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Poetry.- Hannah (Rev. John) Poems by Sir Henry Wotton, Sir Walter Raleigh and others, spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary decorative morocco by C. Lewis, gilt, 1845 § Johnson (Lionel) Poems, limited edition of 750, scattered spotting, original boards, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1895 § Yeats (W. B.) Early Poems and Stories, first edition, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, lightly browned spine, slight bumping to corners, 1925 § Wordsworth (William) The Recluse, first edition, half-title, occasional spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1888; and 5 others, poetry, 12mo & 8vo (9)

NO RESERVE Australian novelist.- Rowcroft (Charles) Evadne, or an Empire in its Fall, 3 vol., first edition, endpapers and titles foxed, else clean, later tan calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red and green leather labels, rubbed at extremities, [Not in Sadleir or Wolff, both of whom record other novels by the author], 8vo, 1850.⁂ Rowcroft emigrated to Hobart Town, Tasmania, at the age of 23. Rowcroft is the first of a group of English migrants associated with Australian fiction through domicile.

Eliot (George) The Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol. 1 without the advertisement leaf, faint spotting to the first and last few leaves, contemporary half calf, gilt, lightly faded spines, slight bumping to extremities, 1860 § Collins (Wilkie) The Woman in White, 2 vol., light spotting to endpapers, contemporary half morocco, Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860 § [Johnson (Samuel)] The Idler, ink inscription to preliminary blank, occasional faint spotting and soiling, contemporary morocco, gilt, 1816; and 6 others, similar, 8vo & 12mo (12)

Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Under the Microscope, first edition, half-title, with both cancelled leaf and substituted leaf D5, cancel reinserted at a later date, original wrappers, chipping to spine and extremities, housed in a later slipcase, 8vo, 1872.⁂ Written in response to Robert Buchanan's attack on the Pre-Raphaelites in "The Fleshy School of Poetry."

Kipling (Rudyard) The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places, first English edition, Allahabad & London, [Livingston 71], [1891]; The Story of the Gadsbys, A Tale Without a Plot, first edition, ?second issue, Allahabad, [Livingston 31], [1888], both A.H. Wheeler & Company; Why Snow Falls at Vernet, one of 50 copies, Two Horse Press, 1963; The Second Jungle Book, first English edition, engraved and lithographed illustrations, a little scattered foxing, [Livingston 116], 1895; Wee Willie Winkie..., first English collected edition, spotting to endpapers, 1892, first two original printed wrappers, first nicks and tears, second torn with loss and upper wrapper detached, third original felt-covered boards, last two original cloth gilt, fourth g.e., last two a little rubbed, last cocking and corners bumped; and c.100 others, Kipling, many first edition, 8vo & 4to (c.105) ⁂First with London imprint to front wrapper: also with "The Aberdeen University Press" at foot of final f. verso.Provenance: second: C. Pearl Chamberlain (ex libris and loosely inserted A.L.s.)

NO RESERVE Dibdin (Rev. Thomas Frognall) An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics..., 2 vol. in 1, fourth edition, facsimile plate and tipped-in illustration, bibliophilic bookplate of William Bateman by Fothergill to front pastedown, publisher's advertisement for the volume tipped-in, a very little browning, contents separating a little, 1827 § "Philalethes". A Letter to the Reverend Master of Trinity-College in Cambridge, Editor of a New Greek and Latin Testament, by J.Roberts, bound with 3 others, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, some browning and soiling, some ff. uncut, others erratically cut with headlines trimmed, each 1721, first contemporary diced calf, second 20th-century boards, second soiled and marked, joints splitting a little, first a little worn; and a bound volume of numbers I-VI of Useful Transactions in Philosophy, 8vo & 4to (3)Provenance: second: John Sparrow (bookplate)

NO RESERVE Maritime.- Talbot-Booth (E.C.) British Merchant Ships, 1934 § Monk (Edwin) Small Boat Building, 1934 § Thearle (S.J.P.) Naval Architecture, 1876 § Barnaby (K.C.) The Institution of Naval Architects 1860-1960, 1960 § Obrist (A.) & others. Mariquita 1911, limited edition, with 2 folding plans loose in folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, n.p., n.d. § Collier (W.) Classic Sails: The Ratsey & Lapthorn Story, Cowes, 1998; Charles E.Nicholson and his Yachts, signed and inscribed by the author to Jeremy Lines, 2000 Domizlaff (S.) & Alexander Rost. Germania: Die Yachten des Hauses Krupp, Essen, 2006, plates and illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, the last three with dust-jackets and slip-cases, the first three rubbed and faded; and c.35 others on ships & ship/boat-building, v.s. (c.40)

