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Click here to subscribe14K rose gold bangle bracelet set with diamonds Set with one rose-cut diamond (approx. 6.26 x 5.96 mm). With safety chain link. In good condition, light signs of use. Hallmarks: Dutch assay mark 585 old oak leaf (1853 - 1906), hallmark: GH. Inner size: approx. 5.8 x 5.0 cm (size S). Weight: 9.58 grams.
Bible with silver clasps, Christiaan Jan Hendrik de Lusenet (1865-1889), Schoonhoven ca. 1875. Beautiful Bible with embossed decorated silver locks with pearl border motifs. The Bible contains all the canonical books of the Old Testament and the New Testament, the rhymed Psalms, Some hymns, evangelical hymns, Catechism, forms, comfort for the sick and the like. Netherlands, Schoonhoven, Christiaan Jan Hendrik de Lusenet, circa 1875, hallmarks: lion 2, Minerva, maker's mark (CL 135), unclear date letter - locks with light traces of use. Cover Bible in used condition. 776 grams, 833/1000. Dimensions (height x width x depth): 15.8 x 7 x 9.5 cm.
Les Cents Nouvelles Nouvelles... illustree... par de A. Robida, 2 vol., half-titles, titles printed in red and black, additional titles with coloured vignette, occasional light foxing or staining, contemporary half-calf, gilt, spine faded, hinges strengthened, Paris, Librairie Illustree, [1888] § Les Plus Belles Heures d'Amour de Casanova, ink inscription to free endpaper, later morocco, lettered in silver, Les Editions G. Cres & Co., 1923 § Quelques Contes ou Nouvelles de la Reine de Navarre, original wrappers, spine faded, splitting to backstrip, a little bumped, edges uncut, some unopened, Paris, Javal et Bourdeaux, 1932, plates and illustrations, a few surface marks, a little rubbed; and 18 other illustrated French works, 4to & 8vo (36)
Gleeson (James) William Dobell, ex-library copy with stickers and ink-stamps to front free endpaper and title, dust-jacket, later laminate, flaps to pastedowns, 1964 § Smith (Sydney Ure editor) The Art of William Dobell, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, light foxing, Sydney, 1946 § Thomas (Laurie) Arthur Boyd Drawings: 1934-1970, dust-jacket, a little toned, a little rubbed to extremities, 1973, plates and illustrations, original cloth; and c.70 others, Australasian art, v.s. (c.70).
Homer. The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts in his Iliads, and Odysses, engraved pictorial general title by William Hole with portrait of Chapman to verso, with all blanks as called for (*1, A6, 2G8, 2A1, R8 & 2I8) and 8pp. additional sonnets at end of Iliad, with letterpress dedication rather than engraving and "Homer's" in Iliad head-lines in italics, without engraved or letterpress titles to Odyssey,[STC 13624.5], [by Richard Field, William Jaggard, and Thomas Harper] for Nathaniell Butter, [?1634]; [The Crowne of all Homers Workes Batrachomyomachia or the Battaile of Frogs and Mise...], lacking initial blank and engraved title but with 4pp. epilogue at end, [STC 13628], [John Bill], [?1624], together 2 works bound in 1, woodcut head-pieces and initials, engraved title to first work browned and shaved at fore-edge, Iliad browned and with light water-staining at beginning, K2 of Odyssey with hole to upper margin and X4 with short marginal tear, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, new calf label with date 1616, corners repaired, folio; sold not subject to return*** The Iliad and Odyssey are reprintings of the works issued together in c.1616, themselves reissues of those first published separately in 1611 and 1614.
Botany.- Millais (John Guille) Rhododendrons, 2 vol., each one of 550 first edition copies, numerous colour and plain plates, some spotting, original cloth, a few minor stains and extremities slightly bumped, 1917-24 § British Flowering Plants, 4 vol., from a limited edition, illustrated by Mrs. Henry Perrin with notes and introduction by Professor Boulger,300 colour plates, some light foxing and spotting, original cream cloth, spines toned, and elsewhere a little dust-soiled or minor stains, Bernard Quaritch, 1914; and 3 others, folio & 4to (9)
Swift (Jonathan) Gulliver's Travels, colour plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light soiling, attractive contemporary red panelled morocco, gilt, spine with raised bands but lightly sunned, couple light scratches to upper cover, some very slight discolouration to lower cover, some rubbing to spine and corners, 1909 § Muir (Kenneth) Life and Letters of Sir Thomas Wyatt, first edition, signed by the author on dedication f., half-title, frontispiece and plates, full green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine lightly faded, g.e., Liverpool University Press, 1963; and others, leather-bound, a couple odd vol., v.s. (8)
Indonesia.- Hindu temple.- [Cephas (Kassian, photographer)] Photografifen van Tjandi Brambanan [Candi Parambanan], 60 albumen print photographs printed in sepia, each mounted to larger sheet of stiff card, a few captioned and dated April 1895 in the negative, many numbered in the negative (not sequentially), occasional light surface soiling, mount edges browned, loose in original cloth-backed board portfolio, printed paper label to spine (chipped), rubbed and worn, remains of one tie but other lacking, joints split but covers holding, photographs c.160 x 210mm., mounts 245 x 330mm., [c.1895]. *** Candi Parambanan is the largest Hindu temple of central Java, constructed to mark the return to power of the Sanjaya Dynasty (a Hindu dynasty) after nearly a century of dominance by the Sailendra (a Buddhist dynasty). Pioneering Indonesian photographer Kassian Cephas was responsible for the pictorial documentation of the excavation of the site in the late 19th century.
