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Roland (George). A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing ... and Continued by Easy and Progressive Lessons, from the Simplest Position to the most Complicated Movements, 1st edition , Edinburgh: Archd. Constable & Co., 1823, half-title, 12 lithograph plates, occasional spotting and toning, bookplate of William E. Stuart and bookseller's label of Frank Murray of Derby to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with black calf title label, blind embossed decoration & gilt ruled border to boards, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, together with: Ibid. , An Introductory Course of Fencing, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Published by the Author, [1830?], 5 lithograph plates, light toning and minor spotting, original cloth gilt, spine worn and deficient, extremities worn, slim 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESThimm p.243; Pardoel 2217. The first edition of this treatise by George Roland (fl.1809-1862), fencing master at the Royal Academy of Edinburgh and son of Joseph Roland, fencing master at the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich. A reissue, printed from the same setting of type, was published in 1824.

Corbesier (Antoine J.). Theory of fencing, with the small-sword exercise, 1st edition, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873, 23 lithograph plates, fore-edge margin of title with short closed tear and slightly torn to edge, some light scattered spotting, front free endpaper inscribed by the author 'complements of A. J. Corbesier N. Academy J.B. LaLande de Ferriere, New Orleans, L.A.', contemporary half straight-grain dark brown sheep, gilt embossed emblem of United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance, upper joint slightly cracked and extremities a little rubbed, slim 8vo, together with: Sabine (Lorenzo) , Notes on Duels and Duelling, Alphabetically Arranged, with a Preliminary Historical Essay, 3rd edition, Boston: Crosby, Nicols & Co., 1859, original brown cloth, blind blocked decoration, spine frayed at head & foot, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESThimm p.65 and p.250. Joseph LaLande De Ferriere (died 23 Nov 1875), was a Private in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and served in Co. E, 4th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia. Lieutenant Antoine Joseph Corbesier (1837-1916) USMC was a Belgian national born in Brussels. He was appointed Sword Master of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1865 and served in that position for 49 years. Lorenzo Sabine (1803-1877) was born in New Concord (now Lisbon), New Hampshire, and became a United States Representative from Massachusetts in 1833. From early childhood, Sabine, in his own words, was "revolution-mad". Today he is particularly known for his historical research and published works relating to the Loyalists of the American Revolution rather than for his efforts as a public servant.

Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London [i.e. Amsterdam]: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599 [i.e. circa 1599-1640], letterpress general title with woodcut illustration and upper outer corner torn away & repaired (without initial general title with woodcut border), New Testament title within decorative woodcut border, few woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, double-column roman type, colophon at end of Tables dated 1599, bound without Apocrypha, early manuscript genealogical entries to letterpress general title, final leaf of Profits and verso of New Testament title relating to the Widonson family (also to upper pastedown), few closed tears and fraying to margins, D1 torn to inner upper margin, burn hole to R2 with text loss & burn mark to facing leaf R1, X1 torn to fore-edge margin with loss to marginal note, 3I4 torn to lower blank margin with slight loss to notes & catchword etc., 3P3 torn to lower outer corner with slight loss, without blank leaf 3Q8, small hole to final leaf 3R4, some soiling, occasional dampstains and marks (including few ink marks), without free endpapers, 19th century ownership label of John Wycliffe Wilson of Sheffield to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired (spine concave), 4to, contained in modern slipcase (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the Library of David Wilson (1926-2020). Herbert 248; Darlow & Moule 188; STC 2174. Geneva version; with Thomson's NT, but with Junius' Revelation. These Bibles with imprint dated 1599 were probably printed in Amsterdam and Dort and adopted by Barker, for the use of English Puritans in the Low Countries. There are many editions bearing this date, which while agreeing closely are yet distinct. No doubt a certain number of copies were originally issued in a mixed state. The nominal date, 1599, is probably untrue in almost every case. However, this version (Herbert 248) is probably the earliest of these editions, as it abounds more than any others in gross errors, and was perhaps printed in Amsterdam in about 1599. Typographical variations and errors in this volume include Esther i:1 '... seuen and twen - \ ty prouinces '; Song of Solomon v:3, defile for put; Isaiah xxx:32, beards for harps , Isaiah xxxvi:12, thing for dung ; Matt. xxiv:50, line repeated. This example also omitting line in Eccles. iv:9, Two are better [than one: for they have better] wages for their labour .

Camden (William). Remaines Concerning Britain ... 6th impression, with many rare Antiquities never before imprinted. By the Industry and Care of John Philipot Somerset Herald and W.D. Gent, London: Simon Waterson & Robert Clavell, 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece, cancel title, woodcut armorials to text, pages 409-411 are misnumbered 332, 334, 331 respectively, some browning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Thomas Steatfeild of Chart's Edge to upper pastedown, 19th century calf, blind decorated spine with black morocco title label, upper joint slightly cracked at foot, small 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESWing C374A. A reissue, with cancel title page, of the edition with Isabella Waterson named as publisher in imprint. The cancel title is in the same setting, except for the imprint, as that for Wing C374C.

