HARDY, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. 8vo. 11 illustrated plates (including frontispiece). Original publisher's brown cloth blocked in black and gold (extremities slightly rubbed, some minor soiling). Provenance: J. L. Sheldon (signature, 1894); Henry Sotheran Ltd. (bookseller label to pastedown).FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, published January 1892. The illustrations, drawn for the serial publication of the novel in Graphic, were not included in the first English edition in book form. Purdy, p.76. [With:]HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). Jude the Obscure. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.,1896. 8vo. Half-title; etched frontispiece, engraved map. Original publisher's green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (some overall wear, a few leaves disbound). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, published as Volume VIII of The Wessex Novels. Purdy, pp. 86-91.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
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HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings. New York: Appleton, 1881.8vo (190 x 125 mm). Frontispiece and 7 plates and numerous illustrations in text. Original publisher's pictorial mustard cloth gilt (lower hinge starting, some minor soiling, some light wear to spine ends with small losses, corners slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "presumptive" on page 9, and no mention of this title in ads at end, of Harris's popular retelling of African-American folk-tales and myths. BAL 7100; Grolier American 83; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 56-57. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Nights with Uncle Remus. Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 8vo (122 x 190 mm). Frontispiece, 19 plates. Original publisher's pictorial gray-green cloth gilt (spine darkened, some minor wear to extremities, lower hinge starting). Provenance: Marietta Wood (gift inscription, 1888)FIRST EDITION. BAL 7109. [With:] HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Uncle Remus and His Friends. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1892. 8vo (192 x 122 mm). Frontispiece and 11 plates Original publisher's pictorial gray-green cloth gilt (leaned, some light rubbing or soiling). Provenance: Miss Whitney (gift inscription, 1863). FIRST EDITION. BAL 7125. -- BANNERMAN, Helen (1862-1946). The Story of Little Black Sambo. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, [1900]. 16mo. 27 illustrations. Cloth-backed pictorial boards (some minor soiling and rubbing); folding case. Provenance: Mary Merwin Melcher (gift inscription, 14 February 1904). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon. New York: Scribner's, 1932.8vo. Frontispiece by Juan Gris; numerous photographic plates. Original publisher's black cloth (very slightly rubbed on bottom edge, slight bump to lower cover; original dust jacket (restored with portions recolored and some work in facsimile, short closed tear along front flap fold). FIRST EDITION, published when Hemingway was in his early thirties and living in Key West. The book "represents the author at his best, first as a writer and second as someone who was never satisfied with knowing only a little about his subject but who always dug deeply until he had both the essence and the smallest details" (Charles M. Oliver, Ernest Hemingway A to Z. New York, 1999, p. 74). Hanneman A10a. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
JOYCE, James. Ulysses. London: Egoist Press, 1922. 4to. 8pp. errata. Contemporary brown morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Morrell (lower hinge starting); original wrappers bound in. Provenance: W. & G. Foyle & Ltd. (bookseller's label on lower pastedown). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, number 260 of 2,000 copies, printed in Dijon from the original plates for Joyce's patron, Harriet Weaver, who was unable to find a printer in London, and distributed by Rodker and Ezra Pound. Of the 2,000 copies printed, 500 copies were sent to America and were subsequently reported seized and burned by the United States government authorities; recent evidence suggests that not all of the copies sent to America were destroyed. According to Harriet Shaw Weaver, 'a good number of copies sent by ordinary book post to the U.S.A got through to their various destinations, but some time between October 1922 (when the Egoist edition as published) and December, the U.S.A censorship authorities evidently became suspicious€¦until finally 400-500 copies were confiscated and burnt' (qtd. in Slocum and Cahoon). Slocum and Cahoon A18.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). Seven Pillars of Wisdom. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. 4to. Half-title, frontispiece, 4 folding maps, 53 plates. Original brown cloth gilt, top edge stained brown, others uncut (spine sunned, a few minor stains, minor loss to head of spine). FIRST TRADE EDITION, published in the same year as the limited edition of 750 numbered copies. O'Brien A042.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
