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Click here to subscribeVincent Brooks, after John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), 'Chapel of St Quinton of the Rock from South West', lithograph, 20x29cm, unframed, mounted in light fast, acid free board.Conservation: retained in board of trade mount. From the Cotman collection belonging to Dr Henry Lowe and his wife Judy (nee Cotman).
One box: Edward Seago interest including Exhibition / Galllery catalogues including Taylor Galleries, London, Kennedy Galleries, New York, Richard Green, plus Ian Houston ' Light and Shadow across the World', Portland Gallery catalogue. Included also, a small 12x10cm polaroid album containing five photos sent from Seago to a Mrs A.E.Chilcott and a scrap album inscribed.
Portrait of a young woman, 19th century Continental oil on canvas, indistinctly signed, 53cm x 44cm, framedSmall hole in the canvas on her right shoulder, several tiny paint chips and a light stretcher mark on right-hand edge, signature in top left-hand corner is unreadable, paint all stable, original frame with several large gesso chips
Ralph Steadman (born 1936), through the looking glass, 4 etchings, all signed in pencil, numbered from an edition of 65 copies, plate 42cm x 56cm, framed, together with the original folder cover, published 1972. ARR. Even paper discolouration and some light foxing, aluminium frames very slightly dented
Lawrence (D.H.) Lady Chatterley's Lover, first edition, one of 1000 copies signed by the author, original brown pictorial boards, unopened and uncut, paper spine label with very light crease and small spot, otherwise fine, preserved in hand-made morocco-backed drop-back box, [Roberts A42a.], 4to, Florence, privately printed, 1928.
Fore-edge paintings.- White (Henry Kirke) The Remains... With an Account of his Life by Robert Southey, 3 vol., engraved additional titles, engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. 1, occasional foxing or light browning, bookseller's label of Harry F. Marks to rear pastedowns, ahndsome 19th century straight-grain dark blue morocco, gilt, each vol. with fore-edge paintings under gilt depicting American scenes, some light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1822-23. *** Fore-edge paintings depicting Eugene Robertson's balloon ascent in Castle Garden, New York; a view of the south prospect of New York in 1759; a view of the east prospect of Philadelphia in 1759.
Leroux (Gaston) The Phantom of the Opera, first English edition, 6pp. advertisements and 32pp. publisher's catalogue for Autumn 1910 at rear, very occasional spotting, pencil inscription "File Copy" and ink inscription "please return to Curtis Brown" to front free endpaper (a little chipped), hinges cracked but firm, original black cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine rubbed, spine ends chipped, some splitting to head and foot of upper joint, corners a little worn, light marking to upper cover, 8vo, Mills and Boon, Limited, 1911.*** Leroux's classic gothic mystery novel, in the rare black cloth. Copies are usually found in either red or black cloth bindings with the latter seemingly far more rare though without any established priority. Albert Curtis Brown (1866-1945) was a prominent literary agent who worked closed with Mills and Boon during this period.
Wodehouse (P.G.) William Tell Told Again, first edition, first issue, the dedication copy, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Biddy from P.G. Wodehouse, Dec 25 1904" on front free endpaper, with "O'Sullivan" ownership stamp on pastedown, cut newspaper clipping from December 8th 1904 tipped onto front free endpaper, frontispiece and 15 plates by Philip Dadd, light spotting to endpapers, damp-staining affecting first few pages, and occasionally to some plates or captioned tissue guards, some marginal toning and foxing, marginal tissue repairs to pp.17/18, 29/30, and tissue guard and plate VI, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to extremities, lightly faded and damp-stained, [McIlvaine A5a], 4to, 1904.*** The dedication copy of this rare early Wodehouse work.For years, the dedicatee Biddy O'Sullivan remained a mystery to the Wodehouse community, and it was not until 2006 that she was identified by Norman Murphy as the then three-year-old daughter of Denis O’Sullivan (1869–1908), an actor and singer who was a friend of Wodehouse in the early 1900s.Altogether a unique Wodehousian item, dedicated to the young Biddy on Christmas day.
