Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, pp.147-223, "special English edition", vol.xlv, Jan-June, very light foxing to title, original morocco-backed boards, lightly rubbed, spine faded and lightly stained, London and Philadelphia, 8vo, 1890. ⁂ Seemingly the much rarer "special English edition" printed just after the American issue, and thus an early appearance in print of this story. The English edition was titled simply, "The Sign of the Four", and was published simultaneously in London and Philadelphia. Gibson and Green note that "in the American issue of the magazine the frontispiece faces a special title-page and is therefore considered by some to constitute the first edition." The first issue contains ads dated "January 1890" and the subsequent issue, as here, has ads dated "February 1890." The first English edition in book form was published in October, 1890 and the first American edition in book form was published in March, 1890.
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Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, first edition, very light offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light finger-soiling and browning to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, a near-fine example overall, [PMM 423], 8vo, 1936.⁂ A superb example of one of the most influential economic treatise of the 20th century.
*** Please note the description of this lot has changed.Africa.- Haywood (Capt. C. Wightwick) To the Mysterious Lorian Swamp, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, folding map, 12pp. advertisements, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, a few short repaired tears to head and foot with some light creasing, a very good example overall, 1927.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. Sporting adventure in Jubaland, now Somalia, in which the author killed a rhino with an automatic pistol when it charged at him as he was taking a photograph. "[I]t is not the sort of effort I care to repeat...".
Food and Drink.- Hartley (Dorothy) Food in England, first edition, illustrations, some light marking to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to head and foot, dust-jacket, very light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few small nicks and some creasing to head and foot, light soiling to panels, some rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Hartley's fascinating compendium of English cookery through the ages, written over a 30 year period.
Blixen (Karen) Den Afrikanske Farm, first Danish edition, original pictorial wrappers, light toning and creasing to spine, spine ends a little chipped, label partially removed from lower flap, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, patch of light soiling to lower cover, a very good example, 8vo, Copenhagen, 1937.⁂ The fragile first Danish edition, published after first English but prior to the first American editions.
Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, first printing, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, original cloth, light sunning to spine and to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, fore-edges neatly strengthened and repaired on verso, spine with neat repairs to foot, some light rubbing to extremities but a very good example overall of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1958.⁂ The first of Michael Bond's Paddington books in which he created his much beloved marmalade-adoring eponymous bear. Increasingly rare in the jacket.
![[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Death of a Sadist, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rub](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/35ad0f94-8ead-4c97-aedf-ad4e0109c703/468x382.jpg)
[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Death of a Sadist, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some minor fraying, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1937.⁂ A rare horror title of a man who loves art so much he loses he soul. Little is known of Ryan, whose work initially vanished into obscurity before being rediscovered in the 1980s.
![[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Subjugated Beast, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, early](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/7e04cd9b-dfb6-46e0-9e55-ad4e0109c89a/468x382.jpg)
[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Subjugated Beast, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, early ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original cloth, spine rubbed and faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some minor fraying, some light soiling and marking, rubbed, 8vo 1938.⁂ A rare macabre horror classic, including tales of cannibals and a husband feeding raw meat to his wife.
Burgess (Anthony) The Worm and the Ring, first edition, occasional marginal foxing, ink ownership inscription of Daphne Fielding, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped light creasing to spine ends, very short closed tear to head of lower panel, light spotting to flaps, 8vo, 1961.⁂ Burgess' suppressed novel with a good provenance, owned by the author and Bright Young Thing, Daphne Fielding (1904-97). The Worm and the Ring was closely based on Burgess' experiences at the Banbury Grammar School with several of the characters recognizable as staff there. The secretary, Gwendoline Bustin, objected to her inclusion and Heinemann agreed to pulp any unsold copies of the book.
Burroughs (William S.) The Naked Lunch, first edition, first issue with "Francs 1500" on back cover and rear flap of dust-jacket, title with typographic border in green, light water-staining to edges of rear free endpaper, original green printed wrappers, with dust-jacket, slightly creased and marked at upper edge, hole punched through wrapper and dust-jacket at foot or rear panel, 8vo, Paris, Olympia Press, 1959.
