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Smith (Philip, binder) New Directions in Bookbinding [&] The Book: Art & Object, 2 works in 1, extraordinary binding by Philip Smith of full tan goatskin with modeled onlays in various colors, upper cover with a 'V' shape opening revealing a painted scene set into the suede of the free endleaf, a similar painted scene set into the lower cover, full modeled goatskin doublures, all edges marbled, preserved in a felt bag, within clear Plexiglas slip-case and custom wooden case, the case with some pieces missing around the integral locking mechanism, folio (binding 353 x 220mm.), 1974-82.*** Smith describes this binding in an inserted sheet of "Artist's Notes" at the rear: "The idea of 'new directions' is suggested in the 'infinite regress' of the images, while the concept of the book as 'art and object' is suggested in the painting and sculpting features: this is a new treatment of the one-off hand-made book in an age when it is no longer necessary to bind books by hand for the general reading public - a new approach has long been necessary in this mainly 'traditional' craft justifying the continuance of it (if any justification is required). The purposely rugged effect moves away from the graphic 'reliure a la francaise" style. The 'object' nature of this kind of work is further enhanced by its incorporation in a display container made by Robert Ingham. The painting is with acrylic-based pigments and the modeling is with epoxy putty (the peaks are re-inforced over the millboard base with 2.5mm brass rods) and covered with 'maril' and feathered leather onlays. Other new features include the shaped double-core headband with the shaped cap, and the set-off markings from the puckered doublures enriching the suede flyleaves..."

Bible, English. [The holie Bible], [Bishops' Version], black letter, double column, woodcut illustrations, maps and initials, lacks 4 leaves of preliminaries (general title, (ii), *1 and blank f. *8), also P1 (divisional title to part 2), 3A1 (divisional title to part 3), 3P7, 4N10 and from New Testament R1 (leaf of woodcuts relating to Revelation), lacking engraved map of Canaan, general title and (ii) supplied in facsimile, prelims with tears and repairs with loss of some text, some leaves of NT seemingly supplied from another copy, including NT title (incongruous worming within text), ruled border to head trimmed a few times and printed side-note to C5v cropped, a few very small chips or closed tears without text loss, circular ink stain to NT title, NT some ff. with chips or tears repaired, affecting text but generally without loss, NT some worming within text, usually a few small and minor wormholes but heavier to R2, R7 & S1, final 5ff. more extensive repairs with some loss of text, final colophon f. trimmed and laid down with small loss, a few ink marks or inscriptions, some water-staining to preliminaries and final few ff., browned, some soiling and staining, modern antique-style panelled calf, red morocco spine label, few scratches to lower cover, [Herbert 132], folio (c.390 x 250mm.), Richarde Jugge, 1572; sold not subject to return.  *** The second folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, this copy far more complete than most. The main body of text containing the Old Testament, Pslames and Apocrypha is in particularly good condition and generally wide-margined. "A remarkable feature of this edition is its two-version Psalter, which exhibits, printed side by side, (1) The translation used in common prayer (taken originally from the Great Bible, and still retained in the Prayer Book) in black-letter, and (2) The translation after the Hebrewes (i.e. the Bishops' version) in roman type" (Herbert). In this copy, the preliminary leaves are bound with Sig.[par] before Sig.* but with leaf [par]10 at end ("order of the preliminary leaves is somewhat uncertain" - Herbert). A grand 16th-century black letter printing on strong paper, one of the most beautiful printings of the English bible.Provenance: William Austin: 1695 ?Born; Obadiah Woodcock January 6. 1766; Kenrick Edisbury (ownership inscriptions to *7).  

Herbal.- Parkinson (John) Theatricum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, or, an Herball of a Large Extent, first edition, hand-coloured engraved title and over 2000 woodcut botanical illustrations in the text, additional printed title, lacks ?preliminary leaf (20 only of 22pp., ?blank), text 3I3 (supplied in manuscript) and index and errata at end, engraved title small tear with loss, trimmed, laid down and with a later border (partially removed), printed title timmed and laid down, hand-coloured engraved plate from another work bound in among preliminary ff., tears in 2Y4, 3I4 (with small loss), 4Q2 and 6G6, other smaller tears in numerous margins, browned, some foxing, new endpapers, modern morocco, gilt spine, pencil note on lower pastedown "1978 - This Book rebound in Oxford - RI & MW", [Blanche Henrey 286; STC 19302], folio, by Tho. Cotes, 1640; sold not subject to return.*** "Parkinson's second work, which occupied him for many years, was Theatrum botanicum (1640), with more than 1700 pages. This described some 3800 plants and showed his extensive reading of the period's authorities; of particular value was the almost entire incorporation of Caspar Bauhin's Pinax, for its synonyms. Parkinson divided plants into seventeen ‘tribes’, based partly on their medicinal qualities and partly on habitat. William How in 1655 roundly accused him of plagiarizing the work of Matthias L'Obel, but Parkinson had acknowledged his debt to him, and as one historian wrote, 'He has taken very little, for the simple reason that very little was worth taking' (Raven, 268). Certainly John Ray did not despise the work, for he termed it 'the most full and comprehensive book of that subject extant' (Raven, 272), and frequently quoted from it." - Oxford DNB.Provenance: Roger Warner (1913-2008), antiques dealer and collector.