Caxton (William).- Original Leaf (An) from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the year 1482..., one of 297 copies, printed in orange and black, original leaf tipped in (rubricated, one early annotation to fore-margin slightly shaved, very small chipping to inner margin, light damp-staining at inner edge extending into text, one or two other small stains), ex-Brooklyn Public Library with bookplate, perforated stamp to foot of title and a couple other lower margins, small numerical ink-stamp to lower margin of page containing tipped-in leaf (not affecting leaf), very slight toning to margins, original cloth-backed boards, spine with ink library reference to foot and little toned, some small areas of wear to extremities, uncut, 4to (Caxton leaf 255 x 180mm.), San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, for the Book Club of California, 1938. *** The leaf containing text from chapters 13 and 14 of the Fifth Book, including discussion of "machamet the fals prophete duke and leder of Sarasyns and of turkes".
Newton (Sir Isaac) [Seven Papers by or relating to Isaac Newton] in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, nos. 81-85, pp.3999-5026, 2 folding engraved plates, light browning, modern antique style calf, 4to, John Martyn, 1672. *** Newton’s very early published works, including his Invention of his reflecting telescope and his work on a modern theory of light and colour.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression, map endpapers, illustrations, frontispiece and 3 colour plates, very light toning to endpapers and very faint spotting on half-title and occasionally throughout, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine ends neatly repaired, extremities a little rubbed and frayed, light surface toning and marking, still overall an excellent copy, [Hammond A3a], 8vo, 1937 [but 1938]. *** See previous lot for publication details.
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Cain; A Mystery, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and one plate, ex-library with bookplates and small ink-stamp to title, both plates and few other ff., occasional very light spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked but majority of spine lacking, small paper label to upper cover, rubbed, B. Johnson, 1823; Heaven and Earth, A Mystery, ex-library with ink-stamp to upper wrapper and a few ff. and ink reference to foot of Dramatis Personae f., a touch frayed at lower corner, some soiling, original wrappers bound in, later half morocco, blind-stamp to upper cover, extremities rubbed, Benbow, 1824; and others by the same, many rare editions, including the first American edition of the Deformed Transformed (1824), 8vo & 12mo (14)
Biographies of women.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) De Claris Mulieribus, second edition, collation: [a10 b–i8 k10], 84ff. including initial blank, 35 lines, gothic letter, opening large 6-line initial in red and blue with penwork extending into margins, 5 initials J or I in red and blue (one just blue) extending 7 or 8 lines in margin, numerous other 2- or 3-line initials in red or blue, wide margins, occasional light foxing or staining, later brown morocco, gilt, by Lortic (with ticket), fine gauffered gilt edges, small folio (282 x 195mm.), Strassburg, Georg Husner, 1474.*** A fine, clean and complete copy of the second edition of Boccaccio's biographical accounts of classical women, set in Husner's elegant type. This edition preceded only by Zainer's illustrated Ulm imprint.Provenance: Charles Butler of Warren Wood, Hatfield (bookplate); James Stevens Cox (bookplate).Literature: GW 4484; Hain/Copinger 3327; BMC I, 83; 353; Goff B 717; BSB Ink B 560.
Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, one of 200 copies signed by the author, light browning to endpapers, light marking where stamp or sticker skillfully removed from pastedown, very light marginal damp-staining to last few pages, original cloth-backed spine with renewed cloth over boards, spine label a little toned, still overall a very attractive coopy, [Kirkpatrick A10a], 8vo, 1924.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression, map endpapers, illustrations, frontispiece and 3 colour plates, small ownership inscription on front free endpapers, original cloth, boards lightly bowed, small strip of fading to extremities, otherwise excellent, dust-jacket, some chips and nicks to extremities, light patch of spotting to upper panel, light spotting to flaps and fore-edge, [Hammond A3a], 8vo, 1937 [but 1938]. *** Rare in jacket.The second impression was the first version of the book to be illustrated in colour: the first impression had two plates only, both of which were uncoloured. A total of 2,300 copies were printed, and some 400 held at the binder's London warehouse were destroyed during the Blitz in November 1940.
