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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Photography.- Adams (Ansel) The Portfolios, Boston, 1977 § Steichen (Edward) A Life in Photography, New York, 1963 § Kertész (André) Of New York, New York, 1976 § Horst. Portraits, 2001, photographic illustrations, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, some light chipping or creasing to extremities, first spine faded; and 21 others, photography, v.s. (25)
NO RESERVE Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, first edition, colour frontispiece, title vignette drawing, 26 colour illustrations, small abrasion to dedication page, very occasional light marking, original brown boards with mounted colour illustration, sympathetically re-backed with original spine laid down, corners lightly scuffed, 16mo, 1907.
Piper (John) [Shell Guide] Oxon, light foxing at beginning and end, [1938] § Piper (J.) & John Betjeman. Shropshire, second issue dust-jacket, 1951 § Rees (Vyvyan) South-West Wales..., dust-jacket torn and repaired, 1963 § Scarfe (Norman) Essex, 1968, first editions, photographic illustrations, many by John Piper, original cloth with dust-jackets, none price-clipped, slightly rubbed, the first a little spotted and soiled with short tears to edges and chip to head of spine; and 11 others, mainly Shell Guides, mostly first editions, including another copy of the first in ring-bound wrappers, small 4to & 8vo (15)
NO RESERVE Wapole (Sir Robert).- History of the House of Lorraine (The)..., 32pp., first edition, engraved frontispiece, with finaladvertisement leaf for books published by E.Curll, very lightly browned, slight fraying to upper outer corner of frontispiece, stitched in modern wrappers, book-label of J.O.Edwards to inside wrapper, 8vo, 1731.⁂ Satire on Sir Robert Walpole who received the Duke of Lorraine, regarded as a threat to the Protestant succession, at his seat at Houghton, Norfolk.ESTC records only 2 copies in the British Library, and 3 in America; Library Hub adds a further 4 UK copies.
NO RESERVE Piper (John).- Britten (Benjamin) & others. The Rape of Lucretia: a symposium, first edition, 8 colour lithograph plates by Piper, 3 folding, original cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped), a little rubbed and frayed at edges, spine browned and stain to upper joint, 1948; and a bundle of others on opera and ballet featuring stage designs or covers by Piper, including Glyndebourne programmes for 1954, 1955 & 1985, Covent Garden Books nos.3, 7, 10 & 14, and Aldeburgh Festival programmes, 4to & 8vo (c.20)
NO RESERVE Piper (John).- Sitwell (Sir George) On the Making of Gardens, one of 1000 copies, colour lithograph frontispiece and plates by John Piper, some double-page, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, uncut, dust-jacket lightly spotted, spine faded, Dropmore Press, 1949 § Sitwell (Osbert) Left Hand Right Hand! [& others] An Autobiography, 5 vol., vol.1 & 3 second printings, 1945-50; Selected Poems Old and New, 1943 § Sitwell (Edith) Façade and other poems 1920-1935, 1950 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) A Symposium, edited by Derek Parker, signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, 1975, all but the first first editions, illustrations (some of those in the second by John Piper), original cloth, dust-jackets, the third and fourth designed by Piper, most a little rubbed and frayed at edges; and 5 others by or about the Sitwells and Piper, v.s. (14)
Piper (John).- Golding (William) The Spire, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, 1964 § Morris (James) [Pax Britannica trilogy], 3 vol., vol.2 with pictorial title and dust-jacket by John Piper, vol.1 price-clipped, 1968-78 § Green (Henry) Loving, second impression, Hogarth Press, 1945 § Sadleir (Michael) Forlorn Sunset, 1947 § de la Mare (Walter) The Traveller, colour lithographs by Piper, 1946 § Stokes (Adrian) Venice, number 335 of 400 copies, illustrations by Piper, Lion & Unicorn Press, 1965 § Poetry London/Apple Magazine No.2, edited by Tambimuttu, limp vinyl record in sleeve inside rear cover, book-label of John & Myfanwy Piper, folding colour plate and original pictorial wrappers by Piper, 1982; another copy, proof issue, sewn but loose in variant and slightly larger wrappers by Piper, 1982, first editions, some illustrations, all but the last two original cloth or boards, the first five with dust-jackets, the first four designed by Piper, most not price-clipped, the first slightly stained, one or two a little rubbed; and c.30 others with illustrations, dust-jackets, covers or contributions by Piper, 8vo & 4to (c.40)
