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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE 20th century.- A large group of 20th century Spanish and Portuguese literature & history, and related works, varying levels of spotting, staining, or mostly light browning, various bindings, but mostly original printed or pictorial wrappers, varying wear, various places and printers, [20th century] (Qty.)
Austen (Jane) The Novels, 5 vol., edited by R.W. Chapman, one of 1000 large paper sets, colour frontispieces, one with moveable flap, plates, Emma with contemporary ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, ink stamp to rear free endpapers, endpapers lightly browned with some scattered foxing, original cloth-backed marbled boards, spines a little sunned, rubbing to spine labels and edges, Oxford, 1923 § Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, translation revised by T. Forester, bookplate of George MacDonald Fraser, front pastedown with additional book-label mostly removed, ink ownership inscription of Kenneth Liley to front free endpaper, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, rubbed, a little frayed at edges, spine lightly faded, 1926, and others, literature and history, v.s. (c.75)
NO RESERVE Ballet.- Dolin (Anton) Markova Her Life and Art, photographic plates, signed presentation inscription from Alicia Markova to title, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed, a few small nicks or short tears to edges, repaired with tape to verso, 1973 § Oukrainsky (Serge) My Two Years with Anna Pavlova, illustrations, signed presentation inscription from the author to dedication leaf, dated August 1944, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to spine ends, dust-jacket, lightly browned and soiled, chipped at edges with a few small portions of loss, 1940; and others ballet or dance related, including a signed biography of Leonard Massine and another containing a tipped-in signed photograph of Margot Fonteyn as Giselle, v.s. (c.61)
Azores.- Geysers.- Freitas (Bernardino José de Senna) Uma viagem ao Valle das Furnas, na ilha de S. Miguel em junho de 1840, first edition, half-title, 3 lithographed plates, lithographed vignettes printed on backgrounds of different colours (including one to title), some spotting or mostly light foxing, text lightly browned, large bookplate of Sebastião Alberto Centeno Fragoso to front pastedown, original blue pictorial wrappers bound in, contemporary half roan, head of spine and corners worn, joints starting, but holding, rubbed, [Ameal 2215; Innocêncio I, 365; Sacramento Blake I, 406], Lisbon, National Press, 1845; and 2 others, Azores, small folio & 8vo(3) ⁂ An account of the highly volcanic Furnas valley on the west of the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The area is know for its caldeiras, or natural geysers.
NO RESERVE Ballet.- Fonteyn (Margot) Autobiography, signed presentation inscription from the author to "Alicia, Always with great admiration" to title, frontispiece with "The Dame Alicia Markova Collection" ink stamp to verso, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to head, 1975 § Beaumont (Cyril W.) The Sleeping Beauty as Presented by the Sadler's Wells Ballet, 1946, portrait frontispiece signed by Margot Fonteyn, later half black morocco, spine gilt, g.e., 1946 § Fisher (Hugh) Alicia Markova, second edition, signed presentation inscription from Markova to title, dated 1976, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, a few small chips and short tears to edges, one touching title, some tape repairs to verso, 1958, photographic plates or illustrations; and others on ballet or dance, including a presentation copy from Valery Panov and his wife Galina Ragozina, v.s. (c.67) ⁂ The first a charming association copy between two of the greatest British ballerinas.
