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)
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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.
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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.
Periodicals.- Loudon (John Claudius) The Architectural Magazine, and Journal of Improvement in Architecture, Building and Furnishing..., vol. 1-3 & 5 only (lacking vol.4), mixed set, wood-engraved title-vignettes and illustrations, light water-stain to beginning of vol.1, contemporary half calf, 1834-38 § Architectural History: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Great Britain, vol.1-43 & Index to vol.1-25, illustrations, vol.27 (Festschrift for Howard Colvin) bound in cloth-backed boards, the rest original printed wrappers, York [later Leeds], 1958-2000 § Associated Architectural Societies. Reports & Papers, vol.1-27 (lacking only part of year 1856) with index volumes for 1850-1900, original printed wrappers, some defective, Nottingham & Lincoln, 1850-1904, rubbed, some soiled; and a quantity of others including a run of SPAB reports, odd volumes of The Builder's Magazine and other periodicals, mostly architectural, v.s.; sold not subject to return (9 boxes)*** The first was the first regular architectural periodical in England, a short-lived but influential magazine which appeared the same year as the Institute of British Architects (later R.I.B.A.) was founded.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, third impression, jacket with some spotting to panels, light toning to spine, small patch of red staining to head of rear panel, 1955; The Two Towers, second impression, jacket with light browning to spine tips, 1955; The Return of the King, first impression, jacket with light toning and creasing to spine tips, sliver of marking to margins of flaps, 1955, first editions, folding maps, some spotting or browning to endpapers along with some tape-marking, original cloth, dust-jackets, bright and excellent or near-fine overall, 8vo.
Durrell (Lawrence) Pied Piper of Lovers, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Clive Hirschhorn on front free endpaper, signed presentation inscription on author's loosely-inserted carte de visite "The secret is to keep trying and you'll win!", ink ownership inscription to endpaper, some cracking to upper hinge but holding firm, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light rubbing and bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket price at 7/6 (though with some shadowing indicating removal of a later price sticker), spine darkened, spine ends and corners repaired and restored, neat repairs and strengthening to top edge, in effect an excellent example, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1935.*** First edition of the author's first novel, exceptionally rare. The dust-jacket was designed by Lawrence Durrell's wife, Nancy. Only a few copies sold at the time, much of the later stock was destroyed in the Blitz. We can trace only one other inscribed copy selling at auction. This copy sold at the Hirschhorn sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 96.
Hunter (Julia) Scientific Toys. Made for amusement, but illustrating some important principles, manuscript, 40pp. excluding blanks, including 9 watercolour illustrations by Edith Evans, some spotting and light toning to first and last few leaves, contemporary morocco, upper cover with "Mrs. J. G. Evans" stamped in gilt, little rubbed, mainly to spine ends and corners, g.e., housed in a modern marbled drop-back box, 8vo, 1884. *** A discussion of various scientific discoveries and processes, with illustrations including a pulse glass, the optical illusion of a thaumatrope, a phrenological head, "The Burning Ship" or an experiment with potassium, "table turning", and "Prince Rupert's drops". The work is dedicated to "Nevil Morton Evans, From his affectionate grandmother Julia Hunter at Seventy Seven, January 1884", the illustrations by his aunt Edith. Edith Evans (née Hunter), for whom the work was bound, was the wife of Welsh paleographic expert John Gwenogvryn Evans.
French Revolution.- Young (Arthur) Travels during the Years 1787, 1788, and 1789 undertaken...the Kingdom of France, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, 3 folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured, one with tear, slight offsetting, slight worming to some inner margins, uncut in original boards, worn, backstrip defective, upper cover detached, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 4to, Bury St. Edmund's, Printed by J. Rackham, 1792.*** Excellent copy of Young's in-depth assessment of the "cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity of France leading up to and during the French Revolution. The inscription reads: "To Mr. Broussonnet, In testimony of the esteem I have for his merit & as a mark of my remembering with pleasure the assistance I received from him in my journey, Arthur Young"Young's entry for October 21st 1787 reads: "Mons. de Broussonet being returned from Burgundy, I had the pleasure of passing a couple of hours at his lodgings very agreeably. He is a man of uncommon activity, and possessed of a great variety of useful knowledge in every branch of natural history; and he speaks English perfectly well. It is very rare that a gentleman is seen better qualified for a post than Mons. de Broussonet for that which he occupies, of secretary to a Royal Society."
