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Lot 2140
§ Edward Bawden (British 1903-1989), Cowes; Finchingfield, a pair, pen and ink, both signed and inscribed lower right, with light pencil sketches verso, each sheet 29 x 39cm. (2) Unframed. Please note that artist resale right maybe payable on top of the hammer price for this lot in addition to premium, where the hammer price is above the threshold, up to a maximum of 4% of the hammer price. Visit www.dac.org for more information. Condition Report: § Both slightly discoloured, with minor staining, light creasing, minor peripheral tears, correction to right hand of Finchingfield with a sellotaped oblong. Both need some attention.
Lot 269
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 20 tipped-in colour plates, illustrations and decorations by Willy Pogany, some light offsetting, title and final f. lightly browned, faint spotting to final f., original cloth upper cover loosely inserted at rear, modern red half morocco, spine gilt and with double navy morocco labels, slight sunning to spine and lower joint, t.e.g., 1910 § Reynolds (Frank, illustrator) Mr. Pickwick, one of 350 copies signed by the illustrator, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 24 plates by Frank Reynolds, captioned tissue-guards, a few plates with lower corner little creased, some very light damp-staining to upper margin, occasional light spotting or soiling, modern red half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, [1910]; and others, children's or illustrated, v.s. (14)
![Dirac (Paul) "The quantum theory of the emission and absorption of radiation" [and] "The quantum theory of dispersion", in Pr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0d5b1adc-1ba0-4d55-ab0f-b15400ddb7ea/db19f581-6175-41d7-b7e8-b15400e4e570/468x382.jpg)
Lot 102
Dirac (Paul) "The quantum theory of the emission and absorption of radiation" [and] "The quantum theory of dispersion", in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, vol. 114, pp.243-265 & 710-728, plates and illustrations, light foxing, ink library stamps, contemporary cloth, rubbed, 1927; "A new classical theory of electrons" in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, vol. 209, pp.291-296, plates and illustrations, ink library stamps, library cloth-backed boards, 1951; and 3 others including papers by Dirac, 4to (5)*** Dirac's reconciliation of the wave and particle nature of light.
Lot 247
Tyler (Anne) The Clock Winder, first English edition, light spotting to fore-edge, original cloth, dust-jacket, light spotting and toning along upper edge, spine ends and foot of lower flap slightly scuffed, 1973 § Durrell (Laurence) Livia, first edition, signed by the author to title, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, otherwise a fine copy, 1978 § Bullock (Shan F.) The Awkward Squads and Other Stories, first edition, publisher's advertisements at end, light scattered spotting, original blue cloth, a few minor soil marks, extremities slightly rubbed, slight shelf-lean, Cassell and Company, 1893; and c.130 others, English literature, late Victorian and Modern, including a signed first edition of A Smile in the Mind's Eye by Durrell, v.s. (c.130)
Lot 284
Hogarth (William) The Works, edited by Rev. J.Trusler, First-Fifth Series (Parts 1-26), 5 vol., engraved portrait and plates, some light foxing or browning, upper hinge of vol.1 split, original floral embossed green cloth, gilt-stamped blue labels to upper covers, uncut, rubbed, spines faded, 1833; and a bundle of c.50 loose engraved plates after Eisen and others for Ovid's Metamorphoses, 4to & 8vo (6)
Lot 26
Erotica & Sex.- Fischer (H. C.) & Dr. E. X. Dubois. Sexual Life during the World War, first edition, half-title, faint spotting at beginning and end, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1927 § Malinowski (Bronislaw) The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little mottled, bumping to corners and extremities, 1932 § Davis (Katharine Bement) Factors in the Sex Life of Twenty-Two Hundred Women, light soiling to endpapers, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, 1929 § Davenport (John) Curiositates Eroticæ Physiologiæ; or, Tabooed Subjects Freely Treated, half-title, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, contemporary morocco-backed boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1875; and others either erotica or on sex, v.s. (c.80).
Lot 142
Zola (Émile) Le Naturalisme au Théâtre, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Philippe Gille on half-title, some light foxing and marginal browning, contemporary cloth-backed boards, morocco spine label, strips of fading to upper cover, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, spine sunned, label rubbed and chipped, 8vo, Paris, G. Charpentier, 1881.*** The first edition of Zola's second book with a warm presentation inscription: "á Phillipe Gille, son dévoué confrère, Emile Zola". Philippe Gille (1831-1901) was a French dramatist and opera librettist who, from 1869, was the art and music critic for Le Figaro and reviewed many of Zola's books. Maggs Bros. catalogue no. 367 in 1918 lists a presentation copy of La Joie de Vivre to Gille with the same inscription as this book.
![Asian Ceramics.- Ayers (John) The Baur Collection [Chinese Ceramics], vol. 1 only (of 4), jacket with small tear at spine hea](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0d5b1adc-1ba0-4d55-ab0f-b15400ddb7ea/16484c3d-73f6-4c9e-b2c5-b15400e6818c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 253
Asian Ceramics.- Ayers (John) The Baur Collection [Chinese Ceramics], vol. 1 only (of 4), jacket with small tear at spine head and a occasional other light wear, 1968 § Miller (Andrew Roy) Japanese Ceramics, colour plates tipped-in, within original card slipcase, 1963 § Leach (Bernard) Kenzan and His Tradition, within original card box, 1966, all profusely illustrated, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.40 others on ceramics, mainly Chinese and Japanese, v.s. (c.45)
Lot 225
Cookery.- Beeton (Mrs. Isabella) Mrs Beeton's Household Management: A Complete Cookery Book, colour plates, illustrations, advertisements at front and rear, original cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, portions of fading to spine, [c.1930s] § Cholmondeley-Pennell (H.) The Modern Practical Angler, first edition, engraved plates and illustrations, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., spine ends and corners lightly bumped, a few spots of discolouration, Frederick Warne and Co., 1870 § Euwe (Dr M., Chess Champion of the World) Strategy & Tactics in Chess, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, some short tears and creasing along upper edge, repaired tear to lower joint, light spotting, spine toned, 1937; and c.110 others, leisure, including cookery, sport and birds, 8vo (c.115)
Lot 30
India.- Beaton (Cecil) India, first edition, half-title, full-page illustrations, small hole in text to 'Introduction', previous owner's ink inscription to half-title, bookplate, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, light spotting, small chipping to extremities, a little rubbed, Bombay, Thacker & Co, Ltd., 1945; Near East, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to extremities, slight creasing to edges, a little rubbed, 1943; and others on or by the same, 8vo & 4to (11).
Lot 199
Fielding (Henry) Amelia, 4 vol., first edition, without final blank in vol.1 but with the 'Universal-Register Office' leaf at end of vol. 2 (often lacking), vol. 1 with Foster book-label, vol. 3 with contemporary ink gift inscription 'Penelope Taylor to Miss Margram' to front free endpaper, ink initials 'PT' to titles, vol. 3 I4-6 with blue pencil inscriptions to lower margin in an early ?child's hand, vol. 4 some very small worming to lower margin near start, a few small tears and repairs, vol. 2 B8 causing loss to letter of text, vol. 1 B3, B9 & B10 also with horizontal printing flaw affecting text, vol. 2 M9 small paper-flaw affecting few letters, scattered very small stab-holes to lower margin, light browning, some spotting and staining, modern half calf, spines with red morocco labels, [Rothschild 853], for A. Millar, 1752; and others, 18th century literature, folio & 8vo (c.30)
Lot 123
Du Moulin (Pierre) Apologie pour la Saincte Cène du Seigneur, contre la présence corporelle et transsubstantiation..., with final blank, title with ownership name Joseph Maynard, first few ff. with faint damp-stain to lower corner, Y2 very short tear into printed side-note, Geneva, Pierre Aubert, 1630, bound with 3 others by the same, together 4 works in 1 vol., pastedown with contents in early ink manuscript, bookplate of The Law Society to front free endpaper, latter three titles with small paper tab mounted to fore-margin, occasional very light spotting, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, manuscript title to spine, rubbed and lightly soiled, 8vo. *** The first mentioned first published in 1607.
