Lists: Catalogue 1002

FULLER (ANDREW S.) The Grape Culturist: “New (enlarged) edition”. 8vo. Fine original cloth, vine leaf stamped in gilt to upper board. [vi], 7-286, [2]ads.pp. (New York, £130)    [ref: 8773]

MARSHALL (WILLIAM). On Planting and Rural Ornament. Third edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Fine contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, joints slightly cracked but firm. [xxxii], 408, [5]index; [xx], 454, [4]index, [2]ads.pp. (London, W. Bulmer and Co., £295)    [ref: 9658]

ACKERMANN (R.) Microcosm of London First edition. 3 vols. 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates, with seven of Abbey’s ‘key’ plates in the first state. 4to. Particularly attractive contemporary red half morocco, spines richly gilt, with contrasting black morocco bands, tailcap to vol. I repaired, some light offsetting from plates as usual, with armorial bookplate of Elihu Phinney, & later plates of Alfred Corning Clark and his family, with ownership signature of AC Clark to fly leaf & dedication leaf. (London, R Ackermann, £7500)    [ref: 1457]

AUDSLEY (W. & G.) Outlines of Ornament, First edition. Numerous plates of patterns & designs. Folio. Original brown cloth, gilt stamped, with panelled design, a.e.g., some minor bumping to corners, but generally clean and free from marking., internally fine, just some very light spotting to title-page & final plate, otherwise crisp and tight throughout. An excellent copy, of a relatively scarce work. 14, [60 plates]pp. (London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, £240)    [ref: 9336]

BINNEY (MARCUS), STRONG (ROY) & HARRIS (JOHN). The Destruction of the Country House. First edition. 383 illustrations. 4to. Fine printed pictorial wrappers, bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front pastedown. 192pp. (London, Thames and Hudson £65)    [ref: 11844]

BRIDGENS (RICHARD). Furniture with Candelabra First edition. Hand-coloured engraved title, & 59 further hand-coloured plates (some heightened with gum arabic) by Henry Shaw after Bridgens. Small folio. Fine later straight-grain half morocco, spine gilt, with black morocco label, marbled boards. (London, William Pickering, £4250)    [ref: 1456]

BYRNE (ANDREW). London’s Georgian Houses. First edition. Illustrations. 4to. Fine printed wrappers. 208pp. (London, Georgian Press, £35)    [ref: 11857]

CHEEK (RICHARD). Stratford Hall Plantation. Illustrations. 4to. Original red cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. (Stratford, Virginia, £30)    [ref: 11525]

COOK (SIR THEODORE ANDREA). Twenty-Five Great Houses of France First edition. Title in red & black, frontispiece & numerous plates & illustrations in black & white. Small folio. Original publisher’s half cream cloth over blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, with marbled endpapers, boards slightly rubbed. 431pp. (London, Country Life, £165)    [ref: 10779]

CREA (BENEDETTA ORIGO) ED., PALLOTTINO (MASSIMO) INTRO. Etruria Svelata: Numerous colour plates & illustrations. Oblong 4to. Red cloth, in pictorial dust wrapper, with small nick to rear top edge of wrapper, otherwise fine. 1 (Rome, Edizioni dell’ Elefante £65)    [ref: 8561]

DEVONSHIRE (DEBORAH, DUCHESS OF). Chatsworth: The House. Illustrated with photographs. 4to. Fine in publisher’s cloth, in similar pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Frances Lincoln, £30)    [ref: 11403]

EDIS (ROBERT). Decoration & Furniture of Town Houses. First edition. 29 plates, with further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cobalt blue decroative cloth, richly gilt, very slightly shaken. (London, £65)    [ref: 11698]

GROTH (HAKAN). Neoclassicism in the North: Photographic illustrations. 4to. Fine publisher’s cloth, in near fine pictorial dustwrapper, this with some light wear to the upper edge. (London, Thames and Hudson, £30)    [ref: 11401]

HALL (MICHAEL). The English Country House: First edition. Illustrated with photographs. 4to. Fine publisher’s cloth, in near fine pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Mitchell Beazley, £65)    [ref: 11400]

HARRIS (JOHN) No Voice from the Hall; 8vo. Fine original publisher’s tan cloth, with dust-jacket, bookplate of Elizabeth Winn. (London, John Murray, £25)    [ref: 11676]

HOPPUS (EDWARD). The Gentleman’s and Builder’s Repository: First edition. 84 engraved plates of architectural designs. 4to. Fine contemporary panelled calf, blind tooled borders, red morocco label, gilt, occasional light marginal staining, pen annotations to rear paste-down. 101, [1]pp. (London, James Hodges, £1770)    [ref: 9624]

KENT (WILLIAM). The Designs of Inigo Jones, First edition. 2 vols. 96 of 97 engraved plates, lacking plate 10 in vol. II. Folio. Contemporary quarter calf with marbled wrappers, rubbed at extremities, edges uncut. (London, £3250)    [ref: 8787]

LASDUN (SUSAN). Victorians at Home. First edition. 16 colour plates & 90 illustrations. Oblong 4to. Fine original green cloth, with pictorial dust-jacket. 160pp. (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £10)    [ref: 11516]

LLOYD (NATHANIEL). A History of the English Country House: Second edition. Numerous photographic illustrations, and architectural plans. 4to. Original green buckram, gilt stamped, spine faded, without dustwrapper, but overall an excellent clean copy. (London, The Architectural Press, £45)    [ref: 11436]

LOVATT-SMITH (LISA). Paris Interiors. Numerous colour illustrations. 4to. Mint in original cloth, with matching pictorial dustwrapper. (Cologne, Taschen, £27)    [ref: 11412]

MAZZOTTI (GIUSEPPE). Palladian and other Venetian Villas. First English edition. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Original red cloth. (London, Alec Tiranti, £25)    [ref: 11519]

MORRIS (WILLIAM). Gothic Architecture: Limited edition, one of 1500 copies. 16mo. very good, bound in original paper boards, with linen spine, printed on hand-made paper, with rubrication., some light foxing to the page-edges & front board, but not affecting the text, which is clean & crisp. 68pp. (London, Kelmscott Press, £205)    [ref: 9443]

MURANO (MICHAELANGEO) & MARTON (PAOLO). Venetian Villas. Richly illustrated. Large 4to. Fine original tan cloth, with similar pictorial dust-jacket. 497pp. (Koln, Konemann, £60)    [ref: 11514]

NESFIELD (W. EDEN) ILLUS. Specimens of Medieval Architecture, First edition. 100 plates, depicting architectural features of France & Italy. Folio. Quarter grained black cloth, with decorative brown boards, a touch bumped to the extremities, with a stain to the fore-edge., otherwise fine, preface page with some offset, otherwise internally fine. A splendid copy. (London, Day and Son, £240)    [ref: 9338]

NISCEMI (MAITA DI), TRAIN (JOHN), EDENHEIM (RALPH) INTRO. Manor Houses and Castles of Sweden: Richly illustrated throughout. 4to. Near fine publisher’s cloth, in similar pictorial dustwrapper. (Antique Collectors’ Club, £40)    [ref: 11406]

ROBINSON (JOHN MARTIN). The Latest Country Houses. First edition. Illustrated. Small 4to. Very good publisher’s cloth, with a small stain to the bottom of the spine, in very good pictorial dustwrapper. (London, The Bodley Head, £18)    [ref: 11402]

SAYER (MICHAEL) The Disintegration of a Heritage. First edition. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Fine original green cloth, with pictorial dust-jacket. (Norwich, Michael Russell, £30)    [ref: 11517]

SHUTE (JOHN) PUB. The First and Chief Groundes of Architecture: Facsmile edition. Small Folio. Fine publisher’s red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. (London, The Gregg Press, £50)    [ref: 9337]

STEEGMAN (JOHN). The Artist & the Country House: First edition. Illustrated. 4to. Fine original maroon cloth, gilt stamped, dustwrapper a trifle edgeworn, with small loss to tail of spine otherwise a very good copy. (London, Country Life, £20)    [ref: 11435]

SUMMERSON (JOHN). Georgian London. “New” edition, first thus. Numerous plates & illustrations. Large 8vo. Particularly fine original cloth, gilt, in similar, unclipped pictorial dustwrapper. (London, £25)    [ref: 12059]

TIPPING (H. AVARY). English Homes, Period IV-Vol. I: First edition, second impression. Numerous photographic illustrations. Small folio. Original quarter blue buckram, gilt, some light wear to extremities, boards a trifle dust soiled but internally fine. [xl], 430pp. (London, Country Life, £105)    [ref: 9355]

WORSLEY (GILES). England’s Lost Houses: First edition, first impression. Numerous photographic illustrations. 4to. Near fine original cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Aurum Press, £35)    [ref: 11417]

AUDSLEY (GEORGE ASHDOWN). The Art of Chromolithography: First edition. 44 gloriously illustrated plates, many tooled in gold. Folio. Beautifully presented in the publisher’s original green cloth, gilt tooled panel design, with title stamped to front board., the gutta percha has predictably perished, hence some of the early leaves in particular, are loose in the binding, however the contents are in superb condition, clean & bright, with the tissue-guards present. 24pp. (London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, £1275)    [ref: 9181]

CARRINGTON (NOEL). Carrington: First edition. Illustrated. Small 4to. Near fine original cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper, just faint tanning to the edges, otherwise fine. (Oxford Polytechnic Press, £22)    [ref: 11569]

CLARK (KENNETH). The Nude. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Large 8vo. Very good original red publisher’s cloth, slightly marked, without dustwrapper. (London, John Murray, £20)    [ref: 11755]

CLARK (KENNETH). The Romantic Rebellion. First edition. Richly illustrated. Large 8vo. Fine original cloth, in similar price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper. (London, John Murray, £30)    [ref: 12058]

FAHY (EVERETT). Wrightsman Pictures. First edition. Profusely illustrated. 4to. Mint in original red cloth, gilt, with matching pictorial dustwrapper, contained within red slipcase with silk tie. (Yale University Press, £50)    [ref: 12025]

HOCKNEY (DAVID). Flowers, Faces and Spaces. 2 vols. Illustrated in colour throughout. Mint in pictorial stiff wrappers, within blue printed slipcase, slightly bumped to the spine, with the odd mark, but overall an excellent set. (London, Annely Juda Fine Art, £30)    [ref: 11526]

