* Advertising Playing Cards. Hard A Port Cut Plug Tobacco playing card deck, USA, 1890s, semi-transformation deck of 53 chromolithographed cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits) and a joker, each illustrated with a posing scantily-clad female figure, and captioned 'Hard A Port Cut Plug', occasional light marks, blue-printed versos with circular vignette of a mariner captioned 'Smoke and Chew Hard-A-Port Cut Plug' within floral and foliate volutes, jack of spades with pierced indentation, queen of diamonds with short tear and corner crease to top edge, 92 x 58 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:The marketing innovation of which these 'insert' cards were a part began in the nineteenth century. Such playing cards came in a variety of themes and were included individually with tobacco products, chewing gum, tea, chocolate, match boxes, and magazines, etc. The 'Hard-a-Port Cut Plug' series depicts attractive females in theatrical costume, in poses which were fairly risqué at the time. The aces and numeral cards have the suit symbols superimposed on the figures. The court cards wear crowns and some carry swords or truncheons. This set of designs was used in around six different editions with various backs advertising 'Hard-a-Port Cut Plug' and 'Trumps Long Cut' tobacco. They were first produced by Moore and Calvi, then by their successors MacLin and Zimmer and Maclin-Zimmer-McGill around the 1890s. Plug tobacco is a form of loose leaf tobacco made for chewing. It was the most commonly used form of tobacco in the United States until cigarette smoking became popular in the early 20th century.
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Rycaut (Paul). The Present State of the Greek and Armenian Churches, 1st edition, London: printed for John Starkey, 1679, imprimatur leaf at front, 3 pp. advertisements at end, occasional light spotting, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, 4th edition, London: printed for John Starkey and Henry Brome, 1675, 12 engraved plates, engraved illustrations in text, additional engraved title trimmed and laid down, archival repair and hole to final leaf, p. 271/272 with some worming at head affecting a few letters, some light toning, later panelled calf, rebacked and repaired, 8vo, with three others: Landscape Illustrations of the Bible... engraved by W. and E. Finden, by Thomas Hartwell Horne, 2 volumes, 1836, A Visit to the Seven Churches of Asia; with an excursion into Pisidia..., by V.J. Arundell, 1828, and Syria, the Holdy Land, Asia Minor Illustrated. In a series of views drawn from nature by W.H. Bartlett, William Purser &c., 2 volumes, 1836-38 QTY: (7)
* Architectural game. Casse Tête d'Architecture, Par Demandes et Résponses, Paris: Mds. de Nouveautés, circa 1820, 25 hand-coloured engraved pictorial alphabet cards (without 'W' as issued), each with a letter top left, adjacent to a number of small pictures and symbols, above an illustration of a building with caption, each with light blue border, occasional light foxing and 1 or 2 small marks, plain versos, 10.5 x 6.9 cm, together with blue-bordered printed 'Explication' card (juvenile ink and pencil trials on verso), 8 x 7.1 cm, housed in original paper-covered cardboard box, hand-coloured engraving mounted on hinged lid with title and imprint, box dust-soiled and with parts of gilt beaded border missing QTY: (1)NOTE:A rare early rebus game on the theme of architecture, complete and in very good condition; we have been unable to find another set sold at auction. The letter 'W' is not represented as it was not added to the French alphabet until slightly later in the 19th century.
* Collier (A.). Jovial Families, circa 1890, 52 colour-printed woodblock cards, each featuring a character captioned above and below, comprising 13 sets of 4, pale blue patterned versos reading 'Established 1863, London Make', 93 x 65 mm, with rules, contained in original cardboard box (water-stained and pull-off outer sleeve split at top), together with:Oliver Twist Series Snap, circa 1890, 52 colour-printed woodblock cards, each featuring a Dickens character captioned above and below, comprising 13 sets of 4, 1 of which is Gamfield the Sweep, instead of Bumble the Beadle, the character illustrated on the box (complete and as issued), some light foxing, blue patterned versos with lettering as above, 93 x 65 mm, with rules, contained in original cardboard box, outer sleeve lightly rubbed and soiled, plus 4 other boxed playing card games, Robert Bros, 1890-1910, comprising Snap (toned), Happy Families (2 decks, 1 without rules and in a broken box), and Old Maid (with rules)QTY: (6)NOTE:Both decks by Collier are scarce, and particularly so complete, with rules and box, and with the cards themselves showing no signs of having been manhandled by juvenile hands.