Cricket.- Lillywhite (Frederick) The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States, first edition, wood engraved frontispiece, additional title and 22 plates, 1 folding map, advertisements at end, broken upper hinge, B1 loose but present, caption of map trimmed, bookplate, previous owner's ink inscription, original green cloth, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, [Padwick 4893], 1860.⁂ A first edition of the first tour book, with the bookplate of the M.C.C. to front pastedown, and ink ownership signature of the sporting book collector James Wilson Rimington-Wilson (1822-77)

Hare hunting.- Gardiner (John Smallman) The Art and the Pleasures of Hare-Hunting, first edition, without half-title, title chipped at upper corner with loss and laid down, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 19th century marbled boards, rebacked in 20th century calf, gilt, corners worn, boards rubbed and scuffed, [Schwerdt I, p.197], 8vo, R. Griffiths, 1750.⁂ 'a classic on hare hunting' (Schwerdt).

Euclid.- Barrow (Isaac) Euclidis Elementorum Libri XV. breviter demonstrati..., ?fourth edition, bound with Lectio Reverendi et Doctissimi Viri..., first edition, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces, and initials, peripheral ff. a little browned, contemporary ink ex libris inscription to front pastedown, some scattered foxing, hinges splitting a little, contemporary calf, ruled and tooled in blind, rebacked, [Wing B936 and E3394 respectively], 8vo, by J.Redmayne, 1678.⁂The second being Barrow's lecture on the theory of indivisibles.

Horses.- Farriery.- Veterinary.- Tindall (John) Tindall's Yorkshire Farriery, being a Treatise on the Diseases of Horses, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers and advertisement f. at end, some foxing, lightly browned, modern half calf, [Smith Early Veterinary Lit. III, pp.132-133], Huddersfield, 1814 § Ironside (Col. Gilbert) A Dissertation on Horses, first edition, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century roan, spine gilt, rubbed, 1800; and 5 others, similar, v.s. (7)

Horses.- Farriery.- Veterinary.- Wood (John) A new compendious treatise of farriery. Wherein are set forth in a plain, familiar, and natural manner the disorders incident to horses, and their respective cures, 2 parts in 1, including appendix, first edition, half-title, a little light browning, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in modern calf gilt in compartments, preserving original red morocco label, [Smith, Early Veterinary Lit. II, pp.96-97], printed for the author, at Mr. Hewett's, a sadler in New Charles-Street, Berkley-Square, 1757; and another on Farriery, by Osmer, 8vo (2)⁂ Wood was one of the first to propose a publicly-funded hospital for horses.

Horses.- Veterinary.- Clark (James) A treatise on the prevention of diseases incidental to horses, from bad management in regard to stables, food, water, air, and exercise, first edition, some spotting, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, [Smith, Veterinary Lit. II, pp.111-130], Edinburgh, Printed by William Smellie for the Author, 1788; and the third edition of his Observations on the shoeing of horses, 1782, 8vo (2)

Agricultural implements.- Lester (William) A History of British Implements and Machinery Applicable to Agriculture, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 8 plates, 2 wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, library cloth, stained, [Fussell, Farmer's tools, p.227], 1811 § Ransome (James Allen) The Implements of Agriculture, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations throughout, later library sheep, rubbed and scuffed, [Fussell, Farmer's Tools, p.71], 1843; and 2 others, implements and steam engines, v.s. (4)

Agriculture.- Carpenter (J.) A Treatise on Agriculture, stipple-engraved folding frontispiece, engraved plate of bee hives, spotted, original boards, upper cover detaching, backstrip and corners worn, soiled, [Fussell III, p.63], Stourbridge, 1803 § Kent (Nathaniel) Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property, first edition, 10 folding engraved plates, offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, lacking label, joints split, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Fussell II, pp.101-103], Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775; and a small group of 19th century agricultural pamphlets, v.s. (Sm.Qty.)

New Naturalist Library (The).- 61 vol. comprising nos. 1, 3, 5, 6a, 7-9, 11-18a, 19-20, 22, 24, 26-8, 31, 33-4, 41-2, 44, 46-8, 51, 53-4, 56, 58, 61-4, 68, 70-2, 79-84, 87-8, and 99 from the main series, and nos. 1-2, 4, 9, 12, and 20-1 from the monograph series, main series all but nos. 1, 7, 33, 44, 58, 70-1, 81, and 84 first edition, monographs all but no. 9 first edition, plates and/or illustrations, some colour, original cloth or wrappers, most dust-jackets, some browning and/or foxing, a few nicks and tears, several price-clipped, a very little loss, some with repair, 8vo, 1945-2006.⁂With the sought-after Heathlands volume (number 72 in the series) in first edition: also with both editions of The New Naturalists (number 82).

