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Click here to subscribeCruikshank/Mayhew.The Tooth-ache first edition first issue with advertisements pasted inside covers 43 etched illustrations by George Cruikshank on three conjoined sheets and folding concertina style one join partly split slightly soiled and rubbed at folds folding into original hand-coloured pictorial boards ink signature dated 1849 at head of front pastedown rather rubbed and soiled spine reinforced and torn at head [Cohn 547] 12mo D.Bogue [1849].
Cruikshank/Mayhew.1851..Adventures..Sandboys first edition in the original 8 parts later issue with the slip “Just Published” inserted before p.65 in part 3 pictorial title and 10 etched plates by George Cruikshank most folding or double-page with all advertisements as called for in Cohn plates foxed original green pictorial wrappers with advertisements a little soiled and marked Part VIII with pp.225-238 supplied from another copy (smaller) and also rear wrapper (different advertisement on rear cover) preserved in slip-case and outer half morocco slip-case resembling a bound volume a little rubbed [Cohn 548] 8vo [1851].
Blakey (Robert) Old Faces in New Masks 1859 first edition half-title etched frontispiece and additional pictorial title by George Cruikshank (foxed) occasional light spotting to text bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox and bookseller`s ticket of William George`s Sons Ltd. of Bristol original blind-stamped claret cloth spine pictorial gilt spine faded and worn at head [Cohn 75; Westwood & Satchell p.34] 8vo 1859. ***The last and most elusive book by the angling writer including chapters on pike and eels as well as a long account of trout and salmon fishing on the Tweed during the 1790s.
Cruikshank.Discovery concerning Ghosts second edition [Cohn 210] 1864 § Four Rare Etchings by the celebrated George Cruikshank drawn and etched for O`Neill`s “Blessings of Temperance” 1876 both with plates or illustrations by George Cruikshank lightly soiled at edges original printed wrappers soiled and slightly frayed the first with upper wrapper torn; and 3 others on or illustrated by Cruikshank 8vo et infra(5)
[Cruikshank (Isaac Robert)] Lessons of Thrift first edition hand-coloured engraved title and 12 plates by Robert Cruikshank with advertisement leaf at end (often lacking) some light soiling and browning plates a little offset original cloth paper spine label uncut rubbed spine faded corners bumped [Abbey Life 276; Tooley 165] 8vo 1820.
Cruikshank/Egan.Life/Adventures..S.D.Hayward denominated the Modern Macheath. hand-coloured etched portrait by Robert Cruikshank after Mrs. Smart engraved facsimile leaf soiled and stained later half morocco by G.Walters t.e.g. spine gilt and slightly faded 1822 § Brighton!! A Comic Sketch half-title plates original printed wrappers soiled 1830 § [Birch (J.)] Fifty-One Original Fables title in red and black plates and illustration contemporary half calf spine gilt rubbed 1833 § [Barker (M.H.)] Jem Bunt first edition etched pictorial title and plates a little soiled cropped Mexborough bookplate later half red morocco by Bayntun spine gilt g.e. [1841] all illustrated by Robert Cruikshank; and another illustrated by the Cruikshanks 8vo et infra(5)
Westmacott.Points of Misery first edition half-title 20 wood-engravings by Robert Cruikshank including 10 hand-coloured plates a few with light marginal soiling or staining modern half mottled calf by Bayntun g.e. spine gilt 1823; The Punster`s Pocket-Book...by Bernard Blackmantle engraved portrait wood-engraved plates by Robert Cruikshank nineteenth century half green morocco by Worsfold spine gilt 1826 both spines a little faded 8vo(2)
Davenport.Hist.Portraiture..Life of Ali Pacha first edition half-title 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by G.Hunt after W.Davenport advertisement leaf at end some light spotting and offsetting a few small adhesion spots to plate V original boards paper label on spine a little rubbed [Abbey Travel 206; Atabey 325; Blackmer 454] folio 1823.
