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Fielding (Henry). Amelia, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: A. Millar, 1752, vol.1 with dropped pagination on p.22 (1st state?) and without final blank, vol. 2 with advertisement leaf at end (often lacking), vol. 3 with fourth line of p.191 corrected to "at the Folly" (2nd state?), some light dampstaining mostly at front and rear, armorial bookplate of Sir Edmund Antrobus to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, joints split, some scorching mostly to spines, worn, 12mo, together with: [Fielding, Henry]. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: A. Millar, 1742, two advert leaves at end of first volume and one each at beginning and end of the second, some light dampstaining, bookplates of Rainald Knightley of Fawsley, William Marchbank and book label of Louis & Anne Marie Davidson, contemporary calf, both boards of volume 1 and lower board of volume 2 detached, fire damage to spines and boards, worn, 12moQty: (6)NOTES(First work) - Rothschild 853. "There were two impressions of the first edition, one in December 1751, the second in January 1752; no distinguishing characteristics have been recorded". Millar ordered William Strahan to print the work on two of his printing presses in order to produce a total of 5,000 copies for the first run of the work. Rothschild claims that there were two impressions, one in December 1751, the second in January 1752, but this seems to be confused with the second edition of 3,000 copies which Millar ordered to follow the first but subsequently cancelled. "Fielding's Amelia was the most pleasing heroine of all the romances...but that vile broken nose never cured, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night" Samuel Johnson, pp.221-222 in Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, 1786. Johnson's concern seems to have been noted, for Fielding's second edition of Amelia did see the addition of a scene in which the eponymous heroine's nose is reset. (Second work) - Rothschild 844. Fielding's first novel.

Hobbes (Thomas, translator). The Iliads and Odysses of Homer. Translated out of Greek into English. With a Large Preface concerning the Vertues of an Heroick Poem; written by the Translator. The Second Edition, London: for Will. Crook, 1677, 2 parts in 1 volume, signatures [pi]A12 A-2K6, B6 C-O12, pp. [36] 384, [6] 301 [3], Iliads [pi]A12 ('Books Newly Printed for William Crook') signed A3, signature A3 headed 'Books printed for William Crook', A5 headed 'These new Books Printed for William Crook in the year 1675', bound without the engraved additional title-page to each part ([pi]A1 in part 1; apparently not part of the register in part 2), light browning, occasional damp-staining, spill-burns in 2A1 and 2D5 costing a few letters, a few headlines towards rear shaved, modern half morocco, 12mo (15 x 8.1 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC R38794 (collation has [pi]A10 rather than [pi]A12); Macdonald & Hargreaves 80. First collected edition, and the second complete edition overall of all each work. Hobbes's translations of the Odyssey and the Iliad first appeared in 1675 and 1676 respectively, following a partial translation of the Odyssey (books nine to twelve only) in 1673. The Iliad as it appears in this edition retains the 1676 title-page and has the same collation: it is perhaps more suitably described as a re-issue rather than an entirely new edition.

[Johnson, Samuel]. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1775, spotting, minor paper disruption in I4, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), together with: Boswell (James). The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1st edition, London: by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785, half-title, errata leaf, lacking signature C2, contemporary sprinkled calf, joints consolidated, 8vo (20.8 x 12.4 cm), Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of). Letters to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq ... Published by Eugenie Stanhope, from the Originals now in her Possession, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: for J. Dodsley, 1774, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf, volume 1 p. 55 in second state with correct reading 'qui auroit' at line 16, closed tears in volume 1 leaves B1 and I1, contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt spines laid down, extremities worn, 4to (28.6 x 22 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESProvenance (Johnson): Sir John English Dolben, 4th Baronet (1750-1837), of Finedon Hall, Northamptonshire (bookplate). Dolben was noted especially for his bibliophilia: ‘He carried so many small volumes about with him in his numerous and capacious pockets, that he appeared like a walking library’ (Book-Lore: A Magazine Devoted to Old Time Literature, vol. I (December 1884), p. 12). Chapman & Hazen p. 151 (Johnson); ESTC T84319 (Johnson), T53594 (Boswell), T136181 (Chesterfield); Rothschild 1256-7 (Johnson), 456-8 (Boswell), 596 (Chesterfield). The first edition of Johnson's Journey is divided by Chapman & Hazen into three substantially distinct issues. Our copy has all the requisite points for the first issue: the errata leaf has twelve lines; the errata are uncorrected; D8 and *U4 are cancels; all other signatures are unstarred. The first issue is conjectured to have comprised 2,000 copies.

Josephus (Flavius). Pr[a]eclara opera no[n] parva accuratio[n]e et diligentia rece[n]ter i[m]pressa ... Et his o[mni]bus Josephi operib[us] adjecta su[n]t ... argume[n]ta ... Roberti Goullet, Paris: François Regnault and Jehan Petit, 30 May 1519, signatures pi1 a8+1 b-z8 &10 A-2N8 O6 2A-2K8, folios [1], 194 [i.e. 195], 110, 95 [of 96], text in roman letter, title-page in red and black with allegorical woodcut border, woodcut initials throughout (many on criblé ground), the inserted leaf in quire a misbound after title-page pi1 (intended to follow a8), final blank (2K8) discarded, damp-staining, worm-track in centre of text throughout, title-page closely trimmed shaving part of border, with worming to foot and roughly effaced ownership inscription to centre, modern vellum, folio (26.5 x 18.7 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSecond edition thus, first published in 1514 (see Adams J353).

Scottish Parliament. The Statutes at Large Concerning Elections of Members of Parliament for Scotland; containing a complete Collection of all the Acts now in Force, which relate thereto, continued to the end of the last session of Parliament, 1743, Edinburgh: printed by Richard Watkins ... sold by A. Kincaid, 1744, volume interleaved with blanks containing detailed contemporary notes, occasional marginalia in the same hand, some light dust-soiling, contemporary calf, joints splitting and spine worn, large 12mo in 6s, together with: Pigott (Nathaniel), A Treatise of Common Recoveries, their Nature and Use. To which is added, the case of Page and Hayward ... and also a case between the late Earl of Derby and the coheirs of his elder brother..., Dublin: printed by S. Powell for Sarah Cotter, Bookseller, under Dick's Coffee-House, Skinner-Row, 1753, light damp mottling to margins, contemporary calf (lifting to rear turn-ins), upper joint cracked at head & foot, slight loss to title label on spine, 8vo, Ambler (Charles), Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, with some few in other courts, Dublin: Chamberlaine and Rice, E. Lynch, L. White, et al., 1790, early ownership signature of John Williams to title, contemporary calf, spine lacking title label, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, Comyns (John & Mac Nally, Leonard), Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Courts of King's-Bench, Common-Pleas and Exchequer..., 2nd edition, Dublin: James Moore, 1791, first & last leaves browned to margins, contemporary calf, joints cracked, title label to spine worn with loss, 8vo, Hale (Matthew). Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown, 2 volumes, In the Savoy [London]: F. Gyles, T. Woodward & C. Davis, 1736, occasional light damp mottling and spotting, contemporary calf, red morocco title labels to spine of each, green morocco volume number label to volume 1 only, rubbed and light wear, folio, Yelverton (Henry), The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton ... Late one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, 3rd edition, In the Savoy [London]: William Feales, John Brindley, et al., 1735, title with contemporary signature of John Williams Attorney Carmarthen, armorial bookplate of Thomas Kymer to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, title label deficient, joints cracked and some wear, folio, Swinburne (Henry), A Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills, 5th edition, In the Savoy [London]: printed by E. & R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer), 1728, half-title, contemporary signature of John Williams Attorney Carmarthen to title, contemporary calf, lacking title label, upper joint split and later a little torn, folio, Jura ecclesiastica: or, the Present Practice in Ecclesiastical Courts ... Collected from the best authorities, and interspersed with various new cases. By a Barrister of the Middle Temple, 2 volumes, In the Savoy [London]: printed by Henry Lintot (Assignee of Edward Sayer) for T. Waller, 1749, contemporary calf, morocco title label to volume 1 only, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, and several others, similar 18th-century law reference, 8vo and folioQty: (28)

