*Wallis (John, publisher). The Mirror of Truth, Exhibiting a Variety of Biographical Anecdotes and Moral Essays, Calculated to Inspire a Love of Virtue and Abhorrence of Vice, 2nd edition, Jany. 1st 1811, hand-coloured engraving, circular illustration in centre with Rules of the Game either side, surrounded by forty-four numbered panels, each with a word or an illustration, in nine sections mounted on linen, occasional light spotting and marks, 46 x 56.5cm (18 x 22.25ins), housed in original pastepaper slipcase with hand-coloured engraved label on front, browned and rubbed, with some minor wear, without accompanying booklet, together with Historical Pastime or New Game of the History of England from the Conquest to the Accession of George the Third, John Harris, 1803, toned and dusty, in original slipcase (worn), without rule booklet Whitehouse, p.49; pp.27/8. (2)
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![Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, A Play From the Story, adapted by E. Harcourt Williams, [1930]; Ginger and Pickle](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/1c7e5dd3-c68b-41c5-b324-fa518067bf9b/468x382.jpg)
Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, A Play From the Story, adapted by E. Harcourt Williams, [1930]; Ginger and Pickles, A Play in One Act, adapted by W. Harcourt Williams, [1931]; Mr. Samuel Whiskers, A Play in Three Scenes and an Epilogue from the Story of "The Roly-Poly Pudding", adapted by Theron H. Butterworth, [1933], Frederick Warne, together three pamphlets, each with Plan of the Stage on verso of title-page, original printed pictorial wrappers, Ginger with wrappers trimmed and Foyle's ink stamp at foot of front cover, Tailor with some unexceptional edge-creasing and light stain at head of spine, slim 8vo Scarce (see Linder, pp.276-285). (3)
*Original artwork. Three original illustrations by P.G. Robinson, circa 1950s, together three pen & ink drawings on artist's board, one showing Mrs. Rabbit sending Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter off to gather blackberries, signed lower right, one depicting the heads of Mrs. Rabbit and children surrounded by blackberries, some light markings, and the other of a duck in a bonnet on a pond, signed lower right, image size 23 x 16.5cm (9 x 6.5ins), sheet size approximately 38 x 25.5cm (15 x 10ins) Probably produced for pirated editions of 'Peter Rabbit' and 'Jemima Puddleduck'. (3)
Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1st edition, Warne, 1909, half-title with early pencil inscription, colour illustrations throughout, occasional light marks, original brown cloth lettered in white, upper cover with inset colour illustration, upper cover slightly rubbed to upper inner corner, but otherwise in good condition, 16mo Linder, p.428; Quinby 16. (1)
Baum (L. Frank). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with Pictures by W.W. Denslow, 1st edition, 2nd state, Chicago & New York, 1900, 24 colour plates including title, illustrations throughout, advert on page [2] not enclosed in the box, page 14, line 1: "low wall of...", page 81, 4th line from bottom: "pieces" spelled correctly, page 227: "While the Woodman...", pages 100 and 186 both with broken type in last line, verso of title with printed copyright, plate facing page 34 with no extraneous blue splotches in moon, plate facing page 92 with red removed from horizon, 13-line colophon and illustration on rear pastedown, original "C" binding, light green cloth stamped in green and red with publisher's name at spine in red, with the "Co" having the "o" enclosed in the "C", spine darkened, skilfully rebacked with original spine relaid, some slight soiling, 4to Greene, Hanff, pp. 23-25. (1)
Blampied (Edmund, illust.). The Blampied Edition of Peter Pan, the Original Text of Peter Pan & Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, twelve tipped-in colour plates, including frontispiece (with corner crease), captioned tissue guards, full-page letterpress illustrations, some light spotting, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded and with some wear to extremities, 4to, together with Aldin (Cecil), Black Beauty, The Autobiography of a Horse, new edition, Jarrolds, circa 1915, eighteen colour plates, one with tip of lower outer corner torn away, some light spotting to first few leaves, top edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, lower edge of front cover slightly worn, 4to, plus four other illustrated books (The Queen and Princess of Dolly Land, circa 1870; Green Willow, illustrated by Warwick Goble, 1923; Walt Disney's Bambi; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by A. Rado) (6)
