Johann Zainer, Ulm, 1474: an early example of printed foliation

1. Albertus Magnus. SUMMA DE EUCHARISTIAE SACRAMENTO. 183 leaves (including the last leaf, which is a lithographicfacsimile of the original colophon, with the paper browned to simulate the age of the original leaves); folios 9-183 numbers ii-CLxxv,printed in gothic type, with a fine xylographic decorative border to the inner and upper margins of the opening text page, simplewoodcut line initials in text, no rubrication; 29.6 x 20.5 cm., folio; rebound in 19th century full vellum, boards with double blind ruledborder, spine lettered by hand in gilt, the boards lightly soiled, corners a trifle rubbed; with the original fifteenth century red letteredmanuscript title label laid down (upside down) on lower pastedown, and an inked inscription describing the original binding woodboards covered with Leather dating the binding at 1889, small book label of Dr. S. E. Lawton (also upside down) on lower pastedown,with the bookplate of Australian printer and publisher John Gartner on upper pastedown, blind impression from type at foot of fol. [7],inked inscription in seventeenth century hand at head of fol. [1], plus occasional minor marginal annotations in an early hand, somelight foxing and staining, occasional minor wear and tear (a few small holes, a little creasing, a couple of small tears); Johann Zainer,Ulm, 1474. Goff A-335; HC 456; GW 780; BMCii 522. *Overall a good, clean, wide-margined copy of the first edition, substantiallytaller than the copy listed in the British Museum Catalogue. After printing was completed, it was discovered that an entire page of texthad been omitted, between the words Tertio calore at the end of the last line of folio lx recto, and quia etiam natali which follows onthe first line of the next page, folio lx. This was subsequently printed on the verso of a separate sheet, which the printer inserted beforefolio lx. The British Museum copy has a line of directions to the reader printed by a later impression at the foot of the inserted leaf. Asno such line appears on this copy it may be presumed that ours is an earlier impression than that in the British Museum.

An early example of printed foliation, or numbering (all but the first text leaf being numbered at the head of the page). This is also oneof the earliest books to be decorated with a woodcut border - an innovation developed by the printer, Johann Zainer, who experimentedwith several different designs, incorporating a variety of curling leafy sprays, which four hundred years later were to influence WilliamMorris when he was drawing the decorations for the Kelmscott Press. Zainer introduced the art of printing into Ulm, completing his firstdated book there on 11 January 1473. His family is particularly associated with printed book decorations: a relative, Gunther Zainer ofAugsburg, pioneered the illustration of books printed with movable type (and in so doing incurred the wrath of the local woodcutters’guild, who rightly feared that this innovation could soon deprive them of their livelihood). Prior to the introduction of printing frommovable type, Augsburg and Ulm had been the German centres of production of playing cards and woodblock illustrations, and bothcities were subsequently noted for their output of illustrated printed books, while at other German printing centres, book-illustration wason a much smaller scale.

Albertus Magnus, Dominican scholar, son of the Swabian Count of Bollstadt, was universally acknowledged as the most learned man ofhis time - the only one to whom the epithet The Great was applied. He was particularly influential in the fields of theology andphilosophy (Thomas Aquinas attended his lectures) - his philosophical aim being the reconciliation of Aristotelianism with Christianteaching. Albertus taught initially in Germany and Paris, became German Provincial of his Order and Bishop of Regensburg, andeventually retired to the Dominican House at Cologne. He was considered a saint from the fourteenth century, was beatified in 1622,canonized and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1931. $8,500.00

2. Alexander (Sir James Edward) AN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY INTO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA, through thehitherto undescribed countries of the great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras. Performed under the auspices of her Majesty'sGovernment, and the Royal Geographical Society; and conducted by Sir James Edward Alexander, K.L.S. In two volumes. Pp.xxiv+302+viii+306+[6](adverts.), 7 plates (including frontispiece to both volumes), a few head and tailpiece illustrations (1 full page),folding map with red highlights, appendix; recent half navy calf, the spines lettered and ruled in gilt, with 4 raised bands, light bluecloth boards, a trifle rubbed; uncut; new endpapers; the plates slightly offset, a little light foxing and occasional minor soiling, shortclosed tear from inner edge of map neatly tape-repaired; Henry Colburn, London, 1838. First edition. $1,500.00

3. Allen (Grant) THE LOWER SLOPES. Reminiscences of excursions round the base of Helicon, undertaken for the most part inearly manhood. Pp. viii+80(last colophon)+[16](publisher's catalogue), decorative title and half-title pages; brown cloth, lettered anddecorated in gilt, the lower board a trifle marked, spine cloth faintly faded; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper hingestarting, free endpapers lightly offset, a little light foxing and occasional soiling; Elkin Matthews, London, 1893. First U.K. edition,being one of 600 copies printed for England. *The decorations are by J. Illingworth Kay. From the Prance collection, with his smallbook label on the upper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature on the upper free endpaper. $200.00

4 Andersen (Hans Christian) HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES. Illustrated by A. Duncan Carse. Pp. viii+248, colouredfrontispiece and 7 plates, black & white title page vignette and text illustrations; pictorial blue cloth, the upper board very slightlybowed, bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; two small bookplates on upper pastedown, the half-title page and final textpage faintly offset; A. & C. Black, London, 1912. $300.00

5. Andersen (Hans [Christian]) HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Edited by Capt.Edric Vredenburg. Pp. 104+[4](advertisements), coloured frontispiece and 5 plates, numerous black & white text illustrations; f'cap.4to; cloth backed pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn; free endpapers offset, hinges tender at a couple of points,top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Tuck, n.d.[191-?]. The Treasure House Library series. *Attwell's illustrated edition of Andersen'sfairy tales was first published in 1913; this is a later printing, as it includes an advertisement for her edition of Kingsley's The WaterBabies (published in 1915). $225.00

6. Andersen (Hans) HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES. Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant. Pp. 340+[4](advertisements),44 coloured plates within pagination, coloured pictorial endpapers; small f'cap. 4to; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in black,with coloured oval pictorial onlay on upper board; dust wrapper, edges lightly split and chipped; edges of leaves foxed, short split tofore-edge of one leaf; Ward, Lock, n.d. [c.194-?]. Seventh issue. *Margaret Tarrant's illustrations were originally published in 1910.The title page calls for 48 coloured plates, but the list of plates includes only 44, all of which are present. $350.00

7. Andersen (Hans Christian) THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE. With illustrations in colour by Niels Larsen Stevns. Englishtranslation by W. Glyn Jones. Pp. 350, with numerous full page illustrations; super roy. 4to; canvas backed papered boards, the spinelettered in dark grey and upper board in purple, lower board faded at top portion, edges lightly worn, with corners lightly frayed; British

Book Centre, Inc., New York/Maxsons & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, 1954. *This English translation is based on the Danish textof H. Topsoe-Jensen's annotated edition of 1951. $195.00

8. Anderson, Anne: Grimm (Brothers) & Hans Christian Andersen. THE FAIRY TALES OF GRIMM & ANDERSEN.Illustrated by Anne Anderson. Pp. [320], coloured frontispiece and 9 plates, numerous black & white illustrations; thick demy 4to;pictorial blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly worn; dust wrapper, with large coloured pictorial onlay on front panel,a trifle soiled and rubbed, edges split and slightly chipped; scattered light foxing; The Children's Press, London, n.d. *AnneAnderson's illustrated edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales was first published in 1922; followed by her version of Andersen's Fairy Tales in1924. $350.00

Art Deco publication

9. Antoine: Cocteau (Jean) DOCUMENTS SUR LA COIFFURE. [Text in French]. Pp. [56], 1 mounted plate (portrait bust ofAntoine) plus 24 full page illustrations and numerous text decorations; super roy. 4to; cream textured papered portfolio boards, spiralbound, secured with six ivorine clasps (lacking the two bottom clasps, and with the clasp third from the bottom loose but extant), withprinted paper title label and circular metal onlay (a trifle tarnished) on upper board, edges of boards lightly rubbed; Tolmer, Paris,n.d.[c.1937]. *The illustrations feature the elaborate coiffures of Antoine, inspired by historical figures from ancient Egypt, Greece &Rome, and France. $1,250.00

Pioneer of modern computers

10. Babbage (Charles) PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A PHILOSOPHER. Pp. [iii]-495(lacking half-title), frontispiece, acouple of text figures, appendix; rebound in modern qr. leather, with earlier gilt lettered black leather title label on spine, marbledpapered boards; all edges sprinkled red; a couple of spots of foxing, the outer leaves faintly soiled; Longmans, Green, Longman,Roberts, & Green, 1864. First edition. *Charles Babbage (1792-1871), mathematician and scientific mechanician, is today regardedas a pioneer of the computer. He began his work on calculating numerical tables by machinery at Cambridge in 1812, and in 1823 wasawarded the first gold medal bestowed by the Astronomical Society, for one of the earliest models he constructed. The frontispiece tothis autobiographical volume depicts part of his unfinished Difference Engine No. 1, which he began to construct in 1823, andeventually abandoned in 1842. This machine was intended for the calculation of tables of logarithms and similar functions, by repeatedaddition performed by trains of gear wheels. The portion depicted in the frontispiece of this volume was shown at the InternationalExhibition of 1862, and is now in the Science Museum, London. Babbage also planned a more ambitious Analytical Engine, to beprogrammed by punched cards, such as those used at the time in Jacquard looms, which was intended to perform and record differentcomputations - but he was unable to complete this work using the mechanical devices available to him at the time. From the library ofthe Parliament of Victoria, with one ink stamp at head of title page, and slight signs of removal of a label or library slip from the lowerfree endpaper. $2,750.00

11. Baines (Thomas) EXPLORATIONS IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. Being an account of a journey in the years 1861 and 1862from Walvsich Bay, on the Western Coast, to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls. Pp. xiv+596(last blank, several pages mis-numbered,as issued, but the text complete, with p. [458] incorrectly numbered 390, and all subsequent pages mis-numberedaccordingly)+24(publisher's catalogue, dated June 1864), chromolithographic frontispiece with tissue guard, 8 black & white plates,several text illustrations, 3 folding maps with coloured highlights, index; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards decorated inblind, lightly soiled and worn, the spine cloth faded, lower joint splitting, the spine chipped and fraying at head and foot, tiny chip toupper joint; uncut, a few leaves unopened; bookplate on upper pastedown, binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, hinges starting,ink stamp on title page, a little light foxing and occasional minor wear & tear; Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green,London, 1864. First edition. $2,000.00

Eighteenth century manuscript

12. Ball (Charles) SHORTHAND SYSTEM (MANUSCRIPT). Directions for Writing Short-Hand containing A General Rulewhereby Any Person may write Foreign Languages, whether Latin, French, &c. if they can but read them. In short, whatever can be writin the Common Round-hand may be also written in Short-hand by this General Rule. Together with some particular short[en]ing andJoyning Rules fitted To the English tongue whereby can be joined in every sentence at least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or more Words together inone, without taking off the pen, in the twinkling of an Eye... Never before invented. 41pp. manuscript, preceded by 31 manuscriptpages of terminations, significations, table of shortened words, &c., and followed by several blank leaves; bound in red roan(probably early nineteenth century - the endpapers being watermarked 1809), spine ruled in gilt, the boards lightly soiled and rubbed,corners worn, spine extremities neatly repaired; hinges cracked, armorial bookplate on upper pastedown, provenance inscription dated1890 on upper free endpaper, calligraphic inscription dated 1779 on preliminary leaf, inscription on last leaf, a little light foxing andoffsetting, small closed tear to bottom edge of preliminary leaf. $2,500.00

13. Barnes (William) HWOMELY RHYMES. A second collection of poems in the Dorset dialect. Pp. viii+208, 1 pictorialheadpiece, endpaper advertisements; purple cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in blind, lightly rubbed, corners worn,edges and spine fading to brown, piece chipped from crown, the spine also starting to chip and split at foot; uncut, a couple of leavescarelessly opened; small (relevant) newsclipping at head of Contents page, hinges cracked near centre, with some leaves loosening, alittle light foxing and occasional slight soiling; John Russell Smith, London, 1859. First edition. *Reverend William Barnes was theauthor of several works in the Dorset dialect, as well as a book on English Speech-craft. The Prance copy, with his small book label onupper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature on upper free endpaper. $225.00

14. Barrow (John) AN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.... In two volumes. VolumeOne: ... In the years 1797 and 1798: including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent;the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms; and sketches of the physical and moralcharacters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed, a description

of the present state, population, and produce of that extensive colony; with a map constructed entirely from actual observations made inthe course of the travels. Pp. [iii]-viii(lacking half-title page)+420(last advert.), engraved multi-folding frontispiece map withhand-coloured highlights, small text figure, index; Volume II: ... In which is considered, the importance of the Cape of Good Hope tothe different European powers, as a naval and military station; as a point of security to our Indian trade and settlements durng a war, andas a territorial acquisition and commercial emporium in time of peace: with a statistical sketch of the whole colony; compiled fromauthentic documents. Pp. xii+452, folding aquatinted frontispiece, plus 8 engraved folding maps, charts, or plans (2 with hand-colouredhighlights), index; demy 4to; later half niger morocco, the spines decorated in gilt between raised bands, with earlier gilt lettered anddecorated black leather title & volume labels laid on, brown cloth boards; speckled edges, ribbon markers; marbled endpapers, earlysignature on blank preliminary leaf both volumes, a little light foxing and offsetting, occasional faint soiling, piece torn from bottomfore-corner (margin only) pp. 325/6 in Volume II; T. Cadell Jun., London, 1801 [Volume I];1804[Volume II]. First edition. Abbey,Travel, 320. $3,500.00

15. [Bartlett (W. H.)] FORTY DAYS IN THE DESERT, on the track of the Israelites; or, a journey from Cairo, by Wady Feiran,to Mount Sinai and Petra. By the author of "Walks about Jerusalem". Frontispiece plus 26 steel engraved plates with tissue guards (afew guards lightly worn), engraved title page vignette, text illustrations,1 folding map, 4pp. adverts. at end; roy. 8vo; gilt lettered &decorated purple cloth, faded (as often) to brown and lightly rubbed, corners worn; t.e.g; upper hinge starting, bookseller's sticker onupper, and binder's ticket on lower pastedown, inscription dated 1852 on upper free endpaper, a little light foxing and soiling; ArthurHall, n.d.[c.1850]. Fifth edition. $550.00

Original artwork for The Bystander by Australian born artist

16. Bateman (H. M.) APACHES. Original watercolour and pen & ink drawing, with the top portion being a water colour in brownsand black, depicting two apaches staring wild-eyed into the distance, above a series of pen & ink vignettes of gun toting and knifecarrying characters in criminal pursuits, signed and dated 1911 lower right. 35 x 26 cm. On the reverse is a brown printed pictoriallabel giving the number, title and artist's name, with the printed instruction to Return to A. E. Johnson, Artists' Agent, 10, LancasterPlace, W.C., London. Telephone 9757 Central. The label illustration is by Stephen Baghot De La Bere (1877-1927), a figure andlandscape painter and illustrator, capable of very fine pen and ink work. Below the label is a stamp The right to reproduce this drawing... belongs to [in ink] Bystander. Mounted, glazed and framed. *Henry Mayo Bateman [1887-1970] was a comic artist in black andwhite and a caricaturist. He was born at Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia in 1887. He left Australia in childhood and,encouraged at a very young age to go ahead with his career by Phil May, he became one of the most celebrated British humorous artistsof his time. He first started to draw for reproduction in 1906. Simon Houfe, The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators:... Bateman's inimitable style of humour and line only developed after 19ll, when, as he put it, he 'went mad on paper' and drew peoplehow they felt rather than how they looked. ... His art was an infusion to the stuffy pages of 'Punch', which had been laughing at socialindiscretions rather than with them. ... Bateman revolutionised humorous art in Great Britain, making it spontaneous, hilarious andeconomical. ... He contributed to almost all the leading weekly and monthly journals and designed several theatrical posters. AlanMcCulloch, in The Encyclopedia of Australian Art: Basing his style on that of the French artist Caran d'Ache, he often carrieddistortion to outrageous extremes, so much so that E. M. Forster is recorded as having recoiled in horror when shown a Batemandrawing. He contributed to London 'Punch' during the decades when that magazine was enjoying its greatest fame, and published morethan ten books of his drawings as well as illustrating many others, including Rebecca West's 'Rake's Progress'. He revisited Australiain 1939. $950.00

17. Bates (Henry Walter) THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketchesof Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator, during eleven years of travel. With a memoir of the author byEdward Clodd. Reprint of the unabridged edition, with map and numerous illustrations. Pp. xli+386(last blank), black & whitefrontispiece portrait plus coloured double page plate of butterflies (both with tissue guard), black & white text illustrations (some fullpage), folding map at end, index; med. 8vo; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed, edges a trifle worn; uncut, a fewleaves carelessly opened; hinges starting, free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing and soiling, corners of a few leaves slightlycreased; John Murray, 1892. $450.00

18. Beaumont (Cyril W.) & Sacheverell Sitwell. THE ROMANTIC BALLET IN LITHOGRAPHS OF THE TIME. Pp. 316, 81hand-tipped plates (including 9 coloured), title page vignette printed in red, black & white text illustrations, corrigenda sheet, indices;impl. 8vo; silver cloth, the spine blocked in pink & green and lettered in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed, the bottom edges shelf-worn;uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and damp marked, edges slightly split and chipped; inscription dated 1948 on upperfree endpaper, occasional very slight soiling; Faber, London, 1938. First edition. *A collection of nearly every available lithograph ofthe Romantic Ballet, 1832 to shortly before 1850. $700.00

In publisher’s imitation tortoiseshell binding, with illustrations by J. M. W. Turner and David Roberts

19. Bell (Robert) Editor. ART AND SONG. A series of original highly finished steel engravings from matserpieces of art of thenineteenth century, accompanied by a selection of the choicest poems in the English language. Pp. xviii(including unpaginated Contentspages between pp. xii and xiii)+180, 31 engraved headpiece illustrations; small demy 4to; imitation tortoiseshell, the upper boardelaborately decorated in gilt, with gilt lettered and decorated brown leather spine, the boards a trifle marked, top fore-corner of upperboard chipped, the spine extremities rubbed, with small piece chipped from crown at lower joint; all edges gilt; upper hinge crackingand a few leaves brittle or loosening (as usual, with gutta percha bindings from this era), early inscription on blank preliminary leaf, alittle light foxing; Bell & Daldy, London, 1867. *The illustrations include 6 by J. M. W. Turner, and a view of Jerusalem by DavidRoberts. See also item 104. $850.00