Smith (Mary). The Complete House-keeper, and Professed Cook. Calculated for the greater ease and assistance of Ladies, House-keepers, Cooks, &c. &c., Containing upwards of seven hundred Practical and Approved Receipts..., 1st edition, Newcastle: T. Slack, 1772, two engraved plates of bills of fare (the first trimmed at fore-edge with loss of folding portion, the second trimmed to fold with slight loss and repaired to verso), final leaf torn across leaf with major loss, some toning and spotting, 19th century cloth with morocco title label, covers faded, 8vo, together with: 'Stonehenge' (pseud.), Manual of British Rural Sports, 5th edition, London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1861, wood engraved frontispiece and plates, wood engraved illustrations, signature 'Mason' to upper margin of title, armorial bookplate of Michael Henry Mason to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian (including few odd volumes), and two folding maps sectionalized on linen comprising, Wallis's New and Correct Map of the Post Roads of England & Wales, London: John Wallis, Aug. 2nd 1790, and "The Hub" Cycling Map of England & Wales, April 24th, 1897Qty: (10)

Warnery [Charles-Emmanuel de]. Remarks on Cavalry; by the Prussian Major General of Hussars, translated from the Original, 1st edition in English, London: printed for the translator, 1798, text printed on blue paper, 25 etched plates of mounted cavalry officers, 5 engraved diagrammatic plates, 2 inserted letterpress diagrams (between pages 52-3 and 56-7), half-title discarded, spotting to plates, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to (26.3 x 20.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771-1851), with his engraved bookplate containing monogram 'E D C' (i.e. Ernest, Duke of Cumberland). ESTC T101496 (eight copies in UK libraries); not in Huth. First published in German as Anmerkungen über die Cavallerie (1782).

Forster (Josiah). Ansprache an die Bewohner Europas über die Moralische Verwerflichkeit des Sklavenhandels. Von der Gesellschaft der Freunde in Gross-Britannien und Irrland, gewöhnlich Quaker genannt, 1st edition in German, London, J.B.G. Vogel, 1822, 15 pages, including title, with additional leaf mounted to verso of final leaf of text of a German reading library, with printed names of the readers (Pastor Hirzel, Professor Lindner, Magister Wolf, etc.), dated in circulation from 3rd January 1823 in manuscript and with additional manuscript dates for the various readers, a few light marks to first and last leaf, later black cloth backstripQty: (1)NOTESJ. Smith, Friends' Books, 1.718. First German edition of Forster's Address to the Inhabitants of Europe on the Iniquity of the Slave Trade. Josiah Forster (1782-1870), teacher and philanthropist, was an early member of the British and foreign Anti-Slavery Society, and a senior figure in the quaker movement.

Tryon (Thomas). The Good House-Wife Made a Doctor, or, health's choice and sure friend being a plain way of nature's own prescribing, to prevent and cure most diseases incident to men, women and children, by diet and kitchin physick only. With some remarks on the practice of physick and chymistry, The Second Edition. To which is added some observations on the tedious methods of unskilful chyrurgions; with cheap and easie rememdies, printed for H.N. and T.S. And are to be sold at the Kings-Arms in the Poultry, and at the Crooked-Billet in Holywell-Lane, Shoreditch, 16[9]2, title-page close-trimmed to lower edge (without loss of imprint), generally browned (some leaves more heavily than others), and occasional soiling, D1 with paper fault to fore-margin just clipping catchword, K3 with lower outer corner torn away, resulting in loss of text at the end of last 4 lines, lacking front free endpaper, hinges sometime strengthened, later sheep, rebacked, corners showing, 12moQty: (1)NOTESCagle 1028; MacLean pp.142/3; Oxford, p.43 (in a note); see Wing T3181. With date misprinted 1690 on title-page, as in other copies. Rare. Tryon's writings, a medley of mystical philosophy and dietetics seem curiously relevant today, advocating as they do, amongst other things, vegetarianism, temperance, meditation, conservation of the natural world and cleanness of living. Born in the bucolic village of Bibury, Gloucestershire, Tyron had no formal education, but was a spinner and a shepherd in his youth, teaching himself to read and write. At the age of 18 he left Bibury without telling his parents and travelled on foot to London with £3 savings, where he became a hatter. Although Tyron eventually became a successful businessman and trading merchant he managed not to compromise his mystical beliefs. He had a horror of war, advocated animal rights, and was shocked by the cruelty of slavery which he saw at first hand when he travelled to Barbados. In the last two decades of his life he published 27 works on a wide range of subjects, including education, nutrition, abstinence from alcohol and tobacco, and treatment of slaves. Benjamin Franklin was greatly influenced by his The Way to Health, Long Life and Happiness, and his dietary ideas were largely plagiarised by Joseph Ritson in his Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, published in 1802. Playwright Aphra Behn, and Percy Bysshe Shelley were also advocates of Tyron's writings.

Acton (Eliza). The English Bread-Book for Domestic Use, adapted to Families of Every Grade, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857, additional wood-engraved title inscribed ' Eliza Acton her book:- June 1857', 24pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, light toning mostly to margins, publisher's cloth with gilt device on upper cover, 8vo (Bitting p.3; Simon BG 25), together with: ibid., Modern Cookery, in all its branches; reduced to a system of easy practice, for the use of Private Families..., 13th edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853, half-title, eight engraved plates, wood engraved illustrations, 32pp., publisher's catalogue at rear, some toning, dust-soiling and marks, modern half calf, green skiver title label to spine, 8voQty: (2)NOTESThe first edition of Acton's influential work on bread-making, along with a copy of her incredibly successful Modern Cookery, which was much admired by Elizabeth David.

Cole (Mary). The Lady's Complete Guide; or, Cookery in all their Branches. Containing the most approved Receipts, confirmed by Observation and Practice, in every reputable English Book of Cookery now extant ... To which is added ... The Complete Brewer ... likewise The Family Physician, 3rd edition, very much improved, London: G. Kearsley, 1791, half-title, some dust-soiling and few marks, light dampstaining to fore-edge margins at rear of volume, later endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, 8voQty: (1)NOTESBitting, p. 94; Cagle 623; Axford, p.244; Maclean, p.29. The author is described on the title-page as 'cook to the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Drogheda'. 'Mrs Mary Cole deserves praise for being among the first cookery writers to cite in a systematic way the sources of her recipes' (Maclean). Names from earlier in the century, such as Glasse, Raffald, Dalrymple, Clemont, Mason, and Farley appear frequently within the text.

