Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

SCOTT, Robert Falcon. Scott's Last Expedition. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. Second edition, 2 vols., 8vo (236 x 160mm.) Photogravure frontispieces with tissue-guards, numerous plates and 2 folding maps. (Spotting to preliminaries and maps.) Original cloth, t.e.g (bumped extremities). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. - And two other related volumes (Fritdjof Nansen's 'Furthest North' in 2 vols., first edition, 1897, 8vo) (4).

DUFFERIN, Lord. Letters from High Latitudes; being some account of a voyage in the Schooner Yacht 'Foam', 85 O.M to Iceland, Jan Mayen, & Spitzbergen, in 1856. London: John Murray, 1857. First edition, 8vo (200 x 124mm.) Frontispiece, a 1pp. a.l.s by Lord Dufferin to 'Lord Houghton' tipped-in at first blank, also a presentation signature in ink by the publisher John Murray to the second blank, 3 coloured maps, 2 folding, 1 folding graph, tipped-in cuttings to rear with Robert Milnes-Crewe signature. (One or two light finger-marks.) Near contemporary half-morocco, lettering piece to the spine, gilt design to the five raised bands. Note: the letter from Lord Dufferin is a request for a sample of Robert Milnes-Crewe's handwriting and signature. Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

ICELAND. - A.S. COTTLE (translator). Icelandic Poetry or The Edda of Saemund… translated into English verse. Bristol: printed by N. Biggs, for Joseph Cottle, 1797. First translated edition, 8vo (214 x 126mm.) (Light spotting to preliminaries and rear leaves.) Contemporary calf (wear to spine ends and rubbing to spine cover). Provenance: John Mathew Gutch (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

KEYNES, John Maynard. Indian Currency and Finance. London: Macmillan & Co., 1913. First edition, 8vo (220 x 135mm.) Folding table. (Minor spotting to preliminaries.) Original cloth, gilt titling to spine (light spotting to upper cover). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

KEYNES, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. London: Macmillan & Co., 1919. First edition, 8vo (218 x 141mm.) (Some browning to half-title.) Original cloth, gilt titles (softly bumped to spine ends, faint marks to lower cover). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. - And another volume by Keynes ('A Revision of the Treaty', first edition, 1922, 8vo) (2).

[SHERER, Joseph Moyle]. Sketches of India… written by an Officer for Fire-side travellers. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Third edition, 8vo (214 x 118mm.) (Occasional spotting.) Contemporary half-calf, lettering piece to the spine (fading to calf and loss to the lettering piece). Provenance: F. Cunliffe (label to front pastedown); Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. - And twenty-seven other volumes on India (including 'His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh in the Oudh and Nepal Forests', 1870, 8vo) (28).

LEONOWENS. Anna H. The Romance of Siamese Harem Life. London: Trubner & Co., 1873. First edition, 8vo (210 x 133mm.) Frontispiece of Buddha, tissue-guard, 15 wood-engraved plates with tissue-guards, 40pp. publisher's ads to rear. (Spotting to frontispiece guard, occasional finger-mark.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt (bumped to extremities, stain to upper cover). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. - And three vellum-bound volumes of poetical interest (4).

SANSKRIT. The Ramayuna of Valmeeki… translated from the Original Sungskrit, with explanatory notes by William Carey and Joshua Marshman. London: Printed by J.W. Morris, Dunstable, 1808. Vol. 1 only (of 3). Later half-morocco (fading to the boards, bumped to extremities, marks to the leather). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. - And another volume (F.R. Harris's 'Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata', 1925, 8vo) (2).

BUDDHISM. - Captain T. ROGERS (translator). Buddhaghosha's Parables: translated from the Burmese… with an introduction containing Buddha's Dhammapada. London: Trubner and Co., 1870. First edition, 8vo (221 x 133mm.) 24pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Many uncut pages.) Original blind-stamped green cloth with gilt standing Buddha to upper cover, gilt titles to spine (bumped to extremities.) Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); West Horsley Place Collection. - And two more volumes of Arabian poetry (including W.A. Clouston's 'Arabian Poetry, 1881, first edition with a tipped-in a.l.s from the author, 8vo) (3).

