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Click here to subscribeWesley (John) A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, first edition, title and A2 margins browned, slightly browned throughout, ink signature of Richard Martin on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, upper cover detached, joints splitting, [Baker 238; this edition not in BL], 12mo, Bristol, by William Pine, 1766.
Birds.- Layard (Edgar Leopold) The Birds of South Africa, edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 12 hand-coloured lithograph plates by J.G. Keulemans, without pp.856-866 as usual, modern brown morocco, [Anker 281; Wood p.428], 8vo, Bernard Quaritch, 1875-84.⁂ A very good copy of this second and augmented edition, dedicated by Sharpe to Layard. The first edition appeared in Cape Town in 1867.
Yeats (W.B.) and Lady Gregory.- Shiels (George) Professor Tim, original typescript, 129pp., autograph corrections, notes and additions by George Shiels, W.B.Yeats and Lady Gregory in pencil, purple pencil and black ink, some creasing and light surface-soiling, with typescript Press Comments, programme for the Abbey Theatre and envelope addressed to George Shiels, Ballymoney, preserved in custom drop-back box, 4to, c.1925.⁂ A fascinating working draft that shows the three writers' thoughts on and development of the play.In The Abbey Theatre, 1899-1999, Robert Welch mentions that Yeats and Lady Gregory worked on revisions of Professor Tim during May 1925 (p.92). The typescript is divided into 4 sections: act one possibly in first draft with extensive revisions by Shiels in black ink followed by all three acts of the play with revisions by Shiels (black ink), Yeats (grey pencil) and Lady Gregory (purple pencil). All three supply autograph emendations ranging from minor typographical corrections to extensive revisions or commentaries. Yeats' comments are often initialled by him, including remarks such as "the best first act Mr Shiels has written."
Heaney (Seamus) and Derek Mahon. In Their Element, signed by both authors above their frontispiece portraits, original silver wrappers, preserved in custom drop-back box, lettered in gilt, Belfast, 1977 § Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations, Selected Prose 1968-1978, jacket price-clipped, 1980; Selected Poems 1965-1975, jacket price-clipped, 1970; Beowulf, 1999; The Riverbank Field, limited edition, illustrated by Martin Gale, 2007, first editions, signed by the author, all but the first in original boards and dust-jackets, [Brandes & Durkan B29; A25a; A26a & A72a], 8vo (5)
Tibullus (Albius) [and Gaius Valerius Catullus] Elegiae, sive Carmina, commentary by Bernardinus Cyllenius Veronensis (Tibullus) and Antonius Parthenius (Catullus), collation: a-d8 e-f6 g-i8 k6 l8 m10+1, 92 ff. (of 93, lacking initial blank), Venice, Andreas de Paltasichis, 1487 bound after Propertius (Sextus Aurelius) Elegiae, commentary by Antonius Volscus Pipernus, collation: A-K8, 80 ff., the first blank, [Venice], [Andreas de Paltasichis], 1 February, 1488, together 2 works in 1 vol. (as often), 62 lines of commentary surrounding text (variable), Roman type, initial spaces, register f. at end of Tibullus for all three parts, with a 45-page index in a 16th century hand for the 3 parts bound in, and copious marginalia, some staining and spotting, 18th century Italian vellum, folio (294 x 206mm.)⁂ A rare edition, enhanced by evidence of early scholarship. The presence of a register leaf for all three parts demonstrates that these works were often found together. Provenance: Bishop John Vertue (1826-1900), who gave his books to Stonyhurst College (bookplate).
Masefield (John, poet and writer, Poet Laureate from 1930, 1878-1967) To the Australians coming to help us, autograph poem, 1p., signed at foot, [1940]; Right Royal, number 460 of 500 copies signed by the author, map, book-label of Laurence Hodson, endpapers browned, original boards, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly soiled, 1920; Selected Poems, number 387 of 530 copies signed by the author, portrait, original boards, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, 1922; and 8 others by Masefield, mostly first editions, some with signature of Laurence or Will Hodson, one inscribed to Will by Con (?Constance Masefield, "it is a blank Christmas in many ways for many of us"), and a few ephemeral items, 8vo (a bundle)⁂ The poem was written by Masefield as Poet Laureate and concerns Australia's entry into the Second World War. It refers to the contribution by Australian soldiers at Anzac, Ypres and Pozières, "...Wherever Death was grimmest, you were there...Again you give your friendship: for the sake / Of fellow mortals wronged a world away...Advance, Australia; welcome, and God speed./ That Nation should help Nation in her need / Is sunlight to us in this winter day.". Masefield had served as a hospital orderly in France during the First World War and wrote a history of the Gallipoli campaign. With the poem is a cutting from the Melbourne newspaper The Age of 24th January 1940 quoting the poem.
Lugar (Robert) Plans and Views of Buildings, executed in England and Scotland, in the castellated and other styles, first edition, half-title, 16 aquatint plates printed in sepia and 16 engraved plans, half-title spotted, some foxing to plates, modern half calf, spine gilt, [Abbey Life 31], 4to, 1811.
