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NO RESERVE Bridoul (Toussain) The School of the Eucharist Established upon the Miraculous Respects and Acknowledgments ..., first English edition, translated by William Clagett, Imprimature leaf, lightly browned, modern boards, printed paper label, [Wing B4495], 4to, Randall Taylor, 1687.

NO RESERVE [Wheeler (Maurice)] The Royal Grammar Reformed into A more Easie Method..., first edition, author's presentation copy, publisher's advertisement f., even browning, a few nicks to fore-edges, signatures K3-M2 and S3-4 minor worming with superficial loss to text, also affecting rear flyleaf and pastedown, hinges splitting, traces of repair to upper hinge, contemporary calf, rebacked, board margins ruled and tooled in blind, a little worn, stained and scratched, 8vo, by J.Heptinstall, 1695.⁂The inscription, to the front pastedown, reads: "To the Rev.d Dr South | from the Author".

NO RESERVE Religion.- Clutterbuck (J.[ohn]) A Plain and Rational Vindication and Explanation of the Liturgy of the Church of England..., third edition, ink library stamps, Dublin, by J.Brocas, for Jacob Milner, 1701 § "Philalethes". A Letter to the Author of the History of the Lutheran Church..., for John Morphew, 1714 § [Bundy (Richard)] Remarks on the Defence of the Plea for Human Reason, &c., for J.Roberts, 1731 § [Reynolds (George)] "The Archdeacon of Lincoln". A Letter to the Reverend Dr. Lisle..., half-title, for T.Osborne, 1742 § Pearce (Zachary) Concio ad Synodum ab Archiepiscopo..., second edition, contemporary ink inscriptions to title, for J.Watts, 1741, second, third, and fourth first edition, all but first woodcut decorations, some soiling and browning, last a little damp-staining, all disbound; and 38 others, related, including Sprat's Two Letters Written in the Year 1689 (with appendix and advertisement f.), two works by Swedenborg, and three on aspects of the Bangorian Controversy, 8vo & 4to (43)

NO RESERVE Economics & Finance.- [Defoe (Daniel, attrib.)] A Letter from a Member of the House of Commons to His Friend in the Country..., 1713 § [Hartley (David)] The Budget. Inscribed to the Man, Who Thinks Himself Minister, fourth edition, publisher's advertisements to final f. verso, for J.Almon, 1764 § Some Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Intituled, Reflections on the Expediency of Opening the Trade to Turky, half-title, 1753 § [Smith (Charles)] A Short Essay on the Corn Trade, and the Corn Laws..., 1758; Three Tracts on the Corn-Trade and Corn-Laws..., second edition, for the Author, by J.Brotherton, 1766, first, third, and fourth first editions, woodcut and/or typographical decorations, a very little soiling and browning, first as issued, edges uncut, others disbound; and 11 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (16) ⁂First, respectively, without comma in imprint, with press figure '1' on p.5 (the only press figure to be found), and the last line on p.15 ending "matters and...". Last with reissued final 14ff..

NO RESERVE [Defoe (Daniel)] The Secret History of the White-Staff..., [Part I] - Part III, part titles, for J.Baker, 1714; Memoirs of the Conduct of Her Late Majesty and Her Last Ministry..., by S.Keimer, 1715; No Queen: or, No General..., half-title, by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1712; The History of the Mitre and Purse..., [Part I] - Part II, part title, for J.Morphew, 1714, each but third first edition, each but third woodcut or typographical decorations, some soiling and foxing, disbound, 8vo (4) ⁂First and last rare complete. The third mentioned a reissue of the sheets of the first edition with corrected pagination.

Scott, Robert Falcon; Shackleton, Ernest H. and others, editors, ‘South Polar Times’ volume 3, London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1914, first edition, 4to., numbered 236 of 350, numerous plates, maps and illustrations, some chromolithographed, after Herbert Ponting, Edmund Wilson and others, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, good edition, some leaves becoming detached from gutta percha binding.Note: An important work and a cornerstone of any Antarctic collection. "The owner of these volumes will possess an exact reproduction of the original 'South Polar Times' which appeared month by month during the winters of 1902-3, produced as they were for the sole edification of our small company of explorers in the 'Discovery' then held fast in the Antarctic ice" (Robert F. Scott, from the Preface).

Shackleton (Ernest, Sir) South, The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917, Heinemann, 1919, first edition, colour frontis, monochrome plates as called for, and folding map

Trollope, Anthony, 'An Autobiography' 2 vol., first edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1883, three quarter calf with marbled boards

James (William). A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America; preceded by a cursory examination of the American accounts of their naval actions fought previous to that period, printed for T. Egerton, 1817, 3 single-page engraved plates, modern antique-style quarter calf gilt over marbled boards, 8vo (Qty: 1)Sabin 35717. The revised edition of the author's account of the naval actions during the War of 1812, which was first published in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1812, and described in the preface to this edition as, 'a second edition, or, rather, an entirely new work, is now offered to the public... many naval occurrences of the late war, not noticed in the Halifax Edition, have been added'. Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

* Coxwell (Henry, 1819-1900). My Life and Balloon Experiences, 2 volumes (first & second series), second and first edition, 1889, Woodburytype portrait frontispiece to first volume, 14 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece to second volume, both with heavy spotting to early leaves, ownership signature of William Collier, Oxford, to half-title and frontispiece recto, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo, together with two autograph letters signed from Henry Coxwell to William Collier, Tottenham, [London], 2nd September 1879 & Seaford, Sussex, 22nd October 1879, the first letter outlining the various costs of potential balloon trips depending on the balloon size and number of passengers, and suggesting alternative trips, '... what I was thinking of was a Continental voyage across the Channel as I told you in my last letter - I should only be [?] to share the honour with one, and for such a trip that one would have of course to pay truly handsomely...', a little spotting, 4 pp., 8vo, the second letter a follow-up suggesting they might meet when he is back in Tottenham as he is currently in Sussex, 'where I have a sort of balloon factory, and keep my balloons at present', heavy spotting, 3 pp., both 8vo (Qty: 4)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Woollett. Autograph letters signed by the English balloonist Henry Coxwell are uncommon.

Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthélemy). Description des Expériences de la Machine Aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier..., [volume 1 of 2], first edition, second issue, Paris, 1783, eight (of nine) engraved plates, lacks plate 9, plates 5 & 8 torn in margins and relaid, title browned and slightly dust-soiled, some spotting, uncut, modern half calf gilt, together with Tissandier (Gaston), Le Grand Ballon Captif à Vapeur de M. Henry Giffard... , first edition, Paris, 1878, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some spotting and browning, modern quarter cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, slim 8vo, plus Tissandier (Gaston), Histoire des Ballons et des Aéronautes Célèbres, 2 volumes, Paris, 1887-90, black & white plates and illustrations, top edges gilt, contemporary red crushed half morocco gilt, the original wrappers retained, both rebacked with original spines relaid, rubbed, 4to, plus other late 19th-century French language ballooning interest (Qty: 16)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Woollett.

Forster (Thomas). Annals of some Remarkable Aerial and Alpine Voyages, including those of the Author; to which are added, Observations on the Affections to which Aerial and Mountain Travellers are Liable, and an Essay on the Flight and Migration of Birds, the Whole being Intended as Supplementary to "Researches about Atmospheric Phenomena", first edition, 1832, 120 pp., wood-engraved illustrations, bookplate of Henry B.H. Beaufoy, FRS, contemporary marbled boards with calf tips, corner wear, antique-style calf reback, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Woollett. Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (1786-1851), MP and philanphropist is mentioned several times on page 62 in the description of a balloon ascent from Hackney on 29 August 1811.

James (William). The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV, new edition, with additions and notes, and an account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier, 6 volumes, Richard Bentley, 1837, 20 engraved portraits, frontispiece and title to first volume with some spotting, marbled edges and endpapers, 19th century bookplate of George Taylor to front pastedowns, contemporary blue half morocco, gilt decorated spines, rubbed to joints and edges, 8vo, together with Marshall (John). Royal Naval Biography; or, Memoirs of the Services of all the Flag Officers, Superannuated Rear Admirals, Retired-Captains, Post-Captains, and Commanders... an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760, to the present period, 11 volumes (of 12), 1823-1830, including the Supplement in 4 volumes, but lacking Part 2 of the third volume of main text, some spotting at front of each volume, 19th century bookplate of G.E. Maunsell to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary dark blue half polished calf, contrasting red morocco spine labels, rubbed and some marks to spines, 8vo (Qty: 17)Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

* Gray (Jack Stearnes). "Up", A True Story of Aviation, first edition, Strasburg, Virginia, 1931, black and white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, together with Lehmann (Captain Ernst A. & Mingos, Howard) , Zeppelins, The Development of the Airship, with the Story of the Zeppelin Air Raids in the World War, first edition, London & New York, [1927], black & white plates, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and a little wear to corners, plus Crespigny (Claude Campion de) , Forty Years of a Sportman's Life, first edition, 1910, black & white plates, a little spotting, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded on spine, plus other mostly 20th-century cloth-bound ballooning and airships interest (Qty: 6 shelves)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Wollett.

* Hodgson (J.E.). The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain from the Earliest Times to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1924, colour and black & white plates, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, rubbed, small folio, (one of 1,000 copies), together with La Guerre Aérienne Illustrée , 5 volumes, November 1916-May 1919, monochrome plates and illustrations throughout, original cloth gilt with paper portrait medallion onlays to upper covers (largely torn away from volume 1), rubbed and a little frayed at spine ends, volume 5 faded and slightly soiled on spine, plus Flight , An Illustrated Weekly Journal, volume 7 & 9, each bound in 2 volumes, 1915 & 1917, plus volume 12 (July-December) 1920, volume 7 lacking pp. 861/862 & 1053/1054 plus numbers 467 & 468, black & white illustrations throughout, contemporary cloth, rubbed and soiled, a little frayed on spines, all 4to, plus other mostly English and French language aviation interest, various bindings and sizes (Qty: 32)

Kraft zu Hohenlohe Ingelfingen (Prince). Letters on Cavalry, & Letters on Infantry, translated by Lieut.-Colonel N.L. Walford, R.A., 2 volumes in one, Woolwich, Royal Artillery Institution, 1889, 120 pages, and 3 folding lithographed plans of the Battles of Custozza and Vionville at end of the first part, and 128 pages of text to second part, original dark blue cloth gilt in very good condition, large 8vo, together with Groves (Lieut.-Col. Percy), History of the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers (formerly the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers), now known as the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1678-1895, 1st edition, W. & A.K. Johnston, 1895, 8 chromolithographed plates of historical military uniforms by Harry Payne, and one colour plate of the regimental tartan, original red cloth gilt, lightly marked, large 8vo, plus The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army, 3rd edition, 1844, light soiling to endpapers, original blindstamped red cloth gilt, light surface soiling, 8vo, and other military history and regulations interest, including Text Book of Military Topography, by Colonel W.H. Richards, 1888, Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century, by Richard Booke, 1857 (both in original blindstamped red cloth), A Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations Awarded to the Army and Navy, ... in the collection of A.A. Payne, Sheffield, J.W. Northend, 1911, monochrome plates (dedication leaf inscribed 'With the Author's compliments), bound in contemporary half vellum gilt with bookplate of Lord Cheylesmore to front pastedown, The West Riding Territorials in the Great War, by Laurie Magnus, 1920 & Textbook of Small Arms, 1929, mostly large 8vo (Qty: 8)

[MacSweeny, Joseph]. An Essay on Aerial Navigation, with some Observations on Ships, by J. M'S., first edition, Cork, 1824, 40 pp., some browning and dust-soiling, institutional ink stamps to title verso, modern cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Woollett.

