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Haeften (Benedictus van). S. Benedictus Illustratus sive Disquisitionum Monasticarum libri XII, quibus S.P. Benedicti Regula & Religiosorum Rituum Antiquitates varie dilucidantur..., Praemittitur eiusdem ad vitam S.P.B. commentarius, Antwerp: Petrum Bellerum, 1644, eng. title, one double-page eng. table, bound without A1 (blank or half-title?), some dampstaining, contemp. pigskin over wooden boards, blind rollwork decoration, clasps present, upper panel of spine torn, some dust-soiling, folio. (1)

Hughes (George A.). The New Punctiuncula Stenograph System of Embossing, by which the Blind of all Nations will be able to Emboss for themselves on any Paper without the use of Type, and to Attain a Perfect Knowledge in Reading, Arithmetic, etc. with Unprecedented Facility, 1st ed., pub. by the author, 1843, 28pp., leaves embossed, a few light spots, original blindstamped cloth, some fading, 8vo. Signed to title by the author. Inventor of the Hughes Type, using three basic shapes of a dot, dash and rosette, and although easy to learn, did not establish itself. (1)

Liturgies. Directorium Benedictinum perpetuum: sive ordo Celebrandi divina officia, diuna, nocturna, missas, alia: Secundum Ritus Breviarii Benedictinia Pavlo Quinto..., 5 parts in one, Rorschachii: Joannem Schroterum, 1621, title in red & black, fraying to margins at front and rear, some dampstaining, ink linbrary stamp to title, contemp. blind dec. pigskin over wooden boards, brass corner pieces, lacking one clasp, 8vo, together with another similar volume of the same work, with (Blois, Louis de), Hludowici Blosii.. Opera omnia. Recusa, 2 vols., [Campidoni]: Ex typographia ducalis monasterii Campidonensis per Rudolphum Dreher, 1672, addn. eng. title to vol. 1, some dampstaining, contemp. blind dec. sheep over wooden boards, upper board to vol. 1 detached, vol. 2 lacks clasps, worn, 4to, and Herrgott (Marquard), Vetus Disiplina Monastica, seu Collectio Auctorum Ordinis S. Benedicti maximam partem Ineditorum..., Paris: Caroli Osmont, 1726, eng. vignette to title (with manuscript annotations), eng. port., contemp. pigskin over wooden boards with blind decoration, clasps intact, 4to, plus two others similar. (7)

Maria de Agreda. Mystica ciudad de dios milagro de su omnipotencia, y abismo de la gracia, historia divina, y vida de la virgen madre de dios, 3 vols., Antwerp, 1722, half-title and engraved frontis. to first volume, initial title printed in red and black, fine full-page engraved plates, contemp. blind-tooled calf, worn to extrems. with some loss to spines, folio, together with Mello de Castro (Julio de), Historia Panegyrica da Vida de Dinis de Mello de Castro, Lisbon, 1721, half-title, title in red and black, contemp. sheep, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (in 6’s), plus Lobo (Francisco Rodriguez), Primavera, 3 parts in one vol., Lisbon: Antonio Aluarez, 1651, part one bound after part three, also bound with Diez de Aux y Granada (Fernando Alvaro), Seneca, y Neron, pub. Lisbon, 1648, contemp. vellum, 8vo, plus other theological works in Spanish and Portuguese, 17th to 19th century. (10)

Missal. Pontificale Romanum Summorum Pontificum Jussu Editum a Benedicto XIV Pont. Max...., 3 parts in one, Urbini: Vincentius Guerrinius, 1818, numerous eng. illusts. to text, musical notation throughout, text printed in red & black, a.e.g., conetmp. blind & gilt dec. burgundy morocco, folio. (1)

Psalter [Latin]. Psalterium Chorale Sacri Ordinis Praedictorum, pub. H. Mainardi, Rome, 1756, engraved title, printed in red and black throughout, musical staves, leather tabs to foredges, contemporary blind pigskin over boards, paper manuscript label to spine, metal clasps (one lacking), a little rubbed and dust-solied, folio . (1)

Surius (Laurentius). Thesaurus Homiliarum seu Concionum ex Probatissimorum Patrum, et SS. Ecclesiae Catholicae tam Graecorum..., Cologne: Gosuini Cholini, 1604, woodcut device and early manuscript annotations title, woodcut dec. initials, occ. marginalia to few leaves, ink library stamp to title and verso of final leaf, some dampstaining, spotting and dust-soiling, 20th c. dark brown qtr. morocco, adhesive tape stain and library classification number at foot of spine, rubbed, folio in 6s, together with Haeften (Benedictus van), Venatio sacra, sive De arte quaerendi Deum Libri XII, Antwerp: Jacobus Meursius, 1650, eng. title, library stamps to initial three leaves, woodcut tailpieces throughout and device to final leaf, contemp. calf, blind rollwork dec., spine with insect damage, torn with some loss, worn, folio. (2)

