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Click here to subscribeEurope.- Hartland (Frederick) Tapographia Or A Collection of Tombs of Royal and Distinguished Families, one of 12 copies privately printed, half-title, title, dedication leaf, index and 86 leaves, lithographed throughout, light occasional spotting, small ownership label to rear pastedown, contemporary red half morocco, lettered and edged in gilt, g.e., rubbed, folio, [Cheltenham], lithographed and printed by the author, 1856.
Beardsley (Aubrey) and others. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vol., plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, Laurence Housman, Walter Crane, Max Beerbohm and others, tissue-guards, some spotting and foxing, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial yellow cloth blocked in black, slight bumping and soiling but generally a very bright and attractive set, 8vo, London, Boston and New York, 1894-97.
Cruikshank (Robert).- [Westmacott (Charles Molloy)] "Bernard Blackmantle". The English Spy, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with plate 28 dated "1284", hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Robert Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson and others, one wood-engraved plate after Cruikshank, wood-engraved vignettes, tissue-guards, armorial bookplate of Joseph Leycester, some light offsetting, endpapers foxed, occasional spotting elsewhere but generally very good, 19th century half calf over marbled boards, red morocco spine labels, vol. 1 small paper label to spine foot, vol. 1 with two faint abrasion marks to upper cover ?where tape removed, lightly rubbed, [Abbey Life 325; Bobins 738; Tooley 504], 8vo, 1825-26.
Erasmus (Desiderius) Adagiorum omnium, quae a Junio, caeterisque, post Erasmi Chiliadas, in lucem prodierunt, epitome, part 2 (only, of 2), publisher's woodcut device to title, light foxing, a couple of illegible ink markings, later cloth, morocco spine label with first edition title, manuscript spine label inscribed 'Date 1583' and 'Date 1582' crossed out below, both laid down, some splitting to joints, slightly rubbed and soiled, Paris, Gilles Beys, 1583 § Cardinal Louis Antoine de Noailles Binding, handsome 17th century red morocco empty binding, decorated in gilt with the arms of Cardinal Louis Antoine de Noailles, gilt fleuron and fillet borders, spine gilt in 6 compartments, 5 with floral motifs, the other with the title 'Brev Paris', inner gilt dentelles, slightly rubbed, a few patches of discolouration, slight shelf-lean § another Cardinal Binding, handsome 18th century red morocco empty binding, decorated in gilt with Cardinal arms, shield finely painted with eagle, pear and lion charges, gilt-ruled borders, rebacked, spine gilt in 5 compartments, 5 with floral motifs, the other with the title 'Marchal, Vie de l’abbé Moyë', new endpapers, slightly rubbed, a couple of patches of discolourations, 8vo (3) *** Provenance of the first: Mr Edward Smirke (label to front pastedown).
Britain.- Johnson (Samuel) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, first state with errata leaf of 11 items on 12 lines with cancels D8 and *U4, the latter in second state with correct page number, contemporary and 19th century provenance notes in manuscript to endpapers, lengthy quote inscription on front free endpaper verso, very light patches of foxing to title, bookplate of James Henry Crofts, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers a little scuffed and extremities bumped, 1775; The History and Description of the Town and Borough of Ipswich..., engraved frontispiece, title and plates, some damp-staining or browning, modern calf-backed boards, uncut, [c.1830]; and another on the agriculture in Suffolk, 8vo (3)
Britain.- Camden (William) Britain, Or a Chorographical Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland..., first English edition, translated by Philemon Holland, engraved additional title, lacking all maps and last leaf of index, contemporary ink description of book to front free endpaper, first few leaves laid down, some corners and edges neatly repaired, some water-staining and light spotting, endpapers renewed, later calf expertly laid down preserving backstrip and covers, decorated in gilt, rubbed, spine gilding faded, [USTC 3004367], folio, George Bishop and John Norton, 1610; sold not subject to return.
Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus) De Consolatione Philosophiae, some damp staining to margins, some light wormholing to lower corners, light finger-soiling to title, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, lightly soiled, [Dibdin I, 352], 4to, Antwerp, ex officina Plantinia, J. Moretus, 1607.
