English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Notice of a New Form of Intermittent Light for Lighthouses... From the Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts... Edinburgh: Neill and Company, 1871 8vo, four leaves including integral wrappers, minor tears and some soiling, final two leaves with ragged trimming at edge AN EXTREMELY RARE PAMPHLET. Stevenson read his paper 'A New Form of Intermittent Light for Lighthouses' to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts on 27 March 1871 and it was awarded the Society's silver medal (to the value of three sovereigns). The paper was then printed in the Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts volume VIII. As noted by Prideaux, however, there was also an offprint issued in pamphlet form. LITERATURE: see Prideaux , p. 183 Please see Shipping Calculator Link: Click Here

stevenson, notice of a new form of intermittent light for lighthouses, 1871

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

From the Library of Christian Heuer STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Treasure Island. Cassell & Company, 1883 8vo, FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE (deadman's chest without capitals; worse for worst; the period is dropped from line 20 of p.178; advertisement's dated 5R-1283), half-title, chart frontispiece printed in four colours, original sage-green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, 8pp. of publisher's catalogue (final leaves uncut), black-coated endpapers, collector's green cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, worn, hinges starting with some splitting at endpapers, some spotting, boards soiled, rubbed “The finest tale of maritime adventure that has been told since Defoe produced his great romance” (Prideaux) LITERATURE: Prideaux 11 PROVENANCE: H. Bradley Martin (sale bookmark loosely inserted, his sale, Sotheby's, New York 1989-1990, Lot 2478); Mildred Greenhill (her bookplate) Please see shipping calculator link: click here.

stevenson, treasure island, 1883

Complete set of illustrations for R.L. Stevenson's Catriona

brock, charles, edmund--[stevenson, r.l.]

382 by 306mm, fine ink and watercolour drawing, titled "R.L.S. - W.E.H." lower left and "Out, out, brief candle" lower right, signed middle left, mounted, framed and glazed, some very minor spotting

"r.l.s.-w.e.h." [r.l. stevenson and w.e. henley]

From the Library of Christian Heuer STEVENSON, R.L. A collection of eight first editions, comprising: i) Treasure Island. Cassell, 1883. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece chart of island, 8pp. of ads dated 5G-783, p. 127 without “7”, navy cloth, spine gilt, glassine wrapper, black endpapers, collector’s folding box, inscription, light spotting; ii) Treasure Island. Cassell, 1883. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece chart of island, 8pp. of ads dated 5R-12.83, p. 127 without “7”, red cloth, spine gilt, black endpapers, Joseph T. P. Sullivan (bookplate), boards soiled, hinges starting; iii) Treasure Island. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, frontispiece map in red and black and 4 additional plates, 4pp. of publisher’s advertisements, brown cloth stamped in black, floral green endpapers, hinges starting, bumped; iv) Island Nights' Entertainment. Cassell & Company Limited, 1893. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and black and white plates, sketch of beach in colour, blue cloth gilt, floral endpapers, collector's chemise and slipcase, hinges starting; v) Stevenson, R.L. and Osbourne, Lloyd. The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and a Quartet. Heinemann, 1894. FIRST EDITION, 20pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end, tan cloth stamped in black, browning, hinges starting, rubbed; vi) Stevenson, R.L. and Osbourne, Lloyd. The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and a Quartet. Heinemann, 1894. FIRST EDITION, 20pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end, olive-green cloth stamped in black, spotting, some offsetting, rubbed; vii) In the South Seas. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1896. FIRST EDITION, folding map, red cloth gilt, top edge gilt, spine sunned; viii) In the South Seas. Chatto and Windus, 1900. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, navy cloth, spine gilt, previous ownership inscription, light browning; all 8vo (8) Please see shipping calculator link: click here

