71. [Jefferies, Richard] Miller, George / Matthews, Hugoe.

Richard Jefferies – A Bibliographical Study.

Aldershot, Scolar Press, 1993. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece of Richard Jefferies, XXVII, 787 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare in this condition. A wonderful and important publication on the publication-history of a tragic writer.

72. Graham, Henry Grey.

Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1901. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 441 pages. Includes an illustrated Frontispiece with a reproduction of a mezzotint after Allan Ramsay (protected with a tissue guard). With a further 31 black-and-white illustrations (portraits). Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering). Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some foxing evident with one illustration plate detached. An interesting Exlibris / bookplate with the engraved Motto: ‘Semper Paratus’ from the library of Albert A. Smith on front pastedown.

73. Rider Haggard, H.

She – A History of Adventure.

Eighth Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1888. Octavo. Double Frontispiece, [3], 317, 16 pages. Hardcover / Original, decorative publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor signs of foxing only. The last 16 pages of the book are an advertising catalogue for the publisher. Name of preowner on titlepage, “J.Brady, ‘88”.

74. Harraden, Beatrice.

Ships that Pass in the Night.

Copyright Edition. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894. 11 cm x 16 cm. 263 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition. vol. 2968].

75. Dickens, Charles.

Sketches By Boz.

Volume 1. New York / Cambridge, Hurd and Houghton / Riverside Press, 1869. 12 cm x 17 cm. VIII, 338 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with some clear signs of wear. Contains inscription and plate by pre-owner.

76. [English History Collection] – Heath, Baron [John Benjamin] / [Carritt, R. Graham].

Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London.

Third Edition. London, Privately Printed, 1869. Large Octavo. Frontispiece (Saint Anthony, tutelar Saint of the Company of Grocers), XVI, 601 pages with many illustrations (steel-engravings) and one facsimile. Hardcover / Original publishers quarter morocco with gilt lettering on spine and Emblemata on cover. Top edge gilt. Only some faint signs of dampstain to the outer margins of the illustrations. Otherwise in splendid condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation copy from Master Ernest Woodhame to R. Graham Carritt on the occasion of his admission to the Livery of the Company in June 1927. With a bookplate of Grocer’s Hall to the front pastedown.

77. [Shakespeare] Home, Gordon.

Stratford-on-Avon. A Sketchbook.

London, Adam & Charles Black, no year(c.1920). 15.8 cm x 22.5 cm. Unpaginated. c. 50 pages. 16 drawn illustrations by author. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with title-label on front board. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper, cloth exposed. Binding still good and firm. Some browning to edges. Interior bright and clean. Private inscription dated April 1916 on front endpaper. [Beautiful Britain – Series].

78. [Arabian Nights] Forster, Edward / [Provenance: Daniel Callaghan of Lotabeg].

The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes. [Including “The History of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp” / The History of Ali Baba and of the Forty Robbers, killed by one Slave” / etc.] Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster [based on the French version of Antoine Galland]. With [24] Engravings, from Pictures by Robert Smirke.

First Edition [Large Paper Quarto Edition]. Five Volumes (complete set with all engravings). London, Printed for William Miller, 1802. Quarto (21.5 cm x 27.5 cm). Volume I: LXI, (7), 385 pages with 5 copper-engravings including Errata-Leaf and “Directions for placing the Plates” for all four volumes / Volume: 432 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 405 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 461 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 474 pages with 5 copper-engravings. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century full leather with gilt lettering and date on lower spine [″London, 1802”]. Beautiful, richly ornamented master-bindings. All Volumes in strong, protective collector’s Mylar, which invites the reader/collector to use the work without fear of handling. Armorial Bookplates / ExLibris of Daniel Callaghan, Esquire of Lotabeg (MP for Cork City 1830-1849) to all five pastedowns (Motto: “Fidus et Audax”). Marbled endpapers a little dusty but beautiful. Volume 1, 2 and 5 with some weakening to the spine (slightly cracked), but holding and still firm overall. All plates present. As known and always found with this scarce edition, the original, titled tissue-guards all in place, have created stronger signs of foxing to the plates but in sharp contrast the text in all the five Volumes in bright and clean condition with only occasional faint staining. Endpapers with some minor browning. Very good+ condition overall with some rubbing and minor bumping to the Volumes but really only minor signs of external wear. Extremely sought after publication, not to be confused with the later, much more common Octavo Editions !

79. Golding, William.

The Brass Butterfly: A Play in Three Acts.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1958. 13 cm x 21 cm. 80 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

80. Robinson, Charles Napier.

The British Tar in Fact and Fiction. The poetry, pathos, and humour of the sailor’s life. With introductory chapters on the place of the sea officer and seaman in naval history and historical literature by John Leyland.

Reprint of the 1909 Edition. Washington, Singing Tree Press, 1968. 13.5 cm x 22 cm. XXIII, 520 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece in colour and one hundred and thirty reproductions of old prints, engravings, and woodcuts, in black and white. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. A slight stain on front cover. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard.