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Early religion.- Mark Pattison's copy.- Cassianus (Johannes) Opera omnia, edited by Allart gazet, title printed in red and black and with wood-engraved printers device, lacking double-page table, ornately blind-stamped contemporary armorial pigskin over wooden boards, lacking metal clasps, head of spine and corners little worn, soiled, rubbed, folio, Leipzig, Wettstein & Smith, 1733.⁂ Cassian (c.360-c.435) was a monk and theologian, who is credited with bringing Christian monasticism to the medieval West. His achievements and writings influenced Benedict of Nursia, who incorporated many of the principles into his own monastic rule. Our copy with an attractive provenance. Provenance: Mark Pattison (1813-1884), English priest, scholar, and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (small blind-stamp to foot of title).

Early religion.- Blind scholar.- Didymus, Alexandrinus. De Trinitate libri tres. Nunc primum ex Passioneiano codice Græce editi, editio princeps, parallel Greek and Latin text, title with engraved wolf printer's device, engraved facsimile 'Specimen Codicis' and tail-pieces, later pencil marginalia, some spotting or mostly light foxing, later vellum, rebacked preserving original backstrip with red morocco label and later ink date, some staining, folio, Bologna, Lelio dalla Volpe, 1769.⁂ Rare editio princeps of this work opposing Arianism by the theologian and teacher Didymus of Alexandria (c.313-398), who was blind from the age of four.

Terentius Afer (Publius) Comoediae Omnes., woodcut device to title, engraved initials and illustrations, early ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers and title verso, occasional worming, touching odd letter, m1 & r7 with loss to bottom corner, faint damp-staining to bottom edge, ex-Wigan library with discreet blind-stamp to title and final ff., contemporary calf, rebacked and re-cornered, a little rubbed, folio, Venice, Giovanni Maria Bonelli, 1563.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius), edited by Paulus Manutius, In M. Tulli Ciceronis De rhetorica volumen primum, woodcut portrait vignette to title, [Edit16 CNCE64638; Renouard 232:2], bound with [Opera] Rhetorica II, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut illustration to following leaf, [Adams C1660; EDIT 16 CNCE 12460], together 2 parts in 1, Venice, apud Aldum, 1583, also with another preceding, together 3 parts in 1, woodcut head-pieces and initials, scattered leaves browned, contemporary vellum, stamped in blind with coat of arms, lower cover toned, some wear to joints, folio

Theatre.- Shakespeare.- Upton (John) Critical observations on Shakespeare, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, advertisement f. at end, some spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, Printed for G. Hawkins, 1746 § [Heath (Benjamin)] A Revisal of Shakespear's [sic] Text, Wherein the Alterations introduced into it by the more modern Editors and Critics, are particularly considered, first edition, title chipped, and with ink author attribution and library blind-stamp recto and library numbers verso, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, Printed for W. Johnston, 1765; and a third edition of William Richardson on Shakespeare, 8vo & small 8vo (3)

Howitt (William & Mary) Howitt's Journal of Literature and Popular Progress, 3 vol., vol. 1 lacking title and contents, illustrations, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, ex-library with usual labels and occasional discreet blind-stamps, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1847-48 § Bremer (Frederika) The President's Daughters; including Nina, 3 vol., first English edition, translated by Mary Howitt, half-titles read 'Life in Sweden', previous owner's ink signature, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, faint abrasion mark to front endpapers where labels removed, later calf-backed boards, sunned spines, library blind-stamp to upper covers, bumping to corners and extremities, 1843 § Howitt (William) The Hall and the Hamlet, 2 vol., first edition, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, rubbed, faint library blind-stamps to upper covers, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1848; and others by William or Mary Howitt, 8vo (13)

NO RESERVE Eliot (T.S.) The Cocktail Party, first edition with misprint on p.29, original cloth, dust-jacket, extremities a little rubbed, 1950 § Yeats (W.B.) Last Plays and Poems, first US edition, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, original blind stamped cloth, dust-jacket, toned and soiled in places, small nicks to top edge, price-clipped, New York, 1940 § Churchill (Randolph S.) What I Said About The Press, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, with a signed A.L.s from Somerset Maugham referring to Churchill loosely inserted, last few ff. water stained, original printed paper-covered boards, lower cover with upper portion torn away, and water-stained, joints and extremities a little rubbed, 1957; and c.85 others, plays, poetry and literature, v.s. (90)

Montfaucon (Bernard de) Antiquity Explained, and Represented in Sculptures, 3 vol. only (of 6) comprising vol. 1, vol. 5 and the supplement for vols. 3-5 only, translated by David Humphreys, titles in red and black, supplement lacking title, 223 engraved plates only, of which 54 double-page, vol. 1 with neat tissue repair to lower corner of 3U2 (final ff.), vol. 5 and supplement lacking final blanks, supplement with 6I2 misbound, scattered spotting and staining, bookplate to vol. 1, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, Greek key border in blind, rubbed, folio, by J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1721-22; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, wood-engraved illustrations, 5 errata (in 6 lines) on page vi of vol. I, 9 errata (in 7 lines) on page viii of vol. II, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements, dated April 1867, at rear of Volume I, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements, dated February 1868, at rear of Volume II, occasional neat underlining in ordinary, red or blue pencil, a few signatures loose or working loose, occasional spotting, dark green coated endpapers, endpapers spotted, hinges split, original green cloth, spines gilt, covers blind-stamped, spine ends frayed, corners worn, small nick to both joints of vol.II, water-stained, a few small stains, rubbed and marked, [Freeman 877], 8vo, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1868.⁂ The first appearance of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in any of Darwin's works. 'This represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was printed in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two intended chapters.' (Freeman).

NO RESERVE Darwin (Charles) The Formation Of Vegetable Mould, Through The Action of Worms, With Observations On Their Habits, early printing with "ninth thousand" on title, illustrations, light scattered spotting, endpapers with light damp-staining, original blind-stamped cloth, spine ends a little bumped and frayed, corners bumped, [Freeman p.165], 8vo, 1883.