Poetry.- Anderson (Robert) and others. Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect...With Notes and a Glossary, [?second edition], engraved frontispiece, woodcut tail-pieces, binder's ticket to foot of pastedown, scattered soiling and light staining, lightly browned, later pencil notes to rear free endpaper, handsomely bound in full red morocco by Edmund Worrall, Birmingham, gilt, very small stains to spine and lower cover, couple faint surface scratches, some light rubbing to joints and extremities, uncut, Wigton, R. Hetherton, 1808 § [Hamilton (Sarah)] "A Resident of Sherwood Forest". Sonnets, Tour to Matlock, Recollections of Scotland, and Other Poems, first edition, half-title, the odd spot, upper joint tender, later straight-grain brown morocco, gilt, spine lacking labels and with shallow chipping to ends, rubbing to joints and extremities, J. Mawman, 182; and others, 19th century poetry, leather-bound, including an extra-illustrated copy of 'The Invitation; A Rhyming and Locodescriptive Epistle, Containing Sketches of Scenery in Wilts and Dorset' (Shaftesbury, Bastable's Press, 1833), 8vo (6)
Quakers.- Barclay (Robert) An apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the same is held forth and preached by the People called, in Scorn, Quakers, lightly browned, Y gathering torn at inner margin extending slightly into text, small nick to fore-edge of a few leaves, with later ink note to verso of title "This book was formerly in the possession of Mr.James Jackson a tailor and member of the Society of Friends who died at Settle and his books were sold", later half sheep, worn, [Wing B721], [?London], 1678; another edition, fourth edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ink inscription of Deborah Robinson (& others) to front endpapers and initials to title, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, T.Sowle, 1701 § [?Stubbe (Henry)] A Light Shining out of Darkness...with a Brief Apology for the Quakers..., third edition, first couple of leaves slightly frayed at fore-edge, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco label, [Wing S6058], T.Sowle, 1699, rubbed or worn; and another on Quakers, 4to & 8vo (4)
Penrose Annual: A Review of the Graphic Arts (The), 5 vol. only, illustrations, one vol. with water-staining to covers and some margins, 4 dust-jackets, the odd tape repair, light browning and surface marks, bumps, nicks and short tears to edges, 1955-71 § Hurst (C. A.) Letterpress: Composition and Machine-Work, the odd ink stain, 1963 § Keating (John & Marc O'Connell) The Penny Dreadful: Literary Magazine, issue 2, small sticker to upper cover, 2013, original boards or wrappers, a little bumped, a little rubbing to extremities; and c.35 others illustrated, or on typography, and a folder of comic books, v.s. (c. 35).
Dickens (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, first edition in book form, frontispiece, additional engraved title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, plate at p.49 with short tear repaired, plate at p.378 with small abrasion mark affecting few letters of imprint, some other marginal nicks or very short tears to text and plates, some plates very lightly browned, some foxing, mainly to plates, spotting to endpapers, attractively bound in blue half morocco by Bayntun, gilt, spine very slightly faded, some very light rubbing to extremities, t.e.g., [Smith I, 9], Bradbury & Evans, 1850; and 4 others by the same, first editions in book form, including Bleak House, 8vo (5)
India.- Broughton (Thomas Duer, translator) Selections from the Popular Poetry of the Hindoos, title with ink inscription "Presented by ?C. E. Myer, Esq." to head, few instances of ink passage-marking, few tiny marginal nicks or tears, lightly browned throughout, ex-library copy with ink-stamps to title and few other ff. and ink reference to title, upper hinge cracked, later cloth, repair to spine head, wear to spine ends and corners, Whittingham & Rowland, for John Martin, 1814 § [Vetch (George Anderson)] "A Bengal Officer". Songs of the Exile, ink ownership inscription "Miss Isabella Crawford 1820" to half-title, couple contemporary ink corrections, scattered light foxing, mainly to margins, later wrappers, sunned, Edinburgh, for David Brown, 1820, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards, 8vo (2) *** The first mentioned scarce, with a Notes section at the end explaining the meaning of culturally specific references in the poetry.
