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Joyce (James) The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies, The Hague: The Servire Press, 1934, first edition, un-numbered limited edition of 1000, original printed wraps (some restoration to wraps, stain to fore-edge, later slipcase) [Slocum & Cahoon no. 43]

Joyce (James) Finnegans Wake, Faber and Faber, 1939, first English edition (trade), original cloth [Slocum & Cahoon no. 47]

Joyce (James) Letters of James Joyce, Faber and Faber, 1957-66, first edition, three volumes, edited by Richard Ellmann, dust wrappers; idem, A James Joyce Yearbook, Paris: Transition Press, 1949, numbered limited edition of 1000, original wraps (2 copies); with a large quantity of others by or about James Joyce. (qty)

Boyle (Kay) Year Before Last, Paris and New York: Crosby Continental and Smith Haas, 1932, author's signature appears to have been erased from front fly leaf, original wraps (some restoration). Preserved in card folder; idem, Collected Poems, New York, Knopf, 1962, first edition, presentation inscription signed by the author, dust wrapper; idem (compiler), The Autobiography of Emanuel Carnevali, New York, Horizon, no date, presentation inscription signed by Bolle, dust wrapper; with thirteen others by Kay Boyle (16)

Ian Fleming - The Man with The Golden Gun, 1965 First Edition 2nd state with plain covers, dust wrapper unclipped

Ian Fleming 'The Man with the Golden Gun', rare white end paper variant, 1965 first edition / first impression, correct original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming 'Diamonds are Forever' 1956 first edition / first impression with correct original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming 'From Russia with Love' 1962 first edition / sixth impression, with original correct dust jacket unclipped.

Ian Fleming 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', signed copy, 1963 first edition / first impression, signed by the actress Catherine Schell who played 'Nancy' alongside George Lazenby in the 1969 movie of the book, original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming 'Thunderball', 1961 first edition / first impression, original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming 'You Only Live Twice', 1964 first edition / first impression, original dust jacket.

Ian Fleming 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', 1963 first edition / first impression, original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming 'The Spy Who Loved Me', 1962 first edition / first impression, original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming 'The Man With The Golden Gun', 1965 first edition / first impression, original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming 'Octopussy', 1966 first edition / first impression, original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming, four books. 'Octopussy', 1966 first edition / first impression, no dust jacket. 'You Only Live Twice', 1964 first edition / first impression, no dust jacket. 'Dr No', 1963 first edition / fifth impression, no dust jacket. 'From Russia With Love', 1957 (Book Club), original unclipped dust jacket (4).

Ian Fleming, 'For Your Eyes Only', 1960 first edition / first impression with original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming, 'Live And Let Die', 1959 first edition / sixth impression with original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming, 'The Spy Who Loved Me', 1962 first edition / first impression with original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming, 'Diamonds Are Forever', 1964 first edition / sixth impression with original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming, 'For Your Eyes Only', 1964 first edition / fourth impression with original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming, 'From Russia With Love', 1958 first edition / fourth impression with original unclipped dust jacket.

Ian Fleming, 'Goldfinger', 1959 first edition / first state with rare extra 'Notch' on front board, original unclipped dust jacket.(The extra notch on the skull motif shows the book to be in a rare first state).

First edition (1934) of The Cambridgeshire's 1914-1919 by Brigadier-General E. Riddell & Colonel M. C. Clayton. Published by Bowes and Bowes. Blue cloth cover with gilt embossed detail. No dust jacket. Foxing to both front and back inside covers. Discolouration to back inside cover and to first pull out map. Pencil marks and ink smudge mark to page 59. All photo printed pages and both maps complete.

BLEI (DAVIDE) AND LUCIANO BOTTONI - THE DUNHILL PETROL LIGHTER A 'UNIQUE' STORY, FIRST EDITION, ILLUSTRATED, DUST JACKET, SLIPCASE, MILAN 2004 Condition report

Book - Flying Saucers and the three men by Albert K.Bender, Paperback Library 1968 First edition.

A 1983 bisque faced cloth body doll 22 inches 'first movements' by Lee Middleton doll company. dressed in white with matching bonnet. limited edition - 3462 of 5000 left arm in need of some repair

Amundsen (Roald). "The North West Passage", being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1908, frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), illustrations throughout, one folding map loose, tape residue to free endpapers, top edges gilt, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, short split to head of volume 1 front joint, 8vo, together with: Nordenskiöld (Adolf Erik). The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, with a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World. Translated by Alexander Leslie, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Macmillan and Co., 1881, half-titles, 5 steel-engraved portrait plates including frontispieces, 10 lithographic folding maps, one map (no. 10) with closed handling tear, numerous wood-engravings (many full-page), bookplate of Kenn Back, original green decorative cloth, 8vo, Mikkelsen (Ejnar). Conquering the Arctic Ice, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1909, half-title, frontispiece, folding map, 2 maps and numerous further illustrations in text, Signet Library plate and inscription to front pastedown, manuscript call number to title-page verso, bookplate of Kenn Back to front free endpaper, tape residue to free endpapers, top edge gilt, original grey cloth, titles gilt to spine, polar bear vignette to front board, 8vo, Sverdrup (Otto). New Land. Four Years in the Arctic Regions. Translated from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, half-titles, frontispieces, numerous illustrations (mainly photographic, including many full-page 'plates' counted in pagination), 40 pp. advertisements, 3 folding maps (2 in end-pocket), text-blocks toned, browning to half-title and final text-leaf of each volume from endpapers, volume 1 inner hinges cracked, volume 2 inner hinges neatly repaired, original blue cloth, vignette of the Fram to front boards in silver, library markings effaced from spines, headcaps refurbished, 8vo, and 4 others, all in original cloth (not collated): Nansen, In Northern Mists, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York, 1911, Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London, 1897, Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York, 1897; and Mikkelsen, Lost in the Arctic, 1st edition in English, London, 1913Qty: (14)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Arctic Bibliography 12443 (Nordenskiöld, misdating the translation 1882), 11421 (Mikkelsen, Conquering the Arctic Ice), 17322 (Sverdrup); cf. Arctic Bibliography 402 (Amundsen, first UK edition, Constable, 1908).