Brewing.- Watkins (George) The Complete English Brewer; or, the Whole Art and Mystery of Brewing, in all its Various Branches, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, endpapers renewed, later half calf over orange marbled boards, spine with later (but sympathetic) blind-stamped decoration, gilt horizontal rules and red morocco label, head of spine little worn, rubbed, [Maclean p.149], large 12mo, Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's Head, in Paternoster Row, [c.1770]. *** A very good copy of this rare edition at auction. First published as The Compleat English Brewer in 1767.
Macedonia.- Justinus (Marcus Junianus) Epitomae in Trogi Pompeii historias, collation: a8 b-l6, 67 ff. (of 68, lacking initial blank), 55 lines, Roman type, final ‘Registrum’ f., initials in red or blue, the first with a marginal flourish in purple ink, a few very small wormholes (mostly in margins), occasional spotting or light staining, ?washed, modern green calf, spine in compartments and with gilt title, little stained and marked, folio (305 x 203mm.), [Venice], [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis & Albertinus Rubeus Vercellensis], [after 1487 [-?c.1498]]. *** A wide-margined copy of this rare edition at auction of Justinus's epitome of the Historia Philippica by Pompeius Trogus; his history of the Kings of Macedonian Empire. Literature: BMC V, 420; Goff J-621; HC 9655; BSB-Ink I-670; GW M15648; ISTC ij00618500.
Economics.- Smith (Adam) An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 4 vol., occasional light spotting, minor loss to bottom corners of vol. 1 Q3 and vol. 4 R4, otherwise a bright and clean copy, contemporary half calf, red morocco spine labels, rubbed in places, 8vo, Basel, J.J. Tourneisen, J.J. Le Grand, 1791. *** Scarce Swiss printing, in English, of Smith's landmark work, and the first edition to be printed outside of the United Kingdom. Provenance: J.J. Ekman Göyeborg (ownership stamp to front free endpapers).
[Polidori (John)] The Vampyre; A Tale, first edition, third issue, half-title, most leaves with corners or margins repaired, original drab wrappers (laid down and repaired) bound in, ex-library copy with ink stamp to several leaves, loosely inserted facsimile of Byron's famous letter to the editor of Galignani's Messenger in which he denies authorship of The Vampyre, some light staining and soiling, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819.*** The circumstances surrounding the birth of this work and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein during a night of ghost-story telling with Byron and friends, is well documented. This third issue, without Byron's name on the title, with the preliminaries reset to 23 lines and with the word "almost" in last line of p.36 missing the first letter.
Steam Engines.- Watt (James) Specification of an Invention of Certain New Improvements upon Steam or Fire Engines for Raising Water, and Other Mechanical Purposes...Patent dated March 12, 1782, 4 folding engraved plates, penultimate leaf with short closed tear to lower margin, occasional spotting or light foxing, some fore-edges lightly browned, uncut and partly unopened in original wrappers, lacking most of spine, 4to, [?1782]. *** Scarce. Watt took out his first patent on a steam engine in 1769, making a number of improvements and modifications over the years. We can trace only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 2003), lacking the plates. WorldCat records only one copy, in Columbia University.
Blake (William).- Hayley (William) The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, 4 vol. in 3 including supplement, second edition, 5 engraved portraits and plates, 4 engraved by William Blake after others and one engraved by Caroline Watson, engraved tail-piece designed and engraved by Blake, second state of the "Weatherhouse" engraving as usual (only a few copies known of the first state), vol.3 a little browned, engraved bookplate of Mrs. Gosling, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, joints split, [Bentley 468], Chichester, J. Seagrave, 1803-06 § Blair (Robert) The Grave, a Poem, engraved portrait of William Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after T.Phillips and engraved additional pictorial title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake, tissue guards, list of subscribers, some light marginal soiling but generally a good clean copy, tissue guards a little browned, original blind-stamped black cloth, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Bentley 435E], T.Bensley for R. Ackermann, 1813 [but John Camden Hotten, 1870]; The Grave...transposed into Rhyme, by G.W.Bulkley, first edition of this version, signed and dated by Bulkley and with extensive ink manuscript corrections by him to the first four lines and a few others, book-label of J.O.Edwards, old blue cloth, cockled and lightly stained, spine faded, 1833, 4to & 8vo (5)
Blake (William).- Remember Me! A New Years Gift or Christmas Present, 1826, second issue, engraved frontispiece, title, Kalendar with title & 12 months incorporating vignettes and Raphael's 'Virgin & Child' on 4 leaves printed on both sides, 8pp. engraved music, 11 engraved plates including one by Blake at p.32 and 8 hand-coloured botanical plates, some foxing and marginal water-staining (worse towards end and particularly to plate 'The Storm' at p.275), light offsetting, original printed yellow boards, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, lacking backstrip, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bentley 490B], 12mo, I.Poole, [?1825].*** One of the rarest of all Blake's plates 'The Hiding of Moses' was the last plate designed and engraved by Blake himself for a commercial publication. Originally published in 1824 this is the second issue of the book with no variance in the plate, the contents omitting blank Kalendar leaves and the misnumbered leaves at the end.
