Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany

From the Library of Alan Milne LAWRENCE, T.E. LETTERS ... TO BRUCE ROGERS. [S.L.]: 'PRIVATELY PRINTED AT THE PRESS OF WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE' [FOR ROGERS AND RUDGE], 1933. 4to, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, printed in brown ink, original brown linen covers, titled in gilt on the spine, cloth slightly nicked at head of spine, slight edge-wear; [with:] More Letters ... to Bruce Rogers. [S.l.]: 'privately printed' [by Rogers], 1936 8vo, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, printed in brown ink, original brown linen covers, titled in gilt on the spine; [also with:] another copy of the same, upper cover and spine slightly scuffed (3) LITERATURE: O'Brien A160, A165 To view Shipping Calculator, please click here

lawrence, t.e. | letters...to bruce rogers, 3 volumes, 1933-36, limited editions

The Library of an English Bibliophile Part VII

4to, LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, 26 roundel illustrations printed in black on gold leaf, original black morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, slipcase

the odyssey [translated by t.e. lawrence]. london: emery walker, wilfred merton and bruce rogers, 1932

small folio, first edition, one of 530 copies, printed in Centaur type on Barcham Green paper, 26 roundels of Homeric figures printed in black on gold leaf, original black crushed morocco, spine lettered gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, original black cardboard slipcase, many tissue guards lacking, some edge wear to slipcase, a few small marks to covers  

the odyssey of homer, london: emery walker, wilfred merton and bruce rogers,1932

Greece and the Levant: A Private Library

limited to 530 copies, 4to (290 x 198mm.), pictorial roundels printed in black and gold, original black morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut

the odyssey [translated by t.e. lawrence]. [london: emery walker, wilfred merton and bruce rogers], 1932

lawrence, t.e. more letters from t.e. shaw to bruce rogers. önew fairfield, connecticut,...

From the Library of Alan Milne [LAWRENCE, T.E., TRANSLATOR] THE ODYSSEY [TRANSLATED BY T.E. LAWRENCE]. EMERY WALKER, WILFRED MERTON AND BRUCE ROGERS, 1932 4to, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, 26 roundel illustrations printed in black on gold leaf, original black morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, slipcase, very minor offsetting to endpapers, tiny marks to covers, slight wear and rubbing to slipcase Lawrence worked assiduously on this classic translation alongside his other projects between 1928 and 1931, coming up with the first edition in English which offered both "the spirit and the narrative of the Greek original in a language accessible to ordinary people" (Jeremy Wilson, "T.E. Lawrence and the translating of the Odyssey, 1928 - 1931"). More than 12,000 copies of the regular American edition were sold in the first year, and the translation has remained in print ever since. This beautifully produced deluxe issue designed by the great American typographer Bruce Rogers has long been considered one of the most beautifully produced books of the twentieth century. Rogers was clearly inspired by Lawrence: "Here, at last, was a man who could make Homer live again - a man of action who was also a scholar and who could write swift and graphic English." (Rogers, prefatory note, 1933) "In the Odyssey without tricks or accessory decoration, with a classic austerity akin to the timeless proportions of the Parthenon, with only type and paper and ink, with consummate skill, Rogers created a masterpiece" (Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers: A Life in Letters, 1987) LITERATURE: O'Brien A141 To view Shipping Calculator, please click here

lawrence, t.e. | the odyssey of homer, 1932, 1/530 copies

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

From the Library of Christian Heuer KIPLING, RUDYARD On Dry-Cow Fishing as Fine Art. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1926 8vo, FIRST BOOK EDITION, number 13 of 176 copies of designed and printed by Bruce Rogers for the Rowfant Club, half-title, title-page with vignette printed in orange and brown, headpiece and tailpiece, original marbled boards with label, glassine wrapper, chemise and slipcase, untrimmed and top edge unopened, some light wear to extremities, particularly to the glassine wrapper This story first appeared in The Fishing Gazette, in 13 December 1890. Paul Lemperly sought out Kipling for permission to do a separate printing of the tale for the Rowfant Club of Cleveland Ohio. According to the Rowfant's own bibliography, "since its publication it has been the most sought after volume on the Rowfant list". LITERATURE: Richards A359 Please see shipping calculator link: click here.

kipling, on dry-cow fishing as a fine art, 1926

LAWRENCE, T.E., TRANSLATOR--HOMER The Odyssey [Translated by T.E. Lawrence]. Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers, 1932 4to, LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, 26 roundel illustrations printed in black on gold leaf, original black morocco, top edge gilt, other uncut, some some very light discolouration to preliminary gold roundels, and very minor offsetting, slightly rubbed "Bruce Rogers' Odyssey is indisputably amongst the most beautiful books ever produced" (Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers: A life in letters, 1987). LITERATURE: O'Brien A141 Please see shipping calculator link: click here.

