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Click here to subscribeWORLD CUP 1970- BANKS Four different first day covers all issued for the 1970 World Cup 1970 in Mexico and all signed by Gordon Banks. One cover is the official FA Commemorative cover postmarked Guadalajara 7/6/70, another is a Mexican Official cover dated 21/6/70. The other two are large covers both with a Sana'a postmark dated 20/5/70. All the Gordon Banks signatures are in ink and Banks made a world class save to deny Pele at this tournament. Good
1982 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING PHOTOGRAPHS Approximately 240 black & white Press photographs 10" X 7" and 8" X 6" including West Germany v. Bulgaria in Dusseldorf 22/11/1981, Bilbao in March 1982 showing scenes around the city and inside the stadium in preparation for the World Cup and to welcome England for their base at the first phase, Yugoslavia v. Italy 17/10/1981 in Belgrade, Austria v. West Germany 14/10/1981, Peru v. Uruguay 6/9/1981 in Lima and Chile v. Paraguay 21/6/1981 in Santiago. Good
America.- [Beresford (William)] A Voyage round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788...Captains Portlock and Dixon, first edition, half-title, 21 engraved maps and plates including sheet of engraved music and some of natural history, some folding, all but music with delicate hand-colouring, folding plate of dish and daggers lacking folding part, title lightly soiled and with signature cut away at head, some plates foxed, large folding map soiled and torn (repaired), some tears to other maps repaired, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed and marked, edges worn, rebacked preserving old spine, new green morocco label, [Hill 117; Sabin 20364], 4to, 1789. ⁂ A series of letters written by William Beresford, cargo-officer on Dixon's ship the Queen Charlotte. Portlock and Dixon's voyage was the first commercial voyage to the Pacific North-West, ostensibly to set up a fur-trading business. They succeeded, however, in a more detailed exploration and mapping of the coast, visiting both the Falkland islands and Sandwich islands (Hawaii), and improved on Cook's charts of the region. Their two ships separated and sailed independently for most of the expedition, Dixon sailing south to Nootka Sound and Portlock, who had accompanied Cook on his third voyage, exploring north along the Alaskan coast (see following lot).
Jenner (Edward) An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the Cow Pox, first edition, 4 engraved plates by William Skelton, printed in sanguine and enhanced with some hand-colouring, lacking half-title and errata f., ink stamp removed from title, C3&4 (with a repair to outer margin of C3), foot of L1&2 and foot of 1 plate, F1 verso a few small ink stains, 1 within text, slightly obscuring a few letters, F4 a few small ink spots, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with red morocco label, rubbed, corners repaired, covers marked, [Dibner Heralds of Science 127; Garrison-Morton 5423; Grolier Medicine 53; Heirs of Hippocrates 1086; Grolier/Horblit 56; William Lefanu A bibliography of Edward Jenner, 8 (2nd ed., 1985); Norman 1162; PMM 250; Wellcome III, p. 351], 4to, Printed for the Author, by Sampson Low, 1798. ⁂ 'One of the greatest triumphs in the history of medicine' (Garrison-Morton), which is 'the basis of the modern science of immunology' (PMM). Jenner trained under the the great surgeon and experimental scientist John Hunter, and 'was the first to test experimentally the folk belief that cowpox conferred immunity to its deadly relative smallpox, and the first to transmit the cowpox virus from person to person in order to build a population immune to smallpox' (Norman). As a result of his initial ground-breaking work 'today there are innoculations ... against scarlet fever, typhoid fever, diptheria, whooping-cough and tetanus, as well as ... bubonic plague, cholera and yellow fever.' (PMM).
Schoener (Johann) Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: α6, β4, A-Z6, Aa-Cc6, Dd-Ee8, Ff-Mm6, Nn8; a-h6, i8, including errata, colophon and final blank leaf, but lacking 2 other blanks, Roman and Greek type, title printed in red and black with two large woodcut ornaments, woodcut printer's device at end, woodcut portrait of the author on β4v, numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 4 full-page woodcuts, including terrestrial globe, celestial globe and planisphere, complete with eleven diagrams with working volvelles (some with original threads, others sometime replaced), woodcut initials, generally very fine, wide-margined copy, title gutter reinforced, quire R lightly browned, few other leaves toned, small wear to lower blank margin of b3v, tiny wormhole in blank outer margin of last several leaves, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, covers within two blind-stamped rolls, outer roll dated 1541 and depicting the Crucifixion, David, the Resurrection, and St. John, inner roll dated 1556 and showing Lucretia, Caritas, and Justicia, later stamp of Schola Altenburgensis printed in gold in centre of upper cover and in black on lower cover, some minor abrasion to binding, spine slightly chipped at head, corners lightly rubbed, folio (306 x 201mm.), Nuremberg, J. Montanus & U. Neuber, 1551.⁂ Rare and important work with a most distinguished provenance, in excellent condition and in its strictly contemporary binding. The Honeyman copy of the first edition of the collected works by Johann Schöner, mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, and scientific instrument maker from Karlstadt, in Bavaria. Schöner was a contemporary of Nicolaus Copernicus and in 1526 he became the first professor of mathematics at the University of Nuremberg. His most illustrious pupil was Georg Joachim Rheticus, who in the Narratio prima (1540) announced Copernicus' discoveries. Schöner was also active as a printer and even set up a press in his house, printing numerous previously unpublished works by Johannes Regiomontanus, as well as the first printed terrestrial globe to name the recently discovered continent of America. The Opera mathematica was published posthumously by his son Andreas and is introduced by a preface by the outstanding humanist and reformer Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). The volume contains a representative sample of Schöner's wide and diverse interests, and a digest of some of his separately published works, most of which are extremely rare. Part 3 contains the most important section, which describes and illustrates eleven instruments, under the title Aequatorium Astronomicum, ex quo errantium stellarum motus, luminarium configurationes, & defectus colliguntur, a revised and enlarged version of the work which first appeared in 1521. The Aequatorium Astronomicum contains the earliest collection of printed equatoria-diagrams, as well as a catalogue of stars adapted by Schöner from that published by Copernicus in his De revolutionibus of 1543. The text is illustrated by an elaborate series of volvelles (movable wheel charts) used to determine planetary positions. Each part of these volvelles was printed on a separate page, such that the reader could cut them out or trace them on separate pieces of paper, and then assemble the various parts with string. These fragile 'paper instruments', which Schöner was among the first to employ, are frequently lacking or only partially present in most other copies of this work, and they are very often constructed incorrectly. This copy is exceptionally complete and includes all the volvelles, some still with their original thread. Provenance: from the library of the Latin school in Altenburg, Germany (stamp on the binding 'Biblioth. Schol. Altenburgensis'); the English politician and book collector Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937; his sale at Sotheby's London, 9 February 1953, lot 9605); Robert Honeyman IV (1897- 1987; see The Honeyman Collection of Scientific Books and Manuscripts. Volume vii. Printed Books S-Z and Addenda, Sotheby's New York, 19-20 May 1981, lot 2802A); Astronomy & Science Books from The Library of Martin C. Gutzwiller, lot 175. Literature: Adams S-678, 685; VD16 S-3465; Alden 551/35; BEA, pp. 1027-1028; Houzeau - Lancaster 2388; Sabin 77806.