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, 24 tipped-in colour plates and numerous illustrations and decorations by Arthur Rackham, some light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly browned, extremities rubbed, 1907; and a Rackham edition of Rip Van Winkle, 4to (2)
NO RESERVE Ward (John) The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College: to which is prefixed the life of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. With an appendix, consisting of orations, lectures, and letters, written by the professors, with other papers serving to illustrate the lives, first edition, engraved frontispiece (trimmed at head) and 4 plates ( 2 folding), list of subscribers, some light browning or surface-soiling, library roan-backed boards, [Tomash & Williams W11], John Moore for the Author, 1740; and 9 others, lives, folio & 4to (10)
Robinson (William Heath) Railway Ribaldry, first edition, frontispiece and full-page illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, rubbing and chipping to extremities, 1935; My Line of Work, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original decorative cloth, very slight bumping to corners, dust-jacket, small tear to spine head, slight creasing to edges, 1938 § Kipling (Rudyard) A Song of the English, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Heath Robinson, tissue-guards, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others on, by or including work by Heath Robinson, v.s. (c.45)
Scarfe (Gerald) Gerald Scarfe, first edition signed with limited edition lithograph, additional presentation inscriptions from the author to lithograph and half-title, plates and illustrations, some in colour, original cloth, gilt, original card slip-case, a little marked and faded, tall 8vo, 1982.
NO RESERVE Searle (Ronald) Slightly Foxed - but Still Desirable, 1989; Whizz for Atomms, 1956; Russia for Beginners, 1960; The Great Fur Opera, 1970, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, some light bumping and creasing to extremities; and 17 others, mostly Searle and other illustrators, v.s. (21)
NO RESERVE Stevenson (Robert Louis) and Lloyd Osbourne. The Wrecker, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, small ink ownership name to browned front free endpapers, original cloth, a little marked and stained, joints and spine ends rubbed, spine faded, slightly cocked, 1892; Treasure Island, illustrations and coloured tipped-in plates by Rowland Hilder, half-title with light scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends bumped and creased, 1929; and 7 others by Stevenson, v.s. (9)
NO RESERVE Wilcox Smith (Jessie).- Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, first illustrated edition, illustrations and 11 tipped in colour plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbing, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [c.1930]; and 2 others, illustrated, 4to & 8vo (3)
Boullasa (Carmen) Elysian Garden, one of 80 copies signed by author, artist and translator, 6 signed colour lithographs by Philip Hughes, small adhesive mark to first plan margin, original wrappers, contents loose in wrappers and issued, uncut, housed in original linen box, lge 4to, Monterrey, Mexico, Taller Magenta, 1997.
NO RESERVE Brown (George Mackay) Odysseus: The Ships, number 24 of 100 copies signed by the artist, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Lastingham, Celtic Cross Press, 2011; Havard: Seven Choruses, number 87 of 125 copies signed by the artist, original wrappers, Wass, Celtic Cross Press, 2013 § Llyfer Ionas, limited edition, printed in turquoise and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Colin Paynton, original blue wrappers printed in gold, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1988, the first two with illustrations printed in colours by Rosemary Roberts, both with prospectus and Christmas card loosely inserted, all uncut, v.s. (3)
NO RESERVE France (Anatole) At the Sign of the Queen Pédauque, colour plates by Sylvain Sauvage, original decorated cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little faded, Chicago, 1933 § Alain-Fournier. The Wanderer, colour plates by Dignimont, original cloth, spine faded, slip-case, New York, 1958 § Voltaire (F.M.A. de) Candide or Optimism, colour illustrations by Sauvage, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, Nonesuch Press, 1939, the first two limited editions signed by the artists, for Members of the Limited Editions Club, a little rubbed, 4to & 8vo (3)
