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‘THE VELASQUEZ ARE QUITE MARVELLOUS’ Year Abroad Diary of the Future Establishment ‘Portraitist Par Excellence’

Oswald Birley
1905
Oswald Birley’s painting-saturated diary written in the winter months of his year abroad in the Mediterranean which records his obsession with Velasquez who would go on to inspire the artist’s enormously successful practice, as well as offering an eye witness account of the Friday ceremonial of the penultimate Ottoman Sultan. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:… Read more…
#8472

£1500.00

Reports of the Council and Auditors [1], Supplement to The List of The Members [2]The Charter, By-Laws and Regulations [3]

The Zoological Society of London
1836
Three pamphlets, stab-sewn, in good condition with browning and soiling to some pages as well as chips and tears to some edges. Pamphlet [1] consists of 31 pages with 28 pages of text and 3 pages of tables. Page 13/14 fully detached and laid in. Pamphlet [2] consists of 15 pages. Pamphlet [3] consists of 19 pages. These pamphlets document various a… Read more…
#8012

£200.00

INSCRIBED - WITH A NOTE South with Scott

Admiral Sir Edward Evans
1943
Presentation copy from Captain Scott’s second in command to an Irish woman who had sent him a ‘gift parcel of steak’ during the Second World War. Evans’ book is bound in soft, textured cloth, stamped with an image of him on skis in blue to the upper board and blue spine lettering. Slight toning to the extremities of the binding which is otherwise v… Read more…
#8096

£650.00

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY - For the Unfallen: Poems 1952-1958

Geoffrey Hill
1959
Pre-publication proof of Geoffrey Hill's first mainstream collection of poetry. Printed card wrappers inscribed ‘June’ to upper cover - presumably the month of first publication. Collates [14] pp59 [5]. Very good condition throughout, the text clean and unmarked. Hill taught at Leeds University from 1954-1980 which probably explains the appearance… Read more…
#8000

£275.00

The Struggle for Europe [SIGNED]

Chester Wilmot
1952
Signed first edition of this key work of second world war history. A very good copy in publisher’s blue cloth, signed ‘Chester Wilmot’ below his printed name on the title page. The text is clean and complete. The jacket is in good condition, price-clipped to the front flap, some fraying at both ends of the spine and a closed tear along part of the… Read more…
#7738

£200.00

‘With thanks for the inspiration’ 44 Books from Alasdair Gray’s Library

Alasdair Gray [etc]
2000
‘In admiration...’ a collection of 44 books inscribed to Alasdair Gray by friends, family and, mostly, fellow writers, including a gift from Liz Lochhead, several books about Glasgow, and Gray’s own copy of a work that came out of his Creative Writing teaching at Glasgow University. There are 15 inscribed volumes of poetry, among them Gray’s own co… Read more…
#7501

£1250.00

My Official Wife [Stanislaus Joyce - brother of James Joyce - his Copy]

Colonel R H Savage; Stanislaus and James Joyce
1891
Stanislaus Joyce's copy, inscribed by him presumably in Triests where he shared lodgings with his brother James Joyce. Black textured cloth binding, presumed to be a mid twentieth century rebind, gilt spine lettering; original pastedowns laid down at either end of the small format Tauchnitz imprint - 15x11cm. Browning to paper stock which has becom… Read more…
#6968

£350.00

HAIR, WIGS, BEARDS, ETC: A Home Made Scrap Book

Anonymous, Gabriel Shire Tregear etc
1920
A home made scrap book offering advertisements for wigs, a coloured cutout and satirical print by Gabriel S Treagear showing a couple being accosted by a small black child ‘Please yor hono you’ve just dropt one of your viskers’. 12 items, [pp] 18, including an early 19th century advertisement for ‘Genuine Windsor Soap’ etc. Read more…
#8445

£60.00

A VOLTAIRE-INSPIRED PAMPHLET WAR - 8 IMPRINTS: La Voix du Sage du Peuple [with] Lettre de Turc a Son Correspondant a Constantinople [with] La Voix du Pretre [with] La Voix du Poete et Celle du Levite [with] La Voix du Fou et des Femmes etc