Blyton (Enid). Five Have a Mystery to Solve, Illustrated by Eileen Soper, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1962, numerous illustrations, some full-page, pictorial endpapers with some light spotting, original red boards (slightly soiled and shaken) in edge-rubbed dustjacket, 8vo, together with The Ragamuffin Mystery, Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop, 1st edition, Collins, 1959, colour frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, original red bords in frayed and slightly chipped dustjacket, 8vo, plus The Mystery of the Missing Man, 1st edition, Methuen, 1956, numerous full-page letterpress illustrations, including frontispiece, contemporary ownership name on front free endpaper, original blue boards in frayed and chipped dustjacket (with adhesive tape repair at foot of front flap), 8vo, plus six other Blyton first editions, including two in dustjackets (The Rilloby Fair Mystery and The Rockingdown Mystery), and fifteen 1st editions by M. Pardoe, including a 1st edition of The Far Island signed by the author, and thirteen Bunkle books, four in dustjackets (Bunkle and Belinda, Bunkle Baffles Them, Bunkle Scents a Clue and Bunkle Gets Busy) (24)
![Clarke (Harry, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1st US edition, Brentano's, New York, [1916], 16 mounted](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/0c954ce0-5b5b-47d6-eb1e-1509ab6818af/468x382.jpg)
Clarke (Harry, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1st US edition, Brentano's, New York, [1916], 16 mounted colour plates, captioned tissue guards, illustrations, scattered light spotting, presentation inscription, top edge gilt, original grey pictorial cloth, spine toned and slightly rubbed at ends, 4to (1)
![Clarke (Harry, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, [1916], 16 mounted colour plates, slight marginal toning](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/104a541d-d952-4b4b-c45d-9e73671783d6/468x382.jpg)
Clarke (Harry, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, [1916], 16 mounted colour plates, slight marginal toning, a few light spots at front, light clear tape residue marks to endpapers, front endpaper with presentation inscription and signatures dated 1966, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, 4to, limited edition, 18/125 signed by the artist The scarcest book illustrated by Harry Clarke. (1)
Clarke (Harry, illustrator). Faust, by Goethe, from the German by John Anster, 1925, colour and black and white illustrations, scattered minor spotting, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards (a little light spotting), 4to, limited edition, 280/1000 signed by the artist, together with The Year's at the Spring. An Anthology of Recent Poetry Compiled by L.D.'O. Walters and Illustrated by Harry Clarke, 1920 (2)
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest, [1908], forty tipped-in colour plates, scattered light spotting to text, bookplate, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, one or two light marks, silk ties lacking, 4to Numbered 116 from a limited edition of 500, signed by the artist. (1)
![Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest, [1908], 40 tipped-in colour plates, scattered light spottin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/c7b48a57-1735-46cb-df86-e2e783ebf5c9/468x382.jpg)
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest, [1908], 40 tipped-in colour plates, scattered light spotting to text, bookplate, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, one or two light marks, later silk ties, contained in later cloth slipcase, 4to, limited edition, 144/500 signed by the artist (1)
![Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, [1916], 15 tipped-in colour plates](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/3304bab6-5007-4937-82fa-91723a2ebe90/468x382.jpg)
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, [1916], 15 tipped-in colour plates, some light toning, clear tape residue and abrasions to endpapers and pastedowns, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth gilt, spine a little darkened with tiny hole at foot, 4to, limited edition, 52/350 signed by the artist (1)
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, [1909], 20 tipped-in colour plates, one or two light spots, original red cloth gilt, some fading to sp[ine, 4to, together with Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, 1906, 50 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 4to (2)
Goble (Warwick, illustrator). Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, by Grace James, 1910, 40 tipped-in colour plates, endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, dust-soiled with repair at head of spine, later ties, 4to, Edition de Luxe, one of 500 copies, together with The Sensitive Plant, by Percy Bysshe Shelley, [1911], colour illustrations by Charles Robinson, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, a few light stains, 4to, plus Hours of Gladness, by M. Maeterlinck, illustrated by E.J. Detmold, 1912 (3)