NO RESERVE Maritime.- Conrad (Joseph) The Rover, first edition in book form, one of 377 copies signed by the author, with A.L.s. from Conrad to Sidney Colvin concerning translators loosely inserted, portrait by Muirhead Bone, original pictorial boards, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, glacine wrapper, dust-jacket, spine slightly rubbed and faded, Garden City, N.Y., 1923 § Bone (David) The Brassbounder, signed and inscribed by the author to Joseph Conrad on front free endpaper, morocco-backed cloth, New York, 1921 § Conrad (Jessie) A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House, Preface by Joseph Conrad, new impression, signed by Alan Villiers and with his manuscript note "Book given to Alan Villiers late 1979. Came from one of the Conrad homes", original cloth, soiled, 1923 § Miazgowski (B.) Dar Pomorza, signed and inscribed to Alan Villiers by Cdr. Kosianowksi-Lorenz "...to the great sailor Alan Villiers, who deeply touched the Polish hearts by naming his own beautiful sailing ship 'Josef Conrad'..." on title, with T.L.s. from him and booklet in English loosely inserted, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed and frayed, Warsaw, 1959; and 2 others by Villiers, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ The first was first published in the Pictorial Review in New York; this limited edition was issued prior to the American trade edition and the first English edition. The letter from Conrad is undated but was presumably written during the First World War as he writes that the usual translators "are all serving now and the original distribution of work has been altered. The war has upset the arrangements and delayed the whole thing...".

Africa.- La Caille (Nicolas-Louis de) Journal historique du voyage fait au Cap de Bonne-Esperance, first edition, folding engraved map, engraved head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 12mo, Paris, Chez Guillyn, 1763.

NO RESERVE Horology.- Gould (Lt.-Cdr. Rupert T.) The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development, reprint, 1960 § Quill (Humphrey) John Harrison the Man who found Longitude, first edition, 1966 § Chamberlain (Paul M.) It's About Time, reprint, 1964, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, slightly rubbed, the first torn and crudely repaired, the first & last Holland Press; and another by Gould on Harrison, 8vo & 4to (4)

Mediterranean.- Nelson.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, first edition, engraved dedication, folding aquatint map, plan and 40 aquatint plates, tiny marginal worm damage, not affecting text, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spin laid down, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 196], 4to, 1802.⁂In 1798 Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship in the squadron under the command of Nelson. He was present at the Battle of the Nile, and according to DNB his is "the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle."

West Indies.- Schomburgk (Sir Robert Hermann) The History of Barbados..., additional lithographed vignette title, frontispiece, & 6 plates, all but 2 plates hand-tinted, folding letterpress table, woodcut illustrations, 1848 § Treves (Sir Frederick) The Cradle of the Deep..., frontispiece, maps, and plates, errata slip tipped-in, presentation inscription to half-title, 1908 § Froude (James Anthony) The English in the West Indies..., new edition, wood-engraved frontispiece & 7 plates, 1888, first and second first editions, first later half morocco, others original cloth, last stamped in black and white, second a little worn, last cloth lifting a little; and 29 others, including defective copies of third mentioned, of Edwards' The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, and of Hughes' The Natural History of the Island of Barbados, v.s. (32)Provenance: second: Frank Cowper: third: Amery (bookplates)

NO RESERVE Horology.- Jagger (Cedric) Paul Philip Barraud: A Study of a fine Chronometer Maker 1750-1929, 1968 § Chapuis (A.) & Eugène Jaquet. The History of the Self-Winding Watch 17709-1931, Neuchatel, 1956 § [Lengellé (Henri)], "Tardy". La Montre..., contemporary cloth-backed boards, Paris, n.d. § Baillie (G.H.) Watches, 1929 § Smith & Sons Ltd. Guide to the Purchase of a Watch, third edition, facsimile reprint, Sevenoaks, 1969 § Clutton (C.) & George Daniels. Watches, 1965, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the third original cloth or boards, the first and last two with dust-jackets, a little frayed at edges; and 14 others on watches including the First Part of the sale catalogue of the Salomons collection of Breguet watches, 4to & 8vo (20)

