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FINE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND WORKS ON PAPER Thursday 30th November 2023

AUCTION NO. 94

FINE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND WORKS ON PAPER Thursday 30th November 2023, 10.30am and 2.00pm Forum Auctions, 4 Ingate Place, Battersea, London SW8 3NS

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CONTENTS

SPECIALISTS

Morning Session - 10.30am

Rupert Powell, International Head of Books

Books and Works on Paper from the Library of Värnanäs Manor, Småland, Sweden 1 – 22 Continental Literature and History 23 – 73 English and Continental Manuscripts 74 – 88 English Literature and History 89 – 180 Science and Medicine 181 – 204 Natural History 205 – 210 Afternoon Session - 2.00pm

Architecture Children’s and Illustrated Books, Prints and Original Artworks including Livres d’Artistes and Bindings Private Press Modern First Editions Travel British Topography

211 – 215

216 – 291 292 – 306 307 – 436 437 – 519 520 – 523

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and Works on Paper Dido Arthur, Book Specialist Justin Phillips, Book Specialist Max Hasler, Book Specialist Simon Luterbacher, Consultant Richard Carroll – 16th-19th Century Works on Paper Specialist Rhiannon Spence, Book Specialist Hester Malin, Junior Book Specialist Cosima Benson-Colpi, Junior Book Specialist Lydia Gardner, Junior Book Specialist

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MORNING SESSION: Commencing 10.30am

BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE LIBRARY OF VÄRNANÄS MANOR, SMÅLAND, SWEDEN 2 -. V[ogel] (J.P.N.M.) COLLECTION DES PIERRES ANTIQUES DONT LA CHASSE DES SS.TROIS ROIS MAGES EST ENRICHIE DANS L’EGLISE METROPOLITAINE A COLOGNE, engraved pictorial title by Dupuis and 12 plates, 4 folding, [Bonn, Imprimerie Electorale de la Cour], [1781] § Boucher (François) LIVRE DE VASES, pictorial title and 11 plates, title browned, [Berlin Kat. 1063], Huquier, n.d. BOUND WITH 4e. Suite de Vases d’après Petitot et autres, pictorial title and 11 plates, plate 9 trimmed at outer edge and remargined, Basan, n.d. AND Vien (Joseph Marie) Suite de Vases composée dans le Goût l’Antique, pictorial title and 12 plates, one numbered in manuscript, [Berlin Kat. 1075], 1760, together 3 works in 1 vol., all engraved throughout, Paris § Fauris Saint-Vicens (J.-F.P.) Recueil de divers Monuments d’Antiquités trouves en Provence, 19 engraved plates on 17 leaves, Paris, Debure, 1805 § Recueil d’Antiquités Romaines ou Voyage d’Italie..., engraved throughout with title and 60 plates, 2 double-page, contemporary ink signature to title, one plate torn, another loose, [Berlin Kat. 478], Paris, Basan, [c.1770], all with some soiling or browning, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf or sheep, rubbed, 4to & small folio (4) ⁂ The first work describes the great reliquary kept in Cologne Cathedral, known as the Shrine of the Three Kings, built at the end of the 12th century and attributed to Nicolas of Verdun. £500 - 700

1 Antiquities.- Petitot (Ennemond Alexandre) SUITE DE VASES, ?FIRST EDITION, engraved throughout with pictorial title, 2 dedications and 31 plates by Bossi after Petitot, title with marginal soiling and light waterstain to upper outer corner not affecting image, some other light marginal soiling, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with urn motif, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 1081], 4to (c.295 x 235mm.), Parma, [?1765]. ⁂ Excellent impressions of these superb plates of classical vases. £1,000 - 1,500

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3 Bible, German. BIBLIA, DAS IST DIE GANZE HEILIGE SCHRIFT, 2 parts in 1, general title in red and black, engraved title to NT, double-page engraved plan of Jerusalem with repaired defects, double-page engraved map, bottom half of final leaf of OT cut away with some loss of text, lacking at least one leaf of Namen-Register at end, contemporary ?German or Swedish calf over wooden boards, elaborately stamped in gilt, head of spine renewed, gilt metal clasps with crown and XII, leather straps renewed, g.e. with partial gauffering, fine decorative pastedowns, joints and extremities rubbed, folio, Tubingen, Johann Georg and Christian Gottfried Cotta, 1730. £600 - 800

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6 Chambers (Sir William) DISSERTATION SUR LE JARDINAGE DE L’ORIENT, [with supplement] Discours servant d’explication, par Tan ChetQua de Quang-Cheou-Fou, Gentilhomme..., 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, errata leaf at end of first work, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary half mottled calf, rubbed, [Harris 119], 4to, G.Griffin, 1772-73.

4 Botany.- Palmstruch (J. W.) SVENSK BOTANIK, vol.1-10 only (of 11), 720 hand-coloured engraved plates, some folding, occasional light offsetting, foxing and staining, a few short tears, some corners browned, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt, rubbed, some wear to spine ends, 8vo, Stockholm & Upsala, 1803-25. £600 - 800

⁂ Scarce French edition of Chambers’ exaggerated account of Chinese gardening practices, partly a critique of those of Capability Brown. He issued the discourse under the name of Tan Chetqua as an explanation but by then had been ridiculed in England for his views. On the Continent, however, the work was highly influential, promoting the “Jardin Anglo-Chinois” style.

5 Briseux (Charles-Etienne) TRAITÉ DU BEAU ESSENTIEL DANS LES ARTS, appliqué particulierement à l’Architecture..., 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved throughout with portrait, 2 titles within decorative borders, text with decorations, 138 plates (some double-page or folding) including pictorial divisional titles, and privilege leaf at end of vol.2, some light spotting or staining, contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2403; Fowler 69; Millard, French 42], 4to, Paris, the author & Chereau, 1752.

£600 - 800

⁂ Featuring charming rococo decorative borders, head & tailpieces, and ornaments. “A fine example of an entirely engraved book”. (Fowler). £1,000 - 1,500

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8 Hamilton (Gavin) SCHOLA ITALICA PICTURAE, engraved throughout, pictorial title and 39 plates after Correggio, Michelangelo, Titian etc., contemporary half vellum over old boards, tear to spine, one corner broken, large folio, Rome, 1773. ⁂ Exceptionally clean copy with good, rich impressions. £800 - 1,200

7 Gardens.- Grohmann (Johann Gottfried) IDEENMAGAZIN FÜR LIEBHABER VON GÄRTEN, ENGLISCHEN ANLAGEN UND FÜR BESITZER VON LANDGÜTERN; Recueil d’Idées Nouvelles pour la Decoration des Jardins et des Parcs dans le gout Anglois, Gothique, Chinois etc., parts 1-23 only (of 60) in 2 vol., titles and plate descriptions in German and French, some advertisement leaves in German, 214 engraved plates only (of 215, lacking plate VII from Part 18), 42 handcoloured, 17 mounted on blue paper, 3 printed in brown or black & brown, one plate folding, foxed and water-stained but hand-coloured plates generally clean and bright, folding plate torn and frayed along fold with slight loss, contemporary half sheep, spines ruled in gilt, rubbed, one label defective, corners worn, [Berlin Kat. 3366], 4to, Leipzig, 1797-98. ⁂ Featuring numerous designs for gardens and country house interiors including pavilions, grottoes, gates, bridges, fountains, furniture etc. in a variety of styles. £1,000 - 1,500

9 La Fontaine (Jean de) FABLES CHOISIES, MISES EN VERS, 4 vol., halftitles, engraved frontispiece to vol.1, 275 engraved plates by Oudry after Aubert, Aveline and others, numerous wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces by Bachelier, hand-coloured engraved portrait by Alix after Grunery after Rigault from another work bound in at beginning of vol.1, occasional light foxing, contemporary mottled sheep, rubbed, spines gilt, extremities worn, [Cohen de Ricci 548 “fort rare et tres recherche”; Ray 5], folio, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755-59. ⁂ ‘The format of these four folio volumes is luxurious. Indeed, this is one of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books.’

(Ray). The plate of Le Singe et le Leopard in first state, without words added to the banner later. Oudry was artistic director of the tapestry manufacturer at Beauvais. It took him 25 years, working in his spare time and assisted financially by Louis XV, to draw the illustrations from which the plates were engraved. In 1751 Oudry’s drawings were acquired by Montenault and re-drawn by CharlesNicolas Cochin the younger so they could be engraved. £1,000 - 1,500

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11 Piranesi (Francesco) IL TEATRO D’ERCOLANO, FIRST EDITION, double-page engraved title and 9 double-page plates, some minor foxing and toning, contemporary half vellum over plain boards, some foxing to covers and upper cover with water-stain patch, folio, Rome, Stamperia Salomoni, 1783. £800 - 1,200

10 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista).- Barbieri (Giovanni Francesco) RACCOLTA DI ALCUNI DISEGNI DEL BARBERI DA CENTO DETTO IL GUERCINO, FIRST EDITION, printed title in red and black with engraved vignette by Ottaviani, additional etched title by Piranesi with dedication to Thomas Jenkins, 32 etchings in black and sanguine on 28 sheets, including 23 after Guercino (12 by Bartolozzi, 2 by Nevay, 6 by Ottaviani, 2 by Piranesi and one double-page by Piroli), one large folding plate depicts Christ bearing the cross (torn at fold), occasional foxing and marginal soiling, contemporary half vellum over blue boards, covers foxed, a couple of tears to spine, [Hind p.86; cf. Berlin Kat 1878; Wilton-Ely 1015-1018], large folio, Rome, Giovanni Generoso Salomoni, 1764. ⁂ Rare collection of plates seemingly conceived by Piranesi in 1764 when he purchased twelve etchings after Guercino from Francesco Bartolozzi, who left for London that year. Before publication, Piranesi added several additional plates, including his own work. At least one of the original Guercino drawings after which these plates were designed was from Piranesi’s own collection, whilst the depiction of the old man asleep which is reproduced on the additional title-page belonged to the sculptor Cavaceppi.

Wilson-Ely notes: “the group is particularly notable for Piranesi’s attempt to reproduce the pictorial quality of Guercino’s brush drawings by applying two coloured inks, red and black, simultaneously to the copper plate”. £4,000 - 6,000

12 Pufendorf (Samuel) HISTOIRE DU REGNE DE CHARLES GUSTAVE ROY DE SUEDE, 7 parts in 2 vol., FIRST FRENCH EDITION, additional engraved title, portrait of the author and another of Charles XI both by Blesendorff, 10 single-page engraved portraits and 114 double-page or folding engraved plates and maps (?of 115), and one folding letterpress table (trimmed), engraved decorations, some browning to text ff., occasional foxing, later half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed, folio, Nuremberg, Knorz for Christophe Riegel, 1697. ⁂ First published in Latin the previous year, this impressive work covers the history of Carl Gustav’s reign from 1654-60, much of which involved the Second Northern War in Poland/Lithuania. As well as maps, town-views and battle-plans and scenes, the plates include a large multi-folding depiction of the King’s funeral procession in Stockholm. £1,000 - 1,500

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13 Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino. LOGGIE DI RAFAELE NEL VATICANO, engraved title, large double-folding plate of the corridor (torn), 2 plates of doors lettered A and B, 14 folding engraved plates (numbered IXIV), 26 aquatint plates (numbered I-XIII twice), the last holed and repaired to verso (mostly to margin but with 2 small holes affecting plate), contemporary reversed half calf over boards, extremities worn, lower cover abraded, large folio, Rome, [c.1770-76]. ⁂ Wonderful impressions of Raphael’s magnificent decorations of the Vatican loggias in the Imperial folio format. £3,000 - 4,000

14 Saurin (Jacques) DISCOURS HISTORIQUES, CRITIQUES, THEOLOGIQUES, ET MORAUX, SUR LES EVENEMENS LES PLUS MEMORABLES DU VIEUX ET DU NOUVEAU TESTAMENT, 6 vol., titles in red and black with engraved vignettes, 2 engraved frontispieces, dedication and 212 plates (some double-page) after Hoet, Houbraken and Picart, engraved illustrations including one full-page, engraved decorations and initials, some plates in vol.5 slightly smaller, occasional light browning, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, g.e. with partial gauffering, rubbed, some wear to spine ends, folio, The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1728-39. £1,000 - 1,500

SWEDEN 15 Fischer (Abraham) PROSPECTER AF ATSKILLIGE MARKVARDIGE BYGGNADER, SATERIER OCH HERRE-GARDAR UTI SKANE, FIRST EDITION, engraved throughout, pictorial title by Bergquist and Geringius after Dederichs, and 25 plates of varying sizes, a couple with repairs to verso, all mounted on stubs, no text, later half morocco over cloth, a little rubbed, oblong folio, Stockholm, 1756. ⁂ Rare complete set of views of notable buildings and manor houses in the area of Skane, the southern tip of Sweden east of Copenhagen, many with moats, ramparts, drawbridges etc. £400 - 600

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16 Råbergh-Mannerskantz (Carl, 17491830) and others. COLLECTION OF 24 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MAPS, AND OFFICE COPIES OF MANUSCRIPT MAPS, WITH MANY INCLUDING MILITARY BATTLE PLANS, including: 8 manuscript maps and plans in Carl Råbergh’s hand, with 3 signed and dated; 3 detailed maps and battle plans in the hand of Erasmus Heerman Rustmastar[?], two signed and dated; a large detailed manuscript map of ‘Glasholmen’ by the Land Surveyor to King Gustav III, dated 1791 but after another map from 1707; and other maps and plans by various anonymous Swedish cartographers, pen and inks, watercolours, some pencil under-drawing, on various 18th century papers and later, various sizes from 310 x 470 mm (12¼ x 18½ in) to 910 x 580 mm (35¾ x 22¾ in), numerous nicks and tears, old folds and handling creases, some surface dirt and browning, all unframed, [mainly late 18th century, or slightly later] Provenance: Some with Carl Råbergh-Mannerskantz (1747-1817) Carl Axel Mannerskantz (1809-1888) Värnanäs Manor, Hallstorps socken, Småland, Sweden; by descent. ⁂ There are records for one of the draughtsmen feautered in the present lot, that of Major Carl Råbergh (1747-1817), who was known to have worked as a Fortification Officer in the Swedish military, but resigned in 1790 following his purchase of the Värnanäs estate in Halltorp, Kalm, in 1789. Both his father and his son, Carl Axel Mannerskantz (1809-1888), were at points involved with Swedish military’s Fortifications Office. It has also been recorded that Råbergh undertook a Grand Tour in 1783 with another Swedish officer, Mikael Hisinger (1758-1829); the tour was partly funded by a grant given to Råbergh by the Swedish Army.

The Vasa Architectural Collection, Sweden, hold four original maps and plans by Carl Råbergh that closely conform to many examples within the present group [see museum acc. no. V399, V405, V406, V420]. £3,000 - 5,000 17 Mannerskantz (Carl Axel, 1809-1888) and others. COLLECTION OF 22 ORIGINAL FORTIFICATION DESIGNS, SOME INSET WITHIN MAPS, apparently of mainly Swedish origin, but including French and German locations, including 10 by Carl Axel Mannerskantz, five signed, and others by various draughtsman, some presumably earlier, including a fine map with fortifications with title ‘Charta ofwer Strahlsunds Belagring’ showing the fortifications for the German City of Stralsund, pen and inks, watercolours, traces of pencil, numerous inscriptions, mainly in Swedish, but some French and German, on various papers, various sizes between 160 x 200 mm (6¼ x 7⅞ in) and 470 x 880 mm (18½ x 34¾ in), old folds, some nicks and tears, handling creases, occasional surface dirt and browning, all unframed, [18th and 19th century] (22) Provenance: Some with Carl Råbergh-Mannerskantz (1747-1817) Carl Axel Mannerskantz (1809-1888) Värnanäs Manor, Hallstorps socken, Småland, Sweden; by descent. ⁂ Likely to have originally formed part of a larger collection used by the Fortification Office of the Swedish military for instructional study and copying exercises. £3,000 - 5,000

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18 Lindebladh (Swedish, active c.1720) and others. COLLECTION OF 15 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND PLANS FOR SHIPBUILDING AND VARIOUS ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING WITHIN THE KARLSCRONA SHIPYARD, including 3 signed and dated plans by Lindebladh from 1721, an original drawing after a plan by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, indistinctly signed but dated 1778, an unsigned plan for the dock’s lock entrance dated 1721, and two variant cross sections of a battery ship, one dated ‘Strasbourg 1784’, with two architectural plans for barrel storage, pen and inks, watercolours, some pencil, on various papers, various sizes between 440 x 280 mm (17¼ x 11 in), some losses, splits to old folds, handling creases, surface dirt and light browning, all unframed, [mainly 18th century or slightly later] (15) Provenance: Some with Carl Råbergh-Mannerskantz (1747-1817) Carl Axel Mannerskantz (1809-1888) Värnanäs Manor, Hallstorps socken, Småland, Sweden; by descent. ⁂ This collection of plans and drawings may have been informed and collected by an engineer and architect working in the circle of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, who in 1765 had begun to undertake his Architectura Navalis Mercatoria publication. Chapman’s book contained 62 illustrations of ships and smaller vessels, both Swedish and foreign designs. Some of these were Chapman’s own designs, but many were also types that he had seen during visits to foreign countries. £2,000 - 3,000 19 Nordenankar (Johan) and others. COLLECTION OF 34 MAPS AND CHARTS OF SWEDEN AND ITS ENVIRONS, including Nordenankar’s ‘Pass Charta öfver Bälterne, Sundet och S.W.stra delen af Östersjön’ and ‘Pass Charta öfwer Midden af Östersiön Tillika med Rigiska Wiken’, 7 large maps by C.P. Hallström, probably from ‘Geographiske chartor öfver Swerige’, a fully hand-coloured fine impression of Georg Biurman’s Charta öfwer Stockholms Stads Belägenhet’, ‘Charta öfwer Stockholm med des malmar och förstäder’, ‘Charta öfwer Stockholms och Upsala höfdingedömen eller Upland med Södertörn’, a compromised impression of Carl Akrel’s oval ‘Plan of Stockholm’, and 22 additional smaller regional maps of Sweden by various cartographers, many 18th century, engravings, some with hand-colouring, various sizes between 230 x 230 mm (9 x 9 in) and 660 x 960 mm (26 x 37¾ in), some losses and marginal nicks, the Akrel plan with some affecting the map, otherwise minor handling creases, surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1740-1815] (34) Provenance: Some with Carl Råbergh-Mannerskantz (1747-1817) Carl Axel Mannerskantz (1809-1888) Värnanäs Manor, Hallstorps socken, Småland, Sweden; by descent.. £1,000 - 1,500

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20 Thersner (Ulrick & Thora) FORDNA OCH NÄRVARANDE SVERIGE; La Suede Ancienne et Moderne, 3 vol., text in Swedish and French, half-title, aquatint vignette title, 6 vignette part titles (2 aquatint & 4 lithographed) and 372 plates on 366 sheets, 130 aquatint and 236 lithographed, some tinted, list of subscribers tipped into vol.1 (foxed), plates with occasional light spotting and a couple of small stains, mostly marginal, ‘Julita’ in vol.2 with slight abrasions, a few marginal tears and repairs, some lithographed plates browned, contemporary half roan, spines gilt, lilac endpapers with clover leaves printed in green and gold, rubbed, some wear to spine ends and splits to joints, oblong folio, Stockholm, [1817-67]. ⁂ Monumental work with magnificent plates featuring the castles and mansions of Sweden, completed by Thersner’s daughter Thora. Rare to find complete with all the plates. £4,000 - 6,000

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21 Swedish weaving pattern book.- Ekenmark (Maria Christina) MONSTER-BOK FOR UNGA FRUNTIMMER..., second edition, 51 white-onblack woodcut plates (lacking plate 47 and half of plate 1 missing), most with tears or defects with only a few unblemished, head of title cut away and replaced with later paper, foxing, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, rubbed, 4to, Linkoping, Axel Petre, 1827. ⁂ EXTREMELY RARE SWEDISH COVERLET WEAVER’S PATTERN AND INSTRUCTION

BOOK, which was first published a year earlier. Despite the faults,

the plates present are very striking in their unusual white-on-black rendering. Charles B. Wood argues that the very close similarity between the patterns shown here and those in early 19th century American coverlets, might suggest this sort of obscure pattern book may have found its way to America in the 1830s. Seemingly no copies at auction. £400 - 600

22 Wood (Robert) LES RUINES DE BALBEC AUTREMENT DITE HELIOPOLIS DANS LA COELOSYRIE, FIRST FRENCH EDITION, 46 engraved plates by Fourdrinier and Major after Borra, some folding, plate 3 as one continuous plate not in 2 parts as often, occasional foxing, blue endpapers, contemporary French red morocco, gilt, g.e., slightly scuffed, folio, 1757. ⁂ A superlative copy of the first French edition which appeared in the same year as the English. £2,000 - 3,000

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CONTINENTAL LITERATURE AND HISTORY INCUNABULA The Property of a Gentleman 23 Antoninus Florentius, (Archbishop of Florence, Saint). CONFESSIONALE: DEFECERUNT SCRUTANTES SCRUTINIO [& JOHANNES CHRYSOSTOMUS. SERMO DE POENITENTIA], collation: [a-s 8 ], [144] ff., 27 lines, Gothic type, initials, initialstrokes and paragraph-marks in red, occasional later ink marginalia and underlining, mainly towards rear, some faint finger soiling or toning to margins, 16th century ornately blind-stamped panelled calf over boards, covers with floral and foliage decoration, remains of metal clasps, rebacked in later calf in compartments, brass catches to upper board, lacking lower and clasp, corner tips a little worn, [Cologne], [Ulrich Zel], [c.1470]. ⁂ Rare edition at auction of this highly regarded guide for confessors by the Italian Dominican friar Antoninus of Florence (1389-1459). He was canonized on 31st May, 1523 by Pope Adrian VI. Literature: BMC I, 183; Goff A-788; HC 1162*; GW 2082; Bod-inc A316; ISTC ia00788000. £6,000 - 8,000 24 War against the Turks.- Sixtus IV, Pope. INDULGENCE FOR PROMOTING WAR AGAINST THE TURKS, single leaf, printed recto only, text in Latin, 21 lines, Gothic type, manuscript insertions by Ludovicus Püpfel of the convent of Ingolstad, lacking portion of text to the right, supplied in pencil on later paper, some light toning and soiling, a few wormholes, impression of old seal, 174 x 235mm. (total sheet 310 x 175mm.), [Nuremberg], [Printer of the ‘Rochus Legende’], [c.1482]. ⁂ Fragment of this rare indulgence certificate (ISTC records two copies only - Freiburg & BSB).

Literature: GW 36; BSB-Ink F-190; ISTC is00568400; Rosenthal Catalogue 92 #36.

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25 Psalter, Dutch.- PSALTERIUM DUYTSCHE SOUTER, collation: a-r8 Ƨ8 ɽ8 s-z8 A-J8, 278ff. (of 280, lacking J1 and final blank J8), 17 lines, Gothic type, a1 with 5-line initial in blue (rubbed), rubricated throughout, extensive contemporary ink Dutch marginalia in at least two hands, bookplate to pastedown, small paper label to colophon lower corner, and printed slip to verso of J7, thirteenth century manuscript fragments as endpapers, a1 with small tear to upper edge, a few scattered ff. very slightly trimmed at margins, finger soiling and similar to margins, occasional small water-stains, contemporary polished calf over boards, spine in compartments, later circular shelf labels to foot of spine, small hole to head of upper cover and central portion lower cover, creasing to spine, ?original brass catch to upper board, modern lower catch and clasp, small 8vo (142 x 101mm.) Delft, [Jacob Jacobszoon van der Meer or Christiaen Snellaert], 1487. ⁂ A rare edition, with only a handful of copies recorded by ISTC. The contemporary Dutch marginalia are commentary and exposition of the Psalms. The thirteenth century manuscript fragments seemingly excerpts from Albertus de Padua’s sermons on the martyrs.

Provenance: from the library of J.F.M. Sterck (1859-1941), the Dutch literary historian, book collector and dealer [bookplate].

Literature: BMC IX, 20; HC 13522; GW M36266; ISTC ip01070500. £8,000 - 12,000

26 Incunable Broadside.- Innocent VIII, Pope. ARTICULI ABBREVIATI INDULGENTIARUM IUBILAEI ET CRUCIATAE, 11 DEC. 1488 [GERMAN], 62 lines, Gothic type, staining and some worming, particularly affecting three or four words in bottom right-hand corner, a few neat repairs, including to one or two short tears into text, 364 x 245mm., [Mainz], [Peter Schöeffer], [c.1489]. ⁂ Rare complete example of this late production of the printing pioneer Peter Schöeffer of Mainz (c.1425-c.1503), who had been in business (in partnership or on his own) since 1457, and who had been apprenticed to Gutenberg. He uses here a set of type first recorded in his German ‘Hortus sanitatis’ of 1485 (cf.

Rosenthal). The text comprises a set of abbreviated articles in the vernacular for a papal crusade bull against the Turkish Empire, and is dated 11th December, 1488. All of ISTC’s recorded holdings are in eight German institutions.

Literature: GW 2703; ISTC ii00100300; Rosenthal Catalogue 92 #59; Martin Breslauer Catalogue 81, no. 17. £4,000 - 6,000

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27 Southern German School (late 15th century) SAINT JEROME PENITENT, woodcut with contemporary hand-colouring in green, ochre, brown and red, on laid paper, without or with indistinct watermark, a good impression of this extremely rare woodcut, printing strongly and clearly, 7 lines of letterpress text with the prayer in German beginning ‘O Säliger und hoher lerer Jheronyme’ in letterpress below, block 319 x 248 mm (12½ x 9¾ in), sheet 388 x 266 mm (15¼ x 10½ in), with margins on all sides, the lower right corner with part of the text lost, the sheet toned and stained, a few scattered wormholes in sheet, the image generally in good condition, faint horizontal drying crease with expert support verso, hinged into window mount, unframed, [Augsburg], [Johann Froschauer], [c.1498]. ⁂ Only known copy of this intercessory prayer to St Jerome, who is depicted in his typical iconography as a hermit, kneeling in penance before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his bare chest. He is accompanied by his lion and cardinal’s hat. The woodblock survives at Berlin as part of the Derschau collection.

Provenance: Possibly Dietrich Schindler (1795-1882), Zürich (see Lugt 793 & 4432; without mark); Dr Otto Schäfer (1912-2000), Schweinfurt, Germany (Lugt 5887).

Literature: VE15 G-22; Schäfer 136 & Abb; GW 12416; Fac: Heitz, Einblattdrucke XCVIII 28. £15,000 - 20,000

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Other properties 28 Esoterica.- Guillermus Alvernus, Bishop of Paris. DE FIDE ET LEGIBUS, collation [a-o10], 139 ff. (of 140, lacking initial blank), 37-43 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces, f.45 with later ink marginalia and large ink smudges (text perfectly legible), occasional spotting or light staining, 19th century polished speckled calf by J. Mackenzie (small stamp to front free endpaper), gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine with small chip and repaired, corners worn, rubbed and little marked, folio (273 x 183mm.), [Augsburg], [Günther Zainer], [1475-1476]. ⁂ A wide-margined copy of the first edition of one of the portions of William of Auvergne’s Magisterium divinale, an explanation of the natural world, which was composed between about 1231 and 1236. Includes heresy, demonology, the errors of the Jews, the dangers of transvestism, superstition and magic, cults, the errors of Islam (especially in relation to astrology and sex), the causes of ‘idolatories’ such as witchcraft, conjuring, divination, and necromancy.

Literature: BMC II, 323; Goff G-711; H 8317*; GW 11863; Bod-inc G-297; BSB-Ink G-471; ISTC ig00711000; Thorndike II, pp.219-20, 279-81 and chapter lii.

Provenance: Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (bookplate to front pastedown). £4,000 - 6,000

29 Latin language.- Varro (Marcus Terentius) DE LINGUA LATINA, edited by Pomponius Laetus & Franciscus Rolandellus, collation: a4 b-g8.6 h4, 50 ff., 37 lines, Roman and a little Greek type, initial spaces with guide-letters, early ink marginalia in at least two hands, final verso filled with 17th century ink Italian notes, water-stained, some spotting or soiling, lightly browned, modern vellum over boards, folio (295 x 199mm.), Parma, [Printer of Hieronymus, ‘Epistolae’], 11 December, 1480. ⁂ Rare copy at auction of this edition of Varro’s pioneering work on Latin grammar. It was issued separately and with related works. This press at Parma issued only a few works.

Literature: BMC VII, 942; Goff N-267; HC 11903*; GW M27225; Bod-inc N-123; BSB-Ink N-126; ISTC in00267000. £2,500 - 3,500

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30 Annotated.- Platina (Bartholomaeus Sacchi) VITAE PONTIFICUM, double column, collation: [a10 b-r6 s8 t6 v8], 128 ff., 54-56 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces, extensive contemporary and 16th century scholarly marginalia in at least two Germanic hands (some trimmed), detailed 16th century manuscript index to verso of a2 and recto of following inserted blank, erroneous early ink pagination, extensive bibliographical notes of a J. Niefert, 1807 to front free endpapers, first f. trimmed to text and laid down, f. “70” a few mostly small holes (1 larger) with loss of text, some light water-staining, spotting and staining, lightly browned, 18th century polished calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with chipped black morocco label, rubbed and marked, folio (308 x 200mm.), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 11 August, 1481. ⁂ A wide-margined copy. First published in 1479, the Vitae is the first systematic history of the popes. Sacchi was appointed as Vatican librarian by Sixtus IV in 1475, shortly after the publication of his important cookbook De honesta voluptate et valetudine.

Provenance: ‘S-C’ (early red ink monogram to foot of first f.); J. Niefert (19th century notes to front endpapers).

Literature: BMC II, 420; Goff P-769; GW M33881; HC 13047; Bod-inc P-343; BSB-Ink P-566; ISTC ip00769000. £2,500 - 3,500

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31 Etterlin (Petermann) KRONICA VON DER LOBLICHEN EŸDTGNOSCHAFT IR HARKOMMEN UND SUST SELTZAM STRITTENN UND GESCHICHTEN, FIRST EDITION, second issue, ff. [8], CXXIIII, lacking final blank leaf X6, xylographic title with 2 woodcut border pieces, 29 woodcut illustrations from 12 blocks, including full-page woodcut of the Emperor enthroned to title verso and heraldic composition to A1r (verso blank), woodcut printer’s device on final leaf, title with crude ?early hand-colouring to border and woodcut to verso, some tears repaired and lower margin reinforced to verso (without notable loss), a few instances of contemporary ink marginalia or passage-marking, a few minor marginal repairs, affecting headline to [a]5, L6 short tear into headline without loss, U6 tiny paper flaw hole within headline, M1 vertical tear within text without loss, some light browning, some soiling or light staining, lacking front free endpapers, eighteenth-century half calf, spine gilt and with black calf label, light wear to corners and extremities, upper joint split at foot, 4to (275 x 195mm.), Basel, Michael Furter, 24 December, 1507. ⁂ The first printed chronicle of Switzerland, starting with St. Meinrad’s foundation of the monastery of Einsiedeln (c.835) and continuing up to the year 1503. The woodcuts, some attributed to the renowned artist known by the monogram “D.S.”, include a half-page detailed view of Lucerne (the city’s earliest printed depiction), episodes from the glorious history of Switzerland including a dragon, and the first pictorial representation of the famous scene, synonymous with the Swiss spirit of insurrection, of Tell aiming at the apple on his son’s head. This copy is the second issue of the first edition; the first edition having the first page of text printed on the verso of the coat of arms.

Literature: VD16 E 4110. £4,000 - 6,000

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32 Breviary, Latin. BREVIARIUM SECUNDUM USUM ET CONSUETUDINEM ECCLESIAE COLLEGIATE BEATISSIMI QUINTINI VIROMANDENSIS, [12], lxxxviii, xx, viii, cxxxii, xlviii leaves; lacks 19 leaves throughout (3 supplied in manuscript), printed on vellum, in black and red ink, wood-engraved and initials in red, 2 burnholes on on first f. and several on last 4ff., ex-library copy with ink stamp at beginning and end, slightly browned, ownership inscription of Monsieur St Quentin dated 1633 on front free endpaper, contemporary wooden boards with brass spine and corner pieces and remains of catches, lacks lower cover and spine, 125 x 90mm., [Paris], [Hemon Le Fevre], [c. 1511-25]. ⁂ A rare breviary printed on vellum. The colophon on leaf 3b5r identifying this as a Breviary for the use of the Abbey of St Quentin in Vermandois. A bibliographically complex and unstudied book, printed and bound in distinct sections. The verso of the final leaf bears stamp of the Library of St. Quentin [de Beauvais in Vermandois].

The present copy is unrecorded, and only two other copies of the text can be bibliographically located: one at the Royal Library in Brussels (KBR) and one at the Bibliotheque Nationale (BnF). The KBR copy is printed on paper and its collation agrees with ours (though the KBR copy has its sections bound in a different order). The BnF listing appears to be a sammelband combining two distinct works, with the Breviary portion of the volume being both incomplete and having only a small number of its Breviary leaves printed on vellum (the remainder being printed on paper). The present is accordingly the only extant copy of the text fully printed on vellum. £3,000 - 5,000

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33 Columbus (Christopher).- PSALTERIUM, HEBRAEUM, GRAECUM, ARABICUM, & CHALDAEUM, CUM TRIBUS LATINIS INTERPRETATIONIBUS & GLOSSIS, collation: A10 BZ8 &8 6, title printed in red and black in five languages within fine decorative woodcut strapwork border, woodcut initials and printer’s device on final colophon leaf, A4v and A5r printed in red and black, edited and with Latin commentary by Agostino Giustiniani, text printed in 8 columns across double pages in Hebrew, (literal) Latin translation from the Hebrew, Latin Vulgate, Greek Septuagint, Arabic, Chaldee or Aramaic Targum, literal Latin translation from the Chaldee, some damp-staining causing edges to be brittle, a few repairs, some worming, mostly marginal but occasionally into text block, piece cut away from lower margin of title and repaired, later blind-stamped calf, rebacked and recased, rubbed, folio (330 x 227mm.), Genoa, Petrus Paulus Porrus for Nicolai Justiniani Pauli, 1516. ⁂ THE FIRST POLYGLOT PSALTER AND ONLY THE SECOND BOOK PRINTED TO USE ARABIC TYPE, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. “A monument of Renaissance typography, this Psalter was linguistically the most ambitious work attempted to date, and the first Polyglot work ever published. It provides the Psalms in five languages as well as a marginal scholarship based largely on rabbinic sources.

The Arabic text is one of the first two texts and the first biblical text, ever printed in this language. The Hebrew types used in this book were apparently never used again.” (B. Sabin Hill, Hebraica from the Valmadonna Trust, The Piermont Morgan Library (1989) no. 18).

Perhaps the most interesting feature of Giustiniani’s Polyglot Psalter is the lengthy scholium to Psalm xix, verse 4: “et in fines mundi verba eorum” (and their words to the ends of the world). The learned author presents a long note dealing with the life and the explorations of Christopher Columbus, who had died only ten years before the publication of the Psalter. This is, apart from the letters and journals of Columbus himself, on which it is based, the first biography of the discoverer of America. We may speculate that Giustiniani’s inclusion of this material arose out of his Genoese patriotism as much as out of his clerical sense of the Providential character of Columbus’s voyages in realising the implicit prophecy of the text. Except for the first sentence of the scholium, there is no further reference to God, divine Providence, or the Christian Church; Giustiniani becomes completely absorbed in relating the adventures of Columbus. He even finishes on the rather pagan note, not unusual in the Renaissance, that if Columbus had lived in ancient Greece, he would have been deified at his death.

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Literature: Adams B1370; Darlow & Moule 1411; Vinograd, Genoa 1. £10,000 - 15,000 34 Froissart (Jean) LE PREMIER [-SECOND] VOLUME DE FROISSART. DES CRONIQUES DE FRANCE, DANGLETERRE, DESCOCE, DESPAIGNE, DE BRETAIGNE, DE GASCONGNE, DE FLANDRES..., vol. 1 & 2 only (of 4), collation: a8-ff8; A6, B-E8, F10, G6, H-Pp8, woodcut printers’ devices on title and verso of final leaf of text of vol.1, printed in Gothic letter, double column, woodcut initials, both vol. with final blank leaf, ink ownership inscriptions of Thomas Skeffington (Bishop of Bangor, 1509-1534), and “Jon. Peckover, bought at the sale of Sr. Henry Peyton... March 1806” inscribed at head of titles and with manuscript leaf of notes tipped in at beginning of vol.1, titles a little soiled, vol.1 with dd4 & 5 duplicated, short tear to ee4 and small hole to ff1 affecting a few letters, vol.2 with a few head-lines shaved and slight worming to text, eighteenth century panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, 4to, 260 x 190mm., [Paris], Francois Regnault and Jean Petit, [1513]. ⁂ The first two volumes of the scarce fourth edition of Froissart’s Chronicles, an essential contemporary source on the first half of the Hundred Years’ War and the most rich and varied account of the life and customs of the nobility in 14th century Western Europe. Several Parisian printers and booksellers issued editions of the Chronicles between 1505 and 1518. They included Antoine Verard (who published the first edition of c.1498), Guillaume Eustace, Jean Petit, and François Regnault. The first volume of the present copy bears the device of Regnault on the title, and that of Petit at the end.

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35 Bessarion (Johannes) IN CALUMNIATOREM PLATONIS, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-p8 q4, aa8 b-f8 g6, Roman type, woodcut printer’s device to titles and verso of final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, first title with repaired marginal tears and some staining, q4 with 2 small repairs with loss of a few letters (no loss of sense), repair to lower margin of final f., occasional spotting, upper hinge split, lower hinge splitting, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, split to head of upper joint, but holding firm, soiled, folio (319 x 211mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [September, 1516]. ⁂ A wide-margined copy of the second Aldine edition (the second part (the author’s translations of Aristotle) first edition) of this celebrated defence of Platonism, which was a reply to his adversary George of Trebizond’s attack on Platonism in his Comparatio philosophorum Platonis et Aristotelis.

Literature: Adams B834; AhmansonMurphy 148; Renouard, Alde, 77:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 5645. £2,500 - 3,500

36 Wine.- Ausonius (Decimus Magnus) [Opera], FIRST AND ONLY ALDINE EDITION, collation: A-N8 O4, italic type, woodcut printer’s device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, c2 piece torn from outer margin at head (not affecting text), water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later vellum over boards, lightly soiled, 8vo (157 x 93mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresano], [November, 1517]. ⁂ First and only Aldine edition of the poet Ausonius, born in Bordeaux in 309 AD. His writings sing the praises of his birthplace and of the Moselle, and include much on the wines of the areas.

Literature: Adams A2278; AhmansonMurphy 158; Renouard 80:7; Simon BG 151; EDIT 16 CNCE 3482. £1,500 - 2,000

37 Utopia.- More (Sir Thomas) DE OPTIMO REIP. STATU, DEQUE NOVA INSULA UTOPIA, 2 parts in 1 (the second being the complete part 1 only (of 2) of the Epigrammata, December, 1518), fourth edition, collation: a-s4 t u6 x-z A-I4 K6 L-T4 V6, Utopia title within woodcut architectural border by Hans Holbein (repeated on c1) and with woodcut vignette at head of d1 by Ambrosius Holbein depicting John Clement, Thomas More, Raphael Hythlodaye and Pieter Gillis, Epigrammata title within woodcut historiated border by Urs Graf, both parts woodcut historiated and decorative initials

by Hans or Ambrosius Holbein and Urs Graf, and a woodcut printer’s device at end, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, Utopia lacking b2 (map of Utopia verso) & b3 (Utopian alphabet recto), both supplied in good facsimile, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, rebacked using contemporary vellum backstrip from another work, modern brown leather label to spine, lightly soiled and marked, small 4to (196 x 136mm.), Basel, [Johann Froben], [November & December, 1518]. ⁂ Fourth edition of Utopia. It is a reprint of Froben’s edition published in March of the same year, which incorporated revisions by the author.

Provenance: C.K. Ogden (book label to front pastedown).

Literature: Adams M1757 & cf. M1756; Fairfax Murray, German, 304; Gibson 4; VD 16 M 6300. £2,000 - 3,000

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38 Chatsworth copy.- More (Sir Thomas, Saint) EPIGRAMMATA, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, collation: a-n4 o6 (a signed x, as in other copies consulted), title within fine historiated woodcut border by Hans Holbein the younger, woodcut historiated initials, large woodcut printer’s device to final verso, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, late 18th / early 19th century mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, little worn at ends, corners worn, rubbed and little marked, small 4to (200 x 146mm.), Basel, [Johann Froben], 1520.

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⁂ The Chatsworth copy of the first separate and best edition of More’s Epigrams, revised by him, and with the addition of 13 new epigrams. He reworks material from classical writers, biblical texts, traditional jests, and Aesop’s fables, and translates two nearcontemporaneous English love lyrics.

Provenance: Edmund Pulleyn (contemporary ink inscription at foot of final verso); ‘codicis estis possesor nomine dritos.’ (contemporary ink inscription at head of final verso); The Dukes of Devonshire (Chatsworth bookplate to front pastedown, Bookcase 135, Shelf C).

Literature: Adams M1753; Gibson 57; VD 16 M 6296. £2,500 - 3,500 39 Boccaccio (Giovanni) LA FIAMMETTA DEL BOCCACCIO PER MESSER TIZZONE GAETANO DI POFI NOVAMENTE REVISTA, collation: A-N8 O4, italic type, initials supplied in ink, some water-staining to upper corners, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary black morocco, covers with blind-ruled and gilt decoration to a panelled design, with fleuron centre-pieces, and star, moon, and floral corner-pieces, rebacked, preserving majority of original backstrip in compartments, rubbed, gilt gauffered edges, 8vo (154 x 90mm.), [Toscolano Maderno], [Paganino & Alessandro Paganini], [c.1527-1533]. ⁂ Rare edition at auction of what has been considered the first psychological novel in Western Literature. Set in Naples, it tells of Fiammetta’s tragic love affair with the Florentine merchant Panfilo.

Provenance: Jo. Antonius Culletus, 1573 & 1574 (acquisition note to title and final recto); Graham Pollard (acquisition note in pencil on rear pastedown, Hodgsons in 1954 for £3/10s).

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40 Erasmus (Desiderius) ADAGIORUM OPUS, collation: aa-dd6, ee8, a-z6, A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Kkk6, Lll8; [64], 962, [2] pp., woodcut printer’s device to title and verso of final leaf (errata), woodcut initials, contemporary ink marginalia to a couple of leaves (shaved), title lightly browned, slight worming to inner margin of preliminaries, a little damp-staining towards end, later bookplate of Edward Symour Foster, later panelled calf, rebacked, later endpapers, rubbed, corners worn, folio (315 x 210mm.), Basel, Jo.Froben, 1528.

Literature: Adams E435; VD16 E 1939. £500 - 700

41 Elimithar (Elluchasem) “Ibn Butlan”. TACUINI SANITATIS, FIRST EDITION, collation: A-M⁶ N O⁴ P⁶, with final blank leaf P6, title printed in red and black, tables and some sidenotes printed in red, 40 woodcut strips by Hans Weiditz to foot of leaves, illustrating plants, animals, fruits, cookery, humours, diseases &tc, frequent contemporary underlining and annotation in red and brown inks, some skilful restoration to margins, affecting a few annotations, a few small wormholes within text throughout, some very light browning and occasional faint spotting, some faint marginal damp-staining and soiling, eighteenth century vellum-backed gilt patterned boards, possibly a remboitage, spine darkened and with early ink title to head, lightly rubbed, folio (310 x 200mm.), Strasbourg, Johann Schott, 1531. ⁂ Rare treatise on health, with delightful woodcuts by Hans Weiditz. Written in the eleventh century, Ibn Butlan’s guide to good health, known as ‘Taqwim al Sihha’ in Arabic, had been circulating in manuscript copies during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries under the Latin title ‘Tacuini sanitatis’ or ‘Tables of Health’. This is the first printed edition. It lays out six elements necessary for good health and avoiding stress: food and drink, air and climate, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, the secretion and excretion of humours, and states of mind, i.e. the emotions.

Provenance: Luzerne County Medical Library (ink-stamp to title); “Duplicate, 6/10, 1911. Surgeon General’s Library” (ink note to foot of title).

Literature: Adams I11; Cagle 243; Durling 2520; Vicaire 323-325; Simon BB 633; Wellcome 1996. £15,000 - 20,000

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42 Eusebius Pamphili, of Caesarea. EVANGELICAE PRAPARATIONIS LIB. XV. [&] EVANGELICAE DEMONSTRATIONIS LIB. X., 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z6, aa-ss6, tt4; Aa-Zz6, AAa-Ccc6, Ddd4, 498, [2]; 138 [i.e. 318], [2] pp., Greek text, woodcut printer’s device on titles (Estienne’s basilisk as King’s printer) and his olive tree device on verso of final leaf, numerous grotesque and foliated head-pieces and initials, errata leaf at end of each part, contemporary ink annotation in Greek to first leaf of text, first title lightly soiled and mounted on stub (also a6), slight worming to lower margin of first part, light water-staining to first and last few leaves, a few minor ink stains, some creasing to corners and at end, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rubbed and soiled, lacking portion of vellum from lower cover (repaired), folio (320 x 220mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1544-45.. ⁂ A fine, wide-margined copy of the first edition of these two works by the Christian exegete Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, also known as Eusebius Pamphili. They are the second and third volumes in a series of Greek texts printed by the Typographus Regius Robert Estienne from manuscripts belonging to the Royal Library in Fontainbleau, which began with Eusebius’ Ecclesiastica historia, published earlier in 1544. The Eusebius series represents the first appearance of the first font known as grecs du roi, the types commissioned by King François I and cut by Claude Garamond. “The cursive Greek types, still acknowledged as some of the finest ever cut, were based on the script of the calligrapher Angelo Vergezio, who was then engaged in transcribing and cataloguing Greek manuscripts for the royal library.” (Mortimer, French, I, pp. 266-267). The editions are enriched by a handsome set of foliated and grotesque Greek initials and head-pieces, some of which are attributed to the renowned artist Geoffroy Tory.

Literature: Adams E1082 and E1087; Renouard, Estienne, 59-60; Mortimer, French, 220. £1,500 - 2,000

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43 Moschopoulos (Manuel) DE RATIONE EXAMINANDAE ORATIONIS LIBELLUS, collation: a-z4, A-I4K6; 216, [52] pp., FIRST EDITION, title with printer’s woodcut basilisk device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with final colophon leaf, Greek text, title lightly soiled, otherwise a very clean copy, almost detached from binding, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed and soiled, small 4to, (250 x 180mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1545. ⁂ A handsome example of Greek printing by the printer of Greek to François I. Moschopoulus was a Byzantine commentator and grammarian.

“Editio princeps of this important Byzantine grammatical text, the second in Robert Estienne’s programme of printing important unpublished Greek texts from manuscripts in the Royal Library.

Beautifully printed in ‘grec du roi’”. (Schreiber).

Literature: Adams M1838; Renouard, Estienne, 64:11; Schreiber 86. £800 - 1,200

44 Copernicus.- Scultetus (Alexander) CHRONOGRAPHIA SIVE ANNALES OMNIUM FERE REGUM, PRINCIPUM, & POTENTATUUM, AB ORBE CONDITO, USQUE AD HUNC ANNUM DOMINI MDXLV, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, with ink ‘Dono meo Alexandri Sculteti’ to foot of title, collation: *6 2*4 ad6 A-O6, title with woodcut printer’s device, tables, early ink ownership inscriptions and a later ink stamp to title, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, lacking O1 and O5&6 (the last with colophon verso otherwise blank), title wormed and with repairs, with loss of a few letters, mostly verso, *2 small worm trace and tear within text, with loss of the odd letter, mostly marginal worming throughout, occasionally encroaching on text (see in particular last few ff.), final 2 ff. frayed, the latter with crude repairs, a few tears, some spotting and waterstaining, lightly browned, 19th century speckled wrappers, little worn, but holding firm, 4to (282 x 214mm.), Rome, Girolama Cartolari, 1546. ⁂ An excellent association copy. The work contains one of the earliest references to the astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus, who was a close friend of the author.

Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 23847. £1,500 - 2,000 45 Book censorship.- Rabelais.- Dupuyherbault (Gabriel) THEOTIMUS SIVE DE TOLLENDIS ET EXPUNGENDIS MALIS LIBRIS, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, collation: à, è, ì8 a-s8, woodcut head-pieces and large decorative initials, final errata and privilege ff., some later ink marginalia and underlining, occasional underlining in light brown crayon (mostly to preliminaries), some spotting or staining (including title), lightly browned, later calf, rebacked, covers darkened in areas, corners repaired, 8vo (169 x 103mm.), Paris, Jean de Roigny, 1549.

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⁂ Rare first edition (here a presentation copy from the author) of this important work defending the censorship of ungodly books, including biting attacks on certain authors, most notably Rabelais. His criticisms of Rabelais did much to cement the popular image of him as a drunkard and philandering atheist. In doing so the Cistercian monk made a bitter enemy of Rabelais, who rebuked him in the prefaces of later editions of his work.

Provenance: ‘Ex bibliotheca Iacobi demonthiers supremo Parhis senati Advocati. Ex dono dicti Putherbei’, authorial presentation copy to Jacques de Monthiers, ‘le lieutenant général’ at the town of Pontois, just outside of Paris (contemporary ink inscription to foot of title); Captain Michiels (later name stamp on title); I.G.M. (bookplate engraved by L. Fruytiers).

Literature: Adams D1154. £1,500 - 2,000

46 Emblemata.- Alciatus (Andreas) DIVERSE IMPRESE ACCOMMODATE A DIVERSE MORALITA, collation: A-M8, title within ornate woodcut architectural border, 169 woodcut emblems and 11 illustrations of trees within architectural borders of various designs, title closely trimmed at outer margin, just touching printed area, G2 chip from outer margin, affecting small part of border, water-stained, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, some staining, 8vo (183 x 115mm.), Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1551.

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⁂ Provenance: Giulio de Nobili (1537-1612), was a learned Florentine patrician. Following his studies at the University of Pisa, he became a senator and member of the order of St Stephen.

He wrote for his son Pierantonio an unpublished moral treatise in Italian, warning him against the vices and troubles of adult life (ink signature to foot of title); Allan Heywood Bright, 1912 (engraved bookplate to front pastedown).

Literature: Adams A599; Green 50; Landwehr, Romanic, 55. £1,200 - 1,800

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47 Bible, Syriac. KETHABHA DH-EWANGELIYON KADDISHA... LIBER SACROSANCTI EVANGELII DE JESU CHRISTO DOMINO & DEO NOSTRO [AND PAULI EPISTOLAE XIIII., &C.], collation: a*-a5*⁴ a6*⁶ b-z⁴ A-L⁴: Aa* Aa** Bb-Vv⁴ Xx⁶; Pauli Epistolae bb-ll⁴ BB-LL⁴, title and a few ff. printed in red and black, 15 full-page woodcuts, final f. of Pauli Epistolae with woodcut ornament and 2 lines of text verso, otherwise blank, light browning to title and endpapers, occasional very light spotting or soiling, but an excellent copy overall, old catalogue description tipped onto front pastedown (for another copy), ink cataloguing note to front free endpaper, eighteenth century blind-tooled vellum, six raised bands to spine, ink manuscript title to second compartment, lightly rubbed and darkened, 4to (200 x 140mm.), [Vienna], [Michael Cymbermann], [1555]. ⁂ The first edition of the Syriac New Testament and first book printed in Syriac.

Provenance: Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer collection (OS 355), acquired in 1964 from G. Heilbrun.

Literature: Adams B1797; Darlow & Moule 8947. £6,000 - 8,000

48 Frankfurt Book Fair.- Estienne (Henri) FRANCOFORDIENSE EMPORIUM, SIVE FRANCOFORDIENSES NUNDINAE, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, collation: *4 ai8 k4, woodcut printer’s device to title, decorative head-pieces and initials, f2 short marginal tear at foot, small chip to outer margin of final f., some spotting and [water-]staining (including title), lightly browned, modern vellum, spine gilt, 8vo (164 x 100mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1574. ⁂ First and only edition of the printer’s own laudatory account of the Frankfurt Fair, based on his experiences selling books there the previous year. It includes descriptions of the merchandise for sale, including horses, weapons, clothing, and household goods.

There are many references to food and drink - ‘Besides praising the wines of Bacharach, Estienne cites a number of Greek and Roman authors who wrote for and against drunkenness’ (Simon).

Schreiber assesses it as ‘an extremely desirable and rare book, which today seldom comes on the market.’.