Gooden (Stephen, illustrator). Aesop's Fables, Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, 1936, 13 engraved plates (including title), occasional light offsetting, faint clear tape residue marks to endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, slipcase (slight edge wear), large 8vo, limited edition, 6/525 signed by the artist (1)
Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., very much Enlarged snd Amended by Thomas Johnson..., 2nd edition, London: Adam Islip , Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633, engraved title lined to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations, early ownership signature Lancelot Hutchinson to fore-edge margin of 6C4, ink stamp to fore-edge margin of dedication, final leaf of text lined to verso, lacking front & rear blanks, 5A7 torn at foot with loss to last 2 lines of text, few closed tears etc., fraying and marginal tears to first & last few leaves, occasional minor spotting and marginal toning, light dampstain to lower margins, cloth hinges to endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated calf, rebacked preserving original spine, repaired corners and patch repair to centre of upper board, lacking ties, folio Henrey 155. (1)
![Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). Fairy Tales, by Hans Andersen, [1924], 12 tipped-in colour plates, a few light spots to text, pre](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/1def70ef-516d-4ce7-ea5a-d7e9a67bfb68/468x382.jpg)
Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, 1930, 12 tipped-in colour plates, a few light spots, top edge gilt, original green morocco gilt, spine faded, 4to, limited edition, 59/750 signed by the artist, with an extra signed etching at front, together with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1910, 20 tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, edges a little rubbed, 4to (2)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, Translated by Margaret Armour, 1911, 30 tipped-in colour plates, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth, 4to together with The Land of Enchantment, 1907, illustrations by Arthur Rackham, light toning to endpapers, presentation inscription to and loose bookplate of Ken Tomkinson, original pictorial cloth, one or two light stains, 4to, plus The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, new edition, 1920 (3)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Translated by Mrs Edgar Lewis, 1909, 40 tipped-in colour plates, plate 10 paper guard affected by some small biopredation, light marginal toning, top edge gilt, modern blue full morocco gilt, slight fading to spine, 4to, limited edition, 631/750 signed by the author (1)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty, Told by C.S. Evans, 1920, colour and black and white illustrations, one tipped-in, scattered light spotting, presentation inscription, original pictorial cloth-backed boards (a few faint spots), dust jacket, spine faded with small chips at ends, 4to, together with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, 1928, eight colour plates, one paper guard lower corner torn away, light spotting, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, dust jacket, small tears and stains to spine, 4to, plus Rip Van Winkle, 1931 reprint in dust jacket (3)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Comus, by John Milton, [1921], 24 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting, original green cloth gilt (spine lettering faded), dust jacket, a few chips and tears, 4to, together with Peer Gynt. A Dramatic Poem by Henrik Ibsen, 1936, 12 colour plates, original cloth gilt, dust jacket, some chips and tears, 4to, plus Undine, 1925 reprint in dust jacket (3)
Robinson (W. Heath, illustrator). The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick, containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua and his Sonne Pantagruel..., 2 vols., Grant Richards, 1904, black and white frontispieces and illustrations (including some full-page), occasional minor spotting, pictorial endpapers, upper hinges splitting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cream cloth gilt, some minor dust-soiling and light marks, 4to (2)
Robinson (W. Heath). Bill the Minder, 1st edition, Constable, 1912, sixteen mounted coloured plates, with captioned tissue guards, letterpress illustrations, some full-page, occasional light spotting, top edges green, original gilt decorated vellum, soiled, lacking ties, 4to Numbered 213, from a limited edition of 380, signed by the author. Additionally signed and inscribed "To Peter & Christopher Brinsmead, with best wishes for Xmas 1944 from Granny Heath Robinson" to limitation leaf. (1)
