A GentlemAn’s librAry thursdAy 20 september 2012
dOminiC Winter
Specialist Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 32
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A GENTLEMAN’S LIBRARY NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION ANTIQUARIAN HISTORY & LITERATURE TRAVEL, TOPOGRAPHY & NATURAL HISTORY
Thursday 20 September 2012 Lots 1-407 commencing at 11am
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John Speed. The Kingdome of China, pub. G.Humble, 1626 Estimate £1000-1500
FORTHCOMING SALES IN 2012 Wednesday 19 September
Printed Books, Maps & Documents: British Topography, Atlases & Maps including Part I of an Important Private Collection The Charlesworth Railway Ticket Collection - Part 4
Thursday 20 September
A Gentleman’s Library: Nineteenth Century Fiction Antiquarian History & Literature Travel, Topography & Natural History
Wednesday 10 October
Printed Books, Maps & Documents Vintage & Contemporary Photography
Thursday 11 October
Sporting & Natural History Books & Pictures: Important Chinese Jade British & Continental Fossils & Minerals Selected Antique Furniture & Effects including Part I of a Private Collection of Glove Stretchers
Entries are invited for the above sales: please contact one of our specialist staff for further advice
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CONTENTS Travel & Exploration British Topography
1-75 76-135
Natural History
136-142
Antiquarian History & Literature
143-264
Nineteenth-Century Fiction
265-380
Modern Literature & Fiction
381-407
WILLIAM GRANTHAM LEWIS FORWOOD (1927-2011) William Grantham Lewis Forwood was born on 3rd August 1927. His father served in the Sudanese Civil Service so the war caused a long separation from his parents as they could not return home. William's aunt and her husband Kenneth (later Sir Kenneth) Pickthorn, MP for Cambridge University (and last to hold this position), became surrogate parents for William and his sister Mary during this period. Holidays were spent with his mother's relations in the Mumbles, South Wales. William's mother, Barbara, was awarded an MBE for her war work in East Africa. School was King's College Choir School and then Eton (where his four sons would follow him in due course). From there he won an open Exhibition in Classics to Clare College, Cambridge. Prior to going up to Cambridge he was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1946 and went on to serve with the South Wales Borderers. His military service took him to Cyprus where the British army had the difficult task of filtering, to manageable numbers, the flood of Jewish refugees trying to enter Palestine from all over post-war Europe. At Cambridge William gained 1st Class Honours in the Law Tripos and was elected an Honorary Scholar of Clare College. His academic success continued into his Solicitor's qualifying examinations: he took first place in the Solicitors Finals, and first again in the Honours examination and thus was also awarded the Clement's Inn and Sheffield prizes. Precocious also in his personal life, William singled out Joyce, the daughter of near neighbours, Colonel and Mrs Marston, for his attentions. They both remembered their first meeting at William's fifth birthday party. William marked Joyce's card at the Cambridge May Ball for all three years and they were married soon after he came down from Cambridge. Soon they acquired a house in Chiswick and family life with, ultimately, six children began. They also began a long tradition of generous hospitality and their dinner, weekend and later, shooting, parties were justly acclaimed. William became a Partner in Warren Murton & Co, Solicitors specialising in various aspects of Commercial Law. He soon came to the attention of the merchant bank Guinness Mahon and John Guinness made him an offer, which he accepted, to become Managing Director of Guinness & Mahon in Ireland. Challenging though starting a new job and moving a young family to Ireland was, William and Joyce compounded this by acquiring Woodstock, one of the largest of the colonial mansions in County Wicklow, some 20 miles from Dublin. This dilapidated Georgian house set in 250 acres took 25 years to restore. Joyce added farming to all her other responsibilities whilst William wrote up the stock book and profit and loss columns over Irish whisky in the evenings as they discussed strategy. At this time he also held Directorships of W.H.Smith & Son (U.K), Pembroke Estates Management Ltd, the Irish Landowners Association and many others. His children well remember the treats of first night screenings of various blockbuster films that resulted from work done for the Walt Disney Corporation. A voracious reader since childhood it was inevitable that William would create a library once the room presented itself and this it did at Woodstock. The library grew with books bought from the Dublin book dealers, Mealy's auctions and from his son Kemeys and the other booksellers of Hay-on-Wye. It gradually became a beautiful room lined with these purchases but was also a very intimidating place for the children to be summoned to if they had misbehaved: 'Father wants to see you in the library', could have a very sobering effect on a recalcitrant teenager. Woodstock was used as a writing and recording base at various times by many well-known musicians, including Mike Oldfield (recording Tubular Bells II), Rod Stewart, Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi. The house also featured in the RTE TV series Glenroe and the mini-series The Price starring Harriet Walter. In 1991 William and Joyce sold Woodstock and moved back to William's Welsh roots, buying Coity Mawr, a manor house half way up a mountain in Radnorshire. Woodstock is now Druid's Glen golf resort and has hosted the Irish Open Golf Tournament many times. At Coity Mawr more challenges awaited as the house needed much restoration. William commissioned bespoke rare hardwood bookcases for the library from his son Henry in Vietnam. The full length windows afforded panoramic views down the Usk valley with the Sugar Loaf and Black Mountains in the distance. The garden became a major project with William the under-gardener to Joyce. Eventually the garden with its parterre and award winning rose garden was open to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme. Retirement also meant that book buying became the focus of many enjoyable trips the length and breadth of the U.K. and significantly to Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Always something of a technophobe, William spent many happy hours inserting into almost every book, cuttings with comparable prices from booksellers’ and auctioneers’ catalogues. As will be obvious, William loved triple-decker novels and travel books above all. He was not a collector who merely acquired books - he read every one, getting up early in the morning to read by the window without waking Joyce. There he could observe the rare birds and the changing light on the distant mountains, and at the same time enjoy a Green More cigarette or two! In January 2011, with their cases packed for a three week trip to Vietnam to visit their two furniture designing sons, William unexpectedly fell ill and died. The family felt that it was fitting that his collection should be sold in the auction house which brought him so much pleasure in his book hunting days. 4
TRAVEL & EXPLORATION To commence at 11am
3 Atkinson (George Francklin). The Campaign in India, 1857-58. From Drawings Made During the Eventful Period of the Great Mutiny, by George Francklin Atkinson, Captain, Bengal Engineers, Illustrating the Military Operations Before Delhi and its Neighbourhood, pub. Day & Son, 1859, twenty-six tinted litho. plts. on twenty sheets, including title (correct as list), occ. spotting, first few leaves detached, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, head of spine split, fading to covers and spine, rubbed, tall folio
1 Allom (Thomas, illust.). China, in a Series of Views Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of that Ancient Empire, 4 vols. in two, [1843], four additional engraved titles, 124 engraved plates, occasional minor spots and fingermarks, previous owner signature, a.e.g., contemporary half calf, a little rubbed with stains, 4to (2)
£300-400
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2 Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World, In the Year MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, 7th edition, Dublin, 1748, eight folding engraved maps and plates (complete), chart of Patagonia creased with two short tears, some minor fraying and darkening to plate margins, contemporary calf with red leather spine label, 8vo (1)
£150-200
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£500-800
7 [Bartlett, W.H.]. Pictures from Sicily, pub. Virtue, 1853, 33 engraved plates including frontispiece and additional engraved title, 16 pp. publishers advertisements to rear, occasional scattered spotting, t.e.g., original gilt decorated blue cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, a little fraying to extremities, 8vo, together with Moore (John), A View of Society and Manners in Italy: with Anecdotes relating to some Eminent Characters, 2 volumes, 4th edition, 1787, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines with red and green morocco labels, rubbed with a few marks and scuffs, 8vo, and Trollope (Frances Milton), A Visit to Italy, 2 volumes, 1842, half titles present, modern green quarter morocco, 8vo, and Cooper (C. Fenimore), Excursions to Italy, 2 volumes, 1838, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, fraying to extreme head of spines, 12mo, and one other related
4 Baker (Samuel White). Ismailia. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1874, portrait frontispiece to each, two colour maps (one folding with short tears), woodengraved plates, 55 pp. pubs. catalogue at end, occasional spotting and frayed foredges, bookplate, original green cloth gilt (white endpapers to vol. II), spine and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and of the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, 1st ed., 1867, portrait frontispiece, two colour maps (one folding), 23 wood-engraved plates (lacking plate of the Coor, but with unlisted plate of Horns of the Maarif Antelope at p.485), occasional light spotting, hinges reinforced, original blue cloth gilt, spine rubbed, 8vo, plus The Albert N’Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vols., 1866 (lacking maps), plus Baker (Samuel White), The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, 1st ed., 1854, six chromolithographed plates, b & w illustrations, a few spots, previous owner signatures and bookplate, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, 8vo (7)
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£200-300
£200-300
5 Ball (Charles). The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India; and a Concise History of the Great Military Events Which Have Tended to Consolidate British Empire in Hindostan, 2 vols., [1858-59], eng. frontis. and addn. eng. title to each vol., two double-page eng. maps (hand-col. in outline), seventy-eight eng. plts. (one detached), contemp. green half calf gilt with morocco labels to spines, rubbed, 4to (2)
£100-150
8 Batty (Captain Robert). German Scenery. From Drawings Made in 1820, 1st ed., 1823, half title, title with engraved vignette, 60 engraved plates, occasional light marginal toning and a few light spots, previous owner signatures, contemporary red half morocco, upper joint splitting, rubbed, 4to (1)
9 Batty (Captain Robert). French Scenery from Drawings made in 1819 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards, 1822, eng. frontis. and title, sixty-four eng. plts., a.e.g., contemp. straight grain half morocco, head of spine repaired, joint rubbed, 8vo, together with Pugin (Augustus), Paris and its Environs, Displayed in a Series of Pictureque Views..., 1829, addn. eng. title, 202 eng. views on 101 plts. printed on india paper, occ. spotting and light offsetting, contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spine, joints slightly cracked, 4to, plus Wright (George Newenham), France Illustrated, 3 vols., [184547],eng. titles to each, ninety-three eng. plts. by Thomas Allom, one or two plts. & leaves detached, frayed & torn, occ. spotting, contemp. gilt dec. cloth, 4to
6 Barthelemy (Jean Jacques). Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, during the Middle of the Fourth Century before the Christian Aera, 6 volumes, 1791, plus Atlas (3rd French edition), 1790, half titles present, page edges speckled, contemporary marble calf, joints cracking, missing two spine labels, atlas containing 31 engraved maps and plates (complete), mostly double-page, with original outline hand colouring, contemporary tree sheep, heavily rubbed with some peeling, 8vo & 4to (7)
£200-300
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£200-300
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£200-300
14 Booth (Edwin Carton). Australia..., Illustrated with Drawings by Skinner Prout, N. Chevalier., 2 vols., pub. Virtue & Co., c.1840, addn. eng. title to each volume, 111 uncoloured steel engravings, eight maps, all correct as list, contemp. red half calf, upper joint of vol.1 slightly cracked at head, gilt, 4to (2)
£400-600
15 Boswell (James). An Account of Corsica, The Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Members of Pascal Paoli, 3rd edition, 1769, engraved frontispiece, vignette title, folding engraved map of Corsica (one small tear), some light toning and offsetting, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon leather label, 8vo (1)
£100-150
14 10 Beattie (William). Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartett, 2 volumes, 1836, two additional engraved titles, 106 engraved views (correct as listed), folding engraved map by T. Starling, with one short tear, marble endpapers and page edges, light scattered foxing, contemporary blindstamped plum calf, spines rubbed and marked with one label overwritten, 4to (2)
£150-200
11 Beattie (William). The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche, 1838, eng. port. frontis. and addn. eng. title, folding eng. map and seventy eng. plts., some spotting throughout, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, 4to (1)
£100-150
12 Blayney (Lieutenant General Andrew Thomas). Narrative of a Forced Journey through Spain and France, as a Prisoner of War, in the Years 1810 to 1814, 2 volumes, 1814, engraved frontispiece to each volume, owners name in ink “Viscount Doneraile 1817” to each title, creasing to endpapers, contemporary half calf, scuffed and peeling, 8vo, together with Rowlandson (Thomas), Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly before the Revolution, pub. Ackermann, 1821, 17 hand coloured aquatint plates only (of 18), some finger soiling and marks, contemporary half calf, rubbed and marked, 8vo, and Trollope (T. Adolphus), A Summer in Western France, 2 volumes, 1841, lithographed frontispiece to each volume, etched plates complete as listed, some plates browned, original blind-stamped blue cloth, a little fraying to extremities and faded to spines, 8vo, plus other European travel (21)
£200-300
13 Booth (John). The Battle of Waterloo, Also of Ligny and Quatre Bras... 2 vols., 10th ed., Enlarged and Corrected, 1817, six engraved hand-coloured folding maps and plans, two folding hand-coloured plates, portrait and 34 etched plates, occasional inksplashes and dampstains, a few leaves detached at front of vol. I, presentation inscription, contemporary calf with modern paper covering, original paper labels to upper covers, 8vo
16 Brassey (Annie, Lady). In the Trades, the Tropics & the Roaring Forties, 1st ed., 1885, numerous maps and illustrations, light spots to endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine ends a trifle rubbed, 8vo, together with Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople, 1881, folding maps front and rear, illustrations, a few spots, a.e.g., original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, with Around the World in the Yacht ‘Sunbeam’, New York, 1878
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£100-150
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£100-150
17 Breton de la Martiniere (Jean Baptiste Joseph). China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the Late M. Bertin, 4 volumes, 1824, halftitles present, 80 hand coloured stipple engravings including frontispiece to each, (complete), untrimmed, original cloth-backed paper covered boards with printed labels to spines, spines faded with some flaking to labels, 12mo Very unusual in the original binding. Abbey, Travel, 535 (1813 edition). (4) £400-600
18 Bruce (James). Select Specimens of Natural History. Collected in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia, 6 volumes, Dublin, 1790, 59 engraved plates, some folding, three folding maps, scattered spotting and a few marks, one title torn to upper edge, contemporary dark-green calf, joints partly cracked, 8vo (6)
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£300-500
19 Burnet (Gilbert). Some Letters, containing an Account of what seemed most Remarkable in Travelling through Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, &c. In the Years 1685 and 1686, pub. J. Robinson & Awnsham Churchil, 1689, bound with Three Letters concerning the Present State of Italy, written in the Year 1687...being a Supplement to Dr. Burnet’s Letters, 1688, page edges sprinkled, contemporary mottled speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco label, a little fraying to extremities, 12mo, together with Radcliffe (Ann), A Journey made in the Summer of 1794, through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, with a Return down the Rhine: to which are addded, Observations during a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, pub. Dublin, 1795, browning to text, some damp staining to last few leaves, contemporary calf, cracking to upper joint and a little stained, 8vo, and Moore (John), A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Dublin, 1780, contemporary mottled calf, 12mo, plus Crichton (Andrew & Wheaton, Henry), Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1838, folding engraved map, wood engraved frontispieces and illustrations, largely unopened, original gilt decorated cloth, slightly rubbed, 12mo, plus three others related (11)
£300-400
20 Burton (Richard Francis). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, 3 vols., Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1874, map frontis. to vol. 1, lacks half-titles, contemp. half calf gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, and sl. edge wear, small 8vo The third edition (Penzer, pp. 52-53). (3)
£100-150
21 Carne (John). Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated. In a Series of Views Drawn from Nature by W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, &c., 3 parts in one volume, Fisher, Son & Co., [1836-38], three additional engraved titles, 117 engraved plates and 2 single page maps (complete), small indigo oval public library stamps to inital letterpress title and occasionally throughout, marble endpapers and page edges, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed, spine faded with library markings at foot, 4to (1)
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£150-200
23 Coxe (William). Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America. To which are added, the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce between Russia and China, 3rd edition, revised and corrected, 1787, four folding maps by Thomas Kitchin, one folding engraved view, a few paper repairs to first folding map, marbled endpapers, 19th century mottled calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (1)
£200-300
24 Coxe (William). Sketches of the Natural, Civil, and Political State of Swisserland; in a Series of Letters to William Melmoth, Esq, 1st Dublin edition, 1779, contemporary calf, maroon morocco spine label, rubbed with some peeling to surface, inoffensive contemporary ownership blindstamp to upper cover, 8vo (1)
£150-200
22 Clarke (Edward Daniel). Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, 3 parts in 6 vols. (part I, 2nd ed., parts II-III, 1st eds.), 1811-23, 181 engraved plates, portraits, maps & plans only (lacking plate 15 called for in vol. IV although no evidence of it bound-in; plates 21 & 22 in vol. V on one sheet although listed separately), a few plates trimmed affecting imprint, illustrations, occasional offsetting and spotting, one rear endpaper lacking, together with The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke, Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge, 1st ed., 1824, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting, bookplate of Sir John Whittaker, uniformly bound in contemporary gilt ruled diced calf, rebacked in modern calf, black labels and gilt decoration, 4to “Clarke set off for Scandinavia with his student John Marten Cripps in May, 1799. In 1800 they travelled overland, via Moscow, to Constantinople continuing on to Syria and Palestine in 1801. In the Troad they met Lusieri and Preaux, who were working for Lord Elgin. Preaux sold a number of drawings to Clark, and many of the plates in Clarke’s work are based on these drawings; Clarke continued on to Egypt with Abercromby’s force, and joined W.R. Hamilton, Elgin’s secretary, in a self-constituted deputation to prevent Egyptian antiquities from being carried off by the French. From Egypt he went to Greece, where he managed to secure the colossal statue - the so-called Ceres - from Eleusis, and a number of other antiquities” (Blackmer 365). (7) £500-800
25 Coxe (William). Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, Interspersed with Historical Relations and Political Inquiries, 3 volumes, 1st Dublin edition, 1784, engraved frontispiece to each volume, contemporary uniform calf, spines with red and green morocco labels, slightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, together with History of the House of Austria, From the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh, to the Death of Leopold the Second: 1218 to 1792, 2 vols. bound in three, 1807, large folding map to vol. 1 (some hand col.) with large handling tear, occ. spotting, contemp. blindstamped calf gilt, some cracking to joints, rubbed, 4to (6)
£200-300
26 Denham (Major Dixon, and Clapperton, Capt. Hugh). Narrative of Travel and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, 1st edition, 1826, 37 engraved plates including frontispiece, folding engraved map (creased with a short tear), wood engraved illustrations to text, all plates complete as listed, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine, rubbed with some minor fraying to the extremities, 4to
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£100-150
27 Eyre (Lieutenant Vincent). The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the Retreat and Destruction of the British Army, January 1842, with a Journal of Imprisonment in Affghanistan, 2nd ed., 1843, folding litho map, sewing weak at front of volume, contemp. green cloth gilt, spine faded to brown, 8vo, together with Sandwith (Humphry), A Narrative of the Siege of Kars..., new ed., abridged, 1856, litho map frontis., contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, large 12mo, with The British Expedition to the Crimea, by W.H. Russell, revised ed., 1858, plus a defective copy of A Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow..., by L.E. Ruutz Rees, 2nd ed., 1858
31 Hofland (Barbara Hoole). Africa Described, in its Ancient and present State; including accounts from Bruce, Ledyard, Lucas, Horneman, Park, Salt, Jackson, Sir F. Henniker, Belzoni, the Portuguese Missionaries, and others, down to the recent discoveries by Major Denham, Dr. Oudney, and Captain Clapperton. Intended for the Use of Young Persons and Schools, 1st ed., Longman et al, 1828, half-title present, folding eng. map (lightly toned and with a few short handling tears), untrimmed, upper hinge split, orig. drab boards with printed label on spine, spine rubbed and frayed with sl. surface loss, large 12mo
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Scarce. (1)
£100-150
28 Gell (Sir William). Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations Since 1819, 2 vols., 1832, addn. eng. title to vol. 1, eighty-five eng. plts. inc. frontis. to each (two plts. hand-col.), numerous eng. illusts. on india paper, gilt gauffered edges, late 19th c./early 20th c. dark brown blind stamped crushed morocco, upper boards detached, and lower joints cracked, 8vo, together with Knight (Charles, pub.), Pompeii, The Library of Entertaining Knowledge, 2 vols., 1831, eng. frontis. to each, folding eng. map, wood eng. illusts., contemp. red half calf gilt, 12mo ()
32 Jackson (Sir Keith Alexander). Views in Affghaunistaun &c. &c. &c. from Sketches Taken During the Campaign of the Army of the Indus, W.H. Allen & T. M’Lean, [1841], lithographed portrait, lithographed title with hand-coloured vignette, dedication, singlepage map, 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates (complete), one or two marginal tears, occasional spotting, text block loose, hinges broken, presentation inscription, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, folio (367 x 270 mm) Rarely found complete. Sir Keith Jackson (1798-1843), 2nd Baronet, served with the 4th Light Dragoons during the first Afghan War (1838-42). Abbey Travel 506. (1) £1000-1500
£150-200
29 Gell (Sir William). Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations Since 1819, 2 vols., 1832, addn. eng. title to vol. 1, eighty-five eng. plts. inc. frontis. to each, (two plts. hand-col.), numerous eng. illusts. on india paper, some occasional light browning and offsetting etc., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. half morocco gilt, extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Topography of Rome and its Vicinity, 2 vols., 1834, four litho maps (inc. one double-page), two litho plts. of script (one folding), wood eng. illusts. to text, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with morocco labels, some joints slightly cracked, minor dampstaining to boards, 8vo (4)
33 Lander (Richard and John). Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; with a Narrative of a Voyage down that River to its Termination, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1832, engraved portrait frontispieces to vols. I & II, single-page map, folding map, five engraved plates, illustrations, light offsetting and a few spots, contemporary half calf, vol. I upper cover detached, 12mo Richard and John Lander embarked on a British Government expedition to explore the course and termination of the lower Niger River (Richard Lander the sole survivor of Clapperton’s second expedition of 1825-28), arriving on the African coast in 1830. After travelling to the Bussa Falls (where Mungo Park was killed) they began the decent of the river in canoes, were captured and held ransom and eventually redeemed by a British sea captain providing they served aboard as sailors. After proving the Niger terminated into the Bight of Benin. Richard Lander was awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s first gold medal in 1832. (3) £150-200
£150-200
34 Landor (A. Henry Savage). In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisonment, Torture and Ultimate Release, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1898, chromo. & b & w plates and illustrations, folding map (frayed edges), a few spots, previous owner signature, original green pictorial cloth, spines a little rubbed with small tears at heads, 8vo, together with Tibet & Nepal, 1st ed., A & C Black, 1905, 75 colour and b & w plates, folding sketch map a few light spots, t.e.g., original pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plus Across Coveted Lands, Or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1902, numerous half-tone plates, folding map, plate facing p.416, vol. II torn with loss, a few spots, Malvern College stamps and labels, a.e.g., contemporary red calf by Bickers, spines faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with others by Landor including China and the Allies, 1901, The Gems of the East, 1904, Accross Widest Africa, 1907 and Across Unknown South America, 1913, some ex-libris
30 Harris (Captain William Cornwallis). The Wild Sports of Southern Africa; being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope through the Territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of Capricorn, 3rd edition, Pickering, 1841, 26 hand coloured lithographed plates including frontispiece and additional title, folding map, a few leaves detached, a.e.g., original gilt decorated dark-green cloth, fraying to head and foot of spine, split to upper joint, 8vo Abbey Travel, 334. (1)
£100-150
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£250-300
35 Lawrence (Major H.M.L.). Adventures of an Officer in the Service of Runjeet Singh, 2 vols., 1845, eng. frontis. each, occ. spotting, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, 8vo (2)
£200-300
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£100-150
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36 Lewis (Matthew Gregory). Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes in the West Indies, 1st ed., John Murray, 1845, half-title present, marbled edges, modern half calf gilt, small 8vo See Sabin 40821. Comprising a fine description of the author’s life and insights whilst living in Jamaica from 1815-1817, written after the abolition of the slave trade but before the freeing of slaves. Lewis was much concerned with the welfare of slaves and highlights the evils of absentee landlords. He wrote and published extensively, and was best-known for the gothic novel ‘The Monk’. S.T. Coleridge characterised this work as “Almost the only unaffected book of travels I have read of late years”. (1) £100-150
37 Madden (Richard Robert). Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1829, half title to volume 1 only (as usual), hand coloured aquatint frontispiece, spotting to endpapers, contemporary half calf, scuffed and a little fraying to extremities, 8vo Blackmer 1056. (2)
£200-300
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38 Marshall (John). The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of his Country, and the First President of the United States, vols. I-III only (of 5), 1st UK eds., 1804-05, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I, frontispiece plates of Mount Vernon and The City of Washington to vols. II & III respectively, two folding engraved maps, some offsetting and a few minor spots, one or two short closed tears, bookplate, contemporary diced calf, joints a little rubbed with light wormtracks, 4to Sabin 44788. (3)
£100-150
39 Maundrell (Henry). A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D.1697, 5th ed., Oxford, 1732, eng. vignette of Sheldonian Theatre to title, fourteen eng. plts. (including 10 folding), contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spine, upper board detached, 8vo (1)
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£100-150
40 Meredith (Louisa Anne). Tasmanian Friends and Foes Feathered, Furred, and Finned, 2nd edition, 1881, eight chromolithographic plates, wood engraved illustrations, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, original decorated green cloth, slightly rubbed to extremities, 4to, together with Trollope (Anthony), Australia and New Zealand, 1st edition, Chapman & Hall, 1st edition, 1873, hand coloured map frontispiece to volume 1 (detached), seven other hand coloured folding maps contained in rear cover pockets, maps splitting at folds, original terracotta cloth lettered in black and gilt, rubbed and marked with repairs to spine, 8vo, plus Keate (George), An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Dublin, 1788, folding chart (heavily creased) and 14 (of 15) plates, lacking one engraved portrait, some gatherings nearly detached, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed, 8vo, and other related travel, some defective (14)
42 Morier (James). A Second Journey Through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, Between the Years 1810 and 1816. With a Journal of the Voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty’s Embassy under His Excellency Sir Gore Ousley, 1st ed., 1818, two engraved maps (one folding), 17 aquatint and stippleengraved plates, including four hand-coloured and three folding, illustrations, bound without half title, a few tears and repairs, some offsetting and light spotting, front hinges reinforced, bookplate, contemporary half calf, joints splitting, spine rubbed, 4to Abbey Travel 358. (1)
£300-500
£200-300
43 Morier (James). A Journey Through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809; in which is Included, some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty’s Mission, Under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K.C. To the Court of the King of Persia, 1st ed., 1812, three folding engraved maps, 26 engraved and aquatint plates, single leaf catalogue at end, a few tears and repairs, some spotting and soiling, untrimmed, modern tan half calf, 4to (1)
41 Mitford (William). The History of Greece, 5 vols., mixed eds., 1789-1818, half-titles to vols. 1-3, one eng. map to vol. 1, initial few leaves in vol. 4 with few minor worm holes to upper margins, contemp. tree calf, near matching elaborate gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels, some joints slightly cracked, 4to
£300-400
44 Mounteney-Jephson (A.J.). Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator. A Story of Nine Months’ Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces, 1st ed., 1890, b & w plts. and illusts., folding map and folding facsimile letter, armorial bookplate of Thomas H. Butler Fellowes, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Jameson (James S.), Story of the Rear Column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition..., edited by Mrs. J.S. Jameson, 1st ed., 1890, b & w plts. and illusts., two folding litho maps at rear, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo
This work was first published in five volumes between 1784-1818. Volume 1 is a second edition and the other volumes are first editions. (5) £200-300
(2)
£100-150
45 Murray (Hon. James Erskine). A Summer in the Pyrénées, 2 vols., 1837, twelve copper eng. plts., contemp. calf gilt, spines faded, rubbed to extrems., 8vo (2)
£150-200
46 Pardoe (Julia). The Beauties of the Bosphorus...Illustrated in a Series of Views of Constantinople and its Environs, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, single page engraved map and 78 engraved views after W.H. Bartlett (complete), damp stains to lower margins affecting first half of text, scattered light spotting, contemporary brown morocco, gilt decorated incorporating motifs of Turks and minarets, rubbed, spine a little faded, 4to (1)
