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Hermès Blue Jean Leather Kelly 35 Bag. Palladium hardware, lock, keys, clochette, cross-over flap and strap closure and a signature turn lock, shoulder strap. The leather interior with slot pockets and a zipper pocket. Marked appropriately, blind stamp L in square - 2008. Like New condition. Measures 9" H x 13" W x 5" D. Original velvet dust bag included. Shipping $95.00 (estimate $8000-$10000)

A Georgian mahogany fold over tea table with blind fretwork carving.

GRANT, James - Old and New Edinburgh, its History, its People and its Places - three vols, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, half calf with numerous illustrations throughout, ex-library, with blind stamps to all illustrations

After Gerald Coulson. Harvest 1940, artist signed limited edition print, number 64/600, with blind stamp, 55cm x 69cm

A pair of distressed mahogany occasional tables with galleried sides, blind fretwork, pull out slides, supported on tapering legs. 31cm wide

After Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), "Three Men and a Cat", limited edition print, 16.5cm x 24.5cm, blind stamp lower left, signed in pen lower right, glazed and framed 36cm x 44.5cm.Condition: Colour is good, no fading. No signs of any foxing or stains. Seated well in mount. Appears as though its the original frame which has a couple of small dents. Signature and blind stamp as pictured.

After Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), street scene near a factory, limited edition print, 20.5cm x 25cm, blind stamp lower left, signed in pencil lower right, glazed and framed 40cm x 45.5cm.Condition: Colour is good, no signs of fading, foxing or stains. Print could be seated slightly better in mount, few gaps down the sides (see pictures). Appears as though its the original frame which has a few minor marks/scratches.  Signature and blind stamp as pictured.

After Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), "Two Brothers", limited edition print, 30.5cm x 59.5cm, blind stamp lower left, signed in pencil lower right, glazed and framed 50.5cm x 81cm.Condition: Colour is good, no signs of fading, foxing or stains. Print could be seated slightly better in mount, few gaps down the sides (see pictures). Appears as though its the original frame which has a few minor marks/scratches.  Signature and blind stamp as pictured.

Maximus (of Tyre). Philosophi Platonici Sermones e Graeca in Latinam linguam versi. Cosmo Paccio interprete, [Rome: Jacobum Mazochium, 1517], cxv,[1] leaves, decorative border to title incorporating a hunting scene, three leaves with early marginal notes, scattered spotting, occasional light dampstains to margins, modern mottled calf, red morocco title and blind decoration to spine, folio Adams M936. (1)

Dunne (John Hart). From Calcutta to Pekin; Being Notes taken from the Journal of an Officer Between those Places, 1st edition, Sampson Lowe, 1861, engraved portrait frontispiece and folding map, publisher's advert leaf at front and 16 pp. catalogue at rear, original blind-stamped red cloth gilt, a few minor marks, 8vo Uncommon. (1)

Vorrillong (Guillelmus de). Super quattuor libris sententiarum noviter correctus & apostillatus, Venice: Boneto Locatelli, 1502, 308, [3] leaves, double column, woodcut initials, light rubrication to side-note margins, printer's woodcut device at end, old paper repairs to title and blank margins of first two leaves and last leaf, old manuscript vellum leaves used as pastedowns, upper hinges cracked, later blind-stamped calf, some wear and loss to head of spine, remains of clasps, 4to (210 x 155mm) Adams V1018. (1)

Pratt (Anne). The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain [with] The British Grasses and Sedges, 7 volumes, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1856 or later], numerous colour lithograph plates, all edges gilt, publisher's gilt and blind decorated purple cloth, spines faded to blue, 8vo (7)

Mathesius (Johannes ). Syrach Mathesii das ist Christliche, lehrhaffte, trostreiche und lustige Erklerung und Ausslegung des schonen Haussbuchs, so der weyse Mann Syrach zusammengebracht und geschrieben..., 3 volumes in one, Leipzig: Bartholomaei Voigt, 1597-1598, general title in red & black (manuscript notes to upper & lower blank margins, German gothic text throughout, decorative initials, volume 2 title in black with woodcut device, large printer's woodcut device of Haeredum Beyeri to final leaf (colophon dated 1598), continuous pagination, occasional marginalia, lacks B1 from volume 1 and 3G1 (title) from volume 3, some dust-soiling, browning and spotting throughout, occasional wear to margins, inscriptions to front endpaper (free endpaper detached), rear free endpaper discarded, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards with bevelled edges, blind roll work decoration incorporating blind embossed central portrait of Martin Luther to upper board and Lutheran reformer Philip Melanchthon to lower board, brass corner bosses, one clasp intact, few small worm holes to upper board, heavy dirt soiling and darkening, slight wear at head of spine, folio (1)

