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Click here to subscribeOxford Cholera Epidemic - Acland, Henry WentworthMemoir on the Cholera at Oxford, in the year 1854, with Considerations suggested by the Epidemic. London: J. Churchill, 1856. First edition, 4to, presentation copy inscribed to the Marquis of Lothian, coloured folding map, 3 plates, folding chart, original brown cloth giltProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
Restif de la Bretonne, Nicholas EdmeMonument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-Huitieme Siecle, ou Tableaux de la Vie, ornés de figures dessinées & gravées par M. Moreau le Jeune. Neuwied sur le Rhin: Chez la Société Typographique, 1789. First edition, folio, 26 engraved plates by Moreau le Jeune & Freudeberg, contemporary half calf, worn, (20 text leaves including title), light scattered spotting, upper board almost detachedProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
Ricardo, DavidOn the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation. London: John Murray, 1817. First edition, 8vo, Contents leaf torn and repaired with glue, Paisley Free Library stamp to margins (p.1, 51, &c.) and "Paisley 20" in biro to title, lacks advertisements, contents spotted and dust-soiled, later half morocco, corner of p. 377 torn away, very wornProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
Robert Kerr, First Earl of Ancram and William, Third Earl of LothianCorrespondence of Sir Robert Kerr, First Earl of Ancram and his son William, Third Earl of Lothian. Edinburgh, 1875. 2 volumes, 4to, presentation copy with name of person presented to left blank, green half morocco, t.e.g.Provenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
Scottish Antiquities, Angus - Chalmers, Patrick, editorThe Ancient Sculptured Monuments of the County of Angus, including those at Meigle in Perthshire and one at Fordoun in the Mearns. Edinburgh [Bannatyne Club], 1848. First edition, large folio (76 x 54cm.), errata slip, 24 lithographed plates (last two unnumbered), contemporary maroon half morocco, some spotting. RareProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
Shaw, HenrySpecimens of Tile Pavements drawn from existing authorities. London: Basil M. Pickering, 1858. First edition, 4to, 47 chromolithographed plates, plates numbered neatly in upper right corner, original morocco-backed boards, gutta - percha binding perished and contents loose, spine worn with loss at head and base, rareProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
Tenth Royal Hussars - Liddell, Col. R.S.The Memoirs of the Tenth Royal Hussars. London: Longmans, 1891. First edition, 8vo, 2 copies, 3 portraits & 12 chromolithographic plates, original black cloth gilt, t.e.g., one copy inscribed for Lord Ralph Kerr (2)Provenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
Theology, a quantity, including Wesley, JohnSermons on Several Occasions. London: W. Strathan for T. Trye, 1748. First edition, vol. 2 only, 4pp. advertisements at end, [ESTC T179634], contemporary calf, rubbed; Bekker, Balthazar The Worlde Bewitch'd. [London]: R. Baldwin, 1695. 12mo, vol. 1 only, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; [Lucas, Richard] An Enquiry after Happiness. 1692. Vol. 1 only, contemporary calf; Dupin, L.E. A Compendious History of the Church. London, 1716-13. 4 vol., 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed; Hale, Sir Matthew Contemplations Moral and Divine. 1721. 12mo, frontispiece, calf, rubbed, vol. 1Provenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
Ussher, JohnA Journey from London to Persepolis. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1865. First edition, 8vo, chromolithographed frontispiece and 17 plates, original blue cloth gilt, lower hinge slightly weak, binding very lightly soiled, very lightly rubbedProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust
China - Art Reference, a collection of 13 volumes, including Waley, ArthurAn Introduction to the Study of Chinese Painting. 1923. First edition, 4to., plates, original buckram, dust-jacket; Binyon, Laurence Painting in the Far East. 1934. Fourth edition, revised throughout. 4to., plates, original cloth, t.e.g., dust-jacket repaired on verso; Akiyama, Terukazu & Others Arts of China. Neolithic Cultures to the T'ang Dynasty. Recent Discoveries. Tokyo & Palo Alto, 1968. Folio, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase; Yonezawa, Yoshiho Arts of China. Paintings in Chinese Museums. New Collections. 1970. First edition, folio, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase; Herberts, K. Oriental Lacquer. Art and Technique, translated by Brian Morgan. 1962. Thick large 4to., plates, original cloth, dust-jacket; Honey, William B. The Ceramic Art of China and other countries of the Far East. 1945. First edition, 4to, plates, original cloth, t.e.g.; Willetts, William Foundations of Chinese Art. 1965. 4to., original cloth, dust-jacket; Prodan, Mario The Art of the T'ang Potter. 1960. 4to, plates, original cloth, text slightly discoloured; Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka Song Ceramics. 1999, 4to, soft covers; Sickman, L. & A. Soper. The Art and Architecture of China. 1968, original cloth, dustwrapper, slipcase; Stevens, Bob C. The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles. New York, 1976. First edition, 4to, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase; Perry, Lilla S. Chinese Snuff Bottles. Rutland, 1960. Oblong 4to, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket; Hermann, A. An Historical Atlas of China. 1966. 4to, original cloth, spine faded (13)
