Military.- Spain.- Moore (James) A Narrative of the British Army in Spain, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps, 1 with hand-colouring and a few paper repairs to verso, some light spotting, nineteenth-century half calf, for Joseph Johnson, 1809 § Neale (Adam) Letters from Portugal and Spain, comprising an account of the operations of the armies..., first edition, engraved map frontispiece, several engraved plates, bookplate, some foxing, nineteenth-century half calf, for Richard Phillips, 1809 § Stothert (Capt. William) A Narrative of the Principal Events of the Campaigns of 1809, 1810 & 1811 in Spain and Portugal, first edition, engraved folding map frontispiece (light off-setting), single leaf publisher's advertisement at front, original boards with paper label to spine, joints cracked but firm, rubbed, for P. Martin, 1812 § [Daniel (John E.)] Journal of an Officer in the Commissariat Department of the Army: comprising a narrative of the campaigns under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal, Spain..., first edition, list of subscribers, errata leaf, original boards, spine worn with chip to foot, stain to upper cover, 1820, 4to & 8vo (4)
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![[Defoe (Daniel)] A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-man, ink ownership inscription to title,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/16ee9b2e-a0e2-4358-bbc0-afd600fbcc7a/468x382.jpg)
[Defoe (Daniel)] A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-man, ink ownership inscription to title, strip of paper laid down to margin of H2, some light browning, contemporary calf, upper cover almost detached, spine head a little chipped, [John How], 1703 § The Spectator, 8 vol., engraved frontispieces, some light offsetting, vol. 6 p.271 torn (affecting but no text loss), vol., 1 prize certificate laid down to front pastedown, book labels, ?contemporary calf with gilt crest of Winchester College to upper covers, rebacked, covers and corners rubbed, for Longman et al., [c1797] § Sterne (Laurence) The Works, 7 vol., engraved illustrations, single marbled leaf in colour, occasional light foxing, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with black morocco labels, very light scuffing, for J. Johnson et al., 1802, 8vo and small 8vo (16) ⁂ I. Unauthorised edition, printed before the authorised "True Collection..." of the same year.
![Bees.- Thorley (John) Melisselogia [graece], or The Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/c0cb69d8-ff69-483f-9a96-afd600fce865/468x382.jpg)
Bees.- Thorley (John) Melisselogia [graece], or The Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, 1 folding, list of subscribers, armorial bookplate, small hole to foot of title and L6, the latter affecting a couple of letters, occasional light foxing, later ink gift inscription to rear pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover repaired, rubbed and worn at corners, endpapers renewed, 8vo, Printed for the Author; and Sold by N. Thorley, 1744.
Chevalier (Tracy) Girl With a Pearl Earring, first edition, signed by the author on title, very light marginal toning, original boards, first state dust-jacket with misspelling "earing" to lower panel, slight creasing to spine ends, else fine, 1999; and 2 others of the same title, later editions, one also signed by the author, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Left wing politics.- Tillett (Ben) Socialism, light browning to first and last few pp., original wrappers, Christchurch, 1897 § Cooper (Sir William Earnshaw) Socialism and its Perils, scattered spotting, original cloth, 1908 § Hannington (Wal) The Problem of Distressed Areas, light marginal browning, ink ownership inscription "A. A. Service" to endpaper, page of autograph notes loosely inserted, original limp cloth, light toning to spine, 1937; and 9 others, similar, including some with the ink ownership inscription or stamp of Rodney Bickerstaffe, 8vo (12)⁂ Rodney Bickerstaffe (1945-2017), trade unionist, General Secretary of National Union of Public Employees (1982-1993) and UNISON (1996-2001).
Clare (John) Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, first edition, half-title, 10pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lacking 5-line errata slip (as often), small water-stain to head of first few ff., some light spotting or soiling, pp.179-182 with repaired horizontal tear, affecting text but without loss of sense, nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt and with black morocco label, rubbed, a little worn at extremities, 8vo, 1820.⁂ The author's scarce first book, published in an edition of 1000 copies in January 1820 and sold out by March of that year. Described as written by "a Northamptonshire peasant" on the title page, Clare's poetry concerns nature and the countryside and often uses Northamptonshire dialect.
Bacon (Sir Francis) Baconiana. Or Certaine and Genuine Remains of Sr. Francis Bacon, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, with imprimatur to A4r, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, trimmed close at head, a few times touching headline or pagination, small stain to verso of title and b1, occasional light spotting but generally a crisp copy, later mottled calf, gilt armorial device and monogram to covers, rebacked, rubbed, some wear to spine, [Wing B269; Pforzheimer 25], Printed by J.D. for Richard Chiswell, 1679; with another on the same, 8vo (2)⁂ This issue consistent with Pforzheimer 25, with the Contents (A gathering) bound after the blank leaf S8, and without sectional title at B1. ESTC records an alternative collation, with B1 present.