[M. W.].The Queens Closet Opened: Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chyrurgery, Preserving, Candying, and Cookery; as they were presented unto the Queen by the most Experienced Persons of our times, many whereof were honoured with her own Practise, when she pleased to descend to these more private Recreations, 4th edition, corrected, with many additions, London: Nathaniel Brooks, 1658, engraved portrait frontispiece of Henrietta Maria by W. Faithorne, second and third parts with separate title-pages ('A Queens Delight: or, the Art of Preserving, Conserving, and Candying' and 'The Compleat Cook', third part with separate pagination, 14pp. publisher's advertisements at end, upper half of leaf E4 in first part excised, lacks leaves O4 & O9 in second part, sewing partly broken and few leaves loose, margins frayed particularly at front and rear, light dust-soiling and toning, contemporary sheep, leather lifting on boards, spine cracked and torn at head, rubbed and worn, 12moQty: (1)NOTESCagle 838 (The Queens Closet Opened, & A Queens Delight') and Cagle 835 (The Compleat Cook); Wing M98 & M90. The book has been attributed to Walter Montague, the personal secretary of Henrietta Maria wife of Charles I. The Queens Closet Opened offered readers a rare glimpse into the domestic secrets of royalty, specifically the unpopular French widow of the executed King. The title would have resonated with contemporary readers as a reference to the scandalous publication of the King and Queen's private letters in 1645 titled The King's Cabinet Opened.

Mozley (Henry, publisher). The Modern Cookery, written upon the most approved and economical principles, and in which every receipt has stood the test of experience, by a Lady, 1st edition, Derby: Henry Mozley, 1818, wood engraved frontispiece and vignette to title-page, six wood engraved illustrations to text showing table settings, occasional spotting and few marks, original printed boards, spine worn with loss, 12mo in 6s (Cagle 877), together with: Hunter (Alexander), Culina Famulatrix Medicinae: or, Receipts in Modern Cookery; with a Medical Commentary, written by Ignotus, and revised by A. Hunter, 3rd edition, York: J. Mawman, 1805, engraved frontispiece (slightly cropped at fore-edge touching first letter of caption), contemporary signature to upper margin of title with offsetting from frontispiece, light toning, modern boards, 12mo in 6s, Ude (Louis Eustache), The French Cook, A system of Fashionable and Economical Cookery, adapted to the use of English Familes, 10th edition, corrected and enlarged, London: John Ebers & Co., 1829, advertisement leaf and half-title present, engraved portrait frontispiece, signature to upper blank margin of title, light dust-soiling, browning and spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 8vo, Redding (Cyrus), A History and Description of Modern Wines, London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, 1833, half-title, wood engraved vignette to title and chapter headings, light spotting, original green cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, Gouffe (Jules), The Book of Preserves (Le Livre de Conserves) containing instructions for Preserving Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit and for the preparation of Terrines, Galantines, Liqueurs, Syrups, Petits-Fours, &c. ... Translated from the French by Alphonse Gouffe Head Pastrycook to Her Majesty the Queen, London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1871, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved illustrations to text, occasional spotting, contemporary green quarter morocco, cloth sides, rebacked preserving original spine, board corners neatly repaired, 8vo, [Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby], The New Family Receipt-Book, containing eight hundred truly valuable receipts in various branches of Domestic Economy, new edition, augmented, corrected, and considerably improved, London: Printed by Squire and Warwick for J. Murray, 1811, contemporary half calf, blind decoration to spine with morocco title label, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, 12mo, and nine others relatedQty: (15)

Peckham (Ann). The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife. Being a Collection of the Most General, yet Least Expensive Receipts in Every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery..., 4th edition, to which is added, a Supplement, containing Forty-Nine Receipts, never before printed, Leeds: Printed for Thomas Wright, circa 1790, some browning and spotting, contemporary sheep, rebacked and corners repaired, 12mo (Maclean, p.112), together with: Kettilby (Mary), A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; For the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers and Careful Nurses, by Several Hands... To which is Added a Second Part, Containing a great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, etc., 2 parts in one, 3rd & 2nd editions, London: Mary Kettilby, and sold by Richard Wilkin, 1724, dampstaining at head throughout volume, contemporary blind panelled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo (Bitting p.258; Oxford p.54), Briggs (Richard), The English Art of Cookery, according to the Present Practice; being a Complete Guide to all Housekeepers, on a Pan Entirely New, 1st edition, London: G.G. J. & J. Robinson, 1788, title torn at head with loss of first word of title, 11 bills of fare only (of 12, lacking bill of fare for December), some browning mostly to margins, light fraying, small ink stain at foot of initial leaves, modern roan, 8vo (Cagle 577; Axford p.134; Maclean p.15),Qty: (3)

Smith (Eliza). The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion. Being a Collection of upwards of Six Hundred of the most approved Receipts in Cookery . . . , 13th edition, London: H. Pemberton, 1746, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates only of table settings (of 6, lacking plate 4 & plate 1 torn with loss), plate margins frayed, numerals to leaves P6 & P7 torn out, light dust-soiling, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo (Maclean, pp. 133-4; Simon 1393], together with: Moxon (Elizabeth), English Housewifery, Exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts, Giving Directions in most Parts of Cookery..., thirteenth edition, corrected, 2 parts in one (including supplement, 6th edition 1790), Leeds: Printed by Thomas Wright for J. Binns & W. Fawdington, 1790, folding table, folding plate of bill of fare and six illustration of bills of fare to text, some browning and staining, fraying to first & last leaves, 20th century sheep, 12mo in 6s, and other defective and incomplete 18th & 19th century cookery books including The Complete House-Keeper, and Professed Cook, by Mary Smith, Newcastle: Printed by T. Slack for the author, 1772Qty: (11)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.

Gross (Major Hans). Die Entwickelung der Motor-Luftschiffahrt im 20. Jahrhundert, 1st edition, Berlin, Verlag von Otto Salle, 1906, 31 pages of text, 3 photographic plates at end, author's presentation copy, inscribed in ink to head of title, 'Vom Verfasser ehrerbietigst überreicht, Gross, Major', contemporary German annotations to margins throughout by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (with notes initialled 'Z'), in both ink and pencil, as well as two other specialists whose notes are signed with the initial 'U', or 'D', original printed wrappers, stapled as issued, inscription in red and blue pencil to head of upper wrapper, a few minor marks and slightly rubbed to spine and corners, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESBrockett 5526. An Address by General Major Hans Gross (1860-1924), one of the most significant critics of the rigid airship developed by Zeppelin, and commander of the Second Airship Batalion. Zeppelin's annotations provide interesting responses to the criticisms levelled by Major Gross at Zeppelin's airship designs. Where Gross suggests that Zeppelin's airship requires several days of assembly, Zepplin notes 'Unsinn!' ['Nonsense!'], and on page 21, where Gross concludes that the trial flights for the LZ3 were 'gleamingly successful', Zeppelin comments 'na also!' [there you go!]. In other places Zeppelin puts forward alternative ideas to Gross's own proposals. As well as Count Zeppelin adding marginal annotations, the other persons are likely to be Ludwig dürr (1878-1956), who worked with Zeppelin from 1899 onwards, in the construction of the first Zeppelin airship, the LZ1, and from 1915, as technical director at the Zeppelin Company, and Ernst Uhland, who was secretary to Count Zeppelin.