Laser die-cut work.- Eliasson (Olafur) Your House, one of 225 copies, signed by the artist, 908 pp. illustrated by Olafur Eliasson using computer-aided laser die-cuts, original cloth, oblong folio (292 x 450 x 115 mm.), New York, Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 2006.*** Conceived by Olafur Eliasson as part of the Contemporary Editions series at the Museum of Modern Art, this book is one of the more exciting new achievements in book making in the 21st century. The subject is Eliasson’s house in Denmark rendered in a vertical cross section through an elaborate laser die-cut process of each page. The format of the book allows Eliasson the space to fully realise his idea on a scale of 85:1, so that each leaf corresponds to 2.2 centimeters of the actual house.Eliasson summarises the experience of viewing this book thus, “Reading a book is both a physical and a mental activity. It is like walking through a house, following the layout of the rooms with your body and mind: the movement from one room to another, or from one part of the book to another, constitutes an experiential narrative that is physical and conscious at the same time."Born of Icelandic extraction in Copenhagen, in 1967, Olafur Eliasson lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin. His work has been exhibited in many international venues, including Tate Modern, London (2003), and the Menil Collection, Houston (2004). The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art organised a major retrospective of his work in 2007, which travelled to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, in 2008.

Booke of Receipts, manuscript in several hands, together 113pp. excluding blanks (39pp. 17 century, 32pp. 18 century & 15pp. a mix of 18 & 19 centuries; reverse entries 27pp. 17 century), reverse entries, 23pp. from both ends, first and last f. soiled and with brown marks, first 12ff. slightly wormed in inner margins, some ff. with other slight tears and marks, old Sotheby's catalogue description loosely inserted, loose, in the remains of a vellum indenture repurposed as the cover of this recipe book, soiled, creased and defective with loss, housed in an 18 century leather wallet, Post horn watermark, folio, 1670 [18 & 19 centuries].*** Cookery recipes including: "To prserve Pippins red"; "To make marmalade of Oranges"; "To make marmalade of wardens [pears] a most Cordiall marmalett"; "To make the Italian Biskett"; "To make marmaled of Cherreys Mr. John Gard; "To make a sacke Possett"; "How to coller Beefe"; ""Duck sause"; "To make Westphalia Bacon";  "To make Pancakes"; "To make Duke of Norfolks Punch"; "To make Syrup of Elder"; "Dutch Biskets"; "To make Cyder"; "A Brown Bread Pudding" etc.Medical recipes including: "Dr. Burges's drink against ye Plague, Purples, spotted ffever, Measles, Surfeits or ye like sudden sicknesses"; "The D. of Newcastle's Diet drink"; To make Almond cheese"; "A medicine to cure the green sicknesse"; "Sr Tho: Millingtons Diet drink for sweetening ye blood"; "For the Biting of a Mad Dog"; "Lady Parsons's Yellow Salve"; "ffor ye stone in the Bladder"; "A water for all manner of sore Leggs from the Knee downewards"; "Almond milke"; "A Unguent after a hard Travell" etc.

America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot. Part I. Describing the Sea Coast [...] of England... [bound together with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 'Part 1' with title and 23 engraved charts, double-page and four folding, 'The Fourth Book' with title and 21 engraved charts, including 7 folding, 10 double-page and four single-page, four additional charts within the text, and both 'parts' with numerous woodcut coastal profiles and small anchorage charts illustrated within the text, two contemporary manuscript leaves with ink annotations from previous owner/navigator carefully slipped into the atlas, some maps trimmed, old folds and handling creases, surface dirt and signs of use throughout, slightly rough edges with minor losses to extremities, early boards with only remnants of 17th century panelled calf remaining, early paper repair to edges and back, very worn, presented in modern drop-back box, folio, 1721 *** "The first significant collection of charts exclusively of the American coasts to be published in England" (Cumming). A scarce, notably early, example of "The Fourth Book".Maps in ‘The Fourth Book’ include: 1. Edmund Halley, A New and Correct Chart Shewing the Variations of the Compass in the Western and Southern Oceans, 17002. E. Wright, A New Generall Chart for the West Indies, [c. 1720]3. Mount & Page, A Generall Chart of the Western Ocean, [c. 1720]4. Mount & Page, A Chart of the Sea Coast of New Found Land, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, with Virginia, and Maryland, [c. 1720]5. Captain Cyprian Southicke, The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent, 17206. Henry Southwood, The Coast of New-Found-Land from Cape-Raze to Cape St. Francis, [c. 1720]7. John Gaudy, A Chart Shewing part of the Sea Coast of New-Foundland From ye Bay of Bulls to little Plecentia, 17158. Harbour Grace [single-page]9. Bay Bulls. Part of Newfound- [single-page]10. Cattalina Harbor [single-page]  11. Port Bonavista [single-page]12. Island of St Peter’s [in-text]13. Sam Thornton, A Large Draught of New England, New York, and Long Island, [c. 1720]14. A New Plan of the Harbour of Boston in New England… surveyed by order of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Navy, [1711]15. John Thornton and Will Fisher, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East and West New Jarsey, [c. 1720]16. John Thornton and Will Fisher, A New Mapp of Carolina, [c. 1720]17. Barbados [in-text]18. A Large Draft of the Island Antegua, [c. 1720]19. Samuel Thornton, A Chart of the Caribe Ilands, [c. 1720]20. A Chart of the Island of Hispaniola, [c. 1720]21. The Island of Jamaica, [c. 1720]22. Samuel Thornton, A New Chart of the Bahama Islands and the Windward Passage, [c. 1720]23. [Bermuda], [in-text] 24. A Draught of the Coast of Guiana, from the River Oronoque, to the River Amazones, [c. 1720]25. Samuel Thornton, A New and Correct Large Draught of the Tradeing Part of the West Indies, [c. 1720]

