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Lot 1153

Holy Bible, Oxford University 1696, gilt tooled full calf (lacks original steel hasps) 16mo, to/w Book of Common Prayer, Oxford Clarendon Press 1797 16mo, Bolland, William, An Essay on the Christian Sabbath, Cambridge 1809, full calf 8vo, Henry, Matthew, The Communicant's Companion, London: Daniel Midwinter & others 1731 and Fox, Rev. John, The Book of Martyrs, London: Thomas Kelly 1811, folio full calf (5)

Lot 1179

Cust, Lionel, Eton College Portraits London, Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910, folio, to/w The Eton School Magazine 1847-48 dec gilt and green cloth 8vo and The House of Lords a Thousand Years of Tradition ltd. edition 319/500, London 1994 dec gilt red leather (3)

Lot 1185

Illustrated London News: two vols, January-June 1856 and 1863-76, half morocco and blue cloth folio

Lot 1199

A folio including wash sketch by David Cox to/w various etchings and engravings including Nostyn Craig Town Hall Manchester and Freda Marsten pastoral scene

Lot 43

A folio of Japanese pictures, including: a Kabuki picture depicting two Samurai swordsman (possibly from a Meiji Jidei Kabuki za); two fan-shaped pictures of theatrical players; a fan-shaped picture of an insect; a sumi-e sketch album; a sumi and colour picture of an Oni carrying a Bijin; and a number of sketches or preparatory drawings (lot)

Lot 44

A large folio of Japanese pictures, including: two Kisokaido Road facsimile (Miyanokoshi/Nojiri Inakawa Hashi Enkei); three Tokaido Road facsimile (Hamamatsu/Akasaka/Miya); a facsimile of Hokusai's Bee and Chrysathemums; and a textile picture of Fujiyama (lot)Please note that this is a large folio of images where condition varies from image to image. Some considerable areas of damage, wear or soiling extant.

Lot 264

Folio Society - The Kelmscott Chaucer Facsimile edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer edited by F. S. Ellis ornamented with pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, printed by Cambridge University Press for The Folio Society, presented in slip case

Lot 265

Folio Society - The Four Gospels illustrated by Eric Gill Facscimile edition printed in 2007 by Memminger MedienCentrum, 'The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the authorized version of King James I with decorations by Eric Gill printed and published at the Golden Cockerel press 1931', printed on Favini feltmarked laid paper and bound by G. Lachenmaier in full goatskin leather with Fabriano Tiziano endleaves, limited edition for sale to members of The Folio Society, numbered 96/2750, presented in slip case with The Four Gospels Essays by John Dreyfuss and Robert Gibbings

Lot 266

Folio Society - Tractatus de Herbis Facsimile edition of Tractatus de Herbis [British Library Egerton MS 747] printed at the Bath Press on Phoenix Motion Xenon paper, numbered 134 of 1000 copies bound for Members of The Folio Society by Smith Settle of Otley in full goatskin leather, with leather onlays, over bevelled boards, blocked with a design by David Eccles, with handmade laid paper endleaves from the Fabriano Mill, presented in slip case with commentary by Minta Collins and List of Plants by Sandra Raphael, Folio Society, 2002

Lot 280

Folio Society novels in slipcases - Anthony Trollope - The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, (1990s); Kipling - Twenty one tales, 1972; Elizabeth Gaskell - North and South, 2003; and Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden, 1986

Lot 281

Seven Thomas Hardy books published by The Folio Society, in slipcases - The Woodlanders, The Wessex Tales, Jude the Obscure, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Return of the Native, Far from the Madding Crowd

Lot 282

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens, Folio Society, 2004, slip case; Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens, Folio Society, 2004, slip case; and Bleak House, Nonesuch Press Gerald Duckworth, 2005