Law. A large collection of law reference, 17th-19th century, including: 1) March (John). Reports: or, New Cases; with Divers Resolutions and Judgements given upon solemn Arguments and with Great Deliberation. And The Reasons and Causes of the said Resolutions and Judgements, 1st edition, London: by M. F. for W. Lee [and others], 1648, contemporary quarter vellum, marbled paper sides (almost entirely worn away), 4to, 2) Clift (Henry, editor). A New Book of Declarations, Pleadings, Verdicts, Judgments, and Judicial Writs, 2nd edition, London: by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, for Jane Wotton [and others], 1719, contemporary engraved bookplate (H. B. Lacey, with motto 'nil sine pace viget'), contemporary calf, joints cracked, leather worn and lifting in places, folio, 3) Comberbach (Roger, editor). The Report of Several Cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; form the First Year of King James the Second, to the tenth Year of King William the Third, 1st edition, London: by E. and R. Nutt for J. Walthoe, 1724, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, folio, 4) Buller (Sir Francis). An Introduction to the Law relative to Trials at Nisi Prius, 2nd edition, London: by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, for C. Bathurst, 1725, contemporary calf, leather worn and lifting in places, 4to, 5) [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey]. The Law of Evidence, 2nd edition ('corrected'), London: by Catherine Lintot for W. Owen, 1760, contemporary half sheep, joints cracked, tips worn, 8vo, and numerous similar (including many odd volumes and incomplete sets), the lot not collated and sold as seenQty: (6 shelves & a carton)NOTESProvenance: salvaged from a former solicitor's office in Carmarthenshire, Wales. ESTC R6440 (March), T126604 (Clift: six copies in UK libraries), N37080 (Comberbach), T110947 (Buller), T129615 (Gilbert). This 'second edition' of Clift's work is described by ESTC as a re-issue of the first edition, which appeared in 1703.

Baker (Samuel White). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854, half-title, 6 chromolithographic plates, 2 + 32 pp. advertisements, spotting to plate margins (and to image of final plate), a few spots and marks elsewhere, endpapers renewed, original green cloth, rubbed and marked, spine-ends refurbished, 8vo, together with: ibid. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, half-title, 6 chromolithographic plates, 24 pp. advertisements, light spotting to plate margins, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed and marked, 8vo, Pieris (Paulus Edward). Ceylon and the Hollanders 1658-1796, 1st edition, Tellippalai: American Ceylon Mission Press, 1918, frontispiece, folding map, original cloth, slightly marked, 8vo, Ferguson (John). Ceylon in the "Jubilee Year", 3rd edition ('revised, enlarged, and brought down to date'), London: John Haddon and Co., 1887, 3 plates including frontispiece, folding map (with closed tear), original pictorial cloth, spine rolled, 8vo, Nicholas (Samuel Ernest N.). Commercial Ceylon, 1st edition, Colombo: The Times of Ceylon Company, Limited, 1933, 19 plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps (one with closed tear), folding tables, advertisements, original cloth, 8vo, and 5 others on Sri Lanka (not collated), original cloth: Cave, The Book of Ceylon, 1908; Knox, An Historical Relation of Ceylon, 1911; Corner, Ceylon, 1908; Bremer, Memoirs of a Ceylon Planter's Travels 1851 to 1921, 1930; St. Nihal Singh, Ceylon: New and Old, 1928Qty: (10)NOTESAbbey Travel 415 (Baker, Eight Years); Czech Asia pp. 19-20 (Baker, both works). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon is Baker's first book, and 'a cornerstone in the Asian big-game hunting library' (Czech).

Bishop (Isabella, née Bird). The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. An Account of Journeys in China, chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1899, halftone photographic frontispiece, similar illustrations throughout the text, errata slip, folding map, text-leaf 2B4 with transverse closed tear, top edge gilt, original green cloth, spine rolled, 8vo, together with: Carruthers (Douglas). Unknown Mongolia. A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1914, all halftone photographic plates as called for (including several folding panoramas), 4 folding maps, volume 1 pp. 69-72 working loose, first folding map with a few nicks along fore edge and short handling to inner fold, bookplates (C. E. Rusbridge), original blue cloth, a few minor blemishes, 8vo, Hedley (John).Tramps in Dark Mongolia, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910, all halftone photographic plates as called for, folding map, xv + 87 + [2] pp. advertisements, spotting to preliminaries and edges, occasionally in text, original green pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, a superb copy, Boulger (Demetrius Charles). The History of China, New and Revised Edition, 2 volumes, London: W. Thacker & Co., 1898, 6 plates, folding map (short closed tear), 32 pp. advertisements, original black pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Broomhall (Marshall). The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey, 1st edition, London: Morgan & Scott, 1907, frontispiece, folding map, 8 pp. advertisements, original red cloth gilt, 8voQty: (7)NOTESCordier Sinica 355 (Bishop), 4296 (Carruthers, first edition, 1913), 4293 (Hedley), 591 (Boulger), 3032 (Broomhall; an accompanying atlas was also published).

Aldin (Cecil [illustrator]). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 volumes, by Charles Dickens, 1st edition, Chapman Hall, 1910, 24 colour plates & numerous black & white in-text illustrations, small repaired tear to foot of volume 1 'Illustrations' contents, some minor spotting & toning, publishers uniform gilt decorated grey cloth, boards & spines rubbed, 8vo, together with; Immel (Andrea & Brian Alderson), Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song-Book, the first collection of English nursery rhymes:, 4 volumes, Cotsen Occasional Press, Los Angeles, 2013, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in plum cloth book-box, book-box covers slightly marked, 8vo, and Smith (Jessie Willcox [illustrator]), The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, limited edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, 12 tipped-in colour plates plus numerous monochrome in-text illustrations, publishers original gilt decorated red full morocco, 8vo, plus other early 20th century modern & illustrated literature, including Early Woodcut Initials..., by Oscar Jennings, 1st edition, Methuen and Co., 1908, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)

Cave (Henry W.). A Series of Forty Aionograph Ceylon Views, 1st edition, Colombo: H. W. Cave & Co., [1893], 40 'aionograph' plates from photographs, interleaved throughout, printed title and list contents mounted to front pastedown, first plate spotted, occasional light spotting and a few marks elsewhere, contemporary ownership inscription 'John C. O'Donnell', Grand Hotel, Newara [sic] Eliya, Ceylon, March 25/95' to initial blank, related bookplate ('O'Donnell' with motto 'In hoc signo vinces') to front free endpapers, front inner hinge neatly reinforced, rear inner hinge starting, gilt edges, original black calf gilt over bevelled boards, craquelure to spine, consolidation to head and foot, 4to (35.2 x 27 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESRare prospectus for Cave's Picturesque Ceylon series, which was issued between 1893 and 1895 in three parts: Colombo and the Kelani Valley; Kandy and Peradeniya; Nuwara Eliya and Adam's Peak. These were subsequently re-issued in one volume in 1903 with a fourth part titled 'The Ruined Cities of Ceylon'. No other copy of this iteration traced.