NO RESERVE Horology.- Symonds (R.W.) Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks, limited edition, 1940; Thomas Tompion: His Life and Work, reprint, 1969 § Lee (Ronald A.) The First Twelve Years of the English Pendulum Clock or the Fromantel Family and their contemporaries 1658-1670, original wrappers, 1969 § Lloyd (H. Alan) Some Outstanding Clocks over Seven Hundred Years 1250-1950, 1958 § Tyler (E.J.) American Clocks for the Collector, 1981 § Cescinsky (H.) & Malcolm R. Webster. English Domestic Clocks, reprint, 1969, illustrations, some colour, all but the third original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets, a little rubbed; and 10 others on clocks, 4to & 8vo (16)

NO RESERVE Maritime.- Cook (Capt. James) The Journals..., edited by J.C.Beaglehole, vol.1 & 2 only [First & Second Voyages], Hakluyt Society, 1955-61 § Bligh (Lt. William) A Voyage to the South Seas...in His Majesty's Ship Bounty..., Introduction by Alan Villiers, out-of-series copy for "A.V." from a limited edition signed by the artist and designer, prospectus with envelope loosely inserted, Adelaide, Limited Editions Club, 1975 § Bateson (Charles) The Convict ships 1787-1868, Glasgow, 1959 § Gibbs, Shallard & Co.'s Illustrated Guide to Sydney, revised edition, folding map, Addendum leaf printed in red, illustrations, original printed wrappers, slightly frayed at edges, Sydney, 1882 Malinowski (Bronislaw) Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea, second impression, signed by Alan Villiers on front free endpaper, 1932, plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, the last frayed, the second also with slip-case; and 5 others on Australasia, mostly sailing, v.s. (11)

Futurism.- Russolo (Luigi) L'Arte dei rumori, first edition , photographic portrait frontispiece and 1 plate, original printed wrappers, little spotting / light browning to outer edges, still a very good copy, [Salaris p.64], 8vo, Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesdia", 1916.⁂ L'Arte dei Rumori [ The Art of Noises ] is considered to be one of the most important and influential 20th century works on musical aesthetics. In this manifesto Russolo argues that the human ear has become accustomed to the speed, energy, and noise of the urban industrial soundscape, requiring a new approach to musical instrumentation and composition.

Surrealism & Dadaism.- Picasso.- Aragon (Louis) Feu de Joie, first edition of the author's first book, one of 1050 copies, half-title, woodcut title vignette, woodcut plate by Pablo Picasso, lightly browned, the odd spot, original woodcut pictorial wrappers, upper wrapper with stain and neatly detached, taking with it initial blank, spine ends little chipped, browned, 8vo, Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1920.

Ackermann (Rudolph) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, half-titles, engraved portrait and architectural plan, 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates, lacking plate 5 'Interior View of Westminster Abbey, From the West Gate', plate 3 trimmed and tipped-in, list of subscribers, ex-library copy with labels and blind stamps, several of latter encroaching on images, vol.I ink ownership inscription to free endpaper, offsetting and foxing, some soiling, contemporary calf, stamped in blind and gilt, worn, boards and backstrips detached taking with them some endpapers, crude tape repair [Abbey, Scenery 213], 4to, for R.Ackermann, 1812.

Marriage.- Dolce (Lodovico) Paraphrasi nella Sesta Satira di Givvenale: nellaque si ragiona delle miserie de gli huomini maritali...Lo Epithalamio di CA-Catullo nelle nozze di Peleo & di Theti, italic type, initial spaces with guide letters, stamp erased from lower corner of title, causing some thinning of paper, lower corners of C1 repaired, affecting a few letters, foxed, occasional staining, 18th century vellum, red morocco label to spine, 8vo, [Venice], [Curtio Navo & brothers], 1538.⁂ Rare first edition of one of Dolce's earliest books, which contains three works on marriage. The third work is a paraphrase of Catullus 64, his longest poem, which concerns the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. It is one of the earliest translations of Catullus into the vernacular. The first work is by Juvenal and the second an original by Dolce. In his dedication to the painter Titian the author talks about how the artist depicts the spirit and soul of his subject with brush and paint in the same excellent way that Juvenal does with his pen. Provenance: shelf-mark 'B IIII 52' to foot of title.

Estienne.- Major (Georg) and Antonio Mancinelli. Sententiae veterum poetarum, per locos communes digestae, ac tandem post authoris supremam manum, multum auctae ac locupletae. Poetica virtute libellus, title with woodcut printer's device, some foxing and light browning, 18th century polished calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with black morocco label, g.e., [Not in Adams; Renouard, Estienne, 80:7], Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551; and a defective Cicero, printed by Robert Estienne, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ First Estienne edition of this collection of excerpts from classical writers (including Catullus), arranged by topics. Provenance: Lucien d'Ursin, Antwerp (armorial bookplate).