Lyell (Charles) The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, faint abrasion mark to title where ink-stamp removed, previous owner's ink signature to title, occasional pencil annotations, scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, neat repair to spine foot, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1863 § Hayden (F.V) Annual Report of the United State Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories Embracing Colorado, 100 maps and plates (18 folding), ex-library with neat blind- and cancel-stamp to title foot, original cloth, rebacked, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Washington, 1874 § Etheridge, Jun. (Robert) Catalogue of Works, Papers, Reports, and Maps, on the Geology, Palæontology ... of the Australian Continent and Tasmania, ex-Colonial Office Library with occasional ink-stamps, 'withdrawn' ink-stamp to front free endpaper, original decorative cloth, 'Colonial Office' ink-stamp to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1881; 8vo (3).

Wales.- Gastineau (Henry) South Wales Illustrated..., 136 engraved views on sixty-eight sheets (correct as list), each with tissue guard (some torn), some foxing and offsetting throughout, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, covers detached, g.e., [c. 1835]; and 5 others with steel engraved plates, including 2 vol. War with Russia, 4to (6).

Wales.- Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) A Collection of Forty-Eight Views of Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats...in North and South Wales, 48 engraved plates, most by W.Byrne after Moses Griffiths & Colt Hoare, text browned but plates generally clean, slight worm track to lower margin at beginning, contemporary ink inscription "Chadwick Worcester College Oxford" to front free endpaper and another "H.L. 1828" to front pastedown, handsome contemporary burgundy straight-grain morocco with foliate border in gilt & blind and central vignette of ecclesiastical ruin in gilt, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, [cf. Abbey, Scenery 393, 16 plates only by Griffiths], oblong 4to, John & Josiah Boydell, [c.1806].⁂ A compilation of Moses Griffiths's Gentlemen's Seats, etc. in North Wales of 1792 with additional plates of South Wales by Colt Hoare.

Watts (William) The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the Most Interesting and Picturesque Views, engraved title and 84 engraved plates by William Watts after Sandby, Nates, Dalby &c., each with an explanatory leaf of text, index leaf at end, title a little soiled and creased, light offsetting from plates onto verso of text, plates with occasional marginal soiling but generally clean and bright, bookplate of Natl. Burton, contemporary olive green straight-grain morocco with decorative borders in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed and scuffed, [Millard, Britain 89], oblong 4to, John & Josiah Boydell, [text water-marked 1814 & plates 1818].

Yorkshire.- Cooper (R., publisher) A Description of Duncombe Park, Rivalx Abbey, and Helmsley Castle..., second edition, engraved frontispiece and plan, light foxing and soiling, original printed green wrappers, rubbed, spine slightly worn at foot, preserved in modern board folder and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine gilt, Kirby Moorside, 1821 § Jewell (John) The Tourist's Companion, or the History and Antiquities of Harewood in Yorkshire, second edition, folding engraved frontispiece, folding letterpress pedigree, illustrations, original printed boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in morocco, spine gilt, Leeds, 1822 § Stainborough & Rockley..., plates, list of subscribers and 12pp. advertisements at end, original blind-stamped cloth, 1853 § Illustrated Hand-Book to Castle Howard..., plates, original cloth, Malton, 1857 § Wheater (W.) Some Historic Mansions of Yorkshire, 2 vol., one of 300 copies, etched plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Leeds, 1888-89, all a little rubbed; and 18 others on Yorkshire, 8vo & 4to (24)

A Worcester 'Blind Earl' sweetmeat dish, circa 1758Of lobed circular shape, applied with a rustic stalk handle issuing two pink rose buds, moulded in low relief with leafy rose stems, enamelled in shades of green and pale yellow, the rim picked out in brown, 16.2cm wideFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Chelsea 'Blind Earl' sweetmeat dish, circa 1756Of lobed circular form, applied with a twig handle issuing two rosebuds, moulded in relief with sprays of rose leaves painted in a fresh palette of pale green and yellow, the delicate veins picked out in brown enamel, a gilt line at the scalloped rim, 14.6cm wide including handle, red anchor markFootnotes:Chelsea 'Blind Earl' dishes would appear to predate those more commonly made at Worcester. A Chelsea example from the Barbara Leake Collection was sold by Bonhams on 12 March 2008, lot 8.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of Worcester 'Blind Earl' plates, circa 1765Of small size with scalloped rims, moulded in light relief with rose leaves, stems and buds, the raised design picked out in underglaze blue, a variety of bugs and insects painted all around, 19.5cm diam, crescent marks (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceRobyn Robb, Ceramics Fair, June 2001Pauline and David Tate CollectionWorcester's pattern of embossed rose leaves, named after the Blind Earl of Coventry, was used on sets of dessert plates painted in blue or in colours. Curiously, aside from small sweetmeats and spoon trays, no matching dessert dishes were produced until the Flight period.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BRUCE ALEXANDER: various titles: BLIND JUSTICE, New York, Putnam, 1994, First Edition; MURDER IN GRUB STREET, New York, Putnam, 1995, First Edition; WATERY GRAVE, New York, Putnam, 1996, First Edition; PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN, New York, Putnam, 1997, First Edition, Signed by author; JACK, KNAVE AND FOOL, New York, Putnam, 1998, First Edition, Signed by author; DEATH OF A COLONIAL, New York, Putnam, 1999, First Edition; THE COLOUR OF DEATH, New York, Putnam, 2000, First Edition, Signed by author; SMUGGLER'S MOON, New York, Putnam, 2001, First Edition, Signed by author; AN EXPERIMENT IN TREASON, New York, Putnam, 2002, First Edition, Signed by author; THE PRICE OF MURDER, New York, Putnam, 2003, First Edition, Signed by author; RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, New York, Putnam, 2005; MURDER IN GRUB STREET, New York, London, Little, Brown and Co, 1996 (scarce) (12)

An 18th century style mahogany wall shelf mirror in the Chinese pagoda style decorated with blind fretwork and gadrooning rectangular plate glass flanked by two mirrored panels, 60cm high and an Edwardian mahogany triptych swing mirrorLocation:RWM

Conrad (Joseph). [The Works of Joseph Conrad]. Folio Society, 1996-2005, seventeen volumes, pictorial cloth, each volume in slipcase; Kipling (Rudyard), Collected Short Stories. Folio Society, 2005, five volumes, pictorial cloth, housed in single slipcase; Forster (E.M.), A Passage to India. Folio Society, 1996, six volumes, single slipcase. Fine set; Wodehouse (P.G.), Jeeves and Wooster. Folio Society, 1996, 2000, 2010, fourteen volumes in three sets, each set with slipcase. Previous owner's blind stamp to first set. Books VG to Fine, slipcases marked; idem, Best of Blandings. Folio Society, 2004, six volumes, slipcase. Faint spotting to fore-edges, marked slipcase; with nineteen volumes by Thomas Hardy, all published by the Folio Society, in slipcases. (67) Conrad - Some very slight shelf wear but contents Fine. Kipling - Books Fine, slipcase a little dust marked.

Vittorio Sella [1859-1943]. Mountain Views, six large format silver print photographs, comprising: 230 - Torre Mustagh dal Campo XI ai piedi de Golden Throne (telefotografia) [Muztagh or Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram range]. view taken by telephoto lens, lightly tinted, printed description on slip to lower margin, blind-stamped ‘Vittorio Sella, Biella’ lower right, portrait; 91 bis - Masherbrum dal Boltoro [Pakistan, formerly known as K1]. printed description on slip to lower margin, blind-stamped ‘Vittorio Sella, Biella’ lower right, 'Karakorum-Himalaya' or reverse, portrait; 90 bis - Masherbrum dal Baltoro [Pakistan, formerly known as K1]. Lightly tinted, printed description on slip to lower margin, landscape; [Trango Towers, Northern Pakistan]. untitled, landscape; [Snow covered summit, unidentified]. lightly tinted, blind-stamped ‘Vittorio Sella, Biella’ lower right, landscape; [Unidentified mountain range with scree slopes in the foreground, possibly Siniolchu]. lightly tinted, landscape. Silver prints on bromide double weight paper, sheet size 300mm x 397mm, unglazed glossy. [provenance, the photographs were purchased in 1945 by the vendor’s father, a British Army Captain, while stationed in the town of Biella]. C Douglas Milner described Vittorio Bella as ‘the greatest of all photographers of [his] generation’ (A Century of Mountain Photography, Alpine Club Journal, Nov 1957). For a detailed description of his life and work, see Ronald Clark’s monograph ‘The Splendid Hills, The Life and Photographs of Vittorio Sella, 1859-1943’, Phoenix House, 1948. (6) A little dust marking on reverse of some prints, edges a little curled, otherwise no obvious defects.

Vittorio Sella [1859-1943].The Matterhorn (Cervino), six large format silver print photographs of the mountain, comprising:5 - Alte Alpi. Cervino dall’Unter-Theodule Gletscher, nell’inverno 1884, depicting a figure on the glacier looking towards the peak.Slight retouching to the figure and glacier surface, manuscript description to lower margin, portrait;124 - Cervino dalla Valle Zmutt (Zermatt) 4 Agosto 1883, an unusual view of the ridge.Blind-stamped ‘Vittorio Sella, Biella’ lower right, printed title on slip to lower margin, portrait;423 - Cervino (Matterhorn) e Monte Rosa dal Col des Grandes-Murailles 4000m circa, view of the peak with mountain range in background. Very lightly tinted, matt, blind-stamped ‘Vittorio Sella, Biella’ to lower right, printed title on slip to lower margin, landscape;With three untitled views, one portrait and two landscape, one in which the tinted foreground of two mountaineers and equipment is skilfully superimposed over a view of the Matterhorn (this image has some retouching to the skyline and some red scuffing to top right). The other landscape photograph is framed and glazed and appears to have had its margins removed or folded.Silver prints on bromide double weight paper, sheet size 300mm x 397mm, unglazed glossy unless stated, believed printed later than the dates given.C Douglas Milner described Vittorio Bella as ‘the greatest of all photographers of [his] generation’ (A Century of Mountain Photography, Alpine Club Journal, Nov 1957). For a detailed description of his life and work, see Ronald Clark’s monograph ‘The Splendid Hills, The Life and Photographs of Vittorio Sella, 1859-1943’, Phoenix House, 1948.[provenance, the photographs were purchased in 1945 by the vendor’s father, a British Army Captain, while stationed in the town of Biella]. (6)The untitled valley view has nicked top margin and stain to lower margin, there are a couple of scratches in the image. The composed view has red scuff marks to the RHS as described. There are also some small indentations to the LHS. There is a small indentation to the lower part of 124. A little dust marking present on reverse of some prints, edges a little curled.

Vittorio Sella [1859-1943].Alpine Ranges, six large format silver print photographs of the Monte Rosa massif and others, comprising:358 - Monte Rosa - Lyskamm - Castore e Pollure - dalla cresta del Welsshorn (Agosto 1887).Manuscript description to lower margin, blind-stamped ‘Vittorio Sella, Biella’ lower right, landscape;1790 [bis]- Monte Rosa dal Passo di M. Moro (Macugnaga)Printed description to lower margin, landscape;1796 - Monte Rosa dal declivio boscoso sopra Macugnaga, alla sera. Agosto 1895.Skillfully tinted, printed title on slip to lower margin, portrait;1572- Vincent Pyramide - Parrotspitz e ghiarriajo della Pisse dalla cima del Fallenhorn (Alagna) Settembre 1892. Matt finish, blind-stamped ‘Vittorio Sella, Biella’ to lower right, manuscript title to lower margin, landscape;107- Mischabel - Alphubel - Allalinhorn - Rimpfischhorn- & Valle di Zermatt dalla vetta del Cervino 4482 (29 Luglis 1882) Matt finish, blind-stamped ‘Vittorio Sella, Biella’ to lower right, manuscript title to lower margin, landscape;150 - Dente del Gigante versante Occidentale (Monte Bianco).The Giant’s Tooth in the Mont Blanc massif, skillfully tinted, printed title on slip to lower margin, landscape.Silver prints on bromide double weight paper, sheet size 300mm x 397mm, unglazed glossy unless stated, believed to be printed later than the dates given. [provenance, the photographs were purchased in 1945 by the vendor’s father, a British Army Captain, while stationed in the town of Biella]. C Douglas Milner described Vittorio Bella as ‘the greatest of all photographers of [his] generation’ (A Century of Mountain Photography, Alpine Club Journal, Nov 1957). For a detailed description of his life and work, see Ronald Clark’s monograph ‘The Splendid Hills, The Life and Photographs of Vittorio Sella, 1859-1943’, Phoenix House, 1948. (6)Slight crease? to 1790bis, Small spot touched in on 358. Several spots touched in on 107 (preprinting). Some minor scuffs and small indentation (c.4mm) to 150). A little dust marking on reverse of some prints, edges a little curled, otherwise no obvious defects.

