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Click here to subscribeCHURCHILL, WINSTON, S., 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR', complete in six volumes in two slip cases, published by The Folio Society 2000; GILBERT, MARTIN 'WINSTON CHURCHILL THE WILDERNESS YEARS' and three related works, also FASTENAU & MULLINS 'Toby Character Jugs of the 20th Century and their Makers' (11)
'The Turner Gallery: A Series of Sixty Engravings from the Principal Works of Joseph Mallord William Turner with a Memoir and Illustrative Text by Ralph Nicholson Wornum', London: James S. Virtue, no date but c.1862 according to WorldCat. Folio, morocco leather binding with gilt lettering/decoration, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate, all page edges gilt with embossed pattern, complete with all sixty engraved plates plus engraved frontispiece portrait of Turner.
'Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent Islands', William Camden, Edmund Gibson, second edition in two volumes, London: Mark Matthews, 1722. Complete with the 51 copper engraved maps by Robert Morden, and 10 plates depicting coins. Folio leather bindings with oxblood morocco title labels and gilt lettering, raised bands, red & black title pages, engraved frontispiece portrait to the first volume. 18th Century/Georgian/British/travel/topography/atlas/maps interest.
'South Yorkshire, the History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster, in the Diocese and County of York', by the Rev. Joseph Hunter, in two volumes, London: Printed for the Author, by J. B. Nichols and Son, 1828 - 1831. Folio, numerous engraved plates/maps, some of which hand-coloured, worn leather bindings bearing oxblood morocco labels to upper boards: 'Joseph Mitchell, Bolton Hall'; marbled endpapers, frontispiece to one volume. (2)
Matrix. A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles, nos. 1-6, Whittington Press, 1981-86, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, tipped-in samples, etc., nos. 3-6 in original quarter morocco (no. 3 quarter vellum), slipcases, 4to, together with nos. 1-2 and 5 in original printed wrappers, spines faded and nos. 1 & 5 with partial fading to covers, small folio All first editions and limited editions: those in boards, of 50, 65, 80 & 100 copies respectively; those in wrappers of 320, 410 & 635 copies respectively, all from a maximum total edition of 900. (7)
Tern Press. The Poems on Llywarch Hen. A New Version by Bill Griffiths, 1976, wood engravings by Nicholas Parry, 4 pp. poem contained in rear pocket, original burgundy morocco gilt (upper cover a little bowed), 8vo, limited edition 32/100, signed by author and artist, together with The Hountyng of the Chivyat, 1981, wood-engravings by Nicholas Parry, original floral boards, 4to, limited signed edition 3/100, plus The Gospel According to Saint Mark. As Translated into English in 1380 by John Purvey, 1980, illustrations by Nicholas Parry, original calf-backed boards, folio, signed limited edition, 16/60, with nine other Tern Press limited editions, including Sir Orfeo, 1980 (4/21), Songs of a New Taliesin, 1979 (38/90) and Birds Nesting, 1987 (25/90) (12)
Pullman (Philip). A Outrance, To The Death, Oak Tree Fine Press, 2009, wood engraved illustrations and decorations by Andy English, Chris Daunt and Harry Brockway, text printed in red and black, on handmade Ruscombe Mills paper, leaf with wood engraved portrait of Philip Pullman, with two lines of text from the story handwritten in pencil by the author Philip Pullman himself, signed and dated 2009 to lower margin, suite of six wood engravings, each signed in pencil by Philip Pullman and the artist contained in rear pocket, original red half calf, slipcase, folio Limited edition 50/65, being one of the first 65 copies from a total edition of 315. (1)
Golden Cockerel Press. Paradise Lost, A Poem by John Milton, the Text of the First Edition Prepared for Press by J. Isaacs, 1937, wood-engraved title-page printed in red and black by Robert Gibbings, 30 wood-engraved illustrations by Mary Groom, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original black half pigskin over decorative paper boards by Zaehnsdorf, card slipcase (rubbed and soiled), folio Limited edition 186/200 copies. One of the great Golden Cockerel Press books. (1)
King (Jessie M., illustrator). Werke Alter Meister, K”nigl. Museum Berlin, Globus Verlag, [1902], half-tone illustrations, decorative title page and endpapers designed by Jessie M. King, original cloth-backed boards, with design in colour to upper cover of a girl with birds and flowers by Jessie M. King, a little rubbed and some marks to extremities (generally in good condition), slim folio, together with 4 other similar albums designed by Jessie M. King: Album von Berlin, 1899 (and another of the same work with an alterative cover design by the same artist), Album von Dresden und Sachsische Schweiz, [1899], and Die Denkmaler der Siegesallee, [1899], all a little rubbed and marked with occasional soiling, oblong folio (5)