Rackham (Arthur).- Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 19 plates by Arthur Rackham, title margins lightly browned, few plates with light creasing to corners, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, spine browned and little rubbed with chipping to head, light creasing and some very small nicks or tears to extremities, 1920 § Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, colour frontispiece and 11 plates, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth, gilt, some light marks, little rubbed, 1932, black & white illustrations, bookplate of Celia Mary Smith to front free endpaper; and others illustrated by or relating to Rackham, including his bibliography by Richard Riall, v.s. (10)
Clemens, Alexandrinus. Opera, 2 vol., double column, text in Greek and Latin, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and vignette title, a few seminary ink stamps, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary 'carta rustica', vol.2 short horizontal to split, soiled, a wide-margined copy, Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1757; and 7 others, including, [Apostolic Fathers]. Collectio nova (edited by Montfaucon), 2 vol., Paris, 1706, and Basilius Caesariensis, 3 vol., Paris, 1721-1730, folio (9)
Betjeman (John) A Pictorial History of English Architecture, signed presentation inscription from the author "- and to my loyal cousins, Eg, Syb, wishing them a very happy Christmas and New Year - from John, 1972" to dedication f., photographic illustrations, some colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, fading to spine, light toning to head and foot of flaps, rubbing to extremities, John Murray, [1972] § Leighton (Clare) Where Land Meets the Sea. The Enduring Cape Cod, reprint, signed by the artist/author on half-title, wood-engraved illustrations by Leighton, slip advertising her exhibition at The Left Bank Gallery loosely inserted, original pictorial wrappers, some very faint spotting or surface soiling, Riverside, CT., Chatham Press, 1973; and others, various subjects, a few signed or with signed bookplates, v.s. (17)
Sci-Fi.- Clarke (Arthur C.) A Fall of Moondust, first English edition, jacket with larger tears at upper fold and joint, 1961 § Stugeon (Theodore) More Than Human, some light spotting to initial pages, 1954 § Brunner (John) No Future In It, first edition, 1962, all in original cloth, with dust-jackets, mostly with small chips and/or small amounts of creasing and fraying to extremities, Victor Gollancz; and 5 others all published by Gollancz, 8vo (8)
Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, engraved portrait frontispiece by Finden after Maclise, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), lacking half-title, extra-illustrated with 40 engraved plates by T. Onwhyn (some under pseudonym 'Peter Palette'), frontispiece lightly offset, occasional foxing, usual browning to plate margins, ?original publisher's full morocco binding, tooled in gilt, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip, some light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Smith I, 5], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839.
World War Two.- History of the First Division Anzio Campaign January - June 1944, 10 folding maps and tables, of which 9 loosely inserted, original paper wrappers, tape repairs to spine, slight creasing to edges, Jerusalem, "Ahva" Printing Press, 1944 § First Conference of German Prisoner of War Privates and Non-Commissioned Officers in the Soviet Union, illustrations, original paper wrappers, light spotting, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Moscow, 1941; 8vo (2).
Women poets.- Pearson (S[arah or Susanna]) Poems on Various Subjects, first edition, 8pp. list of subscribers, lacking half-title, small abrasion marks to pastedown and front free endpaper, occasional light soiling, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, some wear to corners, lightly rubbed, S. Low, 1800; and 3 others, 19th century poetry by women, small 8vo (4) *** According to Jackson, the author is more probably Sarah Pearson than Susanna, a name under which she is also known, and was a native of Sheffield. Poems include "On Reading in Several Publications Many Insidious Allusions to Mrs. Radcliff's Elegant Novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho", "On Being Asked to Go to the East-Indies", "The Mysterious Knight", "On Reading Mr. Southey's Tale of Donica", and others.
Bible, English. The Bible..., 2 parts in 1, Geneva-Tomson-Junius version, with initial leaf (blank but for 'A' & woodcut) and 2A1 (often lacking), general title and title to NT within ornate woodcut border, double column, roman type, woodcut head-pieces, initials and a few illustrations, bound without Apocrypha, contemporary manuscript notes to end of OT and verso of NT title, some light water-staining, a few other small stains, 2P5 torn at head without loss, small hole to 2Q7 not affecting text, 3K1 & 2 frayed at lower outer corner & margin with slight loss to a couple of lines, also hole to head of 3K1 with slight loss, 3N6 lacking small portion at foot affecting final line, [Herbert 306; STC 2213], by Robert Barker, 1610 [but colophon 1611] bound with an incomplete Sternhold Booke of Psalmes (1612), together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary ink signature of Car.s Umfreville to front pastedown, contemporary calf with blind-stamped central lozenge and brass clasps, rather worn, split to upper joint, spine ends worn, 4to
Poetry.- [?Muir (George)] 'Author of Field Sports'. Hamilton Wedding (The): A Humourous Poem on the Marriage of Lady Susan. Clydesdale Club Coursing..., half-title, woodcut frontispiece, title vignette and head- and tail-pieces, some light browning and foxing, later cloth, loss to much of backstrip and label, Lanark, George Roberton, 1833 § Adventures (The) of a One Pound Note; A Poem. Written by Myself, some light marginal dust-soiling, modern boards, T. Booth, 1819 § Big Wigs Outwitted (The)!! The Extraordinary Trial of Miss Mary Ann Ticklewig; or, Truth No Libel, leather bookplate of Edward Hailstone (offset), bookplate of E. Donald Smart, later ownership inscription of B. Bradford to front free endpaper, some light spotting, 19th century morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded and little chipped at foot, rubbed, John Fairburn, [1818], first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry, comic or satirical, 8vo & 12mo (9) *** The second mentioned a scarce skit in verse on the trial of Mary Tocker for libel at Launceston (Cornwall).