[Robinson, William]. Proportional Architecture; or, The Five Orders; regulated by Equal Parts: After so concise a Method that renders it Useful to all Artists and Easy to every Capacity, 1st ed., sold by A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch .. and T. Cobb, 1733, engraved frontis. by James Smith, thirty-two numbered leaves, including title, engraved throughout, final leaf close trimmed to fore-edge, near-contemp. ownership inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper of William Yeats Gibbs of Southampton, dated March 8th 1784, contemp. blind decorated sheep, rubbed and marked, and some wear, with partial loss to spine, 8vo. Harris, British Architectural Books and Writers, 754. (1)

Thoms (P.P.). A Dissertation on the Ancient Chinese Vases of the Shang Dynasty, From 1743 to 1496, B.C., published by the Author, 1851, 63 pp., b & w illusts. to text, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, soiled and some wear to spine, slim 8vo, together with Hobson (R.L., Rackham, Bernard and King, William), Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, 1931, tipped in col. plts., numerous b & w illusts. from photos, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed (limited edition 309/625), 4to, plus Liln-Goldschmidt (Daisy), Ming Porcelain, trans. Katherine Watson, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1978, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j. and cardstock slipcase, square 4to, with other Chinese porcelain reference. (3 shelves)

Blight (J.T.). Ancient Crosses, and Other Antiquities, in the West of Cornwall, 1856; Ancient Crosses, and Other Antiquities in the East of Cornwall, 1858, numerous wood-engs., some spotting, a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, recently rebacked, 4to, together with Wainwright (A.), Scottish Mountain Drawings, vol. 1 (The Northern Islands), 1st ed., pub. Kendal, 1974, b & w illusts., orig. boards in sl. frayed d.j., oblong 8vo, plus Pevsner Architectural Guides: London 2 (South), 1st ed., 1983, and Devon, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, vols. 1 & 2, Dublin, all pub. Yale University Press, 2002-5, col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. mock morocco boards in d.j., 8vo, and other British topography and related. (7 shelves)

Gibbon (Edward). An Essay on the Study of Literature. Written Originally in French, by Edward Gibbon, Jun. Esq; Now first translated into English, 1764, slight dust-soiling, 19th c. half morocco, upper board near detached, worn, 8vo (ESTC T79690), together with [Swift, Jonathan], A Tale of a Tub..., 5th ed., 1710, eight eng. plts. (inc. frontis.), contemp. panelled calf, joints split and some wear, 8vo, plus A True Account of the Gunpowder Plot; Extracted from Dr. Lingard’s History of England and Dodd’s Church History.. With Notes and Prefatory Remarks, by Vindicator, 1851, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, with other theology, mostly 19th c., all ex-libris St. Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate, with usual marks . (3 shelves)

Taylor (W. Cooke). Memoirs of the House of Orleans; Including Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Characters in France During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 3 vols., 1849, port. frontis. to each, some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn on spines (vol. 1 lacks front f.e.p.), 8vo, with other French history and related, mostly Napoleonic era, all late 19th/early 20th-c. cloth-bound publications, mixed conditions . (6 shelves)

Walter (James). Shakespeare’s True Life, Published by the Author (for Strictly Private Circulation), 1890, port. frontis. (detached), b & w illusts. to text, orig. dec. cloth, soiled and some wear, folio, together with Hazen (Allan T.), A Catalogue of Horace Walpole’s Library, 3 vols., Yale University Press, 1969, orig. cloth in d.j., plus Armstrong (Elizabeth), Robert Estienne, Royal Printer. An Historical Study of the Older Stephanus, Cambridge University Press, 1954, b & w illusts. and facsimile title-pages, etc., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, tall 8vo, and Rothschild (Loren and Whiteman, Deborah), William Somerset Maugham. A Catalogue of the Lauren and Frances Rothschild Collection of Manuscripts, Letters, Printed Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, Art and Ephemera By and Relating to William Somerset Maugham, pub. Los Angeles, 2001, port. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and other Shakespeariana and bibliography, etc. (6 shelves)