Doughty (Charles M.). Travels in Arabia Deserta, with a New Preface by the Author, Introduction by T. E. Lawrence, and all original Maps, Plans and Cuts, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Philip Lee Warner and Jonathan Cape, 1921, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 8 plates (of which 5 folding), folding linen-backed colour map in end-pocket, bookplates and ownership inscriptions of Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original pictorial cloth gilt, volume 2 head of front joint neatly consolidated, 8vo, together with: Rihani (Ameen). Arabian Peak and Desert. Travels in al-Yaman, 1st edition, London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1930, 24 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, light spotting, original cloth, 8vo, Philby (Harry St John Bridger). Sheba's Daughters. Being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1939, all halftone photographic plates as called for, folding map, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth (unfaded), 8vo, and 4 others, original cloth (not collated): Abdullah Mansur, The Land of Uz, 1st edition, 1911; W. G. Palgrave, Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia, 6th edition, 1871; Hugh Scott, In the High Yemen, 1st edition, 1942; Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta, 1926Qty: (8)NOTESMacro 859 (Doughty), 1903 (Rihani), 1801 (Philby). Second edition of Doughty's masterpiece of Arabian travel, published at the instance of T. E. Lawrence, who had relied on the work during his own sojourn in the Middle East; the work was first published in 1888.

Francklin (William). Inquiry concerning the Site of Ancient Palibothra, parts 2-4 of 4 in 1 volume, 1st editions, London: Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, 1817-20-22, pp. 86 [2], [4] 94, [4] 59, part 4 with half-title and colophon leaf, part 2 with half-title, part 4 bound at front (with part-number in half-title and title-page partly effaced to read 'I'), 24 engraved maps and plates (many folding; full collation unknown), comprising folding route map and 3 further plates in part 4, 20 plates numbered 1-20 in part 2 (number 1, a folding sketch-map, misbound to face part 4 p. 52), and folding route map in part 3, occasional spotting and browning to text-leaves (especially to those adjacent to plates), plates 9, 10, 12 and 13 nicked or chipped in fore margins, part 3 final leaf with repaired worming, modern diced half calf gilt, 4to (26.4 x 20.6 cm), together with: Haafner (Jacob). Travels on Foot through the Island of Ceylon. Translated from the Dutch, 1st edition in English, London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1821, pp. [2] 118, 3 aquatint plates (2 folding), plates spotted, modern diced half half, 8vo (20.4 x 12 cm), Tennent (Sir J. Emerson). Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon ... including a Monograph of the Elephant, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, xxiii + 500 pp., 10 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, errata slip, possibly without half-title, bookplate (Robert Stirling Newall, Scottish astronomer and engineer, 1812-1889), contemporary reddish-brown half morocco gilt, 8vo (18.2 x 11.5 cm), and 4 others Celyon and other travel, 8voQty: (7)NOTESCzech Asia p. 212 (Tennent). Francklin's work is uncommon; the first part appeared in 1815.

Hose (Charles). Natural Man. A Record from Borneo, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1926, numerous halftone photographic plates (all present, some coloured), large folding map of Sarawak, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, vignette gilt to front board, spine slightly faded and rolled, covers slightly marked, large 8vo, together with: Cool (Wouter). With the Dutch in the East. An Outline of the Military Operations in Lombock, 1894 ... Translated from the Dutch ... New Edition, London: The Java Head Bookshop, 1934, halftone photographic frontispiece, similar illustrations and plans throughout (many full-page), folding map, pp. vii/viii (list of illustrations) creased, original green pictorial cloth gilt, a bright copy, large 8vo, Forbes (Henry O.). A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago. A Narrative of Travel and Exploration from 1878 to 1883, 1st US edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885, colour frontispiece, 21 other plates, 4 maps (3 folding), 2 other maps in text, inner hinges partially cracked, bookplates (Henry M. Nicholls; Thomas Perry), original blue-green pictorial cloth gilt, spine rolled, 8vo, MacGregor (John). Through the Buffer State: A Record of Recent Travels through Borneo, Siam, and Cambodia, 1st edition, London: F. V. White, 1896, 10 plates, map, 2 pp. advertisements, bookplate (C. E. Rusbridge), edges untrimmed, original red cloth, spine very slightly faded, 8vo, Orléans (Henri d'). From Tonkin to India by the Sources of the Irawadi, January '95-January '96, 1st edition in English, London: Methuen & Co., 1898, frontispiece, folding map, illustrations in text, inner hinges neatly reinforced, bookplate (C. E. Rusbridge), original green pictorial cloth gilt, slightly bumped and marked, 4to, and 4 others, original cloth (not collated): Dauncey, An Englishwoman in the Philippines, 1st edition, 2nd printing, 1906; Shelford, A Naturalist in Borneo, 1st edition, 1916; Kane, Thirty Years with the Philippine Head-Hunters, 1st edition, 1934; Ainsworth, A Merchant Venturer among the Sea Gipsies, 1st edition, 1930Qty: (9)NOTESThis is the second edition in English of Cool's work, the first appearing in 1897.

Lowth (George Thomas). Around the Kremlin; or, Pictures of Life in Moscow, 1st edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1868, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, 16 pp. advertisements, spotting to preliminaries, original purple cloth, sunned, 8vo, together with: Thomson (Fanny Mary). Memoranda of a Journey to Moscow in the Year 1856, 2nd edition, Liverpool: Geo. Smith, Watts & Co., 1859, half-title, lithographic frontispiece and title-page, inscribed 'To Miss Ellen Craven, with the author's love' on the half-title, original buff pictorial boards, recased retaining original paper spine-label, spotted and slightly dust-soiled, 8vo, Michie (Alexander). The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, etc., 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1864, 11 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 2 pp. advertisements, original blind-stamped blue cloth, spine repaired and strengthened, 8vo, and 3 others on Russia, original cloth (not collated): Mackenzie Wallace, Russia, 6th edition, 1877 (bookplate of S. F. Widdrington; pencilled note 'From the library of Newton Hall'); Henry Lansdell, Through Siberia, 3rd edition, 1882 (bookplate of the Fermor-Hesketh library at Easton Neston); H. A. Munro-Butler-Johnstone, A Trip up the Volga to the Fair of Nijni-Novgorod, 1st edition, 1875Qty: (7)NOTESThomsons's work is the first published edition, the first edition having been issued for private circulation only; Library Hub traces three copies only.

