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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Wigs.- Thiers (Jean-Baptiste) Histoire des Perruques, first edition, with blank Z6 and final leaf of privilege (old ink stamp to verso), slight worming to lower margin at beginning, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed and marked, spine repaired at head and foot, split to upper hinge, 12mo, Paris, aux dépens de l'Auteur, 1690.⁂ The first comprehensive history of wigs.
Medals.- Menestrier (Claude François) Histoire du Roy Louis le Grand par les Medailles, Emblêmes, Devises, Jettons, Inscriptions, Armoiries, et autres Monumens Publics, second edition, engraved title and 61 plates or full-page illustrations including large folding plate of the Place des Victoires and another folding, occasional light spotting towards end but a good copy, with additional engraved portrait of Menestrier by Desroches of 1705 loosely inserted, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, spine ends worn, [Landwehr, Romanic 519], folio, Paris [Amsterdam], I.B.Nolin [Mortier], 1691.⁂ Fine medallic history of the reign of Louis XIV, with the addition of five plates of satirical medals on religious persecution, relations with the Pope, Turks and Algeria, etc. This is a Dutch counterfeit edition following the first edition published in Paris in 1689.
Austro-Turkish War.- Höchste Welt- und Krieges-Häupter, welche den Fried-brüchigen Türckischen Hochmuth..., first edition, Gothic letter, half-title, title in red and black, 11 engraved plates by Jacob Andreas Fridrich only (of 12, lacking frontispiece), title creased and torn at foot touching ornamental rule and one letter (repaired), some light soiling or browning, a few tears to inner margin repaired, contemporary half pigskin over paste-paper boards, rubbed and soiled, a couple of wormholes to spine, folio, Augsburg & Dillingen, Johann Caspar Bencard, 1718.⁂ Descriptions of European leaders in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-1718 including Pope Clement XI, Emperor Charles VI, Prince Eugene of Savoy and Prince Alexander of Wurttemberg. Most of the engraved plates feature portraits surrounded by allegorical figures, arms, and battle scenes.
Heraldry & Genealogy.- Chevillard (Jacques) Dictionnaire Heraldique..., second edition, engraved throughout including 194pp. of coats-of-arms (9 to a page), a few ink annotations to text and blank leaves at end including a few coats-of-arms in pen, ink & watercolour to verso of 'Avertissement', marginal water-staining, mostly to first few leaves, contemporary calf, rubbed and stained, spine worn, lacking label, Paris, chez l'Auteur, 1723 § Imhof (J.G.) Recherches Historiques et Genealogiques des Grand Espagnes, first edition, title in red & black, folding engraved map, 20 engraved plates of coats-of-arms, 2 folding genealogical tables (1 with short tear), advertisement leaf at end detached with tipped-in leaves of contemporary manuscript index, notes also to front free endpaper, small hole to D12 with loss of a few letters, some spotting, ex-College of Arms copy with stamps and 2 labels regarding provenance from the libraries of various heralds including Sir Isaac Heard, Garter Principal King of Arms and James Pulman, Clarenceux King of Arms 1860, contemporary sheep, worn, Amsterdam, Zacharie Chastelain le fils, 1707; and a stained and defective copy of Freschot's Li pregi della Nobilta Veneta with engraved plates, 8vo et infra (3)
Greek antiquities.- Corsini (Eduardo) Notae Graecorum sive vocum et numerorum compendia quae in aereis atque marmoreis Graecorum tabulis observantur, 2 parts in 1, including appendix, first edition, part 1 double column, text in Greek and Latin, half-title, title in red and black and with fine large engraved vignette, folding woodcut plate, fine engraved head-pieces and historiated initials, contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments, and with red morocco label, spine faded, corners worn, rubbed, [Cicognara 2664], a good copy, folio, Florence, Imperial Printers, 1749.⁂ Provenance: 'L.Kulenkamp, 1760' (ink signature to front free endpaper recto); 'Christianus Gottl. Wernsdorf, Helmst. clɔlɔccxcviii' (ink inscription to front free endpaper verso).