Architecture.- Bianchini (Francesco) Del Palazzo de Cesari Opera Postuma, first edition, title in red and black, engraved title vignette, 20 engraved pates, mostly folding, illustrations, very occasional light spotting, title a little dust-soiled but else a clean fresh copy, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, folio, Verona, Pierantonio Berno, 1738.
Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) Les Dix Livres d'architecture de Vitruve, translated by Claude Perrault, additional engraved title and illustrations, some full-page, bookplate to pastedown, ownership blind-stamp to endpapers and signature to title, occasional light spotting, heavier to final ff., contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, lightly marked and faded, corners rubbed, folio, Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1673.⁂ First edition of the French translation and comments by Claude Perrault.
Cameos.- Prendeville (James) Photographic Facsimiles of the Antique Gems Formerly Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski, Second Series only (of 2), 228 mounted albumen photographs of engraved gems, decorative gilt borders, tissue-guards, perforated blind stamp and ink stamp of Brooklyn Public Library to title, library cloth, 4to, 1859.⁂ Rare first photo-illustrated work of engraved gems, one of only 75 copies.
Gardens.- Chambers (William) A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening..to which is annexed An Explanatory Discourse by Tan Chet-qua, of Quang-chew-fu, Gent, 2 parts in 1, second edition, engraved additional vignette title (dated 1772) and dedication by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, [Harris 118; Henrey 547; cf. Fowler 88, first edition], Printed by W. Griffin, 1773 bound with Frezier (Amédée) Dissertation historique et critique sur les ordres d'architecture, folding engraved plate, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1769, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved armorial bookplate of Michael Kearney, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, 4to⁂ A treatise conceived by Chambers in response to the dull style of landscape gardening of 'Capability' Brown. Despite being exposed as a product of his imagination it includes some advanced ideas such as gardeners should ''paint'' their flower borders, anticipating Gertrude Jekyll, and that there should be a centralised planning control for villages and towns. The work was very influential on the Continent.
Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Cosmographia, first edition, collation: aa10, bb8-1, a10, b-g8, h10, A-F8, G10. 142 of [143] leaves, lacking fol. aa1 blank. text in single column, 39 lines, type: 102R, finely hand-painted initials alternately in red or blue, that on aa8 verso with extension, seven-line blank space on aa1 recto, rubricated in red and blue, capital letters touched with yellow, 4 woodcut diagrams, two small wormholes to blank outer margin of first leaf repaired, without any loss, occasional light foxing, front and rear flyleaves both reinforced at an early date with a fragment from a manuscript, pencilled bibliographical notes on rear pastedown, contemporary wooden boards, one (of two) original oyster clasps preserved, spine covered in calf, with three raised bands, a few wormholes to covers, loss to top corner of upper cover, head and foot of joints slightly worn, preserved in suede-lined black morocco drop-back box by Boichot, folio (304 x 205mm.), Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475.⁂ An exceptional, and unsophisticated copy, with wide margins of the first edition of the most celebrated geographical treatise of classical antiquity. An edition of the greatest rarity, and a monumental achievement of geographical knowledge and a cornerstone of the European tradition. The Latin Ptolemy of 1475 was issued from the printing house established in Vicenza by the German printer Hermann Liechtenstein, also known by his surname 'Leuilapis'. A native of Cologne, he began his career as a printer in Vicenza, publishing the undated Historiae by Orosius in 1475, as well as the first edition of Ptolemy, completed on 13 September. Ptolemy's Geographia is one of the first books ever printed in Vicenza, where printing was first introduced in the spring of 1474 by Leonardus Achates de Basilea. The present work, divided into eight books, was produced by Ptolemy in the second century AD and describes the known inhabited world (or oikoumene), divided into three continents: Europe, Libye (or Africa), and Asia. Book i provides details for drawing a world map with two different projections (one with linear and the other with curved meridians), while Books ii-vii list the longitude and latitude of some 8,000 locations, Book vii concludes with instructions for a perspectival representation of a globe. In Book viii Ptolemy breaks down the world map into twenty-six smaller areas and provides useful descriptions for cartographers. The work was brought to Italy from Constantinople around 1400, and its translation into Latin was made by Jacopo Angeli (or Angelo da Scarperia) in Florence between 1406 and 1409. He was a pupil of Manuel Chrysoloras (ca. 1350-1415), the exiled Byzanthine scholar who had possibly begun the translation himself, on the basis of a hitherto unidentified Greek manuscript. Angelo's translation is mainly based on a composite text deriving from two different manuscripts. This volume was edited by Angelus Vadius and Barnabas Picardus and contains only the text of Ptolemy's Geographia. No maps were issued in this first edition of 1475, which were probably not present in the manuscript which served as copy-text, and the only illustrations included are the three diagrams in chapter xxiv of Book i (fols. bb5v, bb6v, and bb7v), showing the 'modus designandi in tabula plana', and that on fol. F3, depicting the Polus antarcticus. The first illustrated edition of Ptolemy appeared in Bologna in 1477, under the title of Cosmographia and supplemented with copperplates drawn and engraved by the famous illuminator Taddeo Crivelli. The Latin edition of this landmark geographical text enjoyed wide and enduring popularity. The editio princeps in Greek appeared in Basel only in 1533, and the circulation of the Latin text throughout Europe in the fifteenth century greatly influenced (both directly and indirectly) the shaping of the modern world. As Angeli writes at the end of his dedication: "Now, I repeat now, let us listen to Ptolemy himself speaking in Latin". Literature: HC 13536*; GW M36388; BMC vii, 1035; IGI 8180; Goff P-108; Flodr Ptolomaeus, 1; Sander 5973.Provenance: French bookseller's typed description to front pastedown.