NO RESERVE Burton (Robert) The Anatomy of Melancholy, 6 vol., edited by Thomas C. Faulkner & others, most reprints, original cloth, vol. 3 with sticker to lower cover, all but vol. 3 with dust-jackets, vol. 6 with price sticker to upper flap, the odd tiny chip or light creasing to edges, some very light surface soiling, Oxford, 1997-2000; and others, many modern literary criticism published at the Clarendon Press, v.s. (c.90)
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Thoughts and Adventures, first edition, portrait frontispiece, some light spotting to peripheral ff., light browning to half-title and endpapers, original olive cloth, lettered in gilt, edges lightly rubbed, some light marking to covers, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, lightly creased at edges with a few small chips or tiny tears, still an excellent example, 8vo, 1932; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (3)
[Disraeli (Benjamin)] Vivian Grey, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles to vol. 2 & 5 only (as called for), lacking advertisement leaves, occasional very light spotting, vol. 1 with small puncture mark/tear to final f. of text and rear endpapers, not affecting text, handsomely bound in half blue calf, gilt, by Bayntun, spines with double russet morocco labels, edges rubbed, spines rubbed and a little faded, vol. 4 with short tear to spine head, g.e., [Sadleir 734], 1826-27; and a set of the Works bound by J. Larkins, 8vo (16)
Forster (E.M.) Aspects of the Novel, first edition, light foxing to first few pages, original cloth, lettered in gilt, light creasing and rubbing to extremities, 1927 § Machen (Arthur) The Hill of Dreams, frontispiece, endpapers browned, original cloth, spine ends bumped, otherwise near-fine, 1907 § Jerome (Jerome K.) Three Men in a Boat, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, soiling marks, spine lightly faded, extremities rubbed, Bristol, 1889; and 5 others, literature, 8vo (8)
Hamilton (Emma) Memoirs...with Illustrative Anecdotes of Many of Her Most Particular Friends and Distinguished Contemporaries, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Romney, armorial bookplate, frontispiece lightly offset, scattered spotting to endpapers and frontispiece, occasional light spotting to text, later half calf, spine richly gilt and with red morocco label, rubbed, upper joint split with cover nearly loose, 1815 § Parsons (Rev. Daniel) The Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby, Now First Published Entire from the MS., bookplate of John Sheepshanks, foxing and light damp-staining at beginning and end, handsomely bound in speckled calf, gilt, by Riviere, spine with red and green morocco labels, lightly rubbed, lower cover with a few marks to fore-edge, joints split but holding, 1836; and others, leather bound, v.s. (c.80)
Hutchinson (Lucy) Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces and 8 etched portrait plates, very light offsetting, handsomely bound in polished calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spines with red and brown morocco labels, some very light rubbing to edges, t.e.g., New York, 1885 § Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 4 vol., edited by Edward Hutton, handsomely bound in contemporary crimson straight-grained morocco, gilt, edges lightly rubbed, 1909; and others, leather bound, v.s. (c.72)
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, scattered faint spotting to peripheral ff., occasional splitting at gutter, endpapers lightly toned, slight shelf lean, lightly rubbed, spine a little sunned, 1932; Heaven & Hell, portion of light offsetting to endpapers, half-title and final f. of text, dust-jacket, spine and edges lightly browned, edges lightly rubbed, a few small chips to spine head, 1956, first editions, original cloth, 8vo.
Italy.- Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq., 2 vol., first edition, without half-titles, but with errata leaf at end of vol. 1, vol. 2 title with small paper flaw to fore-margin, the odd small marginal stain, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, spines with red and green morocco labels, joints split at head and foot, vol. 1 upper joint split but holding, for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1773 § [Addison (Joseph)] Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &tc, third edition, woodcut illustrations of coins, final f. with small portion of marginal loss, contemporary calf, gilt, spine with green morocco label, for J. Tonson, 1726, light browning, some scattered spotting or foxing, rubbed at extremities, still handsome copies, 8vo (3)
Lampedusa (Giuseppe di) The Leopard [2 copies], first English edition, jacket spine lightly faded with light fraying to ends, otherwise fine, 1960 § Fermor (Patrick Leigh) Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, first edition, jacket toned, light creasing and fraying to extremities, 1958 § Barstow (Stan) A Kind of Loving, first edition, jacket toned, head creased, 2" split to tail joint, 1960 § Betjeman (John) Summoned By Bells, first edition, endpapers toned, jacket spine and upper edge toned, light fraying to spine head, otherwise excellent, 1960, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 17 others, literature, 8vo (22)
Lord Byron.- [Lamb (Lady Caroline)] Glenarvon, 3 vol., second edition, without half-titles, 2 engraved plates of music in vol. 2, bookplates of Sir Thomas Hesketh and Easton Neston Library, vol. 1 front endpaper with key to roman à clef in contemporary ink manuscript, plates lightly browned, occasional light foxing, 19th century blind-tooled polished calf, lightly rubbed, a few chips to spine ends, 8vo, 1816.
Mining.- Dunn (Matthias) A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries, second edition, folding frontispiece and 12 plates, illustrations, A.L.s. by the author tipped-in to front endpaper, dated Newcastle Aug. 1854, on paper headed ""Mine Inspector, Durham Northumberland & Cumberland", upper hinge cracked with title and frontispiece starting to work loose, lightly browned, some scattered foxing and light soiling, original blind-stamped cloth, neatly rebacked in later calf, rubbed at spine ends and corners, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1852 § Walton (Thomas H.) Coal Mining Described and Illustrated, frontispiece and 23 lithographed plates, tissue guards, margins lightly toned, occasional light finger soiling, one or two spots, original cloth, gilt, rebacked, rubbed with some wear to extremities, endpapers renewed, Philadelphia & London, 1885; and 4 others mining related, including another by Dunn, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ Matthias Dunn (bap. 1788-1869), mining engineer and one of the first government inspectors of mines. Along with the Rev. John Hodgson, Dunn tested the first Davy safety lamp at Hebburn Colliery in January 1816.