![Chitty (Lady [Helen Mary]) The Black Buddha, first edition, 6pp. advertisements with this title listed, original cloth, dust-](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/991dfa9d-bf2b-47e1-a1e7-ad4e0109ccb1/468x382.jpg)
Chitty (Lady [Helen Mary]) The Black Buddha, first edition, 6pp. advertisements with this title listed, original cloth, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, some minor chipping to spine ends and corners, a few short tears with light creasing to head and foot, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1926.⁂ An excellent example of this rare adventure title set in India, we can trace no other copies online or at auction. Helen Mary Chitty (1859-1932) was wife of Sir Charles William Chitty, a High Court Judge in Calcutta. The price on the spine has possibly either been transferred from another jacket or previously been covered with another price sticker since removed.
![Durrell (Gerald) [The Corfu Trilogy], 3 vol., first editions, My Family with light chipping to extremities, Birds and Beasts](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/fc146e39-d14d-4555-bce6-ad4e0109cd7e/468x382.jpg)
Durrell (Gerald) [The Corfu Trilogy], 3 vol., first editions, My Family with light chipping to extremities, Birds and Beasts price-clipped, still overall fine or near-fine copies, 8vo, 1956.⁂ A clean and bright set of Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy, comprising My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods, now the inspiration for the popular ITV drama.
Meade-Falkner (J.) The Lost Stradivarius, first edition, presentation inscription to pastedown, bookplate to front free endpaper, light spotting and foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, a little marked, spine ends bumped and creased, 8vo, 1895.⁂ Falkner's first novel, a supernatural tale of ghosts possessing objects.
Fleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, a few spots to endpapers, spotting to edges, original boards, short split to head of spine and to foot of lower joint, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light browning to spine tips, small tape-stain to upper and lower panels, a few scattered spots to lower panel, but a very good, bright copy overall, 8vo, 1957.
Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends, light creasing to head and foot, some rubbing and light surface marking, but an unusually bright and excellent example without any of the usual fading to spine, 8vo, 1960.
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, price-clipped, some light rubbing and minor creasing to spine ends and corners, very short closed tear to foot of upper joint, but an unusually bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1961.
Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, ink ownership stamp to foot of front free endpaper, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light browning to spin, light creasing and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, small splash-mark to spine, but a bright, near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1962.
Greene (Graham), H. E. Bates, T. F. Powys, Sean O'Faolin and others. No Want of Meat, Sir!, edited by John Hackney, first edition, light browning to endpapers, light damp-staining to covers, rubbing to head and foot, dust-jacket, price-clipped with 3/6 price sticker to upper flap, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, surface soiling to panels, light damp-stain to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Grayson, [1935].⁂ A rare piece of Greeniana, the trade edition of the collected stories by 18 writers that were published the same year as a set of limited editions. We can trace no other examples of this volume in a dust-jacket either at auction or online.
America.- Massachusetts.- Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency John Brooks ... A proclamation, for promulgating the amendments to the constitution, broadside, 505 x 405mm., double column, wood-engraved state arms at head, folds, tear to central fold with minor loss, small piece torn from from upper right-hand corner, a few nicks, lightly browned, [Boston], no printer, 1821 § Regular Ticket. Ward 6. Union Republican. Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr. for Mayor, broadside, 330 x 147mm., printed in light blue and black, wood-engraved illustrations, [Boston], no printer, 1864; and c.40 others, 19th century Massachusetts political and electioneering ephemera, v.s, (c.42)
James (P.D.) Unnatural Causes, first edition, signed by the author on title, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, small stain to foot, dust-jacket, some light creasing, neat strengthening to verso of spine ends and one corner, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1967.⁂ James' third novel, scarce signed.
Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Clive Hirschhorn on title, spot to outer margin of text, neat ink ownership inscription dated 1962 and small spot to endpaper, Hirschhorn's neat pencil purchase notes to front pastedown, original boards, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling, an excellent example overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1961.⁂ The author's first novel that introduced George Smiley, his most enduring creation and arguably the greatest and most complex character in all of spy fiction.
Le Carré (John) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, signed by the author on title, light spotting, original blue boards, light fading to lower edge, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, faint markings to flaps from careful removal or tape residue neatly retouched in places, light creasing and faint surface soiling to lower panel, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Le Carre's third novel, an overnight sensation that firmly established his reputation as the master of the literary spy thriller. One of the great British novels to come out of the Cold War.
Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, double signed by the author "John Le Carré aka David Cornwell" on title, slight cockling to endpapers, original boards, faint sunning to head of spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, upper panel with small hole towards foot and small chip to head, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Rare, we can trace no other examples at auction either signed or double-signed. 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.
![America.- Mormonism.- Smith (Joseph) [The King Follett Sermon], in Times and Seasons, Vol. V, No.15, double column, marginal](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/a86a36a6-2461-4fa5-8b6c-ad4e0109f27b/468x382.jpg)
America.- Mormonism.- Smith (Joseph) [The King Follett Sermon], in Times and Seasons, Vol. V, No.15, double column, marginal tears, occasional spotting and light staining, creased, unbound, large 8vo, Nauvoo, IL, 1844.⁂ The first published account of the King Follett Sermon of Joseph Smith, along with an article on his succession. The sermon was delivered at Nauvoo, Illinois by Smith, who was the founder and President of the Latter Day Saints Movement. It is one of the most important sermons in the history of Mormonism and a classic of church literature, with the literary critic Harold Bloom calling it 'one of the truly remarkable sermons ever preached in America'. Our copy has an interesting provenance, with the first outer margin bearing the signature of Elijah Cheney (1783-1863), a contemporary of Smith who had assisted in the construction of Kirtland Temple building, and who later was ordained as an Elder.
![Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, jacket price-clipped, a few very short clo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/f48b04d9-2141-41fe-a397-ad4e0109ec20/468x382.jpg)
Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, jacket price-clipped, a few very short closed tears to head and foot, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, 1977; Smiley's People, promotional photograph for the television adaptation loosely inserted, jacket with light sunning to spine, short closed tear to foot of lower panel, 1980, first editions, all with bookplates signed by the author loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jackets, rubbing and some light creasing to head and foot but very good or excellent overall, 8vo.
![Le Carré (John) A Perfect Spy, fourth impression, signed presentation inscription from the author "and for Dudley [Sutton]wit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/65d8a6eb-dfaf-49c0-9249-ad4e00f63bf4/3d7d08d2-5ea3-4585-957c-ad4e0109ecfd/468x382.jpg)
Le Carré (John) A Perfect Spy, fourth impression, signed presentation inscription from the author "and for Dudley [Sutton]with affection on his 60th John Le Carré aka David" to dedication p., signature of Peter Egan loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped with price sticker to upper flap, light fading to spine, light creasing to head and foot, 1986; and a proof copy of the same in the proof dust-jacket, 8vo (2)⁂ A good association copy of the first item, Dudley Sutton (1933-2018) played Kirov in the television adaptation of Smiley's People. Peter Egan played Magnus Pym in the adaptation of Perfect Spy.
Le Carré (John) The Night Manager, promotional television photograph loosely inserted, jacket with light damp-stain to head of lower panel, light fading to upper panel, 1993; The Constant Gardener, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 2001; Sarratt and the Draper of Watford, 1999; The Pigeon Tunnel, 2016, first editions, all signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine generally; and another signed copy of Sarratt in the alternative jacket, 8vo (5)
Lodge (David) Out of the Shelter, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, very light bumping and creasing to spine ends and corners, still overall an excellent example, 8vo, 1933.⁂ The first book to be printed using a computer, which lead to it being littered with errors.
Maugham (William Somerset) Cakes and Ale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to C. W. Dawes to endpaper, scattered spotting, original cloth, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, very short closed tear to foot of upper panel, some light spotting and slight surface soiling but an excellent example overall, [Stott A40a], 8vo, 1930.⁂ An excellent copy of Maugham's classic inscribed to Charles Reginald Dawes (1879-1964), collector of erotica, bibliographer and writer.
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, signed by the author on title, cut signature of the illustrator to front free endpaper verso, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, light browning to half-title and imprimatur f., original pictorial cloth, gilt, light rubbing and minor bumping to tips of spine and corners, t.e.g., dust-jacket, neat repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, neatly repaired tear to upper panel, some light surface soiling but in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1927.
