Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of, soldier and Prime Minister, 1769-1852) Autograph Letter to General Payne [commanding the Light Cavalry Division], 2¼pp., sm. 4to, Celorico, 16th May 1810, "I received in the night your letter of yesterday. I beg that you will do me the favour to peruse over again my letter of the 28th of April, & then to say whether it contains the most distant allusion to your own Battalion; or any comparison between your Claim to an Accomodation of that description & that of any other officer... most undoubtedly I should never have done any thing so likely to defeat my object", long tear along central fold, browned. *** Wellington's refusal to sympathise with Payne, who appeals to feel he has been unjustly criticised or slighted.
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![Minerva Press.- [Bage (Robert)] Man As He Is. A Novel, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, I3 vol. 2 with small marginal loss](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/4643f3f7-921b-4c5a-8637-b1b000f791ee/468x382.jpg)
Minerva Press.- [Bage (Robert)] Man As He Is. A Novel, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, I3 vol. 2 with small marginal loss to fore-edge, B6-7 vol. 3 detached and loosely inserted, vol. 4 K7 verso and K8 recto with abrasion marks affecting odd letter, occasional light spotting and soiling, bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blakey p.159], 12mo, for William Lane, at the Minerva Press, 1792.
Friend of John Milton.- Hartlib (Samuel, educational reformer and writer, c. 1600–1662).- "Recd by mee William Sydenham... and Charles Fleetwood... as Govnors of the Isle of Wight" for the sum of £230 to pay the wages of 60 soldiers, witnessed by Samuel Hartlib and another, tear in right margin with loss of some text and most of the signature of William Sydenham and another, manuscript receipt signed "Sam: Hartlib", slightly browned, 203 x 148mm., 22nd July 1653; Rutland, Barrowden.- "Ann Tippen of the parish of Barrowden... Oath That the Body of Tobis pocleing was not wrapp'd wound or bound in any thing but what was not of Sheeps Wool Only, witnessed Fra: Wotton Rector of Barrowden, manuscript declaration, 105 x 165mm., 30th February 1787; and 2 other cut documents bearing the signatures of Charles Spencer, third earl of Sunderland (1675-1722), politician and John Potter (1673/4-1747), archbishop of Canterbury etc., v.s., v.d. (4 pieces). *** First mentioned: "[Hartlib's] proposed reformation of learning induced Milton to write his treatise On Education (1644), which was dedicated to Hartlib. His advocacy of a world of correspondency unfettered by monopolist restraint was one of the stimuli to Milton's composition of the Areopagitica (1644), with its criticism of censorship tempered by a defence of authorial rights. " - Oxford DNB.
Dulac (Edmund).- Andersen (Hans Christian) Stories..., 28 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, some light spotting, original tan cloth, gilt, chipped at foot of spine, [1911] § Housman (Laurence) Princess Badoura, 10 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac with captioned guards, original cream pictorial cloth, gilt, with border in pale green, [1913], first trade editions, 4to (2)
![[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". The Stolen White Elephant, first edition, 12pp. publisher's adverts, Boston, 1882](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/85524415-f5b0-4b1c-8ab5-b1b000f831d7/468x382.jpg)
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". The Stolen White Elephant, first edition, 12pp. publisher's adverts, Boston, 1882; The American Claimant, first edition, bookplate on pastedown, New York, 1892; A Tramp Abroad, first English edition, cloth spine faded, 1880, original pictorial cloth, extremities rubbed; and c.20 others by or relating to Twain, including 2 first edition, second state copies of Twain's autobiography, v.s. (c.25)
Advertising Broadside.- Jack the Ripper.- First Time out of London. Adams's Anglo-American Combination Coy. comprising over 500 sights in Wax Work and Mechanical Inventions, printed broadside, foldlines, one or two short splits, date in manuscript to upper corner, laid onto paper, c.440 x 140 mm., [Nottingham], [c.1889]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded. A rare advertisement for waxworks and mechanical inventions, somewhat gruesome through modern eyes, which include; an early waxwork exhibition of the victims of Jack the Ripper, and a life-sized figure of General Gordon which it claims, "is made to breathe as natural as life by the aid of machinery. The figure is seen to gasp for breath, as the blood oozes from the bullet-wound in the side."