[Stukeley, William]. An Account of a Roman Temple, and other Antiquities, near Graham's Dike in Scotland, 1st edition, [London, 1720], 2 folding engraved plates, folding engraved map, all dated 1720, 27 pp., drop-head title, some light spotting and toning, blank leaves bound front and rear, binder ticket of Manderson, Brighton, all edges red, nineteenth century green half morocco, spine faded to brown and a little rubbed, some fading and light spotting to upper cover, 4toQty: (1)NOTESESTC T108883. Rare. William Stukeley's first published work. William Stukeley (1687-1765) was a pioneer in the field of British archaeology. He initially studied and practised medicine before being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718, befriending Sir Isaac Newton among others (later writing Newton's biography in 1752 with the anecdote about the falling apple forming Newton's theory of gravity). He became interested in Roman Britain and undertook several field studies of Stonehenge and Avebury, linking their construction to the druids as opposed to the Romans (ancient field monuments were all supposed to have been built by the Romans in his day) and believing that the druids followed an earlier Abrahamic religion 'Patriarchcal Christianity'. The architect Andrews Jelfe (1690-1759) made the drawings from which the plates were engraved in 1719 on behalf of Stukeley at Arthur's O'on in Stenhousemuir in Scotland.

Thornton (William). The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and the Parts adjacent, London: Alex. Hogg, and sold by all Booksellers in Great Britain, Ireland, France, America, East and West Indies, etc., [1784], 532 [4] pp., engraved frontispiece, 103 engraved plates (including maps, portraits and views), 2 engraved folding maps ('A New & Correct Map of the Countries upwards of Twenty Miles Round London' and 'A New & Correct Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, with the Borough of Southwark', both hand-coloured), list of subscribers, toning, date effaced from title-page, maps creased and the first with repairs verso, contemporary manuscript genealogy to front free endpaper, related ownership inscription to title-page, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, label renewed, worn overall, folio (38.2 x 23.2 cm), together with: Brand (John). The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: B. White & Son, and T. and J. Egerton, 1789, xvi 676 [4], 723 [9] pp., engraved frontispiece and title-page to each volume, folding map, 30 engraved plates (including the plate at volume 1 p. 277, not listed; several folding), plates variably spotted and offset, contemporary diced russia, joints cracked at head, loss to head of spines, 4to (30.8 x 23 cm), Burlington (Charles, & others). The Modern Universal British Traveller; or, a New, Complete, and Accurate Tour through Scotland, and the Neighbouring Islands, London: J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's-head, 1779, pp. 836 [20], engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 103 engraved plates (of 105: apparently without 'View of Shrewsbury' and 'Loch-Ranza Bay in Scotland'), one plate (St. Paul's Cathedral) folding, list of subscribers (cropped along fore edges), contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, worn, folio (35.5 x 22 cm), and 2 others, not collated (Lysons, Magna Britannia, volumes 2 and 4 [Cambridgeshire/Cheshire, and Cumberland], 1810-16)Qty: (6)NOTESProvenance (Brand): John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900), with his bookplates. ESTC T56039 (Thornton), T144797 (Brand), T110011 (Burlington); Howgego, Printed Maps of London (1979) 178 (1) and 179 (1) for the two maps in Thornton's work.

Warren (John C.). The Mastodon Giganteus of North America, 2nd edition ('with additions'), Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1855, viii 260 pp., chromolithographic additional title-page (with date of the first edition, 1852), 30 lithographic plates including large folding plate of a complete mastodon skeleton, sectionalised and laid on linen and opening to 54 x 68 cm, frontispiece, and one other folding plate (number 30), spotting, text toned, title-page browned, library stamp to chromolithographic title-page, top edge gilt, original green pictorial cloth gilt, recased and relined, 4toQty: (1)NOTESHay, Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, 1852C.

Malaspina (Alessandro). Viaje politico-cientifico alrededor del mundo por las corbetas Descubierta y Atrevida al mando de los capitanes de navio D. Alejandro Malaspina y Don José de Bustamante y Guerra desde 1789 á 1794. Publicado con una introducción por Don Pedro de Novo y Colson, 1st edition, Madrid: viuda é hijos de Abienza, 1885, [8] xxxi [1] 681 [7], half-title, 7 etched plates including portrait (all with tissue-guards), lithographic folding map, text uniformly browned, stronger browning to half-title and index, map with closed handling tear, bookplate of Kenn Back, contemporary red quarter sheep, Greek-key roll gilt to spine, marbled paper sides, folio in 4s (31.6 x 21.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Provenance: Likely a Bustamante family copy, with the contemporary ownership inscription 'Joaquin Bustamante' to half-title (and 'J Bustamante' repeated on page [5] in the same hand) and later inscription 'Joaquin Bustamante de la Rocha, año de 1913' to title-page (with 'era de mi Padre', i.e. 'it belonged to my father', in a different hand below; bibliographical annotations in the same hand as the 1913 inscription to index-leaf); and the initials 'J. B. R.' gilt-stamped to foot of spine (the spine-lettering attributes authorship of the work to Bustamante only, with Malaspina's name omitted). Acquisition: Hordern House, Sydney, 1999. Ferguson 12206; Hill (1974) pp. 190-1; Howes M235. Rare first edition of the official account of 'Spain's greatest scientific voyage of exploration to the South Seas in the eighteenth century' (Hill), originally suppressed through court intrigue. A second edition followed later the same year. Ferguson states incorrectly that the Diario del viage ... printed at Montevideo in 1849 is the true first edition of this work; it is in fact a different account, by expedition member Francisco Javier de Viana. The different collations provided by Ferguson for the first and second editions also appear to be erroneous; the second edition can be distinguished by the statement 'segunda edicion' on the title-page, and is reputedly printed on inferior paper. Malaspina and Bustamante explored and mapped much of the west coast of the Americas including California, as well as visiting Australia and New Zealand.

