [c.1903-04], thin 32mo, "vest pocket" edition, full red morocco, worn, a few pages loose; vii) The Poet's Enchiridion. Massachusetts: The Bibliophile Society, 1914, one of 500 copies, original vellum backed boards [Barnes B8]; mostly 8vo, worn, some spotting and browning (10)Provenance: ii) John Whipple Frothingham, bookplate; iii) Walter Thomas Wallace, New Jersey, bookplate; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 22 March 1920, lot 108; vii) Roswell Field, bookplate and ownership inscription dated 1914
Browning, Robert A collection of works, 1837-1936, comprising i) Strafford: An Historical Tragedy. Longman, Rees, Orme [&c.], 1837, FIRST EDITION, 2pp. publisher's adverts at end, original wrappers, collector's chemise and slipcase, lower corner of upper wrapper rubbed; ii) The Statue and the Bust. Edward Moxon, 1855 [but Richard Clay and Sons, c.1890], WISE FORGERY, full olive morocco by Tout; iii) Cleon. Edward Moxon, 1855 [but Richard Clay and Sons, c.1890], WISE FORGERY, full brown morocco by Riviere & Son; iv) The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. Smith, Elder and Co., 1887-1889, 9 (of 10) volumes, half calf, bindings worn and fragile with some loss to spines; v) Principal Shorter Poems. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890, half stained calf, upper joint tender; vi) New Poems. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915, two portraits, 4pp. publisher's adverts at end, original cloth, spine browned; vii) The Poems of Robert Browning. Oxford University Press, 1936, reprint, original cloth, boards soiled; all 8vo (15)Provenance: i) and ii) Harry Buxton Forman (1842-1917); his sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, 15 March 1920, lots 116 and 121; iii) Edwin N. Lapham; his sale, Anderson Auction Company, New York, 1st December 1908, lot 143; Walter Thomas Wallace, bookplate; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 22nd March 1920, lot 118 Many with bookplate of John Whipple Frothingham
Burgess, Anthony A collection of 18 works Devil Of A State. London: Heinemann, 1961. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, a little foxing; A Clockwork Orange. London: Heinemann, 1989. Sixth edition, 8vo, ex-library with withdrawn stamps, dust-jacket not price-clipped; M/F. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Joysprick An Introduction to the Language of James Joyce. London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Earthly Powers. London: Hutchinson, 1980. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; This Man And Music. London: Hutchinson, 1982. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The End Of The World News. London: Hutchinson, 1982. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped: Enderby's Dark Lady, Or No End Of Enderby [Volume 4 of the Enderby quartet] London: Hutchinson, 1984. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Kingdom Of The Wicked. London: Hutchinson,1985. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Pianoplayers. London: Hutchinson, 1986. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; Little Wilson and Big God, Being the First Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess. London: Hutchinson, 1987. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket price-clipped; The Devil's Mode. London: Hutchinson, 1989. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Any Old Iron. London: Hutchinson, 1989. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; You've Had Your Time, Being the Second Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess. London: Hutchinson, 1990. First edition, 8vo, signed, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Mozart And The Wolf Gang. London: Hutchinson,1991. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; A Mouthful of Air. London: Hutchinson, 1992. First edition, 8vo, signed: A Dead Man In Deptford. London: Hutchinson, 1993. First impression, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Byrne: A Novel. London: Hutchinson, 1995. First impression, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped (18)
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