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Fine quality Facsimile Heures de Turin-Milan [Faksimile Verlag Luzern] Van Buren (A.H.), Marrow (J.H.), Pettenati (S.) commentators, Heures de Turin-Milan, 3 parts, Switzerland (Verlag Luzern) 1994, Limited Edn. No. 461 (980) Copies, illustrated, bound in attractive blind decorated green velour with gilt embossing, housed in Perspex container. (3)

Signed Limited Edition of 200 Copies MacDiarmid (Hugh) Direadh 1,2,3, 4to, Italy (Christopher Murray Grieve) 1974, Signed Ltd. Edn., No. 92 (200) Copies, in full handmade leather binding with blind decorated dove on front cover. (1)

The Book of Kells   Most Sumptuous Edition Facsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN., in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards. Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with a large Commentary Volume, with illus., leather backed cloth, and orig. advertising portfolio. An unique opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the World's greatest Art Treasures. Together with : Fox ( Peter ) Commentary Volume, Paperback.   As a lot. (3)  

The Lindisfarne Gospels [Illustrated Volumes] Evangeliorum Quattuor, Codex Lindisfarenis, 2 vols., Ottent Lausanne (Urs Graf) 1956 - 59, sm. folio, No. 600 (680) Copies, Facsimile Edition, 34 tipped in colour plts., and various other monochrome plts., Vol. 1 in full blind decorated vellum, & Volume 2, hf. vellum, oatmeal cloth boards, paper wrappers, and original card boxes as issued. (2) * A fine facsimile Copy of one of the most significant books from Anglo-Saxon England.

The Book of Durrow: Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Durmachensis, 2 vols. folio Olten, Lausanne, and Freiburg (Urs Graf-Verlag) 1960. No. 373 of Lim. Edition, 650 Copies Only. Numerous coloured & other plts. Volume of illustrations, in orig. blind stamp tan mor. in Celtic design, text volume in orig. tan mor. backed boards, spines uniformly titled in green, orig. plain dust wrappers, & in publisher's box. V. good set. (2)

[Duft (J.) & Meyer (Peter)] The Irish Miniatures in the Abbey Library of St. Gall, Folio Olten, Berne & Lasuanne 1954. Lim. Edn. 172 (600) Copies, 19 cold. plts., orig. full calf, with blind Celtic design, good in orig. slip case. (1)

Johnston (Robert) Historia Rerum Britannicarum, Ut et Multarum Gallicarum, Belgicarum, & Germanicarum, tam Politicarum, quam Ecclesiasticarum ab anno 1572, ad Annum 1628. Folio Amsterdam (Joannis Ravesteynii) 1655, Wd. cut heads & tails, orig. blind stamped vellum, spine dam. (1)

Douglas (Arthur) Ostrich Farming in South Africa, 8vo Lond. [1881] First Edn., hf. title, lg. fold. cold. map frontis, & 10 plts. (some fold) pp. VIII, 251, [4pp] publishers list., in orig. brown blind stamped cloth, lettered in gilt. A good copy. (1)

Mathematics: Beveridge (Wm.) Institutionum Chronologicarum Libri II. Una cum totidem Arithmetices Chronologicae Libellis, 4to Lond. (Thos. Roycroft) 1669. First Edn., fine cont. full mottled calf, blind tooled calf. (1) * The St. George copy, with bookplate, and title inscribed 'E. lib: Arth. St. George.'

Signed by First Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer [Konrad Adenauer] Ettighoffer (P.C.) 75 Jahre F. Soennecken Bonn, 4to Bonn 1950. Sole Edition, illus. etc., in fine full tan mor. blind tooled decor & gilt lettering. Signed  on hf. title 'Adenauer 1950'  With also a typed letter, Signed by Adenauer to Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick, of Donacomper, Co. Kildare. V. good. Rare. Kirkpatrick was born in Wellington, India, & died in Celbridge, Co. Kildare. A Roman Catholic, educated in Downside, he was a diplomat, and expert on German Politics & had met with Benito Mussolini & Adolf Hitler. When Rudolph Hess fled to Scotland in May 1941, it was Kirkpatrick who was sent to formerly identify him, as he had met him in the 30's. (1)