Provenance: ‘Paul Boiteau’ (19th century ink signature to head of title).

Literature: Adams S1768; Renouard Estienne, 139:2; Schreiber Estienne, 189; Simon, Bibliotheca Bacchia II, 235. £2,000 - 3,000

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50 Chess.- López de Segura (Ruy) IL GIUOCO DE GLI SCACCHI, translated from the Spanish by Giovanni Domenico Tarsia, FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN, collation: *4 A-Z Aa-Dd4, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut illustrations of a board and pieces, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, final f. with colophon recto otherwise blank, occasional early ink Italian marginalia and corrections to text, title with upper corner repaired and some soiling or staining, the odd very small wormhole, see in particular outer margins at end, spotting and staining, lightly browned, attractive antique style morocco, gilt, with olive branch decoration to covers, spine in compartments, small 4to (196 x 130mm.), Venice, Cornelio Arrivabene, 1584.

49 Early Songbook.- [Petri (Theodoricus)] [PIAE CANTIONES ECCLESIASTICAE ET SCOLASTICAE VETERUM EPISCOPORUM...], FIRST EDITION, collation: A-M⁸ N⁴, lacking 7ff. including title (A1&2, A7&8, E1, K8, L1), A7, E1 & K8 supplied in contemporary ink manuscript, interleaved with 5ff. of contemporary ink manuscript near start, trimmed close with some loss at head and foot, particularly at beginning, some ink notes and annotation in a contemporary hand, A3, B1 & I8 torn with some repairs and loss to text, B7, E7 & I2 with small loss to portion of text at fore-edge or corner, the odd other short tear or repair, colophon to final f. with some ink scribbles and repaired with loss, browning and staining, modern wrappers, preserved in card folder, small 8vo (130 x 80mm.), [Greifswald], [Augustin Ferber], [1582].

⁂ First Italian edition of this classic of the chess canon. Lopez gave his name to the most popular of all chess openings. His book was the first chess book to follow Damiano’s small treatise of 1512. The first part deals with the origin and utility of chess; the second provides a miscellaneous collection of openings; and the third and fourth parts are a severe critique of Damiano, with corrections of his moves, and new openings included.

Literature: Adams L1475; Palau 141991; EDIT 16 CNCE 29870. £2,000 - 3,000

⁂ A scarce collection of medieval spiritual songs. The work forms one of the oldest song books from the Nordic countries, printed in Greifswald, now in Germany but at the time part of Sweden.

The 74 songs are primarily in Latin, but with some also in Swedish, including the well-known Christmas songs “In dulci jubilo”, “Puer natus in Bethlehem”, “Personent hodie” and “Gaudete”. Scarce, with USTC recording 6 copies in Swedish libraries, and one in the National Library of Russia in St Petersburg. This is believed to be the only example in private hands.

Literature: VD16 P 1765. £2,000 - 3,000

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51 Christian cabalistic literature.- Pistorius (Johannes) ARTIS CABALISTICAE: HOC EST, RECONDITE THEOLOGIAE ET PHILOSOPHIAE, SCRIPTORUM, Vol.1 only [all published], FIRST EDITION, collation: ):(4 α-γ6 δ4 a-z A-Z AaFf6 Gg Hh4 Ii-Ll6 Mm4 Nn-Pp6 Qq4 Rr-Zz AA-OO6, Roman, Hebrew, Greek and italic letter, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer’s device, a few woodcut diagrams, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, small repairs to outer margin of first few ff., very small hole in final f. with loss of 1 letter, wormhole turning into trace as proceeds from around p.700 to end, some spotting and staining, mostly lightly browned, occasionally heavier, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, upper cover with central small gilt crowned letter F, lower cover with central small gilt arms, remains of ties, some staining and soiling, folio (301 x 210mm.), Basel, Sebastian Henricpetri, [April, 1587]. ⁂ First edition of this great compendium of Christian cabalistic literature. A planned second volume containing Jewish cabalistic works was never realised. Pistorius turned from Lutheranism to Calvinism, and then in 1558 entered the Catholic Church, becoming a priest in 1591, then vicar-general of Constance until 1594. He was an imperial councillor, cathedral provost of Breslau, Apostolic prothonotary, and in 1601 confessor to the Emperor Rudolph II. Literature: Adams P1315; Caillet 8702; VD 16 P3034. £3,000 - 4,000

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52 Emblemata.- Landwehr copy.- Epiphanius (Saint) TOU AGIOU PATROW HMON EPIFANIOU...AD PHYSIOLOGUM...EIUSDEM IN DIE FESTO PALMARUM SERMO...[GRAECE], edited by Consalus Ponce de Leon, collation: *8 A-H8 I4, title and text in Greek and Latin, title with small woodcut printer’s device, engraved near full-page portrait of Epiphanius by Joannes Adolus Leucosiensis after an icon at the monastery of Sula, 25 large engraved emblems within woodcut frames, probably by Pieter van der Borcht, woodcut decorative initials, privilege leaf at end, closely trimmed at head, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century mottled calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with double brown leather labels, rubbed, 8vo (163 x 101mm.), Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1588. ⁂ ‘Though not an emblem-book proper Epiphanius Ad Physiologum had a great influence on emblem-literature, and is rightly recorded among emblem-books in all catalogues.’ (Praz). The second edition of the Greek text of this important bestiary, wherein is a collection of allegories based on the qualities of animals. It includes bees, frogs, serpents and birds. Found here with an excellent provenance.

Provenance: John Landwehr (collector and bibliographer of emblem books), from his private collection of emblem books, sold Bloomsbury Auctions, 15th November, 2006, lot 10 (small bookplate to front free endpaper).

Literature: Adams E248; Landwehr, Low Countries, 230 (this copy); Praz p.328; Voet 1126. £2,000 - 3,000

53 Vatican library.- Pansa (Mutius) DELLA LIBRARIA VATICANA RAGIONAMENTI, FIRST EDITION, collation: *4 A-Z Aa-Yy4, woodcut printer’s device to title and recto of final f., woodcut samples of Hebrew, Syriac, Coptic, Phoenician, Etruscan, Armenian, Illyrian, Gothic, Arabic and other alphabets in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated and decorative initials, some spotting or staining (including water-stain to lower inner gutter in places), lightly browned, lacking front pastedown, 18th century calf, gilt, rebacked in lighter coloured modern gilt calf in compartments, corners little worn, some staining, rubbed and marked, small 4to (213 x 155mm.), Rome, [Giacomo Ruffinelli for] Giovanni Martinelli, 1590. ⁂ Important study of the Vatican library, its rich contents and projects. Includes ancient alphabets, the invention of printing in China, its later discovery by Gutenberg, and the arrival in Italy of the typographers Sweynheim and Pannartz in 1465. The recent establishment of the Vatican Press is also recorded.

Literature: Adams P172; Cicognara 4662; Mortimer, Italian, 353; EDIT 16 CNCE 29725. £1,200 - 1,800

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54 Chambers (David) DE SCOTORUM FORTITUDINE, DOCTRINA & PIETATE, FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, engraved printer’s device to title, woodcut initials and headpieces, 2O1 with short tears to edges (not affecting text), previous owner’s ink signature to front free endpaper, bookplate, spotting and staining, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Paris, Petri Baillet, 1631. £500 - 700

56 Binding.- Montereul (Bernardin de) L’HISTOIRE DE L’EGLISE NAISSANTE: comprise dans l’Explication des Actes des Apostres, engraved title vignette, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lightly browned, 16-line manuscript poem signed “Carolus Pajot SJ” to front free endpaper (hole to leaf below poem), contemporary tan calf richly tooled in gilt with double roll-tool border and central arms of Louis XIII surrounded by fleurs-de-lys, spine gilt in compartments with fleursde-lys, g.e., rather rubbed and scuffed, slight worming to joints at foot, 4to, Paris, Jean Camusat, 1639. £600 - 800

55 Emblemata.- Bourgogne (Antoine de) MUNDI LAPIS LYDIUS SIVE VANITAS PER VERITATE FALSI ACCUSATA & CONVICTA, FIRST EDITION, engraved title by Theodor Johannes van Merlen after Abraham van Diepenbeeck of 3 female allegories of Truth, Justice and Vanity, 50 engraved emblems by A. Pauli, one hand-coloured, occasional foxing, some minor marginal worming but just affecting engraved title, near contemporary mottled calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, [Landwehr, Emblem and Fable Books 98; Praz p.292], 4to, Antwerp, Viduae Joan.

Cnobbari, 1639. ⁂ Unusual emblem book in its pairing of each image with two instructive mottos, one describing the scene untruthfully (‘vanitas’) the other in its reality (‘veritas’), the subjects including marriage, political power, fame, eating habits etc. Antoine de Bourgogne (1594-1657) was Canon and Archdeacon of Bruges. £1,000 - 1,500 57 Bible, Greek.- HE KAINE DIATHEKE [NEW TESTAMENT], ‘Mazarin edition’, half-title, fine engraved title by Claude Mellan depicting an angel inscribing an obelisk beneath title on a scroll carried by three putti, imprint in Greek at foot, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials including large cul-de-lampe on verso of final leaf of text featuring arms of King Louis XIII, with final blank, some light browning and offsetting, occasional spotting, marginal soiling at beginning & end and water-staining to lower outer corner towards end, bookplate removed but with old ink shelf-mark to front pastedown, handsome contemporary red morocco tooled in gilt with central royal arms and rich roll-tooled border featuring fleurs-de-lys, spine gilt in compartments with title or fleur-de-lys and seven raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, g.e, rubbed and marked, upper cover a little stained, corners slightly worn, short split to head of upper joint, [D&M 4687], folio, Paris, Royal Printers, [1642]. ⁂ A handsome wide-margined copy of the magnificent edition “known as the ‘Mazarin edition’, since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal” (D&M). It is the first edition of the Greek New Testament from the Imprimerie Royale, founded by Louis XIII in 1640. It is a substantial reprint, with a few alterations, of the New Testament printed by the Elzeviers in 1624, adding a 30-page appendix of Variae lectiones. The text was set in Garamond’s Greek types, used by the Estienne dynasty of printers, and which subsequently became part of the type holdings of the Imprimerie Royale.

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59 Bosse (Abraham) TRAICTÉ DES MANIERES DE GRAVER EN TAILLE DOUCE SUR L’AIRIN, FIRST EDITION, 21 full-page engraved plates on 14 ff. including 2 additional engraved titles, dedication f., and 16 engraved plates, most printed on rectos and versos of the leaves, numbers 5 and 6 repeated as usual, front endpapers browned at margins and front endpapers working loose, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracked but holding firm, corners rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Bosse, 1645. ⁂ SCARCE FIRST EDITION

OF THE FIRST TREATISE ON INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING.

Bosse was a prolific engraver and author of several works on the arts of painting, drawing, and perspective. His treatise on the intaglio techniques, dedicated to “Messieurs les Amateurs” of the arts of engraving and etching, contains a lengthy and detailed series of instructions touching every aspect of engraving with a burin and etching on both hard- and soft-grounds.

58 Russian Orthodox Church.- Кириллова Поучителныя Слова [KIRILLOVA KNIGA], FIRST EDITION, printed in cyrillic lettering, in red and black, woodcut initials and headpieces, scattered ff. with ink library stamps, lacking 5 blanks, damp-stained and soiled, a few small paper repairs to chips or tears (no major loss to text), endpapers renewed, in a contemporary Russian binding of red straight-grain morocco over boards, tooled in blind and gilt to an ornate panel design with centre and corner pieces, lower cover with heart-shaped corner bosses and central boss, repairs to hinges in red morocco, a few small holes to lower cover, rubbing to spine and extremities, brass catches and remnants of leather clasps, edges gauffered and gilt, folio, Moscow, Pechatnyi dvor, 1644. ⁂ First edition of this influential Russian Orthodox theological compilation. The Kirilova kniga is deeply anti-catholic and antiprotestant, forming an anthology of Muscovite interpretation and apologetics, with themes such as identification of the Pope as the Anti-Christ. A key work in the attempt by Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich to convert Danish Lutheran Prince Waldemar to Russian Orthodoxy, it thereafter became one of the most popular printed books in seventeenth century Moscow, reprinted in the 18th century. Rare; WorldCat locates no copies in the UK, and only microfilm in the USA. Literature: Pozdeeva, 352; Zernova, 169.

Provenance: Aleksandr Polusharov Litovskii (inscription at foot of fifth leaf). Riga Orthodox Seminary (library stamp). £4,000 - 6,000

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The Property of a Gentleman 60 Silver binding.- Arndt (Johann) PARADIESS GÄRTLEIN, 2 parts in 1, title to part 1 printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, titles trimmed close at fore-edge just shaving text to part 2, occasional faint spotting, CONTEMPORARY GERMAN SILVER BINDING, FINELY ENGRAVED WITH RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AMIDST BAROQUE FOLIATE STRAPWORK, each cover with 5 engraved panels (4 circular at corners, one square in centre), an engraved angel’s head between the 2 upper panels and a moon between the 2 lower panels, spine with an engraved panel showing an obelisk resisting the elements, 2 clasps engraved with foliage, gilt flowered endpapers, housed in a custom drop-back box, slim 8vo (142 x 59mm.), Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1712-11. ⁂ The second part titled Christliches Buss-Beicht und CümmunionBuchlein. The five panels on each cover engraved with allegories of Christian faith. The upper cover features a compass, two hands supporting a crown of thorns, a grapevine from which water (?blood) falls, a lily, and a dove flying towards the sun with a mountainous landscape in the background and a tree stump in the foreground. The lower cover features a flying dove, flowers in the rain, the dove returning to Mount Ararat, a dove perched on a mountain top above the flood, and a hand pouring water into a flower pot.

Provenance: J. Dunn Gardner, December 22, 1871 (exhibition label to pastedown); ‘Heilbronner, Maximilianstrasse, Munich (late of Augsburg) [?a bookseller] 1879, 100 Gulden’ (pencil note to rear free endpaper); [Major] John Roland Abbey, no. 2657 (bookplate to front free endpaper; ink note to rear free endpaper ‘bought Oct 11th 1945. £45’); Bernard Breslauer; Sotheby’s, May 1985, lot 5, to Quaritch; Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (bookplate to inside drop-back box); Sotheby’s, 6th December 2000, lot 74; Percy Barnevik. £12,000 - 18,000

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EROTICA 61 [Argens (Jean Baptiste Boyer, Marquis d’), attibuted to] THERESE. PHILOSOPHE OU MÉMOIRES POUR SERVIR À L’HISTOIRE DE D. DIRRAG & DE MADEMOISELLE ERADICE, 2 parts in 1, “édition correcte et corrigée”, additional engraved title, 15 engraved plates, 3 of which folding, each plate labelled in contemporary ink manuscript to head, one or two subtle marginal repairs to text leaves, a few plates with highly skilful repairs to fore-edge, not affecting image, a few short tears into folding plates neatly repaired to verso, some light foxing and browning, handsomely bound in later crimson morocco, spine titled in gilt and with five raised bands, light rubbing to spine and corners, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., 8vo, A La Haye, [c.1748]. ⁂ A seemingly unrecorded edition in two parts.

Provenance: Gérard Nordmann (book-label; his sale, Christie’s Paris, 14th December 2006). £4,000 - 6,000

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62 Cleland (John) NOUVELLE TRADUCTION DE WOMAN OF PLEASUR, OU FILLE DE JOIE...CONTENANT LES MÉMOIRES DE MADEMOISELLE FANNY, 2 parts in 1, half-title, frontispiece and 14 plates [by Elluin after Borel], tissue-guards, text printed on blue-tinted paper, erotic bookplate with initials ‘T.F.’, one plate with short tear to fore-margin neatly repaired to verso, another with faint damp-stain, also to following text leaf, contemporary burgundy morocco, flat spine gilt in compartments, fawn morocco label lettered in gilt, covers with triple gilt fillet border, blue endpapers, g.e., 12mo, London [but Paris], G. Fenton [but Cazin], 1776. ⁂ A celebrated erotic novel in a handsome contemporary binding.

This is the second translation into French, but the first to include the exquisite plates by Elluin after Borel. These are some of the best illustrations by this remarkable partnership responsible for a number of important 18th-century libertine texts.

63 [Chorier (Nicolas)] LE MEURSIUS FRANÇOIS, OU ENTRETIENS GALANS D’ALOYSIA, 2 parts in 1, half-title to each part, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates [by Elluin after Borel], handsomely bound in crimson crushed morocco by Cuzin, spine with gilt lettering and five raised bands, gilt tooled turn-ins by Maillard, signed ‘Cuzin’ to foot of front turn-in and ‘Maillard dor.’ to rear, marbled endpapers, g.e., fractional rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy, 12mo, Cythere [but Paris], [Cazin], 1782. £2,000 - 3,000

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64 Hasidism.- Yoseph (Ya’akov, of Polonne) TOLEDOT YA’AKOV YOSEPH, FIRST EDITION, text in Hebrew, 2 ink stamps to title, title leaf extensively repaired with significant portion of text supplied in facsimile, some shaving to headlines, some expert repairs, mostly marginal but with very occasional small loss of text (mainly to verso of final leaf), p.18 silked, p.201 supplied in sympathetic facsimile, some very light browning and the occasional light stain, particularly towards end, handsomely bound in antique-style calf [by Courtland Benson], gilt, spine richly gilt and with red morocco label, marbled endpapers, small folio, Korets, Tzvi Hirsch b. Arye Leib & Samuel b. Yissachar Segal, 1780. ⁂ Rare first edition of the Toldos, the very first Hasidic work to be published. Important as an original source for hundreds of first hand quotes of the Baal Shem Tov’s teachings. According to Hasidic tradition, the book sold but few copies and was harshly suppressed, even put to the torch in a number of communities. £10,000 - 15,000

65 Bible, Russian. EVANGELIE IISUSA KHRISTA, 510ff., 4 engraved plates (one at start of each Gospel), text in Church Slavonic, printed in red and black within woodcut border, partly on blue paper, small marginal worming to first and last few ff., small puncture mark to first c.10ff., some light staining, a few marginal chips or short tears, one leaf torn with very small loss, wear to endpapers, elaborate contemporary silver-plated brass over wooden boards, in ornate bas-relief, upper cover incorporating five hand-painted oval porcelain medallions, depicting the Resurrection of Christ held within a monstrance cornered by the Four Evangelists, lower cover depicting a Biblical scene, most likely the Presentation at the Temple, four protruding screw fixtures to lower cover with some restoration, metal clasps, folio (binding 530 x 330mm.), Moscow, November 1783. ⁂ A striking example of 18th century Russian craftmanship.

According to a statement on the first page, these Gospels were printed on the orders of Catherine the Great in November 1783, for distribution by Christmas. £3,000 - 4,000

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67 Bound in the arms of the dedicatee.- Villette (Charles Louis de) OEUVRES, printed on ‘Papier de Guimauve’ [marshmallow], 20 samples of various kinds of paper made from plants and barks at end, some light spotting, marginal worm-holes to final few samples and rear free endpapers, handsomely bound in contemporary green morocco, gilt, covers with central gilt arms of the Marquis Ducrest, red morocco label to spine, very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, tiny chip to upper corner, g.e.,12mo, Londres [but Montargis], [Claude Lequatre], 1786. ⁂ Among the earliest European examples of printing on paper made from vegetable fibres. Dedicated to the Marquis Ducrest, chancellor of the House of Orléans. The dedication is written by Pierre Alexandre Léorier-Delisle, director of the Langlée paper mills near Montargis, in whose work Ducrest had taken a keen interest. The work was also issued on paper made from the bark of the lime-tree (ecorce de tilleul), with some copies seemingly also on blue and pink tinted rag-paper.

Provenance: Denise Weil-Scheler (book-label). £3,000 - 4,000

66 Pelée de Varennes (Marie-Joseph-Hippolyte) LES LOISIRS DES BORDS DU LOING, OU RECUEIL DE PIÈCES FUGITIVES, FIRST EDITION, printed on pink paper, half-title printed on paper white to recto and pink verso (title the same with colours reversed), WITH THE 15 LEAF SUPPLEMENT AT END, including 3 samples of vegetable paper and 10 samples of paper printed in different colours to recto and verso (including divisional title printed on pink and white), one or two short marginal tears, b1 very short tear into text without loss, a few faint spots, ink notes in French to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt and with black morocco label, shallow chip to spine head, some wear to corners, single tiny wormhole to foot of upper joint, little rubbed, blue endpapers, g.e., [Montargis], [?Claude Lequatre], 1784. ⁂ Printed on the initiative of Pierre Alexandre Léorier-Delisle, director of the Langlée paper mill. A very limited edition, most likely numbering 50 copies.

Provenance: De Cayrol (ink stamp to foot of title and front free endpaper; ink name to front free endpaper); engraved bookplate (?of the same). £4,000 - 6,000

68 Bodoni (Giambattista) MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO, 2 vol., vol.1 [14], lxxii, [2] pp., 265ff. printed on recto only, one leaf printed both sides (numbered 266-267) with the Index, vol.2 [2], 275ff. printed on recto only (with three folding sheets of music), last two leaves with index printed on both sides and numbered 276-279, seperate titles for each vol., engraved portrait of Bodoni by Francesco Rosaspina, after Andrea Appiani at beginning of vol.1 slightly foxed, original orange boards with printed spine labels, spines repaired, one corner of vol.1 slightly damaged, hinges a little weak but generally a fine, entirely uncut copy, [Brooks 1216 (Manuale) & 292 (Lettre)], 4to, 320 x 220mm., Parma, Giambattista Bodoni, 1818. ⁂ A MAGNIFICENT COPY OF BODONI’S MASTERPIECE, THE MOST ELABORATE SPECIMEN-BOOK EVER PRINTED. The Manuale was completed after Bodoni’s death by Luigi Orsi, director of the printing house at Parma, for the typographer’s widow. This work, printed in about 250 copies, contains examples of more than two hundred typefaces. It shows the impressive and unrivalled range of Bodoni’s types, presenting Roman, Greek, Cyrillic and exotic alphabets, together with their versions in italic, capitals, etc., and ending with type-ornaments.

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69 Italian poets.- Bottura (A., editor) BIBLIOTECA POETICA ITALIANA, 30 vol., half-titles, some vol. with engraved frontispieces, scattered light foxing, contemporary green morocco, gilt, vol. 25 and 27 with fore-edges worn, spines lightly sunned, g.e., 16mo, Paris, Lefevre, 1820-22 £800 - 1,200

70 Iceland.- Hoppe (P.F., editor) REGISTER YFIR ÍSLANDS STIFTISBÓKASAFN; Catalog over Islands Stiftsbibliothek, FIRST EDITION, preliminaries in Icelandic and German, light foxing, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, gilt-stamped roan label to upper cover and spine (in English), rubbed, corners worn, 8vo, Copenhagen, L.J.Jacobsen, 1828. ⁂ Scarce catalogue of the books in the public library in Reykjavik, Iceland. Library Hub records 5 copies in UK. £500 - 700

71 Napoleon.- [SERGÜZEST HÜLÂSA TERCÜMESI: AFRIKA CEZAYIRINDEN SANTA ELENE NAM CEZIREDEN VASIL OLUP OL TARAFDA CEZIRE BEND OLAN BONAPARTA’NIN SERGÜZESTINI SÂMIL FRANSEVÎYU’L-IBARE BIR KITA RISALENIN ...], [OTTOMAN TURKISH], FIRST TURKISH EDITION, previous owner’s ink inscription to free endpaper, occasional ink-stamps, one or two partially erased, tiny marginal worming towards end, contemporary calf-backed boards, defective backstrip but holding firm, rubbed, 8vo, Cairo, 1247, [1831]. ⁂ Rare. Only two copies on World Cat at Cornell University Library and Bogaziçi University Library.

A first-hand account of Napoleon Bonaparte, telling the story of his first year on St. Helena, describing daily life there, as well as including sections on Napoleon’s history. “The memorial portrays Napoleon as a liberal conduit of the French Revolution, and the book was to become a vademecum for European liberals like Heine. Stendhal’s protagonist from his novel Scarlet and Black (1830), Julien Sorel, is the quintessential model of this sort of liberal figure obsessed with Napoleon and his Empire, the Memorial always in his hand.” (Hicks) £600 - 800

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72 Peçevi (Ibrahim) TARIH-I PEÇEVÎ [PECHEVI’S HISTORY], 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, vol. 1 printed on yellow paper and with previous owner’s manuscript notes to blank, vol. 2 lacking free endpapers, title in manuscript to early blank, faint ink-stamp and small loss to final ff. not affecting text, vol. 1 in contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, vol. 2 in calf-backed boards, backstrip split at joints with crude tape repairs, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Istambul, Matbaa-i Âmire, 1866 [AH. 1283]. ⁂ Ibrahim Peçevi (1572-1650) was famous for this work on the history of the Ottoman Empire, the main reference for the period 1520-1640. The information about older events was taken from previous works and the narrations of veterans. Peçevi’s times are described first hand and from tale of witnesses. He carefully referenced all quotations. Peçevi was also one of the first Ottoman historians who used European written sources, and makes reference to Hungarian historians. £500 - 700 73 Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle) SEPT DIALOGUES DE BÊTES, ONE OF 25 COPIES ON VERGE D’ARCHES, illustrations by Jacques Nam, original wrappers bound in, FINELY BOUND IN BROWN CALF, BY CARAYON, EMBOSSED AND HAND-PAINTED IN A JAPANESE-STYLE DESIGN OF INTERLACING FLOWERS, LEAVES AND INSECTS across covers and spine, signed ‘E. Carayon’ in blind to foot of front pastedown, charming pictorial endpapers of birds among branches of blossom, t.e.g., very light rubbing to spine ends, joints and corners, barely perceptible repair to head of upper joint, preserved in modern green morocco drop-back box, 8vo (binding 200 x 130mm.), Paris, Mercure de France, 1912. £3,000 - 4,000

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74 [Missale Romanum], Latin, INCIPIT ORDO MISSALIS SECUNDUM CONSUETUDINEM CURIAE ROMANI, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 234ff., collation: [1]8, [2]10, [3]10, [4]10, [5]10, [6]10, [7]8, [8]8, [9]8, [10]8, [11]8, [12]11, [13]8, [14]8, [15]8, [16]4, [17]10, [18]22, [19]10, [20]10, [21]10, [22]10, [23]10, [24]10, [25]10; in several hands, 25 to 31 lines, double column in black ink with red captions and passages, TWO HISTORIATED INITIALS IN RED, BLUE, GREEN, PINK, OFF-WHITE AND LIQUID GOLD WITH FLORAL EXTENSIONS ALONG MARGINS DEPICTING KING SOLOMON AND CHRIST ON THE CROSS, numerous two and three-line initials in blue or red, 19th century ink inscription on fly-leaf, first f. browned and soiled, fol. 18 excised at ?early date, fol. 23 and fol. 233 small tear with loss in lower margin, other very small corner tears affecting 5ff. towards end, initial and final two leaves with mainly marginal spotting, last 22. water-stained, a few pieces of text abraded affecting legibility, some ff. slightly spotted and marked, later endpapers, bound in early 19th century calf, gilt-tooled borders, rubbed, corners repaired, gilt spine rebacked preserving 19th century label, by Birdsall of Northampton with printed label on front pastedown, 8vo (118 x 167mm.), Milan, [c. 1400]. ⁂ This Latin handbook with instructions and liturgical texts for saying mass for the priest’s use is of Milanese origin as is clear from the style of the historiated initials. It was produced by more than one scribe, on a variety of vellum leaves, and has the vestiges of a French influenced hand. It opens with ‘Incipit ordo missalis secundum consuetudinem Curiae Romani’ and the fine initial depicting King Solomon at prayer. Leaf [99] opens with the second historiated initial, depicting Christ on the cross.

Provenance: Early 19th century calligraphic inscription on initial blank paper leaf stating that the book was in the library of Abbé Luigi Celotti (17591843), an Italian art dealer and collector of illuminated miniatures and that, in 1821, it was given

by Henry Drury to one William Thornton of Harrow.

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75 Norfolk, Paston and Bromholm or Bacton.- CHARTER, grant by Warin son of Herman de Pastune [Paston] to the monks of St Andrew’s Priory of Bromholm of one acre in the village of Paston, witnesses: Richard Letauamer, William Calchelhose, John of Paston, Ralph of Winchester, Robert of Wardeboys and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a fine charter hand, 11 lines, medieval and later docket on dorse, lacks seal, a few small tears in margins, tear in lower margin where seal was appended, folds, creased and browned, 123 x 175mm., [c. 1200]. ⁂ The priory of Bromholm, dedicated to St. Andrew, was founded in 1113 by William de Glanvill, and was made subordinate to the Cluniac house of Castle Acre. It became a place of pilgrimage because of its possession of a cross made from fragments of the true cross. According to Matthew Paris it was brought to England in 1223 by a monk serving in the chapel of the Emperor of Byzantine in Constantinople. The monk absconded on the emperor’s death and brought it to England, and made it a condition of bestowing it on any monastery that he and his two sons should be admitted as monks. The monks of St. Albans and other great houses demurred, but the monastery of Bromholm believed the priest’s story and agreed to his terms, and the cross was set up in their church. The priory was suppressed in 1537.

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£800 - 1,200 76 Charles II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1630-85) INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR TRUSTY AND WELBELOV’D SR ROBERT SOUTHWELL KNT., WHOM WE HAVE APPOINTED OUR ENVOYE EXTRAORDINARY TO THE ELECTOR OF SAXONY, D.s. “Charles R” and “CR”, manuscript, 7pp., very small remains of red wax seal at head, small wormtrack in left margins, folds, folio, 21st May 1680. ⁂ An embassy led by Sir Robert Southwell to the elector of Saxony. The mission was connected with a scheme to construct an alliance with Brandenburg and Saxony against France, but such diplomacy was not to the taste of Charles II, moving in the orbit of France. He was recalled in 1681.

Sir Robert Southwell (1635-1702), diplomat and government official. £800 - 1,200

77 Conjuring.- Buchinger (Matthew) CALLIGRAPHIC SPECIMEN, autograph manuscript ornamental head-piece incorporating large capital ABC on left and in reverse on right either side of “April the 5 1732” and above “This was Written by / Matthew Buchinger [upside down] / born Without / Hands or Feet [back to front] / 1674 / in Germany [back to front], c.115x 82mm., evenly browned, small worm hole to lower corner, framed under glass, 1723/4. ⁂ Despite being born without hands or feet Buchinger became an accomplished artist, musician and magician known as the “Little Man from Nuremberg”. He was especially famous for his micrography where he created illustrations using miniscule texts. £1,000 - 1,500

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78 Genealogy.- Berney family (of Norfolk).- PEDIGREE ROLL OF THE LINE OF DESCENT FROM SIR ROGER DE BERNEY AND CLEMENT CLOPTON TO THOMAS BERNEY, manuscript on 12 vellum membranes, manuscript names within roundels (some empty), 2 large family coats of arms at tail (one torn with loss), numerous coats of arms in red, blue, gold and other colours, wooden rollers at head and tail, lower four membranes creased and soiled, housed in a wooden box, c. 2.7 metres (c. 9 feet) x c. 3.6 metres (c. 12 feet), [c. 1680s]. ⁂ The pedigree relates in the main to the Norfolk based Berney family with their connections to other families through marriage. One of the oldest families in Norfolk, this pedigree starts with the name of Sir Roger de Berney (c. 1175) and Clement Clopton and finishes with the name of Thomas Berney, recorded here as being baptised in 1677. The Berney’s lived successively at Reedham, Swardeston and Bracon Ash. £4,000 - 6,000

79 [Fréret (Nicholas, classical and Chinese scholar and chronologist, 1688-1749)] [EXAMEN CRITIQUE DU NOUVEAU TESTAMENT], manuscript in French, 325pp., slightly browned, ink inscriptions on fly-leaf, remains of engraved bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary patterned calf, gilt panelled spine, red morocco gilt label on spine, sm. 4to, [c. 1780s]. ⁂ Fréret wrote on history, chronology, geography, mythology and religion. He investigated the mythology of the Greeks, the Celts, the Germans, the Chinese and the Indians. He was one of the first scholars of Europe to undertake the study of the Chinese language. £1,000 - 1,500

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80 Priestley (Joseph, theologian and natural philosopher, isolated and identified seven gases including oxygen, 1733-1804) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO DR [BENJAMIN SMITH] BARTON IN PHILADELPHIA, 3pp. with address panel, 4to, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, 16th June 1796, on the subject of the doctrine of phlogiston, botanical experiments, Barton’s New Views of the Origins of the Tribes and Nations of America and glassware for chemical experiments, “I wrote to you some time ago... to request... you would be so good as to correct the press for a pamphlet I wished to publish on the subject of the doctrine of phlogiston. By this post I have sent the MS to Mr Dobson, with directions concerning it. I wish you would inform him that my name must be put in the title page as in my other publications, the running title should be The doctrine / of Phlogiston. In the MS I have used the following constructions d/d for dephlogisticated - p/d for phlogisticated - p/n for phlogiston. As you are a botanist, I wish you would get me... some seeds of the Epilobium hirsutum, as I wish to make some experiments upon it, and I cannot find it here. If I remember right, it flowers late in England. Is your ingenious paper on the Indian Antiquities printed and I ordered by Mr Russell some glass balls and tubes, to be made at Mr Nicholson’s Manufactory, and to be joined by Mr Gatti the glass blower...”, remains of red wax seal, Britannia watermark, split at central fold and professionally repaired, small hole where opened, folds, slightly browned. ⁂ An important letter written from the town in Pennsylvania where Priestley and his wife Sarah lived after leaving England in 1794. The recipient, Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815) was one of the central figures in Philadelphia’s scientific establishment and the author of several influential works including New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America, 1798, to which Priestley alludes to in this letter. Priestley, a theologian and dissenting minister is generally credited with the discovery of oxygen, which he called ‘dephlogisticated air’. There were, however, other claims to this discovery, notably that of Antoine Lavoisier. Priestley also discovered a number of other gases, but it was his determination to continue with the phlogiston theory or ‘doctrine’, namely that an element phlogiston was released during combustion, that left him somewhat isolated from the general scientific community. His political beliefs rather than his scientific standing had led to his self-imposed exile to America towards the end of his life.

81 Heraldry.- Heard (Sir Isaac, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1730-1822) & George Harrison, Clarenceux King of Arms) GRANT OF ARMS AND AWARD OF THE NAME TATHWELL TO BENJAMIN TATHWELL OF STAMFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE, Ds., large watercolour coat of arms in left hand corner and 3 other coats of arms at head, manuscript on vellum, 2 wax seals in black and gilt floral decorated metal skippets (detached), manuscript pedigree of the Baker/Tathwell family of Dorset loosely inserted, preserved in a contemporary blind-stamped calf box lined with Dutch floral paper, rubbed, upper cover loose, 550 x 500mm., 1804. £600 - 800

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82 Arnold (Thomas, headmaster and historian, 1795-1842) LONG AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND THE REV F.C. BLACKSTONE, 4pp. and address panel, red wax seal, sm. 4to, Rugby, 28th September 1828, describing his impressions of Rugby a month after taking over the headmastership, “...I like it hitherto beyond my Expectation, but of Course a Month is a very short Time to judge from...”; he goes on to describe both his aspirations and what he has accomplished so far, as regards working with the sixth form, “...I am trying to establish something of a friendly Intercourse with the sixth Form, by asking them in Succession in Parties of four, in to Dinner with us; and I have them each separately up into my Room to look over their Exercises...”; the curriculum (which he sets out in detail), examinations, “...I am not done with my Alterations, nor probably ever shall have: I am going to have an Examination for every Form in the School at the [end] of the short half Year in all the Business done in the half Year - in Divinity, Greek & Latin, Arithmetic, History Geography & Chronology; — with 1st & 2nd Classes, & Prize Books for those who do well...”; discipline, “...There has been no Flogging yet, and I hope that there will be none; and surprisingly few Irregularities; — I chastise at first by very gentle Impositions, — which are raised for a Repetition of Offences; — flogging will be only my Ratio ultima, — and talking I shall try to the utmost: I believe that Boys may be governed a great Deal by gentle Methods and Kindness, and appealing to their better Feelings, if you show that you are not afraid of them; -- I have seen great Boys six Feet high shed Tears when I have sent for them up into my Room and spoken to them quietly in private for not knowing their Lesson...”; he also sends news of his wife and their new baby; seal-tear affecting one word, very slight splits at folds, slightly browned.

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⁂ Thomas Arnold’s first impressions as the new headmaster of Rugby school. Extracts of this letter were printed by his old pupil Dean Stanley in the Life and Letters, pp.242-3. “When Arnold took over the headmastership Rugby School was suffering from a general decline which was widespread in public schools at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Low moral standards, harsh discipline, and ossified teaching methods had shaken public confidence in them. Arnold proved himself a natural leader and, by the force of his ideals and personality, reinvigorated the school’s systems. He established the principle of headmagisterial independence, restored confidence in the public school system generally, and confirmed Rugby’s position as one of the leading schools.”

- Oxford DNB. £1,000 - 1,500

⁂ A partial translation of the Key of Solomon, similar to that of Sibley’s Clavis, although it is debatable to what extent Hunter may or may not have relied upon the Clavis translation. A mixture of Jewish and Arabic mysticism with later medieval magic, probably originally produced in Italy in the 14th century.

84 Royal Navy.- Cochrane (Ernest Grey Lambton, as naval cadet, later captain, youngest son of Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, tenth Earl of Dundonald, of Red Castle, County Donegal, 1834-1911) LOG OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF H. M. SHIP “VICTORY”... LOG OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF H. M. SHIP “TRAFALGAR”... A LOG OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF H. M. SLOOP “HELENA”..., titles and 141pp. excluding blanks, folio, 1847-48 § Cockburn (J. H., Rear Admiral) Log of the Proceedings on board H.M.S. “Forte”, from Calcutta to Plymouth, via Madras, Bombay, Ras Hafun, Seychelles, Johanna, Mauritius, St. Helena... Log of H. M. S. Duke of Wellington, from Portsmouth to, via Gibraltar, Malta, Madeira, Halifax, Sydney, Bermuda, Barbados, Antigua, Jamaica, Havana, titles and 208pp. excluding blanks, manuscript map and photograph of ship tipped in, folio, 1871-73 § Naples (Charles) Journal and Weather Register of the ship “Genii” on her voyage from Cardiff to Rio de Janeiro, then to a Rice port in India, and back home to Liverpool, manuscript title and 259pp., printed pp. with manuscript insertions, last few pp. “Remarks” loose, small tear at tail, original half calf, rubbed, 4to, 1873, manuscripts, a few ink marks, first two original half morocco, rubbed, v.s. (3).

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83 Solomonic Magic.- THE KEYS OF RABBI SOLOMON TRANSLATED ACCURATELY FROM THE HEBREW INTO ENGLISH BY EDWARD HUNTER, The whole embelished by a vast number of mysterious figures, Talismans, Pentacles, manuscript, title and 56pp., in red and black ink, numerous drawings of symbols in the text, ruled in red throughout, title slightly browned and soiled, new endpapers, bound in modern dark red crushed and polished morocco with blind-stamped symbols, housed in custom folding case lined in silk. in the text, watermarked “Whatman, 1827”, 4to, [c. 1830].

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85 Arabic manuscript.- Abu Nuwas al-hasan b. Hani al-Hakami (classical Arabic poet, c.756-early 9th century CE) DIWAN, manuscript in Arabic, on 19th-century Russian wove paper, lightly burnished, with the blind-stamp of Factory No.4 Sergiev(a), c.355pp., copied by Muhammad bin Abi Turab (potentially a pseudonym), in an informal hand, with numerous ink notes and corrections (by the same), trimmed at fore-edge affecting some notes, toning, occasional light staining or soiling, final few ff. almost loose, contemporary sheep, paper label to spine titled in ink, some staining, particularly to head of lower cover, rubbed, lower joint with small loss to head, 4to (215 x 170mm.), n.p., c.1287 AH [c.1870 CE]. ⁂ This copy of the Diwan is in the recension of al-Suli, the earliest of those in circulation, divided into ten chapters, arranged by theme (wine poetry, love poetry (including same-sex), ascetic verses, &c), and, though brief, light on spuriously attributed verses compared to more capacious later recensions. While the location of the manuscript is not stated, Iran to Istanbul seems the likely geographic range. Copies of the Diwan are uncommon, even institutionally. £500 - 700

87 Chaplin (Sir Charles, “Charlie”, film actor and director, 18891977) and Sir Harry Lauder (Scottish singer and comedian, 1870-1950). PHOTOGRAPH OF CHAPLIN AND LAUDER SIGNED BY BOTH AT FOOT, 240 x 190mm., light creasing some rubbing, [c.1918]; and 5 others, including another signed photograph of Lauder and letters and a legal document, v.s. (6) ⁂ A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF TWO OF THE LEADING COMIC PERFORMERS OF

THEIR DAY. Lauder and Chaplin only appeared together in a 1918

short film, signed photographs of the two stars together are exceptionally rare, we have been able to trace no other examples at auction and THIS MAY BE THE ONLY EXAMPLE.

The letters and legal document (dated 1928) relate to a settlement between Lauder and a Mabel Jarman (the original owner of the present lot) in which Jarman agreed to hand over a number of letters for the significant sum of £780. £2,000 - 3,000

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86 German (Sir Edward, composer, 1862-1936) OVERTURE TO MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, autograph music score, initialed and dated ‘EG Jan 30/98’ at end, 62pp., various corrections and additions in pencil, blue pencil and red ink, first f. browned and a little chipped at upper margin, some toning and light soiling, contemporary cloth-backed wrappers, paper label to upper cover with title and name of composer in ink (in another hand) and ‘Full Score’ above, covers chipped and worn and detached, 1898; and 3 pieces of related ephemera, including a contemporary programme for Much Ado About Nothing at St. James’s Theatre, King Street with music by German, and 2 press photographs, v.s. (score 380 x 280mm.) (4)

88 Charles III (King, as Prince of Wales, b. 1948) & Diana (Princess of Wales, 1961-97) 2 CHRISTMAS CARDS SIGNED “CHARLES” AND “CHARLES AND DIANA”, each featuring a black and white or colour photograph to the inside, two gold embossed crests on upper covers, one with light markings to signed page, c.200 x 150mm, 1992 & [1995].

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ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY

89 Duff (E. Gordon) WILLIAM CAXTON, ONE OF 252 COPIES, WITH A SINGLE LEAF FROM THE 1478 FIRST EDITION OF THE CAXTON PRINTED CANTERBURY TALES loosely inserted, 26 collotype plates, Caxton leaf with a few very small stab-holes to inner margin and skilful marginal repairs, original clothbacked grey-green boards, printed paper label to spine, uncut, cloth slip-case (rubbed), folio, Chicago, Printed for the Caxton Club at the Lakeside Press, 1905. ⁂ While containing a leaf from Caxton’s Tales, this copy is not one of the 148 copies originally issued with the leaf in an envelope at the rear of the volume and a special limitation page. The leaf contains text from The Tale of Melibius.

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90 Voragine (Jacobus de) THE GOLDEN LEGEND, TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM CAXTON, 244 of 260ff. (lacks A1-3, A8, B1, B8, P1, P8, B3, L1, L2, L8-10), double column, black letter, e5 very large woodcut, numerous large initials with pictorial woodcuts, some lacking ff. supplied in facsimile, O7 half of one column cut away, A4 & 5 lower margins torn and repaired, B2 torn with small loss of text, slightly browned, early ink inscription on one lower margin, later endpapers, bound in 17th century calf, gilt centrepiece of flowers and scrolls around an oval, slightly rubbed and with some slight surface wear, rebacked with the original spine laid down, [ESTC S101014], folio, London, Julian Notary, 1504. ⁂ Very rare early edition of the Golden Legend (Legenda Aurea) in English, highly important for containing Caxton’s pre-Tyndale translations of Bible texts. One of the most popular and influential books of the Middle Ages, the Golden Legend went through some 10 editions in English before 1528.

Despite the large number of copies originally printed, only some 75 copies in total of these early English editions have survived, many of them imperfect. Of this 1504 edition, which appears to be the fifth edition of the text, ESTC records only 13 extant copies (some of them imperfect); this present copy is unrecorded.

In making his translation of the Golden Legend, Caxton used both a Latin original and a French version together with a prior middle-English translation. He both omitted some of the legends found in Voragine’s original, and also added extra stories of English and Irish saints. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY CAXTON INCLUDED MA JOR PORTIONS OF THE BIBLE IN HIS WORK: he included an extensive life of Christ extracted from the Vulgate text of the New Testament (found in some versions of the Latin original), AND VERY IMPORTANTLY AND UNIQUELY HE FURTHER ADDED A SEQUENCE OF OLD TESTAMENT LIVES AND STORIES FROM ADAM THROUGH TO JUDITH. Though Caxton took some literary license with his source texts, Caxton’s Bible translations followed the original Hebrew text rather closely - a remarkably daring circumvention of the pre-Tyndale law that prohibited the publication of the bible in English. Indeed, the great popularity of Caxton’s Golden Legend in the years before Tyndale must in some measure be attributed to the fact that this book was really the only printed form of the Bible in English. In choosing Old Testament texts for translation, Caxton essentially selected the most engaging and familiar narratives of the Old Testament: and we find here recounted the story of the Creation, the Garden of Eden, the Exodus from Egypt, the giving (and listing) of the Ten Commandments, the building of Solomon’s Temple etc. £15,000 - 20,000 46

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LAW 91 INTRATIONUM EXCELLENTISSIMUS LIBER, FIRST EDITION, printed in black letter, title in red and black with large woodcut arms on verso, woodcut initials and typographic devices at end of paragraphs, fine large woodcut device on verso of final leaf, some foxing, marginal browning, 19th century russia, the covers with large panels with lozenge shaped hatching incorporating Tudor roses, all within gilt and blind rules, joints and spine ends repaired, a little rubbed, [STC 14116; Ames II p.441 “very rare book”], folio, Richard Pynson, 1510. ⁂ RARE AND IMPORTANT ENGLISH LEGAL POST-INCUNABLE WITH EVIDENCE OF CONTEMPORARY OWNERSHIP. It comprises the precedents for most forms of legal proceedings then in use, in real, personal and mixed actions, civil and criminal, as well as valuable information on the preparation of writs and execution.

Provenance: W. Crofton (contemporary signature at head of title, and with his 2-line acquisition note beneath printer’s device at end recording his purchase from the London bookseller and printer Robert Redman on 15 February 1539 for the (then very substantial) sum of ten shillings. £8,000 - 12,000 92 Tudor Law.- [ENGLISH STATUTES FROM THE REIGNS OF HENRY VIII, MARY I, AND ELIZABETH I, 1511-1593], together 14 vol., black letter, woodcut initials, vol. Henry VIII XXIIII lower margins dampstained, vol. Henry VIII Anno XXXII 1f. torn without loss and very slight worming, 3 other vol. with some slight scattered staining, some ff. slightly browned, some contemporary ink annotations in margins, bookplates of Willis Vickery and 5 vol. with Arthur H Clark bookseller's tickets on front pastedowns, all bound in late 19th or early 20th century half morocco or calf, gilt spines, some with minor rubbing and wear and skilfully repaired, folio (not uniform size), Thomas Berthelet and Thomas Powell, 1511, 1523, 1529,1532, 1534, 1536, 1539-42, 1545, 1554, 1555, 1558, 1592-3. ⁂ A collection of English statutes issued during the reigns of Henry VIII, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, all published in London in the 16th century, some published in the same year as the issue of the statutes. The Acts include some of the most significant moments in Tudor and history - the Act establishing Henry VIII as head of the Church of England, the Act dissolving all remaining monasteries, the Treason Act by which Thomas More was executed, the Act re-establishing Elizabeth as head of the Church following Mary's reversal and that reintroducing the Anglican Prayer Book. This significant collection aptly illustrates the political and religious turmoil of the time, from the beginning to the conclusion of the English Reformation. All are in 16th century printings, mostly somewhat later, but those for 1539, 1554, 1559, and 1593 are printed in the same year and are therefore perhaps first printings. A complete list of the contents is available upon request.

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93 Breton (John le) BRITTON, FIRST EDITION, black letter, woodcut royal arms to title, publisher’s woodcut device at end, bookplate to title verso, 2P4 to end, tiny worming to bottom margin not affecting text, faint marginal chipping to first few ff., neat ink note to title, faded “Law Library of Los Angeles County” ink-stencil to bottom edges, modern calf, lightly sunned spine, [STC 3803], 8vo, Robert Redman, [?1533]. ⁂ An important summary of English law, this the oldest English book in Law-French, probably ordered by Edward I in his desire to produce a digest of English law similar to Justinian’s Institutes.

The origin and authorship of this work has been much disputed.

It has been attributed to John le Breton, bishop of Hereford, on the authority of a passage found in a manuscript of the history of Matthew of Westminster; there are difficulties, however, involved in this theory, inasmuch as the bishop of Hereford died in 1275, whereas allusions are made in Britton to several statutes passed after that time, and more particularly to the well-known statute Quia emptores terrarum, which was passed in 1290.

Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Richard Towneley (1629-1707), the English mathematician, astronomer and natural philosopher.

He was from Townley, near Burnley. £3,500 - 4,500 ____________________________________

94 More (Sir Thomas, Saint) THE WORKES, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF THE COMPLETE WORKS, largely printed in black letter, title within fine woodcut border incorporating Royal arms at head, woodcut initials, title a little dusty and stained, thumb marks and minor marginal stains to first few leaves, B4 with tear repaired to margin on verso, a few other short marginal tears, occasional soiling and minor staining, light waterstain to upper margins of last few leaves, old unpared ox-hide over probably original wooden boards, later black morocco spine label, new endpapers, [STC 18076; Pforzheimer 743], folio, John Cawood, John Waly, and Richarde Tottell, 1557. ⁂ A very good copy of this important first English edition of the complete works of “the man for all seasons”, edited by his nephew William Rastell, arranged in chronological order and with marginal notes and a dedication to Queen Mary. It is also a source-book for Shakespeare’s Richard III. “Given the conditions that More faced in the Tower of London during his last year it is all the more remarkable that he continued his writings. Towards the end, when paper and pen had been taken from him, he still managed to write letters in charcoal to the family. His Treatise on the Passion and the Latin version, Exposito passionis, give a vivid account of Christ’s last hours before his death on the Cross, and his Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation is sometimes regarded as his finest work in English” (Keith Watson, Sir Thomas More).

Provenance: George Smith (ink inscription on title verso dated 1771); beneath early English note on the life of More initialled “E.D.” £12,000 - 16,000

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95 Education of Princes.- Elyot (Sir Thomas) THE BOKE NAMED THE GOVERNOUR, black letter, 4pp. faint water-staining towards end, bookplate and occasional blind-stamps of the Earls of Macclesfield, ‘Godly Prayers’ at beginning, first ff. with marginal hole just touching odd letter and tear into text, marginal worming to last few ff., lacking endpapers, contemporary calf, lacking ties, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [STC 7640; PMM 61 (first edition)], 8vo, [Thomas Marsh], 1557. ⁂ The present work is the most important of Elyot’s writings. First published in 1531 and humanist in approach, it argues for a system where the monarch has unlimited power and discusses the educational needs of such future princes, from reading to exercise and music. £4,000 - 6,000

96 Edward Alleyn’s copy.- Knox (John) AN ANSWER TO A GREAT NOMBER OF BLASPHEMOUS CAUILLATIONS WRITTEN BY AN ANABAPTIST, FIRST EDITION,with final errata leaf, title leaf tipped-in a touch high and a little frayed at edges, EDWARD ALLEYN’S COPY WITH HIS INK OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION ‘EDWARD ALLEYN 1605’ to head of title, a few headlines trimmed with loss of text, very occasional contemporary ink underlining or passagemarking, light browning and some very faint spotting, occasional light soiling, final few leaves frayed at lower outer corner, errata with early ink inscriptions to verso, later calf, slight bowing to covers, a few ink marks, rubbed, [STC 15060], 8vo (155 x 95mm.), [Geneva], Printed by Iohn Crespin, 1560. ⁂ An impassioned defence of Calvin and the doctrine of predestination, almost certainly the copy of Edward Alleyn (15661626), one of the leading figures of Elizabethan theatre. As a member of the Lord Admiral's Men, Alleyn was the first actor to play Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine, and Barabas in The Jew of Malta, parts which were probably written for him. In 1605, Alleyn bought the memorial estate of Dulwich from Sir Francis Calton, establishing a school which he called 'Alleyn's College of God's Gift', now Dulwich College. The archive of Dulwich College contains an impressive selection of documents in Alleyn's hand (digitised through the Henslowe-Alleyn Project). While his signature does seem to differ quite widely, the inscription here most closely resembles the more informal signatures found in Alleyn's personal letters, in particular MS1 Art9 & Art11, which include his characteristic trailing letter 'n'.

