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Fenn (John, editor). Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. By various persons of rank or consequence; containing many curious anecdotes, relative to that turbulent and bloody, but hitherto dark, period of our history...[continued to include Edward V and Henry VII], 5 volumes, 1st edition (except first volume, 2nd edition, with additions and corrections), London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Vol. V - John Murray), 1787-1823, additional engraved vignette title to each volume, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece to volume I - IV, lithographic portrait frontispiece to volume V, then 34 plates of facsimiles, and 34 (?) numbered plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, with additional coloured engraved plates, including folding map of England and Wales, hand-coloured in outline, pencil inscription to verso of front endpaper of first volume 'Duke of York's Copy', and each volume with ownership inscription to verso to front endpaper 'Liverpool, Kirkham Abbey', dated February 1907, gilt-decorated burgundy bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, marbled endpapers, contemporary uniform full calf with inset tree calf panel to each board, later rebacks with contrasting red and black gilt spine labels, some marginal spotting to plates, rubbed and some marks to edges, 4toQTY: (5)NOTE:ESTC N10150 & T149304.Generally known as the Paston Letters, this work, which includes the much-later fifth volume of 1823, represents an important source for the social and political history of England in the early Tudor period. The editor John Fenn published a selection in two volumes in 1787, and a further two volumes in 1789. The fifth volume was prepared for publication by him, but only posthumously published in 1823 by his nephew William Frere.

Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, London: Benj. Motte, 1708-10, half-title discarded, 3 engraved plates (of 4, includes 2 double-page plates) and folding engraved map, without portrait frontispiece, browning and some spotting mostly to text leaves, two additional leaves of manuscript index at rear of volume 2, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio, together with:Ogborne (Elizabeth). The History of Essex, from the earliest period to the present time..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne, 1814, engraved title, 11 engraved plates and numerous vignette illustrations, one folding plan, some browning, occasional damp-stains, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to, plus another copy of the same edition bound in modern full red morocco,Cromwell (Thomas). History and Description of the Ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, in Essex, 2 volumes, London: Robert Jennings & Swinborne and Walter, Colchester, 1825, 25 engraved plates including frontispieces, 2 maps (including 1 double-page and 1 folding), 1 folding plate of facsimile manuscript, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, 20th-century dark blue half morocco gilt, spines faded, 8vo, Bonney (Henry Kaye). Historic Notices in reference to Fotheringhay, Oundle: Printed by and for T. Bell; and for Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London; and Archibald Constable, and Co, Edinburgh, 1821, engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, occasional light offsetting and minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century calf, 8vo,Chancellor (Frederic). The Ancient Sepulchral Monuments of Essex..., London: Printed for the Author, 1890, numerous lithograph plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary terracotta brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed, large 4to, Tanner (Thomas and Nasmith, James). Notitia Monastica; or, an Account of all the Abbies, Priories, and Houses of Friers, formerly in England and Wales..., now reprinted with many additions, Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Joan Archdeacon, for John Nichols, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved plates or armorials, small library ink stamp of Leeds Reference Library to title, some offsetting, occasional spotting, bookplates to pastedowns, modern brown half morocco, folio,Carr (John). Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807..., London: Mathews and Leigh, 1809, uncoloured folding aquatint frontispiece and 11 uncoloured aquatint plates, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints split and some wear, 4to (Abbey, Scenery 488), plus other British topography related (mostly Essex related), including Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England..., volume 5 only (of 5), 3rd edition, London: S. Lewis and Co., 1835, 116 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, modern cloth, 4to, Wright (Thomas). Virtue's picturesque Beauties of Great Britain..., 1831; Barrett (C. R. B.). Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1892; Victoria County Histories of Essex and Sussex, etc.QTY: (56)

Fore-Edge Paintings. The Life of Cardinal Wolsey, by George Cavendish, his Gentleman Usher. And Metrical Visions, from the Original Autograph Manuscript. With notes and other illustrations, by Samuel Weller Singer, 2 volumes, Chiswick: From the Press of C. Whittingham; for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, London, 1825, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume and 6 plates, occasional offsetting and minor spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns (with evidence of outline adhesive from earlier bookplate previously removed), all edges gilt with double fore-edge painting to each depicting Christ Church, Oxford, and Hampton Court main entrance (to volume one) and Windsor Castle and the Tower of London (to volume two), contemporary dark blue morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Oliphant (Margaret). The Literary History of England in the end of the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, 3 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1882, Extra-illustrated with numerous engraved portrait plates, occasional light spotting, bookplate of F. E. Dinshaw and red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, near contemporary calf by Riviere and Son, gilt decoration to spines with contrasting morocco labels, lightly scuffed, 8vo, together with:Hood (Thomas). The Works ... Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, 7 volumes, London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1862-63, photographic portrait frontispiece to first volume, near-contemporary calf by Bickers and Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Wilson (John). The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh, 4 volumes, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855, English and Latin titles to each volume, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf by Henderson and Bisset, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Brown (John). Horae Subsecivae, 3 volumes, new edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897, engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes 1 and 3, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf by Henderson and Bisset, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Tennyson (Alfred). Poems, 2 volumes, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883, monochrome frontispieces, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary green morocco, gilt decorated spines (faded to brown and slightly faded), 8vo (Large Paper limited edition 24/50), plus others in 20th-century half morocco bindings, all 8voQTY: (30)

* Bacon (Francis). Letters of Sr. Francis Bacon... , written during the Reign of King James the First... , the whole being Illustrated by an Historical Introduction and some Observations, and dispos'd according to the Series of Time, [edited by Robert Stephens], 1st edition, London: Benjamin Tooke, 1702, title within double-ruled border, errata/advert leaf at rear, lacks dedication leaf [A2], title a little spotted and preceding flyleaf near detached, armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Seabright and red morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, contemporary speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands and title label, rubbed and slight edge wear, 4to, together with:Waller (Edmond), Poems, &c. Written upon several occasions, and to several persons: The Seventh Edition with several additions, never before printed, London: printed by T.W. for the Assignes of H.H... J. Tonson and T. Bennet, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light browning, marbled endpapers with bookplate of H. Buxton Forman (with his pencil initials and date 29 April 1895 to flyleaf), leather monogram book label of Charles C. Kalfleisch and engraved bookplate of Robert S. Pirie, all edges gilt, old black morocco gilt with gilt-ruled panelled borders enclosing central rectangles with corner-pieces and gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, rubbed, 8vo, plus Collier (Jeremy), A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: Together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument, 3rd edition, London: printed for S. Keble... R. Sare & H. Hindmarsh, 1698, some spotting and browning, title a little ink stained, contemporary calf, some edge wear, modern antique-style calf reback, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:1) Gibson 245; Pforzheimer 34. Lacks the dedication leaf, as often: it was cancelled due to the death of William III before the publication of the work. 2) The binding of this work appears to be a remboitage, in which a text other than that originally present has been inserted: the headbands are fresh, the book is not quite proportionate to the corners, and the gilt lettering is superimposed upon some earlier blind impressions. This sophistication may well be the work of the accomplice of T.J. Wise. 3) Wing C5265.

Mundy (Godfrey Basil). The Life and Correspondence of the late Admiral Lord Rodney, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1830, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, light spotting to endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, bookplates of Fitzroy Keith Chapman (1871-1953), all edges yellow, later tan polished calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo, together with Hoste (Captain Sir William). Memoirs and Letters of Capt. Sir William Hoste, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume I, morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle and armorial bookplates of Fitzroy Chapman, uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo, plus Osler (Edward). The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1835, portrait frontispiece, 6 lithograph plates, plus an extra portrait not called-for, a little minor spotting, Foyle and Chapman bookplates, uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf, together with 20 other naval biographies etc, mostly uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf including Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, by Sir John Ross, 2 volumes, 1838, The Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent, by Edward Pelham Brenton, 2 volumes, 1838, The Life of Augustus Viscount Keppel, by Thomas Keppel, 2 volumes, 1842, Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, 2 volumes, 1849, Lives of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose and Captain James Trevenen, by Rev. John Penrose, 1850 (inscribed by the author), and Narrative of Services of the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, by Thomas, Earl of Dundonald, 2 volumes in one, 1859 QTY: (34)NOTE:W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey; Fitzroy Chapman (bookplates).