Ruinart (Theodorici). Acta Primorium Martyrum Sincera & Selecta.. Editio Secunda, Amsterdam, 1713, additional eng. title, printed title in red and black, contemp. blind-stamped vellum, soiled, folio, plus other miscellaneous vellum bound antiquarian theology, mostly 17th and 18th c., all ex-libris St. Augustine’s Abbey, with usual marks. (6 shelves)

* Tennis. A collection of sixty-four black & white photographic portrait postcards of female tennis players by E. Trim & Co., Wimbledon, c. 1920s-30s, comprising fifty-six full-length portraits of individual players, six portraits of two players, one portrait of three players and a portrait of Mr & Mrs L.A. Godfree, all players wearing tennis kit and holding a racket, players identified within the image, publisher’s blind-stamp to lower corner of each card, postally unused, VG. (64)

* Tennis. A collection of sixty-seven black & white photographic portrait postcards of male tennis players, by E. Trim & Co., Wimbledon, c. 1920s-30s, comprising sixty-five full-length portraits of individual players and two portraits of two players (S.B. Wood, Jr. & R. Lacoste/Mr & Mrs L.A. Godfree), all players wearing tennis kit and holding a racket, identified within the image, publisher’s blind-stamp to lower right hand corner of each card, postally unused, VG. (67)

* Aldin (Cecil). The Derby. The Start [and] The Finish, c.1924, pair of photolithographs, both signed in pencil below the image by the artist, artist’s proof blind stamp below image, each approx. 335 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazed. ‘The Start’ benefits from a publishers printed list of the names, numbers, jockeys and starting prices of some of the horses shown in the prints. This is attached to the verso of the frame. (2)

* Scott (Peter). [Wigeon over the Marsh], pub. Arthur Ackermann & Son, Sept. 15th. 1944, colour print, signed by artist in pencil below image, Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp in lower margin, 400 x 460 mm, mounted, framed and glazed. (1)

* Natural history. Boschi (Giovanni), A collection of approx. 175 lithographs, originally published in ‘Atlante Zoologico Populare.....’, pub. Naples [1863 - 78], lithographs with contemp. hand colouring, including insects, mammals, birds, fish, domestic animals and reptiles, library blind stamp not affecting images, very occ. marginal closed tears, each approx. 350 x 250 mm. (approx.175)

Archibald Thorburn, Grouse in Flight, black and white print, signed in pencil, blind stamp, image 36cm x 57cm

ROBERT SAYER AND JOHN BENNETT (pubs) `Blind Plaintiff, lame Defendant Share the Friendly Laws Impartial Care`, mezzotint c. 1779, mounted but unframed, 14" x 10"

RANKIN, J.A., Map of the Country - Eight Miles Around Malvern, pub H. Lamb and Son, Malvern, c.1860 (14431). A folded steel engraved map printed on linen and hand coloured, a circular shaped map on the square linen, 161/2 inches by 161/2. Bound in original green and blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering, 6in x 4 1/2in. The map has some foxing spots but the covers are excellent (1)

A LATE GEORGE III SALVER, maker Robert Jones & John Schofield, London 1817, of circular form, the moulded border with beaded edging, the centre later chased with flowerheads, leaves and scrollwork centred by a blind cartouche, raised on claw and ball feet, 13" wide, 32ozs 6dwts

AN OAK LONGCASE CLOCK by Edward Morgan, London, c.1730/40, the eight day five pillar London movement with anchor escapement striking on a bell, 12" arched brass dial, the silvered chapter ring having Roman and Arabic numerals, secondary dial and calendar aperture, signature roundel to arch, the yew banded case with moulded cornice to arched hood and blind fret frieze on turned columns, ogee flush door, panel base and bracket feet, 84" high (Illustrated)

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CORNER CUPBOARD, 18th century, the key moulded cornice with scrolled pediment over blind fret frieze, single door with beaded panelling and crossbanding opening to green painted interior with shaped shelving, fluted angles and moulded base, 34" x 19" x 53 1/2"

A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ETAGERE, of oval graduated two tier form with satinwood banding and stringing, the upper section surmounted by a glass bottomed tray with gilt metal loop handles and featuring an Adam style marquetry and penwork patera on a scrolling foliate ground, shaped supports, plain lower, part on blind fluted turned tapering legs joined by shaped cross stretchers, 31 1/2" x 18 1/4" x 34 1/4" (Illustrated)

A Victorian inlaid walnut Davenport, inset green leather scriber with gilt tool work, four side drawers and four blind drawers on castors