[Glasse, Hannah]. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind ever yet published ..., by a Lady, 5th edition with additions, London: printed and sold at Mrs. Ashburn's China-Shop ..., 1755, p.1 with ink manuscript authorial signature, title toned and slightly edge-chipped, occasional spotting, p.201 with long tear (previously repaired), lacking all before title, front pastedown with book ticket, contemporary calf, worn, front cover detached, lacking rear cover, 8vo, together with: Kettilby (Mary) , A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick, and Surgery; for the use of all good wives, tender mothers, and careful nurses, to which is added a Second Part, containing a great number of excellent receipts, for preserving and conserving of sweet-meats, &c., by Several Hands, 2 parts in one, 5th edition & 4th edition, London: printed for the Executrix of Mary Kettilby, 1734, title with early ink manuscript signiture, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, generally spotted, mid-19th century half sheep, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo, Hunter (Alexander) , Culina Famulatrix Medicinae: or, Receipts in Modern Cookery; with a medical commentry, written by Ignotus, and revised by A. Hunter, 5th edition, considerably enlarged, York: printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1807, engraved frontispiece, offset to title and spotted, with small dampstain to upper left corner, scarce spots or marks, armorial bookplate of Robert Washington Oates, near contemporary deep reddish-brown mottled calf gilt, extremities rubbed, front cover dampstained with some surface loss, covers and spine stamped and tooled in blind and gilt, 8vo, Nicholson (William) , The First Principles of Chemistry, 3rd edition revised, London: printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1796, folding engraved frontispiece (creased and dampstained), half-title, occasional pale dampstaining to upper margins, cover nearly detached at rear hinge, untrimmed in original vellum-backed boards, worn, rear cover with early ink manuscript title and author, thick 8vo, and 5 others including The Cricket Field: or, The History and the Science of Cricket, by [James Pycroft], 1st edition, 1851 (Qty: 9)NOTESFirst three items: Bitting pp.186-189 (for other editions), 258, 238; Cagle 699, 792, 772; Maclean pp.59, 79-82, N/A.

Lycophron. Lykophronos tou Chalkideos Alexandra, kai eis auto touto Izakiou tou Tzetzou exegema. Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, cum Graecis Isaacii Tzetzis commentariis. Accedunt versiones ... & indices necessarii, 2 parts in one, Oxford: e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1697, first line of title in Greek, engraved illustration of Sheldonian Theatre to title, one engraved plate, occasional spotting, front endpapers creased and margins frayed, contemporary vellum, blind embossed arabesque to centre of each board, upper joint split, covers slightly marked, folio, together with: Ennius (Quintus) , Poetae Vetustissimi Fragmenta quae supersunt ab Hieron Columna conquisita disposita et expolicata ad Joannem Filium. Nunc ad editionem Neapolitanam ... accurante Francisco Hesselio, Amsterdam: Ex Officina Wetsteniana, 1707, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, light toning, contemporary vellum, 4to, Vergil (Polydore) , De rerum inventoribus libri VIII. Et de prodigiis libri III. Cum indicibus locupletissimis, Leiden: Franciscum Hegerum, 1644, additional engraved title (ink signature to upper & lower blank margin), letterpress title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut decorative initials, head & tailpieces, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, some discolouration and marks, thick 12mo, Statius (P. Papinius) , Publii Papinii Statii Sylvarum Lib. V. Thebaidos Lib. XII. Achilleidos Lib. II., Leiden: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1671, additional engraved title, letterpress title with printer's woodcut device, contemporary vellum, 8vo (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance (Ennius and Statius): From the library of the ducs de Luynes at the Chateau de Dampierre (with bookplates).

[Manzolli, Pietro Angelo]. Marcelli Palingenii Stellati poetae doctissimi Zodiacus vitae, hoc est, de hominis vita, studio, ac moribus optime instituendis libri XII, Basel: Nikolaus Brylinger heirs, 1566, bound after: Hesiod, Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia Graece, cum interpretatione Latina eregione, Basel: Paul Queck, [1564], 2 works in 1 volume, Manzolli signatures a-z8 A-B8 C5, Hesiod signatures as in Adams but lacking 6 preliminary leaves (alpha 2-7), toning, occasional light soiling, early marginalia and underlining in black ink, contemporary pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, manuscript spine-title, date in a later hand to foot, covers decoratively blind-stamped with bust portrait of Martin Luther to front and Philip Melanchthon to rear, each after Lucas Cranach the Younger, 3 lines of verse below each portrait, decorative outer roll to each cover including profile portraits of Erasmus and others, rubbed and soiled overall, wear to extremities, retaining one metal clasp only, 8vo (16 x 10.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Joachim Freybergk, ownership inscription dated 1568 to front free endpaper. 2) 'Dr S. Clarke', with lengthy bibliographical annotation on Manzolli to terminal blank of Hesiod, in a 19th-century hand. 3) Brian S. Donaghey (1940-2015), Australian medievalist and professor at the University of Sheffield, with book-label. Adams H474 (Hesiod); VD16 M 858 (Manzolli) & H 2685 (Hesiod). The binding is unsigned but the use of opposing blind-stamped portraits of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon recalls the work of known Wittenberg binders including Thomas Krüger, Severin Rötter and Nikolaus Müller (see British Library shelfmarks Davis 692 and c46d18).

