Kelmscott Press.- Biblia Innocentium: being the Story of God's Chosen People before the Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ upon Earth... written anew for children, [one of 200 copies on Flower paper], printed in Golden type, wood-engraved border and initials designed by Morris, very light browning to title and one or two other leaves, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original vellum with silk ties, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, upper cover slightly warped, some light surface soiling, [Peterson A9], 8vo, Kelmscott Press, 1892.⁂ The first 8vo book issued by the press; Morris wanted it to be illustrated by Burne-Jones but he only completed twenty-five designs of the intended two hundred or so and it was therefore issued without illustrations.
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![Last (Arthur, binder).- Bodoni.- Thomson (James) The Seasons, [one of 50 large paper copies], occasional light foxing, bound](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175e1d27-5155-4863-91f2-b02a010cc1cf/038f930f-feff-40f6-9487-b02a0117d1ba/468x382.jpg)
Last (Arthur, binder).- Bodoni.- Thomson (James) The Seasons, [one of 50 large paper copies], occasional light foxing, bound in later brown goatskin, by Arthur Last, covers with inlaid scallop-edged vertical strips of tan and sand goatskin, strips tooled in gilt with row of lozenges outlined and connected by gilt rules, spine titled in gilt, uncut, signed and dated "19 Ω 63" at foot of rear cover, faint scuff to spine, [Brooks 531], folio (c.420 x 270mm, binding c.430 x 280mm.), Parma, Bodoni, 1794.⁂ One of only a few works printed by Bodoni in English. It was issued in 4to and two sizes of folio, the folio edition being much rarer.Arthur Last (1913-79), bookbinder, member of the Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders, and founder member of Designer Bookbinders. He used an omega, the final or last letter of the Greek alphabet, as his signature.
City Planning.- London.- Goldfinger (Erno) and Ursula Blackwell. Planning Your Neighbourhood: for home, for work, for play, 20 sheets, 500 x 360mm., colour, small holes at corners, some light toning, mainly marginal, [for the Army Bureau of Current Affairs], [1944].⁂ Rare. Library Hub lists 2 copies only.Architect Erno Goldfinger played an important part in the development of the modernist movement in Britain, particularly famous for his Brutalist designs, which were often unpopular publicly (allegedly Ian Fleming, Goldfinger's neighbour, was so opposed to one design that he named the Bond villain after the architect). 'Planning Your Neighbourhood' is an optimistic presentation of an utopian vision of improved post-war city life. Shoreditch, with slums and heavily damaged in the war, was a perfect candidate for post-war reconstruction. The 20 sheets of the proposal here, incorporate maps, aerial photos and diagrams to aid visualisation - the idea was that anyone, young and old across different social classes, would enjoy living in the "vertical city".
City Planning.- London.- Goldfinger (Erno) and Colin Penn. Planning Your Homes, 20 sheets, 500 x 360mm., colour, small holes at corners, some light toning, mainly marginal, some light chipping to edges, [for the Air Ministry & Admiralty Education Department], [1945].⁂ Rare, unrecorded on Library Hub or any copies in commerce.Goldfinger designed a number of exhibitions during World War II for public bodies, envisioning a pragmatic and modernist take on improved city living. Like 'Planning Your Neighbourhood' (see next lot), each exhibition series comprised drawings, photographs and graphics on boards designed to be reproduced and toured. 'Planning Your Homes' is another in this series, this one exceedingly rare. The sheets here include plans of rooms in accordance with family size, comparisons for insulation materials; how to achieve optimum warmth, quiet, light, and fresh air, as well as designs for everyday activities - "A good plan must co-ordinate these physical and functional requirements" - sheet 12.
Fryer (John) A New Account of East-India and Persia, first edition, half-title with engraved portrait on verso, title printed in red and black, 7 engraved plates and maps, 3 folding, and one full-page engraved map in text with printed slip pasted below, engraved or woodcut illustrations, Ss1 with marginal repaired tear, some light foxing and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends chipped and joints starting, [Wing F2257], folio,Printed by R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri. Chiswell, 1698.⁂ In 1672 Fryer embarked on a 10-year tour to India, Goa, the Arabian Gulf and Persia, before returning to England. The work includes a detailed account of Surat and Muscat and mentions pirates in the Gulf, and the natural history of the region.
Heylyn (Peter) Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the whole World, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title dated 1669, printed title in red and black, 4 double-page engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, some with tears at folds, with initial imprimatur f., a few burn-holes, occasional worming to margins and very slightly affecting map of America, some light staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Sabin 31655; Wing H1694A], folio, Printed for Philip Chetwind, and Anne Seile, 1674.⁂ A variant of the edition with letter-press imprint "printed for Anne Seile, and Philip Chetwind" and engraved imprint "printed for Philip Chetwind" (Wing H1694).
