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Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de) The Little Prince, number 66 of 525 copies signed by the author, numerous plain and colour illustrations by the author, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, first state dust-jacket with publisher's address listed as "386 Fourth Avenue" on front flap, priced $2.00, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear to head of rear panel, light browning to panels, light chipping and creasing to head, rubbing to extremities, 4to, 1943.⁂ The rare signed limited edition of Saint-Exupéry's classic tale. Saint-Exupéry left the U.S. shortly after publication to serve in the French Free Air Force in North Africa and, just over a year later, he and his plane were lost over the Mediterranean. Signed copies are therefore rare, with this limited edition comprising the vast majority.

Warhol (Andy) The Philosophy...(From A to B and Back Again), first edition, first printing with B C D E to verso of title, signed presentation inscription from the author with drawing of Campbell's soup can to half-title, original board, dust-jacket, some very light rubbing or creasing to head but a fine copy otherwise, New York, 1975; and a copy of The Chain-Drive signed by the author, 8vo (2)

Waugh (Evelyn) A Little Learning. The First Volume of an Autobiography, first edition, signed by the author on title, frontispiece, title in red and back, original cloth, light fading to spine and covers, 8vo, 1964.⁂ The last work published by Waugh in his lifetime and as such a difficult title to find signed.

Heywood (Thomas) Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's, selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c., first edition, title with ornamental typographical border (shaved), lacking initial blank, title soiled and with small ink stain to foot, browned, light staining towards end, small gilt-stamped book-labels of Beverly Chew and John L.Clawson on front pastedown and printed label of James Stevens Cox on front free endpaper with manuscript list of provenance since 1819 loosely inserted, 19th century olive green calf, gilt, by C.Smith, spine gilt with red label (chipped), g.e., a little rubbed and marked, [Pforzheimer 482; STC 13358], small 8vo, by R.O. for R.H. and are to be sold by Thomas Slater, 1637.

Belloc (Hillaire) Cautionary Tales for Children, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Mr and Mrs Meade. Their obedient servant, H.B. 29th of November 1907" to front free endpaper, illustrations by Basil Temple Blackwood, Michael Sadleir's copy with his bookplate to pastedown and neat pencil notes to endpapers, hinges tender, original pictorial boards, light discolouration to spine, some minor rubbing to spine tips but a remarkably sharp, near-fine copy otherwise, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [1907]; and a copy of New Cautionary Tales, 4to (2)⁂ Belloc's classic collection of humorous cautionary verse, rare signed, especially so such superb condition.

[Crawhall (Joseph)] The Compleatest Angling Booke that Ever was Writ, first edition, [one of 40 copies], presentation copy from the author inscribed "The Rev. John F.Bigge with the Author's compliments" at head of Preface and numbered 33 in circle, with 2 A.Ls.s. from Crawhall to Bigge mounted facing title and on verso of title, hand-coloured coat-of-arms mounted on leaf facing Preface, printed on rectos only (unpaginated), 31 engraved plates on india paper and mounted (one in hand-coloured and uncoloured state), 6 hand-coloured, some other plates (facsimiles, music etc.), numerous vignettes in the text, many hand-coloured, with 9 original watercolours by Crawhall on text versos or bound in including one full-page of trout, the last heightened with gum arabic, some foxing, bookplate of Edward E.Bigge, angling engraving captioned "Vernon Gallery. The Enthusiast" in ink manuscript on plate trimmed and mounted on front free endpaper (frayed at edge and detached with title and letters), some other ephemera loosely inserted, contemporary half roan, t.e.g., rubbed, spine faded, [Westwood & Satchell pp.69-70], 4to, [Newcastle upon Tyne, by and for the author], [1859].⁂ The author's first book, published anonymously. "A very curious and original work and one of the chief rarities of the angling bibliophile's collection...only forty copies were struck off for private circulation." W & S. Copies appear to vary as to contents.

Crawhall (Joseph) The Compleatest Angling Booke that Ever was Writ, second edition, one of 100 copies, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed "Henry Moore Esq. with the Author's compliments" at head of first page of text, woodcut and wood-engraved vignettes and illustrations by the author, Joseph Crawhall III, James Guthrie and W. Chapman throughout, some hand-coloured, colophon printed in red and black, occasional foxing, contemporary calf, by A. Reid of Newcastle, t.e.g., a little worn, covers detached, [Westwood & Satchell p.69], Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by Andrew Reid for the Author, 1881; Chaplets from Coquet-side, one of 100 copies, woodcut vignettes, initials and ornaments, a few hand-coloured, original roan-backed boards, spine gilt, t.e.g., rubbed and a little damp-stained, [W & S p.69], [Newcastle upon Tyne, Robert Robinson], 1873; Izaak Walton: His Wallet Booke, first edition, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, some light offsetting, original boards, uncut, rubbed, corners and spine ends a little worn, Field & Tuer, Leadenhall Press, 1885, 4to & 8vo (3)

Crawhall (Joseph) Old Aunt Elspa's ABC, first edition, hand-coloured illustrations, 3pp. advertisements at end, stitching broken, loose in original hand-coloured pictorial wrappers, lower cover with 1858 1d red postage stamp pasted onto easel, slightly frayed at edges, [1884]; I Know what I Know [&] John & Joan, together Parts III & VII (of 8) from 'Crawhall's Chap-Book Chaplets', hand-coloured illustrations, original printed wrappers, uncut, a little spotted and frayed at edges, spines worn, London & New York, 1883; Chorographia, or a Survey of Newcastle Upon Tyne: 1649, hand-coloured coats-of-arms, Edward Gordon Craig's copy with his monogrammed book-label, original half vellum, hand-coloured woodcut vignettes to boards, uncut, 1884; A Beuk o'Newcassel Sangs, list of subscribers at beginning, original buckram-backed pictorial boards, 1888; A Jubilee Thought, browned, title loose, contemporary cloth, original wrappers bound in mounted on stubs, 1887, woodcut illustrations, all rubbed and soiled, the first two Field & Tuer, the last three Newcastle upon Tyne; and another, 4to (7)⁂ "Aunt Elspa" was a family term of endearment for Crawhall's daughter Elspeth. Crawhall himself is pictured at letter R for Rumpus, Rage, Racket & Riot, being chased by a termagant queen.