One of 50 Copies Only Grace (Sheffield)comp. An Ancient Feudal War Song entitled Grasagh Aboe, (The Cause of the Graces), 8vo L. (Privately Printed) 1839, Limited Edn., engd. frontis, engd. port, views & coats of arms, original blind decor. cloth, ptd. label. Good copy. (1)

Temple (Sir John) The Irish Rebellion: or, A History of The Beginnings and First Progress of the Great Rebellion raised within... Ireland .. in the Year 1641., together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres... First Edn., title within ruled border, [16], 136, 55pp, cont. treble blind fillet borders, repaired, and rebacked with later attractive tooled gilt spine in panels. (1)

Rare Travel Book by Irishman ! Lynch (T.K.) A Visit to the Suez Canal, Sm. folio L. (Day & Son, Lithographers) 1866. First Edn., add. litho title, fold. map & 9 litho plts., some text illus., 72pp orig. blind decorated cloth boards, gilt lettered on front & spine, v. good clean copy. (1) * Rare early travel to the New Suez Canal by an Irishman, from Co. Mayo?

Fine Hand-Coloured Plates: [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Costume of Turkey, ... with Descriptions in English and French, Folio Lond. (for Wm. Miller by Wm. Bulmer) 1804. First Edn., engd. cold. vignette title & add. bl. & white title, & 60 full page hd. cold. plts. (include frontis) a.e.g., full crimson mor. with large blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good. (1) * Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

Fine Hand Coloured Plates: [Miller (Wm.)] The Costume of the Russian Empire, .. with Descriptions in English and French. Folio Lond. (For Wm. Miller .. by Wm. Bulmer) 1804. First Edn., 2 titles, in English & French, 73 full page hd. cold. plts., a.e.g., full crimson mor. with large blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good. (1) * Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse. Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

Fine Hand Coloured Plates:  de Moleville (M. Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria,... Trans. by R.C. Dallas. Folio Lond. (for Wm. Miller .. by Wm. Bulmer & Co.) 1804. First Edn., 50 full page hand coloured plates (include frontis), a.e.g., full crimson mor., with lg. blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good.  'Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse'. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

Threlkeld (Caleb) Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum Alphabetice Dispositarum sive Commentatio de Plantis Indigenis Praesertim Dublinensibus Instituta, 12mo, D. (S. Powell) 1727, First Issue., woodcut head to Dedication, blind embossed crest on tp., Bookplate for Earl of Macclesfield, Sherburn Castle Library, full calf, gilt fillet  border, raised bands, decor panels mor. label. V. good copy. (1)

[Gibson (C.B.)] The Last Earl of Desmond: A Historical Romance of 1599 - 1603, 2 vols. in one. 8vo Dublin 1854. First Edn. Vl. I lacks Preliminaries I-VI, a.e.g., full green mor. dble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, gilt decor.; also, Hall (Mrs. S.C.) The Whiteboy; A Story of Ireland, in 1822, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1845. First Edn., Vol. I, hf. title, & advert. leaf at front, pp. 318; & 306; orig. blind decor. cloth. As a lot. (3) * The second item is marked in pen and pencil thro-out, as of preparing for new edition.

Very Fine Copy Americana:  Back (Capt. George) R.N. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, & 1835. 8vo Lond. (John Murray) 1836. First Edn., Engd. frontis & 15 engd. plts. some text illus. & lg. fold. map, marble ends, cont. tan calf, dble gilt fillet & blind tooled borders, profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. label by W. Nutt, Signed. A very fine copy. (1)

Americana:  Shea (John Gilmary) Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the Original Narratives of Maquette, Allouez, Membre, Hennepin and Anastase Douay, roy 8vo Redfield, New York 1852 First Edn. with fac-simile frontis & fold. map, 8pp cat. at end, library stamps on title, & 4 lines redacted on page 151, orig. blind stamped brown cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good. (1)

Drummond (Wm. H.) Ancient Irish Minstrelsy, 8vo D. (Hodges & Smith) 1852, First Edn., Inscribed by the Author to 'J. Blacker Esq.,' with lengthy note on hf. title, blind decor cloth, gilt lettered spine. Good.; Anderson (Christopher) Historical Sketches of the Ancient Native Irish, 8vo Edin. (Oliver & Boyd) 1828, First Edn., hf. title, later hf. cloth boards. Ex. Libris Copy. Good. (2)

Hogan (J. Sheridan) Canada, An Essay: to which was awarded the First Prize by the Paris Exhibition Committee of Canada, 8vo Montreal 1855. First Edn., 2 lg. fold. maps, orig. blind decor. cloth, prof. rebacked, v. good. Scarce. (1) * Hogan (J.S.) was an Irish-Canadian journalist born outside Dublin in 1815. He was mentioned in several periodicals, and other publications. In his time he was regarded with Thomas D'Arcy McGee, two of Canada's greatest Irishmen. He died in Toronto in 1859, aged 44.