Herbal.- Culpeper (Nicholas) The English Physitian Enlarged; With Three Hundred, Sixty and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs that were not in any Impression until this, library inkstamp to title, G1, Q3, Y5 and 2B7v, title with neatly repaired tear to head, the odd contemporary ink inscription or doodle, with longer ink ownership inscription to C8v, a few short tears or small portions of loss, most marginal and repaired, but G3 and 2A4 with loss to some words, I1-4 with small hole to text, affecting a few letters, final advertisement f. with half torn away and replaced with later paper, light soiling and the odd spot, printer's waste endpapers, modern polished calf, morocco labels to spine, very lightly rubbed, [Wing C7509], 8vo, Printed for George Sawbridge, 1674.
NO RESERVE Hughes (Ted).- Douglas (Keith) Selected Poems, edited with an introduction by Ted Hughes, signed presentation inscription from Ted Hughes to his brother Gerald dated April 1964 on endpaper, some light spotting to head, original cloth, a little rubbed, [Sagar and Tabor B23 a.1], 8vo, 1964.
Gaultier (Léonard) Collection of 30 fine miniature bible illustrations from the Gospel of Luke, 30 engravings on laid paper with partial watermarks of ornate crowned armorial devices, each platemark approx. 60 x 58 mm (2 1/4 x 2/14 in), 135 x 98 mm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in), the first few leaves with light surface dirt and browning, vellum, gilt, oblong 8vo, [circa 1575-1580].
![[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first is](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/0ef35f2b-eb46-4dfd-9fa3-afd600fba53e/468x382.jpg)
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue with misspelling "wade" on p.21, wood-engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional light finger-soiling marks, modern aquamarine morocco, black morocco spine label, a little faded, 8vo, 1872.
Consul Joseph Smith's copy.- Dio Cassius. De' fatti de' romani dalla guerra di Candia, fino alla morte di Claudio imperatore, italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, errata f., a couple of small worm traces to outer margin of first few ff., 2Q2 and 2S1 with small part of lower blank corner torn away, short neat tear just within text of final f., without loss, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, later gilt, covers with arabesque centre-pieces flanked by initials 'CH', spine with 2 later black morocco labels (the smaller one at foot worn), lacking ties, central vertical crease to spine, upper joint just starting, but holding firm, some spotting, soiled, [EDIT 16 CNCE 17208], 8vo, Venice, Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1565.⁂ Provenance: Joseph Smith (1744-1760), British Consul at Venice, patron of Canaletto and others, and a passionate collector of art, books and manuscripts. He financed the press of Giovanni Battista Pasquali, from where he issued lavishly-produced books in extremely limited editions. These included a Catalogue Librorum Rarissimorum, which was a partial catalogue of the rarities in his own library (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
NO RESERVE Wright (Sir Almroth E.) The Unexpurgated Case Against Women's Suffrage, first edition, light scattered spotting to peripheral ff., endpapers browned, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1913.⁂ The anti-suffragist argument of Sir Almroth Wright, a successful bacteriologist and immunologist, with appendix "Letter on Militant Histeria". Wright believed women incapable to deal with social and political issues, his work later satirised by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in her female utopian novel Herland.
Syriac.- Tychsen (Oluf Gerhard) Elementale Syriacum sistens Grammaticam, Chrestomathiam et Glossarium, title with woodcut ornament, 9 folding engraved plates of Syriac scripts, some light foxing, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, rebacked, spine in compartments and with leather label, corners worn, 8vo, Rostock, Koppian, 1793.⁂ Tychsen (1734-1815), German orientalist and Hebrew scholar, who was one of the founding fathers of Islamic numismatics.
![Greek printing.- Basilius Magnus (Saint, Archbishop of Caesarea) Hapanta ta tu theiu kai megalu kalumenu basileiu [graece], e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/6b43a4ff-eff7-4d9b-be0a-afd600fce5f0/468x382.jpg)
Greek printing.- Basilius Magnus (Saint, Archbishop of Caesarea) Hapanta ta tu theiu kai megalu kalumenu basileiu [graece], edited by Janus Cornarius, text in Greek, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, small worm trace / hole to upper margin at beginning and end, some mostly marginal water-staining, more pronounced in last 2 quires, where just touching text, occasional spotting or mostly light foxing, ornately blind-stamped contemporary calf over wooden boards, sympathetically rebacked, red leather label to spine in compartments, head of spine little chipped, outer edges little worn, rubbed (especially raised bands), [Adams B331; VD 16 B 639], folio (323 x 213mm.), Basel, [Hieronymus Froben & Nikolaus Episcopius], 1551.⁂ A wide-margined copy of the handsomely printed editio princeps of the complete works. Basil is considered important for his influence on both early Christian theology and church administration. The editor, Cornarius, was an itinerant physician and correspondent of Erasmus.
