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others decorated with acorn and oak-leaf tools, all edges speckled red; pp. i: xxviii, 512; ii: [2 (title, imprint on verso)], 542; engraved frontispieces by t.a. Dean and t. Wollnoth after heffernan et al., one engraved plates by Dean and one lithographic plate printed by c. hullmandel after V. Bartholomew, retaining tissue guard, letterpress tables in the text; slightly rubbed, some variable, light spotting, offsetting or browning, occasional candle-wax marking, bound without final [?blank] l. ii, 2M8, nonetheless a very good set.
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217. mUrdoCH, iris. the sea, the sea. Chatto & Windus. 1978.
£125
8vo. original sea green cloth; a very nice copy in the dust-jacket with a striking front panel design from a painting by hokusai.
First edition of iris Murdoch’s Booker Prize winner.
‘the stiFF surgeon Who Maintain’D his cause / hath lost his Place anD gain’D the WorlD’s aPPlause’
218. naPoleon i, emperor of the French — Barry edward o’meara. napoleon in exile; or, a Voice from st. helena. the opinions and reflections of napoleon on the Most important events of his life and government, in his own Words ... third edition. London: J. M’Creery for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. £295
8vo (210 x 132mm), 2 volumes. 19th-century half blue calf over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in one,
third edition. the irish physician Barry o’Meara (1786-1836) was medical attendant to napoleon at st helena from 1815 until 1818, when he was dismissed from his post in July 1818 as a result of strong differences of opinion with the governor, sir hudson lowe. on his return to england o’Meara sent a letter to the admiralty, insinuating that napoleon’s life was not safe in lowe’s hands, and then published Napoleon in Exile in 1822, which created a sensation, particularly over o’Meara’s denouncement of the treatment meted out to napoleon by lowe and the government (indeed, lowe’s actions were referred to by Byron in the famous distich in ‘the age of Bronze’ (1823): ‘the stiff surgeon who maintain’d his cause / hath lost his place and gain’d the world’s applause’). Five english editions appeared in the year of publication and translations into French (1822), german (1822), Dutch (1822), and spanish (1827) followed rapidly; Napoleon in Exile ‘was generally critical of the way in which napoleon had been treated after his surrender and in particular portrayed lowe as spiteful, arbitrary, and vindictive. it was received with scepticism, not least because of inconsistencies between it and earlier accounts by o’Meara’, and it later became evident that o’Meara had overstated his case. nonetheless, the work remains an important primary source for napoleon’s final years.
Lowndes p. 1725; cf. Kircheisen 4141.
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219. niColl, Gordon. Bristol clifton suspension Bridge. original lithograph in colours, linen backed, published by the railway executive (Western region), printed by Jordison & co., ltd., london and Middlesbrough, c.1950. 1020 x 630 mm.
£1,450
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