Stellato (Marcello Palingenio) Marcelli Palingenii Stellati Poetæ Doctissimi, Zodiacus vitae..., endpapers formed from manuscript fragments, contemporary ownership inscriptions to free endpapers, a few ff. with marginal loss, Ex officina Societatis Stationariorum, 1639 § Sainctyon (Sieur de) The History of Tamerlan the Great..., hinges pulling, [Wing S359B], for S.Heyrick, 1679 § Robinson (H.) Scholæ Wintoniensis Phrases Latinæ, eighth edition, contemporary ownership inscriptions and pen trials to peripheral ff., title and initial blank with marginal loss, contents separating and hinges splitting, [Wing R1686], for A.M., 1673 § Lacroze (Jean Cornand de) The History of Learning..., 1f. publisher's catalogue, for Abel Swalle and Timothy Childe, 1691 § Leigh (Edward) Select and Choyce Observations..., both initial blanks, [Wing L1003], by Roger Daniel, 1657, each but third first edition, first, third, and last woodcut decorations, each some browning and soiling, first three contemporary calf, first rebacked, fourth modern paper-backed boards, last later quarter morocco, first and third worn, joints splitting, others rubbed; and 7 others, including a copy of Mount-Orgueil lacking "Comfortable cordials" but with portrait and preliminary verse on one f., v.s. (12) Provenance: second: John Spencer (armorial bookplate)

NO RESERVE French Literature.- , Memoires de Hollande, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained, small areas of worming to margins, occasionally just touching the odd letter, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1678 § Boileau (Nicolas Edmé) Oeuvres, 4 vol., titles in red and black, engraved frontispiece, plates and tail-pieces, some light browning, contemporary green morocco, spines darkened and chipped at ends, corners worn, rubbed, g.e., The Hague, Vaillant [and others], 1722; and 7 others, French, v.s. (12)

NO RESERVE Maritime.- Masefield (John) A Mainsail Haul, first edition, frontispiece by Jack B.Yeats, original cloth, uncut, 1905; The Bird of Dawning, one of 300 copies signed by the author and artist, inscribed by the author to his son Lewis on front free endpaper, colour plates by Claude Muncaster, light spotting, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, wrapper defective, slip-case (faded), 1933, both from the author's library with his ticket; and 3 others, poetry, one inscribed to Alan Villiers, 8vo (5)

Horace.- Bentley (Richard, editor) Q. Horatius Flaccus, ex recensione & cum notis atque emendationibus..., second edition, engraved frontispiece and device to title, title printed in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, ink stamp "Teres atque rotundus" to front free endpaper, frontispiece torn along line of impress, a little marginal damp-staining, [PMM, 178], Amsterdam, Wetstenios, 1713 § Gesner (Johann Matthias, editor) Q. Horatii Flacci Opera..., new edition, hinges pulling, Glasgow, Jacob Mundell, 1796 § Boscawen (William, editor) The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace, 1793; The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry of Horace, 1797 § Francis (Rev. Philip) A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace..., 2 vol., third edition, engraved frontispieces, publisher's advertisements, for A.Millar, 1749, third and fourth for John Stockdale, first, second, and last contemporary calf, others later calf preserving earlier backstrip, second gilt crest of Sidney Sussex College to both boards, all spines gilt, worn, first, second, and last joints splitting, second and last a little loss at spine head; and 9 others, with an 8vo edition of second and a duplicate of third, 4to & 8vo (15)Provenance: first: Christian Hammer; third and fourth: Lady Agnew of Lochnaw; last: J.O. Edwards (bookplates or booklabels)

NO RESERVE Ancient Greek.- Thompson (Geo.[rge]) Apparatus ad Linguam Græcam..., title in red and black, for Gul.Bowyer, 1732 § Polwhele (Rev. Richard) The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus..., subscriber's list, 1ff. publisher's advertisements, marginal worming, Exeter, by R.Thorn and others, 1786 § Titi Lucretii Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sex, partly erased ink inscription to front endpaper, the remainder reading "Rev. Dr. Keate", Richard Taylor and others, 1813 § Squire (Samuel) Two Essays..., by J.Bentham, 1741, bound with The Ancient History of the Hebrews Vindicated..., half-title, for W.Thurlbourn, 1741, large ink stamp to front free endpaper § Kuster (Ludolf) Lud. Kusterus de vero usu Verborum Mediorum..., by J.& J.Rivington, 1750, a little faint browning or foxing, first, second, and last hinges splitting, contemporary calf or quarter calf, second edges uncut, third attractively gilt, last upper board loose, each worn or rubbed; and 5 others, 8vo & 4to (10) ⁂The third mentioned from a limited edition prepared under the instruction of Eton headmaster Dr John Keate.The first one of 1500 copies printed, the last one of 1000 copies (Maslen & Lancaster, Bowyer Ledgers, 1767 and 3611 respectively). Provenance: second: Humphrey Willyams (bookplate)

