Military History.- Oman (Charles) A History of the Peninsular War, 7 vol., first editions, presentation inscriptions in each vol. from the author to his wife, portrait frontispieces (that to vol. 3 of Wellington loosely inserted from another copy and with another of Massena bound in instead, numerous plates and maps, many folding, occasional foxing at beginning and end, some marginal browning, in a presentation binding of brown buckram with gilt motifs to spines and corners of covers, black morocco spine labels, slightly rubbed and spines slightly tanned, 8vo, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1902-30.*** A superb copy of this major work of British military history. Each volume with a presntation inscription from the author to his wife (eg vol.1 "From the Author of the Book to its Inspirer" and in vol.7 "Finis Coronat Opus, with best love") and each inscription dated to the year of publication. First 3 volumes with a few errata noted on rear endpaper in Oman's hand; loosley inserted bifolium with a transcription of Norman Macleod's poem The Old Soldier in Oman's hand and 2 loosely inserted maps (one manuscript), plus relevant topographical postcards.
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Dickens (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, one vol. in 2, first edition in book form, half-title present but bound at beginning of vol.2, additional etched title (dated 1850) and plates by H. K. Browne, some foxing and browning but generally quite clean, ink name on verso of one plate, later half calf, rubbed, 1850; and 18 others, mostly leather-bound, including Dickens and Thackeray, 8vo (20)
Newton (Sir Isaac) Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John, first edition, contemporary marginal ink annotation to 2L1 & 2T1v, light spotting to title and final few leaves, the odd small stain or light soiling, some very subtle toning to margins, upper hinge cracked at head, modern calf, spine in compartments and lettered in silver (lettering little faded), g.e., 4to, by J. Darby et al., 1733. *** First edition of Newton's only "major work on the subject" of prophecy and symbolic writings.
Scott (Sir George Gilbert) & others. Examples of Modern Architecture Ecclesiastical and Domestic, 64 lithographed plates by J.R.Jobbins, foxing, Boston, 1873; Personal and Professional Recollections, 1879; Remarks on Secular & Domestic Architecture, Newbattle Abbey library shelf-label, 1857 § Barry (Rev. Alfred) The Life and Works of Sir Charles Barry, R.A., F.R.S., 2 folding chromolithographed panoramas in pocket at end, stamp of James O'Byrne architect of Liverpool to title and with his bookplate, 1867 § Street (A.E.) Memoir of George Edmund Street, R.A. 1824-1881, 1888 § House of Commons. Report...the Result of an Inquiry...the Selection of Stone for Building the new Houses of Parliament, drop-head title, folding tables, 1839; Report...on the Decay of the Stone of the New Palace at Westminster, 1861, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary cloth, recased § Hitchcock (Henry-Russell) Early Victorian Architecture in Britain, 2 vol., London & New Haven, 1954, plates and illustrations, all but the sixth original cloth, rubbed, the first two rebacked preserving original spines, vol.2 of the last with dust-jacket; and c.45 others on Victorian architecture & architects, v.s. (c.50)
Bassi (Martino) Dispareri in Materia d'Architettura, et Perspettiva, first edition, title with charming woodcut head-piece of frolicking putti and printer's device (repeated on verso of final leaf), 12 engraved plates, title browned and with faint stamp to verso, text lightly foxed, 18th century calf-backed boards, a few wormholes to spine, [Adams B371; BAL 219; Berlin Kat. 2600; EDIT 16 CNCE 4601; Fowler 40; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 46], 8vo, Brescia, [Vincenzo da Sabio for] Francesco & Pie. Maria Marchetti, 1572.*** One of the very earliest public debates about the merits of a particular architectural scheme, namely the restoration of Milan cathedral’s baptistery, choir and crypt by Pellegrino Tibaldi, and for the proposed placing of a sculptured relief of the Annunciation above the cathedral’s north entrance.
Dickins (Frederick V., translator) Chiushingura; or, The Loyal League. A Japanese Romance, calligraphic leaf and 29 colour woodblock plates, lightly browned, contemporary half roan, worn, upper cover detached, 1880 § Omar Khayyam. The Ruba'iyat, edited by Edward Heron-Allen, second edition, limited edition, frontispiece and additional decorative title by Ella Hallward, bookplate of the Master of Belhaven & Stenton, original cloth, gilt, head of spine worn, 1898 § Dickens (Charles) The Adventures of Oliver Twist, one of 500 copies, colour plates by Cruikshank, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, 1895, all rubbed; and 16 others, illustrated, v.s. (19) *** The first relates the tale of the forty-seven ronin.
Salmon Fishing in Spain.- Marzales (Marques de) and others. El Salmon y Su Pesca en Espana, first edition, several colour plates and maps, some folding, other plain illustrations, many photographic, ink inscription to front endpaper, modern half calf, spine gitl with red morocco label, [Wood BSS 208], Madrid, Publicationes de la Direccion General del Turismo, 1945; and another salon fishing recollections including a chapter on South America, 4to (2)*** A work intent on bringing salmon anglers to Spain, where, surprising as it may seem now, at that time there were still some salmon. Mostly based on the work of Marques de Marzales originally published in the 1930s, but with more recent repots incorporated.
