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Golden Cockerel Press. Matthew Flinders' Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, Preceded and Followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c, by Geoffrey Rawson, Golden Cockerel Press, 1946, wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, folio, limited edition, 365/750, together with The First Crusade, the Deeds of the Franks and Other Jerusalemites... translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair, Golden Cockerel Press, 1945, wood-engravings by Clifford Webb, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, one or two marks, folio, limited edition, 194/500, plus One Hundred and Eleven Poems by Robert Herrick, Golden Cockerel Press, 1955, illustrations by William Russell Flint, loose prospectus, original parchment-backed boards, extremities a little faded, 4to, limited edition, 548/550, with other mainly Golden Cockerel Press limited editions including Thomas More's Utopia, 1929 (492/500), The Hundredth Story of A.E. Coppard, 1930 (487/1000), Crotty Shinkwin and The Beauty Spot, by A.E. Coppard, 1932, (41/500) and Le Morte DArthur, 3 volumes, Limited Editions Club, New York, 1936, (407/1500)Qty: (11)

Macaulay (Kenneth). The History of St.. Kilda, Containing a Description of this Remarkable Island; the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; the Religious and Pagan Antiquities there found, 1st edition, London: for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1764, half-title, engraved folding map, advertisement leaf, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate (with earl's coronet, motto of the Order of the Garter, and griffin with wings addorsed), uncut in original comb-marbled boards, contemporary ownership inscription effaced from front board, housed in custom pull-off case, 8vo (22.5 x 14.2 cm), together with: Histoire de Saint-Kilda, imprimée en 1764, traduite de l'anglois, 1st edition in French, Paris: Knapen, & fils, 1782, pp. xxiv 96 336 [4] xvi 17-60, half-title, uncut in original wrappers with marbled blue backstrip, housed in custom quarter leather solander box, 12mo (17.6 x 10.5 cm), A Voyage to, and History of, St. Kilda, 1st Dublin edition, Dublin: printed by James Hoey, 1765, half-title, advertisement leaf, browning, marginal spotting, a few other marks, contemporary sheep, rebacked, 12mo (15.9 x 9.2 cm), and 3 other copies of the same work, all 1st editions (London, 1764), in contemporary mottled calf (front joint cracked), contemporary calf (lacking half-title, engraved bookplate of William Salkeld, spine-label renewed), and 20th-century quarter morocco (spotting and browning, ink-stamps)Qty: (6)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T90614 (first edition), T76273 (first Dublin edition); Freeman 2389 (both editions). Kenneth Macaulay was a Church of Scotland minister who visited St Kilda in 1758. 'James Boswell showed the book to Samuel Johnson before their visit to the Hebrides in 1773, and Johnson pronounced it "very well written, except for some foppery about liberty and slavery" (Boswell, Life, 2.150). The two travellers visited Macaulay on their journey to the Hebrides and from conversation with him came to the conclusion that he could not have written the book ... Boswell was told that the book had been written by John Macpherson of Skye from materials supplied by Macaulay, but it is now generally accepted that the bulk of the book is Macaulay's own work, with some contributions from Macpherson' (ODNB).

Purcell (Henry). Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs, for One, Two, and Three Voices, compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, with such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes, as were by him design'd for any of them: and a Through-Bass to each Song; Figur'd for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorbo-Lute, 2 volumes in one, 2nd edition with large additions, printed by William Pearson, for S.H. and sold by John Young, 1706-12, portrait frontispiece by R. White after Closterman (trimmed and relaid to later paper), some marks and damage, title to each part printed in red and black, with first title relaid, with some soiling and slight paper loss, some minor marks to first and last few leaves (contents generally in good condition), all edges gilt, contemporary diced full calf, old reback with original spine laid down, now worn with loss, and upper cover detached, folioQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), English novelist and illustrator. With ownership inscription to verso of front endpaper: 'Lucy E. Broadwood from Mr. & Mrs. Richmond Ritchie (after singing Dido's dying song from Purcell's opera). This book is from W.M. Thackeray's library, & was bought by him. Given back to me by Lucy Broadwood and given to Catherine Norman Butler by her grandfather W.T.D. Ritchie Xmas 1953'. Lucy Etheldred Broadwood (1858-1929), singer, musician and pioneer in the revival of English folk song, was a member of the Purcell Society, editor of the journal of the Folk Song Society, and friend of Grainger, Holst and Vaughan Williams. Her book English Traditional Songs and Carols was published in 1908.

