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Click here to subscribeRoy, William The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1793. First edition, folio, with 51 engraved maps and plates, several folding, and a copy of Cary's The Profile of the New Roman Wall , 1789 or 1805, hand-coloured, loosely inserted, contemporary half calf over boards [ESTC T105077]
Sowerby, Jame, and James de Carle. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of those Remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells which Have Been Preserved at Various Times and Depths in the Earth. London: for the Author, 1812-1829-[1846]. 7 volumes (with parts 1-8 of volume 7 bound as 1), first edition , 8vo, 650 hand-coloured engraved plates (including 33bis and 184bis, several folding), 10-page article relating to French edition printed in "Magazine of Natural History" (1839) bound in at end of volume 6, contemporary half morocco gilt, spines with 2 shell motifs repeated within raised bands, gilt edges, a few plates shaved within platemark (with part loss to numeral of plate 359), tear repaired to corner of pp.1-4 in volume 2, without title in volume 7 (not called for, as in Nissen), slightly rubbed [Nissen ZBI 3917]Footnote: Note: A Fine complete set, with the very rare unfinished seventh volume. Provenance: John Durham Bird, 26 August 1877, ownership inscription above tipped-in receipt for £16.16.0 from Manchester bookseller Jas. E. Cornish, 12 May 1877, in volume 1; and thence by descent to the present owner.
Joyce, James Ulysses Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1924. First edition, 4th printing, [Slocum and Cahoon A17 note, p.25], inscribed "To Alys Eyre Macklin, James Joyce, London, 5 April 1927" on half-title, with the original white wrappers printed in blue, somewhat soiled and laid down, bound in, 4 pages of Ulysses Additional Corrections at end, modern red morocco gilt, slipcase, paper lightly browned overall and brittle as usual, some marginal tears, chipsFootnote: Note: Alys Eyre Macklin (ca. 1875-1929), English journalist, editor and publisher, arranged a treaty with Maurice Level to be his official literary agent for all English-language countries, and translated a selection of 26 of his tales as Crises: Tales of Mystery and Horror (1920).
Latini, Antonio Lo Scalco Alla Moderna... Naples: [Domenico Antonio Parrino and Michele Luigi Muzio, 1692], 1694 [being a re-issue of the 1692 edition with an updated title-page]. Second edition, small 4to, comprising part 1 (of 2) only, engraved portrait, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 3 folding engraved plates, errata leaf, contemporary vellum, some manuscript notes in an early hand, a little light browning, a few internal ink marks, one plate torn with some loss, closed tear to another, a little marginal dampstaining towards the rearFootnote: Note: Latini was an assistant cook, waiter, wardrobe attendant and finally steward of Cardinal Antonio Barberini, before relocating to Naples to become steward for Don Stefano Carillo Salcedo, first minister to the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Latini's famous cookery book contains the earliest surviving recipe for tomato sauce - tomatoes having hitherto been used predominantly as table decorations.
1950's Literature A collection, including Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. London, 1952, first British edition; Greene, Graham. The Living Room. 1953; Greene, Graham. The Complaisant Lover. 1959; Chandler, Raymond. Playback. London, 1958, first British edition; Raven, Simon. Brother Cain. 1959; with dustwrappers, rubbed or slightly rubbed and/or spotted (quantity)
Corelli, Archangelo Opera Prima [-Secunda, Terza & Quarta] XII Sonatas of three parts for two Violins and a Bass with a Through Bass for ye Organ, Harpsichord or ArchLute… London: I. Walsh, p/no.364-367 [1740]. Second edition, folio (240 x 330mm), 4 volumes comprising first violin, second violin, cello and organ, portrait in volume 1, contemporary half calf; with second copies of the second violin and cello parts, one page torn, the 4th part of the cello score being from a later edition (6)
Kane, Elisha Kent Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853, '54, '55 Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, portraits, engraved title-pages, 3 maps (2 folding) and 18 plates, original blue cloth gilt, ownership signature to paste-down endpaper, laid-down quotation from Kane to endpaper, some dust-soiling and a little wear, plates slightly dampstained (2)
Frink, Elizabeth The Art of Elizabeth Frink London: Lund Humphries, 1972. First edition, 4to, number 44 of 75 copies containing at etching signed by the artist, original cloth, dustwrapper lightly soiled, with small tearCondition report: etching very clean, and signed in pencil, Horse Lying Down, numbered 44/75
McKelvie, Colin Laurie - Richard Robjent, illustrator The Woodcock Norfolk: Fine Sporting Interests Limited, 1988. 4to, number 11 of 12 review copies, of a larger edition of 300 copies with an original illustration by Richard Robjent below the signatures of author and artist on the first page, original brown half morocco gilt, slipcase