Hadfield (John, editor) Restoration Love Songs [&] Elizabethan Love Songs, together 2 vol., each one of 660 copies, the first with plates by Rex Whistler (frontispiece colour and folding), the second with colour lithograph plates by John Piper and signed by the artist, original cloth-backed marbled paper boards, roan labels, t.e.g., others uncut, label of the second rubbed, Hitchin, Cupid Press, 1950-55 § Stokes (Adrian) Venice, number 256 of 400 deluxe copies, illustrations by John Piper, original embossed pictorial cloth, spine faded, transparent dust-jacket torn and frayed, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1965 § Austen (John) "Rogues in Porcelain": A Miscellany of Eighteenth Century Poems, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, 1924 § Herrick (Robert) One Hundred and Eleven Poems, one of 550 copies, illustrations by Sir William Russell Flint, original vellum-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, a little damp-stained, slip-case stained, Golden Cockerel Press, 1955; and 2 others, illustrated, 8vo & 4to (7)
NO RESERVE Irving (Washington) The Mutability of Literature, number 63 of 100 copies, 2 tipped-in hand-coloured etchings, original marbled boards, Manteno, The Bronte Press, n.d. § Atkinson (Conrad) For Emily, first edition, frontispiece, full-page illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, Halifax, Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, 1992; and 4 more copies of the second, 12mo (6)
Kelmscott Press.- Morris (William) The Sundering Flood, one of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved borders and initials designed by Morris, map by H.Cribb laid down on front free endpaper (preserved from original pastedown), later half red morocco, by C.J.Sawyer Ltd, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, slight insect damage to title compartment of spine and lower cover, mottling to cloth boards, [Peterson A51], Kelmscott Press, 1898 § Tale of Beowulf (The)..., translated by William Morris and A.J.Wyatt, second edition, original cloth, partly unopened, rubbed, spine ends worn and label chipped & browned, 1898, 8vo (2) ⁂ The first was "...the last romance written by William Morris. It was overseen by May Morris..." - colophon.
Limited Editions Club.- Bligh (William) A Voyage to the South Seas, colour plates and illustrations in green and brown by Geoffrey C.Ingleton, original pictorial cloth, Adelaide, Griffin Press, 1975 § Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, illustrations by Paul Hogarth, original morocco-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, printed at the Curwen Press, 1977; Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, illustrations by Paul Hogarth, original pictorial cloth, 1981 § Mann (Thomas) Death in Venice, wood-engravings by Felix Hoffmann, original morocco-backed marbled boards, 1972 § Galsworthy (John) The Man of Property, illustrations in brown by Charles Mozley, original cloth, 1964, limited editions signed by the artists, all with glacine wrapper, the first and last frayed at spines, the first also with transparent wrapper (wrinkled), v.s., most New York, for Members of the Limited Editions Club (5)
Pringle (Roger) Portrait of a Stratford Year, one of 350 copies, this copy inscribed by the author to John Cornish on half-title, illustrations by Arthur Keene, original cloth-backed marbled boards, Halford, Celandine Press, 1985; A Garland for the Laureate: Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman n his 75th birthday, out-of-series copy number 2 of 5, from an edition limited to 350, presentation copy from the author to Jacquetta Hawkes and J.B.Priestley with accompanying A.L.s. loosely inserted, wood-engraved title-garland by Miriam Macgregor, original marbled wrappers, Stratford-upon-Avon, Celandine Press, 1981 § Thomas (Helen) A Memory of W H Hudson, one of 40 specially-bound copies signed by Myfanwy Thomas, from an edition limited to 190, wood-engraving by Michael Renton, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, Wakefield, Fleece Press, [c.1984], all uncut, the first two printed by the Whittington Press; and 3 others, poetry, 4to & 8vo (6)
Ruskin (John) Of Queens' Garden; Of King's Treasuries, red initials and decorative borders by Christopher Dean, faint spotting to endpapers, original vellum, the first lacking ties, a little splayed, housed together in a modern slipcase, at the Ballantyne Press for George Allen, 1902; Sesame and Lilies. Two Lectures delivered at Manchester in 1864, previous owner's ink inscription, ink signature to title, original booksellers and binders labels to pastedowns, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, New York, John Wiley & Son, 1866⁂ The inscription reads, "Alice A. Kirby from Harry. New York 20th April 1866."