LEROUX, Gaston (1868-1927). The Phantom of the Opera. New York & Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1911. 8vo. Half-title, colored frontispiece and 4 double-page colored plates by Andre Castaigne. Modern black morocco gilt, upper cover with central red morocco onlay mask gilt, turn-ins gilt, red watered silk doublures and flyleaves, edges gilt. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the imprint "Press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn, N.Y." at the foot of the copyright page. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1857.8vo (212 x 135 mm). With folding hand-colored engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait, 22 wood-engraved plates (plates facing p.66 and p.225 hand-colored), one folding diagram, 2 folding engraved maps (one detached), numerous illustrations. (Minor mostly marginal spotting to a few leaves.) Contemporary gilt-decorated brown leather, edges gilt (hinges separating, some light rubbing or wear to extremities). Provenance: Hyde Pullen (morocco presentation bookplate, 1858).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with plates 1 and 8 wood-engraved. Livingstone's first and most important major expedition in 1849-1856, during which he crossed the Kalahari Desert, discovered the source of the Upper Zambezi River in 1851, and in 1853-56 made the first west-east crossing of the continent, via the Zambezi, and discovered Victoria Falls. Abbey Travel 347; PMM 341; Mendelssohn I, p.908.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870.8vo (188 x 130 mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece and 15 plates by Ernest Griset. (Some very minor spotting to a few leaves.) Original black pictorial cloth decorated in red and gilt over beveled boards (rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, repairs to hinges and a few corners). Provenance: May Seneple (signature, 1869); Alexander Day (bookseller's label). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, originally published serially in Fraser's Magazine from 1868-1869. Penzer pp.81-82.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
![STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). The Body Snatcher. New York: The Merriam Company, [1895].12mo. 4 illustrated plates. Ori](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2e77d25c-5288-4641-aeee-acd20120a026/ddb57501-6f50-4839-869c-acd3011d1568/468x382.jpg)
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). The Body Snatcher. New York: The Merriam Company, [1895].12mo. 4 illustrated plates. Original violet cloth decorated in dark purple (spine soiled, some rubbing to joints and spine ends, upper hinge starting). Provenance: Morton A. Mergentheim (bookplate, signature). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, published as #2 of Merriam's "Violet Series," and later adapted for the 1945 film starring Boris Karloff. Prideaux 131. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
THACKERAY, William (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.8vo (208 x 132 mm). Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates, wood-engraved illustrations (some minor spotting to a few leaves). 20th-century half tan calf gilt stamp-signed by Morrell (darkening to spine and edges, hinges starting, some losses to spine with old repairs); slipcase. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, later issue with 'Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p.453 but without the heading on p.1 in rustic type or the suppressed woodcut of Lord Steyne on p. 336. Grolier English 87; Van Duzer 231.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The War of the Worlds. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. 8vo. Frontispiece and 15 illustrated plates by Warwick Goble. Original decorated green cloth (a touch of wear to corners, otherwise bright). Provenance: Larry McMurtry (b. 1936), American Novelist (bookplate, his sale, Heritage, 9 April 2015).FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, omitting "The Epilogue" found in the first London edition (see previous lot). THE FINE LARRY McMURTRY COPY. Currey p.526. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
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[CIVIL WAR]. KANTOR, MacKinlay (1904-1977). Andersonville. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1955.8vo. Original blue and beige linen gilt, top edge stained red; board slipcase.FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies SIGNED BY CANTOR. [With:]EDMONDS, Emma (1841-1898). Nurse and Spy in the Union Army. Hartford: W.S. Williams & Co., 1865. Original brown gilt-decorated cloth. 8vo (205 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 8 plates. Provenance: John Collins (gift inscription, 1940). FIRST EDITION of Edmond's memoir recounting her military experiences serving as a man with the Union Army during the American Civil War. Sabin 21869. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.8vo (220 x 145 mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text. (Tears touching letters and illustration with minor marginal loss on p.441.)Original brown decorated cloth, front cover and spine blocked in black and gilt (hinges starting, tiny loss to foot of spine, corners and head of spine slightly rubbed, otherwise bright). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the tail-piece on p. 441 depicting an urn, flames and the head of Twain, and the caption on p. 443 reading "The St. Louis Hotel." BAL 3411.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889.8vo (205 x 162 mm). 44 wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations in text by Dan Beard, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at end. 20th-century green calf gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Bayntun-Riviere (spine sunned); original cloth bound in; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, later state, without the S-like ornament between the two words in the caption on p.[59]. BAL 3429; Johnson, High Spots pp.50-52.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford and Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1875.8vo (215 x 165 mm). Engraved frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations. (Some minor staining.) Original publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gold (spine slightly dulled, minor losses to spine end, corners rubbed). Provenance: Mary W. Mason (gift inscription, 5 December 1895). FIRST EDITION, second state with the footnote on p.119, but lacking both the footnote on p.120 and the 11-line skit "From Hospital Days" on p.99. BAL 3364. [With:]A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. 