20. Bennett (Paul A.) SOME NOTES ON THE ENGAGING BY-PATHS AND ENDURING PLEASURES OF FINEBOOKMAKING. This Keepsake commemorates the Dedication of the Morgan A. and Aline D. Gunst Memorial Library. The Book, itsArt and History - An exhibition in the Albert M. Bender Room, Stanford University Libraries, Oct. 18, 1963. Pp. 54, decorations printedin red; printed paper wrappers, edges a trifle creased, tiny damp spot near bottom edge of upper wrapper; printed at the GrabhornPress, San Francisco, 1963. Edition limited to 1,000 copies. $50.00

21. Berners (Dame Juliana) THE BOKE OF SAINT ALBANS. Containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Cote Armour:

Printed at Saint Albans by the Schoolmaster-Printer in 1486, reproduced in facsimile. With an introduction by William Blades. Pp.32+180(last blank)[facsimile]; cr. 4to; parchment wrappers, folded envelope style over stiff card, upper wrapper printed in black,slightly soiled and worn; uncut and mostly unopened; some scattered light foxing to endpapers and edges of leaves; Elliot Stock,London, n.d.[1905]. *Facsimile of what is generally accepted as the first English sporting book. $350.00

22. Bibliophile: THE BIBLIOPHILE. A magazine and review for the collector, student, and general reader. Volumes I to 3(Number I, March 1908 to March, 1909,) plus the first number of Volume 4 (Number 19, September 1909, bound in at the end ofVolume 3). Pp. 336+336+330+54, illustrated in colour and black & white (including several plates, some hand-tipped, some on tissuepaper, almost all being within the pagination); cr. 4to; bound in light brown cloth, the spines lettered in gilt, the cloth quite soiled andworn, joints starting Volume 3; speckled edges, with occasional ink staining; the original printed paper upper wrappers bound in; somelight foxing, soiling, and occasional minor wear & tear; "The Bibliophile" Office, London, 1908-1909. *Contributors include G. K.Chesterton, A. W. Pollard, Austin Dobson, a.o. Includes articles on bookbinding, bookplates, auctions, stamps, illustrated books, etc.From the Prance collection, with his small book label above his pencilled signature on the upper pastedowns, plus a few pencilled notesin his hand. $750.00

23. Black Cat Press: Forgue (Norman W.) POORER RICHARD. An Almanac long after Franklin. Foreword by R. HunterMiddleton. Illustrated by Arthur Rahnfeld. Pp. 46, french-folded, 5 full page illustrations printed in green & black, the title pagedecoration plus full page of variant press marks, small tailpiece and colohphon decoration printed in red, pictorial endpapers; printedpaper wrappers, the backstrip slightly faded and a trifle split at extremities; fore-edges uncut; faint offsetting from the full pageillustrations; privately printed [limitation unspecified], Chicago, 1954. *Design and typography by Norman W. Forgue. $50.00

24. Black Cat Press: Schwarzwald (Eugenie) THE HOMECOMING OF THE LOST BOOK. Translated from the German byAlbert Henry Allen. Pp. 20, french-folded, half-title decoration printed in green, plus title page decoration printed in red & green, and adecorative initial printed in red; f'cap. 12mo; yellow papered boards with silver flecks, the upper board decorated in brown and letteredin black; Chicago, 1939. Edition limited to 500 copies, designed by Norman W. Forgue. *Christmas keepsake. $75.00

An eighteenth century counterfeit edition

25. Boccaccio (Giovanni) IL DECAMERONE di M. Giovanni Boccaccio nuovamente corretto et con diligentia stampato. [8]+ 284octavo leaves numbered on rectos (the pagination occasionally irregular, but collating complete by signature), publisher's ornamentaldevice on title page and verso of final leaf; early full calf, the spine decorated in gilt compartments between four raised bands, with giltlettered tan leather title label, the boards lightly marked and rubbed, edges slightly shelf worn; all edges red; marbled endpapers;armorial bookplate on upper pastedown, the upper hinge cracking and lower hinge just starting, a little light foxing and occasional faintsoiling, small piece torn from bottom edge of leaf 205, closed tear to fore-edge margin leaf 270, plus two small chips to the penultimatetext leaf (not affecting letterpress) and a small piece torn from the final page, affecting one word of text; Giunta, Firenze 1527 [actuallyPasinello, Venice, 1729]. Brunet, Volume I, p. 179. *A counterfeit edition, produced at the Pasinello Press, Venice, in 1729.Apparently limited to 300 copies, this edition is an almost exact typographic reproduction of the rare 1527 Giunta edition of theDecameron edited by Niccolo Delfino, upon which almost all subsequent editions of the text were based. This edition differs from theoriginal in only a couple of minor typographic points, including the use of a slightly different type (a trifle smaller, with new sharper "9",and the letter "a" rounded in this edition, where the original was pointed); and correction of some misprints in the foliation of the 1527edition (leaves 42, 102, and 108 being correctly numbered in this later edition). $3,000.00

With the author’s presentation inscription to Dr. Marie Stopes

26. Bond (R. Warwick) THE IMMORTAL AND OTHER POEMS. Pp. 64; f'cap. 8vo; full vellum, lettered and decorated in darkbrown, lightly marked; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper hinge just starting, the free endpapers slightly offset; T.Fisher Unwin, London, 1890. First edition. *With the author's presentation inscription (dated 1939) to controversial social reformcampaigner Marie Stopes, on the upper free endpaper. From the Prance collection, with his small book label on the upper pastedown.

$200.00

A collection of original art work by Australian painter and sculptor, Ian Bow

Ian Bow, born Melbourne, 1914. Sculptor, painter, teacher, lecturer. An accomplished and versatile eclectic, and an inventivetechnician, Bow made his reputation first as a painter, then as a sculptor. He invented his own methods of lost wax casting in variousmetals and achieved successful results. ... His career as a sculptor reached its zenith in the expressionistic works in cast aluminiumproduced c.1958-1969, and exhibited at the 'Mildura Sculpture Triennial' 1961-70. From 1971 his output of work was severelycurtailed as a result of injuries to his eyes and right hand suffered in a car accident. McCulloch, The Encylcopedia of Australian Art.

27. ______ DEATH IS A SHEARER. Watercolour, signed 'Bow' and inscribed with title lower right. Circa 1960s. 36.5 x 26cm. Glazed and framed. $1,500.00

28. ______ LIFE DRAWING. Ink and wash, signed 'Bow' and inscribed with title lower left. Circa 1960s, 21 x 23 cm. Glazedand framed. $1,500.00

29. ______ NIGHT. Painting, mixed media, signed 'Bow' lower right, and inscribed with title and dated 1967 on verso. 88 x 114cm. $4,500.00

30. ______ THE LISTENERS [AND] DRAWING FOR SCULPTURE. Two works: 1) THE LISTENERS. Mixed media, signed'Bow' and inscribed with title lower left; 2) DRAWING FOR SCULPTURE. Ink and wash, signed 'Bow' lower right and inscribedwith title lower left. Each circa 1960s, each 21.5 x 27 cm. Glazed and framed together. $1,500.00

31. ______ NUDE IN ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE. Cast alumnium relief panel, incised 'Bow' lower right. Circa 1958-1969. 32x 26 cm. $2,500.00

32. ______ THE STRUGGLE. Bronze figure, incised 'Bow' to base. Circa 1958-1969. Height: 24 cm. $2,750.00

33. ______ THE WHIRLPOOL. Cast aluminium relief panel, incised 'Bow' lower right. Circa 1958-69. 24 x 29 cm. $2,200.00

34. ______ WOMAN. Cast aluminium figure, signed 'Bow' to wooden base. Circa 1958-1969. Height: 60 cm. $3,000.00

35. ______ Turnbull (Clive) THE ART OF IAN BOW. With an Introduction by Ernest Burbridge. Pp. 32, coloured frontispiece, 2full page coloured plus several black & white text illustrations; cr. 4to; boards with mottled fading, edges rubbed; endpapers lightlyoffset, hinge starting at centre, small closed triangular tear to fore-edge of lower free endpaper; Cheshire, Melbourne, 1954. Firstedition. *Signed and dated 1954 by the artist on upper free endpaper. From the collection of Melbourne horologist Michael Wiesel,with a presentation inscription to him signed Kathe (a mutual friend of Wiesel and Bow), on the upper free endpaper. Loosely insertedis a letter from Kathe, which refers to the gift of the book, and to their shared friendship with Bow. Also inserted are two signedautograph letters from Ian Bow to Michael Wiesel, both dated 1954, one of which refers mainly to the 1954 Retrospective Exhibition ofthe former's paintings upon which this book was based. In addition, there is a printed publicity slip for that exhibition; a printed sheet[possibly the catalogue front cover?] from the Geelong Society of Art Outdoor Art Show, March 1954, with a Foreword by Ian Bow anda three line inked annotation by him, concerning the success of the show; plus an eight-line note, on Ian Bow's pictorial letterhead, toMichael Wiesel from Andrea, the artist's wife and frequent model. $175.00

36. Bowles (Reverend W. L.) SONNETS, AND OTHER POEMS. Fifth edition, with an aquatint engraving by Alken. Pp.[iii]-140(lacking half-title page), tinted frontispiece; nineteenth century calf, the spine decorated in gilt compartments, with gilt letteredblack leather title label, boards with gilt edges and decorative gilt borders surrounding a large rectangular central panel of tree calf,edges of boards lightly rubbed, joints worn, the corners and head of spine neatly repaired; marbled endpapers; upper hinge starting,frontispiece faintly offset, scattered light foxing; printed by R. Cruttwell, Bath, 1796. Fifth edition. *William Lisle Bowles(1762-1850), although praised as a poet by Coleridge, is perhaps better known for his edition of Pope's works. According to theDictionary of National Biography, his comments on Pope's life are undoubtedly written in a severe, if not a hostile spirit - for whichBowles in turn was criticised by Byron, in both prose and verse. From the library of Australian bibliophile Claude Prance, with his smallbook label (from Malta) on the upper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature on verso of upper free endpaper. $400.00

37. Bradbury (Frederick) HISTORY OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE. Being an account of the origin, growth, and decay of theindustry, and of the antique silver and white or Britannia metal trade. With chronological lists of makers' marks and numerousillustrations of specimens. Pp. xiv+540(last blank), frontispiece, numerous text illustrations; thick demy 4to; blue cloth, lettered anddecorated in gilt, spine lightly marked, extremities lightly worn; ownership inscription on upper pastedown, scattered light foxing toendpapers and edges of leaves; Macmillan, London, 1918. First edition. $450.00

With an extra suite of plates

38. Brangwyn, Frank: Lane (Edward William) Translator. THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OR ARABIAN NIGHTSENTERTAINMENTS. To which are added Further Tales from the French translation of Antoine Galland. With 6 photogravures and 30other illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. In six volumes, totalling approx. 1900 pages. 36 black & white plates, the half-title, title,colophon and text border decorations printed in dull gilt & brown, limitation slip tipped-in before frontispiece Volume I; cream cloth,with printed paper title labels (quite faded) on spines, plus spare labels tipped-in at end, the cloth faintly foxed, the lower board of acouple of volumes a trifle ink marked; fore-edges uncut, a few leaves carelessly opened, the later volumes partly unopened; freeendpapers offset, scattered light foxing; Cecil Palmer, London, 1921. Edition limited to 250 numbered sets, initialled by thepublisher. *With an extra suite of loose plates (being one of 100 sets of proofs on Japan Vellum) contained within a gilt lettered greencloth portfolio. $750.00

From the library of Dame Jane Strachey, with bookplate

39. Bridges (Robert) THE SHORTER POEMS OF ROBERT BRIDGES. Pp. [iv]+92(last blank), index of first lines; f'cap. 8vo;maroon cloth, printed paper title label (which is lightly soiled, edges a trifle chipped) on spine, the boards a trifle bowed, cloth slightlyrubbed; uncut; upper hinge starting, a little faint foxing and offsetting, occasional slight soiling; George Bell, London, 1891. Secondedition. *With the armorial bookplate of Dame Jane Strachey (mother of Lytton Strachey), and with the former's pencilled signature andprovenance note on the upper free endpaper, beneath the pencilled signature of D. [Dorothy] Strachey (sister of Lytton). From thePrance collection, with his small book label on the upper pastedown. $75.00

40. Brooke (Rupert) 1914 & OTHER POEMS. Pp. 64(last colophon), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; navy cloth, withprinted paper title label (a trifle soiled) on spine, the cloth slightly bubbled; fore-edges uncut; hinge starting near centre, a little lightfoxing; Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915. First edition. Keynes 6. *Without the dust wrapper and the spare label at end. $600.00

41. Brooke (Rupert) DEMOCRACY AND THE ARTS. With a preface by Geoffrey Keynes. Pp. viii+32, frontispiece portrait;corners of boards a trifle worn; inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, a little faint foxing and offsetting, a few leavescarelessly opened; Hart-Davis, 1946[1947]. First [trade] edition. Keynes 46. *Without the dust wrapper. First publication of an essaywritten in 1910 and delivered to the University Fabian Society when Rupert Brooke was an undergraduate at King's College,Cambridge. The essay raises the problem of the creative artist under socialism. This book was the first publication of the firm of RupertHart-Davis Ltd., and although dated 1946 on the title page, actually appeared in February 1947. $50.00

42 Brown (T. E.) THE MANX WITCH AND OTHER POEMS. Pp. [viii]+262(last blank)+[2](adverts.); gilt lettered blue cloth, atrifle flecked and rubbed; uncut; a little light foxing, the outer leaves a trifle soiled; Macmillan, London, 1889. First edition. *Manxpoet. From the Prance collection, with his small book label on upper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature on the upper free endpaper.

$80.00

Hand-coloured frontispiece to each volumes

43. Browning (Robert & Elizabeth) THE COMPLETE WORKS. Edited by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. In eighteenvolumes. Hand-coloured frontispiece to each volume, plus a total of 30 black & white plates (being two per volume in the Works of

Robert Browning [Volumes I-XII], and one per volume in the Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning), all plates with lettered guards, thetitle pages printed in red & black, 1 full page of printed music Volume XII, notes, bibliographies, appendices, indices; brown cloth,spines lettered and decorated in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut and largely unopened, with a few small splits or chips tofore-edges; bookplate on upper pastedown Volumes I and V-VII, occasional faint soiling, the tissue guard to frontispiece of Volume VIcreased and split at gutter; Fred DeFau, New York, n.d. [1898-1900]. Edition limited to 1000 sets. $1,650.00

44. Burchell (William J.) TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. In two volumes. Pp. [iii]-viii(lackinghalf-title)+[iv](Contents, last blank)[these pages incorrectly inserted between pp. vi-vii of the Preface]+582+[vi]+648, 20 hand-coloured plates (5 of which are folding, another incorporating 2 lines of engraved music), numerous wood engravings (including head& tailpieces), large folding map at end of Volume I, errata sheet tipped-in after Preface same volume, indices; demy 4to; nineteenthcentury tree calf boards, with decorative border in blind, gilt edges, later calf spines, decorated in gilt, with gilt lettered tan morocco titleand volume labels; marbled edges and endpapers; armorial bookplate of the Doddlington Library on upper pastedowns, the plateslightly offset (and with a little creasing to the outer edge of all but one of the folding plates), a couple of neat early paper repairs to splitsor short tears to the map folds, with one long split starting along one of the horizontal folds, a little light foxing and soiling, occasionalfaint damp marks and a couple of tiny edge splits, the corners of a few leaves lightly creased; Longman, Hurst, Rees, London, 1822-4.First edition. Abbey, Travel, 327. *The set described by Abbey, like this one, lacks half-title pages (although there is no indication fromthe pagination in the present set that a half-title was required in Volume II). The two volumes were published separately, in 1822 and1824 respectively, and were also sold in 1824 as a set, with new spine labels. Abbey speculates that there were effectively two issues, asfollows: copies of Volume I on sale in 1822 carried a half-title, and similarly with copies of Volume II sold alone in 1824; when the twovolumes were put on sale together ... the half-titles were for some reason removed. Some sets also include two extra leaves, Hints onEmigration, not present here, which have been found variously among the preliminaries in Volume I (Abbey) or at the end of VolumeII (Tooley). Abbey states that these pages were clearly printed separately from the book, probably in 1824, and supports this argumentby noting that the British Museum copy carries both the half-titles but not the Hints - so may be presumed to represent the earlier issue.Seven hundred and fifty copies of Volume I were printed, and five hundred of Volume II, with the preparation of the plates apparentlycosting approximately 750 pounds. Accompanying this set is a full-scale facsimile of the folding map (undated, but presumably from the1953 edition). $9,000.00

45. Campbell (John) TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Undertaken at the request of the Missionary Society. Pp. [iii](lackinghalf-title page)-xvi+582, engraved frontispiece and 8 plates (numbered I-X, 1 being double page), folding map, appendix; nineteenthcentury half calf, with gilt lettered and ruled maroon morocco title label on spine, marbled papered boards, rubbed, edges worn, the calfcorners quite chipped and grazed; speckled edges, the top edges darkened; bookplate on upper pastedown, the upper hinge starting, bothhinges previously reinforced with paper, small number stamp on upper free endpaper, damp stain to top fore-corner of frontispiece(affecting only the tip of the plate image), the plates faintly offset, short closed tear from inner edge of folding map, a little light foxingand occasional soiling, a few minor edge chips or splits; Black & Parry, London, 1815. First edition. Abbey, Travel, 323.

$1,250.00

46. Campbell (John) TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA, undertaken at the request of the London Missionary Society; being anarrative of a second journey in the interior of that country. With a map and coloured prints. In two volumes. Pp.viii+xii+322+[iv]+384,12 hand-coloured plates (including frontispiece to each volume), hand-coloured folding map, appendix; med.8vo; nineteenth century diced calf, the boards with decorative gilt border, the spines decorated in gilt between 4 raised bands, boards atrifle soiled and rubbed, the joints and edges worn, spines grazed, with the gilt lettered black leather title & volume labels almostcompletely rubbed away; marbled edges; later? (but not recent) endpapers, faintly mottled; hinges starting, brief inscription in purplepencil on verso of upper free endpapers, a little light foxing and offsetting, occasional slight soiling; London Missionary Society,London, 1822. First edition. Abbey, Travel, 328. *Without the errata slip in Volume II. John Campbell (1766-1840), Scottishphilanthropist and traveller, was Minister of Kingsland Chapel London. A founder member of the Religious Tract Society of Scotland(which preceded the London society by six years), he was sent to Africa by the London Missionary Society to inspect their missions inthe area and make recommendations for the future. According to the Dictionary of National Biography, his books exercised aninfluence on the mind of David Livingstone, and turned his thoughts to Africa. The appendix includes a version of The Lord's Prayer inthe Bootchuana Language. $2,250.00

The rural Postman of Bideford

47. Capern (Edward) THE POSTMAN'S POEMS. Pp. 32(last blank), pictorial title page; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges atrifle rubbed; a few spots of foxing; Bellman Press, Bristol, 1939. *Devonshire poet Edward Capern (1819-1894) was dubbed the ruralPostman of Bideford. His early poems appeared in the North Devon Journal, and subscribers to his first volume of verse (published in1856) included Tennyson, Dickens, and Charles Kingsley. From the Prance collection, with his small book label on the upperpastedown, plus his pencilled signature on upper free endpaper and a brief pencilled correction to the introductory text in his hand.

