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Click here to subscribeWaugh (Evelyn) Black Mischief, first edition, map frontispiece, original cloth, very light fading to spine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, band of toning to head of panels, short closed tear to head of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1932.
Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher. Comedies and Tragedies Never printed before, and now published by the authours originall copies, first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall (second state with 'Vates Duplex'), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, small repairs within text of 6A1 and 7A1 (to a lesser extent), affecting several letters, marginal repairs, affecting a few letters on 3F4 and the small part of a border or odd letter elsewhere, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, [Greg III, 1013; Grolier English 28; Pforzheimer 53; Wing B1581], Printed for Humphrey Robinson, at the three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1647 bound with Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher. The Wild-Goose Chase. A Comedie, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, correction slip for word 'Goose' to a1v, minor marginal repair to lower corner of N1, marginal repairs to P1&2, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, [Pforzheimer 52; Wing B1616], Printed for Humpherey Moseley, and are to be sold at the Princes Armes in St. Paules Church-yard, 1652, 20th century panelled burgundy crushed morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, upper joint splitting at foot, but holding firm, g.e., folio *** One of the great collections of English theatre. It contains 36 previously unpublished plays, and among the poetic elegies to the authors are first printings of poems by Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Lovelace, Shirley and Waller. Also included here is the first edition of The Wild-Goose Chase, which was omitted from the first mentioned work due to a lost manuscript.Provenance: Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Viscount Cowdray (large engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
Shakespeare (William) Measure for Measure, extracted from the second folio, comprising pp.61-84, trimmed at head with loss to ruled border and headline, occasional stain spots, modern tan morocco, ruled in gilt and lettered in gilt on spine, folio (296 x 206mm.), Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632.*** A handsome, crisp copy of what was published in the first folio as a comedy but which also has many tragic elements. The play was first performed in 1604 and there was no quarto edition so this second folio edition is in effect the second edition. The themes of power and hypocrisy are explored.
European Satirical Map.- Ohara (Kisaburo) A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia, comic political map of Europe, showing the Russian Octopus threatening Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as India and China, with text in English and Japanese, lithograph with hand-colouring, on thin wove paper without watermarks, sheet 465 x 620 mm (18 1/4 x 24 1/2 in), old folds and handling creases, some with careful repairs to splitting and small marginal tears and losses, minor surface dirt, unframed, 1904*** An anti-Russian satirical map produced by a Japanese student at Keio University during the Russo-Japanese War. The octopus trope was first used in Rose's "Serio-Comic War Map For The Year 1877", which was itself a comment on the Russo-Turkish war.
Ballard (J. G.) The Drowned World, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to "To Sister ?Elida" with best wishes, J. G. Ballard", and another ownership inscription both on front free endpaper, foxing to half-title and fore-edge, occasionally straying onto margins, original boards, dust-jacket, 1cm closed tear to upper panel upper edge, few other short nicks to extremities, spine lightly toned, 8vo, 1962. *** With note loosely inserted "informed by bookseller this was nurse where Ballard worked".
Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Anna Karenina, first American edition, translated by Nathan Haskell Dole, 4pp. advertisements at end, faint ink name to head of title, portion excised from front free endpaper, closed tear to leaf facing title, floral endpapers, original cloth, gilt, spine ends a little bumped and frayed, light fraying to corners, an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886.*** The first American edition, and the first edition to be published in English. This was published in variant bindings of olive green, blue and brown, of which there seems to be no established priority.
Boïto (Camillo) & others. La Basilique de St. Marc à Venise..., 3 parts in 2 vol., bookplate of the Liverpool-based architect James O’Byrne (1835-1897), contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, spines gilt, rubbed, Venice, 1889-90 § Street (G.E.) Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes on Tours in the North of Italy, second edition, some foxing, 1874 § Bassi (Elena) The Convento della Carità, Corpus Palladianum vol.VI, University Park, Pa. & London, 1973 § Puppi (Lionello) Michele Sanmicheli: Architetto di Verona, Padua, 1971 § Fichera (F.) Luigi Vanvitelli, Rome, 1937, plates and illustrations, all but the first original cloth or boards, some a little rubbed, the second with short split to upper joint; and c.65 others on Italian architecture, v.s. (c.70)
Gregynog Press.- Vaughan (Henry) Poems,, one of c.30 specially-bound copies (this one for J.R.Abbey), from an edition limited to 500, printed in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations by R.A.Maynard & H.W.Bray, J.R.Abbey's copy with his large engraved bookplate, with T.L.s. dated 1969 from Philip C.Duschnes to James L.Thielman offering him the book loosely inserted, bound in crushed red morocco with swan of Usk in gilt to upper cover, [by George Fisher] at the Gregynog Press Bindery, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands, signed on rear turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, modern slip-case, [Harrop 2], 8vo (205 x 140mm.), Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1924.*** Harrop states that the first 30 copies were bound in morocco but this was bound for Abbey from an ordinary copy (see note to lot 410).
le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, original blue boards, faint splash-mark to upper cover, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, spine very slightly dulled, toning to spine ends, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, thin line of tape-marking to upper flap, a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1963.