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13
£150-200
47 Pardoe (Julia). The Beauties of the Bosphorus, 8 original divisions, n.d., c. 1840, two titles with engraved vignettes, three single-page eng. maps, three eng. portraits and 165 steel-engraved views, few wood eng. illusts. to text, tissue guards, occasional spotting and few marks etc., a.e.g., original red blind & gilt dec. cloth, majority of spines torn with loss, extrems. frayed, 4to (8)
£100-150
48 Park (Mungo). Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed Under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797, With an Appendix Containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa. By Major Rennell, 3rd ed., 1799, half title, eng. port. frontis., three eng. folding maps (one with repaired tear), five eng. plts., occ. spotting, modern qtr. calf gilt, 4to (1)
£100-150
49 Parry (Captain W.E). Journals of the First, Second and Third Voyages for the Discovery of A North-West Passage, From the Atlantic to the Pacific, In 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25, In His Majesty’s Ships, Hecla, Griper and Fury, 6 vols., pub. John Murray, 1828-29, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, eleven eng. plts., folding eng. map, orig. cloth gilt with paper label to spines, faded, 8vo (6)
£200-300
50 [Pennant, Thomas]. The View of Hindoostan, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1798, folding engraved map, 21 engraved plates only (of 22, lacking pl. VII, Vessels on the Ganges, vol. II), two engraved vignettes, occasional spotting and soiling, library stamps, original boards, rebacked, stains, 4to, together with Malcolm (Sir John), A Memoir of Central India, Including Malwa, and Adjoining Provinces. With the History, and Copious Illustrations, of the Past and Present Condition of that Country, 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1832, folding map to each (one hand-coloured), light offsetting to titles, presentation inscription, contemporary calf, spines faded, 8vo, with Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, by Hugh Murray et al, (Edinburgh Cabinet Library, vols. 6, 7 & 8), Edinburgh, 1832, additional titles with engraved vignettes, folding map (repaired), illustrations, pp. 342-45 outer margins cropped, contemporary black half calf, spines with red labels and gilt decoration, 12mo plus Wild Beasts and their Ways. Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, by Sir Samuel W. Baker, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1890, 27 b & w plates, pubs. list at end of vol. II, a few frayed foredges, light spots, previous owner inscription, vol. I front hinges tender, original red cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, with John Lockwood Kipling’s Beast and Man in India, 1891 (10)
£200-300
51 Porter (Sir Robert Ker). A Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, During the Year 1812, 1st ed., [1813], half title, engraved portrait of Prince Koutousoff, two folding battle plans with hand-colouring, light offsetting and spotting, one or two tears, untrimmed, original boards, modern cloth reback, some edge wear, 4to (1)
£100-150
52 Porter (Robert Ker). Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1809, 40 (of 41) hand coloured and sepia tinted aquatints, lacking one plate titled “A Hackney Sledge”, some folding plates a little creased, title to volume one trimmed and relaid, title to volume two torn with a little loss to outer margin, contemporary half calf, spines worn and fraying, 4to Abbey, Travel, 13. (2)
£150-200
53 Prescott (William H.). History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1843, half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, two folding maps, facsimile plate, occasional spotting, contemporary red half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1847, half titles, engraved portrait frontispieces to each, engraved map, facsimile plate, one or two spots, t.e.g., contemporary burgundy half morocco, lightly rubbed with stains, 8vo, with others including George Warburton’s The Conquest of Canada, 1849 and Basil Hall’s Extracts from a Journal, Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 3rd ed., 1824 (14)
Lot 50
£150-200
54 Raynal (Guillaume Thomas Francois). A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies... Newly Translated from the French by J.O. Justamond, 6 vols., Dublin, 1784, engraved portrait frontispiece, four folding engraved maps (one or two minor tears), seven engraved plates, occasional wormtracks and spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, lightly rubbed and stained, 8vo (2)
£200-300
55 Roberts (Emma). Hindostan; Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs; The Shores of the Red sea; and the Sublime and Romantic scenery of the Himalaya Mountains, 2 volumes, Caxton Press, [1845-1847], two additional engraved titles, 97 engraved views after S. Prout, C. Stanfield, J.S. Cotman, etc. (correct as listed), some light marginal spotting, contemporary half calf, scuffed with some fraying to extremities, one spine label crudely replaced, together with Roberts (Emma), Views in India, China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea, 2 volumes, 1835, two additional engraved titles and numerous engraved plates, lacking coloured frontispiece, contemporary quarter morocco, one cover detached, all 4to (4)
£150-200
56 Robertson (William). The History of America, 3 volumes, Dublin, 1777, portrait frontispice and one other folding plate, together with other works by the same author including The History of Scotland, 2 volumes, new edition, Dublin, 1778 two engraved portrait plates; An Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India, Dublin, 1791, half title, two folding maps; The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, 3 volumes, new edition, Dublin, 1788, three portrait engraved frontispieces, all uniformly bound in contemporary speckled calf gilt, rubbed and a little stained, leather peeling to a few covers, 8vo (9)
£200-300
57 Roscoe’s Landscape Annuals. The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy, 1830; The Tourist in Italy, 1831; The Tourist in Italy, 1832; The Tourist in Italy, 1833; The Tourist in France, 1834; The Tourist in Spain, Granada, 1835, addn. eng. titles, numerous eng. plts., occ. spotting, few oval ink stamps, upper hinge of Tourist in Spain broken, original dark green publisher’s morocco, spines hand-titled “Roscoe’s Travels”, together with Jennings Landscape Annuals. The Tourist in Spain, 1837; The Tourist in Spain and Morocco, 1838; The Tourist in Portugal, 1839, addn. eng. titles, numerous eng. plts., few ink stamps, some hines broken, a.e.g., orig. dark green publisher’s morocco gilt, some wear, all 8vo (9)
£300-400
58 Russell (Michael). History and Present Condition of the Barbary States, Edinburgh, 1835, folding engraved map (a little creased), wood-engraved additional title, three wood-engraved plates, illustrations, one or two spots, contemporary half calf, spine with red label and gilt decoration, slightly rubbed, 12mo, together with Algeria: The Topography and History, Political, Social, and Natural, of French Africa, 1854, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, light spots, contemporary half calf, joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo, plus The Downfall of Lobengula: The Cause, History and Effect of the Matabeli War, c. 1894, folding maps and plans, illustrations, ads. at end, presentation inscription, hinges reinforced, original pictorial boards, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, square 4to, with Verney Lovett Cameron’s Across Africa, 2 vols, 1877 (Tauchnitz edition) and Elisee Reclus’ Africa and its Inhabitants, 8 divisions, c. 1880 (13)
£150-200
59 Rycaut (Paul). The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the Maxims of the Turkish Politie, the Most Material Points of the Mahometan Religion, their Sects and Heresies, their Convents and Religious Votaries. Their Military Discipline, with an Exact Computation of their Forces both by Land and Sea, 1668, engraved portrait of Sultan Mahomet Han, two engraved plates, 21 engraved illustrations, lacking portrait frontispiece of the author, one or two repaired tears, occasional light marginal water stain, scattered spotting, later sprinkled calf, covers with modern gilt decoration, rebacked, folio “Second edition. The first edition, 1666/7, was almost wholly destroyed in the Great Fire (according to Pepys, quoted in BLC)... Rycaut’s information on the Ottoman Empire came from several sources - Turkish records, members of the government and Ulema, and from a Pole who had spent 19 years at the Ottoman court. An extremely important and influential work, which provides the fullest account of Ottoman affairs during the 17th century” (Blackmer 1463). (1) £400-600
60 Rycaut (Paul). The History of the Turkish Empire from the Year 1623 to the Year 1677. Containing the Reigns of the three last Emperours, viz. Sultan Morat or Amurat IV. Sultan Ibrahim, and Sultan Mahomet IV. his Son, the XIII. Emperour now Reigning, 2 parts in one, 1st ed., 1679-80, engraved portrait frontispiece, three engraved portraits, engraved illustration, tears to endpapers, contemporary previous owner inscription, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed and stained with chips at spine ends, folio Wing R2406. (1)
63 Stanley (Henry M.). How I Found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; Including Four Months Residence with Dr. Livingstone, 2nd ed., 1872, photographic portrait frontispiece, large folding map (detaching with tear), maps and wood-engraved plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo, together with In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 6 divs., Subscriber’s Edition, 1890, folding maps, illustrations, one or two closed tears, original red pictorial cloth, spines faded, 8vo, plus Coomassie and Magdala..., 1st ed., 1874 and My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1895, plus Livingstone (David), Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, 1st ed., 1857, engraved portrait, 24 full-page wood engraved plates, folding diagram and two folding maps, wood engraved illusts., original blindstamped cloth gilt, some discreet restoration, 8vo, plus Pasha (Rudolf C. Platin), Fire and Sword in the Sudan, 1st ed., 1896, b & w plates, folding maps, original cloth gilt, fraying to head and foot of spine, 8vo, and Archer (Thomas), The War in Egypt and the Soudan, 4 vols, [1885-1887], numerous black & white illusts., original dec. cloth, minor fraying to extrems., 8vo, with others related
£300-500
61 Speke (John Hanning). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st ed., 1863, portrait frontispiece, folding map (contained in rear pocket), single page map, wood-engraved illustrations, pubs. list at end, occasional spotting, modern moroccobacked boards, spine faded, 8vo Speke’s account of the expedition, undertaken to prove his claim that the Nile issued from Lake Victoria Nyanza, for which he was awarded a gold medal from the Royal Geographic Society. (1) £200-300
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£300-400
64 Swinburne (Henry). Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776, 2 vols., 2nd ed., to which is added, a Journey from Bayonne to Marseilles, 1787, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, two folding eng. maps and ten folding plts., contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, together with Travels in the Two Sicilies..., in the Years 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, 4 vols., 2nd ed., 1790, three folding eng. maps and twenty folding eng. plts., contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spines (matched) with contrasting labels, 8vo (6)
65 Bartlett (W.H.), Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem, 2nd edition, c.1845, tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved title, engraved plates and wood engraved illustrations, t.e.g., original gilt decorated plum cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Bartlett (W.H.), Forty Days in the Desert, on the Track of the Isrealites, 5th edition, [1856], engraved title and plates, a.e.g., marble endpapers, contemporary calf, discoloured and with some fraying to extremities, 8vo, and Gleanings, Pictorial, and Antiquarian, on the Overland Route, 1st ed., 1851, 28 engraved plates including frontipiece and additional title, wood engravings to text, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving remains of original spine, 8vo, with other Middle East travel
62 Stanley (Henry M.). The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1885, portrait frontispiece to each, folding map contained in rear pocket of each, three other maps, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, a few tears to foredges, occasional light browning, vol. II front hinges breaking, original pictorial cloth, spines a little rubbed with small tears at ends, 8vo (2)
£300-400
£200-300
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£200-300
66 Thornton (Colonel Thomas). A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France, in the Year 1802: Including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting, and Other FieldAmusements, as Practised in that Country. With General Observations on the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Husbandry, and Commerce: Strictures on the Customs and Manners of the French People; with a View of the Comparative Advantages of Sporting in France and England. In a Series of Letters to the Right Hon. The Earl of Darlington. To which is Prefixed, an Account of French WolfHunting, 2 vols., 1806, half-titles present, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, addn. eng. title to each, fifty-one uncol. aquatint plts. (some folding), two plts. of eng. music, scattered spotting, eng. illusts. to text, contemp. blindstamped cloth gilt, joints cracked, wear to spines, rubbed, 4to (2)
£100-150
67 Trollope (Anthony). The West Indies and the Spanish Main, 1st ed., 1859, hand-coloured engraved map (close-trimmed), p.49 with closed tear, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, together with North America, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1862, folding map (repaired), library stamp to titles, vol. II endpapers replaced, original red cloth, spines faded, 8vo, plus South Africa, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1878, folding map (frayed foredge), pubs. cat at end of vol. II, vol. I hinges breaking, original red cloth, spines chipped at ends, a few stains, 8vo, with four others (11)
£150-200
69 Trollope (Thomas Adolphus & Frances, ed.). A Summer in Brittany, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1840, hand-col. litho frontis. and addn. etched title to each, pubs. ad. leaf at rear of each vol., some marginal browning, together with Paris and the Parisians in 1835, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1836, half-titles, addn. etched vignette titles to each, twelve etched plts., t.e.g., 20th c. uniform red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo Sadleir 3239 & 3233. (4)
£200-300
70 Verner (Captain Willoughby). Sketches in the Soudan, 1st ed., 1885, addn. litho. title, thirty-seven coloured & tinted litho. plts., one col. map, advert leaf at rear (slight loss to lower corner, occ. spotting, orig. vellum backed pict. boards, spine ends split, wear with some staining, oblong 4to
68 Trollope (Anthony). How the “Mastiffs” went to Iceland, 1st edition, 1878, colour litho. map and 16 plates including two mounted albumen prints, scattered light foxing, one gathering a little loose, original gilt decorated blue cloth, rubbed, 4to
(1)
Trollope’s last travel book which was privately printed and records a voyage taken in the yacht “Mastiff”, owned by John Burns who hosted the party and who has inscribed this copy in ink “T.H. Ismay from J.B.”. Sadleir 51. (1) £300-400
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£150-200
73 Willis (Nathaniel Parker). American Scenery; or, Land, lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature, 2 parts in one volume, [1840], engraved portrait frontispiece, two additional engraved titles, 117 engraved views after W.H. Bartlett, single map by W.Hughes, light scattered spotting, marble endpapers, a.e.g., contemporary dark-red half morocco gilt, scuffed and marked, 4to, together with King (Edward), The Southern States of North America, 4 vols, 1875, double-page map, numerous wood engraved illusts., original dec. cloth, ruubed to extrems, 8vo Abbey, Travel, 651; Sabin 3784. (5)
£150-200
71 Wilkinson (Robert, publisher). Wilkinson’s Atlas Classica. Being a Collection of Maps of the Countries Mentioned by the Ancient Authors, both Sacred and Profane. With their Various Subdivisions at Different Periods, 1830, engraved title, 46 handcoloured engraved maps, seven coloured engraved tables, light spots mainly to endpapers, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to (1)
£300-400
74 Willis (Nathaniel Parker & Bartlett, W.H.). Canadian Scenery Illustrated, 2 vols., 1842, additional engraved title to each, engraved portrait, single page map, 117 steel-engraved plates, occasional spotting and marginal water stains, a.e.g., contemporary calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to (2)
75 Wordsworth (Rev. Christopher). Athens and Attica, 2nd ed., 1837, litho frontis., two folding eng. maps (one with closed tear) and folding text leaf, occ. spotting, modern half calf, 8vo, together with Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, new ed., 1859, eng. frontis. and addn. eng. title, eng. plts., maps and wood eng. illusts., occ. spotting, a.e.g., contemp. red morocco gilt, large 8vo, with Bulwer (Edward Lytton), Athens, its Rise and Fall, with Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People, 2 vols., 1837, last three leaves in vol. 1 torn, bound without half-titles, occ. spotting, contemp. dark green half morocco gilt, 8vo, plus A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, by Various Writers, edited by William Smith, 2 vols., 1878
72 Williamson (Captain Thomas & Howitt, Samuel). Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1819, additional sepia aquantint title to each, 38 (of 40) hand-coloured aquatint plates (lacking plates 23 & 37), plates 9 & 10 and 13 & 14 transposed, occasional light spotting and soiling, one or two marginal tears, a.e.g., contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Abbey Travel 431; Schwerdt II, 299. (2)
£200-300
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£300-500
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£200-300
BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY 78 Batty (Robert). Welsh Scenery, John Murray, 1823, thirty-five engraved plates, correct as list, minor scattered spotting, contemporary gilt decorated maroon morocco, rubbed, 4to, together with Gastineau (Henry), Wales Illustrated, in a Series of Views, 2 volumes, 1830, two engraved titles, 176 engraved views on 88 leaves, original green paper-covered boards, later rebacks preserving remains of original spines, rubbed and marked, 4to (3)
£150-200
79 Beattie (William). Caledonia Illustrated in a Series of Views taken Expressly for the Work, by W.H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and others, 2 volumes, George Virtue, [1838], two engraved titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of Robert Burns, 166 engraved plates and a single page map of Scotland (correct as listed), a.e.g., marbled endpapers, contemporary red half calf, gilt decorated spines with black morocco labels, scuffed and marked, 4to (2)
£100-150
80 Boswell (James). The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, With Samuel Johnson..., 1st ed., 1785, spotting to endpapers, 20th c. mottled calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo (1)
£100-150
81 Brayley (Edward Wedlake). Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire; illustrative of the Works of Robert Bloomfield; accompanied with Descriptions: to which is Annexed, A Memoir of the Poet’s Life, pub. April, 1806, engraved portrait frontispiece, fourteen engraved plates, untrimmed, oiginal paper-covered boards with printed paper label to upper cover, rubbed and marked with modern reback, 8vo (1)
£100-150
76 Barber (J.T.). A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire..., 1st ed., 1803, twenty sepia aquatint plts., handcol. double-page eng. map, some offsetting to text, contemp. gilt dec. calf, joints cracked, 8vo, together with Bingley (Rev. W.), A Tour Round North Wales, Performed During the Summer of 1798..., 2 vols., 1800, four sepia aquatint plts. (inc. frontis.), half-title to vol. 1, hinges repaired, contemp. marbled calf, rebacked, plus Johnson (Samuel), A Diary of a Journey into North Wales, in the Year 1774... edited, with Illustrative Notes, by R. Duppa..., pub. 1816, half-title and advert/errata leaf present, edges untrimmed, hinges repaired, contemp. half calf, rebacked, 8vo
82 [Brayley, Edward Wedlake]. Cowper Illustrated, by a Series of Views, in, or near, the Park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks, 1803, engraved title, twelve engraved plates by James Storer or John Greig, untrimmed, original boards with later 19th century cloth reback, 8vo, together with Malcolm (J.P.), Excursions in the Counties of Kent, Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, and Somerset, in the Years 1802, 1803, and 1805, 2nd edition, 1814, additional engraved title, 22 engraved plates, untrimmed, modern maroon half calf gilt, 8vo, and Booker (Luke), A Descriptive and Historical Account of Dudley Castle, and its Surrounding Scenery, pub. Dudley, 1825, engraved vignette title, nine engraved or lithographed plates, correct as list, original paper covered boards, modern reback, 8vo, plus Wilson (Joseph), Memorabilia Cantabrigiae: or, an Account of the Different Colleges in Cambridge, 1803, half title, eighteen engraved plates, untrimmed, original paper-covered boards with printed label to spine, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, and other topographical books including volumes 1-6 (of 7) of “The Antiquarian Itinerary” published 1815-1817
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£150-200
£200-300
77 Barrington (Jonah). Historic Memoirs of Ireland; Comprising Secret Records of the National Convention, the Rebellion, and the Union; With Delineations of the Principal Characters of these Transactions, 2 vols. in one, 1st ed., 1833, 41 engraved portraits and facsimile letters, occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary black half morocco gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 4to
83 Britton (John). The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections, and Details..., 5 vols., 1807-26, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, addn. eng. title to each, 356 eng. plts. & plans, scattered spotting, new endpapers, a.e.g., contemp. diced calf gilt, rebacked, contrasting morocco labels, 4to
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£150-200
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84 Britton (John & Brayley, Edward Wedlake). The Beauties of England and Wales; Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of each County, 18 vols. in 25 (complete), 1801-15, numerous eng. plts., some scattered spotting, contemp. mixed full & half leather bindings, some joints split, worn, few volumes rebacked preserving orig. spines, two spines crudely repaired and one with adhesive tape to covers, 8vo, together with Brewer (J. Norris), Introduction to the Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, Intituled the Beauties of England and Wales..., 1818, two hand-col. folding maps, contemp. half calf gilt, upper joint cracked, slight wear, 8vo (26)
85 Camden (William). Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 4 vols, 2nd edition of Gough’s translation, John Stockdale, 1806, engraved portrait frontispiece, 57 engraved county maps by John Cary, original hand colouring, 104 engraved plates of coins and antiquities, folding pedigree chart, some maps close-trimmed with occasional loss to printed border, scattered light toning and spotting to text leaves, contemporary half vellum with leather spine labels, folio A handsome set. (4)
£200-300
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£700-1000
Lot 87
86 Cobbett (William). Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex..., Suffolk, Norfolk, and Hertfordshire..., 1st ed., 1830, 12pp. pubs. ads. at rear, contemp. ownership signature to title and upper pastedown, orig. boards with cloth spine strip, without printed title label to spine, covers slightly rubbed, large 12mo (1)
ÂŁ150-200
87 Cox (Richard). Hibernia Anglicana: Or, the History of Ireland from the Conquest thereof by the English, to this Present Time, 2 parts in one, 1st ed., 1689-90, engraved portrait frontispiece to each part of William and Mary, by R. White (first plate with small marginal loss), folding engraved map after Sir William Petty (re-guarded), second title printed in red and black, licence leaves, previous owner signatures, occasional light spotting and soiling, later diced calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 4to Sir Richard Cox was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1703-07. Wing C6722. (1) ÂŁ600-800
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88 Coxe (William). An Historical Tour in Monmouthshire; Illustrated with Views by Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. A New Map of the County, and Other Engravings, 2 vols., 1st ed., Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1801, half-title to vol.2 present, ninety-two eng. plts., plans, portraits, etc., including a folding plan and folding map of Monmouthshire by N. Coltman, eng. illusts. to text, some spotting and few marks, armoral bookplate of Ferdinand M. McVeagh to upper pastedowns, hinges cracked, contemp. gilt dec. mottled calf, joints cracked, 4to Upcott, pp.933-939. (2)
£150-200
90 Finden (Edward Francis & William). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1842, two additional engraved titles, 124 engraved plates including frontispiece to each volume (complete), a.e.g., contemporary maroon half morocco by Hatchards, gilt motif of a sailor to centre all four covers, gilt decorated spines in six compartments, slightly rubbed and marked, 4to (2)
£150-200
91 Forsyth (Robert). The Beauties of Scotland: containing a Clear and Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures; of the Population, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. of Each County, 5 volumes, Edinburgh, 1806-1808, additional engraved title to each volume, 105 (of 108) engraved views, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and marked with a little fraying to extremities, 8vo
89 England & Wales. A Description of England and Wales. Containing a Particular Account of each County..., 10 vols., mixed eds., pub. Newbury & Carnan, 1769-75, 240 eng. plts., occasional spotting and offsetting, contemp. uniform half calf gilt, some joints slightly cracked, 12mo Volume 1 is a 2nd edition and the remaining volumes are first editions. Roscoe A112. (10) £150-200
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£150-200
94 Gilpin (William). Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales..., made in the Summer of the Year 1770, pub. 1782, half-title, fifteen aquatint plts., some spotting and offsetting, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine with red morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo, together with Observations on the Western Parts of England, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, to which are added, a few remarks on the Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight, 1798, eighteen aquatint plts., some spotting throughout, armorial bookplates of Scrope Berdmore and Henry C. Compton, contemp. calf, joints cracked and worn at head & foot of spine, 8vo, with Bloomfield (Robert), The Banks of Wye; a Poem, 1st ed., 1811,eng. frontis. and three plts., pubs. ad. leaf at rear, edges untrimmed, slight dust-soiling, orig. boards with recent cloth spine, board edges worn, small 8vo, plus another copy of the same work, and A Brief Account of the Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of the Wye between Ross and Chepstow, Gloucester: printed by T.Jew, 1836, addn. litho title and twelve litho plts. inc. frontis., occasional spotting, orig. printed boardswith cloth spine, 8vo, plus [Jones, William Dukes], Songs of the Wye, and Poems, by Wioni, 1st ed., 1859, edges partly uncut, orig. gilt dec. cloth, small 8vo, plus one other related (7)
95 Gilpin (William). Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views, (relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty) illustrated by the Scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1791, half-titles present, thirty-one aquatint plts., and one hand-col. folding map, occasional offsetting to text, contemp. calf, joints & spine slightly cracked, 8vo, together with Observations on the Coasts of Hampshire, Sussex, and Kent, Relative Chiefly to Pictureque Beauty: made in the Summer of the Year 1774, pub. 1804, six aquatint plts., library stamp to title and bookplate to upper pastedown, some spotting & offsetting, t.e.g., late 19th c. half morocco gilt, 8vo, plus Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on several parts of North Wales; Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, in Two Tours, the Former made in the Year 1769. The Latter in the Year 1773, pub. 1809, twenty aquatint plts., occ. minor spotting, library stamp to title and library bookplate to upper pastedown, t.e.g., late 19th c. half morocco, slight wear at head & foot of spine, 8vo
92 Gerald of Wales, c.1146-c.1223. Itinerarium Cambriae seu Laboriose Balduini Cantuaruensis Archiepiscopi per Wallian Legationis Accurata Descriptio auctore Silv. Giraldo Cambrense, 1804, engraved portrait frontispiece, three engraved plates, folding engraved map of Wales with original hand colouring, a.e.g., contemporary gilt decorated full calf by C. Lewis of The Strand, upper cover detached, 4to, together with the first English edition of the same work, 2 vols. pub. 1806, containing 58 (of 59) engraved plates and maps, lacking engraved view of Caernarvon, later quarter cloth, 4to The first volume ex-libris Henry Merrik Hoare (1770-1856) with his engraved armorial bookplate, son of Sir Richard Hoare (1758-1838), antiquarian and translator of the English edition of 1806. (3) £150-200
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£150-200
96 Gilpin (William). Three Essays: on Picturesque Beauty; on Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape: To which is added a Poem, on Landscape Painting, 1792, half-title, six aquatint plts. (inc. one hand-col.), edges untrimmed, orig. boards, joints cracked rubbed and some wear, 8vo, togeter with An Essay on Prints, 3rd ed., 1781, contemp. tree calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine with terracotta morocco title label, upper joint slightly cracked, 8vo, plus The Lives of Reformers, 2 vols., new ed., 1809, contemp. half calf gilt, 8vo
93 Gilpin (William). Observations, relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made in the Year 1772, On several Parts of England; Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmorland, 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1792, half-title to vol. 1 (with contemp. inscription to verso), thirty etched plts. (inc. 26 uncol. aquatints, one other etched plt. & 3 hand-col. maps), inscriptions to titles and leaf B1 in vol. 2, contemp. marbled calf gilt, worn, upper board of vol. 2 detached, 8vo, together with Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain; Particularly the High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vols., 1789, forty plts. (mostly aquatint views and inc. five hand-col. maps), some dampstaining, few marks & offsetting to text, contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels, few joints slightly cracked, 8vo (4)
£150-250
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£200-300
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£100-150
Lot 97
97 Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales, 8 vols., new ed., [1783]-97, eng. frontis. & eng. vign. title to each, 625 eng. plts. and plans (some folding), folding eng. index map, num. eng. maps to text, together with The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 vols., 1797, eng. frontis. to vol. 1 only, eng. vign. title to each, num. eng. plts., plus The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols., 1791, eng. frontis. and eng. vign. title to each, num. eng. plts., plus The History of Dover Castle, by the Rev W. M. Darell, 1797, eng. frontis. and eng. vign. title, num. eng. plts., uniform contemp. diced calf gilt, spines faded, some wear, 4to (13)
£400-600
98 Grose (Francis). Antiquities of the County of Meath, with Illustrations of its Principal Abbeys, Castles &c...to which is Prefixed a Brief View of the Annals and Records of the County by John d’Alton, Dublin: G. Tyrrel, 1833, sixteen hand coloured engraved plates, untrimmed, modern black quarter morocco gilt, retaining original printed wrappers at rear, 8vo Very scarce. (1)
£200-300
Lot 99
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99 Grose (Francis and Astle, Thomas). The Antiquarian Repertory: A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs, and Manners Intended to Illustrate and Preserve Several Valuable Remains of Old Times, 4 vols., new ed., 1807-09, 234 engraved and aquatint plates, a few folding, folding pedigree, occasional light offsetting and spotting, one or two tears, shelf number labels to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, covers with gilt stamps of The Society of Writers to the Signet, neatly rebacked, a little rubbed, 4to (4)
102 Holinshed (Raphael). Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, 6 vols., 1807, contemp. diced calf gilt, some joints cracked and minor wear to extrems., 4to (6)
103 Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views, with an Historical Account of the Inns of Court, in London and Westminster, 1800, half title, 21 sepia aquatint plates, some offsetting and light spots, previous owner signature and bookplate, t.e.g., contemporary half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration (faded), 8vo
£200-300
Abbey Scenery 207. (1)