Africa.- Smith (Andrew) Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, 5 vol., first edition, 279 lithographed plates, all but 12 hand-coloured, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue guards, without the errata slips, very occasional foxing but generally clean (mostly to plates of beetles), Lord Lilford's copy with his ink signature on front pastedowns, also that of Richard Liversidge, original blind-stamped green cloth, rubbed, spines slightly faded, some wear to joints and spine ends, preserved in 3 modern cloth drop-back boxes with roan labels, [Mendelssohn II p.327; Nissen IVB 880 & ZBI 3868], 4to, [1838]-49-[50]. ⁂ A complete set of the first edition of one of South Africa's premier colour plate books: "a handsome and valuable work", giving "full particulars of the natural history subjects of South Africa collected by...Smith's expedition." (Mendelssohn). George Henry Ford (1809-1876) was the expedition member responsible for the majority of the original drawings and he also executed the corresponding plates. The breakdown of plates is as follows: Aves: 114 plates; Reptilia: 78 plates (3 uncoloured); Invertebrae: 4 plates; Mammalia: 52 plates (numbered 1-53, with additional plate 8 and plates 18 & 37 never published, 4 uncoloured); Pisces: 31 plates (5 uncoloured). Thomas Powys (1833-96, 4th Baron Lilford), ornithologist and author of Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands published in 7 volumes in 1891. Richard Liversidge (1926-2003), South African ornithologist and Director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley.
Polar.- Arctic.- Franklin (Sir John).- Shillinglaw (John J.) A Narrative of Arctic Discovery...with the details of the measures adopted...for the relief of the expedition under Sir John Franklin, first edition, advertisement leaf at beginning, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps in pocket, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, light spotting to portrait, original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind, blue and gold patterned-paper endpapers, very slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, [Sabin 80488], 8vo, 1850.Sir John Franklin - see also lots 128-131
Middle East.- Hyde (Thomas) Historia religionis veterum Persarum, eorumque magorum..., half-title, 18 engraved plates on 16 sheets, 4 folding, a little damp-stained, hole to outer margin of 3A2, old ink inscriptions to front endpapers, old blue book-label of Universit. Cath. Hibern., contemporary half calf, uncut, worn, 1700 § Maundrell (Henry) A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter A.D. 1697, I1703, first editions, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre; and Redhouse's Turkish-English Lexicon, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ One of the plates in the first features a dodo.
Essex.- Townsend (Frederick Henry, 1868-1920) [Sketchbook], early sketchbook containing c.100pp. of pencil drawings including over 20 views, over 20 portraits, studies of animals, flowers, trees (one coloured) and rough sketches, original cloth-backed boards,rubbed and stained, 4to, [c.1896-97].⁂ Townsend was an illustrator and cartoonist and became the first art editor of Punch in 1905. Several of the locations of the sketches are identified as Woodham Walter in Essex including West Bowers Farm, the Warren (now a golf-club) and the Bell pub, and of nearby Little Baddow and Danbury. The portraits appear to be of the artist's wife and daughter.
Australasia.- Australia.- Lindsay (David) Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2, first edition of the public account (preceded by issue in parliamentary papers), [one of 500 copies], with the 2 large folding maps, one colour (both loose), Adelaide, C.E.Bristow, 1893 bound with Handbook of Instructions for the Guidance of the Officers of the Elder Scientific Exploration Expedition to the Unknown Portions of Australia, first edition, Adelaide, printed by W.K.Thomas & Co., 1891, together 2 vol. in 1, with a folding colour map 'Map of Australia shewing Explorations' bound in at end (c.485 x 600mm.) § Winnecke (Charles) Journal of the Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1894...and Report of the Physical Geography of Central Australia, by Professor R.Tate and J.A.Watt, first public edition, [one of c.650 copies], 24 photographic plates, 3 folding charts/tables and large folding map (all loose), very light spotting to title, Adelaide, C.E.Bristow, 1897, texts in uniform later brown buckram, slightly rubbed, [Ferguson 9409a, 9409 & 18686a; Wantrup 208, 209 & 211], 8vo (2 & loose maps)⁂ The first two relate to the exploratory expedition into the central interior financed by Sir Thomas Elder; it did not achieve a great deal as the leader David Lindsay fell out with the scientists in the party and the expedition had to be abandoned. The expedition financed by William Austin Horn described in the third item was more successful, with discoveries in geology, anthropology, botany and zoology, but this time the leader Winnecke disagreed with Horn and so his account was published separately from the official record. It was first issued as a parliamentary paper the previous year but hastily suppressed by the state premier at Horn's request.
Button (Edward) A new translation of the Persian tales; from an original version of the Indian comedies of Mocles;...Designed for the service and amusement of the British ladies, first edition, a few ff. working loose, outer margins chipped or frayed, occasionally just touching a part of the odd letter, stained, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, joints starting at head, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, scarce, large 12mo, Printed for W. Owen, 1754.
Wesley (John) and Charles Wesley. Hymns and Sacred Poems, first edition, title slightly soiled, browned throughout, contemporary panelled calf, extensively rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked with the original spine laid down, [Baker 15], James Hutton, 1739; A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, The Fifth Edition, bound with 3 other works by John and Charles Wesley, together 4 works in 1 vol., browned, last f. of last work pastedown on lower cover, lacks free endpapers, contemporary panelled morocco, corners bumped, Bristol, Re-printed by John Graham, 1760; and c. 20 others, various editions of Wesley's hymns, v.s., v.d. (c. 22).
