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Click here to subscribeShenstone (William) The Works in Verse and Prose, 3 vol., first edition, vol.1 and 2 with engraved title-vignette, frontispieces, folding map and 3 vignette head-pieces, occasional foxing and browning, contemporary cat's paw calf, vol.3 in contemporary plain calf with some abrasion to upper cover and slight worming through lower margin throughout, 8vo, 1764-69.⁂ An attractive set from the Cullen House library with bookplates.
Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, English sheets, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Beatrice Randegger. James Joyce. 25 Novembre 1919. Trieste." to front free endpaper, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine very slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped with small chip to foot of spine, 2 small patches of cockling to upper cover, some light rubbing, but still an excellent example overall, [Slocum & Cahoon A13], 8vo, The Egoist Ltd., [1918].⁂ Joyce's first novel with a near-contemporary presentation inscription. Inscribed copies of this or any edition are rare, especially so with a contemporary inscription. While the publication of A Portrait of the Artist did not prove to be as troublesome as that of Dubliners (see previous lot), it nevertheless proved difficult to find an English publisher willing to undertake the novel. The novel therefore was first published in America, with the first English edition published using sheets printed in America. The present edition was the first to be both published and printed in England. For the recipient, Beatrice Randegger neè Richetti, see previous lot. Joyce inscribed this copy during his brief return to Trieste following the war. It was not an especially happy period for Joyce - he struggled to strike up the same relationships he had left behind when he left 5 years ago and was working hard to finish Ulysses. Notably while Joyce resumed his position at the Scuola Superiore de Commercio Revoltella, he decided against recommencing his private lessons. That Randegger should seek out Joyce to inscribe her copy of A Portrait of the Artist so soon after his return to the city indicates that the former student and teacher maintained a degree of contact and mutual interest over a sustained period.Provenance: By descent in the family.
De Thou binding.- Helwich (Georg) Moguntia devicta, hoc est: de dissidio Moguntinensi, quod fuit inter duos archiepiscopus Moguntinos, Dietherum Isenburgium et Adolphum Nassovium...Narratio historica, title within woodcut typographic border, 2 engraved portraits and a coat of arms, final f. blank apart from printed border, outer margin of 1 portrait frayed, occasional spotting, some browning, mostly light, contemporary polished calf, with gilt arms to covers of Jacques Auguste de Thou and his second wife Gasparde de la Chastre, and their gilt monogram in 5 of 6 spine compartments, some restoration to spine ends, little rubbed elsewhere, 8vo (binding 166 x 108mm.), Frankfurt, Caspar Rötel, 1626.⁂ First edition of this work on the brief war between Pope Pius II and Diether von Isenberg, Archbishop of Mainz, with a distinguished provenance.
Arctic & Whaling.- Scoresby (Rev. William) Memorials of the Sea, first edition, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, green morocco spine label, 8vo, James Nisbet and Co., 1835.⁂ The Brooke-Hitching copy of this work, about half of which is given over to Sabbaths in the Arctic Region and the rest to the shipwreck of the whaler Esk, the tragic murders on board the Mary Russell, a brief account of Iceland and another of a hurricane in the West Indies.
China.- Complete View of the Chinese Empire (A), first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece (browned), some light foxing, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, G. Cawthorn, 1798.⁂ The title continues: "Exhibited in a Geographical Description of that Country, a Dissertation on its Antiquity, and a Genuine and Copious Account of Earl Macartney's Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China."
Mathematics.- Finé (Oronce) De rebus mathematicis, hactenus desideratis, Libri IIII, first edition, collation: * a-x6 y4 z6, ruled in red throughout, woodcut initials, diagrams and illustrations, a few leaves browned, name inked out from foot of title, 17th century calf, gilt, with arabesque central device to covers, rebacked and corners repaired, bit worn, folio (294 x 202mm.), Paris, Ex officina Michaelis Vascosani, 1556.⁂ "A masterpiece of restrained style, through the beauty of its types and the elegance of their arrangement." (Updike). "Finé's last work, printed posthumously and designed as a memorial to the author. The preliminary matter includes a dedication to Henri II by Antoine Mizauld, verses by Finé's sons, Jean and the younger Oronce, and a long poem on Finé's life by Mizauld." (Mortimer).Literature: Mortimer, Harvard French 231; Adams F471.
Fleming (Ian) Dr. No, first edition, signed by Henry Blofeld, original second state boards with silhouette, dust-jacket, spine browned with chip to head, minor chipping to corners, light browning and surface soiling to lower panel with short closed tear to foot and minor creasing, 8vo, 1958.
Einstein (Albert) Relativity. The Special & General Theory, first edition in English , portrait frontispiece, diagrams and equations in text, some spotting to first few pp., light browning and ink inscription to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spine, small mark to foot of upper cover, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small abrasion to foot of spine affecting publisher's name, lower joint split at foot with closed tear running across spine, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent example overall, [cf. PMM 408 (first edition)], 8vo, 1920.⁂ The first English edition of one of the most influential scientific works of the 20th century. We can trace only one other copy in the dust-jacket in the last 20 years of auctions. "The theory of relativity has transformed astrophysics, and indeed the whole scientific outlook." - PMM.