Shackleton (Ernest). The Heat of the Antarctic, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: William Heinemann, 1909, photogravure frontispieces to each volume, twelve colour plates after paintings by George Marston, four double-page photographic plates, numerous further illustrations, three folding maps and one folding plate to rear pocket of volume 2, bookplates of Clinton E Geiser to front pastedowns, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, volume 1 rear joint worn and showing, backstrips faded and stained, rubbed to extremities, 8vo, together with:Scott (Robert Falcon). The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1905, photogravure frontispiece, numerous plates mainly from photographs and including several folding panoramas, 2 folding maps in end-pockets, bookplates of Clinton E Geiser to front pastedowns, lightly spotted, modern dark blue half morocco gilt, 8vo, withShackleton (Ernest). South, 1st US edition, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs throughout, bookplate of Clinton E Geiser to front free endpaper, portrait of Shackleton pasted front blank verso (offset to adjacent page), related newspaper cuttings to front pastedown, a few light spots, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with 7 others related to Antarctic travelQTY: (12)
* Playing cards. A collection of 20th century playing cards, including: Playing Politics, V&A, 1983, double deck with caricatures by Gerald Scarfe and others, each cellophane wrapped, with rules and in original box (base adrift); The Kiss & The Lace Shawl, De La Rue, 1940, tax-wrapped double deck in original box; a boxed Goodall deck of 1920 with reduced size images of playing cards in the centre of each card; a boxed 1st edition of Kan-U-Go with rules, 1934; London Post, Jacques, 1st edition, 1880; London Underground game entitled Lobo, De La Rue, 1930, in original box with slide down band intact, and others, e.g. advertising, Art Nouveau and Art Deco backs, children's games (some by Pepys), Patience cards, tarot, etc., various sizes and condition, together with:Facsimile decks. A collection of facsimile playing card decks, comprising: Visconti-Sforza 15th century tarot, Italy, Bergamo: Accademia Carrara; Metastasis, English Playing Card Society, 2009; 2 Vito Arienti decks, 1977 (Jeu Drapeaux, 756/999 copies, and Jeu Grotesque, 477/999 copies); 6 decks by Harry Margary of Kent, all facsimiles of 16th and 17th century decks, 1970s; Bruce Bairnsfather "Old Bill" deck, English Playing Card Society, 2014; a pack celebrating the marriage of Queen Victoria's second son, Alfred the Duke of Edinburgh, to Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovina, John Berry, 2003; and a replica deck of 17th century English playing cards in the British Museum, Simon Wintle, 1987, plus a ring-binder album containing clear-faced pocketed leaves displaying 100+ joker playing cards, 20th century, including Australian interest (Aborigines, wildlife, etc.) and advertising (e.g. Jack Daniel's, Wills's Woodbines, Player's Sun Valley Light Tobacco), plus 17 related sales catalogues, and approximately 170 copies of The Playing-card QTY: (2 cartons)
Shillibeer (John). A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage, to Pitcairn's Island. Taunton: For the author, by J. W. Marriott, 1817, 16 engraved plates (one in bisque), a few light spots, 20th-century red half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Borba De Moraes, p796; Hill, 1563.An important early account of Pitcairn Islands and its inhabitants. The author also visited Rio de Janeiro, St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope.
* Wheeler (Thomas). An exportation deck, No. 62, 1810, 52 cards, comprising 4 suits of 13, each with pip cards 1-10 and 3 single-ended court cards, some toning (mostly light), plain versos, 93 x 64 mm, contained in a later tan sheep-covered box lettered 'Patience' on lid (worn) QTY: (1)NOTE:Decks by Thomas Wheeler are scarce on the market, and packs with export aces particularly so. This deck was obviously not much used, if at all, and is in particularly nice condition. Thomas printed the first known English double-ended pack of cards. He was known to have produced cards between 1799 and 1821 after which time his son William is thought to have taken over the family business. At around the same time another member of the Wheeler family, one Henry Wheeler, registered an ace of spades and started to print cards. However, in January 1836 Henry was convicted of having in his possession 450 impressions of a forged die resembling and purporting to be the die of the ace of spades used by His Majesty's commissioners of stamps and taxes. This was his second offence, having been caught with an imitation ace of spades after a raid on his premises in 1830, and at the age of 37 he was transported to Australia on a convict ship. (Michael Cooper, 'The Wheelers: A Family of Card Makers and Card Forgers?', The Playing-card, Volume 31, No. 1, July-August 2002)
Miniature books. A group of 13 miniature or small format books, each with one or both covers in hall-marked silver (one with gilt metal covers), late 19th-early 20th century, comprising: The Book of Common Prayer, Oxford: University Press & London: Henry Frowde, with contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso, full silver binding with plain spine, clasp, and hinged joints, front and rear covers with open work silver scrollwork, the front cover with monogram O.E.V.M., the rear with date 1902, 99 x 65 mm; The Book of Common Prayer, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, red morocco with silver plaque to front cover, depicting Holman Hunt's 'The Light of the World', hallmarked 1905, 116 x 78 mm; Fromme's Wiener Porte-Monnaie Kalender 1881, Vienna: Carl Fromme, [1880], with photographic frontispiece, red cloth with gilt metal front and rear covers (darkened with some stains), front cover with imperial eagle, rear cover with flowers, both within decorative borders, 45 x 32 mm; Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson (2 copies), Eyre & Spottiswoode, both silver front covers with embossed portrait of Tennyson (one front cover nearly detached); Royal Bijou Birthday Book (2 copies), Eyre & Spottiswoode, one silver front cover showing 5 angels' heads surrounded by clouds, the other with an outdoor tavern scene; The Book of Common Prayer (4 copies), Eyre & Spottiswoode or Oxford: University Press & London: Henry Frowde, one silver front cover with 5 angels' heads design as above, one with lilies, one with a flowers and foliage design around a central plain panel, the last depicting a woman clinging to a stone cross; Hymns Ancient and Modern (2 copies), London: for William Clowes & Sons, both silver front covers with a similar 5 angels' heads design as above, the last 10 items listed all approximately 55 x 45 mm, plus a worn black morocco slip/carry case for an unknown small format book (book not present), with hallmarked silver front panel depicting 5 angel's headsQTY: (14)NOTE:Bondy, pp.167-168.
