First World War.- Barrett (Charles) and Frank Reid, editors. The Kia Ora Coo-ee. The Official Magazine of the Australian and New Zealand Forces in Egypt, Palestine, Salonica & Mesopotamia, First Series, Number 1, March 15th, 1918 to Number 4, June 15th, 1918. [Together with] Second Series, Number 1, July 15th, 1918, together 10 issues (all published), illustrations, toning to text, original wrappers, some spotting and creasing; and nos. 3 & 5-18 of The Kia Ora Coo-Ee News, all housed together in custom folding chemise; and 5 others, including a bound run of The Weekly Bulletin of the Recruiting Service, 2 issues of The Tee-Square Magazine and an issue of The Dump, 4to & small 4to (40)*** Rare to find complete and in good condition. The art editor throughout was Warrant Officer David Barker, co-editor of 'The Anzac Book' (and whose artwork illustrated its front cover). Well-known contributors to this high-quality magazine include Barrett, Reid (writing as 'Bill Bowyang' as well), Henry Gullett, and Major A.B. (Banjo) Paterson.
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Bauhaus.- Emge (Prof. C. August) Die Idee des Bauhauses. Kunst und Wirklichkeit, first edition, cover design and typography by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, some light offsetting, original printed wrappers, a little browned, edges creased, 8vo, Berlin, 1924.*** Scarce, possible the first published monograph on Bauhaus, based on a series of lectures given by Professor Emge in Jena.
Sennett (A.R.) Garden Cities in Theory and Practice, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and plans, some folding, vol. 1 with book-label of Librairie des Arts Décoratifs & Industriels, some spotting to fore-edge, foxing to endpapers, original cloth, vol. 2 spine little creased at head, some very light rubbing, mainly to spine ends and corners, dust-jackets, light browning to spines, joints and some panels, some light surface soiling, a few nicks or short tears to joints and extremities, vol. 2 spine little creased, still overall very good, mostly unopened, 8vo, Bemrose and Sons, 1905. *** Very rare to find with the dust-jackets.
Pynchon (Thomas) Vineland, New York, 1990 § Dubus III (Andre) House of Sand and Fog, signed by the author on title, and additional long inscription on dedication page, New York, 1990 § Lehrer (James) Viva Max!, New York, 1966 § Clancy (Tom) The Hunt for Red October, jacket a little discoloured and stained, chips and fraying to spine ends, Maryland, 1984, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, all but the last fine; and c.200 others, general fiction, mostly modern American, v.s. (c.200)
Mathematics.- Hooper (William) Rational Recreations, In which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosophy Are clearly and copiously elucidated, 4 vol., second edition, 65 folding engraved plates, light offsetting, occasional spotting, ink ownership inscription to front free endpapers, bookplates, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt, double morocco spine labels, vol.1 upper cover detached, some surface wear, spines slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, L. Davis, J. Robson, B. Law & G. Robinson, 1783-1782; and another similar set on mathematics, 8vo (8) *** Includes chapters on playing cards, magic tricks, dice, 'magical' modes of transport, pyrotechnics, and scientific phenomena.Provenance: library of the late David Singmaster.David Singmaster (1938-2023) was emeritus professor of mathematics at London South Bank university and provided the first comprehensive mathematical analysis of the Rubik’s Cube as well as one of the first published solutions. He had a vast personal collection of mechanical puzzles and books on maths and brain teasers, to which this lot belongs.
Hall (Joseph) The Works..., some contemporary ink marginalia, a few leaves with minor loss or tears affecting text, a couple of pin-holes through text affecting several leaves, the odd spot, Printed by John Haviland for Richard Moore, 1625 § Smith (Henry) The Sermons of Mr Henry Smith: Gathered into one volume... whereunto is added Gods Arrow Against Atheists, loss to A2 and 2E8 affecting text, the odd spot, Thomas Man, Paul Man and Jonah Man, 1631 bound with Twelve sermons, preached by Mr Henry Smith, Printed by John Haviland for George Edwards, 1632, together 2 works in 1 vol., water-staining, later calf, upper cover almost detached, a little rubbed, loss to spine ends § Preston (John) The New Covenant, or, The Saints Portion... 8th edition, corrected, first few leaves with worming to foot and light water-staining to margins, light occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco spine label, Printed by J.D. for Nicolas Bourne, 1634; and 3 others, 17th century Christian literature, vs. (6)
Perrot (Georges) and Charles Chipiez. A History of Art in Chaldea & Assyria, 2 vol., London & New York, 1884; History of Art in Sardinia, Judaea, Syria, and Asia Minor, 2 vol., London & New York, 1890; History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia, London & New York, 1892; History of Art in Primitive Greece: Mycenian Art, 2 vol., 1894; plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, first and third ex-library copies with some stamps and markings, last ex-school library with bookplates, original pictorial cloth, some spines faded and with library markings, spine ends a little rubbed and bumped; and another, 8vo (8)
Popish Plot.- Tuke (Richard) Memoires of the Life and Death of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey... Barbarously Murthered by the Papists, upon the first discovery of the Horrid Plot, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, advertisement f., rust-hole to D8, contemporary calf, a good copy, [Wing T3227], John Hancock, 1682; and 12 others, acts of Parliament and 3 Civil War-era pamphlets, v.s. (13)*** The first a scarce work, Godfrey's murder was the catalyst that would bring Titus Oates' "Plot" to wider attention.
