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PETER HARRINGTON
DOVER STREET
F U L H A M ROA D
SPRING MISCELLANY 1
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1 supported by a lengthy list of subscribers, who in- and pictorial jacket. Illustrated throughout with Araki’s
cluded Queen Charlotte, Prince George, the Prince artwork. Jacket just very mildly bumped at corners. An
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph.) The History of excellent copy.
Regent, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sus-
the Abbey Church of St. Peter’s Westmin- sex, and Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.
ster, Its Antiquities and Monuments. London: “As a publisher he [Ackermann] was both creative
Printed for R. Ackermann by L. Harrison and J. C. and efficient, bringing to the commercial produc-
Leigh, 1812 tion of colour plate books innovative techniques
2 volumes, quarto (350 × 293 mm). 20th-century red half and an uncompromising attention to detail which
morocco to style, raised bands to spine ruled in gilt, ensured uniform high quality” (ODNB).
spine lettered and decorated in gilt, single gilt rule to £1,500 [123613]
covers, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers, edges gilt.
Engraved portrait and architectural plan frontispiece in
vol. 1, 81 coloured aquatints, illustrations in the text. A 2
little rubbing to tips, pale foxing to endpapers in vol. 2, ARAKI, Nobuyoshi. Kaori: Love. Tokyo: Eyes-
two small purple marks to leaves P3 and 4 of vol. 2, af-
fecting 3 letters, otherwise an excellent copy. encia, 2007
first edition of this comprehensive survey of Quarto. Original yellow paper boards, titles to spine
Westminster Abbey. This lavish publication was and front board pink. With the original photographic 2
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first edition, limited issue, this copy
with an original signed self-portrait
by the artist, done in silver paint on the front
endpapers, signed “Nobuyoshi Arakiss”. One of
400 copies, the book features a series of full-page
portraits of Araki’s model and muse Kaori in black
and white, heightened with acrylic.
£600 [123260]
Zest and readability
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ARIOSTO, Ludovico. Orlando Furioso:
Translated from the Italian . . . with notes: by
John Hoole. London: Printed for the Author: sold
by C. Bathurst; T. Payne and Son; J. Dodsley [& 9 3
others, all London], 1783
Sneyd Kynnersley (1774–1844) of Loxley Park, Staffs. Vol. acknowledged in his postscript to volume V where
5 volumes, octavo (216 × 134 mm). Contemporary tree IV chipped at head of spine, vol. I with touch of worming he mentions the generous support of members of
calf, raised bands with gilt rules either side, red mo- at foot of back joint, shallow scratches to covers of vols.
rocco labels and numbering ovals, single-line gilt border the East India Company. “Hoole’s most striking
II and III. An attractive set, with the errata leaf at the end
on sides, yellow edges. Engraved portrait frontispiece liberty was, uniquely among English translators
of vol. V.
of Hoole by Anker Smith after Frances Reynolds (sister of Ariosto, to abandon the verse form of the origi-
of Sir Joshua), vignette arms of Harry Verelst at head of first hoole edition in a very appealing pro- nal for a ‘native’ one, in this case the heroic cou-
dedication (Verelst was an administrator in India whom vincial binding. The plate in volume III is signed plet . . . The popularity this translation enjoyed
Hoole knew through the East India Office) and 7 en- by William Blake as engraver and shows “Orlando in its day is . . . tribute to its zest and readability”
graved plates (fine profile portrait of Ariosto by Hall, “Ar- in a fury tearing up trees” (Keynes). John Hoole (Peter France (ed.), The Oxford Guide to Literature in
iosto’s Chair and Inkstandish”, 5 plates of scenes (by Bar- (1727–1803) “enjoyed languages and studied Ital- English Translation, 2001, p. 481).
tolozzi after Angelica Kauffman, Collyer after Stothard, ian for pleasure” (ODNB) and his version of Ari-
Blake after Stothard, Heath after Metz, Caldwall after Keynes, Blake, 96; Lowndes I, p. 64.
osto’s masterpiece was published by subscription,
Hamilton). Engraved armorial bookplates of Thomas £875 [123638]
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4 Arnold. Upon his death in June 1930 the project was
delayed, until James Vere Stuart Wilkinson resumed
ARNOLD, Thomas W., & J. V. S. Wilkinson
the process, including new additions to the collec-
(eds.) The Library of A. Chester Beatty. A tion. The manuscripts and miniatures detailed rep-
Catalogue of the Indian Miniatures. Oxford: resent some of the finest products of the Mughal
Privately printed by John Johnson at the Oxford Uni- court painters from the 16th century onwards,
versity Press and published by Emery Walker, 1936 alongside some of the work of artists from the prov-
3 volumes, large folio. Original green cloth, spines let- inces of the Mughal empire.
tered in gilt, top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. £2,950 [123495]
With 19 plates in colour and 84 in monochrome. Spine
ends a little bumped, some markings to covers, discol-
ouration to front cover of vol. I. A very good set. 5
first edition. An enormous and finely illustrated (ART DECO.) Catalogue général officiel. Ex-
production detailing the collection of Indian minia- position internationale des arts décoratifs et
tures of Alfred Beatty (1875–1968), a copper mining industriels modernes. Paris: Concessionnaire ex-
tycoon who built up one of the world’s greatest col- clusif imprimerie de Vaugirard, 1925
lections of western and oriental manuscripts. The
Octavo. Pictorial grey card wrappers, design in red and
cataloguing of Beatty’s collection of Indian minia-
black by Robert Bonfils to the front panel, floral pat-
tures was originally undertaken by Thomas Walker 5
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terned endpapers with advertisements, 24-page advert area between the esplanade of Les Invalides and 7
section with illustrations. 7 double-page Exposition maps the entrances of the Grand Palais and Petit Palais,
printed in blue ink, a transportation map printed in red AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels. Edinburgh: John
and along both banks of the Seine. Over 15,000 ex-
and blue, 16 blue-tinted half-tone plates from photo-
hibitors from 20 countries and close to 16 million
Grant, 1911–12
graphs each with 2 images, mounted sample of “Tekko”
simulated silk brocade upholstery fabric, loosely in-
visitors attended. 12 volumes, octavo (205 × 135 mm). Contemporary crim-
son half calf, titles and centre tool to spines gilt, raised
serted flyers all printed by Vaugirard, for their own series £1,250 [124377] bands, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges
of photogravure views of the exposition, Élie Richard’s
gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait frontispiece by James
Le Guide des Grands Ducs, and an offer to be reclaimed at
the Pavillon de Provence. A little rubbed, particularly on 6 Andrews after the drawing by Cassandra Austen with tis-
sue guard to vol. I. Title pages printed in red and black.
