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Lot 136
Plays and Players edited by Ronald Barker and others vol. 1 no.1-vol.27 no.7 lacking vol. 27 no.1 2 8 and 9 illustrations vol. 1-20 no.3 bound in 15 vol. cloth original wrappers bound in vol.20 no.4-vol.26 no.3 in binders the remainder loose the first six with the bookplate of the Donovan Maule Theatre and the theatre device on spines 4to 1953-1980.
Lot 139
Machiavelli (Niccolo) [Tutte le Opere] parts 3-5 only in 1 (of 5: Discorsi; Arte della Guerra; Asino d`Oro) `Testina` edition Gamba`s second issue no general title the first two parts with woodcut portrait of the author on individual titles part 4 with double-page woodcut illustration of encampment lightly browned old ink stamp on first title neat modern ink signature on front free endpaper later half calf red morocco label rubbed corners a little worn [Adams M7; Brunet III.1275] 4to 1550 [actually Geneva early 17th century].(5)
Lot 157
Goncourt (Edmond de) Mademoiselle Clarion d`Après ses Correspondances first edition signed presentation copy from the author to `Caponi` half-title browned contemporary crushed morocco-backed marbled boards corners a little worn rubbed 8vo Paris 1890. *** Probably Jacopo Caponi the Italian journalist and writer who covered the Paris news for Il Fanfulla.
Lot 181
Shaw (Vero) The Illustrated Book of the Dog 18 of 28 chromolithographed plates only plain plates and illustrations plate guards lacking half-title pencil annotations to title and dedication leaves original decorated cloth worn throughout soiling new endpapers [1881] § Hutchinson`s Popular and Illustrated Dog Encyclopaedia 3 vol first edition illustrations rebound in contemporary blue cloth lacking title n.d. [1935] § Leighton (Robert) The Complete Book of the Dog first edition illustrations some slight foxing ink ownership stamp to front end-paper original cloth slightly faded 1922 § Gosset (Adelaide L.J.) Shepherds of Britain first edition illustrations original decorated cloth worn 1911 § Hubbard (Clifford L.B.) Working Dogs of the World first edition illustrations original cloth lacking dust-jacket 1947; and a quantity of others similar v.s. (c.55)
Lot 184
Trelease (William) and others. Harriman Alaska series vol. V only: Cryptogamic Botany plates original cloth an offprint of Trelease`s introduction loosely inserted (wrappers worn; on superior paper to the book) Washington 1910 § Schuster (Rudolf) The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America 6 vol. first edition illustrations original cloth all but vol. 1 with dust-jackets rubbed New York 1966-92 § Frye (T.B.) and Lois Clark. Heptaticae of North America 5 vol. in 2 illustrations the note that a mimeographed bibliography accompanies the first part has been struck out (it does not) original cloth Seattle 1937-47 8vo (9)(9)
Lot 194
Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions first edition second issue 6 heliotype plates only (of 7) 2 folding wood-engraved illustrations tears at folds of plates contemporary half morocco library label to spine chipped corners and spine ends rubbed [Freeman p.142] 1872; Journal of Researches... second edition corrected illustrations some spotting contemporary half calf corners and spine rubbed 1845 8vo (2) *** The Expression of the Emotions “is an important member of the evolutionary set and it was written in part at least as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special emdowment.” Freeman (2)
Lot 195
