Lot No: 70 - Ref No: 065 King Ot and Princess Lutra By Deirdre Slocombe ''I've always been fascinated by Ancient Egypt and the Moor Otters in 2017 reminded me of 'Mummies'. In my design I decided to unite the two, not as 'Mummies' housing the dead but representing 'living' personalities - hence the original idea for King Ot and Princess Lutra. I wanted to feature qualities of both otters and Dartmoor as well as Egyptian artefacts; for instance, knowing otters ate fish, frogs and eels I depicted these creatures in some form, such as the eel bangles and the fish amulet which protects against drowning. I learnt about the rare Blue Ground Beetle on Dartmoor and thought it appropriate to use in place of Egypt's sacred Scarab; the buzzard pectoral replaces the falcon-headed god Horus and the viper replaces the cobra. The panel on King Ot's back represents Dartmoor inhabitants as do the moth, butterfly and damselfly although at its top I've painted a 'Wedjet' (eye of Horus) for protection. I have three grown-up children, have lived in South Brent for about forty years and have a BA (hons) degree in Fine Art. I sometimes use my maiden name, Farrell, and have done a variety of artwork, often commissioned, which include illustration, commemorative cards and murals. I've never, however, had the chance to paint a large 3-D figure until now and am grateful and delighted to have been given this opportunity.''
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Lot No: 64 - Ref No: 055 From the Heart of Dartmoor By Zoe Curley A chance meeting a few days before the collection of these otters lead me to investigate Dartmoor's 'Little Five' and so my otter took shape. An Ash Black Slug, Blue Ground Beetle and Marsh Fritillary joined the two otters; just the fifth to go. The original vision of a perching Cuckoo just didn't sit right, so the challenge of creating a bird with wings outstretched began. You can't fail to notice the five's extra companion; a Southern Damselfly perched on the youngster's head. The inclusion of this rare insect represents the importance this project. 'From the Heart of Dartmoor' evolved from two symbols of love in a simple habitat over the little one's heart. The otters and their friends represent Dartmoor, and the beauty of even the smallest of creatures. The protection and conservation of this, and other habitats, is what's important today more than ever before. As for me, I can often be found on Paignton Beach, pen in one hand and a cuppa in the other. I create images inspired by my surroundings. I'm never quite sure how my work will turn out - it truly evolves and grows just like my otters did; From the Heart.
A Rare Hard to Find "Joustra Autorail" "Silver Arrow" Three Unit Articulated Locomotive, battery powered, motor tested ok (from o/s connection not from Insity batteries) battery box corrosion free, contained in a picture box with original oval of track- box in poor condition, requires serious TLC (locomotive and track very good).
Jean Bodin: 'De la Demonomanie des Sorciers: A Monseigneur M. Chrestofle de Thou, Cheualier, Seigneur de Cœli, premier president en la Cour de Parlement, & Conseiller du Roy en son priue Conseil...', Paris, Jacques du Puy, 1587, Bodin's major and influential work on sorcery and the witchcraft persecutions. The book relates histories of sorcerers, and gives a report of a 1552 public exorcism in Paris, and of the case of Magdalena de la Cruz of Cordova, an abbess who had confessed to sexual relations with the Devil over three decades. Bodin cites Pierre Marner on werewolf accounts from Savoie, and denounces the works of Cornelius Agrippa, and the perceived traffic in "sorceries" carried out along the Spanish Road, running along eastern France for much of its length. Leaves numbered ff218-252 cover refutations of the opinions of Johann Weyer (1515-1588), Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. Some internal browning, light waterstaining at top edge of some leaves, ff241 slight damage just affecting small part of text, "A.L.L.R." inkstamp to title page and manuscript pen and ink marginalia and annotations to several leaves throughout (circa 17th/18th Century, some slightly later to preface in brown pencil), final leaf numbered ff252, but 14 unnumbered leaves at front including title page, preface etc, before 256 numbered leaves (some mispagination including ff44 misnumbered 43, ff100 misnumbered 80, 2 x ff228, 3 leaves following ff243 and preceding ff244 incorrectly numbered 241,242 & 243, etc). Contemporary calf gilt (worn), inner joint at front reinforced (not recent), all edges marbled. A rare and important 16th Century work relating to demonology, witchcraft, occult, demonomania and magic.