Lot 217
Miscellania, or Interesting and Amusing Tales, 3 parts in 1, 3 woodcut plates, a few small marginal chips, abrasion mark/small hole to final 2ff. with loss to few words, some foxing, light damp-staining to fore-margin towards end, modern half calf, spine gilt and with morocco label, Boston, Jackson & Hardy, 1814 § Trenck (Friedrich von der) The Life and Surprising Adventures of Frederick Baron Trenck, Carefully Collected and Abridged, from the Last Edition of his Own Memoirs, engraved frontispiece, 6pp. publisher's advertisements at end, frontispiece laid down and with 2 short repaired tears to inner margin, spotting, modern half calf, spine gilt, uncut, Gainsborough, H. Mozley, 1812; and others 19th century, including Smith's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1833), v.s. (c.45)
Lot 205
Marat (Jean-Paul) A Philosophical Essay on Man Being an Attempt to Investigate the Principles and Laws of the Reciprocal Influence of the Soul on the Body, 2 vol., first English edition, first issue without F. Newbery imprint, 2 engraved plates, bookplates, contemporary ink inscription to rear free endpaper of vol.1, light spotting, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments with floral motifs, morocco spine labels, vol.1 spine broken, vol.2 upper joint splitting, extremities and spine detailing rubbed, 8vo, J. Ridley and T. Payne, 1773.
Lot 100
Robson (Stephen) The British Flora, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, some light browning, modern half calf, York, W. Blanchard and Company, 1777 § Maddock (James) The Florist's Directory, a Treatise on the Culture of Flowers, new edition, edited by Samuel Curtis, 8 engraved plates at end, bookplate of Rear Admiral Purvis, A2 short repaired tear to lower margin, light offsetting, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, rebacked, corners quite worn, extremities rubbed, 1810 § Hill (Sir John) The Family Herbal, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, title working loose at head, soiling, light browning, some spotting, contemporary calf with gilt Greek-key border, rebacked, covers rubbed and worn, Bungay, C. Brightly & T. Kinnersley, [c.1812]; and others, natural history, including Wodarch's Introduction to the Study of Conchology, 8vo (6)
Lot 70
Britain.- Camden (William) Viri Clarissimi Britannia, sive florentiss Regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ ..., title with woodcut device, 18 folding engraved maps (one with 2 marginal tears and 1 neat repair), light soiling and previous owner's ink inscription to title, later endpapers, modern crushed morocco, sunned spine, 12mo, Willem Blaeu, 1639.
Lot 75
England.- Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 12pp. 18th century index at end, lacking initial blank, a few annotations and errata corrected in an early hand, later ink note to verso of frontispiece, trimmed close at head, a few times shaving ruled border, M3-4 short tears into text repaired affecting few letters, a few other short tears into text without loss, a few small holes within text affecting couple letters, Z1 & 3N4 small marginal paper-flaw hole, the latter affecting ruled border, browning, generally light, some spotting and staining, modern antique-style panelled calf, red morocco spine label, [Wing F2440; Pforzheimer 391], folio, Printed by J.G.W.L. and W.G., 1662; and 2 others 17th century, English law or history, folio (3)
Lot 110
Łukasiewicz (Jan) Die Logischen Grundlagen der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung, first edition, text in German, half-title, occasional pencil underlining, previous owner's neat pencil notes to half-title verso, contemporary half-calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Krakow, 1913 § Doppler (Christian) Über den Einfluss der Bewegung des Fortpflanzungsmittels auf die Erscheinungen der Äther,- Luft- und Wasserwellen, 3 plates at end, one or two tiny marginal tears, original paper wrappers, small stain to upper cover, light browning to edges, a little rubbed, one or two tiny marginal chips, Prague, 1847; 8vo & 4to (2). *** Łukasiewicz was an important Polish logician, mathematician and philosopher.
Lot 72
Britain.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 5 vol., engraved vignette titles, 3 engraved maps, engraved dedication, 75 engraved plates, 3 with hand-colouring, a few double-page or folding, 2 folding pedigrees, bookplate of W.A. Foster, anonymous armorial bookplate to vol. 1, titles with ink initials to upper corner, light offsetting, occasional spotting, light foxing to vol. 5, 19th century half morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt, wear to corners, extremities little rubbed, vol. 1 upper joint cracked but holding firm, 1795-1800 § Cooke (George Alexander) Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Kent, folding engraved map frontispiece, light spotting to frontispiece and title, lightly browned throughout, modern speckled half calf, spine gilt, Printed for C. Cooke, [c.1800] § Barber (Thomas) Barber's Picturesque Illustrations, of the Isle of Wight, engraved vignette title and plates, double-page map mounted on stub (small repair to fold to verso without loss), a few plates with tiny worming to lower margin, some very light toning, the odd spot or faint finger-soiling, but overall very good, modern half calf, gilt, Simpkin & Marshall, [1834]; and others, British topography, v.s. (14) *** The first mentioned first published in 1792-96. This set is without the 1811 Supplement.
