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Louisa May Alcott’s Classic - Little Women In the Rare Blue Cloth with Tipped on Illustration and Gilt 1 Alcott, Louisa May. LITTLE WOMEN (London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, [1922]) First edition thus. Lovingly and gracefully illustrated with 12 tipped-in colour plates on captioned and decorated stock and with pictorial endpapers, all by M.E. Gray. 4to, in the publisher’s scarce best binding of darkblue cloth lettered in bright gilt with floral decorations on the spine, the upper cover features a colour pictorial pastedown of the four sisters within a gilt oval frame and borders in blind. A very bright and attractive copy, the front hinge just a bit shaken, the text is clean and fine and the plates all beautiful, the delu only a touch of minor cloth mellowing.

OUR FAVORITE EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED WORKS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, AND IN THE SCARCE BINDING FEATURING GILT LETTERING AND A COLOUR PASTEDOWN ILLUSTRATION ON THE FRONT COVER. This charming edition of Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women is most sympathetically illustrated by M.E.Gray. Mrs. March, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy all come to vibrant life with this collection of paintings. The reader is invited into the simplicity of an old-fashioned childhood through touching images of ruffles and bows, ringlets and rosy cheeks, sun-dappled meadows, and tender sisterly moments. $350.

“The ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ of the Horse” Black Beauty with Cecil Aldin’s Colourplates A Truly Beautiful Presentation of a Wonderful Story 2 [Aldin, Cecil illus.] Sewell, Anna. BLACK BEAUTY. The Autobiography of a Horse (London: Jarrolds Publishers for Boots the Chemist, N.D., circa 1915) The First Edition in this format. With 18 very beautiful tipped-in color plates by Cecil Aldin. 4to, publisher’s original deep blue cloth with gilt pictorial upper cover featuring an all over image of a young horse with its mother in an ideal country setting, lettered and ruled in gilt on spine and cover. A lovely and collectible copy, the blue cloth bright with vivid gilt-work and only a bit of age or shelving evidence along the edges and tips, internally solid and strong.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS SCARCE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED PRINTING. One of the finest and most beautiful editions of Black Beauty that we know of. Aldin’s colour plates are vivid and expressive, yet very natural. The binding is lovely and the presentation large and rich. The first edition of the book with Cecil Aldin’s illustrations was issued by Jarrolds in 1912.

BLACK BEAUTY is the only book Anna Sewell ever wrote. It is a timeless story which relates events in the life of a horse which suffers great cruelty and despair but for whom there is the ultimate eventuality of a happy home. This novel became an immediate success and in its day caused the altering of human behaviour towards and treatment of domesticated animals. Unfortunately Anna Sewell would never realize her dream of experiencing the changes she wrote and fought for as she died only a few months after the book’s publication having never received more then £20 for her literary efforts. The novel struck home in an immediate and especially meaningful way for animal lovers and for animal rights activists in their struggles for the humane treatment of animals. In the intervening years since its publication it has become a revered classic of the highest order . It has become known as “the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of the horse” $395.

Boyd Alexander’s Harrowing Adventures - From Niger to Nile A Fine Association Copy with Fine Provenance Crossing Africa From West to East - London - 1908 3 Alexander, Boyd. FROM THE NIGER TO THE NILE (London: Edward Arnold, 1908) 2 volumes. First edition, second impression, same as the first with a new title-page slug. A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY WITH PRESENTATION FROM R. ALEXANDER AND WITH BOYD ALEXANDER’S BOOKPLATE IN VOLUME II. A COPY WITH EXCELLENT PROVENANCE. With over 200 illustrations, primarily from black and white photographs, many on full page plates and with 3 large folding maps.

Photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece to volume one and of Capt. G.B. Gosling to volume two.

8vo, original red ribbed cloth, gilt-lettered on upper covers and spines. A handsome and pleasing set of this interesting and well illustrated work, A NICE ASSOCIATION COPY WITH PROVENANCE, the cloth is bright and well-preserved with bright gilt, just a bit of expected light mellowing. Internally quite clean and fresh.

EARLY ISSUE AND A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY OF THIS GREAT WORK. A detailed and enthralling history of a scientific expedition into Africa from 1904-1907 that ended with death for two of the three party leaders.

The publishing of this book was Alexander’s monument to his fallen comrades “who lie in the earth too far away for many to read the records over their graves.”

The expedition covered 5,000 miles almost entirely by water, a remarkable achievement in its day. The survivors suffered countless ordeals including disease, hunger, and harsh weather conditions. The stories include meetings with different tribes, cannibalism, encounters with animals, slavery, elephant hunting and descriptions of local geography.

The numerous photographs complement the account, with their variety and clarity in execution. A fascinating account. $895.

The Discovery of The South Pole - First Edition - 1912 Roald Amundsen Reaches the Pole - The Fram Voyage 4 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912 (London: John Murray, 1912) 2 volumes. First edition. First issue. Numerous illustrations, folding maps, plans and charts, folding maps at rear of each volume. 138 photographic il-

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lustrations on 103 plates. Thick 8vo, very handsomely bound in three-quarter red morocco over maroon cloth boards, the spine with raised bands, gilt stopped and gilt ruled, gilt lettered and numbered in three compartments. A very pleasing and handsome set with plates, maps and textblocks quite clean and well preserved, the bindings in excellent condition, fine, clean, sharp and beautifully preserved, light mellowing or age evidence to the half-titles. A very nice set.

RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Norwegian captain Roald Amundsen had initially intended make an expedition to the Arctic, but changed his plans at the last moment and announced he would try for the South Pole instead. His explanation to the public was that if he could beat the English and Japanese expeditions to the Pole then he could secure success and funds for his extensive Arctic expedition, and also “snatch the prize” for his own country. So , unbeknownst to Scott, Amundsen sailed southward in the “Fram” to the Bay of Whales that would afford his expedition both the shortest route to the Pole and a route that would not overlap with either the Japanese or the English expeditions.

From start to finish, Amundsen’s expedition ran like clockwork. He carefully planned every moment of the trip, using his experience in the Arctic and his extensive knowledge of dog-teams to help him through. His team was entirely Norwegian, accustomed to a harsh and cold climate, and were excellent ski-runners. In addition, Amundsen traveled light; he brought five men and fifty dogs on his expedition so that the latter could eventually serve as food for the former. Part of what doomed Scott’s party was the fact that he favored men and ponies over dogs, bringing twelve men, eight ponies, and only twenty-six dogs. $3750.

The Romantic Tale of Lorna Doone Beautifully Illustrated and Exquisitely Bound 5 Blackmore, R. D. LORNA DOONE: A Romance of Exmoor (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co.,LTD., n.d.) First Printing of the handsome Dulverton Edition with coloured illustrations prepared especially for this work. With 16 fine colour plates, including 12 landscapes of the region by Charles E. Brittan and 4 figurative subjects depicting scenes from the story by Charles E. Brock. 4to, beautifully bound and signed

by Morrell in very fine full crimson crushed morocco. The covers are decorated with roll tooled interlacing borders in gilt with fine floral corner-pieces and with beautifully gilt-tooled turn-ins and edges, the spine delicately gilt decorated with floral tools in the corners of gilt frames within the compartments between gilt stippled raised bands, two compartments with green morocco labels bordered and lettered in gilt. Very fine red marbled endpapers, a silk ribbon marker and vivid gilding to all edges finish off this most impressive binding. A most handsome and superb copy, the text and plates in very fine condition, the beautiful Morrell binding in a perfect state of preservation.

FIRST PRINTING OF THE FINE DULVERTON EDITION IN A VERY HANDSOME FULL BINDING GILT, SIGNED BY MORRELL. ARGUABLY THE FINEST FORMAT OF THIS BELOVED TALE. Brittan’s and Brock’s lovely paintings display a superb combination of artistic talents, the typeset is easy to the eyes and the stunning Morrell binding all combine to make this truly an heirloom to be treasured. Lorna Doone has become a timeless classic, though Blackmore originally had much difficulty in having it published. Almost from the beginning it received great acclaim by many of Blackmore’s contemporaries including Robert Louis Stevenson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Hardy, and Margaret Oliphant. Blackmore combined elements of romance with those of the historical novels popularized by Sir Walter Scott. The basis for his historical understanding is traced to Macaulay’s History of England and the analysis on the Monmouth rebellion. $1250.

Superbly Illustrated In Colours By Brickdale Tennyson’s The Idylls of the King - First Edition 6 [Brickdale, Illus. ] Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. THE IDYLLS OF THE KING. Illustrated in Colour by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1911]) First edition. With 21 tipped-in color plates by Eleanor Brickdale. 4to, original navy blue cloth gilt-lettered and with elaborate pictorial decorations in gilt on the spine and upper cover, stamped in blind on the lower cover, pictorial device of Excalibur in gilt on endpapers. A fine and bright copy of this charming book.

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY BRICKDALE. An expansion of Tennyson’s “Morte d’Arthur,” THE IDYLLS OF THE KING was well received, and helped to restore Tennyson’s popularity after the critical failure of his previous volume of poems. The magnificent illustrations by Brickdale that grace the pages of this edition are reminiscent of the pre-Raphaelite school. Their classical style is a perfect medium to tell the immortal story of the Arthurian legend. $325.

René Bull’s “Rubaiyat” Beautifully Illustrated One of the Finest Renderings of this Passionate Poem 7 [Bull, René, illus.]. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, Rendered Into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]) First edition with Bull’s illustrations. Each page decorated by René Bull, with 10 beautiful tipped-in colour plates within impressive frames printed in blue, numerous smaller pastedown colour vignettes also framed in blue, and many fine decorations and line drawings printed in blue. 4to, publisher’s beautiful buff-coloured cloth lettered on the spine in gilt in a Persian style, the upper cover lettered in red and with elaborate pictorial decorations in brown, red and blue. The text printed on the recto only (other then Quatrain numbers) of 75 numbered leaves, plus plates and prelims. A very bright and appealing copy of this beautiful book. The plates are all pristine and perfect, the text leaves quite clean with only a bit of minor spotting at the prelims and very lightly at the edges, the binding firm and very handsome with only very light general age, a little bubbling to the cloth due to the glue used in production.

A WONDERFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK, ONE OF OUR FAVORITES AND A BOOK THAT IS NOW BECOMING QUITE HARD TO FIND. Bull’s illustrations for the Rubaiyat remain among the most evocative and beautiful ever accomplished. This book alone cements his reputation among the great book illustrators of the early twentieth century. The strikingly romantic text of the poem is greatly enriched by beautiful decorations which adorn every page of text. A truly passionate book. $495.

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The First Edition of Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1888 The Gulistan or Rose Garden of Sa’di 8 Burton, Richard. THE GULISTAN OR ROSE GARDEN OF SA’DI, Faithfully Translated into English (Benares: Printed by the Kama Shastra Society for Private Subscribers Only, 1888) First Edition, printed for private subscribers only. 8vo, bound in publisher’ s original full stiff vellum with gilt ruled and lettered spine, the covers bevelled and with blind ruled borders. An excellent copy, fine and very well preserved with some light and of course, expected mellowing to the white vellum.

RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT BURTON ITEM, and according to Penzer (p. 177), the distinction between the first and second issue of the book is only the presence of the date on the spine. As a possible indication of this book’s scarcity, Penzer quotes 17 sale room prices for Burton’s KAMA SUTRA, 10 for the ANANGA RANGA, 26 for the PERFUMED GARDEN, but only three for the GULISTAN. The Persian poet Sa’di wrote “The Rose Garden” in 1258. It has readership throughout Asia and Africa, and has been translated into Latin, English, French, German, and Dutch. The Kama Shastra Society wished to introduce the first complete and unexpurgated translation into English, and succeeded in issuing a work of elegance and simplicity. The text includes chapters on the morals of Dervishes, the advantages of Silence, on love and old age, and on rules of conduct in life. An important edition of this Persian Classic. $795.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night The First of the Handsome Library Editions With the Material Removed by Lady Burton Fully Restored 9 Burton, Richard F., translator. THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT. Translated from the Arabic by Capt. Sir R. F. Burton. Printed from the Original Edition and Edited by Leonard C. Smithers (London: H. S. Nichols & Co., 1894) 12 volumes. First edition thus, the first Nichols/Smithers “Library Editon”, with all passages restored which had been omitted from Lady Burton’s edition of 1886. 8vo, black cloth decorated with elaborate Islamic design filling top cover, gilt lettered on spine. A very fine set exceptionally so for this edition, near mint.

THE FIRST OF NICHOLS AND SMITHERS’ FINE LIBRARY EDITIONS OF THIS MASTERPIECE OF WORLD LITERATURE AND ONE OF THE GREAT TRANSLATION EFFORTS OF ALL TIME, AND TO THIS DAY, UNRIVALED BY ANY SUBSEQUENT LINGUISTIC FEAT. Richard Burton was one of the foremost linguists of his time, an explorer, poet, translator, ethnologist, and archaeologist, among other things. ‘The Thousand Nights and a Night’ is probably the most famous of all his many works. This translation reflected his encyclopedic knowledge of Arabic language, sexual practices and life: “it reveals a profound acquaintance with the vocabulary and customs of the Muslims, with their classical idiom,” [Ency Britt] as well as colloquialisms, philosophy, modes of thought and intimate details. In contrast to Victorian mores, Burton was driven to explore what would now be called by literary critics the uncanny/Unheimliche or the unresolvable tensions of human beings. Accordingly, he recorded details of daily life and practices that were considered vulgar at the time.

The original edition was published in Benares in 1885 and printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only.

