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Click here to subscribeVelley (Thomas) Coloured Figures of Marine Plants, found on the Southern Coast of England, first edition, 5 hand-coloured engraved plates, modern green morocco-backed cloth, gilt, [Nissen BBI 2045; Henrey 1448], folio, Bath, S. Hazard, 1795.⁂ An attractive copy of the rare first work devoted to marine plants.
Woodville (William) Medical Botany, 4 vol., first edition, 274 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light foxing and toning but plates generally very clean, title and dedication leaf of vol.1 trimmed at foot, later half calf over marbled boards, [Nissen BBI 2183; Hunt 716; Henrey 1521-22], 4to, for the Author, 1790-94.
Arboriculture.- Ravenscroft (Edward) The Pinetum Britannicum. A Descriptive Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees, 3 vol., first edition, 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 4 mounted albumen prints, 1 engraved map, errata slip, foxing, almost exclusively affecting the text but not plates, contemporary red half morocco, covers lightly stained, a little rubbed, folio, [Nissen BBI 1588], 1884.⁂ This stunningly illustrated work was the result of over twenty years of collaboration and research. The tree portraits in colour are predominantly from the original drawings of William Richardson, those of cones and leaves by Dr Greville and James and Robert Black, and the characteristic sketches of the Deodar Cedars in vol. 3 were captured 'in the field' by Lady Canning during her time in India. The extensive woodcut illustrations throughout the text were also executed by multiple hands; Andrew Murray, James M'Nab, Dr Greville and Dr Maxwell T Masters. Meanwhile, leading conifer specialists of the day, from institutions such as the British Museum, Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Botanical Gardens, as well as individual professors from Florence, Berlin and Paris, and several private experts, all contributed to enhance the publication. On its commencement in 1863, the project received immediate royal support; Queen Victoria requested the work be dedicated to the memory of the recently deceased Prince Albert and provided photographs of two specimens at Osborne House for inclusion, while Emperor Napoleon III secured thirty copies for distribution among French schools of Forestry and Agriculture. Considered one of the great British works on coniferae, the Pinetum Britannicum is a testament to the nineteenth century fascination with natural history and fashion for classifying and cataloguing, and remains unmatched in scope and quality.
Birds.- Rickman (Philip) A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches, number 334 of 500 copies signed by Rickman, with an original pencil sketch by Rickman mounted, frontispiece, portrait and 31 colour plates, illustrations, original half-morocco, gilt, original slipcase, a little rubbed, folio, 1979.
Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) Birds of Prey, one of 150 copies, 12 colour plates mounted on linen stubs, each signed in pencil by Thorburn with small 'Fine Art Trade Guild' blind-stamp to lower margins, 2 holepunch marks to top corners of first few leaves, occasional faint spotting, modern green morocco, gilt, 1919.⁂ Scarce. Only one copy on Library Hub, at National Library of Scotland.
Botany.- Duppa (Richard) Illustrations of the Lotus of Antiquity, 5 hand-coloured engraved plates, one with tiny marginal tear, tape repair, scattered faint spots, previous owners ink signature to title, additional 6pp. titled 'Nymphæa Lotus' loosely inserted, cracked hinges, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, rubbed, slight bumping to corners, 4to, 1813.⁂ Scarce. Copies at Natural History Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society, University of Cambridge and University of Glasgow.
Ferns.- Moore (Thomas) The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, edited by John Lindley, half-title, 51 nature-printed plates by Henry Bradbury, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, ex-library with small ink-stamp to title, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary half-calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, gilt, a little rubbed, [Nissen BBI, 1400], folio, 1855.
Gardening.- Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine) The Theory and Practice of Gardening, translated by John James of Greenwich, first English edition, Royal licence leaf opposite title, title in red and black, 4pp. list of subscribers, 32 engraved plates and diagrams (28 double-page and 4 folding), woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, errata f. at end, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, [Blanche Henrey III, 1426], 4to, Printed by George James, and sold by Maurice Atkins, 1712.⁂ A handsome association copy of this important and influential work on French formal garden design, inspired by the work of Le Nôtre, and treating the subject from an architectural perspective. List of subscribers includes Joseph Addison, Edward Harley and Nicolas Hawksmoor. This copy with bookplate and signature of Richard Warner of Woodford Row, Essex (c.1713-1775), the botanist, who had a catalogue of his plants published in 1771 - Plantae Woodfordienses.
