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Click here to subscribeRACKHAM, Arthur (With an original pen and ink sketch inscribed, dated and signed): Dickens, C: A Christmas Carol, Heinemann, 1915, 1st edn. In the very scarce original pictorial Dust Jacket. With 12 Coloured Plates. 8vo. CONDITION: The spine of the dust jacket is browned and with a minor nick to the head, foxing to endpapers and paper edges; o/w VG
RACKHAM, Arthur (With an original pen and ink sketch inscribed, dated and signed): Evans, C S: The Sleeping Beauty, Heinemann, 1920, 1st edn. With coloured frontis and title page, three double page coloured illustrations plus one tipped-in coloured plate. 4to. CONDITION: Cover edges little scuffed; o/w VG
RACKHAM, Arthur (With an original pen and ink sketch inscribed, dated and signed): Phillpotts, E: A Dish of Apples. Hodder & Stoughton, 1921, Limited 1st edn. of 500 copies; This one is a PRESENTATION Copy signed by Rackham and Phillpotts, And also with the pen and ink sketch, inscribed, dated and signed. With 3 Coloured Plates. Small 4to. CONDITION: Two dents to back cover; o/w VG
RACKHAM, Arthur (With 10 Original Rackham Christmas cards): 1. Barham, R.H: The Ingoldsby Legends. Heinemann, 1913, reprint. With 12 Coloured Plates and 12 full page with tint. 4to. CONDITION: Covers little worn and marked; o/w VG 2. Ten Arthur Rackham Illustrated Christmas Cards, sent by the Rackham family to the Starkie family, six with a word or two of inscription. CONDITION: All very good/fine (11)
RACKHAM, Arthur (With an original pen and ink sketch inscribed, dated and signed): Ruskin, John: The King of the Golden River. Harrap, 1932, 1st edn. Bound in the original card covers and In the original Dust Jacket. Illustrated with 4 Coloured Plates plus black and white illustrations. CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w VG.
RACKHAM, Arthur (With an original pen and ink sketch inscribed, dated and signed): Shakespeare, W: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Heinemann, 1908, 1st edn. With 40 Coloured Plates. 4to. CONDITION: Richard Starkie's Bookplate to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers; small spot to a couple of pages, o/w VG
RACKHAM, Arthur, 1. IRISH FAIRY TALES. Macmillan, 1920, 1st edn. With 16 coloured plates. CONDITION: Original covers, worn and inner hinges cracked; 2. English Fairy Tales. Macmillan, 1922, 2nd. edn. With 16 coloured plates. CONDITION: Original covers, a little worn and with couple of chips; 3. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Harrap, 1928 (reprint). With 8 coloured plates. Original covers and dust jacket. CONDITION: DJ torn with loss, o/w G+; 4. The Springtide of Life. Heinemann, 1918, 1st edn. With 8 coloured plates. CONDITION: Original covers, worn and with two dents; one gathering with two plates loose; 5. Goblin Market. Harrap, 1939, 1st thus. With coloured frontis and original wrappers. CONDITION: worn; o/w VG (5)
RACKHAM, Arthur etc. 1. Evans, C. S.: Cinderella. Heinemann 1919, 1st edn. Coloured Frontis Plus other coloured and black and white illustrations. Original pictorial boards. CONDITION: Corners chipped; inscription to half title; occasional light browning; 2. Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. Heinemann no date, (1913), 1st edn. With 13 Colour Plates. Original pictorial cloth. CONDITION: Spine little faded, occasional foxing; o/w VG; 3. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Hodder & Stoughton, no date, inscription dated 1916. With 16 colour Plates. Original cloth, gilt. CONDITION: Spine little faded; occasional foxing; 4. BB (D.J. Watkins-Pitchford) (Illus): Down the Bright Stream. Eyre & Spottiswoode, no date (1948), 1st edn. with Dust Jacket. 16 Colour Plates. CONDITION: Dust jacket has couple of tears; o/w VG+ (4)