Lucian of Samosata. Dialogoi, editio princeps, collation: Α-Β8, α-ω8, αα-ηη8, 262 (of 264 leaves, lacking the first and last blanks), Greek text in single column, 41-44 lines, type: 5:IIIGk, blank spaces for capitals, with no guide letters, opening page framed in a fine and lavishly illuminated full-border, with small flowers, acanthus leaves, fruits, birds, and gold-rayed discs, at the top two cornucopias, lower panel containing a large cartouche including a blue lion coat-of-arms, flanked by the gold initials 'io' and perhaps 'm' (smudged), right panel exquisitely painted, depicting a scholar, presumably Lucianus himself, with long curly hair, sitting and reading a book, same leaf with ten-line gold initial 'A' with interlaced branches on black ground, and a portion of a portico supported by a cherub, a very good copy with wide margins, water-staining to front endpapers thus affecting lower panel of illumination on first leaf, a few early ink stains, foxing and browning in places, light water-stain to lower blank margins of final quires, a few minor stains to gutter of two final leaves, early inked foliation and marginalia in Greek and Latin in the same hand, front pastedown with early inked shelfmark 'A. 58.', and an erased, illegible annotation, 17th-century limp vellum, spine with five raised bands underlined by gilt fillets, compartments decorated with floral tool, title in gilt on red lettering-piece, small tear to vellum on upper cover fore-edge and another on lower joint, tailband loose, folio (330 x 235mm.), Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496.⁂ A magnificent example of a Florentine incunable embellished with a high-quality illumination: the rare editio princeps of Lucianus' Dialogues edited by Ianos Laskaris - a masterpiece of early Greek typography. This is one of the three dated editions published by Lorenzo de Alopa, the first Florentine printer to produce books in Greek, the others being the Anthologia Graeca of 1494 and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius, which appeared in 1496. The text of Lucianus was set in the third Greek type cut for Alopa, a lower-case with accents and breathings, used also for the commentary surrounding Apollonius' Argonautica. The opening leaf of this sumptuous copy bears artwork executed by an artist of considerable skill. The decorative pattern of the border, the particular palette of colours and tones, the illusionistic three-dimensional composition, the hair- and beard-style of the figure reading a book in the right-hand panel - almost certainly a depiction of Lucian himself - have many similarities to illuminations attributed to the miniaturist known as 'Petrus V', possibly originating from Lombardy. This artist was also active in Padua and Venice in the 1470s in the production of illuminated incunables, creating masterful illustrations for a distinguished clientele, as demonstrated by the magnificent copy of the Breviarium Romanum printed in 1478 by Nicolaus Jenson (Glasgow University Library, B.f.1.18). From Veneto he moved to Rome, where he worked in the 1480s and 1490s, receiving several commissions from prestigious patrons to illuminate printed books. A refined work for a refined patron: the smudged coat-of-arms included in the border is similar to that of the famous and wealthy Sforza family, while the capital letters painted in gold may be read as 'io' and 'm', suggesting the possible identity of the first owner of the present copy: Giovanni Maria Sforza (d. ca. 1520), the son of Francesco, Duke of Milan. As a Protonotary Apostolic he was a member of the Roman curia, and in 1498 was appointed Archbishop of Genoa. The Elmer Belt Library of the University of California at Los Angeles preserves a single leaf from Book ii of the Nicolaus Jenson edition of Pliny the Elder's Historia naturalis of 1476, whose border and first initial were possibly illuminated for Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469-1494). In this leaf the inscription, only partially legible, 'opvs petri v m' supports "the Lombard origins of this intriguing artist. The letters of Petrus' surname suggest Vimercate, the name of a town midway between Milan and Bergamo, earlier the patria of another illuminator, Guinifortus de Vicomercato" (The Painted Page, p. 178).Literature: HC (+Add) 10258*; GW M18976; BMC vi, 667; IGI 5834; Goff L-320; Rhodes Firenze, 416; Flodr Lucianus, 1; Hoffmann iii, pp. 29-30; Legrand i, 19; Staikos, Charta, pp. 277-278; J. J. G. Alexander (ed.), The Painted Page. Italian Renaissance Book Illumination, London-New York 1995, pp. 178-180 (catalogue entries nos. 86-88 by L. Armstrong); M. Conway, The Early Career of Lorenzo Alopa, La Bibliofilia, 102 (2000), pp. 1-10; L. Armstrong, Opus Petri: Renaissance Book Illuminations from Venice and Rome, Eadem, Studies of Renaissance Miniaturists in Venice, London 2003, 1, pp. 339-405.