NO RESERVE Space race.- Burrows (William E.) This New Ocean, Norwalk, Easton Press, 1999 § Chaikin (Andrew) A Man on the Moon, 1999 § Wolfe (Tom) The Right Stuff, 1999 § Murray (Charles) & Catherine Bly Cox, 1999 § Armstrong (Neil), Michael Collins & Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. First on the Moon, 1999, collector's edition, silk endpapers, gilt edges, original morocco, gilt, Norwalk, Easton Press, 8vo (5)
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Premiums..., 48pp., first edition, stitched, uncut, lightly soiled and frayed at edges, [Goldsmiths' 9469], 8vo, 1759.⁂ The Society, now known as the Royal Society of Arts, was founded in 1754 to award "premiums" (cash prizes) to support improvements in the arts and sciences. This is the second of the Society's published list of premiums, which it produced from 1758 until 1780. It describes premiums for achievements as diverse as "sowing the greatest quantity of acorns" to "securing ships bottoms from worms", and several concerning the colonies such as for the cultivation of cochineal in South Carolina, olive trees from south of the Delaware river, raisins, silk in Georgia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and North Carolina and wine: "As producing Wines in our American colonies will be of great advantage to those colonies, and also to this kingdom, it is proposed to give to that planter, in any of our said colonies, who shall first produce (within seven years from the fifth day of April 1758) from his own plantation, five tons of white or red wine, made of grapes, the produce of the colonies only, and such as in the opinion of competent judges appointed by the society in London, shall be deemed deserving the reward: not less than one ton thereof to be imported at London, 100 l."
Fisher (Kitty, courtesan).- Kitty's Stream; or, the Noblemen turned Fisher-Men. A Comic Satire...by Rigdum Funidos..., 16pp., first edition, an excellent clean copy, disbound, uncut, 4to, A.Moore, 1759.⁂ Scarce satirical poem about the celebrated courtesan Kitty Fisher and her aristocratic clientele.Fisher (?1741-67) was just rising to public prominence in 1759, becoming associated with the most fashionable activities and prominent men in London. Horace Walpole mentions her being noticed by both the Prince of Wales (later George III) and his brother Prince Frederick William, Reynolds painted her four times (once as Cleopatra), and she formed the basis of the character Kitty Willis in Hannah Cowley's The Belle's Stratagem.ESTC cites only 2 UK copies (BL and National Library of Scotland) and 6 in America; Library Hub adds copies in the University of St.Andrews and Wellcome libraries.
NO RESERVE Early form of Guillotine.- [Midgley (Samuel)] Halifax, and its Gibbet-Law placed in a true Light, second edition, engraved frontispiece, browned and slightly stained, frontispiece reinforced at fore-edge, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, small 8vo, Halifax, by P.Darby, for John Bentley, [1761].⁂ An account of the guillotine-like device used by the town of Halifax to execute thieves, first used in 1286 and finally in 1650 but mentioned by Defoe in his Tour through the whole Island of Great Britain of 1724-27. The work includes 'Revenge upon Revenge: or, An Historical Narrative of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland' with separate title.
NO RESERVE [Bethune (John)] Essays and dissertations on various subjects, relating to human life and happiness, 2 vol., Printed for E. and C. Dilly, 1771 bound with (in vol.1) [Bethune (John)] A short view of the human faculties and passions. With remarks and directions respecting their nature, improvement, and government, second edition, lacking half-title, Edinburgh, printed for A. Neill, and sold by A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1770, together 2 works in 2 vol., lightly browned, some light marking, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines in compartments, vol.1 lacking upper cover, vol.2 covers detached, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 12mo⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only three copies (BL and Nat. Lib. Scotland (2copies)). Bethune emigrated to North Carolina from Scotland in 1773. He fought for Loyalist forces in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge during the Revolutionary War, where he was captured by the rebels. When released he made his way to Montreal, Canada, where he was eventually to set up its first Presbyterian church.
