Soldier in India.- Langford (Frank, of 85th Light Infantry, fl. 1872-80) Diary, autograph manuscript, 79pp. excluding blanks, in ink and pencil, some ff. excised, a few ff. loose or working loose, a few cut, slightly browned, inner hinges split, original blind-stamped calf, rubbed, original brass clasp, upper cover corner creased, edges and corners worn, 155 x 90mm., 1872-80; and an oil on board portrait of Langford, v.s., v.d. (2). ⁂ "May 12 Wed [1880] Went for a walk after breakfast as far as the village with Sitwell a Joori thief shot at the fort": "Jan 13 Thurs [1880] Reached Lahore 5 am very cold had some tea and bread, went on by train to rest camp, very down all day called on the 8th, all were out, drove to fort in the evening &c... ." Notes on life as an officer in the British Army in India, with some notes from a correspondent in British Columbia, Canada. Devlali, or Deolali, Nashik district, Maharashtra. Deolali was a British Army camp, the original location of the Army Staff College. It is also the source of the British slang noun doolally tap, loosely meaning "camp fever", and referring to the apparent madness of men waiting for ships back to Britain after finishing their tour of duty.
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Japan.- Silk.- Sira-Kawa de Sendai (Osyou) Traité de l'Éducation des Vers a Soie au Japon, translated by Léon de Rosny, 22 lithographed plates, most chromolithographed, some tinted, one with folding flap, light spotting to text, original printed wrappers, uncut and unopened, rubbed and soiled, slightly frayed at edges, 8vo, Paris, 1868. ⁂ Rare work on silk and its production, with attractive plates; the first edition in translation. COPAC lists only 5 copies.
![Brontë (Rev. Patrick) Brontëana: his Collected Works and Life, edited by J.Horsfall Turner, [one of 50] large paper copies, p](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/62b091be-eb49-4002-edcf-c44b6f1a4eb7/468x382.jpg)
Brontë (Rev. Patrick) Brontëana: his Collected Works and Life, edited by J.Horsfall Turner, [one of 50] large paper copies, plates and illustrations, prospectus and facsimile Patrick Brontë letter loosely inserted, A.L.s. dated Dec.18th, 1916, writer and recipient unknown, mentioning Brontëana loosely inserted, loosely inserted, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing and discolouration, 4to, Bingley, printed for the Editor by T.Harrison & Sons, 1898. ⁂ Volume two of a projected four volume set, the rest of which were never published, the large paper copy is rare and not recorded by Wise.
![Bodoni.- Gray (Thomas) Poems, [one of 100 large paper copies], light foxing at beginning and end, bookplate, contemporary tan](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/0b89809b-4531-4286-d7f7-4b9186eded93/468x382.jpg)
Bodoni.- Gray (Thomas) Poems, [one of 100 large paper copies], light foxing at beginning and end, bookplate, contemporary tan morocco, elaborately gilt with gilt crest in centre of both boards, g.e., a little rubbed and spotted, corners slightly worn, skillfully rebacked preserving old gilt spine (a little faded), [Brooks 501], 4to, Parma, Bodoni, 1793.
Alberti (Leon Battista) The Architecture...Of Painting...Of Statuary, edited by James Leoni and translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli, 3 vol. in 1, second edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece by B.Picart, titles and text in English and Italian with woodcut device, printed in double column, 75 engraved plates, some by Picart, contemporary ink signature at head of title, frontispiece defective at inner edge and laid down with ink hatching filling missing area, ex-library copy with unobtrusive blind stamp at head of title and first leaf of each vol., some light spotting and browning, modern half calf, [Harris 14; Millard, British 5], folio, Thomas Edlin, 1739.
![[Brontë (Emily)] Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By the author of "Jane Eyre", 2 vol., first American edition, foxed, occasional](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/d4f745bc-ab8f-45f0-9371-a84e08eab0f5/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Emily)] Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By the author of "Jane Eyre", 2 vol., first American edition, foxed, occasional creasing and chips to margins, vol.1 first gathering damp-stained at top corner, original printed wrappers, cocked, vol.1 spine chipped and worn with loss to some text and lacking lower cover, vol.3 spine a little worn and chipped at ends, ink ownership inscription to upper cover, light marking to covers, creasing and some wear to extremities, [Smith 3 pp.73-74], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. ⁂ By far the scarcer of the two first editions, the wrappered issue appears to have been prepared in haste: vol.1 breaks off mid-sentence and vol.2 was printed without its own title page. Provenance: Philip Wells (ink ownership inscription to upper covers).
Japan.- Netto (C.) Papier-Schmetterlinge aus Japan, first edition, chromolithographed additional pictorial title, plates and illustrations by Paul Bender, one chromolithographed, 3 etched, light spotting at beginning and end, original half morocco over pictorial boards, g.e., slightly rubbed at edges, with the original dust-jacket printed in gold (a little stained, frayed at edges), 4to, Leipzig, 1888.
Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, light foxing at beginning and end, 1894; Emma, later ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, bookplate, 1898; Sense and Sensibility, half-title browned, 1899, all with plates and illustrations, those in the last two by Chris Hammond, all original pictorial dark green cloth, gilt, the first with peacock design on upper cover, the other two with floral designs, spines gilt, g.e. or t.e.g., all slightly rubbed but bright copies, the last a little spotted by damp and with small gouge to upper cover, [Gilson E78, 92 & 94], 8vo, George Allen (3) ⁂ Only these three Austen novels were issued in this format by George Allen. Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey & Persuasion were both illustrated by Hugh Thomson and published in similar style in 1897, but by Macmillan and Co.