Economics.- Smith (Adam) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, [one of 500 copies], half-title in vol.2 only (as issued), each vol. lacking final blank, a couple of gatherings spotted, generally clean, repaired marginal tear to G1 vol.1, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels (one chipped), extremities a little rubbed and spine ends neatly repaired, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Einaudi 5329; Goldsmiths' 11663; Kress B.154, see also Printing and the Mind of Man 221], 4to, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778.*** Lovely copy of the second edition of this classic of economic thought. This edition is the only one to be published in quarto format after the first edtion of 1776, and is seemingly just as scarce on the market.Long considered a straight reprint, the second edition in fact contains "a number of alterations large and small, some providing new information, some correcting matters of fact, some perfecting the idiom, and a large number now documenting references in footnotes" (Todd, "The Text and Apparatus," in vol. I of the 1976 edition of the Wealth of Nations, p.62).
Birds.- Audubon (John James) Ornithological Biography, vol.1 only (of 5), first edition, A.L.s. tipped in plus related material, half-title, occasional foxing and browning, original cloth, recased, extremities rubbed, uncut, 8vo, Edinburgh &c, 1831.*** The half-page autograph letter from Audubon is dated January 9th 1841 and is addressed to a W.C. Prittan (?) mentioning sending him 20 new numbers of the octavo edition of Birds of America and asking for payment of $18. Additionally there are 4 autograph letters from Florence Audubon (grand-daughter of John James) to George A. Zabriskie, whose bookplate is tipped in above that of Thomas Parkin. There is also a note from Parkin explaining that this copy was given to him. There is a further inscription from Zabriskie to Bret Halpurn; a Christmas card inscribed by "the misses Audubon" [presumably Maria Rebecca and Florence]; and a few other pieces mounted, tipped-in or loosely inserted.
Nash (Paul).- Browne (Sir Thomas) Urne Buriall and the Garden of Cyrus, number 65 of 215 copies, 32 pochoir plates and illustrations by Paul Nash, original vellum from a design by Paul Nash by Nevetts with brown morocco onlays and gilt-blocked quincunx on sides, g.e., slip-case, Curwen Press, 1932.*** A perfect marriage of subject, artist and design, Nash's colour-stencilled illustrations for Browne's work reflect superbly the author's meditations on the nature of man's mortality. This copy is one of the first issue of eighty-five bound by Nevetts (the remainder undertaken by Sangorski & Sutcliffe to the same design), the gilt quincunx, a cubist interpretation of a greek urn, is on each cover, inversely.
Atlas.- Jamieson (Alexander) A Celestial Atlas, comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens in a Series of Thirty Maps, engraved title and dedication, one uncoloured engraved plate, 30 engraved celestial maps (all but 2 with hand-colouring), tissue-guards (a few torn), contemporary ink gift inscription to pastedown, first and last plate with short marginal tear, occasional marginal finger-soiling, some light spotting and browning to text, some water-staining at beginning and end, affecting title and a few plates, original half morocco, printed paper label to upper cover, worn with loss, upper cover detached, oblong 4to, G. & W. B. Whittaker, T. Cadell & N. Hailes, 1822.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) Farmer Giles of Ham, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with best wishes from J.R.R. Tolkien. Christmas, 1949" to front free endpaper with ink inscription below in another hand in Gaelic, illustrations by Pauline Diana Baynes, occasional marginal foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, toning to head, dust-jacket, price-clipped, short nick to foot of lower panel, very light surface soiling but near-fine generally, [Hammond & Anderson A4a], 8vo, 1949.*** Inscribed to Professor Diarmaid Murphy who has added his inscription in Gaelic to the endpaper. Tolkien served as an external examiner at the University of Galway for 1949, 1950, 1954 and 1959, where Murphy was lecturing in English and both men are listed as examiners on the examination papers for those years.
Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) Troilus and Criseyde, edited by Arundell del Re, number 178 of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engraved pictorial title, decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, initials printed in red, blue and black, bookplate of Sir Frederick Richmond Bt., original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine lightly faded, very very slight wear to tips of lower corners, [Chanticleer 50], small folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1927.*** The first and scarcest of Gill's three great works for the Golden Cockerel Press, with a limitation half the size of The Canterbury Tales and The Four Gospels.
Napoleon family copy.- Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire de France en 1815, first edition, from the library of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother, folding engraved map of the battle of Mont St. Jean (ie Waterloo), folding tables, foxed, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, gilt 'J' surmounted by crown on covers, spine gilt, corners and edges rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Chez Barrois l'Ainé, 1820.*** Superb association copy from the library of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia from 1807-13, rescued from the fire at the Palais Royal during the Paris Commune of 1870. Inscribed on front free endpaper "Ce livre provient de la bibliothèque de mon grand Père le Roi Jérôme puis de celle de mon Père, il était au Palais Royal dans l'aile incendiée en 1870. Napoléon". This is in the hand of Victor Bonaparte (1862-1926), son of Prince Jérôme (1822-91), known as 'Plon-Plon' and grandson of King Jérôme.Provenance: Jérôme Bonaparte (crowned cipher to covers); Jérôme, Prince Napoléon (ink stamp on title "Bibliothèque du citoyen Napoléon-Bonaparte" and small label to front free endpaper with ink numbers); Victor Bonaparte (manuscript note described above); unidentified ink stamp with monogram MC on title.