Frasso (Antonio de lo) Los Diez Libros de Fortuna de Amor, 2 vol., second edition, engraved portrait and 8 plates, contemporary calf, one cover detached, [Palau p. 496 94692], "Londres", Henrique Chapel, 1740 § Quevedo (Francisco de) The Works, 3 vol., engraved frontispieces, browning, contemporary tree calf, Edinburgh, 1798 § [Montesquieu (C.L. de Secondat, Baron)] De L'Esprit des Loix, 3 vol., half-titles, contemporary signature of G.Evans to head of titles, engraved bookplate, contemporary calf, Geneva, Barillot & Fils, 1751, the first two ex-library copies with accession numbers and labels, all rubbed or worn; and c.30 others, continental, 8vo & 4to; sold not subject to return (c.40)
Michela (Ignazio) Descrizione e Disegni del Palazzo dei Magistrati Supremi di Torino, lithographed title with vignette and decorative border, dedication and text within decorative border printed in blue, 6 part titles, 18 engraved plates, 4 with aquatint and tissue guards, spotting to title and small stain to final plate not affecting image, original printed boards, rubbed, spine a little worn, large folio, [Turin], 1841.*** The Palazzo dei Magistrati Supremi in Turin was begun to designs by Filippo Juvarra in the first quarter of the eighteenth century and finally completed in 1840 by Ignazio Michela.
Gill (Eric).- Clay (Enid) Sonnets and Verses, number 208 of 450 copies on handmade paper, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, slightly browned, label chipped, 1925 § Gill (Eric) Clothing without Cloth, number 144 of 500 copies, full-page wood-engravings by Gill, some very light offsetting, original red buckram, gilt, g.e., spine faded, 1931 § Clay (Enid) , both with wood-engravings by Eric Gill, some full-page, [Chanticleer 25 & 75; Gill 274 & 20], Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press; and 2 others illustrated by Gill, 8vo (4)*** The first was Gill's first book for the Golden Cockerel Press, illustrating poems by his sister, and "crowned" by the Double Crown Club for 1925.
Carter (John) & Percy Muir. Printing and the Mind of Man, second edition, 1983 § Morison (Stanley) & Kenneth Day. The Typographic Book 1450-1935, 1963 § Taubert (S.) Bibliopola: Pictures and Texts about the Book Trade, 2 vol., text in German, English & French, Hamburg & London, 1966 § Keynes (Geoffrey) Bibliotheca Bibliographici: a Catalogue of the Library..., one of 500 copies, Trianon Press, 1964; William Pickering Publisher..., 1969 § Smith (W.E.) Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth: A Bibliographical Catalogue..., Part I: The Novels..., Los Angeles, 1981, the first two with two fine wood-engraved titles by Reynolds Stone, illustrations, original cloth, the third with slip-case, the fifth with dust-jacket; and c.55 others, books about books, 4to & 8vo (c.60)
Catullus (Gaius Valerius) Carmina et in eum commentarius M. Antonii Mureti, edited by Marc-Antoine Muret, first Muret edition, collation: *4 A-Q8 R10, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., R9 errata recto and colophon verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, some mostly light and marginal foxing, lightly browned, hinges split, contemporary limp vellum, ink title to spine, lacking ties, some staining, 8vo (152 x 92mm.), [Venice], Paulus Manutius, 1554.*** Rare copy at auction of the first edition to include the French humanist Marc-Antoine Muret's commentary. So great was the reputation of this Renaissance polymath that Henri II and Catherine de Medici went to hear him lecture. The young Montaigne was one of his pupils. Provenance: Vincenti Mariae Frosini of Pistoia (ink inscription to title). Literature: Adams C1145; Ahmanson-Murphy 459; Renouard 162:19; EDIT 16 CNCE 10364.
Furst (Herbert) The Woodcut: An Annual, vol.1, 2 & 4 only (of 3), vol.2 one of 750 and vol.4 700 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards by Paul Nash, Enid Marx and Harry Carter respectively, vol.1 with dust-jacket (spine browned, slightly frayed at upper edge), a little rubbed, printed at the Curwen Press for The Fleuron Ltd., 1927 § Greenwood (Jeremy) The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, one of 750 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, Liverpool, Wood Lea Press, 1987 § Bates (H.E.) Through the Woods, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1936 § Shaw (G.B.) The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God, first edition, wood-engraved title & illustrations by John Farleigh, original pictorial boards by Farleigh, very slight rubbing to edges but an excellent copy, 1932; and 3 others on wood-engraving including a bound set of the first, v.s. (9)*** Vol.1 of the first contains 2 samples of patterned papers by Enid Marx and Eric Ravilious for the Curwen Press.
Norway.- Sand (or Suldal) River.- [Album of Salmon Fishing on the Sand River], 36 views of the River, black and white photographs, most stuck-down one per leaf, many with ink captions in dark ink, hand-painted water-colour title label decorated with flies to first leaf, a few other photographs loose at rear, original cloth, Suldal, 1919 § Hunter (Col. James) A Unique Experiment, original printed wrappers, Anton's Hill, privately printed, and a later facsimile reprint of the same, [c.1950s], both housed within modern custom-made, morocco-backed drop-back box, [together Wood BSS 31 & 15], 8vo (2) *** Although popularly less famous than other Norwegian rivers, the Sand or Suldal River in Southern Norway was still known in early days for its many and giant salmon. The second item here is Colonel James Hunter's account of his 40 year lease of the entire Sand, who with his friend Walter Archer, were the first Englishmen to lease the water for sport.
Ryer (André du) L'Alcoran de Mahomet. Translaté d'Arabe en François, first edition in French, title with woodcut royal arms, 2 ff. dedication to Monseigneur le Chancelier (seemingly not found in all copies), errata f., privilege f. at end, small ownership inscription in ?Arabic to front free endpaper, ink ownership name to head of title and A1, title with very small ink number to foot, some scattered staining and small nicks to title (no text loss), first and last few leaves frayed at edges, some small worming, affecting some headlines, lightly browned, water-staining, mainly marginal but heavier at end, later calf, worn, lacking lower cover, upper cover detached, 4to, Paris, Antoine de Sommaville, 1647. *** Rare first French edition of the Koran, translated by the celebrated French orientalist Du Ryer.