'The Caister Lifeboat Disaster, November 14th, 1901', rare supplement to the Yarmouth Mercury, Saturday November 23rd, 1901, pictorial top wrap illustrated by Arthur Henry Patterson, six illustrations from photographs by F.H. Sayers, oblong, lacks large part lower wrap, final advert page supplied in facsimile. Commemorating the 1901 disaster that saw 9 of the 12 crew of the Caister lifeboat Beauchamp killed, the response at the subsequent inquest from the retired Coxswain James Haylett was translated by journalists to become the famous phrase "Caister men never turn back"; "Never Turn Back" was later to become a motto of the RNLI
Arthur Henry Patterson: 'Rough Notes on the Fish & Fisheries of East Suffolk.', Great Yarmouth, John Buckle, 1910, for private circulation, copy 70 of a limited edition of 111 copies only, 3 photo plates, map & 12 plates after sketches, original roan backed printed paper covered boards; 'Catalogue of the Birds of Great Yarmouth. Giving a few descriptive notes, and dates when most of the rarer species were obtained', Great Yarmouth Printing Co Ltd, 1901, reprinted from The "Zoologist", for private circulation, limited edition (100), 12 illustrations as called for, original roan backed printed paper covered boards; J.H. Gurney Jnr: 'A Catalogue of the Birds of Norfolk', 1884, A.H. Patterson's copy, with his m/s note at foot of title page "with addenda 1885 (see end)" and blank leaf before addenda stating so in his m/s hand, very scarce offprint, Norfolk Library have only 1 copy and that without 1885 addenda, old calf gilt, interleaved with many blank leaves; 'The Naturalists' Journal Incorporated with which is the Naturalists' Guide', Huddersfield, 1901, pages 131-133 & 149-153 A.H. Patterson "From the log of the Moorhen" content, old cloth gilt; 'The Field Club: A Magazine of General Natural History', [1890-93], 4 volumes bound in 2 (all published), vol.4 pages 92-93 A.H. Patterson "A Rare Fish", uniform contemporary cloth gilt (6)
Tomas Lopez: 'Mapa de España y Portugal Al Ex. S. Marques de la Romana Vincente Beneyto Valencia del Cid. 1809', engraved hand coloured folding map of Spain, published Valencia, 1809 [1810], during the period of French Occupation of Madrid. This is one of only a few maps published in Valencia during the occupation, during a period where loyalty to the Spanish crown was in crisis. A Tribute to Spain's ongoing resistance against Napoleon in 1809. Dissected and laid on linen (possible later professionally laid onto linen). Generally VGC, very clean condition, housed in contemporary battered marbled paper covered slipcase, printed label bearing armorial crest to front. A rare separately published map from the Peninsular War/Spanish War of Independence period
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[Boursault (Edmé)] Deceptio visus: or Seeing and believing are tvvo things. A pleasant Spanish history, faithfully translated, first edition in English, initial blank, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 4 advertisement ff. at end, sig D minor worm trace to lower margins, some spotting, a few small ink stains to margins of advertisement ff., lightly browned, new endpapers, later tree calf, rebacked in similar, burgundy leather label to spine, [Wing B3859A], 8vo, Printed for Iohn Starkey at the Mitre in Fleet-street near Temple-Bar, 1671.⁂ Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace being sold in 1977. A translation of Ne pas croire ce qu'on voit, 1670, based on 'Spanish plots', in this case deriving from the works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Mineralogy & Gemstones.- Boodt (Anselmus Boetius de) Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, third edition, 2 folding letterpress tables, woodcut illustrations in text, final f. blank, A5-&7 neat short tear at foot, within text, but without loss, Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1647 bound with, as often Laet (Johannes de) De gemmis et lapidibus libri duo, woodcut illustrations in text, Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1647, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles with woodcut printers device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting and light staining, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, 8vo⁂ De Boodt, a physician from Bruges, 'made the first attempt at a systematic description of minerals, dividing the minerals into great and small, rare and common, hard and soft, combustible and incombustible, transparent and opaque...There are also tables of values of diamonds according to their size and a short description of the polishing of precious stones.' (DSB).
Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first edition, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, half-title, "presentation copy" ink stamp to title, endpapers lightly browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, corners very lightly bumped but in essence a remarkably bright and near-fine copy, custom-made morocco-backed slip-case, lightly marked, 8vo, 1908.⁂ Rare in this bright condition.
Astronomy.- Fromondus (Libertus) Meteorologicorum libri sex, first edition, title with large engraved printer's device, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, colophon f. with woodcut printer's device verso, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned throughout, new endpapers, later calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and a red leather label, rubbed, small 4to, Antwerp, Plantin, 1627.⁂ The first edition is rare at auction.