![[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Jane Eyre: an Autobiography, 3 vol., third edition, half-titles, vol.1 with 2pp. adverti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/55de67b5-03bb-46e1-e67e-9b28422afd30/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Jane Eyre: an Autobiography, 3 vol., third edition, half-titles, vol.1 with 2pp. advertisements to front and 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated September 1849 to rear, vol.3 with 8pp. Opinions of the Press to rear, some occasional light spotting and marginal finger-soiling, ink ownership inscription to head of vol.1 title, bookplates to pastedowns, original cloth, spines faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, recased and hinges strengthened, [Smith 2 pp.29-30], 8vo, Smith, Elder and Co., 1848. ⁂ For the third edition the publishers asked Charlotte if she would like to contribute some illustrations of her own; she declined the offer but elected instead to include a note to the reader in the hope of dispelling the rumour that Currer had written all of the Bell novels to date: "If, therefore, the authorship of other works of fiction has been attributed to me, an honour is awarded where it is not merited; and consequently, denied what is justly due." Provenance: George Treweeke Scobell (ink ownership inscription to title and bookplate to pastedowns).
![London.- Regent's Park.- House of Commons. First [-Fifth] Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and La](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/c0cd4251-ec24-4e0a-b6a5-7454f04713ac/468x382.jpg)
London.- Regent's Park.- House of Commons. First [-Fifth] Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, 10 folding hand-coloured engraved plans, some light offsetting, 1812-26; The Reports of the Surveyor General of His Majesty's Land Revenue, reprints of First-Fourth Reports (1797-1809) with Index, 2 folding engraved plans, one with partial hand-colouring, 1812, together 6 works in 1 vol., modern half calf, folio ⁂ Concerning improvements on the Crown Estates, proposing development along Piccadilly, Hyde Park, Park Lane, and Regent's Park by John Nash.
![Austen (Jane) [Novels], introductions by Austin Dobson, 6 vol. in 5, "Peacock Series", frontispieces and full-page illustrati](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/8fc47b75-dac2-4157-cccb-f0e03ebd4221/468x382.jpg)
Austen (Jane) [Novels], introductions by Austin Dobson, 6 vol. in 5, "Peacock Series", frontispieces and full-page illustrations by Hugh Thomson and Charles E.Brock, original red "cloth elegant", upper covers and spines with elaborate floral designs by A.A.Turbayne in gilt, endpapers with peacock design in yellow, g.e., light stain to lower covers of 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Mansfield Park', spines a little faded, [Gilson E79, 82, 86 & 88 & 89], 8vo, Macmillan and Co., 1897-98. ⁂ Macmillan started to issue the Austen novels in 1895 in their 'Illustrated Standard Novels' series, with Pride and Prejudice illustrated by Brock and the others by Thomson. Apart from Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which is the first Macmillan edition of 1897 (Gilson 89), the others in the set are all reprints of 1898. From 1896 the volumes were also issued in this "cloth elegant" Turbayne binding with the peacock endpapers, hence known as the 'Peacock Series'.
![[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, first American edition, advertisement f. with Webste](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/b1516750-2a03-4694-c0d1-6417d7c04d09/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, first American edition, advertisement f. with Webster's Dictionary to recto and Harper's New Catalogue to verso, occasional foxing or spotting, light damp stain to foot, modern calf-backed boards, [Smith 2 pp.41-45], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. ⁂ The rare first American edition, the first of three to be rushed out by separate publishers in the space of a year.
![[Brontë (Emily and Anne)], "Ellis and Acton Bell". Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey, together 3 vol. (as issued), first editions](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/dea7366a-8624-404b-804d-50b221ddb474/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Emily and Anne)], "Ellis and Acton Bell". Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey, together 3 vol. (as issued), first editions, a mixed set, some light soiling and creasing to corners (heavier to Agnes Grey), Agnes Grey with marginal browning to title, C7 and O5 with neatly repaired tears to margins and E2 with closed tear to foot, vol.1 & 2 contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, extremities rubbed, vol.3 modern antique-style half calf to match, spines gilt, [Smith 3 pp.60-63], 8vo, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847. ⁂ The rare first editions of the two sisters' first novels. Wuthering Heights is one of the great romantic works and remains one of the most popular novels in the English language. Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey were written during the remarkable 1846-47 period that also saw Charlotte write The Professor and Jane Eyre. These two novels, along with The Professor were sent as a trio to publishers from July 1846, meeting with uniform rejection until around a year later the publisher Thomas Cautley Newby expressed an interest in the novels of Emily and Anne. The terms offered to the sisters were poor: between them they had to raise £50 to cover publication costs, to be repaid if and when the novels raised enough money through sales (neither sister saw a penny). Nevertheless the sisters accepted, however Thomas Cautley Newby, essentially a one-man operation, moved slowly and their novels were not published until two months after Jane Eyre (despite this , and even then filled with the errors the authors had hoped would be expunged at the proof stages. The exact number of copies printed is unclear although Charlotte would later mention in a letter of September 1850 that Newby had undertaken to print 350 copies before subsequently declaring that he had printed only 250.
Austen (Jane).- Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Opera, 2 vol., second issue with "potest" on p.108 of vol.2 and without 'List of Antiques' in vol.1 as usual, engraved throughout with frontispieces, vignette titles, dedications, several lists of subscribers, portraits & illustrations (some full-page) and numerous head- & tail-pieces and initials, titles with faint inscription to Haggerston Robertson dated 1860 at head, one or two pencil annotations, some very light offsetting (mainly in vol.1), bookseller's ticket of R.D.Steedman of Newcastle upon Tyne, fine contemporary red morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels, g.e., turquoise silk endpapers, a little rubbed, light mottling to upper cover of vol.2, spines very slightly faded, a very good copy, [Cohen-de Ricci 498; Ray, England p.3; Rothschild 1548], 8vo, John Pine, 1733-37. ⁂ A lovely copy of Pine's magnificent work, beautifully balancing the text with the numerous engraved illustrations and Rococo ornaments. Ray describes it as "the most elegant of English eighteenth-century books" and "a high point of Augustan taste". John Pine (1690-1756) started his career as a goldsmith and became one of the finest English engravers of the first half of the 18th century. He was close friends with William Hogarth, and both were Freemasons which assisted in making connections for his expensive publications, financed by subscription. The extensive lists of subscribers include Continental buyers as well as British and feature George II, the Prince of Wales, various royals and nobles (British and foreign), and notable literary and artistic figures such as Lord Burlington, Colley Cibber, James Gibbs, G.F.Handel, Edmond Halley, Hogarth, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift and Horace Walpole. Also included in the subscribers is "Mr. John Gowland, Apothecary to his Royal High. the P. of Wales". John Gowland (d.1776), who attended Handel in his last illness, was the inventor of Gowland's lotion which is mentioned by Jane Austen in Persuasion chapter XVI, when Sir Walter Elliot recommends it to his daughter Anne on the grounds that it had improved Mrs.Clay's freckles.