homer, the odyssey translated by t.e. lawrence, 1932

Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern

[T.E. Lawrence (translator)] The Odyssey of Homer. Printed in England, 1932 FIRST EDITION OF LAWRENCE'S TRANSLATION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (as "TE Shaw") on final page of Translator's Note, 4to, 26 roundels after Greek vase paintings printed in black and gold leaf at the head of each book and on the title, specimen page bifolium loosely inserted, original black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, housed in original black slipcase, endpapers slightly browned at extremities (as usual), wear to slipcase First edition of Lawrence's translation, one of 530 copies, printed on handmade paper. This copy is signed by Shaw (Lawrence) at the end of the text. Signed copies are rare. This publication is one of the finest creations of legendary American printer, typographer, and book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who had read Seven Pillars and believed that Lawrence was the man who "could make Homer live again". LITERATURE: Joseph Blumenthal, The Printed Book in America, pp. 70-72; Clements, pp. 41–42; Duval 25; O’Brien A141

View 1 of Lot 213: T.E. Lawrence, trans. | The Odyssey of Homer, 1932

t.e. lawrence, trans. | the odyssey of homer, 1932

Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History

T.E. Lawrence (signed T. E. Shaw) Autograph letter to Mordaunt. Felixstowe, Suffolk, 12 November 1933 Autograph letter from T. E. Lawrence, signed (T. E. Shaw), to Mordaunt, from '338171 A/C Shaw, M.A.E.E. R.A.F. Felixstowe Suffolk', 12 November 1933, 2 pages, 4to (327 x 203mm.), preserved in a later blue quarter morocco portfolio, spine lettered in gilt, some spotting, The Mint was a published diary which Lawrence kept whilst he was enlisted in the R.A.F., which provided intimate insight into both Lawrence's character and the Air Force he served in. Lawrence had made the commitment to his friend Sir Hugh Trenchard that the work would not be published until 1950, due to its candor about the state of the R.A.F.; yet this letter recounts an incident when a typescript of the work was leaked, resulting in the premature publication of the final 3 chapters in the British Legion Journal. Due to Lawrence's fame, he took pseudonyms after his return to England: The Mint was written under the name "338171 A/C Ross", and this letter is signed T. E. Shaw, from "338171 A/C Shaw". Mordaunt, to whom Lawrence was directing his vitriol, remains unidentified, but it is implicit he was involved in the leak and publication of the chapters, and had access to the typescript in Lawrence's publishers' possession. As is clear in Lawrence's reproach to Mordaunt, this leak had caused great anger: he names Lord Trenchard, to whom he made his promise, who was "wild" at the publication; Jonathan Cape, his publisher; the Air Ministry; and Lawrence himself, who admits that beside these other "great powers my minor feelings hardly count", but still promises to "damn [Mordaunt] heartily three times a day, before meals", because of this transgression. He recounts how Mordaunt had previously been guilty of publishing a facsimile of Lawrence's letter "about the Odyssey translation", which hurt the feels of "old Bruce's Rogers", the translation's typographer and Lawrence's friend. Still, Lawrence is more concerned with the fate of the rest of The Mint typescript: tracing the leaked chapters to a copy he had given to Edward Garnett in 1925, Jonathan Cape's editorial advisor, he admits that he lay "awake at night contemplating" the release of 'the first 66 chapters', which fortunately did not happen. LITERATURE: The Letters of T. E. Lawrence; Wilson, Lawrence of Arabia, 910 PROVENANCE: Christie's South Kensington, 29 November 2006, lot 336

View 1 of Lot 107: T.E. Lawrence | Autograph letter signed (T.E. Shaw) to Mordaunt, 1933