Dentistry.- Chémant (Nicolas Dubois de) A Dissertation on Artificial Teeth. Evincing the Advantages of Teeth made of Mineral Paste..., fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and one double-page plate, presentation inscription "From the Author" to front free endpaper, same endpaper with contemporary ownership name of John Turton M.D. to head, frontispiece offset, plate and few text ff. nearly loose, some browning, some spotting or light foxing, upper hinge strengthened affecting flourish to inscription, original marbled boards with printed paper label to upper cover, rebacked in calf, circular sticker of Ash's Circulating Library to lower cover, extremities worn, T. Bensley, 1804; and others 19th century, various subjects, including A Stevenson Medley, one of 300 copies (1899), 8vo & 12mo (6) *** Fourth edition in English of a work originally published in French in 1797 and first translated the same year. Dubois was a pioneer in the manufacture of artificial teeth.
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vol., one of 250 numbered copies signed by the illustrator in pencil, colour frontispieces and 22 plates by Cecil Aldin, illustrations, printed tissue-guards, plates with some light surface soiling and the occasional small portion of offsetting from text, some spotting, mainly to fore-edge, endpapers foxed, original gilt decorated vellum, some spotting and faint foxing, some light surface soiling, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, 1910; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vol., limited edition signed by the illustrator, colour plates and plain illustrations by John Austen, spotting to fore-edge and occasionally to peripheral leaves, original cloth, gilt, some very small scattered ink marks to spines, very lightly rubbed, Oxford, Oxford University Press for Limited Editions Club, 1933; and a copy of Mr Pickwick with tipped-in colour plates by Frank Reynolds, 4to & folio (5)
The Volume of the bookes called Apocrypha, conteynyng, from The Holie Bible, collation: 4a-4m8, 4n-410, woodcut illustration to contents, 4d2 with chip and ink annotations, light browning, some surface soiling and staining, bookplate and ink inscription to front pastedown, ink inscription to front free endpaper, tape repairs to endpapers, later calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed and worn, folio by Richard Lugge, 1572.*** The Apocrypha from the 1572 second folio edition of the Bishop's Bible.
Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The), comprising The Old & New Testaments and The Apocrypha, 8 vol., engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 2 engraved frontispieces and 73 plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West and others, and numerous head- & tail-pieces, some tissue guards, some light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, spotting or browning to some leaves of text, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, covers with decorative border in gilt and blind, spines gilt in compartments with five pairs of raised bands, ivory silk doublures and flyleaves edged with gilt floral roll, g.e., rather rubbed and faded, some scuffs, vol.1 & 8 rebacked preserving old spines, [Herbert 1442], folio, for Thomas Macklin [& T.Cadell and W.Davies] by Thomas Bensley, 1800-16.*** A handsome copy of this remarkable Bible, "the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." - DNB.Macklin first announced his plan to publish this lavishly illustrated work in 1789 and devoted the next 11 years of his life to bringing his plans to fruition. He sadly died 5 days after the completion of the final engraving so never lived to see the completed work.
Britain.- Wright (Thomas) The History and Topography of the County of Essex, 2 vol., engraved map, lacking vol. 2 additional engraved title, repairs to vol. 1 title and additional engraved title with slight trimming, light browning, occasional offsetting, modern half calf, gilt, spines browned, 1836 Finden (William & Edward) Views of Ports and Harbours, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt-pictorial cloth, spine browned, wear to joints, g.e., 1838 § Picturesque Europe: The British Isles and The Continent, 5 vol., vol. 5 lacking title, modern half calf, gilt spines, a little rubbed to extremities, n.d., all with plates, occasional foxing or staining; and 18 others, mostly British Topography, v.s. (26)
Bible, English. The Bible..., 2 parts in 1, engraved pictorial general title and full-page woodcut of the Garden of Eden to verso of A4 (both cropped), roman type, woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials, with the Apocrypha, hole to 4Z3 with loss of a few letters, some light soiling, a few small stains, bound after The Booke of Common Prayer of 1611 (first few leaves defective) and before The Whole Booke of Psalmes of 1612), without Speed's Genealogies and map, contemporary calf with central device in gilt, lacking one clasp, other detached, a little worn, joints split, spine ends repaired, [Herbert 312; STC 2218], folio, by Robert Barker, [1611, colophon dated 1612].
Rackham (Arthur).- Dickens (Charles) The Chimes, limited edition signed by Arthur Rackham, illustrations by Arthur Rackham, printed in brown and black, pictorial endpapers, light foxing or surface marks, original gilt pictorial cloth, spine browned, minor chipping to spine ends, t.e.g., original slip-case, ink manuscript numbering to foot of spine, lightly soiled, splitting, worn, 4to, for the Limited Editions Club, 1931.