Matthews (L. Harrison). South Georgia, the British Empire's Subantarctic Outpost, a Synopsis of the History of the Island, 1st edition, Bristol: John Wright & Sons Ltd., 1931, xii 163 pp., half-title with sketch-map verso, 13 halftone photographic plates, text-block browned, occasional spotting, plates toned, endpapers renewed, bookplate of Kenn Back to front pastedown, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down (consequent disruption to word 'South' in title), spine faded, pale marks to covers, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Miles Apart (Ian Mathieson), Ramsbottom, 2014. The noted zoologist and naturalist's first book, which 'remained the definitive text for fifty years' (ODNB), and is still consulted today. Scarce.

Morrell (Benjamin). A Narrative of Four Voyages, to the South Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, Chinese Sea, Ethiopic and Southern Atlantic Ocean, Indian and Antarctic Ocean. From the year 1822 to 1831. Comprising critical surveys of coasts and islands, with sailing directions. And an account of some new and valuable discoveries, including the Massacre Islands, where thirteen of the author's crew were massacred and eaten by cannibals. To which is prefixed a brief sketch of the author's early life, 1st edition, New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 pp. advertisements at end, some spotting and stains throughout, bookplate of Francis Reynolds Dickinson (1880-1974, Chicago lawyer and father of artist Stirling Dickinson), later cloth, red morocco label to spine (a little rubbed), spine a little faded, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK. Acquisition: D. A. Horn, Adelaide, 1998. Hill (1974) p. 204; Howes M818; Sabin 50778. Benjamin Morrell (1795-1838 or 1839) was an American sea captain and explorer. His account of his four voyages was actually ghost-written by the writer Samuel Woodworth. In his first voyage to the southern seas in the Wasp he claims to have reached Bouvet Island and the Kerguelen Islands and then south of the Sandwich Islands to 70 degrees latitude in the Antarctic Circle but this account and some of his subsequent voyages to Africa and the Pacific Ocean have proved later highly dubious and plagiarised from other voyages by other explorers. Edgar Allan Poe used the cannibals episode as a source for his novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838).

Nodal (Bartolomé Garcia & Gonzalo de). Relacion del viage que por orden de su magestad, y acuerdo de el real consejo de Indias, hicieron los capitanes Bartholome Garcia de Nodal, y Gonzalo de Nodal, hermanos, naturales de Pontevedra, al descrubimento del estrecho nuevo de San Vicente, que hoy es nombrado de Maire, y reconocimiento del de Magallanes, 2nd edition, Cadiz: reimpresso por Don Manuel Espinosa de los Monteros, impressor de la Real Marina, [1769], bound with: Echevelar (Manuel de). J. M. Y J. Instruccion exacta, y util de las derrotas y navegaciones, que se execuan en todos tiempos en la America septentrional, de unos puertos à otros: con las advertencias de sondas, y notas, para ponerlas en pràctica, Cadiz: en la Real imprenta de Marina, 1753 [i.e. 1769?], 2 parts in 1 volume, Nodal: [20] 1-160 159-162 [4] pp., signatures pi2 [par.]-2[par.]4 A-X4 (2[par.]4 and X4 blank), woodcut initial and head-and tailpieces, engraved folding map (titled 'Reconocimiento de los estrechos de Magallanes y San Vicente ... por Don Pedro Texeira Ealbernas', dated 1769), woodcut vignettes in text at pp. 82-3 and 88, ink inscription to title-page verso (possibly a call number; visible recto), filled-in worm track to upper outer corners of signatures pi-E touching a few letters, headlines and page-numbers (the text neatly restored), similar minor repairs to fore margins of signature R-X not affecting text, Echevelar: 41 [3] pp., signatures A-E4 F2, repaired worming in fore margins touching decorative border of title-page, contents washed, bookplate of Kenn Back, 20th-century vellum by A. Cazares of Buenos Aires, 4to (19.3 x 13.6 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Victor Aizenman, Buenos Aires, c.1997. Sabin 55935-6 (including the Instruccion); cf. Borba de Moraes II p. 102, Carter Brown II p. 156, Church 386 and Hill (1974) pp. 213-14 for the first edition (of Nodal only). Hill describes the first edition, printed at Madrid in 1621, as 'one of the rarest books on voyages of the seventeenth century ... Copies containing the map are so rare that it is believed to have been suppressed in accordance with the official Spanish policy of secrecy'. 'The work gives an account of the Spanish expedition sent out by order of Philip III, immediately after the return of Schouten's expedition, for the exploration of the Magellan Straits. The brothers Nodal sailed from Lisbon on the 27th of September, 1618, and did not return until July 9th of the following year ... The Strait Le Maire was rechristened S. Vincent, which name it retained for some time on Spanish maps' (Church).

Nordenskjöld (Nils Otto Gustav, & Johann Gunnar Andersson). Antarctica, or Two Years amongst the Ice of the South Pole, 1st edition in English, London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1905, xviii [2] 608 pp., half-title, frontispiece, 4 colour plates, 4 maps (3 folding), numerous illustrations in the text (most of them photographic; many full-page), half-title spotted, a few marginal spots elsewhere, closed handling tears to inside folds of folding maps, original green cloth, titles in gilt and penguin vignette in black to spine and front board, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK First published in Swedish the previous year; all editions are uncommon, and the US issue of the English translation (Macmillan, 1905) appears to be more usually encountered than the present UK issue.

* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Autograph letter signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay) as minister at Lisbon, dated 'Camp before Badajoz', 20 March 1812, single bifolium of laid paper watermarked 'Gater 1807', written on 2 sides, secretarial annotation at head, 4to (23.9 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Unpublished: not in Gurwood (first edition, 1837, or new edition, 1838). With the siege of Badajoz in full swing Wellington writes to his right-hand man in Lisbon, forwarding correspondence from Lord Liverpool and rejoicing 'that you stay in Portugal', Wellington having been under the impression following a recent meeting that Stuart was destined for America. At Badajoz the allied army suffered extremely heavy losses storming the walls, and ran riot through the city afterwards, with order not restored for days afterwards. Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.

Shackleton (Ernest H.). Antarktis' Hjärta. Berättelsen om den Engelska Sydpolsexpeditionen 1907-1909. Öfversättning från författarens manuskript af Dr. Carl Forsstrand, 2 volumes, 1st edition in Swedish, Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners, 1910, xlii 331; 408 pp., collotype frontispieces, numerous halftone or colour plates (all present as listed; a few folding), 3 folding maps, 1 folding plate and 1 folding diagram secured by card band to volume 2 rear pastedown as issued (rear inner hinge partially cracked in consequence), bookplates of Kenn Back, original light blue cloth, titles and a vignette of Shackleton raising the Union flag to spines and front boards, spines sunned, headcaps slightly rubbed, volume 1 sunned along top edge of each board, 8voQty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Norli, Oslo, 1999. First edition in Swedish of The Heart of the Antarctic, in a bright example of what may be the publisher's deluxe binding, other copies being noted in plain green cloth.

* McNally (Leonard). Village Lawyer a Farce, [Dublin?], circa 1785, manuscript comprising 21 pages including title with Dramatic Personae list to verso, written throughout in a neat hand, in original wrappers, side-stitched, light dust-soiling, title in manuscript to upper cover, slim 4to, together with: Bristol - Frenchay, A list of subscribers for building a Bridge across the river at Frenchay, making good the road on each side, January 31st , 1788, five pages of manuscript lists, numerous blank leaves, original wrappers, manuscript title to upper cover, slim 4to, with 12 pages 19th century of manuscript notes relating to the history of the Frenchay area, Tennyson (Charles), Sonnets and Fugitive Pieces, 1st edition, 1st issue, Cambridge: B. Bridges, Market Hill and sold by John Richardson, 91, Royal Exchange, London, 1830, half-title, edges untrimmed, original boards, spine rubbed, slim 12mo, and other miscellaneous manuscript material & broadsides etc.Qty: (a carton)NOTESThe first item appears to be an early English translation of the anonymous 15th century French farce "L'Arogate Pierre Pathelin". It was first adapted for the stage by David-Augustin De Brueys (1640-1723) and Jean de Palaprat (1650-1721) as "Avocat Patelin", first performed in 1706 and published in French in 1715. The title is clearly written as by "Leonard McNally". Leonard McNally (1752-1820) was a Dublin barrister, playwright, lyricist, founder member of the United Irishmen, informer and government agent. The play was extremely popular in Regency times, and adaptations were made by other others including Charles Lyon, George Coleman and William Macready.

* Rouault (Georges, 1871-1958). French Painter. Signed postcard, 'Georges Rouault', no date, a vintage gelatin silver print photograph of Rouault by Yvonne Chevalier, head and shoulders pose in semi-profile, signed by the photographer lower left, and signed by the artist in blue ballpoint pen to plain back verso, 9 x 13.5 cm, together with: Delvaux (Paul, 1897-1994). Belgian Surrealist Painter. Signed and Inscribed Postcard, 'P. Delvaux', no date, a colour postcard with a reproduction of his work entitled 'La Ville Rouge', signed and inscribed by Delvaux in black ink to blank area of verso, light smudge slightly affecting final two letters of surname, 10.5 x 14.5 cm, plus: Hockney (David, 1937-). English Artist. First Day Cover, 1999, the postcard and stamp featuring Hockney's painting Salts Mill, Saltaire, (limited edition, 452/2000), artist's signed presentation inscription for James and Sally below limitation details, 10 x 21cm, Stella (Frank, 1936-). American painter. Signed postcard, circa 2000, showing a colour reproduction of Stella's painting Hyena Stomp, 1962, signed 'F. Stella' in blank ink to wide white margin beneath image, postally unused, 15 x 10.5cm, Cummings (Michael, 1919-1997). British Newspaper Cartoonist. Self-caricature, 1980, drawn in the centre of the paper in black marker pen and signed by Cummings, with a brief autograph note signed by Cummings in blue ballpoint pen to upper left corner, sending the cartoon and autograph, some overall light spotting, Daler Artboard, 36 x 47cm, plus 3 modern books signed by the British cartoonists Gerald Scarfe, Peter Brookes and Ralph Steadman, all VGQty: (8)

Shackleton (Ernest H.). South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: William Heinemann, 1919, colour frontispiece, all halftone photographic plates as called for including double-page panorama, folding map, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown, original dark blue cloth, spine letttered in silver, large pictorial block of the Endurance in silver to front board, upper fore corner of front board bumped, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK The first impression of the previous month was printed on inferior paper which is invariably browned.

Bagehot (Walter). Estimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen, 1st edition in book-form, London: Chapman and Hall, 1858, 2 pp. advertisements, original light brown pebble-grain cloth, 8vo, together with: Ruskin (John). The Political Economy of Art, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857, advertisement endpapers, original printed yellow cloth, darkened, spine rolled, closed tear to headcap, 16mo, Hardy (Thomas). Wessex Tales. Strange, Lively, and Commonplace, 1st US edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, advertisement leaf, contemporary red half cloth, 8vo, and 26 others, 19th-century literature in the original cloth, generally bright copies, including Washington Irving, Abbotsford, 1st edition, John Murray, 1835; Maurice Davies, Fun, Ancient and Modern, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1878; and similarQty: (35)NOTESPurdy p. 60 (Hardy: this US edition of Wessex Tales includes a portrait frontispiece of Hardy 'for the first time in any of his books').