Kinneir (John Macdonald) Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, first edition, half-title, large folding engraved map with hand-coloured routes, with slight tear, marginal repair to fore-edge of following leaf of text, some light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, upper cover detached, [Blackmer 914; Weber I, 55; cf. Atabey 636 (French edition only)], 8vo, 1818.⁂ The Peter Hopkirk copy. Kinneir was attached to Sir John Malcolm's mission from India to Persia in 1808-9, acting as an agent at Bushire and making numerous journeys within Persia. In 1810 he went back to England but returned to India in 1813-14 by way of Cyprus, Constantinople, Baghdad and Bombay. It is this latter journey that is recounted here, though his earlier travels in Persia are also listed (p.552).Provenance: Thomas Thomas Jr (ink inscription dated 1818 on front endpaper); Peter Hopkirk (bookplate, his sale at Sotheby's 14 October 1998, lot 907).
Malcolm (Col. Sir John) The History of Persia, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map and 22 plates, some light foxing and offsetting, contemporary russia, stamped in blind and gilt, corners and spine raised bands rubbed, but still a handsome copy, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], 4to, 1815.⁂ A handsome copy of this important and comprehensive history of the region.
Morier (Sir James Justinian) A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, first edition, 1812; A Second Journey..., first edition, 1818, together 2 vol., with a total of 43 engraved plates (30 aquatint, 4 folding or double-page, 4 hand-coloured), 5 engraved maps (some folding), wood-engraved illustrations, vol.1 lacking half-title and advertisement leaf at end, vol.2 with half-title present, vol.1 S2 and vol.2 one folding plate with repaired tears, some light offsetting, uniform modern calf, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., [Abbey, Travel 357-358; Atabey 836-837], 4to⁂ A handsome and clean set. Morier was born and raised in Smyrna. He was secretary to the mission of Sir Harford Jones to Persia in 1808-09, and again to that of Sir Gore Ouseley which resulted in the Anglo-Persian treaty of 1812, both as recorded here. Morier also wrote novels set in the East, most notably The Adventures of Haji Baba of Ispahan.
Pococke (Richard) A Description of the East, 3 parts in 2 vol., first edition, 3 titles with engraved vignettes, engraved dedication to the Earl of Chesterfield in vol. 2, 177 engraved maps, plans, and plates only (of 178), a few folding, including 12 botanical plates by G.D. Ehret, occasional light offsetting or browning, modern blind-stamped calf, [Atabey 965; Blackmer 1323; Hilmy II, p.124; Weber II, 513], folio,Printed for the Author, by W. Bowyer, 1743-45.⁂ While the first volume is dedicated to Egypt, the second volume features Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Crete, the Greek islands, Asia Minor, and Greece.
Europe.- Hobhouse (John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton) A Journey through Albania, and other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured aquatints only (of 17), of which 6 double-page, 2 folding maps, 1 plan, 2 facsimiles, 2 plates of music, Z2 vol. 1 with tear into text, neat repair, vol. 1 with publisher's advertisement pasted at end, scattered spotting, ex-library with remnants of labels to endpapers and occasional ink-stamps throughout, later half-morocco, paper library labels to upper covers, a little rubbed, [Blackmer 821, first edition], 4to, 1813.⁂ Hobhouse's important account of his journey with his friend Lord Byron. "This work is of great interest not only for the light it sheds on that journey, but for the mass of information Hobhouse provides, in particular on the court and character of Ali Pasha." (Atabey)This copy lacking the folding plate of "Ruins of Hadrian's Temple."
Malta.- Acciard (Michele) Mustafà Bassà di Rodi schiavo in Malta, o sia la di lui congiura all'occupazione di Malta, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Richard Dalton, title with woodcut ornament, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, engraved armorial bookplate, some light browning, scattered foxing, small damp-stain to fore-margin towards end, contemporary vellum, rubbed and lightly soiled, spine with a couple very small portions of loss, 4to, Naples, Appresso Benedetto ed Ignazio Gessari, 1751.⁂ A controversial account of the 1749 Muslim slave revolt in Malta, a failed conspiracy to assassinate Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca and take over the island. This work, also attributed to the historian and patriot Francesco Agius de Soldanis, attacked the order and argued for the rights of the Maltese, questioning the governing ability of the Grand Master. Following its publication copies were sought out and destroyed, with de Soldanis having to defend himself to Pope Benedict XIV. Scarce, we can trace only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 1974).
Middle East.- Aramco.- Duce (James Terry) Middle East Oil Developments, full-page maps and illustrations, one with acetate overlay, light creasing, some light toning or offsetting, original spiral-bound wrappers, upper cover detaching from spine at foot, rubbing and browning to covers, a few short tears to extremities, 2 loose chipped glacine covers, all housed within card chemise with £A. Kazandjian & Sons. Khartoum" ink stamp to cover, oblong folio, Arabian American Oil Co., 1952.⁂ This is the first printed version of a paper presented by Duce, Vice President of the Arabian American Oil Company, at the thirty-first annual meeting of the American Petroleum Institute in Chicago in 1951.