Rossetti (Christina G.). Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1862; The Prince' s Progress and Other Poems, 1866, 1st editions, two illustrations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti to each, 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at end of Goblin Market, a few light spots, presentation inscription at front of each, bookplate to Goblin Market, original cloth gilt, a couple of light marks, 8vo, together with Speaking Likenesses, 1874 and The Goblin Market, illustrated by Laurence Housman, 1893 (4)
![Timlin (William M.). The Ship that Sailed to Mars, A Fantasy, 1st edition, Harrap, [1923], forty-eight text leaves and forty-](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/85e9ffe2-5448-4341-d5aa-2abcd0141e28/468x382.jpg)
Timlin (William M.). The Ship that Sailed to Mars, A Fantasy, 1st edition, Harrap, [1923], forty-eight text leaves and forty-eight colour plates, all mounted on grey paper, first few leaves with a few faint fox spots, free endpapers toned, original quarter vellum gilt, rubbed and a few light marks, corners showing, folio (1)
King (Jessie M., illustrator). A Carol. Good King Wenceslas, circa 1920, 14 tipped-in colour illustrations, original wrappers, upper cover with mounted colour illustration, some light water stains and spotting, 4to, together with Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, by "Marion", [1929], numerous colour illustrations by Jessie M. King, occasional light soiling and a few spots, original pictorial boards, some chips and losses, with four others related: Poems of Shelley, 1907, Isabella or the Pot of Basil, by John Keats, 1907 and two Sotheby's sale catalogues from the Jessie M. King and E.A. Taylor sale, 21 June 1977 (6)
McIntosh (Charles). The Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticulturist; containing the latest and most approved methods for the management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower-Garden, the Green-House, Hot-House..., Thomas Kelly, 1828, xxviii + 1122 + 142 pages, engraved frontispiece and additional title (some browning and marginal fraying and creases), 27 engraved plates, including 12 hand-coloured plates (of 32) only, some marks and scattered spotting, contemporary calf with gilt-decorated spine, recased with original spine laid down, thick 8vo, together with Home (Henry, Lord Cames), The Gentleman Farmer, being an attempt to improve agriculture, by subjecting it to the test of rational principles, 4th edition, Edinburgh, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 copper engraved plates, contemporary full tree calf, gilt morocco spine label, a few minor marks (generally in very good condition), 8vo, plus Graves (George), The Naturalist's Pocket-book, or, Tourist's Companion, being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history, with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature, 1st edition, [1818], 8 engraved plates, occasional light spotting, untrimmed, original boards with paper label to spine, rubbed and some wear to joints and corners, 8vo, and Cruikshank (Thomas), The Practical Planter: containing directions for the planting of waste land, and management of wood: with a new method of rearing the oak, 1st edition, 1830, several wood engraved illustrations to text, ownership signature of John E.W. Rolls, The Hendre, Monmouthshire, dated January 1834 to front blank, with his bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary diced full calf, rubbed and some marks and sunned to spine and edges, 8vo, plus 4 others related: Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany, 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, 1807, John Galpine, A Synoptical Compend of British Botany, 2nd edition with corrections and considerable additions, 1820, Rousseau, Letters on the Elements of Botany; addressed to a lady, translated by Thomas Martyn, 8th edition, corrected, 1815, bound with Thirty-Eight Plates, with explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany, 1799 (with 38 hand-coloured botanical plates) & A Garden of Pleasure by E.V.B., 2nd edition, 1895, all 8vo (8)
*Wain (Louis). Mrs Tabitha's Cats' Academy, Singing Cats, & Group of cats outside a cafe, circa 1900-1910, together 3 chromolithographs, 61 x 76 cm (approximately 24 x 30 ins) and smaller, a few marks, one with some fraying and slight marginal loss, one with small snag to image, another with light horizontal crease, one framed (3)
