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1 BOW WINDOWS BOOKSHOP 175 High Street, Lewes, Sussex, BN7 1YE CATALOGUE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE Literature, Biography, Bibliography, Classics, First Editions 1-82 Children's and Illustrated Books Natural History, Geology, Science, Sport and Pastimes Travel and Topography The Arts, Architecture, Collecting General Subjects, History, Theology, Militaria. Including a selection of works by and about Thomas Paine Telephone Fax rarebooks@bowwindows.com Website - Cataloguing by Ric Latham

2 LITERATURE FIRST EDITIONS, CLASSICS, BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. AMIS, Kingsley. The Old Devils. London: Hutchinson (1986). First edition, 8vo, (x), 294 pp. Signed by the Author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., slight browning of spine, very minor creasing to top edge, near fine. 40 AUTOGRAPH LETTER 2. ANDERSON, Ethel. Sunday at Yarralumla. London: Angus and Robertson First edition, 8vo, (x), 62 pp. Frontispiece, inscribed on the fly leaf from the Author to Evan Jenkins and with a lengthy tls. to the same from the Author dated 1950 loosely inserted - I have been very busy all this year, writing, and I have made 500 with short stories in two years..., with also a newspaper cutting of an article by Anderson tipped onto the rear paste down. Cloth backed boards, spotted, d.w. browned with some loss to the edges AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, with an Introduction by Austin Dobson. London: Macmillan and Co First edition thus, 8vo, xvi, 341, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, contemporary signature to front blank, yellow peacock endpapers. Original gilt decorated maroon cloth, spine slightly dull, extremities with some minor wear, t.e.g., overall a very good copy BALLARD, J.G. High-Rise. London: Jonathan Cape (1975). First edition, 8vo, 204 pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, slightly browned, some very minor creasing to edges BATES, H.E. Down the River. With... Engravings on Wood by Agnes Miller Parker. London: Victor Gollancz First edition, small 4to, 151, (1) pp. 83 wood engravings, a couple of light marks to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., a little soiled, slight loss to corners and spine ends BATES, H.E. In the Heart of the Country. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. London: Country Life Limited (1942). First edition, large 8vo, 150 pp. 29 wood engravings. Gilt titled cloth, d.w., price clipped, with a wood engraving to the upper wrapper, slight rubbing to spine, a couple of chips to top BEWICK, Thomas & John. Select Fables; with cuts, designed and engraved by... and others, previous to the year 1784: together with a Memoir; and a descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick. Newcastle: Printed by S. Hodgson vo, xl, 332 pp. Portrait frontispiece and several hundred wood engravings in the text, title, frontispiece and the final two leaves with some foxing. Contemporary speckled calf, subtly rebacked, gilt banded spine with a black label. Hugo

3 AUTOGRAPH LETTER 8. BLUNDEN, Edmund. Shells by a Stream. New Poems by... London: Macmillan & Co First edition, 8vo, viii, 59, (1) pp. Loosely inserted is an als. from the Author, dated 1952 and on Times Literary Supplement notepaper, concerning a visit to Canterbury and Patrixbourne, inscription to the same person - Rose Marie - but from a different source to fly leaf. Gilt titled cloth, marked BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. The Decameron of... Faithfully translated by J.M. Rigg. With... drawings by Louis Chalon. London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Two volumes, 8vo. 15 plates. Original gilt titled cream buckram, spines a little darkened, t.e.g BRADDON, M.E. The Christmas Hirelings. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend. London First edition, 8vo, 262, (2), 8 advertisement pp, frontispiece and 24 illustrations, many full page, internally a very good unopened copy, decorative endpapers, quarter cloth, decorated boards, some discolouration to the cloth portions. 150 Sadleir 274. Wolff BROADSIDE: The Prigging Policeman of Portland Street. [n.p., n.d.]. Large 8vo sheet, 10 x 7 inches, printed on one side only. Two line title above a woodcut illustration, with two columns of verse separated by a decorative strip. One faint horizontal fold crease, slight browning to righthand edge otherwise in very good condition. 425 A very scarce Victorian ballad telling the sad tale of a policeman took to stealing ( prig being slang for this practice). The eight stanzas (seven of 8 lines, one of 4 lines) tell how he escapes to Ireland with silks, satins and silver before being caught and brought back to London, concluding I wish I was in Portland street, A rabbit pie a munching, With a leather belt around my waist, And in my hand a truncheon... Only one copy located, in the Firth collection in the Bodleian Library, c.17(294), but with a different picture and a vertical rule separating the stanzas instead of the decoration. 12. BROWNE, Isaac Hawkins. The Immortality of the Soul. A Poem. Translated from the Latin of... by William Hay. London: R. and J. Dodsley First edition thus, small 4to, viii, 40 pp. Some light foxing, old signature to title. Recent black quarter calf, marbled boards. 250 A celebrated work first published in the same year as De Animi Immortalitate. Browne s meagre output is not matched by his reputation; Johnson describing him as one of the first wits of the country, [who] got into Parliament and never opened his mouth. William Hay was M.P. for Seaford and lived at Glyndebourne, producing a number of essays, poems and translations.