Thomas (Randolph) [Poems with the Muses Looking-Glasse: and Amyntas], first edition, 3 parts in 1 with separate titles, lacking title and ?first 2 preliminary leaves, first 2 ff. detached and chipped at edges, final f. repaired at hinge, browned, contemporary diced calf, rebacked preserving original spine strip, renewed morocco spine labels, light rubbing and scuffing, corners bumped, [Oxford, Printed by Leonard Lichfield, Printer to the University, for Francis Bowman], [STC 20694; Greg 548], 4to, 1638. *** Lacking first few leaves as usual as like the copy in the British Library.
Hardy (Thomas) The Return of the Native, one of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, 12 tipped-in wood-engraved plates by Clare Leighton, illustrations, title in red and black, some light offsetting, original vellum-backed printed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, some fading to spine and covers, small tear to foot of spine, extremities a little bumped, 1929; Desperate Remedies, first American edition, state with advertisements on endpapers, a few preliminary leaves working loose, very light browning, second state original pictorial cloth, extremities bumped, spine lightly toned, New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1874; and 6 others by Hardy, 12mo and 8vo (8)
Crocker (Abraham) The Timber-Dealer's Guide, in Measuring and Valuing Trees of any Dimensions or Qualities, first edition, a few diagrams, printed Tables, errata f., 1f. publisher's advertisements at end, presentation inscription "To J. Eason Esq. from the Author" to head of title, ink inscriptions "J.W. Peters Yeabridge 14th June 1849" and "Affects removed from Bridge to Yeabridge 14th day of June 1848" to front free endpaper, lightly browned, some spotting, a few light stains, contemporary sheep, spine ends and corners worn, joints cracked, covers working loose but holding, tall 8vo, 1813. *** Rare, we cannot trace a copy at auction.
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, ink ownership inscription and light strip of fading on front free endpaper, original boards with skeletal hand in blind to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, short 1" tear along upper flap joint, nicks, tears and creases along edges, horizontal crease down spine, a little faded, 8vo, 1961.
Deighton (Len) Horse Under Water, crossword competition slip loosely inserted, jacket with African Rand pricing in red biro to front flap, very light toning, a near-fine example, 1963; Billion Dollar Brain, jacket with some creasing to head and foot, a little chipped at foot, extremities a little rubbed, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)
Burnet (Gilbert) Bishop Burnet's History of his Own Time, 2 vol., contemporary armorial blind-stamped calf, rather rubbed and warn, endpapers detached, joints split, for Thomas Ward, 1724 § Etched Portraits of Celebrated Painters, portrait plates, light spotting, contemporary calf, worn, spine defective, joints split, [?1893] § Boutell (Rev. Charles) The Monumental Brasses of England, title in red and black, illustrations, foxing, ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks, contemporary half red morocco, worn, corners defective, joints split and covers working loose, 1849, and 9 others, mostly 18th century works, folio & 8vo (12) [sold not subject to return]
Falconer (William) The Shipwreck, additional engraved vignette title, engraved vignette dedication leaf, folding map, 18 superb aquatint plates and 3 vignettes as canto headings by Robert Dodd, one plate with repaired tears, some offsetting and light foxing, contemporary red morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., joints neatly repaired, preserved in modern calf-edged marbled board slip-case, 4to, Printed for John White, 1808.*** The first edition with Dodd's wonderful and evocative illustrations.
Casson (Hugh) and others. Bombed Churches as War Memorials, first edition, illustrations, some printed in colour, original wrappers, 1945 § Smiles (Samuel) Thrift, light foxing to first few pages, original cloth, extremities a little rubbed and bumped, 1875 § Wilson (John Cook) Statement and Inference, 2 vol., portrait frontispiece to vol.1, original cloth, vol.2 covers a little stained, extremities bumped and rubbed, Oxford, 1926; and 41 others, miscellaneous, including many works by and about Bertrand Russell, v.s. (45)
Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, second issue without initial blank leaf and with 'htat' misprint on first line of p.208, 7 heliotype plates, three folding, in earlier state with Arabic numbering, wood-engraved illustrations, 4 pp. advertisements at end, some light offsetting, plate 6 mounted on stubs and slightly frayed at edges, pp.131-142 working loose, original green cloth, corners and spine ends bumped with some loss to head, cockled, spine darkened, shelf-lean, [Freeman 1142], 8vo, John Murray, 1872. *** "This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment" (Freeman).
Wine.- Webber (Alexander) Wine. A Series of Notes on this Valuable Product, signed by the author to front free endpaper, with tables and index, light foxing to initial leaves, inner hinge cracked and weak, contemporary blind-stamped burgundy cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, g.e., upper joint splitting, some light patches of staining, 16mo, Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., [1888].
