"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Catalogue 49 - Winter 2017
A range of highlights in all fields.
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Recueil de Plans de Batailles, Sieges et Combats, Arrives dans les Expeditions Memorables de la Guerre de Sept Ans, pour Servir A L'Intelligence des Oeuvres Posthumes de Frederic II, Roi de Prusse.
Amsterdam: J. G. Treuttel, 1789. [Seven Years War]. DUKE OF GRAFTON'S COPY. Folio (42 x 27cm), pp.[4] followed by 19 plates. Contemporary marbled boards, paper covered spine designed to look like speckled calf, printed paper label to spine. Introductory text in French, text to plates in either English or French... More
The Castle of Adventure. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
London: Macmillan, 1946. FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 319; [1], imprint. Publisher's pictorial yellow cloth, blocked in colours, in original dust-wrapper. Some dustiness to edges of textblock, jacket is very clean and bright, a little toned to spine, carefully price-clipped (ie around the price, not a corner... More
Bob Marley: Rebel Music and Roots Reggae. Compiled by Ross Halfin
England: Genesis Publications, 2004. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, no.12 of 350 copies SIGNED by photographer Kate Simon and guitarist Eric Clapton, who recorded Marley's song 'I Shot the Sheriff'. Folio volume, original full brown leather, blocked in colours, all edges yellow, printed on five different paper stocks, one of which is... More
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah.
London: Longman, 1855-56. FIRST EDITION. In three volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2]; xvi; 388; pp.[2]; iv; 426; pp.[2]; x; 448. With four maps and plans, three folding; and 13 lithographic plates, five coloured. Recently re-bound without adverts in burgundy full morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spines... More
The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. [American Travel]. SECOND EDITION, identical to the First. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xii; 707. With 10 wood engraved plates including a frontispiece and two folding maps. Nine further illustrations in-text. In publisher's blue pebble grained cloth, re-backed during the twentieth century, with original... More
The Saint in Miami. A New Complete Novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1941. [Crime fiction]. PROOF COPY. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.254 [2]. In publisher's brown paper covers with titles to cream label on front cover. Heavily browned paper stock; binding delicate but holding. 'Proof' written in black ink to top left of front cover, later scored out... More
SIGNED Wartime Postcard of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, seen with his Daughter Mary.
[1940s]. Photographic postcard, taken from a full-length image 'Enemy overhead Winston Churchill and his daughter Mary scan the skies above southern England, July 1940', boldly signed by the subject near the top margin. Some minor creasing and handling, autograph faded in part. Very good, in common mount and elegant gilt-bevelled... More
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches.
Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1761 [1762]. 'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE' ASSOCIATION. Third impression of the FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION, owned by the family of Bishop Porteus (1731-1809), notable Abolitionist, Church reformer, and basis for the character of Mr. Collins in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'. Large octavo (25 x 17cm), unpaginated. In contemporary... More
![Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Britannicae [A Latin to English Phrasebook], tam accurate congestus, ut nihil pene in eo desyderari possit, quod vel Latine complectatur amplissimus Stephani Thesaurus, vel Anglice, toties aucta Eliotae Bibliotheca: opera et industria Thomae Cooperi Magdalenensis. Quid fructus ex hoc Thesauro studiosi possint excerpere, et quam rationem secutus author sit in Vocabulorum interpretatione et dispositione, post epistolam demonstratur. Accessit Dictionarium Arium Historicum et poeticum propria vocabula Virorum, Mulierum, Sectarum, Populorum, Urbium, Montium, et caeterorum locorum complectens, et in his iucundissimas et omnium cognittione dignissimas historias. Thomas COOPER, c.](/pictures/thumb/49562.jpg?v=1510224702)
Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Britannicae [A Latin to English Phrasebook], tam accurate congestus, ut nihil pene in eo desyderari possit, quod vel Latine complectatur amplissimus Stephani Thesaurus, vel Anglice, toties aucta Eliotae Bibliotheca: opera et industria Thomae Cooperi Magdalenensis. Quid fructus ex hoc Thesauro studiosi possint excerpere, et quam rationem secutus author sit in Vocabulorum interpretatione et dispositione, post epistolam demonstratur. Accessit Dictionarium Arium Historicum et poeticum propria vocabula Virorum, Mulierum, Sectarum, Populorum, Urbium, Montium, et caeterorum locorum complectens, et in his iucundissimas et omnium cognittione dignissimas historias.