4 13. BUCHAN, John. Greenmantle. London: Hodder and Stoughton First edition, 8vo, x, 307, (1) pp. Some foxing and marginal marks, early leaves with some bumping to edges and a couple of minor marginal tears. Later green quarter calf, largely faded to brown, red spine label BUCHAN, John. Mr. Standfast. London: Hodder and Stoughton First edition, 8vo, 412 pp. Occasional light foxing, contemporary pencilled inscription to front blank. Later green quarter calf, spine faded to brown, red spine label BUCHAN, John. The Three Hostages. London: Hodder and Stoughton [1924]. First edition, 8vo, 319, (1) pp. A few spots, particularly to the half title, map frontispiece with a tiny chip to the outer edge. Later green quarter calf, largely faded to brown, red spine label BURGESS, Anthony. The Enemy in the Blanket. London: Heinemann (1958). First edition, (vi), 221, (1) pp. Signature to fly leaf, some light spots to early leaves. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, slightly spotted and browned CARROLL, Lewis. The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits....Illustrations by Henry Holiday. London: Macmillan and Co vo, xiv, 83, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 8 full page illustrations, a few spots, tissue guard to frontispiece foxed. Original gilt decorated red cloth, a.e.g., spine a little dull, light wear to ends otherwise a very good copy. 40 First published CHANDLER, Raymond. Playback. London: Hamish Hamilton (1958). First edition, 8vo, 207, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, with some light wear to extremities. 100 SIGNED COPY 19. CLARKE, Lindsay. Sunday Whiteman. London (1987). First edition, 8vo, 221, (1) pp, inscribed by the Author on title, cloth, pictorial d.w., a fine copy of Clarke s first book CONGREVE, William. The Way of the World and Love for Love. Two Comedies by... With Illustrations and Decorations by John Kettelwell. London: John Lane First edition thus, large 8vo, (viii), 222 pp. 12 plates plus illustrations in the text, patterned endpapers and sides, fine bookplate of Lœlia, Duchess of Westminster. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in contemporary red half calf, gilt spine with green morocco labels, t.e.g., light wear to extremities. 75 FORE EDGE PAINTING 21. (CROKER, Thomas Crofton). Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. London: John Murray Small 8vo, (viii), 344 pp. Engravings in the text, signature to fly leaf. Later 19th century dark green full morocco by J. Clarke, gilt and blind stamped rules and decoration, gilt spine, a.e.g. Under the gilt to the fore edge is an oval painting of a village scene, with

5 sprigs of greenery above and below and the remainder of the fore edge covered in a red diamond pattern. 250 First published in 1825 with a second series published in 1827; this volume combining both issues. AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION 22. DAY LEWIS, C. The Whispering Roots. London: Jonathan Cape (1970). First edition, 8vo, 58 pp. Inscribed from the Author on the half title. Cloth backed boards, d.w. with slight fading and wear to spine DICKENS, Charles. Martin Chuzzlewit. Illustrations by J. Barnard. London: Chapman and Hall [c.1871]. Small 4to, (viii), 423, (1) pp. 4 plates and engravings in the text, which is printed in double column, slight loss to the margin of the final leaf, contemporary signatures to preliminaries. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine with a green morocco label, slight wear and marking. See also item AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION 24. DICKENS, Monica. Last Year When I was Young. London: Heinemann (1974). First edition, 8vo, (iv), 209, (1) pp. Inscribed from the Author on the title page, light marginal browning throughout. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a couple of minor creases otherwise a very good copy GASKELL, Mrs. Cranford. With... Illustrations... by Evelyn Paul. London: Chapman & Hall [1910]. 8vo, (viii), 247, (1) pp. 24 coloured plates, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers browned, inscription to fly leaf verso. Original gilt titled cloth, spine browned, t.e.g GODWIN, William. Collected Novels and Memoirs of... Autobiography. Autobiographical Fragments and Reflections. Godwin/Shelley Correspondence. Memoirs. Damon and Della. Italian Letters. Imogen. Caleb Williams. St. Leon. Fleetwood. Mandeville. Cloudesley. Deloraine. London: William Pickering Eight volumes, 8vo. Illustrated with some facsimile title pages. Maroon cloth, a fine set GREENE, Graham. Our Man in Havana. An Entertainment. London: Heinemann (1958). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 273, (1) pp. Signature to title. Cloth, d.w., lower wrapper browned, some wear to edges and slight loss HAGUE, René. The Death of Hector. A version by... after Iliad XXII with drawings by Peter Campbell. (Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton) First edition, one of 200 copies signed by both Hague and Campbell, tall 8vo, 32 pp. 4 full page illustrations, barely noticeable damp mark at head of some leaves else a fine copy in the original binding, lower cover and spine of linen, upper cover of paper with the title printed lengthwise. 45

6 29. HALLAM, Henry. Introduction to the Study of Literature of Europe, in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. London: John Murray Fifth edition, 4 volumes, 8vo. Booklabels, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary calf, some rubbing to extremities, very slight loss to top of the lower joint of volume II, gilt spines with brown and black labels HUGHES, Ted. Birthday Letters. (London: 1998). First edition, 8vo, (x), 198 pp. Boards, d.w., not price-clipped, spine sunned HUXLEY, Aldous. Brave New World. A Novel by... London: Chatto and Windus First edition, 8vo, (vi), 306 pp. The occasional spot, signs of a label having been removed from the fly leaf. Original blue cloth, slight rubbing to extremities HUXLEY, Aldous. Vulgarity in Literature. Digressions from a Theme. London: Chatto and Windus First edition, 8vo, (iv), 59, (1) pp. A few light spots. Decorative boards, d.w. with some light marks, a very good copy. 50 BANNED BOOK 33. JAMES, Norah C. Sleeveless Errand. A Novel by... Preface by Edward Garnett. Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane First Paris edition, 8vo, (viii), 217, (1) pp. Library stamp to fly leaf - Librarie Jeux- Roulettes, Nice, occasional light foxing. Original buckram backed patterned boards, slight browning and rubbing to the lower edge of the upper cover, d.w. with a tear to the spine and slight loss, a couple of chips. 250 After the London edition was seized and suppressed this Paris printing quickly appeared. Kahane went on to found the Olympia Press. 34. JENNINGS, Elizabeth. In Shakespeare s Company. Poems by... Warwickshire: The Celandine Press (1985). Limited edition, no. 108 of 250 copies, 8vo, 45, (3) pp. Coloured frontispiece tipped in and 9 full page monochrome illustrations. Cloth backed patterned boards, a fine copy. 65 JOHNSON S DICTIONARY 35. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a History of the Language and an English Grammar. London: J.F. and C. Rivington [et al] Sixth (second quarto) edition, 4to, (lxxii, 1030; ii, 1088) pp. Portrait frontispiece, a little foxed, title page to volume II with some skilful restoration to the inner hinge, final leaf in volume I with some minor wear, otherwise a very good clean copy. 20th century dark green half morocco, marbled sides, small abrasion to the spine of volume II, an attractive set. 1,250 Courtney & Smith p57. Preceded by a Dublin quarto edition in the same year. See inside back cover.