Dutch printing.- Dissertationum ludicrarum et amoenitatum, scriptores varii, engraved pictorial title, later bookplate and ink ownership inscription, paper repair to title verso lower edge, Leiden, Franciscus Hegerus, 1644 § Cicero. Epistolae Familiares, with commentary by Paolo Manuzio, woodcut device to title, early ink ownership inscription (title) and notes (front endpaper), Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz, 1626 § Valerius Maximus. Cum Selectis Observati: et nova recessione ant Thysii, engraved pictorial title, modern ink ownership inscription front endpaper, early ink notes to rear endpaper, Leiden, F. Hackium, 1660, all three contemporary vellum, two with ink lettering to spine, two with yap edges; and another Dutch printed in vellum, 8vo & 12mo (4) *** The first mentioned includes chapters on swimming and elephants.
Fitzgerald (L.M.) Labourers Prize Cottages, 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates, plates trimmed affecting captions and numbering, Brooklyn Public Library ink and perforated blind stamps, library cloth, rubbed, Cork, 1883; and another, similar, 4to & 8vo (2)*** The first exceptionally rare, Library Hub lists the National Trust copy only, WorldCat adds copies in the Smithsonian and the National Library of Ireland.
Trials.- View of the Trial of Warren Hastings esq. at Westminster Hall, printed fan, engraved on paper, sequin decorations, silver border along edges, some sequins lacking, very small portion of silver border faded, final few ribs on left side stuck together, light browning, ink inscription of "Mrs Ann. Dimock" to verso, mounted on decorative bone sticks, 235mm, Cock & Co., 1788. *** Warren Hastings (1732-1818), the first Governor General of India from 1773 to 1785, was unjustly accused of corruption in relation to dealings with Indian rulers in 1787 and subsequently impeached. The trial that followed lasted until 1795 when he was eventually acquitted.
Panopolitanus (Nonnus) Graeca Paraphrasis Sancti Evangelii secundum Ioannem, Leiden, Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1589; bound with Nansius (Franciscus) In Nonni Paraphrasin Evangelii Iohannis..., Leiden, Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1589, some worming, mostly to inner margin but sometimes encroaching on text block, contemporary vellum with yapp edges, soiled, lacking ties, 8vo (168 x 106mm.)*** Important edition, the first by Plantin and Nansius, of the hexameter rendering of the Gospel of St. john, attributed to the 5th century poet Nonnus.Provenance: Abraham Voss (contemporary inscription from Gulielmus Biechtius, dated 1594, on front free endpaper and initials A.V. elsewhere); Rev. Franke Parker (bookplate bequeathing this copy to the Bishopric of Cornwall)Literature: Adams B1903
Vio (Tomasso de) Summula Caietani, 2 parts in 1 vol., woodcut devices on titles, 1f. with woodcuts recto and verso, first part with ink annotations in an early hand, part 1 2K1 with repaired tear running into text affecting a few letters of text, ink name to title of first part, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, spine chipped and worn, some wear to corners, [not in Adams], 8vo, Lyon, Jacob Giunta, 1551.*** Scarce edition of this theological work by de Vio, most famous for his cross-examination of Martin Luther at Augsburg in 1518.
![War of 1812.- [Croker (John Wilson)] A Key to the Orders in Council, [Sabin 37671], for John Murray, 1812 bound after Cobbett](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/56729544-aebc-4341-afe9-b1b000f612c0/468x382.jpg)
War of 1812.- [Croker (John Wilson)] A Key to the Orders in Council, [Sabin 37671], for John Murray, 1812 bound after Cobbett's oppression!! Proceedings on the trial of an action between William Burgess... and William Cobbett, by T. Gillet, 1809 together 2 works in 1 vol., some spotting and light surface soiling, later half calf, extremities a little rubbed; and another, Cobbett (2)*** A rare pair of pamphlets, the first an anonymous pamphlet written by the then Secretary of the Admiralty, attempting to stave off the possibility of war by urging the Americans to recognise the French as the true enemy.
Dreiser (Theodore) Chains, first edition, one of 440 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, light rubbing to extremities, New York, 1927 § McPhee (William) The Harbourmaster, one of 377 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, New York, 1931 § Earle (Ferdinand, editor) The Lyric Year, modern half morocco, lightly rubbed, New York, 1912; and c.70 others, early 20th century American literature, v.s. (c.75)
Sorlier (Charles) Minaux: Lithographer 1948-1973, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Paris, 1974 § Martha Mood: The Sublime Heritage, 2 vol., first edition, gift inscription on front free endpaper, illustrations, original boards, California, 1980 § Reynolds (Cory, editor) Peter Halley: Maintain Speed, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the artist on pastedown, illustrations, original boards, New York, 2000; and c.60 others, art reference and a few illustrated books, v.s. (c.65)
Medwin (Thomas) The Shelley Papers. Memoir of Percy Bysshe Shelley...and Original Poems and Papers, first collected edition, 3pp. advertisements at end, armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett, book-label of John Sparrow, light spotting, upper hinge weak but holding, original boards, a few old glue repairs to spine, soiled, quite worn with portions of backstrip missing, housed in a cloth drop-back box, Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1833 § [Tupper (Martin Farquhar)] Sacra Poesis. By M.F.T., first edition, engraved vignette title, book-labels of Simon and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith, book-label of J.O. Edwards, binder's ticket of W. Pocock of Bath to front pastedown, spotting to title, upper hinge broken, contemporary green half calf over marbled boards, wear to corners, joints and extremities rubbed, James Nisbet, 1832; and others 19th century, most poetry, v.s. (5) *** The first mentioned first published in weekly instalments in The Athanaeum. The second is Tupper's first major publication, of which we can trace no copies at auction.