Food & Drink.- Glasse (Hannah) The Art of Cookery, made Plain and Easy, new edition, facsimile signature "H. Glasse" printed on p.1, half-title, small hole to half-title and title (not affecting text), initial leaves slightly stained, modern half calf, [Cagle 706], 8vo, for T. Longman, et al., 1796.*** Originally published in 1747, Glasse's work was a bestseller for a century after its first publication, dominating the English-speaking market with at least 40 editions, and making Glasse one of the most famous cookbook authors of her time. This edition contains 'one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, not inserted in any former edition'.
![[Johnson (Samuel) and William Oldys, editors]. The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and En](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a29ef86a-6d77-4463-adc3-b1b000f300ce/fb520bef-3e93-4827-baec-b1b000f77b94/468x382.jpg)
[Johnson (Samuel) and William Oldys, editors]. The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, 8 vol., first edition, bound without "A copious and exact Catalogue of Pamphlets in the Harleian Library", armorial bookplate of Owen Williams, book-label of J.O. Edwards, vol. 6 tiny hole within title without text loss, some foxing or light browning, but generally good, 19th century straight-grain brown morocco with gilt-roll borders, spines with five raised bands, vol. 5 & 7 with a few small portions of loss to spine (raised bands lacking), spines rubbed and with chips to ends, corners worn, most joints split but covers holding, g.e., 4to, for T. Osborne, 1744-46.
Mathers (E.Powys) Red Wise, one of 500 copies, original buckram-backed boards, dust-jacket, a little spotted, spine browned and stained, splitting along lower joint, small portion becoming detached, extremities chipped, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925 § Levertov (Denise) A Tree Telling of Orpheus, illustrations by the author, original cloth, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1968 § Duncan (Robert) Heavenly City, Earthly City, first edition, illustrations by Mary Fabilli, original pictorial boards, spine faded, light rubbing to extremities, 1947; and c.70 others, mostly private press, some illustrated works, v.s. (c.75)
First World War.- In Ruhleben Camp, No.1-9, plus "Xmas Number", 1915; The Ruhleben Camp Magazine, No. 1-6, 1916-17, together 16 issues in 1 vol., illustrations, advertisements, some toning to text, 20th century calf, original wrappers bound in, t.e.g., 8vo.*** Ruhleben was a civilian detention camp in Germany during World War I, which housed citizens of the Allied Powers who had found themselves in Germany at the outbreak of the war. It was located at a racetrack in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin, and the detainees were mostly housed in stalls originally intended for racehorses. The camp remained operative until Armistice Day in 1918. Of the 6 volumes of The Ruhleben Camp Magazine included here, vol. 5 constitutes a Christmas issue.
Bibliography.- Matthews (Brander) Bookbindings Old and New, one of 150 copies on Japanese vellum, illustrations, bookplates on front free endpaper, original cloth, fine, New York, 1895 § Lingenfelter (Richard E.) Presses of the Pacific Islands 1817-1867, first edition, woodcuts by Edgar Dorsey Taylor, original cloth, Los Angeles, Plantin Press, 1967 § Duncan (Harry) Doors of Perception: Essays in Book Typography, original morocco-backed boards, spine lightly faded, Austin, 1983; and c.125 others, excluding duplicates, bibliography, library catalogues, bookbinding, some reference, etc., v.s. (c.130)
Rhead (Louis) The Psalms of David, first Rhead edition, 16 full-page illustrations, partially unopened, a few marginal tears, the odd spot, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original red publisher's cloth, decorated in gilt, corners bumped, rebacked preserving most of original backstrip, spine faded, Chicago, 1900; Collection of Book Plate Designs (A), out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 150, tipped-in portrait frontispiece, 26 plates, 3 tipped-in, illustrations, publisher's advertisement loosely inserted, light staining to inner margins, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, t.e.g., a few small stains, extremities slightly rubbed, Boston, 1907; Speckled Brook Trout (The), first edition, frontispiece and plates, tissue-guards, illustrations, light staining to margins of first few leaves, some light spotting, ink inscription to front free endpaper, hinges a little weak, original pictorial boards, lacking backstrip, rubbed, a few stains, New York, 1902; and The Basses Fresh-Water and Marine by Rhead, as well as a collection of uniformly bound classics illustrated by Rhead, v.s. (19)