Parkes (Samuel) The Chemical Catechism with Tables, Notes, Illustrations and Experiments, 8vo London (For the Author) 1824 Lg. fold. plt. of a Laboratory, and 1 other engd. plt., 1 leaf loose, orig. hf. calf, mor. label, blind tooled spine in panels. V. good copy. (1)

Quakers:  Advices and Rules agreed to by The Yearly Meeting of the Friends in Ireland, 4to Dublin 1811. First Edn., some m/ss names, addresses and dates of Friends on front blank, cont. tree calf; Extracts from the Minutes and Advices of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London, from its first institution,  4to Lond. 1802, cont. reversed calf, with blind tooled borders. Good. (2)

[McCollum (Rev. Randall)] Sketches of the Highlands of Cavan and of Shirley Castle in Farney, taken during the Irish Famine, 8vo Belfast (J. Reed) 1856, First Edn., blind decor cloth; Anderson(Christopher) Historical Sketches of the Native Irish and their Descendants, 8vo Edin. (Oliver & Boyd) 1830, Second Edn., full calf, double fillet border, professional reback, mor. labels. (2)

With Signatures of Maria Edgeworth Female Authors: Elizabeth (Charlotte) Letters from Ireland MDCCCXXXVII, 8vo Lond. 1838. First Edn., hf. title, later blind tooled green mor.; Gatty (Mrs. Alfred) The Old Folks from Home; or, A Holiday in Ireland in 1861, 8vo Lond. 1862 Second Edn., hf. orig. cloth; also [Croker (T.C.)] Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, Parts II & III only, 12mo London 1828. Both titles inscribed 'Miss Edgeworth,' with engd. plts., cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. (4)

Dublin Printing: Vertot (Abbe de) The Revolutions of Portugal... Trans by Gabriel Roussillon. 8vo Dublin (George Grierson) 1724. First Dublin Edn.? some sm. worm holes, repaired, not affecting text, cont. full blind Dublin calf, some slight wear. (1)

Beaufort (Emily A.) Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines, Including some stay in The Lebanon, at Palmyra, and Western Turkey. 2 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. (Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts) 1861. First Edn., lg. fold. cold. litho panorama, & 5 chromo litho plts. & fold. cold. map, complete, cont. hf. mor. blind tooled spines, mor. labels. Good. Blackmer 101. (2)

Coloured Plates: Pratt (Anne) The Ferns of Great Britain, 8vo L. c. 1858, illus. with chromo lithographic coloured plates throughout, text illus.; also The British Grasses and Sedges, 8vo, L. [c. 1861], illus with cold. plts. throughout, a.e.g., both decor blind embossed cloth, some fading to covers. (2)

Very Scarce Edition Heaney (Seamus) North, L. 1975, Faber, First Edn., orig. cloth in orig. d.w., slightly faded and marked. A very unusual copy in which the imprint details(opposite contents page) are printed in blind (no ink), visible only in a raking light, otherwise as previous item. Possibly a very early copy, printed before the rollers were fully inked? (1)

Americana:  Squier (E.G.) Notes on Central America, roy 8vo N.Y. 1855. First Edn., lg. fold. map also other fold. maps etc., litho & other plts. & text illus. complete, recent full mor., blind tooled & gilt spine. Good; also, Stephens (J. Lloyd) Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, 8vo Lond. 1854. First Edn., Thus, frontis, port., map & 28 plts. plus full page & other illus., orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. (2)

Heraldry:  Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldrie: Folio Lond. (Richard Badger for Ralph Mab.) 1632 Second Edn., title within ruled borders, full page wd-cut arms, & numerous small armorials, many hand coloured, mis-pagination thro.-out, orig. sprinkled, blind fillets, raised bands, top & bottom of spine dam. As is. (1)

Rare Heaney Limited Edition of 125 Copies Heaney (Seamus) Ugolino, D. (Andrew Carpenter & Dolmen Press) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 82 (125) Copies Signed  by author (Heaney) artist  (Louis le Brocquey) printer (Liam Miller) and publisher (Andrew Carpenter), uncut, illus., red paper endpapers, black boards, blind text, front cover (lacks slipcase) ptd. label. (1) * V. good Ex.Scarce.