Provenance: John Webb (ink name to verso of errata leaf); Richard Smith 'Bought out of the Reverend Mr Marsh's Library 1786' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); John Pearson 1810 (various ink inscriptions to endpapers and to upper cover). £4,000 - 6,000

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97 Bible, Latin. BIBLIA, AD VETUSTISSIMA EXEMPLARIA CASTIGATA, 2 parts in 1, THOMAS MOUNDEFORD’S COPY with his ink ownership inscription at head of title “T Moundeford pric. 5 s”) and on colophon at end and numerous ink annotations and quotations from the Bible throughout with underlining in the text (in two different hands by Moundeford, the first a regular secretary and the second a formal italic), later FRANCIS HUTCHESON’S COPY with his ink signature on *2 at beginning and engraved bookplate on front pastedown, woodcut architectural title border, I7 verso printed correction slip pasted in at tail, blank f. at end of each part, small hole in tail of title, margins cropped affecting manuscript notes, a few scattered marks, slightly browned, 18th century speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments with tulip decoration, front free endpaper and upper cover loose, slightly rubbed, lower joint splitting, [D&M 6150], 8vo, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1567.

Provenance: (1). Thomas Moundeford (1550-1630), physician; president of the College of Physicians. “Moundeford published in 1622 a small book entitled Vir bonus, dedicated to James I, to John, bishop of Lincoln, and to four judges, Sir James Lee, Sir Julius Caesar, Sir Henry Hobart, and Sir Laurence Tanfield. This large legal acquaintance was due to the fact that one of his daughters, Bridget, had, in 1606, married Sir John Bramston (1577-1654), who became, in 1635, chief justice of the king’s bench. He praises the king, denounces smoking, alludes to the Basilicon doron, and shows that he was well read in Cicero, Tertullian, the Greek Testament, and the Latin Bible, and expresses admiration of Beza.” - Oxford DNB. (2). Frances Hutcheson (1694-1746), moral philosopher; Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and an important influence on several Enlightenment thinkers including David Hume and Adam Smith. Author of “A System of Moral Philosophy, published by subscription in 1755, and his Inquiries, Essay, and Illustrations, were widely used in Scottish and American universities in the eighteenth century. The interpretation and relevance of his moral philosophy remains a subject of active scholarly interest and controversy.” - Oxford DNB. £2,000 - 3,000 50

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99 Law.- Bracton (Henry de) DE LEGIBUS & CONSUETUDINIBUS ANGLIÆ LIBRI, FIRST EDITION, historiated initials, title with small loss to upper corner, previous owner's ink inscriptions to front free endpaper & title, front free endpaper with small chipping and loss to edges, neatly restored, occasional ink and pencil marginal notes in various hands, scattered spotting, modern calf, [PMM 89; STC 3475], folio, Richard Tottell, 1569. ⁂ Divided into five books, each subdivided into chapters with subheadings whose contents are listed in detail in the extensive index in order of appearance, Bracton's 'De Legibus', completed in the 1250s, occupies a unique position in the history of the common law. It is the first attempt to treat the whole extent of English law in a manner both systematic and practical, it constitutes the first modern English law book and it is the outstanding legal work of any English writer of the Middle Ages. £5,000 - 7,000

101 Norfolk.- Neville (Alexander) DE FURORIBUS NORFOLCIENSIUM KETTO DUCE, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 2 parts bound as 1 vol., titles within elaborate woodcut borders, engraved arms of Archbishop Parker to versos, first title trimmed at head, partially removing old signature, Evelyn copy with later bookplate, first gathering and 2D5-2D6 becoming loose but holding firm, small wormhole to 2D6 (final ff.) and final free endpaper, faint spotting and staining, mostly to endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, rubbed and worn, small wormhole to both covers, [STC 18478], 4to, Henry Binneman, 1575. ⁂ This, the first issue, includes the famous passage speaking of the laziness of the Welsh levies and comparing them to sheep, which at the insistence of an offended government was excised from later issues. Includes a description of the city of Norwich and its antiquities, to which is added a list of its mayors and sheriffs. £500 - 700

100 [Paris (Matthew)], “Matthew of Westminster” FLORES HISTORIARUM, second edition, woodcut title, occasional faded ink annotations to margins and final ff., occasional faint spotting, faint marginal waterstaining, bookplate, later calf, rebacked, gilt arms of ‘Society of Writers to the Signet’ to covers, a little rubbed, [STC 17653a.3], folio, Thomas Marsh, 1570. £400 - 600

102 Wilson (Thomas) A DISCOURSE UPON USURIE, BY WAIE OF DIALOGUE AND ORATIONS, FOR THE BETTER VARIETIE, AND MORE DELIGHT OF ALL THOSE, THAT SHALL READ THIS TREATISE, second edition, black letter, engraved initials, Richard Crakanthorp's copy with his signature to title, ex-Birmingham Law Society with faint ink-stamp to B1 & O3, modern calf, [Kress I, 159; Goldsmiths 227; STC 25808], 8vo, by Roger Warde, 1584. ⁂ Provenance: Signature to title believed to be that of Richard Crakanthorp (1567-1624), Anglican Priest, and author of three published works, all controversial and anti-catholic. £2,500 - 3,500 101

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

103 Terence. TERENCE IN ENGLISH. FABULAE COMICI FACETISSIMI ET ELEGANTISSIMI POETÆ TERENTII OMNES ANGLICÆ FACTAE PRIMÚMQUE HAC NOUA FORMA NUNC EDITÆ, translated by Richard Bernard, FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH, text in Latin and English, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, Y1 with very short tear at foot, with loss of 1 letter recto and verso without loss of sense, 2D4 short tear at foot within text without loss, closely trimmed at head, occasionally affecting a headline, water-stained, some spotting and staining, including a little red ink to last few ff., 17th century printed f. used as rear endpaper, lacking pastedowns, contemporary blind-ruled calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original slightly worn and creased backstrip, some water-staining, rubbed and marked, [STC 23890], small 4to, Cambridge, John Legat, 1598. ⁂ Rare copy of the first complete edition in English of Terence’s comedies. The translator Bernard (1568-1641) was an English puritan clergyman and writer. When he held a parish post at Worksop he knew John Robinson (pastor of the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ before they left on the Mayflower) and William Brewster (a passenger on the Mayflower, who became a senior elder of the Plymouth Colony). Bernard’s daughter married Roger Williams, co-founder of the state of Rhode Island.

Provenance: Thomas Davies, 1688 (ink signatures). £3,000 - 4,000

104 Allott (Robert) ENGLANDS PARNASSUS: OR THE CHOYSEST FLOWERS OF OUR MODERNE POETS, WITH THEIR POETICALL COMPARISONS, FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations, lacks signature Q (8ff., pp.225-240), also lacking initial 2 and final blank leaves, final text leaf Kk7 with hole affecting a few words of text, occasional foxing and soiling, some early ink annotations, later vellum with red morocco spine label, [STC 378; Pforzheimer 358 (state A), Grolier, Langland to Wither 3], 8vo, N[icholas] L[ing], C[uthbert] B[urby] and T[homas] H[ayes], 1600. ⁂ IMPORTANT EARLY ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH POETRY WITH NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO SHAKESPEARE as well as his contemporaries such as Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton etc. Pforzheimer’s state A of the preliminaries with publishers’ names in title imprint indicated only by their initials, dedication leaf (A4) uncancelled, and with dedicatory poem signed ‘R.A.’ Provenance: Rebecah ?Wilthen (ink name at foot of Kk7); early ink inscription on A8v “inquire for one Henry Lunn a shoomaker in Fareham”; another inscription at foot of P8v (ie before the missing gathering) “Hiatus deplorabilis”. £2,000 - 3,000

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105 Shakespeare (William) [THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD THE THIRD], 2 leaves from the first folio edition, comprising pp.197-200, tipped in to a facsimile edition of the entire play published in 2012, a little toned and soiled, repaired at foot, the second leaf with tear and slight loss of a few words, folio, [Printed by Isaac Jaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623].

106 Shakespeare (William) THE WINTERS TALE, from the second folio, the complete play, comprising 14 leaves (pp. 277-303, verso blank), occasional foxing and marginal toning, small burn-hole to final leaf but not affecting text, modern russet morocco-backed marbled boards

by Maurin, a little rubbed, folio, by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632.

⁂ The leaves include the confrontation between the recently crowned Richard and his sister-in-law Queen Elizabeth where she curses him with the words “Bloody thou art, Bloody will be thy end: Shame serves thy life, and doth thy death attend.” She also laments that she has no more sons for him to kill and continues “For my Daughters (Richard) They shall be praying Nunnes, not weeping Queenes” before he begins his suit for her daughter Elizabeth.

⁂ One of Shakespeare’s last plays which was first published in the first folio edition of 1623. £3,000 - 4,000

£2,000 - 3,000

107 Shakespeare (William) COLLECTION OF 13 LEAVES FROM THE 2ND AND 4TH FOLIOS, comprising: second folio, Anthony and Cleopatra, 3ff. (pp.371376); King Henry the Fourth Part 1, 5ff. (pp.63-72); fourth folio, The Winter’s Tale, 1f. (pp.251-252); King Henry the Fourth Part 1, 1f., (pp.47-48); King Henry the Eighth, 2ff. (pp.219-222); Love’s Labour’s Lost, 1f. (pp.123-124), all defective to some degree with holes, burnholes, worming or tears causing loss of some text, folio, 1632 and 1685. £300 - 400 Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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108 Foyle copy.- [Shakespeare (William)] MACBETH. A TRAGEDY: WITH ALL THE ALTERATIONS, AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, AND NEW SONGS. AS IT IS NOW ACTED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, a few tiny holes to gutter from previous binding, D1 paper flaw/repair affecting one or two letters, H2 small chip to lower margin, very light browning and a few light spots, final leaf lightly soiled and with headline shaved, bound in speckled calf by Coverly & Sons, spine richly gilt, a little rubbed at spine ends and corners, joints starting but holding firm, marbled endpapers, a handsome copy, [Wing S2932; Pforzheimer 914], 4to, for Hen. Herringman, and are to be sold by Jos. Knight and Fra. Saunders, 1687.

109 Livius (Titus) THE ROMANE HISTORIE WRITTEN BY T. LIVIUS OF PADUA, translated by Philemon Holland, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, large woodcut device on title and portrait of Queen Elizabeth I on verso, portrait of Livy on verso of A4, numerous woodcut initials, lacks last f. (blank), slight brown stain in margin of title, 3F6 and 5X6 small tear in lower margin, 17th century ink signature of Robert Gregge on title, bookplate of Sir Joseph Radcliffe Bart on front pastedown, later endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt centrepieces of arabesque design with initials WRE and single line gilt borders on both covers, slightly rubbed, brass clasps, rebacked, [STC 16613; Pforzheimer 495.], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, 1600.

⁂ The fourth quarto edition. The second edition of this adaptation by Sir William Davenant, which was first published in 1674.

⁂ A good, clean copy of the first edition in English of Livy’s Roman History translated by Philemon Holland. “Holland’s first book, the first complete rendering of Livy into English, was published in 1600 when he was nearly fifty. It was a work of great importance, presented in a grand folio volume of 1458 pages, and dedicated to the queen. The translation set out to be lucid and unpretentious, and achieved its aim with marked success. It is accurate, and often lively, and although it does not attempt to imitate the terseness of Latin, it avoids prolixity.” - Oxford DNB.

Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (burgundy morocco bookplate). £5,000 - 7,000 ____________________________________

£7,000 - 10,000

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111 Agriculture.- Standish (Arthur) THE COMMONS COMPLAINT. WHEREIN IS CONTAINED TWO SPECIALL GRIEVANCES..., second edition, folding imprimatur leaf with woodcut Royal arms at head and large woodcut initial, folding woodcut plate entitled ‘The Figure of the Plot’, woodcut decorations and initials, some water-staining, upper edge trimmed, just touching headline in a couple of places, modern speckled half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, [STC 23201; Fussell p.33; Goldsmiths’ 401; Henrey 351], 4to, Printed by William Stansby, 1611. ⁂ RARE VARIANT WITH A FOLDING IMPRIMATUR LEAF NOT FOUND IN BL. “Arthur Standish reflected the general concern at the increasing shortage of timber in The Commons Complaint which contained two special grievances, as noted in the subtitles: ‘the first, general destruction and waste of woods in this Kingdom with a remedy for the same: also how to plant wood according to the nature of every soile’ The second concerned ‘the extreme dearth of victuals’ and was to be remedied by planting fruit trees, breeding more poultry, and destroying vermin.” Peter McDonald, J. P. Lassoie. The Literature of Forestry and Agroforestry.

Provenance: John Earl of Bute (bookplate on title verso); modern donation bookplate “In Memory of Raymond Wheatley-Hubbard OBE 1921-1993” £1,800 - 2,200 110 Buckeridge (John) A SERMON PREACHED AT HAMPTON COURT BEFORE THE KINGS MAIESTIE, ON TUESDAY THE 23. OF SEPTEMBER, ANNO 1606, title with woodcut head-piece and ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and a decorative initial, final 2 ff. gnawed at upper blank corner, closely trimmed at head, occasionally just touching a headline, some light damp-staining, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, spine gilt, upper joint starting, but holding firm, chip to foot of spine, corners little worn, rubbed and marked, [STC 4002.5], small 4to, Robert Barker, 1606. ⁂ John Buckeridge (c.1562-1631), Bishop of Rochester and later Ely, previously President of St. John’s College, Oxford, where he tutored William Laud.

Provenance: King Edward’s School, Bury St. Edmunds (large engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). £400 - 600

112 Ireland.- Davies (Sir John) A DISCOVERIE OF THE TRUE CAUSES WHY IRELAND WAS NEVER ENTIRELY SUBDUED, NOR BROUGHT UNDER OBEDIENCE OF THE CROWNE OF ENGLAND, UNTILL THE BEGINNING OF HIS MA JESTIES HAPPIE RAIGNE, FIRST EDITION, woodcut decoration and device on title, dedication leaf within typographic border, lacking A1 (blank except for signature), some marginal browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners slightly rubbed, [STC 6348], 4to, Printed for John Jaggard, 1612. ⁂ Important work on Anglo-Irish relations. Davies (1570-1652) was an eminent poet, lawyer and political writer. In 1603 he was sent to Ireland as solicitor-general and soon was promoted to Attorney-general and one of the justices of assizes. This work was the result of a judicial circuit round Ireland and on his return to England he wrote an account to the King. He was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England but died shortly afterwards.

Provenance: Nico. Atkinson (ink name at head of title).

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114 Law.- [Rastell (John)] AN EXPOSITION OF CERTAINE DIFFICULT AND OBSCURE WORDS, AND TERMES OF THE LAWES OF THIS REALME, title with small hole at gutter and no loss, front free endpaper with tears and small loss to fore-edge, lacking final endpapers, tiny marginal worming from V5 to end, light dust-soiling to first and last ff., weak lower joint, bookplates, contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, lacking ties, rubbed and worn, [STC 20715], small 8vo, [by Adam Islip] for the Company of Stationers, 1615. ⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Edward Jackson Barron. Bookplate of the Los Angeles Law Library. £700 - 900

113 Maurice Baring’s copy.- Drayton (Michael) POEMS:, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, 2I7 blank, 2I8 leaf of commendatory verses, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, rear endpaper with contemporary manuscript copy of the dedicatory verso opposite, small repaired marginal hole to title, I2 piece torn from lower blank corner, N5 stain and small hole with loss of a few letters, N6 repair with loss of several letters verso (just touching a couple of letters recto), closely trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern calf, spine in compartments and with leather label, spine faded, [Pforzheimer 305; STC 7221], Printed

by W. Stansby for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to bee sold at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, vnder the Diall, 1613. ⁂ Provenance: ‘ffran. Goad’; ‘Edward Erly’ (contemporary and later ink names to front free endpaper); Maurice Baring (1874-1945), English man of letters (pictorial bookplate to front pastedown); Robert Ball (modern bookplate to front free endpaper). £500 - 700

115 Tax.- Tillesley (Richard) ANIMADVERSIONS UPON M. SELDENS HISTORY OF TITHES, AND HIS REVIEW THEREOF, FIRST EDITION, large woodcut coat of arms to title verso, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, scattered faint spotting, early ink manuscript notes to prelims and endpapers, previous owner’s ink signature to front pastedown, occasional faded ink underlining, ex-library with usual label and occasional neat blindstamps, contemporary limp vellum, tiny hole to lower cover, lacking ties, title in manuscript to spine, remnants of old paper labels to spine extremities, [STC 24073], small 4to, John Bull, 1619. ⁂ Provenance: Bookplate and blind-stamps of the Earls of Macclesfield.

Richard Tillesley’s (1582-1621) response to John Selden’s 1618 History of Tythes. Tillesley, after studying at Oxford, received two rectories in Kent, and was installed as archdeacon of Rochester.

As a good clergyman, Tillesley believed that tithes were the church’s by divine right; Selden, on the contrary, had set out to demonstrate that tithes were an historical development, and not established iure divino. £500 - 700

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116 [Howard (Henry, Earl of Northampton)] A DEFENSATIVE AGAINST THE POYSON OF SUPPOSED PROPHECIES, title trimmed at fore-edge, woodcut initials, early ink inscription to blank, scattered spotting, occasional water-staining, lacking pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint cracked but holding firm, restoration to corners and spine ends, remnants of paper label to spine, a little rubbed, [STC 13859], folio, John Charlewood, 1620.

118 Prynne (William) THE PERPETUITIE OF A REGENERATE MANS ESTATE, FIRST EDITION, woodcut initials and head-pieces, occasional faint spotting and staining, lacking endpapers, short tear to front free endpaper, tear and loss to upper corner of final free endpaper, early ink ownership inscriptions to early blank, joints week but holding firm, bookplate, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and worn, [STC 20471], 4to, William Jones, 1626. £400 - 600

£800 - 1,200

117 [Sarpi (Paolo)] THE HISTORY OF THE QUARRELS OF POPE PAUL V WITH THE STATE OF VENICE, faint marginal water-staining, most to gutter, tear to X4 with loss affecting catch-word and touching odd letter to bottom edge, bookplate and blind-stamps, lacking endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, faded title in manuscript to spine, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners, [STC 21766], 4to, [Eliot Court Press for] John Bill, 1626.

119 Cookery.- CLOSET FOR LADIES AND GENTLEWOMEN (A). OR, THE ART OF PRESERVING, CONSERVING, AND CANDYING, all leaves within typographic woodcut border (occasionally trimmed), woodcut initials and decorations, occasional soiling, modern red morocco, gilt, [STC 5436.7; Vicaire 183 “Rare et Curieux” 1618 edition; Bitting (under Plat) 373], 12mo, Printed by John Haviland, 1627.

⁂ Provenance: Bookplate and blind-stamps of the Earls of Macclesfield.

⁂ Charming and rare anonymous work with the first part concentrating on culinary matters, while the second deals with medical recipes. STC records only 4 copies of this, one of several early 17th century editions, but although often attributed to Sir Hugh Platt (with whose Delights it was often bound), it remains stubbornly anonymous with no initials, introduction, epistle, dedication or acknowledgement.

£500 - 700

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120 -. Plat (Sir Hugh) DELIGHTS FOR LADIES, TO ADORNE THEIR PERSONS, TABLES, CLOSETS, AND DISTILLATORIES; WITH BEAUTIES, BANQUETS, PERFUMES, AND WATERS, text within typographic border, woodcut initial and decoration, a few borders slightly trimmed, modern red morocco, gilt, g.e., [STC 19983.7; Bitting 373; Vicaire 183 (under ‘Closet’; Cagle 930], 12mo, Printed by H.L[ownes] and R.Y[oung], 1628. ⁂ Rare work with STC locating only 3 copies (BL, Lincoln Cathedral and Folger). “Sir Hugh Platt wrote perhaps the most charming and well-written sweets recipe book of all, dedicated to the ladies of leisure who were his target readership. The art of preserving and candying fruit had by this time become a ladylike diversion as well as a professional business - due to the high price of imported sugar, sweets were still an expensive luxury enjoyed only by a few.

Among Sir Hugh’s recipes is a way of candying rose petals on the bush by pouring syrup over them and letting them dry in the sun.

His dedicatory poem,... is a useful inventory of sweets in favour in the 16th and early 17th century, including sucket (candied lemon and orange peel) and marchpanes: a type of hard marzipan modelled into diverse shapes for the table, and not always edible.” British Library. £2,000 - 3,000

121 Macclesfield copy.- Parsons (Robert) THE CRISTIAN DIRECTORY, ‘seauenth, and last Edition’, title with ‘IHS’ woodcut device, woodcut initials, typographical ornaments, ruled in red throughout, very light browning, rust spot to M5, small rust hole to 2X7 affecting a couple of letters, handsomely bound in contemporary red morocco, gilt, covers with central gilt arms of Sir Kenelm Digby, spine gilt in compartments and with four raised bands, lettered in one compartment, the others with Digby cipher (KVD), small, neat and expert repairs to joint ends, lower cover with small worm trace to head, g.e., [STC 19354.9; Allison & Rogers 625], 8vo, [St Omer, English College Press], Printed with licence, 1633. ⁂ A devotional work by the mastermind of the English mission, and one of the most demonised of all Jesuits. Bound in the arms of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), courtier, alchemist, bibliophile and leading English Catholic intellectual of his day. The book was also in the possession of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Cleveland (1591-1667), a noted royalist, captured and imprisoned in the Tower from late 1651. A year before his release he presented this volume, with others, to Humphrey Paynter, presumably the surgeon of that surname who was similarly imprisoned at the time for Royalist attachments.

Provenance: Earl of Macclesfield (‘North Library’ bookplate); ‘Cleaveland’ (ink inscription to fore-margin of title); ‘The Lord Cleveland gave this booke and some others unto Humphrey Paynter when the sayd Earl was a prysoner in the Tower of London July 1 1655’ (ink inscription to front free endpaper); Shirburn Castle (embossed stamp to head of first three leaves). £4,000 - 6,000

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123 Selden (John) MARE CLAUSUM SEU DE DOMINIO MARIS LIBRI DUO, FIRST EDITION, initial and final blank leaf present, title in red and black with woodcut device, 2 engraved maps and several woodcut illustrations, errata leaf at end, small paper flaw to R2 just affecting side-note, occasional foxing, early 18th century panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, [STC 22175; Sabin 78971], folio, William Stanesby for Richard Meighen, 1635. ⁂ One of the cornerstones of modern maritime law, with references to the colonisation of Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 and to the earlier explorations of that region by Cabot.

Provenance: R. Rigby (ink name trimmed at head of title, dated 1673); W. Bayntun of Gray’s Inn (ink inscription below the aforementioned); Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and ink inscription on verso of initial blank). £1,500 - 2,000

122 Caetani (Enrico) INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN; OR, THE INSTRUCTIONS OF CARDINALL SERMONETTA TO HIS COUSIN PETRO CAETANO ..., FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, one or two tiny holes to front free endpaper, lacking front pastedown, final free endpaper lacking bottom section and with early ink ownership inscription of Thomas Clifford, contemporary limp vellum, rebacked, lacking ties, a little rubbed, [STC 11514], 12mo, Oxford, John Lichfield, for Thomas Huggins, 1633. £500 - 700

124 Montagu (Sir Henry) MANCHESTER, AL MONDO, third impression much inlarged, tiny hole to title (not affecting text), heavily faded ink signature of Francis Quincey to title, occasional pencil underlining, occasional faint staining, front free endpaper becoming loose, cracked hinges, late seventeenth century sharkskin, remnants of paper spine label, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, short splits to spine extremities, 12mo, John Haviland, for Francis Constable, 1636. £500 - 700

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126 More (Sir Thomas, Saint) EPIGRAMMATA, second separate edition, the first printed in England, additional engraved title by W. Marshall incorporating portrait of More, printed title within typographic border, lacking last 2 blank leaves, upper hinge broken, later English red straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, [STC 18086], 16mo, typis J[ohn] H[aviland]...apud Humphredum Mosley, 1638. ⁂ One of the rare editions of any of More’s works to be published in England after his death. These epigrams cover a wide range of subjects - from foolish astrologers, prostitutes and cuckolds to kingship, government and the brevity of life. He addresses Henry VIII, humanist friends, his children, a fat priest, a woman he loved long ago, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and sometimes himself.

Provenance: Vernon Watney (morocco book label). £1,200 - 1,800

125 Grub Street recluse.- Welby (Henry) [or Thomas Heywood].

THE PHOENIX OF THESE LATE TIMES: OR THE LIFE OF MR. HENRY WELBY, ESQ, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, trimmed to or just inside the platemark and laid down, trimmed close to headline and touching odd letter, B4 with small loss to head affecting headline, tiny marginal worming (C4 to end), title and B4 with small loss to corners and expert restoration, scattered spotting and soiling, blue morocco by Ramage, g.e., richly gilt spine, gilt inner dentelles, [STC 25227], small 4to, by N. Okes, and are to be sold by Richard Clotterbuck, 1637. ⁂ A scarce account of the recluse Welby, one of Grub Street’s early residents. He was the owner of the estate of Goxhill in Lincolnshire. In 1592 his half-brother attempted to shoot him with a pistol. Shocked, he took a house on Grub Street and remained there, in near-total seclusion, for the rest of his life. He died in 1636 and was buried at St. Giles in Cripplegate. £500 - 700

127 Fuller (Thomas).- Viccars (John) DECAPLA IN PSALMOS: SIVE COMMENTARIUS EX DECEM LINGUIS, FIRST EDITION, double-column text in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Coptic and Arabic, additional engraved title by Hollar depicting the ten races of mankind, woodcut device on printed title depicting King David, woodcut decorations and initials, contemporary dark blue morocco, gilt, g.e., spine faded, corners rubbed, [STC 24696], folio, Robert Young, 1639. ⁂ A lovely copy in contemporary binding of this work on the Psalms, dedicated to Archbishop Laud, and apparently the ONLY KNOWN WORK FROM THE LIBRARY OF THOMAS FULLER, with gift inscription on front free endpaper “Liber Guil Howell Cranfordensis Ex dono ela. viri Thomas Fuller T.B. ob id: Pastoris reverendi” (Fuller was rector of St. Dunstan’s in Cranford, 1658).

Provenance: Alberry Merter of Arundel (early ink inscription on front pastedown); Thomas Fuller (see note above); Robert S. Pirie (bookplate).

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127A Bible, English. THE HOLY BIBLE: CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW..., General and New Testament titles within heart-shaped woodcut borders, 2A1-2B8 & 2Q1-5 loose, others working loose, bound with The Book of Common Prayer, John Bill, 1639 at beginning and The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 1639 at end, browned throughout, blank f. bound after NT with ink notes of the Ring family in 18th & 19th centuries, a few other ink notes in margins, BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY

129 Anti-Catholic.- Featley (Daniel) ROMA RUENS, ROMES RUINE: BEING A SUCCINCT ANSWER TO A POPISH CHALLENGE, FIRST EDITION, woodcut frontispiece, small hole to bottom edge with expert repair, previous owners pencil markings to frontispiece and title, B2-B4 with tiny worming to bottom edge, K4 (final ff.) with staining to verso, modern calf, 4to, by Thomas Purslow, for Nicholas Bourne, 1644. £500 - 700

CALF WITH ALL OVER GILT PATTERN OF CIRCULAR FLORAL SPRAYS POWDERED WITH

GILT SACRED HEARTS, gilt initials "EA" on both covers, rubbed, slightly

faded, remains of brass clasps, spine creased and dulled, many edges creased, 8vo, [Herbert 542], Robert Barker, 1639.

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128 Supernatural.- Lilly (William) SUPERNATURALL SIGHTS AND APPARITIONS SEEN IN LONDON, JUNE 30 1644, FIRST EDITION, 2 woodcut astrological diagrams, final f. with errata slip pasted to blank lower margin, armorial bookplate of Sir William Grace, title and first f. with very slight chipping to fore-margin, title closely trimmed at head touching text, printed side-note to A4v fractionally trimmed, lightly browned throughout, light scattered spotting, later half roan, quite worn, very small chip to spine head, [Wing L2249], 4to, for T. V. and are to be sold by I.S., 1644. £600 - 800

130 William Beckford’s copy.- TRUE MANNOR AND FORME (THE) OF THE PROCEEDING TO THE FUNERALL OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT EARLE OF ESSEX AND EWE, FIRST EDITION, title within typographic border and with small woodcut of a crown, large woodcut head-piece and floriated initial, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Marshall, 6 woodcut armorial banners, large folding woodcut of his catafalquw in procession, one full-page white on black woodcut of the lying in state, a few leaves shaved just affecting pagination or signature and catchword, Printed for Henry Seale, 1646; BOUND WITH Elegie upon the most lamented death of the Right Honourable and truly valiant, Robert Earle of Essex, &c. (An), 4pp., ‘Finis’ at foot of final page trimmed with loss, n.p., n.d., together 2 works in 1, 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Lewis, joints slightly rubbed, g.e., [Wing G5 and G3;not in Pforzheimer or Grolier], 4to ⁂ RARE, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS ATTRACTIVELY ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION

OF THE FUNERAL PROCESSION OF ROBERT DEVEREUX, 3RD EARL OF ESSEX, WHOSE

FATHER THE SECOND EARL WAS EXECUTED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH IN 1601. Essex

was made Captain-General of the Parliamentarian armies at the outbreak of the civil war but had mixed success on the battlefield and died after suffering a stroke after hunting at Windsor in 1646.

This work describes and illustrates the pomp and ceremony of the state funeral he was awarded. This copy lot 966 in the sale of William Beckford’s library in 1883. £3,000 - 4,000

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131 Milton (John) PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TEN BOOKS, FIRST EDITION, with title in Pforzheimer’s fifth state (‘Angel’ in imprint in roman), our copy with ‘The Printer to the Reader’ before ‘The Argument’ and with five lines excluding headline, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, A4 small repair to lower inner gutter, closely trimmed at head, very occasionally just touching a ruled border or headline, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, antique style blind-ruled calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Pforzheimer 718 & cf.716 (note); Grolier, Wither to Prior 603; Wing M2142], small 4to, Printed

by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669. ⁂ ‘One of the greatest, most noble and sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced.’ (John Dryden). In more recent times it was a great source of inspiration for Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials.

Provenance: ‘H. Meen, 1782’ (ink inscription to title); Robert Ball (modern bookplate to front pastedown). £7,000 - 10,000 132 Restoration Binding.- Allestree (Richard) THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE, with initial imprimatur leaf, traces of ink inscription to title, engraved bookplate of William Barker, contemporary black morocco, covers richly tooled in gilt with drawer handles, tulips with leafy stems, volutes, acorns, stars and other ornaments, some petals infilled with silver paint, spine gilt in compartments with similar tools, g.e., rubbed, some petal paint faded or rubbed away, [Wing A1136], [Oxford], At the Theater in Oxford, 1675; and another by the same, 8vo (2)

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133 Quakers.- John Whiting’s copy.- Barclay (Robert) AN APOLOGY FOR THE TRUE CHRISTIAN DIVINITY, AS THE SAME IS HELD FORTH AND PREACHED BY THE PEOPLE CALLED, IN SCORN, QUAKERS, JOHN WHITING’S COPY WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH MARGINALIA AND A LONG NOTE, X1 lower corner torn away with loss of text, occasional minor worming within text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, rather worn, but holding firm, [Smith, Descriptive catalogue of Friends’ books, I, p.180; Wing B720], small 4to, [?Aberdeen], 1678.

⁂ An almost identical binding on Allestree’s The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety of 1679 was sold in these rooms on 29th September 2022 (lot 186 £3200).

⁂ Provenance: John Whiting (1656-1722), prominent Quaker, imprisioned from about 1679 to 1685 for refusing to pay tithes (his marginalia on p.231 highlights a passage ‘Concerning Tythes’).

His ‘Catalogue of Friends’ Books’ (London, 1708) was the first attempt at a Quaker bibliography (ink signature dated 1680 to title and signed note on p.412).

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134 Milton (John) PARADISE LOST. A Poem in Twelve Books, fourth (first illustrated) edition, lacking engraved portrait but with all the 12 engraved plates, mostly by M.Burghers and P.P.Bouche after Medina, list of subscribers at end, ink annotations to first leaf of text, tear to lower margin of Oo4, by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, 1688; Paradise Regain’d...to which is added Samson Agonistes, third (first folio) edition, light water-staining to outer margin, R.E[veringham]...to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688, together 2 works in 1 vol., some light browning or soiling but a good wide-margined copy, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, wear to edges, rebacked preserving old roan label, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Pforzheimer 720 & 721; Wing M2147 & 2154], folio £800 - 1,200 135 Women’s Rights.- [Drake (Judith)] AN ESSAY IN DEFENCE OF THE FEMALE SEX. In which are inserted the Characters of a Pedant, a Squire, a Beau, a Vertuoso, a Poetaster, a City-Critick, &c...by a Lady, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece of ‘The Compleat Beau’, title within double-rule border, variant with final line on p.148 reading “the mean Performance of”, contemporary ink inscriptions to title (lightly offset on frontispiece but not affecting main image), cropped slightly shaving frontispiece, also one signature on title and head-lines of a few preliminary leaves, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, splitting to joints, spine ends worn and chipped, lacking label, [Wing D2125A], 8vo, for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson...and R. Clavel, 1696. ⁂ The first English feminist tract, also attributed to Mary Astell but now generally accepted to be by Judith Drake, whose husband wrote the commendatory verses at the beginning. The treatise is a defence against male accusations of ignorance, vanity, enviousness etc. in women and also addresses the faults of men, particularly satirizing some of her contemporaries. £3,000 - 4,000

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136 Berkeley (George) A TREATISE CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. Part I [all published], FIRST EDITION, title within double rule border with faint pencil signature of Baker at head, ink signature of L.G.Baker to head of p.51 and two manuscript alterations/additions to p.61, lacking final blank leaf, rather soiled and stained, G2 & 3 a little frayed at lower edge, K1 lacking upper outer corner with slight loss to pagination, later half dark blue roan, spine gilt, rubbed, corners a little worn, [Keynes 5; PMM 176], 8vo, Dublin, by Aaron Rhames, for Jeremy Pepyat, 1710. ⁂ RARE. Berkeley’s most important philosophical work, in which he “maintained that no existence is conceivable or possible which is not conscious spirit or the ideas of which such a spirit is conscious. This presupposes complete equation of subject and object: no object can exist without a Mind to conceive it”. (PMM).

The manuscript alterations/additions to p.61 are as follows: line 11 “should” is altered to “might” and in line 14 “without the help of external Bodies” is inserted after “Intelligence”, the whole reading, “Suppose, what no one can deny possible, an Intelligence without the help of external Bodies to be affected with the same train of Sensations or Ideas that you are, imprinted in the same order and with like vividness in his Mind.” £8,000 - 12,000

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137 Scottish binding.- Ramsay (Allan) POEMS, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITIONS, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, list of subscribers, ex-library copy with ink stamp on title, lacks advertisement leaf at end of vol. I and several ff. of index at end, vol. I K2, 2M2 and vol. II T2, X2, 2O1-4 all torn with loss, extensively foxed and browned, numerous ink marks, ink name of “Allan Ramsay” on title and inscriptions on verso, engraved bookplate of John Scott of Harden (a descendant of Mary Scott, the Flower of Yarrow and the subject of a poem by Ramsay), on front pastedown, 18th century calf with central onlay panel with gilt oval swag, key and floral borders and thistle decoration in corners, by James and William Scott binders of Edinburgh, rubbed, some surface wear affecting gilt, corners and edges repaired, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, 4to, Edinburgh, by Thomas Ruddiman, for the Author, 17211728. ⁂ A FASCINATING COPY WITH INTRIGUING HISTORY. As well as their greatgrandmother Mary (the subject of one of Ramsay’s poems), the Scotts of Harden also had a daughter, Mary Lilias Scott, who Sir Walter Scott and others also considered to be another ‘Flower of Yarrow’. Furthermore Allan Ramsay’s son (also confusingly called Allan) courted and painted this Mary. At some point in the late 18th century this copy of the Poems was considered of such significance that it was sent to the finest Edinburgh binders of the day (James and William Scott) to create this opulent example of their work. It is unclear whether the name on the title, now quite faded, is in the hand of the poet, his son or another unknown person. On the title verso is a fragment of verse from the later Ramsay Tea Table Miscellany, which varies slightly from the published version. This curious copy was subsequently in the collection of Valentine Mann (late 19th century), who bequeathed it to the museum he established, The Valentine, from where it was de-accessed recently by auction. £2,000 - 3,000

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138 Watts (Rev. George) A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE TRUSTEES FOR ESTABLISHING THE COLONY OF GEORGIA IN AMERICA, FIRST EDITION, Printed

by M. Downing, 1736, BOUND AFTER another work, disbound; and 2 others, 18th century sermons, 4to and 8vo (3) £600 - 800

140 Rousseau (Jean Jacques) A TREATISE ON THE SOCIAL COMPACT: OR THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITIC LAW, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 3pp. advertisements at end, contemporary annotation to pp. 2 & 3, otherwise remarkably clean internally, endpapers browned, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, lacking most of morroco spine label, [PMM 270], 8vo, for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1764. ⁂ RARE PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE BY ROUSSEAU, A CORNERSTONE IN THE AGE

OF ENLIGHTENMENT.

139 [Fielding (Henry)] THE HISTORICAL REGISTER, FOR THE YEAR 1736, [second edition], 48 pp., some headlines trimmed with slight loss, tear to foot of title, repaired to verso, soiled, printed: and sold by J. Roberts, [1737]; BOUND AFTER Stage (the) the High Road to Hell: being an Essay on the Pernicious Nature of Theatrical Entertainments, lacks half-title, last leaf repaired to verso, title slightly stained and with dates in ink at foot, printed by W. Nicholl and J. Williams [1767]; BOUND AFTER Some Reflections on the Management of a Theatre, ?lacking half title, foxed, printed for J. Cooke, [c. 1735]; BOUND WITH another similar work, together 4 works in 1 vol., later half calf, rubbed, 8vo

“The Contrat Social remains Rousseau’s greatest work... Rousseau believed passionately in what he wrote, and when in 1789 a similar emotion was released on a national scale, the Contrat Social came into its own as the bible of the revolutionaries in building their ideal state. Still in print, translated into every language in cheap editions and paperbacks, it remains a crucial document of egalitarian government” (Printing and the Mind of Man, 270, discussing the 1762 first edition). £4,000 - 6,000

⁂ The second edition, published in the same year as the first, of Fielding’s satire on contemporary social events which caricatures Colley Cibber amongst others, ESTC claims that the first edition (41 pages as opposed to 48 pages here) is pirated and was published with a false imprint, all four works are scarce and seldom appear at auction. £600 - 800 Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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141 18th Century novel by two sisters.- [Gunning (Susannah) and Margaret Minifie]. “The Miss Minifies”. THE PICTURE: A NOVEL, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, woodcut head-pieces, occasional light foxing, small contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, edges very lightly rubbed, heavier to joints and extremities, but still overall a very crisp set, 8vo, printed for the authors, sold by J. Johnson and co., 1766. ⁂ Rare eighteenth-century novel by sisters Susannah Gunning, née Minifie and her sister Margaret. Very scarce first edition, with seemingly only one other copy sold at auction, in 1930. £800 - 1,200 142 Gothic novel.- EMBARRASSED LOVERS (THE); OR, THE HISTORY OF HENRY CAREY, ESQ. AND THE HON. MISS CECILIA NEVILLE. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to each vol. bookplates removed from pastedown, some very light soiling to first few pages, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco spine labels, a little rubbed, joints cracked but holding firm, [Summers, A Gothic Bibliography, p.308], 8vo, for W. Lane, 1775. ⁂ EXCEEDINGLY RARE EPISTOLARY NOVEL. We can trace no other copies ever sold at auction, with none listed on Library Hub. £500 - 700

144 143 American Revolution.- TOWN AND COUNTRY MAGAZINE (THE), OR UNIVERSAL REPOSITORY OF KNOWLEDGE, INSTRUCTION AND ENTERTAINMENT, vol. 3-6, 8 & 9 only, engraved plates, the odd spot or very light toning, but generally crisp copies, contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments and with red morocco labels, a few small chips to spine ends and labels, some wear to corners, lightly rubbed, still a handsome set, 8vo, for A. Hamilton, 1771-77; sold as a periodical, not subject to return (6) ⁂ Volume 6 containing an account of the Boston Tea Party at pp.54-55: “But behold, what followed! A number of resolute men, dressed like Mohawks, or Indians, determined to do all in their power to save their country from the ruin which their enemies had plotted, in less than four hours emptied every chest of tea on board the three ships...”. Also a full-page woodcut “America in Flames” (including spilled tea-pot), and the first meeting of Continental Congress at pp. 671-2. Volume 8 contains the engraved plate “A View of New York, Governors Island, the River &tc from Long Island” along with reports on “The Present State of America”, “A Detail of the Battle at Long Island” &tc. The periodical ran from 1769-96, aimed at the upper echelon of London Society. £800 - 1,200

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144 Signatories of the Declaration of Independence.- A SERIES OF LETTERS ON COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE, water-stained, spotted, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, later red morocco label to spine, spine ends little chipped, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, but solid, [Bristol B9697; Shipton & Mooney 47911], 12mo & 18mo, Elizabeth-Town [New Jersey], Printed by Shepard Kollock, 1796. ⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only two copies (both American Antiquarian Society, which according to ESTC also holds two copies of an edition of the same date with a different imprint), and WorldCat adding copies at Princeton and Yale. Includes contributions by Benjamin Franklin and John Witherspoon (both Founding Fathers of the United States), and by Jonathan Swift, Hester Lynch Piozzi, and Nathaniel Cotton.

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145 145 Gibbon (Edward) THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 6 vol., FIRST EDITION, first issue of vol.1 with errata uncorrected, [one of 500 copies], half-titles (that in vol. 1 a tipped-in later facsimile), 3 folding engraved maps, engraved portrait frontispiece after Reynolds and vol. 1 *a4-*b2 (Contents) bound in vol. 2, vol. 1 with later engraved portrait laid down as frontispiece, with all cancels and errata as called for, engraved bookplate, later ink ownership name S. de Giles to rear pastedowns, first map with tiny tear to foreedge without loss, offsetting, some light browning and scattered spotting, a little heavier at points, the odd small stain or light soiling, vol. 1 front free endpaper renewed with old paper, hinges neatly repaired, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt and with red morocco labels, highly skilful repairs to spine ends and joints, a little rubbed and scratched, still a handsome set, [Rothschild 948; PMM 222], 4to, for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776-88. ⁂ One of the world’s great historical works, rare with volume one in first state. 500 further copies were quickly printed as the work sold out in a few days. In this set, the frontispiece and Contents to the first volume seemingly always bound in the second. “This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works...Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day; and the result was clothed in inimitable prose” (PMM). £8,000 - 12,000

146 Slavery.- ABSTRACT (AN) OF EVIDENCE DELIVERED BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ... ON THE PART OF THE PETITIONERS FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE, folding engraved map frontispiece, folding woodcut plate, large tear with expert tissue repair, early owner’s ink signature to title and underlining and annotations, N1 with small loss to fore-edge and neat tissue repair, occasional water-staining, bookplate, modern calf, red morocco spine label, 8vo,

by James Phillips, 1791. ⁂ A lovely copy of this work, including the scarce folding woodcut showing how slaves were transported. An interesting copy with underlining, finger-posts and occasional notes in a contemporary hand, by someone obviously in favour of abolition. Most underlining and annotation is restricted to the Preface and includes notes such as, “oh! Shame where is thy blush”. £1,000 - 1,500

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147 Sale Catalogues.- Walpole (Horace) A CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVERS, WHO HAVE BEEN BORN, OR RESIDED IN ENGLAND, interleaved with pages tipped in, extensive manuscript notes and contemporary prices, on printed pages and interleaved ff. margins by William Bateman, 1794; BOUND WITH A Catalogue of The Extensive and Truly Valuable Collection of Engraved British Portraits..., contemporary prices to each lot on margins in the same hand, 1809; BOUND WITH 35pp. manuscript index of paintings, excluding blanks, organised alphabetically with condition note and ?price paid; BOUND WITH 3 other interleaved sale catalogues, all with contemporary prices on margins in the same hand, bookplate of William Bateman on pastedown, another heraldic bookplate of Nick Parker on front free endpaper, with contents above in manuscript, a little damp-stained, occasional light scattered spots, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked with morocco spine label, tall 8vo. ⁂ A superb chronicle of William Bateman (1787-1835), antiquary, of Middleton by Youlgreave, Derbyshire, with extensive and careful notes on 18th century sale catalogues and early pricing. £600 - 800 148 Music.- Preston (J., publisher) ELEGANT EXTRACTS FOR THE GUITAR, engraved throughout, lacking one leaf, many others trimmed with loss of pagination or headline, Printed & sold by J. Preston, [c.1800]; BOUND WITH New and Elegant Collection of Ballads (A), adapted for One & Two Guitars by Relfe, Moulds, Billington, Reeves, &c., engraved throughout, some leaves trimmed affecting pagination, Printed for G. Goulding, [c.1800]; BOUND WITH Bolton (T.) A Collection of Songs, Rondeaus, Waltzes, Marches & Dances, for the Guitar, Piano Forte Guitar, or New Invented Spanish Guitar, engraved throughout, lacks 2 leaves, some leaves trimmed affecting pagination, Printed by Goulding, Phipps & D’Almaine, [c.1800]; BOUND WITH Complete Instruction for the Guitar, engraved frontispiece and title, Printed & Sold by J. Preston, [c.1790], together 4 works in 1, some foxing and browning, contemporary half calf, gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper cover “Mrs. Dunn Gardner 1807”, a little rubbed, small oblong 4to ⁂ A SAMMELBAND OF RARE GUITAR MUSIC WORKS. The first is held by the BL but untraced in other institutions; the second and third are seemingly unrecorded; the last is held at Yale and is tentatively dated to 1790. Given the date on the front cover label it is likely this was given to Mrs Dunn-Gardner as a wedding present.

Provenance: Sarah Dunn-Gardner (1786-1858, married the 3rd Marquess Townshend on 12th May 1807; she eloped to Gretna Green two years later and married John Margetts and married for a third time after Margetts died.) £1,000 - 1,500

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149 Papermaking.- Koops (Matthias) HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SUBSTANCES WHICH HAVE BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE EVENTS, AND TO CONVEY IDEAS, FROM THE EARLIEST DATE TO THE INVENTION OF PAPER, second edition, frontispiece showing Egyptian papyrus, frontispiece and text "Printed on paper manufactured solely from straw", lacking 15pp. Appendix at end, armorial bookplate of John Rhodes, faint spotting to first and last few ff., handsome contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, little rubbed, a few small nicks to spine, g.e., 8vo, 1801. ⁂ "The greater part of the present day paper industry is founded upon the pioneer work of Koops" (Dard Hunter, Papermaking). £600 - 800

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152 151 Masonic binding.- Preston (William) ILLUSTRATIONS OF MASONRY, twelfth edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, one of which double-page, contemporary ink ownership name John Polley to front endpaper, plates lightly offset, occasional foxing, light water-stain to upper corner towards end, BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK STRAIGHTGRAIN MOROCCO, MOST LIKELY BY JOHN LOVEJOY, upper cover tooled in gilt with Greek-key border enclosing numerous Masonic symbols, lower cover with one symbol to each corner within similar border, spine divided into six sections by Greek-key rolls, lettered in one, the others each with a masonic tool, marbled endpapers, g.e., highly skilful repairs to joints and corners, a few very light scuff-marks, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1812. ⁂ An attractive Masonic binding most likely by John Lovejoy, himself a Mason, identified through his distinctive tools. A similar binding by Lovejoy in red morocco can be seen in the Bodleian Library (Broxb. 75.18). One also appears in the Maggs Brothers catalogue 1075 Bookbinding in the British Isles, no. 260. The design on the upper cover matches an engraving used in the book, on which Lovejoy must have based his tools. £1,000 - 1,500 152 Chess.- [Willis (Robert)] AN ATTEMPT TO ANALYSE THE AUTOMATON CHESS PLAYER, OF MR. DE KEMPELEN, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 10 lithographed plates, half-title browned, frontispiece and plates lightly spotted with slight water-staining to fore-edge, final leaf partly detached at inner margin, old cloth, rubbed and water-stained, gouges and adhesions to covers, J.Booth, 1821; and another on chess, 8vo (2)

150 Colebrooke (Sir Henry Thomas) A GRAMMAR OF THE SANSCRIT LANGUAGE, vol. 1 [all published], FIRST EDITION, text in English and Sanskrit, 4pp. errata at end, ink ownership inscription and stamp of College of Fort William to verso of title (some show-through), title repaired at gutter, p.185 torn at inner margin, light browning, a little heavier at points, some small marginal worming, with some old tape repairs at beginning and end, single tiny wormhole within text of last c.50 leaves, becoming very small worm trace towards end, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, small folio, Calcutta, Printed at the Honorable Company’s Press, 1805.

⁂ The Automaton Chess Player or “Mechanical Turk” was presented to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1770 and travelled around Europe and America defeating many challengers including Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon. Not actually an automaton it concealed a chess master within the cabinet of the machine who operated the pieces mechanically. £1,500 - 2,000

⁂ “The first European work to be based on the indigenous linguistic tradition” (ODNB). Colebrooke, a noted Orientalist, first arrived in India in 1782. Devoted to the study of Sanskrit, he was appointed as honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskrit at Fort William College in Calcutta in 1801. £3,000 - 4,000 Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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153 [Browning (Elizabeth Barrett)] AN ESSAY ON MIND, WITH OTHER POEMS, FIRST EDITION, mixed issue with “found” on p.75 and page number on pp.24 & 148 misaligned but p.12 correctly aligned, without half-title as issued, A FINE COPY BOUND IN LATER CHARMING CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT, BY RIVIÈRE & SON, covers with border of heartshaped leaves tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt with compartments of small leaf spray and five raised bands, turn-ins with interspersed small gilt leaves, t.e.g., others uncut, [Barnes A2; Hayward 238], 8vo, James Duncan, 1826.

154 Dickens (Charles) THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne, extra-illustrated with 29 duplicate plates by the same artists in different states and issues, the 2 suppressed plates by Buss, 72 watercolour plates of Pickwickian characters by Joseph Clayton Clarke ["Kyd"], 32 contemporary plates

by Thomas Onwhyn, title-page and 12 hand-coloured plates by Onwhyn first published in 1894, and a portrait of Dickens, vol. 2 with one blue upper wrapper from the issue in parts bound near start, early 20th century bibliographical notes in pencil to some plate margins, occasional light foxing, HANDSOME COSWAY-STYLE BINDING OF EMERALD GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, fine miniature of the young Dickens painted on vellum under glass, surrounded by a fine brass rim and decorative border of small gilt and blind-stamped tools inset into the front tan morocco doublure of vol. 1, covers decorated with border of triple gilt fillet, front covers with a central red morocco inlay gilt-stamped with Dickens's crest of lion couchant, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, three lettered in gilt, the others decorated in gilt with small floral and volute tools, green morocco turn-ins decorated with gilt borders, five cinnamon silk moiré doublures each stamped in gilt with a facsimile of Dickens's signature, cinnamon silk moiré endpapers, t.e.g., very faint scratch to vol. 1 upper cover, preserved in a morocco-backed pull-top box (little rubbed), 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1837. £6,000 - 8,000

⁂ A delightful copy of the poet’s second, but first published, book, preceded only by the very rare Battle of Marathon, which was privately printed by her father in an edition of just 50 copies in 1820. £750 - 1,000

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155 Dickens (Charles) A CHRISTMAS CAROL. IN PROSE. BEING A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, FIRST ISSUE with “Stave I” heading to first chapter and text entirely in uncorrected state, half-title in blue, title printed in red and blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, 2 plates with slight offsetting, but a remarkably clean and bright copy generally, green endpaper, neat ink ownership inscription “Sarah Greenwood, January 1st 1844” to front free endpaper, original first issue brown fineribbed cloth, with unbroken ‘D’ within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, g.e., slight shelf-lean, slight sunning to spine, minor chipping to head of spine, very small dent to head of upper cover, a few small marks to covers, but a crisp, near-fine example overall, preserved in attractive custom hinged morocco box by Riviere & Sons, [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II, 4; William B. Todd, in The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1843. ⁂ A SUPERB, BRIGHT COPY OF DICKENS’ CLASSIC CHRISTMAS TALE, RARE IN SUCH CONDITION. A Christmas Carol is one of Dickens’ most important literary creations adapted numerous times, it has become a part of a collective seasonal mythology. £12,000 - 18,000

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156 Blindness.- Moon (William) MOON’S IMPROVED SYSTEM OF READING FOR THE USE OF THE BLIND, bifolium, letterpress and embossed alphabets to first page, wood-engraved vignette, list of available works, lightly browned, 145 x 179mm., [?Brighton], [c.1850]; Moon’s simplified alphabet for the blind, single sheet, printed recto only with letterpress and embossed alphabets, lightly browned, 165 x 290mm., Brighton, Printed at Wm. Moon’s Establishment, 104, Queen’s Road, [c.1855] (2) ⁂ Both unrecorded. Moon (1818-1894) became completely blind by the age of 21. He taught boys how to read using the existing embossed reading codes. He soon realised that these were difficult to learn, and so devised a new system based on a simplified Latin alphabet. His ‘Moon type’ was first published in 1845. It was subsequently replaced in popularity by Braille, but it is still important for people who have difficulty reading Braille. £400 - 600

157 Adelphi Theatre.- A COLLECTION OF C.550 PLAYBILLS, 7 vol., some chipped and torn at edges, last few or final leaf from each vol. torn, these with loss affecting text, some other marginal tears to edges throughout, contemporary half cloth boards, rather worn, most covers detached, paper spine labels defective, tall folio, 1860-1874; sold not subject to return. ⁂ An exceptional collection of playbills for the New Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End, a very good run from September 10th 1860 - February 16th 1874.