stevenson | eight first editions, 1883-1900

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online

DULAC, EDMUND Collection of 14 illustrated books by Dulac, Goble, Pogany, etc., comprising: i) Dulac, Edmund--Fitzgerald, Edward. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], first trade edition, 20 coloured plates, original pictorial buckram gilt, one plate with creases, binding soiled with slight bump at edge--ii) Goble, Warwick--James, Grace. Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales. Macmillan, 1910, one of 500 copies, 40 coloured plates, original pictorial vellum gilt, some spotting, binding slightly soiled, upper hinge split, lacking ties--iii) Pogany, Willy--Rolleston, T.W. Tannhauser. Harrap, [1911], number 443 of 525 copies, 17 coloured plates and other illustrations, original pictorial vellum gilt, slightly bowed, splitting at gutter at end--iv) Thomson, Hugh--Barrie, J.M. The Admirable Crichton. Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], number 18 of 500 copies, 20 coloured plates, original pictorial vellum gilt, ownership inscription, some spotting, lacking ties--v) Dulac, Edmund--Stevenson, R.L. Treasure Island. Benn, 1927, first trade edition, 12 coloured plates, original cloth, head and foot of spine bumped--vi-xiv) together with 9 others; all 4to, occasional spotting and browning, bindings worn; together with eight black and white printed illustrations by Edmund Dulac, mounted, framed and glazed in two frames, loss to frames Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. ﻿To view shipping calculator, please click here

dulac, goble, pogany, etc. | collection of 14 illustrated books together with two frames

DULAC, EDMUND Collection of 14 illustrated books by Dulac, Goble, Pogany, etc., comprising: i) Dulac, Edmund--Fitzgerald, Edward. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], first trade edition, 20 coloured plates, original pictorial buckram gilt, one plate with creases, binding soiled with slight bump at edge--ii) Goble, Warwick--James, Grace. Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales. Macmillan, 1910, one of 500 copies, 40 coloured plates, original pictorial vellum gilt, some spotting, binding slightly soiled, upper hinge split, lacking ties--iii) Pogany, Willy--Rolleston, T.W. Tannhauser. Harrap, [1911], number 443 of 525 copies, 17 coloured plates and other illustrations, original pictorial vellum gilt, slightly bowed, splitting at gutter at end--iv) Thomson, Hugh--Barrie, J.M. The Admirable Crichton. Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], number 18 of 500 copies, 20 coloured plates, original pictorial vellum gilt, ownership inscription, some spotting, lacking ties--v) Dulac, Edmund--Stevenson, R.L. Treasure Island. Benn, 1927, first trade edition, 12 coloured plates, original cloth, head and foot of spine bumped--vi-xiv) together with 9 others; all 4to, occasional spotting and browning, bindings worn; together with eight black and white printed illustrations by Edmund Dulac, mounted, framed and glazed in two frames, loss to frames ﻿Please see shipping calculator link: click here

STEVENSON, R.L. A collection of eight first editions, comprising: i) Treasure Island. Cassell, 1883. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece chart of island, 8pp. of ads dated 5G-783, p. 127 without “7”, navy cloth, spine gilt, glassine wrapper, black endpapers, collector’s folding box, inscription, light spotting; ii) Treasure Island. Cassell, 1883. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece chart of island, 8pp. of ads dated 5R-12.83, p. 127 without “7”, red cloth, spine gilt, black endpapers, Joseph T. P. Sullivan (bookplate), boards soiled, hinges starting; iii) Treasure Island. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, frontispiece map in red and black and 4 additional plates, 4pp. of publisher’s advertisements, brown cloth stamped in black, floral green endpapers, hinges starting, bumped; iv) Island Nights' Entertainment. Cassell & Company Limited, 1893. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and black and white plates, sketch of beach in colour, blue cloth gilt, floral endpapers, collector's chemise and slipcase, hinges starting; v) Stevenson, R.L. and Osbourne, Lloyd. The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and a Quartet. Heinemann, 1894. FIRST EDITION, 20pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end, tan cloth stamped in black, browning, hinges starting, rubbed; vi) Stevenson, R.L. and Osbourne, Lloyd. The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and a Quartet. Heinemann, 1894. FIRST EDITION, 20pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end, olive-green cloth stamped in black, spotting, some offsetting, rubbed; vii) In the South Seas. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1896. FIRST EDITION, folding map, red cloth gilt, top edge gilt, spine sunned; viii) In the South Seas. Chatto and Windus, 1900. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, navy cloth, spine gilt, previous ownership inscription, light browning; all 8vo (8) Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. To view shipping calculator, please click here