Lot 190
Sacheverell (Henry) The Perils of False Brethren, both in Church, and State: Set forth in a Sermon...On the 5th of November, 1709, trimmed, affecting title imprint and a few times final line of text, final few ff. spotted and browned, for Henry Clements, 1709, bound with [Ridpath (George)] The Peril of being Zealously Affected, but not Well: or, Reflections on Dr. Sacheverel's Sermon, for J. Baker, 1709, bound with 6 others related, together 8 works in 1 vol., trimmed at head and foot, affecting some headlines/pagination and signatures/catchwords, some light browning and spotting, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, 8vo. *** A collection of pamphlets relating to the incendiary sermon preached by clergyman Henry Sacheverell to the City Fathers on 5th November 1709, and his subsequent trial for impeachment.
Lot 8
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) How I Found Livingstone, first edition, half-title, mounted albumen frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 5 maps only (of 6), of which 1 in text, 3 folding and 2 linen-backed, remnants of missing map loosely inserted,modern endpapers, facsimile bookplate, original pictorial cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Hosken p.188], 1872; The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B., first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding facsimile, large folding map at end, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, light spotting to boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1909; and 2 others on the Stanley Livingstone expeditions, 8vo (4).
Lot 63
Pacific.- Vincendon-Dumoulin (Clément Adrien) Iles Marquises ou Nouka-Hiva, half-title, 4 maps, of which 2 folding, [Hill 1777; O'Reilly 6269], 1843; Iles Taïti, 2 vol., 2 folding maps, some light foxing, occasional leaves browned, 1844, together uniformly bound in contemporary green morocco-backed cloth, spines toned, a little rubbed, Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 8vo (3)
Lot 265
Beaton (Cecil) Chinese Album, first edition, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, extremities rubbed and chipped, 1945 § Page (Tim) Page after Page, first edition, signed by the author on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, creasing to extremities, 1988; and 15 others, art, photography and architecture, etc., v.s. (17)
Lot 255
Byzantium.- Evans (Helen C. editor) The Glory of Byzantium, in original plastic wrapping (unopened), New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997 § Onasch (Konrad) Icons, first edition in English, jacket small tear spine foot, light creasing and rubbing to extremities, 1963 § Cormack (Robin) and Maria Vassilaki. Byzantium, Royal Academy of Arts, 2008, all with numerous colour illustrations, many whole-page, original cloth or pictorial wrappers, first two with dust-jackets; and 14 others Christian art and theology, v.s. (17)
Lot 117
Rutherford (Ernest) Radio-activity, first edition, plate and diagrams, some light marginal toning, bookplate to front pastedown, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, gilt, spine ends bumped and creased, spine faded, extremities rubbed, [Dibner Heralds of Science 51; Grolier/Horblit 51], 8vo, Cambridge, 1904.*** First edition of Rutherford's survey of contemporary knowledge of the entire field of radioactivity. It includes a discussion of Rutherford's revolutionary transformation theory, according to which radioactivity is a by-product of the transmutation of one element into another.
Lot 236
Economics.- Soddy (Frederick) Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt, light sunning to spine and head of covers, 1926; The Role of Money, light foxing to endpapers, mottling and fading to covers and spine, dust-jacket, spotting, chipping and fraying to head and foot with significant loss to rear panel, rubbing and chipping to extremities, 1934, first editions, original cloth; and another by the same, 8vo (3)
Lot 182
Eusebius (Pamphilius, of Caesarea) and others. The Auncient Ecclesiastical Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ..., translated by Meredith Hanmer, third edition, general title and 4 divisional titles, each with woodcut printer's device, with final blank, lacking Sig. 2T (6ff.), 19th century ownership inscription to pastedown, ink ownership inscription of William ?Frye dated 1653 to general title, divisional title at 2Z2 and final text f., B1 & 2L2 very short marginal tear, 2M4 small portion cut away from fore-margin, 3C5 lower blank corner torn away, some light browning, some water-staining, mainly towards end, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers with central gilt English royal arms enclosed within a garter with coronet, spine gilt and with red morocco label, covers rubbed and scuffed in places, [STC 10574], Richard Field, 1607; and others, 17th century, defective, folio & 8vo (4)
Lot 281
Gradassi (Jean).- Shakespeare (William) Les Chefs d'Oeuvre, First & Second series, together 12 vol., translated by François-Victor Hugo, one of 420 copies reserved for "Amis de Plaisir du Livre" with 2 original colour illustrations signed by the artist (in vol. 6 & 12) and a suite of full-page illustrations in green outline to the rear of each volume, from a total limitation of 3500 copies, plates and illustrations by Jean Gradassi in colours and gilt, tissue-guards, signed presentation inscription from the artist on vol. 1 half-title, vol. 6 & 12 with certificate of authenticity loosely inserted, the odd faint spot to fore-edge, original panelled russet morocco with intricate embossed design, gilt, t.e.g., spines uniformly lightly sunned, some very light rubbing to corners and raised bands to spines, housed in morocco-edged slipcases (lightly rubbed), 4to, Nice, a L'Enseigne du Chant des Sphères, 1969-74.
