Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

OXON. – Anthony WOOD. The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford… with a Continuation to the Present Time by the Editor John Gutch. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1786-1790. 2 vol. [inc. Appendix]. 4to (264 x 203mm.) 8pp. list of subscribers. (Occasional light spotting, lacking blanks.) Contemporary calf, black and red morocco lettering pieces to the spines (rebacked with original spines laid down, endpapers replaced, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Panhangey (armorial bookplates to the front pastedowns) (2).

SHIP-WRECK. – John BULKELEY and John CUMMINS. A Voyage to the South-Seas in 1740-1. London: Jacob Robinson, 1743. First edition, 8vo (199 x 119mm.) Woodcut headpieces and initials. (Browning, light spotting throughout, blanks lacking.) 20th century full calf, gilt ruled, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (endpapers replaced). Note: Gunner John Bulkeley and carpenter John Cummins were crew members of the ‘Wager’ which was one of George Anson’s fleet. They were wrecked off the southern coast of Chile and, under Captain Cheap, they held together the mutinous crew until they arrived in Rio de Janeiro. [Sabin 9108.]

SOUTH SEAS. – James BURNEY. A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean. London: by Luke Hansard for G. and W. Nicol et al., 1803-1817. 5 vols., first edition, 4to (298 x 228mm.) 28 engraved maps and charts, 17 folding, 13 engraved plates, 1 folding, 6 wood-cut illustrations in the text. (Several folding plates with marginal creasing and moderate to heavy spotting, offsetting, occasional minor spotting, blanks replaced to all volumes except vol. 1 and 2.) Near contemporary half calf over marbled paper-covered boards to vols. 1 and 2, two later black morocco lettering pieces to spines (rebacked and corners repaired, extremities and covers rubbed, endpapers replaced), with 20th century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards for vols. 3-5 (endpapers replaced). Note: many of the voyage accounts published here are otherwise inaccessible and so Burney’s work ‘must always form the basis of historical research for early voyages and discoveries throughout the Pacific’ [Hocken]. Provenance: Cranleigh School (bookplates to front pastedowns of vols. 1 and 2, and stamps to titles of vols. 3-5). [Sabin, 9387.] (5).

LUDLOW, Edmund. Memoirs of… with a Collection of Original Papers, and the Case of King Charles the First. London: for T. Becket et al., 1771. 4to (281 x 222mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Occasional browning and minor dust-soiling, offsetting to title, last leaf of ‘Index’ loosening, illegible ink name to title.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece to spine (extremities heavily rubbed, scuffing to covers, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Cranleigh School (bookplate to front pastedown and ink name to front-free endpaper, stamp to rear pastedown).

JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are deduced from their Originals… by Examples From the Best Writers. London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton et al., 1755-56. 2 vols., second edition, folio (419 x 257mm.) Title to vol. 2 in red and black. (Lacking all before c1 in vol. 1 with title replaced in facsimile, blanks replaced, title and first four leaves in vol. 2 with marginal paper repairs and also to I8R-I8R2, occasional spotting, corner staining, creasing and spotting to last leaves.) Late 20th century full calf, red and green morocco lettering pieces to the spines (endpapers replaced). Provenance: Cranleigh School (bookplates to front pastedowns) (2).

BIBLE, In English. [The Bible Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and Conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages.] London: Robert Barker, 1608. Black letter, double-column, dated from NT title, with Apocrypha, with ‘Booke of Common Prayer’. (Lacking General Title and title to ‘Booke of Common Prayer’, several leaves with tape repairs, including NT title, some deletions in blue ink with seepage E3-E8 of ‘Booke of Common Prayer’, heavily browned, headlines and side-notes shaved throughout.) [Bound with:] ‘Whole Booke of the Psalmes’. London: Company of the Stationers, 1609. (Lacking numerous leaves to rear, last leaf B7, heavily browned, creasing.) 4to (205 x 126mm.) Late 19th century morocco, stamped in blind and gilt (lacking endpapers, tape repairs to hinges). Provenance: Robert Hawksworth (ink name verso NT title); David Roches (ink name to front pastedown). [Herbert 293.]