Bawden (Edward) Take the Broom, first edition, one of 350 copies, lithographed throughout with manuscript text and 7 full-page colour illustrations, one double-page, original lithographed pictorial wrappers, inscribed by the author at head "Best wishes from C. & E.B. 1952", 1952 § Paltock (Robert) The Life & Adventures of Peter Wilkins, pochoir plates and illustrations by Bawden, some double-page, illustrations, pochoir endpapers, light spotting to title, Ruari McLean's copy with his ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, 1928 § Bradby (Christopher) Well on the Road, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Bawden, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, spine panel defective, 1935, oblong 16mo & 4to (3)⁂ The first is an excellent copy of this scarce little book, originally drawn by Bawden for his children in 1944 and later produced as a Christmas gift by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean. This is one of the 100 copies for presentation by Bawden. The second item was his first illustrated book.
NO RESERVE Goddard (Robert) Past Caring, 1986; In Pale Battalions, 1988; Painting into the Darkness, 1989; Into the Blue, 1990; Take No Farewell, 1991; Hand in Glove, 1992, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine heads, otherwise excellent and near-fine copies; and 26 others, Goddard, 8vo (32)⁂ An extensive run of thriller writer Robert Goddard.
NO RESERVE General Catalogue of Books (A), offered to the public at the affixed Prices by Bernard Quaritch, some marginal tears or nicks to title, light foxing to title, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco, rebacked preserving original spine label, spine gilt, rubbed, thick 8vo, 1880.⁂ A very large and thick catalogue, representative of Quaritch's impressive 19th century sales.
Eliot (George) The Legend of Jubal, first edition, half-title, errata slip, lacking advertisements, later half green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, sunned, bookplate, Blackwood and Sons, 1874; How Liza loved the King, first edition in book form, single advertisement leaf at front, upper hinge cracked but firm, original cloth, light wear to spine ends, Boston, Fields, Osgood and company, 1869; Early Essays by George Eliot, one of 220 copies (unnumbered), a couple of instances of light spotting, original cloth, boards a little warped, glassine wrapper, t.e.g, unopened, privately printed, 1919, v.s. (3) ⁂ I. Provenance: Charles Plumptre Johnson, Victorian bibliographer of both Dickens and Thackerary [bookplate to front pastedow]. II. Originally appeared in "Blackwood's Magazine" in May 1869, with no separate British edition published. III. Contains essays previously unpublished in book form.
NO RESERVE Landor (Walter Savage) Anthony and Octavius. Scenes for the Study, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author ""W. Savage Landor to his affectionate niece Catherine Landor" to endpaper with pencil note below "Written and given on his 81 birthday", modern half morocco, light fading to spine, 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1856.
Gray (Thomas) An Elegy Written In A Country Church Yard, fourth edition, bookplate of Thomas Clifford Allbutt, stab holes to inner margin, first few ff. with a few further holes or short tears along faint central fold, occasionally affecting text but without loss of sense, title with repaired tear to fore-edge, some light spotting and dust-soiling, marginal water-staining, later half morocco, spine gilt, heavily rubbed, Printed for R. Dodsley, 1751 § Dodd (Rev. William) Thoughts in Prison: In Five Parts, first edition, with final advertisement f., B2-3 working loose, some light foxing or browning, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, wear to spine and corners, lower joint split, upper cover working loose, Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777; and others, 18th century poetry, including a 1794 edition of the poems of Lady Manners with notes seemingly in the author's hand, v.s. (c.28)
Fraser (Claud Lovat).- Drinkwater (John) and Albert Rutherson. Claud Lovat Fraser, one of 450 copies, signed by both authors, this copy with an original ink drawing traditionally understood to be a self-portrait by Claude Lovat Fraser (mounted on dedication f.), black & white frontispiece and 39 colour or black & white plates, captioned paper guards, original cloth, spine gilt, upper joint split, but holding firm, some light marking and soiling, William Heinemann, 1923; and 15 others, by or about Lovat Fraser, v.s. (16)
![[Higgins (John) and others.] A Mirour for Magistrates, 4 parts in 1, general title and 3 sectional titles, woodcut head-piece](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/156b7f95-1f52-44cf-82a9-afd600fd2db0/468x382.jpg)
[Higgins (John) and others.] A Mirour for Magistrates, 4 parts in 1, general title and 3 sectional titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, a few woodcut illustrations of Kings, with the 2 verse dedications (2O4 and 3E3) present, but with 3E3 signed "Nicols" to recto and misbound after A4, 3 of 4 titles with date amended to "1616" in early ink manuscript, a few other ink notes or marginalia, including to head of general title, first few ff. with small hole to blank inner margin, minor worming to first few gatherings, a few times touching text but without loss of sense, the odd short tear or fraying to margins, affecting text to M4, O8 and 3B8 but without loss, 2Q8 with portion torn away at head with loss to headline, some light soiling and minor marginal water-staining, heavier to final few ff., later panelled calf, spine gilt with black morocco label, rubbed, [STC 13446; Pforzheimer 738], 4to, Felix Kyngston, 1610-09.⁂ Possibly the source for Shakespeare's King Lear and for the title for The Winter's Tale. This edition is edited and enlarged by Richard Nicols, with the addition of both "A Winter's Night Vision" and "England's Eliza", a description of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Portugal.- Bradford (Rev. William) Sketches of the Country, Character and Costume, in Portugal and Spain, first edition, with engraved frontispiece (often lacking), 53 hand-coloured aquatint plates, without unlisted plate 'Toro from the River Douro' (as usual), bookplate and ink ownership inscription, one or two minor instances of soiling, occasional light spotting (mainly to plate borders), diced russia, gilt, rebacked with original backstrip laid down, corners scuffed, folio, for John Booth, 1809.⁂ First edition of this splendid work, being also the first English work on Portugal and Spain to be illustrated with aquatint plates. Bradford enjoyed considerable popularity in the aftermath of the Peninsular War, with further issues appearing in 1812, 1813 and 1823.
