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THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: FINE PRINTING & PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS, THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DAVID CHAMBERS

Thursday 9th July 2026

AUCTION NO. 118

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: FINE PRINTING & PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS, THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DAVID CHAMBERS

Thursday 9th July 2026, 10.30am and 2pm

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MORNING SESSION: Commencing 10.30am

David Chambers (1930-2025)

My father, David Chambers, began collecting aged nine with the Nelson’s Classics, however, his serious bibliomania started at the age of 16 when he made this observation in one of the notebooks he kept: 7th July 1946

Non Fiction: Books in Bottles – WC Clifford – an excellent book. Full of priceless gems of poetry, sometimes slightly vulgar, sometimes otherwise. Makes me think I shall start collecting old books (7/7/46). Very amusing, gossipy work which I think I must get as soon as possible. (Published Geoffrey Bles, Suffolk St, Pall Mall, London) (The Curious in Literature).

Dad was born in 1930 and built his ﬁrst printing press with his father, to print Monopoly money, ephemera and cards. His early love of books developed further when he began working at Lloyd’s of London in 1946 – his favourite bookshops were very close to the Lloyd’s building and were frequented regularly. As a result his hunger for books grew as he was introduced to ﬁne printing. Over the years privately printed books, printed in private homes, became his main interest/ obsession. This resulted in his recently published magnum opus Early Private Presses 1730 to 1900.

Dad was a polymath who found almost everything interesting. His book collection was eclectic to say the least, with books about books (printing, collecting and design) and others about art, engineering, science, bookplates, chapbooks, incunabula and natural history amongst others. Not forgetting his collection of ﬁction. He also collected carvings, wood engravings, etchings, marbles, woodblocks, marbled and handmade paper, paintings, art (including some of Morris Cox’s work) and at the time of his death he had a number of small boxes with the skins of spiders that he used for his papermaking projects. He formed the Cuckoo Hill Press in 1950. A perfectionist, he became renowned for the quality of his work. A highlight was printing Bewick’s illustrations from the blocks with his friend Ian Bain. Further he was the author, printer and designer of a number of volumes including books on John Millais and Joan Hassall.

We were taught how to handle books, supporting the spine and boards as necessary with clean, dry hands. Dad’s library was the centre of the house, and books were not to be touched by anyone (including visitors) without his permission. They were often wrapped in acid free paper and shelved, where possible, behind glass, keeping them in the best condition possible.

I loved going to bookfairs with him, where I learnt how to consider value and to look at condition, and making sure there were the correct number of volumes and plates. Dad once noted that he believed there was a very special place in Hell, for those who destroy books for their illustrations.

Susan P Chambers

Wynkyn de Worde.- Voragine (Jacobus de) [LEGENDA AUREA], [translated by William Caxton], single leaf Gg1 only (f. 48), 47 lines and headline, double column, small abrasion to lower innermargin, burning to margins with subsequent fraying just touching foliation but no loss, tipped onto 20th century mount, manuscript identiﬁcation beneath “A relic from the ﬁre 1665”, framed and glazed, some chipping to frame edges, leaf 280 x 195mm., frame 400 x 290mm., [Westminster], [Wynkyn de Worde], [8 January, 1498]; and various other leaves, some from incunabula, most printed but also a single manuscript leaf from a Bible with initials in red and blue and rubricated (?French 13th century), v.s. (c.15)

£400 - 600

-. [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [COMEDIE A GUIDONE JUVENALE FAMILIARITER EXPLANATE..., edited by Guy Jouenneaux], lacking a1, 3 & 4 including title, printed in black letter, WITH EXTENSIVE CONTEMPORARY INK ANNOTATIONS TO TEXT AND MARGINS, additional early manuscript notes in Latin to front free endpaper, notes & pen trials to final leaf, early 17th century ink inscription “sum liber Jacobus Littletoni, ex dono Thomae Cotton” to front free endpaper and another “Ex libris Guliel. Hyggins ...Oxon.” to verso, first two leaves (a2 & 5) torn and frayed at edges with loss of signature to a2 and partial loss to headlines of a5, slight worming to first and last leaves, rather soiled and stained particularly q4, k5torn at inner margin extending into text but no loss, a few other minor tears and defects, contemporary English blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with roll-tooled border and large central lozenge frame within triple fillets, spine with four raised bands, rubbed, [Adams T305; ESTC S126850; STC 23885.3; USTC 500859 & 180108], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, Michael Morini and John Bray and by Josse Badius in Paris], [15 July 1504]; with a file of photocopies of the missing leaves, notes etc. by Chambers regarding the book, folio (2)

⁂ Very rare edition of Terence’s comedies printed in Paris for Wynkyn de Worde and in a typical contemporary binding. The handsome layout across two pages presents the text in the centre surrounded by commentary in a smaller font on the three external sides. USTC records only 3 copies (BL, Oxford and Bibliothèque de l’Arsènal in Paris); Library Hub adds a copy in Cambridge, which was described by E.G.Duﬀ in 1906 as being the only known copy. (Duﬀ The printers, stationers and booksellers of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535, Cambridge, 1906 p. 206). The copy in the British library, presented in 1920, is bound by the ‘Dragon binder’.

PROVENANCE. ?Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet of Conington (1594-1662), graduated with BA from Broadgates Hall, Oxford in 1616; James Littleton (1594-1645), of Munslow, Salop., lawyer and brother of Sir Edward, Lord Littleton, Chief Justice of North Wales; William Higgins (c.1600-66), clergyman, Archdeacon of Derby 1641 until his death.

£4,000 - 6,000

Mela (Pomponius) & others. [DE SITU ORBIS...], guide spaces for initials, faint early ink inscription to verso of title with some staining (detached at head), a little browned, later ink inscriptions, contemporary morocco with double fillet and corner ornaments in gilt, spine gilt, contemporary red & white patterned pastepaper endpapers, rubbed, spine ends slightly worn, [EDIT 16 CNCE 27957], Toscolano, Alessandro Paganini, 1521 § Erasmus (Desiderius) Moriae encomium, engraved pictorial title, a little soiled, final leaf laid down, contemporary calf with triple fillet in blind, rubbed, short split to spine, Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1629, 16mo (2)

£250 - 350

Vergilius Maro (Publius) [OPERA] VERGILIUS CUM COMETARIIS ET FIGURIS...BUCOLICA, GEORGICA, AENEIS , lacking quire 3f at end (5ﬀ. text and Table), title in red & black with ﬁne woodcut architectural border featuring Roman authors to sides and Muses at foot either side of Giunta lily in red, woodcut initials and 170 woodcut illustrations, some signed ‘L’, many large, contemporary ink inscription to head of title and with annotations or doodles to margins of a few leaves, title stained and frayed at edges (reinforced), some other soiling and staining, a few other marginal repairs, small ink and embossed stamps to corner of front free endpapers, later notes in pencil to endpapers, later vellum with central Giunta lily to boards, a little soiled, [Adams V470; EDIT 16 CNCE 48256; Mortimer, Italian 525], folio, [Venice, Lucantonio Giunta], [1522].

⁂ Second Giunta edition, the ﬁrst published in 1519, and illustrated with woodcuts derived from the 1502 Strasbourg edition printed by Grüninger.

£800 - 1,200

Ovidius Naso (Publius) FASTORUM LIBRI DILIGENTI EMENDATIONE Typis impresse aptissimisque figuris ornate..., title with woodcut strapwork border, commentary printed in double column around central text, 6 woodcut illustrations (one at head of each book), lightly browned, some worming, mostly to lower margin, damp-staining at end causing tears and slight loss to final two leaves (final leaf laid down), old boards, black roan label, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, [EDIT 16 CNCE 27976], small 4to, Alessandro Paganini, Toscolano, 1527.

£300 - 400

Castiglione (Baldassare) IL LIBRO DEL CORTEGIANO ., second Aldine edition, italic type, initial spaces with guide letters, lacking title and final leaf (both leaves supplied in neat pen & ink facsimile with printer’s device), also lacking blank a8 at end of preliminaries, some very light soiling and staining, bookplate of William Gordon Ross of Royal Engineers, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed, spine faded, upper cover lacking cornerpiece, [EDIT 16 CNCE 10063], Venice, heirs of Aldo Manuzio & heirs of Andrea Torresano, 1533 § Catullus (Gaius Valerius),Tibullus & Propertius. [Opera], FIRST ALDINE EDITION, second issue with “Propertius” spelt correctly on title, italic type, initial spaces with guide letters, A2 lacking portion from outer margin touching a couple of letters (repaired), lacking final leaf with additional title but with penultimate colophon leaf, with extensive annotations in neat contemporary hand particularly to final leaves (slightly trimmed), later boards, [EDIT 16 CNCE 10356], Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502, 8vo (2)

⁂ David Chambers noted in ‘Collecting Fine Printing’, his ﬁrst article for The Private Library, (April 1961, reprinted Autumn 2023), that he bought the Castiglione “set entirely in the tight Aldine italic, made the more cramped by the sixty or so tied letters in the fount, for £3 3s. (an early, and poor buy, for the title and colophon are in pen facsimile”.

£600 - 800

Erasmus (Desiderius, editor) OMNIA QUAM ANTEHAC EMENDATORIA .., 2 parts in 1, woodcut printer’s device to titles and verso of ﬁnal leaf, woodcut initials, with Vv8 blank but lacking α2-4 (6pp. preface by Erasmus following title), with contemporary ink annotations throughout, some extensive with Index to rear free endpaper, Erasmus’s name on title and head-lines to following leaves crossed out causing some holes, rather browned with occasional marginal soiling, title and ﬁnal leaf of text lightly frayed and with a few small holes to margins (title reinforced), new free endpapers but lower hinge broken, contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, [Adams S 2025; VD 16 E3647], folio, Basel, Froben, 1533.

⁂ Third edition of this collection of Roman historians describing the lives of Roman emperors, edited by Erasmus and Egnatius.

£400 - 600

Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) DUODECIM CAESARES EX ERASMI RECOGNITIONE, 2 parts in 1, title with printer’s woodcut device, some criblé initials, others with guide letters in spaces, contemporary ink inscription to title, lightly soiled, modern morocco-backed cloth, Paris, Simon de Colines, 1543; and a 1545 Cicero printed by Colines, 8vo et infra (2)

⁂ David Chambers notes in ‘Collecting Fine Printing’, his ﬁrst article for The Private Library, (April 1961, reprinted Autumn 2023), that he bought the Suetonius for thirty shillings [in 1958].

£300 - 400

Contarini (Gasparo) DE ELEMENTIS & EORUM MIXTIONIBUS LIBRI QUINQUE, FIRST EDITION, with ﬁnal blank, old ink inscriptions to title and front pastedown, some very light water-staining, contemporary limp vellum with ties, yapp edges, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed and browned, lacking ties, [Adams C2563; USTC 149967], 1548 § Gaigny (Jean de) Psalmi Davidici septuaginta quinque, in lyricos versus..., contemporary ink inscription to foot of title, lightly stained, later calfbacked marbled boards, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, [USTC 149866], 1547, both titles with woodcut printer’s device, italic type, initial spaces with guide letters, 8vo, Paris, Nicolas le Riche (2)

⁂ Both printed at the private press of Jean de Gagny by his nephew Nicolas le Riche. The italic type was commissioned by de Gagny from Charles Choﬃn of Tours and is deliberately reminiscent of the Aldine. De Gagny was a great admirer of Aldus and the printer’s double anchor device also reﬂects this.

£600 - 800

Alciato (Andrea) EMBLEMATA, italic type, title within ornate woodcut architectural border, numerous woodcut emblems and 14 illustrations of trees attributed to P. Eskrich, all within architectural borders of various designs, contemporary ink inscription to foot of title, interleaved copy, with long manuscript Latin note opposite C3 ‘Gratiam referendam’ emblem dated 1561 (portion cut away from lower outer corner), further notes to rear free endpaper, a little browned and stained, some light water-staining towards end, nineteenth century vellum with double gilt ﬁllet, red morocco label, a little soiled, [Landwehr 52; cf. Praz p.250 & Mortimer French 16], 8vo, Lyons, [Macé Bonhomme for] Guillaume Rouillé, 1551.

⁂ The first emblem book, first published without the author ’s consent in Augsburg in 1531. This is a slightly amended reprint of the 1550 edition, which is often described as the first ‘complete’ one.

£500 - 700

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[Olympiodorus Alexandrinus.] [OLYMPIODŌROU PHILOSOPHOU ALEXANDREŌS EIS TA METEŌRA TOU ARISTOTELOUS YPOMNEMATA], vol.1 only (of 2: Greek text, without vol.2 in Latin), lacking title with dedication to verso, ﬁrst leaf of text with woodcut head-piece, woodcut initials and diagrams, woodcut Aldine device to verso of ﬁnal leaf, some soiling and staining, A2-B2 defective at lower outer corner with slight loss (A3 more severely), I6 verso soiled with some wear, O1 & P1 torn, a couple of diagrams cropped, nineteenth century diced calf with central gilt arms, red roan label, rubbed, [EDIT 16 CNCE 47146], small folio, Venice, Aldus, 1551; sold not subject to return

£400 - 600

Ovidius Naso (Publius) I FASTI DI OVIDIO tratti alla lingua volgare per Vincenzo Cartari Regiano, italic type, title with printer’s woodcut device, worming to lower outer margin of some leaves (repaired), some light staining, engraved armorial bookplate of Rt. Hon. Wilmot Earl of Lisburne, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, upper cover spotted, [EDIT 16 CNCE 53576], Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1551 § [Sansovino (Francesco)] Le Osservationi della Lingua Volgare di Diversi Huomini Illustri, mostly italic type, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, rubbed, spine wormed and lacking most of label, [EDIT 16 CNCE 47166], Venice, Sansovino, 1562, 8vo (2)

⁂ Chambers notes in ‘Collecting Fine Printing’, his ﬁrst article for The Private Library, (April 1961, reprinted Autumn 2023), that the Ovid shows “the ﬁne smaller italic of the calligraphic Vicentino school and also the larger italic, spoilt, as A.F.Johnson so rightly says, by ugly thick faced roman capitals” but he bought it for a pound.

£300 - 400

Doni (Antonio Francesco) IL MONDI...LIBRO PRIMO, FIRST EDITION, title with large woodcut of the seven worlds, smaller devices on section titles and numerous woodcut portraits and illustrations, some in cartouches, woodcut initials, lacking O3 (f.55), R3 torn aﬀecting woodcuts but no loss, light water-staining towards end, later vellum, red morocco label, [Adams D825; EDIT 16 CNCE 17693; Mortimer, Italian 166], small 4to, Francesco Marcolini, Venice, 1552.

⁂ Description of seven imaginary worlds or heavens including a utopia inﬂuenced by Thomas More. A second volume describing seven hells was published the following year.

£200 - 300

Diodorus Siculus. BIBLIOTHEKES ISTORIKES [graece]...Bibliothecae historicae libri quindecim de quadraginta, Greek text, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials, old ink initials to head of title, contemporary ink annotations in Greek & Latin in small neat contemporary hand to margins, lightly browned, title torn at inner margin, worming to upper margins, a few stains, engraved armorial bookplate of D.K.Sandford Esq., contemporary panelled calf with triple gilt ﬁllets in gilt & blind and central oval ornament tooled in gilt, spine gilt, rather worn, lacking ties, spine defective, covers detached, later endpapers, [Adams D472; GLN 15-16 2114; Renouard 11; Schreiber 147 “a beautifully printed and impressive volume”], folio, [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1559.

⁂ Editio princeps of most of the Greek text of Diodorus of Sicily’s world history.

£500 - 700

Du Choul (Guillaume) DISCORSO DELLA RELIGIONE ANTICA DE ROMANI...; Discorso soopra la Castrametatione, e Disciplina Militare de Romani...con i Bagni..., 2 parts in 1, second edition, titles with woodcut architectural border, woodcut head-pieces and initials, folding letterpress plan of Roman military camp with small woodcuts, numerous woodcut illustrations, some full-page, with blank o4 in second part, browned, some staining (mostly marginal), plan torn, modern bookplate of William Gordon Ross of Royal Engineers, with sheet of notes by David Chambers loosely inserted, contemporary vellum, old morocco label to spine, rubbed and soiled, a few worn holes, spine defective at ends (repaired at head), [EDIT 16 CNCE 17824], folio, Lyons, Guillaume Rouillé, 1559.

⁂ Study of Roman customs including military arts (soldiers & uniforms, camps, machines of war), coins & medals, and Roman baths.

£400 - 600

Fortiﬁcation.- Alghisi (Galasso) DELLE FORTIFICATIONI, FIRST EDITION, lacking title, blank *4 and ﬁnal blank 3B8, pictorial woodcut initials, with 39 engraved plans of fortresses within text, 20 double-page, damp-staining at end, bookplate of William Gordon Ross of Royal Engineers, eighteenth century calf, spine gilt in compartments with elephant motifs, lacking label, rubbed, split to upper joint, spine ends and corners a little worn, [EDIT 16 CNCE 1140], folio, [Venice, Grazioso Percacino], [1570].

£400 - 600

France.- Chalmers (David) HISTOIRE ABBREGEE DE TOUS LES ROYS DE FRANCE, ANGLETERRE ET ESCOSSE avec la recerche tant des singularitez plus remarquables concernant l’estat d’Escosse: que de la succession des femmes aux biens, & gouvernement des Empires & Royaumes, 3 works in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, third work bound before the second, titles to second & third works with woodcut Aldine device, ﬁrst work title with ink inscription and later manuscript note tipped to gutter, ﬁrst work with light water-staining, second & third works trimmed at head, sometimes into headline, light browning, bookplates, upper hinge cracked but holding, later red morocco by Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh, g.e., few light marks, little rubbed, [Adams C1312], Paris, Jean Febvrier [parts 2 & 3 Robert Coulombel, à l’enseigne d’Alde], 1579; and others, French, various subjects, v.s. (c.25)

⁂ The three works issued both together and separately. This edition was also issued with the names of Robert Colombel and Michel Gadouleau in the imprint (all three are named in the privilege, which appears at the end of the third work).

£300 - 400

Rosinus (Joannes) ROMANARUM ANTIQUITATUM LIBRI DECEM , title with woodcut printer’s device (with variant to verso of ﬁnal leaf), woodcut initials, 2 double-page woodcut plans of Rome and a Roman encampment, browned, some soiling and staining, old half vellum over marbled boards, rather worn, lacking corner-pieces, [Adams R798; VD16 R 3156], folio, Basel, heirs of Petrus Perna for Conrad Waldkirch, 1583.

£300 - 400

Judaica.- [Willet (Andrew)] DE UNIVERSALI ET NOVISSIMA IUDAEORUM VOCATIONE .., FIRST EDITION, title with woodcut device, woodcut headpieces and initials, title lightly soiled with wormhole to inner margin, light browning or staining, ﬁnal leaf slightly frayed at fore-edge, old half calf, red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, corners and spine ends worn, [ESTC S100643; STC 25675], 4to, Cambridge, John Legate, 1590.

£200 - 300

Numismatics.- [Hulsius (Levinus) XII PRIMORUM CAESARUM ET LXIIII

IPSORUM UXORUM ET PARENTUM EX ANTIQUIS NUMISMATIBUS], lacking title, numerous engraved illustrations of Roman coins within elaborate cartouches, woodcut initials, some light staining, eighteenth century blind-stamped calf, spine gilt, lacking label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, [VD16 H 5875], Frankfurt, Johann Kollitz, 1597 § [Rouillé (Guillaume) Promptuaire des medalles des plus renommees personnes qui ont esté depuis le commencement du monde], 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, lacking title to ﬁrst part and ﬁnal blank at end of second part, numerous woodcuts, lightly browned, later calf-backed boards with vellum tips, spine gilt, rubbed, particularly spine, split to upper joint, [Lyons, Rouillé], [1553], 4to; sold not subject to return (2)

£300 - 400

[Colonna (Francesco)] LE TABLEAU DES RICHES INVENTIONS COUVERTES DU VOILE DES FEINTES AMOUREUSES, qui sont representees dans le Songe de Poliphile, translated by Beroalde, later issue with arms of Louis XIII incorporated in woodcut headpiece to dedication and no privilege, fine engraved allegorical title (very slightly frayed at lower edge and laid down), with blank 5*4, woodcut floriated initials, numerous woodcut illustrations, several full-page (one or two shaved at foot), lightly browned with occasional spotting, final leaf also laid down, engraved armorial bookplates, nineteenth century calf with floral border tooled in blind, a little rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine in compartments and preserving old roan label, [cf. Mortimer, Harvard French 148 & USTC 12600 (1600 edition)], 4to, Paris, Matthieu Guillemot, 1600 [but after 1610].

⁂ A good copy of Béroalde’s translation of Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ﬁrst published by Aldus in Venice in 1499, with an emphasis on its alchemical content. The phalluses in the woodcuts on ﬀ.68 & 120 are unmutilated.

£1,500 - 2,000

Bible, English. HOLY BIBLE (THE) CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW, general & NT titles within elaborate woodcut borders, occasional early ink marks or doodles, including to NT title, odd small marginal chips or tears, a few with loss to few letters, trimmed quite close at fore-edge, sometimes just shaving printed side-notes, some soiling, light browning, [STC 2289.5], Robert Barker & John Bill, 1630 BOUND WITH some incomplete preliminary material, Genealogies & Whole Booke of Psalmes, together in 1 vol., 18th & 19th century manuscript family records to front free endpapers, later calf, very worn, covers detached; and others, religion, including The Book of Common Prayer with border designs and chromolithographed plates by Owen Jones (1845), v.s. (18)

£400 - 600

Fortification.- Hugo (Hermann) LE SIEGE DE LA VILLE DE BREDA, CONQUISE PAR LES ARMES DU ROY PHILIPPE IV..., translated by Philippe Chifflet, FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, engraved allegorical title by C.Galle, woodcut initials, 7 double-page engraved plates and plans, 8 engraved illustrations, 6 full-page, large woodcut printer’s device to verso of final leaf, one or two spots but a good clean copy, modern bookplate of William Gordon Ross of Royal Engineers, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, red morocco label, new endpapers, folio, Antwerp, Plantin, 1631.

£400 - 600

[Trigault (Nicolas)] REGNI CHINENSIS DESCRIPTIO, 2 engraved full-page illustrations, title and illustration hand-coloured (some show-through to other illustration and *2), woodcut initials and decorations, Z1-2A3 rubbed and torn (aﬀecting text in places), light surface soiling and a few marks, near contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old spine, [Willems 486], 1639 § Clüver (Philipp) Sicilia Antiqua, half-title, 5 double-page engraved maps, bookplate, endpapers loose, large tears to half-title, 2A1, 2C4 & 2V3 (somewhat aﬀecting text at times), a few smaller tears elsewhere, water-staining throughout, cracking at hinges, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints starting to split, 1619, engraved titles, extremities rubbed, bumped and chipped, [STCN 832763837; 832941581], Leiden, Elzevier; and various others relating to travel and similar, including a manuscript of Buddhist interest, v.s. (19)

£400 - 600

Chifflet (Philippe) SACROSANCTI ET OECUMENICI CONCILII TRIDENTINI, engraved title, 3 engraved portrait illustrations, woodcut initials, P2, L4, L9 & P11 with tears (untorn duplicates of these ff. at end), a few other small marginal tears elsewhere, some marginal water-staining to a few ff, light surface soiling and the odd mark, cracking at gutter, else a very clean copy, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old spine, joints cracked, rubbed and bumped, Antwerp, Balthasar Moretus, 1640; and others relating to religion, humanism, and classics, 16th-17th century, v.s. (37)

£400 - 600

Charles I (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1600-49) LETTER SIGNED TO COLONEL ROBERT ELLICE THANKING HIM FOR RAISING A REGIMENT AND INFORMING HIM OF HIS APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES GILMOR AS SEREGEANT MAJOR, D.s., “Charles R”, 1p. with conjugate blank and address panel, small tear slightly aﬀecting one word, folds, folio, Oxford, 12th January 1642.

⁂ The start of the Civil War.

£1,000 - 1,500

Fortiﬁcation.- Goldman (Nicolas) LA NOUVELLE FORTIFICATION, FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, engraved allegorical title by A.Matham, woodcut head-pieces and initials, numerous engraved illustrations and diagrams, modern bookplate of William Gordon Ross of Royal Engineers, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine ruled and titled in gilt, [Willems 587], folio, Leiden, Elzevier, 1645.

⁂ A fine copy of this work on military architecture and fortification, first published in Latin in 1643, also by Elzevier.

£400 - 600

28 Scapula (Johann) LEXICON GRAECO-LATINUM, title in red and black with woodcut printer’s device, double column, with blank [2]K8 but lacking ﬁnal blank, ownership inscription crossed-through to title, 2X6 trimmed short at foot and tipped-in (?supplied from another copy), very occasional light staining, some scattered spotting and light browning, portions of fading to endpapers, 19th century ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, later russia, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed with some wear to spine and corners, Amsterdam, J.Blaeu & L.Elzevier, 1652; and others on language, encyclopedias &c, v.s. (c.20)

£300 - 400

Heraldry.- INDEX TO THE GRANT OF ARMS: HEREFORD LIBER 4, manuscript, 62pp. excluding blanks (5pp. indenture at end dated 1652), slightly stained at head, browned, signed John Price on inside covers, original vellum wrappers, lettered direct on both covers, covers torn with some loss, soiled and stained, Phillipps Ms 13167, folio, [17th century].

£200 - 300

Browne (Sir Thomas) HYDRIOTAPHIA, URNE-BURIALL, OR, A DISCOURSE OF THE SEPULCHRALL URNES LATELY FOUND IN NORFOLK, 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved illustrations (2 full-page), with Stationer to the Reader leaf, advertisement leaf and longitudinal half-title to part 2 at end but lacking errata leaf (as often), small stain to title, neat contemporary ink inscriptions to rear free endpaper and later inscription to front endpaper, an excellent clean copy in early nineteenth century half russia, ruled in gilt, spine with compartments in blind, a little rubbed, joints cracked, slight wear to head of spine and corners, [ESTC R202039; Grolier 108; Keynes 93; Pforzheimer 110; Wing B5154], for Hen. Brome at the Signe of the Gun in Ivy-Lane, 1658; WITH JOHN CARTER’S COPY OF AN INTERLEAVED 1929 EDITION WITH HIS EXTENSIVE MANUSCRIPT NOTES ABOUT THE TEXT AND LATER EDITIONS AND COMPARISONS WITH OTHER COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION, 8vo (2)

⁂ A very good copy of Browne’s masterpiece of rhetoric. The second part is titled ‘The Garden of Cyrus. or, The Qunicunciall Lozenge, or Net-work Plantations of the Ancients, Artiﬁcially, Naturally, and Mystically Considered’.

£1,000 - 1,500

Browne (Sir Thomas) THE WORKS OF THE LEARNED SR. THOMAS BROWN, KT Doctor of Physick, late of Norwich, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, engraved portrait by R.White, title in red & black, woodcut ornaments and initials, full-page engraved illustration of urns, a few leaves lightly browned, NARCISUSS LUTTRELL’S COPY WITH HIS CONTEMPORARY INK INSCRIPTION to front free endpaper, ALSO GEOFFREY KEYNE’S COPY WITH HIS PENCIL INSCRIPTION AND SMALL BOOK-LABEL “EX DONO GEOFFREY KEYNES”, a good clean copy, contemporary panelled calf ruled in blind with ornaments to corners, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, a few scuffs to upper cover, slight wear to spine ends and joints (some repairs), [ESTC R19807; Sabin 8677; Wing B5150], for Tho. Bassett [& others], 1686 § Bacon (Sir Francis) Resuscitatio, or Bringing into the Publick Light several Pieces of the Works Civil, Historical, Philosophical, and Theological, hitherto Sleeping, 2 parts in 1, third edition, 2 engraved portraits of Bacon, one by Wenceslaus Hollar, 3N4 blank, NARCISUSS LUTTRELL’S COPY WITH HIS CONTEMPORARY INK INSCRIPTION to front free endpaper, later ink signature of Joseph Bromehead to title, with contemporary ink manuscript leaf of verses bound in at title to ‘A Charge given...at a Sessions holden for the Verge’ and annotations to list of Lord Chancellors at end, some soiling and browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine, lower corners repaired, [ESTC R37049; Gibson 229; Wing B321 & 317], by S[arah]. G[ri ffi n]. and B[ennet]. G[ri ffi n]. for William Lee , 1671, folio (2)

⁂ Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), parliamentary historian and diarist, bibliographer of works concerning the Popish plot, and compiler of a large library.

Sir Geoﬀrey Keynes (1887-1982), surgeon and bibliographer of English literature and medical history including Sir Thomas Browne.

£600 - 800

Browne (Sir Thomas) THE WORKS, 4 parts in 1 vol., title in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait by R.White, woodcut initials and illustrations, ink ownership inscription to title, occasional ink marginalia elsewhere, small tear to frontispiece inner margin, surface soiling and toning (mostly marginal), rebacked, [ESTC R19807; Sabin 8677; Wing B5150], for Tho. Bassett [& others], 1686 § Anstey (Christopher) The New Bath Guide, new edition, PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION “TO SAMUEL ROGERS WITH THE EDITOR’S COMPLIMENTS” to front endpaper, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title by S. Williams, 5 etched plates by George Cruikshank, bookplate, spine faded, discolouration to covers, 1830, scattered spotting, some cracking at hinges, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumped and chipped; and others, mostly 18th-19th century on various subjects, v.s. (c. 60)

£300 - 400

Kreihing (Johann) EMBLEMATA ETHICO-POLITICA CARMINE EXPLICATA, FIRST EDITION, engraved additional allegorical title, engraved coat-of-arms of the Arch Duke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria surrounded by 14 small emblems, 162 engraved oval emblems, with ﬁnal blank, a good clean copy, modern calf, spine gilt, [Landwehr Low Countries 298; Praz p.389], 12mo, Antwerp, J. van Meurs, 1661.

⁂ The illustrations are a mixture of typical allegorical emblems and scenes of 17th century life in the Low Countries.

£400 - 600

Louis XIV, King of France.- MÉDAILLES SUR LES PRINCIPAUX ÉVÈNEMENTS DU RÈGNE DE LOUIS LE GRAND, avec des explications historiques, FIRST EDITION, engraved additional allegorical title containing portrait of Louis XIV by Simmoneau after Coypel (contemporary ink inscription to foot), engraved vignette title, 286 leaves of text printed on rectos only and 6pp. Index, all with engraved decorative border, each leaf of text with both sides of an engraved medal and letterpress explanation, some also with coat-of-arms or decoration at foot, without the Preface printed later (as often), ﬀ.11 & 12 slightly shorter, some browning, engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Willm. F.Fowle Middleton Bt. of Shrubland Park, contemporary calf with central gilt arms of France, spine gilt in compartments with crested monogram and red morocco label, rubbed and scuﬀed, joints and spine ends repaired, [Cohen-de Ricci 695], Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1702 § Menestrier (Claude François) Histoire du Roy Louis le Grand par les Medailles, Emblêmes..., second edition, engraved title and 61 plates or full-page illustrations including large folding plate of Place des Victoires (short tear to fold) and another folding, lightly browned, engraved armorial bookplate of Sir William Woods, Garter and presentation label to his son, another modern bookplate pasted to verso of title, contemporary calf, rather worn, Paris [Amsterdam], I.B.Nolin [Mortier], 1691, folio (2)

⁂ Medallic histories of the reign of Louis XIV. The second is a Dutch counterfeit edition following the ﬁrst edition published in Paris in 1689.

£500 - 700

Fertel (Martin Dominique) LA SCIENCE PRATIQUE DE L’IMPRIMERIE, FIRST EDITION, title in red & black with woodcut vignette, engraved coat-ofarms and 6 engraved plates including 2 of presses, most folding, folding letterpress table, woodcut head-pieces, initials and illustrations, errata leaf at end, a little browned, a few spots and stains, some short tears to plates, old ink signature to title, book-label of P.H.Chavoix, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Bigmore & Wyman I p.215 “very curious and esteemed work”], 4to, Saint Omer, Fertel, 1723.

⁂ The ﬁrst proper French printing manual, with sections on type & composition, imposition & press correction, accentuated letters & punctuation, and presswork.

£500 - 700

Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) OPERA, 2 vol., FIRST PINE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with “Post est” in medallion of Augustus on p.108 of vol.2, engraved throughout with frontispieces, title vignettes, dedications, lists of subscribers, portraits, illustrations, head & tail pieces and initials, wormhole to some leaves of lower margin of vol.2, an attractive copy in similar but not quite uniform contemporary dark green morocco tooled in gilt with rich border around central lozenge made up of ﬂowers, leaves and other small tools, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., lower joint of vol.1 neatly repaired, [Cohen-de Ricci 497; Rothschild 1546-1548], John Pine, 1733-1737 § Vergilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica et Georgica, edited by R.E.Pine, 2 vol. in 1, second Pine edition, engraved frontispieces, titles, plates, head & tail-pieces and initials by John Pine, one plate folding, light oﬀsetting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, 1774, 8vo (3)

⁂ The ﬁrst is a magniﬁcent work, entirely engraved and with subscribers including Alexander Pope, William Hogarth, William Kent, G.F.Handel and Sir Hans Sloane.

£600 - 800

Fortification.- Deidier (Abbé Nicolas) LE PARFAIT INGENIEUR FRANÇOIS, OU LA FORTIFICATION OFFENSIVE ET DÉFENSIVE, engraved allegorical frontispiece and coat-of-arms to head of dedication by Gallimard after Cochin fils, engraved title-vignette, 5 vignettes by Soubeyran after Sebastien Le Clerc and 50 folding engraved plates and plans, light marginal soiling, modern contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, Paris, C.-A.Jombert, 1742 § Muller (John) Treatise Containing the Elementary Part of Fortification, Regular and Irregular, FIRST EDITION, 34 engraved plates, all but one folding, contemporary calf, THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH’S COPY with his engraved bookplate and central gilt ‘B’ surmounted by coronet to covers, spine gilt, rubbed & scuffed, joints split, head of spine worn, J. Nourse, 1746, both with bookplate of William Gordon Ross of Royal Engineers, 4to & 8vo (2)

£300 - 400

Printing Ephemera.- Caslon (William) A SPECIMEN ., double-page type specimen from Chambers’ ‘Cyclopaedia’, 495 x 390mm., disbound with stab-holes and tears to central fold not affecting text, light offsetting, [1743] § Broadside from ‘The Handwriting Manual’ of Wolfgang Fugger, cut on wood by Elliot Offner, Artist’s Proof, 355 x 300mm., titled and dated in pencil, light foxing, 1975 § Lincoln (Abraham) Thought for Today (and Tomorrow), one of 100 copies, 480 x 330mm., printed in red & black with wood-engraving by Diana Bloomfield, Esher, Penmiel Press, 1979 § Prospectus for Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’, 3ff. including signed screenprint ‘Nun’ by Ron King, 530 x 355mm., Alecto Editions, 1967 § Mortimer (Ian) [Nude Girl in Hat], woodcut, 515 x 320mm., numberd 37/75 and signed in pencil, 1969, occasional light spotting; and others including a box mostly printed by Ian Mortimer of I.M.Imprimit, v.s. (sm.qty)

£200 - 300

Frescobaldi (Johannis Baptist) DIATRIBA, QUAE SIT OPTIMUS METHODUS REFORMANDI CORRUPTOS HOMINUM MORES IN ECCLESIA, manuscript in Italian, 85pp., folds, slightly browned, original marbled wrappers, remains of Dutch ﬂoral wrappers on lower cover, Phillipps Ms. 18540, n.d., [c.1750].

⁂ An ecclesiastical treatise dedicated to Cardinal Pietro Aloysius Caraﬀa, a prominent chaplain to Pope Clement XI.

£200 - 300

Gray (Thomas) DESIGNS BY MR. R. BENTLEY, FOR SIX POEMS , FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with “Drawings, &c.” on half-title, mostly printed on rectos only, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, head- & tail-pieces and initials by Grignion and Muller after Bentley, 4pp. ‘Explanation of the Prints’ by Horace Walpole bound at end, lightly browned, book-label of Eric Quayle, modern calf, spine gilt in compartments with urn motifs, spine very slightly rubbed, [Hazen 42; Rothschild 1061], folio, for R.Dodsley, 1753.

⁂ Handsome work produced by Horace Walpole and featuring ﬁne rococo illustrations.

£200 - 300

Boccaccio (Giovanni) IL DECAMERONE ., 5 vol., engraved pictorial titles, portrait, 110 plates and tail-pieces after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen, a few plates in vol.5 with small paraph stamp on verso to lower outer corner, K1 in vol.3 torn but no loss (neatly repaired), engraved bookplate with monogram FC/CF, HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO WITH TRIPLE GILT FILLET AND SMALL FLOWERHEAD TO CORNERS, ?BY DERÔME LE JEUNE, spines richly gilt in compartments with birds, ﬂowers, stars and dots and tan morocco labels, very slightly rubbed and marked, corners a little bumped, vol.4 with small gouge to head of spine, [Cohen-de Ricci 158], 8vo, Londra [Paris], 1757.

⁂ An excellent clean copy of this elegant work in a very attractive binding which, according to a pencil note in vol.1, is by Derôme le jeune, identiﬁed by the tool of the bird with outstretched wings on the spine.

£1,500 - 2,000

Colour Printing.- [Caraccioli (Louis Antoine de)] LE LIVRE DE QUATRE COULEURS, printed in yellow, blue, brown and red, half-title, title with engraved vignette in black, small stain to G1, modern bookplate of Robert Gabbani by C.Costantini, contemporary half sheep over paste-paper boards, spine ruled in gilt, preserved in slip-case, aux Quatre-Elements, de l’Imprimerie des Quatre-Saisons, 4444 [?1757]; another issue, printed in yellow, blue, brown and red, half-title, title with engraved vignette in black, variant with “comme le” at end of ﬁrst page of Preface and additional leaf in D gathering and blank D6, [?1757]; Le Livre a la Mode, printed in red, En Europe, chez les libraires, 100070060 [1760]; Le Livre a la Mode, printed in green, a Verte-Feuille, de l’Imprimerie du Printemps, au Perroquet, l’Anne Nouvelle, [1759], the last three works together in 1 vol., no endpapers, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, lacking label, spine rather worn and slightly defective, preserved in card wrapper, [Paris, Duchesne], 8vo (2)

⁂ Charming works satirising contemporary fashion and manners, printed in colours and including the imprints in the colour themes, with two issues of each work.

£300 - 400

Papermaking & Printing.- De la Lande (J.J.) ART DE FAIRE LE PAPIER, from ‘Description des Arts et Métiers...de l’Academie Royale des Sciences’, no title, 150pp., half-title, 14 engraved plates, one folding, [?1761] bound after a collection of other similar extracts from Diderot & d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, comprising Écriture, 16pp, 16 engraved plates; Fonderie en Caracteres d’Imprimerie, 3pp. list of plates, 8 engraved plates; Imprimerie en Caracteres, 12pp. list of plates, 19 engraved plates; Imprimerie en Taille-Douce, 1p. list of plates, 2 engraved plates; [Gravure], 2 engraved plates; Papeterie, 1p. list of plates, 14 engraved plates, one double-page, ﬁnal plate with short tear to fore-edge repaired, together all bound in 1 vol., some light browning, mostly to text, plates with occasional light spotting or marginal soiling, A.N.L.MUNBY’S COPY WITH HIS BOOK-LABEL, modern half buckram, spine faded, folio, Paris ⁂ A.N.L.Munby (1913-74), librarian, bibliographer and book-collector, author of 5 vol. Phillipps Studies about Sir Thomas Phillipps and his collecting, 1951-60.

£300 - 400

La Fontaine (Jean de) CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS, 2 vol., half-titles, ruled in red, engraved portraits by Ficquet of the author after Rigault and the artist after Vispré, engraved title-vignettes, 80 fine engraved plates after Eisen, 4 other engraved vignettes and numerous tail-pieces by Choffard, with 8pp. Avis au Relieur bound at end of vol.2, occasional light foxing with a couple of plates browned, magnificent early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l’ainé with his ticket, covers with rich neoclassical roll-tooled border in gilt of Greek key and other tools, spines gilt in compartments with leaves and central oval ornament surrounded by small circles, dots and stars, inner gilt dentelles, pink silk moiré linings with decorative gilt borders, g.e., spines a little faded, very slight wear to corners, [Cohen-de Ricci 558], 8vo, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762.

⁂ A beautiful copy of these tales by La Fontaine, known as the Fermiers Généraux edition, with charmingly risqué rococo plates by Eisen but in a splendid neoclassical binding by Bradel, who was the nephew and successor of Derôme le jeune.

£2,000 - 3,000

Fournier (Pierre-Simon) MANUEL TYPOGRAPHIQUE, utile aux gens de lettres, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title in vol.1 (all called for), engraved frontispieces by Fessard after Gravelot and De Seve, titles with ornamental borders, 16 folding engraved plates, 5 folding sheets of music printed on both sides including one in red & black, very occasional spotting or marginal staining, leaves brittle with a few chipped at edges, old armorial bookplate of John Dean Bishop, modern book-labels of publishers Alfred A.Knopf Inc. of New York and book- & type-designer T.M.Cleland of Danbury, Conn., modern navy morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, g.e., spines slightly faded, [Updike, Printing Types I, p.260], 8vo, Paris, for the author, Barbou, 1764-66.

⁂ Fournier’s most important work, envisaged as four volumes but on his death only these two had been completed (the second volume was originally intended to be the fourth). The first volume discusses typefounding and punchcutting with the folding plates illustrating the tools then used in those processes; the second volume is basically a type specimen book with 303 full page specimens (including 101 ancient and modern alphabets and five folding engraved plates of music) . “The most useful information about type and typefounding which could be got together when he wrote, and the first successful endeavour to place the measurements of types on a rational basis.” (Updike.)

£750 - 1,000

Bewley (William, surgeon apothecary and writer, 1726-1783) 4 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED “NOV-ANTIQUUS” & “WILLIAM BEWLEY” TO RALPH GRIFFITHS EDITOR OF THE MONTHLY REVIEW, together 7pp., sm. 4to & 170 x 183mm., 20th December 1766 - [2nd March 1768] & n.d., offering some reviews of books for the Monthly Review, responding to an offer to become a regular reviewer of books and his acceptance of the offer for “four pounds for every printed sheet of the Review 5s p page for every page that any article makes”, folds, browned; and 4 manuscript fragments of notes in German, v.s., v.d. (8).

⁂ “[Bewley] practised as a surgeon apothecary in Great Massingham, but is better known for his contribution, which spanned twenty years, of articles and reviews to the Monthly Review. Although he spent most of his life in Norfolk, he corresponded with many eminent thinkers of his day, including Joseph Priestley, Cesare Beccaria, John Hunter, and Thomas Reid. He was a particular friend of Charles Burney, who frequently sought Bewley’s opinions and advice, admiring his knowledge of science and literature.” - Oxford DNB.

Ralph Griﬃths (1720?-1803), journal editor and bookseller.

£300 - 400

Morogues (Sebastien-Francois Bigot) NAVAL TACTICS; OR, A TREATISE OF EVOLUTIONS AND SIGNALS ., FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, with 18 folding engraved plates (rather than the usual 8), folding letterpress table, small ink stain to title, light browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, W.Johnston, 1767 § Choiseul (E.F., Duc de) Mémoires..., 2 vol. in 1, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine ends chipped, Chanteloup & Paris, Buisson, 1790 § Giraud (P.F.F.J.) The Campaign of Paris, in 1814, FIRST EDITION, folding engraved map and plan of Paris (lightly foxed and oﬀset), engraved armorial bookplate of Charles Chaplin of Blankney, contemporary diced calf, worn, covers detached, spine defective, 1815 § Thrush (Thomas) The Last Thoughts of a Naval Oﬃcer, on the Unlawfulness of War, &c., FIRST EDITION, a little soiled, lacking rear free endpaper, original blind-stamped cloth, spine worn, 1841, 4to & 8vo (4)

⁂ The Duc de Choiseul (1719-85) was a French army oﬃcer who later served as Chief Minister of France from 1758-70. The ﬁrst item is dedicated to him in his role of Secretary of the Marine Department.

£300 - 400

Bird (John, mathematical instrument-maker) THE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING MURAL QUADRANTS, exempliﬁed by a Description of the Brass Mural Quadrant in the Royal Observatory of Greenwich, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 3 folding engraved plates numbered I-III (?of 4), all with short tear to inner edge, half-title with contemporary ink signature of W.Wormington and frayed at lower outer corners, soiling to margins, early 20th century cloth-backed boards, [ESTC T132367; Tomash & Williams B168], 4to, W.Richardson & S.Clark; sold by John Nourse...& Mess. Mount and Page, 1768.

⁂ John Bird (1709-76) produced high quality mural quadrants and was on the committee of the Board of Longitude to assess John Harrison’s chronometer.

ESTC and Library Hub call for 4 plates but all previous copies sold at auction have contained 3 plates and the plate numbered IV is possibly part of The method of dividing astronomical instruments of 1767 with which this work is often bound.

£400 - 600

Luckombe (Philip) THE HISTORY AND ART OF PRINTING, FIRST EDITION, woodcut frontispiece of Gutenberg and illustrations, type specimens, bookplate of R.H.L.-C. de Beaumont, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine defective at foot, label chipped, W.Adlard and J.Browne, for J.Johnson, 1771 § [Davy (Charles)] Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-piece and 3 plates of scripts, 2 folding, T.Wright for T.Cadell, 1772 with Edward Bernard’s engraved ‘Tabulam of alphabets’ cut and mounted on blank leaves bound in at beginning, together 2 works in 1 vol., ﬁrst sheet loose, disbound § [Stower (Caleb)] The Printer’s Grammar...chieﬂy collected from Smith’s Edition, soiled and stained, title torn and laid down, broken, contemporary cloth, 1787; another edition, second edition, some foxing, modern half calf, 1808 § Hansard (T.C.) Typographia..., FIRST EDITION, portrait, contemporary half sheep, 1825 § Savage (William) A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, 1841, plates and illustrations, some engraved, a few folding, rubbed, 8vo (6)

⁂ Including several type and ornament specimens by Caslon, Fry and others.

£600 - 800

Erotica.- Flogging & Flagellation.- [Lolme (Jean Louis de)] THE HISTORY OF THE FLAGELLANTS, OR THE ADVANTAGES OF DISCIPLINE, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, engraved title vignette and 4 engraved plates, plate 2 with tear slightly touching image, b2-3 nearly detached, staining, Edward Morling Deighton bookplate, contemporary boards, rebacked preserving original spine, for Fielding and Walker, 1777 § Coleman (George) The Rodiad, second edition, faint surface staining, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine browned, small stain to foot of upper cover, slight wear to extremities, 1820 § The New Ladie’s Tickler; or The Adventures of Lady Lovesport and the Audacious Harry, light browning, contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbing to spine ends and corners, Paris & London, [n.d.]; and 5 others, related, 4to & 8vo (8)

£200 - 300

Delille (Abbé Jacques) LES JARDINS, OU L’ART D’EMBELLIR DES PAYSAGES, half-title, engraved vignette title, engraved plate by Laurent after Cochin, some light foxing, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine gilt with ﬂoral ornaments, g.e., Paris, Valade & Rheims, Cazin, 1782 § Tasso (Torquato) Aminta, Favola Boscareccia, engraved vignette title with decorative border, engraved head-pieces, contemporary mottled calf, worn, spine defective, Paris, Prault, 1745 § Eternueurs (Les) Poeme Parodi-Comico-Burlesque, engraved throughout with title, text & decorations, soiled, contemporary red boards, Amsterdam, 1758 § Coucy (Raoul de) Mémoires Historiques, LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved portrait, contemporary ink inscription to head (and title), musical notation, engraved bookplate of Castle Freke library, contemporary vellum ruled in blue, Paris, 1781 § Bible, Latin Evangelia, Acta Apostolorum, title with woodcut architectural border, later red morocco, gilt, spine faded, split to upper joint, Rome, A.Brugiotti, 1624, all a little rubbed, [the ﬁrst two Cohen-de Ricci 279, 979]; and an incomplete mixed set Bible bound in contemporary red morocco, gilt, mostly Rome, Brugiotti, 8vo et infra (20)

£300 - 400

B ODONI

PROSE, E VERSI PER ONORARE LA MEMORIA DI LIVIA DORIA CARAFFA Principessa del S.R. Imp. e della Rocella, FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved portraits by Morghen after Fischietti, engraved head- & tail-pieces, initials, parttitles and frames to some text, some light marginal soiling and staining, marginal tear to p.1, contemporary mottled calf with triple gilt ﬁllet, spine gilt, rubbed and scuﬀed, edges and corners a little worn, spine cracked, [Brooks 250, “Bellissimo libro”], 4to, Parma, 1784.

£300 - 400

Prudentius Clemens (Aurelius) OPERA OMNIA, 2 vol., with half-titles and errata leaves at end, engraved title-vignettes, original grey wrappers, uncut, lightly stained, rubbed, lacking backstrips, vol.1 with upper cover defective at corner and 2 holes to lower, 1788 § Vergilius Maro (Publius) L’Eneide tradotta in versi Italiani da Clemente Bondi, 2 vol., titles with engraved medallion portrait, errata leaf at end of vol.2, some light foxing, old vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut, boards a little rubbed, 1790, [Brooks 361 & 400], 4to & 8vo, Parma (4)

£400 - 600

Tasso (Torquato) AMINTA. FAVOLA BOSCHERECCIA...ora per la prima volta alla sua vera lezione ridotta, ?second edition, engraved title vignette portrait of author and arms of dedicatee Anna Malaspina, without the ‘avviso’ of Bodoni at end, some light foxing, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, repair to head of spine, [Brooks 379-380], Crisopoli [Parma], Bodoni, 1789 [?1792]; and a sammelband of late 18th/early 19th century Italian poetry bound in carta rustica, 4to (2)

⁂ “L’une des plus belles editions de Bodoni” (Renouard).

£300 - 400

[Walpole (Horace)] THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO, A GOTHIC STORY. Translated by William Marshall, Gent. From the Original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, sixth edition, half-title, 2 engraved frontispieces (lightly foxed), ruled in red throughout with wide margins, some light marginal soiling, ink inscription to front pastedown, handsome contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, Greek key inner gilt dentelles, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, spine slightly faded, [Brook 420], 4to, Parma, by Bodoni, for J.Edwards of London, 1791.

⁂ The handsome ﬁrst Parma edition, one of 300 copies and often, as here, attractively bound.

£600 - 800

Printed on vellum.- Epictetus. MANUALE DI EPITTETO VOLGARIZZATO DA ERITISCO PILENEJO, PRINTED ON VELLUM, modern half calf, spine ruled in gilt with tan morocco label, [Brooks 490, “Almeno una copia in pergamena”], small 8vo, Parma, 1793.

⁂ According to Brooks 100 copies were printed on paper, with at least one copy on vellum.

£1,000 - 1,500

Thomson (James) THE SEASONS, very occasional light spotting or soiling, bookplate of John Shelly, contemporary mottled calf with leaf pattern elaborate gilt borders of wavy vines, g.e., rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, spine ruled in gilt with green calf label, [Brooks 532], Parma, Bodoni, 1794 § Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell, 5 large woodengraved plates and 8 vignettes by Thomas or John Bewick, contemporary ink inscription “Woolsington” to outer corner of title and with engraved bookplate, very occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rather worn, [Tattersﬁeld JB50], by W.Bulmer & Co., 1795 § Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) & Aulus Persius Flaccus. Satyrae, rather dampstained towards end, [Gaskell 15], Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761 § Sallustius (C. Crispus) and L. Annaeus Florus. [Opera], FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION, half-title, lightly browned, particularly at end, [Gaskell 51], Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1773, the last two contemporary russia, gilt, the last with central gilt monogram and elaborate border in gilt & blind, all a little worn, 4to (4)

⁂ The ﬁrst is one of only a few works printed by Bodoni in English.

£300 - 500

Viviani (Niccolò) ERO, E LEANDRO, light foxing, contemporary carta rustica with traces at edges of patterned-paper which previously covered boards, 1794 § Cretense (Filandro) I Sanvitali. Prosa e Versi, small engraved device to title, light spotting or soiling, contemporary marbled wrappers, lacking backstrip, 1787 § Monti (Cavaliere Vincenzo) Odi...colla versione latina del Signor Luigi Bello, original limp boards, uncut, traces of old paper labels, 1812 § Cavriani (Federico) Poesie Varie, title with engraved medallion portrait, foxed, original glazed wrappers, uncut, soiled and frayed, spine crudely repaired, 1802, [Brooks 549-551, 338, 1122 & 858], 8vo, Parma, Bodoni (4)

£500 - 700

Bernard (Pierre-Joseph) L’ART D’AIMER, light foxing and soiling, contemporary mottled calf with triple gilt ﬁllet, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, g.e., rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, 1798 § Minzoni (Onofrio) Poesie, contemporary green paste-paper wrappers, uncut, spine worn, frayed at edges, upper wrapper detached, 1800, [Brooks 706 & 779], small 8vo, Parma, Bodoni (2)

£200 - 300

La Rochefoucauld (François, Duc de) MAXIMES ET RÉFLEXIONS MORALES, [ONE OF 125 COPIES], half-title, two small knocks to fore-edge causing slight creasing to edge of a couple of leaves, engraved armorial Foley bookplate, an excellent copy in handsome contemporary morocco with wide border and small ornaments to corners all tooled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, scuﬀ to lower cover, slight wear to spine ends, [Brooks 1104, “bellissiomo libro”], folio, Parma, Bodoni, 1811.

£300 - 400

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Anisson-Dupéron (Etienne Alexandre Jacques) PREMIER MÉMOIRE SUR L’IMPRESSION EN LETTRES, suivi de la Description d’une Nouvelle Presse executé pour le service du Roi, woodcut title-device, head & tail-piece, 4 folding engraved plates, light spotting and water-staining, Paris, Moutard, 1785 BOUND AFTER Schoepﬂin (J.D.) Vindiciae typographicae, woodcut coat-of-arms to title, 7 folding engraved plates, one with tear to corner (repaired), Strasbourg, J.G.Bauer, 1760, together 2 works in 1 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, corners a little worn, [Bigmore & Wyman I p.10 & II p.318], 4to

⁂ Rare. In 1783 Anisson-Dupéron, director of the Imprimerie Royale, published Déscription d’une nouvelle Presse exécutée pour le service du Roi, describing his newly-invented “presse à une coup” or one-pull press. Despite Pierre Didot also claiming to have invented a single-pull press Anisson-Dupéron’s was installed at the Imprimerie Royale. Following the Revolution he was initially appointed head of the Imprimerie Nationale but fell out of favour and was guillotined in 1794.