Mining.- Dunn (Matthias) A History of the Steam-Jet, as Applicable to the Ventilation of Coal Mines, only edition, modern wrappers, rubbed and faded, spine ends a little chipped, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Published by the Author, 1854 § Hopton (William) A Conversation on Mines, &c., between a Father and a Son, third edition, folding frontispiece and illustrations, frontispiece a little chipped at edges and with closed tear (without loss of image), light spotting and soiling to frontispiece and peripheral ff., hinges cracked, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, spine chipped at ends, Manchester, 1868 § Metcalf (F. J.) Colliers and I; or, Thirty Years' Work Among Derbyshire Colliers, some scattered spotting, endpapers toned, original cloth, spine lightly sunned with a few marks, rubbed, joints split at head, Manchester, 1903 ; and others mining related, including a map of the properties of the Western section of the South Wales Coalfield, v.s. (c.98)
Battle of the sexes.- Carvalho (João Jorge de) Gaticanea ou Cruelissima Guerra entre os Cães e os Gatos, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 2 folding plates, directions to binder f. at end, some spotting, occasional light browning, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed and marked, [Ameal 504; Avila Perez 1306; Innocêncio III, 390; Palha 1018; Soares 1136], 8vo, Lisbon, Francesco Luiz Ameno, 1781.⁂ Mock-epic poem describing the war between cats (women) and dogs (men) in the Portuguese town of Mafra.
Mining.- Fynes (Richard) The Miners of Northumberland and Durham, first edition, portrait frontispiece and 9 portrait plates, front endpaper with ink inscription "Presented to his Lordship ?M. Wilberforce as a token of respect by Thomas Leslie Miner - East Holywell Colliery July 9th 1885", newspaper clippings or pieces of ephemera pasted to endpapers, final f. of preface and verso, some dated or with notes in an early 20th century hand, light foxing and soiling to peripheral ff., near contemporary half calf, rubbed at edges, Blyth, 1873 § Holland (John)] The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, The Collieries and Coal Trade of Great Britain, first edition, half-title, illustrations, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title, some soiling and foxing to half-title and endpapers, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, with original spine laid-down, old spine rubbed, 1835; and 3 others mining related, 8vo (5)
Mining.- Transactions and Results of the National Association of Coal, Lime, and Iron-Stone Miners of Great Britain, Held at Leeds, November 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, 1863, wood-engraved frontispiece of female miners, double-page plate of a furnace detector, some minor soiling to title, occasional light spotting, mainly to endpapers, original cloth, paper label to spine (a little chipped), rubbed, London & Leeds, [1864]; and a volume of mining related pamphlets, most late 19th century, 8vo (2)⁂ The first published in the wake of the Mines Regulation Act of 1860, which raised the age of children working in coal mines from 10 to 12 years of age. We can trace only one copy at auction (2010).
NO RESERVE Mining.- Wardle (W.) Reference Book of Practical & Scientific Information for the Use of Colliery Managers...Written with a View to Assist Candidates in Passing their Examinations, first edition, folding plates and illustrations, ink ownership inscription of Wallace Thorneycroft to front pastedown, dated 1886, interleaved throughout, with frequent manuscript notes and the occasional diagram to blank leaves, text with occasional ink correction or marginalia, title lightly browned and with a couple abrasion marks to upper margin, first text f. working loose, light spotting to peripheral ff., hinges cracked but holding, contemporary half morocco, rebacked, with majority of original back-strip laid down, worn at extremities, rubbed, 8vo, 1880.⁂ Wallace Thorneycroft (1864-1954), coal-mine owner and President of the Institute of Mining Engineers.
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Wagner (Richard) The Ring of the Niblung, 2 vol. in 1, 48 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, book-label to front endpaper, scattered light foxing, original cloth, lightly rubbed, scattered marking to lower cover, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed, small chips or short tears to edges with longer tear to foot of upper panel, neat paper repairs to verso, some surface soiling, mainly to lower cover, 1939; and 4 others illustrated, including a Limited Editions Club printing of The Castle of Otranto signed by the editor W.S. Lewis, 4to & folio (5)⁂ The first mentioned combining The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie and Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods.
