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Click here to subscribeFleming (Ian) From Russia, With Love, first edition, original boards, fine and bright, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, minor creasing to head, light patch of discolouration to foot of lower panel, rubbing to extremities, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1957.
Fleming (Ian) Dr. No, first edition, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original first state plain boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine dulled but lettering bright, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine ends and corners, 2 very short closed tears to head of upper panel, but a crisp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1958.
Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, variant issue with printer's quad mark to title, signed by Henry Blofeld on endpaper, bookplate of Thomas Blofeld to endpaper, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very slight toning to spine, light creasing to spine ends and corners, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.⁂ Thomas Robert Calthorpe Blofeld (1903-1986) attended Eton with Fleming, his name is thought to be the inspiration for the supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Henry Blofeld (b. 1939) his son, cricket commentator and broadcaster. Although Blofeld does not feature in the novel, he was originally scripted to appear as the villain in the film adaptation until an injunction blocked Eon Productions from using the character.
Hebraica.- Pagninus (Sanctes) Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ, collation: *a-*i4 a-z, A-Z, aa-zz, AA-ZZ, aaa-zzz, AAA-ZZZ, Aa-Zz, AAa-ZZz, AAAa-KKKk4, text in Hebrew and Latin, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, outline of a hand in ink to final blank verso, AA1 upper corner torn with loss of a few letters, occasional marginal staining, some spotting, occasional light browning, new endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked (by a Mr. Harvey of the Bodleian, according to a pencil note to front pastedown), corners repaired, rubbed, thick 4to (232 x 158mm.), [Paris], Robert Estienne, [12 February, 1548].⁂ First edition of Pagnini's translation and commentary on David ben Joseph Kimhi's Sefer ha-shorashim. Provenance: Elizabeth Armstrong, Estienne scholar and bibliographer (book label). Literature: Adams P37; Renouard, Estienne, 71:5.
Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, number 230 of 250 copies signed by the author, half-title, frontispiece portrait by Amherst Villiers, title-page in red and black, minor damp-mottling to pastedowns, endpapers and half-title, original vellum-backed cloth, white ski-track motif on upper cover, line a little rubbed, t.e.g., original acetate dust-jacket, a little toned, light chipping to corners, 1 corner with short closed tear, 8vo, 1963.⁂ Fleming's only signed limited edition.
Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, ink ownership inscription to half-title, original first state boards with golden gun on upper cover, upper cover with patch of discolouration and 2 small bumps to foot but with the gun clean and bright, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, minor rubbing and light creasing to spine ends and corners, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1965.⁂ The rare first state, discontinued by Cape due to the prohibitive cost of stamping every copy in gilt. Around 940 copies were produced with this binding with the majority sent to Commonwealth countries.
Fleming (Ian) Octopussy and the Living Daylights, first edition, original boards, lettered in silver, dust-jacket, some very light toning to spine, slight rubbing to tips of spine and corners, but a fine copy overall, 8vo, 1966.⁂ The earliest of the states, issued prior to the states with stickers or those price-clipped.
Ford (Ford Madox) [Parade's End], 4 vol., first editions, comprising Some Do Not, occasional spotting, spine faded and a little creased, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1924; No More Parades, contemporary ink ownership inscription, occasional very light spotting, 1925; A Man Could Stand Up, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, spine slightly darkened, light ink marking to spine price, spine ends and corners chipped, ink notes to front flap, light surface soiling, extremities rubbed, very good overall, 1926; The Last Post, endpapers foxed, spine tips rubbed, 1928, original cloth, preserved together in slip-case, 8vo (4)⁂ A very good set of Ford's classic war tetralogy, including the third in the series in the rare dust-jacket.
Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, first edition, light browning and contemporary pencil inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly darkened, fading to spine ends, faint ring mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, darkened at spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners chipped, a few short tears to some chipping to head and foot with accompanying creasing, ring mark to upper cover, some rubbing or slight chipping to extremities, still a very good example of a rare jacket, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Kirkpatrick A10], 8vo, 1924.⁂ Forster's most popular novel, rare in the dust-jacket.
Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, first edition, light scattered spotting to fore-edge, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, first issue dust-jacket priced at 7/6 and with review of The Man Within to lower panel, light browning to spine, head of spine and corners a little chipped, small patch of dampstaining to head of upper panel, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Greene would later disown The Name of Action, making any edition of it published in his lifetime scarce, especially so in the dust-jacket.
Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second issue with "Quin Savory", original cloth, light central creasing to spine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, tear to upper panel with creasing (neat tape repair to verso), chip to lower fore-edge, light abrasion mark to spine, 8vo, 1932.
Greene (Graham) A Burnt Out Case, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to spine ends and corners, a few spot to rear panel, but sharp and excellent overall, 8vo, 1961.
Greene (Graham, author, 1904-91) 4 Typed Letters signed "Graham" and "for Graham Greene" to Robin Midgley of The Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, comprising: 1 TLs from Greene & 3 TLs.s dictated by Greene and signed in absence by his sister and secretary Elisabeth Dennys, together 5pp., 8vo & sm. 4to, Antibes, France, 18th January 1980 - 10th October 1981, discussing his play, For Whom the Bell Chimes, "The play is intended to be purely farcical and therefore I prefer to think that the confusion is worse confounded rather than any light is cast. I am rather tempted by your idea that the woman police inspector turns out to be Ginger and I am also tempted by the idea of a completely new situation by the introduction of someone who has absolutely nothing to do with the play. Let me put all this up to my unconscious which produced Yes and No", and sending "extra pages for you to judge", and Yes and No, "... did you get a note from Michael Imison that the name of the dramatist in YES & NO should be changed. I had forgotten that Potter was a playwright. I suggested it should be changed to Privet", folds; and 12pp. of typed additions to For Whom the Bell Chimes, with a few small autograph corrections and some corrections by ?Robin Midgley, v.s. (18 pieces).
Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., compising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, bookplate signed by the author to title, very short close tear with minor creasing to head of lower panel, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, signed by the author on title, 1977; Smiley's People, signed by the author on title, 1980, first editions, original boards, jackets with usual light fading to spines, a little rubbed at head and foot, but generally near-fine overall; Smiley's People, uncorrected proof copy, cut signature of the author to upper cover, light foxing, front free endpaper upper corner clipped, original wrappers, some light foxing to covers, minor creasing to spine and corners, proof dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, some creasing to head and foot, [c.1980], 8vo (4)⁂ An excellent example of Le Carré's seminal spy trilogy. The proof dust-jacket of Smiley's People has significant differences with that on the first edition including a different setting on the upper panel, an alternative author portrait on the lower panel and a different colour scheme on the flaps.
Orwell (George) Animal Farm. A Fairy Story, first edition, contemporary ink gift inscription to pastedown, original cloth, very minor bumping to spine ends and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso, small chip to head of rear panel, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, very short closed tear to head of upper panel, but a sharp, fine copy overall, 8vo, 1945.⁂ A superb example of Orwell's classic satirical allegory. Rare in such immaculate condition. Orwell struggled to find a willing publisher, eventually Secker and Warburg obliged after it was rejected by Gollancz (Orwell's usual publisher) as well as Faber and Faber and Jonathan Cape.
Rackham (Arthur).- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, number 326 of 1,130 copies, 13 tipped-in colour plates and other illustrations in text by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, occasional light foxing and spotting, pictorial endpapers slightly browned, original pictorial cloth, slightly marked, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, [1907].
Rackham (Arthur).- Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, one of 750 copies signed by the artist, 40 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, one with slight abrasion mark, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, original pictorial vellum, gilt, lacking silk ties, tear to spine head, some mostly light marking and staining, 4to, 1909.
Limited Editions Club.- Joyce (James) Dubliners, Introduction by Thomas Flanagan, one of 1000 copies signed by Flanagan and the artist, photogravure plates by Robert Ballagh, tissue guards, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, uncut, cloth slip-case (light spotting to one edge), 1986 § Bradbury (Ray) Fahrenheit 451, limited edition signed by the author and artist, 4 colour plates by Joseph Mugnaini, 3 folding, some very occasional light foxing, prospectus loosely inserted, original aluminium-covered boards, board slip-case(very slightly rubbed), 1982, 4to & 8vo, New York, Limited Editions Club (2)
Ashendene Press.- Todhunter (John) Ye Minutes of Ye CLXXVIIth Meeting of Ye Sette of Odd Volumes, extracted from Ye Diary of Samuel Pepys Esq..., number 30 of 154 copies, original wrappers printed in red, uncut, light spotting, edges a little creased and frayed, preserved in board folder and slip-case (a little rubbed), [Hornby III], small 8vo, privately printed for Ye Sette by ye hand of their well-beloved Brother ye Chapman, not to be had of any of ye tribe of booksellers, [1896].⁂ An amusing spoof of Samuel Pepys by Brother Todhunter, Playwright to the Sette. Hornby, the Chapman, joined the Sette of Odd Volumes in 1895. He notes in the Ashendene bibliography, "Among the many distinguished 'volumes' in my time there was none more brilliant and witty then Brother Todhunter. This little jeu d'esprit shows him in his lighter vein."