100 Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.). Ireland: its Scenery, Character, &c., new edition, Hall, Virtue, & Co., c.1850, engraved title to each volume, numerous hand coloured maps, engraved plates and wood engraved illustrations, marble endpapers and page edges, contemporary green half calf gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with Musgrave (Richard), Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, from the Arrival of the English, 2nd edition, Dublin, 1801, ten folding maps and engravings (complete), new endpapers, modern half cloth, 4to, plus Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.), A Week in Killarney, 1850, 20 engraved views including frontispiece, two engraved maps, numerous wood engravings to text, a few leaves loose, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and discoloured, 8vo, and Curry (William jr and Co., publishers), A Guide to Killarney and Glengariff, new edition, Dublin, 1834, six engraved plates, engraved map, ownership markings to pastedown and title, original cloth, paper label to upper cover, a little faded, 12mo, and five others Irish related including a small Mauchlineware volume titled “Dublin Album”, containing ten photo-views bound concertina-style (11)
£150-200
£200-300
£300-400
101 Hoare (Sir Richard Colt). A Collection of Forty-Eight Views of Noblemen’s and Gentlemen’s Seats, Towns, Castles, Churches, Monasteries, and Romantic Places, in North and South Wales..., pub. John and Josiah Boydell, 1792-1806, forty-eight eng. plts. (inc. frontis.), some offsetting, spotting & dust-soiling, few text leaves slightly frayed to edges, frontis. near detached and final leaf creased, contemp. qtr. sheep, upper joint split and some wear, oblong 4to (1)
£100-150
104 Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, from its Source at Naseby to its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury: with Observations on the Public Buildings, and other Works of Art in its Vicinity, 1795, half-title, eng. map, thirty sepia aquatint plts. (including frontis) and two eng. ports., few woodcut illusts. to text, without errata leaf, (as usual), occasional spotting and toning, contemp. calf gilt, joints cracked, 4to Abbey, Scenery 427. (1)
Lot 103
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£150-200
107 Le Keux (John). Memorials of Cambridge: A Series of Views of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, Engraved by J. Le Keux; with Historical and Descriptive Accounts by Thomas Wright..., 2 vols., 1847, eng. frontis. and addn. title to each, one folding eng. plan (foxed), seventy-one eng. plts., numerous wood eng. illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, early 20th c. half morocco, 8vo (2)
108 Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 2 parts in one volume, 1833, separate title to each part, folding map of Wales (creased) and twelve engraved county maps, list of subscribers, marble endpapers, contemporary half calf, cracking to joints, 4to, together with Fenton (Richard), A Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire, 1811, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title, folding map and thirty engraved plates, title detached with browning and fraying to inner margin, contemporary green half morocco gilt, rubbed with some fraying to extremities, 4to, and Tillotson (John), Picturesque Scenery in Wales, [1860], engraved plates, original mauve cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, and Hall (Mr & Mrs S.C.), The Book of South Wales, The Wye, and the Coast, 1861, map frontispiece, wood engraved illustrations, early 20th century red morocco, 8vo, and Woodward (B.B.), The History of Wales, 2 volumes, [1853], single engraved title, numerous engraved plates, original blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, and Ritchie (Leitch), The Wye and its Associations; A Picturesque Ramble, 1841, additional engraved title, eleven engraved plates, original dark-green cloth gilt, a little fraying to head and foot of spine, 8vo
105 Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from its Source in Gloucestershire to the Nore..., 2 vols., pub. T. Egerton, 1801-02, half-titles, addn. sepia aquatint title to each volume, two maps and fifty-two sepia aquatint plts., some spotting and occasional offsetting, dampstaining at foot of some leaves, hinges cracked, 19th c. cloth with morocco title labels, rubbed & scuffed, 8vo (2)
£200-300
£300-400
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£200-300
109 [London]. Select Views of London and its Environs; Containing a Collection of Highly-Finished Engravings, from Original Paintings and Drawings, Accompanied by Copious Letter-Press Descriptions of such Objects in the Metropolis and the Surrounding Country as are most Remarkable for Antiquity, Architectural Grandeur, or Picturesque Beauty, 2 vols. in one, 1804-05, titles with engraved vignettes, 60 engraved plates, occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to (1)
£150-200
110 London. Les Delices de Windsore; or, a Description of Windsor Castle, and the Country Adjacent..., pub. Eton, 1755, eng. frontis. and folding plt., contemp. sheep, worn, 12mo in 6s, together with Knight (Charles, ed.), London, 6 vols., 1841-44, wood eng. illusts., contemp. uniform half calf, gilt dec. spines, vol. 6 with loss of leather at head of spine, few joints cracked, 8vo, plus Musae Etonensis, seu Carminum Delectus nunc Primum in Lucem Editus, 2 vols., 1795, vol. 1 with ink inscriptions in various hands to verso of front free endpaper “From W. Herbert, Jan 1796. Bought at the sale of the Provost of Eton, Dr. J. Goodall, by his affect. scholar E.L. Hawtrey, June, 1840, Elected Provost of Eton Jan 1853, Robert Birley Head Master of Eton 1949-1963”, occ. minor spotting, a.e.g., contemp. green straight grain morocco gilt, 8vo, plus other topography, mostly London related (30)
111 Lysons (Rev. Daniel & Samuel). Magna Britannia; Being A Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, 6 vols. bound in 5, 1806, num. eng. plts. and maps (some folding and hand-col.), with over 100 additional plts. from Walker’s Seats, Gentlemans Magazine etc., contemp. cloth gilt, rebacked preserving orig. spines, 4to
106 Jones (Theophilus). A History of the County of Brecknock, 2 vols. in three, Brecknock, 1805-09, titles with engraved vignettes, two folding engraved maps with outline hand-colouring (one linenbacked, the other with repaired tear), 33 engraved plates and plans, including three hand-coloured plates of armorials, offsetting and occasional spotting, t.e.g., later tan calf by Hayday, rebacked preserving original spines, slightly rubbed, 4to (3)
£150-250
The counties included are Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire and Devonshire. (5) £150-200
£200-300
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116 [Pennant, Thomas]. A Tour in Wales. MDCCLXX111; The Journey to Snowdown, 2 vols., 1778-81, eng. vign. title to each, fifty-two eng. plts. (some folding), contemp. speckled calf with contrasting morocco labels to spines and lib. sticker to base of each, some splitting to rear joint of vol. 2, 4to, together with A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII, 3 vols., pub. Chester/London/Warrington respectively, 1774, eng. vign. title to each, 110 (of 114) eng. plts. (some folding), contemp. mottled calf gilt, rebacked, rubbed, 4to (5)
£150-200
117 Pennant (Thomas). Some Account of London, 4th ed., with considerable additions, 1 vol. bound in two, 1805, addn. eng. title, eng. dedication leaf & 169 b & w eng. plts. (some folding), folding eng. map of London, some minor fraying to edges, 20th c. green half morocco, 4to (2)
118 Pennant (Thomas). A Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate, and Brimham Cross, 1804, LARGE PAPER COPY, half title, nine engraved plates, all plates complete as listed, 2 pp. publishers advertisements to rear, untrimmed, original paper-covered boards, fraying to spine, 4to, together with A Tour from Downing to AlstonMoor, 1801, 24 engraved plates only (of 27), contemporary half calf, rubbed and fraying, 4to, and The Literary Life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq. by Himself, 1793, two engraved plates including portrait frontispiece, marbled endpapers, contemporary half morocco gilt, scuffed to spine, 4to
112 Morris (F.O., ed.). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 vols., n.d., c.1870s, with Facsimile Autographs of Subcribers vol., 1880, numerous chromo plts., occasional scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, 4to (7)
£150-200
£200-300
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£100-150
113 Neale (John Preston). Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, 6 vols., 181823, addn. eng. title to each, 432 eng. plts., occ. spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed to extrems., 8vo (6)
£150-200
114 Parkyns (G.J.). Monastic and Baronial Remains, and other Interesting Fragments of Antiquity, in England, Wales and Scotland, 2 vols., 1816, half-title to vol. 2, 100 sepia aquatint plts., some offsetting to text and occasional spotting, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. straight-grained navy morocco, a trifle rubbed, 8vo (2)
£100-150
119 Pugh (Edward). Cambria Depicta: A Tour through North Wales. Illustrated with Picturesque Views, 1816, seventy-one hand-col. aquatint plts. (inc. frontis.), four plts. with cropped margins, title torn and relaid with loss, some creasing & marginal fraying to preliminary leaves, pp.41/42 & 55/56 with repaired closed-tears, occasional spotting and offsetting, modern half calf retaining orig. marbled boards, 4to
115 Pennant (Thomas). A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1801, two folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 47 engraved plates, one text leaf with repaired tear, occasional light spotting and browning, bookplate, contemporary red half calf, joints cracking, spines rubbed and faded, 4to (2)
Tooley 386. The upper pastedown with ownership inscription of “W.B. Gurney”, probably the non conformist (1777-1855) who travelled the British Isles as a short-hand writer. (1) £300-400
£200-300
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120 Roscoe (Thomas). Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales; including the Scenery of the River Wye, [1837], 48 engraved plates and maps including frontispiece and additional title, all correct as listed, a.e.g., original publishers maroon morocco, spine faded, together with Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales, 1836, 51 engraved plates invluding frontispiece and additional title (complete), scattered spotting, original publishers green cloth, recased, both 8vo (2)
£100-150
121 Rowlands (Henry). Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the Ancient Seat of the British Druids, 2nd ed., 1866, folding engraved map, twelve engraved plates, a few mainly marginal wormtracks, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with A Guide to all the Watering and Sea Bathing Places, Description of the Lakes &c., c. 1815, folding engraved frontispiece of the Royal Pavillion at Brighton, title with engraved vignette, 23 engraved plates (each with four views), 20 engraved maps, contemporary calf, rubbed, 12mo, with two others: Sir William Forwood’s Windermere and the Royal Windermere Yacht Club, Kendal, 1905 and Barbara Hall’s The Royal Windermere Yacht Club 1860-1960, 1960 (4)
£100-150
124 Smith (Charles Hamilton). The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century, An Improved Edition, Henry G. Bohn, 1848, half-title, addn. hand-col. aquatint title, sixty hand-col. aquatint plts. (some heightened in gold), list of subscribers, minor marginal toning and occasional finger soiling, a.e.g., near contemp. half morocco, neatly rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spine, a trifle rubbed, folio Abbey Life, 431 (for first edition). (1)
£300-400
122 Scotland. Cordiner (Charles), Remarkable Ruins, and Romantic Prospects, of North Britain, with Ancient Monuments, and Singular Subjects of Natural History, 2 parts in one volume, 1795, engraved frontispiece, two engraved titles, 97 engraved plates, light scattered spotting, one plate torn with loss to margin and one or two other repaired closed tears, contemporary half calf, spine with red morocco label, some fraying to extremities, 4to Includes 24 engravings of aquatic specimens. (1)
£200-300
123 Scott (Walter). The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1814-17, addn. eng. title to each, ninety-three eng. plts. (including frontis. to vol. 1), occassional scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemp. straight grain morocco with blind & gilt dec., scuffed and worn, large 4to (2)
£200-300
125 Sotheby (William). A Tour through Parts of Wales, Sonnets, Odes, and other Poems, 1794, half-title present, thirteen tinted aquatints after J. Smith, creasing and spotting to endpapers, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines with black leather label, fraying to upper joint, 4to (1)
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£150-200
Lot 127 126 Stanfield (Clarkson). Stanfield’s Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the Bristol Channel, from original Drawings taken Expressly for the Work, 1836, forty engraved plates including frontispiece and additional engraved title, speckled edges, marbled endpapers, contemporary half calf gilt, 8vo, together with Collins (W. Wilkie), Rambles beyond Railways; or, notes in Cornwall taken A-Foot, 2nd edition, 1852, twelve tinted lithograph plates, later public library cloth, 8vo, and Skrine (Henry), A General Account of the Rivers of Note in Great Britain, 1801, folding sepia aquatint frontispiece, seventeen engraved maps, contemporary half calf, frayed to extremities, 8vo, and two others including a Victorian pocket guide to Margate and Ramsgate (5)
£100-150
127 Storer (James Sargent & Greig, John). Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain, 10 vols., W. Clarke et al, 1807-1811, addn. eng. titles and 488 copper eng. plts., some minor spotting and sl. browning to text, vol. 5 with minor worming to fore-margin throughout (rarely clipping text), marbled endpapers, front pastedowns with contemp. armorial bookplate of ‘Jephson. Mallow, Ireland’, contemp. gilt dec. calf, with contrasting title labels, extrems. sl. rubbed, spines darkened and a few with minor wear at ends, 8vo (10)
£150-200
128 Storer (James). History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain..., 4 vols., 1814-19, addn. eng. titles, numerous eng. plts., occ. minor spotting, contemp. blind dec. calf, joints cracked and two boards detached, 8vo, together with Winkles (H. & B.), Winkle’s Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales..., 3 vols., [1835]-42, addn. eng. titles, numerous eng. plts., some marginal spotting, orig. cloth, rebacked preserving orig. spines, 8vo, plus nine others (16)
129 Taylor (George, & Skinner, Andrew). Taylor and Skinners’s Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777, 1st ed., 14 November, 1778, folding hand-coloured engraved general map of Ireland (repaired), engraved title with vignette, engraved dedication and index, 288 engraved road maps printed back-to-back, list of subscribers at end, one or two minor spots, endpapers renewed, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo Chubb (Ireland) XII. (1)
£150-250
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£400-600
130 Thornton (Colonel Thomas). A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of England, and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland; including Remarks on English and Scottish Landscape, and General Observations on the State of Society and Manners, 1st ed., 1804, fifteen eng. plts. (of 16), some offsetting & spotting, armorial bookplates to front endpaper of the Earl of Mexborough and the mountaineer Mary Rose Fitzgibbon, contemp. half calf gilt, upper board loose, 4to, together with Jones & Co., (publisher), Jones’ Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, & C..., Series of Scottish Seats, n.d., c.1830, eng. title, eighty engs. on forty plts., some offsetting to tissue guards, edges untrimmed, orig. publisher’s half sheep with printed upper board, spine worn, 4to, plus three others (5)
£100-150
131 Warner (Rev. Richard). A Walk Through Wales, in August 1797, 2nd ed., 1798, sepia aquatint frontis., maps to text, occ. spotting, together with A Second Walk through Wales... in August and September 1798, pub. 1799, sepia aquatint frontis. and one other plt., maps to text, 8vo, with Skrine (Henry), Two Successive Tours Throughout the Whole of Wales, with several of the Adjacent English Counties..., 1798, half-title present, all near-matching modern half calf gilt, 8vo (3)
133 Williams (David). The History of Monmouthshire...Illustrated and Ornamented by Views of its Principal Landscapes, Ruins, and Residences; by John Gardnor, Vicar of Battersea, 1796, half title, engraved map frontispiece, 36 fine aquatint plates, folding tables, list of subscibers, bound without pp. 117-118 as usual, untrimmed, small oval indigo public library stamp to verso of frontispiece and occasionally throughout, blue ink library classification number to upper edge of title, one leaf torn with old tape repair, later endpapers, contemporary quarter cloth with printed paper spine label, rubbed and marked, 4to
£100-150
132 Warrington (Rev. William). The History of Wales, in Nine Books: with an Appendix, 1st ed., 1786, occasional spotting & few marks, armorial bookplate of Charles Pierrepont to upper pastedown, contemp. tree calf, neatly rebacked preserving orig. spine, 4to, together with Pennant (Thomas), The Journey to Snowdon, [vol. 1 only of two], 1st ed., 1781, eng. vignette title with contemp. ink ownership to upper margin, eleven eng. plts., contemp. calf, 4to, with The Journey from Chester to London, 1782, eng. title, twenty-two eng. plts. (inc. one folding), few pages slightly wormed to margins, hinges split, contemp. marbled calf, rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spine, 4to, plus The History of the Parishes of Whiteford and Holywell, 2 parts in one, 1st ed., 1796, eng. vignette title to each part (general title dampstained to upper outer margin), twenty-two eng. plts. (inc. one folding), edges untrimmed, contemp. half calf, some wear, 4to, plus Yorke (Philip), The Royal Tribes of Wales, pub. Wrexham, 1799, twelve eng. port. plts., title excised to upper blank margin, few marks, contemp. half calf, slightly rubbed, 4to (5)
Abbey, Scenery 537. One hundred and sixty-eight copies were subscribed. (1) £200-300
134 Willis (Nathanial Parker & Coyne, Joseph Stirling). The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, Illustrated from Drawings by W.H. Bartlett, 2 volumes, [1841], engraved portrait frontispiece, two additional engraved titles, 118 engraved views and an engraved map of Ireland by W. Hughes (complete as listed), light foxing to plate margins, contemporary gilt decorated dark-green morocco, rebacked with remains of original spines relaid, 4to (2)
£100-150
135 Wright (G.N.). Ireland Illustrated, from Original Drawings, by G. Petrie, R.H.A.., W.H. Bartlett, & T.M. Baynes, 1831, additional engraved title, 80 engraved views on 40 leaves (complete), bound with Gastineau (Henry), Wales Illustrated, in a Series of Views, 1830, 108 engraved views on 54 leaves only, light foxing to plates, a.e.g., contemporary gilt decorated green morocco, slightly rubbed and marked, 4to
£200-300
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£100-150
NATURAL HISTORY
136 Cox (Nicholas & Richard Blome). The Gentlemans Recreation. In Two Parts. The First Being an Encyclopedy of the Arts and Sciences... The Second Part, Treats of Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing and Agriculture..., 1st ed., 1686, imprimatur leaf, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 84 (of 86) fine engraved plates (lacking the 10th plate of arms and the Skeffington plate of horsemanship), a few trimmed within plate margins, numerous illustrations, occasional light browning and water stains, one or two closed tears, contemporary calf, joints splitting, rubbed, folio According to Schwerdt “Perfect copies are rarely found... some of plates of arms, especially the 10th, and the plate of horsemanship, inscribed to Sir John Skeffington are often missing. The “Gentlemans Recreation” contains an enormous store of information and is compiled in two parts, of which the former treats of geography and navigation, while the latter deals with field sports and agriculture”. Schwerdt I, p.72; Wing B3213. (1) £1200-1800
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Lot 139 137 Daniel (William Barker). Rural Sports, 3 volumes, 1812, engraved title to each volume, 66 engraved plates and tables including some folding (correct as listed), some finger soiling and marginal stains, contemporay diced calf with gilt decorated spines, rubbed and marked, one spine label with loss, large 8vo (3)
139 Fores’s Sporting Notes & Sketches. A Quaterly Magazine Descriptive of British and Foreign Sport, vols. I-XXIX (complete), 1885-1912, numerous tinted lithograph and b & w plates by Finch Mason and R.M. Alexander, occasional light spotting, bookplate, contemporary red half morocco, spines with contrasting labels (a few with manuscript lettering and numbering), one or two spines with losses at ends, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo
£100-150
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138 Darwin (Erasmus). The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes, 2 parts in one, 1st/3rd eds., 1791, engraved frontispieces, eighteen engraved plates after W. Blake, J. Johnson etc., some offsetting and a few spots, previous owner signature, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints cracking, a little rubbed, 4to
£200-300
140 Hale (Thomas). A Compleat Body of Husbandry. Containing Rules for Performing, in the Most Profitable Manner, the Whole Business of the Farmer, and Country Gentlemen, in Cultivating, Planting and Stocking of Land..., 1st ed., 1756, engraved frontispiece, twelve engraved plates, illustrations, 1p. pubs. list at end, dedication leaf misbound, light offsetting, later sprinkled calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, folio
Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was a physician, natural philosopher, inventor and slave-trade abolitionist. His grandsons included Charles Darwin and Francis Galton. The Botanic Garden, a combination of his earlier The Loves of Plants and The Economy of Vegetation, contains his early thoughts on the theory of evolution and cosmology (Big Bang and Big Crunch) as well as attacking the slave trade. (1) £200-300
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ANTIQUARIAN 143 Addison (Joseph). The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, 4 vols., Baskerville Press, Birmingham, 1761, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I, three engraved plates, thirteen woodcut plates of coins, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, vol. I joints splitting, 4to Gaskell 17. (4)
£150-200
141 Mantell (Gideon Algernon). The Medals of Creation; Or, First Lessons in Geology, and in the Study of Organic Remains, 2 vols., 1844, six eng. plts. by Scharf after Dinkel (four hand-col.), occ. spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a couple of minor splits to spines, slightly rubbed, 8vo Author’s presentation copy. (2)
£150-200
142 Surtees (R.S.). The Analysis of the Hunting Field, 1st ed., 1846, seven hand coloured aquatint plates by Henry Alken including title, illustrations to text, some toning and browning, original cloth gilt, modern reback, 8vo, together with Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour, 1st ed. in book form, 1853, hand coloured plates by John Leech, advertisement endpapers, original red cloth gilt, a little fraying to extremities, together with similar 1st editions in book form of Handley Cross, “Ask Mamma;”, “Plain or Ringlets?” & Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds, all in the original cloth, with slightly faded spines and some minor fraying, and Hawbuck Grange, 1st edition, 1847, illustrated by Hablot Browne, owners name to front pastedown, original red cloth gilt, joints cracking, plus Hillingdon Halll; or, The Cockney Squire, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1845, original boards with printed spine labels, a little fraying to extrems, plus other works by Surtees and related, all 8vo (23)
144 Aesop. Fables, of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflections by Sir Roger L’Estrange, 1st ed., 1692, eng. port. frontis. and eng. frontis., near contemp. signature ‘W. Womley’(?) to lower margin of title and ALS from T. Womley loosely inserted (dated May 11th no year), occ. minor spotting, endpapers renewed, contemp. speckled calf, rebacked with gilt dec. spine, corners repaired, folio, together with Fables and Storyes Moralized. Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop, and other Eminent Mythologists, etc., 1699, browning and spotting throughout, endpapers renewed, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked with gilt dec. spine, corners repaired, folio
£200-300
Wing A706 and A708A. (2)
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£200-300
146 Ashe (Thomas). The Spirit of “The Book;” or, Memoirs of Caroline Princess of Hasburgh. A Political and Amatory Romance, 3 vols., 1st ed., Allen & Co., 1811, some toning and foxing, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Carlingford on front pastedowns, yellow edges, late 19th c. brown calf, gilt dec. spines with matching leather labels, 12mo, together with Hooton (Charles), Colin Clink, 3 vols., 1st ed., Richard Bentley, 1841, half-titles present, sixteen etched plts. by Leech and Cruikshank (mottled), armorial bookplate of Reuben Jay Flick on front pastedowns, rough-trimmed, early 20th c. red polished calf gilt by Morrell, some sl. fraying to spine ends, large 12mo, plus [Warren, Samuel], Ten Thousand A-Year, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1841, bookseller’s small eng. ticket on front pastedowns, contemp. half calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus forty-five others, mostly 19th c literature, in leather bindings, but incl. Clarissa, by Samuel Richardson, 7 vols., 4th ed., 1766
145 [Agg, John]. A Month in Town. A Satirical Novel. By Humphrey Hedgehog, Esq..., 3 vols., 2nd ed., printed for J. Johnston, 1815, half-titles present, untrimmed, front pastedowns with old library label, orig. boards with printed spine labels, generally rubbed and stained, spines darkened and frayed at ends, with remains of shelfmark label at foot, large 12mo A curious Roman à clef, in which the leading character is the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV. Not in Sadleir or Wolff; all editions are rare. (3) £100-150
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£200-300
147 Baker (Richard). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, From the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James the First... Whereunto is Added the Reign of King Charles the First, and King Charles... 9th imp., 1696, engraved additional title (laid down with marginal loss), occasional spotting and browning, later blue calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, a little rubbed and faded, folio (1)
£150-200
Lot 147
148 Barrington (Jonah). Historic Anecdotes and Secret Memoirs of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols., 1st ed., pub. G. Robinson, 1809, large paper copy, eng. vign. title to vol. 1, fourteen eng. ports., facsimile letter, untrimmed, pub. orig. dec. boards, spines worn with some loss, (vol. 2 boards just holding on cords), 4to (2)
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£150-200
149 Beaumont (Francis & John Fletcher). Comedies and Tragedies, Never Printed Before, and Now Published by the Authours, 1st Collected Edition, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Fletcher by William Marshall in the first state (with ‘vates duplex’ and J. Berkenhead in larger letters), trimmed to plate mark and laid down, woodcut headpieces and initials, neat marginal repair to title, a few leaves close-trimmed, usual mispagination, one or two small burnholes, occasional light spotting and toning, a.e.g., modern full blue morocco gilt by Riviere, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, upper joint splitting at foot, folio The first folio of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher’s Elizabethan dramas, published by the booksellers Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley and modelled on the first folios of Ben Jonson (1616) and William Shakespeare (1623). It contains 34 plays and a masque, mainly written by Fletcher (Shakespeare’s collaborator) with Philip Massinger, Nathan Field and others. Francis Beaumont’s name was so associated with that of Fletcher that it was applied to Fletcher’s entire canon, including solo and collaborative plays. The work was seemingly edited by the playwright James Shirley who authored the preface. Pforzheimer 53; Wing B1581. (1) £1000-1500
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153 Bindings. The Shipwreck. A Poem, by William Falconer, a Sailor..., with a Life of the Author by J.S. Clarke, new ed., 1811, four eng. plts. inc. frontis., eng. vignettes, a.e.g., contemp. straight-grain morocco, elaborate gilt dec., 8vo, together with Anacreon in Dublin. With Notes, Critical, Historical, & Explanatory..., 4th ed., 1814, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. green morocco, 8vo, with Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities..., 1st ed., 1838, half-title, twelve etched plts. inc. frontis., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, early 20th c. gilt dec. red morroco by Riviere, joints cracked, 8vo, and The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, Oxford University Press, 1885, a.e.g., contemp. dark brown morroco by De Coverly, 8vo, plus other 19th c. bindings (23)
£300-400
150 Beckford (William). Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca, and Batalha. By the Author of “Vathek”, 1st ed., 1835, mezzotint port. frontis., library ink stamp of William Borlase numbered 205 to title & leaf B1, and with his Zennor Vicarage armorial stamp to title verso, contemp. half calf, recent reback with red morocco title label, 8vo Rothschild 356. (1)
£150-200
151 Bewick (Thomas). The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood, 1st Bewick edition, Newcastle, 1818, num. woodcut illusts. to text, “thumb-mark” receipt after title, some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, later dark green half morocco gilt bound by F. Bedford, small scuff mark on spine, corners bumped, 8vo (1)
£100-150
152 Bindings. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A New Translation, [by Tobias Smollett], 4 vols., 6th ed., 1785, eng. frontispieces and plts., occasional spotting, early 20th c. gilt dec. dark blue calf by Riviere & Son, 12mo, together with The Works of Virgil, Translated into English Verse by John Dryden, 4 vols., Samuel Bagster, 1807, eng. frontispieces, titles of vols. 1, 2 & 4 with ownership signatures to lower blank margins, t.e.g, 12mo, and The Cabinet Cyclopaedia, Conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner..., 5 vols., 1833-38, addn. eng. titles, contemp. mottled calf, gilt, red morocco title labels, 8vo, plus twenty others (33)
154 [Borrow, George Henry, 1803-1881, legal writer]. Celebrated Trials, and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence, from the Earliest Records to the Year 1825, 6 vols., 1825, thirty-six eng. plts. (inc. four folding), occ. spotting, contemp. cloth, some wear, 8vo (6)
£250-350
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£150-200
155 [Brittaine, George]. The Election, 1st ed., Dublin, 1840, halftitle, one leaf of pubs. ads., author’ inscription to upper blank margin of title, resewn, endpapers replaced, orig. cloth, rebacked preseving orig. spine, small 8vo, (Not in Wolff; Block p.27), together with Mayhew (Augustus), Paved with Gold or the Romance and reality of the London Streets, 1st ed., 1858, addn. eng. title and plts., leaf M1 torn & marked to fore-edge with slight text loss, hinges cracked, orig. cloth, gilt dec. spine frayed at head & foot, 8vo, with Colomb (George Hatton), Donnington Castle: A Royalist Story in Fourteen Staves, 1st ed., 1871, albumen photograph of Donnington Castle to verso of half-title, 2pp. autograph letter loosely inserted signed by the author’s father, George Colomb, to Earl Spencer dated 14th December 1871, hinges cracked, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th c. cloth bound volumes (30)
157 Burnet (Gilbert). Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester, who died the 26th of July, 1680, 1st ed., 1680, eng. port. frontis., initial pages frayed to edges, worm hole to fore-edge margin throughout, some dust-soiling, late 18th/early 19th c. marbled sheep, gilt dec. spine, 8vo, together with Wotton (Sir Henry), Reliquiae Wottonianae. Or a Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems, with Characters of Sundry Personages and other Incomparable Pieces of Language and Art, 2nd ed., 1654, three eng. ports. but lacks frontis., textblock slightly close-trimmed affecting border of title, occ. dampstaining, lacking front free endpaper, contemp. panelled calf, lacking title label, joints cracked, 12mo, with Cave (William), Primative Christianity: or, the Religion of the Ancient Christians in the first Ages of the Gospel, 3rd ed., 1676, imprimatur leaf, addn. eng. title, dampstaining throughout, contemp. blind panelled calf, 8vo, plus four other 17th c. antiquarian volumes
£200-300
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£100-150
158 [Burney, Fanny]. Evelina or The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World, new edition, 2 volumes, [1794], engraved titles, some light foxing, contemporary half calf, 12mo, together with [Johnstone, Charles], Chrysal: or, the Adventures of a Guinea, 3 volumes, Cooke’s Edition, [1797], engraved plates, contemporary dark-green diced calf, 12mo, plus Hawkesworth (John), The Adventurer by Dr. Hawkesworth, and others, 2 volumes, Cooke’s edition, [1801], engraved titles and plates including frontispieces, 12mo, plus other pocket-sized antiquarian including Cooke’s editions, women authors, morality books, etc., mostly bound in contemporary leather, mostly 12mo (56)
£200-300
159 [Burney, Fanny]. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth, 5 vols., printed for T. Payne, 1st ed., 1796, list of subscribers to first vol., title-pages with contemp. ms. ownership signature, vol. 1 with pubs. ad. leaf at rear, generally toned and foxed, vol. 2 with occn. minor marginal damp-staining, endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, crudely rebacked, corners showing, large 12mo, together with Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress, 5 vols., printed for T. Payne, 1782, scattered light foxing, bookplate of Nicholas Frederic Brady on front pastedowns, contemp. half marbled calf by Bartlett, gilt dec. spines, rubbed and some loss to spine ends, several boards detached, 12mo Rothschild 550; 546. The list of subscribers in ‘Camilla’ includes leading society figures, women writers and bluestockings, national potentates and church dignataries, such as Warren Hastings, Frances Boscawen (2 sets), Edmund Burke (5 sets), Maria Edgeworth, Bennet Langton, Samuel Rogers, Humphrey Repton, Hester Thrale, Anne Radcliffe and Hannah More. Jane Austen, then an unknown twenty-year-old, is also listed amongst the subscribers. Her father must have paid the necessary subscription for her, and he probably did so believing that his daughter’s talent deserved encouragement (she began writing ‘First Impressions’, later titled ‘Pride & Prejudice’, in October 1796). Jane’s cousins, the Cookes of Bookham, were some of Fanny Burney’s closest friends while the latter was living nearby between 1793 and 1797, and it is quite likely that they were active in obtaining subscribers. Jane Austen makes reference to ‘Camilla’ in ‘Northanger Abbey’. ‘Cecilia’ was Burney’s second novel to be published anonymously and it was a great success. Austen found the title of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ in the concluding pages of ‘Cecilia’. (10) £200-300