Elphinstone (Mountstuart). Report on the Territories, conquered from the Paishwa. Submitted to the Supreme Government of British India, 1st edition, Calcutta: printed at the Government Gazette Press, by A. G. Balfour, 1821, variable spotting and toning (generally light), contemporary ink-stamp and inscriptions of the Ahmednuggur Court of Adawlat to title-page, related inscriptions (accesion number) to margins of pp. 101, 112 and lxx, stain to centre of first few leaves including title-page, recent quarter morocco, 4to (25.8 x 19.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSix institutional copies traced, all in the United Kingdom.

McClandlish (Edward). Bill Whiffletree's Bootlegger's Map of the United States, Hagstrom Compnay Inc. New York, circa 1944, circa 1944, large pictorial lithographic map of North America mocking prohibition in the United States, slight spotting and staining, slight surface abrasion to lower left, faded, laid on card with two metal 'hanging holes' to upper corners, two additional holes to lower corners, 660 x 815 mmQty: (1)NOTESThe map was first published in 1926 by the Washington Post and parodies the prohibition on the sale of alcohol in the United States. There was another edition published in the 1920s by the Griswold Press and the popularity of the map continued even after the lifting of prohibition in 1933. The map is filled with illustrations and puns with place names altered to Chi-keg-o and Albu-corky for example. This example by Hagstrom was copyrighted in 1944 under the Bill Whiffletree trademark in order to accompany Whiffletree's very scarce 'Ration Map of the United States'.

[Cox, Thomas]. Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua & Nova, volume I only London: John Nutt, 1715, 22 folding engraved maps by Robert Morden, Herman Moll and others, 3 folding plates, Dorset map with two holes affecting image, other maps and plates with some tears and frayed and insect predated margins with some losses, a little light spotting and soiling, contemporary inscription in Latin relating to William Morgan of Tredegar, dated 1720 to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed with splits to spine ends, small 4to, together with Chamberlayne (John). Magna Britannia Notitia: or, the Present State of Great-Britain, with divers remarks upon the antient state thereof... The Two and Twentieth edition of the South Part call'd England, and the first of the North part call'd Scotland, 2 parts in one, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece of Queen Anne, advertisements at end, some light spotting and soiling, small modern presentation inscription to front endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, some wear and worming to spine and lower cover, 8vo, with three others (two odd volumes) including Robert Heron's The Letters of Junius, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1804, extra-illustrated with 20 hand-coloured engraved portraits of royalty, nobility and notable figures (covers detached)Qty: (6)

Laroon (Marcellus). The Cryes of the City of London drawne after the Life. Les cris de la ville de Londre dessignez apres la nature. L'arti comuni che vanno a Londra fatte dal naturale, [London]: P. Tempest excudit, c.1688-1733, 73 engraved plates (of 74: without plate 73, 'A nonconformist minister'), including 2 title-pages, of which 12 numbered (see note), not bound in order, first title-page re-margined in gutter and slightly soiled (ownership inscription to head: 'G. Frere'), some 12 plates with closed handling tears to lower margins, sometimes extending into plate-mark but never image, repaired verso in most cases ('Sow Gelder' also with similar repaired tear to upper inner corner; 'Four for Six pence Mackerell' with more extensive closed tear in top margin, touching frame but not image; 'The merry Milk Maid' with closed tear in lower margin extending into 'Mauron delin.' and frame), 'Troope every one one' plate browned, variable toning or lighter browning elsewhere, a few spots and marks, extra-illustrated with 15 leaves bound in at rear containing 60 engravings by Jean Mariette, all depicting French costume, c.1700 (imprint: A Paris, chez J. Mariette rue S. Jacques, aux colonnes d'Hercules avec Privilege du Roi'), 20th-century tan sheep retaining front board of contemporary marbled calf (scuffed), folio (34.2 x 20.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESCf. Beall, Kaufrufe und Strassenhandler – Cries and Itinerant Trades, E10 (Overton edition, dated to c.1711), Colas 1793-5 (various editions), Lipperheide 1019 (c.1711 edition, incomplete, with 21 plates only). Further reading: Shesgreen, 'The Editions, Imitations, and the Influence of Marcellus Laroon's "Cryes of the City of London"', Studies in Bibliography Vol. 35 (1982), pp. 258-271. The 61 plates without numerals, including with the title-page, are from one of the editions by original publisher Pierce Tempest, who according to the Term Catalogues first issued a work titled ‘The Crys of London … engraved upon forty Copper-Plates’ in Michaelmas 1687. It was quickly expanded: a notice in the Term Catalogues for Michaelmas 1688 announces ‘There is now completely Finished, the Cryes and Habits of London … upon seventy-two Copper-plates’; by Trinity 1689 the work is advertised as containing ‘74 Copper-Plates’. The last known edition of Laroon’s Cryes to be published by Pierce Tempest appeared in 1709 (Shesgreen, p. 261). The plates then passed from Tempest to Henry Overton the elder (1676-1751). The date of Overton’s edition is unknown but has been conjectured as 1711 (Beall), or as late as 1731 or 1733. Overton added numerals the lower right corner of each plate, and added his imprint and the phrase ‘In 74 Copper Plates’ to the title-page. In c.1760 the plates passed to Robert Sayer. His plates are completely reworked from the Tempest/Overton versions, with the costumes updated, numerals moved to the upper corners, and ‘Mauron delin./pinx.’ and ‘P. Tempest exc.’ removed.