Gentlemanly conduct.- Castiglione (Baldassare) Il Libro del Cortegiano, first edition, collation: *4, a-o8, p6, Roman type, large Aldine woodcut device on title, and on verso of final leaf, blank spaces for capitals, with printed guide letters, lightly washed, short tear to lower blank margin of fol. l7 skilfully restored, without any loss, first leaf uniformly browned, small stain to blank lower outer corner of fol. *4, early 20th-century honey morocco over pasteboards, by Katharine Adams, ruled and lettered in gilt, blue pastedowns and endpapers with old 17th century front endpaper preserved (with some ink annotations), inner gilt dentelles, g.e., small folio (288 x 183 mm.), Venice, Aldo Manuzio's heirs and Andrea Torresano, 1528.⁂ First edition of the Cortegiano, the earliest and most famous work on courtesy. In his treatise, the Mantuan poet and diplomat Castiglione depicts the perfect Renaissance gentleman who displays refinement, good manners, and military prowess, together with an appreciation of literature and music. The work takes the form of a conversation held in 1506 at the palace of Urbino, where the author, who served there at court, is surrounded by such figures as Guidobaldo de Montefeltro, Elisabetta Gonzaga, Pietro Bembo, and Giuliano de' Medici. The treatise enjoyed wide and lasting popularity, and was translated into several languages, including an English translation in 1561 by Thomas Hoby. Its influence was felt in the works of writers such as Shakespeare, Rabelais, Cervantes, Molière, Sidney, and Burton. "The Courtier' depicts the ideal aristocrat, and it has remained the perfect definition of a gentleman ever since. It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideas of the Italian Renaissance [...] This Renaissance ideal of the free development of individual faculties and its rules of civilized behaviour formed a new conception of personal rights and obligations in Europe" (PMM). Provenance: the British art historian Kenneth Clark, later Lord Clark of Saltwood (1903-1983; ex-libris on the front pastedown; his sale Sotheby's, 3 July 1984); Kenneth Rapoport (ex-libris on the front pastedown). Literature: Adams C-924; STC Italian 156; Renouard Alde, 105.3; Ahmanson-Murphy 252; Cataldi-Palau 115; PMM 59.
Budé (Guillaume) Commentarii linguae Graecae, first edition, collation: α4 β6 γ8 δ6 ε6 a-z A-Z Aa-Nn8 Oo6 Pp8 (lacking final blank), Greek and Roman type, title in red and black and woodcut vignette within woodcut border, tiny marginal worm hole to title and first few leaves, title repaired, in, small loss to fore-edge margin (K1), occasional faint marginal spotting and staining, early ownership inscription to title, one or two marginal notes and occasional underlining, modern calf, [Adams B3093; PMM 60], folio (315 x 206mm.), [Paris], Josse Badius, Sept. 1529. ⁂ Budé was appointed royal librarian by King Francis I of France, building a library which formed the nucleus of the Bibliothèque Nationale. He was also instrumental in the foundation of the Collège de France, which after 1530 became a centre of higher studies in France, and reawakened interest in classical languages and literature.
Pestalozzi (Heinrich) Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt, ein Versuch den Muttern Anleitung zu Geben ..., engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half sheep, rubbed, [PMM 258], 8vo, Bern and Zurich, Heinrich Gessner, 1801.⁂ The first edition to contain an exhaustive exposition of Pestolozzi's principles of education, and the book on which Pestolozzi's fame rests.
Le Vacher de Charnois (Jean Charles) Recherches sur les Costumes et sur les Theatres de toutes les nations, 2 vol., second edition, 56 engraved plates, 49 hand-coloured, tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, remnants of label to front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, upper joint of vol. 2 beginning to crack but holding, very slight bumping to spine extremities, 4to, Paris, M. F. Drouhin, 1802.⁂ The second and best edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to theatrical costumes, expanded from the 1790 first edition. Containing a new portrait of the author, who was killed during the Terror.
Oxford Antiquary.- Wood (Anthony [Anthony à Wood], antiquary, 1632-95) De priorat Walingford com: Berks, ordinis Benedicti, manuscript copy of an extract from Wood's notes on Wallingford Priory, and with 2 of Wood's autograph notes in the margins ("another of this is as I rememb[er] in ye greatest (?) bundell of Wallingford writings"), 4pp., pen and ink sketch of a seal, first f. small tear with loss of corner affecting a few letters, also a cut across a few lines of text but with no loss, folds, some slight creasing, browned, unbound, folio, marginal note at head dated 1668.⁂ Anthony Wood's researches for William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum.An interesting manuscript illustrating the process by which Dugdale put together the Monasticon Anglicanum, volume by volume. Wood was a great admirer of the work, and these pages are part of his freely and spontaneously offered contributions for a third volume of the Monasticon (new edition, vol. III, London, 1821, p. 280, no. iii, Ex ipso autogr., penes Anth. Wood Oxon). From the marginal notes, he names the sources - and he was himself the owner of most of these texts (now in the Bodleian Library), all for Holy Trinity Priory, Wallingford. One, however, is from the archives of Corpus Christi College, Oxford - and he has noted in the margin of the fourth side in his own hand: "Inter euidentias Coll. C.C. Oxon. in pix. 7. Clearly Wood sent the bifolium to Dugdale, who selected and printed what he considered to be the most interesting items from the manuscript.
Judaica.- Esther Scroll, written on 4 vellum membranes sewn together, in 18th century Sephardic square script in brown ink in 15 columns with between 25 and 29 lines per column, within elaborately-illustrated engraved borders and green painted rule, the panel at front and rear featuring blessings, opening panel with border vignettes depicting scenes from the book of Esther, vignettes of biblical scenes in lower border and landscape scenes above, some rubbing at beginning and with 3 small holes in opening panel, preserved in turned wooden tube with removable top, 202 x c.1690mm., Amsterdam, c.1720.⁂ A fine illustrated megillah, similar to other examples produced in Amsterdam in the first quarter of the 18th century. The engraved vignettes surrounding the opening panel depict Esther and Ahasuerus seated on a double throne, the hanging of Bigthan and Teresh, Mordechai refusing to bow before Haman, Haman leading Mordechai through the streets of Shushan on the king's horse, the hanging of Haman and his ten sons, and Esther and Mordechai writing the Purim missive. Some scrolls bear portraits in the panel above the text; others, like this, feature landscape scenes. Overall in very well-preserved condition.