Donaldson (Dwight M.) The Shi`ite Religion A History of Islam in Persia and Irak illustrations original cloth spine ends a bit worn 1933 § Lips (Julius E.) The Savage Hits Back illustrations original cloth paper label corners and spine ends rubbed dust-jacket spine darkened chipped and worn New Haven 1937 § Meyer (Johann Jakob) Sexual Life in Ancient India original cloth New York 1953 § Mooss (Dr N. S.) Ayurvedic Treatments of Kerala second edition illustrations original cloth slightly mottled spine browned Kottayam [c.1947] the first three all first editions; and 5 others east Asian anthropology 8vo & 4to (9)(9)
Lot 201
Morse (Philip M.) and Herman Feshbach. Methods of Theoretical Physics 2 parts New York Toronto & London 1953 § Slater (J. C.) and N. H. Frank. Elecromagnetism 1947; Mechanics 1947 § Weyl (Hermann) Symmetry Princeton N.J. 1952 § Simon (F. E.) and others. Low Temperature Physics: Four Lectures 1952 § Jenkins (F. A.) and H. E. White. Fundamentals of Physical Optics 1937 § Joos (George) Theoretical Physics cocked 1947 all but the last two first editions all original cloth extremities a little rubbed; and 10 others physics 8vo (18) (26)
Lot 202
Murray (J.H.P.) Papua or British New Guinea 1912 § Foster (J.W.) Pre Historic Races of the United States contemporary inscription to half title 1873 § Czaplicka (M.A.) Aboriginal Siberia 1914 § Yoe (Shway) The Burman His Life and Notions advertisement ff. at end bookplate to pastedown 1910 the first 3 with illustrations original cloth spine ends a bit worn the first with chip to lower joint; and 2 others anthropology 8vo (6)(6)
Lot 204
Osborn (William) An Essay on Laborious Parturition first edition half-title in facsimile title repaired on verso and ink library stamps modern quarter sheep T.Cadell 1783 § Brown (Isaac Baker) On Some Diseases of Women Admitting of Surgical Treatment 9 coloured illustrations original cloth gilt and blind sewing pulled hinges cracked 1854 § Lever (John Charles Weaver) A Practical Treatise on Organic Diseases of the Uterus first edition presentation copy from the author original cloth gilt and blind ink name stamp to title 1843 § [MacMichael (William)] The Golden Headed Cane first edition illustrations in text modern quarter calf gilt 1827 § Milligen (J.G.) Curiosities of Medical Experience vol.1 only of (2) original cloth backed boards paper label worn 1837; and 7 other medical titles similar v.s.(13)(11)
Lot 210
Turnor (Christopher Hatton) Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere first edition chromolithographed frontispiece and 40 photo-zincographed plates presentation inscription from the author to his `dear Mother` on front free endpaper occasional spotting endpapers foxed original blue cloth gilt slightly soiled and marked 4to 1865. *** A thorough work intended for the serious ballooning student rather than “the foolhardy adventurers who have brought it into disrepute”. Inscription reads: “My dear Mother / from her son Hatton / Knowledge is not Wisdom / Knowledge puffeth up but Charity edifieth / This work was begun October 1863 & / finshed October 1864 from October till June / it was going thro` the press / 21 June 1865.”
Lot 213
(Sir E.A.Wallis) Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt 1910 § Plumley (J.Martin) The Scrolls of Bishop Timotheos: Two Documents from Medieval Nubia 1975 § Uhlig (Siegbert) Äthiopische Paläographie Stuttgart 1988 § Heldman (M) & others. African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia original wrappers New Haven & London 1993 § Sauquet (S.) & others. Nubia: Los reinos del Nilo en Sudan original wrappers Barcelona 2003 § Appleyard (D.) Ethiopian Manuscripts 1993 § Di Salvo (M.) Churches of Ethiopia: The Monastery of Narga Sellase 1999 plates and illustrations all but the fourth and fifth original cloth or boards the first rubbed the last two with dust-jackets; and 9 others mostly Ethiopian art 8vo & 4to (16) (Sir E.A.Wallis) Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt 1910 § Plumley (J.Martin) The Scrolls of Bishop Timotheos: Two Documents from Medieval Nubia 1975 § Uhlig (Siegbert) Äthiopische Paläographie Stuttgart 1988 § Heldman (M) & others. African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia original wrappers New Haven & London 1993 § Sauquet (S.) & others. Nubia: Los reinos del Nilo en Sudan original wrappers Barcelona 2003 § Appleyard (D.) Ethiopian Manuscripts 1993 § Di Salvo (M.) Churches of Ethiopia: The Monastery of Narga Sellase 1999 plates and illustrations all but the fourth and fifth original cloth or boards the first rubbed the last two with dust-jackets; and 9 others mostly Ethiopian art 8vo & 4to (16)(16)
Lot 217
Audsley (George A.) and James L. Bowes. Keramic Art of Japan colour frontispiece 31 plates 15 colour text-illustrations original pictorial cloth gilt little rubbed spine faded t.e.g. 4to Sotheran 1881 § Bowes (James L.) A Vindication of the Decorated Pottery of Japan 3 plates 2 colour text-illustrations original decorated boards rubbed and marked Liverpool Printed for Private Circulation 1891 § Hoshu (Minamoto) Screen Painting of Momoyama Period 50 colour plates small tears to title original cloth concertina style binding original cloth folder with toggles 1 missing rubbed 1 joint partly split oblong folio Tokyo Meiji-Shobo [1935]; and 3 others Japanese art including another copy of the first item (6)(6)
Lot 222
Epstein (Jacob).- Oyved (Moysheh) The Book of Affinity number 68 of 525 copies signed by the author this copy also inscribed “For Mrs Malula Sagall A gift of the gods! 1.5.41” mounted colour plates by Jacob Epstein a little browned at edges 1933 § Baudelaire (Charles) Flowers of Evil edited by James Laver limited edition plates by Epstein printed for Members of The Limited Edition Club at the Fanfare Press 1940 § Ireland (Geoffrey) Epstein: A Camera Study of the Sculptor at Work printed at the Lion and Unicorn Press [1956] plates original cloth the first two t.e.g. others uncut with spines slightly faded all a little rubbed v.s. (3) (3)
Lot 230
Pyne (William Henry) The History of the Royal Residences 3 vol. first edition 100 uncoloured aquatint plates a few plates with sky printed in blue vol. 3 with the rearrangement slip some light foxing and browning a little offsetting marginal staining to lower outer corner towards end of vol.1 affecting a few plates one or two plates loose contemporary cloth-backed boards uncut roan label on spines a little worn splits to joints [Abbey Scenery 397] 4to 1819.
Lot 232
Richardson (John) A Life of Picasso 2 vol. 1991-96 § Mailer (Norman) Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man Boston etc. 1995 § Clair (Jean editor) Picasso: The Italian Journey 1917-1924 1998 § Richet (M.) The Musée Picasso Paris vol II: Drawings Watercolours Gouaches Pastels slightly affected by damp at upper edge 1988 illustrations original cloth or boards dust-jackets vol.1 of the first with small tears 4to (5)(5)
Lot 233
Russell (Charles E.) English Mezzotint Portraits and their states... vol.1 only (of 2) one of 625 copies contemporary half pigskin uncut a little faded and stained 1926 § Briquet (C.M.) Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire Historique des Marques du Papier... 4 vol. one of 150 facsimile reprints Mansfield Centre Ct. n.d. § Bénézit (E.) Dictionnaire...des Peintres Sculpteurs... 8 vol. original cloth spines faded Paris 1960 § Mallalieu (H.L.) The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920 2 vol. Woodbridge 1976-79 § Wood (Jeremy) Hidden Talents: A Dictionary of Neglected Artists working 1880-1950 signed by the author on title Billingshurst 1994 plates and illustrations all but the first original cloth or boards the last two with dust-jackets slightly rubbed; and c.25 others art reference v.s. (c.40)(c.40)