[Bacon (Nathaniel)] A Relation of the Fearefull Estate of Francis Spira, in the yeare, 1548, lacking A1 (?blank), title with typographical ornament, woodcut ornament and initial, first leaf of text torn and slightly defective at head with slight loss to contemporary ink inscription and head-line & first line, soiled and a little stained, slight worming affecting a few letters, contemporary sheep, worn and stained, spine defective, [STC 1177.5], 12mo, by I.L. for Phil. Stephens and Christoph. Meredith, 1638.⁂ Rare work by an Italian lawyer who, after quitting Romanism for Protestantism, reverted to his first creed, suffering in consequence agonies of remorse and coming to an unhappy end. First published in 1638 ESTC records three editions of this year, all scarce, but only one copy of this edition, in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Davenant (William) Madagascar; with other Poems, first edition, title with woodcut device, typographical ornaments, with imprimatur leaf following title, lacking A1-3 and G12 (all blanks), cropped shaving text or pagination of a few leaves, some light soiling, F6 with small nick to fore-edge affecting one letter, later sprinkled calf, rubbed, upper joint split, [Pforzheimer 258; STC 6304], 12mo, by John Haviland for Thomas Walkly, 1638.⁂ Scarce; the author's first volume of poetry, including a poem 'In Remembrance of Master William Shakespeare' on pp.37-38. Davenant is supposed to have been Shakespeare's godson, or even his illegitimate son. ESTC records 11 UK copies in 10 locations, according to Pforzheimer there are only 2 copies known with all the blanks present, theirs being one.

Leighton (Alexander) An Epitome or Briefe Discoverie...of the many and great Troubles that Dr. Leighton suffered..., first edition, title with typographical border, lacking initial and final blanks, small hole and tear to H2 with loss of a couple of letters, final leaf defective at upper margin with loss to rules (repaired), modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, spine faded, [Wing L1024], by I.D., 1646 § [Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham.] Divers Ancient Monuments in the Saxon Tongue, with the final blank, woodcut initials and ornaments, book-label of James Stevens Cox, contemporary sheep, rather worn, joints split, spine defective at head, [STC 160.5], by E.G. for Francis Eglesfield, 1638; and another, 4to (3)

Botany.- Linden (Jean Jules) Lindenia, Iconographie des Orchidées, 162 issues comprising vol.IV, V, XIV, XV, XVI complete, vol. VI parts 1-6, vol.XIII parts 1-8 & 11 and 12, and vol.XVII 1-8 of the first edition, and parts I-LXXVIII of the American Edition, 634 chromolithographed plates, some double-page, tissue guards, a very little foxing and soiling, original printed wrappers, edges with nicks and tears, several friable, a very little soiling and spotting, a few with short ink inscriptions, some wrappers detached, some with a little loss, [Great Flower Books, p.85; Nissen BBI 2348; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4628], 4to, Ghent & Brussels, 1888-97.⁂Jean Jules Linden (1817-98) botanist, horticulturalist, and explorer; he pursued rigorous fieldwork on orchids, and he established the methods for their cultivation; Lindenia was begun in collaboration with his son Lucien and his colleague Emile Rodigas; after Linden's death, Lucien oversaw the continuation of the series.

Trade.- [Mathias de Saint Jean (Jean Eon)] Le Commerce Honorable ou Considerations Politiques, contenant les motifs de necessité, d'honneur, & de profit, qui se treuvent à former des Compagnies de personnes de toutes conditions pour l'entretien du Negoce de mer en France, first edition, privilege leaf, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, contemporary limp vellum, a little rubbed, a few contemporary manuscript notes in ink to lower cover, nick to edge or upper cover, [Kress 689; Goldsmiths' 914], Nantes, Guillaume le Monnier, 1646 § Arrest du Conseil d'Estat pour le Restablissement du Commerce, tant au dedans qu'au dehors du Royaume. Du 10. Avril 1661, 8pp., unbound and loosely inserted in the first, Paris & Nantes, Guillaume le Monnier, [1661], 4to (2)⁂ WorldCat lists only 3 printed copies of the first in the UK (BL, LSE, Senate House Library) and none of the second.

Gama Machado (José Joachim da) Théorie des Ressemblances, ou Essai Philsophique sur les Moyens de Déterminer les Dispositions Physiques et Morales des Animaux, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, signed and inscribed by the author "A Madame George Sand, Hommage tres respectieux de l'auteur, J.J. da Gama Machado 4.Nov.1854" on front free endpaper of vol.1-3, 53 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 6 folding or double-page, one plate 'Taureau d'Or' in vol.3 heightened with gold and decorations to collar, with duplicate of plate 'Similitudes de l'Origine' and accompanying letterpress explanatory leaf from vol.2 bound in vol.3, vol.3 also with 3 additional printed leaflets concerning the author and the work tipped in at beginning (one reprinting letter from the Patriarch of Lisbon), many plates with tissue guards, one or two with slight damage where guard has adhered to plate, some browning and staining particularly in vol.1, large folding plate in vol.3 torn and creased at edge, contemporary morocco, gilt, vol.1-3 elaborately blocked in gilt around central initials G.S. and with Sand's motto "Patience et Persévérance" at foot of spine, g.e., a little rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 1472, calling for only 20 plates], 4to (vol.4 slightly larger), Paris, 1831-36-44-58.⁂ Curious work on similarities between species in natural history, including the rare fourth volume published in 1858. The plates depict many birds, animals, insects, reptiles, botany and fruit but there are also two of conjoined twins and one of a séance.

Grasses.- Sinclair (George) Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: or, An Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses, and Other Plants, Used as the Food of the More Valuable Domestic Animals..., first edition, 35 samples of seeds pasted to 14 ff., 1 sample secured by tape, 123 mounted dried specimens of grasses, each with pasted-in captions, tissue guards, a few with tears, one with repair, errata slip pasted to contents f. verso, without folding engraved plan (not found in all copies), offsetting from samples, scattered spotting and soiling, most to peripheral ff., upper hinge splitting a little, contemporary black half calf over cloth, spine gilt, morocco title label, a little rubbed, [Nissen BBI 1850, calls for 122 grass specimens], folio, 1816.⁂The work dedicated to John Russell, the 6th Duke of Bedford; Sinclair's research carried out in the grounds of Woburn Abbey, where he was gardener to the Duke; his work thought directly to have influenced the development of Darwin's 'principle of divergence'.‘The folding plan is uncommon: it is not called for in Nissen.’ 