Nesbit (E.) These Little Ones, first edition, 2pp advertisements, 10 plates by Spenser Pryse, prize bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, some light marking to panels, extremities a little rubbed, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1909.⁂ A collection of short stories for children, rare in the jacket.
O'Donnell (Elliott) The Sorcery Club, first edition, 4 plates by Phillys Vere Campbell, 18pp. advertisements, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original decorative cloth lettered in gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, but a bright and near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1912.⁂ A superb example of this rare work of supernatural fiction involving occult powers and the lost city of Atlantis.
O'Flaherty (Liam) The Informer, first edition, bookplate to pastedown, small ownership stamp to front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, very light rubbing to joints and spine ends, overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1925.⁂ Previously the property of the renowned collector Adrian Homer Goldstone. A lovely copy in jacket of the author's classic novel set in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, the inspiration for a number of film adaptations, most famously that of John Ford in 1935.
Orwell (George) Homage to Catalonia, first edition, endpapers browned, very occasional light dust-soiling, original green cloth, spine gilt, very lightly marked, dust-jacket, minor fraying to spine ends, spine a little darkened, still overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1938.⁂ Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the POUM militia of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the defining turning points of his political outlook and a significant impulse for what led him to write in 1946 "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for Democratic Socialism, as I understand it."
Orwell (George) Coming Up for Air, first edition, one of 2000 copies, very light dust-soiling to endpapers and half-title, original blue cloth, very lightly faded, dust-jacket, faded, spine browned with head a little frayed, still overall a crisp copy, 8vo, 1939.⁂ Very scarce first edition from a printing of 2000 copies, rare to find in dust-jacket.
Ransome (Arthur) Swallows and Amazons, first edition, illustrations and map endpapers by Stephen Spurrier, publisher's Arthur Ransom book list loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, neat repair to foot of front pastedown, original cloth, very light sunning to spine, small patch of discolouration to foot of upper cover, dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d., very light toning to spine, small chip to head of upper joint, small nick for foot of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities but a bright, near-fine example overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Ransom's children's classic, the first instalment in the Swallows and Amazons series and rare in such superb condition.
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Waugh (Evelyn) [The Sword of Honour Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Men at Arms, jacket with 12/6 price sticker to front flap, light rubbing and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, with neat repair to head of spine verso, small nick to lower joint with neat repair to verso, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, jacket with light foxing to flaps and lower panel, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, 1961; Unconditional Surrender, jacket with very light toning to spine, light marking to lower panel, 1961, first editions, signed presentation inscriptions from the author to Pamela Onslow to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine examples generally, preserved in slip-case, 8vo.⁂ Waugh's classic Second World War trilogy, all inscribed to the mother-in-law of his son Auberon. Examples of this trilogy with each volume inscribed are scarce.
Woolf (Virginia) The Common Reader, some scattered spotting, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light browning and soiling, spine ends and corners bumped, 1928; The Common Reader: Second Series, a few spots to fore-edge, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browning and faint damp-staining to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tears to head of joints, but an excellent example overall, 1932, first editions, preserved together in custom slip-case, 8vo (2)⁂ Woolf's witty collection of essays for the common reader with covers designed by Vanessa Bell.
Woolf (Virginia) On Being Ill, number 104 of 250 copies signed by the author, woodcut illustration on final f., light browning to endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut and unopened, dust-jacket, some light rubbing and faint creasing to tips of spine a corners, but a sharp, fine copy overall, [Kirkpatrick A14; Woolmer 245], 8vo, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930.⁂ A superb example of Woolf's essay on illness, rare in such remarkable condition.
Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, half-title, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, very light even foxing to first few pages, original pictorial cloth, blind-stamped and gilt by T.Sturge Moore, uncut, dust-jacket, light chipping to spine head and extremities, lacking lower portion of spine, 8vo, 1928.⁂ One of 2000 copies. The Tower was Yeats' first major volume of poetry to appear as Nobel Laureate (he had been awarded the Nobel Prize five years earlier in 1923). It is considered one of the poet's most important volumes, and firmly established his place in the Modernist canon.
Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, number 430 of 500 copies signed by the illustrator, illustrations and 50 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, some light scattered spotting, original pictorial vellum, gilt, lacking ties, slight bowing to covers, rather soiled and spotted, 4to, 1906.