Berry (William). County Genealogies. Pedigrees of the Families of the County of Hants; collected from the Heraldic Visitations and other authentic manuscripts in the British Museum, and in the possession of Private individuals, and from the information of the present resident families, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1833, half-title, wood engraved armorials to genealogies, bookplate of Sir Thomas Baring, Bt., and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with:Bysshe (Edward). A Visitation of the County of Essex. Begun A.D. MDCLXIIII., Finished A.D. MDCLXVIII, edited by J. J. Howard, London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1888, half-title, wood engraved armorial frontispiece and one plate, with 'List of Disclaimers and Pedigrees' not present in ordinary copies, interleaved with blank leaves throughout, ink stamp to upper outer corner of half-title and page 63, advertisement leaf regarding this work tipped-in to front free endpaper and with related manuscript note signed by R[obert]. Hovenden dated November 10 1888, upper pastedown with armorial bookplates of Robert Hovenden, W. Harry Rylands and cancelled bookplate of Essex Archaeological Society, all edge gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, large 8vo, (one of six copies printed), Burke (John Bernard). A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain, 4 volumes, 1st & 2nd series, London: Colburn and Co., 1852-55, 96 tinted lithograph plates (including frontispieces), 69 engraved plates of armorials, bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library to upper pastedowns, some hinges cracked, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco by J. Larkins, gilt emblem of the Constitutional Club at foot of spines, some wear to joints and extremities, 8vo, plus Sloane-Evans (William Sloane). A Grammar of British Heraldry, consisting of Blazon and Marshalling; with an introduction of the Rise and Progress of Symbols and Ensigns, 2nd edition, London: John Russell Smith, 1854, hand-coloured lithograph portrait frontispiece, additional lithograph title printed in red and black (bound facing page 25), and 23 lithograph armorial plates, occasional light spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, modern calf, 8voQTY: (7)

[Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke]. Athenian Letters or the Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent of the King of Persia..., 2 volumes, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1810, additional half-title and engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, uncoloured engraved folding map of Greece with short closed tear along one fold, 12 engraved plates, slight spotting throughout, bookplate of Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke to upper pastedown, contemporary diced calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, gilt decorated borders with palmette and fleuron roll and Greek key blind roll to the boards, gilt tulip roll turn-ins, minor wear to extremities and a few minor marks, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Charles Philip Yorke (1799-1873) 4th Earl of Hardwicke, Wimpole Hall (bookplate).

Greville (Henry). Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville, edited by the Viscountess Enfield, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1883-84, extra-illustrated with engraved portraits throughout, ALS from Viscountess Enfield bound-in at front, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century navy blue half morocco gilt by Riviere, a few light nicks to extremities, 8vo, together with:Sala (George Augustus). The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala, written by himself, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1895, portrait frontispieces, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt,8vo, withJekyll (Joseph). Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll with his sister-in-law, Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley, 1818-1838, London: John Murray 1894, portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with numerous engraved portraits, armorial bookplate of a William Morris and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, bookplate of F. E. Dinshaw to front free endpaper recto, top edge gilt, early 20th-century dark blue full morocco gilt by H. Wood, extremities lightly scuffed, 8vo, plusThoresby (Ralph). Letters of Eminent Men; The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, 4 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1830-32, portrait frontispiece to the first volume of the diary, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century blue half morocco gilt by Rivere & Son, spine lightly faded, 8vo, with 34 other leatherbound volumes QTY: (43)NOTE:Provenance: Andrew Carnegie (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Herve (Francis, editor). Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France. Forming an abridged history of the French Revolution, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Saunders and Otley, 1838, half-titles, tinted portrait frontispiece to volume I, extra-illustrated with numerous plates and portraits, a few colour, some light offsetting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, later crimson half calf gilt, some fading to spines, 8vo, together with D'Arblay (Madame, i.e. Francis Burney). Diary & Letters of Madame d'Arblay (1778-1840). As edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett, with preface and notes by Austin Dobson, 6 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1904-05, half-titles, plates and illustrations, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, contemporary tan half calf gilt by Morrell, spine with brown and green labels, a little faded, 8vo, plus Campan (Jeanne Louise Henriette). Memoirs of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette. To which are added personal recollections illustrative of the reigns of Louis XIV, XV, XVI, 2 volumes, New York: Brentano's, 1917, half-titles, photogravure additional titles, plates and portraits, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), top edge gilt, contemporary blue morocco gilt by Brentano's, spines faded to brown, slightly rubbed at ends, 8vo, with 7 others including Woman in France during the Eighteenth Century, 2 volumes, 1850, The Duc de Lauzun and the Court of Louis XV, from the French of Gaston Maugras, 1895, The Duc de Lauzun and the Court of Marie Antionette, 1896, and Mirabeau's Love-Letters, 1900 QTY: (18)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates); Alexander Stone (bookplates).

Spence (Joseph). Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men..., one volume in two, London: W. H. Carpenter, 1820, extra-illustrated containing over 220 window mounted engraved plates (mostly portraits), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century light green straight-grain morocco, with gilt decoration, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Astle (Thomas). The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, 2nd edition, London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece (browned), 32 engraved plates of script (few folding and some hand-coloured), some toning and light spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, modern black morocco, gilt decorated spine, 4to,Walpole (Horace). A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Lists of their Works, 5 volumes, new edition, London: John Scott, 1806, 150 engraved plates (including frontispieces), armorial bookplate of E. H. Greene of Hinxton Cambsh to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Saintsbury (George). A Scrap Book [A Second Scrap Book; A Last Scarp Book], 3 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1922-24, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century half calf by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, burgundy morocco labels to spines, second volume with small scrape mark at head of spine, 4to (limited signed large paper editions, first & second volumes limited to 300 copies and third volume to 250 copies),Wise (Thomas J.). Verses, London: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1883, front blank free endpaper inscribed 'William J. Kingsland. With kindest regards from his friend Thos. J. Wise 23/1.87', burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century half calf, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, slim 8vo, plus other literature and book/library history related including Slang and its Analogues Past and Present, by John Farmer and W. Henley, 7 volumes, revised edition, Printed for Subscribers, 1909; Phillipps Studies no. 1-5 by A. N. L. Munby, 5 volumes in two, Cambridge: University Press, 1951-60; At the Library Table by Adrian Joline, Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1910; Hours in a Library by Leslie Stephen, 3 volumes, mixed editions, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1877-92, etc.QTY: (39)

Burton (John Hill). A History of the Reign of Queen Anne, 3 volumes, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1880, Extra-illustrated containing a total of 65 engraved portrait plates (few double-page and one folding), many plates window mounted, scattered spotting and some toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, near-contemporary full red morocco by Tout for H. Sotheran & Co., elaborate gilt decorated spines, 8vo, together with:Maxwell (Herbert, editor). The Creevey Papers. A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the Late Thomas Creevey, M.P., 2 volumes in four, London: John Murray, 1903, Extra-illustrated by the insertion of 166 engraved portrait plates (including 56 India paper proofs), many window mounted, occasional light spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns (lacking bookplates to volumes 3 & 4), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, later crimson morocco by Morrell, gilt decorated spines, gilt rule borders to boards, 8vo,Smith (Sydney). A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by his daughter, Lady Holland. With a selection from his letters, edited by Mrs Austin, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855, occasional scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edges gilt, 20th-century red half straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spines, 8voQTY: (9)

Harding (Silvester). The Biographical Mirrour, comprising a series of ancient and modern English portraits, of eminent and distinguished persons from original pictures and drawings, 3 volumes, London: S. and E. Harding, 1792-[?1802], engraved portrait frontispiece and title vignette to volume I, 151 portraits on 150 sheets, some light offsetting and spotting, bookplates of W. Hepworth, all edges gilt, contemporary crimson straight-grained morocco gilt, spines and edges rubbed, some fading, 4to, together with Hume (David). The History of England, 8 volumes, Oxford: Talboys and Wheeler, London: William Pickering, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, numerous engraved portraits of monarchs, some offsetting and light spotting, bookplates of Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile), all edges gilt, later brown calf, covers with geometric design in gilt, spines with green and tan labels and elaborate gilt decoration, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Fisher (George). A Companion and Key to the History of England; consisting of copious genealogical details of the British sovereigns, 5 volumes, London: 1832, half-titles, numerous extra plates and portraits, a few folding and hand-coloured as issued, a little minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf,, joints and edges a little rubbed, royal 8vo, with 2 others: The History of Greece, by William Mitford, 8 volumes, new edition, 1829, and volumes I-II only (of 4) of The Roman State, from 1815 to 1850, by Luigi Carlo Farini, 1851QTY: (26)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates for Fisher).

Walton (Izaac). The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson, 2 volumes, new edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1805, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to both volumes, Extra Illustrated containing a total of 33 engraved plates (mostly portraits), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, late 19th-century turquoise green straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spines, boards with gilt and blind borders, 8vo, together with:Walton (Izaac). The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson. To which is now first added, love and Truth. With Notes, and the Life of the Author, by Thomas Zouch, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, York: Payne and Foss, J. Mawman, and Wilson and Sons, York, 1817, 7 engraved portrait plates including frontispieces and one folding plate, some offsetting and occasional spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, early 20th-century marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, upper joints slightly cracked, joints rubbed, lightly faded to covers, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Mavor (William). Historical Account of The Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels and Discoveries from The Time of Columbus to The Present Period, 20 volumes, 1st edition, London: E. Newberry, 1796-97, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to volume 1 (with juvenile ink marks to face), folding map of the world on a Mercator projection (torn at lower folds), 34 engraved plates (including two folding to volumes 7 and 13), folding chart titled ‘Comparative Table of the Probabilities of Life in New England and Europe’ to volume 19, table of latitude and longitude around the world to volume 10, additional advertisements and index to volume 10 and 20, contemporary manuscript note ahead of title pages in volume 1 and 2, purple ink stain to leaf B and verso of leaf before that of volume 3, tears to pages F2, O6 and S6 with minor loss to text of volume 6, repaired tears to leaves O2 and O3 of volume 12, minor damp-staining throughout, loss to titles of engravings where bound, contemporary uniform tree calf, spines gilt, morocco labels, some hinges cracked, morocco volume labels on spine missing to four volumes, corners bumped, grazing to top left corner of front board to volume 13, some chipping to spines, contained in four modern cloth boxes, 12moQTY: (20)NOTE:Sabin 46982.A scarce first edition and full set in contemporary binding. William Fordyce Mavor (1758-1837) was a Scottish educationalist and tutor to the children of the Duke of Marlborough, and a prolific author who wrote books on a great number of subjects including histories, travel accounts, grammars, guidebooks, miscellanies and magazines.

Sévigné (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de). Lettres de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de Sévigné a sa fille et a ses amis, Édition revue et publiée par M. U. Silvestre de Sacy de l'Académie Françoise, 11 volumes, Paris: J. Techener, Libraire, Rue de l'Arbre-sec, 52 pres La Colonnade du Louvre, 1861, four engraved portrait frontispieces (two with borders and two without) to volume 1, titles in red and black, residue of previously removed bookplate to front pastedowns of each volume with burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey in its place, top edges gilt, late 19th-century crimson half morocco by Gavid (?), elaborate gilt decorated spines, 8voQTY: (11)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Madame de Sevigné (1626-1696) was incomparably the most influential woman writer of French literature. Her letters are frequently found to be the most reliable source for important events of the Ancien Régime.

Bayntun Bindings. Campan (Henriette). Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, 2 volumes, London: H. S. Nichols, 1895, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century red full calf gilt by Bayntun, morocco spine labels, 8vo, together with:Huish (Robert). Memoirs of George The Fourth, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Kelly, 1830, portrait frontispieces, additional engraved titles, engraved portraits throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century navy blue half morocco gilt by Bayntun, 8vo, plusBeckford (William). Life at Fonthill, 1807-1822, with interludes in Paris and London, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957, half-title, portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations, top edge gilt, 20th-century blue half morocco gilt by Bayntun, 8vo, withBradley (A. C.). Shakespearean Tragedy, Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, London: Macmillan, 1956, half-title, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Bayntun, 8vo, with 18 other leather-bound volumes by Bayntun, including R. B. Mowat's Gibbon (1936), Austin Dobson's Collected Poems (1907) and John Gibson Lockhart's The Life of Robert Burns (1914) QTY: (24)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Cundall (H. M.). Birket Foster, R. W. S., 1st edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, additional etched frontispiece, portrait frontispiece of the artist after photograph, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations throughout (colour plates with captioned tissue-guards), armorial bookplate of Annie Cowdray to front pastedown, gilt-decorated red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary olive green crushed full morocco gilt (by Bumpus), some marks and spine faded to brown, upper joint cracked and with some wear, thick 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Annie Cowdray (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Limited edition deluxe of 500 copies, this copy number 26, signed by the publishers, with an original sketch in brown and black ink with grey wash by Birket Foster bound-in at the front of the volume.Copies 1-30 were each issued with an original Birket Foster sketch (as here). These copies were priced at £5-5s, as opposed to £2-2s for the remainder of the limitation.

[Seymour, Aaron]. The Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Edward Painter, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece, modern ownership inscription in purple ink to front free endpaper versos, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt for H. Sotheran, some light wear to joints and extremities, 8vo, together with:Morley (John). Oliver Cromwell, London: Macmillan and Co, 1901, portrait frontispiece, full-page black and white illustrations throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, mounted newspaper clippings at rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Henry Young, 8vo, withCarlyle (Thomas). Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with elucidations, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1846, portrait frontispiece, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century maroon half morocco gilt by Roger De Coverly & Sons, extremities rubbed, 8vo, plusGibbon (Edward). The History of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 volumes, London: John Murray, 1855, engraved folding cartographic frontispiece to each, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front free endpaper rectos, early 20th-century full calf gilt by W. Nutt, contrasting morocco spine labels, covers lightly marked, 8vo, plus 58 other leatherbound volumes QTY: (72)NOTE:Provenance: Alexander Stone (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Brougham (Henry). Historical Sketches of Statesmen who flourished in the time of George III, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Charles Knight & Co, 1839-43, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes one and three, 31 engraved plates, errata leaf at rear of volume three, book ticket of Reginald Thornton to front pastedowns, contemporary tree calf gilt, contrasting morocco spine labels, spines faded, tall 8vo, together with:Cobden (Richard). The Poetical Writings, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Ridgway, 1867, mounted photogravure frontispieces, contemporary full calf gilt, contrasting morocco spine labels, lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, withDigby (Kenelm). Private Memoirs of Sir Kenelm Digby, 1st edition, London: Saunders and Otley, 1827, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary full calf gilt, red morocco title label, some wear to extremities, 8vo, with loosely inserted presentation slip from Mrs Cobden, plusCavendish (George). The Life of Cardinal Wolsey, 2nd edition, London: Thomas Davison, 1827, half-title, engraved facsimile of letter, 8 engraved plates, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary full calf gilt by F. Bedford, red morocco title label, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, with 17 others bound in calf including John Russell's Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox (1853) and Henry Hallam's View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages (3 volumes, 1855) QTY: (24)

Churchill (Charles). [Poems], 2 volumes, 1st collected edition, London: G. Kearsley, J. Coote, W. Flexney [et al.], 1764-65, without half-titles and general volume titles, containing 15 works, each separately paginated (including 8 1st editions), author's signature to title-pages of Gotham part III and The Times, some damp-staining in volume 2, contemporary calf, rebacked with contrasting morocco labels, 4to, together with:Dalrymple (John). Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-battle off La Hogue, 2 volumes, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, J. Bell and J. Balfour, 1771, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of William Danby to upper pastedowns (bookplate to first volume torn with loss), signature of W. Danby to front free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 4to,Stanhope (Eugenia). Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: together with several other pieces on various subjects, 4 volumes, 5th edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1774, half-titles to each volume, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, contemporary calf, morocco title label to each, some joints lightly cracked, head and foot of spines rubbed, 8vo,Uvedale (Thomas). The Memoirs of Philip de Comines: Containing the History of Lewis XI and Charles VIII of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to which Princes he was Secretary: as also the History of Edward IV and Henry VII of England..., 2 volumes, London: John Phillips, 1712, front free endpapers with the signature of Will. Plumer (one dated 1715), contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, Cowper (William). Poems, 2 volumes, 6th edition, London: J. Johnson, 1794, contemporary marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, Ramsay (David). Military Memoirs of Great Britain: or, A History of the War, 1755-1763, Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1779, engraved title and dedication leaf, 12 engraved portrait plates (including frontispiece), occasional spotting, bookplate of Alexander S. Finlay to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, recent morocco title label to spine, 8vo, plus other 18th-century antiquarianQTY: (28)

Dickens (Charles). Sketches by Boz illustrative of every-day life, and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition, complete, 1st 1-volume edition, first issue, London: Chapman & Hall, 1839, advertisement leaf following title dated May 15, 1839, all plates before page 120 without the Chapman & Hall imprint, page 526 with 'reeled before', half-title, frontispiece, additional pictorial title, and 38 etched plates by George Cruikshank, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front endpaper, pale spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, 20th century crushed red half morocco, small mark to spine, 8vo, together with Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall 1865, half-titles, additional title, 40 wood-engraved plates by Marcus Stone, occasional light spotting, bookplate of J. Barnes, Brighton, later blue half morocco, spine faded to green with gilt decoration, 8vo, plus Borrow (George). Lavengro; the scholar - the gypsy - the priest, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1851, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume I, small marginal water stain to a few leaves front and rear of each volume, bookplates of Alexander Stone, top edge gilt, near-contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Being the extra Christmas number of All the Year Round, conducted by Charles Dickens, for Christmas, 1867 (in original wrappers and bound-in later crimson half morocco by Riviere & Son) QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: Alexander Stone (1907-1998, Scottish bibliophile); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Eckel pp. 14-15 Smith, Original Cloth, p16, note 4 (Sketches by Boz). 'When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839... In May 1839, Chapman & Hall published these complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations' (Smith).

