Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

MANUSCRIPT. [Recollections in diary form of a European tour undertaken by two English ladies. London: N.p.:] October 1869. 15pp., manuscript, oblong 4to (173 x 260mm.) Unnumbered pages in a single, legible, calligraphic-style hand with hand-coloured decorative initials, elaborate floral borders and numerous pencil sketches, mainly of tourist sights and landscapes, 12pp. blank to rear. (Toning.) Original limp green cloth covers, gilt lettering to upper cover (spine worn). Note: the writer and a Mrs. French undertake a coach and train tour of Europe. The writer provides a very factual report of their trip as they go to the opera, see art ('An Exhibition of Modern Paintings'), cathedrals, services, and seek time to do their sketching ('but we were interrupted'), and, while sketching a street scene, they themselves become the centre of attention as a crowd forms which they 'persistently wished would keep at a little distance from us, but their remarks were sometimes very just and amusing'. They are busy, cultured ladies. For variety, there is always the threat of the weather ('a shower overtaking us'). They travel to Geneva, Berne, Frankfurt, Dresden and Brussels and the following year they take another trip to France.

MANUSCRIPT. - Don Tito VISINO. Aus dem Buche der Americanschen ur Voelker Geschichte…gesammelt in den Jahren 1836 bis 1854. ['From the book of American Primitive People… collected in the years 1836 to 1854'. N.p.:] Munich, 1859. 701pp., manuscript, 4to (360 x 223mm.) Numbered pages in a single partly legible hand, handwritten in German relating to Mexico and primitive American peoples, with annotations and corrections. (First leaves torn, some creasing, toning.) String-bound quires, disbound. Note: Don Tito Visino was the Bavarian ambassador for Cuba. Included is a certificate awarded in Madrid from the 'Real Academia de la Historia' in 1869 and a note saying Don Tito died in England in 1877. Included in the lot are some scholarly letters to Don Tito referring to a book on the same subject that he published with Leopold F. Manley: 'Torn Leaves From the Chronicle of the Ancient Nations of America. Photographed from the Original Drawings of Don Tito Visino'. That book was published in 1864 by Trubner & Co.

BINDINGS. - James DUGDALE. The New British Traveller, or Modern Panorama of England and Wales. London: J. Robins & Co., 1819. 4 vols., 4to (262 x 230mm.) Engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved vignettes to half-titles, 43 uncoloured engraved maps, 47 engraved plates, folding map of England & Wales, 1p. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Folding map heavily torn and creased, several leaves torn, marginal chipping and creasing with some repairs, occasional heavy spotting, browning.) Near contemporary Spanish calf, gilt lettering to spines (rubbing to extremities). Provenance: James Leach (name inscribed to initial blanks). - And a further twenty volumes (including G.N. Wright's 'Life and Campaigns of Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G.', 4 vols., [1841], 8vo, and James Stanier Clarke's and John M'Arthur's 'The Life and Services of Horatio Viscount Nelson', 3 vols., [1840], 8vo) (24).

GRIGOR, James. The Eastern Arboretum, or Register of Remarkable Trees, Seats, Gardens, &c. in the County of Norfolk. London and Norfolk: Longman Brown et al and John Stacy, 1841. First edition, 8vo (218 x 129mm.) 50 etched plates, including 2 folding and 2 double-paged. (Spotting to plate margins, toning, light spotting to text.) Near contemporary green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (rubbing to spine and extremities).

EVELYN, John. Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions… as it was Deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October MDCLXIV upon Occasion of certain Quaeries Propounded to that Illustrious Assembly by the Honourable, the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy. London: by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry for the Royal Society, 1664. First edition, folio (308 x 190mm.) Title in red and black with engraved vignette of the Royal Society coat-of-arms, 3 parts in 1, with 'Sir Paul Neile's Second Paper' bound-in after F2, the 'Animadversion' leaf after C4, woodcut illustrations of implements at P4, separate titles for 'Pomona' and 'Kalendarium Hortense', errata leaf to rear. (Marginal paper repair to title and with browning, minor soiling, some heavy marginal spotting, marginal paper repairs and damp-stain to A3 and B1, finger-marks.) Near contemporary calf, later red morocco lettering piece to spine (rubbed to extremities).

TATTERSALL, George. The Pictorial Gallery of English Race Horses: containing all the Winners of the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger Stakes, During the Last Twenty Years. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. 8vo (249 x 145mm.) Half-title, 73 engraved or lithographed plates, including 10 portraits, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, original cloth covers bound-in at rear. (Mild toning, brief pencil annotation on p.223, minor soiling to half-title.) 20th century brown full calf by Riviere & Son, red morocco lettering piece to the second compartment, horse-racing motifs in gilt to the rest, g.e.

ARCHITECTURE. - Peter Frederick ROBINSON. Designs for Ornamental Villas. London: James Carpenter and Son, 1827. First edition, 4to (287 x 231mm.) Letterpress title, 96 lithographic plates, including 17 mounted on India paper. (Lacking decorative title, occasional spotting and browning.) Contemporary green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, g.e. (light rubbing). Provenance: Joseph Neeld, politician (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).

HORSFIELD, T.W. The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex. Lewes: Baxter, 1835. 2 vols., 4to (323 x 252mm.) 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, 2 folding maps, 54 engraved plates, 1p. of publisher's advertisements. (Toning, spotting to plate margins, two tape repairs, a tear to p.29 of vol. 2, chipping to margins of preliminaries.) Near contemporary burgundy half morocco (endpapers replaced, extremities rubbed, wear to spine ends). Provenance: Roald and Pat Knutsen (bookplates to front pastedowns) (2).