Dickens (Charles) [Christmas Books], 4 vol., comprising: The Chimes, additional pictorial title in second state, contemporary ownership name to front free endpaper, first few ff. with tiny nick to lower-margin, light spotting to first few ff., hinges cracked, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth, 2pp. advertisements at end, lower hinge cracked, slight shelf-lean, upper corners worn, 1846; The Battle of Life, additional pictorial title in fourth state, 2pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ownership name to pastedown, 1846; The Haunted Man, initial advertisement f., bookplate and embossed stamp of W.H. Smith Library to front free endpaper, frontispiece and additional title lightly browned and offset to title and advertisement f., spine very slightly faded, ink-staining to lower cover, 1848, first editions, half-titles, engraved frontispieces and additional pictorial titles, illustrations, occasional light finger-soiling, some light marginal toning, original pictorial cloth, gilt, few very small ink marks or light soiling, spine ends bumped with few tiny nicks, some wear to corners and joints, g.e., [Smith II, 5, 6, 8 & 9], small 8vo; and another copy of The Haunted Man, small 8vo (5)
Scottish poetry.- [Ainslie (Hew)] A Pilgrimage to the Land of Burns; Containing Anecdotes of the Bard..., half-title, woodcut frontispiece and 2 plates, errata slip tipped-in at end, later newspaper clipping tipped onto pastedown, pp.16-17 with old tape residue to gutter, light offsetting and some very light browning, small stain to rear free endpaper, uncut in ?original boards, rebacked in later cloth, light sunning to spine, boards rubbed with some wear to extremities, Deptford, Printed for the Author, by W. Brown, 1822 § Fowler (William M.) The Spirit of the Isle, and Other Poems, presentation inscription "To Lieut. Chas. Gray Royal Marines, This Copy of...is presented by his sincere friend The Author. 10 Jany. 1818" to half-title, armorial bookplate of Colinton House Library, some spotting, browning to endpapers, hinges cracked, uncut in original boards, printed spine label with some loss, small loss to spine ends, rather worn, Edinburgh, Michael Anderson, 1817, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry of Scottish imprint or interest, several by James Hogg, 8vo (16)
WW1.- Globe and Traveller (The), late special edition, celebrating the end of WW1, light foxing and staining, small tears to edges, slight wear to foldlines, browning, Monday Evening, Nov. 11 1918; and 14 others, including news telegrams and supplements from World War One, v.s. (15); sold as a periodical not subject to return
Sitwell (Edith & Osbert) Twentieth Century Harlequinade and Other Poems, presentation inscription "Dearest Miss Annie, with Edith and Osbert's best love" to head of upper wrapper, original printed wrappers, tear to lower wrapper, toned, chipped and frayed at edges, lacking backstrip, contents and wrappers loose, Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1916 § Ruskin (John) Letters to M.G. & H.G., plates, light spotting and toning to endpapers and half-title, original cloth, spine slightly faded, rubbing to spine ends and corners, some browning and very light spotting to fore-edge, t.e.g., others uncut, [Edinburgh], Privately printed, 1903, first editions; and others, various, including first editions of Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana (1958) and The Comedians (1966), v.s. (20)
Blake (Quentin) Words and Pictures, limited edition, spine and edges of dust-jacket a little faded, 2000; Laureate's Progress, limited edition, 2002; The Life of Birds, a few surface marks to dust-jacket covers, 2005; first editions, signed by the author, original boards, a little bumped, dust-jackets, light bumping to spine ends and upper edges, excellent copies, 4to (3)
Lyttelton (Hon. R.H.) Out-Door Games. Cricket & Golf, one of 150 copies, colour plates, illustrations, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, some foxing and light browning, original gilt-stamped vellum, some light surface soiling, little rubbed, uncut, 1901 § James (Grace) Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 39 plates by Warwick Goble, captioned tissue-guards (one or two working loose), frontispiece and few other plates with light crease to corner, browning to endpapers, foxing to endpapers and half-title, some spotting, gutter cracked at points, upper hinge cracked, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded and with some light discolouration, extremities rubbed, 1910; and others illustrated, including Sinbad the Sailor with tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, 8vo & 4to (5)
Dickens (Charles) Hard Times. For These Hard Times, first edition in book form, first issue with p.244 misnumbered 44, half-title, occasional spotting, mainly to endpapers and fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, original first state olive green moiré cloth, priced 5/- at foot of spine, usual light sunning to spine and fading to cover margins, slight fraying to spine head, some very small marks, light bumping to spine ends and corners, still an excellent example overall, [Eckel p.131; Smith I, 11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854.