VÁMBÉRY, Arminius. History of Bokhara… from the earliest period down to the present. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873. First edition, 8vo (217 x 130mm.) A 4pp. tipped-in a.l.s to Lord Houghton to whom he dedicated this book. (Some spotting to fore-edge and 6pp. of tipped-in newspaper cuttings to rear blanks.) Contemporary half straight-grain morocco, five raised bands with black morocco lettering piece to the spine. - And another volume relating to Bokhara. Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate on the front pastedowns); The West Horsley Place Collection (2).

WILSON, John. The Pársí Religion: as contained in the Zand-Avastá… and propounded and defended by the Zoroastrians of India and Persia. Bombay: American Mission Press, 1843. First edition, 8vo (216 x 126mm.) Signed in ink by the author to the front free endpaper, 1 folding plate. (Toning to margins.) Near contemporary half-calf, black morocco lettering piece to spine (rubbing to all extremities and some soiling). - And two more volumes on Asian religions. Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection (3).

KAH-GYUR. - F. Anton von SCHIEFNER (translator). Tibetan Tales… derived from Indian sources, translated from the Tibetan of the Kah-Gyur. London: Trubner & Co., 1882. First translated edition, 8vo (209 x 217mm.) 15pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Spotting to fore-edge.) Original tan cloth with gilt design to spine and upper cover (bumped to extremities). - And another volume (Rev. J. Stevenson's 'Translation of the Sanhita of The Sama Veda', 1842, 8vo). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedowns); The West Horsley Place Collection (2).

LEAR, Edward. Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria. London: Richard Bentley, 1852. First edition, 8vo (254 x 159mm.) Two maps, 20 tinted lithographed plates, 4pp. advertisement's to rear. (Some spotting to preliminaries.) Original blue cloth blocked in blind, gilt titling to spine (bumped to extremities, darkened to edges). Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection.

PALGRAVE, William Gifford. Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia. London and Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1865. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (224 x 138mm.) Frontispiece and tissue-guard to vol. 1., 2pp. and 22pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, folding map hand-coloured in outline, 4 plans. (Some page creases, browning to margins of map, small tear.) Original cloth with pictorial gilt (softening to spine ends, one or two marks to lower covers). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

FITZGERALD, Edward (Translator). Jami. Sáláman and Absál… an allegory translated from the Persian. London: J. W. Parker and Son, 1856. First edition thus, small 4to (215 x 148mm.) Frontispiece, 8pp. appendix to rear. Original cloth blocked in blind, gilt tiling to upper cover and spine (small marks to lower cover). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

INDIA. - Rev. E. A. WILLIAMS. The Cruise of the Pearl… round the World with an Account of the Operations of the Naval Brigade in India. London: Richard Bentley, 1859. Signed by the author in ink on the title-page, first edition, 8vo (197 x 120mm.) Frontispiece. Original blue cloth, decorative gilt to spine (bumped to extremities). Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection.

HINDUISM. - Foucher d'OBSONVILLE. Bagavadam… ou Doctrine Divine, Ouvrage Indien, Canonique. Paris: Le Veuve Tilliard & fils, 1788. First translated edition, 8vo (195 x 118mm.) Half-title, 2pp. advertisements to rear. (Damp-stain to margins of title-page, moderate spotting within and to fore-edge, contemporary ink annotation to verso of the half-title.) Contemporary calf, gilt fleurons bordering upper and lower covers, gilt decoration to spine, black lettering piece. Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

SHERIDAN, Charles Brinsley (translator). The Songs of Greece… from The Romaic Text, edited by M.C. Fauriel. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition, 8vo (194 x 112mm.) (Minor spotting to preliminaries and rear leaves.) Later half-calf (bumped to extremities, soiling to lower cover, spine browned). Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.

MING DYNASTY. - Julien STANISLAS (translator). Hoei- Lan-Ki, ou L'Histoire du Cercle de Craie, drame en Prose et en Vers, Traduit du Chinois et Accompagné de Notes. London: printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1832. 8vo (253 x 160mm.) Additional title of the 'Oriental Translation Fund', 8pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Occasional spotting, minor damp-staining to additional title.) Original buckram boards, paper titling to spine (bumped to extremities). Note: this work became the source for Bertolt Brecht's play 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle'. Provenance: Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplate to the front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection.