Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

SOUTH, Richard. The Moths of the British Isles. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1907 and 1909. 2 vols., series 1 and 2, first editions, 8vo (157 x 111mm.) Profusely illustrated. (Some browning, a tear to p.98 of series 2.) Original cloth with gilt decoration (rubbing to extremities). - And five more related volumes (including four more from the 'Wayside & Woodland Series') (7).

SAYERS, Dorothy L. Have His Carcase. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1932. First edition, 8vo (185 x 122mm.) (Occasional spotting, inner joints split, a few pencil notes to rear leaves.) Original cloth (some surface wear, a crease to spine). - And nineteen more volumes of literary interest (including Gerald Durrell's 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives', 1969, 8vo) (20).

[BEARDSLEY, Aubrey.] The Yellow Book… an Illustrated Quarterly. London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894-1897. 13 vols., 4to (201 x 156mm.) Numerous illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Sickert, William Rothenstein and many others. (Stamps to title pages and margins of the plates.) Original cloth blocked in black (frayed to extremities and labels to spines). Provenance: Worthing Public Library (bookplates to front pastedowns and stamps to preliminaries) (13).

SMITH, Hubert Llewellyn. The New Survey of London Life and Labour. London: P.S. King, 1931-1934. 9 vols. (7 vols. text & 2 vols. maps). First editions except vol. 1 (a 1934 reprint), 8vo (217 x 136mm.) Frontispieces, numerous charts and folding maps, 13 large folding maps in the map volume pockets. (Small stamps to corners of the large maps and to frontispieces.) Original blue cloth (residue of labels, or reference numbers to spines, lightly bumped). Note: Hubert Llewellyn Smith was a civil servant heavily involved in pre-war economic policy and this survey of working-class households in London was undertaken to research the changes since Charles Booth's survey of 1889. Provenance: Worthing Public Library (bookplate to front pastedowns) (9).

[CAVE, Edward.] 'Sylvanus URBAN'. The Gentleman's Magazine… and Historical Chronicle. London: D. Henry et al, 1731-1858. 176 vols. 8vo (214 x 120mm.) Numerous engraved plates and maps (many folding, some hand-coloured). (Occasional repairs to some maps, light browning, lacking the 'Declaration of Independence' and possibly a few other maps and plates.) Contemporary half-calf (39) (rubbing to spine ends, some soiling), modern cloth (134) (replaced endpapers), variant leather bindings (3). Provenance: Worthing Public Library (labels to front pastedowns). Note: a complete run (1731- 1843) of this important monthly periodical that covered an extensive range of 18th and 19th century European and imperial life and culture including plates and maps from North and South America, West Indies, the Antarctic, Africa, Prussia and covering subjects such as astronomy, art, poetry, politics, natural history, history, slavery, canals, bridges, architecture, war (American and European frontier maps), inventions (the 'self-moving wheel') and coats of arms. Including, for example, a folding map of the 'Caribbee Islands' (1756), the 'Atlantic Ocean' (1754), 'South America' (1749), 'East Indies' (1748), 'Philadelphia' (1752) and the four folding maps of America from 1776 ('Philadelphia', 'Long Island', 'Rhode Island' and 'New Jersey'). - And a run of three volumes (1856-1858) and also a single volume (Benjamin Nangle's 'The Gentleman's Magazine…an Index of Biographical and Obituary Notices', 1980, 8vo (177).

GUINNESS, Alec. My Name Escapes Me… the Diary of a Retiring Actor. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1996. Signed by Alec Guinness in blue ink to the title-page, first edition, first impression, 8vo (232 x 147mm.) (Some browning to page ends.) Original black cloth, dust-jacket (toning to jacket edges). - And thirty-two more biographies of actors (including a signed copy of Claire Tomalin's 'Mrs Jordan's Profession', 1994, 8vo). Provenance: from the library of the actors Leonard Rossiter and his wife Gillian Raine. Seven of the volumes are inscribed to Rossiter from friends as birthday or Christmas presents, including two from his wife Gillian (33).

THE BLACK BOOK CASE. - Maud ALLAN. My Life and Dancing. London: Everett & Co., [n.d. but 1908]. First edition, 8vo (179 x 122mm.) Frontispiece, numerous plates. (Small repair to frontispiece.) Original green cloth with onlaid pictorial paper panel of Maud Allan as Salome to the upper cover (bumped to extremities). - And three more volumes relating to the Pemberton Billing case (including the 'Verbatim Report of the Trial of Noel Pemberton Billing…', 1918, 8vo). Note: it was during this trial that Lord Alfred Douglas, when called to give evidence, betrayed Oscar Wilde by referring to him as 'the greatest evil that has befallen Europe in the last 350 years' (4).

POETRY. - Seamus HEANEY (translator). Beowulf… a New Translation. London: Faber and Faber, 1999. First edition, first impression, 8vo (216 x 134mm.) Original blue cloth, dust-jacket (some fading to spine). - And fifteen volumes of mainly Irish poetry (including four more Seamus Heaney first editions) (16).