$ 1 2 5 . 0 0

From the library of Dr. Marie Stopes, with the author’s presentation inscription to her mother, Charlotte Carmichael

48. Cave (Winscom) WAVES AND CAVES AND OTHER POEMS. Pp. vi+104+[2](advertisement, blank); f'cap. 8vo; blackcloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards with single rule gilt border, lightly rubbed and flecked, edges worn, rebacked, with most of theoriginal backstrip laid on, the spine extremities chipped, joints tender; uncut; hinges cracking, a little light foxing and offsetting; BasilMontagu Pickering, London, 1873. First edition. *With the bookplate of controversial social reform campaigner Marie Stopes on theupper pastedown, plus the author's inked inscription (dated 1875) to Dr. Stopes' mother (under her maiden name, C[harlotte]Carmichael), on the upper free endpaper. Cave Winscom was presumably a relative (possibly a child?) of Jane Cave (c. 1754-1813), theWelsh poet whose Poems on Various Subjects was published in 1783, shortly before her marriage to John Winscom. Jane Caveapparently suffered from frequent and debilitating headaches - and a couple of the poems here by Cave Winscom perhaps refer to her

poor health and eventual death. Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1841-1929) was a writer on sixteenth century literature. From the Prancecollection, with his small book label and his pencilled signature and notes on upper endpapers. $250.00

49. CAW [pseud. of C. A. Wheeler] SPORTSCRAPIANA. Cricket and shooting. Pedestrian, equestrian, rifle and pistol doings.Lion hunting and deer stalking. By celebrated sportsmen: with hitherto unpublished anecdotes of the nineteenth century, from GeorgeIV. to the sweep. Edited by CAW. Pp. xvi+328, title page vignette, 1 text figure; red pictorial cloth over bevelled boards, lettered anddecorated in gilt, the cloth slightly soiled and rubbed, corners worn, the joints starting, the spine lightly chipped at extremities; uncut;bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, hinges starting at a couple of points, a little light foxing and occasional soiling; Simpkin,Marshall, London, 1867. First edition. Padwick 897. $275.00

50. Cayme Press: Halifax (Lord Marquis of) THE LADY'S NEW-YEARS-GIFT OR ADVICE TO A DAUGHTER. By the lateLord Marquis of Halifax. Re-printed with several wood-engravings by Hester Sainsbury. Pp. [vi]+71(last colophon), 9 full pageillustrations plus colophon device; demy 4to; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth with mottled fading, 1927. Edition limited to350 numbered copies.*The girl to whom this text was originally addressed was the author's daughter by his second wife. She latermarried the third Earl of Chesterfield, and became the mother of the fourth Earl, author of the famous letters of advice to his son.

$350.00

51. Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. Translated from the Spanish by Charles Jarvis.Illustrated by Arthur Boyd Houghton. Pp. [ii]+xiv+710, frontispiece and 4 plates with tissue guards, title page vignette, numerous textillustrations; maroon buckram, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt & black, corners a trifle rubbed, spine and top edge of upperboard faintly faded; t.e.g., others uncut, a few leaves carelessly opened; upper hinge tender, the plates lightly offset, a little light foxing;Frederick Warne, London, n.d.[1926]. $275.00

52. Clark (Charles) A SUMMARY OF COLONIAL LAW, the practice of the Court of Appeals from the plantations, and of thelaws and their administration in all the colonies; with Charters of Justice, Orders in Council, &c. Pp. [iv]viii+746, index; recentlyrebound in half brown pingrain morocco, with gilt lettered maroon leather title label on spine, maroon cloth boards; new endpapers;library stamp on title page, and partial stamp on blank preliminary leaf, neat early three-line inked annotation to bottom margin p. 39,the first few pages and edges of some leaves lightly damp stained, occasional slight soiling & browning; S. Sweet, A. Maxwell, andStevens & Sons, London, 1834. *Includes chapters on Barbados, British Guiana, Honduras, the Bahamas, Sierra Leone, Ceylon,Gibraltar, the Australian colonies, a.o. $500.00

53. [Clarke (Edward Daniel)] A TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND, WALES, AND PART OF IRELAND, MADEDURING THE SUMMER OF 1791. Pp. xxx+404(last blank), 12 folding plates; nineteenth century diced navy calf, boards with giltedges, and single rule gilt border around decorative border in blind, lightly worn, corners neatly repaired, professionally rebacked, withthe original spine (decorated in gilt & blind compartments) laid on, plus new gilt lettered red leather title label; marbled edges andendpapers; upper hinge tender, ownership inscription dated 1897 on verso of upper free endpaper, early brief inscription (author'sname) in ink at centre of title page, a little light foxing, scattered light soiling and pencilling (including a couple of small marginalsketches); printed at the Minerva Press for R. Edwards, London, 1793. First edition. Abbey, Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland,item 3. *After graduating from Cambridge in 1790, Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822), was engaged as tutor to the Hon. Henry Tufton,with whom, in the following year, he made the tour of which this, his first book, is a journal. (The book is dedicated to Tufton).According to the Dictionary of National Biography most copies were destroyed or lost soon after publication. During this tour, Clarkecollected mineralogical specimens, thus beginning the extensive collection which, after his death, was purchased by the University ofCambridge. (In 1808, Clarke was appointed the first professor of mineralogy at Cambridge; nine years later, he was elected Librarian ofthe University). Following his English tour, Clarke travelled extensively for several years, throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa, and hisaccounts of these voyages appeared in six large volumes from 1810 until his death - the last volume being completed and publishedposthumously in 1923, by his friend, the Rev. Robert Walpole. $850.00

Miniature prayer book, with embroidered vellum binding

54. Common Prayer. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and administration of the Holy Communion according to the use ofThe Church of England. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches but without thePrefaces; Portions of the Calendar, some of the occasional services and articles of religion. Pp. 688, frontispiece, floral patternedendpapers printed in green; 5cm. x 4.5 cm.; full vellum, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board embroidered with acentral floral motif in yellow, red, & green, and corner asterisk or star ornaments in dark grey, the vellum slightly soiled; a.e.g.;inscription dated 1901 on recto of frontispiece, some pencil scribbling on lower free endpaper, a few leaves creased, occasional slightfoxing; Oxford University Press/Henry Frowde, Oxford, n.d.[c.1901]. [Oxford Miniature Editions series]. Bondy p. 117. *Bondydescribes volumes in this series as being issued in various bindings in cloth, suede leather and morocco; presumably the unusual bindingfor this copy was specially executed, probably at or near the time of publication. $1,500.00

55. Conrad, Joseph: CONRAD'S MANIFESTO, PREFACE TO A CAREER. The history of the Preface to The Nigger of the"Narcissus" with facsimiles of the manuscripts edited with an essay by David R. Smith. Pp. 80+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispieceportrait (woodcut of Joseph Conrad by Leonard Baskin), 15 facsimile pages included in pagination, the title page and colophon printedin red & black; med. 4to; marbled papered boards with printed paper title label on upper board, edges lightly rubbed; uncut; within greypapered slipcase (a trifle soiled) and maching portfolio (with small bookplate); small bookplate on upper free endpaper; printed at theGehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts, for the Philip H. & A. S. W. Rosenbach Foundation, Philadelphia, 1966. Editionlimited to 1100 numbered copies. $250.00

Alfred Deakin’s copy, from the library of Professor J. A. La Nauze

56. Cowan (Frank) AUSTRALIA: A CHARCOAL-SKETCH. Pp. 40, notes; printed paper wrappers, faintly creased, slightlysoiled and rubbed, with a few small chips or splits (mainly to edges); a couple of spots of foxing and occasional faint soiling, corners of

a few leaves lightly creased; printed at "The Press" Printing House, Greensburg, Pa., 1886. F.8743. *From the library of Australianhistorian J. A. La Nauze, the biographer of Alfred Deakin, with his inked signature and initialled provenance inscription on blankpreliminary: This was Alfred Deakin's copy given to me by Ivy Brookes. Ivy Brookes was the eldest daughter of Alfred Deakin, and wifeof Herbert Brookes. $300.00

57. Crowquill, Alfred [pseud. of A. H. Forrester]: Mackenzie (Kenneth R. H.) THE MARVELLOUS ADVENTURES ANDRARE CONCEITS OF MASTER TYLL OWLGLASS. Newly collected, chronicled and set forth, in our English tongue. And adornedwith many most diverting and cunning devices by Alfred Crowquill. Pp. xliv+255(last blank), 6 coloured plates, black & whitefrontispiece and text illustrations, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, lettered anddecorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, with small bump to top edge of upper board; a.e.g.; upper hinge cracking,binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, a little light foxing; George Robertson, Melbourne, 1869. New edition. *With thepublisher's With Compliments label on upper free endpaper. The caricaturist and artist Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872), publishedunder the pseudonym Alfred Crowquill (as did his brother, Charles Robert Forrester). $275.00

Limited edition, with hand-coloured plates

58. Cruikshank, George: THE HUMOURIST. A collection of entertaining tales, anecdotes, epigrams, &c. With forty illustrationsby George Cruikshank, coloured by hand. In four volumes, totalling over 900 pages, each volume containing 10 hand-coloured plates(including frontispieces and vignette title pages) with tissue guards, the printed title pages in red & black; maroon cloth, printed papertitle label on spines (labels slightly discoloured and rubbed, the edges occasionally chipped), the boards lightly rubbed, spines faded,bottom fore-corner of upper board Volume III bumped; t.e.g., others uncut and largely unopened; free endpapers offset, a very littlelight foxing and occasional slight soiling; Nimmo, London, 1892. Edition limited to 260 numbered sets.

$1,200.00

59. D'Ewes (J.) CHINA, AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, IN THE YEARS 1853-56. Pp. [iii]-iv(lacking half-title?)+340, tinted frontispiece with tissue guard, 1 black & white plate, text illustrations; dark green cloth, boards decorated in blind,lightly rubbed, the corners repaired and reinforced with lighter green cloth, rebacked with lighter green cloth, with most of the originalspine laid on; uncut; later red endpapers (with faint signs of small label removed from foot of upper pastedown), a little light foxing andsoiling; Richard Bentley, London, 1857. First edition. F.9128. *Includes an eye-witness account of the Eureka Stockade. The authorwas the Police Magistrate at Ballarat whose controversial examination of the proprietor of the Bentley Hotel (charged with murderingthe digger James Scobie) contributed to the Eureka uprising. $350.00

Scarce facsimile of the 1771 edition, limited to 50 copies

60. Dalrymple (Alexander) SCHEME OF A VOYAGE TO CONVEY THE CONVENIENCIES OF LIFE, Domestic Animals,Corn, Iron, &c., to New Zealand, with Dr. Benjamin Franklin's Sentiments upon the subject. London, Aug. 29th, 1771. [Reprinted1882]. Pp. 8; uncut and unopened; a trifle foxed and slightly soiled, with a few tiny edge splits; housed within a protective maroon clothportfolio contained in a matching cloth box, the corners of which are a trifle rubbed; [Edward A. Petherick, London, 1882]. Number32 of an edition limited to 50 copies [so annotated in ink by hand]. F. 8935; Hocken, p. 9, note; Bagnall 1522. *Scarce facsimile ofthe original edition of 1771, in which Dalrymple, quoting the approval and endorsement of his scheme by Benjamin Franklin, proposeshimself as the Commander of an expedition of benevolence, with the aim of improving the quality of life of the natives of NewZealand. This was the first systematic proposal to unite New Zealand and Great Britain. The expedition, which never eventuated, wasintended to take three years, and was to be funded by subscription (at the rate of a hundred pounds per subscriber), with no expectationof pecuniary return. Scotsman Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808), initially served with the East India Company, and later became thefirst official hydrographer to the British Admiralty. His influence on Australasian and Pacific exploration was profound, but hisreputation has been overshadowed by his rival, Captain James Cook. From an early age, Dalrymple had focused his attention on theage-old debate over the possible existence of a southern continent, the fabled Terra Australis. After considerable research on thesubject, in 1767 he published his Account of Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean before 1764, in which he stated his goal: The firstand most striking object of research was, the discovery of a Southern Continent. As a leading authority on Pacific exploration, he wasoriginally proposed as the commander of the expedition fitted out by government in 1768 at the request of the Royal Society, for theobservation of the transit of Venus in 1769. Unfortunately, Dalrymple, although a civilian, insisted he be given a commission as captainin the navy - which so infuriated the First Lord of the Admiralty that the proposed appointment fell through. James Cook was eventuallyappointed to the command of the expedition, and took with him on board the Endeavour a copy of Dalrymple's book, to which he isknown to have referred during the journey. The folding chart illustrated in Dalrymple's Account shows exactly the unknown area of theeast coast of Australia that Captain Cook was advised to explore. That Dalrymple resented Cook's preferment is suggested by theopening sentence of his Scheme of a voyage..., in which, although he specifically mentions the Endeavour's discoveries regarding NewZealand, there is no mention of Cook himself. $2,000.00

61. Daniel (George) CATALOGUE OF THE MOST VALUABLE, INTERESTING AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT LIBRARY OFTHE LATE GEORGE DANIEL, ESQ. OF CANONBURY, together with his collection of original drawings and engraved portraits ofdistinguished actors and actresses, beautiful water-colour drawings, of the first quality..., miscellaneous objects of art, interest &curiosity, beautiful pottery and porcelain of Chelsea manufacture, and other fine examples of art and vertu. Which will be sold byauction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.... Pp. vi+222+[1](handwritten summary of daily totals), each page with columnsneatly hand ruled in red and annotated with prices realised and buyer's names; narrow cr. 4to; nineteenth century half calf, corners neatlyrepaired, rebacked with sympathetic new spine, the original gilt lettered navy morocco title label laid on, marbled papered boards, atrifle rubbed, edges lightly worn; t.e.g., others uncut; hinges strengthened, the endpapers a trifle foxed, short closed tear to bottom edgeof first couple of leaves, occasional slight soiling; Sotheby, London, 1864. *This important sale of mainly Shakespearean andElizabethan material comprised 2,278 lots, including about 70 Black Letter ballads which were later bequeathed by the Huth family tothe British Museum. $450.00

First French edition

62. Darwin (Charles) L'EXPRESSION DES EMOTIONS CHEZ L'HOMME ET LES ANIMAUX. Traduit de l'Anglais par lesDocteurs Samuel Pozzi & Rene Benoit. [Text in French]. Pp. xii+404+[4](erratum, plus 2pp. adverts.), 7 photographic plates (3folding), text illustrations (some full page), index; dark green cloth, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards decorated in blind,lightly rubbed, corners a trifle bruised; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper hinge starting, a few spots of foxing, faintdamp stain to fore-edge of first few leaves; C. Reinwald, Paris, 1874. First French edition. Freeman 1184. *First published by JohnMurray, London, in 1872. $1,500.00

63. De Tassy (Garcin) HISTOIRE DE LA LITTERATURE HINDOUI ET HINDOUSTANI. [Two volumes, text in French].Volume I: Biographie et Bibliographie. Pp. [iv](half-title & title pages)+xvi+630, appendix; Volume II: Extraits et Analyses. Pp.[iv](half-title & title pages)+xxxii+630; med. 8vo; nineteenth century sprinkled calf, boards with decorative gilt border and gilt edges,spines decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered light brown morocco title & volume labels, the boards a trifle marked,corners lightly rubbed, joints cracked Volume I and starting Volume II, the spines darkened, with a few light surface grazes, extremitiesa trifle chipped; marbled edges and matching endpapers; the upper hinges starting, bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown of VolumeI, small piece torn from bottom fore-corner pp. 561/2 Volume I, a little light foxing, the final text leaves offset onto outer blanks; printedunder the auspices of the Oriental Translation Committee of Great Britain and Ireland, Paris, 1839. *From the library of theParliament of Victoria, with their small gilt stamp on spines, and larger gilt stamp at centre of upper boards, but no internal markings.

$700.00

Presented to Professor J. A. La Nauze by Geoffrey Serle

64. Deakin (Alfred) IRRIGATED INDIA. An Australian view of India and Ceylon, their irrigation and agriculture. Pp.x+[ii](contents)+10-322(complete)+[2](advertisements), folding coloured frontispiece map, endpaper advertisements; gilt lettered navycloth, slightly flecked and rubbed, the bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised; ownership stamp on upper free endpaper and half-title page,the endpapers lightly offset, with the top fore-corner torn from the upper free endpaper, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Thacker,London, 1893. First edition in book form. *The text is based on a series of newspaper articles Deakin wrote after a tour of India during1890-91, in order to afford to the Australian public, interested in irrigation, a sketch of what is being accomplished by its means in thepeninsular empire of Southern Asia [Author's Preface]. From the library of Australian historian J. A. La Nauze, with a presentationinscription to him from fellow historian and writer Geoffrey Serle, on upper free endpaper. $500.00

65. Detmold, Edward J.: Maeterlinck (M.) HOURS OF GLADNESS. Translated by A. Teixeira De Mattos. Illustrated by E. J.Detmold. Pp. x+184(last colophon, blank), mounted coloured frontispiece and 19 plates with captioned interleaves, black & whitepictorial title page, pictorial pastedowns; demy 4to; cream cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; uncut; a little light foxing and occasionalslight soiling; George Allen, London, 1912. First edition thus. Houfe p. 283. *The text consists of eight nature essays, one of which,Our City Gardens, had previously appeared only in The Daily Mail. The translation of the other essays has been revised and correctedfor this edition. $750.00

Inscribed by one of the co-authors

66. Dickens, Charles: Hatton (Thomas) & Arthur H. Cleaver. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PERIODICAL WORKS OFCHARLES DICKENS: Bibliographical, analytical and statistical. With 31 illustrations and facsimiles. Pp. xx+384, frontispiece withtissue guard, plus 17 facsimiles (of advertisments or pictorial wrappers for the original publications, 2 of which are folding, most beingprinted on coloured paper), and 13 facsimile title pages; roy. 8vo; gilt lettered green cloth; t.e.g., others uncut and partly unopened; dustwrapper, with small closed tear to top fore-corner of front panel; within slipcase, which is lightly rubbed, the edges worn and starting tosplit at bottom; some light foxing; Chapman & Hall, London, 1933. First edition. *Inscribed and signed (in 1937) by co-authorThomas Hatton on the upper free endpaper. $750.00

Inscribed by the compiler

67. Dickens, Charles: Johnstone (F. Deering) Compiler. DICKENS IN OUR COMMONWEALTH. The Dickens Fellowship,since its inception in London in October, 1902, has grown in an extraordinary manner. It now has a Membership of over ten thousand,with branches scattered over all parts of the civilized world. Pp. 106 (numbered to 104, including a leaf numbered 46A & B), title andtext within decorative red border, black & white title page vignette and text illustrations (several full page); small cr. 4to; half creamcloth, brown papered boards, the upper board lettered & decorated in darker brown, the boards lightly rubbed, spine cloth heavilydiscoloured and slightly flecked, corners and spine extremities worn, the upper joint starting; hinges cracked, scattered slight soiling;Atlas Press, Melbourne, 1909. *Inscribed and signed by the compiler on blank preliminary. $95.00

Dobson family provenance

68. Dobson (Austin) AUSTIN DOBSON CALENDAR 1924. [cover title]. Pp. 30(last blank); f'cap. 4to; printed brown paperwrappers, stabbed & tied, with rectangular pictorial onlay at centre of upper wrapper, the lower wrapper slightly creased; uncut; somelight foxing; Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, [London?], n.d.[1923?]. *From the Prance collection, with his small booklabel and pencilled signature on verso of upper wrapper, plus a pencilled provenance note in his hand, noting that this item waspreviously from the library of Ruth Dobson. $225.00

69. Dobson (Austin) AUSTIN DOBSON CALENDAR 1925. [cover title]. Pp. 30(last blank); f'cap. 4to; printed grey paperedboards with pictorial title label (which is lightly foxed) on upper board, the spine a trifle faded; uncut; the free endpapers faintly offset,a little light foxing, tiny ink mark to fore-edge of last couple of leaves; Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, [London?],n.d.[1924?]. *The label illustration on the cover is reproduced from a picture by G. H. Boughton, illustrating Dobson's poem Love inWinter (which is printed in this Calendar for December). From the Prance collection, with his small book label on the upper pastedown.