Miniature books. The Golden Alphabet; or Parent's Guide and Child's Instructor, London: for Robert Taylor, 1846 (imprint from colophon), woodcut alphabet letters, 3 woodcut illustrations, title slightly chipped at foot, occasional pale edge staining and light dust-soiling, original red wrappers, extremities rubbed, front cover with slight wear to lower outer corner, 21 x 18 mm, together with My Tiny Alphabet Book [cover-title], 2 parts in one: Tiny Alphabet of Animals [and] Tiny Alphabet of Birds, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, circa 1895, printed in red and black, numerous colour illustrations, single foxing spot to fore-edge, front hinge cracked, original printed wrappers, dusty, joints a trifle rubbed, with short tear at head of front joint, front cover with circular image of a girl sitting reading, rear cover with advertisement for Mellins Food (as often), 29 x 22 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:First item: Bondy, p.71: 'tiny and very rare'.Second item: Bondy, p.72: 'a very attractive tiny book'.
Wallis (John, publisher). The Book-Case of Knowledge, 1800, 9 (of 10) miniature volumes (lacking British Heroism), comprising: Short and easy Rules for Attaining a Knowledge of English Grammar (engraved frontispiece); A Compendium of Simple Arithmetic (engraved frontispiece); Geography and Astronomy Familiarized for Youth of Both Sexes (hand-coloured double-hemisphere map frontispiece, lacking uncoloured plate); A Natural History of Birds and Beasts (16 engraved plates, 2 cropped at fore-edge, 2 creased); Scripture History (engraved frontispiece adhered as front pastedown); Mythology, or, Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Deities (engraved frontispiece); Rewards for Attentive Studies (engraved frontispiece); The History of England, from the Conquest to the Death of George II (engraved frontispiece and 31 hand-coloured circular portraits on letterpress, one with tiny central hole); A Familiar Introduction to Botany (five hand-coloured engraved plates), three with half-title, generally light spotting, some toning (mainly associated with plates), Grammer with scarce finger-soilling, and with early ink manuscript ownership name to top edge of title, Botany final leaf (with previous closed tear) sometime laid down onto free endpaper, Scripture History stitching strained, most hinges cracked (3 detached), later plain boards, 5 sometime rebacked with paper (2 now split), Natural History nearly detached from cover, 3 joints cracking, rubbing and minor wear to some spines, each book approximately 96 x 57 mm, contained together in original pink paper-lined wooden box (previously repaired upside-down) with sliding lid, with shelf but lacking drawer, rubbed and marked, rear panel (split) with remnants of contemporary bookseller's (?) label, sliding lid with hand-coloured and varnished pictorial label (rubbed and darkened with some wear), the box 168 x 99 x 74 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Alderson, Miniature Libraries for the Young, 4; Gumuchian 801 (dated 1801); Moon, John Harris's Books for Youth, 57 (dated 1803).
* Austen (Henry Thomas, 1771-1850). Militia officer, clergyman, banker and brother of Jane Austen. Manuscript promissory note for £200, 24 October 1806, the text reads: 'Three months after date I promise to pay to Mr Henry Maunde or his order Two Hundred Pounds for Value recd. payable at Messrs Austen Maunde & Austen Bankers Albany', signed 'Ct [Count?] Stuarton', manuscript addendum to verso, 'H. Maunde. Pay the Contents to Hugh Moises MD Value in Account. Cha: James', embossed 4 shilling duty stamp, a few minor marks, 85 x 220 mm, together with a printed reward notice for 5 guineas relating to this specific manuscript promissory note, printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar, no date, c. 1807/08, giving note that the drawer of the promissory note has absconded and offering a reward, printing the content of the promissory note and then a description of the fraudster in dramatic fashion, 'He is between 30 and 40 years old; about 5 feet 10 inches high; ill-looking; marked with the small pox; large red nose; light hair; of late dressed in black, in consequence of the death of Cardinal York, having passed himself for a descendent of the Royal House of Stuart; sometimes wears a bottle-green coat and half-boots; has a large seal to his chain, with a spiral coronet, and the letter S engraved under; speaks very full and quick; with a Dutch or German accent... ', some spotting, 280 x 110 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: David Gilson & Chris Viveash Collection. Acquired from Questor Rare Books, London, 1998, catalogue 3, item 120.David Gilson published an article about the note and the accompanying reward notice in Jane Austen Society, Annual Report (2006), pp. 43-45. Gilson notes that it was not only debtors owing large sums but many owing smaller sums which led to the fall of Henry Austen's banking empire. Gilson's article concludes by highlighting the connection between the printer Charles Roworth and the Austen family and notes that within a few years of this jobbing printing notice Roworth was to publish most of the first edition volumes of Jane Austen's novels.Exceedingly rare items of Jane Austen ephemera.
Austen (Jane). Emma, a novel, 1st illustrated edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, half-title, engraved frontispiece and vignette title, additional printed title, preliminary leaves slightly frayed with loss to outer margin, faint marginal damp-stain to vignette title and frontispiece, occasional light spotting, modern dark blue half morocco gilt, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Gilson D2.
