Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

ROBERTSON, Frederick Leslie. The Evolution of Naval Armament. London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1921. First edition, 8vo (223 x 134mm.) 8 plates, numerous illustrations, 65pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Occasional spotting.) Original red cloth (bumped to extremities, a few marks to rear). - And seven more naval related volumes (8).

SMITH-CORBETT, A. The Seafarers. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1919. First edition, 8vo (188 x 119mm.) (Browning to preliminaries.) Original blue cloth (bumped to spine ends, some fading), dust-jacket (chipping to extremities). - And a quantity of naval related volumes in dust-jackets (a quantity).

GOODCHILD, George. The Last Cruise of the Majestic. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1917. First edition, 8vo (183 x 118mm.) Frontispiece. (Spotting to pastedowns, browning to page margin.) Original cream cloth (soiled). - And a quantity of naval related volumes, most in dust-jackets (a quantity).

MARDER, Arthur J. From the Dreadnought To Scapa Flow. London: Oxford University Press, 1966-1970. 5 vols., mixed editions, 8vo (216 x 134mm.) Numerous charts at rear of vols. 2, 3, 4 and 5. (Occasional spotting to preliminaries.) Original blue cloth (lightly bumped to spine ends), dust-jackets (some fading and occasional creasing to extremities). - And thirty-one more naval related volumes in dust-jackets (36).

[John LEWIS, Samuel PEGGE, and Henry WHARTON]. Some Account of Suffragan Bishops in England. London: printed by and for J. Nichols, 1785. 4to (261 x 205mm.) (Occasional spotting.) 20th century blue cloth (some fading and a mark to upper board). Note: includes 'Some Account of that Species of Prelates formerly existing in England usually Called 'Bishops in Partibus Infidelium' by Rev. Samuel Pegge and 'A List of the Suffragan Bishops in England' as drawn up by Rev. Henry Wharton.- And with fourteen more volumes, mainly on religion (including Richard Watson's 'Two Apologies', 1806, 8vo) (15).

MYSTICISM. - Maurice NICOLL. Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky. London: Stuart & Watkins, 1970. 5 vols., 8vo (250 x 151mm.) (Small stain to fore-edge of vol. 4.) Original blue cloth, dust-jackets (some small tears, creasing, fading to spines). - And nine related volumes on Gurdjieff and Ouspensky (including a copy of Dr. W.Y. Evans-Wentz's 'Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines', 1965, 8vo) (14).

PRATCHETT, Terry. Feet of Clay. London: Victor Gollancz, 1996. First edition, signed and dedicated by Terry Pratchett ('To Chris, words in your head, T.P') with the circular stamp Pratchett was using at the time 'Ex Libris Mortis, Hic Est Vita Vester' on both the title page and the front-free endpaper. 8vo (228 x 148mm.) Original cloth (bumped to spine ends with slight spine lean), dust-jacket (minor wear to extremities). - And thirty-seven more volumes by Terry Pratchett (including twenty-three first edition, first impressions) (38).

FOLIO SOCIETY (publisher). - William SHAKESPEARE. [The Plays.] London: The Folio Society, 1960-1976. 32 vols. only (of 37), mixed impressions, 8vo (216 x 164mm.) Various illustrators, including Salvador Dali, Michael Ayrton and Isamu Noguchi. Original cloth, slipcases (some rubbing to edges) (32).

FOLIO SOCIETY. - Jane AUSTEN. [The Complete Novels.] London: The Folio Society, 1997. 7 vols., 8vo (221 x 140mm.) Illustrations by Joan Hassall. Original cloth-backed paper-covered boards, slipcase (a few marks). - And a quantity of other literary volumes (comprising approximately thirty-two published by the Folio Society, seven by the Franklin Library and twenty-eight King Penguins) (a quantity).

BELL, John (publisher). Bell's British Theatre. London: printed for the Proprietors, 1791-1796. 28 vols., 12mo (189 x 112mm.) Engraved frontispieces and titles. (Occasional spotting, mainly verso of plates.) Contemporary calf gilt, gilt turn-ins (rebacked, replaced endpapers, rubbing to extremities) (28).

BINDINGS. - John FORD. The Works… with Notes Critical and Explanatory by William Gifford. London: James Toovey, 1869. 3 vols., 8vo (216 x 127mm.) (Light spotting to fore-edges.) Later black half-morocco, t.e.g. (minor marks to lower cover of vol. 1). - And forty-five more volumes, all leather-bound (48).

