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AUCTIONS<br />
BLOOMSBURY<br />
L O N D O N<br />
LITERATURE, MANUSCRIPTS<br />
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AUCTIONS<br />
BLOOMSBURY<br />
LONDON<br />
LITERATURE,<br />
MANUSCRIPTS<br />
AND MODERN<br />
FIRST EDITIONS<br />
Thursday 28th February 2013, 1pm<br />
Sale No. 36018<br />
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❦ MANUSCRIPTS & EPHEMERA Lots 1-9<br />
❦ POLITICS Lots 10-54<br />
❦ CONTINENTAL AND ENGLISH<br />
LITERATURE & HISTORy Lots 55-316<br />
❦ MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Lots 317-361<br />
❦ ILLUSTRATED BOOKS,<br />
PRIVATE PRESS & LIMITED EDITIONS Lots 362-384<br />
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1. Piozzi (Hester Lynch, formerly Thrale, née Salusbury, friend<br />
of Dr Johnson, author, 1741-1821) 11 Au t o g r A p h Le t t e r s s i g n e d<br />
hL pi o z z i A n d hLp to JA c o b We s t o n, s t e WA r d o f st r e At h A m pA r k<br />
(9 with address panels to Jacob Weston), mostly in third person, and<br />
an addition to a letter by Gabriel Piozzi in his autograph, together<br />
28pp., 90 x 188mm. & sm. 4to, some remains of red wax seals,<br />
Brynbella [Tremeirchion, near St Asaph], Denbeigh, Beaumaris &<br />
Shrewsbury, (3 undated), 10th October 1794 - Thursday 17th August<br />
1797, b u s i n e s s m At t e r s, o r d e r i n g g o o d s, s e t t L i n g b i L L s e t c., “The<br />
last Draft is for the Lamp man in Bruton Street”... “Mrs. Piozzi hopes<br />
nothing is owing to Mr Saltarelli, pray ask him, likewise Jefferies &<br />
Jones & Evans the Grocer, and poor Mr Smith Chandler... buy two<br />
Pots of Walker’s Tooth Electuary in St. James’s Street, & ask how<br />
many brown blinds came down, Jacob’s Wife knows there were six<br />
in Hanover Square...”; h e A Lt h, “... pray send my Books and my Pills.<br />
The Pills above all things, for Sir Lucas Pepys bid me take on every<br />
night and they keep me very well indeed... My Master has been very<br />
bad indeed; and that just at coming into a new House...”; fA m iLy<br />
A n d f r i e n d s, “... make Miss Thrales welcome at Streatham, and Mr.<br />
Murphy [Arthur Murphy]... Jacob must find Mr. Murphy and follow<br />
him with the enclosed Letter”; f i n A n c e s, “we cannot keep two<br />
houses in Times like these, and live in a Third beside...”; p r i c e s o f<br />
A g r i c u Lt u r A L p r o d u c e, “Wheat sold last Market for Twenty Shillings<br />
the Bushel and Oats at five Shillings”; p r o b L e m s W i t h s e rvA n t s, “We<br />
send this by William Fleet, who shall never drive me again, or Touch<br />
a Horse of mine. We were engaged to dine with Lady Orkney, & go<br />
at Night with her to Denbeigh Assembly: but the Coachman... could<br />
not be found... and only returned just time enough to take us out. His<br />
Master scolded him and he gave his Master Warning, & began to<br />
drive us to Lady Orkney’s. But on the Road he set Spurs into Mole;<br />
and checked him till the Blood ran down, and frighten’d me: and my<br />
Master too... and I think we all escaped Death only by Providence of<br />
God. He made no excuse, and he show’d no concern for terrifying me<br />
almost into Fits, and letting my clothes be spoiled by the necessity of<br />
putting down all the Glass Windows, while Mole kicked up the Dirt,<br />
and broke the Boot, and was likely to kill himself... Jacob and his<br />
Wife must not let in Barnard the Footman he has been sent away for<br />
very bad Behaviour...”, 1 letter with piece working loose, another<br />
extensively creased and torn but with text largely intact, numerous<br />
tears, some where opened, others tears along folds, browned; and 2<br />
other covering notes, both later, “Letters from Mrs. Piozzi” and “Dr<br />
Johnsons Letters to Mrs. Lucy Porter”, v.s., v.d.<br />
£15,000 - £20,000<br />
*** un p u b L i s h e d. Not in Bloom & Bloom, The Piozzi Letters:<br />
Correspondence of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1784-1821..., vol. 2. 1792-<br />
1798 & vol. 3, 1799-1804, Newark, University of Delaware Press,<br />
1991 & 1993; but with reference in vol. I, Introduction, p. 17.<br />
“In these business letters she [Hester Piozzi] seems less studied,<br />
indeed indeed more genuinely, casual, than in the correspondence<br />
with her friends. Never writing down to her stewards, for example,<br />
she admitted her sense of dependence upon them (albeit expressed<br />
somewhat peremptorily) and therefore her gratitude.” - Bloom &<br />
Bloom, The Piozzi Letters.<br />
❦ MANUSCRIPTS & EPHEMERA<br />
The Property of Two Ladies<br />
Lot 1<br />
LONDON<br />
st r e At h A m pA r k. After the death of Henry Thrale in 1781, Streatham<br />
Park was leased out, the first tenant being Lord Shelburne, Prime<br />
Minister. In 1790 Hester and Gabriel Piozzi returned to live there<br />
and for the next six years she took up again her mantle of literary<br />
hostess and refurbished the house in an Italianate style. Thereafter<br />
they decided to live in north Wales, building Brynbella House,<br />
near St Asaph. Streatham Park was then leased to various tenants,<br />
including Peter Giles (d. 1830), grain merchant, at a rent of £550<br />
per annum.<br />
Jacob Weston (1742-1820), steward of Streatham Park.<br />
Provenance: From the sale of furnishings and other items at<br />
Brynbella in 1874 to Philip Pearson Pennant (b. 1834) who was<br />
renting the house until his own, Nantlys, a large house was built<br />
nearby. The Pennants were distant relatives of Thomas Pennant<br />
(1726-98), the great Welsh naturalist and topographer, from whose<br />
family they had inherited the Bodfari estate in North Wales. Louisa<br />
Fielding, his great granddaughter and last of his line died in 1853<br />
and the estates were entailed to the Pearson Pennant family.<br />
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2. Piozzi (Hester Lynch, formerly Thrale, née Salusbury, friend of Dr Johnson, author, 1741-1821) 14 Au t o g r A p h Le t t e r s<br />
s i g n e d “hL pi o z z i” A n d “hLp”, 13 to JA c o b We s t o n A n d 1 to pe t e r gi L e s (11 with address panels to Jacob Weston and 1 to<br />
Peter Giles), mostly in third person, together 38pp., sm. 4to, some remains of red wax seals, Brynbella [Tremeirchion, near St<br />
Asaph], Denbeigh & Shrewsbury, 5th November 1798 - 29th November 1799 (many dates from postmarks), o n vA r i o u s b u s i n e s s<br />
m At t e r s e t c., “Mr. & Mrs. Piozzi hope all goes well at Old Streatham Park. Pray make our Coms: to Mr. Giles, & cut no Trees<br />
without letting us know, and give us an Acc.t of what have been cut”; gA b r i e L pi o z z i, “My poor Master lies in Miss Thrale’s<br />
Room not able at all to move hand or foot”; s e rvA n t s, “Things are very bad in the Stable, our young Man Thomas made a<br />
good servant but he is a very bad Master indeed... lies in Bed till 8 or 9 o’clock and locks the Door, so that he and the Horses<br />
and all are spoiling”; t h e i r c o A c h h o r s e s rAt A n d mo L e, “Pray do not starve my pretty Rat & Mole... Poor Mole met with a<br />
sad Accident a Fortnight ago, he leaped over the Pole with one Hind Leg, and hurt his Belly, & inside of his Thigh”, tA x e s, “I<br />
suppose the Receipt for the Assess’d Taxes is to serve as a Certificate that they have been paid; but we do not know when they<br />
began to be charged”; pe t e r gi L e s At st r e At h A m pA r k, thanking him for an invitation to stay and commenting on a function<br />
Giles held at the house, “I am glad old Streatham Park shone away so brilliantly...”; ; th e ir i s h re b e L L i o n o f 1798, “... because of<br />
the Irish Families who run hither in whole Troops to shelter from the cruel Rebels who cut in Pieces every one that will not wear<br />
a Green Ribbon”; t h e prospect o f A fr e n c h i n vA s i o n o f WA L e s, “... I suppose there is talk enough of the French. We are to have<br />
ten Thousand Soldiers to guard the Welsh Coast... & be ready for sending over to Ireland”; L i v i n g in WA L e s, “We are very fond<br />
of Wales and you never saw such a sweet place as my Master has made here”; ?A visit to t h e LA d i e s o f LL A n g o L L e n, “We go to<br />
Bath next Monday - that is we set out for Bath, but we go first to see those Ladies that live in the nice Cottage you remember”,<br />
1 letter cut at tail with possible loss, numerous tears, some where opened, others tears along folds, browned, v.s., v.d.<br />
£15,000 - £20,000<br />
*** un p u b L i s h e d. Not in Bloom & Bloom, The Piozzi Letters: Correspondence of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1784-1821..., vol. 2. 1792-<br />
1798 & vol. 3, 1799-1804, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 1991 & 1993; but with reference in vol. I, Introduction, p. 17.<br />
“fA r e W e L L & b e L i e v e m e y o u r fr i e n d h:L: pi o z z i.”<br />
Lot 2<br />
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3. Stuart (Charles Edward, styled Charles III, known as the<br />
Young Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jacobite claimant to the<br />
English, Scottish, and Irish thrones, 1720-88) Au t o g r A p h Le t t e r<br />
s i g n e d “ch A r L e s p” to “mo n co u s i n”, 1p. with black wax seal of the<br />
Royal coat of arms, in French, 205 x 195mm., 31st January 1743,<br />
an expression of deep and abiding affection, “Je suis tres persuade<br />
que vous l’embrasseriez avec joie, et de mon coté je trouverai bien<br />
plus de plaisir a vous temoigner en Personne l’Amitié et l’estime<br />
que je concus alors,” folds, slightly foxed, framed and glazed.<br />
£1,500 - £2,000<br />
*** Written perhaps, to Louis XV as an expression of mutual<br />
goodwill shortly before Charles Edward Stuart’s invasion of<br />
Scotland in 1745.<br />
Lot 3<br />
Lot 4<br />
Other Properties<br />
LONDON<br />
4. Louisa Stuart (styled countess of Albany, consort of Charles<br />
Edward Stuart, styled Charles III, known as the Young Pretender,<br />
Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1752-1824) Au t o g r A p h Le t t e r s i g n e d<br />
“Lo u i s e d e sto L b e r g co m t e s s e d’AL b A n y” to mo n s e i g n e u r<br />
ri d o L f i At ro m e , 2pp. & address panel, in French, 4to, Florence,<br />
27th January 1799, requesting payment as it is her only form of<br />
income, arrangements for payment from her banker, Doctor Farnese<br />
and bewailing having to spend her time in chasing payment, folds,<br />
slightly stained, foxed and browned, torn where opened, framed and<br />
glazed. £1,500 - £2,000<br />
*** The marriage of Charles Edward Stuart and Louise was a<br />
connubial and political disaster. No child and the promised pension<br />
from France were forthcoming and the couple soon drifted apart, a<br />
separation being negotiated by Gustav III of Sweden in 1784. Long<br />
before that, in 1776 she began a long and enduring affair with the<br />
Piedmontese poet Count Vittorio Alfieri (d. 1803), which caused<br />
great scandal and precipitated a rupture with Charles’s brother,<br />
Henry, Cardinal of York.<br />
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LONDON<br />
Lot 5<br />
5. Hackney Carriages.- hA c k n e y co A c h & cA b r i o L e t fA r e s,<br />
Regulations and Acts of Parliament, printed on silk, 4 figures and<br />
9 images, tissue repairs to verso, short tears and punch holes to<br />
corners and head, some browning and spotting, 860 x 900mm.,<br />
[1832]. £750 - £1,000<br />
*** ‘In 1832 the Hackney Coach Board was abolished and its<br />
licensing powers and management of the licence duties passed first<br />
to the Board of Stamps and then, in 1833, to the Board of Stamps<br />
and Taxes. Its regulatory powers passed entirely to a metropolitan<br />
magistrate nominated by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs.’<br />
- National Archives.<br />
Lot 6<br />
Lot 7<br />
6. Heraldry Paintings.- ro L L s o f LL A n g At t o c k A n d gW y n fA m i L i e s,<br />
2 watercolour coats of arms, on paper, framed and glazed, 290 x<br />
240mm. & 295 x 240mm., [late nineteenth century]; and another,<br />
modern, v.s., v.d. (3). £200 - £300<br />
7. Persian manuscript.- [hi s t o ry o f pe r s i A n ki n g s], manuscript<br />
in Farsi on paper, 160 ff.,written on versos only, 6 lines, a few<br />
pencil transcriptions, attractive 19th century red panelled morocco,<br />
gilt,little rubbed, presentation inscriptions and notes, inside covers,<br />
4to, ? Iran, mid to late 19th century. £350 - £450<br />
*** Apparently unpublished history of the kings of Persia, in a style<br />
of Farsi, consciously avoiding arabic influence, perhaps connected<br />
with court circles.<br />
Provenance: Inscribed inside front cover: ‘E.H. Minns from<br />
E.G.B., Christmas 1917’ E.G. Browne (1862-1926), eminent<br />
Persian scholar, author of a Literary History of Persia (1902-24)<br />
and Persia, aYear amongst the Persians (1893). Sir Ellis Hovell<br />
Minns (1874-1953), archaeologist and palaeographer, Sanders<br />
reader in bibliography, and first Disney Professor of Archaeology at<br />
Cambridge (inscription, and bookplate inside back cover). Inscribed<br />
to the eminent Orientalist Christopher Gandy on back free endpaper<br />
‘To Mr Gandy as a souvenir of our firm friendship. London May<br />
10th 1962 Ali Moshiri’, repeated in Farsi. Alis Moshiri, perhaps a<br />
member of the well-known family of singers from Iran.<br />
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8. Titanic.- Legate (R.D., “Westy”, 4th Officer on the Cable Ship<br />
Mackay Bennett, hired by the White Star Line to retrieve bodies<br />
after the sinking of the Titanic, fl. 1912-18) ph o t o g r A p h o f t h e<br />
re v. k.c. hi n d c o n d u c t i n g A b u r i A L s e rv i c e At s e A o f s o m e o f t h e<br />
u n i d e n t i f i e d b o d i e s f r o m t h e s i n k i n g o f rms ti tA n i c, pencil caption:<br />
“Burial of Titanic victims from Cable Ship Mackay Bennett”, laid<br />
down in an album, f. loose, 94 x 120mm., between 21st and 25th<br />
April 1912; and a collection of other material relating to Legate and<br />
his wider family, including: 2 p h o t o g r A p h s o f A c h A i r r e t r i e v e d<br />
f r o m t h e ti tA n i c, p r e s u m A b Ly f o u n d f L o At i n g in t h e At L A n t i c, also<br />
2 more photographs of the same image as above but taken from<br />
a ?larger, framed version, photographs of “Westy” Legate in army<br />
uniform fishing in Canada in 1918 and later, another: “ic e b e r g”,<br />
lumber men in Davidson’s camp etc., Tufts Cove (Nova Scotia),<br />
Minesville, South Africa and Surrey, Coldharbour and Redlands<br />
(Surrey Hills), and postcards, most addressed to Daisy Fuller (of<br />
Angmering, Sussex), including: Guildford, Woking, South Africa, 2<br />
Bairnsfather cartoons in the first World War, Louis Bleriot’s landing<br />
at Dover, 1910, auctioneering old clothes in Petticoat Lane, 2 boxing<br />
postcards signed by “Spike” Robson, First World War Christmas<br />
cards, illustrated letters etc., v.s., v.d. (qty). £1,000 - £1,500<br />
*** After the Titanic sank on 14 April 1912, the White Star Line<br />
commissioned several vessels to search the area of the disaster<br />
for bodies. The Mackay Bennett set sail on 17 April and the first<br />
corpses were retrieved on 21 April. All together the Mackay Bennett<br />
recovered 306 bodies, of which 116 were buried at sea. Those who<br />
were not identified were recomitted to the sea in canvas sacks and<br />
weighed down with iron bars.<br />
9. Edward VIII (King of Great Britain, later Duke of Windsor,<br />
1894-1972) po rt r A i t p h o t o g r A p h b y hu g h ce c i L, s i g n e d: “ed WA r d<br />
ri 1936”, blind stamp: “Hugh Cecil London” at tail, Cecil label on<br />
verso, laid down on card, 240 x 184mm., 1936. £300 - £400<br />
*** Cecil did the official accession photograph of Edward VIII in 1936.<br />
Lot 8<br />
Lot 9<br />
LONDON<br />
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LONDON<br />
10. Churchill (John, First Duke of Marlborough) th e Le t t e r s<br />
A n d di s pAt c h e s..., 5 vol., engraved frontispiece, half-titles, vol. II<br />
many pp. corners creased, bookplates of G. de Clifton Parmiter on<br />
front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt, m.e., 1845. £100 - £150<br />
11. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) Lo r d rA n d o L p h ch u r c h i L L, 2<br />
vol., London and New York, 1907; The Unknown War: The Eastern<br />
Front, New York, 1931; Thoughts and Adventures, 1932; Great<br />
Contemporaries, 1937; Step by Step 1936-1939, 1939, first or<br />
first Am e r i c A n e d i t i o n s, plates, original cloth; and c. 45 others, by<br />
or about Churchill, including Harrow School Register 1800-1911,<br />
second edition, 1911, 8vo (c.50) £300 - £500<br />
12. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) ty p e d L e t t e r s i g n e d to mA J o r<br />
h.W. AL d e n, 1p., 8vo, Ministry of Munitions, Whitehall Place, 14th<br />
December 1917, thanking him for his letter, folds, browned, together<br />
with a portrait framed and glazed. £300 - £400<br />
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13. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser).- 33 p o rt r A i t s o f Wi n s t o n<br />
ch u r c h i L L, of all aspects of his life at various ages, mixed media,<br />
some reproductions, framed and glazed, v.s., v.d. £400 - £600<br />
❦ POLITICS<br />
The Property of a Gentleman<br />
Lot 14<br />
14. Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- 11 p h o t o g r A p h i c p o rt r A i t s<br />
o f Wi n s t o n ch u r c h i L L, of all aspects of his life at various ages,<br />
some reproductions, framed and glazed, v.s., v.d. £200 - £300<br />
Lot 15<br />
15. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) WA r r A n t A p p o i n t i n g ch A r L e s<br />
Wi L L i A m du r m A n A s WA r r A n t officer in t h e ro yA L Air fo r c e,<br />
D.s. “Winston S. Churchill” as Secretary of State for Air, printed<br />
document, 290 x 355mm., framed and glazed, 1st January 1920.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** Durman was an air photographer with the Royal Flying Corps<br />
during the First World War.<br />
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Lot 16<br />
16. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) Au t o g r A p h no t e f o r A<br />
?s p e e c h At A d i n n e r g i v e n in h i s h o n o u r At sh e r ry’s, pA r k Av e n u e,<br />
ne W yo r k, b y be r n A r d bA r u c h, gold trimmed folded card, 75 x<br />
88mm., [18th March 1946], together with notes and a portrait of<br />
Churchill, framed and glazed. £200 - £300<br />
*** Refers to Baruch’s appointment to the Atomic Energy<br />
Commission.<br />
Lot 17<br />
17. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) ph o t o g r A p h o f ch u r c h i L L o n<br />
A visit to Ay r s i g n e d, 180 x 240mm., together with a typed letter<br />
Lieut.- Col. Thomas Moore on Churchill’s behalf thanking him for<br />
the security precautions during his visit, framed and glazed, 24th<br />
September 1947. £300 - £400<br />
18. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) ru L e s o f r A c i n g At “th e<br />
ri b b L e s d A L e stA k e s” s i g n e d b y ch u r c h i L L, printed form with<br />
manuscript insertions, 120 x 100mm., 22nd September 1949; and<br />
5 other pieces, including a card signed by Churchill, together all<br />
framed and glazed. £300 - £400<br />
19. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) mA r L b o r o u g h: og hA n s tid,<br />
4 vol., first dA n i s h e d i t i o n, maps and plates, contemporary half<br />
morocco, gilt spines, 8vo, Copenhagen, 1949-51. £75 - £100<br />
Lot 20<br />
LONDON<br />
20. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) A q u A n t i t y o f ch u r c h i L L i A n A,<br />
including sculptures, vinyl recordings, albums of franks, letterheads<br />
and monograms, including those of Churchill, v.s., v.d. £600 - £800<br />
Lot 21<br />
21. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) ty p e d L e t t e r s i g n e d to c.g.<br />
di n e s, 1p., sm. 4to, 28, Hyde Park Gate, 10th December 1950, “I<br />
am indeed obliged to you for sending me the four portraits on silk”,<br />
with a portrait, framed and glazed. £300 - £400<br />
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Lot 22<br />
22. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) WA r effort, original<br />
caricature illustration showing Churchill at the front of a fast moving<br />
train, by George Alexander Whitelaw, pen and ink, heightened with<br />
blue chalk, signed ‘Whitelaw’ lower right 225 x 265mm (8 3/4 x<br />
10 1/4 in), slight surface dirt; The leading international political<br />
figures of the world on top of the globe, by a different hand, pen<br />
and ink signed and dated lower right, ‘Welland’, 350 x 265mm<br />
(13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in), some spotting, 1936; Progress and Prosperity,<br />
pen and ink over pencil, signed ‘A. Edney’, 230 x 330mm (9 x 13<br />
in), minor damp-staining and spotting, all framed and glazed, (3).<br />
£200 - £300<br />
23. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) st e p b y ste p, 1936-1939,<br />
first e d i t i o n, original cloth, 1939; Lord Randolph Churchill, first<br />
Am e r i c A n 1 v o L. e d i t i o n, frontispiece and plates, frontispiece a<br />
little foxed, inscription pasted onto endpaper, endpaper clipped,<br />
original cloth, New York and London, 1907 § Bardens (Dennis)<br />
Churchill in Parliament, 1967 § Gardner (Brian) Churchill in his<br />
Time, 1968 § Roskill (Stephen) Churcill and the Admirals, 1977,<br />
last 3 u n c o r r e c t e d p r o o f c o p i e s in original wrappers, spines a little<br />
crease, all but the first original printed wrappers, spines creased;<br />
and c. 20 others, by or about Churchill, 8vo (c. 25) £250 - £350<br />
24. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser) Au t o g r A p h Le t t e r s i g n e d<br />
to kAt h L e e n du n c A n s o n, of Hudnall Park, Berkhamsted, 1p., 8vo,<br />
10, Downing Street, 16th April 1953, thanking her for the present<br />
of a gold and silver snuff box, folds; and another, another, a T.L.s.<br />
from Clementine Churchill regarding the snuff box, together with a<br />
portrait framed and glazed. £200 - £300<br />
25. Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Lo r d rA n d o L p h ch u r c h i L L, 2<br />
vol., light foxing, bookplates, spines faded, spine ends and corners a<br />
little bumped, 1906; Thoughts and Adventures, bookplate, rubbed,<br />
1932; Great Contemporaries, spine a little faded, 1937; Step by Step,<br />
very light browning to endpapers, 1939, first e d i t i o n s, original<br />
cloth; and 20 others by or about the same, 8vo (25) £200 - £300<br />
26. Churchill (Sir Winston Spenser).- th e to ry co n f e r e n c e, 1974,<br />
inscribed “Why, I remember Tony as an up-and-coming Deputy<br />
Prime Minister when I was a Young Conservative”, Churchill skips<br />
ahead eagerly, pen and ink over pencil, heightened with chalk, 300<br />
x 450mm (11 3/4 x 17 3/4 in), slight surface dirt, signed upper<br />
left; Winston Churchill’s grave-stone, surrounded by questioning<br />
figures, pen and ink, signed upper centre, 280 x 370mm (11 x 14 1/2<br />
in), minor surface stains; ‘I took precautions against the Russians in<br />
1945’, pen and ink, heightened with watercolour wash, signed lower<br />
right, 250 x 355mm (9 3/4 x 14 in), surface dirt, finger-soiling and<br />
handling creases, all framed and glazed (3). £150 - £200<br />
27. Churchill (Clementine S.) ty p e d Le t t e r s i g n e d to “my<br />
d e A r mr s dA Ly ”, 1p., 8vo, 28 Hyde Park Gate, October 1949, I<br />
am opening this Christmas Fair. Do come and buy some of your<br />
presents there”, framed and glazed,. £100 - £150<br />
28. Churchill (Randolph S.) Au t o g r A p h Le t t e r s i g n e d to “mA d A m”,<br />
1p., 8vo, 2 Connaught Place, 5th September 1884, regretting that he<br />
did not visit her picture gallery, framed and glazed; and another,<br />
A.L.s from Jenny Churchill, v.s. (2).. £80 - £120<br />
29. Cross (Sid) by t h e b A b b L i n g b r o o k, Sir Winston Churchill sits<br />
on a makeshift bridge across a stream shaking hands with Clement<br />
Atlee, while 2 liberals argue in the fields behind them, pen and ink<br />
over pencil, signed and dated lower right, 340 x 460mm (13 1/4 x 18<br />
in), central horizontal and vertical folds, surface dirt, framed and<br />
glazed, 1950; with a group of original illustrations by Bill Proud,<br />
Nicholas, Paul Wood, Heath, RGJ and Nick Downer, v.s., all framed<br />
and glazed (7). £150 - £200<br />
30. Cummings (Arthur S.M., 1919-1997) cu m m i n g s s e n d s A f e W<br />
c h r i s t m A s g i f t s, showing a pot of paste for Atlee, a filing cabinet for<br />
Monty, and others, pen and ink, with watercolour wash and pencil<br />
inscriptions, 325 x 455mm (12 3/4 x 17 3/4 in), surface dirt, fingersoiling,<br />
and handling creases; ‘Beria pulled gun on Malenkov,<br />
original pen and ink with wash, signed upper right, 290 x 210 (11<br />
1/2 x 8 1/4 in), both framed and glazed, (2). £120 - £180<br />
31. Cummings (Arthur S.M., 1919-1997) sir Wi n s t o n ch u r c h i L L<br />
A d o r n e d W i t h d o v e s A L o n g s i d e An t h o n y ed e n, pen and ink over<br />
pencil, signed upper right, 360 x 310mm (14 1/4 x 12 1/4 in),<br />
handling creases and horizontal fold, minor tear at right edge of<br />
sheet, framed and glazed; Mr. Punch’s Literary Costume Ball,<br />
lithograph, after Bernard Partridge, central vertical fold, framed<br />
and glazed, from Punch’s Almanack, 1912 (2). £200 - £300<br />
32. Cummings (Arthur S.M., 1919-1997) th e m o s t p o W e r f u L<br />
ge n e r A L i s s i m o o n e A rt h, takes the salute from his loyal and devoted<br />
troops, pen and ink on card, with watercolour wash, signed upper<br />
right, 280 x 450mm (11 x 17 3/4 in), minor surface dirt, 1982; with<br />
2 other original illustrations featuring Margaret Thatcher, with<br />
one showing her as a balancing bar for John Major walking along<br />
a tightrope, each sheet c.370 x 530mm (14 1/2 x 20 3/4 in), all<br />
unframed (3). £200 - £300<br />
33. Disraeli (Benjamin, prime minister and novelist, 1804-81)<br />
“Ad m i t t h e b e A r e r to t h e g A L L e ry o f t h e ho u s e [o f co m m o n s]”,<br />
94 x 75mm., with a reproduction portrait of Disraeli, all framed and<br />
glazed, Thursday, 30th May 1844. £150 - £200<br />
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34. Eng Politics.-‘... mr s th At c h e r A n d h e r f o rt y-e i g h t r e v o Lt i n g<br />
to ry b A c k b e n c h e r s!’, lithograph, by Raymond Allen ‘Jak’ Jackson,<br />
430 x 540mm (17 x 21 1/4 in), 1985; with two others, including<br />
a lithograph of Margaret Thatcher in a horse-drawn chariot, and<br />
another showing Thatcher about to be attacked by three dozen RAF<br />
police dogs, both by Jak, with ink inscriptions, each 430 x 540mm<br />
(17 x 21 1/4 in), all uniformly framed and glazed, 1983 and 1984,<br />
respectively,(3). £120 - £180<br />
35. Eng Politics.-“i tA k e it t h i s is s o m e k i n d o f d r e A m, to n y isn’t<br />
it?” original illustration, signed ‘Jak’ lower right, pen and ink with<br />
watercolour wash, 500 x 570mm (19 3/4 x 22 1/4 in); with another<br />
illustraion by the same hand, with the pencil inscription “I think<br />
your only chance of survival is if Neil Kinnock makes another of<br />
his fighting speeches!”, pen and ink with watercolour wash, signed<br />
lower right, 430 x 550mm (17 x 21 3/4 in), both unframed § Heath<br />
(Michael John), Tony Blair in an egg timer, watercolour over pencil,<br />
signed lower right, 225 x 270mm (8 3/4 x 10 1/2 in), signed and<br />
dated, 2003, framed and glazed (3). £120 - £180<br />
36. Fillmore (Millard, thirteenth President of the United States,<br />
1800-1874) si g n e d WA r r A n t f o r A p r e s i d e n t i A L s e A L d i r e c t i n g<br />
‘t h e se c r e tA ry o f st At e to Affix t h e se A L o f t h e un i t e d stAt e s<br />
to t h e e n v e L o p e o f A L e t t e r A d d r e s s e d to he r mA J e s t y vi c to r i A,<br />
folds, 155 x 205mm., with a portrait of Fillmore and 2 portraits of<br />
Victoria, framed and glazed, 1852. £150 - £200<br />
37. George I.- A pr o c L A m At i o n... . Declaring His Majesties pleasure<br />
for continuing officers in Great Britain and Ireland, broadside, Royal<br />
coat of arms at head, folds, some creasing and staining, browned,<br />
framed and glazed, [ESTC lists 4 copies of this edition only], 390 x<br />
302mm., John Baskett, Fifteenth Day of January, 1714. £60 - £80<br />
*** A proclamation for the continuance of officers in their posts<br />
after the death of Queen Anne.<br />
38. George V (King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1865-1936)<br />
Ap p o i n t i n g cy r i L he r b e rt AL f r e d mA r r i o t as ‘a Consul-General<br />
for the Bukowina, Bessarabia, the old Kingdom of Roumania and<br />
the Dobrudja, to reside at Calatz’, D.s. ‘George R.’, manuscript on<br />
paper, lightly soiled, folds, creasing to lower corner, 375 x 475mm.,<br />
framed, 8th August, 1930 § George VI (King of Great Britain<br />
and Northern Ireland, 1895-1952) Appointing Herbert Gybbon-<br />
Monypenny ‘to be our Consul-General to reside at Jerusalem’, D.s.<br />
‘George R.’, manuscript on paper, folds, 405 x 525mm., framed<br />
and glazed, 30th July, 1951; and 4 others, including appointment of<br />
Connsul to South Africa signed by Elizabeth II (6) £300 - £400<br />
39. Gorbachev (Mikhail) si g n e d ph o t o g r A p h of Gorbachev and<br />
Reagan embracing, 190 x 245mm., framed and glazed, c.1986; and<br />
a memorial of the Bermuda Talks signed by Dwight D.Eisenhower<br />
and Harold Macmillan (2) £150 - £200<br />
40. Hayes (Rutherford B. President of the United States, 1877-<br />
1881) do c u m e n t, s i g n e d, A p p r o v i n g o f t h e c o n s u L A r c o n v e n t i o n<br />
b e t W e e n t h e un i t e d stAt e s A n d t h e ki n g o f t h e be L g i A n s, dated<br />
25th June 1880, folding creases, with a facsimile portrait of Hayes,<br />
235 x 195mm., framed and glazed. £120 - £180<br />
Lot 41<br />
LONDON<br />
41. Healey (Dennis) cA rt o o n s k e t c h o f ch u r c h i L L, pen and ink<br />
cartoon, on House of Commons notepaper, 185 x 117mm., framed<br />
and glazed, n.d. £80 - £120<br />
42. Jackson (Raymond Allen, ‘Jak’, 1927-1997) “ho W L o n g<br />
W e r e y o u d e s i g n i n g vA c u u m c L e A n e r s, simpson?”, pen and ink, with<br />
watercolour wash, signed ‘Jak’ lower right, sheet 520 x 595mm<br />
(20 1/2 x 23 1/4 in), surface dirt and spotting, 1984; The Chinese<br />
Harrier, pen and ink, with watercolour wash, 520 x 595mm (20 1/2<br />
x 23 1/4 in), surface dirt and spotting, 1978, both unframed (2).<br />
£120 - £180<br />
Lot 43<br />
43. Laz, cartoonist. [stA L i n A n d ch u r c h i L L W i t h hi t L e r u n d e r h i s<br />
A r m s i g n A L L i n g t h u m b s u p], pencil cartoon, fold, slightly creased at<br />
tail, 210 x 270mm., Ensa, 9th August 1942. £100 - £150<br />
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44. Low (Sir David Alexander Cecil, 1891-1963) WA i t i n g Wh A L e,<br />
Sir Winston Churchill atop a ship reading a book titled Power & Party,<br />
with a large whale alongside the ship, pen and ink, with watercolour<br />
wash, signed lower right, 370 x 410mm (14 1/2 x 16 in); with Suez<br />
Styles, Churchill at a tailors, pen and ink, with watercolour wash<br />
and correction fluid, signed lower left, 360 x 390mm (14 x 15 1/4<br />
in), framed and glazed (2). £150 - £200<br />
45. Marlborough (John Churchill, first Duke of, 1650-1722)<br />
Ap p o i n t i n g ro b e rt mo o r e, ‘to be Lieutenant to the Company in the<br />
Regiment of foot Comanded by Brigdier Thomas Harringtone’ D.s.<br />
‘Marlborough’, manuscript on vellum, lightly soiled, folds, 250 x<br />
370mm., framed and glazed, 4th June, 1706. £150 - £200<br />
46. Raven-Hill (Leonard artist, 1867-1942) ‘ov e r h e A r d At<br />
We s t m i n s t e r’, pen and ink, initialed below image, on headed paper<br />
of the Auxiliary Forces Club, framed and glazed, 225 x 175mm.,<br />
c.1910. £150 - £200<br />
*** Leonard Raven-Hill illustrated various journals including The<br />
Butterfly, The Strand, The Daily Graphic and Punch, where this<br />
cartoon was published.<br />
Lot 47<br />
47. Reagan (Ronald W.) and Margaret Thatcher. s i g n e d<br />
p h o t o g r A p h o f re g A n A n d th At c h e r o u t s i d e t h e Wh i t e h o u s e, 190<br />
x 245mm., framed and glazed, c.1981.; and 5 others, including 2<br />
signed photographs, a lock of John F.Kennedy’s hair and 2 bottles of<br />
House of Commons whiskey signed by Betty Boothroyd and Tony<br />
Blair, one empty, v.s. (4) £200 - £300<br />
Lot 48<br />
48. Roosevelt (Franklin D. as Assistant Secretary of the Navy,<br />
President, 1882-1945) ty p e d Le t t e r s i g n e d to Li e u t. Ay m A r<br />
Jo h n s o n, 1p., discussing naval matters, ‘hope you have a bully<br />
trip.’, on Navy stationary, framed and glazed, 230 x 185mm., Oct.16,<br />
1917. £150 - £200<br />
Lot 49<br />
49. Sherriffs (Robert Stewart) Wi n s t o n ch u r c h i L L, bust-length<br />
caricature portrait, pen and black ink, 200 x 130mm., signed and<br />
indistinctly dated, lower right, captioned ‘Churchill’, lower left,<br />
framed and glazed, [?1940]; with another bust portrait by another<br />
hand, pen and ink heightened with body white, indistinctly signed<br />
lower right, 195 x 180mm (7 3/4 x 7 in), both framed and glazed,<br />
(2). £150 - £200<br />
50. δ Steadman (Ralph, b.1936) Wi n s t o n ch u r c h i L L, with a rifle<br />
penetrating his head, the barrel resembling a cigar, lithograph,<br />
signed in ink, lower left, 500 x 720mm (19 3/4 x 28 1/4 in), surface<br />
dirt, and minor spotting, framed and glazed. £100 - £150<br />
Lot 51<br />
51. Victoria (Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901) Ap p o i n t i n g<br />
fr e e m A n h. mo r s e, ‘as Consul-General for the sid United States’,<br />
manuscript on vellum, lightly soiled, folds, 320 x 415mm., along<br />
with engraved portrait, framed and glazed, 19th July, 1869.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** Freeman H.Morse (1807-1891), United States Representative<br />
from Maine, later Congressman, appointed Consul-General by<br />
Abraham Lincoln in 1869.<br />
52. Webster (Daniel, United States Senator and Secretary of<br />
State, 1782-1852) cu t s i g n At u r e, a little browned, 80 x 25mm., with<br />
portrait, framed and glazed, [?c.1820]. £100 - £150<br />
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Lot 54<br />
Other Properties<br />
53. Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) my eA r Ly Life: A ro v i n g co m m i s s i o n, first<br />
e d i t i o n, frontispiece, plates and maps (1 folding), s i g n e d A n d i n s c r i b e d b y t h e A u t h o r<br />
to front free endpaper dated 1931, occasional spotting, half-title, original cloth,<br />
gilt, spine and covers faded, extremities a little worn, [Woods A37(a)], 8vo, 1930.<br />
£400 - £600<br />
54. δ Nemon (Oscar, 1906-1985) sir Wi n s t o n ch u r c h i L L, bronze bust with brown patina,<br />
125mm. (5 in) high excluding wooden base, signed lower left side, from an edition of 10, c.1975.<br />
£4,000 - £6,000<br />
*** Provenance: presented to the British architect and designer, Philip Guilmant, by Churchill’s<br />
daughter, Lady Mary Soames, in July 1975, to mark the unveiling of Nemon’s full size statue<br />
of Churchill in Mexico City. Guilmant had lived and worked there for many years, and had<br />
served on the commissioning committee.<br />
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❦ CONTINENTAL AND ENGLISH LITERATURE & HISTORy<br />
Lot 55<br />
55. Bible, Latin, s i n g L e L e A f, mA r k c h. 7 v. 30 - c h 9 v. 30, 50 lines,<br />
headings and chapter numbers in blue and red, few marginalia,<br />
little soiled, in a card mount, 175 x 115 mm.. § Single leaf from<br />
another Bible, Psalm 40 v. 13 - 48 v. 11, 53 lines, headings in red,<br />
versal initials in red or blue, touched with yellow, vellum flaw, and<br />
a few small holes, in paper mount, 240 x 173 mm. manuscripts on<br />
vellum, double column, written in black ink in very small gothic<br />
hands, 2-line initials in red or blue, with marginal decoration in the<br />
contrasting colour, France, mid-thirteenth century (2) £250 - £350<br />
Lot 56<br />
The Property of a Gentleman<br />
56. Missals, b i f o L i u m, 32 lines, double column, initials and headings<br />
in red, rubricated, removed from a binding, corners clipped, creased<br />
and browned, 365 x 225 mm., France, fourteenth century § single<br />
leaf from another Missal, 30 lines, double column, 8-line initial<br />
in colours on a gold and red background, with marginal foliage<br />
decoration in colours and gilt, initials in red and blue, rubricated,<br />
creased and little marked, 325 x 215 mm., France, fifteenth century,<br />
manuscripts on vellum, in Latin, written in black ink in gothic<br />
liturgical hands (2) £250 - £350<br />
Lot 57<br />
57. Gratianus. de c r e t u m, 6 ff. in 2 bifolia, only, from an 8 ff.<br />
gathering, lacking middle bifolium, manuscript on vellum, in<br />
latin, 49-53 lines, double column, written in black ink, in a cursive<br />
bookhand, by Johannes de Gerdinghen, marginal notes in several<br />
hands, initials in red, vellum flaws, one substantial, small holes and<br />
marginal tears, somewhat soiled, c. 260 x 200 mm., ? Low Countries,<br />
1370 . £300 - £400<br />
*** Fragment of the Decretum Gratiani, the great 12th century<br />
collection of Canon Law, including the end of the index to the<br />
Decretiones, with a gap, a register of the Liber decretorum, 36<br />
causae, and a few additiones.<br />
Lot 58<br />
58. Bartolomeo de San Concordio. su m m A d e cA s i b u s co n s c i e n t i A e,<br />
single f., manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 48 lines, double column,<br />
written in black ink in a very small gothic book hand, 2 initials<br />
in blue or red, in a card mount, 175 x 120 mm., ? Germany, midfifteenth<br />
century. £100 - £150<br />
*** Fourteenth century encyclopaedia of canon law.<br />
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Lot 59<br />
59. Book of Hours, 2 L e Av e s, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 11<br />
lines, written in black ink in a gothic liturgical hand, 16 initials in<br />
gold, on red, blue and white grounds, line-fillers, little marked, 200<br />
x 145 mm., France, fifteenth century, with single ff from 2 other<br />
Books of Hours, (4) £200 - £300<br />
Lot 60<br />
60. Book of Hours, b i f o L i u m A n d s i n g L e L e A f, manuscript on vellum,<br />
in Latin, 13 lines, written in black ink in a gothic liturgical hand, 10<br />
initials in gold on blue, or blue on red, backgrounds, slight marking,<br />
180 x 125 mm., Flanders or France, fifteenth century, with single ff.<br />
from 4 other Books of Hours (6) £200 - £300<br />
Lot 61<br />
LONDON<br />
61. Book of Hours, s i n g L e L e A f, manuscript on vellum, in Latin,<br />
18 lines, written in black ink in a gothic liturgical hand, 3 2-line<br />
initials in gold on coloured backgrounds, small initials in gold or<br />
blue, upper margin trimmed, some marking, 140 x 125 mm., France,<br />
fifteenth century, and single ff from two other Books of Hours and<br />
one Breviary (4). £150 - £200<br />
Lot 62<br />
62. Book of Hours, s i n g L e L e A f, illuminated manuscript on vellum, in<br />
Latin, 17 lines, written in black ink in a gothic liturgical hand, 6-line<br />
initial in red and white on a gold red and blue background, full-page<br />
border in gold and colours, with foliage flowers and besants, small<br />
initials in gold or blue, rubricated, tear repaired, affecting initial,<br />
little marked, in card mount, 105 x 70 mm., Flanders, c. 1470.<br />
£150 - £200<br />
Lot 63<br />
63. Choirbooks, 2 L e Av e s, from a very large manuscript, 5 lines,<br />
with music on a 5-line red stave, 2 large initials in red, with pen-andink<br />
decoration, creased and little marked, 735 x 530 mm., France,<br />
fifteenth century § 4 ff., from a large manuscript, 7 lines, with music<br />
on a 4-line red stave, 3 large initials in colour on gold backgrounds,<br />
with marginal foliage decoration, browned, edges little frayed, 460<br />
x 340 mm., Spain, sixteenth century, in Latin, on vellum, written in<br />
black ink in gothic liturgical hands (6) £150 - £200<br />
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Lot 64<br />
Lot 65<br />
64. Augustine, Saint. ep i s t o L A e, 328 ff., double column in table, 52<br />
lines and headline, Roman type, sig.P. with initials and paragraphmarks<br />
in red or blue, some worming to inner guter and into text<br />
in certain areas on sigs. y-B (most inne gutter of sig.B), loss a few<br />
letters on some ff., a few other ff. with small areas of worming,<br />
mostly marginal, final f. with outer margin strengthened with thick<br />
paper on blank verso, some browning and staining, 20th century<br />
vellum-backed decorative boards, spine gilt, [BMC III, 755; Goff<br />
A1268; Hain 1969], folio, [Basel], [Johann Amerbach], 1493.<br />
£1,400 - £1,600<br />
65. [Schedel (Hartmann) Li b e r ch r o n i c A r u m] c. 205 loose ff., only,<br />
of 326, most with woodcut illustrations, one or two hand-coloured,<br />
some tears & repairs, some staining, most in plastic sleeves, folio,<br />
[Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493] £3,500 - £4,500<br />
*** A very good collection of leaves from the most famous illustrated<br />
book of the fifteenth century. It includes the complete Index in 19<br />
ff (stained, margins repaired)., double page views of Wurzburg,<br />
Magdeburg, Padua and Basle (originally each on 2 separate ff, now<br />
joined), c. 25 smaller views, including Damascus, Rhodes, Athens,<br />
Troy, Paris, Jericho, Babylon, Verona,. Alexandria, Metz, Macedonia<br />
(hand-coloured), Lithuania, &c., portraits of saints, popes, emperors,<br />
kings, queens, writers,&c, family trees, some extending over 2 pp.,<br />
martyrdoms, church councils, monsters, &c.<br />
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Lot 66<br />
66. Incunabula.- c o L L e c t i o n o f L e Av e s f r o m i n c u n A b u L A, c. 35<br />
ff., including Bible, Venice, Nicolaus Jensen, 1479, 3 ff., initials<br />
supplied in red or blue, printed initials touched with yellow,<br />
Bible, Nuremberg, Koberger, 1497, 4 ff., Pliny the Elder, Historia<br />
Naturalis, in Italian, Venice, B. de Zenis, 1489, Schedel, Hartmann,<br />
Liber Chronicarum, Nurenberg, Koberger, 1493, 9 ff., woodcuts,<br />
including large view of Prussia (stained), portraits, &c. in a folder,<br />
v.s. £200 - £300<br />
Lot 67<br />
67. Incunabula.- co L L e c t i o n o f L e Av e s f r o m i n c u n A b L e s A n d e A r Ly<br />
p r i n t e d b o o k s, c. 45 ff., including Gart der Gesundheit, Mainz, Peter<br />
Schoeffer, 1485, large hand-coloured woodcut, blue and red initials,<br />
Augustine, Opuscula, Venice Dionysius Bertochus, 1491, Angelus<br />
de Clavasio, Summa Angelica, Chivasso, Jacobinus Suigus, 1486,<br />
Alexander Carpentarius, Destructiorium Vitiorium, Nuremberg,<br />
Koberger, 1496, Jacobus de Voragine, Golden Legend, London,<br />
Wynkyn de Worde, 1527, 2 ff., Bible, Strassburg, Gruninger, 1492, 4<br />
ff., red and blue initials, Mesue, Opera, Venice, Peregrino Pascale,<br />
1489, red and blue initials, some marked, tipped-in to a cloth album,<br />
most with tissue guards, most with cuttings from catalogues, a good<br />
and varied collection, v.s. £400 - £600<br />
Lot 68<br />
LONDON<br />
68. Terentius Afer (Publius) co m e d i e, with commentary by Guido<br />
Juvenal & Jodocus Badius Ascensius, lacks all after z7, large<br />
woodcut on title, decorative initials, some worming at start, margins<br />
trimmed, touching some headlines, staining to d6, little marking<br />
elsewhere, early names and pen trials on title, interlinear and<br />
marginal notes, many trimmed, eighteenth-century panelled calf,<br />
gilt, rubbed, upper cover loose, [Adams T303], 4to in 8s, [Rouen],<br />
[L. Hostingue & J Loys for R Mace], [1501]; sold not subject to<br />
return. £300 - £400<br />
*** Provenance. ‘Sum Willimi Lynnette & amicorum’ (calligraphic<br />
note on title), ‘R Fulton’ (note on title).<br />
Lot 69<br />
69. Early Printing.- bo o k o f ho u r s, bifolium and single f, only,<br />
printed on vellum, full-page woodcut of the Nativity, full borders,<br />
initials supplied in gold on red or blue backgrounds, in card mounts,<br />
8vo, [Paris, Hardouin, ? 1510] § Amman (Jost), battle scene in a<br />
forest, woodcut, German text above and below,? cut from a version<br />
of Livy, pasted on a paper mount, 140 x 150 mm., n.d., with 4 other<br />
woodcuts cut from 15/16th century continental books, 3 handcoloured,<br />
v.s. (8) £150 - £200<br />
70. Du Bartas (Guillaume de Saluste) LA se p m A i n e o u cr e At i o n<br />
d u mo n d e, title with woodcut device, woodcut vignettes, single<br />
wormhole to lower margin of all to C8, water-stained, endpapers<br />
remains of medieval ms., contemporary calf, blind-stamped<br />
arabesque centre-pieces to covers, remains of later paper label to<br />
spine, corners and upper and lower edges worn, rubbed, [Not in<br />
Adams], [Geneva], Jacques Chouet, 1588; and 2 others, a copy of<br />
Rinuccini’s Quattro lezzioni, 1561 (Adams R567) in later wrappers<br />
and a 16th century odd vol., 8vo (3) £300 - £400<br />
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Lot 71<br />
71. Elzevier.- Bacon (Sir Francis) sc r i p tA in nAt u r A L i e t<br />
un i v e r s A L i ph i L o s o p h i A, engraved pictorial title, folding table,<br />
lightly browned, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, yapp<br />
edges, lightly soiled, [Willems 1157], Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier,<br />
1653 § Helvetiorum Respublica diversorum autorum, engraved<br />
pictorial title, lightly browned, occasional spotting, contemporary<br />
vellum, red morocco label to spine, lightly soiled, [Willems 278],<br />
Leiden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1627 § Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus)<br />
De Bello Civili, engraved pictorial title and a folding map, some<br />
spotting and light water-staining (mostly marginal), contemporary<br />
calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, spine ends chipped, corners<br />
worn, rubbed, Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1658; and<br />
another, Elzevier (Willems 1082), v.s. (4) £300 - £400<br />
72. Rapin (René) du gr A n d o u d u su b L i m e d A n s L e s mo e u r s e t d A n s<br />
L e s di f f e r e n t e s co n d i t i o n s d e s ho m m e s , [and Le Magnanime ou<br />
l’Eloge du Prince de Conde], 2 vol. in 1, titles with woodcut printer’s<br />
devices, occasional spotting or light browning, contemporary<br />
mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments with floral decorations<br />
and red morocco label, Paris, chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy,<br />
1686-1687 § Marchant (Peter) Tribunal Sacramentale et Visibile<br />
Animarum, double column, title in red and black, lower corner torn<br />
with loss and repaired, some staining and light browning, attractive<br />
blind-stamped calf, metal clasps, spine repaired, Ghent, ex officina<br />
Bartholomaei Pauli, 1642 § Eidous (Marc-Antoine) Mémoires<br />
Littéraires sur différens sujets de Physique, de Mathematique...<br />
de Geographie..., first e d i t i o n, 2 folding engraved plates, some<br />
spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt and with orange<br />
leather label, corners worn, rubbed, Paris, André Cailleau, 1750 §<br />
[Lesage (Alain René)] Le Diable Boiteux, 2 vol., nouvelle edition,<br />
engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, a few small repairs, affecting<br />
a few letters, some staining and spotting, contemporary calf, spines<br />
gilt and with double red leather labels, vol.2 spine worn, all corners<br />
worn, rubbed, Paris, veuve Pierre Ribou, 1726; and 12 others,<br />
Continental, including a 3 vol. set of the Satyre Menippe and a<br />
Beaumarchais pamphlet, v.s. (17) £350 - £450<br />
73. Hebraica.- Lightfoot (John) op e r A om n iA , 2 vol., engraved<br />
additional pictorial title, 2 folding maps and double-page plan,<br />
small engraved map within text, Hebrew characters, small ink<br />
stamp to verso of printed titles, light browning to fold of 1 map,<br />
occasional light spotting, but internally generally crisp and clean,<br />
contenporary blind-stamped vellum over boards, vol.2 lower corner<br />
of upper cover worn, both vol. library label to foot of spine, some<br />
soiling, marked, a good set, folio, Roterdam, typis Regneri Leers,<br />
1686. £200 - £300<br />
*** Lightfoot was an English churchman, rabbinical scholar and<br />
Vice-Chancellor of The University of Cambridge.<br />
Lot 74<br />
74. Binding.- L’office d e L A qu i n z A i n e d e pA s q u e, double column,<br />
engraved frontispiece, title with woodcut arms, contemporary red<br />
morocco with the arms of Louis Philippe, Duc d’Orleans, spine ends<br />
nicked, corners worn, rubbed, g.e., [Olivier 2572:1], 8vo, Paris,<br />
chez d’Houry, 1739. sold as a binding and not subject to return.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
75. Montesquieu (Charles de Secondat) oe u v r e s, 3 vol., engraved<br />
portrait frontispiece and 2 folding maps, some marginal worming to<br />
vol.3 occasional spotting and staining, bookplates of Sir Edward W.<br />
Watkin, contemporary calf, spines gilt, vol.1 upper cover detached,<br />
taking with it frontispiece, all vol. rather worn, chez Nourse, 1767 §<br />
[Barruel (l’Abbé Augustin)] Les Helviennes ou Lettres Provinciales<br />
Philosophiques, 3 vol, half-titles, errata f. at end of vol.2 and 3,<br />
occasional spotting or light browning, contemporary mottled calf,<br />
spines richly gilt and with tan leather labels, rubbed, Amsterdam,<br />
chez Moutard, 1785; and 7 others, French, most 18th century, v.s.<br />
(13) sold not subject to return. £250 - £350<br />
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Lot 76<br />
76. Delandine (Antoine François) L’en f e r d e s pe u p L e s An c i e n s o u<br />
histoire d e s di e u x in f e r n A u x, 2 parts in 1 vol., first e d i t i o n, halftitle,<br />
some browning to sig.M, 19th century half calf, gilt, rubbed,<br />
[Caillet 2895 “ouvrage d’érudition ecrit avec méthode”], 8vo,<br />
Paris, 1784. £200 - £300<br />
*** On the underworld and its gods.<br />
Lot 77<br />
77. Early Printing.- c o L L e c t i o n o f L e Av e s f r o m en g L i s h b o o k s, c. 25<br />
ff. , including John Gerard, Herbal, 1597, 9 ff., woodcuts of plants,<br />
some worming, Rathbone, Surveyor, 1618, figures, Shakespeare,<br />
Third Folio, 1663 & Fourth Folio, 1685, single ff. from Cymbeline<br />
& Much Ado respectively, Willoughby, Birds, 1676, 2 text ff. & 2<br />
plates, Sloane, Jamaica, 1725, 2 text ff. & 2 folding plates, little<br />
marking, v.s. 16th-18th centuries. £200 - £300<br />
LONDON<br />
78. Classics.- Tacitus (Cornelius) th e An n A L e s, engraved fullpage<br />
plan, woodcut decorative initials, colophon within decorative<br />
woodcut border, with initial and final blanks, water-stained, M2<br />
small hole within text with loss of a few letters, contemporary calf,<br />
rebacked in modern polished calf, gilt, corners worn, [by John<br />
Bill], 1622 § La Mothe Le Vayer (François) Notitia Historicorum<br />
Selectorum, or Animadversions upon the Ancient and Famous Greek<br />
and Latin Historians, translated by William D’Avenant, some light<br />
browning and spotting, ink signatures of William de Grey, 1678,<br />
contemporary calf, lower cover detached, spine ends worn, [Wing<br />
L301], Oxford, Leon Lichfield, 1678 § Aesop. Select Fables of Esop<br />
and other Fabulists, engraved frontispiece, 14 plates and vignettes,<br />
some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine ends<br />
chipped and with central split (book block intact), corners worn,<br />
rubbed, scarce, for J. Dodsley, 1765 § Virgilius Maro (Publius)<br />
Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, 2 vol., titles in red and black and with<br />
engraved portrait, 58 engraved plates, some foxing, contemporary<br />
red morocco, gilt, spines slightly darkened, rubbed, [Cohen-de<br />
Ricci 1017], impensis J. et P.Knapton...et Gul. Sandby, 1750; and<br />
10 others, most 18th century English editions of the Classics, but<br />
also including a 1684 8vo edition of Ogilby’s Works of Virgil, v.s.<br />
(14) £350 - £450<br />
Lot 79<br />
79. Bacon (Sir Francis) sy L vA sy LvA r u m o r A nAt u r A L L hi s t o ry in<br />
te n ce n t u r i e s, first e d i t i o n, 2 parts in 1, second issue (with printed<br />
title dated 1627), fine engraved portrait frontispiece and additional<br />
pictorial title, with blanks L3, 2A1, 2D4, 2M1 and g4, additional<br />
pictorial title chipped at upper margin, D1 and 2H3 small section<br />
from lower blank corner torn away, not affecting text, short tear to<br />
S1, just within text, but with no loss, T2 small hole at head, slight<br />
loss to printed border, 2A2 short tear to outer edge, touching sidenote,<br />
but with no loss, water-staining to varying degrees throughout,<br />
mostly marginal, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked,<br />
preserving original red morocco label, marked, [STC 1169; Gibson<br />
171], small folio, by I[ohn] H[aviland and Augustine Mathewes] for<br />
William Lee, 1627. £300 - £400<br />
*** Scarce at auction. The second part is Bacon’s utopian work New<br />
Atlantis. This edition was published by William Rawley, Bacon’s<br />
chaplain and friend.<br />
Provenance: J.Pemberton, 1755 (ink signature to front free<br />
endpaper); Pull Court Library; Richard Lane Freer (bookplates); 2<br />
17th century ink names to front free endpaper and verso of portrait.<br />
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80. Bacon th e t W o b o o k e s o f sr fr A n c i s bA c o n, o f t h e p r o f i c i e n c e<br />
A n d A d vA n c e m e n t o f L e A r n i n g, d i v i n e A n d h u m A n e, third edition, title<br />
with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials and head-pieces,<br />
trimmed at head, occasionally just touching a headline, waterstained,<br />
ink names to title, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in<br />
20th century morocco, [STC 1166; Gibson 83], small 4to, Oxford,<br />
I.L....for Thomas Huggins, 1633. £150 - £200<br />
Lot 81<br />
81. Civil War.- th e ch A r g e vo t e d Ag A i n s t bi s h o p Wr e n o n<br />
mu n d Ay, 5 o f Ju Ly , 1641, title with large woodcut printer’s device,<br />
browned, modern boards, [ESTC ‘Not in Wing’], small 4to, no<br />
printer, 1641. £200 - £300<br />
*** Rare. Not in British Library. ESTC lists only one copy (Nat.<br />
Lib. Scotland). At the time of this charge Wren was Bishop of Ely.<br />
His support of the royalist Archbishop Laud and his toughness on<br />
the puritans led to his imprisonment by the Parliamentarians from<br />
1641-1659. He was uncle to the architect Christopher Wren.<br />
82. Swan (John) th e stA n d A r d o f ti m e. or t h e me A s u r i n gre<br />
e d, 2 parts in 1, first title with woodcut ornament, 2nd title<br />
within typographic border, 2 preliminary ff. bound before title,<br />
K4 cancellans for K1, ?lacking 2 other preliminary ff. (ESTC’s<br />
collation calld for [12], but the record also notes ‘Verify presence of<br />
leaves ≤A3,4, not present in L copy’), some spotting, stained, [Wing<br />
S6240B], for Austin Rice [&c.], 1656-1653 b o u n d W i t h a defective<br />
copy of Swan’s Speculum Muni, later reversed calf, joints splitting,<br />
but holding firm, rubbed, small 4to sold not subject to return.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** Rare. ESTC records only four copies.<br />
83. [Allestree (Richard)] th e ge n t L e m A n s cA L L i n g, first e d i t i o n,<br />
2 engraved pictorial titles, 2 engraved portraits, stain to foot of<br />
pictorial title, trimmed at head, occasionally affecting a head-line,<br />
early 20th century red morocco, gilt, rubbed at extremities, [Wing<br />
A1115], 8vo, for T.Garthwait at the Little North-doore of S.Pauls,<br />
1660. £200 - £300<br />
*** The true first edition of this spiritual courtesy book, with<br />
advertisements to verso of a2,<br />
84. Heraldry.- Carter (Matthew) ho n o r re d i v i u u s o r A n An A Ly s i s<br />
o f ho n o r A n d Ar m o r y , engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and<br />
7 plates, stained, contemporary calf, foot of spine worn, [Wing<br />
C659], for Henry Heringman, 1660 § Dawson (Thomas) Memoirs<br />
of St.George The English Patron; and of the Most Noble Order<br />
of the Garter, first e d i t i o n, engraved frontispiece, title in red and<br />
black and with engraved depiction of Garter medal, 1 engraved<br />
plate, occasional small areas of water-staining to margins, lightly<br />
browned, contemporary panelled calf, lacking spine label, cornes<br />
worn, a few scuffs, for Henry Clements, 1714; and 4 others, Heraldry,<br />
including Bird’s Magazine of Honour, 1642, 8vo & 12mo (4)<br />
£150 - £200<br />
85. 17th Century Religion.- Ross (Alexander) pA n s e b e i A o r, A<br />
v i e W o f A L L r e L i g i o n s in t h e v v o r L d:, fifth edition, engraved portrait<br />
frontispiece and portraits within text at end, B3&4 bound before B1,<br />
N2 tear repaired with tape within text, loss of a few letters, occasional<br />
spotting, a few stains, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked,<br />
corners worn, [Wing R1976], for John Williams, 1675 § Thomas à<br />
Kempis, Saint. The ChristiansPattern, or A Divine Treatise of the<br />
Imitation of Christ, title with woodcut ornament, tear within text to<br />
R6, no loss of text, some staining, lightly browned, contemporary<br />
calf, metals clasps, worn, [Wing T944], by Eliz. Redmayne, 1684;<br />
and 3 others, 2 17th century Religion and a defective copy of<br />
Broughton’s Concent of Scripture, c.1587, v.s. (5) £200 - £300<br />
*** The second mentioned is scarce, with ESTC listing only five copies.<br />
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Lot 86<br />
86. Butler (Samuel).- [D’Urfey (Thomas)] bu t L e r’s gh o s t: o r<br />
hu d i b r A s. th e fo u rt h pA rt. Wi t h re f L e c t i o n s u p o n t h e s e ti m e s,<br />
first e d i t i o n, 4pp. advertisements at end, foxed, contemporary calf,<br />
sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing D2703;<br />
Pforzheimer 342], for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682; and 1694 and 1720<br />
editions of Hudibras, 8vo & 12mo (3) £250 - £350<br />
*** The sympathetic continuation of Samuel Butler’s burlesque<br />
Hudibras.<br />
87. Coke (Sir Edward) Ar g u m e n t u m A n t i-no r m A n n i c u m: o r<br />
An A r g u m e n t p r o v i n g, f r o m A n c i e n t h i s t o r i e s A n d r e c o r d s, t h At<br />
Wi L L i A m, du k e o f norm A n d y, m A d e n o A b s o L u t e c o n q u e s t o f<br />
en g L A n d b y t h e s W o r d , first e d i t i o n, engraved frontispiece, a<br />
few marks, lighty browned, 20th century crushed morocco, [Wing<br />
C5998B], by John Darby, 1682 § Parliamentary Proceedings.-<br />
The debate at large, between the House of Lords and House of<br />
Commons...in the session of the convention, anno 1688. Relating to<br />
the word, abdicated, and the vacancy of the throne, in the Common’s<br />
vote, some water-staining, contemporary calf, spine ends chipped,<br />
rubbed, [Wing E1288A], for J.Wickins, 1695 § Turner (S.H.) The<br />
History of the Anglo-Saxons, 3 vol., first e d i t i o n, folding handcoloured<br />
engraved map, some light browning / foxing, bookplates of<br />
Sir William Somerville, contemporary red straight-grain morocco,<br />
gilt, spines faded, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, for<br />
T.Cadell, 1799-1801; and 4 others, including a 3 vol. set of Seward’s<br />
Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, 1795 in good contemporary<br />
calf, v.s. (9) £250 - £350<br />
Lot 88<br />
LONDON<br />
88. Vesey (Elizabeth).- Maimbourg (Louis) th e hi s t o ry o f<br />
t h e Le A g u e, translated by John Dryden, first e d i t i o n in en g L i s h,<br />
mr s. eL i z A b e t h ve s e y’s c o p y, with her signature to head of title,<br />
engraved frontispiece, occasional staining at foot, 19th century half<br />
calf, upper cover detaching, foot of spine chipped, corners worn,<br />
rubbed, [Wing M292; Pforzheimer 132], 8vo, M.Flesher for Jacob<br />
Tonson, 1684. £150 - £200<br />
*** Elizabeth Vesey (1715-1791), an important and early member<br />
of the ‘Bluestockings’, a society of women which hosted informal<br />
literary and political discussions. Her circle included Edmund<br />
Burke, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Edward Gibbon and Adam<br />
Smith.<br />
Lot 89<br />
89. Prideaux (Humphrey) th e t r u e nAt u r e o f im p o s t u r e f u L Ly<br />
d i s p L Ay e d in t h e Life o f mA h o m e t 2 parts in 1, first e d i t i o n, halftitle,<br />
some water-staining, heavier to last few ff., contemporary calf,<br />
sympathetically rebacked, [Wing P3416], 8vo, for William Rogers,<br />
1697. £150 - £200<br />
Lot 90<br />
90. Raleigh (Sir Walter) An Ab r i d g m e n t o f sir WA Lt e r rA L e i g h’s<br />
hi s t o ry o f t h e Wo r L d, edited by Laurence Echard, engraved<br />
portrait frontispiece, lacking errata at end, Z2 short tear within text,<br />
no loss, Z4 paper flaw / small hole with loss of a few letters, some<br />
browning and spotting, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in<br />
compartments and with red morocco label, [Wing R151], scarce at<br />
auction (we can trace no copy since 1982), 8vo, Printed for Mat.<br />
Gillyflower, 1698 £200 - £300<br />
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Lot 91<br />
91. Josephus (Flavius) th e Wo r k s, engraved additional pictorial<br />
title, double-page map and plan and 2 plates, 2H1&2 stained at<br />
foot, a few smaller stains elsewhere, engraved bookplate of Viscount<br />
Lymington, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, but holding<br />
firm, rubbed, for Richard Sare, 1702 § Bible, English. The Song of<br />
Solomon, Newly Translated from the Original Hebrew, translated<br />
by Bishop Thomas Percy, first e d i t i o n, half-title, title in red and<br />
black and with woodcut ornament, some Hebrew characters,<br />
lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, upper cover<br />
detached, taking with it half-title and title, spine ends chipped,<br />
corners worn, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764; and a Folio Society<br />
edition of the second mentioned, folio et infra (3) £250 - £350<br />
92. Steele (Sir Richard) and Joseph Addison. th e tAt L e r. th e<br />
Lu c u b r At i o n s o f is A A c bickerstAffe, esq., 4 vol. containing numbers<br />
1-271, vol.4 half-title, advertisements to vol. 1 & 3, ink ownership<br />
inscriptions (some erased) to heads of titles, contemporary panelled<br />
calf, [Rothschild 1948], folio, John Morphew, 1710 [1711]; and 6<br />
others, including an attractive 4 vol. set of The Rambler; sold as a<br />
periodical and not subject to return (10) £200 - £300<br />
93. Sprat (Thomas) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e ro yA L so c i e t y o f Lo n d o n,<br />
third edition, title in red and black, engraved frontispiece and<br />
2 folding plates, front endpaper becoming loose, contemporary<br />
speckled calf, corners bumped, 4to, for Samuel Chapman, 1722.<br />
£100 - £150<br />
94. Ramsay (Andrew Michael, Chevalier) th e tr Av e L s o f cy r u s...<br />
to W h i c h is A n n e x’d A di s c o u r s e u p o n t h e th e o L o g y A n d my t h o L o g y<br />
o f t h e Anc i e n t s, 2 vol., second edition, initial advertisement f., 2<br />
engraved frontispieces, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spines in<br />
compartments and with red morocco labels, spine ends chipped,<br />
joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, Printed: And Sold by<br />
T.Woodward, 1727-1728; Les Voyages de Cyrus , avec un Discours<br />
sur la Mythologie, 2 vol. in 1, titles with woodcut ornament, title<br />
soiled and with ink stamp, some water-staining and finger-marking,<br />
occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments<br />
and with leather label, rubbed, a scarce edition, Luxembourg, chez<br />
Andre’ Chevalier, 1728; Histoire de la Vie de Messr. François de<br />
salignac de la Motte-Fenelon, first e d i t i o n, engraved frontispiece,<br />
title in red and black and with engraved vignette, lightly browned,<br />
some light foxing, modern boards, The Hague, chez les Freres<br />
Vaillant, 1723; The History of Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Viscount<br />
of Turenne, Marshal-General of France, 2 vol., first e d i t i o n in<br />
en g L i s h, Jo h n boy L e’s c o p y (5th Earl of Orrery & Cork), with his<br />
ink signatures, bookplates and a lenghty note on the author, narrow<br />
areas of damp-fraying to preliminaries and final few ff., a few minor<br />
marginal worm traces, contemporary calf, spines in compartments,<br />
lacking 1 label, corners worn, by A.Betteswood & C.Hitch, 1735;<br />
and 2 others, by the same, v.s. (8) £350 - £450<br />
*** A good selection of works by Ramsay. He was the friend, executor<br />
and biographer of Fenelon and later tutor to Prince Charles Edward<br />
Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). He spent a large part of his life in<br />
France and was associated with Freemasonry from its introduction to<br />
the country. John Boyle’s copy of the life of Henri de la Tour in this<br />
lot provides an insight into the life of Ramsay with his autograph note<br />
to front free endpaper ‘I knew him well, & I think he had lived so long<br />
in France that he had forgotten his own native language’. Boyle was a<br />
variously a friend of Swift, Pope and Johnson.<br />
Lot 95<br />
95. Limborch (Philippus van) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e in q u i s i t i o n,<br />
translated by Samuel Chandler, 2 vol. in 1, first en g L i s h e d i t i o n,<br />
half-titles, titles in red and black, 9 engraved plates, some folding,<br />
engraved head-pieces, a crisp and clean copy, contemporary<br />
speckled calf, gilt,rebacked, a little rubbed, 4to, J. Gray, 1731.<br />
£150 - £200<br />
Lot 96<br />
96. ge n t L e m A n’s mA g A z i n e (th e): o r, mo n t h Ly in t e L L i g e n c e r,<br />
vol.1, 25 (2 copies), 30, 38, 47, 60 (2 copies), 68 (2 copies), together<br />
10 vol., vol.1 th o m A s Wo L f e’s c o p y, engraved plates, maps and<br />
illustrations, some spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, half<br />
calf, or vellum-backed marbled boards, 1 copy of vol.25 with text<br />
block split in 2, those in vellum, rubbed and scuffed, at St.John’s<br />
Gate [&c.], 1731-1798; and 2 others, 18th century periodicals,<br />
8vo & 4to (12) sold as periodicals and not subject to return.<br />
£500 - £700<br />
*** Includes a folding World Map and a folding map of America.<br />
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Lot 97<br />
97. Declaration of Independence.- ge n t L e m A n’s mA g A z i n e (th e):<br />
o r, mo n t h Ly in t e L L i g e n c e r, vol.46 (for the Year 1776), 8 folding<br />
engraved maps and 3 plates and plans, illustrations, some offsetting,<br />
occasional spotting, contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards,<br />
spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, at<br />
St.John’s Gate, for D.Henry, 1776. sold as a periodical and not<br />
subject to return. £400 - £600<br />
*** Includes the first printing in England of the American<br />
Declaration of Independence and maps of the Western Hemisphere,<br />
Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island &c. and of His Majestie’s<br />
Armies in New York.<br />
Lot 98<br />
98. Steele (Sir Richard) and Joseph Addison. th e sp e c t At o r , 8<br />
vol., engraved frontispieces and titles, light offsetting, handsome<br />
contemporary calf, red morocco labels with floral gilt decoration to<br />
spines, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a little rubbed, for<br />
J.& R.Tonson and S.Draper, n.d.; and 6 others, an incomplete set of<br />
the same, 8vo (14) £200 - £300<br />
Lot 99<br />
LONDON<br />
99. Architecture.- Langley (Batty & Thomas) th e bu i L d e r’s<br />
Je W e L, engraved frontispiece and 99 plates, 4 plates partially<br />
coloured in pencil, frontispiece trimmed at foot, affecting imprint,<br />
lightly browned, 20th century panelled calf, earlier black morocco<br />
label to spine, for R.Ware, 1751 § Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi) Les<br />
Cinq Ordres d’Architecture, engraved throughout, inner margins<br />
of first 2 ff. neatly strengthened, ink stain to lower margin of p.21,<br />
inner gutters stained at head, lightly soiled, some spotting, 20th<br />
century calf, rubbed, [Paris], [chez Daumont], [1760], small 4to (2)<br />
£250 - £350<br />
100. Böhme (Jakob) th e WAy to ch r i s t di s c o v e r e d, initial<br />
publisher’s f., occasional spotting, a few stains, contemporary calf,<br />
rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, Manchester, Joseph Harrop, 1752<br />
§ [Fénelon (François de Salignac de La Mothe)] The Archbishop<br />
of Cambray’s Dissertation on Pure Love, with an account of the<br />
life and writings of the lady, for whose sake the Archbishop was<br />
banish’d from court, second edition, some ink and pencil marginalia,<br />
some staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed,<br />
Luke Hinde, 1738; and 14 others, 18th and 19th Century Religion,<br />
including a 1724 l’Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament,<br />
1724 with numerous engravings, v.s. (16) sold not subject to return.<br />
£300 - £400<br />
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Lot 101<br />
101. Cochin (Charles Nicolas) and Jérôme Charles. ob s e rvAt i o n s<br />
u p o n t h e A n t i q u i t i e s o f t h e t o W n o f he r c u L A n e u m, di s c o v e r e d At<br />
t h e fo o t o f mo u n t ve s u v i u s, first en g L i s h e d i t i o n, 42 engraved<br />
plates, 1 trimmed just within border, browning to edges of title and<br />
last 2 plates, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, head of<br />
spine chipped, corners worn, 8vo, for D.Wilson, and T.Durham,<br />
1753. £250 - £350<br />
*** The date of publication is wrong; the first French edition<br />
appeared in 1754.<br />
Lot 103<br />
Lot 102<br />
102. Military.- re g u L At i o n s f o r t h e pr u s s i A n in fA n t ry, first<br />
e d i t i o n in en g L i s h, 6 folding plans and 7 folding tables, creasing to<br />
some plates or tables, title lightly browned and spotted, occasional<br />
spotting elsewhere, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, a good copy<br />
of scarce work, for Paul Vaillant, 1754 § [Young (Major William)]<br />
Manoeuvres for a Battalion of Infantry, 32 partially hand-coloured<br />
engraved folding battle plans on fewer sheets and 9 additional<br />
single-sheet plans, title working loose, water-staining to foot of a<br />
few plates (varying in amount), disbound, scarce, for J.Millan, 1767;<br />
and 2 others, 17th and 18th century Military, including William<br />
Biggs’ Military History of Europe, 1755, 8vo (4) £300 - £400<br />
103. [Sterne (Rev. Laurence)] th e Life A n d op i n i o n s o f tr i s t r A m<br />
sh A n d y, ge n t L e m A n., first e d i t i o n, (with first state of vol.7),<br />
engraved frontispieces to vol.1 and 3, half-titles to vol. 4 and 6,<br />
vol.5 lacking initial blank and half-title, vol.1 title with 2 marginal<br />
repairs, not affecting text, lightly browned, occasional spotting,<br />
attractive polished calf, gilt, by F.Bedford, richly gilt spines in<br />
compartments with dark green morocco title labels and dark green<br />
and red morocco vol. number labels, vol.1 with the slightest of chips<br />
at head, vol.8 title label slightly chipped, with loss of ‘e’ in Sterne,<br />
g.e., [Rothschild 1970], a handsome set, 8vo, R. and J. Dodsley or<br />
for T.Becket and P.A. Dehondt, 1760-1767. £1,000 - £1,500<br />
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Lot 104<br />
104. Antiquities.- Ducarel (Andrew Coltee) An g L o-no r m A n<br />
An t i q u i t i e s co n s i d e r e d, in A to u r t h r o u g h pA rt o f no r m A n d y,<br />
20 engraved plates, 1 double-page, some light offsetting, later half<br />
calf over cloth, gilt title to upper cover, spine gilt, corners a little<br />
worn, rubbed, a very good copy, folio, for the Author, by T.Spilsbury,<br />
1767. £200 - £300<br />
*** Includes the remaining tapestries in Bayeux Cathedral. Ducarel<br />
was an English antiquary, librarian and archivist of Huguenot<br />
descent.<br />
105. Sherlock (William) A po e t i c A L di s c o u r s e co n c e r n i n g de At h,<br />
engraved vignettes, title trimmed at head with loss to first word,<br />
Dublin, for John Exshaw, 1768 § The Dying Speeches and Behaviour<br />
of the Several State Prisoners, browning, rebacked, later endpapers,<br />
for J.Hooke, 1730 § Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim’s Progress, 2 vol.<br />
in 1, woodcuts, for A.W. and J.Clarke, 1743; The Holy War, new<br />
edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, offsetting, printed for the<br />
proprietors, 1795, contemporary calf; and 2 others, Dublin imprints,<br />
8vo & 12mo (6) £120 - £180<br />
*** All are scarce editions. Only one copy of the second in the UK<br />
(not in BL).<br />
Lot 106<br />
LONDON<br />
106. [Sterne (Rev. Laurence)] A se n t i m e n tA L Jo u r n e y th r o u g h<br />
fr A n c e A n d itA Ly . by mr. yo r i c k, 2 vol., first e d i t i o n, half-titles, list<br />
of subscribers, lacking advertisement f. (as often), lightly browned,<br />
polished calf by F. Bedford, richly gilt spines in compartments and<br />
with red and green morocco labels, heads of spines slightly chipped,<br />
slightly rubbed, g.e., a good set, 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A. de Hondt,<br />
1768. £350 - £450<br />
*** With p.150 l.12 in Vol.1 in second state (‘vous’) and last line of<br />
p.133 in vol.2 in first state (‘who have’).<br />
107. [Defoe (Daniel)] th e Life A n d mo s t su r p r i s i n g Ad v e n t u r e s<br />
o f ro b i n s o n cr u s o e, lacks half-title, E1 and K5 torn at upper<br />
corner with loss of text, occasional spotting, a few small stains,<br />
contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco<br />
label, spine ends chipped, corners worn, Paris, J.G.A. Stoupe,<br />
1783 § Pope (Alexander) Of the Use of Riches, second edition,<br />
1p. advertisements at end, lightly browned, modern half calf, spine<br />
gilt and with red morocco label, by J.Wright for Lawton Gilliver,<br />
1733 § Dodington (George Bubb) The Diary of the late George<br />
Bubb Dodington, first e d i t i o n, half-title, 1p. advertisements at<br />
end, contemporary red morocco, spine gilt, spine creased, rubbed,<br />
Salisbury, E.Easton, 1784 § [Dodsley (Robert)] The Oeconomy of<br />
Human Life, first e d i t i o n, engraved frontispiece, water-stained,<br />
contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, for M.Cooper, 1751;<br />
and c.15 others, 18th century Literature and History, v.s. (c.19)<br />
£350 - £450<br />
*** The first mentioned is rare with ESTC recording only three copies.<br />
Lot 108<br />
108. Dodd (William) th o u g h t s in pr i s o n, first du b L i n e d i t i o n,<br />
occasional spotting and finger-marking, bookplate of Arthur Melville<br />
Clark, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with black morocco,<br />
label, upper cover with area of worming, Dublin, for Messrs.<br />
S.Price [&c.], 1778; and 2 others, by or edited by Dodd, v.s. (3)<br />
£200 - £300<br />
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Lot 109<br />
109. Military Finance.- A co L L e c t i o n o f re g u L At i o n s or d e r s<br />
A n d in s t r u c t i o n s fo r m e d A n d issued f o r t h e use o f t h e Ar m y in<br />
c o n s e q u e n c e o f t h e pAy -office Ac t, K5&6 a few finger-marks,<br />
attractive contemporary polished calf, gilt, spine in compartments<br />
with gilt floral motifs and a red calf label, small nick to one<br />
compartment, edges stained green, a very good copy of a scarce<br />
work, 8vo, J.Walter, [1788]. £200 - £300<br />
Lot 110<br />
110. en c y c L o pA e d i A britA n n i c A, 20 vol., fourth edition, c. 500<br />
engraved plates, maps and charts, a few with volvelles, some<br />
marginal worming, occasional spotting and browning, a few stains,<br />
contemporary calf, worn, 4to, Edinburgh, 1810. Sold not subject<br />
to return. £250 - £350<br />
Lot 111<br />
111. Napoleon.- th e co r s i c A n’s do W n fA L L. th e rise, nA m e , r e i g n,<br />
A n d f i n A L do W n fA L L o f nA p o L e A n [sic.], ... by A ro yA L Ar c h mA s o n,<br />
first e d i t i o n, stain to inner margin of title, a few spots, attractive<br />
crushed red morocco by Hatchards, bearing gilt Imperial Eagles,<br />
bee motif and wreathed initials ‘N’, g.e., 8vo, Mansfield, [1814].<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** A scarce provincially printed work in a handsome binding.<br />
Lot 112<br />
112. [De Quincey (Thomas)] co n f e s s i o n s o f A n en g L i s h op i u me<br />
At e r, first e d i t i o n, half-title, lacking advertisement f. at end, halftitle<br />
lightly browned, occasional spotting, new endpapers (loose),<br />