Holy Land.- Creighton (Robert) A New Historical Map of Palestine with Part of Egypt & Arabia..., map of the Holy Land including the mouth of the Nile River and part of Arabia, with inset plans and vignettes, and showing part of the old Roman road that leads to Mecca, engraving with vibrant original hand-colouring, 835 x 1055 mm (32 3/4 x 41 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, light offsetting with very minor browning and surface dirt, folding with dark blue morocco ends and the book plate of Augustus Terry Clarke, map edged with blue linen, folding into slipcase, gilt title 'Palestine' to spine, rubbed and scuffed with with splitting to spine, 8vo, Henry Teesdale, 1838.
Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Secret Despatches From Arabia, one of 1,000 copies, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, foxing to endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, some light soiling to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, [Pertelote 145], Golden Cockerel Press, 1939; Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, maps, plates and illustrations, original buckram, shallow dent to lower cover and bump to head, dust-jacket, spine a little chipped, some chipping to corners, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, small internal tear to lower panel, a very good example, 1935, 4to (2)
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue with "fifth thousand on title", half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, a few pencil marks to margins, occasional light corner creasing, some cracking to gutter but holding firm, upper joint cracked but firm, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to joints, some faint spotting, but still overall a sharp, near-fine copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.⁂ This second edition was considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition". Rare in this condition.
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, third edition (seventh thousand), half-title, folding lithographed plate, advertisement f. at end, newspaper clippings tipped onto title verso and first contents page, pencil markings and marginal notes, 1 or 2 ff. with short closed tear running into text, some splitting to gutter but holding firm, upper hinge starting, original green cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and with minor fraying, slight darkening to spine, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good copy overall, [Freeman 381; PMM 344 (b), note], John Murray, 1861; and a first edition of his Insectivorous Plants, 1875 (not collated), 8vo (2)⁂ 'the most important biological book ever written' (Freeman). The third edition 'was extensively altered, and is of interest for the addition of a table of differences between it and the second edition, a table which occurs in each subsequent edition, and also for the addition of the historical sketch... which was written to satisfy complaints that Darwin had not sufficiently considered his predecessors in the general theory of evolution... there is also a postscript on page xii... concern[ing] a review of the earlier editions by Asa Gray' (Freeman p. 78). Provenance: 'Thomas J.T. Corfield, St. Dye, Sept. 19th, 1863' (ink inscription to head of title); João Maria de Montezuma Diniz de Carvalho (1923-2020, ink inscription to endpapers), researched for his doctorate at the John Innes Horticultural Institution, Bayfordbury (awarded 1963), and went on to become the director of the Botanical Institute and its gardens at the University of Coimbra, where he published extensively in the field of plant genetics (ink signature to front free endpaper, verso of advertisement f. and rear endpaper, the first London, 1958).
Curr (John) The Coal Viewer, and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, first edition, 5 folding engraved plates, tables, bookplate to pastedowns, lightly browned, some light soiling to title, scattered spotting to plates, front endpaper working loose, hinges cracked but holding firm, 19th century marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in later calf, old covers rubbed, spine lightly sunned, Sheffield, for the Author, by John Northall, [Kress B3373; Ottley 172], 4to, 1797.⁂ Possibly the first printed account of an iron railway. John Curr, a mining engineer, made great contributions to the development of underground haulage in South Yorkshire collieries during the Industrial Revolution, introducing the flanged wheel still used on modern railways. One copy with an imprint of 1796 is recorded at auction (Sotheby's, 1974), this unrecorded on ESTC and WorldCat. The title-page was seemingly reset in 1797 to include a list of booksellers in London, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Shrewsbury and Manchester.
Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New, black letter, text in double columns, in 72 lines, within ruled border, general and NT titles within ornate woodcut borders, calendar in red and black, woodcut decorations and initials, Speed's Genealogies inserted before Genesis, lacking final 2 ff., including double-page map, general title with small paper repair at inner margin (just affecting woodcut border), 3 ff. with small defects affecting text with loss of letters from a few lines (2Y1, 3I3 & 4G3), 3Z1 & 4G1 soiled, 4N4 laid down to sheet (final f.), trimming to top edge, often affecting ruled border and headlines, some instances of light damp-staining, nineteenth century blind-stamped calf, spine a little scuffed, brass clasps, [STC 2226; Herbert 322], folio, Robert Barker, 1613⁂ A remarkably clean and complete copy of "the true folio edition of King James' Bible; easily distinguishable form the other large folio editions by its smaller type" (Herbert p.138)Provenance: Stephen Drake Freer [bookplate, Eton College prize label dated 1938]
![[Burton (Robert)] "Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, fifth edition, half-title with 'Argument of the Frontispiec](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175e1d27-5155-4863-91f2-b02a010cc1cf/2a3a06f5-a354-4a52-8349-b02a0118e438/468x382.jpg)
[Burton (Robert)] "Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, fifth edition, half-title with 'Argument of the Frontispiece' to verso, engraved title with allegorical border by C.Le Blon, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, with 2L1 present (often cancelled), 2S2-3 bound out of order, bookplate removed, half-title with ink initials C.W.M. to upper corner, the odd marginal chip or short tear, within text to A2, 2L1 and 4Q4 but without loss, G1 with small hole within printed side-note, a few tiny rust-holes within text, some light browning, some water-staining (mostly marginal) and the odd small stain, small worming to upper margin towards end, a couple times touching border, final f. creased, contemporary calf, lacking label, rubbed, [STC 4163], folio, Oxford, for Henry Cripps, 1638.