Ysendyck (J.J. van) Documents classés de l’art dans les Pays-Bas du Xième au XVIIIième siècle, First-Third Series bound in 10 vol. (rearranged by subject), printed in red & black, 722 plates, with 16ff. text issued with plates of First Series and indices to the plates but without frontispieces to Second & Third Series, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, t.e.g, a little rubbed, Antwerp, 1880-[89] § Clemens, Mellins & Rosenthal. De Dom zu Magdeburg, Parts 1-4 only, no text, 24 lithographed plates & plans, water-stained (marginal to parts 1-3 but affecting plates of part 4), original printed wrappers, uncut, folded & creased, frayed at edges, Magdeburg, Creutz'sche, [?1830] § Hübsch (H.) Bauwerke, Atlas only, 12 engraved or lithographed double-page plates, light foxing, contemporary half roan, upper wrapper bound in (old ink stamp), joints split, Carlsruhe, 1838 § Muster-Plane zu ländlichen Bauwesen, Part I [all published], 15 lithographed plates, some spotting, original printed boards, spotted, spine worn, Stuttgart, [?1840s], all but the first worn; and 10 others, mostly German, folio & large folio; sold not subject to return (26)*** The first is a complete set of this substantial publication, providing excellent photographic illustrations of many of the most impressive late mediaeval, renaissance and 17th century buildings in Belgium and the Netherlands, together with similar illustrations of carved decoration, architectural sculpture, furniture, ironwork etc.The last item shows outline linear elevations, sections and ground plans of model designs for farm houses and their associated farm buildings.
Falkus (Hugh) Salmon Fishing. A Practical Guide, first edition, one of 45 specially bound copies signed by the author, colour plates, plain illustrations, navy half morocco, gilt, g.e., housed within original slip case, [Wood BSS 204], 8vo, 1984.*** A Fine copy of Falkus' work, in many respects the modern-day standard work on the subject (Wood).
Salmon Clubs.- Moisie Salmon Club, Canada.- Palmer (Bradley W.) Moisie River, first edition, one of 30 copies, numerous plates, several colour, otherwise plain after photographs, folding map at rear, original cloth, housed within modern custom-made morocco-backed drop-back box, Boston (MA), privately printed, [1938]; and a reprint of the same, one of 50 copies, 1995, [Wood BSS 151 & 150], large 8vo (2) *** A legendary salmon rarity. Palmer was a member of the Moisie Club (eastern Qeubec) from 1928-46, and his text conveys the Club's character of the 1920s and 30s, including some exploratory trips upstream of the usual fishing beats. The 1995 reprint edition was produced by Charles Wood (Wood BSS) by arrangement with the Club, in exchange for their here mentioned copy of the original.
Housman (Laurence) The House of Joy, Gleeson White's copy with his bookplate, remnants of newspaper article stuck to front free endpaper, 1895; The Field of Clover, 1898; All-Fellows. Seven Legends of Lower Redemption..., lacking front free endpaper, 1896 § Stevenson (R.L.) A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrations by Charles Robinson, 1912, the first three all first editions with plates by and in bindings designed by Housman, original pictorial or decorated cloth, gilt, 8vo (4)
Gill (Eric).- Pepler (H.D.C.) The Devil's Devices or Control versus Service, number 49 of 200 "proof" copies numbered and signed by both Pepler & Gill, original cloth-backed pictorial red boards, a little rubbed, Hampshire House Workshops, 1915; Nisi Dominus, one of 500 copies, original printed grey wrappers, uncut, Ditchling, S.Dominic's Press, 1919 § Cornford (Frances) Autumn Midnight, early issue with "Sxipence" on upper cover, original printed pink wrappers, uncut, The Poetry Bookshop, 1923 § Game (The). An Occasional Magazine, vol.II no.2, vol.III no.1, vol.IV nos.2, 4 & 8, together 5 issues, original wrappers, uncut, some unopened, the first with small stains to lower wrapper, Ditchling, St.Dominic's Press, 1918-21, all with wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, all but the first printed at the St.Dominic's Press [Taylor & Sewell A55, A115 & F1], 8vo (8)
Photograph Album.- Scotland.- [Album of a Salmon Trip], 20 black and white photographs, stuck down one per page, multiple blank leaves following final photograph, some soiling to leaves but images generally clean, contemporary straight grain red morocco, lightly scuffed, photographs c.139 x 88mm., [c.1910] § [Album of a Fishing Trip], 37 black and white photographs, stuck down a few per page, but with some removed or excised and some leaves blank, several loose in envelope (inserted), original drab roan, upper cover detached, photographs 128 x 89mm., [1960s]; and another album [c.1915] including 28 photographs of the Grande River (Quebec, Canada), [together Wood BSS 180, 181 & 178], oblong 4to (3) *** The two albums record salmon fishing trips on unidentified rivers, but likely in Scotland. Both have plenty of action shots on the rivers, and in the case of the second both fly-fishing and spinning. An interesting image in the first is three men with a straw wrapped salmon, perhaps to preserve without ice on the journey home.
British Isles.- Henderson (William) Notes and Reminiscences of My Life as an Angler, deluxe large paper copy, portrait frontispiece and plates, foxing to initial leaves, original green half morocco, spine gilt with fish devices, joints slightly ?water-stained, for private circulation only, by Spottiswoode & Co., 1876; and another copy of the same, ink inscription to front endpaper, hinges starting, original drab cloth, ends and extremities worn, [Wood BSS 45], 8vo (2)*** Both 'first editions' in that they were privately printed simultaneously (Wood suggests the deluxe limited to 50 copies), and a commercial edition followed in 1879 under a revised title.