London: [Henry Denham], 1584. SHAKESPEARE SOURCE BOOK, fourth and final edition. Quarto (31 x 22 x 10cm), unpaginated: about 2000 pages with signatures according to the English Short Title Catalogue, but lacking blanks at beginning and end. Latin words and phrases arranged alphabetically with English comments and translations appended in... More
![The Peerage of Ireland: or, an exact Catalogue of the present Nobility both Lords Spiritual and Temporal, with an Historical and Genealogical account of them, containing the Descents, Creations and most remarkable Actions of them, their Ancestors, and some of their Monuments; also the Titles of Honour they now enjoy, both here and in England, their Preferments, and the time of their Promotions, with their Marriages and Issues, continued to this Time; with their Paternal Coats of Arms, and of the Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Sees, and the time of their Consecrations and Translations of each Family in Blazon, with their respective Arms, Crests, Supporters and Mottos; the whole collected from the most authentick Histories, Pedigrees, choice Manuscripts, Certificates, and other Records of this Kingdom. [Together with] The Signification of most Things that are born in Heraldry, with the Explanation of their Natural Qualities, and of those Persons that they ought properly to be born by. Aaron CROSSLY, died 1725.](/pictures/thumb/49565.jpg?v=1510224702)
The Peerage of Ireland: or, an exact Catalogue of the present Nobility both Lords Spiritual and Temporal, with an Historical and Genealogical account of them, containing the Descents, Creations and most remarkable Actions of them, their Ancestors, and some of their Monuments; also the Titles of Honour they now enjoy, both here and in England, their Preferments, and the time of their Promotions, with their Marriages and Issues, continued to this Time; with their Paternal Coats of Arms, and of the Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Sees, and the time of their Consecrations and Translations of each Family in Blazon, with their respective Arms, Crests, Supporters and Mottos; the whole collected from the most authentick Histories, Pedigrees, choice Manuscripts, Certificates, and other Records of this Kingdom. [Together with] The Signification of most Things that are born in Heraldry, with the Explanation of their Natural Qualities, and of those Persons that they ought properly to be born by.
Dublin: Printed by Thomas Hume, 1724 - 1725. FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes bound as one. Folio (32 x 21cm), pp.[16]; 260; [14]; 86; [10]. In recent brown speckled full panelled calf, with raised bands and gilt titles to red label on spine. Blue ink library stamp to title page and... More
The Works of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett and R. B. Freeman.
London: William Pickering, 1986-1989. [Science / Evolution] THE COMPLETE WORKS, Pickering Masters Series. Octavo, 29 volumes. Handsomely bound in dark green half morocco over green cloth boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edges gilt. The complete works in 29 volumes edited by Paul H. Barrett and R.... More
The Christmas Books. Being; A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man.
London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1905 and 1907. [English literature]. FIRST BROCK-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 5 volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 15cm). With illustrations in colour by Charles Brock. Finely bound in full deep red morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration and gilt titles to spines, marbled endpapers; top edges gilt... More
All The Year Round. A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens. With which is incorporated Household Words. Includes the very first appearance of Dickens's 'A Tale of Two Cities' and Wilkie Collins's 'The Woman in White'.
London: 1859-1866. [English literature] 16 volumes, continuous from number 1 to 400. Large octavo, contemporary binding of plum full morocco, extra gilt, with marbled edges and endpapers. Internally clean, very light wear to covers, one or two spine a touch sunned. A superb, very decorative set of this important periodical... More
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centenary 1859-1959.
London: John Murray, 1959. [Family history and retrospective]. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (35 x 28cm), pp.[2] 136 [4]. Filled with reproductions of black and white photographs, letters and other clippings. In publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine and silver family crest to upper board. Textured cream endpapers. With original... More
![[Manuscript letter describing the miraculous survival of a storm at sea during the South African Spiritualist Tour of 1928]. Jean Conan DOYLE, née LECKIE, Sir Arthur Conan DOYLE, association.](/pictures/thumb/49536.jpg?v=1510224701)
[Manuscript letter describing the miraculous survival of a storm at sea during the South African Spiritualist Tour of 1928].