Ashendene Press.- Francis, of Assisi, Saint. Un Mazzetto Scelto di Certi Fioretti del Glorioso Poverello di Cristo..., one of 150 copies on paper, printed in red and black in double-column, initials in red designed by Graily Hewitt, woodcut illustrations by W.H.Hooper after Charles M.Gere, light spotting to final couple of leaves, Alfred Acland's copy with his bookplate, original linen-backed blue boards, title printed on upper cover, uncut, lower cover a little faded at upper edge, paper spine label slightly chipped, [Hornby XIX], 4to, 1904.⁂ Col. Alfred Dyke Acland (1858-1937), army officer, partner at W.H.Smith with St.Hornby, and son-in-law of W.H.Smith himself.
Bremer Press.- Sonnets, edited by Josef Hofmiller and Robert Spindler, number 146 of 275 copies, title and initials designed by Anna Simons, light foxing to title and colophon, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, morocco label a little rubbed and chipped, slip-case, 4to, Munich, Bremer Press, 1931.⁂ Handsomely-printed collection of sonnets by Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Wordsworth, Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, D.G. & Christina Rossetti and others.
Doves Press.- Carlyle (Thomas) Sartor Resartus: The Life & Opinions of Herr Teufelsdroeckh, one of 300 copies, printed in red and black with initials designed by Edward Johnston in red, very slight foxing to edges of a few leaves, original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, cockling to endpapers, light browning to edges, small spot to lower cover, [Tidcombe DP13], 4to, small 4to, Doves Press, 1907.
Fleece Press.- Yorke (Malcolm) The Inward Laugh: Edward Bawden and his circle, one of 675 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth backed patterned-paper boards, 2005 § Rogerson (Ian) Barnett Freedman: The Graphic Art, one of 500 copies, DVD in pocket at end, original cloth, slip-case, 2006; Tone, Texture, Light and Shade: A Barnett Freedman Picture Album, one of 250 copies with an original lithographed Christmas card by Freedman loosely inserted, from an edition limited to 340, original cloth backed patterned-paper boards, 2011, plates and illustrations, some colour, some folding, some tipped in, 4to, Upper Denby, Fleece Press (3)
Gehenna Press.- Euripides. Hippolytos, translated by Robert Bagg, one of 200 copies signed by the artist, printed in red and black, original morocco backed marbled boards, uncut, 10 etchings by Leonard Baskin loose as issued in cloth & marbled board folder, one printed in green, occasional light marginal foxing, together in original morocco-backed cloth & marbled board drop-back box, a little rubbed and faded, short splits to joints, folio, Northampton, Ma., Gehenna Press, 1969.
Hegel (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich) Encyclopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaftenim im Grundrisse, presentation copy inscribed to Philip Marheineke "Dem Herrn Dr. u. Professor Marheinike als Zeichen seiner innigen Hochachtung und Freundschaft der Verfasser" ["To Dr and Professor Mahrenikien as a mark of the author's deepest respect and friendship"] to front free endpaper, third edition, Gothic letter, occasional light browning, contemporary boards, manuscript label to spine, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Heidelberg, 1830.⁂ An inscribed copy of Hegel's last book, a philosophic masterpiece and the most explicit formulation of his dialectic method, with an excellent provenance. Presentation copies from Hegel are extremely rare, we can trace only one other inscribed work at auction in the last 40 years. The recipient, Philip Marheineke (1780-1846) was a prominent follower of Hegel, an editor of his collected works, and the leader of the Hegelian Right following the philosopher's death in 1831. Provenance: Philip Marheineke (1780-1846, presentation inscription from the author); K. Schultze (owner inscription on title and note to endpaper); Ferdinand Jakob Schmidt (German philosopher, 1860-1939; gift inscription "dem Pfleger u. Forderer von Hegels Ideen" ["the custodian and supporter of Hegel's ideas"] to endpaper).