first edition, one of 1000 copies, half-title, original light brown-red cloth, designs in gilt by Charles Shannon on covers and spine, [Mason 385], minor soiling, binding rubbed and bumped--[together with] Stevenson, R.L. Kidnapped. Cassell & Company, 1886, first edition, half-title, folding map printed in red, blue and black, 17 pages of publisher's advertisements dated 5G-7.86 (hence a later issue), original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, [Prideaux 18], occasional spotting, binding slightly rubbed at extremities, minor soiling to lower cover; both 8vo (2)

an ideal husband. leonard smithers, 1899

Chatsworth: The Attic Sale

Anon. Adventures in Borneo. 1849, contemporary calf--Occasional Paper of the Hawaiian Church Mission (Sandwich Islands). 1865, original wrappers--Spry, W.J.J. The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Challenger". 1877--Handbook to British North Borneo. 1890, compliment slip from the Governor of British North Borneo loosely inserted--Stevenson, R.L. A Footnote to History. Eight Years of Trouble in Western Samoa. 1892--Sheridan, R.B. The Filipino Martyrs. 1900--Mill, H.R. The Siege of the South Pole. 1905--Grey, Z. Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas. 1925--The Case of the People of Western Australia. Perth, 1934, original cloth except where stated, 8vo, and 11 others similar (18)

australia, pacific and polar.

THE JAMES S. COPLEY LIBRARY: ARTS & SCIENCES, INCLUDING THE MARK TWAIN COLLECTION

A collection of 10 works privately printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr., San Francisco, 1922-1933, comprising:

A collection of 10 works privately printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr., San Francisco, 1922-1933, comprising: Shelley, P.B. Adonais. 1922, number 136 of 150 copies, together with facsimile volume, folio and 4to, original vellum-backed boards and original wrappers in slipcase. — Poe, E.A. Tamerlane and other poems. 1923, unnumbered copy of 150 copies, together with facsimile volume, folio and 12mo, original boards and wrappers in slipcase, some loss to labels and wear to slipcase. — Wilde, O. Some Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas. 1924, number 69 of 225 copies, folio, facsimile letters tipped in, original vellum-backed boards in slipcase, some wear to spine. — Gray, T. An Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard. 1925, unnumbered copy of 200 copies, together with facsimile volume, folio and 4to, original half-vellum and original wrappers in slipcase, both in slipcase, some spotting. — Goldsmith, O. The Deserted Village. 1926, number 32 of 200 copies, together with facsimile volume, folio and 4to, both original vellum-backed boards in slipcase. — Browning, E.B. Sonnets from the Portuguese. 1927, number 3 of 250 copies, together with facsimile volume, folio and 8vo, original vellum-backed boards and original wrappers in slipcase, both in slipcase, some wear to outer slipcase. — Pope, A. An Essay on Criticism. 1928, number 64 of 250 copies, together with facsimile volume, folio and 4to, both original vellum-backed boards in slipcase, some wear to slipcase. — Dryden, J. All for Love. 1929, number 176 of 250 copies, together with facsimile volume, folio and 4to, both original vellum-backed boards in slipcase, some wear to slipcase. — Stevenson, R.L. Father Damien. 1930, number 207 of 250 copies, together with facsimile volume; folio and 8vo, both original vellum-backed boards in slipcase. — Gray, T. Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. 1933, unnumbered copy of 200 copies, together with facsimile volume; both folio, original half-vellum in chemise and slipcase. — all with bookplates.