![Physical chemistry.- Harkins (William Draper) [A collection of c.28 offprints authored or co-authored by Harkins], bound toge](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/33511e2e-4b5f-4cb3-a9bf-b1b000f70664/468x382.jpg)
Physical chemistry.- Harkins (William Draper) [A collection of c.28 offprints authored or co-authored by Harkins], bound together in 1 vol., subjects include the structure of atoms, stability of atom nuclei, the separation of isotopes and the whole number rule, typescript title and 3ff. Index, some diagrams and illustrations, Harkins' own copy with his ink ownership inscription "W.D. Harkins" to front free endpaper and "Kent Chemistry Labatory University of Chicago" beneath in pencil, Index with some pencil notes and corrections in Harkins' hand, lower hinge weak but holding, original cloth, mottled, rubbed, [1915-24]; and others by or relating to Harkins, including his own bound volumes of his offprints, a manuscript examination book by his son Henry Nelson Draper and other ephemera, v.s. (c.15) *** William Draper Harkins (1873-1951), American physical chemist. Harkins was the first to use the term 'neutron' in connection with the atomic nucleus, and the first to propose the principle of nuclear fusion. The first mentioned includes important papers co-authored by Harkins and E.D. Wilson in 1915, on "The Structure of Complex Atoms", "The Changes of Mass and Weight Involved in the Formation of Complex Atoms" and "Recent Work on the Structure of the Atom".
Protestant Polemic.- Francisci spierae, quiquod susceptam semel evangelice veritatis abnegasset, damnassetque, in horrendam incidit desperationem, historia, Ee6-8 with ink notes in various early hands in Latin, German and Greek, [Adams S1605; c.f. VD16 F1979, a variant with identical setting but without "Basileae MDL" at foot the title], [Basel], [Johann Oporinus], [1550], bound with 5 others Naogeorgus (Thomas) Regnum papisticum..., first edition, lacking final blank, title with ink inscriptions in various early hands and laid down to sheet, title and following f. with small portion excised from fore-edge, [Basel], [Johann Oporinus], 1553; Silvula carminum aliquot a diversis piis et eruditis viris conscriptorum, [VD16 K 996], 1553; Silva carminum in nostri temporis corruptelas, [VD16 K 995], [1553] § Rivius (Johann) De erroribus pontificiorum, [VD16 R 2607], Basel, [Johann Oporinus], [1546] § Luther (Martin) and Joachim Westphal. Vera Et Propria Enarratio Dicti Christi Joannis VI. Caro non prodest quicquam... [VD16 L 4279], Frankfurt, Peter Braubach, 1554 § Westphal (Joachim) Psalmus quadragesimus sextus plenus mirificis consolationibus..., [VD16 W 2303], [Frankfurt], [Peter Braubach], 1551, together 6 works in 1 vol., occasional trimming close to headlines or touching side-notes, occasional light damp-staining, ink notes in later hand to paste-downs, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt; and another similar, 17th century, small 8vo (2)*** An interesting collection of six Protestant polemical texts from Basel and Frankfurt. Both towns were known centres of Marian exiles fleeing persecution in England, and the 1550s publication dates overlapping with Mary's reign, conceivably hint at an English owner. Certainly, the first mentioned is the celebrated tale of one Calvinist's spiritual torment following public recantation before the Inquisition in Venice in 1548. His despair ultimately led to his demise and the highly charged account is written in the style of ars moriendi by several notable protestants of the day. Inscriptions of a devotion and analytical nature, such as 'Curia romana non curat...'.
![China.- [Hayter (Henry William Goodenough)], "H.H." and others, contributors. The Rattle, vol.1 only, numerous illustrations,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/bdfccee1-6613-4911-b5b7-b1b000f63da7/468x382.jpg)
China.- [Hayter (Henry William Goodenough)], "H.H." and others, contributors. The Rattle, vol.1 only, numerous illustrations, publisher's binding ticket to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, light fading to spine, extremities a little rubbed, light fraying to spine tips and corners, 4to, Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh, 1896-97.*** Volume 1, comprising the first 12 numbers, of this monthly satiric periodical, featuring H.W. Hayter's earliest work, depicting both Chinese political figures and prominent expats. One of the earliest illustrated periodicals to be printed in China, scarce.