Penrose (Rev. Thomas) Flight of Fancy, previous owner's ink signature, corrections inserted by hand, modern cloth, J. Walter and J. Willis, 1775 § Russell (Thomas) Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems, title laid down, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, modern half-calf, slight bumping to corners, Oxford, for D. Prince and J. Cooke, 1789, 4to (2)
Epistolary Novel.- [Pratt (Samuel Jackson)], "Courtney Melmoth". The Pupil of Pleasure: or, The New System Illustrated. Inscribed to Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, editor of Lord Chesterfield's Letters, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, contemporary ink signature of Thos. Foxcroft to head of titles and with his engraved book-label, vol.1 lacking final blank, light marginal browning, short cut to outer margin of final three leaves of vol.2, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, a little rubbed, labels renewed, spines worn at head, 12mo, for G.Robinson, and J.Bew, 1776.⁂ Epistolary novel designed to illustrate the pernicious effects of Chesterfield's cynical precepts in the Letters to his Son. The Pupil of Pleasure, perhaps the first rejoinder in the form of fiction, posits a hero of "birth, rank, figure, and character" who is brought up on Lord Chesterfield. Philip Sedley "purchases the books, finds them agreeable to his palate, studies them paragraph by paragraph, thrives under his application, piques himself upon his progress, and ... sallies into the gay world, armed at all points, the Pupil of Pleasure". Unsurprisingly he comes to a bad end.
NO RESERVE Ripley (James) Select original letters on various subjects, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lightly off-setting on to title, later sheep, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, upper cover detached, spine ends chipped, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for the Author, 1781.⁂ Ripley was ostler at the Red-Lion, Barnet. He rails against the war in America, cruelty to horses, and the nobility, amongst other diverse subjects.
Hunting.- Roach (J., publisher) Sportsman's Evening Brush (The), consisting of the best and most Approved Songs, of the Chace..., first edition, engraved frontispiece of a drunken toast by Barlow after Isaac Cruikshank, lacking the final 4pp. advertisements but with 'Jack Sprit-Sail's Flowing Can' (latter portion pp. 38-60 of 'Jack Sprit-Sail's Frolic', J.Roach, ?1791) bound in at end, the Dulles-Schwerdt-Duke of Gloucester copy with pencil note or engraved bookplates, also modern book-label of J.O.Edwards, later calf, gilt, by Wood, spine gilt with red roan label, t.e.g., upper cover a little rubbed and marked, 12mo, 1792.⁂ Scarce compilation of hunting songs and toasts to venery (in both senses). ESTC records only 4 UK copies (BL and 3 in Bodleian, Oxford) and 3 others, 2 in America.
Pegge (Samuel) The Life of Robert Grosseteste, the celebrated Bishop of Lincoln, first edition, 2 engraved plates (1 folding), previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, ink inscription to title, spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, modern morocco spine label, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1793.
Cruikshank (Isaac).- Roach (J., publisher) Roach's Beauties of the Poets of Great Britain, 24 parts in 6 vol. [complete set], first collected edition, engraved general titles in each volume (no.1 with later issue title dated 1794), each part with engraved vignette title, 24 engraved plates by Barlow or Murray after Isaac Cruikshank (intended as frontispieces but often bound within text), vol.1 with short tear to upper margin of E2 of no.2, modern book-label of J.O.Edwards, attractive contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green roan labels, a little rubbed, a few small abraded patches to boards, 12mo, J.Roach, 1794[-93-95].
NO RESERVE Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, [Cantos I & II], first edition, [one of 500 copies], engraved facsimile plate at end (foxed and stained), lacking final leaf (publisher's advertisements), preliminaries misbound, title soiled and stained with ink scribblings and frayed at edges, some foxing and staining to text, with near contemporary manuscript leaf recording details of the family of John Richardson mounted on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, John Murray, 1812 § Medwin (Thomas) Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron...at Pisa, engraved facsimile of Byron's handwriting (stained), some leaves heavily soiled and stained, modern calf, 1824, 4to (2)⁂ John Richardson (1789-1866), builder, of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, close to Newstead Abbey, home of the Byron family.
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina. A Poem., first edition, lacking half-title, modern facsimile printed wrappers, 1816; The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, first published edition, lacking half-title, scattered spotting, later paper wrappers, 1813, 8vo [Wise I. p.106; p.78], (2). ⁂ The first is without 4pp. advertisements which Wise notes are a 'binder's insertion, and may perhaps not be found in all copies of the book.'
