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Click here to subscribePAINE (Thomas) Rights of Man, second and fourth editions, two parts in one, London: for J S Jordan 1791-92, 8vo, some age staining, damaged calf with detached upper board; HARRIS (James) Hermes, third edition, London 1771; Three Treatises, third edition 1772 (some damage and staining to first part); Philosophical Arrangements, 1775; Philological Inquiries in Three Parts, 1781, all 8vo sprinkled calf with rubbed gilt spines (5)
CARROLL (Lewis) [Dodgson, Charles L] Through the Looking Glass, first edition 1872, with `wade` for `wabe` on p.21, somewhat soiled and toned, cloth (worn); Alice`s Adventures Under Ground, first edition London 1886, spine ends a little frayed and inner hinge splitting, otherwise fair; A Tangled Tale, third thousand 1886, some foxing; Rhyme and Reason, first edition 1883, some light wear to covers (4)
WELLS (Herbert George) In the Days of the Comet, first edition , second issue, London 1906, 8vo, AUTHOR`S INSCRIPTION TO HIS FATHER TO FIRST LEAF WITH DRAWING, `H G W To his Daddy with love / chip off the old block`, 14pp advertisements dated 20.8.06 at end, original blindstamped cloth, a very good copy, top edge gilt
OVERTON (Richard) Mans Mortalitie or a Treatise..., Amsterdam: John Canne 1644, small 4to, 43pp, title and first leaves somewhat aged and worn, modern calf, scarce. This tract made a great stir and a small sect arose known as `Soul Sleepers` who adopted Overton`s doctrine in slightly modified form. The House of Commons ordered in 1644 an enquiry into this tract and Milton`s tract on Divorce
JOUBERT (Laurent) Erreurs Populaires et propos Vulgaires Touchant La medicine et le Regime de Sante, Bordeaux: par S Millanges 1579, small 8vo, somewhat loose in old stained vellum, some marginal browning to title and last leaves damp spotted/stained and discoloured with brittle margins. The first edition was published the previous year
OGILBY (John) Britannia, Volume the First or a Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales: by a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads thereof, London: by the author 1675, folio, frontispiece by Hollar, title in red and black, red ruled throughout, engraved ornaments to Preface, 28pp preliminaries without the dedication to Archbishop Gilbert, double page map of England and 100 double page Road Maps (one bound in upside down), generally fair to good with moderate finger soiling and light damp stain to some upper margins, few old repair strips, each map numbered neatly in an old hand in ink to the upper margins, last leaves a little tired, rebacked boards (worn) with trimmed portrait prints glued to first pastedown
BAXTER (Richard) The Saints Everlasting Rest or a Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints..., 10th edition London 1669, small 4to, half title and frontis, first leaves a little water stained and toned, upper board detached; PLEMP (Vopiscus Fortunatus) De Togatorum Valetudine Tuenda..., Brussells: Typis Francisci Foppens 1670, small 4to, water and worm damage (mainly not affecting text), soiling and undulation, calf (2)
Various. STEVENSON (R L) The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, illustrated, Bodley Head 1930, cloth gilt; POTTER (B) Ginger and Pickles, first edition 1909, somewhat worn; CARROLL (L) A Tangled Tale, first edition, London 1885, some toning, inner hinge split; BLOOMFIELD (Robert) The Horkey, 1882, colour printed, covers somewhat stained; WILDE (O) Salome, illustrated Aubrey Beardsley, 1912, 12mo, untrimmed; DICKENS (C) Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844, typical staining to plates, half calf (6)
* Mixed literature and poetry. Various including CONRAD (J) The Arrow of Gold, first edition 1919, cloth, some wear; GILLY (W S) Narrative of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy, 1850, head of spine damaged; WOOLF (V) Jacob`s Room, 1922, soiled and worn; MILTON (J) Poems, 2 volumes, Florence Press 1925, etc (a box)
Various. Cescinsky (H) The Old English Master Clockmakers and their Clocks 1670-1820, 1938, dust wrapper torn; Quinti Horatii Flacci, Opera, in 2 volumes London: Gul Sandby 1749, frontispiece and plates, light staining, worn vellum; Witherby, Jourdain et al, Handbook of British Birds, volumes I to V, first editions in tired wrappers; etc (a box)
Posters. Hutchison (Harold) London Transport Posters, 1963, first edition in dust wrapper; Herbert (A P). A School of Purposes... Fougasse..., first edition 1946; Allner (W H) Posters, USA 1952; Abdy (J) The French Poster, 1969; Kauffer (E McKnight) The Art of the Poster, 1924; Posters of Picasso, 1957, wrapper damaged; Jones (Sydney) Posters and Publicity, 1926; etc (2 boxes)
ELLIS (Rev William) Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856, including a Journal to the Capital..., London: John Murray 1858, first edition, folding wood engraved frontispiece, single page map, plates, small tear to frontispiece, 2pp adverts dated November 1858 at end, binding damaged and rubbed with detached front board