Dawe (George)Life of a Nobleman c.1925 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates no title or text as issued light marginal soiling faint creasemark across one corner of first plate later red morocco gilt by Rivière & Son spine gilt in compartments t.e.g. one or two marks to lower cover [Abbey Life 310] 4to [c.1825]. ***Depicting a young nobleman`s decline from his inheritance to ruin through women the turf cards moneylenders and a duel.
Dibdin (Charles) Life in London 1822 an Extravaganza in three acts. second edition hand-coloured etched frontispiece by Isaac Cruikshank text foxed first two leaves frayed and reinforced at fore-edge later half calf t.e.g. others uncut spine faded 1822 § Moncrieff (W.T.) Tom and Jerry...an Operatic Extravaganza hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece by Robert Cruikshank (marginal soiling) some light spotting original pink printed wrappers uncut soiled and creased spine defective preserved in old cloth portfolio 1826 8vo(2)
Egan.Life in London + w`col. of Egan & patch first edition second issue with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music unnumbered half-title hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 plates by Isaac Robert & George Cruikshank wood-engraved vignettes 6pp. engraved musical notation on 3 folding sheets (lightly foxed) title washed at head and spotted some light offsetting plates a little cropped with loss to a few imprints a good copy in later blue morocco gilt by Rivière & Son spine gilt in compartments t.e.g. joints and corners a little rubbed spine very slightly faded [Abbey Life 281; Cohn 262; Tooley 196] 8vo 1821; with watercolour oval portrait of Egan captioned in ink below margins a little soiled and creased at one edge image c.135 x 110mm. and a circular patch box with hand-coloured engraving of Life in London on lid based on `Tom and Jerry “masquerading it” among the Cadgers` plate opposite p.346 but in reverse lacquered a few small scratches 90mm. diameter(3)
Ellis (Henry) Journal..Embassy to China first edition engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 maps (1 large and folding) 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates errata leaf at end maps foxed some very light offsetting to plates text a little foxed and soiled ex-library copy with stamp on verso of portrait and folding map contemporary half calf rubbed corners worn rebacked in morocco spine a little faded [Abbey Travel 536; Tooley 208] 4to 1817.
Grimm.German Popular Stories 2 v 1st 1823-6 translated from the Kinder und Hans Märchen. 2 vol. first English edition vol.1 second issue half-titles etched vignette titles and 20 plates by George Cruikshank those in vol.2 printed in brown 12pp. advertisements at end of vol.1 but vol.2 without 12pp. advertisements at beginning and 2pp. at end small tear to upper edge of plate opposite p.217 in vol.1 (repaired no loss) small hole to p.iv-v (advertisement) in vol.2 with loss of two letters H gathering in vol.2 with some foxing otherwise a fine copy in later calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels g.e. very slight rubbing to extremities small stain to upper cover of vol.2 [Cohn 369] 12mo C.Baldwyn 1823 and London James Robins & Co. and Dublin Joseph Robins Jun. & Co. 1826.
Hardy.P`que..Tour..Mountains..High Pyrenees first edition presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper engraved map 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates mounted as issued map foxed very slight offsetting from plates original green cloth paper label on spine uncut a little rubbed and spotted spine label slightly chipped spine faded and worn at head and foot [Abbey Travel 210] 8vo R.Ackermann 1825.
Hassell.The Camera..Art of Drawing in Water Colour first edition folding plate in 3 states (1 outline 2 aquatint 1 hand-coloured) advertisement leaf at end plain aquatint plate lightly soiled and partly detached at inner margin original boards with printed paper label on upper cover uncut rubbed a little worn at corners and spine ends [Abbey Life 142] 8vo 1823. ***Scarce.
Hogarth.An Account..Five Days Peregrination first edition 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Hogarth and others title a little browned plates with light marginal staining to fore-edge just affecting border of final plate modern half tan morocco with gilt-stamped calf label on upper cover [Abbey Life 307] oblong folio for R.Livesay 1782. ***Account of Hogarth`s jaunt with his friends from the Bedford Arms Tavern in Covent Garden to the Isle of Sheppey.
