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Click here to subscribeDumas (Alexandre) - The Count of Monte-Cristo, 2 vol., first English edition in book form , 20 wood-engraved plates by Valentin, occasional spotting and soiling, a few plates with light marginal water-staining, later half calf, t..e.g., a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, [Wolff 1945], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1846.
Orlando Furioso, tutto ricorretto, et di nuove figure adornato Orlando Furioso, tutto ricorretto, et di nuove figure adornato. Con le annotationi di Girolamo Ruscelli, title within woodcut architectural border, 45 only of 46 woodcut plates, woodcut borders to text, historiated initials, title torn and laid down with loss to edges, lacks Z8 and all after u7 at end, numerous tears, some staining, some foxing and browning, ink signature at tail of title, later calf-backed vellum boards, covers splayed,gilt spine, [Adams A1670], 4to, Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1560; sold not subject to return.
Primorum XII Caesarum verissimae imagines…, title, 12pp Primorum XII Caesarum verissimae imagines , title, 12pp. of text and 72 plates of coins, title and first page of text torn and laid down and verso of title, some small tears in margins, some staining, browned, new endpapers, modern cloth, gilt spine, Rome, Jacob Mascardi, 1614; and 4 others, English & Continental, sm. 4to & 8vo (5).
Thackeray (W.M.) - The Book of Snobs, advertisement leaf at beginning, name on half-title, p.126 misnumbered, 1848; The History of Pendennis, 2 vol., 1849; The History of Henry Esmond, 3 vol., 1852; The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century, original marbled cloth, 1853; The Newcomes, 2 vol., 1855; The Virginians, 2 vol., 1858; The Four Georges, 1861; The Letters and Private Papers , edited by Gordon N.Ray, 4 vol., modern half russet morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., 1945-46, first editions , some plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, all but the fourth and last contemporary full or half calf or morocco, spines gilt, a little rubbed, some spines a little faded, the seventh rebacked ; and 3 others by or about Thackeray, 8vo (19)
Barclay (John) - Satyricon...Conspiratio Anglicana, engraved additional title, device on title, small tear to additional title, contemporary vellum, rubbed and marked, paste-down defective, free endpaper partly loose, 8vo, Leiden, ex officina Hackiana , 1674 § Lucas (Richard) La Morale de l'Evangile Traduit de l'Anglois, second edition, name on paste-down, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, head of spine worn, 12mo, Amsterdam, Pierre Brunel, 1691 Solis (Antonio de) Historia de la Conquista de Méjico, half-title, spotting, note on fly-leaf, bookplate, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, 12mo, Madrid , 1829 § Lafontane (J. de) Fables, portrait frontispiece, title vignette, plates, text-illustrations, few marginal closed tears, some marking, later half calf, marbled boards, 8vo, Paris , 1851 (4).
Le Clerc (Sébastien).- - Thesaurus Geometriae Practicae: Omnibus Architectis Et Pictoribus Et Statuariis..., 82 full-page engravings, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, index at the end, stamp to title and a few plates (not affecting illustrations), lightly soiled, a few scattered stains, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, London, Sumptibus Societatis, 1737.
Rota (Carlo) - Carmina, et Orationes, first edition , woodcut device on title, coat-of-arms on verso of last f., contemporary vellum, an attractive copy, Padua, Giuseppe Comino , 1741 § Burman (Pieter) Poëmatum libri quatuor, second edition, additional engraved title by Henricus Boussiere, letterpress title printed in red & black with ornamental device, engraved armorial vignette to dedication, 2 engraved plates of medallions, small worm trail in gutter of first few leaves, later morocco-backed boards, Amsterdam, Meinard Uytwerf , 1746, woodcut initials and decorations, 8vo & 4to (2)
Dickens (Charles) - David Copperfield first edition in bookform , frontispiece, vignette title, lacking half-title, comma after "parliament" in title on plate facing p. 386, "Phiz" signature difficult to discern on plates facing pp454 and 482, "screamed" for "screwed" on p132, tipped-in cut autograph letter third person by Dickens on front fly-leaf, modern half calf, gilt, gilt panelled spine, red and green morocco labels on spine, t.e.g., by Bayntun, 8vo, 1850. Cut letter "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent Mr Charles Dickens sends his compliments", Tuesday, 27th June 1865.
