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J.F.PIMM (b.1900) unframed etching with aquatint "Durham Cathedral" signed artist's proof, with blind stamp, 13.75 x 8.75ins

PLATINA (BARTHOLOMAEUS SACCHI DE) DE VITIS PONTIFICUM ROMANORUM, numerous woodcut portraits, some water-staining and light soiling, small tear to G2, lacks ff. Y3-6, R and AA misbound, early ink annotations throughout, title frayed and with tear across repaired with tape, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, lacks ties, soiled, 8vo, Cologne, Mater. Cholinus for G. Cholinus, 1600.

RAINE (JAMES) Saint Cuthbert: With an Account of the State in Which his Remains were Found upon the Opening of his Tomb in Durham Cathedral, in the Year MDCCCXXVII, Durham, 1828 ~ Bingham (Rev. Joseph) Origines Ecclesiasticae; or, the Antiquities of the Christian Church, 9 vol., modern binder's cloth, London and Oxford, 1840 ~ Andrews (William, editor) Bygone Church Life in Scotland, illustrations, 1899 ~ Fraser (Brother Alexander) An Account of the Proceedings at the Festival of the Society of Freemasons, at Their Hall... 1813, folding engraved frontispiece, 3 plates, 1813 ~ Oliver (Rev. George) Institutes of Masonic Jurisprudence, 1859, first mentioned 20th century half morocco, rest modern binder's cloth, ex-library copies with bookplate and occasional blind-stamps; and c.43 others, Theology, Church History, Freemasonry, 4to & 8vo (c.56).

STATE PAPERS.- KING HENRY THE EIGHTH, 11 vol., folding pedigrees, some slight spotting, ex-library copy with bookplates, all but 1 vol. original blind-stamped cloth, 1 vol. original cloth-backed boards, tears affecting spines and joints, 1831-52; and 13 others including 8 vol. of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution, and 5 vol. of Royal Geographical Society, 4to & 8vo, v.d. (24).

DICKENS (CHARLES) The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2 vol., illustrations by H.K.Browne, 1875; Oliver Twist, illustrations by George Cruikshank, 1874 ~ Galt (John) Annals of the Parish, 2 vol., frontispieces, 1895; The Provost and The Last of the Lairds, 2 vol., frontispieces, 1896 ~ Goldsmith (Oliver) The Works. Edited by Peter Cunningham, 4 vol., 1854, modern binder's buckram, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamps; and c.29 others, Literature including 13 by and about Dickens, 8vo & 4to (c.40).

JAENISCH (C.F. DE) JAENISCH'S CHESS PRECEPTOR: A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE OPENINGS OF GAMES, 1847 ~ Pardon (George Frederick), "Captain Rawdon Crawley". Cricket, Its Theory and Practice, text illustrations, n.d. [c.1866] ~ Hutchinson (Horace G.) The Book of Golf and Golfers, plates, 1899 ~ Beldam (George W.) and P.A.Vaile. Great Lawn Tennis Players: Their Methods Illustrated, plates, 1905, modern binder's buckram, ex-library copies with occasional blind-stamps; and 22 others, Sports and Pastimes, v.s. (26).

MELVILLE (HERMAN) OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, frontispiece, publisher's catalogue at end, original blind-stamped cloth, slightly soiled, tear on spine, spine chipped at head, 8vo, 1842. *** The English edition preceded the American edition by a month.

CATTERMOLE (Rev. RICHARD) THE GREAT CIVIL WAR OF THE TIMES OF CHARLES I AND CROMWELL, additional engraved vignette title and 28 steel-engraved plates, n.d. [c.1850] ~ Tyrrell (Henry) The History of the War with Russia, 3 vol., steel-engraved plates, n.d. [c.1860] ~ Maurice (Maj.-Gen. Sir F.), W.J.Long and A.Sonnenschein, translators and editors. The Franco-German War 1870-71, plates, text illustrations, n.d. [c.1875], occasional slight foxing and soiling, third mentioned modern binder's cloth, rest 20th century morocco-backed cloth, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates; and a small quantity of others, Military, v.s. (sm. qty.).

Bible, English. St. John's Gospel, in embossed type for the blind, newspaper cutting, slightly browned, original cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed, spine creased, oblong 4to, 1866.