Pole (Reginald, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury) De Concilio Liber, collation: A-S4, first edition, first issue (with errata at end), title and final verso with woodcut printer's device, Rome, Paulus Manutius, 1562 bound with Pole (Reginald, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury) Reformatio Angliae Ex Decretis Reginaldi Poli Cardinalis, Sedis Apostolicae Legati, collation: A-G4, title and final verso with woodcut printer's device, Rome, Paulus Manutius, 1562, together 2 works in 1 vol., spotted, some marginal staining towards end, 19th century half vellum, small 4to⁂ The first mentioned is the first book published by Paulus Manutius at Rome. His press had been established there with the support of Pole. These two works are often found bound together. Literature: I: Adams P1744; Ahmanson-Murphy 672; Renouard, Alde, 185:3; EDIT 16 CNCE 27779 II: Adams P1752; Ahmanson-Murphy; Renouard, Alde, 185:4; EDIT 16 CNCE 27773.
Australasia.- Australia.- King (Capt. Phillip Parker) Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with cancel titles (as usual), lacking half-titles and colophon leaf at end of vol.2, with 2 folding engraved maps and 13 engraved plates, mostly aquatint views after King, others natural history, one folding, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slips pasted to final leaves, some foxing to maps and plates, first map torn and slightly frayed at fold, folding plate 'Kingia Australis' creased and soiled, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, rubbed and faded, [Abbey, Travel 573; Ferguson 1130; Wantrup 84b], 8vo, 1827.⁂ King was the first Australian-born hydrographer, son of Philip Gidley King the third Governor of New South Wales. He was commissioned to explore and chart the north and north-western coasts of Australia, completing areas not surveyed by Flinders, to establish British claims to the territory. The work was first issued in 1826 but is very rare, it was then re-issued with new title-pages the following year. "An essential inclusion in any collection of books relating to Australian coastal discovery". Wantrup p.162
Tibullus, Catullus & Propertius. Tibullus Catullus & Propertius cu[m] commento, collation: a-c8 d-e6 f-s8 t-x6, 157 ff. (of 158, lacking final blank), 61 lines and headline, Roman type, large and small woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer's device at end, occasional early ink marginalia, water-stained, small worm traces to inner gutters, later vellum, lightly soiled, folio (315 x 209mm.), [Venice], [Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus], [9 December, 1491].⁂ Scarce third edition with the commentary of Antonius Parthenius Lacisius, which had first been published in Brescia in 1485, and then reprinted in Venice in 1487. The commentary on Tibullus is by Bernardinus Veronensis (also found in the 1487 edition), and the commentary on Propertius is by Philippus Beroaldus (not in the 1485 or 1487 printing). Literature: BMC V, 439; Goff T-372; HC *4763=4765; Bod-Inc T-212.
Colines.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius, collation: a-x8, italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, x8 blank, title laid down, lower corners of all to sig. c repaired, affecting some signature letters and the odd letter of text, occasional spotting and light staining, 17th century calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, some worming, rubbed, 8vo (148 x 84mm.), Paris, Simon de Colines, 1529. ⁂ First Colines edition, based on the Aldine of 1515. Literature: Not in Adams; Renouard, Colines, 132; Schreiber 52.
Americas.- South America.- Maw (Henry Lister) Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic...and descending the River Marañon, or Amazon, folding engraved map (lightly offset on title), contemporary calf, gilt, spine faded, 1829 § Gardner (George) Travels in the Interior of Brazil...and the Gold and Diamond Districts, second edition, half-title, tinted lithographed frontispiece, map, original purple cloth, gilt, spine faded, lower cover stained, 1849 § Hadfield (William) Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands, first edition, lithographed portrait, 2 folding maps (?of 3), one large and hand-coloured (short tear at edge), the other of Falklands, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, 1854, all a little rubbed, 8vo et infra (3)
Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 5 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 10 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, 6 double-page on stubs (a few laid down), numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, lightly browned, portrait creased, light water-staining to fore-edge at beginning and slight worming to fore-edge towards end, tear to head of 5G3 (Table) repaired, engraved bookplate of John Peachey, eighteenth century diced calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners worn, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- [Hawkesworth (John)] An Account of the Voyages...for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...], Atlas only, 52 engraved maps and plates, 14 folding or double-page, including map of 'Straights of Magellan', some foxing or soiling, light water-staining affecting some plates, mostly towards end, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover detached with first 2 maps loose, folio, [1773].