Scopoli (Giovanni Antonio) Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae seu novae, 3 vol., first edition, 3 additional engraved architectural titles (vol.2 printed in blue, vol.3 with additional state printed in red and yellow), engraved title-vignettes and head-pieces of Pavia Botanical Garden, 74 engraved plates only (of 75, lacking plate XIX in vol.2) after Bordiga, Cairoli, Chiesa and Lanfranchi, with all but 2 plates with additional state printed in colours and finished by hand (lacking plates VI in vol.1 and XIX in vol.2), occasional foxing, mostly to text, plates generally clean, light water-stain to outer margin of final few leaves of vol.1, vol.1 & 3 handsome contemporary calf with Bourbon arms in gilt, blue marbled edges, vol.2 contemporary mottled calf, gilt, all with gilt borders and spines with morocco labels, a little rubbed and marked, a few scuffs, spine ends slightly worn, [Great Flower Books p.139; Nissen BBI 1822], folio, Pavia, Monastery San Salvatore, 1786-88.⁂ Scarce work on the fauna and flora of Pavia and the Lombardy region, with a very rare additional set of plates printed in colours. G.A.Scopoli (1723-88) was born in the Italian Tyrol and studied medicine and chemistry before becoming Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pavia in 1777, where he founded a botanical garden and chemistry laboratory. He was greatly interested in botany and zoology and corresponded with Linnaeus, whose system of nomenclature he adopted. Linnaeus named several plants and insects after him.The present copy lacks the colour state of 'Lotus Oligoceratos' in vol.1 and both colour and black & white states of 'Falco Rufus' in vol.2, but it does contain pp.103-114 in vol.2 which are sometimes missing having been destroyed "by war action". It is very rare to find the work with the plates in two states, only this copy has appeared at auction, most recently in the De Belder sale in 1987. In the British Library there is the Sir Thomas Bankes copy of which vol.1 only contains the plates in both states.

Shaw (George) Cimelia Physica. Figures of Rare and Curious Quadrupeds, Birds, &c. Together with Several of the Most Elegant Plants..., second edition, frontispiece and 59 plates engraved and hand-coloured by John Frederick Miller, a little soiling and faint even browning, some spotting, a few ff. nicks and very short closed tears to edges, some repaired, contemporary straight-grained green morocco, g.e., board margins ruled and tooled in blind, inner borders tooled in blind and gilt, staining, a few scuffs and scrapes, spine and extremities worn, loss at spine ends, fore corners and spine bands repaired, [Fine Bird Books p. 94; Nissen IVB 638; Stafleu and Cowan 6033; Wood p. 465; Zimmer p. 585], by T.Bensley, folio, 1796.⁂Without the plate list and taxonomy from the first edition found in some copies of the second.Provenance: Madelaine Jay (bookplate)

Angling.- Aldam (W. H.) A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," by an Old Man, first edition, first issue, half-title, tipped-in black and white frontispiece, lacking chromolithographed plates as usual, 25 flies with dressing materials in 22 sunken mounts on 6 thick card leaves, scattered faint spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Westwood & Satchell p.3], 4to, 1876.⁂ The first issue of this title was issued without the colour chromolithographed plates.A very good copy of one of the classic angling books. The manuscript on which Aldam based his text surfaced at public auction in 1999, revealing the author's name to be Robert Whitehead, about whom nothing else is known. The flies include two mayfly patterns, which are tied on very early eyed hooks specially made by Bartletts.

Angling.- Aldam (W. H.) A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," by an Old Man, first edition, second issue, inscribed by editor (Aldam) to title head, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece and plate, 25 flies with dressing materials in 22 sunken mounts on 6 thick card leaves, spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Westwood & Satchell p.3], 4to, 1876.

Swimming.- Thevenot (Melchisédec) The Art of Swimming...with Advice for Bathing, third edition, engraved frontispiece and 38 plates only (of 40), plate numbering erratic, with final advertisement leaf, for John Lever, 1789 bound after Tegg (Thomas) The Art of Swimming, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 14 full-page illustrations, [c.1805] and [Franklin (Benjamin)] Directions for Learning to Swim, 16pp., half-title & 13pp. text, ?extract only, n.d., together 3 works in 1 vol., light spotting or soiling, bookplate removed, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with vellum tips, rebacked, rubbed, 12mo⁂ Interesting group of works on swimming, all scarce. ESTC lists 4 UK copies of the first item (BL, Cambridge, National Library of Wales, Oxford) and 6 in America; COPAC lists only one copy of the second (Cambridge), WorldCat adds another in Newcastle plus an American copy in the Huntington Library. Benjamin Franklin was a keen swimmer and knew Thevenot's book; he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.

Chemistry.- Boyle (Robert) The Sceptical Chymist, 2 parts in 1, worming to some leaves at beginning, mostly marginal but occasionally slightly affecting text, a few headlines trimmed, some marginal light staining, broken with some gatherings working loose, contemporary panelled calf, spine worn with leather peeled back exposing stitching, 8vo, [Wing B4022; PMM 141 for 1661 edition; Neville I, 208; Fulton 34; Madan 3261 & 3260], Oxford, Printed by Henry Hall for Ric. Davis, and B. Took, 1680.⁂ Second edition, but the first to include the second part, of "the most famous book in the history of chemistry" (Neville). This copy without the inserted advertisement leaf (as often), which stated that the book was printed in 1679. The original edition (comprising part 1 only) was published in 1661 - PMM describes it as "one of the most significant milestones on the way to the chemical revolution of Lavoisier in the late eighteenth century."

Gautier d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien) Observations sur l'Histoire Naturelle, sur la Physique et sur la Peinture, Parts 1-12 (of 18) bound in 4 vol. and Atlas, together 5 vol., first edition, main titles in red & black with woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, plate vol. with 40 magnificent mezzotint plates printed in colours, 2 folding, and 7 etched plates, 6 folding, some plates a little browned, a few with light water-stain to upper outer corner, mostly marginal but affecting corner of a few plates, one plate trimmed at fore-margin and reinforced, text with occasional browning, vol.3 with similar water-staining to upper margin and occasionally just affecting text, a few rust-spots, final two leaves of vol.1 trimmed at upper margin and reinforced, book-labels of Fort Hill and Lurley Manor on front pastedowns, handsome contemporary calf with decorative border in blind, spines gilt in compartments with tan & blue labels and six raised bands, red edges, Atlas with red paste-paper endpapers, a little rubbed, a few marks or scuffs, [Cohen-de Ricci p.427; Nissen ZBI 1487], 4to, Paris, Delaguette, 1752-54.⁂ Early scientific journal and the first periodical with plates printed in colours, of which complete sets are very rare. The colour plates include a surreal image of a foetus, three plates of hermaphrodites, a brightly-coloured tulip, dissected and intact tortoise, sloth & other animals, birds, fish, anatomical studies and a folding plate depicting the spectrum concerning Gautier's objection to Newton's colour theory.