Rackham (Arthur).- Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, number 119 of 525 copies signed by the artist, illustrations, mounted colour frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Rackham, light foxing to endpapers, neatly repaired tears to pastedowns, original pictorial vellum, gilt, original silk ties, usual slight bowing to covers, some creasing to spine ends, but a bright, near-fine example overall, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1915.⁂ Rare with the original ties and in such bright condition.
Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice, reprint, frontispiece, title, illustrations, head- and tail-pieces, initials and decorations all by Hugh Thomson, very light foxing to half-title and title upper margin, original pictorial dark green cloth, gilt, with peacock design on upper cover, spine gilt with peacock feathers, g.e., spine head and foot very lightly bumped, but overall a fine bright copy, [Gilson E78], 8vo, 1895.
Strutt (Joseph) Borda Anzel-cynnan: or A Complete View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits. &c. of the Inhabitants of England..., 3 vol., 158 engraved plates printed in sepia, errata slip in vol.2, Benjamin White; Walter Shropshire, 1775-76; The Chronicle of England, 2 vol., first edition, 42 engraved maps and plates, errata leaf at end of vol.1, by Joseph Cooper, for Walter Shropshire, 1777-78; The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England, with supplement at end, 72 engraved plates printed in sepia, Benjamin & John White, 1793; A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispieces and 151 hand-coloured plates, J.Nichols, for J.Edwards, 1796-99; Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod. Or, the Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 39 hand-coloured plates, some light foxing, T.Bensley for J.White, 1801, together 5 works in 9 vol., many plates with paper guards, uniform nineteenth century green morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet border and gilt-tooled floral ornament to corners, red, brown and green morocco labels to spines, g.e., a little rubbed, mostly to edges, a few marks, joints cracked, 4to⁂ A handsome and generally very clean set of Strutt's works on the social history of England, with many of the plates engraved by Strutt himself from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum.
Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord) The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, engraved portrait by W.Faithorne, title in red and black, woodcut initials, some light browning, 3H1 a little stained, bound in dark red morocco, by Rivière & Son, with overall design of swirling Tudor roses inlaid in fawn, red and green morocco and tooled in gilt, spine title in gilt, five raised bands with five gilt dots and compartments of inlaid Tudor roses, g.e., a little rubbed, corners bumped, light fading to upper cover, neatly rebacked preserving old spine, [Wing H1505B], folio (binding c.305 x 190mm.), Andr.Clark, for J.Martyn, S.Mearne, and H.Herringman, 1672.
Holy Land.- Roberts (David) The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia and Nubia, 6 vol. in 3, portrait frontispiece, 6 pictorial lithograph titles, 241 tinted lithographs, 2 maps, tissue guards, extensive foxing and spotting, some light browning, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front endpaper of vol.1, ownership stamp to front endpapers, contemporary burgundy half morocco, gilt, covers slightly faded and soiled, extremities a little rubbed, 4to, 1855.
Roscoe (William) The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, with engraved portrait (lightly offset on title), engraved title vignettes, head- & tail-pieces, some light spotting, engraved bookplate of Abraham Wildey Robarts, handsome contemporary diced russia with neo-classical gilt borders, spines gilt, rubbed at edges and corners, splits to joints, Liverpool, by J.M'Creery [for] J.Edwards, 1795 § Roscoe (Thomas) Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine Artist, 2 vol., engraved portrait, foxing, contemporary cloth-backed boards, uncut, rather worn, 1822, 4to & 8vo (4)
Commerce.- Parkes (Samuel) Thoughts on the Laws Relating to Salt; with arguments for the repeal of those laws, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine worn, joints split, for the author, 1817 § Skrimshire (F.) Letters on the Consumption of Malt, addressed respectively to the Farmer, Labourer, and Labourer's Friend, first edition, half-title, stitched, lightly soiled, 1834; and another copy of the first and 2 pamphlets on the malt tax, 8vo (5)
West Indies.- Edwards (Bryan) The History Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 3 vol., fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece in vol.1 and 10 engraved plates and 11 maps, bookplate to pastedown, some light surface dirt or finger-soiling, occasional tears or light staining to maps, later calf-backed boards, morocco spine labels, gilt, edges stained red, 8vo, for John Stockdale, 1807.