Chair (Somerset de) The First Crusade, one of 500 copies, wood-engravings by Clifford Webb, bookplate of F.Fermor Hesketh, original pictorial half vellum, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Golden Cockerel Press, 1945 § Aurelius Antoninus (Marcus) The Thoughts..., one of 500 copies on hand-made paper (this copy for "presentation"), tipped-in colour plates by W.Russell Flint, original limp vellum with ties, t.e.g., others uncut, 1909 § Pater (Walter) Marius the Epicurean, 2 vol., one of 325 copies, dry-point plates by Thomas Mackenzie, the first signed by the artist, original vellum-backed batik boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, corners worn, 1929; and 3 others, Nonesuch Press including the New Testament and Apocrypha volumes of the Bible, v.s. (7)
Palm leaf manuscript in Balinese, incomplete at 43 leaves only, few leaves with small portions of loss, soiling and staining, obscuring some text, oblong bamboo covers, covers and leaves strung together through twisted cotton cord in one of 3 small holes (present to each leaf and covers), each leaf c.430 x 32mm., n.d.; and a mixed group of others, including a collection of Arabic leaves, a calligraphic scroll and leather scroll with Hebrew text, v.s. (9) *** The first seemingly part of a "Babad" or historical text.
Hyamson (Albert M.) David Salomons, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding pedigree at end, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1939 § Brown (M. D.) David Salomons House: Catalogue of Mementos, half-title, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, privately printed, 1968; 8vo (2).
Execution pamphlets.- Popish Plot.- Execution (The) of Two Persons for the Murdering of Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey, title and final f. trimmed at head, L'Estrange, 1678 bound with The Execution of the 11 Prisoners that Suffer'd at Tyburn, and one in Little-Britain, autograph note in a contemporary hand to title "unjustly", some very minor loss to imprint, browned, chip to foot of final f., for D.M., 1679 and The Behaviour Confession & Execution of the Several Prisoners that Suffered at Tyburn... Together with Tho. Pickering, Drawn, Hang'd and Quarter'd for High-Treason, 1679, together 3 works in 1 vol., bookplate of Lord Cunliffe to front pastedown, 19th century cloth-backed boards with autograph notes to covers, light soiling, small 4to.*** Three rare execution pamphlets, first first and last relating to the Popish Plot. Sir Edmund Berry-Godfrey was the magistrate whose murder first gave Oates' fictitious plot prominence. Thomas Pickering was accused by Oates of being part of the plot and was subsequently executed based on his testimony.
Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata travestita in lingua Milanese, first edition, 4 vol., translated by Domenico Balestrieri, half-titles, early ink monogram to vol. 1 pastedown, contemporary carta rustica wrappers with manuscript lettering to spines, vol. 1 small bookseller's label to upper cover, vol. 2 upper cover light damp-stain, edges uncut, Milan, Giovanni Batista Bianchi, 1722; and 3 other continental works in original wrappers, 4to & 8vo (9)*** A first edition copy of this famous translation by Domenico Balestrieri of Tasso's poem into the Milanese dialect, perhaps the most well known of several dialectic translations. Scarce in commerce.
Channel Islands.- Falle (Philip) An Account Of the Isle of Jersey, first edition, half-title with imprimatur on verso bound after title, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, few woodcut diagrams, advertisement leaf at end, title with ink number to head and lightly foxed, a few small ink marks to title and advertisement f., map with a few tears and small portions of loss (portion repaired at inner margin), P5 small paper-flaw to fore-margin, lightly browned, spotting, some light soiling, 18th century calf, worn in places, [Wing F338], for John Newton, 1694 § Ouless (Philip John) The Royal Jersey Album, 11 tinted lithographed plates, 2 of which loose and with a few short marginal tears, some light soiling, spotting, text lightly browned, hinges nearly broken, original cloth, spine lightly sunned, light soiling, rubbed, Jersey, 1847; and a quantity of others relating to the Channel Islands, many duplicate copies of the Toucan Press "Victor Hugo aux Iles de la Manche" (2010) and "Social Life in Georgian Guernsey" (2014), v.s. (qty in 2 boxes)
![Great Exhibition.- [Leighton (John)] The rejected contributions to the Great Exhibition, collected by Luke Limner Esq, 4 doub](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/4c91be33-8680-443e-91f2-b1b000f62e3f/468x382.jpg)
Great Exhibition.- [Leighton (John)] The rejected contributions to the Great Exhibition, collected by Luke Limner Esq, 4 double-page lithographed illustrations, the odd spot, some corner-creasing, fraying to corner of last f., original printed wrappers, some chipping to spine, scattered spotting, Ackermann, [c.1851]; and a worn copy of The World's Show 1851: or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, oblong 8vo & 8vo (2)*** The first a rare and amusing work depicting all manner of absurd and satirical imaginary inventions. We can trace copies in the BL, V&A and the Royal Collection only.
![Dennis [(John)] The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry, half-title, list of subscribers, tiny stab-holes to inner margin, very sm](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/0ec69d82-1559-41c7-a40d-b1b000f77a62/468x382.jpg)
Dennis [(John)] The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry, half-title, list of subscribers, tiny stab-holes to inner margin, very small worming to extreme lower blank corner throughout, else very good, lacking front free endpapers, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco label (tiny chip to lower corner), rubbed, joints starting, for. Geo. Strahan, 1704; The Advancement and Reformation of Modern Poetry, some passage-marking and occasional annotation in pencil, some staining including to head of title, spotted and lightly browned throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving most of original backstrip, some repairs to extremities, rubbed and worn at extremities, joints split at foot but covers holding, for Rich. Parker, 1701, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards, 8vo (2) *** The first a preliminary essay to a proposed but never published work, announced on the title-page as A Criticism upon our most Celebrated English Poets Deceas'd. We can trace only a handful of copies at auction, the last in 2004. An indifferent playwright, Dennis is best remembered as a discerning critic. He is portrayed as "Sir Tremendous" in Pope's Three Hours after Marriage (1717), "tremendous" being one of his favourite terms of praise.