Fishing:  Hofland (T.C.) The British Angler's Manual, or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1839. First Edn., engd. frontis & 13 full page pls. & 39 wd. cut illus. in text, orig. blind stamped cloth. (1)

[Thackeray (W.H.)] The Irish Sketch-Book, by Mr. M.A. Titmarch, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1845 Second Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 frontis, text illus. vignettes, orig. blind stamp cloth, v. good set; also [Hole (Dean)] A Little Tour in Ireland, sm. sq. 8vo Lond. 1859. First Edn., lg. fold. hd. cold. frontis, 4 plts. & text illus., advert. leaf at end, gilt decor. cloth. (3)

Yeats (W.B.) Poems, 8vo, L. (T. Fisher Unwin) 1904, First Edn., hf. title, portrait frontis, profusely gilt decor. blue cloth uncut; Poems, 8vo, L. (T. Fisher Unwin) [1912], Third Edn., blind decor. front cover, gilt decor spine; and Wheels and Butterflies, 8vo, L. (MacMillan) 1934, First Edn., hf. title, green cloth. As a lot. (3)

WELSH & OTHER ARTISTS UNFRAMED WORKS – a large assortment to include: GARETH PARRY (British born 1951) limited edition colour lithograph (77/150) - titled 'On the way Up', signed and numbered in pencil with 'Beaumaris Studio' blind stamp, 56 x 63.5cms, IEUAN WILLIAMS (Anglesey artist, b. 1946) pencil sketches (2) - "White Lion Square, Caernarfon" and "Swans", LES HARRIS (British 1924-2008) watercolour - hilltop farm, JAMES AITKEN (British flourished 1880 - 1935) watercolour - fisherman in boat with sails down, ANDREW FINDLAY (British 20th century) watercolour - cottage by a stream, BRITISH SCHOOL late 19th/early 20th century, watercolour - half-timbered country house, BOB CARNEGIE (1992) x 5 prints - Caernarfon Castle 1330, ROBIN BROOKS colour maritime prints (4) - 'We stretched to South Wood’, ‘We directed our course to the Channel’, ‘Much more precious than gold’ and ‘Reluctant admiration', IAN KENT limited edition colour prints (2) - (59/500) - general stores and (55/500) - taxidermists, IRENE TAYLOR limited edition colour print (3/50) - white washed cottage, VERNON WARD limited edition colour print (201/500) - Flanders Poppies, DAVE ELLIOT limited edition colour print (17/100) - street scene 1984, JUSTINE MASON limited edition colour print (125/300) - morning flight, M A ROGERS limited edition colour print (360/500) - Swaledales, IEUAN LEWIS (1974) - HMS Conway moored on the Menai Straits by Plas Newydd, PIERRE PATRY limited edition serigraphs, 4 - (83/200) - Eclaircie, (110/200) - Miroitement, (74/200) - Enneigement and (88/200) - Ruissellement, ELAINE JEFFREYS limited edition colour prints (8) - (20/250) (2/250) - The Winkle Picker, x 2, (29/500) - Magic Circles, (18/500) (19/500) - Lazy Waters x 2, (14/500) - Walking the beach, (20/500) - Down to the sea, (9/500) - Rain Squalls, JOANNE THOMAS (British 20th century) watercolours (5) - Red Wharf Bay, Red Wharf Bay cottages, , Penmon Priory with floral study verso, Dovecote Penmon Priory, Beaumaris Lifeboat Station, JOANNE THOMAS (British 20th century) watercolours (4) - Castle ruins with moat, Sailing boats at high tide, Staithes, Penmon Priory, a colour print - Penmon Priory south doorway, BRIAN ENTWISTLE artist's proof colour print - Liverpool from the Mersey, Holyhead Lifeboat standing by (the stricken) Kyle Prince, artists proof, ship and tug boat off Liverpool, artists proof signed in pencil, limited edition colour prints x 2- (219/550) (220/550) - Atlantic life line the River Mersey 1943, both signed in pencil, approx in region of 40SEE MULTIPLE IMAGES

A Victorian mahogany envelope-top card table, the interior lined with green baize surrounded by a gilt-tooled leather border, each leaf inset with copper cup, with blind fret-carved frieze & single drawer front fitted with crescent-shaped brass handles, on slender cabriole legs joined by a crossed stretcher, with ceramic castors, 21” square top x 29¼” high.