Lady Burton’s edition of 1886 omitted 215 pages from the original text. In this edition, the omitted material has been restored.

Edited by Leonard Smithers, who hoped that this edition would permit Burton’s translation of the famous tales to “take its proper place on the library shelf alongside Cervantes and Shakespeare.” (From the Editor’s Note.) $2450.

George Catlin - The North American Indians - Two Volumes Original Red Cloth Gilt and Pictorially Decorated With 320 Engraved and Coloured Illustrations 10 Catlin, George. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839. (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926) 2 volumes. First edition thus, first with the colour plates issued by Grant, in the 1903 imprint the illustrations were supplied only in black and white. With 320 illustrations in colour, carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings and including 3 colour maps, one of which is folding. Thick royal 8vos, publisher’s original red cloth lettered and elaborately and pictorially decorated in gilt and black on both the upper covers and the spines featuring Indian warriors. A very handsome and well preserved and bright set, the gilt and cloth, textblock and colour plates, all in very pleasing condition.

VERY UNCOMMON IN SUCH NICE CONDITION, GRANT’S 1926 IMPRINT IS ONE OF THE FINEST PRODUCED SINCE THE 1841 ORIGINAL. “Catlin visited forty-eight tribes in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains during his eight years’ travel. His object was to paint portraits of men and women in every tribe, together with views of villages, games, etc. The two volumes are a series of fifty-eight letters written while the author was among the Indians. They form an unusually entertaining narrative of travels in an almost unknown region, and at the same time are of great value in their descriptions of Indian life” (Larned 616). $2850.

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Cervantes’ “Don Quixote” - A Beautifully Bound Set John Grant’s Exquisite Illustrated Edition The Fine Motteux Translation With Lalauze’s Etchings 11 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. THE HISTORY OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA...translated from the Spanish, By F.A. Motteux (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1908) 4 volumes.

First Edition Thus, Grant’s fine printing of 1908. With Provenance. Richly illustrated throughout with 37 engravings designed and etched by Ad. Lalauze on tissue-guarded plates, including a fine engraved portrait of Cervantes at the beginning of Volume I. Title pages printed in red and black. Tall, thick 8vo, in very fine contemporary three-quarter chocolate brown morocco over brown cloth, the back and corner pieces gilt ruled, the spines beautifully gilt tooled in a morning glory motif in compartments separated by finely gilt tooled raised bands, two compartments gilt lettered, fine marbled endpapers, a.e.g. These impressive bindings were no doubt custom made for Sir James Liege Hulett, South African sugar magnate and noted philanthropist, whose engraved armorial plates are affixed to the front endpapers. A very handsome set, the fine bindings remarkably free of wear of evidence of use, the text very fine but for the lightest of inevitable spotting which only occasionally appears and is primarily confined to the prelims.

A FINE AND HANDSOME SET WITH EXCELLENT ACADEMIC INCLUSIONS. A beautiful set of Cervantes and a very scarce edition edited by J.G. Lockhart who also wrote the included essay on the Life of Cervantes. Motteux’s translation is one of the most famous of the period, and here, the book is presented in lovely style.

There is a fine ‘Life of Cervantes’ preceding the text and in addition, important and very copious notes on the text are appended. The content of the notes is of significant interest to the reader as they have been taken from the most important and scholarly editions prepared by Bowle, Pellicer and the Academy. In addition, significant content was gained from researching the old histories and chronicles with which the Spaniards of the 16th century were familiar. Thus, many of the period poetical nuances have here been included in English for the first time.

Blackwood’s said of the translation that “This is, we think, out of all sight, the richest and the best. ... Motteux, the translator of Cervantes and Rabelais, possesses a native humour which no other translator that we ever met with has approached.” And William Prescott said that “The most popular versions in English are those of Motteux, Jarvis, and Smollett. Perhaps the first is the best of all. It was by a Frenchman who came over to England in the time of James the Second. It betrays nothing of its foreign parentage, however, while its rich and racy diction, and its quaint turns of expression, are admirably suited to convey a lively and very faithful image of the original. The slight tinge of antiquity, which belongs to the time, is not displeasing, and comports well with the tone of knightly dignity which distinguishes the hero.”

Miscellanies, 1845 $1575.

The Last “Black Letter” Edition of Geoffrey Chaucer The Works of Our Ancient, Learned and Excellent English Poet London - The Third Speght Edition - 1687 12 Chaucer, Geoffrey. THE WORKS OF OUR ANCIENT, LEARNED, AND EXCELLENT ENGLISH POET, JEFFREY CHAUCER ...to Which Is Adjoyn’d the Story of the Siege of Thebes, by John Lidgate...Together With the Life Of Chaucer (London: np, 1687) The third Speght edition, and the last ‘black letter’ edition of Chaucer’s works.

With the famous engraved Gower portrait and genealogical frontispiece, engraved coat of arms at the beginning of the works and with woodcut initials throughout. Folio, full antique calf, the spine sometime restored to correct period style with raised bands ruled in double gilt and with a red morocco label gilt ruled and lettered. A very handsome copy, internally quite clean and still crisp, a bit of expected mellowing or age evidence, the binding handsome with some expert restoration as noted. A nice, tall copy of this important work.

A SCARCE, HANDSOME AND IMPORTANT EDITION. This was the last ‘black letter’ edition of Chaucer to be published. Thomas Speght included in this edition “The Court of Love,” added to the Chaucer canon by Stow in 1561, as well as four new pieces: “The Flower and the Leaf;” “Chaucer’s Dream;” “Jacke Upland” (spuriously attributed to Chaucer); and “Chaucer’s A B C.” The text of the Tales follows that of the 1602 edition, but with the addition of the then recently rediscovered endings of the Cook’s and the Squire’s tales. There is also a twenty-four page Glossary, “The Old and Obscure Words Explained”, at the end of the volume.

This copy with fine provenance, with the engraved bookplate of Oliver Huckel, published author and authority on Richard Wagner. Huckel was the translator into English of such works as ‘Tannhauser’ and ‘Parsifal’. With the plate of the Brooklyn Public Library (now deaccessioned) noting it was purchased with the gift of Alexander M. White. There are none of the typical library markings other than this label noting the donor and previous owner. Pforzheimer 179; Wing C3736. $8500.

Winston Churchill’s Nobel Prize Winning History The Second World War - The First Illustrated Edition Impressively Presented - A Fine and Handsome Set 13 Churchill, Winston. THE SECOND WORLD WAR (London: Educational Book Company, nd (c1954)) 6 volumes. The First Chartwell edition, and the First Illustrated edition and the First Edition with the coloured plates. With color frontispiece in each volume, and a profusion of illustrations, photographs, drawings and maps, many folding. Large 8vo, in the publisher’s fine deluxe bindings of half blue morocco with blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt on the spines within compartments framed in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers. Extensive appendices and index in each volume. A very fine, fresh and handsome set. Clean and bright, the bindings solid and especially well preserved, the spines very evenly toned to a slightly lighter colour.

SCARCE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION WITH THE COLOURED PLATES OF THIS MONUMENTAL WORK WHICH GAINED FOR CHURCHILL THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. A very fine and unusual edition, the Chartwell edition was the first illustrated edition and was issued by subscription only. It includes a profusion of illustrations and maps.

Sir Winston Churchill ranks among the greatest men of history. He embarked on his political career in 1900 by entering Parliament. While there he held many major offices of state: Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War, First Lord of the Admiralty in which he oversaw naval operations for the First World War, Colonial Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and eventually in 1940, Prime Minister. The latter office he would hold throughout World War Two and again from 1951 to 1955.

It is unquestionably his office of Prime Minister during the Second World War for which he is best remembered. His powerful leadership and inspiring oratory held

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his nation and the free world together throughout the horrors of that conflict.

He was a prolific writer, as this 6 volume set will attest, and in 1953 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in spite of the fact that the work was not yet published in full. In that same year he was distinguished further by being made Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II. . $1250.

King Rat - First Edition - James Clavell - 1962 The Author’s First and Most Collectable Novel 14 Clavell, James. KING RAT (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962) First Edition, preceding the UK issue by one year. 8vo, publisher’s original cream boards lettered on the spine in dark green, in the original dustjacket. A very nice copy of this scarce debut novel, with only a bit of mellowing to the boards as can be expected due to their colour, a bit of spotting to the fore-edge and top edge, the jacket in a very pleasing state of preservation, bright and clean with only very minimal evidence of shelving.

THE AUTHOR’S DEBUT NOVEL, HIS MOST COLLECTABLE AND ALSO CONSIDERED BY MANY HIS BEST. KING RAT is his semi-fictional account based on his own experiences in a Japanese prison camp near Singapore during the final days of the war. The initial printing was only 7500 copies, but it soon would be an international bestseller and would in less then three years be turned into a motion picture by Bryan Forbes and starring George Segal.

KING RAT is also the first in what would become the author’s epic decades-spanning “Asian Saga” that would include TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI-JIN. $650.

The History of the Navy of the United States James Fenimore Cooper - An American Classic - First Edition A Gentleman’s Set Very Handsomely Bound 15 Cooper, J.[ames] Fenimore. THE HISTORY OF THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (London: Richard Bentley, 1839) 2 volumes. First Edition, English Issue. With engraved frontispiece portraits of Commodore Perry and Stephen Decatur, engraved portrait of Commodore MacDonough and charts of Plattsburg Bay and Tripoli. Tall 8vo, in very fine bindings of contemporary full navy blue calf, the covers beautifully paneled in gilt and blind featuring a detailed triple gilt fillet outer frame enclosing a roll tooled border, a large gilt framed panel with elaborate gilt tooled and decorated corner pieces, double gilt lines connecting the corner tooling, the spines with multi-gilt ruled raised bands between elaborately gilt tooled paneled compartments, two compartments with dark maroon gilt lettered and ruled morocco labels, board edges and turn-ins gilt tooled, endpapers and page edges marbled. A beautiful set, wonderfully preserved in bindings reflecting fine provenance. The text is extremely fresh and clean, the bindings with only very minor age evident along the edges and joints, very handsome, bright and proper.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF THIS VERY FINE WORK and “the single most important and influential American naval history down to the publication of Alfred Thayer Mahan’s writings on sea power, beginning in 1890” - Robert Madison, Northwestern University. This British printing is of higher quality then its American counterpart and was published so closely with it that the June 1839 issue of Athenaeum mistakenly reported the Bentley issue being first.

Cooper began his maritime career first as a common sailor in the American merchant fleet where he experienced sailors being impressed into the Royal Navy first hand. Because Cooper had conducted himself well as a sailor, his father, a former U.S. Congressman, easily secured a Naval commission for his son through his long standing connections with various politicians and naval officials. The warrant for Cooper’s commission as midshipman was signed by President Jefferson and mailed by Naval Secretary Robert Smith. Cooper’s first naval assignment came in March 21, 1808, aboard the USS Vesuvius, an 82 foot bomb ketch that carried twelve guns and a thirteen inch mortar. He would serve for several years. His years and experiences in the Navy greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. $1450.

Edward J. Detmold’s Scarce Arabian Nights A Pristine Copy in the Original Publisher’s Gift Box 16 [Detmold, E. J. illus.]. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. (1924)) First edition. With 12 beautiful mounted colour plates by Edward J. Detmold with the original tissue guards with captions. Large 4to, publisher’s original white buckram decorated with elaborate all-over gilt pictorial designs and lettering on the upper cover and the spine, in the rare publisher’s box printed on the upper cover in gray/green and with a pastedown Detmold colourplate. An extremely fine copy, as near as pristine as could be hoped for, clearly this book has only rarely been outside its original box, the plates fresh and perfect, the gilt on the binding and the white cloth essentially as new, the prelim leaves only with just faint traces of the foxing which commonly plagues this title. The rare box is very attractive, the lid skillfully, unobtusively and sympathetically reinforced with binders cloth, as are the corners of the box.

A STUNNING COPY, WE CAN’T REALLY IMAGINE ONE BETTER, THE BOOK VERY SCARCE AND IN THIS CONDITION EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. Detmold’s illustrations are rich with color and reflect well the oriental splendor of the tales. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS is one of Detmold’s most elusive titles and is one of the finest examples of the artist’s abilities. His 12 colour plates to such well loved stories as ‘Sindbad, ‘Ali Baba’ and ‘Aladddin’ rank among the best of illustrations from a period often considered the golden age of illustrated literature.

Despite the effort taken on the part of the publisher to produce these beautiful books they have always been prone to foxing, and the use of white cloth has always been risky. Thus, copies are typically found with considerable mellowing and soiling. This copy we dare say has spent very little time outside of the box which has protected it so well for nearly a century and is truly an exception to the general rule. $2750.

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Scarce First Edition Dickens in Original Cloth Child’s History of England - Three Decker Format 17 Dickens, Charles. A CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1852, ‘53, ‘54) 3 volumes. First edition, first issue with “Christmas 1851” on dedication page and all other points as called for in the ads and on page xi. Engraved frontis and half title in each volume as called for and with the original tissue guards as called for by Eckel. 8vo, publisher’s original reddish brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spines and with the gilt pictorial devices surrounded by elaborate blind stamped borders on the upper covers, lower covers stamped elaborately in blind, marbled endleaves and edges. Housed in a foldover protective case. A handsome, very well preserved and clean set of this scarce book. With virtually no mellowing to the spine panels and only very light, unobtrusive wear to the cloth, showing a tad at the head and tail of the spine of Vol. III. All in all, an unusually clean and nice copy of this extremely scarce book in the original cloth, very well preserved and completely unrestored.

VERY SCARCE in first edition, first issue format preserved in the original cloth bindings.