Autographs.- Autograph album, signatures including: Elizabeth Taylor, David Niven, John Gielgud, Rex Harrison, Norma Shearer, Erich von Stroheim & others, c.40pp. excluding blanks, some pages with printed illustrations, first page working loose, contents loose within binding, old tape repairs to hinges, original blind-stamped cloth, a few marks, rubbed, oblong 8vo (110 x 148mm.), [1940s].
Socialism.- Hyndman (Henry) The Historical Basis of Socialism in England, first edition, half-title, 44pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, half-title starting to work loose at head, occasional very light spotting, margins slightly toned, lower hinge cracked but firm, original cloth, spine with very short tear to head and chipped at ends, sunning to spine, a few faint marks, some wear to corners, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883; and 2 others by the same, first editions of The Economics of Socialism and Commercial Crises of the Nineteenth Century, 8vo (3)
Gavin (Hector) On Feigned and Factitious Diseases, first edition, ink presentation inscription from author to his son on University of Edinburgh prize essay presentation leaf at front, minor marginal staining and spotting, but overall in good and clean condition, bookplate of Hector Gavin to front pastedown, illustrations from other works pasted on endpapers and title-verso, later ink ownership inscription on dedication page, publisher's blindstamped morocco, extremities little rubbed, g.e., 8vo, [1843].*** A good copy in presentation binding inscribed to author's son.
Cambodia.- Vue Restaurée du Temple de Baïon, Ruines d'Ang-Kor Thôm (Cambodge). No.24, hand-coloured lithograph, some tears and repairs, a few small portions of loss, some light surface soiling, lightly browned, unframed, 332 x 444mm., Pnom-Penh, Cambodia, L. Jammes, [c.1890]; and 2 other Cambodian hand-coloured lithographs by the same, No. 20 & 21, both of sacred theme, v.s. (3) *** The first a view of the temple of Bayon at Angkor Thom. Jammes arrived in Cambodia around 1883 as a teacher, and rose to become director of the École Royale in Phnom-Penh by 1887.
Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, first trade edition, illustrated by Harry Clarke, slight crease to title, occasional foxing or soiling, original pictorial green cloth, 1919 § Omar Khayyam. The Rubaiyat, tipped-in plates & illustrations by Ronald Balfour, some colour, original boards, spine and edges browned, New York, 1930 § [Voigt (Hans Henning von, Baron)], "Alastair". Fifty Drawings, limited edition, plates, some printed in black & colour, captioned guards, a few leaves loose, original cloth-backed boards, New York, 1925, all a little rubbed, the last with corners and spine ends worn, 4to & folio (3)
Byne (A.) & Mildred Stapley. Provincial Houses in Spain, New York, 1925; Spanish Architecture of the Sixteenth Century, New York & London, 1917 § Goitia (F.N.) La Catedral de Valladolid, Madrid, 1947 § Watson (W.Crum) Portuguese Architecture, book-label of J.Bury, 1908 § Keleman (Pál) Baroque and Rococo in Latin America, New York, 1951 § Pedrosa (F.R.) & Gaëtan Soler. Cathédrale de Barcelone, original cloth-backed boards, Barcelona, 1898 § Pellizzari (A., editor) Opere di Francesco de Hollanda, 2 vol. [all published], original wrappers, uncut, [Naples], 1915 § Rèsende (André de) Noticias da Vida..., original wrappers, upper detached, n.p., 1916, plates and illustrations, the first five original cloth, some spines faded, a little rubbed; and 20 others on Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American architecture, v.s. (29)
Gregynog Press.- Rossetti (Christina) Poems chosen by Walter de la Mare, number 111 of 300 copies on Japanese vellum, wood-engraved portrait, original calf-backed marbled boards, 1930 § Vaughan (Henry) Poems, one of 500 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, 1924 § Abercrombie (Lascelles) Lyrics and Unfinished Poems, number 125 of 175 copies, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title and label removed from front pastedown, original half morocco over marbled boards, gilt, spine slightly faded and with trace of library number, upper corners slightly worn, 1940, the first two printed in red & black and with ink inscription to front endpaper, all a little rubbed, [Harrop 15, 2 & 42], Newtown, Gregynog Press; and a duplicate of the second, 8vo & small folio (4)
Switzerland.- Leuthold (H.F., publisher) Panorama du Lac de Zurich dessiné depuis l'Hôtel Baur, folding aquatint panorama with view at each end, c.115 x 715mm., with 4pp. 4to publisher's catalogue of views & panoramas folded and pasted to verso, Zurich, [c.1840] § Panorama d'Interlaken, pris depuis la Höhe-Matte, folding lithographed panorama, c.175 x 1090mm., with folding colour plan of Interlaken by Halder, c.420 x 530mm., light spotting to the first, both folding into original boards, rubbed, Interlaken, [c.1840]; and 2 others, Switzerland, 8vo et infra (4)
Roosevelt (Robert Barnwell) Game Fish of the Northern States of America, and British Provinces, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, spine ends a little bumped, Carleton, New York, 1862 § Rowan (John J.) The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada, first edition, large folding colour map, working loose, upper hinge cracked by firm, original decorative cloth, gilt, joint head small tear, others a little bumped, 1876 § Wells (Henry P.) The American Salmon Fisherman, first English edition, frontispiece, title in red and black, publisher's advertisements to rear, lower hinge weak, original decorative cloth, gilt, 1886, 8vo (6)*** A group of sporting works incorporating salmon fishing in North America, and other game more broadly, all 19th century.
Hearn (Lafcadio) Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, half-title, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, Japan, 1955 § Lewis (C. S.) Christian Behaviour, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink initials to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light spotting, slight creasing to edges, 1943 § Economic Advisory Council. Channel Tunnel Committee Report, 2 folding maps at end, one detached and loosely inserted, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, creasing to edges, 1930 § Yeats-Brown (F.) Golden Horn, half-title, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine head, creasing and chipping to edges, 1932; and others, 8vo & 4to (c.90).