Pinter (Harold) Betrayal, number 114 of 150 copies signed by the author, additionally signed by Penelope Wilton, Michael Gambon and Daniel Massey, original cloth, 1978; Mac, limited edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, Ipswich, Pendragon Press, 1968; and first editions of The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, 8vo (4)
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) An extensive collection of 29 first editions, comprising: The Story of the Malakand Field Force, without errata slip, lacking tissue guard, 1898;The River War, 2 vol., 1899; Savrola, 1900; London to Ladysmith, 1900; Ian Hamilton's March, 1900; Lord Randolph Churchill, 2vol., 1906; My African Journey, 1908; Liberalism and the Social Problem, 1909; The World Crisis, 6 vol., vol. 3 part 2 with errata slip, 1923-1931; My Early Life, first issue, 1930; Thoughts and Adventures, 1932 bound with Painting as a Pastime, 1948; Marlborough. His Life and Times, 4 vol., 1933-38; Great Contemporaries, 1937; Arms and the Covenant, 1938; Step by Step, 1939; Into Battle, 1941 bound with The Unrelenting Struggle, 1942; The End of the Beginning, 1945 bound with Onwards to Victory, 1944; Dawn of Liberation, 1945 bound with Victory, 1946; The Second World War, 6 vol., 1948-54; The Sinews of Peace, 1948 bound with Maxims and Reflections, 1947; Europe Unite, 1950; In the Balance, 1951; Stemming the Tide, 1953; A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., 1956-1958 § Marchant (Sir James, editor) Winston Spencer Churchill... A Tribute by Various Hands, 1954, together 30 works in 43 vol., first or first English editions, plates and illustrations throughout, including portraits, maps, charts, plans, views, some folding, some in color, occasional scattered pale spotting, but generally a very clean set, all bound without advertisements, uniform 20th century, crushed half morocco, gilt, for Sotherans, some fading to spines, t.e.g., [Woods A1a, A2a, A3b, A4, A5, A8a, A12, A15, A31a, A37a, A39a, A125, A40a, A43a, A44a, A45, A123b, A124, D15, A128, A130, A137, A138a, A66a, A89, A94, A101, A107, A112], 8vo.⁂ An attractive and near-comprehensive collection of Churchill's major works in first edition.
Norfolk.- [Ware (Isaac)] The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk; the Seat of the Rt. Honourable Sr. Robert Walpole, first edition, 28 engraved plates, 9 double-page, bookplate, cracked hinges, short tear to 'Plan of Stables', tiny marginal worming, occasional marginal damp-staining, occasional spotting, later half calf, rubbed and worn, folio, [Harris 911], I. Ware, 1735.
Durrell (Lawrence) Justine, first edition, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling to panels, very light rubbing to extremities, but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1957.⁂ The first title in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, scarce in good condition.
Arabia.- Niebuhr (Carsten) Description de l'Arabie, first edition in French, half-title, title with engraved vignette, 25 engraved plates and maps, many folding, one map and 2 plates of Arabic text with partial hand-colouring, folding table, occasional light foxing, modern calf, spine slightly faded, 4to, Copenhagen, Nicholas Moeller, 1773.⁂ Contains important maps of the region including Oman, the Arabian Gulf and the first reliable map of the Nile delta. There are also views of Mecca and Medina. At the end is bound in a prospectus for the 1774 expanded 2-volume Paris edition (title and 10pp.)
Fleming (Ian) Moonraker, first edition, issue with "shoo" for "shoot" on page 10, signed by Henry Blofeld on front free endpaper, original boards, lettered in silver, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine dulled with minor chipping to head, damp-staining to lower 1/3 of rear panel, light marking to upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1955.⁂ By far the rarer of the two issues. Henry Blofeld, cricket commentator and broadcaster, son of Thomas Robert Calthorpe Blofeld (1903-1986) who attended Eton with Fleming and who's name is thought to be the inspiration for the supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Blome (Richard) The Gentlemans Recreation, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved frontispiece, printed title in red and black, 85 engraved plates including 10 of coats-of-arms of the subscribers and one engraved on both sides, one plate with corner defective, one text leaf with repaired tear, a couple of other text leaves with small holes, one other plate with 2 small burn-holes, occasional light foxing and staining, later calf, gilt, rebacked and corners repaired, [Schwerdt I, p.72; Westwood & Satchell p.351; Wing B3213], folio, by S. Roycroft, for Richard Blome, 1686.⁂ A very good copy of this impressive work covering the arts and sciences (part 1) and country pursuits - horsemanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing and agriculture in part 2.