Henry A. Bright copy.- Laurie & Whittle, publishers.- Polar.- Portraits of the vessels on the Polar Expedition of 1818, engraved broadside, 270 x 223mm., some light staining, J. Whittle & R.H. Laurie, 21st April, 1818 § Goodnight (C.) Old tabbies attending a favorite cat's funeral, engraving, 250 x 357mm., closely trimmed to imprint at foot, [BM Satires 8558], Laurie & Whittle, 12th May, 1794 § Maxwell (J.G.) Doctor Jeremy Snob, engraved broadside ballad, printed series number 48, 355 x 250mm., large vignette at head, musical notation, [BM Satires 9334; Roud V7961; Bod18864], Laurie & Whittle, 4th October, 1798 § Carey (George Saville) A Bond-Street Lounger; or, a man with two suits to his back, engraved broadside ballad, 399 x 225mm., large vignette at head, trimmed to just outside printed area, [Roud V33073; Bod18608], Laurie & Whittle, 24th June, 1800; and 51 others, all but one broadside ballads published by Laurie & Whittle, 1 with lyrics cut away, occasional spotting or light staining, some light browning, all mounted in a 19th century red half morocco album, gilt, head of spine little worn, rubbed, folio⁂ An excellent album of broadsides, with an attractive provenance. The polar broadside is rare. We have traced only two other impressions (BM and NMM). Provenance: Henry A. Bright (1830-1884), Liverpool-born merchant, author, and member of the Roxburghe Club and Philobiblon Society. Tipped-in to the album is a 4pp. A.L.s. from the ballad editor and poet Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth relating in part to Bright's collection of ballads, of which he speaks in glowing terms: 'The value of which ballads I have always maintained to be exceptionally great'. He also provides a list of Laurie & Whittle ballads in his own collection.
Voyages.- Chardin (Sir John) Journal du voiage en Perse & aux Indes Orientales, par la Mer Noire & par la Colchide, engraved additional pictorial title, portrait, folding map, 15 plates (some folding) and vignettes, additional title with a few holes to inner margin, just touching image in 1 instance, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, corner little worn, rubbed, [Chadenat 2580], rare at auction, 12mo, Amsterdam, Jean Wolters & Ysbrand Haring, 1686.
Greene (Graham) Ways of Escape, first edition, number 18 of 20 specially-bound copies signed by the author from an edition limited to 150, tissue-guard, first issue brown morocco, gilt, slip-case, 8vo, [Toronto], Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1980.⁂ The rare first issue of the second volume of Greene's autobiography, the Canadian edition preceded both the English and American editions. Originally envisaged as having all 150 in the same brown binding, the production was undertaken in a somewhat haphazard manner and only 20 copies were ultimately bound as intended before the sheets were passed on to a bookseller for selling (see next lot).
Gibbon (Edward) Mémoires de Gibbon, suivis de quelques ouvrages posthumes et de quelques lettres du même auteur, [translated by J. E. T. Marignié], 2 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, charming silhouette portrait frontispiece of Gibbon taking snuff, advertisement f. at end of vol.2, portrait offsetting on to title, vol.1 short marginal tear to A4, vol.2 Dd1 piece missing from lower blank corner, offsetting from 2 silk markers, occasional spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned in places, contemporary calf-backed blue decorative boards, spines gilt, labels removed from foot of spines, corners little worn, rubbed, [Rochedieu p.123], 8vo, Paris, Chez le Directeur de la Décade philosophique, An Ve [1797].⁂ Rare first edition in French of the Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, 1796. With much on the French Revolution, along with remarks on the war in America, and figures including Voltaire, Necker, Hume, Swift, Locke, Diderot and d'Alembert.
Greene (Graham) Rumour at Nightfall, first American edition, upper hinge cracked, original cloth, spine slightly dulled, dust-jacket priced at $2.50, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, minor chipping and light creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, a very good copy overall, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1932.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace no other like example at auction.
Beckford (William) An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, first edition, errata f., lacking final blank f., occasional foxing, attractive modern antique-style calf, spine gilt with black morocco label, [Rothschild 352], 8vo, for J. Johnson, 1786.⁂ Rare first edition of Beckford's influential gothic tale. This translation into English was prepared by Samuel Henley and published against Beckford's expressed wishes.
Spanish plays.- Teatro poético : repartido en veinte y un entremeses nuevos, first edition, water-stained, spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, 8vo, Zaragoza, For Juan de Ibar, 1658.⁂ A rare compendium of plays from the Spanish Golden Age, which we are told on the title were selected from the best of Spain. WorldCat records only four copies, none of which in the UK.
Icelandic sagas.- Resen (Peder Hansen) Edda Islandorum an. Chr. M.CC.XV Islandice conscripta per Snorronem Sturlae, 3 parts in 1, first edition, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, 2 errata ff. at end for all parts, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, spine with later gilt, black stamped floral motifs and a black morocco label, lightly soiled, small 4to, Copenhagen, Henrik Göde, 1665.⁂ Rare editio princeps of the great Icelandic sagas of Edda (Snorre-Edda), Volupsa and Havamal. Volupsa tells the story of the visit of Odin to the oracle and her account of the origins of the world and Ragnarok, or Twilight of the Gods. Havamal again concerns Odin and is largely social and didactic in content. Snorri's Edda includes the rules of poetry and quotes from the Skaldic poems. Provenance: 'Emptus Hafnia 3 dios Aug: 1672. pret 1 Talleri Imp:' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Annotated.- Aristotle & Theophrastus. Aristoteles et Theophrastus, Scripta quædam, collation: ¶4 b-k8 l4, title in Greek and Latin and with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, contemporary ink marginalia, water-stained, modern dark red calf, gilt, 8vo (162 x 100mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1557.⁂ 'A rare collection of Greek texts, some of which are printed here for the first time. The texts include the 'Characters' of Theophrastus, and his fragmentary treatise on sense perception, 'De sensu'; the pseudo-Aristotelian 'De mirabilibus auscultationibus', and the essay by Sotion on rivers, springs and pools. This little volume is elegantly printed in two sizes of the 'grecs du roi' (Schreiber).Literature: Adams A1964; Renouard 116: 3; Schreiber 145.