Legal Manuscript. Precedents and Cases, circa 1770s, a total of approximately 600 pages written in a neat hand, unidentified author but with many references to Chichester, Sussex, a few leaves blank and several leaves inverted at rear, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, 'Main' or 'Mann' indistinctly stamped to upper cover, cracked on joints and spine with some loss, 8vo (1)

[Scott, William Bell, illustrated]. Landscape Lyrics by William Anderson, 1st edition, Smith, Elder & Co., 1838, engraved vignette title, six etched vignette plates, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, original green cloth, blind embossed with a floral pattern, slim 4to, together with Poems by William Bell Scott..., 1875, 17 etched illustrations, original gilt decorated cream cloth, spine a little brown and slight spotting to covers, 8vo, plus a related small etched illlustration by William Bell Scott from a picture by A. Boyd, 95 x 95mm, mounted (3)

Calvin (John). Institutio totius Christianae religionis, nunc ex postrema authoris recognitione, Geneva: Joannis Gerardi, 1550, printer's woodcut device to title (with early inscriptions, torn to fore-edge blank margin), decorative cribl‚ initials, some early marginalia and later underscoring, initial gathering loose, torn to gutter margin & somewhat creased, with terminal blank Kk4, some dampstaining mostly at front & rear, occasional marks, lacking free endpapers, contemporary pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, blind rollwork & embossed decoration, brass clasps intact, few marks and some wear to extremities, 4to in 8s Adams C358. The fifth edition in latin, being the first to include an index. (1)

Cotton (Robert). An Exact Abridgment of the Records in the Tower of London, from the reign of King Edward II, unto King Richard III, revised, rectified... and supplied with a preface, marginal notes... by William Prynne, printed for William Leake, 1657, title with small excision towards lower outer corner, contemporary blind-ruled calf, modern reback, thick folio, together with Cowley (Abraham), Works..., now published out of the authors original copies, first collected edition, printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne (slightly trimmed and relined), 19th century half calf with gilt morocco spine label, a little rubbed, folio, plus Mundy (Captain), Pen and Pencil Sketches, being the journal of a tour in India, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1833, etched plates, some light spotting, school prize ink inscription to front endpaper of first volume dated July 1842, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, modern gilt rebacks, 8vo, and other various antiquarian interest, including a defective copy of William Guthrie's Geographical Grammar, 19th edition, 1801, John Jacob, Annals of Some of the British Norman Isles, constituting the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Part I [all published], Paris, 1830, lithograph plates and other illustrations, some scattered spotting throughout, early owners' presentation inscriptions to front endpaper, dated 1855 and 1877, Guy Mige, The Great French Dictionary, 1688 (some fraying with loss to fore-edge of early leaves), folio, etc. (a carton)

*Bodmer (Karl). Chef der Blut Indianer, Chef des Indiens Sangs, Chief of the Blood Indians, published Ackermann & Co., circa 1840, hand coloured aquatint, heightened with gum arabic, C.Bodmer blind stamp to lower margin, slight dust soiling, 360 x 490 mm, together with Mih-Tutta-Hankusch, A Mandan Village, published Ackermann & Co., circa 1840, aquatint with contemporary hand colouring, heightened with gum arabic, slight finger soiling and spotting, 310 x 370 mm, with Remarkable Hills on the Upper Missouri, published Ackermann and Co., circa 1840, 29 uncoloured aquatint views on one sheet (as published), C. Bodmer blindstamp partially trimmed, 405 x 460 mm, plus Sadd (H. S.), The Spirit of - 76, published William Smith, 1862, uncoloured mixed method engraving after T. H. Matteson, some marginal repaired closed tears, slight dust soiling, 460 x 510 mm The first three described items were published in the atlas volume of Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied's 'Travels in the Interior of North America.'The first image depicts three Indian chiefs from the Koutani, Piekann and Blood Indian tribes apparently in conversation, Abbey Travel 615. (4)