the joints, some creasing on the spine, corners a touch ATWOOD, Margaret. The Circle Game. To- Spines a little faded and rubbed, an excellent set.
bumped, but overall a very good copy.
ronto: Contact Press, 1966
first edition of this exhaustive guide to the ex- the winchester edition, enlarged issue.
hibitors at the 1925 international fair, representing
Octavo. Original wrappers, printed in red and black. Considered the most attractive of the unillustrated
Light toning to wrappers, splash mark to front some- editions of Austen’s works produced around this
the zenith of the style moderne, or Art Deco, as it what showing through on front endpaper, but otherwise
was later known. It was instigated by the Societé time, it was first published by Grant Richards in
very nice, overall a very good copy.
des Artistes Décorateurs in their desire to achieve 1898 in ten volumes. This issue has two additional
first edition, signed by the author on the volumes, comprising Lady Susan and The Watsons,
equal status with practitioners of the fine arts, and
title page, one of 200 copies issued in wrappers taken from the 1871 Memoir, and Jane Austen’s let-
supported by the French government to provide
in addition to a “Library edition” of 50 hardback ters.
a showcase for the style moderne – “modernism
copies. The Circle Game was Atwood’s first regularly Gilson E91.
turned into fashion” (Encyclopaedia Britannica) – in
published book, preceded only by a self-published
architecture, interior decoration, furniture, glass, £3,750 [123405]
poetry collection, Double Persephone, in 1961. It won
jewellery and other decorative arts. As one of the
her the first of her many awards, the Governor-
founders of the group, Belgian architect Frantz
General’s Award. This copy has the contemporary
Jourdain, expressed it: “We . . . resolved to return
ownership inscription on the half-title of Patrick
Decorative Art, inconsiderately treated as a Cin-
Lane (b. 1939), an important Canadian poet of At-
derella or poor relation, only permitted to eat with
wood’s generation, who also won the same award
the servants, to the important, almost preponder-
in 1978. A laid-in ticket for a more recent literary
ant place it occupied in the past, of all times and in
festival provides the provenance for the signature.
all of the countries of the globe”. Staged between
April and October 1925, the event occupied the £1,750 [124183]
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AVEDON, Richard, & Truman Capote. Ob-
servations. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson,
1959
Quarto. Original white boards, titles to front cover and
spine in grey. Housed in the original card slipcase. Illus-
trated throughout with photographs by Richard Avedon.
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A fine copy.
first uk edition of Avedon’s first book, a striking
collection of portraits of artists and performers. system, focusing on the economic role of the Bank Folio (304 × 214 mm). Contemporary vellum, flat spine let-
of England. Bagehot’s recommendation that the tered in ink and with double gilt fillets, sides with double
Roth p. 148. gilt fillet frame with corner- and centrepieces, gilt edges. Al-
Bank alter gold reserves based on economic cy-
£750 [122720] legorical engraved frontispiece by Johann Frederich Greu-
cles was highly influential, and the book was con-
ter depicting Vespucci reaching the Americas, engraved
sidered authoritative into the 20th century. “The portrait of the author, section headings within elaborate ty-
9 wonderful clearness of Bagehot’s power of state- pographical border, woodcut initials and tailpieces, text in
ment, his exact knowledge of the subject treated two columns. Early printed bookplate (Federighi) to front
BAGEHOT, Walter. Lombard Street: A De-
on, together with his firm grasp of economic the- pastedown. Vellum a little stained, light marginal water-
scription of the Money Market. London: Henry ory, have caused this volume to exert an influence staining in places, a few quires lightly foxed or browned due
S. King & Co., 1873 which few books on a subject naturally so dry have to paper stock, still a very good copy.
Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine and boards lettered possessed” (Palgrave I, p. 81). first edition of this “magnificent” (Gamba) cel-
and ruled in gilt and black, dark green endpapers. Own- See Blaug, Great Economists before Keynes, pp. 5–7; Masui, ebration of the discovery of America, an allegori-
ership inscription to front free endpaper and to half-title p. 113. cal epic in ottava rima, forty cantos each of a hun-
of C. J. Barclay, with occasional pencil underlining and dred stanzas, “a sort of Pilgrim’s Progress in verse”
marginalia; spine ends very lightly rubbed, inner hinges £6,000 [123366]
(Rich). The work celebrates the heroic wanderings
cracked but still very firm, sewing strained in places; a
and adventures of Amerigo Vespucci, in avowed
very good copy in unrestored condition. 10 imitation of Homer’s Odyssey. In his introduction
first edition, scarce in commerce. Described BARTOLOMMEI SMEDUCCI, Girolamo. the Florentine author explains that the Odyssey is
by J. M. Keynes as “an undying classic”, Lombard L’America poema eroico. Rome: nella stamperia the more “complex”, according to Aristotle’s defi-
Street analyses the operation of the British financial nition, of the two Homeric archetypes.
di L. Grignani, 1650
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Significantly, in his own reports Vespucci had cit- 2 volumes, octavo (232 × 146 mm). Contemporary black prefixed to the second edition of The Principles of
ed the wanderings of Ulysses as described by his straight-grain morocco, spines divided in six compart- Political Economy (1836), is an important source for
fellow Florentine Dante as a key inspiration for his ments by low bands with decorative gilt rolls, gilt-let- Malthus’s life. In the same year Sophia united the
tered direct in two compartments, others gilt, sides with
voyages of discovery. “As expansion into the New two families when she married Henry Malthus,
wide gilt borders enclosing a thinner border in blind, gilt
World escalated, the irony was not lost on Ital- centrepieces incorporating a dove and the Tetragramma-
only son and heir of the economist.