8vo (210 x 162 mm). 44 wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations in text by Dan Beard, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original publisher's olive green pictorial cloth stamped in blue, gray, black and gilt (rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, some light wear). Provenance: William Drown Phelps (signature; bookplate). FIRST EDITION, second state, without the S-like ornament between the two words in the caption on p. [59]. BAL 3429; Johnson High Spots pp. 50-52.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall, 1837.8vo (210 x 132 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss, and H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). (Some minor browning to a few leaves, some spotting.) Contemporary half green morocco gilt (rebacked, boards slightly rubbed). Provenance: Thomas C. Ogden (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Gimbel A16; Grolier English 78; Smith I: 3.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839.8vo (210 x 130 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved plates. (Lacking half-title, plates browned, some minor spotting.) Later half maroon morocco gilt stamp-signed by Speakman, top edge gilt (slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, including plates 1 and 2 in the earliest states with publisher's imprint, with "vister" for "sister" on p. 123, and "latter" for "letter" on p. 160. Hatton & Cleaver pp.131-160; Smith I:5; Gimbel A41.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. A second copy.8vo (210 x 130 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece in the first state with publisher's imprint, 39 engraved plates. (Lacking half-title, some browning to a few plates, some light spotting.) 19th-century half red morocco gilt, edges gilt (lower hinge repaired, upper hinge starting, some light rubbing). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, plates 1-4 in later states lacking publisher's imprint, with "sister" on p.123 and "letter" on p.160. Hatton & Cleaver pp.131-160; Smith I:5; Gimbel A41.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.8vo (220 x 140 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title, and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne ['Phiz']. (Some browning and spotting.) Modern half maroon morocco gilt.FIRST EDITION bound from the original parts. David Copperfield first appeared in nineteen monthly parts between May 1849 and November 1850. In his preface to the 1869 edition, Dickens writes: 'Of all my books, I like this the best. It will be easily believed that I am a fond parent to every child of my fancy, and that no one can ever love that family as dearly as I love them. But, like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.' Eckel, p.77; Gimbel A122; Hatton & Cleaver pp. 251-272; Sadleir 686; Smith I:9. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853.8vo (210 x 134 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page and 38 illustrations by J.K. Browne ('Phiz'), with the 10 'dark' plates. (Some minor browning primarily to plate margins, some very minor spotting.) Later half green morocco gilt, edges marbled (spine darkened, some light wear). Provenance: Hovingham Hall Library (library stamp). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM published on 12 September 1853. Eckel, pp.64-66; Gimbel A154; Smith I:10.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857.8vo (218 x 140 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette title, and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz", including 8 'dark' plates. (Some minor marginal darkening to a few plates, some light spotting.) Later half red calf gilt stamp-signed by Henry Young & Sons, top edge gilt (spine faded, some light rubbing); original front wrapper of part No.II bound in at end. Provenance: Samuel Field (bookplate). FIRST EDITION bound from the original parts (with sewing holes present), with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pp. 469-474, but without the additional 9-line errata slip at p.481 of Part 16, Book II. Eckel, p. 82; Gimbel A140; Hatton & Cleaver 305-330; Sadler 691; Smith I: 12.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865.2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 140 mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispieces, engraved title-page to vol.I, and 38 engraved plates. (Lacking the 36- and 24-page catalogues at end of each volume, as often, scant spotting.) "To the Reader" slip tipped in at first text leaf. 20th-century half red morocco gilt stamp-signed by Bumpus (very slight rubbing along bottom edge of boards). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM bound from the original parts (with sewing holes present), with the very scarce "To the Reader" slip concerning the meaning of the title. Gimbel A150; Hatton & Cleaver pp. 343-370; Smith I:15.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman & Hall, 1870.8vo (212 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens by J.H. Baker, engraved vignette title-page and 12 plates by Luke Fildes. (Lacking the advertisements dated August 31, 1870, as often, some light spotting.) Later half red morocco gilt, edges marbled (some light wear). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of "one of the best unfinished mystery stories in literature" (Eckel pp.96-98). Smith I:16.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. 8vo (180 x 120 mm). Half-title, 9 plates by Henry Holiday, 1p. publisher's advertisement at end. (Title slightly soiled, a few scant spots.) Original publisher's buff cloth stamped in black, edges gilt (hinges starting, spine ends slightly rubbed). Provenance: Norah D Corben Lowe (signature, 1927). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Dodgson's poem, which "describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature"(Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch p.85). Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch, 115.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Master Key. An Electrical Fairy Tale. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1901.8vo. 12 color-printed plates by F.Y. Cory. Original olive green cloth gilt, color-printed pictorial label on upper cover (slightly leaned, a touch of wear to edges). Provenance: Carlton E. Karmon (signature, 1911). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with comma in last line on copyright page incorrectly set directly to the left of the 'N' in New York. Schiller's "binding A" with Bowen-Merrill imprint on spine. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p.196; Schiller 77. [With:]BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Last Egyptian. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., Inc., 1908. 8vo. 8 color-printed plates by Francis P. Whitman. Original publisher's pictorial blue cloth, color-printed pictorial label on upper cover (some very slight spotting to edges, minor wear to foot of spine, some slight rubbing, fore-edge of front board slightly bumped). Provenance: S. B. Milner (signature, January 1914). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with publisher's name appearing once and no printer's imprint on copyright page. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p. 279.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902.8vo. Half-title, monochrome frontispiece and 15 monochrome plates by Sidney Paget. Original pictorial red cloth gilt by Alfred Garth Jones (slight rubbing to extremities, tiny separation at head of upper joint, spine slightly leaned). Provenance: Sold Henry Sotheran Ltd. (bookseller's label on pastedown). FIRST EDITION in book form, with the misprint "you" for "your" on p.13. The Hound of the Baskervilles marked the return of Sherlock Holmes after his disappearance over Reichenbach Falls in "The Final Problem," published 1893, which Doyle described as the "inevitable relapse after repentance." De Waal 87; Green & Gibson A26. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Return of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes Ltd., 1905.8vo. Monochrome frontispiece and 16 monochrome plates by Sidney Paget. (Some minor spotting to a few leaves.) Modern half red morocco gilt, edges untrimmed. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with four pages of publisher's advertisements at end. "The author was persuaded to revive Sherlock Holmes by the generous offers made by the proprietors of the American magazine...No conditions were attached. He replied on a postcard: 'Very well. A.C.D.'" (Green & Gibson A29a). De Waal 625. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
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[FINE PRESS BOOKS]. A group of 5 works, comprising:CERVANTES, Miguel de The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha. Jean de Bosschère, illustrator. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1922. FIRST EDITION. -- SWIFT, Jonathan. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 2 volumes. Provenance: A. H. Spencer (bookseller's label). LIMITED EDITION, number 70 of 480 copies. -- SKOTNES, Cecil and Stephen GRAY. The Assassination of Shaka. Johannesburg: McGraw-Hill, 1974. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 70 of 250 copies SIGNED BY SKOTNES AND GRAY. -- MELVILLE, Herman. Moby Dick, or the Whale. Mount Vernon, NY: The Artist's Limited Edition, 1975. 13 plates. (Lacking serigraph frontispiece.) LIMITED EDIITON, number 888 of 1,500 copies. -- WILDE, Oscar and William FOGG. The Harlot's House. Fullerton, CA: Greybeard Press, 2004. 6 tipped-in illustrations by Fogg. [Laid in:] Original black and white print SIGNED BY FOGG in ink lower margin, matted. Publisher's prospectus. LIMITED EDITION, number 8 of 50 copies SIGNED BY FOGG. -- Together, 5 works in 6 volumes, all folio or 4to, all in original publisher's bindings, ALL FIRST EDITIONS OR LIMITED EDITIONS where indicated, condition generally fine.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
![[Chetwood, William Rufus]: The Voyages, dangerous Adventures and imminent Escapes: of Captain Richard Falconer: containing th](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/17de0694-bbf8-4e11-9908-ace000c244f2/ea99cc22-9f7d-44e3-bc1f-ace3009ce326/468x382.jpg)
[Chetwood, William Rufus]: The Voyages, dangerous Adventures and imminent Escapes: of Captain Richard Falconer: containing the Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Indians in America; ... Intermix'd with the Voyages and Adventures of Thomas Randal, of Cork, Pilot; ... Written by himself, now alive. London: W. Chetwood, T. Jauncy, A. Bettesworth u.a., 1720. 19 x 11,8 cm. Mit gest. Frontispiz. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz. [III]-VIII, 72, 136, 179 SS., 1 nn. S. Kalbsldr. mit 2 Rs. u. Filetenverg. auf R. u. Deckeln. (Berieben u. bestoßen, R. an Kopf und Schwanz restauriert. Leicht gebräunt.) Erste Ausgabe. - Ullrich S. 101, 2. Sabin 23723 (unter Falconer). Howes C 356: "Tremendous - but undoubtedly imaginary - adventures". Halkett & Laing VI, 201. - Vom irischen Verleger, Dramatiker und Erzähler W. R. Chetwood (gest. 1766) stammt mit "The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle" (1726) noch eine weitere Robinsonade.Ein rotes, später angebrachtes Rückenschild trägt vermutlich das Wappen des Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (1798-1859); im Innendeckel dessen gest. Exlibris (vgl. Slater, Book plates, S. 108).
A Clarice Cliff Orange Trees and House pattern pottery sandwich set, comprising; elongated octagonal serving plate, w.30cm, and a set of six octagonal side plates, each dia.14.5cm, each bright colour abstract painted and with black printed Fantastique by Clarice Cliff Wilkinson Ltd England backstamps verso (7)Condition report: Octagonal serving plate – mid-level crazing to mostly central areas, white glaze blemish to reverse.Side plates – two with wirework attachments, one of these has a 2x2mm low relief chip to underside edge and the other with 5mm surface glaze blemish to underside edge, a further plate with a similar fault, some small areas of scratches and nicked losses to paint work throughout.Overall generally good and original.
Meccano - large quantity of sections, various colours and ages, including long length angled strips and girders, hub discs, circular girders, various flat and flanged plates, wheels, nuts and bolts, digger buckets, funnels, chains, threaded rods and axle rods etcClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.
Meccano - large quantity of metal and plastic sections, various colours and ages, well presented and categorised in over forty plastic tubs including various sized flat and flanged plates, girders, wheels and tyres, pulleys, angle strips, boilers, sleeve pieces, chimneys, crank handles etcClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.
CHATTERBOX, 1921-23, 1927-30, 8 vols, mixed condition, 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards + SIR WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT: THE PINAFORE PICTUREBOOK, THE STORY OF HMS PINAFORE, ill Alice B Woodward, London, George Bell, 1908, 16 coloured plates as list, 4to, original pictorial cloth worn and soiled (9)
AGNES STRICKLAND: THE RIVAL CRUSOES, OR THE SHIPWRECK, ALSO A VOYAGE TO NORWAY AND THE FISHERMAN~S COTTAGE, London, J Harris, 1826, 1st edition, 8 engraved plates on 4 leaves as called for, lacks title page and ffep, contemporary ownership signature of Edward Strickland, half title and frontis detached, 12mo, original quarter roan worn
![JOHN DAVENPORT: APHRODISIACS AND ANTI-APHRODISIACS, THREE ESSAYS ON THE POWER OF REPRODUCTION, [ed John Camden Hotten], Londo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f5212148-3304-4058-84ff-ace300d171fa/5b644583-32c4-46d3-a172-ace800bf8f75/468x382.jpg)
JOHN CHRISTIAN ZEITER: RUDIMENTS FOR DRAWING THE HORSE, ENGRAVED BY J C ZEITER FROM DESIGNS BY H ALKEN AND J C ZEITER, London, R Ackermann at the Eclipse Sporting Gallery and New Sporting Magazine office, 1837, 1st edition, 3 original parts complete, 12 etched plates as called for, some marginal water staining particularly in part 1, oblong folio, original printed wraps worn and soiled, part 1 top wrap with long closed tear, scarce, one copy on COPAC held at The Victoria & Albert Museum Library, (3)
PAUL RAPIN DE THOYRAS: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, trans John Kelly, London for James Mechell, 1732-37, 3 vols (vol 2 trans Joseph Morgan, the reigns of King William III and Queen Mary and also that of Queen Anne continued by Thomas Legard), 45 engraved plates, mainly portraits, 5 maps, 7 pedigrees, vol 2 with some substantial water staining at end affecting some text (no plates affected), folio, contemporary calf worn, vol 1 top board detached (3)