Selden (John) Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, second edition, some light toning, later panelled calf, rubbed at joints and edges, spine ends chipped, joints starting at foot, for Jacob Tonson, 1696 § [Bolingbroke (Henry St.John, Viscount)] Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism...At the Accession of King George the First, half-title, bookplate of John Ward, some scattered foxing, peripheral ff. with browning to margins, hinges cracked, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, lightly rubbed with a few minor marks, spine head chipped, lower joint cracked but holding firm, for A. Millar, 1749; and others 18th century, including the 1744 illustrated edition of Butler's Hudibras, 8vo (c.35)
Slave Trade.- Pitt (William) The Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, on a Motion for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, in the House of Commons, on Monday the Second of April, 1792, title with ink inscription trimmed at head, tiny hole (not affecting text), gutter split at A2 and B11 with majority of contents loose, the odd light spot but overall a clean copy, later printed wrappers, chipped and soiled, joints split at head and foot, [Sabin 63097], James Phillips, 1792 § Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) The Speech of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. in the House of Commons...on the Motion for the Army Establishment for the Ensuing Year, light soiling to title and final f., light scattered spotting, a little brittle and chipped at edges, unbound, for John Stockdale, 1802; and 2 other 19th century pamphlets, 8vo (4)⁂ The second mentioned speech is by the prominent Whig politician, poet and playwright Sheridan, in which he responds to the recent French violations of the Treaty of Amiens.
NO RESERVE Swift (Jonathan) Works, 19 vol., second edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light foxing, handsomely bound in polished calf, gilt, by Bickers & Son, spines with red and brown morocco labels, edges lightly rubbed, some light marks or subtle stains to covers, g.e., Edinburgh, 1824.
Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, 40 wood-engraved plates by Luke Fildes, vol. 2 pp.65-80 bound out of order, vol. 1 with book-label, some light foxing to plates and occasionally to text, contemporary half calf, rubbed, vol. 2 spine head a little frayed, vol. 1 upper joint split at head, [Sadleir 44], Chapman and Hall, 1875; An Autobiography, half-titles, portrait frontispiece, bound in red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines a little faded, t.e.g., Edinburgh and London, 1883; and others by the same, uniformly bound by Morrell, 8vo & 4to (10)
Waugh (Evelyn) [The Sword of Honour Trilogy], comprising Men at Arms, spine ends and corners a little bumped and creased, jacket with a few very small chips to edges, short tear to foot of upper joint, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, jacket with light creasing to spine, a few small nicks to head, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, jacket with light creasing to head, 1961, first editions, book-label to front pastedowns, original boards, dust-jackets, spines lightly sunned, light toning to joints, still overall near-fine copies; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Woolf (Virginia) A Writer's Diary, second impression, edited by Leonard Woolf, signed by Leonard Woolf on front free endpaper, portion of light offsetting to endpapers and half-title, original cloth, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, a few light stains, edges rubbed with a few short tears, spine browned with portions of loss to head and foot (affecting some letters), upper joint split, 8vo, 1954.
Yorkshire.- Teesdale (Henry) To the Nobility, Gentry & Clergy of Yorkshire, this map of the county constructed from a survey commenced in the year 1817 & corrected in the years 1827 & 1828 is respectfully dedicated by the proprietors, large scale county map in 3 non-uniform sections, engravings with original hand-colouring, if joined total approx. 1840 x 2230 mm (72 1/2 x 87 3/4 in), each section dissected and mounted on linen, light off-setting and surface dirt, folding with green ends and edged with green linen, presented in green book-style slipcase, gilt, very worn, 4to, 1828.
Strabo. Strabonis Geographicorum Lib. XVII, title within woodcut architectural border, with manuscript shelfmark in ink, woodcut decorations and initials, rear endpaper verso with later ink stamp in imitation of printer's device, lacking final blank (2B6), light browning, damp-staining and spotting, later vellum-backed boards, light wear to extremities, [VD16 S 9347], folio, Basel, Johann Walder, 1539.
Clement of Alexandria (Pope, Saint) Omnia quae quidem extant opera..., title within ornate woodcut architectural and figurative border, light spotting and lower edge cut away, ornate woodcut initials, occasional light foxing, small amounts of worming to inner blank margin at sporadic intervals, contemporary vellum, hole and repair in vellum to upper cover, [Adams C 2105; CNCE 12689], folio, Florence, Laurentius Torrentinus, 1551
Erasmus (Desiderius) Adagia quaecumque ad hanc diem exierunt, Pauli Manutii studio, woodcut device to title and colophon, woodcut initials, damp-staining to upper and lower edge, particularly to spine head, browning to multiple ff., some light spotting, contemporary vellum, toning, [Adams E-443; Edit16 CNCE 18245], folio, Florence, Bernardo Giunta, 1575.