Victorian Welsh pale oak press cupboard, the moulded cornice above two blind panelled doors, and key, the interior revealing two fitted shelves above a projecting base with an arrangement of two short and two long cock beaded drawers on bracket feet. 139 x 57 x 206cm approx.(B.P. 21% + VAT) Appearing in good overall condition for age. Minor wear and tear with age but in good useable condition overall.

Late 18th/early 19th century Welsh oak two stage press cupboard, the moulded cornice above two blind panel ogee pointed fielded doors, the interior revealing fitted shelves above a projecting base with an arrangement of two short and two long drawers, standing on bracket feet. 126 x 53 x 183cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Some losses to the mouldings on the cornice in places. Some damage to one of the handles. Incomplete bracket feet. General wear and tear commensurate with age.  Images added.

18th century pollard oak and burr walnut two stage bureau bookcase, the moulded and dental cornice above two blind panelled doors with fluted moulded pillars, the interior revealing central door with an arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes, the fall front with further arrangement of serpentine drawers and pigeon holes above a bank of three short and three long drawers on a projecting base and bracket feet. 130x60x213cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

19th century walnut marquetry and mixed woods bow front credenza, the moulded ebonised and gilt metal beaded top above a central blind panelled inlaid foliate door flanked by two bowed glazed display cabinets, the interior revealing shaped shelves, standing on an ebonised moulded projecting base. 136x42x105cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)  Generally good - some wear and tear with age, no significant damage or losses.

Early 19th century Welsh oak Cardiganshire two stage press cupboard, the moulded cornice above two blind panelled doors with four ogee pointed fielded panels, three dummy drawers, the projecting base with an arrangement of six drawers standing on bracket feet. 140x52x155cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Measuring Tape Cane. This interesting systems cane holds a steel measuring tape. Possibly a gadget cane designed for a joiner or carpenter.The tape easily pulls out of the silver metal cap and automatically retracts back into the cassette when released. (Max length 80”) To maintain the tape at a specific length merely slide the small button located on the top of the cassette into the hold position. The return spring works well. Made by CHESTERMAN a Sheffield based measure manufacturer. The measuring tape cassette holds the wording CHESTERMAN SHEFFIELD ENGLAND together with JC within the traditional Bow trademark (see below)The measuring gadget is mounted on a Malacca cane and finished with an Edwardian style base ferrule.(Possible replacement). Note of interest—James Chesterman (1792-1867) James Chesterman moved to Sheffield from London in 1820. He set up business with Mr Housfield in 1821 with a factory in Nursery Street. Known as James Chesterman and Co Ltd. From c1832 the business specialised in making measuring tapes and instruments. In 1837 James Chesterman was listed as patentee of the spring tape measure and self rolling window blind. He also produced the first long steel measuring tape and the first woven metallic tape. His business adopted the bow as its trademark and he named his factory The Bow Works which moved to new premises in. 1864.William Chesterman was elected Master Cutler in 1880. In 1963 amalgamation with John Rabone & Sons created Rabone Chesterman, who were subsequently bought by Stanley Tools in 1990 and transferred to Stanley's Woodside Plant.

Costa (Emanuel Mendes da). Elements of Conchology: Or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells, London: Benjamin White, 1776, 7 hand-coloured folding engraved plates, two folding tables, some light offsetting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, upper joint cracked, lower board detached, worn, 8vo, together with: Martyn (Thomas). Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the letters on the Elements of Botany, London: J. White, 1799, title with upper blank margin excised, 38 hand-coloured engraved plates, early inscription to upper margin of A2, some light toning and spotting, modern half calf, 8vo,Darwin (Erasmus). The Botanic Garden. A Poem, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: J. Johnson, 1799, 22 engraved plates (including by Blake and after Fuseli), one plate torn with loss, some damp-stains, L2 in volume 1 torn to lower outer blank corner, contemporary half calf, git and blind decorated spines, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other natural history related, including a defective copy of European Butterflies and Moths by W. F. Kirby, bound in 2 volumes, 1882, and The Natural History of Bees, [by William Dunbar], Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; London: S. Highley, 1840, The Natural History of the Felinae, by William Jardine, 1834 and The Naturalist's library edited by Sir William Jardine, volume 38 (Entomology, Bees), 1843QTY: (14)

Chamouin (Jean Baptiste Marie). Collection de 28 vues de Paris. Prises au daguerréotype. Gravures en taille douce sur acier. Paris: Chamouin, c.1850, engraved title, 28 engraved plates, tissue guards, original maroon sheep-backed boards, gilt decorated spine, gilt title to upper board within cartouche, gilt and blind decoration to boards, joints rubbed, worn at head and foot of spine, oblong folio (26 x 33 cm)QTY: (1)

Gruner (Lewis). Fresco Decorations and Stuccoes of Churches & Palaces in Italy, during the Fifteenth & Sixteenth Centuries, 2nd edition, enlarged, London: Thomas McLean, 1854, hand-coloured engraved title and 56 plates (including hand-coloured, chromolithograph and uncoloured plates), plates and text re-guarded, few plate versos damp stained (not affecting rectos), top edge gilt (rubbed), remained untrimmed, early 20th-century Bath Reference Library bookplate to upper pastedown, late 19th/early 20th-century blind panelled brown pigskin, upper joint split and broken, lower joint cracked, worn, large folioQTY: (1)

* Payne (Charles Johnson 'Snaffles'). The Informers, circa 1934, colour photolithograph, black and white remarque (entitled The Moonlighter) of a fox sitting on a stone wall, signed in pencil by the artist to the lower right, snaffle bit blind stamp, slight creasing, overall size 480 x 530 mm, framed and glazedQTY: (1)

Wright (Lewis). The Illustrated Book of Poultry, 1st edition, London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, circa 1875, 50 chromolithograph plates (including frontispiece), wood engraved illustrations including some full-page, occasional scattered spotting mostly to text, 20th-century half calf, blind decoration and green morocco title label to spine gilt, 4toQTY: (1)

Nesbit (E.). The House of Arden, a story for children, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908, Harding's Luck, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909, The Magic World, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1912, Wet Magic, 1st edition, London: T. Werner Laurie, 1913, period inscription to the front endpaper, all with monochrome illustrations, some marginal toning & light spotting, some cracked gutters, top edges gilt, all in original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines lightly faded, marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Washington (Irving), Old Christmas, London: Macmillan & Co., 1876, monochrome illustrations by R. Caldecott, blind stamp to the front endpaper, Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1893, monochrome illustrations by George H. Boughton, lacking front endpaper, slightly loose binding, small tears to the head & foot of the spine, both volumes with all edges gilt, both original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th century to modern juvenile & illustrated literature, including works by Enid Blyton, Ted Hughes, Mark Twain, W. E. Johns, Rudyard Kipling, mostly original cloth/boards, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to QTY: (3 shelves)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments..., London: Printed by Mark Baskett, and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1767, additional engraved general title with imprint Oxford: Printed by Mark Baskett Printer to the University, letterpress general title and New Testament title, Apocrypha present, bound with at front Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches, London: Printed by Mark Baskett, and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1768, bound with at rear Book of Psalms. The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by Henry Woodfall for the Company of Stationers, 1756, front free endpaper with contemporary genealogical entries for John Boger of Webbery in the parish of Alverdiscott, Devon and also of Jane Boger (of Landrake, Cornwall), all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, black morocco title label to spine, thick 4to, together with:Dore (Gustave, illustrator). The Holy Bible, containing The Old and New Testaments, 2 volumes, London & New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, circa 1870, numerous wood engraved plates, occasional toning and scattered spotting, all edges gilt, armorial bookplate of Broome Witts to upper pastedowns, contemporary black morocco with gilt and blind decoration, some wear to joints and extremities, large 4to,Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments..., Oxford: Printed for the Clarendon Press, by Samuel Collingwood and Co., 1823, Apocrypha present, navy silk doublure endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt and blind decorated straight-grain red morocco, name in gilt to upper board 'Peter Bourne, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, 1825', neatly rebacked preserving original spine, large 4to, and Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by J. Cook and S. Collingwood, 1820, bound with Book of Psalms. A New Version of the Psalms of David... by N. Brady ... and N. Tate..., London: Company of Stationers, 1819, navy silk doublure endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt and blind decorated straight-grain red morocco, name in gilt to upper board 'Peter Bourne, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, 1825', joints cracked and lower board near detached, large 4to,Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., London: sold by Otridge and Son, F. C. and J. Rivington, and John Hatchard, 1813, early inscription and annotation to front blank, contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain red morocco, gilt name Wm. Vavasour to upper board, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus four other leather bound large 4to Victorian BiblesQTY: (8)

Babbage (Charles). The Exposition of 1851; or, views of the industry, the science, and the government of England, second edition, with additions, London: John Murray, 1851, half-title, 4pp. publishers advertisements at end, plus additional 16-page publishers catalogue, dated February 1851, several marginal annotations in brown ink by Whitmore Jones to preface, and further note in brown ink to chapter XVI, to the first page bound in at rear, binders ticket of Remnant & Edmonds, London to rear pastedown, original blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper cover, some light soiling and splash marks, faded to spine and edges, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Presentation copy from Charles Babbage to John Henry Whitmore (1795/96-1853) of Chastleton; From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.Author's presentation copy, from Charles Babbage to John Henry Whitmore Jones. Chapter XIII is an account by Babbage of the design and construction of his Difference Engine. An appendix contains De Morgan's review of Weld's History of the Royal Society, in particular 'Mr Babbages Calculating Machine'.Origins of Cyberspace 67.'Babbage had been proposed to head the Industrial Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851 but was rejected because of his early radicalism and his conflicts with the government over the Difference Engine. Resentful over his treatment, Babagge decided to publish a book on the Exhibition to set before the public the ideas that he otherwise would have presented at the Exhibition's governing committees. Babbage's Difference Engine, although certainly one of the engineering marvels of the 19th century, was not included in the Exhibition.'

Sidney (Sir Philip). The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight. Now the ninth time published, with a twofold supplement of a defect in the third Book: the one by Sr. W. A. Knight; the other, by Mr J. A. John Stoun Scoto-Brit. dedicated to K. James and now annexed to this work, for the readers benefit. Whereunto is also added a sixth Booke by R. B. of Lincolns Inne, Esq., London: J. Walterson and R. Young, 1638, title within elaborate woodcut border, old ink inscription to front blank 'the Gift of M: W: 1672', and further ownership signatures to verso of the same leaf (probably of the same period) of Rebekah Leman, title and following leaf with a little fraying to blank outer margins and to final two leaves at end, occasional slight soiling, light water stain to final few leaves endpapers renewed, modern antique style blind-ruled full calf, rubbed and some marks, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.STC 22550.