Pindar. Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia, Frankfurt: Peter Braubach, 1542, 370, [8] leaves, including final blank, printed in Greek throughout except main title-page in Greek and Latin printed in red and black within decorative woodcut border, three part-titles, two in red and black, two with woodcut borders and two with woodcut device, numerous old ink Latin and Greek marginalia and underscoring, a little light browning and dust-soiling, front flyleaf cut away at foremargin and rear flyleaf not present, contemporary note in Latin to front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with clasp (second clasp defective), blind-stamped monogram and date 'S.E.H. 1554' to upper cover, rubbed and partly darkened, corner wear, 4to (195 x 140mm) Adams P1223; STC 697. (1)

Bartlett (W.H.). The Nile Boat; or, Glimpses of the Land of Egypt, 1849, engraved frontispiece, additional title, two maps and 31 plates (one plate folding), wood engraved vignette illustrations, scattered spotting, gauffered gilt edges, together with Pictures from Sicily, 1853, engraved frontispiece, additional title, map and 30 plates, wood engraved vignette illustrations, scattered spotting, gauffered gilt edges, contemporary uniform elaborate gilt and blind panelled red morocco, large 8vo (2)

Binding. L' Office de la Semaine-Sainte, … l'usage de Rome et de Paris. EnLatin & en Fran‡ois. Avec l'explication des C‚r‚monies de l'Eglise, Et des Instructions, Prieres & courtes R‚flexions sur les Myst‚res & Offices que l'on c‚l‚bre dans cette Sainte Semaine, Par Monsieur l'Abe‚ de Bellegarde, Paris: Jacques Collombat, 1732, engraved frontispiece (with blind stamp to lower margin), additional engraved title, four engraved plates, woodcut head & tailpieces, decorative initials, lower outer corner of b1 torn, red ruled margins throughout volume, marbled endpapers with 20th century bookplate of Karl Lachmann to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary full red morocco (in the manner of Antoine Michel Padeloup le Jeune, fl. 1712-1758), decorated with gilt pointille, floral & foliage decoration, within interlaced fanfare ribbon strapwork design, centre of each board with gilt arms of Louis XIV, discreet repairs at head & foot of spine and to board corners, 8vo The central decorative design appears to occur exactly on other examples of bindings from the period. It appears the design may have been applied via a block or plate, thus enabling the decoration to be applied relatively quickly, whilst mantaining quality and accuracy. A similar example of this design can be found on a 1743 edition of the same work at the British Library (shelf C47g5). (1)

Burslem (Rollo). A Peep into Toorkisthan, 1st edition, 1846, folding map, 4 lithograph plates including folding frontispiece, a few minor marks and a little light browning to frontispiece and title-page, upper hinges split, original blind-stamped green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, minor fraying to spine ends and along lower joint, corners bumped, 8vo Scarce. (1)

[Davie, John Constanse]. Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili, with an original history of the latter country, 1st edition, R. Ackermann, 1819, six hand-coloured engraved costume plates, some spotting, frontispiece and title lightly browned, contemporary gilt-decorated and blind-stamped calf with pen and ink and wash views of English cottages and a Norman church within octagonal frames to upper and lower covers, rubbed, slightly cracked along joints, 8vo Sabin 18746. (1)

Absolutely Fabulous. A printed rehearsal script for Episode 5 [of Series 3], written by Jennifer Saunders, [first broadcast on BBC, 4 May 1995], title and 71 numbered leaves, printed to rectos only, butterfly clip to upper left corner, title signed in blue ballpoint pen by June Whitfield (surname faded and heavily overinked), Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha, Bob Spiers (director), Lulu and largely faded signatures of two further guest actresses from this episode, Kathy Burke and Helen Lederer, plus one other now completely indistinct signature, 8vo (21 x 15cm) In this episode Patsy shacks up with Edina after Saffy leaves for University and find it hard to survive. Things get worse when Lulu decides to leave Eddy and join a more efficient American PR company, while Patsy's magazine folds and she loses her job. Provenance: June Whitfield originally donated this to a charity auction on behalf of a performing arts school in London for the blind and disabled. (1)