China - Chinese Porcelain, Pottery, Ivory & Painting, 7 volumes, including Laufer, BertholdChinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1909. First edition, 8vo, plates, illustrations, original maroon buckram; Pope, John A. Chinese Porcelains from the Arderbil Shrine. Washington, 1956. 4to., plates, original blue cloth, stamp & small mark to endpapers; Singapore Art Society in association with The China Society A Loan Exhibition of Chinese Art. British Council Centre, 1952. 4to, plates, original wrappers, some spotting; Skesa-Weiss, E. Bambushalm und Pfirsichblute, 1959. 4to, original cloth-backed boards Maspero, H., Groussset, R. & L. Lion. Les Ivoires Religieux et Médicaux Chinois. Paris, 1939. 8vo, plates, original wrappers; Tsiu-Sen, Lin Meisterwerke Chinesischer Tuschezeichnungen. Zurich, 1946. 4to., 22 plates, loose as issued in original cloth-backed board folder, 1 flap detached, binding somewhat rubbed and soiled; Sotheby's Catalogue of Important Chinese Ceramics, the Property of Mrs Alfred Clark. 1975, original cloth, dustwrapper (7)
Brunhoff, Jean deLes Vacances de Zéphir. Paris: Hachette, 1936. First edition, folio, colour printed illustrations, original pale yellow cloth-backed pictorial boards, edges of boards lightly rubbed, corners rubbed; Saint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de. The Studies of Nature, to which are added the Indian Cottage, and Paul and Virginia. With a memoir of the author... by the Rev. E. Clarke. London: Published by W. Emans, 1836. 3 volumes, 8vo, 2 engraved title-pages and 4 engraved plates, original cloth-backed boards, occasional light foxing, corners bumped, spines slightly marked, labels slightly chipped; Taylor, Ann. The Family Mansion, a Tale. London: for Taylor and Hessey, 1819. First edition, 12mo., engraved frontispiece, half-title, contemporary polished calf gilt, frontispiece foxed and offset, spine a trifle faded; Pilkington, Mary S. Marmontel's Tales, Selected and Abridged, for the Instruction and Amusement of Youth. London: Vernor and Hood, 1799. First edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, woodcuts in text, contemporary sheep, slightly spotted, rubbed, joints splitting, [ESTC T90961]; and 2 others (6)
Children's and Illustrated Books, a collection including Graves, Robert & William Nicholson, editorsThe Winter Owl. London: Cecil Palmer, [1923?] 4to, 10 plates, original pictorial boards, spine chipped, some wear to covers; Caldecott, R. [A collection of picture books bound together, published by George Routledge and Sons, comprising:] The Mad Dog; The Three Jovial Huntsmen; The Babes in the Wood (some holes affecting text and images); The House that Jack Built; The Diverting History of John Gilpin (some tears and repairs to leaves); Leech, John Follies of the Year. London: Bradbury, Evans & Co., [1865]. Oblong 4to; Aldin, Cecil Just Among Friends. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934. 4to, original cloth; Andersen, Hans - Kay Nielsen, illustrator Fairy Tales. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.] 4to, original red cloth gilt, covers faded and soiled, bookplate; Basile, Giambattista Stories from the Pentamerone. London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. 4to, red cloth gilt; Hall, S.C. Midsummer Eve. London: John Camden Hotten, 1870. 8vo, signed and inscribed by the author to Miss Agnes Blake, original cloth; Wagner, Richard - Arthur Rackham, illustrator The Ring of the Niblung. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1939. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth; Towry, M.H. Spenser for Children. London: Chatto and Windus, 1878. 8vo, original green cloth gilt; and 12 others, sold not subject to return (21)
Kipling, RudyardThe Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. First edition, first printing with R. & R. Clark not listed as a limited company on p.212, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed, some soiling and foxing, shelf-lean, ownership inscription to flyleaf; [Idem] The Second Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, some foxing, shelf-lean (2)
Milne, A.A.When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co., 1925. Tenth edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket a little chipped, offsetting onto endpapers; [Idem] Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co., 1926. First edition, '117th thousand' to rear flap of dust-jacket, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, a little spotting, especially to final leaves, some light dampstaining to covers, dust-jacket with chips, tears and a little water damage; [Idem] Now We are Six. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket with a few tears and some darkening to spine, a little offsetting onto endpapers, a little foxing and some light dust-soiling; [Idem] The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co., 1928. First edition, 8vo, original pink cloth gilt, dust-jacket a little chipped, joints weak, some offsetting onto endpapers, a little foxing, small tear to final free-endpaper (4)