English . The Holy Bible , 2 parts in 1, titles in woodcut borders English . The Holy Bible , 2 parts in 1, titles in woodcut borders, royal arms on general title verso, without Apocrypha, Genealogies or map, small hole to title and next f., affecting border, upper corner frayed at start, touching title border, [Herbert 503], Robert Barker & Assignes of John Bill, 1636 bound with Whole Book of Psalmes (The), title in border, G.M. for the Companie of Stationers , 1636, in 1 vol., upper margin little trimmed, occasionally touching head line or pagination, some marking or browning, family information of the Elkingtons of Bath on fly-leaves and additional ff, contemporary black morocco, decorated in blind, gilt initials 'I G' on covers, later silver corner-pieces, rubbed, ends of spine worn, 8vo § Caxton (William, printer and translator ) - [Voragine (Jacobus de) Golden Legend], fragment only of a single column, one column only, of two, 55 lines, with part of the head-line, little marked, c 30 x 10 cm., [1483] § Reutsch (Antonius) Vade, & Mane Mecum Clericorum Saecularium, seu Varia Pia Exercitia, 9 engraved plates only, of 10, without no 1, bookplate of Alfred Edward A lston, contemporary black morocco, gilt, 12mo, Freiburg im Breisgau , 1746 (3).
A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie. Or and easie and speedy way to know... A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie. Or and easie and speedy way to know the Use of both the Globes Coelestial and Terrestrial , second edition, engraved additional pictorial title, illustrations, diagrams and tables, additional title laid down with some marghinal loss, water-stained, some spotting, 17th and 18th century ink ownership inscriptions, contemporary calf, rather worn, but holding firm, [Wing M3023], Joseph Moxon, 1670 § Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the methods of cultivating and improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden. As also, the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard, first edition , engraved frontispiece, head-piece to dedication and 4 plates, list of subscribers, water-stained, 1 plate with repairs, mostly marginal, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, [Fussell pp.123-125; Henrey 1101], for the Author , 1731; and a small quantity of others, miscellaneous, some defective, some odd vol., v.s. sold not subject to return (Sm.Qty.)
Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth) - The Song of Hiawatha, first edition, first issue with "dove" on p,.96, lacking advertisements at end, contemporary half calf, 1855 § [Hogg (James)] A Series of Lay Sermons on Good Principles and Good Breeding, first edition , contemporary calf, 1834 § Rogers (Samuel) Poems [and] Italy, together 2 vol., engraved vignettes after Turner, with tipped-in A.L.s. from the author to his friend Maltby inviting him to dine to meet the Bishop of Chichester, later green morocco, gilt, g.e., 1834-36 § Milton (John) The Poetical Works, engraved portrait and plates after Fuseli, Westall and John Martin, contemporary half green morocco, g.e., 1838 § Shakespeare (William) The Works, "The Henry Irving Shakespeare", 8 vol., plates and illustrations, contemporary half red morocco, vol.1 slightly stained, 1894, spines gilt, most a little rubbed, the second with spine chipped at foot ; and a quantity of others, poetry and plays, mostly bindings, 8vo & 4to (c.75)
Maud, and other poems, first edition, later issue with 8pp (Alfred, Lord ) Maud, and other poems, first edition, later issue with 8pp. catalogue at beginning dated August 1855, advertisement leaf at end, original cloth, spine faded and worn at ends, 1855; Poems, portrait, wood-engraved illustrations by the Pre-Raphaelites and others, light foxing, original decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., spine ends and corners a little worn, Moxon, 1860 § [Tennyson (Hallam, Lord )] Alfred Lord Tennyson, 2 vol., plates, presentation copy from the author with accompanying initialled note tipped in at beginning of vol.1, later calf, spines gilt, t.e.g., gouge to lower board, 1897; Tennyson and his Friends, portrait, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed on half-title, original cloth, 1911 § Arnold (Matthew) New Poems, original cloth, 1867 § Browning (Robert)The Ring and the Book, 4 vol., original cloth, 1868-69, first editions , some a little rubbed ; and 17 others by or about Tennyson, Arnold and Browning, 8vo et infra (27)
[Huddesford (William)] - The Lives Of those eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a Wood , 2 vol., first edition , 3 engraved portraits, 7 plates including folding, some light offsetting, mss. notes at end of one vol., bookplates of Francis Pigott, contemporary cat's paw calf, spines gilt, worn at spines ends and joints, 8vo, Oxford , 1772.