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, neat pencil ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, some light scattered edge-spotting, very light sunning to spine, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, spotting to flaps, an excellent example, [Connolly, The Modern Movement 75], 8vo, 1932.
Bertotti Scamozzi (Ottavio) Il Forestiere Isstruito delle cose più rare di Architettura, e di alcune pitture della Città di Vicenza dialogo, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of dedicatee Mario Capra, allegorical title vignette and 36 plates, most folding, attractive mottled calf with ornamental gilt-tooled border, spine gilt in compartments with floral motif and red morocco label, a little rubbed at edges, upper joint split, [Berlin Kat. 2709; Fowler 43; Millard, Italian 19], 4to, Vicenza, Giovambattista Vendramini Mosca, 1761.*** A lovely copy of this architectural guide to Vicenza, and in particular the buildings of Palladio, in the form of a dialogue between an English traveller and a local who claims to have shown the sights to Matthew Brettingham, William Chambers and Robert Adam amongst others.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, second impression, half-title spotted, the odd faint spot, some light staining to inner margins, short tear to spine head, 1954; The Two Towers, first impression, occasional light spotting, 1954; The Return of the King, first impression, without signature mark "4" and text block straight on p.49, some light staining to inner margins, very faint spotting along board fore-edge, 1955, first editions, folding maps, last leaf or two foxed at margins, endpapers foxed, book-labels to front pastedowns, edges spotted, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, spines faded, a few small stains, board fore-edges nibbled with some loss, otherwise excellent, 8vo.
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, rear endpaper removed with stub remaining, original cloth, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners comprising 1" at foot of spine and 1/2" at head, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, 1945.*** Waugh's most popular novel, his exploration of the demise of the English country house and Catholic identity.
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Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, first state without roman numeral on contents p., 1924; Winnie-The-Pooh, map endpapers, 1926; Now We Are Six, pictorial endpapers, half-title lightly browned, slight cracking to gutter at p.5, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, pictorial endpapers, spine slightly faded, 1928, first editions, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, all but the third with light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, bumping to spine ends and minute rubbing to corners, t.e.g., 8vo.*** An attractive and bright set of Milne's classic series.
Este (Charles, editor) Carmina quadragesimalia ab aedis Christi Oxon..., occasional spotting, short tear to lower margin of title, contemporary red morocco with mitred panels tooled in gilt with ornaments to outer corners and flowers to inner, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1723 § Demosthenes. Logoi eklektoi [graece]...selectae orationes, edited by Richard Mounteney, Greek & Latin text, folding engraved map (browned), contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt-tooled border, spine in compartments with green morocco label/onlays lettered or tooled in gilt, full red morocco doublures with decorative gilt border, g.e., Cambridge, Cornelius Crownfield, 1731, both Macclesfield copies with embossed stamp to title and North Library bookplate, rubbed, spines faded and worn at ends, joints split, 8vo (2)*** Handsome copies of these two university texts presumably for presentation. The first is the first published collection of the epigrammatic verses in Latin elegiacs composed and publicly declaimed each year at Ash Wednesday by graduate students of Christ Church, Oxford; the second was the standard edition of Demosthenes for university students at the time.
Baskerville (John).- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers ending with "York", births and deaths of the Miles family in ink manuscript to front free endpaper, scattered spotting or light foxing, particularly near start, light browning and soiling to endpapers, early 19th century russia, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, upper cover with "John Miles/ West End/ Hampstead" in gilt within central blind-tooled lozenge, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, lower cover with some light scuffing and very small patch of worm damage to head, some light rubbing to extremities, preserved in a contemporary calf "dust-jacket" (rubbed), [Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146], folio, Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1763. *** One of c.1250 copies, in an attractive and well-preserved binding. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279).
Antarctica.- Murray (George, editor) The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901, first edition, half-title, illustrations, 3 folding maps loosely inserted in pocket to rear pastedown, presentation bookplate "To the Zoological Society of London by the Royal Geographical Society, October 10th 1901", small circular ink-stamp "Zool. Soc. Lond. Library 1901" to half-title and foot of title, further Zoological Society ink-stamps and labels to endpapers, half-title browned, some spotting to maps, margins very slightly toned, front free endpaper loose and rear free endpaper little chipped at edges, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened, rubbing to spine ends and corners, some light rubbing and soiling elsewhere, [Rosove 235 "very scarce"; Spence 829], 8vo, Royal Geographical Society, 1901. *** Conceived of by Sir Clements Markham as a primer for the participants of the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04 under Captain Scott, containing articles on various branches of Antarctic science and exploration, including geography, climate and botany.