Atlases.- Wyld (James) A General Atlas..., first edition, engraved vignette title, 2 tables of comparative heights of mountains and lengths of rivers, and 41 maps hand-coloured in outline by N.R.Hewitt after Wyld (numbered 1-40, one double-page of world), each with vignette in corner, occasional light offsetting (mainly to height table from title), faint contemporary ink signature to head of title, contemporary half calf, engraved label 'Cabinet Atlas..' to upper cover (a bit worn), rubbed, corners worn, 4to, Edinburgh, John Thomson & Co., London & Dublin, [1819].
Tennyson (Alfred, first Baron Tennyson, poet, 1809-92) Autograph Letter signed and initialled to Rev. Charles Boutell, 1p. with conjugate blank, 8vo, n.p., 17th & 18th January 1865, congratulating him on his book, Heraldry, historical and popular, "I don't think I ever saw heraldry look so attractive as in your beautiful volume. The only false bit of heraldry I can discern is in the inscription to myself. I am no Baronet - & the fiction of the newspapers have misled you", folds, browned, album stub.⁂ Charles Boutell (1812-77), writer on heraldry and antiquities.
Emerson (Ralph Waldo, American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet, 1803-82) Autograph Letter signed to James R. Osgood, publisher, 2pp. with conjugate blank, 112 x 88mm., Concord, [Massachusetts] 23rd July 1871, sending him copy for his book, Letters and Social Aims, published in 1875, "I mean to bring or send you one day this week the first instalment of copy for the new book, which book will hold eight or nine or ten chapters, with titles like these: Poetry & Imagination...", folds, conjugate blank edges with brown stains, laid in on paper mount.
Uncle Remus.- Church (Frederick Stuart, American illustrator, 1842-1924) Autograph Letter signed to Mr Anthony, 1p. with conjugate blank and envelope front, n.p., 1st September 1883, "All right Mr M:A glad M:H[arris] likes the drawing [?Nights with Uncle Remus]. I would not as a rule undertake to please an author. I feel quite confident M: H has a preconceived idea of just how they ought to look. I'll do my best to get the spirit of them time and circumstances taken into consideration. My motto is Sea Horse first, business afterwards - with that as a guide I must succeed", both letter and envelope front with watercolour wash of Sea Horses, laid in on paper mounts, folds (2 pieces).
Uncle Remus.- Harris (Joel Chandler, journalist and author, 1848-1908) Autograph Letter signed to James R. Osgood & Co., publisher, 2pp., 8vo, The Constitution [Atlanta] headed paper, 24th July 1883, on a misunderstanding over the illustrators of Uncle Remus, "... to begin with... that Beard [William Holbrook Beard] was to do all the illustrations. I said this was my preference but J.R.O. suggested that it would perhaps be better to let B. do part and C. [J. M. Conde] a part for the sake of variety, and the proof, "The Century insisted on having the copy of the sept number at first hand, and I have just read the proof", and the title-page of Uncle Remus, "Here is the title-page I have copyrighted. Nights with Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of The Old Plantation etc", laid in on paper mount, folds.
Hearn (Lafcadio, author and translator, 1850-1904) Autograph Letter signed to Messrs Jas. R. Osgood & Co., publisher, 2pp., 8vo, New Orleans, 11th May 1884, referring to his book, Stray Leaves from Strange Literature, "By the time you receive this, I shall have sent on the last proofs, except perhaps a few revises... . I have done what I could to redeem the little book from such weaknesses as are incident to journalistic labor generally... . I feel more confident than before that the little book will have a good sale. It was at first my intention to include Arabic, Chinese, and Malayan legends or fairy tales; but I found the first subject alone so rich and curious that I determined to save the material for a more serious volume", and suggesting sending the book to various newspapers for review, folds, traces of newspaper cutting on blank f.⁂ Hearn's "first stabs at literature, written during this period, were lurid and over-coloured, such as his translation of Gautier, entitled Cleopatra's Nights and other Fantastic Romances (1882), and his original volumes of short stories, Stray Leaves from Strange Literature (1884) and Some Chinese Ghosts (1887). But the tone of these writings reveals Hearn's growing obsession with the East, which, he said, 'perfumed my mind as with the incense of a strangely new and beautiful worship' (Hearn to W. D. O'Connor, 1883, Wetmore, 1.291)." - Oxford DNB.
Llwyd (Humphrey) The breuiary of Britayne. As this most noble, and renowmed iland, was of auncient time deuided into three kingdomes, England, Scotland and Wales, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Twyne, black letter, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, **1&2 misbound at end of preliminaries, lacking title and A8, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd headline, some staining and spotting, lightly browned throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked, new gilt to covers, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 16636], 8vo, [By Richard Iohnes: and are to be solde at his shop, ioynyng to the southwest doore of Paules Church], 1573.⁂ Scarce first edition in English of this history of the constituent parts of Britain. It was originally published in Latin in 1572 in Cologne as Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum. The work has much on the Celtic peoples of Britain during and after the Roman occupation, and contains a list of Welsh words and their English counterparts. There is mention of Camelot on f.18v. Llwyd was a friend of Abraham Ortelius and prepared two maps (one of Wales and one of England) for inclusion in Ortelius's atlas.
Law.- Theloall (Simon) Le Digest des Briefes Originals, et des choses concernants eux, first edition, woodcut criblé initial, running titles, lacking front free endpaper, extensive ink marginalia throughout in law French, previous owner's ink signature to title, margin of quire G trimmed a little, occasional faint water staining, seventeenth-century calf, lacking some backstrip, rubbed and worn, preserved in a cloth drop-back box, [Beale T499], 8vo, Richard Tottell, 1579.⁂ An intensively annotated copy, by a single contemporary owner who appears to be versed in the Common Law.