NO RESERVE Malory (Sir Thomas) Lancelot and Elaine, one of 200 copies [but actually c.25], printed in red & black, wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, original patterned-paper boards, paper label to upper cover, uncut, spine faded, High Wycombe, Hague & Gill, 1948 § Way of the Cross (The), printed in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, original cloth-backed boards, light water-staining to head of spine, Ditchling, Douglas Pepler, 1917 § Saint Dominic: Scenes from the Life..., wood-engraved title vignette by David Jones, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, Ditchling, St.Dominic's Press, 1929 § David (Villiers) Winter Firework, number 37 of 150 copies, illustrations by Osbert Lancaster, original cloth-backed patterned cloth, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, all uncut, very slightly rubbed; and 6 others, Gill and/or St.Dominic's Press, 8vo et infra (10)⁂ The first was one of only a few copies issued due to faulty printing.
Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, translated by H.F.Cary, number 857 of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, light spotting to endpapers and fore-edge, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, some spotting, slight fading to spine and splaying to covers as usual, folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.
Nonesuch Press.- Herodotus. The History..., translated by G.Rawlinson, edited by A.W.Lawrence, number 618 of 675 copies, half-title with wood-engraved vignette, title in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations by V. Le Campion, 9 maps at end, most double-page, light spotting to endpapers and fore-edge, original blue-stained vellum-backed cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded as usual, small folio, Nonesuch Press, 1935.
Essex.- Charter, I, William de Watevile grant to John de Valla and Alice his wife, of a tenement in the village of Hamsted [Hempstead] for the sum of four shillings, witnesses: Andrew de Helyng, Phillip de Codree, John de Bosto and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 16 lines, in light brown ink, folds, large remains of a wax seal depicting a knight on horseback, 110 x 280mm., [c. 1260].
Whaling.- Dutch School (19th Century) Five large sailing ships and five smaller rowing boats circling and harpooning whales, two polar bears on the ice in the right, pen and ink, watercolour and gouache, traces of pencil, on laid paper with large medallion watermark, signed indistinctly in pen and black ink by the artist in the lower right corner, dated '180[?]1' in the lower left corner, ruled borders with watercolour washes, sheet 300 x 410 mm. (11 1/4 x 16 1/4 in), handling creases, surface dirt and light browning, unframed, [circa 1801].
Architecture.- Papworth (John Buonarotti) Hints on Ornamental Gardening: consisting of a series of Designs for Garden Buildings, first edition, lacking half-title, with 2 hand-coloured aquatint plans and 27 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, a few illustrations and diagrams, occasional spotting or soiling to plates, light offsetting, broken, modern vellum-backed marbled boards, [Abbey, Life 46; Berlin Kat. 3436], 4to, R.Ackermann, 1823.⁂ The fine aquatint plates include an aviary, dairy, ice house, laundry, poultry house, Venetian tent, a bath and an apiary. The two plans show a before and after plan of an estate, one usually forming an overslip to the other, and printed in sepia and uncoloured.
Engelbrecht (Martin) [Die zwolf Monaten/The twelve Months], 6 from the set of 12 plates: January, February, April, June, September and October, copper engravings within wide baroque borders with comic motifs, the central pairs of caricatured dwarfs in original hand-colouring, names of the months in Latin and French, French verses below figures printed from separate plates, each platemark approx. 300 x 190 mm (11 7/8 x 7 ½ in.), narrow margins, a few very light damp-stains at foot otherwise in excellent condition, unframed, [Augsburg, c. 1715] (6)⁂ Derived from the 'Gobbi' figures of Jacques Callot (c. 1622), the present group appears to predate the similar and better-known series "Il Callotto Resuscitato" of c.1720. There is an uncoloured set in the British Museum and a single coloured plate in the Wellcome Collection. The so-called Callot dwarfs provided popular models for Meissen and other porcelain manufacturers after 1715.
Cambridgeshire.- Charter, grant by Alex de Alshornestone and Johanna his wife to Henry Honeman of Ashelee [Ashley] of 12 acres of land in Ashley near the land of the Prior and Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, witnesses: William Coleman, Robert de cheap and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 22 lines, in light brown ink, 2 red wax seals with good impressions, folds, slightly browned, 158 x 242mm., 1335.⁂ Ashley, four miles east of Newmarket. The manor of Ashley was owned by the Knights Hospitallers.