De Quincey (Thomas) - Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, revised and enlarged by De Quincey, Edinburgh, 1856; The Collected Writings , edited by David Masson, 14 vol., Edinburgh, 1889 § Hazlitt (William) Characters of Shakespear's Plays, 1817; Lectures on the English Poets, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, 1818; A View of the English Stage, half-title, modern half morocco, 1818; The Plain Speaker, 2 vol., 1826 § [Lamb (Charles)] Elia, second issue with "Waterloo Place" in imprint on title, 6pp.advertisements at end, 1823 § Hunt (Leigh) Men, Women, and Books, 2 vol., inscribed "To Sir Percy Shelley Bart. from his affectionate friend the Author" on front free endpaper, original blind-stamped pink cloth, rubbed and soiled, spines faded, 1847, first editions , some plates, some spotting, all but the fifth and last contemporary or nineteenth century full or half calf, spines gilt, some a little rubbed or faded, the fourth rebacked preserving old gilt spine ; and 15 others by or about De Quincey, Hazlitt, Lamb and Leigh Hunt, 8vo et infra (38)
The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontisportrait of Johnson and 2 facsimile plates, with the "gve" reading on p. 135 of vol. I, vol. I portrait stained in corner, 2L3 small hole in lower margin, 2X3 small piece torn away from lower margin, some foxing and browning, with the "Principal Corrections" from the 1793 edition bound at end of vol. II, later endpapers, 19th century half blind stamped calf, gilt, rubbed, labels on spines, [Courtney & Smith pp. 172-3; Rothschild 463; Grolier, English 131], 4to, Charles Dilly, 1791.
Boswell (James) - The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 3 vol., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 folding plates of facsimiles, offsetting, spotted, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, by Henry Baldwin, 1793 § Johnson (Samuel) Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, offsetting, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary polished calf, rerbacked, corners worn, rubbed, 1810; and a small quantity of others, 19th century Literary sets and 20th century editions of 19th century works, v.s. (Sm.Qty.)
Gifford (John) - A History of the Political Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, 3 vol., first edition , 2 engraved plates, half-titles, bookplate of William Macdowall, contemporary sprinkled calf, some minor scuffs and bumps , 1809 § Lolme (J.L. de) The Constitution of England, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked in later morocco, T.Spilsbury , 1775, 4to & 8vo (4)
[Millin (Aubin Louis)] - Medallic History of Napoleon. A Collection of all the Medals, Coins, and Jettons, Relating to his Actions and Reign from the Year 1796 to 1815, 60 plates, foxed, contemporary calf, joints splitting, Rodwell and Martin, 1819 § Colquhoun (P.) A Treatise on the Wealth, Power, and Resources of the Britiah Empire, author's signed presentation copy. foxed, contemporary half calf, boards detached, Joseph Mawman, 1815, plus 14 other vol., 4to and folio, (16)
A Report on the Agriculture of Eastern and Western Flanders A Report on the Agriculture of Eastern and Western Flanders , hand-coloured engraved folding map, 11 engraved plates, some folding, offsetting, contemporary calf, covers detached, corners worn, rubbed, 1819 § [Lawrence (John)] The New Farmer's Calendar; Or, Monthly Remembrancer, for all Kinds of Country Business: Comprehending all the Material Improvements in the New Husbandry, with the Management of Live Stock, folding engraved frontispiece, offsetting on to title, library buckram, spine gilt, 1800 § Addresses Delivered on Different Public Occasions by His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, President of the Society for the Encourgament of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, advertisement f. at end, library buckram, 1857; and a quantity of others, 19th century Agriculture, ex-library copies, v.s. (Qty.)