Mason (Thomas Monck). Account of the Late Aeronautical Expedition from London to Weilburg, Accomplished by Robert Holland, Esq., Monck Mason, Esq. and Charles Green, Aeronaut, first edition, 1836, 52 pp., advert leaf at rear, some spotting, old damp-staining to inner margins, a few leaves detached, original limp cloth wrappers with printed label to upper cover, chipped and soiled, covers detached and backstrip deficient, slim 8vo, together with Mason (Monck), Aeronautica; or, Sketches Illustrative of the Theory and Practice of Aerostation: Comprising an Enlarged Account of the Late Aerial Expedition to Germany, first edition, 1838, 6 lithographed plates including portrait frontispiece, some spotting throughout, title browned, ink ownership signature of J.D.M. Tinline dated 1909 to front flyleaf, top edge gilt, modern green half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, both 8vo, plus a defective copy of [Jeffries, John, A Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Dr Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard: with Meteorological Observations and Remarks... , Printed for the Author, 1786], 53 pp., heavily damp-stained and browned, first part-title soiled, lower outer corners of first three leaves torn with blank loss, lacks half-title main title, both plates and pages 55-60 ('Proces verbal de M.M. les officiers municipaux...') after end of second voyage, title-page, one plate and missing text leaves supplied in photocopy, ballooning bookplate of Charles Dollfus to front pastedown, modern cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to (Qty: 3)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Woollett. Brockett 8182 & Tissandier 57. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

May (Gustav). Ballooning: A Concise Sketch of its History and Principles, from the best Sources, Continental and English, first edition, 1885, folding wood-engraved frontispiece (a little creased and minor chipping to fore-edge), a little spotting, together with Bacon (John M.), By Land and Sky, first edition, 1900, four plates, plus Hearne (R.P.), Aerial Warfare, with an Introduction by Sir Hiram Maxim, first edition, 1909, black and white plates and illustrations, a little spotting, plus other late 19th and early 20th-century aeronautical interest, six with ownership signature of J.D.M. Tinline, top edges gilt, all uniform early 20th-century green half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, three spines somewhat faded and including one volume scuffed and worn, non-matching 8vo (Qty: 11)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Wollett.

Maitland (Captain F.L.). Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon; with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship, between the 24th of May and the 8th of August, 1815, 1st edition, Henry Colburn, 1826, single folding lithographed chart (lightly spotted), bound with Warden (William). Letters written on board His Majesty's Ship The Northumberland, and at Saint Helena; in which the conduct and conversations of Napoleon Buonaparte, and his suite, during the voyage, and the first months of his residence in that island, are faithfully described and related, 2nd edition, published for the author, by R. Ackermann, 1816, engraved portrait frontispiece of Napoleon, folding facsimile of Napoleon's handwriting, and single engraved plate of the medal celebrating Napoleon's marriage, light spotting to plates, contemporary polished full calf (by John Winstanley, 25 Fountain Street, Manchester, with his ticket to front pastedown), gilt decorated spine with morocco labels, with gilt crest and motto 'sic semper fidelis' to centre of each cover, a few minor marks (generally an attractive copy), 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: John Bateman (1782-1858) of Knypersley Hall, Staffordshire; Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