After the old Adelphi was demolished in 1858, the New Adelphi remained under the management of Benjamin Webster and Madame Celeste, but with an improvement on the previous cramped circumstances of the original. The playbills chronicle a considerable amount of theatrical occasions, including the rise of the comic actor John Lawrence Toole who had moved to the Adelphi in 1858 at Charles Dickens suggestion. Other significant mentions include the works of Irish playwright Dion Boucicault, notably including The Colleen Bawn which premiered in England at the Adelphi after its success in New York in 1860, and The Octoroon in 1861. The rise of Boucicault and other English melodramas and farces grew to such prominence in this time, they earned themselves the moniker ‘Adelphi screamers’. £4,000 - 6,000

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158 [James (Sir Henry, photographer & editor)] [DOMESDAY BOOK OR GREAT SURVEY OF ENGLAND OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR], 2 vol. comprising Great Domesday & Little Domesday, FIRST FACSIMILE EDITION, printed in red and black, short tear to fore-edge of first leaf of Great Domesday, original reversed calf, red edges, preserved in modern red cloth drop-back boxes, spines gilt with black labels, 4to (Great Domesday slightly larger), [Southampton, Ordnance Survey], [1862]. ⁂ Rare complete facsimile of the Domesday Book reproduced using the new process of photozincography invented by Sir Henry James.

The work was transported to Southampton where it was taken apart and photographed, with the results being offered as individual county sections with introductory notes. This copy is one of only a small number with all the sections, apart from the introductions, bound together in a replica binding of the book at the time. £1,500 - 2,000

THOMAS HARDY The Property of the late James Stevens-Cox 159 [Hardy (Thomas)] UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, [one of ?500 copies], half-titles, foxing and soiling, small stain to title of vol.2 (with similar stain to half-title of vol.1, presumably half-titles exchanged during restoration), G8 of vol.1 (pp.95/6) torn and frayed at edges (tear rather crudely repaired), WITH CONTEMPORARY INK INSCRIPTION “MRS REGINALD SMITH STAFFORD RECTORY DORCHESTER 1873” to front pastedowns, seemingly an ex-library copy with faint traces of stamps or labels, original green cloth with bevelled edges, covers with Oxford frame in black, recased and repaired (vol.1 apparently rebound preserving original cloth over boards and spine), rubbed, vol.1 cockled and stained, rear endpapers renewed, [Purdy p.6], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1872; sold not subject to return ⁂ Interesting association copy of Hardy’s second novel, published anonymously, and rare to find in the original cloth. It sets the rustic tone of many of his future works.

Geneviève Smith was the wife of Rev.Reginald Smith, rector of West Stafford, with whom Hardy is known to have dined in January 1874.

There he was put in the uncomfortable position of being waited on by James Pole, the butler at Stafford House and the father of maid Cassie Pole whom James believed had been jilted by Hardy. Following the dinner Hardy wrote to Mrs. Smith, admiring her “varied knowledge & experiences, which are of the precise kind that has a peculiar charm for all engaged in such pursuits as mine...having been denied by circumstances until very lately the society of educated womankind, which teaches men what cannot be acquired from books, and is indeed the only antidote to that bearishness which one gets into who lives much alone”. 6th January 1874. Millgate. Thomas Hardy: A Biography, 1982 p.149.

According to family belief the schoolboy Hardy was once offered a glass of milk at the rectory; as an adult he went on to become a friend of the family particularly the son Boswell, a teacher at Harrow. £500 - 700 Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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160 Lea (Hermann) IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF C.259 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ‘WESSEX SCENES’, some window-mounted on paper or card, all identifying the location (and in some cases the novel in which it appeared) either with pen or pencil inscriptions on verso or on mounts, many in Lea’s hand, one in Hardy’s hand, some with instructions to publisher/printer about sizing, place in book, titling etc., mostly good condition, some faded, Dorset, v.s., [c.1900-12]. ⁂ Hermann Lea (1869-1954) befriended Hardy in 1898 and they became close friends and travelling companions. As a photographer and author, Lea accompanied Hardy on extensive and thorough tours of Wessex - mostly comprising their native Dorset but also as far afield as Bath or Oxford - the region where Hardy based all his major works of fiction, taking numerous photographs of the places which Hardy himself would identify as being mentioned in his various novels. Following the publication of A Handbook to the Wessex Country of Thomas Hardy’s Novels and Poems in 1905 Hardy collaborated with Lea in writing Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, the study that Macmillan published in 1913, profusely illustrated with Lea’s own photographs, as an integral part of the Wessex edition of Hardy’s works. It was THE guide, with the approbatur and imprimatur of Hardy himself.

The photographs in this and the following 3 lots all come directly from Lea’s own collection and represent those images used in or deemed not suitable or surplus to requirements for Thomas Hardy’s Wessex. On his tours with Hardy Lea regularly took multiple photographs of a location and then, when the negatives were developed, selected the best image for reproduction. Lea used a “remarkable camera - the home-made super-zoom which finally could capture Hardy’s long-lens vision of his emptied landscapes” (Rattenbury). After Lea’s death, James Stevens-Cox visited his widow and bought the entire remaining archive of her husband’s photographs. Many of the identifying pencil inscriptions on the verso of the photographs are in JSC’s hand.

Some places are more fully represented than others - Dorchester, for example, has 20 images, including one with the pencil inscription

by Hardy on verso “Good as a photograph (+ might be substituted for West Walk if that should fail) T.H.” Other locations include Charborough (16), Corfe (8), Evershot (7), Poole (7), Portland (10), Puddletown (15), Salisbury (9), Sherborne (10).

There are a few Lea photographs in the Dorset County Museum but otherwise Lea photographs are virtually unrepresented in public collections.

Literature: Kester Rattenbury’s The Wessex Project: Thomas Hardy, Architect: Part III, January 2023. £10,000 - 15,000

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161 Lea (Hermann) SUPERB COLLECTION OF C.64 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ‘DORSET CHARACTERS’, many mounted on card, many captioned in pencil to verso (in various hands) and often signed by Lea, generally very good condition, Dorset, v.s. [c.1897-1912]. ⁂ A wonderful glimpse back in time to rural life in Wessex at the turn of the 19th/20th century, with individuals and groups in their natural surroundings and captured in a pure and honest light. Whilst not directly related to Hardy, these figures represent the typical characters who populate his fictional works and by whom he was surrounded and would certainly have been greatly influenced when creating the atmosphere and people of Wessex. Children at play, labourers, young lovers, individual portraits of old men and young girls, all caught in the moment and without pretence. One individual is identified by name - “William Churchill 1897, in working garb.

Fought in Crimea”; another shows a young lad holding a bucket talking on a doorstep with a girl who leans on a broom, and is signed

by Lea on verso and simply captioned “Courtship”; there are 3 images of a local cobbler at work; and an image of two workers on a country track by a horse and cart is similarly signed by Lea and captioned in another hand “Return of Native file”; and there are several shots of the Woodbury Hill Fair. £8,000 - 12,000

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163 Lea (Hermann) A FINE GROUP OF 39 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF THOMAS HARDY AND 3 PORTRAIT POSTCARDS BY LEA, many inscribed in pencil on verso in Lea’s or others’ hand, a few with comments by Hardy himself, varying condition, Dorset, v.s., [c.1905-12]. ⁂ Portrait studies of Hardy by his friend and collaborator Hermann Lea, at least some of which were to be considered by them both as to suitability for publication. In one group of 9 images in their original envelope and endorsed in pencil by Lea (all of which are faded but still clearly show Hardy), Lea has commented on a series lettered A-F (A missing) and Hardy has added additional comments beneath: e.g. “This is spoilt by the location - due to the direct sunlight. H.L.” and “Next Best to A. Why not try another like this?” in Hardy’s hand. Some are just head and shoulders studies, others show him seated in his library with books around him. One is inscribed by Lea in pen on verso, “Frontispiece Little Guide Book” [A Handbook of the Wessex Country of Thomas Hardy, 1905]. £3,000 - 4,000

162 Lea (Hermann) INTERESTING GROUP OF C.93 MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO HARDY’S WESSEX, many mounted on card, many captioned in pencil to verso (in various hands) and some signed

by Lea, a few signed or initialled in the negative, generally very good condition, Dorset, v.s., [c.1897-1912]. ⁂ This group includes several studies of scarecrows, sometimes with adjacent humans; several shots of Woodbury Hill fair; interiors and exteriors of various cottages and churches; Lea using his home-made telescopic camera; scenes on a construction site; a room in Hermann Lea’s own house; a cartede-visite ‘Season’s Greetings’ card inscribed on verso “Joyce Scudamore Xmas 1898. From her affec. Uncle H. Lea”; Lea on horseback in front of Athelhampton Hall; and other glimpses of rural life. £3,000 - 4,000 76

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164 Hardy (Thomas), A.H. Evans and T.H. Tilley. PLAY SCRIPTS FOR INDIVIDUAL PARTS FOR ‘THE HARDY PLAYERS’, comprising ‘The Mellstock Quire’ 10 parts [1910]; ‘The Woodlanders’ 9 parts [1913]; ‘A Desperate Remedy’ 7 parts [1922]; ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ 20 parts [1924]; Mumming Play [?The Play of St.George] 1923, together 47 parts, typescripts, some in red & black, some with additions or corrections in manuscript, underlinings in red ink, occasional spotting or soiling, some with ink stamp of Dramatic Typing of Covent Garden, stapled in coloured wrappers varying as to play, one part in ‘Tess’ lacking wrappers, another with upper wrapper torn, rubbed and soiled, a few creases, [Purdy Appendix VI p.351], most oblong 8vo last 4to, [?Dorchester], [1910-24]. ⁂ Fascinating group of scripts for mostly minor parts (but including both Tess and Angel Clare) in adaptations of Hardy’s Wessex novels. In 1908 the Dorchester Debating and Dramatic Society performed a dramatisation of Hardy’s Trumpet-Major, and produced a different story each year until 1924, apart from during and just after the First World War. In 1916 they became ‘The Hardy Players’, with the early works adapted by A.H.Evans and later on by T.H.Tilley, a local builder and stone mason. Hardy wrote only the scripts for The Queen of Cornwall, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and the mumming play of St.George for The Return of the Native but made suggestions for scenarios etc. and attended rehearsals.

The plays were performed by amateurs in Dorchester with some performances in Weymouth and/or London. On the 100th birthday of the last remaining Hardy Player, Norrie Woodhall, whose sister Gertrude played the original Tess and whose mother had inspired the original character, she requested that the tradition should be revived. As a result ‘The New Hardy Players’ formed in 2005 and continue to celebrate Hardy’s work. £400 - 600

165 THE HARDY PLAYS 1911...’THE THREE WAYFARERS’ (IN ONE ACT) DRAMATISED

BY MR. THOMAS HARDY...AND ‘THE DISTRACTED PREACHER’ (IN THREE ACTS) DRAMATISED BY MR. A.H. EVANS, play bill, printed in green, lightly foxed, slightly creased, 444 x 288mm., Dorchester, ‘Dorset County Chronicle’ Printing Works, 1911 § Tess of the D’Urbervilles, film poster, printed in orange, brick red and black, 2 punch holes at top, small hole affecting one letter, several short tears, 760 x 254mm., Orpington, The Palace, Commencing Mon. 20th April, 1925 § Photogravure portrait of Hardy, signed by Hardy in ink, a little foxed, pencil inscription on verso in James Stevens Cox’s hand “Presented by Hardy to Kitty Cressy given to JSC by her 1965”, 218 x 143mm. (image 123 x 88mm.), [c.1920]; and a small group of miscellaneous Hardyiana including portraits in various media of Hardy, photographs of Florence Hardy, photographs by Hermann Lea of A.E. Housman (2), Arthur Symons (2) (small group) £400 - 600

166 Hardy (Thomas) A CALL TO NATIONAL SERVICE, AN APPEAL TO AMERICA, CRY OF THE HOMELESS, 1917; Domicilium, 1918; “And there was a Great Calm”, 1920, EACH ONE OF 25 COPIES INITIALLED BY FLORENCE HARDY, original printed wrappers, Chiswick Press, Privately Printed, 4to (3) ⁂ THREE RARE PRIVATELY-PRINTED POETRY PAMPHLETS WHICH SELDOM APPEAR AT AUCTION. The second is “the earliest known poem” by Hardy “written somewhere between the years 1857 and 1860, while he was still living with his parents at the charming cottage described in the verses” according to the prefatory note by Florence Hardy; the third was written by Hardy for a special Armistice Day section of The Times, published on the occasion of the burial of the Unknown Soldier. Purdy pp.191/2; p.208; and p.211. £1,500 - 2,000

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167 Hardy (Thomas) GROUP OF 30 LIMITATION PAGES EACH BEARING AUTHOR’S SIGNATURE, on papier velin, reading “This edition consists of one thousand copies signed by the author”, 8vo, c.1920. ⁂ Though undoubtedly genuine, we have been unable to ascertain for which work these limitation pages were intended. £600 - 800

169 Wilde (Oscar) NEWDIGATE PRIZE POEM. RAVENNA, FIRST EDITION, original printed wrappers, upper cover a little chipped at extremities with some splitting to upper fore-edge, preserved in custom folding chemise and morocco-backed slip-case (spine a little rubbed), [Mason 301], 8vo, Oxford, Thos. Shrimpton and Son, 1878. ⁂ Wilde’s first published book. “During a vacation ramble in 1877 he started for Greece, [and] visiting Ravenna by chance on the way, he obtained material for a poem on that ancient city, and singularly enough ‘Ravenna’ was afterwards given out as the topic for the Newdigate competition.” (The Aesthetic Movement in England by Walter Hamilton, 1882.) £600 - 800

168 Hardy (Thomas) PROGRAMME. TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES...FOR...THE HARDY PLAYERS, one of 25 copies, original brown wrappers, ruled in gilt to upper cover, string sewn, Dorchester, 1924; another copy, ‘ordinary edition’ in cream wrappers with red rule to upper cover, 1924; and similar programmes for performances by the Hardy Players of The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall (1924), A Desperate Remedy (1922), Wessex Scenes from The Dynasts (1916); The Three Wayfarers, one of 250 copies initialled by Florence Hardy and further inscribed by her on half-title, original printed wrappers, slightly foxed, in envelope addressed to T.H. Tilley, Dorchester, 1935; and 2 limited editions privately printed by Clement Shorter each with bookplate “From the Library of Thomas Hardy O.M. Max Gate”, 4to (8) ⁂ Thomas Henry Tilley took over adapting and producing for the Hardy Players in 1918, working closely with Hardy on the adaptations and forging a close relationship with the author perhaps helped by the fact that he was a stone-mason and builder which resonated with Hardy the architect. The Players’ most famous production was Hardy’s own adaptation of Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 1924 and there was even discussion of the possibility of a London production. £600 - 800

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170 Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, FIRST ISSUE with ‘Miss Violent Hunter’ in the last sentence on p.317 and without name to street sign on upper cover, small ink mark to upper cover, light surface soiling, extremities a little rubbed, 1892; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, some light rubbing, 1894, FIRST EDITIONS, illustrations by Sidney Paget, light foxing, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, a bright, near-fine set overall, g.e., preserved in custom drop-back box, [Green & Gibson A10a & A14], 8vo (2) ⁂ A superb set of the complete Sherlock Holmes short stories.

Rare in such condition. £4,000 - 6,000

171 Hope (Anthony) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, FIRST EDITION, second issue with the verso of the title page reset, eighteen titles including the present work listed in the publisher’s ad at the rear, and bound in the rust red cloth with the “f” on the spine uncrossed, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR “YOURS VERY TRULY ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS” on endpaper, ALS FROM THE AUTHOR loosely inserted, promotional photograph of Lewis Stone laid onto front free endpaper verso, bookplate of J. Y. Philips to front pastedown, hinges neatly repaired, original cloth, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners bumped, splitting to joints, slip-case, 8vo, Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, [1894].

173 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) THE RIVER WAR, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RECONQUEST OF THE SOUDAN, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, halftitles, plates, maps and illustrations, vol.1 final map torn, foxing, vol.2 slight repaired tears and abrasion to front endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, [Woods A2a], 8vo, London, New York and Bombay, 1899. ⁂ A very good copy overall of Churchill’s second book. He served in the 21st Lancers and was part of the last great cavalry charge of the British Army. £1,500 - 2,000

⁂ Anthony Hope’s classic adventure novel, we can only trace a handful of other signed examples. In the letter, Hope discusses the prospects of the stage adaptation of his work “Being down here, I haven’t seen the play yet and shan’t till I go to town about the middle of Sept. So I must ‘wait and see’ and hope that the unfavourable papers are wrong, and the favourable papers right!” £800 - 1,200

174 Homosexuality.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) TERMINAL ESSAY TO “THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS”, mimeographed typescript in purple ink, OUT-OF-SERIES COPY FROM AN EDITION LIMITED TO 50, slight insect damage to inner margin of title, restitched in original printed blue wrappers, bookplate of Robert Booth to front inside cover, a little rubbed, upper cover slightly creased and stained, rebacked, 4to, for private circulation only, 1901.

172 Poe (Edgar Allan) THE WORKS, 6 vol., ‘Fordham edition’, plates and illustrations, a few leaves slightly creased, original cloth, spines gilt, partially unopened, 8vo, 1896.

⁂ Burton’s rare and notorious essay on “pederasty”, originally issued as part of his translation of The Arabian Nights, “produced for private circulation among Scholars and Students of Sexual Psychology” to accompany John Addington Symonds’s essay A Problem in Greek Ethics. The essay was the first openly published discussion of male homosexuality in English and in it Burton proposes the geographical existence of a “sotadic zone...which I hold to be geographical and climatic, not racial”. This consisted of the area around the Mediterranean, the Levant, much of Asia, and the Americas.

£500 - 700

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175 Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne) NOVELS OF THE SISTERS BRONTE, 12 vol., ‘Thornton edition’, edited by Temple Scott, plates, later green half morocco over marbled boards, spines with gilt design round burgundy morocco onlays, slightly faded and with a couple of minor nicks, t.e.g., 8vo, Edinburgh, John Grant, 1924. ⁂ A most attractive set of the Bronte’s works together with Elizabeth Gaskell’s Life of Charlotte Bronte. £800 - 1,200 176 Lawrence (T.E.) REVOLT IN THE DESERT, WORKING DRAFT TYPESCRIPT, 61pp. printed on one side only on paper watermarked "Ryman Linen Bank British Made", some marginal creasing or occasional marginal chipping, numerous small ink autograph corrections, unbound, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, [c.1926-27]. ⁂ A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN WORKING DRAFT TYPESCRIPT OF REVOLT IN THE DESERT WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES TO THE PUBLISHED WORK. TYPESCRIPT DRAFTS

OF WORKS BY LAWRENCE ARE RARE TO THE MARKET, WE CAN TRACE NO LIKE EXAMPLE AT AUCTION.

Following the publication of the costly Subscriber's Edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom in 1926, Lawrence found himself bankruptcy and in need of an immediate source of funds. After considering the sale of his house or library, Lawrence eventually decided on the publication of an abridged version of his classic wartime account. Lawrence made initial edits to his work by crossing through a proof of Seven Pillars "using a brush and purple ink." (O'Brien, T.E. Lawrence: A Bibliography, p.93). This appears to be a subsequent attempted draft although it is notably shorter than the final published version with whole passages omitted or run together.

At times, it appears that Lawrence was yet to decide exactly how to relay certain events and has therefore left single-line paragraphs to be filled-out at a later date, for example the end of the chapter titled "Akaba, Suez, Allenby" (p.30) contains the following curtailed passages: "The Dufferin was detailed to take me to Jeddah for the new mission. The King came down from Mecca. The proposed transfer of Feisal to Allenby was accepted at once, King Husswin [sic] taking the opportunity to stress his complete loyalty to our alliance." These passages are filled out substantially in the finished text. The same chapter also includes brief biographies of General Sir Archibald James Murray and General Sir Archibald Lynden-Bell (pp.28-29) which were later removed.

The number of chapter headings is substantially smaller than those in the published version, totalling 16, compared to the 37 in the published version.

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178 Invasion of Czechoslovakia.- Historical Institute of the Czechslovak Academy of Sciences. SEDM PRAŽSKÝCH DNŮ. [SEVEN DAYS IN PRAGUE], FIRST EDITION, photographic illustrations, margins slightly toned, typed letter in Czech on Svaz českých spisovatelů [Union of Czech Writers] headed paper loosely inserted, original wrappers, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at joints and edges, a few small nicks to spine ends, 4to, for internal use only, 1968. ⁂ A collection of documents concerning the first week of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The typed letter, dated 12th January 1970 and addressed to comrade Jiří Hanzelka (Czech writer, photographer and journalist) requests that writers who possess the so-called Black Book (Seven Days of Prague) hand it over to the Public Security in Prague. £600 - 800

177 Early report on the Holocaust.- MASS EXTERMINATION OF JEWS IN GERMAN OCCUPIED POLAND (THE), original printed stapled wrappers, some very light rust-staining, but an excellent copy generally, 8vo, Hutchinson, for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [1943]. ⁂ The first official announcement of the Final Solution, the systematic mass-murder of Jews by the Nazis, which led to the Holocaust. The pamphlet is based on reports filed by Jan Karski, a Polish secret agent who operated in Nazi-occupied Poland. From 1940 to 1942, Karski witnessed the extermination of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Belzec death camp and in other locales, and reported back to the exiled Polish Government in London. The pamphlet also contains the full text of “Raczynski’s Note”, a letter by Edward Raczynski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivered to the 26 government signatories of the Declaration by United Nations on 10th December 1942, introducing the reality of the Holocaust to the world. £1,500 - 2,000

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179 Surrender of Germany.- TELEX MESSAGE ANNOUNCING THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES, single sheet, printed in black on recto only, marked from JEJO, to UAGP JEQY, ACRM, BARM, CAOM, CBOM, FCC &tc, text beginning “Para one p.d. A representative of the German high command signed the Unconditional paren from Shaef Forward signed Eisenhower cite SHGCT unparen surrender of all German land CMA sea CMA and air forces in Europe to the Allied expeditionary force and simultaneously to the Soviet high command at zero one four one hours central European time CMA 7 May under which all forces will cease ac[t]ive operations...’, paper with perforated edges, folds, some creasing, some short tears and very small portions of loss, affecting text but without loss of sense, 280 x 215mm., [7th May 1945]. £750 - 1,000 180 Thatcher (Margaret).- Berry (Anthony) & Douglas Wilson. CONSERVATIVE OXFORD, SIGNED BY MARGARET THATCHER on contents page next to her contribution, hinge cracked, original wrappers, spine rubbed with portions lacking, covers with surface soiling, 4to, Oxford, by the Oxford University Conservative Association, [1949]. ⁂ A RARE COPY OF CONSERVATIVE OXFORD, AND PROBABLY MARGARET THATCHER’S FIRST

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Published by the Oxford University Conservative Association - the largest student-led University party-political society in Europe. Two years after graduating Thatcher remained very engaged with the society, and here at the age of 24 Thatcher contributes an article titled ‘Local Government’ under her maiden name Margaret Roberts.

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181 181 Cardano (Girolamo) LIBELLI DUO. VNUS, DE SUPPLEMENTO ALMANACH. ALTER, DE RESTITUTIONE TEMPORUM & MOTUUM COESLESTIUM, FIRST EDITION, title with woodcut oval portrait of the author, woodcut charts, diagrams and historiated and decorative initials, lacking final blank, title with some restoration (just touching a few letters) and some soiling, marginal repairs, see in particular part of lower blank corner of final f., some spotting and staining, lightly browned, later vellum over boards, some staining, [Caillet 2013; Durling 857; Houzeau & Lancaster 4826; Riccardi I, 1. 250]; VD 16 C 940], small 4to, Nuremberg, Johann Petri, 1543. ⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first edition of Cardano’s work on the fundamentals of astronomy for astrologers, including the determination of the correct length of the solar, tropical, and sidereal years, and followed by a section of 67 horoscopes of notables, including Petrarch, Luther, Cicero, Erasmus, Dürer, and Alciati. £1,500 - 2,000 182 Hood (Thomas) THE USE OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE IN PLANO, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, without 2 engravings of spheres (as often), previous owner’s ink notes to pastedowns, title verso and occasional margins, lacking front free endpaper, lacking bottom half of final free endpaper, lacking ?final blank, tiny worming to bottom margin throughout, A3, A4 and B2 with tiny holes to corners, F3 with loss to bottom corner, occasional staining, mostly marginal, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and worn, lacking ties, [Houzeau & Lancaster 2785; STC 13697], 4to, for Thobie Cooke, 1590. ⁂ Rare. £1,500 - 2,000 182 82

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183 Kepler (Johannes) TABULAE RUDOLPHINAE, 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, engraved allegorical frontispiece of the Temple of Urania by Georg Koeler bound after printed title, woodcut diagrams, k3 trimmed at fore-edge with loss to side-notes relating to the woodcuts, with the 8pp. Sportula Genethliacis Missa printed in 1629 included at the end of part 1, L3 part of the Tabulae (not a double-page letterpress table as in some copies), repairs to inner margin of tables near end with occasional loss to text, water-stained throughout, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, lacking ties, [Tomash & Williams K27; Houzeau & Lancaster 12754; Norman 1208], folio, Ulm, Jonas Saur, 1627. ⁂ A VERY GOOD COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING OF WHAT KEPLER HIMSELF CALLED HIS “CHIEF ASTRONOMICAL WORK”.

“In 1601 Kepler was charged by the dying Tycho Brahe to complete his proposed Rudolphine tables of planetary motion, to be based upon Tycho’s great storehouse of observations. When the tables finally appeared twenty-six years later, Kepler excused the long delay in his preface, in which he cited not only salary and wartime difficulties, but also ‘the novelty of my discoveries and the unexpected transfer of the whole of astronomy from fictitious circles to natural causes, which were most profound to investigate, difficult to explain, and difficult to calculate, since mine was the first attempt’ (Gesammelte Werke 10, pp. 42-43; quoted in DSB). Kepler’s work was shaped not only by his Copernican bias and his discovery of the laws of planetary motion, but by the ‘happy calamity’, in 1618, of his initiation into logarithms, which enabled him to make the complex calculations necessary for determining planetary orbits. Kepler was thus able to take into account the relative heliocentric positions of the earth and planets, calculating these positions separately and combining them to produce the geocentric position; this yielded far more accurate positions than in previous tables, which had erred by as much as five degrees. This improvement constituted a strong endorsement of the Copernican system, and insured the tables’ dominance in the field of astronomy throughout the seventeenth century” (Norman).

This copy with “Damnatus Author, opus permissum” [forbidden author, permitted work] written in a contemporary hand. Some of Kepler’s works were included in the list of books banned by the Catholic Church in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (eg Astronomia nova, 1609; Harmonices Mundi, 1619; Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae, 1617-21) but were removed in the 19th century. £10,000 - 15,000

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184 Stöffler (Johannes) ELUCIDATIO FABRICAE USUSQUE ASTROLABII, FIRST EDITION, title within woodcut architectural border with putti at head, woodcut arms of Georg Simler to **6v, numerous woodcut charts, diagrams and illustrations, some full-page, those on A6v, C4v and D3r with extension slips (single extension slip of D3 loosely inserted), woodcut decorative initials of various sizes, foot of final recto with woodcut criblé printer’s device, **6 verso with poem by Philipp Melanchthon, early English ms. price (3s 4d) to head of title, occasional early ink marginalia in an English hand, trimmed at outer margin and lower margins, occasionally just touching a woodcut, printed side-note or signature mark, a few marginal repairs, some spotting or staining, 17th century English speckled calf, rebacked in gilt calf in compartments with leather label, corners restored, lower cover bottom corner chipped, covers rubbed and little marked, [Adams S1886; Houzeau & Lancaster 3256; Stillwell Science, 892. Wellcome 6099; VD 16 S 9191], 4to, Oppenheim, [Jakob Köbel], 1513 [colophon 1512]. ⁂ The Macclesfield copy of the first edition of the most comprehensive treatise on the astrolable of its time, which was handsomely printed at the first press in Oppenheim. It is rare at auction. ‘Stoeffler recognized that, in mapping, computation of the distance between two places whose latitude and longitude were known failed to take into account the convergence of the meridians’ (Stillwell).

Johann Stöffler (1452-1531) was a mathematician, astronomer and instrument-maker, who was appointed to the chair of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Tübingen. He was the teacher of Philipp Melanchthon, Johannes Schöner, and Sebastian Münster, and a key member of the generation who considered Regiomontanus the paragon of Renaissance astronomers. The poem by Melanchthon is possibly his first appearance in print.

Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (1860 North Library armorial bookplate to front pastedown, with press mark ‘180 G. 9’.) £4,000 - 6,000

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185 Darwin (Charles), Robert Wallace, Alfred Russel, John Stevens Henslow, Francis Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley and others. [A COLLECTION OF OVER 82 PAPERS, LETTERS AND REVIEWS ON EVOLUTION, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY], 47 vol., original journal issues in Nature, Journal of the Linnean Society, of these 8 with presentation inscriptions from J. S. Henslow, the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society London, and others, plates and illustrations, some foxing, a little splitting to gutter or hinges weak in some vol., several in original wrappers, these a few partially lacking covers, torn at hinges or chipped, most vol. in contemporary cloth, a little bumped and rubbed, several with original wrappers bound in, 8vo and 4to, 1844-1935. ⁂ A superb and extensive collection from some of the fore-most naturalists of the era. A full list available upon request. £3,000 - 4,000 84

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186 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, very light foxing to peripheral pages, neat repairs to hinges, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, light bumping to corners, spine ends a little creased, but still overall a sharp copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.

188 DNA.- Crick (Francis Harry C.) 'THE STRUCTURE OF THE HEREDITARY MATERIAL' in Scientific American, October 1954, pp.54-61; 'Nucleic Acids...", in Scientific American, September 1957, pp. 188-200; 'The Genetic Code', in Scientific American, October 1962, pp.6674; 'The Genetic Code III', in Scientific American, October 1966, pp.55-60, all original journal issues, illustrations, original wrappers, a couple of very small tears, slight wear such as creasing a little rubbing and and light dust-soiling in places; as well as an off-print of the second mentioned, and an anniversary edition of Nature, including the milestone paper, 'Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid', 4to (6) £500 - 700

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187 Darwin (Charles) THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 7 heliotype plates (3 folding), numbered in Roman, wood-engraved illustrations in text, lacking advertisements at end, occasional very light foxing, faint marking to title, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, upper cover a little soiled, light rubbing to extremities, preserved in custom half morocco drop-back box, [Freeman 1141; G&M 4975], 8vo, John Murray, 1872. ⁂ “This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment” Freeman p.141. £500 - 700

189 Gemology.- Geology.- Boodt (Anselmus Boetius de) GEMMARUM ET LAPIDUM HISTORIA, edited by Adrianus Toll, second edition, title with woodcut printer’s device, 2 folding letterpress tables, woodcut illustrations in text and decorative initials, final f. blank, contemporary ink numbering to foot of title recto and verso, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, 19th century half vellum, cream leather label to spine, rubbed, [Sinkankas 779; Hoover 146; Wellcome I, 981], 8vo, Leiden, Joannis Maire, 1636. ⁂ The first edition of this important work on Gemology to include the commentary of Adrian Toll, and the second edition overall. ‘the first edition [is] an impressive work by any standard, but succeeding editions, augmented by additional information are even more impressive’ (Sinkankas). Includes much on gem cutting and mineralogy. £1,200 - 1,800

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191 Haemoglobin and protein structure.- Pauling (Linus) John Kendrew, Max Perutz, Sir Lawrence Bragg and others. [A COLLECTION OF OVER 15 PAPERS ON HAEMOGLOBIN, PROTEIN STRUCTURES AND VITAMIN C], 15 vol., original journal issues in Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and the Royal Society, and Scientific American, illustrations, ink library stamps, occasional foxing or spotting, original wrappers for some, or contemporary cloth or cloth-backed boards, some with original wrappers bound in, some light wear generally, a few minor stains, v.s., 1954-1971. ⁂ The study of protein structure, haemoglobin and vitamin C published in papers such as these, for which Pauling, Kendrew and Perutz all won Nobel Prizes, laid the foundations for the breakthrough work on DNA by Crick, Watson, Franklin and Wilkins.

Papers here include, for example: Kendrew’s “The species specificity of myoglobin”; Perutz’s “Structure of haemoglobin. A three-dimensional Fourier synthesis..” and Pauling’s “Nature of the Iron-Oxygen bond in Oxyhaemoglobin”. £2,000 - 3,000

190 -. Pouget (Jean Henri Prosper) TRAITÉ DES PIERRES PRÉCIEUSES ET DE LA MANIERE DE LES EMPLOYER EN PARURE, 79 engraved plates by Mlle.

Raimbeau, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, 1762; Nouveau Recueil de Parures de Joyaillerie, 79 engraved plates, number 72 with small tear at fore-margin, 1764, together 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITIONS, engraved pictorial titles, some spotting and minor soiling, later morocco-backed boards, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 869 1&2; Cohen-de Ricci 819], 4to, Paris, the author and Taillard. ⁂ Rare in commerce to find both parts bound together; we could trace no similar copies at auction. Published two years apart, the Nouveau Recueil expands Pouget’s original Traité, which is widely recognised as one of the most important 18th century works on precious stones and their use in jewellery, royal and military orders etc.

192 Tacquet (Andreas) OPERA MATHEMATICA, second edition, additional engraved title, title in red & black, engraved title vignette, and 87 folding plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, plate 4 torn with substantial loss, contemporary vellum, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt (chipped), extremities rubbed, folio, Antwerp, apud Henricum & Cornelium Verdussen, 1707. ⁂ Second edition of this posthumously published scientific compendium, containing ‘works on astronomy, spherical trigonometry, practical geometry, and fortification, plus previously published writings on geometry and Aristotle’s wheel’ (DSB XIII, p.236). £500 - 700

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193 Briggs (Henry) TRIGONOMETRIA BRITANNICA: SIVE DE DOCTRINA TRIGANULORUM LIBRI DUO ..., FIRST EDITION, half-title, woodcut initials and head-pieces, diagrams, tables, previous owner’s ink signature to title, bookplate, ex-British Astronomical Library with ink-stamps to title, scattered very faint spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, [Smith, Rara Mathematica, p.621; Honeyman 506], Gouda, Pieter Rammazeyn, 1633. ⁂ On his death in 1630 the ‘Trigonometria’ was still unfinished, but was completed by his friend Henry Gellibrand, professor of astronomy at the same college, who added a preface explaining the application of logarithms to plane and spherical trigonometry.

They also proved highly useful in the advance of systematic geography and navigation, and among the pioneers in this field who benefited from Briggs’s friendship and special knowledge were Samuel Purchas, Capt. Luke Fox and Edward Wright.

Provenance: Bookplate and ink signature of Lord Arundell of Wardour. £2,000 - 3,000 194 Euclid. ELEMENTORUM LIBER DECIMUS, translation and commentary by Pierre Mondoré, FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY, Roman and italic type, woodcut diagrams, some water-staining, mostly to lower margins, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, head of spine repaired, some staining and creasing, housed in a modern red morocco-backed dropback box, spine gilt, spine spotted and faded, [Thomas-Stanford XII; Adams E1013], 4to, Paris, Michel de Vascosan, 1551. ⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first Mondoré edition of the tenth book of Euclid’s Elements. Mondoré was a mathematician, poet, and Royal Librarian. The preface contains an attack on Ramus, whose Latin version of the Elements had appeared in 1545.

Provenance: 16th century ink signatures to title; ‘R.Hill’ (?Sir Rowland Hill, ink signature to front free endpaper); engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown; armorial blind-stamp to second front free endpaper. £2,500 - 3,500

195 Euclid. ELEMENTORUM GEOMETRICOURM LIBRI TREDECIM, FIRST EDITION IN ARABIC, title in Latin and Arabic, text entirely in Arabic, woodcut decorations and numerous diagrams, title trimmed and laid down, lacking 4ff. (pp.17-24), some ff. browned, occasional spotting, upper hinge broken, contemporary vellum, folio, Rome, In Typographia Medicea, 1594. ⁂ “POSSIBLY THE MOST REMARKABLE OF ALL PRINTED EDITIONS OF EUCLID” (Thomas-Stanford). Important and rare, despite the faults in this copy, it is from the more complete of the 2 issues, having all 13 chapters and ending on p.454 (as opposed to 12 chapters and only 400pp.). It was printed at the press established in Rome by Ferdinando de’ Medici under the auspices of Pope Gregory XIII, devoted to Eastern languages and overseen by mathematician and head printer Giovanni Battista Raimondi.

Literature: Adams E990; Honeyman 1015; Mortimer Italian 175; EDIT 16 CNCE 18366. £3,000 - 4,000

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Provenance: Thomas Liliat, graduated MA and Batchelor of Divinity from Christ Church, Oxford in the 1550s, becoming rector of Houghton in Northamptonshire and then Westley in Suffolk (ink signature and Greek inscription at head of title); William Constable (1783-1806), naturalist and collector of natural history curiosities. In 1775 he was elected fellow of the Royal Society. His cabinet of curiosities is still on display at his family estate of Burton Constable Hall in Yorkshire (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). £2,000 - 3,000

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197 Medicine.- Hodgkin (Thomas) “ON SOME MORBID APPEARANCES OF THE ABSORBENT GLANDS AND SPLEEN”, in Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, vol. 17, pp.

68-114, half-title (detached and chipped), plates, first gathering detached, others working loose, British Medical Library ink stamp to title and half-title, covers detached, lacking spine, rubbed, 8vo, 1832. ⁂ THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF HODGKIN’S DISEASE, AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN ONCOLOGY. Hodgkin was at the time lecturer of morbid anatomy at Guy’s Hospital and curator of its museum. The present paper went unheralded at the time (including by Hodgkin himself) but it proved crucial in assisting Samuel Wilks’ own studies of the disease which he ultimately named Hodgkin’s Disease in honour of the work of his predecessor. £600 - 800 88

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198 -. Jenner (Edward) “TWO CASES OF SMALL-POX INFECTION COMMUNICATED TO THE FOETUS IN UTERO UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH ADDITIONAL REMARKS”, AND “OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISTEMPER IN DOGS” in MedicoChirurgical Transactions, vol. 1, FIRST EDITION, pp.263-275, half-title, plates, some scattered foxing, British Medical Library ink stamp to half-title and endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Martin of Reigate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, covers detached and worn, 8vo, 1809. ⁂ A pair of scarce Jenner papers continuing his work on smallpox and infectious disease. £800 - 1,200

199 Mining.- Alford (Charles J.) THREE LETTERS ON THE AUSTRALIAN MINING LAWS, p.13 with marginal pen marks in red ink, rare, Sydney, Turner and Henderson, 1897 BOUND WITH Lizardi (Manuel) and Francisco Glennie.

Opinioìn que al Sr. ingeniero D. Francisco Glennie presenta en consulta el licenciado Manuel Lizardi, title with small wood-engraved vignette of a miner, rare, Mexico City, Franciso Diìaz de Leoìn, 1882 AND 5 other early 20th century Mexican works relating to mining, together 7 works in 1 vol., some later pencil marginalia and passage marking, occasional spotting or mostly light staining / water-staining, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, spine faded and with water-stain at foot, rubbed; and another containing 2 19th century Mexican mining works, 8vo (2) ⁂ A good group of rare mining works. £500 - 700 200 Nanotechnology.- Feynman (Richard P.) ‘HOW TO BUILD AN AUTOMOBILE SMALLER THAN THIS DOT’, FIRST EDITION, in Popular Science, November 1960, vol. 177, pp.114-116, 230 & 232, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, a little creasing to spine and lower cover, New York, 1960; and 7 copies of the same, with light wear to spines, 8vo (8) ⁂ One of the first printings of Feynman’s famous and visionary afterdinner lecture, ‘There’s plenty of room at the bottom,’ recognised as the birth of nanotechnology, given in 1959 in Pasadena at the American Physical Society’s Winter Meeting of the West. Delivered without notes, a transcript from recordings was first printed in the February 1960 issue of the California Institute of Technology Journal of Engineering and Science. Here, the first readily attainable printed version, presents slightly enlarged argument.

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201 Newton (Isaac) OPTICKS: OR, A TREATISE OF THE REFLEXIONS, REFRACTIONS, INFLEXIONS AND COLOURS OF LIGHT, FIRST EDITION, title in red and black, 19 engraved folding plates, one with ink signature dated 1756 and trimmed lacking fig. 1, lacking 2K3 (text ff.), water-staining to foreedges and occasional light ink stains, scattered spotting, tender edges toward end, marginal worming to final plate and final endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping and loss to corners, a little rubbed, [Wallis 174], 4to, for Sam. Smith. and Benj. Walford, printers to the Royal Society, 1704. ⁂ The first edition of Newton’s mathematical and experimental investigations into the nature of light and colour, considered to be one of the three major works on Optics, alongside works by Kepler and Huygen. £4,000 - 6,000

202 Ocean Liner.- TWO PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF THE GREEK LINE T.S.S.OLYMPIA, 86 gelatin silver prints, c.220 x 290mm. or vice versa, each stamped W.Wralston, Glasgow on verso with negative number in pencil, mounted on 43 blank leaves with corner mounts, captions in black ink below, a couple of corner mounts missing, contemporary cloth faux snakeskin ring-binders titled in black on upper cover, rubbed, a few leaves loose, oblong folio, [Glasgow], 1953. ⁂ Fascinating record of the luxurious and ultramodern interiors of the Clyde-built passenger ship T.S.S. Olympia in the year of its maiden voyage, with upholstery designed by Tibor Reich and the interior design by Emmanuel Lazaridis. Unpopulated by either passengers or staff, the precision of the large black & white photographs complements the bold post-war contrasts and angles, such as in the jazzy ‘Mycenaean’ and ‘Derby’ rooms. Vibrant upholstery and geometry in the ‘Bookworm’ reading room and ‘The Scribe’ writing room are balanced against a classic woodpanelled library and card room. Other photographs record the gymnasium, children’s play areas ‘Wonderland’ and ‘Neverland’, cabins, and even a First Class ‘stateroom toilet’. Having changed hands and been renamed several times, the ship was finally broken up in early 2010. £1,500 - 2,000

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203 Physics.- Alfven (Hannes) Niels Bohr, Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, Gerhard Herzberg, Wolfgang Pauli, Erwin Schrodinger and others. [A COLLECTION OF C.850 PHYSICS pAPERS], nearly all offprints, ranging from the early 1930s to the late 1950s, including many by Nobel Prize winners such as Alfven (21 papers), Bohr (5), Born (27), Heisenberg (17), Herzberg (25), Pauli (8), Raman (20), Schrodinger (40+), Tomonaga (19) as well as others like Bethe, de Broglie, Irene and Marie Curie, Tamm, around 30 papers signed by the author, some inscribed to or signed by Ralph Kronig, many in original wrappers (as issued), little light sunning to some, the odd spot or case of minor staining but overall clean, housed within five card boxes, v.s., v.d., 1930s-1960 ⁂ A superb and extensive collection. A full list of all papers available upon request.

Provenance: from the library of Ralph Kronig (1904-1995), a German physicist, known for his discovery of electron spin and Xray absorption spectroscopy. £6,000 - 8,000 204 -. Hawking (Stephen) A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, FIRST EDITION, illustrations, very light marginal toning to text, original boards, dustjacket, some light creasing, else fine, 8vo, 1988.

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205 Aldrovandi (Ulisse) QUADRUPEDUM OMNIU[M] BISULCORU[M] HISTORIA, second edition, engraved title, woodcut illustrations, scattered spotting, ex- Bologna with occasional ink-stamps, previous owner’s small ink signature to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, yapped edges, title in manuscript to spine, rubbed, remnants of small paper label to lower cover, [Nissen ZBI 76; Graesse I, 65], folio, Gian Battista Ferroni for Marco Antonia Bernia, 1641. ⁂ Second edition of a ground-breaking investigation into hoofed (ungulate) quadrupeds, first published in 1621. Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) is regarded as the father of modern natural history due to his pivotal contribution to zoology, botany and geology. An erudite scholar of wide-ranging interests, he was the first professor of natural science at Bologna University. There, he established a renowned botanical garden and gathered a steady amount of specimens and detailed drawings of faunal and floral rarities in his private museum. Everything was later bequeathed to the City Senate. The majority of his extensive essays were published posthumously by his pupils with the support of the Bolognese Commune. £1,500 - 2,000

206 Botany.- Allen (John Fisk) VICTORIA REGIA; OR THE GREAT WATER LILY OF AMERICA, 6 chromolithograph plates by William Sharp, some worming, affecting first 4 plates, at blank margin of gutter head but also within image, worst affected frontispiece and plate 1, with only small holes within image continuing through to 2nd and 3rd plates, same worm holes also affecting letterpress title, dedication leaf, first few text leaves, front endpaper and plate paper guards, but no text loss, all worming with paper repairs, otherwise light damp-staining from gutter head, including to plates but most noticeable in margins and on verso, original printed boards, ?early reback in cloth, neat repairs upper cover corners, toned, water and other stains, a little rubbed, [Nissen BBI 16; Great Flower Books (1990) p.69], folio, Boston, for the author by Dutton & Wentworth, 1854 ⁂ A masterpiece of colour lithography. Allen’s work on the giant lilies of the Amazon river is brought to life by William Sharp’s largeformat chromolithographed plates; recognised as some of the finest botanical images ever produced in America, they are also some of the earliest to employ the multi-stone printing process. £4,000 - 6,000 92

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207 207 -. Curtis (William) THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; OR, FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED, 24 vol. in 12, vol. 1 later issue (1790), title pages vol. 1-3 (that of 2 and 3 misbound at front of vol. 3 and 5) and vol. 7-24 all present, 966 finely hand-coloured engraved plates, several folding, ink ownership stamp to front endpapers and bookplates to pastedowns, some plates lightly browned, scattered off-setting, overall bright and generally clean, handsomely bound in early nineteenth century green straight-grain morocco, spines lightly faded and minor scuffing to extremities, [Great Flower Books p. 156; Nissen BBI 2350], 8vo, by Couchman and Fry, for W. Curtis, 1788-1806 £3,000 - 4,000 208 Conchology.- Humphrey (William, 1745-1810) [THE WENTELTRAP], mezzotint, an exceedingly scarce proof impression before letters, printing very finely on laid paper without watermark, platemark 145 x 111 mm (5¾ x 4⅜ in), thread margins, very small expert repair to centre left, pencil inscription within lower blank margin that reads ‘In the possession of Capt. Webber...’, unframed, [George Humphrey, circa 1810]

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Provenance: Christopher Mendez, London ⁂ “The Individual of this rare species of Testacea, of which an / exact representation is given in the accompanying Plate, was brought to / England from Batavia, by the late William Webber, Esq. formerly / of Duke Street, Westminster, but last of Blackheath in Kent, Anno. 1765, / and is presumed to be the largest of the kind known. / At the Sale of Mr. Webber’s Collection of Shells (of which it / was the most valuable Specimen) by Mess.r King and Lochée in King ? Street, Covent Garden, the 21st May, 1810, it sold for Twenty- / seven Pounds” [from text accompanying BM impression] £600 - 800

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209 Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) A NEW HERBALL, OR HISTORIE OF PLANTS, translated by Henry Lyte, black letter, title within decorative woodcut border, title laid down and expertly remargined, a2-a5 with small loss to gutter and corners, all expertly restored, occasional ink underlining, marginal marking and annotations, in different inks and hands, occasional faint staining, modern calf, [Henrey 112; Pritzel 2345], 8vo, by Edm. Bollifant, 1595. £1,500 - 2,000 210 New Naturalist.- Collins (William, publishers) THE NEW NATURALIST LIBRARY, 168 vol., vol. 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42-45, 47, 72 and nos.

9, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21 of the Monographs reprints, THE REST FIRST EDITIONS, plates and illustrations, original cloth, most with dustjackets, earlier copies with fading and chipping, vol.3 with portion lacking from spine, a few other earlier vol. with chips and nicks to extremities, later jackets a little faded, 7 Monographs lacking jackets, a few ex-library copies, some with ownership inscriptions, still generally a very good or excellent set, 1946-2015; and 10 duplicates (including both editions of no.82), and a copy of Collecting the New Naturalists, 8vo (179); sold not subject to return. ⁂ A complete run of the series, of both the main 145 vol. of The New Naturalist Library and the complete 22 vol. of the Monographs. £1,000 - 1,500

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ARCHITECTURE 211 Bibiena (Ferdinando Galli) L’ARCHITETTURA CIVILE, 5 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, woodcut decoration on title, woodcut initials and decorations, full-page engraved portrait and 72 plates, errata leaf at end, all leaves guarded, water-stain to upper and lower margin throughout, some soiling, a few short tears, contemporary vellum, worn and rebacked, early ink writing to both covers, [Berlin Kat. 2628; Fowler 134, variant title mentioning Bologna; Millard Italian 45], folio, Parma, Paolo Monti, 1711. ⁂ “The five parts of this work treat of geometry, civil architecture in general, perspective, painting, theatrical scenes and the mechanics of lifting and moving objects. As an author Ferdinand is perhaps the most important of the five members of the great Italian architectural family of Galli da Bibiena, known for their theater designs and decorations in the full baroque style”. (Fowler). £1,200 - 1,800

212 Goldfinger (Erno) and Ursula Blackwell. PLANNING YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD: FOR HOME, FOR WORK, FOR PLAY, 20 sheets, 500 x 360mm., colour, small holes at corners, some light toning, mainly marginal, [for the Army Bureau of Current Affairs], [1944]. ⁂ Scarce and important series.

Architect Erno Goldfinger played an important part in the development of the modernist movement in Britain, particularly famous for his Brutalist designs, which were often unpopular publicly (allegedly Ian Fleming, Goldfinger’s neighbour, was so opposed to one design that he named the Bond villain after the architect). ‘Planning Your Neighbourhood’ is an optimistic presentation of an utopian vision of improved post-war city life. Shoreditch, with slums and heavily damaged in the war, was a perfect candidate for post-war reconstruction.

The 20 sheets of the proposal here, incorporate maps, aerial photos and diagrams to aid visualisation - the idea was that anyone, young and old across different social classes, would enjoy living in the “vertical city”. £800 - 1,200

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213 Hofland (Barbara Hoole) A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE MANSION AND GARDENS OF WHITE-KNIGHTS, a Seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, LARGE PAPER COPY, 8 aquatint and 15 etched plates after T.C.Hofland, all on india paper and mounted, ALL HAND-COLOURED, tissue guards, some light foxing to plate mounts and text towards end, original half parchment over drab boards, roan label to spine, uncut, a little worn, spine defective at head and worn at foot, spine and some patches to boards repaired, [Abbey, Scenery 425, ordinary paper; Tooley 268], folio (435 x 330mm.), privately printed for the Duke of Marlborough, [1819]. ⁂ Scarce large paper copy with all the plates on india paper and all hand-coloured rather than just the 8 aquatints. Tooley describes it as “extremely rare in this state”.