Weather.- Hygrometry.- Luc (Jean André de) A Letter Addressed to Mr U.F. Hausmann,... Giving An Account of the Origin of Hygrometry; of the Invention of the Hygrometer, and of its Practical Use, first edition, some very light spotting, original printed wrappers, uncut, minor loss and rubbing to edges, corners slightly darkened, folio, Windsor, C. Knight and Son, 1813. *** A rare work on the early history of hygrometry, the science of measuring the moisture content in the atmosphere. Swiss geologist and pioneering inventor of barometers and hygrometers Jean André de Luc (1727-1817) here writes to Ulrich Friedrich Hausmann (1776-1847), giving an account of his newly devised whalebone hygrometer, his experiments in the Alps in the 1770s, and the principles of "hygrology".
Botany.- Curtis (William) Flora Londinensis; or, plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London, vol.1-5 (only, of 6) bound in 3, first edition, title to vol.1 only, engraved author portrait mounted on front free endpaper of vol.1, 360 hand-coloured engraved plates, many trimmed and mounted on stubs, 6pp. manuscript "alphabetical index to the first five (out of six) fasciculae of Curtis's Flora Londinensis" in vol.1, final text leaf supplied in manuscript, light browning, light scattered spotting affecting some plates, nineteenth-century green half morocco by Birdsall, spine with raised bands in seven compartments, slightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, folio, printed for and sold by the author, 1777.
Behrendt (W.C., editor) Die Form. Zeitschrift für gestaltende Arbeit, vol. 1, nos.1, 4, 5, 7 & 10, numerous illustrations, marginal toning, original printed wrappers by Joost Schmidt, some slight wear to spines, Bonn, 1925-26; and a 1929 issue of the same, 4to (6)*** Early issue from the famed magazine of the Deutscher Werkbund, including the first issue.
Theatre.- Langbaine (Gerard) An Account of the English Dramatick Poets, first edition, penultimate errata f., final f. with vertical half-title to verso, 'North Library' bookplate to front pastedown and small embossed stamp of the Earls of Macclesfield to title & a2, book-label of J.O. Edwards, bookplate of Robert Harley to verso of title, very occasional ink annotation in a contemporary hand (see G7, Y6, 2I2v, 2K5), N4 short tear into text affecting few letters, some foxing, light browning, contemporary calf, covers with central gilt arms and name "Robert Harley" to either side, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, small patch of worming to head of lower cover, little rubbed, upper joint split and with very small chip to head, lower joint split at head, but both holding, [Wing L373; Pforzheimer 577], 8vo, Oxford, Printed by L.L. [i.e. Leonard Lichfield] for George West, and Henry Clements, 1691. *** With discussion of Shakespeare on pp.453-69. Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
![London.- Cary (John) Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London to Hampton Court, Ware, Bagshot, [&c.], first edition, 2](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/7726da0b-0548-45ff-b489-b1b000f60bef/468x382.jpg)
London.- Cary (John) Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London to Hampton Court, Ware, Bagshot, [&c.], first edition, 2 general engraved key maps, 1 folding (repair to lower margin), with 80 engraved road strip maps on 40 plates, all with hand-colouring, plain engraved title and Explanation/Advertisement f., ink inscription erased from head of title, light offsetting, occasional light staining or browning, modern antique-style calf, 8vo, 1790.
Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, first edition, first issue in the original 88 weekly parts, 3 engraved frontispieces to parts 26, 52 & 88, wood-engraved illustrations, original white wrappers, some neat repairs, light discolouration, edges chipped and frayed, some wrappers loose, preserved in 3 crimson morocco boxes, spines gilt, with pull-off tops (a little rubbed and scuffed), [Eckel pp.61-65; Hatton & Cleaver, pp.161-182], tall 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. *** Master Humphrey's Clock was first issued in weekly parts before being collected together into monthly issues and finally into book format. "Of the four issues the weekly one is difficult to obtain in a clean condition and is therefore the costliest" (Eckel).