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Lang (Andrew, editor)[The Fairy Books], 12 vol., a complete set, 1889-1910; and The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898, all first editions, plates and illustrations, some in colour, frontispiece of Red loose, original pictorial cloth in various colours, gilt, some spines a little faded, Red spine torn, and a few others with spine ends slightly rubbed or frayed, Yellow lower cover with slight staining, g.e., 8vo. *** A very good set of Lang's popular series of Fairy titles, illustrated by H.J. Ford and in their distinctive elaborate bindings.
Langley (Batty and Thomas) Gothic Architecture..., engraved title and 64 plates, 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end (folio & folding), occasional foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, contemporary tree sheep, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, [cf. BAL 1728 & Harris 411, other 1790s issues], I. & J. Taylor, [c.1797] § [Aikin (Edmund), C.A.Busby & others.] Designs and Examples of Cottages, Villas, and Country Houses..., 67 plates, 55 engraved (some aquatint), the rest wood-engraved, original blind-stamped cloth, John Weale, 1857 § Goodwin (Francis) Rural Architecture [Cottage Architecture], First & Second Series & 2 supplements, together 4 parts bound in 2 vol., second edition, supplements first edition, engraved frontispiece and 98 aquatint plates and plans, some foxing and offsetting, ink signature of John Worlledge, Ingham, modern bookplate of George Vernon, original cloth, vol.1 recased, John Weale, 1835 § Brooks (S.H.) Designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture, 111 engraved plates, foxed, book-label of architect Roderick Gradidge, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [c.1839], all rubbed, the second and third faded, 4to (5) *** The second item is a compilation of reissued plates from Aikin's Designs for Villas and Busby's Series of Designs for Villas and Country Houses, with a few more recent designs for houses in Italianate or Gothic styles in Harwich, Brighton and London. The third was originally published as Domestic Architecture in 2 volumes in 1833-34, then this second edition as Rural Architecture with supplements titled Cottage Architecture in 1835.
Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first edition, first issue with 16pp advertisements at end including those for 'The Manxman' and 'The Naulahka', some light marginal finger-soiling, endpapers browned, neat pencil inscription of Clive Hirschhorn to front pastedown, original buckram lettered in purple with Egyptian design to cover, slight shelf-lean, spine a little dulled, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, extremities rubbed, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Currey p.525; Wells 4], 8vo, 1895.*** An excellent example of this science fiction cornerstone. This copy sold at the Hirschhorn sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 395.
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Stroitel’stvo Moskvy [Construction of Moscow], 28 issues in 25 (1928 no.9; 1929 no.1-2, 4, 9-10; 1930, no. 2, 6; 1931 no.11; 1932 no. 2-7, 8&9, 11&12; 1933, nos. 1, 4, 6-8, 10&11, 12; 1934 no.2), original pictorial wrappers, rubbed & soiled, 1932 no.6 frayed & detached and lacking rear cover, some from the library of the Architectural Association with stamps, Moscow, 1928-34 § Mendelsohn (Erich) Russland Europa Amerika: Ein Architektonischer Querschnitt, original cloth-backed printed boards, Berlin, 1929 § Baillie Scott (M.H.) Dum a Zahrada [Homes & Gardens], Czech text, original printed wrappers, a little worn and faded, Prague, 1910, illustrations; and c.25 others, Russian & Eastern European architecture, v.s. (c.50)*** The first is a scarce Russian architectural periodical, dating from an interesting period in which modernist architecture was still broadly acceptable to the Soviet authorities, and featuring buildings in Moscow designed by leading architects of the time.
Bruckmann (H.) & J.Meier-Graefe, editors. Dekorative Kunst: Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Angewandte Kunst, vol.20, 22-23 & 28-29 only, original cloth, Munich & Paris, 1912-21 § Koch (Alexander, editor) Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol.2, 65 & 66, original cloth, Darmstadt, 1898- 1930 § Behmer (Marcus) Zehn Scherenschnitte, 10 plates, loose as issued in modern cloth portfolio with ties, Berlin, 1930 § Shaw (Henry ) The Encyclopaedia of Ornament, plates, some chromolithographed, original cloth, joint split, Edinburgh, 1904, plates & Illustrations, all rubbed; and 13 others on ornament & design including a defective copy of Dresser's Studies in Design with chromolithographed plates and some defective earlier volumes of the first, v.s. (23)
Camus (Albert) The Outsider, first English edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, small mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light surface soiling to lower panel, an excellent example, 8vo, 1946.