India.- Company School (late 18th century) Toormoottee or little Falcon [together with] an emerald-winged common dove, two works, watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil, the first mentioned on laid paper with watermark of Strasbourg lily, ruled ink borderlines and pencil inscription recto and verso, 430 x 320 mm (16 7/8 x 12 1/2 in), and 430 x 280 mm (16 7/8 x 11 in), the first mentioned tipped onto paper support, the latter with heavy toning to edges and small losses, but the image without issue, unframed, [late 18th century] (2)Provenance:Sale. Christie's, London, Exploration and Travel including Maps and Atlases, 24th September 2003, lot 252 [part lot]
Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first edition, first issue with Scribner's seal to title verso and without legal disclaimer, original cloth with gilt labels to upper cover and spine, some surface wear to spine label, first issue dust-jacket priced at $2.50 and with "Katharine Barclay" to front flap, light toning, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, 1 or 2 short nicks to head and foot with some very light creasing, light rubbing to extremities, in effect a near-fine example, [Hanneman 8a], 8vo, New York, 1929.*** An attractive example of one of Hemingway's key novels, among the best fiction to come out of the First World War.
Blyton (Enid) The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by J. Abbey, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, toning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, spine very slightly toned, light surface marks to lower panel, light rubbing along flap joint, some creasing and small nicks or short tears to extremities, 8vo, 1944.
Ireland.- Wadge (E.Harvey, editor) The Irish Industrial Magazine, vol.1 only [almost all published], 5 chromolithographed plates, light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, recased, Dublin, 1866 § Irish Builder (The), vol. XXXVI-XXXIX, plates and illustrations, light foxing, modern buckram, Dublin, 1894-97 § Street (G.E.) & others. The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity commonly called Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, presentation copy from the publisher Sutton Sharpe inscribed on half-title, 10 engraved, 9 wood-engraved and 5 chromolithographed plates (some on india paper and mounted), light spotting, original vellum decorated in red and gold designed by Street, t.e.g., a little rubbed and soiled, 1882; and 3 earlier bound volumes of The Dublin Builder, v.s. (9)*** The first item was a short-lived periodical (only one further issue was published, vol.2 no.1) which attempted to promote progressive industrial and agricultural ideas in Ireland, tackling such subjects as mining, water power, stocks and shares, housing, photography and new railway routes as well as industrial progress and education for labourers. The second is a vital source of information on the Irish architectural profession and building trade with a series of articles on the history of famous Dublin town houses, hospitals and churches.
Empress Joséphine's copy.- Florian (Jean-Pierre Claris de) Numa Pompilius, Second Roi de Rome, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, some light toning, vol.1 with 2 or 3 worm-holes to lower margin throughout, repaired to first few leaves, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt with green morocco labels, one with Empress Joséphine's monogram 'PB', g.e., slightly rubbed, 16mo, Paris, Didot l'Ainé, 1786.*** Lovely copy from the library of Joséphine at La Malmaison and later King Louis-Philippe at the Palais Royal.Joséphine de Beauharnais, nee Marie-Joseph-Rose de Tasher de la Pagerie, purchased La Malmaison in 1799, three years after her marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte. She had a library built there and chose to mark her books with the monogram 'PB' for Pagerie-Bonaparte."Les livres aux armes ou au chiffre de l'impératrice Joséphine sont extrêmement rares" (Olivier, Herman et Roton, Manuel de l’amateur de reliures armoriées françaises, pl. 2653).This copy further enhanced by the circular ink stamp on titles "Bibliothèque du Roi, Palais Royal"; and bookplate of Le Bel (de Vitry-le-Brule).