RACKHAM, Arthur (Signed Limited Edition): WALTON, Izaak: The Compleat Angler, Harrap, 1931, numbered and Signed Limited edition of 775, this being No. 772. with 12 colour plates including guards with printed captions, plus numerous line illustrations in the text, illustrated endpapers, signed by Arthur Rackham on limitation page. Original publisher's Full Vellum binding with gilt titles to spine and upper cover, top edges gilt; AND the original slipcase. 4to. CONDITION: Slight foxing to spine; o/w VG/FINE Copy
RACKHAM, Arthur: 1. Ibsen, H: Peer Gynt. Harrap, 1936. 1st edn. With Dust Jacket. With 12 colour plates plus b/w illus. Original cloth and dw. CONDITION: DW with a couple to tears (now protected); presentation plate and inscription to front endpaper; o/w VG+; 2. The Vicar of Wakefield: Harrap, 1929, 1st edn. With 12 colour plates plus b/w plates and text illust. Original cloth. CONDITION: Spine and part of cover slightly faded; o/w VG; 3. Some British Ballads: Constable, nd, (1919). 1st edn. Issued without dw. With 16 tipped-in colour plates. Original cloth. CONDITION: Front cover damp soiled; o/w G+ (3)
RACKHAM, Arthur: 1. Walton, I: The Compleat Angler. Harrap, 1931, 1st edn. with Dust Jacket (15/-). With 12 colour plates, etc. Original cloth. CONDITION: Dust jacket with small pieces torn from edges; o/w VG+/fine; 2. Some British Ballads: Constable, nd, (1919). 1st edn. Issued without dw. With 16 tipped-in colour plates. Original cloth. CONDITION: Covers little worn; one plate protruding a little; o/w VG (2)
GARDENING (2 Works): 1. Nicol, W: The Practical Planter, or, a Treatise on Forest Planting..., Scatcherd 1803, 2nd edn. Corrected and improved. PP xvi, 306, (22) Index. ½ leather over marbled boards. CONDITION: A number of pages of contemporary notes bound in at the front and back; occasional foxing; o/w G; 2. Nicholson, G (editor): The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, in 4 vols. Upcott Gill, 1885-1889. Very nice Full Leather Bindings aeg. With Coloured lithograph frontis to each volume and many illustrations in the text (some full-page). CONDITION: Covers a little scuffed; o/w a very good set (5)
FISHING (2 Works): 1. Kelson, George M: The Salmon Fly How to Dress It and How to Use It. Published by the author, 1895. 1st Edn, 4to. PPXIV, 510, XLV (Advs.). Original cloth, gilt; teg. With a frontis, 8 colour plates of flies + text and other illus. CONDITION: Spine little faded; inner hinges cracked (but still firm); light foxing; o/w VG; 2. Halford, F M: Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice. S.Low, 1889, 1st edn. With Frontis + 25 plates (some coloured). ½ leather with raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine and teg. CONDITION: VG+ (2)
ROBERTSON, William: The Works, In 9 volumes, Whitmore And Fenn, 1824. With frontis, 6 folding maps and one folding plate. Bound in full leather with gilt decoration to spines and two gilt lettered labels to each volume. CONDITION: Covers worn and scuffed; tears to maps (without loss); volume 8, pages 97-112 lacking and supplied in neat contemporary manuscript; o/w VG (9)
CARLYLE, Thomas: The Works, 34 volumes comprising: Frederick the Great. 10 Vols.; Essays. 6 vols.; French Revolution. 3 Vols.; Cromwell's Letters and Speeches. 5 Vols.; Translations from the German. 3 Vols.; and one volume each of the following: Past and Present; Life of Schiller; Life of John Sterling; Latter Day Pamphlets; The Early Kings or Norway; Sartor Resartus; Heroes and Hero Worship. Chapman and Hall, 1888 and no date. With maps and plates. Bound by Fazakerley, Liverpool, in matching half leather. CONDITION: Light scuffing; o/w VG (34)
BINDING: THACKERAY, William Makepeace: The Works, in 26 Volumes, Smith, Elder & Co., 1886-1891. with illustrations. Contemporary Full Leather with raised bands, gilt decoration to spines, 2 gilt lettered labels to each volume, marbled endpapers and all edges. CONDITION: Spines lightly faded; occasional foxing to some volumes; o/w VG, a handsome set (26)
