12. (Fine Arts) DAVENPORT, Cyril. Mezzotints.
London: Methuen and Co., 1904. First edition. Sm. 4to., contemporary three-quarter blue morocco, cloth, raised bands, gilt compartments, t.e.g., (xlvi), (2), (1)-(208)pp. With illustrations. A fine copy.

$450

13. (Fine Arts) MOLLOY, Fitzgerald. Sir Joshua and His Circle.
London: Hutchinson, 1906. In two volumes. First edition. With the bookplates of Mrs. John S. (Elizabeth) Labatt, with her signature in volume one. Tall 8vo., contemporary medium green half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, single gilt decoration in compartments, T.E.G., by Mudie, (xiv), 326, (xii), 639pp. With illustrations. Bookplate on first blank and on verso of frontispiece of volume two; spines a bit faded otherwise a very nice set.

$325

14. FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Turkey Remains And How To Inter Them With Numerous Scarce Recipes from The Note-Books of...
(Toronto: Cooper & Beatty, 1956). First edition. Issued as a Christmas Keepsake by Cooper and Beatty. Tall 8vo., original stiff printed wrappers, vi, (6)pp. Fine in the printed stiff card stock wrapper.

$300

15. (Gregorian Chant) Leaf from 17th century Graduale... Sacri Ordinis Cartusiensis.
Lugduni: Ioannis Gregoire..., 1674. The leaf measures 11 1/2" x 8" and is printed in red and black, with musical notation. Matted. About fine.

$85

16. GREENE, Graham. The Potting Shed. A Play In Three Acts.
New York: Viking, 1957. First U.S. edition. With a presentation inscription from the author to Anthony Hobson. A fine copy in dustwrapper, which has a little rubbing to the top edge but is in fact about fine. Anthony Hobson was Graham Greene's contact at Sotheby's and they corresponded over the years beginning in 1962, and in 1964 Hobson organized the sale of Greene's manuscripts. Their correspondence is now at Emory University Library.

$2,000

17. HARTLEY, David. Observations On Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations. In Two Parts.
London: Printed by S. Richardson; For James Leake and Wm. Frederick..., 1749. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., recently rebound with dark brown calf spines, marble boards, raised bands, gilt, leather spine labels, (xx), iv, (5)-512; (xvi), iv, (5)-455, (456 blank), (11)pp index. Very minor scattered foxing in the index otherwise a fine copy. David Hartley [1795-1757] English philosopher, founder of the associationist school of psychologists. Originally intended for the Church, Hartley instead took up the study of medicine, practicing as a physician in Newark, London and finally Bath. The above work "Observations on Man" was published in 1749, three years after Conillac's "Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines", in which similar themes are expounded. The work is divided into two parts: the first dealing with the frame of the human body and mind, and their mutual connections and influences; the second with the duty and expectations of mankind. His two main theories are the doctrine of vibrations and the doctrine of associations. Hartley tell us that his physical theory was drawn from certain speculations as to nervous action which Newton had published in "Principia". With his physical theory, Hartley gave the first strong impulse to the modern study of the intimate connection between physiological and psychical..."

$4,500

18. HERGE. Les Aventures De Tintin Les Cigares Du Pharaon.
Paris: Casterman, (1955). First edition. 4to., original cloth backed pictorial paper boards, 62pp. Illustrated in colour throughout. Some wear to the corners otherwise a very nice copy.

$300

19. HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel. The Origin And Progress Of The Art Of Writing: A connected Narrative Of the Development of the Art, ... Illustrated by A Number Of Specimens Of The Writing Of All Ages, And A Series of Facsimiles From Autograph Letters From The Fifteenth To The Nineteenth Century.
London: Ingram, Cooke And Co., 1853. First edition. Small 4to., contemporary half calf, marble boards, this copy has been recently rebacked with a brown calf spine, blind stamped compartments, leather spine label, viii, 176pp. With 28 plates including 13 chromolithographs. A fine copy.

$850

20. (KENT, Rockwell). CHAUCER, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales Rendered Into Modern English by J.U. Nicolson. With Illustrations by... and an Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould.
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., c. 1934. De Luxe edition (so stated). Tall 8vo., original buckram with small pictorial panel on upper board and paper label on spine. Bookplate, small newspaper clippings affixed to the verso of the halftitle and the rear free endpaper, otherwise near fine in a nice dustwrapper.

$185

21. MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia. One Hundred Years Of Solitude. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.
New York: Harper & Row, (1970). First edition in English. An about fine copy in the second state dustwrapper which is price clipped and has some very minor wear to the spine ends but is near fine.

$1,500

22. McLUHAN, Marshall and Quentin Fiore. War and Peace in the Global Village.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1968. First edition. Inscribed by McLuhan. 8vo., cloth, (192)pp. With illustrations. Fine in a fine dustwrapper.

$400

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23. BLAKE, William. Poetry and Prose of... Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Complete in One Volume.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1946. Later issue. 8vo., original blue buckram, bevelled edges, xi, (2), 936pp. Spine has offsetting from dustwrapper otherwise near fine in a dustwrapper with some chipping and light wear to extremities, but certainly a very nice copy.

$75

24. DONNE, John. Complete Poetry and Selected Prose. Edited by John Hayward.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1949. Later issue. 8vo., original reddish brown buckram, bevelled edges, xxii, 795pp. Name, spine ends faded, otherwise a nice copy in a chipped dustwrapper.