Scott (William Henry). British Field Sports: embracing practical instructions in shooting-hunting-coarsing-racing-cocking-fishing, &c... also the management of fowling pieces, and all other sporting implements, 2nd edition, 1820, 34 copper engraved plates, wood engraved illustrations to text, occasional minor spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and some marks, together with [Knopp, John Leonard]. Journal of a Naturalist, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1829, wood engraved vignette to title, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary green full morocco gilt, rubbed and a little scuffed to joints and edges, 8vo, plus Thompson (Robert), The Gardener's Assistant: Practical and Scientific. A guide to the formation and management of the kitchen, fruit, and flower garden, Blackie & Son, circa 1865, 11 (of 12) hand-coloured botanical plates, lacking plate iii, some light spotting, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporary gilt-decorated green full morocco, a little rubbed, large 8vo, and other natural history and sporting interest, including R.W. Dickson, The Farmer's Companion, 2 volumes, 1812, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 volumes, Blackie & Son, circa 1850, Skeavington's Modern Farriery, edited by John Sherer, circa 1860s, R.S. Surtees, etc., mostly 19th century publications, all leather-bound, mainly 8vo (22)
Ashbee (C.R.). Where the Great City Stands. A Study in the New Civics, Essex House Press/Batsford, 1917, numerous half-tone and other illustrations, errata slip at front, light residue from bookplate to front endpaper, original cloth-backed blue boards, dust jacket, 4to An excellent copy. (1)
Ashbee (C.R., editor). Peckover. The Abbotscourt Papers 1904-1931, Curwen Press, 1932, illustrations by Reginald Savage, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, a few light spots, folio Limited edition, 88/350. Presentation copy, inscribed: "To G.S. Tomkinson, Colleagus, fellow Kingsman(?) & lover of the things that count for beauty, in appreciation, from the author C.R. Ashbee, Dec. 1933". (1)
![Ashendene Press. Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War], Translated into English by Benjamin Jowett, Ashendene Press,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/3ed4b2a8-14a5-45c0-dad1-54503bf54b3b/468x382.jpg)
Ashendene Press. Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War], Translated into English by Benjamin Jowett, Ashendene Press, 1930, printed in red and black in Ptolemy type, shoulder notes in Blado Italic, bookplate of R. Tomkinson, light spots to top fore edge, original full pigskin, spine with raised bands and titles in gilt, limited edition, one of 260 copies on paper, from a total edition of 280, folio Hornby XXXVII. A good copy. (1)
Ashendene Press. A Book of Songs and Poems from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, Ashendene Press, 1904, initial capitals in blue by Graily Hewitt, printed in black and red, bookplate of Ken Tomkinson (loose with residue to front pastedown), original limp vellum, spine titled in gilt, some light dust-soiling, 8vo, limited edition, one of 150 copies Tomkinson 19. With a loose 2 pp. typed letter signed from Charles Harry St. John Hornby (founder of the Ashendene Press) to Geoffrey Tomkinson, dated 19 April 1929, discussing the prices of Ashendene Press books at a recent sale at Sotheby's. (1)
Doves Press. Cornelii Taciti de Vita et Moribus Julii Agricolae Liber, edited by J.W. Mackail, Doves Press, 1900, xxxii pp., one or two light marginal spots, original limp vellum, spine titled in gilt, 8vo, limited edition, one of 225 copies on paper Tidcombe DP1; Tomkinson 1. The first book published by the Doves Press. (1)
Doves Press. London. A Paper read at a Meeting of the Art Workers Guild, by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, March 6 1891, Doves Press, 1906, 7 pp., printed in black and red, original limp vellum, one or two small light stains, 8vo, limited edition, one of 300 copies on paper Tidcombe DP9; Tomkinson 8. (1)
Eragny Press. Choix de Sonnets de P. de Ronsard, Eragny Press, 1902, wood-engraved frontispiece, borders and initials by Lucien Pissarro, one or two light spots, endpapers browned, booklabel of Ken Tomkinson, original boards with floral pattern in green, a few minor spots, 8vo, limited edition, one of 226 copies Tomkinson 13. (1)
Walton (Isaak & Cotton, Charles). The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing, with the lives of the authors: and notes historical, critical, supplmentary and explanatory; by Sir John Hawkins, printed for Samuel Baxter, 1808, half-title and engraved frontispiece (now bound after title), extra-illustrated, with numerous related engravings, including views, portraits, etc., mostly late 18th and early 19th century, some light spotting, contemporary calf, with 20th century gilt reback, boards rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with The Complete Angler, 3rd John Major edition, 1835, engraved plates, wood engraved illustrations to text, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary half calf, later reback, small 8vo, plus Salter (T.F.), The Angler's Guide: being a plain and complete practical treatise on the art of angling for sea, river, and pond fish, 7th edition, with the author's last corrections, John Wicksteed, 1830, wood engraved plates and illustrations, some spotting and preliminary leaves with some browning, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, and Wilson (James), The Rod and the Gun, being two treatises on angling and shooting, Edinburgh, 1840, engraved plates, illustrations to text, top edge gilt, contemporary green gilt-decorated straight-grained morocco, later reback, a little rubbed, plus three others related (Robert Blakey, Shooting: Manual of practical information on this branch of field sports, 6th edition, 1856, Robert Hartman, About Fishing, 1st edition, Arthur Barker, 1935, & Benedict-Henry Revoil, Peches dans l'Anerique du Nord, nouvelle edition, Tours, 1870), all leather bound, the final title with one or two public library inkstamps, all 8vo (7)