From the Roman conquest to the reign of William and Mary, 1688. ‘The germ of this book was in the mind of Dickens nearly ten years before the idea was perfected.

In 1843 he wrote to Douglas Jerrold concerning it but no immediate result followed. In style, subject and composition it was different from anything he had attempted.’ $3250.

Charles Dickens - The Christmas Books - Handsomely Bound Containing All Five Works - And with Hard Times 18 Dickens, Charles. CHRISTMAS BOOKS and HARD TIMES (London: Chapman & Hall, 1891) Early edition, complete in one volume. Complete with the illustrations by the original illustrators, Maclise, Stanfield, F. Stone, Doyle, Leech, and Tenniel. Tall 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary tan three-quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards, with marbled end-papers, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt, gilt tooling in each gilt ruled compartment, darker tan morocco label gilt lettered, a.e.g. A fine copy, well preserved, the text-block spotless, the binding in uncommonly fine condition, tight and strong.

EARLY SINGLE VOLUME EDITION OF THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF CHARLES DICKENS. The text includes ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘The Chimes’, ‘The Cricket on the Hearth’, ‘The Battle of Life’, and ‘The Haunted Man’. Additionally, here offered is also HARD TIMES, one of the more elusive of Dickens’ novels. $450.

In a Wonderful State of Preservation - A Classic Work Editio Princeps of Diogenes - Fine Contemporary Binding The Lives of the Famous Philosophers - Basel - 1533 19 Diogenes Laertius, [Greek Philosophy]. [THE LIVES OF THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERS.] ΔΙΟΓΈΝΟΥΣ ΛΑΕΡΤΊΟΥ ΠΕΡῚ ΒΊΩΝ ΔΟΓΜΆΤΩΝ ΚΑῚ ΠΟΦΘΕΓΜΆΤΩΝ ΤΝ Ν ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΊ ΕΔΟΚΙΜΗΣΆΝΤΩΝ ΒΙΒΛΊΑ ΔΈΚΑ... Diogenis Laertij De vitis, decretis, & responsis celebrium philosophorum Libri decem, nunc primum excusi. (Basel: Hieronymus Froben e Nikolaus Episcopius, 1533) The Editio Princeps, the first printing of the work in the original Greek. Greek and roman type. Woodcut printer’s device of Johann Froben by Hans Holbein der Jünger [The Younger] on the title-page and on fol. CC4v (Heitz-Bernoulli 50). Woodcut decorated headpieces, decorated and animated initials on black ground, from different alphabets designed by Holbein; on fol. a1r 8-line initial, showing Heraclitus and Democritus, from the capital Latin alphabet of May 1520 drawn by Holbein and by Jacob Faber (cfr. Hollstein’s German, xivB, n. 119). 4to (210x146 mm), in a very rarely encountered contemporary binding of Dutch blind-tooled leather over wooden boards. The covers are framed by two borders of blind tooled fillets, a floral tool at each corner; the central panel is divided into diamond designs with rosettes on the upper cover and fleur-de-lys on the rear. Turn–ins and cords fixed at the inner boards.

Antique spine and clasps renewed at a somewhat later date and accomplished with the greatest skill.

The guard leaves are composed of two bifolia from a 14th-century manuscript breviary. A beautiful and fine broad-margined copy in a wonderful contemporary binding, faint waterstaining to the inner corner of the first quires, a minor repair to the gutter of the first leaves, two tiny wormholes in the last three quires. Provenance: John Alfred Spranger (1889-1968; book-plate on front pastedown and stamp on title-page).

EXTREMELY RARE FIRST PRINTING OF THE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THIS REMARKABLY IMPORTANT BOOK AND A COPY WHICH IS OF THE VERY FINEST STATE AND CONDITION. The editio princeps of Diogenes Laertius’ Lives of the Famous Philosophers, is the most important source of our knowledge in the history of Greek philosophy, from Thales to Pyrrho.

The text was known only in the Latin translation by Ambrogio Traversari (1386-1439), which made its first appearance in print in Rome around 1472 and which was widely reprinted during the fourteenth and the first decades of the sixteenth century. This is the first printing of the book in its original language.

The edition is dedicated by the typographers Froben and Episcopius to the scholars, and in their epistle they declare their publishing plan: to print at least a work per year able to combine usefulness and pleasure.

The text follows a manuscript provided by the professor of Greek and Hebrew at the University of Wittenberg Matthaeus Goldhahn (1480-1553), called Aurigallus, probably a copy of the codex Raudnitzianus Lobkowicensis vi.F.c.38, at the time preserved in Komotau (Bohemie), in the house of the politician Bohuslav Lobkowitz von Hassenstein (c. 1460-1510), and presently in the Library Národní Knihovna of Prague. $19,500.

Dore’s Spectacular “Dante” A Majestic Two Volume Set 20 [Dore] Dante Alighieri, (1265-1321). THE [INFERNO] VISION OF HELL, and THE VISION OF PURGATORY AND PARADISE. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary (London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company Limited, 1903) 2 volumes. With Critical and Explanatory Notes, Life of Dante, and Chronology. With 135 extraordinary Gustave Dore engravings on plates including an impressive portrait of Dante. Folio, finely bound in handsome contemporary bindings of maroon morocco over burgundy cloth covered boards, the spine with fine gilt tooling at the head and tail, gilt tooled

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and gilt bordered sectional compartment lettered in gilt, the endpapers and page edges marbled. A fine and very attractive set of this great work. The pages are still clean and fresh and the fine bindings are sturdy and solid and very well preserved.

A VERY HANDSOME SET IN MOROCCO BINDINGS. Dore’s huge and spectacular illustrations bring Dante’s visions to life in a style and manner to satisfy artistic appetites both subtle and grotesque. A truly grand example of the art of metal plate engraving.

The sheer mass of the text blocks in these magnificent folios has left many copies broken or disbound. This set is unusually sturdy and tight and uncommonly clean as well. $2450.

Doré’s Magnificent Bible - Super Folio - Edition De Luxe Two Volumes In the Superb Original Bindings Gilt Extra With Spectacular Illustrations - Rare in this State 21 [Doré, Gustav. Illus]. THE HOLY BIBLE containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the Authorised Version. With illustrations by Gustav Doré. (London: Cassell and Company, Limited, [c. 1875]) 2 volumes. The Edition De Luxe. The best edition in the best bindings.

This was a special issue of only 485 hand-numbered copies. With 220 full page engravings by Gustave Doré. Super Folio, publisher’s best bindings of full rich dark brown-black morocco gilt, covers with ornate blind tooled and gilt rolled borders and elaborate gilt designs in arabesque patterns across the entirety of both covers, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering in two compartments, elaborate gilt tooled decorations in the other compartments, turn-ins gilt tooled, marbled endleaves, a.e.g. A beautiful and outstanding set of this great Doré creation in its most exemplary format. The volumes are clean and bright in the very best binding. The binding extremely handsome with just a touch of nearly invisible and highly expert restoration along the hinges as is often the case due to the massive text blocks.

RARE LIMITED EDITION AND THE SUPER FOLIO PRINTING IN THE MOST DELUXE BINDING ISSUED. One of the most magnificent of the Doré illustrated books. A huge testament to Doré’s talent and a most impressive set in size and scope. These books are not commonly found in such condition due to the stress caused by the bulk of the text, but this copy is nearly as mint, and pristine, bright and solid as the day it was made and surely as beautiful a copy as one can possibly hope to find. $4500.

Doré’s Breathtaking London - Elusive and Important A Copy with Fine Provenance - Handsomely Bound One of Doré’s Most Scarce and Beautiful Works 22 Doré, Gustave and Jerrold, [William] Blanchard. LONDON. A Pilgrimage (London: Grant & Co., 1872) First edition of “Doré’s chef d’oeuvre” (Bland). A publisher’s presentation copy with manuscript inscription to Parisian art dealer Georges Petit, one of the most formidable and important promoters of Impressionist artists. Petit represented and promoted Doré from time to time and his gallery sold on occasion Doré’s most important paintings such as Les Océanides (Les Naiades de la mer), which it sold in 1912. Also with 20th century provenance of Scottish literary agent and author, Giles Alexander Esme Gordon. With one hundred and eighty fantastical engraved illustrations by Gustave Doré, many of which are full size plates. Large Folio, finely bound, most likely for Giles Gordon, in three-quarter green morocco and marbled boards in period style. The spine with flat bands ruled in gilt and with elegant central gilt tools, lettered in two compartments and at the tail, corner-pieces and backing gilt ruled where the meet the fine marbled paper. A unique and very handsome copy, the binding very fine with only the minor evidence of shelving on the lower edge, very fine and attractive, internally, very solid and strong, a little mellowing to a few leaves from use or age.

FIRST EDITION OF WHAT MANY CONSIDER TO BE DORE’S MOST IMPORTANT AND FANTASTICAL WORK, AND THIS A PUBLISHER’S PRESENTATION COPY TO A HIGHLY IMPORTANT FRENCH ART DEALER AND PROMOTER. This is also one of Doré’s less common works, rarely encountered and a superb example of his talent.

“Doré’s devastating realization of the contrast of wealth and poverty in a modern metropolis makes LONDON one of the great illustrated books of the world. The English edition antedates the French by four years, and indeed it is a handsomer book” (Ray). Ruari McLean, in his book VICTORIAN BOOK DESIGN, says of it: “...perhaps the finest and most original book of monochrome wood engraving published in London during this period was the work of a Frenchman, Gustave Doré. This was his LONDON, A PILGRIMAGE... [Doré’s illustrations] make the English illustrations of the sixties look puny.”

The engraved illustrations and accompanying text show many aspects of the city, but dwell on the picturesque clutter and the squalor of the poorer districts. ‘Jerrold, whose text accompanies the plates, was a well known London journalist who conceived the work and accompanied the artist in exploring London--sometimes with special police protection. Doré was able to explore the vitality and ruthlessness of Victorian London and depict these conditions through his extraordinary graphics.’ McLean, Victorian Book Design; Garvery, The Artist and the Book; Ray, English 207; Muir, Victorian Illustrated Books pp. 225-227 $3250.

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One of Edmund Dulac’s Most Splendid Creations Sindbad the Sailor - An Arabian Masterpiece Illustrated by the Artist with Exotic Charm and Grace 23 [Dulac, illus.]. SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1914]) First edition. With 23 fine colour plates by Edmund Dulac tipped-in on cream stock with decorative borders and with captioned tissue guards, each page of text is also framed by a magnificently ornate border. 4to, publisher’s original tan cloth with turquoise blue floral patterns in overall design, the upper cover lettered and embellished in gilt with pictorial designs of a ship passing a castle with minarets, the spine lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated, floral endpapers. A beautiful and very fine copy.

AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS WONDERFUL WORK BY EDMUND DULAC. FIRST EDITION. “In the time of Harun-er-Rashid there was, in Baghdad, a rich merchant named Sindbad the Sailor, the source of whose wealth was a mystery....”

Within these exquisitely decorated pages, the reader finds a monumental display of Dulac’s Persian sensibility and Eastern aesthetic. Sindbad’s numerous adventures, Aladdin and his Magic Lamp, The three Calenders Story, and the Sleeper Awakened Story all come to dramatic realization in these 23 jewel-like illustrations. We see the influence of Persian miniatures and Oriental and Greek primitives throughout. $1650.

Signed and Masterfully Illustrated by Edmund Dulac The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche - Bound in Vellum 24 [Dulac, Edmund, Illus.]; Apuleius, Lucius. THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHE...The story as first set down by Lucius Apuleius in his “Transformations” which is called “The Golden Ass”...re-told by Walter Pater in the pages of his novel, “Marius the Epicurean” (New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1951) First Edition. One of 1500 copies printed by Warren Chappell and SIGNED by Edmund Dulac. 6 fine color plates by Dulac. Large, royal 8vo, handsomely bound in the publisher’s full white vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, housed in the original slipcase. A fine copy, the slipcase with only light evidence of age or shelving.

FIRST EDITION HANDSOMELY BOUND AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, EDMUND DULAC. $495.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Masterpiece - Treasure Island Colourfully Illustrated By Edmund Dulac The Very Scarce First Edition with the Extra Decoration 25 [Dulac, illus.] Stevenson, Robert Louis. TREASURE ISLAND (New York: George H. Doran, [1927]) First edition. With 12 beautiful tipped-in color plates and additional line drawings throughout by Edmund Dulac. Large 8vo, publisher’s original forest green cloth, gilt lettered on spine, ship design in blind on upper cover with decorative gilt lettering, palm motif endpapers. This copy with much of the very scarce original dustjacket still included. A handsome copy, the green cloth fresh and unfaded with only a bit of evidence of gentle shelving at the tips or edges, internally clean, 11 of the 12 plates very fresh and fine, one plate a bit creased, another plate is tipped in off center, though evenly positioned. The rare dustjacket, seldom encountered, is largely complete though it lacks its spine panel and has wear along the edges and folds.

FIRST EDITION AND A VERY uncommon Dulac title, ESPECIALLY WITH EVEN ANY REMNANT OF THE JACKET PRESENT. This, the first U.S. edition has an extra drawing not in the U.K. issue. One of Dulac’s liveliest books, and one of the world’s great stories. A perfect marriage of author and illustrator. Stevenson’s great adventure at sea is a must-read book for boys of every generation and Dulac has made this edition truly one of the choicest. $450.

First Edition of George Eliot’s First Published Fiction And the First Use of Her Famous Pseudonum Scenes of a Clerical Life - Much Praised by Charles Dickens 26 Eliot, George. SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858) 2 volumes. First Edition, with fine provenance having come from the collection of Robert Hoe with his gilt lettered morocco ex libris.