Lot 90
Bees.- Chylinski (Dobrogost) The Beekeeper's Manual: founded on the experience, during many centuries of the apiarians in Poland. Dedicated to the Agriculturists of Great Britain, first edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates of hives and apparatus, 4pp. publisher's advertisement at end, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, yellow endpapers, original green cloth, upper cover with gilt title within a gilt circular garland, spine faded and with ends little frayed, corners worn, [British Bee Books 251; Walker p.13], small 8vo, Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1845. *** Rare. Chylinski was one of the great Bee-Masters of Poland; a country renowned for it's bee-keeping and honey and beeswax production. Here he recommends the use of a large Polish upright hive to British bee-keepers. Provenance: 'Tho. W. ?Lesper, Macclesfield' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); M. Burgess, Bookseller, Macclesfield (contemporary book label to front pastedown).
Lot 67
World.- Bowdler (Thomas) Letters Written in Holland, in the Months of September and October, 1787..., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, title with short tear to blank upper margin without loss, scattered spotting, modern boards, uncut, Printed for the Benefit of a Charitable Institution at Bath, 1788 § Walter (Richard) A Voyage Round the World...By George Anson, Esq., sixth edition, 3 folding engraved maps, 2 advertisement leaves at end, Foster book-label, first map laid down, third map with a few tears and neat repairs with tiny loss at some folds, other maps with a few short tears into image but no loss, title very light soiled, some spotting and light browning to maps, modern marbled half calf, for John and Paul Knapton, 1749; and others, travel, including "The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone" in original pictorial morocco, 4to & 8vo (6)
Lot 237
Occultism.- Meredith Starr (Roland) The Technique of Living, 1st & 2nd series, typescript copy, a few minor autograph corrections and annotations, bookbinder's label to front pastedown of 1st series, contemporary ink inscription to pastedowns and front free endpapers, light spotting to first and last few leaves, modern morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, [c.1930s] (2) *** A rare work by the occultist and poet Meredith Starr (1890-1971), with sub-headings such as "Meditation", "How to Sublimate the Sex-Instinct", "True & False Altruism", "Creative & Destructive Thinking", "The Necessity for Ideals" and "Biogold Herb & Vegetable Juices". These are interspersed with quotations, book recommendations for further reading and several of his own poems.
Lot 234
Orczy (Baroness) I Will Repay, first edition, folding frontispiece, book-label, lightly spotted, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and faded, 1906 § Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary, 2 vol. in one, second edition, front free endpaper detached, light spotting, bookplate, original half morocco, lightly rubbed, 1857; and 25 others, mostly 19th century, v.s. (27)
Lot 268
Childrens.- Speaking Picture Book (The): Reproducing the voices of The Cock, The Donkey, The Lamb..., 8 chromolithographed plates, foxing, some light soiling, 9 cords on fore-edge which produce animal noises when pulled, original pictorial cloth, spine and small portion of lower cover sunned, rubbed, joints chipped at foot, folio, H. Grevel & Co., [c.1880]; and Nister published Sweets from Fairy Land with slatted transformation pictures (most functioning), folio & 4to (2)
Lot 245
Kennedy (John F.) Profiles in Courage, small ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, edges slightly rubbed, spine ends slightly bumped, dust-jacket, tears to spine ends and corners, edges a little rubbed and creased, spine lightly faded, New York, 1956 § Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Marlborough: His Life and Times, vol. 1 & 3 (only, of 4), maps and plates, light spotting to first few leaves, original cloth decorated in gilt, spines sunned, 1933-36, first editions; and 22 others by or relating to J.F.K. and Churchill, 8vo (24)
Lot 158
Staffordshire, Kingsley.- Indenture by John Hatfield of Kingsley in the county of Staffordshire yeoman grant to John Holyne of Moseley yeoman a messuage, tenement, land and pasture and beasts in Kingsley, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 18 lines, in light brown ink, small remains of wax seal, folds, inscription on dorse, 158 x 315mm., 25th June 1538.*** Kingsley, near Cheadle.