Huxley, Aldous A collection of 17 volumes, including Brave New World. 1932. Fourth impression, Sydney Smith's copy, original blue cloth, lacks dustwrapper; Music at Night and other Essays. New York: Fountain Press, 1931. number 191 of 142 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed marbled boards; Texts and Pretexts. 1932; The Olive Tree and other Essays. 1936, lacks dust-jacket; What are you going to do about it ? 1936, original wrappers; Ends and Means. 1937; The Perennial Philosophy. 1946; Science, Liberty and Peace. 1947, 2 copies; The Giaconda Smile. 1948; The Genius and the Goddess. 1955; Heaven & Hell, 1956, 2 copies; Literature and Science, 1963; The Crows of Pearlblossom. 1967, all first editions except where noted, all with dustwrappers except where noted; and 2 others (17)
Shaw, Thomas Travels or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1738. First edition, folio, half-title, title-page in red and black, 29 leaves of maps and plates, engraved music, contemporary panelled calf slightly rubbed, bookplateFootnote: Provenance: From the library of Kingcausie
Literature in dustwrappers, mostly first editions including Hope, Anthony Tristram of Blent. 1901. First edition, dustwrapper with very slight loss; Allen, James Lane. The Increasing Purpose. 1900, dustwrapper slightly frayed; Crawford, F. Marion. A Lady in Rome. 1906, dustwrapper; Churchill, Winston. A Far Country. 1915, dustwrapper slightly discoloured; Arlen, M. May Fair. 1925, dustwrapper; O'Flaherty, L . The House of Gold. 1929, dustwrapper; Deeping, W. Roper's Row. 1929, limited to 500 copies signed by the author, dustwrapper; Mirbeau, O. The Garden of Tortures. Fortune Press, [n.d.], 2 copies dustwrappers; Metcalfe, T.W. Port of Heaven. 1935, presentation copy to Colin [Still], dustwrapper rubbed; Blackwood, Algernon . The Tales. 1938, dustwrapper; Waller, J. Fortune Hamlet. Fortune Press, [c.1942?], inscribed by the author, dustwrapper; Isherwood, C. Prater Violet. 1946, dustwrapper; Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Borrowed Time. Grey Walls Press, 1951; Cauldwell, Frank. The Firewalkers. 1956, dustwrapper (15)
Collection of Jacobite literature 22 Acts, mainly relating to the Suppression of the 1745 Rising An Act for the more easy and speedy Trial of such Persons as have levied, or shall levy War; An Act to impower His Majesty to secure and detain such Persons as His Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against His Person; An Act to make it High Treason to hold Correspondence with the Sons of the Pretender; Jesse, John H. Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Adherents. Boston: Page, 1901, 3 volumes; MacAllester, Oliver. A Series of Letters, Discovering the Scheme Projected by France for an Intended Invasion upon England... The Secret Adventures of the Young Pretender. London: for the Author, 1767. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes in one, contemporary calf, wormhole in lower margin not affecting text, some spotting, rubbed; and 34 others (41)
The History of Tom Thumb Part the First [Second] Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, London, [?1750], 2 parts in one volume, 12mo, 24 + 24pp., woodcuts on title and in text, late 19th century green half morocco, lowest line on p.12, a few page numerals or catchwords and a few letters on p. 16 cropped, [Part 1 ESTC T35344, 2 copies UK, 1 N. America; Part 2: ESTC T160908, 4 copies UK, 1 N. America]Condition report: first title slightly spotted, a few other small spots
George V (1865-1936), King of the United Kingdom, Queen Mary and Princess Mary, Countess of George V, King of the United Kingdom Document signed 'George R.I.' to the upper margin, officially transferring the title of Baron Waleran to the previous Baron's brother, the son having being killed in the First World War, 2ff., 33 x 20.5cm, dated 24th August 1925; Mary of Teck, wife of George V Autograph New Year card signed 'Mary of Teck', dated 1893, 15.5 x 9cm; Mary, Countess of Harewood Album leaf, compiled by the Countess, with various signatures and three inlaid cut pieces of ribbon, commemorating the Coronation of Edward VII, the Coronation of George V and Queen Victoria's Jubilee, the signatures on the leaf including Robert Baden-Powell (3)Condition report: George V: purchased for $250 from The Autograph Alcove, Wisconsin, in December 1988 Mary of Teck: purchased for $180 from The Autograph Alcove, Wisconsin, in January 1989 Album leaf: purchased for $225 from The Autograph Alcove, Wisconsin, in November 1988
[Grotius, Hugo] Christs Passion. A Tragedie. With Annotations London: Printed by I.L. and are to be sold by William Leake, 1646. 8vo, 1 (of 2) blank leaves, [xii], 123, 2 blank leaves, contemporary inscription of Mrs Sharah Shelton on first blank, contemporary morocco, rubbed, [cf. ESTC S122034]Footnote: Note: This edition seemingly unrecorded by ESTC but very similar to S122034.