8vo, beautifully bound by Riviere and Son in full tan calf, the covers with multi-ruled gilt fillet lines at the borders with circular tools as corner-pieces, the spines richly gilt decorated in panels between gilt ruled and stippled raised bands, two compartments with contrasting red and green morocco labels finely gilt ruled and lettered and with gilt tooled corner-pieces, beautifully gilt tooled turn-ins and ruled board edges, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. A superb copy and a fine and handsome set, the text clean and fresh with two edges still untrimmed and free from any spotting, the fine binding in excellent condition.

FIRST EDITION, GEORGE ELIOT’S (Mary Anne Evans) FIRST PUBLISHED FICTION AND THE FIRST WORK PUBLISHED UNDER THE GEORGE ELIOT PSEUDONYM. A collection of three short stories. Her partner, G. H. Lewes, in order to help her get her stories written and published, arranged for John Blackwood to publish these first tentative efforts claiming them to be written by a ‘friend’ named George Eliot. The stories first appeared in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine throughout 1857 and were then first published in book form, as here, in January of 1858.

In this complete form it was met with ‘just and discerning applause’, and considerable speculation as to the identity of its author.

Charles Dickens was among the first to suggest the author may have actually been a woman.

Industrialist and noted book collector Robert Hoe was preeminent among American producers of printing presses. He was one of the organizers and first president of the Grolier Club, the well-known New York organization for the promotion of bookmaking as an art.

His collection of rare books and manuscripts at the time of his death in 1909 was valued at several million dollars. Sadleir 818. $3750.

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The First Printing in America of an Iconic Work T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land - 1922 One of the Most Important and Influential Poems of the Century 27 [Eliot, T. S.]. “THE WASTE LAND,” included in THE DIAL, November 1922 (New York: (Dial Publishing), November 1922) The First Printing in the United States of T.S. Eliot’s great poem, The Waste Land; Volume LXXII, Number 5. 8vo, publisher’s original printed wraps. A very nice and well preserved copy with some of the usual edgewear.

AN IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Includes the first American publication of Eliot’s “The Waste Land” which was published a month earlier in London in “the Criterion Magazine”. The journal also includes a play by W. B. Yeats, drawings by Picasso, a epistolary piece by Ezra Pound and works by Sherwood Anderson, Malcolm Cowley and Bertrand Russell.

“THE WASTE LAND” is one of the most important and influential poems of the twentieth century. Eliot’s maudlin verse caught perfectly the perplexed despair of the age, when secure, shared religious beliefs and confidence in the power of human reasoning were more or less dissolved by the increasing influence of Darwin, Freud, Marx, and the devastating experience of the First World War. “The Wasteland,” like Joyce’s ULYSSES, “became part of an age that cannot be understood without it” (Columbia Literary History of the U.S.). $1850.

The Everest Expeditions - The Fight, Assault, Reconnaissance Very Fine First Editions of the Entire Set - 1922, 1923, 1925 28 [Everest Expeditions]. Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. MOUNT EVEREST: The Reconnaissance, 1921 [with] Bruce, Brigadier-General Hon. C. G. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT EVEREST 1922 [with] Norton, Lieutenant-Colonel E. F. THE FIGHT FOR EVEREST: 1924 (London: Edward Arnold and Co, 1922, 1923, 1925) Together 3 volumes. First editions. Each with a profusion of illustrations, several in color, and folding maps. 8vo, original blue, red, and green cloth respectively, lettered in gilt on spines and covers. A very fresh and clean set, very handsome and in unusually nice condition.

THE THREE BRITISH EVEREST EXPEDITIONS OF THE 1920’S, SCARCE IN SUCH EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDINGS GILT. The British made it a point of national pride to scale the mighty Everest, and the saga of their quest makes for fascinating reading. Despite the fact that each of the three expeditions here narrated were unable to conquer the mountain, each expedition added to the knowledge and experience that would ultimately help others conquer the summit. Each volume includes a variety of interesting field notes on subjects like wildlife, acclimatization, Tibetan culture, natural history, geology and glaciology, and organization of the expeditions, altogether making an intriguing read.

Complete sets of these books have become especially difficult to come by. As the books were issued over a period of years, it has become nearly impossible to gather together a group matching in condition as are these. A very desirable set. $3450.

The Stunning Medici Morte D’Arthur - Flint’s Illustrations Superbly Bound by Sangorski in Full White Vellum Gilt First Limited Edition - Four Volumes - Beautifully Presented 29 [Flint, W. Russell illus.] Malory, Thomas Sir. LE MORTE DARTHUR: The Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, with the Preface by William Caxton (London: Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1910-1911) 4 volumes. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, and one of only 500 numbered copies on Riccardi handmade paper, with the publisher’s rare 4pp. advertisement. Beautifully illustrated with 48 tipped-in color plates after watercolors by W. Russell Flint. Exquited pictorially decorated title-page to each volume printed in blue and black and with fine designed capitals and initials throughout. 4to, a probably unique set, presented in very fine signed bindings by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of full white vellum, the covers framed with gilt fillet border lines and featuring a central gilt tool of the British Royal Lion, the spines with gilt stippled raised bands creating compartments framed with a gilt rule, two compartments lettered in gilt, gilt ruled edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers and a.e.g. Each volume with a protective cardboard slipcase.

An extremely fine set, especially so, with virtually no evidence of age whatsoever to either the text or vellum, essentially pristine.

FIRST EDITION WITH THE FLINT ILLUSTRATIONS AND A SUPERB SET IN FULL VELLUM BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE. Surely one of the finest editions of Malory’s great Morte D’Arthur. The beautiful watercolours of Russell Flint, combined with fine typography and paper make a remarkable impression. The slipcases have insured that these volumes have remained in the finest condition.

“Then to proceed forth in this said book, which I direct unto all noble princes, lords and ladies, gentlemen or gentlewomen, that desire to read or hear read of the noble and joyous history of the great conqueror and excellent king, King Arthur, sometime king of this noble realm, then called Britain; I, William Caxton, simple person, present this book following, which I have enprised to imprint: and treateth of the noble acts, feats of arms of chivalry, prowess, hardiness, humanity, love, courtesy, and very gentleness, with many wonderful histories and adventures.” - from Caxton’s preface $6500.

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Bound in Handsome Antique Calf - London - 1819 The Rare Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV Drawn from Contemporary Sources 30 [French Court; Lathy, Thomas P.]. MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV. Comprising Biography and Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Characters of that Period, Styled the Augustan Era of France (London: For Matthew Iley, 1819) RARE FIRST EDITION, copies are known with both 1819 and 1820 imprints but are likely one edition with a variant title-page. Including both imprints OCLC lists only 27 copies in institutional holdings worldwide.

Illustrated with four “splendid embellishments”, being fine engraved portrait plates printed by Iley in London but captioned in French. Tall 8vos, in handsome antique three-quarter black calf over marbled boards, the spines with gilt ruled bands trimmed in blind, contrasting red and green morocco labels gilt ruled and lettered, marbled endpapers. A beautiful set in excellent state of preservation, complete, solid, sturdy and attractive inside and out.

RARE FIRST EDITON OF THIS HIGHLY REGARDED COMPILATION ON THE FRENCH COURT OF LOUIS XIV. The work is derived from broad sources, including contemporary letters, memoirs and correspondences and is also partly copied from the noted diarist Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon. Historically, it serves like a ‘who’s who’ of the late 17th and early 18th centuries covering everything from significant historic events to minor court gossip. It includes a very early account of ‘the man with the iron mask’, which the author notes as being an extraordinary event with no parallel in history and yet remarkably unmentioned by historians.

The author comments on speculation (largely by Voltaire) that the prisoner was a son of Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin, and therefore an illegitimate half-brother of King Louis XIV. Decades later, writer Alexandre Dumas elaborated on that idea in the final installment of his Three Musketeers saga.

While Lathy’s sources may be commendable little here is believed to be his own writing much beyond that of the dedication to the Prince Regent. In the same year that these memoirs were published Lathy was also involved in a scandalous act of plagiarism. He published a poem on Angling (which included a whole-length portrait of himself, armed with rod and net) which was quickly discovered to have been copied in whole from an obscure 1773 work by Dr. Thomas Scott, and was proven as such by Scott’s great-nephew in the ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’. DNB; $495.

An Superior Set in the Publisher’s Deluxe Bindings Ulysses S. Grant - “The Finest Memoirs of War Ever Penned” 31 Grant, U.S. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT (New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885, 1886) 2 volumes. First edition of both volumes in publisher’s deluxe bindings. With 49 maps and illustrations, including two steel-engraved frontispiece portraits and two etched views, all with tissue-guards. Also with the dedication from Grant in holograph facsimile. Tall, thick 8vo, publisher’s very scarce deluxe bindings of original threequarter morocco over boards, gilt lettered and finely decorated with gilt emblematic decorations in compartments of the spines separated by raised bands, the covers featuring large gilt medallions, all edges marbled. A handsome and pleasing set in the scarce publisher’s deluxe binding state. An unusually well preserved set. Essentially fine with some minimal evidence of age, but without question, a handsome, tight, clean and collectible copy, very well preserved indeed.

RARE FIRST EDITION IN UNUSUALLY NICE CONDITION. VERY SCARCE IN THIS FORMAT AND DELUXE BINDING STATE. ‘THE FINEST MEMOIRS OF WAR EVER PENNED’. An important historical memoir of the Civil War, arguably the most important, and the best thing that Grant ever wrote. General Norman Schwartzkopf has recently called this the finest memoir of war experiences that has ever been penned. Collectible copies of these books are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. Copies in this binding, especially so.

Probably the most important book on the American Civil War, and in many respects a masterpiece of American literature. David Eicher”s useful summary includes this fine judgment: “Grant’s MEMOIRS comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history . . . The work is genuinely that of the commander. As such, it is valuable in its scope, its plain and clear analysis and language, and its broad conclusions about the conduct of the war. $1750.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1851 The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables 32 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. THE SCARLET LETTER, and THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES. Complete in One Volume (London: George Routledge & Co., 1851) First Combined Edition and the Second English printing overall of each title, issued together for Routlege’s Standard Novels series. With an illustration by John Gilbert featuring Hester Prynne with Pearl standing before the stocks. 8vo, publisher’s very handsome, original dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and blind-stamped in an elaborate overall design on the covers. This is the binding variant for Routledge’s Standard Novels. A lovely and very fresh copy of this rare issuance, the text extremely clean and fresh, only the frontispiece with some spotting as might be typical with the paper used, the cloth very clean and bright and sturdy and with only the most trivial signs of age. A really superior copy of this rare book.

VERY SCARCE, the pirated editions of each work produced by George Routledge to compete with Bohn’s editions. The sheets of both printings were distributed in various formats, this being the combined issue for the Standard Novels series. THE SCARLET LETTER here was printed only one year after the true first edition printed

by Ticknor and Fields in America and THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES is printed in the same year as the first.

Together, these two novels present Hawthorne at his best and offer his two most famous and important books. His story of Hester Prynne is considered by most to be his magnum opus. A literary masterpiece and surely one of the most important works in the oeuvre of colonial America, it, more than any other work of literature set the stage for an understanding of the puritan mind and beginnings of the American system.

Both Bohn’s and Routlege’s 1851 editions were piracies, a circumstance not uncommon in transatlantic literature at the time, and the two companies competition for sales of this title is a testament to Hawthorne’s popularity. There were only a handful of American authors who were given much credence or esteem by English publishers of the time. But Hawthorne was unquestionably one of the few, and this was perhaps his most popular book. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES is a pillar of nineteenth-century American literature, a staple of Gothic literature, and a major influence on later authors of both the horror and mystery genres. Clark A16.5.a and Clark A17.3.a $1750.

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”You Are All A Lost Generation” Hemingway’s First Novel - First Issue English Printing Fiesta - [The Sun Also Rises] - First Edition - 1927 33 Hemingway, Ernest. FIESTA [THE SUN ALSO RISES] (London: Jonathan Cape, 1927) The First Printing of the First U.K. edition of Hemingway’s first novel, published in America as THE SUN ALSO RISES. 8vo, publisher’s original medium blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, now with a perfect jacket in facsimile of the original added, and housed in folding blue cloth clamshell box, the back gilt lettered. 286. A very pleasing copy, the text clean and fresh, the cloth with some mellowing at the spine panel and edges but all in all, a copy with very little wear, hinges strong and tight.

Hemingway’s first novel, published in America the year before as THE SUN ALSO RISES but this IS the Very scarce FIRST UK edition. An early and enduring modernist novel, Hemingway biographer Jeffrey Meyers writes that it is “recognized as Hemingway’s greatest work” and Hemingway scholar Linda Wagner-Martin calls it his most important novel. The story of a group of American and British expats who travel from Paris to Pamplona for the running of the bulls. Hemingway describes “a Lost Generation”, considered irretrievably damaged by World War I, as resilient and strong. While doing so he also investigates the themes of love, death, renewal in nature, and the meaning of masculinity. $1250.

The Armies of India - Majors A.C. Lovett and G.F. MacMunn De Luxe Limited Issue Signed by Adam & Charles Black 34 [Imperial India; Army]; MacMunn, Major G. F. THE ARMIES OF INDIA. Painted by Major A. C. Lovett. Described by Major G. F. MacMunn. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911) First Edition, LIMITED DELUXE ISSUE OF 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHERS, A. and C. Black. This is a copy signed and unnumbered. With 72 highly impressive tissue captioned tipped-in colour plates by Major Lovett and 19 smaller line drawings throughout the text. 4to, in the publisher’s deluxe binding fine white cloth lettered and pictorially decorated on the upper cover and spine in gilt and blind, silk ribbon marker bound in and t.e.g. A stunning copy, unusually fine, the white cloth showing only the most trivial evidence of age, the text and plates pristine, endleaves just a touch age mellowed as would be expected, hinges fine and strong, a beautiful copy.

