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London: The Folio Society; Oxford University Press, 2007. LIMITED EDITIONS, EACH NO. 840 OF 3750, 1980 OR 1000 COPIES, 78 vols, folio and 8vo, comprising 39 folio volumes printed on Zerkall mould-made paper and bound in original half blue, green red or turquoise Nigerian goatskin, marbled boards, spines lettered direct in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, and 39 companion 8vo volumes in matching-colour buckram, printed paper labels to front boards, spines lettered direct in gilt; one book of each format housed together in 39 matching-colour solander boxes with Nigerian goatskin labels. A fine set. A complete set of a major undertaking: the complete works of Shakespeare in elegant large-format letterpress, set in 16pt Monotype Baskerville with Caslon Display by Gloucester Typesetting Services, with printing requiring the services of three different firms across England and Germany, and the binding in quarter goatskin completed by Lachenmaier in Reutlinge. Each play volume is numbered and… Read More

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, 8vo, pp. 583, [1], 15, [1, ads]. Original red cloth, boards blocked with a frame in blind, spine and front board lettered in gilt. Paper lightly toned, a few tiny spots. Spine dulled and gilt mostly gone, a few marks, spine ends bumped. Presentation inscription to flyleaf: ‘Mrs N Harrison / from / William Hope Hodgson - / Nov: 28th-/12’. A scarce presentation copy of William Hope Hodgson’s landmark horror-fantasy, an early example of a ‘Dying Earth’ story in the same genre as the end of H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine. It made a strong impression on Hodgson’s contemporaries: Lovecraft referenced it in ‘Supernatural Horror in Literature’ as ‘yet one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written’, and Clark Ashton Smith felt similarly about it. Hodgson’s life was short but eventful, encompassing a sailing… Read More

London: Printed for the Author, by J. Davis, 1790. FIRST EDITION, 37 vols., 8vo, each vol. except index ff. [i, title-page], 72, [3, indices] + a total of 2,592 hand-coloured plates, of which 3 folding, plus a further pp. iv and pp. vi, [ii] in vols. 1 and 7 respectively,index vol. pp. viii, [76]. Vol. 4 bound without Smith’s preface. Contemporary half dark green straight-grained morocco, marbled boards, spines divided by raised bands and double gilt rules, marbled edges and endpapers. A little spotting and offsetting, title-page of index vol. damaged. Bindings variably rubbed and a little worn, front board of vol. 6 detached, front hinge of vol. 24 broken. Some pencil notes, a few dried flowers inserted, often to correspond with entries for the same specimens. A lovely example of James Sowerby’s (1757-1822) English Botany, which he claimed to be ‘a perfect National Flora, a work that has been attempted in several countries, but, which is very remarkable, has not… Read More

[various]: Blackie and Son., 1893. Mostly 8vo, various paginations, mostly original decorated cloth, a handful of printed card wrappers. Most in good or very good condition. A large and representative collection covering the whole book-designing career of influential artist Talwyn Morris, who became synonymous with the ‘Glasgow Style’ of the turn of the 20th century. The 262 volumes include complete runs of his celebrated and beautiful bindings for sets such as William S. Murphy’s The Textile Industries and James Weir French’s Modern Power Generators reminiscent of and an influence of the burgeoning Private Press movement; it also includes more than a hundred of his simpler series bindings. Talwin Morris (1865-1911), artist and book designer who became, was born in England but moved to Glasgow in 1893 to take up the post of Art Manager for publisher Blackie and Son. He was to arrive in a city where other artist-craftsmen and women - chief among them future… Read More

London: T. Bensley [for R. Ackermann], 1808. FIRST EDITION, 3 vols., 4to, pp. [vi], iv, [3]-231, [1]; [ii], vi, [ii], 239, [1]; [ii], iv, [ii], 280, [6] + engraved dedication leaf in each vol. and 104 aquatint plates. Contemporary marbled calf. Three plates in vol. 1 with tears at platemark repaired on verso, otherwise just some spotting and toning, offsetting from plates to facing pages. Rebacked, corners and edges neatly renewed, hinges relined, old leather a bit scratched and marked. Bookplate removed from pastedowns, ownership inscription dated 1813 rubbed out from flyleaf of vol. 1. An early issue of this essential colour-plate work, complete with half-titles in each volume. Four of Abbey’s ‘key plates’ are in the first state, and all the visible watermarks are between 1806 and 1808. Abbey Scenery 212.