Powell (Anthony) [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, original cloth, one or two very light bumping to spines, others fine, dust-jackets, A Soldier's Art price-clipped with £1.25 NET price sticker, The Military Philosophers with light shadow around price on upper flap, first three in sequence with chips to spine ends and extremities, neatly repaired along joints, A Buyer's market with portion of loss to spine tail, light toning to some other spines, otherwise a very good or excellent set, 8vo, 1951-75.
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Two Bookes...of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane, third edition, title with woodcut ornament, book-label of Henry Terry to front free endpaper, light browning and scattered spotting, attractively bound in brown straight-grain morocco by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, gilt, spine with raised bands, g.e., [Gibson 83; STC 1166], small 4to, Oxford, I.L. for Thomas Higgins, 1633.
Waugh (Evelyn) Decline and Fall, first edition, first printing with ""Martin Gaythorne-Brodie"" and ""Kevin Saunderson"" unchanged on pp.168-9, frontispiece, very faint and occasional foxing marks, original cloth, near-fine, dust-jacket, usual fading to spine and extremities, a few nicks to edges, light surface marking to title label on upper panel but still overall a sharp and unrestored example, 8vo, 1928. *** An excellent example of Waugh's first novel, scarce in the dust-jacket.
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Hebrew Melodies, first edition, half-title, lacks final advertisement leaf (issue thus unknown), occasional pencil underlining, contemporary half morocco, joints and spine ends repaired, upper cover with small paper label to foot, rubbed, [Wise I, pp.104-5], Printed for John Murray, 1815; The Giaour, A Fragment of A Turkish Tale, first published edition, copy on ordinary wove paper, lacks half-title, later half morocco, spine and corners rubbed, joints marked and cracked but holding, [Wise I, p.78], T. Davison for John Murray, 1813; Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, first edition, first issue with 5 1/2 line speech on p.151, half-title, final advertisement f., occasional foxing or light dust-soiling, mainly to margins, library cloth, [Wise II, pp.29-30], John Murray, 1821, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, including to titles; and 3 others by the same, including the rare third edition of The Island (1823), small 4to & 8vo (6)
Fisher (John) This treatyse concernynge the fruytfull sayinges of Davyd the kynge and prophete in the seven penytencyall psalmes..., printed in black letter, with blank leaf [et]7 but lacking final blank [et]8, ink note to front free endpaper, a few instances of early ink marginalia or underlining, E6 tiny rust-hole within text, very lightly browned, some light soiling and staining, handsomely bound in crushed blue morocco by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., [STC 10908], small 8vo (133 x 85mm.), [Thomas Marsh], 1555. *** Fisher's first published work, first printed in 1508 at the behest of his patroness, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Queen Mary's great grandmother. This was the first printing since 1529, the year in which Fisher opposed the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon.Provenance: Downside Abbey Library (bookplate; ink-stamp to verso of title).
Calvin (John) The Institution of Christian Religion, translated by Thomas Norton, first leaf blank except for signature, title with woodcut printer's device, final blank present with lengthy ink note to verso, lacking 2Y1, first 4ff. with single wormhole to blank lower corner, 2Z6-3A2 (5ff.) internal tears or gouges with some text loss, a few rust-holes within text (generally tiny but affecting few letters to 3C7), a few small marginal annotations in an early hand, few Sig. little creased or frayed at fore-edge, some light dust-soiling and minor toning, very occasional faint damp-staining to head, final few ff. affixed together through glue stain to upper fore-margin, modern calf with contemporary gilt-tooled panelled calf covers and backstrip laid down, [STC 4423], 4to, Arnold Hatfield, for Bonham Norton, 1599.