A SUPERB AND STUNNING FIRST EDITION, THE SCARCE LIMITED DELUXE ISSUE OF ONLY 500 COPIES. The author and artist have joined forces to create here a fine review of the armies fielded by the Empire... the history of their battles and their administration. The book is a costume designer’s dream-come-true as the very impressive colourplates bring vividly to the life the men, the many regimental uniforms and accouterments, and the scene of Imperial India. This is also an invaluable work for anyone interested in the colonial armies and military histories at the height of the English Age of Empire. $1650.

Ireland Historic and Picturesque - Beautifully Illustrated In Elaborately Decorated Binding Featuring Gilt Shamrocks 35 Johnson, Charles. IRELAND Historic and Picturesque (Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates and Co., 1902) First Edition. Wonderfully illustrated with 25 photogravure plates from original photographs and with a folding map. 8vo, publisher’s beautiful dark-green cloth magnificently decorated in gilt with a delicate all over design on the upper cover featuring an Irish harp within an armorial border surrounded by shamrocks, gilt lettered and likewise decorated on the spine, t.e.g., blue ribbon markers bound in. A very fine copy, quite lovely and truly near as new in condition, the Irish-green cloth has no fading whatsoever, which is highly unusual, minor separation to the paste-down and free-fly at the inner front hinge.

SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION AND AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL COPY. Coates’ production of this excellent writing on Ireland is uniform with a series of beautifully produced Victorian travel writings they published, such as those by Edmondo DeAmicis. They were all beautifully presented and bound. This volume covers the people, the places, the landmarks and the history of IRELAND. The old photographs, masterfully reproduced in photogravure are exceptional, and still have the original tissue guards which are captioned in red lettering. Any of these titles are hard to find in such fine condition. $195.

James Joyce - The First Edition Printed in England Ulysses - A Lovely Copy in Unusually Fine Condition Rare Thus - One of the Greatest Novels of the 20th Century 36 Joyce, James. ULYSSES (London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1936) First Edition, English Issuance, First Authorized English edition, one of 900 copies only, printed on special Japon vellum papers, probably the most beautiful First Edition of ULYSSES ever printed. Tall, thick, royal 8vo, publisher’s original full green polished linen buckram with the gilt lettering and pictorial decoration of the gilt bow designed by Eric Gill on the upper cover and spine, top edge gilt. A beautifully preserved copy, the covers of the green cloth in bright and beautiful condition without any of the fading typical to the book, the back without the usual fading and only very slight mellowing to the panel. An excellent survival with all aspects of a collector’s demands in good order.

A HIGHLY IMPORTANT LITERARY FIRST EDITION, ARGUABLY THE GREATEST WORK OF FICTION OF THE 2OTH CENTURY. This an especially well preserved and pleasing copy of the first authorized English edition. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST EDITION of ULYSSES PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN. The superb binding executed in full polished linen buckram has been especially designed for this great book. DESIGNS FOR THE BINDING, EXECUTED IN GILT WERE ACCOMPLISHED BY ERIC GILL, ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED MASTERS OF THE ART. The typeface is extremely attractive and very readable, the printing on fine paper makes the book unusually handsome and presents what is perhaps the most beautiful printing of ULYSSES ever accomplished. $4750.

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A Superb Copy in the Very Rare Printer’s Vellum Riccardi Press - Medici Society - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Deluxe Issue of the Limited Edition Printing - 1913 37 Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward, Translator. RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM The Astronomer-Poet of Persia Rendered Into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald (London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society , 1913) LIMITED HAND-NUMBERED EDITION, One of only 1000 copies for Great Britain on handmade Riccardi paper of a total printing of only 1012 copies. Deluxe Issue. Handsomely printed by Charles T. Jacobi for the Medici Society in the Riccardi press’ simple elegant style and in their Eleven Point Riccardi Fount and with large opening initials throughout and the Riccardi Press device on the final leaf. 8vo, in the publisher’s deluxe binding of full vellum over stiff boards, the spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, original marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others untrimmed. A beautiful copy, internally near as pristine, the blanks only with extremely minor toning but the Riccardi paper looking essentially as new. The binding firm and also looking unused though the rare vellum binding has darkened a bit as might be expected.

SCARCE, AND THE ONLY COPY WE KNOW OF AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLISHER’S VELLUM BINDING. The tastefully printed text is from the first edition of 1859 but with Fitzgerald’s long introduction being the revised and extended version from the second edition 1868. The notes are a collation of those from both the first and second editions. This lovely printing is a fine example of work from the Riccardi Press, which began to be used as the imprint for Medici Society publications in 1909.

Herbert P. Horne founded the press and designed the Riccardi typeface. $450.

‘Captains Courageous’ - Kipling At His Very Best First Edition of His Moving Maritime Adventure - 1897 38 Kipling, Rudyard. ‘CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS’ (London: Macmillan, 1897) First edition. With 22 fine black & white illustrations on plates by I.W. Taber. 8vo, publisher’s original navy blue cloth elaborately lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt on both the spine and the upper cover in a maritime motif, a.e.g. A very nice copy of this beloved story, the blue cloth bright and unfaded, the gilt on the front cover and spine both bright and quite perfect, the text block quite clean of the usual spotting with far less than is normally encountered, some light age evidence.

A PLEASING FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC WORK. Kipling’s tale of a spoiled youth who becomes a man at sea is one of his best loved stories. Its themes are universal and timeless. It is also an excellent portrayal of life in the Gloucester fishing fleet of Massachusetts, written while the Kiplings were living in the United States. Though Kipling lived in Vermont for several years and was married to an American this is his only novel with entirely American settings, themes and major characters. $795.

The ‘Jungle Books’ of Rudyard Kipling In the Original Red Decorated Cloth - London - 1924 39 Kipling, Rudyard. THE JUNGLE BOOK [and] THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK (London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1924) Together 2 volumes. Early printings of the Uniform Edition bound in matching crimson cloth. Illustrated throughout by J. Lockwood Kipling, W. H. Drake and Paul Frenzeny. 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth, the upper covers decorated with Kipling’s elephant seal embossed in gilt, the spines gilt lettered. A handsome and well preserved set of these popular works, bright and clean.

A PLEASING SET IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. Published as the Uniform Editions, these stories; of Mowgli, a human child lost in the jungles of India and raised by wild animals, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the white seal, Baloo and others struck a cord with readers who were somehow found these exotic animals and people easy to relate with despite the bizarre circumstances and far off locals. They are arguably the best loved of Kipling’s many delightful works for children and a true classic of its genre. $195.

Rudyard Kiping’s Just So Stories A Beloved Classic for Children in Original Format 40 Kipling, Rudyard. JUST SO STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN (London: Macmillan and Co., 1926) A very scarce later printing of the first edition, retaining completely the original format both internally and externally. Illustrated throughout in black & white by the author and with a map printed in black and red. 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth elaborately and pictorially decorated in black and white on the upper cover and spine, lettered in gilt on the spine. A very bright and fine copy, rarely found so well preserved. The text-block is clean with little evidence of use and only a very few light occasional spots, the cloth fresh and bright, the white pictorial decorations all in very nice condition with very little rubbing evident.

A BELOVED CHILDHOOD CLASSIC IN FORMAT IDENTICAL TO THE TRUE FIRST EDITION. An absolute gem., Kipling gives us twelve tales for children including; “How the Whale Got His Throat”, “The Elephant’s Child”, “The Cat That Walked by Himself”, “The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo” among others. These books are normally found read time and time again, it is quite uncommon to find one such nice condition. $325.

One of the Greatest Books in the Language Seven Pillars of Wisdom - First Edition in the Original Dustjacket 41 Lawrence, T. E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM (London: Jonathan Cape, 1935) First published edition. Numerous black and white photos and drawings, maps. Thick, royal 8vo, publisher’s original polished buckram lettered and decorated in gilt, upper cover with crossed swords motif in gilt. In the publisher’s original printed dustjacket. A very good and handsome copy, internally clean and fresh, the brown cloth just a bit mellowed by time, still bright and strong. The scarce dustjacket with light edgewear and a bit of chipping at the tips.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST PERSONAL MILITARY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE CENTURY. Lawrence, in relating the history of his involvement in the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule during the First World War, produced a true literary classic. Winston Churchill said of the book, “[It] ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language.” Its fame was further secured by Hollywood: “Lawrence of Arabia,” starring Peter O’Toole, was

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based upon the book. This is a splendid, handsome copy of an enduring masterpiece.

A personal narrative of the revolt of Arab armies against the Turks during the First World War, SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM stands as a monument of modern literature and history. Bernard Shaw described the book as one of the greatest of our time.

All earlier printings were private and done with very low limitations on the printing, thus they are now very scarce. This is the first edition that was printed for general circulation. O’Brien A042 $695.

The Memoirs of Robert E. Lee The Finest of All the Contemporary Accounts 42 [Lee, Robert E.]; Long, A. L. MEMOIRS OF ROBERT E. LEE. HIS MILITARY AND PERSONAL HISTORY Embracing A Large Amount Of Information Hitherto Unpublished....Together With Incidents Relating To His Private Life Subsequent To The War. Collected and Edited with the Assistance of Marcus J. Wright. (New York: J. M. Stoddart and Company, 1887) First Edition, Second Issue. Illustrated throughout with a facsimile of General Long’s handwriting, an engraved portrait frontispiece of Lee, a number of other plates, a large and folding map, and seven other maps showing Lee’s original field maps. Large, thick 8vo, publisher’s original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover. A very handsome copy, the cloth bright and deep green with no fading whatsoever, internally as nice a copy as one could hope for, with no evidence of the foxing and toning usual to the book, front pastedown and free-fly with light breakage, the binding strong.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT WORK. ‘General Lee, less fortunate than Grant, was overtaken by death before he could complete his design of writing and publishing to the world his personal narrative of the important events in which he figured. This work has been considered the consummation of that intention, with General Long who having served under General Lee, being chosen as the writer. Thus, the MEMOIRS has become as nearly autobiographical as would be possible.

Lee had desired to write a history of the campaigns in Virginia, but had never been able to commence the task. He had begun to collect materials for the purpose shortly after the cessation of hostilities, but died in 1870 before ever setting a pen to paper other than to communicate in letters his desire to have this history written, both to honour the character and people of the South and to lay out the history of the War from the Southern perspective.

Long’s narrative includes contributions made by Lee’s family as well as from Lee’s own notes made at the time of each particular occurence. Long had been intimate with Lee, serving as his military secretary and had earlier graduated from West Point.

Lee himself wrote of Long that his conduct in the war had been marked by zeal and gallantry serving as chief of artillary in the winter of 1861-62 and then to the command of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was promoted to Brigadier in 1863 adn served until the surrender of the army on 9 April, 1865.

Long was influenced in the writing of the volume by Lee’s letters, by legitimate subjects of record as confirmed by Lee’s reports as well as by a great number of confidential letters and dispatches which form the only official record of the movements and operations of the Army of Northern Virginia for the period.’ The work has always been considered to be the finest of all the contemporary accounts. $850.

Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg A Beautifully Bound Set of All Six Volumes of the Work A Pulitzer Prize Winner and Literary Masterpiece 43 [Lincoln, Abraham]; Sandburg, Carl. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE PRAIRIE YEARS and THE WAR YEARS (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company , ca. 1926-1943) 6 volumes. Early issues of THE WAR YEARS and in the matching format of THE PRAIRIE YEARS. With 426 half-tones of photographs, and 244 cuts of cartoons, letters and documents, and with over 100 maps, additional photographs, and facsimiles. Large 8vo, beautifully bound in three-quarter red crushed morocco for Charles E. Lauriat, the spines righly gilt with raised bands gilt tooled, separating the compartments, which are lettered in two panels and decorated in the remaing four with gilt ornamental devices at the centers, sides with gilt lines bordering the morocco, t.e.g. A very fine, pleasing and handsome set, the bindings very attractive with very little indication of use, internally uncommonly fresh with no foxing whatsoever.

AN EXTREMELY PLEASING AND FINELY BOUND SET OF THIS CLASSIC WORK, STILL THE BEST AND MOST DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN PRESIDENT. Carl Sandburg was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his Complete Poems (1950), and then again for his Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (1939). The Prairie Years’ covers Lincoln’s life from his birth to his first inauguration. Originally printed in two volumes, the author himself has this to say about this edition, “I first planned this book for one large volume. When completed, however, it was necessary for initial publication to issue it in two... It is [here] made available to a large part of the public I had in mind all the time.” The War Years covers the Civil War period until Lincoln’s death by assassination shortly after war’s end.

In a real sense, this is the definitive biography of Lincoln, illustrated with photographs and reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches. Carl Sandburg felt a close tie to Abraham Lincoln because of similar childhood experiences. Sandburg’s and Lincoln’s youths had not been easy. Their understanding of the common man was mutual. Each in his own lifetime would think of himself as a common man, a struggler from among ordinary people, according to one historian.

Sandburg put it this way: “There’s a certain level of human existence below which one must sometime have lived if one is to really know the ways of the masses.” $2250.