Taylor (Griffith). With Scott: The Silver Lining, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1916, all plates as called for, 2 folding maps, half-title and title-page, spotted, library markings to a few pp. and to folding map verso, a few leaves clumsily opened, folding map with closed handling tear, endpapers renewed, bookplate of Kenn Back, original green pictorial cloth, library label removed from spine, partial loss of lettering on front cover, a few marks, 8vo, together with: Borchgrevink (C. E.). First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 32 pp. advertisements, pp. xv-16 loose, pp. 41/2 and 121/2 each with crudely repaired tear in gutter and contemporary annotations to margins, occasional pencil markings elsewhere, top edge gilt, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gold and silver, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Cherry-Garrard (Apsley). The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, London: Constable and Company Limited, 1929, numerous plates and maps, spotting, bookplates of Kenn Back, original blue cloth, spines refurbished, 8vo, and 13 others, Antarctic exploration, original cloth (not collated), including Scott, Scott's Last Expedition, 1st edition, 1913 (covers badly water-damaged, staining to outer leaves, endpapers renewed), Joyce, The South Polar Trail, 1st edition, 1929, Hurley, Argonauts of the South, 1st US edition, 1925, Mill, The Siege of the South Pole, 1st edition, 1905, and similarQty: (18)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK

Bunyan (John). The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come ... The Nineteenth Edition, with Additions of New Cuts [... The Second Part ... The Tenth Edition, with Addition of Five Cuts], 2 volumes, London: for M. Boddington [volume 2: for N. and M. Boddington], 1718 & 1717, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, woodcuts throughout, light browning, a few marks, volume 1 without final advertisement leaf, contemporary manuscript genealogy to frontispiece recto, volume 2 closely trimmed at head and foot frequently cropping headlines, catch-words and the bottom line of text, frontispiece laid down, uniform late 19th or early 20th century sheep by Birdsall and Son, 12mo (14.1 x 8.4 cm), together with: Malvezzi (Virgilio). Romulus and Tarquin. First written in Italian. And now taught English by H. Ld Cary of Lepington, the Second Edition, London: by J. H. for John Benson, 1638, engraved title-page, lacking signature N1, closely trimmed frequently shaving box-rules, a few marks and stains, bookplate (Thomas Holley FSA), contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, 12mo (12.9 x 7.2 cm), Keach (Benjamin). The Progress of Sin; or the Travels of Ungodliness, wherein the Pedigree, Rise (or Original) Antiquity, Subtilty, Evil Nature, and prevailing Power of Sin, is fully Discovered; in an apt and Pleasant Allegory, 1st edition, London: for John Dunton, 1684, engraved frontispiece repaired in fore margin, lacking signatures E6-7, browning, a few marks, contemporary calf, rebacked (and tightly bound in the process), 12mo (14 x 8 cm), and 7 others (not collated): Keach, War with the Devil, New Edition, Leeds, 1795; Quarles, Boanerges and Barbanas, 6th edition, 1664 (with engraved portrait); The Oxford Sausage, A New Edition, [1780?]; Owen's Book of Fairs, 6th edition, [1756?]; A Collection of Occasional Papers for the Year 1716, 1716; Maurice, An Impartial Account of Mr John Mason of Water-Stratford and his Sentiments, 1st edition, 1695 (title-page badly frayed and soiled, modern boards); and Cowper, Poems, New Edition, 2 volumes, 1800Qty: (12)NOTESESTC T58896 (Bunyan, volume one: ten copies world-wide), T58926 (Bunyan, volume two: two copies world-wide) S111908 (Malvezzi: four copies in UK libraries) R11998 (Keach, The Progress of Sin: four UK copies); STC 17220 (Malvezzi); Wing K80 (Keach, The Progress of Sin).

Chadwick (Edwin). Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an Inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, 3 volumes, London: W. Clowes, 1842, lithographed maps and plates, Scotland volume with repaired title and contents leaves, some light spotting and toning, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, lacking the Supplementary volume '... the Practice of Interment in towns...', together with Creighton (Charles). A History of Epidemics in Britain, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1891-94, endpapers a little toned, previous owner signature to volume 2, original green cloth, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Report from His Majesty's Commissioners for Inquiring into the Administration ad Practical Operation of the Poor Laws, Published by Authority, London: R. Fellowes, 1834, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo, with others on public health etc including Thomas Shapter's The History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832, 1849, First [and Second] Report of the Commissioners for Inquiring into the State of Large Towns and Populous Districts, 4 volumes, 1844-45, J. Clarke Searle's An Essay on Cholera adapted for popular perusal, Bristol, 1831, Report on the Cholera Epidemic of 1866 in England. Supplement to the Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England, 1868 and English Sanitary Institutions, by Sir John Simon, 2nd edition, 1897Qty: (32)NOTESFirst work PMM 313.

Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtracture of his Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, [London]: Reprinted in Regis memoriam, for John Williams, 1649, A1 present with 19th century annotation, folding engraved frontispiece, first two words of title in Greek characters (title in red & black), engraved portrait of Prince of Wales, few woodcut decorative initials, bound with The Papers which passed at New-Castle betwixt His Sacred Majestie and Mr Al. Henderson: concerning the change of Church-Government. Anno Domini 1646, London: R. Royston, 1649, some close-trimming & fraying to fore-edge throughout volume, occasional dust-soiling, contemporary calf, without title label and slight wear to spine, 24mo (97 x 49 mm), together with: ibid, England's black Tribunall. Set forth in the Triall of K. Charles, I. At a High Court of Justice at Westminster-Hall. Together with his last Speech when he was put to death on the Scaffold, January 30. 1648..., 4th edition, London: F. Playford, 1660, engraved portrait frontispiece, initial leaves with repaired worm holes to gutter margin, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, 19th century sheep by R. Hynes of Dover, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco labels, extremities slightly rubbed, small 8voQty: (2)NOTESEikon Basilike - Almack 37; Madan 33; ESTC R40197; Wing E302. The Papers which passed - ESTC R221667; Wing C2535B. England's black Tribunall - ESTC R31429; Wing E2947.