Economics.- Bukharin (Nikolai Ivanovich) Imperialism and World Economy... With an introduction by V.I. Lenin, first couple of leaves and endpapers lightly foxed, damp-staining to edges of boards straying onto pastedowns, spine foot lightly bumped, slightly bowed, Martin Lawrence, [1929]; ABC of Communism (The): A Popular Explanation of the Program of the Communist Party of Russia, translated by Eden and Cedar Paul, Labour Party library stamp and 2 numerical inscriptions to title, a few ink annotations, light toning, ink ownership inscription of Harold E. Clay to front free endpaper, spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, The Communist Party of Great Britain, 1922; Historical Materialism: A System of Sociology, light water-staining to head of inner margins, bookplate, surface wear to lower cover, a few small splits to joints, spine sunned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, George Allen & Unwin, 1926; Economic Theory of the Leisure Class (The), endpapers browned, spine ends lightly bumped, covers very lightly soiled, Martin Lawrence, 1927, first English editions, original cloth, 8vo (4) *** A set of first English editions of Nikolai Bukharin's four most important books, as much a contribution to Marxist theory as an insight into revolutionary Russia and the emerging Soviet Union from one of its central and longest-lasting figures.Written during exile, Imperialism and World Economy not only contains an introduction by Lenin but was also freely borrowed from in Lenin's own Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, published the same year. ABC and Historical Materialism, meanwhile, were written during the Russian civil war, the first in particular as a popular manifesto for Lenin's Reds, co-authored by Yevgeni Preobrazhensky. Notably, ABC was also translated into English the soonest, published by The Communist Party of Great Britain in 1922, and this copy in particular owned by the Labour Party - who incidentally acceded to government for the first time the following year. This copy was also owned by Harold E. Clay, a prominent trade union leader and advocate of the British Socialist Party's affiliation to the Labour Party, who later served as chairman of the London Labour party from 1933-1948.
Dickens (Charles).- Public Dinner to William Charles Macready, Esq. on his Retirement from the Stage, On Saturday, March 1st, 1851, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., in the Chair, ticket, printed both sides on card, facsimile signature of Charles Dickens, ticket no. crossed through and "Peter Rackham" added in a contemporary hand, light toning, 1851; and 2 others, a programme for the Charles Dickens Bazaar, 1888 and the Yushudo Booksellers 1977 facsimile of A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist, v.s. (3)*** The first a charming Dickens rarity, to raise funds for the author's friend, the actor William Charles Macready. Peter Rackham was a long-standing wealthy friend of Dickens', often willing to fund charitable ventures such as this. The stewards listed on the reverse, other than Dickens and Lytton, include Charles Babbage, Douglas Jerrold, Charles Knight, Sir Edwin Landseer, Alfred Tennyson and W. M. Thackeray.
Birds.- Scott (Peter) Observations of Wildlife, one of 200 copies signed by the author, original morocco-backed cloth, original slipcase, Oxford, Phaidon Press, 1980; Wild Chorus, modern calf, morocco label to spine, [?c.1951] § Nissen (Claus) Die Illustrierten Vogelbucher, original cloth, gilt, a little toned in places, 1976, the first two with colour and plain illustrations throughout; and 6 others birds (9)
Trollope (Anthony) Dr. Wortle's School. A Novel, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, advertisements dated November 1880 at end vol. 2, occasional faint marginal soiling, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, Sadleir's 'freak binding' to vol. 1 with titles to lower cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sadleir 59], 1881 § Gilliat (Edward) Under the Downs, 3 vol., first edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1882 § barre (Uttere) Avondale of Avondale. A Political Romance, 3 vol., first edition, inscription from author to vol. 1 early blank, occasional pencil annotations, scattered faint spotting, original decorative cloth, lightly sunned spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1877; 8vo (8).
Photography.- McCullin (Don) In England, first edition, signed by the author, 2007 § Gernsheim (Helmut) Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839-1875, 1984 § Pare (Richard) Photography and Architecture: 1839-1939, 1982, photographic illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.100 others, photography, British history and similar, v.s. (c.100)
Anatomical Dialogues, or, a Breviary of Anatomy, third edition, 10 engraved plates, the odd faint spot, ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco spine label, rubbed, Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1792 § The Famous Tryal in B.R. Between Thomas Neale, Esq; and the Late Lady Theodosia Joy, The 4th of June, 1684, 2 folding maps, hand-coloured in outline, water-staining to foot of first few leaves, 1696 bound with The Lady Ivy and Appeal of Thomas Ivie, together 3 works in one vol., light scattered spotting, modern half calf, morocco spine label § Satires of Persius (The) Translated into English Verse, second edition, title leaf loose, library stamp to title verso, light spotting to initial leaves, contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, upper joint slightly cracked, spine ends and corners slightly bumped, A. Millar, 1751; and 5 others, including a personal manuscript notebook from 1851, v.s. (8) *** The first book a rare work on anatomy. The third book bears the distinctive red library stamp of Ernest Augustus (1771-1851), the fifth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte.