Catullus (Gaius Valerius).- Guarini (Alessandro) Alexandri Guarini Ferrariensis In. C.V. Catullum Veronensem Per baptistam Patrem Emendatum Expositiones cum Indice, collation: A10 B-P8 Q-R4, italic type, commentary surrounding text double column, title within woodcut ornamental border, initial spaces with guide-letters, Q4, 18th century red deer, gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, rubbed and scuffed, small 4to (199 x 129mm.), [Venice], [Giorgio de Rusconi], [11 May, 1521].⁂ A rare copy of the first edition of one of the most important printings of Catullus, with a superb provenance. Guarinus based his edition on the manuscript his father had worked on, along with the work of various Catullan scholars. His knowledge of variant readings and interpretations is reflected in his discussions of textual problems, to which he sometimes contributes his own solutions. Provenance: Bernard von Mallinckrodt (1591-1664), bibliophile and originator of the term 'incunabula' in his 1639 work De ortu et progressu artis typographicae (ink ownership inscription to title, dated Vienna 1631); Hopetoun (engraved armorial bookplate); Walter Ashburner (1834-1936), bibliophile and fellow of Merton College, Oxford, (ink stamp to title). Literature: Adams C1141 (erroneously ending collation at Q4)
Australasia.- Australia.- Spencer (Sir Baldwin) and F.J.Gillen. The Arunta: a Study of a Stone Age People, 2 vol., first edition, folding map, 4 colour plates, one folding, illustrations, notes and cuttings loosely inserted, bookplate of Arthur Bulleid, original cloth, 1927; Across Australia, 2 vol., 2 folding maps, illustrations, contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt, a little marked, 1912 § Martin (R.Montgomery) Australia..., Divisions I-III [complete], 10 engraved portraits and plates only (of 11, lacking portrait of Earl Howe) and 8 double-page maps hand-coloured in outline, bookplate of John Hellicar, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, London & New York, [1853], first editions; and 5 others, Australia, including a defective mixed set of Jukes's Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S.Fly' and a manuscript naval journal of a voyage to Australasia in H.M.S.Nelson from 1884-85 calling at Hobart, Sydney and New Guinea, 8vo & 4to (12)⁂ Arthur Bulleid (1862-1951), archaeologist and antiquarian.
Bipontine.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus Tibullus Propertius, title with engraved portrait of Sappho, some foxing or spotting, contemporary boards, spotted, Zweibrücken, Ex Typographia Societatis, 1783; and 3 others, German editions of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the second 'Bipontine' edition, 8vo (4)⁂ The first 'Bipontine' edition, so called after 'Bipontis' the Latin name of Zweibrücken. The editions are valuable for the thoroughness of their annotated bibliographies of Catullus.
Polar.- Arctic.- Franklin (Sir John).- M'Clure (Capt. Robert) The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator"..., edited by Commander Sherard Osborn, 4 lithographed plates, folding hand-coloured engraved map (foxed and offset), occasional spotting to plates, 1856 § M'Clintock (Capt. Francis) The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin..., 3 folding maps, all linen-backed, folding facsimile, wood-engraved plates, light foxing, 1859, first editions, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt, very slightly rubbed, [Sabin 43073 & 43043], 8vo (2)⁂ M'Clure failed in his attempt to rescue Sir John Franklin but he succeeded in completing the first north-west passage, from Alaska to the Atlantic. The M'Clintock expedition was the final one sent by Lady Franklin in search of her husband and found evidence of the crew and a note recording Franklin's death on King William Island.
Bristol & Bath.- Thorn (Romaine Joseph) Bristolia, a Poem, lacking half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette and tail-piece, later cloth-backed boards, rubbed, Bristol, for Owen Rees...and J.N.Longman, 1794 § Shoel (Thomas) Miscellaneous Pieces, in Verse, list of subscribers at end, unbound & loose (stitching lacking), soiled and stained, Yeovil, J.T.Boucher, 1819 § [Huston (David)], "Simkin Blunderhead". The New Clifton and Bristol Guide. Being a series of Poetical Epistles..., title soiled, dedication leaf cut at inner margin, later cloth-backed boards, spine damp-stained, [Bristol, printed by the Author], [1826] § Standfast (Rev. Richard) Clero-laicum Condimentum. Or, a Sermon preached...in Bristoll, Aprill 16. An.D. 1644, cropped with slight loss to side-notes, old calf, rubbed, Bristoll, for Thomas Thomas, 1644 § Odingsells (Gabriel) The Bath Unmask'd. A Comedy..., half-title with advertisements on verso, first and last leaves soiled, modern half blue morocco, gilt, by Bayntun, by J.Walthoe, 1725, first editions, 8vo (5)⁂ The first is by a friend of Robert Southey and is scarce (ESTC lists 2 copies in the UK: BL & Oxford; one in America: Yale); there is only one copy of the second on COPAC (Oxford), and only 2 copies of the third in ESTC (both in BL).
Australasia.- Australia.- Eyre (Edward John) Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps with partial hand-colouring (not in pocket but tipped to stubs), 22 engraved or lithographed plates (6 of natural history), vol.1 with advertisement leaf at beginning and 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end, vol.2 with 4pp. at beginning and 8pp. at end, some foxing and soiling, ex-library copy with stamps removed (one or two very faint traces), bookplate of John Thackray Bunce, [Ferguson 4031; Wantrup 133a], 1845 § Hodgson (Christopher Pemberton) Reminiscences of Australia, with Hints on the Squatter's Life, lithographed frontispiece, folding map, [Ferguson 4310; Wantrup 140], 1846 § Gouger (Robert) South Australia in 1837..., [Ferguson 2497; Not in Wantrup], 1838 § Young Emigrants (The); or, a Voyage to Australia, Emigrant Tracts No.V-VII, 3 parts in 1 vol., wood-engraved frontispiece, lightly browned, [Not in Ferguson or Wantrup], SPCK, 1850, all first editions, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and faded, the first rebacked preserving original spines (faded and worn), 8vo et infra (5)
Americas.- Central America.- Squier (E.G.) Travels in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua, 2 vol., 30 lithographed or wood-engraved plates on 29 sheets, one folding, several tinted lithographs, 4 maps, 2 folding, wood-engraved illustrations, some offsetting, original blind-stamped cloth, spines pictorial gilt, a little rubbed, spines very slightly faded, corners bumped, [Abbey, Travel 674], 1853 § Young (Thomas) Narrative of a Residence on the Mosquito Shore..., 3 lithographed plates, heavily foxed, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title and label, later cloth, 1842 § Pim (B.) and Berthold Seemann. Dottings on the Roadside, in Panama, Nicaragua, and Mosquito, 2 maps, one folding, 6 tinted lithographed plates, light foxing to frontispiece and title, later roan, gilt, worn, covers detached, 1869, first editions; and 2 others on Mexico, 8vo (6)
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) and Verney Lovett Cameron. To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 folding maps, colour frontispiece, illustrations, vol.1 with 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, first map slightly soiled and frayed at edge, very occasional spotting, original decorative red cloth, gilt, rubbed and slight mottled by damp, spines faded, [Penzer p.106], 8vo, 1883.⁂ Burton defied an order by the Foreign Office not to travel for commercial purposes and set out to explore and survey the Gold Coast with Cameron in search for gold, on behalf of the Guinea Gold Coast Mining Co. They found evidence of gold and other minerals but were forced to return to England by the Foreign Office and to forfeit all rights to the deposits.
