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1. AESOP. FIENNES, Celia M. (illustrator). The Fables of Aesop. Translated by Sir Roger L’Estrange. Golden Cockerel Press. 1926.
£248
Royal 8vo. Original boards with cream buckram spine, wood-engravings by Celia M. Fiennes; a very nice, partially unopened, copy.
One of 350 numbered copies.
2. ALLAN, Mea. The Hookers of Kew 1785-1911. Michael Joseph, 1967.
£100
8vo. Original cloth in dust-wrapper; pp. 273, coloured frontis., b & w illusts., one folding genealogical table; previous owner’s inscription to verso of t.p., slight bumping to wrapper, a very good copy.
First edition. An authoritative history of the Hooker family, with details of J.D. Hooker’s plant hunting in the Sikkim Himalayas and the foundation of Kew Botanical Gardens.
Yakushi (3rd ed.) A164; Rosove 7A1.
3. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian] (author). W. HEATH ROBINSON (illustrator). Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. London, Boots The Chemist, circa 1930.
£198
4to. Original deep red cloth panelled in black to upper board and lettered and decorated in gilt, preserved in pictorial dustwrapper with onlaid plate to upper panel; pp. [vi], 7-319 + [i]; with 16 fine coloured plates mounted-at-large and other drawings in line; a bright clean copy with just a touch of fading to spine and mild rubbing to head; internally clean with browning and spotting to fore-edge of book block; the dustwrapper showing some signs of use but whole and attractive with mild fading to spine, a few short nicks to edges, one small chip (10mm x 10mm) to head of spine and an associated 30mm closed tear.
Early edition illustrated by Heath Robinson. This fairy tale collection includes “The Snow Queen”; “The Little Mermaid”; “The Wild Swans”; “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.
4. [SPORT]. The Sportsman’s Dictionary; or, the Gentleman’s Companion: for town and country. Containing full and particular instructions for riding, hunting, fowling, setting, fishing, racing,
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farriery, cocking, hawking, etc… by experienced gentlemen, Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson. 1800.
£500
4to. Later full speckled calf, gilt double fillet to boards, gilt spine divided in to six compartments with raised bands, gilt centre tools, red morocco label with gilt lettering to second compartment; unpaginated, printed in double columns, frontispiece and 16 plates; occasional spotting mainly to prelims, very good.
Fourth edition, improved and enlarged. This comprehensive guide to field sports and country pursuits includes sections on horse breeding and care and on the management of hunting dogs and game birds. This was a popular and useful book, full of tips and wisdom, and this copy is presented in a very handsome binding.
5.ANONYMOUS. The Natural History of Remarkable Insects, with their habits and instincts. W.Wetton. [ n.d., c. 1825].
£250
12mo. Contemporary full brown tree calf, blindstamp of Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge to front, red morocco label with gilt lettering to spine; pp. 177, including six full-page wood engravings and numerous smaller text illustrations; bookseller’s stamp ‘Russell May 1828’ to front pastedown; binding a little rubbed to extremities, occasional marginal spotting, very good. Provenance: ownership signature to title page of Lady Acland, probably Lydia Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet, and daughter of Henry Hoare of the great banking family.
Early edition. A charming introduction to entomology including descriptions, poems and illustrations. Though intended for juvenile readers it proved popular as a general guide to the most popular species of British insect.
6.ANONYMOUS. The Art of Modern Conjuring and Drawing Room Entertainment. Ward Lock & Co. Ltd. 1910.
£120
8vo. Original green decorative cloth with hands holding a pack of cards blocked in black and red, gilt lettering to upper and spine; pp. 222. 31 photographic plates and 2 advertisements for Hamley’s of London; very good.
Early edition. One of the first conjuring books to use photographic plates to demonstrate the tricks, this is an attractive and comprehensive guide to magic.
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