Orwell (George) Animal Farm, uncorrected proof, ink ownership inscription on half-title, original wrappers, spine toned and chipped, a little minor creasing and soiling, New York, 1946; Nineteen Eighty-Four, reprint, original cloth, dust-jacket, small chip to spine head, light rubbing to extremities, New York, 1977, 8vo (2)
Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist, 3 vol., first edition, vol.2 second issue with original title but with 'Vol. II' to title page, vol.1 & 3 third issue with shortened title, 21 plates by Cruikshank (only, of 24), lacking half-titles and advertisements at end, light spotting and foxing, dog-eared, some leaves with tears or portions of loss affecting plates, others repaired, later blue cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, spines lightly sunned, Richard Bentley, 1838; and 6 others, 8vo (9)
Chatsworth copy.- Arnobius, of Sicca. Disputationum adversus gentes libri octo, editio princeps, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, a4 blank, lacking blank R8, &1&2 (errata ff.) misbound at start as often, title lightly soiled, some water-staining to lower corners, occasional spotting, some light browning, 18th century speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, foot of spine little worn, corners worn, rubbed, [Adams A1994; EDIT 16 CNCE 3083], folio, Rome, Francesco Priscianese, 1542. *** The well-margined Chatsworth copy of the editio princeps of this work composed in response to Diocletian's persecution of the Christians. Arnobius was a Christian who lived and preached in North Africa in the 3rd century AD. His work attacks pagan beliefs and practices, in order to promote Christianity. Provenance: Dukes of Devonshire (Chatsworth bookplate, Bookcase 25, Shelf D).
Baskerville (John).- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Opera, Z2 with short tear to upper margin, contemporary tree calf with gilt Tudor rose surmounted by coronet to centre of upper cover and portcullis to lower, rebacked preserving old spine with Tudor roses & porcullises in gilt and red morocco label, 1772 § Lucretius Carus (Titus) De rerum natura libri sex, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with red roan label, 1772, very occasional light spotting, both a little rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, the second with joints split and spine ends worn, [Gaskell 44 & 43], 4to, Birmingham, John Baskerville (2)
Botany.- Mee (Margaret) Flowers of the Brazilian Forests, one of 500 copies, this copy inscribed 'personal copy of Edmund Fisher, ex series', colour plates, tissue-guards, the odd light spot, original green morocco-backed boards, decorated in gilt with lizard motif, The Tryon Gallery, 1969 § Jones (Paul) Flora Superba, one of 406 copies signed by the illustrator, this copy inscribed 'file copy only, ex series', colour frontispiece and 15 plates, tissue-guards, the odd light spot, contemporary cloth, decorated in gilt with flower motif, a few spots around upper hinge, Tryon Press, 1971 § Toulouse-Lautrec (Henri de) Elles, one of 1250 copies, membership certificate of the 'Toulouse-Lautrec Circle' for Edmund Fisher and additional plate loosely inserted, 11 tipped-in colour lithographed plates, all numbered in pencil, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some very light spotting, 1969, original cloth slip-cases, slightly rubbed or spotted; and 4 others, mostly botany, folio (7)
Scandinavia.- Lloyd (L.) Scandinavian Adventures, during a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years, 2 vol., vol.2 first edition, vol.1 second edition, 12 tinted lithographed plates, 1 map, illustrations, small ownership labels to front and rear pastedowns, lacking half-titles, first plate in each vol. mounted on stubs, light water-staining to margins of plates, later green half morocco, spines gilt in six compartments, extremities slightly rubbed, some small patches of fading and wear, spines sunned, 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1854.
Pogany (Willy).- Wagner (Richard) Tannhäuser, translated by T. W. Rolleston, one of 525 copies signed by the illustrator, 16 tipped-in plates and illustrations by Pogany, very light cockling to some pages or plates, original tan calf, stamped in blind, spine gilt, spine faded, light surface scratches and marks, still overall an excellent copy, tall 8vo, 1911.
London.- Judge (Fred) Camera Pictures of London at Night, first edition, 24 fine photogravure plates and 2ff. introductory text, original cloth, slightly soiled, oblong 4to, London & Hastings, Judges' Ltd., Sun Engraving Co. Ltd, 1924.*** A very good copy of a surprisingly rare book, with no auction records. The "great charm of these photographs lies in their pictorial rendering of the gradations of light. Mr Judge is at all times a stickler for nuance, but here he has been fortified with abundance of silhouette and contrast." (from a review in The British Journal of Photography, March 1924).