Whittington Press. Poems for Alan Hancox, The Whittington Press, 1993, title decorated with 2 wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor printed in brown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original brown quarter morocco gilt, with slipcase, small folio Limited edition of 350 copies, this being one of fifty copies signed by the poet-contributors, and with 2 separate signed proofs of the wood engravings by Miriam Macgegror contained in pocket at rear. The poets signatures to the front blank leaf are: Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Charles Tomlinson, P.J. Kavanagh, Michael Horovitz, John Fuller, Ursula Fanthorpe, Jon Stalworthy, Jenny Joseph, Lawrence Sail, Brian Patten, D.J. Enright, Melvyn Bragg, Jon Silkin, Duncan Forbes, Laurie Lee, Peter Levi, Adrian Mitchell and Michael Foot. Included with this lot is a box file of original correspondence and copy paperwork relating to the publication of this volume, including letters and handwritten notes from John and Rose Randle to Alan Tucker, typescript copies of letters and replies by Alan Tucker, and signed letters and cards from various poets, including one signed typewritten letter by Ted Hughes (with envelope), signed letters by Melyn Bragg, Adrian Mitchell, D.J. Enright, Jenny Joseph, Lawrence Sail, Jon Silken, Duncan Forbes, Charles Tomlinson, Charles Causley, Laurie Lee, Michael Horovitz, a fax from Seamus Heaney sent from Harvard University, etc. Alan Tucker collaborated with John Randle of the Whittington Press on this publication, and was the editor, proofreader, and driving force behind the publication. (2)
Dean (& Son). The Painted Picture Play-Book. Illustrated with nearly Three Hundred Coloured Pictures, and an Explanatory Verse to Each. The Engravings by Various Eminent Artists, the Verses by James Bishop, [1855], hand-coloured illustrations throughout, generally spotted and toned, some minor edge-fraying, publishers advertisements on endpapers, hinges repaired, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rebacked, preserving original spine, edges showing, folio, together with [Valentine, Laura], Aunt Louisa's Stories of Old. Comprising Puss in Boots, Jack and the Beanstalk. The House That Jack Built..., Frederick Warne, [1887], seventeen colour lithographed plates, including frontispiece, finger-soiling to text, half-title toned, hinges split, original pictorial red cloth gilt, some marks, spine ends slightly frayed, front cover with upper outer corner bumped and creased, 4to, plus three other children's books (Three Little Pigs, Raphael Tuck; Dot and Tot by L. Frank Baum, The Bobbs-Merrill Co.; The English Struwwelpeter, 38th edition), and a Kate Greenaway Calendar for 1884 (5)
Kubasta (Voitech). Robinson Crusoe, Bancroft, circa 1960s, colour pop-up scene, followed by 16 page colour illustrated letterpress, including two full-page illustrations, double-page pop-up scene at rear, original pictorial boards, front cover (slightly bowed) with clear cellophane window, top right corner of book shaped as parrot wings (minor crease to rear cover upper wing), folio, together with Father Christmas panascopic model, circa 1960s, large colour pop-up scene, minor toning to base, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, front cover with moveable Father Christmas face (beard tab slightly creased), covers with small pin-holes to corners, rear cover with pin-holes to centre of fore-edge, folio, plus The Voyage of Marco Polo [drop-title], 1962, large colour fold-out pop-up scene, red ribbon linking elephants and tiger intact, with eight-page letterpress, some light spotting (mainly to final page), original cloth-backed pictorial boards, top of spine and front upper corner slightly worn, folio, and The Tournament [drop-title], 1961, large colour fold-out pop-up and moveable scene, coloured cellophane windows intact, short closed tear to one moveable knight, with eight-page letterpress, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, front cover faintly spotted, folio, with five other Panascopic Model Books: Moko and Koko in the Jungle, Christoph Columbus Genuensis, Ricky the Rabbit, Tony and the Circus Boy, An American Indian Camp, the 2nd and last listed titles both without letterpress (as called-for in Christoph Columbus), 1st three with minor defects, last two with major defects, folio (9)
[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll', 1832-1898]. Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, London & Edinburgh, 1870, double column, purple ink ownership name of 'C.L. Dodgson' to front free endpaper and another ownership name of [?]V. Kelsey in purple ink to title upper margin, hinges broken and penultimate leaf somewhat creased, lower hinges crudely repaired, contemporary half morocco gilt with leather spine label, heavily rubbed, small folio (1)
Pullman (Philip). A Outrance, To The Death, Oak Tree Fine Press, 2009, wood engraved illustrations and decorations by Andy English, Chris Daunt and Harry Brockway, text printed in red and black, on handmade Ruscombe Mills paper, leaf with wood engraved portrait of Philip Pullman, and 8 lines of text from the story handwritten in pencil by the author Philip Pullman himself, signed and dated 2009 to lower margin, with extra suite of 6 wood engravings, each numbered 1/60, and signed by Philip Pullman and the artist, contained in separate red cloth portfolio with tie, untrimmed, original designer binding by Monique Lallier, being a full brown morocco with bear claw rilievo motif to covers, and numerous small pieces of marbled paper onlay, 33 x 25.5 cm (13 x 10 ins), loosely contained in original purpose-made fleece-lined cloth slipcase, with label to spine, folio One of 15 specially presented copies in unique bindings, this copy named 'Bear Claw' from a total edition of 315. (1)
Old Stile Press. Earth Dances, Poems by Ted Hughes Chosen & Decorated by R.J. Lloyd, 1994, illustrations by R.J. Lloyd, modern red-brown morocco, with stylized pattern in gilt and inlays, spine gilt-lettered, modern slipcase with red-brown morocco opening, folio Limited edition, 116/250 copies signed by R.J. Lloyd and Ted Hughes. (1)