Mathematics.- Euclid.- Finé (Oronce) In sex priores libros geometricorum elementorum Euclidis Megarensis demonstrationes, collation: [apple]4, a-d, E-M6, N4, title within Coline's metalcut criblé 'Trilicium' border, fine metalcut criblé initials, woodcut diagrams and strapwork head-pieces, a few instances of later ink marginalia, some staining to preliminaries, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, spine repaired, rubbed and marked, folio (299 x 193mm.), Paris, Simon de Colines, 1544.⁂ Second edition of Oronce Finé's commentary on Euclidean problems, with some revisions from the first edition of 1536. Literature: Renouard, Colines, 395-396; Schreiber, Colines, 214; Mortimer, French, 216; Thomas-Stanford 10.

Mathematics.- Euclid. Euclides Elements of Geometry: The First VI Books: In a Compendious Form Contracted and Demonstrated, by Captain Thomas Rudd, Chief Engineer to His Late Majesty. Whereunto is Added, the Mathematical Preface of Mr. John Dee, title printed in red and black, woodcut diagrams, Q2 small piece of corn torn away slightly affecting catchword, some slight staining in a few places, browned, 8pp. of 18th century manuscript translations of several propositions from the first six Books of Euclid with pen and ink illustrations at beginning and end, ?possibly in the hand of Bern Dickinson one of the owners of this vol., 3 18th century ink ownership signatures on fly-leaf, fly-leaf half torn away, later endpapers, 19th century bookplate of Robert Goff on front pastedown, contemporary calf, creased, corners and edges worn, lower cover detached, lacks spine, [Wing E3396], sm. 4to, Richard Tomlins and Robert Boydell, the Sun & Bible neer Pie-Corner, and at the Bulwark neer the Tower, 1651.⁂ The first Rudd edition, reprinted from Henry Billingsley's first English translation of 1570, with John Dee's mathematical preface, the "most influential of all Dee's published works" - Oxford DNB. Ink ownership inscriptions, comprising: (1). Bern Dickinson (2). Sampson Parkyns (c. 1686-1713), inscribed as a student of St. John's College, Cambridge; son of Sir Thomas Parkyns (1664-1741), writer on wrestling; of Bunny, Nottinghamshire (3). "liber John Bennet Emptus sum Auction Anno 1714/5"; an early instance of an English book auction.

Lambe (Samuel) Seasonable Observations humbly offered to His Highness the Lord Protector, [2], 20pp., with initial blank, drop-head title, woodcut head-piece and initial, At the Authors charge...by William Hope, 1657 bound after Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury (The), 16pp., by K.P. for C.R., 1679 and [Blount (Charles)], "Junius Brutus". An Appeal from the Country to the City, for the preservation of His Majesties Person, Liberty, Property, and the Protestant Religion, 8pp., caption title, [1679] and Clarendon (Earl of) Two Letters...to His Royal Highness the Duke of York...[&] the Dutchess, occasion'd by Her embracing the Roman Catholick Religion, 4pp. caption title, [?1680] and D. (J.) A Word without Doors Concerning the Bill for Succession, 4pp., caption title, [1679] and [Smith (Francis)], "Tom. Tickle-foot the Taborer". Some Observations upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman, 11pp., for A.Brewster, 1679 and Impartial Account (An) of Divers Remarkable Proceedings...of Parliament relating to the Horrid Popish Plot, &c., [2], 26pp., 1679 and Smith (John) The Narrative...containing a further Discovery of the late Horrid and Popish-plot, [8], 35pp., with initial imprimatur leaf and errata to p.35, by Robert Boulter, 1679 and Sarpi (Paolo) A Treatise of Matters Beneficiary, [8], 48, 59-84, [2] pp., with final blank, by Thomas Hodgkin..., 1680 and Cotton (Sir Robert) The Antiquity and Dignity of Parliaments, [2], 13pp., 1679, together 10 works in 1 vol., the first item bound last, contemporary ink manuscript list of contents on front free endpaper and receipts at beginning and end (upside down), some light soiling, a few minor stains, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, ink note and calculations to upper cover, [Wing L229, C883, B3300AB, C4421, D48, S4540, I63, S4127, S701 & C6481], folio⁂ The first item is scarce, with only 6 UK copies listed by ESTC and a further 5 elsewhere. This copy contains an initial blank and 20pp. text with the final leaf p.19 headed "To his Highness the Lord Protector..." and catchword on previous page "To" (but verso paginated "12"). ESTC calls for 18pp. and a final blank, plus a second section of 4pp. with caption title "A Post-script", stating "In this edition, the colophon does not include the bookseller's name William Hope. Wing reports edition with 'to be sold by William Hope' in colophon", as in the present copy. Evidently there are 2 variants and this edition appears to be complete.

Krahl (Regina) Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue, edited by John Ayers, 3 vol., first edition, illustrations, some colour, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jackets, folio, 1986.

Semple (George) A Treatise on Building in Water, first edition, 63 engraved plates, some spotting, ink and pencil architectural sketches to front pastedown, occasional staining, engraving of Blackfriars bridge loosely inserted, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, upper covers detached, spine ends chipped and corner worn, rubbed, [Harris 815], 4to, Dublin, Printed for the author, by J. A. Husband, (no. 28.) Abbey-Street, 1776.⁂ An eighteenth century Irish architect's copy of the first major work in English on construction in water, and the second in any language; itself written by an Irish architect and engineer. He describes the construction of his Essex Bridge over the Liffey, using the coffer-dam method. His intention was to inspire other 'builders to make themselves master of bridge building without the difficulties that he had experienced' (Harris). Provenance: John Neville, Junior (ink inscriptions and bookplate).