Drawings & Prints.- Stuccatori.- Italian School (18th century) An album of 66 original designs for plasterwork and mural paintings, composite group of designs for plasterwork and mural paintings by one or more itinerant eighteenth-century Italian “stuccatori” (decorative plasterers), pen and ink, pencil, wash, black and red chalks, various sizes, largest approx. 240 x 340 mm (9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in), neatly tipped onto album leaves, handling creases throughout, nicks and tears, minor surface dirt and small losses, 19th century marbled boards, rebacked with imitation calf spine, pencilled title by later Italian hand on first leaf, oblong 4to, [probably mid-18th century]
Fuhring (Peter) Design into Art. Drawings for Architecture and Ornament: The Lodewik Houthaffer Collection, 2 vol., 1989 § Christie's. [Sale Catalogue] Old Master Prints from Chatsworth, signed by Ben Weinreb, price list loosely inserted, 1985 § Wilton-Ely (John) The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, upper hinge weak, 1978 § Harris (John) A Catalogue of British Drawings for Architecture, Decoration, Sculpture and Landscape Gardening 1550-1900 in American Collections, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1971 § Hébert (M.) & Jacques Thirion. Catalogue Général des Cartes, Plans et Dessins d'Architecture, 4 vol., bookplate of A.C.Lascarides, later cloth, Paris, 1958-74, illustrations, all but the last original cloth, the first three with dust-jackets, the first also with slip-case; and c.30 others, prints & drawings reference, some catalogues, 4to & 8vo (c.40)
Nesbit (E.) The Railway Children, frontispiece, pictorial title and 19 plates by Brock, 10pp. advertisements, light spotting to endpapers and edges, slight fading to spine, mark to lower cover, 1906; Oswald Bastable and Others, frontispiece, pictorial title-page and 20 plates by C.E. Brock and H.R. Millar, one illustration in text, 9pp. advertisements, 1905, first editions, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., spine tips and corners a little rubbed and bumped, bright, near-fine examples, 8vo (2)
Wiebenson (Dora) & others. The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, 4 vol., Washington & New York, 1993-2000 § Harris (E.) and N. Savage. British Architectural Books and Writers 1556-1785, Cambridge, 1990 § Fowler (Laurence Hall) and Elizabeth Baer. The Fowler Architectural Collection of the John Hopkins University: Catalogue, Baltimore, Md., 1961 § Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek, 2 vol. reprint, Utrecht, 1986 § (Frits) Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, 2 vol. including Supplement, vol.1 reprint, San Francisco & The Hague, 1975-56 § Cicognara (L.) Catalogo Ragionato dei Libri d'Arte e d'Antichita, 2 vol., reprint, Cosenza, 1960 § Cohen (H.) Guide de l'Amateur de Livres a Gravures du XVIIIe Siècle, sixth edition edited by Seymour de Ricci, 2 parts in 1, ex-library copy with stamps, modern half morocco, Paris, 1912, plates and illustrations, all but the last original cloth, the first two with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed; and c.50 others, architectural reference, including some sale catalogues, 8vo & 4to (c.60)
Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition, original cloth, very slight sunning to spine, minute splash-mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling to lower panel, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example, 8vo, 1951.
Guattani (Giuseppe Antonio) Roma Descritta ed Illustrata, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, engraved additional pictorial title, folding map and 57 plates, 3 folding, some light browning to text, book-label of Bibliotheca Reuvensiana, contemporary paste-paper boards with vellum tips, rebacked in calf preserving old roan labels, [BAL 1392; Cicognara 3753; Olschki 17084; Schudt 773], Rome, 1805 § Marangoni (Giovanni) Delle Memorie Sacre, e Profane dell'Anfiteatro Flavio di Roma volgarmente detto il Colosseo dissertazione, title in red & black with woodcut vignettes, woodcut head-piece & initials, some foxing, old stamp removed from title, later half cloth, contemporary paste-paper wrappers bound in, [Cicognara 3774; Olschki, Choix 17488; not in BAL], Rome, N. & M.Pagliarini, 1746 § Nibby (Antonio) Del Foro Romano della Via Sacra dell'Anfiteatro Flavio, only edition, 5 engraved plates, 4 folding, shelf-label of Carberry Tower, nr. Musselburgh, Midlothian, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red roan label, uncut, [Olschki, Choix, 17656], Rome, 1819 § Marquez (Pietro) Delle Ville di Plinio il Giovane Opere, only edition, engraved map, 2 folding plans & 2 vignettes in text, light water-stain to foot of title and last couple of leaves, Donaueschingen copy with old ink stamp to title, book-label of J.B.Bury, contemporary patterned-paper wrappers, uncut, [Cicognara 559], Rome, Salomini, 1796, occasional foxing, a little rubbed; and 4 others including a bound volume of engraved views of Paestum, Cuma, Baja & Sicilian classical sites issued by Agapito Franzetti, 4to & 8vo (8)*** The first was first published in 1795 under the title Roma Antica and includes accurate architectural descriptions of the remains of the major temples, baths and other structures, as well as descriptions of St.Peter’s and the Vatican.Prof. Caspar Jacob Christiaan Reuvens (1793-1835), a pioneer field archaeologist in the Netherlands and founding director of the Museum of Antiquities at Leiden. His books were sold at auction in Leiden in 1838, this was lot 852.
Creswell (K.A.C.) A Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam..., first edition, Cairo, 1961 § Walsh (Rev. Robert) Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Illustrated, 2 vol. in 1, First Series only (of 2), engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, map and 45 plates after Thomas Allom, foxing, bookplate of Lord Gwydyr, contemporary morocco blocked in gilt & blind, g.e., rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, n.d. § Goodwin (G.) A History of Ottoman Architecture, 1971 § Fergusson (James) History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, original roan-backed cloth, spine worn, 1899 § Havell ( E.B.) Indian Architecture, 1913 § Harada (Jiro) The Lesson of Japanese Architecture, 1936, plates and illustrations, all but the second and fourth original cloth, the third with dust-jacket, all rubbed; and 22 others on Eastern art & architecture, v.s. (28)
Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, first edition, bookplate of Walter and Dorothy Donnelly and pencil inscription of Clive Hirschhorn to front pastedown, original cloth, slight toning to spine, else fine, dust-jacket, spine a little browned with small splash-mark, minor chipping to spine tips, but otherwise a near-fine copy, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Westby & Brown p.6; Woolmer 411], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937.*** Scarce in good condition. The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character. The creation of Sally Bowles gave Isherwood financial security for much of the rest of his life.Dorothy Donnelly (1880-1928) stage actress, playwright, producer, librettist and lyricist. This copy sold at the Hirschhorn sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 246.