Play.- Brome (Richard) The Northern lasse, a comoedie. As it hath beene often acted with good applause, at the Globe, and Black-Fryers, first edition, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, title trimmed at foot, with loss of date and very small part of imprint, final f. trimmed at foot (with loss of final line of text recto & verso and word 'Finis') and little torn and repaired at upper corner, with minor loss, A2&3 working loose, closely trimmed at head and foot, some spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Greg II, 463a; STC 3819], small 4to, Printed by Aug. Mathewes, and are to be sold by Nicholas Vavasour, dwelling at the little South dore of St. Paul's Church, 1632. *** Rare at auction, with only a handful of copies offered since the early 1900s, often with condition issues. With commendatory verses by Ben Jonson, John Ford, Thomas Dekker and others. The play was one of Brome's earliest successes. A variant has 'Vavasor' in imprint.
Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing and a few nicks to extremities, two 1" closed tears to spine head (not affecting text) and front flap (slightly affecting text), overall an excellent copy, preserved in custom-made drop-back box with stamped relief echoing dust-jacket design, [Goldstone & Payne A12a], 8vo, New York, 1939. *** An excellent copy of Steinbeck's landmark novel, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. One of the most influential books of the century.
Russia.- Le Prince (Jean-Baptiste) Divers Ajustements et Usages de Russie..., 80 engraved plates, divided into 11 suites, including 8 etchings and aquatint printed in sepia, some light browning, small hole to one plate, contemporary half calf, rubbed, large 4to, [Paris], [c.1764-75]. *** Le Prince's work is based on the extensive collection of drawings he produced while living, travelling and working for Catherine the Great in Russia and Eastern Europe in the five years up to 1763. These 11 suites depict the costumes of peasants, soldiers, merchants and clergymen as well as scenes and views of Livonia and St Petersburg. The last 8 plates utilise the aquatint technique which Le Prince is said to have developed and perfected in 1768, incidentally the year to which this suite is dated [Britannica].
Defoe (Daniel) [Works], 30 titles by, attributed, or related to Defoe bound in 35, including An Essay Upon Projects, The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, and The Life and Adventures of Roxana, mostly first or early editions, some engraved frontispiece portraits and plates, some with early ink inscriptions to titles, margins or endpapers, some light browning or scattered spotting, Miscellaneous Tracts with some leaves laid down, uniformly bound in later red morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, double morocco spine labels, spines sunned straying onto a few covers, g.e., 8vo, 1692-1754. *** A handsomely bound collection of Defoe and Defoeiana, covering a cross-section of his literary, historical and political texts, including novels, histories, essays and tracts, but also ranging from his earliest texts such as the cosmic satire The Voyage to the World of Cartesius (1692) to his last such as A Plan of the English Commerce (1728), both first editions. Other first editions include the rare An Essay Upon Projects (1697), Captain Singleton (1720), Memoirs of a Cavalier (1720), The Political History of the Devil (1726) and A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True Born English-man (1703), in which a contemporary ink note on the title verso warns the public not to buy the false pirated first edition published earlier in the year. Full list of titles and editions available upon request.
Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie Queene, Disposed into XII. Bookes, large woodcut device to title, Q5 divisional title and colophon, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut cartouches to head of each canto, lacking final blank, title heavily restored with extensive but mainly marginal losses expertly repaired (touches of pen facsimile), G2, V2 & 2C4 small rust-hole affecting couple letters (G2 just into cartouche to verso), H4 portion of abrasion/repairs with loss to some words, I1 paper-flaw to fore-edge affecting few letters, 2F6 small hole with loss to few words, a few other minor marginal defects, some light browning, some spotting and soiling, occasional light marginal damp-staining, final 2ff. little frayed at fore-edge and lightly creased, contemporary calf, covers with central gilt-tooled lozenge, spine gilt and with raised bands, binder's waste endpapers, some wear to corners, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 971; STC 23083], folio, H.L. for Mathew Lownes, 1609. *** The first folio edition of Spenser's epic poem, also the first to include the two cantos of Mutabilitie.