The Greatest Naval Hero of an Extraordinary Empire A.T. Mahan’s Life of Nelson - 1898 44 Mahan, Captain A.T. THE LIFE OF NELSON, THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SEA POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co, 1898) 2 volumes. An early printing. With 19 portraits and illustrations and 21 maps and plans. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original navy blue cloth gilt lettered on spine, decorated in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g. A very handsome, very bright and clean set with no sign of fading and with the gilt still

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sparkling. Only light evidence of use or age.

A BRIGHT SET AND AN IMPORTANT WORK. Perhaps the finest, most accurate, and detailed biography of Lord Admiral Nelson ever published. Nelson, of course, is known for his illustrious naval career which culminated at the battle of Trafalgar, where under his command the English decimated the Napoleonic fleet and prevented them from reaching the Continent. Mahan, a captain in the United States Navy, was one of the greatest naval historians of the 19th and early 20th centuries and serves the life of Nelson well in this finely crafted narrative. $750.

Henri Matisse - Portraits Limited and Numbered with Original Lithograph - 1954 45 Matisse, Henri. PORTRAITS (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1954) One of only 500 copies in English from an overall limited edition of 2850, the major portion of which were offered with French preface. Original lithographic frontispiece, beautifully printed covers in colours of yellow, blue and black on white, 36 colour tipped-on plates, 60 other finely printed full-page plates in black and white. 4to, flexible lithographic wrappers over flexible boards in original glassine wrapper, housed in the original wrap-around paperboard cover and slipcase. A very fine, very bright and beautifully preserved copy, essentially as pristine, in the original glassine, slipcase and lettered chemise. This copy appears to be almost mint in condition and is highly unusual thus.

The slipcase and chemise with a bit of age or light shelfwear.

A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE LIMITED FIRST EDITION IN VIRTUALLY PRISTINE CONDITION. Created by André Saurat under the direction of Henri Matiisse, the printed was achieved on December 20, 1954. The lithography and colour printing was accomplished by Mourlot Frères, the phototypes by Louis Duval, and the typography by L’Imprimerie Union. A lovely book, this fine printing marries the printer and designer with some of Matisse’s most wonderful work. A fine example of the artist’s facility with pen and paint, Matisse here captures persona with a handful of lines and distills personality with a handful of hues boldly applied. $2450.

The Durbar - Limited Edition of 1000 Copies - A Superb Copy Mortimer & Dorothy Menpes Record a Great Moment of Empire With 100 Magnificent Plates in Full Colour 46 Menpes, Mortimer [illus] and Dorothy [text]. THE DURBAR (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1903) First Edition, LIMITED ISSUE DELUXE OF 1000 COPIES of this beautiful A & C Black title. This copy out of series and unnumbered. With 100 wonderful plates in full colour by Mortimer Menpes with captioned tissue guards. 4to, in publisher’s deluxe binding of ivory cloth with elaborate decorations in Delhi style in gilt, red and blue on the upper cover and spine, the decoration featuring golden peacocks and a magnificent flowering tree, also lettered in gilt on both cover and spine, board edges beveled, blue silk ribbon marker and t.e.g. A superb copy, unusually fine and bright and clean, the text and plates pristine, the ivory cloth in wonderful state of preservation with only the lightest hint of mellowing at the spine, a truly beautiful copy.

FIRST EDITION DELUXE OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK OF ONE OF THE GREATEST CEREMONIAL PROCEEDINGS FROM THE AGE OF BRITISH IMPERIAL INDIA. The Menpes recorded in words and paintings their experiences from Camp Number One during the Coronation Durbar, held in Delhi to celebrate the accession of Edward VII to the British throne and title of Emperor of India. This ceremony was presided over by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. This was the second of the Delhi Durbars, which were great ceremonial gatherings held as demonstrations of loyalty to the crown. The first was held in 1877 for the proclamation of Queen Victoria as the first Empress of India. The second was far more splendid with increased ceremony and grandeur. The two full weeks of festivities were devised in meticulous detail by Lord Curzon. It was a dazzling display of pomp, power and split-second coordination. Neither its predecessor nor the Durbar held in 1911 could match the pageantry of Lord Curzon’s 1903 festivities.

Mempes’ paintings include many portraits, military processionals, shows, events, marches and state functions.

While very impressive in artist talent and style, they are also historically important artifacts of one of the grandest moments of the British Empire at its pinnacle. $1650.

A Finely Printed Edition of John Milton’s Works Including all His Great Works and All of the Minor Works In Handsome Signed Period Binding 47 Milton, John. THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON: Edited, with Memoir, Introductions, Notes, and an Essay on Milton’s English and Versification by David Masson, M.A., LL.D. (London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1896) 3 volumes. An early reprint of the first of the edition. Engraved frontispiece of Milton in each volume. 8vo, in a handsome signed binding by W. Roach of three quarter green morocco over marbled boards, the spines beautifully decorated in gilt in an Art Nouveau style featuring off-set raised bands and gilt tooling in a stylized floral motif, endpapers marbled, t.e.g. lxix, 312; [vi], 374; [vi], 420 pp. A very handsome set, beautifully presented in fine bindings, clean and fresh throughout, the bindings attractive and sturdy with only very minor evidence of age at the extremities, the spines uniformly and pleasantly toned to rich honey in colour.

A VERY ATTRACTIVE SET. In PARADISE LOST, PARADISE REGAINED and SAMSON AGONISTES Milton revived the heroic verse of Homer and Virgil to frame the tale of Satan and Paradise that has become the best-known epic poem written in English The addition of PARADISE REGAINED, also the first folio edition is a great complement to the PARADISE LOST. They are not always found bound together. SAMSON AGONISTES has a separate title-page (”Printed, and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor”), pagination and register, but it is not regarded as a separate publication. This thorough collection includes not only ‘Paradise Lost’ and the other major works, but the sonnets, psalms, translations, and his work in Latin. As well, there is a fine Memoir of Milton and history of his literary work. $750.

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Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing - First Edition One of the Most Important Texts of the Time Ideas Which Revolutionized Practices Across the World 48 Nightingale, Florence. NOTES ON NURSING: What it is and What it is not. (London: Harrison, (1860)) First edition, an early issue. “The first edition of this little book was undated, and there has been some doubt as to which of the many issues was the earliest. Sir Edward Cook ascribes it to 1869, an obvious misprint for 1859. However, although “Notes on Nursing” was advertised in the “Publisher’s Circular” for Dec 1859 it was probably not available until the early weeks of Jan 1860, as the earliest review so far discovered appeared on Jan 21st” (Bishop &Godie P15). This copy has yellow endpapers with the advertisements in 2nd setting, first state; it is without “The Right of Translation is Reserved” below the title imprint; the signature letter “D” is present on page 33 and with mixed corrections of typographical errors. The bibliographer Victor Skretkowicz who had examined over 100 copies stated “Virtually all copies examined are made up of different combinations of sheets in many varying states. The binding together of mixtures of sheets in different states occurs almost immediately, possibly within hours of beginning production. Given the considerable number of different states of each inner and outer form in every sheet, the idea of attempting to establish with certainty any specific ‘issue’ beyond the first is utterly impractical” (The Library. Mar 1993) Slim 8vo, publisher’s original textured bead cloth binding, ruled borders on covers, gilt lettering on upper cover, end-papers with advertising. A very fresh and well preserved copy, the text is in surprisingly good order as virtually all of these first editions were sold for use within the profession. The binding still quite attractive and still sturdy, one thread connecting the text-block to the binding is defective showing a small separation at the meeting of the end-leaves at the inner hinge.

VERY SCARCE IN SUCH NICE CONDITION, AND THE LANDMARK TITLE OF AN ENTIRE PROFESSION. When Florence Nightingale began her studies in nursing, England’s own healthcare system was behind that of other countries.

Consequently, Nightingale set about reforming nursing locally. It was in 1854 with the report of the sufferings in Crimea that Florence Nightingale took on her “trumpet-call of duty” and went off to work at the large barrack-hospital at Scutari. “Within a few months of her arrival at Scutari, the mortality rate among soldiers there fell from 42% to2%. Florence Nightingale went on to become the greatest figure in the history of nursing.” [Garrison and Morton 1612]. She remained there until Turkey was evacuated by the British in 1856, and quietly returned back to England, so as not to be part of the fanfare that was planned for her in London. With the money she raised in recognition of her services, she founded the Nightingale Home for training nurses at St. Thomas’s and King’s College Hospitals. ‘According to Nightingale, nursing ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the selection and administration of diet - all at the least expense of vital force to the patient’.

When the Crimean War broke out, Nightingale was invited to investigate hospital conditions in the Crimea. Because of her efforts and management of others, the death rate eventually decreased. At the end of the war, in 1856, she established a Royal Commission on the Army (officially established in May, 1857). She subsequently published a detailed record of her experiences about nursing and what was needed to reform nursing in the army. Among other things, she emphasized the importance of clean air, good light, warmth, cleanliness, absence of noise and a healthy diet. This particular text deals with these themes and nursing itself. At the end, Nightingale exhorts women to do as much as they can and not define their efforts in terms of either the equality of men and women or the alleged differences between them. Rather, they should simply do as much as they can. Because of this report and her management of the Royal Commission, many reforms were enacted in the field of health. However, as PMM notes, “the reforms thus instituted spread far beyond the confines of theBritish Army and have revolutionized hospital practice throughout the world.” $1850.

Dumas Classic Adventure - The Three Musketeers A Fine Edition Illustrated in Colour by R. B. Ogle - Very Scarce 49 [Ogle, Illus.] Dumas, Alexandre. THE THREE MUSKETEERS (London: John Hamilton Limited, N.D., circa 1935) First edition thus. VERY SCARCE. With eight impressive colourplates by R. B. Ogle. Tall 8vo [10 by 7 inches], in the original blue cloth lettered and decorated on the upper cover and spine in black, in the scarce original dustjacket which features a colour illustration by Ogle to the upper cover and additional illustrative decorations in black to the cover and spine panels. Also preserved here is an original publisher’s printed paper band wrap announcing a special price for the book. A bright and clean copy of the book, quite fine but for the lightest of mellowing to the prelims, the cloth also fresh and well preserved, the white paper jacket still very attractive with some expected mellowing and edgewear and with some chipping to the tips of the spine and corners.

A HANDSOME ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC. Unlike many illustrated editions of Dumas popular masterpiece the text as provided here is not rewritten or simplified for children. Richard B. Ogle was a popular illustrator who studied art at the Royal Acadamy Schools where his tutors included John Singer Sargent and Solomon J. Solomon. An obituary in The Times noted that Ogle “did not attain the eminence of some of his contemporaries, but he enjoyed the reputation of being an artist who could always be trusted to bring to his work sound draughtsmanship, painstaking attention to detail and a wealth of artistic ideas.” $195.

In Stunning Original Blue Cloth Gilt - 1852 The Life of Marie De Medicis, Queen of France Julia Pardoe’s Extensive and Well Written Biography 50 Pardoe, Miss [Julia]. THE LIFE OF MARIE DE MEDICIS, QUEEN OF FRANCE, Consort of Henry IV., and Regent of the Kingdom Under Louis XIII (London: Colburn and Co., 1852) 3 volumes. First edition. With engraved frontispiece portraits in each volume, being; Marie, Louis XIII and Cardinal de Richelieu. Also with six facsimiles, being one page of memoirs and 5 letters, four of which are foldout. Large 8vo, publisher’s original royal blue cloth, the boards richly blindstamped with an elaborate border around large central gilt crowns, the spines gilt lettered and gilt tooled at the tips, and with yellow endpapers printed with publisher’s ads. A very fine and very bright set, unusually well preserved, clean and fresh internally with little evidence of use, the cloth bright blue with vivid gilt, a little unobtrusive spotting on the rear board of Volume II. A very attractive set.

AN EXCELLENT AND QUITE SCARCE BIOGRAPHY, VERY RARE IN THIS CONDITION, Miss Pardoe’s works are very difficult to find in original cloth.

This is a much admired and extensive biography of a pivotal woman who was a member of two of the wealthiest and most powerful families of Europe, the House of Medici and the House of Bourbon. Marie became Queen of France as the second wife of King Henry IV. Following the assassination of her husband in 1610, which oc-

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curred tens years after their marriage but only one day after her coronation, she acted as regent for her son, King Louis XIII of France, until he came of age. Hours after Henry’s assassination, she was confirmed as regent by the Parliament of Paris. Her first act as regent was to immediately banish Henry’s mistress Catherine Henriette de Balzac d’Entragues from the court.

She was noted for both her ceaseless political intrigues and her extensive artistic patronage. The construction and furnishing of the Palais du Luxembourg, which she referred to as her “Palais Médicis”, formed the major artistic project during her regency. The site was purchased in 1612 and construction began in 1615, to designs of Salomon de Brosse. Her court painter was Peter Paul Rubens. Along with being mother to King Louis XIII of France, she had five other children with Henry. Her eldest daughter was Elisabeth, Queen of Spain and her youngest Henrietta Maria, Queen of England. $495.

The Best Plato in English The Dialogues - Jowett’s Translations - Published at Oxford The Most Revered Translation - A Fine Set 51 Plato, (427–347 BC). THE DIALOGUES OF PLATO Translated Into English With Analyses and Introduction by B[enjamin] Jowett (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1931) 5 volumes. The third edition, new impression. 8vo, publisher’s original maroon polished cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spines and stamped in blind with panel designs on the covers, each volume housed in the rare dustjackets. A very fine set, fresh and clean and very handsome withal, the cloth protected by the dustjackets and thus very fresh and especially well preserved, the jackets somewhat mellowed by age and shelving.