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry ... to which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil..., 3 parts in one, 5th edition, London: printed by S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679, title in red & black, 74 engraved plates (including 18 portrait plates, and over 400 armorials printed to both sides of plates), woodcut armorials to text, small rust hole to E2 & 2C1 (in first part) affecting a couple of letters of text and short closed tear to P2, short tear to L2 (second part), bookplate of John Bennet Laws of Rothamsted to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked and with old repairs, wear at head of spine, old repairs to corners with slight wear, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing G2222.

Jonson (Benjamin). The Workes, [volume 1 of 3], London: printed by Richard Bishop and are sold by Andrew Crooke, 1640, [12], 668; 228 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece (repaired, re-margined to gutter & lower margin), engraved title with elaborate architectural border, A3 with strengthening repair to upper outer blank corner, occasional light dust-soiling, slight damp staining to some fore-edge margins, contemporary calf, old reback, boards detached, folioQty: (1)NOTESSTC 14753; ESTC S112456. The first volume, printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second & third volumes were printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641.

Lilly (William). Anima Astrologiae: or, a Guide for Astrologers. Being the considerations of the Famous Guido Bonatus Faithfully rendred into English. As also the Choicest Aphorisms of Cardeans Seaven Segments, Translated, and methodically digested under their proper Heads. With a New Table of the fixed Stars, rectified for several years to come..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: B. Harris, 1676, engraved frontispiece, folding table, first part with single worm hole to blank fore-margin of last few leaves, second part with single worm hole developing to worm trail towards rear of volume (affecting text), some light toning, near contemporary calf, upper board soiled, worm damage to lower board and spine, worn, 8voQty: (1)NOTESWing L2208. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Osler (William). The Principles and Practice of Medicine, designed for the use of practitioners and students of medicine, 1st UK edition, Edinburgh & London: Young J. Pentland, 1892, some illustrations to text, 39 pp. advertisements at end, a little spotting and soiling, lacks front free endpaper with some ensuing dust soiling to title-page facing, title tipped onto dedication leaf stub, inner hinges cracked, original blue cloth gilt, some old dampstaining to boards and spine, a little frayed at head and foot, large 8voQty: (1)NOTESGarrison-Morton 2231; Norman 1612: 'One of the most influential textbooks of general medicine ever written'. Preceded by the New York edition of the same year, this is apparently the same text setting with a cancelled title-page and different adverts at the end. As with the first issue, the unfortunate spelling error of 'Georgias' for 'Gorgias' appears on the verso of the third leaf.

[Pollexfen, John]. Of Trade ... also, of Coyn, Bullion, of improving our woollen manufacture ..., by J.P. Esq.; to which is annex'd The Arguement of the Late Lord Chief Justice Pollexphen ..., 2 parts in one, reissue, London: for John Baker, 1700, generally toned, some minor spotting or marks, lacking contents and errata leaves, part 2 title deficient, contemporary vellum, soiled and marked, darkened spine with early ink manuscript title, and with ink manuscript paper label (rubbed) and small typescript numeral paper label (chipped), 8vo, together with: Baldwin (publisher), The Life and Reign of Henry the Sixth, giving a full account of the English Glory Abroad ... and, the Civil Wars in England ..., London: for A. Baldwin, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece (from another title), title lightly spotted, endpapers renewed (stained), all edges gilt, contemporay calf, worn, both covers detached and lightly bowed, the front cover with endpapers and frontispiece attached, slim 8voQty: (2)NOTESESTC R218994 & T76868 respectively. Of Trade: Wing (2nd edition) P2780. ESTC states that this printing is a reissue of the 1697 edition cited in Wing P2778, which itself appears to be a reissue of the first edition of the same year, with the addition of the second part. Henry the Sixth: The frontispiece depicting Henry VI, King of England is taken from a series of 29 portraits of the monarchs of England from William I to Charles I, sold by Robert Peake, titled Effigies Regum Anglorum A Wilhelmo Conquestore (c.1640-45).

Wild (Frank). Shackleton's Last Voyage, 2nd edition, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1923, half-title, colour frontispiece, 50 halftone photographic plates, occasional spotting to text, contemporary ownership inscription (L. Barclay) to half-title, bookplate of Kenn Back to front free endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth, spine slightly rolled, rear board slightly faded along fore edge, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK This second edition appeared a month after the first.

Temple (William). The Works [& Letters] of Sir William Temple..., to which is Prefix'd some account of the Life and Writings of the Author, 2 volumes, London: A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, et al., 1720, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf with gilt embossed monogram and globe crest to upper board, rebacked with attractive gilt decoration and contrasting morocco labels, board corners repaired, folio, together with: [Girard, Guillaume], The History of the Life of the Duke of Espernon, the Great Favourite of France, Englished by Charles Cotton, 1st English edition, London: printed by E. Cotes & A. Clark for Henry Brome, 1670, one engraved portrait only (of 2), title in red & black, modern half calf, maroon morocco title label, vellum corners, marbled sides, folio, Church of Scotland, The Principal Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh: printed by George Mosman, printer to the Church of Scotland and Her Assemblies, 1691-[1720], engraved illustration and early manuscript inscription to first title, general title and part titles with ink stamp to lower blank margins, ink stamp at foot of final leaf, Sandeman Public Library bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, morocco title label, library number to lower panel in white, lower joint split, board edges slightly worn, folio, with six other volumes relating to Acts of Parliament and Parliamentary votes etc., comprising five 18th century & one early 19th century publication, contemporary calf, some worn, folioQty: (10)