CHESTERTON, G.K. The Collected Poems. [London:] Cecil Palmer, 1927. Limited edition, this being number 254 of 350 copies signed by the author, 4to (248 x 155mm.) (Mild spotting to front and rear leaves and occasionally within.) Original half vellum with decorative paper-covered boards, t.e.g. (some rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge (name-plate to the front pastedown); Clifford E. King (bookplate to the front pastedown).

ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. - Warwick GOBLE (illustrator) and Grace JAMES. Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales. London: Macmillan and Co., 1910. First edition, 4to (247 x 178mm.) 40 colour plates tipped-in on brown card with captioned tissue-guards. (Light spotting to preliminaries and throughout, browning to endpapers, date inscribed on front-free endpaper.) Original blue cloth, pictorial gilt to upper cover (spine ends bumped, small mark to lower cover). Provenance: Roald and Pat Knutsen (bookplate to the front pastedown). - And a further five illustrated volumes (including 'The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen' illustrated by William Strang, 1895, 8vo) (6).

WILDE, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. Seventh edition, 4to (223 x 139mm.) (Browning to first and last leaves, toning.) Original white cloth-backed boards (bumped to extremities, minor mark to lower cover). Note: this edition was the first to have Wilde's name on the title-page. Provenance: 'Chris' (gift inscribed to on the front-free endpaper); 'Warwick' (inscribed on the front-free endpaper).

EGERTON, Clement (translator). The Golden Lotus… a Translation, from the Chinese original, of the novel Chin P'ing Mei. London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1939. 4 vols., 8vo (216 x 132mm.) (Toning, spotting to preliminaries, offsetting to title of vol. 2.) Original green cloth (some spotting and fading to spines, one or two extremities bumped, mark to spine of vol. 3). Note: Egerton worked on his translation with Lao She, the Chinese novelist, but due to the explicit nature of the novel, She did not want to claim credit any credit for the translation. Provenance: Roald Knutsen (name inscribed to front-free endpapers) (4).

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge.] 'Lewis Carroll'. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland… seventy-second thousand. London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Seventy-Second Thousand, 8vo (182 x 119mm.) Numerous illustrations by John Tenniel. (Toning, occasional finger-mark, hinges cracked.) Original red cloth, g.e. (spine seam and panel split, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Dorothy Frances Hilton (pencil inscribed verso the frontispiece).

MILNE, A.A. [The Christopher Robin Books.] London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927-1928. 4 vols., mixed editions, 8vo (188 x 121mm.) Numerous illustrations by E.H. Shepard. (Toning, browning to preliminaries.) Original green, blue, salmon and burgundy cloths, gilt vignettes to covers (bumped to spine ends), dust-jackets (chipping to spine ends, some loss to extremities, large tear lower panel and partial loss to spine panel of 'Now We Are Six', occasional finger-mark). Note: 'When We Were Very Young' is the seventeenth edition (1928), Winnie-the-Pooh is a fifth impression (1927), 'Now We Are Six' is a third edition (1927), and 'The House at Pooh Corner' is a first edition (1928) (4).

MILNE, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen Children's Books, 1974. Signed and inscribed by Christopher Milne, 8vo (234 x 149mm.) Colour illustrations by E.H. Shepard. (Mild toning.) Original red cloth (lightly bumped spine ends), dust-jacket (spine ends bumped). Provenance: Stanley Burns (inscribed to by Christopher Milne on the title-page).

MILNE, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen Children's Books, 1973. Signed and inscribed by Christopher Milne, 8vo (233 x 152mm.) Colour illustrations by E.H. Shepard. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth (lightly bumped spine ends), dust-jacket (spine ends bumped). Provenance: Stanley Burns (inscribed to by Christopher Milne on the title-page).

MILNE, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen, 1926. First edition, first impression, 8vo (189 x 120mm.) Numerous illustrations by E.H. Shepard. (Mild toning, browning to endpapers.) Original green cloth, pictorial gilt to upper cover, t.e.g. (bumped to extremities, some rubbing to upper cover). Provenance: 'Pipsy Choodlekins' (inscribed to in pencil verso p.xiv). - And a further first edition, first impression, of the Christopher Robin books ('Now We Are Six', 1927, 8vo) (2).

MILNE, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen, 1926. First edition, first impression, 8vo (187 x 125mm.) Numerous illustrations by E.H. Shepard. (Mild toning, browning to endpapers.) Original green cloth, pictorial gilt to upper cover, t.e.g. (lightly bumped to extremities). Provenance: E.M.E. (inscribed to in ink on initial blank). - And a further two books for children ('Chinese Fairy Tales, Told in English' by H.A. Giles, 1920, 16mo, and 'The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book', 1933, 8vo) (3).

BOND, Michael. A Bear Called Paddington. London: Collins, 1958. First edition, first printing, signed by the author, 8vo (199 x 133mm.) Illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. (Toning, some spotting to front pastedown and preliminaries, thin marks to endpapers.) Original red cloth (fading, slight sunning to spine, minor warp to the covers). Note: signed on the front blank 'Michael Bond, October 1958'. Provenance: Jenny Warwick (name inscribed to half title and front-free endpaper, and gift inscribed to on the front pastedown).