NO RESERVE Political economy.- Agazzini (Michel) La Science de l'économie politique, ou Principes de la formation, du progrès, et de la décadence de la richesse; et application de ces principes a l'administration économique des nations, first edition, half-title, engraved plate (numbered 1) and 12 folding engraved tables (numbered 2-13), occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century straight-grain morroco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, scarce, 8vo, Paris, Bossange, 1822.
NO RESERVE Prisons.- Tocqueville (Alexis de) Rapport... a l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politique sur le livre de M.R. Allier intitulé sur le système pénitentiaire et les sociétés de Patronage, first edition, folded as issued in original printed wrappers, rare, Paris, [Boulé], 1842; and a first edition of his speech on joining the Académie Française, 8vo (2)
Middle East.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Land of Midian (Revisited), 2 vol. in 1, first edition, colour lithographed frontispiece, plates (some colour), folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, ex-library with occasional ink stamps, modern half morocco, a little rubbed, [Penzer pp.96-97], 1879; Vikram the Vampire, Memorial Edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, faint spotting to first few leaves, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1893; Wanderings in Three Continents, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 4 plates, occasional spotting, bookplate, occasional faint marginal staining, 1901; and 14 others on or by the same, 8vo (17)
American Revolution.- Repeal of the Stamp Act.- Pitt (William, first Earl of Chatham [known as Pitt the elder], prime minister, 1708-78) The Speech of Mr P[it]t... [on the Repeal of the Stamp Act], manuscript, 17pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, some ff. loose, original calf, gilt, corners and edges rubbed, upper cover detached, g.e., 8vo, [1765].⁂ "It is my opinion that this Kingdom has no Right to lay a Tax on the C[o]l[onie]s at the same time I assirt the Authority of this Kingdom over the C[o]l[onie]s to be Sovereign and supreme... ." - Pitt.
British Soldiers sent to North America.- Jenkinson (Charles, first Earl of Liverpool, politician, 1729-1808) Letter signed "C Jenkinson" as Secretary of War to the Paymaster General, 1½pp. with conjugate blank, folio, [London], War Office, 30th June 1781, regarding sending soldiers from Ireland to North America and enclosing estimates of pay for the regiments in question, tears along folds, browned.
Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) The Mint ... By 352087 A/c Ross, first edition, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1955; Oriental Assembly, first edition, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, 1939; The Letters of T. E. Lawrence, first edition, frontispiece, maps and plans, previous owner's pencil inscription, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little stained, chipping to corners and extremities, 1938; The Home Letters of T. E. Lawrence and His Brothers, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to edges, Oxford, 1954; and 16 others, on or by Lawrence, 8vo & 4to (20)
Mountaineering.- Conway (Sir William Martin) Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, folding map, bookplate, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1894 § Workman (Fanny Bullock) and William Hunter Workman, In the Ice World of Himalaya ..., first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 folding maps, tears, neatly repaired, previous owner's ink inscription, bookplate, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half-morocco, sunned spine, 1900; and 6 others, Himalayas, 8vo (8)
Photograph albums.- Schuster (Lionel Robert, DSO, army officer, served in the First World War, 1879-1966) 2 albums of photographs, postcards and magazine pictures of society and army life, 2 vol., numerous photographs and pictures and Monte Carlo Casino card on 92pp., some ff. loose, first album original half morocco, rubbed and worn, spine repaired with tape, second album original rexine, oblong 4to, 1914-30s; and another framed photograph, v.s., v.d. (3).
