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Click here to subscribeKapp, Edmond X., Personalities, London, Martin Secker, folio, 1919, 24 lithographs by Kapp, original boards, No. 120 of 500 limited edition copies.Bennett, Arnold, Venus Rising from the Sea, London, Cassell & Company, 4o, 1931, 12 sketches, original boards, No. 150 of 350 limited edition copies.Together with a limited edition (No. 60 of 375 copies), of Arnold L. Haskell's 'Some Studies in Ballet (London, 1928).
Various Authors, The Winter Owl, London, The Westminster Press, folio, 1923, illustrated by Vincent Brooks, original decorative boardsSteinbreche, Edith A., Household Efficiency Book, Chicago, Rutherford Press, 8o, 1927, text within ruled margins, contemporary cloth boards, presentation copy.Belaiev, Victor, & S. W. Pring (translator), Igor Stravinsky's Les Noces, Oxford & London, University Press, 8o, 1928, original decorative paper wrappers, front cover detached.Topolski, Feliks, Russia In War, London, Methuen & Co., 4o, 1942, illustrated, contemporary red cloth.Together with a quantity of various other works including a signed copy of Julian Wilson's work on Lester Piggott
Mucha (Alphonse) Documents Decoratifs, half-title, title and 70 of 72 plates, most printed in colours, each c.350 x 235mm., or the reverse, eight on blue paper and mounted as issued, occasional marginal surface dirt and minor handling defects at sheet edges, one with a short tear, well outside the plate, in original half-cloth portfolio, upper board printed with a decorative design by Mucha, rubbed, surface dirt, spine chipped, some ties lacking, folio, Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, [1902].
Goebel (Theodor) Die Graphischen Kunste der Gegenwart, numerous fine colour plates, examples of methods of printing and graphic design, further monochrome plates and illustrations, 36pp. advertisements, library stamps to title, contemporary gilt-stamped and embossed cloth, imitation brass armorial tondo to centre of upper board, rubbed, spine faded, paper labels with shelf marks, top and bottom, folio, Stuttgart, Felix Kraus, 1895. *** Two further volumes were published later.
Agassiz (Louis) etudes sur les Glaciers, 2 vol.(including Atlas), first edition, vol.1 text with half-title reinforced at inner margin, errata leaf at end torn and repaired, foxed, Atlas vol. with lithographed vignette title and 22 superb tinted lithographed plates after Bettannier on 21 sheets, no.1-14 with original captioned guards, one plate very slightly spotted, but generally in excellent condition, text vol. in modern half calf, Atlas vol. in contemporary half sheep, corners rubbed, (Meckly 1; Horblit 1; PMM 309; Perret "Ouvrage fondamental sur la theorie des glaciers...tres rare"), 8vo and folio, Neuchatel, 1840. *** The text volume, Perret and Horblit all call for 18 plates only. This Atlas has 3 un-numbered plates (also after Bettannier) at the end.
Albanis de Beaumont (Jean Francois, Viscount) Travels through the Rhaetian Alps...from Italy to Germany, through Tyrol, first edition, 10 sepia-printed aquatint plates and an engraved map, some light water-staining, later cloth, slightly rubbed, upper cover slightly stained, rebacked, new free endpapers, (Abbey, Travel 50), folio, for the Author, 1792.
Baud-Bovy (Daniel) A Travers les Alpes, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, contemporary morocco-backed boards, folio, Neuchatel, Basel & Geneva, 1899 ~ Barbey (Frederic) La Route du Simplon, illustrations by Fred. Boissonnas, original pictorial wrappers, Geneva, 1906 ~ Fox (Frank) Italy, A. & C. Black, 1918 ~ Samivel. L'Opera de Pics, colour plates, Grenoble & Paris, 1944 ~ Castello (Il) del Valentino, limited edition, original pictorial boards, slip-case, 1949, plates, some colour; and c. 45 others, v.s. (c. 50).
Ceard (Robert) Souvenirs des Travaux du Simplon, signed presentation copy from the author to Henriette D'Angeville, 22 lithographed plates by Engelmann and 8 maps and plans (1 folding) by Frutiger, tissue guards, title and text within borders, half-title, A.L.s. iopy with her inscription on front free endpaper and her bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover: "Don de l'Auteur a M.lle H.tte D'Angeville", rubbed, folio, Geneva, Imprimerie de G.me. Fick, 1837.
Ceard (Robert) Souvenirs des Travaux du Simplon, 22 lithographed plates by Engelmann and 8 maps and diagrams (1 folding) by Frutiger, tissue guards, title and text within borders, half-title, 1 plate working loose, slight foxing, original printed wrappers, folio, Geneva, Imprimerie de G.me. Fick, 1837.