America.- Monardes (Nicolas) Joyfull Newes Out of the New-found Worlde, third English edition, translated by John Frampton, 4 parts in 1, collation: A-Z, Aa-Yy4, lacking A1, largely printed in black letter, title to first and third part within typographic border, woodcut illustrations, initials and decorations, occasional light foxing and staining, near contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, small piece missing from top edge of upper cover, small 4to, Printed by E. Allde, 1596.*** Important early work on American pharmacopeia, describing amongst others, the use and cultivation of quinine, sassafras and cassava as well as tobacco. There is also a description and woodcut illustration of the armadillo. This edition was preceded by the first edition of 1577 and another dated 1580.Provenance: Richard Haydocke (ink name at head of title); James Stevens Cox (bookplate).Literature: Arents 24A; Church 253; ESTC S112807; Hunt 173; Norman 1535; Wellcome 4397.
Boyle (Robert) The General History of Air, first edition, some light marginal browning, [Wing B3981], contemporary calf, rebacked, 4to, for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1692 *** The first clear statement on the kinetic theory of gases. Posthumously published, it was seen through the press by John Locke, Boyle's friend, and contains some of Locke's own meteorological observations. The work is of considerable importance in the history of science - the views Boyle expressed here became the basis for the phlogiston theory of combustion, and it is the product of his life's work. Provenance: Robertson Morgan; George Bird [ink ownership inscriptions to title]; Michael Sharpe [leather book-label to pastedown].
London.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, first edition, title printed in red and black, lacking portrait frontispiece but with 44 etched plates and illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar and others, most plates double-page or folding and mounted on stubs, all but one illustration full-page, final blank present, a few plates trimmed just within image at fore-edge, damp-staining, often very light and marginal, occasional minor soiling, front free endpaper soiled and with vertical tear, contemporary mottled calf, morocco spine label, rather rubbed, upper joint split at head and foot, [Wing D2482; Pforzheimer 341], folio, Tho. Warren, 1658. *** Provenance: George Simon, Earl of Harcourt (bookplate).
Herbal.- Turner (William) [A New Herball], lacks A1 (title), A2, C2-5, D1 & D2, title and A2 supplied in facsimile, Steven Mierdman, 1551, bound with The seconde parte of Vuilliam Turners herball..., title with woodcut printers device, lacks A4 (blank), E1, L5, R1, 2C1, 2D2, 2F4 (blank) and all after 2G2 (i.e. entire second part "booke of the Baeth"), without the errata slip sometimes pasted in, 2C1 & 2D2 supplied in facsimile, woodcut to O4v partially hand-coloured, Cologne, Arnold Birckman, 1562, together 2 parts in 1, first editions, black letter, numerous woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, many large and decorative, several ff. strengthened at gutter, some neat marginal restoration and various repairs (more extensive to first few ff.), occasionally affecting some text or woodcut, a few times causing loss to few letters (see part 1 P7 & P8; part 2 Y3v & Y4v), occasional marginal ink notes in early and later hands, including some pagination corrected or supplied to part 2, light browning, some soiling and light staining, occasional damp-mottling, modern calf, spine lightly sunned, [STC 24365 & 24366; Henrey 366 & 367; Hunt 65], folio. *** The first two parts of Turner's great work; a third part was published in Cologne in 1568. "The first essay on scientific botany in England...Turner was the first Englishman to waken his countrymen's minds to a little of what was new in the botanical world" (Hunt).Provenance: Neatham Mill Library (embossed circular stamp to rear free endpaper).
Blake (William).- Malkin (Benjamin Heath) A Father's Memoirs of his Child, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece by R.H.Cromek after William Blake and 3 plates, one a folding map, light foxing to plates and occasionally text, short tear to outer margin of p.i/ii, modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands, uncut, [Bentley 482], 8vo, for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme by T. Bentley, 1806.*** Contains the first recorded account of Blake by a contemporary. Malkin knew Blake well, and herein devotes 24pp. in the preface to an account of his friend's life and genius, largely recorded from conversations with Blake himself. The preface also contains the first typographic printing of several of Blake's poems including a variant of 'The Tyger'.