GEORGE WILLIAM MACARTHUR REYNOLDS: 2 titles: THE NECROMANCER, A ROMANCE, London, John Dicks, ND, last listed title of author~s works "The Rye House Plot", 264pp, original blind stamped cloth worn, spine gilt decorated and lettered, inner joints weak; THE BRONZE STATUE OR THE VIRGIN~S KISS, ill Henry Anelay, London, The Office, ND, last listed title of author~s works "The Days of Hogarth", 367pp, original blind stamped cloth worn and soiled, spine gilt decorated and lettered, inner joints totally split + [JEMIMA MONTGOMERY BARRETT TAUTPHOEUS]: CYRILLA, A TALE, New York, D Appleton, 1853, 1st edition, 3 vols in one, 214pp, lacks blanks, disbound + [JAMES MALCOLM RYMER]: EDITH HERON, OR THE EARL AND THE COUNTESS..., ill F Gilbert, London, John Dicks, circa 1870, 2 vols, 416pp each vol, lacking the coloured supplement plates, original blind stamped cloth, worn and soiled, inner joints weak or totally split, all titles printed in double columns (5)
GEORGE AGAR HANSARD: THE BOOK OF ARCHERY, London, Henry G Bohn, 1841, added engraved title and 36 (of 38) plates, lacking those at pages 148 and 395, some water staining, original blind stamped cloth gilt soiled + JOHN HENRY WALSH "STONEHENGE": MANUAL OF BRITISH RURAL SPORTS..., London, G Routledge, 1857, 2nd edition, modern leather backed marbled boards + FREDERICK ADAIR THORNWOOD: THE BOOK OF HOME GAMES AND EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS, London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, circa 1910, 3rd edition, original cloth (3)
PETER HAWKER: INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN IN ALL THAT RELATES TO GUNS AND SHOOTING, London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824, 3rd edition, 10 engraved plates including 4 hand coloured as list, contemporary calf gilt worn + another edition, London, 1833, 7th edition corrected, enlarged and improved, 8 engraved plates as called for, old half calf, top board hanging by a thread, (2)
FREDERICK PETER DELME RADCLIFFE: THE NOBLE SCIENCE, A FEW GENERAL IDEAS ON FOX-HUNTING..., London, Rudolph Ackermann, 1839, 1st edition, plates and plans collated complete, modern calf backed boards, morocco gilt, spine label + JAQUES DE SOLLEYSELL: THE COMPLEAT HORSEMAN..., London for H Bonwicke et al, 1702, 2 parts in one, part one lacking title page and frontis, "A compendious treatise on the art of riding" with separate title page dated 1701, modern blind stamped calf, spine gilt lettered (2)
CHARLES ST JOHN: WILD SPORTS AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS, intro/ed Sir Herbert Maxwell, ill George Denholm Armour & Edwin John Alexander, London and Edinburgh, T N Foulis, 1919, plates collated complete including 30 tipped in coloured, 4to, original buckram, James Wentworth Day~s copy with his signature and inscription on front paste down + TOM SPEEDY: A NATURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN SCOTLAND WITH ROD AND GUN, Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1920, 1st edition, portfrontis and plates collated complete, 4to, original cloth gilt worn (2)
JOHN HENRY DRUERY: HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF GREAT YARMOUTH IN NORFOLK AND ITS ENVIRONS INCLUDING THE PARISHES AND HAMLETS OF THE HALF-HUNDRED OF LOTHINGLAND IN SUFFOLK, London, Nichols & Son, 1826, 1st edition, 11 engraved plates, contemporary cloth morocco gilt spine label, top edges gilt
FREDERICK DANBY PALMER: 2 titles: THE TOLHOUSE AT GREAT YARMOUTH, Great Yarmouth, J Buckle, 1884, 1st edition, 6 plates, 4to, original cloth backed printed boards; THE TOLHOUSE RESTORED, ill Henry Olley, Great Yarmouth, J Buckle, 1887, 1st edition, 8 plates, 4to, original cloth backed printed boards (2)
J W ROBBERDS & JAMES STARK: PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON AND NEAR THE EASTERN COAST OF ENGLAND COMPRISING THE ROMANTIC SCENERY OF THE YARE, THE WAVENEY AND THE BURE RIVERS OF NORFOLK..., London, Moon, Boys & Graves, Norwich, John Stacy, 1834, plates collated complete, some foxing, 4to, modern half calf marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, morocco gilt spine labels
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