$65

25. MILTON, John. Complete Poetry & Selected Prose With English Metrical Translations of the Latin, Greek and Italian Poems. Edited by E. H. Visiak.
London: Nonesuch Press, n.d. First edition. 8vo., original dark blue buckram, bevelled edges, xxvii, (2), 860pp. About fine copy in a dustwrapper with some wear to extremities but certainly very good.

$100

26. SWIFT, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels and Selected Writings in Prose & Verse. Edited by John Hayward.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1939. Second impression. 8vo., original brown buckram, bevelled edges, xxvii, (2), 860pp. Name on halftitle page, a near fine copy in a dustwrapper with some light wear to the extremities that is better than very good but not quite near fine.

$75

27. PASTERNAK, Boris. Doctor Zhivago. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari.
London: William Collins, 1958. First edition in English. Name, edges a bit dusty but otherwise a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

$650

28. POE, Edgar Allan. The Works of... Newly Collected and Edited, with a Memoir, Critical Introductions and Notes by Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodberry.
New York & Pittsburg, The Colonial Co., Ltd., 1903. In ten volumes. 1 of 1000 sets. 8vo., buckram with paper labels on spine, t.e.g. Bookplate in each volume, minor rubbing to spines otherwise near fine.

$1,250

29. (RACKHAM). INGOLDSBY, Thomas. The Ingoldsby Legends. Mirth & Marvels. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
(London): William Heinemann, 1913. Later printing. 4to., original blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt, 549pp. With 24 illustrations in colour, several printed ‘with tint', and other illustrations in the text. Touch of rubbing to the foot of the spine, slight wear to lower corners but still a near fine copy.

$750

30. ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
(Vancouver): Raincoast Books, (2000).  Later printing of the Canadian edition. Signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper.

$600

31. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Plays of William Shakespeare.
London: Printed by T. Davison; For Peter Wynne and Son...1807. In eight volumes. Tall 8vo., full contemporary maroon morocco, with ‘Shakespeare’ stamped in gilt on the spine of each volume. Some very light scattered foxing, minor rubbing otherwise a near fine set. Jaggard p.511

$1,500

32. SIMCOE, Mrs. The Diary of Mrs. John Graves Simcoe Wife of the First Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, 1792-6. With Notes and a Biography by John Ross Robertson.
Toronto: William Briggs, 1911. Tall 8vo., original green cloth lettered in gilt, xxix, 440pp. With numerous illustrations. Name, rippling to spine (binding flaw), inner hinges cracked, some light wear but still a very good copy of this important Canadian volume.

$250

33. SQUIRE, Charles. Celtic Myth & Legend Poetry & Romance. With Illustrations in Colour & Monochrome after Paintings by J.H.F. Bacon & Other Artists.
London: The Gresham Publishing Company, nd. (191-?). Tall 8vo., original green cloth with elaborate decoration in dark green and gilt, xiv, 450pp. Illustrated. Near fine. We have other titles in this series available, please inquire.

$100

34. TWAIN, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., c. 1931. Small 4to., pictorial cloth, 264pp. With illustrations. Some minor rubbing to the spine ends, gift inscription, otherwise near fine.

$65

35. VERNE, Jules. The Mysterious Island... Pictures by N.C. Wyeth.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, no date (1961). Later printing. Small 4to., green cloth with pictorial panel on upper cover, 403pp. With colour and b/w illustrations. Minor rubbing to rear cover otherwise near fine.

$65

36. (WARD, Lynd). BURKE, Edmund. On Conciliations With The Colonies and Other Papers on the American Revolution. Edited by Peter J. Stanlis. Illustrated with wood engravings by Lynd Ward.
Lunenburg, Virginia: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. 1 of 2000 copies signed by Ward. 4to., original decorated cloth. Fine in slipcase as issued.

$250

37. WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne & A Garden Kalendar. Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, With an Introduction to the Garden Kalendar by the Very Reverend S. Reynolds Hole... & Numerous Illustrations by J.G. Keulemans, Herbert Railton, & Edmund J. Sullivan.
London: Published by S.T. Freemantle, 1900. In two volumes. First of this edition edited by Sharpe. Tall 8vo., bound in tan half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, with gilt compartments with the decoration depicting a bird, insect or butterfly, T.E.G., by Bayntun, xv, 443pp. With numerous illustrations. A fine copy in a handsome binding.

$1,500

38. WINTER, William. Shakespeare's England.
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893. New Edition, revised with illustrations. First Illustrated Edition. Cranford Series. 8vo., original dark green cloth with pictorial illustration in gilt on the upper cover and spine, A.E.G., 254pp. Near fine.

$125

39. WOOLF, Virginia. Between the Acts.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1941. First edition, Canadian issue with the imprint of the Canadian publisher ‘Macmillan’ on the dustwrapper beneath the ‘Hogarth Press’ imprint. Slight crease in the spine otherwise an about fine copy in the dustwrapper which has chipping to the corners and the spine ends (affecting the ‘Macmillan’ imprint) otherwise very good.

$750

40. (YOUNG, Francis.) Every Man His Own Mechanic. A Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Every Description of Constructive and Decorative Work that May be Done by the Amateur Artisan...
London: Ward, Lock & Co., nd. (188-?). Seventh edition. Tall thick 8vo., green cloth decorated in gilt and black, xii, 816, (10)pp. ads. Profusely illustrated. This copy has been professionally recased with the inner hinges reinforced with cloth, and with some repairs to the spine but still a very nice copy.

$250