INGAMELLS (JOHN). The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Pictures, No.s 697, 650 & 496 of editions limited to 750 [vol. IV unnumbered]. Richly illustrated throughout. 4to. Fine original maroon cloth, gilt, with similar pictorial dust wrappers, in slipcases. (London, The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, £300)    [ref: 8954]

LINDER (ENID & LESLIE) EDS. The Art of Beatrix Potter. Second issue of revised edition. Superbly illustrated in colour & black & white. Large 8vo. Fine original publisher’s boards, with near fine dustwrapper, this slightly faded to spine. (London, Frederick Warne & Co., £27)    [ref: 11038]

PENN (IRVING). Worlds in a Small Room First edition. Square 4to. Fine original cloth, in near fine pictorial dustwrapper, this with some very light dust soiling. 96pp. (New York, Grossman, £225)    [ref: 10712]

PIPER (JOHN). Postcard Signed. Reproduction of Piper’s 1941 painting ‘Seaton Delaval’. Signed ‘John Piper’ on the lower rigth edge of the white border. 4¼ by 6 inches (approx.) (£250)    [ref: 10579]

SAXL (F.) & WITTKOWER (R.) British Art and the Mediterranean. Photographic illustrations. Folio. Fine maroon cloth, in slightly edge-worn pictorial dust wrapper. (Oxford University Press, £45)    [ref: 8562]

SEAGO (EDWARD). A Canvas to Cover. First edition. Numerous plates. 4to. Fine original cloth, in very good unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, this with some wear to edges, held in protective sleeve. (London, £27)    [ref: 11778]

SEAGO (EDWARD). Peace in War. First edition. Numerous plates & illustrations. Large 8vo. Near fine original cloth, in very good unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, this with some wear to edges, held in protective sleeve. (London, £25)    [ref: 11779]

SHAW (HENRY). The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices 36 colour printed plates, of letters, symbols & badges, all with tissue-guards. Slim 4to. Original blue cloth, spine gilt, trifle worn at extremities, head & tail caps rubbed, some occasional spotting, otherwise a very good copy. (London, Henry George Bohn, £105)    [ref: 9177]

SHONE (RICHARD). Bloomsbury Portraits. First edition. Frontis. & 168 illus. (8 colour). 4to. Fine original decorative boards, without dustwrapper. 272pp. (Oxford, Phaidon, £22)    [ref: 11461]

SYMONDS (R.W.) English Furniture from Charles II to George II: No.616 of 1000 copies. 304 photographic illustrations & colour photograph frontispiece. Large 4to. Original blue buckram, gilt, spine faded, with occasional light water marks along the fore-edge, but text clean throughout, plate nos.147-148 tear, otherwise a very good copy. [xviii], 322pp. (London, The Connoisseur, £120)    [ref: 9334]

WATSON (F.J.B.), DAUTERMAN (CARL CHRISTIAN). The Wrightsman Collection: 4 vols. First Editions. Illustrated with numerous colour, & black and white photographs. 4to. Fine original publisher’s red cloth, gilt, with pictorial endpapers, in very good photographic grey dust wrappers, a touch edge-worn., without vol. V: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture. (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, £425)    [ref: 8952]

[CHARLES PLANTE FINE ARTS]. Inside Out. Colour illustrated catalogue. 8vo. Mint in original publisher’s cloth, gilt, with pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Charles Plante Stair & Co., £20)    [ref: 11659]

[TENNANT (STEPHEN)]. Stephen Tennant 3 photogravures of Stephen Tennant. Folding pamphlet, small ink stain to the rear, but otherwise very good. (Grosvenor Press, £65)    [ref: 11708]

GERMAN-REED (T.) Bibliographical Notes on T.E. Lawrence’s: Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Revolt in the Desert. No.12 of an edition of 375. Wood engraving by Paul Nash. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in similar dustwrapper, pages uncut, in protective sleeve., 16pp. (London, W.& G. Foyle, £135)    [ref: 4437]

ATHILL (DIANA). Yesterday Morning. First issue. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in matching dustwrapper. (London, £15)    [ref: 11724]

BARNES (MALCOLM). Augustus Hare, First edition. 8vo. Fien orginal cloth, in similar unclipped pictorial dustwrapper. (London, £25)    [ref: 11790]

BEATON (CECIL). My Royal Past. Second, revised edition. Photographic illustrations. 8vo. Very good in original cloth, in slightly tatty dustwrapper, occasional annotations to margins. (New York, John Day Co., £16)    [ref: 11735]

BECKER (ROBERT). Nancy Lancaster First edition. 8vo. Near fine quarter cloth & boards, in pictorial dustwrapper. (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, £25)    [ref: 11536]

CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.) Great Contemporaries First edition, first impression. Photographic illustrations throughout. 8vo. Near fine, original blue buckram, gilt lettering, without the printed dustwrapper., spine lightly faded, with a small bump to the top edge and bottom corner of the front board., otherwise tight & clean, a delightful copy. Bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front paste-down. 335pp. (London, Thornton Butterworth, £225)    [ref: 11819]

COWLES (VIRGINIA). The Astors. First US edition. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Fine original cloth, in similar pictorial dustwrapper, this lightly sunned to upper & spine. (New York, £12)    [ref: 11761]

CRAWFORD (ROSEMARY & DONALD). Michael & Natasha. First edition. 24 maps & plates. 8vo. Fine publisher’s cloth, with very good unclipped dustwrapper, with minimal shelf wear to headcap. (London, £20)    [ref: 11459]

DELANY (MRS. [MARY]), LLANOVER (LADY) ED. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: First edition. 6 vols. First series: 13 portraits & 3 plates; second series: large folding genealogical table, 9 portraits & 2 plates, with one chromolithograph & one facsimile. 8vo. Fine contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, with red & green morocco labels, marbled boards & edges, headcaps very slightly rubbed. x, 621; [ii], 635; [iv], 635; [iv], 695; [vi], 586; [vi], 602pp. (London, Richard Bentley, £625)    [ref: 11885]

DONALDSON (FRANCES). Evelyn Waugh; First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Very good in publisher’s black cloth, lacking dust-jacket. (London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson £10)    [ref: 11564]

DOUGLAS-HOME (JESSICA). Violet. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in fine pictorial dustwrapper. (London, The Harvill Press, £20)    [ref: 11524]

EGREMONT (MAX). Siegfried Sassoon First issue. Numerous photographic illustrations. 8vo. Particularly fine original pictorial cloth, in matching unclipped pictorial dustwrapper. (London, £20)    [ref: 11547]

FORBES (GRANIA). My Darling Buffy. First edition. Illustrations. Small 4to. Fine original publisher’s cloth, with dust jacket. (London, Richard Cohen, £8)    [ref: 11836]

FOX (JAMES). The Langhorne Sisters First issue. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth & dustwrapper. (London, £20)    [ref: 11083]

GARNETT (ANGELICA). Deceived with Kindness. First edition. 8vo. Near fine original cloth, in attractive pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press, £20)    [ref: 11532]

GIBBS (LEWIS). The Admirable Lady Mary. First edition. 8vo. Very good in original cloth, without dustwrapper. (London, J.M. Dent and Sons, £10)    [ref: 11677]

GLENDINNING (VICTORIA). Leonard Woolf First edition, first issue. 8vo. Fine in publisher’s pictorial cloth & matching dustwrapper. (London, £15)    [ref: 11499]

GLENDINNING (VICTORIA). Vita. First edition. Large 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £18)    [ref: 11851]

GORE (JOHN) ED. Mary: Duchess of Bedford Privated printed. 2 vols. Numerous plates. 8vo. Original half blue leather, spine lettered in gilt, top edge of spine of vol. II faded. xv, [i]blank, 200, 8index; vii, [i]blank, 480pp. (London, John Murray, £300)    [ref: 10301]

GRANT (DOUGLAS). Margaret the First. First edition. Portrait frontis. & 8 further plates. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with pictorial dustwrapper, this with minimal shelf wear to extremities. (London, Rupert Hart-Davis, £24)    [ref: 11700]

GRENFELL (REGGIE) & GARNETT (RICHARD) EDS. Joyce First edition. 8vo. Fine original grained cloth, in price-clipped dustwrapper, signed by the editor, with presentation slip loosely inserted. (London, Macmillan, £18)    [ref: 11562]

HAMPTON (JANIE). Joyce Grenfell. First edition. Photographic illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in similar pictorial dustwrapper. (London, John Murray, £12)    [ref: 11033]

HARE (AUGUSTUS), BARNES (MALCOLM) ED. The Years with Mother First thus. 2 vols. Illustrations throughout. 8vo. Fine red publisher’s cloth, vol. I with printed pictorial dustwrapper, this with a few closed tears along top edge, vol. II with remains of d/w. (London, £25)    [ref: 11112]

HAREWOOD (LORD). The Tongs and the Bones First edition. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in near fine dustwrapper, this with very slight shelf wear to top edge. (London, £15)    [ref: 11740]

HART-DAVIS (RUPERT). Hugh Walpole. First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with pictorial dustwrapper, this with some closed tears & some slight loss to tailcap but in protective sleeve. (London, £15)    [ref: 11771]

HASTINGS (SELINA). Rosamond Lehmann. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Fine publisher’s cloth, in similar pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Chatto & Windus, £15)    [ref: 11570]

HIBBERT (CHRISTOPHER). Queen Victoria. First edition, first impression. Large 8vo. Fine, original cloth, in fine pictorial dustwrapper. (London, HarperCollins, £18)    [ref: 11702]

HOLME (THEA). Prinny’s Daughter. First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with dust-jacket, this price-clipped & slightly worn. 261pp. (London, Hamish Hamilton, £12)    [ref: 11834]

HOLROYD (MICHAEL). Augustus John. First editions. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Fine publisher’s cloth, gilt labels, without dustwrappers, lightest of rubbing to edges, spine of vol. I slightly faded, but overall a very good set. (London, Heinemann, £25)    [ref: 11731]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES). Harold Nicolson: A Biography. First editions. 2 vols. Numerous photographic illustrations. 8vo. Fine original turquoise cloth, without dustwrappers. (London, Chatto & Windus, £55)    [ref: 11067]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES). The Bachelor Duke: First edition. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, lightly dust soiled to top edge, but overall a clean copy, without dustwrapper. (London, John Murray, £20)    [ref: 11441]