First World War.- Raper (Robert George, Major, 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, solicitor in Battle, East Sussex, killed in action at Fricourt 1916, 1877-1916) War Diary..., duplicated typescript, title and 183pp., marked as "Copy" on title, slightly browned, some creasing, original half calf, gilt spine, edges and spine slightly rubbed, 4to, n.d. [c. 1920].⁂ ?Unpublished. "We decided to die like gentlemen." - Raper."15 November [1915] It was miserable work going the rounds as the water in the trenches was icy cold and in some places one sank in the mud and water well over the knees. The men were wretched and the ground was white with frost. 16 November [1915] A curious incident occurred in the early hours. Sergt Wolling... was in a trench on my right towards a crater between the lines. Suddenly one of the bombers... shouted out 'they are coming' and Wolling felt himself seized... . He wrenched his leg free [and] threw one bomb between his legs at the man behind him which exploded and the man, he thought, said 'Have mercy'... . 15 April [1916] I saw Colonel Winston Churchill riding in the town the other afternoon. He is in command of a Scotch Fusilier Regiment which holds the line a mile or two North of us. He was wearing a steel helmet and looked a truculent fellow." - Raper.On February 4th, 1916, Major Raper became second in command of the brigade. They Brigade then moved to Armentieres, and then to Albert, and on July 2nd they attacked and captured Fricourt. As the Commanding Officer stated, Major Raper "was gallantly superintending an operation by two companies and had just succeeded in carrying out his object, when a machine gun swept the whole front and he was killed instantaneously. Earlier in the day" he added, "I had occasion to notice several pieces of excellent work that he did, and I intend sending in his name to the higher authorities." Major Raper was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch dated November 13th, 1916.
Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, light marking and browning to endpapers, ink stamps to front free endpaper, original cloth, light fading to foot of spine, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners chipped, chips to head and foot of panels, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, New York, 1938.⁂ Precedes the first English edition, rare signed.
Victorian travel journals & diaries.- Bell family (of Ford House, Sunderland & Newbus Grange, near Darlington) Collection of 15 manuscript diaries, travel journals, commonplace book etc. by members of the Bell family, autograph manuscripts, numerous pp., original leather and other bindings, v.s., v.d., 1838-1914; and a quantity of related letters and documents, v.s., v.d. (15 vol. & qty).Includes: (1). Bell (Mary, of Ford House) [Diary], 2 vol., autograph manuscript, together c. 330pp., first vol. original diced calf, slightly rubbed, brass clasp, second vol. original morocco, gilt, 8vo, 10th September 1838 - May 1850.(2). Bell (William) A short account of Towns and places passed through on a Journey through France, Switzerland, Germany, The Rhine, and Belgium..., autograph manuscript, 142pp. excluding blanks, original green vellum, slightly rubbed, brass clasp, 8vo, 13th April 1843.(3). Bell (William M.) Journal of a Tour in 1861 [&] Letter of a Visit to the French & English Fleets in 1865, autograph manuscript, c. 240pp. excluding blanks, original morocco, gilt, 8vo, October 1861 - January 1862 & 1865.(4). Bell (William Charles) [Journal of a tour to Italy & Switzerland], autograph manuscript, 72pp. excluding blanks, original cloth, creased, 8vo, 1866.(5). Bell (Louisa, of Roche Court, near Salisbury) [Journal of a European Tour, including Paris, Mentone, Florence, Venice, Vienna, Munich etc.], autograph manuscript, 98pp. excluding blanks, original morocco, brass clasp, 8vo, 1873.⁂ "Wednesday June 13th [1866] Cernobia [Cernobbio] Thunder storms all day... . Charlie went to Como. Garibaldi went down the lake saw his return guns fired &c." - William Charles Bell.
Indian Mutiny.- Kynaston (Henry Edmonds, Private in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), later Major 1889, in the 19th Hussars, son of Rev. John Kynaston, vicar of Billingborough, Lincolnshire, 1832-1914) [Diary of events witnessed in the Indian Mutiny], autograph manuscript, 102pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original black cloth, slightly rubbed, small piece of wax on upper cover, sm. 8vo (158 x 100mm.), 25th July 1857 - 10th June 1858.⁂ An extremely detailed soldier's diary giving an eye witness account of the Indian Mutiny. Kynaston boarded the troop ship Monarch on 25 July 1857 at Gravesend and sailed to Calcutta landing on 26 November. For the next seven months the diary describes the horrors that Kynaston witnessed, including the aftermath of the Cawnpore Massacre, "Went this morning to General Wheelers house... Below is the mark of the round shot by which young Wheeler was killed, his brains and hair are scattered on the wall below", the loss of his first officer, "the gallant Major Smith", and numerous other soldiers, "Poor Fraser lost his left hand" etc. Kynaston records the attack on Nawabganje Bridge, "within 250 yards of their men, the artillery opened upon them with grape and shell, and then we got at them such cutting & slashing. I and C. Page came upon two... he could not get near enough with his horse, so I had the pleasure of cutting them down and to make sure I ran them both through as they lay...". Much else is recorded, including the collapse of Kynaston's own horse due to exhaustion, throwing him and winding him in the process; setting fire to huts in forts; a captured Sepoy begging for mercy; marching with Col. Walker's column to Gonda etc.