$225.00

Dobson family provenance

70. Dobson (Austin) THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF AUSTIN DOBSON. Pp. xxiv+526, frontispiece portrait,tailpiece illustration, notes, indices; maroon cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, a trifle flecked and rubbed; all edges red beneath gilt; thefree endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 1923. First collectededition. *From the Prance collection , with his small book label on the upper pastedown, plus his pencilled provenance notes on upperfree endpaper, explaining an initialled presentation inscription (dated 1923) from the poet's son, Alban Dobson (who contributed thePreface to this volume), to A.A.G.D. [Austin Arthur Greaves Dobson]. $90.00

Dobson family provenance

71. Dobson (Austin) PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN. Pp. x+210(last blank)+[4](advertisements)+32pp. publisher's catalogue, notesand press notices; brown cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, edges lightly rubbed; uncut; upper hingecracking, contemporary handwritten ownership label of Alxander Ferrier laid on half-title page, the lower endpapers slightlysilverfished, scattered light foxing; Henry S. King, London, 1877. First edition. Murray II. *From the Prance collection, with his smallbook label on verso of upper free endpaper, above his pencilled signature and brief provenance note, stating the book was previouslyfrom the library of Ruth Dobson. $200.00

72. Dobson (Austin) PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN. With twenty-five illustrations by Bernard Partridge. To which is added "AuRevoir", a dramatic vignette. Pp. 116(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, pictorial extra title page, 23 full page illustrations,notes; pictorial dark green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered & decorated in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed, cloth slightly frayed at headof spine; t.e.g., others uncut; free endpapers offset, light foxing and occasional faint soiling; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1893.First edition thus. *From the Prance collection, with his small book label on upper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature on upperfree endpaper. $200.00

73. Dobson (Austin) THE STORY OF ROSINA and other verses. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Pp. xvi+120, frontispiece withtissue guard, plus 31 plates, text illustrations, notes; pictorial maroon cloth over bevelled boards, lettered & decorated in gilt, lightlyrubbed, the spine cloth slightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; hinges starting, free endpapers lightly offset, a little light foxing andoccasional soiling; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1895. *From the Prance collection, with two of his book labels on the upperpastedown, and his pencilled signature on the upper free endpaper. $125.00

Author’s first book

74. Dobson (Austin) VIGNETTES IN RHYME and vers de societe. Pp. viii+220, notes; red cloth over bevelled boards, letteredand decorated in gilt & black, slightly canted, soiled and worn, with damp stain across head of spine into boards, lower joint starting,corners and spine extremities frayed; uncut; hinges cracking at several points, armorial bookplate on upper pastedown, binder's ticket atfoot of lower pastedown, scattered light soiling; Henry S. King, London, 1874. Second edition. *Author's first book. From the Prancecollection, with two of his small book labels on the upper pastedown, and his pencilled ownership inscription on verso of upper freeendpaper. $120.00

75. Dobson, Austin: Dobson (Alban) Compiler. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF PUBLISHED ANDPRIVATELY PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS BY AUSTIN DOBSON. With a Preface by Sir Edmund Gosse. Pp. xiv+90(lastblank), 2 illustrations and 4 full page facsimiles; f'cap. 4to; red buckram over bevelled boards, the spine lettered in gilt, cloth lightlyrubbed; t.e.g.; a little faint foxing; First Edition Club, London, 1925. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. *The eighth bookprinted for The First Edition Club. From the Prance collection, with two of his small book labels on upper pastedown, plus his pencilledsignature on the upper free endpaper, and a few scattered pencilled annotations in his hand. $120.00

76. Donne (John) POEMS, &c. With elegies on the author's death. To which is added divers copies under his own hand, neverbefore printed. Pp. [iv]+414(being signatures [A2]-4(presumably lacking half-title page)+B-Z8+Aa8-Dd7), a few decorative headpiecesand initials; full calf, the boards with single gilt rule border and gilt edges, neatly rebacked, with the original gilt lettered & ruled spine(which is chipped at edges, lightly marked and rubbed) laid on, but with a later gilt lettered green morocco title label, the boards a triflemarked and worn, corners neatly repaired; ribbon marker; all edges sprinkled red; hinges starting, a little light foxing and browning,occasional faint soiling, a few leaves cropped (not affecting the text), small piece torn from top fore-corner pp. 333/4 and bottomfore-corner pp. 377/8 a couple of neat pencilled annotations; printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, London, 1669. Seventh edition.Wing 1871. *The pagination is erratic by number, but collates correctly by signature. $1,500.00

77. Dulac (Edmund) LYRICS PATHETIC & HUMOROUS FROM A TO Z. Decorated title page printed in brown & black, 24 fullpage coloured illustrations by Dulac, pictorial endpapers, decorative initials printed in brown; small demy 4to; cream cloth backedpictorial papered boards, bevelled edges, bottom fore-corner of lower board worn, with slight paper loss; endpapers lightly offset, upperhinge starting; Frederick Warne, 1908. First edition. Hughey 18. $800.00

78. Eliot (T. S.) DANTE. Pp. 70(last blank); grey papered boards, upper board printed in black with design by Rex Whistler, tinybrowned strip at foot of spine; top edges blue, others uncut; dust wrapper, title printed in blue, repeating the Whistler design on frontpanel, slightly soiled, edges lightly split and chipped, the top edge reinforced with tape on reverse; signature in red ink on upper freeendpaper, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Faber, 1929. The Poets on Poets series, No. 2. First [ordinary] edition, withthe early state dust wrapper (no reviews of the book on back panel and front flap). Gallup A13a. $250.00

79. Eliot (T. S.) & George Hoellering. THE FILM OF MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL. Pp. 122+[6]+48(plates), colouredfrontispiece and 5 plates, 48 black & white plates, black & white text drawings; small cr. 4to; corners of boards a trifle bruised, theboards a trifle faded and worn; top edges blue; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges chipped and split, with a couple ofclosed tears and small piece torn from head of backstrip; free endpapers lightly offset; Faber, 1952. First U.K. edition. Gallup A29i.*The plates are stills from the 1951 film, which was designed and produced by George Hoellering in close co-operation with T. S. Eliot,and included some new scenes written specially by Eliot. The drawings are sketches for the film, made by Peter Pendrey. $95.00

80. Evelyn (John) MEMOIRS.... comprising his diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. Towhich is subjoined The Private Correspondence between King Charles I and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas, whilst HisMajesty was in Scotland, 1641, and at other times during the Civil War; also between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon,and Sir Richard Browne, Ambassador to the Court of France in the time of King Charles I and the usurpation. In two volumes. VolumeI: Pp. xxviii+672(last blank), engraved frontispiece portrait plus 5 plates, folding plan and folding pedigree of the Evelyn family;Volume II: Pp. viii+342+336, engraved frontispiece portrait plus 3 plates, index; Colburn, 1819. Second edition. [together with] THEMISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF JOHN EVELYN. Now first collected, with occasional notes, by William Upcott. Pp.xxvi+850(last blank), frontispiece facsimile letter, 3 plates, text figures, appendix, index; Colburn, 1825. First edition. Each roy. 4to;uniformly bound in full nineteenth century calf, the gilt ruled boards lightly marked, edges a trifle rubbed, neatly rebacked, the jointsstrengthened, with original gilt decorated spines and gilt lettered contrasting green & tan leather title & volume labels laid on; marblededges; the dentelles decorated in gilt; matching marbled endpapers; some foxing, most plates offset, occasional slight soiling and minordamp stains. *First published in 1818. Lowndes, p. 767: the best quarto edition. A generally clean, handsome set, from the library ofFrances Currer, with her bookplate on upper pastedowns. $3,250.00

Signed by both the Faheys

81. Fahey (Herbert & Peter) HERBERT AND PETER FAHEY, Hand Bookbinders. Pp. [12]; f'cap. 16mo; brown stiff paperwrappers, stabbed & tied, with printed paper title label on upper wrapper; San Francisco, 1935. *Prospectus, including a list of theFahey studio productions. Signed in pencil by both the Faheys on the blank preliminary leaf. $40.00

82. Farjeon (Eleanor) THE LITTLE BOOKROOM. Eleanor Farjeon's short stories for children chosen by herself. Illustrated byEdward Ardizzone. Pp. xii+302, title page vignette, text illustrations; bottom fore-corner of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dustwrapper, edges a trifle split; free endpapers faintly offset; Oxford University Press, 1955. First edition thus. $175.00

83. Fischer (Frederick Augustus) TRAVELS IN SPAIN IN 1797 AND 1798. With an appendix on the method of travelling in thatcountry. Translated from the German. 2pp. advertisements at end; rebound in recent half leather, with the original gilt lettered &decorated red leather title label on spine, marbled papered boards; new endpapers, piece cut from top edge of title page, a little lightfoxing and creasing, top edge of last couple of leaves slightly silverfished; Longman & Rees, 1802. $450.00

84. Foley (Edwin) THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE. Its form, colour, & history. In two volumes. With one hundredreproductions in full-colour facsimile of drawings by the author, and one thousand text illustrations; correlated charts of Britishwoodwork styles and contemporaries; decorative furnishing accessories; principal trees; &c. &c. In two volumes, totalling just under900 pages. l00 hand-tipped coloured plates, l000 black & white text illustrations, classified bibliography, glossary of terms, index; med.4to; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, lightly rubbed and flecked, corners bruised, the spine extremities slightlyfrayed and split, upper board of Volume II lightly damp marked; endpapers slightly silverfished, the free endpapers offset, a little lightfoxing and occasional soiling, a couple of leaves slightly creased; Jack, n.d.[c. l920]. $550.00

85. Forgan (Robert) THE GOLFER'S MANUAL, including history and rules of the game, with hints to beginners. Pp.[iv]+100+[4](pictorial advertisements), frontispiece portrait of Old Tom Morris, 6 plates, 1 text figure, decorative initials, glossary; giltlettered green cloth, lightly flecked, edges a trifle rubbed; endpapers lightly offset, a little inked underlining and a couple of spots offoxing; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co./J. & G. Innes, London/Cupar, n.d.[c.1907]. Seventh edition. Donovan &Murdoch 1265. *First published in 1881, under the title The Golfer's Handbook. $400.00

86. Fortune (Robert) A RESIDENCE AMONG THE CHINESE: INLAND, ON THE COAST, AND AT SEA. Being a narrativeof scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856. Including notices of many natural productions and works ofart, the culture of silk, &c.; with suggestions on the present war. Pp. xv+440, frontispiece and 4 plates with tissue guards, textillustrations; original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt and boards decorated in blind, slightly rubbed, edges lightly worn, the cornersand spine extremities chipped, with split at head of lower joint; uncut; upper pastedown slightly marked, with faint trace of signature onupper free endpaper, signature on recto of frontispiece, binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, a little slight soiling and browning;John Murray, London, 1857. First edition. *Robert Fortune (1813-1880), traveller and botanist, was an official Botanical Collectorto the Horticultural Society of London. He was the first plant hunter to travel in China after the Opium War, and there discoverednumerous new plants species. Later, as an employee of the East India Company, Fortune successfully introduced some of the tea-shrubshe had collected in China into the north-west provinces of India - and his work was in effect the foundation for the subsequent Indiantea industry. This was his third book on China, and includes notes on natural history, art, silk and tea cultivation, and Fortune'sassessment of the late disturbances [ie., war] in Canton. $850.00

87. Garnett (Richard) IDYLLS AND EPIGRAMS. Chiefly from the Greek Anthology. Pp. viii+72+[2](advertisement, versoblank), notes; f'cap. 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle rubbed, the corners slightly bruised; uncut;bookseller's sticker on upper and binder's ticket on lower pastedown, plus 2 relevant newscutting on upper endpapers, early inkedsignature on verso of upper free endpaper, scattered light foxing and occasional faint soiling, hinge cracked towards end; Macmillan,London, 1869. First edition. *From the Prance collection, with his small book label on the upper pastedown, and his pencilledsignature on verso of upper free endpaper. $175.00

88. Garnett (Richard) IO IN EGYPT, AND OTHER POEMS. Pp. viii+152, title and text decorations; f'cap. 8vo; tan cloth, spinelettered & decorated in gilt, the boards decorated in blind, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed; uncut; early inked signature on upperpastedown, hinges tender at a couple of points, a little faint foxing and offsetting; David & Charles, London, 1859. First edition thus.*Contains some of the material from the author's first book, which was published anonymously under the title Primula: a book of lyrics,in 1858. From the Prance collection, with his small book label on upper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature on verso of upper freeendpaper. $275.00

One of 30 copies, signed by the publisher

89. Garnett (Richard) IPHIGENIA IN DELPHI. A dramatic poem. With Homer's "Shield of Achilles", and other translations fromthe Greek. Pp. [vi]+90(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, series title page decoration; narrow 8vo; full vellum, the spine lettered

diagonally in gilt, the boards decorated in brown, lightly soiled, the spine gilt dulled, edges and spine a trifle rubbed; uncut; a little faintoffsetting and occasional foxing; T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1890. Cameo series. Limited edition, being one of 30 copies thusbound, printed on Japon vellum, numbered and signed by the publisher. *From the Prance collection, with his small book label onthe upper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature on upper free endpaper. $350.00

Inscribed by the author

90. Garnett (Richard) POEMS. Pp. xii+174(last colophon, blank)+[2](advertisement, verso blank)+16pp. publisher's catalogue,the half-title and title page decorations by J. Illingworth Kay, publisher's limitation slip tipped-in at upper free endpaper; gilt letteredbrown buckram, lightly worn, corners bruised; uncut; upper hinge starting, a little light foxing and offsetting, occasional slight soiling;John Lane, London, 1893. First edition thus, being one of 350 copies printed for England. *With author's signed inscription, dated1893, on upper free endpaper. From the Prance collection, with his small book label above his pencilled signature on the upperpastedown. $300.00

91. Garnett (Richard) THE QUEEN AND OTHER POEMS. Pp. viii+12+[52](Sonnets), title page decoration printed in red; lightgreen cloth, lettered and decorated in darker green, a trifle marked, edges slightly rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; the free endpapers offset,hinges tender at a couple of points, a little light foxing and a couple of minor edge chips; John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1901.First edition. *From the Prance collection, with his small book label on upper pastedown, plus his pencilled ownership inscription onthe upper free endpaper. $95.00

Inscribed by the translator

92. Garnett (Richard) Translator. DANTE, PETRARCH, CAMOENS. CXXIV SONNETS. Translated by Richard Garnett. Pp.xii+148(last advertisement)+15 page publisher's catalogue, pictorial title page, errata slip tipped-in after Table of First Lines, notes; darkgrey/green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly worn, corners bruised; uncut; hinges starting at a couple of points, outer leavesand edges a trifle soiled, a little light foxing; John Lane, London, 1896. First edition. *This copy with author's signed presentationinscription (to Matty Roscoe, dated 1896) on half-title page, and a couple of minor inked corrections to text, possibly in his hand. Fromthe Prance collection, with his small book label on upper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature on the upper free endpaper. $250.00

93. Gerard (John) GERARD'S HERBALL. The essence thereof distilled by Marcus Woodward from the edition of Th. Johnson,1636. Pp. xx+304(last printer's mark), title page illustration, the half-title within decorative border, numerous text illustrations anddecorations, notes, alphabetical table of plants; post 4to; full vellum, slightly cloudy, the spine lettered in gilt with five raised bands,boards a trifle bowed; t.e.g., others uncut; ribbon marker; commercial bookplate on upper pastedown; Gerald Howe, London, 1927.Edition limited to 150 numbered copies on handmade paper. *The text is based on the 1636 edition of Gerard's famous herbal, with anIntroduction and notes by Marcus Woodward. $1,200.00

94. Gibbs (May) BORONIA BABIES. Pp. [28](last blank), coloured frontispiece, 11 full page sepia illustrations, plus title and textdecorations; brown paper wrappers, tied, upper wrapper lettered in brown, with a large coloured pictorial onlay featuring two smallBoronia babies peeping from a twig at a larger baby down below; inked name above each of two 'presentation' branches of boronia onfirst leaf, a little light foxing and soiling; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, n.d.[1919]. First edition. Muir 2740. $400.00

95. Gibbs (May) WATTLE BABIES. Pp. [28](last blank), coloured frontispiece, 11 full page sepia illustrations, plus title and textdecorations; cream paper wrappers, tied, a trifle soiled and browned, slightly split and worn at head and tail of backstrip fold, upperwrapper titled in sepia, with large coloured pictorial onlay (slightly worn at edges) featuring two timid wattle babies and a ladybug;inscription on first leaf (inked name on each of the two 'presentation' gumleaves), a little light foxing and very faint soiling, 2.5 cm.closed tear from botton edge of one leaf; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, n.d.[1918]. First edition. Muir 2378. $375.00

One of 100 signed copies, with rough working sketch

96. Gilbert, Alfred: McAllister (Isabel) ALFRED GILBERT. Pp. xiv+236, photogravure frontispiece, tissue guard, 39 plates,index; post 4to; cream cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, upper board a trifle marked; t.e.g., others uncut; ribbon marker; dustwrapper, foxed and lightly worn, lower panel slightly soiled, edges lightly split and chipped; a little light foxing; A. & C. Black, 1929.De Luxe edition; being one of 100 numbered copies, signed by the artist, with one of his original rough working sketches boundin at front. $750.00