156 [Brooke, Frances], The History of Emily Montague, 4 vols., 1st ed., printed for J. Dodsley, 1769, vol. 4 with errata leaf at rear, half-titles discarded, first and final leaves foxed, marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines, lightly rubbed in places, 12mo Sabin 8240. First edition of the first English novel to be set, and probably written, in Canada. Frances Brooke lived in Sillery, Quebec, where her husband was garrison chaplain, from 1763 to 1768. Her romantic tale of colonial courtship, written in epistolary style, presents an interesting description of Quebec scenery and society in the decade following the conquest. It also makes a sincere and sympathetic attempt to portay the manners and nature of Canadian Indians, noting their faith in “powawers, or conjurers”, and recording the response of one to a European smiling patronisingly after a prophecy: “You Europeans, said he, are the most unreasonable people in the world; you laugh at our belief in dreams, and yet expect us to believe things a thousand times more incredible.” (4) £500-800
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160 Burney (Fanny). The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties, 5 vols., 1st ed., printed for Longman et al, 1814, half-titles present, 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear of vol. 5, vol. 2 with terminal blank present, but without a rear free endpaper (as issued), vol. 3 with terminal blank (conjugate to U1) used as rear pastedown, some minor toning and marginal water-staining, untrimmed, orig. boards, with printed paper label to spines, spines rubbed and with some loss, large 12mo Rothschild 552. Not uncommon rebound, but rarely found in the original boards. (5) ÂŁ200-300
161 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras. A Poem, in Three Cantos, 3 vols. including Notes on Hudibras, 1793, eng. port. frontis. to vols. 1 & 3, addn. eng. vign. title to each (vol. 3 without printed title), eng. illusts. to text, a.e.g., 20th c. half calf gilt, marked, 4to (3)
ÂŁ100-150
Lot 160
162 Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel). Hours of Idleness, A Series of Poems, Original and Translated, 1st ed., Newark, 1807, half title, a few minor spots, contemporary half calf, modern reback, 8vo Wise I, p.7. (1)
Lot 161
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163 Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel). Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, 1st ed., 1816, half title, bound with The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, 1st ed., 1816, half title, bound with The Lament of Tasso, 4th ed., 1817, half title (with previous owner inscription), 12 pp. pubs. cat. at end dated August 1817, hinges reinforced, later green mottled calf, edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, 2nd ed., 1812, lacking half title, a few leaves with marginal repairs, occasional spotting, contemporary straight-grained morocco, modern calf reback, 8vo, plus Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, 1st ed., 1816, half title, bound with Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, 1st ed., 1818, lacking half title, uniform binding as above, 8vo, with others by Byron including Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice [and] The Prophecy of Dante, a Poem, 1821, Don Juan, 3 vols., 1823, Finden’s Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 2 vols., 1833, and The Works of Lord Byron..., 17 vols., 1832-33 (44)
£300-400
164 Cave (William). Apostolici: Or, the History of the Lives, Acts, Death, and Martyrdoms of those who were Contemporary with, or Immediately Succeeded the Apostles... To which is Added a Chronology of the Three First Ages of the Church, 3rd ed., 1687, half title with Imprimatur verso, engraved additional title, title printed in red and black, 22 engraved illustrations of saints, 2 pp. pubs. list at end, one or two tears, occasional light water stain, later mottled calf, a few wormtracks, folio, together with Cyprianus Anglicus: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Most Reverend and Renowned Prelate William, by Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury... by Peter Heylyn, 2nd ed., 1671, two parts in one, general title printed in red and black, a few light spots, contemporary panelled calf, lightly rubbed, folio, plus Ecclesia Restaurata; Or, the History of the Reformation of the Church of England... by Peter Heylyn, 1681, two parts in one, title with trimmed margins, light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio, with three others (6)
£200-300
165 Chambers (E. and Rees, Abraham). Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences..., new ed., 1788-1789, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, numerous eng. plts., hinges strengthened to vol. 1, contemp. reversed calf, contrasting morocco labels, old spine repairs, joints cracked and some wear, folio (4)
167 Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Works of our Ancient, Learned, & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer: As They Have Lately Been Compar’d with the Best Manuscripts; and Several Things Added, Never Before in Print..., 1687, eng. frontis., double column black letter text, some fraying to title and frontis., inscription to head of title, contemp. blind-panelled calf gilt, rebacked, folio
£150-200
166 [Chatterton, Thomas]. Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the Fifteenth Century, 1st edition, 1777, etched plate of facsimile writing, errata leaf present, scattered light foxing, early 19th century tree calf, upper board detached, 8vo, together with Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 1st edition, 1778, half title present, 2 pp. publishers advertisement to rear, modern half calf, 8vo, plus [Goldsmith, Oliver], The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, 1st edition, 1762, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 pp. publishers advertisements to rear, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, 8vo, and Fielding (Henry), The Temple Beau. A Comedy, 1st edition, 1730, staining to title, later paper wrappers, plus two others by Fielding disbound, and other antiquarian (34)
Wing C3736. (1)
£200-300
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£400-600
169 [Combe, William]. The Devil Upon Two Sticks in England: being A Continuation of Le Diable Boiteux of Le Sage, 6 vols., 2nd ed., printed at the Logographic Press, 1790-91, half-titles present, some early ms. ownership signatures to titles/half-titles, marbled endpapers, contemp. red half morocco gilt, spines lightly faded, 12mo, together with [Le Sage, Alain René], Le Diable Boiteux: or, The Devil Upon Two Sticks, 1st English ed., printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708, eng. frontis., pubs. ad. leaf at rear, toned and some fingersoiling, early ms. notes and ownership signature on prelim. blanks, endpapers renewed, contemp. Cambridge pane calf, rebacked, corners showing, 8vo (7)
£150-250
170 Coxe (William). Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 3 volumes, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding genealogical table, four plates of engraved handwriting, engraved armorial bookplate of George John Earl De La Warr, marbled endpapers and page edges, contemporary gilt decorated mottled calf, some restoration to joints, 4to, together Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; with his Original Correspondence, 3 volumes, 1818, engraved plates and maps, scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Sir Joseph Verdin, contemporary half calf, two covers detached, 4to (6)
£100-150
168 Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641, 3 vols., Oxford, 1702-04, half-title and eng. port. frontis. to each, (trimmed to fore-edge, vol. 1 frontis. close-trimmed and relaid), eng. vignette to title-page of each, dec. eng. head & tail-pieces, half-title & frontis. in vol. 1 near detached, some minor fraying and occasional light dampstaining, contemp. calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints slightly cracked, folio (3)
£300-400
171 Cruikshank (George, illust.). The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax [William Combe], 1st ed., 1815, thirty hand-col. aquatint plts. (including title), some offsetting & occasional spotting mostly to text, title slightly toned, edges partly uncut, 20th c. boards, remnants of printed title label to spine, slight wear at head & foot of spine, 8vo Abbey Life 356 and Tooley 15. (1)
£150-200
172 Davila (Enrico Caterino). The History of the Civil Wars of France... Translated out of the Original, 2nd ed., 1678, occasional underlining and marginalia, a few short tears and light spotting, marginal water stains, front endpaper repaired, previous owner signature, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, a little rubbed, folio (1)
£100-150
173 [Defoe, Daniel]. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe..., 2 vols., printed for John Stockdale, 1790, eng. frontis. and title to each, and thirteen eng. plts. incl. port. of Defoe, correct as list, plts. lightly foxed, 14pp. pubs. cat. at rear of vol. 2, list of subscribers, marbled endpapers, contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting labels, rubbed, sl. loss at head of spines, corners showing, large 8vo
Lot 169
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£150-200
Lot 174
174 Dryden (John). Works... Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, by Walter Scott, 18 vols., 1808, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I, folding engraved plate and a plate of medals, occasional light spotting and browning, contemporary mottled calf, spines with contrasting black and green labels and gilt decoration, a little rubbed (vol. I upper joint lightly wormed) and a few surface abrasions, 8vo (18)
£200-300
175 Dryden (John, trans.). The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden and Several Other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, 1st Dryden translation, 1693, half title, a few light spots, later half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, together with Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems, by John Dryden, 1st ed., 1700, half title, occasional wormtrack in text, a few spots, contemporary tree calf, wormed at foot of upper joint, folio, plus Dryden’s The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals Georgics, and Aeneis, 2nd ed., 1698 (repaired) (3)
177 Egan (Pierce). Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1821, 36 hand coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece, three folding leaves of engraved music, 6 pp. of publishers adverts at rear, without half-title, some finger soiling and marks, one plate with repaired closed tear, contemporary half calf gilt, cracking to joints, 8vo
£200-300
176 Edgeworth (Richard Lovell). An Essay on the Construction of Roads and Carriages, 1st ed., 1813, half-title, folding eng. frontis. (closed-tears to folds), some spotting and initial leaves loose, contemp. qtr. cloth, spine torn with loss at foot, 8vo, together with Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. Begun by Himself and Concluded by His Daughter, Maria Edgeworth, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1820, half-titles, eng. port. frontis. to each, some spotting, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines, title label to vol. 1 replaced, 8vo (3)
Abbey, Life, 281. The 1st issue without the footnote on page 9 and with the original spelling of “good-bies” on page 376. This copy does not have the very scarce “To the subscribers” leaf. (1) £200-300
£100-150
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180 Fielding (Henry). Amelia, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1752, advert leaf present at rear of vol. 2, terminal blank lacking in vol. 1, generally toned and foxed, 19th c. red half morocco, gilt dec. spines faded and sl. rubbed, with minor loss at head, corners showing, 12mo
178 Evelyn (John). Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn..., 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1819, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, nine engraved plates and plans, folding pedigree, occasional spotting and marginalia, a.e.g., contemporary calf, covers rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into English Blank Verse, by W. Cowper, 2 vols., 1791, contemporary tree calf, joints splitting, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason, York, 1775, half title, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, spine a little rubbed and chipped, 4to, with three others: Daniel Defoe’s Jure Divino. A Satyr, 1706 (repaired), Richard Owen Cambridge’s The Scribleriad, 1751 and John Wolcot’s A Poetical, Supplicating, Modest and Affecting Epistle to those Literary Colossuses, the Reviewers, by Peter Pindar, 2 vols., new ed., 1789 (9)
Rothschild 853: “There were two impressions of the first edition, one in December 1751, the second in January 1752; no distinguishing characteristics have been recorded”. Rothschild quotes Dr. Johnson who said of ‘Amelia’ that it was: “perhaps the only book, which being printed off betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night” (‘Anecdotes of the late Dr. Samuel Johnson’, H.L. Piozzi, 1786, p.221). (4) £200-300
181 Fielding (Henry). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 6 vols., 1st ed., printed for A. Millar, 1749, half-titles discarded, errata leaf present in vol. 1, all errata uncorrected, cancellans as Rothschild, final blanks present vols. 1 and 3, hinges strengthened, a.e.g., uniformly bound with The History of Tom Jones the Foundling in his Married State, printed for J. Robinson, 1750 [i.e. 1749], hinges strengthened, a.e.g., late 19th c. tan calf by Riviere, with his ink stamp, rebacked, gilt dec. spines with matching leather labels, joints discoloured, 8vo
£200-300
179 [Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone]. The Inheritance, 1st ed., 3 vols, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1824, half-titles present, vol. 1 and 3 with contemp. ms. ownership signature at head of title-page, scattered foxing, some splitting to hinges, contemp. red half morocco, rubbed, gilt dec. spines faded, 8vo, together with Destiny; or, The Chief’s Daughter, 3 vols., 1st ed., Edinburgh: printed for Robert Cadell, 1831, half-titles present, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of John Bannerman on front pastedowns, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and joints cracked, vols. 1 and 3 with lower joint sometime repaired, large 12mo Wolff 2235/2234. (6)
Rothschild 850. The scarce sequel is not by Fielding, but is a testament to the popularity of ‘Tom Jones’. (7) £1000-1500
182 Fielding (Henry). Works... in Twelve Volumes. With the Life of the Author, 12 vols., 4th ed., Edinburgh, 1767, half title and engraved frontispiece after William Hogarth to vol. I, occasional light spotting and marginal browning, previous owner signatures, contemporary calf, spines lacking some labels, lightly rubbed, 8vo
£150-200
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183 Fielding (Henry). The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, 1st published edition, 1755, half title, some pages misnumbered as usual, all edges gilt, early 20th century full calf with new endpapers, 12mo, together with The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, 1st separate edition, 1754, old owners name to title, endpapers creased and missing rear pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, spine heavily rubbed and frayed, 12mo Rothschild 857 & 856 respectively. (2)
£200-300
184 [Fielding, Sarah]. The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Dear Friend, by a Lady, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1744, lower margins of titles with oval ownership blind stamp of Mark Pattison of Lincoln College Oxford, armorial bookplate of William John Mercer to upper pastedowns, contemp. calf, old worn repairs to upper joints and head & foot of spines, 12mo The first novel by Sarah Fielding (1710-1768), sister of Henry Fielding. A preface by Henry appeared in the second edition of this work. The virtuous David Simple meets such villainy, hypocrisy and corruption in mid-eighteenth century London that he soon retreats to the country with the few genuine friends that he has aquired during his adventures in the capital. (2) £150-200
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185 Froissart (Sir John). Chronicles of England, France and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV, Newly Translated from the best French Editions, with Variations and Additions from many celebrated Manuscripts by Thomas Johnes, 5 vols. in four (inc. Supplement), Hafod Press, 1803-05, eng. vignette to titles, fiftyeight sepia aquatint plts. and two single-page eng. maps (correct as list), some occasional spotting and offsetting to text, fraying to contents leaf in vol. 4, bookplate of W.A. Bailward to upper pastedowns, a.e.g., hinges repaired, contemp. blind panelled calf with gilt dec. to board edges, rebacked and corners repaired, 4to (4)
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186 Froissart (Sir John). Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Froissart: to which is added, some Account of the Manuscript of his Chronicle in the Elizabethian Library at Breslau, and a Complete Index by Thomas Johnes, pub. Hafod Press, 1810, sepia aquatint frontis., eng. vignette to title with ink stamp ‘Rosebury Durans’ to upper blank margin, a.e.g., contemp. teracotta straight grain morocco gilt, gilt armorial of John Earl of Clare to centre of both boards, 4to
189 Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vols., 1777-88, all first eds. except vol.1 (3rd ed.), eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, three folding eng. maps (two with large handling tear), occ. spotting, contemp. tree calf gilt, scuffed and marked, rebacked, large 4to
Armorial bookplate of Archibald Philip 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929). Lord Rosebery purchased The Durdans, Epsom, Surrey, 1874, but he did not spend a night there until 29 May 1876. At the time of purchase he was told that it was famous for its nightingales but he did not hear one until 30 April 1899. The majority of the Earl of Roseberys library at The Durdans was sold by Sothebys in 1933. (1) £100-150
190 [Goldsmith, Oliver]. The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Supposed to be Written by Himself, 2 vols. in one, 2nd ed., 1766, recent qtr. calf gilt with morocco labels to spine, 8vo
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See Rothschild 1028 for first edition. This edition was published only two months after the first edition and was largely corrected by Goldsmith. There were several further editions in his lifetime but these had only very minor corrections by the author, if any at all. (1) £150-200
187 [Galt, John]. Ringan Gilhaize; or, The Covenanters, 3 vols., 1st ed., Edinburgh: printed for Oliver & Boyd, 1823, half-titles present, contemp. ms. ownership signature on title-pages, toned and occn. spotting, contemp. armorial bookplate of Robert Montgomery, Convoy, on front pastedowns, untrimmed, orig. cloth-backed boards, with printed paper spine labels (browned and chipped), some fraying to joints and markings to covers, large 12mo, together with Lawrie Todd, Or, the Settlers in the Woods, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1830, some spotting, contemp. half calf gilt over marbled boards, rubbed and joints sl. cracked, 12mo, plus six other titles by the same author, various bindings First item: Wolff 2399. Uncommon in the original boards. (16)
191 [Goldsmith, Oliver]. The Citizen of the World; Or Letters From a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1762, contemp. speckled calf gilt, vol. 2 with paper label to head of spine, rubbed, 8vo Rothschild 1021. This is the first edition in book form. Goldsmith’s ‘Chinese Letters’ first appeared individually in John Newbery’s weekly journal “Public Ledger”, in 1760 and 1761. (2) £200-300
192 [Graves (Richard)]. Columella; Or, the Distressed Anchoret. A Colloquial Tale, 2 vols., 1779, engraved frontispiece to each (light offsetting to titles), occasional light toning, previous owner signature, contemporary tree calf, rebacked retaining original spines, 12mo, together with Senilities; Or, Solitary Amusements: In Prose and Verse: With a Cursory Disquisition on the Future Condition of the Sexes, [by Richard Graves], 1st ed., 1801, title with engraved vignette, erratic pagination pp.145-8, but correct signatures, occasional spotting and marginal toning, contemporary calf, chipped at spine head, lightly rubbed, 8vo
£150-200
188 Gibbon (Edward). Miscellaneous Works, Illustrated from his Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative, by Hohn Lord Sheffield, 2 vols., 1796, engraved silhouette portrait frontispiece, marbled endpapers and page edges, contemporary blue half calf, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4to A handsome pair. (2)
£300-500
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193 Grose (Francis). Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the Present Time, 2 vols., new ed., 1812, 145 eng. plts. (including eng. frontispieces & titles), verso of front free endpapers with armorial ink stamp of Lt. Col. Pepper, contemp. diced calf, gilt dec. spine, spines slightly faded, minor worming to joints, 4to, plus A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, 1785, eng. title trimmed to lower and outer margin, fortyeight eng. plts., contemp. marbled boards with calf reback, 4to (3)
£150-200
194 [Hayley, William]. The Young Widow; or, The History of Cornelia Sedley, in a Series of Letters, 4 vols., 1st ed., printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789, half-titles present (with contemp. ms. ownership name at head), toned, some foxing and marks, recent speckled half calf, with gilt lettered red leather spine labels, 8vo Rare. (4)
£300-500
195 Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord). The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, 2nd ed., 1672, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, a.e.g., later full tan calf by Bedford, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, small splits at head of joints, folio Wing H1505. (1)
£100-150
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198 [Johnson, Samuel]. The Adventurer, [ed. John Hawksworth], 4 vols., 2nd ed., 1754, a few spots and marginal toning, contemporary calf, spines rubbed and lacking three labels, 12mo, together with Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson. To which are Added Some Poems Never Before Printed, Published from the Original Mss. in her Possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1788, errata slip at end of vol. II, 16pp. catalogue, occasional light spotting, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, plus Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell, 3 vols., Dublin, 1792, two folding engraved plates, occasional light spotting, previous owner signature to vol. I title, contemporary tree calf, vol. I upper joint splitting, spines rubbed with chips at ends, 8vo, with three others related including Dr. Johnson’s Table-Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life and Manners..., 1798 (12)
£200-300
199 Johnson (Samuel). The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 68 volumes, 1779-1781, engraved portraits, all edges stained yellow, contemporary tree calf, some edge fraying and a few covers detached, modern red leather spine labels overwritten with yellow pen, together with Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, 2nd edition, 1786, contemporary marbled calf, a little fraying to extremities, and A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 2nd issue, 1775, 6-line errata, contemporary calf, modern reback with new endpapers, all 8vo (70)
£300-500
200 Johnson (Samuel). The Works..., with an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Athur Murphy, 12 vols., new ed., 1806, half-titles to vols. 4-7, eng. port. frontis. to vols. 1, 4, 5 & 6, some light browning and offsetting, contemp. calf gilt, extrems. rubbed, 8vo (12)
201 Johnson (Samuel). The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Observations on Their Works, 4 vols., New ed., Corrected, 1794, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels to spine of each, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with Walpole (Horace). Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some Account of the Principal Artists; and incidental Notes on other Arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue..., vols. 1 & 2 (of 4), plus Catalogue of Engravers, 2nd ed. printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, 1763-65, frontis. to vol. 1, fifty-two eng. plts., some marginal staining to a few plts., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with morocco label to each, hinges cracked, rubbed to extrems., 4to, plus Gilpin (William), The Life of Bernard Gilpin, 2nd ed., 1753, eng. port. frontis. and vign. title, spotting throughout, contemp. calf, neatly rebacked, edge wear, 8vo, plus other small format 18th-century leather-bound literature, etc., including a few odd volumes
196 Homer. His Iliads Translated, Adorn’d with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations by John Ogilby, printed by Thomas Roycroft, 1660, engraved frontispiece (trimmed and laid down), title printed in red and black, 45 engraved plates only (of 50?) bound with Homer. His Odysses Translated, Adorn’d with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, printed for James Flesher, 1669, engraved frontispiece, 24 engraved plates, occasional dampstains (mainly at front), light spotting, some tears and dustsoiling, later half calf, lightly rubbed, folio Wing H2548 & H2555. (1)
£400-600
197 Ingoldsby (Thomas). The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels, 3 vols., 1840-47, etched plts. by John Leech, Buss, and others, in two states, orig. cloth spine and covers bound in at rear of each vol., t.e.g., later brown crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, (orig. cloth binding retained at rear of each), upper cover of vol. 1 detached, 8vo (3)
£200-300
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202 Kay (John). A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, by the Late John Kay, Miniature Painter, Edinburgh; with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes, 2 vols. in four, Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1842, 159 eng. plts. of 160 (inc. 14 folding and 3 doublepage plts.), lacks plt. no. 150 in vol.1 part 2 (Henry Dundas, and Sir James Stirling), few manuscript ticks and annotations, cropped pencil ownership to upper blank margin of vol. 1 part 2 & vol. 2 part 2 of T. Stevenson Esquire, 17 Heriot Row [Edinburgh], lower inner blank margin of title to vol. 1 part 1 torn with minor loss, occasional minor spotting and few marks, a.e.g., early 20th c. blue quarter morocco by Stikeman & Co., gilt dec. spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo Volume 1 part 1 with book label “from the Library of Robert Louis Stevenson at Vailima” and signed in ink below by Isobel Strong. Vailima in Western Samoa was the last residence of R. L. Stevenson (1850-1894). He signed the deed of purchase on 10 January 1890 and lived there until his death on 3rd December 1894. Stevenson’s parents and family moved to 17 Heriot Row, Edinburgh in 1857. The pencil ownerships in the volumes are likely to be that of Robert Louis Stevenson’s father Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887), who was a lighthouse engineer in the family firm and designed more than thirty lighthouses. Isobel “Belle” Osbourne (1858-1953) was Robert’s step-daughter. She was born in Indianapolis and married the artist Joseph Strong (1853-1899) in 1879. In the 1880s, Belle and Joseph lived initially in San Francisco where they helped give a studio party for Oscar Wilde in the spring of 1882. (4) £300-500
203 Knowler (William). The Earl of Strafforde’s Letters and Dispatches, with an Essay towards his Life by Sir George Radcliffe..., 2 vols. in one, 1739, folding eng. port. frontis. to each, lower outer corners of last few pages frayed, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked preserving orig. spine, folio, together with Fox (Charles James), A history of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter, 1808, eng. port. frontis., hinges strengthened, contemp. calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, and Walton (Isaac), The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr George Herbert and Sr. Robert Sanderson, pub. York, 1796, eng. port. frontis., seven eng. plts., occ. spotting, modern half morocco, 4to, with Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of), The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon..., 2 vols., Oxford, 1760, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco title labels, 8vo, plus Memoirs of Her Late Majesty Caroline, Queen of Great Britain..., by Robert Huish, 2 vols., 1821 (7)
£200-300
204 Laud (William). The History of the Troubles and Tryal of the Most Reverend Father in God, and Blessed Martyr..., 1695, eng. port. frontis., title with ink inscription and excissed to upper margin (armorial bookplate pasted to verso), contemp. inscription to front pastedown, contemp. speckled calf, rebacked, some wear, folio, together with Popish Plot, A True Narrative and Discovery of Several very remarkable Passages Relating to the Horrid Popish Plot: As they fell within the Knowledge of Mr. Miles Prance of Covent-Garden..., 1679, licence leaf with repaired closed-tear, eng. port. frontis., contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spine cracked with some wear at head & foot, slim folio, and Burnet (Gilbert), History of His Own Time, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1724-34, title in red & black with ink annotations, recent endpapers with cloth hinges, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked, folio, plus two others
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205 Law. The Attourney of the Court of Common Pleas. Or His Directions and Instructions concerning the course of Practice therein. With sundry observaions there upon, etc., by G. T. of Staple Inn, 1st ed., 1642, pp.[4],104, bound without A1 & A4 (blanks), free endpapers with contemp. ownership signatures and few other pages with contemp. manuscript marks, slight marginal browning to initial leaves, contemp. sheep, slightly rubbed, 8vo Wing T6. (1)
£100-150
206 Lewis (Matthew Gregory). The Monk. A Romance, 3 vols., Waterford: printed for J. Saunders, 1796 [i.e. 1818], no half-titles, contemp. armorial bookplate of J. Friend on front pastedowns, with early ms. signature above, contemp. brown half calf gilt, with red leather spine labels, lightly rubbed, vol. 1 with upper joint cracked, 12mo, together with a copy of Tales of Terror, by M.G. Lewis, 1801, with addn. eng. title, but lacking the three folding plts., contemp. gilt dec. speckled calf The spurious Waterford edition of ‘The Monk’, dated 1796, but with paper watermarked 1818; printed from the second edition of 1796, with the ‘Haughty Lady’ conclusion. (4) £200-300
207 [Mackenzie, Henry]. Julia de Roubigne, A Tale. In a Series of Letters, 2 vols., 1st ed., printed for W. Strahan, 1777, half-titles present, pubs. ad. leaf at rear of vol. 2, generally stained and foxed, rear free endpapers torn out, contemp. speckled calf, with contrasting spine labels, a little worn and chipped at extrems., 12mo
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First edition of Mackenzie’s epistolary novel. The book was an immediate success and was described by Walter Scott as ‘one of the most heartwringing histories that has ever been written’. Set partly in the West Indies, the novel is notably abolitionist in sentiment: ‘I have often been tempted to doubt whether there is not an error in the whole plan of negro servitude’. (2) £100-150
208 [Maturin, Charles Robert]. Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale, 4 vols., Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820, vol. 1 with contemp. ms. ownership signature at head, half-titles, blanks, and pubs. ad. leaf discarded, some toning and foxing, one or two short marginal tears, hinges split, contemp. brown half calf, rebacked, large 12mo Sadleir 1667; Wolff 4650. Rare first edition of Maturin’s influential masterpiece, and the last of the great gothic novels. This epic work helped shape the vision of many major romantics, including Goethe in Germany, Byron and Scott in Britain, Pushkin in Russia, and Hawthorne and Poe in America. ‘Melmoth’ had great influence on the rising romantic school of France, and Balzac was so taken with the book that he half imitated, half parodied it in a sequel. (4) £1500-2000
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209 Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, The Fourth Edition, Adorn’d with Sculptures, London: printed by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, 1688, large paper copy (page size 38 x 23.5cm), eng. port. frontis. by R. White and twelve eng. plts., subscribers list present at rear, some dampstaining and spotting, endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, rebacked with gilt dec. spine, board corners worn, folio Wing M2147. This is the first illustrated edition, first folio edition, and first subscription edition of this work. Ten plates are signed by M. Burghers (or Burgesse) and one signed by P.P. Bouche after J.B. Medina, B. Lens, and others. (1) £700-1000