Agriculture.- Sansovino (Francesco), "Giovanni Tatti". Della Agricoltura, collation: *4 A-Aaa4, title with woodcut printer's device and head-piece, botanical woodcuts, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. with large woodcut printer's device, otherwise blank, later ink marginalia, some ink markings to title, occasional staining, 18th century vellum, red morocco label to spine, [Hunt 87 (first edition); EDIT 16 CNCE 31059], small 4to (202 x 144mm.), Venice, F. Sansovino, 1561.⁂ First published a year earlier this work covers soils, wine, gardens and flowers, fruit trees, grain, insects and other pests.
Anatomical illustration.- Aselli (Gaspare) De lactibus sive lacteis venis quarto vasorum mesaraicorum genere nove invento...dissertatio, first edition, additional engraved title and portrait of the author, both by Cesare Bassano, 4 folding chiaroscuro woodcut plates printed in black, dark and light red, title with small stain to upper margin, repaired wormholes to rear endpapers and pastedown, one also affecting final plate, some plates with old reinforcing strips to folds on verso, contemporary vellum, slight worming to spine, edge and corners of lower cover slightly worn, [Garrison & Morton 1094; Heirs of Hippocrates 453; Norman 76; Osler 1846; Waller 502; Wellcome 6837], 4to (218 x 176mm.), Milan, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1627.⁂ A very good copy in contemporary binding of the first book with anatomical illustrations printed in colour and the first scientific study of the lymphatic system. "in 1622, while performing vivisection on a dog, Aselli chanced upon the lacteal vessels. His De lactibus is a landmark in the history of anatomical illustration: it may well be the first publication to use colored illustrations in the service of scientific clarity." (Norman). The plates have been attributed to the Milanese engraver Cesare Bassano (1584-1648) and his associate Domenico Falcini (c.1575-1632).Provenance: Giuseppe Perego (Mantuan physician, ink inscription dated 1651 to front endpaper); Luigi Francesco Castellani (Mantuan physician 1727-94, ink inscription dated 1752 to front endpaper).
Astronomy.- Gassendi (Pierre) ). Institutio Astronomica: Juxta Hypotheseis tam Veterum quàm Recentiorum, Cui accesserunt Galilei Galilei Nuntius Sidereus; et Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, Jesse Ramsden's copy, first title in red and black, 4 woodcut plates depicting Pleiades, Orion's belt, Praesepe, and the Orion nebula, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, including images of the moon, which show its uneven mountainous surface, with blank f., some light staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments, spine ends little chipped, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Wing G291A (with the comma in line three of title); Carli-Favaro 52; Cinti 301; Riccardi i, 508; A. McConnell, Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker, Aldershot 2007], 8vo, Jacob Flesher, 1653.⁂ A very good copy of the first appearance in England of works by Gassendi, Galileo and Kepler, with an excellent provenance. Jesse Ramsden (his ink signature to title) (1735-1800) was one of the pre-eminent mathematical instrument makers of the 18th century. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1786, and won the Copley Medal for his innovative work in 1795. A crater on the moon is named in his honour.
Pynchon (Thomas) Vineland, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tom Maschler to title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, else fine, 8vo, Boston, 1990.⁂ "On a subsequent visit to New York I received a phone call saying that Tom would very much like it if I could have a drink with him. We made a date and Tom turned up at the Pierre Hotel, where I was staying at the time. He was carrying a plastic bag and in it was a copy of 'Vineland'. Not only a copy of 'Vineland' but an inscribed copy! I was profoundly touched." --from Tom Maschler's autobiography, 'Publisher'.Tom Maschler (b.1933), publisher and author.
Greene (Graham) A Sort of Life, first edition, signed presentation inscription to George Barker to front free endpaper, original cloth, some light marking to covers, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 1971.⁂ Scarce signed. George Barker (1913-1991), poet. Greene was a long time admirer of Barker's work and even provided financial assistance to help him purchase a house.
Japan.- Anonymous (probably early 19th century) Gold and Silver mining at Sado Island, an impressively long scroll illustrating the process of mining, refining and minting that was undertaken at the Sado Island site, including the entrance of the mine on Aikawa mountain, miners in the mine shafts with many holding lanterns, and the later steps involved in the refining, sale, and transportation of the ore, with explanatory captions in Japanese, watercolour on thin paper laid on linen, scroll with wooden roller, approx. 275 x 11900 mm. (10 3/4 x 468 inches), rolled with silk tie, presented in wooden box with Japanese text on upper lid, [probably early 19th century] ⁂ A highly detailed and expansive scroll, almost 12 metres in length, illustrating the entire series of processes, from mining and smelting to the production of coinage, that were carried out at the Sado Island mine. When the Aikawa gold mine was first discovered in 1601, it transformed Sado and brought prosperity and industry to the island; it quickly became the largest silver and gold mining site in Japan, and is said to have financed the Edo shogunate for several hundred years.Please note: the scoll was originally owned by Genjiro & Gentaro Matsuki, with signature on the paulownia wood box, from the Edo/Meiji Period.