Stoves.- Benjamin Franklin.- [Durno (J.)] A description of a new-invented stove-grate, shewing its uses and advantages over all others, Both in point of expence, and every purpose of a chamber fire, first edition, margins of B3&4 neatly cut away, disbound, 8vo, Printed by J. Towers in Piccadilly; and published by the inventor, J. Durno, 1753.⁂ A description and promotion of a modified version of the Franklin stove, which was adapted to burn coal rather than wood. The author tells us that he examined the only Franklin stove in England, and speaks highly of it. He also specifically mentions Benjamin Franklin's pamphlet on the subject, published in Philadelphia in 1744. The work is rare in commerce.

London.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) & Daniel Havell. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London, first edition, half-title, 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Havell, 2 engraved plans of theatres (each with 2 plans) printed in bistre, list of plates bound at end, occasional light spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, later tan calf with triple gilt fillet and small rosettes to corners, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt with green morocco label, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, upper cover scuffed, upper joint split and crudely repaired, spine ends chipped, [Abbey, Scenery, 227], 4to, 1826.⁂ Scarce work on the London theatres of the day and including plates of many theatres now greatly altered or no longer standing.

Catlin (George, 1796-1872) Wah-ro-née-sah, The Surrounder, Chief of the Tribe, watercolour over graphite, heightened with white, inscribed 'Chief of the Ottoes' in the lower section and numbered '117' in the upper right corner, on cream wove paper without a watermark, sheet 245 x 162 mm. (9 5/8 x 6 3/8 in), unframed, [circa 1832]Provenance:Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1840s or slightly later;Captain William Henry Shippard;Then by descent to the present ownersLiterature:cf. Catlin, George, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery', 1840, no. 117⁂ An early and previously unrecorded study of the 'Chief of the Ottoes'. Catlin produced a fully worked oil painting of the sitter in 1832, probably from when he was at Fort Leavenworth (modern day Kansas), which is now held in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (see object no. 1985.66.117). "[I] painted thus many of my pictures in water colours during my 8 years travels, and most, though not all of them I enlarged onto canvass, wishing my collection to be all in oil painting" [1]Another watercolour of Wah-ro-née-sah is held in the Gilcrease Museum collection (no. 0226.1542 (117)), but dates from the early 1840s and is much smaller than the present "cabinet picture"; this variant was most likely executed after the work currently offered, and intended to be used as an illustration for the second edition of James Cowles Prichard's 'Natural History of Man'. Other examples of Catlin's watercolours held in the Gilcrease collection are however more suitable comparisons to the present work, particularly the earlier portraits associated with Catlin's visit to the tribes living around Cantonment Leavenworth in Kansas in 1830 (for example see museum nos. 0226.1570 (279) and 0226.1559 (243)). These portraits all share the same careful modelling of the heads with wash laid over graphite underdrawing, alongside a much looser sketchy execution of the torsos. Joan Carpenter Troccoli has suggested that Catlin may have travelled with a sketchbook in which he made preliminary watercolour studies of his subjects, which he later mounted and finished'. [2] Catlin described Wah-ro-née-sah as "quite an old man; his shirt made of the skin of a grizzly bear, with the claws on"; he lived in spacious timber lodges perched on a ridge overlooking the Platte River, and his bear claw necklace suggests he was a member of the Bear Clan, which shared leadership of the Otoes with the Buffalo Clan. [3][1] Truettner, William H., The Natural Man Observed, 1979, p. 131[2] Troccoli, Joan Carpenter, First Artist of the West, George Catlin Paintings and Watercolours from the collection of the Gilcrease Museum, 1993, p. 20[3] Gurney and Heyman (Ed.), George Catlin and His Indian Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, exhb. cat., 2002, p. 126

More (Henry) Historia Missionis Anglicanae Societatis Iesu, first edition, additional engraved title incorporating four portraits of clerics including Edmund Campion, woodcut initials, approbation/errata leaf at end (repaired at upper inner margin), contemporary ink inscription "Collegii Soc. Jesu catalogo...1662" on engraved title, a little browned, light water-staining to first few leaves, a few rust-spots causing small hole to N2 and 3S1 affecting a couple of letters, contemporary blind-stamped alum-tawed pigskin with clasps (one lacking), lower compartment of spine painted red, later label chipped, rubbed and soiled, folio, St.Omer, Thomas Geubels, 1660.⁂ Historical work by the great-grandson of Sir Thomas More.

Australia.- Japan.- Mishima (Kazuo) Goshu Oyobi Indon, title within woodcut typographic border, wood-engraved map, tape marks to title and final f., some spotting or mostly light foxing, heavier to last f., lightly browned throughout, original pictorial wrappers, internal tape marks, one showing through on back cover, little chipped, 8vo, Tokyo, Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1891.⁂ Rare first edition of this account of a voyage by the Japanese journalist Mishima to Australia in 1889. Having changed at Samoa he arrived in Sydney on the SS Lubeck in December. After a short stay there he travelled by train to Melbourne and remained there until he returned home via India. He discusses horse racing (having lived close to the Caulfield racecourse), the Tasmanians, labour issues and strikes, the history of the exploration of Australia and gold mines.

Canada.- Nova Scotia.- A geographical history of Nova Scotia. Containing an account of the situation, extent and limits thereof. As also Of the various Struggles between the Two Crowns of England and France for the Possession of that Province, Wherein is shewn, The Importance of it, as well with Regard to our Trade, as to the securing of our other Settlements in North America. To which is added, An Accurate Description of the Bays, Harbours, Lakes, and Rivers, the Nature of the Soil, and the Produce of the Country. Together with the Manners and Customs of the Indian Inhabitants, first edition, errata f. at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, contemporary ink marginalia and a few corrections to printed text, some spotting and light soiling, later drab wrappers, ink title and date to upper wrapper, rebacked, some marking, [Sabin 56135], 8vo, Printed for Paul Vaillant, facing Southampton-Street, in the Strand, 1749.⁂ Rare first edition. It was written for prospective settlers, based on the author's own observations and on Charlevoix. It is one of the earliest statements of French-English rival claims in Nova Scotia.

China.- Farrère (Claude) and Charles Fouqueray. Jonques et Sampans, first edition, one of 500 copies on 'velin', frontispiece map printed in colours, hand-coloured lithographed plates and illustrations by Charles Fouqueray, original printed wrappers, housed in cloth chemise and slip-case, a fine copy, 4to, Paris, Horizons de France, 1945.⁂ A charming production giving an account of Charles Fouqueray's voyages from Singapore to Hong Kong, Macao, and Shanghai. It shows the different types of regional vessels.