210 [Morgan, Lady Sydney Owenson]. The O’Briens and the O’Flahertys; a National Tale, 4 vols., 1st ed., Henry Colburn, 1827, eng. port. frontis. bound into vol. 1 (not called-for), water-stained to fore-margin, half-titles present, except in vol. 2, scattered foxing, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial bookplate of James F. Fuller on front pastedowns, contemp. red half calf, gilt dec. spines with raised labels at head and foot, faded and rubbed, with some sl. fraying to spine ends, 12mo, together with The Wild Irish Girl, A National Tale, 3 vols., 4th ed., printed for Richard Phillips, 1808, 11pp. pubs. ads. at rear of vol. 2, occn. light spotting, marbled edges, hinges split, near contemp. marbled calf, by J. Tate of Belfast, rebacked, gilt dec. spines, large 12mo Sadleir 1777; Wolff 4913. Irish novelist, Lady Sydney Morgan was one of the most controversial and hotly discussed literary figures of her generation. She was an ardent champion of her native country, extolling the beauty of Irish scenery, the richness of the natural wealth of Ireland, and the noble traditions of its early history. Her novels attracted considerable attention to the country, which was then in the most depressed condition. The liberal opinions expressed in her works divided her contemporaries, bringing her on the one hand high praise, and on the other, much obloquy and the loss of many friends. ‘The Wild Irish Girl’ was the novel that first made Lady Morgan’s name when it was published in 1806. (7) £200-300
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211 Pepys (Samuel). Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. ... Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith ... from the Original Short-Hand MS. in the Pepysian Library, and a Selection from his Private Correspondence. Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke, 2 vols., Henry Colburn, 1825, engraved frontispieces, six other eng. ports., one engraved plate, one doublepage plan, two pedigrees, and a facsimile of Pepys’s shorthand, the plates offset, some other light spotting, contemp. diced calf, rubbed, joints restored, 4to
213 Pope (Alexander, trans.). The Iliad of Homer, 6 vols. in 3, First Quarto Edition., 1715-20, half title and engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I, titles printed in red and black, privilege leaf to each vol., subscribers list, folding engraved map and plate, engraved head-and -tail pieces and initials, short closed tear to map, repaired tear to p.1073 in vol. III, a few light spots and inksplashes, occasional marginal wormholes, previous owner signature, contemporary calf, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, a little rubbed with stains, 4to
Provenance: From the library of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (17711851). See Dominic Winter, June 2006. The first attempt to publish Pepy’s Diary. (2) £200-300
Pope’s reinterpretation of Homer’s Iliad was considered his greatest translation and was published to raise income and to forestall Thomas Tickell’s rival translation of 1715. Pope’s translation, far superior, was critically acclaimed and a financial success. (3) £1000-1500
212 Platina (Bartolomeo). The Lives of the Popes, from the Time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the Reign of Sextus IV...Translated into English. And the Same History continued from the Year 1471 to this Present Time...by Paul Rycaut, 2 parts in one volume, 1st English edition, 1685, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials throughout, contemporary calf, fraying to extremities, folio Wing P2403. (1)
£100-150
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215 Porter (Jane). Duke Christian of Luneburg; or, Tradition from the Hartz, 3 vols., 1st ed., Longman et al, 1824, half-titles discarded, vol. 1 with lower outer blank corner of F5 torn away, third vol. with light staining to lower blank margin of final few leaves, front pastedowns with circular armorial bookplate of Elphinstone, Carberry Tower, with related shelfmark label above, red sprinkled edges, contemp. dark blue half calf gilt, rubbed, large 12mo Wolff 5605. (3)
£150-200
216 Porter (Jane). The Pastor’s Fire-side, a Novel, 4 vols., printed for Longman et al, 1817, half-titles, vol.1 with 4pp. pubs. ads. bound in between front endpapers, first two vols. with ‘Ballygarth House’ in early ms. at head of first text leaf, untrimmed, orig. blue boards, spines rubbed and with loss (labels mostly lacking), large 12mo, housed together in a green solander box, with gilt lettered leather spine label, together with The Scottish Chiefs, A Romance, 5 vols., 2nd ed., printed for Longman et al, 1811, toned and foxed, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and dust-soiled, extrems. a little worn, with sl. loss to some spine ends, and several joints cracked, large 12mo, plus Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Jane Porter, 2 vols., Boston, 1809 Wolff 5606. (11)
£150-200
217 Porter (Anna Maria). Honor O’Hara. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., Longman et al, 1826, half-titles present, title-pages with early ms. ownership name, 4pp. pubs. ads. dated Sept. 1826 preceding front free endpaper in vol. 1, errata slips in vols. 2 and 3, water-stained, vol. 3 with stitching partly broken and page block starting, vol. 1 with eng. book ticket of M.F. Montgomery, Convoy, vols. 2 and 3 with endpapers sometime replaced, untrimmed, contemp. cloth, soiled and worn to extrems., remains of printed paper spine labels, large 12mo Wolff 5598. Rare. (3)
£200-300
218 Porter (Anna Maria). The Recluse of Norway, 4 vols., 1st ed., printed for Longman et al, 1814, half-titles present vols. 2-4 (all called-for), generally toned and foxed, B1 in vol. 1 with two closed tears, some splitting to hinges, contemp. brown half calf, with red leather spine labels, rubbed, large 12mo
214 Porter (Miss Jane, ed.). Sir Edward Seaward’s Narrative of His Shipwreck, and Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a Detail of many Extrordinary and Highly Interesting Events in His Life, from the Year 1733 to 1749, as Written in His Own Diary, 3 vols., 1st ed., Longman et al, 1831, half-title present in vol. 1 (all called-for), wood eng. vignette to each title-page, title to first vol. with contemp. ms. inscription at head, marbled endpapers, hinges split, contemp. qtr. calf, rebacked, with green vellum corners, 8vo
Wolff 5602. (4)
£150-200
219 Porter (Anna Maria). The Hungarian Brothers, 3 vols., 1st ed., printed by C. Stower for Longman et al, 1807, title-pages with contemp. ms. ownership name at head, vols. 1 and 3 with pubs. ad. leaf at rear, some toning and foxing, one or two edge tears and blank corners torn away, some ms. notes and pencil drawings to endpapers, contemp. red half roan gilt, extrems. lightly rubbed in places, marbled covers toned, large 12mo
Sabin 64323; Wolff 5612. A novel written under the guise of a travel diary by Sir Edward Seaward, recounting his nautical adventures in the Caribbean islands. Although the title-page states ‘edited by Miss Jane Porter’, the book was actually a collaborative effort between the three Porter siblings, being written largely by William but assisted by his sisters Jane and Anna. The book was published to much acclaim, was favourably compared to ‘Robinson Crusoe’, and went through many subsequent editions. (3) £150-200
Wolff 5599. Set in the Napoleonic Wars, this novel was Anna Maria Porter’s greatest success. General Moreau, whose campaigns form the background of the book, came upon the novel in a French translation, and ‘was so delighted with its extraordinary fidelity to facts, added to the deep interest of the domestic tale... that he ever after gave it a place in his travelling library’. (3) £150-200
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220 Porter (Anna Maria). Don Sebastian; or, The House of Braganza. An Historical Romance, 4 vols., 1st ed., printed for Longman et al, 1809, half-titles present, some toning and foxing, front pastedowns with contemp. armorial bookplate of William Kemmis, contemp. black half morocco gilt, lightly rubbed, and some minor loss to marbled paper sidings, large 12mo, together with The Knight of St. John, A Romance, 2nd ed., 3 vols., printed for Longman et al, 1817, half-titles present vols. 2 and 3 (all called-for), marbled edges, contemp. half calf gilt, extrems. rubbed, spine and returns faded, large 12mo Wolff 5596. (7)
222 Porter (Jane and Anna Maria). Coming Out; and The Field of the Forty Footsteps, 3 vols., 1st ed., Longman et al, 1828, no halftitles or ads., Preface to vol. 3 bound into vol. 1, first and final leaves foxed, vol. 1 lacking front free endpaper, vols. 2 and 3 with book ticket of J.M. Carter, Hertford, on verso of front free endpaper, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and somewhat worn, with some minor loss to extrems., large 12mo Wolff 5609. Rare. Volumes 1 and 2 contain Anna Maria Porter’s ‘Coming Out’, and volume 3 Jane Porter’s ‘The Field of the Forty Footsteps’. According to Wolff: “Either would have made a three-decker all by itself”. (3) £200-300
£150-200
223 Porter (Jane and Anna Maria). Tales Round a Winter Hearth, 2 vols., 1st ed., printed for Longman et al, scattered foxing, vol. 2 with pubs. ad. leaf at rear, hinges strengthened, orig. drab boards, rebacked, printed paper spine labels, 12mo
221 Porter (Anna Maria). The Village of Mariendorpt. A Tale, 4 vols., 1st ed., printed for Longman et al, 1821, half-titles, vols. 1-3 with contemp. ms. ownership name of M.F. Montgomery at head of titlepage (and related book ticket on front pastedowns), some damp-staining, vol. 1 with 4pp. pubs. ads. bound in between front endpapers, stitching broken or strained in places, orig. green cloth, faded and soiled, vol. 3 with remains of printed paper spine label, vol. 1 lacking label, and vols. 2 and 4 with remains of ms. paper labels, large 12mo
Wolff 5610. The first collaboration of the sisters. Volume one contains four tales (one Scottish, one Irish), while volume two is entirely devoted to ‘The Pilgrimage of Berenice, a Record of Burnham Abbey’, a novella of the Crusades. (2) £100-150
224 Pratt (Samuel Jackson). Works, 8 vols., mixed eds., 1800-5, two eng. port. frontis., occ. spotting, armorial bookplates of Nicholas Aylward to upper pastedowns of some vols., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, 8vo
Wolff 5604. Rare. Anna Maria was the younger sister of historical novelist Jane Porter, and she had her first book published in 1793 when she was just thirteen. A series of novels followed in quick succession, many of them historical romances, and by the time of her death from typhoid in 1830, she had written eighteen books, three of them in collaboration with her sister. ‘The Village of Mariendorpt’ was Anna Maria’s eleventh novel, and it was dramatized in 1838 by James Sheridan Knowles, and produced at the Haymarket as ‘The Maid of Mariendorpt’. (4) £300-400
Comprises the author’s Gleanings through Wales, Holland, and Westphalia (6th ed.), Gleanings in England (2nd ed.) and Harvest Home (revised, corrected & enlarged from the 8th ed.). (8) £200-300
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225 Prior (Matthew). Poems on Several Occasions, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1718, fine copper eng. frontis. by B. Baron after L. Cheron, title with copper eng. vignette, list of subscribers, several eng. head-pieces etc., contemp. panelled calf, gilt dec. spine with recent morocco title label, joints cracked and slight wear, folio Large Paper copy. (1)
ÂŁ200-300
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226 Radcliffe (Ann). The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance; interspersed with some pieces of poetry, 4 vols., 1st ed., printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1794, half-titles present (that to third vol. with early ms. ownership name at head, repeated on front free endpapers of other vols.), without terminal blank in third vol., intermittent foxing, first vol. with lower outer corner of B1 torn away and small piece missing from fore-margin of I9, both with sl. loss of text, hinges strengthened, contemp. marbled calf, rebacked, corners showing, 12mo
228 Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, 1st ed., London: Walter Burre, 1614, eng. title present (torn to lower outer corner with slight loss of image), ‘Minde of the Front’ leaf provided in facsimile, eight folding eng. maps and battle plans (one excised to blank margin), lacks letterpress title and leaves 7C5 & 7C6 at rear of volume, few leaves with fraying to margins (mostly to tables at rear of volume, slightly affecting text), light dampstaining to lower outer corners, slight dust-soiling and few marks, modern calf, spine faded, folio
Rothschild 1701. The author’s fourth and most popular novel, ‘The Mysteries of Udolpho’ follows the fortunes of Emily St. Aubert who suffers, among other misadventures, the death of her father, supernatural terrors in a gloomy castle, and the machinations of an Italian brigand. Although preceded and influenced by Walpole’s ‘The Castle of Otranto’, ‘Udolpho’ is generally regarded as the archetypal Gothic novel, and it played a seminal role in establishing the Gothic genre. Amongst those works it influenced are Matthew Lewis’s ‘The Monk’, Jane Austen’s ‘Northanger Abbey’ (a parody of ‘Udolpho’ in which the book is mentioned), Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Jane Eyre’, Wilkie Collins’s ‘Woman in White’ and Daphne Du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’. (4) £700-1000
£400-600
STC20637 and ESTC S116300. (1)
229 [Richardson, Samuel]. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, in a Series of Letters Published from the Originals..., 7 vols., mixed eds., 1754, contemp. calf, extrems. worn, 12mo, (comprising 1st eds. of vols. 1-6 & 3rd ed. of vol. 7), together with The History of Sir William Harrington. Written some Years Since, and revised and corrected..., 4 vols., 2nd ed., 1772, contemp. marbled calf gilt, recent title labels, worn, 12mo (11)
227 Radcliffe (Ann). Gaston de Blondeville, or the Court of Henry III. Keeping Festival in Ardenne, A Romance. St. Alban’s Abbey, a Metrical Tale; with some Poetical Pieces, 4 vols., 1st ed., Henry Colburn, 1826, half-titles to vols. 3 & 4 (all called-for), vols. 1 and 4 with pubs. ad. leaf at rear, some spotting and marks, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial bookplates of Peter Sherston and William Arnold on front endpapers, contemp. pink half calf gilt, rubbed and faded, large 12mo, together with a 2nd ed. of The Italian by Ann Radliffe, 3 vols., 1811, orig. boards, rebacked, 12mo in 6s (7)
£100-150
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£150-200
232 Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fotune. A Comic Satrical Poem for the Squeamish & the Queer, in Twelve Cantos, by a Modern Syntax, [by William Combe], [1815], addn. hand-col. title, fourteen hand-col. aquas., occ. spotting, orig. printed boards, worn at edges, rebacked, recent morocco slipcase, torn, tall 8vo (1)
£100-150
230 [Richardson, Samuel]. Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. In a Series of Familiar Letters from a Beautiful Young Damsel, to Her Parents..., 4 vols., mixed eds., 1741-42, vol. 1 starts with title A2 (lacking half-title?), new endpapers, 20th c. qtr. morocco gilt, 8vo Comprises 2nd eds. of vols. 1 & 2 and 1st eds. of vols. 3 & 4. This was the first epistolary novel and some say the first novel of any kind. (4) £300-500
231 Cavalier (Jean). Memoirs of the Wars of the Cevennes, under Col. Cavallier, Dublin, 1726, folding engraved map, list of subscribers, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and fraying, 8vo, and [Burnet, Gilbert], The Life of William Bedell, D.D. Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland, 1st edition, 1685, without initial blanks, ink writing to title, contemporary half calf, joints cracking, 8vo, and Ledwich (Edward), The Antiquities of Ireland, 2nd edition, Dublin: John Jones, 1804, additional engraved titled and 38 (of 40) engraved plates, some plates creased and spotted, contemporary half calf, scuffed and frayed, 4to, and Moore (Thomas), Moore’s Irish Medodies, new edition, c.1860, engraved text throughout, inner hinges splitting, original gilt decorated green cloth, 4to, plus Ross (Martin and Somerville, E. Oe), A Patrick’s Day Hunt, Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., [1902], eight colour plates, scattered foxing, original pictorial cloth, fraying to extremities and some discoloration, oblong 4to, plus other Irish interest including works by Somerville and Ross (21)
233 Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). The Grand Master, or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos by Quiz, 1816, folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, aquatint title, 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates, one uncoloured plate, lacking cancel leaf C8 (as often), last plate with repaired tear, some light offsetting and soiling, t.e.g., contemporary red half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, joints and edges a little scuffed, 8vo Abbey Travel 437. (1)
£200-300
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£200-300
234 Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem [by William Combe], 1820, hand coloured engraved vignette title, 19 hand coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece, some minor spots and toning, a.e.g., marble endpapers and gilt dentelles, 19th century panelled speckled calf with gilt decorated spine, a little cracking to joints, 8vo Abbey, Life, 265. Ex-libris Francis Palmer with his bookplate. (1)
236 Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). Poetical Sketches of Scarborough..., [by William Combe], 2nd ed., 1813, twenty-one hand-col. aquatint plts. (inc. frontis.), some occasional spotting and offsetting, a.e.g., hinges repaired, near contemp. calf gilt by Tout, rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spine, corners worn, 8vo Abbey Scenery, 297. (1)
£100-150
£100-150
235 Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). The English Dance of Death, From the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson, With Metrical Illustrations by the Author of “Doctor Syntax” [by William Combe], 2 vols, 181516, hand-coloured aquatint frontis. and additional title, sixty-nine (of 72) hand-coloured aquatint plates (vol. 1 lacks plts. 29, 33 & 35), index leaves to vol. 1 slightly frayed to margins and lacks rear free endpaper, leaf A1 of vol. 2 creased & repaired to inner margin, some dust-soiling, occ. spotting, few marks & occn. light dampstaining, contemp. half calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Dance of Life, A Poem..., 1st ed., 1817, addn. hand-col. aquatint title, twentyfour (of 25) hand-col. aquatint plts. (includes frontis.), some text leaves torn to margins and repaired, some dust & finger soiling etc., 19th c. straight grain morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo Abbey Life, 163 & 264. (3)
237 Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, by the Author of the Three Tours, [William Combe], 1822, hand-col. aquatint plts. (inc. frontis.), some spotting and dust-soiling mostly to margins, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, early 20th c. gilt dec. calf by Root & Son, with contrasting morocco labels to spine, 8vo
£200-300
Tooley 413. (1)
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£150-200
238 Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). Coombe (William), The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, [by William Coombe], 8th ed., n.d., c.1819; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of Consolation, 3rd ed., 1820; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of a Wife, 1st ed., n.d., c.1821, together three vols., hand-col. aquatint titles to vols. 1 & 3, seventy-seven hand-col. aquatint plts., titles with coloured pencil annotation to upper margins, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines, vol. 1 & 3 with upper panels of spines torn with loss, joints cracked and slight wear, 8vo Abbey Life, 265-267. Tooley 427. (3)
£200-300
239 Sandford (Francis). The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II... and His Royal Consort Queen Mary: Solemnized in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in the City of Westminster, Thursday the 23 of April, Being the Festival of St. George, in the Year of Our Lord 1685, [2nd ed.], pub. 1687, imprimatur leaf present, title printed in red and black with armorial vignette (imprint printed in black), thirty double-page eng. plts. and plans and one single-page plt. by Sherwin, Collins, Yeats and Moore (includes an additional plate of the Coronation procession), few plts. neatly re-guarded and strengthened to central folds, four plts. with repaired closed tears (three to image), two plts. torn to lower blank margins and neatly repaired, contemp. mottled calf, rebacked, corners worn, folio
Lot 238
Wing S652A, with the imprint ‘in the Savoy: printed by Thomas Newcombe...’ printed in black and not red as in the first edition (Wing S652). Armorial bookplate of Earl Fitzwilliam. This volume contains a double-page engraving of the Coronation Banquet inside Westminster Hall, a double-page engraved plan of the place settings of the tables and a full list of all the food that was served. Also included is the double-page fireworks plate. (1) £400-600
240 Scott (Walter). Landscape Illustrations of the Novels of the Author of Waverley... , 3 vols., 1833, 120 eng. plts., contemp. half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, together with Lockhart (J.G.), Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott, 5 vols., 1900, a.e.g., contemp. blue calf gilt, plus a matching edition of Boswell’s Life of Johnson, 3 vols., 1900, all 8vo, plus eighteen three or four-decker works by Scott, all published 1820s, mostly contemp. tan half calf gilt, rubbed with some missing labels, a few joints cracked, 12mo
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£200-300
241 Scott (Walter). The Lay of the Last Minstrel a Poem, 1st ed., 1805, some spotting & damp mottling, contemp. calf, gilt & blind dec. spine, 4to, together with Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1808, spotting to to first & last few leaves, armorial bookplate of Thomas Cholmondeley of Nale Royall, Cheshire, contemp. half calf, joints cracked, 4to, with The Lady of the Lake, A Poem..., Illustrated with Engravings from the Designs of Richd. Westall, 1811, two eng. titles and twelve eng. plts., some spotting, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Ernest Richard Orlando Bridgeman Rector of Blymhill, contemp. gilt dec. calf by Macnair, rebacked preserving majority of orig. spine, 4to, plus others similar by Scott (approx. 100)
£150-200
242 Shakespeare (William). The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare..., to which are added, an Essay on the Chronological Order of his Plays..., An Historical Account of the English Stage, and Notes, by Edmond Malone, 10 vols. in eleven, 1790, few eng. plts., contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. spines, contrasting morocco labels (few vol. number labels lacking), 8vo With the bookplate of the Marquess of Conyngham to upper pastedowns. (11) £200-300
243 Shelley (Percy Bysshe). The Poetical Works, edited by Mrs. Shelley, 4 vols., 1st collected ed., Edward Moxon, 1839, half-titles present, eng. port. frontis. to first vol. (foxed), vol. 2 with pubs. ad. leaf at front and 4pp. pubs. ad. at rear, vol. 4 with pubs. ad. leaf at rear, endpapers sometime renewed, front pastedowns with circular eng. ticket with monogram, first vol. with upper hinge split, orig. brown blindstamped cloth gilt, one or two minor marks, sl. frayed at head of spines, 8vo, together with [Coleridge, Samuel Taylor & Southey, Robert], Omniana, or, Horae Otiosores, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1812, half-title to vol. 1, some spotting, untrimmed, contemp. boards, rubbed and edge wear, modern cloth rebacks, 12mo, plus Southey (Robert), Sir Thomas More, or Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1829, eng. port. frontis. and six plts. (offset), some spotting, contemp. straight-grained calf gilt, spines browned and worn, joints cracked, 8vo, plus other mostly leather-bound Southey titles Lot 244
First edition of Mary Shelley’s edition of her husband’s poetical works, which established Shelley finally and irreversibly amongst the great poets of the English language. (22) £100-150
246 Smollett (Tobias). The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1753, p.43, vol. I torn with loss, vol. I lacking front endpaper and with occasional marginal wormtracks, previous owner signatures crossed through on titles, contemporary calf, vol. II with manuscript lettering to spine labels, lightly rubbed, 12mo, together with The Adventures of Roderick Random, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1748, engraved frontispiece to each (vol. II plate partly coloured in yellow), vol. I lacking rear endpaper, a couple of leaves in vol. II with marginal excisions, occasional spotting and annotation, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo
244 Shelley (Percy Bysshe). Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, ed. Mrs. Shelley, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1840, half titles present, front free endpapers repaired, t.e.g., early 20th c. half morocco, attractive gilt dec. spines, 8vo (2)
£100-150
245 Smollett (Tobias). The Complete History of England, new ed., 15 vols including 4 vol. continuation, 1762-1764, few engraved plates, uniform contemporary speckled calf with red morocco spine labels, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Polybius, the Historian. Histoire de Polybe: Nouvellement Traduit du Grec par Dom Vincent Thuillier, 6 vols, Amsterdam, 1729-1730, numerous engraved plates including some folding, lightly dampstained, contemporary speckled calf, gilt dec. spines, fraying to extrems, 4to, and [Moore, John], Zeluco. Various Views of Human Nature, 2 vols, 1st ed., 1789, contemp. marbled calf, 8vo, plus other 18th century history and literature, mostly bound in contemporary calf (approx. 88)
(4)
£200-300
247 Smollett (Tobias). The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are Included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1751, occasional light marginal waterstain, contemporary mottled calf, joints splitting, spines a little chipped, 12mo, together with The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, 3 vols., 3rd ed., 1783, half titles, a few spots, previous owner signature, contemporary calf, spines a little rubbed, vol. I chipped at foot, 8vo
£200-300
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248 [Smollett, Tobias]. The History and Adventures of an Atom, 2 vols., 1769, some light browning, a.e.g., late 19th c. mottled calf by Tout, rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spines, 12mo Rothschild 1923. Both title pages with the correct date of 1769. Bookplate of Roderick Terry to upper pastedowns. (2) £200-300
249 Southey (Robert). Roderick, the Last of the Goths, 1st ed., 1814, half title, occasional light spotting, original boards, rebacked, a little rubbed and stained, 4to, together with The Curse of Kehama, by Robert Southey, 1st ed., 1810, half title, light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, light stains, 4to, plus Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, by John Milton, 2 vols., 1794, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved dedication, engraved plates and illustrations by John Richter, some occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary half calf, joints splitting, sellotape to vol. II spine, 4to, with others by Thomas Moore, Thomas Campbell, Samuel Johnson etc (12)
£200-300
250 Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar, 1st collected ed., 1611-12, general title within dec. woodcut border with contemp. signature, Shepherds Calendar and following text (with imprints dated 1617) with incomplete text and three titles excised with loss, woodcut head & tailpieces, final leaf M2 near detached, contemp. calf with central gilt arabesque, upper outer corners neatly repaired, joints slightly cracked, endpapers renewed, lacks ties, folio Due to the complexity of collation, this volume is being sold with all faults. (1) £300-400
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Lot 253 251 [Sterne, Laurence]. The Posthumous Works of a Late Celebrated Genius, Deceased [by Richard Griffith], 2 vols., 1st ed., printed by W. and J. Richardson, 1770, front blank to each vol. present, 2nd vol. with pubs. ad. leaf at rear, title to vol. 1 sl. browned at gutter, contemp. sprinkled calf, gilt dec. spines with red morocco title label, extrems. rubbed, with sl. loss at spine ends and joints cracked, sm. 8vo Scarce. An imitation of Laurence Sterne by Richard Griffith. (2)
£100-150
252 [Stock, Joseph, Bishop of Killala]. A Narrative of What Passed at Killalla, in the County of Mayo, and the Parts Adjacent, During the French Invasion in the Summer of 1798, by an Eyewitness, pub. John Stockdale, 1800, lacking initial blank and advertisement leaf at end, t.e.g., early 20th c. red half morocco gilt by Wood, joints cracked, extrems. rubbed, 8vo (1)
£100-150
253 Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius). De Vitae XII Caesarum [Venice, Printer of the 1480 Valla], 1480, 110 leaves, including front blank, 38 lines, types 112R and 112Gk, some early neat marginal annotations in brown ink towards front of vol. to several leaves, some light damp marking to fore margins of the first two signatures, with consequent minor paper repairs, otherwise generally in clean condition with good margins (leaf size 287 x 198 mm), a.e.g., modern antique-style crushed red morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated covers with initials RG to centre of each, folio Gough S820. Hain-Copinger 15119. Proctor and Pellechet assigned the printing to Johannes Rubeus at Treviso. Collation: a10 b-g8 h6 i8 k6 l8 m-p6. (1) £1500-2000
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Lot 255 254 [Swift (Jonathan)]. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver, vol. I only (of 2), Teerink’s B edition, 1726, engraved portrait frontispiece (second state), two engraved maps, early 19th c. presentation inscription to title, light soiling, modern tan half calf, 8vo, together with Miscellanies, [by Jonathan Swift], 3 vols., 1731-2, titles with engraved vignettes, a few spots, contemporary calf, manuscript labels to spines, rubbed, 12mo, plus A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To Which is Added, an Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James’s Library, 5th ed., 1710, seven engraved plates, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, with three others including Letters Written by Jonathan Swift... 3 vols., 5th ed., 1767, An Essay Upon the Life, Writings and Character of Dr. Jonathan Swift, 1755 and The Sermons of Dr. J. Swift, 2 vols., c. 1779 (11)
£300-400
257 Thornton (Alfred). Don Juan, 2 vols. (vol. 2 containing his Life in London, or, A True Picture of the British Metropolis), 1st ed., printed for Thomas Kelly, 1821-22, thirty-one hand-col. aqua. plts., incl. frontispieces, some offsetting to text, vol. 2 with upper joint split, contemp. half calf, rubbed, blind-tooled spines with gilt lettered labels, 8vo
255 Swift (Jonathan). Works..., 13 vols. (complete), pub. Edinburgh, 1768, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with morocco labels, fading to spines, 8vo (13)
£100-150
256 Swift (Jonathan). The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen, 1st ed., 1758, occasional slight spotting, armorial bookplate of Sir George Osborn Bart. to upper pastedown, contemp. calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo, (Teerink 809), together with Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, In a Series of Letters from John Earl of Orrery to his Son, the Honourable Hamilton Boyle, 1st ed., 1752, eng. port. frontis., contemp. calf, extrems. slightly worn, 8vo, with Russell (Lord John), The Life of William Lord Russell..., 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1820, eng. port. frontis., folding facsimile letter, with Some Account of the Life of Rachel Wriothesley Lady Russell, 1819, armorial bookplate of William Stewart of Killymoon, Ireland, uniform 19th c. half morocco, 8vo, plus four others (9)
Abbey, Life, 323; Tooley 486. (2)
£300-400
£200-300
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258 [Thornton, Alfred]. The Adventures of a Post Captain: by a Naval Officer, with Characteristic Engravings, by Mr. Williams, 2nd issue, [1817], addn. hand-col. title, twenty-four hand-col. aquatint plts. (inc. frontis.), some offsetting to text, hinges repaired, contemp. half calf, rebacked preserving orig. gilt dec. spine, 8vo Tooley 485. (1)
261 Wilkinson (Tate, Patentee of the Theatres Royal, York & Hull). Memoirs of his Own Life, 4 volumes, York, 1790, half title to volumes one and two, list of subscribers, edges stained yellow, late 19th century quarter morocco, a little rubbed to extremities, 12mo Ex-libris Herbert G. Squiers (1859-1911), United States diplomat, with his bookplate. (4) £200-300
£150-200
262 Wraxall (Nathaniel William). The History of France, from the Accession of Henry the Third, to the Death of Louis the Fourteenth. Preceded by a View of the Civil, Military, and Political State of Europe, between the Middle, and the Close, of the Sixteenth Century, 3 vols., 1795, contemp. calf, hinges repaired, Somerhill Library armorial bookplate to upper pastedowns, contemp. calf, rebacked preserving orig. morocco labels, 4to, together with Coxe (William), Memoirs of the Kings of Spain of the House of Bourbon, from the Accession of Philip the Fifth to the Death of Charles the Third..., 3 vols., 1813, occasional spotting, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, spines & extrems. worn, 4to
259 [Waldegrave, William, Baron Radstock]. The British Flag Triumphant! Or the Wooden Walls of Old England: being Copies of the London Gazettes, containing the Accounts of the Great Victories and Gallant Exploits of the British Fleets, during the last and present war; Together with correct Lists of the Admirals and Captains in the Several Engagements: to which is Prefixed, an Address to the Officers, Seamen, and Marines, of His Majesty’s Fleets, 1806, pp.96+[4](list of subscribers), title-page with minor stain and consequent small hole (not encroaching on text), occn. minor waterstaining, final few leaves foxed, printed cutting tipped-in on front pastedown, contemp. half calf, lightly rubbed, contemp. ms. title on spine, 8vo in 4s Refers to Nelson’s victories and public funeral. (1)
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263 Wraxhall (Sir Nathaniel W.). Historical Memoirs of My Own Time, 2 vols, 1st ed., 1815, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary mottled calf, one cover detached, 8vo, together with Posthumous Memoirs of his Own Time, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1836, engraved plates including portrait frontispiece to each vol., contemporary half calf, gilt dec. spines with green leather labels, 8vo, and Lewis (M.G.) Tales of Wonder, 2 vols, 1801, modern half calf, 8vo, plus other 19th century works including sets of English history by Goldsmith, Macauley, Strickland, etc.
