Books

Howell, James (I.H.) 'Dodona's Grove OR The Vocall Forrest' by I.H ESQr. Printed by TB for H. Molloy at the Priinces Armes in St Paul's Churchyard 1640. 1st edition. Bound in full leather (spine restored, leather boards possibly 18th century). This is, allegedly, according to pencil inscription: 'the author's own copy' and contains numerous probably later (18th century?) manuscript annotations on the front end-papers explaining which monarch/prince of Europe each tree represents in this allegorical essay; e.g. The Oke represents the K. of England; the pine, the K. of France; The Firre, the K. of Denmark etc. The text is annotated, mainly in pencil. A wonderful object.

SLAVERY: ABOLITIONIST INTEREST. A very rare miniature book. 'The Little Abolitionist; or Negroe's Friend', Darton and Clark, Holborn Hill. We believe about 1840. There is a copy in The Morgan Library on Madison Avenue, NYC. Locating another copy has been difficult.

The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, eight volumes comprising 58, 62, 63, 65, 68, 70, and 71 (1776 - 1782'; and The Universal Magazine New Series volume 2 (8)

An early 17th century 'Breeches Bible', 'The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke', printed by Robert Barker, London, 1602, 4vo

Peter Beckford Esq., 'Thoughts of Hunting in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend', London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1820 Provenance: part of the contents of Stepleton House, Blandford, Dorset In full green leather bindings with exquisite inlaid leather design to front cover in the form of a hound standing alert on a patch of grass, the spine with embossed gilt title, fox masks and crossed hunting horns

MODERN' BINDINGS, AUSTEN. A superb three vol. set of Austen's six novels bound by Hatchards of Piccadilly and fully gilt to page ends. An ink gift inscr. for 1954. From the Hamish Hamilton novel library series (1947). But the bindings are very fine.