McCartney (Sir Paul) 1964: Eyes of the Storm, first edition, one of 175 copies signed by McCartney, original boards, dust-jacket, mint, slip-case, preserved in unopened tissue paper, publisher's original cardboard box, and publisher's outer shipping box, small folio, 2023.*** A mint copy of this important photobook, with McCartney's prized signature.
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, 4 vol. including supplement, mixed set, additional pictorial title by Tenniel, folding lithographed map with partial hand-colouring, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some folding, 2 folding engraved plans, vol.1-3 with book-label of T.D.Galpin, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, g.e., vol.1-3 slightly rubbed at edges but good bright copies, vol.4 soiled and a little worn with weak hinges and split to upper joint, 1851-[53]; Reports by the Juries...Presentation Copy, 3 chromolithographed plates, original red cloth, gilt, 1852 § Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue (The). The Industry of all Nations 1851, engraved frontispiece, decorative title, illustrations, original decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed & soiled, spine ends worn, 1851 § Mayhew (Henry) 1851: or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, who came up to...see the Great Exhibition, first edition bound from the original 8 parts, later issue with the slip "Just Published" inserted before p.65, pictorial title and 10 etched plates by George Cruikshank, most folding or double-page, plates foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, original pictorial wrappers to Parts I & VIII tipped in or loosely inserted, [1851]; and 15 others, mostly relating to the Great Exhibition or later ones, 8vo & 4to (22)*** The first is the comprehensive catalogue and essential record of the exhibitors and exhibits at the most famous of all international exhibitions of the 19th century. Vol.1 provides indices, introductory material and a catalogue of the exhibits of raw materials and machinery; vol.2 contains the exhibits of manufactured goods and fine art objects, and the exhibits provided by the British colonies; vol.3 is devoted to the exhibits sent by foreign states, and the supplement records further exhibits from India and foreign states. Often found without the supplementary volume.
Hoskins (George Gordon) Designs for Chimney Pieces, only edition, 56 plates, slight spotting to title, plates lightly browned, bookplate of the Liverpool-based architect James O'Byrne with A.L.s. to him from Tho.Harrison & Co., Ironfounders of Liverpool loosely inserted, original decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, small splits to upper joint, Darlington, 1871 § Clayton (John) A Collection of the Ancient Timber Edifices of England, tinted lithographed title, lithographed dedication and 26 tinted lithographed plates including several views, some foxing, bookplate of the Art Workers Guild (cancelled), contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rubbed, spine worn & defective, 1846; and 4 others, English, including a Coleson Wallpapers sample book of 1941, folio & obling folio (6)*** The first is a scarce collection of designs by a Darlington architect and dedicated to Alfred Waterhouse, the most prominent architect in the north of England at the time. Hoskins acted as clerk of works for two of Waterhouse’s commissions in the Darlington area in the 1860s. The second includes plates of some of the most notable black-and-white half-timber buildings in Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire, some no longer extant today.
Gardel (Pierre-Gabriel) L'Enfant Prodigue, Ballet-Pantomime, first edition, Hortense de Beauharnais' copy, half-title, contemporary red morocco, gilt, one corner nicked, 8vo, Paris, De l'Imprimerie d'Adrien Egron, 1812.*** Lovely copy with distinguished provenance of the libretto for this ballet-pantomime with music by Berton, first performed at the Theatre of the Imperial Academy of Music on 28th April 1812.Hortense de Beauharnais was the daughter of Empress Josephine by her first marriage, and thus the step-daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte and later also his sister-in-law when she married his brother Louis Bonaparte (1802), later King of Holland. Provenance: Hortense de Beauharnais (ink stamp on title and at head of p.1 of text); Simone André Maurois (bookplate); Hubert Heilbronn (bookplate).
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[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Following the Equator. A Journey Around the World, first edition, issue with single imprint on title and without signature "11" to p. 161 (no priority established), portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, decorated in blue and gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, [BAL 3451], 8vo, Hartford, CN, The American Publishing Company, 1897.
Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, original first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps priced at 16s., light toning to spine, spine a little chipped at head, very short closed tear to head of upper joint, minor chipping to corner tips, very light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.
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Gardens.- Leopold (Joseph Friedrich) [Austheilung eines Prächtigen Gartens, so gantz in eine Ebnelieget], 7 parts in 1 vol., 37 engraved plates, some of multiple images, the first slightly larger and folded (browned at fold), some light foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, staining to last few plates, handsome modern calf with triple gilt fillet border, spine gilt with red morocco label, speckled edges, a few slight scuffs, [Not in Berlin Kat.], oblong folio, Augsburg, 1716-20.*** Rare suite of garden designs, from the simple to the very elaborate, including parterres, topiary, a maze, fountains, and pavilions.