7 36. (JOHNSON, Samuel). BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. New and complete edition, carefully revised from the most authentic sources. Edited, with Notes, by William Wallace. London: William P. Nimmo vo, (xiv), 562 pp. Portrait frontispiece and engraved second title, contemporary inscription to front blank, small chip to edge of printed title, marbled endpapers. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, black spine label, a.e.g., a few marks otherwise a very good copy [JONES, Sir William]. Poems, consisting chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick languages. To which are added two Essays, I. On the Poetry of the Eastern nations. II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press First edition, 8vo, (iv), 217, (3) pp. Contemporary speckled calf with some light wear, recently rebacked retaining the original maroon label. 1,000 Appointed tutor to Lord Althorp while still at Oxford, Jones was a renowned oriental scholar, translating a life of Nadir Shah into French and compiling a grammar of Persian, as well as a friend of many of the learned men of the day such as Garrick and Burke. Appointed as a Judge to Calcutta in 1783 the last decade of his life was prolific; he founded the Bengal Asiatic society and became the first Englishman to master Sanskrit. INSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHOR 38. KENT, Alexander. The Flag Captain. London: Hutchinson (1971). First edition, 384 pp. Map endpapers, inscribed from the Author on the half title - To Captain W. Vickers - With thanks for a very happy and restful evening - Sicily - Douglas Reeman (Alexander Kent!). Cloth, lacking the wrapper but otherwise very good KING, Maude Egerton. Round About a Brighton Coach Office. Illustrated by Lucy Kemp Welch. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head First edition, 8vo, xii, 209, (3), 16 advertisement pp. Gilt title green cloth backed buckram, minor bumping to spine ends otherwise near fine. 60 One of John Lane s Arcady Series. 40. KIPLING, Rudyard. Many Inventions. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, 8vo, (x), 365, (1, 6 advertisement) pp. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine a little rubbed. Martindell KIPLING, Rudyard. Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks. With Illustrations by I.W. Taber. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, 8vo, viii, 245, (1, 2 advertisement) pp, 22 illustrations, light foxing to title and frontispiece, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine a little faded, ends rubbed, a.e.g. Martindell KIPLING, Rudyard. Stalky & Co. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, 8vo, (xii), 272, (2 advertisement) pp. Upper hinge very slightly cracked. Original red cloth, gilt medallion to upper cover, light rubbing to spine ends, small mark to upper cover, t.e.g. Martindell

8 43. KIPLING, Rudyard. From Sea to Sea, and other Sketches. Letters of Travel. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. Slight browning of endpapers. Original gilt titled red cloth, gilt medallion to the upper covers, slight rubbing of spine ends otherwise a very good set, t.e.g. Martindell KIPLING, Rudyard. Traffics and Discoveries. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, 8vo, vi, 393, (1, 6, 16 advertisement) pp. Original gilt titled red cloth, gilt medallion to the upper cover, some very slight rubbing, t.e.g. Martindell KIPLING, Rudyard. Puck of Pook s Hill. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, 8vo, x, 306, (4 advertisement) pp. Frontispiece and 10 full page illustrations by H.R. Millar, stain from a paperclip to two upper margins, small ink stamp of Davisons of Alnwick to half title. Original gilt titled red cloth, gilt medallion to the upper covers, slight rubbing and fading of spine otherwise very good, t.e.g. 50 Martindell KIPLING, Rudyard. Rudyard Kipling s Verse. Inclusive Edition London: Hodder and Stoughton [1922]. India paper edition, 8vo, (xiv), 787, (1) pp. Contemporary inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers. Contemporary dark blue half calf, gilt titled spine, slightly faded, rubbing to one of the raised bands, a.e.g. Martindell KIPLING, Rudyard. Thy Servant a Dog. Told by Boots. Edited by... Illustrated by G. Stampa. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, 8vo, (vi), 92, (4) pp. Black and white illustrations, light foxing to endpapers. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, browned with some marks. 30 KIPLING - See also item LAWRENCE, T.E. Men in Print. Essays in Literary Criticism... Introduction by A.W. Lawrence. [London]: The Golden Cockerel Press (1940). Limited edition, no. 280 of 500 copies, small 4to, 58, (2) pp. Signature to fly leaf, light foxing to free endpapers. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in blue quarter morocco, t.e.g., some minor marks otherwise an excellent copy. 250 Five essays, on James Elroy Flecker, D.H. Lawrence, H.G. Wells, Henry Williamson and Walter Savage Landor. O Brien A229. Pertelote LAWRENCE, T. E. Shaw-Ede. T. E. Lawrence s Letters to H. S. Ede Foreword and Running Commentary by H. S. Ede. (London): The Golden Cockerel Press (1942). Limited edition, no. 473 of 500 copies, small 4to, 61, (1) pp. Printed Notice to Purchasers concerning the accuracy of the text loosely inserted, signature to fly leaf. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in blue quarter morocco, t.e.g., slight sunning of spine otherwise an excellent copy in these letters, more than any of this others, Lawrence s culture, taste, and wisdom are revealed in sharp contrast with his surprising idiosyncrasies (Pertelote). O Brien A234. Pertelote 151.