A fine mahogany chest-on-chest, George III period, the dentil moulded cornice above a blind fret-cut frieze, above three long and two short drawers flanked with fluted canted corners on a base with a brushing slide and three long drawers raised on bracket feet, 70” (178cms)h x 44” (112cms). (1)

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN WALNUT BEDSIDE CUPBOARDS WITH FOUR BLIND DRAWERS TO THE DOOR

Two Royal Worcester Evesham flan dishes and a Blind Earl one

An upholstered head and foot board with matching cushions, Roman blind etc

FRANCIS BOND, 2 ttls: GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND, 1912, orig cl gt; AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE, 1913, 1st edn, 2 vols, 4to, orig blind stpd cl gt (3)

W STUBBS AND G TALMASH: THE CROWN CIRCUIT COMPANION ….., 1768, 4th edn, old full blind stpd cf worn and slightly scuffed, top bd detchd

[SIR JOHN SCOTT KELTIE]: THE SCOTTISH HIGHLAND: HIGHLAND CLANS AND HIGHLAND REGIMENTS, [1875], 2 vols in 8 divs, 4pp subscribers prospectus bnd in at front of div 1, orig blind stpd decor cl gt, spines worn and dry, some crude repairs (8)

H KEATLEY MOORE (ed): CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR …., 1920, orig blind stpd cl gt

JE HODGSON: THE HISTORY OF AERONAUTICS IN GREAT BRITAIN ….., 1924, limited edn (1000), orig blind stpd cl gt, teg

ARTHUR D DUBIN, 2 ttls: SOME CLASSIC TRAINS, 1975, 6th printing, orig blind stpd cl gt, d/w + MORE CLASSIC TRAINS, 1975, 2nd printing, orig cl gt, d/w + EDWARD S KAMINSKI: AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY A CENTENNIAL HISTORY 1899-1999, 1999, orig cl, d/w (3)

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE: NOTES ON NURSING: WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT, L Harrison [1860], old blind stpd cl gt, worn and soiled, lacks spine, both wraps detchd

ISAAC BARROW: A TREATISE OF THE POPE’S SUPREMACY TO WHICH IS ADDED A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH, L 1780, 1st edn, 2 works bnd as 1, engrd port frontis, old full blind stpd cf rebkd

WILLIAM FELKIN: A HISTORY OF THE MACHINE-WROUGHT HOSIERY AND LACE MANUFACTURES, Cambridge 1867, subscribers copy, old blind stpd cl gt, slightly worn

JOHN OGILVIE (ed): THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY, ENGLISH, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ….., 1850, 2 vols, old blind stpd cf gt, spine gt in compartments, aem (2)

PEARSON’S WEEKLY, June-December 1911, June-December 1914, 2 vols, blind stpd cl gt, slightly worn (2)

HANDLEY C G MOULE: SCENES IN THE LIFE OF OUR LORD + THE GOSPEL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, ill Harold Copping, [1907-08], 2 vols, 1st work preface and contents leaves loose, orig two-tone blind stpd cl gt, teg (2)

AESOP: THE FABLES OF AESOP, Ed Samuel Croxall, Halifax, William Milner 1844, wood engrd fdg frontis, lacks ffep, orig blind stpd cl gt

“SOUVENIR” DIARY 1838, [Paris?], [1837], engrd fdg frontis calendar ptd on both sides, orig decor blind stpd mor, inset small metal panel engrd “Souvenir”, with probably the original pencil, approx 82 x 55 mm

PI JOM NTE PI PSALTERION NTE DAUID ….., L, British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) 1826, Coptic/Arabic Psalter, blind stpd decor cl gt, slightly worn

ANDREAE VALLENSIS: PARATITLA SIVE SUMMARIA ….., 1758, old blind stpd cf, 4to

ISAAC ROBERTS: A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF STARS STAR-CLUSTERS AND NEBULAE …., [1883-1889], 2 vols, orig blind stpd cl gt, slightly worn (2)

W GIBSON: THE TRUE METHOD OF DIETING HORSES, 1726, 2nd edn, old full blind stpd cf gt

GAILLARD THOMAS LAPSLEY: THE COUNTY PALATINE OF DURHAM, A STUDY IN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY, 1900, orig blind stpd cl gt slightly faded + R B DOBSON: DURHAM PRIORY 1400-1450, 1973, orig cl gt, d/w + THE STATUTES OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF DURHAM ….., 1929 + RITES OF DURHAM BEING A DESCRIPTION OF BRIEF DECLARATION …… OF ALL THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS RITES AND CUSTOMS BELONGING WITHIN THE MONASTICAL CHURCH OF DURHAM ……, 1964, both PUBLICATIONS OF THE SURTEES SOCIETY, orig blind stpd cl gt (4)

