Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

BINDINGS. - Alfred TENNYSON. In Memoriam. London: Macmillan & Co., 1885. Limited edition of 500 copies on large paper, 8vo (206 x 127mm.) (Spotting to preliminaries and rear leaves.) Contemporary plum morocco, by Macmillan and Bowes, floral gilt to upper cover and repeating motif to the spine, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g. (fading to extremities). - And nine further leather-bound volumes. Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection (10).

AUSTEN, Jane. [The Works.] Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1932-1934. Third edition, 6 works in 5 vols., 8vo (189 x 127mm.) 6 frontispieces (double to 'Mansfield Park'). Contemporary red half-calf, by J.E. Bumpus Ltd., gilt titling to spine, g.e. (minor scuffing to the leather). Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection.

BINDINGS. - William WATSON. Collected Poems. London and New York: John Lane, 1898. First edition, 8vo (188 x 119mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Light spotting to preliminaries and to fore-edge.) Contemporary calf with gilt fleurons to corners of upper and lower covers, elaborate gilt vine to the spine, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g (light marks to the covers). - And thirteen volumes of poetry and literary work by William Watson, bound to match. Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedowns); The West Horsley Place Collection (14).

BINDING. - Austin DOBSON. Poems on Several Occasions. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895. Limited edition of 200 copies, this number 77 on handmade paper with proof impressions of the etchings, 8vo (201 x 123mm.) Frontispiece by William Strang, and 6 engraved plates with tissue-guards. (Slightly affected by damp.) Contemporary brown morocco gilt, by the Guild of Women Binders, gilt tendril design within gilt borders to upper and lower covers, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection.

BINDING. - B. JOWETT (translator). A Selection of Passages from Plato for English Readers. Oxford: at the Clarendon press, 1895. 8vo (184 x 119mm.) (Mild browning to preliminaries.) Contemporary blue morocco gilt, by Riviere & Son, elaborate gilt floral design with gilt borders to both upper covers and spines, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: Margaret Crewe (a gift inscription to the front free endpaper); The West Horsley Place Collection.

BINDINGS. - Frederick EDEN. A Garden in Venice. London: published at the offices of 'Country Life', 1903. First edition, 4to (130 x 170mm.) Numerous woodcuts and photogravure plates with tissue-guards. (Occasional spotting.) Contemporary half-green morocco gilt, by Bumpus, gilt tendril to spine with onlaid flowerhead (some soiling to covers). - And three more leather-bound volumes. Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection (4).

BINDINGS. - Alfred TENNYSON [The Works]. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1892-1898. 8 vols. 8vo (177 x 118mm.) 8 frontispieces with tissue-guards. Contemporary crushed green half-morocco, by Riviere & Son, the spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third compartments, the others with repeating art nouveau design in gilt with calf onlays, gilt turn-ins to corners (browning to spines, occasional scuffing). Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection.

HORNE, Richard Hengist. Cosmo de' Medici… an Historical Tragedy and Other Poems. London, George Rivers, 1875. Fifty copies printed (noted in contemporary ink on the title-page), first edition, 8vo (216 x 134mm.) A presentation inscription from the author to the half-title, a tipped-in frontispiece. (Spotting to fore-edge, one or two finger-marks.) Near contemporary half brown morocco, gilt titling to spine, t.e.g., (minor soiling to covers). Provenance: Robert Milnes Crewe (presentation inscription 'from the author' to half-title, and bookplate to front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. - And six other volumes of poetry (7).

BINDING. - Isaak WALTON and Charles COTTON. The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation. London: R. Watts for Samuel Bagster in the Strand, 1815. Second Bagster edition, 8vo (241 x 146mm.) Frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, 2 engraved plates of music, and numerous woodcut illustrations, facsimiles. (Spotting to margins of the two portrait plates, occasional browning.) 20th century green morocco gilt, elaborately bordered in gilt, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third compartment the others with repeat decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e., contained within a cloth box (some wear and fraying to corners). Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection.