Hale (Matthew). Historia Placitorum Coronæ. The History of the Pleas of the Crown ... now first published from his Lordship's Original Manuscript, and the several References to the Records examined by the Originals, with large notes, by Sollom Emlyn ... To which is added a table of the principal matters, 2 volumes, In the Savoy [London]: printed by E. & R. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer) for F. Gyles, T. Woodward, & C. Davis, 1736, lacking portrait frontispiece, ownership signature to title, some browning, 20th century buckram, skiver title label to spines, covers dust-soiled, folio, together with a large collection of Freemasonry related reference including: Hamill (John & Gilbert, Robert), Freemasonry, A Celebration of the Craft, 1st edition, London: Greenwich Editions, 1998, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust-jacket, large 4to, Curl (James Stevens), The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry, an Introductory Study, 1st edition, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1991, monochrome illustrations, gift inscription to front free endpaper, original boards in price-clipped dust-jacket, 4to, Yates (Martin), Freemasonry in the Province of Somerset from 1733, 1st edition, Wedmore, Somerset: Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset, 2010, colour and monochrome illustrations, gift inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial boards in price-clipped dust-jacket, 4to, and other similar Freemasonry related referenceQty: (2 cartons)

Rowland (Henry). Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical of the Isle of Anglesey, the Antient Seat of the British Druids, 1st edition, Dublin: by Aaron Rhames, for Robert Owen, 1723, half-title, 10 engraved plates, contemporary annotations signed 'H. Davies Rect[o]r Aber.', a little light damp-staining towards rear, contemporary panelled calf, short crack to head of front joint, spine-label worn, 4to (25 x 19.7 cm), together with: [Thomas, John]. A History of the Island of Anglesey ... Serving as a Supplement to Rowland's Mona Antiqua Restaurata. To Which are also added, Memoirs of Owen Glendowr, 1st edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1775, first quire (including half-title, title-page and preface) duplicated, small tear in C1 costing a few letters, related closed tear through text in C2, closed marginal tears to D1 and D4, modern quarter calf, 4to (25.1 x 18.5 cm), Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne. Transactions, volumes 1-2, Newcastle: by T. & J. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, and Longman & Co., 1831-8, ix;334;50;[2];[4], iv;435 pp., 46 engraved plates and maps (many hand-coloured and/or folding) including geological diagrams and profiles, occasional spotting (heavier to plates in volume 2), top edges gilt, others untrimmed, later half calf by W. J. Mansell, 4to (27.8 x 21.5 cm), Allom (Thomas, & others, illustrators). Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated. With Descriptions by T. Rose, London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, 1832, engraved additional title-page, 108 engraved plates (without 'General View of Windermere Lake' as usual: possibly not issued), tissue-guards, a few plates spotted, book-label of John Wycliffe Wilson (1836-1921), sometime lord mayor of Sheffield, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain maroon gilt, 4to (26.2 x 20 cm), and 6 others (not collated), including John Rutty, An Essay Towards a Natural History of Dublin, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1772 (ex-library; bookplates of J. A. Harvie-Brown)Qty: (11)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T139797 (Rowlands), T139793 (Thomas). The Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne contains numerous tracts on geology and coal-mining.