Rackham (Arthur) Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates by Rackham, some browning to half-title and plate margins, some spotting, mainly to first few leaves, original cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, few short tears to extremities, light browning to spine and panels, some soiling, William Heinemann, 1923 § Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, 12 tipped-in colour plates and black & white illustrations and decorations by Kay Nielsen, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, plate at p.37 with few light creases, one or two small marginal nicks or tears, light browning to endpapers and title, some spotting and light soiling, gutter cracking at points, rear free endpaper creased, lower hinge cracked, original pictorial cloth, gilt, fading to spine, some light staining, lightly rubbed, Hodder and Stoughton, [?1924], printed tissue-guards; and others, children's or illustrated, including a copy of Carroll's Rhyme? And Reason? (1883), v.s. (16)
Dyke (Thomas) Reading Made Perfectly Easy; or, An Introduction to the Reading the Holy Bible..., thirty-first edition, edited by D. Fenning, woodcut frontispiece with license to print to verso, woodcut pictorial alphabet and illustrations, very occasional small worming to head, affecting letter of text to *I5v, pagination a couple times trimmed, occasional small staining, scattered foxing, gutter cracked at points, lacking front free endpapers, contemporary calf, lacking much of backstrip, rubbed and worn, S. Jewkes & Co., [?1785] § Chevreul (Michel Eugène) The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, first edition in English, translated by Charles Martel, folding letterpress table, 4 plates at end, 3 double-page and 1 folding with flap, 24pp. publisher's catalogue, folding plate with very short tear into image without loss, very occasional light spotting, light marginal browning, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened and with couple short tears, wear to corners, extremities rubbed, some splitting and wear to joints but covers holding firm, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854; and various others, 19th century, including Digby Wyatt's Notices of Sculpture in Ivory (1856) and 3 reports relating to the Melbourne International Exhibition, v.s. (8)
[Group of 13 engraved Patriotic Songs], some 2, 3 or 4pp., some spotting and light browning, few paper repairs, one loose with tape to inner-margin to verso, others window-mounted, each c.335 x 220mm., [18th-early 19th century]. *** Includes "Rule Britannia", "The Roast Beef of Old England", "Flat-Bottom'd Boats", "The British Bucks", "When in War on the Ocean, A Celebrated Sea Song", "His Majesty's Welcome to the Camps by the Soldiery", and others.
Spiritualism.- Home (D[aniel] D[unglas]) Incidents in My Life, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, dated April 27th 1863, some light browning, spotting, gutter cracked at points but holding firm, original purple decorative cloth, gilt, fading to spine, small nick to foot of upper joint, some light rubbing to spine ends and corners, mostly unopened, 8vo, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1863. *** Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-86) was a Scottish medium and psychic, known for his ability to apparently speak to the dead, levitate to varying heights, and produce spirit rappings at will. Harry Houdini described Home as "one of the most conspicuous and lauded of his type and generation" in his A Magician Among the Spirits.
Milton (John) The Works, 8 vol., edited by Rev. John Mitford, titles in red and black, very occasional surface marks, light water-staining to margins, bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt, spines browned, joints repaired, hinges strengthened, rubbed to extremities, William Pickering, 1851 § Gray (Thomas) Poems, plates and illustrations, light offsetting to title, occasional foxing, bookplates to front pastedown, original calf, spine browned, very light rubbing, Eton College Press, 1902 § Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seignalt: Extraits 1734-55 and 1755-1772, 2 vol., plates and illustrations by Brunelleschi, light toning to margins, contemporary half calf, spines a little faded, edges uncut, Paris, Gilbert Jeune, [1950]; and 77 others, mostly literature, most attractively leather bound, v.s. (88)
Cahiers d'Art, 8 vol. only, mixed issues, illustrations original wrappers, light browning to margins, a little stained and soiled, a little rubbed, one original slipcase, folio, Paris, 1938-55 (8)*** Cahiers d'Art, founded in 1926, is renowned French artistic and literary journal, commenting on modern and contemporary art. Included are: "Piccasso-Le Greco" (1938), "Oeuvres de Picasso" 1946-48 (1948) "un demi-siecle d'art italien" (1950)
Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) British Birds, 4 vol., 80 colour plates with tissue guards, without supplement and two extra plates, 1915-16; A Naturalist's Sketch Book, 60 plates, of which 24 colour, 1919, occasional foxing to both works, original uniform red cloth, gilt, some fading and light stains or marks, ends slightly bumped, large 4to (5)
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, plates by Aubrey Beardsley, Dennis Wheatley's copy with his bookplate, additional D. Yates-Wheatley bookplate to rear pastedown with ink annotation, browning and some spotting to endpapers, original decorative red cloth, gilt, spine very slightly faded, one or two small and faint stains to upper cover, some light rubbing to spine ends and corners, very slight shelf-lean, t.e.g., others uncut, John Lane, 1920 § Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Hugh Thomson (frontispiece bound after dedication f.), extra-illustrated with c.85 plates and illustrations, some colour, some bound in, most laid down on blank sheets, frontispiece tissue-guard torn, some light foxing, spotting to fore-edge, attractively bound in brown morocco by Fazakerley, spine gilt and with raised bands but very lightly sunned, few scuffs or light scratches to covers, t.e.g., Macmillan & Co., 1890 § Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, colour frontispiece and 15 plates by A.E. Jackson, short tear to front free endpaper, gutter cracked and points but holding, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, very slight toning to spine, some small and light surface soiling, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, original pictorial slip-case (quite worn), t.e.g., others uncut, 1929; and others, children's or illustrated, 4to & 8vo (11)
Beerbohm (Max) A Survey, one of 275 copies signed by the author, colour frontispiece, the others plain, all tipped in, with captioned tissue guards, g.e., dust jacket, a few nicks and bumps at spine ends and edges, William Heinemann 1921; Caricatures of 25 Gentlemen, first edition, slight surface soiling to margins, a few stains to covers, Leonard Smithers, 1896; Observations, first edition, colour frontispiece, the others plain, all tipped in, with captioned tissue guards, very occasional light spotting, dust jacket, a few stains and markings to covers, a little loss to upper margin of lower cover, William Heinemann 1925, original cloth, spine browned or faded, spine ends and corners bumped, a little rubbed to extremities; and 8 others by the author, v.s. (11).