BINDING: KINGSLEY, Charles: The Works, 20 Volumes. Macmillan, 1879-1892. with illustrations. Contemporary half Leather with raised bands, gilt decoration to spines, 2 gilt lettered labels to each volume, marbled endpapers and all edges and attractive bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. CONDITION: Some of the coloured plates in volume 5 (Glaucus) are partially stuck to the tissue guards; occasional foxing; o/w G+; and a very nice duplicate copy of: At Last- Christmas in the West Indies. 1892. Bound in full leather (21)
SASSOON, Siegfried: Picture Show, 1919 1st edn, consisting of ONLY 200 copies on handmade paper, privately printed at the Cambridge University Press by J. B. Pearce, under the supervision of Bruce Rogers, and bound in boards by John P. Gray & Son. 150 copies are for sale at one guinea net. 8vo. (238 x 168mm), PP-49. Original brown boards with blind-tooled Greek-key borders, printed paper lettering-piece on upper board; and with the original publisher's two-leaf flyer and order form, (loosely inserted). CONDITION: boards lightly rubbed and marked, more heavily at extremities. The armorial bookplate of Evelyn Henry Tschudi Broadwood (of the Broadwood Piano family) to front pastedown and with his name in ink to front blank endpaper; o/w VG. Very Scarce
DORE, Gustave (Illus. - 3 Works): 1. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, In two volumes. Cassell, no date (1880). Full leather binding, aeg. CONDITION: Head and foot of spines scuffed; occasional foxing; o/w VG; 2. Enid, by Tennyson: Moxon, 1868, 1st edn. Folio, original cloth, gilt; aeg. CONDITION: Covers little worn; occasional foxing; o/w VG; 3. Vivien, by Tennyson: Moxon, 1867, 1st edn. Folio, original cloth with gilt lettering. CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w VG (4)
GRIFFIN (Richard, Baron BRAYBROOKE): The History of Audley End... Town and Parish of Saffron Walden, Samuel Bentley, 1836, first edition, large paper copy. With engraved frontispiece, portrait, 2 double page maps, 15 plates Plus wood engraved head and tail-pieces. INSCRIBED, DATED 1836, AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Bound in half leather with gilt ruling to spine and gilt lettered label. CONDITION: Repair to one plate; o/w vg. In 1825 Richard succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Braybrooke, assumed the name of Griffin, and at the same time removed the chief family seat from Billingbear Park, near Wokingham in Berkshire, to Audley End in Essex which had been left to his father in 1798 by his distant relative, Lord Howard de Walden. CONDITION REPORT: Some foxing.
BEWICK, T History of British Birds, in two volumes, Newcastle, S Hodgeson and Others and E Walker, 1797-1804. 1st edns. with uncensored vignette on Vol. I, p. 285. Bound in half leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine and marbled endpapers. CONDITION: Occasional foxing and browning; o/w VG (2)
ALPINE FLOWERS; FRENCH ILLUSTRATED ETC.: 1. WEBER (J.C.): Die Alpen-Pflanzen Deutschlands Und Der Schweitz. In 4 vols. Including the supplement. Munich, Christian Kaiser, 1867-68. 2nd Edn. With 400 hand coloured Plates. 16mo, bound in the original cloth. CONDITION: Some of the plates are loose, o/w VG; 2. L'Oncle Hansi: L'Histoire d'Alsace. Paris, Floury, 1915, 4to. Original pictorial cloth and with colour illustrations throughout. CONDITION: VG+; 3. L'Oncle Hansi: Mon Village. Paris, Floury, nd (C1920), Obl. 4to. Original pictorial cloth and with colour illustrations throughout. CONDITION VG+; 4. Plus 3 works: Latin Robinson Crusoe; Thomas Hardy; and J.M.BARRIE. (6)
