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Click here to subscribeHanway (Jonas) An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, 2 vol., second edition, 2 engraved frontispieces, 9 folding maps and 17 plates, engraved vignettes, 2 maps with tears towards inner margins, occasional spotting and light offsetting, occasional light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, [Kress 5357], 4to, for T. Osborne & c., 1754.
Law.- Dyer (Sir James) Les Reports des Divers select Matters & Resolutions des Reverend Judges & Sages del Ley, partly black letter, engraved portrait frontispiece (separating at head of inner margin), ink ownership inscription "E. Lib Fred Halsey, Nov 1750. Then paid £1.5-" to endpaper, 18th century panelled calf, gilt, spine gilt with loss to head, [Wing D2927], by W. Rawlins, 1688 § Addington (William) An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, fourth edition, numbered 470 by hand and signed by the author on title and to foot of 3U1, occasional light spotting or browning, contemporary calf, old reback, some bumping and wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, for the author, 1795; and 6 others, law and trials, folio & 4to (8)
Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first Australian edition, light toning to pages, original printed stiff stapled wrappers with 1/6 sticker to upper cover, publisher's book list advertisement to lower cover, light creasing to corners, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, Sydney, Invincible Press, 1945.⁂ A scarce edition, the text much truncated from that in the standard first edition.
Universal language.- Wilkins (John) An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, imprimatur f., title within double-rule border and with engraved arms of the Royal Society, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 2 engraved plates (1 folding), 2 folding letterpress tables, 2 full-page engraved illustrations, with 3M4 but lacking final blank f., occasional light foxing or light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, recornered, [Alston VII 290; Wing W2196], folio, for Sa: Gellibrand, and for John Martyn printer to the Royal Society, 1668.⁂ The first full exposition of a universal language in English, contains sections on the origin of languages and letters, the theory of grammar and phonetics and their relation to universal language, and the proposed alphabet for Wilkins's devised universal language.
Bremer Press.- Eranos [Hugo von Hofmannsthal zum 1.Februar 1924], one of 1050 copies, title and initials designed by Anna Simon, with etching by Ludwig von Hofmann and 2 lithographs by Max Liebermann and Emil Orlik, bookplate of L.M.Kluftinger, original mottled vellum with gilt border of decorative roll between gilt rules and small fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, spine ruled in gilt with compartments containing title and fleur-de-lys, t.e.g., some light spotting to boards, board slip-case, 4to, Munich, Bremer Press, 1924.⁂ Festschrift for Hofmannsthal's 50th birthday, with contributions by Rudolf Borchardt, Thomas Mann and others, and in a deluxe binding, probably by Frieda Thiersch (see following lot).
Aesop. Fabularum Aesopicarum Delectus, text in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and head-piece to dedication f., light offsetting onto title, a few small annotations in red, later panelled calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, [Wing A729], Oxford, e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1698 § Aurelius Antoninus (Marcus) Markou Antoninou tou autokratoros ton eis heauton biblia 12 [graece], Marci Antonini imperatoris de rebus suis, sive de eis q ad se pertinere censebat, libri XII..., text double-column in Greek and Latin, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, [WIng A4225], Cambridge Thomas Buck, 1652; and 18 others, classics, 8vo & 4to (20)
Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Endymion, number 20 of 100 copies specially bound, from an edition of 500 signed by the artist, 58 wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, some occasional light spots or light browning as usual, worse to p.131, original vellum by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt, very lightly marked, folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.
Estienne (Charles) Dictionarium historicum, geographicum, poeticum, title ruled in red, occasional light browning, contemporary calf with gilt arms of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond to covers, spine gilt with some chipping to ends, joints rubbed, [Wing E3348A], G. H. & G. D., 1671 § Ferrarius (P.) Lexicon Geographicum, title in red and black with woodcut device, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, [Wing F814], Roger Daniels, 1657; and 10 others, dictionaries and grammars, v.s. (12)⁂ Provenance: James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond (1612-55), third cousin of King Charles I, Privy Councillor and prominent Royalist (gilt arms to covers).