WITHDRAWNMilitary & Naval.- Clark (Geo.) - A Sermon on The Death of His Royal Highness The Duke of York , presentation copy from the author inscribed on title, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, worn, 1827 § Stocqueler (J.H.) The British Solider, plates, armorial bookplate, contemporary morocco, rubbed, 1857 § Hounsell (G.C., editor ) Flags and Signals of all Nations, By Hounsell Brothers Flag Manufacturers to the Lords' Commissioners of the Admiralty, lithographed title with colour highlighting, lithographed plates with colour flags, bookplate of Pickford Waller by Austin Osman Spare, hinges pulled, original cloth, water-mottled at fore-edges, n.d. § Mahan ( Capt . A.T.) The Life of Nelson, plates, maps, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., 1897; and 66 others, Military & Navy, v.s. (71)
Pope (Alexander) - The Works, With his last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, [edited by William Warburton], 9 vol., 24 engraved plates, light browning, handsome contemporary tree calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, a little rubbed, corners worn, some labels chipped, a few renewed, 8vo, for C.Bathurst [ & others], 1770.
Memorials of the Sea. The Mary Russell, second edition ( Rev. William) Memorials of the Sea. The Mary Russell, second edition, advertisement leaf at end, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 1850 § May (James) Narrative of the Loss of H.M.S. Captain , presentation copy inscribed by the author at head of preface, 3 lithograph plates (2 tinted), original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, spine tearing, Brompton, Kent, 1872 § Byron (John) Narrative of the Loss of the Wager, original cloth, recased , 1832, 8vo (3)
[Holmes (Oliver Wendell)] - The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, first edition, first issue , letterpress title printed in red & black with period after Company , additional title, 8 plates, advertisements on endpapers, original green cloth, gilt title with 4 gilt monograms on spine, minor rubbing and spotting, but overall a very good copy, 8vo, Boston, 1858.
Costello (Dudley) - Holidays with Hobgoblins, etched frontispiece and 3 plates by George Cruikshank, upper hinge split, gilt, spine slightly faded, 1861 § Collin (Rodney) The Theory of Eternal Life, jacket spine ends worn, 1956 § Conacher (Douglas) Chapters of Experience, loosely insterted 5pp. A.L.s from Eira Conacher to Hugh Hulbert discussing mediums , 1973, original cloth, last two in dust-jackets ; and c.50 others, on the supernatural, v.s. (c.50)
"The Waverley Novels" [Works], 25 vol., frontispices and engraved plates ( Sir Walter) "The Waverley Novels" [Works] , 25 vol., frontispices and engraved plates, some scattered foxing or spotting, contemporary half calf, morocco labels to spines, spine label of one vol. repaired in matching morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1862-67.