[?Stewart (John)] Critical Observations on the Buildings and Improvements of London, first edition, presentation copy inscribed "From the Author" at head of half-title, engraved title-vignette, half-title soiled and repaired at upper outer corner, a little foxed, final leaf laid down, pencil signature of Arthur Cates and bookplate of the library of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors recording his donation of the book, nineteenth century half calf, spine titled in gilt, rubbed, corners and spine ends slightly worn, later endpapers, [BAL 744; Harris 152], 4to, for J.Dodsley, 1771.*** Commentary on contemporary building and urban planning in London, with observations on the most recent architect-designed private houses and squares in the West End of London, expressing particular approval of St.James’s Square and of Cavendish Square, and looking forward to Oxford Street becoming “the noblest street in Europe”. The title vignette depicts two houses in Cavendish Square built by Tufnell and the recently erected equestrian statue of the Duke of Cumberland.Arthur Cates FRIBA (1829-1901), assistant in the office of Sir James Pennethorne, and subsequently Architect to the Land Revenues of the Crown.
Blyton (Enid) [The Secret Seven books], 15 vol. comprising The Secret Seven, small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, slight shelf-lean, jacket price-clipped, 1949; The Secret Seven Adventure, 1950; Well Done Secret Seven!, 1951; Secret Seven on the Trail, 1952; Go Ahead Secret Seven, book-label to front free endpaper, jacket with a few small paper repairs to verso, 1953; Good Work Secret Seven, front free endpaper with very small hole and bookplate to verso, jacket price-clipped, 1954; Secret Seven Win Through, 1955; Three Cheers Secret Seven, 1956; Secret Seven Mystery, wrap-around band (tape repair to joint verso), 1957; Puzzle for the Secret Seven, signed bookplate from the author on front free endpaper, 1958; Secret Seven Fireworks, some light discolouration to boards, 1959; Good Old Secret Seven, some light discolouration to boards, 1960; Shock for the Secret Seven, jacket with very small repair to head of upper flap joint, 1961; Look Out Secret Seven, 1962; Fun for the Secret Seven, jacket price crossed through, 1963, first editions, illustrations, a few vol. with contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers or half-title, a few with light toning to endpapers, some spotting, original boards, spine ends and corners very slightly bumped or rubbed, dust-jackets, some light surface marking, mostly to lower panels, some rubbing and light creasing to head and foot, some small nicks or tears to extremities, particularly to earlier vol., with the occasional chip, Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 8vo. *** An excellent and sharp, complete first edition set of the 15 full-length Secret Seven books.
Wollstonecraft (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, some light foxing and toning, slightly later half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, head of spine nicked, [PMM 242], 8vo, Printed for J. Johnson, 1792.*** A very good copy of the first edition of this highly important, and at the time controversial, work in the history of feminism. Although the final page reads "End of the first volume", no further volumes were published.
First book in Italian printed in London.- Ubaldini (Petruccio) La vita di Carlo Magno Imperadore, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, final f. blank, water-staining to inner gutters of sig. A, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 18th century mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label (little chipped, affecting final letter), spine ends and corners little worn, rubbed and marked, [STC 24486], small 4to, John Wolfe, 1581. *** Scarce at auction. Ubaldini was an Italian Elizabethan courtier, historian, calligrapher and illuminator.
Ferrario (Giulio) Monumenti Sacri e Profani dell'Imperiale e Reale Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio in Milano, first edition, half-title, title with aquatint vignette, engraved plan and 31 aquatint plates, some printed in sepia, tissue guards, with an additional aquatint view of the basilica by Campi after Naymiller bound in at end, faint water-stain to lower outer corner at beginning affecting a few plates, plate XXX with small abrasions, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, joints a little worn, spine repaired at head and foot, [BAL 1054], folio, Milan, 1824.*** Devoted to the early mediaeval basilica church of S. Ambrogio in Milan, with particular emphasis on its unrivalled internal fittings (pulpit, high altar etc.). It is illustrated with fine aquatint plates, particularly perspectives by the stage set designer Alessandro Sanquirico, and of Bramante's cloister.
[Defoe (Daniel)] [Legion's Memorial] Mr. S------r. The enclosed memorial you are charg'd with, in the behalf of many thousands of the good people of England, first edition, 4pp., bifolium, ink numbers to upper outer corners, piece from upper inner blank corner of both sheets, all but split at fold, some foxing, lightly browned, [Moore 35], small 4to (203 x 161mm.), no printer, [1701]. *** 'Englishmen are no more to be slaves to Parliaments than to a King'. Rare, with the last copy at auction we can trace being in 1968. With the prospect of war with France King William asked Parliament to authorise the creation of a standing army. This was refused, causing many to send appeals to Parliament. The people of Kent chose five men to carry theirs to London in May, 1701. The Commons declared the petition seditious, and the men were arrested and imprisoned. Defoe responded with this strongly worded pamphlet, in which he pleaded that the pamphlet be delivered to the Commons, and demanded the immediate release of the Kentish petitioners (which they were to great fanfare).