London: Kelmscott Press, 1892. FIRST KELMSCOTT PRESS EDITION, ONE OF 300 COPIES, 8vo, [ii], viii, 251, [1]. Printed in red and black throughout. Original vellum, spine lettered in gilt, silk ties. Binding somewhat dustsoiled, silk ties mostly lost. Pencil notes by Mabel Veronica Batten on loosely inserted envelope, along with a contemporary photograph of a portion of a house exterior. The third book printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. Peterson (A1) notes that Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922) bought the first ever copy of the first book Morris printed while they were having lunch together. By this point, the two had begun discussing reprinting some of Blunt’s work with Morris stipulating that he may ‘have my own way about the getup’, though Blunt requested the red initials. While printing, Morris said ‘I have one sheet and it looks very pretty & gay with its red letters, but I think I prefer mine in style of printing’, and the… Read More

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1885. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, oblong folio, pp. [viii], [22], 9, [1] + 11 colour lithograph plates; [vi], [12], 10 + 4 colour lithograph plates & 2 black and white plates. Black and white illustrations within pagination, some plates printed with gold or silver inks. Original grey paper boards backed in red roan, boards bordered with black rules, central crest and corner shoe illustrations printed in black, edges sprinkled red. Some very faint marks. Binding somewhat rubbed and worn, some scrapes to leather. Ink inscription ‘To Mr George Waterston from Thomas W. Greig’ dated October 12, 1885 to initial blank. The scarce first book of antiquarian shoe collector Thomas Watson Greig of Glencarse (1837-1912), with the intention ‘to preserve in an intelligible form what is fast crumbling into dust... as well as to to show the variety of shapes and the excellence of the workmanship and design used by our ancestors’… Read More

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1900. FIRST EDITION, folio, pp. [48] + frontispiece and 21 colour lithograph plates. Some plates printed with gold or silver ink. Original carmine red boards backed in paler red cloth, front board bordered with a double gilt rule and lettered centrally in gilt, four shoe illustrations printed in gilt to corners, edges gilt. A little finger-soiling. Boards somewhat scratched and marked, worn and a little scraped to edges, portion of rear board sunned. A companion book to shoe collector Thomas Watson Greig of Glencarse’s (1837-1912) earlier ‘Ladies' Old-Fashioned Shoes’, focussing on footwear from the 1800s. Many copies were broken for their attractive colour plates, now more often found framed than bound.

[Edinburgh: Printed by the artist, 2016. ONE OF 7 COPIES, 16.3 x 13.7 cm and approximately 240cm across fully open. Two intersecting accordion-folded panoramic sheets, one an aquatinted etching on 300gsm Hahnemuhle paper with laser cutouts, the other black 300gsm paper with laser cutouts. Bound between cloth-covered boards with endpapers of embossed Fabriano Rosapina Avorio paper (285gsm), with a paper wrap-around band printed in black. Housed in a custom cloth drop-back box blocked in silver together with a full-colour 12pp. booklet about the book and containing a certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by the artist. A wordless retelling of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ using a combination of old and new technologies: intaglio printmaking and laser cutting. The result is a panoramic piece of book art that visually narrates the story and draws inspiration from the imagery of the text. Inspired by artists and illustrators such as William Hogarth, Lotte Reiniger… Read More

London: Printed by E.T. and R.H. for Jonathan Robinson, 1681. FIRST EDITION, second issue, 8vo, pp. [iv], 94, [2, blank], 100. Contemporary sheep, boards ruled in blind with a blind roll along joints. Some soiling and spotting, a couple of leaves creased, short tear to middle blank. Rubbed and marked, spine rather worn and defective at ends, joints cracked but holding, corner of flyleaf torn away. Numerous sums and pen trials to endpapers, among them an ownership inscription: ‘Susan Horn’s Book, 1790, Wallcot Place’. An unsophisticated copy of one of the most important works from the last decade of Boyle’s life, in which he demonstrates his fully developed thoughts in exploring major theological and philosophical issues. With this and several other works of the 1680s ‘he made a profound contribution to contemporary debates regarding the true relationship between God and the natural world, and man's potential for comprehending this’… Read More