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS: 1. Thomas, Dylan: The Map of Love. J M Dent, 1939, 1st edn. with Dust Jacket. Frontispiece portrait by Augustus John. Original purple cloth. CONDITION: Head and foot of spine faded; dust jacket with a couple of small tears; o/w VG+; 2. Lee, Laurie: The Voyage of Magellan. Lehmann, 1948, 1st edn. with dust jacket (10s. 6d.). CONDITION: Browning to endpapers; dust jacket a little worn; o/w VG; 3. Lee, Laurie: The Sun My Monument. (Author's first book). New Hogarth press, 1944, 1st edn. with dust jacket (3s. 6d.). CONDITION: Dust jacket little worn and faded; o/w VG; 4. Lee, Laurie: The Bloom of Candles. Lehmann, 1947, 1st edn. with dust jacket. CONDITION: Dust jacket lightly damp stained; o/w VG; 5. Symons, A J A (Ed): An Anthology of 'Nineties' Verse. Elkin Mathews, 1928, 1st edn. with dust jacket. CONDITION: Foxing to edges; spine of dust jacket faded; o/w VG+; 6. Six other first editions: AGATE, J; LEE, C; GREACEN, R; DURRELL, L; and two by H.G.Wells. CONDITION: All very good (11)
PUGET DE LA SERRE (Jean): Les Delices de la Mort, Rouen, Jean Berthelin, 1631, The rare Rouen edition published in the same year as the Brussels first edition. Fine engraved additional pictorial title and 4 plates after Corneille Galle. Contemporary full leather. CONDITION: Covers little worn; o/w VG
SCOTT, Sir Walter: Waverley Novels, Complete 48 volumes, Edinburgh & London, Cadell, 1829-1834. Full leather binding with raised bands, gilt decoration to spines, two gilt lettered labels to each volume and all edges marbled. CONDITION: Light scuffing to covers and spines; bookplate to front pastedown; o/w VG (48)
HAYWARD, A: 1. Biographical and Critical Essays, In two volumes. Longmans, 1858; 2. New series, in two volumes. Longmans, 1873; 3. 3rd series, in one volume. Longmans, 1874. Five volumes in all, bound by Riviere in full polished calf, gilt. CONDITION: Light wear to covers; presentation plate to: Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers in each volume; o/w VG (5)
DORE, Gustave (Illus.- 4 Works by Tennyson): 1. Enid. Moxon, no date, c.1868. Folio; 2. Elaine. Moxon, 1868. Folio; 3. Guinevere. Moxon, no date, c.1868. Folio; 4. Vivien. Moxon, no date, c.1868. Folio. All four volumes bound in the original pictorial cloth, gilt and all edges gilt. CONDITION: Light wear to covers; occasional foxing; o/w VG (4)
DOYLE, Richard: In Fairyland. Pictures from the Elf-World, Longmans, Green & Co., 1875, 2nd Edn. Folio, 16 coloured plates. Original covers with gilt pictorial upper cover and spine and all edges gilt. CONDITION: Covers little worn, closed tear to bottom margin of title page, occasional foxing; o/w VG
CHESS BOOKS: (Charles Henry SANFORD'S collection). Matching signed fine leather binding by MUDIE and with Sanford's Bookplate and name, 1. Lange, M: Paul Morphy a Sketch from the Chess World. Starie, 1860, 1st edn. CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w Fine; 2. Lowenthal, J: Morphy's Games of Chess. New York, Appleton, 1860, 1st US edn(?). CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w Fine; 3. Staunton, Howard: The Chess Tournament. Bohn, 1852, 1st edn. CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w Fine; 4. Staunton, Howard: Chess Praxis A Supplement to the Chess Player's Handbook. Bohn, 1860, 1st edn. CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w Fine; 5. Staunton, Howard: The Chess-Player's Handbook. Bell & Daldy, 1870, new edn. CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w Fine; 6. Staunton, Howard: The Chess Player's Companion. Bohn, 1861, repr. With coloured frontis. CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w Fine; 7. Staunton, Howard: The laws and practice of chess. Virtue, 1876, 2nd Edn. CONDITION: Occasional foxing; o/w Fine (7) Charles Henry Sanford The Republic of Argentina was still quite young when Sanford arrived on the scene as a banker in time to help finance the growth of both the country and the city of Buenos Aires, which was little more than a village when he arrived. He accumulated a vast fortune in the process, owning thousands of acres in the city. He was noted for his philanthropy in Buenos Aires, especially as the founder of a home for children. Able to retire at an early age, he spent most of his time in London.