contemporary polished calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt<br />
backstrip with black leather label, 12mo, 1822. £250 - £350<br />
113. Barrie (J.M.) A Wi n d o W in th r u m s, A.L.s. f r o m t h e A u t h o r<br />
to Lo r d es h e r tipped-in, a little rubbed at extremities, still near-fine<br />
overall, preserved in drop-back box, 1889; Tommy and Grizel, spine<br />
slightly browned, spine ends and corners bumped, speckling to foreedge,<br />
1900, first e d i t i o n s, original cloth; and 3 others by the same,<br />
8vo (5) £150 - £200<br />
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su p e r n At u r A L A n d es o t e r i c A<br />
Lot 114<br />
114. Albertus Magnus. de s e c r e t i s m u L i e r u m. it e m d e v i rt u t i b u s<br />
h e r b A r u m L A p i d A m e t A n i m A L i u m [A n d o t h e r W o r k s], engraved<br />
pictorial title, bookplate to verso of title, contemporary ink<br />
inscription to front free-endpaper, lightly browned, occasional<br />
staining, some spotting, contemporary vellum, [cf. Simon, BG, 77],<br />
12mo, Amsterdam, Janssonius , 1643. £250 - £350<br />
*** A scarce edition of this work on women’s health and beauty.<br />
Includes diet.<br />
Lot 115<br />
115. Alliette. ph i L o s o p h i e d e s h A u t e s sc i e n c e s, o u L A cL e f d o n n é e<br />
A u x en fA n t s d e L’Art d e L A sc i e n c e & d e L A sA g e s s e, first e d i t i o n,<br />
engraved frontispiece and diagram, frontispiece and title foxed,<br />
lightly browned, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary calfbacked<br />
marbled boards, spine gilt and with red morocco label,<br />
corners worn, rubbed, [Caillet 213], 8vo, Amsterdam, Chez l’Auteur<br />
[&c.], 1785. £200 - £300<br />
*** ‘Ouvrage fort rare’ (Caillet). Primarily on divination and cabal.<br />
Lot 116<br />
LONDON<br />
116. Brown (J.H.) sp e c t r o p i A: or, su r p r i s i n g sp e c t r A L iL L u s i o n s<br />
sh o W i n g gh o s t s ev e ry W h e r e A n d o f A n y co L o u r, First Series,<br />
fourth edition, 16 plates, all but three hand-coloured, original clothbacked<br />
pictorial boards, spine ends frayed, corners worn, rubbed,<br />
lightly rubbed, 4to, 1865. £150 - £200<br />
117. Censorinus. de die nAt A L i..., initial imprimatur f., folding<br />
astrological / astronomical plate, diagrams, lightly browned,<br />
some spotting, a few stains, 20th century half calf, [cf. Caillet<br />
2136; Wing C1664], scarce, Cambridge, John Hayes, 1695 §<br />
Nieuwentyt (Bernard) The Religious Philosopher: or, the Right Use<br />
of Contemplating the Works of the Creator, 3 vol., translated by<br />
John Chamberlayne, vol.1 fourth edition, others third edition, 30<br />
engraved plates, vol.1 a few minor worm traces, lightly browned,<br />
contemporary calf, gilt, spines in compartments and with red<br />
morocco labels, vol.3 lacking label, scuffed, for J.Senex [&c.], 1730<br />
§ [Dunton (John)] The Phenix: or a revival of Scarce and valuable<br />
Pieces from the Remotest Antiquity down to the Present Times, 2<br />
vol., first e d i t i o n, some browning and foxing, contemporary calf,<br />
gilt, vol.1 upper cover almost detached, corners worn, rubbed,<br />
for J.Morphew, 1707-1708; and others, 3 others, 18th century<br />
Supernatural and Mythology, 1 odd vol., v.s. (9) £250 - £350<br />
Lot 118<br />
118. Comet.- [Tonge (Ezerel)] th e no rt h e r n stA r: th e british<br />
mo n A r c h y:...b e i n g A co L L e c t i o n o f...An c e i n t A n d mo d e r n<br />
pr o p h e c i e s, first e d i t i o n, marginal water-staining, occasional<br />
spotting, modern dark green morocco, gilt, [Wing T1879], folio, by<br />
J.D. 1680. £180 - £220<br />
*** Scarce in commerce. Tonge claimed to see in the comet of 1680<br />
the fruition of prophecies by Tycho Brahe, Grebner and others and<br />
was convinced that England would experience a vast Jesuit plot.<br />
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119. Dulaure (J.A.) histoire Ab r é g é e d e di f f é r e n s cu Lt e s, 2<br />
vol., second edition, half-titles, a few marginal repairs, foxed,<br />
contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, corners worn, rubbed,<br />
Paris, 1820 § Bethelot (Marcelin) Les Origines de l’Alchimie, first<br />
e d i t i o n, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, upper corner of halftitle,<br />
cut away, partially removing an inscription, original moroccobacked<br />
marbled boards, corners worn, rubbed, Paris, 1885; and 2<br />
others, by Louis Figuier, v.s. (5) £150 - £200<br />
120. [Encausse (Gerard)], “Papus”. LA cA b b A L e tr A d i t i o n se c r è t e<br />
d e L’oc c i d e n t, number 42 of 100 copies, folding frontispiece after<br />
Kircher, contemporary half cloth, Anvers, [1900]; La Maison Hanté<br />
de Valence-en-Brie. Etude...du Phénomène, Paris, 1896 b o u n d W i t h<br />
Le Cas de la Voyante de la Rue de Paradis d’après la Tradition &<br />
La Magie, 5 ff. with tape repairs within text, but not obscurring text,<br />
Paris, 1896 A n d Les Rayon Invisibles et les Dernières Expériences<br />
d’Eusapia devant l’Occultisme, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations,<br />
Tours, 1896, together 3 works in 1 vol., all lightly browned,<br />
contemporary boards, spine faded; Le Tarot Divinatoire, second<br />
edition, Victor E.Neuburg’s copy, half-title, plates, iluustrations,<br />
advertisements, original printed wrappers bound in, contemporary<br />
cloth-backed marbled boards, corners worn, rubbed, Paris, [1911];<br />
and 4 others, by the same, v.s. (7) £150 - £200<br />
*** Encausse spent a great deal of time at the Bibliothèque Nationale<br />
studing the Kabbalah, Occult and Tarot, amongst other disciplines.<br />
in 1888 he founded the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix.<br />
Lot 121<br />
121. Estienne (Henri) L’Art d e fA i r e L e s de v i s e s, o u iL e s t t r A i c t e<br />
d e s hi e r o g Ly p h i q u e s, sy m b o L e s, em b L e m e s..., first e d i t i o n, lacks<br />
a7&8 (final ff. of preface), a6 of preface sheet neatly pasted over text<br />
recto, lightly browned, some spotting or foxing, late 18th century<br />
mottled calf, spine gilt and with a black leather label, [Caillet<br />
3695], Paris, Jean Pasle, 1645; and a second edition of Dutens’ on<br />
the Ancients, 8vo (3) £200 - £300<br />
*** The first mentioned is scarce in any condition<br />
122. Fontenelle (Bernard de) histoire d e s or A c L e s, third edition,<br />
title with woodcut ornament, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in<br />
compartments, spine ends chipped, [Caillet 4079 & 4080], a very<br />
good copy, Paris, chez Michel Brunet, 1698; and 2 others, by or<br />
relating to Fontenelle, both defective, including a copy of Balthus’<br />
Reponse a l’Histoire des Oracles de Mr. de Fontenelle (Caillet 677)<br />
8vo & 12mo (3) £200 - £300<br />
123. Grave (Charles-Joseph de) ré p u b L i q u e d e s ch A m p s éLy s é e s,<br />
o u mo n d e An c i e n, 3 vol., first e d i t i o n, errata f. at end of vol.1, ink<br />
stamp to titles, first title foxed, vol.2 p.241 a few small repairs, loss<br />
of part of a few letters, but with no loss of sense, lightly browned<br />
thoroughout, occasional spotting, contemporary calf-backed<br />
boards, rebacked at the time in calf gilt with black and red morocco<br />
labels, corners worn, rubbed, [Caillet 4756], 8vo, Gand, 1806.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** ‘Une vaste érudition’ (Brunet, Bibliographie des fous littéraires).<br />
‘Ouvrage tiré a petit nombre et devenu fort rare’ (Caillet). On<br />
mysteries, myth and fable, including discussion of Atlantis, the<br />
Arismapi and Hyperboreans.<br />
124. [Guillemain de Saint-Victor (Louis) or i g i n e d e L A mA ç o n n e r i e<br />
Ad o n h i r A m i t e, o u no u v e L L e s ob s e rvAt i o n s... s u r L A ph i L o s o p h i e, L e s<br />
hi é r o g Ly p h e s...L e s vi c e s d e s mA g e s, second edition, half-title, some<br />
light browning and spotting, a few stains, contemporary speckled<br />
wrappers, [Caillet 4846], Heliopolis [Paris], no printer, 1787;<br />
Histoire Critique des Mystères de l’Antiquité, half-title, engraved<br />
frontispiece, some staining, contemporary wrappers, chipped, a<br />
couple of minor tears, [Caillet 4845], Hispahan [?Paris], no printer,<br />
1788, two scarce works, 12mo (2) £200 - £300<br />
Lot 125<br />
125. Jacobinism.- [Calinau (L. de Metz)] di c t i o n n A i r e d e s<br />
JA c o b i n s vi vA n s, first e d i t i o n, half-title with skull and cross-bones<br />
vignette verso, outer margin of half-title repaired with tape, waterstaining<br />
to upper corners, spotted, later wrappers, spine repaired<br />
with tape, Hamburg, 1799 § Barruel (l’Abbé Augustin) Memoirs,<br />
Illustrating the History of Jacobinism, 4 vol., second edition, folding<br />
table, occasional spotting, later half calf, spines gilt and with<br />
green morocco label, vol.2 spine slightly creased, rubbed, for ther<br />
translator by T.Burton, 1799; and 3 others, 2 by Barruel and a 3rd<br />
edition of Robison’s Proofs of Conspiracy, 8vo (8) £300 - £400<br />
*** On secret societies, including Freemasons, Templars and Rosicrucians.<br />
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126. Jesuits.- Pascal (Blaise) 2 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece, 4pp.<br />
advertisements at end, inner margin of frontispiece strengthenedsome<br />
water-staining, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked,<br />
for Richard Royston, 1679 § [Zahorowski (Hieronim)] Secreta<br />
monita Societatis Jesu.The Secret instructions of the Jesuits, first<br />
e d i t i o n in en g L i s h, 12pp. advertisements at end, contemporary<br />
calf, gilt, spine ends slightly chipped, corners a little worn, rubbed,<br />
for John Walthoe, 1723; and another, 17th century Jesuits, v.s. (3)<br />
£300 - £400<br />
*** The second mentioned purports to be a document to undermine<br />
German society and the Enlightenment.<br />
127. Knight (Richard Payne), “Priapus”. A di s c o u r s e o n t h e<br />
Wo r s h i p o f pr i A p u s, [limited edition], Duff Cooper’s copy, with<br />
his bookplate by Rex Whistler, plates, some light foxing, original<br />
morocco-backed boards, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 4to,<br />
Privately Printed [at the Chiswick Press], scarce, 4to, 1865.<br />
£150 - £200<br />
*** A scarce edition. Priapus was a minor fertility god, protector of<br />
livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia. Priapus is marked<br />
out by his absurdly oversized, permanent erection, which gave rise<br />
to the medical term priapism. Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount<br />
Norwich, politician diplomat and author.<br />
128. Magic.- [Lévi (Eliphas)], “Hortensius Flamel”. Le Li v r e<br />
ro u g e. ré s u m é d u mA g i s m e, d e s sc i e n c e s oc c u Lt e..., first e d i t i o n,<br />
woodcut illustrations, foxed, contemporary red morocco-backed<br />
cloth, spine gilt, rubbed, [Caillet 3971 ‘un ouvrage du plus grand<br />
intérêt’], Paris, 1841; Histoire de la Magie, half-title, frontispiece,<br />
plates, inner gutter of first 2 ff. strengthened, lightly browned,<br />
contemporary vellum, lightly soiled, Paris, 1892; and another by the<br />
same on Kabal and Occult, v.s. (3) £200 - £300<br />
*** The first mentioned is scarce and the author’s first work on the<br />
subject.<br />
LONDON<br />
129. -. Roback (Dr. C.W.) The Mysteries of Astrology and the<br />
Wonders of Magic, first e d i t i o n, frontispiece, plates, illlustrations,<br />
original pictorial cloth, gilt, soiled, g.e., internally a good clean<br />
copy, London & Boston, 1854 § Lenormant (François) Chaldean<br />
Magic: its Origin and Devopment, half-title, advertisements at<br />
end, title with blind-stamp to recto and ink stamp to verso, original<br />
pictorial cloth, sympathetically rebacked in modern green cloth,<br />
[c.1877]; and 2 others, Magic, 8vo (4) £120 - £180<br />
130. Mysteries.- Ouvaroff (Aleksei Sergieevich, Count) essAy<br />
o n t h e my s t e r i e s o f eL e u s i s, second edition in English, engraved<br />
additional title with vignette, folding plate and tail-pieces, plate<br />
browned, occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary half<br />
red morocco, spine gilt, loss to head of spine, upper joint splitting,<br />
rubbed, scarce, 1817 § Hone (William) Ancient Mysteries<br />
Described, especially the English Miracle Plays...the Festivals of<br />
Fools and Asses...The Lord Mayor’s Show...Christmas Carols, &c.,<br />
first e d i t i o n, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, 1 folding,<br />
occasional spotting, original printed cloth, sympathetically rebacked,<br />
1823 § Melville (Henry) Veritas. Revelation of Mysteries, Biblical,<br />
Historical, and Social, by Means of the Median and Persian Laws,<br />
2 vol., including supplement in pocket at end (scarce), frontispiece,<br />
plates, illustrations, title creased, some spotting, original cloth,<br />
gilt, paper label to spine, faded, corners worn, 1874; and 3 others,<br />
Mysteries, v.s. (6) £200 - £300<br />
131. Naudé (Gabriel) Ap o L o g i e p o u r t o u s L e s gr A n d s pe r s o n n A g e s<br />
q u i o n t fA u s s e m e n t s o u p ç o n n e z d e mA g i e, second edition, lightly<br />
browned throughout (heavier to a few ff.), spotted, 18th century calfbacked<br />
speckled boards, foot of spine repaired and chipped, lower<br />
joint wormed, corners worn, rubbed, [cf. Caillet 7922 & 7923],<br />
The Hague, chez Adrian Vlac, 1653; and a defective copy of the<br />
1669 edition in contemporary calf (Caillet 7922), 8vo & 12mo (2)<br />
£300 - £400<br />
*** Scarce. Naudé was librarian to Cardinal Richelieu. Here he<br />
defends a number of men accused of the dark arts, including Merlin,<br />
Nostradamus, Bacon and Paracelsus.<br />
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Lot 132<br />
132. Oracles.- si b y L L i n A or A c u L A, first e d i t i o n, engraved<br />
additional pictorial title, some text in Greek or Hebrew, ink library<br />
stamp to title, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, upper joint<br />
split, Amsterdam, apudHenricum & Viduam Theodori Boom,<br />
1689; and an ex-library edition of Witsius’ Aegyptiaca, 1683, in<br />
contemporary vellum, but with several ink stamps, small 4to (2)<br />
£250 - £350<br />
Lot 133<br />
133. Patuzzi (Joanne Vincentio) de se d e in f e r n i in te r r i s<br />
qu æ r e n d A di s s e rtAt i o, first e d i t i o n, double column, title in red and<br />
black and with a woodcut ornament, ink stamp to recto and verso<br />
of title, some water-staining to head (mostly at start), occasional<br />
light spotting, modern boards, [Not in Caillet], 4to, Venice, ex<br />
Typographia Remondiniana, 1763. £200 - £300<br />
*** A scarce work on the supposed location of hell, debating whether<br />
it is to be found on the sun or underground on earth.<br />
134. Pernety (Antone Joseph) Le re p o s d e cy r u s o u L’histoire d e<br />
sA vie d e p u i s LA seizième J u s q u’A LA q u A r A n t i e m e A n n é e, engraved<br />
frontispiece and 3 plates, light offsetting, occasional spotting,<br />
contempoary mottled calf, richly gilt spine with red morocco label,<br />
upper joint starting at ends, but holding firm, rubbed, [Caillet 8552],<br />
Paris, chez Briasson, 1762 § [Saint-Martin (Louis-Claude de)]<br />
Des Erreurs et de la Vérité, ou les Hommes Rappellés au Principe<br />
Universel de la Science, 2 parts in 1 vol., half-title, occasional<br />
spotting, later marbled boards, rubbed and scuffed, [Caillet 9764<br />
& 9769], Edimbourg [Lyon], 1782 § [Luchet (J.- P.-L. de la Roche<br />
du Maine, Marquis de)] Essai sur la Secte des Illuminés, lightly<br />
browned, contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with<br />
red morocco label, lacking another smaller label, ?Paris, no printer,<br />
1789; and 12 others, including a 9 vol. set of the fourth edition of<br />
Gendre’s work on Esoteric matters, 1758; Charles Nodier on Army<br />
societies and Fénelon on fables, 1783, 8vo (15) £350 - £450<br />
*** A good selection of scarce works on various secret societies and<br />
alternative philosophies.<br />
Lot 135<br />
135. Rocoles (Jean Baptiste de) Le s im p o s t e u r s in s i g n e s o u<br />
histoire d e p L u s i e u r s h o m m e s d e n é A n t, d e t o u t e s n At i o n s, q u i o n t<br />
u s u r p é L A qu A L i t é d’em p e r e u r s, ro y s & pr i n c e s, first e d i t i o n,<br />
engraved additional pictorial title and 16 portraits, errata f. at<br />
end, printed title with late Elzevier sphere device, lightly browned,<br />
contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked in modern calf, gilt,<br />
corners a little worn, [Caillet 9553], 12mo, Amsterdam, Abraham<br />
Wolfgang, 1683. £200 - £300<br />
*** A scarce little work on fraudsters who have pretended to be<br />
royals.<br />
136. Rosicrucianism.- Holland (John) cr u c i A n A., 2 frontispieces,<br />
plates and illustrations, some water-staining, modern clothbacked<br />
boards, Liverpool, 1835 § [Hartman (Franz)] An Adventure<br />
Among the Rosicrucians. By a Student of Occultism, first e d i t i o n,<br />
advertisements at end, original cloth, gilt, spine worn at head, lower<br />
cover stained, Boston, 1887 § Waite (A.E.) The Brotherhood of the<br />
Rosy Cross, first e d i t i o n, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, original<br />
pictorial cloth, gitl, spine ends and corners frayed, a few short splits<br />
to joints, 1924; and 8 others, Rosicrucianism, v.s. (11) £120 - £180<br />
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Lot 137<br />
137. -. [Montfaucon de Villars (Nicolas) th e co u n t d e gA b A L i s:<br />
be i n g A di v e rt i n g hi s t o ry o f t h e ro s i c r u c i A n do c t r i n e o f spirits,<br />
second English edition, lacking half-title and final advertisment<br />
leaf, disbound, B.Lintott and E.Curll, 1714; Comte de Gabalis,<br />
ou Entretiens sur les Sciences Secretes [and La Suite de Comte<br />
Gabalis], 2 vol. in 1, titles in red and black and with woodcut<br />
ornaments, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt spine in<br />
compartments and with red morocco labels (chipped with loss of<br />
a couple of letters), upper joint starting, but holding firm, rubbed,<br />
[Caillet 7703 & 7709], Amsterdam, Pierre de Coup, 1715; and an<br />
attractive 2 vol. set of the Histoire du Chevalier du Soleil, de son<br />
Frere Rosiclair, 1780 8vo (4) £300 - £400<br />
*** All works are scarce. La Suite de la Comte Gabalis is the first<br />
edition.<br />
Lot 138<br />
138. Sivry (M.Poinsinet de) no u v e L L e s re c h e r c h e s s u r L A<br />
sc i e n c e d e s mé d A i L L e s, in s c r i p t i o n s, e t hi é r o g Ly p h e s An t i q u e s,<br />
first e d i t i o n, half-title, 6 engraved plates, plates of writing (within<br />
collation), some folding, spotted, contemporary half calf, upper<br />
joint splitting, but holding fast, spine ends chipped, corners worn,<br />
rubbed and scuffed, scarce, 4to, Mastricht, Dufour & Roux, 1778.<br />
£150 - £200<br />
139. Smith (George) th e ch A L d e A n Ac c o u n t o f ge n e s i s, half-title,<br />
mounted photographic frontispiece, plates, illustrations, library<br />
stamps, spotted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, joints frayed, rubbed,<br />
1876 § Jacolliot (Louis) Occult Science in India and Among the<br />
Ancients, first e d i t i o n in en g L i s h, small number stamp to foot or<br />
preface, original pictorial cloth, gilt, shelf number label to spine, a<br />
good copy, [cf. Caillet 5453], by subscription only, a good copy, New<br />
York, 1884 § Lilly (William Samuel) On Shibboleths, first e d i t i o n,<br />
half-title, advertisements at end, occasional spotting, bookplates<br />
of Walter Gow, original olive cloth, spine gilt, spine ends a little<br />
nicked, slightly rubbed, a very good copy, 1892; and 18 others, on<br />
similar subjects, v.s. (21) £200 - £300<br />
Lot 140<br />
LONDON<br />
140. [Suze (Charles de)] su i t e d e s er r e u r s d e L A ve r i t é, o u<br />
dé v e L o p p e m e n t d u Li v r e d e s ho m m e s r A p p e L é s A u pr i n c i p e<br />
un i v e r s e L d e L A sc i e n c e, first e d i t i o n, woodcut device to title and<br />
vignette to head of A1, occasional spotting, contemporary half<br />
calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with a yellow calf label,<br />
corners a little worn, rubbed, [Caillet 9770], 8vo, Salomonopolis<br />
[Frankfurt], Chez Androphile, 1784. £200 - £300<br />
*** Published as a refutation to Claude de Saint-Martin’s Clef des<br />
Erreurs de la Verité, a popular philosophical work derived from<br />
Kabbalistic sources.<br />
Lot 141<br />
141. [Swedenborg (Emanuel)] de co e L o e t e J i u s mi r A b i L i b u s,<br />
e t d e in f e r n o e x Au d i t i s & visis, first e d i t i o n, title with woodcut<br />
ornament, errata f. at end, short tear to lower margin of G4,<br />
marginal staining, lightly browned, 20th century cloth, [cf.Caillet<br />
10459; Hyde 1002], [John Lewis], 1758; and the second edition in<br />
English, 4to & 8vo (2) £300 - £400<br />
*** Scarce. We can trace only three other copies at auction, including<br />
the Honeyman copy.<br />
142. Swedenborg (Emanuel) co n c e r n i n g t h e eA rt h s in o u r so L A r<br />
sy s t e m, W h i c h A r e c A L L e d pL A n e t s; A n d c o n c e r n i n g t h e eA rt h s in<br />
t h e stA r ry he Av e n; t o g e t h e r W i t h A n A c c o u n t o f t h e i r i n h A b i tA n t s,<br />
first e d i t i o n in en g L i s h, half-title, some foxing and staining, modern<br />
boards, R.Hindmarsh, 1787 § Clowes (John) Letters to a Member<br />
of Parliament on the Character and Writings of Baron Swedenborg,<br />
first e d i t i o n, water-stained, later half calf, rubbed and nicked,<br />
manchester and London, 1799; and 3 others, Swedenborg, v.s. (5)<br />
£200 - £300<br />
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Lot 143<br />
143. Templars & Crusades.- Dupuis (Pierre) tr A i t e z c o n c e r n A n t<br />
L’histoire d e fr A n c e: sç Av o i r L A co n d A m n At i o n d e s te m p L i e r s,<br />
engraved portrait, occasional spotting, a few stains, contemporary<br />
calf, gilt spine in compartments, head of spine chipped, [Caillet<br />
3424 & cf.3427], Paris, chez Edme Martin, 1685 § Order of<br />
Archangel Michael.- Schiller (Thomas Carl von) Chur-Cölnischer<br />
Hof-Calendar auf das Jahr..1757..., engraved frontispiece, woodcut<br />
tail-pieces, attractive dutch floral paper wrappers, chipped, Bonn,<br />
Ferdinand Rommerskirchen, 1757; and 2 others, 19th century<br />
Continental works on the Templars, v.s. (4) £300 - £400<br />
Lot 144<br />
144. -. Hermant (Jean) histoire d e s r e L i g i o n s o u or d r e s miLitAires<br />
d e L’eg L i s e, e t d e s or d r e s d e ch e vA L e r i e, first e d i t i o n, half-title,<br />
preliminaries printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, some<br />
staining, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, worn, but<br />
holding firm, [cf. Caillet 5086 & 5087], 8vo, Rouen, Jean-Baptiste<br />
Besonge, 1698. £300 - £400<br />
*** The rare provincially printed first edition of this important work<br />
on the Templars and other religious crusaders.<br />
145. -. [Keightley (Thomas)] se c r e t so c i e t i e s o f t h e mi d d L e<br />
Ag e s, illustrations, spine faded, spine ends a little frayed, [c.1845]<br />
§ Marras (Americo Palfrey) The Secret Fraternities of the Middle<br />
Ages, original wrappers, rebacked, 1865 § The Knights Hospitallers<br />
in Scotland and their Priory at Torphichen, pen and ink sketch of<br />
the priory tipped-in at front, 1903; Runciman (Steven) The First<br />
Crusade, dust-jacket, spine faded, 1980 § Lord (Evelyn) The<br />
Templar’s Curse, dust-jacket, 2008, first e d i t i o n s, all but the third<br />
in original cloth or boards; and a small quantity of others, Templars,<br />
Holy Grail and Arthurian Legend, v.s. (sm.qty.) £200 - £300<br />
Lot 146<br />
146. -. Maimbourg (Louis) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e cr u s A d e; o r, t h e<br />
ex p e d i t i o n s o f t h e ch r i s t i A n pr i n c e s f o r t h e co n q u e s t o f t h e first<br />
e d i t i o n in en g L i s h, marginal water-staining to varying degrees,<br />
contemporary calf, joints split, but holding firm, spine and corners<br />
rather worn, [Wing M290], R.H. for Thomas Dring, 1685 § Porter<br />
(Major Whitworth) A History of the Knights of Malta or the Order<br />
of the Hospital of St.John of Jerusalem, 2 vol., first e d i t i o n, halftitles,<br />
engraved frontispieces, contemporary blue polished, gilt,<br />
spines darkened, vol.2 upper cover detached, rubbed, 1858; and 3<br />
others, similar, including Morris and Marvin on the Coins of the<br />
Order of Malta, 1884 (6) £250 - £350<br />
147. Waite (A.E.) Az o t h; o r, th e stA r in t h e eA s t, cloth lightly<br />
browned, light surface soiling, 1893; The Secret Tradition in<br />
Freemasonry, 2 vol., endpapers browned, light surface soiling,<br />
1911; The Occult Sciences, ink stamp ‘Personal Sidha’ to title,<br />
spine ends and corners bumped, 1891; Devil-Worship in France,<br />
spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners bumped, 1896, first<br />
e d i t i o n s, original cloth; and 17 others by or about the same, 8vo (22)<br />
£300 - £400<br />
*** A good selection of works by Waite.<br />
A.E.Waite (1857-1942), scholarly mystic, Mason and specialist in<br />
esoterica. Perhaps best known for his co-creation of the widely used<br />
Rider-Waite Tarot deck, he was also a member of the Golden Dawn<br />
and maintained a life-long feud with Aleister Crowley.<br />
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148. Alamanacs.- th e fr e e-mA s o n’s cA L e n d A r f o r t h e ye A r 1788<br />
[1796 A n d 1798], titles in red and black, stitched as issued, 1796<br />
and 1798 with ink stamp of Quatuor Coronati Lodge to titlessome<br />
browning, v.p., 1788-1798; and a copy of the Freemason’s Magazine<br />
for July, 1796, in original printed wrappers, containing Coleridge<br />
material, and 2 vol. of the Freemasons’ Quarterly Review for 1840-<br />
41, 8vo (6) £150 - £200<br />
*** ESTC lists only the BL copy of the years 1788 and 1796 and no<br />
copies for 1798.<br />
149. America.- Power (Thomas) An orAt i o n, de L i v e r e d At<br />
WA Lt h A m, b e f o r e mo n i t o r Lo d g e, Ju n e25, A.L.5821, p r e s e n tAt i o n<br />
c o p y f r o m t h e A u t h o r, original printed wrappers, chipped, repaired<br />
with tape, Boston, 1821 § Lane (Charles) The Law and Method in<br />
Spirit-Culture; an Interpretation of A.Bronson Alcott’s Idea and<br />
Practice at the Masonic Temple, Boston, 1843 § Paine (Franklin)<br />
A View of the Oaths and Penalties of Free Masonry. Thirty Three<br />
Degrees of Masonic Bondage, wood-engraved illustrations, foxed,<br />
original printed wrappers, lightly foxed, Chicago, 1876 § Moore<br />
(Charles W.) The New Masonic Trestle-Board, 2 parts in 1, woodengraved<br />
plates, water-stained, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Boston,<br />
1856; and 10 others, 19th century American Masonry, v.s. (14)<br />
£350 - £450<br />
Lot 150<br />
150. -. Adams (John Quincy) six Le t t e r s f r o m Jo h n qu i n c y<br />
Ad A m s to ed WA r d Li v i n g s t o n o n mA s o n ry, double column, title<br />
loose, foxed and with a small hole to inner margin, closely trimmed<br />
at foot, disbound, Philadelphia, 1833 § Stone (William L.) Letters<br />
on Masonry and Anti-Masonry Addressed to the Hon. John Quincy<br />
Adams, title with ink scribbles, foxed, some staining, modern leather,<br />
spine gilt, New York, 1832 § [Morgan (William)] Illustrations of<br />
Masonry, by One of the Fraternity, lightly browned, spotted and<br />
stained, booklabel of Ziba Babbitt, Taunton, Mass., 1827 § Bernard<br />
(David) Light on Masonry: A Collection of all the most Important<br />
Documents on the Subject of Speculative Free Masonry, engraved<br />
portrait frontispiece and a plate, spotted, modern calf, Utica, 1829;<br />
and 2 others, American Freemasonry, v.s. (6) £350 - £450<br />
*** A group of scarce titles.<br />
Lot 151<br />
LONDON<br />
151. -. [Dermott (Laurence)] Ah i m A n re z o n Ab r i d g e d A n d<br />
di g e s t e d: As A he L p to A L L t h At A r e, o r W o u L d b e fr e e A n d Ac c e p t e d<br />
mA s o n s...pu b L i s h e d b y or d e r o f t h e gr A n d Lo d g e o f pe n n s y LvA n i A,<br />
2 parts in 1, including Sermon Appendix, first Am e r i c A n e d i t i o n,<br />
engraved frontispiece, browned, some pencil notes, contemporary<br />
calf, foot of spine worn, rubbed, 8vo, Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers,<br />
1783. £600 - £800<br />
*** The first book to be published by the Grand Lodge of<br />
Pensylvania. We can trace only three copies at auction, none of<br />
which appear to be complete. The work is dedicated to George<br />
Washington and contains a frontispiece by Robert Scot, who went<br />
on to become chief engraver at the United States Mint. Dermott was<br />
Deputy Grand Master of the Ancient Grand Lodge of England. The<br />
work lays out the constitution of The Masons.<br />
Lot 152<br />
152. Anderson (James) th e ne W bo o k o f co n s t i t u t i o n s o f<br />
t h e An t i e n t A n d ho n o u r A b L e fr At e r n i t y o f fr e e A n d Ac c e p t e d<br />
mA s o n s, second edition, title in red and black, ‘Sanction’ f. with<br />
engraved vignette and arms verso (this misbound before title, errata<br />
/ advertisement f. at end, some spotting, a few stains, contemporary<br />
calf, upper cover detached, gilt spine in compartments, lacking<br />
spine label, corners worn, rubbed, scarce, small 4to, for Brothers<br />
Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, 1738. £350 - £450<br />
*** The second edition is scarce. A very few copies are found with<br />
a folding frontispiece.<br />
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Lot 153<br />
153. [Bérage]. Le s p L u s s e c r e t s m y s t è r e s d e s h A u t s g r A d e s d e L A<br />
m A ç o n n e r i e d é v o i L é s o u L e v r A i ro s e-cr o i x, first fr e n c h e d i t i o n,<br />
engraved frontispiece and folding plate, errata at end, tape repair<br />
to inner margin of a6 recto & a8 recto and verso (not affecting text),<br />
also to inner margins of errata ff. at end, here touching text on 1<br />
f., but with no loss, stained, contemporary marbled boards, worn,<br />
but holding firm, [Caillet 966], 8vo, Jerusalem [?Berlin, Haude &<br />
Spene], 1766. £200 - £300<br />
*** Rare in any condition, especially complete with the folding<br />
plate.<br />
154. Bibliography & Research.- Tudor-Craig (Major Sir<br />
Algernon) cAtA L o g u e o f co n t e n t s o f t h e mu s e u m At fr e e m A s o n s’<br />
hA L L in t h e possession o f t h e un i t e d gr A n d Lo d g e o f en g L A n d, 3<br />
vol., numerous plates, some colour and tipped-in, original pictorial<br />
cloth, gilt, a near fine set, 1938 § Carr (Harry, editor) The earl French<br />
Exposures, plates, illustrations, original cloth, rubbed, 1971; and<br />
13 others, Library Catalogues etc., including Prestonian Lectures,<br />
v.s. (17) £200 - £300<br />
*** The first mentioned includes books, manuscripts, regalia,<br />
jewellery, portraits, pottery and porcelain.<br />
Lot 155<br />
155. Blue Blanket.- Pennecuik (Alexander) An hi s t o r i c A L<br />
Ac c o u n t o f t h e bL u e bL A n k e t: o r cr A f t s-me n s bA n n e r, first<br />
e d i t i o n, title in red and black, lightly browned and soiled, occasional<br />
spotting, 19th century blind-stamped calf, spine ends chipped,<br />
Edinburgh, John Mosman, 1722; and a scarce 19th century edition<br />
of the same, 8vo (2) £200 - £300<br />
*** The scarce first edition. The Blue Blanket is said to have been<br />
the banner of a group of Scots who followed Allan, Lord Steward, to<br />
Palestine on crusade. In 1482 King James III gave it to the craftsmen<br />
of Edinburgh as their rallying flag.<br />
Lot 156<br />
156. Calcott (Wellins) A cA n d i d disquisition o f t h e p r i n c i p L e s<br />
A n d p r A c t i c e s o f t h e m o s t A n c i e n t A n d h o n o u r A b L e so c i e t y o f<br />
fr e e A n d Ac c e p t e d mA s o n s; t o g e t h e r W i t h s o m e s t r i c t u r e s o n t h e<br />
o r i g i n, n At u r e, A n d d e s i g n o f t h At i n s t i t u t i o n, first e d i t i o n, list of<br />
subscribers, some water-staining at head to last few ff., occasional<br />
spotting and finger-marking, lightly browned, contemporary calf,<br />
gilt, lacking spine label, joints split, but holding firm, spine ends<br />
and corners worn, rubbed, scarce at auction, this a copy with wide<br />
margins, for the author by Brother James Dixwell, 1769; and a first<br />
edition of Charles Johnson’s Love in a Forest, 1723, which includes<br />
a Masonic dedication, 8vo (2) £200 - £300<br />
157. [Chappron (E.J.)] né c e s s A i r e mA ç o n n i q u e, first e d i t i o n,<br />
engraved frontispiece, ink stamp to title, small section torn away<br />
from upper corner of D8, not affecting text, lightly browned,<br />
occasional spotting, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, [Caillet<br />
2193], Paris & Amsterdam, [1812] § Fête d’Adoption, Célébrée par<br />
La R.L. Saint-Jean, sous le Titre Distinctif des Amis de la Paix, first<br />
e d i t i o n, half-title, ink stamp to title and foot of final f., contemporary<br />
wrappers, spine strengthened with tape, n.p., 1810; and 3 others,<br />
19th century French Freemasonry, v.s. (5) £200 - £300<br />
*** The first mentioned is rare.<br />
158. Churchward (Albert) origin A n d An t i q u i t y o f fr e e m A s o n ry,<br />
first e d i t i o n, colour frontispiece, plates, illustrations, original<br />
pictorial cloth, gilt, lower cover marked, 1898; The Arcana of<br />
Freemasonry, half-title, frontispiece (loose), plates, illustrations,<br />
advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, upper joint just<br />
starting, faded, 1915; and a first edition of his Signs and Symbols of<br />
Primordial Man in original cloth, 8vo (3) £80 - £120<br />
*** Albert Churchward was a physician and member of the Royal<br />
Geological Society.<br />
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Lot 159<br />
159. Coustos (John) fr e e-mA s o n ry. un pA r A L L e L e d su f f e r i n g s<br />
o f Jo h n co u s t o s, W h o n i n e t i m e s u n d e rW e n t t h e m o s t c r u e L<br />
t o rt u r e s e v e r i n v e n t e d b y m A n , A n d se n t e n c e d to t h e gA L L e y<br />
fo u r ye A r s, b y c o m m A n d o f t h e i n q u i s i t o r s At Li s b o n, in o r d e r to<br />
e x t o rt f r o m h i m t h e s e c r e t s o f fr e e mA s o n ry, engraved folding<br />
portrait frontispiece and 5 plates, list of subscribers, neat repairs<br />
to folds of frontispiece verso, offsetting, lightly browned, occasional<br />
spotting or light foxing, later calf, red morocco label to spine, head<br />
of spine worn, rubbed, Birmingham, printed by M. Swinney, for J.<br />
Sketchley, Publisher and Auctioneer, [1790]; and a defective copy<br />
of the first edition (1 plate torn with considerable loss), 8vo (2)<br />
£250 - £350<br />
*** A rare provincially printed work. ESTC lists only four copies.<br />
160. Dermott (Lawrence) th e co n s t i t u t i o n o f fr e e-mA s o n ry;<br />
o r Ah i m A n re z o n, half-title, engraved frontispiece and dedication,<br />
some staining, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with a red morocco<br />
label, lower corners worn, rubbed, 1800 § The History and<br />
Illustration of Free Masonry, compiled from an Ancient Publication,<br />
first e d i t i o n, front free endpaper stained and holed, title lightly<br />
browned, spotted, original printed boards, rebacked, chipped and<br />
rubbed, 1826 § Carlile (Richard) Manual of Masonry, original cloth,<br />
original gilt label to upper cover, paper label to spine, some fading<br />
and soiling, 1836 § Mackey (Albert G.) A Lexicon of Freemasonry,<br />
first en g L i s h e d i t i o n, advertisements at end, original cloth, spine<br />
gilt, some fraying to spine ends, 1860 § Cooke (Matthew, editor)<br />
The History and Articles of Masonry, printed in red and black,<br />
frontispiece, a few pencil notes, original limp cloth, gilt, 1861; and<br />
13 others, 19th century Freemasonry, v.s. (18) £350 - £450<br />
Lot 161<br />
LONDON<br />
161. Dodd (William) An or At i o n de L i v e r e d At t h e de d i c At i o n o f<br />
fr e e-mA s o n s’ hA L L, gr e At qu e e n-st r e e t...o n th u r s d Ay, mAy 23,<br />
1776, first e d i t i o n, 4pp. advertisements at end, small stain to outer<br />
margin of title, a few spots, original wrappers, stitched as issued,<br />
chipped and spotted, 4to, for the Society, and sold by G.Robinson,<br />
1776 (2) £400 - £600<br />
*** A scarce unsophisticated copy of this oration printed to raise<br />
funds for the Free-Mason’s Hall. We can trace only two copies<br />
previously at auction (possibly the same copies, and possibly this<br />
copy). Dodd was later hanged for forgery. Included in the lot is a<br />
small work on his trial.<br />
162. Ephemera.- mA s o n i c no t e b o o k, 28pp., in cipher, describing<br />
Masonic rituals, original wrappers, spine repaired with tape,<br />
lightly soiled, [late 19th / early 20th century] § 8 20th century<br />
engraved pictorial admission certificates, each c.400 x 310mm, for<br />
lodges in Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Necastle and others, all<br />
with ms. additions, 1917-1955; and 4 others, ephemera, v.s. (13)<br />
£200 - £300<br />
163. Gould (Robert Freke) th e hi s t o ry o f fr e e m A s o n ry, 6 vol.,<br />
frontispieces, coloured plates, some browning, original decorated<br />
cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped, mottled at fore-edges,<br />
Caxton, [c.1885]; and 6 others, a later edition of the same, 8vo (12)<br />
£120 - £180<br />
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Lot 164<br />
164. Larudan (l’Abbé) Le s fr A n c s-mA ç o n s éc r A s é s; s u i t e d u Li v r e<br />
i n t i t u L é: L’or d r e d e s fr A n c s-mA ç o n s tr A h i, engraved frontispiece<br />
and 5 folding plates, some light browning, contemporary marbled<br />
boards, corners worn, rubbed, [Caillet 8510 ‘ouvrage intéressant’],<br />
Amsterdam, no printer, 1778 § [Le Franc, l’Abbé] Conjuration contre<br />
la religion-Catholique, et les Souverains...Ouvrage qui achève de<br />
démasquer les Francs-Maçons, first e d i t i o n, red ink stamp to title,<br />
lightly browned, occasional spotting, contemporary wrappers, spine<br />
repaired with tape, soiled, Paris, chez Crapart, 1792 § Fontanilles<br />
(M.Privat de) La Maltiade ou l’Isle-Adam, Dernier Grand-Maitre<br />