Hanger (Col. George) The Life, Adventures, and Opinions...., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved illustration of man hanging from a gibbet, contemporary ink signature of Wm.Blunt to half-titles/titles, bookplate of R.A.Tatton, later cloth-backed boards by Winstanley of Manchester, a little rubbed, 1801 § Seward (John) The Spirit of Anecdote and Wit, 4 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, contemporary ink inscriptions "Mrs Austen The Polygon" to front free endpapers, attractive contemporary red straight-grain morocco, covers with central wreathed head against a sunburst in gilt, g.e., a little worn, 1823; and c.20 others, literature etc., 8vo et infra (c.25)
Wells (Henry P.) The American Salmon Fishermen, first edition, frontispiece, original drab cloth, spine ends slightly frayed, New York, Harper & Brothers, small 4to, 1886.*** First edition of the first American book on salmon fishing. This copy owned by Charles Wetzel, bibliographer and author of 'American Fishing Books' [bookplate and ink ownership inscription].
Photograph Album.- Norway.- Album of Salmon Fishing at Torrisdal on the Namsen River, 29 photographs of views, expedition characters, life and accommodation, all platinum prints, mounted on paper and laid down one per page over 28 leaves (the first on recto of front endpaper, the rest on leaf versos), manuscript captions to paper mounts, some spotting to leaf margins and mounts, a few leaves warped at end, contemporary green morocco with gilt lettering 'Torrisdal &c. 1887' to upper cover, corners and spine discoloured, extremities slightly rubbed, [Wood BSS 176], photographs 116 x 91mm., small oblong folio, 1887.*** An album of a British group's fishing trip in 1887 to Torrisdal on the Namsen River, still one of Norway's top salmon rivers today. Torrisdal was known as "the top beat of the Namsen, and affords usually excellent sport, as there is an opportunity for both boat casting and bank fishing in addition to the usual trolling. Accommodation in lodges close to the river... The beat comprises an extent of 3km, from Fiskumfoss and down the river" (A. Koren, Norwegian Fishing Rights and Shooting, 1929). The photographs capture much of this description with sweeping scenic shots of the Fiskumfoss (falls) and the river generally, the lodges, ghillies and servants, for example 'Ivar and the 32lb salmon'.
Gathorne-Hardy (Hon. A. E.) The Salmon, first edition, one of 157 large paper copies, plates, modern green morocco-backed cloth, most pages unopened either at top or fore-edge, slipcase, 8vo, 1898.*** This work is from the 'Fur, Feather and Fin Series' edited by Alfred Watson. Included are a chapter on the law of salmon fishing and also on cookery.
Mary Toft.- Anonymous (1720s) The Doctors in Labour; or a New Whim Wham from Guildford, twelve scenes relating to the affair of Mary Toft, "the rabbit breeder", etching on wove paper without watermark, sheet 350 x 260 mm (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in), trimmed within the platemark, unframed, 1726 [but a later 19th century impression]Literature:BM Satires 1781*** A large and extraordinary print about one of the most notorious and amusing frauds of the early 18th century. Mary Toft was a poor illiterate Surrey woman, and "On 23 April, 1726, she declared that she had been frightened by a rabbit while at work in the fields, and this so reacted upon her reproductive system that she was delivered in November of that year first of the lights and guts of a pig and afterwards a rabbit, or rather a litter of rabbits" [DNB]. In time the miracle was exposed as an elementary piece of deception, but not before it gave rise to a torrent of pamphlets (including a poem by Pope, see Foxon D238) and several prints, including one by Hogarth. The present sheet is an excellent example of what was for the period a rather new departure in social commentary, as artists, especially the young Hogarth, expanded the range of graphic satire to include various aspects of daily life, and laid the foundations for the work of such later figures as Gillray, Rowlandson, and Cruikshank.
Decloux (A.P.H.) & Doury. Histoire Archéologique, Descriptive et Graphique de la Sainte-Chapelle du Palais, first edition, half-title printed in gold, title in gold, red & blue, text within decorative colour borders, 25 plates, 20 chromolithographed and heightened with gold, the other 5 engraved india paper proofs and mounted, half-title, title and engraved plates lighlty foxed, contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, Paris, 1857 § Wyatt (Matthew Digby) Specimens of the Geometrical Mosaic of the Middle Ages, first edition, chromolithographed decorative title and 20 plates, many heightened with gold, dedication frayed at lower edge and lacking outer corner (repaired), plates lightly browned or soiled and two frayed at upper edge (repaired), original decorative boards designed by Wyatt, rubbed and soiled, edges worn, rebacked in calf, Day & Son, [1848], folio (2)*** Two works with fine chromolithographed plates, the first devoted to the Sainte Chapelle as newly restored by J.-B.-A.Lassus.
British Isles.- Scrope (William) Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed, first edition, half-title, additional tinted lithograph vignette-title and 12 lithograph plates, several hand-coloured, publisher's advertisements to rear, most gatherings loose, a few minor instances of soiling and some light foxing, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, hinges broken, original green cloth, pictorial gilt with device of otter and salmon (upper) and mermaid fly fishing (lower), spine tone and ends worn, [Wood BSS 53], 8vo, John Murray, 1843.*** First edition of this classic of salmon fishing literature, and recognised as one of the great works of on angling more widely.