M de Voltaire
1750
Voltaire’s ‘short explosive’ critique of clerical taxation with 7 further pamphlets which it inspired, most with false imprints in ‘Londres’ and ‘Utrech’. Duodecimo volume bound in contemporary polished calf, ‘Les Voix’ to the spine label. Marbled endpapers; an early owner has written ‘Recueil de Petites Pieces faites a L’occasion des affaires du c… Read more…
#8439

£500.00

WITH A SKETCH BY THE POET Visions of the Bone Idol

John Hegley & Linda Leatherbarrow
1983
Pleasingly inscribed on the verso of the upper card wrapper ‘To Egon love John Hegley’ with a sketch. Very good plus book, illustrated by Linda Leatherbarrow, with advert for a ‘Dog Nest’ on the lower cover and a photo of a dog loosely laid in. Hegley was born in 1953 in London and practises as poet, editor and comedian. Read more…
#8422

£75.00

The Artist’s Repository and Drawing Magazine exhibiting the Principles of the Polite Arts in their Various Branches Vol II - A compendium of Colors [with] Miscellanies Relating to the Arts

Francis Fitzgerald
1786
The second volume of the Artist’s Repository (1786) bound with a section of the Miscellanies (1790). Contemporary reversed calf binding, cracking along outer hinges but the binding remains sound. New endpapers followed by: sepia general title page with vignette, viii, letter press title page, pp 132 (Miscellanies) pp89-184. 10 sepia plates are boun… Read more…
#8431

£175.00

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART - The Vista

H L Honeyman; James R Adamson; T C Campbell Mackie; Francis Henry Newbury; David Robertson; Alex J Scott etc
1908
A contributor’s copy of this rare periodical published by Glasgow School of Art at the peak of its influence and success, which contains analysis of its iconic home designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Olive cloth binding with gilt spine lettering and speckled red edges. Title page with finely executed vignette by Thomas Callendar Campbell-Mackie… Read more…
#8172

£395.00

SPARKLING PUBLISHER’S CLOTH Shakespere’s Home at New Place Stratford upon Avon

J C M Bellew - William Shakespeare
1863
Excellent copy of this attractively printed work. Finely bound in publisher’s brown cloth, brown coated endpapers, top edge gilt, a lovely clean text with extensive illustration and fold-out tables and charts. Final adverts dated February 1863. An author, preacher and public reader, Bellew published two books on Shakespeare. Read more…
#7725

£95.00

SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED Elements of Botany

Robert J Thornton
1812
Beautifully illustrated first edition with possible Barings family provenance. Full straight grain calf binding with gilt decoration to boards and three wide raised bands to the spine; faded marbling to edges of text block. Green coated endpapers; a little marking to early leaves. Collates complete in two volumes with 176 engraved plates including… Read more…
#8392

£375.00

MANUSCRIPT 1820s PICARESQUE MEDWAY JOURNEY TO A CONCERT IN CHATHAM - Inconsideration on a trip to an Oratorio on 27th November 1829

John S Featherstone [Henry Senior]
1829
Mock epic narrative poem describing an ill-fated journey by boat, stage-coach and on foot from Sheerness to a concert in Chatham and the ‘inconsideration’ that blighted their return journey. Thin, maroon-coloured roan covered wrappers, rubbing to spine and corners; white tape reinforcement along gutter to verso of wrapper. 18 pages of text, 21 line… Read more…
#8371

£350.00

GAS IN WARFARE - Second World War Manuscript of the Dangers Britain Faced from Nazi Gas Attack

A F Wilson
1942
Second World War Midlands-based study of the history of gas in warfare and the best ways to counter and deal with its renewed use over Britain. Small notebook (10x16cm) bound in grey cloth covered card, contained within an anonymous black folder. Author’s signature on the front pastedown: ‘A F Wilson 8 Stychedale Ave, Coventry’. Opposite an Index o… Read more…
#8412

£400.00

Enchiridion feu Manuale Christianum [with] De Imitatione Christi

Thomas a Kempis
1750
pp 366 [2] pp120 Enchiridion bound with De Imitatione. Contemporary calf binding, worn to hinges but sound. Stamp of St Edmund’s College ‘Avita pro fide’ to front pastedown with old handwritten shelf mark above. Internally very good. Read more…
#7391