Gower (Lord Ronald Sutherland) Sir Thomas Lawrence, 2 vol., including a series of 60 duplicate plates loose in portfolio, one of 200 copies on large paper, occasional light spotting, mainly to tissue-guards, portfolio with some tissue-guards creased or chipped at edges, original wrappers, foxed and browned, some rubbing to extremities, portfolio lightly rubbed and toned, housed together in original red morocco chemise and slipcase, some faint staining, rubbed and worn, Goupil & Co., 1900; and others similar, each on Japanese paper with 2 series of plates, 4to & large 4to (6)
Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners chipped, split to foot of lower joint, some rubbing to extremities, slight staining to panels, 1965; You Only Live Twice, ink inscription to front pastedown, staining to fore-edge, jacket chipped and worn with portion of loss to lower panel, spotted, 1964 § Greene (Graham) The Human Factor, jacket price-clipped, light fading to spine, 1978; Ways of Escape, jacket price-clipped, very light toning to spine, 1980, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.25 others modern and children's literature, v.s. (c.30)
Scarrone (Giovanni Francesco) Riflessioni Imparziali e Memorie sopra la Vita e le Opere dell'Abate Carlo Denina Piemontese, occasional light foxing, contemporary boards, uncut, spine torn and defective, Parma, Bodoni, 1798 § Gravina (Vincenzo) Della Ragon Poetica Libri Due, first edition, some spotting, contemporary wrappers, uncut, stained, Rome, F.Gonzaga, 1708 § Lettere d'un Veneziano ad un Prelato di Roma, first edition, contemporary carta rustica, Venice, P.Colombani, 1766, rubbed; and 2 others, Italian, 8vo & 4to (5)
Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Decem, engraved additional pictorial title, woodcuts within text, some full-page, bookplate of Robert & Helen Kime, additional title with a few very short tears to lower margin, title with loss to blank lower corner, title lightly foxed and soiled, light browning, mainly marginal, some spotting, a few light stains, but generally good, without front free endpapers, upper hinge broken, later vellum, yapp edges, remains of manuscript title to spine, small loss to spine ends, rubbed and soiled, [Fowler 417; Berlin Katalog 1817; Cicognara 726; Willems 1097 'Magnifique édition, ornée de nombreuses figures sur bois dans le texte'], folio, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1649. *** One of the most important editions of Vitruvius. It is a compendium of architecture, and the arts of building embellishment. It also contains a Latin translation of Henry Wotton's 'Elements of Architecture', edited by Joannes De Laet.
Electricity.- A Warning from the Edison Electric Light Co., folding plate (small chip lower edge), illustrations, advertisement leaf to rear, tape repair to upper hinge, original printed wrappers, a little fraying and rubbing to extremities, housed within card portfolio, 8vo, [New York], [1887].*** One of several salvos in the great Edison Westinghouse controversy.
Ophthalmology.- Plempius (Vopiscus Fortunatus) Ophthalmographia, sive Tractatio de oculi fabricâ, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f. at end, final f. blank, lacking final 2 index ff. (***1&2), water-stained at head and occasionally elsewhere to a lesser extent (mostly marginally at end), occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary limp vellum stained black, flat gilt spine in compartments, small modern printed paper label to spine, upper edge of upper cover little nibbled, rubbed and scuffed, [Krivatsy 9099; Wellcome I, 5103], small 4to, Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz, 1632.
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, wood-engraved illustrations, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements dated 'January 1871' at end, a few small marginal tears, light spotting to first and last couple of leaves, vol.1 with loosely inserted printed ephemera causing browning to 2C5 & 6, vol.1 with some cracking to gutter and gathering M working loose, original green cloth, slightly rubbed, spines slightly darkened and ends a little bumped, [Freeman 937], 8vo, John Murray, 1871. *** The first appearance of the word "evolution" in any of Darwin's works. In The Descent of Man Darwin "compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes" (Norman).This set bears the following issue points, as called for by Freeman. Vol.2: verso of title with list of works by the author; half-title with verso blank. Vol.1: first word on p.297 is 'When.'