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[Venning (Mary Anne)] A Geographical Present; being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, with Representations of the Various Inhabitants in their Respective Costumes, first edition, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates, ink ownership inscription of Elizabeth Syndercombe Fox to front free endpaper dated 1819, light foxing, mainly to text, original roan-backed boards, spine titled in gilt but with small stain obscuring couple letters, wear to extremities, [Osborne I, p.193], for Darton, Harvey and Darton, 1817 § Book of English Trades (The), and Library of the Useful Arts, new edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 73 plates, advertisement leaf at end, book-label of John Greeves of Belfast laid down to half-title, with his ink ownership name to head of title, spotting throughout, lacking front free endpapers, contemporary marbled calf, blind-stamp of Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to upper cover, spine with red morocco label, rubbed, joints split but holding, for F.C. & J. Rivington, 1821; and others illustrated, including More Broad Grins (1819), 8vo et infra (5)
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, first edition, first issue with Doge's speech on p.151, contemporary ownership signatures on half-title, 1821; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, first edition, second issue, first variant with 'Eagle' on p.67, 1816; Sardanapalus, a Tragedy, first edition, variant without 'A Tragedy' on half-title, half-title detached, 1821, disbound, light foxing and marginal damp-staining, John Murray; and 3 others, Lord Byron, 8vo (6)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator).- Wagner (Richard) The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, 34 tipped-in colour plates by Rackham, modern navy half morocco, spine gilt, 1910; Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, 30 tipped-in colour plates by Rackham, modern tan morocco, with original gilt pictorial cloth cover laid down to sheet and bound-in at rear, 1911, first trade editions, captioned tissue-guards, occasional light browning or off-setting, London & New York, William Heinemann & Doubleday Page, 4to (2)
Sassoon (Siegfried, poet and writer, 1886-1967) Autograph Letter initialled "SS" to Kerrison Preston, 2pp. & envelope, Heytesbury House, Wiltshire, 22nd October 1961, discussing Preston's "perceptive appreciation" of Ian Davies Piers Prodigal, among other topics, "I only saw Gordon Bottomley [poet, 1874-1948] once, & then only shook hands with him...he is much underestimated by the prejudice of contemporary fashion. One of my regrets is, that I never knew Graham Robertson. Time Was is one of my favourite books of reminiscence...What a ?bevy of talents they are at Stanbrook! [Abbey] I spent 3 happy days there in July", central fold, very faint patch of toning to verso, and 3 other letters, one addressed to Mr. Sasson (incomplete and unsigned, although evidently from Kerrison Preston), and 2 from Dame Hildelith Cumming [nun, printer and musician at Stanbrook Abbey, 1909-91] to Mr. Preston on Stanbrook Abbey headed paper, all loosely inserted into a copy of Ian Davie’s Piers Prodigal and other poems, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine sunned, faint foxing to lower panel, lightly rubbed, 8vo, 1961; and 9 others, including a copy of Bottomly's Charles Ricketts with signed presentation inscription to Kerrison Preston, several others with ephemera relating to Preston loosely inserted, 4to & 8vo (10) *** Kerrison Preston (1884-1974) solicitor and collector of the works of William Blake. Preston acted as literary executor of the artist and author W. Graham Robertson.
Woolf (Virginia) Orlando: A Biography, first English edition, frontispiece and 7 plates, one or two light marginal stains, light toning to endpapers, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, book-label to rear pastedown, original orange cloth, a few small stains, toned at margins, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, Hogarth Press, 1928 § Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, first American edition, loss to fore-edge of pp.19-20 affecting text, the odd faint spot, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate, original black cloth, light patches of soiling, spine lightly sunned, spine ends lightly bumped, New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1924 § Eliot (T.S.) The Confidential Clerk, first edition, first issue with "Ihad" to p.7, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original blue cloth, spine sunned and ends bumped, 1914; and c.65 others, mostly early 20th century, including an A.L.s. by May Sinclair, v.s. (c.70)
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[Robertson (W. Graham)] The Holy Night, A Christmas Mystery, first edition, upper hinge cracked at foot but holding firm, original printed blue wrappers, ink initials "WGR" to head of upper wrapper, upper wrapper with short closed tear to foot, spine slightly sunned with a few nicks to ends, very light soiling, Middlesex Printing Works, 1900 § Burne-Jones (Sir Edward) Letters to Katie...With an Introductory Note by W. Graham Robertson, first edition, frontispiece and 23 plates, W. Graham Robertson's copy with his ownership inscription to front free endpaper, half-title and title margins lightly browned, foxing at beginning and end, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label, spine little toned, faint spotting to cloth, 1925; and 2 others, a copy of Robertson's Masque of May Morning with programmes for 2 early performances loosely inserted, and Marie Belloc Lowndes' memoirs with signed presentation inscription to Robertson, 4to & 8vo (4) *** The first mentioned a scarce nativity play. We can trace only two copies, in the British Library and National Library of Scotland.
Cook (Peter, editor) Archigram Nine, first edition, illustrations, with free seed packet stapled to head of one sheet, original pictorial wrappers stapled at fore-edge of upper wrapper and folded, very slightly soiled, 4to, 1970.*** The final issue of this avant-garde architectural journal. "We are following our dreams yet further and seeing now a gentler softer and more tantalising environment...We make this Archigram as the means of saying 'Come on.....now it is time to do something.......wherever you are.'".
Social history and satire.- Leech (John) Portraits of Children of the Mobility, first edition, 8 lithographed plates, light foxing, bookplate of John Sparrow to front pastedown, original cloth, some fading and splash-marks, Richard Bentley, 1841 § Godwin (George) Town Swamps and Social Bridges, illustrations after James Godwin and others, modern morocco, spine faded, Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859; and 3 others, similar, v.s. (5)
Birds.- Cramp (Stanley) Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, 9 vol., first editions, titles in red and black, plates and illustrations, illustrated endpapers, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to corners and extremities, 4to, Oxford, 1977-94.
Brontë (Charlotte) Shirley, 2 vol. only (of 3), first edition, advertisements dated 'October 1849' at end vol. 1, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, a little mottled, backstrips beginning to split at joints but holding firm, small loss to vol. 1 spine head, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1849; and 2 later editions of the same, 8vo (4).