Lucian, of Samosata. Enalioi dialogoi IE. Marini dialogi XV, collation: a b8, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, a2&3 heavily annotated in contemporary hand, scattered faint spotting, marginal staining, modern crushed red morocco, gilt, 8vo (167 x 105 mm.), Paris, Christian Wechel, 1535.⁂ A rare edition.
Antiquities.- Rings.- Gorlaeus (Abraham) Dactyliotheca, seu annulorum sigillarium quorum apud priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus, first edition, engraved architectural title, portrait and 138 plates, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, spine with later gilt, stamped black floral motifs and a green morocco label, some staining, [Sinkankas 2740], small 4to, [?Delft, see end of dedication], no printer, [1601].⁂ The first edition is rare at auction. The author's own collection of Greek and Roman intaglio rings and gemstones, which was sold following his death to Henry, Prince of Wales in 1609.
Libraries for all.- Gilles-Gibert (Judge) Projet d'éducation et d'instruction sociales, first edition, foxed, original yellow printed wrappers (the upper wrapper forming the title), green silk ties, lightly stained and creased, 4to, Soissons, Gilles-Gibert printers, 1843.⁂ Rare, with WorldCat recording only one copy (BnF). The author proposes a scheme to establish libraries in all schools, villages, military barracks and prisons. He notes that a committee has been formed to consider the means of achieving these aims. A number of letters of support from politicians and officials from many parts of France are printed at the end. Loosely inserted are a 2pp. A.L.s. from the author presenting the work to the politician, diplomat and historian Baron Amable Guillaume Barante, in which he asks for his support, and a printed broadside in French, dated 1844 announcing the establishment of a similar scheme in Bavaria.
Greene (Graham) Our Man in Havana, uncorrected proof copy, "Laurence Pollinger Ltd." ink stamp to head of half-title, light creasing to a few pp, original printed wrappers, spine a little creased and toned, ink inscription and light soiling to covers, creasing and chipping to extremities, 1958; Our Man in Havana, first edition, light marginal browning, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners rubbed and creased, otherwise excellent, 1958; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (3)⁂ Both versions of the text of Greene's blackly comic espionage novel. The proof is rare and contains notable differences to the text as well as the setting.
Badius (Jodocus, Ascensius) Commentarii...in M.Fabii Quintiliani Institutiones oratorias, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-y8: Aa-Pp8 Qq6, title and large woodcut printer's device within historiated woodcut border, woodcut criblé initials, [Paris], Josse Badius Ascensius, [May, 1528] bound with Mosellanus (Petrus) In Marci Fabii quintiliani rhetoricas institutiones annotationes, collation: ã8 ē8 ĩ8 õ8, triple column, title and large woodcut printer's device within historiated woodcut border, woodcut criblé initials, [Paris], Josse Badius Ascensius, [January, 1528], together 2 works in 1 vol., wormholes, more frequent in first part, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, with initials 'U S' in several places, dragon, ?monkey and ?horse motifs, 1 of 2 metal clasps, rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with green morocco label, upper joint splitting (but holding) and with chip out of foot, wormholes, rubbed and marked, folio (330 x 225mm.)⁂ Rare commentaries by Badius and Mosellanus on Quintilian. Literature: I: Adams B21; Renouard Badius Ascensius, III, p.205. II: Adams M1850; Renouard Badius Ascensius, III, pp.203-204.
Woman mystic & adventurer.- Bourignon (Antoinette) The light of the world: a most true relation of a pilgrimess, M. Antonia Bourignon, travelling towards eternity. Published by Mr. Christian de Cort, late director of the Isle of Noordstrand, 3 parts in 1, errata f., first title with ink and perforated library stamps and chipped at foot, O3&4 at end repaired within text, with loss of 1 letter on the latter, stained, lightly browned, modern leather-backed marbled boards, [Wing B3843, B3842A and B3842B], 8vo, no printer, 1696.⁂ With the rare errata f. ('Copy in private hands has an errata leaf following p.lv,[1], which relates to parts one and two, and has blank verso' (ESTC)). Bourignon (1616-1680) was a French-Flemish mystic and adventurer, who preached that the end of the world was imminent. She attracted a good number of mainly male followers, including Robert Boyle (who had her work translated into English) and Jan Swammerdam. In 1671 she inherited a portion of land on the island of Nordstrand. There she established a commune and set up a press to publish her works for distribution at fairs and markets. The last copy of this work we can trace at auction was in 1927.