Ornament.- Collinot (E. ) and A. de Beaumont. Encylcopédie des Arts Décoratifs de l'Orient, 4 vol. only (of 6), of 500 copies, 169 lithographs only (of 170 for these volumes), most printed in colour, many pages loose and endpapers defective, some light soiling and offsetting, original morocco-backed boards, spines and extremities heavily worn, one spine with large chip at head and another with large tear, folio, 1883.⁂ Ornements Arabes; Ornements de la Perse; Ornements Turcs; Ornements Vénitiens, Hindous, Russes etc.
Architectural geometry.- Pomodoro (Giovanni) Geometria prattica tratta dagl'Elementi d'Euclide, first edition, first issue, engraved title in scrollwork boarder with coat of arms, historiated initials, engraved full-page illustrations after Pomodoro and Scala, some light even browning to title and throughout, damp-staining to first 2 signatures, small paper repair to tail of M⁴, contemporary vellum, light marking to upper cover, heavier staining to lower cover, [EDIT 16 CNCE 28377; Harvard Italian 394; Riccardi I (2), 300], folio, Rome, Stefano Paolini, 1599.⁂ Rare finely illustrated manual of Euclidean geometry and its practical applications for surveyors and architects. The illustrations show geometrical constructions and surveying and measuring instruments and issues, including architectural plans and elevations of buildings and streets. The coat of arms on the title is of the dedicatee, Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini.
Astrology & Astronomy.- Astrologer to Catherine de' Medici.- Gauricus (Lucas) Ephemerides recognitae et ad ungem Castigatae ... Eiusdem schemata & praedictiones ad Annum usque virginei partus 1552. Eiusdem Isagogicus in totam ferme Astrologiam Libellus. Quo pacto aeris q[ua]litas diiudicet ex Theophilo. Ventorum nomina, ordo..., first edition, woodcut illustrations, colophon with woodcut Junta device, near-contemporary annotations to endpapers and text, occasional very light spotting or staining, letter in early hand loosely inserted, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript lettering to spine, bound with remains of a medieval manuscript, rubbed with some loss to spine and extremities, [Adams E202; Gardner 488; Houzeau & Lancaster 14657; Honeyman 1448; EDIT 16 CNCE 20516], 4to (218 x 160mm), Venice, for Lucantonio Giunta, 1533.⁂ First edition of these very rare ephemerides by the astronomer, astrological data collector, and mathematician Luca Gaurico (1474-1558), containing tables and astrological prognostications for the years 1534 through 1551. Gaurico's contemporary reputation stemmed from his astrological prognostications, and was appointed 'astrological consultant' to Catherine de' Medici after correctly predicting at age fourteen the ascension to the papacy of Catherine's great-uncle Giovanni de Medici. He became famous throughout Europe after twice predicting in 1529 and 1532 the ascension of Alessandro Farnese who, as Paul III, rewarded him by making him bishop of Giffoni in 1539, transferring him in 1545 to the see of Civitate nella Capitanata. As a mathematician Gaurico is best known for the first published Latin translations of Archimedes' works De Mensura Circuli and De Quadratura Parabolae (1503). He went on to publish an edition of Pecham's Perspectiva Communis in 1504.
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Astronomical instruments.- Maurolico (Francesco) Opuscula mathematica [Arithmeticorum libri duo], 2 parts in 1, first edition, printer's device to title, woodcut illustrations and initials, title with contemporary inscriptions and stamp, occasional light scattered spotting and minor water-staining, contemporary limp vellum with manuscript title to upper cover and spine in different hands, spine worn, covers marked and stained, [Adams M919; Riccardi I, 141; Smith, Rara arithmetica pp.348-350; EDIT 16 CNCE 28131], 4to (214 x 160mm), Venice, Francesco De Franceschi, 1575.⁂ First printing of the majority of Maurolico's works, including treatises on geometry, horology and astronomical instruments. The Arithmeticorum contains original results on number theory, many established using the principle of induction, which is published here for the first time.