Mackenzie (Murdoch). Orcades: or, a Geographic and Hydrographic Survey of the Orkney and Lewis Islands, in Eight Maps ... The third edition, with additional soundings, and some corrections, London: printed for the author, by M. Say, and sold by K. Mackenzie, 1776, [2] 6 pp., 8 engraved large folding maps by Emanuel Bowen after Murdoch Mackenzie (various dimensions: see note) each with title and dedication within separate rococo cartouches (map 1 title within figural cartouche), bar scales, and inset coastal profiles, text and maps all mounted on stubs, title-page with lower margin excised (removing an old inscription, the printed text unaffected), soiling, and short closed tear at lower inner corner, the maps with contemporary manuscript captions in black ink rectos (inside and outside plate-marks) and versos, variable light dust-soiling, browning, and offsetting, early paper-reinforcement along folds verso, maps 1-3 and 7 closely trimmed along at least one edge (to neat line in cases, cropping top neat-line in map 7), map 1 with shallow chip to left-hand edge affecting plate-mark but not neat line and with short closed tear to lower margin, short closed tear to lower inner corner of maps 2 and 6 affecting frame only, map 5 with outer section reattached at an early date with concomitant darkening and disruption to image, map 7 with short (3cm) split to foot of one old fold and a little fraying along close-trimmed top edge, minor paper-disruption and soiling along one fold of map 8 (the fold with old paper-reinforcement verso as noted), a few other marks, nicks and chips, modern red-brown half morocco binding, atlas folio (binding dimensions 62.2 x 42.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Very rare: not in ESTC, which cites only the first edition of 1750, for which six copies are traced. 'Mackenzie set new standards for hydrographic surveying in Britain' (ODNB). The maps are dated 1750 at the foot, indicating that the original plates were used; most are signed by Emanuel Bowen. Some of them bear interesting dedications: map 5 is dedicated to 'Alexander Mackenzie of Hampton in Virginia', map 7 to the governor and adventurers of the Hudson's Bay Company. Titles and dimensions are as follows: 1) The Orkney Islands (57.8 x 78 cm). 2) The South Isles of Orkney (60.2 x 67 cm). 3) Pomona or Main-Land (55.5 x 78 cm). 4) The North East Coast of Orkney (68 x 55.2 cm). 5) The North West Coast of Orkney (52.7 x 57 cm). 6) The Lewis, or North Part of Long-Island (58.7 x 65 cm). 7) The North Part of the Lewis (60 x 85 cm). 8) The South East Coast of the Lewis (63 x 60 cm).

* Germany/Saxony. De Jode (Cornelis), Saxonum Regionis Quatenus eius Gentis Imperium Nomenque Antwerp, 1593, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, displayed in a double aperture mount with another uncoloured example, each 330 x 455 mm,, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTES"In 1578 Gerard de Jode published his Speculum Orbis Terrarum, an atlas aimed at competing with the Theatrum of Ortelius. However, the latter had first been issued in 1570 and had already built a commanding market presence, and so despite de Jode's longer standing reputation the atlas did not sell very well. Only a dozen or so examples have survived. Undeterred, he made plans for another expanded edition, and upon his death in 1591 it was taken on by his son Cornelis. The Speculum Orbis Terrae of 1592 likewise did not sell well and was never reissued. Although more examples than the first edition have survived, it too is very scarce. Many of de Jode's maps are judged to be superior to those of Ortelius, both in detail and style." (Burden)

Bowen (Emanuel & Owen John). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd..., 4th edition, T. & J. Bowles, 1724, title page inked stained and with some adhesion scaring to gutter margin, near-contemporary ink ownership inscription to verso which has stained the first page of the tables, 4 pages of tables page 27 torn but without loss to the printed surface, 273 uncoloured engraved strip road maps and county maps, printed back-to-back, later endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, re-backed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESChubb. CL.

Hewitson (William C.). Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, with Descriptions of their Nests and Nidification, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: John van Voorst, 1856, half-titles, 149 hand-coloured lithographic plates, pencilled captions, a few other marks, contemporar half calf, one spine-label perished, wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Maxwell (Sir Herbert). Memoirs of the Months, First [-Fifth] Series, 5 volumes, mixed editions, London: Edward Arnold, 1903-10, photogravure frontispieces and plates (not collated), a few spots, bookplates of Ethel Beatrice Edgar, gilt edges, contemporary green half calf for Bumpus, 8vo, [Bennett, Edward T.]. The Tower Menagerie: comprising the Natural History of the Animals Contained in that Establishment, 1st edition, London: for Robert Jennings, 1829, wood-engravings throughout, bookplate of Christopher Turnor (1809-1886), English politician, gilt edges, contemporary green morocco gilt, 8vo, and approximately 45 others, natural history (mainly ornithology), leather-bound, including a few odd volumes or incomplete setsQty: (60)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology. Mullens & Swann p. 294 (Hewitson).

Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge. An Account of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, From its commencement, in 1709. In which is included, the present state of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland with regard to Religion, 1st edition, Edinburgh: A. Murray and J. Cochrane, 1774, engraved title-page, modern marbled quarter calf, 4to (24.9 x 19.4 cm), together with: Barry (George). The History of the Orkney Islands, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for the author by D. Willison, 1805, 11 engraved plates including frontispiece, folding map, retaining final leaf with directions to the binder and publisher's advertisement, plates and map spotted and offset, ink-stamp to title-page, short closed tear to inner fold of map, modern half calf, 4to (26.6 x 19.7 cm), Low (George). Fauna Orcadensis: or, the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes, or Orkney and Shetland. From a Manuscript in the possession of Wm. Elford Leach, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Company [and others], 1813, half-title, moderate browning, edges untrimmed, modern quarter calf, 4to (26.5 x 20.4 cm), and 3 others, including 2 other copies of Low, Fauna Orcadensis, both 1st editions, 1813 (one in c.1900 green half morocco by J. Leighton, with bookplate of J. Griffith Dearden of Walcot Hall, Stamford; the other in c.1900 blue half morocco, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, damp-stained)Qty: (6)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T82929 (SSPCK); Freeman 206 (Barry), 2323 (Low); Mullens & Swann pp. 43-4 (Barry), 361-2 (Low). Chapter two of the first item (pp. 13-19) discusses the Society's activities in North America.

[Scotland; Convention of Estates]. The Acts made in the first Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the First ... Holden by himselfe, present in Person, with his three Estates at Edinburgh, upon the Twenty eight day of June, Anno Domini, 1633 [-The Laws and Acts made in the first Parliament of ... Charles the Second], Edinburgh: David Lindsay 1683, bound with: An Index of Abridgment to the Acts of Parliament made by J. James the I. and II. III. IV. V. Queen Mary, Ja. VI. K. Charles I. and Charles the II ... Digested into Heads, Edinburgh: John Reid, 1685, 2 works in 1 volume, tightly bound, first work without blank Z5, recent quarter calf, 12mo (14.2 x 7 cm), together with: Hall (James). Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: with a Trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides, containing Hints for Improvements in Agriculture and Commerce, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: for J. Johnson, 1807, engraved folding map, 29 engraved plates, signature 2N5 (pp. 553/4) present in two settings (i.e. retaining cancelled leaf; each with portions of text deleted in manuscript by a contemporary hand), plates spotted, modern quarter calf, 8vo (23.1 x 14 cm), and 6 others (not collated), leather-bound: Miscellanea Scotica, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1818-20; Anderson, Scotland in Early Christian Times, 2 volumes, 1881; Basil Hall, Fragments of Voyages and Travels. Third Series, 3 volumes, Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1833; James Wilson, A Voyage Round the Coasts of Scotland the Isles, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1842; Charles St John, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1849; Sinclair, General Report of the Agricultural State and Political Circumstances of Scotland, 3 volumes and 2 appendix volumes, 1st editions, 1814, lacking volume 1 title-page, edges untrimmedQty: (21)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC R183958 (Scotland, Acts), R22587 (An Index ...).

American Stamp Act. Correct Copies of the Two Protests against the Bill to Repeal the American Stamp Act, of Last Session. With lists of the Speakers and Voters, Paris [i.e. London]: chez J. W. imprimeur, Rue de Colombier Fauxbourg St. Germain, à L'hotel de Saxe, 1766, 24 pp., title with manuscript 'No. 5' to upper outer blank corner and '6' to lower left blank corner, disbound 8vo (Adams 66-27; Sabin 16839), together with: Ibid., A List of the Minority in the House of Commons, who Voted against the Bill to Repeal the American Stamp Act, Paris [i.e. London]: chez J. W. imprimeur, Rue de Colombier Fauxbourg St. Germain, à L'hotel de Saxe, 1766, 8 pp., title with manuscript 'No. 6' to upper outer blank corner, disbound 8vo (Adams 66-26; Sabin 41453), [Knox, William], The Present State of the Nation: Particularly with respect to its Trade, Finances, &c. &c. Addressed to the King and both Houses of Parliament, 1st edition, London: J. Almon, 1768, [3-5],6-100 pp., without half-title(?), manuscript 'No. 10' to upper outer blank corner and '10' to lower left blank corner of title, disbound 8vo, Wilkes (John), A Letter to His Grace the Duke of Grafton, First Commissioner of His Majesty's Treasury, 2nd edition, London: J. Almon, 1767, 35, [3] pp., manuscript 'No. 9' & erased initials to upper outer blank corner and '9' to lower left blank corner of title, disbound 8vo, Draper (William), Colonel Draper's Answer, to the Spanish Arguments, claiming the Galeon, and refusing Payment of the Ransom Bills, for preserving Manila from Pillage and Destruction: in a Letter addressed to the Earl of Halifax, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department, London: J. Dodsley, 1764, [3-5],6-43 pp., without half-title(?), manuscript 'No. 11' to upper outer blank corner of title, gutter margin of final leaf torn, disbound 8vo,Qty: (5)