Lyon (George Francis). A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the Year 1824, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1825, engraved folding map, 7 engraved plates, light spotting, contemporary tan half calf, sides rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), together with: Anson (George). A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, 10th edition, London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1762, 3 engraved folding maps (2 with short closed handling tears to gutter, repaired verso), toning, contemporary engraved bookplate (Evan Holliday), contemporary tan calf, rebacked to style, restoration to extremities, 8vo (20.8 x 12.7 cm) Dennett (John Frederick). The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Mr. Belzoni; forming an Interesting History of the Manners, Customs, and Characters of Various Nations, London: William Wright, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title-page, 10 engraved or aquatint plates, light browning, frontispiece and engraved title-page damp-stained, contemporary calf gilt by Carss & Co., arms of the city of Glasgow gilt to front board, a few scuffs, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm), and 1 others (Huish, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, 1st edition, 1835, lacking text-leaf 2G4)Qty: (4)NOTESProvenance (Lyon): William Henry Webley-Parry (1764-1837), rear-admiral (ownership inscription and bookplate); Webley-Parry was first lieutenant of the Zealous at the Battle of the Nile (1797). Arctic Bibliography 10530 (Lyon); Sabin 42851 (Lyon), 1629 (Anson), 33626 (Huish); cf. Sabin 19582 (Dennett, 1826 edition). This tenth edition is the final lifetime edition of Anson's work.

Bowles (Thomas, publisher). Geographia sacra illustrata. Or Sacred Geography Illustrated. Containing, a View of many things belonging to ye Jews and their Worship mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, with a particular explication of ye same, according to Arias Montanus, Villalpandas, L'Amy, and other Antient and Modern Authors, never before Collected into a single volume, the whole intended for the better understanding ye Sacred Writings, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: printed for and sold by Tho. Bowles, next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Churchyard, and by J. Bowles over against Stocks Market, [1728], engraved throughout, comprising title-page and 13 plates, all but the title-page and 2 plates double-page, watermark a fleur-de-lys surmounting a shield, countermark 'I V', light spotting to margins, damp-staining to a few plates, mainly restricted to margins, first double-page split at foot of central fold, disbound retaining original marbled endpapers, calf backstrip (friable) and half calf rear board, folio (44 x 31.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC T504169. Very rare: one copy on ESTC (Asher Library, Chicago); a re-issue by John Bowles's son Carrington Bowles (c.1764-79) is also rare, with ESTC citing the British Library copy only. The work contains a double-page map of the Holy Land and another double-page plate containing four vignettes maps.

Mariner (William). An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, 2 volumes, 2nd edition ('with additions'), London: John Murray, 1818, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, folding map (linen-backed), toning, a few marks, closed tear in foot of volume 1 leaf 2E1 just touching bottom line of text, modern mottled half sheep gilt, 8vo (20.8 x 12.2 cm), together with: Backhouse (James). A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies, 1st edition, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1843, 15 etched plates including frontispiece (one folding), 3 folding maps, Nottingham Free Public Libraries ink-stamps to plates and text, spotting to plates (mainly to margins), maps browned, World map with splits to folds, Tasmania map with closed tear to inner fold, North South Wales map with repair in similar area, modern half calf, 8vo (21.6 x 13 cm), Sidney (Samuel). The Three Colonies of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia; their Pastures, Copper Mines, and Gold Fields, 2nd edition ('revised by the author'), London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853, large engraved folding map by James Wyld, 7 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 4 pp. advertisements, Eton leaving inscription dated 1854 to initial blank, contemporary blue calf, gilt spine, 8vo (21 x 13.2 cm), Markham (Albert Hastings). The Cruise of the "Rosario" amongs the New Hebrides and Santa Cruz Islands, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873, half-title, 9 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, similar vignettes in text (some full-page), folding map (with closed handling tear), advertisements discarded, contemporary blue half calf gilt, 8vo (21.4 x 13 cm), and 1 other (Pike, Sub-Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanapteryx ... Mauritius, 1st UK edition,1873, lacking one folding map)Qty: (6)NOTESFerguson 3558 (Backhouse: 'contains minute and valuable information'), 16580 (Sidney), 12259 (Markham); Hill (1974) pp. 191-2 (Mariner). The first edition of Sidney's work (1852) did not contain Wyld's map.

Melville (George Wallace). In the Lena Delta. A Narrative of the Search for Lieut.-Commander DeLong and his Companions. Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole, 1st UK edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1885, 16 plates, 5 folding maps, bookplate (Rossall Library), original blue-grey cloth, spine toned, 8vo, together with: Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, 1st UK edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, numerous plates (halftones and photogravures; all present as called for), folding map, spotting to endpapers and edges, later memorial inscription to front free endpaper, original blue-green cloth gilt, slightly marked, large 8vo, Brown (R. N. Rudmose). Spitsbergen. An Account of Exploration, Hunting, the Mineral Riches and Future Potentialities of an Arctic Archipelago, 1st edition, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1920, 16 halftone plates, folding map, spotting to edges, original dark blue pictorial cloth, 8vo, ibid. A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce the Polar Explorer, 1st edition, US issue, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1924, 24 halftone plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, illustrations and map in text, original dark blue pictorial cloth, 8vo, and 10 others, polar travel, original cloth (not collated), including W. G. Burn Murdoch, Modern Whaling and Bear-Hunting, 1st edition, 1917; Markham, The Great Frozen Sea, 3rd edition, 1878; Orleans, Hunters and Hunting in the Arctic, 1st edition in English, 1911, and similarQty: (14)NOTESArctic Bibliography 11239 (Melville, first edition, Boston, 1885), 13230 (Peary), 2331 (Brown, Spitsbergen), 2334 (Brown, A Naturalist, first edition, London, 1923).

[Ottoman Turkey]. Thirty Years in the Harem: or, the Autobiography of Melek-Hanum, Wife of H.H. Kibrizli-Mehemet-Pasha, 1st edition in English, London: Chapman and Hall, 1872, half-title, 3-24 pp. advertisements (first leaf of advertisements possibly excised), toning, a few spots and marks, half-title nicked, original green cloth, spine consolidated, 8vo, together with: Rhodes (Godfrey). A Personal Narrative of a Tour of Military Inspection in Various Parts of European Turkey ... under General Prim, conte de Reuss, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1854, folding map (with small hole at intersection of folds), bookplate of George Nugent Ross Wetherall (d. 1893) of Astley Hall, original red cloth gilt, rebacked, covers marked, corners bumped, 12mo, Henry (James Dodds). Baku. An Eventful History, 1st edition, London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., [1905], 24 halftone photographic plates, map, spotting to outer leaves, top edge gilt, original red cloth over bevelled boards, 8vo, Asboth (Janos de). An Official Tour through Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1st edition in English, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1890, folding map, bookplate of John Gretton of Stapleford, original green cloth, large 8vo, Ramsay (William Mitchell). The Historical Geography of Asia Minor [published as Royal Geographical Society. Supplementary Papers. Volume IV], 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1890, 6 folding maps, 9 folding tables, bookplate (University of Aberdeen, Tarradale House, 1960), original blue cloth, small repair to spine, headcap restored, 8vo, and 6 others, original cloth, not collated: Murray, Turkey, being Sketches from Life by the Roving Englishman, new edition, 1877; Durham, Through the Lands of the Serb, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1904; Fraser, Persia and Turkey in Revolt, 1st edition, 1910 (with perforation to final few leaves including map); Ramsay, The Revolution in Constantinople and Turkey, 1st edition, 1909; Naval Intelligence Division, Turkey, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1942-3; Temperley, History of Serbia, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1919Qty: (12)NOTESLibrary Hub traces four copies only of the first work; the first US edition, published by Harper in the same year, is more common.