Cryptography.- Hermann (Arthur-Joseph) Nouveau Système de Correspondance Secrète: Méthode pour Chiffrer et Déchiffrer les Dépêches Secrètes, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author to the King of Sweden and Norway on upper wrapper, 3 plates for coding & decoding printed in black & red and/or blue, 2 double-page, 1892; Le Livre des Clefs: Système Cryptographique Complet, tables, with loosely inserted folding table for coding/decoding printed in red and black (dissected and mounted on both sides on linen) and thick card cipher wheel titled 'Cercles Cryptographiques A.Hermann' but lacking volvelle, both a little soiled and browned, 1892, together 2 vol. in 1, contemporary half roan, with original printed upper wrapper to first vol. bound in (inscribed), worn, spine defective and becoming loose, tall 8vo, Paris, Librairie Scientifique A.Hermann⁂ Scarce work on cryptography. In 1893 Herman proposed the idea of strip ciphers which were used by the US Army from World War I onwards. COPAC lists only one copy (BL).
Asia.- Prejevalsky (Nikolai) From Kulja, across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor, including Notices of the Lakes of Central Asia, translated by E. Delmar Morgan, first English edition, 2 folding colour maps, 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, pencil signature at head of title, main map with some tears to folds and small stain, bookplate of Alexander Thoms, upper hinge weak, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, small worn patch and tear to lower cover, 8vo, 1879. ⁂ The author's second expedition in Central Asia but again he was unable to get as far as Lhasa. He did, however, manage to collect many specimens of plants, birds and animals and during the course of various expeditions discovered wild Bactrian camels and the wild Mongolian horse named after him.
Busby (Charles Augustine) A Series of Designs for Villas and Country Houses, 24 engraved plates, of which 14 hand-coloured aquatints and 10 engraved plans, 2 plans on different paper and lightly foxed (one a little shorter at foot), other plates with some marginal soiling, text foxed, old inscription on front free endpaper, bookplates of Rev. Thomas Knox and Robert Edward McLean, with loosely-inserted architectural drawing for house at High Holywood for R.E.McLean Esq. by Thomas Houston Architects of Belfast dated 1907 (3 plans and 2 elevations, pencil with watercolour, on tracing paper, c.525 x 690mm.) and another smaller plan for Arthur Square Development Co. Ltd. of Belfast and a rough pencil plan of the first, original cloth, rubbed and faded, rebacked preserving most of spine, corners worn, [Abbey, Life 10], 4to, 1835.⁂ Originally published in 1808 but with the plates printed in sepia and not coloured.
Africa.- Grant (James Augustus) A Walk across Africa or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journey, first edition, half-title, signed and inscribed by the author "To fat little Allison with the fondest love of her father - J. A.Grant 1st May 1873" in ink on half-title, folding map hand-coloured in outline in pocket at end (lightly browned), with 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end (not found in all copies), very occasional soiling, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, small hole to upper joint, recased, new endpapers, [Czech p.66], 8vo, Edinburgh and London, 1864.⁂ Account of the author's expedition with John Hanning Speke to prove Speke's claim that Lake Victoria, which he had discovered in 1858, was the source of the Nile. "A monumental work of exploration". Czech
Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented..., 3 vol., first edition in book form, first issue with chapter XXXV misnumbered as "XXV" on p.199 of vol.2, [one of 1000 copies], half-titles, lacking initial blank in vol.2 and final blanks in vol.2 & 3, ink inscriptions of J.E.Ferguson to front free endpapers, some spotting, contemporary half red calf, by Mudie, spines gilt with black roan labels and initials "J.E.F." at foot, spines a little rubbed and faded, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Purdy p.67], 8vo, James R.Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891.