Drummond (William). Poems, by that most famous wit, William Drummond of Hawthornden, '3rd' edition, London: printed by W.H. and are to be sold in the Company of Stationers, 1656, engraved portrait frontispiece by Richard Gaywood, 4 part titles, A4 surname initial 'P' completed in manuscript 'P[hilips]' marginal insect damage to A8 & F8, a few leaves shaved head and foot affecting headlines, pagination and register, some light spotting and toning, top edge gilt, later green morocco by R. Nelson, spine a little rubbed and faded to brown, 8voQty: (1)NOTESWing D2201. The first collected edition of William Drummond's works, edited by Edward Phillips, with each title dated 1656.

Arrowsmith (Aaron). Memoir relative to the Construction of the Map of Scotland published by Aaron Arrowsmith in the Year 1807, 1st edition, London: A. Arrowsmith, [1809?], 45 pp., 3 engraved maps ('Map of the Island of St Kilda, Borrera, etc. etc., Taken Aug. 1799'; a Ptolemaic map of Britain after Richard of Cirencester, folding; and 'A Part of the N. E. Coast of the Shetland Isles surveyed in Jan[uar]y 1785 by Lieut. Columbine', dated 1807, folding, opening to 108 x 62.5 cm), staining to first few text-leaves with concomitant paper-disruption to title-page, St Kilda map spotted, 'A Part of the N. E. Coast of the Shetland Isles ...' map with recoverable paper-disruption to intersections of a few folds, front free endpaper excised, edges untrimmed, original boards, cloth backstrip, wear to corners, 4to (31.5 x 25.5 cm), together with: Loch (James). Memoir of George Granville, late Duke of Sutherland, 1st edition, London: 'not published', 1834, 83 pp., engraved frontispiece, lithographic plate (both spotted), inscribed 'John Horton Esq, Priors Lee, from the Duchess Countess of Sutherland' on the front free endpaper, original cloth, 4to, Barnard (Frank). Picturesque Life in Shetland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: George Waterston & Sons, 1890, collotype or halftone plates from paintings by Barnard, adhesive staining to endpapers, original roan-backed boards, some wear to spine, oblong folio, number 230 of 300 copies only, Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland ... Supplementary Volume: Map of Scotland, London: S. Lewis and Co., 1846, lithographic map hand-coloured in outline, divided into 6 folding sheets mounted on stubs (individually opening to 71 x 67 cm, each with short recoverable split at central intersection of folds), original cloth, 4to, Crawfurd (George). A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew ... continued to the Present Period by George Robertson, Paisley: J. Neilson, 1818, 3 engraved plates including frontispiece, 2 hand-coloured engraved folding maps, engraved folding facsimile, frontispiece spotted and damp-stained, one map with repairs verso, text not collated, original moiré cloth, paper spine-label, wear to spine, 4to, and 7 others including a large Ordnance Survey map of the parish of Newbattle (1854; linen-backed and finely bound in contemporary maroon morocco with patterned endpapers), another copy of Loch, another copy of Lewis (dated 1851), and similarQty: (12)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS

Martin (Martin). A Late Voyage to St. Kilda, the Remotest of all the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, 1st edition, London: for D. Brown, and T. Goodwin, 1698, half-title, engraved folding map, engraved folding plate (depicting a fulmar and an 'assilag', or storm petrel), advertisement leaf, browning, variable damp-staining in gutter, more extensive in last two quires (K-L), contemporary ownership inscription contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 8vo (17.9 x 11 cm), together with: ibid. A Voyage to St. Kilda, 3rd edition ('corrected'), London: for R. Griffith, 1749, bound with: Mallet (David). Amyntor and Theodora: or, the Hermit. A New Edition. Corrected by the author, London: for Paul Vaillant, 1748, 2 works in 1 volume, toning, occasional spotting, Martin title-page with small hole from removal of ownership inscription, 19th-century half calf, partial fading to front cover, 8vo (19.2 x 11 cm), Mackenzie (J. B., editor). Episode in the Life of the Rev. Neil Mackenzie at St. Kilda from 1829 to 1843. Edited by his son, minister at Kenmore, 1st edition, [Aberfeldy]: privately printed, 1911, 57 pp., original wrappers bound in, inscribed on front wrapper 'To Miss Marcus with Mr Mackenzie's compliments & best wishes, 1911', blind stamp of Malcolm Stewart, laird of Hoy to title-page, modern quarter calf, 8vo (24 x 14.8 cm), and 6 others, all St Kilda-related, including another 1st edition of Martin, A Late Voyage to St. Kilda (lacking half-title, but retaining map, plate and advertisement leaf, spotting and browning; contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, recornered and relined)Qty: (9)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC R12939 (Martin, first edition), T152363 (Martin, third edition); Foxon M49 (Mallet); Wing M847 (Martin, first edition).