Macaulay (Thomas Babington) The History of England, 4 vol., some spotting, mainly to peripheral leaves, ink ownership inscriptions front endpapers, contemporary calf, spines gilt with double morocco labels, vol. 1 & 4 each with a cover detached, other joints cracked but holding, extremities lightly rubbed, 1860[-58] § Boccaccio. The Decameron, 2 vol., engraved plates, occasional light spots or stains, hinges repaired with linen, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rebacked, 1804 § Lever (Charles) The Daltons or Three Roads in Life, 2 vol., plates and illustrations by Phiz, some spotting and minor staining, contemporary boards with later half calf, Chapman and Hall, 1852; and 10 others literature, 19th century, v.s. (18)
Milton (John) The Poetical Works, with a Life of the Author by William Hayley, 3 vol., no half-titles, with 3 engraved portraits of Milton and 28 fine stipple-engraved plates after Richard Westall, tissue guards, wide margins, some light marginal foxing and occasional offsetting, contemporary engraved book-label of Richard Hoare, contemporary russia, gilt, g.e., rubbed and a little scuffed, spine of vol.1 chipped at foot, folio (c.425 x 325mm.), by W. Bulmer and Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol, 1794-97.*** Handsome edition combining superb typography, fine paper and wonderful illustrations. Some copies are recorded with a portrait of Milton and his daughters after Romney, and with a facsimile of a manuscript, and an index at the end of volume 3, none of which is present in this copy.
19th Century Newspapers.- [Collection of c.55 London Chronicle Newspapers], occasional staining or foxing, light browning, some leaves becoming detached, ink-stamps to margins, folio, 1808-12; and three bound periodicals, sold as a periodical not subject to return. *** Topics included are Peninsular War, Wellington, anecdotes on Bonaparte, the Battle of Barrosa, and information from French and Spanish papers.
Arabian Nights (The), translated by Rev. Edward Forster, 5 vol., engraved plates after Robert Smirke, some with slight foxing, vol.1 with light water-staining to lower outer corner of first few leaves, engraved bookplate of Edward Manners, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco tooled in gilt and blind, spines gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, printed by W.Bulmer & Co., 1802 § Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (The), translated by Capt. Sir R.F.Burton, 12 vol., portrait and plates, modern purple morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, 1897; another edition, translated by Dr. J.C.Mardrus & edited by E.Powys Mathers, 16 vol., one of 750 sets on Antique Paper, colour frontispieces, original parchment-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a little soiled, privately printed for subscribers to the Casanova Society, 1923, 4to & 8vo (33)
Byron.- Brockedon (William) Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 3 vol., additional engraved titles and 120 plates, occasional off-setting, foxing or damp-staining (particularly to additional titles), contemporary maroon calf, gilt, scuffed, g.e., 1833-34 § Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Corsair, first edition, second issue, early variant ending on p.100 but without the words 'The End' and the printer's imprint, half-title, ink ownership inscription title head, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked, corners a little rubbed, 1814; Hebrew Melodies, 1816, bound with The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems, 1816 and The Siege of Corinth and Parisina, 1816, together 3 in 1, first editions [issues unknown], some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked but upper cover detached, rubbed, 8vo (5)
[Varlo (Charles)] Miscellany of Knowledge...By Several Gentlemen...Poetry...By an Irish Gentleman, now in America. A Twelve-Month's Tour, of Observations, Through America..., second edition, list of subscribers, some light soiling to title, L1 short tear to foot without loss, O6 portion of loss to fore-edge affecting some text, scattered foxing, contemporary marbled calf, morocco spine label, spine and extremities rubbed, [Sabin 49452], Printed for the Editor, 1792 § Locke (John) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 2 vol., tenth edition, with large Additions, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved bookplate, ownership name of James Spedding to pastedowns, vol. 1 G4 small paper-flaws to foot affecting signature, vol. 2 last few ff. of Index with small worming within text, occasional marginal worming elsewhere, gutter cracked at points but holding, vol. 2 front free endpapers loose, contemporary panelled calf, lacking spine labels, rubbed and worn, for Arthur Bettesworth & Charles Hitch, 1731; and others 17th and 18th century, various subjects, 8vo & 4to (8) *** The first mentioned includes the poem "On General Washington; An Allegory" (pp.1-7) and "A Twelve-Month's Tour Through America" (pp.251-94), in which the author dined with George Washington and comments on him and his wife.