Latin.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Georgicorum Libri Quatuor, third edition, translated by John Martyn, 10 engraved plates, 3 folding, for T.Osborne and J.Shipton, 1755 § Cornelius Tacitus (Publius) Cn. Julii Agricolæ Vita..., translated by J.Aikin, ink ownership inscription to title, manuscript annotations throughout, Warrington, by William Eyres, 1774 § Martialis (Marcus Valerius) Select Epigrams of Martial Englished, engraved frontispiece, [Wing M833], the Savoy, by Edward Jones, 1689 § Naso (Publius Ovidius) Ovid's Metamorphoses...For the Use and Entertainment of the Ladies of Great Britain, title in red and black, ink ownership inscription dated 1791 to front endpaper, for Robert Horsfield, 1760 § Flaccus (Quintus Horatius) Poemata..., contemporary ink inscriptions to endpapers, by Tho.[mas] Harper, 1637, third and last woodcut decorations, first and last two hinges splitting, first and second later half calf, others contemporary calf, third and fourth rebacked, each rubbed or worn; and 63 others, including a 1693 Ovid with ink inscriptions reading "Adam Ottley" and a 1661 Suetonius edited by Fell, v.s. (68) ⁂Second mentioned the Reverend John Romney's copy. John Romney (1757-1832) clergyman, biographer of the painter George Romney, his father.Provenance: third: Frances and Jourdan Hoyt, San Francisco (bookplate): fourth: David Warner Dumas (bookplate)

Greek.- Salvini (Anton Maria, editor) Callimachi Cyrenaei Hymni...[Graece], title in red and black, , Florence, Mouckianis, 1763 § (Xenophon) Xenophontos logos eis Agēsilaon basilea...[Graece], 1691 bound with Xenophontos logos peri Ippikēs...[Graece], 1693, both frontispieces, hinges pulling a little, both Oxford § (Plato) Phedon..., without frontispiece found in some copies, ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, hinges splitting, by J.Davidson, [1777] § Wakefield (Gilbert, editor) Biōnos kai Moschou ta leipsana [Graece], 1f. publisher's advertisements, by T.Bensley, 1795 § Morell (Thomas, editor) Aischylou Promētheus desmōtēs..., second edition, ownership inscription of Charles Cottrell Esqre. to front free endpaper, comprehensive annotations throughout, many on ff. bound-in, Eton, by M.Pote and E.Williams, 1807, last two foxing, others a little browning, last contemporary half calf, others contemporary calf or sheep, worn or rubbed, first and third joints splitting; and 17 others, including a 1744 Barton Plutarch and a 5 vol. set of Tonson's 1699-1700 edition of Plutarch's Lives, 8vo & 4to (22) ⁂Third mentioned with 176pp: includes the Crito. Provenance: second: Sir Joseph Copley: fourth D.B.H. Jones (bookplates)

NO RESERVE Cotton (John Daniel) Lachrymæ Elegiacæ, sive Querelæ Epistolares, 7ff. list of subscribers, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, a very little soiling and browning, by Jacob Harrison, 1765 § Foster (John) An Essay on the Different Nature of Accent and Quantity..., second edition, 3pp. publisher's catalogue, Eton, by J.Pote, 1763 § Felton (Henry) A Dissertation On Reading the Classics..., second edition, publisher's advertisements, for Jonah Bowyer, 1715 § [Rawlinson (Richard, editor)] Petri Abælardi Abbatis Ruyensis et Heloissæ..., second edition, ink stamp "Ave Marius Stella" to front free endpaper, by E.Curll & W.Taylor, 1718 § Harris (James) Philological Inquiries, 3 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, for C.Nourse, 1781, first and last first edition, foxing and/or browning, second, third, and fourth hinges pulling, first later half crushed morocco, others contemporary calf, second and fourth speckled, second with spine label in French, worn or a little rubbed, second and fourth some splitting to joints; and 2 others, v.s. (7)