Holderness (Mary) New Russia 1823 first edition 3 hand-coloured lithographed costume plates 2 plain lithographed plates 1 folding errata slip at end costume plates clean others foxed some other spotting to text contemporary half calf spine gilt rubbed [cf. Atabey 588 second edition; Not in Abbey or Tooley] 8vo 1823.
Honan.Andalusian Annual for MDCCCXXXVII first edition 12 hand-coloured lithographed costume plates by Gauci and Hullmandel some heightened with gum arabic musical notation some spotting and soiling mainly affecting text original pink cloth covers with title and figure of dancing girl in gilt within elaborate blind-stamped border g.e. rubbed and faded a few small stains to upper cover corners worn rebacked [Colas 1476; Palau 11860] 4to 1836. ***The plates include bullfighters and bandits.
[Johnson (Charles)] Chrysal 3v 1821 3 vol. first edition half-titles 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates advertisement leaf at end occasional spotting light offsetting from plates but a good copy bookplate of Frederick Greenwood handsome contemporary burgundy straight-grain morocco gilt spines gilt g.e. a little rubbed spine of vol.1 worn at head [Tooley 283] 8vo 1821.
Johnston.Travels through. Russian Empire first edition half-title 2 engraved maps 21 plates all but one hand-coloured aquatints wood-engraved plate of agricultural implements and illustration of mammoth skeleton in text with the List of Plates leaf (often missing) some foxing and offsetting slight staining to one or two plates Egremont bookplate on front pastedown contemporary half red morocco pine gilt rubbed slight wear to head of spine [Abbey Travel 15; Tooley 286] 4to 1815.
Latrobe. Journal of a Visit to South Africa With some account of the missionary settlements...near the Cape of Good Hope first edition folding engraved map with routes supplied in red and blue 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates foxed at beginning and end affecting title otherwise very clean 19th century half sheep spine gilt with red morocco label a little rubbed [Abbey Travel 325; Tooley 292] 4to 1818. ***Latrobe was appointed by the Moravian Church to select a site for a third mission station at the Cape.
[Little (Thomas)] Confessions of an Oxonian 3 vol. first edition ?lacking half-titles 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.Findlay advertisement leaf at end of vol.1 rather browned plates offset handsome later crushed green morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf spines gilt in compartments uncut [Not in Abbey or Tooley] 12mo J.J.Stockdale 1826. ***Scarce.
Lory.Picturesque Tour through the Oberland hand-coloured engraved map and 17 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates occasional light marginal soiling original roan-backed boards uncut rubbed corners and spine ends worn [Abbey Travel 57; Tooley 26] large 8vo R.Ackermann 1823. ***Including an account of the first ascent of the Jungfrau and Finsteraarhorn by the Meyer brothers in 1812 (p.60).
Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians first edition 23 engraved plates 14 aquatint of which all but one hand-coloured including folding panorama of the Kremlin 3 others folding and large folding engraved map of Moscow (torn and repaired) some light foxing mostly to uncoloured plates and map later half morocco spine gilt [Abbey Travel 227] 4to 1823.
Maddock.Florist`s Directory first edition engraved title and 6 plates 4 hand-coloured some spotting and soiling modern half calf for the Author 1792 § Martyn (Thomas) Thirty-Eight Plates with Explanations...to illustrate Linnaeus`s System of Vegetables 38 hand-coloured engraved plates advertisement leaf at end later red morocco gilt by W.H.Smith & Son uncut 1788 8vo
Malcolm.Anecdotes..Manners/Customs of London 3 vol. first edition 50 engraved plates including 12 hand-coloured costume plates some light spotting and browning original printed label mounted on rear free endpaper engraved bookplate handsome later mottled calf spine gilt with black morocco labels t.e.g. others uncut very slightly rubbed at edges cloth slip-case 4to 1808.
Papworth.Poetical Sketches of Scarborough first edition 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Rowlandson after J.Green one leaf with small tear to fore-edge repaired cropped a fine copy in later crushed dark blue morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf spine gilt g.e. [Abbey Scenery 297; Tooley 422] 8vo R.Ackermann 1813.