BINDING. - Francois de la ROCHEFOUCAULD. Reflexions ou Sentences et Maximes Morales… edition Louis Lacour. Paris: Imprimee par D. Jouaust, Academie des Bibliophiles, 1868. Limited edition of 525 copies, this number 505 of 494 copies on 'papier verge', 8vo (215 x 129mm.) Publisher's colophon, titles in red and black. Contemporary red morocco, attributed to Gruel, with elaborate gilt dentelles to covers, fillet borders, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

PETIT, Pierrele (publisher). L'Office de la Semaine-Sainte, a L'Usage de Rome, en Latin et en Francois… traduction nouvelle. Paris: Chez Pierrele Petit, 1678. 8vo (195 x 119mm.) Engraved frontispiece, numerous head-pieces, 4 plates. (Browning to margins, contemporary annotation to verso of front endpaper.) Near contemporary morocco, triple fillet borders with crowned monogram to upper cover, g.e. (bumped to all extremities). - And one other volume (Monsieur L'Abbé de Bellegarde's 'L'Office de la Semaines-Sainte, A L'Usage de la Maison du Roy', 1748, 8vo). Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection (2).

FLAUBERT, Gustave. Oeuvres Completes. Paris: A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur, 1885. 8 vols., Edition Definitive d'Apres les Manuscrits Originaux, 8vo (235 x 144mm.) (Some browning and spotting to all preliminaries.) Blue morocco-backed boards, gilt titling to spines (rubbing to all extremities). Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection.

DICKENS, Charles. Hard Times. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. First edition in book form, early issue, 8vo (189 x 122mm.) (Some initial leaves uncut.) Original olive green cloth, gilt titling to spine and price to base (some sunning and wear to spine ends). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form, 8vo (209 x 135mm.) 40 plates by H.K. Browne including frontispiece and vignette title. (Damp-staining to preliminaries and to plates.) Contemporary green half-morocco, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (wear to spine). Note: contains most first issue points ('recal' for 'recall', p. 19 'cha pter' and ';ut', p.132 'screwed' for 'screamed'). - And two copies of Dickens' 'Edwin Drood', first edition, 1870, 8vo). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedowns); The West Horsley Place Collection (3).

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, 8vo (209 x 130mm.) 39 plates by Phiz including the frontispiece. (Plates browned as usual, missing initial blank, half-title with section excised.) Near contemporary half-morocco over marbled paper boards (bumped to all extremities, some sunning to spine). Note: Contains some first issue points (missing the 'l' in will, 'incsribed' on p.138, but with 'sister' on p.123). - And with Dickens' 'Barnaby Rudge', 1841, 8vo. Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection (2).

WORDSWORTH, William. The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind. London: Edward Moxon, 1850. First edition, 8vo (214 x 136mm.) 8pp. of publisher's advertisements to front, dated November 1849, 1pp. advertisements to rear. (Very occasional spotting.) Original cloth blocked in blind (bumped to extremities and some sunning to spine). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

GRAVES, Robert. Claudius the God… and his wife Messalina. London: Arthur Barker, 1934. First edition, first printing, 8vo (216 x 134mm.) Two folding genealogical tables. (Occasional spotting to preliminaries and fore-edge.) Navy blue cloth, gilt titles to spine (mild spotting to spine), dust-jacket (chipping to top of spine, fading, a few marks to rear panel). Note: 10/6 price to the inner flap of the jacket. - And one more volume (Robert Graves' 'I, Claudius', fifth printing, 1934, 8vo). - Provenance: Robert Milnes- Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection (2).

GARNETT, David. Lady into Fox. London: Chatto and Windus, 1922. First edition, 8vo (187 x 123mm.) Frontispiece, tissue-guard, illustrated with wood-engravings by R.A. Garnett. Original cloth, paper titling to spine, g.e. (bumped spine ends). - And seventeen more volumes, mainly poetry (including two signed by John Drinkwater with an a.l.s, and a copy of V. Sackville West's 'Aphra Behn' signed by the author's mother). Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection. (18).

FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam… the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872. Third edition, small 4to (223 x 155mm.) (Old tape repair to title-page, some spotting.) Contemporary morocco-backed cloth, gilt tiling to spine (wear to spine ends). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. - And four volumes of Victorian verse (including Edward Fitzgerald's 'Polonius', leather-bound by Zaehnsdorf, 1901, small 4to) (5).