ians that while Italy had no national presence in ton, decorative gilt roll to turn-ins, drab olive endpapers, The illustrations, dated “April 1 1802” or “June 1
the New World, it was an Italian [i.e. Dante] who gilt edges. Frontispiece and 5 plates engraved by Daniel 1802” at the foot, are by Henry James Richter
had inspired those journeys and Italians such as Taylor after H. Richter, all on thin paper mounted on (1772–1857), friend of Thomas Stothard and Wil-
Columbus, Vespucci, Caboto, and Verrazzano who thicker wove paper; engraved title pages. Corners lightly liam Blake. This appears to be the first edition
had assumed the roles of captains and navigators bumped, marginal browning to titles, very occasional
under this title, and is the only such copy we can
in the return to paradise” (Mary Watt, “Dante and light foxing (chiefly marginal), small ink stain affecting
a few leaves towards upper outer corner at end of vol. I trace. Copac lists two copies of a later edition of
the New World”, in The New World in Early Modern the same title, both dated May 1st 1809 at the foot
but not the text, overall a very good copy in an attractive
Italy, eds. Elizabeth Horodowich & Lia Markey). contemporary binding. of the frontispiece, and notes that BLC and Her-
Gamba 1513; Rich 278. bert also give 1809 as date of publication. OCLC
first edition thus, from the library of Mal-
£2,750 [123372] thus’s daughter-in-law, with gift inscriptions at gives six locations, again all dated 1809. In this
the head of the titles “Sophia M. F. Otter from her edition some plates have the imprint of E. Hard-
ing, 98 Pall Mall, the year before his appointment
11 Grandfather 1823”. Sophia Marian Frances Otter
was daughter of William Otter, bishop of Chich- as librarian to Queen Charlotte. The advertise-
(BIBLE.) The Holy Bible for the use of fami- ment at the front of volume 1 has at its foot the in-
ester. As an undergraduate Otter befriended Mal-
lies, Illustrated From the Works of the most thus and accompanied him on a tour of northern struction: “The bookbinder is desired to press the
approved Commentators. London: Printed for Europe as he gathered supporting evidence for book well, but not to beat it.”
Robert Scholey, and Scatcherd & Letterman, By his Essay on Population, while Otter occupied him- £2,000 [123382]
Thomas Davison, 1802 self with botanizing (he was later a fellow of the
Linnean Society). Otter’s memoir of Malthus,
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BISHOP, Elizabeth. North & South. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946
Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front board let-
tered in silver. With the dust jacket. Title page printed
in blue and black. Ends and corners a little rubbed, an
excellent copy with the jacket rubbed at the extremities,
small crease and closed tear to lower edge of front panel,
small section of tape residue inside spine panel with 13
some abrasion but not showing externally.
first edition of the author’s first book, of which which, at any time of the day or night here in gin at N4 (not affecting text), touch of worming to gutter
1,000 copies were published. England, you may know what hour it is in any of gatherings B and C, two maps neatly strengthened at
fore edge (short closed-tear into map of Jamaica subtly
£1,250 [123056] of those parts. And how to make sun-dials fit- repaired), overall a very good copy, clean, sound and
ting for all those places. London: Printed by H. complete with the three terminal leaves carrying Dor-
13 Clark, for Dorman Newman, 1687 man Newman’s list of books, engravings and medicines.
BLOME, Richard. The Present State of His Octavo (183 × 114 mm). Contemporary sheep sometime first edition, a key text in the promotion of the
neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down, red British colonization of North America, providing a
Majesties Isles and Territories in America,
morocco label (“State of America”), gilt library number detailed review of the climate and economic con-
viz. Jamaica, Barbadoes, St. Christophers, (“139”), two-line blind border on sides, corners restored, ditions prevailing in each colony from Newfound-
Nevis, Antego, S. Vincent, Dominica, New- red speckled edges. Housed in a brown cloth flat-back land to the Carolinas, also taking in the Carib-
Jersey, Pensilvania, Monserat, Anguilla, Ber- box by the Chelsea Bindery. Engraved portrait frontis- bean islands, accompanied by a fine suite of maps
mudas, Carolina, Virginia, New-England, piece of James II by F. H. van Hove, large folding map by the celebrated Robert Morden, known for his
of Jamaica, 6 other maps (The North West Part of Amer-
Tobago, New-Found-Land, Mary-Land, New- ica; Barbados; Bermuda; Carolina; Virginia, Maryland,
“important early maps of the American colonies”
York. With New Maps of every Place. Togeth- Pennsylvania, New Jersey; New England & New York) all (ODNB).
er with Astronomical Tables, which will serve by Robert Morden, plate of sundials. Neat library stamp provenance: title page, contemporary owner-
as a constant diary or calendar, for the use at foot of title page (St. Patrick’s College, Thurles, Coun- ship inscription of “Rob: Dillon”; recto of fron-
ty Tipperrary, Ireland), pencilled accession numbers at tispiece, contemporary holograph inscription:
of the English inhabitants in those islands; head. A few scrapes and abrasions, free endpapers ab-
from the year 1686, to 1700. Also a table by “present next door to ye Dr. Buttler’s Head in Red
sent (verso of last leaf a little dusty), paper flaw in mar-
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Lyon Square”. Red Lion Square, Holborn, had only Pilkington is recorded as the son of Seth Pilking- Church 699 (“The book was popular in its day, and was
recently been laid out (1684) by Nicolas Barbon; ton, the Bath, North Carolina, planter-merchant translated into French and German”); Goldsmiths’
“Doctor Butler’s Head” was a popular name for who had connections to the sugar trade on St 2655.7; Howes 546; Kress 1647; Sabin 5972; Wing B3215;
P is for Port: True Tales about Port Bath’s Colonial Children,
taverns – one survives in the City – named after Kitts; in 1723 a John Dunston received his com-
Young People, and Early Maritime Commerce, online, retrieved
James I’s eccentric physician William Butler, best mission as naval officer for North Carolina. An 03.01.17
known at the time for his renowned medicinal appealing copy with an intriguing provenance,
ale; below this, ownership inscriptions of Thomas which may link the book to early English settle- £15,000 [123980]
Pilkington and John Dunston, dating to the first ment in North Carolina.
half of the 18th-century. During the 1730s Thomas
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 914, 15, 16, 17
14 antología personal (1968), El informe de Brodie (1970), to me that a proof copy of the work had been sent to
El Congresso (1971), Nuevos cuentos de Bustos Domecq him and that ‘It seemed to me like a new translation
BORGES, Jorge Luis. Historia universal de la
(1972), and El libro de arena (1975), and a great deal of the Bible. It simply doesn’t work. It is not Borges.
infamia. Buenos Aires: Editorial Tor, 1935 of original poetry. Di Giovanni’s English-language You are Borges.’”