Milne, A.A.Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dust-jacket with only very slight bumping to spine ends, a couple of patches of very light soiling and a small red mark to the lower cover, gift inscription to half-title, a little darkening to endpapers
Potter, BeatrixThe Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1906. First edition, 12mo, original boards rebacked with a later cloth spine, illustration on p.17 rubbed and damaged, pp.75-6 a little dog-eared, some slight soiling to a few pages; [Idem] The Tale of Mr. Tod. London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1912. First edition, 12mo, original boards rebacked with later spine, gift inscription to frontispiece verso, some soiling and bumping to boards (2)
Rowling, J.K. - 12 'Harry Potter' booksHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Ted Smart, 1998. Fourth Ted Smart impression with '10-4' strike line; [Idem] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Ted Smart, 1998. First Ted Smart edition, first impression with '10-1' strike line, ownership signature to paste-down endpaper; [Idem] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First paperback edition, first impression with '10-1' strike line, Smarties Book Prize sticker to upper cover; and two further paperback copies comprising of a first impression and a seventeenth impression; [Idem] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Tenth impression; [Idem] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Deluxe edition, second impression with '10-2' strike line; and another, eleventh impression; [Idem] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Deluxe edition, first immpression with '10-1' strike line; and another copy; [Idem] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New York: Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 2000. First US edition, first impression with '10-1' strike line, dust-jacket repaired; and another copy, second impression, dust-jacket (12)
Gaza, Theodorus: Emmanuel Macopulus; Hephaestion of Alexandria, [John Stuart Blackie]Theodori Grammatices libri IIII. De mensibus liber eiusdem. Georgii Lecapeni de constructione verborum. Emmanuellis Moscopuli de constructione nominum & verborum. Eiusdem de accentibus. Hephaestionis enchiridion. Florence: per haeredes Philippi Iuntae, 1526. First edition of Hephaestion's Enchiridion., 8vo (166 x 92mm.), a8-F8, [A1]-G3, late 19th century vellum, spine lettered in gilt, g.e., 6pp. of autograph notes by William Graham incorporating the autograph signature of John S. Blackie, Professor of Greek at Edinburgh University & Founder of the Celtic Studies there, fore-margin of title slightly trimmed, title page very slightly spotted, last few leaves very slightly dampstainedProvenance: "Campo Filippo Manati[i], Fir[enze] anno 1709"; William Graham, JP, FRSAS (1855-1922), Banker, Author of "The One Pound Note", Antiquary & Book Collector. Note: "The last and most interesting part of this Volume is the most valuable as a literary relic, being the very rare First edition of Hephaestion's Enchiridion or Manual of Greek poetic Metres. Hephaestion was a Grammarian of Alexandria (c.120-180 AD). His work is valued as being the only complete treatise on the subject with has survived... it is from Hephaestion that most of our ideas on classical prosody are obtained". [Note, on blank leaves bound in at beginning, by William Graham.] Rare: [COPAC: Oxford and BL only; USTC 832088 adding Trinity College Cambridge & 1 copy only in the U.S.A. (Duke University Library)]
Livy. [Titus Livius Patavinus]Ex XIIII T. Livii Decadibus Prima, Tertia, Quarta... Duplex Epitome. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, 1520. First folio Aldine edition, (302 x 204mm.), 4 volumes (of 5) bound in one, 369 Folios numbered: [xiv], 106; [x], 102; [x], 127, large woodcut Aldine device on title and on recto of Index Tertiae Decadis (* of 2nd section), panelled calf gilt by Henderson & Bissett, g.e, lacking volume 5 - the "Polybii Libri VI de rebus Romanis" (Venice, Aldus, 1521) mentioned on the title page, minor worm damage especially to the last few pages, the first repaired, the second professionally repaired but with loss to a couple of letters, the last with damage to a couple of words, occasional waterstains and some early professional repairs, a few small repairs to title-page, extensive early [C16th ?] annotations and marginalia, especially in the first Decade, inscribed in pencil on front endpaper by William Graham (1855-1922), [USTC 838282]Provenance: William Graham, JP, FRSAS (1855-1922), Banker, Author of "The One Pound Note", Antiquary & Book Collector Note: Inscribed in pencil by William Graham (1855-1922) on front free endpaper "This edition, the first Folio of Livy by Aldus - 1502/21 "Very Rare. See Renouard's Annales de l'Imprimerie des Aldes and Goldsmid's Biographical Sketch of the Aldine Press & Catalogue, Edinburgh, 1877, p.17, No. 170 (The first edition was 8vo 1518-1523). It will have been known to William Graham that amongst John Urquhart's prize-winning work at St Andrews was a translation of Livy.