Lot 284

Folio Society - seven history books in slip cases - The Folio Book of Historical Mysteries, ed. Ian Pinder, 2008; The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, Ian Mortimer, 2013; Notes from a small island, Bill Bryson, 2011, 3rd printing; Robin Hood, J.C. Holt, 2010, 2nd edition; King Arthur history and legend, John and Caitlin Matthews, 2008; England Their England, A.G. Macdonell, 1986, 3rd printing; Trafalgar an eyewitness history, ed. Tom Pocock, 2005

Lot 288

Nine Folio Society non fiction books in slip cases - Richard Fortey The Earth an Intimate History and Life, John Keegan The face of battle, Mass observation: Britiain in the second world war, Hiram Bingham Lost cities of the Incas, William of Malmesbury The Deeds of the English Kings, Wonders of the World, Kenneth Clark The Nude, Cities and Civilisations

Lot 291

Folio Society - King Henry's Map of the British Isles reproduced from Cotton MS Augustus I i 9, printed on Neobond by Beacon Press, Ucfield, for The Folio Society, limited edition of 2750 copies, in case; together with King Henry's Map of the British Isles commentary by Peter Barber, 2009 in slip case

Lot 462

Folio volume ' The Book of the Dead ', facsimiles of the papyri of Hunefer Anhi Kerasher and Metchemet, sold at the British Museum, dated 1899

Lot 1256

Judith Cain, folio containing various etchings (some in her maiden name), all unframed

Lot 299

Portrait Cartes de Visite, embossed morocco album, including ladies, gentlemen, children, dogs, cats, pugs, Highlander in kilt, 1860s (50), family folding folio album, 1870s (22), with cartes with cameras illustrated on back (27), F-VG (

Lot 322

Jean (Juan) Laurent (1816-1886), gilt red leather folio album, topography and people of Spain, including Toledo, Granada, Escorial, Cordoba, Zaragoza, Madrid and Burgos, and paintings, most titled and numbered in negative, most apx. 250mm x 340mm or reversed, G some fading (88)

Lot 326

The Important Photographic Archive of John Montgomery Sleater (1826-1902) Railway Engineer in India 1857-1892 and family, Sleater worked on several railways in and around Bombay over many years; collection comprising seven albums of albumen prints, seven carte de viste/cabinet albums, all apparently compiled and images titled by John Sleater or his wife Jane, with one later album and one earlier incomplete journal; seven albums, mostly 1870s/1880s: gilt morocco folio, views of Scowen & Co, Ceylon and newly-built Colombo-Kandy railway, including train at Sensation Rock, Kandy terminus, landscapes, elephants and one escapee, with Royal Bombay Yacht Club as built 1880-1883, interior and exterior, Charni Road Station, bridges under construction, panorama of new Nerbudda (river) bridge (2), Engineer's Bungalow at Pali, North Purna river bridge collapsed, new bridge,taken by Shivashanker Narayan, Broach Station 10th June 1883, rail diversions and collapsed permanent way, up to 300mm x 240mm; gilt black leather album, including Jumna Bridge at Kalpi construction, Ganges Bridge, Benares, deck with steam plant, portrait of John Sleater, 0-6-0 locomotive and crew; gilt morocco album, Ahmedabad railway station, Elphinstone Circle, Bombay; other albums include family bungalow and servants, cartes de visite of John and Jane Sleater, many images by Bourne & Shepherd and other British Indian photographers, studies of many people and characters and Govt. Salt Dept.; and later silver print album of fakir and other tourist sights; most images G, various sizes, albums in varying condition; with loose portrait groups and others (qty)

Lot 257

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P.R., as Prince Regent, at the head, five pages, folio, Carlton House, London, 26th October 1811. The neatly penned manuscript document being a Warrant authorising that, 'You forthwith cause the Great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to an instrument bearing date with these presents… containing a commission constituting and appointing our trusty and well beloved Anthony St. John Baker Esquire, to be Secretary of His Majesty's Legation to His Majesty's Good Friends the United States of America…' Further incorporating a copy, in Latin, of the commission document itself. Countersigned to the centre by Richard Colley (1760-1842), 1st Marquess Wellesley, British Politician, Governor-General of India 1798-1805. With a blind embossed seal at the head. Neatly bound with brown ribbon. VG