Eragny Press. Deux Contes de ma Mere Loye. La Belle au Bois Dormant et Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, by Charles Perrault, Eragny Press, 1899, double-page wood-engraved title printed in black and gold, borders, initials and illustrations designed by Lucien Pissarro, endpapers a little toned, booklabel of Ken Tomkinson (loose), original boards with repeated palm pattern in blue, small bump to upper corner, a few light spots, 8vo, limited edition, one of 224 copies Tomkinson 5. (1)
Eragny Press. Jules Laforgue: Moralites Legendaires, 2 volumes, Eragny Press, 1897-98, wood-engraved frontispiece, borders and initials by Lucien Pissarro, scattered light sporring and toning, booklabels of Ken Tomkinson, original clover patterned boards, spines a trifle faded, 8vo, limited edition, one of 220 copies Tomkinson 3 & 4. (2)
Essex House Press. Alexander's Feast; Or, the Power of Music, by John Dryden, Essex House Press, 1904, hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispece by Reginald Savage, printed in red and black, manuscript initials supplied in gold, red, green and blue, original blind-embossed vellum, one or two light marks, 8vo, limited edition 140 copies on vellum, this copy 'a retre' signed by C.R. Ashbee, with a presentation inscription at front: "Francis Langham, from her brother C.R. Ashbee" Tomkinson 51. (1)
Essex House Press. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, & other Rites & Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches, & the Form & Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, 1903, printed in red and black, woodcut frontispiece, illustrations, decorative borders and initials, by W.H. Hooper and Clemence Housman after C.R. Ashbee, printer's device to colophon, one or two light spots, untrimmed, original vellum, folio, limited edition, 359/400 Provenance: C.R. Ashbee, his signature, dated 1928, at foot of colophon. Tompkinson 37. The largest book printed by the Essex House Press, and its magnum opus. It was printed using two of Ashbee's types, Endeavour and Prayer Book, and was the result of his wish to present the Elizabethan text in a form befitting its majesty, with a new typeface designed specifically for the work, some hundred new illustrations and three new sets of initials. (1)
Essex House Press. Socialism and Politics: A Study in the Readjustment of the Values of Life, by C.R. Ashbee, Essex House Press, 1906, woodcut initial, printer's device at end, publisher's list at end, partly unopened, a few light spots, endpapers a little toned, loose booklabel of Ken Tomkinson, original vellum-backed boards, light toning to covers, 8vo Tomkinson 70. One of around 250 copies printed. (1)
Essex House Press. Flight of the Duchess, by Robert Browning, Essex House Press, 1905, hand-coloured frontispiece by Paul Woodroffe, hand-coloured initials and printer's device at end, printed on vellum, occasional light marginal yellowing, original blindstamped vellum, spine titled in gilt, 8vo, limited edition, 44/125 Tomkinson 63. The fourteenth and last of the great poems series. (1)
Golden Cockerel Press. Endymion. A Poetic Romance by John Keats, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947, wood-engravings by John Buckland-Wright, a few leaves with some light spotting (as usual), top edge gilt, original full vellum gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, green cloth slipcase, folio, limited edition, 45/100, specially bound and signed by the artist, from a total edition of 500 Cockalorum 175. Inscribed in pencil to front endpaper: "Matthew from Father for his exhibition, Keble College, Oxford, November 1976", with two loose notes, one presenting the book to Ken and Audrey Tomkinson from Julien and Oliver Stonehouse in commemoration of the friendship between Geoffrey Tomkinson and Eric Stonehouse, the other a pencil thank you note for the book. (1)
Guild of Women Binders. Italy, a Poem, by Samuel Rogers, 1st edition, 1830, engraved vignette illustrations to text, light brown faded ink(?) squiggles to lower margin of Preface leaf recto, all edges gilt, later brown crushed morocco with stylised gilt floral designs to covers and pastedown borders surrounding central blue morocco panel, vellum endpapers, front endpaper with monogram book label of Michael Tomkinson and binder's gilt name to lower margin, spine a little faded and corners a trifle rubbed, 8vo (1)