Scoones (William Baptiste, editor). Four Centuries of English Letters..., 3 volumes, signed by the editor, New York: Harper & Brothers,1880, volume 1 signed by the editor to top of title, portrait frontispiece to each volume, extra-illustrated with contemporary plates including 217 portraits, 77 views, 6 folding plates and two manuscript letters, lacking titles to volumes 2 and 3 supplied in manuscript facsimile, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers to each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt and faded, 8vo, together with:Rawnsley (Hardwicke Drummond). Literary Associations of the English Lakes, 2 volumes, Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1901, 32 plates (including 11 folding) and extra-illustrated with the addition of 160 contemporary plates of views and portraits from early sources, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers to each volume, bookplate of Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn to front pastedown, top edge gilt, blue half morocco, spines elaborately decorated with ornamental panels, spines slightly faded, edges slightly bumped, 8vo, plusLockhart (John Gibson). Life of Robert Burns, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Constable and Co, 1828, portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with contemporary plates including 23 portraits and 27 views, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpaper, all edges gilt, 20th-century maroon morocco by Root & Son, spine and boards gilt decorated with ornamental panels enclosing central and corner thistle motifs, gilt turn-ins, 8vo, andStorer (J.) & Greg (I.). The Antiquarian Itinerary, Comprising Specimens of Architecture, Monastic, Castellated, and Domestic: With other Vestiges of Antiquity in Great Britain..., 7 volumes, London: W. M. Clarke, J. Murray, S. Bagster, et al.,1815-18, engraved frontispiece to each volume plus 321 engraved views and numerous woodcut text illustrations, some offsetting, bookplate of Herbert Henry Raphael to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform maroon morocco, gilt spines, blind stamped and gilt tooled boards, gilt spines, gilt turn-ins, head caps scuffed, small 8vo QTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for Rawnsley (Rev. Hardwicke Drummond), Scoones (W Baptiste, editor) and Lockhart (J. G.).Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn (bookplate) for Rawnsley (Rev. Hardwicke Drummond).Herbert Henry Raphael (bookplate) for Storer (J.) & Greg (I.). Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884-1941) was an English novelist known for his short stories, plays and literary series, including the "Herries Chronicles" which explored the lives of the Herries family in the Lake District across multiple generations. Major Sir Herbert Henry Raphael (1859-1924) was a British politician and barrister who served as a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. Raphael focused on social reforms, particularly in education and housing, and was involved in charitable work, especially within Jewish causes.

Hunt (Robert). Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall, 2 volumes, London: John Camden Hotten, 1865, Extra-illustrated with 2 double-page engraved maps (hand-coloured in outline), 5 engraved portrait plates and over 100 engraved plates of views (including some India proofs, and some window mounted), light damp-stain to gutter of initial leaves of volume 1, occasional spotting and light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns (offsetting to free endpapers), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century brown crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, 8vo, together with:Coleridge (Hartley). Biographia Borealis: or Lives of Distinguished Northerns, London: Whitaker, Treacher, and Co. and F. E. Bingley, Leeds, 1833, Extra-illustrated containing hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece, 20 plates (including 2 hand-coloured, some window mounted), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century brown crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt and blind panel decoration to spine compartments and boards, 8vo, plus Tomkins (Herbert W.). Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902, Extra-illustrated with 72 additional engraved plates (some window mounted), monochrome illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century marbled crimson calf by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine lightly faded, worn at head, 8voQTY: (4)

Lysons (Daniel). The Environs of London: Being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, within Twelve Miles of the Capitol..., 6 volumes (including supplement), London: Printed by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, 1792-1811, engraved titles to volumes 1-5, engraved dedication leaf, 4 engraved maps (1 folding), 74 engraved and etched plates and plans (including some uncoloured aquatint plates, 6 folding and 3 hand-coloured), few folding pedigrees, occasional damp-stains, some spotting occasional light browning and offsetting, recent endpapers, contemporary diced calf, each volume neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and maroon morocco title labels, 4to, together with:Dale (Samuel). The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, Topographical, Dynastical and Political. First Collected by Silas Taylor alias Domville, Gent. Keeper of the King's Stores there; and now much Enlarged in all its Parts with Notes and Observations Relating to Natural History, London: C. Davis and T. Green, 1730, additional mounted engraved portrait frontispiece by Virtue dated 1737, 14 engraved plates (including 3 double-page), some spotting and browning, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown half morocco, 4to,Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, London: Benj. Motte, 1708-10, half-title to volume 2 only, 4 engraved plates (3 double-page), folding engraved map, without portrait frontispiece, old 'FH Museum Britannicum' and 'Duplicate B. M. 1818' ink stamps to verso of titles and leaf at rear, occasional spotting and browning, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decoration, joints splitting and some wear, folioQTY: (9)

[Miller, William]. Whistle-Binkie or the Piper of the Party, Being a Collection of Songs for the Social Circle, 2 volumes, Glasgow: David Robertson, 1878, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Maclehose of Glasgow, 8vo (Large Paper edition limited to 200 copies printed), together with:Rogers (Henry). Essays, Selected from Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, near-contemporary half calf by Henderson and Bisset, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Ramsay (Allan). The Tea-Table Miscellany. A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots & English, 2 volumes, reprinted from the 14th edition, Glasgow: John Crum, 1871, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century maroon half morocco by Ramage, gilt decorated spines, 8vo,Oliphant (Margaret). A Memoir of the Life of John Tulloch..., Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1888, engraved portrait frontispiece, together with Knight (William). Principal Shairp and His Friends, London: John Murray, 1888, photogravure portrait frontispiece, with Brown (P. Hume). George Buchanan, Humanist and Reformer. A Biography, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890, portrait frontispiece, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to each, top edge gilt, uniform 20th-century red half morocco by Henderson and Bisset, with differing marbled sides, 8vo,Dickson (Nicholas, editor). The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volumes 1-5, Glasgow: Carter & Pratt, 1896-1900, monochrome illustrations, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to upper Pastedowns, uniform contemporary half calf by Henderson & Bisset, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, plus other Scottish related, in half and quarter morocco bindingsQTY: (27)

Cosway-style binding. Charles the Second, by John Heneage Jesse, London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902, extra-illustrated with 12 engraved plates including 4 in colour, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, mid 20th-century crushed red morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, with an inset hand-coloured miniature portrait of Nell Gwynne to upper cover, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Walpole (Hugh). The Young Enchanted, 1921; The Old Ladies, 1924; Portrait of a Man With Red Hair, 1925; Harmer John, 1926; Wintersmoon. Passages in the Lives of Two Sisters Janet and Rosalind Grandison, 1928; The Silver Thorn, 1928, limited large paper editions, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, p. 9 of Harmer John upper corner with tear and restoration, a few leaves unopened, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary blue half morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, spines faded to green, one or two small marks, 8vo QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).All signed limited editions, Large Paper of between 175 and 250 copies.

Cosway-style binding. Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, engraved frontispiece & title, 38 steel-engraved plates, further woodcut illustrations in text, plates toned, occasional light spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, finely bound in a later Cosway-style blue full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath (signed to front turn-in), the upper cover with inset hand-coloured oval portrait of Thackeray, triple rule gilt border to covers, incorporating copious gilt foliate devices, spine separated into compartments by 5 raised bands finished in gilt, 4 containing gilt foliation, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Duncombe (John, publisher). The Miniature Library Series of Dramatic Tales and Romances, Brigand Tales, Pantomimes and Dramatic Tales Founded on Shakespeare’s Plays, 24 volumes, London: J. Duncombe, circa 1846, title page with vignettes to the majority of volumes, 134 engravings (115 coloured and 19 uncoloured), additional engraved portrait frontispiece of William Shakespeare to volume 11 (bound as 22), erratic pagination to each volume, publishers advertisements bound at rear of a few volumes, some minor tears and trimming to a few plates, one plate to volume 23 (bound as 15) torn to fold with two-thirds of image lacking, together with:The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Bradford, London: J. Duncombe, circa 1846, uncoloured folding frontispiece, title page, 11 uncoloured single page engraved plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume except volume 7 (bound as volume 2) where pasted to the rear pastedown, 19th-century uniform calf, gilt spines, blind embossing to boards, erroneous numbers to spine, 16mo (approximately 105 mm x 65 mm)QTY: (25)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).A set of beautifully illustrated volumes from ‘The Miniature Library’ series published by the notorious bookseller and printer John Duncombe the Younger. Rarely seen in such large and uniform quantity and quality, each volume contains several short dramatic stories with many accompanied by a charming coloured engraving as originally issued at the time of printing. Sold as seen, not subject to return.

Cosway-style binding. Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; late envoy extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with several other pieces on various subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope from the originals in her possession, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: J. Dodsley, 1774, 2nd issue with 'qui auroit' correctly spelt, volume I, p. 55, line 16, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, a little minor spotting to a few leaves, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, silk moiré endpapers, all edges gilt, finely bound in later dark brown full morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, the upper covers with an inset oval hand-coloured miniature portrait of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield and Philip Stanhope, the miniatures within a gilt-tooled border, covers with triple fillet border and large foliate corner pieces, spines with raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A, Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).ESTC T136181; Rothschild 596..

Sparks (Jared). The Life of George Washington, 2 volumes, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1854, extra-illustrated with 40 engraved plates, top edge gilt, 20th-century brown full morocco gilt, gilt device to covers depicting an American bald eagle clutching a bundle of arrows, and olive branch, with motto 'E pluribus unum', extremities and joints lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with:Halleck (Fitz-Greene). The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck, with extracts from those of Joseph Rodman Drake, Large Paper copy, New York: Appleton and Company, 1869, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, 12 plates, extra-illustrated with copperplates from Antiquary Journal, William Cullen Bryant's 'Some Notices of the Life and Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck' published in 1869 bound-in, top edge gilt, 20th-century brown half morocco gilt, tall 8vo, plusBryce (James). The American Commonwealth, 3 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co, 1888, armorial bookplate of Charles Oswin Hall to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front free endpapers, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt for Hatchards, extremities lightly nicked, 8vo, plusEarle (Alice Morse). Two Centuries of Costume in America, 2 volumes, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903, half-titles, black and white illustrations throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century green half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spines faded, 8vo, withIreland (Alexander). Ralph Waldo Emerson, His Life, Genius, and Writings, a biographical sketch, 2nd edition, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, 1882, mounted additional photographic frontispiece, black and white portraits throughout, ALS of Alexander Ireland and David M. Main bound-in at front, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century navy blue full crushed morocco gilt by Birdsall, extremities lightly rubbed, 4to, with a 13 volume work set of Francis Parkman bound in red half morocco QTY: (22)NOTE:Provenance: Charles Oswin Hall (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Defoe (Daniel). The Novels and Miscellaneous works of Daniel De Foe, with a Biographical Memoir of the Author, Literary Prefaces to the various pieces, Illustrative Notes, etc., including all contained in the edition attributed to the late Sir Walter Scott..., 20 volumes, Oxford: D. A. Talboys, 1840-41, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, title with vignette to every volume, some with preface and advertisements, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns to each volume, top edges gilt, 20th-century uniform red half morocco by Rivière, spines gilt, small 8vo, together with:Trollope (Anthony). Doctor Thorne, The Small House at Allington, The Last Chronicle of Barset and an Autobiography, 9 volumes, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, Shakespeare Head Press, 1929, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns to each volume, top edges gilt, 20th-century uniform red half morocco gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo  QTY: (29)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Trollope limited to 525 copies of which 500 were for sale.

Kirk (John Foster). History of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1863-68, portrait frontispieces to volumes I-II, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey and armorial bookplates of Sir Julius Wernher (1850-1912, diamond magnate and art collector). all edges yellow, later tan calf, spines with green and maroon labels and gilt-decorated in compartments, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Smith (John Thomas). Nollekens and his Times: comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor; and memoirs of several contemporary artiists, from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth and Reynolds, to that of Ousell, Flaxman, and Blake, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1828, engraved portrait, extra-illustrated with approximately 100 engraved plates and portraits, some light offsetting and spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, , all edges gilt, later tan calf by Riviere, Bath, spines gilt with artist's easel and palette tools in compartments, slight partial fading to covers, 8vo, plus Smalley (George W.) London Letters and Some Others, 2 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1890, half-titles, 1 pp. autograph letter from the author to the publisher bound-in at front of volume I, burgundy morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, and publisher Frederick Macmillan (1851-1936), , top edge gilt, contemporary tan calf by Riviere & Son, spines with maroon and tan labels and richly gilt, 8vo, limited signed edition 8/9, with 3 others: The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by George Otto Trevelyan, 2 volumes, 1876, The Life and Works of Goethe, by G. H. Lewes, 2 volumes, 1855, and Our Peculiarities, by Viscountess Combermere, privately printed circa 1863QTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle (bookplates); 2nd work 'from the library of Sir Hugh Walpole, July/45' (pencil inscription at front of volume I).

Cosway-style binding. The Navy of Great Britain. A Historical Portrait, by Michael Lewis, 1st edition, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1948, half-title, colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome illustrations, watered silk endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, finely bound in later full navy morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath (signed to turn-in), the upper cover with inset hand-coloured oval portrait of Admiral Hood, the miniature within a gilt-tooled border, foliate spray corner pieces, the spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). 

Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species…, London: John Murray, 1897, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine fully gilt with morocco labels, 8vo, together with:Hudson (William Henry). Nature in Downland, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900, frontispiece, title in red and black, numerous black and white illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half calf by Bayntun Rivière of Bath, spine gilt, graze to top right side of front board, 8vo, plusMurray (John) and Hjort (Johan). The Depths of the Ocean, A General Account of the Modern Science of Oceanography Based Largely On the Scientific Researches of the Norwegian Steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic, London: Macmillan and Co, 1912, portrait frontispiece, folding maps and many text illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary green half morocco by Morrell, gilt spines, 8vo, plusCheshire (Frank R.). Bees & Bee Keeping…, 2 volumes, circa 1880, London: L. Upcot Gilll, engraved frontispieces, many text illustrations, contemporary owner's manuscript signature to volume two, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edges gilt, near contemporary navy morocco, spines gilt and slightly faded, 8vo, plusBean (William Jackson). Trees and Shrubs, Hardy in the British Isles, 3 volumes, London: John Murray, 1950-1951, numerous illustrations to each volume, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, spines slightly faded, 8vo, plusJekyll (Gertrude). Wood and Garden…, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1901, title page in red and black, 71 photographic illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco by Otto Schulze of Edinburgh, spine and sides extensively decorated with floral ornamentation with red morocco inlays, 8vo, and 7 others bound in red, green and blue morocco and calf gilt including; The Country Life Library, Roses for English Gardens…, by Jekyll & Mawley, London: George Newnes, 1902, 8vo, Fifty Years of Fox Hunting by John Malsbury Kirby Elliot, London: Horace Cox, 1900, 8vo, Flowers of the Field by Charles Alexander Johns, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1949, 8vo, The Bird, Its Form and Function by C. William Beebe, London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1907, 8vo, Birds and Man by William Henry Hudson, London: Duckworth & Co, 1920, 8vo, Flora of the British Isles by A. R. Clapham et al Cambridge University Press, 1957, 8vo, Fishing from the Earliest Times by William Radcliffe, London: John Murray, 1921, 8vo QTY: (16)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for all except Elliot.

Baskerville Press. Orlando Furioso di Lodovico Ariosto, 4 volumes, Birmingham: Da' Torchj di G. Baskerville: Per P. Molini Librajo dell' Accademia Reale, e G. Molini, 1773, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, 45 engraved plates (of 46, lacking plate to face stanza 10), title page to first volume with early ownership signature Helena OGrady to upper margin, some light dust-soiling, few marks, contemporary marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with red morocco labels, light wear to extremities, joints to volume 4 repaired, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Gaskell 48. Handsome copy.

Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, 2 volumes bound in 3, London: T. Rickaby, 1793, extra-illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece and title page with vignettes to each volume, extra-illustrated with a total of 51 plates including 15 engravings (2 folding) after William Hogarth and 36 17th to 19th-century additional portraits of historical individuals such as Martin Luther, Homer and Richard Cromwell, mostly trimmed and laid on later wove paper or window mounted, plus numerous vignettes throughout, later endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume, engraved bookplate of John Caillaud Esq to front endpaper of volume 1 part 1, top edges gilt and remainder uncut, early 20th-century green half morocco by L. Broca, elaborate gilt decoration to spines, spines slightly faded, volume 1 part 2 bumped with slight wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: J. Caillaud, Aston Rowant (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Brigadier-General John Caillaud (1726 - 1812) was Commander-in-Chief, India and retired to Aston Rowant in Oxfordshire. A manuscript note by a ‘JB’ under the Caillaud bookplate describes how Caillaud gifted this particular copy to him two years before his death.Edition limited to 200 copies.

Bumpus Bindings. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of Geoge the Third, by Richard Grenville, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 4 volumes, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1855; Memoirs of the Court of England, during the Regency, 1811-1820..., by Richard Grenville, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 2 volumes, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856; Memoirs of the Court of George IV 1820-1830..., by Richard Grenville, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 2 volumes, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1859; Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of William IV and Victoria..., by Richard Grenville, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 2 volumes, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861, together 10 volumes, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, occasional spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, uniform late 19th/early 20th-century terracotta red half morocco by Bumpus, elaborated gilt decorated spines, 8vo, together with other bindings by Bumpus including The Story of Two Noble Lives, by Augustus J. C. Hare, 3 volumes, London: George Allen, 1893, numerous mounted monochrome plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half morocco by John Bumpus, gilt decorated spines, 4to; William Pitt and the Great War, by J. Holland Rose, London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1911, and William Pitt and National Revival, by J. Holland Rose, London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1911, photogravure plates, occasional toning, bookplate of Viscountess Annie Cowdray (1860-1932) of Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire to upper pastedown and red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front free endpapers, all edges gilt, uniform brown morocco gilt by Bumpus Ltd., spines with slight even fading, 8vo, and other similar bindings by BumpusQTY: (29)

Mahan (A. T.). The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1893, 13 maps and plans, armorial bookplate of William Henry Smith to front pastedowns, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, near-contemporary crushed blue morocco gilt, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, together with:Douglas (Robert B., translator). A French Volunteer of the War of Independence, Paris: Charles Carrington, 1898, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with 30 engraved plates and portraits (some hand-coloured), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, early 20th-century straight-grain red full morocco gilt by C. & C. McLeish, gilt triple column incorporated by pointillé borders, 8vo, withWright (G. N). Life and Campaigns of Arthur, Duke of Ellington, K. G., 4 volumes, London: Fisher, Son, & Co, [1841], engraved frontispieces, additional engraved titles, extra-illustrated with 56 additional plates (some folding), all edges gilt, early 20th-century red full pigskin gilt, blindstamped arabesque to covers, 8vo, with 17 other naval works including W. F. P. Napier's History of the War in the Peninsula (6 volumes, new edition, 1851) and Alexander Kinglake's The Invasion of the Crimea (8 volumes, 3rd edition, 1863-87) QTY: (24)