Scott (Charles William Anderson) Scott's Book: The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight, presentation inscription from the author "With thanks for returning that which was lost & now found" to front free endpaper, signed photograph of Scott loosely inserted, inscription offset to half-title, frontispiece detached and frayed, folding map detached, occasional light foxing, original cloth, lightly stained and faded, 8vo, 1935.⁂ Charles W. A. Scott was an aviation pioneer who, together with pilot Tom Campbell Black, won the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race or the MacRobertson Trophy Air Race in just 71 hours, winning £15,000 (about £750,000 today) and making him world-famous.
Greece & Turkey.- [Guillet de Saint-George (Georges)] Lettres écrites sur une dissertation d'un Voyage en Grèce, publié par Mr. Spon, médecin antiquaire. Avec des remarques sur les médailles, les inscriptions, l'histoire ancienne & la moderne, la géographie, la chronologie, & une carte des détroits de Constantinople, first and only edition, title with small woodcut ornament, engraved map, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, à6 blank, later pencil underlining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, covers of contemporary calf binding laid on to 20th century tan morocco, [Blackmer 768], 12mo, Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1679.⁂ Rare. A rebuttal to Spon's ruthless attack on his Athènes ancienne et nouvelle, 1675.
China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, 2 engraved plates, folding map (with short tear running from inner margin), 2 engraved full-page illustrations, woodcut initials and headpieces, some light soiling to title but very clean generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, [Wing S2490], folio, by E. Tyler for John Crook, 1655.⁂ A good copy of this important account of China. Alvaro Semedo served as Portuguese Procurado General for China.
America & The North Pole.- Barrington (Hon. Daines) Miscellanies, first edition, 2 engraved maps (1 folding), 2 engraved portraits (one of the young Mozart, see below), 5 genealogical tables (1 folding), with a preface paginated *471-*477 and signed *0004-7 inserted between pp.470-471, water-staining to inner gutters of first few ff., spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments and with black leather label, corners and lower edges worn, rubbed, [Hill 56; Sabin 3628], 4to, Printed by J. Nichols, 1781.⁂ Includes 'Tracts on the Possibility of reaching the North Pole'; 'Whether the Turkey was known before the Discovery of America', 'Account of Mozart, a very remarkable young Musician' with portrait of the young composer (the first published portrait, reprinted from Philosophical Transactions of 1770); 'Journal of a Spanish Voyage in 1775, to explore the Western Coast of N. America' (with map). The latter is the first and only contemporary account in English of the first Spanish voyage into Alaskan waters. There is also much relating to Thomas Pennant.Provenance: Lord Lloyd Kenyon (bookplate).
Hanway (Jonas) A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston Upon Thames..., To which is added an Essay on Tea, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, 2 engraved frontispieces, occasional foxing, first 2 gatherings with some staining to upper margins, bookplate to endpaper "Presented by Mrs. K. M. Pinsent, great, great niece of Jonas Hanway", bookplate of Haldane Macfall to pastedown, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners neatly repaired, H. Woodfall, 1756; Virtue in humble life: containing reflections on relative duties..., particularly those of masters and servants, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispieces, occasional light foxing or marginal staining, modern calf, Dodsley in Pall Mall, 1777; and Three Letters on the Marine Society, lacking the frontispiece, 4to (4)
Greene (Graham) The Basement Room and other stories, first edition, some light foxing, original first state green cloth, light toning to spine and margins, very good otherwise, 8vo, 1935.⁂ The rare first issue of Greene's first collection of short stories including the title story The Basement Room, written by Greene on board shop while returning from Liberia and later adapted into the into the film The Fallen Idol.