Kelmscott Press.- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems chosen out of the Works..., edited by F.S.Ellis, one of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black in Golden type, wood-engraved borders and initials designed by William Morris, occasional light foxing, original limp vellum with silk ties, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, lacking ties, covers a little yellowed, spine lightly soiled, [Peterson A38], 8vo, Kelmscott Press, 1896.
δ Bell (Vanessa, 1879-1961) 'Charlotte Brontë', plate design for Kenneth Clark, 1932, watercolour over graphite, heightened with white, on wove paper, signed and titled lower centre, diameter: 255 mm. (10 in.), horizontal crease to upper quarter, pin hole in centre, minor even browning, light surface dirt, [1932]. Provenance: Abbot & Holder, London (label on reverse); From whom acquired by the present owner. ⁂ The present work was a design for the large dinner service commissioned by Kenneth Clark in 1932-33, from the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. The theme was "Famous Women" and ranged from Sappho to Greta Garbo. Another example of a design by Bell for a plate from the dinner service, illustrating Queen Christina of Sweden, is held in the Victoria & Albert museum (see: acc. no. E.1052-1992). Spink held an exhibition in 1991, which also featured six other examples from the dinner service, including portraits of George Eliot and Elizabeth Tudor, amongst others (see: Spink, Duncan Grant & Vanessa Bell: Design and Decoration 1910-1960, 1991, nos. 64 to 69. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
![Demosthenes. Olunthiakos logos protos [-trìtos], text in Greek, title with large woodcut printer's device and small floral or](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/25645074-26fa-40f4-99cc-7e2c967e1144/468x382.jpg)
Demosthenes. Olunthiakos logos protos [-trìtos], text in Greek, title with large woodcut printer's device and small floral ornament, initial spaces with guide-letter, lacking final blank, some mostly light spotting, 18th century red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, g.e., [Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 16737], 8vo, Rome, [Antonio Blado], 1545. ⁂ The Chatsworth copy of a rare and charming edition of some of the author's most famous speeches, including 'On the Peace'. EDIT 16 records only three copies.
London.- Lewis (Samuel) A Plan of London and its Environs, Shewing the Boundaries of the Cities of London and Westminster, showing from Stoke Newington to Dulwich, and from Hammersmith to Greenwich, with some railway lines included, and showing Victoria Park, decoratively lettered title and compass rose upper right, within an ornate border, engraved map by I. Dower, with early hand-colouring, 960 x 1140 mm. (37 3/4 x 44 7/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, overall light even browning, folding into original red morocco gilt boards, rubbed, spine splitting, worn, [circa 1850].
Slavery.- Clarkson (Thomas) The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, 2 vol., first edition, presentation copy from the author " To Wm. Wilberforce Esqr. M.P., an unwearied Fellow-Labour[er] and the parliamentary Leader in the great Cause of the Abolition of the Slave-Trade this work is affectionately present[ed]" inscribed on title of vol.1, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, inscription very slightly cropped with loss of a couple of letters, a few markings and numberings in ink or pencil to vol.1, some foxing and soiling, a few light stains to text and marginal defects, plates with a little offsetting, one folding plate frayed at edge, the other (plan of slave ship) torn and repaired at edge, modern half calf (in style of previous binding), with Wilberforce's engraved bookplate on preserved front pastedown tipped in at beginning of vol.1, [Goldsmiths' 19725; Kress B.5319; Sabin 13486], 8vo, 1808. ⁂ A superb association copy, between two of the leading lights in the campaign against slavery. Thomas Clarkson (1760-46) devoted most of his life to fighting for the abolition of slavery and toured the country assembling evidence, interviewing 20,000 sailors and acquiring equipment used on the slave-ships. He persuaded Wilberforce (1759-1833) to take up the cause in Parliament and in 1807 the Slave Trade Act was passed, banning the transportation of slaves in British ships. Eventually the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 abolished slavery in most parts of the British Empire, being passed three days before Wilberforce died.
![Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne) [The Novels], edited by Temple Scott, 12 vol. including Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Bron](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/f8ff4371-200b-4563-add9-a672f8fdb569/468x382.jpg)
Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne) [The Novels], edited by Temple Scott, 12 vol. including Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Memorial edition, number 1 of 5 extra-illustrated and specially-bound copies, with Charlotte Brontë A.L.s. laid in to Shirley vol.1, original watercolour frontispieces and numerous marginal decorations, numerous additional engraved and photolithographed plates, captioned tissue-guards, silked endpapers, handsome original crushed blue morocco, spines gilt in compartments with thistle motifs. covers with thistle centrepieces and thistle cornerpieces, all within double fillet borders, red morocco doublures with thistles and floral decorations in gilt and green morocco, with central monogram in gilt, spine of "Life of Charlotte Brontë" incorrectly titled "Life of Agnes Brontë", spines slightly faded, some light rubbing to extremities, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, [c. 1910]. ⁂ A handsomely bound grangerised set of the novels, the letter is to W.S.Williams regarding proof sheets, most likely for Villette.
Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Child's Garden of Verses, first edition, issue with smaller "of" in title on spine but rounded apostrophe, no mention of 'Two Series' in advertisement leaf at beginning, half-title, occasional light soiling, ink ownership signature to front free endpaper, endpapers browned, original blue cloth, gilt, bevelled edges, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, light staining to edge of upper board, some fading to spine, corners slightly worn, 8vo, 1885.