Octavo. Original white wrappers, lettered in black and edition of this work was published in 1972 under Di Giovanni died in 2017 and the book comes, as
blue. Spine creased, extremities worn, foxing and toning the title A Universal History of Infamy. part of a collection of other Borges books, direct
to wrappers and text block. A very good copy.
So close was their collaboration that, at Borges’s in- from his estate.
first edition of this key collection of Borges’s sistence, di Giovanni received creative credit for the
early short stories, the fabricated records of im- £1,250 [123917]
translations and a share of the royalties. However,
aginary crimes. The critic Ángel Flores considered on Borges’s death his recently married second wife,
the publication of this collection to be the begin- Maria Kodama, the sole executrix of his estate, had 15
ning of the Magical Realist movement in literature. di Giovanni’s rights cancelled and new translations BORGES, Jorge Luis. El Aleph. Buenos Aires:
This copy is from the library of Jorge Luis Borges’s commissioned. Finding himself cold-shouldered Editorial Losada, 1966
controversial English-language translator, Nor- by both the academic and publishing world, di
man Thomas di Giovanni (1933–2017), though Octavo. Original grey wrappers, spine and front wrapper
Giovanni wrote his own memoir of the collabora- lettered in black and red. Wrappers and text block toned,
unmarked as such. Di Giovanni met Borges at tion with Borges, The Lesson of the Master (2003), spine faded. A very good copy.
Harvard in late 1967, and moved to Buenos Aires and took to the internet to tell his side of the story
to set about translating his works into English. association copy, signed by the author on
(see http://www.digiovanni.co.uk/borges.htm). He
Produced in close creative collaboration at a time the half-title, from the library of Norman Thomas
complained of being “airbrushed out of history, out
when Borges was completely blind, these were di Giovanni, though unmarked as such. The short
of Borges’s existence. All of my volumes of his work
the first concentrated efforts made to translate story “El Aleph”, first published in the literary
– work to which he contributed and gave a unique
the majority of his works into English, and were magazine Sur in 1945, lent its name to this collec-
voice – were deliberately allowed to go out of print.
executed in tandem with Borges’s composition, tion of short stories, which was first published in
No publisher, no editor, no agent, no executor of
under di Giovanni’s encouragement, of new works book form in 1949. This edition, the sixth impres-
any estate ever wrote to me to explain any of this.
such as El libro de los seres imaginarios (1967), Nueva New translations appeared . . . Paul Theroux wrote
10 Spring Miscellany: Peter Harringtonsion of the 1957 Obras Completas edition, includes
the previously unpublished story “La intrusa”.
Di Giovanni’s English-language edition of El Aleph
was published in 1970 under the title The Aleph and
Other Stories 1933–1969.For provenance, see item 15.
£750 [123927]
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BORGES, Jorge Luis. Otras inquisiciones.
Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores, 1966
Octavo. Original grey wrappers, spine and front wrapper
lettered in black and red. Wrappers a little toned, text
block toned, some pages unopened. A very good copy.
first edition, third impression, signed by
the author on the half-title, from the library of
Norman Thomas di Giovanni, though unmarked 18 19
as such. Nine of the 39 short essays in this collec-
tion were first published as individual works in the Folio. Original red imitation morocco backed, padded 19
literary magazine Sur between 1939 and 1950, and buckram sides, titles in gilt to spine and in brown to silk
collected into book form in 1952. For provenance, label to front cover, illustrated endpapers, edges gilt. BOWLES, Paul. A Little Stone. London: John
see item 15. Housed in the publisher’s magnetic slipcase. Richly il- Lehmann, 1950
lustrated throughout with numerous photographic re-
£675 [123928] productions. A fine copy.
Octavo. Original green cloth, title to spine in gilt on dark
green background. With the dust jacket. Spine ends very
signed limited edition, number 449 of 2,000 slightly faded, top edge foxed. An excellent copy in the
17 copies signed by Bowie and the author. This richly bright jacket, spine ends nicked.
BORGES, Jorge Luis. El hacedor. Buenos Aires: illustrated work documents the three years MacCor- first edition, with the ownership inscription
Emecé Editores, S.A., 1967 mack spent writing, recording, performing, living of Winston Leyland (b. 1940), a leading figure in
and travelling with David Bowie. The book presents American LGBT publishing who won the Stone-
Octavo. Original grey wrappers, spine and front wrap- approximately 200 photographs and items of memo-
per lettered in black and red. Spine a little creased and wall Book Award in 1980. He established the Gay
rabilia including tour programmes, tickets and let- Sunshine Press in 1975, and his Gay Sunshine Jour-
faded, extremities rubbed, text block slightly toned. A
very good copy. ters, from the author’s personal archives, nearly all of nal (1970–82) was particularly influential for its
which are being published for the first time. interviews with prominent gay writers of the era.
signed by borges on the front free endpaper and
dated 1968, from the library of Norman Thomas di £2,750 [123627] Bowles’s second collection gathers together 12
Giovanni, though unmarked as such. El hacedor, a short stories.
collection of poems, essays and literary sketches, For Leyland, see also items 66–69 and 182.
was first published in 1960; this is a later printing. £475 [122485]
For provenance, see item 15.
£650 [123926]
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BOWIE, David, & Geoff MacCormack. From
Station to Station. Travels with Bowie, 1973–
1976. Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2007
18 19
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20 21 2 volumes, octavo. Original pebble-grain purple cloth,
titles to spines in gilt. Spines faded to brown, edges
BUCKLAND, William. Geology and Miner- BURNETT, Francis Hodgson. The Secret of covers faded, tips slightly worn, vol. I joints partly
alogy. Considered with Reference to Natural Garden. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, cracked, superficial tear to top of the front joint vol. 2,
Theology. London: William Pickering, 1836 1911 contents slightly foxed. A very good copy.