97. Gill, S. T.: VICTORIA ILLUSTRATED. Pictorial title page (Entrance to Port Phillip) plus 45 plates with tinted backgrounds,publisher's printed limitation slip (browned) tipped-in at title page; oblong 4to; gilt lettered blue cloth over bevelled boards, decoratedin black & blind, lightly flecked and soiled, the edges slightly worn, corners neatly repaired, professionally rebacked, with all but theextremities of the original spine laid down; a.e.g.; binder's ticket at foot of upper pastedown, later (sympathetic) upper free endpaper, thetitle page offset, hinges starting at a couple of points, a little light soiling and a few short edge splits, neat paper repair to short closedtear from top edge of one plate; Sands & Kenny, Melbourne, 1857[actually c.1890]. F.15440c. *Edition limited to 750 copies;apparently being a photolithographic facsimile of the earlier letterpress editions. The binder's ticket reads Sands & McDougall Ltd.,which suggests a publication date some time after 1885 (see Ferguson). $1,200.00

98. Goldsmid (Edmund) EXPLANATORY NOTES OF A PACK OF CAVALIER PLAYING CARDS, Temp. Charles II. Forminga complete political satire of The Commonwealth. Pp. 24, 13 plates (showing the complete pack of 52 cards); med. 8vo; gilt letteredbrown cloth, boards slightly sprung, edges a trifle rubbed; bookplate on upper pastedown, minor production (trimming) fault to upperfore-corner pp. 5/6, a little light foxing and faint soiling; E. & G. Goldsmid, Edinburgh, 1886. First edition. *Reproduces, with briefexplanatory notes, a pack of playing cards from c. 1660, depicting various characters from that era. $275.00

An important source for Portuguese and English voyages

99. [Green (John)] Compiler and Editor. A NEW GENERAL COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS: consisting of themost esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language: comprehending every thing remarkable in its kind, inEurope, Asia, Africa, and America, with respect to the several empires, kingdoms, and provinces; their situation, extent, bounds and

division, climate, soil and produce; their lakes, rivers, mountains, cities, principal towns, harbours, buildings, &c. and the gradualalterations that from time to time have happened in each: also the manners and customs of the several inhabitants; their religion andgovernment, arts and sciences, trades and manufactures.... In four volumes. Pp. xxiv+680; xii+732; viii+606(last blank)+[2](list ofplates); xvi+751+[42](index), 232 plates including maps and charts (many folding); thick post 4to; contemporary calf, quite worn atedges, with some loss to spines of Volumes II & III and with surface cracking to what remains of spine leather to Volume II, jointscracked but holding; bookplate on upper pastedowns, hinges cracking, a little light foxing, offsetting, and scattered soiling, plus a fewminor edge chips or splits; printed for Thomas Astley, London, 1745-7. Hill, p. 210. *This work, compiled and edited by John Green,originally appeared in weekly parts. Contents include voyages to Guinea and the East Indies, Africa, China, Eastern Tartary, and Tibet.According to Hill, this set is a particularly good source for Portuguese and English voyages. $8,500.00

100. Greenaway (Kate) ALMANACK FOR 1884. Printed by Edmund Evans. Pp. [24](including wrappers), coloured frontispiece,pictorial title page, and 12 headpiece illustrations (one per month), title and text within red rule border; 132 x 92mm; pictorial paperwrappers, stabbed & tied, a trifle soiled, edges rubbed; all edges grey; outer leaves a trifle foxed, a little faint offsetting, corners a triflecreased; Routledge, London, 1884. First edition. Schuster & Engen 4, 2c (with brown border to covers), variant - this copy with edgesstained grey instead of brown. *The second in Kate Greenaway's Almanack series. $350.00

101. Greenaway, Kate: Browning (Robert) THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. Pp. 48, illustrated in colour by Kate Greenaway;square 4to; light yellow cloth backed green glazed pictorial boards, a trifle marked, edges and corners lightly worn; all edges yellow;occasional very light foxing, mainly to endpapers; Warne, n.d.[c. 1903?] Schuster & Engen No. 157, ?3b, variant colophon. $500.00

102. Greenaway, Kate: Harte (Bret) THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Pp. viii+64, colouredfrontispiece, title page vignette, and 26 text illustrations (several full page); f'cap. 4to; beige cloth, lettered in black, with colouredpictorial onlay at centre of upper board, the cloth slightly tape-marked near head of spine, top fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised;all edges green; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, the edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips and an early internal tape repair(which has discoloured) at head of backstrip; Warne, 1931. Schuster & Engen 165, 4a.,*First published in 1886. $150.00

103. Grimwade (Russell) AN ANTHOGRAPHY OF THE EUCALYPTS. Coloured frontispiece plus 103 tinted or partly-colouredphotographic plates, 1 full page text figure, glossary, index; cr. 4to; upper board decorated in blind, the boards a trifle marked; dustwrapper, front panel slightly spotted, edges lightly split; a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; Angus & Robertson, Sydney,1930. Second edition. *This copy signed by the author at foot of second Preface, and with a loosely inserted 4pp. article from TheAustralian Timber Journal of April 1955 (An Address given by Sir Russell Grimwade to the Gallery Society of Victoria), also signedby him. $350.00

In publisher’s imitation tortoiseshell bindings

104. Hall (S. C.) Editor. THE BOOK OF GEMS from the poets and artists of Great Britain. In three volumes. Volume One: TheFourteenth to the seventeenth century, Geoffrey Chaucer to Dryden. Pp. [xiv]+304+[4], 50 engraved headpiece illustrations, plusengraved tailpiece; Volume Two: The Seventeenth and eighteenth Century, Swift to Burns. Pp. [x]+302+[4], 50 engraved headpieceillustrations, plus engraved tailpiece; Volume Three: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century. Wordsworth to Tennyson. Pp.[ii]+viii+304+[4], 44 engraved headpiece illustrations, plus 2 engraved tailpieces; in each volume, the title page is printed in red &black, and the final 4 pages are facsimile signatures of several of the poets represented within that volume; f'cap. 4to; uniformly boundin imitation tortoiseshell, the upper boards lettered and decorated in gilt, with gilt lettered and decorated brown leather spines, edgeslightly rubbed; all edges gilt; early inscription on half-title of first two volumes and on upper free endpaper of Volume III, the upperhinges cracking and a few leaves brittle or loosening (as usual, with gutta percha bindings), a little light foxing and occasional soiling,some faint damp marks to top edge of a few leaves Volume I, a couple of fore-edge splits to first page of facsimile signatures in VolumeIII; George Bell, London, 1874-1877. *An unusual and attractive binding format. An earlier edition of the first volume in this series(with the gilt design on both boards, but otherwise apparently identical) is reproduced on p. 109 in Ruari McLean's VictorianPublishers' Book-bindings in cloth and leather. Samuel Carter Hall was editor of numerous books, and several periodicals, includingthe Art Union Monthly Journal, which was acclaimed in its day as the only journal in Europe that adequately represented the fine artsand arts of manufacture [D.N.B., p. 972]. The three volumes of The Book of Gems were originally published between 1836-8. See alsoitem 19. $1,750.00

105. Hazlitt (W. Carew) FAITHS AND FOLKLORE. A dictionary of national beliefs, supersititions and popular customs, past andcurrent, with their classical and foreign analogues, described and illustrated. Forming a new edition of The Popular Antiquities of GreatBritain by Brand and Ellis, largely extended, corrected, brought down to the present time, and now first alphabetically arranged. In twovolumes. Pp. x+334+[ii]+335-672+8(adverts.), frontispiece both volumes, a few text figures; f'cap. 4to; red cloth over bevelled boards,lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, a trifle marked and rubbed, corners slightly bruised; t.e.g.; hinges starting, bookseller's sticker atfoot of upper pastedowns, the endpapers offset, with small piece chipped from fore-edge of upper free endpaper Volume I, occasionalfaint soiling; Reeves & Turner, London, 1905. $175.00

Inscribed by the author to George Meudell

106. Henley (Sir Thomas) A PACIFIC CRUISE. Musings and opinions on island problems. Pp. [xiv]+176, frontispiece plus 59plates (1 coloured), 2pp. facsimile letter; gilt lettered maroon cloth, a trifle flecked, the spine and edges of lower board faded, cornersslightly bruised; small chip to upper hinge, some light foxing (heavier on outer leaves), short closed tear to fore-edge of one leaf; JohnSands, Sydney, 1930. First edition. *Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author, to Australian author George Meudell.

$120.00

Signed and dated by Sir Sidney Cockerell

107. Hopper (Nora) SONGS OF THE MORNING. Pp. xiv+152; vellum backed grey papered boards, the spine lettered in gilt;uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper hinge tender, a little foxing (mainly of edges) and occasional faint offsetting; GrantRichards, London, 1900. First edition. *Anglo-Irish poet Nora Hopper (later Cherson), 1871-1906. This copy with the neat inkedownership inscription (dated 1900) of Sir Sydney Cockerell on the upper free endpaper. Subsequently from the Prance collection, with

his small book label above his pencilled signature on upper pastedown. $175.00

Signed by the Postman Poet of Helston, Cornwall

108. Hosken (James Dryden) PHAON AND SAPPHO and NIMROD. Pp. xii+326+[2](adverts.); f'cap. 8vo; navy cloth, spinelettered in gilt, lightly marked and rubbed, the spine extremities a trifle worn; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; edges ofleaves faintly offset, a little light foxing; Macmillan, London, 1892. First edition. *Signed by the author (and dated 1893) at head oftitle page. From the Prance collection, with his small book label on the upper pastedown, plus his pencilled signature and two lineannotation (noting that Hosken was the Postman Poet of Helston, Cornwall) on verso of upper free endpaper. $175.00

109. Howitt (Mary) & L. E. L. [Letitia Elizabeth Landon] FISHER'S DRAWING ROOM SCRAP-BOOK, MDCCCXL. Withpoetical illustrations by L. E. L. and Mary Howitt. Pp. 68, 35 engraved plates with tissue guards; demy 4to; blue/grey pictorial cloth,decorated in gilt, with gilt lettered & decorated brown leather spine, lightly worn; a.e.g.; bookplate on upper pastedown, upper hingestarting, some light foxing, soiling, and damp staining; Fisher, London, [1840]. Second edition. $200.00

With the author’s presentation inscription to James Arthur Dowling

110. Hyman (Coleman P.) AN ACCOUNT OF THE COINS, COINAGES, AND CURRENCY OF AUSTRALASIA. Published byAuthority of the New South Wales Commissioners for the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Pp. x+160(last blank),reproduction of paper currency of G. Blaxcell on verso of short-title page, appendices; med. 8vo; bound in purple cloth, spine letteredin gilt, edges and spine lightly faded, boards a trifle rubbed and flecked, with a few tiny chips, edges worn, lower joint splitting, thespine extremities frayed; original printed paper wrappers bound in, lightly soiled and worn; ex library copy, with shelf number on spine,3 internal withdrawn stamps, and some foxing; Government Printer, Sydney, 1893. F.10726. *With author's signed inscription (datedDecember 1904) to James Arthur Dowling [solicitor who, for twelve years was President of the Board of Trustees of the Public Libraryof New South Wales] on the title page, plus the author's initialled annotation on final text page. Dowling's armorial bookplate is on theupper pastedown, beneath a note giving the binding date for this copy - possibly in his hand? From the library of Australian historian J.A. La Nauze, with his signature on upper free endpaper. $300.00

111. James the Second: Clarke (Rev. J. S.) THE LIFE OF JAMES THE SECOND, KING OF ENGLAND, &c. Collected out ofmemoirs writ of his own hand. Together with the king's advice to his son, and His Majesty's Will. Published from the original Stuartmanuscripts in Carlton-House. In two volumes. Pp. [iii]-lxxvi+750+[iii]-lvi+678+[2](Appendix VI), engraved double pagegenealogical chart (quite foxed) Volume II, appendices; demy 4to; rebound in modern half kangaroo, the spines ruled in gilt anddecorated in blind around raised bands, with gilt lettered blue leather title and volume labels, navy cloth boards; marbled edges; newendpapers; both volumes lacking the half-title page, some light foxing, a few leaves slightly creased; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme,and Brown, London, 1816. First edition. Lowndes p. 472. $550.00

First collected edition.

112. Johnson (Samuel) THE POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. Now first collected in one volume. Pp. viii+196,publisher's device on title page; f'cap. 8vo; early half calf, neatly rebacked, with the original gilt decorated spine and gilt lettered redleather title label laid on, corners re-tipped, marbled papered boards, rubbed and slightly soiled, edges lightly worn; upper hingestarting, the lower hinge tender, armorial bookplate and small inked signature on upper pastedown, a little light foxing and faintoffsetting; printed for the Editor, and sold by G. Kearsley, London, 1785. First collected edition, second state, with 4 cancel leaves(as usual), and six-line errata at foot of final page. Courtney & Smith p. 157. $1,200.00

Owen Jones’ masterpiece, bound in relievo-style embossed leather

113. Jones (Owen) THE VICTORIA PSALTER. [cover title]. The Psalms of David, illuminated by Owen Jones. Pp. [xii, includingblanks]+100, illuminated throughout in gilt & black plus three shades each of blue and red, on a cream background, the text in doublecolumns; folio; bound [by Remnant & Edmonds] in full relievo style embossed chestnut calf over bevelled boards, the design(presumably by Jones) on the upper board featuring embossed rules, foliate borders and decorations surrounding a central recessed ovaltitling panel, the lower board repeating the design, but replacing the title with the royal monogram VR, the spine with embossed foliateornaments, edges of boards lightly rubbed, corners worn, joints neatly repaired, but holding, spine extremities expertly repaired; a.e.g.;hinges reinforced with cloth tape, ownership inscription dated 1911 on upper free endpaper; outer leaves lightly foxed, some slightmarginal soiling and minor edge wear; Day & Son, London, 1862. First edition in book form. McLean, Victorian Book Design &Colour Printing, p. 129. *Originally issued in parts between 1861-2, Owen Jones' illuminated book of psalms was known as theVictoria Psalter because Queen Victoria officially accepted the dedication of the book. According to McLean, Owen Jones probablyconsidered it as his masterpiece.... The text is set in Old Face, but where words or sentences are drawn in, a thin modern roman is used,or else gothic lettering in many fantastic variations.... The decorative borders, different on every page, are regular and formal liketypographical borders and achieve a certain dignity and richness.... One of the best known embossing techniques, the relievo processpatented by Leake, was used mainly in England, especially by the firm of Remnant & Edmonds, who were awarded a Prize Medal forsuch bindings at the Great Exhibition in 1851. Several of Owen Jones' books were bound in this style, deeply embossed to imitatecarved wood. The Victoria Psalter was one of the last books produced using the technique, and was featured in the Art JournalIllustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition of 1862. $6,000.00

114. Jones, Sir William: Teignmouth (Lord) MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE, WRITINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIRWILLIAM JONES. Engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, full page facsimile, appendices; demy 4to; nineteenth centurydiced calf, boards with triple rule gilt border and gilt edges, corners re-tipped and edges neatly reinforced at a couple of points,

rebacked, with recent calf spine decorated in blind between raised bands, gilt lettered black leather title label, the boards slightly markedand rubbed, joints discoloured; marbled endpapers, early bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, some (mostly pencil) marginaliathroughout, a little light foxing, soiling, and occasional damp staining; John Hatchard, 1804. First edition. *Biography of therenowned oriental scholar and philologist, Sir William Jones (1746-1794), the first Englishman to master Sanskrit. $550.00

Presented by the author to His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury

115. Jones (William) A TREATISE ON THE ART OF MUSIC. In which the elements of harmony and air are practically considered,and illustrated by an hundred and fifty examples in notes, many of them taken from the best authors. The whole being intended as aCourse of Lectures, preparatory to the practice of Thorough-Bass and Musical Composition. .... Pp. [iv]+vi+xii+62(last blank)+40engraved plates of music on 20 leaves; folio; later half calf, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt featuring a lyre motif, overcontemporary marbled papered boards, lightly rubbed, edges worn; bookplate of George Moore on upper pastedown, plus small inkstamps of the Library of the Diocese of Capetown (twice on the upper pastedown, singly at foot of title page, and on pp. 47, 61 andlower pastedown), upper hinge starting, occasional light foxing and faint offsetting, the outer leaves a trifle soiled; printed for theauthor, by W. Keymer, Colchester, 1784. First edition. *Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on blank preliminary leaf To HisGrace The Archbishop of Canterbury, and signed by Jones at the end of the Dedication. This is the work by which William Jones(1726-1800, English cleric and musician, composer of the well-known hymn tune St. Stephen, and author of many theological,philosophical and miscellaneous works), gained his musical reputation. A second edition was published in 1827. $5,000.00

116. Kane, Elisha Kent: Elder (William) BIOGRAPHY OF ELISHA KENT KANE. Pp. 416, engraved frontispiece portrait andvignette title page plus 4 plates; rebound in modern half blue morocco, decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered maroonleather title label, maroon cloth boards; marbled edges; new endpapers, occasional slight soiling; Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia,1858. First edition. *A memoir of the pioneering nineteenth century American naval surgeon, including accounts of his travels andwork in China and Greenland. Dr. Kane was senior medical officer in the 1850 American Expedition to search for Sir John Franklinafter the latter's ships Erebus and Terror were lost in the Arctic. $175.00

Inscribed by the author, and later from the collection of Frank Wilmot (Furnley Maurice)

117. Kinross (Andrew) MY LIFE AND LAYS. Pp. iv+122, frontispiece portrait plus 1 plate, floral patterned endpapers; greencloth, the upper board lettered and decorated in black, lightly rubbed, tiny bump to centre of top edge of the upper board; small signatureplus remains of bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; John Ward & Co., Invercargill,New Zealand, 1899. First edition. Serle p. 111. *Inscribed by the author (dated 1911) on recto of frontispiece, and with a couple ofminor inked corrections presumably in his hand. Later from the collection of Australian poet Frank Wilmot (Furnley Maurice), with hisbookplate on upper pastedown. Andrew Kinross was born in Scotland, and lived for some time in Australia before settling in NewZealand. $120.00

Signed by Robert Hoddle, first surveyor of the city of Melbourne

118. Lake (Colonel Atwell) KARS AND OUR CAPTIVITY IN RUSSIA: With letters from Gen. Sir W. F. Williams, MajorTeesdale, and the late Captain Thompson. Pp. xvi+368(last blank)+[4](advertisements), engraved frontispiece portrait and 1 plate withtissue guards, appendix, index; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, boards a trifle canted, edges lightly worn, the spineslightly soiled and lightly chipped at extremities, boards faintly soiled and rubbed, with small damp stain towards bottom edge of upperboard; bookplate on upper pastedown, the hinges starting at a couple of points, bookseller's large ink stamp on half-title page and onblank verso of final index page, binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, verso of upper free endpaper slightly ink stained, occasionalfaint soiling; Richard Bentley, London, 1856. First edition. *With the signature of Robert Hoddle, first surveyor of the city ofMelbourne, at head of title page. $1,200.00

119. Lakeside Press. EXTRA BINDING FOR RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS AND PAPERS. Pp. [16], the title pagedecoration, illustrations, and decorative initials printed in grey or grey & black; f'cap. 8vo; orange patterned paper wrappers, with foldededges and printed paper title label, the edges slightly chipped and split; faint offsetting from wrapper folds on free endpapers: R. R.Donnelly & Sons, Chicago, n.d. *Trade prospectus. $30.00

120. Lawrence (T. E.) SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A triumph. Pp. 672, frontispiece portrait plus 46 plates, 7 text illustrations,4 full page maps, appendices, indices; med. 8vo; light brown buckram, spine stamped in darker brown and lettered & decorated in gilt,the upper board decorated in blind, boards faintly soiled, corners a trifle rubbed; top edges brown, others uncut; bookseller's sticker atfoot of upper pastedown; Garden City Publishing, New York, 1938. Second American edition (De Luxe edition). O'Brien AO60.