[Haldane, James Alexander]Journal of a Tour through the Northern Counties of Scotland and the Orkney Isles. Edinburgh: J. Ogle, J. Guthrie, & G. Peattie, 1798. First edition, 12mo, modern half calf, pp.33-34 and pp.45-46 repaired with a little loss to text, three very faint stamps, J. Robertson bookplate [ESTC T186293, listing 10 copies in libraries in the British Isles and 2 copies in North American libraries]
[Bradshaw, William - English Civil War Allegory][drop head title:] The Parable of the Magpies [colophon:] Printed for B. Griffitts, 1691. 4to, pp.7, uncut, unbound, slightly frayed and dust-soiled at edges, [ESTC R5274]; (there was another issue of 4 pages and a third ESTC entry for one with an unspecified number of pages); [Bristol] - Colston, Edward. [drop-head title:] Copies of Mr. Colston's Settlements. [N.p., n.d., ?London, c. 1725,] 4to, pp.75, later cloth, woodcut initials and head-pieces to each section, browned in places, a few damp or other stains, [ESTC T211605]; [Cumberland, Henry Frederick, Duke of] Genuine Copies of all the Love Letters and Cards which passed between an Illustrious Personage and a Noble Lady. London: L. Browning, [?1770]. 8vo, disbound, [ESTC T110817, 3 copies: BL, Huntington and Texas]; [Roscoe, William] Strictures on Mr. Burke's Two Letters, addressed to A Member of the present Parliament. Part the First [all published]. London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1796. First edition, 8vo, disbound, [ESTC T6725: 3 copies in UK, 2 in the USA] (4)
[Crime, Punishment & Transportation] - Mandeville, BernardAn Enquiry into the Causes of the frequent Executions at Tyburn: and a Proposal for some Regulations concerning Felons in Prison, and the good Effects to be expected from them. To which is added, a Discourse on Transportation, and a Method to render that Punishment more effectual. London, Printed: and sold by J. Roberts, 1725. First edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 55, [1], with the half-title (short tear repaired), early 20th century brown morocco, t.e.g., others uncutNote: First edition, collecting various essays first printed in the St James's Journaland the British Journal, with a 16-page 'Preface'.
History and Religion, 6 volumes, comprising Isidorus HispalensisOpera Omnia quae extant. Cologne: A. Hierat, 1617. Folio, title with woodcut vignette, 18th century half vellum; Filmer, Sir Robert The Free-holders Grand Inquest. London: R. Royston, 1684. Fourth impression, 8vo, 2 parts in one volume, new calf with old sides laid down, short tear to head of title; Charles I, King of England Eikon Basiliki. The Poutraicture of His Sacred Majesty. London: R. Norton for R. Royston, 1681. 8vo, engraved portrait (frayed with some loss of margin), contemporary calf, some dampstaining and soiling, rebacked, worn; Fox, Charles J. A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second. 1808. 4to, frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked; Burnet, Gilbert The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. London: R. Chisell, 1679. 4to, First Part only, additional engraved title, plates, 20th century quarter morocco; Fuller, Thomas The Historie of the Holy Warre. Cambridge: T. Buck, 1640. Second edition, 4to, additional engraved title, declaration leaf before title, 20th century quarter morocco, rather dampstained and soiled, especially title; sold not subject to return (6)
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of ClarendonThe Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon. Oxford: Clarendon Printing House, 1759. First edition, folio, [8], 133, [2], 523, [11]; engraved portrait, title with engraved vignette, 19th century maroon half morocco, t.e.g., title slightly browned and offsetting from frontispiece, frontispiece repaired in inner margin, bookplate of Frederic Baron Wolverton, a little rubbed
Ballard, James GrahamCrash. London: Jonathan Cape, [1973]. First edition, 8vo, inscribed to Tom [Maschler] from "Jim" [presumably J.G. Ballard], original blue cloth, dust-jacket; [Idem] Low-Flying Aircraft, and Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition, 8vo, original green paper covered boards, dust-jacket (2)