£70.00

INSCRIBED IN RUSSIAN: ‘TO PAUL SCHOFIELD - HAMLET WITH RESPECT TO TALENT’ Moscow Theatres

V Komissarzhevsky [Paul Schofield]
1959
Inscribed to a legendary Shakespearian to mark the first Shakespearian performance in Russia by a leading British actor since the Bolshevik Revolution. Folio sized volume bound in cream buckram, browning along the top edge of the flyleaf, below which is written in Russian script by the book’s author Victor Komisarzhevsky: ‘To Paul Scofield - Hamlet… Read more…
#8261

£450.00

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804

Alexander de Humboldt, Aime Bonpland [translated by] Helen Maria Williams
1814
First editions of the first two volumes of Humboldt’s great personal travelogue and voyage of exploration that proved so inspiring to Darwin. Large octavo smartly bound in recent half calf, top edge gilt. Volume I is preceded by the Map intended for Volume II; a portrait of Humboldt follows the title page. Collates: liv, pp 290 Vol II: [4] pp 300.… Read more…
#8404

£750.00

Clouds of Witness [IN AN EARLY DUSTJACKET]

Dorothy L Sayers
1937
Early jacketed reprint of the Gollancz edition of the second Lord Peter Wimsey novel. First published in 1926 by Unwin - 'This reissue of Clouds of Witness (which has received some corrections and amendments from Miss Sayers)...' - was first published thus in 1935 by Sayers' new publisher Victor Gollancz and reprinted here in July 1937. Blue cloth… Read more…
#8403

£125.00

GERMAN INTO ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT An Extract Taken out of Introductory Lectures to the Sacred Books of the New Testament

[John David Michaelis]
1790
A work by the German philologist and Biblical scholar Michaelis brought into the English-speaking world. Vellum-bound duodecimo with external straps and remnants of clasps. 22 pages of Latin grammar followed by 162 pages of manuscript extracts taken from the 1780 English translation of Michaelis’s Introductory Lectures, preceded by a manuscript tit… Read more…
#8402

£275.00

BARNES WALLIS PRESENTATION COPY The Royal Society Its Origins and Founders

Sir Harold Hartley (editor) E S de Beer, John Summerson [Barnes Wallis]
1965
First edition presented by the inventor of the Bouncing Bomb to his philosopher son in law, Harry Stopes-Roe, son of Marie Stopes. Near fine book in magenta cloth, inscribed by Barnes Wallis at the head of the first flyleaf and evidently read with some care by Stopes-Roe who has made half a page of pencilled notes on the verso of the final flyleaf.… Read more…
#8400

£350.00

IN A GLASSINE DUSTJACKET Beelzebub and other Poems: Hogarth Living Poets, No 3

R C Trevelyan
1935
First edition in its uncommon glassine wrapper. A near fine copy, just a little browning along the top of the paper covered boards - designed by John Banting. The glassine wrapper survives with some loss to the upper panel. The Woolfs printed 400 copies of this title which was published in october 1935. Woolmer 377 Read more…
#8399

£95.00

EXTRA ILLUSTRATED Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, an Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry’ed Life

Edward Ward
1759
Extra-illustrated in the 19th century with copper engravings by Gerard Van der Gucht and John Pine which were taken from earlier 18th century editions of this book including a portrait of the author. Fourth Edition of this satire by Ned Ward bound in pretty contemporary century calf, with nineteenth century repairs at the top and tail of both spine… Read more…
#8391

£275.00

BERNHARDT’S HAMLET TOO HAPPY! Le Personnage d’Hamlet et Son Interpretation par Mme Sarah Bernhardt

Emmanuel Regis [William Shakespeare; Sarah Bernhardt]
1899
Presentation copy of a psychiatrist’s challenge to Sarah Bernhardt’s upbeat 1899 interpretation of the role of Hamlet. Blue printed paper wrappers; loss to the edges of the upper cover and one corner of the lower cover. Inscribed by the author ‘Bien sympathique hommage E Regis’ with the dedicatee’s name cut away from the top of the first page. pp12… Read more…
#8388

£150.00