Cockburn (Major James Pattison) Views to illustrate the Route of the Simplon, 50 lithographed plates by J. Harding after Cockburn, 1822 bound with Views to illustrate the Route of Mont Cenis, 50 lithographed plates by C. Hullmandel after Cockburn, 1822 bound with Views in the Valley of Aosta, lithographed title and 29 plates by A. Aglio and T.M. Baynes, n.d. (1823), together 3 vol. in 1, some foxing, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, joints splitting, rebacked with the original spine laid down, (Perret 1044; 1043; 1045), folio.
Railways.- Traforo delle Alpi tra Bardonneche e Modane, Relazione della Direzione Technica alla Direzione Generale delle Strade Ferrate dello Stato, folding maps, a little light foxing, contemporary calf-backed boards, edges a little chipped, Turin, 1863; and 3 others, Railways, folio & 8vo (4).
Walton (Elijah) and T.G. Bonney. The Peaks and Valleys of the Alps, additional chromolithographed title and 21 fine mounted chromolithographed plates, plate guards, 1 plate and Table of Contents leaf outer margin repaired, very slight staining in margins of some plates not affecting images, inner hinges strengthened, original half morocco, gilt, rubbed, spine repaired, folio, Day and Son, 1867.
Wey (Francis) La Haute Savoie recits de Voyage et d'Histoire, tinted lithographed vignette on title and 50 plates by H. Terry, tissue guards, half-title slightly frayed, a few plates lightly spotted, original cloth, gilt, spine rebacked in 19th century morocco, slightly rubbed, folio, Paris and Geneva, 1866.
ASHENDENE PRESS.- THE WISDOM OF JESUS, THE SON OF SIRACH, COMMONLY CALLED ECCLESIATICUS, ONE OF 328 COPIES, printed in red and black, blue and green initials supplied by hand, small embossed marginal library stamp in margin of final f. of text, original orange vellum, ties, edges untrimmed, minor scratches on spine, slip-case, small folio, Ashendene Press, 1932.
-. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS PRINTED AT THE ASHENDENE PRESS MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV, NUMBER 329 OF 390 COPIES SIGNED BY H.C.ST.JOHN HORNBY, printed in red and black, wood-engravings, facsimiles and tipped-in specimens, bookplate, small embossed library stamp in margin of f. of text, original morocco, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, spine slightly faded and chafed, slip-case, folio, Ashendene Press, 1935.
CHIVERS (CEDRIC, binder).- KREUTZ (GIOVANNI AND LUIGIA) MOSAICI SECONDARII NON COMPRESI NEGLI SPACCATI GEOMETRICI MA CHE COMPLETANO CON ESSI TUTTO L'INTERNO DELLA BASILICA DE S.MARCO, 62 plates, bound c.1900 in full vellum, vellucent binding with colour decorations on spine beneath the vellum, colour decorated onlay on upper cover, g.e., original wrappers, slightly creased, bound in, by Cedric Chivers, small embossed library stamp on front wrapper, upper cover slightly bowed, folio, Venice, 1881.
CRESSET PRESS.- APOCRYPHA (THE) ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORIZED VERSION, NUMBER 259 OF 450 COPIES, with wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes, Leon Underwood, and others, occasional slight foxing, contemporary vellum, morocco label, t.e.g., label rubbed, folio, Cresset Press, 1929.
EBENEZER PRESS.- BIRTWHISTLE (JOHN) Vision of Wat Tyler, number 61 of 75 copies signed by the author, 33 etched plates on 16 sheets, each tipped in between folding pages of calligraphic text by Clarke, each sheet signed in pencil by the artist, explanatory text pamphlet loosely inserted, loose as issued in original reversed calf, preserved in original hessian cover with leather ties, folio, Boughton Monchelsea, Ebenezer Press, 1972.
-. REES (IOAN BOWEN, editor) The Mountains of Wales. An Anthology in Verse & Prose, NUMBER 66 OF 275 COPIES, 8 mounted colour plates by Rev. John Parker, small embossed marginal library stamp on front blank and colophon, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, slip-case, small folio, Gwasg Gregynog, 1987.