Greek.- Burgess (Thomas) Initia Homerica..., divisional half-title, Oxford, by J.Prince and others, 1788 § Clarke (Samuel, editor) Homeri Ilias..., 2 vol., fourteenth edition, vol.I lacking title, contemporary ink annotations throughout, some ink stains, by Luc. Hansard, 1806 § Grenville (Thomas) and others, editors. Homērou Ilias kai Odysseia [Graece], 4 vol., Iliad vol.I ink gift inscription to front endpaper, Oxford, 1801 § Lucian of Samosata. Nonnulli é Luciani Dialogus Selecti..., second edition, 1p. publisher's catalogue, ink inscription "Jolliffe" to title, by J.& B. Sprint and others, 1726 § Gaisford (Thomas) Herodoti Halicarnassei..., 2 vol., second edition, Oxford, by Samuel Collingwood, 1830, first and third first edition, faint browning, fourth hinges splitting a little, also portion of front endpaper excised, first and fourth contemporary calf, first rebacked, last contemporary cloth-backed boards, others contemporary half calf, last uncut and unopened, fourth upper joint splitting; and 11 others, including a much-annotated ?fourth edition of Porson's Hecuba, v.s. (21)Provenance: second: Charles Cottrell Dormer (bookplates)

NO RESERVE Russian Communism & The World.- Marx (Karl) The Civil War in France, 1870-1 [Cyrillic], 1924 § Andreyev (Andrey Andreyevich) The English General Strike...[Cyrillic], 1926 § Radek (Karl) Perspectives for the German Revolution [Cyrillic], Workers Press, 1923; Nine Months of a Workers' Government in England [Cyrillic], State Press, 1925 § Stoklitsky (A.) Running on Three Legs, or MacDonald in Power [Cyrillic], State Publishers, 1929 § Pogány (József) "John Pepper". Towards a Second Workers' Government...[Cyrillic], State Press, 1927, all but first first edition, some faint even browning and foxing, a few pencil inscriptions, original printed wrappers, some minor loss, several wrappers detached, Moscow and/or Leningrad, first two Central Soviet of Trades Unions; and 32 others, related, several with striking Soviet graphic design and typography, other Andreyev and some Lozovsky, 8vo (38)

Communist Fiction.- Korris (Leonard) Rule Britannia [Cyrillic], first edition, ink presentation inscription to title, correspondence and other printed matter loosely inserted, faint even browning, original printed wrappers, worn at spine ends, upper wrapper loss at lower fore corner, Moscow, Young Guard, 1931; and a first edition of Dimitryev-Polochanin's The Last Barricade, 8vo (2)⁂First scarce: advocates for Communism in Britain in the aftermath of the Great Depression.Inserted in first are, respectively, several contemporary newspaper reviews of the novel, a 1930s Soviet telegram, an A.L.s. in Russian from Mikhail Apletin to Jack Lindsay asking what he knows of Korris, and a T.L.s. from Lindsay to Andrew Rothstein referring the matter to him, given that the introduction to the novel is by Rothstein.Mikhail Apletin (?-?) Head of the Foreign Commission of the Praesidium of the Union of Soviet Writers; maintained correspondence with many British writers of Communist sympathies, endeavouring to promote the Soviet cause in the UK and to advocate for revolution.Jack Lindsay (1900-1990) prolific author, prominent member of the British Communist Party. The T.L.s. is sent from Lindsay's address at Castle Hedingham in Essex.Andrew Rothstein (1898-1994) British journalist, founder member of the British Communist Party, friend of Lenin, recipient of The Order of Lenin.

[TRANSPORT]. COACHING Twenty-five assorted works, comprising Nockolds, Harold, editor. The Coachmakers. A History of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers 1677-1977, first edition, Allen, London, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, SIGNED BY EDITOR, quarto; Adams, W. Bridges. English Pleasure Carriages, Adams & Dart, Bath, 1971 (facsimile reprint), boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Jenkins, J. Geraint. The English Farm Wagon; Origins and Structure, new edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and others.

[TRANSPORT]. STEAM VEHICLES Ten assorted works, comprising Clark, Ronald. The Development of the Steam Wagon, first edition, Goose & Son, Norwich, 1963, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Whitehead, R.A. Garretts of Leiston, first edition, Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd, London, 1964, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and others.

[TRANSPORT]. STEAM VEHICLES Thirty-four assorted works, including booklets, comprising Clark, Ronald. The Development of the English Traction Engine, first edition, Goose & Son, Norwich, 1960, cloth, illustrations, quarto; Lane, Michael. The Story of the Steam Plough Works: Fowlers of Leeds, first edition, Northgate Publishing Co. Ltd, London, 1980, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and others, (box).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Du Maurier, Daphne. The Apple Tree. A short novel and some stories, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1952, boards, dustjacket (torn at spine head; chipped along edges and high points), octavo; Stewer, Jan. Ole Biskit, first edition, Jenkins, London, 1933, orange cloth, octavo; and London, Jack. The Call of the Wild, reprint, Heinemann, London, 1903, pictorial navy blue cloth, octavo, (3).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan & Wendy, Boots, Nottingham, no date, pictorial blue cloth, full-page and vignette illustrations by Gwynedd Hudson, quarto; Leeds, C.S. Chats about Gillingham, first edition, Parrett & Neves, Gillingham, no date [circa 1906], armorial brown cloth gilt, plate and text illustrations, octavo; and six other works, (8).