Wentworth (Sir Thomas), Earl of Strafford.- Sallust, Opera Omnia, new edition, 1677 § Quintilius, Declamationes Undeviginti, part II, 1665 § Virgil, Opera, part II, Aeneid, 1680 § Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, Johannes de Vivié, 1687 § Ovid, Opera, part III, lacking title, Petri Leffen, 1661 § Plautus, Comedies, part II, lacking frontispiece, Typographia Blaviana, Amsterdam, 1684 § Alexander Magnus, part II, lacking frontispiece, Petrum van Thol, The Hague, 1608; pictorial frontispieces, titles with engraved vignette, with bookplate of Sir Thomas, Earl of Strafford to verso of title, some light staining and spotting, heavier to endpapers, uniformly bound in speckled calf, spines tooled in compartments, slightly rubbed at extremities, some spines wearing loose, red speckled edges, first 5 published in Leiden, first 3 published by Johannes Hackius, 8vo (7)⁂ A collection of antique texts published in The Netherlands in Latin, from the library of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672-1739).
Numismatics.- Vaillant (Jean) Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora, 2 vol. in 1, engraved illustrations of coins, Index at *1-4 bound after preliminaries, some foxing or light browning, occasional soiling, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed, a few chips to spine head and label, joints split at head and foot but holding firm, Paris, Joannis Jombert, 1692 § Cléry (M.) A Journal of Occurences at The Temple, During the Confinement of Louis XVI, King of France, translated by R. C. Dallas, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates (including facsimile of manuscript text at end), variant without list of subscribers and with 'Reference to plans' on p.256, lacking half-title, 19th century ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some toning, the odd spot or mark, later half roan over marbled boards, rubbed, Printed by Baylis...and Sold by the Author, 1798; and others, 17th and 18th century, v.s. (14)
Metastasio (Pietro) Opere, 12 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, very occasional light spotting, contemporary red morocco, spines gilt, sunned with gilt slightly faded, the odd minor stain or scuff, g.e., Paris, the widow Herissant, 1780 § Bossuet (J. Benigne) Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle, half-title, engraved royal arms to title, a few ff. uniformly browned, occasional light foxing, contemporary red straight grain morocco, covers and spine gilt, spine a little sunned, upper cover lower corner scuffed, Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1784 § Massillon (Jean Baptiste) Petit Carême, half-title, engraved royal arms to title, a few scattered faint spots, contemporary red morocco, spine gilt with morocco label, light scuffing to joints and corners, Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1789; and another in contemporary red morocco, 4to (15) ⁂ The first here mentioned is the first edition of the collected works of the Italian poet and librettist Pietro Metastasio (di Pietro Trapasso; 1698-1782), published shortly before his death. The present "very beautiful and still highly valued edition" (Ebert) from Paris was published parallel to the publication in Naples by de Bonis. Provenance: I. Sir Thomas Hasketh [1st Baronet Hesketh of Rufford; early bookplate] and Easton Neston Library [later bookplate]; III. Sidney Herbert Lord Elphinstone 1893 [bookplate].
NO RESERVE Almanac.- Cortes (Geronimo) El non plus ultra de el lunario y pronostico perpetuo, general, Madrid, woodcut illustrations, I4 burn to upper corner, with loss of a few letters, S2 tear with loss of a few letters, closely trimmed at head, affecting the odd headline, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary vellum, soiled, lower cover corner worn, Madrid, no printer, 1787 § La Rochefoucauld. Les Pensées, Maximes et Réflexions Morales de M. Le Duc, half-title, title in red and black, ink ownership inscription to title, some browning, contemporary calf, spine gilt with morocco label, upper cover corner rubbed, Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1765; and 6 others, all but 1 continental, 8vo (8)
Hegel (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich) Wissenschaft der Logik, vol.1 part 1 only (of 2 vol. in 3), first edition, Edward Caird's copy with his ink inscription to head of title, some foxing and browning, ex-library copy with ink stamps and label to front pastedown, later cloth, rubbed, spine soiled, Nuremberg, J.L.Schrag, 1812 § Regis (Pierre Sylvain) Systeme de Philosophie, contenant la Logique, la Métaphysique, la Physique, et la Morale, 3 vol., engraved portrait by Thomassin, titles in red & black, woodcut or engraved head- & tail-pieces, initials and illustrations, lacking folding engraved map, vol.3 with duplicate pp.1-2 (one torn), some light water-staining, mostly marginal, ex-Donaueschingen copy with small ink stamp to verso of titles, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, old paper label to foot of spines, rubbed and a little stained, Paris, Anisson, Posuel & Rigaud, 1690, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ Edward Caird (1835-1908), Scottish philosopher and Hegelian idealist, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University 1866-93, and Master of Balliol College Oxford 1893-1907.