Bruce (James). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 5 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: by J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London, 1790, half-title and engraved title-page vignette to each volume, engraved arms to dedication in volume 1, 53 engraved plates, 4 plans (of which 3 with integral letterpress description leaf), 3 folding maps, 4 inserted leaves containing specimens of various Ethiopic languages in Ge'ez script (described in List of the Plates as 'one sheet of Ethiopic language'), variable marginal damp-staining to plates and text, the folding maps and a few plates slightly spotted and browned, natural history plates in volume 5 offset, occasional spotting and a few other marks to text, repaired transverse tears to a few leaves (volume I signature 2O1, volume II 3P2, volume III 2I2 and V S3), contemporary streaked calf, rebacked, tips bumped and worn, 4to (29.2 x 22 cm)Qty: (5)NOTESBlackmer 221; Cox I p. 388; ESTC T51608; Nissen ZBI 617; cf. Macro Arabian Peninsula 600-1 for later editions. A complete set of one of the great travel narratives of the 18th century. 'In conformity with 18th-century conventions of travel writing, it is an "immethodical miscellany", ranging from striking adventure stories, reported dialogues, and Shandean asides boasting of [Bruce's] success with African women, through a pedantic history of ancient Ethiopia (which occupies most of the first two volumes), to vivid sketches of contemporary Abyssinian life, politics, and natural history. It was immensely successful, most of the original edition being sold to retail booksellers within thirty-two hours, and was rapidly translated into French and German' (ODNB).

Prip-Møller (J.). Chinese Buddhist Monasteries. Their Plan and its Function as a Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life, 1st edition, Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gads Forlag, 1937, half-title, colour plate, 4 folding maps in end-pocket, illustrations throughout the text (mainly collotypes), mild insect-damage to margins of last few leaves and to folding map 1, publisher's prospectus laid in, original half japon gilt, spine restored at head, inner hinges strengthened, mild discolouration to sides, folio, together with: Beal (Samuel, translator). Si-Yu-Ki. Buddhist Records of the Western World. Translated from the Chinese of Hiuen Tsiang (A.D. 629), 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Trübner & Co., 1884, folding map, both volumes largely unopened, original orange cloth gilt, volume 1 slightly shaken and front inner hinge repaired, 8vo, Getty (Alice).The Gods of Northern Buddhism, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, 68 plates (some in colour), inner hinges cracked, original green cloth gilt, 4to, Le May (Reginald). A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1938, collotype frontispiece and 205 other illustrations, 2 folding maps, original blue cloth, slightly soiled along top edge of front board, dust jacket (repaired), 4to, Argonaut Press. The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo ... Edited from the Elizabeth Translation of John Frampton ... by N. M. Penzer, London: The Argonaut Press, 1929, printed on japon, colour frontispiece, original quarter vellum, book-marker frayed, covers slightly bumped and soiled, 4to, number 715 of 1050 copies, and 4 others, original cloth (not collated): Lyall, Asiatic Studies, First [-Second] Series, 2 volumes, 1899; Heeren, Historical Researches into the Politics, Intercourse, and Trade of the Principal Nations of Antiquity ... Asiatic Nations, 2 volumes, 1856; Fielding, The Soul of a People, 2nd edition, 1899; Thomas, The History of Buddhist Thought, 1933;Qty: (12)

[St Helena]. A Few Thoughts for the Stranger and Resident in St. Helena, 1st edition, London: Vincent Brooks, Day and Son, 1868, 32 pp., chromolithographic additional title-page, 8 similar plates, contemporary ownership inscription 'Marion Aubin, St. Helena, January 26th 1870' to front free endpaper, similar inscription to additional title, title-page spotted and with adhesion staining along gutter, gilt edges, original dark red cloth gilt, expertly recased, small 8vo, together with: Sibree (James, junior). The Great African Island. Chapters on Madagascar, 1st edition, London: Trübner & Co., 1880, 4 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps (one with split along fold), bookplate (Farquharson of Invercauld), original green pictorial cloth gilt over bevelled boards, 8vo, Millican (Albert). Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter. An Account of Canoe and Camp Life in Colombia, while collecting Orchids in the Northern Andes, 1st edition, London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891, chromolithographic frontispiece, 21 plates, 16 pp. advertisements, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, a bright copy, 8vo, Fitz Gerald (Edward Arthur). The Highest Andes. A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1899, 46 photogravure or halftone plates, 2 folding maps, original red cloth gilt, spine frayed at head and consolidated at foot, 8vo, Grieve (Symington). Notes upon the Island of Dominica (British West Indies), containing Information for Settlers, Investors, Tourists, Naturalists, and Others, 1st edition, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1906, 17 halftone photographic plates, folding map, title-page browned, author's compliments slip tipped to front free endpaper, original red cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, and 6 others, travel, southern hemisphere, original cloth, including André, A Naturalist in the Guianas, 1904, Easton Neston copyQty: (11)NOTESLibrary Hub traces four copies of A Few Thoughts for the Stranger and Resident in St. Helena in the UK.

Stevenson (James). The Arabs in Central Africa and at Lake Nyassa, Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1889, pp. 24 [2], 2 folding colour maps (including 'Slave Trade Map of Africa'), original green wrappers, 8vo, together with: Taylor (J. G.). 'Journal of a Tour in Armenia, Kurdistan, and Upper Mesopotamia, with Notes of Researches in the Deyrsim Dagh in 1866' [extracted from The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, volume 38], 1st edition, [London: John Murray, 1868], pp. 281-361, folding map (a fragment of the following paper, Staley, 'On the Geographiy and Recent Volcanic Eruption of the Sandwich Islands' and the relevant folding chart bound in at rear), modern boards, 8vo, Royal Geographical Society. Supplementary Papers ... Vol. II. Part 3. Contents ... III. Mr. J. F. Needham's Journey along the Lohit Brahmaputra, between Sadiya in Upper Assam and Rima in South-Eastern Tibet, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1888, folding map, original wrappers, collector's ink-stamps to title-page and front wrapper, 8vo, Bowen (George Ferguson). Ithaca in 1850, 2nd edition, London: James Ridgway, 1851, pp. [4] 68, original wrappers, inscribed 'W. E. Buckley from Geog. F. Bowen' on title-page and 'From the author' on front wrapper, ink-stamp (Brasenose College Oxford) to title-page, 8vo, and 8 others, similar pamphlets and other works of travel, all but one in original wrappersQty: (12)NOTESStevenson's pamphlet was first published the previous year.