STANLEY (H M) In Darkest Africa, 5 volumes only (of 6), 1890, cloth gilt; Kelly`s Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk 1908 (covers worn); Black`s Series: Burma, by R Talbot Kelly, 1905, signed edition de luxe No.233/300, 4to, cloth gilt (lacks first free end paper); other smaller size for Kashmir, Burma and India (10)
Illustrated. SMITH (Rev J) The Cambridge Portfolio, 2 volumes in one, 4to, 1840, plates, some staining, lacks leaves before first title; The Illustrated Exhibitor... Great Exhibition 1851, folding plates, half calf rubbed; also various loose book plates and odd small volumes, etc (a small box)
TONY HILLERMAN, 4 ttls: A THIEF OF TIME, NY 1988, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w, orig cl gt s-c; COYOTE WAITS, NY 1990 (500) numbered and sigd, orig two-tone cl gt, orig pict card s-c; FINDING MOON, NY 1995 (300) numbered and sigd, orig two-tone cl gt, orig pict card s-c; THE FIRST EAGLE, 1998 (250) numbered and sigd, orig cl, orig pict card s-c + RAY GARTON: TRADE SECRETS, ill Bob Eggleton and Arnie Fenner, Shingletown 1990 (500) numbered and sigd by author and artist, orig cl, d/w, cl s-c + JOHN LUTZ: BONEGRINDER, NY 1977, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + EDWARD D HOCH: THE THEFTS OF NICK VELVET, NY 1978 (250) numbered and sigd, short story in pocket at end, orig cl, d/w, s-c + SALMAN RUSHDIE: THE SATANIC VERSES, NY 1989, 1st edn, orig two-tone cl, d/w (8)
[JOHN KNOX]: THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND …… - THE FIRST BLAST OF THE TRUMPET AGAINST THE MONSTROUS REGIMEN OF WOMEN, Edinburgh 1731, 1733, 2 works in 1, general ttl laid down with small part loss, lacks leaf after ttl, small 4to, old cf, restored, new EPs + JOHN M DUNCAN: THE PAROCHIAL ECCLESIASTICAL LAW OF SCOTLAND, Ed C N Johnston, Edinburgh 1903, old cf gt, prize bdg, spine gt in compartments, aeg + REV JOHN SKINNER: ANNALS OF SCOTTISH EPISCOPACY ……, Edinburgh 1818, 1st edn, sigd, engrd port frontis, old blind stpd cf gt (3)
[MARIA ELIZA RUNDELL]: A NEW SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC COOKERY, Ed Emma Roberts, 1840, engrd frontis, 9 plts as list, orig cl gt worn + MRS SARAH HARRISON: THE HOUSE-KEEPER`S POCKET-BOOK AND COMPLEAT FAMILY COOK ……, L 1731, 5th edn, greasy stains just affecting text on first leaf of dedication and pgs 23 and 33, pp 31/32 part excised, lacks ffep, old cf gt worn and soiled (2)
GEORGE HARDY: THOSE STORMY YEARS MEMORIES OF THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM ON FIVE CONTINENTS, 1956, 1st edn, sigd with long inscr to Annie Powell, later Thomas, who became the first communist mayor in Britain, orig cl + GEORGE THOMAS, VISCOUNT TONYPANDY, 2 ttls: GEORGE THOMAS MR SPEAKER, 1985, sigd and inscr to Annie and Trevor [Powell] who are mentioned in the book, orig cl, d/w; MY WALES, 1986, 1st edn, sigd and inscr to Trevor [Powell], orig cl, d/w + JAD ADAMS: TONY BENN, 1992, 1st edn, pres inscr from George Thomas to Trevor [Powell], orig cl, d/w + GEORGE WALDEN: THE NEW ELITES, 2000, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + MICHAEL ROSEN: DID I HEAR YOU WRITE, 1989, 1st edn, sigd, orig cl, d/w (6)
ROGER MACDONALD: BRITISH MARTIAL REGISTER COMPREHENDING A COMPLETE CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE MOST CELEBRATED LAND BATTLES, 1806, 4 vols, orig hf cf gt worn + I E A DALBY (Ed): THE JOURNAL OF THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE, 1877-80, 4 vols, orig decor cl gt, aeg + BRIGADIER-GENERAL C D BRUCE: HISTORY OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON`S REGIMENT (FIRST AND SECOND BATTALIONS) 1881-1923, 1927, orig cl worn and soiled (9)
DAVID IRVING: THE MARE`S NEST, 1964, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + CHRISTOPHER COLE: ROYAL AIR FORCE 1918, 1968, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + LEWIS BRANDON: NIGHT FLYER, 1969, orig laminated bds + ALFRED PRICE: AIRCRAFT VERSUS SUBMARINE, 1973, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + IAN AND RALPH ORMES: THE SKY MASTERS, 1976, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + GEOFFREY P JONES: RAIDER THE HALIFAX AND ITS FLYERS, 1978, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + NORMAN L R FRANKS: THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE DIEPPE 19TH AUGUST 1942, 1979, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + DAVID JOHNSON: THE CITY ABLAZE THE SECOND GREAT FIRE OF LONDON 29TH DECEMBER 1940, 1980, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + NORMAN L R FRANKS: WINGS OF FREEDOM TWELVE BATTLE OF BRITAIN PILOTS, 1980, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + RICHARD C KNOTT: THE BLACK CATS, 1981, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + PETER C SMITH: IMPACT!, 1981, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + KENNETH WAKEFIELD: THE FIRST PATHFINDERS, 1981, orig cl gt, d/w + ADRIAN STEWART: HURRICANE, 1982, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w (2 copies) + CHAZ BOWYER: BOMBER BARONS, 1983, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w + CHAZ BOWYER: FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE RAF 1939-45, 1984,1st edn, orig cl gt + CHAZ BOWYER: TALES FROM THE BOMBERS, 1985, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w (17)