Suffragettes & Politicians.- Autographs.- Autograph album, signatures including: Emmeline Pankhurst ("Can man be free if woman be a slave? (Shelley)/ E. Pankhurst") and Ramsay MacDonald ("A man's a man for a' that/ J. Ramsay Macdonald") on the same page, also Ethel & Philip Snowdon, Isabella O. Ford, Nellie Martel, Arthur Henderson, John Hodge and others, cut signature of Elizabeth Garrett [Anderson] laid down, 35pp. excluding blanks, a few illustrations in watercolour and pencil, A.L.s. from Millicent Garrett Fawcett to R. Spence Watson loosely inserted, 4pp. plus envelope, stamped 1886 on envelope, referring to the Egyptian policy of the late government among other topics "very glad to see how well the meeting of the Women's Liberal Association had passed off" (some light spotting, central fold), some light finger-soiling, upper hinge weak but holding, original red morocco, lacking backstrip, upper cover nearly detached, wear to extremities, oblong 8vo (c.103 x 160mm.), [c.1905-06]. *** Internal evidence suggests that this album likely belonged to Margaret Hodge, eldest daughter of Labour M.P. John Hodge (1855-1937). John Hodge was an active supporter of the women's franchise movement and knew the leading lights of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Manchester, including the Pankhursts and Isabella Ford, with Margaret known to accompany him to meetings.Among the names gathered here are Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the WSPU, who shares a page with future Prime Minister and then Secretary of the Labour Party Ramsay Macdonald. Also Ethel Snowden, a leading campaigner for women's suffrage, and her husband Philip, the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer. The loosely inserted letter is from Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, a campaigner for women's suffrage who led Britain's largest women's rights association, the NUWSS, for over twenty years. The album also contains the cut signature of her elder sister, physician and suffragist Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.
Beckford (William).- Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and plate, 10 other engraved plates including unnumbered plate of South West View (as usual), large folding lithographed plan, wood-engraved vignettes, genealogical tables and list of subscribers at end, tissue guards, small stain to inner margin of additional title, occasional light foxing, ink presentation inscription to Rose Lawrence from “her very sincere friend, J.H.Smyth” (Rev.John Hill Smyth, a Liverpool clergyman and subscriber) at head of half-title and with bookplate of her husband Charles Lawrence, later book-label of the travel writer Edward Hutton, contemporary dark red embossed boards, uncut, rebacked in red calf, [BAL 2881; cf.Abbey, Scenery 418 & Millard, British 72, large paper copies], Shaftesbury, by the Author, 1823 § Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata leaf at end of vol.1, occasional browning, light marginal worming to vol.2, contemporary calf, some scuffs & light stains, spines worn at head, W.Strahan & T.Cadell, 1773 § Beckford (William) Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, foxing at end of vol.1, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 1834, all rubbed, 4to & 8vo (5)*** The first was a gift from one of the original subscribers to Rose Lawrence (née d’Aguilar), a Liverpool-based poet, author of The Last Autumn at a Favourite Residence and Other Poems, 1836, and a friend of another early nineteenth century female poet, Mrs Hemans.
Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) The Life and Exploits Of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 vol., first edition of the "Jarvis" translation, translated by Charles Jervas (misspelled "Jarvis"), engraved portrait of the author by George Virtue and 68 plates by Gerard van der Gucht after John Vanderbank, including the Life of Cervantes with title dated 1738, vol.1 with "Supplement to the Translator's Preface" by William Warburton, some very faint off-setting, paper repairs to hinges, contemporary mottled calf, early reback with repairs likewise to corners, spines gilt with morocco labels in green and red, cracking to joints, vol. 1 upper just holding, 4to, J. and R. Tonson, and R. Dodsley, 1742.*** First edition of the "Jarvis" translation, the most scholarly and accurate English translation of the Quixote at the time, to become the most frequently reprinted version until about 1885. The present copy contains the "Life" in an unusual variant of 88 pages rather than the 90 seen in other copies; it appears much the same, but with reset type often adding one extra line of text to each page compared to the other.