Marrow controversy.- Fisher (Edward) The Marrow of Modern Divinity, first edition, initial leaf of preface by Joseph Caryl, woodcut initials and headpieces, contemporary sheep, some chipped and wear to extremities, [Wing F996], by R. W. for G. Calvert, 1645.⁂ The rare first edition of a work that caused a storm of controversy when it was republished by Thomas Boston in 1718. The Marrow was accused of promoting the doctrine of universal salvation and it was condemned by the General Assembly. Nevertheless debate continued around the work and it has proved to be widely influential. ESTC lists only a handful of copies and we can trace no examples at auction.
Simson (Patrick) The historie of the Chvrch since the dayes of our Saviour Iesvs Christ, vntill this present age...by the famous and worthy preacher of Gods word, Master Patrick Symson, late minister at Striueling in Scotland, edited by A. Simson, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with final blank, 2 ff. of contemporary ms. index at end, I5 paper flaw with loss of several letters, small areas of marginal worming, occasionally touching the odd letter, staining and spotting, text block broken, contemporary calf, lacking backstrip, broken and worn, [STC 23598], 4to in 8s, printed by I[ohn] D[awson] for Iohn Bellamie, 1624; and 2 others, 17th & 18th century English, v.s. (3)⁂ Rare at auction. Apart from a copy in 1977 the last copy was sold by Skinner in 2020 ($2875). A posthumous work, edited by the author's brother from earlier published works. Patrick Simson (1556-1618) was a presbyterian minister, serving in Stirling, then a royal residence. He was held in great respect by King James VI and certain members of his court, including the Earl of Mar, who was Keeper and Governor of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. Provenance: Wm. Phillips (contemporary ink signature and price paid (2 s. 6d.) to head of title).
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Woman author.- Villedieu, née Desjardins (Madame Marie-Catherine de) Alcidamie, part 1 only [all published] in 2 vol., titles with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, vol.1 title on stub and all but detached, H1 short tear just within text but without loss, Y6 lower blank corner torn away, both vol. water-stained, causing some purple spotting in vol.1, spotting and foxing, lightly browned, later red panelled morocco, richly gilt spine in compartments with monogram and later green morocco label, covers with inner panel of triple filets with floral corner-pieces, outer border of double filets, vol.2 very small chip to foot of spine, both vol. joints just starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and marked, 8vo (binding 181 x 117mm.), Paris, Denys Thierry, 1669.⁂ Rare. We could not trace a copy of this edition in the BnF. Indeed, WorldCat locates only one copy (UCLA). Madame de Villedieu received the patronage of the Duchess de Rohan, and received a pension from Louis XIV.
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Greece & Turkey.- [Guillet de Saint-George (Georges)] Lettres écrites sur une dissertation d'un Voyage en Grèce, publié par Mr. Spon, médecin antiquaire. Avec des remarques sur les médailles, les inscriptions, l'histoire ancienne & la moderne, la géographie, la chronologie, & une carte des détroits de Constantinople, first and only edition, title with small woodcut ornament, engraved map, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, à6 blank, later pencil underlining, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, covers of contemporary calf binding laid on to 20th century tan morocco, [Blackmer 768], 12mo, Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1679.⁂ Rare. A rebuttal to Spon's ruthless attack on his Athènes ancienne et nouvelle, 1675.
Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first American edition, fourth impression, signed by the author with small butterfly sketch to half-title, original cloth-backed boards, faint crease to spine, spine ends a little bumped, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1955.⁂ Nabokov's most famous and celebrated work, signed copies are rare.
Greene (Graham) The Basement Room and other stories, first edition, some light foxing, original first state green cloth, light toning to spine and margins, very good otherwise, 8vo, 1935.⁂ The rare first issue of Greene's first collection of short stories including the title story The Basement Room, written by Greene on board shop while returning from Liberia and later adapted into the into the film The Fallen Idol.
Geology.- Dechen (Ernst Heinrich Karl von) Geognostische Übersichts-Karte von Deutschland, Frankreich, England und den angrenzenden Laendern, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 650 x 900mm., small hole to blank part of English Channel, lightly browned, the odd small stain, linen-backed and dissected, folding into contemporary shagreen, brass clasp, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, Berlin, Simon Schropp & Co., 1839.⁂ Rare. Dechen 'prepared numerous geological maps, which Humboldt described as models in this field and which for long were standard' (DSB). This map is one of Dechen's earliest. It extends from the east coast of Ireland to the Pyrenees, and westwards as far as Vilnius and the eastern edge of the Carpathians. Dechen (1800-1889) was a German geologist, who became director of the Prussian mining department. The mineral Dechenite was named after him by Carl Wilhelm Sigismund Bergemann in 1850.