£600 - 800

Pierres (Philippe Denis) DESCRIPTION D’UNE NOUVELLE PRESSE D’IMPRIMERIE, FIRST EDITION, half-title, woodcut title-device and headpiece, 2 folding engraved plates, light spotting, book-label of P.H.Chavoix, original blue wrappers printed with central woodcut device and Greek key border, a little rubbed and soiled, spine slightly worn, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, [Bigmore & Wyman II p.202], 4to, Paris, chez l’auteur, 1786; and a bundle of working notes and photographs for Chambers’ JPHS article on the presses of P.D.Pierres, 4to (a box)

⁂ Description of the improved common press invented by Pierres, First Printer in Ordinary to Louis XVI, which used a cam instead of a screw to exert pressure on the platen enabling a full forme to be printed at one pull rather than two. He also invented a bellows press.

£400 - 600

Creech (William) AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM BRODIE AND GEORGE SMITH FOR BREAKING INTO, AND ROBBING, THE GENERAL EXCISE OFFICE OF SCOTLAND, second edition, half-title, 2 engraved portraits by John Kay (lightly oﬀset), old library label to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, red roan label (slightly chipped), Edinburgh, Creech, 1788 § Hawles (Sir John) The Englishman’s Right; A Dialogue between a Barrister at Law and a Juryman, exBirmingham Law Society library copy with stamps and label, bookplate of Sir Edward N.Buxton Bart., contemporary roan, gilt, g.e., rebacked, privately printed at the Free-School, Gower’s Walk, Whitechapel, 1844 § Philanthropic Society, Mile-End, established March 1803, for the Discharge of Persons conﬁned for Small Debts, and for the Temporary Relief of the Necessitous Manufacturing and Labouring Poor, in London and its Environs, additional engraved vignette title (with large ink numbers), disbound, privately printed at the Free-School, Gower’s Walk, Whitechapel, [1816] § First Report (The) of the Society, for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor, modern cloth, T.Becket, 1797 § Short Account (A) of the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships..., folding table, bound with other pamphlets (some on insurance), contemporary half calf, worming to joints, printed by J.Bryan, 1810, rubbed; and 5 others, 8vo (10)

⁂ The first recounts the trial of Deacon Brodie, a seemingly respectable citizen of Edinburgh, who was tried for burglary. His many robberies were motivated partly by the thrill and partly by the need for money to fund his gambling habits. He was finally hanged for his crimes on 1st October, 1788 after being found guilty of an armed raid on the Excise office on the Canongate in 1786.

£200 - 300

Bewick (Thomas) & associates A LARGE GROUP OF 50 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS FOR LE GRAND’S ‘FABLIAUX’ BY THOMAS AND JOHN BEWICK, LUKE CLENNELL AND CHARLTON NESBIT, boxwood, c.55 x 80mm. or smaller, some with labels (many altered), preserved loose in 6 plastic trays; and a bundle of modern pulls from the blocks on various papers printed by David Chambers and Iain Bain, a 2 vol. set of Le Grand’s Fabliaux in half green calf (1796-1800), and a folder of others, similar (sm.qty)

⁂ Chambers and Iain Bain bought the blocks in a sale at Sotheby’s in 1969. They identiﬁed most of the blocks as being by John Bewick, with a few by or partly by Thomas, and the rest by Clennell or Nesbit.

£2,000 - 3,000

Bewick (Thomas, wood-engraver, 1753-1828).- Ellis (G.) ELLIS’S NOTES TO GREGORY LEWIS WAY’S TRANSLATION OF LE GRAND’S FABLIAUX OR TALES... INTERLEAVED NOTES, [abridged from medieval French manuscripts], ?autograph manuscript drafts, numerous pp., numerous corrections, browned, loose in contemporary paper wrappers, edges chipped, sm. 4to, [1796]; and a quantity of other manuscript material relating to Fabliaux and numerous illustrations of the work by John and Thomas Bewick, v.s., v.d. (qty). ⁂ Fabliaux or tales, abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries, by M. Le Grand, selected and translated into English verse, by the late Gregory Lewis Way, Esq. With a preface, notes and appendix, by G. Ellis.

£600 - 800

Bewick (Thomas) A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved titles, illustrations and vignettes by Thomas Bewick, vol.1 lacking ﬁnal advertisement f., 2 neat tears and repairs to vol.2 p.108, some surface soiling and scattered light spotting, bound in green morocco, gilt, by Anthony Gardner OBE with his manuscript note to vol.2 rear endpaper and letters concerning his binding loosely inserted, spines gilt, spines sunned, a few marks, [ESTC N33394], Newcastle, 1797-1804; and others relating to Bewick, including a collection of bookplates designed by Bewick and others, v.s. (10)

£300 - 400

Le Grand d’Aussey (Pierre Jean-Baptiste) FABLIAUX OR TALES, ABRIDGED FROM FRENCH MANUSCRIPTS OF THE XIITH AND XIIITH CENTURIES , translated by G.L.Way, edited by G.Ellis, 3 vol., half-titles in vol.2 & 3, wood-engraved vignettes by Thomas Bewick, Nesbit and Clennell, occasional light spotting, GWEN RAVERAT’S COPY WITH HER INK SIGNATURE to front free endpapers, endpapers a little foxed (lacking part of front pastedown in vol.1), original boards, uncut and partly unopened, a little rubbed and marked, vol.1 lacking portion of paper covering from upper board, rebacked, [Tattersﬁeld TB2 167], 8vo, J.Rodwell, 1815.

⁂ Gwen Raverat (1885-1957), wood-engraver, granddaughter of Charles Darwin and cousin of the poet Frances Cornford.

£300 - 400

Bewick (Thomas) A MEMOIR, edited by Iain Bain, SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE EDITOR “FOR DAVID CHAMBERS, FROM IAIN BAIN, AUGUST 1975” to front free endpaper, title with engraved vignette, the odd mark, original cloth, spine label a little rubbed at corner, 1975 § John Bewick, A Selection of Wood Engravings, ONE OF 140 COPIES, 1980 § Luke Clennell, Bewick Apprentice, ONE OF 100 COPIES, prospectus loosely inserted, 1981, plates and/or illustrations, the last two original morocco-backed boards, uncut, a little rubbed or faded, slip-cases, Newcastle, David Esslemont; and others relating to Bewick, some limited editions and signed, along with some ephemera and loose bookplates, including the Nigel Tattersﬁeld bibliography, v.s. (c.30)

£300 - 400

Erotica.- Aretino (Pietro) DUBBJ AMOROSI, ALTRI DUBBJ, E SONETTI LUSSURIOSI, PIERRE LOUŸS INK OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION to half-title, title and half-title in manuscript to half-title, interleaved with the poems translated into French in manuscript, pp.66-68 with ink inscriptions, light spotting and surface staining, light browning, modern ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary vellumbacked boards, later paper label to spine, extremities a little rubbed, Rome, Stamperia Vaticana, 1792; Les Sonnets Luxurieux, title in red and black, few ﬀ with light spotting, bookplate, later blue half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1882; The Ragionamenti or Dialogues of the Divine..., 6 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece to vol.1, marginal browning to endpapers, titles in red and black, original printed wrappers, light chipping to spines, light browning and spotting, edges uncut, Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1889; and another by the same, 8vo & folio (8)

£200 - 300

-. Aretino (Pietro) PREMIERE [DEUXIEME] PARTIE DES DIALOGUES DE P. ARETIN, 2 vol., NUMBER 8 OF 15 COPIES, translated from the Italian by A. Ribeaucourt, the odd spot, original plain wrappers bound in (lightly soiling), modern red morocco, spine lettered in gilt and lightly faded, t.e.g., others uncut, [Paris], 8vo, 1584 [but c.1870s].

⁂ Provenance: Lot 35 from Christie’s Bibliotheque Gerard Nordmann sale 2006 (bookplate)

£400 - 600

Momoro (Antonio Francisco) TRAITÉ ÉLÉMENTAIRE DE L’IMPRIMERIE, ou le Manuel de l’Imprimeur, FIRST EDITION, folding letterpress table (torn), 36 engraved plates, one shaved, foxed, C4 defective (photocopies loosely inserted), contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, split to upper joint, head of spine and corners worn, preserved in modern cloth folder and morocco-backed slip-case, Paris, A.F.Momoro, 1793 § Vincard (B.) L’Art du Typographe, second edition, half-title, 8 engraved plates, illustrations, some water-staining, modern moroccobacked cloth, uncut, Paris, 1823 § Lasteyrie (Charles Philibert de) Typographie Économique, ou l’Art de l’Imprimerie mis à la portée de tous, et applicable aux diﬀérens besoins sociaux, FIRST EDITION, lacking initial imprint leaf and p.1, title with wood-engraved vignette, with p.1 bis as issued, 3 lithographed plates and engraved portrait, some foxing, stitched in original printed wrappers, uncut and partly unopened, with line excised from upper wrapper as usual, Paris, chez l’auteur, 1837 § Frey (A.) Manuel Nouveau de Typographie, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 7 folding engraved plates, some browning, modern dark blue morocco, spines gilt, uncut, original printed wrappers bound in, Paris, Roret, 1835; and 24 others, French, on printing etc. including a later edition of the ﬁrst in original paste-paper wrappers and several others published by Roret, 8vo et infra (29) £500 - 700

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Lackington (James) MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE LIFE , ninth edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, J.Clementson of Melton Mowbrary’s Circulating Library label to front pastedown, old boards, crudely covered in tape, for the author, 1794 § [West (William)] Fifty Years’ Recollections of an Old Bookseller, mounted lithographed portrait, modern cloth, for the author, 1837 § Catalogue of the British Library, No. 24, Cockspur-Street, spotted, contemporary cloth, uncut, spine faded and frayed at head, [Library Hub cites only one copy (BL)], James Cawthorn, [?1830] § Delepierre (Octave) Analyse des Travaux de la Société des Philobiblon de Londres, one of 300 copies, printed in red & black, contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., London, 1862 § Taubert (S.) Bibliopola. Pictures and Texts about the Book Trade, 2 vol., original cloth, slipcase, Hamburg & London, 1966 § Hall (Trevor H.) and Percy H.Muir. Some Printers & Publishers of Conjuring Books and other Ephemera 1800-1850, review copy from an edition limited to 465, original calf-backed cloth, uncut, Leeds, Elmete Press, 1976 § Woodﬁeld (Denis B.) Surreptitious Printing in England 1550-1640, original cloth, New York, 1973 § King (Edmund M.B.) Victorian Decorated Trade Bindings 1830-1880. A Descriptive Bibliography, original cloth, London & New Castle, De., 2003, some plates and illustrations, the ﬁrst three rubbed; and a large quantity of others, bibliography and books about books, including several volumes of Miscellanies and other publications of the Philobiblon Society, 4to & 8vo (Qty)

⁂ James Lackington (1746-1815) is credited with revolutionizing the book trade. His books were sold cheaply but for cash only (no credit). He bought up whole libraries, sold publishers’ remainders for bargain prices, and created the largest bookshop in Britain with 500,000 volumes and known as ‘The Temple of the Muses’, in Finsbury Square.

£300 - 400

Boydell (John, engraver and printseller, 1720-1804) PROMISORY

NOTE TO PAY THOS. BOULTER PRATT £500, duty blind stamp, small hole, folds, slightly browned, 230 x 90mm., London, 9th December 1795; and another, v.s., v.d. (2).

£100 - 150

Davy (Rev. William) A SYSTEM OF DIVINITY, IN A COURSE OF SERMONS .., 24 vol. only (of 26, lacking vol.7 and 26), ONE OF ONLY 14 COMPLETE SETS PRINTED, ﬁrst few leaves of vol.1 mounted on stubs, ex-library set with ink stamp & label to verso of titles, labels to front endpapers and blind-stamp to upper covers, not quite uniform contemporary speckled calf, spines ruled in gilt with red roan labels, a little rubbed, upper joint of vol.3 split, slight wear to spine ends, Lustleigh, by the author, 17951807; Divinity, or Discourses, on the Being of God...being improved Extracts from a System of Divinity, ONE OF ONLY 14 COPIES, engraved frontispiece, WITH MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATION BY THE AUTHOR to p.25 at end concerning no acknowledgement of a copy sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury “N.B. this copy has been since returned by his Grace to my son”, small ink stamp of R.H.Inglis to verso of title, book-label of Henry J.Heinz, contemporary half calf, spine ruled & titled in gilt, [Lustleigh], by the author, 1823, both with several corrected printed slips pasted over relevant passages, some light oﬀsetting, occasional soiling or staining; and a duplicate of vol.25, 8vo (26)

⁂ VERY RARE CURIOSITY OF PRIVATE PRINTING. Rev. William Davy (17431826), a curate at Lustleigh, Devon, spent 12 years writing and printing this work. It was first published in 6 volumes in Exeter by R.Trewman from 1785-86 and, despite receiving little encouragement and losing money in the venture, he decided to extend the work to 26 volumes. He printed 40 copies of the first 300 pages and sent 26 out to bishops, institutions, and magazines to attract sponsorship, unsuccessfully. With 14 copies remaining he then proceeded to print the other volumes, assisted by his servant on a specially-designed press one leaf at a time until c.1805 (thereafter normal 8vo), finishing in 1807. Later corrections were printed separately and pasted over the original faulty passages.

A few sets are held by institutions including the British Library, Oxford and Cambridge universities, but Library Hub records only one copy of the extracts of 1823 (University of Wales). The copy of the main set in the British Library was presented by Sir Robert Harry Inglis, M.P., one of the trustees and the owner of the abridged volume present here, and includes a letter to the librarian explaining the circumstances of the production. He describes it as “the most remarkable work of English labour; perhaps, indeed, I might say unparalleled in any age or country, as an eﬀort of the combined skill, industry, and perseverance of one man, undaunted by age, poverty, and...neglect”.

We have been able to trace only 3 copies at auction, all in America, the most recent being in 1914.

£1,000 - 1,500

Lesage (Alaine-René) HISTOIRE DE GIL BLAS DE SANTILLANE, 4 vol., half titles, engraved plates by Bornet, Charpentier and Duplessi-Bertaux under the direction of Hubert, tissue guards, occasional light foxing, original pale yellow wrappers, uncut and unopened, paper label to spines, a little rubbed and soiled, spines browned, [Cohen-de Ricci 632], 8vo, Paris, Didot jeune, L’An Troisième, [1795].

£300 - 400

Montesquieu (Charles Secondat, Baron de) LE TEMPLE DE GNIDE, ONE OF 2 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, half-title, title with wood-engraved printer’s device and contemporary ink signature to head, with final blank, some light browning, engraved bookplate of William Loring Andrews, contemporary green morocco with double and single gilt fillets, spine titled in gilt with compartments of double gilt fillets, t.e.g, others uncut, spine rubbed, 12mo, Paris, P.Didot l’Ainé, 1795.

£750 - 1,000

Caslon (William) A SPECIMEN OF PRINTING TYPES, 1796; A Specimen of Cast Ornaments, 1795, 2 works in 1 vol., printed on rectos only, specimens, sheet with contemporary ink manuscript costings loosely inserted, modern half calf, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, printed by C.Whittingham § Reed (Talbot Baines) A History of the Old Letter Foundries, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, with the author’s bookplate, foxed, original roan-backed boards recovered in cloth, rubbed, 1887 § Morison (Stanley) John Bell, 1745-1831, one of 300 copies, original cloth, spine slightly faded, Cambridge, printed for the author, 1930 § De Vinne (T.L.) Historic Printing Types, one of 200 copies, original half cloth, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine ends worn, New York, Grolier Club, 1886 § Cabinet des Poinçons de l’Imprimerie Nationale, third edition, original wrappers, slip-case, Paris, 1963 § Jacobi (C.T.) Gesta typographica..., NUMBER 22 OF 50 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, printed in red & black, INSCRIBED TO DAVID CHAMBERS BY JOHN PORTER with his book-label, bookplate of George Frederick Engelbach, contemporary blue morocco by Wood, t.e.g., others uncut, 1897, plates and illustrations, some folding; and a quantity of others on typography including type specimens, v.s. (qty)

£400 - 600

Thomson (Alexander) THE PARADISE OF TASTE, bookplate of Eglinton & Winton, ink ownership inscription to title, cataloguing note tipped on to front endpaper, scattered spotting and toning, mostly marginal, some cracking at hinges, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, spine chipped with some loss to ends, joints splitting, rubbed and bumped, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1796 § Merry (Robert) The Pains of Memory, small pencil drawing to half-title, a few marks and stains, disbound, G.G. and J.Robinson, 1796, FIRST EDITIONS, half-titles, [ESTC T13491; T13485]; and others, mostly printed by C. Whittingham or privately printed, v.s. (20)

⁂ Both items are very rare. No auction records have been traced for the ﬁrst mentioned work, while the last recorded auction appearance of the second was in 1958.

£300 - 400

TRAITÉ DE L’IMPRIMERIE, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 10 engraved plates (mostly copied from Diderot’s Encyclopédie), light foxing, contemporary calfbacked marbled boards, rebacked, spine gilt with morocco label, Paris, Bertrand-Quinquet, An VII [1799] § [Diderot (D.) & J. d’Alembert.] Imprimerie en Caracteres, from Encyclopédie, 28pp. text and 8 engraved plates, light marginal water-staining to ﬁrst couple of leaves, later cloth, [late 18th century] § Petity (J.R. de) Bibliotheque des Artistes et des Amateurs, vol.2 part 2 only [Imprimerie], half-title, engraved plates of alphabets, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, worn patches, Paris, P.G.Simon, 1766, rubbed; and supplement to Marchand’s ‘L’Histoire de l’Imprimerie’ of 1775, 4to (4)

£400 - 600

Juvenile.- Marshall (John, publisher). THE INFANT’S LIBRARY, 17 vol., comprising vol. 1-15, A Short History of England & duplicate vol.11 (diﬀerent edition), most with woodcut or engraved illustrations, some stitching weak with contents working loose, vol.4 contents loose in binding, book-label of Sydney Roscoe to most vol. (or small abrasion where this lacking), original boards with printed labels to covers, vol.1 rebacked, vol.8 & duplicate vol.11 disbound (the former loose in modern wrappers), rubbed with some wear to spines and joints starting, but all holding, housed in original wooden case with pictorial coloured bookcase illustration on upper cover, printed title label to lower cover, little rubbed, [Osborne II, p.899], books 60 x 48mm., case 165 x 95 x 65mm., John Marshall, [c.1800].

£750 - 1,000

-. THE JUVENILE LIBRARY: A REWARD FOR MERIT, 9 vol., most with engraved illustrations and plates, the odd page trimmed close at foot, shaving a few letters, some oﬀsetting, scattered spotting and staining, some pages toned or browned, some with cracking at hinges, uniformly bound in original red roan-backed boards, rubbed and bumped, housed in original wooden ‘bookcase’ box with pictorial coloured illustration on upper cover, pediment chipped, rubbed and bumped, box approx. 150 x 110 x 190 mm, J.Harris [et al.], 1802-7; and another “Cabinet of Lilliput” in 6 vol. in original box, 12mo (2)

⁂ The ﬁrst mentioned comprising A New Roman History (1807), The Curiosities of London and Westminster Described (2 vol.), A New History of England (1807), The Twin Brothers; Or, Virtue and Vice (1802), A New History of the Grecian States (1807), Tales of the Hermitage (1807), The Tales of the Castle; or, the Noble Emigrants (1803), and The Newtonian System (1806).

£600 - 800

La Fontaine (Jean de) LES AMOURS DE PSYCHÉ ET DE CUPIDON, avec le poëme d’Adonis, ONE OF 2 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, with 2 ﬁnal blanks, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with engraved portrait by Delvaux after Rigault and 7 plates after Moreau, 4 PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS, foxing to plates, with faint pencil inscription “Renouard 1966” to front pastedown, original viridian boards, spine ruled and titled in gilt, rubbed and soiled, upper joint split, 8vo, Paris, Stéréotype d’Hernan, 1804.

⁂ According to a loosely-inserted old cataloguing slip, “Van praet mentions that Renouard had a copy on vellum which came from the Bertin sale”.

£800 - 1,200

Tracts & Chapbooks.- HAPPY SPINSTER OF LANCASHIRE (THE), OR THE TRUE STORY OF POOR BLIND ELLEN, leaves loose, [Nottingham], Sutton, [c.1810-20] § Irish Girl (The); Being a Very Interesting Account of Anne Walsh, a Poor Irish Girl, small stain to ﬁrst few ﬀ., unopened, A. Applegath & E. Cowper, [c.1820], both 8pp., titles with woodcut vignettes, light browning, splitting to joints, unbound; and others, tracts and chapbooks or relating to them, several provincial imprints, most bound, v.s. (qty. in 1 box)

£400 - 600

HISTORY (THE) OF THE FREE-SCHOOL OF HARROW, 5 aquatint plates, directions to binder slip at end, bookplate, Hendon Library ink stamp to title recto and verso, a few ink stamps elsewhere, some marginal water-staining to early pp., oﬀsetting, light surface soiling and a few marks, original boards with paper label to upper cover, rebacked, uncut, R. Ackermann, 1816 § Wordsworth (W.M., contributor) Spencer Farm, with some account of its owners, half-title, engraved frontispiece and additional title with engraved vignette, illustrations and plates, newspaper clippings about the book laid down or tipped in at rear, ink inscription to front endpaper, scattered spotting, upper hinge broken, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, Sudbury and London, 1845, extremities rubbed and bumped; and others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.95)

£300 - 400

[ALMANACH] LA MINERVE DES DAMES, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 30 plates, all hand-coloured, tissue guards, small stain to title, original glazed engraved pictorial green boards and similar slip-case, a little rubbed, slip-case rather worn, Paris, Le Fuel, [c.1820] § Livre d’Heures complet en Latin et en Français, frontispiece printed in gold with hand-coloured angel and title, text with decorative borders and plates printed in ochre, contemporary calf, gilt, with initials F.K. in gilt to upper cover, g.e., Paris, Hetzel, 1838 § Riancey (Henry de) La Vie des Saints, chromolithographed plates heightened with gold after illuminated manuscripts by Kellerhoven, some foxing, later morocco, by Leighton, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., a little rubbed, spine faded, Paris, [1873]; and another, 8vo et infra (4)

£300 - 400

P ICKERING D IAMOND C LASSICS

Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) [OPERA], engraved portrait by R. Grave and additional vignette title, with corrigenda leaf at end, contemporary straight-grain navy morocco with single gilt fillet, spine ruled in gilt with compartments in blind, g.e., [Keynes p.73], 1820; another copy, engraved portrait and additional vignette title (lightly foxed and offset), with corrigenda slip at end, contemporary straightgrain tan morocco with double gilt fillet and decorative roll-tool border, small leaves in gilt to corners, spine gilt in compartment, g.e., stain to foot of upper cover, 1820, another copy, UNBOUND LOOSE SHEETS, uncut & unopened, tied with thread, first and last leaves lightly soiled, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 1824 § Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Libri de officiis de senectute et de amicitia, engraved portrait and additional vignette title (portrait lightly offset on title), contemporary olive morocco with fillet in blind, g.e., 1821 § Shakespeare (William) The Plays, some spotting, 1825 § Bible, Greek. Novum Testamentum graecum, engraved frontispiece after Leonardo, 1828, all printed in diamond type, the last two original pink cloth, uncut & unopened, paper labels to spines, spines faded and a little rubbed; and c.20 others from the series, a couple with signature of Maurice Baring, one in original boards, the rest in original cloth, some duplicates, [Bondy pp.86-90], most c.85 x 45/50mm., William Pickering (c.35)

⁂ The Horace was the ﬁrst book in this charming series, described by Keynes as “a typographical tour de force”. It is believed to be the ﬁrst English book issued in publisher ’s cloth although these copies are in attractive morocco bindings. Both copies here contain a corrigenda leaf or slip, described by Bondy as rare.

£600 - 800

Vergilius Maro (Publius) [OPERA], 1822 § Terentius Afer (Publius) [Opera], 1822 § Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) [Opera], 1824 [engraved title 1826] § Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. [Opera], 1824 § Petrarch. Le Rime..., 1822 § Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata, 2 vol., 1822 § Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia, 2 vol., 1823-22, all printed in diamond type, all with engraved portrait or frontispiece and additional title, light foxing to beginning of the ﬁrst, uniform attractive contemporary tan morocco with single gilt ﬁllet and small sprig to corners, spines gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed at edges, [Bondy pp.86-88], c.85 x 45mm., William Pickering (9)

£300 - 400

Shakespeare (William) THE PLAYS, printed in diamond type, engraved portrait and plates, most after Stothard, occasional light browning, contemporary green straight-grain morocco with triple ﬁllet and corner rosettes in blind, spines titled in gilt, g.e., spines slightly rubbed and faded, together in burgundy straight-grain morocco ‘bookcase’, small gilt ﬂowers to corners, a little rubbed, [Bondy pp.8889], c.85 x 45mm., William Pickering, 1825.

£300 - 400 89

Homer. ILIAS [&] ODYSSEIA, 2 vol. in 1, LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved portrait, contemporary half morocco, by J.B.Hawes of Cambridge, t.e.g., 1831 § Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) [Opera], LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved additional title (stained), sIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MAURICE

BARING to front free endpaper, contemporary russet morocco with triple gilt ﬁllet, spine gilt, g.e. a little browned and faded, 1824 [engraved title dated 1826], all printed in diamond type, slightly rubbed at joints, [Bondy pp.86-90], William Pickering; and a 2 vol. duplicate of the ﬁrst and a small Pickering (but not Diamond Classic) edition of Walton’s Complete Angler of 1826 in red morocco, c.105 x 70mm., William Pickering (5)

£200 - 300

Lee Priory Press.- CATALOGUE OF ALL THE WORKS PRINTED AT LEE PRIORY, single folded sheet forming 4pp. (2pp. text & conjugate blank), text within double rule border, blank with autograph note by Joseph Haslewood concerning the books and address to J.D.Phelps Esq. on verso (portion missing where seal removed, not affecting any text), folds, printed by John Warwick, Holborn, 1823 § Puckle (James) The Club; in a Dialogue between Father and Son, one of 500 copies on small paper, from an edition of 735, printed in red & black, limitation leaf, engraved portrait frontispiece, wood-engraved pictorial title and vignettes, occasional foxing, contemporary half green morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, original upper board bound in at end, printed by John Johnson, 1817 § Brydges (Sir Egerton) Human Fate, and an Address to the Poets Wordsworth & Southey: Poems, FIRST EDITION, “a very limited number printed”, 22ff. printed on rectos only, stitched in modern blue wrappers, spotted, [Library Hub cites 5 copies], Great Totham, printed at Charles Clark’s private press, 1846; Modern Aristocracy, or The Bard’s Reception, ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, half-title, lithographed frontispiece, coat-of-arms and 5 portraits, plates with marginal foxing and browning, slight worming to inner margins not affecting text, original boards, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine defective, preserved in paper wrapper, Geneva, A.L.Vignier, 1831; Archaica. Containing a reprint of Scarce Old English Prose Tracts..., 2 vol., wood-engraved title vignettes, light foxing, bookplates of Thomas Brooke F.S.A. of Armitage Bridge, contemporary polished calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed and spotted, vol. 2 spine ends worn and chipped, 1815; and 6 others relating to Brydges and the Lee Priory Press, v.s. (12)

⁂ John Warwick and John Johnson were the two printers employed by Sir Egerton Brydges at his Lee Priory Press which operated from 1812-23. Modern Aristocracy includes a list of works printed at the press, there was also a small paper edition of 100 copies.

£400 - 600

Phillipps (Sir Thomas) & Middle Hill Press.- Wood (Anthony à) & others. OXFORDSHIRE MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS, from the MSS. of Anthony à Wood, Dr. Hutton, and Mr. Hinton, [one of 150 copies], title loosely inserted (printed later and sometimes lacking, soiled and frayed at fore-margin), original boards, uncut, a little rubbed, with a small quantity of leaves from ‘Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum...’ on both blue and white paper preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, printed at Evesham, [Middle Hill Press], 1825 § Visitation, of Gloucestershire, 1569. Ex MSS. Phillipps, spotted and browned, original pink Middle Hill boards, uncut, title in pencil to upper cover, spine worn, with other similar loose leaves in modern cloth drop-back box, James Rogers, Middle Hill Press, 1854 § S[courﬁeld] ( J.H., late J.H.P[hilipps]) The Grand Serio-Comic Opera, of Lord Bateman, and his Sophia, errata leaf tipped in, light spotting, engraved armorial bookplate of Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan, original boards, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine defective, James Rogers, Middle Hill Press, 1863, [Grolier cat. 216, 193, 86]; and a small quantity of others concerning Phillipps and the Middle Hill Press including 2 catalogues of manuscripts in original boards, v.s. (c.20) £200 - 300

-. [Garcia de Ribera (Fernando)] [ON SPANISH LITERATURE], manuscript, 39pp., ALs (4pp.) from the author to Sir Thomas Phillipps loosely inserted, Broadway, 21st November [1831], original blue Middle Hill boards, Phillipps Ms. 10533, folio, [c.1831]; and a quantity of Middle Hill Press material, v.s., v.d. (qty).

⁂ “Fernando Garcia de Ribera was a Spanish refugee oﬃcer... whom Phillipps invited to Middle Hill with the intention that he should learn printing and take charge of the Middle Hill Press. Phillipps had arranged for his visitor to be lodged and fed in Broadway but had made no arrangements for paying him; the letter applies in most respectful terms for some money... . It presumably met with no suitable response as Garcia left soon afterwards and later sued Phillipps, unsuccessfully, for £60.”Munby, Phillipps Studies, III, 71.

£200 - 300

W ILLIAM B LAKE

Copper & Steel Plates.- Blake (William) MIRTH, copper plate, engraved by Thomas Williamson, c.258 x 208mm., 1825; and a small quantity of copper and steel engraving plates, mostly views, some with rust spots or marks (sm.qty)

£200 - 300

Blake (William) THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR THORNTON’S VIRGIL 1821, NUMBER XIV OF 15 OUT-OF-SERIES SETS, from an edition limited to 150, 17 wood-engravings on Japanese Hosho paper, c.120 x 155mm., loose as issued in numbered card folders, with accompanying illustrated text booklet with introduction by Andrew Wilton in original wrappers, together loose in original cloth drop-back box, gilt-stamped roan label to upper cover and spine, 1977; with a box of proofs of the engravings on various papers but many on Japanese paper, several annotated in pencil by the printers, tall 8vo (2)

⁂ Superb reprinting of Blake’s only wood-engravings from the original blocks in the British Museum. A collaboration between David Chambers and Iain Bain, they had to transport the 1884 Alexandra printing press into the museum in order to print the blocks. The result is a handsome aﬀair and a distinct improvement on the rather poorly printed originals. Blake was new to wood-engraving and the original woodblocks were inadequately prepared and the engraving ﬁne and shallow, as if for metalengraving. As Bain and Chambers write in their note on the printing in the accompanying booklet, “...the results have been rewarding and demonstrate most clearly that impressions taken in the nineteenth century did little justice to the beauty of the blocks, and that hand printing from the original wood has in several respects improved on the excellent machine printing from electrotypes of the 1930s”. (p.11)

£2,500 - 3,500

Blake (William) COLLECTION OF 29 PROOF IMPRESSIONS ON VELLUM, FROM ‘THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR THORNTON’S VIRGIL 1821’, from an unknown edition size, if not unique, wood-engravings on vellum, beautiful well inked impressions, each sheet approx. 90 x 140 mm (3½ x 5½ in), loose, all unframed, [printed 1977].

⁂ Unrecorded at auction, a scarce collection on vellum printed by Iain Bain and David Chambers from Blake’s original blocks.

£2,000 - 3,000

David Chambers (on right) with Iain Bain and Michael Hoare, Director of British Museum Publications, at the Museum while printing William Blake's engravings for Thornton's Virgil from the original woodblocks.

Blake (William) JERUSALEM. THE EMANATION OF THE GIANT ALBION, ONE OF ?100 COPIES, lithographed facsimile of copy D, 100 plates printed in black & white on rectos only, some very light marginal spotting or soiling (as usual), traces of large illustration (?part of original wrapper) previously mounted on front pastedown, contemporary half calf over patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed and scuﬀed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Bentley 76 & Supplement p.88], large 4to, [John Pearson], [1877].

⁂ Fine facsimile of copy D (now at Harvard), limited to 100 copies according to Bentley and Keynes but possibly more. Blake made ﬁve copies of Jersualem, of which only one was coloured, the rest being in black & white as here. This is a clearer and larger facsimile than that of the Rinder copy produced by the Trianon Press.

£400 - 600

Blake (William) JERUSALEM: A FACSIMILE OF THE ILLUMINATED BOOK, outof-series copy from an edition limited to 516, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, title heightened with gold, bound in russet morocco, spine titled in gilt and with single gilt star to each compartment and smaller stars to ﬁve raised bands and turn-ins, g.e., spine very slightly faded, tiny nick to one compartment, preserved in card wrapper, 4to, Trianon Press, [1951].

⁂ The ﬁrst of the Trianon Press Blake facsimiles, reproduced from the Stirling copy of Blake’s great poem, the only complete copy coloured by the artist.

£700 - 900

Blake (William) SONGS OF INNOCENCE, one of 1600 copies, original orange morocco, 1954; Songs of Innocence and of Experience, original blue morocco, g.e., 1955; The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1960; America: A Prophecy, 1963; Europe: A Prophecy, 1969, all but the ﬁrst one of 526 facsimile copies, collotype plates handcoloured through stencil, the last three original morocco-backed marbled boards, some spines very slightly faded, marbled board slipcases, Trianon Press; and c.30 others by or about Blake including 6 more Trianon Press facsimiles, v.s. (c.35)

£1,000 - 1,500

99

Religious verse.- Flamank (Priscilla, transcriber) RELIGIOUS, MORAL, AND ELEGIAC COMPOSITIONS, manuscript, 75pp., slightly browned, original half red morocco, extensively rubbed, sm. 4to, 1826; and another manuscript, sm. 4to (2).

⁂ “Having, with much pleasure, transcribed the foregoing invaluable Compositions, I now beg my dear Father’s acceptance of the Book. Priscilla Flamank. Oct. 17th 1826.”

£150 - 200

100

Martin (John) THE PARADISE LOST OF MILTON, IMPERIAL QUARTO EDITION, containing the larger set of 24 mezzotint plates, beautiful impressions, with title, half-title, and dedication, the text on Whatman wove papers, mezzotint platemarks each approx. 355 x 255 mm (14 x 10 in), sheets approx. 365 x 265 mm (14¼ x 10½ in), the sheets slightly trimmed, some to or within the platemark, tissue-guards, scattered spotting, browning and surface dirt throughout, mainly marginal and to extremities, one or two plates with speckled foxing as common with the mezzotint process, later morocco, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt, with ﬁve raised bands, g.e., covers worn with large areas of loss restored, large 4to, Septimus Prowett, 1827.

⁂ The engravings were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim, prompting the release of 4 further editions by the end of 1827. The critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: “we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly ﬁtted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably ﬁne:- the painter is also a poet.” (The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825).

£1,500 - 2,000

101

Martin (John) ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIBLE, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, ‘The Deluge’ being Campbell’s ﬁfth state (of eight), presumably printed shortly after the lettered proof edition, some plates with remnants of ‘PROOF’ visible in margins, some carefully scraped, each plate with accompanying letterpress text slip, inserted with 2pp. letterpress advertisement with prices, on cream wove papers, each platemark approx. 267 x 355 mm (10½ x 14 in), sheets each approx. 325 x 510 mm (12¾ x 20 in), scattered spotting and surface dirt throughout, half green morocco, gilt, spine and corners rubbed and bumped, slightly worn, [Campbell. ‘John Martin: Visionary Printmaker’ CW92-CW111], folio, [c.1831-1835].

⁂ An excellent set of Martin’s vision for illustrations of the Bible. Rarely found in early states.

£1,000 - 1,500

102

Travelling Library.- JONES’ DIAMOND POETS & CLASSICS, 25 vol., each with engraved portrait and additional title, occasional foxing, original textured pink silk with dark blue glazed paper labels, g.e., spines rather worn, a couple detached (loosely inserted), all together in hinged morocco-covered wooden bookcase, each side with 2 shelves and glass door, folding shut to resemble two 8vo volumes, some repairs including new glass and hinges, externally worn with spines lacking much of morocco covering, [Bondy pp.84-85], c.90 x 55mm., bookcase c.245 x 250mm. when open, folding to 8vo, Jones & Co., 1824-32.

⁂ Bondy describes a larger format case which included all 53 volumes and folded to resemble two 4to volumes.

£400 - 600

103

Northcote (James) ONE HUNDRED FABLES [- FABLES, SECOND SERIES], 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, vol.2 with half-title, vol.1 title in red and black, woodengraved illustrations, attractive later green half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., some very light rubbing to corners and raised bands to spines, 1828-33 § Rogers (Samuel) Italy, A Poem, LARGE PAPER COPY, half-title, engraved plates after Turner, Stothard & others, advertisement f. at end, some light foxing, bookplates of Elizabeth Harter & G.L. Foster Harter, handsome 19th century green morocco, gilt, covers with central gilt-tooled urn, g.e., scuﬀ to upper cover, little rubbed, especially to raised bands to spines, 1838; and others illustrated, many fables, v.s. (16)

£300 - 400

104

[Thames Tunnel]. SKETCHES OF THE WORKS FOR THE TUNNEL UNDER THE THAMES FROM ROTHERHITHE TO WAPPING, 15 engraved or lithographed plates & plans including one with overlay, one aquatint, 2 folding panoramas, 2 folding lithographed plans and double-page leaf with mounted hand-coloured aquatint strip showing strata of soil, some foxing and soiling, title frayed at edges and first plate lacking lower outer corner not affecting image, disbound (preserved in loose marbled sheets), [Triumphant Bore 60], printed by the Philanthropic Society for Harvey & Darton, and C.Tilt, February 1828 § Resolutions of the Associated Architects; with the Report of a Committee by them appointed to consider the causes of the frequent Fires, and the best means of preventing the like in future, stitched in original wrappers, uncut & unopened, [1793]; and another edition of the first dated August 1828 with aquatint tinted but without leaf of strata (Triumphant Bore 62], oblong 8vo & 8vo (3)

£200 - 300

105

French cavalry.- ORDONNANCE DU ROI DU 6 DÉCEMBRE 1829, SUR L’EXERCICE ET LES ÉVOLUTIONS DE LA CAVALERIE, 3 vol., 130 engraved plates on 54 folding leaves, engraved music of bugle calls, light spotting, original printed blue boards, a little soiled, one joint split, together in slip-case, rubbed, Paris, Anselin, 1830; and a bound volume of tickets to the funeral service of the Duc de Brabant and to a Thanksgiving Service in St. Paul’s on 27th February 1872, 12mo & oblong 8vo (2)

£150 - 200

106

Milton (John) THE PARADISE LOST, FIRST TILT EDITION, 24 mezzotint plates by John Martin, paper guards (a few lacking, one repaired), ‘Veritas’ bookplate, contemporary purple calf, gilt, spine with olive morocco label but faded, Charles Tilt, 1833 § Watts (Isaac) Divine and Moral Songs for the Use of Children, wood-engraved illustrations, faint stain to first few ff., contemporary ink gift inscription to half-title & another later to front free endpaper, attractive dark green morocco by Hayday, gilt, g.e., 1848, some spotting or foxing, to the first mainly to plates, rubbed, heavier to the first; and others, children’s or illustrated, including a French children’s compositeur (printing kit) & toy “Le Petit Compositeur, No.311 Chiffres Romains”, v.s. (qty. in 1 box)

£300 - 400

107

Beaufoy (Col. Mark) NAUTICAL AND HYDRAULIC EXPERIMENTS, with numerous Scientiﬁc Miscellanies, vol.1 [all published], FIRST EDITION, with engraved presentation leaf, this copy inscribed in manuscript to William Aldam, half-title, engraved portrait and 16 plates, engraved head-piece with 2 images by George Cooke on india paper and mounted, double-page letterpress tables, plates foxed, original embossed cloth, uncut, a little rubbed, recased preserving original spine with paper label (rubbed and faded), [Biblotheca mechanica 28], 4to, printed at the private press of Henry Beaufoy, 1834.

⁂ Detailing experiments undertaken on the resistance of water to moving bodies.

£250 - 350

108

Martin (John) A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRIVATELY PRINTED , 2 vol., ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, from an edition limited to 250, with engraved frontispiece in 2 states (hand-coloured in vol.1, uncoloured in vol.2), foxing to vol.1 title and vol.2 frontispiece, short tear to one upper margin, THE 13TH EARL OF DERBY’S COPY WITH MANUSCRIPT INSCRIPTIONS OF KNOWSLEY HALL to front endpapers and his engraved armorial bookplate, handsome contemporary russia, gilt, by J.Law of Liverpool, slightly rubbed and scuﬀed, rebacked with gilt spines, tall 8vo, 1834.

£400 - 600

109

Juvenile.- Tilt (Charles, publisher). MY OWN LIBRARY, 8 vol., wood-engraved illustrations, occasional light soiling, some contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original cloth, gilt, g.e., few vol. rebacked preserving original backstrips or with spine ends repaired (some small loss), little rubbed with some fading to spines, housed in original roan-covered wooden bookcase, titled ‘My Own Library’ in gilt (rubbed), Charles Tilt [or] Tilt & Bogue, [c.1835-40]; and various other miniature children’s books, including the new series of The Lilliputian Library, housed together in a modern wooden ‘bookcase’ box, v.s. (19)

⁂ The 8 vol. comprising: May (W.) The Little Book of British Quadrupeds & The Little Book of British Birds, London Sights for Little Folks, The Little Robinson Crusoe, Williams (C.) The Zoological Gardens Regent’s Park & The Surrey Zoological Gardens, Child (Isabella) The Little Picture Testament & The Little Picture Bible.

£300 - 500

110

Austen (Jane) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. A NOVEL, p.177 loss to upper inner corner affecting few words, little roughly opened with occasional small marginal loss, 1836; Sense and Sensibility, upper hinge broken, 1837, Bentley’s Standard Novels series, series titles, engraved frontispieces & additional vignette titles, foxing to first few ff., the occasional light stain, gutter cracked at points with some gatherings starting to work loose, bookplate of Andrew Arcedeckne of Glevering Hall, original plum cloth, black morocco spine labels (little chipped), shelf-lean, spines faded, little stained and quite worn, Richard Bentley; and another from the Standard Novels series, Thomas Love Peacock’s Headlong Hall, Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian & Crotchet Castle (1837), 8vo (3)

£200 - 300

111

Gift Books & Annuals.- Hall (S. C., editor) THE BOOK OF GEMS, 3 vol., steel-engraved illustrations, foxing, 19th century ink gift inscription to front free endpapers, armorial bookplate of F.O. Hutchinson, contemporary pictorial navy morocco, gilt, by Simms of Manchester, g.e., spines very slightly faded, rubbing to extremities, an attractive set, 1836-38; and others, gift books and annuals, v.s. (c.100)

£300 - 400

112

Marine life.- Yarrell (William) A HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES, 2 vol. (without Supplement), LARGE PAPER COPY, wood-engraved illustrations, advertisement f. at end vol.1, A.L.S FROM THE AUTHOR TO FRANCIS MARTIN ESQ loosely inserted, dated St. James’s Nov. 16th 1835, prospectus for the work in parts also loosely inserted, vol.1 endpapers water-stained with some subsequent cockling to peripheral ff., some foxing, ownership inscription “Egremont 1837” to titles and bookplate to pastedowns, cloth rubbed and quite stained, 1836 § Tugwell (Rev. George) A Manual of the Sea-Anemones Commonly Found on the English Coast, 7 chromolithographed plates (1 folding), some offsetting and light browning, slight fading to upper cover extremities, 1856, FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth; and others on marine life, including another set of Yarrell’s History of British Fishes in 8vo with the first and second Supplements, v.s. (c.40)

⁂ The A.L.s in the first mentioned reads “I am very much obliged by the opportunity you have offered me of seeing the remarks of your friend on the Parr, the observations of practical fishermen are valuable...The account of the Parr in the British Fishes will appear in the next number, to be published on the 1st December...”.

£300 - 500

113

Lasteyrie (Charles Philibert de) TYPOGRAPHIE ÉCONOMIQUE, OU L’ART DE L’IMPRIMERIE mis à la portée de tous, et apllicable aux diﬀérens besoins sociaux, FIRST EDITION, initial blank but for imprint, title with wood-engraved vignette, with pp.1 & 1 bis as issued, 3 lithographed plates and engraved portrait, a few spots, original printed wrappers, uncut and partly unopened, with line excised from upper wrapper as usual, glacine wrapper (spine frayed), 8vo, Paris, chez l’auteur, 1837.

⁂ Manual on the portable printing press invented by Lasteyrie who established the ﬁrst commercially successful lithographic printing house in France.

£200 - 300

114

Cullimore ([Isaac]) ORIENTAL CYLINDERS, No.1[-4], [all published], illustrated title to No.1 and 3 leaves listing locations of cylinders printed on pale lilac-grey paper, no text (as issued), 32 lithographed plates of cuneiform seals (a little foxed), author’s name on title neatly amended in manuscript to “Mrs.” Cullimore, armorial bookplate of Thomas Greer, original red cloth, rubbed and lightly stained, spine worn and faded, tall 8vo, G.W.Nickisson, ?privately printed, 1842.

£200 - 300

115

Drummond (Henry) HISTORIES OF THE NOBLE BRITISH FAMILIES, 2 vol., half-titles, titles in red & black, 82 engraved or lithographed portraits and plates, 40 hand-coloured, many genealogical tables with numerous hand-coloured coats-of-arms, wood-engraved illustrations, with corrigenda slips, an excellent clean and bright copy, contemporary half aubergine roan, by Hayday, t.e.g., a little rubbed, folio, [Charles Whittingham for] William Pickering, [1842-]1846; with 51 original woodblocks of the wood-engraved illustrations (33 Neville & 18 Bruce families) and 2 trays of 90 smaller woodblocks (mostly coats-of-arms and crowns), one of the larger blocks broken, loose in 12 drawers of metal ﬁling cabinet, v.s.

⁂ A handsome production on the history of the Ashburnham, Arden, Compton, Cecil, Harley, Bruce, Perceval, Dunbar, Hume, Dundas, Drummond, and Neville families.

£600 - 800

116

Schiller (Friedrich) THE KNIGHT OF TOGGENBURG, translated by W[illiam] W[hewell], 8 leaves printed on rectos only, ILLUMINATED BY HAND IN ANCIENT MISSAL STYLE WITH DECORATIVE BORDERS OF FLOWERS AND STRAWBERRIES AND ORNAMENTS IN GOLD AND COLOURS, light marginal soiling, contemporary dark blue-green straight-grain morocco blocked in gilt, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, preserved in card wrapper, 4to, [privately] printed for sale at the Shelford Bazaar, 1842.

⁂ A unique copy of this scarce work. Library Hub cites 3 copies (BL. Cambridge & Oxford), calling for 9 leaves but this appears to be complete with title and all text.

£400 - 600

Walpole (Horace) & Strawberry Hill.- AEDES STRAWBERRIANAE Names of Purchasers and the Prices to the Sale Catalogue of the Collections of Art and Vertû, at Strawberry Hill, formed by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, ONE OF ONLY 25 ROYAL 4TO COPIES, pp.1-48 only (First -Twentieth Day’s Sale), lacking initial leaf ‘Apology for Strawberry Hill’ by Walpole and final 10pp. (TwentiethTwenty-Fourth Day and summary of day’s sales with totals), uncut and unbound, first and last leaves a little soiled and browned, slightly frayed at edges, preserved loose with trimmed original printed upper cover in paper wrapper and cloth-backed uncovered board folder, Royal 4to, 1842 § [Sale Catalogue]. A Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole, lithographed portrait on india paper mounted as frontispiece, woodengraved pictorial title and illustrations, occasional spotting, stab-holes, a few leaves loose, original printed pictorial blue wrappers, old reback in cloth, a little soiled, George Robins, 1842; The Collection of Rare Prints & illustrated Works, removed from Strawberry Hill, original printed pictorial buff wrappers, spine and corners slightly frayed, George Robins, 1842, Royal 4to & 4to (3)

⁂ The ﬁrst is the rare price list of the sale of contents of Strawberry Hill printed in this largest format of only 25 copies and priced at 15/-, for which we can ﬁnd no auction record. There also was an ordinary 4to edition limited to 50 copies. Library Hub records several copies but only the Cambridge copy appears to be this Royal 4to edition, measuring 32cm. (our copy being 32.5cm.) and also without ‘Apology’ at beginning. The sale took place over twenty-four days and totalled £33,450 11s 9d. £500 - 700

118 -. Dobson (Austin) HORACE WALPOLE, A MEMOIR, second edition, NUMBER 18 OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, plates, 2 folding facsimiles, EXTRAILLUSTRATED WITH 24 PORTRAITS (mostly engraved) bound in with manuscript list loosely inserted, later green morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe for D.K.Roberts 1943, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, 1893 § Walpole (Horace) Journal of the Printing-Oﬃce at Strawberry Hill, edited by Peter Toynbee, one of 650 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original calf-backed boards, uncut, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1923; A Description of Wroxton Abbey, NUMBER 2 OF ONLY 16 COPIES, original wrappers, uncut, Kingston, R.I., Biscuit City Press, 1974 § Bibliographica, vol.3 (Parts IX-XII) only (of 3) containing ‘The Strawberry Hill Press’ by H.B.Wheatley, ex-library copy with stamp to foot of title, Laurence W.Hodson’s copy with his book-label, contemporary half morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, original part wrappers bound in at end, rubbed, 1897 § Clarke (Stephen) The Strawberry Hill Press & its Printing House: An Account and an Iconography, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO DAVID CHAMBERS, New Haven & London, 2011 § Hazen (A.T.) A Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press [&] A Bibliography of Horace Walpole, together 2 vol., New Haven, 1942-48 § Lewis (W.S.) Horace Walpole’s Library, Cambridge, 1958, some plates and illustrations, the last three original cloth; and 20 others by or on Walpole and/or Strawberry Hill, 8vo & 4to (28)

£200 - 300

119

London.- Lingard (John) LINGARD’S NEW & IMPROVED PLAN OF LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS, WITH A SCALE AND KEY FOR ASCERTAINING DISTANCES, THE FARES OF HACKNEY COACHES, PORTERAGE OF PARCELS &C, engraved map with vibrant hand-colouring, 825 x 1090 mm (32½ x 43 in), dissected and mounted on linen, new title pasted over old printing, key plan and explanatory text below the map (a few lines underlined in red ink), some light surface soiling, cloth endpapers, housed in original slipcase with printed label (soiled and worn), 8vo, 1843.

£200 - 300

120

Rossetti (Dante Gabriel) SIR HUGH THE HERON, A LEGENDARY TALE, in Four Parts, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, 24pp., title with very light spotting and unobtrusive tear to fore-margin (repaired), light browning to inner margin of ﬁrst few leaves, nineteenth century green morocco with triple gilt ﬁllet, by F.Bedford, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges and joints, 4to, G.Polidori’s Private Press, 15, Park Village East, Regent’s Park (for private circulation only), 1843.

⁂ The author’s rare ﬁrst book, written mostly when he was twelve and ﬁnished at fourteen, printed on his grandfather Gaetano Polidori’s private press in Regent’s Park. Some years later, and at the author’s request, his brother Michael destroyed the remaining available copies.

£1,500 - 2,000

121

Bills & Billheads.- COLLECTION OF BILLS AND BILLHEADS FROM VARIOUS TRADESMEN, including: newspapers, Poor Law Board, Chemist & Druggist, “George Ferguson Hair Dresser and Perfumer to Her Majesty”; “Andrews Carriage Manufactory”; furniture dealers etc., together c. 20 items, folds, browned, v.s., v.d., 1845-92 (c. 20).

£100 - 150

122

Hebraica.- Bialloblotzky (Dr C.H. Friedrich, printer) TOÌ„N HEXAPLOÌ„N ORIGENOUS TA SOÌ„ZOMENA...[PSALMS 1-36], Greek, Latin, Hebrew & English text, bound with order of morning & evening prayers in Hebrew at beginning (printed by E.Justins & Son of Spitalfields) and with prospectus & list of subscribers, 2 folding charts ‘Flexion of the Regular Hebrew Verb’ & ‘Inflexions of Accidence’ (both mounted on linen) and leaves of ‘List of Hebrew Roots’ and double-page ‘Hebrew Alphabet’ bound in at end, some pencil annotations and occasional soiling, old ink stamp to titles, contemporary sheep, worn, lacking backstrip, 4to, Cambridge, Deighton, printed by C.H.F.Bialloblotzky at Enfield Manor House, 1845.

⁂ Bialloblotzky was a Lutheran theologian and later Methodist missionary who moved to England in 1831 and taught German. Library Hub cites one copy of this work (Cambridge University Libraries).