Newton (Sir Isaac).- Royal Society.- Philosophical Transactions: giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World, vol. 1-11 in 6 vol., folding engraved plates, slightly foxed and browned, no. 75 ink blot at tail, last 2 vol. new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, some wear, last 2 vol. rebacked in later morocco, red and gilt morocco labels on spines, sm. 4to, [1667-76]; sold as a periodical not subject to return.⁂ The "oldest continuous scientific journal and single most important record of the first announcement and communication of scientific discoveries and inventions." - PMM.Includes Vol. VI. For the Year 1671 [No.69-80], containing: A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton...containing his New Theory about Light and Colors..., No.80, pp.3075-3087, first edition, February 19 1671-2. First printing of Newton's first scientific publication, describing his observations of light using prisms, where he shows that white light is composed of rays of different colours, which can be separated with a prism. The paper is the foundation for most of the subsequent work in optics. Newton sent his ideas in a letter dated February 6th to the secretary of the Royal Society, just in time for it to be published in the next issue of Philosophical Transactions, on February 19th, establishing his reputation.
[Greene (Graham) and Ronald Matthews], "Sheila Cousins". To Beg I am Ashamed, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light discolouration and vertical creasing to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, preserved in custom slip-case, 8vo, 1938.⁂ Rare, ostensibly an autobiography of a London prostitute but in fact written by Ronald Matthews with the assistance of Greene. Routledge were pressured to withdraw the book from sale by the Home Secretary (who in turn had been alerted by The Public Morality Council) and only a handful of copies from this edition reached the market. The book was subsequently published the same year in Paris and New York (see next lot), but the true first edition remains an elusive book
Greene (Graham) Journey Without Maps, uncorrected proof copy, ink mark to pp.22-3 lower margin, some light toning to endpapers, original printed wrappers, creasing and browning to spine, spine ends and joints a little chipped, light toning and surface soiling to covers with pencil inscription "May" to upper cover and light creasing to corners, preserved in custom folding card chemise, 8vo, 1936.⁂ The rare uncorrected proof of Greene's first travel book. As with all pre-war proofs, likely issued in a very small number of copies, we can trace only one other example at auction and that in very poor condition.
[Greene (Graham)] The Little Train, first edition, colour illustrations by Dorothy Craigie, pictorial endpapers, some light scattered foxing, rust marking from staples to gutter of endpapers, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing and toning to tips of spine and corners, second issue dust-jacket with reviews to front flap, some light marking to spine, some light creasing to head and foot, short split to foot of fore-edges, light abrasion to front flap but an excellent example overall, oblong 8vo, [1946].⁂ Greene's first children's book, published anonymously and illustrated by his then-lover Dorothy Glover.
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, jacket with very light toning to spine, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, light creasing to head, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, variant issue with quad mark to title, jacket with very light toning to spine, light creasing to tips of spine and corners, 1962, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, bright and excellent examples overall, 8vo (2)
Bible, polyglot.- Biblia Sacra Polyglotta..., edited by Brian Walton, 6 vol., text mostly double-column with parallel Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Samaritan, Ethiopic, Persian and Arabic texts, engraved frontispiece portrait of Walton by Lombart, engraved title in an architectural setting by Wenceslaus Hollar after Webb, 6 engraved maps and plates by Hollar (5 double-page and 1 single) and woodcuts of coins and illustrations in the text, letterpress title printed in red and black, without the 2ff. dedication to Charles II found in some copies, vol. 2 - 6 with half-titles, vol. 1 with tipped in "Advertisement to the Subscribers" f., vol. 3 final gathering duplicated, engraved portrait with repaired tear to upper and inner margins, small patch of worming to engraved portrait and additional title, tears to vol. 1 F2, 3B4 and 4V1 as well as vol.4 B1 and 2F3, vol. 2 half-title margins a little frayed, vol. 4 last 4ff. with loss to margins affecting a few letters of text, the odd small burn- or rust-hole, occasional light foxing or marginal damp-staining, some light creasing, but a good copy generally, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, corners and repaired, a little rubbed, [D&M 1446; Wing B2797], Thomas Roycraft, 1657.⁂ "The London polyglot represented the apogee of Renaissance biblical productions. The work was highly regarded in Europe in intellectual theological circles throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Walton's pivotal role in its production was recognized and praised by his contemporaries, while his learned prolegomena to the work drew compliments into the nineteenth century." - Oxford DNB.
Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The First [- second - third - fourth] Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, together 4 works in 3 vol., first part third edition, the rest first editions, titles within woodcut architectural borders, engraved portrait frontispieces, part 1 with additional engraved portrait and folding table, part 1 with occasional ink annotations in an early hand (extensive to rear endpaper), occasional light damp-staining and some soiling, contemporary calf, old reback, vol. 2 upper cover detached, [STC 15786 (first part); Wing C4948A, C4960 & C4929 (parts two - four)], folio, M. Flesher, 1633-44.⁂ "...a disorderly, pedantic, masterful work...the basis of the constitution of the realm" (PMM) by the prosecutor of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.
Camden (William) Annales, or the History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title (both with some marginal chipping, just inside image of portrait), occasional light damp-staining, mostly marginal, some light spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints rubbed, [STC 4501], folio, by Thomas Harper, 1635.
Guevara (Antonio de) L'Horloge Des Princes, translated by Nicolas d'Herberay des Essarts, collation: ã-õ8 a-z8 A-Z8 Aa-Cc8 Dd4, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, woodcut device to final leaf, ink ownership inscription to title, a few leaves with ink annotations (including x3, A4, A6), I2 with marginal defect not affecting text, M1 with small paper repair to lower fore-edge corner, several other leaves with very small defects at lower fore-edge corner (none affecting text), Z1-8 with very light damp-staining at lower margin, Cc5 upper fore-edge corner soiled, affecting but not obscuring text, nineteenth century red morocco by Leighton, Brewer St. (stamp to front pastedown), gilt, joints lightly worn at head and foot and with the upper starting to tear, g.e., 8vo (161 x 101mm.), Paris, Gilles Gourbin, 1565.⁂ A rare edition of this didactic novel, which points towards the correct behaviour for the ruling elite. Provenance: Anthony Mildmay (d.1617), English ambassador to France 1596-97, during the reign of King Henry IV (ink ownership inscription to title).
Agricola (Johann) Drey hundert Gemeyner Sprichworter, der wir Deutschen uns gebrauchen, und doch nicht wissen woher sie kommen...Das Ander teyl..., 2 parts in 1, collation: a8 b4 A-Z8; a-b8 A-HH8, complete with blank leaves b4 and b8, Gothic letter, woodcut architectural borders, heavily annotated throughout in at least 2 contemporary hands, predominantly in red ink but also in black ink, part 1 corner of b2 defective, some light soiling and foxing, but generally an excellent copy in handsome contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, corners worn, leather ties sometime renewed, 8vo (152 x 100mm.), Hagenau, Johann Setzer, 1529.⁂ Scarce early edition of the first collection of German proverbs, printed in the same year as Nuremberg, Augsburg, Zwickau and Eisleben editions. The first volume contained 300 sayings with a further 450 added in the second volume. All 1529 editions are rare, especially so if complete and in a contemporary binding, as here; this copy is also enhanced by the contemporary annotations with variations, explanations, examples and queries all noted. Agricola (1494-1566) was a Lutheran reformer, initially a friend and follower of Martin Luther, until they famously fell out over the obligations of Christians under law. His collection of German proverbs was originally intended for use in schools and was based on the Adagia of Erasmus.Literature: Adams A353 (incomplete); VD 16 A 956.
Nichols (John) The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities of King James the First, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, 4 engraved frontispieces, the 33 separately issued engraved plates bound-in, some offsetting, armorial bookplate and book label to pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt, vol. 1 neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, some cracking to joints, light rubbing to extremities, J. B. Nichols, 1828; and 9 others, the Progresses of Queen Elizabeth and an 1807 Holinshed, 4to (13)⁂ Provenance: Mainsforth Library (book label); H. Conyers Surtees (bookplate).