Mountaineering.- Conway (Sir William Martin) The Alps: from End to End, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Westminster, 1895 § Smythe (F. S.) An Alpine Journey, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, bump to spine, dust-jacket, loss to edges, tape repairs, 1934 § Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, second edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding maps, 1 in pocket at end, ex-library with ink-stamps, modern calf backed boards, 1892; and 46 others, mountaineering, 8vo (49)
NO RESERVE Eden (Anthony, first Earl of Avon, Prime Minister, 1897-1977) 2 Typed Letter signed to George Hutchinson about his forthcoming book on Heath, 1p., sm. 4to, Salisbury and Barbados, 1969, "I promised to let you have a brief note for publication, if you thought fit, in your book on Ted Heath", folds; and 7 TLs.s. from Douglas Hurd, Roy Jenkins (relating to Hutchinson's book), and a quantity of letter from Geoffrey Harmsworth, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
NO RESERVE Osborn[e] (Francis) The Works...Divine. Moral. Historical. Political. In Four several Tracts, "seventh edition", divisional titles for all but second part of 'Advice to a Son', old calf, rubbed, a little worn at edges of boards, rebacked, new endpapers, [Wing O505], 8vo, for R.D....to be sold by Allen Bancks, 1673.⁂ Designated the seventh edition but actually the first edition of the collected works and the seventh edition of 'Advice to a Son'. ESTC notes that "each part has separate title page dated 1673, except 'Advice to a son. The second part' which is dated 1672", the latter not being present here.
Heraldry & Genealogy.- Carter (Matthew) Honor Redivivus: or, the Analysis of Honor and Armory, third edition, engraved frontispiece, additional architectural title and 9 plates, woodcut coats-of-arms, modern bookplates, modern calf, spine gilt, g.e., [Wing C661], for Hen.Herringman, 1673 § [Caraccioli (Charles A.)] The Antiquities of Arundel; the Peculiar Privilege of its Castle and Lordship..., first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, light foxing, a few minor marginal defects, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little worn, upper cover detached, for the Author, 1766; and 2 others on the British nobility, 8vo et infra (4)
Quakers.- Penn (William) A brief examination and state of liberty spiritual, both with respect to persons in their private capacity, and in their church society and communion, first edition, some staining and spotting, disbound, [Wing P1260], printed by Andrew Sowle, and sold at his shop in Devonshire Buildings, without Bishops-Gate, 1681; and 2 others, 17th century Quakers, by Penn and Penington, small 4to (3)
NO RESERVE Law.- A guide to English juries: setting forth their antiquity, power, and duty, from the common-law and statutes. With a table. By a person of quality, first edition, second issue, errata f. and 2 advertisement ff. at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, [Wing G2184D], 12mo, printed for Thomas Cockerill, at the Three Leggs over against the Stocks-Market, 1682.⁂ Rare second issue, with ESTC recording only three copies (Queen's, Oxford, Folger and Huntington).
Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War. An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vol., first edition, second state, with typographical correction to p.459 vol. 2, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, maps, several folding, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, ex-W.H. Smith library with labels to pastedowns, original cloth, very rubbed and worn, split to spine covering (vol. 2), 8vo, 1899.
Mountaineering.- Howard-Bury (Lieut.-Col. C. K.) Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 folding maps, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1922 § Bruce (Brigadier-General Hon. C. G.) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, occasional faint spitting, bookplate, pencil inscription, original cloth, staining to upper cover, rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, 1923 § Norton (Lieutenant-Colonel E. F.) The Fight for Everest: 1924, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map, occasional spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, 1925; and 34 others, Everest, 8vo & 4to (38)
NO RESERVE [Pittis (William)] Memoirs of the life of Sir Stephen Fox, Kt. from his first entrance upon the stage of action, under the Lord Piercy, till his decease. Wherein are inserted, many Curious Incidents and Passages not mention'd in the Great Earl of Clarendon's History, printed for John Sackfield, in Lincoln's-Inn-Square, and sold by J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1717 bound with Eyre (Richard) A sermon preach'd at the funeral of the Honourable Sir Stephen Fox, Knight, November 7. 1716. at Farly in Wilts, variant without advertisements, title in mourning border, printed by H. Clark, for Jonah Bowyer, at the Rose in Ludgate-Street, 1716, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, ms. additions bound in at start (see below), occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip (worn at spine ends), 8vo ⁂ Fox was Paymaster of the Forces to King Charles II and a politician. The volume includes two manuscript notes; one (5pp.) 'Mr. Ferguson's Memorandum concerning Sir Stephen Fox', Edinburgh, 1787, claims that Fox was a Scot, originally named Stephen Tod, and was an employee of Charles II in exile, and later 'a domestick' of the Duke of Lauderdale. Ferguson claims to have had this on authority from acquaintances and later confirmed by his friend George Turnbull, writer to the signet (d. 1760). Ferguson was able to examine Fox's correspondence, and used it to construct a 'genealogical tree' of the family to 'prove' his assertion. The other note (2pp.) explains that George Turnbull was distantly related to Fox through his wife.