KELMSCOTT PRESS.- MORRIS (WILLIAM) LOVE IS ENOUGH, OR THE FREEING OF PHARAMOND, ONE OF 300 COPIES. printed in red, blue and black, 2 full-page wood-engravings designed by Edward Burne-Jones, wood-engraved decorations, small embossed library stamp in margin of final f. of text, original limp vellum, edges untrimmed, silk ties very slightly frayed, an unusually fine copy contained in a later fleece-lined cloth foldover box, small folio, Kelmscott Press, 1897
MILTON (JOHN) Areopagitica. A Speech of Mr John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, edited by Isabel Rivers, one of 500 copies, original buckram, morocco label, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, folio, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press for Deighton, Bell & Company, 1973; accompanied by the designer Sebastian Carter's working drafts including typescript, galley and page proofs, pasteup and dummy.
MORRIS (WILLIAM) THE STORY OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. INTRODUCTION BY A.R.DUFTY, 2 vol., NUMBER 43 OF 270 COPIES FROM AN EDITION OF 500, 44 wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, original cloth-backed decorated boards, morocco labels, slip-case, folio, Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, for Clover Hill Editions, 1974.
NONESUCH PRESS.- TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord) IN MEMORIAM, original patterned paper over boards, slightly worn slip-case, Nonesuch Press, 1933 ~ Lawrence (D.H.) Birds, Beasts and Flowers, illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton, slight foxing at fore-edge, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, outer corners slightly worn, Cresset Press, 1930, ex-library copies with occasional stamps ; and 14 others, Nonesuch Press, Cresset Press, Limited Editions Club and Folio Society, 4to & 8vo (16).
[SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM)] THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH, PP.129-130 ONLY FROM THE SECOND FOLIO EDITION, loose, small embossed circular stamp to lower edge, [1632]; and 3 loose leaves from the Third Part of King Henry the Sixth, second, third & fourth folio editions, showing the same text, folio (4).
TWELVE BY EIGHT PRESS.- BAYLDON (OLIVER) THE PAPER MAKERS CRAFT, number 113 of "less than 400 copies" signed by John Mason, illustrations by Rigby Graham, small library stamp on front free endpaper and verso of title, original vellum, uncut, Leicester, Twelve by Eight Press, Printed by Will Carter, 1965 ~ Mason (John) More Papers Hand Made..., number 115 of an unspecified limitation (?c.150 copies) signed by Mason, this edition with 3 additional specimens, loosely inserted compliments slip, gilt-stamped chemise, original gilt-stamped boards, uncut, Leicester, Twelve by Eight Press, 1971, small folio (2).
WAKEMAN (GEOFFREY) ENGLISH HAND MADE PAPERS SUITABLE FOR BOOKWORK, NUMBER 22 OF 75 COPIES, 41 samples, original buckram, Loughborough, 1972; The Production of Nineteenth Century Colour Illustration, NUMBER 6 OF 100 COPIES, 16 mounted examples, original cloth-backed boards, Loughborough, 1976; Plates to Accompany Victorian Book Illustration, plates only, 20 mounted originals, original morocco-backed marbled boards, slip-case, Loughborough, 1974, few small embossed marginal library stamps; and 2 others, Wakeman, folio & 4to (5).
BOSLEY (KEITH, translator) THE SONG OF SONGS, NUMBER 58 OF 206 COPIES SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, illustrated by Richard Kennedy, small embossed marginal library stamp on final text f., original buckram, gilt design by the artist, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, slip-case, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1976; and another, Whittington Press, folio (2).
Apple (of Beauty and Discord, The), vol.1 no.1-vol.2 no.1 only (lacking vol.2 no.2), printed in black and colours, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, slightly rubbed, folio, 1920-21. (5). *** Includes work by Robert Gibbings, Laurence Housman, E.McKnight Kauffer, Wyndham Lewis, John Nash, Gwen Raverat, Edward Wadsworth and others.
SIDNEY (Sir PHILIP) THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE'S ARCADIA, engraved portrait frontispiece laid down, some soiling and marginalia, library half morocco, rubbed, [Wing S3768], by William Du-Gard, 1655 ~ [Maude (Thomas)] Viator, A Poem; or a Journey from London to Scarborough..., library buckram, by B. White [&c.], 1782 ~ Ramsay (Allan) The Gentle Shepherd. A Pastoral Comedy, engraved portrait, plates, 9ff. of music, a little light soiling, library rexine, Glasgow, by Andrew Foulis, 1796, ex-library copies with bookplates, stamps and classmarks, 4to & folio (3).
