Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

COOKERY. - Ambrose HEATH and Edward BAWDEN (illustrator). Good Food. London: Faber and Faber, 1934. First edition, second impression, 8vo (202 x 128mm.) Illustrations by Edward Bawden. (Toning, spotting to fore-edge.) Original cream pictorial cloth, black lettering to spine, dust-jacket (chipping, tears to extremities). - And a further thirty-eight volumes, all but one by Ambrose Heath (including 'Good Food Again', 1950, 8vo) (39).

COOKERY. Dainty Dishes for Indian Tables. Calcutta: W. Newman & Co., 1885. Third edition, 8vo (183 x 117mm.) Text ends on p.448, then 80pp. blank to rear. (Occasional annotation, some creasing, minor soiling, 2pp. of recipes in ink to the blank rear pages, upper joint split at title-page.) Original green cloth (worn). - And two further volumes relating to India (including 'A Friend In Need, English-Tamil Cookery Book', 1950, 8vo) (3).

POETRY. - Paul LEMAGNY (illustrator). Charles BAUDELAIRE. Les Fleurs du Mal. [Paris:] Les Bibliolatres de France, 1949. Limited edition, this being number 68 of 710 copies, folio (333 x 248mm.) 166 etched illustrations by Lemagny, 15 full-page, unsewn, tissue-guards. (Some toning, occasional creasing to tissue-guards.) Original card wrappers with parchment dust-jacket, black lettering to upper cover and spine (lacking slipcase).

SALINGER, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1966. Reprint, signed by the author on the title page, 8vo (181 x 109mm.) (Browning, small nicks to margins of half-title and title.) Original card covers (crease to spine, some surface discolouring, rubbing to extremities). Note: signed by Salinger 'New York NY, March 15, 1975, with best wishes, J.D. Salinger'. Provenance: the book came from the vendor's father who was friends with Mr. Janos Domokos, a director of the Hungarian publishing company 'Európa Konyvkiadó', that published Catcher in the Rye in Hungary in 1974. The vendor's father met with Salinger. With acknowledgement and thanks to Salinger's biographer, Kenneth Slawenksi, for assisting with the cataloguing of this lot.

DOCUMENTS. - J.D. SALINGER. [Two documents typed on paper by the author J.D. Salinger, one of them signed with initials and dated in ink. Cornish, N.H.: 1978.] Two sheets (293 x 207mm.) One sheet has the 'Cornish, N.H' address, the date 'March, 6, 1978' and contains seven typed lines and signs off 'Sincerely' with 'JDS' in ink and the name 'J.D. Salinger' typed below. (Some fading to the type, some of the letter 'o''s have punched through the paper, some creasing along the two folds.) The other sheet is titled 'King and the Old Man' and is a ten line parable with some archaic spelling (creasing along the folds, some fading to the type and some of the letter 'o''s have punched through the paper.) Note: the first document reads in full: 'Cornish, N.H, March, 6, 1978/ The avator [sic] of selfishness/ breath of air/ Adam,s [sic] ale/ To wear the badge of poverty. They cross in front the butk [sic]/ To tie-in a softly falling. By the way… present life cannot… the darkest hour is before the dawn. Sincerely, J.D. Salinger'. The second document reads in full: 'King and the Old Man/ One day King was travelling the country with some great lords/ He was beloved of all, and took no account of a mans position/ but spoke to everyone. He spoke to certain old men too,, [sic] who had once been a soldier under him. After a word or two/ he realised who he was for King would recognise all that had/ served under him even when years had gone by,,/ In honour, old man, said the king/ Thank to the wife replied old man/ How many do you earn? Asked the king/ a Six answeres the old'. The documents came from the vendor's father who was friends with Mr. Janos Domokos, a director of the Hungarian publishing company 'Európa Konyvkiadó', that published 'Catcher in the Rye' in Hungary in 1974. The vendor's father met with Salinger. Salinger biographer, Kenneth Slawenksi, was able to show that a year prior to typing these documents Salinger's Remington typewriter was beginning to malfunction. He showed evidence of how some keys were overhitting the paper and filling in the 'o''s and some other letters. Slawenski also mentioned that in that in the late 1970's Salinger was at his most interested in Vedanta Hinduism. Salinger had long been interested in alternative spiritual and dietary disciplines, having studied under Swami Nikhilananda in the early 1950's. He considered Nikhilananda's translation of 'The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna' as the 'greatest religious book of the century'. These two documents, though cryptic, do suggest the influence of Vedanta Hinduism, possibly in response to a query. After his death, it was reported that among Salinger's unpublished writings was a story-telling manual relating to Vedanta, and it might be that the second document relates to that. With thanks to Kenneth Slawenski for assisting with the cataloguing of this lot.