$275.00

121. Lawrence, T. E.: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA MEMORIAL. Single fold sheet, issued by the Committee appointed to deal withthe Memorial, calling for contributions; two faint horizontal creases towards top of leaf, tiny ink mark near bottom edge; [London],n.d.[1935] *The signatories to the Memorial include Winston Churchill, Augustus John, G. Bernard Shaw. O'Brien E068. $120.00

One of only 75 copies, signed by the author , the artist, and with a presentation inscription from the publisher

122. Lawson (Henry) SELECTED POEMS. Illustrated by Percy Leason. Pp. xviii+122+[2](colophon), hand-tipped colouredfrontispiece portrait, 9 hand-tipped black & white plates on cream paper plus 2 mounted headpieces, decorative initials, colouredpictorial front panel of the dust wrapper of the small paper edition of this book tipped-in at end, pictorial endpapers; narrow demy 4to;qr. grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lighter grey papered boards, with title and small coloured illustration at centre of upper board;deckle edges; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, with a few short edge splits; a little faint offsetting; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1918.Large paper edition, being one of 75 copies on hand-made paper, signed by the author and artist. Mackaness 24B. *Presentationcopy, inscribed on the half-title page by the publisher, dated Christmas 1919, to W. C. Penfold, and with a pictorial Angus & Robertsonbookplate on verso of final blank. The dust wrapper for the small paper edition features a much enlarged version of the illustration onthe upper board of the large paper edition. William Clark Penfold (1864-1945), printer and stationer, founded the firm which printed

this volume, and many other notable titles for the firm of Angus & Robertson, including C. J. Dennis's The Sentimental Bloke, andNorman Lindsay's The Magic Pudding. $3,750.00

With hand-coloured lithographs

123. Layard (Edgar Leopold) THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. New edition, thoroughly revised and augmented by R. BowdlerSharpe. Pp. xvi+[ix]-xviii(Systematic List of the Birds of South Africa)+[ii](list of plates)+890, 12 hand coloured lithographs byKeulemans at end; thick med. 8vo; rebound in half niger morocco, the spine ruled in gilt, with [earlier?] gilt lettered black morocco titlelabel (the edges of which are a trifle chipped) on spine, green cloth boards, a trifle marked; marbled edges; later marbled endpapers;faint damp stain to fore-edge margin only of first plate, occasional very slight soiling; Bernard Quaritch, London, 1875-84. Sitwell,Fine Bird Books, p. 115. *One of the earliest books on South African birds. The first edition, published in Cape Town in 1867, did notinclude the plates. $2,500.00

124. Leighton, Clare: Wilder (Thornton Niven) THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. Illustrated edition. Woodcuts by ClareLeighton. Pp. x+140, hand-tipped frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 15 hand-tipped plates, the title page printed in red & black; giltlettered red cloth, a trifle flecked; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and silverfished, edges lightly split and chipped; one-lineinscription on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Longmans, Green, London, 1929. Illustratededition, first thus. $135.00

Large paper edition, signed

125. Lovett (Richard) THE HISTORY OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY, l795-l895. In two volumes. Pp.[ii](limitation leaf)+xiv+832; viii+778+[2](colophon, last blank), l4 plates, tissue guards, l2 coloured maps of which 8 are folding, plus2 black & white maps, appendices, indices; super roy. 8vo; qr. cream cloth, gilt, a trifle browned, blue cloth boards, lightly marked;t.e.g., others uncut; endpapers lightly browned; Henry Frowde, 1899. Large paper edition, being one of 250 numbered copies,signed by the author. $1,200.00

126. May (Phil) A PHIL MAY MEDLEY. Pp. [48], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; oblong 4to; pictorial paperwrappers, stapled, lightly soiled and worn; advertisements on verso of wrappers; staples rusted, the centre leaf loose, a little lightsoiling; The Graphic Office, 1903. First edition. $150.00

With a Phil May sketch and autograph note to Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who has also inscribed the book

127. May (Phil): ORIGINAL PHIL MAY SKETCH AND AUTOGRAPH NOTE, TO HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE. Small singlesheet, folded to form a card approx. 15cm. x 9.5cm., tipped-in to the upper free endpaper of the following book by Stephen Phillips:HEROD. A Tragedy. Pp. 128+[8](advertisements); green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges and spine faded; uncut, a couple ofleaves carelessly opened; hinges starting, a little light foxing and occasional soiling; John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1901.Second edition. *The undated Phil May sketch, in black ink over pencil, is of two men with cigars, who engage in a brief conversationinvolving a pun on Herbert Beerbohm Tree's surname. In brackets, the artist has added I do hope this won't upset you. This is followedby a short signed note to Tree in which Phil May asks If you have any seats returned for tonight: I should be so much obliged if youcould let my wife have a couple of stalls. Underneath the card, on the upper free endpaper, is an unaddressed three-line signedinscription from Tree, dated 1 January 1907. (It is not clear whether Tree gave this volume to Phil May in response to the sketch and thesigned copy of Phil May's Annual which the artist apparently also sent him). The printed dedication of this edition of Stephen Phillips'play is to Tree - a true friend, and on the stage the Herod of my dreams - who performed the role in the production of the play at HerMajesty's Theatre, in October 1900. From the Prance collection, with his small book label (from Malta) and pencilled signature on theupper pastedown. $350.00

The Melbourne Cup

128. Michell (H.) Compiler & editor. VICTORIA'S GREATEST RACES with full descriptions of the Melbourne Cup 1921,Caulfield Cup 1922-3, Melbourne Cup 1922-3. Biographical sketches of leading owners - trainers - Jockeys. Fully illustrated. Pp. 196,numerous text illustrations; med. 4to; full black leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed, the corners and spine extremitiesslightly grazed; a.e.g.; hinge starting near centre, a little faint foxing and occasional soiling; The British and Australasian PublishingService, Melbourne, n.d.[1924?]. $1,950.00

129. Morris, Richard: Sparks (Jared) THE LIFE OF GOUVENEUR MORRIS, with selections from his correspondence andmiscellaneous papers; detailing events in the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and in the political history of the UnitedStates. In three volumes, totalling nearly 1600pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait Volume I, indices Volume III; rebound in modern halfkangaroo, spines decorated in gilt with gilt lettered green leather title and volume labels, green cloth boards; marbled edges; newendpapers; small inked annotation at foot of title pages, some foxing (occasionally heavy in Volume I), pencilled marginalia in VolumeI, small ragged tear to fore-edge pp. 9/10 Volume III; Gray & Bowen [Volume I also with the small cancel sticker of R. J. Kennett,London, on title page], Boston, 1832. $750.00

Custom bound set

130. Morris (William) THE EARTHLY PARADISE. A poem. In four volumes, totalling over 1600pp. Title page illustration eachvolume (repeated as tailpieces); rebound [possibly by Leighton?] in full gilt-lettered limp vellum with red silk ties; t.e.g., others uncut;edges of leaves a trifle foxed, occasional faint soiling, a couple of tiny marginal splits; Ellis & White, London, 1880 [Volumes I, II, &IV]-1881 [Volume III]. Volumes I and II are eighth editions; Volumes III and IV sixth editions. See Walsdorf 41. *Originallypublished in 1868, and reprinted many times in different editions, The Earthly Paradise was the work by which William Morris wasbest known during his lifetime. The bindings for this set were executed in 1904, for an unidentified owner, and are dated and initialledH [presumably the owner's initial] in gilt on the upper covers. $2,200.00

Miniature edition

131. Morris, William: Mackail (M. J.) WILLIAM MORRIS. Pp. [vi]+vi+58(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 4 full pageillustrations, title page decoration printed in red, coloured endpaper decorations; 5.5cm. x 4.5cm.; light blue cloth, lettered anddecorated in red, yellow, & green; fore-edges uncut; The Hillside Press, Roswell, Georgia, 1983. Edition limited to 275 numberedcopies. $200.00

132. Nerman (Einar) FAIRY TALES FROM THE NORTH. Retold and illustrated by Einar Nerman. Pp. [viii]+128, 8 colouredplates, numerous black & white text illustrations (some full page), coloured pictorial endpapers; cr. 4to; pictorial cloth, slightly spotted;top edges yellow; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed; small surface graze to top margin p. 24; Knopf, New York, 1946. Firstedition. *A retelling of tales from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, by Selma Lagerlof, Hans Christian Andersen, a.o. $150.00

133. Newman (John Henry) APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA: being a reply to a pamphlet entitled "What, then, does Dr. NewmanMean? Pp. [iv]+430+128(appendix and notes, last page blank)+24pp. publisher's catalogue (including index to catalogue) at end; purplecloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards decorated in blind, cloth quite faded, particularly the spine, boards slightly rubbed, corners worn;uncut, a few leaves carelessly opened; bookplate on upper pastedown, hinges tender at a few points, occasional slight soiling;Longmans, Green, 1864. First edition in book form. *Originally issued in eight parts. $450.00

With author’s presentation inscription to Alfred W. Pollard

134. Newton-Robinson (Charles) THE VIOL OF LOVE. Poems by Charles Newton-Robinson. Pp. viii+60(last colophon, versoblank)+16(publisher's catalogue), decorative fly title page and title page printed in red; olive green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt,the bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised, edges slightly rubbed; uncut; hinges tender at a couple of points, endpapers faintly offset; JohnLane The Bodley Head, London, 1895. First U.K. edition, limited to 350 copies. *With author's signed presentation inscription (tobibliographer Alfred W. Pollard), plus an eleven-line quotation from Shelley in his hand (from which the title of this volume wasapparently derived) on the half-title page. The attractive decorations and cover design are by Laurence Houseman. Later from the Prancecollection, with his small book label above his pencilled signature on the upper pastedown. $550.00

Picassoc lithogaphs, in an edition of 250 copies

135. Picasso (Pablo) NOVEMBRE 55 - DECEMBRE 55. [title across upper and lower wrapper]. Pp. [50](comprising 19 colouredand 20 black & white lithographs, 11 with versos blank); printed stiff green paper wrappers, spiral bound, the edges of the upperwrapper very faintly faded, and with a tiny piece chipped at the bottom spiral hole; loosely contained within pictorial papered portfolio,both boards of which feature a coloured design by Picasso, slightly soiled, the edges lightly worn; occasional very slight soiling; Cercled'Art, Paris, 1960. U.K. edition, limited to 250 copies. *Despite the cover title, the last two illustrations are actually dated January1956. The French publishing firm Cercle d'Art was founded in 1950, as a collaboration between Pablo Picasso, Charles Feld, andlithographer Fernand Chenot. According to company history, Picasso suggested to Feld: Why don't you become an art book publisher?You will publish books about me. And about other painters too. True to this manifesto, until Picasso died in 1973, the firm published abook a year devoted to his work, and have subsequently issued several more. From the collection of Australian artist Guelda Pyke, withher signature in pencil on verso of upper portfolio board. $2,500.00

With Picasso lithographs

136. Picasso, Pablo: Editor. VERVE. The French Review of Art. Volume VIII, No. 29/30: SUITE DE 180 DESSINS DE PICASSO.Edited by E. Teriade. Pp. [xviii]+ lithographic frontispiece, 14 coloured plates (12 with blank interleaves) and 164 black & white plates,coloured pictorial title page by Picasso; impl. 4to; red binder's cloth spine and contrasting red & blue coloured cloth edges, with theoriginal pictorial paper wrappers laid on, a trifle rubbed; all edges sprinkled brown; binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, a littlelight foxing; Verve, Paris, 1954. *Double number of Verve devoted entirely to Picasso, with the cover executed specially by the artist.The coloured plates are lithographs, printed by Mourlot Freres. The introductory text includes a translation from French of an article byMichel Leiris, Picasso and the human comedy, or the avatars of fat-foot, and an untitled article on Picasso by Rebecca West. From thecollection of Australian artist Guelda Pyke, with her bookplate (designed by Eric Thake, and signed by him in pencil, dated 1971) on theupper free endpaper; bound for her, in Melbourne. $1,750.00

137. Pollock (Walter H.) & others. FENCING, Walter H. Pollock, F. C. Grove, and Camille Prevost. With a complete bibliographyof the art by Egerton Castle. BOXING, by E. B. Michell. WRESTLING, by Walter Armstrong. With illustrations from instantaneousphotographs. Pp. xvi+304, frontispiece plus 40 plates (several with tissue guards), title page vignette, pictorial headpiece plus 1 textillustration, bibliography, index; half navy leather, lettered and ruled in gilt, orange cloth boards with gilt armorial device on upperboard, the cloth a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut and partly unopened; a few leaves carelessly opened, upperhinge slightly chipped, outer leaves and edges a trifle soiled; Longmans, Green, 1889. First edition, superior de luxe binding. TheBadminton Library of Sports and Pastimes series. $350.00

138. Price (Captain R. K.) ASTBURY, WHIELDON, AND RALPH WOOD FIGURES, AND TOBY JUGS collected by CaptainR. K. Price. With an Introduction by Frank Falkner. Pp. xxvi+140, coloured frontispiece and 15 coloured plus 54 black & white plates(1 folding), the title page printed in red & black; demy 4to; qr. light brown buckram, the spine lettered in gilt, brown cloth boards, upperboard with a central vignette of a Toby jug in darker brown, the buckram a trifle flecked, upper board slightly soiled, the corners lightlyworn, with small fracture to bottom edge of upper board near centre, the top fore-corner of upper board also fractured; t.e.g., othersuncut; commercial bookplate on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers faintly offset, a couple of splits to fore-edge of frontispiece,one text leaf (pp. 38/9) detached but extant, a little light foxing and soiling; John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1922. Edition

limited to 500 copies. $950.00

139. Raden (Woldemar) SWITZERLAND, ITS MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. With four hundred and eighteen illustrations ...engraved by A. Closs. Pp. xiv+488(last blank), frontispiece plus 44 plates and numerous text illustrations, the title page printed in red& black; super roy. 4to; pictorial blue cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, the cloth flecked, slightly soiledand worn, professionally rebacked, with all but the extremities of the original spine laid on matching blue cloth, corners of boards neatlyrepaired; a.e.g. (the gilt flecked); hinges reinforced, scattered foxing and occasional slight soiling, plus a few neat paper repairs to edges;Bickers & Son, London, 1878. *The illustrations are by G. Bauernfeind, Alexander & Arthur Calame, G. & H. Herdtle, C. Jungheim,K. Kroner, Franz & Paul Meyerheim, W. Riefstahl, and others. $850.00

Edition de luxe, signed by the artist

140. Raemaekers (Louis) THE GREAT WAR. A neutral's indictment. With an appreciation by H. Perry Robinson and descriptivenotes by E. Garnett [with M. B. Huish Volume II, and by Cecil Roberts Volume III]. In three volumes, comprising: Volume One. TheGreat War ... One hundred cartoons by Louis Raemaekers. Pp. xxx+100 mounted (almost all coloured) plates with opposing text leaf,the frontispiece with lettered tissue guard, mounted black & white portrait plate, corrigenda slip tipped-in at plate 17; Volume Two: TheGreat War in 1916. Sixty cartoons... Pp. xviii+mounted coloured frontispiece with lettered tissue guard, and 59 mounted black & whiteplates with opposing text leaf, corrigenda slip tipped-in at p. vii; Volume Three. The Great War Victory Volume. The Final phase, fromthe entry of America to the conclusion of peace. Pp. xx+92 mounted plates (38 coloured) with opposing text leaf; Volumes I and II withblack & white head and tailpiece illustrations, all volumes with title, headings, and decorative initial printed in red; med. folio; boundin half cream cloth, the spines decorated in gilt, with gilt lettered red or black (Volume II) leather title & publisher labels, paste paperedboards, the upper boards lettered in white, with grey cloth strip to fore-edges of second volume, slightly foxed and soiled, with a littleminor surface damage to paste paper (including several grazes to upper board of final volume), the spine labels a trifle rubbed orchipped; t.e.g., others uncut; a little light foxing and occasional soiling; Fine Art Society, London, 1916-1919. Edition de luxe,limited to 1,050 copies (or 1,030 Volume III), of which 1,000 were for sale. *Volumes II and III are signed by the artist on thelimitation page. The first volume in this set is also signed, beneath the portrait plate. Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956) was born inHolland, and began his career as a landscape and portrait painter. In 1909 he began producing political cartoons and posters. His FirstWorld War cartoons appeared in Britain in Land and Water and the Daily Mail, and were then collected in volume form. $3,750.00

141. Ranulf (Svend) THE JEALOUSY OF THE GODS AND CRIMINAL LAW AT ATHENS. A contribution to the sociology ofmoral indignation. Two volumes in one. Pp. [viii]+162(last blank)+[vi]+302(last blank); cr. 4to; bound in half tan morocco, the spinelettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, marbled papered boards, corners lightly rubbed, spine faintly faded; small chip tofore-edge of lower free endpaper; Williams & Norgate, London, 1933. *Originally published in Danish. $550.00

142. Ratcliffe (Dorothy Una) NATHANIEL BADDELEY, BOOKMAN. A play for the fireside in one act. Illustrated by FredLawson. Pp. 52(last colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, half-title page vignette, and headpiece decorations, the title, headings andcolophon printed in red; f'cap. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split; fore-edges uncut; occasionalfaint soiling; printed by Sydney Matthewman at The Swan Press, Leeds, 1924. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies. *A play withan antiquarian bookselling theme, by the sometime President of the Yorkshire Dialect Society. Loosely inserted is a 4pp. advertisingleaflet for Dale Dramas and Singing Rivers, also by Dorothy Ratcliffe, published by John Lane, The Bodley Head. From the Prancecollection, with his small book label and pencilled signature on the upper pastedown. $175.00

With an extra presentation inscription by the author, possibly to the famous batsman, Christopher Morris

