Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

CAMBODIA. - Pierre DIEULEFILS. Indo-Chine Pittoresque & Monumentale, Ruies D' Angkor Cambodge. Cambodia, Hanoi: P. Dieulefils, [1907.] Oblong folio (273 x 374mm.) Dedication leaf, introduction in English, French and German, 1 colour plate of King Sisowath of Cambodia, 67 heliogravure plates after photographs with tissue-guards captioned in three languages. (Spotting verso the front-free endpaper, one or two finger-marks to preliminaries.) Original white half morocco over snakeskin-style paper-covered boards (inner hinge weakening, surface wear, some loss to spine). Note: Pierre Dieulefils was a French photographer who set up in Hanoi in 1888 and was the first professional photographer to document Cambodia and Vietnam.

LAVOISNE, C.V. Lavoisne's Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas upon the plan of Le Sage: Exhibiting the Origin, Descent, and Marriages, of all the Royal Families, from the Earliest Records, to the year 1839…Revised, Collated, and Considerably Enlarged by John Satchell. London: J. Barfield. Fourth edition, folio (469 x 315mm.) Title, 75 double-paged engraved genealogical tables, including 26 maps, most leaves hand-coloured. (Toning, lacking front blank.) Red morocco over original marbled paper-covered boards, with red morocco labels mounted to upper cover and spine (rebacked, endpapers replaced).

LATHAM, Charles. In English Homes. London: Country Life, 1904-1909. 3 vols., first editions, folio (404 x 275mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Mild toning, browning to endpapers.) Original blue cloth, gilt decorated to upper covers, g.e. (light rubbing to spine ends, minor marks to lower cover of vol. 2.), dust-jacket (small tears and minor loss to extremities, lacking dust-jackets to vol. 1 and 2). - And a further four volumes (H. Avray Tipping's 'English Homes', 1929, 3 vols., folio, being the first volumes only for Periods 2-4, all second impressions, and also Tipping's 'English Homes of the Early Renaissance', [1912], folio) (7).

TIPPING, H. Avray. English Homes. London and New York: Country Life, 1929-1934. 6 vols. Mixed editions and duplicates, folio (381 x 261mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Toning, occasional finger-mark, corner damp-staining to first leaves of Period I, vol. I.) Original blue cloth (damp-staining to covers of Period I and II (volume 2), rubbing, fading to extremities, soiling to Period III (volume 1)), dust-jacket to Periods I and II (volume 2) (worn). Note: Period I and II (volume 2) is the 1937 edition, Period II (volume 1) is the 1929 edition, Period III (volume 1) is the 1929 edition and there is a duplicate volume with the same date, Period IIII (volume 1) is the 1929 second impression and there is a duplicate volume with the same date (6).

AFRICA. - A.L. KITCHLING. On the Backwaters of the Nile. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. First edition, 8vo (218 x 140mm.) 56 photographic illustrations on 48 black and white plates, 1 folding map of 'The Uganda Project' to rear. (Toning, some light to moderate spotting.) Original brown cloth, pictorial gilt to upper cover, t.e.g. (extremities bumped). Provenance: H.R. Nelson (bookplate to the front pastedown). - And a further seventeen volumes, mainly relating to Africa (including John H. Weeks' 'Among Congo Cannibals', 1913, 8vo) (18).

FURST, Herbert. The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head Ltd., 1924. First edition, 4to (312 x 258mm.) Numerous colour plates and black and white illustrations. (Toning.) Original tan cloth (some finger-marks to covers, lightly bumped extremities). - And a further twenty-two volumes related to the art of Frank Brangwyn (including Walter Shaw Sparrow's 'Prints and Drawings by Frank Brangwyn', 1919, 4to, and 'Belgium', 1916, 4to, and A.W. Kinglake's 'Eothen: or Traces of Travel Brought Home From the East', 1913, 4to) (23).

ECCLESIASTICAL. - William MASKELL. Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1882. 3 vols., second edition, 8vo (220 x 136mm.) (Toning, spotting to preliminaries.) Original brown cloth (bumped to extremities). - And a further forty-four volumes relating to Christianity (including 'Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain and Ireland' edited by Arthur West Haddan and William Stubbs, 1964, 3 vols., 8vo) (47).

JAMES, William. A Pluralistic Universe. London & New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1909. First edition, 8vo (210 x 129mm.) (Toning, label residue to front pastedown.) Original cloth, paper label to spine, t.e.g. (fading to the label, rubbing to extremities). - And a further thirty-seven miscellaneous volumes, mainly illustrated or art reference (including John Milton's 'Samson Agonistes' illustrated by Robert Medley, 1979, 4to) (38).