British Isles.- Braithwaite (Cecil) Fishing Vignettes, being Extracts from a Diary and other Fragments 1875-1922, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front endpaper, numerous photographic plates, original half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, t.e.g., others uncut, within modern slipcase, 'Home Words Ltd.' [but likely privately printed], [c.1923]; and a trade edition copy of the same, a few plates loose, original cloth, [Wood BSS 37], 8vo (2)*** Discussion covers, among others, fishing on the Killaloe in Ireland, the Deveron, the Barr, the Dee and the Grimersta in Scotland, a month on the Suldal (or Sand) in Norway etc. Wood suggests the 'publisher' is a vanity press, with both two editions being privately printed, the deluxe limitation being unknown but perhaps 100 copies.
Byron Family.- Hucknall [Tokard] Commission, recording property owners and value, the first entry being that of William Byron, fourth Baron Byron, famous for his duel with William Chaworth, manuscript, 1p., a few short tears at folds and very small portions of loss, some very light spotting, lightly browned, 335 x 210mm., 1770; and 3 others, 2 ALs.s both signed Byron including one from Admiral George Anson Byron, seventh Baron Byron, and the infamous 19th century printed facsimile of Lord [George Gordon] Byron's letter denying his authorship of 'The Vampyre', v.s., v.d. (4 pieces). *** First mentioned from the collection of Richard Cotterill.
France.- [Funeral of the Emperor Napoleon], folding lithographed panorama on conjoined sheets forming continuous strip, c.150 x 3030mm., a little foxed and soiled, slight wear to folds, small tear to upper edge of first scene repaired, loose in original viridian glazed boards with additional lithograph 'Napoléon aux Invalides' mounted on upper cover, explanatory text mounted on front pastedown, additional engraved plate of the opening of Napoleon's coffin at St.Helena in 1840 trimmed and mounted on rear pastedown, rubbed, spine worn and defective at foot, [?Paris], [c.1840] § Paris Moderne et ses Environs, 24 hand-coloured lithographed views by Ch.Rivière on conjoined sheets folding concertina-style, c.130 x 3510mm., occasional foxing, original cloth-backed boards, spine worn, Paris, Becquet, [c.1850]; and a small bundle of others including a later version of the second, v.s. (a bundle)*** The panorama depicts the return of the Emperor Napoleon's body to Paris in 1840, from his tomb on St.Helena, transportation of the coffin back to France, the funeral cortège through Paris and subsequent reburial in the Hôtel des Invalides.
Norway.- Kennard (Edward) Norwegian Sketches, Fishing in Strange Waters, title in red and black, numerous plain plates after watercolours by the author, advertisements to rear, towards start some leaves loose, original pictorial boards, ?later rebacked and recornered in cloth, boards a little rubbed, [Wood BSS 16], oblong 4to, 1889.*** A charming work, the second edition here for the first time with text accompanying the author's illustrations, which Wood describes as 'a prototypical Victorian "coffee table book".
Normand (Charles) De Vignola der Ambachtslieden, first Dutch edition, half-title, 2 engraved titles and 36 plates, contemporary roan-backed boards, vellum tips, joints split, [BAL 4032, French edition of 1821], Amsterdam, S. de Grebber, 1824 § Wölfer (Marius) Der verbesserte Pisé- und Wellerwandbau nach den neuesten Erfindungen, 28 lithographed plates, lightly browned, original printed blue wrappers, uncut, spine slightly faded, [Not in BAL], Weimar, 1836 § Kugler (Franz) Karl Friedrich Schinkel, engraved portrait, folding facsimile letter, light foxing, later half cloth, original blue printed upper wrapper bound in, with presentation inscription from the author to his friend the art historian Carl Grüneisen (1802-1878) to foot of wrapper, Berlin, 1842 § Vorherr (J.M.C.G.) Andeutungen über die Direktion des öffentlichen Bauwesens in Baiern, 4pp., with folded sheet of 2 lithographed plans of the village of Freudenbach before and after replanning, loose as issued, Munich, 1819, all but the last a little rubbed; and 8 others, German, v.s. (12)*** Normand's discussion of the orders is supplemented by designs of his own for townhouses and villas. Kugler's work on Schinkel is the first biography of the architect, this copy with an interesting association. The last item is a very rare leaflet issued by Johann Michael Christian Gustav von Vorherr (1778-1847), an architect in the service of the Bavarian government and a pioneer of “Landesverschönerung” (landscaped urban planning).
Blake (William) Jerusalem: A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book, 5 fascicules including Introduction, number 208 of 516 copies, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, title heightened with gold, original wrappers, paper labels to upper covers, Introduction lightly browned, together in original cloth-backed drop-front board box, rubbed, upper joint split, [1951]; Jerusalem, number 7 of 558 copies, collotype plates coloured through stencil, original morocco-backed marbled boards, marbled slip-case, 1974, Trianon Press; and Wicksteed's 2 vol. Commentary on Jerusalem, 4to (4)*** The first work is the first of the Trianon Press Blake facsimiles, reproduced from the Stirling copy of Blake's great poem, the only complete copy coloured by the artist. The second item is reproduced from the Cunliffe copy.
British Isles.- Kelson (George M.) The Salmon Fly: How to Dress It and How to Use It, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 8 chromolithograph plates of flies, advertisements to front and rear, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, a few very occasional spots, hinges starting, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine sunned, torn and ends bumped, [Wood BSS 47], 4to, by the author, 1895.*** An important work, which remains a keystone of salmon fly development, despite the author's reputation as both outspoken and controversial.
Salmon Clubs.- Canada.- Tabusintac Club, decorative initial in red, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, [Boston], [privately printed by the] Atlantic Printing Company, [c.1920] § Log of the Eagle Salmon Club 'The First Five Years', ink inscriptions, original printed wrappers, housed within morocco-backed drop-back box, [privately printed], [c.1963], [together Wood BSS 158 & 146]; and 4 others relating to the Eagle and Tobique Salmon Clubs, v.s. (6) *** A small group of records and accounts of the Tabusintac, Eagle and Tobique Salmon Clubs, in New Brunswick and Newfoundland, Canada.