£100-150
(approx. 70)
260 Walpole (Horace). A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Lists of their Works...enlarged and continued to the Present Time, by Thomas Park, 5 volumes, 1806, 150 engraved portrait plates, inoffensive light foxing to endpapers, a.e.g., fine 19th century gilt-decorated green straight-grain morocco, spine in six compartments incorporating order of the garter gilt armorial, rubbed to joints, 8vo (5)
£150-200
£200-300
264 Wright (John Michael). An Account of His Excellence Roger Earl of Castlemaine’s Embassy from His Sacred Majesty James the IId ... to His Holyness Innocent XI ..., 1688, eng. frontis., lacking eng. port., fourteen (of 15) eng. plts. incl. carriages & a large banquet table (some folding), contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked and upper board attachment strengthened, rubbed, folio
£200-300
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£150-200
NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION 265 Ainsworth (William Harrison). St. James’s: Or the Court of Queen Anne, an Historical Romance, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1844, eng. plts., spotting and light browning throughout, contemp. red half morocco gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, together with Old Saint Paul’s, a Tale of the Plague and the Fire, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1841, eng. plts., correct as list, some spotting and soiling, contemp. dark blue half morocco gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, plus Stanley Brereton, 3 vols., 1st ed., [1881], author’s last novel, contents slightly shaken, orig. dark olive cloth gilt with black decoration, rubbed, all 12mo, plus twenty-six others by Ainsworth including eighteen triple-deckers (twelve in orig. cloth), generally somewhat rubbed and soiled, 12mo/8vo (75)
266 [Barham, Richard Harris]. Some Account of My Cousin Nicholas, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Richard Bentley, 1841, lacking half-titles in vols. 2 and 3 (not called for in vol. 1), front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of L.O. Eagleton, vol. 2 with label removed from rear pastedown, red sprinkled edges, contemp. maroon half calf, scuffed in places, gilt dec. spines with matching green leather labels, large 12mo Sadleir 157. Scarce. Barham is chiefly remembered for his immensely popular ‘Ingoldsby Legends’ published in three series between 1840 and 1847. He began writing ‘My Cousin Nicholas’ in 1820, but it was not finished until 1834, when it appeared in ‘Blackwood’s Magazine’. The novel is dedicated to Thomas Hughes, afterwards to become the author of ‘Tom Brown’s Schooldays’. (3) £100-150
£200-300
267 [Besant,Walter & Rice, James]. Ready-money Mortiboy. A Matterof-Fact Story, 3 vols., 1872, half-title to vol. 1 only, some spotting, near-contemp. half morocco gilt with contrasting labels to spines, a little rubbed, together with Besant (Walter), All in a Garden Fair. The Simple Story of Three Boys and a Girl, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1883, half title to vol. 1, some spotting, orig. dec. cloth, spines rubbed and dulled with some fraying and corners bumped, plus Herr Paulus, His Rise, His Greatness, and His Fall, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1888, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and spine ends sl. frayed, plus For Faith and Freedom, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1889, half titles, twelve b&w plts., orig. dec. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, plus eight other Besant triple-decker novels, all but one in orig. cloth, and all but first named work with Walter Besant MA bookplate, 8vo (36)
£200-300
268 Borrow (George). Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish and Miscellaneous Pieces, 1st ed., 1st issue, Norwich, 1826, half-title, subscribers list present, 12pp. pubs. ads. bound-in at rear, erased library stamp from title, contents and few other leaves, edges untrimmed, orig. boards, rebacked, 8vo, together with The Bible in Spain..., 3 vols., 1st ed., 1843, title of each volume with bookseller labels obscuring imprint, contemp. half calf, worn, 8vo, plus The Bible in Spain..., 3 vols., 3rd ed., 1843; The Zincali..., 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1843; Lavengro..., 3 vols., 1st ed., 1851; The Romany Rye..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1857; Wild Wales, it People, Language, and Scenery, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1862, 19th c. uniform half calf, gilt dec. spines with green morocco labels, few joints cracked and slight wear to extrems., 8vo (17)
£300-400
269 Braddon (M.E.). The Day Will Come, 3 vols., 1st ed., [1889], half titles, light water stains front and rear of vol. II, original green cloth, short tears to vols. II & III spine heads, a few light stains, 8vo, together with The Venetians, 3 vols., 1st eds., 1892, occasional light soiling, previous owner inscription, original greeen cloth, a little rubbed with stains, 8vo, plus Taken at the Flood, 3 vols., 1st eds., 1874, half title to vol. I, occasional spotting, previous owner signature, bookplates, contemporary tan half calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others by Braddon including One Thing Needful, 3 vols., 1886, London Pride or When the World was Younger, 1896 and Under Love’s Rule, 1897
Lot 266
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£200-300
270 Bronte (Charlotte, “Currer Bell”). Villette, 1st ed., 3 vols., Smith, Elder, 1853, half-titles discarded, vol. 1 with 8pp. pubs. ads. dated January 1853 at rear (last two ad. leaves torn away), contemp. ms. ownership signature at head of title-pages, hinges split, vols. 1 and 3 lacking front free endpapers, orig. blindstamped brown cloth gilt, cocked, rubbed and worn, with some fraying to extrems., 8vo Sadleir 349; Wolff 828. (3)
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£200-300
272 Bronte (Charlotte, “Currer Bell”). Shirley. a Tale, 3 vols., 1st ed., Smith, Elder, 1849, without half-titles or 16pp. pubs. cat to rear of vol. 1, generally browned and soiled, title-pages and final leaves of first and third vols. laid down on linen, 20th c. burgundy half sheep gilt, extrems. rubbed, 8vo Sadleir 348. (3)
£200-300
273 Bronte (Charlotte, “Currer Bell”). Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, new ed., Smith, Elder, 1857, 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, edges foxed, ads. on endpapers, orig. printed orange cloth boards, rubbed and dusty, foot of spine a trifle frayed, 8vo, together with a similarly bound copy of The Professor, 1862, cloth binding sl. worn and becoming detached at upper hinge (2)
£100-150
Lot 270
274 Bronte (Charlotte, Emily & Anne). Poems, by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, 1st ed., 2nd issue, pub. Smith, Elder and Co., 1846 [1848], errata slip and terminal pubs. ad. leaf present (undated), marbled endpapers, upper hinge split, t.e.g., remainder roughtrimmed, late 19th c. olive green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere, spine faded to brown, some rubbing to extrems., 8vo Hayward 266; Parrish pp.82-85; Wise 2. The Bronte sisters’ first venture into print was a failure, selling only a few copies of the 1,000 printed when it was first published by Aylott and Jones in 1846. Several copies were distributed by the Brontes to friends, but the balance of 961 copies was tranferred to Smith, Elder and Co., who, after the success of Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Jane Eyre’, reissued the volume in October 1848 with a cancel title-page. (1) £300-500
271 Bronte (Charlotte, “Currer Bell”). The Professor. A Tale, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1857, half-titles present, vol. 1 with single leaf pubs. ads. at rear, vol. 2 with 16pp. pubs. cat. at rear dated June 1857, first vol. with early ms. ownership name on front free endpaper, some soiling to endpapers and hinges split, orig. purple blind-stamped cloth gilt, faded to brown, shaken, rubbed, and spine ends sl. frayed, 8vo, housed together in a custom-made green half morocco solander box
275 Bronte (Charlotte). The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters, 7 vols., Haworth edition, Smith, Elder & Co., 1899-1902, b & w plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. green half calf gilt, spines faded, rubbed, 8vo
Sadleir 347; Wolff 827. Charlotte Bronte’s first novel, but her last major work to be published. (1) £300-400
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£100-150
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Lot 277
Lot 278
276 Collins (Wilkie). The Woman in White, 3 vols., 1st English ed., Sampson Low, 1860, without half-titles and pubs. ads., generally toned and some light soiling, vol. 1 with some edge-tears, mostly at gutter, vol. 2 with faint early ms. notes at head of title-page, marbled endpapers and edges, some hinges split, near contemp. green half calf by J. Kelly, rubbed, gilt dec. spines with red leather labels (that to vol. 1 sl. chipped), vol. 2 with small hole at foot of spine, large 12mo
278 Collins (Wilkie). Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline, 1st ed, Richard Bentley, 1873, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, occn. light spotting, endpapers renewed, orig. blindstamped green cloth gilt, neatly rebacked preserving orig. spine, one or two minor marks to covers, corners sl. rubbed, 8vo
Sadleir 605a; Wolff 1377. (3)
279 Collins (Wilkie). No Name, 3 vols., 1st ed., Sampson Low, 1862, half-titles to vols. 1 and 2 (all called-for), vol. 1 with hinges strengthened, near contemp. navy half calf gilt, rubbed, vol. 1 rebacked preserving orig. spine, vols. 2 and 3 frayed at spine ends with sl. loss, 8vo (Sadleir 601; Wolff 1371), together with Blind Love, 3 vols., 1st ed., Chatto & Windus, 1890, half-titles present, sixteen wood eng. plts., incl. frontispieces, letterpress vigns., 32pp. pubs. cat. dated October 1889 at rear of vol. 2, one or two short edgetears, foliate endpapers, toned, neat ms. name on front pastedowns, orig. partly patterned blue cloth gilt, cocked, spines damp-soiled and faded, with fraying and sl. loss at ends, 8vo, (not in Sadleir; Wolff 1348), plus The Queen of Hearts, new ed., 1862, orig. cloth, spine faded, 8vo, and Poor Miss Finch, New York, 1872, orig. cloth, sl. worn, large 8vo
Sadleir 597; Wolff 1366. (1)
£500-800
277 Collins (Wilkie). Mr. Wray’s Cash-Box; or, The Mask and The Mystery. A Christmas Sketch, 1st ed., Richard Bentley, 1852, halftitle, eng. frontis. by J.E. Millais, 4pp. pubs. ads. at end, occn. light foxing, D2 with closed tear in blank fore-margin, early ms. name and small ink stamp on front free endpaper, orig. blindstamped blue cloth (cocked), somewhat soiled and extrems. lightly rubbed, upper cover titled in gilt, 8vo Wolff 1367. This first edition was actually published late in 1851 in an attempt to emulate Dickens’s success with his ‘Christmas books’. The frontispiece plate of a young woman tying an elderly man’s cravat is believed to be the first published illustration by J. E. Millais. (1) £300-500
‘No Name’ and ‘Blind Love’ are both scarce Wilkie Collins titles. (8)
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£300-500
£150-200
Lot 284 Lot 280
280 Collins (Wilkie). Little Novels, 3 vols., 1st collected ed., Chatto & Windus, 1887, half-titles present, foliate endpapers, hinges strengthened with fabric tape to first vol., orig. red-patterned blue cloth, cocked, vol. 1 faded and rebacked preserving orig. rubbed spine, vols. 2 and 3 with rubbed and faded spines, 8vo
283 Cooper (James Fenimore). The Borderers: A Tale, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1829, minor scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt dec. spines with maroon morocco labels, rubbed, together with The Prairie, A Tale, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1827, contemporary half calf, rubbed and fraying to extrems, and The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757, 3 vols, Paris, 1826, contemporary half calf, rubbed to extrems, plus others by James Fenimore Cooper, mostly bound in contemporary leather, all 12mo
Rare collection of fourteen short stories (now revised) which had previously appeared in various American and English periodicals. Most of the stories revolve around the theme of love and marriage, frequently across the social barriers of class and money. Some also include supernatural or detective elements. (3) £150-200
(approx. 42)
284 Cooper (James Fenimore). The Bravo. A Venetian Story, 3 vols., 1st English ed., 1831, half titles, advert. leaf at end of vols. II & III, some light spotting, bookplates, contemporary half calf, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Pathfinder; Or, the Inland Sea, 3 vols., 1st English ed., 1840, bound without vol. I half title, contemporary blue half calf, spines with raised bands and red labels, 8vo, plus Mercedes of Castille. A Romance of the Days of Columbus, 3 vols., 1st English ed., 1841, lacking half titles, light spots, uniform calf as above, 8vo, with two others by Cooper: Wyandotte; Or, the Hutted Knoll, 3 vols., 1843 and The French Governess; Or the Embroidered Handkerchief, 1843
281 Collins (Wilkie). Armadale, 2 vols., 1st bookform ed., Smith, Elder, 1866, twenty eng. plts. by George Thomas, some spotting and marks, pp.129/130 in vol. 2 with lower blank corner torn away, modern blue cloth, with gilt lettered black morocco spine labels, 8vo Sadleir 588; Wolff 1345. Scarce. ‘Armadale’ is Wilkie Collins’s longest novel, and it received a mixed reception when published, probably due to the scandalous portrayal of its female villain, Lydia Gwilt. (2) £200-300
282 Collins (Wilkie). The Dead Secret, 2 vols., 1st ed., Bradbury & Evans, 1857, half-title to first vol. (all called-for), ex. lib. copy with occn. oval ink stamps (incl. titles), some foxing and soiling, one or two short edge-tears, vol. 1 lacking free endpapers, old lib. label on front pastedowns, orig. blindstamped brown cloth, cocked, rubbed, spines faded and frayed at ends, large 12mo Sadleir 590; Wolff 1349. Scarce, especially in the original cloth. (2)
£200-300
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£200-300
285 [Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock]. John Halifax, Gentleman..., 3 vols., 1st ed., Hurst and Blackett, 1856, ad. leaves at rear of each vol., orig. blindstamped brown cloth gilt, sometime expertly rebacked preserving orig. spines, vol. 2 sl. chipped at head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with an autograph letter signed by the author loosely inserted, concerning two volumes of poetry she is compiling for which she wishes to be paid 00, one leaf folded, contained together in a custom-made triple bookform slipcase, qtr. morocco gilt with raised bands
£150-200
Sadleir 1812a. (3)
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Lot 287
286 Dickens (Charles). A Tale of Two Cities, 1st ed., 1st issue, Chapman and Hall, 1859, 1st issue with p.213 incorrectly numbered 113, sixteen etched plts. by H.K. Browne, incl. frontis. and addn. title, plts. and printed title foxed, list of plts. present (often wanting), endpapers sometime renewed, red sprinkled edges, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine with gilt lettered morocco labels, edges a trifle rubbed in places, 8vo Eckel, pp.86-90; Smith I, 13. (1)
289 Dickens (Charles). Hard Times. For These Times, 1st ed., Bradbury & Evans, 1854, half-title discarded, some spotting and a few short edge-tears, front free endpaper replaced, orig. blindstamped olive green moiré cloth gilt, with 5/- at foot of spine, stained and faded, some fraying and wear to extrems., upper cover with horizontal crease at head, 8vo, together with Pictures from Italy, 2nd ed., published for the author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846, halftitle, ‘second edition’ scratched out from title-page, several wood eng. vigns. by Samuel Palmer, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, lacking pubs. ad. leaf at front as always (Oliver Twist etc.), front pastedown with contemp. armorial bookplate, front free endpaper with contemp. ms. notes on recto and verso, orig. blindstamped blue cloth gilt, head of spine frayed, rear cover with some soiling, 8vo, plus American Notes for General Circulation, 2 vols., 2nd ed., Chapman and Hall, 1842, half-titles, pubs. ad. leaf at front of first vol., 6pp. pubs. ads. at rear of vol. 2, hinges split, contemp. armorial bookplate of Jos. Eade on front pastedowns, rough-trimmed, orig. blindstamped brown cloth gilt, faded and worn, with spines frayed, and rear joints split (that to first vol. with crude repair), 8vo, plus four others by Dickens
£400-600
287 Dickens (Charles). Great Expectations, 3 vols., 1st ed., 3rd issue, Chapman and Hall, 1861, “third edition” erased from titlepages, without pubs. cat., red sprinkled edges, armorial bookplate on front pastedowns, near-contemp. red morocco gilt, extrems. rubbed, 8vo Eckel, pp.91-93; Smith I, 14. Smith states that the ‘first five issues were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered title-pages to imply and encourage a rapid sale. (The words announcing the “edition” are printed between the volume number and the imprint.) In all five issues, the same misprints persist. The genuine second edition was the one-volume “Library Edition” which Chapman and Hall published in 1862.’ (3) £300-400
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288 Dickens (Charles). Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz”, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1st issue, Richard Bentley, 1838, half-titles, eng. port. frontis., 12 etched plts. by George Cruikshank, final plt. in vol. 2 without border (denoting 1st issue), bound without list of plts. and pubs. cat. (as often), a.e.g., later tan morocco by Riviere & Son, joints rubbed, gilt rope roll dec. raised bands, red and green morocco labels in second and third compartments, remainder with gilt flower tool in centre surrounded by stars and roundels, with flower spray cornerpieces, date gilt lettered direct at foot, covers with gilt double and single fillet border, double fillet on edges, gilt dec. turn-ins, large 12mo Eckel pp.140-2. (2)
Lot 288
£300-400
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£100-200
Lot 292 290 Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1st issue, Chapman and Hall, 1837, half-title discarded, forty-three etched plts. (with the two Buss plts.), incl. frontis. and addn. title (with “Veller”), plts. foxed, some staining and marks, and a few short edge-tears, several leaves near-detached, contemp. brown half morocco, gilt dec. spines, rubbed and extrems. a little worn, 8vo, together with Oliver Twist, 3 vols., 2nd ed., Richard Bentley, 1838, twenty-four etched plts. by George Cruikshank, foxed, occn. short edge-tears, hinges repaired, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, rebacked, large 12mo, plus Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People, 2 vols., 3rd ed., John Macrone, 1837, sixteen etched plts. by George Cruikshank, incl. frontispieces, foxed, uniformly bound with Sketches by Boz... The Second Series, 2nd ed., John Macrone, 1837, twelve etched plts. by George Cruikshank, incl. frontis. and addn. title, foxed, contemp. red half calf gilt, rubbed, 2nd Series with lower joint cracked, large 12mo, plus eight others by Dickens, incl. The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man, and The Battle of Life, all 1st eds. in orig. cloth, rubbed and some wear (16)
291 Dickens (Charles). Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols., 1st ed., Chapman and Hall, 1865, half-titles present, forty eng. plts. by Marcus Stone, incl. frontispieces, bound from the parts, with orig. printed blue wrappers and ads. bound in at rear of each vol., t.e.g., marbled endpapers, near contemp. tan calf by John Bumpus, gilt dec. spines, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1st ed., Bradbury & Evans, 1850, half-title, forty etched plts. by H.K. Browne, incl. frontis. and addn. title, foxed and some staining, hinges split, marbled edges, contemp. green half calf gilt, rubbed, joints split at head, 8vo, plus Little Dorrit, 1st ed., Bradbury and Evans, 1857, forty etched plts. by H.K. Browne, foxed, some edge-tears, two plts. with small portion adherred from previous leaf (with sl. loss of text), contemp. ms. ownership name on front pastedown, near contemp. maroon half sheep gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus six other 1st eds. by Dickens (in seven vols.) (11)
£200-300
292 Dickens (Charles). Master Humphrey’s Clock, 88 original weekly parts, 1st ed., 1st issue, Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841, numerous letterpress illusts. and decs. by G. Cattermole & H.K. Browne, preliminaries (frontispieces, title-page and preface) for the three volume edition present in numbers 26, 52, and 88, one or two parts unopened, orig. printed cream wrappers, with ads. on inside covers, generally edge-frayed, some dust-soiling, and final few parts with wrappers stained, large 8vo, contained in two cloth solander boxes
£200-300
Eckel, pp.67-70. The scarce first issue in the original weekly parts. The second issue was published in twenty monthly parts, followed by the three-volume edition, and then the issue in separately bound volumes of the two stories; “of the four issues the weekly one is difficult to obtain in clean condition, and is therefore the costliest.” (Eckel) (2) £1000-1500
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293 Dickens (Charles, ed.). All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal, volumes 1-20, 1859-1868, bound without printed wrappers, contemporary half calf, maroon morocco spine labels, rubbed and scuffed, together with six Christmas numbers from the same series for the years 1876-78 & 1880-82, each bound in the original paper wrappers, some edge fraying, all 8vo
299 Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Scenes of Clerical Life, 2 vols., 1st ed., William Blackwood, 1858, half-titles discarded, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial bookplate of Godfrey G. Roundell Greene and Oliver Brett on front pastedowns and front free endpapers respectively, hinges split, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting leather labels, generally rubbed, 8vo
The successor publication to “Household Words” which was edited after 1870 by Dickens’ son Charles Dicken, Jr. (26) £200-300
Sadleir 818; Wolff 2062. (2)
300 Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, 4 vols., 1st ed., William Blackwood, 1871-72, halftitles present, first vol. without errata slip, contemp. ms. inscription on front free endpapers, contemp. half calf gilt, sl. rubbed and dampmottled in places, spines with gilt lettered contrasting leather labels, vol. 1 with lower joint partly split, vol. 3 cocked, 8vo
294 Dickens (Charles, ed.). Household Words. A Weekly Journal, 19 volumes (complete), 1850-1859, a few gatherings loose, bound without printed wrappers, volumes 1-13 bound in uniform half calf with green and maroon morocco spine labels, the remaining six volumes in mixed bindings, some fraying to extremities, 8vo The weekly magazine edited by Dickens and which features the first appearance of Hard Times. (19) £200-300
Sadleir 815; Wolff 2059a. (4)
£200-300
296 Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, ‘Lewis Carroll’). Sylvie and Bruno, 1889, Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1893, both 1st editions, black & white illustrations by Harry Furniss, some minor spotting, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, a little fraying to extremities, faded to spine, together with Phantasmagoria, 1st edition, 1869, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, cracking to inner hinges, original blue cloth gilt, fraying to extremities, together with other works by Lewis Carrol in the original cloth, all 8vo (8)
Sadleir 902*/904; Wolff 2345/2347. ‘The Dark Falcon’ is the only work by Fraser not in Sadleir’s collection; Wolff had difficulty finding a copy, saying: “this must be a fantastically rare novel”. (3) £300-400
302 Gaskell (Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn). North and South, 2 vols., Chapman and Hall, 1855, half-titles present, vol. 1 with pubs. ad. leaf preceding half-title and 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, endpapers with some soiling and ms. ownership names/stamps, hinges split, orig. blindstamped brown cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor marks, spine ends frayed, and vol. 1 with consequent sl. loss, 8vo, together with a 1st ed. of Wives & Daughters, 2 vols. in one, 1866, with 17/18 plts. (lacking frontis. to 2nd vol.), contemp. half calf, 8vo
£100-150
297 Edgeworth (Maria). Helen, A Tale, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1834, without half titles, light scattered spotting, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed to extrems, 12mo, together with Harrington, A Tale; and Ormond, A Tale, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1817, contemporary half calf, a little marked, 12mo, plus [Ferrier, Susan], Marriage, A Novel, 3 vols, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1818, some toning, modern boards, 12mo, plus Lantier (E.F.), The Travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1799, contemporary plum sheep, rubbed to extrems, 8vo, together with others similar including triple decker novels and works by Maria Edgeworth, mostly in contemp. leather, some in poor condition (approx. 73)
£400-600
301 [Fraser, James Baillie]. The Dark Falcon. A Tale of the Attruck, 4 vols., 1st ed., Richard Bentley, 1844, pages toned and brittle, with some loss to blank margins, mostly at front and rear, some fingersoiling, vols. 2-4 with large advert. label on verso of title-page, bookseller’s advert. mounted on front pastedowns, free endpapers detached, untrimmed, orig. boards, crudely rebacked with cloth, corners worn and one replaced, large 12mo, housed together in a custom-made cloth solander box, with gilt lettered leather spine label, together with The Kuzzilbash. A Tale of Khorasan, 3 vols., 1st ed., Henry Colburn, 1828, half-titles and pubs. ads. discarded, titlepages with contemp. ms. ownership name at head, foxed, vol. 1 lacking front free endpaper, contemp. half calf, worn, with covers detached/near detached, and some spine labels replaced with amateur ms. labels, large 12mo
295 Disraeli (Benjamin, 1808-1881). Vivian Grey, 5 vols, 1st ed., 1826, half titles vols 2 & 5 only, t.e.g., 19th century black half morocco gilt, 12mo, together with Tancred: or, The New Crusade, 3 vols, 1847, contemporary green half morocco gilt, spines a little faded, 12mo, and Sybil; or, The Two Nations, 3 vols, 1845, contemporary green half calf, rubbed and faded, 12mo, plus others similar by Disreali (22)
£300-400
Sadleir 931; Wolff 2422. (3)
£300-400
303 Gaskell (Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn). Sylvia’s Lovers, 3 vols., 1st ed., Smith, Elder, 1863, half-title to vol. 1 (all called-for), without ads. in vol. 3, scattered foxing, marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. blue half calf gilt, rubbed, spines faded, ‘Warnham Court’ gilt lettered on upper covers, 8vo, together with Ruth. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., Chapman and Hall, 1853, marbled endpapers and edges, vols. 1 and 3 with joints neatly repaired, contemp. half calf, rubbed and scuffed, vols. 1 and 3 rebacked with cloth preserving orig. spines, amateur ms. leather spine labels, 8vo, plus Round the Sofa, 2 vols., 1st ed., Sampson Low, 1859, without ads. in vol. 2, some soiling and edgetears (one or two leaves with loss to blank fore-margin), hinges splitting, contemp. half sheep, rubbed and scuffed, spines with lib. name gilt lettered at foot, vol. 1 with joints splitting, large 12mo
£200-300
298 Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Romola, 3 vols., 1st ed., Smith, Elder, 1863, vol. 1 with contemp. ms. inscription at head of title-page, vol. 2 bound without ad. leaf at rear, red sprinkled edges, contemp. green half calf by Bemrose, Derby, gilt dec. spines (faded), rubbed, vol. 1 with loss to spine label, 8vo, together with twentytwo other vols. by Eliot, incl. Felix Holt the Radical, 1st ed., 1866, orig. cloth, a matched and sl. worn set, The Legend of Jubal, 1st ed., 1874, orig. cloth, Silas Marner, 1st ed., 1861, orig. cloth, rubbed and dusty, rebacked preserving orig. spine, and two copies of Daniel Deronda, 1st ed. in bookform, 1876, (one defective)
Sadleir 935/933/932; Wolff 2427/2425/2424. (8)
‘Romola’ is one of the scarcest Eliot novels, due to its relative unpopularity when it came out in serial form and consequent small print run in bookform. (29) £300-500
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Lot 302
304 [Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn]. The Moorland Cottage, 1st ed., Chapman & Hall, 1850, half-title present, eng. frontis., addn. title, and letterpress vigns. and decs. by Birkett Foster, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, orig. cloth covers bound in at rear, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., early 20th c. green morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, lightly marked, spine faded, sm. 8vo, together with Cranford, 2nd ed., Chapman & Hall, 1853, toned, marbled endpapers and edges, near contemp. black half calf, gilt dec. spine, sm. 8vo, together with Mary Barton: Tale of Manchester Life, 2 vols., 2nd ed., Chapman and Hall, 1849, contemp. ms. ownership name on front pastedowns, contemp. maroon half morocco gilt, extrems. rubbed, spines faded, 8vo, plus two others by Mrs. Gaskell, comprising The Grey Woman, Illustrated Edition, 1865, addn. eng. title and two (of 3) plts., orig. cloth, and Right At Last, 1st ed., 1860, orig. cloth, both rubbed and dust-soiled, some wear to latter Sadleir 930; Wolff 2420. (6)
Lot 307
306 Grossmith (George & Weedon). The Diary of a Nobody, 1st ed., Bristol & London, [1892], b&w illusts. throughout, occ. spotting, orig. dec. cloth gilt, minor rubbing, together with Cross (J. W.), George Eliot’s Life as related in her letters and journals, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1885, half titles, portrait frontis. and facsimile plate, some spotting, hinges cracked, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, damp stained along lower edges of all boards, plus Meredith (George), The Adventures of Harry Richmond, 3 vols. in 1, 2nd ed., 1871, heavy spotting throughout, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, spine ends sl. frayed, thick 8vo, plus other mostly cloth bound 19th-century literature, author’s including W. W. Jacobs, Rudyard Kipling, H. S. Merriman, etc. (approx. 120)
£150-200
307 Haggard (H. Rider). Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1888, half titles, ink stamp, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, bookplates, original red cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, some stains to upper covers, 8vo
£150-250
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305 Grattan (Thomas Colley). Jacqueline of Holland. A Historical Tale, 3 vols., 1st ed., Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, halftitles wanting (if called-for), vol. 1 with contemp. ms. ownership signature at head of title-page, occn. light spotting, marbled endpapers and edges, bookplate removed from front pastedowns, contemp. blue half calf, with red leather spine labels (those to third vol. chipped), rubbed, vol. 2 with upper cover sl. edge-worn, large 12mo, together with High-Ways and By-Ways, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1823, and High-Ways and By-Ways, 2nd Series, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1825, uniformly bound in late 19th c. half calf gilt, rubbed and sl. wear to spine ends, 8vo
£150-200
308 Haggard (H. Rider). She, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1887, two colour plates, a few spots, previous owner signatures, front hinges breaking, original blue cloth gilt, small tears at head of spine, 8vo, together with Jess, 1st ed., 1887, 8 pp. pubs. ads. at end, previous owner signature and bookplate, original red cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Alan’s Wife and Other Tales, 1st ed., 1889, b & w illustrations, 32 pp. ads. at end, a few spots, previous owner inscription, original brown cloth, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others by Haggard including Alan Quartermain, 1887, The People of the Mist, 1894 and Black Heart and White Heart and Other Stories, 1900
Wolff 2720. Irish writer Thomas Grattan moved to Brussels in about 1828. ‘The New Monthly Magazine’ lauded the author as “the Flemish Walter Scott”. (8) £150-200
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£300-400
309 [Haliburton, Thomas Chandler]. Sam Slick’s Wise Saws and Modern Instances; or, What He Said, Did, or Invented, 2 vols., 1st ed., Hurst and Blackett, 1853, pubs. cat. at rear of each vol., toned and foxed, vol. 2 with one gathering starting (sl. edge-frayed and one leaf with horizontal closed tear), circular armorial bookplate on front pastedowns, orig. blindstamped green cloth gilt, some light marks, spines faded and sl. frayed at ends, 8vo, together with The Clockmaker; or The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville, 2nd & 3rd series, 1st eds., Richard Bentley, 1838 & 1840, together 2 vols., 3rd series with five etched plts. by John Leech, both vols. with some foxing and marks, both orig. brown moiré cloth, with maroon leather spine labels, sl. rubbed and faded, large 12mo, plus, The Americans at Home; or, Byeways, Backwoods, and Prairies, 3 vols., Hurst and Blackett, 1854, half-titles present, vol. 1 with 24pp. pubs. cat. at rear, vols. 1 and 2 with authorial inscription on front free endpapers, orig. blindstamped olive green cloth gilt, spines darkened and worn at ends, 8vo
312 [Howard, Edward Granville]. Outward Bound; or A Merchant’s Adventures, 3 vols., 1st ed., Henry Colburn, 1838, half-titles present in vols. 2 and 3 (all called-for), vol. 2 with pubs. ad. leaf at rear, no pubs. cat. in vol. 1, armorial bookplate of Ferguson of Raith on front pastdowns, vol. 1 with front free endpaper becoming detached, vol. 3 with joints repaired with linen, rough-trimmed, shaken and some gatherings starting, orig. cloth-backed boards with printed paper spine labels, rubbed and some wear to joints and spine ends, early ms. ownership name on upper covers, large 12mo Sadleir 1226; Wolff 3307. Rare. Edward Howard joined the navy in his youth, where Captain Marryat was his shipmate. ‘Outward Bound’ is set in the West Indies, and is a rip-roaring, and often blood-curdling, blend of mutiny, privateers and the slave trade. (3) £100-150