Briggs (K. M.) Nine Lives: Cats in Folklore proof copy" illustrations by John Ward typescript of the first 16 pp. loosely inserted original wrappers 1980; The Vanishing People presentation copy inscribed from the author to John Ward original cloth dust-jacket a little faded 1978 § Grove (Valerie) Laurie Lee illustrations presentation copy from the author to John Ward "illustrator par excellance" original cloth dust-jacket 1999; and 12 others similar " 8vo & oblong 4to(15)
Church (R) Dinner-Talk at the Saville Club first edition" 16 pp. inscribed by the author and with a cordial A.L.s. inserted stapled 1970 § Beerbohm (Max) A Christmas Garland first edition original cloth scuffed 1912 § Hennell (T.) The Witnesses illustrations presentation copy from the author to C. Mahoney original cloth frayed dust-jacket 1938 § Magan (W.) The Story of Ireland presentation copy from the author to the Wards original cloth dust-jacket Shaftsbury 2000; and c.90 others mostly pocket editions " 8vo & 4to (c.95)
Cohen (Harriet) A Bundle of Time presentation copy to H.E. Bates inscribed "the copy that Harriet would have given them" dust-jacket 1969 § Barber (D. F. editor) Concerning Thomas Hardy plates 1968 § Deland (M.) John Ward Preacher foxed 1889 § Ladies Field Coronation Number (The) 2 colour portraits printed on silk loosely inserted original wrapper worn 1902 the first three original cloth some rubbed; and c.115 others history and biography " v.s.(c.120)
Dickinson (Patric) Not Hereafter 6pp. with original pencil sketches by John Ward" illustrating a poem original wrappers Mandeville Press 1991; The Good Minute annotations by the author original cloth dust-jacket 1965 § Alden (J.) Four Kentish Rhymes number 7 of 60 copies signed by the author illustrations original wrappers Canterbury College of Art 1961 the first two inscribed by the author; and 20 others similar " 8vo(23)
Locke (W. J.) The Wonderful Year presentation copy from the author inscribed "To my dearest Aimée from her ever loving husband" original cloth rather worn 1916 § Fleming (Ian) Octopussy and the Living Daylights original cloth stained dust-jacket crinkled and stained 1966 § Lang (Andrew) The Grey Fairy Book illustrations original cloth recased soiled new endpapers 1900 § Grenville-Murray (E. C.) People I Have Met tinted engraved plates by Barnard original cloth scuffed 1883 first editions foxed; and c.145 others similar " 8vo(c.150)
Bawden (Edward) Take the Broom first edition" limited to 350 copies manuscript text and 7 coloured illustrations one double-page the remainder full-page lithographed throughout original pictorial wrappers oblong 16mo " 1952. ***This scarce little book was produced as a Christmas gift by George Rainbird and Ruari Mclean. Their accompanying card is loosely inserted in the book.
Baynes (Pauline).-Godden (R.) The Dragon of Og illustrations" 7 full-page in colour 1981; Four Dolls illustrations 8 full-page in colour 1983; The Little Chair illustrations 1996 § Piers (Helen) Frog and Water Shrew coloured illustrations throughout small 4to 1981 § Baynes (Pauline) Good King Wenceslas coloured pictorial title-page and illustrations one double-page 7 full-page original pictorial boards small 4to Cambridge 1987 first editions the plates and illustrations all by Pauline Baynes 8vo and 4to(5) ***Four Dolls is signed by Pauline Baynes and contains an autograph letter to her from the author relating to two stories in the book " and a Christmas card designed and inscribed by Pauline Baynes. .
Bennett (Charles H.) Shadows first edition" lithographed frontispiece pictorial title-page and 23 plates coloured by hand one leaf loose original pictorial boards with a further illustration on upper cover and title-page repeated on lower cover rebacked slightly soiled [Goldman 2] 8vo D. Bogue " [1856]. ***The references in this and the following fifteen lots are to Paul Goldman`s checklist of the works by Bennett in the Ibis Newsletter no.5. SALEROOM NOTICE: The illustration of this lot is actually for lot 66
Bennett (Charles H.) Greedy Jem and all his Little Brothers; The Faithless Parrot" 2 vol. in one first editions each with wood-engraved pictorial title-page and 7 full-page illustrations by the author printed in colour the last in the first book incorporating text half morocco g.e. small 4to [Goldman 11 and 9] Routledge & Co. " [1858].(`) ***The first book depicts a series of transformations which take place in eight stages.
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