![Poetry.- Charles I, King of England.- [Cleveland (John)] Monumentum Regale or a tombe, erected for that incomparable and Glor](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175e1d27-5155-4863-91f2-b02a010cc1cf/2c622da8-41c0-466a-9eea-b02a011893cd/468x382.jpg)
Poetry.- Charles I, King of England.- [Cleveland (John)] Monumentum Regale or a tombe, erected for that incomparable and Glorious Monarch, Charles the First...In select Elegies, Epitaphs, and Poems, first edition, title and pp.2-3 printed in red and black, woodcut crown and skull to title, woodcut head-pieces, trimmed at head and foot, affecting final line of text on C6r, and some pagination, signatures and catch-words, [Wing C4681], no printer, Printed in the Yeare 1649 bound with [B[irkenhead] (Sir J[ohn])] Loyalties tears flowing after the bloud of the royall sufferer Charles I. &c. Englands glory and shame, initial f. blank, woodcut head-piece, lacking 4 advertisement ff. at end, pen trials to final verso, closely trimmed at outer margin, [Wing B2966], no printer, Anno Dom. 1649 [i.e. 1650], together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf in compartments, 1 lower corner little worn, rubbed at extremities, 8vo⁂ I: Rare at auction. Another issue (Wing C4681A) has 'Year' in imprint.
Qu'ran, English.- The Alcoran of Mahomet, first octavo edition of the first English language version, A2, A3, 2E5 & 2E6 strengthened at fore-edges, E4 with small hole and strengthened bottom edge, G3 with small hole affecting text, occasional tiny marginal worming, tender edges, trimmed, occasionally touching head-line, no signature O (as issued), light toning, later half-calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, cracked joints but holding firm, [Wing K747A], 8vo, 1649.
Sprat (Thomas) The History of the Royal-Society of London, first edition, first issue, imprimatur leaf A1 with Society's arms to verso, lacking frontispiece (as usual), 2 engraved plates, errata leaf at end, book-label of Gloddaeth Library and small contemporary ink ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, light scuffing to extremities, spine with vertical crack but neatly repaired, joints repaired, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Wing S5032; Norman 1989; Keynes, Evelyn 178; Hooke 28], 4to, Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn...and J. Allestry, 1667.
![Owned by an opponent of Darwin.- [Hume (David)] Philosophical essays concerning human understanding. By the author of the Ess](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175e1d27-5155-4863-91f2-b02a010cc1cf/409cc74a-a0d0-4d61-b2bf-b02a01196aa1/468x382.jpg)
Owned by an opponent of Darwin.- [Hume (David)] Philosophical essays concerning human understanding. By the author of the Essays Moral and Political, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, 2ff. publisher's advertisements at end, brief contemporary ink annotation in English to foot of verso of contents f. [pi]2, some spotting or light foxing, occasional light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with modern (but to style) burgundy morocco label, [Jessop p.19; Rothschild 1173], 12mo, Printed for A. Millar, opposite Katharine-Street, in the Strand, 1748.⁂ First edition of what would become better known as An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding when reprinted in 1758. Here found with an excellent provenance. Provenance: François Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809-1872), Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist. He wrote a lengthy review of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, of which Darwin commented 'Of all the opposed reviews I think this the only quite fair one, & I never expected to see one' (ink signature 'De la Rive' to front pastedown); René-Édouard Claparède (1832-1871) Swiss anatomist and former assistant to de la Rive (ink 'Edouard Claparede, Champel-Génève' to front free endpaper).