Austen (Jane). Northanger Abbey & Persuasion, 1st illustrated edition, 2 volumes in one, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, half-title, engraved frontispiece and vignette title, additional printed titles to both volumes, 12 advertisement leaves to front, neat near-contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper upper margin, preliminary and rear leaves lightly spotted, small faint water stain to outer margin of frontispiece & vignette title (not affecting text or image), occasional light dust-soiling, original plum cloth, spine labels lightly chipped with small portion of loss, lightly rubbed and marked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Gilson D4.
Austen (Jane). Emma, London: Richard Bentley, 1836, half-title, frontispiece, vignette title, additional printed title, portrait of A.H. Niemeyer to front pastedown, library stamps to half-title verso, front hinge cracked, light spotting & dust-soiling (heavier to preliminary leaves), frontispiece outer margin frayed with small amount of loss, contemporary half calf gilt, remnants of sticker to spine base, worn, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Gilson D7.Reprints of Bentley's standard novels are scarce. Gilson comments: 'So few of these reprints survive in libraries, and even fewer in original condition, that the following details must be incomplete...' (Gilson p. 225).
Austen (Jane). Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey & Persuasion, Memoir & Lady Susan, 4 volumes, new editions, London: Richard Bentley, 1882-85, half-titles to Sense and Sensibility and Memoir & Lady Susan, frontispieces to each volume, occasional light marginal toning and spotting, contemporary red half morocco gilt, worn to extremities, 8vo, together with:Austen (Jane). Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, new editions, London: Richard Bentley, 1877-82, half-title to Sense and Sensibility, frontispieces, small ownership sticker to Sense and Sensibility front blank recto, lightly toned and spotted, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, worn (especially to Northanger Abbey resulting in some loss), 8vo, with a further leather-bound copy of Memoir & Lady Susan (1886)QTY: (7)
Bagshawe (Thomas Wyatt). Two Men in the Antarctic. An Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922, 1st edition, London: CUP, 1939, folding panorama, half-tone illustrations, map endpapers, some light spotting, original cloth, slight dust-soiling to extremities, price-clipped dust jacket, spine a little faded with small stains, small chip and tear to rear panel, 8voQTY: (1)
Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, 2nd 'Peacock' edition, London: George Allen, March 1895, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, near-contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper verso, residue of bookplate excised from front free endpaper, front hinge cracked, occasional light marginal toning, original green pictorial cloth, elaborate gilt designs to spine and covers, all edges gilt, spine faded, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)
Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, 2nd 'Peacock' edition, London: George Allen, March 1895, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, occasional light spotting, mainly to endpapers, contemporary owner inscriptions to half title, all edges gilt, original cloth with peacock design in gilt to upper cover, light mottled stains to rear cover, corners rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)
Austen (Jane). The Novels, 4 volumes (of 5), London: Macmillan & Co, 1896-1900, lacking Pride & Prejudice, half-titles to each, black and white frontispieces and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, occasional spotting, Sense & Sensibility with ownership inscriptions to half-title & front blank verso, Mansfield Park with ownership tickets & inscriptions to front pastedown & endpaper, original red cloth gilt, all edges gilt, some fading to boards & backstrips, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Pride & Prejudice, London: Cassell and Company, circa 1910, four colour illustrations by C.E. Brock, occasional light toning, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, withPride & Prejudice, London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1904, half-title, black & white illustrations by Chris Hammond, lightly spotted, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with 20 further clothbound volumes on and by Jane AustenQTY: (26)
Staunton (George). An Historical Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China... abridged principally from the papers of Earl Macartney, London: John Stockdale, 1797, engraved frontispiece, additional title, 21 plates, 2 folding maps, 3 pp. advertisements at end, one or two plate imprints shaved, some light offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, 8vo, together with Volney (Constantin Francois). Voyage en Syrie ety en Egypte, pendant les annees 1783, 1784 et 1785, 3 volumes, nouvele edition, 1792, 2 folding engraved maps (torn withoit loss), some light spotting, contemporary mottled calf gilt, some small areas of worming, 8vo, with four others including Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W----y M----e [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu] written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa..., 3 volumes, 2nd edition, 1763, and Travels through Arabia and other Countries in the East, performed by M. Niebuhr, translated into English by Robert Heron, 1792QTY: (10)
Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen, 10 volumes, mixed editions, London: J.M. Dent, 1900-1905, colour frontispieces and plates illustrated by C.E. Brock, decorative titles, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original decorated cloth, very light dust-soiling mostly to spines and occasional minor wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (10)
Austen (Jane). Novels, 6 volumes, London: J.M. Dent & Co.; New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907-09, half-titles, colour frontispieces, decorative titles and plates by C.E. Brock, decorative endpapers, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown lower margin of Northanger Abbey, bookplate to front free endpaper of Persuasion, endpapers toned, original light green pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, some fading to spines, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8voQTY: (6)