Bouchot (Henri). The Book: its Printers, Illustrators and Binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. With a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books, and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places. Edited by H. Grevel, Extra-Illustrated copy, expanded to 3 volumes, London: H. Grevel & Co., 1890, 172 monochrome illustrations to text (as issued), additional manuscript title to each volume inserted, in black ink with light blue wash (first volume retains the original printed title), and approximately 350 additional illustrations, including title pages, woodcuts, portraits, sample pages, printer's devises, colour reproductions of bindings and illuminated manuscripts (mostly in chromolithography), etc., dating from the 15th, 16th,17th,18th and 19th century, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary three-quarter red crushed morocco gilt, a little rubbed to joints and outer corners, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:An exceptionally fine and carefully re-presented copy of Bouchot's classic work, significantly enhanced by the addition of 350 additional examples of early printing.A short typewritten description of the volume list the various types of illustrations added to this copy: 'about 87 old engraved portraits, about 35 other portraits, about 62 engraved title pages or other leaves from original old books, about 51 printer's devices from original books, about 60 original engravings and woodcuts from old books, about 14 reproductions of bindings, about 6 reproductions from illuminated manuscripts, about 34 other illustrations'. One of the earliest specimens is an early woodcut or xylographic illustration printed in brown, possibly depicting the Three Wise Men, inscribed in a 17th-century hand in brown ink to verso 'Mom Britium Mediolanensis' (a reference to the Italian humanist Boninus Mombritius (circa 1424-1502), who edited a number of early texts including the Santuarium seu Vitae Sanctorum).Early woodcut and engraved portraits include Lorenzo Coster by Larmessin after Van Campen. An engraved portrait of Burchiello by Ascanio Lucani, engraved portrait of Sebastian Brant, Pico della Mirandola by De Bry (1650), Maximilian of Austria by De Jode after Lucas van Leyden, circa 1620, woodcut colophon portrait John Day (1562), engraved portrait of Nicolaus Bruyant by Pontius after Van Dyck.Engraved title pages include De Ortu et Progressu Artis Typographicae (1639), the title page to the libro secondo of Reucelli's Imprese Illustri, a leaf from an incunable German hand-coloured illustrated bible, the title page to Abbot Rupert's Commentariorum in Evangelium Johannis, (Birkman, 1533, Sabelicus, Historie Vinitiane, Venice 1554, Drexelius, Rosae Selectissimarum Virtutum, Antwerp, 1636, Andreas de Novo Castro, Primum scriptum Sententiarum, Paris: Jean Granion, 1512, Arthur Lake's sermon preached at Paul's Crosse, London: William Stansby, 1629, Thomas Taylor, The Parable of the Sower, 3rd edition, 1634

Sangorski & Sutcliffe Bindings. Russell (Bertrand). History of Western Philosophy, and its connection with political and social circumstances from the earliest times to the present day, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1947, half-title, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed cobalt blue half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine partly faded, 8vo, together with:Sykes (Norman). William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury 1657-1737, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957, half-titles, portrait frontispiece to volume one, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century blue crushed full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo, plusBoulton (William B.). The Amusements of Old London, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John C. Nimmo, 1901, 12 hand-coloured plates (including frontispieces), each illustration with captioned tissue-guard, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gambling-related gilt devices to four spine compartments, spine of volume one slightly faded, 8vo, withTaine (Hippolyte). Taine's Notes on England, translated with an introduction by Edward Hyams, 1st edition, London: Thames and Hudson, 1957, portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations in text, all edges gilt, 20th-century brown full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine lightly faded, 8vo, with 8 other morocco-bound volumes by Sangorski & Sutcliffe QTY: (14)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). Charles Dickens and Gad's Hill Place. [Autograph] Correspondence between Charles Dickens, The Rev. Joseph Hindle and W. H. Wills, 1856-1857, with Introductory Essay by F. J. Harvey Darton and Original Drawings by Alicia Darrington, comprising an Autograph Letter Signed from Charles Dickens, Tavistock House, 17 March 1856, to the Reverend Joseph Hindle, ‘As I have now completed the purchase of Gad’s Hill Place…’, and asking that future rents due be paid to W. H. Wills at the Household Words Office, one page, 8vo, together with seven autograph letters signed by W. H. Wills (his assistant) to Hindle, London, 7 February 1856 to 19 March 1857, 9 pages, 8vo, and four by Hindle, 12 February 1856 to 17 March 1857, 4 pages, 8vo (3 of Hindle's letters written on the versos of those by Wills), the letters individually tipped into window mounts and interleaved with neat typed transcriptions on paper, and also including a portrait frontispiece of Dickens (head and shoulders) in watercolour, 140 x 105 mm, and 4 drawings of Gad's Hill Place in pen and ink and wash, 140 x 190 mm, all signed by Alicia Darrington, a calligraphic title in red and black with gilt ornaments, and an introductory essay by F. J. Harvey Darton, 6 pages, typed to rectos only, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, all edges gilt, early 20th-century gilt-decorated red morocco by Charles Sawyer, the upper cover with central gilt tool of Dickens's lion emblem and initials, the lower cover with central gilt tool of his signature, covers partly sunned, 4to (230 x 295 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). The record of the final arrangements for Dickens's purchase of Gad's Hill Place, outside Rochester, Kent. 'The spot and the very house are literally “a dream of my childhood”’, as he wrote to Wills in February 1855, on discovering that it was for sale. The first letters of this polite and cordial correspondence concern Hindle's tenancy, Wills conveying Dickens consent to Hindle remaining there until Lady Day, 1857, and asserting that 'Mr Dickens has no wish whatever to allow any active operations that would intrude upon, or disturb you to be begun until entirely given up possession'. Dickens's letter announces that his purchase is complete, requesting Hindle to pay rent to Wills, who sends Hindle a receipt for £51-6-8 for half a year's rent less income tax. Subsequently the correspondence turns to fixtures which Dickens will inspect and value, including fireplaces, grates and a kitchen range, to the visit of a builder 'to take dimensions' for repairs, and to final arrangements for Hindle's hay and wine. Gad's Hill Place was built in 1779 by Alderman Stevens, a brewer of Rochester. It then became the property of the Rev. James Lynn, whose duties later took him to Cumberland; and in 1855 was rented by the Rev. Joseph Hindle. Dickens had seen the house as a child, when walking with his father from Chatham. His father is said to have pointed it out to him as the spot where he might one day live himself if only he worked hard enough. After protracted negotiations with the seller, Dickens paid £1,790 for the house and, the repairs complete, moved in during the summer of 1857. It was to be his country residence until his death. William Henry (‘Harry’) Wills was engaged as Dickens's assistant on Household Words in 1849, and was entrusted with all his private business arrangements.

Bumpus Binding. The Life of Edward Mountagu, K.G. First Earl Sandwich, by F. R. Harris, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1912, photogravure portrait frontispieces and monochrome portrait plates, front pastedowns with ownership signature 'Alex. Keiller of Morven 1916, rebound 1916', bookplate of Alexander Stone to front free endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary light brown morocco by J. & E. Bumpus Ltd., elaborately decorated to covers incorporating onlay roundels and borders to spine compartments and border onlays to boards, gilt armorial of the Earl of Sandwich to centre of upper boards, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Alexander Keiller FSA, FGS (1889-1955) was born at Binrock House, Dundee and was the heir to the family marmalade business, James Keiller & Son which was established in Dundee in 1797. He is particularly remembered as an archaeologist, pioneering aerial photographer, businessman and philanthropist. He worked on the prehistoric sites at Windmill Hill and Avebury, Wiltshire and helped to ensure their preservation. He also founded the Morven Institute of Archaeological Research at Avebury, now the Alexander Keiller Museum.

Walton (Izaak & Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler, London: William Pickering, 1825, engraved frontispiece and additional title, all edges gilt, Beeleigh Abbey morocco gilt bookplate, later tortoiseshell over calf, signed by Henry Sotheran and Riviere & Son to front endpaper verso, upper cover with inset Cosway-style miniature oval portrait of Izaak Walton, lower cover with miniature portrait of Charles Cotton, a few small chips to joints and edges, 16moQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.