Heraldry & Genealogy.- Cleaveland (E.) A Genealogical History of the Noble and Illustrious Family of Courtenay, first edition, 12 genealogical tables, some contemporary ink annotations, particularly to verso of one table concerning Benjamin Smith Jones and his family, rather browned and stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, Exeter, Edw.Farley, 1735 § Dithmar (J.C.) Commentatio de honoratissimo ordine militari de Balneo, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title in red & black with engraved vignette, part-title with engraved double vignette, engraved head-pieces, 20 plates of coats-of-arms, and portrait of Prince William, text in double column, a little browned, old ink stamp to title partly erased causing wear (reinforced on verso), paper flaw hole to one plate (p.53) but not affecting image, modern ink inscription, contemporary boards, rubbed and stained, spine worn, Frankfurt, J.G.Conrad, 1729 § Betham (Rev. William) Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World, half-title, contemporary calf, arms in blind to boards, rather worn, rebacked in vellum, green roan label, for the Author, 1795, folio (3)⁂ The second is an account of the Order of the Bath, founded by George I in 1725.
NO RESERVE Smuggling.- Scotland.- The present state of Scotland consider'd: and its declining and sinking condition charged upon the conduct of the landed gentlemen, &c....That the only mean of relieving their estates, of suppressing destructive trades, and saving Scotland from impending ruin, is by their joining together to promote home manufacture, first edition, some water-staining, including title, some margins foxed, disbound, [Kress S.3733; Hanson 5862], Edinburgh, Printed by W. and T. Ruddimans, 1745; and another, working class of Scotland, 8vo (2)⁂ An attack on the smuggling trade in brandy, wine and tea, written by a former smuggler.
NO RESERVE Locke (John) Elements of natural philosophy, engraved portrait frontispiece, first sig. detached, chip / short tear to head of portrait, some staining or spotting, lightly browned, disbound, [Yolton 319], large 12mo, London [?but Scotland], Printed for J. Thomson and S. Dampier in the Strand, 1750.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only four copies. 'Yolton suggests this is a piracy, perhaps printed in Scotland' (ESTC).
Mountaineering.- Shipton (Eric) The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951, first edition, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight fading to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, neatly restored, 1952; Upon That Mountain, first edition, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, 1943; Blank on the Map, first edition, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, facsimile dust-jacket, 1938; and 4 others, Eric or Diana Shipton, 4to & 8vo (7)
NO RESERVE Fine art.- A catalogue of the paintings, sculptures, architecture, models, drawings, engravings, &c. Now exhibiting under the patronage of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, at their Great Room in the strand, first edition, disbound, Printed by James Harrison, opposite Stationers'-Hall, Ludgate-Street, 1763; and another, similar, lacking final f., small 4to & 4to (2)⁂ Scarce. The exhibition was the subject of great controversy after George Romney's canvas The Death of General Wolfe (No. 183 in the exhibition) was awarded and subsequently denied the second prize for History painting. It is thought Joshua Reynolds spoke out against the award.