Astronomy.- Kepler (Johannes) Prodomus dissertationum cosmographicarum, continens Mysterium Cosmographicum de admirabili proportione orbium coelestium, 2 parts in 1, second, enlarged, edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 5 folding plates (4 woodcut and 1 engraved), woodcut diagrams, title to second part with large woodcut device, lacking final blank, A3 lacking portion from fore-margin, light water- and damp-staining throughout, some worming (mostly single wormhole to lower margin but passing through plates 4 & 5 and causing track to final few leaves), some tears to plates (one repaired), lacking free endpapers, ink shelf-mark of Dupplin Castle, Perth & Kinross to front pastedown, with another earlier shelf-mark and later signature of Bernard Pagel, contemporary calf with borders ruled in blind, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked preserving scraps of old spine, folio, Frankfurt, Erasmus Kempfer for Godefrid Tampach, 1621.⁂ Kepler's first book, usually referred to as "Mysterium Cosmographicum" and first published in 1596, is a Copernican treatise which set the course for his life's work. It contains his theory that the orbit of each of the five planets is determined by the circumference of the five platonic solids nested one inside the other (see the engraved plate). As well as Kepler's own introductory chapter expounding and defending the Copernican theory, the book contains a reprint of Rheticus' Naratio prima, the first announcement of the theory which was first published in 1540 and before De revolutionibus in 1543. This second edition includes Kepler's additional notes reflecting the development of his thinking in the intervening 25 years, and appended is the first edition of Kepler's response to attacks by Robert Fludd on his Harmonices mundi of 1619.
Canine anatomy.- Blaes (Gerard) Miscellanea anatomica, hominis, brutorumque variorum, fabricam diversam magna parte exhibentia, first edition, additional engraved title and 29 plates, a few laid down to interleaved pages, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary ink ownership name to endpapers, very occasional light spotting or toning, contemporary brown morocco, lightly stained, occasional small wormhole or crack though holding strong, overall still an excellent example, 8vo, Amsterdam, Caspar Commelin, 1673.⁂ A superb copy of this important work of human and comparative anatomy by the Dutch physician and chemist Gerard Blaes (1627-1682). Blasius describes the anatomy of fourteen types, including tortoise, duck, pigeon, ox, sheep, pig, dog, cat, civet-cat, fox, rat, hare and monkey, and others. The first 167 pages are devoted to human anatomy, followed by the description of the anatomy of various animals, and pp. 168-252 are devoted to the anatomy of a dog. This is the first comprehensive and original treatise on a vertebrate since the publication of Ruini's volume on the horse in 1598.
Glaser (Christophle) Traite de la Chymie. Enseignant par une brieve et facile methode toutes ses plus necessaires preparations, first edition, additional engraved title and 2 folding plates, bookplate removed from pastedown, very occasional spotting or light browning, 19th century calf-backed boards, covers rubbed and joints cracking but holding firm, fore-edge stained red, 8vo, Paris, Chez l'autheur, 1663.⁂ Rare first edition of this monumental chemistry text, which went through some thirteen editions between 1663 and 1710. As his only published work, it was originally printed in a small run at the author's expense and sold from his house. The work is a milestone in the development of the chemical text, as it is stripped of alchemical mysticism and provides clear and scientific descriptions of chemical preparations.
La Condamine (Charles-Marie de) Mesure des Trois Premiers Degrés du Méridien dans l'Hémisphere, Tireée des Observations de M.rs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Envoyés par le Rois sous l'Équateur..., first edition, engraved title vignette and 3 folding plates, Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1751; Nouveau Projet d'une Mesure invariable, proper a devenir universelle. Extrait d'un Mémoire lû à l'assemblée publique de l'Académie des Sciences, le 24 Avril 1748, offprint issue, together 2 works in 1, light spotting to endpapers and title, contemporary calf, very lightly chipped but overall an excellent copy, 4to. ⁂ The official account of the expedition to Peru to measure the length of a degree of the meridian near the equator. The result showed that the diameter of the Earth is greater at the equator than at the poles, confirming Newton's prediction based on his law of universal gravitation. Bound with this copy of La Condamine's account of the geodetic expedition is an extremely rare offprint of the memoir in which he proposed that the length of a pendulum with period one second at the equator should be used as a new standard measure of length.
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