2 volumes, octavo (221 × 140 mm). Contemporary full Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front cover let- first u.s. edition, uncommon in the pub-
tree calf, raised bands and rich gilt decoration to spines, tered in gilt and decorated with floral motifs in blind, lisher’s cloth. First published in Britain in 1621,
red and green labels, elaborate gilt border to covers, front cover ruled in blind, top edge gilt. Bookseller’s the Anatomy “was one of the most popular books
board edges gilt, remains of cloth page markers, mar- ticket to front pastedown, gift inscription to front free of the 17th century. All the learning of the age as
bled endpapers and edges. 87 plates, of which 6 folding, endpaper. Spine cockled and slightly rolled, cloth a little well as its humour – and its pedantry – are there.
one large hand-coloured. Bookplate of Edward Nicholas rubbed. A very good copy. It has something in common with Brant’s Ship of
Hurt to front pastedowns. A few scuff marks to covers. Fools, Erasmus’s Praise of Folly, and More’s Utopia,
first edition in book form of the classic chil-
Otherwise a fine pair.
dren’s story. The first edition in book form was is- with Rabelais and Montaigne and like all these it
first edition of this seminal geological trea- sued simultaneously in August 1911 in two styles: exercised a considerable influence on the thought
tise, which lays out Buckland’s theories on deistic unillustrated (as here) or with a frontispiece and of the time. Dr Johnson deeply admired it, and
evolution and progressive creationism. The sixth three plates. It was first published in the UK in Oc- Charles Lamb’s often and strongly expressed de-
Bridgwater Treatise, this work was written at the be- tober 1911. votion served to rescue the Anatomy from a brief
quest of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridg- period of oblivion” (PMM 120).
water in order to explore “the Power, Wisdom, £850 [122752]
Garrison & Morton 4198.1.
and Goodness of God, as manifested in Creation”.
Never a biblical literalist, “it could be argued that 22 £1,000 [122454]
more than anyone else he [Buckland] was respon- [BURTON, Robert.] The Anatomy of Melan-
sible for making geology, and in particular the choly, What it is, With All the Kinds, Causes,
concept of ‘deep time’, acceptable to the Anglican Symptoms, Prognostics, and Several Causes
establishment centred on Oxford, and so for pav-
of It . . . by Democritus Junior. With a Satyri-
ing the way for the Darwinian revolution” (ODNB).
call Preface, Conducing to the Following Dis-
Donovan 31.
course. New Edition, Corrected: To Which is
£1,000 [122631] Prefixed, an Account of the Author. In Two
Volumes. Philadelphia: T. Wardle, 1836
12 Spring Miscellany: Peter Harrington23 23
23 Abydos; The Corsair, Lara; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte,
Poems (including “Lines inscribed upon a cup
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord. The
formed from a skull”), Hebrew Melodies (including
Works; [together with] Don Juan. London: “She walks in beauty” and “The destruction of
24
John Murray; John Hunt, 1815–24 Semnacherib”); The Siege of Corinth, Parisina, Poems
edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Orig-
14 volumes in 7, octavo (164 × 100 mm). Mid–19th- (including “Stanzas for Music”); The Prisoner of inal cloth covers and spine bound in at rear. Excellent
century green morocco, spines in compartments with Chillon, Manfred, The Lament of Tasso; and Childe Har- copies, handsomely bound.
gilt titles, marbled sides, endpapers and edges. Bound old’s pilgrimage: Cantos 3 and 4; Beppo, and Mazeppa.
without the half-titles or advertisements leaves. Spines An attractive set of the Alice books which “have
The final six volumes constitute the complete first
sunned, extremities lightly rubbed, ink mark to headcap earned him a place in the firmament of the great,
edition of Byron’s magnum opus Don Juan, cantos I
of vol. iii, all sound and internally very fresh, generally for they are not only acts of imaginative genius
to XXVI, in the foolscap octavo issue. The first vol-
excellent condition. but they also revolutionized writing for children.
ume, cantos I and II, had been originally printed
first collected edition of Byron’s works, Children’s books after Carroll grew less serious,
in quarto format. The whole set thus presents an
complete as published sequentially by John Mur- more entertaining, and sounded less like sermons
uncommon opportunity to obtain Byron’s major
ray 1815–20, bound as a handsome near-contem- and more like the voices of friends than earlier
lifetime works together in early uniform bindings
porary library set with the complete first edition prototypes . . . The Alice books and The Hunting of
and in satisfying editions.
sequence of Don Juan in the foolscap octavo issue, the Snark have had an impact upon the English lan-
published by John Hunt from 1821 to 1824, the year £1,500 [122794] guage as well, and after Shakespeare and the Bible
of Byron’s death. are the most frequently quoted round the world”
The first four volumes of Murray’s collected edi- 24 (ODNB). The set shows his remarkable early popu-
larity. Still in its first year of publication, Looking-
tion were printed together in 1815 with “In Four CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in
Glass is here in its 32nd thousand; Alice’s Adventures,
Volumes” to their title pages in 1815, the fifth vol- Wonderland; [together with:] Through the
first published for Christmas 1865, has already
ume in 1817 with the title page amended “In Five Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. reached its sixth edition (39th thousand).
Volumes”, the sixth in 1818, the seventh in 1819, With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel.
and the eighth in 1820 completing Childe Harold. Williams–Madan–Green–Crutch 46 & 84.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1872
In this set these first eight volumes have been re- £2,500 [123135]
ordered and renumbered by hand in order to reu- 2 works, octavo (187 × 133 mm). Turn of the century red
nite the four cantos of Childe Harold. The collected crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, raised bands to spine
works contain, in order of publication: Childe Har- lettered in gilt, compartments richly panelled and deco-
rated in gilt, double fillet gilt border to covers, gilt board
old’s Pilgrimage: Cantos 1 and 2; The Giaour, The Bride of
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 1325 26 27
25 26 chamber was removed, to reveal the unplundered
body and funerary equipment of the dead king.