Pope (Alexander, translator). The Odyssey of Homer, 5 volumes, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26, 24 engraved plates, lacking portrait frontispiece to first volume (as often), half-title to each volume, volumes 1-4 with publisher's advertisements at rear, volume 5 with Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice at rear (separate pagination), engraved head and tail-pieces, occasional minor spotting or toning, some intermittent small dampstains to blank margins, volume 3 with worm trail or holes to lower blank margins, affecting first leaves to D7 (clipping a few letters on p.8), volume 3 p.16 with small repairs to tear at foot, volumes 1-3 with armorial bookplate of John Manley, contemporary panelled calf, worn, volumes 1-3 with gilt decorated spines, volume 2 front cover detached, all joints cracked, 12mo, together with: Plinius (Gaius Secundus) , Epistolae et Panegyricus, London: Tonson & Watts, 1722, title printed in red & black, with engraved printer's device, engraved frontispiece, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, front free pastedown with near contemporary ink manuscript ownership inscription, contemporary panelled calf, remnants of gilt-lettered spine label, some wear to extremities, 12mo, plus: [Aler, Paul] , Gradus ad Parnassum; sive, novus synonymorum, epithetorum, phrasium poeticarum, ac versuum thesaurus ..., editio novissima, London: Took & Cockerill, 1694, lacking all before title, title (with early ink manuscript annotations and crossed-out ownership names) creased and frayed with losses at fore-edge, title verso and head of p.5 with early ink manuscript ownership names, a couple of leaves chipped and frayed at fore-edge, final text leaf with early ink manuscript annotations, lacking rear endpapers, contemporary blind-tooled calf, worn, thick 12mo, and 6 others 17th & 18th century, including: The Club: in a Dialogue between Father and Son, by James Puckle, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1711; Mathematicks made Easie, by Joseph Moxon, 2nd edition corrected and much enlarged by Henry Coley, London: J. Moxon, 1694, lacking portrait frontispiece and 4th (folding) plate (Qty: 13)NOTESFirst item: ESTC T67134. First duodecimo edition, issued by Bernard Lintot to follow on from the success of his printing of the 'Iliad' in a small format.

Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). The History of England ..., translated into English with additional notes by N. Tindal ..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1732-1733, titles in red & black with engraved vignette (inner & lower blank margins of volume 1 cropped & repaired), 5 folding engraved maps (one strengthened to fold at verso), 7 engraved genealogical tables (2 folding), final leaf of text in volume 1 with repaired closed tear, scattered spotting, some browning and dust-soiling, armorial bookplate of Purney Sillitoe to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary dark turquoise green straight-grain morocco, elaborate gilt and blind decoration, joints and extremities rubbed and scuffed, folio, together with: Raymond (George Frederick) , A New, Universal and Impartial History of England, London: J. Cooke, circa 1788, engraved frontispiece, plates and folding map, a little browned, one plate torn and repaired, one or two others with marginal tears, modern bookplate, modern half calf gilt, folio, and a defective copy of Il Petrarca con nuove spositioni, by Francesco Petrarca, Venice, 1586 (Qty: 4)NOTESPurney Sillitoe (1772-1855) was a wealthy London iron merchant who commissioned Sir John Soane to design & build his neo-classical country house Pell Wall Hall, situated on the outskirts of Market Drayton, Staffordshire (previously Shropshire). Pell Wall was the last completed domestic house by Sir John Soane and was constructed 1822–1828, at a total cost of £20,976.

* Limehouse Declaration. The Declaration for Social Democracy, 25 January 1981, printed statement on thick parchment paper, signed at foot by Roy Jenkins (1920-2003), Bill Rodgers (1928-), Shirley Williams (1930-) and David Owen (1938-),SDPP 'Social Democratic Party' circular blind stamp lower left, minor spotting and creasing from rolling, 40 x 30 cm, together with a note on an SDPP compliments' slip with a note from Judy Price, 18 December 1981, apologising to Mr Barbary for the delay in obtaining all the signatures for the Declaration, original posting tube, postmarked the same date and addressed to Gerald Barbary in Plymouth, Devon (Qty: 1)NOTESThe SDP began in January 1981 with what became known as the Limehouse Declaration, a statement of intent by four former Labour Cabinet ministers, wanting a more centralist path than the Labour party. The party was formally founded on 26 March, and within a few months had formed an Alliance with the Liberal Party. The SDP merged with the Liberal Party following the General Election of 1987, the unification process being completed in 1988. Only one other copy of this signed document has been located (Dominic Winter, 4 July 2017, lot 257) and how many copies were printed and signed is unknown.