LUBBOCK (ADELAIDE). People in Glass Houses First UK edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in similar pictorial dustwrapper. (London, £12)    [ref: 11788]

LUTYENS (MARY). Edwin Lutyens First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, gilt, in near fine pictorial dustwrapper. (London, John Murray, £15)    [ref: 11070]

LYCETT GREEN (CANDIDA) ED. John Betjeman: Letters, First edition. Large 8vo. Very good original cloth, in red dustwrapper, lacking rear endpaper, bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front paste-down. (London, Methuen, £15)    [ref: 11848]

MELVILLE (LEWIS). Nell Gwyn: The Story of Her Life Second edition. Numerous plates & illustrations. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt, edges lightly worn, lower board marked, corners bumped, inner hinge split but firm, (London, Hutchinson & Co., £15)    [ref: 11034]

MITFORD (NANCY). Voltaire in Love. First Edition. Various illustrations. 8vo. Original red cloth, very slightly faded, in near fine price-clipped pink pictorial dust wrapper. (London, Hamish Hamilton, £35)    [ref: 11766]

MOSLEY (NICHOLAS). Julian Grenfell First edition. Photographic plates. 8vo. Original dove grey publisher’s cloth, no dustwrapper. (London, £8)    [ref: 11113]

NICOLSON (NIGEL). Portrait of a Marriage. First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in unclipped pictorial dustwrapper. (London, £30)    [ref: 11544]

OTTER (REV. WILLIAM). The Life and Remains of Edward Daniel Clarke: Second Edition. 2 vols. Engraved frontispiece to vol I. 8vo. Fine green morocco, richly gilt in compartments, with dentelles, a.e.g., sporadic spotting to prelims. & some page margins of vol. I, otherwise fine. 500; 486pp. (London, George Cowie and Co., £340)    [ref: 8780]

PARTRIDGE (FRANCES). Memories First edition. Photographic illustrations. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, dustwrapper with minimal fading. (London, £25)    [ref: 11551]

PEARSON (HESKETH). The Life of Oscar Wilde. Second edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth, without dustwrapper, some light spotting to the boards, spine faded. (London, Methuen & Co., £10)    [ref: 11800]

PEVITT (CHRISTINE). The Man who would be King. First edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper, some light edgwear. Bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front pastedown. (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £15)    [ref: 11679]

RICHARDSON (JOHN). Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters First edition, first impression. 8vo. Very good in original cloth, with pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Jonathan Cape, £20)    [ref: 11512]

SPARK (MURIEL). John Masefield. First edition. Portrait frontis. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with very good dustwrapper, this just rubbed at corners & headcap. (London, Peter Nevill, £55)    [ref: 11707]

SPATER (GEORGE) & PARSONS (IAN). A Marriage of True Minds. First edition. 8vo. Very good original publisher’s cloth, in likewise pictorial dustwrapper, with spine slightly sunned, bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front paste-down. (London, Jonathan Cape & The Hogarth Press, £25)    [ref: 11530]

SPENDER (STEPHEN). Cyril Connolly No. 97 of 165 numbered copies. Photographic portrait frontis. of Connolly. 8vo. Particularly fine original cloth-backed publisher’s boards, printed paper label to spine. (Edinburgh, Tragara Press, £70)    [ref: 10818]

SPURLING (HILARY). The Unknown Matisse First issues. 2 vols. Richly illustrated. Large 8vo. Fine original cloth, in matching pictorial dustwrappers. (London, £50)    [ref: 11537]

SWAN (MICHAEL). Henry James First Edition. Small 8vo. Fine original red cloth, gilt, dustwrapper with wear & slight loss to lower edge. (London, Arthur Baker, £10)    [ref: 7330]

TODD (JANET). Mary Wollstonecraft. First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in matching unclipped dustwrapper. (London, £22)    [ref: 11784]

TREVELYAN (RALEIGH). The Golden Oriole. First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with matching pictorial dustwrapper. (London, £30)    [ref: 11531]

VICKERS (HUGO). Cecil Beaton: First edition. Photographic illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, dustwrapper very slightly creased, with the bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to the front pastdown. (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £18)    [ref: 11458]

VICKERS (HUGO). Elizabeth the Queen Mother. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Fine, original cloth, in very good, slightly bumped pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Hutchinson, £15)    [ref: 11706]

WARNER (MARINA). The Dragon Empress. First edition. Illustrations. 4to. Fine orginal cloth, in similar richly coloured pictorial jacket. (London, £15)    [ref: 11763]

WAUGH (EVELYN). A Little Learning First edition, first issue. Frontispiece & 5 plates (with 11 images). 8vo. Fine original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with fine original printed orange dustwrapper, small tear to upper edge (5mm) with no loss. [viii], 234pp. (London, Chapman & Hall, £400)    [ref: 10261]

WINN (ALICE). Always a Virginian: Illustrations. 8vo. Mint in original cloth with pictorial dustwrapper, contained in sealed cellophane wrapper. (Kenmore Assoc., £15)    [ref: 11040]

[WINN (ALICE, MRS REGINALD)]. David Privately printed. 8vo. Fine original cream cloth, signature of David Winn stamped in gilt to upper board, marbled endpapers, with original glycine wrapper. (London, Curwen Press, £60)    [ref: 11513]

MILNE (A.A.), SHEPARD (ERNEST H.) ILLUS. Now We Are Six. First edition. Copiously illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth, gilt, pictorial endpapers (rear free endpaper in expert facsimile), half-title with neat owner inscription, t.e.g., without dust wrapper, a very good copy. xii, 104pp. (London, Methuen & Co., £320)    [ref: 8965]

MILNE (A.A.), SHEPARD (ERNEST H.) ILLUS. When We Were Very Young. Tenth edition. Illustrated throughout. 8vo. Very good original blue cloth, boards stamped in gilt, t.e.g., extremities very slightly rubbed. (London, Methuen & Co., £45)    [ref: 11824]

POTTER (BEATRIX). The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck First Edition. Colour illustrated throughout. 16mo. bound in original green boards, portrait panel to front, title lettered in white, with some light edge wear, professionally rebacked., some slight creasing to frontispiece, and neat owner’s ink inscription to top of title page, but otherwise a very good copy, clean throughout. 85pp. (London, Frederick Warne, £125)    [ref: 10141]

UPTON (FLORENCE K. & BERTHA). The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a ‘Golliwogg’. An early reprint(?) of the first scarce Golliwogg book. Oblong 4to. Oirignal linen-backed pictorial boards, lightly dust soiled & slightly rubbed, first 6 ll. with small closed tears or loss to edges not affecting text or pictures.64pp. (London, Longmans Green & Co., £300)    [ref: 6538]

UPTON (FLORENCE K. & BERTHA). The Golliwogg’s Bicycle Club. First edition. Oblong 4to. Original pictorial boards, slightly rubbed, corners worn, front free-endpaper missing, title-page lightly browned, but images & text clean, closed-tear to p58. 64pp. (London, Longmans, Green & Co., £200)    [ref: 6539]

STRACHEY (LYTTON). Books & Characters, Later edition. 8vo. Fine contemporary half vellum, over red boards, spine gilt, with red morocco labels. (London, Chatto & Windus, £25)    [ref: 11024]

BEATON (CECIL). Beaton in the Sixties: First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in similar dustwrapper. (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £15)    [ref: 11455]

CARDIGAN & LANCASTRE (THE COUNTESS OF). My Recollections. First edition, second impression. Portrait frontis. mounted on card, complete with tissue-guard. 8vo. Very good original grey buckram, gilt stamped decoration, pages untrimmed, spine lightly faded, some light spotting to endpapers. (London, Eveleigh Nash, £18)    [ref: 11802]

FULLER (HESTER THACKERAY) & HAMMERSLEY (VIOLET). Thackeray’s Daughter. First edition. Small 8vo. Very good original cloth, spine faded, bookplate & owner inscription of Elizabeth Winn. (Dublin, Euphorion Books, £14)    [ref: 11892]

GEORGE (H.I. & R.H. GRAND DUCHESS). A Romanov Diary: First edition. Photographic plates & illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, gilt, with dustwrapper, this with some edge-wear particularly to headcap. 262pp. (New York, Atlantic International, £50)    [ref: 11021]

JAMES (ALICE), EDEL (LEON) ED. The Diary of Alice James. First Edition. 4 illustrations. 8vo. Fine blue cloth, gilt lettering to the spine, in slightly rubbed blue pictorial dustwrapper this in protective sleeve. (London, Rupert Hart-Davis £18)    [ref: 7328]

JONES (L.E.) A Victorian Boyhood [With] An Edwardian Youth [and] Georgian Afternoon. First editions. 3 vols. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, without dustwrappers. (London, Macmillan/Rupert Hart-Davis, £50)    [ref: 11609]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES) Another Self. First edition. Frontispiece wood engraving by Reynolds stone. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s olive cloth, spine gilt, ownership signature of Elizabeth Winn facing half title. (London, Hamish Hamilton £20)    [ref: 11566]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES), BLOCH (MICHAEL) ED. Beneath a Waning Moon. First edition. 8vo. Mint in original publisher’s cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper. [xii], 258pp. (London, John Murray, £200)    [ref: 11633]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES), BLOCH (MICHAEL) ED. Ceaseless Turmoil. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Fine in original cloth, in fine pictorial dustwrapper, with bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front pastedown. (London, John Murray, £60)    [ref: 11632]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES), BLOCH (MICHAEL) ED. Deep Romantic Chasm. First edition. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper. (London, John Murray, £70)    [ref: 11634]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES). A Mingled Measure. First edition. 8vo. Mint in original cloth, with pictorial dustwrapper, bookplate to the front paste-down. [viii], 325pp. (London, John Murray, £120)    [ref: 11618]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES). Ancient as the Hills. First edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in fine pictorial dustwrapper, with bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to the front paste-down. (London, John Murray, £80)    [ref: 11621]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES). Caves of Ice: Diaries, 1946 & ‘47 First edition. Portrait frontis. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in fine pictorial wrapper. [x], 276pp. (London, Chatto & Windus, £150)    [ref: 10236]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES). Through Wood and Dale. First edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in fine pictorial dustwrapper, with bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to the front paste-down. (London, John Murray, £60)    [ref: 11622]

LUTYENS (MARY) ED. Lady Lytton’s Court Diary 1895-1899. First edition. 8vo. Fine original blue cloth, ownership signature of Elizabeth Winn and small profile sketch to front free endpaper. (London, Rupert Hart-Davis, £18)    [ref: 11563]

MITFORD (MARY RUSSELL). Our Village. First edition. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. 8vo. Original publisher’s cloth, spine slightly faded, edges rubbed, otherwise very good. (London, George G. Harrap, £10)    [ref: 11066]

PARTRIDGE (FRANCES). Life Regained First edition. Photographic illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with matching unclipped pictorial wrapper. (London, £28)    [ref: 11552]

PEPYS (SAMUEL), LATHAM (ROBERT) & MATTHEWS (WILLIAM) EDS. The Diary of Samuel Pepys: First editions. 11 vols. 8vo. Fine publisher’s uniform green buckram in similar pictorial dustwrappers. (London, £295)    [ref: 11732]

POWELL (ANTHONY). Journals 1982-1986. First edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in pictorial white dustwrapper, pages very lightly browned to margins. (London, Heinemann, £15)    [ref: 11741]

CONNOLLY (CYRIL). The Evening Colonnade. Second edition. 8vo. Original cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper, this with some shelf wear to upper edge. (London, £18)    [ref: 11786]

THOMAS (DYLAN). Quite Early One Morning. First edition. Small 8vo. Fine original blue cloth, in very good pictorial dustwrapper, this with a couple of small tears to the top edge. (London, J.M. Dent & Sons, £16)    [ref: 11849]

WOOLF (VIRGINIA). The London Scene. First UK edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in similar unclipped dustwrapper, this with very slight fading to spine. (London, Hogarth Press, £22)    [ref: 11549]

JHABVALA (RUTH PRAWER). In Search of Love & Beauty. First edition. 8vo. Fine publisher’s cloth, in similar price-clipped dustwrapper, this in protective sleeve. (London, John Murray, £14)    [ref: 11783]

MITFORD (NANCY). The Water Beetle. First edition. Illustrations. Small 8vo. Fine bright original cloth, in similar dustwrapper. (London, Hamish Hamilton, £35)    [ref: 11765]

SCOTT (PAUL) Staying On. Third issue. 8vo. Fine original green cloth, in similar dustwrapper. (London, Heinemann £15)    [ref: 11672]

DU FOUILLOUX (JACQUES). La Venerie de Jacques du Fouilloux, Illustrated with woodcuts of sporting scenes. 4to. Half morocco, spine gilt, original wraps bound in, marbled endpapers & tie, some occasional light spotting, but overall a very good copy. 94, 29pp. (Niort, Robin et L. Faure, £400)    [ref: 9757]

WALTON (IZAAK) & COTTON (CHARLES). NICOLAS (SIR HARRIS) ED. The Complete Angler, 2 vols. Numerous engraved plates & embellishments, including portraits of the author. 4to. Fine contemporary green morocco, gilt, inner dentelles, a.e.g., internally some offset from the plates. [x], [ccxii], [2], 1-129; 130-436, [32]indexpp. (London, William Pickering, £1400)    [ref: 9735]

CHIPPENDALE (THOMAS). The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director: Third Edition. 200 engraved plates. Small Folio. very good, bound in contemporary panel calf, gilt panel & ornament decoration, intricate inner dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers., leather slightly scuffed, and worn, neatly repaired., a delightful clean copy internally, early state without dedication to Duke of Northumberland. xx, [200] illus. (London, T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, £9500)    [ref: 10671]

CLARK (H.F.) The English Landscape Garden. First edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in fine dustwrapper, with bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front paste-down. (London, Pleiades Books, £15)    [ref: 11856]

FALDA (GIOVANI BATTISTA). Li Giardini di Roma... Engraved title & 20 magnificent plates. Oblong folio. Slightly later calf, rebacked, a trifle rubbed. (Rome, G.G. Rossi, £5750)    [ref: 8771]

HUSSEY (CHRISTOPHER). English Gardens and Landscapes, 1700-1750 First edition. Illustrated. 4to. Very good in original green cloth, minor edgewear, without dustwrapper. (London, Country Life, £25)    [ref: 11434]

LAAR (G. VAN). Magazijn van Tuin-Sieraden; First edition of part 3 [1802], others later issues. 24 livraisons. Engraved title & 190 hand-coloured engravings. 4to. Fine original printed wrappers, occasional slight wear to extremities, in twentieth-century green cloth drop-back box, with presentation label to upper. 100pp. (Amsterdam, £6500)    [ref: 8786]

LLOYD (CHRISTOPHER). The Well-Tempered Garden. First edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Collins, £20)    [ref: 11826]

LOUDON (J.C.) Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners, Second edition. With some attractive vignette illustrations. Tall 8vo. Very good, original green cloth, lightly rubbed, frontispiece & title foxed, otherwise clean, joints strengthened. [xlvii], 244, [32]pp. (London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, £125)    [ref: 9192]

NASH (JOHN). English Garden Flowers. 12 full-page coloured plates with text facing. 4to. Fine original printed pictorial red boards, with very good matching dustwrapper (single closed tear to upper face). (London, £95)    [ref: 11231]

SCOTT-JAMES (ANNE), LANCASTER (OSBERT) ILLUS. Down to Earth. First edition. Numerous photogrpahic illustrations, with illustrations by Osbert Lancaster. 8vo. Fine original cloth, very good unclipped dustwrapper with minimal wear to headcap. (London, £20)    [ref: 11456]

SCOTT-JAMES (ANNE). Sissinghurst. First edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in fine pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Michael Joseph, £18)    [ref: 11852]

THOMAS (GRAHAM STUART). The Old Shrub Roses Illustrated. 8vo. Near fine original green cloth, in very good pictorial dustwrapper, a touch edgeworn, with fading to the spine, owner inscription of Elizabeth Winn to front free endpaper. (London, J.M. Dent & Sons, £14)    [ref: 11804]

[LOUDON (JOHN CLAUDIUS)]. The Green-House Companion; Third edition. Hand-coloured frontispiece, with some text illustrations. 8vo. Publisher’s original green cloth, printed paper label to spine, boards a touch bumped, minor splitting to the joints, light spotting to title-page & frontispiece, otherwise an excellent clean copy. [xii], 408pp. (London, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., £85)    [ref: 9657]

BAIRD (ROSEMARY). Goodwood: First edition, first impression. Photographic illustrations. 4to. Fine copy, in similar pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Frances Lincoln, £30)    [ref: 11398]

BENTIVOGLIO (CARDINAL GUIDO), MONMOUTH (HENRY, EARL OF) TRANS. Historical Relations of the United Provinces & of Flanders, First English editions. 2 vols. in 1. ‘The Compleat History’ with numerous portraits of individuals; lacking portrait frontis. of Henry of Monmouth. 4to. Later marbled calf, red leather label to spine, a.e.g., upper joint splitting slightly but firm. [4], 172, [5]; [9], 459, [8], [10]pp. (London, Humphrey Moseley, £325)    [ref: 9759]

CASSON (SIR HUGH) ED. A Gala Performance to help save Charleston. Programme no. 490. 8vo. Very good, in decorative card wrappers. (Charleston Trust, £15)    [ref: 11645]

CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.) A History of the English Speaking Peoples First editions. 4 vols. Illustrated with maps. Large 8vos. A near fine set, original publisher’s red cloth, without dustwrappers. (London, Cassell, £60)    [ref: 11822]

DALRYMPLE (WILLIAM). White Mughals First edition, second issue. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Very fine original cloth, in matching pictorial dustwrapper. (London, HarperCollins, £30)    [ref: 11715]

GREVILLE (CHARLES C.F.), REEVE (HENRY) ED. The Greville Memoirs: First editions. 3 parts in 8 vols. 8vo. Contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt with raised bands, marbled boards with matching endpapers, slight rubbing to headcaps, otherwise fine, t.e.g. (London, Longmann, Green & Co., £700)    [ref: 11884]

HEALEY (EDNA). The Queen’s House First edition, first impression. 8vo. Very good original cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper, with bookplate of Elizabeth Winn. (London, Michael Joseph, £15)    [ref: 11505]

LARWOOD (JACOB), [SCHEVICHAVEN (HERMAN D.J. VAN)] & HOTTEN (JOHN CAMDEN). The History of Signboards, First edition. Coloured frontispiece & 99 further illustrations. 8vo. Half calf, marbled boards, red leather label to spine (second label absent), joints reparied, occasional ink annotations, but overall a very good tight copy. [x], 536pp. (London, John Camden Hotten, £110)    [ref: 9503]

LUTYENS (MARY). The Lygons in India. First edition. Illustrations. Fine original cloth, in near fine unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, spine faded. (London, John Murray, £12)    [ref: 11782]

MORLAND (SAMUEL). The History of the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys of Piemont; First edition. 4 books in 1. Illustrated with woodcuts of the atrocities, an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Lombart, a delightful fold-out map of the region, and a dedication to Oliver Cromwell. 4to. 19th-century straight-grain blue morocco, gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., pages to the rear lightly soiled, with occasional minor spotting to margins. [10], [40], [16], 709pp. (London, Adoniram Byfield, £1400)    [ref: 9740]

MURPHY (SOPHIA). The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball. First edition. Numerous illustatrations. Small 4to. Fine publisher’s cloth, in near fine dustwrapper, this merely with the lightest of fading to the spine. (London, £55)    [ref: 12052]

ST. JOHN (HENRY). A Letter to Sir William Windham. First edition. Portrait frontis., separate title pages for each section. 8vo. Contemporary calf, upper joint split but firm, head & tail cap rubbed, otherwise an excellent copy. 531pp. (London, A. Millar, £70)    [ref: 11701]

VAN DER KEMP (G.) & LEVRON (J.) Versailles and the Trianons. First English edition. 8vo. Fine publisher’s orange grained cloth, gilt, without dustwrapper, owner inscription of Elizabeth Winn. (London, Nicholas Kaye, £12)    [ref: 11675]