Drawings & Prints.- Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) Veduta del Tempio di Cibele a Piazza della Bocca della Verita, etching, a good impression of Hind's first state (of five), on laid paper with single encircled fleur-de-lis [Hind no. 1, as found on early states before price and address], platemark 400 x 595 mm (15 3/4 x 23 1/2 in), good margins, central vertical fold, minor spotting and surface dirt, some worm hole damage restored, unframed, [Hind 47], [1758]
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first issue with 'Miss Violent Hunter' in the last sentence on p.317 and without name to street sign on upper cover, very occasional light spotting, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title, very slight toning to spine, upper cover corner bumped with resultant creasing to following pages, 1892; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, light browning to endpapers, 1894, first editions, illustrations by Sidney Paget, a very clean set generally, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, light bumping and rubbing to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities but a bright, near-fine set overall, g.e., preserved in folding chemises and morocco-backed slip-case (spines sunned, splitting to one joint), [Green & Gibson A10a & A14], 8vo (2) *** A superb set of the complete Sherlock Holmes short stories. Rare in such condition.
Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, spine lettered in silver and bronze, one or two tape repairs to jacket nicks, the odd chips to extremities, still a very crisp and sharp copy overall, 8vo, 1957.
Beckett (Samuel) Waiting for Godot, first English edition, publisher's note tipped in, faint foxing to title and half-title, endpapers a little browned, cast list altered by hand with note below "(seen at Criterion theatre with Gladys on Nov. 8/55)", original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, neat repairs and restoration to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, 1956.
Rawlins (Thomas) Familiar Architecture; Consisting of Original Designs of Houses for Gentlemen and Tradesmen, Parsonages and Summer-Retreats..., first edition, with author's signature of authentication at foot of title, list of subscribers, 60 engraved plates, with final letterpress leaf 'References to the Apparatus' at end (creased), light browning to text, one plate with short tear to lower margin, later endpapers, bookplate removed, contemporary marbled boards rebacked and recornered in calf, spine ruled in gilt and preserving old red morocco label, [BAL 2716; Harris 730], 4to, for the Author, 1768.*** Designs for small houses, both town residences for gentlemen or wealthy tradesmen and country villas, by a stone mason of Norwich, and also including centrally-planned churches or chapels, and designs for chimney-pieces. The list of subscribers includes Sir William Chambers and James Adam, as well as many Norfolk landowners.
Wochenschrift des Österreichischen Ingenieur- und Architekten-Vereines, vol.1-11, illustrations, some foxing, vol.10 & 11 with supplement bound at end, contemporary half cloth, vol.5-9 with original outer advertisements bound in at end, rubbed, 4to, Vienna, 1876-86.*** The first eleven years of this scarce periodical covering railway engineering, bridge building and building construction in the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Aviler (Augustin Charles d') Cours d'Architecture...; Explication des Termes d’Architecture..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved additional pictorial titles, vol.1 with 31 double-page and/or folding plates and 84 full-page illustrations, contemporary ink signature of Martin Bowes to front pastedowns, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, short split to head of upper joint of vol.1 and small hole to upper joint of vol.2, [BAL 155; Berlin Kat 2389; Fowler 32; cf.Millard, French 14, 1738 edtion], small 4to, Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1691.*** Comprehensive architectural text-book issued in many editions up to the 1760s. This copy is interesting bibliographically because it contains the title to a second part as the main title in vol.1 (rather than the usual general title) and shows that volume 1 was originally intended to be issued in 2 parts with separate title-pages, the break being after p.244 (as found in the Gibson copy sold in these rooms on 20th October 2022 lot 9). The 'Explication des Termes...' presumably then proved to be too bulky to add on to the rest of the first volume as a second part and was given a volume of its own, although the pagination is continuous. A general title was then printed but this copy must have been issued prior to that and is presumably an early issue.Martin Bowes F.R.S. (1670-1726), lawyer in Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk.
Palladio (Andrea) The First Book of Architecture..., fifth edition, engraved additional architectural title and 6 folding plates only (of 7, lacking plate of St.Paul's), 63 full-page engraved illustrations, hole in plate p.109 (actually 209), a few headlines shaved, Gavin Stamp's copy with his book-label, contemporary panelled sheep, worn, upper cover detached, [Harris 674; Wing P208], for T.Parkhurst [& others], 1693 § Scamozzi (Vincenzo) The Mirror of Architecture..., 2 parts only (of 3: including John Browne's 'Description and Use of an Ordinary Joynt-Rule' but lacking Wotton's 'Ground-Rules of Architecture'), with folding engraved plate of joint-rule but lacking all plates to main text, book-plates of J.B.Bury & Michael Bury, old vellum-backed boards, rubbed, [Harris 804; Wing S810, Magdalen Oxford copy only], for W.Fisher...E .Hurlock, 1676 § Salmon (William) Palladio Londinensis: or, The London Art of Building..., edited by E. Hoppus, third edition, 51 engraved plates only (of 52, lacking frontispiece), some folding, plate 4 lacking folding part, others torn, contemporary calf, rubbed, [Harris 795], 1748; 23 others, imperfect, including another copy of the first including the St.Paul's plate, v.s.; sold not subject to return (26)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression, map endpapers, illustrations, frontispiece and 3 colour plates, light toning to endpapers and splitting from upper edge of flyleaf, upper hinge cracked at half-title, spotting throughout but very faint and occasional, pp.15/16 loose, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light surface toning and discolouring, cloth splitting along upper joint and some edges, repairs to spine ends, preserved in facsimile jacket, [Hammond A3a], 8vo, 1937 [but 1938]. *** The second impression was the first version of the book to be illustrated in colour: the first impression had two plates only, both of which were uncoloured. A total of 2,300 copies were printed, and some 400 held at the binder's London warehouse were destroyed during the Blitz in November 1940.