Newhouse estate.- Account books, 1792-98; 2 household account books 1790-1806; Whiteparish Poor Book 1801-1806, manuscripts, numerous pp., original vellum, soiled and marked, sm. 4to & ledger folio, 1792-1806; and c. 75 folio 19th century bank books for members of the Matcham family, Stewards Accounts etc., v.s., 1790 – 19th century (c. 75). *** Newhouse was built in 1619 by William Stockman and sold by him in 1620 to Sir Edward Gorges, later Baron Gorges. In 1633, he sold the estate to Giles Eyre (bap. 1608, d. 1685) of Brickworth House, Whiteparish and in turn his descendants sold it to a cousin, Sir Samuel Eyre (bap. 1638 d. 1698), a distinguished lawyer and judge. In 1817, Lord Nelson’s nephew, George Matcham (1789-1877) married Harriet Eyre and the estate has stayed in their descendents ownership until the 21st century.

More (Sir Thomas, Saint) The Workes, first edition in English of the complete works, largely printed in black letter, title within fine woodcut border incorporating Royal arms at head, woodcut initials, without leaf chi1 often inserted between 2C5 and 2C6, lacking blank leaf [par]10 and final blank, title little browned and soiled with a few wormholes (no loss to text or border), single wormhole within text of first c.18 leaves, 2[par]2 lower corner repaired with loss to letter of catchword, a few ff. with tears neatly repaired (fg5, 2i3, 2k7 & I7 affecting text or with loss to few letters), B4, X8 & 2R3 with tiny [rust-]hole within text, a few small marginal chips, occasional passage-marking and a few annotations in an early hand, some light browning, the occasional stain or light soiling, final few Sig. damp-stained at head, still overall a very good copy, modern antique style calf, spine in compartments, one lettered in gilt, a few minor scuff marks, [STC 18076; Pforzheimer 743], folio (277 x 185mm.), John Cawood, John Waly, and Richarde Tottell, 1557. *** The important first English edition of the complete works of "the man for all seasons", edited by his nephew William Rastell, arranged in chronological order and with marginal notes and a dedication to Queen Mary. It is also a source-book for Shakespeare's Richard III. "Given the conditions that More faced in the Tower of London during his last year it is all the more remarkable that he continued his writings. Towards the end, when paper and pen had been taken from him, he still managed to write letters in charcoal to the family. His Treatise on the Passion and the Latin version, Exposito passionis, give a vivid account of Christ's last hours before his death on the Cross, and his Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation is sometimes regarded as his finest work in English" (Keith Watson, Sir Thomas More). Provenance: Thomas Kery (contemporary ownership inscriptions to title and verso of final f.).

Blake (William) Illustrations of the Book of Job...Being all the Water-Colour Designs, Pencil Drawings and Engravings Reproduced in Facsimile, with an Introduction by Laurence Binyon and Geoffrey Keynes, 6 parts, collotype plates, some colour, original cloth-backed wrappers, printed labels to upper covers, uncut, the first part with glacine wrapper (creased and slightly frayed at edges), together in original cloth drop-front box, rubbed, spine faded and upper joint worn & split, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935; Vala or The Four Zoas, edited by G.F.Bentley, full-page illustrations, original buckram, dust-jacket, rubbed and frayed at edges, portion of spine panel detached, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1963, [Bentley 374 & 212], folio (2)*** The first is an excellent set of reproductions of Blake's work, including the watercolour versions for Thomas Butts, John Linnell and the New Zealand set, the drawings for the smaller set, and the proof issue of the first printing. The second item, Vala, is the only facsimile produced of this huge manuscript.

Edgeworth (Maria, novelist and educationist, 1768-1849) One page of a leaf of the autograph manuscript of her novel Garry Owen, or, The Snow-Woman, autograph manuscript with corrections, [1832]; Autograph Letter signed to "Mrs Hall", 3pp. with address panel, 4to, Edgworthstown [County Longford, Ireland], 2nd February 1830, "I am really sorry that it is not in my power to contribute any thing to your next years pretty book," folds, last page tipped-in on card, folio & 4to (2).

Detmold (Maurice & Edward J.) Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book", 14 mounted colour plates only (of 16, lacking 'Kaa the Python' & 'Elephant-Dance'), tipped into card aperture mounts with captioned guards attached, title with embossed "presentation copy" stamp and pencil number,  some margins of plates discoloured from old tissue guards, title, contents leaf and captioned guards spotted and slightly frayed at edges, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth gilt portfolio, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked and with flaps of portfolio renewed, new ties, folio, 1903.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), according to the Authorized Version of King James I, number 333 of 500 copies, wood-engraved illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, some full-page, bookplate of Victor D. Alberts, original half white pigskin, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly rubbed and yellowed, buckram boards spotted as often, original board slip-case (rubbed, some splits to joints), [Chanticleer 78], folio, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.*** Gill's typographical masterpiece. "Conceived in the fruitful mind of Robert Gibbings, this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves Bible and the Kelmscott Chaucer. A flower among the best products of English romantic genius, it is also surely, thanks to its illustrator, Eric Gill, the book among all books in which Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration." (Christopher Sandford in Chanticleer)

Atkinson (A.) A Set of Four. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac, 4 hand-coloured softground etchings with aquatint by Edward Orme after Atkinson, some light marginal toning and very light creasing, but a good set generally, original printed wrappers, spine repaired, upper wrapper with title within decorative border, lower wrapper torn with loss, upper wrapper extremities frayed, light creasing, preserved in custom folding chemise and drop-back box, [Abbey, Life 257; Bobins 832], folio, G.S. Tregear, 1824 [watermarked 1823]. *** Rare and charming series "From the imprint it is evident that these plates appeared first in 1819, but whether in the same form or whether they were part of a larger book is not clear" - Abbey.