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Whiteknights, near Reading, was a seat of the Marquis of Blandford (later 5th Duke of Marlborough) who entertained there lavishly. As well as a magnificent library and collection of paintings the estate was renowned for its gardens, full of rare and unusual plants. In 1819 the Duke went bankrupt and retired to Blenheim, causing the estate and contents to be sold off and the house demolished. This work, commissioned but not paid for by the Marquis, almost bankrupted the Hoflands as well. £750 - 1,000 214 Landé (Richard) MODERNE FASSADEN IN FARBIGER DARSTELLUNG, 3 parts, 19 colour plates mounted on black card leaves, 3 plans, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, lightly foxed, upper wrappers of parts 1 & 2 torn, together in original half-cloth portfolio with illustration to upper cover, very slightly rubbed, folio, Leipzig, [c.1900]. ⁂ Scarce work using the new technology of mechanical threecolour printing. £400 - 600 215 Pozzo (Andrea) PERSPECTIVA PICTORUM ET ARCHITECTORUM, 2 vol., final and enlarged edition, titles in Latin and Italian, vol.1 with 2 engraved frontispieces, portrait and 101 full-page illustrations plus one folding plate (torn), vol.2 with 2 engraved frontispieces, 118 full-page illustrations, some printed on recto and verso, plus one plate at end, foxed and soiled, contemporary vellum, worn and soiled, later vellum label with manuscript to upper covers, folio, Rome, Antonio de Rossi, 1723-37. £1,000 - 1,500

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CHILDREN’S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, PRINTS AND ORIGINAL ARTWORKS INCLUDING LIVRES D’ARTISTES AND BINDINGS The Property of an American-based collector 217 Gillray (James) ANTI-SACCHARRITES, -OR- JOHN BULL AND HIS FAMILY LEAVING OFF THE USE OF SUGAR, etching with hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 315 x 400 mm (12⅜ x 15¾ in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, two carefully repaired tears to the lower edge, handling creases, minor surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 8074], Hannah Humphrey, 1792. £600 - 800

216 Gillray (James) THE BALANCE OF POWER. -OR- “THE POSTERITY OF THE IMMORTAL CHATHAM, TURN’D POSTURE MASTER”, etching with handcolouring on laid paper with large watermark of Strasbourg lily with initials ‘GR’, sheet 352 x 247 mm (13⅞ x 9¾ in), thread margins, small repaired nick to centre left, unframed, [BM Satires 7846], H. Humphrey, London, 1791 £500 - 700 218 Gillray (James) TEMPERANCE ENJOYING A FRUGAL MEAL, etching and stipple-engraving with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 362 x 266 mm (14¼ x 10½ in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1792 Literature: BM Satires 8117 ⁂ Satire on the supposed miserliness of the King and Queen, which was a favourite subject of caricature; the frugality of the King’s meals was well known. £500 - 700

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219 Gillray (James) A VOLUPTUARY UNDER THE HORRORS OF DIGESTION, etching and stipple-engraving with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 358 x 265 mm (14¼ x 10½ in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, minor surface abrasion and dirt lower corners, unframed, [BM Satires 8112], Hannah Humphrey, 1792 ⁂ A corpulent Prince of Wales rests in an armchair by a dining table covered with the remains of his substantial meal, his waistcoat and trousers all but unbuttoned, an overflowing chamber pot rests on unpaid bills, his gambling debts and related items lie on the floor.

221 Gillray (James) HERO’S RECRUITING AT KELSEY’S; - OR - GUARD-DAY AT ST. JAMES’S, etching with bright contemporary hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 365 x 260 mm (14⅜ x 10¼ in), trimmed to or just within the platemark but outside the borderline, faint vertical crease running parallel to the right edge, other minor handling creases, unframed, [BM 9068], Hannah Humphrey, 1797. £600 - 800

£500 - 700

222 Gillray (James) THE UNION-CLUB, etching with hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, platemark 300 x 435 mm (11¾ x 17 in), sheet 310 x 452 mm (12¼ x 17¾ in), small margins, tiny marginal repair to the lower centre, minor surface dirt, handling creases, unframed, [BM Satires 9699], Hannah Humphrey, 1801 220 Gillray (James) SUBSTITUTES FOR BREAD - OR - RIGHT HONORABLES SAVING THE LOAVES AND DIVIDING THE FISHES, etching with original handcolouring, an excellent impression on wove paper without watermark, platemark 248 x 350 mm (9¾ x 13¾ in), sheet 270 x 380 mm (10⅝ x 14⅞ in), hinged into mount, minor exposure lines within the margins, light spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 8707], Hannah Humphrey, 1795.

⁂ A wildly debauched scene of excitably drunken, slumbering, unconscious figures in the foreground, including Fox, the Prince, Moira, Sheridan and others, in contrast to the violent brawling in the background, many figures wearing shamrocks, the clock on the wall bearing the maker’s name of W. Pitt, £1,500 - 2,000

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223 Gillray (James) INTRODUCTION OF CITIZEN VOLPONE & HIS SUITE AT PARIS - VIDE THE MONITEUR & COBBETTS LETTERS, etching with vibrant handcolouring, an excellent impression on wove paper with watermark initials ‘E.P.’, platemark 253 x 354 mm (10 x 13⅞ in), sheet 256 x 388 mm (10 x 15¼ in), hinged into mount, numbered in ink ‘f. 266’ within the upper right margin, minor surface dirt unframed, [BM satires 9892], Hannah Humphrey, 1802 Provenance: C.F. (Unidentified collector’s stamp verso, seemingly not recorded

by Lugt] £800 - 1,200

225 Gillray (James) THE KING OF BROBDINGNAG, AND GULLIVER. -VIDE. SWIFT’S GULLIVER: VOYAGE TO BROBDINGNAG, etching and aquatint with original hand-colouring, an excellent impression on wove paper without watermark, platemark 355 x 252 mm (14 x 10 in), sheet 425 x 298 mm (16¾ x 11¾ in), wide margins but without deckle edge, minor surface dirt, light browning and handling creases, unframed, [BM Satires 10019], Hannah Humphrey, 1803 ⁂ George III, half length, stands in profile to the left, holding a tiny Napoleon on the palm of his right hand, and inspecting him through a spy-glass. Lord Holland notes (MS.) that the print was shown to the King who exclaimed ‘quite wrong quite wrong no bag with uniform!!!’. [BM] £600 - 800

224 Gillray (James) PHYSICAL AID,-OR-BRITANNIA RECOVER’D FROM A TRANCE; ALSO, THE PATRIOTIC COURAGE OF SHERRY ANDREW: & A PEEP THRO’ THE FOG, etching with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 262 x 365 mm (10¼ x 14⅜ in), hinged into mount, thread margins or trimmed to platemark, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 9972], Hannah Humphrey, 1803. £600 - 800

226 Gillray (James) THE KING OF BROBDINGNAG AND GULLIVER. (PLATE 2D.), etching with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 345 x 450 mm (16¾ x 22½ in), trimmed within the platemark to the borderline, repaired tear and small nick to the left margin, minor handling creases, unframed, [BM Satires 10227], Hannah Humphrey, 1804 ⁂ The King and Queen sit on chairs of state intently watching a rectangular tank in which Napoleon as Gulliver sails his little boat, manoeuvering the single sail. Behind the King’s chair Lord Salisbury stands stiffly, holding his wand of office. [BM] £600 - 800 100

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THE PLUMB-OR- STATE EPICURES TAKING UN PETIT SOUPER, etching with hand-colouring, an excellent well inked and clear impression on wove paper with ‘J. Ruse’ watermark with date ‘1802’, platemark 261 x 358 mm (10¼ x 14 in), sheet 257 x 358 mm (10 x 14 in), full margins with deckle edges, faint exposure lines in the margin, small perforation to centre left margin, surface dirt and browning to margins, two repaired tears in the lower margin, well outside the platemark, some associated minor cockling, unframed, [BM Satires 10371], Hannah Humphrey, 1805 DANGER:

⁂ The most famous of all Gillray’s satirical caricatures, if not the most famous of all political cartoons. Napoleon Bonaparte and William Pitt face each other across a steaming ‘plum-pudding’ globe, both intent on carving themselves a substantial portion of the world. £6,000 - 8,000

228 Gillray (James) VISITING THE SICK, etching and aquatint with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 260 x 362 mm (10¼ x 14¼ in), hinged into mount, thread margins or trimmed to platemark, minor surface dirt, [BM Satires 10589], Hannah Humphrey, 1806. £600 - 800 229 Gillray (James) THE FIRST KISS THIS TEN YEARS! - OR - THE MEETING OF BRITANNIA & CITIZEN FRANÇOIS, etching and aquatint with original handcolouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 353 x 254 mm (13⅞ x 10 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, sympathetically remargined, minor toning, unframed, Hannah Humphrey, 1803 Literature: BM Satires 9960

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⁂ Satire on Anglo-French relations with a fat good-natured Britannia receiving a big kiss from a lean French military officer, with oval bust portraits of Napoleon and George III above. £800 - 1,200 Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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231 Gillray (James) JOHN-BULL AND THE SINKING-FUND _ P(R)ETTY SCHEME FOR REDUCING THE TAXES - & OFF THE NATIONAL DEBT, etching with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 252 x 350 mm (9⅞ x 13¾ in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, expert restoration to loss at lower left corner, minor surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 10704], Hannah Humphrey, 1807 ⁂ Satire on the hugely complex and controversial scheme proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Henry Petty, to bridge the shortfall between normal annual revenue and the cost of war, as he shovels coins from an enormous sack that weighs heavily on a crouching John Bull, showering them down onto ministers eagerly catching them in hats, robes, bags and bowls. £500 - 700

230 Gillray (James) THE PIGS POSSESSED;-OR- THE BROAD BOTTOM’D LITTER RUNNING HEADLONG INTO YE SEA OF PERDITION [and] “MORE PIGS THAN TEATS”, -OR- THE NEW LITTER OF HUNGRY GRUNTERS, SUCKING JOHN-BULLS-OLD-SOW TO DEATH, two works, etchings with original hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 410 x 302 mm (16¼ x 12 in) and 300 x 485 mm (11¾ x 19 in), the first mentioned trimmed with thread margins or just into the platemark, the latter with wide margins, both with minor surface dirt and browning, light handling creases, unframed, [BM Satires 10719; 10540], Hannah Humphrey, 1806-1807 (2) £800 - 1,200

232 Gillray (James) DISCIPLES CATCHING THE MANTLE - THE SPIRIT OF DARKNESS OVERSHADOWING THE PRIESTS OF BAAL, etching with handcolouring, an excellent vibrant impression on wove paper without watermark, platemark 400 x 340 mm (15¾ x 13⅜ in), sheet 425 x 365 mm (16¾ x 14⅜ in), small minor repairs to margins, some surface dirt and browning, scraping to old adhesive visible verso, unframed, [BM Satires 10992], Hannah Humphrey, 1808.

Provenance: Spanish Library, probably 19th century [crowned ink stamp verso, not in Lugt] Humphrey Minto-Wilson (1938-1951) [Lugt 1922a, red ink stamp verso] ⁂ Satire showing William Pitt the Younger is borne upwards in a chariot of swirling clouds of flame drawn by four horses abreast, and snorting fire, while his eyes are fixed on a broad beam of light inscribed ‘Immortality’, numerous figures below, 231

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233 Corneille II (Michel) and others. [RECUEIL DE 283 ESTAMPES GRAVÉES À L’EAU FORTE D’APRÈS LES DESSINS ORIGINAUX...], 66 plates only (of 283), all but one after drawings by Annibale Carracci, the one other after a drawing by Domenico Campagnola, etchings on laid paper, each carefully affixed to album leaves, one with handcolouring, disbound and loose without covers, occasional minor surface dirt, unframed, [1754]. £800 - 1,200 234 Francquart (Jacques) POMPA FUNEBRIS OPTIMI POTENTISSIMIQ PRINCIPIS ALBERTI PII ..., FIRST EDITION, engraved title, small abrasion mark partially obscuring date, 64 engraved plates (2 folding), 2 with tears and neat repairs, worming to A1-D1 affecting odd piece of text, scattered spotting, modern endpapers, bookplate, later calf, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Brunet II, 1379], oblong folio, Brussels, Prostant apud Joannem Mommartium, [1623]. £1,500 - 2,000

235 Holbein (Hans) IMITATIONS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS... IN THE COLLECTION OF HIS MA JESTY, FOR THE PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRATIOUS PERSONS OF THE COURT OF HENRY VIII. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL TRACTS, 83 engraved plates on 82 sheets (of 84 called for by Abbey, without the portrait of Sir John Godslave), nos. 76 & 77 misbound at front, these on one sheet, handcoloured), all printed in colours by Bartolozzi, C. Metz and C. Knight after Holbein, 71 printed on pink paper, of which 53 on thick paper mounted, occasional faint spotting, some nicks to page edges, some renewed tissue-guards, contemporary calf, rubbed, recornered and rebacked, hinges reinforced, [Abbey Life 205, Lowndes I 405], folio, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co..., 1792[-1800]. ⁂ “This magnificent work is surely the finest early example of English color printing.” - Ray. The originals, in chalk heightened with pen and metal-point, were made by Holbein during his two sojourns to England. They constitute preliminary studies for several of his most famous oil paintings. The drawings were originally in a volume now preserved in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, called the Great Booke. £3,000 - 4,000

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236 Military.- Pistofilo (Bonaventura) OPLOMACHIA ... E COL MEZZO DELLE FIGURE SI TRATTA PER VIA DI TEORICA E DI PRATICA DEL MANEGGIO, E DELL’USO DELLE ARMI ..., FIRST EDITION, engraved title, 2 engraved portraits, 53 fullpage engraved illustrations, 2F1 with short marginal tear just touching image, scattered faint marginal spotting, slight old staining to free endpapers, previous owner’s ink inscription dated 1901 to front pastedown, contemporary limp wrappers, lacking ties, title in manuscript to spine, a little rubbed, [Cockle 742], oblong 4to, Siena, Hercole Gori, 1621. ⁂ Rare first edition of this work on the use of pike, halberd and musket. Bonaventura Pistofilo from Pontremoli was a notary for the Este family, then chancellor to Duke Alfonso I d’Este, and a close friend of Ariosto. This work was dedicated to Sir Kenelm George Digby with his striking youthful portrait, probably done during his three years in Europe between 1620 and 1623. Digby (1603-1665) was an English author, diplomat, naval commander and one of the most fashionable figures of his day. He was known for his esoteric approach to science and advocacy of the “powder of sympathy”, a ‘healing’ powder of vitriol applied to a bandage taken from the wound which healed without any contact with the patient.

238 Gay (John) FABLES, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST STOCKDALE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH LONG “S” IN TEXT, engraved frontispiece of Gay monument, vignette titles and 67 plates, INCLUDING 12 BY WILLIAM BLAKE, list of subscribers at end, some foxing and offsetting, later bookplate of John Paley of Ampton, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, new red morocco label, corners repaired, 8vo, John Stockdale, 1793. ⁂ The first edition to contain the plates by William Blake. £400 - 600

£3,000 - 4,000

237 Sadeler (Johann) BONI ET MALI SCIENTIA, engraved allegorical title and 11 plates, tiny marginal worming not affecting text, occasional faint finger-soiling, modern calf-backed boards, oblong folio, Antwerp, 1583. ⁂ Based on images from Genesis after drawings by Maarten de Vos. Sadeler (1550-1600) was a Flemish-born draughtsman, engraver and publisher, who came across de Vos in Antwerp. The pair worked together for many years. £1,200 - 1,800 104

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239 Blair (Robert) THE GRAVE. A POEM, FIRST BLAKE EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece of William Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after T.Phillips, engraved additional pictorial title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake, list of subscribers, 4pp. advertisements (prospectus) at end, light foxing, mostly marginal, modern bookplate of W. & P.J.Kupfer, later half morocco, rubbed, especially spine, 4to, T.Bensley for R.H.Cromek, 1808. £800 - 1,200

241 Blake (William) ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE BIBLE: A Catalogue compiled

by Geoffrey Keynes, LETTER R OF 26 COPIES RESERVED FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE WILLIAM BLAKE TRUST AND THE PUBLISHERS, from an edition limited to 506, tipped-in colour lithograph frontispiece, tissue guard, collotype plates, some colour, KATHLEEN RAINE’S COPY WITH HER INK SIGNATURE to front free endpaper, original morocco-backed marbled boards, a little rubbed at edges and spine ends, folio, Trianon Press, 1957. ⁂ Kathleen Raine (1908-2003), poet and scholar, particularly of William Blake about whom she wrote several books including the two volume biography Blake and Tradition, 1969. £300 - 500

240 Blake (William).- Blair (Robert) THE GRAVE. A POEM, 1808, engraved portrait frontispiece of William Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after T.Phillips and engraved additional title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake, title lightly browned, a few scattered spots or edges toned, loose as issued within original blind-stamped cloth portfolio, small press clippings laid down to pastedown, spine a little rubbed, lacking ties, R. Ackerman, 1813 [c.?1870] ⁂ "When Gilchrist's Life of William Blake (1863) made the artist's name familiar again, a deposit of prints left over from 1813 came to light, probably in Ackerman's storehouse. Somebody (possibly John Camden Hotten) reissued the books [...] no new title pages, no dates or places indicated; but the bindings are in mid-Victorian style, and could not have been made in the first half-century" A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake By Samuel Foster Damon. £400 - 600

242 Blake (William) WILLIAM BLAKE’S WATER-COLOUR DESIGNS FOR THE POEMS OF THOMAS GRAY, Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes, number 386 of 352 copies, from an edition limited to 518, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, loose sheets in original wrappers, tan morocco-backed marbled board folder, spine titled in gilt, original tan morocco-backed marbled board drop-front box, folio, Trianon Press, 1972. £400 - 600 ____________________________________

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243 Alken (Henry) [EPSOM RACES THE DERBY DAY, OR GOING TO EPSOM RACES], panorama in nine sections, etching and aquatints with hand-colouring, each individual section approx. 55 x 500 mm (2¼ x 19¾ in), under glass, with some small losses, notably the first section not being complete, with other repairs and handling creases throughout, presented with three sections within three separate mounts, each uniformly framed, with original wooden drum and original spindle, the former decorated with aquatint image of race horses, [cf. Abbey Life 472; Bobins IV, 1295], S. & J. Fuller, [1819]. £1,000 - 1,500

244 Alken (Henry).- Paul (Sir John Dean) A TRIP TO MELTON MOWBRAY, set of 14 scenes on 12 strips, FIRST STATE WITH FULLER IMPRINT, all finely handcoloured aquatints by Henry Alken after J.D.Paul, c.90 x 6630mm. overall, mounted on blank leaves, very occasional spotting or soiling, engraved label mounted on leaf at beginning as title, bound in handsome later crushed olive green morocco, by Rivière & Son, with triple gilt-ruled border, spine gilt in compartments with floral motif and five raised bands, g.e., inner gilt dentelles, very slightly browned and rubbed at edges, one or two scratches, upper joint repaired, [Abbey, Life 488; Bobins 1309; Schwerdt III p.3; Siltzer p.193; Snelgrove p.128-129; Tooley 363], narrow oblong folio, S. & J.Fuller, 1822. ⁂ Issued as both separate prints for binding/framing or conjoined as a continuous panorama on a drum. Melton Mowbray has been closely associated with fox-hunting since the 18th century. Sir John Dean Paul, Bt. (1775-1852) was from a family of bankers and amateur sporting artists. £1,000 - 1,500 245 Angling.- [Crawhall (Joseph)] THE COMPLEATEST ANGLING BOOKE THAT EVER WAS WRIT, FIRST EDITION, [ONE OF 40 COPIES], PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR INSCRIBED “THE REV. WILLIAM WALTON WITH THE AUTHOR’S COMPLIMENTS JOS.PH CRAWHALL MORPETH MAY 1860” at head of first leaf of text and numbered 8 in circle, printed on rectos only (unpaginated), 31 plates, all but one on india paper and mounted, 3 hand-coloured or partly so, some other plates (facsimiles, music etc.), numerous vignettes in the text, some hand-coloured, WITH LARGE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OF A TROUT BY CRAWHALL heightened with gum arabic and bound in towards end (folding), some spotting or light browning, with contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper “Purchased at the sale of the Revd. Willm. Walton...Norfolk. October 23rd 1863 - by me Gascoigne Frederick Whitaker of...Norfolk”, bookplates of Sir Francis G.M.Boileau, Bart. and Wm.Hardcastle, contemporary half morocco, spine with fish motifs in blind and decorated gilt bands, rubbed and lightly stained, spine chipped at head, [Westwood & Satchell pp.69-70], 4to, [Newcastle upon Tyne, by and for the author], [1859]. ⁂ The author’s first book, published anonymously. “A very curious and original work and one of the chief rarities of the angling bibliophile’s collection...only forty copies were struck off for private circulation.” W & S. Copies appear to vary as to contents. £2,000 - 3,000

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246 Dore (Gustave).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, second edition, half-title, title in red and black with vignette, 38 wood-engraved plates by Doré, mounted on stubs, multiple stubs torn at foot but holding firm, some spotting, original blind-stamped red cloth, gilt, some faint stains to upper cover, folio, Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1876. £600 - 800

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247 Schetky (J. C.) A SERIES OF FOUR SKETCHES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF VARIOUS SITUATIONS OF HIS MA JESTY’S SHIP PIQUE, on her homeward voyage, from the moment of her coming off the rocks on the coast of Labrador, until her being docked at Portsmouth, leaf of text recording details of Capt. Rous’s court martial, 4 lithographed plates

by Schetky (signed Schetkey), light foxing or soiling, original printed upper wrapper trimmed and mounted on blank leaf as title, WITH INK INSCRIPTION “C.W.BONHAM MIDSHIPMAN 1835” to title and his later inscription to his son “REAR-ADMIRAL BONHAM R.N. 1879 THOMAS P.BONHAM R.N. NAVAL CADET” to front free endpaper, later half roan over marbled boards, manuscript label to upper cover “H.M.Ship ‘Pique’ 1854 Voyage across the Atlantic”, rubbed, spine ends worn, [Abbey, Life 343; Bobins 62, both coloured copies but probably later colouring], oblong folio, Portsea, Trives & Maynard, [1835]. ⁂ RARE. HMS Pique ran aground in the Strait of Belle Isle near the Labrador Peninsula. She crossed the Atlantic without her rudder and taking on water, reaching Portsmouth a month later. On arrival the vessel was repaired and a large rock, which had plugged a hole in her hull and prevented her taking on more water, was removed. The rock remains on display in Portsmouth today. The captain, Henry John Rous, was court martialled “on board the Victory...in Portsmouth harbour” on 20th October 1835 but was acquitted due to faulty charts and instruments, and ultimately praised for reaching home safely.

Charles Wright Bonham R.N. (1817-84) entered the Navy in 1832 and rose to Vice-Admiral. Royal Navy Records list him as being mate on the Pique under Capt. Edward Boxer from 1837-38 in North America and the West Indies.

Thomas Parry Bonham R.N. (1873-1916), son of the above, was killed in action while in command of HMS Black Prince at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. £600 - 800

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249 Costello (Louisa Stuart) THE ROSE GARDEN OF PERSIA, title and text with decorative borders printed in red, some leaves with chromolithographed Persian ornamentation in red, blue, green and gold, L’Olivette bookplate with monogram GO, attractively bound in tan morocco with intricate design of small flowers with small red & green onlays elaborately tooled in gilt with drawer-handles, circles, volutes and dots, some in pointillé, spine gilt in compartments of similar decoration and five raised bands, green calf label titled in gilt, olive green roan doublures with decorative gilt borders, vellum flyleaves hand-painted with floral border in red, green & gold, gilt gauffred edges, very slightly rubbed at edges, 8vo (c.200 x 115mm.), 1845. £600 - 800

248 Ukraine.- [CATHEDRAL OF PRINCE VLADAMIR THE SAINT OF KYIV (THE)], FIRST EDITION, printed in red and black, chromolithographed title, 42 plates, 2 of which double-page (one in colour and gilt), illustrations, some in colour and gilt, some after the designs of Viktor Vasnetsov and Mikhail Nesterov, decorative endpapers, light rusting to staples at gutter, occasional light offsetting, final few leaves with very small damp-stain to lower margin, original decorative cloth, gilt, highly skilful repairs to spine ends and corners, some very light rubbing to joints and extremities, else excellent, custom morocco-edged slip-case, folio, Kiev, Kulzhenko, 1898. £1,500 - 2,000

BINDINGS The Property of a Lady 250 Doves Bindery.- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE, FIRST EDITION, ink note “wedding present” dated 1911 to front free endpaper, BOUND IN CRUSHED CRIMSON MOROCCO, GILT, BY the DOVES BINDERY, DESIGNED BY T.J.COBDEN-SANDERSON, covers tooled in gilt with diaper pattern of interlocking diamond shapes containing alternating heart-shaped flower and Tudor rose with dots at points, spine titled in gilt with same design in compartments and five raised bands, turnins ruled in gilt with leafy ornaments at corners, g.e., signed “The Doves Bindery 18 C-S 98” at foot of rear turn-in, slightly rubbed with small scratch to edge of upper cover, joints a little worn and cracked, 8vo (c.185 x 130mm.), 1871. £2,000 - 3,000

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252 Forain (Jean Louis) LA COMÉDIE PARISIENNE, NUMBER 50 OF 100 COPIES ON CHINE, illustrations, book-labels with monograms “LD” and “CM/MC”, BOUND IN CRUSHED TAN MOROCCO WITH INLAID FLORAL BORDER, BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU, covers with leafy plant at foot and frame of climbing tendrils of flowers inlaid in pale turquoise and various green & brown morocco over thin strip of dark brown morocco, spine titled in gilt with inlaid floral compartments and five raised bands, similar inlaid floral turn-ins, signed at foot of front turn-in, hand-coloured original pictorial wrappers bound in, g.e., marbled board slip-case, 8vo (c.210 x 140mm.), Paris, 1892. £600 - 800

251 Dufour (Philippe) PARIS PITTORESQUE & POÉTIQUE, photogravure illustrations, BOUND IN CRUSHED RED MOROCCO WITH MOSAIC FLORAL BORDER,

BY F.RICHARD, covers with border of inlaid blue morocco flowers with pale turquoise leaves joined by lines of small gilt dots within frame of thin inlaid tan morocco strips, spine with tan morocco label titled in gilt with compartments of small floral motif and five raised bands, turn-ins ruled in gilt with floral ornaments to corners, signed at foot of front turn-in, very slight rubbing to spine, board slip-case (rubbed), 8vo (c.185 x 135mm.), Paris, 1908. £600 - 800

253 Fytton (Anne & Mary) GOSSIP FROM A MUNIMENT ROOM being Passages in the Lives of Anne and Mary Fytton 1574 to 1618, transcribed and edited by Lady Newdigate-Newdegate, photogravure portraits, folding genealogical table, very occasional spotting, BOUND IN SUMPTUOUS CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO WITH COTTAGE ROOF DESIGN ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT, BY H.WOOD, cottage roof panel outlined in onlaid strips of black morocco surrounding leafy sprays with small Tudor roses at ends and central lozenge composed of crowns, fleurons, small stars and other ornaments all tooled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with title, floral ornament and five raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, signed at foot of front turn-in, g.e. others uncut, with original decorated gilt cloth upper cover bound in, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, 4to (c.220 x 175mm.), 1897. ⁂ A superb binding in the style of a late 17th/early 18th century English cottage binding. £1,500 - 2,000

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254 Kelmscott Press.- Evetts (Deborah, binder).- Morris (William, translator) THE TALE OF KING COUSTANS AND OF OVER SEA, ONE OF 20 COPIES ON VELLUM, from an edition of 545, printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved title, borders and initials designed by William Morris, FINELY BOUND IN GREEN GOATSKIN TOOLED IN GILT, BY DEBORAH EVETTS, with a diaper pattern of alternating small flower and dots across covers and spine, title running across top and bottom of upper cover, signed “DE’08” on rear turn-in, uncut, preserved in green buckram drop-back box, brown goatskin label titled in gilt to spine, [Peterson A26], 16mo (c.150 x 110mm.), Kelmscott Press, 1894. ⁂ Deborah Evetts is a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders. Having trained at Central School of Arts and Crafts she emigrated to the United States in 1967 and taught bookbinding, before becoming Drew Heinz Book Conservator at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. She now works in private practice as a bookbinder and conservator, executing commissions for and advising private clients and institutions. £6,000 - 8,000

255 Meunier (Charles, binder).- Barrès (Maurice) HUIT JOURS CHEZ M.RENAN, second edition, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE COMTESSE DE LAGNES on half-title, BOUND IN PURPLE MOROCCO WITH PICTORIAL INLAYS, BY CHARLES MEUNIER, upper cover inlaid across lower diagonal half with flowers in tan, brown & green morocco and tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands, blue silk moiré doublures and flyleaves with floral border tooled in gilt, original printed blue wrappers bound in, g.e., signed “Ch.Meunier 97” at foot of front turn-in, spine lightly browned, a little rubbing to joints, 12mo (c.150 x 100mm.), Paris, 1890. £600 - 800

256 -. Montorgueil (Georges) PARIS AU HASARD, NUMBER 18 OF 138 COPIES, wood-engraved illustrations by August Lepère, JANSENIST BINDING OF CONTEMPORARY CRUSHED PURPLE MOROCCO WITH INLAID MOSAIC DOUBLURES,

BY CHARLES MEUNIER, spine titled in gilt with 2 raised bands, doublures of citron morocco forming a “window” frame around 4 panels of dark turquoise morocco edged in crimson, the whole inlaid with large daisies of cream, citron, beige and olive/brown morocco with stems tooled in gilt, signed “Ch.Meunier 98” at foot of front doublure, blue silk brocade flyleaves, marbled endpapers, original printed wrappers bound in, g.e., covers very lightly mottled with small bumps to lower corners and top edge of upper cover, spine a little rubbed and faded, slight wear to joints, 8vo (c.240 x 150mm.), Paris, 1895. £750 - 1,000

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258 Steele (Richard) & Joseph Addison. THE DE COVERLEY ESSAYS, NUMBER 31 OF 60 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM signed by the publishers, decorative head- & tail-pieces, ink inscription to front free endpaper, CHARMING CONTEMPORARY CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT, BY BUMPUS OF OXFORD, covers tooled in gilt with title and leafy spray with large heartshaped flower made up of small flowers surrounding small onlaid heart in red morocco, spine titled in gilt with compartments of small flowers, hearts & dots and five raised bands, g.e., slight knock to one corner, 1901 § Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát, one of 925 copies on Van Gelder, bound in dark blue morocco ruled in gilt with small dots along lines, by Hatchards, title to upper cover, spine gilt, g.e., spine a little faded, 1911 § Virgil. The Georgics, 2 vol., frontispieces, decorative borders in green, later two-tone tan and green morocco, by A.J.Lauer, green morocco strip at outer edge, tooled in gilt with vertical leafy spray across join, green morocco labels, g.e., 1899 § Johnston (Charles) From the Upanishads, number 29 of 50 copies on Japanese vellum, original decorated cream boards, uncut, slip-case (worn and defective), 1897, 12mo, the last three all Portland, Me., Thomas B.Mosher (5) £600 - 800

257 Napoleon.- Houssaye (Henry) NAPOLÉON HOMME DE GUERRE, FIRST EDITION, out-of-series copy on Japon (limited to 5 copies with 4 additional states), from an edition limited to 215, etched frontispiece and illustrations by Charles Morel, THIS THE AUTHOR’S OWN COPY WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PORTRAIT, 7 ADDITIONAL STATES OF THE ETCHING, 2 UNUSED ETCHINGS AND 4 LEAVES OF TEXT PRINTED WITH UNUSED ILLUSTRATIONS, bookplate of the author, BOUND IN MAGNIFICENT RED MOROCCO INLAID WITH INTRICATE MOSAIC PATTERN TOOLED IN GILT, BY JOLY FILS, covers with quintuple gilt fillet border surrounding panel with all-over diaper pattern of small inlaid black morocco lozenges tooled with alternate imperial eagles and laurel wreaths in gilt, all within gilt lattice with small circles at intersections, spine titled in gilt and with inlaid compartments and five raised bands tooled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, red silk doublures and flyleaves, signed at foot of front turn-in, original printed wrappers bound in, g.e., preserved in half red morocco chemise, spine gilt with imperial eagle motifs, marbled board slip-case, 12mo (c.160 x 115mm.), Paris, 1904. ⁂ A stunning binding on a unique copy of this Napoleonic work, with much additional material. £2,500 - 3,500

259 Vale Press.- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, one of 210 copies on paper, printed in red and black, woodengraved decorative border to first leaf of text and large initials by Charles Ricketts, BOUND IN CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT, BY HATCHARDS OF PICCADILLY, upper cover with swirling border of lily of the valley in onlays of white & green calf tooled in gilt and outer background of small gilt dots, lower cover with double gilt fillet border, spine titled in gilt between compartment with floral motif in gilt at head & foot and two raised bands, turn-ins ruled in gilt, signed at foot of front turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, [Watry B23], 8vo (c.195 x 130mm.), [Vale Press], 1899. ⁂ Striking Art Nouveau binding. £600 - 800

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261 Chatfield (Mary E., binder).- Kipling (Rudyard) SELECTED VERSE, a collection of verse from various source works bound together, title provided in blue and black ink manuscript, ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY MARY E. CHATFIELD, covers with tan morocco onlays outlined in gilt, creating a design of three monkeys holding each other’s tails and two coiled snakes beneath, spine lettered in gilt and with five raised bands, upper doublure of green, russet, peach and tan morocco onlays within single gilt rule border, creating a desert-at-dusk scene with setting sun in gilt, signed ‘M. E. Chatfield’ to foot, rear doublure of plain tan morocco, custom endpapers, g.e., one or two very light scuff marks, upper corners slightly bumped, preserved in a brown morocco pull-top box with blind-tooled monkey to lid (little rubbed and marked), 8vo (binding 185 x 115mm.), [c.1910]. ⁂ A pictorial recreation of the first stanza of Kipling’s poem The Legend of Evil: ‘and the monkeys walk together/ Holding their neighbours’ tails’. Mary E. Chatfield (1871-1913) was an acclaimed artist bookbinder in New York City whose work was found in the libraries of some of the city’s most prominent families. Known as Mollie to her intimates, she is perhaps best remembered for her suicide, the result of strange hallucinations she had been experiencing during the prior two months.

260 Wordsworth (William) POEMS, edited by Matthew Arnold, BOUND IN HANDSOME CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT, BY RAMAGE, covers intricately tooled in gilt with vertically-pointed central wheel and similar fans to corners all within decorative border, spine gilt in compartments, ivory silk moiré doublures and flyleaves, inner gilt dentelles with small crescents, g.e., 1906 § Adams (Estelle Davenport) and A.C.Swinburne. Sea Song and River Rhyme, FIRST EDITION, later crushed dark turquoise morocco, gilt, by Stikeman & Co., covers ruled in gilt with small ornaments to corners, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in roan slip-case with pull-off top (rubbed, top edge detached), 1887; and another in a Bayntun binding, 8vo (3)

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262 Johnson (Arthur, binder).- Ginzburg (Ralph, editor) AVANT GARDE #8: PICASSO’S EROTIC GRAVURES, illustrations, book-label to rear free endpaper, original wrappers bound at end, BOUND IN RED GOATSKIN, BY ARTHUR JOHNSON, INLAID WITH GOATSKIN SHAPES OF MANY COLOURS INCLUDING SHADES OF GREEN, BLUE, ORANGE, PURPLE AND YELLOW TO CREATE AN ABSTRACT EROTIC SCENE INSPIRED BY PICASSO’S GRAVURES, titled in white and yellow up spine, signed & dated “A.J. 1970” at foot of rear turn-in, one or two barely perceptible small scratches, preserved in a red cloth drop-back box (little rubbed), 4to (binding 285 x 275mm.), New York, 1969. ⁂ Arthur W. Johnson (1920-2004), bookbinder and renowned teacher of bookbinding, trained at Hornsey College of Art and Camberwell School of Art, and lectured in bookbinding at London College of Printing. He was a founder member of the Hampstead Guild of Scribes and Bookbinders, which became the Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders and then Designer Bookbinders, and wrote several books on the craft of bookbinding. He is known for his bold and colourful designs. £2,000 - 3,000

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263 Meunier (Charles, binder).- Haraucourt (Edmond) L’EFFORT: LA MADONE. L’ANTÉCHRIST. L’IMMORTALITÉ. LA FIN DU MONDE, 4 parts in 1, number 11 printed “pour P.-L. Béraldi” [?of 180], hand-coloured decorative floral half-title, colophon and title by Léon Rudnicki, each part with pictorial title and text within pictorial or decorative border, many hand-coloured, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 3 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PLATES, by Alexandre Lunois, Carlos Schwabe and Alexandre Seon, each signed by the artist, L’Immortalité with signed presentation inscription from Schwabe to Madame Hanin to first f. of text, BOUND IN TURQUOISE MOROCCO WITH STUNNING FLORAL MOSAIC DESIGN, BY CHARLES MEUNIER, upper cover inlaid with drooping fuchsias and other flowers in crimson, pink, purple, green, tan and brown morocco and stamens tooled in gilt, lower cover inlaid with smaller design of purple flower and buds with stamens in gilt, both within a dark brown morocco frame, spine titled in gilt and inlaid with flowers in beige and brown morocco with two raised bands, turquoise morocco doublures with wide border of inlaid brown morocco flowers with buds & leaves and stamens tooled in gilt, signed “Ch.Meunier 98” at foot of front doublure, purple silk brocade flyleaves, marbled endpapers, with original hand-coloured decorative wrappers by Rudnicki bound in, g.e., morocco-edged marbled slip-case (little rubbed), 4to (285 x 225mm.), Paris, Les Bibliophiles Contemporains, 1894. ⁂ Magnificent work with four stories illustrated by different symbolist artists, comprising: La Madone, colour lithographs after Alexandre Lunois; L’Antechrist, engravings after Eugene Couboin, hand-coloured by A.Charpentier; L’Immortalite, etchings and engravings by Carlos Schwabe, the latter hand-coloured by Charpentier; La Fin du Monde, hand-coloured engraved title printed in silver and engravings after Alexandre Seon, some hand-coloured.

264 Papermaking.- Lalande (Joseph de) THE ART OF PAPERMAKING, translated by Richard MacIntyre Atkinson, NUMBER 211 OF 405 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PAPER-MAKER/PUBLISHER, plates printed on pale blue paper, one folding, typed “Charte artistique/technique” signed by the binder dated 2018 loosely inserted, BOUND BY JOËLLE BOCEL in light blue leather, hot-stamped in grey-black ink using a zinc plate made

by Stéphane Gangloff to mimic the lines of a laid paper mould, spine titled in silver, black suede-lined chemise backed and edged in blue leather, cloth slip-case, folio (binding 360 x 285mm.), Mountcashel Castle, Kilmurry, Ashling Press, 1976. £1,500 - 2,000

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265 Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust Ltd. CONCERNING COTTON: A Brief Account of the Aims And Achievements..., printed in black, colours and gilt, numerous illustrations and advertisements, many colour, HANDSOMELY-BOUND IN RED MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY ZAEHSNDORF, covers tooled with rich floral borders and small Tudor rose in red & black onlays to corners, title in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt in compartments with onlaid Tudor rose and five raised bands, title in gilt to second compartment, monogram to foot, red silk moiré doublures and endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., 4to, 1920. ⁂ Magnificent and beautifully-illustrated Art Deco record of the various ACMT companies in a splendid binding. A pencil note to the front free endpaper notes that it is one of only 6 speciallybound copies, this copy being for Rt.Hon. Sir Henry Dalziel, Bart. with his name in gilt to front pastedown. £500 - 700

266 Hampstead Bindery.- Phillips (Stephen) MARPESSA, hand-coloured head- & tail-pieces and 5 plates by Philip Connard, a couple tiny marginal nicks to edges, EXQUISITELY BOUND IN RUSSET MOROCCO AT THE HAMPSTEAD BINDERY, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY P.A. SAVOLDELLI, the covers onlaid with green and light & dark brown morocco, repeatedly tooled with a leaf, small circles and dots to a concentric circular pattern within a wide diamondshaped frame of small gilt dots and similar leaf pattern to corners, smooth spine lettered vertically in gilt and with onlaid green morocco leaves, small circles and dots, green morocco doublures tooled with small gilt circles within a border of gilt tendrils and poppies of inlaid peach & red morocco, endpapers with small gilt heart corner-pieces recto, signed ‘The Hampstead Bindery’ in gilt to foot of front free endpaper, gilt gauffered edges, doublures with slight fading to extremities, rubbed at corners and joints, a few small nicks along joints, upper joint skilfully repaired, small 4to (binding 133 x 110mm.), 1900. ⁂ A stunning example of the work of the Hampstead Bindery. The earth-toned colour palette and leafy tools are a distinctive feature of Savoldelli’s work (see Maggs Bros. catalogue 1212 Bookbinding in the British Isles, no. 269). The Hampstead Bindery was founded

by Frank Karslake, who later founded and promoted the Guild of Women Binders. The workshop closed around 1902.

Provenance: ‘E.S.W. from J.S.W. Santa Barbara Feb 14th 1909’ (ink gift inscription to head of title). £6,000 - 8,000

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267 Ruskin (John) ARIADNE FLORENTINA. Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving, second edition, plates and illustrations, bookplate of Sybil Mary Gella Scott, BOUND IN NATURAL MOROCCO STAMPED IN BLIND, BY R.S.B.WATSON, upper cover with central panel of “Peregrinus gentis Scotorum” (pilgrim of the Scottish nation) surmounted by the owner’s initials and Greek motto “Ek Scotias Phos” and borders to side with stamps from those used by the 15th century Strasbourg printer Martin Schott, lower cover with the family motto within border of Schott stamps, spine titled and dated in blind with five raised bands, signed “R.S.B.Watson fecit 1907” at foot of front turn-in, 8vo (c.230 x 150mm.), Orpington, 1891. ⁂ Unusual binding commissioned and designed for Sybil Scott by her cousin ?Samuel Schott whose loosely-inserted 5pp. letter explains the design of the binding with its various references and puns on their name of Scott (originally Schott). £500 - 700 ____________________________________

AUBREY BEARDSLEY 268 Malory (Sir Thomas) [LE MORTE DARTHUR] THE BIRTH, LIFE AND ACTS OF KING ARTHUR..., 2 vol. in the original 12 parts, one of 1500 sets on ordinary paper, from an edition limited to 1800, 2 photogravure frontispieces, plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, with note to Subscribers leaf in part XII but without Directions to Binder leaf, exceptionally clean with virtually none of the usual offsetting, original pictorial grey-green wrappers, uncut, A SUPERB SET, [Lasner 22], 4to, 1893-94. ⁂ Beardsley’s first major commission and an early masterpiece, produced when he was only 20 years old. The young artist met the publisher J.M. Dent who was looking for someone to illustrate an edition of Morte d’Arthur. On seeing Beardsley’s trial drawing ‘The Achieving of the Sangreal’ the publisher was reputedly rendered speechless by its quality. Duly commissioned, Beardsley produced a body of work which took the medievalism of the Pre-Raphaelites and married it to his own bizarre imagination and Japanese-influenced style, making his reputation. They are among the most stunning illustrations he ever produced. £2,000 - 3,000

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269 Lucian of Samosata. LUCIAN’S TRUE HISTORY, translated by Francis Hickes, NUMBER 50 OF 54 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL PLATE BY BEARDSLEY, 16 plates by William Strang, J.B. Clark and Aubrey Beardsley, tissue guards, additional plate tipped in at beginning, cloth, uncut, spine slightly browned, [Lasner 78], 4to, 1894. ⁂ Scarce issue on Japanese vellum containing three plates by Beardsley: ‘A Snare of Vintage’ and ‘Dreams’, with the additional plate being a variant version of the first. £500 - 700

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270 Beardsley (Aubrey) A BOOK OF FIFTY DRAWINGS, one of 500 copies, light foxing to Sangreal plate, original pictorial red cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine faded, Leonard Smithers, 1897 § Wilde (Oscar) Salome, a Tragedy in One Act, Lane’s third edition, light spotting to plates, original green cloth, uncut, slight damp-staining to lower outer corner of upper cover, John Lane, 1912; another edition, some foxing, original red cloth, upper cover with design in blind, uncut, dust-jacket rubbed, spine ends frayed, John Lane, 1930 § Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, “Bijou Edition”, one of 1000 copies, original pictorial red cloth, gilt, staining to upper cover, Smithers, 1897 § Hind (C.Lewis, editor) The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, NUMBER 38 OF 110 DELUXE COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, one or two plates becoming loose, upper hinge broken, original pictorial cream buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly soiled, 1925, all a little rubbed, [Lasner 112, 59K, 59P, 105A, 177]; and a small quantity of others by or about Beardsley and his work including reprints of Early & Later Work and a bundle of ephemera (bibliographies, prospectuses, catalogues, Christmas card for The Savoy etc.), v.s. (sm.qty) £500 - 700

271 Marillier (H.C., editor) THE EARLY WORK OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY, 1899 § The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley, 1901 § Hind (C.Lewis, editor) The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, 1925, together 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, frontispieces and plates, captioned tissue guards, the first two with bookplate of Erik Asklund (the first with presentation signatures to him on half-title) and with new endpapers, original decorated cream buckram, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, vol.2 & 3 with small stains to upper covers, still a good set, 4to (3) £400 - 600

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273 Aristophanes. LYSISTRATA: EIN LUSTSPIEL IN FÜNF AKTEN, number 45 of 200 copies, printed in red & black, 9 plates by or after Aubrey Beardsley printed in red (including the forgery ‘Adoration of the Penis’), foxing, bookplate of Laz.Goldschmidt, original pictorial green morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, spine faded, board slip-case (rubbed), [Not in Lasner], n.p., privately printed, [early 20th century]; The Lysistrata..., NUMBER 82 OF 100 COPIES ON VAN GELDER PAPER, lacking the 8 plates by Aubrey Beardsley, original blue boards with paper label to upper cover, rubbed, spine worn and defective, worn slip-case, [Lasner 107], [Leonard Smithers], 1896; another edition, number 442 of 515 facsimile reprints on hand-made paper of the 1896 edition, 8 plates, original boards, original cloth drop-back box, slightly faded, [Lasner 107F], New York, 1967; another edition, outof-series copy from an edition limited to 750, 9 plates including forged plate, etched bookplate of Sig Schlager, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed, [Lasner 107C], Beardsley Press, 1927; another edition, typescript on Brookleigh Fine paper, 8 plates, original wrappers with typed label to upper cover and spine, rubbed, crease to upper cover, spine worn and reinforced with tape, n.d.; [8 plates for Lysistrata], on paper watermarked “AB”, plates slightly larger, loose in cloth portfolio, water-stained, one flap almost detached, [Lasner 107D], [c.1929]; and a bundle of others relating to Lysistrata, mostly reproductions of plates including 2 other sets of the last and a copy of the forged plate, 4to (a bundle) 272 Evans (Frederick H.), Leonard Smithers and others. TWO PLATINOTYPE REPRODUCTIONS OF DRAWINGS BY BEARDSLEY, AND A COLLECTION OF OVER 20 REPRODUCTIVE PRINTS, including a grotesque self-portrait, “a footnote”, a colour printed impression of “Isolde” from the Leonard Smithers collection, prints, some printed in colour, some platinum photo reproductions, on various papers, many impressions on Japon and apparent proofs aside from publication, some mounted with detailed pencil inscriptions and annotations by Smithers and later collectors, various sizes, all unframed, [late 19th century]; together with a copy of R. A. Walker’s ‘How to detect Beardsley Forgeries’, 8vo, 1950 (22)

⁂ Collection of editions and plates of Beardsley’s erotic masterpiece. £500 - 700

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274 Chagall (Marc).- Goll (Claire) JOURNAL D’UN CHEVAL, number 133 of 150 copies on Rives, from an edition limited to 200, printed in red & black, 2 etchings (portraits of the author and artist) and 5 lithographs

by Chagall including cover, 3 printed in bistre and one in grey, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers with colour lithograph by Chagall to upper cover, uncut, glacine wrapper, original pictorial board folder with ties and wood-engraving by Robert Blanchet to upper cover, [The Artist and the Book in France p.327], 4to, Paris, Éditions Manuel Bruker, 1952. ⁂ First published in 1922 by the socialist journalist and friend of Chagall, the story is of a left-wing activist seen through the eyes of a horse.

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276 Hockney (David).- Spender (Stephen) HOCKNEY’S ALPHABET, SPECIAL EDITION SIGNED BY BOTH HOCKNEY AND SPENDER, 26 colour illustrations by David Hockney, original yellow cloth, grey cloth slip-case, 4to, Faber and Faber for the Aids Crisis Trust, 1991. ⁂ Produced in aid of the AIDS Crisis Trust; contributors include Iris Murdoch, Norman Mailer, Seamus Heaney, Ian McEwan, William Golding, T.S.Eliot, Arthur Miller, Ted Hughes, Kazuo Ishiguro, John Updike, and Susan Sontag. £500 - 700 275 Hockney (David) HOCKNEY’S ALPHABET, edited by Stephen Spender, one of 250 copies signed by the artist and 23 of the contributors, colour lithographs and etchings, original vellum-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, Faber and Faber for the Aids Crisis Trust, 1991. ⁂ A fine copy of Hockney’s graphic interpretation of the alphabet, with each illustrated letter accompanied by a textual interpretation by the following contributors: Stephen Spender, Joyce Carol Oates, Iris Murdoch, Paul Theroux, Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, Seamus Heaney, Martin Amis, Erica Jong, Ian McEwan, Nigel Nicolson, Margaret Drabble, Craig Raine, William Boyd, V.S. Pritchett, Doris Lessing, William Golding, T.S. Eliot, Arthur Miller, Ted Hughes, Kazuo Ishiguro, Julian Barnes, John Updike, Susan Sontag, Anthony Burgess, Douglas Adams and Patrick Leigh Fermor. £3,000 - 4,000

277 Laurencin (Marie), Jean Cocteau, Darius Milhaud & Francis Poulenc. THEATRE SERGE DE DIAGHILEV: LES BICHES, 2 vol., one of 335 copies, mixed set (vol.1 on Arches and numbered ‘141’, vol.2 unnumbered and not on Arches), vol.1 with 2 portraits, facsimile sheet of music and 14 colour plates by Marie Laurencin, some pochoir, vol.2 with photographic portrait of Marie Laurencin by Man Ray and 23 photographic plates of dancers, original pochoir pictorial wrappers

by Marie Laurencin, uncut, vol.1 with glacine wrapper (a little browned and frayed) and lacking small portion from foot of spine of both wrappers, vol.2 lightly stained at corners, Paris, 1924 § Blow (John) Venus and Adonis, edited by Anthony Lewis, number 228 of 350 copies, musical score, John Tobin’s copy with his ink signatures, notes on inside upper cover and pencil annotations to score, loose in binding, original wrappers with pochoir illustration by Marie Laurencin to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, with 7 mounted pochoir plates by Laurencin loose in envelope with list of designs in green paint (browned and soiled, frayed at edges), together with another slightly larger score for different instruments, original wrappers (faded and frayed at edges), Paris, Éditions de l’Oiseau Lyre, 1939, 4to (5) ⁂ Les Biches was a one-act ballet with music

by Poulenc, choreography by La Nijinska, and stage designs and costumes by Laurencin. It premiered in Monte Carlo on 6th January 1924. The second item features Laurencin’s designs for a 1939 production of John Blow’s opera composed in 1682. £500 - 700

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278 Matisse (Henri).- Joyce (James) ULYSSES, ONE OF 1500 COPIES, THIS ONE OF ONLY 250 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, colour illustrations by Henri Matisse, modern green half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., [Slocum & Cahoon A22; The Artist and the Book 197], 4to, New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1935. ⁂ ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH MATISSE AND JOYCE. All 1500 copies were signed in pencil by Matisse, but 250 randomly numbered copies were also signed in ink by Joyce. £8,000 - 12,000

279 Miró (Joan).- Frénaud (André) JOAN MIRÓ ET L’ÉMANCIPATION DÉFINITIVE DE LA QUEUE DU CHAT, NUMBER 154 OF 195 COPIES ON ARCHES SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST (20 not for sale), signed by the author on colophon and artist on folding plate, colour title, colour etchings by Miro including cover, one large folding triptych plate (c.250 x 790mm.) numbered 154/175 and signed in pencil, illustrations, some light offsetting to folding plate, loose as issued in original decorative etched wrappers by Miró, original cloth drop-back box, oblong 4to, [Paris], Maeght, 1978. £1,500 - 2,000 Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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280 Piper (John) JOHN PIPER’S STOWE, OUT-OF-SERIES PRINTER’S COPY, from an edition limited to 300 signed by the artist, WITH AN ADDITIONAL PAGE “SPECIAL COPY FOR IAIN BAIN” BOUND AFTER TITLE, THIS PAGE ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, illustrations, some colour, original marbled cloth, lightly marked and evenly faded but an excellent copy overall, Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, 1983; with A.L.s from the artist to Bain, thanking him for a book and to ask him to come again, 1p., a little marked, 25th April 1979; and a cut signature of the artist in marker pen, both loosely inserted; together with an extra set of proof plates in original wrappers (a little marked and rubbed, torn along lower spine edge), folio (2) ⁂ Iain Bain (1934-2018) FSA was a Scottish historian of printing.