Trollope (Anthony) - The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vol., wood-engraved plates, without advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, 1867 § Disraeli (Benjamin) Sybil: or, The Two Nations, 3 vol., ?later edition (erased on titles), half-titles, name stamped at head of titles and on half-titles, no advertisements, modern calf, 1845; Endymion, 3 vol., half-titles, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., 1880 § Ainsworth (W.H.) Old Saint Paul's, 3 vol., engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt, 1841 § § [Marryat ( Capt .)] Mr. Midshipman Easy, 3 vol., 1836 § Stowe (Harriet Beecher) Uncle Tom's Cabin, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 1853; A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, engraved portrait, 1853 § Borrow (George) The Bible in Spain, 3 vol., lacking half-titles, 1843; Lavengro, 3 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait, lacking advertisements at end, 1851; Wild Wales, 3 vol., half-titles, lacking advertisements, 1862, all but the second first editions , some spotting, all but the second and third contemporary half or full calf, gilt, a little rubbed, the first and fifth with slightly faded spines, the last two rebacked preserving old gilt spines ; and 4 others, Marryat, 8vo ( 29)
Davies (John) - Historical Records of The Second Royal Surrey, crimson morocco, gilt, g.e., 1877 § Crompton (Walter) and George Venn. Warrington Volunteers 1798-1898, original cloth, Warrington , 1898 § Becke ( Capt . A.F.) Napoleon and Waterloo, 2 vol., original cloth, vol.2 darkened , 1914, plates and illustrations, some spotting ; and c.40 others, history and military , v.s. (c.45)
Dickens (Charles).- - Dickensian (The): A Magazine for Dickens Lovers, vol.1-11, 13, 20, 22, 23, 25-29, 32-45, 57-78 and 2 index vol., plates and illustrations, original cloth, 1905-82 § House (Madeline) and Graham Storey, editors. The Letters of Charles Dickens, 11 vol. only (of 12), illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, 1989-99, original cloth, 8vo (56)
[Hughes (Thomas)] - Tom Brown's School Days, first illustrated edition, engraved portrait and title-vignette, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Arthur Hughes, with tipped-in T.L.s. from Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby School , dated April 13th 1842 concerning the availability of places at the school, modern half morocco, spine gilt with red labels, g.e., spine slightly faded, 1869 § Rugboeana, by an Old Rugboean, errata leaf at end, illustrations, signature of J.Ruskin on front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, spine browned, Lichfield , [c.1875] § Neill (A.S.) That Dreadful School, first edition , original cloth, 1937; and 10 others, education, including 4 of A.S.Neill's 5 Dominie novels, 8vo (13)
The Holkham Bible Picture Book, second edition, plates (W.O., editor ) The Holkham Bible Picture Book, second edition, plates (most double-page, 1 colour), original half red niger morocco, covers slightly soiled, edges slightly rubbed, gilt spine, edges uncut, folio, The Dropmore Press, 1954.
Chatwin (Bruce) - In Patagonia, first edition, first issue , map endpapers, photographic plates, original boards, lightly faded along upper edges, dust-jacket spine faded, 1977 § Thesiger (Wilfred) Arabian Sands, first edition , illustrations, small ownership sticker to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket lightly rubbed and creased, 1959, 8vo (2)
The Lost World, plates, scattered foxing to margins and endpapers ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, plates, scattered foxing to margins and endpapers, front endpaper clipped, spine darkened, spine ends frayed, rubbed, [1912]; Uncle Bernac, plates, spine browned, spine ends frayed, corners bumped, light soiling, 1897, first editions, original cloth ; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Morris (William) - Poems by the Way, original buckram, spine slightly worn at head, 1891 § Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Songs Before Sunrise, 8pp. catalogue at end, original green cloth with gilt medallions by D.G.Rossetti, 1871; Love's Cross-Currents, advertisement leaf at beginning, original buckram, spine faded, 1905 § Watts-Dunton (Theodore) Aylwin, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper (name subsequently crossed out and another at head), plates, modern half green morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded, 1906 § Douglas (James) Theodore Watts-Dunton: Poet, Novelist, Critic, with 2 A.Ls.s. from Watts-Dunton tipped in, plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, 1904, first editions , most a little rubbed ; and 11 others by or about Morris, Swinburne & Watts-Dunton, 8vo & 4to (16)
Hardy (Thomas) - Jude the Obscure, etched frontispiece, map at end, modern half green morocco, spine gilt and very slightly faded, 1896; Wessex Poems, [one of 500 copies], frontispiece, plates and illustrations by the author, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, 1898; A Changed Man, photogravure frontispiece, double-page map and advertisement leaf at end, original green cloth, gilt, slight fading to lower cover, 1913, first editions ; and 5 others by or about Hardy, 8vo (8) The second is the author's first book of poetry.