A HIGHLY IMPORTANT WORK AND the best edition of the best translation. Jowett was a great favorite at Oxford University and most famous for his classical translations. Robert Lynd wrote of him in 1925 that “Jowett is one of the few (writers who have the luck to go down to posterity as satellites of the supreme men of genius), and it not likely that for many generations to come English readers will be able to think of Plato without thinking of Jowett’s Plato. He aimed in his translation at producing the effect of an original work...”

He accomplished this, not at the sake of scholarship or accuracy, and was able to translate the current of life that runs throughout this great masterpiece. These are considered to be by far the best translations of Plato’s DIALOGUES. This revised edition contains a new general Preface which recounts the history of the work and gives some appreciation of Jowett’s involvement in the study of Plato. As well, there is marginal analysis and an index of subjects and proper names. The sequence of the Dialogues has been changed, and there are other minor changes of form, and textually very few alterations were made but for important corrections and additions. $850.

Pogany’s Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam With 16 Colour Plates and Dazzling Decorations 52 [Pogany, W. illus.; Fitzgerald, Edward]. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM Presented by Willy Pogany (London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd., n.d.)

First edition thus. Beautifully illustrated with 16 full color tipped-in plates, exquisite decorative borders and incidental illustrations by all by Willy Pogany 8vo, publisher’s original bright honey-brown cloth elaborately decorated on the upper cover and spine with an arabesque designs and stylized lettering all in gilt, t.e.g. A pristine copy, very pleasing, very well preserved, bright and clean, textblock and illustrations all in very nice condition.

A VERY HANDSOME ISSUE OF THE POGANY ILLUSTRATED RUBAIYAT. An exquisite volume in beautiful publisher’s cloth. Based on Fitzgerald’s translation, Pogany has filled each page with decorative Islamic style borders and decorations, accompanied by 16 full page tipped-in color plates. A fine example of Pogany’s work, a beauty by any definition. $295.

Finely Bound - One of the Great Historical Texts on Henry VIII With Stunning Illustrations and Exceptional Production Quality The Edition Limited to Only 1150 Numbered Copies 53 Pollard, A. F. HENRY VIII (London, Paris, New York, Edinburgh: Goupil & Co., Manzi, Joyant & Co., 1902) First and LIMITED EDITION of only 1150 numbered copies on fine paper. Duplicated title-pages printed in red and black, a hand-coloured frontispiece of Henry VIII after the famous Holbein portrait embellished with gilt, 28 impressive full page plates, two double page plates and numerous other illustrations and fine initials printed in terra cotta throughout, the plates engraved by Manzi, Joyant & Co. near Paris.

Folio, in a very handsome binding of fine navy blue three-quarter crushed morocco over finely marbled boards, the backing and corner-pieces with double gilt ruling, the spine with tall raised bands ruled with multi-gilt lines forming compartments with center gilt tools in a morning glory motif, two compartments with bold gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. A beautiful copy, all plates well preserved with printed tissue guards intact, the text sturdy and with only a touch of the mellowing or spotting normally associated with this title due to the paper used, the binding very handsome and strong with just a touch of minor rubbing to the bottom edge and corners.

AN EXCEPTION LIMITED EDITION ON THE LIFE, REIGN, AND TIMES OF HENRY VIII. The plates, many from Hobien portraits and other contemporary sources are of the highest quality. The author was the leading authority on the Tudor period at Oxford University. This is the most esteemed of his many published works and attempts to describe the whole life and character of his subject, as well as the social and political impact of his reign. $1250.

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Rackham’s Elusive 1909 Grimms’ Fairy Tales The First, Best and Finest Edition - A Superb Copy 54 [Rackham, Arthur, illus.] The Brothers Grimm. THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas (London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1909) Very Scarce First edition, First printing in very fine condition. With 40 fine tipped-in colour plates and with additional black and white illustrations throughout all by Arthur Rackham, and with a decorated titlepage printed in red and black. Royal, thick 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth lettered in gilt and with elaborate gilt pictorial decorations by the artist on spine and upper cover, end-leaves pictorially decorated in red by Rackham, top edge dyed red. A lovely copy, the plates all pristine and the cloth bright, vivid and fresh, internally unusually well preserved. An excellent and unusually fine copy.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS MASTERWORK BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. VERY SCARCE AND THIS COPY IN SUPERIOR CONDITION. A considerably altered edition from Constable and Co.’s 1900 selection of Grimms’ Fairy Tales that had 100 of Rackham’s black and white illustrations. For this edition, Rackham reworked the drawings, “generally overhauling them as a set, supplementing and omitting, with a view to the present edition.” The present edition contains 40 beautifully coloured plates and 55 black and white drawings. One of Rackham’s most elusive and most important titles.

In the early 19th century Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm brought together a collection of ancient folk tales that had been passed from generation to generation throughout northern Europe. There are 60 in this edition – ‘Rapunzel’, ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘Hansel and Gretel’ among them – which features the exquisite illustrations of Arthur Rackham. $3250.

Charles Dickens and Frank Reynolds The Personal History of David Copperfield Finely Illustrated and Complete with Dustjacket 55 [Reynolds, Frank illus.] Dickens, Charles. THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD (London: The Westminster Press, [1911]) First edition. Illustrated with twenty tipped-in colour plates with captioned guards by Frank Reynolds and with a vignette titlepage. 4to, publisher’s red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in gilt and black on the upper cover, with a silhouette decoration on the upper cover in gilt and black, in the scarce original dustjacket. A very fine and bright copy, very fresh and very clean, the scarce dustjacket has keep the red cloth vivid and unfaded and free from rubbing or wear, the jacket itself is complete with no chips or tears, just some minor age rubbing.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS HANDSOME ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF CHARLES DICKENS’ CLASSIC WORK IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. The publisher’s red cloth is prone to fading so this title is typically found with the spine panel mellowed, but in this case the fully intact jacket has protected it beautifully and the cloth is a vivid as could be.

“With many lovers of the author’s works ‘David Copperfield’ ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood, Micawber, the Pegottys and Mr. Dick, to mention only a few, it would have been strange if it had been otherwise” (Eckel, p. 77). Reynolds’ twenty fine colour plates bring these characters vividly to life. $325.

A Monumental Classic on the Subject Turkistan - Schuyler’s Important Work on Central Asia Scarce First Issue - A Superb, Exquisite Copy - Very Rare 56 Schuyler, Eugene. TURKISTAN Notes From a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara and Kuldja (New York: Scribner, Amstrong & Co., 1876) 2 volumes. First Edition. With numerous illustrations both on full page plates and within the text plus three folding colour maps. Large 8vo, publisher’s original brick red cloth ruled and decorated on the upper covers and spines in gilt and black. An exceptional set, largely unopened and as close to as new as one could possible hope for a 19th century publication. Truly a fine set inside and out.

VERY RARE IN THIS CONDITION AND SCARCE IN FIRST ISSUE, AN IMPORTANT, EVEN PRIMARY, WORK ON CENTRAL ASIA. Schuyler, an American career diplomat, went to Turkistan in 1873 while serving as consul-general in St. Petersburg. Although the aim of his journey was to report on the political and social conditions to of the regions recently annexed

by Russio, the result was no mere government study. Schuyler has produced an exceptionally detailed account of Central Asia, the Steppe, Syr Darya, Tashkent, Mussulman life, bazaars, trade, Samarkand, Zarafshan valley, Hodjent, Kurama, Khokand, Bukhara, Issyk Kul, Semiretch, Kuldja and the Russian foreign policy in Asia, their administration, Khivan campaign and its consequences.

It also provides an exceptional comparison of the inhabitants living under the control of the Khans and those under Russian rule.

Called “Monumental...a classic on the subject” by Yakushi. Yakushi S99 Smith S26 $1850.

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South - A Core Work in Antarctic Literature Shackleton’s Expedition of 1914-1917 57 Shackleton, Ernest. SOUTH: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917 (New York: Macmillan Company, 1920) First American Edition. With a color frontispiece, 87 illustrations from photos and drawings, and a folding map at the rear. Tall 8vo, original ribbed green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and cover. An unusually bright and fine copy, the green cloth unfaded and fresh, the text fine indeed.

ONE OF THE GREATEST BOOKS IN THE SOUTH POLAR OEUVRE. THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST EPICS IN THE HISTORY OF ANTARCTIC TRAVEL AND ONE OF THE MOST HARROWING TALES EVER PENNED OF RESCUE AND HUMAN TRIUMPH. SOUTH is the story of Shackleton’s failed attempt, after learning of Amundsen’s attainment of the South Pole, to be the first to cross the last continent from sea to sea. The first editions of this book have truly become quite scarce and are rarely found in as nice condition as seen here.

“The story of our attempt is the subject for the following pages, and I think that though failure in the actual accomplishment must be recorded, there are chapters in this book of high adventure, strenuous days, lonely nights, unique experiences, and above all, records of unflinching determination, supreme loyalty, and generous self-sacrifice on the part of my men which, even in these days that have witnessed the sacrifices of nations and regardlessness of self on the part of individuals, still will be of interest to readers who now turn gladly from the red horror of war and the strain of the last five years to read, perhaps with more understanding minds, the tale of the White Warfare of the South. The struggles, the disappointments, and the endurance of this small party of Britishers, hidden away for nearly two years in the fastnesses of the Polar ice, striving to carry out the ordained task and ignorant of the crises through which the world was passing, make a story which is unique in the history of Antarctic exploration.” - Shackleton from the Preface. $2250.

Early American Issue of Shakespeare’s Plays - 1836 Handsomely Bound in Period Decorated Morocco 58 Shakespeare, William. THE DRAMATIC WORKS AND POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, with Notes, Original and Selected, and Introductory Remarks to Each Play, By Samuel Weller Singer, F.S.A. and A LIFE OF THE POET By Charles Symmons, D.D. in Two Volumes. (New York: George Dearborn, 1836) 2 volumes. First of the edition and a very early American issue. Engraved frontispiece of the Bard and many black and white engravings throughout. Tall 8vo, three quarter contemporary black straight-grain morocco over green pebbled cloth boards, the spine with raised bands gilt lined and decorated, lettered in gilt in two compartments, marbled endpapers. A very handsome and attractive early American issuance of Shakespeare’s works, with only light aging. A very well preserved set.

“The object then of the present publication is to afford the general reader a correct edition of Shakespeare, accompanied by an abridged commentary, in which all superfluous and refuted explanations and conjectures, and all controversies and squabbles of contending critics should be omitted; and such elucidations only of obsolete words and obscure phrases, and such critical illustrations of the text as might be deemed most generally useful be retained” [preface]. And so it accomplishes its goal. The editor also includes a section on the life of Shakespeare, an elegy written by Ben Jonson, and a reprint of the Bard’s famous will in which he bequeaths to his wife his “second best bed, with the furniture.” A nice early American set. $695.

Henry M. Stanley’s Great Narrative - London - 1890 In Darkest Africa - Handsome in Original Decorated Cloth 59 Stanley, Henry M. IN DARKEST AFRICA, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890) 2 volumes. First edition. Portrait frontispieces, 36 full page illustrations, over 100 illustrations in text, 2 large color folding maps at front, 1 folding map in text, 1 diagram. 8vo, publisher’s original brick red cloth gilt-lettered and with elaborate pictorial decorations in gilt and black on the spines and upper covers. A handsome and well preserved set.

An honest set. The cloth is attractive, the gilt and the black and green used in the overall cover and spine designs are bright and strong in appearance, there is a bit of light spotting to the covers of Vol. II, the foxing to the paper is minimal and confined primarily to the frontal matter, a pleasing set.

ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE WRITINGS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPLORERS OF THE DARK CONTINENT. Though the publisher calls this the third edition, it is actually a reprinting of the first edition. The work is the original report to the Emin Pasha Relief Committee and the funding group for the expedition, one of the most important of all African exploratory adventures.

Stanley’s journey to Albert Nyanza became a hazardous 160-day march through “nothing but miles and miles, endless miles of forest” that claimed the lives of over half of Stanley’s men from starvation, disease, and hostility of the natives. Finally upon the arrival at Albert Nyanza, Stanley achieved communication with Emin but was troubled by the non-arrival of his rear-guard. He retraced his steps back to Yambuya to find that Tippoo Tib had broken faith, Barttelot had been murdered, and the camp was in disarray and only one European was left. Stanley again set out for Albert Nyanza, where Stanley, Emin Pasha, and the survivors of the rear-guard began the return journey to Zanzibar by way of Uganda, a trip during which he discovered the Mountains of the Moon (Ruwenzori), traced the course of the Semliki River, discovered Albert Edward Nyanza and the great southwestern gulf of Victorian Nyanza. Of Stanley’s original 646 men, only 246 survived.

This account of his adventures was wildly popular and published in six languages. One of the greatest feats in African travel, Stanley traveled thousands of miles in his claims to the great stretches of continental African territory. $1250.

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Rare First Edition of a Great Work on Southern Africa - 1835 Steedman’s Wanderings and Adventures in the Interior A Superior Copy - Pristine and Partially Unopened 60 Steedman, Andrew. WANDERINGS AND ADVENTURES IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. (London: Longman & Co., 1835) 2 volumes. First edition. Illustrated with early lithographic and wood engravings, being a frontispiece to each volume, engraved vignette titlepage to each volume and ten plates. Also with a fine large folding map. 8vo, in the very rare original publisher’s ribbed dark olive cloth, the spines gilt lettered within an ornate gilt frame. A very fine and bright set, extraordinarily so and appearing completely pristine and probably mint, most of Volume II remains unopened, the text very bright and fresh, some of the inevitable foxing due to the stock used which is always the case, the cloth still extremely fresh and attractive, the colour rich with no fading, virtually no wear whatsoever, hinges fine, in all a most unusual and superior set.