Austen (Jane).- Austen-Leigh (Rev. James Edward) A Memoir of Jane Austen, first edition, engraved portrait (foxed, tissue guard), title in red and black, 3 wood-engraved plates, facsimile autograph leaf, contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper, light spotting at beginning and end, handsome dark blue morocco, gilt, by Hatchard & Co., boards with central gilt coronet above initials "S.P.H." on upper cover and "A.F.H." on lower, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., joints a little rubbed, spine very slightly faded, [Gilson M125], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1870. ⁂ The first biography of Jane Austen, written by her nephew who was vicar of Bray, Berkshire.
Eliot (T.S.) Four Quartets, first English edition, signed by the author on title, Typed Letter signed by the author apologising for mis-sending another signed copy of this book loosely inserted, light creasing to head of text, original cloth, cocked, dust-jacket, a little cockled (as often), spine slightly browned, light surface soiling, [Gallup A43b], 8vo, 1944. ⁂ "It was sent by an odd mistake to a man I know slightly, and though no doubt he was surprised at receiving a signed copy of my book, I think he might be rather hurt by being told that it was not intended for him!"
![Atkinson (John Augustus).- Beresford (Rev. James) The Miseries of Human Life; or The Groans [and Last Groans] of Samuel Sensi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/8cefe1da-24dd-491c-b7d0-1ec36f9e7e09/468x382.jpg)
Atkinson (John Augustus).- Beresford (Rev. James) The Miseries of Human Life; or The Groans [and Last Groans] of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy..., 2 vol., eighth edition of vol.1, second edition vol.2, 2 folding stipple-engraved frontispieces by Edward Scriven after Beresford (short tears repaired), folding playbill (torn at fold), woodcut illustrations, extra-illustrated with 17 folding hand-coloured aquatints by John Augustus Atkinson (vignette title and 16 plates), light offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary half mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, 1807. ⁂* Comprising Beresford's original text with the addition of Atkinson's separately-issued Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of the Wretched, [Abbey Life 259].
Wales.- Donovan (Edward) Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, 2 vol., first edition, 31 hand-coloured aquatint or stipple-engraved plates, some light foxing and soiling, a few minor marginal defects, engraved bookplates of Mathew Wilson and Frances Mary Richardson Currer, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt but a little rubbed and faded with splits to joints, marbled edges, [Abbey, Scenery 518], 8vo, for the Author, 1805.
δ Freedman (Barnett, 1901-1958) Test sheet of 16 proof book illustrations for Wuthering Heights, colour lithograph on wove paper, 945 x 580 mm. (37 1/4 x 22 3/4 in), under glass, minor surface dirt and light browning, [published by The Heritage Press of New York, printed by the Curwen Press, 1940]. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Austen (Jane) Mansfield Park: A Novel...By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", 3 vol., second edition, lacking all half-titles and final blanks from vol. 2 & 3, light foxing, vol.3 with small hole to M1 causing loss of a couple of letters, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Gilson A7], 12mo, J.Murray, 1816. ⁂ First published in May 1814 by Egerton, in an edition of possibly as few as 1250, and sold out by November of that year. This second edition was entrusted to John Murray and 750 copies were printed but it did not sell well and in 1820 it was remaindered. The text was revised by Austen and changes made, particularly regarding the nautical details and terminology, probably on the advice of one of her sailor brothers.
Eliot (T.S.) The Idea of a Christian Society, light spotting to endpapers, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1939; Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, light browning to endpapers, light fading to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, minor chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners, 1948, first editions, signed by the author on titles with printed name crossed through, original cloth, [Gallup A35a & A51a]; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)
![Hardy (Thomas) The Woodlanders, 3 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 1000 copies], half-titles, presentation copy "Wit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/729a19f8-1f32-4719-de2a-ef4d00c54d5d/468x382.jpg)
Hardy (Thomas) The Woodlanders, 3 vol., first edition in book form, [one of 1000 copies], half-titles, presentation copy "With the Publishers' Compliments" stamped in ink at head of titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, light foxing at beginnings and ends, original dark green buckram-grain cloth with rounded-corner panel and 2-rule border in black on upper cover and in blind on lower (primary binding), dark brown endpapers, uncut, slightly rubbed and cocked, corners bumped, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Purdy p.54], 8vo, Macmillan and Co., 1887. ⁂ The author's favourite of his novels, it was first published in Macmillan's Magazine between May 1886 and February 1887.
![[Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge]. Lyrical Ballads, with other poems, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 fi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/333fa37a-74db-442e-d6a9-2cdc3803c670/468x382.jpg)
[Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge]. Lyrical Ballads, with other poems, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, first issue (with lines omitted from poem 'Michael' on p.210 and 3 errata on final leaf), staining to lower margin of H6-8 of vol.2, some light foxing or soiling, modern but contemporary-style half straight-grain morocco, spines gilt in compartments, very slightly rubbed at edges, [PMM 256], 8vo, T.N.Longman and O.Rees, 1800. ⁂ Including a second volume with 42 new poems and the first appearance of Wordsworth's 40pp. Preface in vol.1 defining his ideas on poetry. "Its outline of the supreme function of poetry, expressed in such phrases as that poetry 'takes its origins from emotion recollected in tranquility', set a new tone; and it became in effect the revolutionary manifesto of the romantic poets of the next generation". PMM
Annotated by a Leiden Professor of Greek and Hebrew.- Bible, Greek.- Bibliorum pars Graeca quae Hebraicé non inuenitur, collation: A-D8 E-Z, a-h4, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, early ink marginalia, X3 torn in outer margin, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, with good margins, small 4to (215 x 163mm.), Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1584. ⁂ Rare second Plantin edition of the Apocrypha in Greek, here in its first issue, with the text of Edras breaking off at 4:17, followed by Esther. From the library of the renowned philologist and Hebraist from Leiden Allard Uchtmann, with marginal annotations, mostly quoting variant readings. Provenance: Allard Uchtmann (d. 1680), professor of Hebrew and Greek at the University of Leiden (ink ownership inscription in Latin and Greek, dated 1670); H.P. Kraus, bookseller. Literature: Adams B1626; Voet 675; Darlow-Moule 4645a.