Grew (Nehemiah) Musaeum Regalis Societatis. or A Catalogue & Description Of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society And preserved at Gresham College... Whereunto is Subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts, 2 parts in 1, dedication to Royal Society and Daniel Colwall Esq, 31 plates, one folded, lacking portrait frontispiece, ink ownership inscription on title page erased, with some minor damage not affecting text, ms corrections in ink on I3v, M1r, Aa3r, Hh4r, Rr4v, some minor marginal worming to first 4 leaves, marginal foxing and staining, very light toning, bookplate of Robertson Lockett to front pastedown, some spotting to endpapers, contemporary sprinkled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, scuffing at head of spine, rubbing and surface wear to covers, [Osler 2840; Wing G1952], folio, printed by W. Rawlins for the author, [1681].*** Grew (1641-1712) is best known for his important contributions to plant morphology and anatomy. From about 1672, the Royal Society became the focal point of much of Grew's scientific activities and most of his works originated as papers read before the Society. By 1677 he had become one of the Society's secretaries and he was 'requested' to publish this description of the Society's museum - a description which not only lists, but describes in detail, with illustrations, the rarities collected by the Society. The second part, The Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts, was an important contribution to animal anatomy.
Norway.- Milford (John) Norway, and her Laplanders, in 1841: with a few hints to the salmon fisher, first edition, publisher's advertisements to rear, modern morocco-backed cloth, gilt, [Wood BSS 21], 8vo, John Murray, 1842.*** A clean wide-margined copy of this work on Milford's explorations into Lapland, which includes relatively early discussion of Norwegian salmon fishing; accounts of his own fishing on the Namsen River described as 'the best salmon river in Europe' and from other anglers met, his advice on the dangers of boat fishing on the pool at Fiskum Foss and interesting suggestions of the tackle necessary for Norwegian fishing.
Roman law.- Manutius (Paulus) Antiquitatum Romanorum liber de legibus, Roman letter, title with woodcut Aldine device, woodcut decorative initials, early ink underlining and marginalia, lower corner of title repaired, some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later vellum, [Adams M475; Ahmanson-Murphy 1051; Renouard 297:9], 8vo, Paris, Bernard Turrisan, 1557. *** Parisian reprint on behalf of the Aldine Press of the first edition (same year) of this work on Roman law. Turrisan was the grandson of Andrea Torresani (father-in-law of Aldus). Our copy with evidence of early study. Provenance: Ludovicus Flamen (16th century ink inscription to title); ‘Ex libris M. Nic. le Bachelier.’ (later ink inscription to front pastedown).
Bolton (Robert) Mr Bolton's Last and Learned Worke of the Foure last Things, Death, Judgement, Hell, and Heaven, first edition, title within ornate woodcut architectural border, engraved portrait frontispiece, both laid down to sheets, H3 small hole to blank margin and R2 blank margin corner defect, both with paper repairs (obscuring text on leaf rectos), [STC 3243], 1633, bound with Estwick (Nicolas) A learned and godly sermon, preached on the XIX. day of December, anno Dom. MDCXXXI. at the funerall of Mr. Robert Bolton, [STC 10556], 1633, and Bolton (Robert) Two Sermons Preached at Northampton, first gathering soiled, [?STC 3257], 1639, together 3 works in 1, some woodcut initials and ornaments, some light water-staining, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, edges stained red, all three printed by George Miller, 4to.
British Isles.- Calderwood (W. L.) The Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, first edition, one of 250 deluxe issue copies, half-title, numerous plates of several kinds, including photogravure, maps in colour, plain, and mounted colour illustrations with captioned tissue guards, some faint spots to very outermost fore and lower margin extremities, original white buckram-backed cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, [Wood BSS 38], large 8vo, Edward Arnold, 1909.
Jefferies (Richard) The Gamekeeekper at Home, first illustrated edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Charled Whymper, a bright copy in the original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, 1880 § Hayes (M.Horace) Points of the Horse, second edition, plates & illustrations, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1897 § Broderip (W.J.) Zoological Recreations, first edition, 24pp. publishers' catalogue at end, hinges weak, original cloth, spine faded and chipped at foot, 1847 § Strutt (J.G.) Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of British Trees, additional vignette title and 49 plates, all on india paper and mounted, foxed, contemporary half roan, uncut, for the Author, [1830], all but the first rubbed; and 2 others, natural history, 8vo & 4to (6)
[Dossie (Robert)] The Handmaid to the Arts, 2 vol., second edition, vol.1 lacking final 3 leaves of Index (supplied in facsimile), tear to T7, browned, modern half calf, J.Nourse, 1764 § Barry (James) A Letter to the Dilettanti Society..., second edition, engraved portrait tipped in at beginning and 2 other engravings including hand-coloured aquatint of Royal Academy, some foxing and soiling, library label to pastedown, contemporary half calf, worn, crudely rebacked in cloth, J.Walker, 1799 § Davenport (Cyril) Mezzotints, one of 50 copies on Japon, original limp vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, 1904 § Menpes (Mortimer) Whistler As I Knew Him, one of 500 deluxe copies signed by the author, A. & C.Black, 1904 § Gibson (Frank) Charles Conder, 1914 § Hind (Arthur M.) An Introduction to a History of Woodcut, 2 vol., 1935 § Roberts (Hugh) For the King's Pleasure: The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle, 2001 § Jaffer (Amin) Furniture from British India and Ceylon, New Delhi, 2001, most with plates and illustrations, the last five original cloth or boards, the last three with dust-jackets, some rubbed; and c.70 others, art, including a few old sale catalogues, v.s. (c.80)*** The first is a practical handbook specifically for artists with information on colours, paints, gilding, japanning, lacquering, inks, engraving, glass, ceramics, papier maché and other crafts.