Papworth.Hints on Ornamental Gardening first edition lacking half-title sepia-printed aquatint plan (lacking overslip lower margin defective where slip torn away) 27 hand-coloured aquatint plates plate 2 with `Gates and Fences` caption pasted over `Park Entrances` a few illustrations and diagrams in text a little soiled 19th century half calf bookseller`s ticket of Rees Davies of Hull on front pastedown rather worn [Abbey Life 46; Berlin Kat. 3436] 4to R.Ackermann 1823. ***Including an aviary dairy ice house laundry poultry house Venetian tent a bath and an apiary.
Pettigrew.History of Egyptian Mummies. first edition presentation copy from the author to Dr Copland inscribed on front free endpaper half-title list of subscribers 13 engraved or lithographed plates 4 hand-coloured 2 heightened with gold errata leaf frontispiece offset on title plates foxed and water-stained at lower outer corner original cloth-backed boards paper label on upper cover a little worn particularly at spine ends splits to joints [Cohn 644] 4to 1834. ***Ten of the thirteen plates are by George Cruikshank and the one of beetles by J.O.Westwood. Pettigrew was a surgeon and antiquary who conducted researches into medical history and biography and contributed to archaeological journals. James Copland (1791-1870) physician and writer on medicine.
Rowlandson.Annals of Sporting by Caleb Quizem first edition hand-coloured folding etched frontispiece vignette title and 27 plates by Rowlandson and Woodward a little spotted and browned plates offset modern boards with original printed wrappers mounted on covers uncut a little rubbed [Schwerdt II p.119] 12mo Thomas Tegg 1809.
Rowlandson`s Characteristic Sketches..Lower Orders intended as a companion to the new picture of London first edition 54 hand-coloured etched plates by Rowlandson (lacking `Placard/Lottery Prizes` but with duplicate of `Cooper`) a little browned slip with “Fifty-Four Engravings” pasted over part of title nineteenth century calf gilt spine gilt and labelled `London Cries` g.e. a little rubbed joints cracked crude repair to foot of spine with sticky tape [Tooley 424] 12mo 1820.
[Shelley.”We Pity the Plumage...” An Address to the People on The Death of the Princess Charlotte 16pp. first and last leaves browned slight creasing to lower edge of first leaf (title) with the original stitching but broken preserved in old marbled portfolio rubbed [Granniss pp.43-44; Wise p.46] 8vo London Thomas Rodd [c.1843]. ***Rare. Originally issued in 1817 no copy of the first edition is known. Thomas Rodd issued the above reprint in or about 1843 and stated that the author printed only twenty copies of the original. Wise states “no example of this mysterious original has ever been unearthed; no trace of it beyond Rodd`s own statement has ever been discovered; and no mention of any kind either of its printing or distribution is to be found in the correspondence of Shelley or any of his friends. My own opinion is that no original ever existed that the private impression of twenty copies was a myth and that Rodd`s so-called facsimile reprint of 1843 is in fact the actual princeps of the Address.”.
Sotheby.Tour through Parts of Wales first edition presentation copy from the author “To Miss Stables A.D. 1814” inscribed at head of title half-title 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates by S.Alken most after J.Smith some plates rather browned one torn across corner affecting image (repaired) David Lloyd George`s copy with his etched bookplate on front pastedown contemporary straight-grain morocco ruled and stamped in gilt and blind g.e. a little worn [Abbey Scenery 513; Tooley 462] 4to 1794.
[Surtees] Jorrocks`s Jaunts and Jollities first edition in book form etched plates by Phiz 1838; Hawbuck Grange etched plates by Phiz n.d.; “Ask Mama” first edition in book form hand-coloured plates by John Leech some foxing contemporary calf gilt by Root & Son spine a little faded 1858; “Plain or Ringlets?” hand-coloured additional pictorial title and plates by John Leech later red morocco gilt by Bayntun 1860 the first two uniform later half morocco by Zaehnsdorf all with gilt spines featuring sporting motifs t.e.g. all but the third with original pictorial gilt cloth spines and upper covers bound in at end 8vo(4)
[Surtees] “Ask Mama” 13 parts 1858 first edition first issue in the original 13 parts 13 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech wood-engraved illustrations with all advertisements/slips as called for (some on yellow paper) some light spotting or soiling original red printed wrappers with advertisements a little rubbed edges slightly frayed with one or two chips spines a little worn preserved in later cloth slip-cases spine faded [Schwerdt II p.233; Tooley 472] 8vo 1858.