Aphorisms.- Remarkable Sayings & Moral Sentences of the Ancient Philosophers, 380pp., including a 1p. index at end, ruled margins, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary half calf, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, [1730]. ⁂ Over 70 authors are listed in the index, including Socrates, Pythagoras, Plato, Theophrastus and Euclid.
La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol., engraved portrait, additional pictorial titles, title-vignettes, 80 plates and 43 tail-pieces, note to binder leaf at end of vol.1, occasional light marginal soiling, rear free endpaper of vol.2 loose, engraved bookplate of Sir Samuel Hannay Bart., handsome contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, a little rubbed, splits to joints, spines slightly faded, [Cohen-de Ricci 571-572], 8vo, [Paris], 1777.
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[Blackburne (Francis)] Memoirs of Thomas Hollis, Esq., F.R. and A.S.S., 2 vol. including Appendix, first edition, engraved frontispiece of Britannia, pictorial dedication and 31 plates only (of 34/35), some by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, including several portraits of Milton and one of Locke but lacking the mezzotint of Newton and plates of coins of Elizabeth and Henry IV, engraved illustration in text, addenda/corrigenda leaf at end of vol.2, some foxing, mostly to plates, and light offsetting, small hole to 4P1 in vol.2 affecting a couple of letters, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 4to, [J.Nichols], 1780. ⁂ Thomas Hollis (1720-1774) was a political propagandist, author and benefactor to many libraries and institutions, particularly Harvard in America.
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Austen (Jane) [The Novels], 6 vol. in 5, 'Standard Novels' series No. XXIII, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII & XXX, first collected edition, lacking all half-titles, also final blanks in vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, each vol. with engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title (foxed as usual), occasional other light foxing, mostly to 'Emma', attractive contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, mostly to edges, slight gouging to upper cover of 'Sense and Sensibility', corners repaired and neatly rebacked with gilt spines and green roan labels by Maltby & Son of Oxford (with related letter loosely inserted), [Gilson D1-5], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833. ⁂ A handsome set of the first collected edition of Austen's novels, and rare to find complete. In 1832-33 Richard Bentley bought the copyright of Pride and Prejudice from the executors of Thomas Egerton and of the remaining novels from Henry and Cassandra Austen. None of Austen's novels had been reissued since 1818 so these are all still early editions: Sense and Sensibility, third edition, pre-dating first American edition by a few months; Pride and Prejudice, fourth edition; Mansfield Park, third edition; Emma, second edition, omitting the dedication to the Prince Regent included in the first edition; Northanger Abbey/Persuasion, second edition. The first American editions of the second, third and fifth were in 1832, just ahead of Bentley's.
Law.- Justinianus I. Novellarum constitutionum Dn. Iustiniani principis, collation: α8, β4, a-z4, A-E4, F6, a-z4, A-I4, K6 (lacking blanks F6 and K6); [24], 224 [i.e. 234], 263, [3] pp., woodcut decorated initials, light water-stain to upper margin of first and final leaves, early 18th-century calf, spine with six raised bands, title on lettering-piece (abraded), rubbed, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, folio (330 x 195mm.), Nuremberg, Johann Petreius, 1531. ⁂ A landmark in the codification of Roman law: the editio princeps of the relevant section of Corpus Iuris Civilis, usually referred as the Constitutiones Novellae, by the Eastern Emperor Justinian I, a collection of all new laws modifying his Codex of 529. This text of the 168 Greek Novels, which first appeared in print in Latin in 1476, was edited by the German jurist Gregor Holoander, who taught law at the University of Nuremberg. The edition also includes the Canones Apostolorum, here falsely ascribed to Pope Clemens I. Provenance: almost illegible contemporary ownership inscription on title; the Scottish writer and politician Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716; ownership inscription on rear pastedown); the bookseller H.P. Kraus, New York. Literature: Schweiger, 481.
Ariel Poems (The).- Eliot (T.S.) The Cultivation of Christmas Trees, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to P. T. R. GIllett to title, illustrations by David Jones, original stitched wrappers, [Gallup A66a], 1954 § The Ariel Poems, first series, nos. 1-7, 9-15, 17-22, 24-28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36-38, no. 37 signed by Vita Sackville-West on upper cover, illustrations by Eric Gill, Graham Sutherland, Eric Ravilious and others, original stitched pictorial wrappers, some light fading, light rubbing to extremities, [1927-54]; and 16 others, including some duplicates and other pamphlets, 8vo (49)
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Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, second issue with roman numerals on Contents page, ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, jacket spine chipped and browned, tape repairs to verso, chipping and creasing to extremities, light browning and surface soiling, 1924; Winnie-the-Pooh, map endpapers (a little browned), jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing and surface soiling, 1926; Now We Are Six, pictorial endpapers (a little browned), jacket spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing and surface soiling, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, pictorial endpapers (a little browned), jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1928, first editions, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jackets, 8vo.
Morris (William).- Wagner (Richard) Die Walküre, first English edition, William Morris's copy inscribed to him by H.Buxton Forman (whose brother Alfred was the translator) on front free endpaper, some light foxing, mostly to endpapers, original boards, rubbed and stained, rebacked, new printed label, privately printed, 1873 § Morris (William) The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, fourth edition, one of 50 large paper copies, limitation slip tipped in at beginning, Laurence W. Hodson's copy with his book-label on front pastedown, original half parchment, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine torn at head, 1887, 8vo & 4to (2) ⁂ Morris was not impressed by Wagner's version of the Sigurd story and wrote to Henry Buxton Forman in 1873, "Many thanks for your letter and the translation of Wagner [i.e. this copy].I have not had time to read it yet: nor to say the truth am I much interested in anything Wagner does, as his theories on musical matters seem to me as an artist and non-musical man perfectly abhominable [sic]: besides, I look upon it as nothing short of desecration to bring such a tremendous and world-wide subject under the gaslights of an opera: the most rococo and degraded of all forms of art - the idea of a sandy-haired German tenor tweedledeeing over the unspeakable woes of Sigurd...I wish to see Wagner uprooted...". (Letters, I, 205) Laurence W.Hodson (1864-1933), patron of William Morris and the Kelmscott Press.