Austen (Jane). The Novels, with general introduction by R Brimley Johnson, 9 volumes (of 10), London: George G. Harrap, 1925, lacking Persuasion, colour frontispieces to each, illustrated pastedowns & endpapers, armorial bookplate of S.L. Elborne of Inner Temple to front blank rectos, hinges cracked or tender, spotting, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with:The Novels of Jane Austen, the text based on collation of the early editions by R.W. Chapman, 2nd edition, 5 volumes, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1926, black & white frontispieces and illustrations to each, neat ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers & pastedowns, occasional light spotting, original maroon cloth gilt, some wear, 8vo, withThe Novels, Steventon edition, 6 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1882, frontispieces, spotted & toned (heavier to preliminary leaves), original beige cloth gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, Northanger Abbey lacking backstrip, backstrips toned, worn, 8vo, with 5 other works by Austen including Sense & Sensibility (Clarendon Press, 1926) in dust jacketQTY: (25)
Austen (Jane). Northanger Abbey, with an introduction by Sylvia Townsend Warner & illustrations by Clark Hutton, The Limited Editions Club by The Garamond Press, 1971, signed by the illustrator to the limitation page, full-page colour illustrations throughout, original cloth, gilt title label, 4to, in slipcase, 681 of 1500 copies, together with:Pride & Prejudice, The Godmersham Edition, with illustrations by John Ward, London: Nottingham Court Press, 1985, black and white illustrations, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, 4to, withPersuasion, with an introduction by Louis Auchincloss and illustrations by Tony Buonpastore, Westport: The Limited Editions Club, 1977, full-page colour illustrations, black and white illustrations to text, original light brown cloth gilt, 4to, in slipcase, with 6 shelves of related books, a majority by and about Jane AustenQTY: (6 shelves)
Taylor (Isidore, Charles Nodier et Alphonse de Cailleux). Voyages Pittoresques et Romantiques dans l'Ancienne France, 2 volumes, Paris: De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'Aine, 1820-25, lithograph tiitle, frontispiece, 233 lithograph plates only (of 242), a few tinted on India paper, engraved illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary green half morocco, loss of first and last compartments of spine of text volume, joints and edges rubbed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:The earliest of Baron Taylor's ambitious work, intended to cover the whole of France, in the end nine regions were covered in nineteen or twenty volumes, the series ending in 1878. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
* Heaney (Seamus, 1939-2013). Typed Letter Signed, 'Seamus Heaney', 191 Strand Road, Dublin 4, 28 November 1995, to Gabriel Millar, thanking her for sending him these poems, 'They strike me as being the product of a genuine lyric impulse, and I like the feeling for place and the cleanliness of the writing. I wish I had time to dwell with them for longer', signed in brown ink, light crease marks, 1 page, 8vo, together with a signed copy of Millar's book of poems, 'The Saving Flame', Hereford: Five Seasons/Tumble Stone, 2001, original printed wrappers, 8vo, plus 2 computer-printed copies of Millar's poems and a digitally-printed portrait of her signed on the reverseQTY: (5)
Bannerman (Helen). The Story of Little Black Sambo, Dumpy Books for Children series No. 4, 2nd edition, London: Grant Richards, November 1899, 27 colour illustrations, occasional light offsetting and soiling, contemporary presentation inscription to Preface leaf verso, original striped cloth, a little rubbed with a few stains, 12moQTY: (1)
Blyton (Enid). Five on a Treasure Island, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942, illustrations by Eileen A. Soper, original cloth (slight fading to spine), price-clipped dust jacket, tear and loss at foot of spine affecting publisher lettering, small chips to panel edges and folds, light dust soiling to spine and rear panel, reinforcements to verso, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:The first book in the 'Famous Five' series.
Blyton (Enid).The Island of Adventure, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1944, illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, a little minor spotting, presentation inscription to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth (light spotting to upper cover fore margin), dust jacket, some fading to red lettering on spine, one or two small nicks, 8vo QTY: (1)
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Clarke (Harry, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1st edition, [1916], 16 tipped-in coloured plates, with captioned tissue guards, uncoloured plates throughout, and other decorations to text, occasional very light spotting mainly to preliminaries, top edge gilt, some pages uncut, original decorated grey cloth, presented in original printed presentation case (adhesive tape repair to flap), 4to,QTY: (1)
Clarke (Harry, illustrator). The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, London: George Harrap, 1922, 12 colour plates, some light spotting to text, all edges gilt, modern vellum gilt, upper cover with inset colour illustration from Cinderilla [sic] reproduced from illustration opposite p. 80, silk ties, 4toQTY: (1)
Detmold (Edward J., illustrator). The Arabian Nights, Tales From the Thousand and One Nights, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924],12 coloured tipped-in plates with captioned tissue guards, half-title, some pencil notes to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, original gilt blocked cream cloth, 4to, together withJackson (A.E., illustrator), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, London: Humphrey Milford, [1936], 16 colour plates plus numerous black and white illustrations, half-title, pencil mark to pg. 6, decorative endpapers, some toning to free endpapers, previous owner's manuscript to front free endpaper, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plusRobinson (W. Heath, illustrator). Shakepeare's Comedy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1914, 11 tipped-in colour plates and numerous black & white illustrations throughout, half-title, some minor spotting, original decorated blue cloth, small closed tear to spine tail, 4to and The Honourable Mr Tawnish A Romance by Jeffery Farnol illustrated by C.E. Brock, 1913,QTY: (4)