Architecture.- Wren (Christopher) Parentalia: or, memoirs of the family of the Wrens...chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, ... Compiled, by his son Christopher, first edition, title printed in red and black, list of subscribers, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Sir Christopher Wren by John Faber, engraved dedication f., 3 portraits, and 7 plates, offsetting, some mostly marginal water-staining to preliminaries (just encroaching within platemark of portrait), some spotting or mostly light foxing or staining, lightly browned in places, blind-stamped and gilt panelled russia by C. Kalthoeber, London, rebacked, preserving original little chipped backstrip in compartments, rubbed, g.e., [Harris 949], folio, Printed for T. Osborn; and R. Dodsley, 1750.⁂ One of the earliest biographies of architect, astronomer and inventor Sir Christopher Wren, to whom the work is chiefly devoted. The work list his many inventions before 1660: 'devices for surveying, musical and acoustical instruments, developments in fishing, underwater construction and submarine navigation, and experiments in printmaking; he experimented with, but did not invent, the mezzotint technique, which Prince Rupert demonstrated to the Royal Society in 1661.' (DNB).Provenance: Walter Charles, Lord Northbourne (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
NO RESERVE Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, 16 tipped-in colour plates, with captions tissue guards, black and white illustrations, light spotting to title, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine sunned, worn and ends and with tears at joints, 1913 § Salten (Felix) Bambi's Children, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, in two pieces (torn along joints), extremities with small chips and losses, New York, 1939 § Tassi (Robert) Grapham Sutherland Complete Graphic Work, colour illustrations, original pictorial cloth, minor instances of surface soiling, 1978; and 8 others children's and illustrated, v.s. (11)
Golden Cockerel Press.- Chair (Somerset de) The First Crusade, number 424 of 500 copies, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Clifford Webb, original pictorial half vellum, gilt, by Sangorski and Suttcliffe, very light soiling, 1945 § Tellier (Jules) Abd-er-Rhaman in Paradise, number 35 of 400 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Paul Nash, original buckram-backed marbled boards, dust-jacket, spine a little rubbed and faded (chipped at foot), Waltham St.Lawrence, 1928, both t.e.g., others uncut, Golden Cockerel Press; and a pamphlet from the Fleece Press, small folio & 8vo (3)
![Cowley (A[braham]) Poems: Viz. I. Miscellanies. II. The Mistress, or, Love Verses. III. Pindarique Odes. And IV. Davideis, Or](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/0644d460-56dc-48f2-8eb2-afd600fd5652/468x382.jpg)
Cowley (A[braham]) Poems: Viz. I. Miscellanies. II. The Mistress, or, Love Verses. III. Pindarique Odes. And IV. Davideis, Or, A Sacred Poem of the Troubles of David, first collected edition, lacking (a)1-4 and (b)1-3 (Preface) and leaf F2, but with errata at b(4), the odd small marginal repair, a couple tiny holes to text, repaired to 2D2, some light spotting and soiling, some minor water-staining, heavier to title and first few ff., contemporary mottled panelled calf, gilt, corners and head of spine neatly repaired, rubbed, wear to spine ends, joints split but holding, [Wing C6683; Pforzheimer 233], folio, Printed [by Thomas Newcombe] for Thomas Moseley, 1656; and 2 others by the same, a first edition Poemata Latina and a 1688 edition of the works, 8vo & folio (3)
Sterne (Laurence) Letters of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne to his most intimate Friends..., 3 vol., half-title, engraved frontispiece, occasional minor spotting, light stain inner margin of title, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, [Rothschild 1974], for T. Becket, 1775; Original Letters of the late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne; never before published, lacking half-title, B6 with paper repair, a few instances of soiling, later half calf, scuffed, [Rothschild 1976], by T. Longman et al., 1788; A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 2 vol., half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved coat-of-arms on vol. 2 D3 verso, modern calf-backed boards, [Rothschild 1972, vol. 1 variant 2; vol. 2 variant 1], for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1768, all first editions; and 2 other works by the same (9)
Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved coat-of-arms on vol. 2 D3 verso, ink ownership inscription to titles, bookplate to vol. 1 pastedown, vol. 1 G1-3 loose, occasional minor soiling or light foxing, modern drab wrappers, wrap-around slipcases within box with ornamental spines replicating morocco, 8vo, [Rothschild 1972, variant 1], for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1768.