He worked at Unwin Brothers and then was production manager at Bodley Head and lastly as head of publications at the Tate Gallery. £500 - 700

282 Warhol (Andy) THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL (FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN), PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED WITH SOUP CAN DOODLE TO STEPHEN SPENDER, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket with a couple of short tears and chips, 8vo, New York & London, 1975. ⁂ “I took this picture of Stephen Spender and Christopher Isherwood when I was over in England a while ago. Baron Rothschild took us up to Spender’s house for dinner. I think that’s a bottle of Rothschild wine Spender is holding. I think Isherwood was mad at us for taking pictures. I guess it was when I was a little fresher- I took pictures without even asking. I ask more now. or I don’t even do it. It was a really intellectual evening. I don’t think they liked us. I went with Bob Colacello.” (Warhol, A Warhol Portrait Gallery, Paris Review, issue 94, Winter 1984). This copy has ‘BCDE’ on title-verso but does not say ‘first edition’. £1,000 - 1,500

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281 Ruscha (Ed) and Lawrence Weiner. HARD LIGHT, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, illustrations, original pictorial glossy wrappers, Los Angeles, 1978 § Ruscha (Ed) Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass, second edition, one of 2000 copies, colour illustrations, original wrappers, very slightly soiled, Los Angeles, 1976, 8vo (2) ⁂ The first with inscription on front free endpaper reading: “Al & Susan, Smoke away E.R. P.S. That stuff you grow is OH Kay -!” One of the three girls who appear in the book is Susan Haller, so it would be nice to think that the inscription was to her. £700 - 900 120

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283 Briggs (Raymond) 30 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS FOR UNPUBLISHED WORK OF ‘THE LION AND ALBERT’, pencil and gouache, tipped into hinged window-mounts, some loose, no.18 with small ink stains to margin not affecting image, no.23 with caption “Mrs Ramsbottom making like a lion” in pencil, numbers in pencil to mounts verso, image c.23.5 x 19.5cm (9¼ x 7¾in), [?c.1960s]; and 2 others probably in the same hand, framed, v.s. (32) ⁂ RARE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAYMOND BRIGGS. Pencil numbers on the back of the mounts count nos. 3-32, an indication that this was originally intended for the standard 32page picture book format. This, along with characteristic rosy cheeks, suburban architectural details and comic-strip style frames, but using watercolour and gouache suggest Briggs at an early stage of his career, before his breakout work of The Mother Goose Treasury in 1966, and Father Christmas in 1973.

The pictures illustrate the story of ‘The Lion and the Albert’ by Mariott Edgar from 1930s, made famous by Stanley Holloway, following a young boy “with a stick with an ‘orse’s ‘head ‘andle” who during a trip to the zoo with his parents, Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom, is swallowed whole by a lion.

An exceedingly rare collection of illustrations from the late beloved Raymond Briggs. £2,000 - 3,000 284 Lang (Andrew, editor) [THE FAIRY BOOKS], 12 vol., A COMPLETE SET, FIRST EDITIONS, plates, some colour, illustrations, some ink inscriptions, original pictorial cloth in various colours, gilt, g.e., spine of Pink, Orange and Lilac slightly faded, occasional slight rubbing to extremities, hinges of Violet broken, a few other hinges weak, faint ring mark to lower cover of Violet, 1889-1910; [THE POETRY AND STORY BOOKS], 11 vol., [missing only Tales of Troy and Greece from the series], FIRST EDITIONS, plates and illustrations, some ink inscriptions, original red and blue pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., a few spines slightly faded or gilt dulled, occasional slight rubbing to extremities, one lower cover stained, a few hinges weak, 1891-1911; and 3 others by Lang, 8vo and 4to (26)

285 Loker (Chris, compiler) ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE. EDITED BY JILL SHEFRIN, ONE OF 50 DELUXE COPIES SIGNED BY THE COMPILER, SPECIALLY-BOUND AND WITH PAGE “A MAD TEA-PARTY” FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, text printed in red, black and blue, mounted frontispiece, illustrations, original moroccobacked floral boards, slight fading to spine, slip-case (a few light marks), 8vo, New York, The Grolier Club, 2014. £800 - 1,200

⁂ AN EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF LANG’S POPULAR SERIES OF FAIRY, STORY, POETRY AND ROMANCE TITLES, ILLUSTRATED BY H.J. FORD AND IN THEIR DISTINCTIVE ELABORATE PICTORIAL CLOTH BINDINGS, GENERALLY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Hard to find in first editions and such condition. The second series comprises: The Blue Poetry Book, The True Story Book, The Red True Story Book, The Animal Story Book, The Red Book of Animal Stories, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, The Book of Romance, The Red Book of Romance, Princes and Princesses, The Red Book of Heroes, and The All Sorts of Stories Book. £5,000 - 7,000

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286 Milne (A. A.) NOW WE ARE SIX, FIRST EDITION, illustrated throughout by E.H. Shepard, half-title very lightly browned, original publisher’s deluxe green limp roan with decorative gilt to cover and spine, a couple of very light scuffs to lower cover, g.e., housed within publisher’s original card box with printed paper labels to upper and side, two corners neatly split, a little toned, 8vo, 1927. £400 - 600

288 Barrie (J.M.) PETER PAN, FIRST EDITION, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 49 plates, with captioned tissue guards, ink ownership inscription to half-title, occasional finger soiling or similar to margins and guards, original russet cloth, gilt, a few small tears to joints, spine ends bumped, 4to, 1906. £400 - 600

287 Nielsen (Kay) EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON, FIRST EDITION, 25 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations, 2 text ff. and 1 plate stained, otherwise some marginal browning, modern navy morocco, spine gilt, with original cloth upper cover and spine bound-in (laid down to sheet) at rear, t.e.g., 4to, [1914]. £400 - 600

289 Shakespeare (William) TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE, LARGE PAPER COPY, ONE OF 750 SIGNED BY RACKHAM, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 12 plates, frontispiece with tissue guard, black and white illustrations, original cream buckram, gilt, very faint dust-soiling to lower cover, slight bumping to spine foot, original silk ties still present, t.e.g., others uncut, overall a fine copy, 4to, London & New York, 1909. £400 - 600

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290 290 Barrie (J.M.) THE PETER PAN PORTFOLIO, ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY PUBLISHER AND PRINTING, from an edition of 600, 12 mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned plateguards with light creasing, but generally clean and fine interanlly, original half-vellum over sage green cloth, gilt, original silk ties to fore-edges, those at spine likely renewed, light mottling to upper cover, housed in original publisher’s box, the lid with several neat and expert repairs and restorations, the lower portion entirely renewed with original lower cover laid onto base, preserved in custom half morocco drop-back box, large folio, [1912]. ⁂ Scarce in such good, fresh condition. The largest-format Rackham plates ever printed, this edition precedes the American by two years. £3,000 - 4,000

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291 Stevenson (Robert Louis) A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES, FIRST EDITION, issue with ‘of’ on spine in same size as ‘A’, apostrophe in form of ‘7’, without mention of Two Series in list of author’s works, bookplate, light browning to endpapers, original blue cloth, some toning, extremities lightly rubbed or bumped, 8vo, 1885. £400 - 600

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PRIVATE PRESS The Property of Anthony Dowd 292 Essex House Press.- Bunyan (John) THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS..., number 559 of 750 copies, printed in red & black, wood-engraved frontispiece by Reginald Savage, attractively-bound in burgundy morocco with clasps of metal loops on plaited morocco thongs, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands and rules in blind extending onto boards and ending with small blind ornaments in style of old prayerbook, small initials “A.E.D.” in gilt to top right corner of upper cover, uncut, 12mo, Essex House Press, 1899. ⁂ The third book issued by the press. A few copies were specially bound by Douglas Cockerell or Annie Power but this is unsigned. £500 - 700

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293 Fleece Press.- Buckland Wright (John) SURREAL TIMES: The Abstract Engravings and Wartime Letters..., NUMBER 23 OF 44 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKLAND WRIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL COPPER ENGRAVING ‘NYMPHE SURPRISE NO.II, from an edition limited to 266, original vellum-backed JBW patterned-paper, slip-case, 2000; Endeavours & Experiments...Essays in Woodcut and Colour Engraving, NUMBER 20 OF 90 COPIES SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKLAND WRIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL WOOD-ENGRAVING ‘CAFE DANSANT NO,2’, from an edition limited to 300, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards, original cloth drop-back box, 2004; Sensuous Lines: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Intaglio Prints..., ONE OF 40 SPECIALLYBOUND COPIES WITH 5 ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS, from an edition limited to 366, one engraving tipped in as frontispiece, errata slip mounted on front pastedown, original vellum-backed marbled boards, the other engravings loose as issued in card folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, 2014; Bathers and Dancers, one of 180 copies from an edition limited to 206, original vellum-backed Japanese wood veneer boards, slip-case, 1993; Baigneuses, one of 240 copies, original vellum-backed marbled boards, original cloth drop-back box, 1995; To Beauty...Work with Joseph Ishill of the Oriole Press, one of 246 copies, original cloth-backed Venetian marbled paper, original cloth drop-back box, 2006 § Buckland Wright (Christopher, editor) The Engravings of John Buckland Wright, NUMBER 50 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE EDITOR AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL WOOD-ENGRAVING ON GAMPI VELLUM PAPER, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Aldershot, 1990, the first six with illustrations, many tipped in, a few colour, some with prospectuses, invoices, notices from the press etc. loosely inserted, most uncut, Denby Dale, Wakefield or Upper Denby, Fleece Press; and c.15 others by, illustrated by or about Buckland Wright, some catalogues, v.s. (c.20) ⁂ A COMPLETE SET OF THE PRESS’S WORKS DEVOTED TO JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT, INCLUDING 3 IN THE SPECIAL EDITION, with many of the engravings printed from the original blocks left in the artist’s studio at his death. Several copies of Bathers & Dancers were damaged in binding so in fact only 164 copies of the standard edition were issued. £1,500 - 2,000

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295 Wood Lea Press.- Greenwood (Jeremy) RAVILIOUS: ENGRAVINGS, NUMBER 48 OF 55 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES WITH ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF RAVILIOUS AND 3 WOOD-ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS, from an edition limited to 800, 2008; The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, NUMBER 40 OF 61 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES WITH A FACSIMILE OF CHRISTMAS FOLDER WITH 9 OF THE 12 ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS, from an edition limited to 811, prospectus loosely inserted, 1987, portraits, illustrations, some tipped in, a few colour, original moroccobacked patterned-paper boards, additional prints loose as issued in original card portfolios, together in original cloth drop-back boxes, spine of the second a little faded, folio, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press (2) £500 - 700

Other properties

294 Golden Cockerel Press.- Omar Khayyám. THE...RUBÁIYÁT, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, NUMBER 17 OF 30 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS AND WITH 5 ADDITIONAL ENGRAVINGS and facsimiles of Fitzgerald’s translation, from an edition limited to 300, 8 copper-engraved plates by John Buckland Wright, 5 additional engravings and collotype facsimiles in pocket at end, original cream morocco with cockerel in gilt to upper cover, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g, others uncut, boards very slightly soiled, cloth slip-case (browned), [Reid A28a], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. ⁂ The additional engravings are of a more erotic nature and do not appear in the ordinary edition. £2,000 - 3,000

296 Ashendene Press.- Spenser (Edmund) SPENSER’S MINOR POEMS, one of 200 copies on paper, printed in Subiaco type in red, blue and black, double column, initials designed by Graily Hewitt, THE PRINTER C.H.ST.JOHN HORNBY’S OWN COPY WITH HIS PENCIL SIGNATURE AND ADDRESS to front free endpaper, trial binding of original holland-backed blue boards, paper label to spine, uncut, a little rubbed, a few scuffs, [Franklin p.240; Hornby 35], folio, Ashendene Press, 1925. ⁂ The last of the Ashendene folios printed in the Subiaco type, published as a companion to Spenser’s Faerie Queen of two years earlier.

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299 Cuala Press.- Yeats (Jack B., illustrator) A BROADSIDE, 24 issues [for Third and Fourth Years], each one of 300 copies, illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, many hand-coloured, occasional minor spotting and handling creases, one very short tear, preserved in modern cloth dropback box, 4to, Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1910-12. £1,000 - 1,500 297 -. Thucydides. [HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR], translated by Benjamin Jowett, [one of 260 copies], printed in red and black with text in Ptolemy type, side-notes in Blado Italic, chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, initials by Eric Gill, original white pigskin, by the W.H.Smith bindery, spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands, uncut, some very light soiling, spine slightly yellowed, [Hornby XXXVII; Franklin p.242], folio, Ashendene Press, 1930. £2,000 - 3,000

300 Curwen Press.- Simon (Oliver, editor) ThE CURWEN PRESS MISCELLANY, number 125 of 275 copies, printed in red & black, plates and decorations, some pochoir, a few samples tipped in, bookplate, ownership name in red crayon to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, light fraying and rubbing to corners, 4to, Curwen Press, 1931.

298 Chaucer (Geoffrey) THE CANTERBURY TALES, 3 vol., number 168 of 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, titles in blue and black, tipped-in colour plates after watercolours by Sir William Russell Flint, captioned tissue guards printed in red, original limp vellum, gilt, with ties, t.e.g., others uncut, some light yellowing or soiling to covers, with publisher’s list (spotted) in modern board slip-case, joints rubbed, 4to, Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society Ltd., 1913. £600 - 800 126

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⁂ Including an engraved head-piece by Barnett Freedman, wood-engraved plates by Eric Gill, John Nash and René Ben Sussan (the last printed in colours), and pochoir plates by E.McKnight Kauffer, Edward Bawden, and Barnett Freedman. £600 - 800

302 Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) THE CANTERBURY TALES, 4 vol., number 90 of 485 copies on paper, wood-engraved decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, initials printed in red, blue and black, vol. 1, 2 & 4 with small bookseller's label to gutter foot of pastedown, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, vol. 3 very small leather repair to spine, very slight wear to tips of corners (as usual), t.e.g., others uncut, housed within modern drop-back drab cloth box, [Chanticleer 63], small folio, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31. £4,000 - 6,000

301 Golden Cockerel Press.- SONG OF SONGS (THE) CALLED BY MANY THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES, number 497 of 750 copies on handmade paper, printed in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, some full-page, endpapers browned as usual, original cream buckram, uncut, edges browned, soiling mark to upper cover, spine a little rubbed, [Chanticleer 31; Gill 275], 4to, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. £500 - 700

303 Hunter (Dard) THE LITERATURE OF PAPERMAKING 1390-1800, FIRST EDITION, one of 190 copies signed by the author, 24 tipped-in facsimile title-pages, illustrations, light offsetting, one or two leaves wrinkled from facsimile being poorly tipped to verso (as often), occasional light toning or spotting to facsimiles, loose as issued in original half cloth folder with ties, small ink mark to foot of upper joint, a couple other very small and faint marks, folio, Chillicothe, Ohio, [Mountain House Press], 1925. ⁂ The second of Hunter’s hand-made books devoted to the history and art of papermaking; he hand-printed the book on hand-made paper using type that he had designed and cast.

Although the limitation in the book reads 190 copies, his autobiography (p.71) states that only 180 copies were produced.

Halfway through the production, Hunter experienced a haemorrhage in his left eye from an earlier accident which reduced his sight to less than half normal vision. £800 - 1,200

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KELMSCOTT PRESS ON VELLUM - See lot 254

305 Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. LA DIVINA COMMEDIA OR THE DIVINE VISION OF DANTE ALIGHIERI IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, translated by H. F. Cary, one of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, an excellent copy without the usual fading to spine, light splaying to covers, head of spine lightly creased, [Dreyfus 50], folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928. £600 - 800

304 Maret (Russell) SPECIMENS OF DIVERSE CHARACTERS, NUMBER 22 OF 55 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER AND SIGNED BY THE COMPILER/PRINTER, from an edition limited to 70, printed in black and colours, specimens on rectos only, some pictorial, one or two engraved, one with image drawn directly on the page with candle smoke, original red moroccobacked patterned-paper boards, by Craig Jensen at Book Lab II, spine titled in palladium, uncut, original grey cloth drop-back box, red morocco label titled in palladium, folio, [New York], 2011. ⁂ Superb production, a beautifully-designed and printed selection of texts and alphabets in a variety of types from across the ages. £4,000 - 6,000 128

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306 -. Shakespeare (William) THE WORKS, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 7 vol., number 1421 of 1600 sets, original russet morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, some spotting and slight wear to boards (one or two with insect damage causing gouges or small holes), spines slightly faded or darkened as usual but appearing on the shelf as a handsome set, 8vo, printed by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press for the Nonesuch Press, 1929-33. £800 - 1,200

MODERN FIRST EDITIONS

308 Adams (Richard) WATERSHIP DOWN, FIRST EDITION, folding map at end, original decorative cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, one or two very small nicks to jacket upper edge of lower panel, otherwise a remarkably crisp and near-fine copy, 8vo, 1972. £500 - 700

307 Adams (Douglas) [THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY SERIES], 5 vol., comprising The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, JACKET FIRST STATE with “Capricorn One” advertisement on rear panel, very slight sunning to spine, slight toning to lower panel, 1979; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, jacket with very slight creasing to head, 1980; Life the Universe and Everything After, ink ownership stamp to title, half-title and front free endpaper, jacket with light toning to spine, spotting to flaps, closed tear to head of upper fore-edge, light creasing to head, indentations to lower panel, 1982; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, jacket with slight creasing to head of spine, 1984; Mostly Harmless, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, light toning to margins, 1992, FIRST EDITIONS, original boards, dust-jackets, a nearfine set, 8vo.

309 Asimov (Isaac) THE END OF ETERNITY, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, light browning to endpapers, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, closed tear to head of lower joint, spine ends and corners a little chipped, an excellent copy, [Currey p.17], 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1955. ⁂ Early time travel novel by Asimov, scarce signed. £1,200 - 1,800

⁂ A superb set of the author’s classic science fiction comedy series. The first volume is especially rare in the first state dustjacket. £1,500 - 2,000

310 Asimov (Isaac) THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends a little creased and chipped, otherwise excellent, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1982. ⁂ The first edition of this collection of the first three works in the Foundation series, scarce signed.

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311 Betjeman (John) METRO-LAND, one of 220 copies signed by the author and illustrator, 15 colour lithograph plates by Glynn Boyd Harte, original pictorial cloth, slight foxing to upper cover, original cloth box, Warren Editions, 1977; Summoned By Bells, one of 125 copies signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original green morocco, gilt bell design to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, head of spine very slightly rubbed, 1960; A Nip in the Air, one of 175 copies signed by the author, original cloth, 1974; New Bats in Old Belfries, signed twice by the author on title, loosely inserted 3 T.L.s. and one A.L.s. by the author to different recipients, original cloth, 1945; and 9 others by the same, all signed or signed limited editions, 4to and 8vo (13) £1,000 - 1,500

312 Bloch (Robert) PSYCHO, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, usual light browning, original cloth-backed boards, light toning to head and foot, dust-jacket, very light creasing to head, light rubbing to extremities, a near-fine example, preserved in custom half morocco drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1959. ⁂ A cornerstone of modern horror fiction, rare signed and in such superb condition. £1,200 - 1,800 130

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313 Bowen (Marjorie, editor) GREAT TALES OF HORROR, FIRST EDITION, ink ownership inscription to head of title, original cloth, some insect damage and rubbing to covers, dust-jacket, short nick to head of lower joint and foot of upper fore-edge, some light creasing, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1933. ⁂ With contributions by Bowen, Machen, Blackwood, Le Fanu and Wells. Rare with the dust-jacket in such superb condition. £500 - 700

314 Breton (André) LE REVOLVER Á CHEVEUX BLANCS, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO PAUL LÉAUTAUD to half-title, book-label of Pierre Bergé loosely inserted, original printed wrappers, light creasing and toning to spine, spotting to covers, otherwise excellent preserved in custom chemise and slip-case, 8vo, Paris, 1932. ⁂ A good association copy of this collection that includes one of Breton’s most popular poems “L’Union Libre”, inscribed to the writer and critic Paul Léautaud. £600 - 800

315 Brookner (Anita) HOTEL DU LAC, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, publisher’s printed review slip loosely inserted, light marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, very light creasing to spine tips and corners, some surface wrinkling to laminate at spine, but a nearfine example overall, 8vo, 1984. ⁂ One of the most difficult Booker titles to obtain signed, especially so flat-signed in this manner.

317 Burgess (Anthony) A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, FIRST EDITION, light spotting to fore-edge, front free endpaper corner clipped, original boards, first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps, price-clipped, light toning to spine, short closed tear to head of upper panel, patch of soiling to lower joint, light marking to lower panel, a little rubbed at head and foot, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962. £750 - 1,000

£500 - 700

316 Brown (Dee) BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “FOR JAMAKE HIGHWATER - IN ADMIRATION FOR YOUR LITERARY SKILLS AND YOUR WONDROUS PERCEPTION OF

THE ARTS OF YOUR PEOPLE - SINCERELY DEE BROWN” to endpaper, illustrations, numerous ink markings and occasional notes by Highwater to margins, upper hinge weak, original cloth, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine spine ends and corners creased and chipping a few short closed tears to head and foot with light creasing, 8vo, New York, 1970.

⁂ A FASCINATING ASSOCIATION COPY OF THIS IMPORTANT HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE, INSCRIBED TO THE AUTHOR JAMAKE HIGHWATER. Jamake Highwater (born Jackie Marks, 1931-2001) was of Eastern European Jewish ancestry but would mispresent himself as Cherokee for much of his life, even after his exposure as an imposter by two journalists in 1984. £600 - 800

318 Burnett (W. R.) SAINT JOHNSON, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR facing title, decorative endpapers, original cloth, light fraying to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short nick to foot of upper panel, an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, 1929. ⁂ Burnett’s third novel, rare signed and in the dust-jacket.

Adapted for film four times, three times as Law and Order (1932, 1940 and 1953) and once as Wild West Days (1937). £600 - 800

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320 Burnett (W. R.) ADOBE WALLS, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “FOR MY FRIEND PAUL CRABTREE...

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY” to endpaper, publisher’s review slip loosely inserted, original boards, light toning to foot of spine, dustjacket, very light toning to spine, minor chipping to head of spine, a near-fine example, 8vo, New York, 1953. ⁂ Scarce. A good association copy, inscribed to the writer, actor and director Paul Crabtree. The anniversary could be a reference to Crabtree’s first decade of working on the stage and screen, beginning with his performance as Will Parker (replacing Lee Dixon) in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma in 1943. £400 - 600

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319 Burnett (W. R.) IRON MAN, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “DEAR JEAN, THIS IS ONE I’D LIKE TO SEE REMADE AS A PICTURE” to verso of dedication, original cloth, light toning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting imprint at foot, splitting to head of joints, chipping and creasing to head, extremities rubbed, 8vo, New York, 1930. ⁂ A good association copy inscribed by Burnett to the director Jean Negulesco. Burnett was in the process of adapting his Little Caesar for the 1931 Mervyn Le Roy film and was clearly trying to attract Hollywood interest in his latest novel. Ultimately Iron Man would be directed by Todd Browning but Negulesco would direct an adaptation of Burnett’s I Wasn’t Born Yesterday as the 1946 film Nobody Lives Forever. £400 - 600

321 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) A PRINCESS OF MARS, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, very occasional slight finger-soiling, original printed wrappers, spine a little spotted with some creasing and chipping, lower cover with some light surface soiling and patch of damp-staining to head, corner crease to upper cover, a very good, sharp example, preserved in custom calf drop-back box, [Heins M1a], 8vo, Chicago, 1917. ⁂ RARE ADVANCE REVIEW COPY OF THE FIRST JOHN CARTER BOOK, a landmark of popular science fiction that would pioneer the “interplanetary romance” subgenre. “It is hardly too much to say that it is the boldest piece of imaginative fiction in this generation.” - Heins. £6,000 - 8,000

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323 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN THE UNTAMED, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR WITH A DRAWING OF AN EMPTY PICTURE FRAME WITH CAPTION “PICTURE OF TARZAN AFTER HIS HAS LEFT.

PRESENTED TO EDDIE GILBERT BY THE ARTIST EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS. MAY 23 1938” to endpaper, 9 plates by J. Allen St. John, upper hinge weak, original cloth, splitting to joints, toning to spine, chipping to spine ends, dust-jacket, some chipping and creasing to head and foot with the odd short closed tear, light rubbing and surface soiling, a very good example, 8vo, Chicago, 1920. ⁂ A charming association copy with an amusing drawing by the author inscribed to his brother-in-law Ed Gilbert. Rare signed and in the unrestored dust-jacket. £2,500 - 3,500 322 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) A PRINCESS OF MARS, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “TO EDDIE GILBERT, WITH EVERY GOOD WISH, EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS” to front free endpaper, original cloth, light mottling to upper cover and spine, facsimile dust-jacket, [Heins M1], 8vo, Chicago, 1917. ⁂ An excellent association copy of the first John Carter novel, a landmark in science fiction. Inscribed here to Burrough’s brotherin-law Ed Gilbert, a lifelong fan of Burroughs’ work, who married the author’s sister in 1935. £1,000 - 1,500

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324 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW “MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY TO EDWARD HENRY GILBERT FROM EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS” to front free endpaper, 8 plates by J. Allen St. John, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine browned, dustjacket, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a few short closed tears to head and foot, some light surface soiling but a near-fine example overall, [Heins T10.1], 8vo, Chicago, 1923. ⁂ A very good association copy, inscribed to the author’s brotherin-law Ed Gilbert. Rare signed and with the dust-jacket in such superb condition. £3,000 - 4,000

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325 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “TO JIM PIERCE HOPING YOUR LUCK HOLDS” to endpaper, frontispiece by J. Allen St. John, original first issue cloth with “A.C.McClurg & Co.” to foot of spine, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restorations to head, foot and fore-edges, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, Chicago, 1924. ⁂ An excellent association copy inscribed to the author’s son-in-law who would become the fourth actor to portray Tarzan on film. James Pierce (1900-83) was spotted by Burroughs when the two met at a party. Pierce married Burroughs’ daughter Joan in 1928 and together they would voice Tarzan and Jane in the first radio serialisation of the Tarzan stories. See also lots 327 and 334. £2,500 - 3,500

326 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) THE WAR CHIEF, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS BROTHER “DEAR COLEMAN - IF REAL ESTATE IS MOVING AS SLOWLY ALONG THE NORTH SHORE AS IT IS IN TARZANA YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO READ THIS LATEST... 10/4 - 27” to endpaper, original cloth, light discolouration to spine, slight fraying to spine tips, some light marking to covers, dust-jacket, some chipping to head and foot with old tape repairs to verso causing some show-through, tape-staining with show-through to verso of spine, still an excellent example overall, [Heins WC1], 8vo, Chicago, 1927. ⁂ A superb association copy with an excellent inscription to the author’s brother, a real estate agent in North Shore, California. The first book in Burroughs’ Apache series. £800 - 1,200

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327 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION “WITH LOVE AND BEST WISHES TO JOAN AND JIM, ED. TARZANA OCT 28 1928” to endpaper, 5 plates by J. Allen St. John, original cloth, light sunning to spine, light fraying to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine and corner tips, short nick to head of upper joint, a fine copy, preserved in custom morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, Chicago, 1928. ⁂ A superb copy with an excellent association, inscribed to the author’s daughter and son-in-law just 2 months after their marriage. James and Joan Pierce would voice Tarzan and Jane in the first radio serialisation of the Tarzan stories. See lots 327 and 334. £4,000 - 6,000

328 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION, photoplay edition, third printing, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “THE MAN IN THE JACKET IS SUPPOSED TO BE MY SON-IN-LAW, JAMES H. PIERCE ALSO OPPOSITE PG. 176 SINCERELY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS 8.22.29.” to endpaper, 4 photographic plates, original cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine chipped at head,, light bumping to corners, extremities a little rubbed, (supplied) first issue dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners chipped affecting title at head of spine, chipping and closed tear to foot of rear panel, splitting to head of upper fore-edge, 8vo, New York, [1929]. ⁂ A good inscribed copy with a charming inscription, a difficult edition to find inscribed. £600 - 800

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329 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “DEAR CHARLIE - HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE AUTHOR’S COPIES OF MY LATEST. THEY JUST CAME TODAY - HOPE YOU LIKE THE STORY. YOU’LL HAVE TO SAY YOU DO ANY WAY. ED 9-3029. TO CHARLES ALBRIGHT, LOS ANGELES FROM EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, LOS ANGELES” to endpaper, frontispiece by A.W. Sperry, original cloth, light fraying to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket with “salvery” on front flap, very light toning to spine, rubbing to spine tips and corners, a near-fine example, 8vo, New York, [1929].

330 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) THE ILLUSTRATED TARZAN BOOKS NO. 1, FIRST EDITION, illustrated by Hal Foster, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light spotting along top edge, small patch of soiling to lower cover, else fine, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restorations along upper and lower edge, light surface soiling, a sharp and excellent example, 4to, New York, [1929].

⁂ A lovely copy with a good, lengthy inscription by Burroughs dated just two days after publication.

£1,500 - 2,000

⁂ A lovely copy of this title, intended for the younger market, consequently difficult to find in good condition, especially in the rare dust-jacket.

£1,000 - 1,500

331 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AT THE EARTH’S CORE, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS SON “TO HULBERT WITH LOVE PAPA. TARZANA, CALIFORNIA” to endpaper, frontispiece by J. Allen St. John, light foxing to endpapers, original first state cloth with “Metropolitan” to foot of spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket priced at $8.00 and with “Metropolitan” to foot of spine, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, a near-fine example, 8vo, New York, 1930. ⁂ A wonderful family association copy in superb condition. This title appears to be among the rarest of any Tarzan titles to find signed. £5,000 - 7,000

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332 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE, [ONE OF 30 COPIES], PUBLISHER'S DUMMY COPY WITH MOST PAGES BLANK, FRONTISPIECE BY STUDLEY BURROUGHS, ORIGINAL CLOTH, LIGHT RUBBING TO SPINE TIPS AND CORNERS, DUST-JACKET, LIGHT CREASING TO HEAD OF SPINE, ELSE FINE, 8VO, [1931]. ⁂ A superb example of the rare dummy copy, produced by the publisher's to demonstrate the look and size of the final book to salesmen. "NO PRINTER'S DUMMIES OF THIS TITLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN COLLECTIONS" - Zeuschner. £1,200 - 1,800

334 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN TRIUMPHANT, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS DAUGHTER, GRANDDAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW “TO JOAN, JIM AND JOAN II WITH LOVE. ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION AND THE BIRTHDAY OF OLD SEPTICEMIA. SEPTEMBER I, 1932. MALIBU LA COSTA” to endpaper, frontispiece and 4 plates by Studley Burroughs, original cloth, light sunning to spine, extremities rubbed, (supplied) first issue dust-jacket, a fine example, 8vo, Tarzana, CA, 1932. ⁂ An excellent family association copy, Jim and Joan Pierce would voice the characters of Tarzan and Jane for the radio serials (see lots 325 and 327). This copy seemingly one of a handful of early copies sent to the author by the publisher which he then presented to close friends and family. £600 - 800

333 Burroughs (Edgar Rice).- Burroughs (Studley) TARZAN TRIUMPHANT, 5 colour jacket proofs, light damp-staining to inner margin, original plain stapled wrappers with printed label to upper cover, lower cover detached, oblong 4to, [c.1932].

335 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) APACHE DEVIL, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS BROTHER “TO HARRY WITH BEST WISHES ED. MALIBU APRIL 9, 1933” to endpaper, plates by Studley Burroughs, bookplate of Ella Oldham Burroughs to endpaper verso, upper panel of dust-jacket laid onto pastedown, original cloth, fading to spine, light fraying to spine tips and corners, rubbed, (supplied) dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, [Heins AD1], 8vo, Tarzana, CA, 1933.

⁂ Dust-jacket proofs, the first in full colour, the following four in Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key for the four-colour printing process.

⁂ A superb association copy, inscribed to the author’s brother, whose son Studley would provide the illustrations for the plates and dust-jacket.

£400 - 600

£1,200 - 1,800

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336 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS SON “TO HULBERT WITH LOVE O.B., AUGUST 27 1933 MALIBU” to front free endpaper, frontispiece and 4 plates by J. Allen St. John, original cloth, light rubbing to spine and corner tips, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, Tarzana, CA, 1933. ⁂ A lovely family association copy inscribed to the author’s son five days before publication. Burrough’s here signing with the initials “O.B.” for “Old Burroughs”. Rare inscribed and in such superb condition. £3,500 - 4,500

337 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AND THE LION MAN, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR to endpaper, frontispiece and 4 plates by J. Allen St. John, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends chipped and frayed, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket with printed advertisement to verso, light vertical and horizontal creasing, otherwise excellent, 8vo, Tarzana, CA, 1934.

338 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN, FIRST EDITION,

⁂ A good association copy, inscribed to Dieth McKenzie, the husband of the author’s favourite niece, Evelyn Burroughs.

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DATED JUNE 25 1935, frontispiece and 3 plates by J. Allen St. John,

original cloth, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, preserved in custom half morocco drop-back box, 8vo, Tarzana, CA, 1935.

339 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN’S QUEST, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR to front free endpaper, frontispiece and 4 plates by J. Allen St. John, original cloth, light sunning to spine, spine tips and corners a little frayed, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket, vertical crease along spine, light creasing to spine tips, else, fine, 8vo, Tarzana, CA, [1936]. ⁂ A good association copy, inscribed to Dieth McKenzie, the husband of the author’s favourite niece, Evelyn Burroughs.

Burroughs has signed here as “Uncle Ed”.

341 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW to front free endpaper, frontispiece and 4 plates by John Coleman Burroughs, original cloth, slight toning to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, else fine, 8vo, Tarzana, CA, 1939. ⁂ A good association copy, inscribed to Maud Gilbert, mother of Florence Gilbert Burroughs and Ed Gilbert. £800 - 1,200

£1,200 - 1,800

340 Burroughs (Edgar Rice) TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS DAUGHTER, ADDITIONAL SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR JOHN COLEMAN BURROUGHS to his sister, both to endpaper, frontispiece and 4 plates by John Coleman Burroughs, patch of light damp-staining to head of front pastedown and first few ff., light patch of toning to upper corner of last few gatherings, original cloth, spine faded, some mottling a light marking, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket, short nicks with some creasing to head of spine, otherwise a near-fine example, 8vo, Tazana, CA, 1938. ⁂ A superb family association copy, inscribed to Joan Coleman Pierce by both the author (her father) and her brother (the illustrator). £800 - 1,200

342 Burroughs (Edgar Rice).- Heins (Henry Hardy) A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, complete edition, revised, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO MRS J. ALLEN ST. JOHN “IN MEMORY OF J. ALLEN WHO MUST HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL MAN”, 2 page T.L.s. from the author to Mrs St. John loosely inserted, illustrations, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine ends else fine, 8vo, West Kingston, RI, 1964. ⁂ A good association copy of this essential Burroughs bibliography, inscribed to the wife of James Allen St. John (18721957), arguably the most significant illustrator of Burroughs’ works, who warranted his own 60 pages of coverage within the book. £500 - 700

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344 Camus (Albert) THE OUTSIDER, translated by Stuart Gilbert, Introduction by Cyril Connolly, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original cloth, light sunning to spine and portion of lower cover, dust-jacket by Edward Bawden, faint spotting, very light surface soiling to lower panel, light rubbing and faint creasing to spine tips and corners, a fine copy, 8vo, 1946.

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⁂ A superb example, rare in such condition. £600 - 800

343 Cain (James M.) THREE OF A KIND, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO BOB SINCLAIR to front free endpaper dated May 22, 1943, original cloth, small patch of sunning to head of spine, second state dust-jacket with front flap top corner clipped and new $2.50 price stamped at foot and rear panel with statement

by Cain regarding war bonds, very slight toning to spine, , minor chipping to spine tips and corners, closed tear to foot of lower panel, short split to foot of upper fore-edge, short nick to foot of upper panel, an excellent copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1943. ⁂ A GOOD ASSOCIATION COPY inscribed to the director Robert B. Sinclair who directed Cain’s theatrical adaptation of his most famous novel The Postman Always Rings Twice. Three of a Kind brought together three novellas by Cain that had previously appeared as serials in magazines: Career in C Major, The Embezzler and Double Indemnity, the last of which would be adapted by Raymond Chandler for the 1944 film noir of the same name. £1,500 - 2,000

⁂ A good association copy of Chatwin’s novel, inscribed to his friend and neighbour Charles Tomlinson and his wife. Association copies of Chatwin’s works are rare. £600 - 800

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345 Chatwin (Bruce) THE VICEROY OF OUIDAH, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO TITLE “FOR CHARLES AND BRENDA [TOMLINSON] WITH LOVE FROM BRUCE 28 OCT ‘80”, photograph of a young Chatwin at the Sotheby’s rostrum loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine and corner tips, else fine, 8vo, 1980.

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346 Chatwin (Bruce) THE SONGLINES, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO TITLE “FOR CHARLES AND BRENDA, A PIECE OF CRAZINESS, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, HAS A LONG HISTORY - AND OWES A LOT TO YOU. AFFECTIONATELY, AS ALWAYS, BRUCE”, very light marginal toning, original boards, light bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, light creasing to head of spine and upper corners, small patch of soiling to spine, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1987. ⁂ A lovely association copy, inscribed to his friend and neighbour Charles Tomlinson and his wife, both of whom, as evident from the inscription, would often be on hand to provide advice and support to Chatwin’s writing. Association copies of Chatwin’s works are rare. £1,000 - 1,500

348 Dahl (Roald) THE GREMLINS FROM THE WALT DISNEY PRODUCTION, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “To Charlies Love Roald Dahl” to half-title, colour and plain illustrations throughout, some cracking to hinges, original cloth-backed boards, toning to spine, wear to corners, some fading to lower cover, rubbed, 4to, [1944]. ⁂ Dahl’s first published work, we have been unable to trace another example of a signed first English edition. £800 - 1,200

347 Corso (Gregory), Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and others.- Charters (Ann, editor) THE PORTABLE BEAT READER, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE EDITOR AND 8 OF THE CONTRIBUTORS ON TITLE (a few with short inscriptions), invitation to the launch party for the present work along with 2A.C.s from the editor and the publisher’s promotional flier loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, dustjacket, closed tear along spine with tape repair to verso, additional pre-publication dust-jacket, without text to spine, flaps and lower panel, fine, 8vo, New York, 1992. ⁂ A LOVELY ASSOCIATION COPY OF THIS COLLECTION inscribed to the bookseller Robert A. Wilson whose Phoenix Book Shop became a regular haunt for Beat writers. Signatures include those of Ed Sanders, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Jack Micheline, Amiri Baraka, and Anne Waldman. £1,000 - 1,500

349 Dahl (Roald) SOMEONE LIKE YOU, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, slight toning to foot of panels, else fine, 8vo, New York, 1953. ⁂ Dahl’s second short story collection, rare flat signed in this manner and in such good condition. £600 - 800

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351 Dahl (Roald, author, screenwriter and fighter pilot, 1916-1990) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT PAGE “FROM THE FINAL DRAFT OF CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY”, BEGINNING “CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE. MIKE TEEVEE IS SENT BY TELEVISION”, 22 lines in pencil with one correction in ink, folds, [c.1963]; and an Autograph Letter signed by Dahl gifting the enclosed page to Colin Huggett, “I don’t usually do this this. But I must surely make an exception for you”, with autograph manuscript addressed envelope (3) ⁂ An autograph manuscript page from Dahl’s best-known and most-admired story, we can trace no like example available on the market. The majority of Dahl’s manuscripts appear to either remain with the estate or to reside in the British Library. £1,500 - 2,000

350 Dahl (Roald) KISS KISS, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine, some foxing to covers, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light cockling to upper panel, internal tear to spine with tape repair to verso, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, in effect a very good copy, 8vo, New York, 1960. £500 - 700

352 Dahl (Roald) CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the six line colophon, fifth line reading “Paper manufactured

by S. D. Warren and Co.”, CUT SIGNATURE OF THE AUTHOR to endpaper, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, original blind-stamped cloth, dust-jacket with no ISBN number to rear panel, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, neat retouching to spine, in effect a near-fine example, 8vo, New York, [1964]. £1,000 - 1,500

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353 Dahl (Roald) CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR to endpaper, occasional minor internal marking, original glazed pictorial boards, very light sunning to spine, some fraying to laminate at spine ends and along upper joint, slight bumping to spine ends with light wear at head and foot of lower joint, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1967.

355 Dahl (Roald) JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, later edition, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “To Ian” to endpaper, illustrations by Nancy Eckholm Burkett, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear and small chip to foot of upper wrapper, large chip to head of lower wrapper, 4to, New York, [c.1972]. £500 - 700

⁂ Among the rarest Dahl editions to find signed, we can only trace one other copy at auction. £3,000 - 4,000

354 Dahl (Roald) FANTASTIC MR FOX, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on neatly tipped-in title, illustrations by Donald Chaffin, original pictorial boards, very light sunning to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, light marking to upper cover, 4to, 1970. £500 - 700

356 Dahl (Roald) CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR “LOVE ROALD DAHL”, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, original cloth-backed boards, light fading to spine, slight sunning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, price-clipped, very slight sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, else near-fine, 8vo, New York, 1972. ⁂ The sequel to Dahl’s most beloved title. Scarce signed. £750 - 1,000

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357 Dahl (Roald) CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author “For Joanna & Lucy Love Roald Dahl” to endpaper, illustrations

by Faith Jacques, original pictorial boards, spine tips and corners a little rubbing and bumped, some peeling to a few small patches of laminate, otherwise excellent, 4to, 1973. £500 - 700

359 Dahl (Roald) THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HENRY SUGAR AND SIX MORE, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “To Jonna with love Roald Dahl. 30th Nov. 1984” to endpaper, some foxing to top edge, bookseller label “The Abbey Bookshop... Great Missenden Buckinghamshire” to front pastedown, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped with £5.95 price sticker to front flap, sunning to spine, light creasing to head, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1977. ⁂ Dahl’s classic short story collection, the title story of which has recently been adapted for film by Wes Andersen. This copy with a bookseller’s label from Dahl’s hometown. £500 - 700

358 Dahl (Roald) DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “LESLEY LOVE ROALD OCT. 1975” to endpaper, illustrations by Jill Bennett, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends a little creased, otherwise excellent, 8vo, New York, 1975. £1,000 - 1,500 144

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360 Dahl (Roald) THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “Charles Love Roald Dahl” to endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original glazed boards, very light toning to spine, else fine, 4to, 1978. ⁂ Dahl’s first picture book and the first of his works to be illustrated by Quentin Blake. We can trace no other signed example at auction. £750 - 1,000

361 Dahl (Roald) MY UNCLE OSWALD, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “To Neil with love Roald Dahl 2 Oct 1983” to endpaper, original boards, slight bumping to spine ends, dustjacket, price-clipped, spotting to flaps, spine a little sunned, creasing to spine ends, some light surface soiling, 8vo, 1979. £500 - 700

363 Dahl (Roald) REVOLTING RHYMES, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “Charles Love Roald Dahl” to endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original pictorial boards, very light toning to spine, else fine, 4to, 1982. ⁂ Rare signed, we can trace no examples at auction. £750 - 1,000

362 Dahl (Roald) THE TWITS, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “Happy Birthday Juliette love Roald Dahl, 11 march 1981” to endpaper, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, else fine, 8vo, 1980.

364 Dahl (Roald) THE BFG, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “To Tom with love Roald Dahl,19 Sept. 1982” to endpaper (the inscription somewhat faded with some shadowing to following pages and offsetting to front flap), illustrations by Quentin Blake, light marginal toning, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips an corners, dust-jacket, minor chipping and creasing to spine tips and corners, light staining to spine tips, 8vo, 1982.

£1,000 - 1,500

£1,500 - 2,000

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365 Dahl (Roald) THE WITCHES, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, ONE OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in metallic red, a mint copy, original yellow slip-case, 8vo, New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983.

367 Dahl (Roald) GOING SOLO, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR on half-title, illustrations, original boards, small patch of staining to foot of spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1986.

£600 - 800

£400 - 600

366 Dahl (Roald) DIRTY BEASTS, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “To Lesley Love Roald Dec. 1983” to endpaper, illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett, original pictorial boards, very slight fading to spine light bumping to spine tips, else fine, 4to, 1983.

368 Dahl (Roald) MATILDA, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “HARRIET LOVE ROALD DAHL” to half-title, illustrations

by Quentin Blake, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dustjacket, price-clipped, slight creasing to head, else fine, 8vo, 1988.

⁂ Rare signed. This collection of rhymes by Dahl was conceived as a follow up to Revolting Rhymes. £500 - 700

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£1,000 - 1,500

369 Dahl (Roald) RHYME STEW, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR to front free endpaper (inscription offset onto front pastedown and front flap), illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jacket, very small patch of staining to lower cover upper corner, very small patch of surface wear to upper panel, near-fine otherwise, 4to, 1989. £600 - 800

371 Du Maurier (Daphne) REBECCA, FIRST EDITION, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, small patch of fading to head of spine, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear to head and foot of upper joint, light surface soiling to panels, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1938. £1,200 - 1,800

372 Durrell (Lawrence) [THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET], 4 vol., comprising Justine, jacket with light sunning to spine, short closed tear with creasing to foot of lower panel, 1957; Balthazar, jacket with chip to head of spine, light toning to spine and upper panel, short nicks to head and foot of lower panel, 1958; Mountolive, jacket price-clipped, 1958; Clea, signed by the author, jacket with light toning to spine, light marking and soiling to panels, 1960, FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth, dust-jackets, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, an excellent set, 8vo. ⁂ A bright set of Durrell's acclaimed novel cycle. £600 - 800 370 Du Maurier (Daphne) JAMAICA INN, FIRST EDITION, very light browning to half-title and rear endpaper, otherwise clean internally, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, with neat tape strengthening to verso, light toning to panel margins, short closed tear to foot of upper panel, closed tear to foot of upper fore-edge, a very good, crisp copy overall, 8vo, 1936. £2,000 - 3,000

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The Property of a Gentleman 373 Fitzgerald (F. Scott) TENDER IS THE NIGHT, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with Scribner’s “A” to title verso, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper, decorations and illustrations by Edward Shenton, bookseller’s label to front pastedown, original cloth, patches of mottling and fading to spine and covers, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket priced at $2.50 and with review quotes by T.S. Eliot, H.L. Mencken and Paul Rosenfeld to front flap, light toning to spine, neat and expert repairs and restoration to head, fore-edge repaired, portion to top left of upper panel restored, but in effect a bright and excellent example, [Connolly, Modern Movement 79], 8vo, New York, 1934. ⁂ Fitzgerald's fourth novel, with a first printing of 7600 copies (compared with over 20,000 for The Great Gatsby).

One of only 19 copies signed by Fitzgerald in his home at the behest of the book buyer for the Baltimore department store Hochschild, Kohn & Co which label is affixed on inside back pastedown. A notable rarity signed rather than inscribed and with such a strong provenance: Fitzgerald inscribed a number of copies of this book to friends and other acquaintances, but he was seldom in a position to simply autograph copies of the book, as he did for Hochschild, Kohn, whose employee brought 25 copies to be signed but returned to the store with only 19.

The whereabouts of the others are unknown. £15,000 - 20,000

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374 Fleming (Ian) DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, FIRST EDITION, scattered spotting to fore-edge and endpapers, upper cover decorated in blind with silver diamond to centre, spine lettered in silver, patch of mottling to lower cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, very slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, chipping to upper fore-edge, a few short nicks to head and foot with some light creasing, extremities rubbed, a very good copy, 8vo, 1956.

375 Fleming (Ian) FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, FIRST EDITION, ink ownership inscription and some light spotting to front free endpaper, original boards with gun-and-rose design to upper cover in bronze and silver, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket,small surface abrasion to front flap, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light foxing to lower panel, a few small nicks to head and foot of panels, extremities rubbed, a very good copy, 8vo, 1957.

£750 - 1,000

£600 - 800

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376 Fleming (Ian).- Hooks (Mitchell) and David Chasman. DR. NO BRITISH FILM POSTER, 760 x 1020mm., neatly mounted on conservation support, corners with neat and expert restoration and with some residual light tape-stains, light vertical folding crease with some neat retouching, some light surface soiling, but a bright and excellent example, Stafford & Co Ltd, [1962]. ⁂ AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST JAMES BOND POSTER, THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL FILM FRANCHISE. The artist Mitchell Hooks (1923-2013) produced cover artwork for numerous pulp paperbacks as well as film posters, his iconic design would help cement the image of James Bond as the epitome of 1960s cool. £10,000 - 15,000

377 -. Pulford (Eric) and Renato Fratini. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, BRITISH FILM POSTER, 760 x 1,020 mm., neatly mounted on linen, folds with some neat and expert retouching, small patch of soiling to lower right, neatly and professionally repaired tear to upper left, a bright and excellent example, framed and glazed, Charles & Read Ltd., [1963]. ⁂ A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THIS SUPERB POSTER FOR THE SECOND FILM IN THE JAMES BOND SERIES. Eric Pulford (1915-2005) was a commercial artist who helped design 1000s of film posters. Pulford would bring young Italian artists to London, one of whom, Renato Fratini, would go on to become one of the most important commercial artists of his generation. £8,000 - 12,000 Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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378 Forster (E.M.) WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH 32PP. ADVERTISEMENTS BEGINNING WITH ‘THE EDGE OF CIRCUMSTANCE’ ETC., bookplate, upper hinge split but firm, original cloth, corners bumped, spine lightly faded, spine ends a little bumped and creased, lower cover with some marks, [Kirkpatrick A1a], 8vo, 1905.

380 Forster (E.M.) THE STORY OF THE SIREN, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 500 COPIES, original blue wrappers, second state label on upper wrapper, lower edge frayed, edges a little rubbed but still overall an excellent copy, preserved in portfolio, [Kirkpatrick A6; Woolmer 9], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1920.

⁂ Published when Forster was only 26 years old, Where Angels Fear to Tread immediately established the author as a writer of note and its central theme, of the snobbery and hypocrisy of the English middle class, one that would preoccupy him for much of his career.

£500 - 700

£600 - 800

379 Forster (E.M.) HOWARD’S END, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH “A STEPSON OF THE SOIL” FEATURED ON LAST PAGE OF ADVERTISEMENTS, 4pp. advertisements at end, very light foxing to fore-edge, some straying to margins, bookseller’s sticker to pastedown, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, fading strip along upper edge of lower panel, overall an excellent and brightly gilt example, [Kirkpatrick A4a], 8vo, 1910. £500 - 700 150

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381 Forster (E.M.) A PASSAGE TO INDIA, FIRST TRADE EDITION, internally clean, original cloth, spine lightly dulled, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, neat and expert restoration to edges and joints, tear across upper panel neatly repaired, still in effect a very crisp and tight copy, [Kirkpatrick A10a], 8vo, 1924. £1,500 - 2,000

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382 Golding (William) [TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: A SEA TRILOGY], 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, RITES OF PASSAGE AND FIRE DOWN BELOW SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on half-titles, original boards, dust-jackets, slight creasing to head and foot, Rites of Passage with very slight creasing to spine, a fine set, 8vo, 1980-89. ⁂ Godling’s celebrated trilogy exploring class and human savagery onboard a ship bound for Australia, the first title in the series was awarded the Booker Prize in 1980. £500 - 700

384 Grahame (Kenneth) THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, FIRST EDITION, half-title, misbound after title, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, a little frayed at fore-edge, a few other ff. likewise so, contents leaf with small paper repairs, spotting, endpapers renewed, twentieth century olive morocco, with pattern of willow leaves in gilt to covers and spine, red morocco labels to spine, a small scuff to upper cover, spine lightly sunned, t.e.g., 8vo, Methuen and Co., 1908. £1,000 - 1,500

383 Graham (Winston) THE RIDDLE OF JOHN ROWE, FIRST EDITION, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight rubbing to spine tips, first issue dust-jacket priced at 7/6 and with reviews of “The House with the Stained Glass Windows” and “Into the Fog” to lower panel, very light toning to spine, chips to head of spine, minor chipping to foot of spine and corners, a few short nicks to foot with some light creasing, light rubbing to extremities, but overall a very good example of a rare dust-jacket, 8vo, 1935.