A 17th century continental cedarwood cassone with all-over pokerwork & blind-carved decoration, the hinged lid with iron strap-work, the front & sides with classical figure scenes, on later bracket feet, 50” wide x 26” high x 20” deep, (with later elements & alterations).

A George III mahogany chest on chest,blind fret frieze, column sides and brushing slide, cut brass plate handles, on ogee bracket feet116cm wide58cm deep194cm highProvenance: Crowcombe Court, Crowcombe, SomersetCondition ReportSome losses to the blind fret work on the frieze towards the back of each sideold restoration to some drawer fronts and back feet on one sideThe front of the brushing slide is missing

Gesipa Blind Rivet gun and accesories, cased

Two Rover 75 Mass Air Flow Sensors, part number MHK101130SLP, together with a Rover 75 V6 throttle body, wheel arch liner and Tourer load blind,

Lot to include a framed watercolour landscape scene signed lower left by the artist Peter Wadsworth and a framed aquatint, Whitby Harbour, James Priddey, signed and titled in pencil with Warwick Galleries Artist Proof blind stamp, largest approximately

Football. Top Flight Collection of Twelve 16 x 12 inch Mounts All Signed. Includes Alexsander Kolarov, Joe Hart, Daley Blind, Jonathan Kodjia, Fabian Delph, Glenn Whelan, Jay Rodriguez, Ciaran Clark, Josh Onomah, Willian, Keinan Davis and Birkir Bjarnason. All Colour Photos. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

A 19th century Victorian  mahogany and marble console hall table. The table having a pierced back gallery back with serpentine shaped white marble top. All raised on scrolled leg base with pierced and lattice worked sides. The plain frieze with single blind fronted drawer. Measures approx. 108cm x 108cm x 42cm.

Stanley Donwood (b.1968)"I Might Be Wrong", Radiohead artworkSigned and dated 2013, with the artist's blind stamp, together with another "Will You Come Back to Me", 37cm by 34cm and 29cm by 29cm respectively (2)

James Bond The Spy Who Love Me; & The Man With The Golden Gun Ian Fleming first edition, first impression, Hardback books, two vol., Published by Jonathan Cape, 8vo. The Spy Who Loved Me, within facsimile dust-jacket priced 15s. net, further within clear plastic sleeve, red endpapers, publishers brown cloth with dagger design in blind-stamp and silver, title and author sliver to spine, 1962; The Man With The Golden Gun, publishers cloth, title and author gilt on spine, second state binding without golden gun to front board, typed ownership label to front patterned endpaper, 1965. (2)Condition Report: The Spy Who Loved Me marks to boards, three small green ink marks to front board and lower spine, dust-jacket chipped to spine ends and inner flaps, front inner flap creased, toning and foxing to edges, toning and occasional foxing internally.The Man With The Golden Gun boards marked and slightly cocked, toning to edges, occasional light foxing internally.

James Bond A group of eight Ian Fleming first editions, first impressions, Published by Jonathan Cape 1956-1966 - Diamonds Are Forever, publishers black cloth lettered in silver on spine, 1956; For Your Eyes Only, publishers black cloth with white eye motif to upper board, lettered in gilt on spine, 1960; Thunderball, publishers brown cloth with skeleton hand in blind-stamp to front board, lettered in gilt on spine, 1961; You Only Live Twice, within dustjacket, priced 16s. net, 1964; with a duplicate copy, original black cloth with Japanese calligraphy design gilt to front boards, title and author silver on spines, 1964; The Man With The Golden Gun, second state binding without the golden gun on front board, within later dust-jacket, 1965; with a duplicate copy, second state binding without the golden gun to front board, lettered in gilt on spine, 1965; Octopussy And The Living Daylights, within later dust-jacket, ex- library copy, 1966. (8) Condition Report: Diamonds Are Forever - (lacks dust-jacket) some marks to black boards, bookseller's inscription '1st £4' in pencil to front free endpaper, light foxing preliminaries, heavier foxing to top edge, slight toning internally.Octopussy - neat glue repair to endpapers and edge of rear dust-jacket flap which has been glued down.others with foxing to edges and slight toning internally.