Kelmscott Press. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, by Raoul Lefevre, translated by William Caxton, edited by H. Halliday Sparling, 3 volumes in two, Kelmscott Press, 1892, double-page wood-engraved title, borders and initials designed by William Morris, printed in red and black, preliminaries and glossary in Chaucer type, text printed in Troy type, one or two leaves with some light toning, loose bookplates of Ken Tomkinson, original limp vellum, spines titled in gilt, yapp edges, silk ties, 4to Peterson A8; Tomkinson 8. One of 300 copies printed. The first use by the press of both the Chaucer and Troy types. A good copy. (2)
Kelmscott Press. A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a Short Description of the Press by S.C. Cockerel, & an Annotated List of the Books Printed thereat, Kelmscott Press, 1898, wood-engraved frontispiece by William Morris after Edward Burne-Jones, wood-engraved borders and ornaments, printed in red and black, loose errata slip, occasional light marginal toning, some pencil annotation, loose booklabel of Ken Tomkinson, original linen-backed boards, 8vo, limited edition, one of 525 copies Peterson A53; Tomkinson 53. (1)
Riccardi Press. Knickerbocker Papers, Being Rip Van Winkle & the Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1914, 53 pp., printed on vellum, top edge gilt, original limp vellum gilt, silk ties, some light soiling, 8vo, limited edition, 6/12 copies on vellum from a total edition of 1000 Tomkinson 10. (1)
Golden Cockerel Press. The Song of Songs, Called by Mny the Canticle of Canticles, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925, wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, endpapers a little toned, original cloth, light spotting to spine, limited edition, 709/750, 4to, together with The Phaedo of Plato, Translated into English by Benjamin Jowett, Golden Cockerel Press, 1930, ornaments and initials printed in red designed by Eric Gill, top edge gilt, original blue buckram gilt, some fading to spine and extremities, limited edition, 76/500, 4to, plus The Golden Bed of Kydno, Translated from the Modern Greek of Evadne Lascaris by P.M. Golden Cockerel Press, 1935, 12 line engravings by Lettice Sandford, gold endpapers, top edge gilt, original red full morocco gilt by Henry T. Wood, with loose 4 pp. prospectus for the work, limited edition, 2/60 signed by the translator Powys Mathers, from a total edition of 200, this copy without the extra set of signed prints, inscribed at front in Greek and English to a Mr Addyes-Scott by Lettice Sandford, with two others by the Press: Flowers and Faces, by H.E. Bates, engravings by John Nash, 1935 (limited signed edition 133/325) and Harriet & Mary... 1944 (limited edition, 374/500) (6)
Gregynog Press. The Singing Caravan, A Sufi Tale by Robert Vansittart, published Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1932, wood engraved frontisipiece by William MacCance printed in black & brown, edges untrimmed and partly uncut, bookplate of Leonard Twiston Davies, original light brown morocco gilt by Gregynog Press Bindery, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, (limited edition 169/250), together with Selected Poems of W.H. Davies, arranged by Edward Garnett..., published Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1928, wood engraved portrait frontispiece by Robert Ashwin Maynard, edges untrimmed, original quarter cloth gilt with slip strip to fore-edges, 8vo, (limited edition 130/310), plus Poems by Henry Vaughan, published Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1924,wood engraved illustrations by Robert A. Maynard and Horace Walter Bray, edges untrimmed, bookplate of Leonard Twiston Davies, original cloth backed printed boards, 8vo, (limited edition 372/500) (3)
Gregynog Press. The Plays of Euripides, 2 vols., 1931, titles in red & black, few illustrations, light spotting to last few leaves in vol. 2, edges untrimmed, original cloth gilt, folio, (limited edition 181/500), together with Nonesuch Press, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, 4 vols., 1953, printed on india paper, original cloth, 8vo, contained together in original slipcase (6)
Kelmscott Press. Ballads and Narrative Poems; Sonnets and Lyrical Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 2 volumes, Kelmscott Press, 1893-94, double-page wood-engraved titles and initials designed by William Morris, printed in red and black throughout, original limp vellum, Ballads lower cover with light water stains and loss to one tie, Sonnets lacking one lower tie (loss to the other), 8vo, limited edition, each one of 310 copies printed (2)
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