BOYDELL (JOHN) ILLUSTRATIONS OF HOLY WRIT, 100 engravings by Boydell after Isaac Taylor on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, 1820 ~ Lytton (Lord Edward George Bulwer) The Pilgrims of the Rhine, steel-engraved vignette title and 25 steel-engraved plates to The Pilgrims of the Rhine, occasional slight foxing, 1834 ~ Sermon on the Mount (The) Illuminated by W.G.Audsley, Illustrated by Charles Rolt, Chromolithographed by W.R.Tymms, 2 titles and 25 illuminated ff. of text printed in chromolithographed and gilt, n.d. [c.1850] ~ Doyle (James E.) A Chronicle of England B.C.55-A.D.1485, colour text illustrations by the author, 1864 ~ Hood (Thomas) [Poems], 9 steel-engraved plates by Gustave Dore, slight soiling, 1870 ~ Bell (Charles Dent) The Four Seasons at the Lakes [Poems], chromolithograph pictorial borders throughout by Blanche de Montmorency Conyers Morrell, n.d. [1878], modern binder's buckram, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamps; and c.74 others, Illustrated, v.s. (c.70).

---. HETLEY (G.B.) THE NATIVE FLOWERS OF NEW ZEALAND, 36 chromolithograph plates, 3 black and white plates of dissections, later binder's buckram, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp at the corner of plates, folio, 1888.

MILLS (ALFRED) NATURAL HISTORY OF 48 BIRDS, WITH ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS, engraved frontispiece, plates, publisher's red morocco, blind-stamped fillets on sides, gilt-tooled lines on spine, edges and extremities rubbed, [Spielmann 366], 6cms x 5.5cms, 1816 ~ May (W.) The Little Book of British Quadrupeds, engraved plates, original embossed buckram, gilt, evenly faded, g.e., [Spielmann 359], 7.3cms x 5.9cms, [c.1830] (2).

AMERICAS.- BIDWELL (CHARLES T.) THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 1865 ~ Cumming (C.F.Gordon) Granite Crags, folding map, plates, 1884 ~ Manning (Rev. Samuel) American Pictures, plates and text illustrations, n.d. [c.1880] ~ Lorne (John George Campbell, Duke of) Canadian Pictures, folding map, illustrations, n.d. [c.1880], first mentioned later half morocco, corners worn, rest modern binder's buckram, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamps; and 27 others, Americas, 8vo & 4to (24).

---. WILLIS (NATHANIEL PARKER) AMERICAN SCENERY, 2 vol., steel-engraved additional vignette titles, portrait and plates, 20th century morocco-backed cloth, spines worn, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates, 4to, 1840.

---. WILLIS (NATHANIEL PARKER) CANADIAN SCENERY ILLUSTRATED, engraved portrait, map and 117 plates after W.H.Bartlett, portrait stained, 20th century binder's morocco-backed cloth, spines faded, ex-library copy with blind-stamp on plates, 4to, 1842.

---. CUMMING (CONSTANCE F.GORDON) FROM THE HEBRIDES TO THE HIMALAYAS, 2 vol., 27 woodcut plates, 1876 ~ Oldmixon (John) Gleanings from Piccadilly to Pera, 4 tinted lithograph plates, 1854 ~ L[eveson] (H.A.) The Forest and the Field. By H.A.L. the "Old Shekarry." Second Edition, photographic frontispiece portrait, 8 wood-engraved plates, 1867 ~ Playfair (Lieut.-Col. R.L.) Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis, folding map, plates, 1877 ~ Lane-Poole (Stanley) Social Life in Egypt, additional engraved vignette title, 5 engraved plates, woodcut text illustrations, n.d. [c.1880], occasional slight soiling, modern binder's buckram, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamps; and c.44 others, Travel, v.s. (c.50).

---. MARRYAT (FRANCIS S.) BORNEO AND THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO, FIRST EDITION, additional lithograph title and 21 tinted lithograph plates, woodcut text illustrations, 20th century binder's morocco-backed cloth, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates, 4to, 1848.

---. PARDOE (JULIA) THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS, additional engraved title view, portrait, map and 78 plates after W.H.Bartlett, tissue guards, 4 plates damp-stained, modern binder's buckram, covers slightly soiled, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates, 4to, 1838.

---. WALSH (Rev. ROBERT) CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE SCENERY OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA MINOR, 2 vol. in 1, additional engraved vignette title, folding map, town plan and 94 steel-engraved plates, tissue guards, occasional slight marginal damp-stain, modern binder's buckram, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp in margin of plates, 4to, n.d. [1839].

ATKINSON (Capt. GEORGE FRANCKLIN) "Curry and Rise," or the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India, additional pictorial chromolithograph title and 39 chromolithograph plates, 1 plate with loss of blank corner and slight dust-soiling, later half morocco, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates, n.d. [1859].