9 50. LAWRENCE, T.E. Minorities. Edited by J.M. Wilson with a Preface by C. Day Lewis. London: Jonathan Cape (1971). First edition, 8vo, 272 pp. Frontispiece. Linen backed cloth, d.w., a couple of minor bumps otherwise near fine. 40 Poetry published after Lawrence s death. O Brien A LE CARRÉ, John. The Clandestine Muse. The G. Harry Pouder Memorial Lecture delivered at Johns Hopkins University on May the 20th Printed at the Janus Press, Newark, Vermont for Charles Seluzicki Fine Books, Portland, Oregon (1986). Limited edition, one of 250 copies, signed by the Author, 8vo, (22) pp. With the Author s name and title embossed rather than printed on the title page. Marbled wrappers, a fine copy LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloe. A Pastoral Romance: Translated from the Greek of... Illustrated with copper-plate engravings after designs by Prudhon, Baron, Gerard and Philippe D Orleans. London: Vizetelly & Co. [1890]. 8vo, (xiv), 155, (1, 2 advertisement, 2) pp. Engraved second title and 10 plates. Original cloth backed patterned boards, spine sunned, slight wear to edges MEREDITH, George. Jump to Glory Jane. Edited and Arranged by Harry Quilter. With... designs invented, drawn and written by Lawrence Housman. London: Swan, Sonnenschein & Co Limited edition, no. 14 of 100 copies on Van Gelder paper, with the handwritten limitation to the fly leaf verso, 8vo, 28, (36) pp. 8 plates plus 36 illustrations in the text, contemporary bookplate of Robert Johnson. Original gilt decorated vellum, covers a little bowed otherwise a very good copy. 250 Collie XLIb. Preceded by a privately printed edition of 50 copies. See inside front cover. SIGNED BY JOAN HASSALL 54. MITFORD, Mary Russell. Our Village. (Wood-engravings... by Joan Hassall). London: George G. Harrap (1947). First edition thus, 8vo, 228 pp. Engraved title and engravings in the text. Sydney Cockerell s copy, with his signature to the fly leaf verso, also signed by Joan Hassall to the foot of the title page. Cloth, spine sunned, extremities worn. 45 VALE PRESS 55. MOORE, T. Sturge. Danaë. London: [The Vale Press]; Printed at the Ballantyne Press Limited edition, one of 230 copies on paper, 8vo, xliv, (4) pp. 3 wood engraved plates by Charles Ricketts, shoulder- and side-notes printed in red, occasional light marginal foxing. Original linen backed boards, paper label to upper cover, some light browning. 300 Ricketts Vale Press produced 46 titles in only 8 years between 1896 and A poem originally published in The Dial in Tomkinson p171. Noted in the colophon as

10 the last book (excepting the Bibliography) printed for the press. 10 copies were also printed on vellum. 56. MORGAN, Evan. At Dawn. Poems, Profane and Religious. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co First edition, 8vo, 104 pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Cloth, d.w. with a few light marks, near fine ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. A Novel. London: Secker & Warburg First edition, 8vo, 312 pp. Some occasional very light foxing. Original light green cloth, spine and top edge faded, a couple of light marks to spine PARTRIDGE, Frances. A Pacifist s War. Memories. Everything to Lose. Hanging On. Other People. Good Company. Life Regained. Ups and Downs. Diaries London: [variously] The Hogarth Press, Victor Gollancz, Collins, HarperCollins, Weidenfeld & Nicholson Eight volumes, all first editions, 8vo. Several volumes with photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w. s, the first volume with some creasing to the top of the spine otherwise an excellent set. 200 Two volumes of memoirs and six of diaries, comprising the complete output of the last surviving member of the Bloomsbury group. 59. PEACOCK, Thomas Love. Gryll Grange. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend with an Introduction by George Saintsbury. London: Macmillan and Co vo, xxiv, 292 pp. 40 plates, slight foxing to the tissue guard to the frontispiece, decorative yellow peacock endpapers. Original decorated cloth, gilt peacocks to upper cover and spine, a.e.g., slight rubbing to spine ends otherwise a near fine copy [RICHARDSON, Samuel]. Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending The most Important Concerns of Private Life. And particularly shewing, The Distresses that may attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, In Relation to Marriage. London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington [et al] Seventh edition, 8 volumes, 12mo. 18th century bookseller s label to paste down in volume I - Théophile Barrois, Paris. Contemporary calf, rather worn, green morocco spine labels, lacking one and with some loss to others, tops of spines with loss but otherwise a sound unsophisticated set. 225 First published in 1748 and also known as Clarissa Harlowe, this was the most successful of Richardson s three novels and was translated almost immediately into several languages. Rousseau commented...there is in no language a romance equal to or approaching Clarissa (DNB). 61. ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. The Collected Works of... Edited with Preface and Notes by William M. Rossetti. London: Ellis and Elvey Two volumes, 8vo, (xliv), 528; xl, 521, (1) pp. Original gilt decorated dark blue cloth designed by the Author, a few minor marks, slight wear to the top of the spine of volume II otherwise a very good set. 100 First published two years earlier. See inside back cover.