ZIEGLER (GILETTE), TAYLOR (SIMON WATSON) TRANS. The Court of Versailles, in the reign of Louis XIV. First edition. 8vo. Very good publisher’s yellow cloth, without dustwrapper, spine a little rubbed. (London, George Allen & Unwin, £15)    [ref: 11442]

[LEICESTER]. Leicester Blitz Souvenir 59 photographic images. Fine original decorative cloth, wtih arms of Leciester surounded by flying bombs, matching dustwrapper with two small areas of loss to upper, otherwise this very good. 48pp. (Leicester, £18)    [ref: 11699]

BEGBIE (HAROLD), GOULD (F. CARRUTHERS) ILLUS. Great Men. First edition. 24 full-page colour illustrations, with text facing. 4to. Original colour printed boards, with red buckram spine, slightly worn at edges. (London, Grant Richards, £50)    [ref: 11432]

CROWQUILL (A.) [FORRESTER (A.H.)] Absurdities: In Prose and Verse. First edition. 13 hand-coloured humorous illustrations. 8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary speckled calf, gilt, with red leather label, marbled endpapers, expertly rebacked, with original backstrip laid down. [x], 132, [2]ads.pp. (London, Thomas Hurst and Co., £205)    [ref: 9553]

GRAHAM (VIRGINIA). Say Please First edition. 12mo. Very good original cloth, in rather chipped pictorial dustwrapper, some light bleaching to head & tail, bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front paste-down. (London, The Harvill Press, £14)    [ref: 11792]

STRACHEY (LYTTON). Ermyntrude and Esmeralda... First trade edition. 17 two-tone illustrations by Erté. Small 4to. Fine original pink cloth, gilt, with fine pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Anthony Blond, £30)    [ref: 11762]

GOLDSMITH (OLIVER), RACKHAM (ARTHUR) ILLUS. The Vicar of Wakefield. No. 481 of 575 copies, signed by the illustrator. 12 coloured plates, with further illustrations in the text. Small 4to. Fine original vellum, board & spine tooled in gilt, pages untrimmed, with illustrative green endpapers, t.e.g., with original publisher’s box this with original paper printed label. 232pp. (London, George G. Harrap & Co., £850)    [ref: 8783]

GRAND-CARTERET (J.) Les Moeurs et La Caricature en France. First edition. 8 coloured caricatures, with numerous black & white illustrations in the text. 4to. Fine contemporary quarter morocco, marbled boards & endpapers, spine gilt, occasional light toning to some pages, a delightful, clean copy. [xii], 690pp. (Paris, La Libraire Illustree, £340)    [ref: 9738]

GRANDVILLE (J.-J.) [GERARD (JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE)]. Les Metamorphoses du Jour... Later Edition. 70 hand-coloured engravings by Grandville, as well as numerous vignettes. 4to. Smartly bound in contemporary full red morocco, spine richly gilt, a.e.g., some edge-wear, some occasional foxing to page margins, plates fresh & bright, with original tissue-guards.[lxiii], 480pp. (Paris, Garnier Freres, £750)    [ref: 9737]

GRANDVILLE (J.-J.) [GERARD (JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE)]. Petites Miseres de la vie Humaine... Later Edition. With illustrations by Grandville, original engraved portrait frontispiece (1847). 4to. Fine straight grain red morocco, richly gilt in panels, a.e.g., sporadic spotting. [iii], 520pp. (Paris, Garnier Freres, £300)    [ref: 9726]

HEILBRUN (CAROLYN G.) Lady Ottoline’s Album. First edition. Numerous photographic illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering, in fine decorative dustwrapper, this with a hint of edgewear, otherwise an excellent copy. (London, Michael Joseph, £50)    [ref: 11643]

MERY (FRANCOIS JOSEPH PIERRE ANDRE) & FOELIX (LE COMTE). [RABAN (LOUIS FRANCOIS)]. Les Etoiles First edition. 2 parts in 1. Illustrated with numerous steel-engraved plates, heightened with colour, including frontispiece for each part by Geoffroy Charles. 4to. Original decorative cloth, gilt, a.e.g., some foxing. [xvi], 252; 186, [2]pp. (Paris, G. de Gonet, £850)    [ref: 9688]

SHAW (HENRY). Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, First edition. 2 vols. Beautiful hand-colour engraved plates & illuminations. 4to. Fine contemporary pale calf by J. Clarke, with armorial gilt stamps, borders, red & green labels to spines, with inner dentelles, a.e.g., very lightly rubbed in plates, some occasional marginal spotting. (London, William Pickering, £650)    [ref: 9724]

[JERRARD (P.)] The Book of Exotic Birds: 9 mounted colour plates. Small 4to. Very good in original pictorial cloth, gilt, a.e.g., some foxing throughout. (London, Paul Jerrard, £375)    [ref: 10672]

BENSON (ARTHUR C.) & ESHER (VISCOUNT) EDS. The Letters of Queen Victoria 3 vols. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s red cloth, upper boards elaborately blind stamped, spines gilt. (London, John Murray, £75)    [ref: 10718]

BURNEY (FANNY) [MME D’ARBLAY]. Diary and Letters of Madame d’Arblay, First edition. 7 vols. Portrait frontis. to each vol., with folding facsimile of page of Fanny Burney’s journal. 8vo. Fine contemporary half calf, boards & edges marbled, spines very lightly sunned. xxviii, 436; xii, 434; 477; [ii], 428; [ii], 446; [ii], 377; [iv], 401pp. (London, £575)    [ref: 11886]

CARLYLE (THOMAS), FROUDE (JAMES ANTHONY) EDS. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle. First edition. 3 vols. Original publisher’s cloth, slightly rubbed at extremities, spines gilt. (London, Longmans, Green and Co. £60)    [ref: 8225]

COKE (LADY MARY). The Letters and Journals of Lady Mary Coke. Facsimile edition limited to 500. 4 vols. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in price-clipped dustwrappers, these with minor tears. [cxxxviii], 250; 440; 495; 544pp. (Bath, Kingsmead, £140)    [ref: 11880]

EDEL (LEON) ED. Henry James Letters First UK editions of vols. I-III, first edition of vol. IV. 4 vols. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with fine printed dustwrappers, vols. I-III matching. (London & Cambrige (Mass.), £150)    [ref: 2908]

GODFREY (RUPERT) ED. Letters from a Prince. First edition. Illustrations. Fine original cloth, in near fine price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper, this with minimal shelf wear to upper edge. (London, £18)    [ref: 11787]

GREENE (GRAHAM). Yours etc. First edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in matching dustwrapper, this with slight crease to headcap. (London, £22)    [ref: 11730]

GRENFELL (JOYCE) & MOORE (KATHARINE). An Invisible Friendship First edition. 8vo. Original publisher’s cloth, with printed pictorial dustwrapper. (London, £20)    [ref: 11092]

HARRIS (PIPA) ED. Song of Love. First issue. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine publisher’s cloth, in near fine pictorial dustwrapper, this with very slight shelf wear to lower edge. (London, £18)    [ref: 11781]

HOUGH (RICHARD) ED. Advice to a Grand-Daughter. First edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in price-clipped dustwrapper, spine slightly sunned. (London, Heinemann, £15)    [ref: 11704]

LANDOR (WALTER SAVAGE). Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen: First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Fine contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt. [xvi], 362, [4]; [xiv], 399pp. (London, Taylor and Hessey, £215)    [ref: 9621]

MARCHAND (LESLIE.A.) Byron’s Letters and Journals. First editions. 12 vols, including the scarce index. 8vo. Particularly fine original cloth, in similar dustwrappers, these in protective sleeves. (London, John Murray, £275)    [ref: 11498]

MOSLEY (CHARLOTTE) ED. The Letters of Nancy Mitford & Evelyn Waugh. First edition, first impression. Large 8vo. Fine original cloth, in pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Hodder & Stoughton, £30)    [ref: 11509]

TURNBULL (ANDREW) ED. The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald. First UK edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with matching unclipped dustwrapper. (London, Bodley Head, £22)    [ref: 11542]

WALPOLE (HORACE). Letters to the Countess of Ossory. 3 vols. Fine contemporary red morocco by Hatchards, richly gilt, vol. I expertly rebacked, a.e.g. [iv], 317; [iv], 336; [iv], 371pp. (London, Arthur L. Humphreys, £180)    [ref: 11810]

WALPOLE (HORACE). The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: First editions thus. 10 vols. Frontis. to each vol. 8vo. Fine contemporary calf, spines richly gilt in compartments with red & green morocco labels, arms of the Forrester family stamped in gilt to upper boards, marbled edges & endpapers, lightly rubbed at edges, upper joint to vol. I repaired. (London, Richard Bentley, £575)    [ref: 11887]

[LOCKE (JOHN)]. Some Familiar Letters between Mr. Locke, and several of his friends. First edition. 8vo. Handsome contemporary panelled calf, upper joint cracked but firm, otherwise fine. [ii], 540pp. (London, A.& J. Churchill, £950)    [ref: 9502]

AUSTEN (JANE), CHAPMAN (R.W.) ED. Complete Illustrated Works of Jane Austen. Third edition thus. 6 vols. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in near fine dustwrappers, these slightly faded. (Oxford University Press, £65)    [ref: 11022]

BEERBOHM (MAX). More. First edition. 12mo. Fine original publisher’s green cloth, with original printed paper label to spine, a top-edges a touch dusty. 201pp. (London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, £120)    [ref: 9445]

BEERBOHM (MAX). The Works of Max Beerbohm: First edition. 12mo. Very good original red cloth, printed paper label to spine, boards a touch dust soiled, corners slightly bumped, however internally clean, pages untrimmed, some uncut. 179, [16]ads.pp. (London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, £150)    [ref: 9447]

BOSWELL (JAMES), HILL (GEORGE BIRKBECK) ED. Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson First thus. 6 vols. 8vo. Particularly attractive contemporary half vellum, gilt, with morocco labels to spines. xxviii, 522; [vi], 480; [vi], 464; [vi], 446; [viii], 460; lxxvi, 324pp. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, £750)    [ref: 11359]

BULWER LYTTON (SIR EDWARD). Novels... Library edition. 40 (of 41) vols. 12mo. Fine contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt, with red & green morocco labels, marbled boards, with matching endpapers & edges. (Blackwood, £525)    [ref: 11889]