Trinity College prize bindings.- Shakespeare (William) The Plays...To which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson, 8 vol., first Johnson edition, first issue with Corbet listed as the second bookseller and Johnson's preface unpaginated, all but vol. 1 & 2 with half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, vol. 3 with worming to lower margin of first few sig., a few times just touching text, vol. 4 with worming up to O5, mostly to upper margin but the occasional worm hole/trace within text, 2P6 with small hole touching printed footnote, vol. 8 with small worm trace to inner gutter of first few ff., some light browning, occasional spotting or light staining, but generally clean copies, 18th century prize bookplate and contemporary calf with arms of Trinity College Dublin to upper and lower covers, spines with red and black morocco labels (little chipped), spines with contents listed in ink manuscript, one or two small worm holes, a few chips to ends and old glue repairs, vol. 4 & 6 covers worn with loss to arms, rubbed and scuffed, some joints split but holding, 8vo, for J. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet [&tc], 1765.⁂ A landmark in Shakespeare studies.
Burney (Frances) Camilla: Or a Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition, vol.1 with list of subscribers and advertisement leaf at end, vol. 2 B12 and vol. 3 K2 with marginal tears, vol. 4 D2 with loss to upper margin affecting page numbers, occasional very light browning, bookplate of R. H. Alexander Bennet to front pastedowns, contemporary speckled half calf, spines gilt with green morocco labels, slight chipping to spine ends, light rubbing to covers, corners a little bumped, but an attractive set overall, [Rothschild 550], 12mo, T.Payne...and T.Cadell Jun. and W.Davies, 1796.⁂ A very good copy of Burney's enormously popular novel. The list of subscribers includes a young and unknown Jane Austen (aged 20), as well as Sir Joseph Banks, Edmund Burke, Sir William Chambers, Maria Edgeworth, Warren Hastings (godfather to Austen's first cousin and sister-in-law Eliza de Feuillide), Rev. Thomas Leigh of Adlestrop (cousin of Austen's mother), Nevil Maskelyne, Hannah More, Mrs Piozzi, Mrs Radcliffe, Humphry Repton and Mrs Siddons.Austen was obviously familiar with Fanny Burney's works and, following the issue of Camilla in 1796, in October of that year she began writing a novel titled False Impressions which later became Pride and Prejudice, a title possibly taken from a quotation in Burney's Cecilia. She also refers to Camilla in Northanger Abbey: "'And what are you reading, Miss - ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language."
Abolition of slavery.- The Bristol Mercury, 7 consecutive issues, woodcut illustrations, red tax stamp to upper margin of front page of each issue, folds, occasional spotting (including small ink stains), some light soiling, lightly browned, folio, Bristol, 16 February-30 March, 1807 (7)⁂ Five issues have pieces on the abolition of slavery, including parliamentary debates on the abolition bill, its progress through parliament, and its eventual Royal Assent. Their inclusion in this publication is all the more poignant as the city was at the centre of the slave trade. The issues also give other trade and shipping news, including America and Australia.
Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition in the original 19/20 monthly parts, early issue of part 11 ("Capatin" for "Captain" on p. 324, final line), both early and late issue points in part 14 ("431" present on p. 431 but "if" omitted on p. 426, line 9), part 19/20 with the 8-line errata, 40 plates by Hablot K Browne, most front adverts present (parts 3 & 4 with additional slips, part 8 lacking pp.7-8 of "Dombey & Son Advertiser"), most back adverts present (part 4 lacking "Lett's Diaries" advert & specimen leaves, part 6 lacking "Portrait of a Horse" and "Introduction to Zoology" adverts, part 8 with additional advert at rear for "Heath's Illustrated New Testament" and additional slip, part 9 lacking "Just Published..." adverts, part 15 with 10 of 18 Diary specimen ff.), all other slips and advertisements as called for, occasional light spotting, mainly to plates, original printed blue wrappers, some ink ownership names to wrappers and plates verso, some spines repaired (part 19/20 spine rebacked), some light soiling and nicks to extremities, a clean and excellent set overall, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.227-25], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 39 plates by H.K. Browne only (of 40, lacking "frontispiece" to part 19/20), with the explanation of the accident to plate 17 in part 9, front adverts all present of "The Bleak House Advertiser" (parts 3, 6, 7 and 14 lacking slips), most back adverts present (parts 2, 3, 16 and 18 lacking slips, and part 1 with Waterlow and Son's variant advert 'A', lacking "Mott" and "Camomile" advertisements, part 2 lacking "Waterlow", part 5 lacking "Edward Lloyd's", part 6 lacking pp.3-4 of "The Oak Life Insurance", part 7 lacking "London Weekly Paper", part 16 lacking pp.3-6 of "Clarke, Beeton and Co.'s"), all other slips and advertisements otherwise as called for, plates browned or offset, some occasional light soiling, original wrappers, soiling to part 1 wrapper, part 19/20 spine broken, some back wrappers detached, chipped and nicked to edges, spines worn with portions of loss, still overall a very good and unrestored copy, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.273-304], preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1852-53.
Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in original 6 monthly parts, 14 wood-engraved plates after Luke Fildes, earliest issue of part 6 with the "eighteenpence" slip over the one shilling price on the upper wrapper, most front adverts present (part 1 lacking 8pp. and part 3 lacking 4pp. of "Edwin Drood Advertiser"), most rear adverts present, including part 2 with the rare fragile "Cork Hat" slip and part 4 with 2pp. rear adverts in duplicate, (part 1 lacking "Henry Brett & Co.", part 3 lacking slip, part 5 lacking "Weekly Journal" and slip), occasional spotting, original wrappers, neat repairs and restoration to spines and edges, occasionally affecting text to inner or outer wrapper, part 1 rebacked and upper wrapper with repaired portion of loss to fore-edge, the odd light spot or mark to covers, preserved in custom half morocco drop-back box (spine sunned, a little rubbed), [Eckel pp.96-98; Hatton & Cleaver pp.373-384], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1870.
Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, "new edition in one volume", half-title, frontispiece, title with vignette illustration, bookplate of Frank O. Rowland to front pastedown, original cloth, spine gilt, spine faded, rubbed, some light bumping and slight fraying to spine tips and corners, but a very good copy generally, 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1863.⁂ A rare edition that may constitute a second issue of the second edition, seemingly not recorded by Margaret Cardwell. The first one-volume edition was published in 1862, this edition appears largely similar to that except for the later date on the title and the lack of advertisements at the end.
![[Brontë (Emily and Anne)], "Ellis and Acton Bell". Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, second English edition, second state tit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175e1d27-5155-4863-91f2-b02a010cc1cf/139a5799-7df0-493a-85e3-b02a0119a403/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Emily and Anne)], "Ellis and Acton Bell". Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, second English edition, second state title dated 1851, half-title, 1f. advertisements at front, lacking 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end, contemporary ink ownership inscription of "Joseph Craven, Prospect House 1850" to half-title, occasional light spotting, modern calf-backed boards, [Smith 3 pp.63-69], 8vo, 1851 [but 1850].⁂ Around September 1850 Smith, Elder & Co. wrote to Charlotte to suggest that they take over publication of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey from Thomas Cautley Newby. Charlotte agreed and included a biographical preface regarding Ellis and Acton Bell in order both to clear up the confusions surrounding the authorship of the Brontë novels as well as to reveal the true identity of the Bells.
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first edition, colour frontispiece, occasional light finger-soiling, 8pp. publisher's advertisements at end, W.H. Smith embossed library stamp to endpapers, original rust cloth, recased with some repairs to spine ends, spine faded, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1883.⁂ First issue with the following points: "Dead Man's Chest" not capitalized on pp.2 & 7; "rain" for "vain" on last line of p.40; "a" missing on p.63, line 6; missing 8 p.83. The "7" on p.127 is larger and bolder; period dropped from p.178, line 20 ; "worse" for "worst" on p.197, line 3.
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, first edition, first issue with "business" on p.40 and all other issue points, frontispiece, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at rear (some pages unopened), occasional light finger-soiling, original cloth, lightly rubbed and marked, [Prideaux p. pp.45-49], preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1886.
Racing.- List of the Horses (A), &c. Entered to Run at Doncaster, 1751, unrecorded broadside, printed on recto only, small hole slightly affecting text and with partial repair to verso, the tables partially filled in ink ink and other ink calculations to verso with some show-through, slight spotting, light water-stain to upper corner, creases from folds, folio (305 x 218mm.), Sheffield, Printed by Francis Lister, [1751].⁂ Not in ESTC, Worldcat or Jisc, all of which cite a similar title from 1740 (one holding on ESTC, several on Worldcat and Jisc). At the foot cock-fighting is mentioned - "A Main of Cocks to be fought at Mr. Watson's New Pitt, betwixt the Gentlemen of Doncaster, and the Gentlemen of Leeds, for Six Guineas a Battle..."
Binding.- Mazot (François) Le Tableau de la Croix representé dans les ceremonies de la Ste. messe..., engraved throughout with 49 leaves incorporating pictorial title ('Advis au Lecteur' on verso), dedication, portrait of dedicatee Charles de l'Aubespine by de Gheyn, 89 plates with text on 45 leaves and final privilege leaf, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, very occasional light soiling, handsome contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with lobed panel of ornaments in pointillé within floral roll-tooled border and with small brass clasps, spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands, g.e., a little rubbed, slight stain to upper cover, short split to upper joint at head, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo (binding 174 x 116mm.), Paris, F.Mazot, 1651-52.⁂ A lovely copy of this collection of engravings of Saints with flowers, insects and angels, scenes from the Mass and portraits of Jesus and Mary, all in an attractive contemporary binding. The number of plates appears to vary. Similar bindings are known on other copies of the work.
Puccini (Giacomo) Turandot, Dramma Lirico, number 88 of 120 deluxe copies on hand-made paper, decorative endpapers, original white calf with scallop and floral decoration in gilt and silver, lettered in black, hand-painted central feature showing Princess Turandot in oriental style by Leopoldo Metlicovitz displayed within a cut-out frame, some rubbing and light surface-soiling, light wear to lower edge, large 4to, Milan, G. Ricordi & Co., 1926.⁂ An excellent copy of this handsome edition of the vocal score, completed and published after the composer's death in 1924.