Disney (Walt). Snow White, London and Glasgow: Collins, circa 1938, colour and monochrome illustrations, a little light toning, illustrated endpapers, original pictorial boards, spine a little rubbed, dust jacket priced at 1/-, spine a little faded with losses at ends and small areas of front and rear panels, 4to, one of the Collins 1/- series of Disney books, together with Fellows (Muriel H.) The Land of Little Rain. A Story of Hopi Indian Children, 1st UK edition, London: George Harrap, 1937, colour illustrations by the author, original cloth (spine ends faded)), dust jacket, spine rubbed and faded with chips and creases, adhesive tape repairs to verso, 8vo, plus Uttley (Alison). The Adventures of Peter and Judy in Bunnyland, London: Collins, 1935, colour illustrations by Lennie Young, a little minor spotting, endpapers toned, juvenile previous owner inscription, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine a little toned, upper joint splitting, rear cover a little soiled, light edge wear, 4to, with other illustrated including Beverley Nichols' A Book of Old Ballads, illustrated by H.M. Brock, 1934, J.M. Barrie's The Little White Bird, New York, 1909, Denys Watkins-Pitchford's Manka the Sky Gipsy, 2nd edition, 1951, Outside Over There, by Maurice Sendak, 1981, The Patchwork Cat, by Nicola Bayley and William Mayne, 1981, and Inspector Mouse, by Bernard Stone, illustrated by Ralph Steadman, 1980QTY: (approximately 30)
Dodgson (Charles Luttwidge, "Lewis Carroll"). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 2nd (first published) edition, London: Macmillan, 1866, half title, illustrations by John Tenniel, original cloth covers and spine bound-in at rear, light spotting to endpapers, all edges gilt, later burgundy morocco gilt by Root and Son, upper cover with gilt vignette of Alice holding the baby pig, lower cover with gilt vignette of the Cheshire Cat, covers with double fillet border and corner fleurons, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 46. A finely-bound copy of the first published edition.The half-title has been re-guarded at the gutter.
Dodgson (Charles Luttwidge, "Lewis Carroll"). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 6th thousand, London: Macmillan and Co., 1867, half title, illustrations by John Tenniel, short closed marginal tear to pp. 53/54, one or two light spots, all edges gilt, later terracotta morocco by Zaehnsdorf, upper cover with gilt vignette of Alice holding the baby pig, lower cover stamped with vignette of the Cheshire Cat, covers with double fillet and corner volutes, some fading to spine, a couple of tiny indentations to upper cover, 8vo QTY: (1)
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Sinbad the Sailor & other Stories from the Arabian Nights illustrated by Edmund Dulac, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], 23 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue guards, half-title, presentation inscription to verso of free front endpaper, pencil notes to half-title, floral decorative endpapers, book ticket to front pastedown, original gilt blocked brown cloth, 4to, together withThe Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, from the Old French, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch illustrated by Edmund Dulac, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910], 30 colour plates, with tissue guards, half-title, light toning to margins, original gilt blindstamped terracotta morocco, extremities lightly rubbed, 4to, plusThe Snow Queen and other stories from Hans Andersen with illustrations from Edmund Dulac, New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1911], 12 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue guard to frontispiece, half title, pencil notes to free front endpaper, book seller's label to rear pastedown, decorative cream cloth with gilt title, some fading to spine, 8vo, and two other books illustrated by Edmund Dulac, comprising: Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross, [1915] and Stories from the Arabian Nights, circa 1910QTY: (5)
Henty (George Alfred). A collection of 25 novels by Henty, 1st & later early editions, 1890s & early 20th c., including For Name and Fame, 1886, By England's Aid, 1891, St. Bartholomew's Eve, 1894, Redskin and Cow-Boy, c.1896, Through Russian Snows, 1896, With Cochrane the Dauntless, 1897, At Agincourt, 1897, With Moore at Corunna, 1898, Yule Logs, 1898, A March on London, 1898, With Frederick the Great, Both Sides the Border, 1899, At Aboukir and Acre, 1899, With Buller in Natal, 1901, With Kitchener in the Soudan, 1903, etc., monochrome plates, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, some volumes with light wear, 8vo, plus three other similar Victorian pictorial cloth bindingsQTY: (28)
Hurt (Freda M.) Mr. Twink Takes Charge, 1954; Mr. Twink, Detective, 1957; Mr. Twink & the Kitten Mystery, 1958; Mr. Twink and the Jungle Garden, 1960; Mr. Twink Finds a Family (2 copies), 1961, 1st editions, illustrations by Nina Scott Langley, occasional light spotting, previous owner ink stamp to Detective, Jungle Garden ex-libris, one copy of Finds a Family inscribed by the author, original cloth, dust jackets, some toning to spine, a few chips and tears and light spotting, 8vo, together with other juvenile titles including Andy Goes Abroad, 1960, Andy Wins the Prize, 1961, The Caravan Cat, 1963, Andy and Her Twin, 1963, Andy Meets a Hero, 1964, Crab Island, 1965, Andy Looks for Gold, 1965, and Benny and the Space Boy, 1970 (inscribed by the author), plus some thrillers by the author, including Death by Bequest, 1960, Sweet Death, 1961 (lacking front endpaper), Death and the Bridegroom, 1963, A Cause for Malice, 1966, Seven Year Secret, 1968 (inscribed by the author), Death in the Mist, 1969, Dangeours Visit, 1971 (inscribed), Dark Design, 1972, Fatal Fortune, 1973 (inscribed), and Return to Terror, 1974 (inscribed), plus others including The Weather Imp and the King of Nowhere, Modern Plays for Schools, No. 14, wrapper-bound, 1955, inscribed, plus a few others without jackets, a few inscribed QTY: (37)NOTE:Mary Elizabeth Hurt (1911-1999) wrote under her nom-de-plume Freda Hurt mainly in two genres, children's (mainly the 'Mr. Twink' and 'Andy' series) and crime fiction, mostly featuring Detective Inspector Herbert Broom. A lot of the inscriptions are for Frances, her niece, the collection thence by descent.