Lot 235
Onions (George Oliver) "Oliver Onions". Whom God Hath Sundered. A Trilogy, first collected edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, dated May 1930, some spotting to half-title and fore-edge, foxing to endpapers, contemporary vellum, gilt, light toning and faint soiling to covers, t.e.g., Martin Secker, 1925 § [Connolly (Cyril)] "Palinurus". The Unqiuet Grave, first edition, one of 1000 copies, 4 plates, red morocco by Atkinsons of Salisbury, spine gilt, faint strip of sunning to lower cover, t.e.g., Printed at The Curwen Press for Horizon, 1944 § Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., plates, bound in navy half morocco by Bayntun, spines gilt but very slightly sunned, spine ends and corners little rubbed, Bath, George Bayntun, 1925; and others, 20th century, attractively bound, 8vo & 4to (c.30)
Lot 96
Gardening & Husbandry.- Miller (Philip) The Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary, sixth edition, engraved frontispiece and 12 folding plates, 2 advertisement leaves at end, A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, discussing among other topics the gift of a cedar tree, P2 trimmed at head without loss, P3 upper margin soiled and with small hole, 3Z4v diagonal printing flaw affecting text, light offsetting, some light browning, occasional spotting or marginal soiling, 19th century calf, gilt, morocco spine label (little chipped at edges), spine ends chipped, joints and extremities rubbed, Printed for the Author, 1771 § Marshall (William) The Rural Economy of Norfolk, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, folding engraved map, bookplate of T.N. Brushfield, map with tiny tear at inner edge without loss, the odd spot or very light browning but overall very good, modern antique-style calf by Atkinsons of Salisbury, for G. Nicol &tc, 1795; and others similar, 4to & 8vo (6)
Lot 222
Shakespeare.- Theatrical broadsides.- Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane...Thursday, February 1, 1827...Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet. Claudius, King of Denmark, Mr. Powell, Hamlet, Mr Kean, printed on light blue paper, fold, little spotting, 333 x 213mm., no printer, 1827; and 12 others, theatrical broadsides for performances of Shakespeare plays, v.s (13)
Lot 231
Dickens family copies.- The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by his Sister-in-law and his Eldest Daughter, reprint, light stain to fore-edge towards end, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, spine a touch darkened, lightly rubbed, 1903 § Jacbos (W. W.) Sea Urchins, first edition, margins lightly toned, a few light marks, original pictorial cloth, upper cover with ink gift inscription "Annie Cavenor Roche to Hal. C. Dickens, Xmas 1898" and a few small doodles in ink, spine darkened, corners bumped, lightly rubbed, 1898 § The Frank Lockwood Sketch Book, third edition, illustrations, some light finger-soiling, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, lower cover with very short tear to fore-edge, 1898, each with ownership inscription Henry C. Dickens to front free endpaper, in the first and second in ink and in the third in pencil; and c.34 others, literature, Dickens family copies, including 13 others with ownership inscription of Henry C. Dickens in pencil or ink, a few Dickens related including early translations of The Life of Our Lord into Dutch, Esperanto and Japanese, 8vo & 4to (c.37) *** Henry Charles Dickens (1878-1966), barrister, son of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens and grandson of Charles Dickens. The father of author Monica Dickens.
Lot 181
Law.- Jacob (Giles) A New Law-Dictionary, first edition, ownership labels to front pastedown and small ink inscription to head of title, repairs to fore-edge of title leaf and a few leaves towards end, short closed tears to fore-edge of a few leaves towards end, light spotting, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, sympathetically recornered and rebacked with later morocco spine label, some rubbing to covers, a few small repairs to lower cover, folio, E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, 1729.