Ballet.- Noverre (Jean Georges) Lettres sur la Danse, et sur les Ballets, first edition, second issue, engraved coat-of-arms at head of dedication, tear to title, dedication and first leaf of text (title neatly & unobtrusively repaired), contemporary tan calf, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, [Beaumont p.134; Derra de Moroda 1965; Niles & Leslie p.389; cf.Magriel p.115, Stuttgart issue], Lyons, Aimé Delaroche, 1760; and 5 odd vol. of libretti for Lully's operas & ballets, 8vo & 12mo (6)⁂ Revolutionary treatise on the theory of dance by the leading authority of the period. Noverre was ballet-master to Frederick the Great, Maria Teresa and Marie Antoinette at varying times, founded the Stuttgart Ballet at the court of the Duke of Württemberg, counted Voltaire and Mozart amongst his friends, and is regarded as the father of modern ballet. There are two issues of the work: this and another with a Stuttgart imprint which is usually considered to be the first issue."This work has no equal in the whole of the literature devoted to the Dance, and no book has exerted so incalculable an influence for good on the manner of production of ballets and dances." Beaumont
Basile (Giambattista) Il Pentamerone...overo lo Cunto de li Cunte, half-title, title with woodcut device, rather browned and water-stained, attractive contemporary marbled calf with Greek key border in gilt, by ?Kalthoeber (according to pencil note on front free endpaper), g.e., slightly rubbed, rebacked with gilt-ruled spine, corners repaired, 12mo, Naples, Antonio Bulifon, 1674.⁂ Scarce first edition of famous collection of folk tales written in Neapolitan dialect, one of the earliest works of fairy tales and influential on Perrault, Gozzi and the Brothers Grimm.
Morris (William) The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress, 1878; Chants for Socialists, 1885; Useful Work versus Useless Toil, 1886; True and False Society, 1888 § Hyndman (H.M.) and William Morris. A Summary of the |Principles of Socialism, written for the Democratic Federation, reissue with imprint and date crossed out in ink, 1884, all but the last first editions, the first and last original printed wrappers (the last pink), the rest stitched with Socialist League head-piece by Walter Crane, very slightly browned at edges, 8vo (5)
Medicine.- Sloane (Sir Hans) An account of a most efficacious medicine for soreness, weakness, and several other distempers of the eyes, first edition, half-title, tear in final f. with loss of a couple of letters, but with no loss of sense, spotted, some light browning, modern cloth, [Blake, p.420; not in Garrison-Morton or Waller], 8vo, Printed for Dan. Browne, 1745.⁂ The only separate medical work published by Sloane.
Polar.- Iceland.- Troil (Uno von) Letters on Iceland: containing observations on...Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs..., made, during a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks...Dr.Solander..., first Dublin edition, half-title, engraved plate and folding map, c1 & c2 (preliminaries) misbound after contents, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, a few scuffs, lower corners bumped, 8vo, 1780.⁂ By the First Chaplain to the King of Sweden and first published in Stockholm, in German, in 1777. Having accompanied Capt. Cook on his first voyage Banks and Solander were planning to travel with him again on his second voyage but it could not accommodate the large party of scientists demanded by Banks so he went to Iceland instead. This is the first major work in English on Iceland and includes a plate of the eponymous geyser.
Australasia.- New Zealand.- [Craik (John Lillie)] The New Zealanders, reprint, map, illustrations, original green cloth, spine gilt and slightly faded, [1847] § West of England Board of the New Zealand Company. Latest Information from the settlement of New Plymouth, on the coast of Taranake, New Zealand, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf, original printed wrappers, slightly soiled, 1842 § Trollope (Anthony) New Zealand, first separate edition, folding map, original reddish-brown cloth, lightly stained, 1874 § Hector (James) Handbook of New Zealand. Sydney International Exhibition 1879, first edition, 12 folding tables of statistics, 2 folding lithographed maps, title soiled and creased at edges, original printed orange wrappers, soiled and creased, a few small stains, Wellington, 1879 § Brett's Handy Guide to New Zealand, edited by E.Ernest Bilbrough, Jubilee Edition, 8 maps, 7 folding, illustrations, ink signature on title, original red cloth, spine rubbed and faded, Auckland and London, 1890, a little rubbed, [Hocken p.46, 103, 287, 319 & 494], 8vo et infra (5)
Polar.- Iceland.- [Stanley (John Thomas) and Dr. Joseph Black.] An Account of the Hot Springs in Iceland with An Analysis of their Waters, ?first separately-issued edition, wood-engraved tail-piece, small stain to I2 not affecting text, bookplate of Eric Davenport, later dark blue straight-grain morocco with borders in gilt and blind, spine gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed, 8vo, n.p. [?Edinburgh, privately printed], [watermarked 1794].⁂ Scarce. Comprising two letters concerning the hot springs at Rykum and Haukadal from Stanley to Black, and an analysis of the waters by Black, all papers read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh on November 7th 1791, April 30th 1792 and July 4th 1791 respectively.
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) First Footsteps in East Africa, first edition, second issue without Appendix IV, lacking half-title, with 2 engraved maps and 4 chromolithographed plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine worn at foot, worming to upper joint, [Penzer p.60], 8vo, 1856.⁂ Burton's first expedition to Somalia and an account of his exploration in disguise to the forbidden city of Harar. This is the second issue, without the suppressed Appendix IV on female circumcision.