Könitzer (Georg) Gewerbe-Festzug zur Feier des funfzig jahrigen Jubilaums der Vereinigung der Stadt Hof mit der Krone Bayern am 30. Juni 1860, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates by A. Heinrich and E. Bauer after Könitzer, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, repaired tears to extremities, patch of staining to upper cover, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1238; not in Colas], large folio, Leipzig, Gisecke & Devrient, 1860. *** Rare fête book recording the procession held on 30th June 1860 to commemorate the union of the town of Hof with the Kingdom of Bavaria. King Ludwig I commissioned Könitzer, a local artist, to commemorate the event.

Souvenirs de la Suisse, 75 fine tinted and hand-coloured lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic, mounted as issued with printed caption mounted to foot of lower margin, plate-guards, light vertical crease to inner margin of first few plates, scattered foxing, mostly marginal but straying into the odd image, publisher's book-label "F. Charnaux, Maison des Trois Rois, Genève" to front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, [Bobins 1682], oblong folio, Geneva, F. Charnaux, [c.1840]. *** The handsome deluxe issue of this work containing extensive landscape and urban views of Switzerland, including Chamonix, Mont Blanc, Lausanne, Zürich and Geneva.

[Peake (Richard Brinsley)] The Characteristic Costume of France..., first edition in book form, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 18 plates by Peake, plate-guards, some offsetting onto title, light foxing, bookplate to front pastedown, crushed red half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spine a little darkened, some light rubbing to joints, g.e., [Abbey, Travel 87; Bobins 544; Colas 2297], folio, William Fearman, 1819. *** Depicting a variety of scenes including arriving at Calais, fishermen, the interior of a coffee house, the Palais Royale, a gambling table, street characters, the catacombs and a morgue. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Godsmid-Stern-Salomons (armorial bookplate).

[Browne (Hablot K.)], "Phiz". A Run with the Stag Hounds, first edition, 12 chromolithographed plates by Browne finished by hand, a very good, clean copy, book label to front pastedown, original pictorial boards, sympathetically rebacked and recornered in modern morocco, [Bobins 1393; Schwerdt, I p.84], oblong folio, Fores, [1863]. 

The Macallan Archival Series Folio 6, 43%, 70cl Private Collector in EssexNotes from The MacallanFolio 6 is the sixth release in a 24 part series that celebrates and revisits The Macallan's original print, press and film advertising campaign; mapping the story of Macallan from a remote farmstead on the River Spey to a whisky that is enjoyed around the world. As with all the Folio releases, the bottle is presented in an elegant book shaped tin box.

The Macallan Archival Series Folio 5, 43%, 70cl Private Collector in EssexNotes from The MacallanFolio 5 is the fifth release in a 24 part series that celebrates and revisits The Macallan's original print, press and film advertising campaign; mapping the story of Macallan from a remote farmstead on the River Spey to a whisky that is enjoyed around the world. As with all the Folio releases, the bottle is presented in an elegant book shaped tin box.

The Macallan Archival Series Folio 5, 43%, 70cl Private Collector in EssexNotes from The MacallanFolio 5 is the fifth release in a 24 part series that celebrates and revisits The Macallan's original print, press and film advertising campaign; mapping the story of Macallan from a remote farmstead on the River Spey to a whisky that is enjoyed around the world. As with all the Folio releases, the bottle is presented in an elegant book shaped tin box.

Folio of plant related drawings and notesMost of the entries in the book are from the 1940s. Approximately 106 illustrations.Book measures 21.5cm x 19.5cm x 6.5cm No indication of the artist.

Three Folio Society book sets in slip covers, all concerning ancient civilisations.

The Doomsday Book for Warwickshire, three Folio volumes in slip case, complete with maps 

The Foulis Homer: Iliados. Odysseias. [in Greek]. Glasgow: Robert and Andreas Foulis, 1756-58, first edition, four volumes bound in two, text edited by Glasgow professors James Moor and George Muirhead, the book was printed in a new font of Greek type noted for its beauty and regularity, designed and cut by the Glasgow typefounder Alexander Wilson, marbled endpapers, binder's blanks of laid paper with Pro Patria watermark, later vellum, gilt, over thick boards, morocco labels titled in gilt on spines, raised bands, all edges gilt, folio (2). Professors James Moor (Robert Fouliss brother-in-law) and George Muirhead, from the University of Glasgow, proof-read the sheets multiple times and made the proofs available for public inspection at the University with a cash reward for anyone spotting a typo (purportedly never claimed). Thomas Jefferson, in a letter dated April 1, 1818, praises the perfection of the Foulis edition of Homer above all others. Described by Edward Harwood as "One of the most splendid editions of Homer ever delivered to the world. its accuracy is equal to its magnificence" (Harwood, 4-5). Condition Report: light marks to vellum boards, light foxing to preliminaries, tightly bound and overall good conditions.