[Porter, Robert Ker]. Letters from Portugal and Spain, written during the march of the British troops under Sir John Moore, By an Officer, 1st edition, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, 6 tinted aquatint plates, folding engraved map, contemporary tree calf, modern reback, retaining original spine label, together with Moore (James). A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain, commanded by His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, authenticated by official papers and original letters, 3rd edition, J. Johnson, 1809, 2 folding engraved maps (one or two short tears without loss), contemporary half calf, recased retaining original spine labels, plus Moore (James Carrick). The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B., 2 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1834, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, marbled edges and endpapers, with bookplate of Christopher Turnor to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary gilt-decorated polished full calf (by Riviere), joints very slightly rubbed (generally an attractive set), all 8vo (Qty: 4)Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Waterloo. An Account of the Battle of Waterloo, fought on the 18th of June 1815, by the English and Allied Forces, commanded by the Duke of Wellington, and the Prussian Army, under the orders of Prince Blucher, against the Army of France, commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte. By a British Officer on the Staff, with an appendix, containing the British, French, Prussian, and Spanish official details of that memorable engagement, printed for James Ridgway, 1815, folding engraved frontispiece Sketch of the Battle of Waterloo, with hand colouring, marginal closed tear without loss, and one or two marks to edges, some light spotting, bound with A Faithful and Detailed Account of the Last Campaign of Buonaparte, terminated by the Battle of Mount St. John, otherwise called of Waterloo; or, La Belle Alliance, by an Eye-Witness, translated from the third edition of the French. To which is added the Russian General's Account of the Campaign, as also the Austrian detailed account..., printed for John Booth and T. Egerton, 1815, 110 pages, single folding engraved plan of operations in the Netherlands, with some hand colouring, a little spotting, early ownership inscription of Charles R. Franklin dated 1854 to front endpaper, bookplate of Christopher Cole (1770-1836) to front pastedown, and bookplate of Lord Raglan above, contemporary red half morocco gilt, a litlte rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with [Gawler, George]. The Crisis and Close of the Action at Waterloo, by an Eye-Witness, Dublin, Richard Milliken and Son, 1833, 48 pages, including half-title, folding engraved plan at rear, some light spotting (a little heavier to folding plan), original cloth with printed paper label to upper cover, slightly rubbed, slim 8vo, author's presentation copy to Lord Fitzroy Somerset, inscribed 'Lord Fitzroy Somerset from the Author Major Gawler 52 Rt.', and with bookplate of Lord Raglan and Cefntilla Library bookplate to front pastedown, together with Burrell (John Palfrey, editor), Official Bulletins of the Battle of Waterloo in the original languages, with translations into English, 1st edition, Parker, Furnivell and Parker, 1849, [4]+99 pages, some spotting, original red cloth, rubbed and a little soiled, 8vo, author's presentation copy to Lord Raglan, with ink inscription to head of title 'From the Editor to Lieutt Genl. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, with best respects & thanks for the kind assistance afforded by his Lordship', and Leeke (Rev. William). A Supplement to the History of Lord Seaton's Regiment (the 52nd Light Infantry) at the Battle of Waterloo, 1871, 3 single-page lithographed battle plans, 2 additional related pamphlets bound in at front of text (Mr. Leeke's Replies to Certain Criticisms on his history of Lord Seaton's Regiment, 8 pages and The 52nd Light Infantry, the First Guards and the Imperial Guard of France at Waterloo (from The Army and Navy Gazette of August 17, 1867), 10 pages), original decorated red cloth gilt, generally in good condition, bookplate of Lord Raglan and Cefntilla Library bookplate to front pastedown, slim 8vo, plus 9 others related: Diary of Captain The Hon. Richard Fitzroy Somerset, West African Frontier Force 1898-1899, A Voice from Waterloo by Sergeant-Major Edward Cotton, 4th edition, revised, 1852, Histoire de la Campagne de 1815, par Lt.-Colonel Charras, 2 volumes in one, 1858, etc., all from the library of Lord Raglan (Qty: 13)