King (Jessie M., illustrator). A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde, 6th edition, London: Methuen, 1915, colour title, 16 tipped-in colour plates, half-title, previous owner's pencil notes to half-title, a little light spotting, pictorial endpapers a little toned, top edge gilt, original decorative blue cloth, 4toQTY: (1)
Kipling (Rudyard). Just So Stories, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Macmillan and Co., 1902, illustrations by the author, light toning to endpapers, 1st issue pictorial binding lettered in white to upper cover in bright condition, slight fading to the red cloth to the upper portion of the front cover, some fading to spine, a couple of white pigment rules to covers rubbed, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:The scarcer first issue copy blocked in white, which was prone to flaking so subsequent bindings were issued without the white colouring.
Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1st edition, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, slight spotting to endpapers, Henry Sotheran ticket to front pastedown, original cloth, some fading to spine and extremities, dust jacket, some chips, tears and losses to panels and spine, tear just affecting the 'H' in 'Witch' on front panel, and the 'n' of 'Lion' to spine else other lettering intact, light ring stain to image of front panel, slight toning and stains to spine, 8voQTY: (1)
Milne (Alan Alexander). Now We Are Six, illustrated by E.H. Shepard, London: Methuen, 1st deluxe edition, 1927, black and white illustrations throughout, light pink pictorial endpapers, slightly toned half-title with ink inscription 'To Rowena, with-best-love from Mum. Xmas 1928', all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red morocco, a few small superficial marks to covers, 8voQTY: (1)
Wild (Frank). Shackleton's Last Voyage, the story of the "Quest", 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1923, colour frontispiece, 100 plates (mostly after photographs), ownership inscription 'A E Howell' to front pastedown, one plate frayed and repaired to margins, occasional light spotting, endpapers relaid, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, recased and discreetly restored, lightly rubbed and marked, 8voQTY: (1)
Milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, London: Mathuen & Co., 1928, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, tiny marginal tear to p. 11, a few light spots,, top edge gilt, original salmon cloth gilt, spine a little faded, two corners bumped, dust jacket, spine a little rubbed and toned with tears and losses at ends, small tears at folds, 8voQTY: (1)
Milne (A.A.) When We Were Very Young, 10th edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1925, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, light spotting to fore edges, light partial offsetting to endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, dust jacket, spine toned with small chips at ends, 8vo, together with 3 others:Now We Are Six, 3rd edition, 1927, When We Were Very Young, 17th edition, 1928, and Fourteen Songs from "When We Were Very Young", 16th edition, 1938QTY: (4)
Moveable books. Popeye and the Pirates, New York: Duenewald Printing Corp., 1945, 4 animated plates, first and fourth plates with closed tear to right, second plate missing tab, second leaf detached, some toning and light marks, ownership inscription in pencil on front pastedown, original spiral-bound pictorial boards, dusty and extremities a little worn, oblong 4to, together with:Stand-ups ... Mother Goose, Designed by Sidney Sage, New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1934, 6 colour lithographed plates with characters perforated at the edges, each character with a printed title to verso, all pieces still intact within the page, some minor marks, original pictorial wrappers, some staining and wear, two small staple holes to lower right corner of upper cover penetrating through page block to rear cover, large 4to, plusPlayette Phone Book, created by Larry Wise and M. Goldsmith, illustrated by Dick Briefer, New York: Playette Corp., 1945, all leaves and front cover with circular cut-out for a centre dial of a telephone mounted on rear pastedown (cover with removable handset above attached by string to rear cover), cardboard numbers under dial rubbed with some loss, original spiral-bound pictorial boards, edges rubbed, 4to, and other pop-up and moveable books, circa 1950-1980, including: "Big Top" Circus Book, The Wizard of Oz,The Flowerpot Men, A Twirly Book by Maria Bird, Land, Sea and Air pop-up book, Jolly Jump-Ups Toytown, Puss in Boots illustrated by V Kubašta, Magic Roundabout, Cinderella, Noddy, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk etc., a few books in Hungarian, Polish, German and Czech, some defective QTY: (2 boxes)
Aitchison (Alexander). The Modern Gazetteer; being a compendious geographical dictionary... 2 volumes, London: R. Morison & Son, 1798, 15 folding maps with contemporary outline colour, occasional light spotting & toning, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco title labels, some wear, 8vo, together with:White William. History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk, 2nd edition, Sheffield: Printed for the author, 1855, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, front free endpaper lacking, lightly spotted, contemporary blindstamped calf gilt, worn, 8vo, withBurt (Edward). The Hurricane, A Poem... also, Historical Notices of San Domingo, Bath: C. Clarke, 1844, 10 lithographs, 1 aquatint, spotted and dust-soiled, original green blindstamped pictorial cloth gilt, worn and marked, 8vo, with 2 cartons of 19th & 20th-century books and ephemeraQTY: (2 cartons)
Nicholson (William). The Square Book of Animals. Rhymes by Arthur Waugh, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1900, 12 colour lithograph plates, a little minor spotting, light offsetting to text, modern bookplate to upper pastedown, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light edge wear, minor scuff to upper cover, 4toQTY: (1)