Amis (Kingsley) The Old Devils, jacket with a few very light bumps, 1986 § O'Brian (Patrick) The Nutmeg of Consolation, some spotting to fore-edge, bookplate, cloth with one or two very light bumps, jacket with laminate covering, 1991 § Bellow (Saul) Him with His Foot in His Mouth, signed by the author on leaf following half-title, ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, cloth spine sunned, jacket spine ends and corners a little frayed with some loss, a few very small stains, 1984, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.50 others, mostly late 20th century, v.s. (c.55)
Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, first issue with 'Rigaud' for Blandois in part 15 and errata slip in part 16, 40 etched plates by H.K.Browne ("Phiz"), part 13 publisher's advertisement pp.3/4 torn without loss, part 19/20 p.1 of advertiser with marginal paper repairs, some foxing and browning to plates, original printed blue wrappers, some spines repaired preserving remnants of spines, one or two loose in wrappers, some rubbing and chipping to extremities, some edges fraying and tender, preserved in drop-back box with red morocco spine label (a little rubbed), [Hatton & Cleaver pp.307-330], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1855-57. *** A scarce complete run with all adverts and plates as called for.
Jonson (Ben) Batholmew Fayre: A Comedie Acted in the yeare, 1614, By the Lady Elizabeths Servants, first edition, lacking A1 (blank, or general title), woodcut device on title, initials and head-pieces, spotting, ownership blind-stamp to title, final f. with loss to inner blank margin, creasing and some fraying, disbound, folio, I.B. for Robert Allot, 1631.*** Although it is known that the author distributed copies of the separate plays as they were printed, it seems most likely that the present copy was extracted from the second volume of Jonson's Works, published in 1640.
Royalty.- Collection of letters and documents relating to British and European Royalty, letters including: Prince George, second duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), commander-in-chief of the British Army (3); Louis Philippe I (1773-1850), King of France; Princess Helena (1846-1923), third daughter of Queen Victoria; Prince Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex (1773-1843), sixth son of George III; Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890-1966); Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), sixth daughter of George III (5); Prince Arthur, first duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), governor-general of Canada, army officer, son of Queen Victoria; Princess Amelia (1711-86), daughter of George II; Princess Alice Mary, princess royal (1897-1965), only daughter of George V; Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), consort of William IV; Prince Adolphus Frederick, first duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), viceroy of Hanover, army officer, son of George III (20); Edward VII (as Prince of Wales, 1841-1910); documents, including; Army Commission signed by George, duke of Cambridge, a Danish order of knighthood, 3 printed volumes relating to various royal visits etc., together c. 60 pieces, folds, v.s., v.d., 19th - 20th centuries (c. 60 pieces).
Smart (Christopher, translator) The Works of Horace, 4 vol., half-titles, engraved plate at end vol. 3, advertisement leaf at end vol. 2 & 4, armorial bookplate of Francis Gregg, foxing, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, spines with red and green morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed, for W. Flexney, 1767; A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus, first edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscriptions of John Brown to pastedowns, small 20th century ownership inscription of C.A. Ryskamp to verso of frontispiece, occasional spotting, the occasional ink mark or stain, front free endpaper renewed, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, red morocco spine label, for J. Dodsley, 1765, parallel text in Latin and English, book-label of J.O. Edwards, some light browning; and the second edition of the first mentioned in 2 vol. (1762), 8vo & 12mo (7) *** The first mentioned Smart's last major work, first published in 1756.
Dickens (Charles) Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, the Doheny copy, etched frontispiece, additional title (first state with "100£" to sign) and 38 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, part 3 lacking last leaf of advertiser and 'Wedgewood's Manifold Writer' ad at rear, part 5 lacking 8pp. Thomas Boys "Prospectus", part 7 lacking the 'Foreign Travel' slip (as usual), part 12 lacking the 'League Fund' leaf, and part 15 lacking the last leaf of advertiser and Ralph & Co. ads at rear, all other adverts and plates as called for, some plates browned or offset, original wrappers, some nicks and fraying to edges, occasional spotting, preserved in folding chemise and custom-made morocco pull-off slip-case, [Hatton and Cleaver pp.185-212], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1843-44.*** Provenance: Estelle Doheny (book-label on chemise).
Manutius (Paulus) Lettere volgari di diversi nobilissimi huomini, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, Aldine devices on titles and final leaves, with final blanks, some very light toning to margins,18th century calf, joints cracked, spine chipped and worn, [Adams L580 & L589], 8vo, Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1554-1556.
Smart (Christopher) A Song to David, half-title, book-label of Anne Vernon with her contemporary ownership name to head of title, half-title and title very lightly browned, a few spots, uncut in original boards, printed paper label to upper cover, a few small stains to upper cover, wear to joints and extremities, backstrip peeling away from upper joint and very slightly chipped at foot, 8vo, for Rodwell and Martin, 1819. *** First printed privately in 1763, and later included in Smart's Translation of the Psalms of David in 1765. The work subsequently fell into obscurity until the publication of the present edition in 1819. According to the editor, it was "composed by Smart during his confinement in a madhouse, (when denied the use of pen, ink, and paper,) by indenting the lines with a key upon the wainscot of his apartment". We can trace only one copy of this edition at auction.
Ancient Roman Silver.- Visconti (Ennio Quirino) Lettera...intorno ad una antica supelletile d'argento scoperta in Roma, second, enlarged edition (first illustrated), 25 engraved plates, title with red pen mark to outer margin, occasional light foxing, handsome contemporary green straight-grain morocco with acanthus leaf border in gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed at edges, Rome, Salviucci, 1825; and another Florence, 4to & 8vo (2) *** Describes the extraordinary hoard of late Roman silver-gilt found on the Esquiline Hill, comprising a silver coffer containing vases, spoons, basin, bowls, jugs, mirror and other utensils.
