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86 HARDY, Thomas. Poems of the Past and Present. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902 [i.e. 1901] First edition, one of 500 copies printed, of Hardy’s second volume of verse, following Wessex Poems and Other Verses (1898). This work “demonstrated – what all the succeeding poetry volumes would amply confirm – the exceptional number of different stanza forms and metres, whether inherited or invented, that Hardy was able to deploy” ( ODNB ). Octavo. Original dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt monogram medallion to front cover, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Ink ownership inscriptions on front endpapers dated 1902 (one crossed out, the other decorated with a large floral sketch). Faint marks to otherwise bright cloth, endpapers foxed, contents clean. A very good copy indeed. ¶ Purdy, pp. 107–118. £950 [128084] 87 HAY, Michael. Bentley: The Vintage Years. London: Dalton Watson, 1986 DELUXE BINDING First edition, deluxe issue, number 99 of 200 copies so bound, alongside the regular trade issue in cloth. This is Hay’s lavish and comprehensive overview of Bentley cars in the period 1919 to 1931.
was Hayek’s most extensive philosophical analysis of the structure of society, the nature of justice, and the underlying principles of economics. The work joins The Road to Serfdom and The Constitution of Liberty in the triad of Hayek’s key titles. The US and UK editions, both printed in Britain, were published the same years, apparently simultaneously. 3 volumes, octavo. Original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt on blue grounds. With dust jackets. Fine copies, contents clean and unmarked, in very good jackets, sunning around spine panels, vol. I price clipped, front panel of vol. III a little marked; overall a nice set. ¶ Cody & Ostrem B-15, B-16, B-18. £2,500 [152405] 89 HEATH, Henry. Lights and Shadows of Social Life. London: David Bogue, [c.1850] Rare first and sole edition of this appealing series of comic illustrations by Heath – “a shadowy figure” on the edges of early Victorian visual satire ( ODNB ) – very much in the manner of Cruikshank. An online search of institutional libraries locates copies at Huntington and Oxford only. Little is known of Heath ( fl. 1832–1842). He may have been related to fellow caricaturist William Heath (pseudonym Paul Pry) and is known to have “etched theatrical portraits from 1822 and both social and political caricatures from 1824 . . . In the 1830s he also drew cockney sportsmen, following the example of Robert Seymour. One cartoon by him was published in
Quarto. Original green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, gilt Bentley device to front cover, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in original green cloth slipcase. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Inked ownership signature to initial blank. A fine copy, in slightly rubbed and frayed slipcase. £2,000 [149576] 88 HAYEK, Friedrich August von. Law, Legislation and Liberty. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973–79
THE CULMINATION OF HIS PHILOSOPHICAL CAREER
First UK editions of each volume of Hayek’s last major work of social philosophy, published over a seven-year period. In many ways the culmination of his philosophical career, Law, Legislation and Liberty
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