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148. HOMER the iliad [and] odyssey. The Nonesuch Press. 1931.
£1,998
large 8vo. 2 vols.; original russet niger morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, with the original marbled slipcases; parallel text in greek and english (pope’s translation), titles printed in red and black, open capitals in red at the head of each book by van krimpen,
ornaments
designed and engraved by rupert koch, figure of greek warrier on both titles designed by berthold Wolpe, this being Wolpe’s first association with the press; spine of Odyssesy a little darkened and with a slightly more distinct grain, boards of the Odysseywith a couple of marks, otherwise a very nice set.
The Iliad is no. 1208 of
1450 copies, The Odyssey is no. 1243 of 1300 copies. “together the two volumes make a noble pair; and they gained from the careful supervision given to the work at enschedé en Zonen by Jan van krimpen, whose handsome Antigone greek type was used in combination with monotype cochin for the english translation.” (John dreyfus, History of the Nonesuch Press, p. 58).
Dreyfus 72 and 78. With A signed photogrAph of Queen emmA of hAWAii
149.HOPKINS, Manley. spicilegium poeticum. A gathering of verses by manley hopkins. Printed for Private Circulation. [1892].
£198
8vo., original vellum lettered in gilt on spine and upper board. lacking frontispiece, vellum slightly springing and with a couple of red spots and soiling, otherwise a very good copy.
first edition of this privately printed book of verse. presentation copy inscribed by manley hopkins “samuel smith with m h’s kind regards July 1892.”
this copy additionally has a copy of manley hopkins’s bookplate tipped in and a signed photograph of Queen emma of hawaii also tipped in. there are signs that a photograph of manley hopkins was at one stage also tipped in but this is no longer present. Also with an obituary of manley hopkins from “fairplay” magazine tipped in.
manley hopkins, perhaps best known as the father of gerard manley hopkins, was an average adjuster and a published writer in his own right. he was also consul general for hawaii and on Queen emma’s visit to england he travelled widely to promote the establishment of a bishopric at honolulu.
‘collecting rAre books [...] cAn be As ferociously competitive As the greAt gAme And Almost As eXciting’
150.HOPKIRK, Peter — the library of peter hopkirk. central Asia, the balkans and the middle east. London: Sotheby’s, 1998.
£30
4to (269 x 208mm). original printed wrappers, reproducing hopkirk’s bookplate on the lower wrapper; pp. 196; colour-printed frontispiece and
monochrome illustrations; a fine copy.
the sale catalogue for the auction of peter hopkirk’s library, sold by sotheby’s in london on the 13-14 october 1998. the catalogue is prefaced by a biographical note about hopkirk, a two- page preface by him — ‘collecting rare books, i learned very early on, can be as ferociously competitive as the great game and almost as
exciting [...] without my own private library around me, i know that i would never have written my six books on great power rivalry in Asia’ — and an introduction; the extensively-illustrated catalogue itself comprises some 1,211 lots and is supplemented by an index. due to the rarity of many of the items and the importance of its provenance, the collection more than doubled the pre-sale estimate to realise a total of nearly £990,000. the printed auction results are loosely inserted.
151.HORACE. PINE, John (engraver). Quinti horatii flacci opera. Londini, Aeneis tabulis incidit, Johannes Pine. 1733-37.
£698
8vo. 2 vols.; contemporary tan calf, spines decorated in gilt and with dark green morocco labels, marbled endpapers; pp. [xxxii] + 264; [xxiv] + 191 + [13]; without the ‘list of Antiquities’ in volume i, as usual with this issue; engraved text and illustrations throughout; joints just starting to crack, but still firm, occasional spotting and offsetting as usual, otherwise a very good copy of this famous book.
first edition, second issue, with the reading ‘potest’ at p.108 in volume ii. pine’s engraved horace is one of the few english books of the time to bear comparison with the work of the french engravers.
Rothschild 1548; Lowndes p.1113.
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