CARROLL, Lewis. [Alice’s Adventures in CARTER, Howard, & A. C. Mace. The Tomb
Unhappily, the death of Lord Carnarvon on 5 April
Wonderland; in Italian.] Le avventure d’Alice of Tutankhamen. Discovered by the late Earl seriously affected the subsequent progress of Cart-
nel paese delle meraviglie. Tradotte dall’ in- of Carnarvon and Howard Carter. London: er’s work. In spite of considerable and repeated bu-
glese da T. Pietrocòla-Rossetti. London: Mac- Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1923–33 reaucratic interference, not easily managed by the
millan and Co., 1872 3 volumes, large octavo. Original brown diagonally- short-tempered excavator, work on the clearance of
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered gilt, roundel ribbed cloth, titles gilt to spines and enclosing gilt the tomb proceeded slowly, but was not completed
with “Alice” motif to front cover and “Cheshire Cat” scarab device on black ground to front covers, pictorial until 1932. Carter handled the technical processes
to rear cover, blind rules to covers, top edge gilt. Fron- endpapers. Photographic frontispiece to each volume, of clearance, conservation, and recording with ex-
tispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel. Spine very 186 similar plates (many double-sided, and numbered emplary skill and care. A popular account of the
slightly rolled, a few marks to covers. A very good copy accordingly). Slightly rubbed, corners bumped, spines work was published in three volumes, The Tomb of
in bright cloth. crumpled head and tail, volume I slightly cocked, one
Tutankhamen (1923–33), the first of which was sub-
plate loose with slight creasing and soiling at the edges,
first edition in italian, second binding. There and bruise to the fore-edge of the text-block with conse- stantially written by his principal assistant, Arthur
are some key differences, as identified by Williams, quent creasing, but overall a very good set. C. Mace” (ODNB).
Madan and Green, between this and the first bind- £2,500 [123350]
first edition of Carter’s own account of the most
ing: the rules to the covers are blind-stamped rather
spectacular archaeological discovery of the 20th
than gilt, the top edge only is gilt, rather than all
the edges, and the endpapers are plain, rather than
century. “In the summer of 1922 Carter persuaded 27
Carnarvon to allow him to conduct one more cam-
coated grey or green. Alice’s Adventures was first pub- CATULLUS. The Carmina. Now first com-
paign in the valley. Starting work earlier than usual
lished in the UK for Christmas 1865.
Howard Carter opened up the stairway to the tomb pletely Englished into Verse and Prose, the
Williams–Madan–Green–Crutch 85. of Tutankhamen on 4 November 1922. Carnarvon Metrical Part by Capt. Sir Richard F. Burton,
£950 [123137] hurried to Luxor and the tomb was entered on 26 and the Prose Portion, Introduction, and
November. The discovery astounded the world: a Notes Explanatory and Illustrative by Leon-
royal tomb, mostly undisturbed, full of spectacular ard C. Smithers. London: printed for the transla-
objects. Carter recruited a team of expert assistants tors: in one volume: for private subscribers only, 1894
to help him in the clearance of the tomb, and the
Octavo (245 × 155 mm). Mid–20th-century red polished
conservation and recording of its remarkable con-
calf by Bayntun (Rivière) of Bath, spine gilt-tooled in
tents. On 16 February 1923 the blocking to the burial compartments with two coloured morocco title labels,
14 Spring Miscellany: Peter Harrington28 29
sides panelled in gilt with floral cornerpieces, gilt-rolled 28
board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge
gilt, others untrimmed. Engraved frontispiece in three CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. The
states. A few faint scrapes at top edge of rear board, oth- Life and Adventures of Don Quixote de la
erwise a fine copy. Mancha. A new edition: with engravings
first edition, deluxe issue, signed by one from designs by Richard Westall. London: 29
of the translators, though uncalled for in the Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820
limitation. This is one of a handful of copies spe-
cially printed on Japanese vellum: the limitation 4 volumes, octavo (167 × 106 mm). Later red crushed mo- 29
rocco by Bayntun, raised bands to spines ruled in gilt,
given in the printed colophon is “4 copies”, cor- compartments lettered and panelled in gilt, double gilt CHAGALL, Marc. The Jerusalem Windows.
rected in this copy by the translator and publisher rule border to covers with gilt floral roll, floral gilt roll Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie. New York:
Leonard Smithers as “limited to twelve copies, of to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Engraved George Brazillier Inc. in association with Horizon
which this is no. 2”, and initialled and signed in frontispieces with tissue guards, title vignettes, 16 plates Magazine, 1962
full by him. Penzer, however, notes handling a by Charles Heath after Richard Westall. Pale spotting to
copy with the limitation corrected to 18, and con- prelims, occasionally to text blocks, scuffs to covers of Tall quarto. Original red cloth, titles to spine and front
siders this the final tally. Very scarce, with only vol. 3, otherwise an excellent, handsomely bound set. board in gilt, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket.
With 2 original lithographs and colour illustrations
three recorded at auction in over 60 years. first westall-illustrated edition. Rich-
throughout by Chagall. Faint ownership stamp to first
Burton and Smithers’s complete and unexpurgated ard Westall (1765–1836) was “a significant and in- two pages. An excellent copy in the jacket, the slipcase
translation of Catullus, which reproduces the Latin novative figure in the development of the English with small chip to top edge.
original alongside Burton’s verse and Smithers’s watercolour, his elegant and precise book illustra-
first edition in english, with two origi-
prose translations, was one of Burton’s final literary tions set new standards in that field, and his por-
nal lithographs by chagall prepared for
projects, begun in 1890 and almost finished within traits and historical and religious paintings have
this edition, and numerous beautiful chromo-
the year before his sudden death. It took Smithers deservedly received more scholarly attention re-
lithographic reproductions of the artist’s work.
years to persuade Burton’s wife to hand over the cently than hitherto” (ODNB).
It was issued the same year as the first edition in
manuscript and permit this private printing. £1,000 [124340] French, entitled Vitraux pour Jerusalem, and features
Penzer 1894. various stages of Chagall’s 12 stained glass win-
£3,250 [123106] dow designs for the synagogue of the Hadassah-
Hebrew University Medical Centre in Jerusalem.
£1,250 [122970]
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 1530
30
CHRISTIE, Agatha. The Mystery of the Blue
Train. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, [1928]
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles and ruling to spine
and front board in orange. Short closed tears to head of
spine, spine ends and tips rubbed, boards a little bowed,
light foxing to edges and prelims. A very good copy.
first edition of this early Hercule Poirot mys-
tery set on the French Riviera.
£1,000 [123827]
Presented by Churchill to Canadian air ace
Billy Bishop
31
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Fine portrait pho-
tograph. London: Vandyk, 1923
Silver bromide print (170 × 120 mm, 6 × 4 in), dry mount-
ed, signed “Vandyk London” on mount (lower left), newly
framed and glazed (385 × 300 mm, 11 × 10 in) preserving
the original label. Slight silvering to periphery of image,
couple of slight marks at top left. In excellent condition.
signed by churchill, this fine portrait by the
renowned Vandyk studio, is a direct and very en-
gaging head-and-shoulders study of the 49-year
old Churchill, captured in 1923 – the publication
year of the first two volumes of The World Crisis, his
“mammoth history” of the Great War, into which 31
16 Spring Miscellany: Peter Harringtonhe had thrown himself with “astonishing speed The china piece was renamed ‘Winston’ from that
and energy” (ODNB). It is signed in full and dated day on” (Billy Bishop: The Courage of the Early Morning: A
by Churchill on the original mount (lower right): Biography of the Great Ace of World War I, 2011).