Hughes (Thomas). Tom Brown's School Days, London: Macmillan & Co, 1869, portrait frontispiece, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, early 20th-century blue calf gilt by Bayntun of Bath, red morocco title label, 8vo, together with: Dobson (Austin). Eighteenth Century Vignettes, 6 volumes, London: Chatto & Windus, 1894, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, extra-illustrated with numerous portraits and views, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, errata tipped-in to volume 2 list of illustrations, top edges gilt, early 20th-century blue morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, 8vo, plus Stowe (Harriet Beecher). Uncle Tom’s Cabin, London: John Cassell, 1852, portrait frontispiece, 27 wood-engraved illustrations by George Cruikshank, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, early 20th-century calf by Riviere, gilt spines, double crimson morocco title labels, 8vo, plus Burnett (Frances Hodgson). Little Lord Fauntleroy, 2nd edition, London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1887, illustrated from drawings by Reginald B. Birch, original cloth covers and spine bound in at rear, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, early 20th-century green calf gilt by Bayntun of Bath, 8vo, plus other similar fine bindings for works by Max Beerbohm, Mark Twain, Captain Marryat, Robert Bridges and Hyman Hurwitz (without Foyle bookplate)QTY: (15)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Percy (Sholto and Reuben). The Percy Anecdotes. Original and Select, 20 volumes, London: T. Boys, 1823, 2 parts to each volume with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, early 20th-century dark brown half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt decorated spines, 12mo, together with:Alom (John). The Letters of Junius complete: Interspersed with the Letters and Articles to which he replied..., 2 volumes, London: Richard Phillips, 1806, extra-illustrated mostly with portrait plates (some window mounted), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century brown half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spines slightly faded, light mottling to cloth sides, 8vo,Brown (John). Horae Subsecivae, 3 volumes, new edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897, engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes 1 and 3, bookplate of Alexander Stone to upper pastedowns of each, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, and [Taylor, John]. The Identity of Junius with a Distinguished Living Character [Sir Philip Francis] Established, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1816, Extra-illustrated with several engraved portrait plates including some window mounted, light toning and some spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century red half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus others including Sterling (John). Essays and Tales..., 2 volumes, London: John W. Parker, 1848, [Tegg, Thomas]. Eccentric Biography; or, Lives of Extraordinary Characters, London: Thomas Tegg [et al], 1826, and Griffin & Co. (Richard, publisher). The Book of Trades; or, Circle of the Useful Arts, 7th edition, Glasgow: Richard Griffen & Co., 1843QTY: (30)

Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, carefully revised with notes by F.S.A The life of the poet and critical essays on the plays by William Watkiss Lloyd M.R.S.I, 10 volumes, London; Bell and Daulby, 1856, wood-engraved title page vignettes to each volume, portrait frontispiece to first volume, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, contemporary red full morocco by M.M. Holloway, gilt lettering and tooling to spines, gilt ruled boards, minimal rubbing to joints and extremities, 8vo, together with:Hazlitt (W. Carew). Shakespeare Jest-Books; reprints of the early and very rare Jest-Books supposed to have been used by Shakespeare, 3 volumes, London: Woolis & Sotherland, 1864, top edge gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W.A Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to frontpaste down of each volume, top edge gilt, later blue half levant (by Riviere), gilt extra, 8vo, plus Lee (Sidney). A life of William Shakespeare (Illustrated Library Edition), London; Smith, Elder, & CO., 1899, illustrated with 159 engraved plates and illustrations, with an additional manuscript title page to each volume, and manuscript index to rear of second volume, the additional title pages read: enlarged into two volumes and further illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and fifty-nine, engraved and other plates (including 30 portraits of the poet, of persons, views, & connected with his life & works, together with an addendum, being recent Shakespearian Discoveries by CW Wallace, Ph.D., and the Troon History of the Stratford Bust by Mrs. C. Stopes, Conway House, Erdington, 1919) additional illustrations (mostly 19th century), including some early 17th century engravings (Robert L.d. Dudley Earle of Leicester, Gualterus Devereus COM. SXCI Essexiae, small map of Warwickshire c.1600, etc.), gilt-decorated, red morrocco book plate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary Arts & Crafts style, crushed brown half morocco gilt, spine gilt lettered and decorated in compartments, large 8voQTY: (15)

Cescinsky (Herbert). English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, illustrated from drawings by the author and from photographs, 3 volumes, London: The Waverly Book Company, [1911], black and white illustrations throughout (some after photographs), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th century crushed full pale brown morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (signed to front turn-ins), fleur-de-lis cornerpieces to gilt triple-bordered panels to covers, a few light marks, 4to, together with:Cescinsky (Herbert, Malcolm R. Webster). English Domestic Clocks, illustrated from drawings and photographs by the authors, 2nd edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1914, colour portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout (some after photographs), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, bound uniformly with the other three volumes, 4toQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Croker (John Wilson). The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830, edited by Louis J. Jennings, 3 volumes bound as 6, 2nd edition, revised, London: John Murray, 1885, with a portrait and extra illustrated with the addition of numerous additional engravings from contemporary sources, bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edges gilt, early 20th-century red crushed half morocco gilt over cloth, 8vo, together withManchester (William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of), Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne, Edited from the Papers at Kimbolton, 2 volumes, London: Hurst & Blackett, 1864, profusely extra illustrated with the addition of numerous engraved portraits and views from contemporary sources, bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edges, 20th-century crushed burgundy half morocco gilt by Bayntun, 8vo, plus Howell (James), Epistolae Ho'Elianae. The Familiar Letters of James Howell, Historiographer Royal to Charles II, Edited, Annotated, and Indexed by Joseph Jacobs, 2 volumes, London: David Nutt, 1892, profusely extra illustrated with the addition of approximately 230 engraved portraits and views from contemporary sources, bookplates of Arthur W. Waters (the extra illustrator) and W. A. Foyle, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, early 20th-century red-brown half morocco gilt over cloth by Bayntun, slightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus other similar extra illustrated late 19th and early 20th-century history worksQTY: (26)

Dibdin (Thomas Frognall). The Bibliomania; or, Book-Madness: containing some account of the history, symptoms, and cure of this fatal disease..., 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, portrait frontispiece, title in red and black with woodcut vignette from Pynson's 'Ship of Fools', professionally restored closed tear to dedication and preface, 8vo, together with:Ireland (William Henry). Scribbleomania; or the Printers Devil's Polichronicon..., edited by Anser Pen-Drag-On Esq., London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815, vignette title in red and black, dedication, preface, thin brown damp stain to page 316 through to 323, 8vo, plusIreland (William Henry). Chalcographimania; or, the Portrait-Collector and Printseller's Chronicle, with Infatuations of every Description..., by Satiricus Sculptor, London: R. S. Kirby, 1814, frontispiece, title in red and black, list of portraits, advertisements, errata, dedication, index to names mentioned, general index, 8vo, of which there are two copies bound separately, and Caulfield (James). Calcographiana: The Printseller's Chrinicle and Collectors Guide to the Knowlege and Value of Engraved British Portraits, 1st edition, London: G. Smeeton, 1814, portrait frontispiece, dedication, advertisement, list of subscribers, advertisements, 8vo, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns to each volume, all edges gilt, 20th-century uniform half red morocco, spines gilt ruled, edges bumped, QTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Caulfield (James), Calcographiana limited to 350 copies.William Henry Ireland (1775–1835) was an infamous English forger of Shakespearean manuscripts including letters, poetry, and two plays titled Vortigern and Rowena and Henry II. Despite initial success, doubts arose about their authenticity, leading to his humiliating confession in 1796.

Polwhele (Richard). The History of Cornwall..., a new edition, corrected and enlarged, 7 volumes bound in 2, London: Law and Whittaker, 1804-1816, 15 (of 18) maps, plans and genealogies, 43 (of 46) plates and views including engraved portrait frontispiece to both volumes, armorial bookplate of F. Arthur Wadsworth to front pastedown to each volume, top edge gilt, 20th-century mottled calf by Bayntun of Bath, decorative gilt spines and boards, elaborate gilt turn-ins, joints rubbed and starting to split, labels lacking, (one label loosely inserted in volume 1), 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: F. Arthur Wadsworth (bookplate).Abbey, Scenery 103.Two views in volume 1, ‘Padstow from the Harbour’ and ‘St. Michael’s Mount', are often missing but present in this example.

Bayntun Riviere Bindings. Moss (Fletcher). Pilgrimages To Old Homes, mostly on the Welsh borders, 1st edition, Didsbury: Published by the Author from his home, 1903, frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs, portions uncut, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century purple half morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, tall 8vo, together with: Stirling (A. M. W.). Coke of Norfolk and His Friends, 4 volumes, extra-illustrated, London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908, extra-illustrated issue with 104 portraits, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century crushed full black morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, 8vo, with Sichel (Edith). The Household of The Lafayettes, 1st edition, Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co, 1897, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 11 illustrations, extra-illustrated with an additional 60 plates (12 colour), all edges gilt, 20th-century viridian green full morocco gilt, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus Devlin (Christopher). The Life of Robert Southwell, Poet and Martyr, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1956, all edges gilt, 20th-century brown levant gilt by Bayntun Riviere, 8vo, plus other morocco-bound volumes by Bayntun Riviere, including H. V. Morton's A Traveller in Rome (1957) and W. Harrison Ainsworth's Windsor Castle (1844)QTY: (25)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Palmer (William T.). The English Lakes, London: A & C Black, 1908, 75 illustrations from paintings by A. Heaton Cooper, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century brown half morocco, spine embellished with a tooled calf onlay, gilt paneling and lettering, spine and boards sunned, 8vo, together with:Jungman (Beatrix). Holland, London: A & C Black, 1904, 75 illustrations by Nico Jungman, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century brown half morocco, spine embellished with a tooled calf onlay, gilt panelling and lettering, spine and boards sunned, 8vo, plus,Menpes (Dorothy). World Pictures, London: A & C Black, 1903, 100 illustrations by Mortimer Menpes, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, owners inscription to front free endpaper, top edge gilt, 20th-century green half morocco by Riviere & Son for Sotheran & Co, elaborate gilt foliation to five spine compartments, spines sunned to brown, 8vo, plus,Kelly (R. Talbot). Egypt, London: A & C Black, 1903, 75 illustrations by the author, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, owners inscription to front free endpaper, top edge gilt, 20th century brown half morocco by Riviere & Son for Sotheran & Co, elaborate gilt foliation to five spine compartments, 8vo, andOkey (T.). Venice And It's Story, London: J.M Dent & Co, 1903, portrait frontispiece, title in black and red, 77 illustrations by Nelly Erichsen, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, ownership gift inscription to front free endpaper, top edge gilt, 20th-century brown half morocco, spine embellished with a tooled calf onlay, gilt paneling and lettering, spine and boards sunned, 8vo QTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Fore-edge paintings. Johnson (Samuel). The Works of Alexander Pope Esq in verse and prose with a selection of explanatory notes and the account of his life by Dr Johnson, 8 volumes, London: Nichols and Son, Rivington (F. C & J) et al., 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece of Pope, title page, very slight spotting, contemporary manuscript owner signature to initial front blank, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume, all edges gilt, each volume with a contemporary fore-edge painting of a scene in London with pencil identification to front flyleaves, 19th-century burgundy straight-grain morocco, decorated gilt spines, gilt rolled borders to boards, slight wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The scenes depicted on the fore-edges are; St James's Palace, St Paul's Church (Covent Garden), London Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, view of London from Hackney Marsh, Kensington Palace, Charterhouse, and St Pauls from Embankment.

Stevenson (Robert Louis). Poems, London: Chatto & Windus in association with Longmans, Green & Co., 1913, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, near contemporary maroon crushed morocco gilt by Bumpus Ltd., 4to (Limited edition 482/500 printed on handmade paper), together with:Holmes (Oliver Wendell). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911; The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911; The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913, together 3 volumes, frontispieces, decorative titles, plates and illustrations by Henry Matthew Brock, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, uniform 20th-century half calf by Maclehose of Glasgow, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, 8vo,James (Henry). Fourteen Stories..., Selected by David Garnett, London: Rupert Hart-Davis,1946, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century navy half calf by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Burnett (Frances Hodgson). Little Lord Fauntleroy, London: Frederick Warne and Co.,1899, frontispiece, plates and illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo, Houseman (Alfred Edward). A Shropshire Lad, reprinted, London: Grant Richards, 1908, 8 colour illustrations by William Hyde, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green half morocco gilt, spine faded to light brown, 8vo,Brown (Horatio F.). John Addington Symonds, A Biography compiled from his papers and correspondence, 2 volumes, London: John C. Nimmo, 1895, monochrome portrait frontispieces and plates, one colour armorial plate, light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century turquoise blue crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spines lightly faded, 8vo, Mitchell (Margaret). Gone with the Wind, reprinted, London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1938, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus other literature, biographies and history related, bound in 20th-century full and half morocco and calf bindings, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Bayntun Riviere and Zaehnsdorf etc.QTY: (32)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

* Shakespeare (William, 1564-1616). The ‘Chandos’ Portrait of William Shakespeare, after John Taylor, early-mid 19th century, oil on canvas, oval head and shoulders portrait of the playwright within feigned oval, some small surface marks and craquelure overall, re-lined, old Christie's auction stencil S22RE to stretcher, 65 x 49.5 cm (25 5/8 x 19 1/2 ins), framed (87 x 71 cm), with engraved title plaque to lower edge, verso with remains of late 19th century printed exhibition label for 'The Tudor, New Gallery' annotated in manuscript 'Shakespeare' and lent by 'The Earl of War[wick]'QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.A copy of the famous Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, formerly in the Earl of Warwick's Shakespeare collection at Warwick Castle.The only portrait of Shakespeare that has a good claim to have been painted from life, the Chandos picture is thought to have been painted by John Taylor (circa 1580-1653) between 1600 and 1610. It is listed as the first work in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, having been given to the Gallery on its foundation in 1856, and it is named after the 3rd Duke of Chandos, who formerly owned the painting.The Earl of Warwick referred to on the exhibition label is the bibliophile, collector, and Shakespeare enthusiast George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick (1818-1893). Greville, a Tory MP, spent much of the years between 1852 and 1870 assembling at Warwick Castle an impressive collection of books, manuscripts and paintings relating to Shakespeare. He was a frequent customer of the Shakespearean scholar and collector James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889), one of the pre-eminent bibliographer-booksellers of Shakespeare of his day. Halliwell-Phillipps co-founded the Shakespeare Society when he was only 22, and he later sold to the British Museum the then second known copy of the 1603 Hamlet and a mortgage deed signed by the playwright himself. The Folger Shakespeare Library purchased the Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library in 1897; the transaction was Henry Folger’s first major purchase of a collection. The exhibition label on the back of the present work would appear to refer to the 1890 Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor at The New Gallery in Regent Street. Number 392 in this exhibition was a half-length portrait of Shakespeare belonging to the Earl of Warwick, although this painting showed the playwright 'half-length, to right, black doublet, lace ruff and cuffs, right hand on hip, left hand holding gloves: on background, shield of arms ... '.

Evelyn (John). Silva: or, A Discourse on Forest Trees.., New Edition, 2 volumes, York: A. Ward for J. Dodsley; 1786, 42 engraved plates (including one folding) and 2 folding tables, together with:Evelyn (John). Memoirs, illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn..., edited by William Bray 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1819, engraved portrait frontispieces, folding genealogy of Evelyn family, three portrait engravings plus 6 engravings, andEvelyn (John). The Miscellaneous Writings..., now first collected, with occasional notes, by William Upcott, London: Henry Colburn, 1825, engraved frontispiece and 3 engravings, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedown to each volume of every work, some spotting throughout, all edges gilt, handsome 20th-century uniform green straight-grain morocco by Clarke & Bedford, gilt decorated spines, gilt border to boards, elaborate gilt turn-ins, slight wear to bands and corners, 4toQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: Andrew Carnegie (bookplate).Henrey 138 (Evelyn's Silva).Silva was a highly influential book and the first important publication in England on forest trees. This edition "contains an enormous amount of information concerning the cultivation of the various kinds of forest trees, and the uses of their timber, together with facts and anecdotes obtained from books, both classical and contemporary. The work was a success from the start. Its publication gave a great stimulus to planting in Britain..., No other work on arboriculture exerted a greater influence on forestry in this country than Evelyn's Sylva” (Henrey, p.107-8).

[Hazlitt (William)]. Sketches of the Principal Picture-Galleries in England, 1st edition, London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1824, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, gilt turn-ins, contemporary calf, gilt spine with morocco title label, gilt ruled boards, head cap of spine chipped with loss, joints worn, small 8vo, Duppa (Richard). The Life of Michel Angelo Buonarroti, With His Poetry and Letters, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, R. H. Evans, W. Miller et al., 1807, portrait frontispiece, 41 engraved plates, 8 folding plates, 2 facsimiles, 20th-century olive half calf, gilt spine with morocco label, 4to[Beckford (William)]. Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters, London: Richard Bentley, 1834, frontispiece, bookplate of Mary Hunter, Hill Hall, Theydon Mount to front pastedown, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front free endpaper, top edge gilt, early 20th-century brown morocco by Cedric Chivers of Bath, gilt spine, gilt turn-ins, 12moReynolds (Joshua). Discourses..., edited and annotated by Edmund Gosse, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co and Chiswick Press: C. Whittingham and Co, Chancery Lane, 1884, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedown, top edge gilt, early 20th-century green morocco by Ramage, spine gilt and sunned to brown, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for Beckford and Hazlitt.Mary Hunter, Hill Hall, Theydon Mount (bookplate) for Beckford.Andrew Carnegie (bookplate) for Reynolds.Reynolds limited to 50 copies signed by the publisher.

* English School. Portrait of Charles Dickens as a young man, 1840, oil on canvas, half-length portrait of the young author seated in a chair, with flowing crimped curls, wearing a black coat and white waistcoat, with white collar and frilled shirt, seated sideways, his hands clasped together and his left arm resting on the back of the chair, his face turned forward to engage the viewer, some overall craquelure, a few minor surface marks, re-lined, 76.5 x 63.5 cm (30 1/8 x 25 ins), period gilt moulded frame (97 x 83.5 cm), with the sitter's name in contemporary black ink capitals to the lower slip, and later plaque to lower edge of frame 'Charles Dickens (As a Young Man) 1840 by Daniel Maclise, RA', verso of frame with white chalk mark SS913 (possibly Christie's)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.An early portrait of Charles Dickens attributed, according to the frame plaque, to the portraitist Daniel Maclise (1806-1870). Maclise painted several portraits of Dickens and his family, the most famous being the full-length oil of 1839 in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 1172), which was used as the frontispiece for Nicholas Nickleby when it was first published later that year. He and the author were great friends, and Maclise contributed illustrations for The Old Curiosity Shop and several of the Christmas books: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, and The Battle of Life.We have been unable to find the present work mentioned in any listing of the known portraits of Dickens. It is unusual in showing the author with his hair parted on the left, rather than on the right. Dickens is known to have been first photographed in 1841 at Richard Beard's establishment, soon after Beard had opened England's first daguerreotype studio. This early photographic image of Dickens, now sadly lost, would likely have shown a clean-shaven man of twenty-nine with flowing hair parted on the left, since most daguerreotype processes produced a reversed image. It is not impossible to suppose, therefore, that this portrait might have been copied from that early image of the author.