HERALDRY (3 TITLES): 1. Yorke, James: The Union of Honour. Containing 'The Armes, Matches And Issues of the Kings, Dukes, Marquesses and Earles of England from the Conquest, untill this present year, 1640. With the Armes of the English Viscounts and Barons...' Edward Griffin, 1640, 1st edn. Fully Illustrated. Small folio, PP Extra engraved title-page, Title-page, (xii), 1-331, (i)blank, 1-76, 1-52. Contemporary full leather, recased with new endpapers. CONDITION: Hinges cracked, Engraved title partly pasted to new endpaper; some paper margins and edges torn; bookworm damage to a few pages (not affecting the text) and possibly lacking the last blank leaf; 2. Porny, M.A.: The Elements of Heraldry. Thomas Carnan, 1787, 4th Edn. With a Frontis plus 24 Copper Plates. PP xxiv, 284, + unpaginated dictionary of terms. Full leather binding. CONDITION: Recased with new spine and tape to endpapers; occasional foxing; o/w G; 3. A slipcase containing 74 Plates (one hand-coloured) from The first edition of: 'The English Peerage' published in 1790 (3)
CRANE, Walter: Triplets. Comprising the Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, The Baby's Own Aesop, Routledge, 1899, first edn. With the original designs in colour by Walter Crane, Printed by Edmund Evans. Square folio, publisher's vellum-backed boards. Numbered Limited edition, No. 295 of 500 copies, signed by the printers. CONDITION: Vellum discoloured; occasional foxing; o/w VG
MILNE, A. A: Two First Editions with Dust Jacket and Two Others, 1. When We Were Very Young. Methuen, 1925, 10th. edn. With dust jacket. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Original publishers cloth gilt, pictorial endpapers and top edges gilt. CONDITION: Foxing to dj and spine frayed with small loss; browning to endpapers; o/w vg; 2. Winnie the Pooh. Methuen, 1926, 1st edn. With dust jacket. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Original publishers cloth gilt, pictorial endpapers and top edges gilt. CONDITION: Heat and foot of spine little bumped; browning to endpapers; dj little worn and with small loss to head and foot; o/w vg; 3. Now We Are Six. Methuen, 1927, 1st Edn. With dust jacket. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Original publishers cloth gilt, pictorial endpapers and top edges gilt. CONDITION: Light wear to dust jacket; o/w vg; 4. Now We Are Six. Methuen, 1927, 2nd edn. With dust jacket. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Original publishers cloth gilt, pictorial endpapers and top edges gilt. CONDITION: Browning to half title; Dust jacket little grubby and with small loss; o/w vg (4)
POGANY, Willy (illus.); FITZGERALD, E: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Harrap, 1930. signed and numbered limited edition, No. 404 of 750. Signed twice by Pogany: on the limitation page and also the etching opposite title-page. With 12 tipped-in colour plates + many other illus. Full leather binding with gilt and floral vignette to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, top edges gilt and others untrimmed. CONDITION: Spine and part of the covers darkened, light scuffing to edges; o/w VG
BRITISH BIRDS (2 Works): 1. Bewick, T: A History of British Birds In 2 Vols, Newcastle, 1826. Fully Illustrated. Very nicely bound in ½ Leather over marbled boards. CONDITION: Small stain to paper edges; light foxing; o/w Very good and Attractive set; 2. Mudie, R: The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands, in 2 vols. With 19 coloured Plates + 2 coloured vignettes. Very nicely bound in ½ Leather over marbled boards. CONDITION: VG+ (4)
COOKE, George Alexander: Modern and authentic system of universal geography, C. Cooke, no date, Frontis plate dated 1807. Two volumes, 4to. With Frontis, 64 Plates Plus 23 folding Maps. Later half leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spines. CONDITION: Professional repair to some of the pages, plates and maps; occasional foxing and the odd small stain; some worm damage to top of the last few pages of first volume (affecting a few letters); o/w a good set (2)
GRIFFIN (RICHARD, Baron BRAYBROOKE): The History of Audley End... Town and Parish of Saffron Walden, Samuel Bentley, 1836, first edition, large paper copy (folio), PP xiv, 331. With proof impressions of the plates and two extra portraits: one of Lord Braybooke and the other of the Duchess of Norfolk; plus the 20 listed plates (including the extra engraved title page); plus illustrations and seals. inscribed presentation copy from Lord Braybrooke, dated Dec. 20, 1875. Bound in full leather with raised bands, gilt ruling to covers and spine, gilt lettering, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. CONDITION: Light wear to covers; o/w VG. In 1825 Richard succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Braybrooke, assumed the name of Griffin, and at the same time removed the chief family seat from Billingbear Park, near Wokingham in Berkshire, to Audley End in Essex which had been left to his father in 1798 by his distant relative, Lord Howard de Walden.