£150 - 200

123

Holtzapffel & Co. PRINTING APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF AMATEURS, third, enlarged edition, 1846 § Berthier (S.) Traité de l’Imprimerie a l’usage des Petites Machines, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, Paris, [c.1885] Southward (John) Type-Composing Machines of the Past, the Present, and the Future, Leicester, 1891 § Wilson (Fred. J.F.,) & Douglas Grey. A Practical Treatise upon Modern Printing Machinery and Letterpress Printing, Charles Thomas Jacobi’s copy with his bookplate, 1898 § Moran (James) Printing Presses, 1973 § Entwicklung der eisernen Buchdruckpresse (Die), second edition, Darmstadt, 1988, plates and illustrations, a few colour, all but the second original cloth, the first four rubbed; and a small quantity of others on printing presses and machines including a flyer for Hattersley’s Type-Composing Machine and an article on Ruthven’s Patent Printing Press from the ‘Scots Magazine’ of 1815 with folding engraved plate, some pamphlets, v.s. (c.50)

£200 - 300

124

Private & Provincial Printing.- Brydges (Sir Egerton) HUMAN FATE, AND AN ADDRESS TO THE POETS WORDSWORTH & SOUTHEY: POEMS,, FIRST EDITION, “a very limited number printed”, 22ff. printed on rectos only, stitched in original printed buff wrappers, spotted, [Library Hub cites 5 copies], Great Totham, printed at Charles Clark’s private press, 1846 § Boans (Henry) The Fatal Error, Part I [all published], FIRST EDITION, stitched, [Library Hub 4 copies, apparently his only work], Gateshead on Tyne, printed & published by Henry Boans..., [1885] § Giles (John Allen, editor & printer) Incerti scriptoris chronicon Angliae de regnis...Henrici IV, Henrici V, et Henrici VI, 3 parts in 1, bookplate of Eric J.Thompson, cloth, [printed by J.A.Giles of Bampton for] D.Nutt, 1848 § Wallace (Albany) Robert the Bruce, or the Battle of Bannockburn, FIRST EDITION, lacks front free endpaper, original boards, uncut, lacking spine, one corner repaired, [Library Hub 2 copies: BL & NLS], Worthing, printed by William Verrall for the author, 1825 § Franklin (Robert) The Miller’s Muse; Rural Poems, FIRST EDITION, ex-Barton-on-Humber Literary Institute copy with accession number to verso of title and label, original boards, uncut, spine worn and defective, Hull, printed by I.Wilson, Lowgate..., 1824 § Albinovanus Pedo (Gaius) The Elegies..., marginal tear to M1, lacks front free endpaper, contemporary marbled boards, uncut, spine worn, upper cover detached, A.L.s. from John Porter to David Chambers presenting the work loosely inserted “...it is not ‘private press’ but has a quality about it: in some places very Bodoni-ish. It is one of the copies on ‘fine paper ’ according to Lowndes...”, [Library Hub 5 copies], Kidderminster, printed at the Office of G.Gower, [1807], some light spotting, rubbed; and 4 others, 8vo & 4to (10) £300 - 400

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Roberts (David) EGYPT & NUBIA with Historical Descriptions by William Brockedon, 3 vol. in 2, FIRST EDITION, 3 pictorial titles, 61 plates and 60 half-page illustrations, all tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, paper guards, engraved map at end vol. 3, some foxing, but overall good copies, ex-library copy with ink stamps (and sold stamps) to verso of titles, 19th century plum half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, upper covers titled in gilt, g.e., rubbed with some scuﬀs and wear to extremities, [Abbey, Travel 272; Tooley 402], folio, F.G. Moon, 1846-49.

⁂ First edition of the second, climactic part of Roberts’ Holy Land. First appearing in twenty parts, most containing six plates, it successfully brought to a conclusion “one of the most important and elaborate [publishing] ventures of the nineteenth century” (Abbey). In this set, the title to vol. 2 is misnumbered vol. 5, and its text and plates are partly interspersed throughout that of vol. 3.

£8,000 - 12,000

126

Pickering Christian Classics.- [A COMPLETE SET OF THE SERIES], 18 vol., some vol. with old ink stamp to title, contemporary full or half calf, many uniform ruled and stamped in blind, some with gilt spines, a little rubbed, printed at the Chiswick Press for William Pickering, 184752; and several duplicates, some in original printed wrappers, tall narrow 12mo (c.30)

⁂ Series of reprints of the theological works of various 16th, 17th & 18th century divines.

£200 - 300

127

Eyton (J.Walter K.) [SALE CATALOGUE] CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY COMPRISING AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOKS , title in red & black, prices and buyers’ names in manuscript (slightly cropped), contemporary cloth, rebacked and cornered in calf, S.Leigh Sotheby & Co., 1848 § Martin (John) A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books Privately Printed..., second edition, engraved frontispiece (foxed), H.S.ASHBEE’S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old spine, rubbed, 1854 § Dobell (Bertram) Catalogue of Books Printed for Private Circulation, portrait loosely inserted, original buckram, uncut, by the Author, 1906 § Madan (F.) The Daniel Press. Memorials of C.H.O. Daniel with a Bibliography of the Press, 1845-1919, one of 500 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, Oxford, 1921 § Chambers (David) & Martyn Ould. The Daniel Press in Frome, number 4 of 175 copies signed/initialled by the authors, illustrations, some colour, original cloth-backed boards, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press, 2011 § Chambers (David) Early Private Presses 1730-1900, 2 vol., original cloth, Pinner, 2025, most a little rubbed; and c.55 others on early British private presses and their printers, 4to & 8vo (c.60)

£300 - 400

128

Kuniyoshi (Utagawa) and others COLLECTION OF 25 JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF ACTORS, SAMURAI AND LANDSCAPES, by Kuniyoshi, Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagwa Toyokuni III and others, including two smaller format, and two folding triptychs, colour woodblock prints on various papers, between approx. 230 x 160 mm (9 x 6¼ in) and 350 x 710 mm (13¾ x 28 in), all tipped or laid onto modern redcoloured paper mounts, trimmed, some repairs and handling creases, surface dirt, all unframed, [19th century] (25)

£600 - 800

129

Shorthand printing.- Pitman (Isaac, editor) THE PHONOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENT, for the year 1852 [&] The Phonographic Reporter for 1852, 2 works in 1, text in shorthand, plates and illustrations, contemporary cloth, rubbed, spine faded, Fred. Pitman, Phonetic Depot, 1852 & 3 others, similar, including a Bible and Psalms in shorthand, 8vo (4)

£100 - 150

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Bohn (Henry G., publisher).- Mudie (Robert) THE FEATHERED TRIBES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, 2 vol. fourth edition, hand-coloured woodengraved frontispieces, additional vignette titles and 24 plates, vol. 1 lacking half-title & tissue-guard to additional title, glue repairs to hinges, vol. 1 upper joint starting, 1854 § India. Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, engraved map frontispiece, bookplate of Isaac Norris with small embossed armorial stamp to half-title and title, 1854 § Pictorial Handbook of London, frontispiece and folding map at end (few splits at folds), 1854, illustrations, some spotting and light browning, some hinges cracked, original blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt but faded to varying degrees, the third with small staining, little rubbed with some wear to spine ends, Henry G. Bohn; and others, most also from Bohn’s Illustrated Library, some Bohn’s Antiquarian, Reference, Classical, Standard, Scientiﬁc & Historical Libraries, 8vo (c.90)

£300 - 400

131

Gosse (Philip Henry) THE AQUARIUM, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO HEAD OF TITLE, 6 chromolithographed & 6 plain plates, one gathering working loose, light browning, 1854; Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot, wood-engraved illustrations, 1857; Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals, 12 plates, all but one printed in colours by W. Dickes, A.L.S FROM THE AUTHOR LOOSELY INSERTED, dated Sandhurst May 11th 1858, bookplate of Nigel Ronald, cloth gilt, 1860; A Year at the Shore, 36 wood-engraved plates printed in colours, couple tissue-guards lacking, contemporary ownership inscription to half-title, some light oﬀsetting, upper hinge repaired, slight shelf-lean, 1865, FIRST EDITIONS OR FIRST IN BOOK FORM, a few light stains, occasional spotting or foxing, the third & fourth with gutter cracked at points but holding, some hinges cracked but holding ﬁrm, original cloth, spines slightly faded, little rubbed, some with wear to spine ends or corners; and others by or relating to Gosse, 8vo (14)

⁂ The loosely inserted letter refers to the publication of A History of the British Sea-Anemones: “Friends interested in the appearance...residing in various parts of the country, tell me that they were not aware that the work is out....It is of no use publishing a work like this, unless you advertise it...I wish Omphalos also to be kept before the public eye...unless they sell largely, they won’t cover the cost of production. Advertising is the soul of sales...”.

£400 - 600

Private & Provincial Printing.- Courtnay (John, editor & printer) THE SCHOOLBOY’S PAPER, COMPANION & PLAYMATE, No.1-13 [May 1854-April 1855] & Index bound in 1, frontispiece, hand-coloured plate, illustrations, first leaf of No.1 folding & following leaf trimmed with slight loss, contemporary marbled wrappers with printed label to upper cover, lower lacking, broken & loose, preserved in card wrapper, [Not listed by Library Hub], J.Courtnay [at St.Saviour’s Grammar School, Southwark], 1855 § [Hill (J.W., printer)] A Family Record in prose, and Verses by Mrs. Thomas Lea, of Kidderminster, with ‘Narrative of the First Sunday School at Kidderminster, established by Mr.Thomas Lea...’ bound at end, PRESENTATION COPY TO MISS SARAH LEA FROM “HER AFFECTIONATE UNCLE J.W.HILL AT WHOSE PRESS THE BOOK WAS PUT IN TYPE IN THE 86TH YEAR OF HIS AGE” inscribed on front free endpaper, original cloth, g.e., lacking spine, covers detached, Tottenham, printed at a private press, 1848 § Howard (Joseph, printer) The Monthly Magazine, vol.2 only (?of 2), INSCRIBED BY RACHEL HOWARD 1849 “IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE EDITORS INDUSTRY IN 1848” on front free endpaper, plates and illustrations, original cloth, spine torn and frayed, Tottenham, Joseph Howard, [?1849] § [Denham (M.Aislabie)] A Collection of English Border Rhymes...(Northumberland), ONE OF 50 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY FROM DENHAM TO WILLM.DICKSON OF ALNWICK WITH LONG SIGNED INSCRIPTION to final leaf, partly ruled in red, loose as issued, [Durham], 1850 § Taylor (David) A Sketch...of his own Life between 1759 & 1792, printed on rectos only with border ruled in red, contemporary sheep, [Library Hub 2 copies only: NLS & Oxford], printed by his greatgrandson Herbert Taylor, at his house, 84 Queen’s Gate, London, 1880 § Bernham (David de) Pontificale ecclesiae S.Andreae. The Pontifical Offices used by David de Bernham, Bishop of S.Andrews, marginal water-staining, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, uncut, Edinburgh, at the Pitsligo Press, 1885, some light soiling or spotting,all but the last rubbed or worn; and c.20 others including 2 Oberlin tracts, v.s. (c.25)

⁂ The ﬁrst three are not recorded by Library Hub.

£300 - 400

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Williams (Monier, translator) SAKOONTALA; OR, THE LOST RING; AN INDIAN DRAMA, illustrations, colour-printed decorations and decorative borders heightened with gilt, INK GIFT INSCRIPTION “PRESENTED TO HIS DEAR AND CHARMING FRIEND EMILY YOUNG BY BERNARD QUARITCH, DORKING, THE DAY BEFORE HER WEDDING, AUGUST 21, 1867” to front free endpaper, cloth lightly faded, Hertford, 1855 § Doyle (James E.) A Chronicle of England, wood-engraved illustrations printed in colours by Edmund Evans, spine faded, wear to lower corners, 1864 § Tennyson (Alfred) The Princess: A Medley, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, gutter cracked at points but holding ﬁrm, 1860, some foxing, particularly to the ﬁrst, original decorative cloth, gilt, the third with inlaid illustration to upper cover, g.e., some light bumping and rubbing to extremities; and others in original gilt decorative cloth, v.s. (c.45)

£400 - 600

134

Entomology.- Humphreys (Henry Noel) THE BUTTERFLY VIVARIUM; OR INSECT HOME, 8 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, advertisement endpapers, bookplate of Eric Quayle, spine little faded, g.e., 1858 § Samuelson (James) The Honey-Bee; its Natural History, Habits, Anatomy, and Microscopical Beauties, 8 lithographed plates, advertisement slip & 16pp. publisher’s catalogue at end, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 1860 § Morris (Rev. F.O.) A Natural History of British Moths, 4 vol., 132 wood-engraved plates ﬁnished by hand, titles printed in red and black, vol. 1 frontispiece lacking tissue-guard, bookseller’s ticket to pastedowns, 1871, some foxing or light browning, but generally good, original cloth, blind-stamped or gilt decorative, some light rubbing to extremities; and others on insects, butterﬂies or molluscs, including a run of the Entomologist’s Annual, v.s. (c.50)

£300 - 400

135

Botany.- Seaweed.- Johnstone (William Grosart) & Alexander Croall. THE NATURE-PRINTED BRITISH SEA-WEEDS, 4 vol., additional vignette titles, 220 nature-printed plates by Henry Bradbury, 2 lithographed plates (one hand-coloured), illustrations, lacking halftitles, vol. 4 p.65 tear repaired without loss, a few very minor marginal nicks, occasional foxing or dust-soiling, some light offsetting, but overall good, contemporary green half morocco, t.e.g., little rubbed and scuffed, [Nissen BBI 1002], [1859-60] § Gifford (Isabella) The Marine Botanist; An Introduction to the Study of Algology, handcoloured frontispiece & title-vignette, 10 lithographed plates after William Dickes, some hand-coloured, tipped-in errata slip, 4pp. advertisements at end, PRESUMABLY THE ILLUSTRATOR’S COPY WITH OWNERSHIP NAME “WILLIAM DICKES” TO HEAD OF TITLE, some light spotting and staining, including to plates, contemporary ownership inscription of Martha Giles to front free endpaper, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight shelf-lean, some light surface soiling, little rubbed with some wear to extremities and horizontal tear to spine head, joints starting at head, London & Bath, [?1848]; and another on seaweeds in 2 vol., v.s. (7)

£300 - 400

136

Juvenile.- BOY’S OWN BOOK (THE): A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALL THE DIVERSIONS, ATHLETIC, SCIENTIFIC, AND RECREATIVE, OF BOYHOOD AND YOUTH, frontispiece, additional pictorial title & divisional titles within gilt borders, title lightly browned, old glue repair to hinges, 1859 § Noyce (Elisha) The Boy’s Book of Industrial Information, abrasion to pastedown, g.e., 1859 § Howitt (William, editor) The Boy’s Country-Book, pencil sketch to half-title, ink ownership name of Eliza Shirley to front free endpaper and with her Gatington Park bookplate, shelf-lean, spine faded, 1839 § Lardner (Dionysius) Natural Philosophy for Schools, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light marginal browning, 1857 § Trades Described. A Book for the Young, ownership name erased from title, soiling, front free endpaper renewed, Religious Tract Society, n.d., illustrations, occasional spotting, few hinges cracked but holding ﬁrm, original cloth, all but the last gilt, some covers lightly stained, little rubbed; and others, children’s amusements, v.s. (c.40)

£250 - 350

137

19th Century woodblocks.- A LARGE QUANTITY OF ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS FOR 19TH CENTURY POETRY & OTHER WORKS by various artists and engravers including Birket Foster, Thomas Dalziel, Beattie & Collins, Gilbert, Harvey, Dodgson & others, preserved in 24 plastic trays; with another tray of blocks illustrating technical instruments (telescope, knives etc.), 2 blocks with pencil drawings ready for engraving (one of Distin’s Saxhorn Factory by Swain, the other an illustration of Dinah & Hetty in prison for ‘Adam Bede’ by William Small), and 3 unidentiﬁed blocks (one large containing 5 numbered illustrations in the block, chip to corner) (Qty)

£300 - 400

138

Crawhall II (Joseph) After, and others COLLECTION OF 32 PRINTING

PLATES, OF WHICH 30 ARE ETCHED COPPER PLATES, including two Crawhall interest printing blocks, with some associated prints from the blocks, a large etched copper ﬁsh, others after old masters, but mostly anonymous 19th century artists, various sizes between approx. 50 x 85 mm (2 x 3¼ in) and 100 x 350 mm (4 x 13¾ in), all loose, 19th century; with a wax relief portrait of a young boy, 360 x 240 mm (14¼ x 9½ in), framed, [19th century] (sm. qty.)

£200 - 300

139

American printing.- Cook (Rev. William) THE PLOUGHBOY’S HARROW, Number Three, 4pp., 2 woodcut plates by the author, one with some touching up in pencil, stitched, Salem, [privately printed by the author], 1860 § Priest (Josiah) A View of the expected Christian Millennium, seventh edition, folding frontispiece ‘Chart of the River of Life’, some foxing and staining, contemporary sheep, worn, Albany, for subscribers, Loomis’ Press, 1831 § Tayler (Rev. C.B.) The Will-Forgers; or, the Church of Rome, revised by Thomas O.Summers, 4pp. advertisements at end, foxed, original cloth, rubbed, Nashville, Tenn., for the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1856, 8vo et infra (3)

⁂ Rev. William “Billy” Cook (1807-76) was an impoverished clergyman who wrote and printed religious pamphlets which he sold on the streets of Salem, Mass.

£100 - 150

140

Duplication printing.- Orpen (Rebecca Dulcibella) [ILLUSTRATIONS FOR] A GREAT SENSATION BY EDWARD HENEAGE DERING, anastatic printing throughout with title, index, 10 plates and one explanatory leaf, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST inscribed on front free endpaper, light foxing, original illustrated pink boards, rubbed and stained, spine worn, [Baddesley Clinton], 1862 § Buzz-Fly (The). A Scandalous Family Journal, 16pp., folded sheets, lithographed pictorial title and manuscript text & illustrations, other text letterpress, [Not listed by Library Hub], 1870 § Some Account of a Remarkable Old House...in West Street Clerkenwell...Views of its Secret Hiding Places, Trap Doors..., lithographed manuscript written with cyclostyle pen comprising illustrated title, text and 18 hand-coloured plates, a few with manuscript captions in ink, contemporary cloth, spine label rubbed and chipped, [Library Hub one copy only: Bishopsgate Institute], privately printed for F.Cornman, 1900 § Wakeman (Geoﬀrey) Aspects of Victorian Lithography. Anastatic Printing and Photozincography, “COMPLIMENTARY COPY FOR DAVID CHAMBERS” from an edition limited to 250, tipped-in plates, original morocco-backed boards, Wymondham, Brewhouse Press, 1970; and 7 others with or about anastatic or similar printing, 8vo & 4to (11)

⁂ The second item concerns female suﬀrage.

£200 - 300

141

Rossetti (Christina) GOBLIN MARKET AND OTHER POEMS, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title after Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 16pp. publisher’s catalogue at end, contemporary ink inscription to head of title, foxing to frontispiece and pictorial title, a few other light spots, mostly to fore-edge, modern book-label of Peter Summers, original dark blue cloth ruled in gilt with small gilt circles at intersections designed by D.G.Rossetti, uncut, a little rubbed and very slightly marked, corners bumped, preserved in card wrapper, 8vo, Cambridge & London, 1862.

£800 - 1,200

142

Mayhew (Henry) LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR, 4 vol., including extra volume, a few publisher’s advertisement slips loosely inserted, fading to spines & vol.4 covers, [c.1865] § Ross (Frederick)

The Ruined Abbeys of Britain, 2 vol., colour plates, good copies, g.e., [1882] § Cooke (William) A New Picture of the Isle of Wight, 36 engraved plates, most with tissue-guards, folding hand-coloured map (browned), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, spine gilt, corners repaired slightly aﬀecting gilt Greek-key border to covers, 1808, all but the last with illustrations and in original gilt decorative cloth, some light browning and foxing, some bumping or rubbing to extremities; and others Britain, including some bound volumes of the Illustrated London News, v.s. (c.35)

£300 - 500

143

Mayhew (Henry, editor) THE SHOPS AND COMPANIES OF LONDON, AND THE TRADES AND MANUFACTORIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, vol.1 [all published], wood-engraved illustrations, some foxing at beginning and end, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed, 4to, 1865.

⁂ A fascinating survey of mid-nineteenth century British industries and mostly London commercial establishments, from paint manufacturers to the metropolitan railway, Rimmel perfumes to Cross & Blackwell sauces & pickles. The illustrations include the cashmere counter in the Grands Magasins du Louvre, a burglar-proof safe, Baker Street underground station, and a washing machine. We have been able to trace only one copy at auction (Bloomsbury Auctions in 2012).

£500 - 700

144

Fishes.- Couch (Jonathan) A HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS, 4 vol., 252 wood-engraved plates ﬁnished by hand, some spotting and occasional very light browning, but generally good, gutter cracked at points with few gatherings working loose, contemporary ownership inscription to pastedowns, vol. 4 upper hinge cracked but holding ﬁrm, original decorative cloth, gilt, some light staining to vol. 1 lower cover, spines slightly darkened but covers bright, some rubbing to extremities, [Nissen ZBI 979], 8vo, 1867-6766-67.

£200 - 300

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Natural history.- Ward (Hon. Mrs. [Mary]) THE MICROSCOPE, third edition, 8 hand-coloured etched plates, advertisements at beginning and end, some spotting to first and last few ff., g.e., spine slightly faded, 1869 § Baily (William Hellier) Figures of Characteristic British Fossils (Palaeozoic Division), 42 lithographed plates, some spotting and light browning, hinges cracked, 1875, original cloth, the first decorative gilt, little rubbed; and others on natural history, earth and environment, v.s. (c.60)

£300 - 500

146

Wise forgery.- [Evans (Marian), “George Eliot”], “Marian Lewes”. BROTHER AND SISTER, SONNETS, Wise forgery (not the counterfeit), original pale blue printed wrappers, an excellent copy preserved in later cloth portfolio (stained), loosely inserted, [Todd 157f(1)], 8vo, For Private Circulation only, 1869 [Richard Clay, 1885]; and an envelope of 5 A.Ls.s. from T.J.Wise to the bookseller David Hughes of Sherratt & Hughes bookshop in Manchester dated 1929 (2)

⁂ This is the original printing of the Wise forgery with interlaced rules at corners of upper wrapper and rule at end of text.

£400 - 600

147

Birds.- Morris (Rev. F.O.) A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 6 vol., second edition, 365 wood-engraved plates finished by hand, advertisements at end dated 1877, inscription “A.W. Simpson, Jesus Coll. Cam” to pastedowns, vol.1 frontispiece lacking tissue-guard, a few newspaper clippings tipped-in or loosely inserted, 1870; A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vol., second edition, 232 woodengraved plates finished by hand, advertisements at end dated 1885, 1875, some spotting or foxing, gutter split at points with few gatherings working loose, some hinges cracked but holding firm, original decorative cloth, gilt, some rubbing and wear to extremities, but good; and others, birds, v.s. (27)

£300 - 400

148

Botany.- Hibberd (Shirley) NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS, 54 wood-engraved plates printed in colours and ﬁnished by hand, advertisements at end dated 1881, occasional light spotting and oﬀsetting, gilt, few small stains, 1870 § Tripp (F.E.) British Mosses, 2 vol., half-title to vol.1, titles within hand-coloured borders, 39 handcoloured etched plates, advertisements at end dated 1879, partly unopened, 1874, some very light browning, gutter split at points but holding, original cloth, spines slightly darkened, some bumping and wear to extremities, [Nissen BBI 874 & 2004]; and others, botany, v.s. (c.40)

£300 - 500

149

Doyle (Richard) IN FAIRYLAND: A SERIES OF PICTURES FROM THE ELFWORLD, FIRST EDITION, 16 wood-engraved plates by Doyle printed in colours by Edmund Evans, all mounted on stubs, text with occasional light marginal soiling, traces of old label to endpapers, original decorated green cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving original spine, folio, 1870.

£400 - 600

150

Whistler (James Abbott McNeill, painter and printmaker, 18341903) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO “DEAR SIR”, 2pp., 112 x 178mm., Friday, 26th January, n.d., [c. 1870], “Will you come to me here on Sunday (day after tomorrow) - try it - and print a few proofs?”; Pugin (Auguste Charles, artist and architectural draughtsman, 1768/91832) Autograph Letter signed to “Dear Sir”, 1p., sm. 4to, 105 Great Russell Street, 14th July 1830, “According to your kind request I send you the two volumes... . I send you one of the ﬁrst copy, and your friend will ﬁnd the impressions clear & full; but now many of the plates are worn out...”; and c. 40 other letters, folds, v.s., v.d. (c. 40).

£200 - 300

151

Arabic phrasebook.- Sacroug (Gabriel) THE EGYPTIAN TRAVELLING INTERPRETER, or Arabic without a teacher for English Travellers visiting Egypt, FIRST EDITION, original cloth-backed glazed printed yellow boards, a little rubbed and soiled, spine faded, Cairo, P.Cumbo, 1874 § Central African Mission. The Arabic Alphabet, as used in Writing Swahili, 16pp., ﬁrst and last leaves browned and lightly spotted, stitched but mostly loose, Zanzibar, printed at the Mission Press, 1885 § T. (E.S. & M.W.) Another Nile Journal, and Notes from Egypt and Elsewhere, ONLY EDITION, several small ink corrections to text, light spotting, small tear to upper margin of title, original cloth, upper cover stamped in blind with title in gilt, a little rubbed, printed by William Whiteley of Bayswater [for the beneﬁt of the Leyton and Walthamstow Hospital Home for Children], 1881, 8vo (3)

⁂ The ﬁrst is a scarce traveller’s guide to Egyptian Arabic including vocabulary, grammar, proverbs and other useful information. Library Hub lists only one copy (University of Oxford), and no copies of the second or third items.

£200 - 300

152

Boyle (Mary L.) BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE PORTRAITS AT HINCHINGBROOK, A.L.S FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE DEDICATEE THE EARL OF SANDWICH “MY DEAR SANDWICH” laid down to front endpaper, additional PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION “SANDWICH, WITH THE AUTHOR’S LOVE” to front endpaper, scattered spotting, hinges cracked, green morocco by Birdsall & Son with buﬀ and red morocco onlays, forming diamond patterned borders to covers, upper cover with central oval containing letter “S” surmounted by a coronet, spine gilt, rubbed and bumped, g.e., 1876 § Dickens (Charles) The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain, FIRST EDITION, advertisement f. at beginning, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title after Tenniel, illustrations after Leech and others, some oﬀsetting to title and advertisement f., marginal toning and a few marks or spots, original red cloth, gilt, rebacked, a few marks and stains, g.e., [Eckel p.124], 1848; and various others, miscellaneous, v.s (c.70)

£300 - 400

153

Gould (Joseph) THE LETTER-PRESS PRINTER, FIRST EDITION, THE AUTHOR’S COPY WITH HIS INK AND PENCIL REVISIONS FOR THE SECOND EDITION, rather soiled, original cloth, 1876 § Johnson (John) Typographia, or the Printers’ Instructor, 2 vol., titles with ornamental border, wood engraved portraits, additional pictorial titles, Roxburghe Club arms leaf, illustrations and type specimens, some foxing, original cloth, spines faded, paper labels chipped, one joint split, (c.130 x 80mm.), 1824 § Instructions for Amateur Printers...by a Practical Printer, browned, original printed yellow wrappers, soiled and stained, Boston, Joseph Watson, 1873 § Southward (John) Modern Printing, a Treatise..., contemporary morocco, g.e., 1900 § Wakeman (Geoﬀrey) The Literature of Letterpress Printing 1849-1900, NUMBER 108 OF 120 COPIES, addenda leaf loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, Kidlington, Plough Press, 1986 § Moxon (Joseph) Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing (1683-4), edited by Herbert Davis & Harry Carter, facsimile reprint, original cloth, 1958 § Rummonds (R.-G.) Printing on the Iron Handpress, original cloth, dust-jacket, New Castle & London, 1998; Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress, 2 vol., original cloth, dust-jackets, New Castle & London, 2004, type specimens, plates and illustrations, some folding, most rubbed, some with slightly faded spines; and a quantity of others on printing, v.s. (c.100)

£200 - 300

154

Wales.- JOURNAL OF A FOUR DAYS’ TOUR IN NORTH WALES BY A PARTY OF FIVE [Sir Henry Alfred Pitman and his four daughters], mounted albumen print of the party as frontispiece and another smaller of Christ Church in Llanfairfechan in text, 4 wood-engraved vignettes, inscribed “Mabel & Janet” ink ink to head of title and with small manuscript correction in ink to p.112, light spotting, original blue cloth, rubbed, spine faded and worn, privately printed, 1877 § [Hughes (David)] Drych y Cribddeliwr, 40pp., ink signature of Robert Griffith to head of title, soiled at edges, stitched in original printed buff wrappers with woodcuts, spine worn, Llansantffraid, 1859 § L. (M.L.)

A Sketch of some parts of the County of Carnarvon, 32pp., light staining, original printed blue wrappers, uncut, spine slightly worn, Llanrwst, Venedocian Press, printed by J.Jones for Owen Jones, 1837, 8vo et infra (3)

£150 - 200

155

Erotica.- Bibliography.- [Ashbee (Henry Spencer)], “Pisanus Fraxi”. INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM [&] CENTURIA LIBRORUM ABSCONDITORUM [&] CATENA LIBRORUM TACENDORUM, 3 vol., one of 250 copies, frontispieces (lightly oﬀset onto titles), text in red and black, light foxing to titles, a few spots elsewhere, contemporary moroccobacked boards, spines lightly browned, some light rubbing to spine, privately printed, t.e.g., others uncut, 1877-85 § [Clowes (Sir William Laird)], “Speculator Morum”. Bibliotheca Arcana seu Catalogus Librorum Penetralium, contemporary roan-backed boards, wear to extremities, 1885 § Deakin (Terence J.) Catalogi Librorum Eroticorum: a critical bibliography of erotic bibliographies and book-catalogues, ‘out of series’ copy from an edition limited to 400, original cloth, spine lightly faded, glacine jacket, spine browned, a few tears, extremities a little rubbed, 1964; and others, mostly bibliographies or reference works related to erotica, v.s. (c.50)

£300 - 400

156

Isham (Sir Charles) THE TYRANT OF THE CUCHULLIN HILLS, lithographed throughout from handwritten illuminated text and printed in gold and silver on rectos only comprising preliminary leaf and 12 leaves of text, with hand-colouring and decoration to text by the author including pen, ink & watercolour illustration of eagle in a roundel to ﬁrst page of poem, light marginal spotting, original thick paper wrappers with lithographed title to upper cover, uncut, rubbed and soiled, slightly creased at edges, 4to, Northampton, Lamport Hall, privately printed by the author, [c.1880-91].

⁂ Very rare poem about a golden eagle ravaging sheep on the island of Skye, printed by the author Sir Charles Isham (18191903) on his private press at Lamport Hall, Northampton. He also developed a large rockery in his garden at Lamport and has the dubious distinction of introducing the ﬁrst garden gnomes into Britain, using terracotta ﬁgures from Nuremberg.

Library Hub cites 3 copies (NLS, NT and Oxford, with an additional deluxe version in NLS).

£300 - 400

157

Erotica.- Prostitution.- PRETTY WOMEN OF PARIS (THE); THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES, QUALITIES AND FAULTS , the odd light surface mark, contemporary half red morocco, gilt, light rubbing to extremities, t.e.g., others uncut, [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 8vo, 1883.

⁂ RARE “GUIDE” TO AROUND 240 PARISIAN SEX-WORKERS IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY, providing physical descriptions, commentaries on their personalities and an insight into their work as courtesans. The author/s comment on aspects of lesbianism, cross-dressing, and other behaviours deemed erotic.

£3,000 - 4,000

158

Palmer (Samuel) AN ENGLISH VERSION OF THE ECLOGUES OF VIRGIL, FIRST EDITION, half-title and title in red & black, 14 plates by Samuel Palmer including 5 original etchings (4 ﬁnished by his son A.H.Palmer), Eton presentation ink inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers, original vellum, gilt, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little soiled and stained, a couple of worn patches, folio, 1883; and 4 others, Palmer, including Trianon Press facsimiles of A Vision Recaptured and Sketch-book 1824, v.s. (5)

£400 - 600

159

Palmer (Samuel) THE SHORTER POEMS OF JOHN MILTON WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS , FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 16 OF 135 LARGE PAPER COPIES, 12 photogravure plates after drawings by Samuel Palmer, tissue guards, some foxing to guards and mounts of a few plates (as usual), original pictorial vellum, gilt, uncut, very slightly rubbed and soiled, folio, 1889.

⁂ A good copy with the binding in remarkably clean condition.

£500 - 700

160

Erotica.- Fontaine (Jean de la) TALES AND NOVELS IN VERSE, 2 vol., 85 engraved plates, later modern brown morocco, gilt, very light sunning to spine, faint spotting to covers, Paris, 1884 § Fertiault (F.) Les Amoureux du Livre..., 16 engraved plates or illustrations, original wrappers bound in, (a little soiled), later half morocco, spine sunned, Paris, 1877 § La Curiosité Littéraire et Bibliographique, 4 vol. in 2, illustrations, “Bibliothek Bogeng” bookplate, original wrappers bound in (a little soiled), modern vellum-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, a few spots to spine, Paris, 1880-83 § Colonna (Francesco) Le Songe de Poliphile ou Hypnérotomachie, 2 vol., one of 400 copies, illustrations, titles in red and black, original wrappers bound in (a little soiled), brown morocco by A. Coquard, spine lettered in gilt, [1883], occasional light scattered spotting or staining, t.e.g., others uncut; and others mostly erotica, most 19th-century, including works by Pierre Louys, with one book with a signed presentation inscription from the translator, Ruby Melvil and a book with c.65 leaves each with an engraving, 8vo, (c.55)

£400 - 600

161

Linton (W.J.) THE MASTERS OF WOOD-ENGRAVING, NUMBER 32 OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, from an edition limited to 600, hand-coloured frontispiece, plates, one large folding linen-backed plate loose in pocket at end, original buckram, uncut, a little rubbed, cockling to upper cover, New Haven & London, for subscribers only, 1889 § Millais (John Everett) Millais’s Illustrations: A Collection of Drawings on Wood, plates, some spotting, original cloth, spine ends slightly worn, gilt, 1866; and another by the ﬁrst, folio & 4to (3)

£200 - 300

162

Erotica.- Boisserand, called Frédillo (Louis-Alfred), By or After TWENTY EROTIC PRINTS, OR “FANTAISIES PARISIENNES”, without title, twenty numbered etchings with hand-colouring, on Whatman wove paper with partial watermarks, dates obscured but either ‘18[?]92’ or ‘18[?]02’, each platemark approx. 105 x 137 mm (4⅛ x 5¼ in), each sheet approx. 125 x 168 mm (4⅞ x 6⅝ in), the plates with bevelled edges, the sheets with deckle edges, ﬁne burgundy morocco, gilt, spine raised bands, oblong 8vo, [c.1890s or later].

£300 - 500

163

Science & Manufacturing.- SCIENTIFIC MYSTERIES. A COLLECTION OF SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE EXPERIMENTS ILLUSTRATING CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND OPTICAL WONDERS, light browning to endpapers, soiling to cloth, 1891 § Kentish (Thomas) The Pyrotechnist’s Treasury. The Complete Art of Making Fireworks, second edition, 1887 § Hartwig (Dr. G.) Volcanoes and Earthquakes, gutter cracked at points, g.e., 1887 § Half Hours in Air and Sky, 1881, plates or illustrations, occasional spotting or ﬁnger-soiling, but generally good, the third & fourth with contemporary prize bookplate, couple hinges cracked or weak but holding, original pictorial cloth, few light marks, little rubbed and bumped; and others on science and manufacture, v.s. (c.90)

£300 - 400

164

Wilde (Oscar) A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES, FIRST EDITION, [one of 1000 copies], pictorial title, illustrations and decorative endpapers by Charles Ricketts, 4 plates by Charles Shannon, original green clothbacked pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut, rubbed and soiled, lower cover spotted, upper corners and spine ends bumped, [Mason 347], small 4to, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1891.

£500 - 700

165

Quaritch (Bernard, publisher) FACSIMILES OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN BIBLICAL AND LITURGICAL MANUSCRIPTS Executed in Various Countries during the XIth-XVI Centuries now in the Possesion of Bernard Quaritch, 47 chromolithographed plates, many heightened with gold, contemporary cloth, rubbed, 1892 § Warner (Sir George F.) & Julius P.Gilson. British Museum. Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections, 4 vol., 1921 § Delaissé (L.M.J.) & others. The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. Illuminated Manuscripts, Fribourg, 1977 § Walther (Ingo F.) & Norbert Wolf. Codices illustres: The world’s most famous illuminated manuscripts 400 to 1600, Cologne, 2001 § Fahy (E., editor) The Medici Aesop, Spencer MS 50 from the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, New York, 1989 § Titley (Norah M.) Persian Miniature Painting and its Inﬂuence on the Art if Turkey and India. The British Library Collections, 1983, plates and illustrations, many colour, most original cloth or boards, all but the ﬁrst and last with dust-jackets; and a quantity of others on manuscripts, mostly Western, mainly illuminated, v.s. (4 boxes) £200 - 300

166

Woodward (Rev. G[eorge] R[atcliffe]) CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS-TIDE, Pickering & Chatto, 1892; Carols for Yule-Tide, one of 108 copies, 1922; The Babe of Bethlehem, one of 200 copies, title in red and black, 1923; The Mother of My Lord or Carols for Our Lady, 1923; Good Friday and Easter-Day Couplets, 1924; The Story of Kleobis and Biton, 1926; Translations of Italian, French & German Poems, one of 136 copies, 1928, occasional spotting, original printed wrappers, all but the first privately printed by Woodward at 48 West Hill, Highgate Village; and others by the same, most printed by him, several duplicates, housed in a card file and 2 slipcases, 8vo et infra (c.55)

⁂ George Ratcliﬀe Woodward (1848-1934) was a Church of England clergyman and hymnwriter, perhaps best known for his Christmas carol Ding, Dong! Merrily on High. Woodward also ran a private press from his home in Highgate. The period from 1922 until his death saw the majority of his private publication, focused on hymns, carols, songs and later his own translations of Greek and Latin epigrams, odes and poetry.

£200 - 300

167

Copinger (W.A.) CATALOGUE OF THE COPINGER COLLECTION OF EDITIONS OF THE LATIN BIBLE , ONE OF 50 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, frontispiece, title in red & black, folding plates, original half morocco, gilt, uncut, rather worn, Manchester, privately printed, 1893; Handlist of a Collection of Incunabula illustrating the Progress and Development of the Art of Printing prior to the year 1500, ?limited edition, printed on handmade paper, original printed wrappers, uncut, a little soiled, rebacked, privately printed, 1898 § Robson (Philip Appleby) The Woodcuts from Maitland’s “Early Printed Books in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth”, NUMBER 14 OF ONLY 30 COPIES, illustrations, contemporary marbled wrappers, uncut, privately printed, Blackheath Village, 1896, 4to (3)

£200 - 300

168

Kelmscott Press.- Morris (William) GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, one of 1500 copies on Flower paper, occasional light foxing, bookplate, 1893 § Herrick (Robert) Poems chosen out of the Works, edited by F.S.Ellis, one of 250 copies on Flower paper, lacking pp. 209-224 (replaced with blank leaves), with book-label of Sara Anderson (secretary to John Ruskin) and loosely-inserted sheet of labels “From the Library of Emery Walker No.III The Terrace Hammersmith”, 1895, both printed in red and black in Golden type, wood-engraved borders and initials designed by William Morris, original holland-backed boards, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spines slightly worn, [Peterson A18 & A37], Kelmscott Press; and a small bundle of Kelmscott Press printed ephemera including 2 small leaves printed on vellum (halftitle to Friendship of Amis and Amile and 4pp. from Child Christopher printed in red & black with 2 initials), 4 large decorative initials printed in blue on 2 sheets, specimen leaf of title to Golden Legend, other specimen leaves, book-lists etc., v.s. (a box)

£500 - 700

169

Morris (William) THE STORY OF CUPID AND PSYCHE, with illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, mostly engraved by William Morris, 2 vol., number 199 of 270 copies, from an edition limited to 400, illustrations, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, morocco gilt labels to spines, cloth slip-case, London & Cambridge, Clover Hill Editions, printed at the Rampant Lions Press, 1974 § Burne-Jones (Sir Edward) The Beginning of the World: Twenty-Five Pictures, illustrations by the author, browning to endpapers, original buckram-backed boards, a little browned, 1903; and 4 others about William Morris, v.s. (7)

⁂ The ﬁrst used the wood-engravings originally designed by Burne-Jones for the planned edition of The Earthly Paradise of 1868 but which was never completed. The illustrations were printed from the original blocks, mostly cut by Morris himself. The designs for the second were made for the Kelmscott Biblia Innocentium but the planned total of 200 were never completed and the book appeared without illustrations.

£300 - 400

170

Housman (Laurence).- Rossetti (Christina) GOBLIN MARKET, ONE OF 160 LARGE PAPER COPIES, wood-engraved pictorial title, 12 plates and numerous illustrations by Laurence Housman, title lightly foxed and browned from tissue guard, endpapers browned, original apple green cloth, paper label to spine (chipped and torn), uncut, slight fading to spine, [Ray 279], 8vo, 1893.

⁂ One of the most important Art Nouveau illustrated books. It was originally published in 1862 with two illustrations by the author’s brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, but Laurence Housman wrote to the publishers suggesting a fully illustrated version. His style perfectly captures the tale of the weird and sinister goblins tempting two innocent sisters to taste their fruit.

£600 - 800

171

-. Rossetti (Christina) GOBLIN MARKET, half-title, wood-engraved pictorial title, 12 plates and numerous illustrations by Laurence Housman, light browning to endpapers, original green decorative cloth, gilt, designed by Housman, g.e., a little rubbed, 1893 § Meredith (George) Jump to Glory Jane, FIRST EDITION, one of 1000 copies, plates and illustrations by Housman, original pictorial boards, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly browned, 1892; and 18 others by or illustrated by Housman, 8vo (20)

£300 - 400

172

White (Gleeson, editor) PRACTICAL DESIGNING: A HANDBOOK ON THE PREPARATION OF WORKING DRAWINGS, 4 pp. advertisements at rear, ink ownership inscriptions to front endpaper, a few marks and spots, upper cover gilt, spine gilt, spine dulled, a few small nicks to spine ends, slight shelf-lean, 1893 § Sharpe (Edmund) A Treatise on the Rise and Progress of Decorated Window Tracery in England, 2 parts in 1 vol., ink inscriptions to front endpaper and rear pastedown, surface soiling and scattered spotting, rebacked, preserving old spine, 1849, FIRST EDITIONS, illustrations and plates, toning, mostly marginal, some cracking at hinges, original cloth, rubbed and bumped; and others, largely relating to art and crafts, v.s. (57)

£300 - 400

VALE P RESS

173

Vale Press.- Longus. DAPHNIS AND CHLOE, translated by George Thornley, one of 210 copies, Old-Style type, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, decorative initials, some light oﬀsetting, 4pp. prospectus loosely inserted (browned), original green cloth, uncut, very slightly rubbed, [Watry A6], 4to, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1893.

⁂ Although not strictly a Vale Press item it anticipates the press. The ﬁrst true Vale Press publication was Milton’s Early Poems issued in 1896.

£600 - 800

174

Milton (John) EARLY POEMS, one of 310 copies, Vale type, woodengraved frontispiece and initials by Charles Ricketts, endpapers browned, original cream buckram, uncut, a little soiled, spine browned, [1896] § Symonds (J.Addington, translator) The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, 2 vol., [one of 300 copies on paper], Vale type, wood-engraved border and initial by Ricketts, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to upper covers and spines, uncut, rubbed, light staining to upper cover of vol.2, 1900, both with light spotting to a few gatherings, [Watry B1 & B30], 4to, Vale Press (3)

⁂ The ﬁrst is the ﬁrst true Vale press publication.

£400 - 600

175

Drayton (Michael) NIMPHIDIA AND THE MUSES ELIZIUM, [one of 210 copies], 1896 § Campion (Thomas) Fifty Songs, [one of 210 copies], [1897] § Chatterton (Thomas) The Rowley Poems, 2 vol., [one of 210 copies], 1898 § [Bradley (Katharine) & Edith Cooper], “Michael Field”. The World at Auction, [one of 210 copies], printed in red & black, 1898 § Wordsworth (William) Poems, edited by T.Sturge Moore, [one of 310 copies], original cream buckram, uncut & unopened, slightly soiled, 1902, all with wood-engravings by Charles Ricketts, the ﬁrst and fourth with ink inscriptions to front endpapers, all but the last original patterned-paper boards, uncut, the second with frayed glacine wrapper, all rubbed, [Watry B6, 7, 17, 18 & 37], 8vo, Vale Press (6)

£400 - 600

176

Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE ET DE L’HARMONIE DE LA PAGE IMPRIMÉE. William Morris et son Influence sur les Arts et Métiers, [one of 216 copies, not 256 as indicated in the book], printed in red and black in Vale type, errata slip tipped in, prospectus loosely inserted (spotted), SUPERBLY BOUND IN DARK BLUE MOROCCO TOOLED IN GILT, BY SARAH T.PRIDEAUX, covers with central panel of swirling tendrils with flowers & buds and small circles in gilt within latticework frame in blind and small gilt dots to intersections, frame and panel with double gilt fillet border, spine titled in gilt with compartments of floral tendril at top & bottom and five raised bands, turn-ins ruled in gilt, signed “S.T.P. 1901’ at foot of rear turn-in, g.e., very slight rubbing to bands and foot of spine, preserved in card wrapper, [Watry B16], 8vo, printed by the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts, 1898.

⁂ Essay on the importance of typography in book design in a beautiful binding by one of the most notable bookbinders of the time.

£1,000 - 1,500

177

Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE ET DE L’HARMONIE DE LA PAGE IMPRIMÉE. William Morris et son Inﬂuence sur les Arts et Métiers, [one of 216 copies, not 256 as indicated in the book], printed in red & black, with corrections in pencil to pp.12 & 26, light stain to inner margin of a couple of leaves, endpapers browned, original patterned-paper-backed boards, paper label to spine, a little rubbed & spotted, [1898] § Rossetti (Dante Gabriel) Hand and Soul, [one of 210 copies], wood-engraved borders and initials by Charles Ricketts, an early copy with p.39 numbered “36” and with ink manuscript note of such to front free endpaper, bookplate of Rainforth Armitage Walker, original boards with paper label, rubbed, spine rather worn, 1899, both printed in Vale type, uncut, [Watry B16 & 24]; and a bundle of Vale Press prospectuses, notices, order forms etc., and some folded leaves of blank paper, one signed by Lucien Pissarro at head, 8vo, Vale Press (3)

£300 - 400

178

Shannon (Charles) & J.W.Gleeson White. THE PAGEANT, 2 vol., VOL.1 NUMBER 102 OF 150 LARGE PAPER COPIES with photogravure of ‘Oedipus’ by Charles Ricketts (half-tone reproduction in ordinary copies, lightly foxed), pictorial title by Selwyn Image, plates including an original lithograph ‘The Doctor’ by Whistler, vol.2 includes woodcut ‘Queen of the Fishes’ in ﬁve colours by Lucien Pissarro, decorative endpapers by Pissarro, a few small stains to vol.2, with prospectus to ‘The Sphinx’ loosely inserted, original mauve cloth with birds in gilt, designed by Charles Ricketts, uncut & unopened, spines slightly faded and covers lightly stained, 1896-97 § Malory (Sir Thomas) [Morte Darthur], 2 vol., limited edition, plates and illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, original pictorial beige cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed & soiled, joints and spine ends worn, 1893 § Taylor (John Russell) The Art Nouveau Book in Britain, FIRST EDITION, A.L.s. from the author to David Chambers loosely inserted, illustrations, original boards, 1966; and 6 others, 1890s illustration, 4to & 8vo (11)

⁂ The ﬁrst includes literary contributions by Swinburne, W.B.Yeats and John Gray, and pictorial by D.G.Rossetti, Ricketts, Millais and Burne-Jones.

£300 - 400

179

Stevenson (R.L.) A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES, one of 150 copies on Japanese vellum, illustrations by Charles Robinson, bound in dark red morocco, by Rivière & Sons, with original cloth covers mounted as doublures, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly rubbed & faded, London & New York, 1896 § Rhys (Grace, editor) [The Banbury Cross Series], 12 vol., illustrations by Charles Robinson, R.Anning Bell & others, similar original pictorial pale green cloth, gilt, with ties, t.e.g., others uncut, some spotting, spines faded, lacking some ties, 189495 § Dobson (Austin) Coridon’s Song, 1894; The Story of Rosina, 1895 § Mitford (Mary Russell) Our Village, 1893, the last three with illustrations by Hugh Thomson, the last with his signature loosely inserted, original pictorial dark green cloth, gilt; and c.30 others, mostly children’s & illustrated, 4to & 8vo (c.45)

£300 - 400

L UCIEN P ISSARRO & THE E RAGNY P RESS

180

Pissarro (Camille & Lucien) TRAVAUX DES CHAMPS, First Series, ONE OF 25 PORTFOLIOS, 6 woodcuts by Lucien Pissarro after Camille, 3 printed in colours, all signed in pencil by Lucien below image, some spotting, tipped into card mounts, printed list of contents mounted on inside cover, loose as issued in original parchment-backed board portfolio with ties, a little rubbed and soiled, folio, [printed by Hacon & Ricketts at the Vale Press], [1895].

⁂ Collaboration between father and son illustrating French peasants at work in the ﬁelds, originally intended as an illustrated volume but issued as a portfolio of prints at the suggestion of Charles Ricketts. Two further portfolios were planned but never completed.

£1,500 - 2,000

181

Rust (Margaret) THE QUEEN OF THE FISHES An Adaptation in English of a Fairy Tale of Valois, NUMBER 45 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED WITH THE ARTIST/PRINTER’S MONOGRAM IN RED, printed in red, grey and gold on Japanese handmade paper, wood-engraved illustrations (5 in colour) and borders designed and engraved by Lucien Pissarro, one full-page, original limp vellum, two gilt ﬂoral ornaments to upper cover, t.e.g., an excellent copy preserved in card wrapper, 8vo, Eragny Press, 1894.

⁂ The charming ﬁrst publication of the Eragny Press, and the only one not printed in the usual Vale type. “We knew nothing of the art of printing and had to learn it as we went along - which meant that we were faced with endless diﬃculties. We bought a small handpress, crown 4to, and started to print this booklet, The Queen of the Fishes, two pages at a time; the gold used in the book was real gold powder...”. (Pissarro quoted by Franklin in The Private Presses p.96)

£2,500 - 3,500

182

BOOK OF RUTH (THE) & THE BOOK OF ESTHER, one of 155 copies on paper, printed in red & black, Vale type, wood-engraved initials and illustrations designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Esther Pissarro, light spotting to a few leaves, book-label of John Avery, 1896

§ Bacon (Sir Francis) Of Gardens, an Essay, one of 226 copies on paper, printed in red, green & black, Vale type, wood-engraved frontispiece designed & engraved by Lucien Pissarro, wood-engraved border and initials designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro, 1902, endpapers lightly browned, original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, uncut, the ﬁrst a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, Eragny Press (2)

£400 - 600

183

Laforgue (Jules) MORALITES LEGENDAIRES, 2 vol., one of 220 copies, printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispieces, borders and initials designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro, frontispiece and facing leaf of vol.1 very lightly browned, endpapers browned, original clover patterned-paper boards, uncut, spines very slightly faded and corners bumped, [Ray, English 266], 8vo, Eragny Press, 1897-98.

£500 - 700

184

Flaubert (Gustave) LA LEGENDE DE SAINT JULIEN L’HOSPITALIER, 1900; Un Coeur Simple, 1901; Hérodias, 1901, each one of 226 copies, printed in Vale type, wood-engraved frontispiece and border designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro, light spotting to endpapers of the second, original linen-backed blue boards, paper label to upper covers, uncut, light stain and wear to corner of upper cover of the ﬁrst, 8vo, Eragny Press (3)

£500 - 700

185

Villon (François) LES BALLADES, printed in red & black, 1900; Autres Poesies, printed in red, green and black, 1901, each one of 226 copies on handmade paper, Vale type, wood-engraved frontispieces designed and engraved by Lucien Pissarro, wood-engraved borders and decorative initials designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro, endpapers lightly browned, original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, uncut, slightly rubbed, spines a little spotted or browned, 8vo, Eragny Press, 1901.

£400 - 600

186

Verhaeren (Emile) LES PETITS VIEUX, one of 230 copies on Japanese paper, printed in red and black, Vale type, wood-engraved frontispiece printed in colours and large decorative initials in red, all designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro, very light spotting to a couple of leaves, original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., very slight wear to head of spine, preserved in card wrapper, oblong 8vo, Eragny Press, 1901.

£400 - 600

187

Ronsard (Pierre de) CHOIX DE SONNETS, 1902; Abregé de l’Art Poetique François, 1903, each one of 226 copies, the ﬁrst printed in red & black with wood-engraved frontispiece, the second with illustrations, all borders, initials and illustrations designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro, endpapers browned, uniform original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, uncut, spine of the second very slightly browned, 8vo, Eragny Press (3)

£400 - 600

188

Bacon (Sir Francis) OF GARDENS, AN ESSAY, one of 226 copies on paper, printed in red, green & black, Vale type, wood-engraved frontispiece designed & engraved by Lucien Pissarro, wood-engraved border and initials designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro, endpapers lightly browned, original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, uncut, an excellent copy, Eragny Press, 1902; and 2 others from the press, 8vo (3)

£300 - 400

189

White (Diana) THE DESCENT OF ISHTAR, one of 226 copies on paper, printed in red, green & black, wood-engraved frontispiece designed by the author & engraved by Esther Pissarro, small ink stain to edge of front free endpaper, a couple of tiny spots to spine, 1903 § Binyon (Laurence) Dream come True. Poems, one of 175 copies on paper, wood-engraved frontispiece designed and engraved by the author, spine slightly bumped, 1905 § Moore (T.Sturge) The Little School, a Posy of Rhymes, one of 175 copies on paper, wood-engravings by the author, bookplate of James Curle, 1905, all printed in Brook type, the ﬁrst two with wood-engraved border in green and all initials designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro, free endpapers browned, original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, uncut, 8vo, Eragny Press (3)

£500 - 700

190

C’EST D’AUCASSIN ET DE NICOLETTE, one of 230 copies, Vale type, woodengraved frontispiece designed and engraved by Lucien Pissarro printed in colours, large decorative initial and ornaments in red designed by Lucien & engraved by Esther Pissarro, musical notation, 1903 § Perrault (Charles) Deux Contes de ma Mère Loye, one of 224 copies on paper, Vale type, wood-engraved title-vignette, doublepage frontispiece in grey, black & gold, border and initials all designed by Lucien and engraved by him & Esther Pissarro, 1899 § Some Old French and English Ballads, edited by Robert Steele, one of 200 copies on paper, printed in red & black in Brook type, wood-engraved frontispiece by Lucien Pissarro printed in colours, decorative initials, musical notation, 1905, free endpapers browned, original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, uncut, the ﬁrst with spine a little browned, 8vo, Eragny Press (3)

£500 - 700

191

Moore (T.Sturge) A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE ERAGNY PRESS &...A Bibliographical List of the Eragny Books printed in the Vale type..., ONE OF 6 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM (3 FOR SALE), from an edition limited to 241, wood-engraved illustrations designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro, SYDNEY ROSCOE’S COPY WITH HIS PENCIL NOTE REGARDING ACQUISITION AND BINDING to front free endpaper, bound in later limp vellum, upper cover titled in gilt, uncut, with original cream board slip-case (very slightly marked), preserved in another board slip-case (split and repaired), 8vo, Eragny Press, 1903.