Smith Marriott (W. M.) Edred and Ella, Horatius and Virginia, A Lay to Dorset, and Other Poems, first edition, etched frontispiece (abrasion causing very small loss to image at lower inner corner), Dorset Collection bookplate, pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated 1949, Lay to Dorset (pp.93-114) with some correction and annotation in pencil and ink, few paper slips with ink additions tipped onto final few leaves, frontispiece foxed, title toned and with a few pencil marks, some other spotting and soiling, lower hinge weak but holding, original cloth, tiny remains of printed label to spine, extremities sunned, spine quite worn, rubbed, Blandford, John Shipp, 1831 § Skurray (Francis) The Shepherd's Garland, half-title, presentation inscription "To the Revd. E. Henning with the Author's best regards. Decr. 4. 1835" to front free endpaper, some annotation in pencil, some light spotting or foxing, gutter cracked at points but holding, original boards, lacking backstrip, wear to extremities, joints cracked but holding, for Simpkin and Marshall, [1832]; and others poetry, including 4 by Skurray (some duplicates), 8vo (12) *** The first mentioned rare, we cannot trace a copy at auction. A later pencil note on the front pastedown reads "Ms addition for a new edition".
Douglas (Norman) Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, light foxing, original boards, a little toned, dust-jacket, spine faded, few nicks and small portions of loss to edges, [Florence], privately printed, 1927 § Miller (Arthur) Focus, first edition, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine toned, edges nicked, 1945 § Dos Passos (John) Three Soldiers, first edition, original cloth, New York, 1921 § Matthiessen (Peter) Wildlife in America, illustrations by Bob Hines, original cloth, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities, New York, 1959; and c.150 others, general fiction, mostly modern American, v.s. (c.150)
Architecture.- Constructivism.- Richter (Hans), El Lissitzky and Werner Graeff, editors. G: Material zur elementaren Gestaltung, issue no. 1, bifolium, photographic illustrations, folds, light toning, some light wear at folds, but a very good example generally, preserved in custom folding chemise, folio, Berlin, July, 1923.*** Issue no. 1 of this rare and influential periodical that ran to 5/6 numbers in total and marked the first contribution by Lissitzky to German cultural life. The final page includes a photograph of Lissitzky's Prounem Raum, exhibited at the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung, 1923.
Architecture.- Sartoris (Alberto) Encyclopédie de l'Architecture Nouvelle, 3 vol., vol. 3 first edition, vol. 1 & 2 second edition, black and white illustrations, many full-page, bookseller's ticket to front pastedowns, vol. 3 few leaves affixed together, very occasional small abrasion mark affecting image or text, some slight marginal toning, some spotting to fore-edge and endpapers, original decorative cloth, few faint spots to vol. 1 & 2, dust-jackets, some light surface soiling, edges rubbed with a few small nicks or short tears, vol. 3 with more chipping to edges and old tape repairs to verso, vol. 3 upper joint split, Milan, Ulrico Hoepli, 1957-57-54; and 4 others, including vol. 1, 3 & 4 only (of 4) of Le Corbusier Sketchbooks (1981-82), 4to (7)
Dickens (Charles) Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, engraved portrait frontispiece by Finden after Maclise, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), one or two plates with expert repairs, some plates evenly toned, overall remarkably clean, modern red crushed morocco ruled in gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, portrait and signature of Dickens blind-stamped on covers, spine gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins with marbled endpapers, a very attractive copy, [Eckel pp.64-66; Smith I, 5], Chapman and Hall, 1839; and 2 other first editions in book form by Dickens, handsomely bound, 8vo (3)
Percival Chaplin (J.) Cross, 15 pen and ink over pencil with watercolour plates tipped onto leaves, tissue-guards, pen and ink title, typed contents p., some light finger-soiling to margins, original cloth-backed boards, title to upper cover, some wear to extremities, 4to, 1927.*** An intriguing original work based on the stations of the cross. Figures in classical and contemporary dress are mixed together with several dressed as First World War soldiers.
Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Poems, engraved portrait medallion as frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations by the Dalziel Bros. and others after Millais, Rossetti, Holman Hunt and others, light foxing (mainly at beginning and end), portrait frayed and reinforced at fore-edge, contemporary pebble calf, ruled in gilt, inner gilt floral dentelles, calf, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., rubbed, corners and spine ends a little worn, [Ray 148], small 4to, Edward Moxon, 1857.*** The first edition with these illustrations, incorporating several by the members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and thereby making it one of the most important Victorian illustrated books.
Winstanley (William) The lives of the most famous English poets, or The honour of Parnassus, engraved frontispiece with bust of the author, final blank P8 (pencil note, paper repair to foot of gutter), title with ownership name excised and strip of paper laid down to verso without text loss, H1 small paper repair to fore-margin, trimmed quite close at head, couple times touching headline and shaving outer rule of double-rule border to title, occasional tiny worming to fore-margin, becoming small trace towards end, some foxing and light browning, later half morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt, joints and extremities rubbed, t.e.g., [Wing W3065], H. Clark, for Samuel Manship, 1687 § Blount (Thomas) De Re Poetica: Or, Remarks upon Poetry. With Characters and Censures of the most Considerable Poets, 2 parts in 1, part 2 E4v with contemporary ink note to foot, some browning and light foxing, front free endpaper working loose, contemporary panelled calf, old paper spine label, small staining to upper cover, little rubbed, [Wing B3347], Ric. Everingham, for R. Bently, 1694, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards, 8vo & small 4to (2) *** The first mentioned rare in commerce. Winstanley (c.1628 - 1698), English poet, compiler of biographies, royalist, and proud Essex man. The work includes Shakespeare, Beaumont & Fletcher, Spenser, and Chaucer.
Henty (G. A.) A March of London, ownership name scribbled out on half-title, 1898; The Tiger of Mysore, book-label on front free endpapers, 1896; For the Temple, gift inscription front free endpaper, [c.1888], first editions, light foxing or spotting, original pictorial cloth, lightly marked and extremities a little bumped, still excellent and bright; and 17 others, Henty or other adventure fiction, 8vo (20)
Melville (Herman) Redburn: His First Voyage, first edition, third printing, ownership labels and inscription on front endpapers, foxing, original cloth, recased, discoloured and lightly stained, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1850; Journal Up the Straits, original cloth-backed boards, light rubbing to extremities, original tissue-jacket, a little torn at spine head, New York, 1935; and c.40 others, by or relating to Melville, including scarce early reprints of Typee and Omoo, v.s. (c.40)
Mencken (H.L.) The American Language, 2 vol., original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, extremities chipped, New York, 1945 § Bambace (Anthony) Will H. Bradley: His Work, a Bibliographical Guide, one of 50 copies signed by the compiler, original morocco-backed boards, Delaware, 1995 § Mattheissen (Peter) Raditzer, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, light nicks and chips to extremities, spine lightly faded, New York, 1961; Under the Mountain Wall, original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities, New York, 1962, first editions; and c.150 others, general fiction, mostly modern American, v.s. (c.150)
Becher (H.C.R.) A Trip to Mexico, mounted photographic frontispiece and 19 plates, lithographed map and plate of hieroglyphics, contemporary ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece, few plates with tissue-guard torn leaving some light marking to gutter, p.175 upper blank corner torn away, gutter cracked at points with 2 plates loose, upper hinge weak but holding, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine foot little chipped, rubbed, t.e.g., Toronto, Willing and Williamson, 1880 § Haggard (H. Rider) Rural England, 2 vol., plates, colour maps, vol. 1 with 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional foxing, original cloth, spines little sunned, lightly rubbed, 1902 § Aero Manual (The). A Manual of Mechanically-Propelled Human Flight...Compiled by the Staff of "The Motor", illustrations, advertisements at beginning and end, rear free endpaper torn away, original cloth, lightly soiled, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, Temple Press, 1909, first editions; and a large quantity of others, various subjects, including some ephemera, v.s. (lge qty in 9 boxes)