Glassware A large collection of reference books, including Bles, Joseph Rare English Glasses. London: Geoffrey Bles, [n.d.] Small folio, blue half morocco gilt; Grant, Francis R. Old English Drinking Glasses... London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d.] Folio, original cloth, worn dust-jacket; [Idem]- Christie's The Important Collection of Old English Drinking Glasses formed by Grant R. Francis... London, 1934-1935. 3 catalogues in original wrappers, 8vo; Turnbull, Jill From Goblets to Gaslights... Edinburgh, 2017. Folio, original cloth, dust-jacket; Seddon, Geoffrey B. The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses. Woodbridge, 1995. 4to, original cloth, dust-jacket; Westropp, M.S. Dudley Irish Glass. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d.] 4to, original green cloth gilt; Fleming, Arnold Scottish and Jacobite Glass. Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Co., 1938. First edition, 4to, with ALS from the author enclosed, original red cloth gilt; Carboni, Stefano and David Whitehouse Glass of the Sultans. New York, 2001. 4to, original cloth, dust-jacket; and a large collection of others (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: Property of the Late George Neilson
MacDonald, George 5 volumes, comprising Within and Without, a Dramatic Poem. London: Longman, Brown &c., 1855. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf; A Rough Shaking. London: Blackie, 1891. First edition, 8vo, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, 32pp. adverts at end; Sir Gibbie. A Novel. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1879. First American edition, original green cloth, rubbed, upper hinge weak; Scotch Songs and Ballads. Aberdeen, 1893. 12mo, original blue cloth, t.e.g., binding somewhat marked and rubbed; England's Antiphon. Macmillan & Co., [1868]. 8vo, plates, original blue cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed (5)
Wells, H.G. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) London: John Lane & New York: The Merriam Company, 1895. First edition, 8vo [one of 650 copies], unrecorded variant binding of silver-mauve watered silk, t.e.g., 16pp catalogue dated 1895 at end, offsetting to free endpapersFootnote: Note: H.G. Wells's first literary work, preceded by two scientific text books (both 1893).
1920's and 1930's Literature Circa 45 volumes, including Mansfield, Katherine. The Garden Party and other Stories. 1922. First published edition; Bates, H.E. The Seekers. 1926, inscribed by the publisher, original boards; Queen, Ellery. The Dutch Shoe Mystery. 1931, first British edition; Rhode, John. The Venner Crime. 1933, dustwrapper; Sackville-West, V. The dark island. Hogarth Press, 1934, dustwrapper ("Colonial edition"); Williamson, Henry. Salar the Salmon. 1935, 2 copies, dustwrappers; Williamson, Henry. Tarka the Otter. New York, 1927, dustwrapper frayed; Rhys, Jean. The Left Bank. New York, [1927], front endpaper nearly detached; Stephen, Adrian. The "Dreadnought" Hoax. Hogarth Press, 1936. original boards, upper joint split, slightly soiled; Wells, H.G. The Common Sense of World Peace. Hogarth Press, 1929, dustwrapper; Brecht, Bertolt . A Penny for the Poor. New York, 1938. First edition in English, first American edition, original cloth, dustwrapper slightly frayed and repaired on verso; and others, some in dustwrappers
D'Abbeville, Claude Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en l'Isle de Maragnan et Terres Paris: Francois Huby, 1614. First edition ['Ciel' as final word on a2, 'con-' as final word on a6, leaf 395 unnumbered, final table printed in single columns], 8vo , collates: a8, A8-3E8, 7 full-page engravings, woodcut initials, contemporary vellum, titled in ink to the spine, title-page lacking and supplied in facsimile, errata leaf lacking, a duplicate of leaf B4 replaces H8, leaf A2 with a c.3" incision not affecting text. some minor loss to leaf E8Footnote: Note: A highly unusual book and one of the first books to be published on European colonisation in Brazil. Alfred Métraux and Jacques Lafaye write that there are now no more than 10 copies of this original edition, published by Huby in Paris, in the world.Condition report: "A.F.", stamp and manuscript letters on upper cover and front flyleaf; English shelf mark on verso of front flyleaf; Text-block becoming detached from binding; A little wrinkling to covers, a few small tears, duplicate B 4 replacing H 8, front hinge cracked, vellum slightly soiled and worn, lacking ties
Collins, Wilkie 3 American First Editions, comprising No Name. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863, frontispiece, 2pp. adverts at end; Armadale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. Frontispiece, advertisement leaf before title; Man and Wife. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870, frontispiece, 4pp. adverts at end, all original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed (3)
Brown, George Mackay A large collection of printed books, & ephemera, including The Storm and other Poems. Kirkwall: The Orkney Press, 1954. First edition, later cloth, one of 50 of the first edition published; Loaves and Fishes. Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, original blue cloth, inscribed "Dorothy Baker, Christmas 1959" on front endpaper; Honour'd Shade, an Anthology, [1959], edited by Norman MacCaig, first edition, dustwrapper slightly discoloured; The Year of the Whale. Hogarth Press, 1965, first edition, typex to title and biro number on dedication page, dustwrapper; A Spell for Green Corn. Hogarth Press, 1970, first edition, dustwrapper; Poems New and Selected. Hogarth Press, 1971, dustwrapper; Greenvoe. Hogarth Press, 1972, dustwrapper lightly marked and rubbed; Magnus. Hogarth Press, 1973, dustwrapper price clipped; Fishermen with Ploughs. 1974, dustwrapper; Hawkfall. Hogarth Press, 1974, first edition, dustwrapper slightly rubbed; The Sun's Net. Hogarth Press, 1976, first edition, dustwrapper price clipped; Under Brinkie's Brae. 1979, dustwrapper; The Sixth Station. Clarion Tales. [1996], first edition, number 137 of 249 copies signed by the artist, Adrian Wiszniewski, (GMB died before publishing date); Christmas Stories. The Perpetua Press, 1985, limited to 150 copies, engravings by John Lawrence, original pink pictorial wrappers; Foresterhill. Babel, 1992, 4to, limited to 300 copies, original wrappers; The Poor Man in his Castle. The Celtic Cross Press, [n.d.], 4to, limited to 135 copies, this review copy unnumbered, with note from publisher stating "Review copy only - fault on last page", original two tone cloth; Dove-Marks on Stone. Babel, 1996, limited to 225 copies, original wrappers; Long Playing Record. George Mackay Brown reads his poems and a story. Ceirnini Cladaig, 1971; Poster. For the Islands I Sing. Splinters Productions, 27th Nov. at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, framed poster; Poster. National Library of Scotland touring exhibition, George Mackay Brown 1921-1996, 27" x 15", framed; and a quantity of other books and pamphlets by GMB, and a few on Orkney (quantity)
Scott, Sir Walter Autograph Letter Signed, to Lady Jane Stuart "my dear Lady Jane, I send this by William Forbes who has been on a visit a few days here with the Skenes... I sent on by a servant that was leaving me a little bunch of asparagus to show how good my garden is and a few lines of a letter. Its miscarriage is not of the least consequence except hat it has left me a sufferer in your good chances for want of kindness and affection... We have very much severe weather here. I hope it is now relenting for the sake of the poor lambs which will be appearing on our hills by thousands in a few days & a great advantage it is when the mothers have a little fresh grass to eat", referring to the weather, "I wade through the snow and never am the worst of it", and the health of his son and daughter, 2 pages, integral address panel, Abbotsford, 6 April 1829Footnote: Note: Lady Jane Stuart [formerly Lady Jane Belsches], daughter of the Earl of Leven and Melville, and the mother of Scott's first love, Williamina Belsches, who married Sir William Forbes. Curiously, Scott appears to have addressed the letter to Right Hon. Lady Jane Leven, 12 Melville Street, before correcting this to "Lady Jane Stuart, 12 Maitland Street". In another hand are the words "Addio, Italian for Adieu", possibly a reference to the fact that this was Scott's last letter to Lady Jane who died later the same year. Purchased Lyon & Turnbull, 29 August 2012, lot 292
Wood-engraving & Book-Illustration Twenty volumes, including Poole, Monica The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh. 1985, folio, dust-jacket; Boulton, J., editor. Dear Mercia, Paul Nash Letters. The Fleece Press, 1991. Limited to 300 copies, 4to, quarter cloth & paste paper, slipcase; Darton, F.J.H. Modern Book-Illustration in Great Britain & America. The Studio, 1931, 4to, original cloth, dust-jacket; Chubb, Ralph. Woodcuts. 1928, First edition, limited to 200 copies, 12 woodcuts, original thick paper covers, edges slightly rubbed; Shaw, G.B. The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God. 1932. First edition, wood-engravings by John Farleigh, original pictorial boards; Crawhall, Joseph. Old Aunt's Elspa's Spelling. 1884-5. 4to, uncoloured, original wrappers frayed; Gibbings, Robert. John Graham (Convict) 1824. 1937; Mayne, J. Barnett Freedman. New York, [n.d.], 4to, original wrappers; Ballantyne Press. The Ballantyne Press and its Founders 1796-1908. 1909. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, t.e.g.; and 13 others related to printing or book illustration (20)