⁂ One of only a few Eragny books printed on vellum and the ﬁrst in Pissarro’s new Brook type, designed by him following the closure of the Vale Press which had previously allowed him to use the Vale type, hence the dedication to Charles Ricketts. Roscoe’s note reads, “This vellum copy of About Eragny Books was formerly owned by Miss Orovida Pissarro [daughter of Lucien & Esther], from whom it was acquired by the Beauchamp Bookshop - thence to me, August 1954. It was sewn & in the present slip-case, but otherwise without any cover of any sort. The binding has been done for me by Leighton-Straker, who own the original punches for the type on the case. S.Roscoe 13th Sept. 1954”.

Sydney Roscoe (ﬂ.1900-77), book-collector and bibliographer, particularly of Thomas Bewick.

£4,000 - 6,000

192

Browning (Robert) SOME POEMS, one of 215 copies on paper, woodengraved frontispiece designed and engraved by Lucien Pissarro and printed in colours, 1904 § Jonson (Ben) Songs, one of 175 copies on paper, wood-engraved frontispiece designed and engraved by Lucien Pissarro and printed in colours, musical notation in red & black, bookplate of Asa Lingard, 1906 § Rossetti (Christina) Verses...reprinted from G.Polidori’s edition of 1847, edited by J.D.Syon, one of 175 copies on paper, errata slip, 1906, all printed in red & black in Brook type, any wood-engraved borders, initials and decorations designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro, endpapers browned, original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, uncut, 8vo, Eragny Press (3)

£600 - 800

193

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) CHRISTABEL, KUBLA KHAN, FANCY IN NUBIBUS AND SONG FROM ZAPOLYA, one of 226 copies on paper, text printed in Brook type in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece, border and initials designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro, frontispiece printed in two shades of green, decorative border in green with large initial in pink, some faint marginal spotting, bookplate of Asa Lingard, free endpapers browned, WITH 3 PROOFS ON JAPON OF THE FRONTISPIECE LOOSELY INSERTED (2 COLOUR SEPARATIONS AND ONE WITH BOTH COLOURS), original ﬂoral patterned-paper boards, uncut, an excellent copy, 8vo, Eragny Press, 1904.

£400 - 600

194

Milton (John) AREOPAGITICA: A SPEECH FOR THE LIBERTY OF UNLICENC’D PRINTING, TO THE PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND, second impression, one of 160 copies, printed in red & black, in double column, wood-engraved border and initials by Lucien Pissarro and engraved on wood by Esther Pissarro, free endpapers browned, engraved armorial bookplate of Percy Lancelot Babington, with prospectus to first impression and T.L.s. to David Chambers from Anthony Rota dated 1958 offering the book loosely inserted, original floral patternedpaper boards, uncut, spine ends and corners very slightly bumped, 4to, Eragny Press, 1904.

⁂ One of the most important texts produced by the press. The ﬁrst impression was mostly destroyed by a ﬁre at the binders, apart from a sample copy and 40 unbound copies; this second impression was issued six months later. It is the only Eragny book printed in double column and in such a large format.

£600 - 800

195

[Perrault (Charles)] RIQUET À LA HOUPPE (Deux Versions d’un Conte de ma Mère Loye), ONE OF 75 COPIES ON PAPER PRINTED IN RED & BLACK, from an edition limited to 88, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED “S.L.BENSUSAN FROM ESTHER & LUCIEN PISSARRO” on front free endpaper, printed in red & black, Brook type, 2 large wood-engraved pictorial initials designed and engraved by Lucien Pissarro printed in colours, wood-engraved ornaments and other initials designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro, free endpapers browned, original vellumbacked boards, illustrated paper label inset into panel on upper cover, uncut, very lightly soiled, upper corners a little rubbed and bumped, preserved in card box with lid, 8vo, Eragny Press, 1907.

⁂ Samuel L.Bensusan (1872-1958), author, musician, expert on country matters and Essex dialects. He was the younger brother of Esther Pissarro.

£800 - 1,200

196

Nerval (Gerard de) HISTOIRE DE LA REINE DU MATIN & DE SOLIMAN PRINCE DES GENIES, ONE OF 130 COPIES ON ARCHES HANDMADE PAPER, this number 101 for M.Charles Vuille, printed in Brook type, title in grey and gold, text in red and black, wood-engraved title-vignette, border, illustrations and initials designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Esther & Lucien Pissarro and printed in grey, some with colours, initials in gold, T.Balston’s copy with his ink signature to front free endpaper, free endpapers foxed, original grey/green lambskin, covers with all-over pattern of carnations in gilt, uncut, spine very slightly rubbed, preserved in card wrapper, [Ray, English 267], 8vo, Eragny Press for La Societe des Cent Bibliophiles, 1909.

£2,000 - 3,000

197

Gautier (Judith) ALBUM DE POEMES TIRES DU LIVRE DE JADE, NUMBER 80 OF 120 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, from an edition limited to 130, printed in red, grey and gold with rules in red, 8 wood-engraved roundels and numerous decorations designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro, all printed in colours and many heightened with gold, original limp grey roan sewn with cord in Japanese style around spine of tan roan, upper cover with title and lotus flower ornament in gilt, t.e.g., spine ends very slightly rubbed, preserved in card wrapper, [Ray, England 268], Eragny Press, 1911 § White (Diana) Preface...to an Album of Poems from the Livre de Jade..., number 24 of 60 facsimile copies of the 1911 edition, this copy for Sir Sydney and Lady Cockerell, with accompanying presentation note from Esther Pissarro to the Cockerells loosely inserted, original grey wrappers sewn in Japanese style with lotus flower label to upper cover, 1948; with 7 proofs of the first roundel (some colour separations) in card wrapper, 8vo (3)

⁂ ‘’...perhaps the handsomest of any [book] issued by the Eragny Press...’’. (Gordon Ray)

£2,000 - 3,000

198

Moselly (Émile) LA CHARRUE D’ÉRABLE, ONE OF 116 COPIES ON ARCHES HANDMADE PAPER, this number 82 for M.H.Vever, printed in Brook type, title with wood-engraved pictorial border printed in grey, green and pink, 12 plates each printed from 4 blocks designed by Camille Pissarro and engraved on wood by Lucien Pissarro, wood-engraved head- & tail-piece and initials designed by Lucien and engraved by Lucien and Esther Pissarro, all but one printed in black and two colours, light marginal spotting to a few leaves, original limp olive green lambskin, upper cover titled in gilt, cream lambskin doublures elaborately tooled in gilt with apple motifs and central monogram of Le Livre Contemporain (oﬀset onto free endpapers as usual), uncut, faint mark to upper cover, spine faded, preserved in green buckram slip-case, [Ray, English 269], 8vo, Paris, Le Livre Contemporain, 1912.

⁂ Scarce work designed around charming drawings of rural scenes by Lucien Pissarro’s father Camille.

£1,800 - 2,200

199

[Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], “Michael Field.” WHYM CHOW, FLAME OF LOVE, NUMBER 6 OF 27 COPIES ON ARCHES HANDMADE PAPER, printed in Brook type, INSCRIBED [BY KATHERINE BRADLEY] TO “FREDERICK GURNEY SALTER, ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHYM CHOW” in ink on front free endpaper, printed in red and black with decorative initials in red by Esther Pissarro, original red reversed calf, paper label with title inset into upper cover, uncut, spine ends and corners slightly worn, preserved in card wrapper, 8vo, privately printed [by Esther Pissarro] at the Eragny Press, 1914.

⁂ The rarest and ﬁnal book from the press. Katherine Harris Bradley (1846-1914) and Edith Emma Cooper (1862-1913) wrote collectively under the pseudonym of Michael Field. Whym Chow, published in 1914 was a celebration of their much loved dog who had died in 1906. Apart from each other Whym Chow was their closest companion and such was the depth of their feeling for him they underwent a religious crisis which led to their conversion to Roman Catholicism.

£3,000 - 4,000

200

[A COLLECTION OF PROSPECTUSES, BOOK LISTS & OTHER EPHEMERA FROM THE ERAGNY PRESS WITH SOME ITEMS FROM THE VALE PRESS], a few printed in red & black, some with wood-engraved illustrations, most tipped to blank leaves, a few items loosely inserted, a few items in photocopy, interspersed with typed lists and notes, some with annotations in pencil, original cloth ﬁles, 4to (2)

⁂ A remarkable and extremely comprehensive collection assembled by S.R.Roscoe and later given/sold to David Chambers with letters to Chambers from Sydney Roscoe loosely inserted and annotations by Roscoe of copies being in Chambers’ collection. It includes a notice of the ﬁre which destroyed most of the paper issue of Milton’s Areopagitica in 1903, a photograph of Diana White the author of The Descent of Ishtar in c.1909, and a T.L.s. from Orovida Pissarro (Lucien & Esther’s daughter) to Miss Roscoe dated 7th December 1959 explaining that she does not possess a copy of Whym Child [Chow] “...if you have...you are indeed lucky!”.

£1,000 - 1,500

201

Pissarro (Camille) and others. COLLECTION OF 34 COLOUR-PRINTED WOODCUTS FOR BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS, including two proofs of ‘Les Sarcleuses’, woodcut in 4 colours, cut and printed by Lucien Pissarro, a proof for Lucien Pissarro’s ‘Queen of the Fishes’, a proof of an unused design for Nerval’s ‘Histoire de la Reine’, and other landscapes, bookplates and ephemeral cuttings, colour woodcuts, some heightened with gold, on various papers, sheets between approx. 90 x 60 mm (3½ x 2¼ in) and 290 x 220 mm (11½ x 8¾ in), all loose, unframed, [c.1890-1910 and later]

£300 - 500

202

Pissarro (Lucien, 1863-1944, artist and printer) 4 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, all signed, each 1p., mostly from ‘The Brook, Stamford Brook’, the other from France, one dated 28 March 1922 cancelling subscription to the Print Collector’s Quarterly “things are so very bad, just now, for artists that I am obliged, for the sake of economy, to give it up...”, another dated 26 August 1923 accepting the oﬀer of some india paper “...I am doing very little wood engraving these days...”, the others dated 1924 and 1931 § Set of pulls from blocks for ‘London Society’ magazine, comprising 56 wood-engravings (16 by Charles Keene, 36 by G. du Maurier), each numbered 1/15 and titled in pencil, loose in folder with T.L.s. from John Bensusan-Butt dated 25 October 1974 presenting them to David Chambers “...a curious enterprise of my dear aunt Esther Pissarro in 1921...”, [1862-69]; and 1p. A.L.s. from Esther Pissarro dated 28 July 1921 to R.A.Walker, a Pc.s. to Esther Pissarro from the bookbinder Katharine Adams dated 1910 wishing her a merry Christmas, and a metal relief printing plate for a bookplate by Lucien & Esther Pissarro for her brother S.L.Bensusan (a bundle)

£600 - 800

203

Pissarro (Lucien) WOOD ENGRAVINGS, number 154 of 175 sets printed by Iain Bain and David Chambers from the original woodblocks, 29 wood-engravings on Japanese Hosho paper tipped into 20 card mounts, loose as issued, with accompanying text booklet on Pissarro’s woodblocks by David Chambers, illustrations, original printed wrappers, together in original cloth drop-back box, small folio, Oxford, 1981.

£200 - 300

204

Pissarro (Lucien) WOOD ENGRAVINGS, number II of 15 out-of-series sets, from an edition limited to 175, printed by Iain Bain and David Chambers from the original woodblocks, 29 wood-engravings on Japanese Hosho paper tipped into 20 card mounts, loose as issued, with accompanying text booklet on Pissarro’s wood-blocks by David Chambers, illustrations, original printed wrappers, together in original cloth drop-back box, Oxford, 1981; and c.20 others about Pissarro and the Eragny Press, a box of loose additional prints of the engravings, a quantity of trials, proofs, notes etc. for the work, and some small sheets of blank paper from the press sent to Chambers by Mary Buckland Wright after her husband’s death, v.s. (sm.qty)

£500 - 700

205

Pissarro (Lucien) PASTORALE: WOOD-ENGRAVINGS ..with a note on the Kelmscott paper by John Bidwell, NUMBER XIV OF 100 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES ON FLOWER PAPER AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL PORTFOLIO OF ENGRAVINGS INCLUDING ONE EXTRA, from an edition limited to 300, wood-engraved illustrations, a few printed in colours, original pale blue moroccobacked boards, uncut, spine lightly faded, additional suite with extra colour woodcut ‘The Railway Line’ loose as issued in original clothbacked board folder, together in original cloth and board slip-case (lightly browned), preserved in card wrapper, 4to, Risbury, Whittington Press, 2011.

£300 - 400

206

Culpeper (Nicholas) CULPEPER’S HERBAL AND FAMILY DOCTOR, ONE OF ONLY 12 COLOURED COPIES, 15 hand-coloured plates, a little browned, original cloth-backed boards, printed pink label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed, spine worn and defective (crude repairs), Woodlesford, Cloverﬁeld Press, Fred Leslie, 1899 § Stewart (M.) A List of all the Birds which inhabit, or visit, the British Isles, 16pp., PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR/PRINTER inscribed to Lawson Tait at head of upper wrapper, stitched in original printed wrappers, uncut, a little spotted and soiled, frayed at spine and edges, Wakeﬁeld, M.Stewart, York House, 1869 § Todd (Thomas) A Few Remarks on Autumn Cleaning of Land, 8pp., lightly soiled and stained, Wolsingham, Broadwood, 1854, 4to & 8vo (3)

⁂ According to a pencil note in the ﬁrst “Mr. Leslie bought some type by auction, constructed a home-made press, & produced this vol. He bound & printed it himself. He was formerly a working collier. (A Yorkshire Curiosity)”. Library Hub records one copy only (Leeds Library).

Library Hub lists no copies of the second item but one of the last (University of Oxford).

£200 - 300

207

Essex House Press.- Bunyan (John) THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS, one of 750 copies, printed in red & black, wood-engraved frontispiece by Reginald Savage, light spotting to endpapers, original vellum, yapp edges, uncut, soiled, 1899 § Burkitt (F.Crawford, translator) The Hymn of Bardaisan, one of 300 copies, original boards, paper label to upper cover, uncut, 1899 § Fisher (John) A Mornynge Remembraunce, number 78 of 125 copies on paper, printed in red and black, frontispiece by C.R.Ashbee, original vellum, slightly soiled, Chipping Campden, 1906, all rather soiled, all Essex House Press; and 3 others including a small box of prospectuses from the press, 8vo (6)

£200 - 300

208

Mackail (J.W.) WILLIAM MORRIS: AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE HAMMERSMITH SOCIALIST SOCIETY, [one of 300 copies on paper], printed in red and black, bookplate, original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, [Tidcombe DP3], 1901 § Pollard (Alfred W.) & others. Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press, one of 339 copies with an original leaf tipped in, original vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case (faded), San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1929; and a bundle of ephemera from the press INCLUDING A SINGLE LEAF ON VELLUM FROM SHELLEY’S ‘POEMS’, pp.175-176 (end of ‘Hellas’ and ‘Music, when Soft Voices Die’), printed in red & black, [Tidcombe DP35], 1914, paper leaves from Faust, Catalogue Raisonné of Books...1900-1915, various lists of books and prospectuses & order form for the Doves Bible, some a little soiled, v.s. (a bundle)

£400 - 600

209

ENGLISH BIBLE (THE)...Translated out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King James the First, vol.III only (of 5: Isaiah to Malachi), one of 500 copies on paper, printed in red and black with initials by Edward Johnston, small stains to lower outer corner of title and following two leaves, with trial proof of ﬁrst leaf of Genesis printed on recto only loosely inserted (light marginal soiling and small tear to lower right-hand edge), original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, preserved in board slip-case (rubbed), [Tidcombe DP6], folio, Doves Press, 1904.

⁂ A sample volume of the only folio printed by CobdenSanderson and the magnum opus of the Doves Press, described by Stanley Morison as representing “the ﬁnest achievement of modern English printing”. Four Centuries of Fine Printing

£600 - 800

210

Keats (John) [POEMS], one of 200 copies on paper, printed in red and black, original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, with ?original blue-grey dust-jacket (spine very lightly faded), 4to, [Tidcombe DP36], small 4to, Doves Press, 1914.

£1,000 - 1,500

211

Erotica.- SUBURBAN SOULS, 3 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, one of 150 copies, titles in red and black, occasional light staining, contemporary half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, Paris, printed for distribution amongst private subscribers only, 8vo, 1901.

⁂ FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE RAREST EROTIC BOOKS IN ENGLISH. We can trace only one other copy of this edition at auction.

£2,000 - 3,000

J AMES G UTHRIE & THE P EAR T REE P RESS

212

Guthrie (James) THE ELF. A SEQUENCE OF THE SEASONS, 4 vol., each number 59 of 250 copies, printed in black and colours, plates and decorations by the author, all with neat ink ownership inscription and bookplate, original holland-backed pictorial/decorated boards, uncut, a very good set, Old Bourne Press, 1902-04; The Book Craftsman, No.1-4 [all published], illustrations, original printed blue wrappers, Pear Tree Press, 1934-35; The Print-Collector’s Quarterly, vol.11 no.2, containing ‘The Wood Engravings of Clemence Housman’ by Guthrie, illustrations, original wrappers, foxed, spine torn at head, 1924; and 12 others by or relating to Guthrie including issues of ‘Root and Branch’, and an original woodblock by Clemence Housman and an envelope of Guthrie’s cards, 8vo & 4to (c.30)

£500 - 700

213

Waller (Edmund) SONGS & VERSES, ONE OF 25 SPECIAL HAND-COLOURED COPIES, from an edition of 172, hand-coloured decorations by Pickford Waller, SIGNED & INSCRIBED “TO JAMES GUTHRIE FROM HIS FRIEND PICKFORD WALLER” on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, handcoloured paper label to upper cover, uncut, slightly rubbed and soiled, 8vo, South Harting, Pear Tree Press, 1902.

£300 - 400

214

Guthrie (James) A CHILD’S GOOD DAY, NUMBER 5 “OF 12 COLOURED

COPIES” SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, from an edition limited to 100, intaglioprinted throughout with title, dedication, 8pp. text and advertisement in green & grey, mounted on blank leaves, original blue wrappers wih intaglio label to upper cover, light soiled, corner of upper cover creased, 90 x 85mm., 1908; The Snow Cloud..., no limitation given, intaglio-printed in black on 8pp. folding concertina style, light oﬀsetting, pasted into original buﬀ wrappers with intaglio printing in blind, creased at edges, 78 x 55mm., 1909, Flansham, Pear Tree Press; and a commercial printing of The Wild Garden inscribed to Gordon Bottomley and with frontispiece hand-coloured, 12mo (3)

£300 - 400

215

Blake (William) AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE, NUMBER 2 OF 70 LARGE PAPER

COPIES IN COLOURS ON ARCHES, from an edition limited to 100, with signed ink note of limitation to foot of colophon by James Guthrie, intaglio-printed throughout in red and ochre including frontispiece, decorative title, plate and text with script by Lillian Frost, free endpapers browned, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, intaglioprinted label on upper cover, spine a little soiled, corners lightly bumped, 8vo, Flansham, Pear Tree Press, 1914.

£300 - 400

216

Ellis (Vivian Locke) EPODE, unnumbered but SIGNED & INSCRIBED “TO SHEILA, JAMES GUTHRIE 1928” BY THE PRINTER, original wrappers with pictorial intaglio label to upper cover, creased at lower edges, 1915 § Green (A.Romney) A Strange Visit, INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTER “PROOF COPY ONLY - TO ELEANOR FROM JIMMY AUGUST 1930”, original wrappers with intaglio title, foxed, 1930 § Strode (William) Four Poems, NUMBER 4 OF 100 COPIES, INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTER “FOR FRANK MAY 14 ‘34” on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards with intaglio label, a few spots to lower cover, 1934 § Collins (William) Ode to Evening, numbered 14 and signed by the printer, original clothbacked boards with intaglio label, blue dust-jacket printed in silver, lightly browned and creased at edges, 1937, all intaglio-printed throughout in various colours with plates and decorations by Guthrie, all uncut, folio & 4to, Flansham, Pear Tree Press (4)

£400 - 600

217

Guthrie (James) A BOOK OF INTAGLIO BOOKPLATES, NUMBER 7 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST/PRINTER, intaglio-printed throughout in various colours, original wrappers intaglio-printed in silver, a little browned, slip-case (faded and split along one edge), [1922]; Last Bookplates, NUMBER 33 OF 90 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, printed in black & colours, intaglio frontispiece in colours tipped in, original cloth-backed boards, scuﬀ to head of upper cover, 1929; An Album of Drawings, INSCRIBED BY GUTHRIE TO WILFRED MERTON at head of title, plates, a little browned, loose in original printed wrappers, Shorne, 1900, all uncut, the ﬁrst two Flansham, Pear Tree Press; and 9 others on bookplates, with 4 original woodblocks including one with the press’s Harting pressmark and another with bookplates for E.C.Thring on one side and the Muriel Press on the other, and 13 other blocks with metal relief printing plates, the blocks all loose together in 3 plastic trays, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

£500 - 700

218

Guthrie (James) & Gordon Bottomley. FRESCOES FROM BURIED TEMPLES A Portfolio of Drawings by James Guthrie with Poems by Gordon Bottomley, NUMBER 25 OF 55 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, designed and hand-printed throughout by James Guthrie with decorative intaglio half-title and pictorial colophon printed in colours, woodcut pictorial title in turquoise and black, woodcut part titles, woodcut or intaglio plates and intaglio calligraphic text after Helen Hinkley, many printed in colours or gold, 2 plates double-page, a few intaglio plates printed in light colours on black paper and tipped in, all uncut, very occasional light oﬀsetting from previous or following plate but generally clean and bright, loose as issued in original wraparound woodcut pictorial wrapper printed in blue/grey and black depicting Adam and Eve and the serpent, with the rare 4pp. prospectus dated 1923 (folded sheet marked “Proof only” in pencil at foot of ﬁnal leaf) and list of prints in the volume printed on grey paper loosely inserted, wrappers a little creased at edges, preserved in card wrapper within original cloth slip-case with decorative intaglio label to upper cover and printed label to spine (a little rubbed and lower corners bumped), folio, Flansham, Pear Tree Press, 1928.

⁂ An excellent copy of James Guthrie’s masterpiece, using an extraordinary variety of printing media. The prospectus stated that 55 copies would be produced; in reality the ﬁgure may be rather less and, due to the unusual printing method where each plate is coloured and printed individually, each copy is unique. Colin Franklin regards the work “as among the three or four monumental achievements of private presses in the twentieth century; and by its originality in concept and content, the highest.”

(Private Library, Spring 1976).

£3,000 - 4,000

woodcut half-title, title, 10 plates and colophon by John Guthrie printed in colours, with 2 copies of the prospectus loosely inserted, original woodcut wrappers printed in gold, uncut, very slightly frayed at edges, Flansham, Pear Tree Press, [1929]; The Chamber Drama, NUMBER 17 OF 60 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST, 12 woodcut plates by Guthrie, the frontispiece printed in gold, the rest in colours, 4 double-page, some light oﬀsetting, endpapers browned, original buckram-backed boards, uncut, paper label to upper cover, 1930, Flansham, Pear Tree Press; and 5 others illustrated by the same, v.s. (7)

£500 - 700

219

Guthrie (John) TEN DESIGNS FOR THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, with a Foreword by Gordon Bottomley, NUMBER 20 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST,

220

Bottomley (Gordon) THE VIKING’S BARROW AT LITTLEHOLME, NUMBER 8 OF 20 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST/PRINTER, intaglio-printed throughout in red & turquoise with half-title, title, 4 leaves of text and colophon, decorations by James Guthrie, original cream boards with intaglioprinted label in silver to upper cover, uncut, preserved in frayed wrapper, 1930; another copy on smaller paper, NUMBERED “1 AUTHOR’S COPY”, printed in blue & grey, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO DR. & MRS. CHILDS on front free endpaper and with accompanying A.L.s. loosely inserted, loose as issued in original blue wrappers with pictorial plate from half-title duplicated on upper cover, 1930 § Guthrie (James) The Proportional System of Typographical Composition, vol.1 [all published], NUMBER 6 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, INSCRIBED TO GORDON BOTTOMLEY on front free endpaper, intaglio-printed throughout in green, grey & black, stitched in original wrappers intaglio-printed in silver, a little creased at edges, slip-case (rubbed), Flansham, 1924, 4to, Pear Tree Press (3) £400 - 600

221

Pippet (Gabriel) A LITTLE ROSARY, NUMBER 15 OF 20 COPIES PRINTED IN GOLD, SILVER & COLOURS, inscribed by the printer “To Sheila Xmas 1930”, woodcuts by the author, original pictorial boards printed in silver, woodcut label to upper cover, preserved in slip-case, Flansham, 1930 § Ibbett (W.J.) Ibbett’s Jesse, NUMBER 9 OF 100 COPIES, intaglio-printed title in green, original wrappers with intaglio label, creased at edges, 1923; another copy, unnumbered but in variant decorated wrappers with intaglio label, 1923 § Macloghlin (E.P.P.) Deliberate Writings, edited by Eliza Macloghlin, printed in red, green & black, portrait, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR, book-label of John Russell Taylor and with cataloguing slip of Robin de Beaumont, original cloth, privately printed [at the Pear Tree Press], 1906 § Monro (Harold) Trees, one of 400 copies, illustrations by James Guthrie, original boards with paper label, a little faded, printed at the Temple Sheen Press, 1916, all uncut; and c.20 others, most Guthrie and/or Pear Tree Press including the loose sheets of the press’s ﬁrst book Some Poems of Edgar Allan Poe of 1901 but lacking most of the plates, 4to & 8vo (c.25)

£400 - 600

222

Guthrie (James) OF JOY AND OTHER DEVICES, NUMBER 15 OF 100 COPIES

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/PRINTER, ALSO INSCRIBED “TO FRANK MAY 11 ‘33”, original boards with intaglio-printed label, a couple of spots to upper cover, 1933; The Wild Garden. Verses for Children, NUMBER 2 OF 100

COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, stitched in original blue wrappers intaglioprinted in gold, slightly creased & faded at edges, slip-case with label (rubbed), 1924; A Child’s Good Day, reissue, NUMBER 1 OF 100 COPIES

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original wrappers with intaglio label, small tear to upper edge repaired, preserved in modern cloth folder and slipcase, [?1912], all with intaglio-printing in various colours, the ﬁrst two throughout, decorations & illustrations by Guthrie, 4to & 8vo, Flansham, Pear Tree Press (3)

£400 - 600

222

223

Thomas (Edward) THE FRIEND OF THE BLACKBIRD, NUMBER 5 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PRINTER, original boards with intaglio label, dustjacket with title in blind, spine very slightly faded, 1938 § Strode (William) Four Poems, NUMBER 16 OF 100 COPIES, original cloth-backed boards with intaglio label, lightly soiled, 1934 § Bottomley (Gordon) The Riding to Lithend, [ONE OF 20 HAND-COLOURED COPIES] AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL SIGNED PRINT TIPPED IN, signed by the author at end of text in 1922, illustrations by James Guthrie with his intaglio bookplate to rear pastedown, original cloth-backed boards with intaglio label, a little faded, 1909 § Guthrie (James) A Little Book of Book-plates, OUTOF-SERIES HAND-COLOURED COPY FROM AN EDITION LIMITED TO 125 (25 HAND-COLOURED), printed in black and colours, title-vignette handcoloured, original cloth-backed boards with label to upper cover, Harting, 1905, the ﬁrst two intaglio-printed throughout in colours, illustrations and decorations by James Guthrie, uncut, most Flansham, Pear Tree Press; and 10 others, Guthrie and Pear Tree Press, all from the collection of Frances Guthrie (great-niece of James, born Anne Jewkes), 4to & 8vo (14)

£500 - 700

224

Blake (William) SONGS OF INNOCENCE, NUMBER 11 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST/PRINTER (IN FACT ONLY 17 COPIES PRINTED), intaglioprinted in colours throughout with plates by Guthrie and decorated text from script by Helen Hinkley, MAJ J.R.ABBEY’S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE, NOTE OF ACQUISITION, RECEIPT AND A.L.S TO HIM FROM GUTHRIE dated Jan. 22 1948 tipped to front free endpaper, note of acquisition “JA 3919. 7.2.1948” in ink to top corner of rear endpaper, original vellum, title with rosettes in gilt to upper cover, spine titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very lightly soiled, original board slip-case with intaglio-printed label to upper cover, small trace of paper label, 4to, Flansham, Pear Tree Press, 1939 [printed 1948].

⁂ VERY RARE. We have been able to trace only this copy at auction, sold by Sotheby’s in Part IV of Major Abbey’s library in 1967, when it sold for £24.

Guthrie writes in his letter, “...I do this in small batches, from the plates, & am rather slow - ‘old age & decrepitude’....Very rashly, I gambled on doing 300, but a strained hand & a war have reduced expectations to a very small number...”.

£1,000 - 1,500

225

Ashendene Press.- Longus. LES AMOURS PASTORALES DE DAPHNIS ET CHLOE, translated by J.Amyot, edited by Paul-Louis Courier, one of 290 copies on paper, printed in red and black in Ptolemy type, initials and decorations supplied by hand in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, wood-engraved illustrations by Gwen Raverat, some full-page, order form loosely inserted, original vellum-backed turquoise boards, small design in gilt to upper cover by Raverat, spine ruled and titled in gilt, uncut, lower corner of front cover very slightly bumped, patternedpaper board slip-case (very slightly rubbed and soiled), [Hornby XXXIX; Franklin p.242], Ashendene Press, 1933; with 2 folded sheets (8pp. with 2 illustrations) of the original printing on Japanese vellum, 4to (2)

⁂ The ﬁrst printing of the Daphnis et Chloe had to be destroyed due to faulty ink causing oﬀsetting on the Japanese paper used. The whole edition was then reprinted on English handmade paper by H.Gage-Cole, apprentice pressman to William Morris at the Kelmscott Press and pressman at the Doves Press.

£750 - 1,000

-. A COLLECTION OF SPECIMEN LEAVES AND EPHEMERA FROM THE PRESS, including 2 folded sheets on vellum of Dante’s Inferno of 1903-05 (pp.49-56 with one illustration, 8vo), folded sheet of pp.122-129 of the original printing of Daphnis & Chloe on Japanese vellum (printed in red & black with 2 wood-engravings by Gwen Raverat, one full-page), ‘Chronological List’ in original wrappers with book-label of Radclyﬀe Hall & Una Troubridge, ‘Specimen pages of Two Type-faces...’ inscribed at head by C.H.St.J.Hornby “To the printer at the Sign of the Boar’s Head...”, A.L.s. from Sydney Cockerell sending “scraps” to Mr.Posner, specimen of the press-mark annotated in ink “designed by Philip Webb Nov. 19 1901”, specimen leaves (some with initials supplied by hand, lists and announcements, Hornby’s bookplate, a luggage label addressed to him, and a printed slip requesting his guests should not tip members of the household, loose in 2 paper folders, v.s., Ashendene Press, v.d. (a box)

£400 - 600

227

[Colonna (Francesco)] POLIPHILI HYPNEROTOMACHIA , facsimile reprint of the 1499 Aldine first edition, occasional foxing, original clothbacked boards, uncut, corners slightly worn, 1904 § Schedel (Hartmann) Chronicle of the World. The complete and annotated Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493, facsimile reprint, Cologne, 2001 § Procès d’Estienne Dolet imprimeur et libraire a Lyon 1543-1546, original wrappers, uncut, Paris, 1836 § Voet (Dr Leon) The Golden Compasses. A History and Evaluation of the Printing and Publishing Activities of the Officina Plantiniana at Antwerp, 2 vol., Amsterdam, 1969-72 § Armstrong (Elizabeth) Robert Estienne Royal Printer, Cambridge, 1954, plates and/or illustrations, all but the first and third original cloth, some spines a little faded; and c.35 others on early Continental printers and printing, v.s. (c.40) £200 - 300

228

Hyde (Douglas, translator & editor) THE LOVE SONGS OF CONNACHT BEING THE FOURTH CHAPTER OF THE SONGS OF CONNACHT, FIRST EDITION, [one of 300 copies], printed in red & black, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, a little rubbed and stained, bumps to fore-edges, slight wear to corners, Dublin, Dun Emer Press, 1904 § Yeats (Jack B.) A Little Book of Drawings...gathered from ‘A Broadside’, limited edition, printed in red & black, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1971 § Marriott (Ernest) Jack B.Yeats: His Pictorial & Dramatic Art, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, folding map of Pirate Island, illustrations, original print wrappers, slightly rubbed and faded, 1911; and a small bundle of others, Irish, mostly Dun Emer and Cuala press ephemera, 8vo & 4to (a bundle)

⁂ Douglas Hyde (1860-1949) was a major ﬁgure in the preservation and extension of the Irish language. He founded the Gaelic League in 1892 and became the ﬁrst President of Ireland in 1938.

£200 - 300

229

Specimen leaves.- SHEET FROM THE ASHENDENE PRESS DANTE’S ‘OPERE’, folded sheet, 4pp. comprising part of ‘Inferno’ (pp.65/66) and opening of ‘Purgatorio’ (pp. 79/80), printed in red & black in Subiaco type, wood-engraved illustration by Gere, some light spotting and soiling to edges, [c.1909] § Trial sheet for the Kelmscott Press Chaucer, folded sheet printed on one side only, Chaucer type, with 2 woodengraved illustrations after Edward Burne-Jones, borders & two 6-line and one 3-line initial designed by William Morris, some spotting, [c.1896] § Leaf on vellum from Kelmscott Press Morris’s ‘Love is Enough’, 1½pp., one side printed in red & black with large 8-line initial and border designed by Morris, light soiling, [1898]; with a ﬁle of other large loose sheets from various presses including the Ashendene Thucydides, Doves Bible, Gregynog ‘Lamentations of Jeremiah’ & Revelations of St.John’ including 2 signed proofs, Vine Press ‘Vitis vera’, and Cresset prospectus for ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’, loosely inserted in plastic sleeves, plastic folder, folio

£300 - 400

230

Shakespeare (William) COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES, facsimile reprint of the 1623 First Folio, original cloth-backed boards, soiled, 1910 § C[onstable] (H[enry]) Diana. Or, the excellent conceitful Sonnets...1584, ONE OF 50 COPIES FOR THE ROXBURGHE CLUB, light foxing, John Porter’s copy with his bookplate, original roan-backed red boards, uncut, preserved in slip-case, 1584 [1818] § Whitney (Geoﬀrey) A Choice of Emblemes 1586, original blind-stamped calf, Menston, 1969, facsimile reprints, the ﬁrst two rubbed; and 14 others on early English printing, mostly facsimiles, v.s. (17)

£200 - 300

231

Craig (Edward Gordon) HAMLET & DAEMON, black ﬁgure woodcut for Cranach Press ‘Hamlet’, sheet 355 x 250mm., initialled in pencil with note at foot “No numbers of block, or of print. Mr.Cole printed it from my block in Weimar. Cole was pupil of William Morris”, lightly creased at edges, [1912]; Original copper plate of engraving ‘Nellie’ (young girl with a book asleep on a chair), 115 x 90mm., a little spotted and stained, 1905; Nothing or the Bookplate, one of 280 copies, tipped-in bookplates, some colour, the ﬁrst printed on japon and signed by the artist in pencil, original buckram, uncut, spine faded, 1924; Paris Diary 1932-33, edited by Colin Franklin, one of 350 copies, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, North Hills, Pa., Bird & Bull Press, 1982 § Shakespeare (William) Die Tragische Geschichte Hamlet..., facsimile reprint of Cranach Press edition of 1928, original vellum-backed boards, slip-case, 1972 § Brinks (J.D., editor) The Book as a Work of Art: The Cranach Press of Count Harry Kessler, original cloth, slip-case, Laubach, Berlin & Williamstown, 1925 § Newman (L.M.) Edward Gordon Craig Black Figures, one of 500 copies, original cloth, Wellingborough, 1989, the last four with plates and/or illustrations; and 7 others by or about Craig and/or Kessler, and a folder containing 3 original woodcuts by Craig, one signed in pencil, v.s. (15)

£500 - 700

AFTERNOON SESSION: Commencing 2.00pm

232

Clay (Enid) SONNETS AND VERSES, one of 450 copies on handmade paper, with modern printing of marriage announcement for the author’s daughter Margeret printed by David Chambers loosely inserted, several book-plates of Prinknash Abbey, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, slightly rubbed and faded, 1925 SS Gill (Eric) Clothing without Cloth. An Essay on the Nude, one of 500 copies, original red buckram, gilt, g.e., spine slightly faded, 1931; The Lord’s Song, one of 500 copies, original buckram, uncut, glacine wrapper frayed, 1934 § Shakespeare (William) THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK, one of 1500 copies signed by the artist, original pigskin with image of the ghost of Hamlet’s father in blind on upper cover and colophon device on lower, uncut, rather rubbed, spine ends chipped, [New York], printed by Hague and Gill for Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1933 § Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The)..., one of 480 copies, from an edition limited to 600, facsimile reprint of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1931, original cloth, morocco label to spine, t.e.g., cloth slip-case, Wellingborough, Christopher Skelton, 1988, all with wood-engravings by Eric Gill, some full-page, the ﬁrst three Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press; and c.35 others by or illustrated by Gill including a folder containing 3 proofs of wood-engraving ‘The Chinese maidservant’ [Physick 577] of 1929 with accompanying note initialled by Gill and several bookplates including Samuel Kahn (signed in pencil) and Jacob Weiss, v.s. (c.45)

⁂ The ﬁrst was Gill’s ﬁrst book for the Golden Cockerel Press, illustrating poems by his sister, and “crowned” by the Double Crown Club for 1925.

£500 - 700

233

Mathers (E.Powys) PROCREANT HYMN, number 53 of 200 copies, copper-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by Eric Gill, WITH AN ADDITIONAL ENGRAVING ‘EARTH WRESTLING’ (AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN TO ‘DALLIANCE’ IN THE BOOK) initialled and numbered 23/25 by Gill in pencil and loosely inserted, book-label of Charles Lambert Rutherston, original cream buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine and edges of boards a little browned, [Chanticleer 37], 8vo, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.

⁂ The ﬁrst book illustrated by Gill with copper engravings for the press. The additional engraving is one of four alternative designs for the book [Physick P366].

£400 - 600

Gill (Eric) ENGRAVINGS BY ERIC GILL, A SELECTION, number 177 of 400 copies, from an edition limited to 490, portrait and 103 plates, a couple printed in red or red & black, light foxing, prospectus loosely inserted, original black cloth, gilt, t.e.g., spine and corners slightly rubbed, 4to, Bristol, printed by Ernest Ingham at the Fanfare Press for Douglas Cleverdon, 1929.

£600 - 800

235

Gill (Eric) ENGRAVINGS 1928-1933, [one of 400 copies], printed on french-fold sheets, wood-engraved plates, some light foxing, mostly at beginning and end, original green cloth, spine very slightly rubbed, 4to, printed by Hague & Gill of High Wycombe for Faber & Faber Ltd., 1934.

⁂ Including much of Gill’s work for the Golden Cockerel Press particularly The Canterbury Tales and The Four Gospels

£600 - 800

236

Gill (Eric) ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK OF ENGRAVING ‘I AM A LITTLE WORLD’, for frontispiece to ‘The Holy Sonnnets of John Donne’, boxwood, 132 x 88mm., initialled by Gill and numbered “662”on verso, [Physick P976], [1938]; and a copy of the book, 8vo (2)

£1,500 - 2,000

237

Gill (Eric) ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK OF ENGRAVING OF MAN AND WOMAN EMBRACING, for marriage announcement of Margaret Clay, boxwood, 70 x 40mm., initialled by Gill and numbered “665”on verso, [Physick P979], [1938]; and a printed copy of the announcement and a modern printing of the block by David Chambers as a greetings card in 2008 (3)

⁂ Margaret Clay was Gill’s niece, daughter of his sister Enid Clay.

£1,000 - 1,500

238

Gill (Eric) and others COLLECTION OF OVER 40 EROTIC PRINTS, including seven variant wood-engravings and woodcuts of Gill’s ‘Lovers, The raised bottom’, one signed and numbered from an edition of 7, with several Ex Libris signed bookplates by Lynn Paula Russell, including two pencil studies signed ‘Paula’, and others similar, wood-engravings, lithographs, colour prints, various sizes, all loose, unframed, [20th century]; together with a mixed group of other non-erotic prints by contemporaries, all unframed, [20th century] (sm. qty.)

£500 - 700

239

Gill (Eric) THE ENGRAVINGS , 3 vol. including portfolio, NUMBER 30 OF 85 SPECIAL COPIES WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF 8 WOOD-ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS, from an edition limited to 1435, text with illustrations, a few in red and black, some folding, original moroccobacked cloth, additional prints tipped into paper mounts loose as issued in original cloth portfolio, with order form etc. loosely inserted, together in slip-case, a ﬁne copy, 4to, Wellingborough, Christopher Skelton, 1983.

⁂ David Chambers supplied the woodblocks of I am a little world and Man and Woman embracing for the special copies.

£500 - 700

240

Daniel Press.- Madan (Falconer) THE DANIEL PRESS Memorials of C.H.O.Daniel with a Bibliography of the Press, 1845-1919, ONE OF 60 LARGE PAPER COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER AND WITH SOME ORIGINAL LEAVES, from an edition limited to 560, portrait, original leaves mounted on stubs, prospectus and Addenda & Corrigenda of 1922 loosely inserted, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, corners slightly bumped, Oxford, printed on the Daniel Press in the Bodleian Library, 1921 § Chambers (David) & Martyn Ould. The Daniel Press in Frome, number 9 of 175 copies signed/initialled by the authors, illustrations, some colour, original black morocco, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press, 2011; and others by or about the Daniel Press, including a small bundle leaves, waste and ephemera with ‘Shorter Poems’ by Robert Bridges in unbound sheets (lacking ﬁnal leaf of text and index) and 3 small metal relief printing blocks for Frome ephemeral items ‘Six Heads...’ of 1851 and ‘Be perfect...’ of 1856 (2 versions) which were printed and tipped into the Chambers & Ould work, 4to (a bundle)

£300 - 400

R OBERT G IBBINGS

241

Gibbings (Robert) TWELVE WOODCUTS [for Samuel Butler’s ‘Erewhon’], 12 wood-engravings on Japanese paper, loose as issued in original cloth portfolio, paper label to upper cover, rubbed & marked, spine faded, lacking ties, 8vo, [1923].

⁂ Wood-engravings from Gibbings’s ﬁrst commission as an illustrator, produced for Jonathan Cape’s edition of Erewhon of 1923 which contained 38 wood-engravings by Gibbings and displayed his “vanishing line” style. There were also 25 deluxe copies of the portfolio with all the prints signed.

£300 - 400

242

Gibbings (Robert).- Keats (John) LAMIA, ISABELLA, THE EVE OF ST.AGNES & OTHER POEMS, number 401 of 500 copies, title in red and black with decorative wood-engraved border, initials in red and blue, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original sharkskinbacked buckram, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly rubbed, [Chanticleer 62], small folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.

£350 - 450

243

Gibbings (Robert) [COCKERELS] A GROUP OF 7 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS OF COCKERELS for the Golden Cockerel Press, boxwood, largest 185 x 70mm., smallest 40 x 34mm., [1920s]; with three versions of the same (2 identical, one similar) as copper relief printing plates mounted on woodblocks (10)

£500 - 700

244

Gibbings (Robert).- Rutter (Owen) MR. GLASSPOOLE AND THE CHINESE PIRATES, one of 315 copies, original buckram-backed yellow cloth printed with design of pirates by Robert Gibbings, uncut, slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, 1935 § Mathers (E.Powys) A Circle of the Seasons, one of 500 copies, copper-engravings, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine browned, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1928 § Gibbings (Robert) The 7th Man. A True Cannibal Tale of the South Sea Islands, one of 500 copies, original buckram-backed pictorial boards, g.e., glacine wrapper (slightly defective), Waltham St.Lawrence, 1930 § Driberg (J.H.) Initiation: Translations from Poems by the Didinga & Lango Tribes..., one of 325 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations printed in various colours, original buckram, gilt, g.e., spine browned, 1932 § Empson (Patience) The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, original cloth, transparent dust-jacket, 1959, all with illustrations by Robert Gibbings, most wood-engraved, the ﬁrst four Golden Cockerel Press; and c.20 others illustrated by or about Gibbings INCLUDING THE METAL RELIEF PLATE FOR PRINTING THE PICTORIAL SIDES OF THE BINDING OF THE FIRST ITEM, 8vo & 4to (c.25)

£400 - 600

245

Morison (Stanley) FOUR CENTURIES OF FINE PRINTING, one of 390 copies, original cloth, rubbed, [1924] § Morison (S.) & Kenneth Day. The Typographic Book 1450-1935, titles by Reynolds Stone, original cloth, dust-jacket, slip-case, 1963 § Johnson (A.F.) Decorative Initial Letters, one of 500 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth, spine slightly faded, Cresset Press, 1931 § L’Art du Livre à l’Imprimerie Nationale, original rexine, Paris, 1973, plates and illustrations; and c.55 others on book design, v.s. (c.60)

£300 - 400

246

GENESIS, number 331 of 375 copies, printed in Rudolf Koch’s Neuland type on hand-made paper, 12 woodcuts by Paul Nash, front free endpaper very lightly browned, original black boards, gilt, uncut, slight wear to spine ends and corners, [Dreyfus 14], 4to, printed by the Curwen Press for the Nonesuch Press, 1924.

⁂ Nash’s superb woodcuts make this one of the most collected of Nonesuch Press items.

£700 - 900

247

Shakespeare (William) THE WORKS, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 7 vol., 1929-33 § Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler..., edited by Geoffrey Keynes, engraved portraits, hand-coloured illustrations of fish, 1929 § Harvey (Dr. William) The Anatomical Exercises..., [1928] § Cervantes Saavedra (M. de) Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 vol., hand-coloured plates by E.McKnight Kauffer, 1930 § Milton (John) Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake, 2 vol. in 1, ONE OF 90 DELUXE COPIES ON INDIA PAPER, original vellum, covers slightly splayed, 1926 § Symons (A.J.A.) & others. The Nonesuch Century, tipped-in sample leaves, original buckram, spine faded, 1936, all limited editions, plates and illustrations, the first four original russet morocco, gilt, rubbed, spines a little browned, some spotting to boards, the first with some insect damage to edges of boards, all uncut, Nonesuch Press; and c.40 others from the press including a bundle of prospectuses, v.s. (c.50)

£750 - 1,000

248

Herodotus. THE HISTORY , translated by G. Rawlinson, edited by A.W. Lawrence, number 340 of 675 copies, half-title with woodengraved vignette, title in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations by V. Le Campion, 9 maps at end, most double-page, original bluestained vellum-backed cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little marked and faded (as usual), [Dreyfus 102], small folio, Nonesuch Press, 1935.

£400 - 600

249

Chubb (Ralph N.) MANHOOD, A Poem, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, one of 200 copies printed by L.J.Chubb, wood-engraved frontispiece, titledevice and illustrations by the author, SIGNED BY HIM AT FOOT OF FRONTISPIECE AND BY THE PRINTER ON INSIDE WRAPPER, some light spotting, original pictorial grey wrappers, creased & frayed at edges, small stains to upper cover, 1924; another copy, second issue with “2nd edition” added to colophon to encourage sales, original wrappers, WITH HAND-WRITTEN LABEL BY THE AUTHOR “A YOUTHFUL WORK (1924) - THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF MY PRESS - EXPERIMENTAL. (I USE HAND-LITHOGRAPHY NOW) R.N.C.” pasted to head of upper cover, 1924; A Fable of Love & War, A Romantic Poem, number 111 of 200 copies initialled by the author, printed by Ethel Chubb, wood-engravings, original grey wrappers printed in green, 1925 § Chubb (Lawrence John) A Vision, ONE OF ONLY 27 COPIES, woodcuts by the author, SIGNED BY ETHEL CHUBB, original pictorial brown wrappers, uncut, lightly creased at edges, 1924, all lightly spotted, uncut, [Reid A1i & ii, A3i], 8vo, Curridge (4)

⁂ Ralph Chubb (1892-1960) was a poet, artist and printer greatly influenced by William Blake and the Romantics. He wrote a series of books which he illustrated and printed himself in very limited numbers, all imbued with a spiritual mysticism based around the beauty of the young male form. The first is the author ’s first book, printed by his brother Lawrence Chubb with the hand-press made by him, and typeset by their sister Ethel.

£300 - 400

250 Chubb (Ralph N.) MANHOOD, A Poem, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, one of 200 copies printed by L.J.Chubb, loose in original pictorial grey wrappers, 1924; The Sacrifice of Youth, A Poem, “COPY B” OF 45 COPIES (“AND TWO SPARE” ADDED IN MANUSCRIPT) PRINTED BY CHUBB HIMSELF, frontispiece initialled & dated in ink by Chubb, tiny tear to imprint on title, marginal staining to a couple of leaves, prospectus loosely inserted, original printed brown wrappers, 1924; A Fable of Love & War, A Romantic Poem, number A8 of 200 copies initialled by the author & printed by Ethel Chubb, original grey wrappers printed in green, 1925; another copy, second issue, number 177 of 200 copies initialled by the author, original cloth-backed boards, 1925; The Cloud & The Voice (A Fragment), NUMBER 44 OF 100 COPIES, frontispiece signed by Chubb, original printed stiff buff wrappers, Newbury, 1927; Woodcuts, one of 200 copies, Chubb’s cut signature pasted to title, plates, original wrappers, paper label to upper cover (spare tipped to rear inside wrapper), spine and edges browned and chipped, 1928; The Book of God’s Madness, OUT-OF-SERIES COPY FROM AN EDITION OF 95, original red wrappers with paper label, 1928, all with wood-engravings by the author, some light spotting, wrappers a little creased at edges, together in morocco-backed slip-case, [Reid A1i, A2a, A3i & ii, A4a, A5c & A6c], 8vo & 4to, the first four Curridge (7)

£500 - 700

251

Chubb (Ralph N.) NICK AND MOLL OR BACK TO INNOCENCE, typescript, 77ﬀ. with title and 3 introductory leaves, title signed by the author in ink with his address and several scribbled pencil notes, with many crossings out and corrections in pencil particularly to last few leaves, ﬁrst and last few leaves creased, [1926]; with 10pp. typescript ‘An Appraisal of “Nick and Moll” in relation to Ralph Chubb’s thought and work’ by Anthony Reid, 1963, together in folder and plastic case

⁂ Unpublished typescript by Chubb turned down by several publishers on account of the subject matter which describes a Garden of Innocence with groups of “the prettiest naked youths ever seen”. As a result Chubb decided henceforth to print and publish his books himself, although he never issued this title.

£1,000 - 1,500

252

Chubb (Ralph N.) SONGS OF MANKIND, ONE OF 100 COPIES (none numbered), wood-engravings by the author, ANTHONY REID’S COPY WITH LONG PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION TO HIM SIGNED AT FOOT BY MURIEL CHUBB to front pastedown and Reid’s circular bookplate featuring the head of a Chubb youth, some light foxing, original cloth-backed boards with title and illustration in gilt to upper cover, uncut, an excellent copy, [Reid A8a], 4to, Fair Oak, near Newbury, privately printed, 1930.

£300 - 400

253

Chubb (Ralph N.) THE SUN SPIRIT, NUMBER 13 OF 30 COPIES, ﬁrst leaf with ‘Boy Love’ printed in red, lithographed throughout with text and 20 illustrations, several full-page, original morocco-backed holland boards with vellum tips, by Ethel Chubb, upper cover blocked with title and naked boy in gilt, uncut, spine a little spotted or browned, slight fraying to edge of cloth at lower corners, [A9a], folio, Fair Oak, near Kingsclere, by the Author, 1931.

⁂ The ﬁrst of the lithographed folios, reproducing Chubb’s handwritten text. It was bound by Chubb’s elder sister Ethel “who went to Art School to learn the craft. She was so shocked on reading the contents that she would not permit her name to be mentioned. She kept her promise over this book, but would never bind one again. The opening manifesto. ‘Boy Love’, in red, is the only text lithographed in colour in Chubb’s work.” (Reid).

£800 - 1,200

254

Chubb (Ralph N.) THE SUN SPIRIT, OUT-OF-SERIES COPY FROM AN EDITION LIMITED TO 30, ﬁrst leaf with ‘Boy Love’ printed in red, lithographed throughout with text and 20 illustrations, several full-page, made-up copy with 4 leaves including title supplied by proof sheets on thinner paper (a couple with pencil annotations and a few smudges), modern morocco-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, in style of original binding, uncut, [Reid A9a], Fair Oak, near Kingsclere, by the Author, 1931; and 8 ﬁles of Chubb material, including a folder from Anthony Reid containing 2 card folders of holograph Mss. by Chubb (one 6pp. unpublished short story ‘The Face at the Window’, the other scrap pieces) also prospectuses, pamphlets, correspondence from Reid to Chambers etc., 2 folders of lithographed pages from various works (some proofs annotated in pencil), photocopies of An Appendix and Treasure Trove (the second bound in cloth), a copy of Reid’s listing of the Copyright Collection, a 2 volume typescript of an unpublished biography of Chubb, and another folder of periodicals etc. featuring his work, folio & 4to (9)

⁂ The folder of scrap manuscript items is annotated by Anthony Reid: “Because of constant poverty, Chubb could rarely aﬀord notebooks. He used backs of envelopes & calendars & dentists’s bills etc.”

£1,000 - 1,500

255

Chubb (Ralph N.) THE HEAVENLY CUPID or The True Paradise of Loves, NUMBER 26 OF 43 COPIES, lithographed throughout with frontispiece, pictorial title, musical notation, text and 96 illustrations by Chubb, several full-page, original half green morocco over corduroy-covered boards, spine titled in gilt, uncut, spine rubbed and faded, corners rubbed and bumped, wormhole to foot of upper joint, preserved in card wrapper, [Reid 10a], folio, Fair Oak, near Kingsclere, by the Author, 1932-33 [1934].