11 62. ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. The Poems of... with Illustrations from his own pictures and designs. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by W.M. Rossetti. London: Ellis & Elvey Two volumes, square 8vo, xxvii, (i), 227, (1); xiii, (iii), 246, (2) pp. 20 plates, later inscription to both fly leaves, marbled endpapers. Bound for William Brown, Edinburgh, in contemporary blue half morocco, gilt spines, t.e.g., some minor rubbing, some marks to the boards otherwise an attractive set. 375 Including valuable notes by the Editor, and including the first publication of the sonnet After the French Liberation of Italy. Wellbeck II p697. Printed at the Astolat Press, Guildford. See inside back cover. ROSSETTI - See also item 250. AUTHOR S INSCRIPTION 63. RUSHDIE, Salman. Midnight s Children. London: Jonathan Cape (1981). Second reprint, 8vo, 446 pp. Inscribed from the Author to the actress Carol Drinkwater on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine faded. 250 Winner of the Booker Prize, and subsequently the Booker of Bookers prize. 64. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Plays of... Complete in eight volumes. London: Printed for Bellamy and Robarts Eight volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece and 88 plates, including 2 per play, some generally light foxing, armorial bookplates of Robert Davison. Contemporary tree calf with some subtle restoration to the joints, spines of red morocco with gilt decoration in compartments, some light wear to extremities. A most unusual combination of binding styles. 1,500 A set containing the most charming engravings among any of the 18th century editions... [and which] remains a pleasant reading version (Franklin p46). Jaggard p507. An edition first published See inside front cover. NONESUCH SHAKESPEARE 65. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works of... The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon. [London]: The Nonesuch Press Limited edition, no. 223 of 1,600 sets, seven volumes, 8vo. Finely bound in ochre full morocco, double gilt rules, a few marks to the covers of volume I otherwise a handsome set. 1,200 A beautifully printed edition of Shakespeare s plays, with alternate words and phrases from the various early editions printed throughout in the margins. See inside front cover. 66. SHUTE, Nevil. On the Beach. London: Heinemann (1957). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 312 pp. Minor foxing to front blank and half title. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine and edges a little browned, some minor wear to edges. 40

12 67. SMITH, Hon. William C. Two Political Allegories; Written in the year 1793, and now revised for the pamphleteer. London vo, (469)-479, (1) pp. Recent wrappers, title page replicated on upper cover. 75 An Irish judge and disciple of Burke (DNB), Smith composed many essays and pamphlets, the two brief works here being The Rights of Water and The Hill of Government, a Vision. 68. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Silverado Squatters. London: Chatto and Windus First edition, later issue, 8vo, (viii), 254, (2) pp. Frontispiece. Original dark blue buckram with bevelled edges, t.e.g., slight fading of spine otherwise a near fine copy. Prideaux STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Weir of Hermiston. An Unfinished Romance by... London: Chatto and Windus First edition, 8vo, (viii), 289, (3), 32 advertisement pp. Original dark blue buckram with bevelled edges, t.e.g., slight fading of spine otherwise a near fine copy. 50 Prideaux STEVENSON, Robert Louis. New Arabian Nights. London: Chatto and Windus Twenty-third edition, 8vo, viii, 328 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary green calf, gilt borders and spine, gilt arms of Queen s College, Taunton, to upper cover, maroon spine label with some wear otherwise very good. 40 JOHN BUCKLAND-WRIGHT 71. SWINBURNE, A.C. Pasiphaë. A Poem by... (London: Golden Cockerel Press 1950). Limited edition, no. 81 of 100 specially bound copies with an extra engraving, from a total edition of 500, 8vo, 40 pp. 7 copper engravings by John Buckland-Wright. Original purple vellum by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt spine title and vignette to upper cover, some light rubbing, spine sunned, t.e.g. 375 Correctly printed for the first time from the manuscript. Cock-a-Hoop 185. INSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHOR 72. TARKINGTON, Booth. Gentle Julia. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company First edition, 8vo, (x), 375, (1) pp. Colour frontispiece and 3 black and white plates, presentation inscription from the Author on the fly leaf. Original brown cloth, a little rubbed TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. The Princess. London: Macmillan and Co Small 8vo, (vi), 139, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers. Beautifully bound by Douglas and Foulis in contemporary pink crushed morocco, a.e.g., spine a little sunned otherwise a handsome little volume. 75 Golden Treasury series.

13 ROGER FRY 74. TREVELYAN, R.C. Polyphemus & other Poems. With Designs by R.E. Fry. London: R. Brimley Johnson First edition, square 8vo, (x), 56 pp. Illustration to title page plus 10 further illustrations, later signature to fly leaf. Original cloth backed boards, spine and top edge slightly browned. Colbeck II p UNDERHILL, Evelyn. The Lost Word. London: William Heinemann First edition, 8vo, (vi), 316 pp. Booklabel, a few spots. Contemporary black half calf, red spine label, slight wear to top of spine. Scarce. 125 The Author s second novel. 76. WALPOLE, Horace. Letters to the Countess of Ossory. London: Arthur L. Humphries Three volumes, 8vo. Bound by Bayntun in later red half morocco, marbled sides, t.e.g., slight wear to foot of one joint otherwise a handsome set WILDE, Oscar. De Profundis. London: Methuen and Co. (1905). First edition, 8vo, 151, (1, 40 advertisement) pp. Several brief inscriptions to fly leaf. Original gilt titled blue cloth designed by Charles Ricketts, spine slightly dull, ends a little worn, t.e.g. 125 Mason 388, calling for the advertisements to be dated March 1905, whereas in the present copy they are dated February. 78. WOOLF, Leonard. Sowing. Growing. Beginning Again. Downhill All the Way. The Journey Not the Arrival That Matters. London: The Hogarth Press Five volumes, later impressions, 8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w. s, spine to first volume a little browned, some minor soiling, one upper flap price clipped, overall a very good set WOOLF, Virginia. Orlando. A Biography. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press First English edition, 8vo, 299, (1) pp. Contemporary signature to fly leaf, a few spots. Cloth, a little faded and marked, edges spotted. 100 Dedicated to and based upon the family of Vita Sackville-West. Three of the plates are photographs of her; another is of Angelica Bell at the age of 9. Kirkpatrick A11b. 80. WOOLF, Virginia & STRACHEY, Lytton. Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey - Letters. Edited by Leonard Woolf & James Strachey. (London): The Hogarth Press & Chatto and Windus (1956). First edition, 8vo, 118, (2) pp. Photographic frontispiece. Cloth, slightly dull, d.w. with some browning and light marks, minor loss to top of spine. Kirkpatrick A