143. Sassoon (Siegfried) AN ADJUSTMENT. By S. S. With a Foreword by Philip Gosse. Pp. [20], one plate; square demy 8vo;green-veined paper wrappers, lettered in black, lightly browned at backstrip edges; The Golden Head Press, Royston, Hertfordshire,1955. First edition, being number 36 of 150 copies, initialled with the author's monogram. Keynes A57. *This copy with an extrapresentation inscription from the author: Christopher Morris from [monogram] In memory of the Cricket Dinner May 1955. The Gossepreface explains the circumstances of the cricketing poem which Sassoon had written in Shakespearean style in a copy of John Nyren'sThe Young Cricketer's Tutor, 1833. This copy was probably presented by Sassoon to the famous batsman, Christopher Morris. The C.C. Morris Cricket Library at Haverford College has the largest collection of cricket material in the western hemisphere. $950.00

144. Sassoon (Siegfried) THE DAFFODIL MURDERER. Being the Chantrey Prize Poem by Saul Kain. Pp. 32(last blank); orangepaper wrappers, printed in red, very slightly browned; a few spots of foxing to margins and edges of leaves; John Richmond, London,1913. First edition. Keynes A10. *A parody of John Masefield's poem The Everlasting Mercy, published under the pseudonym SaulKain. $1,500.00

One of only 75 signed copies

145. Sassoon (Siegfried) EMBLEMS OF EXPERIENCE. Pp. [iv]+14+[2](blank, colophon); roy. 8vo; beige paper wrappers overstiff card, printed in black & red, the wrappers lightly browned, very slightly bruised at head and tail of backstrip; lower fore-edge ofupper free endpaper slightly creased; Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 1951. One of 75 numbered copies, signed by the author,printed for Siegfried Sassoon and Geoffrey Keynes by Will Carter. Keynes A55. $2,000.00

146. Sassoon (Siegfried) THE FLOWER SHOW MATCH and other pieces. Pp. 158(last blank), red lettered green cloth, edges atrifle rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, the edges a trifle faded and backstrip discoloured, corners and backstrip extremities slightlychipped; endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Faber, 1941. First edition. Keynes A47. $125.00

First [limited] edition, signed

147. Sassoon (Siegfried) THE HEART'S JOURNEY. Pp. [64], title page decorations; med. 8vo; qr. cream cloth, with gilt letteredblue paper title label across spine, blue papered boards, corners a trifle rubbed; uncut; dust wrapper, the front panel lettered anddecorated in brown, back panel a trifle marked, with small chip to top edge near backstrip; a little faint foxing and offsetting; Crosby

Gaige, New York, 1927. Edition limited to 590 copies on rag paper, printed by William Edwin Rudge, with typography by BruceRogers, and signed by the author on the title page. First [limited] edition. Keynes A28a. $1,500.00

Inscribed and signed by the autor

148. Sassoon (Siegfried) SELECTED POEMS. Pp. viii+76(last blank); gilt lettered dark blue cloth, a trifle marked and rubbed,spine faded; fore-edges uncut; free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Heinemann, London, 1925. First edition. Keynes A24. *Thiscopy inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page: Alan Webb. with best wishes for his career from Siegfried Sassoon. June1927. $500.00

One of only 25 copies

149. Sassoon (Siegfried) SEQUENCES. Pp. x+68+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page decorated in navy (with ornamental ruleand author's monogram); qr. blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt, blue gold-dusted patterned papered boards, the spine cloth slightlyfaded; free endpapers very faintly offset, hinge starting near centre; privately printed [at the University Press, Cambridge], 1956.First [limited] edition, being one of only 25 copies thus, on Millbourn's handmade paper, for private distribution by the author; thiscopy out-of-series [initialled in ink at the colophon O. S., presumably either in Sassoon's hand, or that of the printer, Brooke Crutchley],being neither numbered nor signed. Keynes A58b. $1,200.00

With photographic scenes of Scotland, bound in wood grown in The Douglas Garden of the Royal Palace of Stirling

150. Scott (Sir Walter) THE LADY OF THE LAKE. With notes and analytical and explanatory index. Pp. viii+216, mountedfrontispiece and 5 plates (all being albumen paper photographic prints of Scottish scenes, including Stirling Castle), title page vignette,moire silk patterned endpapers, index; varnished wooden boards with decorative gilt & black border, featuring an inlaid ovalphotographic view within gilt border at centre of upper board, and a view of Edinburgh Castle, the National Gallery, and the FreeChurch College printed in black at centre of lower board, red leather spine lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed; a.e.g.; upperhinge cracked, early ownership inscription on blank preliminary leaf, a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; John Ross &Company, Edinburgh, 1871. *Interesting publisher's binding, presumably intended for the tourist market: the upper board is printedMade of wood grown in The Douglas Garden of the Royal Palace of Stirling above the pictorial onlay, and bought in the Douglas Roombeneath the onlay. Ruari McLean (Victorian Publishers' Book-bindings, p. 49) describes similar bindings as Mauchline ware.

$220.00

An elaborate publisher’s binding with varnished wooden boards usingoak from Melrose Abbey

151. Scott (Sir Walter) THE POETICAL WORKS. Complete in one volume. With all his introductions and notes; also variousreadings, and the editor's notes. Pp. [vi]+iv+824(last blank), vignette title page, frontispiece portrait plus 24 plates with tissue guards,folding facsimile letter, index; thick med. 8vo; varnished wooden boards, with [hand painted?] coloured oval view captioned MelroseAbbey at centre of upper board, the lower board printed in gilt Oak from Melrose Abbey, red leather spine, lettered and decorated in giltbetween 5 raised bands, the boards slightly scratched, and with a few tiny pinprick holes to lower board, the spine a trifle split at crown,and with a couple of small surface grazes; all edges gilt and gauffered; dentelles decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers; the plates lightlyoffset onto tissues, a little light foxing; A. & C. Black, 1865. *An interesting and elaborate publisher's binding - possibly the styledescribed by McLean as Mauchline ware (Ruari McLean, Victorian Publishers' Book-bindings, p. 49). Apart from the frontispieceportrait, the illustrations are by J. M. W. Turner. $1,950.00

152. Seligman (C. G. & Brenda Z.) PAGAN TRIBES OF THE NILOTIC SUDAN. Pp. xxiv+566(last blank), frontispiece plus 60plates, text figures (including maps), multi-folding map at end, folding genealogical chart, errata slip tipped-in near front, appendix,index; thick med. 8vo; edges and spine slightly rubbed and flecked; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, the edges split and chipped,with pieces torn from head and foot of backstrip, closed tear from top edge extending across front panel, and piece torn from topfore-corner of front panel; scattered foxing and occasional slight soiling, a little inked underlining or marginalia, a few leaves lightlycreased, the plate opposite p. 104 loosening; Routledge, London, 1932. The Ethnology of Africa series. *From the library of GraceRiley (missionary to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan), with her card loosely inserted, plus her presentation inscription to her husband on theupper free endpaper, and the latter's signature at head of Contents page. Subsequently from the collection of Australian mountaineer,adventurer, and arctic explorer Earl de Blonville Bloomfield, signed by him (as Bloomfield) on half-title page. $550.00

Rare Mission imprint, inscribed by the Bishop of Melanesia

153. Selwyn, John Richardson, Bishop of Melanesia: FORM FOR THE CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH OF ST.BARNABAS, Norfolk Island, built in memory of John Coleridge Patteson, D.D., First Bishop in Melanesia. St. Andrew's Day. 1880.[Dual text, in English and the local Melanesian dialect]. Pp. 28(last blank)+[2](part of the original envelope in which this copy of thepamphlet was posted, via Book Post, to England, being addressed in Bishop Selwyn's hand to a Miss F. Patteson in Torquay, England,and bearing the postmarks of Torquay and St. Mary Church, both dated March 16, [18]81); f'cap. 8vo; bound in qr. dark brownmorocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards; a little light foxing, a few corners creased, all pages with light vertical creasing(presumably from folding for the post), a few leaves slightly cropped, fore-edge of last text leaf and envelope/address leaf lightlychipped; Melanesian Mission Press, Norfolk Island, November 4, 1880. *Association copy, inscribed and initialled on the title pageby John Richardson Selwyn (1844-1898), Bishop of Melanesia, to Miss F. Patteson, and annotated in the same hand at the foot of thepage. Bishop Selwyn was the younger son of George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878), the first Bishop of New Zealand. John RichardsonSelwyn's mentor was John Coleridge Patteson, the first missionary Bishop in Melanesia, who had worked closely with George AugustusSelwyn in founding the mission school at Norfolk Island (and who was eventually murdered by natives on the island of Nukapu in1871). Miss F. Patteson was undoubtedly a relative (possibly the sister?) of Bishop Patteson - perhaps named after his mother, FrancesPatteson (whose family home was at Ottery St. Mary, in Devon). John Richardson Selwyn began his career in the church in England, buton hearing of Bishop Patteson's death in 1871 he decided to offer himself as a missionary to the Melanesian mission, in effect as areplacement for his mentor. He was consecrated as Bishop of Melanesia at Nelson, in February 1877. He published an account of hisexperiences, Pastoral Work in the Colonies and the Mission Field, in 1897. This is an early example of printing from the MelanesianMission Press. From the library of Australian bookseller and bibliophile Harry Gordon Hodges, who executed the binding of this copy.

$2,000.00

154. Shakespeare Head Press: Weever (John) EPIGRAMMES IN THE OLDEST CUT AND NEWEST FASHION ... 1599.Reprinted from the Original Edition with Notes &c. by R. B. McKerrow. Pp. iii-x(possibly bound without half-title page?)+132+ [4];f'cap. 4to; linen backed brown papered boards, labels printed in black & red; uncut and mostly unopened; dust wrapper, lightly worn,edges chipped and split; endpapers lightly offset, upper hinge slightly strained, some very slight black spotting at top edges, possiblyfrom production; 1922. Ridler 19(calling for 142 pp., and green paper boards). *Many of the epigrams make reference to Elizabethanwriters, including Shakespeare (one of the earliest allusions in which his name is mentioned), Spenser, Jonson, Drayton, a.o. $175.00

155. Shakespeare, William: Bartlett (John) A NEW AND COMPLETE CONCORDANCE OR VERBAL INDEX TO WORDS,PHRASES, & PASSAGES IN THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, with a supplementary concordance to the poems. Pp.[viii]+1910+[2](advertisements);thick demy 4to; qr. maroon leather, spine lettered in gilt, green cloth boards, edges a trifle rubbed, thespine slightly faded and grazed; marbled edges; matching endpapers; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, first few textleaves vertically creased, a little light foxing; Macmillan, London, 1913. *Originally published in 1894. $250.00

156. Sparrman (Andrew) A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE, andround the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772 to 1776. Translated from the Swedishoriginal. In two volumes. Pp. xxviii+368+xviii+350[actually 354, with pp. 353-4 misnumbered 349-50, as issued]+[2](errata anddirections to binder), 9 [of 10] plates (including frontispiece to Volume I), large folding map at end of Volume I, appendices; demy 4to;later half brown morocco, decorated in blind, the spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, gilt lettered black leather title labels, lightbrown cloth boards, slight bruise to top edge of upper board Volume I; all edges sprinkled red, the top edges darkened; later endpapers,scattered light foxing and soiling, some leaves slightly creased, a few marginal damp stains and short edge splits, early inked initials onverso of title page Volume I, plus a neatly repaired long closed tear to the folding map (which is reinforced with cloth on reverse) at endof same volume; G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London, 1785. First edition in English. Hill, p. 279; Spence 1146; Du Rietz 1220.*Lacking plate 4 in Volume II. Swedish naturalist Sparrman joined Captain Cook's second voyage at the Cape of Good Hope, but didnot publish his account until several years after the voyage. The second volume of this work deals mainly with the natural history andanthropology of South Africa. This English edition has 3 added zoological illustrations not found in the Swedish original, as well as anextra appendix, Some account of the Mus Pumilio, a new species of Rat, from the Southern Part of Africa..., which was apparently atranslation of Sparrman's paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 1784. $2,750.00

Custom bound for the dedicatee, the poet’s mother

157. Swinburne (Algernon Charles) ERECHTHEUS: A TRAGEDY. Pp. [viii]+106(last blank)+[2], specially bound in full navymorocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between five raised bands, the boards decorated in gilt and featuring the author's initials ingilt at centre of lower board and the dedicatee's initials (J.H.S. [Jane Henrietta Swinburne, the poet's mother]) in gilt at centre of upperboard, corners rubbed; a.e.g.; gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers; lacking first page (sig. A1: blank recto, with list of Swinburne'spublished works on verso - this presumably lost during binding), the upper hinge cracked, bookplate of Francis Colchester-Wemyss onverso of upper free endpaper, the first couple of leaves faintly soiled; Chatto & Windus, 1876. First edition [limited to 1,500 copies].Wise 62. *Custom bound for the poet's mother, to whom the edition is dedicated, and with full provenance inscriptions on verso ofupper free endpaper. (Copies were normally bound in dark green cloth). This copy passed initially from Jane Swinburne to her daughter,Isabel, who died in 1915, then to Sir Francis Colchester-Wemyss and Dorothy Hone (nee Swinburne). $2,000.00

Miniature Bible

158. Taylor (J.) THE THUMB BIBLE. Pp. [ii]+284, title and text within single rule red border; 4.7cm. x 4.7cm.; black paperedboards, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly rubbed, with small fracture from top edge into lower board; all edges red (faded); a littlelight foxing and soiling; Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.[c. 190-?]. *John Taylor's verse summary of the Old and New Testamentsfirst appeared in two parts in 1616, and was reprinted several times, the subsequent editions becoming known as the Thumb Bible (dueto the small format) from about 1720 onwards. Bondy (Miniature Books p. 15) states that with this and similar publications, Taylorstarted the fashion of the so-called thumb Bibles, tiny abbreviated histories of the bible in prose or verse, chiefly intended for children.They flourished mightily during the 18th and 19th centuries.... Taylor (1580-1653), the self-styled water poet, began his career as aLondon waterman, and was subsequently press-ganged into the navy, before eventually turning his talents to writing. According to theDictionary of National Biography, he sought to increase his earnings by turning to account his knack of easy rhyming.... he was anacute observer of character, custom, and incident, and could express himself in rollicking prose as well as rhyme.... Most of hisbrochures were printed at his own cost, and were "presented" by him to distinguished persons. In this way he acquired not only moneybut numerous patrons of all degrees. $750.00

159. Taylor (J. H.) TAYLOR ON GOLF. Impressions, comments and hints. With forty-eight illustrations almost entirely fromphotographs specially taken for the work. Pp. viii+330, frontispiece plus 47 plates, lists of winners (of amateur and openchampionships), club directory, rules of golf; pictorial green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, a trifle marked and rubbed;t.e.g., others uncut and partly unopened, a few leaves carelessly opened, with resultant chips or splits to edges; upper hinge starting,inked inscription on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers quite offset, scattered light foxing, corners of a few leaves lightly creased;Hutchinson, London, 1903. Third edition [see Donovan & Murdoch 36430]. $450.00

In a handsome Riviere binding, with a pictorial coloured leather inlay

160. Thackeray (William Makepeace) VANITY FAIR. With sixteen coloured illustrations by Charles Crombie. Pp. 754, colouredfrontispiece with tissue guard, plus 15 coloured plates; thick med. 8vo; handsomely rebound by Riviere & Son in crimson morocco, thespine lettered & decorated in gilt compartments between 5 raised bands, boards with decorative gilt borders incorporating a cornerornament depicting a Thackerayesque character (a small, rather glum-faced man, sitting cross-legged and cradling a grotesqueinstrument shaped like a guitar, but with a grinning mask or head as its base), the upper board featuring a long rectangular pictorial inlayof coloured leather with gilt highlights, based on the plate opposite p. 314 (Osborne gives Becky her shawl and bouquet and somethingimportant besides); a.e.g.; dentelles decorated in gilt; bookplate on upper pastedown, a little light foxing; Harrap, 1930. Reprinted.

$2,500.00

One of only 250 copies thus bound of the first edition of the author’s first book

161. Thomas (Dylan) 18 POEMS. Pp. 36+[4](last colophon); black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a trifle rubbed; fore and bottomedges roughly trimmed; lacking dust wrapper; some foxing and occasional slight soiling; The Sunday Referee & The PartonBookshop, London, 1934. First edition, first issue, with the flat spine, and the superior quality gilt lettering. Rolph B1a. *The secondvolume of the Sunday Referee Poets and the author's first book. Five hundred sets of sheets were printed, but initially only 250 werebound, and issued in mid-December 1934. The remaining sets were bound up about a year later (with round-backed spine, inferiorquality gilt lettering, all edges evenly cut, and an advertisement leaf tipped-in before the title page), and published in late February 1936.Connolly, 100 Key Books, No. 78: These first poems (very uneven) shattered for those who discovered them the whole revolutionaryoptimism of the Thirties. $950.00

162. Thomson (W. G.) A HISTORY OF TAPESTRY. From the Earliest Times until the Present Day. Pp. xviii+550, 4 foldingcoloured, plus numerous black & white plates, tapestry marks, indices; thick impl. 8vo; maize buckram with green buckram inlays titledand decorated in gilt; t.e.g., others uncut and mostly unopened; within slipcase; short closed tear to fore-edge of pp. 173/4, bookplate onupper free endpaper; Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. Entirely revised and reissued. *First published in 1906. This a particularly finecopy. $600.00

The first U.K. edition in an attractive pictorial cloth binding

163. Verne (Jules) THE WILL OF AN ECCENTRIC. Pp. viii+408, folding frontispiece (The Noble Game of the United States ofAmerica), plus title page vignette, and 19 full page illustrations (versos blank) within the pagination; dark grey pictorial cloth, letteredin gilt & black, and decorated in cream, red, and black, with publisher's device in blind at centre of lower board, edges of boards lightlyrubbed, the bottom fore-corner of lower board bruised and slightly frayed; edges of frontispiece offset, occasional light foxing;Sampson Low, Marston, London,1900. First U.K. edition. $1,800.00

With coloured lithographs on The Indian Pantheon, plus others by Matisse, Chagall, Miro and Klee

164. VERVE. The French Review of Art. No. 3 (October-December). Edited by E. Teriade. Pp. 132, illustrated throughout in colourand black & white, with English distributor's sticker at foot of title page; impl. 4to; red binder's cloth, with the original pictorial paperwrappers laid on, the paper surface slightly silverfished, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; all edges sprinkled brown; short closed tear totitle page near centre of hinge neatly tape-repaired, binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, a little light foxing and occasional soiling,a couple of tiny edge splits or chips; Verve, Paris, 1954. U.K. edition. *Profusely illustrated including a series of coloured lithographson The Indian Pantheon, plus coloured lithographs by Matisse, Chagall, Joan Miro, and Paul Klee. Articles include Reflections on Art,by Tagore; Orientem Versus, by Paul Valery; Portrayal in the West and the Far East, by Andre Malraux; and Balkis of Sheba, by J. C.Mardrus. Several of the coloured illustrations, including the original wrappers, are by Pierre Bonnard. From the collection of Australianartist Guelda Pyke, with her bookplate (designed by Eric Thake, and signed by him in pencil, dated 1971) on the upper free endpaper;presumably bound for her, in Melbourne. See also item 136. $600.00

Only 80 copies of this edition printed

165. Virgil (Publius Maro) OPERA... Volumes I to III only [of four or five?]. 14 engraved plates, plus engraved title page vignettes,head & tailpiece illustrations, all by Marco Pitter of Venice, folding engraved map of the Mediterranean by H. Condet; contemporaryred morocco, boards featuring decorative gilt borders incorporating thistle & star motifs, gilt edges, the spines lettered and decorated ingilt between raised bands, the boards a trifle marked and rubbed, spines faded, rubbed, and lacking the labels except on Volume II (onwhich both labels are chipped), joints tender, spines reinforced at head; marbled edges; marbled endpapers; hinges starting, 2 earlyownership inscriptions and later bookplate on outer leaves of Volume I, a little light foxing and soiling; [J. L. de Boubers, Brussels,1800?]. *According to the British Library Catalogue, only 80 copies of this edition were printed, some (like this copy) withoutpublisher's imprint. These first three volumes contain the Bucolics and Georgics, but only the first eight books of the Aenid.

