51. Stevenson, Robert Louis.

Prayers – Written at Vailima. [Prayers written for Family Use at Vailima].

London, Henry E. Walter, 1945. Small Octavo. 32 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

52. Tupper, Martin F. [Farquhar].

Proverbial Philosophy.

Thirty-fifth Edition. London, Hatchard and Co., 1859. Octavo. Frontispiece – steel-engraving of a bust showing Martin Tuppper, 385 pages. Hardcover / Original, decorative full morocco with gilt lettering to spine. In protective collector’s Mylar. Some children’s writing to frontcover. Slightly rubbed binding. Overall in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Edges gilt. Small stain to edge.

53. [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.

54. 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.

55. 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”.

56. 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].

57. Armitage, Simon [translation].

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Illustrations by Diana Sudyka.

London, The Folio Society, 2008. 25.5 cm x 32 cm. 114 pages. Original Hardcover with original slip case. Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

58. 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.

59. [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].

60. 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.