14 81. WOOLF, Virginia. Granite and Rainbow. Essays by... London: The Hogarth Press First edition, 8vo, 239, (1) pp. Light marginal browning throughout, brief inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. designed by Vanessa Bell with some light browning and marks, slight loss to top of lower joint. Kirkpatrick A WOOLF, Virginia. The Letters of The Flight of the Mind. The Question of Things Happening. A Change of Perspective. A Reflection of the Other Person. The Sickle of the Moon. Leave the Letters Till We re Dead. London: The Hogarth Press First edition, six volumes, 8vo. Numerous black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. s, spines somewhat sunned, volumes II-V price clipped, some minor creasing to spine ends otherwise a good set. 300 CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS JOHN TENNIEL 83. AESOP. Aesop s Fables: A New Version, chiefly from original sources, by Thomas James. With... illustrations designed by John Tenniel. London: John Murray Thirty-eighth thousand, 8vo, xx, 148 pp. Second title and numerous wood engraved illustrations in the text, light foxing at the beginning and end, marbled endpapers and sides. Contemporary calf, double gilt rules, gilt spine with a brown label, foot of upper joint cracking, top of spine with slight loss. 40 First published with Tenniel s illustrations in (AESOP). CROXALL, Samuel. Fables of Aesop, and others: Translated into English; with instructive application: and a print before each fable. London: Longman and Co [et al] Twenty-fourth edition, 12mo, (xii), 329, (7 Index), 24 advertisement pp. Frontispiece by Charles Nesbit plus 196 woodcut illustrations in the text. 20th century quarter morocco, marbled sides (ALDIN, Cecil). SEWELL, Anna. Black Beauty. The Autobiography of a Horse. Illustrated... by Cecil Aldin. London: Jarrolds [n.d.]. 4to, viii, 291, (1) pp. 18 coloured plates. Original gilt decorated green cloth, slight fading to spine, d.w. with some marking and wear to edges, old repair to top of lower wrapper BB (WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys). Brendon Chase. Illustrated by Watkins Pitchford. London: Hollis & Carter (1944). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 235, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 12 full page illustrations, signature to paste down, upper hinge cracked. Original green cloth, marked and faded, d.w. torn with loss and repairs BB (WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys). Manka, the Sky Gipsy. The Story of a Wild Goose. Written and Illustrated by... With a Foreword by Peter Scott. London: Methuen & Co. in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode (1970).

15 Third edition, 8vo, (xii), 258 pp. Black and white engravings. Cloth, d.w., slight wear to spine ends. 30 BB - See also items and BIRTHDAY BOOK: A Birthday Book. Designed by Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice. London: Smith, Elder & Co to, (iv, 408) pp. 15 fine chromolithographed plates, some inscriptions in later hands but generally untouched. Original gilt decorated tan cloth, some soiling to lower cover, a.e.g., overall a very good copy. 150 Including a chromolithographed plate for each month, this beautiful production leaves a page for each day of the year and includes a blank index at the end for crossreferencing. 89. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. With... illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co Two volumes, 8vo. 42 and 50 illustrations respectively, contemporary inscription to each fly leaf. Original decorative green cloth, a little rubbed CARROLL, Lewis. Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking- Glass. Words by... Music by Lucy E. Broadwood. Illustrations by Charles Folkard. London: A. & C. Black (1921). First edition thus, 4to, 48 pp. 11 coloured plates tipped in plus decorative borders around the music, some light spotting. Original blue cloth, coloured illustration to upper cover, spine ends and one corner bumped otherwise very good (CRANE, Walter). DELAND, Margaret. The Old Garden, and other pieces by... Decorated by Walter Crane. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co First American edition with these illustrations, (x), 114, (1) leaves, printed on one side only and with the majority of the volume having the bifoliates erroneously opened. Coloured illustrations throughout, patterned endpapers, inscription to front blank. Original decorative cloth, some marks and rubbing. See also item CULMAN [or CULMANN], Leonard. Sententiæ Pueriles, Anglo-Latinæ... Sentences for Children, English and Latin. Collected out of sundry Authors long since by... and now translated into English by Charles Hoole; For the first Enterers into Latin. London: Printed by C. Ackers for the Company of Stationers mo, (80) pp. Browned and with some minor chipping to edges, final blank with some loss, second leaf torn and repaired, contemporary manuscript at the end. 20th century quarter sheep, marbled boards. 60 A famous collection of maxims first published in Germany in the 16th century. Hoole s translation first appeared in 1658.