Lot 1539

A folio of World 1950's Geography Set I including Australia. Size approx 54x43cm

Lot 871

Fritz Eichenberg (German/American, 1901-1990), "Rainbows are Made by Carl Sandberg", 1982, proof set of 7 wood engravings, each pencil-signed, titled and numbered "AP 10/10", 12 in. x 11 in., cloth covered folio

Lot 100

Collection of 19th century and later mounted watercolours including Loch Scenes, signed & dated 1894 W. A Beech, Staithes, unsigned, East Coast View, signed & dated 2005 verso by Jackie Price, John Sibson watercolour & collection of Still Life's unframed max 37cm x 30cm (qty) in folio Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Lot 688

HUTCHINS (Rev. J.) The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset . . . First Edition, 2 vols. folded map, 59 other plates & plans, 10 folded tables & some text engravings; rebound 20th cent. blind-tooled calf, panelled spines gilt-lettered direct, folio. 1774. * old Sparks family ownership names on titles; assidously prepared from local & other records - including those in Oxford, London & the diocesan registry in Salisbury. Providentially, prior to publication the author's uncompleted ms. & notes were saved from a disastrous fire at his Wareham rectory.

Lot 695

JOHNSON (S.) A Dictionary of the English Language . . . Abstracted from the Folio Edition . . . 2 vols, old calf, panelled spines with red labels, cr. 8vo. 1756. * published just after his great 2 volume folio edition of 1755, & with the author's new 2pp. preface - 'a small dictionary appeared yet to be wanting to common readers . . . I therefore offer to the public an abstract . . . of my former work'

Lot 736

ROWLING (J.K.) The Tales of Beedle the Bard . . . Amazon Edition. text decorations & other illus.; imitation morocco with metal embellishments, marbled effect e/ps., sm. 8vo., contained in a large box with fitted interior, folio. 2008; sold with The Harry Potter boxed set (in paperback, of the first 3 titles), pictorial card slipcase, (ca. 2000)

Lot 772

The HARMSWORTH UNIVERSAL ATLAS & GAZETTEER. very many d-page colour- printed maps, coloured diagrams & maps (world's commerce section), 'gazetteer index of 105,000 names'; half leather & cloth, folio. (ca. 1906)

Lot 774

SCRIBNER'S STATISTICAL ATLAS of the UNITED STATES . . . by Fletcher W. Hewes and Henry Gannett. very many maps & diagrams (mostly coloured & num. d-page); gilt-lettered half leather & cloth, thick folio. New York, (? ca. 1886). * a hugely detailed 'across the board' survey; covering population, education, mortality, manufactures, finance & commerce, etc., etc.

Lot 775

ATLAS SELECTION - ELIOT (Sir J.) Climatological Map of India . . . 1906. very many coloured maps (some d-page), gilt-cloth, rebacked, folio. Indian Meteorological Department, 1906. * especially detailed, with group maps covering pressure / air movement, temperature, humididty, etc.; LOGNON (A.) Atlas Historique de la France . . . premiere partie . . . 15 coloured d-page maps; old boards, folio. Paris, 1912; BIBLICAL ATLAS and Scripture Gazetteer . . . coloured maps (by Henry Courtier), publisher's cloth (1890)

Lot 776

D'ANVILLE (M.) A Complete Body of Ancient Geography . . . title & 13 d-page engraved maps, coloured in outline; old boards (defective), folio. Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1802.