Women's rights.- Law.- [Edgar (Thomas, editor)] The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or, the Lawes Provision for Woemen. A Methodicall Collection of such Statutes and Customes, with the Cases, Opinoins, Arguments and Points of Learning in the Law, as doe properly concerne Women, first edition, black letter, title within double filet border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, occasional spotting, some mostly light water-staining to upper corners towards end, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked in calf gilt, with a black morocco label, corners repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed, [STC 7437], 4to, Printed by [Miles Flesher for] the assignes of Iohn More Esq. and are to be sold by Iohn Groue, at his shop neere the Rowles in Chancery-Lane, over against the Sixe-Clerkes-Office, 1632. ⁂ First edition of the earliest work in English devoted to laws relating to women. It includes divorce, hermaphroditism, polygamy, promises of marriage, rape and wooing. The work is sometimes attributed to Sir John Dodderidge.
Harrington (James) The Common-Wealth of Oceana, first edition, lacking frontispiece, corrections inserted by hand, occasional crayon underlining and marginal annotations, small hole (E1), short marginal tears not affecting text (P3, Q3), marginal worming not affecting text, spotting, bookplate, near contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing H809], folio, J. Streater, for Livewell Chapman, 1656.⁂ Harrington's masterpiece on political theory.
South Seas.- Burney (Capt. James) A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean, 5 vol., first edition, 28 engraved maps, 15 folding, and 13 plates, one folding, a few woodcut illustrations in text, vol.2 & 3 with final blank, some light spotting or soiling, more concentrated foxing to one or two gatherings, ex-library copy with perforated stamps to titles & maps and one or two other leaves, ink stamp to plates, ink reference number or code to foot of titles and final leaf, map at beginning of vol.2 soiled and torn with slight loss (repaired), handsome modern calf with leafy border in blind, spines gilt with red morocco labels, a few minor scuffs, [Hill 221; Sabin 9387], 4to, 1803-17.⁂ Account of all the voyages to the South Seas by Europeans, from the earliest navigators to Sir Francis Drake. James Burney was the brother of the novelist Fanny Burney, a lieutenant on Cook's second and third voyages, who gave his name to Burney's Beach in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.
Bookseller's catalogue.- A compleat catalogue of all the stitch'd books and single sheets printed since the first discovery of the Popish Plot, (September 1678.) to January 1679,/80. To which is added a catalogue of all His Majesties proclamations, speeches, and declarations, with the orders of the King and Council, and what acts of Parliament have been published since the plot, with contemporary ink names in margins throughout, title soiled, frayed and detached, without loss of text, browned, some spotting and staining, 20th century drab wrappers, [Wing C5630], rare at auction, small 4to, no printer, 1680.
Blackmore (Richard) Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem, first edition, John Evelyn's ink inscription "Catalogo Evelini Inscriptus Meliora Reinete", later bookplate, contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, for Awnsham and John Churchil, 1695; King Arthur: A Heroick Poem, first edition, bookplates, first two leaves (blanks) detached, contemporary calf, rubbed, for Awnsham and John Churchil ... and Jacob Tonson, 1697; shelfmarks E5:1 and E5:2 to front free endpapers in Evelyn's hand, [Wing B3080; B3077], folio (2)
Pamphlets.- [Defoe (Daniel)] What if the Swedes should come? With some thoughts about keeping the army on foot, whether they come or not, first edition, half-title, [Moore 364], printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1717 bound with [Toland (John)] Reasons for naturalizing the Jews in Great Britain and Ireland, on the same foot with all other nations. Containing also, a defence of the Jews against all vulgar prejudices in all countries, first edition, half-title, final f. loose, [Kress 2926], printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1714 and Colbatch (Sir John) A dissertation concerning misletoe: a most wonderful specifick remedy for the cure of convulsive distempers. Calculated for the Benefit of the Poor as well as the Rich, first edition, half-title, final f. blank, printed for William Churchill at the Black-Swan in Paternoster-Row, 1719 and Steele (Sir Richard) and Joseph Gillmore. An account of the Fish-pool: consisting of a description of the vessel so call'd, lately invented and built for the importation of fish alive, and in good Health, from Parts however distant, first edition, [Kress 3076], woodcut illustrations, printed and sold by H. Meere at the Black Fryer in Black-Fryers, J. Pemberton at the Buck and Sun in Fleet-Street, and J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1718 and 7 others, together 11 works in 1 vol., woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, some light staining and browning, contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments and with black morocco label and gilt lettering / numbering, paper label removed from foot, couple of small holes to lower cover, rubbed, 8vo
Steele (Richard) An Account of the Fish-Pool: consisting of a description of the vessel ... for the importation of fish alive, first edition, woodcut illustrations, 1718; bound after Cerri (Urbano) An Account of the state of the Roman-Catholick Religion throughout the World, first edition, translated by Richard Steele, one or two contemporary marginal annotations, 1740 § Erskine (John) A Letter from the Earl of Mar to the King ... with some remarks on my lord's subsequent conduct by Sir Richard Steele, lacking half-title, 1715 § Steele (Richard) A Letter to the Earl of O-d, concerning the Bill of Peerage ..., second edition, 1719; The Crisis of Property, publisher's advertisements, 1720; A Nation a Family, first edition, 1720; The Spinster in Defence of the Woollen Manufactures, publisher's advertisements, 1719; The State of the Case Between the Lord-Chamberlain ... and the Governor of the Royal Company of Comedians, publisher's advertisements, 1720, together 8 works in 1 vol., previous owner's ink signature 'Th. Clarke', Macclesfield South Library bookplate, blind-stamp to first 3 leaves, occasional faint spotting, contemporary vellum, 'Steele' in manuscript to title, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo.⁂ A collection of pamphlets by and relating to Sir Richard Steele, army officer, playwright, theatre manager, essayist, editor of the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, Whig MP and propagandist. These pamphlets cover many facets of his diverse career. This belonged to Sir Thomas Clarke, a protegé of the first Earl of Macclesfield, who left his library and fortune to the family.