16 93. DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol, in prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Illustrated by I.M. Gaugengigl and T.V. Chominski. Boston: Samuel E. Cassino First edition thus, 4to, (ii), 121, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece tipped in, second title and 23 black and white plates, light foxing to the frontispiece and the title, owner s ink stamp to fly leaf. Original two tone cloth, gilt titles, holly and ivy in relief to upper cover, t.e.g., spine slightly browned otherwise a very good copy. See also item 23. 1,000 SIGNED COPY 94. (DULAC, Edmund). BEAUCLERK, Helen. The Green Lacquer Pavilion. [Illustrated] by Edmund Dulac. (Glasgow): W. Collins and Co First edition, 8vo, (vi), 319, (1) pp. Frontispiece portrait and 9 other woodcuts, some foxing throughout, signed by both Beauclerk and Dulac on the fly leaf. Original cloth, gilt decoration to upper cover, spine label worn with slight loss, small tear to upper hinge EMMERSON, H.H. The May Blossom; or the Princess and her People. From original illustrations by... with verses by Marion M. Wingrave. (Engraved and Printed by the Dalzeil Brothers). London: Frederick Warne and Co. [1881]. First edition, 4to, 64 pp. Coloured illustrations throughout, a few light marks, patterned endpapers. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, some wear to edges GALE, Norman. Songs for Little People. [Illustrations by Helen Stratton]. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company First edition, 8vo, viii, 110, (2 advertisement) pp. Coloured title and black and white illustrations in the text, hinges slightly cracked but sound. Original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine ends bumped otherwise very good GOREY, Edward. The Gilded Bat. London: Jonathan Cape (1967). First edition, oblong 8vo, (64) pp. 30 black and white illustrations. Pictorial boards, d.w. with some very slight wear, a very good copy GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. With a Frontispiece by Graham Robertson. London: Methuen and Co. (1908). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 302, (2) pp. Frontispiece, marbled endpapers, original cloth upper and lower covers bound in at the end. Beautifully rebound by Bayntun-Riviere in green full morocco, double gilt rules, gilt spine, original gilt illustration reproduced to the upper cover, t.e.g. A fine copy. See inside front cover. 2, GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. (1950). 8vo, (vi), 312 pp. Black and white illustrations, map endpapers. Contemporary quarter calf, green spine label, some minor marks otherwise a very good copy. 45

17 100. GREENAWAY, Kate. Language of Flowers. Illustrated by... Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. London: Frederick Warne & Co. [n.d.]. Small 8vo, 80 pp. Coloured illustrations, a few spots to endpapers. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, edges stained green. 65 Similar to Schuster & Engen 107-2b, but with illustration to both covers and a blank spine (GREENAWAY, Kate). [ARNIM, Mary Annette, Countess von]. The April Baby s Book of Tunes, with the story of the how they came to be written. By the Author of Elizabeth and her German Garden. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. London: Macmillan and Co Square 8vo, (vi), 74, (2) pp. Frontispiece and 16 coloured plates, with music in the text, signature to fly leaf obscured with a blank label. Original brown cloth, slightly rubbed. Schuster & Engen 25-3a. First published in GREENE, Graham. The Little Steamroller. A Story of Adventure, Mystery and Detection. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. London: Max Parrish (1953). First edition, square 8vo, 33, (3) pp. Coloured illustrations throughout, faint crayon marks to the fly leaf and a couple of other pages, rear free endpaper browned. Pictorial boards, spine ends a little worn, d.w., not price clipped, with slight loss to corners HENTY, G.A. With Moore at Corunna. Illustrations by Wal Paget. London: Blackie & Son 1898 [but 1897]. First edition, 8vo, 384, 32 advertisement pp, 12 plates, booklabel on paste down, original pictorial green cloth with bevelled edges, slight rubbing of spine ends otherwise a near fine copy. Newbolt (HOUSMAN, Laurence). ROSSETTI, Christina. Goblin Market. Illustrated by Laurence Housman. London: Macmillan & Co First illustrated edition, 12mo, (iv), 63, (1) pp. Decorative title and illustrations in the text, 12 full page, light browning to endpapers only. Original decorated green cloth, covers with a striking interweaved pattern of gilt leaves and stems, a.e.g., very minor wear to the extremities otherwise a fine bright copy. 295 Colbeck II p690. Originally published in 1862; the Author s second published work and perhaps her most enduring. See inside back cover, and also item JACOBS, Joseph (Editor). Celtic Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John D. Batten. London: David Nutt First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 267, (1) pp. 8 plates, light foxing to endpapers only, bookplate of A.P. Urquhart. Original decorative green cloth, a very good copy JUVENILE: The Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Pic-nic Dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. To which is added the Doleful Death of the Bridegroom. London: Grant and Griffith [c.1820] 12mo, (16) leaves including covers, printed on one side only (covers excepted) and backed onto linen. 16 hand coloured illustrations with verse below, some foxing and light damp staining. Original printed yellow wrappers, later inscription to upper cover, spine and extremities worn. 200