Lot 236
Walther (I.F.) and Rainee Metzger. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings 2vol. Cologne 1990 § Adhémar (Jean) Tolouse-Lautrec: His Complete Lithographs and Drypoints Secaucas NJ 1964 § Huisman (P.) and M.J.Dortu. Lautrec by Lautrec translated by Corinne Bellow Secaucas 1964 § Damigella (A.M.) Gauguin: His Life and Works Philadelphia and London 1998 § Wadley (N. editor) Noa Noa: Gauguin`s Tahiti Oxford 1985 illustrations original cloth or boards the first with slip-case the rest with dust-jackets; and 10 others on post-impressionism 4to (16) (16)
Lot 238
Arnold (Edwin) To a Pair of Slippers in the Egyptian Exhibition Piccadilly. number 9 of 26 copies printed on india paper illustrations by Bernard Partridge original wrappers slightly shaved Universal Review [1888] § Floyd (Grace C.) Cinderella illustrations original wrappers Father Tuck`s Nursery Series No. 1478 n.d. § Aunt Louis`s Playtime Toy Books Merry Playtime No. 97 colour illustrations original illustrated wrappers spine slightly chipped label to upper cover and stamp to first page Frederick Warne & Co. n.d.§ Leslie Brooke`s Children`s Books The Man in the Moon illustrations original wrappers slightly rubbed ink annotation to front cover and endpaper and ink stamp n.d. § Nister (Ernest) Comical Customers illustrations original glazed boards cloth spine worn hinges cracked n.d. § Hood (Thomas) Select Poems illustrations by Gustave Doré contemporary morocco gilt rubbed some damp-staining n.d.; and collection of children`s illustrated books similar v.s. (26)(Qty)
Lot 241
Burgess (Gelett) Goops and How to be Them a Manual of Manners for Polite Infants first English edition illustrations by the author original pictorial cloth slightly foxed Methuen 1900 § Robarts (Edith) The Swiss Family Robinson illustrations by John Hassall original pictorial boards cloth spine rubbed contemporary annotation to front endpaper n.d. §Tennyson (Alfred Lord) A Dream of Fair Women illustrations by Edmund J.Sullivan original buckram gilt spine darkened soiled 1900 § [Andrews (Jane)] The Seven Little Sisters who lived on the Round Ball that floats in the Air first English edition illustrations original green cloth gilt hinges cracked rubbed [not in Copac] 1864 § Grafigny (Madame De) Letters of a Peruvian Princess 2 vol in 1 Cooke`s Edition translated from the French 3 engraved illustrations contemporary mottled calf worn C.Cooke [1795]; and 48 others similar v.s. (50)
Lot 243
Lang (Mrs.) The Book of Princes and Princesses edited by Andrew Lang first edition original cloth gilt bright and clean with a small dent to the top of the lower board dust-jacket chipped and torn with small loss 1908 § Lang (Andrew editor) The Violet Fairy Book new impression original blind-stamped cloth gilt bright and clean dust-jacket sunned chipped and with small loss 1913 8vo (2)
Lot 249
Harding (J.D.) Elementary Art; or the Use of the Chalk and Lead Pencil sixth edition 24 lithographed plates title and 1 plate loose title browned original cloth with gilt stamp to front faded n.d. § M`Kewan. Lessons on Trees in Water Colours 17 chromo-lithographed plates first torn and repaired title and some pp. creased calf-backed cloth n.d. § Knox (Thomas Lowell editor) Scenes From Every Land illustrations first few leaves creased original stamped cloth spine rubbed and faded 1893 4to & oblong 4to; and 2 others photography (5) (5)
Lot 257
Limited Editions.- Bouchot (Henri) De la Reliure one of 750 copies plates occasional light spotting water-stain to first few leaves bound in red morocco elaborately blocked in gilt with floral motifs in Art Nouveau style spine gilt in compartments (slightly faded) g.e. inner gilt dentelles 8vo Paris 1891.