313 [Hughes, Thomas]. Tom Brown at Oxford, 3 vols., 1st ed., Cambridge: Macmillan, 1861, half-titles present, bound without pub. ads., marbled endpapers, early 20th c. tan morocco, somewhat soiled and scuffed, 8vo, together with The Scouring of the White Horse; or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk... Illustrated by Richard Doyle, 1st ed., Cambridge: Macmillan, 1859, half-title present, double-page wood eng. frontis., numerous letterpress illusts., 16pp. pubs. cat. dated 1858 at rear, scattered foxing, front free endpaper with W.H. Smith oval embossed stamp, orig. elaborately gilt blocked blue cloth, marked, spine sl. darkened and frayed at ends,
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a politician, judge, and author in the British Colony of Nova Scotia. He was apparently the founder of the American school of humour, the first to write in the American dialect, and the first international best-selling author in Canada. (7) £100-150
310 [Hook, James]. Pen Owen, 3 vols., 1st ed., William Blackwood, 1822, half-titles discarded, occn. spotting, marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. armorial bookplate of General Aylmer on front pastedowns, contemp. half calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Parson’s Daughter, 3 vols., 1st ed., Richard Bentley, 1833, half-titles discarded, vol. 1 with several leaves frayed to blank foremargin, marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. armorial bookplate of Ferdinand M. McVeagh on front pastedowns, contemp. green half morocco gilt, sl. rubbed, large 12mo, plus Percy Mallory, 3 vols., 1st ed., William Blackwood, 1824, half-titles present (that to first vol. detached), terminal pubs. ad. leaf at rear of vols. 1 and 3, foxed and some staining, vol. 2 lacking rear free endpaper, contemp. green half calf gilt, rubbed and spine ends frayed, 8vo (12)
Sadleir 1234; Wolff 3331/Wolff 3330. (4)
£80-120
314 James (G.P.R.). Dark Scenes of History, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1849, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed to extrems, 12mo, together with Sir Theodore Broughton; or, Laurel Water, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1848, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, and The King’s Highway. A Novel, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1840, half titles, untrimmed, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed and marked with some flaking to paper spine labels, 8vo, plus others by James, 8vo & 12mo (26)
£150-200
£200-300
315 [James, G.P.R.]. Darnley; Or, the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1830, together with Henry Masterton; Or the Adventures of a Young Cavalier, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1832, half titles to each, a few marginal tears, occasional light soiling, plus The Gipsy; A Tale, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1835, single leaf ad. at end of vol. III, with other James triple deckers, uniform tan half calf, some fading and minor wear, 8vo
311 [Hook, Theodore Edward]. Love and Pride, 3 vols., 1st ed., printed for Whittaker, 1833, half-titles present, occn. spotting, vol. 1 with C1 detached and sl. frayed to blank fore-margin, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial bookplate of R. Richards on front pastedown, contemp. half calf gilt, sl. rubbed, matching spine labels, large 12mo, together with Maxwell, 3 vols., 1st ed., Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830, vols. 1 and 2 with half-titles discarded (none called-for in vol. 3), without errata leaf and ads., scattered foxing, H2 in vol. 1 with short closed tear, some hinges split, marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. green half calf gilt, rubbed, vols. 1 and 2 with labels lacking (title supplied in ms.), label to vol. 3 chipped, 12mo, plus Sayings and Doings. A Series of Sketches from Life [First, Second and Third Series], 1st eds., 1824-1828, together nine vols., half-titles present in vols. 1 and 3 of 3rd Series, but wanting other half-titles and all terminal ads., title-pages with author’s name in ms., uniformly bound in 20th c. tan cloth gilt, large 12mo, plus others by or about Theodore Hook
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£300-400
316 Kingsley (Charles). The Water-Babies, a Fairy Tale for a LandBaby, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1863, half title, two plates by J. Noel Paton, lacking “l’envoi” leaf, hinges cracked with endpapers torn, original blue cloth gilt, some fraying to extrems, 8vo, together with Two Years Ago, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1857, original cloth gilt, fraying to extrems, 8vo, and [Lister, Thomas Henry]. Granby. A Novel, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1826, half titles to two vols only, contemporary half calf, a little fraying to extrems, 12mo, plus [Morier, Sir James Justinian]. The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1824, marble endpapers and edges, contemporary half calf, rubbed and faded to spines, 12mo, plus other similar 19th century literature including some works by Washington Irving
A silver-fork novelist, Theodore Hook’s works have frequent passages of racy narrative and vivid portraiture. Hook began his career as a comic dramatist, and he quickly established himself as a wit in Regency high society, becoming the most renowned practical joker of the nineteenth century. (25) £200-300
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£200-300
Lot 317 317 Kingsley (Henry). The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn, 3 vols., Cambridge, 1859; Ravenshoe, 3 vols., Cambridge, 1862; Austin Elliot, 2 vols., 1863; Silcote of Silcotes, 3 vols., 1867; Mademoiselle Mathilde. A Novel, 3 vols., 1868; Stretton. A Novel, 3 vols., 1869; Tales of Old Travel, 1869; Old Margaret. A Novel, 2 vols., 1871; Hornby Mills, and other Stories, 2 vols., 1872; Valentin, 2 vols., 1872; Oakshott Castle, 3 vols., 1873; Reginald Hetherege, 3 vols., 1874; Fireside Studies, 2 vols., 1876, together thirty-two volumes, few with b & w plts., occasional minor spotting etc., t.e.g., near contemp. half morocco by Root & Son, gilt dec. spines, slightly rubbed to some joints and head & foot of spines, 8vo (32)
£300-500
318 Landor (Walter Savage). Pericles and Aspasia, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1836, heavy spotting at front and rear of each, lacks half titles, author’s letter signed from Landor to Mrs Hodgson tipped in at front of vol. 1, ‘You have the right to think me a little ungrateful in not having written to you since your hospitable reception of me. The fact is I have been waiting for a book to be bound and sent to me from London. It is not yet published, but will be in the beginning of November ...’, undated, one page, 8vo, t.e.g., contemp. morocco with leather labels to spines, heavily rubbed and spines darkened, 8vo, together with Browning (Robert), Sordello, 1st ed., 1840, remainder copy in orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and spine darkened, plus Swinburne (Algernon Charles), A Song of Italy, 1st ed., 1867, publisher’s ads. at front and rear, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and soiled, plus Rosetti (Dante Gabriel), Ballads and Sonnets, 1st ed., 1881, publisher’s ad. leaf at rear, hinges cracked, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little marked and sl. frayed at head of spine, all 8vo, plus other early editions of Swinburne and Browning in original cloth, mostly sl. rubbed, 8vo (31)
320 Lever (Charles). The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, London: Chapman & Hall, [1839]; Our Mess, 3 vols., Dublin: William Curry, Jun. & Co., 1843; The Dodd Family Abroad, London: Chapman & Hall, 1854; The Martins of Cro’ Martin, London: Chapman & Hall, 1856; Davenport Dunn, London: Chapman & Hall, 1849; One of Them, London:Chapman & Hall, 1861; Barrington, London: Chapman & Hall, 1863; luttrell of Arran, London: Chapman & Hall, 1865, together 10 vols., numerous etched plts., occ. spotting and few marks, contemp. uniform half calf, gilt dec. spines with morocco labels, 8vo (10)
321 Lever (Charles). Arthur O’Leary: His Wanderings and Ponderings in Many Lands, edited by His Friend, Harry Lorrequer, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1844, half-titles to vols. 2 & 3, ten etched plts. by Cruikshank (inc. frontispieces), plts. browned to margins, t.e.g., near contemp. half morocco gilt,spines faded, 8vo, together with Tony Butler, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1865, half-titles, one leaf slightly loose in vol. 2 and one detached in vol. 3, occasional spotting, a.e.g., 20th c. red half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt dec. spines, 8vo, with Lord Kilgobbin: A Tale of Ireland in our Own Time, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1872, half-title to vol. 1, some browning, title & contents in vol. 3 torn, armorial bookplate of Henry Hales P. Bouverie to upper pastedowns, early 20th c. gilt dec. morocco by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo, plus other titles by Lever including first editions
£100-150
319 Lever (Charles). The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, 1st edition, Dublin, 1839, etched title and plates by Hablot Browne, some browning to plates, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, fraying to extremities, together with another copy of the same work bound in the original cloth but with later endpapers, and The Daltons or Three Roads in Life, 2 volumes, Chapman & Hall, 1852, etched title and plates by Hablot Browne, original blindstamped cloth gilt, spines chipped and frayed, plus Diary and Notes of Horace Templeton, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1848, original blindstamped green cloth, rubbed and discoloured, and other works by Charles Lever, all 8vo (20)
£200-300
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£100-150
73
£300-400
322 Lover (Samuel). Treasure Trove, the first of a series of accounts of Irish heirs ..., 1st ed., 1844, twenty-six eng. plts., heavy spotting throughout, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, plus Smith (Albert), The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad, illustrated by Leech, 1st ed., [1848], eng. port. frontis. and thirty-two plates, old ink signature to portrait recto with slight seethrough, date written twice in ballpoint pen at foot of title, contemp. half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, all 8vo, and Smollett (Tobias), The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M. D., with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, by Robert Anderson, 6 vols., 6th ed., pub. Edinburgh, 1820, eng. frontis. to vols. 1-3, contemp. half calf gilt, vol. 6 with some fraying to head of spine, rubbed, to extrems., 8vo, together with other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly leather-bound 19th-century literature, biography, etc. (60)
327 Marryat (Captain Frederick). Masterman Ready; or, the Wreck of the Pacific, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1841-42, engraved frontispiece and illustrations to each volume, inner hinges cracked, original blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed with spines faded, together with A Diary in America, with Remarks on its Institutions, two parts in 6 volumes, 1842, half titles, two folding maps, original cloth-backed paper-covered boards, some fraying and flaking to spines, plus The Pacha of Many Tales, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1835, half titles, original paper-covered boards with printed spine labels, flaking and fraying to spines, and other works by Marryat bound in the original cloth, mostly 12mo (20)
328 Marryat (Captain Frederick). Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora, & Western Texas, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1843, contemporary half calf, marbled boards and endpapers, rubbed to extremities, together with Valerie, an Autobiography, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1849, half titles, toning and spotting to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed with flaking to printed spine labels, and Japhet, In Search of a Father, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1836, contemporary boards, modern morocco rebacks, plus other works by Marryat, all 12mo
£150-200
323 Lytton (Edward Bulwer, Lord). Paul Clifford, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1830, contemporary half calf, rubbed, together with Ernest Maltravers, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1837, one half title missing, minor scattered spotting, 19th century half morocco, and Eugene Aram. A Tale, 3 vols, 1st ed., a.e.g., contemporary morocco, rubbed to extrems, and The Caxtons; a Family Picture, 3 vols, 1849, half titles, contemporary half calf, spines faded, plus other similar works by Lytton (approx. 73)
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329 Maxwell (W.H.). The Bivouac; or Stories of the Peninsular War, 3 vols., 1st ed., Richard Bentley, 1837, half-titles present, first vol. with neat ms. ownership name on front pastedown, orig. olive green moiré cloth, gilt lettered spine labels, generally faded and marked, some fraying to spines, 8vo Sadleir 1676; Wolff 4662. Scarce three-decker by the Irish novelist whose rollicking style of fiction was continued by Charles Lever. (3) £100-150
330 Meredith (George). One Of Our Conquerors, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1891, vol. II front hinges broken, others tender, original blue cloth, spines darkened, rubbed, 8vo, together with Lord Ormont and his Aminta. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1894, half titles, browning to endpapers (vol. I front endpapers renewed, vol. II reinforced at front), original green cloth, edges rubbed, slight lean, 8vo (one of 1500 copies), plus The Shaving of Shagpat. An Arabian Entertainment, 1st ed., 1856, half title, a few light spots, endpapers renewed, original cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed with stains, 8vo, with others including Beauchamps Career, 3 vols., 1876 (ex-libris) and Mary Russell Mitford’s Recollections of a Literary Life; Or, Books, Places and People, 3 vols., 1852
Sadleir 1524; Wolff 4406* (only French and American editions). A rare theatrical novel. Sadleir: “It is strange how completely forgotten is this in many ways remarkable book. It moved Bulwer Lytton (who, for all his gradiloquence, did not easily praise his contemporaries’ work) to three separate panegyrics over a period of twenty-five years...”. Lytton described the work as “descriptive of the back scenes of theatrical life - but it beats ‘Adam Bede’ and everything which has since appeared”. (2) £150-200
325 Marryat (Captain Frederick). The Pirate, and the Three Cutters, 1st ed., 1836, eng. port., additional title and eighteen plates, some spotting, orig. cloth gilt, gilt-dec. spine, rubbed and marked, spine ends frayed, tgether with [Hall, Thomas], “Effects” and Adventures of Baby Rattler, Gent, 1st ed., 1845, twenty-nine eng. plts. including additional title, plts. heavily spotted and browned, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled with some edge wear, both large 8vo, plus Smith (Albert), The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, The Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century, 1846, eng. frontis., orig. cloth gilt, frayed at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus other mostly cloth-bound Victorian illustrated literature, history, etc.
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£150-200
331 Merriman (Henry Seton). The Phantom Future, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1888, half titles, orig. cloth, sl. rubbed and frayed at extrems., together with From One Generation to Another, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1892, half titles, orig. cloth, rubbed and somewhat dust soiled, plus With Edged Tools, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1894, half titles, partly uncut and unopened, W.H. Smith subscription library labels to front pastedowns, orig. cloth, rubbed and soiled, plus four further tripledeckers by Merriman, George Meredith and Sabine Baring-Gould, all in orig. cloth in somewhat worn condition, all 8vo
£150-200
326 Marryat (Captain Frederick). Mr. Midshipman Easy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1836, half titles, speckled edges, mid 19th century half calf, together with The Naval Officer; or, Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1829, half titles, light scattered spotting, 20th century quarter calf, and Peter Simple, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1834, marble edges and endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed and marked, plus other leather-bound works by Marryat, all 12mo (16)
£200-300
£200-300
324 [Malet, Lady Marianne Dora]. Violet; or, The Danseuse: a Portraiture of Human Passions and Character, 2 vols., 1st ed., Henry Colburn, 1836, half-titles present, vol. 1 with 16pp. pubs. cat. at rear, occn. light spotting, vol. 1 lacking front free endpaper, later ms. ownership signature on half-title to vol. 1 and front free endpaper to vol. 2, rough-trimmed, some gatherings starting, orig. purple cloth, cocked, faded and sl. frayed spines with printed paper labels (rubbed), large 12mo
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£200-300
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£100-150
74
£100-150
Lot 334 332 Murray (Charles Augustus). The Prairie-Bird, 3 vols., 1st ed., Richard Bentley, 1844, some marginal staining and marks, early pencilled ownership signature on front free endpapers, small ink stamp at foot of front pastedowns, untrimmed, orig. cloth-backed boards, rubbed and some soiling, spine ends sl. frayed, printed spine labels rubbed and chipped, third vol. with upper outer corner of front cover creased, large 12mo Sabin 51489; Sadleir 1818; Wolff 5022. (3)
335 [Smith, James & Horatio]. Rejected Addresses: Or the New Theatrum Poetarum, 1st ed., 1812, half-title, advert leaf at rear, contemporary ownership signature of Lady Guilford to front free endpaper, small printed ownership name tickets of Charles Whibley and John Sparrow to front pastedowns, uncut, orig. boards with remains of printed paper label to spine, some paper loss to spine and edge wear, 12mo, preserved in purpose-made plain cloth book box A rare first edition of this highly successful publication that went through at least six further printings in its first year. The humorous parodies are of poets including William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, George Moore, Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (1) £100-150
£200-300
333 Reade (Charles). Love Me Little, Love Me Long, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1859, half titles, some spotting to vol. 2, printed circulating library label to front pastedown of vol. 2 and hinges cracked, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed (vol. 1 in bright condition), together with Christie Johnstone, 1st ed., 1853, a little spotting, t.e.g., modern red threequarter crushed morocco gilt by Bayntun, with orig. cloth covers and spine preserved at rear of volume, plus Griffith Gaunt, or, Jealousy, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1856, half titles to vols. 2 and 3 only, contemp. half calf gilt, a little rubbed, all 8vo, plus ten other titles by Reade in original cloth and library bindings (27)
336 Stevenson (Robert Louis). The Master of Ballantrae. A Winter’s Tale, 1st ed., 1889, pubs. ads. at end dated 7.89, one or two spots, previous owner inscription to half title, original red pictorial cloth, spine faded, 8vo, together with Island Nights’ Entertainments, 1st ed., 2nd issue, 1893, map and b & w illustrations, pubs. ads. at end dated 3.93, a few spots, original blue cloth gilt, spine and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 2nd ed., 1886, single leaf advert. at end, previous owner signature, endpapers lightly browned, bookplate, original cream cloth, a little soiled, 8vo, with others by R.L. Stevenson including The Silverado Squatters, 1883 (1st ed. with ‘His’ omitted from penulitmate line, p.140, but later issue with ads. at end dated November, 1887), Kidnapped, 1886, 1st ed., 2nd issue, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, 1881, 2nd issue, and The Wrecker (with Lloyd Osbourne), 1892
£150-200
334 [Smith, Horace]. The Tin Trumpet; or, Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish; to which are added, Poetical Selections, by the late Paul Chatfield, M.D., edited by Jefferson Saunders, Esq., 2 vols., 1st ed., printed for Whittaker, 1836, half-titles, eng. port. frontis., vol. 1 without the pubs. ads. listed in Sadleir (but conforming to Wolff’s copy), vol. 2 with 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, bookplate of Eric Quayle, rough-trimmed, orig. blindstamped green cloth gilt, spines faded, but otherwise in bright condition, 8vo, together with The Runaway; or, The Seat of Benevolence. A Novel, 4 vols., 1st ed., printed for Crosby and Letterman, 1800, vol. 3 with 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, bookseller’s small eng. ticket on front pastedowns, with contemp. ms. name above (scratched out in vols. 1-3), later ms. name on front free endpaper of first vol., second vol. with lower corner of front free endpaper torn away, contemp. green half roan gilt, rubbed, vol. 4 with sl. loss at head of spine, labels removed from upper covers, 12mo Sadleir 3109; Wolff 6437. ‘The Runaway’ not in Sadleir or Wolff. (7)
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£250-300
337 Taylor (Captain Philip Meadows). Tara. A Mahratta Tale, 3 vols., 1st ed., William Blackwood, 1863, half-titles discarded, toned and foxed, hinges split, bookplates and labels on front endpapers, yellow edges, contemp. dark blue half morocco gilt, rubbed, matching red leather labels on spine, 8vo Sadleir 3182; Wolff 6679. Set in 1657, ‘Tara’ concerns the imposition of Mahratta rule and displays a remarkable knowledge of the Mughal court. It is set in Beejapoor, and concerns the abduction and later release of a widowed girl dedicated as devadasi, a practise now outlawed in India, though still practised. (3) £150-200
£150-200
75
338 Tennyson (Alfred). In Memoriam, 1st ed. 1st issue, 1850, halftitle, armorial bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead on front pastedown, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, later half vellum, spine dusty and small mark on lower cover, morocco label to spine, gilt monogram and crest to upper cover, 8vo, together with Ode on the Death of Wellington, 1st ed., Edward Moxon, 1852, half-title present, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Frank L. Babbott on verso of front free endpaper, orig. printed blue wrappers bound into late 19th/early 20th c. red crushed morocco gilt, spine rubbed with sl. loss at head, slim 8vo, plus Maud, and Other Poems, 1st ed., Edward Moxon, 1855, half-title, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, occn. light spotting, hinges split, rough trimmed, orig. blindstamped green cloth, spine faded and sl. frayed at ends, 8vo, plus The Princess, 1st ed., Edward Moxon, 1847, half-title, intermittent foxing, early ms. ownership name on verso of prelim. blank, 8pp. pubs. cat. bound in between front endpapers, orig. blindstamped green cloth, spine faded and sl. frayed at ends, some spotting to covers, 8vo, plus seventeen others by Tennyson, in orig. green cloth, some 1st eds. (21)
339 Thackeray (William Makepeace). The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, 24 orig. parts, Bradbury and Evans, 1857-59, fortyeight etched plts. (plts. to part 20 bound in to part 21), browned, mostly to margins, various trade ads. at front and rear of most, orig. printed yellow wrappers, some dust-soiled and edge-frayed, with loss to spine ends, part I lacking upper wrapper, part XI lacking both wrappers, 8vo, housed in a green half calf bookform box, rubbed Van Duzer 232. (24)
£150-200
340 Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair, twenty parts in 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1847-48, with suppressed wood engraving on p. 336 and “Mr. Pitt” on p. 453, original yellow printed wrappers to part 4 bound at the beginning of the first volume, otherwise without printed wrappers, some light foxing and toning to plates, contemporary half calf, scuffed to edges, 8vo, together with The Newcomes, 1st edition in book form, 2 volumes, 1854-55, some toning and spotting, contemporary quarter red morocco, rubbed to edges, 8vo, plus The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1852, marble edges and endpapers, contemporary diced calf gilt, scuffed and darkened to spines, 8vo, plus others by Thackeray including first editions, mostly in contemporary leather, some in original cloth
£200-300
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£200-300
341 Titmarsh (M.A., i.e. William Makepeace Thackeray). Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, 1st ed., 1846, hand coloured engraved frontispiece, wood engraved illustrations, marble endpapers and page edges, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed to extrems, 12mo, together with Comic Tales and Sketches, 2 vols, 1st ed., 1841, numerous etched plates, original cloth gilt, marked with fraying to extrems, 8vo, and The Paris Sketch Book, 2 vols, 1st ed., 1840, wood engraved illustrations, one volume lacking front f.e.p., original cloth gilt, faded to spines, 12mo, plus others by Titmarsh (15)
Lot 340 76
£100-150
Lots 342, 343, 344, 345, 358, 359, 361 & 365 342 Trollope (Anthony). Ralph the Heir, 3 vols., 1st ed. in book form, 1871, half-titles, t.e.g., 20th c. black half morocco by W. & G. Foyle, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 37. (3)
£100-150
343 Trollope (Anthony). Castle Richmond. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., 2nd issue, 1860, half-titles discarded, vol. 3 without publisher’s catalogue, contemp. half calf gilt, 8vo, together with John Caldigate, 3 vols., 1st ed. in book form, 1879, half-titles discarded, contemp. half calf gilt, spines darkened and extrems. rubbed, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 10 & 55. (6)
£150-200
344 Trollope (Anthony). Miss Mackenzie, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1865, half-titles discarded, contemp. green half calf by Male, 8vo, together with Lady Anna, 2 vols., 1st ed. in book form, 1874, half-titles discarded, toning to margins, t.e.g., 20th c. green half calf gilt, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 20 & 42. (4)
£150-200
345 Trollope (Anthony). The Three Clerks. A Novel, 3 vols, 1st ed., 1858, some minor marks, early 20th century navy half calf gilt, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 6. (3)
£150-200
346 Trollope (Anthony). The Claverings, 2 vols., 1st ed. in book form, 1867, sixteen b & w plts. inc. frontispieces, pubs. ads. discarded, some finger-soiling and marks, t.e.g., 20th c. blue half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo Sadeir, Trollope, 27. (2)
347 Trollope (Anthony). Is He Popenjoy? A Novel, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Chapman & Hall, 1878, half-titles present, ad. leaf at rear of vols. 1 and 2, first vol. with contemp. ms. name on half-title and title-page, foxed, non-matching endpapers (but original?), roughtrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, with minor edge-fraying, and some evidence of lib. labels removed, 8vo
£100-150
Sadleir, Trollope, 49. Not in Wolff. Scarce. (3)
77
£200-300
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348 Trollope (Anthony). Framley Parsonage, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Smith Elder, 1861, six wood eng. plts. by J.E. Millais, incl. frontis. to each, vol. 3 with 16pp. pubs. cat. at rear dated April 1861, some spotting and marks, vols. 1 and 2 with hinges strengthened, orig. blindstamped purple cloth gilt, vols. 1 and 2 rebacked preserving orig. faded spines, vol. 3 with spine ends frayed, circulating lib. labels removed from upper covers, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 11; Wolff 6777. Rare in the original cloth. (3)
351 Trollope (Anthony). The Duke’s Children. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Chapman and Hall, 1880, half-titles present, 24pp. pubs. cat. at rear of third vol., some light finger-soiling, hinges strengthened, orig. blue-green cloth, blocked in black, spines gilt lettered, rubbed and marked (circulating lib. labels removed from upper covers), extrems. frayed, 8vo, together with The American Senator, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Chapman and Hall, 1877, halftitles present, vol. 3 with endpapers sometime renewed, some hinges split, rough-trimmed, orig. ochre cloth blocked in black, with gilt lettered spines, rubbed and damp-soiled, with remains of labels removed from upper covers, 8vo
£500-800
349 Trollope (Anthony). Mr. Scarborough’s Family, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Chatto & Windus, 1883, half-titles removed, vol. 1 with 32pp. pubs. cat. at rear dated March 1883, endpapers browned, vol. 1 lacking rear free endpaper, orig. blue cloth blocked in red, gilt lettered spines (some sl. frayed at ends), a few faint marks, but generally in bright condition, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 66; Not in Wolff. Scarce in the original cloth. (3)
Sadleir, Trollope, 57/46. (6)
£200-300
352 Trollope (Anthony). An Old Man’s Love, 2 vols., 1st ed., William Blackwood, 1874, half-titles present, title-page in vol. 1 with embossed stamp ‘with the publishers’ compliments’, 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear of vol. 2, hinges split, rough-trimmed, orig. red cloth gilt, spines darkened and frayed to extrems., 8vo
£500-800
350 Trollope (Anthony). The Landleaguers, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Chatto & Windus, 1883, half-titles present (that to vol. 2 browned), 32pp. pubs. cat. at rear of third vol. dated October 1883, G8 in vol. 1 with small piece adhered to previous page (affecting a few words of text), endpapers foxed, and some splitting to hinges, early ms. names on front free endpaper of vol. 2, shaken, orig. green cloth blocked in yellow, gilt lettered spines, rubbed and some wear, labels removed from upper covers, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 68; Wolff 6783. Scarce in the original cloth. (3)
Lot 350
Sadleir 69; Wolff 6788. (2)
£150-200
353 Trollope (Anthony). The Fixed Period. A Novel, 2 vols., 1st ed., William Blackwood, 1882, half-titles present, some markings, vol. 2 with occn. lib. ink stamp (incl. to title), vol. 1 with embossed stamp on front free endpaper, vol. 2 with label removed from front pastedown and ms. address label above, rough-trimmed, orig. red cloth gilt, spines sunned and frayed at ends, 8vo
£200-300
Locke vol. 1, p.214; Sadleir, Trollope, 62; Wolff 6776. The only work by Trollope to appear in George Locke’s ‘A Spectrum of Fantasy’, in which he sums the book up as a “science fiction novel set in the Antipodes of the future and dealing with compulsory euthanasia”, saying, “there is no contemporary British reprint in one volume of this late and rare Trollope novel. The only alternative the collector has to paying three figures for a half-way decent copy is, therefore, to seek the edition put out by Tauchnitz within a year or so of the Blackwood edition. Although hard to find, the Tauchnitz edition is unlikely to cost very much.” (2) £150-200
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354 Trollope (Anthony). Kept in the Dark. A Novel, 2 vols., 1st ed., Chatto & Windus, 1882, vol. 1 with wood eng. frontis. by J.E. Millais, half-titles present, 32pp. pubs. cat. at rear of vol. 2 dated July 1882, some spotting and finger-soiling, foliate endpapers, hinges strengthened, rough-trimmed, orig. brown cloth blocked in black and red, spines gilt lettered, lightly rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving orig. spines, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 65. Not in Wolff. Scarce. (2)
Lot 356
Lot 357
357 Trollope (Anthony). The Kellys and the O’Kellys, new ed. [1st one-volume ed.], Chapman and Hall, 1859, half-title present, 32pp. pubs. cat. at rear dated November 1859, rough-trimmed, armorial bookplate of Ingram on front pastedown, upper hinge split, orig. printed buff linen, rubbed and worn, spine with sl. loss at head and lettering supplied in ms., 8vo See Sadleir 2. The rare second edition of Trollope’s second novel. The first edition is a notorious rarity, Sadleir saying that the difference in scarcity between this and ‘The Macdermots’ “is so very slight that I cannot recommend collectors to be any more fastidious over Trollope’s second novel than over his first”. (1) £150-200
£300-400
355 Trollope (Anthony). Nina Balatka, the Story of a Maiden of Prague, 2 vols. in one, 1st bookform ed., 2nd issue, William Blackwood, [1879], half-title to each part, occn. minor spotting, endpapers renewed, rough-trimmed, orig. blindstamped terracotta cloth gilt, rebacked preserving orig. spine (rubbed and sl. frayed at ends, but upper joint intact), 8vo
358 Trollope (Anthony). The Prime Minister, 1st bookform ed., Chapman & Hall, 1876, some light spotting and marks, red sprinkled edges, modern black half calf gilt, spines faded and some superficial rubbing, 8vo
Sadleir, Trollope, 25. Not in Wolff. Both issues of the first edition are extremely rare, especially in the original cloth. The first issue was published anonymously in two volumes, as an experiment to see if the public were faithful to Trollope because of the quality of his work, or purchased simply because of his now-famous name. His publishers lacked faith (as it happens rightly so) and printed a small edition of the book. However, sales were even smaller than they anticipated, and the remaining sheets were subsequently bound up in the one-volume edition and issued in 1879 with a new, undated, title-page. Sadleir says of the first issue “I am doubtful whether more than 150 or 200 copies... were actually bound up in two-volume shape”, adding that the book is “only a little less rare” in its remaindered form. (1) £1000-1500
Sadleir, Trollope, 45. (4)
£100-150
359 Trollope (Anthony). Marion Fay. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Chapman & Hall, 1882, half-titles discarded, scattered foxing, some splitting to hinges, contemp. red half roan gilt, scuffed, spines faded and some frayed at ends, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 64. “‘Marion Fay’ is a shade rarer than books of the ‘Popenjoy’ class” (Sadleir). (3) £150-200
