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FRS.
The Story of the Guns.
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts,
& Green,
1864. FIRST EDITION, with 4 plates and 29 other
illustrations, pages xxii, 364, 8vo, original cloth, by Edmonds &
Remnants, with their ticket: a very good to nice copy, with a
signed inscription by the author on the half-title.
(2)
WITHERS (Hartley).
War and Lombard Street.
Smith,
Elder, & Co.,
1915. FIRST EDITION, pages viii, 171, (4,
adverts), 8vo, original cloth: a very good copy.
(3)
MacDOUGALL (Sir Patrick Leonard).
Modern Warfare as
influenced by Modern Artillery.
John Murray,
1864. FIRST
EDITION, with 9 folding plates and some text diagrams, pp
xiii, (3), 431, 8vo, orig-nal cloth, by Edmonds & Remnants, with
ticket: spine neatly repaired: very good copy.
Riling 813.
(4)
ROSSLYN, Earl of.
Twice Captured. A record of adventure
during the Boer War.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood
and Sons,
1900. FIRST EDITION, with 62 plates (1 folding),
pages xvi, 477, (2, advertisements) and tipped in advert slip for a
reprint of the prison magazine ‘The Gram’ which Rosslyn set
up, 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt: one small light mark on spine,
otherwise a nice copy.
Hackett 107, with illustration. This was withdrawn from circulation by
the author in view of some references in it which impute gross
misbehaviour on the part of the composite regiment of Household
Cavalry and 10th Hussars at Sannah’s Post.
(5)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx.)
663
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CHINESE FICTION.
Rambles of the Emperor Ching Tih
in Keang Nan. A Chinese tale. Translated by Tkin Shen, student
of the Anglo-Chinese College. Malacca. With a preface by
James Legge, D. D., president of the College.
Printed for
Longman, Brown …,
1843
FIRST EDITION THUS, pages viii, 320: (4), 322, 6(adverts), 2
vols, 8vo, original cloth, uncut: the spines neatly repaired
retaining original backstrips, new endpapers, with a small oval
stamp in a very places, but still a very good copy.
“The story is founded as much upon facts as most historical novels of
European production. The intrigues of the Eunuchs, their seduction of
the young sovereign, and the insurrection of the rebels, are all in
accordance with the current of Chinese history. The work, therefore, will
assist in conveying a more accurate idea of the Court of China, and the
position of its Emperor, than it is possible to obtain from works of more
pretension and of greater merit. The translation may be safely relied on
as faithful. “ - Preface. Legge, Scottish missionary to China, received the
Julien prize from the French Institute for his edition of the Chinese
classics.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
ANDREWS (Stephen Pearl).
Discoveries in Chinese, or the symbolism of the primitive
characters of the Chinese system of writing as a contribution to
philogy and ethnology and a practical aid in the acquisition of
the Chinese language.
New York: Published by Charles B. Norton,
1854. FIRST EDITION, pp 137, (3, blank), 8vo, original cloth,
gilt: a very good to nice copy. (3)
€120-€160 (£96-£128 approx.)
664
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CHRISTIE (James).
The justice of God vindicated. A
sermon preach’d in April 1740, on occasion of the
condemnation and execution of William Dolphin at Derby,
found guilty of a robbery on the highway near Chesterfield in
the County of Derby. By the Rev. James Christie, M. A.
Derby:
Printed by Sam. Drewry, for the Author, and sold by Jer. Roe, Sam
Trimer and Sam. Fox, booksellers. Also by J. Slater in Chesterfield, and
S. Simmons in Sheffield,
1740
FIRST (ONLY) EDITION, pages 19, (1, blank), 8vo, pleasantly
bound in old cloth-backed boards: the lower outer corner of leaf
B2 torn off affecting only the last letter of the catch-word on
recto, otherwise a very good to nice copy.
ESTC locates only a single copy (Derby), a copy which is incorrectly
described as having a frontispiece - on examination this ‘frontispiece’
proves to be an added flyleaf not a plate, not a part of the book, on
which is written some biographical notes concerning Christie in an
unidentified later hand. “If a reason be expected of my making choice
of this subject, viz. The Justice of God … I thought it not improper,
notwithstanding his own assertion of innocency … to make him
sensible that his other sins might deserve the severest punishment in this
world, and provoke God to inflict it … “ - To the Reader. Christie, born
in Ireland of Scottish parents, married March 10th, 1721, Isabel
daughter of Alexander Campbell, provost of Wigtown in Galloway, by
whom he had six children. Later, in Omagh, Co Tyrone, he married the
orphan daughter of a priest named Buchanan but soon left her and, on
March 2nd, 1730, using the name Christian, married Elizbeth Swain of
Aylesford in Kent, where he was then curate. Reports of his former
marriage forced him to flee to Boston in America, but being recognised
there, he fled again, leaving his wife behind. By 1738 he was prosecuted
in Derby for bigamy, but, whatever the outcome of that case, it seems
that by 1740 he had been rehabilitated in local society. A rare Dublin
printing provides a sketch of his career - “The Polygamist: or, the lustful
priest. Giving an account of one James Christie, a clergyman, who is
now confin’d in Derby jail, for having two wives [in verse]. With
original letters that pass’d on both sides. Written by an Irish Laureat.
London: A. More [1738]”.
€350-€450 (£280-£360 approx.)
665
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CHURCHILL (Sarah), Duchess of Marlborough: -
[FIELDING (Henry)].
A full vindication of the Dutchess
Dowager of Marlborough: both with regard to the account
lately published by her grace, and to her character in general;
against the base and malicious invectives contained in a late
scurrilous pamphlet, entitled Remarks on the Account, &c. In a
letter to the noble author of those Remarks.
Dublin: Printed y A.
Reilly; for G. Ewing, at the Angel and Bible in Dame-street,
1742
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages 31, (5, adverts for books printed
for and sold by Ewing), 12mo, recent paper wrapper: with some
light browning, but a very good copy.
This Dublin edition of Fielding’s defence of “this glorious woman” is a
very rare item: ESTC locates only 9 copies: L, Lvu, D, O, Di, MY, Dt:
NIC, CtY-BR - as compared with 31 copies of the original London
edition of the same year.
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
666
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CHÉNIER (André de).
Ouvres d’André Chénier.
Gand, J. -
N. Houdin,
1819
Pages xxii, (2, blank), 184, with the half-title, 12mo, near
contemporary brown cloth, gilt ruled and lettered spine: a very
good copy.
An edition not found in NUC, COPAC, BN, etc. Chénier (1762-94),
born in Istanbul of Greek and French parentage, educated in France,
spent some years in England in the diplomatic service. On returning to
France be became involved in the Revolution and was guillotined in
1794. Little of his verse, drama or prose was published until 25 years
after his death. This present collection is a revised and corrected
abridgement of the first substantive attempt at a collected edition of his
writings made by H. de la Touce at Paris in 1819. Chénier’s role as a
poet hero is acclaimed as a major figure in the Romantic movement and
was the subject of a successful opera by Giordano in 1896.
€120-€160 (£96-£128 approx.)
667
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CIBBER (Colley).
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley
Cibber, Comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal. With
an historical view of the stage, during his own time. Written by
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