Beckett, Samuel - five presentation works inscribed to Beckett, and anotherPhillips, Tom A Humument. A Treated Victorian Novel. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. First edition, dust-jacket; Lake, Carlton Baudelaire to Beckett... Austin: University of Texas, 1976; Kenner, Hugh A Reader's Guide to Samuel Beckett. New York, 1973; Hayman, Ronald Samuel Beckett. New York, 1973; and 2 others (6)
Betjeman, John, a large collection of worksThe Heretick. [Marlborough: W. Gale], March and June 1949, 4to, original printed wrappers, together in collector's folding box; [Idem] Mount Zion. Or In Touch with the Infinite. The James Press, 1931. First edition, 8vo, original boards; with a copy of the 1975 facsimile edition; [Idem] Continental Dew. John Murray, 1937. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket; with a copy of the 1977 facsimile edition, inscribed;[Idem] Selected Poems. John Murray, 1948. 8vo, number 18 of 18 special copies on vellum, signed, original cloth; with a copy of the standard trade edition; [Idem] John Betjeman's Collected Poems. John Murray, 1958. 8vo, number 72 of 100 special copies, signed, original red calf, publisher's slipcase; with a proof copy, a copy of the standard trade edition and 8 later editions; [Idem] Summoned by Bells. John Murray, 1960. First edition, 8vo, signed, original cloth, dust-jacket; with 7 other editions; [Idem] High and Low. John Murray, 1966. 8vo, number 83 of 100 copies, signed, original white buckram, dust-jacket; with a copy of the standard trade edition; [Idem] A Nip in the Air. John Murray, 1977. 8vo, number 73 of 175 copies, signed, original yellow cloth; with 2 other copies; together with numerous other titles by Betjeman, some signed and inscribed, works including contributions and poetry by Betjeman, a framed 5 line handwritten stanza from "Christmas" signed by Betjeman, 3 signed broadsheets, a large collection of periodicals featuring contributions by Betjeman and works about Betjeman and his poetry
Byron, George Gordon, LordChilde Harold's pilgrimage, canto the fourth. London: John Murray, 1818. First edition, 8vo, original boards, ownership signature trimmed from title-page; [Idem] Hours of Idleness. [N.p., n.d. but believed to be a first edition.] 8vo, lacking title-page, contemporary calf with red morocco gilt label to spine; [Idem] Don Juan [cantos 1, 2 & 7-9 only]. London: Thomas Davison/John Hunt, 1820-1823. 2 volumes, 8vo, original boards, chipped with parts of spines lacking; [Idem] & Shelley, P.B. The Liberal... London: John Hunt, 1822. Volume 1 only, 8vo, contemporary half-calf gilt (5)
Compleat Mendicant, Theor, the unhappy Beggar being the Life of an unfortunate Gentleman: in which is a comprehensive Account of several of the most remarkable Adventures, that befel him in three and twenty Years Pilgrimage. London, Printed for E. Harris, 1699. 8vo., pp. [32], 156, [4], with a preliminary advertisement ('the second Part is now in the Press') and two leaves (L7-8) of 'Books printed for E. Harris'; somewhat browned throughout, marginal tear to G2 neatly repaired, text unaffected, contemporary sheep, rebacked and recornered, new endpapersNote: First and only edition, formerly attributed to Defoe. Despite the preliminary notice no 'second part' ever appeared. Wing C 5646B
Cornwell, Bernard, a collection comprising 31 signed first editions, & other volumes, and Sharpe memorabilia, including:Sharpe Chronicles: Sharpe's Battle. 1995, small cut at hinge of dustwrapper; Sharpe's Triumph. 1998; Sharpe's Tiger. 1999; Sharpe's Fortress. 1999; Sharpe's Trafalgar. 1999; Sharpe's Prey. 2001; Sharpe's Havoc. 2003; Sharpe's Escape. 2004; Sharpe's Fury. 2006; Sharpe's Sword. 1983, this volume only ex-library with stamps; Special Limited Edition: Sharpe's Skirmish. 1999, inscribed by author; Sharpe Appreciation Society edition: Sharpe's Skirmish. 2002; Sharpe's Christmas. 2003; Sharpe's Story; Starbuck Chronicles: Rebel. 1993; Copperhead. 1994, price-clipped; Battle Flag, 1995; The Bloody Ground. 1996; Warlord Chronicles: The Winter King. 1995; Enemy of God. 1996; Excalibur. 1997; Grail Quest Series: Harlequin. 2000; Vagabond. 2002; Scoundrel, 1992; Storm Child. 1999, price-clipped; Sea Lord. 1999; Stonehenge. 1999; Gallows Thief, 2001; Heretic. 2003; The Last Kingdom. 2004; The Pale Horseman. 2005, inscribed; The Lords of the North. 2006; all first editions, all signed by the author, all original cloth, dustwrappers, unclipped unless mentioned, all protected by plastic sleeves; and (unsigned) The Sharpe Companion, 2003; Sharpe First Day cover; colour photograph (12 x 18cm.) of 16 actors in Sharpe films, all signed by the actors; 2 signed posters by Garry Cartwright, 13 paperbacks signed by Cornwell; 5 unsigned first edition hardbacks (The Fort; The Burning Land; Azincourt, Sword Song, Death of Kings); Bluth, B.J. Marching with Sharpe. 2003; The Sharpe Appreciation Society and Midas Battlefield Tours. Sharpes's Waterloo. 24-26 May 2003, typescript guide, inscribed by Cornwell