william andrews clark, jr. — john henry nash

L14415

Poradowska, M. Marylka. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1896, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Joseph Conrad (“A Conrad… … présentes  + futures… …affection.  MP. 7 Nov 95”), contemporary cloth, hinges splitting, some browning; Poradowska, M. Mariage Romanesque. Paris: Librairie Plon, [1903], presentation copy inscribed by the author to Joseph Conrad (“A K[onra]d K[orzeniowski] – Joseph Conrad | affectueaux souvenir | M Paradowska”), original wrappers, contents shaken and becoming loose, worn and soiled--ed. Garnett, E. Letters from John Galsworthy. London: Jonathan Cape, 1934, presentation copy inscribed by the editor to Jessie Conrad (“Nov. 34. | Jessie Conrad | from Edward Garnett.”), original cloth, some spotting, fading to spine--Stevenson, R.L. In the South Seas. London: Chatto and Windus, 1900, ownership signature of Jessie Conrad in Polish (“Jessie Korzeniowska | Pent Farm”), original cloth, some spotting and browning, upper joint split--Morf, G. The Polish Heritage of Joseph Conrad. London: Sampson Low, [1930], presentation copy inscribed by the author to Jessie Conrad (“To Mrs. J. Conrad | very thankfully dedi | cated | G Morf”), original cloth, binding worn; all 8vo

Poradowska, M. Marylka. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1896, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Joseph Conrad (“A Conrad… … présentes  + futures… …affection.  MP. 7 Nov 95”), contemporary cloth, hinges splitting, some browning; Poradowska, M. Mariage Romanesque. Paris: Librairie Plon, [1903], presentation copy inscribed by the author to Joseph Conrad (“A K[onra]d K[orzeniowski] – Joseph Conrad | affectueaux souvenir | M Paradowska”), original wrappers, contents shaken and becoming loose, worn and soiled--ed. Garnett, E. Letters from John Galsworthy. London: Jonathan Cape, 1934, presentation copy inscribed by the editor to Jessie Conrad (“Nov. 34. | Jessie Conrad | from Edward Garnett.”), original cloth, some spotting, fading to spine--Stevenson, R.L. In the South Seas. London: Chatto and Windus, 1900, ownership signature of Jessie Conrad in Polish (“Jessie Korzeniowska | Pent Farm”), original cloth, some spotting and browning, upper joint split--Morf, G. The Polish Heritage of Joseph Conrad. London: Sampson Low, [1930], presentation copy inscribed by the author to Jessie Conrad (“To Mrs. J. Conrad | very thankfully dedi | cated | G Morf”), original cloth, binding worn; all 8vo See previous lot for a note on “Aunt Marguerite”. In a letter, thought to be dated 23 February 1895, Conrad presumably makes reference to an instalment of Poradowska's novel published within a periodical: “…To explain why I have not yet thanked you for Marylka, I must tell you that I was in bed, in rather poor shape, at the home of my friend Hope, while your book awaited me in London… My dear and good Aunt, you have mangled this poor book. And Brunetiere [the literary critic and editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes], who is alone responsible, is, moreover, an imbecile. But what remains is very delightful…” (see CL, I, p. 202)

volumes from the library of joseph or jessie conrad, including two presentation copies from marguerite poradowska, comprising:

English Literature, History, Children's Books &amp; Illustrations

English Literature (authors including Pepys, Swift, Milton, Dryden, Milton, Blake, G. Herbert, S. Johnson, Trollope, Hardy, R.L. Stevenson,  Proust, Shakespeare, G.B. Shaw, Dickens, T.S. Eliot, R. Frost, R. Lowell, W.H. Auden, R.S. Thomas, J. Updike, J. Cheever, G.K. Chesterton, J.M. Barrie, Tom Sharpe, numerous poetical and other anthologies (the war poets etc), detective novels), Religion, Philosophy and Myth  (many versions of the Bible, many works on Catholicism, Christianity and other religions, subjects including ancient Israel, Lourdes, the Catechism, the historical figure of Jesus, John Henry Newman, folklore, St. John of the Cross, the works of Plato, Augustine, John Knox, J.G. Fraser), Travel (the works of T.E. Lawrence, Doughty), Reference Sets (the Dictionary of National Biography, the Oxford English Dictionary, the New Cambridge Modern History, Copleston's History of Philosophy), Art and Aesthetics (the works of Ruskin), History (the works of Macaulay and Trevelyan), original bindings (a few sets in leather bindings), chiefly 8vo (c.1500)

the remaining library of the actor alec guinness in upwards of 1500 volumes, chiefly various nineteenth- and twentieth century editions, some authorial presentation copies, subject areas including