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first American 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 with "Heliotype Printing Company" imprint below, spotting and occasional light marginal soiling, closed tear to head of p.55, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped with some chipping to spine ends, rubbed, a very good copy, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-case (some fading, extremities rubbed), [BAL 3415], 8vo, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.*** A good 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. The title is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state but first state only present in the prospectus and advance sheets).
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) [War Speeches], 7 vol., comprising: Into Battle, 1941; The Unrelenting Struggle, 1942; The End of the Beginning, 1943; Onwards to Victory, 1944; The Dawn of Liberation, 1945; Victory, 1946; Secret Session Speeches, 1946, first editions, plates, occasional light foxing, modern dark blue half morocco, spines gilt, 8vo
Bagnold (Enid) "National Velvet", first edition, illustrations by Laurian Jones, original cloth, some light edge-spotting, dust-jacket, neat and professtional repairs and restoration to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, in effect a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1935.*** Enid Bagnold's most famous work, adapted for the classic 1935 film staring Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney.
Le Turc (?J.B.) Description des Fermes...les Grandes Arches des Ponts, half-title, hand-coloured engraved plate, light spotting, original wrappers, ''Lord Rockingham'' in ink in contemporary hand at head of upper wrapper, rubbed, spine a little worn, [Not in BAL or Berlin Kat.], ''Londres'', G.Bigg, 1781 § Huet (J.C.) Parallèle des Temples, Anciens, Gothiques et Modernes, half-title with ink ownership stamp of G.Allix, half-title & title browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, original blue paste-paper wrappers loosely inserted, [Not in BAL], Paris, 1809 § Viollet-le-Duc (Eugène Emmanuel) Entretiens sur l'Architecture, Atlas only (lacking 2 text vol.), 38 plates, most engraved, 3 chromolithographed, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, spine torn at foot, Paris, 1863 § Foucher du Careil (L.A., Comte de) & LK.Puteaux. Les Habitations Ouvrières et les Constructions Civiles, 13 plates, 11 folding, advertisements at beginning and end, original printed wrappers, uncut, a little frayed at edges, Paris, 1873; and 3 others including 2 early 19th century prospectuses for architectural books by Normand Fils (Arc de Triomphe des Tuileries & Monumens Funéraires, both c.1829), v.s. (7)*** The first is a rare pamphlet on the proper design to be used for the carpentry centering necessary in the construction of arched stone bridges, with particular reference to J.R.Perronet's revolutionary bridge at Neuilly. The last is on working class housing.
Asimov (Isaac) I, Robot, first edition, light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, New York, [1950].*** Asimov's most famous book, a short story collection in which he first coined the term "robotics" and proposed his Three Laws of Robotics.
[Thompson (Stephen)] British Museum. [Antiquities], Parts I-III only (of 6), 105 mounted albumen photographs only (Prehistoric 27, Egyptian 28, Assyrian 50), photographs c.260 x 225mm. (mounts c.455 x 355mm.), printed captions pasted to corner of mounts, some images a little faded (mainly at edges), loose as issued in original printed wrappers, torn and frayed, a few leaves creased at edges, worn, W.A. Mansell & Co., 1872 § [Woolls (Charles)] The Barrow Diggers. A Dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet, half-title, 11 lithographed plates only (of 12, lacking frontispiece, replaced with duplicate of plate 11), ink inscription & old book-label to head of title, plates foxed, Sir Howard Colvin's copy with his pencil signature, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded and torn, London and Blandford, 1839 § Ouseley (W., translator) Epitome of the Ancient History of Persia, lacking folding map & plate, with errata slip, title browned, contemporary half calf, worn, 1799 § Fraser (J.B.) An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, second edition, half-title with vignette, folding engraved map, modern half calf, Edinburgh, 1834 § Layard (Austen H.) Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, first edition, Gavin Stamp's copy with his book-label, spotting, original pictorial embossed cloth, 1853 § Bourguet (E.) Les Ruines de Delphes, Blackmer copy with book-label, bookplate of Richard Orlando Jolliffe, contemporary morocco-backed boards, original wrappers bound in, Paris, 1914, the last 3 with plates & illustrations, some folding, rubbed; and c.40 others, antiquities, v.s. (c.50) *** Stephen Thompson was tasked with photographing the British Museum collection in the early 1870s by the amateur archaeologist Charles Harrison. This resulted in nearly 1000 photographs published in 6 parts. Parts IV-VI comprised Grecian, Etruscan & Roman, and British.
Supernatural.- Brown (J.H.) Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions. Showing Ghosts Everywhere, and of any Colour, First Series, first edition, 16 bright hand-coloured plates, illustrations, some very light marginal toning, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, surface soiling to covers, rubbed, 4to, Griffith & Farran, 1864.*** A classic work of Victorian rationalism in which the author attempts to demonstrate that supposed sightings of ghosts and other supernatural figures were demonstrable tricks of eye. Readers are instructed to stare at the brightly-coloured plates for 15-30 seconds before looking away and seeing the resultant retinal imprint flash before them.