Gardens.- Rea (John) Flora: seu, de Florum Cultura. or, a Complete Forilege, first edition, additional engraved title, 8 engraved plates, title in red and black, previous owner's ink signature to title, occasional very faint marginal damp-staining, short marginal tear not affecting text (2G4), contemporary calf, repairs to spine head and corners, a little rubbed, [Hunt 301; Wing R421], folio, by J.G. for Thomas Clarke, 1665.
Grew (Nehemiah) Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or, a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates (1 folding), corrections inserted by hand, occasional spotting, short marginal tear not affecting text (O2), bookplate, previous owner's ink stencil and signature to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, [Wing G1952; Wood p.369], folio, by W. Rawlins, 1681.
Hermannus (Paulus) Paradisus Batavus, 111 engraved plates, woodcut title vignette, initials and head- and tail-pieces, eighteenth century ink ownership inscription to front endpaper and ink annotation to 2*4v, [Nissen BBI 860], Leiden, by Abraham Elzevier, 1698; bound with Commelin (Caspar) [Praeludia Botanica], 33 engraved plates, lacking initial 4ff. (all before A1, including title), A1 heavily browned, [Nissen BBI 388, Hunt 405], [Leiden], [by F. Haringh], [1703], together 2 works in 1, some light browning and offsetting, spotting throughout, occasional ink stains and other soiling, eighteenth century calf, covers lightly stained and scuffed, red morocco label to spine, upper joint slightly cracked, extremities scuffed, 4to.
Sclater (Philip Lutley) and Thomas Oldfield. The Book of Antelopes, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates by Smit, after Smit and Wolf, illustrations, some pencil underlining and annotations, contemporary blue half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., [Mendelssohn II, p.292; Nissen ZBI 3784; Wood, p.558, "fine illustrations"], 4to, 1894-1900.⁂ Lovely copy of this superb monograph. Bookplate of Sir Giles Loder, Bart., and loosely inserted A.L.s, from G.K[enneth].Whitehead to "Dear Sir Giles" dated 1963, asking to buy this set from him for "say, £50 to £75" and quoting recent auction prices. Whitehead (1913-2004) was a leading authority on deer, a founding member of the British Deer Society and author of several books on the subject.
Brandt (Gerard) Het Leven en Bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter, additional engraved pictorial title, woodcut title vignette, 8 engraved plates, of which 6 double page and 1 folding, engraved portrait, initials and head- and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, including to a couple of plates, occasional light browning with I1-I4 more heavily browned, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, covers slightly toned, spine with red morocco label, joints beginning to crack, folio, Amsterdam, for Waasberge, Boom and Goethals, 1701.
Shipbuilding.- [Allard (Carel) & others.] L'Art de Batir les Vaisseaux et d'en perfectionner la Construction...avec...les pavillons de divers etats, 2 vol. in 1, vol.2 in 2 parts, titles in red and black with engraved portrait vignettes of Erasmus, 22 engraved plates and 34 illustrations in text of ship-building and tools, most plates folding, 'Les Pavillons...' with additional title dated 1718 and with engraved illustration & 90 plates of flags, with 6 leaves of Table at end (often lacking) and catchword on verso of final plate, contemporary ink signature of D.Humbert at head of first title with several annotations in ink in English and French including a list of contemporary Dutch ships and their details on verso of title of vol.2 and to some plates, some light soiling or staining, a few plates torn at folds and repaired, engraved bookplate of Daniel Comte de Schulenburg Cheval Teuton, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, spine worn at head, 4to, Amsterdam, D.Mortier, 1719.
Music.- Blanchet (Armand François Nicolas) Méthode Abrégée pour Accorder le Clavecin et le Forte-Piano, 13pp., first edition, title with woodcut ornament and author's address supplied in manuscript with printed address on verso crossed out, 2 folding engraved plates of keyboards, stitched, 8vo, Paris, Lacloye, 1801.⁂ Early manual dealing with harpsichord and piano tuning. The first plate shows the keyboard of both instruments, the second the piano wrest plank strung with steel and copper. The Blanchet family had been harpsichord makers since the end of the seventeenth century, becoming makers of the King's harpsichords in the 1750s; they also produced some of the first pianos to be made in Paris. Library Hub lists only 3 UK copies (BL, Senate House Library, and University of Edinburgh).
Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Les Principales Aventures de l'admirable Don Quichotte, title in red and black, engraved title vignette, 31 engraved plates, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, some offsetting and light browning, occasional light spotting and finger soiling, upper hinge cracked, contemporary marbled boards with vellum corners, rebacked with morocco, spine with red morocco label, extremities rubbed, uncut, 4to, The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1746.
Economics.- Necker (Jacques) A very good sammelband of c.60 printed works, a manuscript, and engraved plates by or relating to Necker, including Necker (Jacques) Compte rendu au roi...Au mois de Janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté, engraved folding frontispiece and a plate ('Allégorie du Compte rendu au Roi par N.Necker en 1781'), 2 folding hand-coloured engraved maps, folding letterpress table, frontispiece and plate trimmed within image, the former with split at fold, 1776-1781; [Reply to a Remonstrance], manuscript in French, 18pp., closely trimmed at head, [late 18th century]; and Hospice de Charité, title and woodcut royal arms within woodcut borders, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, Paris, Royal Printers, 1780, some spotting, light staining and browning, modern calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, 4to
Type Specimen.- Thieme (Carl Albert) Letterproef der Boekdukkery, only edition, 43 plates of specimens of type, scripts, music, ornaments, numbers, symbols, coats-of-arms, vignettes, and masonic decorations, contemporary ink signature "L.H.Eberson" to title, original printed boards with decorative border, title on upper cover, printing press on lower, spine lettered in manuscript, rubbed, joints a little worn, [Not in Bigmore & Wyman], folio, Arnhem, 1830.⁂ Rare printer's type specimen showing the range of types and ornaments in a Dutch printing house in the early nineteenth century. The firm was founded by Herman Carel Anton Thieme of Wesel in Germany in 1792, and was continued by his four sons in Arnhem and Zutphen. Carl Albert was his grandson and operated as a bookseller, printer and publisher. WorldCat records only 5 copies, all in the Netherlands.
Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title, Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Holy Bible (The)..., 3 parts in 1, engraved portrait of George II and additional architectural title with vignettes in roundels, 5 folding engraved maps and 47 plates, most with 4 images, one large and folding of Solomon's Temple, [Herbert 1130], Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Downame (John, editor) A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible..., C.Ware, 1757, together 3 works in 1 vol., all maps and a few plates torn and frayed at edges (all silked, also frontispiece), some spotting or browning, light water-staining to inner margins, ex-library copy with a few ink stamps, bound in contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt border and onlaid central lozenge of black morocco tooled in gilt within gilt starburst, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, corners repaired, 4to⁂ A handsome binding on a scarce 18th century Bible. ESTC lists only 3 copies of this edition of the Book of Common Prayer (National Library of Scotland, Albert Sloman Library at the University of Essex, and the Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia), and 2 copies of the Bible (BL, and the American Bible Society in New York).
Silk.- Cobb (J.H.) A Manual containing information respecting the growth of the Mulberry Tree, with suitable directions for the Culture of Silk, first edition, 3 engraved plates, 2 hand-coloured, Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt's copy with her book-label (marked "withdrawn"), original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and stained, Boston, 1831 § Dandolo (Count) The Art of Rearing Silk-Worms, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 folding plates, 2 folding tables, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, spine faded, 1825; and another copy of the second, 8vo (3)
Essex.- Morant (Philip) The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 vol., list of subscribers, 9 folding engraved maps and one plan, 23 engraved plates, several folding, with additional hand-coloured engraved plate of tessellated pavement mounted on blank leaf and bound into vol.1 and additional engraved plate of Little Maplestead Church bound in opposite p.284 of vol.2, a few ink marginalia, occasional spotting, I2 and plate of Wanstead House torn and repaired, some plates frayed at edges, R1 in vol.2 supplied in good facsimile and mounted on stub, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, a few scuffs, handsomely rebacked with gilt morocco spines and green calf labels, folio, for T.Osborne [& others], 1768.⁂ Including the second edition of The History and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester.
[Raleigh (Sir Walter)] A History of the World, engraved pictorial title by R.Elstrack but lacking initial 'The Minde of the Front' leaf, also lacking Preface (A-E4) and final 2 leaves (errata/colophon and blank), with 8 double-page engraved maps and plans, with blank 3K4, 2 plates a little frayed at left hand edges (one with slight loss), tables at end cropped at fore-edge, some soiling, water- & damp-staining, a few minor tears and repairs, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, [STC 20637; Pforzheimer 820], folio, [printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre], [1614]; sold not subject to return⁂ Raleigh's ambitious project in which he sought to tell the history of the world from Creation up to his own times. It was written whilst he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, after being charged with conspiracy by James I.
Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse, 2 parts in 1, translated by Sir John Harington, engraved title incorporating portraits of Ariosto and Harington, and 46 full-page engraved illustrations, a few leaves at beginning (including 2 plates) with fore-edge repaired, slight loss to side-notes, a couple of short tears, slight worming to first dozen leaves with slight loss of text, some minor staining, contemporary sheep, rubbed and lower cover with worm-tracks revealing board, spine ends renewed, [STC 748], folio, Printed by G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634.⁂ Ownership inscription on front free endpaper "Elizabeth Tyringham, Her Booke (Aprill ye 5, 1668)."
Militaria.- Ward (Robert) Anima'dversions of Warre, or, a Militarie Magazine of the Truest Rules, and Albest Instructions, for the Managing of Warre, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, lacking additional engraved title, with 2 folding woodcut plates, woodcut initials, head-pieces and numerous illustrations and diagrams, title supplied from another copy (trimmed and remargined), a few other leaves reinforced at edges, slight worming to lower margin (mostly single hole), with contemporary manuscript leaf listing officers' and soldiers' pay loosely inserted (presumably once bound in but omitted when repaired, lacking portion at upper outer corner removing name), contemporary calf, a little rubbed, staining to lower cover, rebacked preserving old spine, new endpapers, [Cockle 147; STC 25025], folio, by Iohn Dawson, and are to be sold by Francis, 1639; sold not subject to return⁂ Extensive work covering nearly all branches of military tactics and warfare.
*** Please note, the description for this lot has changed *** Foxe (John) [Book of Martyrs] Acts and Monuments Of matters most speciall and memorable, 3 vol., half-title to vol. 1, woodcut titles and illustrations to all 3 vol., 4 plates only (of 6), one folding (engraved as issued in this edition, sheet mounted on a stub with indistinct watermark of a large armorial device which appears to be C17th or slightly later, lower fold and margin reinforced with paper to verso and single tear to fold), vol.1 initial 6ff. including half-title and title with hole, vol.2 large marginal tear to D3 affecting text but with no loss, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title of vol. 1 'Elizabeth Dawson her book, 1697 Ap. 27', some spotting and staining throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked and cornered, covers to vol. 1 rubbed with some abrasions, the others lightly scuffed, [Wing F2035], for the Company of Stationers, folio, 1641.
Africa.- Hoskins (G. A.) Travels in Ethiopia, above the Second Cataract of the Nile, first edition, folding engraved map, 53 lithographed plates, 2 hand-coloured, 4 chromolithographed, several folding or double-page, wood-engraved illustrations, small stain to frontispiece and title, map lightly browned and torn & repaired at folds, Ricardo A.Caminos copy with his small ink stamps to dedication, modern morocco-backed buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine faded, 4to, 1835.⁂ Ricardo A.Caminos (c.1916-92), Argentine Egyptologist who worked particularly on epigraphy and palaeography.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, fifth (second illustrated) edition, engraved portrait by R.White after William Faithorne and 12 engraved plates mostly by M.Burghers and P.P.Bouche after Medina, [Wing M2150], for Jacob Tonson, 1692; Paradise Regain'd...to which is added Samson Agonistes, third (first folio) edition, [Pforzheimer 721; Wing M2154], by R.E[veringham]...to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688, together 2 works in 1 vol., old ink inscriptions "L.Streate 1697", "M.Streate" (crossed out) and "Mary Ann Watts Lawson 1850" to head of first title, portrait a little frayed at inner edge and laid down, some light browning and staining, a few minor tears (mostly marginal), later armorial bookplate of Chas. Ino. Lawson Esq. of Middle Temple, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, corners repaired, folio
Numismatics.- [Snelling (Thomas)] A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, first edition, 17 engraved plates, one with pencil annotation, light foxing, some leaves reinforced at edges, modern morocco, T.Snelling, 1762 § Martin-Leake (Stephen) An Historical Account of English Money, second edition, 13 engraved plates, traces of tape to inner margin of title, bookplate of John Dunn Gardner and book-label of Roy. Redvers. King, modern calf-backed cloth, red roan label, W.Meadows, 1745, folio & 8vo (2)
Mediterranean.- Lear (Edward) Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed "Presented to me by Mr. Edward Lear on his departure from India on the 16th July 1874. J.M.Boyd" on half-title, 40 wood-engraved plates, wood-engraved map and illustrations, occasional spotting, modern black morocco, tan calf label, large 8vo, 1870.⁂ Probably Lieutenant Colonel J.M.Boyd, who served in Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1880, taking part in the march from Kabul to Kandahar under General Roberts in August 1880. He was also an accomplished amateur watercolourist which would explain the gift from Lear.
