184 CICERO, Marcus Tullius. Opera omnia . . . Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1850 An attractively bound copy of Cicero’s work, presented in 1856 to Arthur Mesham, a student at Exeter College Oxford, in his first term. Tall quarto (282 × 181 mm), pp. 1,460. Contemporary vellum prize binding of Exeter College Oxford, with their gilt supralibros to covers, smooth spine with ornamental gilt roll of leaves and tendrils, red morocco label, covers with gilt double rule and corner rosettes, Bouquet pattern marbled endpapers, edges red. Engraved frontispiece depicting bust of Cicero by Zschoch. A little discolouration and light spotting to vellum, but generally quite bright, mild foxing to a few leaves, otherwise fresh and clean throughout. A very good copy indeed. ¶ Brunet II, 14. £750 [155522] 185 CLINTON, Bill. My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004 First edition, signed limited issue, number 1,102 of 1,500 specially-bound copies signed by the author. Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. In original dark blue cloth slipcase. With 32 plates. Very light bumping to tips and rubbing to gilt on spine. A near-fine copy. £600 [157179] 186 COLLINS, Wilkie. The Woman in White. London: Folio Society, 1956 A handsomely bound copy. The Woman in White was first published in 1860. Octavo (212 × 135 mm). Finely bound by Bayntun in blue calf, dark red morocco labels, spine decorated in gilt, raised bands, twin rule to boards in gilt, inner dentelles in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 monochrome lithographs. An excellent copy. £500 [157050] 187 DAHL, Roald. Matilda. London: Jonathan Cape, 1988 First edition. Matilda won the Children’s Book Award in the year of its publication. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With numerous in-text and full-page illustrations by Quentin Blake. Extremities slightly bumped, minor stain to rear cover, light soiling to edges, a very good copy. Dust
4 volumes, tall quarto. Original tan half calf, spines lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to compartments, marbled boards and endpapers. Housed in the publisher’s decorative wooden box with integral display lectern. With 146 plates, 82 of which are in colour, and a large folding plate to vol. I. Minimal rubbing to box, spines lightly sunned else books fine; an excellent set. £975 [157668] 190 DAVID, Elizabeth. French Provincial Cooking. London: Michael Joseph, 1960 First edition of the author’s most influential work. David’s “books and articles persuaded her readers that food was one of life’s great pleasures, and that cooking should not be a drudgery but an exciting and creative act. In doing so she inspired a whole generation not only to cook, but to think about food in an entirely different way” ( ODNB ). Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in in gilt on red ground, pictorial design to front board in red, top edge red. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Renny, title printed in green and black. Contemporary ink ownership to front free endpaper. Spine and upper front board gently sunned, the binding otherwise sound and clean, slight spotting to fore edge, faint toning to contents, else internally fresh. A very good copy in the price-clipped jacket, light wear to corners, spine panel toned and with small loss to head. £500 [146511]
jacket with minor crease to spine, slightly worn at head of spine, a very good and bright example of an unclipped jacket. £575 [158994] 188 DARWIN, Bernard. Green Memories. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1928] First edition, presented here in a handsome binding by Bayntun-Rivière. Bernard Darwin, grandson of the famous naturalist, is regarded as one of golf’s greatest writers. Octavo (215 × 136 mm). Contemporary green morocco by Bayntun-Rivière, spine lettered in gilt, spine and covers ruled in gilt, crossed golf clubs device in two compartments and flagstick on front cover in gilt, board edges and turn-ins decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Half-tone frontispiece from a photograph of the author, with tissue guard, 7 half-tone plates. Occasional light spotting, else clean. A very good copy indeed. £750 [157905] 189 DARWIN, Charles. The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1994 Signed limited issue, set 266 of 1,000 signed by John Hemming, director and secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. The set was printed and bound to match Darwin’s personal copy. “The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin’s intellectual life and in the history of biological science” ( DSB ).
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