356 Trollope (Anthony). The Macdermots of Ballycloran, new ed. [first one-volume ed.], Chapman & Hall, 1861, early ms. name on title-page, 32pp. pubs. cat. at rear dated January 1861, endpapers lightly foxed, orig. printed buff linen, spine darkened, 8vo See Sadleir 1a. Scarce second edition of Trollope’s first book. Sadleir: “‘The Macdermots of Ballycloran’ is not only the rarest of Trollope’s full-length works, but also one of the rarest first editions in the whole range of nineteenth century fiction”.The story is set in Ireland at the time of the potato famine. (1) £300-400
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360 Trollope (Anthony). The Warden, 1st ed., Longman et al, 1855, modern green half calf gilt, 8vo
364 Trollope (Anthony). The Bertrams. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., Chapman & Hall, 1859, lightly toned, B1 in each vol. with faint embossed stamp to lower outer blank corner, t.e.g., remainder roughtrimmed, modern brown half calf gilt, spines lightly marked, 8vo
Sadleir, Trollope, 4. One thousand copies were printed, of which Sadleir conjectures 300-400 were pulped: “Now, of course, ‘The Warden’ is rare”. (1) £300-500
Sadleir, Trollope, 8. “This is a curiously uncommon book.” (Sadleir) (3) £400-600
361 Trollope (Anthony). Dr. Wortle’s School. A Novel, 2 vols., 1st bookform ed., Chapman and Hall, 1881, half-titles present, titles with contemp. ms. inscription at head, without ads. in vol. 2, early 20th c. tan half calf gilt by Mudie, sl. rubbed and marked, 8vo
365 Trollope (Anthony). Ayala’s Angel, 3 vols., 1st ed., Chapman and Hall, 1881, first and final leaves foxed, contemp. maroon half morocco gilt, extrems. rubbed, spines faded, 8vo
Sadleir, Trollope, 59. Not reprinted in its original two-volume form which is scarce (the unsold sheets of the first edition were bound up, two volumes in one, in secondary bindings). (2) £150-200
Sadleir, Trollope, 60. (3)
£100-150
366 Trollope (Anthony). Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices, and Other Stories, 1st collected ed., half-title discarded, occn. spotting and marks, some minor corner-creasing, contemp. tan half calf gilt, sl. rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with Can You Forgive Her?, 2 vols., 1st ed. in book form, 1864, lacks half titles, forty eng. plts., contemp. blue half calf gilt with contrasting labels to spines, plus Orley Farm, 2 vols. in 1, 1st ed., 1862, thirty-nine eng. plts., occ. spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, sl. rubbed and faded on spine, all 8vo, plus Harry Heathcote of Gangoil, a Tale of Australian Bush Life, 1st ed., 1874, eng. frontis. and four plts., occ. spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, sl. rubbed, small 8vo, plus five others by Trollope, all contemp. half
362 Trollope (Anthony). The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vols., 1st ed. in bookform, Smith, Elder, 1867, thirty-two wood eng. plts. by George H. Thomas, letterpress engs., hinges strengthened, red edges, orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, sl. dusty, rebacked preserving orig. rubbed and faded spines, 8vo, together with twelve others by Trollope, mostly in orig. cloth, incl. 1st eds. (15)
Lot 364
Lot 363
£150-200
363 Trollope (Anthony). An Eye for an Eye, 1st bookform ed., Chapman & Hall, 1879, half-titles present, 32pp. pubs. cat. at rear of vol. 2 dated December 1878, hinges repaired, rough-trimmed, orig. olive green cloth blocked in black, rubbed and marked, rebacked with orig. gilt lettered spines relaid, Mudie’s Select Library labels on upper cover, 8vo
(13)
£150-200
367 Trollope (Anthony). The Eustace Diamonds, 3 vols., 1st bookform ed., Chapman and Hall, 1873, half-titles present, roughtrimmed, modern green half calf gilt, 8vo
Sadleir, Trollope, 53. “‘An Eye for an Eye’ may be taken to represent the normal in scarcity for the series of short two-volume novels with which Trollope occupied many of his later years. Fine copies are very scarce; dingy copies neither scarce nor common.” (Sadleir) (2) £200-300
Sadleir, Trollope, 39. (3)
80
£200-300
Lot 368
Lot 369
Lot 367
368 Trollope (Anthony). Barchester Towers, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1857, half title to vol. I and advert. leaves front and rear, advert. leaf at end of vol. III, previous owner signature to vols. I & III, vol. II with original brick-red endpapers and adverts., vols. I & III with replacement white endpapers, original light brown grained cloth, vol. II rebacked with original spine relaid, edges a little rubbed, 8vo Provenance: Loose typed letter signed from Michael Sadleir to Edgar Backus, the former owner of the set, dated 3 May, 1947, explaining the significance of the endpapers (brick-red in the first binding, as vol. II above, liver-brown in the second binding). Sadleir states that “Personally I don’t think there is much significance between 1st and 2nd binding, though the former was of course earlier. The essential thing is not to mix them.” Sadleir, Trollope, 5. (3) £300-500
369 Trollope (Anthony). The Belton Estate, 3 vols., 1st ed., Chapman & Hall, 1866, without publisher’s catalogue at rear of vol. 3, minor spotting and dust-soiling, later brown half morocco gilt, extrems. rubbed, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 22. ‘First editions of this novel in any form are rare... The Belton Estate in first edition, through some hazard of publishing history which I cannot explain, has simply disappeared’ (Sadleir p.282). (3) £300-500
370 Trollope (Anthony). La Vendee. An Historical Romance, 3 vols., 1st ed., 2nd issue, 1850, 2nd issue with cancel titles and with the appearance on the title-page after ‘Anthony Trollope, Esq’ of a new line: Author of “The Kellys and the O’Kellys,” etc., bound without half-titles, only one page of pubs. catalogue at rear of vol. 3 (of 16), occ. minor spotting, t.e.g., 20th c. red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo Sadleir, Trollope, 3. Rare. Only 500 copies of the first edition were issued. In the 2nd issue the publisher’s imprint does not appear on versos of the titles. La Vendee was never reprinted in three volume form nor was there any reissue of any kind was until about 1875, when it was included as a ‘yellowback’ in Chapman & Hall’s Select Library of Fiction. (3) £300-500
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371 Trollope (Anthony). Tales of all Countries, First & Second Series, 2 vols., 1861 & 1863, pubs. ad. catalogue not present at rear of first series volume (optional), some toning and finger soiling (mostly light), together with Rachel Ray, A Novel, 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1863, repaired closed tear to contents leaf in vol. 1, both volumes with advertisement notice adhered to rear free endpaper, with Hunting Sketches, 1st ed., 1865, ownership signature to upper blank margin of title, 32pp. pubs. ads. at rear, with Travelling Sketches, 1st ed., 1866, 24pp. pubs. ads. at rear, plus Clergymen of the Church of England, 1st ed., 1866,24pp. pubs. ads. at rear, occ. minor spotting, t.e.g., 20th c. uniform red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe Sadleir 12, 16, 17, 21, 23 & 24 respectively. (7)
£300-400
372 Trollope (Anthony). Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories, 1867, half-title, together with Phineas Finn, The Irish Member, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1869, twenty wood eng. plts. (including frontispieces), occasional spotting, with Phineas Redux, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1874, halftitles, twenty-four wood eng. plts. (including frontispieces), vol. 1 with repaired closed-tear to title, plus vol. 2 only of Linda Tressel, 1868, t.e.g. to each vol., 20th c. uniform red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo Sadleir 28, 30 & 41 respectively. (6)
£300-400
373 Trollope (Anthony, ed.). The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson: by one of the firm, 1st English ed. in bookform, Smith, Elder, 1870, four wood eng. plts., incl. frontis. and addn. title, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, bookplate of Frank Seton and book ticket above on front pastedown, W.H. Smith embossed stamp on front free endpaper, hinges split, orig. brown cloth blocked in black and gilt, lightly soiled, lower joint split, and spine extrems. frayed, corners showing, 8vo
374 Trollope (Anthony, ed.). British Sports and Pastimes, 1st ed., Virtue & Co., 1868, half-title and final page toned, yellow endpapers, orig. brown cloth, blocked in black and blind, with gilt lettered spine (without imprint), 8vo
Sadleir, Trollope, 15a. Pre-dated by Harper’s unauthorised edition of 1862 published in New York, “but Smith, Elder’s edition naturally ranks as a Trollope item (and in any event contains illustrations not issued in any other edition).” Sadleir (1) £200-300
Sadleir, Trollope, P4. Usually found in bright green cloth, this is a bright copy of a first edition variant not mentioned by Sadleir (the title-page, but not the binding, conforming to his first issue): “no other item in Trollopiana appears in so many different clothes...”. (1) £100-150
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375 Trollope (Frances). The Refugee in America: A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1832, half titles, occasional minor spotting, contemporary half calf, spines a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Vicar of Wrexhill, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1837, half titles to vols. II & III, nine etched plates, occasional light offsetting and spotting, contemporary calfbacked boards, small labels pasted to spines, some fading, 8vo, plus The Barnabys in America; Or, Adventures of the Widow Wedded, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1843, nine etched plates by John Leech (browned), occasional light spotting, contemporary red half calf, edges rubbed, 8vo, with others by Frances Trollope including One Fault, a Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1840, The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy, 1840, The Robertses on their Travels, 3 vols., 1846 and Belgium and Western Germany in 1833, 2 vols. in one, 1834 (20)
379 Wood (Mrs. Henry). Mrs Halliburton’s Troubles, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1862, some browning, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, together with Verner’s Pride, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1863, 4 pp. pubs. ads. at rear of vol. 3, some spotting and soiling, contents shaken and sl. loose, orig. cloth gilt with Mudie’s Library labels to upper covers, rubbed and soiled, vol. 1 with vertical splits to spine, plus Bessy Rane, a novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1870, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and sl. soiled, spines sl. creased, subscription library paper labels to upper covers, plus Lady Grace and Other Stories, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1887, orig. green cloth, decorated in black and lettered in gilt, sl. rubbed and marked, all 8vo, plus four other titles by the same author, various bindings, plus four works translated by Mary Howitt, all in later quarter cloth (35)
380 Sadleir (Michael). XIX Century Fiction; A Bibliographical Record, 2 volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1951, limited edition of 1025 copies, original maroon cloth, dust-wrappers a little finger soiled, 4to, and Wolff (Robert Lee), Nineteenth-Century Fiction; A Bibliographical Catalogue, 2 volumes, 1981, original green cloth, 8vo, plus Prideaux (Colonel W.F.), A Bibliography of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, new and revised edition, 1917, portrait frontispiece, top edge gilt remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, 8vo, and Sadleir (Michael), Trollope; A Bibliography, Dawson, 1977, original cloth in VG dust-wrapper, 8vo, plus Halkett (Samuel and Laing, John), Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature, 9 volumes, new and enlarged edition, 1926-62, original maroon cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, large 8vo, and other bibliography and literary reference
376 Trollope (T. Adolphus). Giulio Malatesta. A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1863, light spots, previous owner signature, bookseller stamp to front pastedowns, original green cloth, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with A Decade of Italian Women, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1859, engraved portrait frontispiece to each (one with fold and tear), light spotting, previous owner inscriptions, hinges breaking, original burgundy cloth, spines chipped and faded, some stains, 8vo, plus Marietta. A Novel, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1862, previous owner signature to titles, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, with others by Trollope including Filippo Strozzi. A History of the Last Days of the Old Italian Liberty, 1860, Paul the Pope and Paul the Friar. A Story of an Interdict, 1861 and Artingale Castle, 3 vols., 1867 (26)
£150-200
£300-400
£150-200
(28)
377 White-Melville (G. J. ). M. or N., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1869, halftitles, author’s contemporary signed inscription to both titles, for Carrie, pubs. ad. leaf at rear of vol. 2, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and sl. marked, spines faded, together with Digby Grand, an autobiography, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1853, half-title to vol. 1, a.e.g., contemp. green half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, plus General Bounce, or, The Lady and Locusts, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1855, half title to vol. 1, some spotting, contemp. green half morocco gilt, rubbed, plus seven other titles by the same author, various bindings (20)
MODERN LITERATURE & FICTION 381 Betjeman (John). Mount Zion, Or in Touch with the Infinite, 1st ed., James Press, [1931], illustrations in blue on coloured paper, occasional light toning, original gold and pink striped boards, lacking spine (as often), ink stain to lower boards, a few spots, 8vo
£150-200
The poet’s first book. (1)
378 [Wilson, John]. The Recreations of Christopher North, 3 vols., 1st ed., William Blackwood, 1842, half-titles present, vol. 1 with prelim. pubs. ad. leaf, endpapers stained and torn, vols. 2 and 3 with contemp. armorial bookplate of Harry Edgell on front pastedowns (vol. 1 with bookplate removed), rough-trimmed, orig. blindstamped green cloth, gilt dec. spines dulled and frayed at ends, 8vo, together with Frazer (James Baillie) The Persian Adventurer: being The Sequel of “The Kuzzilbash”, 3 vols., 1st ed., Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830, half-title present vol. 1 (all called-for), scattered foxing and occn. light damp-staining, vols. 1 and 3 with ms. ownership name on front pastedowns, rough-trimmed, orig. boards with printed paper spine labels, rubbed and spines deficient, vols. 1 and 2 with ms. signature on upper covers, vol. 3 with upper cover water-stained, large 12mo, plus Morier (Sir James Justinian), Ayesha, the Maid of Kars, 3 vols., 1st ed., Richard Bentley, 1834, toned and foxed, vol. 1 with H8 torn at blank foremargin and repaired, rough-trimmed, hinges strengthened, orig. boards, rebacked, large 12mo, together with forty-one others, 19th c. literature, all in orig. cloth or orig. boards, mostly three-deckers (50)
£100-150
£100-150
382 Brooke (Rupert). 1914 and Other Poems, 1st ed., 1915, portrait frontispiece, Francis Bickley poem pasted-in at front, press cutting at end, a few spots, bookplate, original blue cloth, small tears at spine head, 8vo, together with Letters from America, 1st ed., 1916, portrait frontispiece, endpapers lightly browned, bookplate, t.e.g., original cloth, a little faded, light stains, 8vo, with others by Robert Graves including Country Sentiment, 1920 and No More Ghosts, 1940 (9)
£100-150
383 Conrad (Joseph). Laughing Anne. A Play, 1st ed., 1923, t.e.g., remainder rough trimmed, orig. vellum, spine gilt lettered, contained in orig. solander box with printed spine label, a little faded and worn, 8vo Limited edition 200/200, signed by the author. (1)
£200-300
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£100-150
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384 Davies (W.H.). True Travellers. A Tramps Opera in Three Acts, 1923, colour and b & w illustrations by William Nicholson, original boards, edges slightly rubbed, small 4to, limited edition, 30/100 signed by author and artist, together with Secrets, 1924, illustrations, partly unopened, t.e.g., original vellum-backed boards, 8vo, limited edition, 31/100 signed by the author, with others by Davies including Farewell to Poesy, 1910 and The Bird of Paradise and Other Poems, 1914 (11)
388 Doyle (A. Conan). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1892, b & w illustrations by Sidney Paget, hinges broken, a few leaves loosening, one or two tears, some spotting, front endpaper reinforced, a.e.g., publisher’s original light blue pictorial cloth, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1st ed., 1894, b & w illustrations, frontispiece a little frayed with tears, two leaves loose, some spotting, a.e.g., publisher’s original dark blue pictorial cloth, spine and edges rubbed, 8vo
£100-150
(2)
385 Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Lost World, 1st ed., [1912], eight half-tone plates (one loose), illustrations, front hinge tender, one or two light spots, previous owner signature, original blue cloth, upper cover with gilt vignette of Professor Challenger, slightly rubbed, 8vo (1)
£150-200
The author’s first and third books. (1)
£150-200
390 Farrell (J.G.). Troubles, 1st ed., 1970, a few spots to foredges, previous owner inscription, original cloth, d.j., edges slightly rubbed with minor nicks, slight lean, 8vo, together with The Seige of Krishnapur, 1st ed., 1973, original cloth, d.j., light water stain and crease, 8vo, plus The Hill Station. An Unfinished Novel and an Indian Diary, ed. John Spurling, 1st ed., 1981, library stamp to title, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, with one other
£300-400
387 Doyle (Arthur Conan). Round the Red Lamp, 1st ed., 1894, 32pp. pubs. list at end dated October 1894, a few spots, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, together with The Stark Munro Letters, 1st ed., 1895, illustrations, 24pp. catalogue at end, one or two spots, previous owner signature at end, original cloth, light stains, 8vo, plus The Parasite, 1st ed., 1894, light toning, original cloth gilt, spine and edges rubbed, 16mo, with others by Arthur Conan Doyle including Rodney Stone, 1896, and The Tragedy of the Korosko, 1898 (29)
£200-300
389 Farrell (J.G.). A Man From Elsewhere, 1st ed., New Authors Ltd., 1963, a few light spots, original cloth, d.j., small tear with loss to rear panel, light edge wear, 8vo, together with A Girl in the Head, 1st ed., 1967, original cloth, d.j., one or two minor nicks, 8vo
386 Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1902, misprint ‘you’ for ‘yours’, line 3, p. 13, sixteen b & w plates, one or two light spots, library label removed from front pastedown, small blindstamp and contemporary previous owner signature, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded and a little rubbed at ends, 8vo De Waal 87. (1)
Lot 390
Troubles was awarded the Lost Man Booker Prize (in 2010), a one-off award for books published in 1970 but not eligible for the prize under rule changes; The Seige of Krishnapur won the 1973 Booker Prize. (4) £300-400
£200-300
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391 Graves (Robert). Over the Brazier, 1st ed., Poetry Bookshop, 1916, title with circular ‘presentation copy’ inkstamp, light spotting, original wrapper, upper panel with hand-coloured woodcut by Claud Lovat Fraser, spine ends and top corner chipped, a few creases and short tears, 8vo The author’s first work. (1)
£300-400
392 Graves (Robert). The Feather Bed, 1st edition, Hogarth Press, 1923, unopened, original publisher’s printed boards with design by William Nicholson, fraying to head and foot of spine, corners bumped, 8vo Number 199 of 250 copies signed by the author. (1)
£150-200
Lot 391
393 Graves (Robert). Welchman’s Hose, 1st edition, The Fleuron, 1925, wood engraved illustrations and cover design by Paul Nash, untrimmed, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed to extremities, contained in glassine jacket, 8vo Limited to 525 copies. (1)
£150-200
394 Graves (Robert). Fairies and Fusiliers, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1917, bookplate, original red cloth, faded to spine, rubbed with fraying at one corner, 8vo, together with Whipperginny, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1923, original cloth-backed printed boards, rebacked in black cloth with new endpapers, 8vo, plus But it Still Goes On, 1st edition, Cape, 1930, original cloth, dust-wrapper torn with significant loss, 8vo, and two others by Graves (5)
Lot 392
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£100-150
Lot 395
Lot 396
Lot 397
395 Hardy (Thomas). The Trumpet-Major, 1st US ed., New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1880, together with Two On A Tower, 1st US ed., New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1882, pubs. ad. endpapers printed in red, orig. cloth with decorations in black and spine lettering in gilt, both 8vo (2)
£200-300
396 Hardy (Thomas). A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day, 3 vols., 1st ed. in book form, Sampson Low, 1881, half-title to each vol., contents generally toned and few marks, endpapers repalced, orig. slate grey cloth, frayed at head & foot of spines and to extrems., spines of vols. 1 & 3 strengtened at head & foot, slight discolouration to spines possibly where labels removed, 8vo Purdy, p.37-40. Printed in an edition of around 1000 copies. (3)
£400-600
397 Hardy (Thomas). Wessex Tales, Strange, Lively, and Commonplace, 2 vols., 1st ed., Macmillan & Co., 1888, half-titles, pubs. ads. at rear of vol. 2, slight toning & light finger-soiling, vol. 2 without front free-endpaper, orig. cloth, short vertical tear to spine of vol. 2, extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo Purdy p.58-60. Wessex Tales was published in an edition of 750 copies. Only 634 copies were bound up, and the unbound sheets were later remaindered. (2) £400-600
398 Hardy (Thomas). Jude the Obscure, 1st ed. in book form, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896 [1895], half-title, etched frontis. with tissue guard, single-page map, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with The Well-Beloved, A Sketch of a Temperament, 1st ed. in book form, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1897, half-title, etched frontis. with tissue guard, single-page map, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus A Chaged Man, The Waiting Supper and Other Tales, Concluding with the Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid, 1st ed. in book form, Macmillan & Co., 1913, half-title, photogravure frontis., double-page map, occasional spotting, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo Sadlier 1108 & 1118; Purdy pp.86-91, pp.92-96 & pp.151-157. (3)
Lot 399
£100-150
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Lot 404 399 Hardy (Thomas). The Woodlanders, 3 vols., 1st ed. in book form, Macmillan & Co., 1887, half-titles, publisher’s advert leaf at rear of vol. 1, oval ink library stamps to half-titles and titles, volumes resewn and few strengthening repairs mostly to gutter margins in vol. 1, slight dust-soiling and few marks, endpapers renewed, orig. cloth, rebacked, preserving orig. spines, corners repaired, 8vo Sadleir 1120 & Purdy pp.54-57. (3)
404 O’Casey (Sean). The Silver Tassie; A Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts, 1st edition, 1928, boldly signed by O’Casey to the verso of the half title, also bearing 29 signatures including actors from the first stage production at the Apollo Theatre in the West End including Raymond Massey, Una O’Connor, Beatrix Lehmann, Charles Laughton and Clive Morton, verse from the Irish ballad “Kelly the Boy from Killane” written in ink to front free endpaper, some underlinings and stage notes in ink, untrimmed, toning to endpapers, original cloth-backed paper covered boards, printed paper label to upper cover, a little fraying to extremities, 8vo
£200-300
400 Hardy (Thomas). Poems of the Past and Present, 1st ed., 1902, half-title, leaf of reviews and blank at rear, rear endpapers slightly waterstained, hinges cracked, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, spine slightly rubbed and marked, 8vo Purdy pp.107-19. (1)
Presumably owned and used by a member of the original cast. (1)
405 Powell (Anthony). ‘Dance to the Music of Time’, 12 novels, all but one 1st eds., 1951-75, Buyer’s Market reprinted, occasional light spotting, Temporary Kings text block a little crinkled, A Question of Upbringing endpapers browned with light stains, original cloth, A Question of Upbringing and The Acceptance World spines rubbed and both in later d.j.s (one with red dye stains), other d.j.s with one or two tears and faded spines, together with 1st eds. of Afternoon Men, 1931, Venusberg, 1932 and What’s Become of Waring, 1939, original cloth, a little rubbed and faded, all in later d.j.s, with others by Powell
£200-300
401 Hardy (Thomas). Wessex Poems and Other Verses, 1st ed., 1898, half-title, thirteen b & w plts. inc. frontis., b & w illusts., six leaves with dampstaining to lower margins, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, spine frayed at head & foot, boards a trifle marked, 8vo Purdy p.96. One of 500 copies printed. (1)
£200-300
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402 Hardy (Thomas). The Hand of Ethelberta, A Comedy in Chapters, 2 vols., 1st ed. in book form, Smith, Elder & Co., 1876, halftitles, eleven b & w plts., lacking final advert leaf at rear of each vol., some spotting, contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spines, gilt stamp of the General Assembly Library in New Zealand on spines and upper covers, rubbed, 8vo, together with A Group of Noble Dames, 1st ed., 1891, orig. dec. cloth, worn, 8vo, plus nine others by Hardy Sadleir 1107 & 1106; Purdy pp.20-23 & p.61-67. (14)
£300-400
406 Sassoon (Siegfried). The Road to Ruin, 1st ed., 1933, previous owner signature, original cloth (darkened), d.j., spine rubbed with losses, 8vo, together with The Weald of Youth, 1st ed., 1942, original cloth, spine darkened with loss at head, a few spots, 8vo, plus Sequences, 1st ed., 1946, endpapers a little browned, original cloth, d.j., spine faded, 8vo, with others by Sassoon and Henry Green (21)
£200-300
£100-150
407 Waugh (Evelyn). Men at Arms, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, 1961, 1st eds., bookplate to Unconditional Surrender, original cloth, d.j.s, a few chips and tears, Officers and Gentlemen repaired to verso, with others by Waugh including Black Mischief, 1932, Scoop, 1933 and Helena, 1950
403 Hardy (Thomas). Tess of the D’Urbervilles, A Pure Woman, 3 vols., 1st ed., 2nd impression revised, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1892, half-titles, some spotting mostly to margins, finger & dustsoiling, modern half calf gilt, 8voPurdy p.74. With the corrected misprint ‘road’ for ‘load’ etc. and complying with Purdy’s other points. (3)
£100-150
(12)
£150-250
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£100-150
SPORTING & NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS & PICTURES: IMPORTANT CHINESE JADE BRITISH & CONTINENTAL FOSSILS, MINERALS & TAXIDERMY SELECTED ANTIQUE FURNITURE & EFFECTS INCLUDING PART I OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF GLOVE STRETCHERS Thursday 11 October at 11am
An extremely fine spinach jade recumbent horse, 19th century, 21cm long x 15cm high. Estimate: £10000-15000 Part of a collection of approx. 25 lots, various sources.
Further enquiries please contact John Trevers or Henry Meadows.
COLLECTORS SALE: AVIATION & TRANSPORT MEMORABILIA MEDALS, WEAPONS & MILITARIA RAILWAYWANA INCLUDING THE FINAL PORTION OF THE CHARLESWORTH COLLECTION OF RAILWAY TICKETS, C. 1860-1920 Thursday & Friday 15/16 November at 11am
A fine Russian Circassian miquelet pistol, early 19th century. £4000-6000
Further enquiries please contact Henry Meadows.
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1. The Seller warrants to the Auctioneer and the buyer that he is the true owner or is properly authorised to sell the property by the true owner and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims. 2. (a) The highest bidder to be the buyer. If during the auction the Auctioneer considers that a dispute has arisen he has absolute authority to settle it or re-offer the lot. The Auctioneer may at his sole discretion determine the advance of bidding or refuse a bid, divide any lot, combine any two or more lots or withdraw any lot without prior notice. (b) Where goods are bought at auction by a buyer who has entered into an agreement with another or others that the other or others (or some of them) shall abstain from bidding for the goods and the buyer or other party or one of the other parties is a dealer (as defined in the Auction Biddings Agreement Act 1927) the buyer warrants that the goods are bought bona fide on joint account.
8. (a) Notwithstanding any other terms of these conditions, if within fourteen days of the sale the Auctioneer has received from the buyer of any lot notice in writing that in his view the lot is a deliberate forgery and within fourteen days after such notification the buyer returns the same to the Auctioneer in the same condition as at the time of the sale and satisfies the Auctioneer that considered in the light of the entry in the catalogue the lot is a deliberate forgery then the sale of the lot will be rescinded and the purchase price of the same refunded. "A deliberate forgery" means a lot made with intention to deceive. (b) A buyer's claim under this condition shall be limited to any amount paid to the Auctioneer for the lot and for the purpose of this condition the buyer shall be the person to whom the original invoice was made out by the Auctioneer.
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4. (a) The buyer shall forthwith upon the purchase give in his name and permanent address and pay to the Auctioneer immediately after the conclusion of the auction the total sum due. (b) The buyer may be required to pay down during the course of the sale the whole or any part of the total sum due, and if he fails to do so after such request the lot or lots may at the Auctioneer's absolute discretion be put up again and resold immediately. (c) The buyer shall at his own expense take away any lot or lots purchased no later than five working days after the auction day. (d) The Auctioneer may at his own discretion agree credit terms with a buyer and extend the time limits for collection in special cases but otherwise payment shall be deemed to have been made only after the Auctioneer has received cash or a sterling banker’s draft or the buyer's cheque has been cleared.
11. (a) Unless otherwise instructed in writing all goods on the Auctioneer's premises and in their custody will be held insured against the risks of fire, burglary, water damage and accidental breakage or damage. The value of the goods so covered will be the hammer price, or in the case of unsold lots the best bid, or in the case of loss or damage prior to the sale that which the specialised staff of the Auctioneer shall in their absolute discretion estimate to be the auction value of such goods. (b) The Auctioneer shall not be responsible for damage to or the loss, theft, or destruction of any goods not so insured because of the owner’s written instructions.
5. (a) If the buyer fails to pay for or take away any lot or lots pursuant to clause 4 or breaches any other condition of that clause the Auctioneer as agent for the seller shall be entitled after consultation with the seller to exercise one or other of the following rights: (i) Rescind the sale of that or any other lots sold to the buyer who defaults and re-sell the lot or lots whereupon the defaulting buyer shall pay to the Auctioneer any shortfall between the proceeds of that sale after deduction of costs of re-sale and the total sum due. Any surplus shall belong to the seller. (ii) Proceed for damages for breach of contract. (b) Without prejudice to the Auctioneer's rights hereunder if any lots or lots are not collected within five days or such longer period as the Auctioneer may have agreed otherwise, the Auctioneer may charge the buyer a storage charge of £1.00 + VAT at the current rate per lot per day. (c) Ownership of the lot purchased shall not pass to the buyer until he has paid to the Auctioneer the total sum due.
12. The Auctioneer shall remit the proceeds of the sale to the seller thirty days after the day of the auction provided that the Auctioneer has received the total sum due from the buyer. In all other cases the Auctioneer will remit the proceeds of the sale to the seller within seven days of the receipt by the Auctioneer of the total sum due. The Auctioneer will not be deemed to have received the total sum due until after any cheque delivered by the buyer has been cleared. In the event of the Auctioneer exercising his right to rescind the sale his obligation to the seller hereunder lapses.
6. (a) The seller shall be entitled to place a reserve on any lot and the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the seller for any lot on which a reserve has been placed. A seller may not bid on any lot on which a reserve has been placed. (b) Where any lot fails to sell, the Auctioneer shall notify the seller accordingly. The seller shall make arrangements either to re-offer the lot for sale or to collect the lot and may be asked to pay a commission not exceeding 50% of the selling commission and any special expenses incurred in cataloguing the lot. (c) If such arrangements are not made within seven days of the notification the Auctioneer is empowered to sell the lot by auction or by private treaty at not less than the reserve price and to receive from the seller the normal selling commission and special expenses.
13. In the case of the seller withdrawing instructions to the Auctioneer to sell any lot or lots, the Auctioneer may charge a fee of 12.5% of the Auctioneer's middle estimate of the auction price of the lot withdrawn together with Value Added Tax thereon and any expenses incurred in respect of the lot or lots. 14. The Auctioneer’s current standard notices and information (i.e. Collation and Amendments) will apply to any contract with the Auctioneer as if incorporated herein. 15. These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law.
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