Lot 792

'CANARY WHARF' oblong folio of 24 (mostly) coloured plans & artist's impressions of completed buildings & areas, also 4 coloured photos. of construction in progress; decorated cloth. Olympia & York Canary Wharf Limited, (1990)

Lot 1285

The Mansions of England on the olden time, large Folio by Joseph Nash 1839, published by TM Lean 26 Haymarket - First series all prints are loose, some spotting and staining

Lot 782

Jazz Interest, to include Kenton 'Album 5' 12" album acetate 'Sfax Series' (Cannonball Addeley and Clifton Brown popular jazz series, Brian Auger, Gene Norman, Roland Kirk, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman etc, together with a six disc folio by 'The Ted Needham Quintet' recorded at Curtis Recording Studios March 19th 1952 'Talent Label'

Lot 345

The Folio Society, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, eight volumes in slipcase; The Folio History of Ancient Greece; other historical reference books:- One Box

Lot 10

Turning.- Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner..., first edition, engraved additional title, title in red and black with engraved vignette, Privilege leaf misbound after Preface, engraved head-pieces and 71 plates, one folding, plate 65 shorter and loose (supplied from another copy), one with marginal tear, title lightly soiled, some browning and marginal water-staining, staining to a few plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, spine a little worn at head, [Berlin Kat. 1246], folio, Lyons, Jean Certe, 1701.⁂ The first book on turning.

Lot 110

Milton (John) The Poetical Works, 3 vol. including a Life of the author by William Hayley, half-titles, 32 engraved plates, including 4 portraits of Milton at various stages in his life, some foxing, bookplate of Lady Charlotte Crofton to each vol., contemporary half russia, rubbed, corners, joints and spine ends repaired, folio, by W. Bulmer and Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794-95-97.⁂ "Boydell's magnificent edition...By many thought to be the finest production of Bulmer's press." (Lowndes).

Lot 126

Gill (Eric) The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ, number 2487 of 2740 numbered copies, facsimile of the Robert Gibbings Golden Cockerel edition, illustrations by Eric Gill, original pictorial black morocco, gilt, by G.Lachenmaier, g.e., original cloth drop-back box, spine titled in gilt, small folio, Folio Society, 2007.

Lot 127

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 2 vol. including introductory essay by Peter Holliday, facsimile of the Golden Cockerel edition, number 26 of 1980 copies, illustrations by Eric Gill, original pictorial black morocco, gilt, by G.Lachenmaier, g.e., introduction with frontispiece and illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, together in original cloth drop-back box, spine titled in gilt, small folio, Folio Society, 2010.

Lot 135

Aldrovandi (Ulisse) De animalibus insectis libri septem, first edition, engraved title, woodcuts within text, lacking engraved portrait of author, water-stained, later binding using an early ms. leaf over limp boards, remains of silk ties, short split to head of spine, some light staining, [Nissen ZBI 66], folio, Bologna, J.B. Bellagamba, 1602.

Lot 138

Miller (Philip) Figures of Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners' Dictionary, 2 vol., 300 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, 2 folding, occasional light spotting and soiling, generally clean and crisp, modern black half morocco over marbled boards, uncut, [Great Flower Books p.121; Henrey 1387; Nissen BBI 1378], folio, 1809.⁂ A lovely clean copy of this reissue of Miller's acclaimed work, first published in 1760.

Lot 164

Middle East.- Shaw (Thomas) Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, first edition, half-title, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, 32 engraved maps and plates on 29 leaves (3 printed on both sides), several folding or double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, initials and decorations, woodcut diagrams, tear to lower margin of O2 of Supplement, occasional light browning or soiling but generally a very good clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked and repaired, [Blackmer 1533], folio, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1738-46.⁂ "Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa...[The work] is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, in addition to the information Shaw imparts on the antiquities, geology and geography of the areas he visited." (Blackmer). The supplement was issued in response to Richard Pococke's attack in his Description of the East, published 1743-45.