BLIGH, William. A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s Ship The Bounty… Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the Said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew. London: George Nicol, 1792. First edition, 4to (284 x 117mm.) Title, author’s ‘Advertisement’, 7 engraved maps and charts, some folding. (Lacking portrait frontispiece and all preliminaries before title, lacking rear blank, front blank replaced, occasional intermittent spotting, 2 plates with heavy spotting, marginal chipping to 1 plate, leaves Hh4-Kk with marginal tear.) Later blue cloth (endpapers replaced, extremities rubbed). Note: a mounted paper note states the book was presented to Cranleigh school by Captain Barnard Hankey, R.N. along with 200 other volumes relating to voyages of discovery. Provenance: Cranleigh School (stamp to title and bookplate to front-free endpaper, and manuscript numbering in white to spine); Frederick Barnard Hankey, R.N. (mounted paper clipping to front-free endpaper).

COOK, James and James KING. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere… in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. London: by H. Hughs for G. Nicol, 1785. 3 vols. only (of 4, lacking ‘Atlas’ volume), second edition, 4to (303 x 224mm.) 24 copper-engraved maps and plates, 13 folding, folding letterpress table. (Toning, occasional light spotting, offsetting of plates, stamps to titles and occasionally to text leaf margins, lacking half-titles, blanks replaced.) Late 20th century half calf, gilt lettering to spines (endpapers replaced, minor scuffing). Provenance: Cranleigh School (bookplates to front pastedowns and stamps to titles); Frederick Barnard Hankey (typed paper note mounted to initial blank of vol. 1) (3).

BIBLE, In Latin. [Biblia sacra, ad optima quaeque veteris et vulgatae translationis exemplaria… cum Hebraicorum, Caldoeorum et Graecorum nominum interpretation. Lyon: G. Rouillé, 1566.] Folio (391 x 252mm.) Double-column, numerous initials and decorations and many woodcut illustrations by Pierre Vase, some full-page, index to rear. (Lacking title, first leaves with corner damp-staining, near contemporary ink annotation and underlining to several leaves, blanks replaced). 17th century vellum, gilt lettering to spine, g.e. (minor soiling, scuffing and discolouring, endpapers replaced). Note: first printed in 1547, with the text prepared by Jean Huntenius after revisions by the Louvain theologians.

[FOXE, John.] [Actes and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church… London: Printed by Peter Short, 1596-1597.] Folio (383 x 261mm.) In 2 parts with continuous pagination, title for ‘Second Volume’, black letter, double-column, numerous woodcut initials and illustrations in the text, ‘Table’ to rear. (Lacking title to ‘Volume 1’ and general title, first leaves detached up to p.35, ‘Volume 2’ title with large loss, several leaves with large tears and loss, chipping, dust-soiling, large gash to text-block at Sssiii, several leaves to rear loose, scattered browning.) Near contemporary calf, engraved metal corner-pieces (upper cover detached, worn). Note: often found defective and with missing leaves.

JONES, Owen (designer). The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorised Version. London: Ward, Lock and Co., [circa 1860.] Folio (364 x 276mm.) 18 chromolithographed plates by William Dickes, 12 uncoloured plates, 6 colour maps, 4pp. ‘Family Register’ with ‘Darbyshire’ family names in ink. (Toning, occasional light spotting to plate margins.) Original relievo binding designed by Owen Jones showing Christ being taken down from the cross, g.e. (light rubbing to lower cover, front endpaper repaired with marginal loss). Note: The octavo version of 1862 is more commonly seen but this folio edition is scarce, as is the design of the Passion. Provenance: Mary Darbyshire (ink name to initial blank).

MILITARY. SAS War Diary 1941-1945. [Great Britain:] Extraordinary Editions, 2011. Limited edition, this being number 116 of 500 copies, folio (441 x 290mm.) Facsimile documents, numerous colour and black and white illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blind-stamped calf with ‘Who Dares Wins’ insignia to upper cover, original packaging (minor creasing). Note: published to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the SAS Regiment.

WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill. Whistler v. Ruskin. Art & Art Critics. London: Chatto & Windus, 24th December 1878. First edition, 12mo (189 x 141mm.) (Mild toning, variable leaf size.) Original brown wrappers (spine seam splitting, minor corner creasing). Note: Having sued Ruskin for a bad review that ‘damaged my reputation’, Whistler won the case but was awarded only a nominal farthing. The trial had not, as he hoped, improved his finances or his reputation. He sold his lavish London home and moved to Venice to work on a commission for a series of etchings. But in the development of the modernist aesthetic, the trial was a significant moment.

ECONOMICS. – John Stuart MILL. Utilitarianism. London: Longman, Green et al., 1864. Second edition, 8vo (220 x 135mm.) (Toning, light spotting to title, one pencil annotation to margin.) Original cloth (some loss and repair to spine panel). Provenance: George Brackenbury (ink inscribed to from his sister May Brackenbury on the title-page).

SIGNED BOOKS. – Ian MCEWAN. Black Dogs. London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. First edition, signed by the author, 8vo (205 x 133mm.) (Mild toning.) Original black cloth, dust-jacket (faint toning to extremities). – And a further forty-five contemporary novels, all signed (including Ian McEwan’s ‘Enduring Love’, 1997, 8vo, and Will Self’s ‘Shark’, 2014, 8vo, and Martin Amis’ ‘The Information’, 1995, 8vo) (46).

SIGNED BOOKS. – Rachel CUSK. Outline. London: Faber and Faber, 2014. First edition, third impression, signed by the author, 8vo (215 x 130mm.) (Mild toning.) Original yellow cloth, dust-jacket. Note: the first volume of Cusk’s ‘Outline’ trilogy. – And a further thirty-five signed volumes of contemporary fiction (including a first edition, first impression of J.G. Ballard’s ‘The Kindness of Women’, 1991, 8vo, and a first edition, first impression of Hilary Mantel’s ‘Bringing Up The Bodies’, 2012, 8vo) (36).

SIGNED BOOKS. – Kazuo ISHIGURO. Klara and the Sun. London: Faber and Faber, 2021. First edition, first impression, signed by the author, 8vo (233 x 149mm.) (Mild toning.) Original pink boards, dust-jacket. – And a further fifteen volumes of contemporary literature, all signed (including a reprint of Graham Swift’s ‘Waterland’, 1983, 8vo) (16).

TROLLOPE, Anthony. Ralph the Heir. London: Strahan & Co., 1871. First edition in one volume, 8vo (217 x 132mm.) Black and white lithographed plates by F.A. Fraser. (Occasional scattered spotting and browning, lacking half-title.) Contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (extremities rubbed). – And a further twenty-five volumes, mostly literary (including ‘The Diary of John Evelyn’, 4 vols., 1906, 8vo) (26).

BOTANY. – William RHIND. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom; Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with Their Uses to Man and the Lower Animals. London: Blackie and Son, 1855. First edition, 8vo (244 x 146mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece of Linnaeus, engraved additional title, 41 plates, including 21 hand-coloured. (Colour plates browned, marginal spotting to rest, contemporary address erased verso front endpaper.) Contemporary black half morocco, red morocco lettering piece to spine (lightly rubbed extremities). – And a further fifteen volumes relating to botany (including Joseph Harrison’s ‘The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist’s Magazine’, 5 vols., [March-December 1833- January-December 1837], 8vo, and Thomas Mawe and John Abercrombie’s ‘Every Man His Own Gardener. Being a New and much more Complete Gardener’s Kalendar’, 1792, 8vo, and J.S. Henslow’s ‘Le Bouquet des Souvenirs’, 1840, 8vo, and ‘The Florist, Frutist, and Garden Miscellany 1851-1856’, 2 vols. (only), 1852 and 1856, 8vo) (16).