Snakes.- Severinus (Marcus Aurelius) Vipera pythia, id est, de viperae natura, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and illustrations, many full-page, printed title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, a couple of very small holes near head of additional title, occasional mostly light water-staining, including titles, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, spine with later gilt, black stamped floral motifs and a dark green morocco label, small piece out of upper cover, some staining, [Nissen ZBI 3829; Krivatsy 11061; Osler 3961; Waller 8893], small 4to, Padua, Paulus Frambotti, 1650.⁂ First edition of this work on snakes, including folklore, venoms and antidotes.
Early computing.- Faster Than Thought. The Ferranti Nimrod Digital Computer, first edition, original stiff printed stapled wrappers, very light toning to spine, else fine, 8vo, Hollinwood, Ferranti Ltd., 1951.⁂ First edition of possibly the first known video game manual.The Nimrod computer was built by Ferranti for the 1951 Festival of Great Britain. It was designed to play Nim, an ancient mathematical logic game, and as such was one of the video game machines constructed and certainly the first developed in the UK. Nimrod was tremendously popular and drew in a number of famous challengers including Alan Turing who beat the computer, allegedly causing a malfunction in the process.
Péréfixe de Beaumont (Hardouin de) The history of Henry IV. surnamed the Great, King of France and Navarre, title lightly browned, very light damp-staining, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing P1465eA], for John Martyn, 1672 § Savage (John) The Antient and Present State of the Empire of German [& A Compleat History of Germany], 2 vol., folding engraved map of Germany to vol.1, engraved portrait frontispiece and plates to vol.2, bookplates of James Hamilton, contemporary panelled calf, gilt coat-of-arms to covers, spines rubbed, joints cracked but holding firm, for A. Robert et al., 1702; and 12 others, European histories etc., v.s. (15)⁂ Provenance: bookplates and coat-of-arms of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton. In 1712 Hamilton fought a celebrated duel with Charles, Lord Mohun in Hyde Park, following the death of Fitton Gerard, third Earl of Macclesfield, who died without an heir.
Burnet (Gilbert) The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 vol., second edition, vol. 1 & 2 half-titles and engraved additional titles, letterpress titles in red and black, 21 engraved plates, occasional light browning, some light marginal marking or staining, the odd short marginal tear, contemporary calf, early reback and recorner, folio, Richard Chiswell & J. Churchill, 1681-1715.
Bible, English.- The Old Testament [&] New Testament, 7 vol., list of subscribers, 70 engraved plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West, and others, numerous engraved illustrations, engraved dedication, offsetting, some foxing to plates, heavier in places but largely restricted to margins, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, by C. Meyer, covers with decorative fillet and roll borders, spines gilt in compartments, light fading and some rubbing to spines, vol. 7 spine scuffed, some scuffing to joints and extremities, vol. 1 with some splitting to joints but holding firm, g.e., [Herbert 1442], folio, Printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley, 1800.⁂ A good copy of this remarkable edition, "the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." - DNB.Macklin first announced his plan to publish this lavishly illustrated work in 1789 and devoted the next 11 years of his life to bringing his plans to fruition. He sadly died 5 days after the completion of the final engraving so never lived to see the completed work.
Greene (Graham) The End of the Affair, first edition, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light scattered foxing to panels, else near-fine, with original "Daily Mail Book of the Month" wraparound band (very lightly toned at spine), 1951; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ A superb example of Greene's classic novel of frustrated romance, a cornerstone of English Catholic fiction.
Ancient Greece.- Lauremberg (Johann Wilhelm) Græcia antiqua, edited by Samuel Puffendorf, first edition, text double column, title with woodcut printer's device, 31 engraved maps, engraved illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, contents f. at end, title with tear in blank area, creased and detaching, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary speckled calf, spine with later gilt and black morocco label, upper cover detached, taking with it front free endpaper, some staining and marking, [cf. Blackmer 958 (second edition)], rare at auction, small oblong 4to, Amsterdam, Joannes Jansson, 1660.
Aeschylus. Tragoediae Septem, Latin translation and commentary by Thomas Stanley, text in Latin and Greek, half-title, title in red and black, lacking plate (as often), occasional light soiling, the odd spot or small rust-hole but very good generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, [Wing A684], James Flesher for Cornelius Bee, 1663; and the 1694 edition of Euripides, lacking one of the portraits, folio (2)⁂ The first Stanley edition and the first of Aeschylus printed in England.
Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, uncorrected proof copy, light creasing to a few pp. original printed wrappers, slight shelf-lean, short split to head of upper joint, light soiling to covers, dust-jacket, light browning, loss to head of spine some creasing and fraying to head and fore-edge, slip-case, 8vo, 1956.
Machiavelli (Niccolò) Tutte le opere...divise in V. Parti., 5 parts in 1, collation: [*2] a-z aa-zz aaa-hhh4 : *4 a-r4 s2 : à4 è4 a-z aa-yy4 zz2 : a-z aa bb4 [cc2] : *2 a-z aa4, woodcut portraits to general and divisional titles, [cc2] a double-page battle plan, *4, è4, zz2 and aa4 at end blank, pencil underlining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with green morocco label, backstrip all but detached and with small piece missing, rubbed, 4to, [?Geneva], no printer, 1550 [but c.1630].⁂ A 'Testina edition', which uses the woodcut portrait of Comin da Trino's 1541 edition of Il Principe. Dated 1550, but in fact published in the first half of the 17th century. Some of the later editions bear a Geneva imprint, hence the tentative attribution of this edition to Switzerland.Literature: Adams M9; EDIT 16 CNCE 64604.
Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, cut signature of the author loosely inserted, spotting to sides and occasionally to margins, upper hinge starting, original cloth, spine a little darkened, light rubbing to head and foot, second impression jacket with "Second large printing" to front flap, spine slightly browned, light soiling and toning to panels, spine ends and corners with minor creasing and chipping, but an excellent example overall, slip-case, 8vo, 1940.
NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, signed by the author on title, light browning to title and first few pages, original red boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped with short split to lower panel joint, tape repairs to jacket verso, lightly discoloured but still a tight and crisp copy, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, first edition, spotting to edge, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, some light fading, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and panels, spine ends and corners a little chipped with neat repairs to verso, Book Society wraparound band (a little sunned at spine), 1955; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)
Westmorland (Mildway Fane, Earl of) Otia sacra optima fides, 2 parts in 1, first edition, presentation copy from the author, 2 engraved pictorial titles, 2 full-page and 1 half-page engraved illustrations, woodcut diagrams, without (as often) the final 2 supplementary ff. (*1&2, 'Most copies lack these pages and it is possible that they belong to another work entirely.' (ESTC)) and the 2 folding inserts, H2 piece from lower blank corner torn away, Y1 piece from upper blank corner torn away, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary blind-ruled calf, small piece missing from foot of spine, upper joint split, but holding, lower joint starting, lower cover small gouge from leather laid back down, lightly marked and stained, housed in a modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, gilt, [Wing W1476], small 4to, corners little worn, Printed by Richard Cotes, 1648.⁂ The John F. Fleming - Robert S. Pirie copy of this first edition and presentation copy of religious and occasional verse, for the publication of which the poet and cleric Robert Herrick had appealed. The presentation inscription reads 'J. Warde Ex dono prenobil. ill: Com: Westmorland, Author. Ao: Dm 1648'. Provenance: J.Warde (presentation inscription); John F. Fleming (sold Christie's 18th November, 1998, lot 362); acquired by Robert S. Pirie through Bernard Quaritch at this sale (bookplate).
Gale (Thomas) Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae... [&] Historiæ Anglicanæ scriptores quinque, 2 vol., vol. 1 half-title, engraved title vignettes, vol. 1 title in red & black, vol. 1 with some worming to upper margin, occasional browning, contemporary non-uniform calf, vol. 2 upper cover detached, [Wing G154], Oxford, e Theatro Shelsoniano, 1691-87 § Burnet (Gilbert) The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, etc. In which an Account is given of the Rise and Progress of the Civil Wars of Scotland, first edition, engraved portrait to half-title verso, engraved portrait of Charles I, vignette portrait to p. 380, full-page portrait to p. 416, without the 'Addenda' leaf inserted between a5 and a6, occasional light foxing or browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, light soiling to upper cover, [Wing B5832], by J. Grover, 1677; and 5 others, histories, folio (8)
Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, With their Dependencies, in England and Wales, 3 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black, 102 engraved plates, some double-page, by Danile King after Hollar and others, some occasional light browning to plates but very clean generally, ink name to head of letterpress title, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, R. Harbin for D. Browne and J. Smith and others, 1718; and another, Stevens' History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, 1722, folio (2)⁂ Provenance: J. Drayson (ink ownership inscription).
Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, usual light browning to half-title, bookplate to endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket priced at 8s. 3d., light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short splits to head of joints, light creasing to head, light finger-soiling to upper panel, but an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1940.⁂ Greene's most critically acclaimed work and one of the highlights of twentieth century literature. Rare in the dust-jacket, especially so in such excellent condition. Many of the copies were seemingly lost in the bombing of Heinemann's publishing house during the war.
Wunderkammer.- Worm (Ole) Museum Wormianum seu Historia rerum rariorum, tam naturalium, quam artificialium, tam domesticarum, quam exoticarum..., first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, engraved portrait by G. Wingendorp after C. van Mander and a double-page plate by G. Wigendorp, woodcut and engraved illustrations in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lower margins with worm trace and/or a few small wormholes, the odd minor instance of worming in other margins at start, G1 piece out of lower blank corner, occasional spotting, occasional light staining or soiling, lightly browned, later vellum, yapp edges, spine gilt and with black stamped floral motifs and an olive morocco label, spine worn, some staining and marking, [Willems 772; Nissen ZBI 4473], folio, Leiden, Jan Elzevier, 1655.⁂ A wide-margined copy of this catalogue of Worm's collection of natural history specimens and other objects, which was produced by his son William. Upon his death the collection was purchased by Frederick III, who transferred it to Copenhagen Castle. It later became absorbed into the Danish Royal Kunstkammer. The first three parts deal with minerals, plants and animals, and the fourth with man-made objects.
Le Roy (Marin, Seigneur de Gomberville) The History of Polexader [sic]: In Five Bookes, done into English by William Browne, 2 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, C1 and E3 with long tears running into text, K1 and 3Q1 with tears to lower margins, just running into text, light foxing and soiling, some marginal staining and occasional chipping, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, recornered, [Wing G1025], folio, by Tho. Harper, for Thomas Walkley, 1647.⁂ First edition in English of this French picaresque novel that includes travel to Benin, the Canary Islands, Mexico and the Antilles with much contemporary information about these places.
Bible, English.- The Holy Bible. Containing the Bookes of the Old and New Testament, engraved frontispiece of the arms of Charles II by Hollar (with internal tear to upper margin) bound in at beginning before The Book of Common Prayer (1660), lacking engraved dedication, engraved title depicting Solomon on his throne, 109 fine engraved plates mostly by Visscher or Le Blond after Heemskerck, de Bruyn, de Vos, Coninxloo, Rubens, Potter and others, including large folding view of Jerusalem by Hollar, ruled in red throughout with substantial margins, some occasional light soiling, heavier to 3N2 verso and 3N4 recto, some light marginal staining, a few ff. with short marginal tears, handsome later red straight-grain morocco, blue morocco panels to covers with Greek key roll borders, spines richly gilt in compartments, light fading to spines, rubbing to extremities, bumping to corners, light wear to lower edge, [Herbert 668; Wing B2258], folio, Cambridge, John Field, 1660.⁂ An attractive copy of Ogilby's 1660 reissue of Field's 1659 Bible, updated to reflect the restoration with Solomon seated on his throne. Plate counts vary considerably.
Greene (Graham) Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Andrew with love from Graham. With a rum punch!" to endpaper with ink ownership inscription of Andrew Duncan above, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 1980; Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, first American edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, glacine dust-jacket, slip-case, New York, 1980; and 4 other editions of the same, 8vo (6)⁂ Andrew Duncan appears to have been an occasional correspondent of Greene's and was likely a literary editor.
Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first edition, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust jacket designed by George Salter, light toning to spine, minor chipping to corners and foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, but otherwise a near-fine example preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1938.⁂ The true first edition, published a month before the first English edition, of Greene's classic gangster novel, rare in such bright condition.
Hanway (Jonas) Advice to a Farmer's Daughter, Given in the Character of a Father, 3 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece, occasional light browning, modern calf, J. Dodsley, 1770; and 5 others, Hanway and others, 8vo (8)⁂ The rare first edition of this work that would be reprinted several times. The ESTC entry appears under the title "Advice From a Farmer to his Daughter" but has an additional title that replicates our example. This copy has only the title listed above.
Greene (Graham) The Lawless Roads, first edition, second issue with plain map endpapers and photographic illustrations, the spine lettered in black and top edge un-stained, occasional light foxing or spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to foot of spine, some bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine a little dulled, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to 1" of spine at foot, closed tear with creasing to upper panel, 1939; and three others, the first American with the third edition of the same with proof, 8vo (4)
Arabic language.- Fables.- Erpenius (Thomas) Grammatica Arabica. Ab autore emendata & aucta. Cui accedunt Locmanni Fabulae, et adagia quaedam Arabum, 2 parts in 1 vol., text in Arabic and Latin, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, colophon f. at end of part 2, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, 19th century calf, later gilt and red leather label to spine in compartments, rubbed, especially joints, [Smitskamp 70], small 4to, Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1636.⁂ Scarce work by this Dutch orientalist. The second part contains the text of the fables of Luqman.
Dictionary.- Hickes (George) Institutiones Grammaticæ Anglo-Saxonicæ et Moeso-Gothicæ, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, imprimatur leaf opposite title, additional title with engraved vignette, blank at end of first part (P2) and end of vol., free marbled endpapers cut away, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, gilt corner-pieces of thistles, a few patches of surface wear, gilt spine, gilt morocco label spine rubbed, sm. 4to, [Wing H1851], Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1689.⁂ "Hickes's Institutiones was undertaken as he wrote later 'purely out of zeale to make known the Language, Customes, Laws, and manners of our ancestres, and so to set our English antiquities in a good light'." - Oxford DNB.
Agriculture.- Cato, Varro, Columella & Palladius. Rei rusticae auctores Latini veteres, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, small worm traces and holes in margins, small wormholes in text, index f. Bbb8 with marginal hole, just touching text, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces to covers, spine in compartments and with later gilt and black leather label, piece out of head of spine, some worming, rubbed, [VD16 L 1581], [Heidelberg], Hieronymus Commelin, 1595 § Britain.- Hornius (Georg) Rerum Britannicarum ll. VII, quibus res in Anglia, Scotia, Hibernia, ab anno 1645 bello gestae, exponuntur, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, Leiden, Hackius, 1648; and 8 others, Continental, v.s. (10)
Greene (Graham) The Human Factor, first edition, first issue with Shakespeare logo to title, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slight sunning to spine, else fine, 1978; The Human Factor, American uncorrected proof copy, signed by the author on title, title soiled, original plain wrappers, light creasing, New York, 1978; The Human Factor, first edition, limited edition, original morocco, gilt, Franklin Library, PA, 1978; and 3 others editions of the same, 8vo (6)
Jones (Inigo) The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain, first edition, title in red and black, with small paper repair to lower corner fore-edge and two paper restorations to verso, engraved portrait frontispiece, with small paper repair to verso, 7 double-page or folding woodcut plates, 2 with small tears at folds, light uniform browning, some light foxing and spotting, eighteenth century calf, re-backed with spine laid down, gilt, covers scuffed, lower cover upper corner repaired, others worn, [Wing J954], 4to, by James Flesher for Daniel Pakeman and Laurence Chapman, 1655.
Greene (Graham) The Labyrinthine Ways, first American edition, first state with the text of pages 165 and 256 transposed, bookplate to endpaper, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small surface abrasions to spine, rubbing and chipping to fore-edges, 8vo, New York, 1940.
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