Petronius Arbiter (Titus). Satyricon quae supersunt cum integris Doctorum Virorum Commentariis; & notis Nicolai Heinsii et Guilielmi Goessi nunc primo editis... Curante Petro Burmanno, 2 parts in one, Utrecht: Guilielmum van de Water, 1709, engraved frontispiece, ink & blind stamp to title, few engraved illustrations, short closed tear to 2V1, early manuscript ownership to front pastedown, contemporary vellum upper joint & spine torn, 4to, contained in modern slipcase (1)

Baldaeus (Philip). Naauwkeurige Beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon. Nevens een omstandige en grondigh doorzochte ontdekking en wederlegginge van de Afgoderye der Oost-Indische Heydenen..., volume 1 only (of 3), Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius van Waasberge & Johannes van Someren, 1672, additional engraved title (repaired to lower outer corner & margin), letterpress title in red & black with early signature to upper blank margin, engraved portrait, 12 double-page plates & plans (one plan slightly cropped at fore-edge), eight engraved illustrations to text and three folding leaves of engraved text, some leaves with dampstaining at gutter, later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, spine, lower board and corners repaired, small folio (1)

Warwickshire. Graphic Illustrations of Warwickshire, [by Alexander Blair], Birmingham & London, 1829, 32 engraved plates (including frontispiece), vignette illustrations, occasional scattered spotting, top edge gilt, 20th century dark blue half morocco gilt, 4to, together with Perry (W.G.), Plantae Varvicenses Selectae; or Botanist's Guide through the County of Warwick, Warwick: Printed by W. Perry, 1820, interleaved with blanks with numerous early 19th-early 20th century manuscript entries, modern gilt decorated calf, 8vo, with Murray (Adam), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Warwick: with Observations on the Means of its Improvement...., 1815, folding hand-coloured engraved county map (detached), one engraved plate (loose), contemporary marbled calf, blind embossed oval device of the Limerick Institution to centre of each board, modern contrasting morocco labels to spine, 8vo, plus a volume containing 26 uncoloured aquatint plates of views of the Cumbrian lakes and places of interest drawn & etched by William Green at Ambleside, 1804, contemporary half red morocco, rubbed and light wear, slim folio (4)

The Fall - Mint 12” Vinyl of 2 different ‘Behind The Counter’ EP’s. ‘Why Are People Grudgeful’ 12” & 7”. Primal Scream ‘(I’m Gonna) Cry Myself Blind’ 10” with poster, ‘If They Move Kill ‘Em’ 7”.The Magic Numbers ‘Sad Eyes’ + 3 other artists 10” Vinyl EP of Springsteen Songs. ’10 inches of Blue eyed Soul’ Cagedbaby/Granddad Bob 10”Vinyl. New Rhodes ‘Everybody Loves A Scene’ vinyl album & ‘The Joys Of Finding’ 7” Single. The Unisex ‘White Days’ vinyl album.

AFTER WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT (SCOTTTISH 1880-1969) 'Variations on a Theme', a signed limited edition colour print, bears blind stamp, pencil signature lower right, 48cm x 63cm

AFTER WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT ( SCOTTISH 1880-1969) Gossip after Market, a signed colour print, blind stamp, pencil signature lower right, 52.5cm x 68.5cm

AFTER ERIC R STURGEON, THE MARKET CROSS AND THE SCISSOR GRINDER, both with blind stamps and signed in pencil, together with a Pirelli 1991 calendar and four other paintings a and print (8)

AFTER SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT (SCOTTISH 1880-1969) Victorian Diversion, a signed colour print, blind stamp, pencil signature, 58cm x 43cm, together with another print, Variations II, 48.5cm x 68cm

A basically 18th century oak coffer, the three panel top over blind fret carved frieze and central panel flanked by later geometric mouldings, plain panel sides on pegged stile supports, 67 x 122 x 54cm

A mid 18th century oak coffer, the later elm plank top over scroll blind fret carved frieze, four panel front and twin panel sides on pegged stile supports, 81 x 161 x 70cm

An Edwardian mahogany firescreen, decorated with a gros point woolwork of a Welsh dragon beneath a blind fret frieze, on splayed end supports, 76 x 57cm

A Chippendale style mahogany silver table, with pierced gallery and blind fretwork frieze, 88cm wide, 56cm deep, 75cm high

A Victorian walnut side table, with two blind frieze drawers, 74cm high, 106cm wide