China.- White (Herbert C.) Peking the Beautiful, first edition, half-title, mounted photographic frontispiece and 70 plates, most sepia or tinted, some colour, illustrations, occasional soiling and light offsetting, original embroidered dark blue silk, upper cover with title and image of a temple and decorative floral border, preserved in original pictorial box with protective glacine paper, box with some internal repairs and one corner split, but generally in excellent condition, folio, Shanghai, The Commercial Press, 1927.⁂ Extremely rare to find in such condition and preserved in the original box.
India.- Eden (Hon. Emily) Portraits of the Princes & People of India, first edition, tinted lithographed title with vignette and 24 tinted lithographed plates by Lowes Dickinson after Emily Eden printed by C. Hullmandel, plate-guards, some light foxing, with list of plates, plates of Dost Mahomed Khan & others, Runjeet Singh, Horse & Jewels of Raunjeet Singh and Cheetas sent by the King all creased and frayed at edges (some with slight marginal loss), old ink signatures to front free endpaper, modern book-labels of David Mann and another, original half roan over pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and faded, [Not in Abbey], folio, J.Dickinson & Son, 1844.
Book of Hours, Use of Rome, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 96 leaves only including 6 blank pages, 24 pages of Calendar at beginning (feast of Saint Leodegar indicated in margin), single column, 16 lines, ruled in light red ink, written in brown ink in a regular gothic bookhand, numerous one and two-line initials in gold, blue or red (some washed and blurred), line-fillers throughout, vellum slightly yellowed and with some soiling, some ff. slightly creased, 2ff. from a printed Book of Hours inserted, front endpapers torn and loose, 16th century calf, oval gilt stamps on covers, upper joint splitting at tail, chipped at head with small loss, rubbed and scuffed, preserved in a modern box, leaves 182 x 140mm., [?France], [c. 1450].
Euripides. Euripidis tragoediae septedecim, 2 vol., collation: Ν-Ξ8, Ο10, Π-P8 Σ10, Τ-Υ8, Φ6, Χ-Ω8, ΑΑ-ΒΒ8, ΓΓ6, ΔΔ-ΖΖ8, ΗΗ6, ΘΘ-ΙΙ8, ΚΚ10, [χ]4; ΛΛ8, ΜΜ10, ΝΝ-ΡΡ8, ΣΣ10, ΤΤ8, ΥΥ6, ΦΦ-ΧΧ8, ΨΨ4, ΩΩ8, ΑΑΑ-ΒΒΒ8, ΓΓΓ6, ΔΔΔ-ΖΖΖ8, ΗΗΗ6, ΘΘΘ-ΚΚΚ8, ΛΛΛ4 (Δ4, Φ6, ΗΗ6, ΣΣ10, ΥΥ6 blank), Greek, Roman and italic types, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut printer's device to KK10v of the first volume and ΛΛΛ4v of the second, occasional light staining or spotting, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], 1503; Euripidis Electra. Nunc primum in lucem edita, collation: A-Γ8, Δ8 (fols. A1v, Δ7 and Δ8 blanks), Greek and italic type, title with woodcut coin of Caesar Augustus (Cohen 228), and woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee Cardinal Ardinghelli, woodcut historiated initial, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking final 2 blanks, Rome, [Antonio Blado], 1545, together 2 works in 3 vol., uniformly bound in handsome 19th century dark blue morocco, gilt, spine in compartments and richly so, rubbed at extremities, g.e., 8vo (160 x 97mm. and 155 x 92mm.) ⁂ A handsome set with a distinguished provenance of the first Aldine edition of the plays of Euripides, containing eighteen plays instead of the seventeen announced on the title. It lacks only Electra; provided here in the Blado edition. Provenance: Sir Robert Peel, Bt. (1788-1850), British Conservative stateman, who served twice as Prime Minister and twice as Home Secretary, as well as founding the Metropolitan Police Service (Drayton Manor armorial bookplates to each vol.). Literature: I: Adams E-1030; STC Italian 239; Renouard Alde, 43:10; Ahmanson-Murphy 69; Sicherl Manutius, pp. 291-309; Hoffmann ii, p. 68; Legrand i, 31; Layton, The Sixteenth-Century Greek Book in Italy, p. 383; Staikos, Charta of Greek Printing, p. 343; Staikos, The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators (1495-1515), New Castle, DE 2016, 33 II: Adams E-1052; Fumagalli 79 ("rarissimo"); Ascarelli, p. 100; Hoffmann ii, p. 82.