Woods (Nicholas Augustus). The Past Campaign: a Sketch of the War in the East, from the Departure of Lord Raglan to the Capture of Sevastopol, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, half-titles, contemporary blue half calf by E. Paul of Southampton (with his ticket), gilt spines, red morocco labels, sides slightly rubbed, 8vo (18.6 x 11.4 cm) , together with: Simpson (William, illustrator) , The Campaign in the Crimea: an Historical Sketch by George Brackenbury, 2 volumes in 1, 1st octavo edition, Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co., 1855-6, half-title to volume 1, 81 tinted lithographic plates including additional vignette title-pages, heavy spotting to preliminaries, occasional generally light spotting elsewhere, marginal repairs to a few plates, later blue cloth, large 8vo (23.2 x 15.6 cm) , Hamley (Edward Bruce), The Story of the Campaign of Sebastopol, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855, 9 chromolithographic or tinted lithographic plates (some folding), folding sketch map, variable spotting, marginal damp-staining to a few plates, bookplate of Reginald Hildyard (1876-1965, British army officer), contemporary red half morocco gilt, 8vo (21.7 x 13.5 cm), Russell (William Howard), The British Expedition to the Crimea, revised edition, with numerous emendations and additions, G. Routledge & Co., 1858, half-title, 4 engraved plates including frontispiece, 10 folding maps and plans (linen-backed), contemporary red calf, gilt spine, 8vo (21.2 x 13.4 cm), and [Calthorpe, Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe, 7th baron), Letters from Head-Quarters: or, the Realities of the War in the Crimea, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1857, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding plans, frontispiece damp-stained, contemporary red half calf, gilt spines, 8vo (19.2 x 11.7 cm) (Qty: 7)Abbey Travel 236 (Hamley); Atabey 1348 (Woods), 146 (Simpson; under Brackenbury); cf. Abbey Travel 237 for the first edition of Brackenbury's work, which was published in folio format the same year. Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Booth (John). The Battle of Waterloo, containing the series of accounts published by authority, British and Foreign, with circumstantial details, relative to the Battle, from a variety of authentic and original sources, with connected official documents, forming an historical record of the operations in the Campaign of the Netherlands, 1815... by a Near Observer, ninth edition, corrected and improved, & Additional Particulars to the ninth and preceding editions of the Battle of Waterloo, with circumstantial details by a Near Observer; containing also the names of the officers who served in the Campaign of the Netherlands, 1815, 2 volumes, printed for J. Booth, T. Egerton, and J. Fairbairn, 1816, folding hand-coloured plan of the Battle, and hand-coloured aquatint panorama on 2 plates, to first volume, 4 hand-coloured engraved maps and plans to second volume, plus large hand-coloured engraved plan entitled The Field of Waterloo, June 18th, 1815, published by J. Booth, Octr. 30, 1816, plus 34 etched plates in outline of battle scenes dispersed over the 2 volumes, occasional spotting to plates, a few early ink annotations, and ownership signature to title of first volume of M. Shuldham, dated 18th May 18[16?], with engraved bookplate of W. Shuldham to front pastedown of each volume, the first 3 leaves (columns 1-6) of the regimental list of officers at the beginning of the second volume not present (presumably never bound in), marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary gilt-decorated polished full calf, joints cracked (with modern restrengthening), 8vo, together with Gleig (George Richard), The Subaltern, 2nd edition, William Blackwood and T. Cadell, 1826, some marks and spotting, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, with original spine laid down (portion of original spine missing at head), plus Boys (Edward), Narrative of a Captivity and Adventures in France and Flanders: between the years MDCCCIII and MDCCCIX, 2nd edition, enlarged: with additional plates, printed for J.F. Dove, 1831, folding hand-coloured plan of the Citadel at Valenciennes, 8 lithographed plates, marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate of Rt. Hon. Lord Monson, Buxton Library, to front pastedown, contemporary straight-grained blind-decorated full calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and some marks to spine and edges, and 4 other related works: Captain J. Kincaid , Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsular, France, and the Netherlands, from 1809 to 1815, 1st edition, 1830 (bookplate of Sir John S. Ribton), Random Shots from a Rifleman, by J. Kincaid , 1835, Tales of the Wars; or, Naval and Military Chronicle, 3 volumes, published by William Mark Clark, 1836, and The Private Journal of Judge-Advocate Larpent, attached to the head-quarters of Lord Wellington during the Peninsular War, from 1812 to its close, 3rd edition, 1854, contemporary presentation inscription to 'John Algernon Bastard from his very affectionate and sincere friend George H. Allsopp, on his leaving Eton, election 1861', plus bookplate of John Algernon Bastard to front pastedown, all bound in contemporary calf (except Random Shots bound in modern half calf), 8vo (Qty: 10)Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Campbell (John). Lives of the British Admirals ... a New Edition, revised, corrected ... further continued to the Last Expedition against Algiers in 1816, 8 volumes, for C. F. Barrington and J. Harris, 1817, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, frontispieces offset, intermittent spotting, bookplates and ownership inscriptions dated 1924 of Commander Patrick E. Fell R.N., mid-19th-century tan half calf, sides rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 12.6 cm), together with: Ross (John, editor), Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Richard Bentley, 1838, 9 engraved plates (some partially damp-stained), Eton leaving inscription ('Thomas Lyon from his aff[ectiona]te friend Drogheda ... Christmas 1841') to volume 1 initial blank, contemporary green calf, twin morocco labels to richly gilt spines, rolled arabesque border gilt to sides, spines sunned to tan, an attractively bound copy, 8vo (21.5 x 13 cm) , and Jones (Paul), Memoirs ... now first compiled from his Original Journals and Correspondence: including an Account of his Services under Prince Potemkin, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1830, half-titles, 2 pp. advertisements to rear of volume 2, all edges untrimmed, modern red half morocco, 12mo (18 x 11 cm) (Qty: 12)Sabin 36558 (Jones). Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Clerk (John). An Essay on Naval Tactics, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: for Archd. Constable & Co., 1804, half-title, advertisement leaf, 52 engraved folding plates with dispositions hand-coloured in red, plates spotted and browned, all edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 4to (28.8 x 22 cm) (Qty: 1)First complete edition of 'the first British account of tactics, as opposed to a work in French translation' (ODNB); part one was first published in 1790, with parts two, three and four appearing in 1797. Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Steel (David). The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for David Steel, 1794, engraved frontispiece by Neagle after Smirke, 93 engraved plates including 2 volvelles and 10 folding plates, offsetting, occasional light spotting to plates, variable browning to text, a few other marks, plate facing p. 426 repaired in margin, unsigned extra text-leaf paginated [280/]281 supplied in facsimile, contemporary marbled sheep by Brown & Stansbury of New York (ticket to front pastedowns), slightly rubbed, joints restored, later slipcase, 4to (26.6 x 21 cm) (Qty: 2)ESTC N9120. Rare first edition of Steel's exhaustive treatise. Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Walker (Bethune James). A Code of Signals for the Use of the Mercantile Navy, part first [only: of two], 1st edition, William H. Allen and Co., 1841, xxxii + 491 pp., 3 double-page wood-engraved plates including frontispiece (one hand-coloured), one further plate ('The Homograph, a Substitute for the Semaphore'), wood-engravings in the text, 4 pp. advertisements to rear, presentation inscription 'Presented by the author to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, May 10th 184[?5]', related library plate and ink-stamp to front pastedown, original cloth, rebacked retaining part of original spine, corners worn, large 8vo (25.3 x 15.6 cm) (Qty: 1)Uncommon: Copac traces six copies only in UK libraries; none traced in commerce. Walker (1785-1868) was a Royal Navy officer who appears to have later adopted the surname Walker-Morison. He notably recommends the adoption of the homograph method of signalling as a cheaper alternative to semaphore. The second volume, absent here, is much shorter than the first, at 168 pages only.

Amick (Marion L.). History of Donaldson's Balloon Ascensions, Laughable Incidents, Frightful Accidents, Narrow Escapes, Thrilling Adventures, Bursted Balloons, Trapeze Performances, Mock Suns... , first edition, Cincinnati, 1875, wood-engraved illustrations including portrait frontispiece, ballooning and other news cuttings from The Baltimorean pasted to front endpapers and on additional leaves bound in at rear, some spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and soiled, together with Wise (John), A System of Aeronautics, Comprehending its Earliest Investigations, and Modern Practice and Art... , first edition, Philadelphia, 1850, lithographic portrait frontispiece and 12 plates, errata slip tipped in, heavily spotted and browned throughout, institutional ink stamp to front pastedown, original cloth, soiled and worn, both 8vo (Qty: 2)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Woollett.