de Rhodes, et Premier Grand Maitre de Malte, new edition, halftitle,<br />
device to title lightly browned, some spotting, small area of<br />
worming to lower corners of preliminaries, contemporary calf,<br />
richly gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label,<br />
?repaired, Arles, Jacques Mesnier, 1770; and 3 others, 18th century<br />
French Freemasonry, including a 3rd edition of Travenol’s Nouveau<br />
Catechisme des Francs-Maçons, 1740, v.s. (6) £300 - £400<br />
*** The first mentioned is a scarce edition of a work in the same<br />
vein as Guillemain de Saint-Victor.<br />
165. Lodges and Areas.- Hughan (William James) A Numerical<br />
and Numismatic Register of Lodges which Formed the Grand<br />
Lodge of England, chromolithographed frontispiece and plates,<br />
original cloth, gilt, rubbed, London, Truro and Philadelphia, 1879<br />
§ [Todd (J.) and T.B. Whytehead, editors.] Ancient Masonic Rolls<br />
of Constitutions...from the Original Mss. in the Possession of the<br />
York Lodge, No.236, frontispiece, plates, original pictorial cloth,<br />
gilt, Hull, 1894 § Conder (Edward) Records of the Hole Craft and<br />
Fellowship of Masons With a Chronicle...of Masons of the City<br />
of London, first e d i t i o n, illustrations, gift inscription to front free<br />
endpaper, original half vellum, gilt, 1894; and c.16 others, most<br />
20th century, Lodges and similar, v.s. (c.19) £200 - £300<br />
Lot 166<br />
166. Masonic Binding.- Anderson (James) co n s t i t u t i o n s o f<br />
t h e An t i e n t fr At e r n i t y o f fr e e A n d Ac c e p t e d mA s o n s, engraved<br />
frontispiece and arms to head of dedication, ‘Explanation of the<br />
Frontispiece’ f., frontispiece stained and laid down, title stained,<br />
K2&3 trimmed or ?from another copy, some spotting, hinges neatly<br />
strengthened with thick tape, c o n t e m p o r A ry L i g h t Ly d i c e d c A L f W i t h<br />
mA s o n i c m o t i f s A n d A g i f t inscription f r o m t h e pr e s t o n i A n Lo d g e,<br />
spine in compartments with a black morocco label (slightly chipped)<br />
and richly decorated with gilt masonic motifs, covers with border<br />
of masonic motifs within an outer scrolling border, spine chipped<br />
and repaired, corners worn, rubbed, 4to, J.Rozea, 1784. sold as a<br />
binding and not subject to return. £350 - £450<br />
*** The gilt gift inscription to the upper cover reads ‘The Gift of<br />
the Brethern of the Prestonian Lodge of Friendship to Br. John<br />
Coverdale as a Testimony of their Fraternal Regard Decr. 18 1798’.<br />
Lot 167<br />
167. Masonic Binding.- Oliver (George) si g n s A n d sy m b o L s<br />
iL L u s t r At e d A n d ex p L A i n e d, in A co u r s e o f tW e Lv e Le c t u r e s o n<br />
fr e e-mA s o n ry, first e d i t i o n, 2pp. advertisements at end, lacking<br />
half-title, some staining and spotting, c o n t e m p o r A ry d i c e d c A L f<br />
f o r ki n g’s fr i e n d s Lo d g e, nA n t W i c h (no.553), upper cover with<br />
contemporary ink ‘compass and set-square’ and gilt lettering, within<br />
double borders, richly gilt spine in compartments, small ink smudge<br />
to lower cover, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Grimsby, 1826. £250 - £350<br />
*** A scarce work in an attractive lodge binding.<br />
168. Masonic Songs & Poetry.- th e pr o g r e s s o f mA s o n ry, A ne W<br />
so n g, A n d ve ry hu m o u r o u s, 1p., chipped at head, lightly browned,<br />
scarce, [c.1760] § Jones (Stephen) Masonic Miscellanies, in Poetry<br />
and Prose...and Seventy Masonic Songs, first e d i t i o n, engraved<br />
frontispiece, title vignette, a few marks, contemporary calf, upper<br />
cover detached, lower cover detaching, chipped, for Vernor and<br />
Hood, 1797; and 3 others, masonic Songs, v.s. (5) £150 - £200<br />
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Lot 170<br />
169. [Perau (l’Abbé Gabriel Louis Calabre)] L’or d r e d e s<br />
fr A n c s-mA ç o n s tr A h i, e t L e se c r e t d e s mopses re v e L é, 2 parts in<br />
1, first e d i t i o n, title with engraved device, 9 engraved plates, most<br />
folding, 5 engraved plates of music, half-title with engraved vignette<br />
to part 2, a few repairs to folding plates verso, lightly browned,<br />
some spotting, contemporary marbled wrappers, lacking backstrip,<br />
rubbed and scuffed, [Caillet 8506], 12mo, Amsterdam, no printer,<br />
1745. £250 - £350<br />
*** The rare first edition.<br />
LONDON<br />
170. [Perau (l’Abbé Gabriel Louis Calabre)] Le se c r e t d e s<br />
fr A n c s-mA ç o n s, title with woodcut device depicting a Mason’s<br />
apron, some browning, mostly light, title foxed, occasional spotting,<br />
later half calf, rebacked, preserving part of original backstrip,<br />
rubbed, [cf. Caillet 8507], ?Paris, 1751; L’or d r e d e s fr A n c smA<br />
ç o n s tr A h i e t L e u r se c r e t re v e L e, plate at end, [Caillet 8506,<br />
note], ‘L’Orient’ [probably Amsterdam], no printer, [c.1745] b o u n d<br />
W i t h Véritable Travail des Trois Premiers Grades de la Maçonnerie,<br />
half-title, 2 folding wood-engraved plates at end, a section on<br />
Masonic songs is sometimes bound in with this work, which is<br />
not present here, plates strengthened at folds verso and with some<br />
spotting and staining, ‘L’Orient’ [probably Amsterdam], no printer,<br />
1778, later cloth-backed wrappers, tape repairs to lower wrapper,<br />
some chipping and soiling, 12mo (2) £300 - £400<br />
*** Both works are scarce.<br />
171. Periodical.- Ar s qu At u o r co r o n AtA r o r u m, a very good,<br />
but broken run from Vol.1-124, plates and illustrations, some in<br />
original printed wrappers, the most recent in original blue boards,<br />
v.s. 1886-2011 (Qty.) sold as a periodical and not subject to return.<br />
£500 - £700<br />
*** A very good run of this important periodical dedicated to the<br />
study of Masonic history and research of Freemasonry. It often<br />
reprints scarce and valuable works on Freemasonry not found<br />
elsewhere.<br />
172. Provincial Imprints.- Hutchinson (William) th e spirit o f<br />
mA s o n ry, third edition, engraved frontispiece and title with portrait,<br />
these washed and laid down, some spotting or foxing, contemporary<br />
tree calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, a good copy, Carlisle,<br />
1802 § Ferguson (R.J.) The Elements of Free Masonry, second<br />
edition, engraved frontispiece, spotted, later half morocco, spine<br />
gilt, Belfast, 1808 § Downes (Charles) [and Lawrence Dermott] The<br />
Constitution of Free-Masonry; or Ahiman Rezon, half-title, lightly<br />
browned, some water-staining, modern half calf, Dublin, 1817; and<br />
2 others 19th century provincial Freemasonry, v.s. (5) £200 - £300<br />
173. [R.S.] Jachin and Boaz; or, An authentic key to the door of<br />
free-masonry, both ancient and modern, new edition, engraved<br />
frontispiece, full-page plan, lacking G3, frontispiece offsetting onto<br />
title, prelimnaries foxed, some spotting, 19th century half morocco,<br />
upper joint splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, for<br />
E.Newbery, 1792 § The Pocket Companion and history of Freemasons.<br />
Containing their origin, progress, and present state: an<br />
abstract of their laws, constitutions..., third edition, engraved<br />
frontispiece, stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary<br />
calf, rebacked, for R.Baldwin [&c.], 1764; and another, 18th century<br />
Freemasonry, v.s. (3) £200 - £300<br />
*** The first mentioned not in British Library. ESTC lists only one<br />
copy.<br />
174. Shackleton (Sir Ernest).- Laing (S.) A mo d e r m zo A s t r i A n,<br />
er n e s t sh A c k L e t o n’s c o p y W i t h h i s b o o k p L At e, half-title, diagrams,<br />
original cloth, spine gilt, foot of spine slightly chipped, corners a<br />
little frayed, 8vo, 1903. £120 - £180<br />
*** Shackleton was initiated into Navy Lodge No. 2612 (United Grand<br />
Lodge of England) on 9th July 1901. He was raised to the degree of<br />
Master Mason at Guild of Freemen Lodge on 30 May 1913.<br />
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Lot 175<br />
175. [Trewman (Robert)] th e pr i n c i p L e s o f fr e e-mA s o n ry<br />
de L i n e At e d, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, final f.<br />
discussing the ‘Medal of Union Lodge’, some spotting or light<br />
foxing (including title), contemporary calf, rebacked in brown<br />
cloth, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Exeter, Printed (and sold) by<br />
R.Trewman, 1777. £300 - £400<br />
*** A rare provincial imprint. ESTC lists only four copies.<br />
176. Waite (Arthur Edward) A ne W en c y c L o p e d i A o f fr e e m A s o n ry,<br />
2 vol., first e d i t i o n, half-titles, frontispieces, occasional spotting,<br />
original cloth, a few marks, gilt, 1921 § Ward (J.S.M.) Freemasonry<br />
and the Ancient Gods, first e d i t i o n, colour frontispiece, plates,<br />
some folding, illustrations, spotted, original pictorial cloth, gilt,<br />
small paper label to spine, joints and spine ends frayed, 1921 §<br />
Leadbeater (C.W.) The Hidden Life of Freemasonry, second edition,<br />
half-title, folding colour frontispiece, plates, illustrations, original<br />
pictorial cloth, gilt, Madras, 1928 § Knocker (George Stodart)<br />
Freemasonry in Jersey, first e d i t i o n, portrait frontispiece, plates,<br />
original cloth, spine gilt, Lowestoft, 1930 § Jones (Bernard E.)<br />
Freemasons’ Book of the Royal Arch, first e d i t i o n, plates, original<br />
boards, slightly marked, 1957 § Haffner (Christopher) The Craft in<br />
the East, portrait frontispiece, original boards, dust-jacket, Hong<br />
Kong, 1988 § Bernardo (Giuliano di) Freemasonry and its Image<br />
of Man, original boards, dust-jacket, creased, 1989; and a small<br />
quantity of others, History and Ritual of Freemasonry, v.s. (Sm.<br />
Qty.) £300 - £400<br />
Lot 177<br />
177. [Wilson (Thomas)] Le mA ç o n dé m A s q u é, o u L e vr A i se c r e t<br />
d e s fr A n c s mA ç o n s, first e d i t i o n, title with woodcut masonic device,<br />
3 folding engraved plates, 2 library ink stamps to title, occasional<br />
spotting, 20th century marbled boards, [Caillet 6927], Chez Owen,<br />
1751; Solomon in all his Glory: or, the Master-Mason. Being a<br />
True Guide to the Inmost Recesses of Free-Masonry, first du b L i n<br />
e d i t i o n, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, list of lodges at end, a<br />
few ff. with marginal water-staining, some spotting or light foxing,<br />
disbound, London and Dublin, T.Wilkinson, 1777, large 12mo & 8vo<br />
(2) £250 - £350<br />
*** The first mentioned Caillet calls an ‘Ouvrage très rare’, with<br />
ESTC recording only three copies of this and five copies of the<br />
second mentioned. Wilson was a former Mason, who here breaks<br />
his vows to reveal the secret initiation ceremonies and alphabets of<br />
the society.<br />
Lot 178<br />
178. Women.- LA mA c o n n e r i e d e s fe m m e s , title with engraved<br />
vignette, wood-engraved tail-pieces, lightly browned, a few stains,<br />
stitched, as issued, rare, Londres, no printer, 1774 § [Guillemain<br />
de Saint-Victor (Louis)] L’Adoption ou la Maçonnerie des Dames,<br />
first e d i t i o n, title with woodcut masonic device, woodcut plate<br />
depicting Noah’s Ark and The Tower of Babel and a masonic headpiece<br />
on A2, lightly browned, occasional spotting, 20th century<br />
boards, [Caillet 67], ?Paris, A La Fidélité chez le Silence, [1783];<br />
and a 19th century work on Women in Freemasonry, 12mo & 8vo<br />
(3) £300 - £400<br />
*** Two rare works on women in Freemasonry.<br />
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Lot 179<br />
179. Ptolemaeus (Claudius) co s m o g r A p h i A, 113 ff., nly, of 174, lacks<br />
the 27 double-page maps, text ff. A2, supplied by hand, and second<br />
c1, and the 5 blank ff., A1, E6, first a1, h4, and c6 at end, gatherings<br />
first a-c from a smaller copy, 53 lines, double column, Roman type,<br />
diagrams, A3-B2, and first a-c2 with marginal restorations, second<br />
c5, with colophon, torn and with serious marginal loss, and mounted,<br />
some staining and marking, occasional early notes, modern brown<br />
morocco-backed cloth, [BMC IV 133; Goff P1086], folio, Rome,<br />
Petrus de Turre, 1490. sold not subject to return. £600 - £800<br />
Other Properties<br />
Continental Literature and History<br />
Lot 180<br />
LONDON<br />
180. [Baptista Mantuanus] Giovanni Baptista Spagnuoli. de<br />
pAt i e n t i A A u r e i L i b r i t r e s, first e d i t i o n, 116ff., 31 lines and headline,<br />
ownership inscription of Lorentius de Terranova on title, some ink<br />
annotations, a crisp copy with good margins, 19th century sheepbacked<br />
cloth, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [European Americana<br />
497/1; GW 3304; Goff B76; Pell 1810; Polain (B) 486; IGI 1189;<br />
Bell B33; not in Harisse or Sabin], 4to, Brescia, Bernardinus de<br />
Misintis, 1497. £2,500 - £3,500<br />
*** on e o f t h e e A r L i e s t p r i n t e d b o o k s to m e n t i o n t h e d i s c o v e ry<br />
o f t h e n e W W o r L d . Baptista’s work contains one of the only 15thcentury<br />
references to the Spanish discoveries in the New World,<br />
“especially because in our days through the activity of the kings<br />
of Spain... have been found islands inhabited by man, and much<br />
larger than ours...having a circumference of three thousand miles<br />
and more. Of these neither Strabo or Ptolemy or Pomponius Mela<br />
or Pliny or any of the ancient writers makes mention, from which<br />
it is evident that they have been unknown up to the present time”<br />
(see H. P. Kraus cat.185, item 4, 1499 edition) Also noted are other<br />
discoveries in Africa and the far East. Originally a Carmelite guide<br />
to meditation, Baptista’s work also covers medicine, and is concered<br />
with physical as well as spiritual health. There is an extensive section<br />
on diseases, and mental illness is also mentioned.<br />
“Contains mention of discoveries of islands in the Atlantic, noting<br />
their size and the fact that they are inhabited. Because none of the<br />
ancient geographers knew of them, the author assumes that they<br />
have only lately been discovered” -Bell. The reference to America<br />
appears on the (recto of lf m3). European Americana locates only<br />
seven copies in U.S. libraries, and only 4 copies are recorded at<br />
auction in 30 years.<br />
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Lot 181<br />
181. Beroaldus (Philippus) de c L A m At i o LepidissimA eb r i o s i<br />
sc o rtAt o r i s AL e Ato r i s..., 20ff., Roman type, woodcut printer’s<br />
device on recto of final leaf, a few ink annotations, good margins,<br />
stain to lower corner, on a few leaves just extending into text<br />
block, modern vellum, [Goff B472; BMC VI, 845; Simon, Bib<br />
Bacchia I, 172; GW 4131], 4to, Bologna, Benedetto Faelli, 1499.<br />
£1,500 - £2,000<br />
*** A famous satirical debate between a drunkard, a gambler<br />
and a pimp.<br />
Lot 182<br />
182. Origen. qu A e h o c in L i b r o c o n t i n e n t u r or i g e n i s in ge n e s i m ...<br />
in ex o d u m ... in Le v i t i c u m ... in nu m e r o s ... ie s u m nAv e .. in Li b r u m<br />
iu d i c u m ho m i L i A e, Venice, Aldus [for Andrea Torresanus], February<br />
1503; b o u n d W i t h Explanatio...in Epistola Pauli ad Romanos,<br />
Venice, Simon de Luere, 1506, both translated by St. Jerome,<br />
first with Aldine device at end, second with printer’s woodcut<br />
monogram device at end, some marginal foxing, some light waterstaining,<br />
copious marginalia in a humanist hand, early inscription<br />
at end, legible despite attempts at erasure, in a neat calligraphic<br />
hand, “Antonii Carisi” [or Larisi], late 16th century vellum over<br />
pasteboard, [Adams O291; Hoffmann III, 27; Renouard, 44.11; no<br />
copies of this de Luere edition in OCLC, RLG or COPAC], folio<br />
£4,000 - £5,000<br />
*** fi r s t e d i t i o n s o f t W o i m p o rtA n t e x e g e t i c A L W o r k s b y t h e<br />
AL e x A n d r i A n t h e o L o g i A n A n d b i b L i c A L c r i t i c; A f i n e, f u L L-m A r g i n e d<br />
c o p y W i t h c o p i o u s h u m A n i s t m A r g i n A L i A. Of Origen’s many writings<br />
only a handful survive, and of these even fewer were preserved in<br />
the original Greek. The Greek editio princeps of the first work in<br />
this volume, Origen’s homilies on the Pentateuch and the Book of<br />
Judges, was not published until the 17th century. The large Aldine<br />
anchor and dolphin device first appears in this edition, which is also<br />
of interest for Aldus’ (anonymous) preface to the reader, in which the<br />
financial partnership of Aldus’ father-in-law Andreas Torresanus is<br />
first cited in print. Bound with the Aldine homilies is the extremely<br />
rare first edition of Origen’s commentary on Paul’s epistle to the<br />
Romans, also in St. Jerome’s Latin version. The work does not<br />
survive in the original Greek.<br />
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183. Basilius Magnus. e mA g o bA s i L o Le o n A r d i Ar r e t i n i<br />
tr A d u c t i o A d co L u c i u m, woodcut vignette depicting Basilius at a<br />
desk on A1 recto, printer’s devices on last leaf, one woodcut initial,<br />
some contemporary ink annotations, old ink collector’s stamp to<br />
title lower margin, 19th century pale calf, [Panzer IX, 164], 4to,<br />
Florence, Pietro Pacini, 1505. £800 - £1,200<br />
184. Theocritus. [id y L L i A c u m s c h o L i i s], Greek text, woodcut<br />
printer’s device on title, another on verso of final leaf, front<br />
endpapers detached, autograph letter from Earl Spencer to<br />
front pastedown, 19th century English calf, red morocco spine<br />
label, [Adams T460], 8vo, Rome, Zacharias Callierges, 1516.<br />
£3,000 - £4,000<br />
*** A very good copy of the first complete Theocritus edition in<br />
Greek (and only the second Greek book printed in Rome) with<br />
a distinguished provenance: the Earl Spencer-Thomas Gaisford<br />
copy, with bookplate of both collectors and an inscription in<br />
Gaisford’s hand “ex dono illustrissimi Comitis Spencer Jan. 1815”<br />
to front endpaper. The letter from Spencer mentions him having<br />
two copies of this work in his collection and thus offering this<br />
copy to Gaisford as a gift.<br />
Lot 184<br />
Lot 183<br />
LONDON<br />
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LONDON<br />
Lot 186<br />
Lot 185<br />
185. Plautus (Titus Maccius) co m o e d i A e, first AL d i n e e d i t i o n,<br />
edited by Franciscus Torresanus from a text corrected by Aldus and<br />
Erasmus, printer’s device to title and verso of final leaf, contemporary<br />
red morocco, gilt frames and motifs to covers, rebacked to style,<br />
gauffered edges, [Adams P1487; Renouard 94, 2; Moss 2:460], 8vo,<br />
Venice, Andreus Torresanus, July 1522. £1,500 - £2,000<br />
*** This copy apparently belonged to the great Shakespearean editor<br />
and collector George Steevens; Plautus’s comedy Me-naechmi (leaves<br />
129-144) was the source of Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors.<br />
he b r A i c A<br />
186. Balmes (Abraham de) mi k n e Ab r A h A m [sefer di k d u k], first<br />
e d i t i o n, Hebrew text only, title with some old repairs, some light waterstaining<br />
and foxing, some leaves browned, manuscript ownership<br />
inscription and small ink ownership stamp to title, 19th century red<br />
half morocco over marbled boards, [Adams A40; D.Amran, The<br />
Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy, pp.169-172], 4to, Venice, Daniel<br />
Bomberg, 1523. £1,500 - £2,000<br />
*** Important grammar written by the physician and translator<br />
Abraham de Balmes in which he examined the construction of the<br />
Hebrew language from a philosophical point of view, rejecting the<br />
position of the eminent grammarian David Qimhi. In this work he<br />
considers syntax (harkabah) as a distinct part of grammar; the work<br />
was printed by Daniel Bomberg, who introduced printing in Hebrew<br />
in Venice and was a friend, possibly pupil, of de Balmes. It appears in<br />
two issues, as here in Hebrew only, and in Latin and Hebrew for the<br />
use of Christian scholars.<br />
187. ko L bo, title within elaborate woodcut border with floral<br />
motifs, printer’s device, title with some stains, a few worm-holes to<br />
first few leaves, annotations and some words crossed out by censors<br />
in some parts of Hilchoth Yein and Hilchoth Avodah Zarah, library<br />
blind-stamp to second leaf, some finger soiling and minor foxing,<br />
mostly marginal, old paper boards, [Adams K89; Steinschneider 555;<br />
Vinograd 7; Zedner 191; Manzoni II, n.121 “indubbiamente il piu<br />
bel volume che Gerschom abbia impresso a Rimini”], folio, Rimini,<br />
Gerson Soncino, [1525]. £2,000 - £3,000<br />
*** Important and rare edition of this anonymous work, printed by Soncino<br />
with his device of the Malatesta tower here used for the first time.<br />
Lot 187<br />
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188. Yahya (Joseph ben David ibn) pe r u s h hA m e s h me g i L L o t,<br />
first e d i t i o n, lacking title (supplied in facsimile), some other leaves<br />
supplied from a smaller copy, censor’s note on recto of final leaf<br />
dated 1575, library stamp of Max Septimus and Bibliothek Cosman<br />
Werner, Munich, some staining, lower corner of last few leaves<br />
singed, modern red calf, gilt, [Adams J337; Steinschneider 1476;<br />
Vinograd, Bologna 11; Zedner 332], folio, Bologna, Company of<br />
Jewish silk traders, 1538. £800 - £1,200<br />
*** This is the seventh of nine volumes published by the company<br />
of Jewish silk traders in Bologna. The author was from a Spanish/<br />
Portuguese family, forced to leave their country and seek reuge in<br />
Italy because of their refusal to convert to Christianity. Yahya’s<br />
work was heavily subjected to censorship and his son Ghedalyah<br />
claimed that after his father’s death all his unpublished manuscripts<br />
were burned.<br />
Lot 189<br />
189. Kimchi (David ben Joseph) se f e r mi k h o L, title within fine<br />
architectural woodcut border, some pencil marginalia, ownership<br />
inscription to title, some water-staining and foxing, marginal<br />
worming, lacking final blank leaf, modern red morocco, [Adams<br />
K52; Vinograd, Venice 245; Zedner 199], folio, Venice, Cornelio<br />
Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg, 1545. £750 - £1,000<br />
*** Rare edition of this important grammar by David Kimchi, who<br />
came from a distinguished family of French grammarians from<br />
Narbonne in the south of France.<br />
Lot 190<br />
LONDON<br />
190. Cinq-Arbres (Jean) de r e g r A m m At i cA h e b r A e o r u m o p u s,<br />
first e d i t i o n, woodcut device on title, some light spotting and a few<br />
leaves slightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, spine slightly<br />
holed and worn, 4to, Paris, Joannes Bogard, 1546. £600 - £800<br />
Lot 191<br />
191. Solomon ben Melech. mi c h L o L yo f i, first e d i t i o n, title within<br />
woodcut border decorated with floral motifs, some browning and<br />
light foxing, some ink marginalia in Italian and Hebrew, ink stamp<br />
on title and final leaf, some staining (mostly marginal) towards<br />
end, modern blue morocco, [Adams S1418; Steinschneider 2372;<br />
Vinograd, Const. 199; Yaari, Const. 148; Zedner 729], folio,<br />
Constantinople, Moseh ben Elazar Parnas, 1549. £400 - £600<br />
*** Included at the end of this commentary are poems in praise of<br />
the book by Shelomoh ben Mazzal Tov and Abraham ben Efrayim<br />
Sangi.<br />
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Lot 192<br />
Lot 193<br />
Lot 194<br />
192. Melli (Eli’ezer, editor) LA k o L ch e f e t z-ti k u n sh tA r o t, first<br />
e d i t i o n, 16ff., title within elaborate woodcut border with fine<br />
architectural decorations, some light water-staining and occasional<br />
worm-holes slightly affecting text, modern half cloth, [Vinograd,<br />
Venice 439; Habermann (Adelkind) 3], 4to, Venice, Cornelio<br />
Adelkind, 1552. £750 - £1,000<br />
193. Minz (Yehuda) pe s A k i m sA i L o t h ut e s u v o t h, first e d i t i o n,<br />
printer’s device and ownership inscription to title, upper corner<br />
of title restored, censor’s signature to verso of final leaf and some<br />
words in text censored, some light water-staining, mostly to corner,<br />
modern half sheep, rubbed, [Vinograd, Venice 460], 4to, Venice,<br />
Alvise Bragadin, 1553. £1,000 - £1,500<br />
*** A collection of responses written by a German Rabbi who settled<br />
in Padua after the expulsion of Jews from Mainz in 1416. This work<br />
is divided into three parts, one of which includes a work written<br />
by the author’s son, Abraham Minz, about divorce. Of particular<br />
interest is the fifth response that allows a pregnant prostitute to<br />
marry to protect herself and her husband from public shame.<br />
194. Nachmanides (Moses) sh A’A r hA’ge m u L , third separate<br />
edition, title within fine woodcut border, printer’s device of an<br />
armillary sphere with a scroll with a verse from the Book of Psalms,<br />
device repeated on final leaf, title (possibly from another copy)<br />
with one worm-hole and some old repairs , some mostly marginal<br />
worming and light water-staining, modern blind-stamped mottled<br />
calf, [Vinograd, Ferrara 45; Mehlman 1214], 4to, Ferrara, Abraham<br />
ibn Usque, 1556. £2,000 - £3,000<br />
*** At the end of the work is the famous letter addressed to the son<br />
of Nachmanides from Jerusalem in which he describes the living<br />
conditions in Israel after the invasion of the Tartar hordes in 1260.<br />
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Lot 195<br />
195. Samson ben Zadok. tA s h b At z, first e d i t i o n, title with printer’s<br />
device, elaborate woodcut border decorated with grotesques and in<br />
the centre an allegorical figure representing the city of Cremona<br />
enclosed in an oval frame, later ink annotations, some worming at<br />
beginning and end, touching a few letters of text, title soiled and<br />
corner frayed, water-staining and foxing, modern boards, [Vinograd,<br />
Cremona 6; Zedner 670], 4to, Cremona, Vincenzo Conti, 1556.<br />
£1,500 - £2,000<br />
*** A collection of laws and rules as dictated by R. Meir of<br />
Rothenburg during his seven years’ captivity in Alsace. Meir<br />
(1215-c.1293) was considered the most eminent Talmudist of his<br />
generation and was imprisoned in 1286 by the Emperor Rudolf I<br />
for trying to emigrate to the land of Israel. He died in prison after<br />
refusing to allow the ransom demanded by the emperor to be paid,<br />
fearing setting a precedent for future imprisonment of Jews.<br />
196. Aldabi (Meir ben Isaac) sh v i L e i em u n A h, first e d i t i o n, one<br />
leaf lacking and supplied in manuscript, astronomical diagrams in<br />
text, ink annotations to front free endpaper, censor’s annotations<br />
passing the book and dated July 1599 to final leaf, ink library stamp<br />
of Max Septimus to title and verso of final leaf, modern calf, spine<br />
sunned, [Steinschneider 1690; Vinograd, Riva 12; Zedner 521], 4to,<br />
Riva di Trento, Yakov Macaria, 1558. £1,000 - £1,500<br />
*** First edition of this large encyclopaedia of philosophy, science,<br />
astronomy and theology which went through numerous editions. The<br />
work, which translates as “Ways of Faith” consists of ten chapters<br />
covering various topics such as: God and his qualities; the creation<br />
and order of the world; human anatomy; rules for enjoying a long<br />
life; the soul and its functions; the redemption of Israel; and the<br />
resurrection and afterlife.<br />
Lot 196<br />
Lot 197<br />
LONDON<br />
197. Karo (Isaac ben Joseph) se f e r to L e d o t yi t z h A k, third edition,<br />
four leaves supplied from a smaller copy, some leaves with marginal<br />
tape repairs, some light water-staining, modern brown calf, [Adams<br />
C752; Vinograd, Riva 2; Zedner 368], 4to, Riva di Trento, 1558.<br />
£750 - £1,000<br />
*** The author was a native of Toledo who moved to Constantinople<br />
after the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal. The first edition<br />
of this commentary on the Pentateuch was published in 1518.<br />
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Lot 198<br />
Lot 199<br />
Lot 200<br />
198. Levi ben Gershom. pe r u s h A m m e s me g i L L o t, first e d i t i o n, ink<br />
ex-libris stamp on title, first couple of leaves and final leaf with small<br />
repairs, some light foxing, modern cloth, [Adams L604; Vinograd,<br />
Riva 12; Zedner 432], 4to, Riva di Trento, Yakov Macaria, 1560.<br />
£1,000 - £1,500<br />
*** Commentary on Megillot, five books of the Bible.In the colophon<br />
the printer apologises for not having printed the commentary to<br />
Lamentations, which he says were probably never written.<br />
199. Rossi (Azariah de) mA o r ey n Ay i m, first e d i t i o n, title within<br />
architectural woodcut border, woodcut illustrations, leaf 8 with<br />
repairs causing some loss and letters supplied in manuscript,<br />
contemporary marginalia in Latin and some later in Hebrew, exlibris<br />
Max Septimus on title and pastedowns, some light waterstaining<br />
and foxing, modern red morocco, [Vinograd, Mantua 138],<br />
4to, Mantua, 1574. £1,000 - £1,500<br />
*** De Rossi’s magnum opus, particularly important for his<br />
placing of scientific research and empiricism over the traditional<br />
interpretations by Talmudic scholars, much to the dismay of many of<br />
his contemporaries. The work was considered heretical and banned<br />
by the rabbinic authorities upon publication - only De Rossi’s piety<br />
spared him further direct chastisement.<br />
200. Marinus (Marcus) Ar c A no e th e s A u r u s Li n g u A e sA n c tA e<br />
n o v u s, 2 parts in 2 vol., title in red and black with woodcut device of<br />
three crowns repeated on verso of final leaf, title with a few repairs<br />
(just touching one Hebrew letter), some light water-staining, small<br />
ink stamp of Franz Reuckl to title and first leaf of vol.2, old ink<br />
ownership inscriptions erased, finger-tabs, modern vellum-backed<br />
marbled boards, spines gilt with double morocco labels, one starting<br />
to peel, [EDIT 16: CNCE 23088], folio, Venice, Giovanni di Gara,<br />
1593. £500 - £700<br />
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Lot 202<br />
LONDON<br />
201. Aron ibn Chaim. ko r b A n Ar o n, 2 parts in 1, first e d i t i o n,<br />
title within woodcut architectural border, printer’s device on title<br />
verso, woodcut decorations, some light foxing and water-staining,<br />
ownership inscriptions to title, modern black morocco, [Vinograd,<br />
Venice 1058; Habermann (Gara) 271], folio, Venice, Giovanni de<br />
Gara, 1609. £750 - £1,000<br />
*** Provenance: Ber Adler Ha-Kohen, father of Nathan Marcus<br />
Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire (inscription to title).<br />
202. Portaleone (Abraham ben David) se f e r si Lt e i h A-g h i b o r i m,<br />
4 parts in 1, first e d i t i o n, typographic border to each title, some<br />
repairs to leaves at beginning and end, occasionally slightly affecting<br />
text, top edge of some leaves trimmed with loss of pagination, ink<br />
annotations, ink stamp to first and last leaf, modern red morocco,<br />
gilt crown to upper cover, [Vinograd, Mantua 196], folio, Mantua,<br />
Vincenzo Gonzaga, 1612. £400 - £600<br />
*** Portaleone was an Italian Jewish doctor who was granted Papal<br />
permission in 1591 to treat Christian patients and was the author<br />
of a medical handbook and a study on the use of gold in medicine.<br />
“Portaleone’s treatment [in this work, which translates as “Shields<br />
of the Brave”] is so discursive as to make the work a compendium<br />
of all branches of science known in his day, in which all of the ten<br />
languages he knew were amply used.” (Encyclopaedia Judaica XIII,<br />
908-909)<br />
Lot 203<br />
203. Menasseh ben Israel. co n c i L i A d o r, part 2 only (of 4), first<br />
e d i t i o n, Spanish and Hebrew text, woodcut device on title, woodcut<br />
initials, slight marginal defect to title and final leaf, some worming,<br />
affecting some text, modern brown sheep, rubbed, 4to, Amsterdam,<br />
Nicolaus de Ravesteyn, 1641. £400 - £600<br />
*** The author (1604-57) was a native of Madeira who succeeded<br />
Itzchaq Uz’iel as a preacher at the Newe Shalom synagogue in<br />
Amsterdam in 1622. Four years later he founded the first Jewish<br />
printing house in the city, publishing many works in Hebrew,<br />
Spanish and Latin. He became a representative for Jewish culture<br />
in the Christian world, was in contact with various non-Jewish<br />
scholars and was a friend of Grotius and Rembrandt. The first part<br />
of the Conciliador appeared in 1632 and the third and fourth in 1650<br />
and 1651 respectively.<br />
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Lot 204<br />
204. Castillo (Martin del) Art e he b r A i s pA n o...gr A m m At i cA d e L A<br />
Le n g u A sA n tA, first e d i t i o n, Spanish and Hebrew text, woodcut<br />
initials, head- and tail-pieces, some worming, especially to inner<br />
margin, some water-staining and foxing, contemporary Spanish/<br />
Mexican vellum, binding almost detached, [Palau 481466], 8vo,<br />
Lyon, Florian Anisson, 1676. £3,000 - £4,000<br />
*** fi r s t e d i t i o n o f t h e first he b r e W g r A m m A r p r i n t e d f o r t h e<br />
ne W Wo r L d.<br />
Lot 205<br />
205. Alberti (Leon Battista) L’Ar c h i t e c t u r e e t A rt d e b i e n b A s t i r,<br />
first e d i t i o n in fr e n c h, title within woodcut strapwork border,<br />
woodcut portrait on verso of title, 2 woodcut plans, (one folding),<br />
94 woodcut illustrations in text, fine unicorn device on verso of final<br />
leaf, initials and head-pieces, some slight worming at beginning,<br />
slightly affecting title and some text, 18th century sheep-backed<br />
boards, bit wormed to spine and extremities rubbed, [Mortimer,<br />
Harvard French 12; Cicognara 374; Fowler 7; Berlin Catalogue<br />
1802], folio, Paris, Jacques Kerver, 1553. £3,500 - £5,000<br />
*** Includes an epitaph by Ronsard for the translator Jean Martin,<br />
who died before this work was published and had previously<br />
translated works by Serlio and Vitruvius.<br />
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206. Froissart (Jean) Le pr e m i e r [- qu A rt] vo L u m e d e L’histoire<br />
e y cr o n i q u e, edited by Denis Sauvage, 4 vol. in 1, device on titles,<br />
decorative initials, early name on title ‘P Brisson’, with motto ‘Hoc<br />
velis quod possis’ and quotation (in Latin) from Plato, other name<br />
obliterated, some marking to first few pp., occasional spotting<br />
elsewhere, later mottled calf, spine gilt, badly worn, first few ff. all<br />
but loose, book block broken after vol II N6, spine mostly defective,<br />
[Adams F1066; Brunet II 1405-6 ‘...devenue peu commune, est trèsbelle’;<br />
Mortimer, French 239], folio, Lyons, Jan de Tournes, 1559-<br />
1561. £300 - £500<br />
*** First Sauvage edition.<br />
207. Homer. qu A e ex s tA n t op e r A, Greek and Latin texts in double<br />
column, large device on title and at end, lower corners creased or<br />
frayed, spotting and staining, name of Charles Turner on endpaper,<br />
fly-leaf and title, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rubbed and<br />
marked, lower corners knocked, folio, Basle, Sebastian Henricpetri,<br />
1606. £300 - £400<br />
208. Marolois (Samuel) [oe u v r e s mAthe m At i q u e s, pA rt 3]<br />
fortificAtion o u Arch i t e c t u r e miLitAire, tA n t offensive q u e<br />
de f e n s i v e, engraved title, 42 engraved plates, title and next f. with<br />
margins restored, The Hague, ex officina Henr. Hondii, 1615 b o u n d<br />
W i t h Hondius (Henricus) Les Cinq Rangs de l’Architecture, 50<br />
engraved plates, ? only, no plate DD, Amsterdam, Jean Jeansson,<br />
1620 b o u n d W i t h Vredeman de Vries (Jan) Pespective, 5e Partie,<br />
Augmentée et Corrigée...par Samuel Marolois, engraved title,<br />
46 engraved plates, n.p., 1615 b o u n d W i t h [Marolois (Samuel)<br />
Practique de Geometrie], 46 engraved plates, without title, first 8<br />
text ff. with lower margins defective and restored, n.p., n.d., 4 works<br />
in 1 vol., stained and browned, heavy in places, early ownership<br />
entry on front pastedown of ‘Dn Marcello Fonton (?)’, later dark<br />
brown morocco, ruled in blind, rubbed, covers scuffed, oblong 4to<br />
£1,000 - £1,500<br />
Lot 208<br />
Lot 206<br />
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Lot 210<br />
209. Bonarelli (Prospero) iL so L i m A n o, t r A g e d i A, first e d i t i o n,<br />
engraved frontispiece and 5 folding plates by Jacques Callot,<br />
some light water-staining, contemporary limp vellum, [Cicognara<br />
1086; Gamba 1810], 4to, Florence, Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620.<br />
£1,500 - £2,000<br />
*** Rare first edition of this well-known poetical tragedy in five<br />
acts, illustrated with impressive etchings showing the characters<br />
against elaborate baroque set designs by Giulio Parigi depicting<br />
contemporary Florence.<br />
210. Le Pautre (Jean) Wo r k s, 3 vol., engraved title with ink<br />
inscription, c. 800 copper engraved plates, window-mounted,<br />
many trimmed, a few with sticky tape repairs, pencil inscription to<br />
endpapers, occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, gilt, vol. 2<br />
spine upper joint broken, vol. 1 & 3 joints starting, extremities a<br />
little worn, folio, [?c.1700]. £2,000 - £3,000<br />
211. Caesar (Caius Julius) and A. Hirtius. de r e b u s c A e s A r e g e s t i s<br />
c o m m e n tA r i i, c u m f r A g m e n t i s, edited by Samuel Clarke, half-title,<br />
occasional spotting, bookplates to front pastedown, contemporary<br />
calf, spine gilt, spine a little worn at head and foot, small mark<br />
to upper cover, rubbed, folio, Glasgow, R. and A. Foulis, 1750.<br />
£300 - £400<br />
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212. Schiaparelli (G.V.) os s e rv s z i o n i As t r o n o m i c h e e fi s c h e<br />
su L L’Asse d i ro tA z i o n e e su L L A to p o g r A p h i A d e L pi A n e tA mA rt e,<br />
first p r i n t i n g, in Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, Anno<br />
CCLXXV, 1877-1878, Serie Terza, vol.2, 5 lithographed plates, 1<br />
double-page, 3 coloured, occasional light spotting, upper hinge a<br />
little weak, contemporary morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed<br />
and scuffed, 4to, Rome, 1878. £600 - £800<br />
*** During the great opposition of Mars in 1877, Schiaparelli<br />
observed the planet thoroughly using a Merz refractor; this<br />