Salmon Clubs.- British Isles.- Midland Salmon and Trout Club [Rule Book], maps, some light spotting, original printed wrappers, a few small marks, privately printed, 1935 § Wigan (Michael) Grimersta: the Story of a Great Fishery, [one of 650 copies], photographic and other illustrations, original cloth, Isle of Lewis, privately printed, 2000, [together Wood BSS 164 & 163], v.s. (2)*** First mentioned: Ephemeral booklets like this are rare. The Midland Salmon and Trout Club was exclusively limited to 50 members, with water on the Severn, Dee, as well as the Blythe and Onny Fisheries. Neville Chamberlain MP is listed as President. Second mentioned: A history of the famous Grimersta Estate founded 1924, a syndicate of 25 members that controls the Grimersta salmon fishery on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Poet Laureate and angler Ted Hughes was also a member.
[Davy (Sir Humphry)] Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing, first edition, a few scattered instances of light foxing, original drab boards with paper label to spine, covers detached (but intact), spine cracked but stitching holding firm, housed within modern custom-made morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, John Murray, 1828.*** An important early work on salmon fishing, which is recognised as a classic of angling literature.
Loudon (John Claudius) A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences..., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 32 engraved plates, one double-page, one with overslip, binder's/errata leaf at end of vol.2, light water-staining to plates in vol.1, bookplate of Edward Brice Pearse, old Marks & Co. receipt from 1945 loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spines, corners worn, [BAL 1964], 1806; The Gardener's Magazine, vol.1-6, mixed set, hand-coloured plate, illustrations, occasional spotting, vol.5 with some water-staining, all contemporary half calf, vol.1-4 & 6 uniform half green calf, by George May of Evesham with his ticket, gilt crest & monogram of Edward Rudge to head of spines, spines a little faded, 1826-30, all rubbed; and 26 others, Loudon, mostly Gardener's Magazine (some duplicates and 19 issues of the New Series in original parts 1834-36), 4to & 8vo (34)*** Loudon’s Gardener’s Magazine was the first periodical devoted exclusively to garden subjects and covers garden design, architecture and technology as well as planting and propagation, while his descriptions of visits to English country houses with surrounding gardens and parkland are of particular interest.
Binding.- Genealogy.- Vitignano (Cornelio) Vera genealogia e discendenza della serenissima et invittissima prosapia d'Austria, first edition, collation: A-E4, title with woodcut arms recto and verso, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, decorative initials and printer's device to final verso, sig. D lightly browned, some spotting or light staining, handsome 17th century red morocco richly gilt, with the arms of Cardinal Vidone, covers with central arms within various foliage, sawtooth or filet borders, spine in four compartments, each with a central star, the uppermost compartment with a later ink number 8, lacking ties, spine ends and corners skilfully restored, little spotting, 4to (binding 214 x 154; text block 208 x 136mm.), Naples, Giovanni Giacomo Carlino for Enrico Bacco, 1599. *** Handsome binding for Cardinal Vidone on a work tracing the genealogy of the House of Austria. Vidone having studied at Pavia and Perugia arrived in Rome during the pontificate of Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605). His rise through the church hierarchy was rapid, eventually earning the important post of Treasurer General of the Apostolic Chamber, and Commissary General of the papal army in 1625, thereby effectively running the entire administration of papal domains. He was made a cardinal on 30th August, 1627. His short period as a cardinal allows us to date this binding quite precisely to between 1627 and the year of his death in 1632.
Lead sheeting.- Remond de Saint-Albine (Pierre) Mémoire sur le Laminage du Plomb, first edition, woodcut ornaments, Macclesfield copy with embossed stamp to title and South Library bookplate, contemporary vellum-backed boards, spine titled in manuscript, Paris, Pierre Prault, 1731; another edition, third edition (first illustrated edition), title with engraved vignette of foundry, 3 folding engraved plates by Dheulland, some light spotting or soiling, contemporary marbled wrappers, uncut, spine repaired, Paris, Jacques Guerin, 1746 § [Le Normant (A., suppliers of rolled lead sheeting)] Mémoire sur le Plomb Laminé qui se fabrique a Paris et a Déville-les-Rouen, ?first edition, half-title (soiled), stitched, Orleans, 1822, 4to & 8vo (3)*** An interesting group of works on rolled lead sheeting for roofing and gutters. Rolled lead had been in use in Britain since 1670 but there was resistance in France from the guild of plumbers. Remond de Sainte-Albine proposes the advantages of rolled sheet versus cast lead and explains the manufacturing techniques. The final work proves that the argument was still ongoing nearly a hundred years later. We have been unable to trace another copy of this edition although there are a few copies in libraries of an 1807 Parisian edition by Hénée.
British Isles.- Bayley (John) The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London, 2 vol., first edition, engraved plates including double-page plan, some spotting, bookplate of Sir William Browne ffolkes, contemporary calf, joints split, lacking labels, 1821 § Granville (A.B.) The Spas of England, 3 vol., plates and illustrations, folding tables, lacking folding map, frontispiece of vol.1 loose, original cloth, soiled, 1841 § Sawyer (A.R.) Accidents in Mines, in the North Staffordshire Coalfield, plates, many folding, original cloth, worn, lacking spine, London & Hanley, 1886 § R.C.H.M. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, 5 vol., maps and illustrations, original cloth, 1924-30, rubbed or worn; and 12 others, British topography, v.s.; sold not subject to return (23)

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