L13408

Literature (authors including Pepys, Swift, Milton, Dryden, Milton, Blake, G. Herbert, S. Johnson, Trollope, Hardy, R.L. Stevenson,  Proust, Shakespeare, G.B. Shaw, Dickens, T.S. Eliot, R. Frost, R. Lowell, W.H. Auden, R.S. Thomas, J. Updike, J. Cheever, G.K. Chesterton, J.M. Barrie, Tom Sharpe, Marcel Proust, numerous poetical and other anthologies (the war poets etc), detective novels), Religion, Philosophy and Myth  (many versions of the Bible, many works on Catholicism, Christianity and other religions, subjects including ancient Israel, Lourdes, the Catechism, the historical figure of Jesus, John Henry Newman, folklore, St. John of the Cross, the works of Plato, Augustine, John Knox, J.G. Fraser), Travel (the works of T.E. Lawrence, Doughty), Reference Sets (the Dictionary of National Biography, the Oxford English Dictionary, the New Cambridge Modern History, Copleston's History of Philosophy), Art and Aesthetics (the works of Ruskin), History (the works of Macaulay and Trevelyan), original bindings (a few sets in leather bindings), chiefly 8vo (c.1500)

the remaining library of the actor alec guinness in upwards of 1600 volumes, chiefly various nineteenth- and twentieth century editions, some authorial presentation copies, subject areas including:

The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 32 pages publisher's advertisements at end, neat ownership inscription dated 1887 at head of half-title; Island Nights' Entertainments. London: Cassell & Company, 1893, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, chromolithograph map, full-page illustrations, 16 pages publisher's advertisements at end dated ``7G-3 93''; Catriona. London: Cassell and Company, 1893, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, 2 + 16 pages publisher's advertisements at end dated ``5G. 8.93'', very short tear to half-title; Weir of Hermiston. London: Chatto and Windus, 1896, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, half-title, 32 pages publisher's advertisements at end dated March 1895 at end; Stevenson, R.L. and Lloyd Osbourne. The Ebb-Tide. London: William Heinemann, 1894, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 20 pages publisher's advertisements at end dated August 1894; Aes Triplex and other Essays. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1902, 16mo, original wrappers bound in, contemporary calf, spine gilt, the second - sixth half morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spines gilt, top edges gilt, a few spines slightly faded--Masson, R. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1924, 8vo, plates, original cloth, extensive unerlining in red and annotations in pencil in Chinese, Chinese ownership stamps on title, spine slightly faded; and 1 pamphlet relating to Stevenson (8) This lot contains 1 item(s).

stevenson, robert louis. a collection of 8 works by or about stevenson

Albumen Print, inscribed 'R.L. Stevenson and wife, house servants, & Band of H.M.S. "Curaçoa"', and numbered '27', in pencil on the reverse,