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[Combe (William)] [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], comprising The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, 3 vol., first edition, 2 hand-coloured aquatint vignette titles (vol. 2 without) and 78 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, original ink and wash sketch by Rowlandson bound into vol. 1 at start, captioned "St. Michael's Mount Cornwall" in ink on verso, the odd spot or patch of light soiling, light offsetting, handsomely bound in purple crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt, inner gilt dentelles, spines uniformly sunned, some very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, t.e.g., [Tooley 427-29], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1812-20-21. *** The original sketch by Rowlandson depicts Doctor Syntax at work sketching the Mount from the beach below.Provenance: Rowlandson sketch at Christie's, South Kensington, British and Continental Watercolours and Drawings, 3 May 2001, lot 81.
L'Orme (Philibert de) Le Premier Tome de l'Architecture, first edition, first issue, Roman type, title with woodcut architectural border (trimmed close to border), woodcut head-pieces & ornamental initials, 205 woodcut illustrations & diagrams, 72 full-page, 7 folding or double-page, with blank leaf e6 at end of Table of contents, with errata on Eee4 but lacking Eee5 & 6 at end (blank & privilege) as often (privilege duplicated on verso of title), a few woodcuts slightly shaved, title lightly soiled, a few spots and stains, ff.215 & 216 repaired at inner margin, ff.258 & 265-267 torn and repaired, with pencil ownership inscription on f.241 of “Revillon, Rue de Malte 13, le 10 Mai 1857” (the Paris-based sculptor Jean Baptiste Révillon, 1819-1869), subsequently Sir Reginald Blomfield's copy with A.L.s. loosely inserted, nineteenth century half sheep, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, recased, new endpapers, [Berlin Kat. 2362; Fowler 99, lacking Eee 4 & 5; Mortimer, Harvard French 356; cf.BAL 1955, second issue of 1568, lacking sig. e; Millard, French 105, second issue], folio (c.360 x 235mm.), Paris, Federic Morel, 1567. *** One of the most extensive architectural treatises of the Renaissance period. The only part published of a projected encyclopaedia of architecture by "the most important architectural theorist of northern Europe in the sixteenth century". (Millard). "De Lorme has been called the first modern architect because of his original contributions to construction and his skill as an organizer but Blomfield says that it was his strong individuality rather than by his art that De Lorme won, and has maintained, his place among the great Frenchmen of the sixteenth century". (Fowler, quoting Sir Reginald Blomfield, French Arch. I, vol.1 p.92).Sir Reginald Blomfield (1856-1942), one of the few British architects in modern times to take an interest in French architecture of the Renaissance period. The inserted letter dated 27 June 1903 records that this copy was a duplicate of his, and offers it with other duplicates to W.C.Alexander, Aubrey House, Kensington.
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Narcissus Luttrell's copy.- Statius (Publius Papinius) [Opera], 3 parts in 1, collation: a-e8 a-z8 A-F8 G4 A-B8 C4 (here Orthographia (a-e8) bound at end), italic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, i8 blank, 2C4 colophon recto otherwise blank, final f. (e8) with woodcut printer's device recto otherwise blank, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum over boards, rebacked in later vellum, 19th century morocco label to spine, covers stained, 8vo (154 x 90mm.), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [August, 1502]. *** First Aldine edition of the extant works of Statius, along with an orthography of Greek terms found in Statius; presented in Aldus' octavo format often used for his classical publications.Provenance: Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), annalist, book collector, diarist, and bibliographer (cipher ink stamp with manuscript date 1707 to verso of title at foot); 'Lazari Chalcei'; 'Marg. Gudii' (early ink names to title of Orthographia). Literature: Adams S1670; Ahmanson-Murphy 61; Renouard 35:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 36141.
Steinbeck (John) Of Mice & Men, first English edition, frontispiece and decorations by Michael Rothenstein, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lower panel with light foxing and short closed tear to head, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1937.
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