![[Sterne (Laurence)] The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, light offsetting, occas](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/dbf3c7c5-da22-45ee-bde9-afd600fa6e47/468x382.jpg)
[Sterne (Laurence)] The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, light offsetting, occasional scattered spots, contemporary boards, rebacked in calf, for J. Dodsley, [1760]; Letters of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne to his most intimate Friends..., 3 vol., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, bookplates, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, [Rothschild 1974], for T. Becket, 1775; The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 6 vol., vol. 1-2 twelfth edition, vol. 3-6 a new edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (off-setting), browning to titles, a couple laid down to paper or with paper repairs, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels (vol. 2 lower missing, but present), some cracking to joints and light wear, for J. Dodsley [W. Strahan et al.], 1775-76, 8vo (11)
Art Reference.- Parmelin (Hélène) Picasso: The Artist and His Model and other recent works, first edition, 118 hand-tipped plates in full colour, plus two lithographic plates are special inserts, edges lightly toned, some marking to front free endpaper, original cloth, very lightly marked, dust-jacket, toned and marked at extremities, New York § Hillier (Bevis) 100 Years of Posters, 96 full-page illustrations, stain to upper left corner, affecting every page and upper cover, edges toned, original pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1972 § Henry Moore Bibliography, vol. 1-5, some illustrations, original cloth with silver lettering, corners lightly bumped, some light dust-staining, 1992-1994; with c.75 others relating to art reference, v.s. (c.80)
Dulac (Edmund).- Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, first trade edition, half-title, 30 colour plates by Dulac, tipped-in with paper guards, a few instances of light finger soiling, splitting to gutter at p. 40 and p.72, upper hinge starting, original cloth, decoratively gilt, extremities rubbed, large 4to, [1910].
NO RESERVE Slocombe (Edward) The Rivers of the East Coast: A Series of Twelve Etchings with Descriptive Letterpress, one of 200 copies of "Signed Artist's Proofs", 9 tipped-in etched plates only (of 12), each signed by the artist in pencil on mount, tissue-guards, title and 1 text leaf with short tear, neither affecting text, some light spotting (to leaves rather than etchings), a little chipped and frayed at edges, particularly towards end, original half morocco portfolio with brass catches, gilt, worn, flaps and contents largely loose, folio, [c.1880].
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Asia.- Official Guide to Eastern Asia (An), 5 vol., first edition, maps, most folding, photographic plates, illustrations, map of Shanghai detached from vol.4, map of Singapore in vol. 5 with large tear from gutter into the sea, light marginal toning but a very crisp set overall, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., light rubbing and fraying to spine ends, 8vo, Tokyo, 1913-17.⁂ Scarce to find in a complete set. A series of thorough guide books in English printed at the Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry for travellers from Europe and America, tourists as well as "business men and capitalists" (Preface).
Spain.- Lopez (Tomas) Atlas Geographico de España 102 engraved maps (double page or folding), most with hand-colouring to outlines, bookplate, light damp-staining at upper edge, a few towards end with small worm hole (blank lower margin), contemporary calf-backed boards, upper joint broken but held with fabric repair to hinge, spine rubbed, folio, Madrid, 1804.
Symmons (Edward) A Vindication of King Charles: Or, a Loyal Subjects Duty, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials and head-pieces, bookplates of Robert Allan, Sir John Packington Bart. and Wm. Hardcastle to front pastedown and endpapers, frontispiece with short tear to blank fore-margin and light horizontal crease, a few leaves with faint marginal water-staining, the odd spot or patch of soiling, final blank with catalogue description pasted to verso, contemporary calf, rebacked in later cloth, corners repaired, old covers rubbed and scratched, endpapers renewed, [Wing S6350], 4to, n.p., 1648 [but 1647].⁂ Symmons was chaplain to Charles I.
Language.- Erasmus (Desiderius) Lingua conscripta: cui libellum Plutarchi Chaeronei de immodica verecundia propter argumenti similitudinem adiunximus, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., woodcut historiated and decorative initials, water-stained, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine in compartments and with red leather label, covers with small central blind-stamped fleuron, upper corners repaired, lower corners and upper outer edge worn, [VD16 E 3163], 8vo, Basel, [Hieronymus Froben & Nikolaus Episcopius], [August], 1547.⁂ One of several works in which Erasmus demonstrates his interest in the philosophy of language.