Wilde (Oscar) Ballade de la Geole de Reading, first edition in French, translated by Henry-D. Davray, parallel text in English and French, half-titles, two ff. publisher's advertisements to rear, ink library stamps to title and several ff., some light finger soiling, splitting to gutter at p.12, 36 and upper hinge, but stitching firm, contemporary morocco-backed boards, wear to extremities, 8vo, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1898. ⁂ This first French edition revealed Wilde as the poem's author, the original English having been published anonymously under the pseudonym "C.3.3", which was Wilde's cell number during his time as an inmate in Reading gaol. Upon his release in May 1897, Wilde went into exile in France near Dieppe, never to return to England, and composed this poetic work based on his experiences. Provenance: Bibliotheque Militaire Garnison Beziers [library stamps, and gilt to spine].
NO RESERVE Book of Hours.- Single leaf from the Calendar of a Book of Hours, for the month of July, manuscript on vellum, 18-lines recto and verso, in brown and red inks, decorative initial heightened in gilt, some staining and light browning, small hole to blank lower margin, 152 x 115mm., [15th century]; and 5 others, 4 15th century manuscript leaves (2 of which portions only), and a leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle containing a portion of a large woodcut of Krakow (this showing Kazimierz), v.s. (6)
Legal.- Churchill (Samuel, "Bound Clerk to Mr. Greenwood 11th January 1763, for 5 ys.") Collection of transcripts of leases, mortgages etc, c.430pp. excluding blanks, first c.20pp. loose and chipped at extremities, some light soiling, upper hinge weak but holding, original vellum, "SC 1763" to upper cover and "precedents" to spine in contemporary ink manuscript, worn, loss to spine ends, folio, 1763.
NO RESERVE Roosevelt (Eleanor) 2 Typed Letters signed to Mrs. de Pury on White House headed paper, 2pp. plus envelope, each letter c.230 x 155mm., Washington, April 20 & May 19th 1936, discussing de Pury's upcoming visit to the White House, folds, a few light spots, one letter and envelope with several tiny stab holes to fore-edge (not affecting text), envelope soiled; and 2 others, a printed compliments ship from Harold Macmillan and a 19th century Masonic certificate for Richard Claverhouse Jebb, v.s. (4)
Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet...newly Printed, black letter, double column, lacking title (supplied in facsimile) and all before A2 (preliminaries), also lacking A5-6, signature P, 2K6, 2V3, 3Z3-4 and all after 3Z6 (glossary etc.), with woodcut initials, divisional titles to 'Romaunt of the Rose' & 'Siege of Thebes' and illustration at head of Knights Tale, contemporary and old ink signatures of Richard Allen, Barbara Aston and Thomas Add and a few marginalia/pen trials, some light soiling and marginal staining, title to 'Romaunt of the Rose' with portion torn away from outer margin just touching edge of woodcut border, a few other marginal tears and defects, later half russia, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, corners worn, [STC 5078; cf.Pforzheimer 177, variant printing], by Adam Islip, at the charges of Bonham Norton, 1598; and a copy of Milton's Paradise Lost of 1692 lacking portrait and some plates, folio; sold not subject to return (2)⁂ The sixth edition and the first by Thomas Speght which would become the preferred edition over the following centuries.
Birch (Thomas) The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, 2 vol., engraved title-vignettes by Gravelot, list of subscribers, 108 engraved portraits by Houbraken and Vertue, each with 2pp. of descriptive letterpress, some light foxing or browning, mostly marginal, plates generally clean, John & Paul Knapton, 1743-51 bound with Vertue (George) Heads of the Kings of England (The), proper for Mr. Rapin's History..., 62 engraved portraits and plates by Vertue (as listed), 3 folding or double-page, with a duplicate of de Heere's portrait of Henry Darnley loosely inserted, James, John & Paul Knapton, 1736; Prints. King Charles I. and the Heads of the Noble Earls, Lords, and others, who suffered for their Loyalty in the Rebellion and Civil-Wars of England, letterpress title, engraved frontispiece and 10 plates by Vertue after Van Dyck and others incorporating portraits and text, all trimmed and tipped into blank leaves, some mounts lightly browned, J.Ryall & R.Withy, [plates dated 1757], together 3 works in 2 vol., later maroon straight-grain morocco with borders and spines in gilt and blind, g.e., rather rubbed and scuffed, spine ends worn, old paper sticker to upper cover of vol.1, vol.2 with fading to lower cover and split to joint, folio⁂ The first incudes portraits of Geoffrey Chaucer, Francis Drake, Ben Jonson, William Harvey, John Milton, Robert Boyle, John Locke, Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare, and Alexander Pope.Loosely inserted is an undated A.L.s. from T.Cubitt of Thomas Cubitt (of Norwich) booksellers to W.Robinson Esq. recommending the use of Kiwi boot polish (Oxblood tint) for maintaining the binding of the book. He continues, "A friend who stood aside when I was bidding (Messrs Rimell of Duke St. St.James) told me that this copy was worth £25 & one day your son will find that is so, being in so crisp in condition...".