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[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, Ellen Nussey's copy with her ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, errata slip, advertisement f., 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated November 1849, some light marginal marking or surface soiling, light ink staining to extreme foot of later pp., Westleys & Co. binders label to rear pastedown, book seller's blindstamp to front free endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, original ribbed green cloth with harp design to covers, spine browned, spine ends strengthened and repaired, corners bumped, covers with light browning to margins, some small ink marks and light surface soiling, [Smith 1 pp.6-14], 8vo, Smith, Elder and Co., 1846 [but 1848]. ⁂ An excellent association copy of the second issue. Ellen Nussey (1817-97), lifelong friend and correspondent of Charlotte Brontë. Until around 1850 the Brontë sisters kept the true identities of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell as close a secret as they could manage. Juliet Barker surmises however that Nussey likely became aware of their true identities during a short holiday with Charlotte in September 1848 (Juliet Barker, The Brontës, pp.528-9). This would likely explain then why Ellen Nussey was not one of the two purchasers of the 1846 Aylott and Jones edition but made sure to acquire the Smith, Elder and Co. reissue when it appeared in November 1848. Provenance: Ellen Nussey (ink ownership inscription); Butler Wood (bookplate).
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[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, first issue, Autograph Letter signed by Charlotte Brontë to Aylott & Jones discussing the first edition of the Poems tipped in at front, errata slip at rear, bookplate to front free endpaper, book labels and ink stamp to pastedown, original first issue light green cloth, geometrical design and gilt lettering to upper cover, spine plain, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, spine browned, light fading to margins of covers, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, [Smith 1 pp. 5-6], 8vo, [John Hasler, for] Aylott and Jones, 1846. ⁂ The exceptionally scarce first issue of the Brontë sisters' first publication. In the autumn of 1845, Charlotte came across a copybook of verse by Emily. She quickly discerned that the poems were good enough to merit publication and urged her sister to consider it. Emily's initial hostility to the idea was overcome in part by Charlotte's agreeing to the use of pseudonyms. Charlotte and Anne contributed poems of their own to the collection (ultimately Charlotte supplied 19, and Emily and Anne 21 a-piece), and on 28th January 1846, Charlotte wrote to the publishers Aylott & Jones asking if they would be willing to undertake publication. The publishers agreed and the poems were published at the sisters' expense of £31 10s. The first issue ran to 1,000 copies but was sadly not a commercial success with only two copies selling. The sisters sent out copies to authors they admired in the hope of boosting sales but to no avail, the remaining 961 copies remained unsold on the shelves of Aylott & Jones until they were purchased by Smith & Elder in 1848 (see lots XXXX). Provenance: Cornelius Paine (ink stamp to pastedown); John A. Spoor (bookplate to front free endpaper); Frank J. Hogan (book label to pastedown); Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (book label to pastedown, sold lot 55, Christie's, 13th June, 1979).
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[Brontë (Anne)] "Acton Bell". The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 3 vol., first edition, first issue, vol.1 half-title (as called for), vol.1 title supplied from another copy, 2pp. advertisements to rear of vol.1, light spotting and finger-soiling, occasional corner creasing, contemporary cloth, sympathetically rebacked preserving original backstrip, printed paper labels to spines (rubbed and browned), corners strengthened, rubbed, [Smith 4 pp.88-91], 8vo, T. C. Newby, 1848. ⁂ The first edition of this landmark in feminist literature. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was released in June 1848 to a largely critical press, much was made of its supposed coarseness and depiction of graphic themes. Despite (or even because of) the negative reviews, the novel sold well and a second edition was published just six weeks after the first. Following Anne's death, Charlotte declined to have the novel reprinted, famously stating "For my part, I consider the subject unfortunately chosen - it was one the author was not qualified to handle at once vigorously and truthfully." After Charlotte's death Thomas Hodgson undertook reprinting a heavily-edited version of the work, a form that was sadly continued until the 1990s when the first edition text was reprinted and the novel could again be appreciated in its intended form.
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Macdougall (William Brown) Three original decorative border illustrations for the "The Book of Ruth", 1896, pen and black ink, heightened with white, traces of graphite, two signed lower right, one dated '96, on thick wove paper and artist's board, each sheet approx. 475 x 360 mm. (18 3/4 x 14 1/4 in), some pencil annotations, spotting and light browning, surface dirt, unframed, circa 1896, (3). ⁂ "This book is filled with exquisite decorations. Patterns of great beauty flow around the pages, and testify to the power of invention possessed by the illustrator." [The Spectator, review of the Dent & Co. first edition of "The Book of Ruth", 19th December 1896, p. 24]
Montaigne (Michel de) Journal du Voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie, par la Suisse & l'Allemagne, en 1580 & 1581, half-title, fine engraved portrait frontispiece of Montaigne by St. Aubin, spotted, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 4to (280 x 203mm.), Rome & Paris, Chez Le Jay, 1774. ⁂ First edition of the notes from Montaigne's travels, which had lain undiscovered until some two hundred years later, when they were brought to light by l'Abbé Prunis. Due to the excitement surrounding the discovery three editions were produced by Le Jay in 1774 (a quarto; a 2 vol.12mo; and a 3 vol. 12mo). Although no firm precedence has been given to the editions, this quarto has long since been preferred as the first edition. A copy with good margins.
Brontë (Rev. Patrick) The Cottage in the Wood; or the Art of becoming Rich and Happy., second edition, engraved frontispiece by E. Stather after a drawing by F. James, light offsetting, some spotting, book label of Lewis Hainsworth, Bradford, to pastedown, contemporary morocco-backed boards, light wear to spine ends, light discolouration to boards, a little rubbed at extremities, 8vo, Bradford, T. Inkersley, 1818. ⁂ Patrick Brontë's first book of prose, scarce in either the first or second editions. The Cottage in the Wood is similar in tone and intensions to Cottage Poems with much the same audience in mind, it met with greater success however and brought the author a certain amount of local celebrity.