Covell (William) A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie: written by M. Richard Hooker: against an vncharitable letter of certain English Protestants...crauing resolution, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial f. blank but for signature-mark 'A', trimmed, affecting some headlines, signature-marks and catchwords (mostly at start) and the odd printed side-note, outer margins with small wormhole(s) turning into small trace as work proceeds, affecting the occasional printed side-note, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century blind-stamped light green straight-grain morocco over limp boards, rebacked in modern tan crushed morocco, gilt, covers little chipped and faded, [STC 5881], small 4to, Peter Short for Clement Knight, 1603. *** Rare at auction. An anti-puritan work reflecting the prevalent tension in the Church of England between tradition and puritanism.Provenance: Frederic Markham (20th century ink inscription to front pastedown); Rev. Frederick Rench ( large armorial ink stamp to front pastedown).
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with one line errata in vol.1, 32pp. publisher's advertisements dated 'April, 1867' at end of vol.1, vol. 2 2pp. advertisements at end dated 'February, 1868', light foxing to title, some light damp-staining to margins, cloth with light staining to vol.1, 1868; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, second issue with plates numbered in Roman, 7 heliotype plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, pp.183-186 gathering detached, 1872, original cloth, light marking and dents to covers, extremities a little rubbed; and 10 others, by or relating to Darwin, including a sixth edition of Origin of Species and a "third thousand" edition of Insectivorous Plants, these in original cloth, 8vo (13) *** An excellent group of early editions of Darwin's works, with accompanying reference books.
Sackville-West (Vita) The Land, first edition, first impression, light strip of toning and spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, small portion of loss to upper edge and spine head lightly affecting title, short nicks and tears to edges, patch of soiling to upper panel, 8vo, 1926.
Stiles et Regles de Procedure des Differens Tribunaux du Royaume, first edition, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, covers scuffed, Paris, Theodore le Gras, 1749 § Hautefeuille (M.) Traité de Procédure Criminelle, correctionnelle et de police; suivi de l'Analyse du Code Pénal, first edition, light spotting, modern marbled boards, uncut, Paris, 1811 § Buret (Eugène) De la Misère des Classes Laborieuses en Angleterre et en France, 2 vol., half-titles, light foxing, modern half calf, original printed wrappers bound in, uncut, Brussels, 1842; and 13 others, French, v.s. (17)
Plath (Sylvia) Ariel, first edition, ink ownership name on pastedown, light scattered spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, portions of loss to upper edge and pine tail, nicks, chips and creases along edges, light foxing and damp-staining to panels, splitting down joints, 8vo, 1965.
Quillet (Claude) Callipaedia. A Poem in Four Books, translated by N.Rowe, first edition of this translation, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary red morocco cottage roof binding elaborately gilt, g.e., covers detached, E.Sanger, 1712 § [Jourdan (Mary Johnson)] The Althorp Picture Gallery and other poetical sketches, first edition, half-title, light spotting and water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary morocco gilt with vignette to covers, rather worn, Edinburgh, 1836 § Sallust. The Works, translated by Thomas Gordon, first Urie edition, engraved bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, Glasgow, Robert Urie, 1762 § Cibber (Colley) The Careless Husband: a Comedy, stitched in the original wrappers, uncut, T.Johnson, 1721 § Solari (Catharine) Wellington, signed by the author at foot of title (slightly cropped), lithographed portrait, contemporary half calf, rebacked, [1820], all rubbed; and 13 others, literature, v.s. (18)
Darwin (Charles) Portrait cabinet card by Elliot & Fry, on printed mount, captioned "The Late Charles Darwin. Born Feb 12. 1808 Died April 19. 1882", blind-stamp of William Lucks London to lower mount, "Marion, Imp Paris" printed to foot of mount verso, short tear into portrait fore-edge without loss, some very faint spotting and surface soiling, light foxing to mount verso, portrait 144 x 104mm., mount 167 x 109mm., [c.1882]. *** This half-length portrait is thought to be one of the last taken of Darwin, dating from around 1880.