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) There is No Natural Religion, 2 vol., one of 540 copies, original tan morocco-backed marbled-paper covered boards, tiny mark to smaller vol., together both housed within original custom-made slipcase, light rubbing at extremities, 1971; All Religions are One, one of 600 copies, original green morocco-backed marbled-paper covered boards, spine slightly faded, original slipcase, 1970 § Keynes (Sir Geoffrey) The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake, one of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth, slipcase, 1977, the first two with plates and illustrations in colour, the final with plain illustrations, all printed by The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 4to (3)
Needlework & Embroidery.- Banks (Mrs. G. Linnaeus) Crochet Designs, Light Work for Leisure Hours No.9, folding frontispiece with 3 images, plate, original printed wrappers, Birmingham, [c.1880] § Lambert (Miss) Church Needlework, title in red & black, original cloth, rebacked, 1844 § Potter (Esther) English Knitting and Crochet Books of the Nineteenth Century, extract, interleaved with annotations in ink and index to rear pastedown, final two leaves loose, cloth, Bibliographical Society, 1953 § Lotz (Arthur) Bibliographie der Modelbücher: Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Stick- und Spitzenmusterbücher des 16. und 17.Jahrhunderts, second edition, Stuttgart & London, 1963 § Groves (Sylvia) The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories, Newton Abbot, 1973, some illustrations, the last two original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the last with faded spine, most a little rubbed; and a bundle of others including a 2000 Phillips sale catalogue including the embroidery & sewing accessories collection of Mrs. M.J.P.Collins, mostly pamphlets, v.s. (c.15)
Steel (David) The Ship-Master's Assistant and Owner's Manual..., eighth edition, engraved frontispiece and one plate, advertisement f. at end, very faint damp-staining to frontispiece, for David Steel, 1799, bound with New and Complete Tables of the Net Duties Payable...On Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, imported into, exported from...Great Britain..., for D. Steel, 1796, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light soiling, contemporary calf, short tear to spine foot, rubbed § Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World, to that which is to Come...In Three Parts, new edition, general title and separate titles to parts 2 & 3, each with woodcut frontispiece, woodcut illustrations, contemporary ownership name of James Spedding to pastedown, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, paper spine label with title in ink manuscript, lower cover quite worn, rubbed, for Osborne & Griffin, 1787; and others, 18th and 19th century, many odd vol., 8vo & 4to (10)
Stillingfleet (Benj.) Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick. To which is added the Calendar of Flora, second edition, 11 engraved plates of grasses, title with very light spotting and small ink mark or stain, I8 short tear to foot without loss, I8 & K1 with passages underlined or crossed-through in ink, some light damp-staining to second half, some spotting and very faint damp-staining to plates, modern half calf, spine gilt and with morocco label, couple faint stains, spine slightly sunned, R. & J. Dodsley &c, 1762 § Millan (John) Arms of the Baronets of England and Nova Scotia, engraved throughout, pp. 37-40 blank but numbered, the odd spot, some browning, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, upper cover with modern red morocco label lettered in gilt, corners worn, covers rubbed, for J. Millan, [?1753]; and others, various subjects, v.s. (16)
Shakespeare (William) The Plays, 10 vol., engraved portrait, wood-engraved title vignettes, portrait foxed and offset onto title, light browning and occasional spotting, contemporary ink signature of Wm. Brodrick to front free endpaper, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco with decorative gilt border, spines gilt, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, spines faded, a few vol. rebacked preserving old spine, T.Bensley, 1803-05; The Plays, 14 vol. including 2 vol. Notes by Andrew Becket, engraved portraits, vignette titles and plates (a little foxed and offset), bookplate of Henry Thos. Dunster, attractive nineteenth century diced calf with Greek key border in gilt, spines gilt, spines a little rubbed and browned, one or two covers stained, Thomas Tegg, 1815; and c.30 others, Shakespeare in bindings, including 2 more sets and a Norton Facsimile First Folio, v.s. (c.50)
Shakespeare (William) The Dramatick Writings..., 20 vol. including 2 vol. Prolegomena, large paper edition, engraved portraits and plates, occasional foxing to plates and light offsetting but generally very clean, engraved Benjafield bookplate, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spines gilt, a little rubbed and marked, some fading to spines, one or two stained, 8vo (c.195 x 120mm.), John Bell, 1788.
Colour Theory.- Chevreul (Michel Eugène) Expose d'un Moyen de Definir et de Nommer les Couleurs..., Atlas vol. only (without text vol.), 14 engraved plates of chromatic scales and circles, one of which folding, some light browning and spotting to edges, library stamps to endpaper, original cloth, folio, Paris, Firmin Didot frères et fils, 1861.*** An important work on colour theory, wherein juxtaposition of complementary colours is brought to the fore, and which is known to have had a considerable influence on the Impressionists and Pointillists.
Reynolds (Frank).- Dickens (Charles) The Old Curiosity Shop, one of 350 copies signed by the illustrator, mounted colour frontispiece and 20 plates by Frank Reynolds, captioned tissue-guards, very light spotting to first few ff., some leaves very slightly frayed at fore-edge, light browning to margins and endpapers, original pictorial vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, silk ties renewed, light spotting and browning to spine, surface soiling, mainly to lower cover, lower cover rubbed, covers slightly bowed, 4to, London, New York & Toronto, [1913].
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