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Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924], 12 mounted colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, numerous black and white illustrations, occasional light marks, decorative endpapers, Nottingham High School prize bookplate to verso of front free endpaper, original gilt decorated blue cloth, Nottingham High School circular ink stamp on rear cover, some soiling and superficial scratches to covers, darkened spine with ends slightly frayed, 4to, together with:Clarke (Harry, illustrator). The Year's at the Spring. An Anthology of Recent Poetry, compiled by L.D'O. Walters, with an Introduction by Harold Munro, 1st edition, 1920, 12 colour and 12 black & white plates, letterpress vignettes, free endpapers toned, original cloth-backed patterned boards, slight wear to extremities, spine darkened, 4to, plus 8 others, including: 3 illustrated by W. Heath Robinson (Bill the Minder; A Song of the English, by Rudyard Kipling; The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley); The Arabian Nights, illustrated by E.J. Detmold, with one plate lacking and another detached; and The Tempest, and Tales from Shakespeare, both illustrated by Robert Anning BellQTY: (10)
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Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, [Strangeways], December 1902, colour frontispiece and fifteen colour plates, plain endpapers, occasional light spotting, original pink boards, upper cover with printed lettering and vignette of three mice sewing, rounded spine, backstrip slightly faded, boards faintly spotted, 16moAmendment: Please note the dust jacket is not original and is later.QTY: (1)NOTE:Linder p. 420; Quinby 3. Rare and in excellent condition. Only 500 copies printed.The story of the Tailor of Gloucester was first told in a letter from Beatrix to Freda Moore, daughter of her former governess, Annie Carter. Although Frederick Warne had taken up Beatrix's 'Bunny Book', as they referred to 'Peter Rabbit', and published it in October 1902, the author felt that they might not wish to publish a second book so soon, or that they might want to alter it too much. So she returned to Strangeways, the original printers of 'Peter Rabbit', and herself paid for a private edition of 500 copies to be printed. The book differs considerably in both text and illustration from Warne's later edition of 1903. Of all her books 'The Tailor of Gloucester' remained Beatrix Potter's own favourite.The text of this privately printed edition is substantially longer than in the published edition, as Frederick Warne insisted on cuts to the text. 'Evidently, with some regret, Beatrix Potter crossed through the eight or nine pages of text where she had described in detail how Simpkin wandered through the streets of Gloucester on the night of Christmas Eve, where all the animals were talking, and the carol singers were singing. This is the part of the story which contains the majority of her rhymes and verses - but Warnes had asked for 'cuts'!' (Linder, A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, (1971), page 117).
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, London: Constable & Company, 1909, 40 tipped-in colour plates, period inscription to the verso of the frontispiece, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine rubbedThe Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, new impression, London: William Heinemann, 1918, 34 tipped-in colour plates, original gilt decorated brown clothWhere The Blue Begins, by Christopher Morley, 1928, 4 colour plates, later inscription to the front pastedown, front gutter cracked, original gilt decorated blue clothA Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, new impression, 1929, 40 tipped-in colour plates, period inscription to the front endpaper, original gilt decorated blue clothThe Compleat Angler, by Isaak Walton, 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1931, 12 colour plates, period inscriptions to the front endpaper, original gilt decorated green cloth, all with additional monochrome illustrations, some light toning, spotting and occasional marks, boards & spines slightly rubbed & marked, 4toQTY: (5)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, London: William Heinemann, 1907, 13 tipped-in colour plates plus monochrome illustrations, endpapers toned, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original cream cloth gilt, spine slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot with a small brown mark approximately half way along the rear hinge, boards lightly marked, large 4to, limited edition 230/1130QTY: (1)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, With a Poem by Austin Dobson, London: Heinemann, [1907],thirteen coloured plates, tipped-in on brown paper, captioned tissue guards, occassional light off-setting to text, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in blue morocco with gilt decoration, spine with gilt decoration and title, spine faded to green, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 508/1130 copies. Riall, p.77.
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1st edition, London: J.M. Dent, 1907, 24 tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, in very good condition, 4to, together with Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M Barrie, 4th edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907, 49 colour tipped-in plates only (lacking frontispiece), a little light spotting, contemporary presentation inscription, original reverse brown calf gilt, head of spine torn, 4to, plus Ingoldsby Legends, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1909, in gilt-decorated blue cloth, 4to, VGQTY: (3)
Richards (J.M. & Eric Ravilious). High Street, 1st edition, Curwen Press for Country Life, 1938, 24 colour lithograph plates by Eric Ravilious, presentation inscription "To Evelyn from Robert: 1942" to front endpaper, original illustrated boards, small chips and tears along joints, light edge wear, 8voQTY: (1)
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