An early 20th century dark mahogany bookcase, pair of leaded glass doors enclosing three adjustable shelves, panelled cupboard base with blind-fret detail, 3ft. 10in. wide

An early 20th century break-fronted mahogany bookcase, arrangement of adjustable shelves enclosed by two pairs of astragal-glazed doors, two central drawers, blind-fret frieze, on claw and ball feet, 6ft. 8in. wide

After Beryl Cook (1926-2008) - 'Two on a stool', print, pencil signed to lower right margin, blind stamp to lower left, pub Alexander Gallery Publications Ltd Bristol, 40 x 26.5 cm

A photograph of Twiggy standing before a poster of herself, Blind stamped Popperfoto Limited Edition numbered 18/21, 49cm x 30cm

A fine late 19th / early 20th Century English three-train long case clock, retailed by Edward Ewen of Dumfries, the eight-day movement playing and striking on nine tubular bells, having an arched face with silvered chapter, 'chime-silent' and chime selector dials to the arch, decorated with profuse foliate scroll blind fret-work overall, having Westminster, Whittington and St Michael chimes, in mahogany case with bevelled glass window to the trunk door, 226 cm

A mid 18th Century oak cased thirty hour longcase clock by John Bunting, Long BuckbyThe clock with a moulded cornice above a blind fretwork frieze over the 10" brass dial with a Roman numeral chapter ring and a central inset date aperture, the dial embraced by openwork spandrels and centred with the makers name, the plain case with a shaped door above a conforming lower panel and bracket feet, complete with single weight and pendulum, 105cm high.

A Chinese Chippendale Revival mahogany display cabinet, early 20th CenturyThe inverted breakfront display cabinet with a blind fret work frieze above a pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing two shelves and flanked by two single doors similarly glazed and enclosing two shelves, the lower section with a central long frieze drawers flanked by two small frieze drawers each with brass swing handles, raised upon four leaf carved cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, 147x182x56cm.

An early 19th Century Rosewood Drop Leaf Sofa Table with two active blind drawers on twin end supports united by a stretcher, 73cm tall x 72cm x 148cm extended

After Henry Arthur Miller (USA 1891-1980): 'Paris', limited edition serigraph with Coast Publishing blind stamp dated 1991 numbered 78/200 in pencil, with certificate 47cm x 38cm (unframed) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

John Wells (British 1907-2000): 'Untitled' 1960's, mixed media on paper with studio blind stamp 'J.C.S.W. Studio', 9cm x 29cmDDS - Artist's resale rights may apply to this lot Condition Report Very good condition - Ready to hang in a quality later frame Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

After Blek Le Rat (Xavier Prou) (French 1951-): 'Dancer White', screen print with 'The Black Rat Press' blind stamp signed in pencil, with certificate 53cm x 53cm (unframed) Condition Report Excellent condition, been rolled in tube from new Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

LAWRENCE STEPHEN LOWRY signed print - figures in a street entitled 'Two Brothers', with Fine Art Guild blind stamp, signed fully in pencil, 64 x 32cms

AFTER 'SNAFFLES' [CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE] (BRITISH, 1884-1967) 'The Gunner', colour print, the mount with snaffles bit blind-stamp and printed vignette, 43.5cm x 33cm.

Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) The Pool of Narcissus 73/100, monogrammed and numbered in pencil etching and aquatint in colours published by 2RC Edizioni d'art, Rome, with their blind stamp the full sheet 32cm x 56cm, unframed, together with Victor Pasmore: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings Constructions and Graphics, signed by the artist and the book jacket numbered 273/400, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1980 (2).

George Braque (1882-1963) Nuage en échec (Maeght 1043) 114/250, numbered in pencil (lower right) lithograph the paper with 'Maeght Editeur' blind stamp 37cm x 27.5cm. Provenance: Maeght Editeur, Paris, 1969.

After William Russell Flint (1880-1969), two women amongst arches, trees beyond, limited edition colour print, blind stamped and numbered in pencil 23/850, 46.5cm by 63cm

A 1950's - mid century retro sideboard dresser of low and wide form having tapering supports rising to a wide body comprising a central bank of blind fronted drawers with cupboards either side. Measures 90cm x 160cm x 49cm. 

An Edwardian piano stool with hinged led raised on square legs with blind fret worked detailing together with an early 20th century mahogany occasional table raised on bobbin column. Measures 67cm high. 