exceptional instrument allowed Schiaparelli to detect even the<br />
smallest surface features which had been overlooked in earlier<br />
oppositions by larger telescopes. In drawing a complete picture for<br />
the construction of an accurate map, he stated that the interpretation<br />
of the phenomena observed on Mars was still largely hypothetical,<br />
varying among observers even when they saw the same details. He<br />
was the first to classify the features as ‘seas’ and ‘continents’.<br />
212a. Russian Binding.- Hanslick (Eduard) [Vom Musikalisch<br />
Schönen], text in Russian, ? presentation copy from the translator to<br />
the author, with calligraphic presentation f. with one word heightened<br />
in gold, contemporary red morocco by E.Rau of St.Petersburg, spine<br />
gilt, inner gilt dentelles, small chip to head of spine, rubbed, 8vo,<br />
Moscow, 1895. £200 - £300<br />
*** Hanslick was an influential Austrian critic. He wrote a scathing<br />
review of the first Vienna production of Wagner’s Lohengrin. The<br />
present work, ‘The Beautiful in Music’, is often referred to as the<br />
foundation of modern musical aesthetics.<br />
213. Illuminated Manuscripts.- Li Li v r e s d o u tr e s o r, facsimile<br />
edition, limited edition, most ff. heightened in gold, original blindstamped<br />
calf, housed in original calf drop-back box, gilt, Barcelona,<br />
M. Moleiro Editor, 1999; and a copy of the Apocalipsis Gulbenkian,<br />
folio & 4to (2) £350 - £450<br />
Lot 213<br />
Lot 214<br />
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214. Illuminated Manuscripts.- ps A Lt e r i u m gL o s At u m, facsimile<br />
edition, limited edition, most ff. heightened in gold, original calf,<br />
gilt, slip-case, a handsome production, folio, Barcelona, M.Moleiro<br />
Editor, 2004. £350 - £450<br />
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English Literature and History<br />
The Property of a Gentleman<br />
215. Plutarch. th e Li v e s o f t h e no b L e gr e c i A n s A n d ro m A i n e s, title<br />
with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials, lacking 16 ff. at end<br />
(main text complete), title with loss to lower corner, soiled and laid<br />
down, 4C3 upper corner torn with loss, affecting a side-note, 4X6<br />
repaired tear, within text, but with no loss, occasional spotting, some<br />
staining, contemporary calf, gilt arabesque centre-pieces, rebacked,<br />
corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 20069], by Richard Field,<br />
1612 § Rushworth (John) Historical Collections of Private Passages<br />
of State. Weighty Matters in Law..., engraved portrait frontispiece<br />
(repaired to recto along plate-mark) ?from another copy or work,<br />
lacking a second portrait and double-page map, 59pp. Appendix<br />
bound in at end, some water-staining, mostly to upper margin, a few<br />
ff. with burn-holes slightly affecting text, contemporary inscription<br />
on front free endpaper reads “Gay Curll 1685”, later bookplate of<br />
Rev. Dr. Peter Gunning, contemporary calf, joints starting, [Wing<br />
2316A], by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1659, folio (2)<br />
sold not subject to return. £250 - £350<br />
Lot 216<br />
216. Digges (Sir Dudley) th e co m p L e At Am b A s s A d o r: o r tW o<br />
tr e At i e s o f t h e i n t e n d e d m A r r i A g e o f qu: eL i z A b e t h o f g L o r i o u s<br />
m e m o r y , first e d i t i o n, fine engraved additional pictorial title,<br />
printed title in red and black, contemporary 6-line ink note on the<br />
work to front free endpaper, lower corners of all to sig.O waterstained<br />
to varying degrees, lightly browned, contemporary calf,<br />
rebacked in modern dark brown calf, corners repaired, bookplate<br />
of Dame Sarah Rowley, [Wing D1453], folio, Tho. Newcomb and<br />
Thomas Collins, 1655. £200 - £300<br />
217. [Frankland (Thomas)] th e An n A L s o f ki n g JA m e s A n d ki n g<br />
ch A r L e s t h e fi r s t, first e d i t i o n, initial errata f., lightly browned,<br />
occasional spotting, contemporary calf, repaired, scarce at auction,<br />
[Wing F2078], folio, Tho. Braddyll, for Robert Clavel, 1681.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
Lot 218<br />
218. Platina (Bartholomaeus Sacchi de) th e Li v e s o f t h e po p e s...<br />
to t h e re i g n o f si x t u s iv, translated and edited by Paul Rycaut,<br />
engraved portrait frontispiece of Rycaut, title in red and black, a<br />
few marginal water-stains, occasional spotting, 2C4 & 2D1 section<br />
of outer margin excised, bookplates of Pro-Cathedral Library,<br />
Clifton and the lending library of Temple Sowerby (a gift from the<br />
Rev.Dr. Bray), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn,<br />
covers rubbed, [Wing P2403], folio, Christopher Wilkinson, 1685.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** Scarce at auction. Rycaut was a British diplomat, historian, and<br />
authority on the Ottoman Empire.<br />
Lot 219<br />
219. Jonson (Ben) th e Wo r k s, first c o m p L e t e c o L L e c t e d e d i t i o n,<br />
double column, engraved portrait frontispiece, very small repair to<br />
upper margin of portrait, 2K3 with some ink marks, 2Z2&3 and<br />
sig.3C foxed (as often, see Pforzheimer), occasional spotting, some<br />
light browning, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, [Wing J1006;<br />
Pforzheimer 561], folio, Thomas Hodgkin, for H.Herringman [&c.],<br />
1692. £600 - £800<br />
*** A good copy of the first one-volume edition and the last of the<br />
folios.<br />
Provenance: William Dowdeswell, Pull Court, Worcestershire<br />
(bookplates).<br />
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220. Hacket (John) sc r i n i A re s e r AtA: A me m o r i A L offer’d to...<br />
Jo h n Wi L L i A m s...Ar c h b i s h o p o f yo r k, engraved portrait frontispiece,<br />
title in red and black, advertisement and errata ff. t end, small area<br />
of water-staining to lower corners of last few ff., later speckled<br />
panelled calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label,<br />
upper joint just starting a foot, lower corners worn, rubbed, [Wing<br />
H171], a good copy, folio, Edw. Jones for Samuel Lowndes, 1693.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** Hacket was Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry and occasional<br />
chaplain to James and Charles II.<br />
Lot 221<br />
221. Machiavelli (Niccolò) th e Wo r k s, with general title, sig b. of<br />
preliminaries bound after **4, a few marginal repairs (including<br />
upper corner of second title, this just touching printed border),<br />
occasional spotting, antique style panelled mottled calf, [Wing<br />
M130], folio, for R.Clavel, 1694. £300 - £400<br />
*** Scarce at auction (of the four copies sold three were defective).<br />
222. Bruyere (Jean de la) th e ch A r A c t e r s, o r t h e mA n n e r s o f<br />
t h e Ag e, 2 parts in 1, first e d i t i o n in en g L i s h, Y1 small section cut<br />
away from ouer margin, occasional spotting, some light browning,<br />
a few small stains, contemporary panelled calf, morocco label to<br />
spine, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing L104],<br />
for John Bullord, 1699-1698 § Ashmole (Elias) The History of the<br />
Most Noble Order of the Garter, engraved plates, folding tables,<br />
some light browning, occasional spotting, 19th century polished<br />
armorial calf, gilt, for A.Bell, 1715 § Sterne (Lawrence) The Works,<br />
10 vol., portrait frontispiece, some spotting and light browning,<br />
contemporary tree calf, rebacked, corners worn, for J.Johnson<br />
[&c.], 1798; and c.30 others, English Literature & History, including<br />
a set of Voltaire, v.s. (c.42) sold not subject to return. £200 - £300<br />
Lot 223<br />
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223. Sandford (Francis) A ge n e A L o g i c A L hi s t o ry o f t h e ki n g s<br />
A n d qu e e n s o f en g L A n d, title in red and black, 6 engraved plates<br />
(5 double-page), some after Wenceslaus Hollar, illustrations,<br />
many full-page, list of subscribers, errata f. at end, some waterstaining,<br />
mostly marginal, heavier to 4Y1&2, occasional spotting,<br />
contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, modern red leather labels to<br />
spine, folio, M.Jenour, for John Nicholson, 1707. £180 - £220<br />
224. Baker (Sir Richard) A ch r o n i c L e o f t h e kin g s o f eng L A n d,<br />
f r o m t h e t i m e o f t h e romA n s gove r n m e n t, to t h e deAt h o f<br />
ki n g JAm e s t h e first, engraved additional pictorial title, printed<br />
title in red and black, occasional spotting, contemporary calf,<br />
rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, for Samuel Ballard, 1723; and a<br />
copy of Murdin’s State Papers of Queen Elizabeth, 1759, folio (2)<br />
£200 - £300<br />
225. Bacon (Sir Francis) th e Wo r k s, 5 vol., 4 engraved<br />
frontispieces, engraved title vignettes, 2 folding tables, some light<br />
offsetting and browning, occasional spotting, contemporary calf,<br />
rebacked, spines with modern gilt and red leather labels, corners<br />
worn, rubbed, 4to, for J.Rivington and Sons, 1778. £200 - £300<br />
226. Johnson (Samuel) th e Li v e s o f t h e m o s t e m i n e n t en g L i s h<br />
po e t s, 4 vol., first s e pA r At e e d i t i o n, engraved portrait frontispiece,<br />
offsetting on to title, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary<br />
calf, richly gilt spines, lacking labels, some chipping to spine ends,<br />
vol.4 lower joint starting, for C.Bathurst, 1781; The Works, 12 vol.,<br />
some spotting, bookplates of Edward Hutton and William Pocock,<br />
contemporary tree calf, lacking most labels, some joints starting,<br />
chipping, for T.Longman [&c.], 1792; The Letters, edited by Bruce<br />
Redford, 5 vol., including index, The Hyde Edition, frontispieces,<br />
original buckram, dust-jackets, Oxford, 1992-1994; and 13 others,<br />
all but 5 Johnson, 8 of which 18th century Johnson in contemporary<br />
calf, 8vo et infra (34) £250 - £350<br />
227. Crabbe (George) th e bo r o u g h, first e d i t i o n, half-title,<br />
occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners<br />
worn, 1810; Tales of the Hall, 2 vol., first e d i t i o n, half-titles,<br />
occasional spotting, contemporary half burgundy calf, spines gilt<br />
and with double black leather labels, spines slightly faded, rubbed,<br />
1819; Poems, second edition, occasional spotting, contemporary<br />
diced calf, spine faded and nicked at head, 1808; and 15 others,<br />
Crabbe, v.s. (19) £120 - £180<br />
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228. Bacon (Sir Francis) th e Wo r k s, edited by Basil Montague,<br />
16 vol., engraved plates, occasional spotting or offsetting,<br />
contemporary polished calf, gilt, some fading to spines, a few scuff<br />
marks to covers, rubbed, a good edition, 8vo, William Pickering,<br />
1824-1836. £150 - £200<br />
229. S[tephen] J[ames] K[enneth]], “A Don”. sk e t c h e s f r o m<br />
cA m b r i d g e, first e d i t i o n in b o o k f o r m, occasional spotting, later<br />
half morocco, spine darkened, rubbed, London and Cambridge,<br />
1865; Lapsus Calmi, first e d i t i o n, half-title, a few spots, original<br />
cloth, paper printed label to spine this chipped with loss of a few<br />
letters, Cambridge, 1891; and a first edition of his Quo Musa Tendis,<br />
8vo (3) £150 - £200<br />
*** All works by the author are scarce. Stephen, a former President of<br />
the Cambridge Union and Fellow of King’s College, was a poet, tutor<br />
to Princes Albert Victor and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and firstcousin<br />
of Virginia Woolf. Kipling referred to him as ‘that genius’.<br />
230. Stephen (Leslie) essAys o n fr e e t h i n k i n g A n d pL A i n s p e A k i n g,<br />
first e d i t i o n, half-title, hinges weak, original cloth, cloth of lower<br />
joint splitting, soiled, 1873; The Science of Ethics, first e d i t i o n,<br />
p r e s e n tAt i o n c o p y f r o m t h e A u t h o r, half-title, 6pp. advertisements<br />
at end, new endpapers, original cloth, spine repaired, 1882; Hours<br />
in a Library, 3 vol., first-third series, s i g n e d p r e s e n tAt i o n c o p i e s f r o m<br />
t h e A u t h o r, half-titles, modern two-tone cloth, 1874-1879; History<br />
of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, 2 vol., first e d i t i o n,<br />
advertisements at end, related newspaper cuttings mounted at end<br />
of vol.1, occasional spotting or light foxing, near fine original cloth,<br />
gilt, slightly rubbed, 1876; and c.40 others, by or about the same,<br />
many in original cloth, v.s. (c.44) £300 - £400<br />
*** A very good selection of Stephen’s works. Sir Leslie Stephen<br />
was an author, critic, prominent mountaineer (President of the Alpine<br />
Club and RGS) and father to Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.<br />
231. Law.- Stephen (Sir James Fitzjames) A hi s t o ry o f t h e<br />
cr i m i n A L LAW o f en g L A n d, 3 vol., first e d i t i o n, half-titles, 2pp.<br />
advertisements at end of vol.2, ink presentation inscriptions to the<br />
Recorder of Birmingham to half-titles, a few pencil notes, original<br />
cloth, spines gilt, rubbed, a good set, 1883; Liberty, Equality,<br />
Fraternity, first e d i t i o n, half-title, original cloth, spine ends nicked,<br />
rubbed, 1873 § Stephen (Leslie) The Life of Sir James Fitzjames<br />
Stephen, first e d i t i o n, half-title, portrait frontispiece, original<br />
cloth, spine ends nicked, corners a little worn, rubbed, 1895; and 14<br />
others, by or about J.F. Stephen and related, v.s. (19) £200 - £300<br />
232. Scott (Sir Walter) th e WAv e r L e y no v e L s, 25 vol., 1889-1891;<br />
Poetical Works, 2vol., 1891-1892; Tales of a Grandfather, 2 vol.,<br />
1892; Lockhart (J.G.) Life of Scott, 1892, engraved frontispieces<br />
and additional vignette titles, uniformly bound in original green<br />
pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed § Shadwell (Thomas) The<br />
Complete Works, edited by Montague Summers, 5 vol., limited<br />
edition, plates, original cloth, lightly rubbed, The Fortune Press,<br />
1927 § Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Works, 25 vol., Swanston<br />
Edition, plates, some spotting, original cloth, spine gilt, 1911-1912;<br />
and a quantity others, Literature in cloth, v.s. (Qty.) £300 - £400<br />
233. Malone Society.- 59 vol., v.b., small 4to, 1960s-2000s.<br />
£150 - £200<br />
*** The Malone Society was ‘formed for the purpose of producing<br />
accurate copies of the best editions of early plays’.<br />
234. Trollope Society.- Trollope (Anthony) [Wo r k s], 71 vol.,<br />
plates, illustrations, original buckram all in very good condition,<br />
a very good run, [1990s]; and 3 others, about Trollope, 8vo (74)<br />
£300 - £400<br />
pr i vAt e pr e s s<br />
See also lots 362-383<br />
235. Painter (William) th e pA L A c e o f pL e A s u r e, 4 vol., number<br />
58 of 500 copies, illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss, frontispieces<br />
with pochoir colouring, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., others<br />
uncut, very slightly browned, Cresset Press, 1929 § Jonson (Ben)<br />
The Masque of Queenes...with the Designs of Inigo Jones, number<br />
CVII of 150 copies for America from an edition limited to 350,<br />
illustrations, modern morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, a<br />
little soiled and faded, The King’s Printers, 1930; and 2 others, v.s.<br />
(7) £100 - £150<br />
Lot 236<br />
236. Shakespeare Head Press.- Shakespeare (William) th e<br />
Wo r k s..., 10 vol., number 125 of 1000 copies on handmade paper,<br />
portrait frontispieces, modern tan morocco-backed cloth, spines<br />
gilt with emblem of hart under a tree and brown morocco labels,<br />
uncut, 4to, Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press, 1904-07.<br />
£300 - £500<br />
237. -. Boccaccio (Giovanni) de c A m e r o n, 2 vol., number 113 of 325<br />
copies, printed in blue and black, wood-engraved title-borders and<br />
illustrations after the Venetian edition of 1492, decorative initials,<br />
later half blue morocco, paper labels on spines, t.e.g., others uncut,<br />
spines very slightly faded, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head<br />
Press, 1934-35 § Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy..., translated<br />
by Melville Best Anderson, one of 1500 copies signed by the printer<br />
Hans Mardersteig, light spotting, original patterned Fortuny silk,<br />
gilt-stamped silk label on spine, uncut, slight wear to edges, New<br />
York, printed by the Officina Bodoni of Verona for the Limited<br />
Editions Club, 1932, 4to & folio (3) £250 - £350<br />
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238. -. Fielding (Henry) [th e no v e L s], 10 vol., one of 1030<br />
copies, original terracotta buckram, 1926 § Smollett (Tobias) [The<br />
Novels], 11 vol., one of 780 copies, original green buckram, 1925 §<br />
Richardson (Samuel) Clarissa..., 8 vol., one of 620 copies, original<br />
crimson buckram, 1930 § Sheridan (R.B.) The School for Scandal,<br />
one of 475 copies, illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky, original half<br />
parchment, 1930 § Beerbohm (Max) Zuleika Dobson, one of 750<br />
copies signed by the artist, colour plates by Osbert Lancaster,<br />
original morocco-backed boards, glacine wrapper (frayed), 1975 §<br />
De Quincey (Thomas) Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, one<br />
of 1520 copies signed by the printer and artist, lithographed plates<br />
by Zhenya Gay, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, printed for<br />
the Limited Editions Club, 1930, occasional light spotting, most<br />
t.e.g. with others uncut, a little rubbed, spines of the sets slightly<br />
faded, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratfordupon-Avon;<br />
and 14 others relating to the press including a reprint of<br />
their Defoe set, v.s (46) £200 - £300<br />
239. -. Froissart (Sir John) cr o n y c L e s, translated by Lord Berners,<br />
2 vol. in 8, number 264 of 350 copies, numerous hand-coloured<br />
woodcut coats-of-arms on titles and in margins, maps hand-coloured<br />
in outline, printed note on the edition loosely inserted, original<br />
holland-backed boards, uncut, paper spine labels, a few small ink<br />
spots to spines, 8vo, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press<br />
of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1927-28. £250 - £350<br />
Lot 240<br />
240. -. Chaucer (Geoffrey) th e Wor k s, edited by A.W.Pollard, 8<br />
vol., number 11 of 375 copies, printed in red, blue and black, handcoloured<br />
wood-engraved illustrations redrawn by Hugh Chesterman,<br />
Lynton Lamb and others from old manuscripts and woodcuts, woodengraved<br />
lettering for titles, headings and initials designed by<br />
Joscelyne Gaskin, original holland-backed boards, uncut, slightly<br />
soiled and browned, 8vo, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head<br />
Press in Stratford-upon-Avon, 1928-29. £400 - £600<br />
LONDON<br />
241. -. Plutarch. th e Li v e s o f t h e no b L e gr e c i A n s A n d ro m A n e s...,<br />
translated by James Amyot and Thomas North, 8 vol., number<br />
144 of 500 large paper copies for America, printed in red and<br />
black, frontispieces, illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky, Boston &<br />
New York, 1928 § Shakespeare (William) A Midsommer Nights<br />
Dreame, number 290 of 450 copies from an edition limited to 606,<br />
plates by Paul Nash, some colour, 1924 § Ovid. Ovyde Hys Book<br />
of Methamorphose Books X-XV, translated by William Caxton,<br />
number 51 of 375 copies, bookplates of Robert Elwell and David<br />
Paul Rose, Oxford, 1924 § Jonson (Ben) The Poems, edited by<br />
Bernard H.Newdigate, o n e o f 60 c o p i e s f o r m e m b e r s o f t h e do u b L e<br />
cr o W n cL u b, from an edition limited to 750, J.h.mA s o n’s c o p y W i t h<br />
h i s n A m e o n h A L f-t i t L e A n d p r e s e n tAt i o n t.n.s. f r o m JA m e s shA n d<br />
(Secretary of the DCC) loosely inserted, frontispiece, original cloth,<br />
gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, Oxford, 1937 §<br />
Lawrence (W.J.) The Elizabethan Playhouse and other studies, 2<br />
vol., one of 760 copies, plates, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1912-13, all<br />
but the fourth original cloth-backed boards, uncut, some slightly<br />
rubbed, the last a little faded and stained, all printed by the<br />
Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon; and 16 others by<br />
the press, mostly 17th century texts, v.s. (29) £400 - £600<br />
Lot 242<br />
242. -. Trollope (Anthony) [th e bA r s e t s h i r e no v e L s], edited by<br />
Michael Sadleir, 14 vol., one of 525 copies, original green buckram,<br />
t.e.g., others uncut, spines very slightly faded, 8vo, Oxford, printed<br />
at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1929.<br />
£300 - £400<br />
243. -. Bede (The Venerable) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e ch u r c h o f<br />
en g L A n d e, translated by Thomas Stapleton, one of 475 copies,<br />
printed in red and black, map, with the Douglas Cockerell note on<br />
the binding loosely inserted, original calf-backed marbled boards,<br />
uncut, corners a little rubbed and bumped, 4to, Oxford, printed<br />
at The Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1930.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
244. -. Homer. th e Wh o L e Wo r k s o f ho m e r ; pr i n c e o f po e t t s,<br />
in h i s iL i A d s, A n d od y s s e s, translated by George Chapman, 5 vol.,<br />
number 441 of 450 copies signed by the artist, original half crushed<br />
morocco, uncut, slightly rubbed and soiled, spines a little rubbed<br />
faded, 1930-31 § Pindar. Odes of Victory, translated by C.J.Billson,<br />
2 vol., each one of 250 copies, original cloth-backed printed<br />
terracotta boards, uncut, paper spine labels very slightly faded,<br />
1928-30, both with wood-engraved illustrations by John Farleigh,<br />
4to, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratfordupon-Avon<br />
(7) £300 - £400<br />
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Lot 245<br />
245. -. Spenser (Edmund) th e Wo r k s, 8 vol., number 157 of<br />
375 copies, printed in red, blue and black, hand-coloured woodengraved<br />
illustrations and decorations by Hilda Quick, lettering<br />
for titles, headings and initials designed by Joscelyne Gaskin and<br />
engraved by Quick, original crushed green calf-backed marbled<br />
boards, uncut and partly unopened, very slightly rubbed, spines a<br />
little faded, 4to, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of<br />
Stratford-upon-Avon, 1930-32. £250 - £350<br />
246. -. Brontë (Charlotte, Emily, Anne & Patrick) [Wo r k s] th e<br />
sh A k e s p e A r e he A d br o n t ë, edited by T.J.Wise and J.A.Symington,<br />
20 vol. including new enlarged edition of poems by Branwell (1983),<br />
the reprint of poems by Emily & Anne (1989) and the bibliography,<br />
plus ‘Gondal Poems’ by Emily Jane Brontë, together 21 vol.,<br />
most limited to 1000 copies, plates and illustrations, occasional<br />
foxing, original orange/brown cloth, uncut, a few vol. with dustjackets<br />
(a little browned and/or frayed), most Oxford, printed at the<br />
Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1931-38-89 and<br />
Slad & New Castle, De., 2000 (21) £300 - £400<br />
*** A complete set of the extensive Shakespeare Head Brontë<br />
including the bibliography published in 2000 but with later edition/<br />
reprint of the poems by Branwell, and Emily & Anne (the latter one<br />
of 200 copies). Also with Emily Brontë’s Gondal Poems, edited by<br />
Helen Brown & Joan Mott, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press<br />
in 1938 in a uniform style but not as part of the set.<br />
Lot 247<br />
247. -. Malory (Sir Thomas) th e no b L e & Jo y o u s bo k e en t y t L e d<br />
Le mo rt e dA rt h u r..., 2 vol., number 81 of 370 copies printed from<br />
the Wynkyn de Worde edition of 1498, printed in red and black in<br />
double-column, woodcut illustrations, original russet roan, t.e.g.,<br />
others uncut, a little rubbed, 8vo, Oxford, printed by the Shakespeare<br />
Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1933. £250 - £350<br />
248. -. Bury (Richard de) ph i L o b i b L i o n, one of 500 copies, original<br />
half morocco, gilt, spine faded, 4to, Oxford, Published for the<br />
Shakespeare Head Press by Basil Blackwell, 1960. £80 - £120<br />
Other Properties<br />
Lot 249<br />
249. Bible, English. [th e bi b L e A n d ho Ly sc r i p t u r e s c o n t e i n e d<br />
in t h e oL d e A n d ne W e te s tA m e n t], parts in 1, folding engraved<br />
plate (with loss of right hand part), 1 folding map (tears along<br />
fold), lacks general title, OT [par] 2 - A4 edges torn, creased and<br />
stained affecting text, 2S5 - 2T3 large stains at tail, 4O4-6 tears at<br />
head, 2Y2 torn and partially repaired, NT title corner torn away,<br />
stained in right hand margin and soiled, 5E5 large tear, numerous<br />
other small tears, soiling and browning, margins trimmed, 18 &<br />
19 century ink family annotations causing some ink staining, later<br />
endpapers, 19 century tree calf, gilt, rubbed, upper cover working<br />
loose, spine upper joint broken, [Herbert 144; STC 2118], sm.<br />
folio, Christopher Barkar [sic], 1576; sold not subject to return.<br />
£800 - £1,200<br />
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Lot 250<br />
250. Commines (Phillippe de) th e historie o f phiLip d e co m m i n e s<br />
kn i g h t, Lo r d o f Ar g e n t o n, second edition, handsome woodcut<br />
pictorial title, genealogical tables, woodcut decorative initials,<br />
some water-staining to margins, modern panelled calf, spine faded,<br />
[STC 5603], folio, A. Hatfield for I.Norton, 1601. £250 - £350<br />
Lot 251<br />
251. Bacon (Francis) sy L vA sy LvA r u m, first e d i t i o n, s e c o n d<br />
issue (with cancel title dated 1627), engraved portrait frontispiece<br />
and additional engraved title, printed title defective at foot and<br />
repaired (loss to imprint), a few tears, some staining, particularly<br />
towards beginning, 18th and 19th century ownership inscriptions<br />
to endpapers, later sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label,<br />
[Gibson 171], by J.H. for William Lee, 1627; and a copy of Mallet’s<br />
The Life of Francis Bacon, 1740, folio (2) £300 - £400<br />
Lot 252<br />
LONDON<br />
252. Weever (John) An c i e n t f u n e r A L L m o n u m e n t s Within t h e v n i t e d<br />
m o n A r c h i e o f gr e At br i tA i n e, ir e L A n d, A n d t h e i s L A n d s A d i A c e n t,<br />
first e d i t i o n, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial<br />
title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, woodcut initials and<br />
head-pieces, portrait trimmed to border and window-mounted, small<br />
repair to lower corner or printed title, lacking final blank, lightly<br />
browned, some water-staining, a few small stains, 19th century<br />
polished calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, small ink number at<br />
foot of spine, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 25223], folio, Thomas<br />
Harper, 1631. £300 - £400<br />
*** An excellent collection of epitaphs and inscriptions, a number<br />
of which no longer survive. It covers the dioceses of London,<br />
Canterbury, Rochester, Norwich and Lincoln.<br />
Lot 253<br />
253. Ashmole (Elias) th e in s t i t u t i o n, LAW s & ce r e m o n i e s o f t h e<br />
m o s t n o b L e or d e r o f t h e gA rt e r, first e d i t i o n, initial imprimatur<br />
f., title in red and black, engraved portrait of Charles II by Sherwin,<br />
31 engraved plates (includes 10 full-pages of arms on 5 sheets),<br />
most double-page, some by Wenceslaus Hollar, errata f. at end,<br />
some water-staining to preliminaries, most double-page plates with<br />
repair to fold (to varying degrees), repaired tear to text ff. R3, 2D3<br />
and 4C1, lightly browned, occasional spotting, a few small stains,<br />
contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wing 3983], folio,<br />
J.Macock, for Nathaniel Brooke, 1672. £400 - £600<br />
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Lot 254<br />
254. Ralegh (Walter) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e Wo r L d, ‘Mind of the<br />
Front’ leaf, frontispiece and portrait, title in red & black, 8 doublepage<br />
engraved maps and plans, 2 detached from stubs, some minor<br />
creases and tears in a few places not affecting text, contemporary<br />
calf, rubbed, head and tail of spine repaired, small hole to upper<br />
joint, [Wing R167], folio, for Robert White etc., 1677. £400 - £600<br />
255. Pope (Alexander) of t h e use o f ri c h e s, A n ep i s t L e to t h e<br />
ri g h t ho n o r A b L e AL L e n Lo r d bAt h u r s t, first e d i t i o n, foxed, upper<br />
hinge split, modern calf-backed boards, spine scuffed, [Foxon P923;<br />
Griffith 283; Rothschild 1605], by J.Wright, 1732; The First Satire<br />
of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue..., title a little<br />
soiled, [Foxon P886; Griffith 288; Rothschild 1608], L.G., sold by<br />
A. Dodd, E. Nutt, [& others], 1733; The First Epistle of the Second<br />
Book of Horace, Imitated, [Foxon P881; Griffith 483; Rothschild<br />
1635], for T.Cooper, 1737, first e d i t i o n s, modern morocco-backed<br />
cloth; and 2 others (second edition of the first and Whitehead’s The<br />
State Dunces), folio (5) £200 - £300<br />
256. Swift (Jonathan) on po e t ry: A rA p s o d y, [Foxon S888;<br />
Rothschild 2147; Teerink 741], printed in Dublin and re-printed in<br />
London, Hugginson, 1733; Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift,<br />
title a little creased, final f. a little soiled, small ink note in a<br />
contemporary hand to head of title, [Foxon S920; Rothschild 2166;<br />
Teerink 771], 1739; The Life and Genuine Character of Doctor<br />
Swift, half-title, [Foxon S884; Rothschild 2143; Teerink 727], for<br />
J.Roberts, 1733, first e d i t i o n s, a little browned, modern moroccobacked<br />
cloth, folio (3) £400 - £500<br />
*** For the first ‘The imprint is probably misleading, for no earlier<br />
Dublin edition is known’ Rothschild. The last is a bibliographically<br />
difficult item, subject of much debate as to authorship and printing.<br />
This appears to be the earliest of the states detailed by Teerink.<br />
Lot 257<br />
257. Society of Gentleman. th e ho n e y-su c k L e, Consisting of<br />
Original Poems, Epigrams, Songs, Tales, Odes, and Translations,<br />
engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, light<br />
spotting, lacking contents and advertisement ff., contemporary<br />
calf, covers detached, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, for Charles<br />
Corbett, 1734. £500 - £700<br />
*** ESTC lists only 2 copies in the UK (BL and Bodleian) and 4 in<br />
the United States.<br />
Lot 258<br />
258. [Glasse (Hannah)] th e Art o f co o k e ry mA d e pL A i n A n d eA s y,<br />
second edition, lacking final f., gathering b and final 2 gatherings<br />
becoming loose, title a little chipped and frayed, ink ownership<br />
inscription to head, contemporary calf, covers becoming looser,<br />
corners and spine ends bumped, rubbed, [Bitting p.187; Cagel<br />
696], 8vo, for the Author, 1747. £300 - £400<br />
*** A scarce edition, ESTC lists only 2 copies in the UK (BL and<br />
University of Leeds) and 6 in the United States.<br />
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259. Hume (David) di A L o g u e s c o n c e r n i n g nAt u r A L re L i g i o n,<br />
second edition, lacking half-title, armorial bookplate of David<br />
Hume loose at front, and of the Duke of Somerset to front pastedown,<br />
contemporary straight grain morocco, gilt, g.e., 8vo, 1779.<br />
£150 - £200<br />
260. Johnson (Samuel) A di c t i o n A ry o f t h e en g L i s h LA n g u A g e, 2<br />
vol., sixth edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, vol. 1 lacks halftitle,<br />
internally very good, bookplate of Henryson Caird on front<br />
pastedown, contemporary diced russia, sympathetically rebacked,<br />
4to, for J.F. & C.Rivington, L.Davis, T.Payne and Son, T.Longman,<br />
B.Law [&c.], 1785. £200 - £300<br />
Lot 261<br />
261. Theatre Bills.- AL b u m o f 77 t h e At r e b i L L s, including:<br />
Twelfth Time. Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden... Ramah Droog;<br />
Or, Wine Does Wonders, 1798; Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden...<br />
Management, 1799; Ninth Time. Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden,<br />
Speed the Plough, 1800; Theatre Royal, Hay-Market. Married and<br />
Single, 1825; Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand, Bashful<br />
Man, 1827; Theatre Tottenham Street. For the Benefit of Mr. Ross...<br />
The Maid of Milan, 1830; The Fifth Night Mr. Charles Kean As<br />
‘Othello!’, 1838; and a quantity of engravings, all pasted down,<br />
some slight browning, edges trimmed slightly affecting some text,<br />
lacks covers, v.s., v.d. 1798-1838. £300 - £500<br />
Lot 262<br />
LONDON<br />
262. british mi L i tA ry Li b r A ry; o r, Jo u r n A L, 2 vol. [all published],<br />
nos.1-30, s i g n e d p r e s e n tAt i o n inscription f r o m pr i n c e Wi L L i A m<br />
fr e d e r i c k, du k e o f gL o u c e s t e r A n d ed i n b u r g h to co L o n e L mAssey<br />
to head of titles, 30 engraved plates, all but 2 hand-coloured,<br />
41 engraved battle-plans or maps, some folding, tissue-guards,<br />
contemporary tree-calf, gilt, spines gilt with military insignia and<br />
red and green morocco labels, gilt morocco bookplate of Colonel<br />
Massey to upper covers, a little rubbed and scuffed, [Colas 450;<br />
Tooley 112], 4to, 1799-1801 [1804-1801], sold as a periodical and<br />
not subject to return. £1,200 - £1,800<br />
*** Eyre Massey, first Baron Clarina (1719-1804), served with<br />
the British in the Seven Years War, commanding at the battle of<br />
La Belle Famille, subsequently serving in Nova Scotia, Halifax and<br />
later, Cork.<br />
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh<br />
(1776-1834), great-grandson of King George II, nephew and sonin-law<br />
of King George III, given the rather disparaging nickname<br />
of ‘Silly Billy’.<br />
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Lot 263<br />
The Property of the late R.D.Wise<br />
263. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord)<br />
ho u r s o f id L e n e s s, A se r i e s o f po e m s ,<br />
or i g i n A L A n d tr A n s L At e d, first e d i t i o n, first<br />
issue with “where” twice on p.5, cancel leaf<br />
p.22, “thnnder” on p.114 and “Thc” on p.181,<br />
half-title, light foxing and soiling, ch A d W y c khe<br />
A L e y c o p y with bookplate on front pastedown,<br />
uncut in original blue boards, rebacked,<br />
rubbed and slightly stained, preserved in later<br />
royal blue crushed morocco pull-off slip-case,<br />
by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments,<br />
[Wise I p8; Randolph p.9], crown 8vo, Newark,<br />
printed and sold by S. and J.Ridge, 1807.<br />
£400 - £600<br />
264. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord)<br />
ho u r s o f id L e n e s s, A se r i e s o f po e m s , or i g i n A L<br />
A n d tr A n s L At e d, first e d i t i o n, s e c o n d issue with<br />
“where” twice on p.5 and p.171 misnumbered<br />
as “71”, half-title, foxed, tip of upper outer<br />
corner of half-title torn away, notes and old<br />
catalogue entries tipped in or loosely inserted,<br />
uncut in original drab boards, contemporary<br />
cloth rebacked title in manuscript, rubbed,<br />
corners worn, splits to joints, preserved in later<br />
cloth folder and royal blue crushed morocco<br />
pull-off slip-case, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt<br />
in compartments, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with<br />
bookplate inside folder, [Wise I p9; Randolph<br />
p.9, claiming it to be a forgery], demy 8vo,<br />
Newark, printed and sold by S. and J.Ridge, 1807.<br />
£300 - £400<br />
Lot 264<br />
Lot 265<br />
265. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) po e m s or i g i n A L A n d<br />
tr A n s L At e d, second edition [Wise’s authorized edition; Randolph’s<br />
first issue], with “aaid” on p.115 for “said” and with U4 present<br />
(page numbers151-152 duplicated), half-title, engraved frontispiece<br />
of Harrow with tissue guard, frontispiece water-stained, some light<br />
foxing and soiling, uncut in the original marbled boards, rubbed,<br />
spine rather worn and defective, joints split, corners bumped and<br />
worn, preserved in later cloth drop-back box, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y<br />
c o p y W i t h b o o k p L At e in box and catalogue entries & carbon copy of<br />
letter to T.J.Wise discussing variant points loosely inserted, [Wise<br />
I p.10 “drab boards”, Randolph p.12, but no water-mark], 8vo,<br />
Newark, printed & sold by S. & J.Ridge, 1808. £200 - £300<br />
Lot 266<br />
266. [Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord)] en g L i s h bA r d s, A n d<br />
sc o t c h re v i e W e r s. A sAt i r e, first A u t h o r i z e d e d i t i o n, rA n d o L p h’s<br />
s e c o n d issue [o r vA r i A n t], Wise’s s e c o n d issue, t h i r d vA r i A n t<br />
with the Preface leaf and “dispatch” on p.5 line 7, half-title,<br />
neat contemporary ink signature at head of title, occasional light<br />
soiling and staining, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with bookplate on<br />
front pastedown, contemporary black straight-grained morocco<br />
with decorative gilt border, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little<br />
rubbed and scuffed, [Wise I p.20; Randolph p.15], 12mo, for James<br />
Cawthorn, [1809; water-marked “E & P 1805”]. £200 - £300<br />
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Lot 268<br />
267. [Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord)] en g L i s h bAr d s, A n d<br />
sc o t c h rev i e W e r s. A sAt i r e, first A u t h o r i z e d e d i t i o n, rA n d o L p h’s<br />
first issue [or vA r i A n t], Wise’s s e c o n d issue, s e c o n d vA r i A n t with<br />
the Preface leaf and “despatch” on p.5 line 7, half-title, title lightly<br />
browned with unobtrusive repair to H of “English” and ?removal<br />
of stamp from verso, trimmed, later tan calf, gilt, by Rivière & Son,<br />
spine gilt in compartments with brown morocco labels, g.e., [Wise<br />
I p.20; Randolph p.15], 12mo, for James Cawthorn, [1809; watermarked<br />