f - stevenson family photographer

Collection Marianne et Pierre Nahon - Day Sale

Around 475 volumes 8vo. Original bindings. Important lot comprenant AICARD (Jean). Maurin des Maures. ALAIN. Idées ; Minerve ou de la sagesse ; Propos sur le bonheur. ALAIN-FOURNIER. Le Grand Meaulnes. AMADO (J.). Bahia de tous les saints. ANOUILH (J.). Antigone ; Médée ; Deux pièces brillantes ; Deux pièces roses ; Le Bal des voleurs ; Le Rendez-vous de Senlis. APULEE. L'Ane d'or ou la métamorphose. ARAGON. Les Beaux quartiers. ARETIN (P.). Ragionamenti. ARISTOTE. De l’âme, de la génération et de la corruption. ARON (R.). République impériale. COURTILZ de SANDRAS (G.). Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan. ASTURIAS (M.-A.). Monsieur le président. AULLEN (G.). Le Chevalier mystère. Roman historique. AYME (Marcel). Le Passe-muraille ; Lucienne et le boucher. BALZAC (H. de). La Maison du chat-qui-pelote ; Rabouilleuse ; La Vieille fille... ; Le Cure de village ; Le Médecin de campagne ; La Peau de chagrin. BANDELLO. Nouvelles. BARBEY d'AUREVILLY (J.). Le Chevalier des Touches ; Un prêtre marié. BARRES (M.). Du sang, de la volupté et de Ia mort. BARRETT (W.E.). La Main gauche du Seigneur. BATAILLE (G.). Procès de Gilles de Rais. BAUM (V.). Lac-aux-Dames. BAZIN (H.). La Mort du petit cheval ; La Tête contre les murs. BECKETT (S.). Molloy. BECKFORD (W.). Vathek. Conte arabe. BEDFORD (S.). Chez Don Otavio. BELL (S.H.). Noces d'hiver. BEMELMANS (L.). Incognito. BERAUD (H.). Le Bois du templier pendu. BERNANOS (G.). La Joie ; Sous le soleil de Satan. BERTRAND (A.). Gaspard de la nuit. BHATTACHARYA (B.). Musique pour Mohini. BIERCE (A.). Passage du Styx. 27 nouvelles. BLOCH (Raymond). Le Mystère étrusque ; Les Origines de Rome. BLOND (G.). La Marne. BLOY (L.). La Femme pauvre. BOAISTUAU. Histoires prodigieuses. BOCCACE (J.). Le Décameron. BONNARD (Andre). Les Dieux de la Grèce. BOS ROSS (L.). Big Sur. BOURGOGNE. Mémoires du sergent Bourgogne. 1812-1813. BOUVIER (J.). Les Rothschild. BOYER (F.). Les Jeux inconnus. BRONTE (E.). Wuthering Heights. BROSSES (Ch. de). Lettres familières sur l'Italie. BRUHAT (J.). Lénine. BUCHNER (G.). Œuvres complètes. Théâtre. BUCK (P.). Un cœur fier. BUCK (Pearl). Le Patriote. BUTOR (Michel). La Modification. CAILLOIS Anthologie du fantastique ; Puissances du rêve. CAIN (J.M.). Le Facteur sonne toujours deux fois. CALAFERTE (L.). Partage des vivants ; Requiem des innocents. CALDERON. Trois comédies ; La Vie est un songe ; Le Médecin de son honneur ; L'Alcade de Zalamea. CALDWELL (E.). Miss Mamma aimée. CARRE (M.). et ZEEBROECK (C.). Le Tour du monde avec cinq dollars. CARSON (R.L.). Cette mer qui nous entoure. CENDRARS (Blaise). La Main coupée. CERVANTES (M. de). L'Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche. CESAR (J.). Guerre des Gaules. CESBRON (G.). Je suis mal dans ta peau. CHAMFORT. Œuvres. CHESNEAUX (J.). Sun Yat Sen. CHODERLOS DE LACLOS. Les Liaisons dangereuses. CHOLOKHOV (M.). Terres défrichées. CHRAIBI. Les Boucs. CHURCHILL (Sir W.). Mes jeunes années. CLAUDE (M.). Mémoires