Trollope (Anthony). Cousin Henry, a Novel, 2 volumes, 1st UK bookform edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1879, half-titles, volume 1 with 3pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, some finger-soiling, occasional short closed edge tears, volume 1 p.1 with long tear (previously repaired), stitching strained, rear pastedown with binder's ticket of W. Bone & Son, hinges cracked, original blue cloth, stamped in gilt, black and blind, circulating library labels removed from front covers (as often), darkened and soiled, lightly rubbed, somewhat cocked spines, with ends and front upper corners bumped, 3 corners showing, 8vo, together with: Ibid., Can You Forgive Her, 2 volumes, 1st bookform edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1864-65, bound from the parts, half-titles, volume 1 with 20 etched illustrations by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz", volume 2 with 20 wood-engraved illustrations by Miss Taylor, variable toning and spotting to plates (affecting adjacent leaves), volume 2 sewing broken in gathering N, volume 1 front & volume 2 rear hinges cracked, armorial bookplates of Charles Walter Lyon and David Talbot Rice to each, contemporary dark brown half morocco, spines with gilt lines and lettering, rubbed, volume 1 front lower corner bumped, 8vo, plus: Lever (Charles), The Daltons or Three Roads in Life, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1852, 48 etched plates by 'Phiz', including frontispiece (in volume 2) and additional title, a few plates toned, occasional light spotting, one plate in volume 2 with short closed edge tear, armorial bookplate of David Talbot Rice to each front pastedown, volume 1 cover detached at rear hinge (front hinge cracking), contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, spines with contrasting labels, 8vo, with: Edgeworth (Richard Lovell and Maria), Essay on Irish Bulls, 1st edition, London: for J. Johnson, 1802, 2 engraved vignettes, scarce light spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo, and 10 others, including: Comic Dramas in Three Acts, by Maria Edgeworth, 1817, and The History of Pendennis, by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1849-50, 2 volumes (volume 1 spine deficient)Qty: (21)NOTESCousin Henry: Sadleir Trollope 56. Vol. 1 with p. 95, line 2 "bedside" instead of "beside", and p. 197, has running headline "ABEL" for "ISABEL", also with page-numbers for vol. 1, p. 114, and vol. 2, p. 84, in a larger type, as noted by Sadleir in some copies. Cousin Henry first appeared as a weekly serial in early 1879. This bookform edition was published in November 1879 and was preceded by the US edition of September 1879. Can You Forgive Her: Sadleir Trollope 19.

Thomson (C. Wyville). The Voyage of the 'Challenger'. The Atlantic, a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of HMS 'Challenger' during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macmillan & Co, 1877, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and folding colour map frontispiece in volume 2, 43 plates, maps and charts, including some folding, wood-engraved illustrations to text, some spotting, lacks half-title to volume 1, large ink name stamp to frontispiece recto and half-title, with some see-through, original green cloth gilt, somewhat rubbed and soiled, frayed at spine ends and along lower joint of volume 1, large 8vo, together with: Spry (W.J.J.), The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship 'Challenger', Voyages over Many Seas, Scenes in Many Lands, 2nd edition, Sampson Low, 1877, folding engraved map and plates, inner hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, rubbed and frayed at spine ends and along lower joint, all 8vo, plus: A Narrative of the Loss of the Kent East Indiaman, by Fire, in the Bay of Biscay, on the 1st of March, 1825, in a letter to a friend, by a passenger, Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, 1825, 78 pp., untrimmed, a little spotting, contemporary presentation inscription to front flyleaf, contemporary boards, some soiling and edge wear, paper reback and title label to upper cover, 12mo, plus: Maxim (Hiram), A New System for Preventing Collisions at Sea, printed for the author by Cassell & Co, 1912, frontispiece and illustrations to text, three related leaflets at rear, tipped in and loose, signed presentation inscription from the author to J. Robinson, dated June 1914 and inscribed to front free endpaper, a little dampstaining to fore-margins of first few leaves, original cloth gilt, slim 8vo, and: Plimsoll (Samuel), Our Seamen, An Appeal, 1st edition, Virtue & Co, 1873, 58 heliotype plates including 4 supplied in facsimile, original cloth, soiling and edge wear, cloth reback, 4to, plus other maritime interest including three accounts of the sinking of the Titanic and various pamphlets and reportsQty: (44)

Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa..., 2 volumes, London: Sampson Low, 1890, black & white illustrations, colour folding with tear to bottom right quadrant to the front of volume 2, period inscriptions to front endpapers, gutters cracked, publishers original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, boards slightly rubbed, spines rubbed with minor tears & loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with: Wheeler (Stephen). History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar, held on the first of January 1903 ..., London: John Murray, 1904, numerous photogravures, plates, maps etc. as listed, some spotting, mainly to blank margins, armorial bookplate of Sir Benjamin Franklin, rear hinge cracking, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, rubbed with some marks and fading, spine ends somewhat frayed, front cover with bumped corners, 4to, Hedin (Sven), Overland To India, 2 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1st edition, 1910, colour & black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to front endpapers, yellow Mudie's Library label to the front boards & pastedowns, volume 2 front gutters cracked, some spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards slightly rubbed, spines faded & rubbed, 8vo, Martin (Percy F.), Through Five Republics (Of South America)..., London: William Heinemann, 1st edition, 1905, numerous monochrome illustrations & 3 maps, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting & toning, publishers original green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19 century & modern travel reference & related, including In Northern Mists..., 2 volumes, by Fridtjof Nansen, London: William Heinemann, 1st edition, 1911, ex-library copies with associated marks & stamps, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )

[Arabic printing]. Small group of Arabic imprints, 19th century, comprising: Muhibb al-Din Muhammad bin Shams al-Din Muhammad Ibn al-'Attar. 'Umdat al-hukkam wa-marja' al-qudah fi'l-ahkam al-mashhurah bi'l-manzumah al-muhibbiyah fi'l-ahkam al-fiqhiyah 'ala madhhab al-imam al-a'zam Abi Hanifah, [Cairo]: Matba'at Hasan Ahmad al-Tukhi, Safar 1297 AH [1879 CE], an exposition in verse of Hanafi jurisprudence, 136 pp., browning, contemporary red half sheep binding with envelope flap, 8vo (18.5 x 12.4 cm), Jarir bin 'Atiyah al-Khatafi al-Tamimi. Diwan, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Cairo: al-Matba'ah al-'ilmiyah, 1313 AH [1895/6 CE], the collected works of an early Arabic poet (c.650-728 CE), 174; 226 pp., browning, a few Arabic ownership stamps in red ink, contemporary maroon quarter sheep, marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo (19.6 x 13.4 cm), Rashid al-Din al-Watwat. Majmu'at rasa'il, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Cairo: Matba'at al-ma'arif, 1315 AH [1897/8 CE], a collection of 12th-century belles lettres, 93 [3]; 86 [4] pp., printed on buff paper, modern leatherette binding, 8vo (22.4 x 14.5 cm), Abu Mansur bin Isma'il al-Tha'alabi al-Nisaburi. Kitab fiqh al-lughah, 1st edition, Beirut: Matba'at al-aba' al-yasu'iyin [i.e. printing press of the Jesuit fathers], 1885 CE, on Arabic grammar, 432 pp., original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and marked, spine slightly defective, 8vo (19 x 12 cm), and 2 others including Ibn Qutaybah, Kitab al-ma'arif, Cairo: Matba'at al-'Amir, 1300 AH [1883 CE], lacking first page of main text, together with a collection of 4 Persian manuscript fragments (probably India, c.1900), one identified in an accompanying manuscript notes as Layla wa-Majnun by Nizami, another as Mantiq al-Tayr by Farid al-Din 'AttarQty: (10)

Arundell (Francis Vyvyan Jago). Discoveries in Asia Minor; including a Description of the Ruins of Several Ancient Cities, and especially Antioch of Pisidia, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1834, half-title to volume 1, folding lithographic map, 10 lithographic plates, advertisement leaf (volume 1, 2A4) discarded, toning, damp-staining to plates (and occasionally elsewhere), neat repair to verso of map and to margin of volume 2 leaf 2N5 (the latter just affecting text to no loss of legibility), near-contemporary dark blue half calf, 8vo (20.9 x 13 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Edwin Freshfield (1832-1918), solicitor and antiquarian (bookplates). 'In 1861 [Freshfield] ... married Zoe Charlotte Hanson, daughter of J. F. Hanson, the Levant Company's representative in Smyrna. Edwin's travels in that part of the world, which he first visited in 1854–5 after he left Cambridge, and his marriage gave him a lifetime interest in Greece and the surrounding areas' (ODNB). Atabey 37; Blackmer 49.

Bowen (Emanuel). A Complete System of Geography, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Innys [and others], [1744]-1747, xi [1] xxviii 1013 [3], [4] 804 [24] pp., title-pages in red and black, 2 engraved plates, 69 engraved maps (complete as list; mainly double-page; one map, 'The World in Two Hemispheres', double-page and folding), variable browning, a few contemporary ink-stamps to margins (crest of a stag's head), volume 1 with damp-staining to lower margins from about p. 585, gradually extending and with increasingly noticeable weakening and fraying of the paper, affecting bottom line of text towards rear, and affecting about half the maps in the volume (nos. 16-30 of 30; numbering from 'A List of the Maps and Plates' to front of volume) but encroaching on plate-marks in maps 29-30 only (Poland/Lithuania and Hungary), signature 11U bound back-to-front and upside-down, volume 2 with pale markings to a few maps, probably damp-related but any related staining minimal and limited to light damp-staining in lower margins of a few maps including nos. 60 (Carolina), 61 (Virginia and Maryland) and 62 ('Pensilvania, New York, New Jersey and New England'), small closed tear in map 66 (Jamaica), numbers 70 (Antigua) and 57 (West Indies) each with hole in lower margin, number 67 (North Pole) with small hole in image affecting caption only, small section of text-leaf 8X2 adhering to previous leaf obscuring text, holes in 9E2 and 9P1 to loss of text, 9F1-2 partially stuck together, final few signatures (9R-10A) frequently stuck together at a single point with concomitant loss of text, ownership inscriptions 'Clutterbuck, Ap. 1813' to title-pages, volume 1 with contemporary ownership inscription 'Sparrow' and price paid (3-3-0) to front pastedown and early pen-trials to endpaper, red-sprinkled edges, contemporary calf, joints cracked, loss to spine-ends, rubbing and stripping to sides, wear to corners, folio (41.8 x 25 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESESTC T140529; Tooley, Maps and Map-Makers pp. 55-6. A rare complete copy of Bowen's imposing atlas, based on the fourth edition of Moll's Complete Geography; variant, with the dedication signed 'The authors' rather than Stephen Whatley. The first volume is restricted to Europe, while the second concerns the rest of the world and contains some 20 maps of North and South America and the West Indies, as well as a map of the North Pole.

Colebrook (Robert H.). Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot, London: [no publisher], 1793, title-leaf, dedication leaf, list of subscribers to rear, 12 aquatint plates each with leaf of descriptive text, original tissue-guards extant, text-leaves with watermarks J Taylor and J Whatman, mild rippling to a few plates as often, spots to title-page, 'South View of Sewandroog' plate and text-leaf of 'N. W. View of Seringapatam' plate, small tissue-repair to dedication leaf, short closed tear to lower margin of 'East View of Bangalore' plate, 'South View of Sewandroog' with closed tear along inner margin of plate-mark, contemporary boards, rebacked and recornered in leather, arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet gilt to front board, large oblong folio (49.1 x 68 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAbbey Travel 419 (with coloured plates, and date 1794); ESTC T123476 (with date 1794, and tracing three copies only); Prideaux pp. 243 & 331; Tooley 149. First edition, rare first issue dated 1793, unrecorded by Abbey and ESTC; all the plates in this copy are also dated several months earlier than those in Abbey's copy, the dates ranging from February to July 1793, as opposed to August 1793 to January 1794. A total of 394 copies is recorded in the the list of subscribers.