Genesis Publications.- Peto (Michael) Now These Days are Gone, one of 2500 copies signed by the compiler, photographic illustrations, original red morocco, gilt lettering, g.e., 3 limited edition Beetles prints loosely inserted into envelope as issued, slip-case with photographic onlay (some light mildew), housed in publisher's original cardboard box and cloth bag, folio, Guildford, Genesis Publications, 2006.⁂ "While The Beatles were shooting their second feature film, Help! Michael Peto was working for The Observer Sunday newspaper - then the UK's most prestigious publication for photojournalists. His position ensured access to The Beatles over the course of a year. When Peto died in 1970, he bequeathed 130,000 prints to the University of Dundee. Decades later, while archiving the work, the University discovered hundreds of photographs taken during the making of The Beatles' second feature film, Help!" - from the publisher's website.
Adams (Richard) Watership Down, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Jessie and Derek Hinich with best wishes from Richard Adams January 1973" on front free endpaper, folding map at end, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light surface scuff to spine head, otherwise remarkably fine, 8vo, 1972.⁂ Inscribed to friends of the author, Adams knowing the recipient Derek through their positions in the Department of Environment in the Civil Service.
Buchan (John) The Thirty-Nine Steps, first edition, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, light ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, very light foxing or toning to half-title and few other pages, original cloth, spine faded, corners lightly bumped, expertly recased with neat repairs to spine ends, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1915.
Chandler (Raymond) Farewell, My Lovely, first edition, light spotting to endpapers and edges, 'A Note on the Type' f. adhesion tearing to foot from removal of label, original cloth, some light bumping and fraying to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners chipped affecting imprint at foot of spine, some adhesion tearing and marking to spine, light staining to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bruccoli A2], 8vo, New York, 1940.⁂ Chandler's second novel and the first to be adapted for film.
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Turrecremata (Johannes de) Quaestiones Evangeliorum de tempore et de sanctis, 2 parts in 2 vol., collation: I: [a10 b-z8] II: [A10 B-K8 L M10], 286 ff. of 288 (lacking fol. 187 and 288, both blank; with fol. 1 blank), 35 lines, Gothic type, initials in red (part. 1 some with marginal flourishes), paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red, f.286 with faint ink library stamp to verso and small marginal paper repair, scattered ff. with light marginal damp-stains, some instances of minor soiling, later blind-stamped calf (not uniform), folio (278 x 193mm.), Nuremberg, Friedrich Creussner, 1478.⁂ Second or third edition of this interpretation of the gospels by the Spanish Dominican Juan de Torquemada. The first edition was published in Rome 1477 by Johannes Schurener de Bopardia, followed by two editions in 1478; ours and that by Petrus in Altis, de Olpe in Cologne. Torquemada was Cardinal of St. Sixtus from 1439, and was an important figure at the councils of Basel and Florence. He was the uncle of the Grand Inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada. Provenance: Franciscans of Ingolstadt (ink inscription at head of fol.2). Literature: BMC II, 450; Goff T-564; Hain 15711 & 15712; GW M48299; Bod-inc T-287; BSB-Ink T-565; ISTC it00546000.
Presentation copy to William of Orange.- Piélat (Barthélemy) Le secretaire inconnu. Contenant des Lettres sur diverses sortes de matières, signed presentation copy from the author, with a 4pp. autograph presentation inscription to front endpapers and title, title with library ink stamp and manuscript numbers and with small section cut away from upper corner, affecting small part of inscription verso, ink stamp within text (still perfectly legible) of E3, I5, N7, and R9, Lyon, Adam Demen, 1672 bound with Piélat (Barthélemy) Cinquante exemples méthodiques pour disposer à discourir facilement des choses naturelles, politiques, & morales, Lyon, Adam Demen, 1672, together 2 works in 1 vol., title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned (last couple of ff. a little heavier), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine worn, but binding holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 12mo⁂ Provenance: Extensive ink presentation inscription from the author to William, Prince of Orange, later King William III of England, and William II of Scotland; 'Dartmouth' (contemporary ink inscription to upper margin of a2); 'M: Musgrave' (contemporary ink inscription to rear pastedown).
Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, first edition, cut signed presentation inscription from the author "With best wishes from Daphne du Maurier" laid down to pastedown, light toning, original cloth, spine lightly faded and ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, lightly faded, tears repaired and expert paper restorations and retouching, heavier to spine and joints, still in effect an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1938.