Dickens, CharlesGreat Expectations. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. 3 volumes, 8vo, please note Volume 1 and 3 First edition, first issue, volume 2 First edition, third issue ["Third Edition" on volume 2 title], 32pp. advertisements dated May 1861 at end of volume 3, publisher's maroon embossed cloth, recased, covers somewhat faded and discoloured, paper label for Marshall's British & Foreign Public Subscription Library to upper cover of volume 1, new endpapers, a few spots and stainsNote: Volume 1 and 2 have most of the first issue points generally accepted by bibliographers up to Smith as being indicative of a first issue, namely: Volume 1: comma present after 'House' p.344; 52:15 'f' in 'of' complete; 93.1 'b' in 'by' complete; 84.6 'recal'; 160.12 'f' in 'of' complete; 246.23 'how' complete; 299 last line comma complete; 311.8 full stop after 'other' faint; volume 2: 162:21 'their' for 'her'; 245:1 close spacing; 333:2 'recal'; 350:1 'recal'; volume 3: 37:25 'raving' instead of 'starving'; 132:23 'recal'; 145.1 'but' for 'was'; 150:4 'led' for 'lead'; 204:9 'befal'; 322:15 'downfal'.The sheets were printed from stereotype plates which caused flaws in the type as printing progressed. The first issue had appeared on 6 July, and second, third and fourth issues--also termed "editions" on the title pages--on 5 August, 17 August and September 17 respectively. Walter E. Smith, in Dickens in the Original Cloth, p.103 notes that "...the first five issues were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered titlepapges to imply and encourage a rapid sale...The genuine second edition was the one-volume `Library Edition' which Chapman and Hall published in 1862...". All these issues were issued in identical bindings of violet wavy-grain cloth.
Dickens, CharlesMaster Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. First edition in book form, 3 volumes, 8vo, frontispieces, illustrations by G. Cattermole and H. Browne, original pictorial brown ribbed cloth, armorial bookplates, occasional spotting, a few stains, extremities worn
Fleming, IanLive and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. First edition, first impression dust-jacket with Kenneth Lewis not credited on the front flap, original black cloth gilt with coin motif to upper cover, dust-jacket not price-clipped, a little chipping, a few small tears and darkening to the dust-jacket with '2-4' in pencil to the lower wrapper, small chip to pp.175-6 not affecting text, a few other small nicks to pages, very slight dust-soiling to pp.108-9, fore-edges and endpapers slightly foxed
Graves, RobertGood-bye to all that: an autobiography. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition, first state, 8vo., portrait frontispiece, plates (including double plate), publisher's salmon coloured cloth, dust wrapper, wrapper a little discoloured and with a little wear at head, very slight foxing to upper outer edge, wrapper price-clipped with repairs to underside, with the book plate of R. J. DickinsonNote: Higginson & Williams A32a
Macbean, William, translator. [Samuel Johnson]Phocion's Conversations: or, the Relation between Morality and Politics. Originally translated by Abbé Mably, from a Greek Manuscript of Nicocles. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Mr. Dodsley, 1769. First English edition, 8vo., pp. [8], civ, 303, [1], the 'Summary of the Conversations' (one leaf) bound after the title-page rather than at the end of the prelims (as in the ESTC collation), contemporary polished calf, spine gilt, morocco label, joints slightly worn, Syston Park bookplate, [ESTC T58712, 11 copies]Note: William Macbean was the younger of two brothers who were part of a team of six amanuenses that worked for Dr. Johnson transcribing quotations for the Dictionary.