Wisden Cricketers' Australia Almanacks - 1998 (first edition) to 2005/06 - all hard-back with dust jackets, all in generally good condition. (8)

Hardy's Anglers' Guide 1926 48th Edition internally clean, creases and splits to covers, split to inside spine first 6 pages half loose overall A/G condition

Browning, Robert rare quarter leather bound - "A History of Golf - The Royal & Ancient Game" 1st ed 1955 publ'd by J.M Dent London slightly smaller size to the regular edition c/w numerous colour plates and other illustrations, internally very clean and sound, hence (VG) Note a comprehensive and well-written history of the game from its origins to the mid-1950s, often regarded as the first social history of the game - a must for any golf historian.

Bayne-Powell (Rosamund) The English child in the 18th century, first edition dated 1939 together with Tuer (Andrew W.) Pages and pictures from forgotten Children's books, 1898-9, the book of fables, Children's encyclopaedia, illustrated globe encyclopaedia, other books, skipping rope, daguerreotype etc

Books - The Ascent of Everest by John Hunt, first edition; Under Scott's Command, Lashly's Antarctic Diaries, edited by A.R.Ellis; The Adventures of The Black Girl In Her Search For God by Bernard Shaw; The Hunting of The Snark & Other Lewis Carroll Verses, Oxford University Press (4)

First Edition Winnie the Pooh by Ernest Sheppard 1926

Peck (Francis) ACADEMIA TERTIA ANGLICANA, OR THE ANTIQUARIAN ANNALS OF STANFORD, FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette, folding panorama and 3 engraved plates, modern half morocco over patterned boards, folio, J. Bettenham, 1727.

Beatrix Potter; 'The Tailor of Gloucester' first edition with black end boards and red cloth spine, published Frederick Warne & Co 1903, later edition of 'The Tale of Miss Tiggywinkle', 'The Tale of Benjamin Bunny' and a copy of 'Henry Hare's Boxing Match' by Dorothy Clewes (4).

A good collection of mainly vintage children's books to include 'The Wonder Book of Ships', 'The Wonder Book of Then and Now', The Wonder Book of Why and What', 'Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross', published Hodder & Stoughton, also a first edition 'The Black Tulip' by Dumas, some early copies of 'The House at Pooh Corner' and 'When We Were Very Young' by A A Milne, also 'The Churches of Devon' 1842 and some early Ladybird books.

A first edition of Betjeman's 'Summoned by Bells', a first edition 'The King's Grace' and a first edition 'Sick Heart River, both by John Buchan, also 'Burke's Landed Gentry 1939' and 'Mrs Beeton's Household Management'.

A Caverswall porcelain limited edition, lidded urn-shaped two handled vase, dedicated to his Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh . KJ, 'first gentleman of the realm'. To commemorate the 60th birthday of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh 1981. 38 cm high approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

Kenworthy, Jonathan"Sculpture and Works on Paper", photographs by Steve Russell, first edition of 1,000 copies, 2007, Lion Tree Publications, ills throughout colour and other, pictorial ep, green cloth with gilt titles, dj

Wilde, Oscar "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Charles Carrington 1908, first illustrated edition with errata slip (this illustrated edition was intended to be issued in 1908, the date given on the title page, but after the text had been printed the artist unfortunately fell ill, and this is the reason why the book has not appeared before the present year of 1910), woodgraved plates by Eugene Dete from drawings by Paul Thiriat, tissue guards, water lily design to front board, half velum with gilt rules, the backstrip is rubbed and stained, t.e.g., all corners bumped, bkpl inside front board, advertisements last page issued at No.10 Rue de la Tribune, Brussels 

Enid Blyton 'The Circus of Adventure', first edition (London, Macmillan and Co., 1952); together with 'The Valley of Adventure', 'The Mountain of Adventure', 'The Sea of Adventure' and 'The River of Adventure' (5)

2 vintage James Bond 007 hardback novels by Ian Fleming, published by Jonathan Cape, with dust jackets, 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (First Published 1962) together with  'Octopussy and The Living Daylights' this edition First Published 1966. Prices unclipped. (2)  [NO  RESERVE]