Canada.- Willis (N.P.) Canadian Scenery Illustrated, 2 vol., engraved portrait, additional vignette titles, map and 117 plates after W.H. Bartlett, some foxing and spotting, one or two short tears to lower edge of leaves, remnants of bookplates to front pastedowns, later maroon half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, slightly rubbed with some surface wear, George Virtue, 1842 § Gray (Hugh) Letters from Canada, folding engraved map with border hand-coloured, 3 folding tables, map foxed and scuffed at some corners with a few repairs, title leaf slightly detached at foot, light water-staining affecting map and first few leaves, some light browning and spotting, hinges reinforced, bookplate signed by F. Gray, contemporary calf, gilt fleuron border, spine gilt in compartments, rebacked preserving original backstrip, lower joint split, worn, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809, first editions, 8vo and 4to, (3)
Charles II Coronation.- Draft of a summons to the coronation of Charles II as a Knight of the Order of the Bath, 1p., manuscript, very small piece of left hand corner torn away not affecting text, [1661]; FitzRoy (Charles, as earl of Southampton, later duke of Cleveland and first duke of Southampton, natural son of Charles II & Barbara Palmer, 1662-1730) & Butler (Thomas, sixth earl of Ossory & , politician and naval officer, 1634-80).- Draft of directions for the Installation of the Earls of Southampton and of Ossory as Knights of the Garter at Windsor..., manuscript, 2pp. & conjugate blank, 1673; and another in a different hand, a draft "Breife Direction for the Installacion of a Kt of the Garter", also for the Earl of Southampton at Windsor on 1 April 1673, manuscript drafts, folds, slightly browned, folio, 1661 & 1673 (3). *** First mentioned, the creation of knights of the Bath at the Restoration in 1661, and the last occasion on which this medieval ceremony was to be performed.
Du Maurier (George) Peter Ibbetson, 2 vol., first edition, the Blairhame copy with leather book-label on pastedowns, light fixing to endpapers, original cloth, spine faintly toned, otherwise fine, preserved in custom-made chemise and slip-case (a little browned and spotted), 1892 § Dowson (Ernest) The Poems, illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, John Middleton Murray's copy with his ownership inscription on endpapers, endpapers lightly browned and spotted, original cloth, extremities a little rubbed and frayed, 1911 § Gaskell (Elizabeth) Cranford, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, signed by the artist on front free endpaper, bookplate and light toning on endpapers, original cloth, light soiling to covers, spine label a little rubbed, 1891 § Drinkwater (John) Poems of Love and Earth, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Galsworthy on half-title verso, original boards, extremities rubbed, 1912; and c.125 others, late 19th and early 20th-century English literature, v.s. (c.130)
Gradassi (Jean).- Shakespeare (William) Les Chefs d'Oeuvre, First & Second series, together 12 vol., translated by François-Victor Hugo, one of 420 copies reserved for "Amis de Plaisir du Livre" with 2 original colour illustrations signed by the artist (in vol. 6 & 12) and a suite of full-page illustrations in green outline to the rear of each volume, from a total limitation of 3500 copies, plates and illustrations by Jean Gradassi in colours and gilt, tissue-guards, signed presentation inscription from the artist on vol. 1 half-title, vol. 6 & 12 with certificate of authenticity loosely inserted, the odd faint spot to fore-edge, original panelled russet morocco with intricate embossed design, gilt, t.e.g., spines uniformly lightly sunned, some very light rubbing to corners and raised bands to spines, housed in morocco-edged slipcases (lightly rubbed), 4to, Nice, a L'Enseigne du Chant des Sphères, 1969-74.