Wilson (James). A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commander by Captain James Wilson ... icnlduing Details never before published, of the Natural and Civil State of Otaheite, 1st edition, London: by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799, 13 engraved maps and plates (a few folding), light offsetting, General Map spotted, a few spots to other plates or maps, General Map and Feejee Islands map each with retrievable paper-disruption to central intersection of folds, engraved bookplate (Arthur Kelly, Kelly), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to (28.9 x 22.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESBorba de Moraes II pp. 378-9; ESTC T87461; Ferguson 301; cf. Sabin 49490 (for the 'ordinary' edition). The preferred Gosnell edition: there was also an 'ordinary' edition (Ferguson) with the imprint 'for T. Chapman ... by T. Gillet', in a completely different setting and on smaller paper; Gosnell's edition is thought to have priority. Borba de Moraes is mistaken in citing a second edition 'similar in all details [to Gosnell's edition] except for the signature of the plates', that is, with 'J. Landseer direxit' rather than 'for Missionary Voyage': it is in fact Gosnell's edition in which the plates have 'J. Landseer direxit'. 'The Duff was the first missionary vessel to sail the little-known waters of the Pacific Ocean. After 208 days the vessel reached Tahiti, landing seventeen missionaries there, a further twelve at Tonga, and one on the Marquesas ... Several of the missionaries settled in Australia and founded families important in Australian history. The Duff proceeded from Tonga through the Fiji and Caroline Groups to Canton. In the course of this voyage the Duff Group was discovered and named and the knowledge of Pacific geography considerably extended' (Ferguson).

JOSEPH W. ESHERICK - 'THE ORIGINS OF THE BOXER UPRISING', published by University of California Press 1987 hardback first edition with dust jacket, A. S. WORMALL - 'DREAMS, VISIONS AND ESSAYS', published by The Society of Communion, first edition May 1927. A rare book on spiritualism cataloguing a series of incidents and experiences of the author, HJALMAR SCHACHT - 'THE MAGIC OF MONEY', translated from the German by Paul Erskine, published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd. 1967, rare hardback book in a dust jacket (3)¦Condition Report:Spine of dust jacket faded, some wear on edges¦Book very good, Blackwell's sticker on back endpaper¦

Dickens – first cheap edition, poor condition, 16 vols +1 duplicate (17)

Jonathan Knight limited edition cast Desert Orchid figure Jumping for Fun, 181/275 dated 1988. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)Condition Report: Would benefit from a clean though no visible cracks, chips or visible restoration.

British Battles and Medals, VII edition by Spink, and Monuments to Courage (Victoria Cross Winners) in two volumes with slip case. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Attributed to Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) etching laid on paper, Santiago, printed in a limited edition of 50, this numbered 3, image 16 x 25 cm. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

The Queen Elizabeth II Majesty limited edition Pre-Decimal proof coin set, 89/300. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Two boxed Hobbit limited edition silver coins and a NZ$1 Hobbit coin. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Limited edition Centenary of the First World War gold sovereign presentation stamp cover. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Limited edition Centenary of the First World War gold sovereign presentation stamp cover. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

A First Edition illustrated book entitled 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare and illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Published 1926. 20 tipped-in colour plates. Some internal spotting. 25.5x19

Four antique books including Ermyntrude and Esmerelda by Lytton Strachey. The Water Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley. Aubrey Beardsley: The Man and His Work, MacFall, Haldane Published by John Lane, the Bodley Head, London (1928) First edition and Tales of Hoffmann, illustrated by Mario LaBoccetta. 29x23

9x Dapol OO Gauge Freight Wagons - Including some Limited Edition All Boxed P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Universal Hobbies 1:32 scale Fordson Super Major Launch Edition and Prosol P4 180 implement. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Lima/Morays Models exclusive limited edition 350; two ScotRail class 47 diesel 47713 Tayside Region, 47714 Grampian Region. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Lima 205260 class 37 Porterbrook purple D9016 Gordon Highlander limited edition 1200. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Hornby R372 limited edition Duchess of Atholl 46231, BR Blue, Early Crest (wrong box). P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Bachmann 32-400 TF Ethel 3 97252 (ex 25 214) limited edition 750 2008 British Toy Fair Exclusive. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Marklin H0 3-rail Digital 37047 DB Class 054 steam loco, heavy metal, with MFX-plus decoder and cab control feature. Marklin dealer conference loco 2014, very limited edition, complete with wooden display stand. New in original box with smoke generator unit. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Hornby R2892 OO Gauge LSWR T9 Limited Edition Boxed P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)Condition Report: Does appear to have been used, wheels look like they've ran on a track, however very good condition and has all original packaging present.

Otto Dix (1891-1969), ''Nelly II'', Radierung auf Kupferdruckpapier, (1923/24 bzw. 1968), eines von 20 Exemplaren der späten Auflage von 1968, handsigniert unten rechts, bezeichnet ''Nachdruck 1967'', herausgegeben vom Fackelträger-Verlag 1968/70 in der Vorzugsausgabe ''Otto Dix. Das graphische Werk''. Nelly ist das erste Kind des Künstlers, sie wurde 1923 in Düsseldorf geboren. 19 x 13,5 cm, hinter Glas u. Pp. ger. 46 x 39 cmOtto Dix (1891-1969), ''Nelly II'', etching on copperplate paper, (1923/24 and 1968 respectively), one of 20 copies of the late edition of 1968, signed by hand lower right, inscribed ''Nachdruck 1967'', published by Fackelträger-Verlag 1968/70 in the special edition ''Otto Dix. The graphic work''. Nelly is the first child of the artist, she was born in Düsseldorf in 1923. 19 x 13.5 cm, framed behind glass u. Passepartout 46 x 39 cm

Famian Strada, ''De Bello Belgico decades duae ab excessu Caroli V...'', 778 S. + Index. Mit der Karte des ''Leo Belgicus'' mit handschrft. Exlibris, 25 gestochenen Porträttafeln und 30 mehrfach gefalteten Kupferstichansichten, Mainz, Johann Gottfried Schönwetter, 1651. Die erste Ausgabe eines der bedeutendsten Werke über Belgien, Autor war der Jesuit und römische Rhetorikprofessor Famian Strada (1572-1649). Nicht eingehend kollationiert, gebräunt und fleckig, Pergamenteinband der Zeit, 21 x 17 cmFamian Strada, ''De Bello Belgico decades duae ab excessu Caroli V...'', 778 pp. + index. With the map of ''Leo Belgicus'' with handwritten. Bookplate, 25 engraved portrait plates and 30 copper engraved views folded several times, Mainz, Johann Gottfried Schönwetter, 1651. The first edition of one of the most important works on Belgium, author was the Jesuit and Roman professor of rhetoric Famian Strada (1572-1649). Not collated in depth, browned and spotted, vellum binding of the time, 21 x 17 cm.

James Rizzi (1950-2011), Der Brockhaus in 15 Bänden, 1999, Einbandgestaltung durch J. Rizzi, Auflage 373/1480, mit Lithographie ''The adventure of reading'' im ersten Band, diese handsigniert und nummeriert, jeweils im Schuber, diese mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, H. 24,5 cmJames Rizzi (1950-2011), The Brockhaus in 15 volumes, 1999, cover design by J. Rizzi, edition 373/1480, with lithograph ''The adventure of reading'' in the first volume, these signed and numbered by hand, each in slipcase, these with slight signs of wear, h. 24.5 cm