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2 vol., first edition, first issue with "gve" on p.135 line 10 of vol.1, stipple-engraved portrait by Heath after Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles, with all usual cancels (Mm4 & Nn1 in vol.1 and E3, Oo4, Qq3, Zz1 & Eee2 in vol.2) and misprints as recorded by Pottle, vol.2 lacking initial blank, some light foxing, 3R4 in vol.1 lacking lower outer corner not affecting text, bookplate of William Reeve, attractive contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt in compartments with back and green roan labels, a little rubbed, a few small stains and a minor repair to one cover, [Pottle 79; Rothschild 463], 4to, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. *** A good set of one of the greatest biographies in the English language in a handsome contemporary binding.
Conjuring.- Houdin (Robert) The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic, ink inscription to endpaper, 1878, The Secrets of Stage Conjuring, some spotting to title, 1881, translated and edited by Professor Hoffmann, first editions in English, frontispieces, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, some fading or toning to spines, spine ends a little chipped, some bumping to corners, bright and excellent examples overall, Routledge, 8vo (2)
Buchan (John) The Thirty-Nine Steps, first edition, light marginal toning, 20th century black crushed morocco gilt by the Cottage Bindery, orange, yellow and tan morocco onlays with rising perspective stair design in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., slip-case, 8vo, 1915.
Natalis (Hieronymus) Evangelicae historiae imagines ex ordine Evangeliorum, first edition, engraved title (trimmed and laid down), 4 text leaves and 153 plates by Anton Johann, Hieronymus Wierix, Adrian and Johann Collaert and others after B. Passer, Martin de Vos and Johann Wierx (?lacking one or two blanks at end), tissue-guards, plates 1, 2 & 89 with slightly faded contemporary marginal ink note, each plate numbered to upper margin, the occasional small stain, some light spotting or foxing, mainly marginal, handsome 19th century straight-grain green morocco, richly gilt, gilt turn-ins and raspberry silk endpapers, some rubbing to spine ends and corners, edges gilt and gauffered, housed in a pull-top box (quite worn), [Adams N 56], folio (305 x 200mm.), Antwerp, [?Martinus Nutius], 1593. *** Provenance: Baron Dimsdale (bookplate); "Donald D. Mackinnon from his grandmother Hon. Baroness Dimsdale Feb. 1874." (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Kent (Rockwell).- Melville (Herman) Moby Dick, or The Whale, first Rockwell Kent edition, illustrations by Rockwell Kent, original pictorial cloth, light bumping to spine tips else fine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1 or 2 short nicks to head of panels, very light creasing to head and foot, extremities lightly rubbed, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1930.*** An attractive example, scarce in the dust-jacket in good condition.
Remarque (Erich Maria) All Quiet on the Western Front, first English edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, first issue dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d. and with the "German Opinions" to the front flap, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, spine a little creased at head, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1929.*** A superb example of this anti-war classic.
Montesquieu (Charles Secondat, Baron de) De L'Esprit des Loix, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, lacking errata leaves, contemporary ownership inscription of Carolus Beaumont to titles, further 18th and 19th century ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, vol. 2 title with loss to upper blank corner and short tear to fore-margin, vol. 2 very small puncture mark to lower margin from start to L2, the occasional small marginal defect, vol. 1 occasional light damp-staining, mainly to upper corner, occasional very light spotting or finger-soiling, some light browning, uncut in contemporary sheep-backed boards, remains of paper labels to spines, small later label to vol. 2 upper cover, quite heavily rubbed, [PMM 197], 4to, Geneva, Barrillot & Fils, [1748]. *** An uncut and unsophisticated copy of "in many ways one of the most remarkable works of the eighteenth century" (PMM). Montesquieu divides his work into six main sections, touching on general law and forms of government, military arrangement and taxation, economics and religion, Roman, French and feudal law, and a peculiar discussion on the effects of climate and geography on national character. The work influenced the formation of the United States Constitution and was the ideological basis of the French Revolution.
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, first American edition, first state with some early gatherings unsigned, frontispiece (BAL state A), illustrations, original brown decorative cloth, lettered in gilt, some fraying to foot of spine, a near-fine copy, [BAL 3442], 8vo, Hartford, CN, American Publishing Company, 1894.
Patte (Pierre) Monumens Érigés en France a la Gloire de Louis XV, first edition, engraved title-vignette and head-pieces, woodcut tail-pieces, 42 engraved plates only (of 57), some double-page and/or folding, privilege/errata leaf at end, a very clean copy, bookplate of Duveen Brothers Paris Library, later half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, [Berlin Kat. 2516; Millard, France 130], Paris, the Author, Desaint & Saillant, 1765 § Cottart (Pierre) Recueil des Oeuvres..., engraved architectural title, head-pieces and 19 plates only on 18 sheets, some double-page and/or folding, several trimmed and mounted, spotted and browned, small ink stamp of C.F. Mewes to foot of title, contemporary mottled calf, worn, [cf.Berlin Kat. 2384], [Paris], [?1680s] § Héré de Corny (Emmanuel) Histoire detail & devis des Edifices Publics...de la capitale de ses états S.M.Le Roi de Pologne Duc de Lorraine et de Bar, 2 parts in 1, third edition, engraved title-vignette, folding plan and 2 large plates of ironwork only (of 3), engraved illustrations in text, light spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, worn, repairs at edges, Paris, 1765; and 5 others, French, folio & oblong folio; sold not subject to return (8)*** The first is an important work on urban planning in eighteenth century France, including proposals for what is now the Place de la Concorde as well as practical concerns such as sanitation and conservation.