18 Only one copy of this issue located, in the British Library. Not in Osborne KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories For Little Children. Illustrated by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, large 8vo, (vi), 249, (3) pp. 22 full page illustrations, others in the text, later endpapers. Original decorated red cloth, light rubbing to extremities, minor creasing to the upper cover. 300 The only book that Kipling illustrated. Martindell 99. KIPLING - See also items LANG, Andrew. Tales of a Fairy Court. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon. London: Collins Clear-Type Press [1907]. First edition, 8vo, 112 pp. 12 coloured plates and with every page of text within a coloured border, inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled red cloth with bevelled edges, a.e.g., some light marks otherwise very good LEIGHTON, Clare. The Farmer s Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry. Written and Engraved by... London: Collins First edition, oblong folio, (vi), 54, (2) pp. 12 full page wood engravings and 7 vignettes plus initial letters, decorative endpapers. Original gilt titled green cloth, edges faded, d.w. browned with some marks, edges creased with slight loss, upper wrapper torn M INTOSH, Jean. Animal Chums. True Tales about Four-footed Friends. [London]: Thomas Nelson and Sons [1912]. First edition, 8vo, 96 pp. Coloured frontipiece plus black and white illustrations, a few marginal marks, marbled endpapers and edges, Prize label of Parktown Preparatory School, Johannesburg. Contemporary dark blue calf, gilt border and spine, red label, slight wear to spine MILNE, A.A. The Christopher Robin Birthday Book. Compiled by A.A. Milne. Decorated by E.H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. (1930). First edition, small 8vo, (viii), 215, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, a few coloured in, and with a number of entries as well, a couple on paper tipped in, brief inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled red cloth, a little marked and faded (NIELSEN, Kay). QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales retold by... Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton [1913]. First edition, first issue, 4to, 163, (1) pp. 24 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues. A few spots, endpapers with some foxing, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original cloth backed boards, marked and browned, corners rubbed, rebacked retaining the original gilt decorated backstrip, t.e.g OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette. The Girls of Gwynfa. London: Frederick Warne & Co. [1924]. First edition, 8vo, viii, 310 pp. Coloured frontispiece. Original red cloth, d.w. with some light marks and a couple of small chips to the lower wrapper, otherwise a very good bright copy. 45

19 114. [PARDON, G.F., Attributed]. The Juvenile Museum of Entertainment and Instruction. London: Thomas Holmes [c.1852]. 8vo, 208 pp. Title vignette and 36 full page engravings, signature dated 1852 on title. Original gilt titled blind stamped red cloth, light wear to spine ends, a.e.g. 100 Including illustrations of elephants, pelicans, sharks and turtles as well as whale hunting, a coal mine and the sinking of the Royal George (RACKHAM, Arthur). FOUQUE, De La Motte. Undine. Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann First edition, 4to, viii, 136 pp. 15 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues, pictorial endpapers, minor foxing to some text leaves, bookplates to paste down and fly leaf verso. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, edges and spine browned, some marks. Latimore & Haskell pp34/ (RACKHAM, Arthur). WAGNER, Richard. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour. London: William Heinemann First edition, 4to, x, 160 pp. 34 coloured plates, tipped in onto stiff paper with captioned tissues, some occasional light foxing to text leaves, pictorial endpapers, later bookplate to fly leaf verso. Original gilt decorated brown buckram, spine faded, some marking RACKHAM, Arthur. Arthur Rackham s Book of Pictures. With an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. London: William Heinemann (1923). 4to, 43, (1) pp. 44 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues, marginal browning to the mounts and the tissues throughout, light creasing to frontispiece, signatures and later bookplate to front endpapers. Original gilt titled brown cloth, spine ends a little worn with slight fraying to the lower joint, gilt arms of the Royal Holloway College to the upper cover. SOLD 118. RANSOME, Arthur. Pigeon Post. London: Jonathan Cape (1936). First edition, 8vo, 383, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, map endpapers, contemporary inscription to half title. Original green cloth, spine ends very slightly worn RICHARDS, Frank. Billy Bunter s Barring-Out. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. (1948). First edition, 8vo, (iv), 236 pp. One coloured plate plus black and white illustrations in the text, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some light marks, spine a little rubbed RICHARDS, Frank. Billy Bunter Butts In. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. (1951). First edition, 8vo, 234, (6 advertisement) pp. Coloured frontispiece plus black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, top of spine rubbed, tiny hole to the lower wrapper. 85

20 121. RICHARDS, Frank. Billy Bunter and the Blue Mauritius. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. (1952). First edition, 8vo, 238, (2 advertisement) pp. Coloured frontispiece plus black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, with a couple of marks, d.w., not price clipped, some light soiling and a few minor tears, small number to foot of spine RICHARDS, Frank. Bunter Out of Bounds. Illustrations by C.H. Chapman. London: Cassell (1959). First edition, 8vo, vi, 215, (1) pp. Coloured frontispiece plus black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some light soiling otherwise very good RICHARDS, Frank. Billy Bunter at Butlin s. Illustrations by C.H. Chapman. London: Cassell (1961). First edition, 8vo, vi, 217, (1) pp. Coloured frontispiece plus black and white illustrations in the text, faint marks from tape to the free endpapers - not affecting the flaps of the wrapper. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some minor marks, a very good copy RICHARDS, Frank. Bunter s Last Fling. Illustrations by C.H. Chapman. London: Cassell (1965). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 184 pp. Coloured frontispiece plus black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some minor marks, and scuffing ROSSETTI, Christina. Speaking Likenesses. With pictures thereof by Arthur Hughes. London: Macmillan and Co First edition, 8vo, viii, 94 pp. Frontispiece and 11 illustrations, foxing to front and rear blanks, bookplate of Mary Campbell Crum. Original blue cloth, gilt titles and illustration to upper cover, spine dull and rubbed, ends a little worn, a.e.g. 200 Colbeck II p690 - never reprinted. See also item ROSSETTI, Christina G. Sing-Song. A Nursery Rhyme Book. With... illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. London: Macmillan and Co vo, xiv, 135, (1) pp. 120 black and white illustrations. Original gilt titled blue cloth, spine dull with some rubbing, t.e.g. First published [THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. Doctor Birch & his young friends. By Mr. M.A. Titmarsh. London: Chapman & Hall First edition, 8vo, (iv), 49, (1, 1 advertisement, 1) pp. Hand coloured second title and 15 hand coloured plates, signature and bookseller s blind stamp to fly leaf. Original decorative pale pink boards, some marks, spine lacking pieces to ends, a.e.g. 75 Shepherd 102. Johnson XVI. Osborne II p949.