⁂ Bound in corduroy to reﬂect the trousers worn by country boys.

£1,000 - 1,500

256

Chubb (Ralph N.) SONGS PASTORAL AND PARADISAL, NUMBER 42 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, printed by Vincent Stuart from decorated intaglio plates with script by Helen Hinkley, each with diﬀerent colour scheme, original half blue morocco over green cloth, uncut, a little rubbed, [Reid A11], Brockweir, Tintern Press, 1935; Songs Pastoral & Paradisal 1958...(abridged from the 1935 version) with marginal decorations by the author, no limitation supplied, lithographed throughout on rectos only with pictorial title and illustrated text, original turquoise buckram, uncut, [Not in Reid], Fair Oak, near Kingsclere, by the Author], 1958, 4to (2)

⁂ The ﬁrst was the ﬁrst production from the Tintern Press and the only Chubb book with no Chubb illustrations. Reid states that there were actually fewer than 85 copies printed. The second item reprinted all the poems with the exception of ‘Ewehurst’, and with illustrations by Chubb.

£400 - 600

257

Chubb (Ralph N.) WATER-CHERUBS, NUMBER 23 OF 30 COPIES, lithographed throughout on rectos only with pictorial title, frontispiece, text and 23 illustrations, 5 full-page, original half dark green morocco over cloth, uncut, spine faded, slightly rubbed, [Reid A12b], folio, Fair Oak, near Kingsclere, by the Author, 1936.

£800 - 1,200

258

Chubb (Ralph N.) THE SECRET COUNTRY, NUMBER 30 OF 37 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, lithographed throughout on rectos only with pictorial title, frontispiece, text and 58 illustrations, 6 full-page, a couple of leaves foxed, original half green morocco over cloth, uncut, spine faded, corners slightly bumped, [Reid A13a], folio, Fair Oak, near Kingslere, by the Author, 1938-39.

£1,000 - 1,500

259

Chubb (Ralph N.) THE CHILD OF DAWN or The Book of the Manchild, NUMBER 23 OF 30 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, lithographed throughout with frontispiece, title, text and illustrations, with 9 chromolithographed plates, engraved bookplate of John Raymond Danson, original half vellum over black cloth, spine titled in gilt, uncut, [Reid A14a], Fair Oak, near Newbury, 1940-48.

⁂ “Chubb’s masterpiece” (Reid). The only one of Chubb’s works to include colour lithographs. Heavily inﬂuenced by William Blake with ﬂamboyant calligraphy, vignettes and decorative initials it took nine years to complete.

“Of the binding - the black is for the holy unfathomable Darkness; the white is for the Virgin Light; the gold is for the arrowy Will, which is the Manchild.” (Colophon).

£1,500 - 2,000

260

Chubb (Ralph N.) FLAMES OF SUNRISE. A Book of the Man Child concerning the Redemption of Albion, NUMBER 11 OF 25 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, lithographed throughout on rectos only with title, text and illustrations, many full-page, ANTHONY REID’S COPY WITH HIS CIRCULAR BOOKPLATE FEATURING THE HEAD OF A CHUBB YOUTH, original half vellum over black cloth, spine titled in gilt, uncut, [Reid A15a], Fair Oak, near Newbury, 1949-53.

⁂ “This companion volume to The Child of Dawn took ﬁve years...to complete. These two Prophetic Books mark the peak of Chubb’s achievement.” (Reid).

£1,000 - 1,500

261

Chubb (Ralph N.) FLAMES OF SUNRISE. A Book of the Man Child concerning the Redemption of Albion, MADE-UP COPY CONSISTING OF PROOF PULLS WITH THE AUTHOR’S EXTENSIVE MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS IN PENCIL AND 8 HAND-COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS, 7 FULL-PAGE, lithographed throughout, illustrations, modern buckram, spine slightly faded, [Reid A15a], folio, [Fair Oak, near Newbury, by the Author], [1949-53].

⁂ The pencil annotations record the dates printed, amount of ink used, pressure of the roller, and notes of shades used in the hand-colouring.

£800 - 1,200

262

Chubb (Ralph N.) THISTLEDOWN & GOSSAMER. POEMS OF CHILDHOOD, no limitation given, manuscript title in black ink with author’s name in red and pen & ink vignette of butterﬂy with thistles & spider ’s web, manuscript colophon in black and with small star decoration in red, text and illustrations lithographed on rectos only, some full-page, buckram-backed marbled boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, uncut, [Reid A16 note], 4to, Fair Oak, Newbury, by the Author, 1956.

⁂ The ﬁnal part of Treasure Trove. Early tales & Romances executed in 1955-57, including “The End of the Quest. Concluding Chapters of ‘The Golden City’” at end, and with added manuscript title and colophon. Only 21 copies of Treasure Trove were produced and 19 of those are in public libraries.

£1,000 - 1,500

263

Chubb (Ralph N.) THE GOLDEN CITY WITH IDYLLS AND ALLEGORIES, NUMBER 16 OF 18 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, lithographed throughout on rectos only with title, text and illustrations, many full-page, original turquoise buckram, uncut, [Reid A17a], 4to, Fair Oak, Newbury, by the Author, 1958-60; with the lithographic stone for the second page of the Introduction “I remember once, as a boy of twelve, on a week-end visit to a tenderly beloved sister at Egham, standing with her upon a green hilltop, from which we had a prospect of thirteen counties...R.N.C. Fair Oak (1958)”, 410 x 310mm.

⁂ EXCEEDINGLY RARE. Chubb died having almost ﬁnished printing 18 copies. His sister Muriel then had the remaining title-pages lithographed and arranged for it to be bound. Thirteen copies were presented to libraries and the remaining ﬁve copies kept for presentation. Reid possessed 3 copies and David Chambers purchased this copy direct from Reid.

£1,500 - 2,000

264

Chubb (Ralph N.) [PROSPECTUSES], a collection of 24 prospectuses, notices and announcements concerning Chubb and his books, with a few duplicates, some with illustrations, a couple handcoloured, with a few missing early items supplied in photocopy and an A.L.s. from Chubb dated 7 December 1954 to Jack Power to accompany a prospectus of ‘Flames of Sunrise’ “This book is my ‘magnum opus’; it embodies my entire spiritual, prophetic, artistic & poetical expression...”, all loosely inserted in T.N.Lawrence album of blank leaves, original rexine, small scratch to upper cover, folio, 192557.

⁂ Several of the pieces were printed by Chubb, others commercially. Those by Chubb are for The Sacriﬁce of Youth of 1925, several for The Heavenly Cupid of 1934, Water Cherubs of 1936, 3 for The Secret Country of 1939 (2 with hand-colouring), The Child of Dawn of 1948 and Flames of Sunrise of 1953.

£300 - 400

265

Chubb (Ralph N.) BOOKS BY RALPH CHUBB, sheet with woodengraving,175 x 125mm., annotated by Chubb “THIS IS TAKEN FROM A VERY EARLY PROSPECTUS (1933 PROBABLY) R.N.C.” in pencil on verso, another pencil note by David Chambers on recto at foot, lightly browned at upper edge, [Ditchling, printed by St.Dominic’s Press], [1933/34]; The Day of St. Alban, NUMBER 36 OF 41 COPIES, original green wrappers with gilt medallion to upper cover, [Reid A18b], printed by David Chambers at the Cuckoo Hill Press for Anthony Reid as a gift to Muriel Chubb, 1965; Ralph Chubb: Eighteen Engravings printed from the Original Woodblocks [in the collection of Timothy d’Arch Smith], NUMBER 3 OF ONLY 20 COPIES, printed on pale grey paper, loose as issued in wrapper, preserved in buckram portfolio, Palatine Press, 1972; Woodcuts, ONE OF ONLY 12 COPIES, tipped-in woodcuts printed from the original blocks, original wrappers, [Geesbrug], Sub Signo Libelli Press, 1977; The Shipboy’s Tale, NUMBER 6 OF 40 COPIES, woodcut frontispiece printed from the original block, illustrations, [Geesbrug], Sub Signo Libelli Press, 1977 § Smith (Timothy d’Arch) Love in Earnest: Some Notes on the Lives and Writings of English ‘Uranian’ Poets from 1889 to 1930, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1970 § Reid (Anthony) Ralph Chubb the unknown. A Checklist and extensively expurgated Biography, one of 200 copies, with Chambers’ ink ticks by items in his possession (near complete) and T.L.s. from Reid to Chambers loosely inserted, original wrappers, [Pinner], 1970, 8vo & 4to (7)

£300 - 400

266

Chubb (Ralph N.) AUTUMN LEAVES. TWO FRAGMENTS, ONE OF 39 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, this one of 24 with pp.7 & 8 blank, text lithographed throughout with illustrations by Chubb, with title and introductory leaf printed by David Chambers at the Cuckoo Hill Press, original blue wrappers, uncut, [Reid A19d], [Pinner], 1970; with a folder of additional titles & introductory leaves, proofs and typed instructions concerning the printing by Anthony Reid, 4to (2)

⁂ “Autumn Leaves consists of 17 pages and includes 14 large illustrations, all lithographed at Fair Oak Cottage by Ralph Nicholas Chubb and hitherto unpublished. They were prepared as opening pages for his masterpiece The Child of Dawn.” (Reid, Introductory leaf).

£200 - 300

267

Wells (H.G.) THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, frontispiece and 11 plates, original cloth, light fading to spine, spine tips and corners a little rubbed, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to foot of lower panel, a few small nicks to head and foot with light creasing, light surface soiling, 1925 § Jerome (Jerome K.) Three Men in a Boat, FIRST EDITION, second issue with “11 Quay Street” in imprint, illustrations by A.Frederics, original cloth, toning to spine, slight shelf-lean, spine tips and corners a little bumped, light marking to covers, 1889; and another, 8vo (3)

£150 - 200

268

Wadsworth (Edward) & Bernard Windeler. SAILING-SHIPS AND BARGES OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND ADRIATIC SEAS, number 68 of 450 copies on handmade paper, copper-engraved additional pictorial title, 17 plates, map and several vignettes by Edward Wadsworth, most with ﬁne delicate hand-colouring, pictorial bookplate of William M.McKay, Jr. “Books are Ships to Lands Afar” featuring a boy watching sailing ships, original buckram-backed pictorial orange cloth, gilt, uncut, spine very slightly soiled but an excellent copy with the original board slip-case (a little rubbed), paper label to upper cover, small folio, printed at the Curwen Press for Etchells & Macdonald, 1926.

£300 - 400

OLDEN COCKEREL P RESS

269

Lucian of Samosata. THE TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN, translated by Francis Hickes, number 52 of 275 copies, text in English and Greek, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, Greek text and illustrations set in double column as border around English text, original russet morocco-backed cloth, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case (rubbed), [Chanticleer 54], 4to, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1927.

⁂ A ﬁne copy of a handsome work, with a striking lay-out designed by Gibbings.

£750 - 1,000

270

FOUR GOSPELS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (THE), according to the Authorized Version of King James I, number 498 of 500 copies, wood-engraved illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, some full-page, MARY GILL’S COPY WITH HER ENGRAVED BOOKPLATE BY GILL, original half white pigskin, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, spine titled and ruled in gilt and with cockerel motif, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly rubbed and soiled, buckram boards barely spotted, original board slip-case (rubbed, short splits to joints), [Chanticleer 78], folio, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931; WITH A SIGNED PROOF OF ENGRAVING ‘AND’ ON P.234, on Japon, sheet c.155 x 280m., signed and numbered 10/10 in pencil, slightly creased at left edge (2)

⁂ An excellent copy of Gill’s typographical masterpiece with a ﬁne association, belonging to his wife Ethel, later known as Mary. “Conceived in the fruitful mind of Robert Gibbings, this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves Bible and the Kelmscott Chaucer. A ﬂower among the best products of English romantic genius, it is also surely, thanks to its illustrator, Eric Gill, the book among all books in which Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration.” (Christopher Sandford in Chanticleer)

£5,000 - 7,000

271

SONG OF SONGS (THE), edited by W.O.E.Oesterley, number 120 of 204 copies, printed in red and black in double column, copper-engraved plates and head-piece by Lettice Sandford, original pictorial cream buckram, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, t.e.g., others uncut, tiny spot to upper cover, lower corners slightly bumped, original board slipcase (a little spotted and stained, lacking small portion from one edge), [Chanticleer 110], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.

⁂ An infrequently seen book from the Golden Cockerel Press, handsomely designed and featuring tender illustrations by Lettice Sandford who was married to the owner of the press.

£750 - 1,000

272

[ALBUM OF CHRISTMAS CARDS], 21 Christmas cards produced by the press pasted to blank leaves, all numbered in ink manuscript with typed price list on GCP notepaper pasted in at beginning, with one additional card by Robert Gibbings loosely inserted, cloth, upper cover titled ‘Christmas cards’ with cockerel device in gilt, 4to, [1930s].

⁂ Featuring wood-engravings by Gibbings, John O’Connor, Agnes Miller Parker, Eric Ravillious [sic], David Jones, and Elizabeth Geddes.

£200 - 300

273

Jonson (Ben) A CROPPE OF KISSES. SELECTED LYRICS, edited by John Wallis, number 166 of 250 copies on handmade paper, title in red & green with vignette of cockerel in yellow, initials in red & green, original red morocco-backed cloth with cockerel in gilt, spine lightly rubbed and faded, 1937 § Quennell (Nancy, editor) A Lovers Progress. Seventeenth Century Lyrics, numbered 167 of 215 copies on handmade paper, title printed in black & gold with vignette of cockerel, initials in red, original white morocco-backed yellow cloth, lightly soiled, 1938, bound by by Sangorski and Sutcliﬀe, t.e.g., others uncut, [Pertelote 121 & 135], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press (2)

£200 - 300

274

Ravilious (Eric) & others. ARMAGNAC BEAUNE BORDEAUX COGNAC JEREZ

KIRKWALL MADEIRA OPORTO REIMS WORMS-AM-RHEIN, 16pp., number 341 of 350 copies, this copy for A.W.Sandford, wood-engraved decorative border and illustrations by Eric Ravilious, Robert Gibbings & others, stapled, lightly soiled with a couple of stains, with ?Anthony Sandford’s pencil markings and comments to outer leaves, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938; with a large quantity of prospectuses, lists, announcements & ephemera from or relating to the press including a volume of correspondence between Christopher Sandford and various binders regarding GCP books with leather & cloth samples loosely inserted, v.s. (a box)

⁂ A comprehensive collection of prospectuses and other material from the press.

£1,000 - 1,500

275

Browne (William) CIRCE AND ULYSSES, the Inner Temple Masque, NUMBER 5 OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES WITH 4 ADDITIONAL PLATES, from an edition limited to 300, wood-engravings by Mark Severin, original pictorial green morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, 1954 § David (Villiers) A Winter Firework, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 150, illustrations by Osbert Lancaster, original buckram-backed patterned cloth, uncut, with a dummy binding of the same containing A.L.s. from the author to Christopher Sandford, another from the artist to Owen Rutter and a sample of fabric for the book, 1937 § Whitﬁeld (Christopher) Mr. Chambers and Persephone, one of 150 copies signed by the author, woodengravings by Dorothea Braby, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, spine rubbed & faded, 1937, all Golden Cockerel Press; and c.30 others from the press including 8 copper relief printing plates from wood-engravings, 8vo & 4to (c.35)

⁂ The copper printing plates include 4 by Dorothea Braby for ‘Mr. Chambers and Persephone’, one by Agnes Miller Parker for ‘The House of Apricots’, 2 by Mary Groom for ‘The Roses of Sharon’, and one by Peter Barker-Mill for Bligh’s ‘Voyage’.

£300 - 400

276

[COCKERELS] A GROUP OF 12 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS OF COCKERELS FOR THE GCP by a variety of artists including Eric Ravilious, David Jones, Reynolds Stone, John O’Connor, John Farleigh, Mary Groom, and Peter Barker Mill, boxwood, v.s., v.d.; and others including 11 blocks, mostly copper or metal relief printing blocks from wood-engravings and a binding brass by Cliﬀord Webb for Caesar’s Commentaries, and an envelope of 18 modern pulls from the blocks printed by David Chambers (c.40)

⁂ Including blocks by Eric Ravilious (title-device for ‘Consequences’, 65 x 65mm.), David Jones (device B, 52 x 47mm., initialled “D.J. 25” on verso), and Reynolds Stone (tail-piece ‘Cockalorum’ p.24, 57 x 68mm.,).

£1,000 - 1,500

277

Sandford (Christopher), Owen Rutter & David Chambers. CHANTICLEER [& PERTELOTE; COCKALORUM; COCK-AHOOP]: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS 19211936 [-1961], together 4 vol., deluxe editions, each one of 200, 250 or 300 copies, the last three signed by Christopher Sandford, the second also by Rutter and the last by Chambers, illustrations, similar original morocco-backed patterned cloth featuring design by Ravilious, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, most spines a little faded, the first two slightly rubbed, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936 [-76]; and a small quantity of others about the press including file boxes of proofs of Cockalorum and Cock-a-Hoop, and notes & correspondence, drafts and the metal relief printing plates of the illustrations for Cock-a-Hoop, 8vo & 4to (a box)

£300 - 400

278

Mill House Press.- Hume (David) MY OWN LIFE, NUMBER 30 OF 80 COPIES, original cloth, gilt, spine a little browned, Stanford Dingley, Mill House Press, 1927 § G[athorne]H[ardy] (R[obert)]) Minims, original wrappers, with author’s name to title and notes to upper cover in pencil, Reading, “Not for Publication”, 1935; and c.20 other pamphlets from the press (Christmas & New Year keepsakes, prospectuses & ephemera 1947-66), many inscribed by one of the printers, v.s. (c.25)

⁂ The Mill House Press was a small private press run by the writer & horticulturalist Robert Gathorne-Hardy and the painter & photographer Kyrle Leng, from 192671 in Stanford Dingley, near Reading, Berks. All the books were issued in small limitations.

£150 - 200

279 Rogers (Bruce).- Tory (Geofroy) CHAMP FLEURY, translated and edited by George B.Ives, one of 390 copies, illustrations, original parchment-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, spine a little soiled, New York, Grolier Club, 1927 § Drinkwater (John) Persephone, one of 550 copies, with roundel head-piece printed in black & gold and initials in gold, New York, 1926 § Breton (Nicholas) The Twelve Moneths and Christmas Day..., limited edition printed in black & colours, New York, 1951 § Euclid. Elements of Geometry Book 1, one of 500 copies, printed in black & colours, New York, 1944 § Swift (Jonathan) A Voyage to Lilliput...[&] A Voyage to Brobdingnag by Dr. Lemuel Gulliver, 2 vol., limited edition numbered and initialled by the designer, printed in red & black, original clothbacked pictorial boards, together in slip-case (rubbed and spotted), New York, Limited Editions Club, 1950, all designed by Bruce Rogers, the third also with illustrations by Rogers, all but the ﬁrst and last original cloth, the fourth with dustjacket, most a little rubbed; and c.15 others, Rogers, v.s. (c.20)

£300 - 400

280

Milne (A.A.) THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, light creasing and short repaired tear to fore-margin of pp.61/62 extending into text but no loss, light browning and slight cockling to endpapers, 1928; Now We Are Six, light browning to inner margin of half-title and ﬁnal leaf, 1927, FIRST EDITIONS, illustrations and pictorial endpapers by E.H.Shepard, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., slight bumping to spine ends and corners, dustjackets, spines a little rubbed and slightly frayed at ends but good copies, 8vo (2)

£750 - 1,000

281

Broadsides.- Marston (Henry) TWO PASSAGES FROM THE JOURNAL ., Specimen No.72, printed in red & black on handmade paper, margins lightly soiled, original printed blue wrappers, uncut, frayed at edges, folio, Pittsburgh, Laboratory Press, 1928; and a small quantity of broadsides, posters etc. from the Laboratory Press, the Glad Hand Press of Stamford, Conn., and 2 Samplers of items from the Peregrine Press of San Francisco, folio (Qty)

£300 - 400

282

Nash (John & Paul).- Tellier (Jules) ABD-ER-RAHMAN IN PARADISE, one of 400 copies, wood-engravings by Paul Nash, original buckrambacked boards, uncut, t.e.g., spine faded, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1928 § Bates (H.E.) Flowers and Faces, one of 325 copies signed by the author, wood-engravings by John Nash, original morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., a little rubbed, Golden Cockerel Press, 1935 § Nash (John) Twenty One Wood Engravings, one of 100 copies, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, original cloth drop-backed box, 1993 § Blythe (Ronald) First Friends: Paul and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington, one of 300 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, 1997, the last two with plates or tipped-in illustrations, uncut, Wakeﬁeld or Denby Dale, Fleece Press; and 13 others illustrated by or about the Nash brothers, v.s. (17)

£300 - 400

283

St.Dominic’s Press.- More (Sir Thomas) THE XII PROPERTEES OR CONDICYONS OF A LOVER by Johan Picus...expressed in Balade..., one of 250 copies, errata slip, original cloth, uncut, a little soiled, 1928 § King George and the Turkish Knight. Old Sussex Play collected by Isobel Horn, [one of 240 copies], slip with musical notation, stitched in original printed wrappers, uncut, soiled, 1921 § Taylor (Michael) & Brocard Sewell. Saint Dominic’s Press: a Bibliography 19161937, one of 400 copies, T.L.s. from Chambers to Michael Taylor congratulating him on the book and with some addenda, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1995, the ﬁrst two Ditchling, St. Dominic’s Press; and 5 others from or about the press and an envelope of pamphlets & ephemera, v.s. (a bundle)

£200 - 300

284

Tomkinson (G.S.) A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRINCIPAL MODERN PRESSES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, limited edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO AMBROSE HEAL WITH LETTERS AND OTHER MATERIAL loosely inserted, original vellum, First Edition Club, 1928 § Arnold (John) The Fanfrolico Press, NUMBER 10 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original pictorial blue morocco, gilt, slipcase, Pinner, 2009 § Franklin (Colin) The Ashendene Press, one of 750 copies, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO DAVID CHAMBERS, original clothbacked boards, Dallas, 1986 § Peterson (W.S.) The Kelmscott Press, Oxford, 1991 § Tidcombe (M.) The Doves Press, London & New Castle, De., 2002 § De Zilverdistel Rare Books. The Miss Margaret Sidney Davies Complete Collection of Special Gregynog Bindings, Antwerp, 1995, illustrations, the last three original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets; and a quantity of others on modern private presses, v.s. (c.100)

£300 - 400

285

OFFICINA BODONI (DIE): DAS WERKBUCH EINER HANDPRESSE IN DEN ERSTEN

SECHS JAHREN IHRES WIRKENS, one of 350 copies, 12 full-page woodcut illustrations by Frans Masereel (lightly offset), illustrations and tippedin specimens, original cloth, uncut, light spotting to upper cover, Paris, at the sign of the Pegasus, 1929 § Mardersteig (Giovanni) The Officina Bodoni: An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 19231977, edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, limited edition, illustrations, original cloth, 1980 § Poliziano (Angelo) Orphei Tragedia, [ONE OF 50 COPIES ON PAPER], variant binding of original marbled boards, spine slightly faded, preserved in card wrapper, Montagnola, 1923 § d’Annunzio (Gabriele) La Nave, limited edition on Japanese vellum, original vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1929 § Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi (The), limited edition signed by the artist, wood-engravings by Paolo Molnar, original patterned cloth, uncut, spine slightly browned, New York, 1930 § Cellini (Benvenuto) The Life...written by himself, translated by J.A.Symonds, limited edition signed by the artist, illustrations by Fritz Kredel, original patterned cloth, dust-jacket, Officina Bodoni for the Limited Editions Club, 1937, the second and last two with slip-cases, some rubbed, all but the third Verona, printed at the Officina Bodoni or Stamperia Valdonega; and a small quantity of others from the press including a bundle of ephemera, v.s. (sm.qty)

⁂ The third is the ﬁrst work issued by the press.

£400 - 600

286

Thomas (Henry) & Stanley Morison ANDRES BRUN CALLIGRAPHER OF SARAGOSSA: SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORK, one of 175 copies, original decorated cloth, Paris, Pegasus Press, 1929 § Denucé (Jan) & Stanley Morison, editors. The Treatise of Gerard Mercator...(Antwerp 1540), one of 200 copies, original cloth, gilt, preserved in card wrapper, Antwerp & Paris, Pegasus Press, 1930 § Plato. Crito. A Socratic Dialogue, translated by Henry Cary, one of 475 copies printed under the supervision of Frederic Warde in new ‘Vicenza’ type, prospectus loosely inserted, original marbled boards, Paris, 1926 § Morison (Stanley, editor) The Calligraphic Models of Ludovico degli Arrighi surnamed Vicentino, one of 300 copies in Arrighi type, inscribed to Sir Sydney Cockerell by Aubrey West, original vellum-backed paste-paper boards, Paris, privately printed for Frederic Warde, 1926, plates and illustrations, all printed at the Oﬃcina Bodoni of Verona; and 4 others on calligraphy and typography and a bundle of ephemera from The Pleiad, and the Pegasus Press, 4to & 8vo (sm. qty)

£300 - 400

287

Feliciano (Felice, of Verona) ALPHABETUM ROMANUM, edited by Giovanni Mardersteig, one of 400 copies in English, 25 handcoloured letters, one folding, illustrations, original brown morocco-backed boards, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, decorated board slip-case, preserved in card wrapper, 1960 § Torniello (Francesco) The Alphabet...[1517], one of 160 copies in English, illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, board slip-case, 1970 § Pastonchi: A Specimen of a New Letter for Use on the “Monotype”, one of 200 copies designed by Hans Mardersteig and printed on the hand-press, samples, some mounted on stubs, light spotting, original half vellum, uncut, slip-case (splits to joints), printed at the Officina Bodoni in Verona for the Lanston Monotype Corporation, 1928, the first two with prospectuses loosely inserted, 4to, Verona, Officina Bodoni (3)

£500 - 700

288

Eliot (T.S.) THE WASTE LAND, number 16 of 300 copies signed by the author, original vellum-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, marbled board slip-case, a ﬁne copy, [Gallup A6d], 4to, printed by the Oﬃcina Bodoni in Verona for Faber & Faber, 1961.

£2,000 - 3,000

289

Bodoni (Giambattista) MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO 1788, number 93 of 206 facsimile reprints by Giovanni Mardersteig, heliogravure portrait, type specimens, original orange boards, uncut, dust-jacket, cloth slipcase, Verona, Oﬃcina Bodoni, 1968; another edition, 2 vol., one of 500 copies, original patterned-paper boards, spines slightly rubbed and browned, together in patterned-paper slip-case (rubbed & soiled), Holland Press, 1960; and another on Bodoni, 4to (4)

⁂ The ﬁrst is a superb facsimile of one of Bodoni’s ﬁnest and scarcest works.

£500 - 700

289

290

Dürer (Albrecht) THE LITTLE PASSION, with the poems of the ﬁrst edition of 1511 by Benedictus Chelidonius Musophilus in Latin with English version, one of 140 copies, wood-engraved plates by Leonardo Farina after Dürer, original pigskin-backed boards, gilt, 1971 Bembo (Pietro) De Aetna Liber, one of 125 copies, Latin and English text, title with portrait medallion, folding plate, original crimson morocco-backed boards, 1970, prospectuses loosely inserted, t.e.g, others uncut, slip-cases, 8vo, Verona, Oﬃcina Bodoni (2)

£400 - 600

291

Aesop. THE FABLES...printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco..., 2 vol. including Caxton’s translation, number 72 of 160 copies, text in Latin, Italian and English, woodcut illustrations by Anna Bramanti after Liberale da Verona, all hand-coloured after a copy of the 1479 edition in the British Museum by the Atelier Daniel Jacomet of Paris, list of woodcuts and prospectus loosely inserted, original green morocco-backed vellum with strapwork border and title in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, together in board slip-case, 8vo, Verona, Oﬃcina Bodoni, 1973.

⁂ One of the most beautiful of Mardersteig’s productions at the Oﬃcina Bodoni, with charming illustrations.

£2,000 - 3,000

292

Mardersteig (Giovanni) THE OFFICINA BODONI: AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF A HAND PRESS 1923-1977, edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, 2 vol., NUMBER 57 OF 125 SPECIAL COPIES WITH 10 ORIGINAL LEAVES FROM BOOKS PRINTED AT THE PRESS, illustrations, with A.L.s. from Hans Schmoller to David Chambers concerning a potential papermaking pilgrimage to Japan loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., together in slip-case, 4to, Verona, Stamperia Valdonega, 1980.

⁂ Including illustrated leaves from The Holy Gospel, Dürer’s Little Passion, and The Fables of Aesop, the last containing 2 handcoloured illustrations.

£300 - 400

293

Ravilious (Eric) ALMANACK 1929 WITH TWELVE DESIGNS ENGRAVED ON WOOD, title within border of zodiacal signs in red, wood-engraved illustrations by Ravilious, original buckram-backed boards, glacine wrapper, 8vo, Lanston Monotype Corporation, 1929.

£400 - 600

292

E RIC R AVILIOUS

294

Ravilious (Eric) ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK OF ENGRAVING OF COCKEREL IN A MEADOW, for the Golden Cockerel Press prospectus for Spring 1930, boxwood, 110 x 160mm., labelled on verso, [1930].

⁂ Rare. We have been able to ﬁnd only two original woodblocks by Ravilious to have appeared at auction, for GCP prospectuses of 1931 and 1933, both sold in these rooms (2016, £4000 and 2025, £8000).

£3,000 - 4,000

295

Ravilious (Eric) ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK OF ENGRAVING FOR BORDER TO LAST PAGE OF GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’, featuring 3 cockerel’s heads, boxwood, 114 x 20mm., manuscript label pasted to side, [1931-32].

£500 - 700

296

Ravilious (Eric) COPPER RELIEF PRINTING PLATES FOR GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS SPRING AND AUTUMN LISTS FOR 1931, from woodengravings by Ravilious, 155 x 115mm. & 125 x 170mm., mounted on wooden blocks, [Cock-A-Hoop Prospectuses XXXVIII & XL] (2)

⁂ The ﬁrst depicts Robert Gibbings as Ganymede being borne away by a cockerel; the second Ravilious’s wife Tirzah on a merry-go-round cockerel.

£400 - 600

297

Ravilious (Eric).- Marlowe (Christopher) THE FAMOUS TRAGEDY OF THE RICH JEW OF MALTA, number 53(a) of 250 copies, 4 full-page woodengraved plates by Eric Ravilious, original green buckram with bevelled edges, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, card slip-case (rubbed), Golden Hours Press, 1933 § White (Rev. Gilbert) The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne, edited by H.J.Massingham, 2 vol., one of 850 copies, ﬁne wood-engraved pictorial titles, ornaments and head- & tail-pieces by Eric Ravilious, folding map, original pictorial grey buckram with gilt design by Ravilious to upper covers, spines gilt with animal motifs, t.e.g., others uncut, spines slightly faded (as usual), slip-case (rubbed), [Dreyfus 114], Nonesuch Press, 1938; and 7 others illustrated by or about Ravilious or his wife Tirzah, 4to & 8vo (10)

⁂ The ﬁrst is one of the remaindered unsold copies reissued by Hollis & Carter Ltd. in a cheaper binding, due to the closure of the Golden Hours Press following the owners’ purchase of the Golden Cockerel Press.

£500 - 700

298

Ravilious (Eric) THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS , introduction by J.M.Richards, number II 60 [of 500 copies], text printed on pale blue paper, plates and illustrations, 3 folding, second issue binding (one of c.240) of original grey cloth with design to upper cover in black, patterned-paper endpapers, spine faded, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1972 § Greenwood (Jeremy) Ravilious Engravings, one of 800 copies, illustrations, A.L.s. from the author to David Chambers loosely inserted, original cloth, slip-case, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 2008; with wood engraving ‘Children in a Park’ by Ravilious printed from the original block on japon in 1987 (image 165 x 223mm.), folio (3)

£300 - 400

299

Waley (Arthur) THE LADY WHO LOVED INSECTS, OUT-OF-SERIES SPECIALLY BOUND COPY ON HANDMADE PAPER, from an edition limited to 550 (50 on handmade paper), dry-points by Hermine David, original green silk, t.e.g., Blackamore Press, 1929 § James (Henry) The Turn of the Screw, one of 200 copies on handmade paper, plates by Mariette Lydis, original half vellum, t.e.g., Kent, Hand & Flower Press, 1940 § Edmonds (J.M.) Some Greek Love-Poems, one of 450 copies, illustrations by Vera Willoughby, original turquoise silk, spine spotted & faded, 1929 § Book of Tobit (The) from the Apocrypha, one of 275 copies, woodengravings by Horace Walter Bray, with 4 A.Ls.s. from the printer R.A.Maynard to Ifan Kyrle Fletcher loosely inserted, original vellumbacked marbled boards, Raven Press, 1931 § John Apostate, an Idyl of the Quays, one of 125 copies, contemporary pigskin, spotted, Long Crendon, Seven Acres Press, 1927 § James I, King of Scotland. The King’s Quair, original vellum-backed boards, Caradoc Press, 1906 § Roswitha, of Gandersheim. Abraham, a play, ONE OF 100 COPIES, illustrations by Agnes Lambert, original cloth-backed boards, Stanton Press, 1922 § Landor (W.S.) The Sculptured Garland, number 35 of 300 copies, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Iain Macnab, original pictorial half brown morocco, gilt, uncut, dust-jacket (a little soiled and frayed at edges), Dropmore Press, 1948, all uncut; and c.30 others, early 20th century presses, and a ﬁle of sheets, correspondence etc. from the Alcuin Press, v.s. (c.35)

£500 - 700

300

Sandford (Christopher, 1902-83, book designer, publisher & proprietor of the Boar’s Head, Golden Hours and Golden Cockerel presses) AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL BY OR RELATING TO SANDFORD AND THE BOAR’S HEAD, GOLDEN HOURS AND GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESSES including correspondence, invoices, book sales, reviews etc. of books produced, drafts for lectures & writings including memorial of John Buckland Wright, letters from printers, artists etc. including Eric Gill, James Guthrie, James Masters of the High House Press of Shaftesbury, C.T.Jacobi of the Chiswick Press, John O’Connor, Desmond Flower, and André Maurois, and David Chambers’ notes for his article on Sandford for issue of Private Library Spring 1985, loose in card folders in 3 ﬁle boxes (3)

⁂ There are 2 autograph letters (one with envelope) and a postcard from Eric Gill to Sandford, dated 1932-34, all from Pigotts, High Wycombe and turning down requests to produce wood-engravings for books including an Old Testament and Morte d’Arthur. The letter of 1934 proposes Gill’s son-in-law Denis Tegetmeier for the illustrations of the latter and that he could collaborate with Sandford on the production, discussing his and other typefaces, notably Solus “another new type of mine...I don’t say it’s as good as the Bembo but it’s a modern face on decent machine-made lines & not a resuscitation of the Italian renaissance. I’m all for avoiding these elegant architectural grandeurs...”.

£1,000 - 1,500

Sandford (Lettice) A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS FOR VARIOUS BOOKS including: Sappho. [Poems], THE SET OF 7 WOODBLOCKS INCLUDING A REJECTED ENGRAVING, all 147 x 85mm., & a copy of the book, ONE OF 25 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, WITH A SIGNED & TITLED PRINT OF THE REJECTED ENGRAVING LOOSELY INSERTED, Manaton, 1932; Spenser (Edmund) Thalamos, 4 OF THE 5 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF THE ENGRAVINGS AND THE OTHER AS A COPPER RELIEF PRINTING PLATE MOUNTED ON WOOD, all c.185 x 110mm., & a copy of the book, one of 200 copies, Manaton, 1932; Bingley (Barbara) The Painted Cup, THE SET OF 13 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF THE ENGRAVINGS INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL ONE FOR THE SPECIAL EDITION (40 COPIES), all c.92 x 92mm., & a copy of the book, one of 200 copies, signed by the author, 1935 § Sandford (Lettice) Wood Engravings, NUMBER 1 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, wood-engravings printed from the original blocks by I.M.Imprimit for David Chambers, original morocco-backed cloth, uncut, slip-case, Pinner, 1986; and 14 other original woodblocks for Hero & Leander, Dreams & Life, The Virgin, Tomorrow’s Star etc. plus 2 metal relief printing plates (one copper, one a cockerel for GCP), most for the Boar’s Head Press, and 11 others, mostly books illustrated by Sandford, and a group of modern pulls from the blocks, 8vo & 4to (Qty)

£2,000 - 3,000

302

Sandford (Lettice).- Lascaris (Evadne) THE GOLDEN BED OF KYDNO, translated by P[owys] M[athers], number 89 of 200 copies, printed in orange and black, 12 line-engravings by Lettice Sandford, most fullpage, original pictorial cream buckram, gilt, with an oﬀprint from Matrix containing an article by David Chambers on the engravings of Lettice Sandford loosely inserted in the original box with lid (a little rubbed and marked, splits to corner joints), [Chanticleer 107], Golden Cockerel Press, 1935.

⁂ In the article Chambers explains that the illustrations were “engraved in white line on wood, reversed white-to-black and printed by collotype so as to give the impression of being on copper”.

£200 - 300

303

Sandford (Lettice) COLLECTION OF 3 ARTIST’S SKETCHBOOKS, COMPRISING OVER 100 LEAVES OF PENCIL STUDIES, AND WITH OVER 20 FURTHER ORIGINAL PRINTS AND DRAWINGS, the majority likely pencil studies for woodengravings, including title-pages, and six large format erotic drawings in blue cloth slipcase, on various papers, the sketchbook album leaves each approx. 350 x 215 mm (13¾ x 8½ in), the loose prints and drawings with three signed pen and ink studies, others unsigned pencil, on various papers between approx. 80 x 80 mm (3⅛ x 3⅛ in) and 280 x 200 mm (11 x 7⅞ in), scattered surface dirt and minor stains, some album leaves loose, the albums in black cloth, all loose works unframed, [c.1930s]; together with a mixed group of prints by various artists, v.s., loose, unframed, [20th century] (sm. qty.)

⁂ Lettice Sandford (1902–1993) was a draughtsman, woodengraver, pioneer corn dolly revivalist and watercolourist of her beloved Herefordshire.

£600 - 800

304

Sandford (Lettice).- Lucas (F.L., editor & translator) THE GOLDEN COCKEREL GREEK ANTHOLOGY, number 110 of 206 copies on pale grey hand-made paper, title in terracotta and black, 14 zinc-engraved illustrations by Lettice Sandford, most full-page, original black pigskinbacked cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, [Pertelote 129], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937; and 2 binding brasses for the special copies which were bound in morocco (3)

£500 - 700

305

de la Mare (Walter) DESERT ISLANDS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE, number 535 of 650 copies signed by the author and with the illustrations printed from the copper plates (not blocks as in the ordinary edition), engraved additional pictorial title and 2 head- & 2 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, original green cloth with gilt decorations by Whistler on upper cover and spine, t.e.g., others uncut, London & New York, 1930 § Andersen (Hans) Fairy Tales and Legends, illustrations by Whistler, original decorated cloth, 1935 § Fraser (C.Lovat) The Lute of Love, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST, illustrations by Lovat Fraser, original wrappers, spine browned and rubbed, [c.1920]; and c.35 others, illustrated, 8vo & 4to (c.40)

£200 - 300

306

Jackson (Holbrook) THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA, ONE OF 48 SPECIAL COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, from an edition limited to 1048, this copy unnumbered, marginal browning to endpapers, original green morocco by Wood, t.e.g., others uncut, spines & vol. 2 covers darkened, Soncino Press, 1930-31 § Dibdin (Rev. Thomas Frognall)

A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, plates, one hand-coloured, a few double-page, illustrations, many on india paper and mounted, lacking half-titles, light browning and scattered foxing, bookplate of Edgar Atheling Drummond, handsome 19th century gilt-panelled navy morocco, g.e., spines slightly faded, for the Author, by Shakespeare Press, 1821, some rubbing to joints and extremities; and others, bibliography or relating to books, v.s. (c.20)

£250 - 350

307

Erotica.- Nerciat (Andrea de) LE DIABLE AU CORPS, 3 vol., out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 300, 3 engraved frontispieces and 12 plates, engraved illustrations, titles in red and black, a few light surface stains or spots, gutters cracked, contents detached or becoming so, hinges broken, original pictorial wrappers, spines browned, faint surface soiling, Alençon, 1930 § [Ashbee (Henry Spencer)] Ma Vie Secrète, 2 vol., light scattered spots, original printed wrappers, short tears to spine ends, vol.1 with old glue repairs to head of spine, glacine dust-jackets, vol.1 jacket backstrip defective and upper panel detached, vol.2 jacket spine chipped, chipped and worn, Paris, Collection de l’Academie des Dames, 1923, all uncut, light rubbing to extremities, small 4to (5)

£300 - 400

308

Cranach Press.- Shakespeare (William) THE TRAGEDIE OF HAMLET PRINCE OF DENMARKE, edited by J.Dover Wilson, number 197 of 300 copies on Maillol handmade paper, type designed by Edward Johnston after the Mainz Psalter of 1457, title cut by Eric Gill, printed in red, blue and black, wood-engraved illustrations designed and cut by Edward Gordon Craig, prospectus loosely inserted, some light spotting towards end, later crushed black morocco with single gilt ﬁllet, spine titled in gilt with compartments outlined in double gilt rules and ﬁve raised bands, with ‘Notes on the Text...’ by the editor in black moroccobacked boards, spine ruled in gilt (spotting to a few leaves as often), preserved together in black cloth slip-case (slightly rubbed), [The Artist and the Book 18601960 66], folio, Weimar, Cranach Press, 1930.

⁂ A fine copy of Edward Gordon Craig’s masterpiece, one of the most outstanding pieces of book art of the 20th century. A German edition was issued the previous year but this English edition contains 6 additional woodcuts by Craig. Having seen the prints (“black figures”) made from Craig’s wooden figures which he used with his model theatre, Count Harry Kessler commissioned Craig to illustrate an edition of Hamlet. It was to be printed at his private Cranach Press using the woodblocks and with specially-designed type. This was in 1912 but work on it was suspended during the First World War and Craig became distracted by other projects so the book was not issued for nearly twenty years. Craig’s son, Teddy, went to Weimar to assist the master-printer, H.Gage Cole, in the printing of the woodblocks: “I was the only person who knew how to get the kind of impression required, showing the delicate side grain of wood and at the same time producing the specially blackened details in certain blocks.” Edward Craig. Gordon Craig: The Story of His Life p.326.

£7,500 - 10,000

309

-. CANTICUM CANTICORUM SALOMONIS , number 96 of 200 copies on paper, from an edition limited to 268, designed by Count Harry Kessler, printed in red and black, 11 woodengraved illustrations and 18 initials by Eric Gill, 7 full-page, very light oﬀsetting and occasional spotting, with prospectus printed on Japon and list of Former Publications from the press loosely inserted (the latter foxed), ERIC GILL’S OWN COPY WITH HIS BOOK-LABEL, original vellum-backed boards with vellum tips, t.e.g., others uncut, with the original dustjacket and slip-case (jacket lightly spotted with spine browned and slightly rubbed at edges, slip-case rubbed and browned), tall narrow 8vo, [Weimar, Cranach Press], 1931.

£1,500 - 2,000

310

Erotica.- MISS HIGH-HEELS: THE STORY OF A RICH BUT GIRLISH YOUNG GENTLEMAN, FIRST EDITION, original wrappers bound in, Charles Skilton book-label and bookseller’s sticker, contemporary cloth, edges uncut, Paris, privately printed, 1931 § Joyeusetés Galantes & Autres [&] Les Bons Contes [&] La Sultane Rozréa, 3 parts in 1 vol., 5 engraved plates, spotting and surface staining, gutter cracked, contemporary wrappers, glacine dust-jacket, (chipping and tears, a little worn), [Luxuriopolis & Babel & Paris], 1864-70 § Realistic Pleasures Gathered from the Diary of a Sybarite, faint spotting or surface staining, Charles Skilton book-label, later wrappers, rubbed, edges uncut, Alexandria, 1900-01 § James (Edward) Twenty Sonnets to Mary, contemporary half morocco, spine a little darkened, minor rubbing to extremities, The James Press, [1931]; and others erotica, including 2 vol. only (of 3) of Kaiko Insuitei’s Chigusa no Hana Futaba Chocho, and one of 250 copies of The Romance of My Alcove: (Gallant Confessions of a Woman of the World) printed by the Erotika Biblion Society, v.s. (c.95)

⁂ The ﬁrst mentioned is a rare erotic novel on cross-dressing. It has only appeared at auction twice in the past 50 years. Library Hub records only one copy, held by the British Library.

£300 - 400

B LAIR H UGHES -S

TANTON

311

Gregynog Press.- REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE (THE), number 241 of 250 copies on Japanese vellum, printed in dark red and black, wood-engraved title and illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, some full-page, prospectus loosely inserted, original red Hermitage calf, title and device in blind to upper cover, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, [Harrop 24], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1932; with 2 unbacked proof sheets including 3 wood-engravings and signed by Hughes-Stanton in pencil, folio (2)

⁂ “...a stimulating visual experience...”. (Harrop p.110).

R.H.Wilenski (1887-1975), painter, art historian & critic, author of The Modern Movement (1927).

£500 - 700

312

-. LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH (THE), number 194 of 250 copies on Japanese vellum, printed in black and blue, wood-engraved illustrations, title and initial letters designed and engraved by Blair HughesStanton, 5 full-page, prospectus loosely inserted, one of 125 copies in original dark blue Hermitage calf, title and device in blind on upper cover, spine a little faded, a couple of small knocks to upper cover, preserved in card wrapper, [Harrop 29], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1933.

⁂ “One of the most spectacular books to come from this or any other press.” (Harrop p.122).

£600 - 800

313

Hughes-Stanton (Blair) COLLECTION OF 24 ORIGINAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS, including ‘Thunder Storm’, ‘The last prophet’, ‘In his own image’, 8 wood-engravings for Milton’s Comus, and others similar, all signed and inscribed in pencil, various sizes between approx. 110 x 80 mm (4¼ x 3⅛ in) and 340 x 500 mm (13½ x 19¾ in), all loose, some inserted into blank copy of ‘The WoodEngravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton’, all unframed, [c.1930s] (Sm. qty.)

£600 - 800

314

Milton (John) FOUR POEMS .L’Allegro, Il Penseroso, Arcades, Lycidas, WITH CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM THE MISSES DAVIES AT THE GREGYNOG PRESS PRINTED ON VELLUM loosely inserted, also prospectus, original blind-stamped red calf, spine and edges of boards rubbed, preserved in card wrapper, [Harrop 26 & E43], 1933; Comus, original buckram-backed boards, glacine wrapper, [Harrop 19], 1931 § M[arks] (H.H.) Pastoral or Virtue Requited, one of 120 copies, original buckram-backed boards, uncut, frayed glacine wrapper, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1935 § Hughes-Stanton (Penelope) The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, NUMBER 2 “FOR HERMIONE” OF 112

SPECIAL COPIES WITH 8 ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE WOOD BY I.M.IMPRIMIT, original morocco-backed cloth, slip-case, Pinner, 1991, all with wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, the ﬁrst two each one of 250 copies, Newtown, Gregynog Press; and 14 others illustrated by or about HughesStanton including a folder of single sheet programmes for the Gate Studio Theatre and a bound prospectus for the Cresset Press Pilgrim’s Progress, v.s. (18)

£500 - 700

315

ECCLESIASTES OR THE PREACHER, number 91 of 250 copies, printed in orange and black, original vellum-backed orange cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, upper corners bumped, a couple of small stab-holes to lower cover, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934 § Lawrence (D. H.) Birds, Beasts and Flowers, number 90 of 530 copies, original vellum-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, tiny scratch to spine, bump to bottom edge of upper cover, Cresset Press, 1930, both with wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, some full-page, prospectuses loosely inserted; with a folder of 3 loose folded sheets of Ecclesiastes on vellum (pp.3-6, 11-14 & 19-22, with 7 wood-engravings, some light foxing) and a metal relief plate of p.21 with illustration ‘The Creator’, folio (4)

£400 - 600

316

Graves (Ida) EPITHALAMION, NUMBER 19 OF 50 SPECIAL COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, from an edition limited to 330, 20 full-page wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, engraved bookplate of John Raymond Danson, prospectuses loosely inserted, original half crushed brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, t.e.g., others uncut, board slip-case, small folio, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934.

⁂ The ﬁrst of only two books issued by the Gemini Press, established by Ida Graves and Blair Hughes-Stanton after the latter’s departure from the Gregynog Press and his wife Gertrude Hermes. Despite being unable to marry this was a celebration of the couple’s union. Only half the edition was sold and in 1970 Hughes-Stanton sold the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press who reissued the work in 1980.

£750 - 1,000

317

Hughes-Stanton (Blair) SET OF 7 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS FOR ‘PRIMEVAL GODS’, boxwood, c.65 x 85mm., [1934] § Sandford (Christopher) Primeval Gods, number 128 of 150 copies signed by the author, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original cloth, uncut, spine very slightly rubbed, slip-case, 8vo, Boar’s Head Press, 1934; and a set of modern prints from the blocks and some trial printings (sm. qty)

£1,000 - 1,500

318

Nash (Paul).- Browne (Sir Thomas) URNE BURIALL AND THE GARDEN OF CYRUS, number 204 of 215 copies, 32 pochoir plates and illustrations by Paul Nash, original vellum and brown morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe after a design by Nash, upper cover with quincunx in gilt with vellum or brown morocco onlays, in reverse on lower cover, g.e., brown buckram slip-case, a clean, bright copy, 4to, printed by the Curwen Press for Cassell and Co. Ltd and La Belle Sauvage, 1932.

⁂ The masterpiece of the Curwen Press and Nash’s magnum opus. A perfect marriage of subject, artist and design, Nash’s colour-stencilled illustrations for Browne’s work reﬂect superbly the author’s meditations on the nature of man’s mortality.

£4,000 - 6,000

319

J OHN B UCKLAND W RIGHT

319

Swinburne (Algernon Charles) DOLORES, FIRST EDITION [ONE OF 50 COPIES ON JAPON ANCIEN], 11 wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, 9 full-page, WITH ADDITIONAL WOOD-ENGRAVING ‘COUPLE’ BY BUCKLAND WRIGHT loosely inserted (numbered 11/30 & dated 1929 in pencil), original blue wrappers with printed label to upper cover, uncut, [Reid A12i], 8vo, [Maastricht, privately printed for Baron Emile van der Borch van Verwolde by A. A. M. Stols], 1933.

⁂ One of Buckland Wright’s most collected works, and on which he continued to work after publication. In this ﬁrst edition, the illustrations appear as white line engravings, as opposed to those in the second edition which he had reworked as silhouettes with additional white line hatching. The ﬁnal illustration of a female nude with three ravens refers to the coat-of-arms of Emile, Baron van der Borch van Verwolde who commissioned the book from Stols. It also served as his bookplate.

£1,000 - 1,500

320

Ishill (Joseph, editor & printer) FREE VISTAS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF LIFE & LETTERS, 2 vol., one of 290 & 205 copies respectively, BOTH INSCRIBED BY ISHILL TO DR. E.TUCHMANN ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, printed in black & colours, title with wood-engraving by John Buckland Wright printed in green in vol.1 and terracotta in vol.2, plates and illustrations, many in vol.1 tipped in, original cloth, uncut, paper labels to spines, small stain to vol.2 label, 1933-37 § Barlas (John Evelyn) Yew-leaf and Lotus-petal Sonnets, number 49 of 130 copies, printed in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations by Buckland Wright, Oriole Press compliments card loosely inserted, original parchment-backed boards, uncut, 1935, very slightly rubbed and soiled, [Reid A13a, 24a & 18b], small 4to & 8vo, Berkeley Heights, NJ, Oriole Press (3)

⁂ Important literary and artistic periodical by the anarchist typesetter and printer, Joseph Ishill, with several illustrations by Buckland Wright, Frans Masereel and others. Much of the press’s output was radical literature and Ishill gave away most copies.

£600 - 800

321

Apuleius (Lucius) THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHES, translated by William Adlington, NUMBER 46 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, THIS ONE OF 25 ON VAN GELDER FOOLSCAP WATERLEAF RAG PAPER, copperengraved head- & tail-piece and 8 plates by John Buckland Wright, light foxing, mostly to text or plate margins, original pictorial limp vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little soiled, original JBW patternedpaper slip-case, faded, splits to joints, [Reid A20b], 8vo, [printed by Joh.Enschede en Zonen of Haarlem for JBW Editions], 1936.

£1,000 - 1,500

322

Mathers (E.Powys) LOVE NIGHT, A LAOTIAN GALLANTRY, one of 200 copies on vellum-paper, original green-stained vellum-backed cloth, 1936 § Beaumont (Francis) Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, one of 380 copies, original pictorial boards, glacine wrapper, 1951 § Mathew Flinders’ Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis 1798, one of 750 copies, printed in green, 1946 § Musaeus. Hero & Leander, one of 500 copies, 1949 § Swinburne ( A.C.) Pasiphaë, one of 500 copies, 1950, all with engraved or wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, some full-page, the last three original pictorial buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, the ﬁrst and last with fading to spines, Golden Cockerel Press; and 4 others from the press illustrated by JBW including loose leaves of Pervigilium Veneris and a copper relief printing plate of one of the plates in the ﬁrst, v.s. (10)

£400 - 600

323

Omar Khayyám. THE...RUBÁIYÁT, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, NUMBER 18 OF 30 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS AND WITH 5 ADDITIONAL ENGRAVINGS, from an edition limited to 300, 8 copper-engraved plates by John Buckland Wright, 5 additional engravings loose in pocket at end but without the collotype facsimiles of Fitzgerald’s Monk-Latin MS, original cream morocco with cockerel in gilt to upper cover, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, t.e.g, others uncut, a little soiled, glacine wrapper torn and frayed, [Pertelote 138; Reid A28a], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938.

⁂ The additional engravings are of a more erotic nature and do not appear in the ordinary edition.