* Amundsen (Roald & Ellsworth, Lincoln). The First Flight Across the Polar Sea, first edition, [1927], black & white plates, folding chart at rear, a little damp staining to lower margins at front and rear, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly frayed, soiled and damp stained, together with Baden-Powell (B.) , Ballooning as a Sport, first edition, 1907, three plates from photographs, publisher's catalogue at rear, some heavy spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, both 8vo, plus Hodgson (J.E.) , The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain from the Earliest Times to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1924, colour and black and white plates, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus other mostly early 20th-century cloth-bound ballooning and airships interest (Qty: 32)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Woollett.

Gurney (W. B.). The Trial of Colonel Quentin, of The Tenth, or, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Hussars, by a general court-martial, held at Whitehall, on Monday, 17th October, 1814... til Monday, 31st October, 1814, taken in short-hand by Mr. W.B. Gurney, 1st edition, Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, and Egerton, 1814, half-title present, ownership inscription to head of title, folding table of regimental courts-martial, some light spotting to first few leaves, contemporary half calf, modern reback, incorporating original spine label, outer corners renewed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Madox, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons and troop captain at the Battle of Waterloo; Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Baldwin (Thomas). Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion, the Eighth of September, 1785, Taken from Minutes made during the Voyage: Hints on the Improvement of Balloons, and Mode of Inflation by Steam: Means to Prevent their Descent over Water... , the whole serving as an Introduction to Aerial Navigation: With a Copious Index, first edition, Chester: Printed for the Author, by J. Fletcher, 1786, half-title (old ink inscription, closed tear repair to verso not affecting text, crudely rehinged), four partly-folding engraved plates including two hand-coloured, the first plate ('A View from the Balloon at its Greatest Elevation') trimmed at outer margin with loss outside of blue circle, a few small tears without loss and paper repairs to versos, some spotting and dust-soiling throughout, old paper repairs to blank inner margins of title-page and neat closed tear repairs to page VIII, upper hinges cracked, contemporary tree calf, rubbed and some edge wear, modern calf reback with leather label, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the ballooning collection of Wilf Woollett. Abbey Life 386. Probably the first book on aviation meteorology and in which Baldwin recounts his flying experiences with Lunardi. It is also probably the first work to produce a 'real' aerial view.

RUSKIN (John) 'Praeterita - Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in my Past Life', Vols. 1-3, First Edition, Published by George Allen, Kent, 1886, with steel engravings and plates, marbled endpapers, AEG (3)

FLEMING (Ian) Thunderball, First Edition with dust jacket, 1961, Published by Jonathan Cape, London, printed by Richard Clay

MOORE (Thomas) Irish Melodies, with illustrations by Duncan MacLise, R.A., First edition, printed by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, London, 1846, 4to, red morocco, gilt ruled and floral border, bound by Hayday, rebacked incorporating original backstrip, AEG

IRVING (Washington) 'Old Christmas: From the Sketchbook of Washington Irving, Illustrated by R. Caldecott', 1876, First edition, together with 'Bracebridge Hall', 1877, First edition, both published by Macmillan & Co., London, AEG, green leather bound with gilt decoration and lettering, bound by Riviere & Son (2)

DICKENS (Charles) 'Master Humphrey's Clock', in three volumes, First Edition, with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, 1840, Published by Chapman and Hall, London (3)

PENDENNIS (A.) (William Thackeray) The Newcomes, Vols. 1 and 2, First edition, 1854, Illustrated by Richard Doyle, Published by Bradbury & Evans, London, leather binding with marbled boardsTogether with LEVER (Charles) Jack Hinton, the Guardsman, 1873, Published by Chapman and Hall, London, with illustrations by H. K. Browne, and COCKTON (Henry) The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist, undated, Willoughby & Co, London (4)

KINGSLEY (Rev. Charles) The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, with two illustrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A., First edition, 1863, Published by Macmillan & Co., London, later bound with dragonfly gilt decoration, TEG

CARROLL, Lewis 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', illustrated by Charles Pears, Published by London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1920, red cloth, gilt on spine and author's signature reproduced in gilt on cover Together with further first edition illustrated fiction books, a signed first edition copy of 'Moonraking' by A.G. Street (1936), Eyre and Spottiswoode and first edition 1928 copy of 'A Fairy Garland', illustrated by Edmund Dulac (qty)

SWIFT (Walker) 'The Works of Jonathan Swift', 16 volumes, First edition, 1814, Published by Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh, plus CHESTERFIELD (Earl of) Letters to His Son, London 1774, 4 vols., and WALTER (Izaak) The Complete Angler, Edinburgh, 1883 (21)

WYNDHAM (Henry Penruddocke) Wiltshire, Extracted from Domesday Book, First Edition, Printed by E. Easton, Salisbury, 1788, a complete transcription of the Wiltshire section of The Domesday Book, with Latin text and English translation on facing pages

WHITE (Reverend Gilbert) 'The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne & A Garden Kalendar', in 2 vols., First Edition, limited to 160 copies, Ed. R. Bowdler Sharpe, published by S.T. Freemantle, London, 1800 (2)

WARE (J. Redding) The Isle of Wight - Illustrated by Photography, First edition, Provost & Co., London, 1869, green gilt decorated covers, all edges gilded

The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse" 1910 first edition and 2016 United Kingdom Beatrix Potter coin collecting pack and loose Tiggy Winkle 50 p coin

An 1879 first edition of the Boys Own paper facsimile and a souvenir edition of "The Maquet" facsimile (2)

SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL ANNUAL EDITION 1999 PIERROT (7400/0990000), FIRST PIECE OF MASQUERADE TRILOGY WITH DISPLAY STAND (008594), BOXED WITH CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (2)

SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL ANNUAL EDITION 2002 ISADORA (7400/200200), FIRST PIECE IN THE MAGIC OF THE DANCE TRILOGY WITH CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY, PLUS DISPLAY STAND (291129) AND PAPERWEIGHT (608238), ALL BOXED (3)

Willyams (Cooper). A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, one of the Squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... with a description of the Battle of the Nile on the First of August 1798, and a detail of events that occurred subsequent to the Battle in various parts of the Mediterranean, 1st edition, 1802, folding aquatint map, 41 sepia aquatint plates and plan, title, engraved dedication and first two preface leaves repaired, a little light spotting and toning, hinges reinforced, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, corners repaired, a little rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)Abbey Travel 196 (large-paper copy); Blackmer 1813. Willyams served as chaplain aboard the Swiftsure during the Battle of the Nile, of which he provides an eyewitness account.

[China]. Morrison (Robert). A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, in Three Parts, [parts 1 and 3 only; part 1 in 3 volumes], 4 volumes in 3, 1st edition, Macao: printed at the Honorable East India Company's Press, by P. P. Thoms, 1815-23, Chinese characters throughout, occasional woodblock illustrations in the text, spotting to binder's blanks and to a few leaves in part 1 volume 1, final leaf of part 1 volume 2 chipped and creased to no loss of text, possibly lacking one preliminary leaf in part 1 volume 3 (called for in some library collations but not in Cordier), marginal staining to part 1 volume 3 title page and to final few leaves of part 3, bookplates of Richmond College, Surrey, early 20th-century half calf, worn, covers of third volume detached, 4to (Qty: 3)Cordier Sinica 1592-3. First edition of the first Chinese-English dictionary and the pioneering Chinese scholar's 'magnum opus' (ODNB). This copy contains parts one and three, respectively 'Chinese and English, arranged according to the radicals', and 'English and Chinese [arranged alphabetically]'; part two is entitled 'Chinese and English arranged alphabetically'. The work was printed in Macao over a period of eight years, and among the difficulties Morrison faced was the theft of the entire apparatus of italic types, 'stolen before they were landed from the Ship which conveyed them from England' (author's advertisement). We trace a handful of fragmentary copies at auction; complete copies are very rare.

Barrow (John). Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 volumes, 2nd edition ('with additions and alterations'), T. Cadell, 1806, 8 hand-colured aquatint plates after Samuel Daniell, 10 folding maps, volume 2 half-title discarded, browning, volume 1 signatures U1-2 and quire 3H marginally damp-stained, pp. 218-19 browned from laid-in bookmark, maps variably offset or damp-stained, map 1 (volume 1 frontispiece) with small hole at intersection of folds, map 3 (facing volume 2 p. 223) with repairs verso, ink-stamps 'Bibliothèque du roi, Neuilly' to title-pages, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked retaining old morocco labels, Greek key border gilt to sides, corners restored, 4to (25.7 x 20.2 cm) (Qty: 1)Abbey Travel 322; Mendelssohn I pp. 88-9; Tooley 85. The first edition (1801-4) contained only one plate, an uncoloured aquatint. Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Fraser (James Baillie). Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc. With Sketches of the Character and Manners of the Koordish and Arab Tribes. Two Volumes in One, Richard Bentley, [c.1840], 2 engraved frontispieces, later ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, all edges untrimmed, original red cloth gilt, recased, marked, 8vo (Qty: 1)This undated one-volume edition is often catalogued as the first edition, but it is more likely an early re-issue of the two-volume iteration of 1840.

Barth (Henry). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa, 5 volumes, mixed editions, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857-8, half-titles to volumes 1, 4 and 5 as called, 60 tinted lithographic plates, 1 folding wood-engraved plate, 15 folding maps, 2 + 24 pp. advertisements to volumes 1 and 4, errata leaf to rear of volume 5,marginal damp-staining, occasional spotting to plate margins, maps faintly offset, some with closed tears at inner folds, map facing volume 1 p. 297 scorched in margin, engraved bookplates of George Warde Norman (see note), original cloth, Wrecased, variable discolouration to cloth, 8vo (Qty: 5)Abbey Travel 274. Second edition of volume one, first editions of the remaining volumes. Provenance: George Warde Norman (1793-1882), director of the Bank of England (bookplates); Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Grindlay (Robert Melville). Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India, 1892, 36 chromolithographic plates, initial leaf with imprint statement 'reprinted from the original plates, 1892' verso present, lower section of title-page containing chromolithographic vignette excised (text retained), marginal chipping to outer text-leaves, small indented section and concomitant rumpling to top edge of a few leaves (text and images not at all affected), of disbound, folio (41.6 x 32 cm) (Qty: 1)Scarce facsimile edition, and the second edition overall, of one of the finest colour plate books on India, first published 1826-30 (for which see Abbey Travel 442). Copac traces one copy in British and Irish institutional libraries, at the University of Cambridge.