RARE FIRST EDITION OF A TRULY IMPORTANT BOOK, SELDOM SEEN AT ALL, VERY RARE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH AND IN THIS CONDITION UNHEARD OF. The account of the author’s travels during his ten years of residence in the Cape. “During his expeditions, Mr. Steedman traversed a great part of the Cape Colony and Kaffaria, penetrating the county up to Griqualand West. He was an industrious and able collector and naturalist, and the volumes contain much valuable information respecting the fauna of the country...The work gives many details respecting early travels in South Africa, with sketches of native races, and their history and wars, the pioneer colonists of Natal &c. “ Steedman’s first journey took him to Port Elizabeth by sea and from there to Grahamstown, where he obtained permission from the military to travel beyond the Keiskamma River (into the Ciskei). Travelling on horseback he visited Fort Wiltshire (some 20 km south of present Alice), visited various local chiefs down to Wesleyville (some 30 km south of present King William’s Town), and returned to Port Elizabeth by more or less the same route.

Steedman set out on his third journey in September of 1831 with the intention of reaching Lattakoo (now Dithakong, some 60km north-east of Kuruman), chief town of the Tlhaping, the southernmost Tswana. He sent his ox-waggon on its way and first accompanied a friend to Beaufort West on horseback. From there he travelled to the mission station at Griquatown. Illness prevented him from continuing on to Lattakoo and after recovering he returned to Cape Town in November 1831.

During his travels Steedman collected over 300 animals, including some that had not yet been described, as well as ethnographic specimens. In 1833 he returned to England and arranged an exhibition of his animals in the Colosseum, Regent’s Park, London. Mendelssohn 432; Biographical database of South Africa. $1850.

One of John Tenniel’s Earliest Illustrated Books Aesop’s Fables - With Over 100 Woodcut Designs In a Beautiful Scottish Binding Full Morocco Gilt 61 [Tenniel, John, Illus]; Aesop, [Fables]. AESOP’S FABLES: A New Version, Chiefly From Original Sources, By the Rev. Thomas James, M.A. (London: John Murray, 1848) First Edition illustrated by John Tenniel, and one of Tenniel’s earliest books, also the first edition of James’ translation. With over 100 illustrations designed by John Tenniel, the famous illustrator of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” books. 8vo, in a very fine and handsome contemporary Scottish binding of full brown morocco signed Edmonston and Douglas, the covers paneled in gilt within a wide framework executed in a vine and flower motif with Celtic knots at the corners, this around a large central arabesque centerpiece in blind, additional blind ruling at edges, the spine elaborately gilt tooled with stylized acorns and pine cones in compartments ruled in gilt between gilt stippled raised bands, one compartment gilt lettered, blind hatched board edges, gilt floral turn-ins and gilt page edges finish this wonderful binding. An absolutely beautiful copy, the text being near to pristine and the binding very fine and exceptionally well preserved, the lightest touch of spotting on the blanks and half-title only, otherwise essentially perfect.

AN EXCELLENT RENDITION OF AESOP’S FABLES EXTENSIVELY DECORATED THROUGHOUT

BY JOHN TENNIEL, ILLUSTRATOR FOR PUNCH, CHARLES DICKENS AND, MOST FAMOUSLY, ‘ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND’. John Tenniel is quite possibly the most famous book illustrator of all time. His classic illustrations are instantly recognized throughout the world and have provided us with some of the most unique and charming characters to ever grace the printed page.

THIS EDITION OF AESOP IS ONE OF TENNIEL’S EARLIEST WORKS, published nearly two decades before the first ‘Alice’. Tenniel’s drawings for the book were made into woodcuts by Leopold Martin, they grace nearly every page spread and appear as large text frames, headpieces, and within the text. These early drawings, done in the Nazarene style, display the eye for detail that would be a trademark of the artist still common in his work nearly 50 years later when he was honored as “a living national treasure” and was knighted in 1893 by Queen Victoria.

This was the first time such an honour was bequeathed on an illustrator or cartoonist.

This is also the first edition of Thomas James’ free verse translations from both the oldest sources which could be traced and the best Continental language versions of the period. His version was especially popular in America and was printed there numerous times. $895.

Henry David Thoreau’s Walden The Very Fine Bibliophile Printing of 1909 62 Thoreau, Henry David. WALDEN (Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1909) 2 volumes. First edition of the complete work and one of only 461 copies on Holland paper. The first truly complete edition of the whole of the WALDEN text. A copy with pleasing provenance, having belonged to Dr. Roderick Terry, author, artist and highly accomplished collector. His fine library was sold by Anderson Galleries in the late 1930’s. With the title-pages to Volumes I and II in multiple states, one engraved and one etched, one designed, and with thirteen other illustrations from photos, facsimiles, and etchings, printing on vellum and Holland papers. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original three-quarter white vellum over boards, lettered in gilt and colours on the spines, pages

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untrimmed, with all tissue guards as called for. xxxii, 208; 263 pp. A very handsome and very nice set of this important and scarce edition. The bindings are in a fine state of preservation with only very light evidence of mellowing at the spine panels, the tips and extremities are all in very nice condition.

With the typical evidence of the foxing usual to Vol. I..

AN IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. This edition restores some 30,000 words of Thoreau’s manuscript which were cut before the book’s first publication in 1854. This copy is very fresh, internally with only light evidence of the usual foxing, and is largely unopened. The fact that the title-page is in two states provides a nice opportunity to compare side by side the results of etching and engraving.

One of the greatest books of American literature and a highlight of American thought. In attempting an experiment in simple living Thoreau became the embodiment of the American quest for the spiritual over the material; and his book, ostensibly a record of his experiment, has earned the reputation as a work of great philosophical import. $950.

Huckleberry Finn - Finely Bound in Full Green Morocco The Fine Children’s Illustrated Classic Edition 63 Twain, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (London and New York: J. M. Dent & Sons and E. P. Dutton, 1956) First reprint of the Children’s Illustrated Classics edition. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges with 4 finely produced plates in colour and fourteen black and white drawings within the text. 8vo, very finely bound in full forest green morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, the spine with tall raised bands blind ruled, two compartments with gilt lettering, fine marbled endpapers and a.e.g. A very fine copy of this very attractive printing, the binding very handsome and beautifully preserved.

CHOICELY BOUND, and the great classic of American literature is nicely brought even more to life by Greenaway Medal winning C. Walter Hodges’ illustrations.

Though English, Hodges had no trouble capturing the uniquely American characters and settings.

Along with TOM SAWYER, HUCKLEBERRY FINN is considered the stepping stone to modern American literature. And along with TOM SAWYER, for the first time, the hero of the novel was a boy. $595.

Life on the Mississippi - First Edition - 1883 One of Mark Twain’s Best Books - A Fine Copy In the Publisher’s Original Gilt Decorated Cloth 64 Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI (London: Chatto and Windus, 1883) First edition preceding the American issue, with very early ads dated October. Profusely illustrated throughout. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth, the upper cover with a pictorial scene on the Mississippi in black and lettering in gilt, the spine lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated in black. An unusually fine and very bright copy, beautifully preserved.

RARE FIRST EDITION ISSUED IN ENGLAND AND PRECEDING THE AMERICAN ISSUE. ONE OF TWAIN’S BEST BOOKS. Twain writes about his home and his muse -the great Mississippi. “As a dwelling place for civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe.” (preface) In this largely autobiographical narrative, Twain gives us a vivid account of his youth on the great river. A brilliant firsthand account of the steamboat age, the science of river piloting, and the life of the river itself from the point of view of those who made their living navigating it. A truly wonderful book and a valued piece of the American legacy. BAL 3410 $1250.

An Artist in Italy - A Bright and Beautiful Book Illustrated in Colours by Walter Tyndale - 1913 65 Tyndale, Walter. AN ARTIST IN ITALY (London: Hodder & Stoughton, (circa 1913)) First edition. Illustrated throughout with beautiful tipped in coloured plates. 4to, publisher’s original blue cloth, the best of the bindings, with elaborate all over pictorial designs and border decorations in gilt on the spine and upper cover. A very nice copy of one of our favorite books, the plates are all pristine, the blue cloth dark and rich, some very typical evidence of shelving or age evidence along the extremities.

FIRST EDITION 0F THIS EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL BOOK. AN ARTIST IN ITALY is one of the finest examples of the decorative travel gift books of the period. Tall and handsome with extensive text and reminiscences it is none the less best loved for the absolutely marvelous colour plates. They portray not only natural and man-made beauties but also capture the spirit, the “feel”, of this timeless sea-bound peninsula.

Tyndale’s work is to do chiefly with Venice and the hill towns of Tuscany, high among the most beautiful areas in all of Italy, or for that matter, in all of Europe.

The paintings, reproduced so competently in this large volume, are a record of those places and of the treasures they contain in the way of architecture, art and environment. $395.

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An Artist in Egypt - Walter Tyndale’s Famous Work First Edition - Elaborately Illustrated and Bound - 1912 66 Tyndale, Walter, R.I. AN ARTIST IN EGYPT (London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]) First edition. Illustrated throughout with 27 very beautiful tipped in full-page coloured plates. 4to, publisher’s original brick red cloth, elaborately decorated in all-over cover and spine designs of gilt and black arabesque patterns and Islamic calligraphy, t.e.g. A beautifully illustrated book, internally clean and fresh with virtually no evidence of the usual spotting or toning, the plates all pristine and perfect, the binding surprisingly fresh, the gilt and black decorations to the upper cloth cover vivid, the cloth to the back just mellowed a bit to a lighter uniform colour but with the gilt and black still near as pristine, hinges and text-block firm and tight and essentially without wear but for the lightest bumping to the spine tips.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION AND A BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED AND ILLUSTRATED PRINTING. Tyndale’s primary work was to depict the life and scenery of people in the environment of beauty that surrounded them. The work, costume and architecture of the Nile peoples at the turn of the century are here preserved in exquisite composition. The paintings reproduced so competently in this large volume are a record of those places and of the treasures they contained in the way of architecture, art, environment and culture. In addition, the binder’s art and design is well evidenced in the rich decorative beauty of the very handsomely decorated cloth. $295.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde’s Last and Most Poignant Work One of 800 Copies Only - The True First Edition - 1898 67 [Wilde, Oscar]. THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL BY C.3.3. (London: Leonard Smithers, 1898) First edition, one of 800 copies printed on handmade paper. 8vo, publisher’s original quarter buff cloth over mustard coloured cloth covered boards, the spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy, only a hint of mellowing to the buff cloth.

THE FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 800 COPIES ON FINE, HANDMADE PAPER. Inspired by his experiences while in prison and written while in exile in France, THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL was Wilde’s last artistic gasp. Because of his sobering position at the time, the poem is free from a great deal of the affectation that colored his earlier work. “Had [it] been written a hundred years ago, it would have been printed as a broadside and sold in the streets by the balladmongers; it is so common as that, and so great as that” (Jackson, The Eighteen-Nineties, p. 99). $2950.

London to the Nore - First Edition - A Very Fine Copy By “The Most Distinguished Marine Artist” - W. L. Wyllie A Tour of the Thames Provided by A. & C. Black - 1905 68 Wyllie, W. L. and M. A. LONDON TO THE NORE (London: A. & C. Black, 1905) First Edition. Impressively illustrated with sixty plates in colour from oils and watercolours by William L. Wyllie and additionally, with 28 black and white pictorial head or tail pieces throughout. Large 8vo, in the publisher’s original redwood coloured cloth, pictorially decorated in black and gilt in all over designs on the upper cover and in black on the spine, with gilt lettering on both upper cover and spine, t.e.g. ix, 260 pp. A superb and beautiful copy, the cloth in excellent shape with no fading, with nice sharp corners and bright decoration, internally the hinges are strong and tight, the textblock solid and fresh and especially well preserved for a book that is highly prone to foxing.

VERY SCARCE IN SUCH NICE, BRIGHT CONDITION. The work features the paintings of William Lionel Wyllie, “the most distinguished marine artist of his day.”

- National Museum Royal Navy. His work is in the Tate, the Royal Academy, the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum and many other institutions but Wyllie is perhaps best known for his 42-foot panorama of the Battle of Trafalgar (which was unveiled by King George V) seen by about 100,000 people every year where it still hangs in the Royal Naval Museum within the Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth.

The paintings and accompanying text collected here bring to life the busy shipping traffic and bustle of waterside activities along the Thames River from Westminster to ‘the Nore’ at the mouth of the Thames Estuary where the river meets the North Sea. Wyllie was the most distinguished marine artist of his day and his work is still in great demand. From 1906, when he moved to Portsmouth, he became closely associated with the Royal Navy. So much so, indeed, that he was buried with full naval honours in 1931. In a moving ceremony, reminiscent of Nelson’s state funeral in 1806, his body was rowed up Portsmouth Harbour in a naval cutter past battleships with dipped colours and bugles calling and quaysides lined with dockyard workers.. $450.

First Edition - Ansel Adams - A Superb Copy Yosemite and the Range of Light 69 [Yosemite] Adams, Ansel. YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979) First edition. 116 photos. Oblong folio, half red buckram and black cloth, in the dustjacket and publisher’s original shipping box. An excellent copy in mint condition, utterly pristine and as issued, in the original shipping and protective box.n.

ONE OF THE TWO GREAT BOOKS TO BRING ANSEL ADAMS’ EXTRAORDINARY WORK TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. The collection of photographs, beautifully presented, draws from work that the photographer collected and assembled through years of travels into the Yosemite region. $425.

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