Book auction catalogue.- Catalogue of the very select and valuable library of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be sold by auction by Mr. Winstanley, at his rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 19th August, and Thirteen following Days, trade edition, (i.e. without the specially produced portrait and sonnet), without the list of extra section of 'books omitted' sometimes found, advertisement f. for sale of Roscoe's pictures present at end, priced in ink throughout, title repaired, not affecting text, Liverpool, 1816 bound with Catalogue of the. . . Collection of Prints, Books of Prints &c. the Properly of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be sold by auction by Mr. Winstanley, at his rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 9th September, and ten following days, priced throughout in ink, title soiled, Liverpool, 1816, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, later half calf, spine repaired and with modern morocco label, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ William Roscoe (1753-1831) of Liverpool was a lawyer, abolitionist, botanist, author, art collector and bibliophile. In 1816 the Liverpool bank of which he was a partner was in financial difficulties and he was forced to sell his library and collection. It raised around £5150, with the major lot being a 14th century Italian illuminated manuscript Bible, bought by Robinson for £178 10s and subsequently sold to Coke of Holkham for 200 guineas. His art collection was intended to illustrate the rise and progress of the Arts and he was particularly interested in early Italian art or Primitives, being one of the first British collectors in this area.
NO RESERVE [Hood (Thomas) and John Hamilton Reynolds]. Odes and Addresses to Great People, first edition, Hood's first book, half-title, occasional spotting, polished calf by Bedford, richly gilt spine in compartments and with double olive morocco labels, covers with gilt triple filet borders with rosette corner-pieces, joints rubbed, t.e.g., [Tinker 1231], 8vo, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1825.
Malthus (Thomas Robert) Principles of Political Economy, Second Edition with considerable additions from the author's own manuscript, a little foxed, ex-library copy with one or two ink stamps and label to front pastedown (beneath laid-down front free endpaper), original cloth, paper label, rubbed, spine faded and worn at ends with label chipped, split to lower joint, [Einaudi 3681; Goldsmiths' 29340; Kress C4188], William Pickering, 1836 § [?Moss (F.J.)] Notes on Political Economy from the Colonial Point of View, By a New Zealand Colonist, first edition, ex-library copy with ink "Withdrawn" stamp to title, original cloth, 1897 § Hayes (Frederick W.) The Great Revolution of 1905; or,The Story of the Phalanx, With an Introductory Account of Civilisation in Great Britain at the close of the Nineteenth Century, first edition, ownership stamp to front free endpaper, light stain to final leaf, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, spine browned and frayed at head, 1893 § Bridges (T.C.) & H.Hessell Tiltman. Kings of Commerce, first American edition, plates, foxed, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1928, 8vo (4)⁂ The supposed author of the second, Frederick Joseph Moss (1827/8-1904), was born on St.Helena but emigrated to New Zealand and became a successful businessman, newspaper publisher and politician.The third is a socialistic fore-cast of the twentieth century.
NO RESERVE Ireland.- Monteagle (Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron) The necessity and consequences of colonization : substance of a speech delivered in the House of Lords ... August 10, 1848...to which are appended the first report on colonization from Ireland, 1847, Hansard, 1848 bound with Speech of the Right Hon. Lord Monteagle on moving the second reading of the Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) Bill, Hansard, 1848; and c.12 others, by the same, a few relating to Ireland, together c.14 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary cloth, spine gilt, 8vo ⁂ Monteagle was from an Anglo-Irish family which owned large estates in Munster. In 1824 he led the committee that established the Ordnance Survey in Ireland, and from 1835-1839 he was Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), "Lewis Carroll". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, first edition, illustrated by Harry Furniss, frontispiece tissue guard, light spotting to pp.16-21, 1893; The Lewis Carroll Picture Book, 1899, original pictorial cloth, gilt, first spine faded with light markings, spine ends bumped and creased, second lightly rubbed with faint marks to covers; and 3 others by Dodgson, 4to & 8vo (5)
Pre-Raphaelites.- Swan Family Poems, Grave and Gay, inscribed to Mrs. Holman Hunt by Lady Swan, frontispiece, original cloth, a little soiled, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Privately Printed, [1917] § Bell (Malcolm) Sir Edward Burne Jones. A Review and Record, card initialled E.B.J. pasted to front pastedown, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1903, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is scarce with only 3 on Library Hub at the BL and University of Oxford. Inscribed to William Holman Hunt's second wife, Edith.