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie in foure Books, Contayning the Corographie & Historie of the whole World and all the Principall Kingdomes Provinces, Seas and Isles Thereof, 5th Edition Corrected & Inlarged by the Author, printed for Anne Seile over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet streete, 1669, 4 parts in one, imprimatur leaf before title, additional engraved title page by John Fillian, trimmed and relaid, with a little loss to top margin, and lower outer corners, printed title in red and black, separate printed title to each part, 4 folding engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America (all by Robert Vaughan, except Asia by John Goddard), the first 2 maps of Europe and Asia with small repair to folds, without loss (generally in good condition), bookplate of William Constable Esqr. F.R.S. & F.A.S. to fronst pastedown, contemporary mottled full calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, outer corners repaired, thick folio (sheet size 34 x 22.5 cm, 13.4 x 8.8 ins) (Qty: 1)Tooley, California as an Island, 12

Hughes (Thomas Smart). Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for J. Mawman, 1820, 14 engraved or aquatint plates and maps (of 15: lacking volume 2 plate facing p. 35), spotting and browning, ink-stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to title-pages, preliminary text leaves and volume 2 frontispiece, later 19th-century red calf, worn, loss to volume 1 lower spine compartment, 4to (27 x 20.5 cm), together with: Gell (William, & John P. Gandy ). Pompeiana. The Tography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Rodwell and Martin, 1824, engraved frontispiece, unnumbered plate, map, 2 folding plans, 75 plates numbered 1-77 (some double-page or folding, 2 hand-coloured), half-titles discarded, spotting to frontispiece, text-block and plate margins, partly unopened, bookplate, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, later half morocco, spines refurbished, chipping to paper sides, large 8vo (27 x 17.2 cm), Carne (John), Syria, the Holy Land and Asia Minor, 3 volumes, Fisher, Son, & Co., 1842, 123 engraved plates including vignette titles and portrait frontispiece of Muhammad 'Ali Pasha after W. H Bartlett, William Purser and Thomas Allom, 2 engraved maps, tissue-guards throughout, first 3 plates of volume 2 creased and marginally damp-stained, a few other faint marginal marks, inner hinges skilfully reinforced, remains a bright copy with strong impressions of the plates, contemporary ownership inscription dated 1844 to title-pages, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, volume 1 front joint partially cracked at head, 4to (27.2 x 21 cm), and 1 other (Qty: 8)Blackmer 843 (Hughes, proof copy) 666 (Gell) & 291 (Carne, first edition, 1836-8); Abbey Travel 203 & Atabey 599 (Hughes). This 'new edition' of Gell's work 'is a large-paper issue of the 1817-19 octavo [first] edition spread out into two volumes with new titles and half-titles' (Blackmer).

[Maier, John]. A Compendius Geographical and Historical Grammar, exhibiting a brief survey of terraqueous globe, 1st edition, & A Compendius Geographical Dictionary, containing, a concise description of the most remarkable places, ancient and modern, in Europe, Asia, Africa, & America, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for W. Peacock, 1795, 13 folding engraved maps to first volume, and six folding engraved maps to second volume, all hand-coloured in outline, uncoloured folding engraved view of the solar system to second volume, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform straight-grained dark blue full morocco gilt, both in excellent condition, together with The Sovereign for 1838, printed by assignment for Suttaby and Co., [1837], 16 steel engraved views and illustrations on 12 leaves, all edges gilt, wallet-style straight-grained plain plum morocco, slightly rubbed, all 12mo, contained in contemporary black morocco gilt bookbox with hinged lid, titled Dictionaries, rubbed and some marks, 16 x 10.5 x 9 cm (Qty: 3)

Mariti (Giovanni). Voyages dans l'isle de Chypre, la Syrie et la Palestine, avec l'histoire générale du Levant, traduits de l'italien, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition in French, Neuwied: Société typographique, 1791, volume 2 signatures K3-6 cropped in top margins, contemporary marbled sheep, scuffed in places, spine-label chipped, small 8vo (16.2 x 9.8 cm) (Qty: 1)Atabey 770; Blackmer 1079; Cobham-Jeffery p. 37. 'Mariti's book is one of the most important of all works on Cyprus' (Atabey). The author spent seven years as vice-consul at Larnaca and also travelled widely through the Middle East. The first edition in French was printed in Paris the same year, translated from the first two volumes of the original nine-volume Italian edition (1769-1777). Blackmer speculates that this Neuwied edition is a piracy; Cobham-Jeffery does not assign priority to either 1791 edition.

Beale (Thomas). The Natural History of the Sperm Whale ... To which is added, a Sketch of a South-Sea Whaling Voyage, 2nd edition, John van Voorst, 1839, half-title, 3 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, sections a few leaves roughly opened, 2 sections probably from a bookplate (John Wilson, Kingston, Jamaica) mounted to title-page partially obscuring text, ink-stamp of Ruthin School to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, richly gilt spine, head of front joint cracked, large 12mo (19 x 11.4 cm) (Qty: 1)Ferguson 2709; Hill 89; Sabin 4108. The work was first published in 1835 in an edition of 133 copies, and was an important source for Herman Melville's Moby-Dick . Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Nares, Captain Sir G.S. Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M. Ships 'Albert' and 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1878, two folding maps (one repaired to verso with small loss), six mounted Woodburytype photographs, illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, a little light spotting and toning, original green cloth, volume I rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with, Rich, E.E. The History of the Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1870, 2 volumes, Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1958-59, colour frontispieces, folding map, partly unopened, map endpapers, previous owner inscription of Michael Browne Rich to half titles, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, spines faded, 8vo, limited edition number 6, together with two other Hudson's Bay Record Society publications: Cumberland House Journals and Inland Journal 1775-82, 2 volumes, First and Second Series, 1951-52, limited edition 1033, and John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration 1844-1855, 1953, limited edition, this copy unumbered, volumes XIV, XV, XVI, XXI & XXII of The Hudson's Bay Record Society series (Qty: 7)