Gothic novel.- Tales of Terror, first Dublin edition, additional engraved vignette title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 2 hand-coloured plates, one with tiny stab-holes, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, 8vo, Dublin, Printed by John Brooke, 1801.⁂ A delightfully macabre work, originally assumed to be by Matthew Lewis but now assumed to be a parody. "The book is gruesome and in its illustrations even disgusting and it seems impossible that Lewis could have had anything to do with it. Some of the ballads are too coarse and grotesque to stand comparison with any work by M. G. Lewis." - Montague Summers, A Gothic Bibliography.
Ibsen (Henrik) A Doll's House, translated by William Archer, first edition of this translation, number 48 of 115 copies signed by the publisher, Laura Henderson's copy with her ink ownership inscription to half-title and bookplate to pastedown, portrait frontispiece, photographic plates, original vellum, spine ends and corners bumped, rather soiled and browned, 4to, T. Fisher Unwin, 1889.⁂ An excellent association. Laura Henderson (1863-1944) is best known as the founder of London's Windmill Theatres, famed for its tableaux vivants of motionless nude women to circumvent obscenity laws and for never closing during the Blitz.
*** Please note the description of this lot has changed.Africa.- Haywood (Capt. C. Wightwick) To the Mysterious Lorian Swamp, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, folding map, 12pp. advertisements, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, a few short repaired tears to head and foot with some light creasing, a very good example overall, 1927.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. Sporting adventure in Jubaland, now Somalia, in which the author killed a rhino with an automatic pistol when it charged at him as he was taking a photograph. "[I]t is not the sort of effort I care to repeat...".
Churchill (Winston S.) The War Speeches, 7 vol., first edition, complied by Randolph S. Churchill and Charles Eade, black and white plates, handsomely bound in black half morocco, spines gilt with double red morocco labels, t.e.g., 8vo, 1941-46.⁂ Vol. 1: Into Battle; vol. 2: The Unrelenting Struggle; vol. 3: The End of the Beginning; vol. 4: Onwards to Victory; vol. 5: The Dawn of Liberation; vol. 6: Victory; vol. 7: Secret Session.
Africa.- Ludolf (Hiob) A New History of Ethiopia, being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia..., first English edition, engraved plate of Ethiopic alphabet, 8 engraved plates, most folding and mainly of natural history (sheep, monkeys, elephants, hippopotamus etc.), folding genealogical table, some spotting or browning, final leaf defective at lower outer corner not affecting text, contemporary calf, red morocco label, rubbed, upper joint split, spine ends a little worn, [Wing L3468], folio, for Samuel Smith, 1682.⁂ Including important material on Ethiopic languages.
James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, half-title browned, frontispiece and 3 plates by James McBryde, 16pp. advertisements at end, a couple of spots, original cloth, yapp edges, covers with a couple of small stains, but overall a very good copy, [Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, 1973, pp.100-105; Tymn 3-125], 8vo, 1904.
James (M.R.) More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, half-title, advertisement leaf and 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, extremities rubbed, 1911; The Five Jars, first edition, half-title, title-vignette and 7 plates, endpapers browned, original cloth, a little soiled, 1922; and another about James, 8vo (3)
Australia.- Jukes (Joseph Beete) Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly ... in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago ..., 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces and 17 plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps, scattered faint spotting, later half-morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to spine extremities, [Ferguson 4549], 8vo, 1847.
Nesbit (E.) These Little Ones, first edition, 2pp advertisements, 10 plates by Spenser Pryse, prize bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, some light marking to panels, extremities a little rubbed, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1909.⁂ A collection of short stories for children, rare in the jacket.
O'Donnell (Elliott) The Sorcery Club, first edition, 4 plates by Phillys Vere Campbell, 18pp. advertisements, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original decorative cloth lettered in gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, but a bright and near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1912.⁂ A superb example of this rare work of supernatural fiction involving occult powers and the lost city of Atlantis.
Wilson (Romer, editor) Red Magic, first edition, colour plates and illustrations by Kay Nielsen, occasional slight foxing, original red cloth, dust-jacket spine slightly faded and lower panel a little soiled, 8vo, 1930.⁂ An excellent copy of this "collection of the world's best fairy tales from all countries".
Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, number 430 of 500 copies signed by the illustrator, illustrations and 50 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, some light scattered spotting, original pictorial vellum, gilt, lacking ties, slight bowing to covers, rather soiled and spotted, 4to, 1906.
Rackham (Arthur).- Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, number 119 of 525 copies signed by the artist, illustrations, mounted colour frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Rackham, light foxing to endpapers, neatly repaired tears to pastedowns, original pictorial vellum, gilt, original silk ties, usual slight bowing to covers, some creasing to spine ends, but a bright, near-fine example overall, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1915.⁂ Rare with the original ties and in such bright condition.
Caricatures.- Looking Glass (The); or, Caricature Annual, vol. 2., hand-coloured etched or lithographed plates after William Heath and Robert Seymour, pictorial title and 12 monthly parts, one leaf chipped at edges, one or two short marginal tears with neat tape repairs, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half-morocco, short tears to spine extremities, a little rubbed, folio, 1831.
Duelling.- Angelo (Henry) A Treatise on the Utility and Advantages of Fencing ... to which is added, A Dissertation on the Use of the Broad Sword ..., 47 engraved plates, 6 aquatints, 1 mezzotint portrait plate, scattered faint spotting, abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, later half-morocco, a little rubbed and faded, slight bumping to corners, oblong folio, 1817.
Rawstone (Lawrence) Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 14 hand-coloured plates, tissue-guards, errata bound-in, occasional faint foxing, contemporary green morocco, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, housed in a modern drop-back box, [Tooley 393], 8vo, Rudolph Ackermann, 1837.
Strutt (Joseph) Borda Anzel-cynnan: or A Complete View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits. &c. of the Inhabitants of England..., 3 vol., 158 engraved plates printed in sepia, errata slip in vol.2, Benjamin White; Walter Shropshire, 1775-76; The Chronicle of England, 2 vol., first edition, 42 engraved maps and plates, errata leaf at end of vol.1, by Joseph Cooper, for Walter Shropshire, 1777-78; The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England, with supplement at end, 72 engraved plates printed in sepia, Benjamin & John White, 1793; A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispieces and 151 hand-coloured plates, J.Nichols, for J.Edwards, 1796-99; Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod. Or, the Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 39 hand-coloured plates, some light foxing, T.Bensley for J.White, 1801, together 5 works in 9 vol., many plates with paper guards, uniform nineteenth century green morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet border and gilt-tooled floral ornament to corners, red, brown and green morocco labels to spines, g.e., a little rubbed, mostly to edges, a few marks, joints cracked, 4to⁂ A handsome and generally very clean set of Strutt's works on the social history of England, with many of the plates engraved by Strutt himself from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum.
Grabau (J.F., binder).- Hanscom (Adelaide, photographer).- Omar Khayyám. The Rubáiyát..., translated by Edward Fizgerald, photogravure plates by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming, all on thin tissue paper, colour-printed sheet of symbols, this copy illuminated in watercolours by Irene Stanley Martin for her brother Frederick Guile Stanley with decorative border to frontispiece, hand-coloured title and borders to text, also with illuminated presentation leaf, list of precious stones used in the binding & their meanings and fair copies of letters/verses from the contributors to the binder John F.Grabau bound in, bound in dark brown morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and set with 86 precious stones, by J.F.Grabau, upper cover with inset panel inlaid with tendrils of flowers and leaves in red, green and coral morocco all tooled in gilt and inset with gem stones around an oval recessed panel mounted with a gold urn inset with large stone, border ruled and tooled in gilt and inset with stones, lower cover with recessed panel inlaid with morocco flowers & leaves and tooled in gilt within similar border but without inset stones and central feature, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands with small gilt dots and compartments of gilt-tooled red morocco floral stem, green morocco doublures ruled and tooled in gilt with similar flowers to corners, signed "19 Grabau 27" at foot of front turn-in, crimson silk moiré flyleaves, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to (c.265 x 200mm.), New York, Dodge Publishing Company, [?1905].⁂ One of the first American literary works to be illustrated with fine art photographs. Adelaide Hanscom Leeson (1875-1931) set up a photographic studio in San Francisco in 1902 with Blanche Cumming, and in 1903 they began taking photographs to illustrate the Rubáiyát, using well-known California literary figures including Charles Keeler, Joaquin Miller, George Sterling, and George Wharton James as models. John Frederick Grabau (1878-1948) trained at Gies & Co. printers in Buffalo, NY, joined the Roycroft Bindery in 1902 and founded his own Derome bindery in Buffalo in 1905. A note at the beginning states,"These and the following Poems and Letters are copied from the Autographed volume owned by John F. and Minnie M.Grabau, and passed on to my friend Frederick G.Stanley who is much interested. March 1927. JF.Grabau, Buffalo, NY." These include pieces by Joaquin Miller, Adelaide Hanscom, Charles Keeler, George Sterling, and George Wharton James, with the latter's mounted cut-signature. The precious gemstones used are moss agate, cats-eye coral, bloodstone, turquoise, garnet, matrix, opal, amethyst sardonyx and pearl.