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[Greene (Graham) and Ronald Matthews], "Sheila Cousins". To Beg I am Ashamed, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light discolouration and vertical creasing to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, preserved in custom slip-case, 8vo, 1938.⁂ Rare, ostensibly an autobiography of a London prostitute but in fact written by Ronald Matthews with the assistance of Greene. Routledge were pressured to withdraw the book from sale by the Home Secretary (who in turn had been alerted by The Public Morality Council) and only a handful of copies from this edition reached the market. The book was subsequently published the same year in Paris and New York (see next lot), but the true first edition remains an elusive book
Greene (Graham) Journey Without Maps, uncorrected proof copy, ink mark to pp.22-3 lower margin, some light toning to endpapers, original printed wrappers, creasing and browning to spine, spine ends and joints a little chipped, light toning and surface soiling to covers with pencil inscription "May" to upper cover and light creasing to corners, preserved in custom folding card chemise, 8vo, 1936.⁂ The rare uncorrected proof of Greene's first travel book. As with all pre-war proofs, likely issued in a very small number of copies, we can trace only one other example at auction and that in very poor condition.
Iceland.- First Scandinavian grammar.- Jonsson (Runolfur) Recentissima antiquissimae linguae septentrionalis incunabula id est grammaticae Islandicae rudimenta, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, preliminaries a4 and b4 torn and repaired with considerable loss of text, large worm trace to most ff. to circa D1, thereafter diminishing to one or two small holes within text, title stained and spotted, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, later vellum, later gilt and black morocco label to spine, covers little bowed, small 4to, Copenhagen, Petrus Hakius, 1651. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare. The first grammar of the Icelandic language, and indeed the first complete grammar of any Scandinavian language.
Political theory.- Harrington (James) Aphorisms political, first edition, woodcut ornament to title and a head-piece, later lengthy ink note on Harrington to verso of title, later numerous pencil practice letters and the odd note to margins, lightly stained and browned, stitched, disbound, [Wing H804], small 4to, printed by J.C. for Henry Fletcher, at the signe of the three Gilt Cups in St. Pauls Church-yard, [1659].⁂ Rare at auction. Dated 25th August, 1659 at end. Harrington (1611-1677) was a political theorist and author of the utopian The Commonwealth of Oceana, 1656.
Guevara (Antonio de) L'Horloge Des Princes, translated by Nicolas d'Herberay des Essarts, collation: ã-õ8 a-z8 A-Z8 Aa-Cc8 Dd4, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, woodcut device to final leaf, ink ownership inscription to title, a few leaves with ink annotations (including x3, A4, A6), I2 with marginal defect not affecting text, M1 with small paper repair to lower fore-edge corner, several other leaves with very small defects at lower fore-edge corner (none affecting text), Z1-8 with very light damp-staining at lower margin, Cc5 upper fore-edge corner soiled, affecting but not obscuring text, nineteenth century red morocco by Leighton, Brewer St. (stamp to front pastedown), gilt, joints lightly worn at head and foot and with the upper starting to tear, g.e., 8vo (161 x 101mm.), Paris, Gilles Gourbin, 1565.⁂ A rare edition of this didactic novel, which points towards the correct behaviour for the ruling elite. Provenance: Anthony Mildmay (d.1617), English ambassador to France 1596-97, during the reign of King Henry IV (ink ownership inscription to title).
Agricola (Johann) Drey hundert Gemeyner Sprichworter, der wir Deutschen uns gebrauchen, und doch nicht wissen woher sie kommen...Das Ander teyl..., 2 parts in 1, collation: a8 b4 A-Z8; a-b8 A-HH8, complete with blank leaves b4 and b8, Gothic letter, woodcut architectural borders, heavily annotated throughout in at least 2 contemporary hands, predominantly in red ink but also in black ink, part 1 corner of b2 defective, some light soiling and foxing, but generally an excellent copy in handsome contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, corners worn, leather ties sometime renewed, 8vo (152 x 100mm.), Hagenau, Johann Setzer, 1529.⁂ Scarce early edition of the first collection of German proverbs, printed in the same year as Nuremberg, Augsburg, Zwickau and Eisleben editions. The first volume contained 300 sayings with a further 450 added in the second volume. All 1529 editions are rare, especially so if complete and in a contemporary binding, as here; this copy is also enhanced by the contemporary annotations with variations, explanations, examples and queries all noted. Agricola (1494-1566) was a Lutheran reformer, initially a friend and follower of Martin Luther, until they famously fell out over the obligations of Christians under law. His collection of German proverbs was originally intended for use in schools and was based on the Adagia of Erasmus.Literature: Adams A353 (incomplete); VD 16 A 956.