HEATH ROBINSON, W (Illustrator): Kipling, R: A Song of the English, Hodder & Stoughton, (1909), Numbered Limited edition, 000 of 500 copies. SIGNED by Heath Robinson; with 30 tipped in colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Gilt Decorative Full Vellum binding with top edges gilt. CONDITION: Spine a little rubbed; covers warped and lacking the ties; light offsetting; o/w G+/VG
CHILDREN AND ILLUSTRATED: 1. Milne A. A: Teddy Bear and Other Songs. Illustrated by E.H.Shepard. Methuen 1926, 1st edn. with DW. CONDITION: Very good copy; 2. Milne A. A: More Very Young Songs. Illustrated by E.H.Shepard. Methuen 1928, 1st edn. CONDITION: Corners chipped; o/w VG; 3. Lear, Edward: Teapots and Quails and Other New Nonsenses. MURRAY, 1953. 1st edn. CONDITION: DW is chipped with small loss; o/w VG; 4. Dulac, E: Stories from the Arabian Nights. Hodder & Stoughton, ND. CONDITION: Original cloth, gilt; little worn, o/w VG; 5. Dulace, E: Picture Book for the French Red Cross. ND. CONDITION: VG; 6. Heath Robinson, W (Illus.): Twelfth Night. Hodder & Stoughton no date, Inscribed 1910. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. CONDITION: Covers little worn; o/w VG; 7. Brangwyn, F (Illus.): Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Foulis, 1910. Pictorial cloth, gilt & teg. CONDITION: VG (7)
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS: 1. Christie, Agatha: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Collins, 1926, 1st. edn. CONDITION: Original Cloth, worn; front inner hinges cracked; o/w G+; 2. Remy, N: Demonolatry. Rodker, 1930, Limited edn. of 1275 copies, this not numbered; with dw. CONDITION: Inner hinges cracked; o/w VG; 3. Farleigh, J: Graven Image. Macmillan, 1940, 1st edn. CONDITION: Pictorial covers, little worn; o/w G+ (3)
TOPOGRAPHY, ILLUS. ETC: 1. Tallis, J: History and Description of the Crystal Palace, and the Exhibition of the World's Industry in 1851. Three volumes. Tallis, ND, c.1852. With Folding chromolithograph frontis Plus Many plates. Half leather, CONDITION: covers scuffed; occasional foxing; browning to one page in vol. 3; o/w G+; 2. Tillotson, J: Picturesque Scenery in Wales. Allman, ND, c.1860. With 37 engraved plates. Gilt pictorial cloth & aeg; CONDITION: occasional foxing; o/w VG; 3. Winkle's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales. Volumes 1 and 2 only; Wilson, 1838. With 116 plates. CONDITION: Covers worn; damp stain to a few plates; 4. Lacroix, P: Directoire, Consulat et Empire. Paris, Didot, 1884. With 10 chromo plates plus 410 wood engravings. Original gilt pictorial covers and aeg; CONDITION: A VG+/Fine copy; 5. Bainbridge, H C: Peter Carl Faberge. Batsford, 1949, 1st edn. dw. Limited edition. CONDITION: VG+ (8)
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: 1. Aldin, C (ILLUS.)- DICKENS: Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 Volumes. Chapman & Hall, 1910, 1st edn. Original covers with decoration and lettering. CONDITION: Light spotting to spines; o/w VG; 2. Reynolds, F (ILLUS.)- DICKENS: Mr Pickwick. Hodder & Stoughton. No date, inscription dated 1922. Original pictorial cloth, gilt and with DW. CONDITION: VG+/Fine; 3. Walton, Izaak: The Compleat Angler. Illustrated by Edmund H New. The Bodley Head, 1897. 1st Edn, thus. Original decorative cloth; CONDITION: Foxing to endpapers; o/w VG; 4. Walton, Izaak: The Compleat Angler. Illustrated by James Thorpe. Hodder & Stoughton, ND, CONDITION: Original gilt pictorial covers, little worn and with cut at top; o/w VG (5)
LAWRENCE, T. E. (TRANS): HOMER'S ODYSSEY: The Odyssey of Homer Translated by T E Lawrence, Printed and published by sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers; 16 Clifford's Inn, London; 1932, Limited Edition of 530 copies (the paper is water marked: JBC 1929). Illustrated with roundels in gold and black. Folio, bound in the original morocco and with slipcase. CONDITION: Slipcase worn and torn; o/w VG CONDITION REPORT: Book no obvious faults. Slip case of poor condition.
AUTHOR'S OWN COPY (with additions and corrections): WOLLASTON, Francis: A Specimen of a General Astronomical Catalogue, arranged in Zones of North Polar Distance...Containing a Comparative View of the Mean Positions of Stars, Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars, G & T Wilkie, 1789. 1st edn. Extra Illustrated copy with the portrait of the author dated 1800 as a frontis plate. Folio; Tables, 3-page 'advertisement' at end with 3 engraved diagrams, one full-page. Contemporary Full Leather binding WITH the author's armorial bookplate to front pastedown and Numerous manuscript additions and corrections throughout (possibly by the author?). CONDITION: Covers worn and detached; o/w VG
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