NO RESERVE Poetry.- Brighton.- The New Brighthelmstone directory: or, Sketches in Miniature of the British shore, first edition, spotted, occasional light staining, modern marbled wrappers, Printed for T. Durham, in Cockspur-Street, near Charing-Cross, 1770; and 5 others, Poetry, including Weymouth and Somerset subjects, v.s. (6)
NO RESERVE Popular press.- Crabbe (George) The News-Paper: A Poem, first edition, advertisement f. at end, stitched, as issued, lightly soiled, some creasing, preserved in a cloth chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, [Bareham & Gatrell A6; Tinker 785], 4to, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1785.⁂ A satire on the popular press.
Mountaineering.- Tilman (H.W.) Snow on the Equator, maps, occasional spotting, facsimile dust-jacket, 1937; Nepal Himalaya, frontispiece, maps, dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine head, Cambridge, 1952; When Men & Mountains Meet, occasional faint spotting, price-clipped dust-jacket, rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Cambridge, 1946; The Ascent of Nada Devi, frontispiece, maps, 1 folding, previous owner's ink inscription, lightly browned endpapers, rubbed, Cambridge, 1937, first editions, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities; and 7 others by the same, all first editions, 8vo (11)
NO RESERVE Burke (Edmund).- Boswell (James) The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, 2 folding engraved plates of facsimiles, 1 with repaired tear, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf, spines gilt with floral motifs and red and black morocco labels, spine heads little chipped, a few corners worn, stained and rubbed, [Pottle 80], 8vo, Dublin, For R. Cross, W. Wilson, P. Byrne [& others], 1792.⁂ Provenance: David Rochfort, friend of Edmund Burke. At the end of the last volume is a note which is presumably in Rochfort's hand, correcting Boswell in a particular regarding Burke: 'Mr. Burke told me that in his last conversation with Doctor Johnson, he [i.e. Burke] mention'd to him that his [Doctor Johnson's] writings tended very much to the improvement of mankind in morality & religion. Upon which he started up seized Mr. Burke's hand & with great vigour[?] said-you cou'd not at this time say anything more comfortable to me.-See p. 556 where I think therefore not accurately correct. D. Rochfort.' (armorial bookplates).
Archery.- Moseley (Walter Michael) An essay on archery: describing the practice of that art, in all ages and nations, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 4 plates, without errata slip, some foxing to plates, occasional spotting to text, contemporary tree calf, gilt, flat spine in compartments and with red morocco label, upper joint split, but holding firm, corners little worn, rubbed, [Lake Bibliography of Archery, p.212], 8vo, Worcester, printed by J. and J. Holl and sold by J. Robson London, 1792.⁂ The first comprehensive work on the subject following the publication of Roger Ascham's Toxophilus in 1545. While Ascham's knowledge was largely confined to the history of the art in Britain, Moseley extended his scope to cover other nations.
First printing of the Isle of Man Statutes.- Stowell (Thomas) The statutes and ordinances of the Isle of Man, now in force, alphabetically arranged. By T. Stowell, Advocate. Most humbly Inscribed To the Honourable Alexander Shaw, Esq. Lieutenant Governor and Chancellor Of the Isle of Man, Douglas, 2 errata ff. at end, inter-leaved, with the odd note, library stamps to title, water-stained, some spotting and finger-marking, library cloth, black and red leather labels to spine, marked, 8vo, C. Briscoe, 1792.⁂ The rare first printed compilation of Manx Statutes. ESTC records only four works printed by a Briscoe at Douglas in the 18th century. Provenance: John Llewellyn (ink signatures, one dated 1803).