Christie (Agatha) A Pocketful of Rye, scribble in biro on endpapers, jacket with 2" repaired tear on upper panel, lower panel a little browned and spotted, 1953; Come, Tell Me How You Live, gift inscription on front free endpapers, 1946; Destination Unknown, 1954; The Pale Horse, 1961; The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, repaired tear on upper panel, other nicks reinforced with paper verso, 1960, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, light nicks and fraying to extremities; and another by the same, 8vo (6)
Horses.- Cavendish (William, Duke of Newcastle) Méthode et Invention Nouvelle De Dresser Les Chevaux, second edition, engraved double-page title and 39 double-page engraved plates only (of 42), by Pieter de Jode the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, mounted on stubs, a few small marginal tears, some light water-staining to upper edges, the odd spot, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, repair on edge, hinges beginning to split at ends but holding firm, worn, folio, J. Brindley, 1737.
Murdoch (Iris) An Unofficial Rose, jacket spine a little toned, spine ends a little chipped, 1962; The Unicorn, 1963; The Red and the Green, one or two nicks to edges, spine head chipped, 1965; The Time of the Angels, light spotting to half-title, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 7 others, first editions by Murdoch, 8vo (11)
Jesuits.- Regulae Societatis Jesu, title with woodcut illustration depicting Jesuit symbols, woodcut initials, light damp-staining, mostly marginal, ink inscriptions on title "Fort-rare!!", 18th century boards, covers becoming detached, loss to spine, covers soiled, Lyon, Jacobe Roussin, 1606; and another, Charles Drelincourt, 8vo & 12mo (2)
Mineralogy.- Henckel (J.F.) Pyritologie, ou Histoire Naturelle de la Pyrite, 2 parts in 1, first edition in French, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates, lacks preliminary c1 and final f. 3X1 (both Contents f.), bookplate of Franz Sondheimer, S1 small paper-flaw affecting headline but no loss, some spotting and light foxing, contemporary half calf, morocco spine label, short tear to spine head, some marking to lower cover, wear to extremities, 4to, Paris, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1760. *** An important study of pyrites, first published in German in 1725, together with writings on various topics in mineralogy and mining, including illnesses contracted by miners.
Steinbeck (John) Sweet Thursday, first edition, first issue with top red red top edge, glue staining to pastedowns, original cloth, some stains, spine ends slightly worn, dust-jacket, trimmed at top edge, a few small nicks and abrasions at edges, light creasing and rubbing to spine ends and joints, New York, The Viking Press, 1954 § London (Jack) The Call of the Wild, reprint, half-title, colour plates, decorations and head-pieces, some light finger soiling, original pictorial cloth, spine ends bumped, extremities worn, New York and London, 1903, 8vo (2)
Mineralogy.- Kurr (Johann Gottlob Von) The Mineral Kingdom, 24 lithographed plates, 23 hand-coloured or partly so, one or two heightened with gold or silver, others with gum arabic, captioned tissue-guards, ink-stamp of Royal Society of Edinburgh to pastedown and title lower margin (ink-stamp to pastedown crossed through in pencil with "Sold by auction 1983" beside), a few plates with margins very slightly trimmed, plates offset onto tissue-guards, scattered spotting, heavier to first uncolored plate, occasional light marginal soiling, staining to front free endpaper, original morocco-backed cloth, spine worn with portions of loss, extremities little rubbed, folio, Edinburgh, 1859.
Gardens.- [Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine)] La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage, title in red and black, 31 engraved plates only (of 32), most folding or double-page, a few tears to plate margins, worming to lower margin of first few leaves, some light foxing, contemporary calf, worn, 4to, The Hague, Pierre Husson, 1711.
Beerbohm (Max) The Works ... with a Bibliography by John Lane, paper spine label a little browned, covers lightly cockled, 1896; More, 1899; And Even Now, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, a few nicks to extremities, 1920; Around Theatres, 2 vol., [one of 780 sets], 1924, first editions, original cloth, spines a little faded, light rubbing to extremities; and 18 others by or relating to Beerbohm, including The Poet's Corner with 20 colour plates by Beerbohm, v.s. (23) *** Beerbohm came into the literary sphere in the 1890s and quickly found himself at the heart of its literary culture. His contribution to the first volume of The Yellow Books, an essay entitled 'A Defence Of Cosmetics' and written while he was still an undergraduate, earned him the title of decadent and gave the magazine a good deal of the notoriety on which its reputation rests. The first two mentioned are important titles from the Beerbohm canon, being his first regularly published title.
