Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

BINDINGS. - Charles DICKENS. [The Works.] London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, [n.d. but circa 1890.] 10 vols., 8vo (241 x 175mm.) Numerous plates. (Light browning and occasional spotting, heavier to plates.) Contemporary half-calf, spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, red and green morocco lettering pieces in the second and third, the other compartments with repeat decoration in gilt (extremities lightly scuffed and rubbed). - And seven other leather bindings (17).

STRICKLAND, Agnes. Lives of the Queens of England. London: Henry Colburn, 1841-1847. 12 vols., 8vo (192 x 116mm.) Portrait frontispieces, additional decorative titles. (Occasional spotting, first few leaves of each volume damp-stained.) Contemporary red half straight-grain morocco gilt (extremities slightly bumped, spines slightly darkened). Provenance: Martha Poe (signature to title pages); J.E.A. Poe (signature dated Nov '91 to title pages).

BINDINGS. - John RUSKIN. Ruskin on Pictures. London: 1902. 2 vols., 8vo (180 x 117mm.) Numerous plates. (Occasional spotting.) Contemporary tree-calf, by Relfe Bros, London, the upper covers blocked-in gilt with the arms of Malvern College, spines gilt. - And four other leather-bound volumes (6).

BINDINGS. - T. OSBORNE, and others (publishers). An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, compiled from original authors. London. London: T. Osborne, A. Millar, J. Osborn, 1747-48. Volumes 1-20 (? only), 8vo (200 x 127mm.) 110 engraved plates and maps, some folding, 29pp. list of subscribers. (Vols. I and II heavily affected by damp, vol. III slightly wormed). Contemporary calf, the spines in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece in the second compartment, blue morocco in the third, the others with elaborate repeat decoration in gilt (covers of vols. I and II with damp damage, some spines chipped at head and foot, some scuffing and light surface damage). Provenance: Sir Thos. Neave, Bart (armorial bookplate). Note: This work is arguably complete in either 20 volumes (as here), 21 volumes (including vol. 21 'Chronological tables to the foregoing twenty volumes', 1754), or 65 volumes (with vols. 22-65 'The modern part of An Universal History', 1759-1766, with the volume numbering starting again at 1 and running through to 44). At the end of the preface to the 20th volume the publishers ('the Proprietors of this Work') offer thanks to the subscribers for their support 'on the closing of their Great Undertaking' (20).

GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire… a new edition. London: 1809. 9 vols., 8vo (208 x 129mm.) Engraved additional decorative titles, occasional plates, 1 folding map. (Some spotting and browning.) Contemporary calf blocked in gilt and blind (spine rubbed and scuffed, one vol. chipped at head, another lacking lettering piece). - And a part-work in three volumes (12).

SOYER, Alexis. The Modern Housewife or Ménagère… With Minute Directions for Family Management in all its Branches. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1856. 8vo (186 x 115mm.) 5 engraved plates and an engraved dedication leaf. (Browning and occasional light spotting.) Modern morocco-backed paper-covered boards, the spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands (endpapers replaced).

THOMSON, James. The Seasons… a new edition. London: printed for J. Murray, 1794. 8vo (227 x 150mm.) Engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates. (Light browning and spotting, heavier to plates and facing pages.) Near contemporary tree-calf (extremities scuffed and rubbed, upper joint splitting). - And nineteen other leather-bound volumes (20).

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Plays of William Shakespeare… with a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes… by Alexander Chalmers. London: printed for F.C. and J. Rivington et al., 1805. 9 vols., 8vo (209 x 125mm.) (Light browning and some spotting.) Later half-russia (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, spines faded, mounted list of plays to front pastedown of vol. I).

PHILLOTT, Lieutenant-Colonel D.C. (translator). - RANGIN. The Faras-Nãma-E Rangin or The Book of the Horse. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1911. 8vo (250 x 160mm.) (Light browning.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt (extremities lightly scuffed, endpapers browned). - And forty-two others (43).

COOK, James. A Narrative of the Voyages round the World. Chiswick: 1826. 2 vols., small 8vo (127 x 70mm.) Engraved additional decorative titles. (Some browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (worn, upper cover of vol. I detached). - And seventeen others, most leather-bound (19).

FOLIO SOCIETY (publisher). - Robert LATHAM (editor). Pepys's Diary. London: 1996. 3 vols., 8vo (245 x 150mm.) Occasional illustrations, some colour. Original cloth contained within a single slipcase. - And twenty volumes published by the Folio Society and twelve others, the majority leather-bound (35).

RADCLIFFE, F.P. Delmé. The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting, for the Use of the Rising Generation of Sportsmen. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1875. Third edition, 8vo (245 x 150mm.) Engraved hand-coloured frontispiece, additional decorative title, 8 engraved hand-coloured plates. (Light browning and spotting.) Contemporary half-morocco, spine gilt in six compartments, lettered in the second and third, the other compartments tooled with hunting paraphernalia, t.e.g. (extremities scuffed, cloth to upper cover faded with some soiling). - And eleven other illustrated volumes (12).

UPTON, Bertha and Florence K. The Golliwogg in Holland. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co., 1904. Oblong 4to (215 x 280mm.) Illustrations by Florence K. Upton, the majority full-page and colour. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting.) Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (extremities lightly bumped and soiled, stitching weak, upper hinge split with spine coming away). - And twenty other children's books, including two by Florence and Bertha Upton (21).

POGANY, Willy (illustrator). - M.G. EDGAR. A Treasury of Verse for Little Children. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [n.d. but 1908.] First edition, 8vo (230 x 175mm.) Colour frontispiece, 7 colour plates, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting.) Original green and gilt pictorial cloth (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed). - And eight other illustrated children's books (9).

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). - J.M. BARRIE. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d. but circa 1911.] 4to (200 x 145mm.) 24 colour plates. (Light browning and spotting, margins of plate facing p.1 creased and soiled, margin of plate facing p.8 torn with loss.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, affected by damp). - And sixteen other children's books (17).

FOLIO SOCIETY (publishers). - Arthur Conan DOYLE. The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: 1987. 8vo (219 x 154mm.) Occasional illustrations by Edward Bawden. Original decorated cloth, slipcase (slightly soiled). - And twenty-two others published by the Folio Society (23).

SMITH, Jessie Willcox (illustrator). - Charles KINGSLEY. The Water Babies. [London:] Hodder and Stoughton, Limited for Boots the Chemist, [n.d.] 4to (248 x 190mm.) Colour frontispiece, 11 tipped-in colour plates. (Light browning, some spotting, minor occasional soiling.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and lightly scuffed, upper joint starting to split). - And thirty-three other children's books (34).

POGANY, Willy (illustrator). - Richard WAGNER. Tannhäuser. London: G.G. Harrap & Co., [n.d. but circa 1912.] 8vo (280 x 188mm.) Printed in colour, frontispiece with mounted onlay, 16 colour plates, numerous illustrations, all by Pogany. (2 colour plates creased). Original decorated cloth (lightly bumped, section excised from front-free endpaper). - And nine other books, all illustrated (10).

NIBBS, R.H. The Churches of Sussex. Brighton: R.H. Nibbs, 1851. 4to (270 x 200mm.) 1 etched frontispiece, 71 etched plates. (Browning and spotting, some plates and text leaves torn and repaired without loss.) Near contemporary half-morocco (extremities rubbed and lightly scuffed). Provenance: 'Arthur Hope Rydon' armorial bookplate to front-free endpaper. - And one other volume by Mark Antony Lower ('The Churches of Sussex'. Brighton and Worthing: W.J. Smith, 1872. 4to) (2).