Heidegger (John James).- Ball (The). Stated in a Dialogue betwixt a Prude and a Coquet, last Masquerade Night, the 12th of Mary, first edition, one or two faint spots, disbound, [Foxon B 20], folio, 1724.⁂ Scarce, with only 6 copies on ESTC.An amusing verse dialogue between two women preparing to attend one of the popular masquerade balls staged by the Swiss impressario John James Heidegger.
Pamphlets.- Ashley (John) Memoirs and Considerations concerning the trade and revenues of the British Colonies in America, first edition, 1740, bound with, The Consequences of His Majesty's Journey to Hanover, at this Critical Juncture, 1740; The Conduct of His Grace D-ke of Ar--le for the four last years review's, second state p.15 correctly numbered, 1740; An Essay on the Management of the Present War with Spain, 1740; The Present State of the National Debt, half-title, 2 folding tables, 1740; Britain's Mistakes in the Commencement and Conduct of the Present War, 1740; A Supplement to Britain's Mistakes in the Commencement of the present war, 1740; Considerations on the American Trade, before and after the Establishment of the South-Sea Company, half-title, 1739; The Advantages and Disadvantages which will attend the prohibition of the merchandizes of Spain ..., [1740], together 9 pamphlets bound in 1 vol., contemporary polished sheep, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, 8vo.⁂ An attractive volume bringing together an important collection of pamphlets on international trade and foreign affairs, all but the first anonymous.
Johnson (Samuel) & Christopher Smart, editor. The Student, or, the Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, additional titles, contemporary speckled calf, small loss to spine foot (vol. 2), worn, [Rothschild 1868; Roscoe A577(1)], 8vo, Oxford, for J. Newbery, 1750[-51].⁂ The first edition comprising the original nineteen parts, numbered I-IX, plus supplement, Number 1 in the first state. Johnson contributed 'The Life of Dr. Francis Cheynel' which appears in volume 2. Other known contributors are Thomas Warton and Bonnell Thornton.
South Seas.- Byron (Capt. George Anson, Lord) Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the Years 1824-1825, first edition, folding aquatint frontispiece of the Great Volcano of Peli, folding engraved map, 13 plates including plan, 3 engraved portraits, 8 fine aquatint views after Robert Dampier and wood-engraving, crease to frontispiece from previous fold, foxing, mostly to margins but sometimes heavier, tear to final 3 leaves repaired, modern morocco-backed boards, [Abbey, Travel 597; Hill 231; Sabin 100816], 4to, 1826.⁂ Account of the state visit of Kamehameha II of Hawaii and his queen, Kamamalu, to Britain in 1824 where they succumbed to measles and died, and the subsequent repatriation of their bodies to Hawaii by the British Government.
John Adams.- Smith (Adam) The Works of ..., 5 vol., first collected edition, portrait frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature and bookplate, occasional very faint water-staining to blank margins (vol. 2), occasional faint spotting, later half morocco, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, [Kress B5917; Goldsmiths' 20438], 8vo, 1812-11.⁂ Bookplate and ink inscription of Charles Francis Adams Jr., the great-grandson of the second US President, John Adams and the grandson of the sixth US President, John Quincy Adams.
Dickens (Charles).- Forster (John) The Life of Charles Dickens, 3 vol., first edition, annotated by Dickens' school friend Owen Peregrine Thomas on 7pp, in vol. 1 and with 2 tipped in autograph notes, plates and illustrations, "From the author" printed slips tipped onto endpapers, ink ownership inscription of Thomas to vol. 1 & 3 endpapers, original cloth, spines faded, some mottling and fading to covers, 8vo, 1872-74.⁂ A lovely association copy. Owen Peregrine Thomas (1811-98) attended Wellington House Academy with Dickens (Wellington House was the model for Salem House in David Copperfield) and was likely a source for this biography, indeed one of Dickens' schoolboy letters to Thomas is reproduced in facsimile on p. 59.
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), "Lewis Carroll".] Twelve Months in a Curatorship. By one who has tried it, bound with Supplement at end, neat ink & pencil numbers & notes to titles, together sewn as issued without wrappers, a little light marking, but overall a very good copy, [Crutch 163 & 166], 8vo, Oxford, printed for private circulation, 1884.⁂ Dodgson's anonymously published humorous account of the first year of his curatorship of the Christ Church Common Room. Very scarce, possibly one of as few as 50 copies published.Provenance: the Madan copy with library stamps "B.N.C. F.Madan Oxford".
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first edition, first state, half-title with illustration to verso and other illustrations in text by E.W. Kemble, portrait frontispiece of the author after the bust by sculptor Karl Gerhardt in first state with tablecloth visible and unsigned on the finished edge of the bust, title a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state), other first state points in text, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities slightly rubbed but overall bright and clean, 8vo, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.⁂ An excellent copy of one of the cornerstones of American fiction.With the following first state points: p.9, "Huck Decided" (later corrected to "decides"); p.13, "Him and another man" listed as p. 88; p.57, 11 lines up, says "with the was" (later corrected to "with the saw"); p.143, line 7 part of "b" in body broken; p.155, final 5 in a different font.
South Seas.- Jarves (James Jackson) History of the Hawaiian Islands, fourth edition, mounted albumen photograph of King Kamehameha V as frontispiece (on verso of half-title), wood-engraved illustrations, 18pp. of local advertisements at end, with folding 'Census of the Hawaiian Islands...1872' tipped in, 2 leaves becoming loose, bookplate of John Murray Edinburgh, original roan-backed cloth, spine worn and frayed, 8vo, Honolulu, Henry M.Whitney, 1872.⁂ Originally published in 1843 but this is regarded as the best edition. It is the first to include the photograph of King Kamehameha and the appendix which contains information on population, agriculture, commerce and the Hawaiian volcanoes. Jarves was an American who founded the weekly Polynesian newspaper during the 1840s.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The War Speeches, 7 vol., first edition, compiled by Charles Eade, illustrations, uniform half blue morocco, spines gilt, a very handsome set, 8vo, 1941-46.⁂ Vol. 1: Into Battle; vol. 2: The Unrelenting Struggle; vol. 3: The End of the Beginning; vol. 4: Onwards to Victory; vol. 5: The Dawn of Liberation; vol. 6: Victory; vol. 7: Secret Session
Blunden (Edmund), Laurence Whistler, Roy Fuller, C. Day Lewis, Woodrow Wyatt and others, contributors. Kingdom Come. The Magazine of Wartime Oxford, 8 vol., comprising vol. 1 & 2 nos. 1-4, original colour pictorial wrappers by Baptista Gilliat-Smith, some light creasing to fore-edge but a bright, near-fine set overall, 4to, 1939-41.⁂ The first 2 volumes (of 3) of this short-lived wartime Oxford periodical. Rare to find in a run and in good condition. Other figures involved include Richard Adams (first as a Sales Manager then a contributor), Nicholas Moore and Laurence Housman.
Buchan (John) Scholar Gipsies, first edition, etched plates, original cloth-backed boards, 1896; Sir Quixote of the Moors, first edition, library cloth, 1895; Sir Walter Ralegh, first edition, original cloth, 1897; Midwinter, reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1925; Greenmantle, first edition, lacking front free endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine, 1916; Mr Standfast, first edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine, 1919; The Island of Sheep, first edition, ink gift inscription to half-title, newspaper clipping pasted to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little soiled, spine ends and corners chipped, 1936; and others by Buchan, 8vo (21)
Buchan (John) The Courts of the Morning, 1929; Castle Gay, jacket a little creased and soiled, 1930; The Gap in the Curtain, jacket spine a little browned, portion of loss to head of upper panel, 1932; A Prince of the Captivity, jacket a little soiled, tear to head of upper panel, 1933, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, spine ends and corners a little chipped; and 5 others by Buchan in jackets, 8vo (9)
Disney (Walt) Mickey Mouse in Pigmy Land, first edition, colour frontispiece, illustrations, light browning, original pictorial boards, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, spine spotted with closed tear to head, closed tear to foot of rear panel with neat tape repair to verso, short split to foot of upper fore-edge, surface soiling, some light rubbing to extremities, light creasing to head and foot, still a very good example of a rare jacket, 4to, [1935].
Epstein (Jacob) Let there be Sculpture. An Autobiography, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, plates, publisher's promotional card loosely inserted, original cloth, spine and upper cover lightly faded, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners chipped some chipping and creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1940.⁂ Rare signed.
Fitzpatrick (Sir Percy) Jock of the Bushveld, first edition, first issue with the incorrect drawings of the dung beetle on pp. 65, 337 and 457, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, very light browning to endpapers and half-title, original pictorial cloth, minor bumping and light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, but a bright and near-fine example overall, 4to, 1907.
Isherwood (Christopher) The Memorial, first edition, signed by the author on title, scattered spotting to endpapers and fore-edges, ink name to endpaper, original second state ochre cloth lettered in blue, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light creasing to head and foot but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1932.⁂ Isherwood's second novel, rare signed.
James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Arthur C. Benson dated November 1904 to endpaper, frontispiece and 3 plates by James McBride, advertisements, occasional foxing or spotting, pencil ownership inscription of F. R. Salter to endpaper, original buckram, ruled in red and lettered in black, yapp edges, light browning to spine, light rubbing to extremities but a sharp and excellent overall, uncut, [Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, 1973, pp.100-105; Tymn 3-125], 8vo, 1904.Saleroom notice: The presentation inscription is in the hand of A. C. Benson, not the author⁂ A superb copy of this key collection of ghost stories, rarely found signed and with an excellent association. Arthur C. Benson (1862-1925) Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, essayist, poet and noted writer of ghost stories. Benson was a close friend of James', famously commenting about the renowned author "I don't suppose anyone alive knows so much or so little worth knowing!".F. R. Salter (1887-1967) fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
[Keane (Molly)], "M. J. Farrell". Full House, occasional light spotting, contemporary ink ownership inscription, light fading to spine and cover margins, jacket spine lightly browned and with light vertical crease, spine ends and corners a little chipped, an excellent example overall, 1935; Two Days in Aragon, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to imprint at foot of spine, very light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, still very good overall, 1941; Loving Without Tears, light foxing and ink name to endpapers, jacket spine lightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, internal chip to foot of lower panel, 1951, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of works by the Anglo-Irish writer who would later be nominated for the Booker Prize. Her early works are especially rare in dust-jackets, the first two designed by Lane Foster.
Lewis (C.S.) The Magician's Nephew, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, occasional light scattered spotting, original boards, spine browned, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket, spotted, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, 8vo, 1955.
Mitford (Nancy) Highland Fling, fading to spine and cover margins, 1931; Christmas Pudding, illustrations by Mark Ogilvie-Grant, light fading to spine, 1932; Love in a Cold Climate, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine lightly faded, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing and fraying to head and foot, 1949, first editions, original cloth, 8vo (3)⁂ Nancy Mitford's first two novels along with her most celebrated. Highland Fling is especially rare, we can trace no copies at auction or for sale online.
O'Brian (Patrick) [A complete set of the Aubrey-Maturin novels], 20 vol., first editions, comprising, Master and Commander, 1970; Post Captain, 1972; H.M.S. Surprise, 1973; The Mauritius Command, light fading to jacket spine, 1977; Desolation Island, light fading to jacket spine, 1978; The Fortune of War, light fading to jacket spine, 1979; The Surgeon's Mate, light fading to jacket spine, 1980; The Ionian Mission, 1981; Treason's Harbour, 1983; The Far Side of the World, 1984; The Reverse of the Medal, 1986; The Letter of Marque, light fading to jacket spine, 1988; The Thirteen Gun Salute, 1989; The Nutmeg of Consolation, 1991; Clarissa Oakes, 1992; The Wine-Dark Sea, 1993; The Commodore, 1994; The Yellow Admiral, 1997; The Hundred Days, 1998; Blue at the Mizzen, 1999, original boards, dust-jackets, a near-fine set; and 6 others, O'Brian, 8vo (26)
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