£2,500 - 3,500

324

Lucas (F.L., translator) PERVIGILIUM VENERIS; THE VIGIL OF VENUS, NUMBER 77 OF 100 COPIES, double-page pictorial title in Latin and English (with 4 engravings) and 12 head-pieces & 2 tail-pieces by John Buckland Wright, all copper engravings with aquatint, text in Latin and English on facing pages, the odd spot, original citron morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, with frieze of cockerel running along top and bottom of boards in brown, uncut, original buckram slip-case (a little stained), [Pertelote 141; Reid A33a], 4to, Golden Cockerel Press, 1939.

⁂ “The very ﬁne engravings, by a process revived for the ﬁrst time in our generation and which took two years to produce, were inspired by the Roman sarcophagi in the Louvre.” Christopher Sandford in Pertelote

“This is what I call a perfect print. The tone is suﬃcient and not too even. The lines have their full value and have slight tone or aureal round them, which will go on improving with age. It is of course greatly helped by the type of paper used, the ink, and the slight ‘burr’ left on the lines...This plate was printed cold, rag-wiped but not retroussé, and went once through the press...” John Buckland Wright quoted in Pertelote

£800 - 1,200

325

[Sandford (Christopher)], “Chrysilla von Dansdorf”. HEART’S DESIRE, NUMBER 2 OF 70 COPIES, title printed in lilac, copper-engraved titlevignette and 7 plates by John Buckland Wright, pencil annotation to ﬁnal leaf of text, ORIGINAL CITRON MOROCCO, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, WITH FRIEZE OF PALMETTES running along top and bottom of boards in brown, spine a little rubbed and browned, original buckram slip-case (slightly stained), [Reid A30a], 4to, Paris, privately printed, [1939]; WITH AN EXTRA SET OF 8 (?PROOF) COPPER-ENGRAVINGS BY BUCKLAND WRIGHT, comprising title vignette and 7 plates, most 165 x 125mm., title-vignette 100 x 125mm., tissue guards, unbound, preserved in contemporary moroccobacked cloth drop-back box, spine faded, [Buckland Wright A30], privately printed, [1939]; and with an album containing Christopher Sandford’s correspondence relating to the work, loosely inserted between blank leaves, original rexine stamped “T.N.Lawrence” at foot of rear cover, [1937-56], and another album of photocopies of JBW’s correspondence with Sandford, 4to & small folio (4) ⁂ Sapphic love story written pseudonymously by Christopher Sandford, owner of the Golden Cockerel Press and probably printed there, claiming to be a translation from a Greek manuscript. According to Reid it is one of only 3 copies in this special binding.

Sandford’s album includes pencil drafts of his letters to Buckland Wright asking him to illustrate the work, correspondence & invoices from printers and binders with sketches and samples of morocco, vellum and buckram loosely inserted (one of morocco over board tooled with 3 diﬀerent examples of friezes for the binding - 2 Greek key and one with palmettes as used), 3pp. A.L.s. from Buckland Wright to Sandford dated 11 November 1942 concerning additional drawings for Heart’s Desire and further wood-engravings for the Golden Cockerel Press (particularly his fees) - “You know I am always delighted to work for you even under the most atrocious conditions of lack of conﬁdence and inadequate remuneration!!!”, pencil notes by Sandford dated March 1956 listing remaining numbers of copies of HD, and a CD of images. In all his letters Sandford maintains his anonymity as the author, claiming that the work is being printed at the request of a doctor in Paris.

One letter from Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe encloses a pencil scrap from George Sutcliﬀe, “Sorry Sandford but I daren’t. It is sheer pornography without the classical loophole. It’s terrible to have to turn away work in these hard times but there is not mercy in this country for anyone touching this let alone anyone helping to make it. GS”. On discovering it was for binding the three personal copies in morocco he was happy to oblige.

£7,500 - 10,000

326

Boccaccio (Giovanni) THE DECAMERON, translated by John Payne, 3 vol., number 351 of an unspecified limited edition, VOL.1 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT WITH C.150 EROTIC ORIGINAL DRAWINGS IN PEN & INK AND PENCIL, SOME WITH GREY WASH, a few captioned in ink, and several pencil sketches, a few full-page but the majority in the wide margins, many featuring monks and nuns, the first 110pp. with a drawing to each page, WITH DAVID CHAMBERS’S ETCHED BOOKPLATE FEATURING AN ORGY BY MARK SEVERIN & SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST to front pastedown of vol.1, bound in vellum, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines titled in gilt with “JBW” at foot, t.e.g., others uncut, spines very slightly soiled, yellow buckram slip-cases (a little soiled), small 4to, for the Villon Society by private subscription & for private circulation only, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940].

⁂ One of several such extra-illustrated books executed by Buckland Wright as a distraction during the war: “The book selected would be one printed on hand-made paper, with ample margins and spaces, or with blank pages bound in. Original pen-drawings were then added.” (Reid p.21)

A similar extra-illustrated Decameron with 127 erotic drawings by Buckland Wright was sold last year at Bonham’s for approximately £22000 hammer.

£10,000 - 15,000

327

Buckland Wright (John, illustrator) DE NATURA SATYRORUM. ON THE NATURE OF SATYRES, manuscript on handmade paper, (11ff., the remainder blank), title in pencil (unfinished), 10 erotic original drawings of girl with satyr by John Buckland Wright in various stages of finishing, all pencil, 8 with pen & ink and some with grey wash, 2 highly finished, one very faint pencil sketch, 5 drawings with pen & ink manuscript text to facing leaves, another partly written in pencil, light soiling to title, original black moroccobacked pastepaper boards, t.e.g., others uncut, oblong 8vo, [c.1940].

⁂ The volume is unsigned but is undoubtedly the work of John Buckland Wright who apparently occupied his idle moments with such productions. The satyr ﬁgure closely resembles those in L’AprèsMidi d’un Faune on which he worked for 20 years, from 1935-56, experimenting with the illustrations. This item may have provided a distraction. Not attributed to any author, the title continues “...illustrated by divers tales and examples taken and translated from latin and frenche chronicles of the times”.

£1,000 - 1,500

[COCKERELS] A GROUP OF 6 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS OF COCKERELS FOR THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, comprising: Per ardua ad victoriam (cockerel & dragon), for prospectus June 1944, 115 x 140mm., slight crack along one join; cockerel with magnifying glass & book, for prospectus Easter 1945, 65 x 77mm; cockerel crowing, for prospectus 1947, 95 x 67mm.; cockerel in gas mask, device for Pertelote, 52 x 52mm.; cockerel with girl, colophon to Hymn to Proserpine 1944, 59 x 59mm.; small cockerel with wings spread, tail-piece for Cockalorum [1944], 33 x 52mm., all boxwood, the ﬁrst two initialled & dated in ink on side of block; Original copper plate of engraving tools surrounding a blank rectangular panel with initials “LL” & “S” on books in upper corners, initialled in plate at head, 127 x 155mm., a little marked; and 5 metal relief printing plates including 2 versions of the last two cockerels mounted on wood, and binding brass for covers of Mallarmé’s L’Après-Midi d’un Faune issued in 1956 (13)

£2,000 - 3,000

329

Keats (John) ENDYMION, number 226 of 500 copies on hand-made paper, wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright, some full-page, light foxing to a few leaves as often, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, with Cynthia Goddess of the Moon by Buckland Wright in gilt to upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, glacine wrapper torn and frayed, [Cockalorum 175; Reid A47], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

⁂ Buckland Wright took over four years to produce this work and considered it to be his greatest achievement. “In his 58 illustrations Buckland Wright is both as classical and as romantic as the poet could have desired. His vision, it seems to me, approaches that of Keats as closely as is possible for any artist working in our generation. While there is more than a hint of classicism in his admirable ﬁgures, their groupings and settings are romantic” Christopher Sandford in Cockalorum

£700 - 900

330

Buckland Wright (John) “VENDAGE”, OR BACCHANALIAN REVELRY DURING HARVEST, pencil on wove paper, ruled pencil borderline, inscribed ‘Vendage’ in the lower left, bearing artist’s studio stamp verso, sheet 285 x 450 mm (11¼ x 17¾ in), minor surface dirt, some spots, unframed, mid-20th century; together with a good group of ﬁve erotic prints by Buckland Wright, each a working proof impression with hand-ﬁnishing, various sizes between 78 x 110 mm (3 x 4¼ in) and 120 x 150 mm (4¾ x 5⅞ in), all unframed, [mid-20th century] (6)

£700 - 1,000

331

Buckland Wright (John) COLLECTION OF THIRTEEN SIGNED WOODENGRAVINGS, AND EIGHT ETCHINGS, on various papers, wood-engravings all signed in pencil, various sizes between approx. 50 x 50 mm (2 x 2 in) and 100 x 200 mm (4 x 7⅞ in), all loose, some sun exposure lines and minor toning, some laid down, all unframed, [mid-20th century]; together with a group of 21 unsigned wood-engravings by Buckland Wright, a small quantity of unused paper stock, one bearing a studio stamp, [20th century] (Sm. qty.)

£300 - 500

332

Buckland Wright (John) SUITE OF 9 AQUATINTS FOR GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS ‘GRECIAN ENCHANTED’, comprising title vignette & border and 8 plates including the additional one which was only included in the 60 special copies, c.165 x 270mm., loose in paper and modern card wrappers, [Reid A65], 1952 § Byron (G.G.N., Lord) Lyrical Poems, one of 500 copies, original cloth, uncut, Halcyon Press, 1933 § Holst (A.Roland) Tusschen Vuur en Maan, second edition, original printed wrappers, uncut, spine lightly soiled, 1933 § Milhaud (Darius) Two Poems of Coventry Patmore, one of 300 copies, text in English and French, title in red and black, musical notation, original wrappers, paper label to upper cover, uncut, a little rubbed & browned, spine worn, 1931, the last three all with wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright, [Reid A11, A10ii, A5b], Maastricht, A.A.M.Stols; and a small quantity of others illustrated by or about Buckland Wright including an album with bookplates designed by JBW, Christmas cards featuring his work and other ephemera loosely inserted, v.s. (sm.qty)

£500 - 700

333

Mallarmé (Stéphane) L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE, Eglogue, LETTER H OF

50 COPIES WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF 5 EXPERIMENTAL ENGRAVINGS and a note on the edition by Mary Buckland Wright, 4 collotype plates of drawings by John Buckland Wright, original pictorial cream calf, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and yellowed at spine and corners, additional plates and printed note loose as issued in cloth envelope, together in cloth slip-case, a little rubbed, [Reid A73], 4to, The Hague [and London], 1935 [but not issued until 1956].

⁂ A posthumous publication on which Buckland Wright worked for twenty years. The text was printed by Mouton & Co. of the Hague in 1936 but the printed sheets remained in Holland until 1947. Always fascinated by the classical Pan or faun figure, Buckland Wright experimented with different media for the illustrations but was never satisfied; according to his wife’s note the drawings reproduced in the book would probably have been turned into line engravings or etchings. Although 50 copies of the text were printed only 25 copies were ever bound and issued. The Golden Cockerel Press issued an English version translated by Aldous Huxley in 1956, in an edition of 200 copies; the 100 special copies included only 4 additional engravings.

£1,000 - 1,500

334

Cox (Morris) COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF OVER 70 COLOUR-PRINTED WOODCUTS AND LINOCUTS FROM 1933 TO 1950, colour prints, woodcuts, linocuts, all signed, inscribed and dated, on various papers, sheet sizes from approx. 185 x 125 mm (7¼ x 4⅞ in) to 320 x 265 mm (12½ x 10½ in), all loose, minor occasional spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [c.1933-1950] (Sm. qty.)

⁂ Includes scarce early printed works, all signed, possibly connected and compiled for Morris’s Gogmagog Press publication Colourprints, printed in the 1970s; two loose quarto-sized proof title-pages are included.

£3,000 - 5,000

Cox (Morris) COLLECTION OF 8 EARLY AND MID-PERIOD PAINTINGS, oil and acrylics on wood and board, 5 signed and dated, various sizes between 380 x 320 mm (14⅞ x 12½ in) and 640 x 610 mm (25¼ x 24 in), all unframed, [c.1936-1963] (8)

⁂ Including a particularly early painting dated 1936, titled on label to reverse ‘Visitation’.

£800 - 1,200

336

Cox (Morris) STANDING NUDE, ebonised wood carving on circular base, height 435 mm. (17⅛ in), [c.1945-1950]; together with two further wood sculptures, one of a mare and foal, the other a seated cat, the latter signed and dated ‘49, heights of 310mm. and 230 mm. respectively, [1945-1950] (3)

£500 - 700

337

Cox (Morris) COLLECTION OF SIX MID- TO LATE-PERIOD PAINTINGS, oil and acrylics on boards, all signed and dated, various sizes between 460 x 405 mm (18 x 15⅞ in) and 510 x 610 mm (20 x 24 in), all unframed, [c.1953-1987] (6)

Provenance:

[5 only] Morris Cox studio labels on reverse £700 - 1,000

338

Cox (Morris) COLLECTION OF SIX MID- TO LATE-PERIOD PAINTINGS, oil and acrylics on board, 3 signed and dated, various sizes between 610 x 305 mm (24 x 12 in) and 760 x 505 mm (29⅞ x 19¾ in), all unframed, [c.1954-1986] (6)

Provenance:

[1 only] Morris Cox studio label on reverse

£700 - 1,000

339

Cox (Morris) COLLECTION OF FOUR MID-PERIOD PAINTINGS ON LIGHTCOLOURED GROUNDS, acrylics on board, all signed and dated ‘65, each 610 x 460 mm (24 x 18⅛ in), all unframed, 1965 (4)

£200 - 300

340

Cox (Morris) COLLECTION OF FOUR LATE-PERIOD PAINTINGS, acrylics and engraving on boards, all signed and dated, each approx. 610 x 460 mm (24½ x 18⅛ in), all unframed, [c.1985-1989] (4)

Provenance:

Morris Cox studio labels on reverse

£500 - 700

341

Cox (Morris) COLLECTION OF FOUR LATE-PERIOD PAINTINGS, acrylics, collage and engraving on boards, all signed and dated, each approx. 610 x 460 mm (24½ x 18⅛ in), all unframed, [c.1985-1989] (4)

Provenance: Morris Cox studio labels on reverse

£500 - 700

342

Cox (Morris) COLLECTION OF 7 LATE-PERIOD PAINTINGS, acrylics, oils, collage and engraving on board, six signed and dated, various sizes between 420 x 280 mm (16½ x 11 in) and 460 x 510 mm (18⅛ x 20 in), all unframed, [c.1987-1989] (7)

Provenance: [6 only] Morris Cox studio labels on reverse £700 - 1,000

Cox (Morris) COLLECTION OF GOGMAGOG PRESS BOOKS, a complete collection of printed books issued by the press and 3 of the 5 preGogmagog books, limited editions (most limited to fewer than 100 copies), most signed by Morris Cox and all with illustrations by him in a variety of media, a few with letters from him loosely inserted, all in the original bindings unless speciﬁed, in excellent condition, 1933-83; plus copy number 1 of 69 deluxe copies of the PLA bibliography by Chambers, Franklin & Tucker, THIS ONE OF 3 SPECIAL COPIES FOR THE AUTHORS WITH A SECOND VOLUME OF ADDITIONAL PRINTS & OTHER MATERIAL, original black morocco-backed cloth, slip-case, Pinner, 1991, v.s. (39)

⁂ A superb collection of one of the most original and idiosyncratic of private presses, the work of the artist/printer Morris Cox. Complete sets are rare, this lacks only 2 of the pre-Gogmagog works (Mirabelle in the Spring and Tree Sequence).

Comprising: Pre-Gogmagog Press. Towards Civilisation. A Study in Block Montage, 7/16 copies, a little rubbed & faded, spine chipped, 1933; The Whirligig, and other poems, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO MARGIT OWEN, with dust-jacket (spine slightly faded), 1954; Selected Early Poems (reissue of The Whirligig), 6/35, with T.N.s. from Cox to David Chambers, spine faded, 1970.

Gogmagog Press. Yule Gammon, 2/20, with T.L.s. to Margit, with pink dust-jacket, 1957; The Slumbering Virgin, 2/45, 1958; A Bird’s World, 1/10, 1959; 9 Poems from Nature, 20/35, 1959; The Curtain, 9/26, 1960; War in a Cock’s Egg, 2/50, with T.Ls. to DC, 1960; Chimneypots, by Pantopuck the Puppetman, out-of-series/50, pp.13-14 duplicated, variant binding in pink boards, label removed, 1961; Conversation Pieces, 9/50, invoice to DC & biro sketch loosely inserted, 1962; A Mediaeval Dream Book, 36/100, 1963; The Lost Fisherman, a child’s story, by Frank Cox, 29/45, 1963; Crash! An Experiment in Block-making and Printing, 2 copies: one of 15 specials in cloth and one of 65 in boards, 1963; A Web of Nature: A Printbook illustrating a Principle, 3/50, with T.L.s. to DC, 1964; Mummers’ Fool, 31/60, A.N.s. to Margit & T.L.s. to DC, 1965; An Impression of Winter; Spring; Summer; Autumn: A Landscape Panorama, 4 vol., 4, 5, 3 & 96/100, with T.L.s. to DC, 1965-66; 14 Triads, 2/40, 1967; The Warrior & the Maiden, 3/65, 1967; An Abstract of Nature, 17/26, T.L.s. to DC, 1968; Forty-five Untitled Poems, 4/50, 1969; Poems 1970-1971, 36/50 T.L.s. to DC, 1972; Magogmagog, 12/75, 1973; Gogmagog...A Checklist...printed by John Craig, one of c.50, 1975; From a London Suburb, 7/24, T.L.s.to DC “the theme of this book demanded a kind of ‘pollution-paper’, but you can guess the problem of trying not to let it obscure too much of the text!”, 1975; Colourprints, 10/15, 1975; Young Legs Eleven, 12/25, 1976; Winter Trees, 6/25, T.L.s. to DC, 1977; Intimidations of Mortality, 38/90, 1977; Blind Drawings, 11/30 on Hosho Japanese paper with a signed original blind drawing, from an edition of 75, 1978; My Mysterious Father, part of the Society of Private Printers Fourth Exchange ‘An Infant’s Library’, 1978; A Feminity of Nudes, one of 5 unnumbered artists’ proofs sets, with 12 of 20 signed colour prints (the rest supplied in photocopy) & 2 duplicates, no label, 1979-80; Studio Book: 50 Original Colourprints, 5/35, T.N.s. to DC, 1980; A Lay of Landscape, 6/10 (final print “unfinished”),1981-82; A Mystique of Mummers, 5/12, 1983.

£10,000 - 15,000

344

Cox (Morris) [GOGMAGOG PHOTOCOPY LIBRARY],

30 of the 38 titles (and one ﬁnal title not listed in the bibliography), EACH ONE OF ONLY 5

COPIES UNLESS SPECIFIED, most unnumbered but some signed as indicated, illustrations, most by Morris Cox, all in the original bindings (generally creased painted/patterned-paper boards), Gogmagog Press, 1984-90; and a copy of the bibliography, v.s. (31)

⁂ An excellent collection of these scarce titles, capturing Cox’s whimsical nature and sense of humour.

Comprising: 20 Collages, one of 6 copies, signed, 1984; Night Drawings, 1984; Drafts (Poetry), 1984; Graphic Yardarm, one of 6, 1984; Graphic Sheaf, number 5 of 6, signed, 1984; March Demon, signed, 1984; Paaris: Adventures in Darkest Africa, signed, 1985; The Excursion, signed, 1985; Olio: Miscellanea written between 1922 & 1939, 1985; Nelly and Esli, signed, 1985; The Devil’s Chimney, 1985; A Snook at Crisis: or The Phantom Bouquet, 1985; Original ‘Blind’ Drawings 1978/1980, signed, 1985; Every Day’s Washday Now, number 4 of 10, signed, hand-coloured, 1985; 20 Collages (3rd Series), one of 8, signed, 1986; Oneiric Sketchbook, one of 7, signed, 1986; Dancer. Original ‘Blind’ Drawings 1968, one of 4, signed, 1986; ‘Blind’ Drawings 1979, signed, 1986; 20 Collages (4th Series), one of 10, 1986; Liniaments from the Court of King Lud, one of 8, 1986; In Line: A Set of Artist’s Proofs, number 5 of 10 copies, signed, 1987; The Four Elements, number 5 of 25, signed, 1987; The Magog Suite, signed, 1987; Red Papillon Season, one of 6, signed, 1987; Towards 12 Portraits, number 10 of 10, signed, 1988; In Line: Collages by Morris Cox, Poems by Alan Tucker, 2 vol., number 4 of 50 signed by both, 1988; Baba/Niki, signed, 1988; Creative Form, number 4 of 26, signed, 1988; A Way of Woman: 9 Original Xerographs, number 4 of 10, signed, 1989; An Artist on the Arts, number 3 of 7 “trial run”, signed, [Not in Bibliography], 1990.

£2,000 - 3,000

345

Cox (Morris) LADY IN THE SEA: A STUDY OF FEMININE BATHING-WEAR IN ENGLAND drawn from popular sources, [ONE OF ONLY 10 COPIES], SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST, 14 pochoir plates on blue paper, with T.L.s. from the author to David Chambers loosely inserted, pictorial endpapers, original creased painted paper boards, 4to, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1984; with the original notes, typed drafts, proofs, sketches, cuttings of illustrations from newspapers & magazines etc. used in compiling the work, together in a box ﬁle, 4to (2)

£300 - 400

346

Cox (Morris) DADU.AMA BEING THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF HOW TWO INNOCENTS CAME TO FALL, 1933, [ONE OF ONLY 5 COPIES], photocopies of linocuts by the author mounted on brick red paper with another to front pastedown, original creased painted brick red paper boards, paper label to spine, spine very slightly faded, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1985; WITH A MOCK-UP OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECTED WORK FROM 1933, comprising title in dark red paint & black ink, blank leaves for text and 12 mounted linocuts printed in dark red, linocut endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, corners a little worn, 1933, 8vo (2)

⁂ An early work by Cox which was rejected by several publishers. “The most interesting of the letters I received had come from The Nonesuch Press, and this I reproduce at the end of the volume. Morris Cox, 1985” (Introductory note in the ﬁrst item).

£200 - 300

347

Hassall (Joan) A LARGE COLLECTION OF OVER 300 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS FOR VARIOUS BOOKS, comprising: Comus and the Lady, 152 x 110mm., 1934-35; Pentherespon by Christopher Hassall, for title-page, 65 x 77mm., 1938; Saltire Chapbooks, 71 blocks, v.s.,1943-51; Fifty-One Poems by Mary Webb, 19 blocks (of 26), 1946, with copy of the book, Brian North Lee’s copy with his bookplate by Joan Hassall, also book-label of Iain Bain and 3 pulls loosely inserted, original cloth, a little rubbed; Sealskin Trousers by Eric Linklater, 2 blocks, 52 x 97 & 40 x 52mm., 1947, and a copy of the book, original cloth; The Parson’s Daughter by Anthony Trollope, 14 blocks (of 16), v.s., 1949, and a copy of the book, original patterned cloth designed by Hassall; The Strange World of Nature by Bernard Gooch, 7 blocks (of 30), v.s., 1950, and a copy of the book, original cloth, dust-jacket, spotted; Collected Poems of Andrew Young, 36 woodblocks & 1 metal relief plate (of 43), v.s., 1950; The Fledgeling Dove [Young Pigeon], for Cambridge University Press Christmas card, 153 x 95mm., 1951; Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault, 12 blocks, v.s., 1956 [never completed]; Works of Jane Austen, 3 blocks (Austen & Chawton for endpapers, and another of Steventon), Folio Society, 1957; Wild-Life Calendar, 12 blocks, 90 x 65mm., British Transport Hotels, 1960; Opera and the Gourmet Calendar, 13 blocks, 65 x 95mm., British Transport Hotels, 1963 and a copy of the calendar, original pictorial wrappers ring-bound at head, chipped at corners; The Poems of Robert Burns, 78 blocks including some colour blocks for title, v.s., New York, Limited Editions Club, 1965, and a copy of the book, limited edition signed by Hassall, original calf-backed boards, slip-case; and c.50 other small and miscellaneous woodblocks by Hassall including bookplate for Wolfson College Cambridge, 17 borders/frames (one metal relief plate), 11 colour blocks for Christmas cards, and 2 leadcuts, a few unﬁnished or rejected, loose in 38 plastic trays in 13 cases; WITH HASSALL’S ENGRAVER’S GLASS WATERGLOBE with metal-capped rubber stopper (c.345 x 15mm.), several prints from the blocks by Chambers, a few unused woodblocks, and 3 books about her engravings, 8vo (Qty)

⁂ A remarkable collection of woodblocks by one of the foremost wood-engravers of the 20th century. Joan Hassall (1906-88), daughter of the poster artist John Hassall, was a student at the Royal Academy Schools when she attended an evening class on wood-engraving with a friend to boost numbers. Taught by R.J.Beedham she became fascinated by the art, discovered the work of Thomas Bewick by which she was greatly inﬂuenced, and developed great technical skill. She engraved a title-page for her brother’s ﬁrst book Devil’s Dyke, 1936, and was then commissioned by the same publishers, Heinemann, to illustrate Francis Brett Young’s Portrait of a Village, 1937. Thereafter she was continuously employed, illustrating books, journals, dust-jackets, commercial items, and bookplates. Whether the blocks featured her favoured natural history subjects, charming rural scenes or beloved Austen characters they all reveal her superb craftsmanship.

In Hassall’s lecture ‘My Engraved Work’, given to the Bookplate Society in 1972, she described and illustrated a nineteenth century woodengraver at work using a water globe, “which is such a very useful thing: I can’t think why they don’t make them now but they are impossible to get. It is not a lamp at all, it is just a conveyor, a condenser of light. You have the lamp shining through the water in the globe, which is much the same as a very big magnifying glass, and it condenses into a beautiful ﬁne spot of light on your work.” (reprinted in The Private Library Winter 1974). There is also a photograph of Hassall using the water globe in David Chambers’ book on her engravings.

£10,000 - 15,000

348

Malory (Sir Thomas) LANCELOT AND ELAINE, one of 200 copies [but actually c.25], printed in red & black, later blue morocco, t.e.g, others uncut, spine faded, cloth slip-case, High Wycombe, Hague & Gill, 1948 § Linklater (Eric) Sealskin Trousers, NUMBER 29 OF 50 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER WITH THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST, original morocco-backed marbled boards, 1947 § Church (Richard) Small Moments, NUMBER 6 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST, original pictorial buckram, t.e.g., gilt, 1957 Young (Andrew) The Collected Poems, NUMBER 31 OF 65 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ARTIST, original moroccobacked marbled boards, t.e.g., slight rubbing to upper joint, 1960 § Hassall (Christopher) Devil’s Dyke, FIRST EDITION, pictorial title by Joan Hassall, original cloth, pictorial dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1936; S.O.S...’Ludlow’, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS SISTER “JOANA WITH ALL LOVE FROM ‘TOPHER. CHRISTMAS 1940”, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed & soiled, 1940 § Lee (Brian North) Dearest Joana: a selection of Joan Hassall’s lifetime letters and art, 2 vol., one of 300 copies, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 2000; Dearest Sydney: Joan Hassall’s letters to Sydney Cockerell...April-May 1950, one of 220 copies, original cloth-backed boards, Wakeﬁeld, Fleece Press, 1991, all but the sixth with wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, the ﬁrst two uncut, some spines a little faded; and a small quantity of others illustrated by Hassall including Opera and Gourmet Calendar 1963 and wine lists for various station hotels (one signed on cover), some pamphlets, v.s. (sm.qty)

£600 - 800

349

Hassall (Joan) [BOOKPLATES], an album of wood-engraved bookplates and some prints by Hassall, including Kathleen Finlay Horsman printed in colours (SIGNED & INSCRIBED TO SIR SYDNEY COCKERELL DATED 24.6.49), several preliminary drawings, proofs & correspondence relating to a bookplate for Clare Chambers (David’s daughter) featuring her gerbil (Hassall’s ﬁnal woodengraving), a print of the wood-engraving for title of her brother’s book Devil’s Dyke on japon numbered 15/20 & signed in pencil, and various other wood-engravings, most signed and titled in pencil, many mounted on black leaves and loosely inserted, original rexine from L.Cornelissen & Son, folio, v.s

£600 - 800

Hassall (Joan) COLLECTION OF OVER 55 ORIGINAL BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS FOR AN UNREALISED PUBLICATION OF CHARLES PERRAULT’S FAIRY TALES, including 8

ﬁne uniform full colour illustrations for Cinderella, Griselda, Hop-o’-My-Thumb, Toads and Diamonds, Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, The Ass in the Lion’s Skin, and Puss in Boots, the remaining 47 illustrations being monochrome and smaller, pen and inks, watercolours, all signed or monogrammed, the majority inscribed, some with pencil instructions verso, on cream wove papers, sheets of various size between approx. 60 x 40 mm (2½ x 1½ in) and 185 x 120 mm (7¼ x 4¾ in), the latter being the colour illustrations, minor occasional spotting and surface dirt throughout, all loose, unframed, [Chambers 64], [20th century]; together with miscellaneous collection of over 40 woodengravings, many signed and inscribed in pencil, all unframed [20th century] (Sm. qty.)

⁂ Hassall’s illustrations for Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales, c.1956, were originally commissioned by Duckworth, for a translation by Gwen Raverat, however the publication was never completed.

£6,000 - 8,000

351

Chambers (David) JOAN HASSALL ENGRAVINGS & DRAWINGS, ONE OF 110 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES WITH 7 WOOD-ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE BLOCKS, 2 additional miniature items in pocket at end, original morocco-backed cloth, slip-case, Pinner, 1985; and 7 ﬁles & a box of material relating to the production of Chambers’ book including extensive correspondence with Joan Hassall & others, drafts, proofs, rejected prints of the engravings, invoices etc., and a mock-up of the patterned-paper endpapers used, v.s. (11)

£1,000 - 1,500

352

Maillol (Aristide).- Longus. DAPHNIS AND CHLOE, translated by George Thornley, number 38 of 250 copies on handmade paper and signed by the artist on colophon, woodcut title-vignette and illustrations by Aristide Maillol printed in grey, light browning to endpapers, original vellum, uncut, slight scratch to upper cover, preserved in cloth slip-case, 8vo, printed by Philippe Gonin of Paris for A.Zwemmer, 1937.

£400 - 600

353

Stone (Reynolds).- Guevara (Antonio de) THE PRAISE AND HAPPINESSE OF COUNTRIE-LIFE, translated by H.Vaughan, one of 400 copies, original half russet morocco, label to upper cover, spine a little faded and worn at head, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1938 § Swinburne (A.C.) Lucretia Borgia: The Chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldei, one of 350 copies, original pictorial cream buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1942 § Linklater (Eric) A Sociable Plover, ONE OF 60 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST, original morocco-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, 1957 § James (Philip, editor) A Butler’s Recipe Book 1719, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, faded, Cambridge, 1935 § Lane (Allen) Boxwood & Graver: A Miscellany of Blocks, limited edition, original parchment-backed veneer boards, privately printed, 1958 § Harvey (Michael) Reynolds Stone. Engraved Lettering in Wood, one of 275 copies, original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, slipcase, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1992, all with wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, and c.25 others illustrated by or about Stone, and a quantity of ephemera including a file of over 200 bookplates by him (many signed, some printed in red, green or blue, many mounted on black leaves, several loose), several A.Ls.s. from him to James Wardrop with the original woodblock of his engraved bookplate (45 x 27mm.), and 3 files of notes and correspondence relating to Chambers’ PLA issue on Stone Winter 1983, v.s. (a box)

£1,000 - 1,500

354

Gray (Thomas) ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD, limited edition signed by the artist, illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker, original embossed pictorial buckram blocked in silver, uncut, spine a little faded as usual, slip-case, printed at the Raven Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1938; another edition, one of 750 copies, illustrated by Gwenda Morgan, original cloth-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed, Golden Cockerel Press, 1946 § Street (A.G.) Farmer’s Glory, ONE OF A FEW COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND TO A DESIGN BY KENNETH HOBSON, illustrated by Gwen Raverat, J.R.ABBEY’S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE, bound in green morocco ruled and tooled in gilt, by Henry Wood for the First Edition Club, t.e.g, spine faded, 1934 § Shaw (G.B.) The Adventures of a Black Girl in her Search for God, FIRST EDITION, illustrated by John Farleigh, original pictorial boards, very slight rubbing to corners, 1932 § Wilde (Oscar) The Ballad of Reading Gaol, one of 125 copies signed by the artist, illustrated by Peter Forster, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., slip-case, Virginia Water, Carpathian Press, 1999 § Leo Wyatt’s Little Book of Alphabets, with an Introduction by Michael Taylor, one of 150 copies, plates printed in colours, original roan-backed parchment with roan label on upper cover, uncut, slip-case, Biddenden, Florin Press, 1985, all with wood-engraved plates or illustrations; and c.30 others illustrated with wood-engravings, v.s. (c.40)

£500 - 700

355

Holmes (John Haynes) A PRAYER FOR A WEDDING, ONE OF ONLY A FEW COPIES, title in red & black, INITIALS SUPPLIED BY HAND IN GOLD, decorations by George W. Van Vechten Jr., original cream boards titled in gilt, a couple of spots, New York, Press of the Woolly Whale, 1938 § Poems between the Body & the Soul, ONE OF 120 COPIES, colour woodengraving by Bruce Chandler, poem on diﬀerent paper loosely inserted, original wrappers, Deerﬁeld, Heron Press, 1975 § Magpie Press Typographical Cookbook (The), ONE OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTERS TO DAVID CHAMBERS WITH A.PC S loosely inserted, original cloth, Santa Monica, Ca., Magpie Press, 1964 § Jones (Robert M., printer) Wood Engravings being Impressions from the Original Blocks in the Collection at the Glad Hand Press, ONE OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTER TO CHAMBERS, illustrations, loose as issued in original wrappers, slip-case, Stamford, Ct., Glad Hand Press, 1975; and a quantity of others from American presses, mostly pamphlets, many inscribed to Chambers, v.s. (2 boxes)

£300 - 400

356

Quennell (Nancy, editor) A LOVERS PROGRESS Seventeenth Century Lyrics, numbered 5 of 215 copies on handmade paper, THIS MARK SEVERIN’S COPY INSCRIBED TO DAVID CHAMBERS “TO DAVID, A KINDRED SPIRITMARK F.SEVERIN 24-9-73” ON COLOPHON AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY SEVERIN, title printed in black and gold with vignette of cockerel, initials in red, WITH 57 EROTIC ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY SEVERIN ﬁlling all the spaces at the end of the poems, a couple full-page, with Severin’s bookplate featuring two cupids, original morocco-backed yellow cloth, by Sangorski and Sutcliﬀe, t.e.g., others uncut, lightly soiled, preserved in wrapper, [Pertelote 135], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938.

⁂ A unique copy of this collection of erotic verse. A few of the drawings are pencil sketches but the majority are in pen and ink over pencil, some highly ﬁnished with a grey wash, a few with pencil captions. A similar extra-illustrated copy with 55 erotic drawings by John Buckland Wright was sold by Bloomsbury Auctions in 2009 as part of the Harry and Virginia Walton sale (lot 588).

£3,000 - 4,000

357

Severin (Mark) [COCKERELS] 5 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF COCKERELS FOR GCP AND A BOOKPLATE FOR JAMES MORAN, boxwood, [1940s]; and 10 metal relief printing plates of cockerels mounted on wood, v.s. (16)

£500 - 700

358

Severin (Mark) ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK FOR ENGRAVING OF TITLE OF GCP ‘HOMERIC HYMN TO APHRODITE’, with vignette of Venus in her shell surrounded by nude maidens within ﬂoral & leafy border, boxwood, 207 x 127mm., areas at top and bottom cut away for text, [1948]; and a copy of the book (2)

£400 - 600

359

Severin (Fernand) POEMES. Oeuvre Complète, NUMBER III OF 20 SPECIAL COPIES, THIS WITH 3 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, from an edition of 520 on Arches, 18 wood-engraved head-pieces of foliage from diﬀerent trees by Mark Severin, loose as issued in original wrappers, title within wood-engraved wreath to upper cover, original cloth-backed board folder & slip-case, WITH 3 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS c.28 x 40mm. loose in recesses in original cloth-backed board drop-back box, spines spotted, Paris, 1951 § Severin (Mark) L’Escapade de la Statue, edited by Murray Rosen, NUMBER 65 OF 75 COPIES, text in French & English, 4 engravings by Severin, tissue guards, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, dust-jacket, Honeysuckle Press, 2002; Quelques Pages d’un Livre de Bord 1942-1943, one of 350 copies, 5 plates, loose as issued in original printed folder, n.p., [c.1943] § Potocki de Montalk (Count Geoﬀrey) Meillerie, one of 170 copies, wood-engraving by Severin, original cloth, printed by David Chambers at the Cuckoo Hill Press, 1972; and c.15 others illustrated by or about Severin and a few dust-jackets designed by him, with a folder of extensive correspondence between Severin and Chambers, an album of Christmas cards from Severin, and a box of drafts by Chambers on Severin, proofs, lists of bookplates etc., v.s. (c.25)

⁂ The third is an early work of propaganda secretly printed during World War II containing German caricatures.

£600 - 800

360

Severin (Mark) [BOOKPLATES], an album of c.100 mostly erotic bookplates by Severin, most engraved, a few wood-engraved, many signed in pencil, with a few photocopied examples and several duplicates, loose in plastic sleeves, with booklet listing the plates, plastic file, v.d.; another album, containing engraved plate of Severin by A.Gastmans, 20 wood-engravings by Severin on japon (mostly of fish), 4 signed erotic engravings, 2 small erotic pencil drawings, and 3 prints on different papers & 3 pencil preliminary drawings for wood-engraving in Potocki de Montalk’s ‘Meillerie’, all loosely inserted in T.N.Lawrence album of blank leaves, original rexine, v.s.; and a volume of tipped-in photocopies of Severin’s illustrations to the Kama Sutra, with a box of similar items, 4to & 8vo (4)

£500 - 700

361

Potocki de Montalk (Count Geoﬀrey) MEILLERIE, one of 170 copies, THIS PRINTED ON PINK PAPER WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNED ENGRAVING BY MARK SEVERIN loosely inserted, original cloth, printed by David Chambers at the Cuckoo Hill Press, 1972; WITH THE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK OF THE ENGRAVING, boxwood, 130 x 104mm. § Severin (Mark) L’Escapade de la Statue, edited by Murray Rosen, NUMBER 20 OF 25 SPECIALLY BOUND

COPIES WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF ENGRAVINGS, from an edition limited to 75, text in French & English, 4 engravings by Severin, tissue guards, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, dust-jacket (spine slightly browned), Honeysuckle Press, 2002 § Hanaghan (Jonathan) Eve’s Moods Unveiled, NUMBER 30 OF 100 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES WITH 3 EXTRA PLATES, from an edition limited to 200, 8 copper-engraved plates by Severin, tissue guards, prospectus loosely inserted, original pictorial red morocco, gilt, spine faded, additional plates loose as issued in envelope, together in cloth slip-case, Dublin, Runa Press [distributed by Golden Cockerel Press], 1957; and a folder of proofs etc. relating to the ﬁrst, 8vo (5)

£600 - 800

362

Severin (Mark) 12 EXLIBRIS, NUMBER 40 OF 125 COPIES, 12 engraved bookplates, some erotic, each signed in pencil and tipped in, original cloth, Brussels, 1982 § Severin (M.) & Anthony Reid. Engraved Bookplates: European Ex Libris 1950-70, ONE OF 70 SPECIALLY BOUND

COPIES WITH 12 EXTRA PLATES AND SIGNED BY SEVERIN, illustrations, extra plates by Reynolds Stone, Severin, Lou Strik, Anatolii Kalashnikov & others tipped in, most signed in pencil, original morocco-backed cloth, plastic wrapper, Pinner, 1972; and 8 other signed bookplates by Severin tipped into paper wrappers, 8vo (10)

£400 - 600

363

Erotica.- Hugnet (George) and Hans Bellmer ŒILLADES CISELÉES EN BRANCHE, one of 200 copies from an edition limited to 230, 24 colour illustrations, of which 7 full-page by Hans Bellmer, original pink wrappers with white lace, very light browning to spine, extremities a little bumped, edges uncut, 8vo, Paris, [1939].

£1,500 - 2,000

364

Joyce (James) FINNEGANS WAKE, FIRST TRADE EDITION, ink initials to corner of front pastedown, front free endpaper and ﬁnal leaf of text browned, original brick red cloth, uncut, spine very slightly rubbed and browned, [Connolly, The Modern Movement 87; Slocum & Cahoon A47], 8vo, 1939.

⁂ A very good copy of Joyce’s landmark 20th century novel. The work took sixteen years to write and Joyce envisioned it as nothing less than a “history of the world”. Initially titled ‘Work in Progress’ it remains one of his most tortuous and complex texts.

£300 - 400

365

Limited Editions Club.- Shakespeare (William) THE COMEDIES, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 38 vol. including Commentary [a complete set], 1939-41; The Poems, 2 vol., SIGNED BY BRUCE ROGERS, 1941, limited editions designed by Bruce Rogers, plates, some colour, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards (Poems similar but not uniform), some spines a little browned, the last with slip-case, New York, Limited Editions Club; and 13 others from or about the Club, v.s. (53)

⁂ Each Shakespeare play is illustrated by a diﬀerent artist including Eric Gill, Arthur Rackham, Robert Gibbings, Barnett Freedman, Edward Bawden, Edward Gordon Craig, Frans Masereel, Graham Sutherland, Edward Ardizzone, Valenti Angelo, E. McKnight Kauﬀer, and Agnes Miller Parker.

£400 - 600

J OHN P IPER

366

Piper (John) BRIGHTON AQUATINTS. Twelve original aquatints of modern Brighton with short descriptions by the artist and an introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas, [one of 200 copies], 12 ﬁne aquatint plates by John Piper, tissue guards, text printed on blue paper, original buckram-backed marbled boards, printed label to upper cover, spine very lightly faded with small stain where label removed, an excellent copy preserved in card wrapper, oblong folio, Curwen Press for Duckworth, 1939.

⁂ John Betjeman, who was a friend of John and Myfanwy Piper, suggested the impoverished Lord Alfred Douglas for the introduction, for which he was paid ﬁve guineas. The edition was limited to 200 copies, with an additional 55 deluxe copies handcoloured and signed by the artist.

£1,800 - 2,200

367

Thomas (R.S.) THE MOUNTAINS, NUMBER L OF 110 SPECIAL COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ARTIST AND ENGRAVER AND WITH AN EXTRA SET OF THE ENGRAVINGS, from an edition limited to 350, 10 wood-engraved plates by Reynolds Stone after John Piper, additional plates on Japanese paper and tipped in at end, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, board slip-case, 4to, New York, Chilmark Press, printed at the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge, 1968.

£750 - 1,000

368

Sitwell (Edith) & William Walton FACADE, AN ENTERTAINMENT, limited edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, t.e.g., slip-case with 45rpm record in sleeve, 1972 § Dyer (John) Grongar Hill, one of 175 copies signed by the artist, original cloth-backed marbled boards, uncut, Stourton Press, 1982 § Sitwell (Sir George) On the Making of Gardens, original pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut, Dropmore Press, 1949 § Hadﬁeld ( John) Elizabethan Love Songs, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, prospectus loosely inserted, Cupid Press, 1955 § de la Mare (W.) The Traveller, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, uncut, 1946 Graham (Rigby) Catalogue to an Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Illustrated Books by John Piper, original wrappers, Leicester, Gadsby Gallery, 1973, all with colour lithographs by John Piper; and 13 others illustrated by or about Piper, v.s. (18)

£200 - 300

369

Girouard (Mark) JOHN PIPER’S STOWE, number 115 of 300 copies signed by the artist, illustrations, some colour, original marbled cloth, preserved in card wrapper, folio, Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, 1983.

£400 - 600

370

Le Campion (Valentin).- Labé (Louise) LES SONNETS AMOUREUX, one of 450 copies on chiﬀon, THIS COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST “A YVES ARNAUD QUI AIME LES SIÈCLES QUINZE ET SEIZE AUTANT QUE LES GRAVURES DE V. LE CAMPION...1945” WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING on front free endpaper and with illustrated new address card bound in, wood-engraved title-border of naked woman and cupids, illustrations and initials by Le Campion, book-label of Paul Griesinger, modern marbled boards, Paris, 1943 § Ovid. l’Art de l’Aimer, number 84 of 125 copies, this for Georges Giraudon, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, uncut, slip-case, 1950 § Henriot (Gabriel) Notre Vieux Faubourg, number 15 of 110 copies, this for Maurice Gruin, WITH 3 ORIGINAL SIGNED PENCIL SKETCHES, 3 ADDITIONAL TITLES & 6 LEAVES OF PICTORIAL INITIALS, AND 3 ILLUSTRATED MENUS ALL BY LE CAMPION loosely inserted, loose as issued in original marbled wrappers with folder & slip-case, uncut, 1933, all with wood-engravings by Le Campion; and c.35 others illustrated by Le Campion and a box of prints and bookplates by him, some signed, many tipped to black leaves, v.s. (sm.qty))

£600 - 800

371

Turner (W.J.) & Sheila Shannon, editors NEW EXCURSIONS INTO ENGLISH POETRY, 7 vol. [a complete set], FIRST EDITIONS, original colour lithographs, original pictorial cloth, the ﬁrst three slightly rubbed, the third with pictorial dust-jacket, not price-clipped, spine a little browned and very slightly frayed at ends, 1944-47 § Guevara (Alvaro) St George at Silene, one of 150 copies signed by the author, original wrappers, [Paris], Hours Press, 1928 § Cornford (Frances) On a Calm Shore, one of 150 copies, illustrations, original vellum, gilt, Cambridge, 1960 § Symons (A.J.) The Quest for Corvo, original cloth, 1934 § Squire (J.C.) Twelve Poems, decorations by A.O.Spare, INSCRIBED TO JAMES GUTHRIE, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, Morland Press, 1916, all a little rubbed, the last soiled and stained; and c.20 others, mostly poetry, 8vo & 4to (c.30)

⁂ The first series comprises: English Scottish and Welsh Landscape 1700-c.1860, chosen by John Betjeman & Geoffrey Taylor, colour lithographs by John Piper, 1944; Visionary Poems and Passages or The Poets Eye, chosen by Geoffrey Grigson, colour lithographs by John Craxton, 1944; Sea Poems, chosen by Myfanwy Piper, colour lithographs by Mona Moore, 1944; Poems of Death, chosen by Phoebe Pool, colour lithographs by Michael Ayrton, 1945; Soldiers’ Verse, chosen by Patric Dickinson, colour lithographs by William Scott, 1945; Travellers’ Verse, chosen by M.G.Lloyd Thomas, colour lithographs by Edward Bawden, 1946; Poems of Sleep And Dream, chosen by Carol Stewart, colour lithographs by Robert Colquhoun, 1947.

£300 - 400

372

Simon (Oliver, editor) SIGNATURE. A QUADRIMESTRIAL OF TYPOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC ARTS, First Series, Nos.1-15 & New Series, Nos. 1-18 [A COMPLETE SET], plates and illustrations, some colour, some folding, some foxing, FIRST SERIES NOS.1-9 BOUND IN 3 VOL., EACH ONE OF 20 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES IN ORIGINAL MOROCCO (NOS.1-3 DESIGNED BY PAUL NASH, 4-6 BY REYNOLDS STONE, 7-9 BY BARNETT FREEDMAN), the ﬁrst with colour morocco onlays, the others stamped in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, original wrappers bound in, rather spotted and rubbed, spines faded, the remainder in original printed wrappers, some with spines frayed, 1946-54 § Spare (Osman) & W.H.Davies, editors. Form. A Monthly Magazine of the Arts, vol.1 nos.1 & 2 only (of 3), illustrations by John & Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth & others, original pictorial wrappers, rubbed & soiled, spines frayed, no.1 covers detached, 1921 § Halcyon: A Revue devoted to Book Production and the Graphic Arts, vol.1, 2 & 5-10 in 7 (of 12 in 9), text in Dutch, French, English & German, contributions by A.A.M.Stols, S.D. de Roos, John Buckland Wright & others, illustrations, loose as issued in original printed portfolios, rather soiled and frayed at edges, preserved loose in clothbacked boards, [Maastricht], 1940-42; and a quantity of odd issues of other periodicals including deluxe vol. 5 & 7 of Fleuron on handmade paper (vol.7 signed by Eric Gill and Stanley Morison), Alphabet & Image, Image, Motif, Typography etc., 4to (c.80)

£300 - 500

373

Cambridge Christmas Books.- Goodison (J.W.) REYNOLDS STONE: HIS EARLY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ENGRAVER ON WOOD, one of 200 copies, original cloth-backed boards, 1947 § Balston (Thomas) The Cambridge University Collection of Private Press Types: Kelmscott, Ashendene, Eragny, Cranach, one of 350 copies, original cloth, glacine wrapper frayed, 1951 § Morison (Stanley) A Tally of Types cut for...the University Press Cambridge, one of 450 copies, T.L.s. from the author to Christopher Sandford concerning typography loosely inserted, original cloth, 1953 § Franklin (Colin) Emery Walker..., one of 500 copies, original morocco-backed patternedpaper boards, 1973, illustrations, Cambridge, for presentation by the university printer to friends at Christmas; and 16 others from or about the series, 8vo & 4to (20)

£200 - 300

374

Webb (Cliﬀord) A COLLECTION OF 65 ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS OF ENGRAVINGS, boxwood, the largest 250 x 200mm., the smallest 75 x 75mm., one with split (numbered 70), v.d.; with 19 prints from the blocks titled in pencil and tipped into card folders (some duplicates), c.20 other prints, 2 copper relief printing plates for Ana the Runner and The White Llama, and 8 books illustrated by Webb (Qty)

⁂ The blocks and prints include ‘The Angler’, ‘Welsh Village’, ‘The Canal’, ‘Blast Furnace’, ‘The Fisherman’, ‘Backyards’, ‘Arab Horsemen’, ‘Bustards’,’ Sheep Dipping’, ‘Port Isaac’ & ‘The Dam’.

£2,000 - 3,000

375

Bookbinding.- Oldham (J.Basil) ENGLISH BLIND-STAMPED BINDINGS, Cambridge, 1952; Blind Panels of English Binders, Cambridge, 1958 § Dudin (M.) The Art of the Bookbinder and Gilder...1772, translated by Richard Macintyre Atkinson, review copy from an edition limited to 490, original calf-backed cloth, uncut, Leeds, Elmete Press, 1977 § Reed (Ronald) The Nature and Making of Parchment, one of 450 copies, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut, Leeds, Elmete Press, 1975 § Davenport (Cyril) English Embroidered Bookbindings, 1899 § Bernard Middleton, SIGNED BY MIDDLETON, [2018] § Foot (Mirjam M., editor) Eloquent Witnesses: Bookbindings and thier History, SIGNED BY THE EDITOR, London & New Castle, De., 2004, plates and illustrations, some colour, the first two and last three original cloth, the first two and last with dust-jackets, a little rubbed, the fifth with faded spine; and a small quantity of others on bookbinding, several catalogues, including 2 metal line blocks used by Bernard Middleton and a few sheets of gold leaf, v.s. (sm.qty)

£300 - 400 375

376

Erotica.- [Desclos (Anne Cécile)], “Pauline Réage”. HISTOIRE D’O, FIRST EDITION, one of 480 copies, title in red and black with engraved vignette, preface by Jean Paulhan, original printed wrappers, very minor bumping to spine ends, edges uncut, glacine dust-jacket, (spine browned), housed in modern cloth drop-back box, Sceaux, 12mo, 1954.

⁂ First edition of one of the modern masterpieces of erotic literature.

£600 - 800

377

-. [Desclos (Anne Cécile)], “Pauline Réage”. HISTOIRE D’O, limited edition with additional engraving, illustrations by Guido Crépax, original black morocco, t.e.g., original slip-case, minor rubbing to extremities, Paris, Trinckvel, 1975; The Story of O, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, original printed wrappers, spine and covers a little sunned, minor rubbing to extremities, Paris, Olympia Press, 1954 § Sade (Donatien Alphonse François de) The 120 Days of Sodom, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original printed wrappers, upper joint starting, spine browned and a little chipped, light rubbing to extremities, Paris, Olympia Press, 1954; and others erotica, by the same or printed by Olympia Press, 4to & 8vo (16)

£300 - 400

378

Zapf (Hermann) MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM, bookplate of Robert Elwell, Frankfurt, 1954; Manuale typographicum, New York, 1968; Typographische variationen, Frankfurt, 1963; ABC Feder und Stichel: Alphabete..., Frankfurt, 1950, limited editions, the second and third signed by Zapf, plates, original vellum-backed boards, all but the last with dust-jaqckets, the ﬁrst two also with slip-cases, 4to & oblong 4to (4)

£200 - 300

379

Chambers (David) FIREFLIES, NUMBER 1 OF ONLY 15 COPIES PRINTED BY CHAMBERS, wood-engravings by Chambers, original yellow wrappers, uncut, North Harrow, Christmas 1955; Four Albums of items printed by Chambers including pamphlets, prospectuses, Christmas cards and jobbing work, mounted on thick card leaves, cloth-backed boards or half cloth, 1943-81; and a large quantity of others relating to Chambers and the Cuckoo Hill Press including books & pamphlets printed by him, prints, bookplates, Christmas cards (mostly printed from original woodblocks), ephemera, and correspondence, drafts, trials, proofs, invoices etc. for his works, much stored in 4 box ﬁles and 6 archive boxes, v.s. (6 boxes)

⁂ Fireﬂies was the ﬁrst book printed by Chambers and was given to family and friends.