Poetry, 2 volumes - John Tait and William Wordsworth, comprising[Tait, John] The Cave of Morar, The Man of Sorrows. A Legendary Tale. London: T. Davies.. and sold by J. Bew, and J. Balfour, 1774. First edition, 4to, lacking half-title, disbound, last leaf working loose, [ESTC T28960]; Wordsworth, William Yarrow Revisited, and other Poems. London: Longman, [&c.], 1835. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy, 'From the Author' written on the half-title by a publisher's clerk, lacks erratum slip, margins slightly browned, marginal pencil markings, early twentieth-century brown half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g. (2)
Powell, Anthony'A Dance to the Music of Time'. London: Heinemann, 1951-1975. 12 volumes, 8vo, all first editions, comprising: A Question of Upbringing, A Buyer's Market, The Acceptance World, At Lady Molly's, Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, The Kindly Ones, The Valley of Bones, The Soldier's Art, The Military Philosophers, Books do Furnish a Room, Temporary Kings, Hearing Secret Harmonies, all original cloth, dust-jackets by Broom-Lynne, some tears and a repair to the dust-jackets of the first three volumes, a few jackets price-clipped, some foxing to fore-edges and a little darkening to pages ; and a copy of the programme for Anthony Powell's funeral, held in May 2000 (13)
[ROCHESTERIANA] - Female Excellence:or, Woman display'd, in several satyrick Poems. By a Person of Quality … London, Printed for Norman Nelson … 1679. First edition, folio, pp. 8, disbound, a small wormtrack touching three letters, [Wing R1749; ESTC R1389]Note: Erroneously attributed to the Earl of Rochester and to Robert Gould. Of the four poems included, only the second poem, "A satyr upon woman’s usurpation", appears in printed collections of Rochester’s work. [ESTC R1389]
[Southey, Coleridge & Lamb]Annual Anthology, The. Bristol: Printed by Biggs and Co. for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, London. 1799 [-1800]. First edition, 2 volumes., all published, small 8vo, contemporary speckled calf by Charles Kalthoeber with his ticket, gilt fillet on covers, spines gilt, red and black morocco labels, leaf B8 in volume I excised as usual to remove Southey's 'War Poem', because of its possibly unpatriotic sentiments; C3 in volume II a cancel as usual to correct the omission of a word in Southey's 'The Battle of Blenheim', joints a little tender, headbands chipped, [Wise, Coleridge, 15; Ashley Library, VIII, 83]Note: Edited by Southey, the anthologies contain contributions from most of his early circle of friends. Coleridge is the main contributor, after Southey himself, with no fewer than twenty-seven poems. Other contributors included Lamb, Cottle, Robert Lovell, Charles Lloyd, Francis Wrangham, Thomas Beddoes Sr., Humphry Davy, and Amelia Opie. Many of the poems are unsigned or signed by pseudonym, but their authors are largely known from notes in Southey's own copy now at Harvard and from Coleridge's at Yale.
Spark, MurielRobinson. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, signed on title-page by Spark, original green cloth, dust-jacket a little chipped; [Idem] The Comforters. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1957. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dust-jacket price clipped; [Idem] The Go-Away Bird, with Other Stories. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dust-jacket chipped, stamp attached to flyleaf (3)
Spark, MurielThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped, some dampstaining; [Idem] Memento Mori. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1959. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, a little wear and chipping to jacket; [Idem] The Bachelors. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1960. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped, some dampstaining, some rubbing to jacket; [Idem] The Ballad of Peckham Rye. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1960. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped, some dampstaining, some rubbing to jacket; [Idem] The Public Image. London: Macmillan, 1968. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, a little rubbing and discolouration; [Idem] The Driver's Seat. London: Macmillan, 1970. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped, some dampstaining; [Idem] The Hothouse by the East River. London: Macmillan, 1973. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] The Takeover. London: Macmillan, 1976. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped, dust-jacket stuck to free-endpaper (8)
Jonaeus, Jonas, editorOrkneyinga Saga sive Historia Orcadensium… Copenhagen: P. Frid. Suhm., 1780. First edition, 4to, plate, contemporary half calf with gilt stamp of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow to the upper cover, bookplates of the Earl of Fife and J. Robertson, hinges split, a little foxing, some rubbing to spine
[Walsh, William]Letters and Poems, amorous and gallant. London, Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1692. First edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 120, title-page printed in red and black, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, early armorial bookplate of the Bellasyse library (Viscount Fauconberg), [Wing W 647; Hayward 136]Note: First edition of Walsh's second work. Walsh (1662-1708) was one of Dryden's circle of wits at Will's Coffee House and a mentor to the young Pope with whom he continued a long literary correspondence. Pope acknowledged his debt to Walsh with some flattering lines in his Essay on Criticism, (1711).