[Smollett (Tobias)] The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 4 vol., first edition, L12 in vol.3 cancelled (as usual), old ink signatures to titles and front pastedowns, some crossed out, occasional light foxing or soiling, worming to lower margin of vol.3 occasionally affecting signature or final line, spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed, worming to spine ends and lower cover of vol.1, [Rothschild 1910], for the Author, 1751; and late 18th century editions of Humphry Clinker and Tom Jones, 12mo (10)
NO RESERVE Johnson (Samuel) The Works, 8 vol., contemporary ink signature to head of titles, very occasional light foxing, handsome contemporary diced calf, gilt, spines gilt with black roan labels (one or two slightly chipped), a little rubbed and marked, gouge to lower cover of vol.6, Dublin, J.Christie, 1816 § Churchill (Charles) Poems, 2 vol., first collected edition, half-titles, vol.2 with signature "J. Churchill" at end of 'The Journey', a few stains, B.W.Robinson's copy with his signed note of acquisition and bookplate to front endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, [Rothschild 621], 1763-1765 § Life and Memoirs (The) of Mr.Ephraim Tristram Bates, commonly called Corporal Bates, a broken-hearted Soldier, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, woodcut ornaments, title browned, small stain to margin of G1, contemporary sheep, worn, spine defective at ends, upper cover detached, by Malachi ⁂*, for Edith Bates, 1756; and c.20 others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.30)⁂ The third item is a scarce libertine novel and a model for Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman of 1759.Basil William (B.W.) Robinson (1912-2005), art historian and expert on Islamic and Asian art, and Metalwork, Keeper for many years at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
NO RESERVE Bible, English.- The Holy Bible with a Complete Commentary, double column, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 42 plates, occassional spotting and light browning, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments with a black morocco label, rubbed, Manchester, J. Gleave, 1818 § Bushe-Fox (J.P.) First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Report on the Excavation of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent, 5 vol., first editions, plates and aplns, several folding, bookplates, first vol. in contemporary half calf, vol. 2 and 3 in contemporary cloth, vol. 4 and 5 in contemporary half morocco, slightly rubbing to extremities, heavier to calf, Oxford, 1926-68 § Stone (George Cameron) A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and of Arms and Armor in all countries and in all times, new edition, one of 500 copies, illustrated throughoug, contemporary brown cloth, housed in a silver slipcase, bumped, New York, 1961, and c.20 other books, v.s. (c.25)⁂Provenance: The first three vol. are noted as Sir Arthur Evan's copies. Evans (1851-1941) was a British archaeologist and Honourable Vice President of the Society of Antiquaries.
NO RESERVE Bible, Amharic.- [The Four Gospels], printed in red & black, without Latin title (as often), some light spotting or browning, armorial bookplate of Henry Wilbraham, contemporary linen-backed calf stamped in blind, worn, [Darlow & Moule 1556], 1824; and a small 17th century continental printing of Deuteronomy, Joshua & Judges in Hebrew, 4to & 16mo (2)⁂ The first translation of any part of the Bible into Amharic, translated by Abu Rami, an Abyssinian monk, and edited by Thomas Pell-Platt.