Stevenson (Robert Louis) - A Child's Garden of Verses, first illustrated edition , pictorial title and illustrations by Charles Robinson, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, g.e., a very good bright copy, 1896 § Kingsley ( Rev. Charles) The Water-Babies, first edition , plates by J.Noel Paton, slight water-staining to lower margin, contemporary blue calf, gilt, g.e., London & Cambridge, 1863; The Heroes, first edition , plates by the author, contemporary half calf, Cambridge, 1856 § Burnett (Frances Hodgson) The Secret Garden, colour plates by Charles Robinson, later half green morocco, g.e., 1934 § Lang (Andrew, editor ) The Blue Fairy Book, contemporary half blue morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1889 § [Dodgson (C.L.)], "Lewis Carroll". Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, together 2 vol., vol.2 with advertisement leaf loosely inserted, illustrations by Harry Furniss, original red cloth, gilt, vol.1 slightly soiled and spine faded, 1889-93 § du Maurier (George) Trilby, one of 250 large paper copies signed by the author, plates by the author, original vellum-backed buckram, faded, spine repaired at head, 1895; Peter Ibbetson, 2 vol., illustrations by the author, later half calf, spines gilt, 1892, most a little rubbed ; and 18 others, children's, 8vo & 4to (28)
White (Gilbert) - The Natural History of Selborne, edited by Grant Allen, illustrations by Edmund H.New, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt with animal motifs, t.e.g., others uncut, 1900 § Kingsley ( Rev. Charles) Prose Idyll, later half morocco, gilt, 1873 § Cornish (C.J.) The Naturalist on the Thames, the author's copy with his signature on front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, gilt, 1902; Life at the Zoo, 1895 § Hudson (W.H.) British Birds, colour plates by A.Thorburn, 1895 § Scott (Peter) The Eye of the Wind, signed by the author, 1961 § Morris (Desmond) The Naked Ape, with tipped-in T.L.s. from the author concerning the differences between humans and other apes, 1967, all but the first first editions , plates and illustrations, the last four original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed ; and 20 others, natural history, 4to & 8vo (27)
Wilde (Oscar).- Sherard (R.H.) - Oscar Wilde: The Story of An Unhappy Friendship, first edition , later calf, gilt, faded, privately printed, Hermes Press, 1902 § [Millard (Christopher)], "Stuart Mason". Bibliography of Oscar Wilde, frontispiece portrait by Aubrey Beardsley, modern half green morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt with vellum labels, t.e.g., spine slightly soiled, n.d. § Holland (Vyvyan) Time Remembered after Père Lachaise, 1966 § Wratislaw (Theodore) Oscar Wilde: A Memoir, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 500, 1979 § Ellmann (R.) Oscar Wilde, 1987 § Wilde (Oscar) The Letters, edited by Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962 § Harris (Frank) Oscar Wilde, second edition, 1938, plates and illustrations, all but the first two original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the sixth with faded spine, the last rubbed and frayed at edges ; and 14 others by or about Wilde and the 1890s, 4to & 8vo (21)
Dulac (Edmund).- Shakespeare (William) - Der Sturm, limited edition, frontispiece and decorative title border, original boards with ties (one defective), t.e.g., others uncut, corners bumped, spine ends a little worn, Munich, 1912 § Sindbad der Seefahrer, [c.1920] § Der Erwachte Schläfer, 1920, all with tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, the first with captioned tissue guards, the second two original half calf, t.e.g., rubbed, spines faded, Potsdam, 4to (3)
Golding (Harry) - Fairy Tales, 44 colour printed plates, original cloth with pictorial onlay, [c.1920] § Heward (Constance) Ameliaranne in Town, some browning to endpapers, original boards, 1930 § Durrell (Gerald) My Family and other Animals, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little faded and margins very slightly trimmed, 1956; and c.45 others, childrens literature, v.s. (c.45)