AUSTRALASIA.- GARRAN (ANDREW, editor) AUSTRALASIA ILLUSTRATED, 3 VOL., wood-engraved illustrations, many full-page, binder's morocco-backed cloth, ex-library set with bookplate and occasional blind-stamps, folio, Sydney, &c., 1892.

EUROPE.- ALLAN (JOHN H.) A PICTORIAL TOUR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, addition lithograph pictorial title and 40 tinted lithograph plates, 20th century binder's cloth, ex-library copy with blind-stamp on plates, folio, 1843.

---. BATTY (Capt. ROBERT) GERMAN SCENERY FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN 1820, engraved pictorial title, 60 engraved plates, large vignette view, occasional slight foxing and soiling, ownership signature on title, 20th century binder's buckram, ex-library copy with blind-stamp on plates, folio, 1823.

---. CARR (JOHN) THE STRANGER IN FRANCE, 1803 ~ Batty (Captain Robert) French Scenery, 1822 ~ Collection de 28 Vues de Paris prises au Daguerreotype, n.d. c.1860 ~ Paris and its Environs... from Original Drawings taken under the direction of A.Pugin, Esq., vol.I only (of 2), 1833, first mentioned aquatint plates, rest steel-engraved plates, second mentioned modern morocco-backed cloth, rest modern binder's cloth, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates, v.s.; sold not subject to return. (4).

---. HAKEWILL (JAMES) A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF ITALY, additional engraved title and 63 plates, slight foxing, contemporary half morocco, worn, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp at corner of plates, folio, 1820.

---. HOARE (Sir RICHARD COLT) A TOUR THROUGH THE ISLAND OF ELBA, steel-engraved map and 8 plates, 1814 ~ Bell (John) Observations on Italy, 9 steel-engraved plates, 1825 ~ Nash (Frederick) Panorama of Paris, 39 steel-engraved views on 34 plates, n.d. [c.1830] ~ Ormonde (John Butler, Marquis of) An Autumn in Sicily, folding map, 16 plates, Dublin, 1850, first mentioned later binder's cloth, second mentioned contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, rest modern binder's buckram, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates; and c.61 others, Europe, v.s. (c.65).

---. SWINBURNE (HENRY) PICTURESQUE TOUR THROUGH SPAIN, engraved vignette title, map and 20 engraved plates, occasional slight marginal foxing and dust-soiling, 20th century binder's morocco-backed cloth, spine worn and slightly defective, ex-library copy with marginal blind-stamp on plates, folio, 1823.

---. WRIGHT (Rev. GEORGE NEWENHAM) THE RHINE, ITALY, AND GREECE, 2 vol., additional engraved vignette titles and 71 steel-engraved plates, slight foxing, modern binder's buckram, ex-library copy with blind-stamp on plates, n.d. [1841]; and another, Steel-Engraved Views, 4to (3).

---. USSHER (JOHN) A JOURNEY FROM LONDON TO PERSEPOLIS; including Wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan, Mesopotamia, and Persia, FIRST EDITION, 18 chromolithograph plates, occasional slight soiling, modern binder's buckram, ex-library copy with blind-stamp on plates, large 8vo, 1865.

---. WILSON (Col. Sir CHARLES WILLIAM) Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, 4 vol., steel-engraved plates and woodcut text illustrations, modern binder's buckram, ex-library set with bookplate and blind-stamps, 4to, n.d. [1880-84].

SIMPSON (Sir GEORGE) NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD, DURING THE YEARS 1841 AND 1842, 2 vol., portrait, folding map, 1847 ~ Elwes (Robert) A Sketcher's Tour Round the World, 21 tinted lithograph plates, 1854 ~ Seeman (Berthold) Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald during the Years 1845-51, 2 vol. in 1, tinted chromolithograph frontispiece, 1853 ~ Campbell (J.F.) My Circular Notes... Round the World, 2 vol., woodcut illustrations, 1876, occasional soiling, modern binder's buckram, ex-library copies with blind-stamps; and 29 others, Voyages, 8vo & 4to (35).

WILD (JOHN JAMES) AT ANCHOR. A NARRATIVE OF EXPERIENCES AFLOAT AND ASHORE DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. "CHALLENGER" FROM 1872 TO 1876, double-page colour chart, 12 chromolithograph plates by the author, all mounted, many text illustrations, occasional soiling, later binder's buckram, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamps, folio, 1878.

LEWIS (SAMUEL) A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND, 5 vol. including Atlas vol., mixed edition, 45 engraved maps (16 folding), Atlas vol. 57 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline (15 folding), a few folding maps with tears, some browning, original cloth and blind-stamped cloth, slightly rubbed, all but vol. IV and Atlas vol. lacking spines, folio, 1831-45.