* [Jane Austen]. A small group of ephemera relating to Francis Motley Austen (1747-1815) and his sons Francis Lucius Austen (1773-1815) and George Lennard Austen (1786-1845), 1830s, comprising: a manuscript Deed of Release, dated 15th November 1804, titled 'F.M. Austen and J.L. Austen Esqrs to Mr. Charles Jones, Attested copy Release to make a Tenant to the Precipe and The sd F.M. Austen to Jno Austen, M. Lambard Esqrs', ff.25, laid paper, with oval Britannia and crown watermark of Woodfull dated 1830, blind and ink duty stamps to left-hand margins, original green silk tie to upper left corner, some minor fraying to fore-edges, one fold, sheet size 41 x 33.5 cm; the Last Will and Testament of Francis Motley Austen, dated 1812-15, titled 'Copy Will and Codicils of Francis M. Austen Esqr.', ff. 40, laid paper, with oval lion rampant and crown watermark of C. Wilmot dated 1830, original pink silk tie to upper left corner, one fold, 39.5 x 32 cm; and the manuscript Declaration of George Lennard Austen of Sevenoaks in Kent, stating that he is the Executor named in the last Will and Testament of Francis Lucius Austen, eldest son of Francis Motley Austen, dated 15 Oct 1832, large laid paper bifolium, with oval Britannia and crown watermark of John Hall dated 1830, signed by G.L. Austen, 2 folds (Qty: 3)NOTESFrancis Motley Austen was first cousin once removed to novelist Jane Austen; his father, wealthy lawyer and landowner Francis Austen (1698-1791) of Sevenoaks, was the brother of William Austen, Jane's paternal grandfather. Francis Motley Austen married Elizabeth Wilson in 1772; they had 11 children and lived at Kippington near Sevenoakes, Kent. Francis Lucius was their eldest son and he and his wife produced two daughters. He subsequently went mad and was disinherited by Act of Parliament. His younger brother, Thomas Austen, inherited on his father's death in 1815, moving to Kippington on his mother's death in 1817. Jane Austen's immediate family had close ties with the family of Francis Motley Austen: Francis's late mother, Jane Austen née Chadwick (1758-1782), had been Jane's godmother, and his father had provided the necessary funds for Jane's own father, George Austen, to attend Tonbridge Grammar School and St John’s College, Oxford. In July 1788, Jane Austen, aged 12½, travelled with her parents, and sister, Cassandra, to stay at Red House in Sevenoaks, the impressive brick town house of her 90-year-old great uncle Francis Austen. A large family luncheon was held on their arrival, and it is likely that Francis Motley and his family were in attendance. It is thought that this family visit to Sevenoaks and area could have lasted from mid July to the end of the month. Such a prolonged excursion must have been a formative experience for the young Jane, introduced as she was to her family's venerable benefactor and his large elegant house, which was somewhat removed from the humble rectory she was used to, and possibly seeing something of the huge estate of Knole which is located close to Red House. Her fertile young imagination must surely have had much to absorb during this time, and certainly only about a month after this visit Jane wrote a short story for her brother Charles titled 'Sir William Montague', in which she satirised an aristocratic family and estate most reminiscent of the Sackvilles and Knole.

Hamley (Edward Bruce). The Operations of War Explained and Illustrated, 1st edition, William Blackwood & Sons, 1866, 17 folding maps and plans, original blue-green chalk-glazed endpapers, with bookplate of Lord Northwick to front pastedown, original blind-decorated cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed and spine lightly faded, large 8vo, together with Home (Major Robert). A Precis of Modern Tactics, 1st edition, 1873, monochrome heliotype frontispiece depicting the Battle of Marengo, 25 mostly single-page plates (one with overlays), original blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus Jackson (Robert). A View of the Formation, Discipline, and Economy of Armies, 3rd edition, revised, with a memoir of his life and services, Parker, Fernevall and Parker, 1845, lithographed portrait frontispiece, original blindstamped green cloth, some marks to covers and faded to brown on spine and outer edges, 8vo, and Soady (France James), Lessons of War as Taught by the Great Masters and Others; selected and arranged from the various operations of war, 1st edition, William H. Allen & Co., 1870, some spotting to preliminary leaves, bookplate of James Frederick Lewis, Royal Engineers to front pastedown, partly broken on inner hinges, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and marked with some light stains, large 8vo, plus two others related: Modern Tactics by Captain H. R. Gall, 3rd edition, revised, with new maps, W.H. Allen & Co., 1894, & The Theory of War illustrated by numerous examples from military history, by Lieutenant-Colonel P.L. MacDougall, 3rd edition, 1862 (bookplate of Lord Northwick to front pastedown), both original cloth gilt in generally good condition, 8vo (Qty: 6)