NOBBS, David. The Return of Reginald Perrin. London: Victor Gollancz, 1977. Signed and dedicated by the author David Nobbs to Leonard Rossiter ('to Len, with much gratitude for a wonderful interpretation, David'), first edition, 8vo (196 x 124mm.) (Mild toning.) Original red cloth (bumped to spine ends), dust-jacket (faint mark to upper cover). - And another David Nobb's book inscribed to Leonard Rossiter ('The Better World of Reginald Perrin', 1978, 8vo.) - And a quantity of Leonard Rossiter material. Provenance: the library of Leonard Rossiter. Note: Leonard Rossiter played the lead role of Reginald Perrin in the television series that ran from 1976 to 1979. The lot includes a book by the film director Alan Parker ('Un Cartoon de') inscribed by Parker to Rossiter. It also includes Rossiter's own copy of Pinter's 'The Caretaker' inscribed by him in pencil along with two books of August Stringberg plays inscribed by the translator, Michael Meyer, to Rossiter. Also included are seventeen theatre playscripts which chart the career of both Leonard Rossiter and his wife, Gillian Raine, with nine of them having their names inscribed in pencil by them, including two copies of 'Semi-Detached', the 1972 production of the play by David Turner where the couple first met (a quantity).

BURTON, Sir Richard F. First Footsteps in East Africa or, an Exploration of Harar. London: Tylston & Edwards, 1894. 2 vols., Memorial edition, 8vo (212 x 132mm.) 4 colour plates, 2 maps. (Spotting to tissue-guards, occasional spotting to text.) Original black cloth, gilt vignettes to upper and lower covers (bumped to extremities). - And four related volumes on African exploration (6).

CRUIKSHANK, George (illustrator). - William THACKERAY, Albert SMITH, et al. The Comic Almanack… an Ephemera in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips and Oddities. London: Chatto and Windus, [n.d. but 1882-1883]. 2 vols., Collected edition, 8vo (188 x 120mm.) Profusely illustrated, 5 folding plates. (Faint spotting to preliminaries, name inscribed to both half-titles.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt (softly bumped to spine ends). - And eight more volumes (including Paul Scarron's Comical works, 2 vols., limited edition, 1892, 8vo) (10).

POWELL, Richard. The Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, MDCCCIX. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809. First edition, 8vo (206 x 121mm.) 1 engraved plate with an explanation leaf (ownership note crossed out on the front pastedown.) Contemporary calf, the spine in six compartments with a morocco lettering piece to the second (rebacked, bumped to extremities). Provenance: Sir George Lee, Baronet, Hartwell (bookplate to the front pastedown). - And six other volumes (including Hutton's version of Ozanam's 'Mathematics') (7).

SÉGUR, Philippe-Paul. Histoire de Napoléon et de La Grande-Armée Pendant L'année 1812. Paris: Baudouin Fréres, Éditeurs, 1825. 2 vols., 12mo (135 x 83mm.) Portrait frontispieces, folding map, 4 plates. (Some pencil underlining, moderate spotting throughout.) Original cloth blocked in blind, gilt titles (sunning to spine). - And eighteen further volumes, mostly in French (including 'Edits de la Republique de Geneve', 1707, 4to) (20).

BARNES, Julian. England, England. London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page, first edition, first impression, 8vo (214 x 133mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (slight crinkle to top of spine panel). - And forty more volumes of contemporary fiction, some signed (including Beryl Bainbridge's 'English Journey' and also a proof copy of Laurie Lee's 'Cider With Rosie', 1959, 8vo) (41).

FRASER, George MacDonald. Flashman in the Great Game. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1975. First edition, 8vo (207 x 130mm.) Original red cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped). - And ten more novels by Fraser (11).

SEKON, G. A. A History of the Great Western Railway… being the Story of the Broad Gauge. London: Digby, Long & Co., 1895. First edition, 8vo (196 x 125mm.) Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. (Some finger-marks to verso of frontispiece and to rear leaf which has also been repaired, a library bookplate to rear pastedown.) Original cloth boards (bumped to extremities). Provenance: Lawrence B. Cooper (name to front-free endpaper). - And five more railway related volumes (including Sam Fay's 'A Royal Road', 1883, 8vo) (6).