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) This Side of Paradise, first edition, first printing with Scribner's seal and "Published April, 1920" on title verso, original cloth, very slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, a fine copy, preserved in chemise and custom slip-case, 8vo, New York, 1920.*** A superb example of Fitzgerald's first novel, rare in such condition.
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue with contents leaf with inverted "s" in last line and p. 30 incorrectly numbered 3, very occasional light spotting and some faint finger-soiling, blue endpapers, darkening to spine and covers, neatly and skilfully rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners a little bumped, rubbed, 1866; Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice Found There, first edition first issue with "wade" for "wabe" on page 21, occasional corner-creasing and some light marginal spotting or finger-soiling, some cracking to gutter with the odd gathering a little loose, cracking to upper hinge, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, finger-soiling to covers, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 1872 [1871], frontispieces and illustrations by John Tenniel, light foxing to half-titles, Newton bookplates and labels, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., rubbed, preserved together in custom pull-top box (spine a little faded), [Crutch 46 & 84], Macmillan, 8vo (2)
Saunders (George) A Treatise on Theatres, first edition, half-title, 13 engraved plates & plans, 4 folding, very occasional light spotting, original boards, uncut, rubbed and stained, later paper spine and label, upper cover detached, [BAL Cat. 2908], 4to, for the Author, 1790.*** The first book on theatre architecture by an English architect, covering all aspects of construction including sections on acoustics, lighting, seating areas & leg-room, along with notes on some of the principal theatres of Europe.
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Tom Sawyer Abroad, by Huck Finn, frontispiece and illustrations by Dan Beard, some cracking to hinges, BAL state B binding (no priority), light toning to spine and covers, spine tips and corners a little frayed, 1894; The American Claimant, slight toning to spine, light soiling to covers, extremities rubbed, 1892; The £1,000,000 Bank Note, frontispiece, ink inscriptions to endpapers, spine browned, rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1893, first editions, advertisements, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, excellent copies generally, [BAL 3440 3434 & 3436], New York, Charles L. Webster, 8vo (3)
Salinger (J.D.) The Catcher in the Rye, first English edition, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, original boards, spine very slightly faded, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, short tears and creasing to head of spine, minor chipping to foot of spine and corners, some light finger-soiling to lower panel, a very good, bright example overall, 8vo, 1951.
Sassoon (Siegfried) The War Poems , first edition, presentation inscription signed with monogram from the author to Stephen Tennant on Valentine's Day on half-title, light browning to endpapers, book-labels of Simon Nowell-Smith and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith to front pastedown, original cloth, paper labels to upper cover and spine, very light sunning to spine, minute chip to spine-label, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper joint, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example, 8vo, 1919.*** A superb association copy inscribed from Sassoon to his lover Stephen Tennant on Valentine's day less than a year after their first meeting. Sassoon and Tennant were introduced by the Sitwells in June 1927, they fell passionately in love and began an affair that lasted nearly six years.
Whistler (Laurence) The Imagination of Vanbrugh and his Fellow Artists, first edition, book-label of J.B.Bury, handsome pictorial black cloth, gilt, designed by Whistler, 1954 § Adam (William) Vitruvius Scoticus, one of 400 facsimile reprints, Edinburgh, 1980 § Elmes (James) Sir Christopher Wren and his Times, book-label of Gavin Stamp, 1852 § Bolton (Arthur T., editor) The Portrait of Sir John Soane, R.A...., light spotting, [1927] § Stroud (Dorothy) Henry Holland, A.L.s. & A.Pc.s. from the author loosely inserted, 1966 § Downes (Kerry) Vanbrugh, inscribed to Gavin Stamp & with his book-label, 1977 § Harris (John) Sir William Chambers Knight of the Polar Star, book-label of Gavin Stamp, 1970 § Saint (Andrew) Richard Norman Shaw, New Haven & London, 1976, plates & illustrations, original cloth or boards, the second with slip-case, the last four with dust-jackets, very slightly rubbed; and c.95 others on British architects, v.s. (c.100)
Badovici (Jean) Frank Lloyd Wright: L'Architecte Vivante, 25 plates, plans, erratic pagination but seemingly complete (?possibly lacking title), loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed board folder with ties, slightly rubbed and faded, Paris, 1930 § Hitchcock (Henry-Russell) In the Nature of Materials 1887-1941 The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright, fifth printing, 1958 § Drexler (Arthur) The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1962 § Sitte (Camillo) The Art of Building Cities, New York, 1945 § Mock (Elizabeth, editor) Built in USA - since 1932, New York, 1945 § Scully (V.) American Architecture and Urbanism, 1969, plates and illustrations, all but the first original cloth with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed and frayed at edges; and c.40 others on modern American architecture & planning, v.s. (c.45)
Stowe (Harriet Beecher) Uncle Tom's Cabin, first Cruikshank edition, frontispiece portrait, title vignette and 27 plates by George Cruikshank, occasional light finger-soiling or the odd spot, original blue blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, slight bumping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, but a near-fine example overall, g.e., [cf. BAL 19518], 8vo, John Cassell, 1852.*** A superb example of this early English edition, preceded by the Clark & Co. edition of 1852, rare in such condition.