[Surtees] Plain or Ringlets 13 parts 1860 first edition in the original 13 parts (in 12) hand-coloured etched pictorial title and 12 plates by John Leech wood-engraved illustrations without the 12pp. list of works by Bradbury and Evans at end of final part but with tipped-in advertisements for Ackermann in several parts very occasional spotting one plate lightly creased but a good set in original red printed wrappers with advertisements Ackermann label at foot of a few upper wrappers very slightly rubbed and soiled small chip to one edge preserved in later cloth drop-back box and slip-case [Schwerdt II p.238; Tooley 477] 8vo 1860.
[Surtees] Mr. Facey Romford`s Hounds 12 pts first edition in the original 12 parts 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech and Hablot K.Browne wood-engraved illustrations with all advertisements/slips as called for (some on coloured paper) except slip for `The Belle of the Village` in part VII some light spotting a good set in the original red printed wrappers with advertisements all upper wrappers titled “Mr.Romford`s Hounds” very slightly rubbed preserved in later cloth slip-cases spine faded [Schwerdt II p.237; Tooley 475] 8vo 1864-65.
Thornton (Alfred) Don Juan 2v 1821 2 vol. first edition 31 hand-coloured aquatint plates occasional spotting and soiling one plate slightly creased another with short tear repaired later red morocco spines gilt vol.1 with original printed wrappers bound in at end [Abbey Life 323; Tooley 486] 8vo 1821-22. ***”The first volume is a parody of Mozart`s and Byron`s Don Juan the second an imitation of Egan`s Life in London.” Abbey.
White.Journal..Voyage to New South Wales first edition engraved vignette title list of subscribers 65 hand-coloured engraved plates 4pp. advertisements at end title and tissue guards foxed plates very clean Dd2 soiled old ink signature of J.W. Rimington Wilson on front pastedown also book-label of Westdean Library contemporary sprinkled calf spine gilt with red morocco label rubbed a little worn at edges and spine ends splits to joints [Ferguson 97] 4to 1790. ***Including 30 ornithological plates 9 botanical and 24 zoological.
Wigstead.Remarks..Tour to North/South Wales first edition half-title engraved additional title and 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and others advertisement leaf at end plates lightly soiled occasional spotting contemporary half roan uncut a little worn especially corners and spine ends [Abbey Scenery 516 uncoloured copy] 8vo 1799 [engraved title 1800].
Bible Latin. [Bible] single leaf [from Jeremiah] double column 48 lines plus headline headlines supplied in red and blue 2-line initial supplied in blue with large marginal flourish in red another 10-line marginal decoration in red chapter numbers XXIX and XXX supplied in red ruled in black folio 402 x 301mm. Mainz Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer 14 August 1462. ***An attractive leaf from the first dated Bible.
Poggio Florentinus. Historia Fiorentina first edition of this translation 116 ff. including final blank f. 41 lines Roman type large decorated initials on a1 and a3 in gold and colours coat-of-arms in gold and colours at foot of a1 (little scuffed) large panel in lower margin of a2 with miniature of 2 putti one on rocks the other with a lion decorated with flowers and foliage blank capital spaces some with guide-letters faint ownership inscription at head of title `Collegii Barie (?) Soc. Jesu` note on fly-leaf with catalogue cutting pasted in bookplates on back of front free endpaper title lightly soiled and with small crease at foot sporadic spotting elsewhere heavier to a few ff. handsome 18th century red morocco spine gilt in six compartments with floral decoration rules on covers inner dentelles marbled endpapers little rubbed covers scratched g.e. [BMV V 215; Goff P873] folio Venice Jacobus Rubeus 1476. ***A handsome copy of this work that covers Florentine history in the period 1350-1455.