Lot 188

Egyptology.- Mariette-Bey (Auguste) Album du Musée de Boulaq, first edition, 40 albumen prints by Emile Béchard and Hippolyte Délié mounted on thick card leaves (photographs c. 250 x 190mm.), some light spotting to mounts and text, title creased and reinforced at upper and lower edges, a few other leaves repaired at edges, original morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, folio, Cairo, Mourès & Cie., 1871.⁂ Important photographic record of the first Egyptian public museum, founded by Auguste Mariette in 1858 in a former warehouse on the banks of the Nile. Unfortunately the river flooded in 1878 damaging the museum and the contents were moved in 1892 to a palace in Giza and then again in 1902, to the current museum in Tahrir Square in central Cairo. The magnificent photographs by Béchard and Délié of Egyptian statuary, funerary artefacts, sarcophagi etc. won a Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1878.

Lot 25

Thames.- Cooke (W.B. and George) Views on the Thames, plate vol. only, large paper copy, 75 fine engraved plates, foxing, mostly marginal, tissue guards, bookplate of Frederick Adolphus Philbrick, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed and slightly faded, folio, 1822.

Lot 3

Mexia (Pedro), Francesco Sansovino & others. The Treasurie of Aucient and Moderne Times [&] Archaio-Ploutos [graece]..., [translated by Thomas Milles], together 2 vol., first editions, vol.1 lacking initial blank, vol.2 lacking additional engraved title (as often), blank A2, A8 (Contents) and final blank 4O8, vol.2 with contemporary signature of Henry Shirley at head of title and Epistle Dedicatory in second state (unsigned), woodcut device on titles and initials, vol.2 with woodcut coats-of-arms and engraved illustrations, 3 full-page including enthroned James I and the King with Parliament, titles a little soiled, L10 of vol.1 (final leaf) with small tear, some spots and stains and minor marginal defects but generally clean, especially vol.2 (apart from light water-staining to a few leaves), modern calf ruled and stamped in blind, roan labels, red edges, a few scuffs, [STC 17936& 17936.5], folio, William Iaggard, 1613-19.⁂ ?Henry Shirley (d.1627), playwright.

Lot 40

Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli elementi di Euclide libri quindici, collation: *2, **4, ⁂2, A-Z4, AA-ZZ4, AAa-ZZz4, AAAa2 woodcut initials, diagrams throughout, occasional ink notes to margin, erased ink ownership inscription to title, occasional light foxing, but generally a clean and excellent copy, bookplate to pastedown, 17th century calf, gilt, spine ends and corners neatly and sympathetically repaired and restored, rubbed, [Adams E-995], folio (304 x 205mm.), Urbino, Domenico Frisolino, 1575.⁂ Rare deluxe copy on blue paper of the first edition of the Italian translation of Euclids' Elements. Copies of sixteenth-century scientific works on blue paper are unusual and most likely intended for presentation.Provenance: erased ink ownership inscription to title; Costa della Trinità family (bookplate).

Lot 45

Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, translated by Pierre Du-Ryer, second edition, half-title, title in red and black with engraved vignette incorporating portrait of Ovid, 124 engraved illustrations in text by Crispijn van de Passe the elder and his children Magdalena and Crispijn the younger, Martin and Paul Bouche and others after various artists including Rubens (p.83), Pp1 with large repaired tear, modern dark blue morocco, gilt, by Alexander McGuckin, spine gilt in compartments, folio, Brussels, Francois Foppens, 1677.⁂ A very handsome copy of this edition, which first appeared in 1655.