Greece.- Holland (Henry) Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c., first edition, engraved map and 12 plates, slightly foxed and browned, bookplate of William Hoskins on front pastedown, original boards, rubbed, corners worn, joints and spine splitting, edges uncut, [Blackmer 825; Atabey 589], 4to, 1815.

Middle East.- Dapper (Olfert) Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie: behelsende de Gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, of Klein Asie, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black and with woodcut ornament, 13 double-page or folding engraved plates, 3 double-page maps and 22 half-page illustrations, short worm trace diminishing in size within text on ff. of Pp1-Ss4, affecting the odd letter, occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, lightly soiled and marked, [Atabey 322; Not in Blackmer], Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1680.⁂ First edition, which includes views of Aden, Mocha, Muskat, Bagdad, Babel, Nineveh, Abydos, Smyrna, Magnesia, and Ephesus.

Polar.- Amundsen (Roald) The South Pole, 2 vol., first edition in English, half-titles, plates, maps, illustrations, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Spence 16; Taurus Collection 71], 8vo, 1912.⁂ A very good copy of Amundsen's account of his triumphant conquest of the South Pole, the race for which defeated the British attempt and resulted in the tragic death of Scott.

Turkish Grammar.- Seaman (William) Grammatica Lingue Turcicae, first edition, woodcut device on title (with motto supplied in ink manuscript below), woodcut initials and ornaments, inscription "Höck" in red to front free endpaper and some contemporary ink annotations at beginning, light foxing, contemporary ?German sheep-backed parchment boards painted red, splendid embossed gilt endpapers (rather worn), rubbed, a little worn at corners and edges, [Blackmer 1518; Madan III 2863*; Wing S2179; Not in Atabey], 4to, Oxford, by Henry Hall...for Edward Millington, 1670.⁂ The first Turkish grammar printed in England, by the Arabic scholar and chaplain to the English ambassador in Constantinople. Seaman also printed the first New Testament in Turkish, in 1688; both works were produced with the financial assistance of Robert Boyle, to whom this work is dedicated. There are two issues of the book, this one contains the advertisement in Latin at end containing the author's address.

South America.- Osorio da Fonseca (Jeronimo) De rebus Emmanuelis regis Lusitaniae Invictissimi Virtute et Auspicio Gestis Libri Duodecim, title with large woodcut arms of King Manuel of Portugal, large woodcut historiated initials, ink inscription scored through at head of title, some water-staining, mostly to last quarter of the work, a few stains and spotting elsewhere, 17th century calf, gilt spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, spine with gilt dulled and ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, Lisbon, folio (305 x 219mm.), Antonio Goncalves, 1571.⁂ First edition of this history of Portugal, containing an account of the early voyages of the Portuguese to the East Indies, including the discovery of the eastern shores of South America in what is now Brazil. Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Cabral, Almeida and Albuquerque are all looked at. Provenance: 'Hieronymus Psorius Vir eloquio suavis Ingenio, Doctrina et Pietate praestantissimus' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); 'G.Kingsley' (17th century ink signature to title); Chapel House, Newport (18th century ink inscription to title). Literature: Sabin 57804; Borba de Moraes p.637; Samodaes 2292; Adams O379.

Switzerland.- Lake Zurich.- Escher (Hans Erhard) Beschreibung des Zurich-Sees: wie auch Von Erbauung, Zunemmen, Stand und Wesen loblicher Statt Zurich: Von der Lust- und Nutzbarkeit des Sees..., folding engraved additional pictorial title by Johannes Meyer depicting the city of Zurich and Lake Zurich, title in red and black, engraved folding map of Lake Zurich, one woodcut illustration, some light browning, contemporary orange marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, Zurich, Johann Rudolf Simler, 1692.⁂ First edition of the first book on the topography and natural history of Lake Zurich. The work is divided into four parts: a history and description of Zurich; the fish and birds of the lake; the villages around the lake; and a history of the region.

[Atkins (Maurice)] Cataplus: or, Aeneas his Descent to Hell. A Mock Poem, in imitation of the Sixth Book of Virgil's Aeneis, in English Burlesque, first edition, with an additional cancel title with imprint "for Abisha Brocas" bound facing title (some tears with slight loss), titles soiled and browned, light marginal water-staining towards end, modern claret morocco, wormhole to upper joint, [Wing A17], 8vo, for Maurice Atkins, 1672.⁂ ESTC records only 3 UK copies: Cambridge and 2 copies in Bodleian Library, Oxford. It also lists a reissue of this edition, also 1672 (2 UK copies - BL & Exeter), with an additional title-page and a dedication but the imprint for the main title is Maurice Atkins for William Hinchman. The present copy appears to be the original edition with the later additional title bound in.

Hebraica.- Stennett (Jehudah) Diḳduḳ mikhlol or, a Comprehensive Grammar; containing the most Material and Necessary Rules for the Reading and Attaining the Hebrew Tongue, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed "Johan. Merrick M.D. Ex dono Authoris 1712" in ink on front free endpaper, a few light stains, A8 lacking small portion from lower margin, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, [Wing S5405], 8vo, by S.Roycroft for the Author...to be sold by John Laurence, 1685.⁂ Rare Hebrew grammar; ESTC 6 copies in UK and 4 in America but we have been unable to trace any copy at auction.

America.- Franck (Richard) A Philosophical Treatise of the Original and Production of Things. Writ in America in a Time of Solitudes, first edition, small ink stain to G8v & H1r, contemporary sprinkled sheep, red roan label, rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, [Wing F2065; Sabin 25467], 8vo, by John Gain...to be sold by S.Tidmarsh...and S.Smith, 1687.⁂ Scarce work written by a captain in Cromwell's army who lived for a while in New England, and regarded by some as the first work of philosophy written in North America. Although it is primarily a philosophical or theological work Franck also writes about natural history with some references to America. ESTC records only 5 copies in the UK.