Vico (Enea) Augustarum Imagines, first Latin edition, translated by Natale Conti, collation: A4 b6 A-Z AA4 *2 complete with engraved title A1 and 63 plates, woodcut illustrations and initials, with cancel engravings as described by Mortimer: plates I and II misfolded and bound in the wrong order, xviii and xix (on G3v and H4r) each with cancel slips pasted over with the correct engravings (the two were originally transposed), plate xi with blank cancel slip pasted over portrait, plates iv, xv, and xxiii without coin portraits, occasional foxing and some offsetting, ink annotations to front endpaper, bookplate removed, 17th century red morocco, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, 4to (236 x 174mm.), Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1558.*** This work contains short biographies of ancient Roman women who held the title Augusta, given to high-ranking women in imperial families, usually the wives, daughters, or mothers of emperors. Augustae had their own imperial regalia, and were sometimes allowed to preside over courts, and issue currency, thus portraits in coin format. Vico's work contains entries on Julius Caesar's mother, four wives, daughter Cornelia, sister Julia Minor, and dozens of other influential ancient Roman women.Provenance: FC (small circular ink stamp with monogram in lower margin of A2). Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 537; Renouard 176:18; Adams V-634; BMSTC I 723; Mortimer Italian 533.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, first issue with "you" for "your" on line 3, p.13, 15 plates only (of 16, lacking frontispiece), 1 plate a little frayed, soiled and deatched, light browning to endpapers, original red pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, some splitting to foot of lower joint, some light marking to covers, rubbed, [Green & Gibson A26], 8vo, 1902.
Campbell (Colen) Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect. . . , vol.1 & 2 only (of 5), later editions, engraved titles in third state without imprints, text in English & French, engraved dedication in vol.1 and 158 plates, 27 double-page and 4 quadruple, some light foxing or browning (particularly vol.1), with nineteenth century ink inscription "From the library of the late Sir Robert Smirke R.A." to head of pastedown of vol.1, later ink inscriptions of Hannah Hudson Mersham le Hatch 1939 to front free endpapers, handsome contemporary diced russia with gilt fillet border and floral corner-pieces, spines in compartments with gilt latticework and black morocco labels, rubbed and scuffed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, [Harris 102; Millard, British 10], folio, [1731 or later]. *** Sir Robert Smirke's copy of the first two volumes of Campbell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England. Smirke (1780-1867) was one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture in Britain and designed the British Museum. Hannah Hudson was the American-born wife of Robert Spear Hudson, Minister of Agriculture in Churchill’s wartime government.
Potter (Beatrix) [A set of 16 works], constituting: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first trade edition, frontispiece a little creased at upper corner and with short closed tear at inner-edge, preserved endpapers a little chipped at gutter, [1902]; The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1903; The Tailor of Gloucester, short tear to half-title repaired with tape, 1903; The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, 1904; The Tale of Two Bad Mice, 1904; The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, 1905; The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1906; The Tale of Tom Kitten, 1907; The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, 1908; The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1909; The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, 1910; The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1911; The Tale of Mr. Tod, 1912; The Tale of Pigling Bland, some light spotting, 1913; The Story of Miss Moppet, first edition in book form, some light foxing, rear free endpapers preserved, [1916]; Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, frontispiece detached, some foxing, [1922], first editions unless otherwise stated, first or early printings, a few with contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to half-titles or endpaper, some light soiling, bound in modern half morocco in a variety of colours, spines gilt, original upper and lower covers laid down (some very lightly rubbed or soiled), front free endpapers preserved, 12mo.
Shepard (Ernest) "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, signed lower right, caption beneath, mounted, framed and glazed, 232 x 169mm., [c.1931].*** A wonderful image showing Toad, dressed as a washerwoman, walking away from an arched prison gateway. Kenneth Grahame's classic riverbank tale featuring Ratty and Mole and the irrepressible Mr. Toad, was first published in 1908 with only a woodcut frontispiece by Graham Robertson by way of illustration. E.H. Shepard, whose masterful interpretations of Winnie-the-Pooh and friends had enhanced A.A. Milne's classics when they appeared between 1924 and 1928, undertook the task of further invigorating Grahame's own classic in 1931 with the author imploring the artist, "I love these little people, be kind to them."Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, conceited and boorish, who quickly becomes obsessed with various activities (most notably motor cars), gets his come-uppance when jailed for 20 years for stealing and crashing a car. He escapes by dressing as a washerwoman and, as befits a children's tale, he ultimately learns from his errant ways, apologises and by the end of the book is a loveable country gentleman.
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