---. THORNBURY (WALTER) OLD AND NEW LONDON, 6 vol., occasional slight soiling, later morocco-backed cloth, n.d. [c.1880] ~ Sims (George R.) Living London, 3 vol., later binder's buckram , 1902, wood-engraved illustrations, ex-library sets with bookplates and occasional blind-stamps; and c.28 others, London, 4to (c.37).

MOULE (THOMAS) GREAT BRITAIN ILLUSTRATED: A SERIES OF ORIGINAL VIEWS, LARGE PAPER COPY WITH PLATES IN INDIA PAPER, additional engraved vignette title, 118 engraved views by Edward Finden after William Westall on 59 sheets, tissue guards, untrimmed copy in modern binder's buckram, covers slightly soiled, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates, folio, 1830.

ORDNANCE SURVEY ATLAS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, quarter inch to the mile, 24 double-page colour maps, linen-mounted, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, spine worn, n.d. [c.1930] ~ Le Sage's Historical, Genealogical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas, Second Edition, hand-coloured maps and tables in text, later pigskin-backed cloth, spine worn, 1818 ~ The Consular Atlas, being a series of maps selected from Letts's Popular Atlas, 80 double-page colour maps, 1883 ~ Bartholomew (J.G.) and A.J.Herbertson. Atlas of Meteorology, 34 double-page sheets of colour maps, 1899, later morocco-backed cloth, spines worn, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamps and 34 others, Atlases, folio (38).

PATERSON (DANIEL) PATERSON'S ROAD, sixteenth edition, with an entirely new set of maps, by Edward Mogg, folding map, 1822 ~ Miller (R.) Miller's new Miniature Atlas, containing a complete set of County Maps, 56 engraved maps, n.d. [c.1800] ~ Taylor (William) The Antiquities of King's Lynn, plates, Lynn, 1844 ~ [Redding (Cyrus)] An Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Cornwall, steel-engraved plates, text illustrations, 1842 ~ Fitch (Robert) Views of the Gates of Norwich, 22 plates, additional plan and engraving tipped in, Norwich, 1861 ~ Mackenzie (Eneas) An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County of Northumberland, 2 vol., plates, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1825, occasional slight foxing and soiling, second mentioned modern binder's buckram, rest 20th century morocco-backed cloth, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates; and c.79 others, Topography, Local History, Miscellaneous, v.s. (c.86).

[PUGH (EDWARD)] CAMBRIA DEPICTA: A TOUR THROUGH NORTH WALES, ILLUSTRATED WITH PICTURESQUE VIEWS, frontispiece and 70 uncoloured aquatint plates, occasional slight foxing and minor marginal stains, 20th century half morocco, worn, upper cover loose, ex-library copy with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates, 4to, 1816.

WRIGHT (Rev. GEORGE NEWENHAM) TOURS IN IRELAND; OR GUIDES TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; THE COUNTY OF WICKLOW; AND THE GIANTS CAUSEWAY, 1823; Ireland Illustrated, 1833 ~ The Tourist in Wales: A Series of Views, n.d. [c.1850] ~ Martineau (Harriet) A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, n.d. [c.1860], third mentioned modern binder's cloth, rest 20th century morocco-backed cloth, ex-library copies with bookplate and blind-stamp on plates; and c.21 others, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Lake District, v.s. (c.25).

Paris (Matthew) Historia Maior, a Guilielmo Conquaestore, ad ultimum annum second edition, device on title, blank 4*6 & NN6 present, holes to inner margin of title, light staining to upper margin and occasionally elsewhere, contemporary blind-stamped calf, worn, spine damaged, upper cover partly detached from boards, (Adams P-337), folio, Zurich, in officina Froschoviana, 1589.

(Wolcot (John)), "Peter Pindar". Works, 5 vol., revised edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, offsetting to title of vol.1, ink inscriptions to front free endpapers, a little very light foxing, mainly to endpapers, bookplates, contemporary blind-stamped calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1812.

Wordsworth (William) The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind, first edition, half-title, 8pp. publishers' advertisments at front, dated November 1849, occasional spotting, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine, slightly faded, corners a little bumped, 8vo, 1850.

Stone (Reynolds) Boxwood, 24 Engravings, limited edition of 75 copies, this being one of 10 out of series, each engraving on Japanese Hosho hand-made paper, numbered and blind-stamped, mounted on thin card folder, proofed by the artist's daughter, Phillida Gili, in solander box decorated with green leaf patterned cloth, prospectus loosely inserted, Warren Editons, 1982.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum, or, a Natural History, in Ten Centuries. The Ninth and Last Edition, additional engraved allegorical title and portrait with slight soiling and marginal loss, mounted, binding broken internally, hinges repaired, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, (Gibson 179b; Wing B331A), folio, Printed by J.R. for W.Lee, &c, 1670.