Guiliano (Edward & others, editors). The Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll, volumes 1-3, published for the Lewis Carroll Society of North America by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1993-2001, original cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Almansi (Guido, editor), Lewis Carroll: Photos and Letters to his Child Friends, Notes by Brassai and Helmut Gernsheim, published Franco Maria Ricci, 1975, sepia reproductions of photographs tipped in, hand-made paper, partly uncut, original cloth gilt with pictorial onlay to upper cover, a little damp marked, cloth slipcase, folio, (limited edition, 1847/3000 copies), plus other Lewis Carroll bibliography and related NB.The quantity of thi slot has been amended. The second-named item Parrish, 2 volumes has been removed from the lot and will be offered as a separate lot, alongside further Lewis Carroll material, on 31 January: £300-500 (16)
Lovett (Charles C. & Stephanie B.). Lewis Carroll's Alice, an Annotated Checklist of the Lovett Collection, 1st edition, Meckler, 1990, original cloth gilt, small folio, together with Carlson (David & Eger, Jeffrey, editors), Dodgson at Auction 1893-1999, 1st edition, D. & D. Galleries, 1999, original cloth gilt, 4to, plus a photocopy of the Harcourt Amory Collection of Lewis Carroll in the Harvard College Library, Compiled by Flora V. Livingston, [1932], contained in ring binder with a letter passing this from Selwyn Goodacre to David Lansley in 1999, plus a quantity of other Lewis Carroll interest, mostly bookseller and auction catalogues featuring Lewis Carroll, plus some related journals, offprints, etc. (approx. 150)
Acorn Press. Shakespeare's Sonnets, illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn, 1982, wood-engraved headpieces throughout, original cloth-backed decorated boards in slipcase, large 8vo, (limited edition 122/350 copies), together with three Libanus Press titles, Symposium of Plato, 1986, (62/355 copies), Messer Pietro Mio, Letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, 1985, (70/150 copies), and Theodore & Honoria, 1985, (13/300 copies), all with wood engravings, original quarter morocco, small folio/folio (4)
*Sewell (Byron, illustrator). The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll, Catalpa Press, 1974, black & white illustrations, including one very large concertina plate, and another with red overlay, set of interchangeable face cards in pocket at rear, original black cloth, small folio, together with five pen & ink drawings on card for the book, including a barrister looking through a telescope, two men playing cards, and a man in a rowing boat, sheet size approximately 64 x 52cm (25 x 25.5ins) Limited edition, 25/250 copies, signed by the artist. (6)
Kubasta (Voitech). Polar Station panascopic model, circa 1960s, large colour pop-up scene, with two loosely inserted stand-alone characters (often lacking), some minor creases, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, front cover with moveable aeroplane (tail creased), upper corners slightly bumped, without the small accompanying booklet (as usual), folio, together with Moko and Koko in the Jungle [drop-title], circa 1960s, large colour fold-out pop-up scene, with hanging monkey and two loosely inserted stand-alone characters (often lacking), some minor creases, back cover of fold-out lightly marked, with eight-page letterpress, first page toned, original pictorial boards, spine splitting, inside front cover with repair to lower corner, folio, plus How Columbus Discovered America [drop-title], circa 1960s, large colour fold-out pop-up scene, with eight-page letterpress (detached from lower staple), original pictorial boards, spine rubbed with short split at top, rear cover with moveable ship's wheel (some small creases), folio, and Peter and Sally on the Farm [drop-title], circa 1960s, large colour fold-out pop-up and moveable scene, with hanging swing chair and five stand-alone pieces (often lacking), including a pig (detached from base), geese (two copies), sheep, and rabbits, missing the child with pram, some minor creases, with eight-page letterpress, original pictorial boards, spine splitting, folio, with five other Panascopic Model Books: Tony and the Circus Boy, Father Christmas, An American Indian Camp (without accompanying letterpress, as issued), the Voyage of Marco Polo, The Tournament, various defects, folio Polar Station one of the rarer Kubasta titles. (9)
Kubasta (Voitech). Prelude to Christmas [drop-title], Bancroft, circa 1960s, large colour fold-out pop-up scene, styled as an advent calendar with opening doors and window, and other moveable elements, coloured cellophane windows in tree (all present), one moveable figure detached, and two repaired, minor ink scribble to lower right corner, adhesive tape stain at foot of gutter, with eight-page letterpress, tear to gutter above top staple, some light spotting, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, cloth detaching from tail of spine, front cover with a couple of small ink marks, rear cover creased to upper corner, corners bumped, folio, together with Peter and Sally on the Farm [drop-title], circa 1960s, large colour fold-out pop-up and moveable scene, with hanging swing chair and five stand-alone pieces (often lacking), comprising a pig, geese, sheep, rabbits, and child with pram, with eight-page letterpress, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, with Panascopic Model Books pictorial advertisement sheet loosely inserted, folio, plus Polar Station panascopic model, circa 1960s, large colour pop-up scene, lacking two loose characters (as often), original cloth-backed pictorial boards, front cover with moveable aeroplane, without small accompanying booklet (as usual), folio, and The Voyage of Marco Polo [drop-title], 1962, large colour fold-out pop-up scene, red ribbon linking elephants and tiger intact, with eight-page letterpress, partial toning to some page margins, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, folio, with five other Panascopic Model Books: The Tournament, Tony and the Circus Boy, Noah's Ark, Christoph Columbus Genuensis, Father Christmas (latter two are the Panascopic Model versions without accompanying letterpress), mostly minor defects, folio (9)