Brontë (Rev. Patrick) The Rural Minstrel: a Miscellany of Descriptive Poems, lacking half-title, title with ½ inch portion cut away at head, not affecting text, some abrasion and wax to pastedowns, original blue boards, spine chipped and worn, covers becoming loose, light rubbing and surface soiling, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, Halifax, P.K.Holden for the Author, 1813. ⁂ Rare, COPAC lists 4 copies, only 1 copy at auction in the last 60 years. Written over a two year period and in a similar vein to Cottage Poems, The Rural Minstrel shows a higher degree of subtlety and literary sophistication than Patrick Brontë's earlier work. "The influence of the poems in The Rural Minstrel can be traced through to [the Brontë children's] work, particularly the poetry of Branwell and Emily." Juliet Barker, The Brontës, p.59.
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Dio Cassius. Historiarum libri xxv, collation: ¶6, a-z6, aa-zz6, aaa-yyy6; [12], 792, [24] pp., Estienne's woodcut device on title, decorated initials at beginning of each book, head- and tail-pieces, some foxing and light water-staining, a few paper flaws, contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, covers with large central fleuron and letters 'P N R' in gilt, smooth spine, title on lettering-piece (abraded), library shelf number at foot in gilt, soiled, some wear to corners, joints and yapp edges, folio (349 x 217mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1592. ⁂ Second Estienne edition of the epitome of books XXXVI-LXXX of the Historiae Romanae, compiled in the 11th century by the monk Ioannes Xiphilinus on behalf of Emperor Michael VII. The work was first issued in 1551, from the Parisian press of Robert Estienne. In his preface to the 1592 edition Robert's son Henri mentions the previous edition published by his father on the basis of a Greek manuscript preserved in the Royal Library at Fontainebleau. In the Genevan volume the Greek text is now supplemented with its Latin translation, made by the German philologist Wilhelm Xylander, which first appeared in print in Basel in 1558. Some copies of this edition bear the imprint date 1591 on title. Provenance: 'Merrifiled Library July 17. 1883' (ownership inscription on verso of front flyleaf); Newcastle-upon-Tyne public library (bookplates on front endleaves and ink stamp on title). Literature: Adams D505 ("pagination, collation, and imprint as 1591"); Renouard, Estienne 155.5; Hoffmann I, 548 ("Auch Exx. mit 1592").
Food & Drink.- Devéria (Achille) Odes d'Anacréon, Complèment de l'Anacréon de Girodel, 2 parts in 1 (second bound before first), lithographed titles printed in red, no text, 20 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Lemercier after Devéria, many of drinking scenes, paper guards, title to second part foxed, light marginal soiling and occasional water-staining (mainly to final 4 plates), original decorative boards printed in gold, rubbed, edges worn and a little chipped, rebacked, folio, Paris, H.Gache, [1825]. ⁂ Very rare. COPAC lists only one copy, in the Brotherton Library, Leeds; WorldCat lists that and a further 3 copies (Bibliothèque Nationale, Dresden, & Huntington libraries). Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (1800-57) was a French painter and lithographer known for his portraits of famous writers and artists, and for his lithographs illustrating erotic works, many of which are very scarce. Devéria - see also lot 253
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Gillray (James) [The Works of James Gillray from the Original Plates], supplementary vol. of 45 "Suppressed Plates" only, on 23 sheets, etchings, with fine hand-colouring, on wove paper, each sheet approx. 640 x 470 mm. (25 1/4 x 18 1/2 in), some with small tears to the extremity, occasional light spotting and surface dirt, rebacked, half red morocco, spine pasted down, gilt in compartments with black morocco label, worn, large folio, Henry G. Bohn, [circa 1847-51]. ⁂ When Gillray's publisher, Hannah Humphrey-who originally owned the copper printing plates-died in 1818, her collection passed by descent to her son, George Humphrey. Following his death, the copper plates eventually made their way to auction in 1835. The lot of circa 610 plates failed to sell on the day, but were later offered by the executors for the price of copper, at which point the enterprising publisher Henry Bohn bought the lot. The "Suppressed Plates" volume was compiled by Bohn but thought not have been openly published, and sold only to trusted customers. The composite group of 45 plates showed Gillray at his most sexual, scatalogical and politically outrageous, and was intended to separate out the works deemed too offensive for the majority of Victorian society.
Freedom of the Press.- Pigot (Robert) Liberty of the Press. A letter adressed to the National Assembly of France, light spotting and browning, short tear to head of title, E1 with repaired tear to margin, final f. laid-down, Paris [?but London], 1790 bound after Stanhope (Charles, Earl) A Letter... to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, second edition, lacking half-title and final advertisement f., light surface soiling to title, George Stafford, 1790 and Vindiciae Gallicae. Defence of the French Revolution and its English admirers, against the accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke..., second edition, C6 with some loss to lower corner just touching text, for G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791 and Paine (Thomas) Rights of Man, second edition, notes in a contemporary hand to margins, lacking half-title and final f., Y1 a little chipped and creased, J.S.Jordan, 1791 and Priestley (Joseph) Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, second edition, 1p. advertisements, Birmingham, J. Johnson, 1791 together 5 works in 1 vol., nineteenth century half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo. ⁂ The first mentioned is rare, ESTC lists only 3 copies (BL, Yale & University of New South Wales).