Nostradamus (Michel) Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties, contemporary ink signature "Lourtau" at head of title, browned, small paper flaw tear to lower edge of L2 just touching text, old book-label of George Stokes, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, corners repaired, upper joint split, spine worn at head, Cologne, Jean Volcker, 1689; Les Veritables Propheties, with initial blank and half-title, woodcut decorations and initials, lightly browned, original boards, spine lettered in manuscript, a little rubbed and browned, Turin, Reycends & Guibert, 1720 § [Chavigny (Jean-Aimé)] La Vie et le Testament de Michel Nostradamus, half-title, B7 & 8 defective at outer margin where badly opened, old manuscript note to rear free endpaper, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, uncut, Paris, Gattey, 1789, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ Two scarce editions of the prophecies and a life of Nostradamus. A pencil note at the end of the first reads, "Cost 6/- Bought from Georges, 1922. Mr George himself attended to me. J.S.Cox".⁂ Early Cologne edition

Binding.- Gander (Joseph) The Glory of Her Sacred Majesty, Queen Anne, in the Royal Navy...also a Treatise of Navigation and Commerce: with some Remarks on the Royal Hospital at Greenwich; and Improving the Woollen Manufactory, first edition, engraved plate depicting the fleet with a medallion portrait of Queen Anne by van der Gucht (foxed and shaved at lower edge), some spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, hand-coloured engraved bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary black morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with leafy stems & flowers, small birds, rosettes and wavy lines around a central lozenge with border of rules and tools within semicircles, spine gilt in compartments and five raised bands, g.e., a little rubbed, covers slightly splayed, corners slightly worn, spine ends a little chipped with splits to joints at head and foot, 4to, for the Author, 1703.

[Samber (Robert)] Coffee: a Tale, first edition, woodcut device on title, head-pieces & initial, erratic pagination but complete according to ESTC, a little browned, tear to foot of B4 affecting a couple of letters without loss, modern half calf, 8vo, for H.Curle, 1727.⁂ Rare; ESTC lists only one copy in the UK (BL) and 7 in America.

Newton (Sir Isaac).- Robinson (Bryan) A Short Essay on Coin, 22p., first edition, with final blank but not 8pp. Appendix, [Goldsmiths' 7528], 1737 bound after Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar, second edition, contemporary ink signature to fore-margin of title (cropped), title and final leaf soiled, light water-staining, by M.Rhames for Richard Gunne [& others], 1735 and Laurence (Edward) The Duty and Office of a Land-Steward, third edition, by and for Samuel Fuller, 1731 and [Ellis (William)] The London and Country Brewer, first Dublin edition (comprising Part I of the first English edition), small hole to title affecting a couple of letters, by M.Rhames for R.Gunne, 1735 and Royal Dublin Society. Instructions for Planting and Managing Hops, and for Raising Hop-Poles, first edition, a few woodcut illustrations, a little browned, by A.Rhames, 1733, together 5 works in 1 vol., the first mentioned bound last, all but the first with titles and final leaves soiled (especially the last), slightly cropped, manuscript list of contents and engraved bookplate of Theobald Woolfe of Blackhall, Co.Kildare on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, label "Tracts on Husbandry" on spine, trace of name stamp to upper cover, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, 8vo, Dublin⁂ Interesting group of mostly agricultural pamphlets, the first including three letters on coinage by Newton as Master of the Mint (pp.3-14); ESTC lists 3 copies in England, 4 in Ireland and 7 in America.

Cookery.- Lady's Companion (The): or, Accomplish'd Director in the whole Art of Cookery...By a Lady, ?first edition, paper flaw tear to B2 affecting a few letters but no loss, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine ends chipped, covers a little splayed, 12mo, Dublin, for John Mitchell, 1767.⁂ Rare work dedicated to "the Ladies of Dublin" with the dedication signed "Ceres", containing recipes and bills of fare/table plans for the seasons. ESTC lists one copy only, in the British Library; COPAC lists an additional printed copy in the National Library of Scotland and several online copies. The standard bibliographies list a work with a similar title but this appears to be a different work.

Johnson (Samuel) Political Tracts. Containing, The False Alarm. Falkland's Islands. The Patriot; and, Taxation No Tyranny, first collected edition, [one of 570 copies], presentation copy from the author inscribed "To the V. Reverend Mr Colson" on front pastedown (over another earlier and partly erased inscription), each tract with half-title, a few pencil annotations, browned and stained, small hole to lower margin of L6, title and final leaf slightly defective at upper/outer margin, A.Edward Newton's copy with his bookplate and signed tipped-in note regarding Colson (mistakenly identifying him as another Colson), original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and stained, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth folder and morocco-backed slip-case, spine a little rubbed, [Courtney and Nichol Smith p.127; Sabin, 36302], 8vo, for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1776.⁂ Interesting inscribed copy of Johnson's political tracts supporting the Tory ministry. The last two pamphlets attack the American revolutionaries and in Taxation No Tyranny Johnson defends the government's right to tax the colonies.Rev. John Colson or Coulson (1719-88), Fellow of University College Oxford, mentioned in Johnson's letters and with whom Johnson stayed in Oxford in June 1775 (letter to Mrs Thrale 6 June 1775). Johnson also visited Oxford with Boswell in March 1776 when he may have given this work to Colson. A loosely inserted letter from a bookseller surmises that the inscription beneath that to Colson is to Dr George Horne (1730-92), President of Magdalen College Oxford and later Bishop of Norwich. Boswell records that he and Johnson visited Horne on their visit to Oxford in 1776.

Hairdressing.- Stewart (James) Plocacosmos: or The Whole Art of Hair Dressing..., first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved frontispiece printed in sanguine and 10 engraved plates, light foxing or browning, original boards, uncut, rebacked, rubbed and stained, 8vo, for the Author, 1782.⁂ Scarce work on all aspects of hair and hairdressing including growth & care and the effects of diet & lifestyle, tools, false hair, head dresses and cosmetics; the plates depict the extravagant hairstyles of the time. ESTC lists 5 locations in the UK: Birmingham Central Libraries, BL (2 copies), Edinburgh University, Bodleian, and Wellcome Institute.

Wollstonecraft (Mary) Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness, first illustrated edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates by William Blake, 3pp. advertisements at end, plates lightly offset (as usual), a little foxed towards end, bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell, engraved pictorial bookplate of Alice Marion Trusted tipped to front free endpaper, attractive later red straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Roger de Coverly, covers with single gilt fillet border and cornerpieces of leafy sprays against a background of small dots, spines gilt in compartments with five raised bands, g.e., very slightly rubbed at edges, [Bentley 514; Rothschild 2597], 12mo, for J.Johnson, 1791.⁂ Originally published in 1788 this is the first illustrated edition, with copper-engraved plates by William Blake, and in a pretty binding by Roger de Coverly.Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919), lawyer and Liberal Party politician who married Lady Catherine Henrietta Wallop, a minor author. They entertained many artistic and literary figures at their home, Wenlock Abbey, Salop., including Henry James and Thomas Hardy.