“E & P 1805”]. £150 - £200<br />
268. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) en g L i s h bA r d s, A n d<br />
sc o t c h re v i e W e r s; a Satire, fifth s p u r i o u s “f o u rt h e d i t i o n”, lacking<br />
half-title and advertisement leaf at end, with additional title and<br />
numerous leaves from an unknown edition bound in at corresponding<br />
pages and at end, e x t r A-i L L u s t r At e d W i t h 87 e n g r Av e d p o rt r A i t s<br />
A n d v i eW s including portrait of Byron by Harlow as frontispiece,<br />
some trimmed, others tipped into blank leaves, occasional foxing,<br />
upper hinge broken, engraved bookplate of Charles Tennant of<br />
The Glen on front pastedown, handsome near contemporary green<br />
straight-grained morocco elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt with<br />
decorative borders and lyre within central wreath on both covers,<br />
spine gilt in compartments, g.e., decorative gilt turn-ins, by Dawson<br />
& Lewis of Soho with their ticket on front free endpaper, very<br />
slightly rubbed, [Wise I p.43], 8vo, James Cawthorn...Sharpe and<br />
Hailes, 1811 [but later, water-mark “W.Pickering & Co/1816”].<br />
£300 - £400<br />
Lot 269 Lot 270<br />
LONDON<br />
269. Byron George Gordon Noel, Lord) and others. th e ge n u i n e<br />
re J e c t e d Ad d r e s s e s, p r e s e n t e d to t h e co m m i t t e e o f mA n A g e m e n t<br />
f o r dr u ry-LA n e th e At r e; p r e c e d e d b y t h At W r i t t e n b y Lo r d by r o n,<br />
and adopted by the Committee, first e d i t i o n, s e c o n d issue, first<br />
vA r i A n t with bottom 2 lines of imprint on title reading “Chapple,<br />
Pall-Mall; and Nunn, Great / Queen-Street” but ending on p.130<br />
without 2 leaves of supplementary address on pp.131-134 usually<br />
found in second issue, a little marginal soiling, upper hinge broken,<br />
ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with bookplate on front pastedown, uncut<br />
in the original drab boards, rebacked, rubbed, split to head of upper<br />
joint, [Wise I p.70 & II p.xxvi, but this variant unknown to Wise],<br />
8vo, printed and sold by B.McMillan..., 1812. £100 - £150<br />
*** Featuring the entries in a competition for the address at the<br />
opening of the new Drury Lane Theatre, previously destroyed by<br />
fire in 1809. They were issued in response to Horace and James<br />
Smith’s parodies of the originals, hence the title, but the work was<br />
referred to by Byron as the “dejected addresses”.<br />
270. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) th e gi A o u r, A fr A g m e n t<br />
o f A tu r k i s h tA L e, first p u b L i s h e d e d i t i o n, half-title, lines numbered<br />
neatly in pencil, uncut and unopened in the original drab wrappers,<br />
lightly stained, spine a little frayed, ex-library copy but unstamped,<br />
preserved in later cloth folder with library label and accession<br />
number, joint split, [Wise I p.78; Randolph p.25], 8vo, John Murray,<br />
1813. £150 - £200<br />
271. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) th e co r s A i r, A tA L e,<br />
first e d i t i o n, first issue ending on p.100, half-title, lacking the<br />
4pp. advertisements at end, a few small spots, later tan calf, gilt, by<br />
Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco labels,<br />
g.e, joints rubbed, upper cracked, head of spine slightly chipped,<br />
[Wise I p.92, “considerable rarity”; Randolph p.35, “third issue”],<br />
8vo, John Murray, 1814. £100 - £150<br />
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Lot 272<br />
Lot 273<br />
Lot 275<br />
272. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) od e to nA p o L e o n<br />
bu o n A pA rt e, first e d i t i o n, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, light<br />
spotting (mostly to later endpapers), ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with<br />
bookplate on front pastedown, later royal blue crushed morocco,<br />
gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., [Wise I.<br />
p.98; Randolph p.40], 8vo, printed for John Murray by W.Bulmer<br />
and Co., 1814. £300 - £400<br />
*** rA r e. “Of all the Byron pamphlet-poems published by John<br />
Murray in octavo size the Ode to Napoleon is by far the rarest.”<br />
Wise<br />
273. [Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord)] LA r A, A tA L e. JA c q u e L i n e,<br />
A tA L e [b y sA m u e L ro g e r s], first e d i t i o n, f o u rt h vA r i A n t with no<br />
full stop after “Lara” in running title at head of p.20 and crooked<br />
roman numeral at head of p.82, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at<br />
end, old ink inscription at head of title and with notes in pencil on<br />
verso of half-title, uncut in the original drab boards, ink signature<br />
on upper cover, rubbed, joints worn, spine defective at head,<br />
preserved in old cloth drop-front box, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with<br />
bookplate inside lid of box, [Wise I p.101; Randolph p.44], small<br />
8vo, J.Murray, 1814 [water-marked “J 1808”]. £150 - £200<br />
274. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) he b r e W me L o d i e s, first<br />
e d i t i o n, s e c o n d issue without ‘Jacqueline’ listed in advertisements<br />
on verso of E4, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, occasional<br />
spotting, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with bookplate on front pastedown<br />
and catalogue entry tipped in “...the discovery of the two variants<br />
was made by me, and imparted by me to Mr. Wise”, later half blue<br />
calf, by Rivière & Son, t.e.g., spine faded, [Wise I p.103; Randolph<br />
p.50], John Murray, 1815 [water-marked “11 smith 1814/1815”];<br />
with the Second Number of A Selection of Hebrew Melodies set to<br />
music by Isaac Nathan (lacking one leaf of music), 8vo & 4to (2)<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** Containing the first appearance of ‘She walks in beauty’.<br />
Lot 276<br />
275. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) ch i L d e hA r o L d’s<br />
pi L g r i m A g e. cA n t o t h e th i r d, first e d i t i o n, rA n d o L p h’s first issue<br />
with L of “Lettre”directly under “la” on title and “eagle” for falcon<br />
in note on p.67, s e c o n d vA r i A n t with ! at end of first line on p.4,<br />
half-title, foxed, old manuscript note concerning the different issues<br />
loosely inserted, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y but without bookplate,<br />
contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco, elaborately<br />
ruled and blocked in gilt and blind, g.e., decorative gilt turn-ins with<br />
cream silk moiré doublures and flyleaves, a little rubbed, corners<br />
bumped and slightly worn (upper outer corners neatly repaired),<br />
skilfully rebacked with gilt spine, [Wise I p.54; Randolph p.59], 8vo,<br />
John Murray, 1816. £200 - £300<br />
*** According to Randolph this is the rarest of the four variants,<br />
with only 3 copies recorded.<br />
276. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) ch i L d e hA r o L d’s<br />
pi L g r i m A g e. cA n t o t h e th i r d, first e d i t i o n, s e c o n d issue with<br />
L of “Lettre”directly under “u” of “celui”, rA n d o L p h’s s e c o n d<br />
vA r i A n t with “falcon” in note on p.67 and p.79 misnumbered 76,<br />
water-marked “1816/G”, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end<br />
dated December 1816, very occasional spotting, W i t h A.L.s. f r o m<br />
t.J.Wise to oL i v e r no W e L L ch A d W y c k-he A L e y concerning the<br />
different issues loosely inserted, uncut in the original drab wrappers,<br />
slightly spotted, a little creased at edges, spine worn and slightly<br />
defective, preserved in later cloth folder, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y<br />
with bookplate inside folder, [Wise I p.57 “third issue”; Randolph<br />
p.59], 8vo, John Murray, 1816. £150 - £200<br />
277. [Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord)] th e si e g e o f co r i n t h.<br />
A po e m. pA r i s i n A. A po e m, first e d i t i o n, half-title, leaf of Notes<br />
and 4pp. advertisements at end, light spotting, contemporary ink<br />
signature at head of half-title, uncut in the original drab wrappers,<br />
rubbed and spotted, spine worn and frayed, [Wise I p.106; Randolph<br />
p.55], John Murray, 1816. £100 - £150<br />
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278. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) po e m s , first e d i t i o n, first<br />
issue with Notes on recto of final leaf, half-title, Advertisement leaf<br />
following title, half-title lightly browned and with small ownership<br />
stamp “P.McCallum Greenoock” at foot, modern boards, [Wise I<br />
p.111; Randolph p.56], 8vo, John Murray, 1816. £100 - £150<br />
Lot 279<br />
279. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) th e pr i s o n e r o f ch i L L o n,<br />
A n d o t h e r p o e m s , first e d i t i o n, first issue with recto of E8 blank<br />
and advertisement on verso, half-title, 4pp. publisher’s catalogue<br />
at end, uncut in the original stitched drab wrappers, a few spots to<br />
lower wrapper, very slight wear to spine ends, a very good copy<br />
preserved in later cloth folder, [Wise I p.113; Randolph p.61, “State<br />
A”], 8vo, John Murray, 1816. £200 - £300<br />
280. [Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord)] mo n o d y o n t h e de At h<br />
o f t h e ri g h t ho n o u r A b L e r.b.sh e r i d A n, written at the request of<br />
a friend, to be spoken at Drury Lane Theatre, 16pp., first e d i t i o n,<br />
s e c o n d issue with first line on p.11 starting “To mourn...” and p.12<br />
blank with 3 pp. advertisements at end (Randolph’s third state), halftitle,<br />
very light spotting, disbound (issued unbound), [Wise I p.116;<br />
Randolph p.57], 8vo, John Murray, 1816. £80 - £120<br />
Lot 281<br />
281. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) mA n f r e d, A dr A m At i c<br />
po e m, first e d i t i o n, first issue with verso of half-title blank, no<br />
quotation on title and printer’s imprint on verso of title in 2 lines,<br />
half-title, without the 4pp. advertisements at end, some light foxing,<br />
ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with bookplate on front pastedown, later<br />
royal blue crushed morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in<br />
compartments, t.e.g., [Wise I p.120], 8vo, John Murray, 1817.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** Scarce first issue.<br />
LONDON<br />
282. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) mA n f r e d, A dr A m At i c<br />
po e m, first e d i t i o n, first issue with verso of half-title blank, no<br />
quotation on title and printer’s imprint on verso of title in 2 lines,<br />
half-title, 4pp. advertisements dated June 1817 at end, browned<br />
and a few leaves lightly water-stained, uncut in the original drab<br />
wrappers, upper wrapper titled in manuscript with bookseller’s<br />
ticket of James Harper of Fleet Street on inside, rubbed and soiled,<br />
upper wrapper detached, lower renewed, preserved in modern slipcase,<br />
[Wise I p.120], 8vo, John Murray, 1817. £100 - £150<br />
Lot 283<br />
283. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) ch i L d e hA r o L d’s<br />
pi L g r i m A g e. cA n t o t h e fo u rt h, first e d i t i o n, first issue with<br />
“impressions of” at end of p.155, 2 footnotes on p.217 and five on<br />
p.218, 6-line list of errata etc. (all as in Wise), advertisment leaf at<br />
end, some light foxing, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with bookplate on<br />
front pastedown and note loosely inserted, uncut in original drab<br />
boards, bookseller’s label of Mathew Neary of Dublin to head of<br />
upper cover, a little worn, particularly corners and spine, preserved<br />
in later cloth folder and royal blue crushed morocco pull-off slipcase,<br />
by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments, [Wise I p.58],<br />
8vo, John Murray, 1818. £200 - £300<br />
*** sc A r c e. Wise refers to only 2 other uncut copies of the first<br />
issue apart from the one he described; this is most probably one of<br />
them.<br />
284. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) ch i L d e hA r o L d’s<br />
pi L g r i m A g e. cA n t o t h e fo u rt h, first e d i t i o n, f o u rt h issue with 3-line<br />
list of errata on p.236 and signatures P & Q, advertisement leaf at<br />
end, 12pp. catalogue for A. & W.B.Whitaker bound in at beginning,<br />
occasional spotting, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with bookplate on<br />
front pastedown, uncut in original blue boards, a little rubbed and<br />
spotted, ink stain to upper cover, spine worn and frayed, joints split,<br />
preserved in later cloth folder and royal blue crushed morocco pulloff<br />
slip-case, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments, [Wise I<br />
p.62], 8vo, John Murray, 1818. £150 - £200<br />
285. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) beppo, A ve n e t i A n st o ry,<br />
first e d i t i o n, lacking half-title and final leaf with imprint (otherwise<br />
blank), without the 12pp. advertisements found in some copies,<br />
foxed, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine chipped<br />
at head, [Wise p.124; Randolph p.68], 8vo, John Murray, 1818.<br />
£100 - £150<br />
*** Only 500 copies were printed of the first edition.<br />
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Lot 286<br />
286. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) mA z e p pA, A po e m,<br />
first e d i t i o n, first issue with imprint on p.70, half-title, 8pp.<br />
advertisements dated July 1819 at end, occasional light browning,<br />
contemporary ink signature of Miss Margaret Napier on front free<br />
endpaper and gilt-stamped roan label on front pastedown, engraved<br />
bookplate of William Renny of Danevale on front free endpaper,<br />
contemporary panelled calf with borders in gilt and blind, spine<br />
gilt, g.e., rubbed, spine ends worn, [Wise p.131; Randolph p.70],<br />
8vo, John Murray, 1819. £150 - £200<br />
*** Including A Fragment, Byron’s contribution to the storytelling<br />
group on Lake Geneva, of which the most famous product was Mary<br />
Shelley’s Frankenstein.<br />
Lot 287<br />
287. [Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) do n Ju A n [cA n t o s i &<br />
ii], first e d i t i o n, half-title, washed, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with<br />
bookplate on front pastedown, uncut in the original blue boards,<br />
rubbed and stained, rebacked, a few small repairs to boards,<br />
new endpapers, preserved in later cloth drop-front box, [Wise<br />
II p.3; Randolph p.69], 4to, printed by Thomas Davison, 1819.<br />
£200 - £300<br />
*** According to Wise only 1500 copies were printed, of which 150<br />
copies were sold as waste-paper following the publication of the<br />
8vo edition later the same year.<br />
288. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Le t t e r to **** ******<br />
[Jo h n mu r r Ay], o n t h e re v. W.L.bo W L e s’ st r i c t u r e s o n t h e Life A n d<br />
Wr i t i n g s o f po p e, first e d i t i o n, ?first issue without the 4 additional<br />
leaves at end, lacking the 8pp. advertisements at end, small abraded<br />
patch to title with loss to two letters, 1821; another edition, third<br />
edition, lacking the 2 unnumbered leaves at end but with 8pp.<br />
advertisments dated April 1821 not called for by Wise (?possibly<br />
from first mentioned work although he calls for advertisements to<br />
be dated March 1821 in first issue, and a pencil note at beginning<br />
mentions advertisements dated March 1821 also in second issue and<br />
November in third edition), some light spotting, bookplate of Lord<br />
Carlingford on front pastedown, later dark green straight-grained<br />
morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed at edges,1821, [Wise II<br />
pp. 34 & 36; Randolph p.72], 8vo, John Murray £100 - £150<br />
Lot 289<br />
289. [Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord), “Horace Hornem”.]<br />
WA Lt z: An Ap o s t r o p h i c hy m n , p i r At e d e d i t i o n, 30pp, lacking halftitle<br />
or initial blank, title and final leaf soiled and lightly stained,<br />
bookplate of Lord Carlingford on front pastedown, later half dark<br />
green straight-grained morocco, spine gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed<br />
at edges, [Not in Wise or other bibliographies], n.p., n.d. [no<br />
watermark, ?1821]. £100 - £150<br />
290. [Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) th e Ag e o f br o n z e; or,<br />
Carmen seculare et annus haud mirabilis, first e d i t i o n, half-title,<br />
foxed at end, contemporary half calf, ex-Signet Library copy with<br />
gilt arms in centre of both boards and shelf-label on front pastedown,<br />
rubbed, [Wise II p.41; Randolph p.81], 8vo, for John Hunt, 1823.<br />
£100 - £150<br />
*** Savage satire on the European politics of the time.<br />
291. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) th e is L A n d, o r ch r i s t i A n<br />
A n d h i s co m r A d e s, first e d i t i o n, lacking half-title and advertisement<br />
leaf at end, title and final leaf browned, stab-hole to upper outer<br />
corner of final leaves, later wrappers, rubbed and frayed, [Wise II<br />
p.43; Randolph p.85], 8vo, for John Hunt, 1823. £100 - £150<br />
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Lot 295<br />
292. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) We r n e r, A tr A g e d y,<br />
first e d i t i o n, first issue without “The End” and imprint on p.188,<br />
half-title, 7pp. advertisements at end, one or two spots, uncut and<br />
unopened in original drab wrappers, a little rubbed, slight fraying to<br />
joints and head of spine, small ink stain to upper wrapper, preserved<br />
in modern cloth drop-back box, [Wise II p.43; Randolph p.79], 8vo,<br />
John Murray, 1823. £150 - £200<br />
293. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) We r n e r, A tr A g e d y, first<br />
e d i t i o n, first issue without “The End” and imprint on p.188, with<br />
7pp. advertisements bound at beginning instead of end (unknown<br />
to Wise or Randolph), half-title, title a little spotted and browned<br />
and with old ink inscription to inner margin, a few leaves with light<br />
staining to outer margin, uncut in original drab wrappers, a little<br />
rubbed, frayed at edges and corners, head of spine worn, preserved<br />
in later cloth folder, ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p y with bookplate inside<br />
folder, [Wise II p.43; Randolph p.79], 8vo, John Murray, 1823.<br />
£150 - £200<br />
Lot 296<br />
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294. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) th e de f o r m e d<br />
tr A n s f o r m e d; A dr A m A , first e d i t i o n, first vA r i A n t with signature<br />
F misprinted as G, half-title, without the advertisements sometimes<br />
inserted at end, some spotting, contemporary half calf, ex-Signet<br />
Library copy with gilt arms in centre of both boards and shelf-label<br />
on front pastedown, rubbed, [Wise II p.45; Randolph p89], 8vo, for<br />
J. and H.L.Hunt, 1824. £100 - £150<br />
295. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord).- Forgery [by Major<br />
Byron] of an autograph letter purportedly from Lord Byron to James<br />
Cawthorn, 1Ωpp., folded sheet, rather soiled and with vertical<br />
crease, preserved in cloth portfolio with related notes loosely<br />
inserted, 4to, “Newstead Abbey, Sept. 1st 1811” [water-marked<br />
“J.Whatman 1805”]. £150 - £200<br />
*** Forgery by the notorious Major Byron, George Gordon de<br />
Luna Byron, who claimed that he was the poet’s illegitimate son<br />
by a Spanish lady, and who, in 1848, sold several forged letters<br />
supposedly by Byron, Keats and Shelley to a London bookseller<br />
through his wife. This letter is recorded in Marchand’s edition<br />
of Byron’s Letters and Journals, vol.2 p.280, along with 3 other<br />
forgeries. James Cawthorn was the publisher of English Bards and<br />
Scotch Reviewers.<br />
296. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord).- Hobhouse (John<br />
Cam, Baron Broughton) A Jo u r n e y t h r o u g h AL b A n i A...to<br />
co n s tA n t i n o p L e, 2 vol., second edition, with engraved frontispiece,<br />
folding map of Hellespontine Phrygia, one facsimile, 2 leaves of<br />
musical notation and 8 hand-coloured aquatints of costumes and<br />
views only (of 25 in total, lacking map of Albania, one facsimile<br />
and 10 plates), some folding, engraved plate of Turkish bath loosely<br />
inserted from another copy, directions to binder leaf loose, some<br />
light browning and offsetting, 4I soiled and with small hole affecting<br />
a couple of letters, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with roan<br />
labels (one chipped), rubbed, [Abbey Travel 202; cf.Atabey 584 &<br />
Blackmer 821, first editions], 4to, 1813; sold not subject to return<br />
£400 - £600<br />
*** John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton (1786-1869), politician<br />
and friend of Byron who accompanied him on this journey to<br />
Constantinople. Hobhouse later acted as Byron’s executor.<br />
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Lot 297<br />
297. Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord).- Medwin (Thomas)<br />
Jo u r n A L o f t h e co n v e r s At i o n s o f Lo r d by r o n: noted during a<br />
residence with his lordship at Pisa, in the years 1821 and 1822,<br />
first e d i t i o n, half-title, engraved facsimile of a letter to Hobhouse<br />
as frontispiece (with tissue guard), advertisement leaf at end, some<br />
light foxing, uncut in the original drab boards, paper label on spine,<br />
rubbed, lower board lightly water-stained, spine a little worn, for<br />
Henry Colburn, 1824 § [Murray (John)] Notes on Captain Medwin’s<br />
Conversations of Lord Byron, 16pp., half-title, text with drop-head<br />
title “Conversations of Lord Byron, as related by Thomas Medwin,<br />
Esq., compared with one portion of his lordship’s correspondence”,<br />
some spotting, later half green calf, spine faded, t.e.g., [John<br />
Murray], [1824], both ch A d W y c k-he A L e y c o p i e s with bookplate,<br />
together in later cloth drop-back box, slightly rubbed, [Wise II p.82<br />
& 84], 4to & 8vo (2) £250 - £350<br />
*** The Murray pamphlet was based on a letter by Murray to The<br />
Times, and was privately printed. According to Wise only 3 copies<br />
were know to exist. “Tradition has it that Murray was so much<br />
offended by Byron’s remarks upon him, as recorded by Medwin, that<br />
he contemplated bringing against the latter an action for libel, but<br />
refrained from doing so, and contented himself by exposing Medwin’s<br />
gross mis-statements in the pamphlet here described.” Wise<br />
Lot 298<br />
298. [Polidori (John William)] th e vA m p y r e; A tA L e, first e d i t i o n,<br />
s e c o n d issue removing Byron’s name from title and with preface<br />
unaltered and set in 24 lines, lacking half-title, no advertisements at<br />
end, [Wise II p.71], Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819 b o u n d A f t e r<br />
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Manfred, a Dramatic Poem,<br />
first e d i t i o n, t h i r d issue with quotation from ‘Hamlet’ on title and<br />
verso blank, lacking half-title and 4pp. advertisements at end, [Wise<br />
I p.122], John Murray, 1817, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved<br />
bookplate of Rawdon J.P.Vassall on front pastedown and inscription<br />
to him from his mother on front free endpaper, nineteenth century<br />
blue calf, gilt, spine gilt and slightly faded, a little rubbed, 8vo<br />
£300 - £500<br />
*** Polidori was Byron’s physician and was staying with him at the<br />
Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva at the time of the visit by the Shelleys<br />
and the famous competition among them to write a horror story.<br />
Whilst Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was the most significant work<br />
to emerge from this, Polidori’s The Vampyre is notable as being the<br />
first story about vampires in English literature. It was first issued<br />
with Byron’s name as the author, and the preface was later reset<br />
removing scurrilous remarks regarding the ladies present. Byron’s<br />
own contribution ‘A Fragment’ appeared in Mazeppa, published in<br />
1819 (see lot 286).<br />
Lot 299<br />
299. Polidori (John William).- Fuller (Thomas) th e historie o f<br />
t h e ho Ly WA r r e, second edition, ‘Declaration of Frontispiece’ leaf<br />
at beginning, additional engraved pictorial title, folding engraved<br />
map, with blank 2N6, map torn and with old repair causing staining,<br />
hole to inner margin of M1 but no loss to text, a little browned,<br />
i n s c r i b e d b y Jo h n po L i d o r i “fr A n c e s mA ry LAv i n i A po L i d o r i f r o m<br />
h e r br o t h e r Jo h n mA r c h 16t h 1811” A n d W i t h f u rt h e r i n s c r i p t i o n s<br />
b y WiLL i A m mic h A e L ross e t t i “W.m.ro s s e t t i f r o m chr i s t i n A’s<br />
b o o k s 1894” and “‘Her Brother John’ was Dr.John Wm.Polidori,<br />
who was Lord Byron’s Travelling Physician in 1816. W.M.R. 1904”<br />
on front free endpaper, old marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked<br />
and recornered in calf, spine with morocco label and faded, [STC<br />
11465], small folio, Cambridge, printed by R.Daniel, for Thomas<br />
Buck, and are to be sold by John Williams..., 1640. £300 - £500<br />
*** A f i n e A s s o c i At i o n c o p y, tracing a literary and poetic line through<br />
the nineteenth century. Polidori’s sister Frances married the Italian<br />
scholar Gabriele Rossetti and their children included the artist/poet<br />
Dante Gabriel, the art critic William Michael and the poet Christina<br />
Rossetti, who previously owned the book before it passed to her<br />
brother on her death in 1894.<br />
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300. [Lear (Edward)] bo o k o f no n s e n s e, second edition, first<br />
issue, lithographed throughout with pictorial title ‘Old Derry Down<br />
Derry’ and 72 plates, printed on rectos only, plates 30 and 54 (the<br />
two ‘Old Man of the West’ plates) with images transposed, plates<br />
20, 23, 25, 28 & 39 with parts of the verse redrawn, foxing, cropped<br />
with very slight loss to a few images at head and one or two last<br />
lines at foot, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving<br />
old spine, corners repaired, [Noakes 73], oblong 8vo, [Thomas<br />
Maclean], [1855]. £500 - £700<br />
301. [Lear (Edward)] bo o k o f no n s e n s e, second edition, first<br />
issue, lithographed throughout with pictorial title ‘Old Derry Down<br />
Derry’ and 72 plates, printed on rectos only, bound in different<br />
order to previous lot, plates 6 and 43 (the two ‘Old Man of the West’<br />
plates) with images transposed, plates 33, 36, 38, 41 & 52 with<br />
parts of the verse redrawn (the same images as in previous lot),<br />
plate 4 ‘Cape Horn’ poorly printed, some light foxing or soiling but<br />
generally clean, broken and loose in binding, original cloth-backed<br />
pictorial wrappers repeating ‘Old Derry Down Derry’ image and<br />
design, variant without “New Edition” and imprint but with “To”<br />
and blank space at head, [Noakes 73; Ray 92A, variant], oblong<br />
8vo, [Thomas Maclean], [1855]. £600 - £800<br />
Lot 301<br />
Lot 302<br />
LONDON<br />
302. [Lear (Edward)] bo o k o f no n s e n s e, second edition, second<br />
issue, lithographed throughout with pictorial title ‘Old Derry Down<br />
Derry’ and 71 plates only (lacking ‘Cape Horn’), printed on rectos<br />
only on thicker paper, the two ‘Old Man of the West’ plates with<br />
correct images, plates 20, 25, 34, 64 & 65 with parts of the verse<br />
redrawn (four being the same plates as in previous lots), foxed in<br />
parts, plate 14 ‘Old Man of Jamaica’ poorly printed at head and<br />
with scratch to verse, one or two images very slightly cropped<br />
at head, contemporary half roan with original pictorial wrapper<br />
mounted on upper cover (with “New Edition” and imprint), rubbed,<br />
spine faded, [Noakes 73], oblong 8vo, Thomas Maclean, [1855].<br />
£250 - £350<br />
Other Properties<br />
303. Milton (John) pA r A d i s e Lo s t, 12 engraved plates, 1808;<br />
Paradise Regained; With Select Notes Subjoined, 1796, uniformly<br />
bound in contemporary tooled red morocco, gilt, spine gilt<br />
in compartments, raised bands, g.e., corners a little bumped,<br />
extremities worn, rubbed, 8vo (2) £250 - £300<br />
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LONDON<br />
304. Jenkins (James) th e nAvA L Ac h i e v e m e n t s o f gr e At britAin,<br />
engraved vignette title (uncoloured as issued), 55 fine hand-coloured<br />
aquatint plates, text watermarked Whatman 1812 and plates<br />
watermarked Whatman 1811, lacks plan of Algiers and Trafalgar,<br />
the 2 portraits (as often) and list of subscribers, margins a little<br />
browned and marked, last f. small tear in margin repaired, hinges<br />
broken and breaking, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, [Abbey,<br />
Life 337; Tooley 282], 4to, [1817]. £4,000 - £4,500<br />
*** “Collectors should note that evidence of early state in this book<br />
can be found in the title-page vignette, originally issued uncoloured,<br />
and coloured only in later issues.” - Abbey.<br />
305. Coxe (William) me m o i r s o fJo h n du k e o f mA r L b o r o u g h, 3<br />
vol., first e d i t i o n, engraved frontispiece portraits, plates, facsimile<br />
letters and engraved maps, many folding, contemporary half calf,<br />
gilt, small hole to upper joint vol.1, slightly rubbed, armorial<br />
bookplate to front paste-downs, 4to, 1818-19. £150 - £200<br />
Lot 304<br />
306. Lodge (Edmund) po rt r A i t s o f iL L u s t r i u s pe r s o n A g e s o f<br />
gr e At britAin, 12 vol .in 6, engraved portraits, tissue guards,<br />
contemporary full red morocco by Wright, gilt, spines uniformly<br />
faded, g.e., 4to, 1835. £250 - £350<br />
307. Dickens (Charles) oL i v e r tW i s t, 3 vol., first e d i t i o n, second<br />
issue with substituted plate, vol.1 and 2 with half-titles, 22 engraved<br />
plates only (of 24) by George Cruikshank, some foxing, light oxidizing<br />
to plates, occasional offsetting, vol.3 with Bentley advertisement at<br />
front, vol.1 & 3 hinges cracked, vol.3 some loose ff., original blindtooled<br />
plum cloth, spines gilt but faded, partially detatched and torn<br />
with some loss, covers slightly soiled and rubbed, corners bumped,<br />
[Eckel p.51], 8vo, 1838. £600 - £700<br />
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Lot 308<br />
308. Poe (Edgar Allan) tA L e s o f t h e gr o t e s q u e A n d Ar A b e s q u e, 2<br />
vol., first e d i t i o n, 4pp. advertisements at beginning of vol.II, dampstaining<br />
affecting lower third of pages to vary degree throughout,<br />
both vol. with some spotting and darkening to edges, original blank<br />
endpapers mounted onto new card endpapers, glue marks to first<br />
and last f. and endpapers in vol.II, original purple cloth, recased,<br />
both vol. with some skillfull recolouring, vol.II rebacked preserving<br />
contemporary backstrip with subtle recornering, both vol. with<br />
facsimile spine labels, housed in modern morocco-backed dropback<br />
box, [BAL 16133], 8vo, Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard, 1840.<br />
£6,000 - £8,000<br />
*** “A milestone in [Poe’s] career as a prose writer”, Heartman &<br />
Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar<br />
Allan Poe, 1940. One of only 750 copies, this first collection of<br />
Poe’s tales includes such notable titles as The Fall of the House of<br />
Usher, Ms Found in a Bottle, Siope (now Silence) and The Visionary<br />
(now The Assignation).<br />
Lot 309<br />
LONDON<br />
309. Poe (Edgar Allan) th e rAv e n A n d o t h e r po e m s [- tA L e s...],<br />
2 vol. in one as issued, first c o L L e c t e d e d i t i o n, comprising first<br />
printing sheets of The Raven and first edition, third printing sheets<br />
of Tales (with 3-line copyright and no printer’s imprint), both with<br />
‘Library of Amreican Books’ half-title 4pp. advertisements, light<br />
damp-stain affecting upper edge of first few ff., ink note and early<br />
20th century bookplate on front endpapers, original cloth, rebacked<br />
preserving contemporary backstrip with some loss including to<br />
hinges and head of backstrip, later cloth chemise and moroccobacked<br />
cloth slip-case, [BAL 16146/7], 8vo, New York, 1845.<br />
£4,000 - £6,000<br />
*** The first combined edition of Poe’s famous collection of poems<br />
and his Tales, described as “the first important book of detective<br />
fiction, the cornerstone of cornerstones...includes for the first time in<br />
book form all three Dupin stories - The Murders in the Rue Morgue,<br />
The Mystery of Marie Roget, and The Purloined Letter. The Gold<br />
Bug is also included”, Queen’s Quorum I.<br />
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LONDON<br />
Lot 310<br />
310. K’ae Fung-Foo.- fA c-s i m i L e s o f t h e he b r e W mA n u s c r i p t s,<br />
detained at the Jewish Synagogue in K’ae-Fung-Foo, small stamp<br />
on title, and a few throughout, not affecting text, some foxing,<br />
original front wrapper bound-in, cloth backed marbled boards, front<br />
hinge broken, sm. 4to, Shanghai, London Missionary Society, 1851<br />
£2,500 - £3,000<br />
Lot 310a<br />
310a. Comics.- [Burrage (Edwin Harcourt)] hA n d s o m e<br />
hA r ry o f t h e fi g h t i n g be Lv e d e r e, numbers 1,3-9, 11-23;<br />
Cheerful Ching Ching. Sequel to Handsome Harry, numbers<br />
23-30 and 36-39; Wonderful Ching -Ching parts 40-69, part<br />
51 worn with loss; plus 4 parts of Daring Ching-Ching, fullpage<br />
illustration to each front wrapper, final f. of part 1 loose,<br />
frayed and torn with loss of a few letters, a few short tears some<br />
fraying creasing and spotting, , but generally in a good state of<br />
preservation, housed in a a modern folder, 8vo, [c.1886 and later].<br />
£250 - £350<br />
*** A rare and good run of these periodical works in a good state<br />
of presentation. Although different stories the part numbers seem to<br />
be consecutive.<br />
Lot 311<br />
311. Blake (William) th e co m p L e t e Wo r k s..., 3 vol., edited by<br />
Edwin John Ellis and William Butler Yeats, plates and portraits,<br />
vol.1 upper hinge weak and first few leaves loose, original pictorial<br />
cloth, gilt, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped but overall a fine<br />
set, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, 1893. £1,000 - £1,500<br />
Lot 312<br />
312. Wilde (Oscar) th e sp h i n x, first e d i t i o n, o n e o f 200 c o p i e s,<br />
decorated title and other illustrations by Charles Ricketts, printed<br />
in green, light red and black, slight foxing, original pictorial<br />
vellum, gilt, a little soiled and starting to bow, slight abrasion to<br />
small patch of gilt on lower cover, [Mason 361], small 4to, 1894.<br />
£1,200 - £1,800<br />
*** Provenance: Alain de Suzannet (bookplate); A.J.A. Symons<br />
(bookplate).<br />
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Lot 313<br />
313. Doyle me m o i r s sh e r L o c k ho L m e s (Sir Arthur Conan) th e<br />
me m o i r s o f sh e r L o c k ho L m e s, first e d i t i o n, half-title, frontispiece<br />
and illustrations by Sidney Paget, foxing, prize-label to pastedown<br />
and prize stamp to verso of title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine<br />
darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light surface<br />
soiling, a few spots, g.e., large 8vo, 1894. £300 - £400<br />
314. Dickens (Charles) [Wo r k s], 22 vol. bound in 16, “Fireside<br />
Edition”, illustrated by Cruikshank, light spotting to endpapers,<br />
contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, spines faded,<br />
t.e.g., corners a little bumped, covers slightly soiled, extremities<br />
rubbed, 8vo, n.d. £400 - £500<br />
Lot 315<br />
Lot 316<br />
LONDON<br />
315. Binding.- Lecky (H.S.) th e ki n g’s sh i p s, 3 vol. [all published],<br />
with A u t h o r’s p r e s e n tAt i o n inscription to t h e qu e e n (mA ry) A n d A<br />
f u rt h e r inscription f r o m qu e e n mA ry to t h e ‘ro yA L nAvA L WA r<br />
Li b r A r i e s, 1946’, colour plates, illustrations, bookplate of Queen<br />
Mary to front paste-downs, original blue morocco by ch i v e r s o f<br />
bAt h , with coloured miniature inlays on vellum to upper covers,<br />
tooled in blind and gilt, g.e., spines slightly but uniformly faded,<br />
slight rubbed at extremities, 4to, 1913. £1,000 - £1,500<br />
316. Shaw (George Bernard).- Anonymous. po rt r A i t o f ge o r g e<br />
be r n A r d sh AW , silver gelatin print, mounted, framed & glazed, 200<br />
x 140mm., c.1930. £200 - £300<br />
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LONDON<br />
317. Ambler (Eric) th e dA r k fr o n t i e r, first e d i t i o n, spotting,<br />
library stamps to endpapers, adhesion marks to endpapers from<br />
removal of flaps, original cloth, spine faded, stained at head,<br />
rubbed at extremities, dust-jacket, backed in brown card with loss<br />
to spine, new piece laid-down to upper panel, extensively creased<br />
and browned, 8vo, 1936. £300 - £400<br />
*** Ambler’s scarce first novel, difficult to find in any condition.<br />
Lot 318<br />
318. Ambler (Eric) un c o m m o n dA n g e r, first e d i t i o n, original<br />
cloth, spine discoloured, spine ends and corners a little bumped,<br />
dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, rubbed and<br />
creased at extremities, vertical crease to upper panel, rubbed, still a<br />
good copy of a scarce title, 8vo, 1937. £1,200 - £1,800<br />
Lot 319<br />
319. Ambler (Eric) cA u s e f o r AL A r m, first e d i t i o n, original cloth,<br />
spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners bumped, dust-jacket,<br />
spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear to head of lower panel,<br />
a little creased at head, light surface soiling, otherwise excellent<br />
overall, 8vo, 1938. £1,200 - £1,800<br />
❦ MODERN FIRST EDITIONS<br />
Lot 320<br />
320. Ambler (Eric) Jo u r n e y in t o fe A r, first e d i t i o n, original<br />
cloth, spine very slightly faded, spotted, spine ends and corners a<br />
little bumped, dust-jacket, loss to head of spine and lower panel<br />
and foot of upper panel (affecting text in the last case), replaced<br />
in facsimile on verso, tape repairs to head and foot on verso, a few<br />
small chips and tears to head and foot, surface soiling, flaps foxed,<br />
