Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

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).

ALDIN, Cecil. A Sporting Garland. London: Sands & Co., [n.d. but 1902.] Oblong folio (244 x 389mm.) Title, 23 lithographed plates. (Juvenile hand-colouring in crayon on 6 plates, some gatherings loosening, large name in ink to title-page, lacking initial blank and 2 leaves.) Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (heavily rubbed).

PHOTOGRAPHY. - John BLAKEMORE. The Stilled Gaze. London: Zelda Cheatle Press, 1994. First edition, signed by John Blakemore to the half-title, oblong 4to (238 x 296mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Toning to margins). Original black cloth, black titling to upper cover and spine, dust-jacket (some creasing to extremities).

BRIGGS, Raymond, and Nicolette JONES. Blooming Books. London: Johnathan Cape, 2003. First edition, first impression, signed by Raymond Briggs on the title-page, 4to (279 x 232mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original red cloth, dust-jacket. - And another volume signed by Raymond Briggs ('The Puddleman', 2004, 4to) (2).

VETTRIANO, Jack. Studio Life. London: Pavilion, 2008. First edition, first impression, signed by Jack Vettriano and Ian Rankin to the front-free endpaper, oblong 4to (279 x 221mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations, foreword by Ian Rankin. Original black cloth, black lettering to spine, dust-jacket.

STEADMAN, Ralph (illustrator). - Robert Louis STEVENSON. Treasure Island. London: Harrap, 1985. Limited edition, this number 35 of 250 copies signed by the illustrator, 4to (265 x 188mm.) Numerous colour illustrations. Original black leatherette with pictorial gilt to upper cover, silver gilt lettering to spine, g.e., slipcase. Provenance: Beverly Battersby (ink name to the limitation page).

GRAY, Nicolette. The Painted Inscriptions of David Jones. London: Gordon Fraser, 1981. First edition, small folio (308 x 246mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original cloth-backed paper-covered boards, dust-jacket (tear to upper panel, tape repair on verso). - And a further four books, three relating to David Jones (including 'David Jones in Ditchling', 2003, 4to) (5).

HODGKINSON, Frank. Sepik Diary. Northbridge, Australia: Reid Books, 1984. Limited edition, this being one of 600 signed copies, 4to (319 x 235mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original brown morocco, gilt lettering, pictorial slipcase (small residue of sticker). Note: includes the original limited edition etching of a Turtle, signed and numbered in pencil by Hodgkinson.

THE PEAR TREE PRESS. - John GUTHRIE. Ten Designs for The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Flansham, Sussex: The Pear Tree Press, 1925. Limited edition, this being number 41 of 50 copies signed by the artist John Guthrie, folio (382 x 277mm.) Woodblock title, half-title, 10 woodblock colour plates. (Slight marginal trimming to corners of two plates, toning.) Original decorative wraparound card covers (rubbing to extremities, slight browning). - And a small quantity of ephemera relating to the Pear Tree Press (including a disbound copy of 'Some Poems of Edgar Allan Poe', 1901, 4to) (small quantity).

EMPSON, Patience (editor). The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1959. First edition, 4to (278 x 210mm.) Numerous illustrations, publisher's prospectus inserted. Original black buckram cloth, silver gilt lettering to spine, acetate dust-jacket with red lettering.

GILL, Eric. War Memorial, Welfare Handbook No. 10. Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1923. 4to (158 x 125mm.) Wood-engraved title is the 'Hound of St. Dominic' by David Jones, wood-engraved plate to first leaf by Gill. (Untrimmed, mild toning.) Original card covers, paper wrapper with paper title wrap-around to one corner (browning to margins). Note: a curious item. In this work Gill defends his commission for a war memorial for Leeds university, 'Christ Driving the Moneylenders from the Temple', against the claim that it had nothing at all to do with war. - And four further volumes (including another Eric Gill related item, a bound 4pp. extract from 'The Four Gospels', 1931, folio, and a bound calligraphic extract by Thomas W. Swindlehurst) (5).

THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. - Thomas MALLORY and Robert GIBBINGS (illustrator). Le Morte D'Arthur. London: The Golden Cockerel Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1936. 3 vols., limited edition, this being number 552 of 1500 copies signed by Robert Gibbings, 4to (309 x 184mm.) Numerous wood-engraved illustrations. (Toning.) Original blue cloth-backed paper-covered boards (some browning, rubbing to extremities) (3).

THE NONESUCH PRESS. - Norman AULT (editor). Alexander POPE. Pope's Own Miscellany, being a Reprint of Poems on Several Occasions 1717 containing New Poems. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1935. Limited edition, this being number 260 of 750 copies on Van Gelder paper, 4to (243 x 148mm.) (Slight browning to endpapers, some uncut pages.) Original green buckram, gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g. (small mark to spine), dust-jacket (some tears). - And a further eight volumes published by the Nonesuch Press (including a signed copy of John Collier's 'The Devil and All', 1934, 4to) (9).

PRIVATE PRESS. - Douglas Percy BLISS. Edward Bawden. Godalming, Surrey: The Pendomer Press, [n.d. but 1979.] Limited edition, this being one of 200 copies, 4to (289 x 196mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original black morocco-backed paper covered boards designed by Edward Bawden, gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g. (slightly rubbed to extremities). Note: this copy is 'out of series' and without the print. - And a further eleven volumes published by private presses (including John Dryden's translation from Boccaccio 'Theodore & Honoria', 1985, 4to) (12).

PRIVATE PRESS. - John LEWIS. John Nash, the Painter as Illustrator. Godalming, Surrey: The Pendomer Press, 1978. Limited edition, this being number 10 of 150 copies signed by the author, 4to (289 x 206mm.) Numerous illustrations, foreword by Wilfrid Blunt. (Slight toning.) Original black morocco-backed boards, floral gilt to upper cover (small mark to upper cover). - And a further ten volumes published by private presses (including Jeremy Greenwood's 'Margaret Bruce Wells', 2000, folio) (11).

SOREL, Edward. Superpen, the Cartoons and Caricatures. New York: Random House, 1978. First edition, signed and inscribed by Edward Sorel, 4to (278 x 212mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Toning, light spotting to pastedowns.) Original black cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket (browning to extremities). - And a further four volumes by cartoonists, all signed (including George Booth's 'Rehearsal's Off', 1976, 4to) (5).