[Brooke, Rupert Chawnor, 1887-1915]. Longmans' New Five-Shilling Atlas for Use in Schools being a Selection of Maps from Longmans' New Atlas, edited by Geo. G. Chisholm, new edition, 1893, 32 single and double-page colour maps with numbered thumb markers (heavily rubbed), ownership name of Rupert Brooke in an unidentified hand written in blue pencil to front pastedown, 'Brooke mi[nor]', some pencil notes, scorings and scribblings in unidentified hands on maps, 6, 8, 9, 13, 22, 24 and 25, also contents leaf (browned) and index page 30, some soiling and finger marking throughout, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, split along joints and some wear to extremities, small folio, preserved in a modern purpose-made cloth drop back box Provenance: Bernard Quaritch, Catalogue 946, item 78, purchased by Adrian E.C. Peg of Bath, 6 March 1975 for £30 (invoice loosely inserted). The invoice for the book box made by Bayntun, Bath, in 1978 is also included. Rupert Brooke attended Hillbrow School in Rugby, Warwickshire, as a day boy between 1897 and 1901. His older brother Richard was there before him, hence 'Brooke minor'. The only meaningful notes appear in pencil on map number 6, France. Clearly in a child's hand, the brief notes reference the town of Wissant and that the food at Belle Vue is good and that of the Normandy hotel is not good. As Brooke had not been to France it seems unlikely that these words are in his hand, unless he was writing down this information that had been given to him by someone else. (1)
THE PARADISE LOST OF MILTON', with illustrations by John Martin, published by Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1866, folio edition, 24 engraved plates Condition Report:Complete but spine detached on inside. Wear on edges and corners.Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
Cummings (E.E.). W, New York: Horace Liveright, 1931, original cloth-backed boards, some dust-soiling and spotting, slim folio, together with Macneice (Louis), Plant and Phantom, Faber & Faber, [1941], original cloth gilt, with slight dampstain at foot of spine, in dust jacket (torn in two pieces to spine), worn, slim 8vo, with Pound (Ezra), A Draft of XXX Cantos [& A Draft of Cantos XXXI-XLI], Faber & Faber, [1933 & 1935], together 2 volumes, edges rough trimmed, uniform black cloth gilt, slightly marked, 8vo, with Sackville-West (Vita), The Poets on the Poets - No. I, Andrew Marvell, edges rough trimmed, original yellow cloth gilt, slightly faded to spine, light mottling to upper board, slim 8vo, (limited edition on handmade paper 47/75, signed by Vita Sackville-West), together with other poetry and related by W.H. Auden, A.E. Housman, Laurie Lee, Louis Macneice, Edith Sitwell, Siegfried Sassoon, John Betjeman, Dylan Thomas, Philip Larkin & Seamus Heaney, etc. (97)
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, A History of the Language, and An English Grammar, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed by W. Strahan et al, 1755, title-pages printed in red and black, printed in double-column, woodcut tail-pieces, gathering 19H in volume 2 in duplicate, occasional light spotting and toning, some unexceptionable staining and marks to a few leaves, pencilled marginalia in a couple of places, several corners slightly creased, gathering 5G in first volume with vertical crease, volume 2 with 19Uii carelessly opened at upper blank corner and lower blank corner of 21Oi torn away, 24Tii and 25Hii in volume 2 each with a closed marginal tear (former affecting several lines of text, latter just clipping text), endpapers sometime renewed, hinges strengthened, bookplate of Richard Adams on front pastedowns, volume 1 with contemporary manuscript shelfmark to front free endpaper, contemporary marbled calf, sometime rebacked, preserving original gilt decorated contrasting leather labels, generally rubbed (with some minor surface wear), covers with gilt flower and bead roll border, and inner scalloped pelmet roll border in blind, folio Courtney & Smith, page 54. Printing and the Mind of Man 201. Rothschild 1237. Samuel Johnson's 'Dictionary', which had taken nine years to complete, was finally published on 15th April 1755 in an edition of 2,000 copies. Containing 40,000 entries and over 116,000 quotations this monumental work remains "the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man). (2)
Folio Society. The Complete Greek Tragedies, 5 volumes, 2011, colour plates, original uniform cloth gilt in slipcase, large 8vo, together with other Folio Society publications, including Sherlock Holmes Complete Novels, 4 volumes, 1994, Sherlock Complete Stories, 5 volumes, 1993, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, 7 volumes, 1996, Katherine M. Briggs, Folk Tales of Britain, 3 volumes, 2011, Anton Chekhov, The Collected Stories, 4 volumes, 2010, etc., all original cloth gilt, mostly in slipcases, 8vo, VG (40)
Burton (Philip & Hayman, Peter). The Birdlife of Britain, A Dramatic New Way of Identifying and Understanding the Birds of Britain and Europe, reprint, 1976, colour illustrations throughout, presentation copy to Richard [Adams] from Ian inscribed to title and dated 1978, bookplate of Richard Adams, original laminated boards in faded and slightly soiled dust jacket, small folio, a group of 19 small notebook leaves loosely inserted, comprising nature notes in Richard Adams's hand and mostly written to rectos only, largely concerning British birds, approximately 15 x 10 cm, together with Sheail (John), Rabbits and their History, Newton Abbot: Country Book Club, 1972, a few illustrations to text, bookplate of Richard Adams, original cloth in dust jacket, a little soiling and slight wear at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus Samson (John G.), The World of Ernest Thompson Seton, 1st edition, New York, 1976, colour and black & white plates and illustrations throughout, bookplate of Richard Adams, original cloth in dust jacket, a little chipped, oblong folio, plus Caras (Roger), The Endless Migrations, Illustrations by Kimio Honda, 1st edition, New York, 1985, black & white illustrations, author's signed presentation inscription to Richard Adams inscribed to front free endpaper and dated 1990, bookplate of Richard Adams, original cloth in slightly soiled dust jacket, plus other natural history including field guides, many with Adams's bookplate and some author signed, various bindings and sizes (85)
Gibson (Charles Dana). Other People, 1st edition, New York: Charles Schribner's Sons & London: John Lane, 1911, portrait half-title with artist's ink presentation inscription to Princess Patricia, numerous black & white illustrations from drawings, half-title and corresponding first illustrated leaf detached, some pale marginal discolouration, stitching strained, original quarter cloth with pictorial boards, generally soiled and some surface rubbing, oblong folio, together with 10 other books from the same series, mostly 1st editions, 1898-1905, three with some dampstaining, majority with stitching strained, all original quarter cloth with pictorial boards, rubbing to extremities (and minor wear in places), some soiled and toned, oblong folio Titles are: Pictures of People; London as seen by C.D. Gibson; The Education of Mr. Pipp (2 copies); Americans; A Widow and her Friends; The Social Ladder; Eighty Drawings including The Weaker Sex; Everyday People; Our Neighbours. Princess Patricia of Connaught (Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth, later Lady Patricia Ramsay, 1886-1974) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She was an accomplished artist herself, specializing in watercolours, and became an honorary member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1959. One of the most beautiful and eligible princesses of her generation, she caused a sensation when she gave up her royal titles to marry a commoner. (11)
Aldin (Cecil, illust.). Cecil Aldin's Happy Family..., told by May Byron, 1912, 36 mounted colour plates (including six double-page), spotting to text, endpapers renewed, front pastedown with bookplate of Richard Adams, top edge gilt, original linen-backed boards, with colour illustrated panel to upper cover, rubbed and toned, rebacked, lower cover slightly bowed, corners showing, square 4to, together with Berkshire Vale, poems by Wilfrid Howe-Nurse, Oxford: Blackwell, printed at the Curwen Press, 1927, tinted lithographed illustrations, including endpapers, original cloth with large pictorial paper label to upper cover, a few marks, spine ends frayed, slim folio, with five others related (7)
Postcards. An album containing 125 mostly transport-related postcards, mostly early to mid 20th century, including steam locomotives, civil and fighter aircraft including some real photos, all corner mounted in a contemporary cloth album, old soiling and dampstaining, folio, together with a second album containing 68 corner-mounted mostly photographic postcards of Edwardian actresses and beauties, some postally used, contemporary cloth-backed decorative boards, soiled and worn, narrow folio, plus an album containing 36 printed Victorian In Memoriam cards, circa 1860s/1880s, various designs but mostly printed in black and white, single and folded card specimens, mounted two or four to a page on album leaf rectos, many leaves blank, contemporary morocco, worn, covers detached and spine deficient, oblong folio, plus a fourth album containing approximately 240 window-mounted cigarette cards, subjects including sport, film, maritime and natural history, contemporary cloth, worn, small folio (4)
[Shakespeare, William. Comedies, Histories and Tragedies; Published according to the true Originall Copies. Second Impression], London: John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632, woodcut head-pieces and initials, roman and italic type, text in double column, 66 lines, headlines and catchwords, expertly and discreetly cleaned, three preliminary leaves: 'To the Reader', title-page with portrait and 'Commendatory Verses' ([pi]A1, A2 & A5) all supplied in fine facsimile on old paper, dedication leaf ([pi]A3) expertly restored with some loss of head-piece and several words in upper half of leaf to recto and verso, following leaf 'To the great variety of Readers' similarly restored with a little loss of lettering in three lines only, dust-soiling to initial five original preliminary leaves, pinhead burn hole to A1 with loss of one letter to recto only, further tiny burn holes to outer blank margin of S3 and affecting two letters to X1 verso, minor damage affecting 8 words with some textual loss to lower lines of Y4v and Y5r, skilful closed tear repairs into text without loss to lower margin of 2A3 and upper margins of a6, b1, b2, e1 and q3, scattered spotting, minor marks and light browning with a few darker spots or streaks to C5, C6, O6, 2A3 and 2A4, slightly indistinct 18th-century ink inscription at head of 2a1 verso giving the colophon information and noting that this was printed sixteen years after the author's death, two old ownership name inscriptions to front pastedown, the first heavily inked out (possibly reading 'Catherine Longford Her Book') and dated 1773, the second name Baptist Smart, dated 