Bible French. manuscript 15th cent illuminated manuscript on vellum in French 104 ff. collation: i-v8 vi6 vii 8 viii10 ix-xiii8 including blank (except for ruling) final ff. in vi and viii original foliation on most of first 18 ff. 23 lines written in brown ink in a handsome lettre bâtarde 30 2- or 3-line initials in gold on blue and white backgrounds many 1-line initials in gold on red or blue and white and a few on brown and gold 3 large miniatures (c.130 x 120mm.) with 4 lines of text beneath ruled in red staining heavy in places seriously affecting the last miniature and a number of other ff. wrinkling throughout small hole in lower border of the second miniature signature `Larochefoucauld` at foot of first p. armorial bookplate on first fly-leaf of H.C.Embleton sixteenth-century brown morocco covers with double blind-stamped roll paste-downs made up of fragments of an early liturgical book printed in red and black rubbed rebacked covers repaired 4to c.240 x 160mm. Northern France late 15th century. ***A fine manuscript though sadly affected by water-damage of three of the `sapiental` books of the Bible associated with King Solomon: Proverbs Ecclesiastes and Wisdom in the bible historiale version by Guyart des Moulins based on Peter Comestor`s Latin Historica Scholastica. The miniatures depict (f. 1r) Solomon enthroned with a group of courtiers beside him insructing his son Rehoboam in an architectural setting with a glimpse of a hilly landscape visible through an open door; (f. 47r) Solomon enthroned between two groups of courtiers (or students?). behind them a wall and behind that glimpses of landscape; (f. 64r) Solomon seated at a large desk writing on a scroll in an architectural setting with shelves of books high up on either side with lansdcape visible through a window above. The three miniatures are in similar architectural borders predominantly in gold with coloured pillars on either side and a tasseled cord on the right on which a small golden manikin is climbing at the foot a gilt pedestal on which is a panel or scroll with 4 lines of text. Provenance: from the La Rochefoucauld family library with signature at foot of first page very similar to that found in books in the Bibliothèque du Château de la Roche-Guyon sold by Sotheby`s in Monaco 9th Dec 1987 (cf lot 753) though unlike the books in that sale this manuscript has neither the library stamp on title nor the family arms on the covers.
Hermes Trismegistus. De potestate et sapientia Dei 40ff. only (of 44 lacking sig f) initial and final blank leaves present 28 lines Roman letter occasional marginal soiling later vellum [Goff H79; Hain 8460] small 4to Venice Lucas Domenici 15 May 1481. ***Provenance: 18th century inscription on first blank “Ex dono Cl. V. Antonii Bettini Fanen. A.1794.”.
Aristotle. Organon 1483 edited by Nicoletus Vernia commentary by Averroes 116ff. (?of 119 lacking blank q10 and ?initial and final blank) double column 66 lines and headline italic letter initial spaces woodcut printer`s device printed in red to final text f. (z8) occasional early ink marginalia a1 browned and stained a few wormholes affecting part of a letter or two on several ff. occasional foxing or spotting a few stains some marginal repairs especially to upper gutters old wooden boards rebacked in antique style calf lacking clasps upper corners of boards worn some worming rubbed [not in BMC Goff A-962; HC 1660] folio Venice Andreas Torresanus de Asula and Bartholomaeus de Blavis 1483. ***Rare. First in a series of separately issued parts of the works of Aristotle by the Venice based printers. Averroes was an Andalusian Muslim polymath. Some consider him the founding father of secular thought in Western Europe.
Pacioli (Luca) Divina Proportione first edition title and final leaf with woodcut of the tree of proportion and proportionality in red and black woodcut initials some criblé diagrams in margins woodcut illustrations including the human head 3 architectural subjects the alphabet (without Z) & the suite of polyhedral shapes the latter after Leonardo da Vinci some early ink annotations in Italian washed trimmed and with some paper repairs (to blank margins and worm-holes) and the lower half of the final leaf (woodcut of tree of proportion) supplied in good facsimile 2 leaves bound out of order modern brown calf in period style with clasps cloth drop-back box [Mortimer Harvard Italian 346] folio (trimmed down to a 4to size) Venice Alessandro & Paganino de Paganini 1509. ***A professionally restored copy of one of the great renaissance books. Pacioli was born in Borgo Sansepolcro and entered the Franciscan order sometime between 1470 and 1476 where he taught mathematics first as a tutor and then as a lecturer at the University of Perugia. In 1496 he went to Milan where he met Leonardo da Vinci who drew the various figures of polyhedra for this work. He completed the work in 1498 and dedicated it to his Milanese patron Ludovico il Moro. It was eventually published in Venice in 1509 with the addition of a short tract on architecture and an Italian version of Piero della Francesca`s De quinque corporibus regularibus. .