Domestic economy in town & country.- Gacon-Dufour (Marie Armande Jeanne) Manuel de la ménagère, a la ville et a la campagne, et de la femme de basse-cour, 2 vol., first edition, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, folding engraved plate of a stove and hob at end of vol.2, half-title to vol.2, some mostly light foxing or staining, lightly browned, contemporary polished calf, gilt, vol.2 lower cover stained, both vol. joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Vicaire 379], 8vo, Paris, Buisson, 1805.⁂ A very good copy of this rare work; recorded only by Vicaire out of all the standard bibliographers. With much on food & drink, agriculture, animal husbandry and veterinary matters. Gacon-Dufour (1753-1835) was a French novelist, economist, and women's rights campaigner. She lived most of her life in the countryside, where she developed a keen interest in agronomy.
![[Hayley (William)] A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, arm](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/4cb4513c-c4f2-4687-862e-afd600fb6978/468x382.jpg)
[Hayley (William)] A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, armorial bookplate of Stephen Tempest, contemporary ink ownership inscription of S.T. Broughton to head of titles, the odd spot or patch of light soiling, hinges repaired, near contemporary polished calf, gilt, rebacked, with original spines laid down, rubbed, Printed for T. Cadell, 1785; with a 3 vol. set of Madan's Treatise on Female Ruin, first edition of volume 3, others second edition, 8vo (6)⁂ The first mentioned is conjectured to have influenced the novels of Jane Austen, who was familiar with Hayley's other writings, owning six volumes of his Poems and Plays (Devoney Looser, Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750-1850, 2008). The second is a scandalous work by a Methodist preacher in which he advocates polygamy.
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Mecca, 2 vol., memorial edition, plates and maps in colour, a few ff. with light foxing, original gilt cloth, recased with upper portion of spine replaced, light abrasions to covers, Tylston and Edwards, [1893]; and c.140 others relating to the Middle East, 8vo (c.140)
Byron (George Gordon Noel) Mazeppa, A Poem, first edition, first issue, with imprint on p.70 and verso of p.71 blank, half-title, additional 8pp. publisher's advertisements at end (not called for by Wise), dated July 1819, some light water-staining or soiling, uncut in original drab paper wrappers, rebacked, quite worn, lower cover with small label to head of spine, [Wise I.131], 1819; Letter to ⁂* ⁂⁂, on the Rev. W. L. Bowles' Strictures on the Late Writings of Pope, second edition, without half-title (as called for), the odd spot, handsomely bound in polished calf by Riviere & Son, gilt, inner gilt dentelles, very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Wise II.36], 1821; and others Byron, including a first edition of Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, 8vo (7)
Spain.- Laborde (Alexandre de) A View of Spain; comprising a descriptive itinerary of each province, 5 vol., 29 engraved maps and tables, many double page or folding, spotting throughout, later half calf with morocco labels to spine, vol. 1 upper cover detached, a little scuffed, 1809 § Dunlop (John) Memoirs of Spain, 2 vol., endpapers (and preliminaries to vol. 2) with some light spots, contemporary calf, gilt with morocco labels, a little scuffed, 1834 § Semple (Robert) Observations on A Journey through Spain and Italy to Naples, 2 vol., folding engraved map, a few spots, 1808; A Second Journey in Spain, several engraved plates, 1812, together 2 works in 3 vol., both second editions, ink ownership inscriptions, occasional light spotting, uniformly bound in red half morocco with original boards, spines gilt, a little sunned, 8vo (10)
Clare (John) The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, without half-titles or publisher's advertisements, ink ownership inscriptions of Brent Gration Maxfield to pastedown and E. Digby to front endpaper, some light spotting or soiling, minor damp-staining to margins of peripheral ff., contemporary polished calf, rebacked, spines richly gilt and with red morocco labels, old covers rubbed and scratched, 1821; with others by or about John Clare, including a second edition of The Village Minstrel, v.s. (15)
![Classics.- [Cokayne (Thomas)] An English-Greek lexicon, containing the derivations, and various significations of all the wor](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/5c8ef83b-75a2-4d50-abf4-afd600fc955f/468x382.jpg)
Classics.- [Cokayne (Thomas)] An English-Greek lexicon, containing the derivations, and various significations of all the words in the New Testament, 2 parts in 1, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary ink marginalia in Greek to verso of title and first f. of part 2, a few quires loose or working loose, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, slip of paper bearing Latin quotation and signatures of Robert Corrie loosely inserted, contemporary speckled calf, later gilt name 'Robert Corrie' to upper cover and title to spine to spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn, stained, rubbed, [Wing C753], Printed for Lodowick Lloyd, next to the Castle in Cornhil, 1661 § Epictetus. The Morals of Epictetus; made English, in a poetical paraphrase. By Ellis Walker, M.A, engraved frontispiece depicting the author at study in his cottage, final f. blank, A2 section of lower margin torn away, occasional staining, lightly foxed and browned, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, this faded, corners little worn, rubbed, Printed for R. Gosling at the Mitre and Crown against Fetter-Lane in Fleetstreet, 1737; and 13 others, 17th to 19th century Classics, most defective, v.s. (15) sold not subject to return.