1802, Richard Adams's bookplate, contemporary blind-panelled calf, neatly rebacked in calf gilt with five raised bands to match, old leather spine label retained ('SHAKESPEAR'S / WORKS'), slightly rubbed, upper corners a little bruised and lower corners discreetly repaired, folio (336 x 227mm) The Second Folio edition of the most important work in English literature and a cornerstone of any rare book collection. The importance of the folio editions of Shakespeare cannot be overstated and without them as many as eighteen of his plays may never have survived. Produced in large format, and including laudatory poems and prefaces from his contemporaries, the folio editions provide a testament to the stature of Shakespeare in his own time. This second collected edition of Shakespeare's plays is set page-for-page from a corrected copy of the First Folio, 1623. There are five variants of the Second Folio as identified by the imprint on the title-page; the text and colophon being identical in all variants. The facsimile title-page found here, with the Shakespeare portrait by Martin Droeshout, bears the John Smethwick imprint. Its conjugate leaf in the original, the 'Effigies' leaf, also present here in facsimile, has the text of John Milton's (anonymous) verses in its integral first state (Todd 1b). These 16 lines of rhymed couplets, 'An Epitaph on the admirable Dramaticke Poet, W. Shakespeare', were the chief addendum to the First Folio and were the first of Milton's English-language poems to be printed. When the Second Folio was reissued in 1641 it was these two conjugate leaves that were reprinted in two distinct settings and issued with the remainder copies. Without these two original leaves it is therefore not possible to establish which issue this copy belongs to. The three facsimile and two restored preliminary leaves aside this is a large and generally attractive and fresh copy in a pleasing and contemporary full calf binding. There is no evidence of leaves supplied from other copies, nor, unusually, is there any damage to the final leaf. It is estimated that no more than 1000 copies of the Second Folio were printed, and it is believed fewer than 200 copies are still in existence today, many of which are inevitably incomplete or defective. 451 (of 454) leaves. Collation: [pi]A6 [-1,2,5, all supplied in facsimile] *4, A-2B6 2C2, a-y6, 2a-3c6 3d4. Gregg III, pages 1113-1116. Pforzheimer 906. STC 22274 or one of 22274b, c, d or e. Todd, 'The Issues and States of the Second Folio and Milton's Epitaph', in Studies in Bibliography, volume V (1952-53), pages 81-108. Provenance: Determined to interest their daughters in Shakespeare, Richard and Barbara took them to see the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon. The girls demanded a story for the long car journey and Adams, a great enthusiast for Greek literature, thought of Cassandra, cursed by Apollo always to prophesy the truth and never be believed. He applied this attribute to a rabbit called Fiver, who sees a field running with blood and warns his fellow rabbits that they must abandon their burrow and find somewhere else to live. Watership Down employs the use of epigraphs at the beginning of each chapter, including a total of five quotations from Shakespeare. (1)
Campbell (Joseph). The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Bollingen Series, XVII, 1st edition, New York, 1949, author's presentation copy to Richard Adams, inscribed to title page 'In celebration of our meeting in friendship, as well as in the spirit - to Richard Adams, in admiration, with my warm regards and best wishes, Joseph Campbell, NY City 4/20/81', original cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with Spirit and Nature, papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, edited by Joseph Campbell, 1st edition, 1955, original red cloth gilt in dust wrapper, rubbed, 8vo, plus The Mythic Image, 1st edition, Princeton University Press, 1974, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in slightly frayed dust wrapper, large 4to, and The Way of the Animal Powers, volume 1, Historical Atlas of World Mythology, 1st edition, 1983, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, author's presentation inscription to title page, 'For Richard Adams, Animal Master Supreme, with warm good wishes. Joseph Campbell, 9/15/84', and with a photocopy of Richard Adams' letter of thanks to Joseph Campbell, dated 23rd November 1984 loosely inserted, bookplate of Richard Adams to front pastedown, original cloth in dust wrapper, folio, plus others by Joseph Campbell, together with related works on mythology, jungian psychology, etc., all 20th century publications, many in dust wrappers, mostly 8vo (37)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the originall Tongues, and with ye former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties speciall command, Appointed to be read in Churches, Cambridge: Printed by Tho. Buck & Roger Daniel, Printers to the University of Cambridge, [1638], general engraved title by William Marshall containing small central device 'Alma Mater Cantabrigia', letterpress New Testament title with printer's oval woodcut device and typographic decorative border, Apocrypha present, double-column roman text, numerous woodcut decorative initials, titles and borders double red-ruled throughout, lower outer blank corner of leaves X4, 3E2 & 3F1 neatly repaired and with red-ruled borders redrawn, closed tear at foot of final leaf of Apocrypha and New Testament title, marbled endpapers with repaired hinges, bookplate of Richard Adams, and small book label of A. Eyre - Grove, all edges gilt, contemporary crimson morocco by the Samuel Mearne bindery, decorative gilt panelled boards with double-line border, and