Cook (Moses). The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forest-Trees..., 3rd edition, corrected, London: Eliz.Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth [et al.], 1724, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding engraved diagrams at rear, armorial bookplate of Philip Eyre and the Parlett family to front endpaper, contemporary calf, modern reback with red calf title label, 8vo, together with:Elkington (Joseph & Johnstone, John). An Account of the Mode of Draining Land, according to the system practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, London: Printed by B. McMillan, sold by G. and W. Nicol, and to the Board of Agriculture, 1801, 19 folding engraved plates and plans, armorial bookplate of William Balston to upper pastedown, original cloth with printed paper label to spine, 8vo,Skellett (Edward). A Practical Treatise on the Breeding Cow, and Extraction of the Calf..., London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1829, early ownership in manuscript to upper blank margin of title, 13 folding engraved plates, toning and spotting, original cloth-backed boards, rebacked with recent printed paper title label to spine, 8vo,Radcliff (Thomas). A Report on the Agriculture of Eastern and Western Flanders; drawn up at the desire of the Farming Society of Ireland, London: John Harding and Dublin: W. Porter, 1819, hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, 10 engraved plates (four folding), some offsetting and spotting, armorial bookplate of Henry Wise Harvey to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, blind and gilt decorated spine, lightly rubbed, 8vo,Cullyer (John). The Gentleman & Farmer's Assistant..., 2nd edition, Norwich: Printed for the Author, [1798], preface with author's signature, contemporary mottled sheep, joints cracked and light wear, 12mo, plus other 18th & 19th-century horticulture and agriculture relatedQTY: (11)

Charles I. Reliquiae Sacrae Carolinae. Or the Works of that Great Monarch and Glorious Martyr King Charls the I. Collected together, and Digested in Order, According to their Severall Subjects, Civil and Sacred, 2 parts in one, The Hague: Printed by Samuell Browne, 1651, engraved portrait frontispiece, double-page engraved portrait of Charles I at prayer (lined to verso and closed tear to fold), light dust-soiling, toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown,19th-century blind panelled and decorated calf, spine torn and some wear, 8vo, together with:New Testament [French]. Le Nouveau Testament de Nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ, Traduit en François Selon l'edition Vulgate, avec les différences du Grec. 2 parts in one, new edition, A Mons: Gaspard Migeot [Amsterdam: Daniel Elsevier], 1672, general title in red and black and with woodcut device, 2nd part with separate title 'Les Epistres de S. Paul. Les Epistres Canoniques. L'Apocalypse', light damp-staining and dust-soiling, modern calf, 8vo (Willems 1480, The On account of the hostility of the Jesuits in Paris, this Jansenist Bible could not be printed in France and the various editions with the Mons imprint are usually attributed to the press of Daniel Elzevier at Amsterdam),Hall (Joseph). The Old Religion: A Treatise Wherein is laid down The true state of the difference betwixt the Reformed and Roman Church..., for a Preservation against Popish Insinuations, London: Printed by M. F. and are to be sold by William Freeman, 1686, some damp-staining, front endpaper with early manuscript ownership of Kitty and Agnes Travell, Frances Travell, and F. E. Witts, contemporary mottled calf, joints rubbed, 12mo, plus other 17th-early 19th-century antiquarian including Peacham (Henry). The Compleat Gentleman. Fashioning him absolut [sic], in the most necessary and commendable Qualities concerning Minde or Body, that may be required in a Noble Gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the order of a Maine Battaile or Pitched Field, eight severall wayes: with the Art of Limming and other Additions newly Enlarged, London: Francis Constable, 1634, additional engraved title, lacking three leaves of text (N3, N4 & O1), leaves N1 & N2 detached, damp-staining throughout, contemporary calf, 4toQTY: (8)

Fosbrooke (Thomas Dudley). Abstracts of Records and Manuscripts respecting the County of Gloucester, 2 volumes, Gloucester: Printed by Jos. Harris, 1807, additional etched title to volume 1, numerous plates, some toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, modern reback, 4to, together with:Tunnicliffe (William). A Topographical Survey of the Counties of Stafford, Chester, and Lancaster..., Nantwich: Printed and sold by E. Snelson, 1787, 3 folding engraved maps and 16 plates of armorial bearings printed back to back, damp-stained throughout, armorial bookplate of J. Finch Smith, Rector of Aldridge, Staffordshire, early 19th-century half calf, light wear to joints and extremities, 8vo,Skelton (Joseph). Skelton's Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie, Oxford: J. Skelton, 1823, engraved frontispiece, title and numerous plates, vignette illustrations to text, toning and some scattered spotting, ownership label to E. M. Onslow and armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt and blind decorated spine, large 4to, plus three othersQTY: (7)

Mason (William). The English Garden: A Poem, edited by W.Burgh, 1st collected edition, York: Printed by A. Ward, 1783, some light damp-staining, front free endpaper with early signatures of C. Travell and F. E. Witts, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 8vo, together with:Marguerite (Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre). Les nouvelles de Marguerite, reine de Navarre, 3 volumes, Berne: la Nouvelle Société Typographique 1792, half-title to volumes 1 & 2, cancel title pages (re-issue of 1780-81 edition), 74 engraved plates (including frontispiece to first volume) and vignette illustrations, some light damp-stains and toning, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown, contemporary dark green calf with gilt and blind decoration, few joints split at foot, 8vo,Sterne (Laurence). The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 5 volumes, 3rd edition, London, 1769, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels to spines, 12mo,(Dodsley, Robert). The Oeconomy of Human Life, translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin, London: E. Harding, 1798, stipple engraved vignette illustrations, without frontispiece, front blank with early annotation 'F. E. Witts. Presented to me by the Prince Hereditary of Saxe Gotha', upper pastedown with armorial of Edward Francis Witts, contemporary half calf, title label rubbed, 12mo, plus other 18th-19th century antiquarianQTY: (59)

Le Musée des Dames et des Demoiselles. Les Fleurs; Les Minéraux; Les Insectes; Les Oiseaux; Les Fruits; Les Papillons, [Paris: Marcilly Aine], circa 1825, a complete set of six volumes, each with hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, tissue-guards present, scattered foxing, stitching slightly strained in places, original glazed lilac boards, upper covers blind-embossed and with hand-coloured oval engraving mounted in centre, 12mo, contained together in original box, pull-off lid with embossed gilt sides and engraved title label (slightly rubbed and dusty), some corners splitQTY: (1)NOTE:Gumuchian 4230.