still good overall, 8vo, 1940. £750 - £1,000<br />
Lot 321<br />
321. Bowles (Paul) th e she Lt e r i n g sky, first e d i t i o n, occasional<br />
light spotting, small ink inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine<br />
ends and corners a little bumped, light yellowing to head and foot,<br />
dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped,<br />
mark to upper cover, a little rubbed at extremities, still a very good<br />
copy, 8vo, 1949. £500 - £700<br />
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Lot 322<br />
322. Chandler (Raymond) fA r e W e L L m y Lo v e Ly, first en g L i s h<br />
e d i t i o n, spotting to first and last few ff., original cloth, light spotting<br />
to head, dust-jacket, laid-down, spine supplied in facsimile coloured<br />
by hand, corners with minor restorations, still in effect a good copy,<br />
8vo, 1940. £300 - £400<br />
*** An exceptionally scarce title, especially in the dust-jacket.<br />
Lot 323<br />
323. Chandler (Raymond) th e hi g h Wi n d o W, first en g L i s h<br />
e d i t i o n, original cloth, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners<br />
a little bumped, dust-jacket, repaired and restored at head and foot<br />
and partially to joints, light surface creasing, a little rubbed, still a<br />
very good copy, 8vo, 1943. £400 - £600<br />
*** A very good example of the scarcest of the Raymond Chandler<br />
English editions.<br />
Lot 324<br />
LONDON<br />
324. Chandler (Raymond) th e LA d y in t h e LA k e, first en g L i s h<br />
e d i t i o n, usual light browning to margins, original cloth, spine ends<br />
and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, spine<br />
ends and corners chipped, a little rubbed and creased at extremities,<br />
lower panel with light surface soiling and small abrasion mark,<br />
overall a very good copy of a scarce book, 8vo, 1944. £600 - £800<br />
Lot 325<br />
325. Chandler (Raymond) th e Li t t L e si s t e r, first en g L i s h<br />
e d i t i o n, original cloth, spine ends very slightly bumped, dust-jacket,<br />
spine slightly faded, head of spine and corners a little chipped,<br />
lightly rubbed at extremities, light surface soiling to lower panel,<br />
but overall an excellent example, 8vo, 1949. £500 - £700<br />
*** Written just after Chandler had finished working as a screenwriter<br />
at Paramount, The Little Sister reflects much of Chandler’s bitterness<br />
and disillusion with the film industry. The first English edition predates<br />
the American.<br />
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LONDON<br />
Lot 326<br />
326. Dahl (Roald) [co L L e c t e d Wo r k s f o r ch i L d r e n], 15 vol.,<br />
c o m m e m o r At i v e L i m i t e d e d i t i o n, number 194 of 500 copies,<br />
illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Joseph Schindelman,<br />
Donald Chaffi n, William Péne du Bois, Jill Bennett, and Quentin<br />
Blake, original morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., with individual slipcases<br />
and together in case for the set, 8vo, 1991. £800 - £1,200<br />
Lot 327<br />
327. Deighton (Len) th e ipcr e s s fiLe, jacket with very light<br />
browning to head and foot, corners and spine ends a little creased,<br />
1962; Horse Under Water, publisher’s printed crossword loosely<br />
inserted, jacket price-clipped, a little browned at spine and foot of<br />
lower panel, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, jacket a little browned at spine<br />
and margins, 1964, first e d i t i o n s, original boards, dust-jackets, A n<br />
u n u s u A L Ly b r i g h t, n e A r-f i n e s e t; and another by the same, 8vo (4)<br />
£250 - £350<br />
Lot 328<br />
328. Eliot (T.S.) th e WA s t e LA n d, first en g L i s h e d i t i o n in b o o k<br />
f o r m, [one of circa 460 copies], booksellers label of Sylvia Beach’s<br />
Shakespeare and Company to foot of advertisements, ink ownership<br />
inscription to front pastedown and rear endpaper, original blue<br />
marbled boards with label with printed title within circle of asterisks,<br />
lacking all of spine except 1” piece at head, tape mark to head of<br />
spine, light yellowing to margins, rubbed at extremities, [Gallup<br />
A66; Woolmer 28], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1923. £500 - £700<br />
329. Forster (E.M.) A pA s s A g e to in d i A, first e d i t i o n, full morocco,<br />
gilt, by Bayntun (Riviere), g.e., 1924 § Carver (Field Marshal Sir<br />
Michael) The War Lords, first e d i t i o n, limited edition specially<br />
bound, illustrations, full morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, g.e., cloth<br />
slip-case, 1976 § Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Poetical<br />
Works, 8 vol., frontispiece, full plum calf, gilt, green leather lettering<br />
label, spines uniformly faded, 1839, v.s. (10) £300 - £400<br />
Lot 330<br />
330. Frank (Anne) he t Ac h t e r h u i s, first e d i t i o n, frontispiece and<br />
2 plates, endpapers browned, original boards, spine browned, light<br />
wear to spine ends and joints, some light browning to margins, a<br />
little rubbed, still a very good copy of a scarce title, 8vo, Amsterdam,<br />
1947. £1,000 - £1,500<br />
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Lot 331<br />
331. Golding (William) [th e no v e L s], 13 vol. comprising, Lord of<br />
the Flies, first issue, spotting to endpapers, a little cocked, jacket<br />
browned, loss to spine ends and corners, rubbed and creased at<br />
extremities, 1954; The Inheritors, foxing to endpapers, jacket with<br />
loss to spine ends and corners, spotting, 1955; Pincher Martin,<br />
jacket chipped and spine ends and corners, 1956; Free Fall, jacket<br />
spine ends and corners a little chipped, some soiling, 1954; The<br />
Spire, jacket with light browning and soiling, a little rubbed and<br />
creased, 1964; The Pyramid, jacket with patch of browning, 1967;<br />
The Scorpion God, jacket spine a little faded, rubbed at head and<br />
foot, 1971; Darkness Visible, 1979; Rites of Passage, 1980; The<br />
Paper Men, 1984; Close Quarters, jacket creased at head, 1987; Fire<br />
Down Below, 1989; The Double Tongue, 1995, original cloth or<br />
boards, dust-jackets, 8vo. £400 - £600<br />
Lot 332<br />
332. Huxley (Aldous) br Av e neW WorL d, first e d i t i o n, ink<br />
inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine faded and slightly<br />
creased at ends, dust-jacket, spine darkened, spine and covers torn<br />
with some loss, lower panel detatched, a little rubbed at extremities,<br />
8vo, 1932. £600 - £800<br />
Lot 333<br />
LONDON<br />
333. James (P.D.) co v e r he r fA c e, first e d i t i o n, ink owernship<br />
stamp and very minor browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine<br />
very slightly faded, dust-jacket by Charles Mozley, price-clipped,<br />
spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, light central<br />
crease to spine, minor browning to flaps, but overall an excellent<br />
copy, 8vo, 1962. £1,000 - £1,500<br />
*** The author’s surprisingly scarce first novel, many copies<br />
seemingly having gone directly to public libraries.<br />
Lot 334<br />
334. James (P.D.) A mi n d to mu r d e r, first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d<br />
presentAtion inscription f r o m t h e A u t h o r ‘Lo v e to Jo y c e A n d hA rv e y<br />
f r o m ph., si g n e d At co t t 23r d Au g u s t 1965 - A n d W h e r e better?’<br />
to endpaper, A d d i t i o n A L Ly s i g n e d b y t h e A u t h o r on title, on title,<br />
original cloth, very slightly cocked, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine<br />
ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel,<br />
still an unusually good copy, 8vo, 1963. £750 - £1,000<br />
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LONDON<br />
Lot 335<br />
335. James (P.D.) un n At u r A L cA u s e s, first e d i t i o n, browning to<br />
endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners slightly bumped,<br />
dust-jacket, very light creasing to head and foot of spine, minor<br />
damp-mark to foot of lower panel, short closed tear to head of upper<br />
joint, still overall a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1968. £500 - £700<br />
*** The scarcest of all the Dagleish novels, particularly in such<br />
superb condition.<br />
336. James (P.D.) sh r o u d f o r A ni g h t i n g A L e, s i g n e d b y t h e A u t h o r,<br />
jacket spine very slightly darkened, a little creased at head, 1971;<br />
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, s i g n e d b y t h e A u t h o r on title, a<br />
little rubbed at extremities, 1972; The Black Tower, jacket rubbed<br />
and creased at extremities, 1975, first e d i t i o n s, original boards,<br />
dust-jackets, near-fine overall; and 14 others by the same, 8vo (17)<br />
£250 - £350<br />
337. Le Carré (John) A mu r d e r o f qu A L i t y, first e d i t i o n, d o u b L es<br />
i g n e d b y t h e A u t h o r A s Le cA r r é A n d dAv i d co r n W e L L on title,<br />
author’s compliments slip loosely inserted, occasional spotting,<br />
original boards, slightly cocked, corners and spine ends a little<br />
bumped, a few small marks to covers, facsimile dust-jacket, 8vo,<br />
1962. £250 - £350<br />
Lot 338<br />
338. Mailer (Norman) 42 or i g i n A L sk e t c h e s f o r t h e fi L m<br />
Ad A p tAt i o n o f th e nA k e d A n d t h e de A d, pencil on paper,<br />
many signed by Mailer, all but 13 on headed paper for the St.<br />
Moritz Hotel, 2 pinned together, each 280 x 220mm., [c.1955].<br />
£6,000 - £8,000<br />
*** th e p r o d u c t o f A c o L L A b o r At i v e effort b e t W e e n no r m A n<br />
mA i L e r A n d chA r L e s LAu g h t o n, c o n c e p t A rt W o r k f o r t h e g r e At<br />
f i L m t h At n e v e r W A s .<br />
9 of the sketches relate to scenes in the novel, including views of the<br />
island from the invasion fleet, views of the pass, the structure of the<br />
rapids traversed by Croft and Wilson and a scence from Croft’s ‘time<br />
machine’, one of a series of flash-backs that populate the novel. The<br />
remaining sketches depict characters in the novel as follows: Croft<br />
(3); Minetta (2); Cummings (3); Roth (2); Goldstein (2); Red (3); A<br />
Soldier (1); Dalleson (1); Hearn (1); Brown (1); Polack (1); Stacey<br />
(1); Ridges (1); Toglio (1); Wyman (1); Wilson (3); Hennessey (1);<br />
Gallagher (4); Martinez (1).<br />
In the cases of Cummings and Croft, Mailer has supplied sketches<br />
for both ‘outer’ and ‘inner’ appearance. Dalleson is referred to as<br />
‘Wallace Beery the younger’ and one of Wilson’s sketches has<br />
the comment ‘should be more handsome’. th e s k e t c h e s p r o v i d e<br />
A n i n s i g h t i n t o t h e r At h e r J o c u L A r n At u r e o f t h i s n A s c e n t<br />
c o L L A b o r At i o n.<br />
The screen rights for The Naked and the Dead were sold by Mailer<br />
for an almost unprecedented sum of $250,000 to an independent<br />
production company owned by Charles Laughton and Paul Gregory,<br />
with the idea that Laughton would direct. Even though he had no<br />
control over the screenplay, Mailer was called in to help on the<br />
adaptation. Sadly, in part due to the reception of The Night of the<br />
Hunter, Laughton dropped out of the project and Raoul Walsh<br />
ultimately took over as director.<br />
‘ch A r L e s LA u g h t o n W A s to d o it, A n d W e spent A W e e k t o g e t h e r<br />
in neW yo r k At LAu g h t o n’s st. mo r i t z hot e L p e n t h o u s e. he h A d<br />
A g r e At d e d i c At i o n to t h e n o v e L, A n d h e W A s c o m i n g o f f . . . th e<br />
ni g h t o f t h e hu n t e r, W h i c h h e t h o u g h t W o u L d d o e x t r A o r d i n A r i Ly.<br />
it d i d n’t. LA u g h t o n W A s n o t A y o u n g m A n , A n d it t o o k e v e ry t h i n g<br />
o u t o f h i m. he n e v e r d i r e c t e d A g A i n.’ Norman Mailer, in interview<br />
with Gerald Peary.<br />
Provenance: The estate of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester.<br />
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339. Milne (A.A.) Wi n n i e-t h e-po o h, n u m b e r 2 o f 20 c o p i e s o n<br />
JA pA n e s e v e L L u m s i g n e d b y t h e A u t h o r A n d i L L u s t r Ato r, illustrations<br />
and folding map by Ernest H. Shepard, original vellum, yapp<br />
edges, covers slightly bowed and withslight spotting, 4to, 1926.<br />
£8,000 - £12,000<br />
340. Morpurgo (Michael) WA r ho r s e, first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d b y t h e<br />
A u t h o r on title, original pictorial boards, spine a little yellowed,<br />
spine ends and corners very slightly bumped, still excellent, 8vo,<br />
1982. £750 - £1,000<br />
*** First edition of the children’s story that has achieved worldwide<br />
renown through adaptations on the stage and screen. Very scarce in<br />
such condition - the initial print run only ran to a few hundred, and<br />
of those many were destined for libraries.<br />
Lot 339<br />
Lot 340<br />
LONDON<br />
77
78<br />
LONDON<br />
Lot 341<br />
341. [Nabokov (Vladimir)] “V.Sirin.” po d v i g [gL o ry], first<br />
e d i t i o n, advertisments with small ink notation, small ink inscription<br />
to endpaper, upper hinge split but firm, original wrappers, spotting<br />
to spine, a little rubbed and frayed at extremities, light surface<br />
soiling, still very good overall, preserved in custom drop-back<br />
box, [Field 0725; Juliar A13.1], 8vo, Paris, Sovremennye, 1932.<br />
£400 - £600<br />
*** Rare in good condition. In the introduction to the English<br />
translation Nabokov writes that his novel Glory, ‘my only one with<br />
a purpose’, ‘soars to heights of purity and melancholy that I have<br />
only attained in the much later Ada’<br />
342. [Nabokov (Vladimir)] “V.Sirin.” kA m e r A ob s c u r A [cA m e r A<br />
ob s c u r A/ LA u g h t e r in t h e dA r k], first e d i t i o n, ink ownership<br />
inscription to head of title, light browning to margins, later buckram,<br />
spine darkened, [Field 0704; Juliar A14.1], 8vo, Berlin, Parabola-<br />
Petropolis, 1933. £250 - £350<br />
*** Scarce in any condition.<br />
Lot 343<br />
343. [Nabokov (Vladimir)] “Vladimir Nabokoff.” LA u g h t e r<br />
in t h e dA r k, first Am e r i c A n e d i t i o n, original green cloth, spine<br />
very slightly faded, dust-jacket, 1” portion of loss to foot of spine<br />
corners and spine ends chipped, lower panel slightly discoloured,<br />
a little rubbed and creased at extremities, still very good overall,<br />
[Field 0706; Juliar A14.2], 8vo, Indianapolis & New York, 1938.<br />
£500 - £700<br />
*** Three known issues exist; in green, orange and brown cloths,<br />
with precedence given in that order.<br />
344. [Nabokov (Vladimir)] “V.Sirin.” ot c h A i A n i e [de s pA i r],<br />
first e d i t i o n, ink inscription to head of title, later buckram, spine a<br />
little darkened, [Field 0727; Juliar A15.1], 8vo, Berlin, Petropolis,<br />
1936. £250 - £350<br />
*** rA r e, W i t h o n Ly 3 c o p i e s A p p e A r i n g p r e v i o u s Ly At A u c t i o n.<br />
345. [Nabokov (Vladimir)] “V.Sirin.” pr i g L A s h e n i e n A k A z n’<br />
[in v i tAt i o n to A be h e A d i n g], first e d i t i o n, ex-library copy with<br />
stamps to some pp., light browning to margins, library cloth-backed<br />
boards, original upper wrapper pasted to upper cover (with adhesion<br />
mark to margin), a little cocked, spine ends and corners bumped, a<br />
little rubbed, [Field 0758; Juliar A16.1], 8vo, Paris, Dom Knigi,<br />
1938. £150 - £200<br />
*** Originally published between 1935-36 in Sovremennye zapiski<br />
[Contemporary Novels], an important Russian emigré magazine.<br />
Nabakov later said that of all his novels he personally held Invitation<br />
to a Beheading in the greatest esteem.<br />
Lot 346<br />
346. [Nabokov (Vladimir)] “V.Sirin.” so g L i A d AtA i [th e ey e], first<br />
e d i t i o n, small ink notation to title verso, original wrappers, spine<br />
slightly browned, spine ends a little bumped, light surface soiling,<br />
still excellent overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Field<br />
0743; Juliar 12.1], 8vo, Paris, Russian Annals Publishing House,<br />
1938. £500 - £700<br />
*** sc A r c e.<br />
347. Nabokov (Vladimir) dA r [th e gift], first e d i t i o n, original<br />
printed wrappers, spine a little darkened and creased, but overall<br />
a fine copy, [Field 0734; Juliar A17.1], 8vo, New York, Chekhov<br />
Publishing House, 1952. £150 - £200<br />
*** Originally serialised in Sovremennye zapiski [Contemporary<br />
Novels], in an edition that ommited the fourth chapter, the 1952<br />
publication was the first to contain the complete work.<br />
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348. Nabokov (Vladimir) st i k h o t v o r e n i i A [po e m s ] (1929-1951),<br />
first e d i t i o n, p r e s e n tAt i o n inscription f o r t h e A u t h o r in ru s s i A n<br />
‘to m y d e A r f r i e n d s eL e n A ivA n o vA [A n d] JA c o b gr i g o r o v i c h<br />
fr u m k i n’, W i t h 8 s m A L L c o L o u r e d b u t t e r f Ly s k e t c h e s to endpaper,<br />
first 14pp. loose, original wrappers, spine slightly faded, otherwise<br />
near-fine, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Field 0306; Juliar<br />
A27.1], sm.4to, Paris, Rifma, 1952. £3,000 - £4,000<br />
*** A W o n d e r f u L A s s o c i At i o n W i t h A n e x c e L L e n t inscription.<br />
Nabokov had good reason to be greatful to Jacob Frumkin who,<br />
as head of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, had helped the<br />
Nabokovs escape Paris in 1940.<br />
‘The organization was directed by Yakov Frumkin, an old friend of<br />
Nabokov’s father, who like many other Russian Jews was glad to be<br />
able to repay the dead man for his bold stands against the Kishinyov<br />
pogroms and the Beilis trial by now offering his son a cabin for half<br />
fare.’ Brian Boyd, Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years.<br />
Lot 349<br />
Lot 348<br />
LONDON<br />
349. Orwell (George) ni n e t e e n ei g h t y-fo u r, first e d i t i o n, tape<br />
marks to endpapers, original cloth, slightly cocked, corners and<br />
spine ends a little bumped, second issue green dust-jacket, repairs<br />
and restorations to spine ends and corners, 1/2” portion restored<br />
at head of lower panel, chip restored at foot of upper panel, joints<br />
and fore-edges retouched, very light surface soiling to lower<br />
panel, a little rubbed, still in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1949.<br />
£500 - £700<br />
*** Orwell’s classic dystopian fantasy, published in the year of his<br />
death.<br />
Lot 350<br />
350. [Rowling (J.K.)], “Kennilworthy Whisp”. qu i d d i t c h<br />
th r o u g h t h e Ag e s, 2001; Newt Scamander. Fantastic Beasts and<br />
Where to Find Them, HP4U certificate inserted, 2001, first e d i t i o n s,<br />
s i g n e d b y J.k.ro W L i n g on title, illustrations, original wrappers, fine<br />
copies, no dust-jackets as issued, 8vo, New York (2) £800 - £1,200<br />
*** The two volumes issued in between Harry Potter and the<br />
Goblet of Fire and The Order of the Phoenix, net profits from which<br />
went to Comic Relief. An excellent, complementary pair signed by<br />
the author, seemingly scarce to find as such.<br />
79
80<br />
LONDON<br />
Lot 351<br />
Lot 352<br />
351. Spyri (Johanna) he i d i’s eA r Ly ex p e r i e n c e s, vol.1 only (of 2),<br />
first en g L i s h e d i t i o n s, frontispiece and 2 plates, spotting to front<br />
endpaper and title, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, a little rubbed<br />
at spine ends, joints and corners, but overall a excellent copy, g.e.,<br />
W. Swan Sonnenschein, n.d; and 2 others, the French edition of the<br />
same, 8vo (3) £1,800 - £2,200<br />
*** Very scarce, especially in such excellent condition.<br />
352. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e ho b b i t, first e d i t i o n, first impression,<br />
c u t s i g n At u r e o f t h e A u t h o r mounted on pastedown, frontispiece,<br />
plate, full-page illustrations and map endpapers by the author, 2pp.<br />
advertisements, original endpapers a little browned, handsomely<br />
bound in modern crushed olive-green morocco with gilt image of<br />
smaug to foot of upper cover by the Temple Bindery, spine gilt in<br />
compartments, g.e., facsimile dust-jacket, preserved in custom dropback<br />
box with design replicating original cloth covers, 8vo, 1937.<br />
£4,000 - £6,000<br />
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353. Tolkien (J.R.R.) be o W u L f: t h e mo n s t e r s A n d t h e cr i t i c s,<br />
first e d i t i o n, a few light annotations in pencil, original printed<br />
wrappers, minor repairs and restorations to extremities, some<br />
light creasing, still in effect a near-fi ne copy without any of the<br />
usual browning, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, [1937].<br />
£500 - £700<br />
*** A superb copy of a true Tolkien rarity.<br />
354. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e Lo r d o f t h e ri n g s, 3 vol., first e d i t i o n s,<br />
first impressions, vol.III third state with sagging text and printed<br />
‘4’ on p.49, c u t s i g n At u r e o f t h e A u t h o r mounted on pastedown<br />
of vol.1, maps, handsomely bound in modern crushed red morocco<br />
with replica of dust-jacket image in gilt to upper covers by Temple<br />
Bindery, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., slip-case, 8vo, 1954-55.<br />
£4,000 - £6,000<br />
*** Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, the inspiration and template for<br />
many subsequent writers within the fantasy genre.<br />
Lot 354<br />
Lot 353<br />
LONDON<br />
81
82<br />
LONDON<br />
Lot 355<br />
355. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e Lo r d o f t h e ri n g s, 3 vol., first re A d e r’s<br />
un i o n e d i t i o n, folding maps, original boards, spine ends and<br />
corners slightly bumped, dust-jackets, lightly creased at head and<br />
foot, a near-fine set overall, slip-case, 8vo, 1960. £200 - £300<br />
Lot 356<br />
356. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e Lo r d o f t h e ri n g s, 3 vol., first Am e r i c A n<br />
(p i r At e d) e d i t i o n, light browning to margins of endpapers, original<br />
pictorial wrappers, light creasing to spines, vol.2 spine faded,<br />
lightly rubbed at extremities, still an excellent set overall, preserved<br />
in custom drop-back boxes, 8vo, New York, Ace Books, 1965.<br />
£350 - £450<br />
*** Following claims that Lord of the Rings was not protected in<br />
the United States under American copyright law, Ace books decided<br />
to press ahead with an unauthorised edition without paying any<br />
royalties to Tolkien. After a grass roots campaign from Lord of the<br />
Rings fans, Ace were forced to withdraw their edition and make a<br />
nominal payment to Tolkien.<br />
Lot 357<br />
357. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e ho b b i t, first Am e r i c A n pA p e r b A c k<br />
e d i t i o n, light browning to margins, spine very slightly yellowed,<br />
light vertical crease to lower panel, a little rubbed at extremities,<br />
otherwise excellent, 8vo, New York, Ballantine Books, 1965.<br />
£150 - £200<br />
*** Along with the Ballantine edition of Lord of the Rings, the<br />
cover art was executed by Barbara Remington who, as Tolkien later<br />
learned to his dismay, had never read any of the books. After the<br />
second printing Tolkien insisted on the removal of the lion.<br />
Lot 358<br />
358. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e Lo r d o f t h e ri n g s, 3 vol., first<br />
A u t h o r i s e d Am e r i c A n pA p e r b A c k e d i t i o n, light browning to margins,<br />
original pictorial wrappers, light creasing to spines, a little rubbed<br />
at extremities, otherwise excellent, original slip-case, 8vo, New<br />
York, Ballantine Books, 1965. £200 - £300<br />
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359. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e Lo r d o f t h e ri n g s, 3 vol., second, revised<br />
edition, folding maps, original cloth, corners and spine ends very<br />
slightly bumped, dust-jackets, spine very slightly faded, spine ends<br />
and corners lightly rubbed, a near-fine set overall, in custom slipcase<br />
with Lord of the Rings insignia in gilt, 8vo, 1966. £300 - £400<br />
360. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e ho b b i t, first d e L u x e e d i t i o n, colour<br />
frontispiece and plates, double-page map, original boards with<br />
gilt pictorial design, spine gilt, fine, tissue-guard, original box with<br />
paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed and re-touched, near-fine<br />
otherwise, 8vo, 1976. £150 - £200<br />
361. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e hi s t o ry o f mi d d L e-eA rt h, 12 vol., first<br />
e d i t i o n s, first issues, plates and illustrations, original boards, dustjackets,<br />
vol.1 with price label, a fine set, preserved in custom slipcases,<br />
8vo, 1984-96. £800 - £1,200<br />
*** Includes the elusive vol. 12, withdrawn from sale as a result of<br />
a dispute between Christopher Tolkien and the publisher’s shortly<br />
after publication.<br />
Lot 361<br />
Lot 359<br />
Lot 360<br />
LONDON<br />
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84<br />
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❦ ILLUSTRATED BOOKS,<br />
PRIVATE PRESS & LIMITED EDITIONS<br />
See also lots 235-248<br />
The Property of the late Humphrey Spender (1910-2005)<br />
Humphrey Spender trained as an architect but had a prolific, long and varied career as a photographer, painter, printmaker<br />
and designer, designing wallpapers and furnishing fabrics for Sanderson’s and Edinburgh Weavers, glass mosaics for<br />
Pilkington’s Glass, interiors and murals for P & O Liners and The Festival of Britain. He was a tutor in textile design at the<br />
Royal College of Art between 1953 and 1976. He is best known as a pioneering documentary photographer of the 1930s<br />
and ‘40s being one of the first to use 35mm cameras. He was the stills photographer for Mass Observation, also working<br />
for the Daily Mirror as Lensman, and for Picture Post magazine.<br />
.<br />
Humphrey was the younger brother of the early explorer and surveyor Michael Spender, and the poet Stephen Spender. He<br />
also knew many of the leading artists and writers of the twentieth century including Edward Bawden, Julian Trevelyan,<br />
John Piper, John Banting and William Plomer.<br />
Lot 362<br />
362. Hockney (David).- Spender (Stephen) ch i n A di A ry, n u m b e r<br />
65 o f 100 Art i s t’s pr o o f s, from an edition limited to 1100,<br />
s i g n e d b y t h e A u t h o r s o n h A L f-t i t L e A n d W i t h o r i g i n A L f o L d i n g<br />
f i v e-c o L o u r L i t h o g r A p h ‘re d sq u A r e A n d t h e fo r b i d d e n ciy’ b y<br />
ho c k n e y, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, lithograph<br />
numbered, signed and dated in pencil, loose in card folder, together<br />
in publishers’ original box, 4to, 1982. £600 - £800<br />
Lot 363<br />
363. Piper (John).- Cunard (Nancy) and others. sA Lv o f o r russiA,<br />
o n e o f 100 c o p i e s, 4pp. letterpress poems, 10 etched/engraved plates<br />
by John Piper, John Banting, Julian Trevelyan, John Buckland<br />
Wright, Buckland Wright after Roger Penrose, Mary Wykeham,<br />
Ithell Colquhoun, Dolf Reiser, C.Salisbury and Geza Szobel, the<br />
Piper also with aquatint, all signed in pencil by the artist, most<br />
numbered, some also titled, a few with light marginal spotting or<br />
soiling particularly the Wykeham, the Trevelyan with small stain<br />
to lower margin, text foxed, loose as issued in cloth-backed board<br />
folder with ties, printed paper label on upper cover, a little stained,<br />
spine faded, small 4to, [1942]. £3,000 - £4,000<br />
*** in c L u d e s Jo h n pi p e r’s first p u b L i s h e d e t c h i n g. The collection<br />
was produced in aid of the Comforts Fund for Women and Children<br />
of Soviet Russia.<br />
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Lot 363<br />
LONDON<br />
85
86<br />
LONDON<br />
Lot 364<br />
364. Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) hi g h st r e e t, first e d i t i o n,<br />
24 colour lithograph plates and plain wood-engraved title vignette<br />
by Eric Ravilious, endpapers a little foxed and soiled, one or two<br />
marks to text but plates clean, original pictorial boards, rubbed,<br />
particularly at edges, spine chipped at head and with small nick<br />
to upper joint, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd., 1938.<br />
£1,000 - £1,500<br />
*** One of the best examples of Ravilious’ experimentations<br />
with colour lithography, produced for the Curwen Press. Jim<br />
Richards used many of Humphrey Spender’s photographs for The<br />
Architectural Review.<br />
Lot 366<br />
Other Properties<br />
Lot 365<br />
365. [Atkinson (John Augustus)] si x t e e n sc e n e s tA k e n f r o m th e<br />
mi s e r i e s o f hu m A n Life. by o n e o f t h e Wr e t c h e d., 2 vol. in 1,<br />
first e d i t i o n, engraved title with hand-coloured etched vignette, 16<br />
hand-coloured etched plates, one folding, each with accompanying<br />
letterpress leaf, water-staining to upper margin of title and letterpress<br />
f. for plate VI, folding plate with split at fold, some spotting and<br />
finger-marking, a few small stains, contemporary half calf, rubbed<br />
and scuffed, [Abbey, Life, 259], oblong 4to, W.Miller, 1807.<br />
£450 - £550<br />
*** “Etchings delicately heightened by water-colour. Unusually<br />
distinguished draughtsmanship for this type of publication.”<br />
(Abbey).<br />
366. Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) Le mo rt<br />
dA rt h u r, 3 vol., n u m b e r 114 o f 300 o f t h e s u p e r i o r issue, woodengraved<br />
plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley,<br />
light offsetting, in publisher’s deluxe decorative vellum, gilt,<br />
spines browned, light soiling, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1893-94.<br />
£1,500 - £2,000<br />
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367. Brangwyn (Frank) th e british em p i r e pA n e L s de s i g n e d f o r<br />
t h e ho u s e o f Lo r d s, o n e o f 200 c o p i e s s i g n e d b y t h e A rt i s t W i t h<br />
A s i g n e d e t c h i n g, folding colour frontispiece, 51 plates, 21 colour,<br />
a little light foxing, original cloth, gilt, 1933 § Gaunt (W.) The<br />
Etchings of Frank Brangwyn, R.A. A Catalogue Raisonné, first<br />
e d i t i o n, illustrations, original parchment-backed boards, t.e.g.,<br />
rubbed at extremities, 1926 § Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Jackdaw<br />
of Rheims, first t r A d e e d i t i o n, illustrations by Charles Folkard,<br />
original white buckram, gilt, heavily soiled, 1913 § De Foe (Daniel)<br />
Robinson Crusoe, illustrations after designs by J.J.Granville,<br />
bookplate to front paste-down, name stamp in ink to half-title,<br />
full red morocco, gilt, carefully rebacked, t.e.g., [c.1880], v.s. (4)<br />
£400 - £600<br />
Lot 368<br />
368. Etching Club. et c h i n g s f o r t h e Art-un i o n o f Lo n d o n, 30<br />
etchings on laid india or china paper including ‘The Sleeping<br />
Shepherd - Early Morning’, ‘The Rising Moon’ and ‘The Sky-Lark’<br />
by Samuel Palmer; ‘The Abundance of Egypt’ and ‘The Desolation<br />
of Egypt’ by William Holman Hunt and ‘The Young Mother’ by John<br />
Everett Millais, spotting / foxing to mounts, gutta-percha perished,<br />
so loose in original cloth, gilt title on upper cover, spine ends and<br />
corners frayed, folio, 1857. £400 - £600<br />
Lot 369<br />
369. Etching Club. et c h i n g s f o r t h e Art-un i o n o f Lon d o n, 20<br />
on laid india or china paper, including ‘The Morning of Life’ by<br />
Samuel Palmer and ‘Going to the Park’ and ‘The Baby-House’ by<br />
John Everett Millais, spotting / foxing to mounts, original cloth, gilt<br />
title to upper corners, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, folio,<br />
1872. £350 - £450<br />
Lot 370<br />
LONDON<br />
370. Flint (Sir William Russell).- Malory (Sir Thomas) Le mo rt e<br />
dA rt h u r, 4 vol., number 343 of 500 copies on handmade Ricccardi<br />
paper, pictorial titles in blue and black, tipped-in colour plates by<br />
Sir William Russell Flint, captioned tissue guards, original limp<br />
vellum with ties, t.e.g., others uncut, spines very slightly faded, 4to,<br />
Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, Riccardi Press, 1910-11.<br />
£500 - £700<br />
371. Flint (Sir William Russell).- Kingsley (Charles) th e<br />
he r o e s..., number 193 of 500 copies, bookplate of Louis du Cane,<br />
original limp vellum with ties, W i t h t h e d u s t-J A c k e t (spine faded and<br />
frayed), 1912 § Song of Songs (The) which is Solomon’s, number<br />
373 of 500 copies, light foxing, original limp vellum with ties, 1909<br />
§ Aurelius Antoninus (Marcus) The Thoughts of the Emperor...,<br />
translated by George Long, number 179 of 500 copies, occasional<br />
spotting, original vellum, g.e., with slits for ties but not used, also a<br />
little smaller than usual as trimmed but apparently original, covers<br />
slightly splayed, 1909 § Arnold (Matthew) The Scholar Gipsy &<br />
Thyrsis, n u m b e r 89 o f 100 c o p i e s o n JA pA n e s e v e L L u m A n d s i g n e d<br />
b y t h e A rt i s t, original pictorial vellum, gilt, upper cover slightly<br />
warped, 1910 § Judith..., with an Introduction by Dr. Montague<br />
R.James, n u m b e r 7 o f 100 c o p i e s s i g n e d b y t h e A rt i s t, original limp<br />
vellum with ties (not uniform with previous items), The Haymarket<br />
Press, 1928, the first three all Riccardi Press, most titles in blue and<br />
black, all with tipped-in colour plates by Sir William Russell Flint,<br />
most with captioned tissue guards, all t.e.g., all but the third uncut,<br />
a few slightly rubbed; and a German edition of Theocritus illustrated<br />
by Russell Flint, 4to & folio (6) £400 - £600<br />
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88<br />
LONDON<br />
Lot 372<br />
372. Flint (Sir William Russell).- Chaucer (Geoffrey) th e<br />
cA n t e r b u ry tA L e s, 3 vol., number 33 of 500 copies on handmade<br />
Riccardi paper, pictorial titles in blue and black, mounted colour<br />
plates by Sir William Russell Flint, captioned tissue guards, original<br />
limp vellum with ties, t.e.g., others uncut, one or two small marks,<br />
spines very slightly faded, 4to, Philip Lee Warner for the Medici<br />
Society, Riccardi Press, 1913. £400 - £600<br />
373. Flint (Sir William Russell).- Theocritus, Bion & Moschus.<br />
th e id y L L s, translated by Andrew Lang, 2 vol., n u m b e r 4 o f 12<br />
c o p i e s o n v e L L u m, from an edition limited to 512, titles in blue and<br />
black, tipped-in colour plates by Sir William Russell Flint, captioned<br />
tissue guards, very light yellowing to a few leaves, original limp<br />
vellum, gilt, with ties, t.e.g., others uncut, W i t h t h e d u s t-J A c k e t s (a<br />
little rubbed and faded), London, Liverpool and Boston, The Medici<br />
Society, Riccardi Press, 1922. £1,500 - £2,000<br />
Lot 373<br />
Lot 374<br />
374. Flint (Sir William Russell).- Herrick (Robert) on e hu n d r e d<br />
A n d eLe v e n poe m s , n u m b e r 9 o f 105 s p e c i A L Ly-b o u n d c o p i e s W i t h<br />
8 A d d i t i o n A L p L At e s A n d s i g n e d b y t h e A rt i s t, from an edition<br />
limited to 550, printed in black and colours, colour frontispiece and<br />
collotype illustrations by Sir William Russell Flint, W i t h ch r i s t o p h e r<br />
sA n d f o r d’s first d r A f t A n d m o c k -u p f o r t h e prospectus W i t h h i s<br />
p e n c i L i n s t r u c t i o n s to t h e p r i n t e r loosely inserted, original pictorial<br />
white alum-tanned sheepskin, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g.,<br />
others uncut, additional plates loose in envelope, together in marbled<br />
cloth slip-case (a little rubbed), Golden Cockerel Press, 1955.<br />
£300 - £400<br />
375. Golden Cockerel Press.- LAW r e n c e (t.e.) se c r e t de s pAt c h e s<br />
f r o m Ar A b i A, limited edition, frontispiece, small ink name stamp<br />
to front endpaper in Arabic,original morocco-backed buckram<br />
by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, boards slightly spotted, t.e.g., others<br />
uncut, original card slip-case, 4to, Golden Cockerel Press, [1939].<br />
£250 - £350<br />
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Lot 376<br />
376. Gregynog Press.- Milton (John) co m u s, i n s c r i b e d b y ei r e n e<br />
hu g h e s [to A L u n oL d f i e L d-dAv i e s] “ th A n k y o u f o r ro W L A n d’s s A k e.<br />
ei r e n e” on front free endpaper, original buckram-backed boards,<br />
uncut, glacine wrapper browned and a little frayed at corners and<br />
spine, 1931; Four Poems...l’Allegro, Il Penseroso, Arcades, Lycidas,<br />
ink signature of Lilian Oldfield-Davies and another ink inscription<br />
on front endpapers, original blind-stamped red calf, rather worn,<br />
1933 § Jones (Thomas) A Theme with Variations, number 87 of 175<br />
copies, original cloth, gilt, uncut, spine slightly rubbed, [printed<br />
for private circulation], 1933, the first two each one of 250 copies<br />
on Japanese vellum with wood-engraved plates and illustrations<br />
by Blair Hughes-Stanton, [Harrop 19, 26 & 44], tall 8vo & 8vo,<br />
Newtown, Gregynog Press (3) £200 - £300<br />
*** Alun Oldfield-Davies (1905-1988), broadcaster and public<br />
servant, controller of BBC Wales 1945-67. He generously paid<br />
for the Welsh novelist and poet, Rowland Hughes (1903-49), who<br />
suffered from multiple sclerosis, to undergo treatment.<br />
377. Hope (Mrs) fL o W e r s f r o m A n in d i A n gA r d e n, second<br />
series, lithograph title, 11 chromolithograph plates, offsetting,<br />
hinges cracked, original cloth, gilt, some staining to covers, folio,<br />
Dusseldorf, c.1860. £700 - £800<br />
Lot 378<br />
LONDON<br />
378. Jones (David).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) th e ri m e o f t h e<br />
An c i e n t mAr i n e r, n u m b e r Lxxxvi o f 115 c o p i e s s i g n e d b y t h e<br />
A rt i s t but lacking the additional suite of plates, from an edition<br />
limited to 315, 10 copper-engraved plates and illustrations by David<br />
Jones, 1964 [with] Jones (David) An Introduction to the Rime of the<br />
Ancient Mariner, n u m b e r cii o f 115 c o p i e s s i g n e d b y t h e A u t h o r,<br />
from an edition limited to 330, engraved title-vignette by Jones,<br />
1972, together 2 vol., b o t h i n s c r i b e d b y dAv i d Jon e s in WeL s h,<br />