crowned cypher of Charles II between palm leaves to each corner, skillfully rebacked preserving the original elaborate gilt decorated spine with Charles II royal cypher to the centre of each panel, board corners neatly repaired, lacking ties, folio, leaf dimensions 383 x 245mm Herbert 520. Darlow & Moule 403. STC2331. With loosely inserted typed information regarding the volume on Henry Sotheran Ltd. letterheaded paper, 'Bound for Charles II at the bindery of Samuel Mearne (1624-83) the Royal warrant holder for use in the Chapels Royal at either Windsor or St. James's Palace. A similar but less decorative example of a Mearne royal binding is illustrated in H.M. Nixon, English Restoration Bookbinding, No. 6. The Bibles and prayer books in the royal chapels were usually renewed every three to five years, when they became the prerequisites of those who had served the King.... Col. John Eyres M.P. was one of Charles II's privy counsellors'. (1)
[Johnson, Samuel]. The Rambler, Numbers 1-208 (complete), bound in 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1st issue, printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1751, 1st issue without Contents and Mottos, engraved head-pieces and initial letters, minor spotting and toning, first two leaves of volume 1 with small offset stains at head and foot of gutter, bookplate of Richard Adams in first volume, both volumes with bookplate engraved by Silvain Guillot, Paris, bearing the name 'L'Olivette' below monogram 'G.O.' enclosed by olive branches with a crown above, all edges gilt, early 20th century tan crushed morocco by Vauthrin, signed on front turn-ins, some superficial scuffs and scratches, spines faintly faded, gilt dotted line decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder with central fleuron tool and volute cornerpieces, on a semé dot ground, date lettered at foot, covers with gilt triple fillet border and double fillet panel with fleuron at each corner, double fillets on edges, pelmet roll, triple fillets, and hound's tooth roll on turn-ins, small folio Rothschild 1234. Tinker 1306. A handsome set. (2)
M[ilton] (J[ohn]). Lycidas [in] Justa Edouardo King naufrago, ab Amicis moerentibus, amoris &..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Cambridge: Thomas Buck & Roger Daniel, 1638, [viii]+36+[ii]+25+[1] (blank), typographic head-pieces, woodcut initial letters and tail-pieces, title-page dust-soiled and with two closed marginal tears (one at gutter and one to fore-margin), tip of upper outer corner renewed, first part with intermittent water-staining (most prominent to fore-margin of first few leaves), second part with separate title-page and pagination (collation continuous), final two leaves with very short tears at blank gutter (emanating from stab holes), final leaf a little creased, bookplate of Richard Adams, free endpapers neatly replaced using laid paper, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and one corner repaired, 4to (leaf size 18 x 13.5cm/7 x 5.25ins), housed in a green velvet-lined brown quarter morocco bookform solander box, lightly rubbed in one or two places, blind rule decorated raised bands, gilt lettered morocco label in second compartment, date lettered direct at foot Hayward 70. Pforzheimer 712. STC 14964. Provenance: Sotheby's 12th December, 1991. Notably rare first appearance in print of Milton's great pastoral elegy. Just thirty-three copies are thought to be in existence, with only a handful remaining in private hands. We have traced just five copies sold at auction in the last fifty years, including this copy. 'Lycidas' is John Milton's second published work, his first being a commendatory poem on Shakespeare published in the 1632 'Second Folio'. It is the final poetical work in this collection of elegies published in commemoration of Edward King, a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, who drowned when his ship sank off the coast of Anglesey on 10th August 1637. King had been a younger contemporary of Milton, who was evidently invited to make a contribution to the publication. In The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams, the character of the Assistant Secretary, a partial portrait of the author, silently quotes Milton's Lycidas to himself, 'as often in moments of difficulty or depression' (The Plague Dogs, Knopf, 1978, page 205). (1)
Ashton (John). Real Sailor-Songs Collected and Edited by John Ashton, Leadenhall Press, 1891, title printed in red and black with decorative device, numerous black & white illustrations, decorative initials, head and tail-pieces, edges rough trimmed, original half vellum printed boards, some slight dust-soiling, light rubbing to extremities, folio, together with Rollins (Hyder Edward), The Pepys Ballads, 7 volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1929, a few black and white plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth-backed marbled boards, slightly faded to spines, 8vo, with Child (Francis James, edited), The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 10 volumes, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1882-1894, interleaved with blanks some with manuscript notes, occasional dampstaining to margins, bookplate of Milton Waldman, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to (limited edition 579/1000), and Auden (W.H. & Kallman, Chester, editors), An Elizabethan Songbook, Lute Songs, Madrigals and Rounds, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1957, decorative vignette to title, musical notation throughout, occasional black and white illustrations, original cloth in somewhat worn dust jacket, 4to, and Karpeles (Maud, editor), Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1974, musical notation and verse throughout, original green cloth gilt, contained in original slipcase, 8vo, and Humphreys (Arthur L.), The Berkshire Book of Song, Rhyme & Steeple Chime, Methuen and Company, 1935, edges rough trimmed, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to spine, slightly rubbed, contained in original slipcase, 8vo, plus others similar mostly relating to British and American folk songs and traditional tunes, etc. (38)