CARROLL (LEWIS), TENNIEL (JOHN). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass; and The Hunting of the Snark. Numerous illustrations. Small 8vo. Original printed orange felt wrappers protected in black slip case with chemise. [ii], 262, [1]blank, [2]ads., [1]blankpp. (Washington, Jacket Library, £750)    [ref: 9946]

DE LACLOS (CHODERLOS), ALDINGTON (RICHARD) TRANS. Dangerous Acquaintances. First edition thus. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in slightly edgeworn pictorial dustwrapper, with bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front paste-down. (London, Peter Owen, £16)    [ref: 11859]

EDGEWORTH (MARIA). Castle Rackrent; 8vo. Publisher’s boards, with printed paper label, pages untrimmed, backstrip a bit chipped, but a otherwise a very good, tight copy. [xii], 183pp. (London, R. Hunter etc., £60)    [ref: 9453]

FLEMING (IAN). For Your Eyes Only First edition. Title printed in black & red. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, spine lettered in gilt, stylised eye stamped in white to upper board, with unclipped dustwrapper with light wear to corners & head & tail cap. 252pp. (London, Jonathan Cape, £425)    [ref: 11451]

FLEMING (IAN). The Man with the Golden Gun First edition, second issue. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, spine lettered in gilt (brass toned), with fine unclipped dustwrapper, with slight shelf wear to upper headcap. 221pp. (London, Jonathan Cape, £550)    [ref: 11448]

FLEMING (IAN). Thunderball First edition. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, spine lettered in silver gilt, skeletal hand stamped in blind to upper board, with unclipped dustwrapper showing some signs of light wear to upper & lower edges. 254pp. (London, Jonathan Cape, £400)    [ref: 11449]

FLEMING (IAN). You Only Life Twice. First edition, second (?) issue. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth stamped in silver gilt, unclipped printed pictorial dustwraper with minor shelf wear to top edge. 256pp. (London, Jonathan Cape, £325)    [ref: 11446]

GALLICO (PAUL). Ludmilla First edition. 8vo. Original publisher’s cloth, with pictorial dustwrapper, this with some loss. (London, £20)    [ref: 11416]

HARTLEY (L.P.) A Perfect Woman. First edition. 8vo. Near fine original cloth, without dustwrapper, spine lightly faded, owner inscription of Elizabeth Winn to front free endpaper. (London, Hamish Hamilton, £13)    [ref: 11867]

JAMES (HENRY). The Awkward Age. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in very good dustwrapper, this printed in red & black. (London, the Bodley Head, £15)    [ref: 7293]

MAUGHAM (W. SOMERSET). Here and There... First edition. Small 8vo. Fine original red cloth, without dustwrapper. (London, William Heinemann, £13)    [ref: 11838]

MAUGHAM (W. SOMERSET). Of Human Bondage. 8vo. Fine original red cloth, without dustwrapper, inscription to front free endpaper. (London, William Heinemann, £20)    [ref: 11864]

MERRIMAN (HENRY SETON). The Works, in 14 vols. 14 vols. 12mos. An attractive library set. All pub.1909, except ‘Flotsam’ pub. 1913. (London, Smith & Elder, £150)    [ref: 10134]

MITFORD (NANCY). Don’t Tell Alfred. First edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with very good pictorial dustwrapper, this slightly shelf worn. (London, Hamish Hamilton, £35)    [ref: 11764]

MURRAY (JOHN G.) A Gentleman Publisher’s Commonplace Book. First edition. 8vo. Fine publisher’s cloth, in similar dustwrapper. (London, John Murray, £14)    [ref: 11830]

NICHOLS (BEVERLEY). Sunlight on the Lawn. First edition. With drawings by William Mclaren. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with attractive price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper, this with minor chipping to the extremities, but overall a delightful copy. (London, Jonathan Cape, £18)    [ref: 11440]

POWELL (ANTHONY). A Buyer’s Market Second edition. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s red cloth, spine very slightly darkened, without dustwrapper. (London, William Heinemann, £20)    [ref: 11042]

RUSS (RICHARD PATRICK) [O’BRIAN (PATRICK)] Caesar First edition. Colour frontispiece with further illustrations throughout. 8vo. Original publisher’s cloth, stamped in black, spine somewhat faded. [viii], 88pp. (London, £300)    [ref: 11236]

SCOTT (SIR WALTER). The Waverley Novels: 13 vols. 8vo. Contemporary green half calf, with red morocco labels to spines, these richly gilt. (£525)    [ref: 10014]

SOLZHENITSYN (ALEXANDER). One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: First UK Edition. 8vo. Near fine original red cloth, spine stamped in gilt, with excellent yellow dustwrapper, printed in red & black, with two neat repairs at head & tail of spine. 192pp. (London, Victor Gollancz. £150)    [ref: 4419]

SOMERVILLE & ROSS The Irish R.M. Complete Later issue. 8vo. Fine original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in near fine pictorial dustwrapper, this darkened to spine & with minimal shelf wear. (London, Faber & Faber, £14)    [ref: 11048]

TEY (JOSEPHINE). The Daughter of Time. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher’s red pictorial cloth, stamped in black, very slightly faded to upper edge of headcap, with pictorial dustwrapper, this with slight loss to headcap, not affecting text, otherwise an excellent copy of a scarce book. 222pp. (London, Peter Davies £110)    [ref: 4302]

TROLLOPE (ANTHONY). The Barsetshire Chronicles: 6 vols. Very good in original decorative publisher’s boards, labels to spines, edges of ‘The Warden’ very lightly rubbed. (London, The Zodiac Press, £105)    [ref: 11888]

TROLLOPE (ANTHONY). The Warden. First edition, later issue. 8vo. Original publisher’s printed linen boards, rebacked, old spine laid down, corners repaired, somewhat dust soiled, new yellow glazed endpapers. [iv], 336pp. (London, £650)    [ref: 6698]

WAUGH (EVELYN). Men at Arms. First edition. 8vo. Very good original cloth, without dustwrapper, lightly marked and bumped, spine a touch faded. (London, Chapman & Hall, £15)    [ref: 11794]

WHARTON (EDITH). The Descent of Man, First Edition. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s red cloth, gilt, t.e.g., Easton Neston library plate to front paste-down, without dust wrapper, but clean & bright. 312pp. (New York, Scribner’s, £125)    [ref: 4212]

WILDE (OSCAR). Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime First edition. Small 8vo. Original brown pictorial printed boards, a trifle worn, hinges reinforced, but overall an excellent copy. 168pp. (London, James R. Osgood, £200)    [ref: 9438]

WOLFE (TOM). The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Very good white buckram with multi-coloured lettering to spine, in matching pictorial dustwrapper, this slightly edge-worn but bright. viii, 416pp. (New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, £130)    [ref: 10875]

WOOLF (LEONARD S.) The Wise Virgins: First Edition. 8vo. Brown cloth, with grid design to front, 8 pages of publishers original advertisments to rear. Bit rubbed to extremities, head caps slightly worn, splitting occuring to spine, light spotting to some pages. Nevertheless, a very good copy of an extremely rare book. (London, Edward Arnold, £550)    [ref: 4288]

WOOLF (VIRGINIA). The Waves. Eight impression. Small 8vo. Fine original cloth, without dustwrapper. (London, The Hogarth Press, £13)    [ref: 11862]

[EDEN (THE HON. EMILY)], LEWIS (LADY THERESA) ED. The Semi-Detached House First edition. Small 8vo. Fine recent half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, occasional light marginal spotting. 327pp. (London, Richard Bentley, £120)    [ref: 9600]

[FITZGERALD (EDWARD)]. Euphranor: First edition. 12mo. Original blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt, head & tailcaps worn, slightly shaken, hinges a bit weak, but holding together well, occasional pencil annotations, but generally clean throughout, a very good copy of the scarce first edition. 81pp. (London, William Pickering, £205)    [ref: 9440]

[PEACOCK (THOMAS LOVE)]. Gryll Grange. First edition (in book form). 8vo. Contemporary full polished calf by Hale & Roworth of Manchester, burgundy endpapers, spine gilt (somewhat faded), joints expertly repaired, some spotting to endpapers & lightly to title-page, otherwise a very good copy. [viii], 316pp. (London, Parker, Son, and Bourn, £205)    [ref: 9491]

[PEACOCK (THOMAS LOVE)]. The Misfortunes of Elphin. First edition. 12mo. Bound in half maroon leather, marbled boards & endpapers, t.e.g., some slight scuffing to the spine, otherwise clean throughout, a very good copy., ex-libris: Stephen Tumim. 240pp. (London, Thomas Hookham, £225)    [ref: 9563]

[VARIOUS]. Then and Now First edition. Richly ilustrated. 8vo. Fine original printed boards. (London, Jonathan Cape, £28)    [ref: 11709]

FOOT (M.R.D.) Six Faces of Courage. First edition. Illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in similar unclipped dustwrapper. (London, £22)    [ref: 11793]

BEWICK (THOMAS). A General History of Quadrupeds. Fifth edition. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts of mammals by Bewick. 4to. Fine contemporary marbled calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, joints expertly repaired, text delightfully clean & crisp, with not a hint of foxing. [x], 525, [1]pp. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, £420)    [ref: 9722]

EWAN (JOSEPH & NESTA). John Banister and his Natural History of Virginia, 1678-1692 First edition thus. Large 8vo. A fine copy, maroon cloth, in printed dust wrapper. (University of Illinois Press, £50)    [ref: 9199]

MAWE (J.) Wodarch’s Introduction to the Study of Conchology: Fourth edition. Hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece & 6 engraved plates. 12mo. Quarter cloth, original paper printed label to spine, pages untrimmed., a touch worn at extremities, some neat pencil annotations. [xii], 149pp. (London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, £64)    [ref: 9500]

MILLAIS (J.G.) Rhododendrons: No.168 of 550 copies. 17 coloured plates (these with tissue guards) & numerous illustrations. Folio. Original maroon cloth, gilt lettering, a few small marks to the boards, with a light crease line to margin, but not affecting the main text block, internally clean & tight throughout. [vi], 268pp. (London, Longmans, Green and Co., £420)    [ref: 9318]

PIERCE (F.N.) & METCALFE (REV. J.W.) The Genitalia of the British Pyrales with the Deltoids and Plumes: Numerous plates & illustrations. Tall 8vo. Fine publisher’s decorative red cloth, gilt without dust wrapper. (Oundle, F.N. Pierce, £45)    [ref: 5597]