Childrens Illustrated and others: Twelve hardback books -BANNERMAN (Helen). The Story of Little Black Sambo. Grant Richards, 1900. The Dumpy Books for Children series No. 4, third edition, 27 full-page colour illustrations, original publishers green striped cloth, engraved and printed at the Racquet Court Press; Eliot (T.S.). Old Possums Book of Practical Cats first illustrated edition, eighth impression, Faber and Faber, 1957. full-page colour illustrations by Nicholas Bentley, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 12s 6d, original pictorial cream cloth, lettered in red on spine, 8vo; GRISET (Ernest). Aesops Fables. Cassell Petter & Galpin, (n.d. c. 1888). new and enlarged edition with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine, and LEstrange, 162 wood-engraved illustrations after Ernest Griset, 54 being full-page, new endpapers, contemporary half leather, titled in gilt on spine; THOMPSON (Kay) and Georg Hallensleben. Eloise in Moscow, revised jacket edition, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000; SCARRY (Richard). Busy, Busy World, first edition, second impression, Paul Hamlyn, 1967; Best Word Book Ever, first edition, second impression, Paul Hamlyn, 1965; Storybook Dictionary, eighth impression, 1975; GUTMAN (Anne). Lisa in New York, Knopf Books for Young Readers (2002); ALIGHERI (Dante). New Life (La Vita Nuova), translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London: George Harrap (n.d. c. 1918). first Evelyn Paul edition, Deluxe issue, new endpapers with presentation prize bookplate, illuminated title-page and half-title, eight full-page colour plates, plus eight tipped-in colour illustrations and gothic style decoration in-text after Evelyn Paul, music by Alfred Mercer, original faux leather, gilt, 8vo; Redlich, Monica. (1909-1963). Return to London. Copenhagen: Carit Anderson, 1947. first edition, b/w. illustrations throughout by Ebbe Sadolin, original publishers marbled boards, lettered in red on labels to upper board and spine, limited edition of 1700 copies, tall 8vo; together with, IRELAND (John). Hogarth Illustrated. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1884; LEAR (Edward). Complete Book of Nonsense, illustrated by Quentin Blake, within slipcase, Folio Society, 1996. v.s. (12) Condition Report: The Story of Little Black Sambo - light marks and staining to boards, binding loose, boards cocked and almost detached, some rubbing to corners and spine ends, small tear to cloth tail of spine, occasional light marks internally, otherwise a clean copy.Old Possums Book of Practical Cats - light marks to boards, spine ends bumped, some signs of wear to dust-jacket with chips head of spine, internally clean and bright. Aesops Fables - rubbing to boards, some loss to leather on spine, corners and spine ends rubbed, foxing to title-page, further occasional foxing internally not affecting the plates.New Life (La Vita Nuova) - spine ends and corners rubbed, internally clean and bright. Return to London - light rubbing to boards, corners and spine ends rubbed, internally clean and bright.Hogarth Illustrated - boards rubbed, spine ends and corners rubbed, some loss to paper label on spine, edges untrimmed, a few joints cracked, occasional foxing. Storybook Dictionary - some signs of wear to boards and spine.Others - overall good conditions.

Champagnac (J.B.J.) Les Images, ou Scènes Morales... pour servir à l'Instruction et à l'Amusement des Enfans qui sont bien Sages, additional engraved title and 23 plates by Martinet, all hand-coloured, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some light foxing and spotting, morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed, oblong small folio, Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1826.*** A rare and charming moral book aimed at children, with finely coloured scenes of families amidst French landscapes and interiors. Only one previous appearance at auction at Sotheby's, 1968. 

Josephus (Flavius) The Whole Works, translated by Charles Clarke, engraved portrait frontispiece and plates, title with closed tear, initial ff. creased, some marginal spotting, repairs to hinges, contemporary tree calf, worn, folio, by J. Walker, 1785. 

Britain.- Camden (William) Britain, Or a Chorographical Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland..., first English edition, translated by Philemon Holland, engraved additional title, lacking all maps and last leaf of index, contemporary ink description of book to front free endpaper, first few leaves laid down, some corners and edges neatly repaired, some water-staining and light spotting, endpapers renewed, later calf expertly laid down preserving backstrip and covers, decorated in gilt, rubbed, spine gilding faded, [USTC 3004367], folio, George Bishop and John Norton, 1610; sold not subject to return.

Geology.- Scrope (George Poulett) Considerations on Volcanos...Leading to the Establishment of a New Theory of the Earth, first edition, 3 folding plates (2 lithographed), illustrations, cancelled library ink-stamp to head of title, foxing and browning, original blind-stamped cloth, some wear to spine ends, lightly rubbed and browned, 1825; and a defective copy of the 1839 report on the selection of stone for the new Houses of Parliament, 8vo & folio (2) *** Scrope's first book, considered the earliest systematic treatise on volcanology.

Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), X1-3 torn and frayed at lower outer corner with slight loss to catchwords, small stain to inner margin of last few leaves, gilt-stamped morocco label "Scottow. Norf: 1763." to front pastedown, etched bookplate of Bryan Hall, contemporary red morocco, tooled in gilt with central lozenge made up of crowns, suns, double-headed birds, acorns etc. and border of flowers and other ornaments, spine gilt in compartments with six raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., rather scuffed and stained, corners worn, folio, Cambridge, Joseph Bentham, 1762.*** Bought for Scottow church, Norfolk in 1763.

Henry Francoise. The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, 126 colour plates, 75 further b/w plates, original publishers cloth gilt, slipcase, folio, London: Thames and Hudson, 1977. Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Slipcase with some scuffs and marks.