Venetian Binding.- "Fugger Binder".- Dante Alighieri. [Comedia del divino poeta Danthe Alighieri...], collation: 2†¹², 2A-2B⁸, A-Z⁸, &⁸, ²2A-2Z⁸, 2&⁸, 2[cum]⁸, 2[rum]⁸, ²A-E8, numerous woodcut illustrations, of which one full-page, initial spaces with guide-letters, a couple of ff. with early ink marginalia, lacking initial gathering (2†¹²), containing title and tabula, &1 and 2E7 with small marginal tears (affecting text, no loss), several ff. browned, early paper repairs to hinges, handsome contemporary Venetian morocco by the "Fugger Binder", both covers tooled in gilt and blind, strapwork border with floral tools and foliate cornerpieces, floral and vine tools surrounding a central ovate containing the motto "Ch'inte sta iltor mi morte et darmi vita", spine tooled in blind, spine repaired but preserving most of original backstrip (wormed), upper cover with two tears, one of which affecting central ovate (loss of letters) the other, the portion above and some tooling, minor worming to covers, corners rubbed, edges gauffered and gilt, 8vo (210 x 148mm.), Venice, Bernardino Stagnino, 1536.⁂ An elegant edition of Dante in a handsome example of a Renaissance Venetian binding, by the "Fugger Binder", active in Venice c.1540-1560. He is so-called after his principal patron, the bibliophile and collector Johann Jacob Fugger, a member of the Augsburg family of bankers. Also known as the "Apple Binder", after a characteristic tool sometimes employed. The BL holds an extremely similar binding, likewise attributed to the "Fugger Binder", the lower cover of which displays a central ovate containing the same motto as the copy here offered, in that case a copy of Appian's 'Delle guerre civili de Romani' [and] 'Histoira delle guerre esterne de Romani' (Florence c.1526-1531; see The British Library Database of Bookbindings, shelfmark Davis754). The BL also mentions an "identical binding" in the Royal Library, Copenhagen (citing T. de Marinis, La legatura artistica, II, n. 2161 bis, p.117, plate C 44). Literature: Adams D93; Edit 16 CNCE 1162; c.f. A. Hobson, Renaissance Book Collecting (1991) pp. 120-121, "Appendix 8".

Hieronymus (Saint) [Vita et transitus, &c.], Incipit Epistola sci Jheronimi ad Elyodor, 6 consecutive ff. only (?h3-8), 25-27 lines and headline to first f., Gothic type, initial space with guide-letter, worming to lower margins, that on first f. repaired, second f. with small marginal repair, some staining or light soiling, library blind-stamp to lower margin of first and last f., marbled endpapers, dark green crushed morocco, by Charles Winstanley of Manchester (ink stamp to verso of front endpaper), titled in gilt on upper cover, corners little worn, rubbed, especially at spine ends, small 4to (215 x 145mm.), [Cologne], [Ulrich Zel], [c.1470].⁂ A fragment of an early work from the press of Cologne's first printer. Literature: BMC I, 188 & 189; Goff H-238; H 6719* & 8568*; GW 2949 & 9446; Bod-inc E-053; BSB-Ink A-912 (II) & E-120 (I); ISTC ih00238000.

Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, original boards with skull design blocked in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt, very slight bumping to spine tips, spine a little dulled, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and lower panel, neat tape repair to spine head verso, light fraying to spine ends but overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1959.

Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait and tinted lithograph frontispiece, 12 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, 2 colour maps, 1 folding, vol. 2 with previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, scattered very faint spotting, 1866; Ismailïa: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, 51 wood engraved plates, 2 colour maps,1 folding with large tear, neat old repair to verso, publisher's advertisements at end vol. 1, previous owner's discreet blind-stamps, scattered faint spotting, rebacked retaining original backstrip, 1874, first edition, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech pp.10-11], 8vo (4).