THORNTON (ROBERT JOHN), HENDERSON (PETER). The Blue Egyptian Water Lily. First & only State of this plate. Large folio. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Stadler. (London, Sept. 11th, £3000)    [ref: 2961]

THORNTON (ROBERT JOHN), HENDERSON (PETER). The Dragon Arum. Second state. Hand-coloured mezzotint, engraved by Ward. (Dec. 1st, £1750)    [ref: 2963]

THORNTON (ROBERT JOHN), REINAGLE. The Queen Flower Only state. Aquatint, with stipple & line engraving. (Jan. 1st, £2750)    [ref: 2964]

[BUDGEN (L.M.)] Episodes of Insect Life: First Editions. 3 vols. Hand-coloured illustrations. 8vo. Original publisher’s pictorial cloth, gilt, with insect design to boards, corners slightly bumped, hinges weak but holding, with very occasional light spotting, signature removed from front free endpaper of each vol., a.e.g., [xviii], 320; [xvi], 326; [xvii], 434, [2]pp. (London, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, £295)    [ref: 9191]

BARRETT (ELIZABETH B.) The Seraphim, First edition. 8vo. Original publisher’s cloth, expertly rebacked, slightly rubbed at extremities. xxi, [i], 360pp. (London, Saunders & Otley, £250)    [ref: 6728]

BETJEMAN (JOHN), BIRKENHEAD (EARL OF) ED. John Betjeman’s Collected Poems Eighth impression. 8vo. Fine original cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt, without dustwrapper. xviii, 279pp. Letter on a single folded sheet in felt tip pen, 2pp. (London, John Murray, £200)    [ref: 11860]

BLOOMFIELD (ROBERT). Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs. Second edition. Portrait frontispiece, with several attractive woodcuts in the style of Thomas Bewick. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf, gilt, with black leather label to spine, marbled endpapers, occasional light browning, otherwise a very good tight copy. [ix], 119pp. (London, Vernor and Hood, £120)    [ref: 9486]

BROWN (PERCY). Picturesque Nepal. First edition. 44 full-page plates. 8vo. Publisher’s pictorial cloth, gilt, a trifle rubbed & shaken, otherwise very good copy, t.e.g. (London, A&C Black, £95)    [ref: 6011]

BYRON (GEORGE GORDON, LORD). Poems: Second edition. Engraved frontispiece, with tissue-guard. 12mo. Contemporary full calf, gilt, spine in compartments, with marbled endpapers & edges, extremities slightly rubbed, joints a touch fragile, but text clean throughout, a very good copy. [viii], 174pp. (London, Newark, £395)    [ref: 9430]

COWPER (WILLIAM). Cowper, Later impression. Engraved plates, with tissue-guards, including additional title-page. 8vo. Late marbled boards, printed paper label, pages a bit browned internally, but overall a very good copy. 48pp. (London, Vernor and Hood, £105)    [ref: 9656]

GAY (JOHN). Poems on Several Occasions. First edition. 2 vols. in 1. Engraved pictorial frontispiece. 4to. Marbled calf, gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., front hinge cracking, boards are a touch rubbed, however internally very good. [8], 268; 271-546pp. (London, Jacob Tonson, £340)    [ref: 9760]

PEMBER (FRANCIS). Musa Feriata. First (only) edition. 8vo. Original publisher’s cream cloth, very slightly dust soiled spine lettered in gilt. iv, 112pp. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, £65)    [ref: 8226]

SACKVILLE-WEST (VITA). The Garden. First trade edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in unclipped printed pictorial dustwrapper, this with top edge strengthened. (London, Michael Joseph, £45)    [ref: 11757]

SOMERVILE (WILLIAM). Hobbinol, Field Sports, and the Bowling Green. Illustrated with some delightful woodcut vignettes, the advertisment composed by Rudolph Ackermann. 4to. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, endpapers & page-edges, red morocco labels to spine, a trifle scuffed, and some chipping to the spine, but beautifully tight & clean internally, with not a hint of spotting. [iv], 118pp. (London, R. Ackermann, £210)    [ref: 9758]

WYNDHAM (GEORGE). Ronsard & La Pleiade, First edition. 8vo. Fine contemporary half morocco, gilt, boards lightly marked. 266pp. Autograph Letter: single 8vo sheet, 1pp. verso blank, unsigned, dated June 9 1944. (London, Macmillan and Co., £300)    [ref: 9524]

[ANACREON], FORSTER (EDWARD) ED. Anacreontis Odaria, First edition thus. Attractive italic Greek text, with engraved head & tail pieces. 8vo. Fine contemporary straight grained green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, elaborate borders, inner dentelles, a.e.g., boards a trifle rubbed, some general wear to extremities, some spotting internally, but overall a very good, tight copy in an attractive binding. 130pp. (London, J. White & G. Miller, £140)    [ref: 9654]

COLLIER (JOHN). Green Thoughts. No. 463 of an edition of 500, signed by the author. Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe. Tall 8vo. Original buckram, spine & upper board stamped in gilt, some mottled dust soiling as usual, internally fine, t.e.g. With slip tipped into the title page giving the new publisher of Furnival Books as Joiner & Steele. (London, Chiswick Press, £35)    [ref: 11801]

COPPARD (A.E.) The Man from Kilsheelan. Signed by the author, no. 183 of 500. Woodcut frontispiece by Robert Gibbings. Tall 8vo. Fine original blue buckram, spine very slightly faded, spine & upper board stamped in gilt, t.e.g. (London, £45)    [ref: 11780]

FURST (HERBERT) ED. The Woodcut: First editions: vol. I, II & III: one of 750; vol. IV one of 700. 4 vols. 2 tipped-in colour plates (vol. I, pp.34-35), large folding plate (vol. II), with numerous other illustrations throughout. 4to. Fine original decorative boards, vols. I, II & IV in original printed dustwrappers, some light wear to extremities. [viii], 75, [3]; [x], 90, [2]; [viii], 78, [2]; [viii], 71, [3]pp. (London, The Fleuron Limited, £975)    [ref: 8772]

GARNETT (DAVID). A Terrible Day. No.192 of an edition of 500, signed by the author. Frontispiece by Duncan Grant. Tall 8vo. Original buckram, spine & upper board stamped in gilt, spine & top edge of boards darkened as usual, internally fine, t.e.g. With slip tipped into the title page giving the new publisher of Furnival Books as Joiner & Steele. (London, Chiswick Press, £40)    [ref: 11803]

JOHNSTON (EDWARD). A Carol and other Rhymes. Reprint (with corrections). Printed in red & black. 16mo. Fine original two-tone cloth, gilt, rear board a trifle marked, pages very slightly browned. (London, Douglas Pepler, £165)    [ref: 9441]

MANHOOD (H.A.) Little Peter the Great. No.157 of an edition of 500, signed by the author. Frontispiece by Rowland Hilder. Tall 8vo. Unusually fine imperial yellow buckram, spine & upper board stamped in gilt, t.e.g. With slip tipped into the title page giving the new publisher of Furnival Books as Joiner & Steele. (London, Chiswick Press, £45)    [ref: 11805]

MOSLEY (JAMES). Ornamented Types: Number 71 of 200 numbered copies. 2 vols. 25 ornamented alphabets on 46 sheets. Folio. Mint as issued in large solander box, with book in slip case containing an essay by James Mosley. (London, I.M. Imprimit & St. Bride Library, £2000)    [ref: 2477]

NYREN (JOHN), O’CONNOR (JOHN) ILLUS. The Young Cricketer’s Tutor No. 2 of 50 specially bound copies of an edition of 750. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s buckram with cricketing scene stamped in gilt on upper board. (London, Dropmore Press, £225)    [ref: 4825]

RACKHAM (ARTHUR) ILLUS., SHAKESPEARE (WM.) The Tempest. No. 245 of 520 copies, signed by Rackham. Pictorial title, 21 mounted colour plates, with further illustrations in the text. 4to. Fine original quarter vellum, gilt, matching boards, upper stamped in gilt with distinctive mermaid figure. (London, £1250)    [ref: 9617]

SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM). The Passionate Pilgrim and the songs in Shakespeare’s plays: One of 310 copies. Woodcut designs by Charles Ricketts. 8vo. Blind-tooled ‘celtic’ border to boards, raised bands to spine, this in compartments, t.e.g., pages untrimmed, original blue wrappers bound in to rear of the book, with printed labels, & silk marker, re-cased preserving original spine, a delightful copy. [lxxix]pp. (London, The Ballantyne (Vale) Press, £215)    [ref: 9505]

STRONG (L.A.G.) The Big Man. Signed by the author, one of an edition of 500 (unnumbered). Frontispiece by Tirzah Garwood. Tall 8vo. Original blue buckram, spine slightly faded, spine & upper board stamped in gilt, t.e.g. With slip tipped into the title page giving the new publisher of Furnival Books as Joiner & Steele. (London, Chiswick Press, £35)    [ref: 11806]

[WHISTLER (JAMES A. MCNEILL)]. Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, One of 250 copies. Interspersed with small butterfly signatures of the author. 8vo. Fine original cloth-backed gilt-stamped boards, a touch edge worn & lightly faded to the spine, with some very light spotting to endpapers. 78pp. (Paris, Louis-Henry May, £105)    [ref: 9514]

WHEELER (C.A.) EDITOR Sportscrapiana. First edition. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth, gilt, expertly recased, headcaps repaired. xiv. 328pp. (London, £105)    [ref: 2972]

[THE JOCKEY CLUB]. The Racing Calendar: 14 vols. 8vo. Smartly bound in contemporary leather, gilt, with red & black labels to spines. (London, Weatherby & Sons, £200)    [ref: 8798]

AMMAN (JOST) & MODIUS (FRANCISCUS). Cleri totius Romanæ Ecclesiæ subjecti, Seu Pontificiorum ordinum omnium omino Utriusque Sexus, Habitus, Artificosissimis figuris... Second (?) Latin & first editions. 103 fine woodcuts of the costumes of religious orders by Jost Amman, portrait of the Pope (A4) repeated on title, fine colophon, with fine initial letter to Aii. Small 4to. Early nineteenth century calf, joints repaired, very light dampstain to lower margin Hi-Hiv. [98]; 16ll. (Frankfurt, Sigmund Feyrabend, £1750)    [ref: 6406]