John Pouncey. Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, 4 parts bound in 2 volumes, first edition, 79 photolithographic plates, including one double-page, tissue guards, 2pp. of advertisements at the end of each volume, original publisher's cloth, oblong folio, London: Bland and Long, 1857 RARE. The first English book illustrated with photolithography.Some browning and spotting to plates, but especially to tissue guards, evidence of light staining to title, cloth somewhat worn and faded, extremities chipped.

George Hutcheson. An Exposition On The Book Of Job; being the sum of CCCXVI Lectures, preached in the city of Edenburgh, title in black, modern buckram and calf, folio, London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1669.owners inscriptions in ink on title page, scattered spotting and browning throughout.

John Evelyn. Sylva, or a Discourse on Forest Trees, third edition, two parts in one, with annexed Pomona: or an Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider, title pages printed in red and black, numerous engraved illustrations throughout, book plate of William Robert Phelips on front pastedown, all edges gilt with nineteenth century fore-edge painting of a Country House, contemporary panelled reverse calf with circular onlay of the Phelips crest to both covers, small folio, London: John Martyn, 1679.covers slightly rubbed and corners bumped, some hinges towards end reinforced, some rust marks, a little browned throughout.

WIGAN (ELEAZAR)Practical Arithmetick. An Introduction to ye Whole Art... Adorn'd with a Great Variety of Flourishes Perform'd by Command of Hand... to be interleav'd for ye more speedy fitting of youth for Merchandize or Trade, engraved portrait by J. Sturt after I. Closterman dated 1695, 61 engraved calligraphic leaves after Sturt, including title and dedication, some soiling, first few leaves a little damp-stained and softened at edges with slight loss, contemporary panelled sheep, worn around edges with some loss, joints cracking [cf. ESTC R18813, variant issue; cf. Heal, English Writing Masters, p.163], small folio, Sold by ye author, [1696]Footnotes:EXTREMELY SCARCE ARITHMETIC AND PENMANSHIP MANUAL - ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COPIES OF THIS ISSUE.There are two issues of this rare work, ours and the Harvard copy being the only ones traced with the imprint simply reading 'Sold by ye author'; no copies giving this imprint have been found in auction records. The other issue bears the imprint 'sold by I. Lenthall Stationer att the Talbott against St. Dunstans Church in fleet Street'; of this several copies are recorded in institutions and in auction records.Although John Sturt was the leading calligrapher of the time, little seems to be known of Eleazar Wigan. Over twenty years earlier Edward Croker had dedicated his morality and writing manual (Croker's morals, 1675) 'to my Honoured Friend Mr. Eleazar Wigan That Famous Writing-Master; Living at the Hand and Pen on Great Tower-Hill', but as Mark Noble wrote in 1806 (A Biographical History of England, vol. 1, p.310), 'the only publication of Wigan's now known is his 'Practical Arithmetic', in which are given the titles and principal rules for common arithmetic, adorned with flourishes 'by command of hand'... The book was dedicated to the rev. Samuel Hoadly, master of a boarding-school at Hackney, father of bishop Hoadly, who had the education of two of his sons'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, 'VINEGAR BIBLE'The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER COPY, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette of Oxford Churches, engraved frontispiece depicting Moses receiving the Law, engraved head and tail-pieces, ruled in red throughout, light browning mostly at edges and occasional foxing, contemporary dark green morocco covers with gilt border of semi-circular rolls and two panels of floral rolls, triangular and lozenge shaped floral tools at the corners, spine divided in eight compartments with raised bands, gilt floral tooling, g.e., a couple of abrasions and one scratch, spines faded and lacking title labels, spines and edges worn [ESTC T89281; Herbert 942A], folio (550 x 360mm.), Oxford, John Baskett, 1717Footnotes:LARGE PAPER COPY IN AN ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY BINDING, 'printed in large type' (Herbert). Known as the 'Vinegar Bible', from the misprint in the headline above Luke XX ('The parable of the vinegar [for vineyard]'), its many misprints also earned it the nickname of 'A Baskett-ful of Errors' (after the publisher's name). Misprints aside, the book is characterised by sixty large and attractively-engraved head- and tailpieces featuring biblical scenes. Harry Carter writes of this edition that 'only Baskerville's Bible (Cambridge, 1763) is its equal among English Bibles for beauty of type, impression, and paper' (H. Carter, The History of the Oxford University Press, 1975, I).Provenance: William Talbot (1710-1782), 1st Earl Talbot, and later family (1777 to 1952) ownership inscriptions and Ingestre Hall bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ARCHIVE OF A SCOTTISH FARM, Achareidh, Nairn, 1830-1899. An extensive and important archive of daily events on a Scottish farm over the last seventy years of the 19th century. Achareidh is near Nairn, a fishing port and market town on the Moray Firth. It is 17 miles east of Inverness. Brodie, Rait and Cawdor castles are nearby. The farm was owned by the Clarke family for several generations. The archive comprises 34 hand written journals of various sizes and 4 albums of photographs:A daily weather journal from January 1st 1830 to December 31st 1899, recorded in 10 journals (lacking book for 1886-90). General weather conditions are given, and from the 1860s barometer and thermometer readings are recorded twice a day;Eight account books, 1837 to 1887, recording every item of daily expenditure. Amongst the many thousands of entries, those for 1883 include entrance to the Highland Society Show (3/-) catalogue (1/-) train to Inverness (3/4) cab hire (4/-) two papier mache trays (4/-) offertory at Nairn Parish Church (1/-) and 34 and a quarter gallons of whisky (£6 11s 3d);Two folio books of plans of the fields showing crop rotation, 1839-57 and 1858-74;Manure record 1858-86;Farmer's Diary 1840-85 and another diary 1888;Letters 1830-85, four volumes recording the date, to whom letter was sent and very brief details. The first two volumes have the bookplate of Augustus Terry Clarke;Account book with the National Bank at Nairn 1862-85;Account book with the British Linen Company's bank at Nairn 1862-74; Account book 1840-86, mainly dividends on stocks and shares;Eggs laid 1859-85;Memoranda of sheep 1865-86;Displenish sale at Achareidh, 24 October 1886;Nairn chapel accounts from 1843-80. According to a loosely inserted letter, the chapel was sold off in 1901;A large album of local views c 1890;Another large album of mainly local views c 1890, including several photos of turf huts;An album of snapshot of Africa 1909-10;An album of newspaper cuttings on the Boer War, 1899, including the sieges of Ladysmith and Mafeking (38) (2 boxes)