£750 - 1,000

380

Rampant Lions Press.- Farrow (John) SEVEN POEMS IN PATTERNS, one of 250 copies, 2 A.Pcs.s. from Will Carter loosely inserted, one accepting the commission of a bookplate from David Chambers, 1955 § Song of Solomon (The), number 22 of 125 copies, linocuts by Harry Hicken, initials in red, 1937 § Rampant Lions Press Miscellany (The), [&] Miscellany 2, one of 185 & 225 copies respectively, both with illustrations and specimens, some colour, 1988-98 § Reed (Henry) Lessons of the War, one of 530 copies, New York, Chilmark Press, 1970, all original cloth-backed patternedpaper boards, uncut, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press; and a small quantity of others printed by the press (many pamphlets), a box of prospectuses and ephemera, and a ﬁle of correspondence between Carter and Chambers on bookplates including an pen & ink original drawing by Carter of a bookplate for David & Hermione Chambers, v.s. (sm. qty)

£400 - 600

381

Dolmen Press.- Kinsella (Thomas) POEMS, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 27 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, from an edition limited to 250, title with wood-engraving by Elizabeth Rivers printed in grey, 1956 § Miller (Liam, editor) A Gaelic Alphabet designed and cut by Michael Biggs, NUMBER 37 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY MILLER AND BIGGS, from an edition limited to 300, printed in red & black, 1960 § Murphy (Richard) The Last Galway Hooker, ONE OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, from an edition limited to 500, original parchment-backed pictorial cloth, 1961, the ﬁrst two original cloth-backed boards, the ﬁrst spine very slightly faded, all Dublin, Dolmen Press; and a small bundle of others, Dolmen Press, mostly ephemera, v.s. (a bundle)

⁂ The ﬁrst is the author ’s ﬁrst collection of poems.

£300 - 400 382

382

Stanbrook Abbey Press.- CHRISTMAS LYRICS FIFTEENTH CENTURY, second edition of 400 copies, printed in red & black, with large initial supplied in gold and others in green by Margaret Adams, original limp vellum uncut, slip-case, 1957 § Memento (A) of the QuaterCentenary Year of William Shakespeare..., one of 200 copies, printed in blue & black with 2 initials in blue by Adams, original vellum-backed patterned paper boards, uncut, 1964 § Kendall (Katharine) The Interior Castle, one of 350 copies, printed in blue with 3 initials in red by Margaret Alexander, original silk-backed Japanese veneer boards, gilt, with prospectus in original board dropback box, 1968 § Robertson (Alec) In the Little Things, nUMBER 12 OF 25 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES ON JAPANESE PAPER, printed in orange, decorations in green by Margaret Adams, original vellum, gilt, by George Percival, slip-case, 1967 § Phillips (A.V.) Seven Sonnets for Good Friday, NUMBER 27 OF 75 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, from an edition limited to 200, signed by the author and artist, illustrations by W.W., original wrappers, uncut, 1969, [Butcher A2, A10, A19, A20, A22], Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press; and 9 others from the press, v.s. (14)

£400 - 600

383 -. Benedictines of Stanbrook. THE STANBROOK ABBEY PRESS. NINETYTWO YEARS OF ITS HISTORY, 2 vol., ONE OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES WITH A SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME OF PRINTING SPECIMENS, from an edition limited to 500, illustrations, specimens tipped-in or loosely inserted, original russet morocco, gilt and morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, by George Perceval of Leicester, g.e., together in slip-case, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970 § Butcher (David) The Stanbrook Abbey Press 1956-1990, number 99 of 350 copies signed by the author and the Abbess of Stanbrook, specimens and illustrations, many colour and tipped in, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, slipcase, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1992; and a bundle of others about or relating to the press including some sample leaves and correspondence from Dame Hildelith Cumming and Sir William Russell Flint to David Chambers concerning The Lisping Goddess and other items, v.s. (a bundle)

£600 - 800

384

Drei König Presse.- Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) FREUDVOLL UND LEIDVOLL, one of an unspeciﬁed but presumably small number of copies, INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTER “A HAND PASTE-PATTERNED PAPER AND PRINTED BY MELCHIOR MITTL TO MY BEST FRIEND DAVE CHAMBERS 25.12.1973 THIS COVER PAPER WAS MADE IN A BATH TOP BY MATHILDE MITTL”, original blue pastepaper boards, uncut, slightly rubbed, Mindelheim, 1957; and 23 others and 2 sleeves of ephemera from the press, and a folder of 12 broadsides, a colour print, an abstract watercolour and 8 samples of calligraphy by Mittl, many items signed and inscribed to Chambers, v.s. (c.25)

£400 - 600

385

Keepsake Press.- [Lewis] (M., E., C. & R[oy]) A FADED GARLAND OF FAMILY VERSE, ONE OF ONLY 36 COPIES, original patterned-paper wrappers, 1957 § Lowbury (Edward) Metamorphoses, [ONE OF 80 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 2 PRINTED IN 2 COLOURS], printed in red & black, title and ﬁnal leaf browned, original cloth-backed boards, unopened, 1958 § Peake (Mervyn) Poems and Drawings, one of 150 copies, illustrations by Peake, original pictorial wrappers, 1965 § Cook (Stanley) Concrete Poems, NUMBER 12 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 10 silkscreen prints, some in two colours, T.L.s. from the printer to David Chambers loosely inserted, original printed wrappers, 1984 § Keepsake Poems, Nos.1-39, each one of 180 copies, illustrations, original wrappers, with the original envelopes (some slightly soiled), 1972-79; and a small quantity of others from or relating to the press and Roy Lewis, including drafts & proofs of check-list by Chambers, v.s. (sm.qty)

£200 - 300

386

Private Libraries Association. PLA QUARTERLY [becoming THE PRIVATE LIBRARY QUARTERLY JOURNAL], First[-Sixth] Series bound in 28 vol. & Pamphlets in 1 vol., together 29 vol., 2 A.Pc.s. from Rigby Graham to David Chambers loosely inserted in vol.1, 1957-2017; Private Press Books 1959[-2010], bound in 10 vol., 1960-2019, illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth, 8vo (39)

*⁂ Chambers was heavily involved in the Private Libraries Association which was founded by Philip Ward in 1956. He became a member of the ruling Council in 1959, Publications Secretary in 1960 and was editor of Private Press Books from 1961-93. He wrote several of the annual monographs and designed the majority of them.

£300 - 400

387

Vine Press.- Foster (Peter) & John Peters, editors. VITIS

VERA Passages from the Vulgate Edition of the Holy Bible...1611, [ONE OF 40 COPIES], printed in red, green & black, large initial in gold, original cloth-backed boards, upper cover scuffed, 1957 § Sisson (Marjorie) The Cave, one of 200 copies, wood-engravings by Frank Martin, original cloth, 1957 § Fitzgibbon (Constantine) Watcher in Florence, one of 150 copies, wood-engraved title by Reg Boulton and decorative border by Peters, original half morocco, by Mansell, t.e.g, others uncut, spine faded, 1959 § Read (Herbert) The Parliament of Women, ONE OF 100 COPIES, colour illustrations by Boulton, original morocco-backed marbled boards by Gray of Cambridge, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, 1960; Design and Tradition, one of 150 copies, wood-engraved portrait by Peter Reddick, original cloth-backed pastepaper boards, 1962 § Ansell (Evelyn) Twenty-five Poems, ONE OF 100 COPIES, wood-engravings by Diana Bloomfield, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1963, all but the fifth printed on handmade paper, the second and last with glacine wrappers, some a little rubbed, Hemingford Grey, Vine Press; and a sleeve of prospectuses to the last five, v.s. (7)

⁂ A complete set of the books issued by this small press operated by Peter Foster and John Peters in Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire.

£400 - 600

388

Wilson (Adrian) PRINTING FOR THEATER, number 196 of 250 copies, printed in black and colours, pictorial chapter headings and binding blocks by Nuiko Haramaki, with several original programmes for The Interplayers theatre group tipped in or loosely inserted in pocket at end, a few lightly oﬀset, original cloth blocked with cuts of playing cards in green, uncut, spine very slightly browned, folio, San Francisco, 1957.

£200 - 300

389

Jammes (André) LA RÉFORME DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE ROYALE SOUS LOUIS XIV LE GRANDJEAN, 2 vol. in 1, limited edition, 35 engraved plates, illustrations, text in original wrappers, glacine wrapper a little stained, plates loose as issued in wrappers, together in original parchmentbacked board portfolio, rubbed, flaps stained & frayed, Paris, 1961; Spécimens de Caractères de Firmin et Jules Didot, one of 275 facsimile reprints, 32 plates, many double-page, loose as issued in original wrappers, original board drop-back box, Charente, 2002 § Enschedé (Charles) Typefoundries in the Netherlands from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century, translated by Harry Carter and edited by Lotte Hellinga, limited edition, type specimen and prospectus loosely inserted, original calf-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, Haarlem, 1978 § Fournier (Pierre-Simon) Modéles des Caracteres del’Imprimerie, number 13 of 25 hors commerce copies from an edition limited to 600, facsimile reprint, 1965; Fournier on Typefounding, translated by Harry Carter, one of 260 copies, Soncino Press, 1930; The Manuel Typographique [&] Fournier on Typefounding, together 3 vol., vol.1 & 2 facsimile reprint in slip-case, Darmstadt, 1995, all but the first two original cloth, the first with slip-case; and a small quantity of facsimiles of typographical and printing works, mostly French, folio & 8vo (c.30)

£400 - 600

390 Mosher (Thomas B.).- Strouse (Norman H.) THE PASSIONATE PIRATE, one of 200 copies, bookplate of James Moran, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, North Hills, Pa., Bird & Bull Press, 1964 § Hatch (Benton L.) A Check List of the Publications of Thomas Bird Mosher of Portland Maine MDCCCXCI MDCCCCXXIII, one of 500 copies, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, slip-case, Northampton, Mass., Gehenna Press, 1966, some plates or illustrations, some tipped in; and c.35 others printed by or about Mosher, 8vo & 4to (c.40)

£200 - 300

391

PRIAPUS, no.3-22, SOME WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTIONS OR SLIPS FROM JOHN COTTON loosely inserted, illustrations, a few rust marks, occasional oﬀsetting, original wrappers, minor rubbing to extremiteis, Autumn 1964 - Winter 1971; and others including ‘a special souvenir edition for the farewell programme’, 1972, 3 works by John Cotton of which 2 signed by the author, 4to (23)

£300 - 400

392

St.Sepulchre’s Press.- [POETRY BROADSIDES], c.50, a few with illustrations, a couple hand-coloured, Dublin, St.Sepulchre’s Press, c.1965-92; with a few from other Irish presses, together in card folder, folio & 4to (sm.qty)

£200 - 300

393

Graham (Rigby) TOMB OF HENRY SACHEVERELL, RATCLIFFE ON SOAR, gouache, signed and inscribed 1965 in the upper right corner, 340 x 260 mm (13¼ x 10¼ in), under glass, framed, 1965.

Exhibited: Mowbray Gallery, 1965

£200 - 300

394

Graham (Rigby).- Hickman (Trevor) [BREWHOUSE PRESS BROADSHEETS], an almost complete set of the 13 issues (lacking only No.3 ‘Silence a Minuit’ but with No.4 the English version), limited to between 75 and 300 copies, mostly large single sheets folding to 4to, all with illustrations, many by Rigby Graham, the earlier nos. with large illustration ﬁlling verso of folding sheet (c.410 x 340), all loose in printed/pictorial folders, together in original morocco-backed board drop-back box by Trevor Hickman with pictorial sides by Rigby Graham, spine gilt, Wymondham, Brewhouse Press, 1966-74 § Graham (Rigby) Print Book of Arches & Bridges (A) in and around Leicester, ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES, colour linocuts by Graham & others, original cloth, [Leicester], Threoteotha Press, 1965; People: A Book of Prints, ONE OF ONLY 18 COPIES, A.L.s. from Graham to David Chambers loosely inserted, original cloth by Graham & Hickman, Leicester, Threoteotha Press, 1967; Enigma 1-4, EACH ONE OF 60 OR 50 COPIES, original cloth, Leicester, Cog Press, 1969-71; The Pickworth Fragment, OUT-OF-SERIES COPY FROM AN EDITION LIMITED TO 75, INSCRIBED BY GRAHAM & HICKMAN TO CHAMBERS, folding concertina style with linocuts by Graham, original suede-backed pictorial boards, Wymondham, Brewhouse Press, 1966, all with plates and illustrations by Graham & others; and a quantity of others illustrated or printed by Graham & Hickman at various Leicestershire presses, several inscribed to Chambers, including a box of ephemera and extensive correspondence from Graham to Chambers, v.s. (2 boxes)

£1,000 - 1,500

395

Cuckoo Hill Press.- Paas (C. & A.) SPECIMEN OF BRASS CARD BORDERS, facsimile reprint of 1788 edition, NUMBER 1 OF 30 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, original cloth, uncut, printed by David Chambers & James Mosley, for the Printing Historical Society, 1965 § Apostles’ Creed (The), ONE OF 84 COPIES, wood-engravings by Philip Ross, prospectus loosely inserted, ORIGINAL VELLUM WITH GILT CROSS TO UPPER COVER (usually bound in cloth) by Rigby Graham & Trevor Hickman, WITH THE BINDING BRASS OF THE CROSS, 1965 § Potocki de Montalk (Count Geoﬀrey) Meillerie, NUMBER 1 OF 25 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PRINTER, from an edition of 170, WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNED ENGRAVING BY MARK SEVERIN loosely inserted, original cloth, 1972 § Smith (Richard Shirley) Wood Engravings a selection, 1960 to 1977, NUMBER I OF 7 COPIES ON HOSHO JAPANESE PAPER, from an edition limited to 187, signed by the author/artist, original black morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in card wrapper, 1983 § [Franklin (Jacob)] Jacob’s Story, PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM COLIN FRANKLIN (JACOB’S FATHER) “WITH JACOB’S THANKS, & OURS, FOR THE ENDLESS TROUBLE YOU TOOK FOR US, TO MAKE THIS INTO A HANDSOME BOOK” and with A.L.s. loosely inserted, original cloth, privately printed, 1996, illustrations, all but the last printed by David Chambers, most at the Cuckoo Hill Press; and c.25 others printed by Chambers, mostly Cuckoo Hill but a few earlier, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

£500 - 700

396

-. SOME NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRADE CARDS & LABELS printed from the original copper plates, ONE OF 22 COPIES, 15 engraved plates, original buckram, oblong 8vo, printed by Chambers & Iain Bain, 1966; and 16 original copper plates of trade cards, letter headings etc. including one from Dr. Wansbrough’s for Nipple Shields (plate 8), v.s. (17)

⁂ From a collection of plates found at the ﬁrm of John Barnes & Sons, lithographers, of Manchester. The ﬁrst John Barnes was a partner in Smith, Barnes & Blackley, engravers and printers of Brazenose St. Manchester.

£200 - 300

397

Twelve by Eight Press.- Mason (John) MORE PAPERS HAND MADE BY JOHN MASON, number 49 of an unspeciﬁed limited edition [probably fewer than 200 copies] signed and dated “April 67” by John Mason, title printed in gold, specimens of handmade paper, some tipped-in, illustrations, including an image “designed, cut and printed” by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original boards, gilt, with mylar dust-jacket and folding card chemise, uncut, Leicester, Twelve by Eight Press, 1966; and 4 others & some ephemera and bundles of paper from the press with a few A.Ls.s. from Mason to Chambers, v.s. (a bundle)

⁂ Collection of papers hand-made by John Mason, each printed and illustrated by well-known craftsmen of the day including Blair Hughes-Stanton, Will Carter & Rigby Graham, and interleaved with Mason’s type-written comments on papermaking. It is a true labour of love, having taken eight years to complete. As Mason writes in his foreword “no two will be quite alike”.

£500 - 700

398

Morison (Stanley) & Harry Carter JOHN FELL, THE UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE ‘FELL’ TYPES, Oxford, 1967 § Gaskell (Philip) John Baskerville. A Bibliography, reprint, Chicheley , 1973 § Maslen (K.) & John Lancaster. The Bowyer Ledgers, London & New York , 1991 § Blakey (Dorothy) The Minerva Press 1790-1820, original clothbacked boards, uncut, Oxford , 1939 § Cameron (James) A Bibliography of Peter Buchan’s Publications, o ﬀ print from ‘Proceedings of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society’, NUMBER 2 OF ONLY 12 SIGNED COPIES FOR PRESENTATION , a few pencil corrections, Edinburgh , 1900 § Warren (Arthur The Charles Whittinghams Printers, one of 385 copies, original half morocco, uncut, New York, Grolier Club, 1896, plates and illustrations, all but the fourth and last original cloth, the ﬁrst two with dust-jackets, the last two rubbed; and c.35 others on British printers, v.s. (c.40)

£200 - 300

399

Posner (David) A RAKE’S PROGRESS, [one of 450 copies], illustrations by David Hockney, errata leaf loosely inserted, original cloth, with original cardboard packaging, Lion & Unicorn Press, 1967 § Paul Hogarth’s American Album: Drawings 1962-65, limited edition, illustrations, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, Lion & Unicorn Press, 1973 § Rothschild Family Tree 1450-1973, one of 300 copies, long folding plate with another in pocket at end, original blue morocco with central gilt arms, cloth slip-case, printed at the Curwen Press, 1975 § Leadbetter (Tim) & others. Long Leggedy Beasties, one of 120 copies, illustrations, original boards, ring-bound at both sides with central opening to enable choice of combinations, Wimbledon, Art Society Press King’s College School, 1964-66; and 12 others including more from Art Society Press, large folio & 4to (16)

£300 - 400

B IRD & B ULL P RESS

400 Morris (Henry) OMNIBUS: INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMATEUR PAPERMAKERS…, one of 500 copies, 1967; A Visit to Hayle Mill, one of 210 copies, 1970; The Paper Maker: A Survey of Lesser-Known Hand Paper Mills in Europe and North America, one of 175 copies, 1974 § Murray (John) Practical Remarks on Modern Paper, one of 300 copies, 1981 § Voorn (Henk) Old Ream Wrappers, one of 375 copies, INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTER TO DAVID CHAMBERS, 1969 § Schlosser (L.B.) & Henry Morris. A Pair on Paper, one of 220 copies, 1976, tipped-in samples, plates and illustrations, the third with prospectus loosely inserted, all original morocco-backed boards, uncut, some spines a little faded, North Hills Pa., Bird & Bull Press; and 4 others and some loose sheets from the press on papermaking, 8vo & 4to (11)

£400 - 600

401

Sumner (James) THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER, one of 250 copies, 1976 § Weisse (Franz) The Art of Marbling, translated by Richard Wolfe, one of 300 copies, 1980 § Wolfe (Richard J.) On Improvements in Marbling the edges of Books and Paper, one of 350 copies, 1983; Three French Essays on Paper Marbling 1642-1765 one of 310 copies, 1987 § Morris (Henry) Roller Printed Paste Papers for Bookbinding, one of 215 copies, original vellum-backed paste-paper boards, 1975, all with paper samples tipped in, the ﬁrst four marbled by Richard Wolfe, plates and illustrations, the ﬁrst and last with prospectus loosely inserted, all but the last original morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, spines very slightly faded, v.s., North Hills or Newtown, Pa., Bird & Bull Press (5)

£400 - 600

402

Barrett (Timothy) NAGASHIZUKI: THE JAPANESE CRAFT OF HAND PAPERMAKING, one of 300 copies, 1979 § Schmoller (Hans) Mr Gladstone’s Washi: A survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan…, 2 vol. including an additional suite of plates loose in card folder, one of 500 copies, 1984; Chinese Decorated Papers, one of 325 copies, 1987 § McClure (Floyd Alonzo) Chinese Handmade Paper, one of 325 copies, 1986 § Morris (Henry) Japonica: The Art and Appreciation of Japanese Paper, one of 250 copies, 1981, samples, plates and illustrations, many tipped in, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, some spines slightly faded, the second with slip-case, North Hills or Newtown, Pa., Bird & Bull Press; and another from the press, v.s. (6)

£500 - 700

403

Wolfe (Richard J.) JACOB BIGELOW’S AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY 18171821, one of 300 copies, 1979; Louis Herman Kinder and Fine Bookbinding in America, one of 325 copies, 1985 § Morris (Henry) Bird & Bull Pepper Pot, one of 250 copies, 1977 § White (William) A Bablylonian Anthology, one of 200 copies, with 2 illustrations in envelope loosely inserted, 1966 § Taylor (W.Thomas) & Henry Morris. Twenty-One Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography, 1958-1979, one of 350 copies, 1980, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the second and last with prospectus loosely inserted, all original moroccobacked boards or cloth, uncut, spines slightly faded, North Hills or Newtown, Pa., Bird & Bull Press; and 11 others from or printed by the press and a bundle of prospectuses, pamphlets & some correspondence with David Chambers, 8vo & 4to (sm.qty)

£400 - 600

404

[Morris (Henry)],”Theodore Bachaus”. PRIVATE PRESSES OF SAN SERRIFFE, one of 350 copies (all “number 1”), prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, 1980; The First Fine Silver Coinage of the Republic of San Serriﬀe: The Bird & Bull Press Commemorative 100 Coronas, 2 vol. including proof coin, one of 350 copies, with 25 Coronas note loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, coin mounted in original board folder, together in slip-case, 1988; The World’s Worst Marbled Papers, one of 400 copies (all “number 1”), original paper samples, original wrappers, spine faded, 1978, all with illustrations, 8vo & 4to, Newtown, Pa., Bird & Bull Press (3)

£200 - 300

405

Taylor (W.Thomas) & Henry Morris. TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF BIRD & BULL: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1958-1979, one of 350 copies, 1980 § Heaney (Howell J.) & Henry Morris. Thirty Years of Bird & Bull…1958-1988, 2 vol., one of 300 copies, 1988 § Berger (Sidney E.) & Henry Morris. Forty-Four Years of Bird & Bull…1958-2002, 2 vol., one of 150 copies, 2002, specimens, plates and illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards or cloth, uncut, all with original cloth folder of additional material including prospectus, together in original cloth drop-back boxes with morocco labels, 8vo & 4to, Newtown, Pa., Bird & Bull Press (3)

£400 - 600

406

Mackley (George) ENGRAVED IN THE WOOD, number 257 of 300 copies signed by the artist, 68 wood-engraved plates loose in original paper wrappers as issued, with accompanying text by Ruari McLean and Armida Maria-Theresa Colt in original wrappers, with additional wood-engraving ‘Vonders at Giethoorn’ (numbered 29/75 & signed in pencil) loosely inserted, together in original cloth drop-back box, TwoHorse Press, 1968 § Colt (Armida Maria-Theresa) Weeds and Wild Flowers, 2 vol., number 31 of 250 copies with an additional suite of engravings and signed by the author and artist, additional engravings loose as issued in portfolio, original cloth-backed boards, together in slip-case, 1965, wood-engravings by George Mackley, Two-Horse Press, printed at the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge; and 3 others by or about Mackley and an envelope of material including a manuscript piece by him on Joan Hassall written for David Chambers with an accompanying A.L.s. explaining that he struggled with writing it due to brain damage suﬀered during routine surgery, the reason for his giving up engraving, 4to (6)

£400 - 600

407

Allen Press.- Allen (Lewis M.) PRINTING WITH THE HANDPRESS, one of 140 copies, printed in red, blue & black, illustrations and decorations, prospectus loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth, uncut, 4to, Kentﬁeld, Ca., 1969.

£300 - 400

408

Strachan (W.J.) THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK IN FRANCE: The 20th Century Livre d’Artiste, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR “FOR DAVID A FIRM ALLY ON THE LIVRE D’ARTISTE FRONT AND A GOOD FRIEND”, 1969 § Hofer (Philip) The Artist & the Book 1860-1960 in Western Europe and the United States, second printing, Boston, 1962 § Ray (Gordon N.) The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, New York & London, 1976 § Selborne (Joanna) British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940, Oxford, 1998 § White (Gleeson) English Illustration ‘The Sixties’: 1855-70, 1897 § Brothers Dalziel (The). A Record of Fifty Years’ Work...1840-1890, 1901, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the last two rubbed; and c.65 others on illustration and illustrators, 4to & 8vo (c.70)

£300 - 400

409

[Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [WOOD ENGRAVINGS], 71 woodengravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, on Japanese Hosho paper, without title, loose in card folders, WITH 25 ADDITIONAL PROOFS OF THE ENGRAVINGS ON DIFFERENT PAPERS including 10 large engravings on wove handmade paper, together in cloth dropback box, small folio, [1970].

⁂ The wood engravings were printed by Chambers from the original blocks given to the St.Bride Printing Library by Miss Riette Sturge Moore. They were issued in 1970 IN A VERY EXCLUSIVE EDITION OF ONLY FIVE SETS, of which four were printed on white wove handmade paper and one on Japanese Hosho paper. One set was bound for St. Bride, another set mounted in a loose leaf album, the remaining 3 sets loose in sheets (PBB 70.46). This is presumably the set on Hosho paper.

£3,000 - 4,000

410

[Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [WOOD ENGRAVINGS], 70 woodengravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, on wove handmade paper, tipped to blank leaves with photocopied captions, with photograph of Sturge Moore engraving a block, list of engravings and photocopies of article by Cecil French with illustrations all tipped in, cloth binder, [c.1970]; and 4 others about Sturge Moore, a bundle of 50 proofs of the engravings on wove paper (with a few duplicates on Japanese paper), and 11 metal relief printing plates of the engravings (nos. 2, 11, 12, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30, 33, 39, 57 and one reduced of 42), v.s. (a bundle)

⁂ ISSUED IN A VERY EXCLUSIVE EDITION OF ONLY FIVE SETS, of which four were printed on white wove handmade paper and one on Japanese Hosho paper. One set was bound for St. Bride, another set mounted in a loose leaf album, the remaining 3 sets loose in sheets. This is presumably the set mounted in a loose leaf album. It contains only 70 of the 71 wood-engravings, lacking number 12 as numbers 12 & 13 depict the same image, number 13 featuring an added border.

£2,000 - 3,000

411

Ovid. L’ART DE L’AIMER, [1970] § Virgil. Georgica. Les Géorgiques, 3 vol., [1976] § Apollinaire (Guillaume) Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée, illustrations by Raoul Dufy, original cloth, slip-case, New York, 1977, all facsimile reprints, the ﬁrst two with illustrations by Aristide Maillol, loose in original wrappers with rexine-backed board folders, the second with split to joint, slip-cases, Geneva; and 9 others and a small quantity of others from French presses, mostly pamphlets, v.s. (sm.qty))

£200 - 300

412

Wakeman (Geoﬀrey) XIX CENTURY ILLUSTRATION, NUMBER 10 OF 75 COPIES, mounted samples of 19th century printing techniques loose in individual wrappers, together in original cloth folder with slip-case, Loughborough, Plough Press, 1970 § Cave (R.) & G.Wakeman. Typographia Naturalis, number 22 of 333 copies, THIS INSCRIBED TO DAVID CHAMBERS BY THE BINDER, tipped-in samples of nature printing, with an envelope of additional samples loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, upper cover with mounted leaf, Wymondham, Brewhouse Press, 1967 § Franklin (Colin) Themes in Aquatint, original cloth-backed marbled boards, San Francisco, 1978 § Lorilleux & Cie. (Ch.) Traité de Lithographie, inscribed by Lorilleux, later half morocco, Paris, 1889 § Twyman (Michael) Early Lithographed Books, NUMBER 26 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES BY A.W.LUMSDEN OF EDINBURGH, original calf-backed marbled boards with vellum tips, Pinner, 1990 § Wax (Carol) The Mezzotint, New York, 1990 § Every Man His Own Printer; or, Lithography made Easy, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, 1854, plates and illustrations, some tipped in, the last three original cloth, the last rubbed; and c.85 others on prints and printing techniques, v.s. (c.90)

£300 - 500

413

Double Crown Club. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF INVITATIONS & MENUS FOR DINNERS AND OUTINGS (mostly dinner 210 onwards but a few earlier), rule books, lists of members etc., illustrations, various bindings but most original wrappers, mostly 1971-2019; and some other material relating to the club, v.s. (4 boxes)

⁂ The Double Crown Club (DCC) is a dining club for printers, bookdesigners & typographers, illustrators, and publishers which was founded in London in 1924. Four dinners are held per year, each with an after dinner talk for which a menu reﬂecting the theme is designed by a member. David Chambers was elected a member in 1971 and served as president in 1986, giving two talks and designing several menus.

£400 - 600

414

Gainsborough (Thomas) THE ETCHED & ENGRAVED PRINTS executed in soft-ground & aquatint and in mezzotint, OUT-OF-SERIES COPY FROM AN EDITION LIMITED TO 75, 11 etched/engraved plates, tissue guards, illustrations, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, uncut, with another incomplete set containing 8 prints, together in original cloth drop-back box with clasps, roan label to upper cover, Baldock, Iain Bain at the John Boydell Press, 1971; and 2 more copies of the introduction in original wrappers, folio (3)

⁂ New impressions of the prints printed by Philp McQueen from the surviving copper plates, and with an introduction by John Hayes.

£200 - 300

415

Savage (Toni) & Leicestershire presses.- AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF ITEMS PRINTED BY TONI SAVAGE AT HIS NEW BROOM AND PANDORA PRESSES including books, pamphlets & ephemera (several by Spike Milligan, some illustrated by Rigby Graham, all in small limitations), a fairly complete run of Phoenix Broadsheets 1971-77, a bound volume of New Broom items for Morris Cox (MANY SIGNED & INSCRIBED TO COX AND WITH SEVERAL A.LS S TO HIM loosely inserted, cloth), a memorial poem to Savage by Spike Milligan printed by Savage’s wife on blue paper water-marked with Milligan’s signature, and with further items printed by her and several A.Ls.s. from her to David Chambers, Leicester, v.s. § Deadman (Derek) & Rigby Graham. A Paper Snowstorm: Toni Savage and the Leicester Broadsheets, number 28 of 200 copies signed by the authors, samples and illustrations, some tipped-in, others by Rigby Graham printed in green and rust, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, with portfolio of original broadsides (50 copies for subscribers) loose in original wrappers, together in slip-case, Oldham, Incline Press, 2005 § Morris (Ann) The Private Press in Leicestershire, ONE OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, from an edition limited to 500, original cloth, spine slightly faded, Loughborough, Plough Press, 1976; and a small quantity of others from other Leicestershire private presses, v.s. (2 boxes)

£600 - 800

416

Ayrton (Michael).- Verlaine (Paul) FEMMES/HOMBRES, NUMBER 58 OF 85 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, from an edition limited to 100, 15 etched plates by Michael Ayrton, original green morocco-backed marbled boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, Douglas Cleverdon for the Arcadia Press, printed by the Circle Press, 1972; and others illustrated by Ayrton, v.s. (c.30)

£600 - 800

417

Lister (Raymond) A TITLE TO PHOEBE, out-of-series review copy for an edition LIMITED TO 30 COPIES, WITH A MINIATURE PAINTED BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST, 4 tipped-in miniature plates by the author/artist, original morocco-backed marbled boards, spine titled in gilt, uncut, Linton, Windmill Press, 1972; and others, Lister and the Golden Hours Press of Cambridge, several pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

£200 - 300

418

Paper & Papermaking.- Wakeman (Geoﬀrey) ENGLISH HAND MADE PAPERS SUITABLE FOR BOOKWORK, NUMBER 13 OF ONLY 75 COPIES, watermarked frontispiece of a papermaker at work, printed on handmade paper of diﬀerent colours and sizes, samples, prospectus and A.L.s. from the author to David Chambers loosely inserted, original cloth, uncut, a little marked, spine faded, Loughborough, Plough Press, 1972; Twentieth Century English Vat Paper Mills, NUMBER 33 OF 102 COPIES, samples, some in pocket at end, original morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, Loughborough, Plough Press, 1980 § Bidwell (John) Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press, one of 300 copies, tipped-in samples, original half cloth, uncut, slip-case, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1999 § Crocker (Alan) Paper Mills of the Tillingbourne: A History of Paper Making in a Surrey Valley 1704 to 1875, one of 195 copies, original cloth, uncut, Oxshott, Tabard Press, 1988 § Clapperton (R.H.) The Paper-making Machine. Its Invention, Evolution and Development, original cloth, Pergamon Press, 1967, samples, plates and illustrations, some tipped in; and a quantity of others on paper and paper-making including several trade catalogues and samples, v.s. (sm.qty)

£600 - 800

419

Stourton Press.- Williamson (Hugh Ross) PAVANE FOR A DEAD INFANTA, number 143 of 194 copies, illustrations by Emily GwynneJones, with prospectus and 2 A.Ls.s. from the printer Fairfax Hall to David Chambers loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., 1972 § Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Hide-and-Seek, number 19 of 250 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original half calf, t.e.g., spine a little rubbed and faded, 1975 § Shephard (Rupert) Passing Scene: Eighteen Images of Southern Africa, number 52 of 200 copies signed by the artist, colour linocut plates by Shephard, original pictorial cloth, uncut, with original card box, 1966, the ﬁrst two set in the Aries type designed by Eric Gill for the Stourton Press, all printed by Fairfax Hall at the Stourton Press; and 9 others, Stourton Press, printed by Hall or later James Stourton, v.s. (12)

£200 - 300

420

Baskin (Leonard).- Shakespeare (William) TITUS ANDRONICUS, outof-series copy from an edition limited to 250, etchings and wood-engravings by Leonard Baskin, prospectus loosely inserted, original pictorial green morocco, gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded, Gehenna Press, Northampton, Mass., 1973 § Baskin (Leonard) To Colour Thought, one of 300 copies, colour frontispiece, illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, slip-case, New Haven, printed at the Oﬃcina Bodoni of Verona, 1967; and 5 others illustrated by or about Baskin, v.s. (7)

£300 - 400

421

Botany.- Hunt (P. Francis) ORCHIDACEAE, one of 600 copies signed by the author and artist, colour plates by Mary A.Grierson, colour plates, order form loosely inserted, original vellum by Zaehnsdorf, g.e., very small mark to spine, cloth slipcase, Bourton Press, 1973; and 3 others 19th century on plants or gardening, v.s. (4)

£150 - 200

422

Spiller (Robert E.) THE PHILOBIBLON CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA...18931973, one of 275 copies, original vellum-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, Phildelphia, Bird & Bull Press for the Philobiblon Club, 1973 § Piehl (Frank J.) The Caxton Club 1895-1995. Celebrating a Century of the Book in Chicago, limited edition signed by the author, prospectus, original cloth, slip-case, Chicago, 1995 § Grolier Club. The Grolier Club Collects: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Collections of Grolier Club Members, original cloth, 2002 § Ransom (Will) Kelmscott, Doves and Ashendene: The Private Press Credos, one of 400 copies for Typophiles, INSCRIBED BY SYDNEY COCKERELL on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, New York, Typophiles, 1952, plates and illustrations; and a small quantity of others from or about American book clubs & societies including several Typophile chap-books and a box of keepsakes, 4to & 8vo (sm.qty)

£200 - 300

423

Society of Private Printers (The). A DISPLAY OF PRESSES [Third Exchange], 26 pamphlets, ONE OF 50 SETS, original wrappers, together in card wrapper & board slip-case, 1974-76; An Infant’s Library [Fourth Exchange], 31 pamphlets, ONE OF 52 SETS, original wrappers, together in original wooden box with sliding front, paper label to front, 1980; Chap-Books [Fifth Exchange], 28 pamphlets, one of 125 sets, together in original cloth folder and slip-case, 1986 § Oxford Guild of Printers. Drukwerk in Leiden & Oxford, 17 pamphlets (including Rob Cox’s contribution often missing), one of 150 sets, original wrappers, together in original marbled box and slip-case by Chris Hicks, Alembic Press, 1989; Oxford Guild of Printers 2000, 26 pamphlets, MOSTLY ONE OF 100 COPIES, original wrappers, together in cloth slip-case, Oxford, 2000 § Miniature Folio of Private Presses, 27 pamphlets (?of 28), together in pictorial board folder, cloth slipcase, 1960 § Roy Lewis LXXX, 24 pamphlets, together in cloth folder & slip-case, 1993; and a bundle of earlier items from the First & Second Exchanges, 8vo et infra (a box)

⁂ Collections of pamphlets from presses around the world. The exchanges by the Society of Private Printers were assembled by David Chambers at the Cuckoo Hill Press and he contributed to the other collections.

£400 - 600

424

Potocki de Montalk (Count Geoﬀrey) INVOCATIO SOLSTITIALIS, reprinted from 1950 for the Solstice, NUMBER 1 OF 10 COPIES ON FABRIANO PAPER, SIGNED & INSCRIBED TO DAVID CHAMBERS, original cloth, 1975; Invocatio aequinoctialis, reprinted from 1950 for the Equinox, ONE OF 12 COPIES, original cloth, 1975; Twelve Catalogues of the Mélissa Press 1959-1972, SIGNED & INSCRIBED “ONE OF 17 SETS FOR DAVID CHAMBERS”, original cloth-backed boards, 1974; The Blood Royal of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales...in the House of Potok..., [ONE OF 100 COPIES], title in red, tipped-in portraits, original cloth, 1966; Meillerie, one of 170 copies, printed on pink paper, wood-engraving by Mark Severin, WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNED COPY LOOSELY INSERTED, original cloth, printed by David Chambers at the Cuckoo Hill Press, 1972, ALL BUT THE LAST SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY POTOCKI TO DAVID CHAMBERS, Draguignan; and a quantity of others by or about Potocki and the Mélissa Press, several inscribed to Chambers, v.s. (a box)

⁂ Count Geoﬀrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki de Montalk (1903-97), a controversial ﬁgure, was a poet and polemicist, and claimant to the throne of Poland.

£400 - 600

425

Taurus Press.- Blake (William) TYGER! TYGER!, NUMBER 48 OF 65 COPIES SIGNED BY THE CALLIGRAPHER & ARTISTS, printed in red & black with calligraphic text by David Howells, linocuts by Edward Bawden and Paul Peter Piech, one folding, original boards, label to upper cover, [?1975] § De Profundis. Sayings of Christ in Words and Graphics, ARTIST COPY 6 SIGNED BY THE ARTIST/PRINTED, FROM AN EDITION OF 50, printed in black & colours, original pictorial wrappers, lightly creased at edges, a few stains to lower cover, n.d. § Szent-Gyorgyi (Albert) 15 Minutes to Zero. Man’s Prescription for Ending Himself and the World, number 54 of 150 copies signed by the artist/printer, printed in pink & black, original cloth, n.d. § Donne (John) No Man is an Island, broadside, c.590 x 410mm., printed in purple & orange with linocut by Piech, signed & dated at foot, folded, 1973, all with linocuts by Paul Peter Piech, Bushey Heath, Taurus Press; and c.60 others from the press and a bundle of prints, ephemera & correspondence to David Chambers, v.s. (sm.qty)

£400 - 600

426

Wakeman (Geoﬀrey) THE PRODUCTION OF NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOUR ILLUSTRATION, NUMBER 12 OF 100 COPIES, THIS COPY WITH 3 ADDITIONAL PLATES AND A.N.S FROM THE AUTHOR TO DAVID CHAMBERS asking him not to make that known, 20 tipped-in original specimens from 19th century works, many colour-printed, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, transparent dust-jacket, Loughborough, Plough Press, 1976 § Franklin (Colin & Charlotte) A Catalogue of Early Colour Printing from Chiaroscuro to Aquatint, colour plates, price list loosely inserted, original cloth, Culham, 1977 § Twyman (Michael) A History of Chromolithography: Printed Colour for All, illustrations, many colour, original cloth, London & New Castle, De., 2013; and 11 others on colour printing including a facsimile of Byrne’s Elements of Euclid, v.s. (14)

£200 - 300

427

Neruda (Pablo) ODE TO TYPOGRAPHY, translated by Enriuque SacerioGarî, NUMBER 94 OF 100 COPIES DESIGNED BY RICHARD BIGUS, original marbled wrappers sewn in Japanese style, loose in original cloth folder with ties, narrow folio, [Torrance, Ca.], Labyrinth Editions, 1977.

£200 - 300

428

[Camden (William)] ANIMAL PROVERBS OR WISDOM FROM BEASTES, one of 120 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings by Fritz Eichenberg, original morocco, Kingston, RI, Biscuit City Press, 1978 § Anglo-Saxon Gnomic Poem (A), translated by R.G.Barnes, one of 400 copies, original boards, uncut, San Francisco, Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1968 § Franklin (Benjamin) The Old Mistresses’ Apologue known as Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress, ONE OF 69 COPIES FOR FRIENDS, THIS FOR DAVID CHAMBERS, signed by the artist/printer, wood-engraving by Claire Van Vliet, original roan-backed marbled boards, uncut, Newark, Vt., Janus Press, 1975 § Smiley (Jane) The Life of the Body, one of 175 copies signed by the author and artist, 6 hand-coloured linocuts by Susan Nees, original cloth, paper-backed perspex dust-jacket with tie, Minneapolis, Coﬀee House Press, 1990; and a quantity of others, American presses, v.s. (c.100)

£400 - 600

428

429

Tallone (Alberto).- Shakespeare (William) HAMLET, one of 160 copies on paper by Amatruda of Amalﬁ, from an edition limited to 525, 1978; Sonnets, one of 196 copies on Arches, from an edition of 368, 1988 § Pellizzari (Piero) L’Opera Tipograﬁca di Albert Tallone, one of 470 copies, 1975, all original wrappers, uncut, with board folder and slip-case, Alpignano, A.Tallone; and 6 others, Italian, v.s. (9)

£200 - 300

430

Bolton (Claire) A SET OF TALES, 12 booklets, limited editions, illustrations, original wrappers, together in original marbled box & slipcase, Winchester, Alembic Press, 1979 § Davies (John) Church Cuts, Seven East Anglian Churches, NUMBER 43 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, colour woodcuts & linocuts, original cloth-backed decorated boards, Kendal, Ghyllside Press, 2001 § Beale (G.A.) Homo Intelligens: A Speculative Essay on the Origins of Civilization, 5 vol., ONE OF C.100 SETS PRINTED IN AN AUGMENTED TYPE, wood-engraved initials by Simon Brett, original cloth, uncut, together in slip-case, Blandford, Cadenza Press, 1991-95; and a large quantity of others from modern British presses including Black Pennell, Catnap, Demi-Griﬃn, Ember, Glade, Golgonza, Happy Dragons, Kit-Cat, Mandeville, Piccolo, Priapus, Shoestring, Signet, Tragara, Walpole, Workshop presses and many others, mostly pamphlets, many ﬁled in card boxes, many inscribed to David Chambers, 8vo & 4to (14 boxes)

£750 - 1,000

431

O’Connor (John) A VIEW OF KILVERT, NUMBER 16 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, colour plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, Glasgow, 1979; The English Scene, one of 200 copies initialled by the artist, 2004; Knipton: a Leicestershire Village, one of 200 copies signed by the artist, 1996; The Wood-Engravings...with a commentary by Jeannie O’Connor, one of 350 copies, 1989; People & Places, one of 375 copies, 1999, all but the ﬁrst with wood-engraved illustrations by John O’Connor, some printed in colours, original half cloth or cloth-backed boards, uncut, most with slip-cases, Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press; and 3 others illustrated by O’Connor and a ﬁle of correspondence between him and David Chambers, v.s. (8)

£300 - 400

432

Shirley Smith (Richard) ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK OF ENGRAVING FOR BOOKPLATE FOR A.K.PETFORD, boxwood, 82 x 70mm., [1979]; and 27 prints on Japanese paper from the block, numbered 1-27/100 and signed in pencil (28)

£200 - 300

433

Shirley Smith (Richard) WOOD ENGRAVINGS A SELECTION, 1960 TO 1977, NUMBER V OF 5 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES ON HOSHO, from an edition limited to 187, wood-engravings, original black morocco, spine titled in gilt, uncut, preserved in card wrapper, Pinner, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1983; The Wood Engravings..., selected by Iain Bain, NUMBER 88 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND WITH 2 ORIGINAL NUMBERED & SIGNED PRINTS IN POCKET AT END, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, Cambridge, 1994; The Paintings & Collages 1957 to 2000, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2002 § Messer Pietro Mio: Letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, NUMBER H OF 15 SPECIALLY-BOUND

COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL SET OF SIGNED ENGRAVINGS, from an edition limited to 150, original vellum, gilt, t.e.g., uncut, Marlborough, Libanus Press, 1985; and a small quantity of others by or relating to Shirley Smith including a folder of woodengravings & ephemera (some signed) and paste-up, proofs etc. of the ﬁrst, v.s. (sm.qty)

£600 - 800

434

Japanese Papermaking.- Kume (Yasuo) TESUKI WASHI SHUHO: FINE HANDMADE PAPERS OF JAPAN, 3 vol., one of 200 copies, text in English and Japanese, illustrations, paper samples, original wrappers sewn in Japanese style, together in board portfolio with toggles, Tokyo, 1980 § Hughes (Sukey) Washi: The World of Japanese Paper, one of 1000 copies, tipped-in samples, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, original cloth drop-back box, preserved in original cardboard box with label, Tokyo, New York & San Francisco, 1978 § B.3 Croquis. Chiyogami; Figured Paper in woodcut..., 25 sheets of decorative paper (c.480 x 300mm.) tipped to blank leaves, original spiral-bound wrappers, slightly frayed at edges, n.p., n.d. § [Chambers (David)] Some Decorative Japanese Papers, second edition, ONE OF 59 COPIES, paper samples, original printed wrappers, Pinner, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1960; and 6 others, mostly on Japanese paper including 2 small wooden boxes containing 14 small limited edition works on paper by Asao Shimura, v.s. (10)

£600 - 800

F LEECE P RESS

435

Lawrence (Simon) S.T.E.LAWRENCE: BOXWOOD BLOCKMAKER, Wood engravings collected in honour of his eightieth birthday, one of 250 copies, 1980; 45 Wood-Engravers, one of 350 copies, 1982; Tales from Bleeding Heart Yard: Stories about Stanley Lawrence, one of 200 copies with an engraving by Barry Moser, from an edition limited to 310, original cloth-backed wood veneer boards, Denby Dale, 2000, plates and illustrations, many wood-engraved, some colour, some tipped in, uncut, the ﬁrst two original cloth-backed marbled boards with slip-case, printed at the Whittington Press, all Wakeﬁeld, Fleece Press; and another copy of the last with error, 4to (4)

£300 - 400

436

Pellew (Claughton) FIVE WOOD ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS with a biographical note by Anne Stevens, one of 150 sets, text booklet in original wrappers with illustration mounted on upper cover, uncut, wood-engravings each loose in card folder, 1987 § Underwood (Leon) His Wood Engravings, one of 200 copies, original morocco-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, 1987 Chapman (Hilary) The Wood Engravings of Ethelbert White, one of 200 sets with 2 original engravings by White, original pictorial wrappers, uncut, engravings tipped into hinged card mounts, 1991 § Brett (Simon) Mr Derrick Harris 1919-1960, one of 280 copies, text in original clothbacked patterned paper boards, uncut, additional plates in original wrappers, some colour and loose as issued, 1998, plates and illustrations, some colour, some folding, some tipped in, all in original cloth drop-back boxes, folio or oblong folio, Wakeﬁeld or Denby Dale, Fleece Press (4)

£400 - 600

437

Rogerson (Ian) AGNES MILLER PARKER: WOOD-ENGRAVER AND BOOK ILLUSTRATOR, 1895-1980, one of 300 copies, 1990; Selborne (J.) & Lindsay Newman. Gwen Raverat: Wood Engraver, one of 290 copies, 1996 § Walters (Tom) & others. Edward Walters Printer & Engraver, one of 240 copies, 2013 § Lee (Brian North) Bookplates and Labels by Leo Wyatt, ONE OF 30 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES WITH TIPPED-IN ENGRAVED PLATES, from an edition limited to 300, original morocco-backed pastepaper cloth, 1988 § Wells (Margaret) A Selection of her Wood Engravings, one of 200 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth, 1985, plates and illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, all uncut, all but the last two original clothbacked marbled or patterned-paper boards, most with slip-cases, Wakeﬁeld, Denby Dale or Upper Denby, Fleece Press; and 3 others from the press, 4to & 8vo (8)

£400 - 600

438

Buckland Wright (John) BATHERS AND DANCERS, one of 180 copies, from an edition limited to 206, original vellum-backed Japanese wood veneer boards, slip-case, 1993; Baigneuses, one of 204 copies, from an edition of 240, original vellum-backed marbled boards, original cloth drop-back box, 1995; Surreal Times: The Abstract Engravings and Wartime Letters..., one of 210 copies, from an edition of 266, original cloth-backed JBW patterned-paper, slip-case, preserved in card wrapper, 2000; Endeavours & Experiments...Essays in Woodcut and Colour Engraving, one of 150 copies, from an edition limited to 300, with printed letter from the printer and sheet printed for Oak Knoll loosely inserted, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, 2004; To Beauty...Work with Joseph Ishill of the Oriole Press, one of 246 copies, with A.L.s. from the printer to David Chambers concerning Ishill loosely inserted, original cloth-backed Venetian marbled paper, original cloth drop-back box, 2006; Sensuous Lines: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Intaglio Prints..., ONE OF 100 COPIES, from an edition limited to 360, errata slip mounted on front pastedown, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth, preserved in card wrapper, 2014, illustrations, many tipped in, a few colour, uncut, Denby Dale, Wakeﬁeld or Upper Denby, Fleece Press, v.s. (6)

⁂ A complete set of the press’s works devoted to John Buckland Wright, with many of the engravings printed from the original blocks left in the artist’s studio at his death. Several copies of Bathers & Dancers were damaged in binding so in fact only 164 copies of the standard edition were issued.

£1,500 - 2,000

439

Ullmann (Anne, editor) RAVILIOUS AT WAR, one of 750 copies, original cloth, 2002 § Bacon (Francis) Of Gardens, one of 220 copies, perspex engravings by Betty Pennell, original cloth-backed boards, 1993 § Knowles (Richard) Precious Caskets: The Friendship between T.E.Lawrence and William McCance, one of 240 copies, pamphlet in pocket at end, original cloth-backed marbled boards, 2003, plates and illustrations, many colour, some tipped in, all uncut, Upper Denby or Wakeﬁeld, Fleece Press; and 10 others from the press and others about the press including a folder of ephemera, v.s. (a bundle)

£300 - 400

440

Lawrence (Simon) SPITSTICKS & MULTIPLES: THE SOCIETY OF WOOD ENGRAVERS, 1920-46 and the English Wood Engraving Society, 2 vol., one of 300 standard copies, Upper Denby, 2022; A Cross Section: The Society of Wood Engravers in 1988, one of 225 copies, Wakeﬁeld, 1988, illustrations, some in the ﬁrst tipped in, original clothbacked patterned-paper boards, the second uncut, slip-cases (the second a little faded), 4to, Fleece Press (3)

£250 - 350

441

Zapf (Hermann) ORBIS TYPOGRAPHICUS...EXPERIMENTAL TYPOGRAPHY printed by hand by Philip Metzger, NUMBER 18 OF 99 SETS SIGNED BY ZAPF & METZGER, printed in black & colours, loose sheets as issued with prospectus in original perspex box with sliding lid, with original cardboard box, Prairie Village, Kansas, Crabgrass Press, 1980 § Duncan (Harry) Doors of Perception. Essays in Book Typography, one of 325 copies signed by the author, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, Austin, 1983 § Cary (Melbert B.) A Bibliography of the Village Press 1903-1938, one of 260 copies, original cloth, uncut, New York, Press of the Woolly Whale, 1938 § Moser (Barry) Wood Engraving: Notes on the Craft, one of 350 copies signed by the artist, illustrations by the author, original boards, Northampton, Mass., Pennyroyal Press, 1979 § Macfarlane (Nigel) A Paper Journey: Travels among the village papermakers of India and Nepal, review copy of an edition limited to 210, samples tipped in, original clothbacked patterned-paper boards, New Castle, De., printed at the Bird & Bull Press, 1993, some plates and illustrations; and a quantity of others, American presses, typography & printing, including 2 collected keepsakes of American presses, v.s. (c.100)

£600 - 800

442

Jones (David) THE ENGRAVINGS OF DAVID JONES: A SURVEY BY DOUGLAS CLEVERDON, 2 vol., NUMBER III OF 105 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER WITH PORTFOLIO OF ADDITIONAL ENGRAVINGS, from an edition limited to 371, text with mounted portrait frontispiece, plates, original moroccobacked pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, portfolio with an additional set of the engravings on japon, 9 copper engravings and a drypoint printed from the original copper plates or by oﬀset, together with Index loose as issued in original cloth drop-back box, together in cloth slip-case, 4to, printed by the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge for Clover Hill Editions, 1981.

£1,000 - 1,500

443

Whittington Press.- MATRIX: A REVIEW FOR PRINTERS & BIBLIOPHILES, vol.1-33 & 35-36 [AN ALMOST COMPLETE SET, lacking only vol.34] plus reprint of vol.2 and Index to vol.1-21, together 37 vol., ALL DELUXE SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES WITH LIMITATIONS RANGING FROM XXX TO CX COPIES, most containing additional material, all with specimens, plates and illustrations, many coloured, tipped in or folding, a few notes from the printer John Randle to David Chambers loosely inserted, original morocco- or vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut, vol.7 onwards with additional material loose as issued in original portfolios including prints and broadsides, some signed, together in slip-cases, 4to, Andoversford or Risbury, Whittington Press, 1981-2020.

⁂ An almost complete set of this outstanding periodical of modern presswork, lacking only vol.34. The limitations of the deluxe volumes vary but are approximately 100 copies and the additional material includes prints and broadsides, some signed. David Chambers made many contributions, in particular reviewing the British private press books for volumes 6-24.

£4,000 - 6,000

444

-. Randle (John, editor) THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS OF GWENDA MORGAN, number 25 of 335 copies signed by the artist, original cloth, 1985 § Butcher (David) The Whittington Press: A Bibliography 1982-93, one of 380 copies, samples, many tipped in, original cloth-backed boards, 1996 § Craig (John) Venice, one of 175 copies signed by the author, from an edition limited to 285, wood-engraved or colour linocut plates and illustrations, some folding, original half “pirate leather”, slip-case, 2015 § Harrison (Ski) Portraits of Presses: Photographs, one of 500 copies, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 1997, plates and illustrations, all uncut, slip-cases, Andoversford or Risbury, Whittington Press; and 9 others from the press, mostly pamphlets, v.s. (13)

£300 - 400

445

Cobtree Press.- [CHRISTMAS BOOKS], 25 vol., printed by hand, 198386 with printed greetings, the rest signed by the printer Tony Smith, a few with A.N.s. to David Chambers loosely inserted, illustrations, original wrappers, 8vo et infra, Aylesford, Cobtree Press, 1982-2006.

⁂ A charming series of seasonal greetings.

£150 - 200

446

Gwasg Gregynog.- Kilvert (Rev. Francis) THE CURATE OF CLYRO: EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY , one of 250 copies, wood-engravings by Sarah van Niekerk, original cloth-backed marbled boards, uncut, 1983 § Rowland (David, translator) The Pleasant History of Lazarillo de Tormes..., edited by Gareth Alban Davies, one of 300 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Frank Martin, original clothbacked pictorial boards, uncut, 1991 § Humphreys (Emyr) Pwyll a Riannon, number 31 of 100 copies signed by the author and artist/printer, illustrations by Keith Holmes, original wrappers, uncut, n.p., 1980 § Evans (J.Gwenogbryn, editor) The Black Book of Carmarthen, out-of-series copy on Japanese vellum paper, from an edition of 600 (130 on Japanese vellum), modern half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, Pwllheli, for subscribers only, 1906, the ﬁrst two Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog; and 10 others, Welsh, v.s. (14)

£200 - 300

447

-. Thomas (Dylan) DEATHS AND ENTRANCES, edited by Walford Davies, number 40 of 268 copies, double-page colour oﬀset lithographs by John Piper, original morocco-backed striped fabric, together with prospectus (creased) in original cloth slip-case, folio, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1984.

£400 - 600

448

Harvey (Michael, lettering designer, 1931-2013) 2 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, 2 AUTOGRAPH POSTCARDS SIGNED AND AN AUTOGRAPH SIGNED INVOICE TO DAVID CHAMBERS, 17th September 1971, 18th April 198327th November 1984, referring to a talk Harvey gave on Reynolds Stone and writing a piece about Stone for the Private Libraries Association, and 3 TLs.s. from Chambers in reply; and 2 other letters, from Diana Bloomﬁeld and Alix Meynell, folds, v.s., v.d. (9).

£150 - 200

449

Kalashnikov (Anatolii) ANGLO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, 2 vol., one of 150 copies signed by the author/artist, THIS COPY WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF THE 10 WOOD-ENGRAVINGS ON JAPANESE PAPER loose as issued in portfolio, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, Pinner, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1983; The Dostoyevsky Suite, one of 135 copies signed by the artist, colour wood-engravings, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, Primrose Academy, printed at the Rampant Lions Press, 1994; and c.15 others on Kalashnikov and Russian bookplates, and a box of bookplates by Kalashnikov, some signed, v.s. (c.20)

£400 - 600

450

Taylor (James, editor) WAYZGOOSE: THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOOK ARTS, No.1, one of 500 copies, original printed wrappers, Sydney, 1985 § Farmer (Geoﬀrey) Private Presses and Australia with a check-list, prospectus loosely inserted (SIGNED & INSCRIBED TO CHAMBERS BY THE AUTHOR), original boards, dust-jacket, Melbourne, Hawthorne Press, 1972 § Auchterlonie (Dorothy) Something to Someone, Poems, one of 230 copies, wood-engraving by Michael McCurdy, original cloth, glacine wrapper, Canberra, Brindabella Press, 1983 § Heiner (Wilhelm) South Africa. A Cycle of Thirty Poems, NUMBER 14 OF 100 COPIES INITIALLED BY THE AUTHOR, illustrations by Rigby Graham, some tipped in, endpapers browned, original thick calf wrappers tied with cord, illustrations to inner cover, Newnham, Tasmania, Wattle Grove Press, 1966 § Sandham (Mark) Alan Sandham’s Cookery Collection, a Bibliography, ONE OF 50 COPIES, original cloth, Johannesburg, Piglet Press, 1997 § Dutton (E.A.T.) Lillibullero or the Golden Road, second printing, original cloth, rubbed, Zanzibar, privately printed by Hamish Craigie, 1946; and a small quantity of others from Australasian and African presses including Wattle Grove, Pump and Shapcott presses, 4to & 8vo (sm.qty)

£200 - 300

451

Lawrence (John) A SELECTION OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS, number 41 of 80 copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 100, with 2 signed wood-engravings by Lawrence of Malvolio and of the sights of London and a Christmas card loosely inserted, original moroccobacked patterned-paper boards, preserved in card wrapper, Camberwell Press, 1986; Sketchbook Drawings, edited by Tom Colverson, NUMBER IX OF X EXEMPLARY HAND-COLOURED COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND WITH A SIGNED WATERCOLOUR DRAWING LOOSELY INSERTED, from an edition of 170, original pictorial boards, uncut, slip-case, Church Hanborough, Previous Parrot Press, 1991; The Engraver’s Cut, number 10 of 135 copies signed by the artist, original clothbacked pictorial boards, uncut, slip-case, Bicester, Primrose Academy, printed at the Rampant Lions Press, 2002; This Little Chick, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST TO DAVID CHAMBERS WITH ACCOMPANYING A.L.S loosely inserted, original pictorial boards, 2002 § Adams (Richard) Watership Down, FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, slip-case, 1976, all illustrated by John Lawrence; and 7 others, Lawrence, v.s. (12)

£300 - 400

452

Wyatt (Leo) A SUITE OF LITTLE ALPHABETS, NUMBER 14 OF 50 SETS, 12 wood-engraved alphabets, each tipped into card folder, together in perspex box with removable top, Florin Press, 1988 § Lee (Brian North) Bookplates and Labels by Leo Wyatt, one of 270 copies, illustrations, some tipped in, A.L.s. from the printer loosely inserted, original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, slip-case, Fleece Press, Wakeﬁeld, 1988; and an album of c.260 bookplates by Wyatt (some mounted on black leaves, many loose), and a ﬁle containing 16 prints from ‘Calligraphic Alphabets & Aphorisms’ (one proof and signed in pencil) (4)

£500 - 700

453

Kickshaws.- Crombie (John) CETTE GALÈRE, one of 115 copies, colour illustrations, 1991; Biobibliographique, ONE OF 40 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/PRINTER AND THE ARTIST, 12 etchings by Dan Sabatay, 1986; Kickshaws 1980-2004: A (First) Quarter Century of Innovative Bookmaking, ONE OF 50 COPIES, printed in red, blue, purple & black, 2004 § Bourne (Sheila) Salutations and Maledictions, one of 150 copies signed by the artist, colour illustrations by Bourne, 1984 § Queneau (Raymond) One Hundred Million Million Poems, translated by John Crombie, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, one of 500 copies, each page cut into strips between each line to enable different combinations of pages/poems, original wrappers sewn with cord in Japanese style, spine and edges lightly browned, 1983, all but the last loose as issued in original wrappers, uncut, the first three with slipcases, all Paris, Kickshaws; and a large collection of c.120 others from the press including c.25 small books ring-bound at each edge and a hanging mobile (a few duplicates), and a file of notes, proofs and correspondence between Crombie and David Chambers, mostly relating to the latter’s article on the press in Private Library Spring 1999, v.s. (3 boxes)

⁂ A comprehensive collection of books produced by this unusual press with its innovative typography and eccentric formats.

£1,500 - 2,000

454

Mosley (James) ORNAMENTED TYPES. TWENTY-THREE ALPHABETS FROM THE FOUNDRY OF LOUIS JOHN POUCHÉE, 2 vol., NUMBER VI OF X COPIES FOR PRESENTATION, THIS FOR DAVID & HERMIONE CHAMBERS, from an edition of 210 sets, 46 sheets of wood-engraved type specimens printed from the original blocks and loose as issued with prospectus in original cloth drop-back box, accompanying text with illustrations in original cloth, uncut, slip-case, large folio, I.M. Imprimit & St. Bride Printing Library, 1992-93.

⁂ Pouchée’s type foundry at Lincoln’s Inn Fields ran from only 1818-1830 when he was forced out of business by his competitors. During that time he produced some of the most richly ornamented letters ever created. Only 23 alphabets survive and are now held by St. Bride’s, where they were identiﬁed and catalogued by James Mosley in 1966. This work is a faithful reproduction of these beautiful alphabets.

£1,500 - 2,000

455

Wise (T.J.) & forgeries.- Collins (John) THE TWO FORGERS: A Biography of Harry Buxton Forman & Thomas J.Wise, ONE OF 57 COPIES WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL, THIS ONE OF TWO SPECIALLY BOUND, INSCRIBED TO DAVID CHAMBERS FROM THE AUTHOR, original crimson morocco, g.e., 1992 § Carter (J.) & Graham Pollard. An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, second edition edited by Nicolas Barker & John Collins, 1983 § Barker (N.) & John Collins. A Sequel to An Enquiry..., INSCRIBED BY JOHN COLLINS “D.C. FROM J.C. SIGNED WHILE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE NEW EDITION”, 1983 § [Wiseiana & Formaniana] The Stuart B.Schimmel Forgery Collection..., [ONE OF 25 SPECIAL COPIES], sale catalogue, original boards, Bonhams, 2012, all with illustrations; and 8 others, Collins, Wise, forgeries etc., 8vo & 4to (12)

£200 - 300

Circle Press.- King (Ron) ECHO BOOK, ONE OF 75 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/PRINTER, wire-embossed leaves, stitched in original wrappers, uncut, 1994; Circus Turns, numbered “190”, wire-embossed illustrations, stitched into original wrappers, uncut, 1994; Alphabeta Concertina, second printing, paper-engineered letters folding concertina style into original boards, 1984 § White (Kenneth) In the Sand Parishes, one of 120 copies signed by the author, folding blind-embossed map, original wrappers, uncut, 1990, all Circle Press; and 8 others from or about the press, 8vo & 4to (12)

£200 - 300

456

457

DePol (John).- Fraser (James H., editor) JOHN DEPOL: A CELEBRATION OF HIS WORK BY MANY HANDS, one of 150 copies, printed in black & colours, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, slipcase, Council Bluﬀs, Yellow Barn Press, 1994 § Fraser (J.H.) & Eleanor Friedl. John DePol. A Catalogue Raisonné of his Graphic Work 1935-1998, one of 400 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, San Francisco, Book Club of California, 2001 § Drenner (D. von R.) The Graphics of Love: xxxviii sonnets, ONE OF 100 COPIES, wood-engravings by John DePol, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, uncut, Coﬀeyville, Zauberberg Press, 1962; and 7 others illustrated by or about DePol and a signed wood-engraving, 4to & 8vo (10)

£200 - 300

458

Keizer (Willem) THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF LOU STRIK, number 101 of 110 copies with engravings printed from the original blocks and signed by Strik, original half cloth, uncut, Woubrugge, Avalon Press, 1996 § Gastmans (A.) Tien Lierse Begijnhofminiaturen, 10 etchings with aquatint, all numbered 16/75 and signed in pencil, loose as issued in original wrappers, Lier, 1982 § Gregorovius (F.) Das Kap der Circe, one of 255 copies, THIS INSCRIBED TO DAVID CHAMBERS BY WOLFGANG TIESSEN, linocuts by Hans Martin Erhardt, original wrappers, Neu-Isenburg, 1984 Lang (Lothar) Die Edition Tiessen 1977-1995, SIGNED BY TIESSEN, Neu-Isenburg, 1996 § Hack (B.) & Herta Schwarz. Otto Rohse und seine Presse, Hamburg, 1992 § Denmey (George C.) Gerard Gaudaen en Belgisk Graﬁker, Fredrikshavn, 1073 § Capelleveen (P. van) & Clemens de Wolf. The Ideal Book: Private Presses in the Netherlands, 1910-2010, The Hague, 2010, plates and illustrations, the last four original cloth or boards, the last with dust-jacket; and a small quantity of others, continental presses, including a box of material relating to Otto Rohse, v.s. (sm.qty)

£300 - 400

459

Libanus Press.- [Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] CANDIDE, OR OPTIMISM, NUMBER 8 OF 125 COPIES, illustrations by Angela Barrett, prospectus loosely inserted, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., slipcase, 1996 § Plato. Symposium, translated by Tom Griﬃth, one of 350 copies, wood-engravings by Peter Forster, original moroccobacked patterned-paper boards, slip-case, 1986 § Peake’s Alice, number 66 of 280 copies, this one of 120 in original cloth, prospectus loosely inserted, n.d. § Colin Franklin Complete Bookman, ONE OF 100 COPIES FOR COLIN’S 80TH BIRTHDAY, INSCRIBED BY FRANKLIN TO DAVID CHAMBERS, original cloth-backed boards, 2006 § Daylight Jobbery: Ephemera to 1985 [&] More Daylight Jobbery: The Daily Jobbing of a Press 1986-1990, together 2 vol., ONE OF 75 AND 60 COPIES RESPECTIVELY, specimens of ephemera from the commercial printing of the press mounted on card or loose in envelope, loose as issued in original patterned-paper board or cloth drop-back box, 1985-90, Marlborough, Libanus Press; and 7 others from the press, v.s. (13)

£400 - 600

460

Marbling.- Woolnough (C.W.) A PRETTY MYSTERIOUS ART: A LECTURE TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS, one of 300 copies, tipped-in new marbled paper samples by Ann Muir, original cloth-backed marbled boards, original cloth drop-back box, Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 1996 § Easton (Phoebe) Mabling. A History and Bibliography, one of 850 copies, original cloth, Los Angeles, 1983 § Chambers (Anne) The Principal Antique Patterns of Marbled Papers, with an introduction by Bernard Middleton, one of 250 copies, original boards, Burford, Cygnet Press, 1984 § [Wakeman (Geoﬀrey)] Loughborough Marble, NUMBER 6 OF ONLY 18 COPIES, folding concertina style into original cloth folder, [Loughborough], Plough Press, 1971, all with tipped in marbled paper samples; and 4 others on marbled and decorative papers, v.s. (8)

£200 - 300

461

Small & Miniature Books.- Lindsley (Kathleen) THE COUNTRY LIFE, one of 300 copies, wood-engravings by Lindsley, original patterned cloth, c.65 x 50mm., [Denby Dale], Fleece Press, 1997 § Swarbrick (John) List of Wharfedale Flies, one of 260 copies, with original ﬂy mounted on inside front & rear covers, wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, tipped-in folding colour plates, original marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, c.65 x 70mm., Upper Denby, Fleece Press, 2009 § Mudwinkle (H.J.) A Study of Dinosaurs on the Comparative Method, one of 175 copies, woodcut illustrations by P.Foster, original buckram, 65 x 49mm, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1988 § Stone (Reynolds) An Alphabet, one of 250 copies, illustrations, original printed wrappers (stapled), preserved in card box with lid, 35 x 32mm., Warren Editions, 1974 § Thomas (Frank J.) The Myths of California Isle, one of 200 copies, tipped-in map, original cloth-backed boards, Los Angeles, Ten Fingers Press, 1966 § Kennedy Keepsake. John F. Kennedy 1917-1963, one of 250 copies, stitched in original wrappers, Berkeley, Peacock Press, 1964; and a small quantity of other modern small & miniature books including several printed by A.R.Tommasini, and a few on miniature books, v.s. (c.80)

£200 - 300

462

Fine Press Book Association (The). PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER [JOURNAL]..., edited by Dennis Hall, No.1-35, illustrations, some colour, original wrappers, the ﬁrst with pochoir illustration by Vance Gerry, 4to, 1998-2018.

⁂ An unbroken run of this press journal, with contributions by many illustrators and other key ﬁgures relating to private presses and book production/selling.

£200 - 300

463

Parrot Presses.- Bishop (Hal) THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF FRANK MARTIN: A Selection...and a Catalogue of all the Relief Prints, NUMBER VI OF XLII SPECIAL COPIES WITH 4 ADDITIONAL SIGNED HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED WOOD-ENGRAVINGS, [from an edition limited to 360], original calf-backed pictorial boards, additional wood-engravings all titled, numbered and signed in pencil, loose as issued in wrappers, together in original board slip-case, Previous Parrot Press, 1998 § Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Candide, number 87 of 360 copies signed by the artist, illustrations by Wilton Priestner, original pictorial boards, slipcase, Inky Parrot Press, 1985 § Newnham (Annie) Annie’s Agile Alphabet, NUMBER 48 OF 65 HAND-COLOURED COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, from an edition of 228, original wrappers, Inky Parrot Press, 1982, illustrations, Church Hanborough; and 9 others from the various Parrot presses, v.s. (12)

464

Newland (Joseph N.) JAPANESE BAMBOO BASKETS. MASTERWORKS OF FORM & TEXTURE FROM THE COLLECTION OF LLOYD COTSEN, Los Angeles, 1999 § Zerbst (R.) Gaudí 1852-1926. A Life Devoted to Architecture, Cologne, 1985 § Gambini (R.) The Indian Mirror. The Making of the Brazilian Soul, Sao Paulo, 2000 § Smith (David Chaim) The Sacriﬁcial Universe, 2012 § Ward (L.) The London County Council. Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945, reprint, 2018, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the ﬁrst also with slip-case; and a small quantity of others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.50)

£100 - 150

465

Esslemont (David, binder).- Gentleman (David) THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS , Introduction by Fiona MacCarthy, NUMBER V OF X SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND BINDER, from an edition limited to 350, illustrations, bound in alum-tawed goatskin painted with an abstract design in red, yellow, pink, blue, pale blue and black acrylics through stencils across boards and spine, each cover with irregular line of small gilt dots, BY DAVID ESSLEMONT, with folder of 5 loose signed wood-engravings, 2 book covers and a sheet of stamps all by Gentleman, A.L.s. and invoice from the binder loosely inserted, together in original black cloth drop-back box, c.255 x 335mm., Montgomery, David Esslemont, 2000; and c.20 others, mostly illustrated by Gentleman, 4to & 8vo (c.20)

⁂ Splendid bold and colourful binding.

£750 - 1,000

£200 - 300

466

Prospectuses.- Butcher (David) BRITISH PRIVATE PRESS PROSPECTUSES 1891-2001, number 244 of 350 copies with 3 facsimile prospectuses in pocket at end, original half cloth, uncut, slip-case, Risbury, Whittington Press, 2001 § Feather (John) English Book Prospectuses: an Illustrated History, 2 vol. with portfolio of facsimile prospectuses, number 7 of 325 copies, original moroccobacked patterned-paper boards, uncut, together with card portfolio in slip-case, Newtown, Bird & Bull Press, 1984; and a very large collection of prospectuses from modern British and American presses including Allen, Arion, Fleece, Gehenna, Gregynog, Incline, Latin, Old Stile, Rocket, Whittington etc., many ﬁled by press in 16 box ﬁles and 2 of commercial printing, plus 4 boxes of more recent material and a folder & some loose larger items, v.s. (14 boxes)

⁂ An extraordinarily comprehensive and probably unrivalled collection of modern press prospectuses, assembled by David Chambers in his role as editor of Private Press Books and reviewer of press items for Matrix

£1,000 - 1,500

467

Strawberry Press & Paul W.Nash.- Catullus (Gaius Valerius)

XV CARMINA, NUMBER XX OF ONLY 40 COPIES, printed in dark red & black, tipped-in frontispiece, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, 2001 § P[ipe] (H[elen] M.] & P[aul] W.N[ash]. The Lord of the Dance, NUMBER 4 OF 36 COPIES, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY NASH TO DAVID CHAMBERS, original boards, uncut, Islip, 1994 § Nash (Paul W.) Impressions: A series of title-pages and other specimens printed in various styles to celebrate the ﬁftieth birthday of the Private Libraries Association, ONE OF 40 COPIES, 8 specimen sheets from ﬁctional presses, loose as issued in original pink card portfolio, Witney, 2006, all Strawberry Press; and a bundle of others by or printed by Nash, mostly pamphlets and ephemera, 4to & 8vo (sm.qty)

£200 - 300

468

Greenwood (Jeremy) THE GRAPHIC WORK OF EDWARD WADSWORTH, one of 450 copies, original boards, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 2002; Margaret Bruce Wells: The Complete Wood-Engravings and Linocuts, one of 300 copies, original cloth-backed boards, Woodbridge, 2000 § Mackley (George) Monica Poole Wood Engraver, NUMBER 12 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES WITH ADDITIONAL ENGRAVINGS, from an edition limited to 300, original morocco-backed cloth, Biddenden, 1984 § Smith (Richard Shirley) Wood Engravings, a selection, 1960 to 1977, one of 187 copies signed by the artist, original morocco-backed cloth, Pinner, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1983 § Russell (Judith) The Wood-Engravings of Gertrude Hermes, original cloth, Aldershot, 1993 § Lawrence (John) A Selection of Wood Engravings, ONE OF 100 COPIES, original cloth, 1986, illustrations, the ﬁrst four with slip-cases; and c.30 others on woodengravings & engravers, v.s. (c.35)

£400 - 600

467

469

Incline Press.- Trant (Carolyn) ART FOR LIFE: THE STORY OF PEGGY ANGUS, one of 350 copies, with a portfolio of facsimile sketchbooks, CD and other ephemera all loosely inserted in original cloth-backed patterned-paper folder, 2004 § Schmoller (Tanya, editor) In Praise of Patterned Papers, one of 300 copies, 1997 § Paucker (P.) New Borders: The Working Life of Elizabeth Friedlander, one of 350 copies signed by the author, 1998 § Myers (Colin) The Book Decorations of Thomas Lowinsky, one of 250 copies, 2001 § Cinamon (G.) Emil Rudolf Weiss: The Typography of an Artist, one of 250 copies, original parchment-backed boards, 2012, plates and illustrations, tipped-in samples, all but the last original half cloth or cloth-backed boards, uncut, slip-cases, 4to & folio, Oldham, Incline Press (5)

£400 - 600

470 -. Moss (Graham) & Kathy Whalen. HUNG OUT TO DRY: A COLLATION OF SPECIMENS DISPLAYING THE TYPES AND TYPOGRAPHY OF BROADSHEETS , number 15 of 150 copies signed by the authors/printers, with tippedin samples and illustrations, original half cloth by Chris Hicks, uncut, slip-case, 2007; Forty Sheets to the Wind: A New Portfolio of Old Typefaces, one of 150 copies, introductory booklet in original wrappers, with loose specimens in original cloth-backed patternedpaper portfolio with ties, slip-case, 1999 § Selection of Poems (A) on the Theme of Water, one of 150 copies issued by the Incline Press, from an edition limited to 550, title with marbled wave by Ann Muir, original prints by Rigby Graham and others, some colour and doublepage, errata slip, this copy bound for David Chambers in original cloth-backed decorated paper by Mark Walmsley, uncut, 2008 § Kim (Suyeon) A Line, one of 200 copies signed by the artist, one long extended colour linocut and woodcut panorama folding concertina style, with explanatory booklet loosely inserted, original half cloth, slipcase, 2009, Oldham, Incline Press; and a large quantity of others from the press including books, pamphlets, ephemera, prospectuses etc., v.s. (2 boxes)

£1,000 - 1,500

471

Harris (Peter) THE BRICKS OF VENICE, 2 vol. including box of plates, one of 150 copies, text in original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, plates (most colour) loose as issued in original cloth-backed pastepaper drop-back box, together in cloth slip-case, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press, 2005 § Brough (Robert) The Vacant Frame, ONE OF 80 COPIES, linocut plates by John R.Smith, loose as issued in original board folder, together with miniature book, lead type and printing wedges all in compartments in original cloth drop-back box, Steventon, Rocket Press, 1983 § Wain (John) Thinking about Mr Person, ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, 2 coloured etchings by Bartolomeu dos Santos, original cloth-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, paper wrapper, faded, Beckenham, Chimaera Press, 1980 § Buchanan (Robert) The Ballad of Judas Iscariot, ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, linocuts by J.Martin Pitts, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, Old Stile Press, 1982 § Szirtes (George) The Kissing Place, ONE OF 35 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST, etchings by Clarissa Upchurch, Hitchin, 1982 § Clare (John) Nature Poetry, review copy of an edition limited to 110 copies (50 bound in half calf) signed by the printer, original half calf, Salisbury, Perdix Press, 1982; and c.45 others from the same and other modern presses, several pamphlets, v.s. (c.50)

£500 - 700

472

Schanilec (Gaylord) & Midnight Paper Sales.- Garry (Clarke) MAYFLIES OF THE DRIFTLESS REGION, one of 300 copies signed by the artist/printer, colour wood-engravings by Gaylord Schanilec, with an additional colour wood-engraving ‘Bookish’ numbered 8/50 & signed in pencil loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, slipcase, 2005 § Emerson G.Wullung: Printer for Pleasure, one of 140 copies from an edition limited to 166 signed by the printer, colour wood-engravings by Schanilec, other illustrations tipped in, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, slip-case, 2000, Stockholm, Wi., Midnight Paper Sales; and 6 others, Schanilec, v.s. (8)

£400 - 600

473

Juvenile.- Immel (Andrea) & Brian Alderson. TOMMY THUMB’S PRETTY SONG-BOOK...A FACSIMILE EDITION WITH A HISTORY AND ANNOTATIONS, 4 vol., of which 3 facsimiles, original cloth, housed together in original cloth drop-back box, Los Angeles, Cotsen Occasional Press, 2013 § Alderson (Brian) & Felix de Marez Oyens. Be Merry and Wise. Origins of Children’s Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, 2006 § Greenaway (Kate) Alphabet, facsimile of the 1885 edition, original pictorial wrappers, 1973; and others relating to children’s books or chapbooks, a few facsimiles, v.s. (c.55)

£200 - 300

474

Pow (Tom) THE POMEGRANATE POEMS, NUMBER 9 OF ONLY 25 COPIES, signed by the author and artist, 5 mounted hand-coloured dry-points by Hugh Bryden, original red cloth by Stephen Conway with handmade wooden spine and slip-case by Kenneth Bryden, [Dumfries & Galloway], Cacafuego Press, [early 21st century] § Clarke (Graham) The Goose Man and Other Poems, ONE OF 10 ARTIST’S PROOF COPIES, from an edition limited to 85, THIS EVELYN DE ROTHSCHILD’S COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO HIM BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST in pencil, 10 hand-coloured aquatints by Clarke, each initialled in pencil, with 3 A.Ls.s. from Clarke to David Chambers loosely inserted, original calf over wooden boards by Bert Seth, marbled endpapers, uncut, spine slightly rubbed, Boughton Monchelsea, Ebenezer Press, 1974, oblong folio & 8vo (2)

£300 - 400

475

St James Park Press.- Freemantle (James) AN ALBION IN THE ANTARCTIC, NUMBER 5 OF ONLY 40 COPIES, printed in turquoise and black, frontispiece by Paul Kershaw, illustrations, many tipped in, original cloth-backed penguin-patterned-paper boards, uncut, original cloth drop-back box, 2019; Twelve Labours of Hercules (The), number 33 of 40 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece by Harry Brockway, stitched in original wrappers in Japanese style, 2017, 4to & 8vo, St James Park Press (2)

⁂ The third and ﬁrst books respectively from this small press.

£300 - 400

476

Chambers (David) EARLY PRIVATE PRESSES 1730-1900, 2 vol., prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth, 2025 § Chambers (D.) & Christopher Sandford. Cock-a-Hoop...being a Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press September 1949 -December 1961, NUMBER 4 OF 300 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS, THIS INSCRIBED BY CHAMBERS TO HIS PARENTS, original morocco-backed cloth, glacine wrapper, slip-case, 1976 § Harrop (Dorothy) A History of the Gregynog Press, NUMBER 1 OF 100 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original tan morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliﬀe, slip-case, 1980 § Hughes-Stanton (Penelope) The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, NUMBER 3 OF 112 COPIES WITH 8 ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE WOOD, original morocco-backed cloth, slip-case, 1991, illustrations, Pinner, Private Libraries Association; and a quantity of other PLA publications including several issues of The Private Library, and a few binding brasses of lettering for the spines, v.s. (2 boxes) ⁂ Chambers wrote several of the PLA monographs and contributed many articles to The Private Library.

£300 - 400

B OOKPLATES

477

A LARGE QUANTITY OF ARMORIAL BOOKPLATES, mostly British, by Eve, French, W.P.B. & many others, many engraved, most loose in 5 boxes and 5 ﬁles of plastic sleeves, a few mounted on leaves, v.d.; and a small box of original copper plates of armorial bookplates, and 2 ﬁles of paper and leather book-labels & crests including a few in watercolours, v.s. (13)

£600 - 800

478

A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKPLATES AND SOME BOOK-LABELS, mostly British, a few American or continental, some armorial, many engraved, others wood-engraved, some mounted, others loose in 4 boxes or 2 ﬁles of plastic sleeves; and a few original woodblocks or metal relief printing plates mounted on wood, together in a plastic tray (7)

£500 - 700

479

A COLLECTION OF BOOKPLATES & BOOK-LABELS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, some engraved, some wood-engraved, some signed, most mounted on paper leaves & labelled in ink, some loose, ﬁled in 9 card index boxes (9)

£400 - 600

480

A LARGE COLLECTION OF MODERN CONTINENTAL BOOKPLATES BY ANDRÉ GASTMANS, PAM RUETER, MAX KISLINGER AND OTHERS, some engraved, some wood-engraved, several signed, a few mounted on black leaves, others loose, in 6 folders of plastic sleeves and 2 boxes § Jakubowski (Wojciech) 50 Ex-libris gravés sur cuivre, NUMBER 77 OF 100 COPIES, text in French & Polish, engraved bookplates tipped to pink leaves, each signed in pencil, loose as issued with text booklet in original paper portfolio, a little browned, card slip-case (rubbed), Malbork, 1970 § Kislinger (Max) Fidele Unkeuschheit, 12 hand-coloured plates all signed in pencil, with one duplicate, loose as issued in original hand-coloured pictorial wrappers (also signed), lightly stained, Linz, n.d. § Koulekov (Pencho) Arabian Nights Bookplates, 15 mounted hand-coloured bookplates, each numbered 27/50 and signed in pencil, original wrappers, n.p., n.d.; and a small quantity of others about continental bookplates, v.s. (Qty)

£600 - 800

481

A COLLECTION OF MOSTLY EROTIC BOOKPLATES & PRINTS BY ZETTI, GAUDAEN, SEVERIN, VERMEYLEN & OTHERS, mainly modern, most continental, some engraved, some wood-engraved, many signed, a few handcoloured, most mounted on black leaves in plastic sleeves in 6 folders or loose in a small box; and 16 others on erotic bookplates, v.s. (23)

£400 - 600

482

Carter (Will) [BOOKPLATES] A COLLECTION OF LARGE-SCALE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND PASTE-UPS OF BOOKPLATE AND BOOK-LABEL DESIGNS, black ink on white paper or white on black, many with measurements in pencil or blue crayon, many with sections cut and pasted, with 3 A.Ls.s from Carter to David Chambers concerning the drawings, loose in plastic sleeves in 3 cloth or plastic folders, [1980s]; and 3 ﬁles on Carter ’s bookplates, mostly photocopies of designs, and draft, proof & printed copy of Chambers’ check-list, v.s. (6)

⁂ The designs include bookplates for Michael Jaﬀé, Roger Senhouse, Raymond Lister, Daniel J.Boorstin, Carleton College Library, Stuart B.Schimmel, and Nina Hofer.

£600 - 800

483

Wright (W.H.K.) & Arthur Jewers, editors JOURNAL OF THE EX LIBRIS SOCIETY, 18 vol. & Index to vol.1-12, contemporary half red roan, rubbed, London & Plymouth, 1892-1909 § Viner (George H.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bookplates Designed and Etched by George W.Eve, R.E., one of 250 copies, bound in blue morocco, gilt, by The French Binders, Garden City, NY, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little rubbed and faded, Kansas City, American Bookplate Society, 1916 § Sherborn (C.D.) A Sketch of the Life and Work of Charles William Sherborn, one of 525 copies, original cloth-backed boards, 1912 with a similarly-bound volume of mounted engraved bookplates by Sherborn § Lee (Brian North) Bookplates by Simon Brett, one of 260 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1989; Bookplates by Richard Shirley Smith, one of 275 copies, original cloth-backed veneer boards, slip-case, Upper Denby, Fleece Press, 2005 § Suzuki (Norinaka) The Zodiac in Exlibris..., with notes by Cliff Parfit, ONE OF 25 COPIES, THIS SPECIALLY BOUND FOR DAVID CHAMBERS, mounted colour plates, all numbered and signed in pencil, original boards with slip-case, [Tokyo], 1986, plates and illustrations; and a quantity of others on bookplates, v.s. (Qty) £300 - 400

The sale of goods at our Live Auctions and your legal relationship, as Bidder and/or Buyer, with us and the Seller are governed by our Conditions of Business.

Please read our Conditions of Business carefully before bidding and contact us if you have any questions. Please note that if you register to bid and/or bid at auction you will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and will comply with our Conditions of Business. If registering to buy over a live online Bidding Platform, including our own BidFORUM platform, you will be asked prior to every auction to conﬁrm your agreement to our Conditions of Business before you are able to place a bid. You may also be asked to accept any third party terms and conditions when bidding via a third party Bidding Platform. We may change our Conditions of Business from time to time, without notice to you.

We can be contacted in the following ways: Telephone: +44 (0)20 7871 2640

Email: info@forumauctions.co.uk

Post: FAO Head of Operations, Forum Auctions Limited, Ingate Works, 4 Ingate Place, Battersea, London SW8 3NS

Definitions and interpretation

In these Terms of Sale, the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to you as the Bidder or Buyer as the context requires. The words “we”, “us”, etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a ‘Clause’ is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise.

To make these Terms of Sale easier to read, we have given the following words a specific meaning:

“Auctioneer” means Forum Auctions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 10048705 and VAT number 236 0168 28 and whose registered office is located at Ingate Works, 4 Ingate Place, Battersea, London SW8 3NS and/or its individual authorised auctioneer, as appropriate;

“Bidder” means a person participating or planning to participate in bidding at our auction;

“Bidding Platform” means any online bidding platform over which an auction is conducted allowing bidders to place bids. Bidding Platforms may be operated by the Auctioneer or by a third party service provider on the Auctioneer’s behalf;

"Business Day" means any day that is not a weekend or public holiday in England and the Auctioneer is open for business;

“Buyer” means the Bidder who makes the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer by the fall of the hammer;

"Conditions of Business" means:

(a) these Terms of Sale (bidding in Online Auctions is governed by our separate Online Terms of Sale);

(b) the General Information for Buyers at Auction available in our catalogue and on our Website;

(c) the listing of the Lot in our catalogue and on our Website including any special terms or symbols (please note that the most up-to-date listing will be on our Website);

(d) any additional notice in relation to a Lot, whether in the saleroom, announced during an auction, on any Bidding Platform or our Website (in the event of any doubt about whether additional notices apply to the sale of a Lot, the information listed on our Website at the time of the auction will be deemed conclusive); and

(e) our Website Terms of Use;

“Deliberate Forgery” means:

(a) a copy or imitation made in our reasonable opinion with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, attribution, authenticity, origin, date, age, period, culture, provenance, source or material;

(b) described in the catalogue entry (as amended by any saleroom or Website notice) without qualification or any indication that there may be any uncertainty or conflict of opinion in relation to the work being such a copy or imitation; and

(c) (c) which at the date of the auction or sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described;

"Estimate" means the price range within which, in our opinion, a Lot may reasonably be expected to sell. A reference to the "low Estimate" means the lower figure in such price range;

“Hammer Price” means the level of the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer for a Lot by the fall of the hammer;

"Live Auction" means a live public auction where members of the public are given the possibility of attending the sale in person.

“Lot(s)” means an item offered for sale or a group of items offered together;

"Online Auction" means an auction held over the Website or any Bidding Platform where members of the public are not given the possibility of attending the sale in person;

“Premium” means the fee that we will charge you on your purchase of a Lot to be calculated as set out in Clause 9.1.2 of these Terms of Sale;

"Pledge" means any security or charge over a Lot in favour of ourselves or any third party;

“Reserve” means the minimum Hammer Price at which a Lot may be sold;

“Seller” means the person(s) who consign Lots for sale at our auctions;

“Terms of Sale” means these standard terms of the contract of sale that a Bidder enters into when registering to bid in any Live Auction, as amended or updated from time to time;

“VAT” means Value Added Tax or any equivalent sales tax at the rate from time to time applicable;

“Website” means our website available at www.forumauctions.co.uk; and

"Website Terms of Use" means the terms of use of our Website as amended from time to time.

1. The contract between you, us and the Seller

1.1 Unless the Auctioneer is selling on its own behalf, the Auctioneer acts as agent for and on behalf of the Seller and the contract for sale is between the Buyer and the Seller.

1.2 Subject to the Auctioneer's discretion at Clause 3.2, the contract for sale of a Lot is formed on the fall of the hammer.

1.3 The contractual relationship between Bidders or Buyers, the Auctioneer and the Seller in relation to any Live Auction is governed by our Conditions of Business.

1.4 If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may at our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim.

1.5 As agent for the Seller, we will not have any responsibility for any default or breach of obligations by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot).

1.6 If you purchase an unsold Lot after an auction, the contract for sale is formed when the sale is agreed in writing and the Price of the Lot shall be as set out at clause 9 except that any reference to Hammer Price shall be read as the agreed sale price. So far as appropriate, the remainder of these Terms of Sale shall apply to the sale as they would to an auction sale.

2. Bidder registration

2.1 You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity, billing information and any further client due diligence information and documentation that we require, in a form acceptable to us.

2.2 We may at our complete discretion refuse to register any Bidder or delay registration if we are not satisfied with the information or documentation provided or the Bidder's creditworthiness, including if the Bidder has previously defaulted in paying for or collecting purchases.

2.3 If you are a returning Bidder, we may at our discretion require that you provide updated identity and other documentation before permitting you to bid in an auction.

2.4 We do not undertake to register any Bidder in time for any specific auction.

2.5 If you are bidding on behalf of another person, you will need to disclose such information in advance of the auction and that person may also need to complete our registration and client due diligence process and provide us with written authority to accept bids from you on his/her/its behalf. If we are not informed of these arrangements in advance of an auction or do not have clear written authority in place, you will be deemed to be bidding as principal for your own account.

2.6 If you intend to bid on a Lot using pre-approved financing by a third party lender, you must notify us at the time of registration or at the time of securing financing, obtain our agreement to the arrangements and provide any further information or documentation that we may require.

2.7 You may de-register at any time on request. This will leave any accrued rights and obligations unaffected.

3. Bidding procedures

3.1 You may bid in any of the following ways following successful registration to bid:

3.1.1 in person;

3.1.2 by telephone, in which case you must make such arrangements at least 24 hours before the start of the auction;

3.1.3 by leaving a commission bid at least 1 hour before the start of the auction, which we may execute on your behalf. Commission bids will be accepted with reference to our standard bidding increments and any off-increment bids may be reduced to the next increment immediately below at the Auctioneer's sole discretion. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your commission bid. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we have the right, at our

sole discretion, to prefer one over any others, without providing any reasons; or

3.1.4 online bidding via our BidFORUM platform or via another Bidding Platform. In the case of bids via BidFORUM our Website Terms of Use and for bids via another Bidding Platform, any additional terms of use or conditions imposed by the third party provider including any additional charges will also apply.

3.2 The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer on the fall of the hammer is the successful Buyer and bound by the contract formed pursuant to Clause 1.2 and governed by the Conditions of Business pursuant to Clause 1.3, unless the Auctioneer has for any reason at its/his/her option refused the bid, reopened the bidding or cancelled the sale and reoffered the Lot. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our sole discretion, giving due consideration to any circumstances and acting reasonably. We may settle disputes at our discretion in any way we think fit including by re-offering the Lot and our decision will be final. If there is any discrepancy between our record of an auction and the information provided in any communication to you, our record will prevail.

3.3 We may withdraw a Lot at any time prior to or during the sale of the Lot. We will not be liable to you for our decision to withdraw a Lot.

3.4 We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bidding increment below the Reserve.

3.5 We may at our sole discretion refuse to accept any bid.

3.6 We do not accept responsibility for any bids missed by the Auctioneer.

3.7 Bidding increments will be set at the Auctioneer's sole discretion.

4. Technical issues

We are not responsible for any technical problems that you may experience while connecting to and using our Website and/or BidFORUM or participating in any auctions, including but not limited to any loss of internet connection, problems with using our bidding software or any hardware faults. We do not accept any liability for any delay or failure in placing a bid, any failure to execute bids or any errors or omissions owing to technical failings, whether on our part or yours.

5. Inspection of Lots

5.1 The Auctioneer provides descriptions, Estimates, illustrations and condition reports (on request) to assist Bidders in deciding whether to bid on a Lot but subject to Clause 8 accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.

5.2 Each Lot offered for sale is available for inspection. We strongly recommend that you inspect any Lots that you are interested in prior to bidding at the auction. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot and for undertaking your own due diligence in relation to the Lot. If you bid on a Lot, you will be deemed to have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its quality and condition.

6. Estimates

Estimates are provided as a guide to what, in our opinion, the sale price of a Lot is reasonably likely to be. The Estimate is not a guarantee of what the actual selling price or value may be and cannot be relied on as such. The estimate does not take into account Premium, VAT or any other applicable charges.

7. Seller's warranties

7.1 The Seller warrants to us and to you in relation to each Lot that:

7.1.1 the Seller is the owner of the Lot for sale or a joint owner of the Lot acting with the co-owner's consent or, if acting on the owner's behalf, is authorised by the owner to offer and sell the Lot at auction;

7.1.2 the Seller is able to transfer clear legal title to the Lot, subject to any restrictions set out in the Lot description, to you free from any third party rights or claims; and

7.1.3 as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom, on our Website or any Bidding Platform or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction) are correct.

7.2 If any of the Seller's warranties above are found not to be true, neither we nor the Seller will be liable, under any circumstances, to pay you any sums over and above the Price.

7.3 Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you or be implied or incorporated by statute, common law or otherwise are excluded to the fullest extent that they can be lawfully excluded.

8. Descriptions and condition

8.1 Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (b) our opinion (as set out in Clause 8.3).

8.2 We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (including any agents or consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot and of any other characteristics of a Lot relevant to your decision to place a bid. We shall not be responsible for your failure to properly inspect a Lot.

8.3 Any statements by us about any Lot, including but not limited to its authorship, attribution, authenticity, origin, date, age, period, culture, provenance, source, material, condition or estimated selling price, whether oral or in writing, are matters of our opinion genuinely held but are not to be relied on as a statement of fact or contractual representation. We do not warrant that we have carried out a detailed inspection of each Lot. Any references to dimensions or weight are approximate only.

8.4 Any photographs that we provide are for identification purposes only and may not reveal a Lot's condition or be accurate in colour or other features.

8.5 Please note that the majority of Lots sold by the Auctioneer are second-hand and will not be in perfect condition. Lots are sold “as is” at the time of the auction. Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of any Lot.

8.6 Condition reports are provided by us free of charge (on request) as a guide for the Bidder/Buyer but are not intended to be exhaustive assessments of an item's condition and may not refer to all flaws or defects in an item. Furthermore, the Auctioneer and its employees are not trained conservators and can only offer their opinion on condition. You must rely on your own assessment or independent professional advice in relation to the condition of any Lot.

9. Our charges

9.1 As Buyer, you will pay us:

9.1.1 the Hammer Price;

9.1.2 Premium of 27% of the Hammer Price up to a Hammer Price of £5,000, plus 26% of the Hammer Price from £5,001 to £500,000, plus 20% of the Hammer Price in excess of £500,001, plus VAT thereon (as set out in Clause 11);

9.1.3 any VAT, Import VAT or other duties, fees or taxes applicable to the Lot (as set out at Clause 11);

9.1.4 any artist’s resale right royalty payable on the sale of the Lot (as set out at Clause 12);

9.1.5 any additional charges payable by a late paying or defaulting Buyer under these Terms of Sale; and

9.1.6 in respect of bids placed through certain Bidding Platforms operated by third party service providers, a charge of 5% of the Hammer Price plus VAT if applicable, together the "Price".

10. Buyer's warranties

10.1 You warrant to us that:

10.1.1 any client due diligence information or documentation provided to us in accordance with Clause 2.1 is and continues to be true and accurate.

10.1.2 the funds used to purchase the Lot are not the proceeds of any criminal activity, including tax evasion;

10.1.3 you are not engaged in, or under investigation for, and have not been previously charged for or convicted of any offences in relation to money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, fraud or other criminal behaviour;

10.1.4 you are not subject to trade sanctions, embargoes or any other restrictions prohibiting you from doing business in the United Kingdom;

10.1.5 if you are purchasing a Lot on behalf of a third party, you have:

a. complied with any applicable anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws and regulations and conducted appropriate client due diligence on the third party ultimate buyer, have obtained and kept a record of documents required to establish that person's identity, and have no reason to suspect or believe that he/she/it is engaged in money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, fraud or other criminal behaviour or subject to trade sanctions, embargoes or other restrictions prohibiting that person from doing business in the United Kingdom or that the funds provided by the third party are the proceeds of any criminal activity, including tax evasion;

b. you have authority to bid on that Lot on behalf of your principal; and

c. you have been placed in funds by your principal to cover the Price and any additional fees and charges

11. VAT and other duties

11.1 You shall be solely responsible for ascertaining the overall cost of your bid and paying any applicable VAT and other fees, taxes or duties payable in addition to the Hammer Price and Premium for a Lot.

11.2 We will charge VAT and other duties, fees and taxes at the current rate at the date of the auction. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue and our General Information for Buyers at Auction for an explanation of what those symbols mean.

11.4 It is your responsibility to establish whether a Lot may be subject to export restrictions, duties, taxes or fees.

11.5 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold “as is” (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.

12. Artist's resale royalty

12.1 Works by certain artists sold in the EU are subject to royalty fees accruing to the artist or their estate. The fees are levied in Euros on a sliding scale relative to Hammer Price and capped at €12,500 per item. We will collect these fees from you on behalf of the artist and add the GBP Sterling equivalent amount to your invoice calculated at the date of the auction by reference to the closing rate of exchange of the Bank of England.

12.2 Lots that may be subject to artist's resale right are marked in the catalogue and on our Website with the symbol: ARR.

12.3 If applicable, artist resale right royalty is charged at:

4% up to £50,000

3% between £50,000.01 and £200,000

1% between £200,000.01 and £350,000

0.5% between £350,000.01 and £500,000

0.25% in excess of £500,000

13. Payment

13.1 Following your successful bid on a Lot you will: 13.1.1 immediately give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, any further proof of identity or other information that we may require; and 13.1.2 unless we have agreed otherwise and subject to the terms of any Pledge, pay to us the Price within 3 Business Days of the date of the auction in cleared funds in GBP Sterling any way that we agree to accept payment including in cash (for which there is an aggregate upper limit of £8,000 for all purchases made in any auction). Please see our 'Make a Payment' page at https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/makepayment?Itemid =363 for further information about how to make a payment. A 3% fee is applied to payments made by all company credit cards and personal cards issued by banks outside the EU.

13.2 If payment is late, we reserve the right to charge interest on the Price or any part thereof in accordance with Clause 15.1.5.

13.3 If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay prior debts before applying such monies towards your purchase of the Lot(s).

13.4 All Lots sold will be invoiced in the name of the registered Bidder at the address given to us at the time of registration and cannot be transferred to other names or addresses.

14. Ownership and collection of Lots

14.1 Ownership of a Lot will transfer to you only on receipt by us of the Price in full and in cleared funds provided your continuing compliance with Clause 10.

14.2 Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you at the fall of the Hammer or when you have otherwise purchased the Lot.

14.3 You may not claim or collect a Lot until you have paid for it and we are satisfied with the client due diligence information and documentation that you have provided. We may refuse to accept payment or release the Lot to you if we require further information or verification.

14.4 If you have purchased a Lot using third party pre-approved financing, with our knowledge and agreement, and the Lot remains subject to a Pledge, we will hold the Lot until we receive confirmation from the beneficiary of the Pledge that we are authorised to release the Lot. In such cases, time starts to run under Clauses 14.5 to 14.7 below from the date that we inform you that the Lot can be released, rather than the date of the auction.

14.5 You must (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for no later than 10 Business Days following the date of the auction.

14.6 If you do not collect the Lot within the time period at Clause 14.5, you will be responsible for removal, storage and insurance charges in relation to that Lot which will be no less than £1.50 per Lot per day.

14.7 If you do not collect a Lot that you have paid for within 45 days of the date of the auction, we may resell the Lot by auction or private treaty with the Estimate and Reserve set at our discretion. We will pay the proceeds of any such sale to you, but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot.

15. Remedies for non-payment

15.1 If you fail to comply with these Terms of Sale, we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures:

15.1.1 take action against you to recover the Price and/or pursue damages for breach of contract, including any fees, legal expenses or other costs that we incur;

15.1.2 reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold to you (in which case we may charge you an administration fee of £150 plus VAT per Lot or, if lower, the Price of the Lot);

15.1.3 resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any deficit between the Price for the Lot and the Hammer Price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clauses 14.6 and 15.1.5 and any other costs and expenses or legal fees incurred by us in reselling the Lot or any loss to us of Seller's commission). Please note that if we resell the Lot for a higher amount than the Hammer Price on the sale of the Lot to you, the additional sale proceeds will be paid to the Seller and we will retain any increase in Premium;

15.1.4 remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense until you pay the Price together with any removal, storage and insurance fees as set out in Clause 14.6 or we agree alternative arrangements;

15.1.5 charge interest at a rate of 1.5% per month on the Price or any part remaining unpaid after 10 Business Days have elapsed from the day of the auction;

15.1.6 assist the Seller in pursuing you for payment and/or damages including by revealing your identity and contact details;

15.1.7 keep the Lot, any other Lot sold to you or any item(s) consigned for sale by you as security for payment until you pay the Price;

15.1.8 apply any payments or part payments made by you towards part settlement of the Price due for the Lot or any other Lot purchased by you, or to any shortfall on the resale of any Lot pursuant to Clause 15.1.3 or to any outstanding removal, storage or insurance charges owed by you to us in relation to any Lot that you have purchased or to any loss or damage suffered by us as a result of your failure to comply with these Terms of Sale;

15.1.9 refuse to allow you to register to bid, reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you;

15.1.10 offset any amounts due from you against any amounts that we may owe you, including if we sell any Lots for you; and/or

15.1.11 take any other action we consider necessary.

16. Health and safety

Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our, our employees’ or our agents’ negligence or wilful default.

17. Export and import restrictions

17.1 Exporting a Lot out of the United Kingdom or importing it into another country may be subject to legal requirements and restrictions depending on factors such as the type of goods, their age and monetary value and destination. It is your responsibility to ascertain what the requirements are in relation to any Lot and obtain the necessary export or import licence where applicable.

17.2 Lots made of restricted organic matter or endangered species are identified in the catalogue. These may be subject to prohibitions on export or import and otherwise may require licences. You are solely responsible for identifying and obtaining any necessary licence. The information provided in our catalogue reflects our reasonable opinion at the date of publication but is intended as guidance only and neither the Auctioneer nor the Seller make any representation or give any warranty as to whether any Lot is subject to a prohibition or restriction on export or import.

17.3 You acknowledge that your purchase of the Lot and fulfilment of your obligations under our Conditions of Business is not conditional on successfully obtaining an export, import or other licence or permit for any Lot and that you will pay for and collect the Lot regardless of whether a licence has been or is likely to be granted. We will not cancel your purchase of a Lot

if for any reason it is refused a licence or is seized or confiscated by government authorities.

17.4 We may on request assist you with applying for a licence to export your Lot(s) out of the United Kingdom and will charge a fee for doing so to cover the costs of our time and out of pocket expenses.

18. Deliberate Forgeries

18.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within twelve months of the date of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us at your expense in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written report by a recognised expert on the subject matter identifying the Lot as a Deliberate Forgery with reference to the catalogue description and fully explaining the reasoning behind any conclusions drawn in the report.

18.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery, we will cancel the sale of the Lot and refund the Price to you save that if any of the following circumstances apply:

18.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction;

18.2.2 the Lot can only be shown to be a Deliberate Forgery on the basis of scientific examination which was not available at the time of the auction or in the circumstances was not practicable or reasonable to expect;

18.2.3 you were not the original Buyer of the Lot named on the invoice for the Lot issued at the time of the sale; or

18.2.4 you personally are not able to transfer clear legal title in and right to possession of the Lot to us, free of any claim, interest or restriction by anyone else, on the date of the return of the Lot to us, you will have no right to cancel the sale or receive a refund.

18.3 Should you successfully exercise your right under this Clause 18, we will not refund to you more than the Price for any Lot and will not in any circumstances be liable to you for any loss, damage, expense, costs, loss of profit, loss of business or loss of opportunity.

19. Limitation of our liability to you

19.1 We give no warranties in relation to any statements or representations made or information given in relation to any Lot by us or our employees or agents whether oral or in writing and accept no liability in connection therewith, including in relation to any errors or omissions unless Clause 18 applies.

19.2 We accept no liability in relation to any of the Seller's warranties at Clause 7 or any breach by the Seller of their obligations under our Conditions of Business.

19.3 We do not accept any responsibility to any Bidders for any failure to register a Bidder or any acts or omissions in relation to the sale of Lots and the conduct of our auctions and will not be liable for any loss, damage, expense, costs, loss of profit, loss of business or loss of opportunity as a result of participating in our auctions.

19.4 If we are found to be liable to you for any reason, our liability will be limited to the Price as paid by you to us for any Lot.

19.5 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for:

19.5.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

19.5.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or

19.5.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

20. Notices

20.1 All notices or other communications between you and us regarding our Conditions of Business must be in writing and may be given:

20.1.1 by delivering it by hand or sending by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery or pre-paid airmail (to us at our registered office address at Ingate Works, 4 Ingate Place, Battersea, London SW8 3NS or to you at the address you provided to us at the time of registration unless we are advised otherwise in writing); or

20.1.2 by email (to us at office@forumauctions.co.uk or to you at the email address provided by you at the time of registration unless we are advised otherwise in writing).

20.2 Notices will be deemed to have been received:

20.2.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;

20.2.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery, 2 Business Days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting;

20.2.3 if sent by pre-paid airmail, 5 Business Days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or

20.2.4 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent on a day which is not a Business Day or after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day.

21. Data Protection

We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be accessed at: www.forumauctions.co.uk/privacy-policy.

22. General

22.1 We may at our sole discretion, though acting reasonably, refuse any person admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions.

22.2 Any rights we have to claim against you for breach of our Conditions of Business may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, their employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause, no other person will have any rights to enforce the terms of our Conditions of Business.

22.3 Each of the Clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining Clauses will remain in full force and effect.

22.4 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Our delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Our partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Our waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.

22.5 Our Conditions of Business and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any noncontractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

ABSENTEE/PHONE BID FORM

AUCTION NO.: 118

TITLE: DAVID CHAMBERS COLLECTION

DATE: 9TH JULY 2026

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