de M. Claude... CLAUDEL (P.). Connaissance de l'Est. Récit. COCTEAU (J.). Les Enfants terribles ; Anthologie poétique ; Opium. COLETTE. L'Ingénue libertine ; Sept dialogues de bêtes. CONRAD (J.). L'Agent secret ; Typhon. CONSTANT (B.). Adolphe. CORBIERE (E.). Le Négrier. CORBIERE (T.). Les Amours jaunes. COSTER (Ch. de). La Légende d'Ulenspiegel. CREBILLON (fils). Les égarements du cœur et de l'esprit. CROISSET (F. de). La Féerie cinghalaise. CROMMELYNCK (F.). Le Cocu magnifique ; Tripes d'or. CRONIN (A.J.). La Citadelle ; Le Chapelier et son château. CURTIS (Jean-Louis). Les forêts de la nuit. CUSTINE (A. de). Voyage en Russie. DABIT (E.). Hôtel du Nord. DANIEL-ROPS. Qu'est-ce que la Bible ? DARIEN (G.). Bas les cœurs ! 1870-1871. DAUDET (A.). Le Petit chose. Histoire d'un enfant. DAULI (G.). La Roue. DAVIS (H.). La Jungle et les damnés. DAVISON (A.). Dernier voyage. DEFOE (D.). Les Aventures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé ; Moll Flanders. DES PERIERS (B.). Les Nouvelles récréations et joyeux devis. DESCARTES (R.). Œuvres. DICKENS (C.). Les Temps difficiles. DIDEROT (D.). Les Lettres de Diderot à Sophie Volland ; Jacques le fataliste et son maitre ; Le Neveu de Rameau. DIETRICH (L.). Le Bonheur des tristes. DOS PASSOS (J.). 42° parallèle ; Terre élue ; Trois soldats. DOSTOIEVSKI (F.M.). Les Démons. CFL DOSTOIEVSKI (F.M.). Les Frères Karamazov. DRUON (M.). La Chute des corps ; Les Grandes familles ; Rendez-vous aux enfers. DU MAURIER (D.). L'Auberge de la Jamaïque ; Le General du roi ; Mary-Anne ; Ma Cousine Rachel. DUCROCQ (A.). Le Roman de la matière. DUCROCQ (A.). L'Humanité devant la navigation... DUHAMEL (G.). Journal de Salavin ; Le Désert de Bievres ; Les Plaisirs et les jeux. DUMAS (A.). La San-Felice ; Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ; Souvenirs d’une favorite ; Vingt ans après. DUPE (G.). La Ferme du pendu. DUPERRAY (J.). Dora Providence. DURAS (M.). Un barrage contre le Pacifique. DURRELL (L.). Justine. ELIOT (T. S.). Meurtre dans la cathédrale. ESCHYLE. Les Suppliantes ; Les Perses ; Les Sept contre Thèbes ; Prométhée enchainé ; Oreste. ESOPE. Fables d'Esope. ETIEMBLE (R.). Confucius. EURIPIDE. Les Troyennes ; Iphigénie en Tauride ; Electre ; Hélène ; Le Cyclope ; Les Phéniciennes ; Oreste ; Iphigénie à Aulis ; Les Bacchantes ; Tragédies ; Alceste ; Médée ; Les Héraclides ; Hippolyte ; Andromaque ; Hécube ; Héraclès ; Les Suppliantes ; Ion. FALLET (R.). Le Triporteur. FAST (H.). Spartacus. FAULKNER (W.). Treize histoires. FERREIRA DE CASTRO. Les Brebis du Seigneur. FIELDING (H.). Tom Jones. FLAUBERT (G.). Madame Bovary ; Bouvard et Pécuchet ; Le Dictionnaires des idées reçues. FORD MADOX FORD. Quelque chose au cœur. FRANCOIS D'ASSISE (Saint) Les Fioretti de Saint François d'Assise. FRANK (A.). Journal d'Anne Frank FRANK (P.). Echec aux ténèbres. FROMENTIN (E.). Dominique. GALLOIS (C.). Une fille cousue de fil blanc. GARCIA LORCA (F.). La Maison de Bernarda Alba. GAUTIER (Th.). Spirite. 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collection of 475 books.