Zwingli (Ulrich) Von clarheit unnd [sic] gewüsse oder unbetrogliche des worts Gottes, collation: A-F4 G6, Gothic letter, title and woodcut portrait of a risen Christ within woodcut historiated border, woodcut decorative initials, lacking final blank, water-stained, occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, antique style speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments, small 4to (201 x 147mm.), Zurich, [Christoph Froschauer], 1524. *** Rare work on the incorruptibility of the word of God. We can trace no copy at auction. Zwingli (1484-1531), leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.Literature: VD 16 Z 933.
Lloyd (Charles) and Charles Lamb. Blank Verse, first edition, faint stain to front free endpaper and title, spotting, some light toning, uncut in original yellow boards, early reback preserving original printed label, corners little worn, rubbed at extremities, housed in a folding cloth chemise and slipcase by James MacDonald Co. of New York, [Hayward 210], 8vo, T. Bensley, 1798. *** Comprising thirteen poems by Lloyd and seven by Lamb, including "The Old Familiar Faces". Lamb's first significant selection of verse to appear in print.Provenance: G. Birkbeck (ink name to head of pastedown); Alfred Ainger, Hampstead (Lamb scholar, pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper); John A. Spoor (bookplate); Carroll Atwood Wilson (bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate to inside chemise); J.O. Edwards (book-label to inside chemise).
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, very faint spotting to first few pages, original cloth, lightly sunned leaving fading of lettered title on cloth, green dust-jacket by Michael Kennard, small portion of loss to upper panel lower edge, extremities chipped and creased, spine ends frayed, light rubbing along joints, very slight shelf-lean, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.
Dick (Philip K.) The Penultimate Truth, first English [and first hardback] edition, ink ownership inscription from same year as publication on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, spine toned, a few light surface marks to covers, spine ends very lightly creased, still overall a very crisp copy, 8vo, 1967.*** The rare science-fiction novel by the American author is set in a future (the year 2025) where the bulk of humanity is kept in underground shelters under the guise that World War III is playing out above them. Perhaps one of his more cynical depictions of a duplicitous U.S. government, the story sets out another characteristic vision of a post-atomic holocaust future. It was written during one of Dick's most prolific periods, and was the first of four novels that he saw published that year alone. The work was originally released in 1964 as a Belmont paperback, thus making this edition the first English hardback edition. Rare in commerce.
Joyce (James) Ulysses, tenth printing, small number "9641" in biro to title, few pages partially unopened, uncut, original blue wrappers, chips and nicks to edges, portions of loss to spine head and along joints, sticker removed from lower pastedown on wrapper leaving hole to lower wrapper and light stain, neat tissue repairs along chips, small scuff to upper wrapper, preserved in custom-made morocco-backed drop-back box with chemise, [Slocum and Cahoon 17], 4to, Paris, 1928.
Bone china industry.- [Order book], manuscript, 21pp., includes Wedgwood, Spode, Minton, Coalport, and most frequently Copeland (likely William, business partner of Spode), upper corners chipped, no place, 1799-1800 bound with Remarks on various parts of the County of Nottingham, Lincoln, York, Derby and Stafford, being the result of several successive tours and excursions..., manuscript, title and numbered pp. 41-331 (lacking all before p.41), title and all to p.64 detached (the latter as a group), no place, [c.1800], 18th century round printed label to front pastedown 'Ruled by T. Pearson's ruling machine', occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary reversed calf, spine worn, lower cover detached, 8vo *** A fascinating snapshot of the bone china industry of the period. The order book seems to have belonged to a supplier to the industry, and includes orders for plaster and stone.
Criticism of Thucydides.- Dionysius, Halicarnassensis De Thucydidis Historia Iudicium, first Aldine edition, collation: A-Y4 Z6, Roman and some Greek letter, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink marginalia and underlining, final 2 ff. stained, occasional spotting or light staining elsewhere, 18th century panelled red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments and with floral decoration, covers with central double filet panel with floral corner-pieces and an outer double filet border, small neat loss to spine ends, rubbed, small 4to (172 x 118mm.), Venice, [Paulus Manutius], 1560. *** First Aldine edition of this criticism of Thucydides for his unnatural style and inappropriate treatment of subject matter.Provenance: H. Nazeby Hattington; Michael Tompkinson, Franche Hall, Worcs. (bookplates). Literature: Adams D638; Ahmanson-Murphy 611; Renouard 181:15; EDIT 16 CNCE 17250.