CAVOUR COUNT OF: (1810-1861) Camillo Benso. First Prime Minister of Italy March-June 1861. D.S., C. Cavour, one page, folio, Turin, 19th May 1861. The largely manuscript document, in Italian, states, in full, 'In response to the paper of the current 14 No 1735, this Ministry informs the Consulate that today it's cancelled the Register of the maritime inscription of the registered Pietro Vincenzo Angelo Aquarone class 1841, who resigned the benefit of the above-mentioned inscription by act of this office.' Signed at the conclusion by Cavour in his capacity as Marine Consulate. With blank integral leaf. With light age toning to the upper left edge, and minor age wear. G
[STANLEY CUP]: STANLEY FREDERICK (1841-1908) 16th Earl of Derby. British Statesman, Governor General of Canada 1888-93. An avid sportsman, Stanley is most famous for presenting the Stanley Cup, Ice Hockey's Championship trophy. D.S., Fred Stanley, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James', 10th September 1878. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Charles Frederick Hastings Medhurst to be a Lieutenant in the Land Forces with the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot. Countersigned at the head by Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. With a blind embossed pale blue paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and minor creasing, most evident at the folds and not affecting either of the signatures. About VG Charles Frederick Hastings Medhurst was born in 1856 and rose to the rank of Major in the East Lancashire Regiment, which had merged with the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot in 1881. The present document was signed by Stanley in his capacity as Secretary of State for War 1878-80.
NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. D.S., Nikolai, as Emperor, in Cyrillic, three pages, folio, St. Petersburg, 5th July 1839, in Cyrillic. The elegantly penned manuscript document is a letter to Fernando II, King of the Two Sicilies, bearing news that Nicholas' daughter Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna has married Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg. Countersigned at the foot by Karl Nesselrode (1780-1862, Russian Foreign Minister 1814-56). Accompanied by the original envelope addressed in Cyrillic and bearing the remnants of a large wax seal to the verso. With two light imprints to the letter, evidently caused by the wax seal, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG Ferdinand II (1810-1859) Italian King of the Two Sicilies 1830-59. Maximilian de Beauharnais (1817-1852) German Nobleman, the grandson of Napoleon I's first wife, the Empress Josephine, by her prior marriage to Alexandre de Beauharnais.
GRAFTON DUKE OF: (1735-1811) British Prime Minister 1768-70. A rare D.S., Grafton, at the foot, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 27th May 1767. The partially printed document appoints John Grundy of Spalding in Lincolnshire to be a Receiver General of Land Tax for part of the county of Lincoln, described as 'The Divisions of Kesteven and Holland, containing Langoe, Boothby, Graffoe, Lovendon, Flaxwell, Ashwardhurn, Winebridge and Trio, Wapentakes, Grantham cum Socca, Aveland, Bettislow, Ness Barrow and Stamford Wapentakes within Kesteven and Shirbeck, Kirton Boston and Ella Wapentakes in Holland' and granting him 'full power to do and perform whatsoever shall be requisite or necessary for His Majesty's best Advantage and Service' in raising Land Tax and allowing him to appoint deputies to assist in the receipt of the monies. Countersigned at the foot by Thomas Townshend (1701-1780) British Politician, Teller of the Exchequer 1727-66 and several others. Some light overall foxing, largely across the body of text, which remains perfectly legible, and not affecting the signatures, otherwise about VG
NORTH LORD: (1732-1792) British Prime Minister 1770-82. North led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence. D.S., North, one page, folio, n.p. (London), 13th May 1771. The manuscript document relates to Richard Stevenson ('One of the Messengers of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer') in which he requests an allowance for his travel and expenses during March and April 1771 'to Deliver several Bundles of Process issued out of the Treasurers Remembrancer's Office….Directed to the Sheriffs of the Several Counties and Cities underwritten…', the twelve counties and five cities listed in three columns and including Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire, Monmouthshire, Salop, Chester, Lancaster, Coventry, Litchfield etc., further stating that the service has been performed 'as appears by the receipts or returns of the respective Sheriffs' and seeking that the bill be approved by the Duke of Newcastle, auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer. Signed by North at the foot beneath a further brief manuscript request for the Duke of Newcastle to 'rate and pay this Bill' and also bearing several countersignatures. Also signed by Stevenson to the verso, acknowledging receipt of the full payment on 24th May 1771. With a single ink line running diagonally through the text of the document and only very slightly affecting North's signature. VG
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