Second impression. With a one-page a.l.s, (probably to Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch), “It was written with a real missionary purpose …”

8vo pamphlet, pp. 10, printed wrappers (a little dusty, creased).

£15

Limited Edition poetry book, numbered 26 of 150 copies on hand-made paper, signed by the publishers with initials. Stephen (d. 1892), educated at Eton and Cambridge, a cousin of Virginia Woolf, was put forward by Michael Harrison in 1972 as a candidate for being ‘Jack the Ripper.’

8vo, pp. x, 84, 1 f., cloth, paper spine label (label very worn, spine darkened).

£25 Sold

Bound in one volume, 8vo, with original wrappers in green cloth, with Presentation inscription to Lord Napier.

1. The English Claims to the Overlordship of Scotland in connection with the death of Thomas a Becket, L., [reissue from Journal of the British Archaeological Association], 1894
2. The Name of Glasgow, and the History of Cumbria, British Archaeological Association, 1890
3. The Aquisition of Lothian by Northumbria. Probably a Suppressed Chapter by Bede, B.A.A., 1891
4. The Classical and Medieval Use of Fortification of Branches now known as Zareeba, B.A.A.,[1894/5]
5. Former Lines of Road about Ashieteel, &c., Alnwick [reprinted from the Transactions of the Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club], 1893
6. Some Scotch Place-Names, Alnwick [B.N.C.], 1894
7. Some Rock-Cuttings in Northumberland, London, [B.A.A.], 1897

£120

First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title.

8vo, pp. vi, 1 f., pp. vii-xxiv, 454, original cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt.

£75 Sold

Overall a pleasing, complete copy; one of the subsequent owners was one ‘R. Coates, BEF 1918 Sep.17.’ A diverting read for a World War I soldier, and perhaps explaining the wear to the binding. The contents are clean and sound.

8vo, 10 ff., pp. 175 (1), 4 ff. index, frontis. & 5 engraved plates, later (19th c.) polished pigskin, large gilt armorial on upr. cvr., (one or two headlines partially cropped, binding worn).

£265

First Edition. Jackson’s travels take in Gibraltar, Granada and the Alhambra, Seville, Malaga, Tangiers, etc. COPAC locates copies at the BL, NL of Scotland, Oxford & Cambridge.

8vo, frontispiece, half-title, title, 2 ff., pp. 301, original brown cloth gilt and black decoration, (some foxing to first and last ff., but essentially a fine copy), a.e.g.

£275

First published in 1854, this is the second (and final) issue. COPAC lists only the BL / V&A for the first edition, and the BL only for this. A clean and tidy copy; the spine a little faded.

16mo, pp. viii, 168, frontispiece & 3 plates after John Gilbert, publisher’s brown cloth gilt (spine slightly faded), a.e.g., Brighton bookseller’s ticket to front paste-down.

£40

First Edition. COPAC: O, Glasgow, NL of Scot, Cambridge, BL, TC Dublin. Robert Semple (1766-1816), American born son of British parents, travelled widely on business through Europe, the Cape, and South America. In the present work, he relates his travels during dangerous times and his arrest and imprisonment as a suspected American spy by Lord Cathcart. In 1815, through the influence of Lord Selkirk, Semple was appointed governor or chief agent for the Hudson Bay Company. During a dispute with the rival North-West company in 1816 he was shot and mortally wounded.

8vo, pp. viii, 267, (5, adverts), untrimmed in original boards (rebacked).

£325

Wing S2403; W & M, 1014. A decent copy of this Restoration tragi-comical play which was first published and performed in 1668; Samuel Pepys, who had long looked forward to it, was severely disappointed. The play was then apparently revived for the 1674/5 season, and presumably also revised at this time, and it is this re-issue that we have here.
The original Mulberry-Garden, to which the title refers, was a four acre orchard, planted by James I in 1609, on the site of the present (north-west corner of) Buckingham Palace. King James had been hoping to kickstart English silkworm production, but unfortunately chose the wrong sort of bush. Clement Walker in ‘Anarchia Anglicana’ (1649) refers to “new-erected sodoms and spintries at the Mulberry Garden at S. James’s”; which suggests it may at that date have been a place of debauchery. In 1674, Goring House, which occupied part of the site adjacent to the Mulberry Garden, burnt down, which perhaps explains the play’s revival at that particular date.

4to, 1 f. blank, 1 f. title, 1 f. dedication, 1 f. ‘Dramatis Personnae,’ / Prologue, pp. 75 (1, Epilogue), later boards (spine worn and semi detached, large inksplash on A4, a few small pin-hole burns passim).

£325

First Edition of a seminal work of immense scholarship.

8vo, pp. xxviii, 659 (1), 8 (adverts), claret cloth gilt-lettered.

£60

First Edition of the separately issued sequel, (i.e. part III) of ‘De Aeternitate Considerationes’ by the Jesuit, Jeremy Drexel (1581-1638). Provenance: early owner name inked over at foot of title; ‘Ex libris Placerdoti Barbier Lacerdotis’ on f.f.e.p.; bookplate of Robert J. Bathurst.

24mo, 12 ff. (including fine ornamental engraved title-page), pp. 415 (1), 1 f. admonitia / errata, contemporary calf, spine gilt, later lettered green leather labels, (paper strip overlaid to head of title and inscribed ‘vantroijen [ then letter code?],’).

£300

First Edition of a rare but significant text.

8vo, pp. 107 (1), 32 (catalogue), rebound in cloth (preserving advert end-papers, and label on upr. cvr.).

£120

First Editions, separated from each other by five years. Quite fascinating high-concept consideration of computers and software, including pattern recognition, compatibilities & conflicts, games, intelligence and architecture, , problem solving, memory, default options, etc. “Most of the machines I will be discussing do not exist at this time. The chapters are primarily extrapolations into the future derived from experiences with various computer-aided design systems, and, in patricular, URBAN5,” [Preface, vol.1]. The text for the follow-up volume was actually completed in 1972, but, ironically, fell prey to the hazards of computer typesetting.

2 vols, square 8vo, vol. 1: 6 ff., pp. 153 (1) incl. 30 pp. bibliography, b/w illustrations, white card covers untitled with 16 silver squares on upper cover (a little foxing to fore-edges, and margins at front and back, otherwise very good); vol. 2. 6 ff., pp. 239 (1), incl. 40 page bibliography, b/w illustrations, silver boards with 16 white squares, spine lettered, dustwrapper (edgeworn, a few creases and short tears; instutional rubber stamp on front paste down; otherwise very good condition).

£275

First Edition of this exploration of fishing lore, fish as food, and all things fishy.

8vo, pp. xii, 552 (incl. index), original cloth (excellent condition).

£85

COPAC locates a copy at the British Library, and another at the Society of Antiquaries; an unusual provincial imprint. A second edition was published in London in 1816. Ex-libris Bala School Library, and then D. Wyn Lloyd (bookplate).

8vo, portrait frontispiece with vignette scene below, pp. 107 (1, adverts), contemporary tree calf, spine gilt dec., label (label chipped, light water stain to frontis, occasional finger marks to text, etc.).

£50