Coleridge (Rev. James Duke) Observations of a Parish Priest on Scenes of Sickness and Death, first edition, presentation inscription "From the Author - with his very sincere regards and esteem. Sunday. 13th March. 185[?] Kenwyn Vicarage", title with tiny portion torn away at fore-edge affecting date of presentation inscription, inscriptions to front and rear free endpapers in a 19th century hand, later ink note to front free endpaper "The above notes are in the handwriting of my mother. The author is this work was my godfather R.G.O.", spotting, contemporary straight-grain plum morocco, a few nicks to upper cover, rubbed, Truro, Printed and sold by E. Heard, [1825] § [?Coleridge (Rev. Edward)] Almsgiving on Christian Principles...By a Clergyman Engaged in Education, title with ink author attribution and small number to upper corner, a few light spots to title, faint soiling to verso of final f., disbound, [not on WorldCat], Printed for Private Circulation, 1839, 8vo (2) *** Two works by nephews of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, sons of his elder brother Captain James Coleridge and Frances Duke Taylor. Edward Coleridge acted as Assistant-Master of Eton from 1824 until 1850.
Véry (Pierre) In What Strange Land...?, translated by Stuart Gilbert, first English edition, light toning to text margins, some light creasing, small patch of foxing to endpapers, original cloth, fading, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light soiling to lower panel, a very good copy, 8vo, [1949]. *** Rare science fiction title, adapted for the 1946 film Land Without Stars.
Jesuit crimes.- Jarrigus (Pierre) A Further Discovery of the Mystery of Jesuitisme, 6 parts in 1, half-title (fore-margin chipped), light damp-staining and some weakness to fore-margin, light browning, upper hine broken, later vellum, a few chips, [Wing J488 or 489], R. Royston, 1658; and another, several works bound in one, 8vo & 4to (2) *** The first includes "The Jesuits upon the Scaffold, for severall capitall Crimes committed by them in the Province of Guienne," "The Calumnies of James Bedufes refuted," " Secret Instructions for the Superiours of the Society of Jesus," "A Discourse of the Seasons why the Jesuits are so generally hated".
Folder of Fire Insurance Documents, c.30 contracts, posters, charts, receipts and other related ephemera, engraved vignettes, signatures and manuscript notes, blind-stamped, v.s. between approx. 100 x 210 mm and 600 x 370 mm, some light foxing, some a little rubbed at edges, preserved in protective sleeves in folder [mainly late 18th to mid-19th century]. *** A collection of attractive pictorial documents relating to fire insurance spanning the late 18th and early to mid-19th centuries, and ranging from companies in Scotland to Liverpool.
Christie (Agatha) The Moving Finger, first edition, New York, cloth spine head frayed, lower spine joint broken with cloth coming away from boards, 1942 § Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first American edition, ownership inscription of Dody Heath on front free endpapers, New York, 1949 § Wharton (Edith) Hudson River Bracketed, first edition, New York, 1939, original cloth, some very light rubbing to extremities, otherwise excellent copies; and 17 others, modern literature, included an copy of Edna O'Brien's Returning, inscribed by the author to Dody Heath and her husband, 8vo (20) *** From the library of Dody Heath (1926-2023), an American actress known for her role in Brigadoon. Some books with her ownership inscription.
Economics.- [Dupré de Saint-Maur (Nicolas-François)] Essai sur les Monnoies, ou Reflexions sur le Rapport entre l'Argent et les Denrées, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, folding table, light spotting, contemporary mottled calf with gilt coronet and initial B to centre of boards, spine gilt, label chipped, [Goldsmiths' 8235; Kress 4804], Jean-Baptiste Coignard & de Bure l'ainé, Paris, 1746 § [Coyer (Gabriel-François)] La Noblesse Commerçante, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end, old ink library stamp to title, contemporary mottled calf, lacking label, "Londres", et se trouve a Paris, Duchesche, 1756, both a little worn, joints split; and 8 others, French economics, 4to & 8vo (10)
Clarke (Arthur C.) Childhood's End, first English edition, some scattered spotting, original cloth, the odd spot, light sunning to spine ends, dust-jacket, foxing to verso, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks with light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1954.*** One of Clarke's most popular works, scarce with the jacket in good condition.
Economics.- Ward (Bernardo) Proyecto económico, en que se proponen varias providencias, dirigidas a promover los intereses de España, first edition, third impression, bookplate, small tear to lower corner of H2, water staining to lower margins of last leaves, very occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, Madrid, 1782 § Whately (Richard) Elements of logic, first edition, modern half morocco, spine gilt, 1826; and c.90 others, many economics and philosophy, v.s. (c.90)
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