[JONES (OWEN).] The Book of Common Prayer, Richly illustrated with initial letters, plates & illuminations, designed by Owen Jones. 4to. Particularly fine contemporary morocco, boards & spine richly gilt, with panels in contrasting morocco, inner dentelles, a.e.g., fine decorative endpapers (gold on black), some light spotting as usual, inner hinges strengthened. [xl], 484pp. (London, John Murray, £175)    [ref: 9631]

LEAR (EDWARD). Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica. First edition. Map & 40 wood-engraved plates, with further illustrations in the text. Tall 8vo. Original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, corners slightly bumped, spine & upper board marked, otherwise very good. xvi, 272pp. (London, Robert John Bush, £650)    [ref: 10673]

LEES-MILNE (JAMES). Worcestershire First edition. Numerous monochrome illustrations. Small 4to. Near fine publisher’s cloth, in fine pictorial dustwrapper. (London, Faber, £40)    [ref: 7427]

TOMBLESON (WILLIAM). FEARNSIDE (W.G.) ED. View of The Rhine [and] Upper Rhine. First editions. 2 vols. 2 folding panoramas, engraved title-pages & 137 engraved plates. Tall 8vo. Fine matching original green cloth, with green morocco labels gilt, plates still protected by tissue-guards, some occasional light spotting or offset, but mostly clean internally. 190, [2]; [viii], 181, [3]pp. (London, Tombleson & Co., £1150)    [ref: 9739]

WEST (THOMAS). A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire. Sixth edition. Folding map & 16 aquatints by Samuel Alken. 8vo. Fine contemporary marbled calf, geometric gilt borders, with red leather labels to spine, marbled endpapers, front hinge slightly weak, light offset from plates as usual. [xii], 313, [3]pp. (London, W. Richardson, £275)    [ref: 9569]

WHITAKER (JOHN). The History of Manchester. First editions. 2 vols. 11 plates (incl. 3 folding). 4to. Smartly bound in polished calf, spine gilt with black labels, some light spotting or browning, but generally a very good, clean example. [ix], 469, [lxxiii], [4] adv, 186; [1] adv, 594, [24] index.pp. (London, Messrs. Dodsley, £500)    [ref: 9746]

[ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)]. A History of the University of Cambridge, First Edition. 2 vols. 95 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates. Large 4to. Fine contemporary black half morocco, gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, extremities very slightly worn, head & tailcaps of vol. I slightly snagged, internally fine but with the usual offset from plates, with marbled boards & endpapers. [xi], 296; 324pp. (London, R. Ackermann. £6500)    [ref: 8782]

ARFWESON (C.D.) The United States and Canada, First edition. 2 vols. 2 lithograph frontispieces. 8vo. Fine contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt. viii, 433; viii, 418pp. (London, £325)    [ref: 11705]

BRYDONE (PATRICK). A Tour through Sicily and Malta. New edition. 2 vols. Folding map. 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt, expertly rebacked, old spines laid down, these with red leather labels, some occasional light browning, otherwise very good. [xvi], 373, [3]; [xi], 355pp. (London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, £300)    [ref: 9632]

CHATWIN (BRUCE). In Patagonia First edition, first issue. Photographic illustrations on 4 plates. 8vo. Fine original publisher’s cloth, in matching un-clipped pictorial dustwrapper, with the merest hint of fading to the spine, with map endpapers. 204pp. (London, Jonathan Cape, £425)    [ref: 11199]

COLLINS (CHARLES ALLSTON). A Cruise Upon Wheels: Third edition. 8vo. Contemporary half blue morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt, morocco label to spine, some sporadic foxing, otherwise very good. [xi], 460pp. (London, £95)    [ref: 9449]

CUSTINE (MARQUIS DE). Russia. 8vo. Fine contemporary half calf, marbled boards & edges. xxiv, 532pp. (London, £75)    [ref: 11703]

DANOIS (COUNTESS) [AULNOY (MARIE-CATHERINE, COUNTESS D’)]. The Lady’s Travels into Spain; 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, with raised bands & red morocco labels, some light wear to extremities, some splitting along the joints of front boards, but holding well, otherwise fine. [xii], 338; 329pp. (London, T. Davies, £340)    [ref: 9450]

FELLOWES (W.D.) A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: Third edition. 15 plates, 12 of which are hand-coloured aquatints. 8vo. Bound in straight grained blue morocco, gilt embossed pictorial design, blind borders, most tissue guards present, a.e.g., worn to the extremities, some mild spotting to margins, but overall very good. [xii], 188pp. (London, Thomas M’Lean, £525)    [ref: 9554]

FERMOR (PATRICK LEIGH). Between the Woods and the Water. First edition. Portrait frontis. Fine original cloth, gilt, in particularly fine unclipped pictorial dustwrapper. (London, John Murray, £45)    [ref: 11051]

HUDSON (W.H.) The Purple Land: Second edition. 52 woodcut illustrations by Keith Henderson. 8vo. Fine 20th-century half green morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g. (London, Duckworth, £95)    [ref: 11254]

JOHANNOT (TONY), DE MUSSET (ALFRED) & STAHL (P.-J.) Voyage, First edition. Over 60 illustrations & plates by Tony Johannot. 4to. Very good original green cloth, gilt, a touch worn at the extremities, internally clean, hinges a bit weak. 170, [2]pp. (Paris, J. Hetzel, £125)    [ref: 9721]

JOUHANNEAUD (ABBE PAUL). Album Des Voyages: Anciens et Modernes. Frontispiece & 63 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates of native costumes. 4to. Very good in original decorative blue cloth, gilt, with colour designs to front boards, a.e.g., front hinge strengthened, repair to front free endpaper, some scattered marginal foxing. 208pp. (Limoges, Martial Ardant Freres, £525)    [ref: 9687]

LUSHINGTON (HENRIETTA). Almeria’s Castle; First edition. Engraved frontispiece & illustrations. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt, a touch worn to head & tail caps, but otherwise fine. 312, [32]ads.pp. (London, Griffith and Farran, £72)    [ref: 9444]

MACAULAY (ROSE). The Towers of Trebizond. First edition. 8vo. Fine original cloth, in very good dustwrapper. (London, Collins, £25)    [ref: 11858]

MATTHEWS (HENRY). The Diary of an Invalid; Second edition (in one vol). 8vo. Contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt in compartments, with green morocco label, boards a bit scuffed, but overall a very good copy. [xv], 518pp. (London, John Murray, £125)    [ref: 9601]

MILLS (CHARLES) ED. The Travels of Theodore Ducas, First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Fine contemporary diced green calf, gilt decorated borders, corners in blind, spines gilt in compartments & raised bands, with red morocco labels, minor rubbing to headcaps, joints to vol. I strengthened, marbled endpapers. [viii], 388; [vii], 399 [1]pp. (London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, £380)    [ref: 9638]

NICOLSON (HAROLD). Journey to Java. First edition. Photographic illustrations. 8vo. Fine original cloth, gilt, without dustwrapper. (London, Constable, £15)    [ref: 11069]

NOUGARET (PIERRE JEAN-BAPTISTE). Beautes de l’Histoire de la Savoie et de Geneve, First edition. Engraved illustrations. Small 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf, gilt, with green morocco label to spine, marbled endpapers, boards slightly bowed, pages a touch browned, otherwise very good. 460pp. (Paris, Crette, Libraire, £40)    [ref: 9451]

PAGET (JOHN). Hungary and Transylvania; New edition. 2 vols. Folding coloured map & numerous vignette-style illustrations. 8vo. Recent fine half calf, gilt, raised bands. [xxi], 560; [xii], 553pp. (London, John Murray, £440)    [ref: 9560]

PFEIFFER (IDA). A Woman’s Journey round the World, Second edition. Tinted lithograph title & 10 further tinted plates. 8vo. Particularly fine publisher’s intricately blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. xviii, 338pp. (London, £100)    [ref: 10850]

SALT (HENRY). A Voyage to Abyssinia, First edition. 37 maps, charts & views, incl. a large folding hand-coloured map of Abyssinia. Large 4to. Contemporary polished calf, rebacked, old spine laid down, this (as boards) richly gilt with morocco label. xii, 506, lxxv index pp (London, £2500)    [ref: 8770]

SCOTT (JOHN). Paris Revisited, in 1815, by way of Brussels: Third edition. 8vo. Fine quarter calf, marbled boards, black leather label gilt to spine, expertly rebacked, extremities slightly rubbed. [viii], 405pp. (London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, £85)    [ref: 9551]

SMYTH (CAPT. WM. H.) Sketch of the present state of the Island of Sardinia. First edition. Frontispiece map & 6 engraved plates. 8vo. Calf-backed marbled boards, gilt, red morocco label to spine, some very minor rubbing to extremities, otherwise a most excellent copy. [xii], 351pp. (London, John Murray, £850)    [ref: 9640]

SPEKE (JOHN HANNING). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. First edition. Folding map in rear pocket, one other map, engraved portrait frontispiece of Speke, portrait of Grant, with 24 further plates & further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Original publisher’s pictorial cloth gilt, expertly rebacked, old spine laid down, head & tail caps repaired, sympathetic new green endpapers. xxxi, [i], 658, [2]ads., [32]ads.pp. (Edinburgh & London, £750)    [ref: 9093]

STARK (FREYA). Baghdad Sketches. First edition. 12 plates. 8vo. Original publisher’s red cloth, with original printed paper labels to upper board & spine, the latter with very slight loss to 2 corners. [viii], 132pp. (Baghdad, The Baghdad Times, £450)    [ref: 11523]

STARK (FREYA). Ionia. First edition. Numerous illustrations, vignette to title by Reynolds Stone. 8vo. Fine original cloth, with unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, this slightly rubbed with minimal loss to headcap, in protective wrapper. (London, John Murray, £35)    [ref: 11726]

TAYLOR (REV. ISSAC). Scenes in Asia, Second edition. Folding map, frontispiece & numerous vivid & bright hand-coloured illustrations. 12mo. Original pictorial boards depicting ‘Asiatic scenes’, rebacked, somewhat rubbed & bumped, occasional light spotting to plate margins, otherwise very good. 118, [2 adv]pp. (London, Harris and Son, £205)    [ref: 9448]