The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing

i. Cullyer, John. The gentleman's & farmer's assistant; containing… tables. London: Stevenson, [&c.], 1816, [T&W C208]ii. Leslie, John (1766-1832). The philosophy of arithmetic… with tables for the multiplication of numbers. Edinburgh: Tait [&c.], 1820, [T&W L80]iii. Baily, Francis (1774-1844). Astronomical tables and formulae. London, 1827, presentation copy to the Royal Institution, (bought from Roger Gaskell, 1990), [T&W B76]iv. Thomson, John (1733?-1807). Tables of interest... tenth edition. London: James Duncan, 1833, [T&W T34]v. Muller, John. Indian tables for the conversion of Indian mun. Calcutta: Commercial Press, 1836, (bought from Rebecca Hardie, 2003), [T&W M146]vi. Barstow, D. A secular diary for ascertaining any day of the week or month. [London]: Barstow, [?1836], a linen-backed table folding into cloth binding, [T&W B108]vii. Farnam, J. Farnam's circular interest table. [?New York, ?1845], circular printed sheet with volvelle, [T&W F17]viii. Stowe, W.E. Time tables shewing without mental calculation the number of days from any given day in any month, to every day in any other month during a year. London: Parker, 1848, lithographed throughout, (bought from Rogers Turner, 2000), [T&W S202]ix. Thoman, Fédor. Theory of compound interest and annuities with logarithmic tables. London: John Weale, 1859, [T&W T22]x. Walton, George Augustus (1822-1908). Walton's table for practice in the fundamental operations of arithmetic. Boston: Brewer & Tileston, [1864, or later], a card printed recto and verso, [T&W W10]xi. Byrne, Oliver (1810-1880). The practical model calculator. Philadelphia: Baird, 1866, [T&W B315]xii. Julian, Eran. Julian's interest book. St Louis: the author, 1889, [T&W J29]xiii. Idem. Julian's interest book. St Louis: Brown, 1890, [T&W J30]xiv. Idem. Julian's interest book. St Louis: the author, 1894, [T&W J31]xv. Doty, Duane. Smith's interest tables. Racine, WI: Carpenter, n.d., [T&W D62]xvi. Rice, Herbert Louis (b.1869). The theory and practice of interpolation... with the requisite tables. Lynn, MA: Nichols Press, 1899, [T&W R82]xvii. Glossbrenner, Alfred M. The "Levey" interest reckoner. Indianapolis, 1917, [T&W G50]xviii. Adams, Edwin Plimpton (1878-1956), and Hippisley, R.L. Smithsonian mathematical formulae and tables of elliptic functions. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1922, [T&W A6]xix. Terry, George Skelton. Duodecimal arithmetic. London: Longmans, 1938, presentation copy from author to the mathematician Alexander Craig Aitken (1895-1967), [T&W T18]xx. Bowman, Elias W., and Shakespeare, W. "Quick" interest calculator. Indianapolis: Levey Printing Company, [?1939], [T&W B217]xxi. Hodman, Charles D. Mathematical tables from handbooks of chemistry and physics. Seventh edition. Cleveland: Chemical Rubber Publishing Co., [?1941], ends at p.215 (?imperfect), [not in T&W]xxii. Idem. Mathematical tables... seventh edition. Cleveland: Chemical Rubber Publishing Co., [?1941], ends at p.354, [not in T&W]xxiii. Yano, Tsuneta (1866-1951). Yano's tables of calculation [No place]: Tsuneta Yano Memorial Society, [?1952], [T&W Y2]xxiv. Sandon, Frank. Wightman's arithmetical tables. London: [1952, or later], [T&W S10]xxv. Rand Corporation. A million random digits with 100,000 normal deviates. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, [?1955], [T&W R11] 25 items, various sizes, various bindings, some worn; sold not subject to return

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English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations

18 four-line stanzas, including two cancelled stanzas, substantially different from the published text, 5 pages, 4to and 8vo, dated 5 May 1819; [with:] a group of seven letters to Campbell, by Thomas Moore (reluctantly rejecting a proposed editorial collaboration on the basis of his own laziness), Thomas Telford (2), Joanna Baillie (on translations of Klopstock's Messiah), R.L. Edgeworth (sending a copy of Maria Edgeworth's Patronage), Francis Jeffrey, and James Smith, 12 pages, 4to and 8vo, with two address wrappers and two invitation cards, 1810-1830; [also with:] Thomas Campbell, autograph letter signed, to Stevenson, on financial affairs, 1 page, 4to, 28 May 1806; altogether 13 items, professionally conserved and strengthened

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