Lanoë (Charles, binder).- Rivière (Paul Louis) Poh-Dèng: Scènes de la Vie Siamoise, number 321 of 288 copies on vélin à la cuve, from an edition limited to 350, decorative title, borders and ornaments, colour plates and illustrations, by H. de la Nézière, bound in tan morocco, by Charles Lanoé, covers with elaborate foliate borders of inlaid morocco in blue, green, purple & russet either side of panel of inlaid russet-edged green morocco tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt between two panels of similar style, turn-ins ruled in gilt with small ornaments and foliate morocco inlays, signed at foot of front turn-in, yellow and turquoise silk brocade doublures and flyleaves, marbled endpapers, original red and gold decorated wrappers featuring birds and animals in a forest bound in, g.e., with prospectus loose in brown morocco-backed marbled chemise (lacking ties), marbled board slip-case, 4to (binding c.230 x 165mm.), Paris, 1913.⁂ Charles Lanoë (1881-1959) trained at the Ecole Estienne and the Ecole desArts Décoratifs in Paris, and worked for Charles Meunier and later Quesnel and Vanderwerde as a gilder. In 1902 he joined Petrus Ruban, whom he later succeeded. Lanoë was trained in the classical style but began to use floral and pictorial inlays in his bindings, eventually moving towards a more Art Deco style.
Middleton (Bernard, binder).- Gide (André) Oscar Wilde: A Study, from the French, edited by Stuart Mason [C.S.Millard], one of 50 copies on hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 500, plates, bound in russet goatskin, by Bernard Middleton, titled in gilt across head and foot of upper cover, spine titled in gilt and with five raised bands, each with three small gilt dots within double rules in blind extending onto covers in style of old thongs, t.e.g., others uncut, signed "Bound by Middleton. Oct.'00" in pencil at foot of rear free endpaper and with his monogram to rear pastedown, 8vo (binding c.205 x 140mm.), Oxford, Holywell Press, 1905.⁂ First English edition of this account of Wilde which first appeared in L'Ermitage, a monthly literary review, in June 1902, and in a simple but elegant binding by the celebrated British binder.
Ruban (Petrus, binder).- Maupassant (Guy de) Contes Choisis, comprising 10 parts in 1, number 85 of 188 copies for presentation, this copy for M.A. de la Croix Laval, paper water-marked with author's name, title & decorative border, additional pictorial title by P.Avril after F.Rops in 2 states (one hand-coloured) and with 2 part states at end, some works engraved throughout, plates and illustrations by Evert Van Muyden, Georges Jeanniot, P.Avril, Ferdinand Gueldry, Pierre Vidal, Georges Scott, Paul Gervais, A.Gérardin & Charles Morel, Alex.Lunois, and Henri Boutet, some engraved, some lithographed, some pochoir, some printed in colours, the fifth work 'La Maison Tellier' with an original watercolour by Vidal bound in (lightly offset on facing leaf), the eighth work 'Mademoiselle Fifi' with an additional colour version of a plate by Morel, each work with its own decorative colour wrapper, magnificently bound in dark brown morocco, by Petrus Ruban, covers with panel of interlocking circles containing diamond-shaped red and green calf onlays connected by zig-zag lines of five parallel rules in gilt, all within a border of onlaid green calf tooled with two rows of five looping parallel lines, spine with compartment titled in gilt, the rest tooled with interweaving swirls of five parallel lines within a border of small gilt circles on red calf, brown morocco doublures with shaped border of tendrils of roses elaborately tooled in gilt with small crest edged in roses in centre, signed "P.Ruban 1897" at foot of front doublure, black and green brocade flyleaves, marbled endpapers, original printed yellow wrappers bound in, g.e., brown morocco-backed marbled chemise with spine titled and ruled in gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded, morocco and board slip-case (a little rubbed), 4to (binding c.270 x 180mm.), Paris, for Les Sociétaires de l'Académie des Beaux-Livres, 1891. ⁂ A superb binding on this attractive collection of de Maupassant's short stories published by the Society of Contemporary Bibliophiles. Each story is illustrated by a different artist, except for the final two which were left blank for the owner to choose the illustrations. This copy contains 6 lithographs by Alex Lunois in L'Epave and a hand-coloured etching by Henry Boutet in the final work, Une Partie de Campagne.Petrus Ruban (1851-1929) was influenced by Marius-Michel, producing striking and technically-excellent mosaic bindings but later becoming more conservative in his style. He was a favourite binder of Octave Uzanne, who was President of the Society of Contemporary Bibliophiles at the time this work was produced.