[Pagitt (Ephraim)] Christianographie, or The Description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the World not subject to the Pope, first edition, 4 folding engraved maps, one with repaired tear, two leaves D3 supplied, one with ms. correction to spelling of 'Germany' and text block reset, errata leaf at end, contemporary sheep, rubbed, foot of spine repaired, [STC 19110], 4to, by T.P. and W.J. for Matthew Costerden, 1635.⁂ Scarce at auction. The maps depict the world (ie without the Americas and Australia) and individual ones of Europe, Africa and Asia.
Capt. Cook.- Seward (Anna) Elegy on Captain Cook, second edition, [Beddie 2436], for J. Dodsley, 1780; bound with Monody on Major Andre, first edition, signed by the author at end of poem, [Sabin 79478], Lichfield, for the Author, 1781; bound with Hayley (William) The Triumphs of Temper, first edition, half-title, for J. Dodsley, 1781, together 3 works in 1 vol., some light foxing, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, joints cracked and corners worn, 4to
Howard (Sir Robert) Poems, viz. 1. A panegyrick to the king. 2. Songs and sonnets. 3. The blind lady, a comedy. 4. The fourth book of Virgil, 5. Statius his Achilleis, with annotations. 6. A panegyrick to Generall Monck, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd headline, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, later red morocco label to spine, covers detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Wing H3003; Grolier 473; Pforzheimer 511], 8vo, printed [by William Wilson] for Henry Herringman, 1660.⁂ The H. Bradley Martin copy of this collection, which Includes a prefatory commendatory poem by John Dryden, who was to marry the author's sister Lady Elizabeth in 1663.
Mitchell (Margaret) Gone With the Wind, first English edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped with small portion of loss to head of spine and lower joint, light rubbing to extremities, with original Daily Mail Book of the Month wraparound band (a little spotted), preserved in custom drop-back box,1936; and a copy of the film tie-in edition with a tipped-in page inscribed by Olivia de Haviland, 8vo (2)Saleroom notice: The wraparound has been neatly repaired along the joints.⁂ The first English edition of Mitchell's hugely successful Civil War novel, rarer than its American counterpart in the jacket, especially so with the wraparound.
Marriage.- [Fredoli (Berenger), attributed to] Summula in foro poenitentiali, fragment from a manuscript on vellum, in Latin, single column, 19-20 visible lines on both sides, written in brown ink in a cursive gothic hand, featuring the two-compartment 'a', rubrics and chapter headings in red, chapter numbering in the margins in the same hand, three 3-line initials painted in red, a line of stab holes to upper edge, a few stains and some marginal soiling, darkening and creasing from its use as a pastedown, last lines of text cropped, 111 x 168mm., ?Germany, [end of the 14th century].⁂ This partial leaf, recovered from a binding, originally formed part of a manuscript of the Summula in foro poenitentiali, a guide for the instruction of confessors generally attributed to the French canonist Berengarius Fredoli (Bérenger Frédol, c.1250-1323), cardinal of Tusculum and penitentiary at the papal court at Avignon, where he was involved in the proceedings against the Templars. The Summula is a substantial abridgment of the Summa de casibus poenitentiae written in 1224-1226 by the Catalan Dominican Raymond de Peñafort. Owing to its clarity, it circulated widely, and its text is known in two different redactions, both of which are still unpublished. The first one, of which c.50 manuscripts are listed, is divided into 110 chapters; the second and shorter redaction is recorded in only about 10 manuscripts. The present fragment belongs to the longer redaction, and includes a portion of the chapters devoted to marriage, a central concern in western canon law norms: more specifically, it comprises the complete text of chapters 'De foro matrimonii et sponsalium' on the original recto, and 'Quod sponsalia semel contracta de futuro semper tenant preterquam in octo casibus' on the reverse side. Of the chapters 'Qua etate sponsalia possunt contrahi' and 'Quod sit matrimonius' only the headings in red or a few lines have survived. Literature: A. Teetaert "La Summa de paenitentia: Quoniam circa confessiones du cardinal Béranger Frédol Senior", Miscellanea moralia Arthur Janssen, I-II, Louvain 1948, pp. 567-600; P. Michaud-Quantin, Sommes de casuistique et manuels de confession au moyen âge (XII-XVI siècles), Louvain 1962, pp. 50-51; Id., "La 'Summula in foro poenitentiali' attribué à Bérenger Frédol", G. Forchielli, A.M. Stickler (eds.), Collectanea Stephan Kuttner, I, Bologna 1967, pp. 145-167; P. Biller, "Confessors' Manuals and the Avoiding of Offspring", P. Biller, A.J. Minnis (eds.), Handling Sin. Confession in the Middle Ages, York-Woodbridge 1998, pp. 173-183.
Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, 3pp. publisher's advertisements at end, ownership label and inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper respectively, some spotting to extreme fore edges and peripheral ff., original cloth, stamped in blue, bumped, spine faded, 1924; The Story of the Siren, one of 500 copies, faint browning and soiling, original marbled wrappers, edges nicked, creased, and damp-stained, Richmond, The Hogarth Press, 1920, first editions; and a first of Trilling's E.M Forster, 8vo (3)⁂ The first in blue cloth: an apparently unrecorded variant binding.
Sanskrit.- Werdin (Johann Phillip) Sidharubam seu Grammatica Samscrdamica cui accedit Dissertatio Historico-Critica in Linguam Samscrdamicam vulgo Samscret dictam, first edition, first issue with quire Z absent (it was later printed and inserted as pp.177-184), title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, some quires browned, B3 with clean tear just into text block, uncut and unopened in original plain blue wrappers, preserved in modern half calf clamshell box, 4to, Rome, Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1790.⁂ Exceptional copy in original condition of the first Sanskrit grammar to be published in Europe. The author Werdin (or Wesdin), Austrian by birth, was a Carmelite missionary in Malabar from 1776 to 1789 and was one of the first to understand the close relationship between European and Indian languages.
Riou (Stephen) The Grecian Orders of Architecture, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 6 vignettes and 28 plates, some folding, some light offsetting, title lightly foxed, etched bookplate of Earl of Aylesford of Packington, Warwickshire, contemporary half calf, rubbed, extremities repaired, [Blackmer 1425; Harris 746], folio, by J. Dixwell, for the Author, 1768.⁂ "Riou was in Athens while Stuart and Revett were working there, and decided to produce an architectural theory for the use of the Greek architectural orders then being described and measured by Stuart and Revett." (Blackmer). The book is dedicated to James Stuart who, along with David Garrick, Soame Jenyns and George Stubbs, is included in the list of subscribers.
Gifford (George) A plaine declaration that our Brownists be full Donatists, by comparing them together from point to point out of the writings of Augustine. Also a replie to Master Greenwood touching read prayer, wherein his grosse ignorance is detected, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank, title with small part of upper corner missing and little chipped at head, closely trimmed at head, some staining, lightly browned, 20th century half morocco, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, [STC 11862], small 4to, Printed [by T. Orwin] for Toby Cooke, dwelling at the Tygers head in Paules Churchyard, 1590.⁂ Rare in commerce. 'A reply to: Greenwood, John. An answer to George Giffords pretended defence of read praiers in the first part of A short treatise against the Donatists of England, whome we call Brownists' (ESTC).
Aldus.- Martialis (Marcus Valerius) Epigrammata, first Aldine edition, collation: A-Z8, &8 (lacking final blank), a few leaves browned, paper flaw to lower margin A7, 19th century olive green morocco by C.J. Aitken, g.e., 8vo (158 x 90mm), Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1501.⁂ Provenance: "Ad usum fratris Gregoriis" (faded ink inscription at foot of title; Sir Edward Sullivan (bookplate); William O'Brien and Milltown Park Library (booklabels).Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 36108; Renouard 30:7; Adams M689; Ahmanson-Murphy 47.
Dahl (Roald) Danny the Champion of the World, 1975; The Twits, 1980; The BFG, 1982; The Witches, 1983; Matilda, 1988, first editions, cut signatures of the author and illustrator to titles or endpapers, illustrations by Jill Bennett or Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jackets, light fading to spine, some minor chipping to spine ends and corners, excellent or near-fine otherwise, 8vo (5)
Aldus.- Statius (Publius Papinius) Sylvarum libri quinque, Thebaidos libri duodecim, Achilleidos duo, first Aldine edition, collation: a-z8, A-F8, G4, A-B8, C4, a-e8 complete with blank leaf i8 and final leaf with woodcut printer's device, a few ink annotations, traces of small circular stamp to title, occasional light foxing, later red crushed morocco by Hardy, g.e., 8vo (150 x 90mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502.⁂ Handsome copy of the first Aldine edition, with colophons dated November and August 1502. Provenance: Sir Edward Sullivan (bookplate); William O'Brien and Milltown Park Library (booklabels).Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 36141; Renouard 35:7; Adams S1670; Ahmanson-Murphy 61.
Bible, Latin.- Divi Pauli Apostoli Epistolae, brevissimis & facillimis scholiis per Ioannem Gagneium...illustratae, collation: A8 a-t8 v10, Roman letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut criblé initials, lacking final blank, occasional light staining, lightly browned, 18th century French green morocco, gilt, flat spine in compartments with floral and foliage decorations and double red morocco labels, triple gilt filet borders with circular corner-pieces to covers, rubbed, g.e, 8vo (binding 131 x 91mm.), Simon de Colines & Galliot du Pré, 1538.⁂ First edition of the Epistles of St. Paul with text and commentary by Jean de Gagny, chaplain to François I. Provenance: Castle Howard copy (large engraved armorial bookplate, recording this as a gift of Sir David Dundas). Literature: Adams B1846; Renouard, Colines, p.294; Schreiber 154; not in D&M.
Haggard (H. Rider) Finished, first edition, frontispiece, original cloth, Ward, Lock & Co. 'File Copy' paper label to upper cover, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, priced at ?5/- with remains of 6/- sticker to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, spine and lower panel darkened, tear and creasing to head of upper panel, joints splitting at head and foot, still a very good example of a rare dust-jacket, 8vo, 1917.⁂ Part of the Allan Quatermain, Finished is set against the background of the Anglo-Zulu War, with Quatermain depicted as one of the few survivors of the Battle of Isandhlwana.