NO RESERVE Burke (Edmund).- Thelwall (John) Sober reflections on the seditious and inflammatory letter of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, to a noble lord. Addressed to the serious consideration of his fellow citizens, first edition, lacking half-title, occasional spotting, a few small stains, modern wrappers, printed for H. D. Symonds, No. 20, Paternoster-Row, 1796; and 5 others, Burke, including a 4 vol. first collected edition of his speeches, 8vo (6)
Agriculture.- Banister (John) A synopsis of husbandry. Being cursory observations in the several branches of rural œconomy. Adduced from a long and practical experience in a farm of considerable extent, first edition, folding letterpress table, lacking half-title, some spotting and light staining, contemporary reversed calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints splitting but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Fussell III, p.31], printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 § Hamilton (Sir David) A Treatise of a Miliary [sic] fever; with a collection of histories relating thereto. To which are prefix'd, rules for the practice of physick, first edition in English, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, joints split, but holding, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1737; and 3 others, 18th century English, 8vo (5)
Polar.- Amundsen (Roald) "The North West Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the "Gjoa" 1903-1907, 2 vol., first English edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 1 folding map only (of 2), previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, vol. 2 rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, 1908; Roald Amundsen: My Life as an Explorer, first edition, frontispiece, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1927; and 3 others on or by Amundsen, 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE Harris (James) The Works...with an account of his life and character, by his son the Earl of Malmesbury, 2 vol., first collected edition, large & thick paper copy, engraved portrait frontispieces, 4 engraved plates and one illustration, plates lightly foxed and offset, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Camden, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco, ruled in gilt and blind, g.e., a little rubbed and scuffed, slight worming to joints, 4to, 1801.⁂ The works of the noted author of Hermes, a work on philosophical grammar, and others on the philosophy of art and on the philosophy of happiness. Harris was a politician and also a member of the Royal Society.
NO RESERVE Scotland.- Trotter (Robert) Derwentwater: or, The adherents of King James : a tale of the first rebellion : with an appendix containing genealogical notices and anecdotes of several ancient and honourable families, lacking half-title, contemporary polished calf, rebacked, Edinburgh, John Anderson, Jun., 1825; and 8 others, Scotland, v.s. (9)
[Umphelby (Fanny)] 262 Questions & Answers, or the Children's Guide to Knowledge, first edition, printing flaw to p.61 slightly affecting text, large tears to p.25 & 39 with loss of text, letter, newspaper cutting and manuscript notes to front, personal library label to rear pastedown, Thetford, by Samuel Mills, 1825 § Natural History of Quadrupeds, for Children..., engraved plates, contemporary presentation inscription to pastedown, some light browning or offsetting, for Harvey and Darton, 1824, contemporary morocco-backed boards, joints cracking, lightly rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is scarce, with Library Hub recording just two other copies.
NO RESERVE Economics.- [Place (Francis)] A Letter to a minister of state, respecting taxes on knowledge. Not for sale., first edition, presentation copy from Joseph Hume, occasional spotting or light staining, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 27119], 8vo, Innes, [1831].⁂ Rare. Place's crusade against the newspaper stamp tax. Joseph Hume (1777-1855) Scottish doctor, MP, and fellow of the Royal Society, who worked with Place to improve the conditions of the working classes. The newspaper stamp tax was not abolished until 1855, the year after Place's death.
NO RESERVE Glove trade.- Hull (William) The History of the Glove Trade, first edition, list of subscribers, errata slip tipped in, chip to lower blank corner of title, lightly browned throughout, occasional spotting, original cloth, original printed label to spine, head of spine little worn, rubbed, [Kress C.3742], scarce, large 12mo, Effingham Wilson, 1834.
NO RESERVE Heraldry & Genealogy.- [Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William)] Examples of the Ornamental Heraldry of the Sixteenth Century, First & Second Series bound in 1 vol., both inscribed by the author to Ralph Neville Granville M.P., printed in red & black, illustrations, occasional spotting, contemporary half red morocco, by F.Bedford, original upper wrapper of vol.2 bound in (inscribed), g.e., spine frayed at foot, 1867-68 § Foster (Joseph) Some Feudal Coats of Arms, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, decorations and borders printed in red, original cloth, Oxford & London, 1902, both rubbed; and 2 others, folio & 4to (4)
Polar.- Hurley (Captain Frank) Argonauts of the South, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 detached and loosely inserted, 3 folding maps, occasional spotting, previous owner's label pasted to blank, New York, 1925 § Fuchs (Sir Vivian) and Sir Edmund Hillary, The Crossing of Antarctica, first edition, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, spotting to extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1958 § Ponting (Herbert G.) The Great White South or with Scott in the Antarctic, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1923; and others, Antarctica, 8vo (12)
First & Second World War Posters.- Wood (Lawson) First World War Poster depicting an old army veteran shaking hands with a young soldier, laid down on card, small tear in margin, 1914; and 2 others, Second World War posters concerning gas masks and air raids, small tears, creased, v.s., v.d., 1914 & 1940s (3).