FOLIO SOCIETY. Tales by Tolstoy, 1947 (The first book published by the Folio Society) in dust wrapper. With COLLINS, Wilkie, Tales of Suspense 1954 in price-clipped dust wrapper; DOYLE A C, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1958 in dust wrapper. With other Folio Society titles, 6 in dust wrappers and 5 in slip cases. The slip cases have a bookplate on the cover (11) (box)

DAY, Richard, A Booke of Christian Prayers, collected out of the ancient Writers. Small 4to, circa 1608. Commonly known as Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book, it was first published in 1569 and there were further edition in 1578, 1590 and 1608. This copy begins on HI (folio 25) and ends on LLI (folio 125). Lacking portrait frontis of Queen Elizabeth kneeling, first 28 leaves and 15 leaves at the end. Folio 119 has only a stub left and folio 118 is missing half the leaf. Every page is surrounded by a woodcut border from the designs of Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein and others, many showing emblems of mortality. Old calf, neatly rebacked, red edges. Sold with all faults. Lowndes p 1951-2.

BOOK OF MARTYRS. FOX (or FOXE), John, Acts and Monuments of Matters Most Special and Memorable happening in the Church, with a universal history of the same. Folio, 9th edition 1684, volumes 1 and 2 bound together, lacking volume 3. Lacking portrait frontis and three plates. One folding plate only present, which is defective. Several woodcuts in text. With an inscription at the head of the title page: 'The gift of Mrs Elizabeth Tallents, formerly wife to Mr William Figes of Great Ash, to the Chappel of Tilstock. April 1st 1698 (Tilstock is near Whitchurch, Shropshire). Contemporary panelled calf, remains of original clasps. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

After Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Bt. ARA RWS The Work of Edward Burne-Jones 91 photogravures directly reproduced from the original paintingssigned on the frontispage by Philip Burne-Jonespublished by the Berlin Photographic Company (133 New Bond St, London), 1900a complete folio of all 91 images from a limited edition of 200 copies68 x 51cmProvenance:Bookplate of Annie CowdrayOnly two hundred copies of this large leather bound and gilded book were produced, each of which was signed in pencil by Philip Burne-Jones, the artist's son.The Berlin Photographic Company, (or the Berlin Photographische Gesellschaft, active 1880 - 1920), was a print maker and publisher who specialised in photogravures after Old Masters and contemporary painters. The company had the best optical and camera equipment and were technically the best print makers in the world. Germany had been the cradle of the art of engraving and Berlin photogravures were highly prized in Britain.This book was originally owned by Annie Pearson, Viscountess Cowdray, GBE (née Cass, 1860-1932), who was an English society hostess, suffragist and philanthropist. She was nicknamed the "Fairy Godmother of Nursing" for her patronage of the Royal College of Nursing and her work to promote district nursing throughout England and Scotland. She served as the President of the Women's Liberal Federation from 1921 until 1923 and was also the Honorary Treasurer of the Liberal Women's Suffrage Union. She was painted by both Sargent and Orpen. She and her husband, Viscount Cowdray, an engineer and oil magnate, donated Cowdray Hall to the city of Aberdeen.

Houghton, Rev W - "British Fresh-Water Fishes" 1st ed 1879, Vol.1 and Vol.2 folio - decorative and pictorial red and gilt cloth boards and spine - 41x colour litho plates, steel engraved vignettes, some rubbing to the boards and some bruising to corners and the usual shelf wear to top and tail of spine - usual speckle foxing to front free end plates and title pages otherwise internally clean a part loose front end page to division one book (G)

British Sports and Sportsmen: Big Game Hunting and Angling compiled and edited by "The Sportsman. British Sports & Sportsmen Series. Thruston (Edmund Heathcote) Editor published by "British Sports and Sportsmen." London 1914. Large folio book, limited edition No.246 of 1000 copies, boards show signs of wear F-G

Lang (Andrew). The Lilac Fairy Book, illustrated by Caitlin Hackett, in gilt tooled lilac cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Lang (Andrew). The Blue Fairy Book, illustrated by Charles Van Sandwyk, in gilt blue cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Lang (Andrew). The Red Fairy Book, illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat, in red gilt tooled binding with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Lang (Andrew). The Green Fairy Book, illustrated by Julian De Narvaez, in gilt tooled green cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Lang (Andrew). The Orange Fairy Book, illustrated by Tomislav Tomic, in gilt tooled orange cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Lang (Andrew). The Grey Fairy Book, illustrated by Lauren Nassef, in gilt tooled grey cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Lang (Andrew). The Olive Fairy Book, illustrated by Kate Baylay, in gilt tooled olive cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2012.