Lot 57

Recognition of William III as King of England.- Pino (Pietro Francesco dal, Chaplain to Tommaso del Bene, envoy extraordinary of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III to the Court of King William and Queen Mary, 1652-1739) Memoria delle cose più particolari notate nel viaggio di Firenze a Londra per propria sodisfazione dal P. Antonio Francesco dal Pino, in occorenza d'aver servito di Cappellanno all'IIImo. Sigr. Commende. F. Tommasso del Bene Inviato straordinario del Sermo. G.D. di Toscano Cosimo 3o alla Maesta del Re Guglielmo della Gra Brettagna l'anno 1695, manuscript in Italian, 207pp., extensively browned, some ink corrosion, original boards, rubbed, corners and edges worn, joints splitting, spine rubbed and with tears, Phillipps Ms. 8295, folio, [1696].⁂ A contemporary scribal copy of Pino's journal describing the journey undertaken by Tommaso del Bene to King William to convey the Grand Duke's acceptance of his status as King as well as to commiserate on the recent death of the Queen and to be informed on the peace negotiations then ongoing between England, France, Spain and Holland.Provenance: Phillipps MS 8295 ("Ex bibl. Lord Glenbervie"), one of the manuscripts purchased by Phillipps at Richard Heber's sale, Part 11, 10-20 April 1836, lot 1317. With the previous provenance on the front paste-down: "Regalo dell'Abate Sebasto Ciampre Firenze 27 Ottre 1815." Never printed, two other copies of the journal are recorded, one (the original?) in the State Archives at Florence, the other, which is in several scribal hands, at Yale.

Lot 58

Ireland, Co. Louth.- Account book relating to a number of County Louth ascendancy families, manuscript, 43pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, original green vellum, rubbed and discoloured, folio ledger, 1756-58.⁂ An account book (in contra form) belonging to an agent-cum-merchant dealing with a number of prominent Co. Louth families. Among the names listed are Stephen Sibthorpe, MP for Louth, Wallap Brabazon, High Sheriff of Louth, Townley Patten of Drogheda and Nathaniel Blackburne. Initially, many of the sales refer to barrels of lime sold to Sibthorpe, Brabazon and Townley Patten. More general entries include work done for John Urmston of Rath House (repair work in the house, payment of hearth money, employment of a mason, the purchase of various household provisions). By far the largest account is for Nathaniel Blackburne, spread over several pages, including expenses at Ross Fair as well as "my own man's expenses", expenses at Kilkenny Quarter Sessions and for selling Blackburne's wool, purchases for him of household provisions as well as domestic items, such as a garden line, and the curious entry of 1s 1d. charged to Blackburne "for whiping a boy".

Lot 60

Virginia map.- Dedman (Samuel, surveyor) 906 acres... Mecklinbugg County... Survey'd for Roger Atkinson..., D.s. "Saml Dedman", small manuscript map at head and description of the estate, 1p., docket on verso, 4 folds (first fold detached), browned, watermark Arms of Amsterdam, folio, 22nd September 1783.⁂ Survey'd for Roger Atkinson, 906 Acres of Land Lying on the South branch of Mehirrin [Meherrin River], in the County aforesaid... ."

Lot 61

Compensation for British Merchants after the American Revolution.- A Statement of Facts, by the Committee of British Merchants Trading to North America, before the War, [docket title], 3pp. & conjugate blank with docket title, folds, slightly browned, [ESTC lists The National Archives copy only], folio, [c. 1800]; and c. 12 other pieces relating to a legal dispute between Richard Hanson and Robert Kennan trading in Virginia, some printed and some manuscript, v.s., v.d. (c. 12 pieces).

Lot 63

Prout (Samuel, watercolour painter, 1783-1852) Hints on Light & Shadow & Composition as Applicable to Landscape Painting, autograph manuscript, 2 parts, Part I Hints..., 17pp., Part II Remarks..., 24pp., mainly written on the rectos with some notes and comments in another hand, unbound, loose, folio & sm. 4to, n.d., [c.1836].⁂ Prout was a prominent author of 'teach-yourself' painting manuals. His first book, Rudiments of Landscape in Progressive Studies (1813), demonstrated how to draw and to add sepia wash. Later art manuals such as Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition etc. (1836) were illustrated in the new technique of lithography, of which Prout was a pioneer. Their readership was large among the legions of amateur artists of the day. Part I of the manuscript is a fair copy of the first part of Prout's publication with only a few minor differences in the text towards the end. In the case of Part II, which was designed to be read inconjunction with a series of plates (not present), the text is very much a working draft, being heavily corrected and amended throughout.