Lot 238
Greene (Graham) The Old School, dust-jacket, significant loss to head of rear panel, repaired tears along spine, bumping and chipping to spine ends and corners, light toning and surface soiling to panels, spine browned, 1934; The Ministry of Fear, cloth ends and corners very lightly bumped, some light surface soiling, spine lightly sunned, slight shelf-lean, 1943, first editions, original cloth; and 11 others by or relating to Greene, mostly first editions, 8vo (13)
Lot 99
Pennant (Thomas) Indian Zoology, second edition, hand-coloured engraved title vignette, 16 engraved plates, one hand-coloured, one or two plates working loose, light spotting and offsetting, front free endpapers detached, contemporary half calf, rather worn, [Anker 395; Fine Bird Books p.131; Nissen IVB 714; Wood p.516], 4to, by Henry Hughs, 1790 [but 1791]. *** Issued with "An essay on India' and 'On the birds of paradise and the phoenix' translated from J.R. Forster's 'Indische Zoologie' by J. Aikin and 'The Indian faunula' by J. Latham and H. Davies. An unusual copy with another hand-coloured plate, this aside from the hand-coloured title vignette.
Lot 58
Levant- Lamartine (Alphonse de) Souvenirs, Impressions, Pensées et Paysages pendant un Voyage en Orient, 4 vol., first edition, vol. 1 and 3 each with an A.L.s from the author tipped-in towards start, dated 1822 and 1833, portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, some foxing, contemporary red morocco, gilt, some light scuffing, g.e., 8vo, Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1835.
Lot 242
Grand Prix.- Earl (Cameron C.) Investigation into the Development of German Grand Prix Racing Cars between 1934 and 1939, plates and diagrams, some folding, title with two short tears to head (no loss), original printed wrappers, spine ends little chipped, corners slightly creased, a few faint pencil marks including some sums to lower cover, lightly rubbed and browned, British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, 1947 § Pomeroy (Laurence) The Grand Prix Car 1906-1939, illustrations and folding plates by L.C. Cresswell, Addenda & Index booklet loosely inserted in rear pocket, ink ownership inscription to pastedown dated 1949, spotting to endpapers, very occasionally elsewhere, hinges tender, original cloth, some light soiling, rubbed, 1949, first editions, 4to (2)
Lot 77
Ireland.- Hardiman (James) The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, first edition, title with ink ownership inscription to head, folding engraved frontispiece and 10 plates (2 folding), additional material relating to the Morris family of Galway and their arms bound at rear, including typed and manuscript leaves and a small illumination of their arms, occasional light soiling to text body, and a couple of plates with small linen repairs to verso, later blue half morocco, rubbed, Dublin, 1820; and another, 4to & 8vo (2)
Lot 243
Lovecraft (H. P.) The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror, light spotting to edges and front free endpaper, water-staining to covers, jacket with small tear to head of upper panel, creasing along upper edge, light soiling to panels, spine toned, 1951 § Blatty (William) The Exorcist, jacket rubbed and chipped at edges, light surface scuffing to panels, 1971 § Heinlein (Robert A.) Red Planet, illustrations, ink inscription to front pastedown, light soiling to covers from tape remnants, spine ends lightly bumped, jacket with short tears to spine ends and corner of lower flap, spine very lightly sunned, first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.55 others, American horror and science-fiction, 8vo (c.55)
Lot 201
Lodge (John) The Peerage of Ireland, or, a Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, 4 vol., 61 engraved armorial plates, armorial bookplate of Paul Panton, with his ink ownership name to front free endpapers and all but vol. 4 title, a few marginal ink notes in a contemporary hand, very light offsetting, occasional toning or very light spotting, contemporary calf, morocco spine labels, some wear to extremities, a very good set, Dublin, 1754; and others 18th century, relating to history, law and similar, v.s. (16)
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Lot 248
le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy] 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, spine lightly sunned, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977; Smiley's People, 1980, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing and chipping along spine ends and upper edges, otherwise an excellent set; and 9 others by Le Carré, including a signed second edition copy of A Small Town in Germany, mostly first editions, 8vo (12)
Lot 282
Grandville (J.J.) Les Fleurs Animées, 2 vol., 3 additional hand-coloured engraved titles, 50 hand-coloured and 2 plain plates, tissue-guards, lacking half-titles, vol. 2 lacking pp.81-88 (4 leaves) from section on "Culture des fleurs" at end, foxing, mainly to text, contemporary blind-stamped plum morocco, gilt, spines a touch faded, some light wear to extremities, rubbed, g.e., large 8vo, Paris, Gabriel de Gonet, 1847. *** The third additional title is a duplicate of that in vol. 1, bound in before the section on "Botanique moderne des dames" at the end of vol. 2.
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