Buchanan (John Lan[n]e). Travels in the Western Hebrides: from 1782 to 1790, 1st edition, London: for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, and J. Debrett, 1793, half-title, uncut in original boards, housed in a custom solander box, 8vo, together with: Neill (Patrick). A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for A. Constable and Company, 1806, pp. xi;[1];239;[8], half-title, 8 pp. advertisements, uncut in original boards, 8vo, [Botfield, Beriah]. Journal of a Tour through the Highlands of Scotland during the Summer of MDCCCXXIX, 1st edition, Norton Hall, [Northamptonshire]: [for the author], 1830, pp. [6];xvi;376;23;[1], engraved frontispiece and additional title-page (spotted), signatures L6-7 loose, original boards, head of spine restored, rear joint cracked (the board held by bottom cord only), 12mo, [Browne, James]. A Critical Examination of Dr. Macculloch's Work on the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Daniel Lizars, 1825 pp. [4];302;[1], pencil underlinings, uncut in original boards, 8vo, Stark (John). Biographia Scotica, Edinburgh: by J. Stark for Arch. Constable and Co. [and others], 1805, bookplate (Lord Walsingham), unpaginated, signatures pi3 2M6 chi1, with 5 engraved portraits (collation unknown), advertisement leaf, light browning, offsetting, uncut in original boards, loss to spine-ends, front joint cracked but firm, 12mo, Barry (George). History of the Orkney Islands ... The Second Edition, with Corrections and Additions by the Rev. James Headrick, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808, 11 engraved plates with tissue-guards, advertisement leaf, without folding map (text not collated), bookplate of Maxwell of Kirkconnell, uncut in original boards, 4to, and 3 others, 19th-century Scottish travel in similar conditionQty: (9)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T144646 (Buchanan); Freeman 2786 (Neill), 206 (Barry); Mullens & Swann pp. 103 (Buchanan), 431 (Neill), 44 (Barry). The Journal of a Tour through the Highlands of Scotland appears to be the first published work by noted antiquarian and book collector Beriah Botfield (1807-1863).

[Johnson, Samuel]. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775, errata leaf (with 12 lines), with cancels D8 and *U4, all other signature-marks unstarred, errata uncorrected, worm-track with variable effect on text in quires B-P, further worming in fore margins throughout, contemporary sprinkled sheep, joints superficially cracked at feet, 8vo (21.6 x 12.9 cm), together with: ibid. A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 volumes, 6th edition, London: for J. F. and C. Rivington [and others], 1785, signatures a-b4 c-h2 i-k4 [superscript 2]g-h4 B-6X4 (-6X4, probably blank), pi1 B-3Y4 2Z2 [superscript 2]A-3Y4 3Z2, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscriptions ('John Woolly'), damp-staining, volume 2 signature 2A1 torn affecting headline, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked, tips worn, 4to (26.2 x 20.5 cm), Boswell (James). The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 3rd edition ('revised and corrected'), 2nd issue, London: by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1786 [i.e. 1791], half-title, engraved folding map (dated 1791 and not present in the first issue), with final advertisement leaf for The Life of Samuel Johnson not mentioned in ESTC, closed tear to signature 2G1 extending through headline into text, bookplate of William Scott Kerr of Chatto laid in, front pastedown partially abraded, contemporary sprinkled calf, smooth spine gilt in compartments with urn tools red morocco label, front joint cracked at head, 8vo (21.1 x 12.5 cm), Macpherson (James). Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem, in SIx Books: together with several other Poems, composed Ossian the SOn of Fingal, 2nd edition, London: T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1762, without the two advertisement leaves, no frontispiece called for in ESTC, a little spotting, edges untrimmed, modern quarter calf, 4to (28 x 21.5 cm), and 1 otherQty: (6)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Chapman & Hazen p. 151 (Johnson, Journey); Courtney & Smith p. 57 (Johnson, Dictionary); ESTC T84319 (Johnson, Journey), N18 (Johnson, Dictionary), N2632 (Boswell), T10103 (Macpherson).