Heraldry.- Bossewell (John) Workes of Armories devided into three bookes, entitled the concordes of Armorie, the Armorie of Honor, and of cotes and creastes, black letter, title with woodcut printer's device, numerous woodcut arms, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, a few instances of early ink marginalia, final f. lower margin cut away with loss of word 'Finis', some spotting or mostly light staining, new endpapers, 17th century calf, spine in compartments, later red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding firm, head of spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 3394], small 4to, printed by Henrie Ballard, dwelling without Temple-barre, 1597.⁂ Second edition of one of the most important Elizabethan works on Heraldry.
Pulci (Luca) Epistole di Luca de Pulci al magnifico Lorenzo de Medici, collation: A-K4, Gothic type, title within a four-piece woodcut border, some light foxing (mostly marginal), bookplate of Adolfo Tura, vellum over boards by Gozzi of Modena, gilt, covers with medallion bearing inscription 'Torre del Palasciano', 8vo (146 x 94mm.), [Venice], [Manfredo Bonelli], [21 October, 1505].⁂ Rare first edition of this particular collection of poems, with EDIT 16 recording only two copies. The woodcut border was first used by Bonelli in his Aesop of 1491. Literature: Essling 1499 (mentioning this copy, "Florence, Collection Torre, 1898"); Sander 6008; EDIT 16 CNCE 69334.
Locke (John) Two Treatises of Government: in the Former, False Principles and Foundations of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown, third edition, lacking final blank, D2 very small hole within text with loss to part of a couple of letters, D3 2 holes within text with loss of a few words, D4 short tear at foot without loss, closely trimmed at head, some foxing and light browning, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, upper joint split, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 3546; Pforzheimer 613; Wing L2768], 8vo, Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster Row, 1698.⁂ 'The importance of this book in the history of English political thought is sometimes ignored... The constructive doctrines which are elaborated in the second treatise became the basis of social and political philosophy for many generations' (Pforzheimer).
Ian Scott Anderson autograph mounted with colour photo to an overall size of 18 x 12 inches. Scottish-born musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson is a multi-instrumentalist who plays keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica, and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album Walk into Light, and since then he has released another five works, including the sequel to the Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick (1972) in 2012, entitled Thick as a Brick 2. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Victor B. Wilkins - G Plan / E. Gomme - Brandon - A mid 20th Century 1950's retro vintage light golden oak buffet / sideboard credenza having a single door shelved cupboard adjacent to a small twin door shelved cupboard above deep drawer, detachable bookcase top and all being raised on short angular legs. Measures; 131cm ( 85cm ) x 122cm x 46cm.
Ronald Stennett Wilson - Wedgewood / King's Lynn - Standard Sandringham - A set of five 1960's retro vintage studio art glass candlesticks / tea light holders to include; three 13cm candlesticks, one 14 cm candlestick with a large bowl and a 25cm candlestick. All having a translucent peach glass colourway. Measures; 21cm tall.
Victor B. Wilkins - G Plan / E. Gomme - Redford - A rare mid 20th Century 1950's retro vintage light golden oak sideboard credenza having a flared top with two drawers above a twin door shelved cupboard all being raised on angled legs and shaped frieze. Applied retailers plaque for Maples & Co Ltd. Measures; 87cm x 124cm x 47cm.
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![Engelbrecht (Martin) [Die zwolf Monaten/The twelve Months], 6 from the set of 12 plates: January, February, April, June, Sept](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/617e85a2-abc5-41d1-97ac-ab6e00a6bdf6/1a7d845e-00f3-4420-ace1-ab6f00a01bc0/468x382.jpg)
![Cambridgeshire.- Charter, grant by Alex de Alshornestone and Johanna his wife to Henry Honeman of Ashelee [Ashley] of 12 acre](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/617e85a2-abc5-41d1-97ac-ab6e00a6bdf6/fc27b1e5-48e9-46d9-9e2c-ab6f00a0af48/468x382.jpg)