Housman (Laurence) - Stories from the Arabian Nights, tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, captioned tissue guards, one plate loose, [1907] § Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, translated by H.Oskar Sommer, colour plates by Cecile Walton, 1911 § Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, tipped-in colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith, tissue guards, [1929] § Lear (Edward) Nonsense Botany, and Nonsense Alphabets, fourth edition, illustrations, 1888, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and marked, the first slightly damp-stained at edges, the first also with dust-jacket (rubbed and frayed) ; and c.20 others, children's, mostly facsimiles from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books including Doyle's In Fairyland, v.s. (c.25)
Nielsen (Kay).- - Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) In Powder and Crinoline, 26 tipped-in colour plates by Kay Nielsen, slightly foxed throughout, original hessian-backed boards, printed upper cover, soiled and browned, edges uncut, recased, [1913] § Andersen (Hans) Fairy Tales, frontispiece and 11 colour illustrations by Mabel Lucie Atwell, original cloth, gilt, n.d. [c. 1929] § Blyton (Enid) Silver & Gold, frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Ethel Everett, original decorated cloth, n.d. v.s . (3)
Outhwaite (Ida Rentoul) - The Enchanted Forest, first edition, 16 colour tipped in and 15 black and white full page illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, illustrated paper label to upper board, a number of plates creased, rubbed and slightly stained , 1921; The Little Fairy Sister, 8 colour plates, 8 black and white plates, original cloth-backed patterned boards, paper label, extremities a worn , 1929, 4to (2)
Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) - Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, first trade edition , frontispiece and 49 tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham, tissue-guards, final illustration loose from mount, first 7f loose, hinges weak, some scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, faded and a little worn, lightly soiled, [Riall p.74], 1906; Peter and Wendy , later edition, original cloth, n.d., 4to & 8vo (2)
Minton (John).- Ross (Alan) - Time was away: a notebook in Corsica, first edition , map frontispiece, illustrations and plates, some colour, by Minton, map offsetting slightly onto title, bookseller's contemporary invoice loosely inserted, dust-jacket by Minton, a few closed tears with repairs to verso, some darkening and rubbing, wear to corners, small 4to , 1948.
Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855-1938) - Whistler As I Knew Him number 305 of 500 de luxe copies signed by the author, plates, some colour, captioned tissue guards, occasional foxing, lacking original etching by Whistler original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, a little soiled and rubbed, 4to, A. & C. Black, 1904.
Gosse (Edmund) - Father and Son, with T.L.s. from the author tipped in, 1907 § Strachey (Lytton) Queen Victoria, inscribed by the author to his sister , 1921 § Woolf (Leonard) An Autobiography, 5 vol., 1960-69 § Nicolson (Harold) Tennyson, long inscription by the author to Eddie Marsh on front pastedown " if it had not been for you - this work would have been even more sloppy & slovenly than it is ", 1923 § Sitwell (Edith) Alexander Pope, one of 220 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author , 1930 § Hart-Davis (Rupert, editor ) The Lyttleton Hart-Davis Letters, 6 vol., 2 T.Ls.s. from the editor to Jack Hodges loosely inserted, 1978-84 § Hodges (Jack) The Maker of the Omnibus: Private and Public Lives of English Writers; The Heart of the Writer , together 2 vol., typed sheet of errata loosely inserted, 1992-94, first editions , some plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, the first three modern half morocco, t.e.g., spines gilt and slightly faded, the rest original cloth or boards, the last two with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed ; and c.50 others, biography, mostly literary, 8vo (c.65)
Tchou-Kia-Kien. - Le Théatre Chinois, number 46 of 500 copies, plate of musical instruments, hand-coloured plate of mask of Kiang Wei, and 5 folding hand-coloured plates of theatrical scenes highlighted with gold, all on rice paper and mounted, lightly browned, original boards with colour illustration of mask mounted on upper cover, rubbed and faded, edges and corners worn, spine reinforced, 4to, Peking, Albert Nachbaur, 1927.