Spain.- Swinburne (Henry) Travels Through Spain in the years 1775 and 1776, folding engraved map (paper repair to fold on verso), 13 engraved plates (as called for) and 4 additional plates, some light off-setting, initial ff. with some very faint spots, contemporary calf with gilt crest to upper cover, rebacked with original back-strip laid down, P. Elmsly, 1779 § Jacob (William) Travels in the South of Spain, folding frontispiece, 12 plain aquatint plates, bookplate, occasional spotting and off-setting, a very very small worm holes to top edge (affecting blank margins only), contemporary calf, a little worn at joints and extremities, for J. Johnson, 1811 § Locker (Edward Hawke) Views in Spain, half-title, 60 lithographed plates, light foxing, upper hinge broken, contemporary morocco, gilt, spine rubbed, [Abbey Travel 147], John Murray, 1824 § Baretti (Joseph) A Journey from London to Genoa, 2 vol., half-titles, vol. 1 with small worm holes to lower blank margin first half (not affecting text), contemporary calf with morocco labels to spine, for T. Davies and L. Davis, 1770, all first or first English editions, 4to (5)
Jacques (Robin).- Manning-Sanders (Ruth) A Book of Mermaids, jacket with minor bumping to extremities, price-clipped, 1967; A Book of Charms and Changelings, colour frontispiece, jacket with small chip upper fold tip, 1971 § Nichols (Beverley) Wickedest Witch in the World, jacket with toning to spine and folds, light surface soiling, rubbing to extremities, 1971, all first editions, illustrated by Robin Jacques, the first two with signed presentation inscriptions from the illustrator to front endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo; and 5 others illustrated by the same (8)
NO RESERVE Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, second illustrated edition, illustrations by William Nicholson, previous owner's ink signature, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1939; Memoirs of an Infantry Man, first edition, faint old tape marks to free endpapers, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1930; The Old Century, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1947; Siegfried's Journey, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to edges, 1945; and others by the same, 8vo (10).
Burns (Robert).- Cunningham (Allan) The Works of Robert Burns; With His Life, 8 vol. including 2 supplementary vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 1, engraved frontispieces and additional titles, engraved plate and folding facsimile of a song by Burns, vol. 1 with signed presentation inscription from the author to "Geo: Cruikshank", vol. 2 & 5 with frontispiece working loose, scattered foxing and light browning, mostly to peripheral ff., vol. 1 hinges repaired, original cloth, rubbed, some sunning and wear to spines, vol. 1 with small loss to spine and rebacked, vol. 8 with tear to spine head, 1834; and others by Burns, including a 4 vol. set of "The Centenary Burns" and the Bewick illustrated Works, 8vo & 4to (15)
Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition, third printing, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, ink gift inscription to the same recipient to endpaper, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, slight creasing to spine tips and corners, 8vo, 1988.
Person of Quality (A). The Secret History of the Most Renown'd Q. Elizabeth, and the E. of Essex, 2 parts in 1, woodcut frontispiece, with publisher's advertisements to recto, 2pp. advertisements at end, part 2 lacking frontispiece, bookplate of John Raymond Danson, light browning or foxing throughout, the odd minor small stain, contemporary sheep, rebacked, upper corners repaired, rubbed, lower corners worn, 12mo, Cologne [but likely London], Printed for Will with the Wisp, at the Sign of the Moon in the Ecliptick [but James Hodges], [c.1740].⁂ One of a few undated editions with false "Will with the Wisp" imprint, all rare. The recto of the frontispiece and pp.115-16 bear advertisements for James Hodges at the Looking-glass on London-bridge. ESTC locates only 4 copies with the same advertisements (BL, Bodleian, Pierpont Morgan Library and University of Toronto).
Baskerville.- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New; With the Apocrypha, 2 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece and 6 plates only (of 9), Contents f. laid down to title verso, 22pp. index from another work bound at end, B2 chipped at fore-edge and working loose, the odd marginal chip or short tear, a few times affecting text or plate but without loss, occasional light spotting or soiling, staining to frontispiece and head of title, hinges weak, contemporary panelled sheep, worn, joints split, [Gaskell 35; Herbert 1210], Birmingham, Printed by John Baskerville, 1769-71; with another defective Bible, folio & 4to (2)
![NO RESERVE Munnings (Sir Alfred) [The Autobiography:] An Artist's Life; The Second Burst; The Finish, 3 vol., first edition,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/391c9c73-3755-44cd-bde7-afd600fd5198/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Munnings (Sir Alfred) [The Autobiography:] An Artist's Life; The Second Burst; The Finish, 3 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations, contemporary ink ownership name to endpapers of vol.3, occasional light spot, original cloth, spine ends creased, dust-jackets, extremities creased and rubbed, light fraying to spine ends, light spotting to covers, still a very good set overall, 8vo, 1950-52.