Lang (Andrew). The Yellow Fairy Book, illustrated by Danuta Mayer, in gilt tooled yellow cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Lang (Andrew). The Pink Fairy Book, illustrated by Debra McFarlane, in gilt tooled pink cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Lang (Andrew). The Violet Fairy Book, illustrated by Robert Venables, in gilt tooled violet cloth with slip case, published by The Folio Society 2003.

Phillips (John) folio manuscript letter book, 201 pages on leaves in manuscript, original calf-backed marbled boards, with two other folio manuscripts by Phillips containing extracts from the religious writings of Edward Burroughs and Francis Howgill. (3)Some clear condition issues. Covers to all volumes are very deteriorated, with extensive rubbing and bumping, as well as loss in places. Guttering to all volumes is in very poor condition. Extensive deckling to outer page edges. The internal condition is much better, with generally moderate foxing consistent with age.

East India Company Interest Manuscript Bottomry Bond for the boat Dawson by John Cook-Freeman (1689-1752) and his brother Thomas Cook dated 26 January 1729, Folio (40cm x 32cm), latin introductory paragraph followed by the conditions of the bond, naming Thomas Cook of London and John Freeman of Folly [sic] Court (Fawley Court, Henley on Thames) for the 'vessel called the Dawson of the burthen of five hundred tonns or thereabouts now at anchor in the River of Thames whereof Francis Steward is now Commander' for a voyage to 'Fort Saint George or any other port or place in the East Indies, China, Persia or elsewhere beyond the Cape of Good Hope', the bond to be paid to Aaron Franks; signed by Walter Henley and Robert Offerton, Thomas Cook and John Freeman and two red seals; verso with settlement statement of the bond; together with a single sheet manuscript receipt for to Thomas Cooke dated February 17 1725/6 for £500 in regard to a bottomry bond for the 'Spanish registered ships' signed by James Naish regarding Spanish registered ships dated 1725/26 and naming Edward Harrison Esq (18cm x 15.5cm) Qty: 2 From a Gloucestershire country house John Freeman, a Madras merchant and keen amateur architect inherited Fawley Court in 1707 and properties in the West Indies. He was an early member of the Society of Antiquaries, built the Gothic folly in the grounds and the Freeman family mausoleum in the village based on the design of the tomb of Caecilla Metella in Rome. His uncle, from which he inherited the estate has been a slave trader and it is possible that the boats in discussion would have been used for this purpose. James Naish was Chief of the English East India Company Council in Canton (Guangzhou), China and extensive records exist in the British Library of his travels and life.Further records of the family can be found in a letter book of John Freeman of Fawley Court to his brother Thomas Cook of Fort St. George and Calcutta, and to others, re his interests in East India trade and family affairs, 1717-1742, 1717-1742 (Gloucestershire Archives D1245/FF33)

Royalty and Heraldry, including: Fairbairn (James) Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, London: T C & E C Jack, fourth edition, 2 vols, 4to, original cloth gilt; Maxwell (Herbert) Sixty Years a Queen, The Story of Her Majesty's Reign, London: Harmsworth, large 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt; Holmes (Richard) Edward VII, London: The Amalgamated Press, 1910, 2 vols, large 4to, blue quarter calf gilt boards; [anon] Beautiful Britain, The Scenery and Splendours of the United Kingdom, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1895, folio, original cloth gilt (6)Not collated. Some wear to all volumes, including scuffing, rubbing and general shelf wear, as well as marking, soiling and some foxing internally.

Folio Society, various volumes, to include: de Rojas (Fernando) The Spanish Bawd, 1973; Shakespeare (William) King Richard III, 1958; Fenwick (Kenneth) Southey's Life of Nelson, 1956; Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 1954, 2 vols; Roger (N A M) The Wooden World, 2009, with publisher's slipcase; Sherman (William T) From Atlanta to the Sea, 1961; Erasmus Praise of Folly, 1974, with publisher's original slipcase; (di Lampedusa) Giuseppe The Leopard, 1988, with publisher's original slipcase; Custer (G A) My Life on the Plains, 1968; Twain (Mark) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1993; Scott (Walter) The Bride of Lammermoor, 1985, with publisher's original slipcase; Hudon (Roger) The Folio Book of Days, 2002, with publisher's original slipcase. (13)Not collated. Generally good condition overall, with some light shelf wear to most volumes. Most volumes have fairly clean contents with very limited foxing. More severe wear to Book of Days slipcase.

° ° William Simpson, The Seat Of War In The East, first series, folio book, with colour platesFirst Series plates numbered 1 to 40.  Second series plates numbered 1 to 41 but 37 missing.  All pages with foxing; spine binding has failed, as shown.

° ° Atlases - includes The Universal (1893), The Times (1895), Harmsworth's World (ca.1930); together with 7 others of the period, mostly with coloured maps, folio; sold with a folio architectural book

Folio Society, a collection of volumes mostly housed in slip-cases to include Trollope, Anthony: Fhineas Finn, Ayala's Angel, Can You Forgive Her?, Barchester Towers & Doctor Wortle's School, Eccles David (illus): Adventure Stories From The Strand & Crime Stories From The Strand, Steveson, Robert Louis: Travels With A Donkey, Treasure Island & The Body-Snatcher, Kipling, Rudyard: The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book and Walton Izaak: The Compleat Angler etc. (20)