“from Winston S. Churchill July 1936”. Interestingly, Bishop was also presented with
A presentation label (preserved on the back of the an inscribed photograph by a grateful President
frame) explains: “Autographed photograph of Win- Roosevelt, for his part in arranging “for over 2,000
ston Churchill given by Winston Churchill to Wil- Americans to join the RAF . . . [as] most of them
liam Avery Bishop, V.C. Donated by Mrs. Raymond later transferred to the US Army Air Service, which
Willis-O’Connor (daughter). Purchased at Cana- badly needed experienced combat pilots” (Peter
dian Save the Children Fund Gala Auction 23/4/71 Kilduff, Billy Bishop VC, Lone Wolf Hunter: The RAF Ace
Ottawa. 50th anniv. held at French Embassy Ottawa. Re-examined, 2014, p. 157).
Black tie”. The Vandyk studio was founded by Carl Vandyk in
Air Marshal “Billy” Bishop VC (1894–1956) was the 1882, who established himself as one of the foremost
top Canadian ace of the Great War, with a remark- photographic portraitists in London; his eldest son,
able 72 victories to his name. “When the war ended Herbert, succeeded him and, in 1913, rebuilt the
in November Bishop resigned from the service and studio at 37 Buckingham Palace Road. The business
went into the flying business in Britain with Wil- eventually merged with Bassano, the other great
liam Barker, another Canadian fighter ace. When a name in studio portraiture, in 1964. A highly appeal-
crash in 1920 affected Bishop’s vision so that he was ing portrait with a distinguished provenance.
unable to fly again, the company dissolved. Bishop £7,500 [123764]
remained in Britain where he moved easily within
society, playing polo, counting among his intimates
Winston Churchill” (ibid.). In January 1936 (the year 32
32
of Churchill’s inscription) Bishop was appointed the CHURCHILL, Winston S. Marlborough. His
first Canadian air vice marshal “and, during the war, Life and Times. London: George G. Harrap & Co. ance to prevent the domination of the continent
in the honorary rank of air marshal, was appointed Ltd, 1933–38 by a single power, it was also a source of inspira-
director of recruiting [for the Royal Canadian Air
4 volumes, octavo. Original purple cloth over lightly bev- tion to Churchill in his campaign against appease-
Force]” (ibid.).
elled boards, gilt-lettered spines, Marlborough crest gilt ment” (ODNB). Ironically, in the latter half of 1938
In his biography of his father, William Arthur Bish- to front boards, top edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece to when the three “Treaty” ports of Cobh, Berehaven,
op gives a colourful anecdote of Churchill’s visit to each volume, 99 additional plates, 14 facsimiles of let- Lough Swilly were given up against Churchill’s
the Bishop home while on a wartime stopover at Ot- ters, and 182 maps and plans, several folding. Spines wishes, “partly in a vain attempt to convince Hitler
tawa in December 1941: “The impromptu visit was faded, occasional foxing to contents; a very good copy of that peaceful negotiation and conciliation was the
arranged at the house of the Canadian Prime Minis- a publication prone to fading.
best path . . . although the Unionist government
ter, Mackenzie King, where my father was a guest at first editions, trade issue, inscribed by did protest against the deal on the Irish ports, their
dinner for Churchill, who remarked, ‘I understand the author in vol. IV on the front free endpaper, protest was a qualified one. Lord Craigavon, in the
your house is just across the street, Bishop’. My fa- “To Craigavon, from Winston Churchill. August end, professed a willingness to be ‘bribed’ by gov-
ther assured him that it was less than two minutes’ 1938”. The recipient was James Craig, 1st Viscount ernment contracts for Belfast firms. Some observ-
walk. ‘Right,’ Churchill said. ‘After dinner we’ll Craigavon (1871–1940), and the first Prime Min- ers believed that Craigavon in essence supported
stroll over.’ He stayed for an hour. Nothing among ister of Northern Ireland. Churchill was grateful the policy of appeasement. The low-key betrayal by
my father’s souvenirs escaped the Prime Minister’s for the Ulster loyalist support he received in his a friend brings home the full extent of Churchill’s
searching gaze. But it was a china piece in the draw- wilderness year of 1938. The year this copy was in- powerlessness in 1938” (Bew, Churchill and Ireland).
ing room that intrigued him most – a group of hun- scribed, Craigavon presented Churchill with a sil- Cohen A97.2(I-IV).a; Langworth pp. 166–8; Woods
gry piglets trying to suckle on the same sow. ‘It re- ver cup “engraved with speeches on Ulster by his A40(a). Loughlin, Ulster Unionism and British National
minds me,’ Churchill reminisced, ‘of a time when all father, himself, and his son Randolph” for Christ- Identity Since 1885, 1995; Bew, Churchill and Ireland, 2016.
my ministers came to me with demands. All wanted mas (Loughlin, p. 92).
£4,750 [123841]
men or monies or priorities or equipment. I could “Marlborough: his Life and Times took its place at once
only tell them, ‘Gentlemen, the old sow has only so among the classics of historical writing. As the
many teats and there are not enough to go around.’ story of his ancestor’s leadership of a grand alli-
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 17the doors, whatever the weather” (Journal of Clini-
cal Pathology, 2003, 56, p. 325). He made contribu-
tions to medicine at a local level, performing the
first blood transfusion in his area, and nationally,
pioneering the use of sulfonamides for pneumo-
coccal pneumonia and meningitis, which were
usually previously fatal. “During the course of
his professional life and into retirement he had a
profound and wholly beneficial influence on the
practice of pathology in the UK, in Europe, and in
much of the world” (ibid.). In 1929, he received the
Radcliffe Prize for the Advancement of Medicine
by the University of Oxford.