Lot 77

Rothenstein (Bertha "Betty", married name Holiday, artist, daughter of Sir William Rothenstein, of Stroud and 10 Devonshire Place, London, 1905-89) Diary, autograph manuscript, 162pp., a few entries in pencil, 1f. loose and edges torn with small loss, one or two pen or pencil sketches, original buckram-backed boards, worn, spine defective, folio, 24th June 1940 - 29th June 1942.⁂ With numerous references to her brother Michael Rothenstein (1908-93), printmaker and staying with him at Bardfield. "Michael said 'I never want a ?love again - I love my freedom above all else - never never again - gas bills... leases... laundry... rent... I must have spiritual freedom - my home was more of a burden than anything else... ."James Stephens (1880-1950), poet and novelist. "James Stephens came for dinner on Friday night. We write Sonnets, one writing a line & then folding it over... to the next one." "Impression of Robert Graves & Beryl. At Lucy's. Huge figure coming down Bradfield St with a child astride its shoulders. Robert Graves - I fly by on my byke & we stare at each other. At lunch we meet them both & talk about Ruth Pitter. Beryl is dark & very good looking... . Robert always in a loose black blowsy garment... . His head is magnificent... Greyish hair rather wild & curly, a palid skin, long red-Indian nose round-pressed expressive mouth - a gap in his teeth - thick fingers - breathless way of talking - O that straining to remember that name 'O Christ I've forgotten it'. The agonied expression while his mind falters, suddenly breaking into a smile of relief - his darling lovable character, like a tap running with generosity... ."

Lot 79

Glover (Robert) Nobilitas Politica vel Civilis, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and decorations, 6 full-page engraved illustrations and 3 engraved plates, all plates and woodcuts hand-coloured, A2 misbound at end, some browning and show-through of colour, a few marginal tears and repairs, from the Evelyn library with later bookplate "JE" to front pastedown, later inscription "From the Collection of the Library at Browsholme in the West Riding of the County of York" at head of title, 19th century red half morocco, gilt, by Tout, [STC 11922], folio, William Jaggard, 1608.⁂ A lovely copy of Glover's first work, on the rights, duties and privileges of the English nobility. The engravings include 2 excellent depictions of Elizabeth I enthroned, one alone, and another in the throne room with the assembled parliament.

Lot 81

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The Annales ..., 2 works bound in 1, [STC 23648], J. L. for Richard Whitaker, 1640, bound before Malvezzi (Marquesse Virgilio) Discourses upon Cornelius Tacitus, translated by Sir Richard Baker, elaborate wood engraved title, tiny rust hole (L1), [Wing M359], E. G. for R. Whitaker, 1642, occasional spotting, marginal damp-staining throughout, pencil annotations to endpapers, contemporary calf, cracked upper joint, rubbed and worn, folio

Lot 85

Military.- Elton (Richard) The Compleat Body of The Art Military, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 9 woodcut or engraved plates, some folding, frontispiece trimmed, just touching printed are, some water-staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, corners repaired, folio, printed for W[illiam]. L[eybourne], 1668.

Lot 97

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, some worming towards end of vol.1 and beginning of vol.2, mostly marginal but occasionally just touching text, tear to 24R1, occasional light foxing, marginal browning and slight crease to title of vol.1, 19th century dark blue half calf, rubbed, vol.2 lower joint splitting, [PMM 201; Rothschild 1237], folio, 1755.⁂ "The most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography." (Printing and the Mind of Man)

Lot 182

Books Shakespeare Head Press, The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poets, in his Iliads, and Odysses, Translated according to the Greek by George Chapman, 5 volumes, Oxford, 1930-31, small folio Limited edition, 125/450 copies (5)

Lot 721

HUXLEY, A. (ed.) The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening 4 vols. 1999, Folio Society, 4to orig. cl. s/case, plus 11 others on gardening, etc.

Lot 758

FOLIO SOCIETY 15 titles in s/cases, incl. 6 vol. set P.G. Wodehouse

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