printed in ochre and black on grey paper, the second with prospectus<br />
and original invoice from Douglas Cleverdon loosely inserted<br />
(“one of about half a dozen copies [with inscription] in Welsh”),<br />
original vellum-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, the second with<br />
slight spotting to upper cover and glacine wrapper (frayed) and<br />
slip-case, 4to, New York, Chilmark Press and London, Clover Hill<br />
Editions, both printed by the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge<br />
§ Jones (David) In Parenthesis, first e d i t i o n, third impression,<br />
i n s c r i b e d b y t h e A u t h o r “fo r ALu n f r o m dAv i d JuLy 1954” W i t h<br />
t W o c o r r e c t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g t h e t e x t on front free endpaper (and<br />
in text), endpapers spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped<br />
as issued), a little rubbed and soiled, 1938; The Fatigue, number<br />
114 of 298 copies, this one of 241 subscribers’ copies , for Lilian &<br />
Alun Oldfield-Davies, original wrappers, printed by the Rampant<br />
Lions Press of Cambridge, 1965; and 3 others by or illustrated by<br />
Jones, 4to & 8vo (7) £300 - £400<br />
*** The inscription in the first reads, “i Alun a Lilian dymuniadau<br />
gorau yn awr a phob amser Dafydd. Pumed o Fis Ebrill 1967” (with<br />
best wishes for all time, David. Fifth of April 1967). Alun Oldfield-<br />
Davies (1905-1988), broadcaster and public servant, controller of<br />
BBC Wales 1945-67; he and his wife, Lilian, were close friends of<br />
David Jones.<br />
379. McCarthy (Justin) and Mrs Campbell Praed. th e gr e y<br />
ri v e r, one of 230 copies, 12 etched plates by Mortimer Menpes,<br />
each signed by the artist, ink inscription and original water-colour<br />
sketch to title, light foxing throughout, contemporary cloth, spine<br />
ends and corners slightly bumped, a little soiled, folio, 1889.<br />
£500 - £700<br />
380. Millet.- Benedite (Leonce) th e dr AW i n g s o f Je A n fr A n ç o i s<br />
mi L L e t, n u m b e r 15 o f 50 c o p i e s, 50 tipped-in facsimile plates with<br />
captioned tissue guards, endpapers a little spotted, contemporary<br />
vellum, gilt, g.e., a few marks to covers, folio, 1906. £200 - £300<br />
89
90<br />
LONDON<br />
Lot 381<br />
381. Millet.- Ferroud (A.) & E. Bénézit-Constant, editors. Le<br />
Li v r e d’or d e J. -f. mi L L e t, n u m b e r 10 o f 50 c o p i e s o n JA pA n pA p e r,<br />
etched vignette titles and 20 plates, occasional spotting, original<br />
wrappers bound in, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g.,<br />
lower covers joints starting, corners a little bumped, slip-case,<br />
extremities rubbed, folio, [c.1891]. £400 - £600<br />
Lot 382<br />
382. Rowlandson (Thomas).- [Combe (William)] th e gr A n d<br />
mA s t e r, o r A d v e n t u r e s o f qu i hi? in hi n d o s tA n ... b y qu i z,<br />
first e d i t i o n , folding frontispiece, pictorial title and 25 plates by<br />
Rowlandson, all hand-coloured aquatints, with additional plate with<br />
sepia wash (often not present), lacking errata slip and cancelled<br />
c8 (pp.31-32) as usual, 2 plates with outer edge frayed, affecting<br />
publisher’s imprint, some plates trimmed at foot, just affecting<br />
imprint, small repair to outer margin of O1, a few small fingermarks,<br />
some light browning, contemporary half calf, gilt spine in<br />
compartments and with red morocco label, slightly rubbed, [Abbey<br />
Travel 437; Tooley 412], a good copy, 8vo, 1816. £350 - £450<br />
END OF SALE<br />
Lot 383<br />
383. so n n e t s e t eA u x-fo rt e s, one of 350 copies, decorative title,<br />
42 etched plates by Manet, Jongkind, Corot, Daubigny, Millet,<br />
Victor Hugo and others, offsetting on to text, Victor Hugo plate with<br />
stain to lower margin, marginal water-staining (mostly at head)<br />
to last 6 plates, occasional spotting or marking, mostly marginal,<br />
original upper limp vellum wrapper bound in, foxed, contemporary<br />
decorative boards, rebacked in later brown morocco, 4to, Paris,<br />
1869. £1,200 - £1,800<br />
Lot 384<br />
384. Vever (Henri) LA bi J o u t e r i e fr A n c A i s e A u xixe si e c L e, 3<br />
vol., one of 1,000 copies, illustrations, original decorative wrappers<br />
tipped-in, vol.3 wrappers with tape to head and foot, large 8vo,<br />
Paris, 1906-1908. £300 - £400<br />
*** The classic work on jewellery, each volume is dedicated to a<br />
particular period: Consulate, Empire and Restoration.<br />
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These Conditions of Sale and Business constitute the contract between <strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> (the “Auctioneer”) and the seller, on the one hand, and the<br />
buyer on the other. By bidding at the auction, you agree to be bound by these terms.<br />
INFORMATION FOR BUyERS<br />
1. Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers, particularly<br />
those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales are conducted on our printed Conditions<br />
of Sale which are readily available for inspection and normally accompany catalogues. Our<br />
staff will be happy to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand.<br />
2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for<br />
reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary<br />
contract is with the seller.<br />
3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be involved<br />
for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price and<br />
certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where<br />
chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by<br />
announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive.<br />
4. Buyer’s Premium. The Buyer agrees to pay a buyer’s premium on the hammer price of each<br />
lot purchased. The buyer’s premium is 24% (28.8% including VAT) of the hammer price on<br />
each lot up to and including £150,000, plus 12% (14.40% including VAT) for any amount in<br />
excess of £150,0001.<br />
5. VAT. (*) indicates that VAT is payable by the purchaser at the standard rate (presently 20%)<br />
on the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. This imposition<br />
of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union and<br />
is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on importation<br />
into the UK. The double symbol (**) indicates that the lot has been imported from outside<br />
the European Union and the present position is that these lots are liable to a reduced rate<br />
of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both the hammer price and the buyer’s premium).<br />
Lots which appear without either of the above symbols indicate that no VAT is payable on the<br />
hammer price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and<br />
it should be noted that the VAT included within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax.<br />
6. Descriptions and Conditions. Condition reports are provided on our website or upon<br />
request. The absence of a report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. The<br />
detail in a report will reflect the estimated value of the lot, and large numbers of such<br />
requests received shortly before the sale may not receive a response to all lots. Members<br />
of staff are not trained restorers or conservators and, particularly for higher value lots,<br />
you should obtain an opinion from such a professional. We recommend that you always<br />
view a lot in person.<br />
We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information provided by the<br />
seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably in taking a general view about<br />
them we are normally unable to carry out a detailed or any examination of lots in order to<br />
ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending<br />
buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept responsibility<br />
for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. Please note carefully the<br />
exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the<br />
seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular,<br />
mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far<br />
as we have examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be<br />
liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer<br />
but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the goods.<br />
Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are ‘deliberate<br />
forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a 3 week time limit. (The expression<br />
‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale).<br />
7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use must be checked<br />
over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first.<br />
8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether an export<br />
licence is required and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing goods of<br />
that character because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Ask us if<br />
you need help.<br />
9. Bidding. Bidders may be required to register before the sale commences and lots will be<br />
invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Some form of identification may<br />
be required if you are unknown to us. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for<br />
telephone bidding.<br />
10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers indicating the<br />
maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium. They will be executed as cheaply<br />
as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit<br />
identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. Please enquire<br />
in advance about our arrangements for the leaving of commission bids by telephone or fax.<br />
11. Methods of Payment.The following methods of payment are acceptable.<br />
Debit Card drawn on a UK bank and registered to a UK billing address. There is no<br />
additional charge for purchases made with these cards.<br />
Bank transfer direct into our bank account, all transfers must state the relevant<br />
sale number, lot number and your bid / paddle number. If transferring from a foreign<br />
currency, the amount we receive must be the total due in pounds sterling (after currency<br />
conversion and the deduction of any bank charges). Our bank details can be found on the<br />
front or your invoice or in the sale catalogue under ‘Important Notices’.<br />
Sterling cash payments of up to £12,000 (subject to money laundering regulations). All<br />
major UK issued credit cards registered to a UK billing address with the exception of<br />
American Express and Diners Club. A surcharge of 3% is payable on all payments made<br />
by credit cards. Sterling personal cheques drawn on a UK bank account and made payable<br />
to ‘<strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong>’. It will be necessary to allow at least six working days for the<br />
cheque to clear before collecting your purchases.<br />
12. Collection and storage. Please note what the Conditions of Sale state about collection<br />
and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and collected promptly. Any delay may<br />
involve the buyer in paying storage charges.<br />
13. Droit de suite royalty charges. From 1st January 2012 all UK art market professionals<br />
(which includes but is not limited to; auctioneers, dealers, galleries, agents and other<br />
intermediaries) are required to collect a royalty payment for all works of art that have been<br />
produced by qualifying artists each time a work is re-sold during the artist’s lifetime and<br />
for a period up to 70 years following the artists death. This payment is only calculated on<br />
qualifying works of art which are sold for a hammer price more than the UK sterling<br />
equivalent of EURO 1,000 – the UK sterling equivalent will fluctuate in line with prevailing<br />
exchange rates.<br />
It is entirely the responsibility of the buyer to acquaint himself with the precise EURO to<br />
UK Sterling exchange rate on the day of the sale in this regard, and the auctioneer accepts<br />
no responsibility whatsoever if the qualifying rate is different to the rate indicated.<br />
All items in this catalogue that are marked with δ are potentially qualifying items, and the<br />
royalty charge will be applied if the hammer price achieved is more than the UK sterling<br />
equivalent of EURO 1,000.The royalty charge will be added to all relevant buyers’ invoices, and<br />
must be paid before items can be cleared. All royalty charges are passed on to the Design and<br />
Artists Copyright Society (‘DACS’), no handling costs or additional fees with respect to these<br />
charges will be retained by the auctioneers.<br />
The royalty charge that will be applied to qualifying items which achieve a hammer price of<br />
more than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 1,000, but less than the UK sterling equivalent<br />
of EURO 50,000 is 4%. For qualifying items that sell for more than the UK sterling equivalent<br />
of EURO 50,000 a sliding scale of royalty charges will apply – for a complete list of the royalty<br />
charges and threshold levels, please see www.dacs.org.uk. There is no VAT payable on this<br />
royalty charge.<br />
TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS<br />
1. Interpretation. In these Terms the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to the Seller and if the<br />
consignment of goods to us is made by an agent we assume that the Seller has authorised<br />
the consignment and that the consignor has the Seller’s authority to contract. Similarly the<br />
words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneers.<br />
2. Commission is charged to sellers at the following rates:- please enquire at our salerooms.<br />
3. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the saleroom by any stated deadline<br />
and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with this process but any liability<br />
incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is solely your responsibility.<br />
4. Loss and damage of goods.<br />
(a) Loss and Damage Warranty - <strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> is not authorised by the FSA to<br />
provide insurance to its clients, and does not do so. However <strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> for<br />
its own protection, assumes liability for property consigned to it at the lower pre-sale<br />
estimate until the hammer falls. To justify accepting liability, <strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong><br />
makes a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price plus VAT, subject to a minimum charge of<br />
£1.50, or if unsold 1.5% of our lower estimate. The liability assumed by <strong>Bloomsbury</strong><br />
<strong>Auctions</strong> shall be limited to the lower presale estimate or the hammer price if the lot<br />
is sold.<br />
(b) If the owner of the goods consigned instructs us in writing not to take such action, the<br />
goods then remain entirely at the owners risk unless and until the property in them<br />
passes to the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of the owner, and clause 4 (a)<br />
is inapplicable<br />
5. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider that the Lot should<br />
be illustrated your permission will be asked first. The copyright in respect of such<br />
illustrations shall be the property of us, the auctioneers, as is the text of the catalogue.<br />
6. Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods will normally be offered subject to a reserve<br />
agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 7. We may sell Lots below<br />
the reserve provided we account to you for the same sale proceeds as you would have<br />
received had the reserve been the hammer price. If you specifically give us a “discretion”<br />
we may accept a bid of up to 10% below the formal reserve.<br />
7. Reserves.<br />
(a) you are entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any lot consigned, being the<br />
minimum hammer price at which that lot may be sold. Reserves must be reasonable<br />
and we may decline to offer goods which in our opinion would be subject to an<br />
unreasonably high reserve (in which case goods carry the storage and insurance<br />
charges stipulated in these Terms of Consignment).<br />
(b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent.<br />
(c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only up to the<br />
reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally.<br />
8. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls. Where such items<br />
are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the cost of testing by external<br />
contractors. Goods not certified as safe by an electrician (unless antiques) will not be<br />
accepted for sale. They must be removed at your expense on your being notified. We<br />
reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.<br />
9. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by statute law in the<br />
interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety regulations will not be offered and<br />
must be removed at your expense. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as<br />
refuse, at your expense.<br />
The rights of disposal referred to in clause 8 and 9 are subject to the provisions of The Torts<br />
(Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection<br />
on request<br />
10. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance etc. of<br />
goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of descriptions under<br />
modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances responsibility lies with sellers if<br />
inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you have approved the catalogue description of<br />
your lots unless informed to the contrary. Where we are obliged to return the price to the<br />
buyer when the lot is a deliberate forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale<br />
and we have accounted to you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us the sale<br />
proceeds.<br />
11. Unsold and withdrawn items. If an item is unsold it may with your consent be re-offered<br />
at a future sale. Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you must collect such items<br />
from the saleroom promptly on being so informed. Otherwise, storage charges may be<br />
incurred. We reserve the right to charge for storage in these circumstances at a reasonable<br />
daily rate.<br />
12. Withdrawn and bought in items. These are liable to incur a charge of 15% commission,<br />
1.5 % Loss and Damage Warranty and any other costs incurred including but not limited to<br />
illustration and restoration fees all of these charges being subject to VAT on being bought<br />
in or withdrawn after being catalogued.<br />
13. Conditions of Sale. you agree that all goods will be sold on our Conditions of Sale. In<br />
particular you undertake that you have the right to sell the goods either as owner or agent<br />
for the owner. you undertake to compensate us and any buyer or third party for all losses<br />
liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of this<br />
undertaking. We will also, at our discretion, and as far as practicable, confirm that an<br />
item consigned for sale does not appear on the Art Loss register, which is administered by<br />
an independent third party.<br />
14. Authority to deduct commission and expenses and retain premium and interest.<br />
(a) you authorise us to deduct commission at the stated rate and all expenses incurred<br />
for your account from the hammer price and consent to our right to retain beneficially<br />
the premium paid by the buyer in accordance with our Conditions of Sale and any<br />
interest earned on the sale proceeds until the date of settlement.
(b) you authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not later than the<br />
close of business 48 hours after the day of sale in the case of lots unsold at auction, in<br />
which case the same charges will be payable as if such lots had been sold at auction<br />
and so far as appropriate these Terms apply.<br />
15. Warehousing. We disclaim all liability for goods delivered to our saleroom without<br />
sufficient sale instructions and reserve the right to make minimum warehousing charge<br />
of £10 per lot per day. Unsold lots are subject to the same charges if you do not remove<br />
them within a reasonable time of notification. If not removed within three weeks we<br />
reserve the right to sell them and defray charges from any net proceeds of sale or at your<br />
expense to consign them to the local authority for disposal.<br />
16. Settlement. After sale settlement of the net sum due to you normally takes place within 28<br />
days of the sale (by crossed cheque to the seller) unless the buyer has not paid for the<br />
goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take your instructions in the<br />
light of our Conditions of Sale. you authorise any sums owed by you to us on other<br />
transactions to be deducted from the sale proceeds. you must note the liability to reimburse<br />
the proceeds of sale to us as under the circumstances provided for in Condition 10 above.<br />
you should therefore bear this potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds<br />
of sale until the expiry of 28 days from the date of sale.<br />
CONDITIONS OF SALE<br />
<strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> carries on business with bidders, buyers and all those present in the<br />
auction room prior to or in connection with a sale on the following General Conditions and on<br />
such other terms, conditions and notices as may be referred to herein.<br />
1. Definitions<br />
In these Conditions:<br />
(a) “auctioneer” means the firm of <strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> or its authorised auctioneer, as<br />
appropriate;<br />
(b) “deliberate forgery” means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to<br />
authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is unequivocally<br />
described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at the<br />
date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in<br />
accordance with the description;<br />
(c) “hammer price” means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve) when the<br />
auctioneer brings down the hammer;<br />
(d) “terms of consignment” means the stipulated terms and rates of commission on which<br />
<strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> accepts instructions from sellers or their agents;<br />
(e) “total amount due” means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together with<br />
any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by a<br />
defaulting buyer under these Conditions;<br />
(f) “sale proceeds” means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer price of<br />
the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax chargeable and any<br />
other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever capacity and however arising;<br />
(g) “you”, “your”, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2.<br />
(h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate.<br />
2. Bidding procedures and the Buyer<br />
(a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding and to satisfy any<br />
security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid;<br />
(b) the maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale shall be<br />
the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be settled at the<br />
auctioneer’s absolute discretion by reoffering the Lot during the course of the auction<br />
or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably in exercising this discretion.<br />
(c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals.<br />
(d) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount of any<br />
reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved.<br />
3. Increments. Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion.<br />
4. The purchase price. together with a premium thereon of 28.8% which shall include VAT on<br />
the premium at the rate imposed by law. The buyer will also be liable for any royalties<br />
payable under Droit de Suite as set out under Information for Buyers.<br />
5. Value Added Tax. Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items<br />
affixed with an asterisk or double asterisk. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate<br />
rate prevailing by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant Lots. (Please<br />
refer to “Information for Buyers” for a brief explanation of the VAT position).<br />
6. Payment<br />
(1) Immediately a Lot is sold you will:<br />
(a) give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and<br />
(b) pay to us the total amount due or in such other way as is agreed by us.<br />
(2) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from you<br />
to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your agent,<br />
whether express or implied.<br />
(3) Buyers who utilise the services of ATG Live <strong>Auctions</strong> or any other live internet services<br />
are hereby informed that the payment method details that are provided to ATG Live<br />
<strong>Auctions</strong> or any other live internet services as part of the process of registration will, in<br />
the absence of compliance with paragraph (1) of this clause, be utilised by us to settle any<br />
amounts owing by such buyers to us.<br />
7. Title and collection of purchases<br />
(1) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made<br />
payment in full to us of the total amount due.<br />
(2) you shall at your own risk and expense take away any lots that you have purchased and<br />
paid for not later than 3 working days following the day of the auction or upon the<br />
clearance of any cheque used for payment after which you shall be responsible for any<br />
removal, storage and insurance charges.<br />
(3) No purchase can be claimed or removed until it has been paid for.<br />
(4) <strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> is unable to arrange packaging or shipping of items. Successful<br />
buyers must make these arrangements independently, though the saleroom may be<br />
able to suggest specialist shipping companies who can advise buyers, this advice is not a<br />
recommendation and the saleroom is not liable for any aspect of the packaging and<br />
shipping process. Please note that the cost of packaging and shipping depends on the<br />
size/weight of the item(s) purchased, insurance requirements, and the shipping destination,<br />
not on the value of the item(s) purchased. Please note that any items not collected within<br />
one week of the sale date may be automatically removed to commercial storage and<br />
subject to a storage charge.<br />
8. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases<br />
(1) If any Lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these Conditions<br />
or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent for the seller and on our<br />
own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights we<br />
may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights and remedies:<br />
(a) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract;<br />
(b) to rescind the sale of that Lot and/or any other Lots sold by us to you;<br />
(c) to resell the Lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible for<br />
any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part payment and<br />
adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the seller;<br />
(d) to remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense and, in the case of storage, either<br />
at our premises or elsewhere;<br />
e) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due to<br />
the extent it remains unpaid for more than 3 working days after the sale;<br />
(g) to retain that or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due;<br />
(h) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose conditions<br />
before any such bids shall be accepted;<br />
(i) to apply any proceeds of sale of other Lots due or in future becoming due to you<br />
towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a right to<br />
retain possession of) any of your property in our possession for any purpose until the<br />
debt due is satisfied.<br />
(2) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and<br />
remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach<br />
of these conditions<br />
9. Third party liability. All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk<br />
and must note the layout of the accommodation and security arrangements. Accordingly<br />
neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur liability for death or personal<br />
injury (except as required by law by reason of our negligence) or similarly for the safety of<br />
the property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.<br />
10. Commission bids. Whilst prospective buyers are strongly advised to attend the auction<br />
and are always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular Lot and shall be assumed<br />
to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its condition we will if so<br />
instructed clearly and in writing execute bids on their behalf. Neither the auctioneer nor<br />
our employees or agents shall be responsible for any failure to do so save where such<br />
failure is unreasonable.Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded<br />
we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to prefer the first bid so made.<br />
11. Warranty of title and availability. The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the<br />
seller is the true owner of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true<br />
owner to consign it for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property<br />
free from any third party claims.<br />
12. Agency. The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for<br />
default by sellers or buyers.<br />
13. Terms of sale. The seller acknowledges that Lots are sold subject to the stipulations of<br />
these Conditions in their entirety and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the<br />
consignor at the time of the entry of the Lot.<br />
14. Descriptions and condition<br />
(1) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out<br />
exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities<br />
to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any independent experts<br />
on their behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied<br />
to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations<br />
or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance,<br />
condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that<br />
any such opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions<br />
given negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer<br />
nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such<br />
opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition<br />
or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This Condition is<br />
subject to the next following Condition concerning deliberate forgeries and applies<br />
save as provided for in paragraph 6 “information to buyers”.<br />
(2) Private treaty sales made under these Conditions are deemed to be sales by auction<br />
for purposes of consumer legislation.<br />
15. Forgeries. Notwithstanding the preceding Condition, any Lot which proves to be a deliberate<br />
forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 21 days of the auction provided it<br />
is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by particulars identifying it<br />
from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. If we are<br />
satisfied from the evidence presented that the Lot is a deliberate forgery we shall refund<br />
the money paid by you for the Lot including any buyer’s premium provided that (1) if the<br />
catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date<br />
of sale or (2) you personally are not able to transfer a good and marketable title to us,<br />
you shall have no rights under this condition. The right of return provided by this Condition<br />
is additional to any right or remedy provided by law or by these Conditions of Sale.<br />
General<br />
16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises or attendance<br />
at our auctions by any person.<br />
17. (1) Any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of<br />
and as a result of any breach of these Conditions and any exclusions provided by them<br />
shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as appropriate.<br />
(2). Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the benefit of<br />
employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may themselves enforce them.<br />
18. Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail, email or<br />
Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee 48<br />
hours after posting.<br />
19. Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of items in<br />
which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with any glossary<br />
appearing at the commencement of the catalogue.<br />
20. Any indulgence extended to bidders, buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding the strict<br />
terms of these Conditions or of the Terms of Consignment shall affect the position at the<br />
relevant time only and in respect of that particular concession only; in all other respects<br />
these Conditions shall be construed as having full force and effect.<br />
21. English law applies to the interpretation of these Conditions.
INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS<br />
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS<br />
LONDON<br />
<strong>Bloomsbury</strong> House,<br />
24 Maddox Street,<br />
London, W1S 1PP<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7495 9494<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7495 9499<br />
info@bloomsburyauctions.com<br />
www.bloomsburyauctions.com<br />
DREWEATTS<br />
DONNINGTON PRIORY<br />
Donnington, Newbury,<br />
Berkshire, RG14 2JE<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1635 553 553<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1635 553 599<br />
donnington@dnfa.com<br />
www.dnfa.com/donnington<br />
DREWEATTS<br />
BRISTOL<br />
St. John’s Place, Apsley Road<br />
Clifton, Bristol BS8 2ST<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 117 973 7201<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 117 973 5671<br />
bristol@dnfa.com<br />
www.dnfa.com/bristol<br />
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS<br />
ROME / MILAN<br />
For further information, please contact:<br />
Dott. Luciana Scarpa<br />
Tel: +39 388 8813070<br />
roma@bloomsburyauctions.com<br />
BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS<br />
Rupert Powell Deputy Chairman, Travel, Natural History & Science<br />
Dido Arthur Architecture, Private Press & Illustrated<br />
Justin Phillips Continental & Early Printing<br />
Simon Luterbacher Manuscripts & English Literature<br />
Clive Moss Children’s Books<br />
Max Hasler Modern First Editions<br />
Hannah Usher Books<br />
Emily Bradfield Books<br />
Michael Heseltine Consultant<br />
PICTURES AND MAPS<br />
Robert Hall<br />
Richard Carroll<br />
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART & PRINTS<br />
Alexander Hayter International Head of Contemporary Art<br />
Ross Thomas<br />
Shane Xu<br />
ASIAN CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART<br />
Dr Benedetta Mottino<br />
CLOCKS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS<br />
Leighton Gillibrand Director<br />
COUNTRY SPORTING<br />
Geoffrey Stafford Charles Director<br />
DECORATIVE ARTS<br />
David Rees Director<br />
ENGLISH & CONTINENTAL CERAMICS<br />
Geoffrey Stafford Charles Director<br />
FURNITURE<br />
Will Richards Deputy Chairman<br />
Cristian Beadman Associate Director<br />
Ben Millerchip-Brown Associate Director<br />
Emma Terry<br />
Elaine Binning Consultant<br />
JEWELLERY, SILVER, WATCHES<br />
& OBJECTS OF VERTU<br />
James Nicholson International Head of Department<br />
David Rees Director, Silver & Objects of Vertu<br />
Ian Pickford Silver Consultant<br />
Nick Mann<br />
CLOCKS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS<br />
Leighton Gillibrand Director<br />
FURNITURE & ORIENTAL CARPETS<br />
Richard Madley Director<br />
Kate Hannah<br />
Tim Hazelgrove<br />
MEDALS & MILITARIA<br />
Malcolm Claridge<br />
SILVER & JEWELLERY<br />
John Kelly<br />
STEAM MODEL ENGINEERING<br />
Michael Matthews Consultant<br />
Dreweatts & <strong>Bloomsbury</strong> <strong>Auctions</strong> is pleased to<br />
announce a new joint venture in Italy. Together with<br />
Philobiblon <strong>Auctions</strong>, a subsidiary of the highly<br />
respected antiquarian books and manuscripts<br />
dealership, we are able to offer a first class service<br />
throughout Italy from premises in both Rome and<br />
Milan. We have Italian speaking specialists in all<br />
major departments and offer a regular calendar of<br />
both valuation events and sales in Rome and Milan.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHS<br />
Sarah Wheeler<br />
John Cumming Consultant<br />
POSTERS<br />
Richard Barclay Consultant<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
Codrina Toderita Administrator<br />
Helen Cragg Administrator<br />
Domoni Mainstone Administrator<br />
Julia Owen Accounts<br />
Craig Millar IT<br />
Scott Harvey Art Director<br />
Elio Stolz Photographer<br />
Poppy Walker Marketing Manager<br />
Gary Shaw Facilities Manager<br />
Graham Argue Saleroom & Shipping<br />
Robert Cain Saleroom & Shipping<br />
Steve Cain Saleroom & Shipping<br />
Alec Shepherd Saleroom & Shipping<br />
PICTURES<br />
Archie Parker International Head of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings<br />
James James-Crook Modern British & Irish Paintings & Sculpture<br />
WINE<br />
Bruce Cairnduff Consultant<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
Brenda Adams Associate Director, Client Accounts<br />
Ruth Rackham Senior Administrator & Valuations Coordinator<br />
Tori Billington Marketing<br />
Helen Newton Administrator<br />
Kathy James Administrator<br />
Fiona Foote Administrator<br />
Kate Colquhoun Administrator<br />
Ruth Miles Administrator<br />
Adam Martin Saleroom<br />
James Percy Saleroom<br />
Gyula Sirok Saleroom<br />
Matthew Martin Photographer<br />
Dave Pincott Photographer<br />
TOYS, COLLECTABLES,<br />
RAILWAYANA & BOOKS<br />
Peter Rixon Associate Director<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
Samantha Taylor Administrator<br />
Sara Lucas Administrator<br />
Sarah Walker Administrator<br />
Ewelina Karbowiak Photographer<br />
Philip Maclean Photographer