Sammelband of Florentine wool edicts.- Deliberatione sopra le cose dell'Arte della Lana fatta sotto dì primo di Ottobre 1547 & reassunta adi 2. di Settembre 1556, con certe additione nuovamente fatte, light water-staining, Giorgio Marescotti, [?1576] bound with Deliberatione Fatta Per Li Spettabili Signori Conservadori Dell'Arte della Lana, Sotto dì 28 di Marzo 1550, Giorgio Marescotti, [?1550] and Deliberatione Fatte Per Li Signori Conservadori Dell'arte della Lana della Citta di Fiorenza A di 5. di Settembre. 1560, Appresso i Giunti, [?1560], together 3 works in 1 vol., woodcut title vignettes of Medici coat of arms, woodcut initials, contemporary ink numbering to heads of titles, tear to first blank leaf, very faint spotting, later vellum-backed boards, spine gilt, red morocco spine label, 4to, Florence.
Law.- Noy (William) The Compleat Lawyer or a Treatise Concerning Tenures and Estates in Lands of Inheritance for Life... of Chattels Reall and Personal, first edition, with initial and final blanks, woodcut initial and head-piece, some light marginal browning, very minor worming to final leaves of lower margin, contemporary sheep, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, light scuffing to covers, 8vo, by W.W. for W.Lee, 1651.*** One of five imprints with this date, one of Noy's principal contributions to English jurisprudence.
Sale catalogue.- Huth (Henry and Alfred H.).- Catalogue of the Famous Library of Printed Books, Illuminated Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Engravings... First[-Ninth and Final] Portion, 9 vol., each one of the limited issue, printed on fine paper, with extra coloured plates and prices and buyers' names, plates, some colour, some folding, uniform cloth, original wrappers bound in, morocco labels to spines, spines a little faded, labels rubbed, 4to, 1911-20.*** Sale catalogue of the remarkable and comprehensive library formed by Henry Huth and his son, the sale of which was described by De Ricci as "one of the most striking events in the history of the English sale-rooms".
Dreiser (Theodore) Jennie Gerhardt, 1911; Chains, signed by the author on half-title, spine lightly faded, 1927 § Garland (Hamlin) The Captain of Gray-Horse Troop, signed presentation inscription from the author "This novel is based upon my experiences..." on front free endpaper, bookplate on pastedown, 1902; Wayside Courtships, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, 1897, first editions, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends, otherwise excellent; and c.80 others, mostly 19th century American literature, some early 20th century, all published in America, v.s. (c.85)
Mathematics.- Saunderson (Nicholas) The Elements of Algebra, in Ten Books, first edition, fine engraved portrait by Vandergucht, list of subscribers and errata leaf in vol.1, 8 folding engraved plates (only, of 9), some library stamps, most to titles, ink inscription to title heads, 4S2 repaired at gutter, minor tears or loss to corners of a few leaves, a few leaves with light marginal water-staining, heavier at beginning of vol.1, plates browned, ink inscription to front pastedowns, contemporary vellum, morocco spine labels, surface wear and staining to vol.1 upper cover, slightly rubbed and soiled, Cambridge, at the University Press, 1740 § Browne (George) Arithmetica Infinita or The Accurate Accomptant's Best Companion, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved tables throughout, ink inscriptions to title, pencil markings to A2, a few spots, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, slightly rubbed and soiled, Printed for the author, 1718; and c.100 others, mathematics, v.s., (c.100) *** Saunderson (1682-1739) lost his sight from smallpox as a baby but became a distinguished mathematician and friend of Newton and Whiston, whom he succeeded as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1710. One of the engraved plates in this important work depicts his "Palpable Arithmetic", a computer for the use of the blind.Provenance: library of the late David Singmaster.David Singmaster (1938-2023) was emeritus professor of mathematics at London South Bank university and provided the first comprehensive mathematical analysis of the Rubik’s Cube as well as one of the first published solutions. He had a vast personal collection of mechanical puzzles and books on maths and brain teasers, to which this lot belongs.
Milne (A.A.) By Way of Introduction, first American edition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, splitting along joints, still excellent, New York, 1929 § [Cointre] (Marie-Thérèse) I'm for Hire, original wrappers, spine faded, tear to upper spine, extremities rubbed, Olympia Press, Paris, 1955 § Garnett (Richard, translator) CXXIV Sonnets, signed presentation inscription from the translator on half-title, original cloth, extremities rubbed, 1896 § Braine (John) Life at the Top, proof copy, original wrappers, spine faded, light creasing, 1962 § Bradbury (Malcolm) The History Man, proof copy, unopened sticker on fore-edge, original wrappers, excellent, [1976]; and c.200 others, mostly 20th century English literature and history, v.s. (c.205)
Smart (Christopher) The Parables of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Done into Familiar Verse...For the Use and Improvement of Younger Minds, first edition, half-title, book-label of J.O. Edwards, a few small stains to first few leaves, else very good, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt, [Rothschild 1887], small 8vo, for W. Owen, 1768. *** Designed for the education of children. A later work by Smart, published before his commitment to King's Bench Prison for debt in 1770. We cannot trace a copy at auction since 1964.
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