America.- Laet (Johannes de) Novus Orbis, seu descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis, first edition in Latin, half-title, engraved architectural title, woodcuts, lacking all maps, supplied in good facsimile, light damp-staining, ex-library stamp to title and one or two others in text, bookplate, 18th century panelled calf, coat-of-arms blind-stamped in gilt to covers, leather and metal closing clasps (top re-glued, bottom with newer metal fixing), one or two worming holes to lower cover, rebacked, folio, [Burden 229-232; Sabin 38557; Willems 382], Leiden, [Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier], 1633.⁂ First Edition in Latin, first published as "Nieuwe Wereldt ofte Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien" in Leiden in 1625, dubbed "the finest description of the Americas published in the seventeenth century" by Burden.

Field (Richard) Of the Church, five bookes, 'The second edition very much augmented', woodcut device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, 3D4 part of lower corner torn away, affecting printed side-note recto and verso, some staining (see in particular end of sig. N and start of sig. O), some worming to lower margins at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine in compartments and with modern (but to style) red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed and marked, stained, [STC 10858; Madan I, p.139], folio, Oxford, Imprinted by VVilliam Turner, printer to the famous Vniuersity, 1628.⁂ Rare at auction. A defence of the Protestant Church of England. Field (1561-1616) was a theologian, who was appointed Dean of Gloucester, but never resided there. He was a friend of Sir Henry Savile and Sir Henry Neville.

Dickens (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition in book form, later issue etched frontispiece, additional title and 14 plates by Hablot K. Brown, p.134 line 12 with "affetcionately" and p.238 line 14 with triple end quotes, p.213 is numbered correctly in this copy, scattered spotting, mostly marginal, booksellers blind-stamp to front free endpaper, original secondary binding of olive green blind-stamped cloth, sunned and faded, slight bumping to corners and extremities, housed in modern slipcase, [Smith I 13], 8vo, 1859.

Qur'an, manuscript in Arabic.- Ethiopian Qur'an, copied by 'Abd Allah Lalmas, manuscript on lightly burnished laid Italian paper, with tre lune marks, 278ff., 15 lines of Ifriqi script per page, within double-ruled red frames, rubrication and sura headings in red, 1v-2r with elaborate penwork frames in black, red, and yellow, different recitations intermittently noted in margins, text block slightly trimmed, light soiling, occasional damp-staining to lower margin, some marginal chipping or short tears to ff. at end, often repaired, a few times running into text but without loss, a few ff. loose at end, contemporary blind-stamped goat with flap, numerous repairs and renewals but original sewing and headbands intact, folio (306 x 200mm.), [Ethiopia, most likely Harar], 15 Jumada II 1270 AH [15 March 1854 CE].⁂ A signed and dated Qur'an manuscript from the Muslim city of Harar in Ethiopia, notable especially for its unusual penwork decoration, incorporating floral and geometric motifs with originality. The hand, mise-en-page, use of Italian export paper, and colour palette are all characteristic of the city's scribal tradition - for comparison, see the collection of Qur'an manuscripts now held by the Sherif Harar City Museum. The penwork decoration on the opening pages is remarkably inventive. The colophon suggests that the scribe may have been a rather young man - he implores God's mercy both for himself and, unusually, for his parents. Loosely inserted at the front is a clipped description of this manuscript from a Dawson's Book Shop catalogue of 1940.

Crucifixion.- Lipsius (Justus) De cruce libri tres, collation: A-I8, engraved printer's device to title, engraved illustrations in text, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, 2 final privilege ff., some ink underlining, Antwerp, Widow of Plantin and Johannes Moretus, 1595 bound with Lipsius (Justus) Adversus dialogistam liber de una religione. In quo tria capita libri quarti politicorum explicantur, collation: A-E8, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final 'Ad lectorem' f., occasional ink underlining, Frankfurt, Johann Wechel & Peter Fischer, 1591 and Coornhert (Dirk Volkertszoon) Defensio processus de non occidendis haereticis, contra tria capita libri IIII politicorum I. Lipsi. Eiusque libri adversus dialogistam confutatio, collation: A-F8 G2, woodcut decorative initial, small mostly marginal wormholes, last 4 ff. with worm trace at head, affecting small part of headlines, and the odd letter of text, but without loss of sense, Hanau, Wilhelm Antonius, 1593, together 3 works in 1 vol., endpapers wormed, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-ruled limp vellum, lightly stained, 8vo (175 x 105mm.) ⁂ I: A study of crucifixion in antiquity. II: Lipsius' rebuttal to criticism of his 'Liber de una religione'. III: Coornhert's criticism of Lipsius' 'Politicorum'. Literature: I: Adams L778. II: VD 16 L 1985 III: Adams C2597; VD 16 C 4993.