Lot 270
Chandler (Raymond) Killer in the Rain 1964; another edition Boston 1964; Playback 1958; Spanish Blood Cleveland and New York 1946; Red Wind Cleveland and New York 1946 first editions original cloth dust-jackets the last with spine-ends chipped the rest with occasional wear to spine-ends and corners and c.13 others Chandler some first editions 8vo & 4to (c.18)(c.18)
Lot 277
Cunningham (Michael) A Home at the End of the World first edition original cloth-backed boards dust-jacket 3 small abrasions to top edge of upper panel otherwise fine New York 1990 § Smith (Wallace) The Captain Hates the Sea first edition full-page inscription from author on front free endpaper signed and dated Hollywood 1933 original cloth slightly spotted New York 1933 8vo (2)(2)
Lot 277
Deighton (Len) The Ipcress File 1962; Horse Under Water 1963; Funeral in Berlin 1964; Billion Dollar Brain 1966 first editions original cloth dust-jackets the third price-clipped the first 3 a little browned at head the second with slight chips to spine ends the last slightly worn at head otherwise a good set 8vo (4) *** The first 4 of the “Harry Palmer” series.(4)
Lot 282
-. Montague (John) Patriotic Suite limited edition illustrations Library of Congress Catalogue cards in envelope tipped-in at end original pictorial wrappers margins a little browned [Miller 100] The Dolmen Press 1966 § Simms (George) The Book of Kells [Miller 41] Dublin The Dolmen Press 1961 § Colum (Padraic) Irish Elegies [Miller 31b] The Dolmen Press 1963 § Lynch (John) All Irish Traditions limited edition Dolmen Press 1970 § Clarke (Austin) The Third Kiss The Dolmen Press 1976; Liberty Lane: A Ballad Play of Dublin in Two Acts... limited edition 1978 first and fourth original wrappers the rest original boards third fifth and sixth dust-jackets; and 5 others Dolmen Press including Miller`s Dolmen XXV: An Illustrated Bibliography 1976 8vo (12).(12)
Lot 287
Faulks (Sebastian) Devil May Care 2008 § Haddon (Mark) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time proof copy with wrap-around with associated ephemera including 4 promotional post-cards a concertina mobile and a dust-jacket for the first edition original wrappers 2003 § Rushdie (Salman) Shalimar the Clown 2005; The Enchantress of Florence 2008 § McEwan (Ian) Solar 2010 Boyd (William) Ordinary Thunderstorms 2009 § Hanif (Mohammed) A Case of Exploding Mangoes 2008 § Pratchett (Terry) Only You Can Save Mankind 1992 § Gliori (Debi) Pure Dead Magic 2001; Pure Dead Brilliant 2003; Deep Fear 2006 velvet bindings § Funke (Cornelia) Inkheart 2003; Inkspell 2005; Inkdeath original printed boards 2008 first editions all but the first signed by author original boards dust-jackets except where binding stated otherwise; and c.50 others Modern First Editions 8vo (c.60)
Lot 288
Fleming (Ian) From Russia with Love 1957; Diamonds are Forever lacking dust-jacket 1956 Dr No second impression slight shelf-lean 1958 first editions original boards each with cloth lightly damp stained dust-jackets except where stated browned chipped and rubbed; and 2 others Fleming without dust-jackets 8vo (5)
Lot 289
Fleming (Ian) Dr. No first edition some spotting to preliminaries owner`s names on verso of front cover original embossed cloth later impression dust-jacket (with `Ian Fleming` in white on spine) chipped at extremities loss to head of spine 1958 § Greene (Graham) The End of the Affair first edition original cloth spine slightly discoloured dust-jacket slightly browned small water-marks to spine loss to head of spine price torn away from inner flap 1951; and 9 others some first editions including a signed postcard of Julian Barnes 8vo (11)(11)
Lot 292
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball original blind-stamped boards dust-jacket creasing to head of covers and spine 1 inch tear at upper joint some chips to base of spine browning to fore-edges and spine 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me library stamp to head of title and endpaper part erased original silver decorated boards dust-jacket base of spine chipped some creasing to head of upper cover and spine spine and fore-edges browned cocked 1962 first editions 8vo (2)(2)
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