Canada.- Johnston (Thomas) Quebec, The Capital of New-France, a Bishoprick, and Seat of the Soverain Court, engraving, an excellent bold impression, on laid paper with indistinct watermark possibly date '17??', first state before additional lettering, plate mark 212 x 267 mm. (8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in), sheet approx. 240 x 317 mm. (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in), several repaired nicks and tears with rough edges, one tear going into plate mark upper right, some handling creases, light surface dirt, unframed, [Boston, 1759]. Provenance: Private collection, London Literature: D. McN. Stauffer, American Engravers upon Copper and Steel, 1907, p. 252, no. 1505 I.N. Phelps Stokes and D.C. Haskell, American Historical Prints Early Views of American Cities, etc., 1933, p. 19, no. B-17 G. G. Deak, Picturing America, 1497-1899, 1988, p. 47, no. 78 ⁂ "The most important engraved view of [Quebec], as well as the earliest executed by an American", [G.G. Deak, op. cit., p. 47]. In 1759 Quebec-at the time a French northern settlement-fell to the English following one of the pivotal battles of the Seven Years' War, aptly named The Battle of the Plains of Abraham after the farmer who originally owned the plot. In an effort to capitalise on peaked interest in Quebec, Stephen Whiting, a London-based printseller, commissioned the Boston-based engraver, Thomas Johnston, to produce the present work and 'satisfy the curiosity of American and English audiences about the picturesque city' (G.G. Deak, op. cit., p. 47). Johnston's view is based on another inset view from an earlier map of Quebec by Nicolas de Fer published in 1718, which featured in Chatelain's seven-volume "Atlas Historique" (1705-1720).
London.- Cruchley (George Frederick) Cruchley's New Plan of London and its Environs Extending Six Miles Round St. Paul's, improved to 1836, showing Hoxton to Walworth and East India Docks to Hammersmith, complete with separately bound General Index, engraved map with decorative border, early hand-colouring, on three horizontal strips, each strip approx. 410 x 1390 mm. (16 1/8 x 54 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some faint offsetting, otherwise light surface dirt, modern green cloth endpapers folding into modern green cloth slipcase with original publisher's printed label, and with 48pp General Index in limp covers, 8vo, [Howgego 304 C., unrecorded state between (2) and (3)], 1836.
Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice, with a Preface by George Saintsbury, frontispiece and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, with the frontispiece hand-coloured by the artist, light marginal spotting at beginning and end, Alban Dobson's copy with his bookplate and a signed note by him and A.L.s. to him from the artist's son loosely inserted, also a Christmas card inscribed "From Mr & Mrs Hugh Thomson", original dark green cloth, white glazed paper label on spine, uncut, label slightly rubbed and chipped at head, spotting to fore-edge, [Gilson E78], 8vo, George Allen, 1894. ⁂ Alban Dobson (1885-1962) was the son of the poet, essayist and literary critic Austin Dobson (1840-1921). Austin Dobson wrote introductions to the 1897 Macmillan editions of Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey & Persuasion which were both illustrated by Hugh Thomson. They knew each other well and Thomson also illustrated several of Dobson's books. The letter from John Thomson, Hugh's son, to Alban Dobson, dated 25th December 1952, concerns the joint disposal of the correspondence between their fathers and the hand-coloured frontispiece in this copy. He writes, "...this must have been done specially as the published edition is in black & white. My father did, I know, do this sort of thing occasionally for friends either of his own volition or at their request. I have three different editions of 'Pride & Prejudice' and none of them is tinted". Dobson's own note states, "From the enclosed letter from John Thomson, it is evident that this is a unique copy, in which Hugh Thomson has specially coloured the frontispiece. Alban Dobson 5.1.53".
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[Brontë (Anne)] "Acton Bell". The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, first American edition, 2pp. advertisements, foxing, contemporary review from Graham's magazine loosely inserted, contemporary blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped, spine slightly faded, some light rubbing and marking to covers but still an excellent example overall, [Smith 4 pp.105-106], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. ⁂ Scarce in the original cloth and in such good condition.
Rossetti (Christina) The Prince's Progress and other poems, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and title by W.J.Linton after D.G.Rossetti, with A.L.s. from Linton to [?Sol] Eytinge loosely inserted, lightly foxed at beginning and end, 1866; Speaking Likenesses, first edition, wood-engraved plates and illustrations after Arthur Hughes, 1874; Goblin Market, wood-engraved title, plates and illustrations by Laurence Housman, 1893; Poems, tipped-in colour plates by Florence Harrison, captioned guards, light spotting, [1910]; Poems, chosen by Walter de la Mare, number 30 of 300 copies, original pigskin-backed marbled boards, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1930, all but the last original decorated or pictorial cloth, gilt, all a little rubbed, 8vo & 4to (5) ⁂ Sol Eytinge (1833-1905), American illustrator. Eytinge sent some drawings to Linton for engraving and in reply Linton writes, "...I wish I were rich enough to make you draw it over again, because I should like to keep this & not spoil it with my damned graver...".
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[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, third American edition, 1 p. advertisement, lacking front free endpaper, first 1f. browned and with ink ownership inscription, newspaper clipping laid down on pastedown, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing and marking to covers, an excellent copy overall, [not in Smith], 8vo, Boston, William D. Ticknor & Co., 1848. ⁂ The third of three American editions brought out by different publishers within the same year, seemingly scarce in commerce.
Eliot (T.S.) Poetry and Drama, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1951; The Literature of Politics, some light browning to head, original wrappers, 1955; "Goethe as the Sage" in Gedenkschrift zur Verleihung Hansischen Goethe-Preises, autograph correction in Eliot's hand to p.62, text in German and English, illustrations, original wrappers, light toning to margins, 1955, first editions, each with signed presentation inscriptions from the author to P.T.R.Gillet, [Gallup A57b, A67, B74]; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice: A Novel...By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility", 3 vol., second edition, half-titles, contemporary ink signature of Walter Long to head of vol.3, light foxing and browning (foxing a little heavier to signature E of vol.2), vol.1 with slight defect to fore-edge of B8 and tear to G9 affecting text but no loss, vol.2 with short tear to inner margin of half-title and title, vol.3 with tear to L4 through part of text but no loss and very light water-staining to foot of N9-12 and endpapers, contemporary half calf over blue-green ribbed cloth, rubbed, light staining to lower cover of vol.3, spines worn and slightly defective, each volume preserved in card folder and together in modern morocco-backed suede-lined cloth drop-back box, spine ruled and titled in gilt, [Gilson A4], 12mo, T.Egerton, 1813. ⁂ Austen's most famous and best-loved novel. It was first published in January 1813 and this second edition probably in October of the same year, being advertised with the second edition of Sense and Sensibility in The Star on Friday 29th October 1813. It was entirely re-set, with some variations within the page and to spelling and punctuation.
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