Guizot (François). History of Oliver Cromwell and the English Commonwealth, from the execution of Charles the First to the death of Cromwell, translated by Andrew R. Scoble, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Richard Bentley, 1854, original blind-stamped cloth gilt, spines lightly faded (otherwise generally in clean condition), 8vo, together with: Dalton (Charles) , George the First's Army 1714-1727, 2 volumes, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1910, monochrome plates, occasional minor spotting, ex-library copy with ink stamps to both titles, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to joints and head and foot of spine, classification number in black ink and gold ink to foot of spine of each volume, large 8vo, Broadley (A.M.) , The Royal Miracle, A Collection of Rare Tracts, Broadsides, Letters, Prints, & Ballads concerning the wanderings of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester, 1st edition, 1912, monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, large 8vo, plus other English Civil War, Restoration, and Scottish Rebellion history and related, mostly 19th and early 20th-century publications, mainly bound in original cloth, 8vo (Qty: 70)

Fairey Campania Seaplane. Built by Barclay Curle & Co. Ltd, Jordanvale Yard, Whiteinch, Glasgow, 1918, an official company album with 20 mounted gelatin silver print photographs including name plate mounted as ‘title-page’ (7 x 11 cm), the remaining photographs showing the construction of the aircraft and test flights, each 16 x 21 cm, all pasted to rectos of stiff card leaves with neat ink captions in block capitals beneath, name card of Leonard R. Mackay tipped in at front with complimentary presentation inscription, original cloth, upper cover decorated in gilt and blind relief, rubbed, oblong folio (22 x 38 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe Fairey Campania was a British ship-borne, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft that was the first ever designed specifically for carrier operations. On 1 August 1918, during the North Russia Campaign in support of the British intervention in the Russian Civil War, Campanias from Nairana participated in what was probably the first fully combined air, sea, and land military operation in history, joining Allied ground forces and ships in driving Bolsheviks out of their fortifications on Modyugski Island, then scouting ahead of the Allied force as it proceeded up the channel to Arkhangelsk.

Berghaus (Dr. Heinrich). Physikalischer Atlas oder Sammlung von Karten, 8 parts in 2 volumes, Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1845-8, 90 maps and tables (complete as list), all but one hand-coloured, most double-page, one folding, variable toning and spotting, mainly to margins and letterpress, original blind-embossed cloth, titles blocked in gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, a few marks or stains, spines faded, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESThe numbered maps and tables total 90, however the covers each state '90 Karten' which is often (erroneously) taken to imply a total of 180 maps and tables: the indexes to each volume together list a total of 90 (as here). Note that some copies appear to be extra-illustrated, with a total of up to 94 maps and tables recorded. This atlas was originally issued in parts between 1838 and 1848. The maps and tables in this copy are mostly first state, but four in part one state 'zweite auflage' (second edition) and are dated 1849.

Goddard (T., & J. Booth, publishers). The Military Costume of Europe; Exhibited in a Series of Highly-Finished Military Figures, in the Uniform of their Several Corps; with a Concise Description, and Historical Anecdotes; forming Memoirs of the Various Armies of the Present Time, 2 volumes in one, London: T. Goddard & J. Booth, 1812-[22], lacking title-page to volume 2 & plate/contents leaves to both volumes, containing 84 hand-coloured etched plates only (of 97), each plate with one leaf of text, plates misbound (in alphabetical order), blind stamp to title and ink number stamp at foot of advertisement leaf, verso of front free endpaper with ownership inscription of 'George W. Hill, Stoney Stretton Hall [Shropshire], October 1st 1900', contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original spine (library markings at foot), slightly rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESColas 2058; Lipperheide 2115; Tooley 236. Without Tooley's plate number 24 as often (text leaf present). Tooley calls for 97 plates, with number 9 in the first volume used twice. Colas calls for 96 plates only, and Lipperheide cites a copy with 93 plates. This volume without Tooley plate numbers 3, 6, 11, 15, 17, 21, 24 & 33 in volume 1 and numbers 20, 31, 34, 35 & 37 in volume 2.

Gold (Charles). Oriental Drawings: Sketched between the Years 1791 and 1798, London: G. and W. Nicoll, 1806, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Gold by John Hassell, Thomas Medland and others, 1 hand-coloured engraved plate, uncoloured aquatint in text, one or two plates with imprints shaved, a little light offsetting and soiling to text, small red stain to fore margins of a few plates and leaves towards end, contemporary gift inscription 'For Miss Tripp, with General Bridges's love' at head of title, small repair at head of front endpapers, contemporary diced and blind-stamped brown calf gilt, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, edges slightly rubbed, 4to (32.8 x 25 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAbbey Travel 428; not in Colas or Lipperheide. A handsome copy. The gift inscription to the title-page is most likely from Major-General Thomas Bridges (d. 1823) who commanded the infantry on the right wing of the Grand Army during the Battle of Seringapatam in 1799, during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Captain Charles Gold served with the Royal Artillery in India from 1791 to 1798, during the culmination of the Anglo-Mysore Wars, and all the plates (except 'A Lame Beggar') are from his own sketches and contain vibrant depictions of Indian costume, customs, military, architecture and landscape scenes.