Marx (Karl) Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie...Erster Band first edition inscribed by the author to Professor E.S. Beesly on verso of title with further contemporary inscription ?by Beesly below inscription offset slightly onto printed dedication p. bound in later half morocco [PMM 359] 8vo Hamburg & New York 1867. ***”The New Religion” Printing and the Mind of Man 1967. “Under the guise of a critical analysis of capital Karl Marx`s work is principally a polemic against capitalists and the capitalist mode of production and it is this polemical tone which is its chief charm.” Athenæum review of English edition 1887. The first volume of Marx`s magnum opus and the only one to be published in his lifetime the further two volumes published posthumously under the editorship of Friedrich Engels. Such preeminent works signed and/or inscribed thus by Marx are incredibly scarce with no comparable titles seemingly appearing at auction in the last twenty-five years. This is an excellent association copy inscribed to Karl Marx`s friend Professor Edward Spencer Beesly (1831-1915) positivist of the August Comte school of thought historian and one of the founding editors of the Fortnightly Review. In 1868 when Marx & Engels were trying to develop international momentum for the economic philosophy contained in this work they contacted the Fortnightly Review via Beesly to see if it would be interested in publishing a critique of Das Kapital; at the time Marx wrote to Engels: “Prof. Beesly who is one of the triumvirate which secretly runs this rag has. declared he is `morally certain` (it depends on him!) a criticism would be accepted” [8th January 1868]. An eventual review was passed on to the then chief editor John Morley by Beesly but Morley apparently found the piece unreadable and would not allow publication even after Beesly had suggested Marx could try and make the article less dry and more popularist in tone. Beesly subsequently suggested Marx & Engels contact The Westminster Review but nothing seems to have come of this either. The further inscription possibly by Beesly reads “Died 14 March 1883” the date of Marx`s death.
Tolstoy (Count Leo N.) Anna Karenina 3 vol. first (complete) edition sporadic foxing or soiling generally clean early 20th century half calf over contemporary marbled boards vol.1 hinges weak vol.3 upper hinge broken and binding becoming loose [Kilgour 1196] 8vo Moscow 1878. ***A very good copy of arguably Tolstoy`s greatest work the tragic story of Anna Karenina`s love affair with Count Vronsky the inspiration for which apparently derived from an occasion when Tolstoy arrived at a railway station shortly after a young woman who had been the mistress of a nearby landowner had committed suicide. .
Wollstonecraft. Vindication Rights of Woman with strictures on political and moral subjects vol.I (all published) first edition very light marginal browning to a few ff. but overall internally very good contemporary marbled boards with 19th century half calf [PMM 242] 8vo for J.Johnson 1792. ***A powerful yet rational essay on the dynamic of the relationship between men & women and how equality is a right of all women but is repressed through the lack of education available to them. Sadly it was the author`s personal life that garnered more interest than her role as a proto-feminist largely due to the well-intentioned but somewhat damaging Memoir published by her husband William Godwin in 1798 following Wollstonecraft`s death after delivering their only child together Mary Shelley.
Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For these Times first edition in book form half-title internally very good original primary green moiré cloth binding with `Price 5/-` to foot of spine spine browned light circular mark to uper cover but overall a very good copy 8vo 1854. ***”[Hard Times] stamps and records the reality of Dickens`s emotion on a great many things that were often considered unphilosophical grumblings but which since have swelled into the immense phenomena of the socialist philosophy. To call Dickens a Socialist is a wild exaggeration...” G.K. Chesterton Charles Dickens 1903.
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