1st November 1928. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S SECOND WIFE. Written in black ink over both sides of two sheets of headed note paper from the R.M.S. Windsor Castle, Union-Castle Line. With the original envelope addressed to a Mrs. Hewitt of London, SW7. Stamp and postmarks..... More
The Hound of The Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1902. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.359. With 16 illustrated plates by Paget. Bound in publisher's decorative red cloth, showing silhouette of the hound against a skyline in black and gilt to front board, gilt titles to spine. In a leather-spined clamshell case. Internally clean and... More
Social Security No. 438-10-1408.
New York, NY: A Milestone Book, Comet Press Books, 1958. [Psychological memoir]. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 73 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, dated 24th November 1959. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Green endpapers. With original cream... More
James Bond. The Paradise Plot. Original Comic Strip artwork, signed by the Illustrator.
Copyright, Glidrose 1981-2. A three-strip panel, being board number 256 drawn in pen and ink on artboard, with pasteover sections of text. Twice SIGNED by John McLusky, firstlly beneath central illustration and again, to revese side, together with adoodled '007' motif, below his 6-linehand-written description. In a simple matt black... More
Ian Fleming: The Book Collector.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. Ten monographs, SIGNED LETTERPRESS EDITIONS, being the FIRST SEPARATE PRINTING. 10 vols., slim octavo (26 x 18cm), limited variously to 60 or 120 copies, each hand-numbered and signed by James and Fergus Fleming. Finely printed on 150gsm Bockingford paper and bound in black flock-paper covers... More
The History Of Freemasonry. Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, etc. Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany, and The United States. Derived from official sources.
London: Thomas C. Jack, 1887. FINELY BOUND, early edition. In three volumes. Quarto (30 x 23cm), pp.[8] 504; pp.[4] 502 [2]; pp.[4] 502. With 49 steel engraved plates, including a frontispiece to each volume. Recently re-backed using original publisher's deluxe red morocco boards lavishly decorated in gilt with gilt titles... More
The Works of H. R. Haggard. Including: King Solomon's Mines, She, Montezuma's Daughter, The Spirit of Bambaste, Cleopatra, Alan Quatermain, The People of the Mist etc.
New York, NY: McKinlay, Stone and Mackenzie, no date [circa 1900]. 20 volumes; octavo. With frontispiece illustrations. Bound in recent dark green half morocco with matching cloth sides, gilt titles on black squares and gilit tooling on red squares to spine. Top edges gilt. Neat ownership inscriptions, to the title... More
Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, etc.
London: How and Parsons, 1841-43. FIRST EDITION. In three volumes. Small Quarto (26 x 18cm), pp.[4] xii, 435 [3]; pp.viii, 468 [2]; pp.[2] viii, 512 [2]. With 68 steel-engraved plates, including maps and a frontispiece to volumes I and III, as well as numerous in-text wood engravings. In recent green... More
![The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Containing the Antient [Ancient] and Present State of it, Civil and Ecclesiastical; Collected from public Records, and other the best Authorities, both Manuscript and Printed: and Illustrated with Maps, and Views of Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, etc. Edward HASTED.](/pictures/thumb/49288.jpg?v=1510224384)
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Containing the Antient [Ancient] and Present State of it, Civil and Ecclesiastical; Collected from public Records, and other the best Authorities, both Manuscript and Printed: and Illustrated with Maps, and Views of Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, etc.
Canterbury: Printed for the Author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778. [Kentish history]. FIRST EDITION. In four volumes. Folio (41 x 26cm), pp.[4] xii, clii, 580, 42 [2]; pp.[4] 817 [1], 72; pp.[4] ii, 765 [1], 51 [3]; pp.vi, 788, 46 [2]. Complete with all 167 copper engraved illustrations, including county... More
![Views in Kairo. [Illustrations of Cairo]. Robert HAY, Owen Browne CARTER, artist, J. C. BOURNE, lithographer.](/pictures/thumb/49546.jpg?v=1510224701)
Views in Kairo. [Illustrations of Cairo].
London: Tilt and Bogue, n.d. [1840]. FINE LITHOGRAPHIC ALBUM. Elephant Folio (55 x 37cm). A complete collection of 29 fine lithographs with a decorative lithographic title page and a lithographic dedication plate. Each plate with a recent tissue guard. In recent green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to... More
Catch-22.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Wartime satire] FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo, pp.[2] 443 [3]. With publisher's PROMOTIONAL CARD, featuring an illustration of Captain Yossarian, loose to prelims. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge green, first issue dust-jacket with section of text on rear panel. Jacket... More