MANDELA, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom. South Africa: Macdonald Purnell, 1994. First edition, seventh impression, signed by Nelson Mandela on the half-title and dated '18.7.95', 8vo (234 x 139mm.) Illustrations. Original black cloth, dust-jacket (faint shelf wear to extremities.) Provenance: Ian Whitlock (name in calligraphic lettering on the half-title). Ian Whitlock was a senior manager for Eskom, the South African state electricity utility. In recognition of Eskom's work in electrifying as many homes in the townships as possible, all twenty-five members of the management team were presented with a personalised signed copy of this book by Mandela.

YELTSIN, Boris. Against the Grain. London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. First edition, signed and dated by Boris Yeltsin on the front-free endpaper, 8vo (234 x 153mm.) Illustrations. Original black cloth, dust-jacket (sticker to rear panel). Provenance: the bank manager of the UK branch of Barclays where Yeltsin opened an account for the royalties of this book (a copy of a photo showing Yeltsin signing the book at the bank is included).

CUSTER, Elizabeth B. Tenting on the Plains… or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1887. First edition, 8vo (228 x 140mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece of General Custer with tissue-guard, numerous illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original cloth, blocked in red, blue, white and gilt decoration (bumped to extremities, rear endpapers cracked).

WOOLF, Virginia. Flush. London: the Hogarth Press, 1933. First edition, 8vo (214 x 135mm.) 6 plates, 4 illustrations by Vanessa Bell. (Occasional spotting.) Original cloth (bumped and with browning to extremities), dust-jacket (some loss to spine ends, paint marks to upper cover).

[NOONAN, Robert.] 'Robert TRESSALL'. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. London: Grant Richards, Ltd., 1914. First edition, 8vo (191 x 119mm.) (Minor spotting to preliminaries, a mark to rear leaves.) Original black cloth (frayed to top of spine, bumped to extremities). Provenance: Harold Anson (name inscribed in pencil to front-free endpaper).

ALLONBY, Edith. The Fulfilment. London: Greening & Co., Ltd, 1905. First edition, 8vo (185 x 117mm.) Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, 2pp. of publisher's advertisements to rear. (Spotting to preliminaries, fore-edge and rear pastedown.) Original purple cloth (some sunning to spine, light rubbing to extremities). Note: Edith Allonby was the headmistress of a Lancaster school and had published two previous novels. However, believing that this novel was not going to be published she committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid as a way of publicising this book which, as she wrote to her sister, contained 'either truth or page upon page of blasphemy'.

DAVID, Elizabeth. A Book of Mediterranean Food. London: John Lehmann Ltd., 1951. First edition, third impression, 8vo (196 x 127mm.) Illustrations by John Minton. (Mild spotting to fore-edge.) Original grey cloth boards, dust-jacket (browning to extremities, chipping to spine ends).

PINTER, Harold. Mac. [N.p. but London:] Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968. Signed and dedication by Harold Pinter to the actor Leonard Rossiter ('The Caretaker, the Mermaid 72, To Leonard with admiration and thanks, Harold'), limited edition, this number 650 of 2000 copies, 8vo (212 x 133mm.) Original green cloth-backed boards (small mark to upper cover). Note: Leonard Rossiter played 'Davies', the tramp, in the 1972 production of Pinter's 'The Caretaker' at the Mermaid theatre, Chichester. Provenance: from the library of the actors Leonard Rossiter and his wife Gillian Raine.

ROBINSON, W. Heath, and K.R.G. BROWNE. How To Be A Motorist. London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., [n.d.] First edition, 8vo (184 x 117mm.) (Mild spotting to fore-edge.) Original cloth (bumped to spine ends), dust-jacket (chipping to extremities, a closed tear to front panel). - And one more first edition copy of the same book. Provenance: Phil Donnelly (name in ink to the front-free endpaper) (2).

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge.] 'Lewis Carroll'. Aventures d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles… traduit de L'Anglais par Henri Bue. London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First edition in French, 8vo (185 x 123mm.) Illustrations by John Tenniel. (Minor spotting to tissue-guard, toning within.) Original cloth with gilt lozenges to both covers, g.e. (spine darkened, front and rear inner joints cracked, rubbing to spine ends).

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge.] 'Lewis Carroll'. Phantasmagoria… and Other Poems. London: Macmillan & Co., 1869. First edition, 8vo (166 x 115mm.) (Stamps to the verso of title-page, residue of library labels to front-free endpaper, pp.87-92 loosening, one or two crayon marks.) Later cloth, titles to spine (bumped to extremities). Note: a first state edition with no mention of 'Alice' on the title page and with the section 'Melancholette' incorrectly noted as p.78 on the 'Contents' page. Provenance: Brighton public library (stamps to verso of the title page and to the last page). - And four more volumes by Lewis Carroll (5).