American Literature and American editions, a collection, including Adams, John Quincy Correspondence between John Quincy Adams... and several citizens of Massachusetts. Boston, 1829, later wrappers; Headley , J.T . The Adirondack. New York, 1849, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Tennyson, A, Lord. In Memoriam. Boston, 1850, first American edition, original cloth, rubbed; Trollope, Anthony. Orley Farm. New York, 1862, first American edition, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Ingham, F. The Ingham Papers. Boston, 1869, original cloth; Harte, Bret. Tales of the Argonauts. Boston, 1875, original cloth; Burnett, Frances Hodgson. That Lass o' Lowrie's. New York, 1877, original cloth; Aldrich, Thomas B. Flower and Thorn. Boston, 1877, original cloth; Locke, D.R. A Paper City. Boston, 1879, original cloth; Bourasse, J.J. The Miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois. Chicago, 1897. number 29 of 350 copies, original red vellum; Hellman, G.S. The Hudson & Other Poems. New York, 1909, presentation copy inscribed by the author, original boards, slightly rubbed; Robinson, E.A. Cavender's House. New York, 1929, number 240 of 500 signed copies, original quarter calf, very worn slipcase; Shakespeare, William. The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Folio, number 324 of 1950 copies, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, original cloth-backed boards; Drake, St. Clair. Black Metropolis. New York, 1945, dustwrapper; and 20 others, American (35)
Graves, Robert Fairies and Fusiliers London: William Heinemann, [1917]. First edition, [one of 1000 copies], original red cloth, very light foxing to prelims, spine faded and very slightly cocked, with interesting ownership inscription to front free endpaper "W. Lloyd-Jones, 2nd Lieut 3rd R.W.F. [Graves' own regiment] Limerick, 26.11.17"Footnote: Note: The author's third Book. Higginson & Williams A3.
Fleming, Ian Casino Royale London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition, first issue [without Sunday Times Review], 'Overseas Edition' stamped onto inner flap of dust-jacket and title-page, 8vo, dust-jacket, not price clipped, original cloth with red heart to upper board, some very slight wear to dust-jacket corners and spine, a faint red mark to dust-jacket spine, some very minor foxing to endpapers [Gilbert A1a, 1.1; Campbell 1007A1]
Lawrence, D.H. 44 volumes, including The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd. 1914 First British edition, early inscription on endpaper, original cloth; Amores. Poems. London: Duckworth & Co., [1916], original blue cloth; Touch and Go. 1920, original salmon coloured boards, dust-soiled and slightly rubbed; Aaron's Rod. New York, 1922, original cloth, some pages marked, slightly rubbed and slightly soiled; Fantasia of the Unconscious. 1923, original cloth, slightly marked; Mornings in Mexico. London: M. Secker, 1927. original cloth, frayed dustwrapper; A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover. 1930, original cloth, dustwrapper, near mint copy; The Man who Died. 1931, 4to, original green buckram, fading; Apocalypse. 1932, original cloth, faded and slightly marked; The Ship of Death. 1941, dustwrapper; The Triumph of the Machine. [n.d.], Ariel Poem no. 28, original green wrappers; Pornography and Obscenity, 1929; Nettles, 1930, 2 copies original wrappers and 2 copies, orange and red cloth; Studies in Classic American Literature. Heinemann, [n.d.], original cloth; Merrild, K. A poet and two painters, 1938, original cloth; Letters from D.H. Lawrence to Martin Secker 1911-1930 MS, Privately Published, 1970. Number 166 of 500 copies, original buckram, dustwrapper; Leavis, F.R. D.H. Lawrence. Cambridge, 1930, original wrappers; Murry, J.M. D.H. Lawrence. Cambridge, 1930, original wrappers; and c. 25 others by, with contributions by, or relating to Lawrence (44)
Rackham, Arthur - Barham, Richard Harris. "Thomas Ingoldsby" The Ingoldsby Legends London: J.M. Dent, 1907. 4to, first trade edition, 24 tipped in coloured plates, original green pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., very slight rubbing to joints, a few light spots to upper coverCondition report: No inscriptions, no bookplates, no creases to plates or tissue guards, very clean internally.