Hardy (Thomas).- Lea (Hermann) Thomas Hardy's Wessex, first edition, photographic frontispiece and illustrations, embossed "Presentation Copy" stamp to foot of title, small stain to foot of first few leaves, some spotting, mainly at beginning and end, original cloth, spine slightly sunned, extremities rubbed, t.e.g., 1913 § Catalogue (A) of The Library of Thomas Hardy...to be Sold at Auction by Messrs. Hodgson & Co...on Thursday, May 26th, 1938 And following day, few related newspaper clippings laid down to inside lower wrapper, few faint spots, original stapled printed wrappers, staples little rusted, [1938] § Parker (W.M.) On the Track of the Wessex Novels. A Guide to the Hardy Country, first edition, portrait frontispiece and 5 plates, double-page map, occasional spotting, original printed wrappers, lightly toned, little soiled, edges rubbed, Poole, 1924 § Hardy (Thomas) Human Shows. Far Phantasies. Songs, and Trifles, first edition, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed and browned, the odd spot elsewhere, original cloth, spine slightly sunned, spine ends and corners rubbed, 1925; and a large quantity of others by or relating to Hardy, v.s. (lge qty in 7 boxes)
Economics.- Luxemburg (Rosa) The Accumulation of Capital, translated by Agnes Schwarzschild, a couple of spots to fore-edge, strips of fading and faint spotting along upper cover edges, slight cockling along some edges, spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951 § Kautsky (Karl) The Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx, translated by H.J. Stenning, a few faint spots, ink inscription and upper corner cropped of front free endpaper, circular stain to foot of upper cover, spine ends bumped, A & C. Black, 1925 § Bernstein (Edward), Evolutionary Socialism: A Criticism and Affirmation, translated by Edith C. Harvey, edited by Ramsay MacDonald M.P., Socialist Library advertisements at end, light spotting, endpapers browned, ink ownership inscription and book-label to front pastedown, a few bumps to edges and spine ends, spine sunned, Independent Labour Party, 1909, first English editions, original cloth; and 9 others, Marxist economics, 8vo, (12)
Literary.- Collection of letters and cards from various literary figures, letters, including: Rev. Legh Richmond (2), Richard Ford, Robert Curzon, Francis Charles Philips (2), cards, including: R.D. Blackmore; and other letters, including a printed circular from The First Edition Club addressed to Christopher ?Hassall initialled "A.J." [A.J.A. Symons], folds, some edges chipped, v.s., v.d., 1821-1932 (15 pieces).
Cleary (Jon) The Sundowners, first edition, original cloth, lightly scuffed, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, extremities nicked, New York, 1952 § Gardner (Isabella) That Was Then, first edition, signed by the artist, original cloth-backed boards, 1980 § Matthiessen (Peter) Under the Mountain Wall, uncorrected proof copy, light foxing, stamp on half-title, modern morocco, original wrappers bound in, 1962 § Guthrie (Ramon) Trobar Clus, one of 250 copies signed by the author, original boards, Massachusetts, 1923 § Drake (Robert) The Home Place, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to extremities, otherwise excellent, Memphis, 1980; and c.15 others, general fiction, mostly modern American, v.s. (c.150)
Michener (James A.) Return to Paradise, cloth spine faded, jacket faded, extremities rubbed, 1951 § Millay (Edna St. Vincent) The Buck in the Snow, jacket spie faded, one or two nicks, 1928 § McGuane (Thomas) The Sporting Club, light stain on cloth, 1968 § Gass (William H.) In the Heart of the Country, few nicks to extremities, 1968; Fiction and the Figures of Life, 1970, first editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets; and c.135 others, general fiction, mostly modern American, v.s. (c.140)
Fox Talbot (William Henry).- The Art-Union, Monthly journal of the Fine Arts, vol. 8, with an original calotype photography by Fox Talbot (a little faded, small patch of wear, label to verso of mount), engraved plates, some folding, illustrations, 19th century half morocco, gilt, [Gernsheim, Incunabula, 620], 1846; and vol. 9 & 10 of the journal, uniformly bound, 4to (3)*** "The first magazine in the world to be illustrated with a photograph" (Gernsheim). With an original talbotype (or 'calotype') of a church by Henry Fox Talbot. Also includes a two-page article on 'The Talbotype-Sun Pictures'.
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[Johnson (Samuel) and others]. The Idler, 2 vol., first collected edition, vol. 2 with 3pp. advertisements at end, ink ownership inscription of M. Gery 1772 to front pastedowns, later ownership inscription to front free endpapers, vol. 1 A3 portion cut away from upper margin, occasional light browning and foxing, contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed, vol. 1 upper cover detached, other joints split but covers holding, [Rothschild 1248], for J. Newbery, 1761 § [Harte (Walter)] The Amaranth: Or Religious Poems, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations, gilt oval bookplate of the Lowther family, book-label of John Sparrow, contemporary calf, shallow chip to spine foot, rubbed, joints cracked but holding firm, for Mess. Robinson and Roberts, 1767, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and an attractive 2 vol. set of Richard Steele's The Guardian (1714), 8vo (5)
Bel Geddes (Norman) Horizons, jacket price-clipped, some adhesion to covers, minor chipping and slight creasing to spine tips and corners, but a sharp, near-fine example generally, Boston, 1932; Magic Motorways, browning to endpapers, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few closed tears to head and foot with some creasing, light rubbing and surface-soiling, Boston, 1940, first editions, illustrations throughout, original boards, dust-jackets, 4to (2)*** An attractive pair of works on streamlined design and road systems that helped define the aesthetic of America in the 30s and 40s.