LEE, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird. Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1966. Reprint, signed by the author to the half-title, 8vo (182 x 111mm.) (Browning.) Original card covers (browned to edges, lightly rubbed). Note: signed by Harper Lee '19th May '05, with best wishes, Harper Lee'. A landmark of American literature, Lee's novel became an immediate bestseller. She didn't publish again until Go Set A Watchman in 2015.

POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. First edition, deluxe issue, first or second printing, 16mo (139 x 102mm.) Colour frontispiece, black and white title vignette, 26 colour illustrations by Beatrix Potter. (Lacking front-free endpaper and half-title, upper joint split, rear with tape repair, tape repairs to first seven leaves, tear to one leaf, two small tears to preliminaries.) Original lilac cloth, pictorial label on upper cover, gilt lettering, g.e. (rubbing to extremities, pencil name to lower cover). Note: date on the title page and 'How Keld' on p.20. Provenance: Christopher and Susan Tod (ink name verso of frontispiece).

SWITZERLAND. Collection des Costumes de la Suisse. Schaffhausen: Louis Bleuler, [n.d. but circa 1825.] Title, 24 aquatint hand-coloured plates. (First 11 plates loose, mild toning.) Original blue morocco covers, gilt title to upper cover (minor creasing, rubbing to extremities), original green card slipcase (rubbing, staining). Note: most likely a slightly later edition than the Zurich edition published by Keller and Fussil. In 1824 Bleuler moved to Schaffhausen, and began publishing from there between then and 1833. - And five further illustrated volumes (6).

RUPERT THE BEAR ANNUALS. - [Alfred BESTALL et al]. Rupert the Bear. London: Daily Express Publications, 1936-2018. 83 vols., 4to (244 x 174mm to 298 x 215mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Name inscribed in most volumes up to 1972, thereafter no names, mild toning, a stamp to 'contents page' of 1954.) Original red cloth (4), pictorial card covers (8), or pictorial boards (71) (rubbing to extremities, lacking spine cover of 1950, loss to top of spine of 1941 and 1960, dust-jacket for the 70th anniversary edition. Note: a complete run of Rupert the Bear annuals. - And a further three Rupert the Bear related volumes (86).

RUPERT THE BEAR ANNUALS. - [Alfred BESTALL]. More Adventures of Rupert. [London:] Daily Express Publications, [n.d. but 1942.] 4to (243 x 177mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Name and address inscribed in pencil, toning.) Original pictorial card covers (detached from text-block, lightly rubbed). Provenance: Thelma Joy Wallis (name inscribed in pencil). - And three further volumes of children's literature (including 'More Rupert Adventures', 1943, 4to) (4).

CHILDREN'S BOOKS. - Louis WAIN (illustrator). Edric VREDENBURG. Tinker, Tailor. London, Paris etc.: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., [n.d. but 1914.] 4to (241 x 177mm.) 11 colour plates by Louis Wain. (Lacking frontispiece and front-free endpaper, one plate with a tear, loose preliminary, pencil mark to rear leaf.) Original brown cloth-backed pictorial boards (lightly rubbed). - And three further volumes illustrated by Wain (including 'Such Fun', [n.d. but circa 1910], 4to) (4).