385 Graves (Robert) I, CLAUDIUS [AND] CLAUDIUS THE GOD AND HIS WIFE MESSALINA, 2 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, some scattered spotting, original cloth, some mottling to covers, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, 1 or two short closed tears to head and foot, creasing and minor fraying to spine tips and corners with neat tape repairs to verso, scattered spotting, excellent copies overall, 8vo, 1934

⁂ The third novel by the author of the Poldark series, rare in the first issue dust-jacket.

£1,000 - 1,500

⁂ Graves’ celebrated Claudius novels, rare in the dust-jackets in such good condition.

£500 - 700

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386 Harbou (Thea von) METROPOLIS, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with no mention of this work to list on page [7], light marginal browning, original cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, spine slightly darkened, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket with no mention of this work in list on lower flap, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to foot of lower panel with some some creasing, a few small nicks to head, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, Reader’s Library, [1927]. ⁂ First edition in English of this novelisation of the film of the iconic science fiction film of the same name with the superb art deco dust-jacket designed by Aubrey Hammond. A delicate production and difficult to find in good condition. £1,200 - 1,800

387 Hemingway (Ernest) A FAREWELL TO ARMS, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with Scribner’s seal to title verso and without legal disclaimer, square of light browning to front pastedown straying onto front flap, original cloth with gilt labels to upper cover and spine, fine, first issue dust-jacket priced at $2.50 and with “Katharine Barclay” to front flap, a hint of creasing to head of spine, very light rubbing but a truly fine copy overall, preserved in half-morocco drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1929. ⁂ A remarkable example of one of Hemingway’s key novels, rare in such superb condition and among the best fiction to come out of the First World War. £5,000 - 7,000

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390 Ishiguro (Kazuo) THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR DATED 7TH JUNE 1989 on title, original boards, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, else fine, 1989; and a first edition of An Artist of the Floating World, 8vo (2) 388 Huxley (Aldous) BRAVE NEW WORLD, FIRST EDITION, some faint spotting, some surface tearing to rear pastedown, original cloth, slight shelflean, light creasing and toning to spine, rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, repairs and restorations to spine and extremities, part of text portions at head and foot of spine supplied in excellent facsimile, in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1932.

⁂ A superb copy of Ishiguro’s Booker Prize winner signed and dated the month after publication. £500 - 700

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£1,000 - 1,500

389 Ishiguro (Kazuo) A PALE VIEW OF HILLS, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR to title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, light creasing to spine tips and corners, else fine, 8vo, 1982.

391 James (M.R.) MORE GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY, FIRST EDITION, some scattered foxing, browning to endpapers, ink numbering to front pastedown, hinges cracking, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, some slight soiling to covers, extremities rubbed, [Tymn 3-126], 8vo, 1911. £400 - 600

⁂ The author’s first novel. £1,000 - 1,500

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392 James (M.R.) MORE GHOST STORIES, new edition, original pictorial boards, slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tears with some creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, extremities a little rubbed, a very good copy, 8vo, 1919. £400 - 600

394 James (M.R.) GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY, sixth impression, some scattered foxing, original cloth, light toning to spine, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears to head and foot with creasing, minor chipping to lower fore-edge with neat tape repair to verso, light surface soiling, an excellent example of a delicate jacket, 8vo, 1922. ⁂ Rare in the wonderfully atmospheric dust-jacket, depicting a person with a striking resemblance to the author being assailed by a demonic figure. £400 - 600

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393 James (M.R.) THE THIN GHOST AND OTHERS, FIRST EDITION, CUT SIGNATURE OF THE AUTHOR to endpaper, ink ownership inscription “Ernest Lush from John Lloyd. Exeter 10. ii. 37” to endpaper, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities rubbed, soiling to lower panel, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to first word at head of spine, splitting to lower joint and fore-edge, front flap detached, light creasing to head, light toning and surface soiling to panels, [Tymn 3-127], 8vo, 1919.

395 James (M.R.) A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS AND OTHER GHOST STORIES, FIRST EDITION, pencil musical notation to rear endpaper, original cloth, light mottling and soiling to covers, spine ends and joints frayed, dustjacket, spine ends and corners chipped, chip to head of upper panel affecting 2 letters of title, a few short nicks or small chips to head and foot with light creasing, very light surface soiling but a very good copy overall, [Tymn 3-128], 8vo, 1925.

⁂ Scarce in the delicate jacket. Ernest Lush, possibly the classical pianist (1908-88).

⁂ M. R. James’ last collection, and one of his bleakest. Rare in the macabre dust-jacket in good condition.

£1,000 - 1,500

£1,500 - 2,000

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396 James (M.R.) THE WAILING WELL, number 38 of 157 copies, woodcut to title, original buckram, spine a little darkened, some light soiling to covers, 4to, Stanford Dingley, The Mill House Press, 1928. £600 - 800 397 James (M.R.) THE COLLECTED GHOST STORIES, FIRST EDITION, slight foxing to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket by John Case, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head and foot of lower joint with some light creasing, 2 small chip to upper foreedge, a few short nicks to head and foot of panels, a very good example overall, [Tymn 3-124], 1931; and 11 others, James, v.s. (12) £400 - 600

398 Le Carré (John).- Knight (Maxwell) ANIMALS AND OURSELVES, FIRST EDITION, DOUBLE-SIGNED “DAVID CORNWELL A.K.A. JOHN LE CARRÉ” on title, illustrations by David Cornwell, plates, some scattered foxing, AUTOGRAPH NOTE INITIALED FROM LE CARRÉ/ CORNWELL loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, light rubbing to extremities, a few short nicks to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, 1962. ⁂ A rare Le Carré item with an excellent note from the author; we can trace no other signed copy. Maxwell Knight (1900-68), as well as being an acclaimed naturalist and broadcaster, worked as a spymaster at MI5. In the note Le Carré states that the rumours of Knight being the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s “M” are untrue “but he did list his agents as M number - e.g. M3, M6, M8...” £500 - 700

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399 Le Carré (John) THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, FIRST EDITION, variant brown boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dustjacket, very slight fading to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, 1 or 2 very short closed tears to head and foot of panels, light surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1963. ⁂ Scarce in the variant brown boards, possibly a trial binding.

⁂ The author’s fourth novel, difficult to find in the present condition with the spine entirely unfaded.

£500 - 700

£600 - 800

400 Le Carré (John) THE LE CARRÉ OMNIBUS, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY DOUBLE-SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR “JOHN LE CARRÉ A.K.A. DAVID CORNWELL (CHISTMAS 2020)” on title, “Uncorrected” ink stamp to title and upper cover, light browning to half-title, a few spots to fore-edge, original printed wrappers, tape repairs to spine, some light creasing and marking to covers, 8vo, 1964. ⁂ Rare signed proof of this work that comprised Le Carré’s first two novels. Given the author’s death on 12th December 2020, this would likely be among the last works that he signed. £800 - 1,200 156

401 Le Carré (John) THE LOOKING-GLASS WAR, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dustjacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, some lifting to laminate along lower joint, else fine, 8vo, 1965.

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402 Le Carré (John) A SMALL TOWN IN GERMANY, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “FOR ROBIN ATTHILL, WHO (LITERALLY) TAUGHT ME ENGLISH, & A CARE FOR WORDS, & AN EAR FOR LANGUAGE. DAVID.” on title and ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR at head of title, scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light fading to spine, rubbing to spine tips and corners, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1968. ⁂ AN EXCELLENT ASSOCIATION COPY OF LE CARRÉ’S FIFTH NOVEL, inscribed to his English teacher at Sherborne. Atthill (1912-94) did much to encourage the young Le Carré’s literary ambitions, culminating in the young author writing for The Shirburnian and receiving the school’s English Verse Prize in 1948, for “The Dream of the Deserted Island”. Association copies of any of Le Carré’s works are rare. £600 - 800

403 Le Carré (John) TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, Heywood Hill card loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, spine sunned, closed tear to head of lower panel, fading along top edge of upper panel, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1974. ⁂ The first title in the Karla trilogy.

Provenance: signed by the author at Heywood Hill, likely around the time of publication. £600 - 800

404 Lee (Laurie) CIDER WITH ROSIE, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR “TO DARLING ROSAMOND [LEHMANN] WITH LOVE AS ALWAYS FROM LAURIE 6.11.59” on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, short nick to head of upper joint, light creasing to spine tips, some slight rubbing to extremities, small surface abrasion to front flap, original publisher’s wraparound band, a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1959. ⁂ A lovely association copy of the author’s most treasured work, inscribed to Lee’s good friend and fellow author Rosamond Lehmann. £500 - 700

405 Lem (Stanislaw) SOLARIS, FIRST EDITION, text in Polish, original printed wrappers, slight shelf-lean, light creasing to spine, a few small repairs along lower joint with some residual marking from glue, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, Warsaw, [1961]. ⁂ The true first edition of this classic Polish science fiction novel.

Adapted for film three times, most notably by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972. £600 - 800

406 Lewis (C.S.) THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth with paper label to spine (label slightly browned at head), slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, upper and lower panel spotted with some light soiling, minor chipping to head of spine and corners, short closed tear to head of upper joint with tape repair to verso, short nicks to head and foot of lower panel, an excellent example, 8vo, Geoffrey Bles, 1942. ⁂ Lewis’ classic novel of spiritual conflict, one of his most celebrated works, rare in the dust-jacket in good condition. £1,000 - 1,500

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407 Lewis (C.S.) THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, FIRST EDITION, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, small ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine spine and covers with shadowing from jacket, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine chipped at foot with loss affecting publisher’s name, chipping to head, light surface soiling, a very good copy, 8vo, 1950. ⁂ The first book in the Narnia series and one of the most celebrated Children’s fantasy stories ever published, scarce in the dust-jacket. £4,000 - 6,000

408 Lewis (C.S.) THE LAST BATTLE, FIRST EDITION, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original boards, light spotting to head of covers, dust-jacket, slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, two short nicks to head of upper panel, light marking and surface soiling to panels, an excellent example, 8vo, 1956. £600 - 800

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409 Mantel (Hilary) WOLF HALL, UNCORRECTED PROOF, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title, original wrappers, light creasing to spine with bump to foot, slight rubbing to corner tips, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 2009. ⁂ Rare, seemingly only a very small number were signed by Mantel prior to her death in 2022. £600 - 800

412 McCarthy (Cormac) OUTER DARK, 1970; Child of God, 1965, FIRST ENGLISH UNCORRECTED PROOFS, original wrappers, fine copies, 8vo (2) 410 Mantel (Hilary) WOLF HALL, 2009; BRING UP THE BODIES, 2012, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to head and foot, “signed” price sticker to upper panels, else fine, 8vo (2)

⁂ Uncorrected proofs of these two early McCarthy titles. Rare, we can trace no other examples on the market. These copies from the collection of Philip Murray, collector and friend of McCarthy. £600 - 800

⁂ The first two books in Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy, both winners of the Booker Prize. £600 - 800

411 McCarthy (Cormac) THE ORCHARD KEEPER, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on second half-title, original cloth-backed boards, 1 corner bumped, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips, short splits to upper fore-edge, but a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1965. ⁂ A superb copy of McCarthy’s first novel, scarce signed with only a handful of copies appearing at auction. £6,000 - 8,000

413 McCarthy (Cormac) CHILD OF GOD, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR to title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, very light toning, light creasing to foot of spine, a fine copy, 8vo, 1975. ⁂ McCarthy’s second novel, this edition seemingly far more difficult to find inscribed than its American counterpart. £2,000 - 3,000

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414 McCarthy (Cormac) BLOOD MERIDIAN, UNCORRECTED PROOF, pencil notes to half-title and occasional pencil marks to text and margins, original printed wrappers, publisher’s printed publication information slip neatly taped to upper cover (as often), light sunning and faint foxing to spine, pencil name “Parker” to upper cover, an excellent example, 8vo, New York, 1985. ⁂ THE RARE UNCORRECTED PROOF OF MCCARTHY’S MASTERWORK, only a handful of copies appear to have come to market. This copy appeared to belong to a Random House reader and as such contains a few working corrections as well as their early thoughts and impressions of the novel. £3,000 - 4,000 415 McCarthy (Cormac) [THE BORDER TRILOGY], 3 vol., comprising All the Pretty Horses, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO PHILIP MURRAY on half-title, 1992; The Crossing, LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1994; Cities of the Plain, LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1998, FIRST EDITIONS, original boards, dust-jackets, slight creasing to spine tips and corners, else fine, Alfred A. Knopf, 8vo. ⁂ A superb set of McCarthy’s acclaimed trilogy, the first volume of which brought him to mainstream critical attention, here signed to his friend, the collector Philip Murray. £2,000 - 3,000

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416 Miller (Henry) TROPIC OF CAPRICORN, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE priced at 60 francs, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR dated 25th May, 1939 to endpaper, yellow errata slip tipped onto title, original printed wrappers, uncut, light creasing to spine, short nicks to head of joints, patch of staining to lower cover, light rubbing, a bright and excellent copy, preserved in custom half-morocco drop-back box, 8vo, Paris, Obelisk Press, 1939.. ⁂ Miller's banned semi-autobiographical novel, inscribed a few days after publication. £2,500 - 3,500

417 Milne (A. A.) WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE without roman numeral on contents p., illustrations by E.H. Shepard, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, slight toning to spine, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped touching spine lettering at head, a few nicks or short closed tears to head and foot of lower panel, light marking and surface soiling to panels, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1924.

419 Rand (Ayn) ATLAS SHRUGGED, FIRST EDITION, light tape marking to endpapers, original cloth, first state dust-jacket with 10/57 and price of $6.95 to front flap, slight chipping to spine tips, light rubbing and creasing to spine tips and corners, rubbing to extremities, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1957. £600 - 800

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418 Paton (Alan) CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY. A STORY OF COMFORT IN DESOLATION, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on endpaper along with contemporary ink ownership inscription “A. J. Sowden, Supt. Mbuluzi Lepter Hospital”, original cloth, slight toning to spine, slight shelf-lean, minor fraying to foot of spine, dust-jacket, toning to spine, spine ends a little chipped, light rubbing to corner tips, slight toning to panels with the odd nick to head or foot, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1948. ⁂ Paton’s searing indictment of South African society, published on the eve of the South African government formally institutionalising apartheid, one of the best-known and most acclaimed works in South African literature. Rare signed.

420 Remarque (Erich Maria) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, publisher’s printed promotional flyer with First Press Opinions loosely inserted, etching bookplate to front pastedown, light toning to endpapers, original buckram, lettered in green, slight toning to spine, first issue dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine slightly faded, a few small nicks to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head, but a near-fine example overall, preserved in custom dropback box, 8vo, 1929. £1,500 - 2,000

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421 Rowling (J.K.) HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, with “Joanne Rowling”, no space between “Taylor” and “1997” and full 10 to 1 number line on title verso, “wand” listed twice on p.53, light soiling to margins of first and last few pages, otherwise clean internally, original pictorial wrappers with misprint “Philospher’s” to lower cover, nicks to edges with laminate very slightly peeling away, still an excellent example overall, [Errington A1(aa)], 8vo, 1997. £4,000 - 6,000

422 Rowling (J.K.) HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, usual light marginal toning, original pictorial boards, slight shelf-lean, small patch of sunning along top edge, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, [Errington A2(a)], 8vo, 1998.

423 Rowling (J.K.) HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with line break on p.7, original pictorial boards, fine, dust-jacket, a mint copy, [Errington A7(a)], 8vo, 1999. ⁂ A superb example of the third novel in the Harry Potter series. £2,000 - 3,000

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424 Rowling (J.K.) HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, FIRST EDITION, issue Clays to title verso, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on endpaper, light marginal toning, original boards very slight bumping to spine tips and corners, slight sunning to spine, dust-jacket, some spotting to verso, light creasing to head and foot, small patch of soiling to lower panel, [Errington A9(a)], 8vo, 2000. £600 - 800

425 Runyon (Damon) GUYS AND DOLLS, FIRST EDITION, slight marginal creasing to fore-margin of a few pp., ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, hinges tender, original cloth, very slight toning to spine, extremities, a little rubbed, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, an excellent example, [Queen’s Quorum 84], 8vo, New York, 1931. £600 - 800

427 Rushdie (Salman) SATANIC VERSES, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR “S ALMAN R USHDIE , TO TOLERANCE ” on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1988; The Satanic Verses, UNCORRECTED PROOF, light marginal toning, publisher’s letter enclosing proof loosely inserted, original wrappers, extremities rubbed, 1988, 8vo (2) ⁂ Rushdie’s celebrated exploration of the immigrant experience in Britain as well as the intersection of the Muslim and Hindu faiths. Scarce signed in such superb condition, here with Rushdie’s defiant declaration against the attempts to silence him through the Fatwa and numerous assassination attempts. £600 - 800

426 Rushdie (Salman) MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE ON AMERICAN SHEETS, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND BY JACKET ARTIST BILL BOTTEN on title, the odd spot, original cloth-backed boards, upper and lower edge lightly sunned, dust-jacket, spine and lower panel a little sunned with small patch of soiling to foot, light creasing to spine ends, original printed warparound band with similar uniform sunning at spine, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1981.

428 Steinbeck (John) OF MICE AND MEN, FIRST EDITION, second issue with page 9 reset correcting error in the first issue and with no bullet between the two 8’s in the page number 88, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, unpriced, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a few short nicks with light creasing to head and foot, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, [1937].

⁂ Rushdie’s most famous work, the winner of the Best of the Booker prize in 2008.

⁂ The second issue, seemingly far rarer than the first, especially in the dust-jacket in good condition.

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429 Tolkien (J.R.R.).- Gordon (Eric Valentine, Canadian philologist, worked alongside Tolkien on various scholastic works, 1896-1938) BUST PORTRAIT OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN, LOOKING TO HIS LEFT, pencil, signed lower left, inscribed underneath ‘Professor John Ronald Tolkien/ Leeds University 1924’, with ink stamp ‘Leeds/ University’ in the lower right corner, on cream wove paper without watermark, sheet 360 x 270 mm (14⅛ x 10⅝ in), under glass, pasted at edges into original card mount, mount window 305 x 205 mm (12 x 8⅛ in), some minor surface dirt and light browning, a few small surface nicks, in original oak frame, 1924.

Provenance: Private collection, UK ⁂ THE ONLY NON-PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF J. R. R. TOLKIEN DRAWN IN HIS LIFETIME. After Tolkien was discharged from military service in 1919, he took up his first academic post as Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds, becoming the youngest member of academic staff at 28. During this early period of his academic life, Tolkien devoted himself to the study of medieval philology, and found friendship with a fellow enthusiast in the department, Eric Valentine Gordon. After Gordon arrived at Leeds, Tolkien wrote in his diary, “Eric Valentine Gordon has come and got firmly established and is my devoted friend and pal” (Carpenter p.111). Alongside the cornerstones of academic works he produced, namely A Middle English Vocabulary, Tolkien co-edited with Gordon a translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight which was published in 1925, a work that remains the standard definitive edition to this day.

Gordon and Tolkien’s shared passion led them to found the Viking Club, whose meetings were characterised by members drinking and singing songs they’d written in Old English and Norse. They remained close until Gordon’s untimely death in 1938, and two works to which Tolkien contributed, were published posthumously by Ida, Gordon’s wife and a fellow philologist. The first was Pearl (1953; Tolkien contributed to this book with a section, “Form and Purpose” in the introduction), and the second was The Seafarer (1960). A week after his death, Tolkien wrote to his widow expressing his grief over the death of his friend: “I have never been quite so happy since Leeds and the parting (too far) of our ways”.

A unique and extraordinary early fragment of Tolkien’s life before his Lord of the Rings fame.

Refences: Humphrey Carpenter, J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography, New York, Houghton Mifflin.

The present portrait relates very closely, although not exactly, to the photographic portrait commissioned by Tolkien’s students circa 1925/6, which Gordon would likely have been involved with, or at least, certainly aware of. £15,000 - 20,000

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430 Tolkien (J.R.R.) THE HOBBIT, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, frontispiece, one plate and 8 illustrations, including 7 fullpage, map endpapers printed in red & black, all by the author, very occasional finger-soiling but a clean copy generally, 2pp. advertisements, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, minor fraying to spine tips and corners, small mark to upper cover, but an unusually bright and fresh copy generally, 8vo, 1937. £8,000 - 12,000

431 Tolkien (J.R.R.) THE HOBBIT, FIRST EDITION, third impression, colour frontispiece, plain illustrations, cartographic endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, a few small marks to covers, slight fraying to spine tips, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1942. £1,000 - 1,500

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433 Trocchi (Alexander) YOUNG ADAM, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO GLASGOW UNIVERSITY CROSSED THROUGH AND RE-INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO VICTOR LOWNES on endpaper, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, shadowing from removed price sticker to front flap, rubbing and minor chipping to spine tips and corners, a few short nicks to head and foot of panels with resultant creasing, light rubbing to extremities, small mark and light surface soiling to rear panel, a very, bright copy, 8vo, 1961. ⁂ Trocchi’s first book published in England (published 7 years previously at The Olympia Press, Paris), inscribed to Playboy executive Victor Lownes. Trocchi embodied the counter-culture life and lifestyle, he was involved with the Beats and the Situationists, his lifelong heroin addiction brought him almost as much notice as his writing. The effect of habitual strong drug use may well explain the haphazard nature of the present inscription, presumably intended for, but ultimately never gifted to, his alma mater. £800 - 1,200

432 Tolkien (J.R.R.) THE LORD OF THE RINGS, FIRST INDIA PAPER EDITION, SIGNED

BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper verso, illustrations, 2 folding maps, ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1969 to head of endpaper verso, original cloth decorated in gilt, silver and green, spine lettered in gilt, spine faded, some light spotting, slip-case (bumped at head, extremities rubbed and scuffed), 8vo, 1969. ⁂ Provenance: signed by Tolkien during a visit to Allen and Unwin publishers meeting staff on the publication of the present edition. £3,000 - 4,000

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434 [Tyrwhitt-Wilson (Gerald Hugh, Lord Berners)], “Adela Quebec”. THE GIRLS OF RADCLIFF HALL, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO NOËL COWARD on half-title, pencil note on last page in later hand, original wrappers, light water-staining, lightly toned, small mark to upper cover, 8vo, Printed for the Author for Private Circulation Only, [c.1935]. ⁂ SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY OF A VERY RARE LESBIAN SATIRICAL NOVELLA. Set in a girls’ fictional school of Radcliff Hall - a derisive nod to The Well of Loneliness written by the British author Radclyffe Hall 7 years before - the story follows a series of assignations, affairs, and treacheries among a group of adolescent lesbians. With a key to the roman à clef written at the back of this copy in pencil by a later hand, the reader understands the analogous turbulent liaisons between the people it is satirising, those being the artistic set known for their salacious parties held at Farington House throughout the 1930s. Among the friends subject to Berners’s mockery are Cecil Beaton (Cecily), Oliver Messel (Olive), Pavel Tchelitchew (Madame Yoshiwara), Christian Bérard (Mademoiselle Gousse), Peter Watson (Lizzie), David Herbert (Daisy), and Robin Thomas (May Peabody), with the author styled as the voyeuristic headmistress Miss Carfax. The dedicatee Noël Coward, though part of this set, is not featured among the characters, yet Coward’s lover Jack Wilson was not spared Berners’ caustic portrayal, and is characterised as the insipid Helene de Troy.

Only around 100 copies were printed, and after an uproar amongst the set, most were destroyed by the author’s lover Robert Heber-Percy, denoted as Millie in the novel. Library Hub locates just four copies in institutions: The British Library, Oxford (two copies), and Eton College. £2,000 - 3,000

436 Wells (H.G.) and Alvin Langdon Coburn. THE DOOR IN THE WALL AND OTHER STORIES, NUMBER 31 OF 60 COPIES SIGNED BY WELLS AND COLBURN, woodcut initials, 10 mounted photogravure plates by Coburn, light offsetting, original cloth backed-boards, lettered in gilt on upper cover, paper label to spine (a little browned), some spotting to spine, otherwise an excellent copy, uncut, [Hammond C7], 4to, 1915. ⁂ AN UNUSUALLY GOOD COPY OF THIS IMPORTANT COLLABORATION. Coburn had been inspired by Wells’ work before the two met in November 1905 and became friends. They would frequently exchange philosophical and creative thoughts and each would inspire the other artistically, culminating in the present work. £3,000 - 4,000 435 Waugh (Evelyn) REMOTE PEOPLE, FIRST EDITION, plates, slight cockling to pages, scattered foxing, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine tips, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, touching printed text at head of spine, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1931. £600 - 800

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TRAVEL British Artists in India: Prints and Drawings from the Collection of the late W.G. and Mildred Archer

437 Daniell (Thomas) FIVE PLATES, FROM “VIEWS IN CALCUTTA”, from a set of 12, etchings and aquatint with hand-colouring, images each approx. 405 x 525 mm (16 x 20¾ in), laid onto paper mounts [?] as issued, minor spotting, surface dirt, some browning and scuffs, unframed, [bearing Archer nos. 185-189], [circa 1788] ⁂ “An advertisement was published in the Calcutta Chronicle of 17 July 1786, only a few months after the Daniells reached India, which listed that the twelve views were published at twelve gold Mohurs to subscribers, eighteen to non-subscribers. The plates were one of Thomas’ first attempts at aquatint, produced in a difficult climate, entirely by him, without recourse to facilities or assistance. The hand-colouring was done by local artists”. [Abbey]

439 Daniell (Thomas) REMAINS OF AN ANCIENT BUILDING NEAR FIROZ SHAH’S COTILLA, DELHI, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘[?]1801’, platemark 485 x 645 mm (19⅛ x 25½ in), sheet 530 x 700 mm (20⅞ x 27½ in), minor surface dirt, a few small spots, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 12], published by the artist, 1795.

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 42. £800 - 1,200

£600 - 800

438 Daniell (Thomas) RUINS AT THE ANTIENT CITY OF GOUR FORMERLY ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER GANGES, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘1794’, sheet 510 x 690 mm (20⅛ x 27⅛ in), lower edge trimmed irregulalry to or just within the platemark, otherwise good margins, slightly weak along platemark impression marks, minor handling creases, small repaired nicks to edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no.5], published by the artist, 1795 Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 91. £600 - 800

440 Daniell (Thomas) PART OF THE CITY OF PATNA, ON THE RIVER GANGES, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full handcolouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘1794’, platemark 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25⅝ in), sheet 515 x 700 mm (20¼ x 27½ in), minor surface dirt, a few small spots, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 21], published by the artist, 1795 Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, nos. 21 ⁂ 8 November 1788. ‘The large and populous City of Patna is in the province of Bahar. The gauts, or steps leading up from the river, are very numerous here, and are intended for the advantage of merchandise, as well as the convenience of the Hindoos, whose religious duties oblige them frequently to perform ablutions in the sacred river Ganges’ [Archer, op. cit.] £600 - 800

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441 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. THE CHALEES SATOON IN THE FORT OF ALLAHABAD ON THE RIVER JUMNA; PART OF THE PALACE IN THE FORT OF ALLAHABAD, two works from Oriental Scenery, etchings and aquatint with full handcolouring, both excellent impressions on Whatman wove paper, the latter with watermark date ‘1794’, each platemark approx. 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25½ in), sheets 530 x 720 mm (21 x 28¼ in), minor surface dirt and faint spots, unframed, [Abbey 420, nos. 7 and 24], published by the artist, 1795 (2) Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 17861794, 1980, nos. 24 and 64 £1,000 - 1,500

442 Daniell (Thomas) THE SACRED TREE OF THE HINDOOS AT GYAH, BAHAR, plate 15 from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full handcolouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘1794’, platemark 480 x 630 mm (18⅞ x 24¾ in), sheet 530 x 700 mm (20⅞ x 27½ in), minor handling creases and small nicks to edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no.

16], Robert Bowyer, 1796 Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, pl. 15. ⁂ One of the most important pilgrimage sites in India, with the Akshaya Vata or Undying Banyan Tree, where pilgrims make offerings to the spirit of their ancestors. The Daniell’s were there in March 1790, with Thomas Daniell noting “Gyah is a place of great antiquity, much resorted to by the Hindoos...[with] fragments of mutilated idols, the work of Mahomeddan intolerance.. still regarded with veneration.”

443 Daniell (Thomas) RAMNUGUR, NEAR BENARES, ON THE RIVER GANGES, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full handcolouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘1794’, platemark 495 x 650 mm (18⅞ x 24¾ in), sheet 510 x 660 mm (20⅛ x 26 in), slightly trimmed margins, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 15], Robert Bowyer, 1796 Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, pl. 14. ⁂ View looking towards the eastern right bank of the Ganges River, opposite to the Varanasi Ghats, including the Ramnagar Fort, a sandstone structure built in the Rajputana style in 1750 by Kashi Naresh Maharaja Balwant Singh. £800 - 1,200

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444 Daniell (Thomas) NEAR CURRAH, ON THE RIVER GANGES, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper without watermark date, platemark 485 x 655 mm (18⅞ x 24¾ in), sheet 530 x 710 mm (20⅞ x 28 in), slightly trimmed margins, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 22], Robert Bowyer, 1796; together with CHEVALPETTORE, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper without watermark date, platemark 490 x 655 mm (18⅞ x 24¾ in), good margins, minor surface dirt and handling creases, slightly rough edges, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 131], published by the artist, 1804 (2) Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, pl. 26 and 119. £800 - 1,200

445 Daniell (Thomas) THE GREAT PAGODA, TANJORE, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘1794’, platemark 485 x 655 mm (19 x 25¾ in), sheet 535 x 740 mm (21⅞ x 29⅛ in), minor handling creases and small repaired nicks to edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 50], published by the artist, 1798.

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 125. ⁂ September 1792. ‘The Brihadisvara or Rajarajesvara Temple, which stands within a walled compound, was built about AD 1000. The tall pyramidal tower of the main shrine is covered with intricate sculpture and is topped by a massive domical capstone. [Archer, op. cit.] £800 - 1,200

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446 Daniell (Thomas) GOVINDA RAM MITTEE’S PAGODA, CALCUTTA, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘1794’, platemark 480 x 650 mm (18⅞ x 25½ in), sheet 530 x 715 mm (20⅞ x 28⅛ in), minor handling creases, repaired nick to upper right corner, three small repaired tears to lower edge, small unrepaired tear to left margin, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420], published by the artist, 1798 Provenance: Kerr & Co., Calcutta (“Guarantee” ink stamp verso) Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 97. £800 - 1,200

447 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. S.E. VIEW OF THE FAKEERS ROCK IN THE RIVER GANGES, NEAR SULTAUNGUNGE; SCULPTURED ROCKS, AT MAVALIPURAM, ON THE COAST OF COROMANDEL, two works from Oriental Scenery, etchings and aquatint with full hand-colouring, both excellent impression on Whatman wove paper, each platemark approx. 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25½ in), sheet 530 x 730 mm (20⅞ x 28¾ in), minor surface dirt and faint spots, unframed, [Abbey 420], published by the artist, 1799-1800 (2) Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, nos. 90 and 127. £1,000 - 1,500

448 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. AN HINDOO TEMPLE, AT DEO, IN BAHAR, from Antiquities of India, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date ‘1794’, platemark 485 x 655 mm (19 x 25¾ in), sheet 540 x 720 mm (21¼ x 28¼ in), minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420], published by the artist, 1800.

450 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. THE PUNJ MAHALLA GATE, LUCKNOW, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on Whatman wove paper without watermark date, platemark 485 x 660 mm (19 x 26 in), sheet 525 x 705 mm (20¾ x 27¾ in), handling creases, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420], published by the artist, 1801

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 84

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 62.

£800 - 1,200

⁂ July-October 1789. ‘The plainness and simplicity of this edifice is more striking than the richness of its decorations; a circumstances seldom occurring in gateways belonging to Mahomedan princes. This gate leads to a palace erected by Nawaub Sujah ul Dowla’. [Archer, op. cit.] £800 - 1,200

449 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. THREE PLATES FROM ‘ORIENTAL SCENERY’, etchings and aquatint with full hand-colouring, excellent impressions on Whatman wove paper, each platemark approx. 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25½ in), sheets approx. 530 x 730 mm (20⅞ x 28¾ in), minor surface dirt and faint spots, handling creases, unframed, [Abbey 420], published by the artist, 1800-1804 (3) ⁂ Plates include: The Water-fall at Puppanassum in the Tinnevelly District; Part of the Interior of the Elephanta; and Part of the Kanaree Caves, Salsette. £1,000 - 1,500

451 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. A MOSQUE AT JUANPORE, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full handcolouring, an excellent impression on Whatman wove paper with watermark date ‘1801’, platemark 485 x 655 mm (19 x 25¾ in), sheet 530 x 720 mm (20¾ x 28¼ in), some spotting, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 85], published by the artist, 1802.

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 73. £800 - 1,200

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452 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. RYACOTTA, IN THE BARRAMAH’L; SANKRY DROOG, two works from Oriental Scenery and Twenty-Four Landscapes, etchings and aquatint with full handcolouring, both excellent impression on Whatman wove paper, each platemark approx. 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25½ in), sheets 530 x 710 mm (20⅞ x 28 in), minor surface dirt and faint spots, unframed, [Abbey 420], published by the artist, 1802-1804 (2) Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, nos. 104 and 107 £600 - 800

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454 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. THE ROPE BRIDGE AT SIRINAGUR, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on Whatman wove paper without watermark date, platemark 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25½ in), sheet 530 x 705 mm (20⅞ x 27¾ in), minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 149], published by the artist, 1805.

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 54. £800 - 1,200

453 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. MAUSOLEUM OF NAWAUB ASSOPH KHAN, RA JEMAHEL, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘1801’, platemark 485 x 650 mm (19⅛ x 25⅝ in), sheet 535 x 720 mm (21 x 28¼ in), small scuff and brown spot within title in the centre, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 24], published by the artist, 1803

455 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. EXTERIOR OF AN EED-GAH NEAR CHAYNPORE, BAHAR, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date of ‘1806’, platemark 485 x 650 mm (19⅛ x 25⅝ in), sheet 540 x 725 mm (21¼ x 28½ in), minor handling creases and small nicks to edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 66], published by the artist, 1808

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, pl. 19.

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, pl. 78.

⁂ 9th October 1788. ‘Went to Rajimal in our Palanquins where we met the Pinnace - passed thro’ the Caravanserai that Hodges has made an Aquatinta print of - walked about the Ruins of Rajimal & saw many very Picturesque Views indeed... Saw many Alligators of a very large kind in the River’. [Archer, op. cit.]

⁂ 23rd January 1790. ‘A place designed for the performance of solemn festivals by the professors of the Mahomedan religion [and that the] the general forms [of the exterior of the old fort] are uncommon, as well as the embellishments, which nevertheless are extremely rich and not inelegant’. [Archer, op. cit.]

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456 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. THE OBSERVATORY AT DELHI, from Antiquities of India, etching and aquatint with full handcolouring, an excellent impression on Whatman wove paper without watermark date, platemark 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25½ in), sheet 525 x 705 mm (20¾ x 27¾ in), some spotting, surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 71], published by the artist, 1808 Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 40. ⁂ The Jantar-Mantar was one of a series of observatories raised at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Benares and Mathura in about 1724 by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, on instructions from the Mughal Emperor, Muhammad Shah, to reform the Hindu calendar. The Daniell’s visited the site on the 24th February 1789 [see Archer, op. cit.]

458 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. ENTRANCE TO A HINDOO TEMPLE, NEAR BANGALORE, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on Whatman wove paper with watermark date ‘1817’, platemark 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25½ in), sheet 530 x 710 mm (20⅞ x 28 in), minor surface dirt and faint spots, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 69], published by the artist, 1808 or slightly later.

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 102. £800 - 1,200

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457 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. VIEW NEAR BANGALORE, from Antiquities of India, etching and aquatint with full handcolouring, an excellent impression on Whatman wove paper without watermark date, platemark 490 x 650 mm (19¼ x 25½ in), sheet 530 x 710 mm (20⅞ x 28 in), minor surface dirt and faint spots, unframed, [Abbey 420, no. 68], published by the artist, 1808.

Literature: Archer, Mildred, Early Views of India, The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980, no. 101.

459 Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. THREE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM THEIR VOYAGE TO INDIA, BY WAY OF CHINA, including a view of a Waterfall near Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, inscribed verso ‘No. 25 Water Fall [?]Haridiwar’, and with a view of Amburghar Fort, Ambur, inscribed verso ‘No. 238 Amboor Ghur’, and a Chinese river view, inscribed verso ‘No. 46 Near the entrance of the River Tigris/ China’, pencil on paper, sheets measure 535 x 740 mm (21⅛ x 29¼ in), 365 x 540 mm (14¼ x 21¼ in), and 295 x 465 mm (11⅝ x 18¼ in), respectively, all inscribed verso but obscured as mounted on paper supports, minor spotting, the first mentioned with light foxing, small marginal nick, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1786-1793] (3) £800 - 1,200

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460 Daniell (Thomas) COLONIAL MANSION IN INDIA WITH LOCAL FIGURES WORKING IN THE GARDEN, brush and ink, watercolour, traces of pencil, presented on contemporary mount with wash border, signed in pencil to lower right, 277 x 482 mm (10⅞ x 219 in), minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [bearing Archer no. 197], [circa 1790] ⁂ Thomas Daniell was known to have produced watercolour studies of English architecture in India, with Edward Orme reproducing in aquatint his watercolour of Felicity Hall, Late The Residence Of The Honble. David Anstruther, near Moorshedabad.

The description under the print reading “...the edifice gives a correct idea of the style and elegance of the European buildings in India”. £800 - 1,200

462 Malaysia.- Daniell (William) FOUR PLATES OF PENANG, MALAYSIA, FROM ‘PANORAMIC SKETCH OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND’, after Captain Robert Smith, etchings and aquatints, printed in colours, finished by hand, on Whatman wove paper with various watermark dates ‘1817’-’1820’, each platemark approx. 515 x 730 mm (20¼ x 28¾ in), variously trimmed to the platemarks or just within, two sheets with even toning, one with marginal repaired tears, otherwise minor surface dirt and browning, unframed, [Abbey Travel, 525], published by Daniell, 1821 (4) ⁂ Plates include: View of Glugor House and Spice Plantations, Prince of Wales Island; View of Suffolk House, Prince of Wales Island; View of the Chinese Mills, Penang; and View of the North Beach from the Council House, Prince of Wales Island. £800 - 1,200

461 Daniell (Thomas) COLONIAL MANSION IN INDIA WITH HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE OUTSIDE, brush and ink, watercolour, traces of pencil, presented on contemporary mount with wash border, 280 x 480 mm (10⅞ x 219 in), minor spotting and surface dirt, edges scuffed, unframed, [bearing Archer no. 444], [circa 1790] £800 - 1,200

463 Anonymous English soldier-artist (active in India, c.1850) FOUR LANDSCAPE VIEWS IN INDIA, including ‘Poorundur Hill Fort, Deccan, India, 18 miles SW of Poona...’, ‘Hindoo temple at Sassoon - 16 miles, south of Poona’, ‘Hindoo temple of Kather, Deccan, India’, and ‘Temple of Kather or Kathah, & Upper Fort Poorundur’, pencil, watercolour, inks, heightened with white, on paper mounted on supports with titles inscribed in red and black ink, one dated March /25/’50’, each sheet 260 x 355 mm (10¼ x 14 in), minor surface dirt, hinged into mounts, unframed, [bearing Archer nos. 87, 88, 89, and 90], mid 19th century (4) £500 - 700

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464 Chinnery (George, 1774-1852) INDIAN CATTLE IN A LANDSCAPE, pen and black ink, pencil, variously inscribed in the artist’s shorthand, on laid paper with Strasbourg lily, sheet 190 x 313 mm (7½ x 12¼ in), sun exposure and light toning to sheet, minor surface dirt, hinged into mount, unframed, [bearing Archer no. 133], [early to mid-19th century] £500 - 700

465 D’Oyly (Charles, 1781-1845) TEMPLE VIEW IN INDIA, brush and watercolour over pencil, signed in pencil in the lower right corner, additional signature and inscription to label attached to mount, sheet 155 x 230 mm (6⅛ x 9 in), residual mount support affixed verso, some fading to pigments from light exposure, minor surface dirt, unframed [circa 1800-1840]; together with another watercolour of Indian fisherman setting out on boats, point of the brush, watercolour, signed, on thin card, 140 x 205 mm (5½ x 8⅛ in), hinged into mount, unframed, [bearing Archer nos. 518, and 69], [circa 1800-1840] (2) £600 - 800

466 D’Oyly (Charles) BEHAR AMATEUR LITHOGRAPHIC SCRAPBOOK, lithographed throughout with decorative title and 28 plates, all on india paper and mounted on 27 thick paper leaves, some worming to plates (mostly one or two holes but occasionally more severe), heavier worming and foxing to mounts, later half morocco, original blue paper upper wrapper with lithographed decorative label bound in (soiled and stained, frayed at edges), rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 449], oblong folio, [Patna], Behar Lithographic Press, [1828]; sold not subject to return ⁂ Scarce and early lithographic views of India, one of several similar scrapbooks produced by Sir Charles D’Oyly at his amateur press in Patna during the late 1820s. D’Oyly was a civil servant in the East India Company who served as Opium Agent in Bihar and Commercial Resident in Patna between 1821 and 1831. He was also a skilled amateur artist and produced several works depicting views, life, sports, and the natural history of India but these privately-printed scrapbooks are some of his rarest works. He was greatly influenced by his friend the artist George Chinnery and a few of the plates here are after drawings by Chinnery. The plates show temples, river & village scenes, dancing girls, the ‘Shunscrit College at Benares’, and ‘National Burmese Game’ of keeping a wicker ball in the air using only the feet. £1,000 - 1,500

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469 Fraser (James Baillie) THREE PLATES FROM ‘VIEWS IN THE HIMALA MOUNTAINS’, etchings and aquatint, by Robert Havell, all with vibrant hand-colouring, each platemark approx. 510 x 670 mm (20 x 26¼ in), two sheets with wide margins, one trimmed to or just outside the platemark, slightly rough edges with small nicks, handling creases, marginal surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey 498], Rodwell & Martin, 1820 (3) ⁂ Views include: Gungotree the Holy Shrine of Mahadeo; The Junction of the Touse and Pabur; and Fort of Raeengurgh. £1,000 - 1,500

467 D’Oyly (Charles) SIX VIEWS ON FOUR PLATES FROM ‘VIEWS OF CALCUTTA AND ITS ENVIRONS’, tinted lithographs finished with hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermarks, each sheet 495 x 690 mm (19½ x 27⅛ in), some minor handling creases, small nicks and tears, minor surface dirt, unframed, Dickinson & Co., 1848; together with two plates by Howitt after Captain Thomas Williamson, published by Orme, and with two plates by Colebrook and Edy, including ‘The Lake of Mooty Tallow near Seringapatam’ and ‘Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallaow’, etchings and aquatints with handcolouring, various sizes, unframed, 1804-1806 (8) £800 - 1,200

470 Fraser (James Baillie) THREE PLATES FROM ‘VIEWS IN THE HIMALA MOUNTAINS’, etchings and aquatint, by Robert Havell, all with vibrant hand-colouring, each platemark approx. 510 x 670 mm (20 x 26¼ in), or the reverse, two sheets with wide margins one trimmed but outside the platemark, scattered minor spotting and surface dirt, some repaired tears, small marginal loss to lower corner of one, unframed, [Abbey 498], Rodwell & Martin, 1820 (3) ⁂ Views include: Bheem Ke Udar; The Valley of the Jumna with two grand peaks of Bunderpooch; and Bhyramgattee. £1,000 - 1,500 468 English School (active in India, early to mid-19th century) PAIR OF INDIAN LANDSCAPES WITH COLONIAL MANSIONS, NEAR CALCUTTA, two works, brush and ink, traces of pencil under-drawing, each image approx. 315 x 565 mm (12⅜ x 22¼ in), both laid onto contemporary mounts with ruled ink and wash borders, hinged into mounts, both inscribed ‘Calcutta’ verso, unframed, [circa 1800 or slightly later] (2) £1,000 - 1,500

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471 Three British artists working in India.- Ganz (Justinian, 18021853) A MANSION, MADRAS, WITH PERGOLA, SEEN FROM THE GARDEN SIDE, pencil and watercolor with touches of bodycolor and heightened with white, 605 x 460 mm (23¾ x 18 in), hinged into mount, some signs of restoration, unframed, [early to mid-19th century] § Home (Robert) WEST VIEW OF SERINGAPATAM (MYSORE), monochrome wash over pencil, signed and dated ‘1792’, 395 x 575 mm (15½ x 22⅝ in), old folds, some browning and surface dirt, unframed, 1792 § Cornish (Hubert) SCENE IN THE SUNDERBUNDS, CHITTAGONG DISTRICT, watercolour over pencil, 360 x 500 mm (14¼ x 19¾ in), hinged into mount, unframed, 19th century (3) £600 - 800

473 Grindlay (Capt. Robert Melville) SIX PLATES FROM ‘SCENERY, COSTUMES AND ARCHITECTURE CHIEFLY ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF INDIA’, etchings and aquatints, fine detailed impressions with full hand-colouring on thick wove paper, each platemark approx. 300 x 380 mm (11¾ x 15 in), each sheet approx. 325 x 415 mm (12¾ x 16¼ in), all uniformly hinged into mounts, some signs of marginal restoration, minor spotting, browning and surface dirt, unframed, [cf. Abbey 442], R. Ackermann, [circa 1826-1830]; together with 3 plates from Lt. Joseph Moore’s ‘Eleven plates from ‘Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations in the Birman Empire’, unframed, [cf. Abbey 404], Thomas Clay, 1825-26 (9) £1,000 - 1,500

472 [Gold (Capt. Charles)] [ORIENTAL DRAWINGS], 44 hand-coloured aquatints only after Gold (of 49, lacking plates 31 & 45-48 as listed

by Abbey], with accompanying text to plates present (except to 30 ‘Musical Beggar’, with text to following missing plate of ‘Hanuman’ instead) and with dedication, notice to subscribers & appendix but lacking title and other preliminaries and text, not bound in Abbey order, rather browned and wormed, worming mostly marginal, one or two plates slightly shaved, short tear to edge of ‘Smoking the Hookah’ just extending into image, with a mounted hand-coloured lithograph of Large Indian Grouse (titled ‘Moorital Lake Gyah’ on plate) from D’Oyly’s ‘Feathered Game of Hindostan’ loosely inserted, later half morocco, rubbed, spine worn, upper joint split, [Abbey, Travel 428], 4to, [1806]; sold not subject to return

474 Hodges (William) TWENTY PLATES FROM ‘SELECT VIEWS IN INDIA, DRAWN ON THE SPOT, IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, 1782, AND 1783, AND EXECUTED IN AQUA TINTA’, aquatints printed in sepia, including two proof impressions printing before letters, with titles in pencil, each platemark approx. 325 x 480 mm (12¾ x 18⅞ in), each sheet approx. 375 x 525 mm (14¾ x 20¾ in), all uniformly hinged into mounts, some scattered spotting and surface dirt, presented in modern red cloth drop-back portfolio box, worn, James Grives, [circa 1785-1788] (20) £1,000 - 1,500

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475 Hodges (William) NINE PLATES FROM ‘SELECT VIEWS IN INDIA, DRAWN ON THE SPOT, IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781, 1782, AND 1783, AND EXECUTED IN AQUA TINTA’, aquatints printed in sepia with full hand-colouring, each platemark approx. 325 x 480 mm (12¾ x 18⅞ in), each sheet approx.

375 x 525 mm (14¾ x 20¾ in), all uniformly hinged into mounts, some scattered spotting and surface dirt, presented in modern red cloth drop-back portfolio box, worn, James Grives, [circa 1785-1788] (9) 473

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476 Hodges (William, 1744-1797), Attributed to. INDIAN FISHERMAN UNLOADING THEIR CATCH; MILITARY TENT WITH LOCALS IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE, two works, watercolours, each sheet approx. 145 x 155 mm (5¾ x 6 in), some spotting and sun exposure lines, surface dirt, unframed, [bearing Archer no. 448], [late 18th century] (2) £500 - 700

478 Manson (James, Captain in the 72nd Native Infantry in 1825, Major General in 1861, 1791-1862) THREE VIEWS OF ALMORA AND ITS ENVIRONS, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA, brush and watercolour over pencil, one signed and dated, each inscribed to reverse, one reads ‘Bleemtal, the first stage from the Plains on the road to Almorah’, and the other two are both inscribed ‘Almorah’, each image approx. 275 x 390 mm (10⅞ x 15¼ in), laid onto card support, some worm holes, surface dirt and browning, unframed, 1826 Literature: Archer, nos. 519, 520, and 522 ⁂ Manson assisted his brother in compiling a comprehensive mineral survey of the Himalayan mountains between the Sutlej and Kalee rivers, and while working on this project between 1823 and 1828 executed some watercolours depicting the many isolated mountain villages. The three landscapes relate to a group of twelve by Manson held in the British Library [cf. Mildred Archer, British Drawings in the India Office Library, 1969, p. 558-59]

477 Jukes (Francis) and Thomas Anburey. THREE VIEWS FROM ‘HINDOOSTAN SCENERY CONSISTING OF TWELVE SELECT VIEWS IN INDIA’, etchings and aquatint, with full hand-colouring, on Whatman wove paper, each platemark approx. 390 x 535 mm (15⅜ x 21 in), each sheet approx. 500 x 630 mm (19¾ x 24¾ in), minor marginal repaired tears, some surface dirt, minor spotting, unframed, published by the artists, 1799 (3)

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⁂ Scarce. “Anburey served with the Bengal Army as a surveyor in 1792 and 1793, travelling first from Seringapatam to Hyderabad, then on through Berar to Kalpi. His sketches of the journey included many views that British audiences had never seen before. The beauty of these prints does not convey the rigours experienced on the long march, which were contemporaneous with a series of regional battles against the local Muslim ruler Tipu Sultan, known as the Mysore Wars (1767-1792)”. [BL] £800 - 1,200 479 Salt (Henry) PAGODA AT RAMISSERAM, etching and aquatint, by J. Buck, with vibrant hand-colouring, on thick wove paper without watermark, platemark 480 x 675 mm (18⅞ x 26½ in), sheet 550 x 760 mm (21¾ x 29⅞ in), small marginal repair to lower left corner, ink stain in the far upper right corner, well outside the image, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey Travel 515], William Miller, 1809 ⁂ Plate 9 from Salt’s ‘Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India...’, £600 - 800

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480 480 Salt (Henry) THREE PLATES FROM ‘TWENTY FOUR VIEWS IN ST. HELENA, THE CAPE, INDIA...’, etchings and aquatint, by D. Havell, all with vibrant hand-colouring, on thick Whatman wove paper with watermarks, each platemark approx. 480 x 675 mm (18⅞ x 26½ in), good margins, some minor surface dirt and browning, slightly grubby margins, minor handling creases, unframed, [Abbey Travel 515], William Miller, 1809 (3) ⁂ Including plates III ‘Calcutta’, IV ‘A view within the Fort of Monghyr’, and VIII ‘View near Point de Galle, Ceylon’. £1,000 - 1,500

482 Trapaud (Elisha, c.1750-1828) MOORMAN’S HOUSE IN THE PETTAH OF COIMBETOOR, brush and watercolour, red border below with title partially inscribed, and artist’s signature truncated ‘E. [?]’ to the lower right corner, title further inscribed verso in ink, sheet 310 x 455 mm (12¼ x 17⅞ in), small nick to lower centre, some toning and surface dirt, unframed, [bearing Archer no. 440], 1790.