Mathematics.- Mydorge (Claude) Examen du Livre des Recreations Mathematiques, et de ses problemes en Geometrie, Mechanique, Optique, & Catoptrique, 4 parts in 1 vol., woodcut illustrations, light water-staining to corners of first few leaves, small hole to Q3 in part 1 and to A4 in part 4, worming to foot of A4 and minor loss to foot of C1 in part 2, some light spotting, bookplate and ink ownership inscription to rear pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, Paris, Rolet Boutonne, 1638 § Clavius (Christopher) Aritmetica Pratica, woodcut initials, some light spotting, some worming to foot of leaves, contemporary vellum, title lettered in ink on spine, rubbed and soiled with circular stain to lower cover, Venice, Niccolò Pezzana, 1696; and c.75 others, mathematics, v.s. (c.75) *** The first is Claude Mydorge's annotated edition of Leurechon's Récréations mathématiques (1624), probably the most popular book of mathematical recreations ever published. Consisting of four parts, part 1 reprints Leurechon's text with commentary on the scientific principles underlying each problem; part 2 is by Mydorge and Denis Henrion; part III, on fireworks, is derived from works of Hanzelet Lorrain; and part IV is by Denis Henrion.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.
Nattes (John Claude) Scotia Depicta; or the Antiquities, Castles...and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland, engraved additional title and 48 plates by J. Fittler after J.C. Nattes, engraved vignette at end, spotting, text browned with some light staining, final leaf and endpapers creased, contemporary straight-grain plum morocco, gilt, few light stains, rubbed, 1804 § Caunter (Rev. Hobart) The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 23 plates after William Daniell, tissue-guards, advertisement leaf at end, ink ownership name of C.M. Courthope to front free endpaper, foxing to plates and very occasionally to text, some plates with water-stain to upper inner corner, upper hinge cracked and lower nearly broken, original pictorial morocco, gilt, rubbed, g.e., 1834; and others illustrated, v.s. (7) *** The second mentioned the first annual in a series that was to run up to 1840.
Victorian silver buckle design locket pendant, with bright cut decoration, Birmingham 1888, on silver book link chain necklace and one other similar silver locket, on later silver chain necklaceCondition Report:Approx 87.15gm (including glass panels within), both glass panels broken, max pendant length = 6.3cm, book link chain length = 50cm overall (46cm to end of first clip), some links bent but secure, all tested or hallmarked silver, pendant on book link chain - some light dents and hallmarks rubbed, other pendant with some scratches at reverse, no hallmarks, both lockets close
First World War period silver cased trench watch, the white enamel Arabic dial with outer railroad seconds track, London import mark, 1914, case back no. 299784, 27mm diameter, together with a lady's 935 cased fob watch, two other silver cased watches, silver watch Albert, bracelets, etc., 248g gross approx
Sèvres biscuit porcelain bust of the French drummer boy and hero of the First Republic, Joseph Bara (Barra), circa 1895, modelled wearing uniform and a shako inscribed EGALITE, LIBERTE OU LA MORT, on a blue-glazed and gilt socle base inscribed BARRA (sic), impressed, printed and inscribed marks and iron-red printed decorating mark for 1895, 34cm high overall
Railway Interest - British Railways No2. B.R. (M) First Aid Cabinet (vacant), 46cm x 31.5cm high, together with an early 20th century green painted carry tin, British Railways Designation of Stations Book, 1st July 1957, Train Register for Nottingham (Vic) South 1963-64, information log, Train Annuals (1948-49), six small plastic and wooden information plaques and enamel mash can
Manchester United F.A Cup Programmes from Winning Seasons 1962-3, all six games and Red at Wembley souvenir, 76-7 all seven games and World of Sport brochure. 1982-3 all seven games 84-5 all seven games, Charity Shield semis and other issues, first clubs who United met in the finals:- One Folder.
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