[Scott (Sir Walter)] Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley, 16 vol., titles with engraved vignette, Edinburgh, 1821; The Poetical Works, 8 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece after Raeburn, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Mary Rivers Ford to front free endpapers, Edinburgh, 1822, some light foxing, handsomely bound in 19th century red straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, Novels and Tales covers with central gilt motif, rubbed at extremities, g.e., small 8vo (24)
NO RESERVE Botany.- Dickson (James) Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae Lusitanorum botanicorum, title with small woodcut royal arms, 18 engraved plates, title spotted, water-staining at foot at start, causing some marginal damp-staining to D1&2, very small wormhole to upper marginal corner of all to start of sig. E, occasional spotting or light staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with green leather label, Lisbon, 'Typographia Domus Chalcographicae, ac Litterariae ad Arcum Caeci', 1800; and another, Natural History, 8vo (2)
Lever (Charles) [Works], together 24 works in 39 vol., comprising: The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Dublin, 1839; Charles O'Malley, 2 vol., Dublin, 1841; Jack Hinton, Dublin, 1843; Arthur O'Leary, 3 vol., 1844; Tom Burke, 2 vol., Dublin, 1844; Tales of the Trains, 1845; Nuts and Nutcrackers, 1845; St. Patrick's Eve, 1845; The O'Donoghue, Dublin, 1845; The Knight of Gwynne, 1847; Confessions of Con. Cregan, 2 vol., [1849]; Roland Castle, 1850; Sir Jasper Carew, [1855]; The Martins of Cro'Martin, 1856; One of Them, 1861; A Day's Ride, 2 vol., 1863; Davenport Dunn, 2 vol., 1863; Cornelius O'Dowd, 3 vol., Edinburgh & London, 1864-65; Luttrell of Arran, 1865; Tony Butler, 2 vol. only (of 3), 1865; A Rent in a Cloud, [1865]; Sir Brook Fossbrooke, 3 vol., Edinburgh & London, 1866; The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly, 3 vol., 1868 § Fitzpatrick (W. J.) The Life of Charles Lever, 2 vol., 1879, most first editions, many with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne, bookplate of C. H. Waterland Mander, the odd spot but overall clean copies, finely bound in uniform turquoise half morocco by Riviere & Son, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, some spines very slightly sunned, the odd minor mark, some light rubbing, t.e.g., 8vo.
NO RESERVE Carlyle (Thomas) Chartism, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, signature at head of title neatly erased, some light soiling, ink inscription to Ridley & Helen Herschell on front pastedown, original cloth, rubbed, spine worn and defective, 8vo, 1840.⁂ Ridley Haim Herschell (1807-64), Polish-born British minister who converted from Judaism to evangelical Christianity. He was a founder of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews (1842) and of the Evangelical Alliance (1845).
Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit, first edition in book form, first issue, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, contemporary ink ownership inscription of E.H. Johns to front free endpaper and head of title, plates with foxing and browning to margins, occasional light foxing to text, later half calf, rubbed, Brabury and Evans, 1857; and others, 19th century literature, several Dickens, 8vo (c.40)
Cider.- Real Herefordshire cyder sold here, advertising broadside, wood-engraved vignette border, some mostly marginal spotting and light staining, verso soiled, 230 x 300mm., J. & W. Robins, Tooley Street, [c.1860].⁂ Unrecorded. The charming vignettes depict the cider making process from apple picking, to pressing, and finally tasting in both cidery and inn.
[Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, first edition, lacking half-title, advertisements and publisher's catalogue, some light foxing, upper hinge cracked but holding, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, upper joint starting, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861 § [Glasse (Hannah)] The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy, sixth edition, title with a few small chips to head and repaired to verso, foxing and some light soiling, rear free endpaper repaired, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, for the Author, 1758 § Major (Thomas) Les Ruines de Paestum, facsimile reprint, engraved plates, the odd spot, original cloth, some light soiling, a few nicks and scratches to lower cover, 1969; and others, various subjects, v.s. (lge qty in 12 boxes)
Brontë (Charlotte), "Currer Bell". The Professor, to which are added the Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, Now First Collected, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, 1864 § Poe (Edgar Allen) The Poetical Works,"Complete Edition", frontispiece and illustrations, ownership inscription to front free endpapers, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed at extremities but still bright overall, [c.1852], 8vo (2)⁂ Second item is a rare binding variant in red cloth.
Naval.- Low (Lt. Charles Rathbone) Her Majesty's Navy, 3 vol. in 6, 3 additional pictorial titles, 43 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, occasional cracking at gutter with vol. 6 first gathering working loose, some light foxing to plates and peripheral ff., vol. 2 with tear to rear pastedown, a few hinges cracked, vol. 5 upper hinge weak, original decorative cloth, rubbed at extremities, a few small chips to spine ends, g.e., [c.1890].
NO RESERVE First World War.- Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, some manuscript annotations, light spotting to edges, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, toned and rubbed with tape repairs, 1930 § Owen (Wilfred) Collected Letters, edited by Harold Owen and John Bell, photographic frontispiece and plates, library stamp to title and some pages, original cloth, slightly bumped, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1967; and c.420 others relating to the First World War, v.s. (c.425)⁂ From the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions, and including a number of volumes relating to the First World War written by Powell.
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