Bible, English. The New Testament of Jesus Christ faithfully translated into English, [Douai-Rheims version], title within decorative woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, printed side-notes very occasionally trimmed, Sig. H-Q worming to foot not affecting text, 2Q3 small paper-flaw hole affecting few words, 3M2 tiny rust-hole within text, very small worming to gutter towards end, some very light toning or spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, covers rubbed and little scratched, [Herbert 258; STC 2898], 4to, Antwerp, Daniel Vervliet, 1600. *** A good copy of the second edition of the Roman Catholic version of the New Testament in English, first published in Rheims in 1582.Provenance: M. M. Ellis (ownership name to head of title); Stonyhurst (cancelled ink library stamp to title).
Blake (William).- Blair (Robert) The Grave, a Poem, first Blake edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of William Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after T.Phillips, engraved additional pictorial title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake, list of subscribers, 4pp. advertisements at end, plates with light marginal foxing and a couple with slight water-staining at edges, some soiling and offsetting to text, crease and marginal tear to second leaf of subscribers' list, original boards, paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed, corners bumped and worn, rebacked, new endpapers, preserved in modern cloth drop-front box, split to joint, [Bensley 435B], 4to, T.Bensley for R.H.Cromek, 1808.*** A rare untrimmed copy in the original boards and with "Subscriber's Copy" still present at foot of title.Blake's best known work in the 19th century. Cromek had commissioned him to produce 40 drawings but disliked the sample etching which Blake submitted and turned to Schiavonetti to engrave Blake's 12 plates, resulting in a bitter dispute.
Bible, English. The Holy Bible faithfully translated into English out of the authentical Latin, 2 vol., [Douai-Rheims version], woodcut device to titles, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, leaf with printer's note at end vol. 1, privilege/errata leaf at end vol. 2, lacking additional engraved titles in both vol., vol. 1 Sig. 3Q bound in wrong order, vol. 2 title soiled with small chip to upper corner and repaired tears affecting ruled border (small loss to border to verso), following 3ff. with short repaired tears affecting text but no loss, vol. 2 single small wormhole within text of first quarter and small worming to gutter foot at end, trimmed, very occasionally shaving headline, sometimes cropping ruled border or printed side-note to vol. 2, vol. 1 5Q2 diagonal paper-flaw/tear, a few very small rust-holes within text, damp-staining to foot (vol. 1 throughout but generally rather light), some very light browning and occasional spotting, vol. 2 final few ff. little chipped and stained but no text loss, later calf, rebacked preserving much of original backstrips, rubbed, [Herbert 499; STC 2321], 4to, [Rouen], Printed by John Cousturier, 1635. *** Second edition of the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament in English, first published in Douai in 1609-10. The additional engraved titles are only "found in some copies" (Herbert). Provenance: Seminario S. Joannis de Wonersh (bookplates).
Catholic Church. Missale Romanum, collation: aa bb8 a-p8 pq8 q-z8 A-K8, double column, printed in red and black, title with later varnish ground (recto only), hand-colouring to woodcut of Agnus Dei and printer's device and a decorative gilt tail-piece, woodcut illustrations (some full-page), borders and musical notation, lacking final blank, small worm trace within hand-coloured printer's device, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, early 20th century ornately blind-stamped and gilt calf, joints just starting, corners worn, little rubbed, housed in a modern light red crushed morocco drop-back box, gilt, spine in compartments, 8vo (166 x 108mm.), Venice, Lucantonio Giunta, [22 January, 1504]. *** A rare edition at auction of this handsomely illustrated and printed work. The woodcuts were previously used in the 1501 Giunta Missal (Mortimer Italian 305).Literature: Sander 4791; Weale-Bohatta 978; EDIT 16 CNCE 11506.
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