Basileae [Basel]: In officina Hervagiana, 1541. Folio, pp. [xx], 310. Later vellum boards, paper label with ink title to spine, all edges blue. Lightly toned, some minor spotting. Vellum lightly spotted, some discolouration to spine, label chipped, small touches of worming just to the hinges. Ownership inscriptions to title-page of Fr. Heuglin of Tübingen dated 1817, C. Barth dated 1818, and a prize inscription to J. Mästlin signed by Theodorus Cellarius and dated 1664; also an illegible inscription to flyleaf and a scattering of marginal annotations to the text. The second edition of the Greek text of Herodotus (following the Aldine first of 1502), and the first to be printed outside Italy. This copy appears to have been given to an exceptional pupil by Theodor Cellarius (1627-1677), professor of Greek at Tübingen, and remained in that city for at least another century and a half. Adams H395; Dibdin II 19.

Edinburgh: Printed and sold by William Creech, 1791. FIRST EDITION, 21 vols., 8vo, various paginations + 4 folding plates, 2 folding maps (one in colour), 9 engraved plates, 4 folding tables and 4 engraved maps. Contemporary half diced calf, brown boards, spine divided by gilt rules and lettered direct in gilt, marbled edges. A touch of scattered spotting, a few gatherings slightly toned, 1 leaf in vol. 4 sprung. Just a little rubbed and marked, some spines slightly creased, a few volumes with slight damage at foot of spines. Ownership inscriptions of Haddington to title-pages. A handsome set of Sir John Sinclair’s magisterial magnum opus, conceived when Sinclair was an elder in the Church of Scotland - ‘a detailed account of the geography, history, economy, and society of every parish’ in Scotland. Sinclair achieved this through a dogged and determined letter-writing campaign, following up his questionnaires until a bare dozen of the country’s 936 parishes… Read More

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1885. FIRST EDITION, 2 vols., oblong folio, pp. [viii], [22], 9, [1] + 11 colour lithograph plates; [vi], [12], 10 + 4 colour lithograph plates & 2 black and white plates. Black and white illustrations within pagination, some plates printed with gold or silver inks. Original grey paper boards backed in red roan, boards bordered with black rules, central crest and corner shoe illustrations printed in black, supplement bound in sage green paper wrappers backed in dark green cloth, front wrapper printed in black and bordered with black rules. One leaf in supplement bound upside-down. Leather spine defective, extremities worn, a few small areas of supplement wrappers torn away, corners creased, wrappers lightly soiled. The scarce first book of antiquarian shoe collector Thomas Watson Greig of Glencarse (1837-1912), with the intention ‘to preserve in an intelligible form what is fast crumbling into dust... as well as to to show the variety of shapes and the… Read More

Perugia: Nella Stamperia di Piergiovanni Costantini, 1764. 5 vols., 4to, pp. xlviii, 431, [1] + frontispiece and 1 other plate; [iv], 447, [1]; [iv], 495, [1]; [iv], 471, [1]; [iv], 460. Hundreds of engravings contained within text. Untrimmed in original carta rustica, manuscript paper labels to spines. Foxed and spotted, a few gatherings showing signs of damp or marginal worming (from when the book was in sheets), one or two edge tears. Bindings soiled and stitching loosening, spine of vol. 1 partially defective, several flyleaves excised. Index in each vol. supplemented with numerous additional entries (and sometimess sections) in a neat contemporary hand. One of the fullest editions of this important emblem book, first published (without illustrations) in 1593 and much expanded by the author and subsequent editors thereafter. This edition, featuring over 370 engravings, was produced by the writer and historian Cesare Orlandi (1734-1779).

London: [Colophon:] Imprinted at London in Fleetstrete within temple barre at the signe of the hand and starre, by Richard Tottell, 1591. 8vo, pp. [vii], 135, [2] + 1 folding plate. Woodcuts within pagination, several full-page. Eighteenth-century half calf, marbled boards, spine divided by gilt rolls. Some soiling and light staining, title-page a little worn with small repair to verso, plate nearly split at fold, one leaf with several names censored in early ink. Extremities a little rubbed, front joint cracking at foot, a paper label sometime lost from spine. Ownership inscription of Stephen Newman dated 1792 to flyleaf, date calculation from 1809 to front board, early purchase note partially cropped at head of title-page: ‘[?] Roberts 23rd January 97 precium 2d’. First published in 1562 as ‘The Accedens of Armory’, this is the fifth recorded printing of the sole published work of Gerard Legh (or Leigh, d.1563), the son of a draper who became a member of the… Read More