Ekwensi (Cyprian) Beautiful Feathers, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, small ink smudge to title (not to inscription), original boards, slight toning to upper edge, spine tips a little bumped, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, short nick to head of lower panel, light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, some light surface soiling to lower panel, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1963.⁂ A good association copy, inscribed to Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell Hill (1919-2019), an African-American pioneer who co-founded the African Studies Center at Boston University in 1959, was the first African-American instructor at Hunter College and at Smith College and was appointed as the first African-American Library Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1974.
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, light spotting to edges and endpapers, ink inscription to front fee endpaper, crease to pp.17-18, original black boards with heart motif in red to upper cover, spine lettered in red, slight shelf-lean, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, price-clipped, slight dulling to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped with chip to head of spine touching author's name, small portion of insect damage to upper fore-edge, lower panel with light spotting and browning, 1 or 2 very short nicks to head and foot of upper panel with some light creasing but a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1953.
Ford (Ford Madox) "Ford Madox Hueffer". The Good Soldier, first edition, first issue, with London publisher listed above that in New York and this work listed as "The Saddest Story" in the advertisements, light crease to half-title, pp.21-22 with subtle repair to head, occasional light spotting, the odd light stain, mostly marginal, endpapers a little browned, original cloth, lightly rubbed, covers a little bowed and darkened, some neat repairs to spine, [Connolly 27], 8vo, 1915.⁂ "This is the saddest story I have ever heard". One of the great novels of the 20th century, and a landmark in modernist writing.
Forester (C.S.) The African Queen, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "G. Belcher from C. S. Forester" on front free endpaper, light scattered spotting, original cloth, recased with some repairs to spine ends, lightly rubbed, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, Boston, 1935.
Kuznetsov (Anatoly) Babi Yar, first English uncensored edition, translated by David Floyd, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Mr M. G. Millard - with very best wishes for the invaluable help he has given me. A Anatoli. 14/xii 1970 London" to half-title, a few spots to endpapers, original boards, some light fading and slight bowing to covers, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, very short nick to foot of upper panel, an excellent example, 8vo, 1970.⁂ An inscribed copy of the soviet writer Kuznetsov's most acclaimed work in its complete, unredacted form. We can trace no other signed examples. Kuznetsov grew up Kiev district of Kurenivka in modern-day Ukraine near the large Babi Yar ravine which would become infamous as the site of a number of massacres carried out by the Nazi regime. Ultimately between 100,000 and 150,000 people were murdered at the ravine and buried there in mass graves. Kuznetsov's novel was born out of the notes he began taking while a child growing up in the area and hearing rumours of the killings. The novel was first published in Yunost magazine in 1966 and then in shortened form in 1967. It was not until Kuznetsov's defection to the UK in 1968 that he could publish he preferred, unredacted, edition in book form complete with passages that were highly-critical of the Soviet regime.
Lawrence (Margery) Master of Shadows, first edition, author's own copy with her ink ownership inscription and address to endpaper, followed by the name and address of her agent, Lawrence Pollinger and an additional note in her hand to the head of the contents p. "Miss Lawrence considers 'Saloozy' the most likely plot for filming", foxing to rear endpapers, some edge-spotting, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, spine tips a little creased, light rubbing to extremities, a very good example overall, 8vo, 1959.⁂ The author's own copy of this scarce collection of tales featuring the occult detective Dr. Miles Pennoyer.
Lewis (C.S.) The Problem of Pain, reprint, signed by the author and dated April 1944 on endpaper with 4-line quotation from Coventry Patmore's poem "The Angel in the House" to endpaper, light marginal browning, pencil ownership inscription to front endpaper, pencil marks to margins and notes to rear endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, 8vo, 1941.⁂ Lewis' classic discussion of the nature of evil with a quotation from a poem that would have a profound influence on Lewis' Christian beliefs.
Lewis (C.S.) The Screwtape Letters, reprint, signed by the author and with autograph 5-stanza poem "The Salamander" initialed and dated "C.S. L. 1945" to rear endpaper, pencil ownership inscription to endpaper, light creasing to several leaves, some light marking to rear endpaper, original cloth, paper label to spine (slightly browned), light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1945.⁂ Lewis' classic novel of spiritual conflict, one of his most celebrated works, rare signed. "The Salamander", a poem about a salamander confronting a spiritual abyss, was published in The Spectator, 8th June, 1945.
Lewis (C.S.) The Great Divorce, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated June 1946 with 5-stanza autograph poem "The Meteorite" to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly darkened, some light marking to covers, 8vo, 1945.⁂ Lewis' Christian novella, with his allegorical poem "The Meteorite", first published in journal form in 1946. The version of the poem here contains a few differences to those found in print and indicates that Lewis continued to tinker with the poem after publication.
Lewis (C.S.) The Silver Chair, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, light browning to pictorial endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, lightly discoloured, dust-jacket, laminated with some tape repairs, spine and lower cover browned, light surface soiling and bumped to edges, still overall a bright copy, 4to, 1953.
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