Mahbubi (Sadr al-Shari'ah al-Asghar al-, d.1346/7 CE). Tanqih al-usul, probably Iran or Central Asia, c.17/18th century, Arabic manuscript in black ink on laid paper, 117 unnumbered leaves + 3 blanks, naskh script, 15 lines to the page, text within concentric red and blue frames throughout, rubricated headings, diacritics and other marks, contemporary sepia wash to text area of final few leaves, profuse Arabic annotations by several hands to margins, text, interleaves and blanks (naskh and nasta'liq script), a few minor stains and repairs, early binding of reddish-brown goatskin, covers elaborately blind-tooled with outer floral roll and stamped corner- and centrepieces all containing repeated vegetal motifs, manuscript label in Arabic pasted to front cover, slight loss to spine-ends, 8vo (21 x 12 cm), laid-in typed letter signed from Martin Lings (1909-2005) as assistant keeper, British Museum (dated 1961) identifying the work, together with: [Persian manuscript], Hikmet-nama, probably Iran, c.16/17th century, Persian manuscript in black ink on thick laid paper sprinkled with gold, 82 unnumbered leaves + 2 blanks, nasta'liq script, 18 lines to the page, text within gold frames throughout, rubricated headings, containing approximately 6 discrete sections, Persian manuscript title 'Hikmet-nama' to initial blank, occasional marginal damp-staining, a few leaves repaired or extended in fore margins, 2 consecutive leaves with stain in text (text remaining legible), one blank page towards rear with numerous Islamic seal impressions (and concomitant ink-staining), a few other marks, early sheep binding, both covers detached, spine perished, worn, 8vo, (21 x 12 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: 1) Edward Hampton, British soldier, with his ownership inscription 'E Hampton, 67th Regiment, Kabul, 1879' to the initial or final blank of each work. ‘Lieut. Hampton served in the Afghan war in 1879-80, and was present in the engagement at Charasiab on the 6 th October 1879, and in the operations round Cabul in December 1879 (Medal with two Clasps)’ (Hart, The New Annual Army List … for 1888, p. 281). 2) Thence by descent. Sadr al-Shari'ah al-Asghar al-Mahbubi was an influential legal scholar from Central Asia who died in Bukhara, modern-day Uzbekistan. His Tanqih al-Usul, a synthesis of Hanafi and Maliki legal writing, marked a significant new development in Islamic jurisprudence but has been overlooked by modern scholarship (see Al-Azem, Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition , p. 79). At least the first section of the second item (the 'Hikmet-nama', i.e. 'Book of maxims' or 'Book of wisdom') appears to be from the encyclopaedic Javedan-nama by Persian author Baba Afzal al-Din (d.1213/14; see Mosannafat, Tehran, 1952, p. 289).

Lawrence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)un numbered Ltd Edition of 850 print Mrs Swindells Picture with gallery blind stamp, signed in pencil lower left ,framed in modern chrome frame. 29 x 40cm Condition Report No visible damage or foxing. This lot is not available for P/P. Please contact the office for further details.

Lawrence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)un numbered Ltd Edition of 850 print, Group of Children, signed in pencil lower left, with gallery blind stamp, framed in modern chrome frame. 19x17 cm Condition Report No visible damage or foxing. This lot is not available for P/P. Please contact the office for further details.

Lawrence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)unnumbered Ltd Edition print of 850 with gallery blind stamp, Street Scene, signed in pencil lower left, framed in modern chrome frame.20 x 27 cm Condition Report No visible damage or foxing.This lot is not available for P/P. Please contact the office for further details.

Lawrence Stephen Lowry 1887-1976un numbered Ltd Edition of 850 print with gallery blind stamp, Fever Van, signed in pen lower left, framed in gilt frame. 51 x 41cm Condition Report No visible damage or foxing.This lot is not available for P/P. Please contact the office for further details.

AFTER SALVADOR DALI; two limited edition coloured giclée prints, 'Rome, 1949' and 'Venice, 1949', both 10/800, with blind stamps lower right, certificate of authenticity and booklet, each approx 39 x 50cm, both framed and glazed (2).

A 19th century Dutch longcase clock, the walnut case with marquetry inlay, the brass face with musical movement and silvered dial set with Roman numerals, the hood with blind fret decoration, height 239cm.Additional InformationCase has general surface wear throughout, light scratches, very minor chipping to veneer, wear and tear, minor cracking to veneer, re-polishing/re-waxing around base.

JOHN PURDEN OF MAIDENHEAD; an oak cased longcase clock, the hood with blind fret decoration to cornice, enclosing brass face, the brass dial with Roman numerals, raised on bracket feet, height 210cm.

A part military archive relating to Acting Flight Commander Donald J. Bacon D.F.C and other RAF servicemen including letter dated 1944 'Dear Sir, Field Marshal Montgomery has asked me to thank you for your letter of November 28th, and to inform you that it has been passed to the appropriate branch of this headquarters for action [...], and a miniature George VI Distinguished Flying Cross, possibly that of D.J. Bacon, a telegram from Buckingham Palace, a letter from the Embassy of Ethiopia, a RAF service and release book, pay book and Malaya pass for Sergeant Cripps 650684 and further mixed ephemera including postcards and boxed solitaire game especially manufactured for the National Institute for the Blind.