Chesterton (G.K.) - The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare, first edition , modern half morocco, 1908; Man Alive, first edition , original cloth, 1912; Magic: A Fantastic Comedy, number 13 of 150 copies on Japon signed by the author , original boards, [1913]; The Collected Poems, one of 350 copies signed by the author, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1927; Autobiography, one of 250 copies, original calf-backed cloth, 1936 § Belloc (Hilaire) The Path to Rome, faint inscription on half-title, pencil note "From the library of Father O'Connor the original Father Brown" on front pastedown, original cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, 1902, a few plates or illustrations, slighlty rubbed or faded ; and 24 others, mostly by or about Chesterton and Belloc, 8vo (30)
Le Grand (Augustin) - Paul et Virginie, 4 plates only, (?of 6) after Jean Frederic Schall, mixed-method engravings, part-printed in colours and finished by hand, each c.380 x 440mm., slight browning and surface dirt, one with marginal wormholes, late 18th century § Morland (George) After. L¯ricain Hospitalier, mixed-method engraving, part-printed in colours and finished by hand, 425 x 480mm., slight browning and surface dirt, Paris, early 19th century (5)
Christie (James) - Disquisitions upon the Painted Greek Vases, and Their Probable Connection with the Shows of the Eleusinian and Other Mysteries, 16 plates, 2 of which are folding, chapter headpieces, pencil annotation, original sugar paper boards with paper spine label, joints split, some loss to spine, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825 § Grego (Joseph) Rowlandson the Caricaturist A Selection from his Works, 2 vol., contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed, Chatto and Windus, 1880, plus 11 related vol., v.s. (14)
Hassell (J.) - Memoirs of the Life of the late George Morland, engraved portrait, additional pictorial title, 7 plates and tail-piece, some foxing, contemporary half roan, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, Albion Press, 1806 § Dawe (George) The Life of George Morland, first edition , engraved portrait, vignette title and 3 plates, all foxed, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, 1807 § Gilbey ( Sir Walter) George Morland: His Life and Works, one of 250 deluxe copies signed by the author, occasional spotting, original decorated cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, soiled, 1907 § Williamson (George C.) John Russell, R.A., one of 100 large paper copies , original cloth, new endpapers, 1904; Life and Works of Ozias Humphry, R.A., one of 400 copies, original vellum-backed boards, 1918 § Dodgson (Campbell) Old French Colour-Prints, limited edition, prospectus loosely inserted, original parchment-backed cloth, 1924 § Burgess (Anthony) Coaching Days of England, original cloth, 1966 § plates and illustrations, some colour, most rubbed ; and c.40 others, similar, v.s. (c.50)
Sauvageot (Claude) - L'Art Pour Tous, 8 colour printed plates, some spotting and upper hinge cracked, original cloth backed decorative boards, a little soiled and extremities worn, Paris, 1870 § Ruskin (John) Studies in Both Arts, 10 photogravure plates, neat inscription on half title, original cloth, a few small marks, 1895, folio (2)
Trade Catalogues.- Herrmann & Co. (C.) - Herrmann's Illustrated Catalogue, wood-engraved illustrations of hats, original pictorial wrappers, a little soiled, spine torn, San Francisco, 1885 § Carr, Jr. (Frank L.) The Wide-Awake Window Dresser, photographic plates, original cloth, worn, upper cover detached, New York, 1894 § Royal Manchester Institution. Catalogue of Exhibition of Cottage Designs, photographic illustrations, original printed wrappers, light stained, Manchester, 1909 § Evans & Co., Ltd. (D.H.) "Viyella" and 'Visylka' for Frocks, mounted textile samples, original printed wrappers, spotted , [1930s]; and a bundle of other catalogues, leaflets etc., mostly interior decoration, furniture and household fittings etc., 4to & 8vo (c.60)
Britton (John) and Edward W.Brayley. - The Beauties of England and Wales, 12 vol. only (comprising vol.II, VII, VIII, X part1-2 & 4-5, XI, XIII part 1 & 2, and XV part 1 & 2), engraved titles, numerous plates, some spotting and browning, contemporary speckled calf, spines rubbed and darkened, some wear and loss to spine labels, rubbing to edges generally, 8vo , 1801-14; sold as an incomplete set not subject to return.
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