Craig (Maurice) Irish Book Bindings 1600-1800, plates, 1954 § Joyce (James) Ulysses, The Bodley Head, 1962 § O'Brien (Edna) Mrs Reinhardt and Other Stories, uncorrected proof copy, 1978, first two original boards, dust-jackets, a little creased and chipped to extremities, last original wrappers, marked; and 17 others, Irish literature, v.s. (20)
Abbey (Edward) The Brave Cowboy, first English edition, light browning to title, original boards, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1957; and Abbey's Fire on the Mountain, 8vo (2)⁂ The basis for the 1962 film The Lonely are the Brave.
NO RESERVE Amis (Martin) The Rachel Papers, jacket spine faded, tear to upper panel with tape repair to verso, some rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1973 § Barker (Pat) The Silence of the Girls, signed by the author on tipped in sheet at front, 2018, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 8 others, modern first editions, 8vo (10)
Bainbridge (Beryl) Young Adolf, presentation inscription from the author to title, 1978; The Bottle Factory Outing, 1974; Injury Time, 1977, first editions, original boards, dust-wrappers, first with small tears (one with loss) to lower panel dust-jacket, light bumping to all spine ends, else excellent copies; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Bentley (Phyllis) Inheritance, 1932; The Rise of Henry Morcar, faded spine, 1946; A Man of His Time, signed by author, 1966; Noble in Reason, inscribed and signed by author, 1955; Freedom Farewell!, tape marks to endpapers, 1936, first editions, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, chipping and small loss to corners and spine extremities; and others by the same, 8vo (21)
Boileau (Pierre) and Thomas Narcejac. The Woman Who Was, first English edition, scattered spotting to endpapers and fore-edge, original boards, light fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, old tape repairs to verso, light discolouration to lower panel, a very good copy, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Rare, the authors' first novel in its first translation into English. A classic of crime fiction, adapted numerous times for the screen, most famously in 1955 as Clouzot's Les Diaboliques.
Boyd (William) A Haunting, one of 138 copies signed by the author, original cloth, very lightly marked to upper cover, 2000; Transfigured Night, signed by the author, original wrappers with publisher's original wraparound band, 1995; On the Yankee Station, original boards, dust-jacket, 1981, first editions, all in excellent condition; and 3 others by Boyd, 8vo (6)
A Carl Zeiss Jena Tele-Tessar K f/8 300mm Lens, first type, black/nickel, serial no. 1622657, body, G-VG, elements, G-VG, some internal haze to rear group, complete with 436/12, lens hood and filterNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Hasselblad 500C 'Type 1 C Box' Medium Format Camera, 1957, chrome, serial no. CU34080, with Carl Zeiss Jena Planar f/2.8 80mm lens, chrome, serial no. 1599087, body, VG-E, shutter working, lens, VG-E, complete with paperwork and maker's boxNote: This is a first issue camera, with standard rapid wind crank and first issue viewfinder (strut type). The outer box is only marked with a 'C' in turquoise to the lower left side of each corner. It also has a silver lid section with "Hasselblad' to long sides & "Hasselblad' on each short section to top and plain silver ends. Silver lid section written '5ooC'. Inside, a styrofoam interior, with special pop-up show/display card, with instructions in Swedish.
A Hasselblad 500C Type 1 Medium Format Camera, 1957, chrome, serial no. CU30425, with Carl Zeiss Jena Planar f/2.8 80mm lens, chrome, serial no. 1598784, body, VG, shutter working, lens, G, shutter working, some very light separation to the perimeter, complete with additional A12 backNote: This is a first issue camera, with first issue viewfinder (strut type). This is the 425th 500c camera to be produced.
OTTO BECKER & HEINRICK MAASS (working 1893-1938) and others, Flowers, a collection of vintage modernist gelatin silver prints of flowers, German & Austrian, 1930's and possibly later, the first four photographs with labels/wetstamp verso, image with Becker & Maass stamp 22.8cm x 17cm, others appoox. 21cm x 17cm
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