Polar.- M'Clintock (Francis) The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, first edition, frontispiece, 13 plates, 2 folding maps only (of 3), folding facsimile letter, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1859 § Kane (Elisha Kent) The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 12 plates, 3 maps (1 folding), illustrations, occasional faint off-setting, browned endpapers, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to spine extremities, New York, 1854; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (5)
NO RESERVE Mysticism.- Nicoll (Maurice) Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff & Ouspensky, 5 vol., 1955-57 § Dunne (J. W.) An Experiment with Time,1927; Nothing Dies, 1940, some ink ownership inscriptions, occasional spotting, original boards, faded, extremities bumped, vol.1-3 of the first with dust-jackets, rubbed and torn; and 8 others, mysticism and theosophy, 4to & 8vo (15)
Fowles (John) The Magus, first edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, another presentation inscription to the same leaf, original cloth-backed boards, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to spine and extremities, 1966; The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition, original cloth, small stain to upper cover, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed and marked, spine faded, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Stein (Gertrude) Have They Attacked Mary. He Giggled. (A Political Caricature), first edition, number 54 of 200 copies, original red printed wrappers, little rubbed, preserved in a cloth-backed floral boards portfolio, [Wilson A4], a very good copy, New York, Vanity Fair, 1917; and Two (hitherto unpublished) Poems, first edition, limited edition, 1948, small 4to (2)
NO RESERVE Polar.- Nansen ( Fridtjof) "Farthest North" being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96, first English edition, plates, 4 folding colour maps, some foxing especially to endpapers and first few ff., original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly marked, spines a little faded, 8vo, Westminster, Archibald Constable and Company, 1897; and 7 others, by or about Nansen, v.s. (9)
Wells (H.G.) The Island of Dr Moreau, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, 33pp. advertisements at end, light marginal toning, a few advertisement ff. chipped at margins where carelessly opened, bookplate to paste down, original pictorial cloth, spine dulled, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, light surface soiling, [Hammond B3], 8vo, 1896.
Langlois (Eustache-Hyacinthe) Essai sur la Calligraphie des Manuscrits du Moyen-Age et sur les Ornements, first edition, 17 engraved plates, 4 folding, nineteenth century half dark green morocco, by Allô of Paris, very slightly rubbed at edges, Rouen, 1841 § Hannett (John) Bibliopegia; or, the Art of Bookbinding, third edition, 10 plates (some oxidisation), bookplate of Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates, modern half brown morocco, by Roger de Coverly, spine gilt, t.e.g., London & Derby, 1842, tall 8vo & 12mo (2)
Fairy tales.- Drian (Etienne Adrien, illustrator) Contes de Perrault, La Belle au Bois Dormant-Cendrillon-Barbe-Bleue-Peaud'Ane- Les Oeufs, number 163 of 396 copies, this on Vélin D'Arches, 16 etched illustrations by Drian, most full-page, captioned tissue guards (the first creased), original printed wrappers, small section out of foot of spine, a few small stains, folio, Paris, Editions d'Art de la Roseraie, 1922.
Polar.- Peary (Robert Edwin) The North Pole, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, large folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, large gilt medallion to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910 § Astrup (Eivind) With Peary Near the Pole, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, short tear (p.9) repaired, folding map at end, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898 § Cook (Dr. Frederick) My Attainment of the Pole, first edition, frontispiece, plates, ex-library with occasional stamps, new endpapers, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1911; and 10 others, Polar, 8vo (13)
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