FURNITURE. - Susan E. STUART. Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 2 vols., first edition, 4to (303 x 234mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original brown cloth, dust-jackets, slipcase. - And a further thirty volumes, mainly relating to furniture (including Roberto Papini's 'Decorative Arts and Architecture of the 1920's', 2005, 4to) (32).

GATER, G.H and Walter H. GODFREY. Survey of London. London and New Haven: Country Life, for the London County Council and The Athlone Press and Yale University Press, 1935-2008. 17 vols., 4to (293 x 222mm.) Numerous folding maps and plans, photographic illustrations. (Toning.) Original cloth (spine ends bumped, some fading), dust-jackets (vol. 36 lacking a dust-jacket, some extremities chipped, fading). - And three further volumes, being reprints of volumes, 2, 9, and 12. Note: comprises volumes 22, 26, 28, 31-34, 36-37, 39, 40-44, 46, 47 (20).

ARCHITECTURE. - William NIVEN. Illustrations of Old Warwickshire Houses. London: for the Author at the Chiswick Press, 1878. Large paper copy, one of 25 only, folio (318 x 243mm.) 31 etched plates with a descriptive note for each, 3pp. list of subscribers to rear. (Toning.) Original brown cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine (light rubbing). Provenance: Charles Digby (armorial bookplate to the front pastedown). - And a further twenty-four volumes relating to architecture (including F.T. Dollman and J.R. Jobbins' 'An Analysis of Ancient Domestic Architecture, Exhibiting Some of the Best Existing Examples in Great Britain', 2 vols., 1863, 4to) (25).

COUNTRY-HOUSES. - Hermann MUTHESIUS. The English House. London: Frances Lincoln, 2007. 3 vols., first edition, 4to (314 x 215mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. Original beige cloth, dust-jackets, slipcase. - And a further twenty-one volumes relating to country houses (including J. Alfred Gotch's 'The Old Halls & Manor-Houses of Northamptonshire', 1936, 4to) (24).

ORGEL, Stephen and Roy STRONG. Inigo Jones, the Theatre of the Stuart Court. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1973. 2 vols. Limited edition, this being number 96 of 2000 copies only, 4to (328 x 231mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original brown cloth, dust-jackets, slipcase. - And a further twenty-three volumes relating to architecture and interior design (including Giles Worsley's 'The British Stable', 2005, 4to) (25).

ANNUALS. - Marcus MORRIS (editor). The Eagle Annual. London: Hulton Press and Longacre Press, [1951]-1962. 11 vols., numbers 1-11, 4to (258 x 203mm.) Numerous uncoloured illustrations, some in colour. (Toning, some names and gift inscriptions inscribed.) Original green cloth-backed boards (all extremities rubbed and bumped). - And a further forty-five children's annuals (46).

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge.] 'Lewis Carroll'. The Nursery 'Alice', Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements From Tenniel's Illustrations to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. London: Macmillan and Co., 1890 [1896]. Second issue, 4to (252 x 190mm.) Coloured frontispiece and 19 colour illustrations after John Tenniel, 3pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Toning, minor finger-marks to title and within, closed 2-inch tear to p.45, several leaves to rear with small corner clip, corner crease to p.61.) Original pictorial cloth-backed boards by E. Gertrude Thomson (rubbing to extremities, minor soiling to rear). Note: with the 'Price One Shilling' overprinted on the title-page and ornamental bar underneath. Provenance: Eileen G. Hallibone (gift inscribed to on the front-free endpaper. - And a further twelve volumes of children's literature (including Mary Tourtel's 'The Monster Rupert', [1934], 4to, and the Bessie Pease illustrated 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', [1933], 4to) (13).

ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. St. Helens: The Book People, 1998. Third impression of the 'Ted Smart' edition, 8vo (197 x 128mm.) (Mild toning.) Original pictorial boards, dust-jacket (faint shelf-wear to rear inner flap). - And a further ten volumes by J.K. Rowling (including a second impression of the 'Ted Smart' edition of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', 1998, 8vo, and a first printing by Bloomsbury of 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire', 2000, 8vo) (11).

ACKERMANN, Rudolph. The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature. London: Methuen & Co., 1904. 3 vols., reprint, 4to (249 x 188mm.) Colour plates after Rowlandson and Pugin. (Spotting, moderate to heavy in volumes 1 and 3.) Original parchment-backed paper-covered boards, paper titles mounted to spines, t.e.g. (minor spotting, rubbing and fading to covers). - And a further thirty-one volumes, mainly relating to London and some to bibliography (34).