Smith (Sally Lou, binder).- Cleverdon (Douglas) The Engravings of David Jones: A Survey, number 206 of 260 copies on Arches, from an edition limited to 371, mounted portrait frontispiece, numerous plates, the majority printed from the original blocks, bound in black goatskin, by Sally Lou Smith, with design of a tree with bare branches of tooled lines in gilt & blind and onlaid scrunched black goatskin trunk (smaller on lower cover), the trees partly obscured by a vertical "window" of grey goatskin inlaid with thick lines made up of thin parallel strips of various green, blue & grey goatskin overlaid with tracery of thicker dark grey goatskin branches, titled in gilt across spine, black goatskin doublures with vertical strip of grey goatskin inlaid with dark grey branches reflecting those on the covers, lime green and grey Japanese paper endleaves, t.e.g., others uncut but gilded, signed ''SLS.'' at foot of rear turn-in, c.325 x 245mm., preserved in black goatskin-backed black cloth felt-lined drop-back box, spine titled in gilt, cloth very slightly mottled by damp, with small ownership sticker of Gillian Chipperfield to bottom of box, 4to, printed by the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge for Clover Hill Editions, 1981.⁂ A striking designer binding by this renowned binder.Sally Lou Smith (1925-2007) was a Fellow and President of Designer Bookbinders and a highly regarded teacher of bookbinding. Although born and raised in America she spent most of her career in Britain. A comprehensive survey of her work appeared in The New Bookbinder 21 (2001).The binding was commissioned by Lady Gillian Chipperfield who was a student of Sally Lou Smith, and has been donated by her to raise funds for Age Exchange, a charity for those with dementia and older, isolated people in Blackheath, London. The charity provides art and music therapy and was a pioneer in using reminiscence as a major help for those with memory loss.

Octavius Gilchrist's & William Nanson Lettsom's copy.- Langbaine (Gerard) An Account of the English dramatick poets. Or, some observations and remarks on the lives and writings, of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces, or opera's [sic], penultimate errata f., final vertical half-title, 19th century ink annotations (?seemingly in the hand of Lettsom), 2I1 chip to lower margin and short tear within text at foot, without loss of text, some spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, 19th century speckled half calf, gilt and blind-stamped spine in compartments and with brown morocco label, head of spine with neat small loss, rubbed, [Wing L373; Pforzheimer 577; Arnott & Robinson 10], 8vo, Oxford, Printed by L.L. [i.e. Leonard Lichfield] for George West, and Henry Clements, 1691.⁂ An excellent association copy, with both Gilchrist and Lettsom having written on matters theatrical, including Shakespeare, to whom a substantial section is given over by Langbaine. Octavius Graham Gilchrist (1779-1823), English man of letters and antiquary, whose works include An Examination of the Charges maintained by Messrs. Malone, Chalmers, and others of Ben Jonson's enmity towards Shakespeare, 1808. William Nanson Lettsom (1796-1865), English man of letters, who edited from the author's manuscripts William Sidney Walker's Shakespeare's Versification, 1854, and his Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare, 1860, and assisted his friend Alexander Dyce in the preparation of his edition of Shakespeare. Provenance: Octavius Gilchrist (ink name to title); 'W. Nanson Lettsom. 5 Oct. 1854.' (ink inscription to head of title); 'Jn. Wigfall' (ink name to head of a2); 'This copy of Langbaine belonged to Peck, and from the additional names inserted by him it might be thought that a Biographia Dramatica was one of the numerous plans which he did not live to execute' (19th century ink note to front free endpaper).

Collins (Wilkie) The Woman in White: A Novel, first American edition, first state, woodcut illustrations, advertisement leaf at beginning dated August 1860, advertisements at end headed 'Miss Muloch's Novels' and 9 titles listed, original blind-stamped cloth with blind-stamped lady to spine foot (silver rubbed off), light chipping to spine ends and minor bumped to corners, otherwise an excellent example, [Sadleir 605], 8vo, New York, 1860.