Steiner (Rudolf) Initiation and its Results, first edition in English, translated by Clifford Bax, portrait frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, occasional pencil marginalia in German, some light foxing, mostly to fore-edge, endpapers toned, original decorative cloth, gilt, very lightly rubbed, mostly at spine ends and corners, an excellent copy, 8vo, Theosophical Printing Society, 1909.⁂ A rare work by the Austrian occultist. We can trace no copy of this edition at auction.
![[Llanos Y Gutierrez (Valentin Maria)] Sandoval; or, The Freemason. A Spanish Tale, 3 vol.,vol. 3 with half-title, 1826; Don E](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/d97a0ceb-63ae-47ef-8900-afd600fd0b36/468x382.jpg)
[Llanos Y Gutierrez (Valentin Maria)] Sandoval; or, The Freemason. A Spanish Tale, 3 vol.,vol. 3 with half-title, 1826; Don Esteban; or, Memoirs of a Spaniard, 3 vol., half-titles, 2ff. advertisements rear of vol. 3, original boards with paper labels to spines, lower joint foot cracked vol. 1, Henry Colburn, 1825; Memoirs of Don Juan van Halen, 2 vol., second edition, portrait frontispiece (light off-setting) and 2 folding plates, 1830, the first two first editions, in original boards with paper labels to spines, uncut, the final in green morocco with very light scuffing to extremities, g.e., all Henry Colburn, 8vo (8) ⁂ Llanos Gutierrez (1795-1885), in exile from Spain, was in Rome during John Keat's convalescence there becoming a friend of the poet, and later when resident in England, eventually marrying Keat's sister, Fanny. An anglophile, Llanos began a career writing novels in the English style, publishing the two first mentioned here in quick succession. In 1833 the couple returned to Spain, where they remained.
Sterne (Laurence) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, 9 vol., vol. 1 & 2 fifth edition, vol. 3 second edition engraved frontispiece and colour marbled plate, vol. 4-9 first editions, vol. 7 first state with errata on title verso, signed by the author vol. 5, 7 and 9 at head of first chapter as usual, vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece and black leaf, vol. 3 with engraved frontispiece and marbled leaf, half-titles to vol. 4-6 and 9, ?vol. 5 with initial blank, bookplates to pastedowns and vol. 1 with ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, the odd light spot, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, spines gilt with morocco labels, vol. 9 lacking number label, small 8vo, [Rothschild 1970], R. & J. Dodsley [- for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt], 1761-7
NO RESERVE Louÿs (Pierre) & Franz Felix, The Songs of Bilitis, one of 933 copies, half title, limitation, frontispiece illustration, decorations and plates by Felix, text leaves slightly toned, a few pages loose, original gilt cloth, very slightly rubbed at extremities, edges uncut, Paris, The Pierre Louÿs Society, 1928 § Lang (Andrew) ed., The Lilac Fairy Book, first edition, half title, pictorial frontispiece, plates and illustrations throughout, pencil ownership inscriptions to pastedown and front free endpaper, some light spotting, heavier to prelims, original lilac decorative cloth gilt, slightly faded, spine sunned, lower cover stained, edges gilt, 1910 § Wagner (Richard), T.W. Rolleston (trans.) and Willy Pogány (illus.), Tannhäuser, decorated and illustrated throughout, with tipped-in plates, first few pages loose, original reversed decorative calf gilt, upper cover loose, spine wearing loose, rubbed at extremities, [1911]; and 28 other children's or illustrated books, including many inscribed copies, v.s. (31)
Sterne (Laurence) The Works, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece and a few engraved plates, divisional titles with engraved vignettes, the odd library stamp, bookplates, some plates and titles with light foxing, vol. 4 with tiny worming to lower edge initial ff., contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked and spines with red and blue morocco labels, corners rubbed, for J. Johnson et al., 1803; A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, one of a limited edition illustrated by Vera Willoughby, the odd spot, full blue morocco, with decorative silhouette inlaid in white, t.e.g., others uncut, housed in cloth box, 1927; and 4 others by the same (10)
Johnson (John) The Costumes of the French Pyrenees, 30 hand-coloured lithographed plates, title lightly spotted, thereafter the odd light spot, original printed boards, rebacked, corners a little bumped, 1832 § Vaux (Frederic W.) Rambles in the Pyrenees and a visit to San Sebastian, half-title, frontispiece, folding map, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, 1838; and 5 others relating to the Basque Country and Navarre, 4to & 8vo (7)
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