Johnson (C.Pierpont) and John E.Sowerby. British Wild Flowers, 1860; The Useful Plants of Great Britain, n.d., (c.1870), hand-coloured plates by J.E.Sowerby, first mentioned later half calf, second mentioned bookplate, hinges cracked, original blind-stamped cloth, 8vo (2).

Lowe (Edward Joseph) Beautiful Leaved Plants, ex-library copy with stamps on reverse of title and fore-edge, marginal blind-stamp on plates, modern green half morocco, spine gilt, 1861 ~ Phillips (Henry) Flora Historica, 2 vol. in 1, slight ink-staining at foredge, modern green half morocco, 1824 ~ Smith ( Sir James Edward) An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany, 14 hand-coloured plates, modern half morocco, edges untrimmed, 1819, 8vo (3).

(Twamley (Louisa Anne)) My Home in Tasmania, 2 vol., frontispieces, plates and illustrations, half-titles, advertisements, slight spotting, bookplates on front pastedowns, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spines, slightly faded, (Ferguson 12506), 8vo, 1852.

A Victorian mahogany bow front chest with scroll carved blind frieze and long drawers, the turned wooden handles with mother of pearl inserts enclosed by carved and moulded cabriole shaped projecting angles on mushroom turned feet 118cm (46.5") wide

A George IV mahogany pedestal Pembroke table, rectangular moulded top with two fall leaves and rounded corners, above one real and one blind cockbeaded end drawer, the lobed tapering support with four fluted down curved legs with brass paw sockets and casters, 107cm x 114cm (42" x 45" maximum),

A George III oak Yorkshire dresser, the associated twin shelf back with dentil cornice and fret carved frieze, above three spice drawers and shaped divisions, the projecting base with three frieze drawers above one real and one blind centre drawer, enclosed by a pair of raised and fielded panelled doors with brass swan neck handles and channelled frame with panel sides, 191cm x 201cm (75.25" x 79")

A George III style mahogany serpentine display cabinet, the raised back with pendant cresting and with a gadrooned top with Greek key frieze above a twin above a twin curl veneer mahogany crossbanded and blind fret decorated door enclosed by a pair of serpentine glazed doors each with twin shelves, on shell carved cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, 150cm x 144cm (59" x 56.75")

A 19th century oak corner cabinet with canted corners and blind fretwork, 104cm

A George III oak and mahogany cross banded dresser, with a hinged top, three blind drawers over six short drawers, raised on ogee bracket feet, 185 x 92 x 54cm

A George III mahogany armchair with a pierced vase shape splat, carved arms and blind fret work legs and a stuff over seat, united by an 'H' stretcher (replaced top rail and reduced in height)

A Mid 18th Century Oak Long Case Clock with thirty hour movement, the square brass dial with rococo spandrels, the silvered chapter ring with roman hour and large arabic minute numerals inscribed "William Bilbie Chewstoke", the matt centre with calender aperture engraved with rose and star motifs, the hood with blind fret friezes surmounted by three brass globe finials, the trunk having a long rectangular door inlaid with star motifs, the short trunk with half star, on tall bracket feet.

18TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL. "Blind man's buff", study of figures in a garden setting with lake and country house in background, overcoloured black and white engraving, published March 23rd 1795 by John Fairburn, London, 25 x 35 cm approx..

A large pair of interlined glazed cotton curtains with green and gold foliate decoration on a wine ground, with a green and wine stripe inner blind.

A modern rectangular bevelled wall mirror in a green and gilt Chinese style frame, a modern double size pale gold brocade padded headboard, and a floral print Roman blind.

A 19th century mahogany bureau bookcase, the broken arch pediment with floral medallion and blind fretwork decoration above two astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelving, the base with fall front enclosing a tooled and gilded leather writing surface and fitted interior with central cupboard flanked by deed drawers, pigeon holes and various drawers, above two short and three long graduated drawers with later gilt brass swan neck handles in the Rococo manner raised on ogee bracket feet, 112.5 cm wide x 243 cm high.

An Early Victorian Rosewood Lap Desk, rectangular with canted lid, inlaid with a plain brass string with foliate pierced angle motifs and vacant shepherd's purse cartouche and key escutcheon, the interior with six pen, ink and accessory compartments (two lidded), and gilt and blind tooled writing slope, 35.5cm wide