Valerius Maximus. Valerii Maximi Dictorum factorumque memorabilium exempla. Adiecto indice propriorum nominum, rerumque memoria dignarum locupletissimo. Variae lectiones ex uetustiss. codicibus, Paris: Roberti Stephani, 1544, printer's woodcut device to title, colophon dated 'M.D.XLV. VII. id. Ian.', final blank leaf present, with light dust-soiling mostly to title, light damp-stains to lower margins at front of volume, lacking front free endpaper, early 19th-century signature of F. E. Witts and Mr. Bull's Circulating Library of Bath book label to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf with gilt decorative motif to centre of boards and decorative ornament to board corners, neatly rebacked with gilt ornament to compartments, corners refurbished, 8vo (Adams V108), together with:Lactantius. L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Divinarum institutionum lib. VII : de ira Dei, liber I; de opificio Dei, liber I; epitome in libros suos, Liber acephalos..., Lyon: Joannem Tornaesium & Gul. Gazeium, 1561, decorative border to title with manuscript ownership at head 'H. Peach Eton Coll.1702', damp-staining throughout, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown, early 18th-century calf, gilt decorated spine with brown morocco title label, 16mo in 8s,Cunaei (Petrus). De republica Hebraeorum libri III. Editio novissima, Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge et Elizeum Weyerstraet, 1666, engraved title with 18th-century signature of W. Hasledine, engraved bookplate of Edwd. Witts to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, worn at foot of spine, 24mo in 8s, plus nine other 17th-18th century antiquarian, including Les Comedies de Terence..., 3 volumes, Rotterdam: Gaspar Fritsch, 1717, numerous engraved plates (some folding), damp-stained throughout, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, some damp-staining and light wear, 16mo in 8s, and Orlando Innamorato di Matteo Ma. Bojardo rifatto da Francesco Berni, volumes 1, 3 & 4 only, Venice: Antonio Zatta e Figli, 1785, contemporary diced calf with gilt decorated spines, extremities lightly rubbed, 16mo in 8sQTY: (12)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures with an introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1913, 44 colour plates mounted onto brown paper, with captioned tissue guards, top edge green, publisher's blind stamp to title page 'presentation copy', some minor finger soiling, loosely inserted slip to front endpapers 'Early Copy for Review. With Mr. Heinemann's Compliments...The Publisher particularly requests that no reference to this work be made before 13 Nov 1913, 21 Bedford Stret, London, W.C.', original light grey buckram with gilt lettering and vignette, small brown mark to upper cover, 4to, together with 6 other books illustrated by Arthur Rackham comprising: A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, [1922], Snowdrop and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, 1920, Gulliver's Travels, 1909, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1929, Undine, 1909, The Ingoldsby Legends, 1907 and a copy of A New Bibliography of Arthur Rackham by Richard Riall, 1994, all 4toQTY: (8)NOTE:Riall p. 118.

Maw (George). A MonographoftheGenusCrocus, 1st edition, London: Dulau and Co., 1886, half-title, double-page colour lithograph map, 81 hand-coloured lithograph plates (plate 17 was never published, faint blind stamp to plates), letterpress wood engraved vignette illustrations, toning and spotting mostly to first and last leaves, inscription to upper pastedown 'Presented to the Society by Mrs E. A. Walker, Spencer's Belle View, Bath, 1889', and with bookplates of the Bath Branch of the Selborne Society and Bath Public Reference Library, hinges repaired, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth with bevelled edges to boards, rebacked preserving original spine (with library classification number in gilt), evidence of label adhesive at foot of upper board, some wear to extremities, large 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen 1316. Considered the finest work ever published on theGenusCrocus. GeorgeMaw was a polymath whose occupations included chemistry, geology, botany, archaeology, watercolour painting and gardening. He was a manufacturer of caustic and other tiles which were exported all over the world. Maw and Company also produced art pottery, employing well-known designers such as Walter Crane. Maw was an experienced plant hunter and accompanied Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker on a plant-hunting exhibition to Morocco and the Atlas Mountains in 1871. He became an expert on theCrocus and illustrated his monograph - the result of ten years toil - with his own watercolours, of which John Ruskin wrote that they were "most exquisite... and quite beyond criticism".

Owen (John & Bowen Emanuel). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd; being a Correct Coppy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England & Wales..., London: Printed and sold by Thomas Bowles ... & Em. Bowen, 1720, engraved title, four pages of tables of roads, 273 uncoloured engraved strip road and county maps, printed back-to-back, pages 21/22 bound before pages 19/20, repaired closed tear and few ink markings to final leaf, endpapers renewed, contemporary blind panelled calf, modern reback, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CXLVII. The first, second and third editions are all dated 1720, but this example has the Em. Bowen imprint, indicative of the first edition.

Busch (Wilhelm). Max and Moritz A Story in Seven Tricks, 1st English edition, Munich: Braun & Schneider, London: A. N. Myers & Co, [1874], hand-coloured illustrations throughout, printed to rectos only, decorative endpapers, ownership label to rear pastedown, original brown cloth, decorated in gilt, black, and blind, a few small marks, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:First published in Germany in 1865.

[Whitelocke, Bulstrode]. Memorials of the English Affairs: or, an Historical Account of what passed from the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration. Containing the Publick Transactions, Civil and Military. Together with the Private Consultations and Secrets of the Cabinet, London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1682, damp-stain to title, some toning, 19th-century half calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, split at foot of upper joint, extremities rubbed, folio, together with:Taylor (Jeremy). Eniautos. A course of Sermons for all the Sundays of the year ... With a supplement of ten Sermons preached since His Majesties Restauration..., 3rd edition, London: Printed by E. Tyler for R. Royston, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece inscribed to verso 'James Luccock, Diss, Norfolk, 1819', general title in red and black, manuscript annotation to final dedication leaf, occasional toning and few marks, 19th-century blind panelled calf, joints cracked and covers rubbed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Wing W1986 and T331.