DOUGLAS B HALL AND LORD ALBERT OSBORNE: SUNSHINE AND SURF A YEAR’S WANDERINGS IN THE SOUTH SEAS, 1901, 36 plts, fdg map, orig pict cl gt, teg + WALTER E TRAPROCK: THE CRUISE OF THE KAWA – WANDERINGS IN THE SOUTH SEAS, 1921, 1st edn, 17 plts as list, orig cl gt + FLORENCE S H YOUNG: PEARLS FROM THE PACIFIC, [1925], 1st edn, 49 plts, orig blind stpd cl gt + CAROLINE MYTINGER: HEADHUNTING IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1943, 1st edn, orig cl gt (4)

DANIEL DE FOE: HISTORY OF THE PLAGUE IN LONDON IN 1665, 1810, old hf cf gt + REGINALD BLUNT: BY CHELSEA REACH – SOME RIVERSIDE RECORDS, 1921, orig blind stpd cl gt (2)

J POTTER BRISCOE: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, 1901, orig decor full cf gt, rebkd, mod cl, aeg + T FRANCIS BUMPUS: THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1925, orig blind stpd cl gt + JOHN TIMBS AND ALEXANDER GUNN: ABBEYS CASTLES AND ANCIENT HALLS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, circa 1923, old full cf prize bdg gt, spine gt in compartments, aem + THE BOOK OF NOTTINGHAM ……, 1926, orig two-tone cl, ptd paper label to top bd and spine (4)

THOMAS MOULE: THE LANDSCAPE ALBUM; OR, GREAT BRITAIN ILLUSTRATED ……, ill William Westall 1832, 60 engrd plts, old blind stpd cl, gt, worn, aeg

R CARSTAIRS: THE LITTLE WORLD OF AN INDIAN DISTRICT OFFICER, 1912, 1st edn, orig blind stpd cl gt

REV THOMAS WEST: TEN YEARS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL POLYNESIA …., 1865, 1st edn, port frontis, dbl pge map, lacks fdg map, old blind stpd cl gt + [GEORGE ROBERT CHARLES, EARLY OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY]: SOUTH SEA BUBBLES, 1872, old hf cf gt + ABRAHAM FORNANDER: AN ACCOUNT OF THE POLYNESIAN RACE ITS ORIGINS AND MIGRATIONS ….., 1878, 1st edn, vol 1 only, fdg genealogical table at edn, old hf cf gt (3)

ALFRED W COLE: THE CAPE AND KAFIRS ….., 1852, 1st edn, litho frontis, old blind stpd cl gt, 12 mo

W H BARTLETT AND A H PAYNE: DAS MALERISCHE UND ROMANTISCHE NORDAMERIKA, Leipzig circa 1845, 47 engrd plts, old hf cf + BECKLES WILLSON: THE GREAT COMPANY ……, 1899, 1st edn, 12 plts, fdg map, old full cf gt, crest of Hudson’s Bay Co to top bd, spine gt in compartments, aeg + COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE UPPER LAKE REGION ……, 1905, old blind stpd full cf gt, aeg (3)

JAMES GRANT: SKETCHES IN LONDON, 1840, 2nd edn, old blind stpd cl gt worn + CHARLES DICKENS: DICKENS’S DICTIONARY OF LONDON, 1879, orig ptd wraps worn, top wrap detchd + SIR WALTER BESANT: LONDON IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1902, recased qtr cl bkd bds, ptd paper label to spine, 4to + G H BIRCH: LONDON ON THAMES, 1903, orig cl gt, teg + CANON BENHAM: THE TOWER OF LONDON, 1906, orig cl gt, teg + RICHARD KEMP: SOME NOTES ON THE WARD OF ALDGATE ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY, 1935 reprint, orig card wraps + GUSTAVE DORE AND BLANCHARD JERROLD: LONDON – A PILGRIMAGE, 1978 reprint edn, orig cl gt, d/w + two others (9)

WILLIAM AND MARY HOWITT: RUINED ABBEYS AND CASTLES OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1862 + WILLIAM HOWITT: RUINED ABBEYS AND CASTLES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1864, both vols old blind stpd decor cl gt, each with albumen photograph pasted to top and bottom bd, worn and soiled, edges and spines rubbed and scuffed, aeg (2)