Dim.: 13 x 13 cm  Each tile with a blind stamp on the back for Royal Tichelaar Makkum, with year code HE for 1985.

Bernard McMullen limited edition print with double blind stamp & signed in pencil ' Bonfire night '

Bernard McMullen limited edition print with double blind stamp & signed in pencil ' Lloyd street southport'

Bernard McMullen limited edition print with double blind stamp & signed in pencil ' The bogey race '

Bernard McMullen limited edition print with double blind stamp & signed in pencil ' Penny for the guy'

Bernard McMullen limited edition print with double blind stamp & signed in pencil ' Under the lamp'

Bernard McMullen limited edition print with double blind stamp & signed in pencil ' Commonwealth games 2002 Manchester'

Signed Snaffles 'The Finest View in Europe' print with Blind Stamp

NO RESERVE Galway (Henri de Massue, second Marquis de Ruvigny, Earl of, Huguenot soldier and diplomat, influential in the English service in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1648-1720) Commission appointing Simon Parry a captain "in the Regiment of Dragoons", D.s. "Gallway", manuscript on vellum, blind-stamped paper seal, folds, some slight surface wear affecting a few words, yellowed, 265 x 315mm., Lisbon, 24th August 1709.

NO RESERVE Galilei (Galileo) Usus Et Fabrica Circini Cuiusdam Proportionis, Per Quem Omnia Fere Tum Euclidis, Tum Mathematicorum Omnium Problemata Facili Negotio Resolvuntur, Bologna, heirs of Dozza, 1655 § Capra (Baldessare) Difesa di Galileo Galilei... Contro alle calunie & imposture di Baldessar Capra, Bologna, heirs of Dozza, 1655, woodcut decorations to titles, woodcut initials, head-pieces and diagrams, uniform modern blind-stamped calf, preserved in custom drop-back boxes, [Tomash & Williams C24 & G7], 4to (2)⁂ Fragments extracted from the first volume of the 1655-1656 Dozza edition of Galileo's work consisting of Capra's work on the use and construction of proportional compasses and Galileo's resulting attack on Capra

δ Brockman (Stuart, binder).- Times Atlas of the World (The), reprint, colour maps and illustrations, bookplate of Lord Wardington at rear, bound in dark red goatskin, by Stuart Brockman, covers with inlaid strapwork design in black and green goatskin and tooled in gilt and blind, small gilt crest in corners, spine titled in gilt with crests and five raised bands, green and yellow endbands, g.e., binder's ticket dated 1996 to top corner of front free endpaper, 4to (c.310 x 225mm.), 1993.⁂ From the celebrated Wardington collection of atlases, which contained many designer bindings commissioned by Lord Wardington.Stuart Brockman (b.1972) is the son of the bookbinder James Brockman by whom he was trained. Elected as a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2004 he has taught workshops and lectured around the world, and now works alongside his father in Oxfordshire. His bindings are held by the British Library and several private collections, and he has won numerous prizes including the 2004 National Library of Scotland Elizabeth Soutar bookbinding competition.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

NO RESERVE Babbage (Charles) Table of the logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108000, fourth impression, perforated blind-stamp to title, ink notes to foot of dedication p. (""Chas Babbage died Oct 21, 1871, aged 79. I.B.F. met him in London in 1851"), repaired tear to endpaper, 19th century half morocco, rebacked and recornered, [Tomash & Williams B58], 8vo, John Murray, 1844.⁂ Provenance: Franklin Institute Library, Philadelphia.

Manuscript facsimile.- Maximilian I. Theuerdank, one of 250 copies, original blind-stamped pigskin, spine lightly faded, Stuttgart, Müller und Schindler, 1968; and an accompanying commentary volume, together housed in slip-case (marked and faded), 4to, 1968.

VICTOR BLACKMAN (1922-1988) Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger, 25th August 1967, Euston Station on train to Bangor, silver gelatin print, printed later, blind stamp for Hulton Archive, image 36.5 x25cm

Clifton, With The Suspension Bridge, limited edition print of an original lithograph by Newman & Co. 429/600, reproduced by The Alexander Gallery, Bristol in 1973, bearing Alexander Gallery blind stamp to margin, mounted and framed, 19" x 14"

James Cassie R.S.A. (1819-1879) - Beach scene at low tide with figures unloading a fishing boat, signed with the artist monogram and dated 1872, pencil and water colour, 3.25" x 5"; together with a signed etching depicting figures at a flower market outside a large a building with Doric columns, indistinctly signed and bearing a blind stamp CP, 13.5" x 9.75" (2)

Jacobean style oak sideboard, with double fielded panelled cupboard doors over two drawers flanked by blind fret pilasters upon short turned cup supports united by stretchers, 60" wide, 22" deep, 42" high

A GOOD QUALITY JAPANESE EDO PERIOD BOXWOOD & LACQUER NETSUKE - BLIND MASSEUR, the netsuke carved to depict the renowned blind masseur is action, decorated with lacquer, himotoshi formed to the base, 3.5cm.