An Edwardian mahogany chippendale revival large  display cabinet. Raised on square tapered legs with spade feet supporting large astragal glazed door with a well lined shelved interior with flared cornice atop. The cabinet finished with blind fret worked detailed apron and carved dentil to the cornice atop. Measures 179cm x 113cm x 37cm. 

Herodotus. Herodoti Libri Novem, edited by Joachim Camerarius, collation: α6 β4 a-z, Aa-Cc6, Roman and Greek type, printer's device to otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letter, woodcut historiated initials, a few instances of early ink marginalia, Basel, Heirs of Johann Hervagius, [1541] bound with Thucydides. Thucydides cum scholiis, edited by Joachim Camerarius, collation: α-β a6 b-z A-D6 E8 F10. Roman and Greek type, woodcut decorative initials, colophon f., t6 blank, some early ink marginalia, final verso with woodcut printer's device, [Adams T664], Basel, Heirs of Johann Hervagius, 1540, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, spine in compartments and with later morocco label, upper joint starting, corners worn, stained, folio (317 x 199mm.)⁂ The first Herwagen editions of these Greek historians; the Herodotus being the second Greek edition overall and the Thucydides the third.Provenance: 'Robert Lindsay, this book portanes to me' (17th century ink inscription to rear endpaper). Literature: Adams H395; Adams T665.

Annotated by a confidant of Mary, Queen of Scots.- Aeschylus. Tragoediae VII, edited by Piero Vettori & Henri Estienne, collation: a-f4 g-z8 A-B8 C-I4, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, woodcut printer's device to title, final leaf blank, with Latin ms. marginal commentary by John Gordon, closely trimmed at head, touching the odd headline, h8 worm trace to lower margin, marginal water-staining, some ink-staining, [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1557 bound with Lycophron. Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, commentary by Isaac Tzetzes [probably John Tzetzes], edited and translated by William Canter, text in Greek and Latin, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut decorative initials, some light staining, [Geneva], Paul Estienne, 1601, together 2 works in 1 vol., 17th century English blind-ruled calf, spine in compartments and with yellow label, rubbed, housed in a 20th century cloth drop-back box, small 4to ⁂ Provenance: John Gordon (1544-1619), Bishop of Galloway, Archbishop of Glasgow and later Dean of Salisbury. in 1568 he entered the service of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, and attended the conferences of York and Westminster, which were held for the purpose of establishing the guilt of Mary, Queen of Scots. When Norfolk was later sent to the tower for treason he transferred his services to Mary. Gordon was renowned for his skill in classical and oriental languages, which would account for the present volume in his library (signature 'Johannes Gordonius Scotus' to title, scored through); The Earls of Macclesfield (armorial bookplate and blind-stamps). Literature: I. Adams A565bis; Gruys 6; Renouard, Estienne 116:5; Schreiber, The Estiennes 145 II. Renouard, Estienne 196:10; Schreiber, The Estiennes 272.

Bible, English. [The Newe Testament], Bishops' version of 1572, woodcut historiated initials, lacks title, 22 other preliminary ff, A1-3,7,8, F1,4,7,8, H7,8, I1, K8, L1,2,7,8, S1,8, T1,8, Z1,2,7,8, &4, 2A2,3, 2B5,6, 2G1,8, 2I1-8, 2L1,3,6,8, 2M1, and all after 2M5, many ff. torn or frayed, some with loss of text, a few loose or partly so, fore-edge margins trimmed, touching some side-notes, woodcut (defective) at head of 'A True and Perfect Reckenyng', several large woodcut initials, stained and marked, a few names or notes, mostly in margins, and scribbles, contemporary calf, ruled in blind, worn and scratched, without endpapers or fly-leaves, remains of clasps, [Herbert 134; STC 2875], 8vo, [R. Jugge], [?1573-1575].⁂ Rare early pocket edition of the English New Testament, the text closely following that of the folio Bishops' version published by Jugge in 1572. STC records only 3 copies in the UK (2 imperfect); and one in North America (New York Public Library, also imperfect).

Mill (John Stuart) The Subjection of Women, first edition, half-title, H5 a few soiling marks, a few ff. poorly opened, original blind-stamped cloth, corners bumped, gilt spine, slightly dulled, modern slip-case, 8vo, 1869.