Hamilton (Bruce) To Be Hanged, first edition, original pictorial cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light spotting to covers, but and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Rare, published in pictorial cloth and without a dust-jacket as part of a brief experimental published effort by Faber (along with one other title). Bruce Hamilton (1900-74) was the younger brother of the more famous Patrick Hamilton (to whom this work is dedicated).
Greene (Graham) The Comedians, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Jack Rubens dated Christmas 1965 to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 1966.⁂ A superb inscribed copy of Greene's Haiti-set exploration of terrorism and government suppression. Jack Rubens was Greene's accountant.
Lindsay (David) Devil's Tor, first edition, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small patch of staining to lower panel, light spotting to upper panel, a few small nicks or tears to head and foot but overall an excellent example, 8vo, 1932.⁂ A bright and excellent example of a rare work, Lindsay's fifth and the last published during his lifetime. Devil's Tor has been referred to as Lindsay's magnum opus and, like his better-known A Voyage to Arcturus, is concerned with deep exploration of its metaphysical themes.
Printed on vellum.- [Book of Hours] Hore dive virginis Marie, collates: A-N8, 104 leaves, 26 lines, printed on vellum in red and black, numerous 1-, 2- or 3-line initials in gold on a red or blue background, 20 large metalcut illustrations, metalcut borders, first leaf with metalcut of anatomical manrepaired at gutter, sig.H misbound, a few leaves with heavy brown ink staining, some other leaves soiled or yellowed, remboitage of contemporary blind-stamped calf, centre of lower cover replaced with later leather, corners repaired, later leather ties, later vellum pastedowns, 8vo, Paris, Thielman Kerver, 1504.⁂ Scarce and complete despite the condition issues to some pages.
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer, statesman, artist and author, 1874-1965) Typed Letter signed to Walter Sickert, 2pp., 4to, Chartwell Manor, 20th September 1927, thanking him for his letter "and also a telegram which reached Balmoral after I had left and which apparently caused much perplexty", regarding painting instruction from Sickert "I am deeply interested in all you have shown me, and am most anxious to have a further conclave", being taught the camaieu process of painting, arranging for the pair to meet again "and you could then show me how the colouring stage proceeds... The studio will be in working order, and strong, permanent easels... instead of the gimcrack structure on which you found me working", folds, some browning to corners.⁂ An excellent ?unpublished letter from Churchill who first met Sickert in 1927 through his wife (see next lot). The two men got on well with Churchill welcoming guidance from the renowned painter, commenting in a letter from the time to Clementine that "He is really giving me a new lease of life as a painter." The technique of camaieu (a technique involving thin coats in two or three tints of one colour), much used by Sickert, would prove to be highly influential in Churchill's own painting.
China.- Chinese Language.- Morrison (Rev. Robert) Dialogues and Detached Sentences in the Chinese Language, first edition, sig.2A foxed, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Henington of Ingram Court, Fenchurch (with ticket), very slightly rubbed, [Cordier Sinica 1641], 8vo, Macao, Printed at the Honourable East India Company's Press, by P.P. Thoms, 1816.⁂ Fine copy of the first Chinese/English conversation manual according to Cordier. Curious dialogues include "This piece of cloth is extremely good; the Snuff is better than yesterday's; the Stockings cannot be surpassed." and "It is replied, I have two sons, one of them is good for nothing - he will not study - he is a debauchee and a gambler..."
China and Russia.- Clerc (Nicolas Gabriel) Yu le Grand et Confucius, Histoire Chinoise, 3 parts in 1, first edition, 8 folding tables, slight wrinkling to pages near beginning, some light foxing, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt, spine ends and corners repaired, [Cordier, Sinica 604; Lust 1275], 4to, Soissons, Ponce Courtois, 1769.⁂ Important work on the history of Russia and China, which is dedicated to the Russian Czar.
Powell (Anthony) The Valley of Bones, first America edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Summers on front free endpaper "In celebration of some fine photography", original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing to head and foot, rubbed, Boston, 1964; From a View to a Death, first edition, browning to endpapers, contemporary library cloth, a little faded, 1933, 8vo (2) ⁂ John Summers (1928-2008) journalist who interviewed and befriended several authors including Powell.
China.- Chinese Language.- Hernisz (Stanislas) A Guide to Conversation in the English and Chinese Languages for the Use of Americans and Chinese in California and Elsewhere, first edition, some light foxing and marginal browning, old marbled boards, rebacked in cloth preserving original spine, oblong 8vo, Boston, Cleveland & London, 1854.⁂ One of the earliest English/Chinese conversation manuals published in the west and probably the first such manual printed in America. As noted in the Introduction "The conclusion of treaties with western nations, the opening of the Five ports, and the discovery of gold in California, have caused a vast increase in trade, more extensive intercourse, and closer relations with the 'Central flowery people.'" Notably, the first two words in the vocabulary list are "Gold" and "Gold-dust".