$1,300.00

With actual specimens of British printing

166. Wakeman (Geoffrey) A LEAF HISTORY OF BRITISH PRINTING from 1610 to 1771. Pp. [vi]+10 folders each containingprinted text describing the leaf/leaves inserted; cr. folio; presented within a cloth clam-shell box with green gilt leather title label onspine, corners of box a trifle bruised; The Plough Press, Oxford, 1986. One of 110 numbered copies, hand-set and printed byGeoffrey & Paul Wakeman. *Contains actual specimens from British presses, a section on printing in Scotland, two sections onpapermaking, two on illustration and one on title page design. Intended for use as a teaching tool, to demonstrate some of the mostimportant characteristics of 200 years of printing in the U.K. Some of the specimen leaves are from: Foxe's Book of Martyrs; Quintilian'sDe Institutione Oratoria, 1693; an early 18th century Prayer book. $1,350.00

167. Ward (Adolphus William) A HISTORY OF ENGLISH DRAMATIC LITERATURE TO THE DEATH OF QUEEN ANNE.In two volumes. Pp. xlviii+604+[vi]+644(last blank), index; half red morocco, the spines lettered and decorated in gilt between raisedbands, marbled papered boards, lightly rubbed, edges slightly worn; matching marbled edges and endpapers; armorial bookplate on bothupper pastedowns, the upper hinge cracked Volume I, a little light foxing, and occasional slight soiling; Macmillan, London, 1875.*With the publisher's faint blind With Compliments stamp on title page of Volume I. $400.00

168. Watts (Arthur) A PAINTER'S ANTHOLOGY. With twelve plates in colours, eight plates in black & white, and fiftydecorations in the text. Pp. 166, 20 hand-tipped plates (12 coloured), black & white text decorations, index of first lines; demy 4to; qr.beige buckram, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, vignette illustration in gilt on upper board; dust wrapper with black & whiterectangular pictorial onlay at centre of front panel, the wrapper a trifle soiled, edges lightly split and chipped, with small piece lackingfrom front panel near bottom edge; free endpapers offset, a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling, fore-edge pp. 133/4 slightlycreased and split; Arrowsmith, 1924. First edition. *Illustrated anthology of poetry, including excerpts from Milton, Shakespeare,Keats, Shelley, and others, illustrated by Watts. $225.00

In a bright Art Deco style

169. Waugh (Dorothy) AMONG THE LEAVES AND GRASSES. Pp. [ii]+94, illustrated and decorated throughout in colour,patterned endpapers; boards a trifle soiled; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and chipped, the backstrip lightly faded;free endpapers faintly offset; a little light foxing; Henry Holt, New York, 1931. First edition. *The story of the lives and habits ofseven common insects (bees, wasps, crickets, grasshoppers, spiders, dragonflies, and ants), with illustrations, decorations and bindingall in a bright Art Deco style. $400.00

Miniature book, one of 150 signed copies

170. Weiss (Daniel) THE LITTLE BEAR WHO. Illustrated by Dianne Weiss. Pp. [18], text printed in red, blue, & black, onetipped-in coloured postage stamp (featuring Smokey the bear), text illustrations in colour and black & white; 6.5cm. x 5.5cm.; blackpapered boards with bevelled edges, the spine lettered in pale grey, pictorial coloured paper onlay on upper board, the top fore-cornerof the upper board a trifle bruised; upper hinge tender; designed, handset and printed by Dianne Weiss at the Figment Press, MillValley, California, n.d. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies, signed by the artist. *Charming brief text about a well-behavedlittle bear who grew to be perfectly enormous. The pages, like the bear, vary in size, from small to large, including a large centralfold-out portrait. $400.00

171. Wellesley (Dorothy) Editor. A BROADCAST ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. Pp. 240(last colophon, verso blank),index; printed lavender papered boards, a trifle rubbed, spine faded; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; The HogarthPress, London, 1930. Hogarth Living Poets No. 17. First edition. Woolmer 242. *Contributors include Rupert Brooke, RoyCampbell, John Drinkwater, T. S. Eliot, Robert Graves, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Wilfrid Owen, Vita Sackville-West, SiegfriedSassoon, Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell, a.o. From the Prance collection, with his small book label on the upper pastedown, plus hispencilled signature on the upper free endpaper. $150.00

Edition de luxe, signed by the author and with an original etching by James McNeill Whistler

172. Whistler, James M'Neill: Menpes (Mortimer) WHISTLER AS I KNEW HIM. Pp. xxvi+154(last blank), frontispiece withlettered guard (being an original etching by James M'Neill Whistler), plus 125 plates (23 coloured) with lettered guards; thick post 4to;cream cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated with a geometric pattern in light orange/brown & dark brown, the cloth slightly soiled; t.e.g.,others uncut; ribbon marker; upper hinge starting, a little light foxing and occasional soiling; A. & C. Black, London, 1904. Edition deluxe, being one of 500 numbered copies, signed by Menpes, and containing an original etching by Whistler. Inman 261.*Biography of the Master by his close friend, Australian-born artist Mortimer Menpes. Whistler apparently referred to Menpes as theKangaroo of his country, born with a pocket and putting everything into it. The etching by Whistler, The Menpes Children, previouslyunpublished, was printed direct from the copper by Menpes himself, and the plate was then presented to the British Museum.

$ 1 , 7 5 0 . 0 0

173. White (Andrew Dickson) A HISTORY OF THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE WITH THEOLOGY IN CHRISTENDOM. In twovolumes. Frontispiece portrait with lettered guard, title page printed in red & black, index; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt &blind; t.e.g., others uncut, partly unopened; upper hinge starting Volume I, hinges cracked Volume II, small piece torn from topfore-corner of upper free endpaper Volume I; Appleton, New York, 1896. Selected Library of Modern Science, WestminsterEdition, limited to 1,000 copies. $150.00

174. Whitsell (Leon) & others. THE CURIOUS BOOK OF CLAMPUS or Gumshaniana... Pp. xii+28+[2], coloured frontispiece,headpieces printed in green; med.8vo; blue papered boards, pictorial label on upper board, printed label on spine; uncut; bookseller'sletterhead with typed description of item tipped-in at upper free endpaper; The Second Official Publication of the Ancient andHonourable Order of E Clampus Vitus, [The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1935.] One of 200 copies. $135.00

175. Whittell (Hubert Massey) THE LITERATURE OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS: A history and a bibliography of Australianornithology. Pp. xii+116+788, coloured frontispiece plus 24 black & white plates, index; cr. 4to; cloth faintly rubbed, corners of boardsa trifle bruised; speckled edges; ink ownership stamp on upper free endpaper, the pages slightly browned; Paterson Brokensha, Perth,1954. $350.00

One of only 95 copies with extra plates

176. Whittington Press: Butcher (David) Compiler. THE WHITTINGTON PRESS. With an introduction and notes by JohnRandle. Containing hand-tipped photographs and specimen pages of nearly all the Press's first 60 publications; impl. 4to; qr. vellum,marbled papered boards; within slipcase with cloth sides and pictorial label; The Whittington Press, London, 1982. Edition limitedto 320 numbered copies; this Edition B, being one of only 95 copies with extra plates. $2,200.00

177. Whymper (Edward) TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES OF THE EQUATOR. Pp. xxvi+456, frontispiece plus 19plates, numerous text illustrations, 4 maps (1 full page, 2 folding, large folding map in pocket at end), appendices; [Together with]:SUPPLEMENTARY APPENDIX TO TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES OF THE EQUATOR. Pp. xxvi+148(last blank),14 plates, text illustrations, appendix, index; uniformly bound in olive green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt,the cloth fading to brown, lightly marked and rubbed, the lower board of main volume ink stained, spine of same volume slightly soiledand with a couple of tiny frays to crown, the gilt quite dulled and a small surface graze to the cloth affecting one letter of titling, theSupplementary volume also dulled and lightly soiled, with small library number in white above publisher's details and with spineextremities chipped and split; uncut, the Supplementary volume partly unopened; some light foxing and occasional slight soiling bothvolumes, annotated library bookplate on upper pastedown of Supplementary volume, in which the hinges are cracking and which alsohas an inked signature on blank preliminary leaf; John Murray, London, 1892;1891. [The Supplementary volume was published first].First editions. Neate 899. *From the collection of Australian mountaineer, adventurer, and arctic explorer Earl de BlonvilleBloomfield, with his signature (as Earle) on blank preliminary leaf in each volume. $900.00

Signed by the artist

178. Wilde (Oscar) THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. Conceptions by John Vassos. Pp. [vi]+124, frontispiece plus 15 full pageillustrations, title page decoration, the title page printed in black & grey; small cr. 4to; specially bound in qr. vellum, the spine letteredin black, black cloth boards with vellum fore-edges; blind ownership stamp and small split at foot of half-title page, edges of leaves atrifle browned; Dutton, New York, 1928. *Signed by the artist on half-title page. $1,500.00

Includes a chapter devoted to the Australian boomerang

179. Wilkinson (Henry) ENGINES OF WAR: or, historical and experimental observations on ancient and modern warlike machinesand implements, including the manufacture of guns, gunpowder, and swords with remarks on bronze, iron, steel, &c. Appendix, 16pp.publisher's catalogue at end (dated 1841); original dark green cloth, lightly rubbed, ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt; med. 8vo; uncut;upper hinge tender, a little light foxing, outer leaves faintly offset, tiny chip to fore-edge of a couple of leaves; Longmans, Orme,Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. First edition, early issue (later issues contained a correction note). *Wilkinson was animportant London maker of sporting and military guns and rifles. His father, James, had been Henry Nock's apprentice and foreman, andthrough marriage, was twice related to the Mantons. In 1825, Henry Wilkinson succeeded his father, trading at 27 Pall Mall as JamesWilkinson & Sons. In 1874 the firm ceased making guns (though continuing to sell them until 1939), and became the Wilkinson SwordCompany, having been making swords, as well as guns, since just before the Crimean War. The present book was based on a lecture onengines of war given by Wilkinson at the Royal Institution, at the behest of his friend Faraday, and was intended to be of use to navaland military students, as well as to officers generally. It includes chapters on cannon and early fire-arms; the manufacture of fire-arms;rifles, balls, percussion shells, Congreve rockets, and wadding for fowling pieces; the history and manufacture of gunpowder; swordsand their manufacture; peculiarities of iron and cast iron. One chapter is devoted to the Australian boomerang; another discussesexperiments made at Woolwich and elsewhere with ordnance and small arms. $950.00

180. Williamson (Robert W.) THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF CENTRAL POLYNESIA. In three volumes,totalling nearly 1500pp. 6 maps (4 folding), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; grey cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, edges atrifle rubbed and faded; ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, outer leaves lightly offset; Cambridge University Press, 1924.

$650.00

181. Windsor Press: Johnson (James Sydney) NOCTURNE IN ST. GAUDEN'S. Pp. [iv]+14+[2](colophon, blank), originalmounted wood-engraving by Howard Simon, plus printer's device on title page and large decorative initial p. l, both printed in purple;qr. vellum paper, decorative papered boards, edges slightly worn, printed label; uncut; San Francisco, 1929. One of 700 copies, onAurelian paper. *The 37th item in a series of keepsakes printed for The American Institute of Graphic Arts. $125.00

182. Wise (Thomas) LETTERS OF THOMAS J. WISE TO JOHN HENRY WRENN. A further inquiry into the guilt of certainnineteenth-century forgers. Edited by Fannie E. Ratchford. Pp. xiv+591+xvii, frontispiece portrait plus 232 plates, appendices, index;med. 8vo; bottom corners of boards lightly bruised; top edges red, others uncut; Knopf, New York, 1944. First edition. $250.00

183. Wise, T. J.: Barker (Nicolas) & John Collins. A SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY into the nature of certain nineteenth centurypamphlets by John Carter and Graham Pollard. The forgeries of H. Buxton Forman and T. J. Wise re-examined. Pp. 394, frontispiece,illustrations, appendices, concise list of sources, index; dust wrapper; Scolar Press/Oak Knoll Books, Delaware, 1992. Secondedition. *Published in 1934, John Carter and Graham Pollard's An Enquiry Into The Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphletsexposed one of the most notorious literary scandals of the twentieth century. Thomas James Wise, a book collector and bibliographerheld in the highest esteem, was found to have perpetrated a stream of forgeries of minor works by major nineteenth century authors. Theexposure of Wise led to further discoveries, in particular that he had been working with Harry Buxton Forman, the distinguished editorof Keats and Shelley. Carter and Pollard had been compiling extra material for a new edition of their work, which was taken over byNicolas Barker and John Collins after their deaths in the 1970s. This edition includes additional material that they have since amassed.

$95.00

184. Wise, T. J.: Carter (John) & Graham Pollard. AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTHCENTURY PAMPHLETS. Second edition. With an epilogue. Edited by Nicolas Barker & John Collins. Pp. 10+xii+400+[11]-42(lastblank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, index; dust wrapper; Scolar Press/Oak Knoll Books, 1992. *Facsimile reprint of the1983 second edition of the famous expose of the forgeries of T. J. Wise. In 1934 two young booksellers, John Carter and GrahamPollard, electrified the world of books and book-collecting with an exposure of literary forgery on a grand and systematic scale. Fromthe 1880s there had appeared on the market, through sale rooms or private transaction, a steady stream of `rare' or `early' editions ofworks by the Brownings, Swinburne, Morris, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Ruskin, Kipling, Rossetti and others. Using their bibliographicskills and their knowledge of paper, type and ink, Carter and Pollard demonstrated that these publications were not what theypurported to be. ‘An Enquiry’ is a masterly detective story, gripping and exhilarating in the irresistible force of its analysis; and it ledto the inevitable question - who was responsible for the crime? The two authors thought they knew, and though they did not make thebald accusation in their book they left the reader in no doubt as to who it was - Thomas James Wise, the great bibliographer and bookcollector, held in the highest regard both in England and America. The furore that attended publication has continued to reverberateto the present day. [Publisher's blurb]. $95.00

185. Wise, T. J.: Carter (John) & Graham Pollard. THE FIRM OF CHARLES OTTLEY, LANDON & CO. Footnote to anenquiry. Pp. 96(last blank), 3 full or double page facsimiles; printed paper wrappers, edges a trifle worn; pages slightly browned;Hart-Davis, 1948. *In this work, Carter and Pollard proved that Wise had forged a number of Swinburne pamphlets which they hadbeen unable to substantiate in their original work on the subject. From the Prance collection, with his small book label on upperpastedown, and his pencilled ownership inscription on upper free endpaper. $95.00

186. Wise, T. J.: Collins (John) THE TWO FORGERS. A biography of Harry Buxton Forman and Thomas James Wise. Pp.xiv+318(last blank), 67 text illustrations (many full page), notes, appendix, index; bottom corners of boards a trifle bumped; dustwrapper; Oak Knoll Books, Newcastle, Delaware, 1992. First U.S. edition. *Describes how Wise and Forman joined forces in aconspiracy to forge a wide range of first editions of Victorian authors. Includes an account of their unmasking in 1934. $95.00

187. Wise, T. J.: Partington (Wilfred) THOMAS J. WISE IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. The life and record of the forger of thenineteenth-century pamphlets. With an appendix by George Bernard Shaw. Pp. 372, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, appendices,

index; dust wrapper; bookplate on upper pastedown; Dawson, 1974. Second U.K. edition. *First published in America in 1939, andissued in a revised and extended British edition in 1947. The first biographical and critical study of the perpetrator of the most originaland extensive series of forgeries in British literary history. $75.00

With hand-coloured illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, and others, and signed by W. B. Yeats and Dorothy Wellesley.

188. Yeats (W. B.) & Dorothy Wellesley. Editors. BROADSIDES. A Collection of New Irish and English Songs, 1937. Songs byW. B. Yeats, W. J. Turner, Oliver Gogarty, Hilaire Belloc, Dorothy Wellesley, James Stephens, Edith Sitwell, Frank O'Connor, GordonBottomley, F. R. Higgins, Padraic Colum, Walter de la Mare. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Harry Kernoff, MauriceMcGonigal. Music by W. J. Turner, Arthur Duff, Edmund Dulac, Frank Liebich, Hilda Matheson, Art O'Murnaghan, Hilaire Belloc. Pp.[xii](including preliminary blanks)+[48](Broadsides, New Series, Numbers 1 to 12, all 4 pages, illustrated, and with printedmusic)+[4](outer blanks), 25 hand coloured illustrations (Broadside No. 7 [July] featuring 3 illustrations, all others containing 2), errataleaf (printed on both sides, correcting both the poem and music for one of the items in the September Broadside) loosely inserted at end,loose tissue interleaves between all the printed pages; tall demy 4to; natural linen-backed blue/grey papered boards, with printed papertitle label (edges chipped) on upper board, the boards a trifle flecked, corners slightly bruised, the spine cloth lightly damp marked;matching blue/grey endpapers; upper hinge tender, occasional slight soiling, a couple of the tissues faintly creased; The Cuala Press,Dublin, 1937. Wade 254. *The Broadsides, edited by Dorothy Wellesley and W. B. Yeats, were issued monthly throughout 1937, in anedition of 300 copies. The number of bound volumes (with the addition of a title page and introductory essay) was limited to 150, issuedin December. W. B. Yeats contributed a ballad to five of the broadsides in this series: Come Gather Round me Parnellites (in No.1,January); The Three Bushes (No. 3, March); The Curse of Cromwell (No. 8, August); The Pilgrim (No. 10, October); Colonel Martin(No. 12, December); as well as the two page introductory text, Music and Poetry, [pp. ix-x] - which is signed in ink on p. [x] by Yeatsand co-editor Dorothy Wellesley. Just over half of the illustrations are by Jack Yeats. Also loosely inserted in this copy is the smallprinted card of the Cuala Press, showing hours of business, products, etc. $7,500.00