Fleming, Ian Live and Let Die London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. First edition, Gilbert's second issue dust-jacket with artist's credit 4mm below blurb on inner flap, "Overseas Edition" stamped to title-page, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but slightly chipped at head of spine, some very slight internal soiling and foxing particularly to fore-edges [Gilbert A2a, 1.3; Campbell 2007A1]
Graves, Robert A collection, including The Real David Copperfield. 1933, dustwrapper frayed with some loss; Collected Poems. New York, 1938; The White Goddess. New York, 1948, first American edition; The Common Asphodel. 1949; Occupation Writer. 1951; The Crowning Privilege. 1955; Man Does, Woman Is, 1964; Mammon and the Black Goddess. 1965; Poems 1938-1945. 1946, 2 copies; Poems. 1953; Seventeen Poems. 1966, Privately Printed, number 236 of 300 signed copies, original wrappers, uncut; The Green-Sailed Vessel. Poems. 1971, Privately Printed, number 139 of 500 signed copies, original cloth, dustwrapper; all with rubbed dustwrappers unless noted
Politics and Satire, 1710-1712 15 bound pamphlets, mostly printed in Edinburgh [Arbuthnot, John] Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. First Edinburgh edition [reprinted from the London edition], [ESTC T37609, listing 9 copies of this printing]; [Idem] John Bull in his Senses: being the Second Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T29115, listing 9 copies]; [Idem] John Bull still in his Senses: being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T29123, listing 10 copies]; [Idem] An Appendix to John Bull still in his Senses... Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T22319, listing 5 copies]; [Idem] Lewis Baboon turned Honest, and John Bull Politician. Being the Fourth Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T38600]; [Defoe, Daniel] Reasons why this Nation ought to put a Speedy END to this Expensive War. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1711. Third edition, reprinted from the London edition, [ESTC T65914, listing 10 copies]; [ Manley, Mrs (Mary de la Rivie?re)] A True Relation of the Several Facts and Circumstances of the intended Riot and Tumult on Queen Elizabeth's Birthday. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1711. Reprinted from the London edition, [ESTC T10771]; A Fair View of our Present Case... Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. Half-title, [ESTC N18376, recording 8 copies]; 'D.L.' The Plain Case of Great-Britain... [Edinburgh?], 1712. Small tear to one foremargin slightly affecting text [ESTC T173696]; [Possibly Daniel Defoe] The Ballance of Europe... Edinburgh: James Watson, 1711. Reprinted from the London edition, [ESTC T65920, listing 8 copies]; [King, William] Rufinus: or an Historical Essay of the Favourite-Ministry under Theodosius the Great... Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T110508, listing 5 copies]; [Defoe, Daniel] The Secret History of the October Club. London: John Baker, 1711. Half-title, final advertisement leaf, [ESTC T66270]; [Distaff, John] A Character of Don Sacheverellio, Knight of the Firebrand in a Letter to Isaac Bickerstaff Esq... Dublin, 1710. [ESTC T30431, references 16pp., whilst this copy has 18pp.]; [Defoe, Daniel?] No Punishment No Government: an No Danger even in the Worst Designs. London, 1712. [ESTC T125615]; Bickerstaff, Isaac Predictions for the Year, 1712... [London], 1712. [ESTC T44186]; all 8vo, bound as one volume, 18th century calf, a few leaves throughout slightly trimmed, rarely affecting textFootnote: Provenance: From the library of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, with bookplate
Münster, Sebastian Tavola dell' Isole Nuove, le quali son nominante occidental, & indiane per [Basel, 1558], 37 x 29cm, eighth state with Latin text to reverse, framed and double glazed, a little darkening where centre-fold has been reinforcedFootnote: Note: Taken from the Italian edition of Münster's Cosmographia Universalis , this map (first published in Ptolemy's Geographia several years earlier) has the destinction of being the first map to show North and South America as continents, and the first European map to show Japan (labelled Zipangri). The map also features an infamous cartographic error, Verrazzano's Sea: a huge sea separating East and West Canada, reported by the explorer Giovanni de Verrazzano in 1524, from whose description Münster created the map.
Grieve, Christopher Murray - "Hugh MacDiarmid" A large collection, comprising First Hymn to Lenin. Unicorn Press, 1931, number 31 of 50 numbered and signed copies, black half morocco, t.e.g.; Scots Unbound. Stirling, 1932, original brown cloth; Scottish Eccentrics. 1936, original cloth; At the Sign of the Thistle. Stanley Nott, [n.d.], dustwrapper; Three Hymns to Lenin. [n.d.], signed by the author, original cloth, dustwrapper; [with others]. Albannach, 1938, original wrappers; The Islands of Scotland. 1939, original cloth, dustwrapper; Stony Limits and Scots Unbound. 1956, inscribed to Barbara & Ernest [Niven], original cloth; The Battle Continues. 1957, inscribed to Professor Knight, original cloth, dustwrapper; David Hume. 1961, signed by the author, original wrappers; Hugh MacDiarmid a festchrift. 1962, inscribed to Barbara and Ernest [Niven], dustwrapper; Poetry Like the Hawthorn. Duncan Glen, 1962, number 26 of 128 copies, signed by publisher, original wrappers; A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle. 1962. The 200 Burns Club, signed by the author, original cloth, dustwrapper faded; The Blaward and the Skettly. Duncan Glen, 1962, one of 10 copies printed, inscription by Duncan Glen Six Vituperative Verses. Saltire Press, 1964, number 23 of 25 copies, wrappers; Whuchulls. 1964, number 90 of 100 copies, wrappers; Song of the Seraphim. [n.d.], limited to 600 copies, original cloth, dustwrapper; The Ministry of Water. 