Pointon (Priscilla). Poems on Several Occasions, 1st edition, Birmingham: Printed for the author by T. Warren, 1770, half-title, LXII, [1], 108pp., single-leaf insert paginated *80-82 present (the pagination and register continuous), early ownership signature of J. H. Whitmore to head of half-title, list of subscribers, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with:The Polite Academy, or School of Behaviour for Young Gentlemen and Ladies. Intended as a Foundation for Good Manners and polite Address, in Masters and Misses..., [2nd edition], London: Printed for R. Baldwin and B. Collins, 1762, 36 xxxvi, 108pp., lacks engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved plates, all with contemporary (possibly juvenile) hand-colouring, title with loss to lower portion of fore-margin, affecting some words, several short closed tears and marks elsewhere, contemporary Dutch boards, rubbed and some wear, 12mo, plus six others various: [Thomas Sherlock], A. Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; on occasion of the late Earthquakes, London: printed for John Whiston, 1750 (ESTC T180219), Bernardin de Saint Pierre, The Indian Cottage. Translated from the French of Monsieur De St. Pierre, Author of Etudes de la Nature, Paul et Virginie, London: Printed for John Bew, 1791 (ESTC T114946, John Warden, A Collection from the Spectator, Tatler Guardian, Mr Pope, Mr Dryden, from Mr Rollin's Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres, and his Universal History. For the benefit of English Schools, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed for John Warden, Teacher of English, 1752 (first published in Edinburgh in 1737), and three 18th century almanacs (The Ladies Diary: or, Woman's Almanac, for the year of our Lord 1773, The Ladies Diary: or, Woman's Almanac, for the year of our Lord 1778, and The Gentlemans Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; an almanac for the year of our Lord 1776), all 8vo QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent.ESTC T125991 (eighteen copies).Lichfield poet Priscilla Pointon (circa1740-1801) went blind 'in her thirteenth year' (preface, p. vi) yet secured some 1,500 subscribers, including a number of aristocrats, for her first book of verse (she published her second in 1784, by which time she was Mrs Pickering). ESTC records 18 copies world-wide for Pointon's work (most of the UK copies being distributed between Birmingham libraries and Oxford).Polite Academy: ESTC T141024. First published in 1758; one of the rarest 18th-century books for children.

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st edition, 1902, half-title, with 'wept' for 'shed' on page 51, grey leaf-patterned endpapers, blind embossed booksellers stamp to free front endpaper, upper hinge with slight crack at foot, original dark green boards lettered in white with rectangular pictorial panel to upper cover, two minor rubs to pictorial panel, 16moQTY: (1)NOTE:Linder, p.421; Quinby 2.

Houghton (William). British Fresh-Water Fishes, 1st edition, London: William Mackenzie, [1879], half-title, title in red & black (with signature to upper outer blank corner), 41 colour plates, with tissue guards, wood engraved vignette illustrations, occasional scattered spotting and few marks, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt and blind decoration, gilt-blocked vignette of fishes and title to centre of each board, some wear to extremities particularly to board corners, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 2009.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes, New York: The Century Company, 1913, colour sampler title, 12 colour plates, numerous illustrations, light offsetting from colour plates, free endpapers toned to one side, floral pattern endpapers, all edges gilt, original maroon half morocco over floral boards, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, upper joint tender, spine a little faded, some light edge wear, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Riall p. 116 'The American edition is far more desirable, as the above additions, with the quality paper, produce a far better publication. I have seen a copy, quarter bound in red leather, with floral boards and matching end-papers. All edges are gilt. This may be a publishers deluxe binding.'

Greene (Graham). Rumour at Nightfall, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1931, preliminary and rear leaves spotted, small ownership stamp to head of preliminary leaves, upper hinge cracked, original red cloth gilt, blind design to upper cover, some wear to head of joints, lightly marked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Greene's third novel, which he prevented being reprinted.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, reprinted London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951, color plates, original blind stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, very lightly faded to edges, 4to, together withSewell (Anna). Black Beauty, The Autobiography of a Horse, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, London: Jarrolds Publishers, circa 1910, colour plates, modern good-quality blue half morocco gilt, 4to, plusWilcox (Ella Wheeler, illustrator). Poems of Passion and Pleasure, pictured by Dudley Tennant, London: Gay & Hancock, circa 1910, tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, original gilt-decorated cream cloth, some dust-soiling, 4to, and other illustrated books similar including Kate Greenaway, Under the Window, London: George Routledge & Sons, circa 1880, Helen Beauclerk, The Love of the Foolish Angel, with decorations by Edmund Dulac, 1st edition, London: W. Collins, 1929, Forty-Four Turkish Fairytales, by Dr. Ignacz Kanos, illustrated by Willy Pogany, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, circa 1920, Mysteries of Police and Crime by Major Arthur Griffiths, 3 volumes, special editions, London: Cassell and Co., circa 1900, and others illustrated Aldin, Warwick, Goble, M. H. Dawson, Margaret Tarrant, Edmund Dulac, Randolph Caldecott etc., mostly original cloth, 4to/8voQTY: (approx. 70)

(i) The Blind Monkey 2016 collection for the Chinese Year of the Monkeysigned 'Lalique France'H. 6 cm, D. base 2.2 cm(ii) The Mocking Sparrow Paperweight in frosted crystalsigned 'Lalique France' and label 'Lalique Paris'9 x 10.5 x 6 cm(iii) The Proud Sparrow Paperweight in crystalsigned 'R. Lalique France' 8.5 x 10 x 5 cm

NO RESERVE Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, original blind-stamped boards, spine lettered in gilt, slight sunning to spine, light mottling to covers, small dent to foot of lower cover, dust-jacket, 3 short closed tears with light creasing to foot, faint creasing to head, 8vo, 1961.

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, boards with skeletal hand in blind to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, light strip of fading to upper cover, corners bumped, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, ownership name on endpapers, boards with dagger motif blocked to front boards in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, spine head bumped, jacket price-clipped, jacket nicks reinforced with tape verso, 1962, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, lightly toned, heaver to spines, nicks and short tears along edges, spine ends frayed and chipped, 8vo (2)

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, original boards with dagger motif blocked to front board in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket, very light creasing to upper edge and corners, one short nick to upper joint head, one or two very faint marks to lower panel, otherwise an excellent and crisp copy overall, 8vo, 1962.