Paris: Hôtel de Thou [vol. 3 & 4 Chez Panckoucke], 1789. 5 vols bound as 4, 4to, pp. [iv], cxiv, 721, [1]; [iv], 787, [1]; [vi], xxviii, 184, iv, 316 + 16 plates; 108 plates (a number double-page). Contemporary marbled sheep, spines divided by gilt rolls, red morocco labels, compartments with central gilt decorative lozenge tools, marbled edges and endpapers. Some toning and spotting, corner of one plate with a tidy old repair. Bindings rubbed and scuffed, corners and spine ends worn, a portion lost from head of vol. 2 backstrip. Modern bookplate to front pastedowns. A scarce reference work, the first division - covering mathematics and games - of the enormous and unwieldy Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières initiated by Charles Panckoucke in an attempt to update and expand Diderot’s Encyclopédie. Originally intended to cover 26 parts, it would update the original Encyclopédie while also rearranging its… Read More

Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Tussanum du Bray, 1634. FIRST EDITION, second issue, folio, pp. [vi], 824 [recte 848], 15, [1]. Contemporary vellum, boards panelled in blind with central decorative lozenge, fore-edge extensions, spine divided by gilt rolls, compartments infilled with repeated spray and dot tools gilt. Toned, some spotting and rustmarks, a few tiny paper flaws. Vellum somewhat soiled and marked, spine label lost, front flyleaf sometime neatly renewed. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford, Dean of Christ Church, with printed catalogue mumber label (’1332’), to front pastedown. The final and most substantial work of William Bellenden (c.1550-1633?), published posthumously and long considered a great rarity: the story repeated in several places is that most of the edition was lost at sea when the ship carrying it from France to Britain foundered in a storm. This may have been a rumour from the period of controversy over Conyers Middleton’s Life of Cicero -… Read More

[Parma]: Ex regio Parmensi Typographio [Bodoni], 1785. 4to, pp. [iv], xxxv, [i], 110, [ii], 16, [ii], 248. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, boards bordered with a triple gilt rule enclosing a frame with arch corners and sides interrupted by swirl and arch tools surrounding a sunburst, spine divided by double raised bands between gilt rules and enclosing black dyed stripes with gilt rolls, second compartment gilt-lettered direct, green endpapers, edges gilt. One leaf (p1, final sequence) with an old paper flaw repaired early on, one or two other torn corners. Extremities the merest touch rubbed, a few small marks. Modern bookplate to front pastedown, armorial bookplate of Sir Joseph Vardin, Bart. to verso of flyleaf, pencil note to facing binder’s blank attributing the binding to Bradel. An elegant binding on an elegant edition; the first paginated section contains the Greek text of Hesiod, the second a dedication to Ferdinand of Austria in a calligraphic italic type, and the… Read More

A Copenhague [Copenhagen]: Chez Nicolas Möller, 1773. FIRST FRENCH EDITION, 4to, pp. [ii], xliii, [iii], 372 + 25 engraved plates and maps (three with hand-colouring, a number of them folding) and 1 folding letterpress table. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label. One plate (XXI) shaved at fore-edge, a touch of minor spotting. Leather worn (especially at joints) and showing insect damage, label mostly defective, cords weakening but boards held. Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) was the astronomer, naturalist, and sole survivor of the malaria-stricken Royal Danish expedition to Arabia in the 1760s. This, his first book, was initially published in German the previous year and contains a number of important maps and much significant information, including the first European mention of Wahhabism. The plates include depictions of the mosques at Mecca and Medina.

Glasguae [Glasgow]: In aedibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis, 1778. 2 vols. bound as 1, folio, pp. [viii], 277, [1], [iv], 307, [3]. Final blank leaf discarded. Later pebbled red morocco, boards with elaborate gilt borders of rules and quatrefoil tools, spine lettered in gilt, edges gilt. Occasional toning and some spotting. Front joint just starting to crack at foot with a little near-invisible refurbishment to head, small darkened area to head of spine. A beautiful and finely bound copy of the Foulis folio Virgil, a fitting companion to the magisterial Homer of twenty years earlier. Among the subscribers to the edition was Adam Smith. The binding on this copy is unsigned but of the highest quality, probably dating to the turn of the 20th century. Gaskell 639; ESTC N22205.