CHURCHILL (Sir WINSTON) DIVI BRITANNICI: BEING A REMARK UPON THE LIVES OF ALL THE KINGS OF THIS ISLE, FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette, title printed in red and black, library buckram, [Wing C4275], by Tho. Roycroft, 1675 ~ Davila (Enrico Caterino) The History of the Civil Wars in France, a little light soiling, library half morocco, [Wing D414], by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1678 ~ Daniel (Samuel) The Collection of the History of England...fifth edition, light browning, library buckram, [Wing D208], by F. Leach for Rich. Chiswell [&c.], 1685, ex-library copies with bookplates, stamps and classmarks; and another, Seventeenth Century Literature, small folio (4).
RALEIGH (Sir WALTER) THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, IN FIVE BOOKS, engraved portrait, frontispiece and Mind of the Front f., all slightly soiled and mounted, 8 double-page maps, some light soiling, ex-library copy with bookplate, stamps and classmark, library buckram, [Wing R168], folio, for Tho. Basset, 1687.
State Tracts: Being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II, light dust-soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Wing S5329], 1689 ~ Rapin de Thoyras (Paul) Acta Regia, title printed in red and black, title slightly cropped, laid down without loss, lightly soiled and with contemporary ink inscriptions, library buckram, for James, John and Paul Knapton [&c.], [c.1733] ~ A Collection of State Tracts, Publish'd on Occasion of the Late Revolution in 1688 and during the Reign of King William III, 3 vol., titles printed in red and black, later half morocco, front covers loose, 1705-07, ex-library copies with bookplate, stamps and classmarks, folio (5).
Baker (Sir Richard) A Chronicle of the Kings of England, Ninth Impression, 2 margins repaired without loss, ownership signature on title, occasional inked marginalia, slight marginal damp-staining final few gatherings only, later red half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, ex-library copy with bookplate, stamps and classmark, [Wing B510], folio, Printed for B.Tooke and others, 1696.
Taylor (Jeremy) and William Cave. Antiquitates Christianae; or, The Life...of the Holy Jesus: as also...of His Apostles, 2 pt. in 1 vol., engraved frontispiece & additional title-page, printed title in red & black, portrait, 18 plates, 2 torn with loss, very many engravings, lacking 4pp. Catalogue at end, modern half calf, worn at extremities, lacking spine, upper cover detached, folio, J. Leake for John Meredith, 1703-2
BAYLE (PIERRE) AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL DICTIONARY, 4 vol., engraved title vignettes, contemporary panelled calf, vol.1 and 4 rebacked, rubbed, for C. Harper, D. Brown [&c.], 1710 ~ Prior (Matthew) Poems onSeveral Occasions, engraved frontispiece and title vignette, some soiling, library cloth, for Jacob Tonson and John Barber, 1718, ex-library copies with bookplates, stamps and classmarks, folio (5).
Smalridge (George) Sixty Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, some worming to lower corner limited to first gathering, contemporary calf, worn, marked, spine ends chipped, covers loose, folio, for W. and J. Innys, 1727. *** With an initial imprimatur leaf and two final advertisement leaves Published by Mary Smalridge.
BODE (WILHELM VON, editor) FRANS HALS: HIS LIFE AND WORK, 2 vol., number 2 of 75 copies on handmade Japanese paper, plates with captioned tissue guards, original calf, rebacked, rubbed, Berlin, 1914 ~ Creeney (W.F.) Illustrations of Incised Slabs on the Continent of Europe, from Rubbings and Tracings, plates, library morocco-backed buckram, slightly rubbed, 1891 ~ Macquoid (Percy) A History of English Furniture, 4 vol., plates, original buckram, spines a little faded, 1923, ex-library copies with bookplates, stamps and classmarks; and a small quantity of others, Fine and Applied Arts, folio & oblong folio (sml qty).
DEGAS (EDGAR) LES DESSINS...REPRODUITS EN FAC-SIMILE [SERIES I ET II], 2 vol. in 1, 100 plates, some colour, loose as issued in original buckram portfolio with ties, Paris and New York, 1922-23 ~ Dodgson (Campbell, editor) Durer's Drawings in Colour, Line and Wash, 56 mounted plates, some colour, occasional light dust-soiling, loose as issued in original cloth portfolio with ties, 1928, ex-library copies with stamps, bookplates and classmarks; and 2 others, Fine Arts Drawings, folio (4).
MACQUOID (PERCY) A History of English Furniture, 4 vol., titles printed in red and black, colour plates and illustrations, original cloth, gilt, 1919 ~ Symonds (R.W.) English Furniture from Charles II to George II, title printed in red and black, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slightly rubbed, New York, 1929 ~ Goldscheider (Cecile) Auguste Rodin, Catalogue Raisonne de l'Oeuvre Sculpte, vol.1 only, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, Paris, 1989; and 9 others, Art Reference, all water-damaged, 4to & folio (15).
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