CHILDREN'S BOOKS. - Lucie ATTWELL. Quiet Time Tales. London: S.W. Partridge & Co., [n.d. but 1932.] 4to (244 x 181mm.) 6 colour plates by Lucie Attwell. (Occasional spotting, neat hand-colouring with crayons throughout.) Original red cloth-backed pictorial boards (lightly rubbed). Note: rare. Only one copy recorded on Jisc. Provenance: 'Jean' (gift inscribed in ink to the front pastedown). - And thirteen further children's books (including a Kate Greenaway illustrated book 'Little Ann and Other Poems', [n.d. but 1900], 8vo) (14).

SCHIELE, Egon. - Otto BENESCH. Egon Schiele Als Zeichner. Wien: Druck und Verlag, [n.d. but 1951.] Loose leaf, (342 x 239mm.) 23 colour prints by Schiele captioned on verso in three languages, 14pp. booklet in German, 1p. 'Verzeichnis der Bildtafeln'. (Lacking 1 print, toning to margins, 1 print with mild spotting.) Original green card folder (sunning to margins, damp-stain to upper edges).

CHILDREN'S BOOKS. - Honor C. APPLETON. Me and My Pussies. [London:] Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., [n.d. but 1924.] 4to (256 x 182mm.) 4 colour plates by Honor C. Appleton, numerous in-text illustrations. (Occasional spotting, later hand-colouring in crayon throughout.) Original pictorial boards (lower joint split, rubbing).

CHILDREN'S BOOK. - Harrison WEIR (illustrator). The Cat's Tea Party. London: George Routledge & Sons, [n.d. but circa 1865.] 6 coloured woodcut plates, 12pp. of text. (Lacking title, p.1 loose and with some loss, spotting to margins, browning, some chipping.) Original pictorial card covers (small corner loss, chipping, a sown repair to spine). Note: part of the Routledge One Shilling 'New Toy Books Series'. Provenance: Annette Streatfield (ink name verso of the front cover).

EASTBOURNE. - [J. ROYER]. East-Bourn, Being a Descriptive Account of that Village, in the County of Sussex, and Its Environs. London: printed at the Philanthropic Reform, for Hookham etc., 1799. Second edition, 8vo (188 x 107mm.) Folding frontispiece map of Sussex, 3 engraved plates, appendix. (Browning to initial and rear leaves, some uncut, bibliographical notes in pencil to free endpapers.) Early 20th century paper-covered boards, maroon morocco lettering piece to spine. Note: scarce. [ESTC T187257].

BURNS, Robert. Poems, Letters Ascribed to Robert Burns the Ayrshire Bard, Not Contained in any edition of his works hitherto published. London: for J. Dick, 1809. First edition, 8vo (138 x 84mm.) Folding frontispiece by Isaac Cruikshank. (Browning, moderate spotting, tear to O4, discoloured bookplate to front pastedown.) Original half-calf (rubbing to extremities). Note: rare, no copies are recorded on Jisc.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS. - N. PARKER (illustrator) and B. PARKER. The History of the Hoppers. London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, [n.d. but circa 1912.] First edition, 4to (296 x 233mm.) 12 lithographic plates. (Minor soiling to preliminaries, 1 plate torn, corner loss to front-free endpaper, lower joint split.) Original pictorial boards (rubbed to extremities, loss to spine cover). - And a further fifteen books for children (including another title by N. and B. Parker, 'Funny Bunnies', [n.d. but circa 1905], 4to) (16).

OCCULT. - Aleister CROWLEY. The Stratagem and Other Stories. London: The Mandrake Press, [n.d. but 1929.] First edition, 8vo (152 x 106mm.) (Mild toning, bookplate to the front pastedown.) Original black cloth backed gold patterned paper covered boards, spine with paper label (browning to label, rubbing to extremities). Note: a collection of three short stories the first of which, 'The Stratagem', was well received by novelist Joseph Conrad. This was a difficult time for Crowley so when the Mandrake Press agreed to publish the book Crowley dedicated it to Conrad, then deceased. A year later, with the Mandrake Press in financial difficulty, Crowley and a consortium of others took it over and renamed it the Mandrake Press Ltd. - And a further four related volumes (including A.E. Waite's 'The Book of Ceremonial Magic', [n.d. but 1987], 8vo) (5).