A late 19th Century Chinese ivory calling card case, of rectangular form with blind fret carved cartouche panels of figures in pagoda landscapes, 11cm by 7.5cm

Kippax, Retford, a mid 19th Century musical oak bracket clock of Gothic Revival design, the arched case incorporating carved finials, blind tracery and buttresses, 20cm brass dial with Roman numerals and silent/chine switch, fretwork sound grilles, the movement striking on ten bells and a gong, height 62cm (two keys and pendulum)

An Edwardian mahogany bedroom suite, comprising single mirrored door wardrobe, with top with a blind fretwork cornice, 200cm high, 131cm wide, 52cm deep, a mirror backed dressing table with two short and two long drawers, 165cm high, 107cm wide, 50cm deep and a matching tallboy, 101cm high, 92cm wide, 45cm deep (3)

Birmingham Artists. Etchings. Collection comprising: ten signed etchings by Joseph F. Pimm, each one titled in pencil to margin, some bearing blind-stamps; three signed etchings by James Priddey, each one titled in pencil (including two scenes in Birmingham); three similar unsigned etchings. All framed & glazed, varying sizes. Topographical & Architectural Interest (16)

Colour lithograph after Louis Wain, cat wearing dunce cap, framed and glazed. Together with Magic Music, colour etching by Fred Millar after Averil Burleigh, 1918, signed by Millar in pencil, bearing blind-stamp, framed & glazed (2)

SNAFFLES (CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE), PENCIL SIGNED AND HAND COLOURED PRINT 'UBIQUE MEANT- BANK, OLBORN BANK- A PENNY ALL THE WAY', BLIND STAMP TO BOTTOM RIGHT, APPROXIMATELY 48cm x 69cm

VICTORIAN FRAMED POLYCHROME PRINT PENCIL SIGNED AND WITH KFE BLIND STAMP 53cm X 36cm

TWO PENCIL SIGNED MONOCHROME PRINTS ONE SIGNED JOHN A LOMAX WITH BLIND STAMP.

A small Regency design mahogany octagonal drum table, slightly oversailing top with inset tooled and gilt leather writing surface, above four frieze drawers, divided by four blind conforming, turned pillar, sabre legs, brass capped casters, 72cm high, 62cm wide

An early 19th century sailor's maritime souvenir novelty whalebone and marine ivory walking stick, octagonal top with an inset star above a tapering collar inlaid with lozenges and spheres below a conforming band, architectural trompe-l'œil prism with free-standing fluted pilasters and centred by a wrythen column, conforming compartment blind, wrythen shaft, 93.5cm long

An early Worcester Blind Earl type plate, with raised moulding, dentil rim, 19cm diam, c.1760 Jacob Isaac Ashley Collection Condition Report: Please see attached images for examples of condition, difficult to photograph are the surface scratches found throughout this plate.

A 19th century Scottish silver-mounted horn snuff mull, terminating in a blind mouthpiece, hinged cover, 13.5cm long

A 19th century French rosewood, satinwood, coromandel and marquetry shaped oval combination centre and games table, moulded crossbanded quarter-veneered top inlaid for chess, flanked by ribbon-tied sprays of flowers, above a pair of frieze drawers, blind to verso, gilt metal acanthus scroll handles, serpentine legs, 76cm high, 105cm wide, c.1870

A George III gentleman's brass-mounted mahogany Campaign writing box, the hinged cover centred by a canted rectangular plaque inscribed: Jas. Burgefs (sic, James Burgess), gilt and tooled crimson morocco panelled compartment restrained by a gilt-metal scrolling lock, the base with a fold-out blind tooled blue velvet writing surface below a pen tray and compartments for writing instruments, each plateaux lifting to reveal marbled paper lined compartment fitted with three short drawers above a long pigeon hole, flush brass military handles to sides, the angles with brass incurved corners and supports, 18.5cm high, 49.5cm wide, c. 1810

A George III Lancashire mahogany longcase clock, 33.5cm arched brass dial, inscribed William Kirk, Stockport, Roman and Arabic numerals, rolling moon phase to arch, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, twin winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the case in the manner of Gillow of Lancaster, brass ball and spire finials, lofty swan neck pediment, above a frieze carved with blind fretwork, shaped rectangular door to waist, flanked by brass capped stop-fluted quarter columns and rusticated angles, ogee bracket feet, 233cm high, c.1785***Please note that this lot may have been affected by flood water***

A George/William IV Gothic Revival mahogany four-fold decoupage dressing screen, each pointed arched panel decorated in polychrome with ornithological, botanical and zoological specimens, blind tracery and draught-turned roundels to angles, carved fern pediments, 195cm high, 204cm wide overall, c.1830