Wine making.- Steinlen (Christian Gottlieb) La Fête des Vignerons at Vevey, extensive panoramic scroll of this once-in-a-generation wine festival, original hand-coloured lithograph on 30 plates conjoined, each plate individually approx. 185 x 500 mm. (7 1/4 x 19 3/4 in), the first 15 plates mounted on the back of the latter 15, some minor spotting and light creasing, folding concertina-style into modern marbled boards, lacking original wrappers, [Lausanne, Spengler & Cie., 1833].⁂ An impressively large panorama running over 14 metres in total. The fête of 1833 was held over two days in August, involving nearly 800 participants pulling numerous floats, and was organised by David Constantin and Steinlen. In the present day the Swiss fête is organised by the Confrérie des Vignerons (Brotherhood of Winegrowers), and while they are free to choose how often the festival takes place, it can only happen five times each century. The next Fête des Vignerons is set to take place in July of this year.
Brazil.- Wetherell (James) Brazil. Stray Notes from Bahia, first edition, edited by William Hadfield, wood-engraved frontispiece (spotted), lithograph plate of music, original cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, Liverpool, Published by Subscription, [c.1860].⁂ A fine copy of this "excellent description of life in Bahia during the second empire." (Borba de Moraes 940). From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps ("M.H.C." in pencil to front pastedown and "intake" numbers in ink) and Joseph Sinclair Carolin (bookplate). Rare at auction - the last copy in 1985.
NO RESERVE West Indies.- Lacroix (Pamphile, Baron) Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de la Revolution de Saint-Domingue, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved battle-plan and large folding engraved map, both with partial hand-colouring, folding table, some foxing and light browning, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, 8vo, Paris, 1819.⁂ A fine copy. The plan is entitled "Plan du Siege de la Crete a Pierrot par l'Armee Francaise"; the large map, measuring 515 x 785mm., is by Lapie.
Hawaii & South America.- Skogman (Carl Johan Alfred) Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden Aren 1851-1853, 2 vol., first edition, 20 lithograph plates, all but 2 coloured, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 3 folding lithograph maps, stain to some lower margins, original cloth, recased, extremities slightly rubbed, [Borba de Moraes, pp.815-816; Hill 1578 "Prized for its fine color plates"; Palau 315082], 8vo, Stockholm, Adolf Bonnier, [1854-55].⁂ Excellent copies of the first Swedish circumnavigation on the Eugenie, under the command of Captain Christian Adolf Virgin. The voyage, during which Skogman was the astronomer, visited the east and west coasts of South America, the west coast of America, Hawaii and other Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. The naive but attractive plates include natives of Honolulu and a view of the Gamla Mission Church in San Francisco.
China.- Gonzalez de Mendoza (Juan) Histoire du Grand Royaume de la Chine, some foxing and water-staining, ink annotations to endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Cordier, Sinica I, 13; Sabin 27780; Palau 105510], 8vo, [Geneva], Jean Arnaud, 1606.⁂ Early French edition of this important survey of China, first published in Spanish and printed in Rome in 1585. Largely a compilation of missionary narratives, including Gaspar de Cruz, Martin de Rada, Pedro de Alforo and Ignacio de Loyola.
South America.- Depons (Francois) Travels in South America, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, folding engraved map (foxed), contemporary calf, stamped in gilt and blind, [Sabin 19643], 8vo, 1807.⁂ Fine copy of this important account of Venezuela, translated from the French, partially by Washington Irving.
Hamilton (Edmond) The Horror on the Asteroid. And Other Tales of Planetary Horror, first edition, light browning to text margins, light insect damage to front free endpaper and pastedown, original cloth, light discolouration to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned and with partially removed sticker to foot, spine ends and corners chipped, touching first line of title on spine, a few short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, neat tape repairs to verso, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Scarce first edition of the first hardback collection of science fiction stories.
Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, signed by Henry Blofeld on front free endpaper, original boards, lettered and blocked in silver, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, light staining and surface soiling to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1956.
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Stange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, first edition, first issue with publication date on the upper wrapper altered by hand, 1f. advertisements, original red and blue printed wrappers, spine largely defective but stitching holding, light staining to foot, light rubbing and very light creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1886.
Botany.- Hyacinths.- Saint-Simon (Maximilien, Marquis de) Des jacintes, de leur anatomie, reproduction et culture, charming large engraved vignette to title showing the author gazing upon his flowers, 10 engraved plates, spotted, 19th century polished calf, gilt, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed and marked, [Hunt 602; Nissen, BBI 1718; Pritzel 7996], 4to, Amsterdam, no printer, 1768.⁂ First edition of the first work devoted entirely to hyacinths. With a 15pp. catalogue of varieties hyacinths at end.
Coetzee (J.M.) Life and Times of Michael K, first English edition, signed by the author on title, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, some light marking to covers, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, near-fine otherwise, original publisher's wraparound band (split in 3 places), 8vo, 1983.
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