Dufy (Raoul) Les Alliés. Petit panorama des uniformes, 10 hand-coloured plates, folding concertina-style into original printed wrappers, the lower wrapper detached, both chipped, c.170 x 1000mm., [Paris], [Paul Iribe], 1916.⁂ The French artilleryman of the first plate is believed to be Dufy's friend the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, who was then a member of the 38th Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne.
Nash (Paul).- Browne (Sir Thomas) Urne Buriall and the Garden of Cyrus, edited by John Carter, number 59 of 215 copies, 32 pochoir plates and illustrations by Paul Nash, later half green morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little faded, slight rubbing to joints and spine bands, lower corners bumped, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, 4to, printed by the Curwen Press for Cassell and Co. Ltd and La Belle Sauvage, 1932.
Piper (John) Brighton Aquatints. Twelve original aquatints of modern Brighton with short descriptions by the artist and an introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas, number 37 of 55 copies signed by the artist, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates by John Piper, tissue guards, text printed on blue paper, some spotting to preliminaries and endpapers, original green buckram-backed marbled boards, spine titled in gilt, printed label to upper board, upper board faded, with some staining and a very small chip to lower edge, [Levinson 12-23], oblong folio, Curwen Press for Duckworth, 1939.⁂ John Betjeman, who was a friend of John and Myfanwy Piper, suggested the impoverished Lord Alfred Douglas for the introduction, for which he was paid five guineas. While Piper hand-coloured each plate of the deluxe edition, Betjeman and his wife Penelope were known to have coloured the odd impression, under the strict guidance of the artist. Alan Powers in his edition of the work notes how the 'emphasis on the architecture of the seafront was linked to the threat of redevelopment in plans proposed by Sir Herbert Carden' (Mainstone Press, 2019).
Procktor (Patrick).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, number XVI of XXV special copies with 4 additional prints and signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 140, aquatint portrait and 11 plates by Patrick Procktor, some printed in colours, additional aquatints all numbered & signed in pencil and loose in pocket at end, original black morocco-backed blue-grey morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper cover blocked with gilt albatross and ship at sea, spine titled in gilt, uncut, very slight fading to spine, marbled board slip-case, 4to, [printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press] for Editions Alecto, 1976.
Europe.- Craven (Elizabeth) A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople, 6 engraved plates, 1 folding, large folding map, short marginal tear with expert repair, faint damp-stain to last few leaves, bookplate to title verso, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 4to, 1789.
India.- Nehru (Jawaharlal) An Autobiography, signed by the author and Indira Gandhi, plates, some spotting and browning, hinges broken, original cloth, spine cockled, nicked and faded, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Signed by the 'father of India' Nehru, India's first prime minister (dated Feb. 1949) and by his daughter in full "Indira Nehru Gandhi", India's first and, to date, only female prime minister. A wonderful association copy.
Netherlands.- Bruin (C.) De Zegepraalende Vecht, vertoonende verscheidene Gesichten van Lustplaatsen, Heeren Huysen en Dorpen ..., first edition, additional engraved title, engraved map, 102 engraved plates on 51 sheets, Amsterdam, Nicolaus Visscher, 1719, bound with, Leth (Hendrik de) Het Zegenpralend Kennemerland ..., 2 additional engraved titles (1 misbound), folding engraved map, 100 plates on 50 sheets, Amsterdam, Andries en Hendrik de Leth, [c.1729], together 2 works bound as 1, scattered faint spotting, later panelled calf, gilt, folio.
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