Wilson, AngusAnglo-Saxon Attitudes. London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket spine partially lacking; [Idem] A Bit off the Map. London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. First edition, 8vo; [Idem] The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot. London: Secker & Warburg, 1958. First edition, 8vo; [Idem] The Old Men at the Zoo. London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. First edition, 8vo; [Idem] The Wild Garden. London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. First edition, 8vo; [Idem] Late Call. London: Secker & Warburg, 1964. First edition, 8vo; [Idem] No Laughing Matter. London: Secker & Warburg, 1967. First edition, 8vo; all original cloth with unclipped dust-jackets, rubbing and tears to some dust-jackets, some dampstaining; and two others (9)
Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and family - letters and photographs sent to her former nurse, Millicent CroftsA large number of letters dating from around 1913 until around 1939, mainly handwritten, with several family photographs, including a silver gelatin print of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia as a baby, a photograph dated 1879 to the reverse showing Grand Dukes Cyril Vladimirovich and Boris Vladimirovich with their mother, a nurse in traditional Russian dress and several children in a tent on the beach and 2 family group photographs (quantity)Note: Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia was an uncle of Tsar Nicholas II . This archive comprises letters sent from his children and grandchildren to their former nurse, an Englishwoman, Miss Millicent Crofts. Many of the letters are sent from Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna and Elena's three daughters (Marina, Elizabeth and Olga, Princesses of Greece and Denmark). Whilst the letters from the three daughters tend to be lighter in tone, letters from Elena herself speak heavily of anxieties regarding the present state of Europe, worries about her family and have a sense of nostalgia for the past. One letter sent from Athens dated December 1916 reads: "I must profit of a scarce occasion to write to you as, now, on account of the blockade, we can't send letters by post anymore…it does not feel like Christmas somehow there is no peace and goodwill on earth. I am so sorry not to be able to send you a little present this year but unfortunately I have got no money myself as I can't get it from Russia and we have got to be very economical…Our poor Greece is being so shamefully and injustly treated…they [the children] were very frightened the day the French bombarded Athens…" Another letter dated November 1917 reads: "…The news from Russia is indeed dreadful and you can imagine how anxious I feel for all my dear ones there…" It continues to report on the whereabouts of Russian family members, and Elena comments: "The past seems to be quite swept away, nothing of what we knew and loved exists anymore…"However, the family also experiences joy, as Elena's daughter, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark writes on a postcard dated 1921: "Here is a view of our house…Our lovely counsin Philip is to be christened on Sunday; he is very sweet and you would love him." - the baby in question is the current Duke of Edinburgh.The archive shows the great resilience of a family who had been through very turbulent times: Grand Duchess Elena married Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark in 1902. Although she was not living in Russia at the time of the 1917 Revolution, she naturally was anxious about her family there. Further troubles hit the family as the Greek monarchy lost the support of the now Communist Russia and the ensuing political crisis forced Greek royals into exile. Whilst her daughters made very successful marriages (Princess Marina married the Duke of Kent and became aunt to Queen Elizabeth II), Elena's letters show her moving between France and Greece, where she died in 1957.The collection also includes letters sent from Elena's brothers: Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia. Although there are fewer of these letters, the sense of nostalgia remains. In 1935, Andrei writes from Paris: "Now, in these days when all that was dear to us has passed, the golden days of childhood are a refuge to remember…A very hard time we have now, very hard…" Whilst a 1914 letter from Boris speakes of anxieties regarding the First World War: "We have all courage and hope that soon this awful war will come to a happy end for us all."
Ransome, Arthur2 typed letters, signed, addressed to 'Howard', and written at Haverthwaite: in the first dated June 2. 1960, Ransome discusses Swedish publishers for his works, and experiences of the Adriatic coastline; in the second letter, dated May 5. 1961, Ransome refers to the publication of Swallowdale and discusses misprints in the proof copies of the work, followed by a brief request that "...the Penguins follow the text of, say, the 29th edition..." before Ransome laments his own typing skills; each letter 26 x 21cm; a note from the Alden Press is stapled to the reverse of the second letter; and a camera, said to have belonged to Arthur RansomeNote: The camera included in this lot, a Six-20 'Kodak' B, issued between 1937 and 1940, was given to the vendor by George Wren Howard, of the Jonathan Cape publishing house. Howard was chairman of the company and a good friend of Arthur Ransome, who is thought to have given him the camera.
Schindler, OskarBank transfer document instructing the transfer of $100 from the First National City bank of New York Account of Oskar Schindler to Emilie Schindler in Argentina, dated 1st July 1957, 18 x 22cm; [AND] Christmas card from the Scheirer family in a franked envelope addressed to Mr & Mrs O. Schindler in Argentina (2)
Atlas - Thomson, JohnA New & Historical Atlas, being a Series of Maps illustrative of the Classical and Historical Authors. Edinburgh: J. Thomson, 1829. First edition, large folio (552 x 394mm.), 49 engraved maps as per list, hand-coloured in outline, some double-page (some 2 or more to a double page sheet), contemporary half calf, bookplate of William Young Herries, spine gilt
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