t.e. lawrence | autograph letter signed (t.e. shaw) to mordaunt, 1933

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB A nearly complete set of the publications of the Limited Editions Club, 1929–1979 505 works in 652 volumes, various sizes, in original publisher's bindings. Generally very good to fine condition; very occasional rubbing, chipping, or fading, some volumes lacking original slipcases or boxes. A complete inventory of the lot is available on request from the Books and Manuscripts Department. The Limited Editions Club was founded in 1929 by George Macy to publish, for subscribers, finely made, illustrated editions of classics of world literature and thought. The Club was the longest lasting and most successful of several similar ventures to bring fine book-making to a wider audience. Each volume was issued in an edition of either 1,500 or 2,000 copies. The Lipman Collection includes the books from the golden period of the Limited Editions Club, when it was under the direction of its founder, his wife, and their son. Among the many illustrators, authors, and designers who signed the Limited Editions Club books are Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Arthur Rackham, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers, Frederic Goudy, W. A. Dwiggins, Rockwell Kent, Edward Steichen, Giovanni Mardersteig, Grant Wood, John Sloan, Reginald Marsh, Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Weston, and Robert Frost. Of the first forty-five series of LEC publications, forty, including the first six, are absolutely complete. Series 6, 10, and 15 each lack one volume; series 11 lacks the Bruce Rogers set of Shakespeare; and series 45 includes the books with the publication date of 1979 only, not those dated 1980. In addition, the Collection lacks two "special publications" issued in 1940 outside of the regular annual subscription series.

limited editions club | a remarkable run of limited editions club publications

English Literature, History, Children’s Books & Illustrations

8vo, second edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER, original dark green pictorial cloth with castle ornament on upper cover, designed by Bruce Rogers, new preface, preserved in quarter blue morocco folding box, slight browning, slight wear to binding

a little tour in france...with illustrations by joseph pennell. boston and new york: houghton, mifflin and company, 1900

8vo, first American edition, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JAMES TO HIS FRIEND FORD MADOX FORD ON FRONT ENDPAPER A FEW DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION ("To Ford Madox Hueffer | Henry James | Rye, Nov: 7: 1905"), frontispiece and illustrated title page, seven illustrations tipped-in, 78 illustrations in the text, original dark blue-green cloth, letterd in yellow-green on upper cover, illustration of sailboat on Thames on upper cover (all designed by Bruce Rogers), top edge gilt, preserved in quarter black morocco folding box, minor spotting to endpapers, slight browning

english hours...with illustrations by by joseph pennell. boston and new york: houghton, mifflin and company, 1905

4to, number 1327 of 2020 copies signed by the designer Bruce Rogers, 16 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, unopened, original cloth-backed patterned boards, original slipcase, bookplate to front fixed end-paper, slipcase slightly chipped and bumped with splitting to two joints

the wind in the willows. new york: the limited editions club, 1940

4to, number 207 of 2020 copies signed by the designer Bruce Rogers, 16 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, unopened, original cloth-backed boards, original slipcase, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, spine slightly faded, slipcase split at upper joint and extremities worn

4to, first edition, limited to 530 copies on hand-made paper, this copy additionally signed and dated by lawrence ("TE Shaw. 22/xii/32. Mount Batten."), commissioned and designed by Bruce Rogers, 26 roundels printed in black on gold leaf, original full black niger morocco, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, the others uncut, publisher's prospectus for the second English edition (Humphrey Milford, 1935) loosely inserted (O'Brien A145)

the odyssey. privately printed, 1932

L14415

The Tremolino. New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1942, one of 1000 copies, illustrations by Edwin A. Wilson, original blue boards, top edge gilt, remnants of glassine, slipcase, bookplates; The Tremolino. New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1942, one of 1000 copies of which this is one of 500 copies ‘specially bound for the American Institute of Graphic Arts’, tipped-in slip noting details of edition, illustrations by Edwin A. Wilson, original pink boards, collector’s folding box, slightly bumped

The Tremolino. New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1942, one of 1000 copies, illustrations by Edwin A. Wilson, original blue boards, top edge gilt, remnants of glassine, slipcase, bookplates; The Tremolino. New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1942, one of 1000 copies of which this is one of 500 copies ‘specially bound for the American Institute of Graphic Arts’, tipped-in slip noting details of edition, illustrations by Edwin A. Wilson, original pink boards, collector’s folding box, slightly bumped The text was taken from The Mirror of the Sea. The book was designed by Bruce Rogers and printed in New York at the press of A. Colish.

two copies of the tremolino, comprising:

Classical Literature. A collection of 32 volumes, Limited Editions Club:

Classical Literature. A collection of 32 volumes, Limited Editions Club: Plato. Lysis, or Friendship. New York: A. Colish, 1968, illustrations by E. Karlin; The Republic. New York: W.E. Rudge's Sons, 1944, illustrations by F. Kredel-Suetonius. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Verona: Stamperia Valdonega, 1963, illustrations by S. Fiume-Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Avon (Conn.): The Cardavon Press, 1974, 2 volumes, illustrations by A. Tassos-Petronius. The Satyricon. Mount Vernon: A. Colish, 1964, illustrations by Sotomayor-Apuleius. The Golden Ass. New York, 1932, illustrations by P. Goodman-Caesar, C.J. The Gallic Wars. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1954-Lucretius. Of the Nature of Things. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1957, illustrations by P. Landacre-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Meditations. New York: P. Beilenson, 1956, illustrations by H.A. Mueller-Epicurus. The extant remains of the Greek text, translated by C. Bailey. New York: Bruce Rogers, 1947-Ovid. The Art of Love. New York: A. Colish, 1971, illustrations by E. Fraser; Metamorphoses. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1958, illustrations by Bramanti; various sizes, all limited to between 1000 and 1500 copies, most signed by designer, artist or printer, original bindings, slipcases; and 15 other volumes, similiar, by Gibbon, Aesop, Livy, Cicero and Plutarch (32)

classical literature. a collection of 32 volumes, limited editions club:

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. New York: Walpole Printing Office, 1940

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. New York: Walpole Printing Office, 1940 4to, number 786 of 2020 copies signed by the designer, Bruce Rogers, 16 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, original buckram-backed boards, top edges gilt, others uncut, slipcase, spine slightly discoloured, slipcase worn

grahame, kenneth. the wind in the willows. new york: walpole printing office, 1940

The Wind in the Willows... With an Introduction by A.A. Milne. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940

The Wind in the Willows... With an Introduction by A.A. Milne. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940 4to, number 738 of 2020 copies signed by the designer Bruce Rogers, 16 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, blue crushed morocco gilt signed "Bayntun of Bath. England. For Samuel E. Zeitlin of Chicago", gilt fillet border on covers with gilt E.H. Shepard illustration on upper cover, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, fading to spine and part of upper cover

rackham, arthur--grahame, kenneth.

mostly limited signed or illustrated editions, including texts by Oscar Wilde, Padraic Colum, Joseph Conrad, etc.; illustrations by Leonard Baskin, Graham Coughtry, Robert Gibbings, Rockwell Kent, Barry Moser, Howard Pyle, etc. and with presses including Arion Press, Aya Press, Canadian Fine Editions, Gehenna Press, The Heritage Press, Limited Editions Club, Pennyroyal Press, Bruce Rogers and the Press of A. Colish, The Sign of the Vine, Sylvan Press and The Yellow Barn Press; all various sizes, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning, occasional wear (34)

collection of 34 volumes

English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations

The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing

i. Neander, Michael (1525-1595). Synopsis mensurarum et ponderum, ponderationis', que mensurabilium secundum Romanos, Athenienses, ex præstantissimis authoribus huius generis contracta… Basel: Johann Oporinus, 1555, 4to, later vellum-backed boards, (bought from Bruce Ramer, New York, 1989), [T&W N21; VD16 N341; USTC 604392] ii. Paetus, Lucas (1512-1581). De mensuris et ponderibus Romanis et Graecis cum his quae hodie Romæ sunt collatis libri quinque. Eiusdem variarum lectionum liber unus. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1573, folio, woodcut illustrations, later vellum-backed boards, (bought from Mediolanum, Milan, 1991), [T&W P6; Ahmanson-Murphy 860; Edit16 48417; Renouard, Alde, 216, 11; USTC 847774], lacks indexiii. Henisch, Georg (1549-1618). De asse et partibus eius. Augsburg. David Franck, 1606, 8vo, 2 folding tables, later calf in period style, (bought from Rogers Turner, London, 1992), [T&W H102; VD17 23:304855V] iv. Cappel, Jacques (1570-1624). De Mensuris Libri Tres. Frankfurt am Main: Wolfgang Richter & Levinus Hulsius, 1607, 4to, folding engraved table, later vellum, (bought from Martayan Lan, New York, 1993), [T&W C21; VD17 23:237799S]v. Brerewood, Edward (1565?-1613). De ponderibus, et pretiis veterum numerorum, eorumque; cum recentioribus collatione, liber unus. London: John Bill, 1614, 4to, old vellum, modern folding cloth box, ownership inscription of Bouhier, possibly Jean Bouhier (1673-1746), president of the Parlement of Burgundy, bookplate of Robert B. (1897-1987) and Marian S. Honeyman, sale in these rooms, 30 October 1978, lot 499, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles, Catalogue 250, item 49; bought from Ximenes, Kempsford, 1988), [T&W B246; ESTC S106408; STC 3612] vi. Bernard, Edward (1638-1696). De mensuris et ponderibus antiquis libri tres. Editio altera, purior et duplo locupletior. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1688, 8vo, 3 folding plates, eighteenth-century morocco, (bought from Paul Jammes, Paris, 1998), [T&W B140; ESTC R14059; Wing B1987]

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