1964, number 65 of 125 copies signed by the author, original wrappers;Two Poems [The terrible crystal], Skelmorlie, 1964, limited to 55 copies, unsigned, original wrapper partly faded; The Fire of the Spirit. Duncan Glen, 1965, number 107 of 350 copies, original wrappers slightly creased at head; The Burning Passion. 1965, number 2 of 35 copies, original wrappers; On a Raised Beach. Preston: The Harris Press, 1967. 4to, number 27 of 200 copies, original wrappers; The Uncanny Scot. 1968, one of 40 copies of the first edition specially bound in blue buckram and signed by the author, original cloth, dustwrapper; [with Duncan Glen]. The MacDiarmids. A Conversation. 1968, number 47 of 55 copies signed by the authors, original wrappers; Early Lyrics. Akros Publications, 1968, number 93 of 350 copies, original wrappers; Direadh I, II and III. Frenich, 1974, number 168 of 200 copies signed by the author, quarter morocco, slipcase; Metaphysics and Poetry. 1975, number 9 of 25 copies signed by the author, original wrappers; Glen, Duncan. The Literary Masks of Hugh MacDiarmid. Dumalban Press, 1964. number 29 of 55 copies signed by Glen, illustrations done by hand, original wrappers; Glen, Duncan. Hugh MacDiarmid, an Essay. 1977. 4to, number 67 of 300 copies signed by the author, original wrappers, slightly faded; and 2 numbers of Akros, Aniara (adapted from Swedish by MacDiarmid), & Iain Crichton Smith's The Golden Lyric... MacDiarmid. 1967, original wrappers (quantity)
Books illustrated with wood-engravings including Leroy, L.A. Wagner's Music Drama of the Ring. Noel Douglas, n.d., wood-engravings by Paul Nash, original cloth-backed decorated boards, dustwrapper; Bates, H.E. Through the Woods. 1936. 4to, dustwrapper, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker; Bates, H.E. Through the Woods. 1936. , wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, dustwrapper; Bates, H.E . Down the River. 1937, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, Uncorrected Proof Copy, wrappers; Leighton, Clare Four Hedges. 1935. 4to, dustwrapper, wood-engravings; Leighton, Clare. Country Matters. 1937. 4to, Uncorrected Proof Copy, wrappers; Leighton, Clare. Southern Harvest. 1943. 4to, uncorrected Proof Copy, wrappers;Southern Harvest. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper frayed; Leighton, Clare. The Musical Box. 1936, Oblong 4to, original pictorial boards; Warner, S.T. Boxwood. 1947, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, original cloth; Ward, Lynd. God's Man, a novel in woodcuts. 1930. First edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards; Pepler, Douglas. The Devil's Devices. 1915. 8vo, woodcuts by Eric Gill, original cloth-backed pictorial boards; Waddell, Helen. Beasts and Saints. 1934. First edition, woodcuts by Robert Gibbings, dustwrapper; Young, F.B. The Christmas Box. [n.d.], 4to, illustrations by Kay Ambrose, original cloth; Brown, W.J. The Gods had Wings. 1936, wood-engravings by John Farleigh, dustwrapper price clipped; Andersen, Hans C. Four Tales. Cambridge, 1935, woodcuts by Gwen Raverat, original cloth; Webb, Clifford. Words, Beats & Fishes. 1936, dustwrapper; Jefferies, Richard. The Life of he Fields. 1947. 8vo, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, dustwrapper price clipped; Philip Hagreen. The Artist and His Work. 1975. 4to, number 29 of 200 copies, original cloth; Farleigh, John. It Never Dies. 1946, dustwrapper; Gresham Books Ltd. George Mackley, Wood Engraver. 1981. Folio, dustwrapper; Lawrence, D.H. The Ship of Death. 1933. Wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original quarter cloth; Lewis, John. John Nash, the painter as illustrator. The Pendomer Press, 1978. Folio, dustwrapper; Spalding, F. Gwen Raverat. 2001. 4to, dustwrapper; and a paperback illustrated by Gwen Raverat
Fleming, Ian Two James Bond novels The Man with the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, original black cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped, ownership signature to paste-down endpaper, some slight soiling to dust-jacket and one or two internal marks; [Idem] Octopussy and the Living Daylights. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped (2)
Fleming, Ian 3 novels, including Thunderball London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, first issue in Gilbert's Binding A, 8vo, original cloth with skeletal hand impression, dust-jacket not price-clipped but with a few minor chips and slight rubbing, ownership signature to paste-down endpaper, some foxing along upper edge, in custom-made clamshell box [Gilbert A9a, 1.1]; [Idem] On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition, first impression, 8vo, dust-jacket very slightly bumped, in custom-made clamshell box [Gilbert A11a, 1.1]; [Idem] The Man with the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first issue, second state, binding B, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket with a few minor chips and closed tears, in custom-made clamshell box [Gilbert A13a, 1.3] (3)
Strang, William - Laurence Binyon Western Flanders London: Sign of the Unicorn, 1899. First edition, folio, number 71 of 250 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper, 10 original etchings by W. Strang, original white buckram- backed green cloth gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, tissue guards, binding slightly soiled and spottedCondition report: endpapers a bit browned. contents clean other than very light offsetting from plates onto text, upper corners a bit bumped
Rackham, Arthur - Barham, Richard Harris The Ingoldsby Legends. London: J.M. Dent, 1907. First edition, 4to, 24 coloured mounted plates by Rackham, original green pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., small inscription dated 1907 at head of half-title, some faint creasing to some lower corners, plate at p.202 loose but not creasedCondition report: no bookplates. no plates creased.
Angas, George French The New Zealanders Illustrated Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1966. Folio, number 376 of 750 numbered facsimile copies of the 1847 first edition, original burgundy half morocco, t.e.g.; Gudgeon, Thomas Wayth The History and Doings of the Maoris... Auckland: H. Brett, 1885. 8vo, original red cloth (2)
Doyle, Arthur Conan The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes London: G. Newnes. 1894. First edition in book form, illustrations by Sidney Paget, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, covers slightly marked and stained, scratch to lower cover, binding slightly skewed, extremities slightly rubbed, presentation inscription from Aldenham Institute Shorthand Society to Mr F.W. Harris, April 1894, to verso of front free endpaper
20th Century History 3 books comprising Tickell, Jerrard Odette. The Story of a British Agent. London: Chapman & Hall, 1949. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, with laid-in sticker signed Odette Hallowes; Montgomery, Bernard, Viscount of Alamein A History of Warfare. London: Collins, 1968. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, signed by Montgomery on half-title; Morgan, Sir Frederick Overture to Overlord. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt (3)
Blaeu, Joan Guilliemus Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Toonneel des Aerdrycx oft Nieuwe Atlas]: Volume V Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1654. Folio, hand-coloured engraved title-page, 55 hand-coloured maps including the Irish maps, original vellum gilt, ties lacking, some browning to initial and final leaves, a little marginal dampstaining and a closed tear to one leaf without lossFootnote: Note: This atlas comprises volume five of the six-volume Dutch text edition of Blaeu's Theatrum . Each volume of the work was published separately between 1635 and 1655, in several languages. In its era, the Theatrum was considered to be the most comprehensive and accurate atlas produced, with volume 5 being regarded to this day first atlas of Scotland, using many maps developed by the cartographer, Pont. 49 of the maps are of Scotland and 6 depict Ireland.
MacCaig, Norman 15 volumes (7 inscribed or signed), comprising: Surroundings. Hogarth Press, 1966, inscribed to Callum [McDonald] and Winnie, dust-jacket slightly discoloured; Selected Poems. Hogarth Press, 1971. First edition, inscribed "For Sydney & Hazel", one line corrected by the author on p.43, dust-jacket slightly marked, small tear; The White Bird. Hogarth Press, 1973. First edition, also inscribed to Sydney & Hazel "with loud good wishes", from the author, dust-jacket a little marked; Voice-Over. 1988, paperback, inscribed to Hazel; A World of Difference. 1983, paperback, inscribed to Hazel; Collected Poems. Hogarth Press, 1985, inscribed to Hazel "Ever hear of good wishes ? You have my best and affectionate ones", original cloth, dust-jacket; The Sinai Sort. Hogarth Press, 1957. First edition, 2 copies, 8vo, dust-jacket partly faded; Three Manuscript Poems. Exeter: Rougemont Press, 1970. 4to, number 81 of 100 signed copies, original wrappers slightly faded; Collected Poems. 1990, dust-jacket; The White Bird. Hogarth Press, 1973, dust-jacket, lightly marked; Riding Lights.Hogarth Press, 1955, dust-jacket slightly faded; Surroundings. Hogarth Press, 1966., bookplate of Ernest Anderson5Bawtree, dust-jacket spine discoloured; Old Maps and New. Hogarth Press, 1978; Inchnadamph & other poems. Stirling University, 1978, (15)
A set of twenty-two medalets in original 'British Victories' cylindrical container:, the cover with portrait bust of Wellington, the base inscribed 'First Battle Portugal Aug, 17. 1808. Last Battle France AP.10.1814', the medalets each with Battle dates to one side, obv, with Nike The Goddess of Mercy.
A Victorian Egypt and WWI family group of medals:, comprising Egypt Medal with three clasps (later issue QSA style naming) and Khedive's Star to '4098 Pte H Bye CTC', Military Medal, 1914 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal with two matching ribbon bars to 'M-32611 Sjt H J Bye 24/Div MT Coy ASC', together with a Military MBE in case of issue, two 1939-45 War Medals, Atlantic Star, 1939-45 Star, a collection of National Safety First Association membership and long service badges and related ephemera.
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