481 Salt (Henry) A VIEW AT LUCKNOW, etching and aquatint, by D. Havell, with vibrant hand-colouring, on thick Whatman wove paper with watermark date ‘1806’, platemark 480 x 675 mm (18⅞ x 26½ in), sheet 540 x 760 mm (21¼ x 29⅞ in), minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [Abbey Travel 515], William Miller, 1809

⁂ Trapaud served with the Madras engineers between 1778 and 1828. He became a captain in 1784 and was appointed the Chief Engineer of Madras in 1793. He served in the Mysore Wars and was a good amateur actor. In 1788 he published a book of uncoloured aquatints, ‘Twenty Views of India’. The British Library hold a number of watercolour landscapes by Trapaud, with ‘A distant view from the W. of Fort St George (Madras)’ being a particularly close comparative example to the present sheet [see BL shelfmark WD341]. £800 - 1,200

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483 Africa.- Lopes (Duarte) A REPORT OF THE KINGDOME OF CONGO, A REGION OF AFRICA, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated by Abraham Hartwell, collation: [fleuron]4, *4, 2*2, A-2E4, woodcut device on title and arms to verso, 10 full-page woodcut illustrations, some shaved, lacking the 2 engraved maps, also lacking 2*2 and A1 (blank except signature ‘A’), some light foxing, 18th century calf, gilt, worn, upper cover and endpapers detached, [STC 16805; Mendelssohn (1979) III, 163], 4to, Printed by John Wolfe, 1597.

484 Acosta (Jose de ) THE NATURALL AND MORALL HISTORIE OF THE EAST AND WEST INDIES, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, A1 present (blank except for signature ‘A’), title with woodcut device, woodcut initials and decorations, final blank leaf b4 missing, a few pencil annotations, occasional foxing and soiling, later tree calf, covers detached and backstrip missing, 4to, [Arents Tobacco 67; Church 328; Hill p.3; Howgego A7; JCB (3) II:24; Sabin 131; STC 94], Printed by Val. Sims for Edward Blount and William Aspley, 1604.

⁂ One of the earliest descriptions of Central Africa. First published in Italian in Rome in 1591, the English translation was made by Abraham Hartwell at the request of Richard Hakluyt.

⁂ “The most convincing, detailed, and reliable account of the riches and new things of America...His work opened the eyes of the rest of Europe to the great wealth that Spain was drawing from America. Eventually Spain grew more secretive in these matters” (Hill).

Lopez lived at Loanda from 1578 to 1587 before returning to Rome at the request of the King of Congo, Don Alvaro, in a vain attempt to interest Pope Sixtus V in the Congo. Pigafetta’s compilation, derived from Lopez’s notes, is largely devoted to the geography of the various provinces, the climate, the succession of native monarchs, and the relationship of the Portuguese with the Congolese that led to the growth of Christianity. De Bry and Purchas included extracts from this history in their collections of voyages. £2,000 - 3,000

A Spanish Jesuit by training, Acosta first travelled to the Americas in 1570. In addition to notes on the natural history of the places he visited, including Peru (where he crossed the Andes), Panama, and Mexico, Acosta also describes Incan and Aztec customs and natural geographical features, such as tides, lakes, rivers, and mineral resources. He also established several universities in South America, where native languages were carefully studied and recorded, and was responsible for bringing a printing press to Peru in the 1570s.

One of two variants, this omitting “the R.F.” before the author’s name on title.

Provenance: William Horton (ink inscription on A1); ‘Jo. [?]Hyam Coll. Gon et Cai’ (ink inscription on A1). £4,000 - 6,000

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485 California.- Palou (Francisco) RELACION HISTORICA DE LA VIDA Y APOSTOLICAS TAREAS DELVENERABLE PADRE FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA..., FIRST EDITION, second issue, with ‘pro’ catchword at end of Index, engraved plate and folding map (small tear at inner margin, a little frayed at edge), contemporary vellum, manuscript title in ink to spine, stain lower joint head, remnants of ties, top edge branded with a design of an encircled globus cruciger, housed within modern wrap-around covers, inside rexine slipcase, [Hill (2004) 1289; Howes P56, “c”], small 4to, Mexico City, Don Felipe de Zuniga y Ontiveros, 1787. ⁂ Outstanding work on early California. Recounting not only Fr. Serra’s missionary work, the book is noted for its detailed insight into the various Indian tribes, their manners and customs, as well as topographical description. The map is also perhaps the first printed with a boundary line between Lower and Upper California. £6,000 - 8,000 486 Merian (Matthaeus) VIRGINIA. ERFORSHET UND BESCHRIBEN DURCH CAPITAIN IOHAN SCHMIDT, early map based on the sixth state of John Smith’s prototype map showing explorations and observations made by Smith and the Jamestown settlers, with small crosses marking the range of those explorations, decorated with large compass rose set within the Atlantic sea in the lower left with numerous rhumb lines, decorated with a vignette of the Powhatan’s Council, and a Susquehannock Indian in the upper right quadrant, engraving, on laid paper without watermark, platemark 293 x 367 mm (11½ x 14½ in), sheet 327 x 414 mm (12⅞ x 16¼ in), central vertical fold, printers’ crease along the central fold to lower half, minor surface dirt and browning, mainly marginal, unframed, [circa 1647] £3,000 - 5,000

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487 Brazil.- Thévet (André) HISTORIA DELL’INDIA AMERICA DETTA ALTRAMENTE FRANCIA ANTARTICA, translated by Giuseppe Horologgi, FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN, title with first word in woodcut cartouche and with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated and decorative initials, woodcut printer’s device to Z7r, lacking final blank, repair to title with 1 letter neatly supplied in facsimile, small wormhole / trace to lower margin of Z4-7, some staining or water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum over boards, spine with ms. title and later engraved label, foot of spine repaired, [Sabin 95336; Church 112; Borba de Moraes II, p. 858; Alden 561/52], 8vo, Venice, Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1561. ⁂ Scarce first edition in Italian of Les Singularitez de la France Antarctique, first published at Paris in 1557. The Franciscan Thévet accompanied Villegagnon on his expedition of 1555 to establish a colony on the coast of Brazil. This important account of that unsuccessful venture contains one of the earliest descriptions of tobacco and its use by the Indians, as well as descriptions of Peru, Cuba, and Canada, the latter derived from Jacques Cartier. £4,000 - 6,000

488 China.- Mendoza (Juan González de) HISTORIA DE LAS COSAS MAS NOTABLES, RITOS COSTUMBRES DEL GRAN REYNO DE LA CHINA, eighth edition, title printed in red and black with woodcut printer’s device verso, a few woodcut Chinese characters, woodcut decorative initials, repair to lower corner of title, ¶2 repair to lower corner with loss of text (supplied in sympathetic pen facsimile), 2D3 lower corner repaired with loss of 2 words recto and a few letters verso (supplied in sympathetic pen facsimile), repairs, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, dark blue crushed morocco, gilt, bound by Emilio Brugalla in 1941 for Isidoro Fernández (1878-1963), covers with his gilt supralibros, spine in compartments, g.e., [Palau VI, 105501; Cordier Sinica I:9; JFB G170. Alden 595/32], 8vo, Medina del Campo, Heirs of Benito Boyer, 1595. ⁂ The eighth edition of the first major work on China, which was the first European book to include Chinese characters. It includes the celebrated ‘Itinerario del nuevo Mundo’, which details Tordesillas’ voyage from Manila to China, the first Franciscan mission to China in 1579; and accounts of the Canary Islands, Santo Domingo, the Philippines, Japan, Malacca and Coromandel, along with Loyola’s account of the discovery of New Mexico by Antonio d’Espejo, which was never published separately. £1,200 - 1,800

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490 490 Europe.- Puget de la Serre (Jean) HISTOIRE DE L'ENTREE DE LA REYNE MERE DU ROY TRES-CHRESTIEN DANS LES PROVINCES UNIES DES PAYS-BAS, additional engraved title, 14 engraved plates (1 double-page), ink inscription of André Eugène de Walsh to engraved title, J. Raworth for G. Thomason and O. Pullen, 1639, BOUND BEFORE, Histoire de L'Entree de la Reyne Mere du Roy Tre-Christien dans la GrandeBretaigne, additional engraved title, 13 engraved plates (1 double-page),J. Raworth for G. Thomason and O. Pullen, 1639, together 2 works in 1 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, occasional faint waterstaining, spotting, abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, large armorial bookplate to front free endpaper verso, armorial ink-stamp of the Château de Serrant to titles, cracked upper joint, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and worn, [STC 20488 & 20489], folio ⁂ Rare to find both parts together. A description of Marie de Medici's famous visit to the Dutch Republic in 1638 followed by her visit to England.

Provenance: Near contemporary ink inscription of André de Walsh. He was from a Jacobite ship owning family, who bought the Château de Serrant in 1749. They became Comtes de Serrant in 1755. Large armorial bookplate of M. di Tramoglia (Henry, Duc de la Tremoullie, 1599-1674), a French General, cousin of Condé and grandson of the Prince of Orange, William the Silent; armorial ink-stamp of the Château de Serrant; small bookplate of Paul & Mariane Gourary. £4,000 - 6,000

489 -. Semedo (Alvaro) HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE DU GRAND ROYAUME DE LA CHINE, FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, title printed in red and black and with engraved printer’s device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 19th century ink stamp to title ‘M Horson avocat’, spotted, some water-staining, mostly at foot, browned, contemporary limp vellum, some staining, creased, [Cordier Sinica I, 24; Lust 71 (Lyon edition of 1647)], 4to, Paris, Sebastien & Gabriel Cramoisy, 1645. ⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first French edition of this important account of China. ‘Semedo was the Portuguese Procurado General for China. Part 1 is a general description of Chinese society; part 2 deals with the foreign missions; part 3 with the Manchu campaigns. Rich observation, as yet unaffected by the later racialist or colonialist mythologies.’ (Lust). £1,200 - 1,800

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492 -. Stretton (William George, photographer) [VIEWS OF CALCUTTA], 12 albumen prints, most signed and numbered in the negative, c.185 x 265mm., mounted on thick card leaves, captions in pencil to lower margin, most a little faded at edges, some with glue stains faintly showing through, contemporary purple cloth, rubbed and faded, a few stains to upper cover, spine torn, oblong folio, Calcutta, [c.1880]. ⁂ Stretton had a studio in Bombay from 1870-72 and is listed in Thacker’s Bengal Almanac as an “outdoor group and marine photographer” in Calcutta from 1875 to 1885. The views here include Dalhousie Square, Government Place North, Court of Small Causes, the High Court, shipping, Eden Gardens, and Government House. £500 - 700

491 India.- Holmes (Randolph Bezant, photographer) THE KHYBER, 23 mounted gelatin silver prints, all signed in the negative, map mounted on rear inside cover, original printed wrappers, tied with green cord, some worming to spine and lower cover affecting inner margin of some leaves, upper wrapper with printed title, oblong 4to, Peshawar [c.1926]. ⁂ Scarce pictorial record of the Khyber railway, by the photographer R.B. Holmes (1888-1973). £400 - 600

493 Japan.- Acosta (Emanuel) RERUM A SOCIETATE IESU IN ORIENTE GESTARUM AD ANNUM USQUE A DEIPARA VIRGINE M.D.LXVIII, FIRST EDITION, woodcut historiated initials, final errata f., title with obliterated ownership inscription, modern ink stamp, and ink stain to imprint (still perfectly legible), short tear to lower margin of L1 and N8, obliterated ownership inscription to penultimate verso, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary ornately blind-stamped pigskin over boards, spine in compartments and with modern gilt cream leather label, joints starting, but holding firm, some soiling and staining, rubbed, [Cordier Japonica 58; cf. Lust 804 (1574 Cologne edition)], 8vo (154 x 100mm.), Dillingen, Sebaldus Mayer, 1571. ⁂ First edition of the first official Jesuit history of the eastern missions, especially in Japan. The text is based on the manuscript ‘Historia dos missiones do Oriente até o anno de 1568’ written by the Jesuit missionary and bibliographer Acosta, who taught at Coimbra. His manuscript was sent to Rome, translated into Latin, and then given to the young novice Giovanni Pietro Maffei to prepare for publication. Maffei added the ‘De Japonicis rebus epistolarum’, containing abridged Latin translations of letters sent from the Jesuits working in Japan until the year 1564.

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Provenance: ‘liber collegi moguntini socetatis Jesu’ (obliterated contemporary ink inscription to title and verso of penultimate leaf); ‘Bib. Dom. Laval S.J.’ (small book label to front pastedown); ‘Dom S. Aloys Jerseiens S. J’ (20th century light blue stamp to title). £3,500 - 4,500

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494 -. Christian persecution.- Trigault (Nicolas) DE CHRISTIANIS APVD IAPANIOS TRIVMPHIS SIVE DE GRAVISSIMA IBIDEM CONTRA CHRISTI FIDEM PERSECVTIONE EXORTA ANNO MDCXII VSQ. AD ANNVM MDC XX LIBRI QVINQ, FIRST EDITION, fine engraved title depicting St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius Loyola with angels above, 17 full-page engraved illustrations depicting the torture and execution of Christians in Japan (that on Qq1 with revised engraving mounted over original), final privilege f. with engraved printer’s device verso, D1 lower blank corner torn away, Gg4 marginal tear at foot, foxing, mostly lightly browned throughout, recased in contemporary limp vellum, modern black ink ms. title to spine, lacking ties, some staining to lower cover, [Cordier BJ 295; Streit V, 1305; De Backer & Sommervogel, VIII, 242.8], small 4to, Munich, Rader & Raphael Sadeler, 1623. ⁂ Rare first edition of this graphically illustrated account of the persecution of Christians in Japan from 1612 to 1620; a period during which Japan closed itself off from the rest of the world and entirely suppressed Christianity. Nicolas Trigault was a member of the Jesuit mission to China, which he had joined in 1610. His account of this was the first detailed work on that empire published in Europe. In 1618, just before his departure for China, he completed four books concerning the triumphs of the Christians in the recent persecutions in Japan, to which he added a fifth book whilst in Goa, which brought the narrative up to 1616. The work was printed in 1623, with additional text filling in the years from 1617-20 and adding a list of 268 Japanese martyrs. The graphic illustrations show the torture and executions of Christians. £3,000 - 4,000 Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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495 AREA 16 - STADIUM COMPLEX. AREA 17 - VIP VILLA. KING KHALID MILITARY CITY, AL BATIN, SAUDI ARABIA, 3 vol. only (of 5), comprising vols. 3-5 only, illustrations and maps, many full-page, short tears to free endpapers, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, oblong folio, US Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East Division, [1982]. ⁂ Rare. Not on WorldCat or Library Hub. King Khalid Military City, named for former Saudi King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz, was designed and built by the Middle East Division, a unit of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. £2,000 - 3,000 496 Defence Mapping Agency Topographic Center.- COLLECTION OF SIX MAPS OF THE MIDDLE EAST, including individual maps of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Republic, Israel and Occupied Territories, Yemen, Algeria, and one showing Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates, colour printed maps, various sizes between approx. 610 x 600 mm (24 x 23¾) and 800 x 600 mm (31½ x 23⅝ in), all very clean impressions without condition issues, [circa 1970s] ⁂ As the Vietnam War drew to a close, US Congress looked for ways to consolidate military and intelligence organisations.

The Defence Mapping Agency emerged in the Department of Defense on July 1, 1972. This new organisation absorbed the Air Force’s Aeronautical Chart and Information Centre operations, the oceanographic and charting services of the U.S. Naval Hydrographic Office, and the Army Map Service. £800 - 1,200

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497 Elzevier.- Laet (Johannes de) PERSIA SEU REGINI PERSICI STATUS, 8 full-page woodcut illustrations, small loss to title fore-edge, Leiden, Elzevieriana, 1633, BOUND BEFORE, [Sinoita (Gabriel) & Wolfgang Drechsler], Arabia seu Arabum vicina, FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, Ioannem Ianssonium, 1633, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved titles, woodcut initials, previous owner’s pencil notes to endpapers, faint staining to first and last few ff., contemporary vellum, partially erased title in manuscript to spine, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, [Willems 386; Gay 3452], 12mo. £500 - 700 498-499 No Lots 500 Holy Land.- [AMERICAN COLONY - JERUSALEM ALBUM], 48 vintage albumen prints, each c.285 x 215 mm, captioned in English and French and numbered in the negative, many with “American Colony Jerusalem” in the negative, occasional faint finger marks, pasted into an album, contemporary morocco-backed wooden boards, defective backstrip but holding firm, a little rubbed, oblong folio, [c.1920]. ⁂ The American Colony in Jerusalem was established in 1881 by Anna and Horatio Spafford, who were members of a Christian Utopian society.

Including images of: Wailing Wall; The Dead Sea; Rover Jordan’ Mount of Temptation; Damascus Gate, and; the Golden Gate. £800 - 1,200 501 Middle East.- Ottoman Empire.- DEED FOR THE PROPERTY OF ABDUL HAMID II [ABDULHAMID] IN SANJAK OF DAMASCUS, lithograph border and devices, manuscript, Arabic text in ink, ink stamp to foot, foldline, 2 small splits, old tape repairs to verso, one or two faint creases, c.285 x 470 mm, 1891 [AH 1309]. ⁂ The Damascus Sanjak was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, occupying the centre of Ottoman Syria, located in modern day Syria and Lebanon. The city of Damascus was the Sanjak's capital. It was bordered by the Sanjak of Hauran to the south, Hama Sanjak to the north, and Beirut Vilayet to the west.

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Abdulhamid or Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire between 1876 and 1909. He was the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. The period he reigned in is known as the Hamidian Era. £2,000 - 3,000

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502 PERSIAN GULF PILOT. COMPRISING THE PERSIAN GULF AND ITS APPROACHES, FROM RAS AL HADD, IN THE SOUTH-WEST, TO CAPE MONZE, IN THE WEST, eighth edition, maps and plates, leaf preceding title and pink slip tipped in before p.1 both printed on pink paper, endpapers a little soiled, original red cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black, spine a little faded, a few marks and bumps, 8vo, HMSO for the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, 1932. ⁂ Rare pilot of the Arabian Gulf just before the oil boom transformed the area, with maps and illustrations including coastal views from photographs and outline drawings. Seemingly no copies at auction and very few institutional holdings. £6,000 - 8,000

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505 Syria.- La Roque (Jean de) VOYAGE DE SYRIE ET DU MONT-LIBAN, 2 vol. in 1, title in red and black, 9 engraved plates, of which 5 folding, one with small tear, lightly browned, scattered spotting, contemporary mottled calf, discreetly and sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt with morocco label, upper joint broken but stitching holding firm, [Atabey 674; not in Blackmer], 12mo, Amsterdam, Herman Uytwerf, 1723. £600 - 800

503 Philby (Harry St. John Bridger) IRAQ IN WAR TIME, second edition, text in English and Arabic, illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Basrah, Government Press, [1919]. ⁂ Scarce photographic record of Iraq. £500 - 700

506 United States Army (Army Map Service) COLLECTION OF SIX MAPS OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA, colour printed maps, each sheet between 540 x 740 mm (21¼ x 29⅛ in) and 980 x 850 mm (38½ x 33½ in), old folds, minor nicks and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1950s] (6) £500 - 700 504 Survey of Egypt.- TWO MAPS OF MEDINA AND JEDDAH, lithographic maps printed in colours, with Arabic text, both maps with additional inset plans to the lower left, 830 x 850 mm (32¾ x 33½ in), and 670 x 610 mm (26½ x 24 in), mounted on linen, old folds, some small nicks and tears, the Medina map with browning to right hand margin, both with purple ink stamps with Arabic text recto and verso, unframed, [circa 1947] (2).

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508 -. Hunt (John) THE ASCENT OF EVEREST, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SIR EDMUND HILLARY, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WHO ASSISTED THE ASCENT on half-title, photographic plates, illustrations, original cloth, spine ends very lightly bumped, dust-jacket, evenly toned, chips and nicks to extremities and spine ends, still overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1953. ⁂ AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. In addition to Hillary and Hunt, this copy is also signed by Michael Ward, Charles Wylie, George Band, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, James ‘Jan’ Morris, John Jackson, H. H. Emlyn Jones, Mike Westmacott, and Hamish Nicol. £1,000 - 1,500

507 Mountaineering.- Mont Blanc.- [Bulwer (James Redford)] EXTRACTS FROM MY JOURNAL. M.DCCC.LII., FIRST EDITION, 4 engraved plates, some light spotting, mostly to plate margins, with 4 modern photographs of the plates loosely inserted, front hinge split, original red cloth stamped in blind, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, short split to upper joint at foot, [Meckly 40; Neate B211], 4to, Norwich, printed for private circulation, 1853. ⁂ Account of the author’s travels to the Alps in 1852 including his two attempts on Mont Blanc. £600 - 800

509 Netherlands.- Grimeston (Ed.) A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, engraved title, 57 engraved illustrations, previous owner's ink signatures to title and at end, small tear to title head (just touching platemark), lacking front free endpaper and final blank, scattered faint spotting, contemporary calf, later red morocco spine label, cracked hinges but holding firm, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [STC 12375], folio, A. Islip for G. Eld, 1609. £800 - 1,200

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510 510 -. Nolpe (Pieter) BESCHRIVINGE VANDE BLYDE INKOOMSTE. RECHTEN VAN ZEEGE-BOGEN EN ANDER TOESTEL OP DE WEL-KOOMSTE VAN HAARE MA JESTEYT VAN GROOT-BRITANIEN ..., FIRST EDITION, publisher’s woodcut device to title, 11 engraved plates (7 double-page), faint water-staining to upper corners of the first few ff. (not affecting text), (∴) (∴)1 with loss to bottom corner, neatly restored, previous owner’s dated ink signature to dedication head, bookplate, previous owner’s pencil notes to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities,[Ruggieri 1088], folio, Amsterdam, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn for Pieter Nolpe, 1642. ⁂ This copy includes the, so often lacking, large engraved sea view of Amsterdam showing the salute given by the fleet in welcome of Henrietta Maria, Queen of England.

Provenance: Inscribed “S.S. Banks 1813” to dedication leaf. Sarah Sophia Banks was an English collector of antiquities and sister to the celebrated naturalist Joseph Banks. She had an important collection of theatrical ephemera including playbills, broadsides, notices and press-cuttings, which was presented to the British Museum Library on her death in 1818. £3,000 - 4,000

511 Portugal.- Braun (Georg) and Franz Hogenberg. OLISSIPPO QUAE NUNC LISBOA, CIVITAS AMPLISSIMA LUSITANIAE, AD TAGUM..., bird’s-eye plan of Lisbon seen from the sea, with numerous sailing ships in the foreground, engraved map with early hand-colouring, platemark 365 x 470 mm (14⅜ x 18½ in), sheet 385 x 528 mm (15⅛ x 20¾ in), both left and right margins with repairs to splits and small nicks, both well outside the platemark, expertly reinforced verso, minor damp-stain in the lower left, unframed, [Cologne, circa 1572-1617]. £800 - 1,200

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513 Voyages.- Anson (George).- Thomas (Pascoe) A TRUE AND IMPARTIAL JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH-SEAS. . . Under the Command of Commodore George Anson, FIRST EDITION, list of subscribers, FROM THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CONGREVE, WATERFORD with ink signature of Ambrose Usher Congreve to head of title & front free endpaper and engraved armorial bookplate of John Congreve, some light browning, contemporary calf with double gilt fillet border, rubbed, spine repaired, [Sabin 95437; Hill 1693; Palau 331781], 8vo, S. Birt [& others], 1745. ⁂ A scarce account of the Anson expedition, preceding the official account by three years. £600 - 800

512 Russia.- Le Prince (Jean-Baptiste) DIVERS A JUSTEMENTS ET USAGES DE RUSSIE..., 61 etched plates on 58 sheets incorporating various suites including pictorial titles, a few with aquatint, foxing, mostly marginal, first title browned, nineteenth century half roan, a little rubbed, 4to, [?Paris], [early 19th century]; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return ⁂ Le Prince (1734-81) was a student of the painter François Boucher and was one of the first artists to use aquatint in his engravings, possibly inventing the technique. Between 1758 and 1763 he travelled extensively throughout Russia in the employment of Catherine the Great. £500 - 700

514 -. Cook (Captain James).- [Magra (James)] A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MA JESTY’S SHIP ENDEAVOUR, IN THE YEARS 1768, 1769, 1770, AND 1771, FIRST EDITION, second issue, without dedication leaf, this copy with the two ‘Otahitee Vocabulary’ leaves bound at end, a couple of small worm trails at blank fore-margin to title and following few gatherings, [Hill 1066; Sabin 16242], T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1771, BOUND WITH two works of eighteenth century poetry, together 3 works in 1, slight cockling and speckling to foremargin throughout, small worm trails to endpapers and pastedowns, traces of bookplate removal to pastedown, contemporary calf, with red morocco labels to spine, joints cracking slightly at ends, 4to. ⁂ First edition, second issue of the first printed account of Cook’s first voyage. Public appetite for a detailed narrative encouraged a publishing race, of which this work, published less than three months after the expedition’s return to England and almost two years prior to Hawkesworth’s authorised version, was the winner.

Originally containing a dedication leaf (first issue), this was swiftly withdrawn following the publicly advertised consternation of the dedicatees, the Admiralty, Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander.

Published anonymously, the work is generally attributed to James Magra, an American mid-shipman aboard. £8,000 - 12,000

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515 West Indies.- Edwards (Bryan) HISTORY, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL, OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN THE WEST INDIES, 3 vol., vol. 1-2 second edition, vol. 3 FIRST EDITION, without half-titles, 22 engraved maps and plates, several folding, a couple with small holes or paper repairs at folds, ink ownership inscription to front endpapers, vol. 3 title browned and some marginal browning to plates, some spotting (mainly to vol. 1), contemporary diced russia, gilt, rebacked, corners a little rubbed, g.e., [Sabin 21901], large 4to, for John Stockdale, 1794-1801.

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516 Jefferys (Thomas) A DESCRIPTION OF THE SPANISH ISLANDS AND SETTLEMENTS ON THE COAST OF THE WEST INDIES, FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece and 31 folding charts and maps, 2 additional engraved maps (one folding), of which one from the ‘London Mag’, scattered faint spotting, small loss to bottom corner not affecting text (G4), previous owner’s ink inscriptions to front pastedown and title, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, [Sabin 35959], 4to, for T. Jefferys, 1762. ⁂ Inscribed by John Gibson of Whitehaven 1780; Edward Gibson 1843 and the author Walter Oakeshott, 1941. £2,000 - 3,000

517 Sloane (Sir Hans) A VOYAGE TO THE ISLANDS MADERA, BARBADOS, NIEVES, S. CHRISTOPHERS AND JAMAICA, WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY ..., 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, VOL. 2 ONLY, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, titles in red and black, 285 engraved folding or double-page plates and maps, some trimmed to platemark, plate 37 with torn corner and old expert repair with associated browning, text and plates mounted on stubs, vol. 2 lacking 6B2 (?blank), occasional faint marginal spotting, bookplates, vol. 1 later panelled calf, small splits to spine head, a little rubbed, vol. 2 contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 82169; Hunt 417; Nissen ZBI 1854], folio, by B.M. for the Author, 1707-25. ⁂ FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED DESCRIPTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAMAICAN FLORA AND FAUNA, SLOANE’S MOST IMPORTANT WORK. PRESENTATION COPIES ARE RARE, WE CAN TRACE ONLY ONE OTHER AT AUCTION (sold Christies, 2015).

The inscription here reads: “E dono Hans Sloane Baronetti M.D. F.R.S. viri in omni Doctrinâ specteti primis et in me per quam amicissimi: 1725.”

Provenance: Bookplates of Thomas Isted; Ambrose Isted and; Colonel Sir Harold Mitchell. £6,000 - 8,000

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Other properties

518 World.- Islands.- Porcacchi (Tommaso) L’ISOLE PIU FAMOSE DEL MONDO, FIRST EDITION, fine engraved architectural title, and 30 halfpage maps by Girolamo Porro in text, including 2 world maps and one of North America, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. with woodcut printer’s device recto otherwise blank, b6 blank, some mostly marginal water-staining, particularly in lower corners, stained, some spotting or soiling, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, rebacked, preserving original backstrip (with some loss to it at foot), lacking ties, stained, housed in a modern brown cloth chemise and drop-back box, red leather label to spine, [Adams P1904; Alden 572/44 (for descriptions of Hispaniola, Cuba, and Mexico City); Sabin 64148; Shirley 127-28; The World Encompassed 83; EDIT CNCE 37404], folio, Venice, Simon Galignani & Girolamo Porro, 1572.

519 -. Zappullo (Michele) HISTORIE DI QUATTRO PRINCIPALI CITTÀ DEL MONDO, GERUSALEMME, ROMA, NAPOLI, E VENETIA, woodcut publisher’s device to title, short tear at fore-edge, woodcut initials and head-pieces, woodcut diagrams and tables at end, previous owner’s ink inscription to front free endpaper, one or two ff. slightly frayed at edges, D5-E3 with tiny marginal worming, scattered faint spotting and staining, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, a little rubbed, [Sabin 1106254], 4to, Venice, Giorgio Greco, 1603. £400 - 600

⁂ First edition of Porcacchi’s atlas of the islands of the world.

Provenance: Robert Chambers (19th century armorial bookplate); José M. Rodriquez, Bibliotheca Chizigonana (small early 20th century bookplate); Otto Oren Fisher (20th century bookplate); Albert Parreño (modern armorial bookplate). £4,000 - 6,000

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BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY LONDON 521 Laborde (Charles, illustrator).- Orlan (Pierre Mac) RUES ET VISAGES DE LONDRES, NUMBER 5 OF 20, FROM AN EDITION OF 121 COPIES, WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR SIGNED BY LABORDE, title in red and black, 21 handcoloured etchings, captioned tissue guards, loose as issued within original portfolio, vellum-backed pictorial paper covered boards, edges a little rubbed, with original ties, folio, Paris, J. Terquem, 1928. £750 - 1,000

520 ORDER OF THE LORD MAYOR (THE), THE ALDERMEN, AND THE SHERIFFES, black letter, lacking initial blank, 2 short tears to title with expert repairs, trimmed affecting page numbers and occasional head-line, faint staining throughout, previous owner’s neat pencil notes to front endpapers, modern vellum, [STC 16730], small 8vo, by R. Young, 1629. ⁂ A rare publication of the orders and regulations governing meetings of the high officers of the City of London on special, public and ceremonial occasions. Most of these were annual events fixed by the liturgical calendar, though some, such as a coronation occurred only occasionally.

522 Lami (Eugène) SOUVENIRS DE LONDRES, FIRST EDITION, 12 hand-coloured lithograph plates after Lami by de Villain, some spotting and light damp-staining to margins, small book label to front pastedown, modern half cloth, original printed wrappers bound-in, oblong 4to, Paris, 1826. £750 - 1,000

The earliest recorded edition of this sort was printed in 1568, with the only known copy at the Huntington. Copies would have been discarded when the office holder retired or the regulations changed, hence very few of any edition surviving. £1,500 - 2,000

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523 Pennant (Thomas) SOME ACCOUNT OF LONDON, 2 vol., fourth edition, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with c.360 plates and maps, most engraved and eighteenth century, some folding, foxing to preliminaries, otherwise scattered spotting and a few instances of off-setting, handsomely bound in red calf, spine labels in tan morocco, spines and dentelles gilt, by Rivière and Son, a few very faint scuffs, minute amount of rubbing to spine heads, 4to, for Robert Faulder, 1805. £800 - 1,200

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“Buyer” means the Bidder who makes the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer by the fall of the hammer;

“Seller” means the person(s) who consign Lots for sale at our

sold;

auctions; "Conditions of Business" means: (a) these Terms of Sale (bidding in Online Auctions is governed by our separate Online Terms of Sale);

“Terms of Sale” means these standard terms of the contract of sale

(b) the General Information for Buyers at Auction available in our catalogue and on our Website;

as amended or updated from time to time;

(c) the listing of the Lot in our catalogue and on our Website including any special terms or symbols (please note that the most up-to-date listing will be on our Website); (d) any additional notice in relation to a Lot, whether in the saleroom, announced during an auction, on any Bidding Platform or our Website (in the event of any doubt about whether additional notices apply to the sale of a Lot, the information listed on our Website at the time of the auction will be deemed conclusive); and (e) our Website Terms of Use; 198

that a Bidder enters into when registering to bid in any Live Auction,

“VAT” means Value Added Tax or any equivalent sales tax at the rate from time to time applicable; “Website” means our website available at www.forumauctions.co.uk; and "Website Terms of Use" means the terms of use of our Website as amended from time to time.

1.

The contract between you, us and the Seller

1.1

Unless the Auctioneer is selling on its own behalf, the Auctioneer acts as agent for and on behalf of the Seller and the contract for sale is between the Buyer and the Seller.

1.2

Subject to the Auctioneer's discretion at Clause 3.2, the contract for sale of a Lot is formed on the fall of the hammer.

1.3

The contractual relationship between Bidders or Buyers, the Auctioneer and the Seller in relation to any Live Auction is governed by our Conditions of Business.

1.4

If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may at our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim.

1.5

As agent for the Seller, we will not have any responsibility for any default or breach of obligations by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot).

1.6

If you purchase an unsold Lot after an auction, the contract for sale is formed when the sale is agreed in writing and the Price of the Lot shall be as set out at clause 9 except that any reference to Hammer Price shall be read as the agreed sale price. So far as appropriate, the remainder of these Terms of Sale shall apply to the sale as they would to an auction sale.

2.

Bidder registration

2.1

You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity, billing information and any further client due diligence information and documentation that we require, in a form acceptable to us.

2.2

We may at our complete discretion refuse to register any Bidder or delay registration if we are not satisfied with the information or documentation provided or the Bidder's creditworthiness, including if the Bidder has previously defaulted in paying for or collecting purchases.

2.3

If you are a returning Bidder, we may at our discretion require that you provide updated identity and other documentation before permitting you to bid in an auction.

2.4

We do not undertake to register any Bidder in time for any specific auction.

2.5

If you are bidding on behalf of another person, you will need to disclose such information in advance of the auction and that person may also need to complete our registration and client due diligence process and provide us with written authority to accept bids from you on his/her/its behalf. If we are not informed of these arrangements in advance of an auction or do not have clear written authority in place, you will be deemed to be bidding as principal for your own account.

sole discretion, to prefer one over any others, without providing any reasons; or 3.1.4

online bidding via our BidFORUM platform or via another Bidding Platform. In the case of bids via BidFORUM our Website Terms of Use and for bids via another Bidding Platform, any additional terms of use or conditions imposed by the third party provider including any additional charges will also apply.

3.2

The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer on the fall of the hammer is the successful Buyer and bound by the contract formed pursuant to Clause 1.2 and governed by the Conditions of Business pursuant to Clause 1.3, unless the Auctioneer has for any reason at its/his/her option refused the bid, reopened the bidding or cancelled the sale and reoffered the Lot. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our sole discretion, giving due consideration to any circumstances and acting reasonably. We may settle disputes at our discretion in any way we think fit including by re-offering the Lot and our decision will be final. If there is any discrepancy between our record of an auction and the information provided in any communication to you, our record will prevail.

3.3

We may withdraw a Lot at any time prior to or during the sale of the Lot. We will not be liable to you for our decision to withdraw a Lot.

3.4

We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bidding increment below the Reserve.

3.5

We may at our sole discretion refuse to accept any bid.

3.6

We do not accept responsibility for any bids missed by the Auctioneer.

3.7

Bidding increments will be set at the Auctioneer's sole discretion.

4.

Technical issues

We are not responsible for any technical problems that you may experience while connecting to and using our Website and/or BidFORUM or participating in any auctions, including but not limited to any loss of internet connection, problems with using our bidding software or any hardware faults. We do not accept any liability for any delay or failure in placing a bid, any failure to execute bids or any errors or omissions owing to technical failings, whether on our part or yours.

5.

Inspection of Lots

5.1

The Auctioneer provides descriptions, Estimates, illustrations and condition reports (on request) to assist Bidders in deciding whether to bid on a Lot but subject to Clause 8 accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.

5.2

Each Lot offered for sale is available for inspection. We strongly recommend that you inspect any Lots that you are interested in prior to bidding at the auction. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot and for undertaking your own due diligence in relation to the Lot. If you bid on a Lot, you will be deemed to have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its quality and condition.

Estimates

2.6

If you intend to bid on a Lot using pre-approved financing by a third party lender, you must notify us at the time of registration or at the time of securing financing, obtain our agreement to the arrangements and provide any further information or documentation that we may require.

2.7

You may de-register at any time on request. This will leave any accrued rights and obligations unaffected.

3.

Bidding procedures

6.

3.1

You may bid in any of the following ways following successful registration to bid:

Estimates are provided as a guide to what, in our opinion, the sale price of a Lot is reasonably likely to be. The Estimate is not a guarantee of what the actual selling price or value may be and cannot be relied on as such. The estimate does not take into account Premium, VAT or any other applicable charges.

3.1.1

in person;

3.1.2

by telephone, in which case you must make such arrangements at least 24 hours before the start of the auction;

3.1.3

by leaving a commission bid at least 1 hour before the start of the auction, which we may execute on your behalf. Commission bids will be accepted with reference to our standard bidding increments and any off-increment bids may be reduced to the next increment immediately below at the Auctioneer's sole discretion. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your commission bid. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we have the right, at our

7.

Seller's warranties

7.1

The Seller warrants to us and to you in relation to each Lot that: 7.1.1

the Seller is the owner of the Lot for sale or a joint owner of the Lot acting with the co-owner's consent or, if acting on the owner's behalf, is authorised by the owner to offer and sell the Lot at auction;

7.1.2

the Seller is able to transfer clear legal title to the Lot, subject to any restrictions set out in the Lot description, to you free from any third party rights or claims; and

Buyer’s premium is applicable on every lot. Please note any symbols for additional charges that may apply. All symbols, fees, charges and applicable VAT are explained on p.4

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7.1.3

7.2

If any of the Seller's warranties above are found not to be true, neither we nor the Seller will be liable, under any circumstances, to pay you any sums over and above the Price.

7.3

Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you or be implied or incorporated by statute, common law or otherwise are excluded to the fullest extent that they can be lawfully excluded.

8.

Descriptions and condition

8.1

Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (b) our opinion (as set out in Clause 8.3).

8.2

We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (including any agents or consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot and of any other characteristics of a Lot relevant to your decision to place a bid.

We shall not be responsible for your failure to properly inspect a Lot.

8.3

Any statements by us about any Lot, including but not limited to its authorship, attribution, authenticity, origin, date, age, period, culture, provenance, source, material, condition or estimated selling price, whether oral or in writing, are matters of our opinion genuinely held but are not to be relied on as a statement of fact or contractual representation. We do not warrant that we have carried out a detailed inspection of each Lot. Any references to dimensions or weight are approximate only.

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as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom, on our Website or any Bidding Platform or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction) are correct.

Any photographs that we provide are for identification purposes only and may not reveal a Lot's condition or be accurate in colour or other features.

8.5

Please note that the majority of Lots sold by the Auctioneer are second-hand and will not be in perfect condition. Lots are sold “as is” at the time of the auction. Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of any Lot.

8.6

Condition reports are provided by us free of charge (on request) as a guide for the Bidder/Buyer but are not intended to be exhaustive assessments of an item's condition and may not refer to all flaws or defects in an item. Furthermore, the Auctioneer and its employees are not trained conservators and can only offer their opinion on condition. You must rely on your own assessment or independent professional advice in relation to the condition of any Lot.

9.

Our charges

9.1

As Buyer, you will pay us: 9.1.1

the Hammer Price;

9.1.2

Premium of 26% of the Hammer Price up to a Hammer Price of £20,000, plus 25% of the Hammer Price from £20,001 to £500,000, plus 20% of the Hammer Price from £50,001 to £1,000,000, plus 12.5% of the Hammer Price exceeding £1,000,001 plus VAT thereon (as set out in Clause 11);

9.1.3

any VAT, Import VAT or other duties, fees or taxes applicable to the Lot (as set out at Clause 11);

9.1.4

any artist’s resale right royalty payable on the sale of the Lot (as set out at Clause 12);

9.1.5

any additional charges payable by a late paying or defaulting Buyer under these Terms of Sale; and

9.1.6

in respect of bids placed through certain Bidding Platforms operated by third party service providers, a charge of 5% of the Hammer Price plus VAT if applicable, together the "Price".

10.

Buyer's warranties

10.1 You warrant to us that: 10.1.1 any client due diligence information or documentation provided to us in accordance with Clause 2.1 is and continues to be true and accurate.

10.1.2 the funds used to purchase the Lot are not the proceeds of any criminal activity, including tax evasion; 10.1.3 you are not engaged in, or under investigation for, and have not been previously charged for or convicted of any offences in relation to money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, fraud or other criminal behaviour; 10.1.4 you are not subject to trade sanctions, embargoes or any other restrictions prohibiting you from doing business in the United Kingdom; 10.1.5 if you are purchasing a Lot on behalf of a third party, you have: a. complied with any applicable anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws and regulations and conducted appropriate client due diligence on the third party ultimate buyer, have obtained and kept a record of documents required to establish that person's identity, and have no reason to suspect or believe that he/she/it is engaged in money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, fraud or other criminal behaviour or subject to trade sanctions, embargoes or other restrictions prohibiting that person from doing business in the United Kingdom or that the funds provided by the third party are the proceeds of any criminal activity, including tax evasion; b. you have authority to bid on that Lot on behalf of your principal; and c. you have been placed in funds by your principal to cover the Price and any additional fees and charges 11.

VAT and other duties

11.1 You shall be solely responsible for ascertaining the overall cost of your bid and paying any applicable VAT and other fees, taxes or duties payable in addition to the Hammer Price and Premium for a Lot. 11.2 We will charge VAT and other duties, fees and taxes at the current rate at the date of the auction. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue and our General Information for Buyers at Auction for an explanation of what those symbols mean.

11.4 It is your responsibility to establish whether a Lot may be subject to export restrictions, duties, taxes or fees.

11.5 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold “as is” (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.

12.

Artist's resale royalty

12.1 Works by certain artists sold in the EU are subject to royalty fees accruing to the artist or their estate. The fees are levied in Euros on a sliding scale relative to Hammer Price and capped at €12,500 per item. We will collect these fees from you on behalf of the artist and add the GBP Sterling equivalent amount to your invoice calculated at the date of the auction by reference to the closing rate of exchange of the Bank of England.

12.2 Lots that may be subject to artist's resale right are marked in the catalogue and on our Website with the symbol: ARR. 12.3 If applicable, artist's resale right royalty (in Euros) is charged at: 4% of the Hammer Price up to €50,000 3% of the Hammer Price from €50,001 to €200,000 1% of the Hammer Price from €200,001 to €350,000 0.5% of the Hammer Price from €350,001 to €500,000 0.25% of the Hammer Price above €500,000, subject to an overall cap of €12,500.

13.

15.1.3 resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any deficit between the Price for the Lot and the Hammer Price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clauses 14.6 and 15.1.5 and any other costs and expenses or legal fees incurred by us in reselling the Lot or any loss to us of Seller's commission). Please note that if we resell the Lot for a higher amount than the Hammer Price on the sale of the Lot to you, the additional sale proceeds will be paid to the Seller and we will retain any increase in Premium;

Payment

13.1 Following your successful bid on a Lot you will: 13.1.1 immediately give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, any further proof of identity or other information that we may require; and 13.1.2 unless we have agreed otherwise and subject to the terms of any Pledge, pay to us the Price within 3 Business Days of the date of the auction in cleared funds in GBP Sterling any way that we agree to accept payment including in cash (for which there is an aggregate upper limit of £8,000 for all purchases made in any auction).

Please see our 'Make a Payment' page at https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/makepayment?Itemid =363 for further information about how to make a payment. A 3% fee is applied to payments made by all company credit cards and personal cards issued by banks outside the EU.

15.1.4 remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense until you pay the Price together with any removal, storage and insurance fees as set out in Clause 14.6 or we agree alternative arrangements; 15.1.5 charge interest at a rate of 1.5% per month on the Price or any part remaining unpaid after 10 Business Days have elapsed from the day of the auction; 15.1.6 assist the Seller in pursuing you for payment and/or damages including by revealing your identity and contact details;

13.2 If payment is late, we reserve the right to charge interest on the Price or any part thereof in accordance with Clause 15.1.5.

13.3 If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay prior debts before applying such monies towards your purchase of the Lot(s).

15.1.7 keep the Lot, any other Lot sold to you or any item(s) consigned for sale by you as security for payment until you pay the Price;

13.4 All Lots sold will be invoiced in the name of the registered Bidder at the address given to us at the time of registration and cannot be transferred to other names or addresses.

14.

15.1.8 apply any payments or part payments made by you towards part settlement of the Price due for the Lot or any other Lot purchased by you, or to any shortfall on the resale of any Lot pursuant to Clause 15.1.3 or to any outstanding removal, storage or insurance charges owed by you to us in relation to any Lot that you have purchased or to any loss or damage suffered by us as a result of your failure to comply with these Terms of Sale;

Ownership and collection of Lots

14.1 Ownership of a Lot will transfer to you only on receipt by us of the Price in full and in cleared funds provided your continuing compliance with Clause 10.

14.2 Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you at the fall of the Hammer or when you have otherwise purchased the Lot.

15.1.9 refuse to allow you to register to bid, reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you;

14.3 You may not claim or collect a Lot until you have paid for it and we are satisfied with the client due diligence information and documentation that you have provided. We may refuse to accept payment or release the Lot to you if we require further information or verification.

14.4 If you have purchased a Lot using third party pre-approved financing, with our knowledge and agreement, and the Lot remains subject to a Pledge, we will hold the Lot until we receive confirmation from the beneficiary of the Pledge that we are authorised to release the Lot. In such cases, time starts to run under Clauses 14.5 to 14.7 below from the date that we inform you that the Lot can be released, rather than the date of the auction.

15.1.10 offset any amounts due from you against any amounts that we may owe you, including if we sell any Lots for you; and/or 15.1.11 take any other action we consider necessary.

16.

Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our, our employees’ or our agents’ negligence or wilful default.

14.5 You must (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for no later than 10 Business Days following the date of the auction.

14.6 If you do not collect the Lot within the time period at Clause 14.5, you will be responsible for removal, storage and insurance charges in relation to that Lot which will be no less than £1.50 per Lot per day.

14.7 If you do not collect a Lot that you have paid for within 45 days of the date of the auction, we may resell the Lot by auction or private treaty with the Estimate and Reserve set at our discretion. We will pay the proceeds of any such sale to you, but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot. 15.

Remedies for non-payment

15.1 If you fail to comply with these Terms of Sale, we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures: 15.1.1 take action against you to recover the Price and/or pursue damages for breach of contract, including any fees, legal expenses or other costs that we incur; 15.1.2 reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold to you (in which case we may charge you an administration fee of £150 plus VAT per Lot or, if lower, the Price of the Lot);

Health and safety

17.

Export and import restrictions

17.1 Exporting a Lot out of the United Kingdom or importing it into another country may be subject to legal requirements and restrictions depending on factors such as the type of goods, their age and monetary value and destination. It is your responsibility to ascertain what the requirements are in relation to any Lot and obtain the necessary export or import licence where applicable.

17.2 Lots made of restricted organic matter or endangered species are identified in the catalogue. These may be subject to prohibitions on export or import and otherwise may require licences. You are solely responsible for identifying and obtaining any necessary licence. The information provided in our catalogue reflects our reasonable opinion at the date of publication but is intended as guidance only and neither the Auctioneer nor the Seller make any representation or give any warranty as to whether any Lot is subject to a prohibition or restriction on export or import.

17.3 You acknowledge that your purchase of the Lot and fulfilment of your obligations under our Conditions of Business is not conditional on successfully obtaining an export, import or other licence or permit for any Lot and that you will pay for and collect the Lot regardless of whether a licence has been or is likely to be granted. We will not cancel your purchase of a Lot 201

if for any reason it is refused a licence or is seized or confiscated by government authorities.

17.4 We may on request assist you with applying for a licence to export your Lot(s) out of the United Kingdom and will charge a fee for doing so to cover the costs of our time and out of pocket expenses.

18.

20.

20.1.1 by delivering it by hand or sending by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery or pre-paid airmail (to us at our registered office address at Ingate Works, 4 Ingate Place, Battersea, London SW8 3NS or to you at the address you provided to us at the time of registration unless we are advised otherwise in writing); or

Deliberate Forgeries

18.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within twelve months of the date of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us at your expense in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written report by a recognised expert on the subject matter identifying the Lot as a Deliberate Forgery with reference to the catalogue description and fully explaining the reasoning behind any conclusions drawn in the report.

20.1.2 by email (to us at office@forumauctions.co.uk or to you at the email address provided by you at the time of registration unless we are advised otherwise in writing).

20.2 Notices will be deemed to have been received: 20.2.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;

18.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery, we will cancel the sale of the Lot and refund the Price to you save that if any of the following circumstances apply:

20.2.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery, 2 Business Days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting;

18.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction;

20.2.3 if sent by pre-paid airmail, 5 Business Days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or

18.2.2 the Lot can only be shown to be a Deliberate Forgery on the basis of scientific examination which was not available at the time of the auction or in the circumstances was not practicable or reasonable to expect; 18.2.3 you were not the original Buyer of the Lot named on the invoice for the Lot issued at the time of the sale; or

Notices

20.1 All notices or other communications between you and us regarding our Conditions of Business must be in writing and may be given:

20.2.4 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent on a day which is not a Business Day or after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. 21.

Data Protection

18.2.4 you personally are not able to transfer clear legal title in and right to possession of the Lot to us, free of any claim, interest or restriction by anyone else, on the date of the return of the Lot to us, you will have no right to cancel the sale or receive a refund.

We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be accessed at: www.forumauctions.co.uk/privacy-policy.

18.3 Should you successfully exercise your right under this Clause 18, we will not refund to you more than the Price for any Lot and will not in any circumstances be liable to you for any loss, damage, expense, costs, loss of profit, loss of business or loss of opportunity.

22.1 We may at our sole discretion, though acting reasonably, refuse any person admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions.

19.

Limitation of our liability to you

19.1 We give no warranties in relation to any statements or representations made or information given in relation to any Lot by us or our employees or agents whether oral or in writing and accept no liability in connection therewith, including in relation to any errors or omissions unless Clause 18 applies.

19.2 We accept no liability in relation to any of the Seller's warranties at Clause 7 or any breach by the Seller of their obligations under our Conditions of Business.

19.3 We do not accept any responsibility to any Bidders for any failure to register a Bidder or any acts or omissions in relation to the sale of Lots and the conduct of our auctions and will not be liable for any loss, damage, expense, costs, loss of profit, loss of business or loss of opportunity as a result of participating in our auctions.

19.4 If we are found to be liable to you for any reason, our liability will be limited to the Price as paid by you to us for any Lot. 19.5 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for: 19.5.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; 19.5.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or 19.5.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

22.

General

22.2 Any rights we have to claim against you for breach of our Conditions of Business may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, their employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause, no other person will have any rights to enforce the terms of our Conditions of Business.

22.3 Each of the Clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately.

If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining Clauses will remain in full force and effect.

22.4 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Our delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Our partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Our waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.

22.5 Our Conditions of Business and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any noncontractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

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ABSENTEE/PHONE BID FORM AUCTION NO.: 94 TITLE: FINE BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER DATE: 30TH NOVEMBER 2023

Please note you can submit bids securely through our website at forumauctions.co.uk Mr/Mrs/Ms (please circle)

PRIVATE BUYER

DEALER

Forename

Surname

Company

VAT No.

Address County/State Post Code/Zip

Country

Tel.

Mobile/Cell

Fax.

Email

Notice to new bidders: Please attach a copy of identification - Passport/Driving Licence and proof of address in the form of a utility bill or bank statement issued within the last six months. Failure to comply may result in your bids not being processed.

IDENTITY DOCUMENT (PLEASE ATTACH COPY): PASSPORT

DRIVER’S LICENSE

OTHER

(specify)

For companies: please attach a copy of legal representative Lot No.

Description

Bid £

Phone Bid

I authorise Forum Auctions to bid on my behalf up to the maximum price indicated plus the buyer’s premium plus VAT. Successful bids will be subject to Buyer’s Premium plus VAT (premium is 26% of hammer price up to and including £20,000; 25% of hammer price from £20,001 to £500,000; 25% of hammer price from £500,001 to £1,000,001; 12.5% of hammer price in excess of £1,000,001) and all other charges indicated in the catalogue description and saleroom notices including VAT as applicable.

NB: we reserve the right to reduce off-increment bids down to the next lowest standard bidding increment or otherwise at our sole discretion.

To allow time for the processing of bids, they should be received at least 24 hours prior to the sale. If you have not received confirmation by email within one working day please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk. I understand that by submitting these bids I have entered into a binding contract to purchase the individual lots if my bids are successful. I will comply with the Terms of Sale listed in printed catalogues and Forum Auctions’ website.

SIGNATURE

DATE

Shipping and export: In the event that an item requires an export license we would be pleased to assist you with the application. We can help you arrange packing and shipping of your purchased lots or you can use your own carrier. For more information, please contact shipping@forumauctions.co.uk.

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