Polar.- Antarctica.- Ross (Capt. Sir James Clark) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43, 2 vol., first edition, 8 tinted lithographed plates, one double-page and folding, 8 engraved maps, 3 folding, unpaginated half-titles to each chapter, most with wood-engraved vignette, wood-engraved illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1, light foxing, mostly to plates and maps, some plates with light marginal water-staining, large folding map with short tear to inner edge repaired, damp-staining to rear endpapers, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, rubbed and faded, lightly damp-stained, [Abbey, Travel 610; Ferguson 4636; Rosove 276; Sabin 73367; Spence 993; Taurus Coll. 9], 8vo, 1847.⁂ Ross was the nephew of Sir John Ross and served under him on his uncle's first Arctic voyage in search of a Northwest Passage in 1818. He also accompanied Sir William Parry on his four Arctic expeditions between 1819 and 1827, and his uncle again on Sir John's second Arctic voyage from 1829 to 1833. Between 1839 and 1843 Ross commanded this Antarctic expedition in the vessels HMS Erebus andTerror and charted much of the coastline of the continent, with Joseph Dalton Hooker the assistant surgeon. In 1841, James Ross discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, and the volcanoes Mounts Erebus and Terror, as well as the low, flat-topped ice shelf they called the Victoria Barrier, later named "Ross Ice Shelf" in his honour. "Once this account became public, no one could doubt there was a great southern continent of immense proportions to be explored." Taurus Collection
Polar.- Arctic.- Back (Sir George) Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835, 16 engraved or lithographed plates, folding engraved map at end, bookplate of John V.Stewart, 1836; Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror...on the Arctic Shores in the years 1636-7, 12 lithographed plates, most tinted, folding engraved map, 12pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional browning, mostly to tissue guards, map with short tear to inner edge, 1838, first editions, original cloth, spines a little faded, the first with light staining to boards, the second recased with new endpapers, [Sabin 2613 & 2617], 8vo (2)
China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, Atlas vol. only, 44 engraved maps and plates, some folding or double-page, foxing and soiling, mostly to margins, small ink stamp to verso of first and last plates, bookplate of John Stafford Reid Byers, later green half morocco, rubbed and repaired, rebacked, folio, [1797].⁂ Without the two accompanying text volumes, this atlas illustrates the official account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94, the failure of which led to the establishment of the British trading post at Hong Kong. The fine plates by Alexander include birds, views of palaces, temples, barges and a military post, and there is also a detailed map of Macao.
Asia.- Prejevalsky (Nikolai) Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet being a Narrative of Three Years' Travek in Eastern High Asia, translated by E.Delmar Morgan, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, photographic portrait, folding lithographed map hand-coloured in outline, 12 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, ink signature to half-titles, map with short tear repaired, small stain to index leaves in vol.2, upper hinge of vol.1 reinforced, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines gilt, rubbed, traces of labels where removed from upper covers, split to lower joint of vol.1, spine ends worn, 8vo, 1876.⁂ Account of the author's first attempt to reach Lhasa.
Birds.- Sclater (P.L.) and W.H. Hudson. Argentine Ornithology, 2 vol., first edition, one of 200 copies signed by the authors, 20 hand-coloured lithograph plates by J. G. Keulemans, a few loose, illustrations and title-vignettes, occasional spotting, occasional slight fraying or tears to fore-edge of plates and text, uncut in original printed boards, soiled and corners rubbed, rebacked in cloth with leather lettering pieces just starting to peel, [Fine Bird Books p.106; Nissen IVB 843], 8vo,1888-89.
Estienne.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catulli, Tibulli, Properti, nova editio. Josephus Scaliger Iul, Caesaris F. recensuit, edited by Joseph Scaliger, 2 parts in 1, collation: à8 A-R8 S2, a-q8 r6, titles with woodcut printer's devices, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, F7, S2 and r6, r6 privilege f., very small worm trace to lower corner of first few ff., occasional spotting, lightly browned, 18th century French mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with dark red morocco label, 8vo (162 x 94mm), Paris, Mamert Patisson, in the house of Robert Estienne, 1577.⁂ The first edition of Catullus edited by Joseph Scaliger. 'Joseph Scaliger's Catullus enjoys an exalted position in the history of textual criticism, for in learning and historical sense -- and above all in method -- it has been seen to anticipate the triumphs of the great nineteenth-century philologists. In fact, it is not going too far to say that Scaliger is the first Catullan critic to have any method at all.' (Glaisser, p. 178). This volume is printed in two parts, each with its own title-page and pagination; the second part containing Scaliger's commentary and emendations.Literature: Adams C1154; Renouard, Estienne, 179:1; Schreiber, Estiennes, 248.
America.- Jefferson (Thomas) Notes on the State of Virginia, with an Appendix Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family, foxed and browned, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, covers repaired, rebacked retaining old morocco label, [Sabin C35905], 12mo, Trenton, Printed by Wilson & Blackwell, For Mathew Carey, 1803.⁂ "The first edition in which the appendix relating to the murder of Logan's family, by Captain Cresap, was announced on the title-page." - Sabin.
Masefield (John) Salt-Water Ballads, first edition, first issue without "go" on p.59 and with Grant Richards imprint, [one of 500 copies], half-title, inscribed by the author to Laurence Hodson with 3-verse unpublished poem on front free endpaper, book-label of Laurence Hodson at foot of front pastedown, original blue buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, occasional spotting to edges, a very good copy, preserved in contemporary paper wrapper inscribed on upper panel by Elkin Mathews, rubbed, a little frayed at corners, 8vo, 1902. ⁂ The author's first book, published while he was secretary to Laurence Hodson, Chairman of the Fine Art Committee for the Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1902. The unpublished poem is addressed to Hodson, beginning "Enclosed, I pray thee Skipper, find / Some tarry whiffs of Channel Wind...The writer hopes you will not mind his use of 'bloody'..." and finishes "...he / Sincerely and devoutly hopes / The rhymes'll please ye." The book was later lent to Elkin Mathews to produce another edition and he has inscribed the wrapper: "To the Printer. N.B. The owner & Mr. Masefield both ask me to insist that this loaned copy shall be treated with the utmost care and be so guarded that it may not be inked nor smudged. Elkin Mathews".Saleroom Notice: The manuscript poem is not unpublished.
Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, collation: A-S8 T2, title and woodcut printer's device within wide woodcut decorative border, woodcut decorative initials, some foxing, 18th century red morocco, gilt, spine with ends worn, a few small wormholes and faded, rubbed, g.e., 16mo (112 x 68mm.), Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1560.⁂ The first Plantin edition of these three poets, as well as the first small format classical text issued by the press. The text is based on Antoine Muret's Aldine edition of 1558. Literature: Adams C1148; Voet 933B (variant B, with the last leaf numbered 144, as opposed to 134).
Cuala Press and Jack Yeats.- The Shanachie An Illustrated Irish Miscellany, vol.1 only (of 2), illustrations, scattered spotting, original pictorial buckram, spine browned, spine fayed, Dublin, 1906 § Jack B. Yeats 1871-1975. A Centenary Exhibition, A.L.s. from Jack B. Yeats loosely inserted, illustrations, contemporary crushed green morocco, lettered in gilt, with arms of Connacht to upper cover, spine slightly faded, original wrappers bound-in, g.e., preserved in custom slip-case, 1971; and a small quantity of others, books and ephemera relating to Jack Yeats and the Cuala Press, v.s. (sm.qty.)⁂ The first has contributions by Jack B. Yeats, Hugh Thomson, W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and others.
Medicine.- Bell (Sir Charles) A System of Dissections, explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, 2 vol. in 1 (comprising vol.1 Parts 1-5 and Appendix, vol.2 Parts 1-2), first edition, 30 engraved plates after Bell, 3 folding, vol.1 Part 1 with explanation slips to plates II-IV and Directions to Binder slip all bound in, vol.2 with engraved illustration in text, some plates lightly foxed and with slight water-staining to fore-margin (mostly vol.1), plate I & XIV repaired at fore-margin and inner margin respectively causing slight staining, modern calf-backed buckram, folio, Edinburgh, for Mundell and Son, 1798-03.⁂ Scarce first edition complete with Appendix to vol.1.
Africa.- Höhnel (Lt. Ludwig von) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie: A Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting Expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps, 2 colour and folding at ends (mounted on new linen stubs), numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, old ink & pencil signatures at head of vol.1 title but cut away in vol.2, occasional spotting, Humphrey Winterton's copy with his book-label, original pictorial brown cloth, gilt, uncut and partly unopened, very slightly rubbed at edges, small stain to lower cover of vol. 1, a very good copy, [Czech p.78], 8vo, 1894.
Heaney (Seamus) Eleven Poems, first edition, second issue on wove paper, with ten-pointed star to upper cover printed in dark purple, some very light toning along spine and at head, but a near-fine example overall, preserved in custom folding chemise along with a programme for the Belfast Festival at Queens 1965, [Brandes & Durkan A1b], 8vo, Belfast, Festival Publications, [1965].
Polar.- Arctic.- Lyon (Capt. George Francis) The Private Journal...during the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry, 7 engraved plates and folding map, lacking half-title, some light offsetting, contemporary calf, spine gilt, boards rather worn, 1824; A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay... in His Majesty's Ship Griper, 7 engraved plates and folding map, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some foxing and offsetting, old boards, uncut, rebacked in calf, boards spotted, 1825 § Fisher (Alexander) A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper..., no half-title (as usual), 2 engraved maps, one folding, wood-engraved illustrations, light offsetting from maps, old ink ownership stamp at head of title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 1821, first editions, [Sabin 42853, 42851 & 24453], 8vo (3)
Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 maps (one folding, one double-page), 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, some foxing, mostly at beginning and end, advertisement & contents leaves plus folding map all loose, original terracotta cloth, a little rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving original spine, corners slightly worn, [Czech p.151], 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1864. ⁂ Account of Speke's first expedition in search of the source of the Nile, undertaken with Sir Richard Burton in 1856-59, and which caused the antagonism between them (see also lot 5).
Medicine.- Sharp (Samuel) A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery, first edition, 14 engraved plates of instruments, title lightly soiled and with faint old ink inscription, a few minor stains, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, by J.Watts; and sold by J.Roberts...and J.Brotherton, 1739.⁂ Scarce; ESTC lists only 6 copies of the first edition in the UK.
Africa.- Cameron (Verney Lovett) Across Africa, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces and 27 plates, 4 plates of facsimiles (3 folding), folding colour map in pocket at end (slightly browned), numerous wood-engraved illustrations, 4pp. & 8pp. publisher's catalogues at ends, Humphrey Winterton's copy with his book-label, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, a good copy, 8vo, 1877. ⁂ Fascinating account of a journey across Africa, originally in search of Livingstone but on learning of his death continued as exploration. Cameron describes the manners and customs of the indigenous peoples encountered, and comments on the slave trade and its consequences; he was the first European to cross Equatorial Africa from east to west.
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