Greene (Graham, editor) The Old School, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to "For Anthony [Hobson] from Graham, this over-serious squib" to endpaper, some very occasional spotting, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine browned, spine ends and corners creased and chipped, marking and surface soiling to panels, extremities rubbed, short closed tear to foot of rear panel, some creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1934.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket and especially-so signed, we can trace only one other example at auction. Comprising a collection of schoolday reminiscences with contributions from Greene, W. H. Auden, Anthony Powell, Elizabeth Bowen, Stephen Spender and others.
Einstein (Albert) Investigations On The Theory Of The Brownian Movement, edited by R. Fürth, translated by A. D. Cowper, first edition in English, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, fine original green cloth, spine gilt, upper edge little dust-soiled and with a few spots, dust-jacket, tiny nick to foot of spine, spine and edges of flaps faded, 8vo, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926.⁂ Rare in dust-jacket.
Ancient Greece.- Lauremberg (Johann Wilhelm) Græcia antiqua, edited by Samuel Puffendorf, first edition, text double column, title with woodcut printer's device, 31 engraved maps, engraved illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, contents f. at end, title with tear in blank area, creased and detaching, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary speckled calf, spine with later gilt and black morocco label, upper cover detached, taking with it front free endpaper, some staining and marking, [cf. Blackmer 958 (second edition)], rare at auction, small oblong 4to, Amsterdam, Joannes Jansson, 1660.
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Contemporary colouring.- Nitzschewitz (Hermannus) Novum beatae Mariaevirginis psalterium, collation: A B8 C10 A-F8 H8 [*]4 HH I-K8 L6, 97ff. only (of 116, lacking A1-8, C1, E1, E6-8, F1, F8, H4-5, HH1&3), text leaves with 40 lines, Gothic type, initials in red and blue, rubricated, numerous woodcut illustrations, all in contemporary hand-colouring, some tears and defects, a few leaves misbound, woodcut title supplied in good facsimile, old ?Italian blind-stamped morocco over wooden boards, metal clasps, bosses and edge-strips, possibly a remboitage, front endpaper peeling back to reveal early vellum ms leaf as pastedown, 4to (212 x 154mm.), [Zinna], [Press of the Cistercian Monastery], [c.1493 and not after 1496]; sold not subject to return.⁂ The substantial remnants of a highly important and rare book; one of the most beautiful of all illustrated German incunables. This is the only known work printed at the Zinna monastery. The highly stylized woodcuts depict the lives of Christ and Mary while one full-page illustration shows Frederick III with a Virgin and child sprouting from his chest while he hands on his sword to Maximilian kneeling behind him. The binding would appear to be similar to that on another copy, sold by Christie's in 1981. We can trace few copies at auction and none with contemporary colouring.Literature: BMC III, 700; Goff N260; H 11891*; Bod-inc N-118; BSB-Ink N-208; GW M27158.
Sorbière (Samuel) Relations, lettres et discours...sur diverses matieres curieuses, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some later pencil underlining, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, later vellum, yapp edges, later gilt and olive morocco label to spine, little spotted and marked, 8vo, Paris, Robert de Nivelle, 1660.⁂ Rare first edition of these diverse works by the French physician, philosopher and translator. He was an advocate of the works of Thomas Hobbes and Pierre Gassendi, and in 1643 published a French translation of Thomas More's Utopia.
Scandinavia.- Widekindi (Johan) Historia Belli Sveco-Moscovitici Decennalis, first edition, engraved additional portrait title and a folding plan, folding letterpress table, repaired tear to plan with loss of a few letters to upper text cartouche, very small split to a fold within image, some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later vellum, flat gilt spine in compartments and with black stamped floral motifs and a black leather label, yapp edges, little marked and stained, rare in commerce, Stockholm, Nicolaus Wankijf, 1672; and 5 others, Scandinavia, v.s. (6)⁂ A history of campaigns by Charles IX and Gustavus Adolphus. Under the terms of the 1617 Treaty of Stolbova Sweden secured the Baltic provinces, while restoring Novgorod in exchange.
Language.- Pharmacopoeias.- Borrichius (Olaus) Lingua pharmacopoeorum, sive de accurata vocabulorum in pharmacopolis usitatorum pronunciatione, first and only edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and a decorative initial, (b)4 blank, some spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, 19th century half calf, later gilt and leather label to spine, corners little worn, rubbed, [Duveen 89; Krivatsy 1557; Wellcome II, 206], small 4to, Copenhagen, M. Godicchenius for P. Haubold, 1670.⁂ Rare 'very interesting work on the origin and pronunciation of words used in pharmacopoeias...of considerable interest to the chemical historian' (Duveen).
Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, usual light browning to half-title, bookplate to endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket priced at 8s. 3d., light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short splits to head of joints, light creasing to head, light finger-soiling to upper panel, but an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1940.⁂ Greene's most critically acclaimed work and one of the highlights of twentieth century literature. Rare in the dust-jacket, especially so in such excellent condition. Many of the copies were seemingly lost in the bombing of Heinemann's publishing house during the war.
Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first edition, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust jacket designed by George Salter, light toning to spine, minor chipping to corners and foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, but otherwise a near-fine example preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1938.⁂ The true first edition, published a month before the first English edition, of Greene's classic gangster novel, rare in such bright condition.
Hanway (Jonas) Advice to a Farmer's Daughter, Given in the Character of a Father, 3 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece, occasional light browning, modern calf, J. Dodsley, 1770; and 5 others, Hanway and others, 8vo (8)⁂ The rare first edition of this work that would be reprinted several times. The ESTC entry appears under the title "Advice From a Farmer to his Daughter" but has an additional title that replicates our example. This copy has only the title listed above.
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Imaginary voyages.- Australia.- [Killigrew (Thomas, the younger, contributor)] and others. Miscellanea aurea: or the golden medley. Consisting of I. A voyage to the mountains of the moon under the Æquator, or Parnassus reform'd. II. The fortunate shipwreck, or a description of New Athens..., first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, spotting and some foxing, margins browned at beginning and end, occasional staining, lightly browned, 20th century half calf, red morocco label to spine in compartments, [Gove, Imaginary Voyages p. 234], 8vo, Printed for A. Bettesworth, 1720.⁂ Rare in commerce. The 'New Athens' of the second work (attributed to Charles Gildon) is located in 'Terra Australis incognita'.
Thomas Henshaw's copy.- France.- Borel (Pierre) Tresor de recherches et antiquitez gauloises et francoises, reduites en ordre alphabetique et enrichies de beaucoup d'origines, epitaphes...aussi de beaucoup de mots de la langue thyoise ou theuthfranque, first edition, title with engraved printers device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some marginal worming, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and a red leather label, small chip to foot of spine, rubbed, small 4to, Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1655.⁂ Rare first edition by this French alchemist, physician and botanist. In this work by a fellow alchemist Henshaw would have found biographies of Nicolas Flamel and Michael Sendivogius, along with a catalogue of works on chemistry. Provenance: 'Ex libris Tho: Henshaw, Catalogo inscriptis, Nov:18:1661'.
Greene (Graham) The Ministry of Fear, first edition, original bright yellow cloth, spine dulled, spine ends rubbed and a little bumped, rubbing to joints, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restorations to head, foot and joints, spine a little dulled, a few splits to upper fore-edge, but in effect a bright and excellent copy, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, 1943.⁂ Greene's superb wartime thriller, made into the 1944 classic Fritz Lang film noir. The book and jacket were produced under wartime economy standards making the latter in particular especially fragile; copies in attractive condition as here are rare.
Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, wood-engraved title and 24 wood engraved colour lithograph plates by Eric Ravilious, scattered light spotting, original pictorial boards, very slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities with no loss, glassine dustjacket with card flaps, short tear tiny hole to lower panel, 3 small areas of loss, short tear to upper panel, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd., 1938.⁂ A rare example of the original delicate dustjacket.
Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small nicks with light creasing and some light rubbing to head and foot, an excellent example, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1931.⁂ Rare, we can trace only a handful of copies in the dust-jacket and none in such excellent condition.
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue (with 'fifth thousand on title'), half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, small ink ownership name and stamp to pastedown, a few light spots to first few pp., original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, extremities bumped and creased and very small mark to upper cover, but still overall a remarkably clean and bright copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.⁂ This scarce second edition was considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition". Rare in this condition.
Caesar.- Edmondes (Sir Clement) Observations upon the five first bookes of Caesars Commentaries setting fourth the practise of the art military in the time of the Roman Empire, first edition, 6 engraved plates (4 folding), 1 plate loose, slightly browned, some slight staining, contemporary vellum, slightly creased and soiled, [Cockle 71; STC 7488], sm. folio, by Peter Short, 1600.⁂ The rare first edition. An abridged translation of books 1-5 of Caesar's Gallic Wars.
Greene (Graham) The Revenge, number 18 of ?20 mimeographed proof copies, "Not for sale" printed label with 2 lines crossed through tipped onto title, "Typewritten by Mrs. Jolly" printed notice with her office address label below to inside front cover, original printed stiff wrappers, numbered by hand on upper cover, light toning to cover margins, 4to, [c.1955].⁂ A rare, seemingly unrecorded early mimeographed proof of Greene's short story, we can trace no like example. Greene wrote The Revenge for publication in Commonweal in 1955 so this likely dates from around then.
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