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems...to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, without the very rare errata slip (as usual), light foxing to title and one or two other leaves, engraved bookplate of John Gordon, contemporary tree calf, red roan label, rubbed, joints split, 8vo, Bristol and London, 1797.⁂ Second edition of Coleridge's Poems on Various Subjects published the previous year but in many ways a new work and the first edition of many items. It was revised and greatly expanded by Coleridge including a new Preface and eleven new poems, and with additional poems by Charles Lamb (who had contributed four poems to the first edition) and Charles Lloyd.

Southey (Robert) Poems, second edition, with advertisement leaf but lacking final blank, soiled and stained, preliminary leaves misbound, old boards, rebacked and cornered in vellum (one corner lacking), worn, Bristol, N.Biggs for Joseph Cottle, 1797; Omniana, or Horae Otiosiores, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with 2 initial advertisement leaves and half-title, some spotting or soiling, original boards, uncut, rubbed, 1812; Metrical Tales and Other Poems, first edition, half-title, 2 advertisement leaves & 36pp. catalogue at end, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, green roan label, splits to joints, 1805; Joan of Arc, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece (offset), contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine ends worn, Bristol, 1798; and another, 8vo (7)

[Southey (Robert, editor)] The Annual Anthology, 2 vol., first edition, with B8 excised from vol.1 and C3 in vol.2 a cancel (as usual), some spotting and light staining, later morocco, by Rivière & Son, t.e.g., others uncut, joints rubbed, Bristol, 1799-1800; Metrical Tales and Other Poems, first edition, half-title, later roan-backed marbled boards, 1805 § [Lamb (Charles)] Elia, first edition, second issue with "Waterloo Place" in imprint, half-title, later claret straight-grain morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt, g.e., 1823 § Talfourd (T.N.) Final Memorials of Charles Lamb, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, spines faded, 1848, all rubbed, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first contains contributions by Coleridge (27 poems), Charles Lamb and others; the excised leaf was Southey's 'War Poem' and was removed because it contained unpatriotic sentiments.

[Hunt (Leigh)] Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres..., first edition, half-title, engraved vignette title, without 8pp. prospectus for 'The Examiner' and advertisement leaf at end, light foxing to title, later tan calf, gilt, by Root & Son, spine gilt with red and green roan labels, g.e., 8vo, by and for John Hunt, 1807.⁂ A handsome copy of the author's second book, printed and published by his brother John.

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Remorse. A Tragedy, first edition, occasional light spotting or soiling, later blue morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t,e.g., others uncut, 1813; Poems...to which are added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, second edition, some light foxing, small ink stains to fore-edge, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine a little worn and cracked, Bristol & London, 1797; The Poetical Works, 3 vol., light foxing, ink stain to fore-edge of vol.3, original cloth, paper labels, rubbed and mottled, spines faded, William Pickering, 1834; and another, 8vo (6)

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Posthumous Poems, [edited by Mary Shelley], first edition, first issue without errata slip, title lightly soiled and stained, a few other minor spots or stains, contemporary half calf, roan label, rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, 1824.⁂ Containing previously unpublished poems, translations etc.; one of fewer than 500 copies, many of which were suppressed at the demand of Sir Timothy Shelley, Percy's father.

Jones (Ebenezer) Studies of Sensation and Event; Poems, first edition, half-title, errata slip, advertisement slip tipped to rear pastedown, the author's copy with 3 long additional poems written by him in ink on the half-title, title & rear endpapers and signed by him at end dated 1st September 1845, several with crossings out and alterations, also some corrections to text in ink, with A.L.s. from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to R.H.Shepherd dated 27 August 1878 concerning Jones tipped in at beginning, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, upper joint split, 8vo, 1843.⁂ First and only edition of the author's only poetical work, published when he was 23 and working as a clerk in a tea warehouse. The book was poorly reviewed and Jones died of consumption in 1860, but he found some fame posthumously when he was taken up by D.G.Rossetti who published an article about his work in Notes and Queries in 1870. In 1878 Richard Herne Shepherd wrote a brief account of Jones, the pamphlet referred to by Rossetti in his letter to Shepherd, and a year later issued a revised edition of Studies of Sensation and Event including the author's corrections, presumably taken from this annotated copy.

Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles) The Feminin' Monarchi', or the Histori of Bee's..., third edition, woodcut illustration with verses on verso of title, woodcut head-pieces, initials and diagrams, 4pp. musical notation (partly printed upside down for 4 singers to use simultaneously), lacking 4 preliminary leaves [para]4 following Preface, various contemporary ink signatures to margins of several leaves, rather soiled and stained, ink stain to S2 & 3, several leaves slightly defective at outer margin and reinforced, modern half mottled calf, rubbed, [British Bee Books 18; STC 4194; Walker Catalogue p.12], Oxford, by William Turner, 1634 § Wildman (Thomas) A Treatise on the Management of Bees, first edition, list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional light marginal soiling, contemporary half mottled calf, spine ruled in gilt with red roan label, rubbed, corners and edges of boards a little worn, [British Bee Books 119; Walker Catalogue p.78]. for the Author, 1768, small 4to & 4to (2)⁂ "This is the greatest early British bee book and contains the best account of skep beekeeping which is available today". (British Bee Books). First published in 1609 this is the first edition written in the phonetic spelling devised by the author.

Birds.- Olina (Giovanni Pietro) Uccelliera Overo Discorso della Natura, e Proprieta di Diversi Uccelli, conoscergli, alleuargli, e mantenergli, first edition, title with engraved arms, 66 full-page engraved illustrations by Tempesta and Villamena, woodcut initials & tail-pieces, a little browned, a few stains, A7 lacking small portion from inner margin, E4 with small paper flaw holes at head just touching head-line, engraved bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, 18th century diced russia, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, [Anker 380; Harting 278; Nissen IVB 693; Schwerdt II, p.48], 4to, Rome, Andrea Fei, 1622.⁂ "One of the earliest works with engraved plates representing birds"(Anker). The work is mainly concerned with the habits, trapping and management of songbirds, including the making of pasta to feed nightingales and use of musicians to encourage their singing, but there are also descriptions and plates of hawking.