Dyke was the founder and first president of the Eu-
ropean Association of Clinical Pathologists, noting
that, “Mr Winston Churchill has pointed out the
duty laid upon each and all is to strive to become
‘good Europeans’. This demands an acquaintance
and contact with our fellow Europeans closer than
we as people have sought or has been sought from
us in the past.’ This association evolved to become
the World Association of Societies of Pathology, of
which he was also the first president” (ibid.).
This is the first Macmillan edition of the “Abridged
33 and Revised Edition” in one volume, first issued
by Thornton Butterworth in February 1931, with
Presented by a grateful Churchill to the clinical small recognition of your services when you attend- a very appealing provenance, throwing light on a
ed his daughter, Mary. Mr. Churchill is very grateful little documented episode of Churchill’s personal
pathologist who attended his daughter Mary
to you for all the trouble you took on that occasion”, history during the dark days of 1942.
33 signed by Kathleen Hill (Churchill’s personal pri- Cohen A69.14.a.; Langworth, Connoisseurs Guide, p. 116
CHURCHILL, Winston S. The World Crisis, vate secretary), on embossed 10 Downing Street let- (“When Thornton Butterworth went out of business in
1940, most of their Churchill works were subsequently
1911–1918. Abridged and revised edition. terhead, dated 26 May 1942. In 1941 the 19-year old
published by Macmillan”).
With an additional chapter on the Battle of Mary Churchill joined the Auxiliary Territorial Ser-
the Marne. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1941 vice – becoming an “ATS girl” – and served with an £6,000 [123690]
anti-aircraft battery in London, Belgium and Ger-
Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. With many. In a letter to Randolph, Churchill described 34
the dust jacket. 49 maps and plans (many folding). Jacket
her as having “all the qualities to win her way, and is
spine toned and partially torn at head (with some loss), (CLARKE, Harry.) GOETHE, Johann Wolf-
pale blue circular stain on front panel, a few nicks and
the greatest darling that can be imagined” (quoted
by Martin Gilbert in Winston S. Churchill, vol. VI, p.
gang von. Faust. From the German, by John
chips, touch of foxing to fore-edge of book block, other-
1177). We have not been able to identify the nature Auster. New York: Dingwall-Rock, [1925]
wise a very good copy.
presentation copy, inscribed by the author on of Mary Churchill’s presumed illness. Quarto (273 × 218 mm). Original quarter vellum, title to
The recipient, Sidney Campbell Dyke (1886–1975), spine in gilt, grey paper boards, illustrated endpapers,
the front free endpaper: “Inscribed by Winston S.
was an eminent and influential pathologist and top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece, 7 colour plates, 13
Churchill for S. C. Dyke, May 1942”, and accom- black and white plates, numerous illustrations in text by
panied by a typed letter signed tipped to the front bacteriologist. “He believed that the place of the Harry Clarke. Spine slightly toned, couple of scuff marks
pastedown: “Dear Mr. Dyke, The Prime Minister clinical pathologist was at the patient’s bedside to rear board, wear to edges and tips, a near-fine copy.
has asked me to send the enclosed copy of ‘The and not isolated in the laboratory . . . After their
first clarke edition, signed limited is-
World Crisis’, which he hopes you will accept as a blood tests patients would queue to see him.
sue, number 816 of 1,000 copies for sale in the US
Sometimes the queue was long, extending out of
18 Spring Miscellany: Peter Harrington34 36
(2,000 copies were divided between the US and 36
UK). This was the last book illustrated by Clarke.
COOKE, Alistair. Alistair Cooke’s America.
The publishers were dubious, thinking it “full of
steaming horrors”, but Dorothy Richardson, pio-
London & New York: British Broadcasting Corpora-
neering modernist and feminist, wrote in the Irish 35 tion and Alfred A. Knopf, 1973
Times: “It is not for nothing that he is by choice a Tall octavo. Publisher’s red crushed full morocco by Mor-
designer of storied windows richly dight, and in scribed by Collins, with a heart, on the title page, rell, titles to spine and front cover gilt, spine decorated
the case of these Faust pictures, the dimmed light together with a typed letter signed by Clinton. The gilt, turn-ins and edges gilt, marbled and map endpa-
is truly religious, binding together as in a single letter reads: “Dear Judy: Happy birthday! I hope pers. In the red cloth and marbled slipcase, as issued.
medium this wealth of fantastic invention and re- this year will be full of happiness, health, and ful- Illustrated with numerous colour plates and maps. Spine
fillment”, hand signed “Bill”, with the additional very slightly faded. An excellent, fresh copy.
maining in the mind until the detail is lost in the
whole” (Bowe, pp. 81–2). postscript “we love you” beneath. first edition, signed limited issue, number
Collins is a close friend of the Clinton family, and 39 of 250 copies, signed by the author and spe-
£875 [122600] cially bound for the occasion of the United States
one of Bill Clinton’s favourite singers. She per-
formed at Clinton’s first inauguration ball in 1993, Bicentennial celebration. This work accompanied
Presentation copy to Judy Collins, with her Cooke’s BBC 2 series America, “a personal history
as well as at several campaign fundraisers and the
signature and a typed letter signed by Clinton pre-inauguration concert prior to that. Her re- of the United States”, written and presented by
35 cording of Joni Mitchell’s song “Chelsea Morning” Cooke and produced by Michael Gill (ODNB). It
was the inspiration behind the Clintons naming was broadcast in both countries across 1972 and
CLINTON, Bill. My Life. New York: Alfred A. 1973 and in the US a “charitable foundation con-
Knopf, 2004 their daughter Chelsea, one of the dedicatees of
this book. In her 2011 memoir, Collins reminisced: sidered the book of such educational value that it
Octavo. Original blue cloth, title to spine in gilt. With the “For eight years . . . I went in and out of the White put a copy in every American public library” (ibid.)
dust jacket. Together with a typed letter signed on em- House like I owned it. I would stay up and talk to £750 [123198]
bossed headed note paper from Clinton’s office, dated 1
Bill until 2:30 in the morning and think, ‘My God,
May 2013, and the envelope, laid in. With 32 plates. A fine
copy with some light creases to dust jacket extremities.
when is this man going to let me get to bed?’”
Letter and envelope in equally fine condition. (quoted in Joseph Finder’s review, The Daily Beast,
3 December 2011). A remarkable association copy
first edition, presentation copy, inscribed
from the 42nd President to the folk music icon.
by the author on the title page, “To my friend Judy
Collins with thanks – Bill Clinton”, additionally in- £2,500 [122796]
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