Harding (Silvester). The Biographical Mirrour, or, Connoiseur's Repertory; comprizing a series of ancient and modern English portraits of eminent ... persons ... engraved from original pictures or drawings, 3 volumes, London: E. and S. Harding, 1795-1810?, text by Francis Godolphin Waldron, volume 1 with additional title, numerous engraved portraits, variable spotting and offsetting, hinges strengthened, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, spines rubbed, boards worn, 4to, together with: Glasse (Hannah), The Complete Confectioner; or the Whole Art of Confectionary made Plain and Easy ..., first edition, second issue, London: J. Cooke, c. 1765, Glasse's facsimile signature on pp.iv and 1, 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear (1st two leaves close-trimmed at foot affecting text), lightly toned throughout, front free endpaper deficient, each pastedown with an early ink manuscript ownership inscription, contemporary sheep, worn, boards detached, 8vo, plus: Encyclopedie Methodique, Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique des Trois Regnes de la Nature, [Insectes], 2 volumes, [Paris: Agasse, 1797], 18th part, half-title, lacking title, but with title for 19th part, 267 (of 268) engraved plates (plate 268 deficient), rectos of title and plates 131, 132 & 267 each with circular ink ex-libris stamp, 1 plate in volume 2 partially coloured with light, neat red crayon, 6 plates with some small & neat red crayon underlining, both volumes with intermittent pale dampstaining to margins at head and fore-edge, somewhat affecting a few plates, hinges cracked, 19th century quarter morocco, somewhat rubbed, corners showing, 4to, with 16 other titles including: The Pleasures of Hope in two parts, by Thomas Campbell, 2nd edition, 1800; Tratado Elemental de Botanica Teorico-Practico, by Antonio Blanco, 2 volumes in 1, 1834; The Silver Swan, a fairy tale, by Madame de Chatelain, 1847Qty: (27)NOTESGlasse: Cagle 708; Maclean pp.61-62. The second issue of the first edition of circa 1760, with J. Cooke imprint. Encyclopedia Methodique: Nissen ZBI 4621.

Vasco (John J. & Peter D. Cornwell). Zerstörer, The Messerschmitt 110 and its units in 1940, 1st edition, JAC Publications, Norwich, 1995, numerous black & white illustrations, publishers original illustrated boards, large 8vo, together with; Bishop (Cliff T.), Fortresses of the Big Triangle First, 1st edition, East Anglia Books, 1986, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and other modern aviation reference, including publications by Ian Allan, Jane's, Sutton, PSL, Putnam, Airlife, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)

Pomerania. De Jode (Cornelis), Pomeraniae utriusq Continentis..., [on sheet with] Thietmarsorum Simbricae Schersonesi Populorum ... [and] Prussiae seu Pruteniae Chorographia, Antwerp, [1578], three uncoloured engraved maps on one sheet (as published), slight toning to central fold, 315 x 450 mm, Latin text on versoQty: (1)NOTESOriginally published in the 'Speculum Orbis Terrarum' and this state is only found in the first edition of the atlas. The atlas aimed at competing with the Theatrum of Ortelius. However, the latter had first been issued in 1570 and had already built a commanding market presence, and so despite de Jode's long standing reputation the atlas did not sell very well. Only a dozen or so examples have survived. Undeterred, he made plans for another expanded edition, and upon his death in 1591 it was taken on by his son Cornelis. The Speculum Orbis Terrae of 1592 likewise did not sell well and was never reissued. Although more examples than the first edition have survived, it too is very scarce. Many of de Jode's maps are judged to be superior to those of Ortelius, both in detail and style. (Burden)

Guiccardini (Francesco). L'histoire d'Italie. Translatée d'italien en françois, et presentée à tres vertueuse, tres haute, et trespuissante dame et princesse, Katherine de Medicis, royne de France, par Hierosme Chomedey, Paris: Bernard Turrisan, 1568, signatures a4 A-3Z6 [par.]8, [4] 414 [8] leaves (lacking one leaf: signature H6, i.e. folio 48), text in roman letter, side-notes in italic, large woodcut Aldine device to title-page, woodcut headpieces and initials, red manuscript box-rules throughout, light browning, leaves a1-2 (a1=title-page) with restored loss to fore margins not affecting text, ownership inscription dated 1638 to head of title-page (another effaced), all edges gilt, later pigskin dyed black and tooled in gilt and blind, rebacked, rubbed, head of spine torn, folio (32.5 x 21.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThis edition not in Adams (cf. G1524-6 for later editions of Chomedey's translation); cf. PMM 85 for the first edition (published in Italian in 1561). First edition in French of 'the first history of Europe' (PMM).

Symons (A. J. A., Desmond Flower, Francis Meynell). The Nonesuch Century, An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press 1923-1934, The Nonesuch Press, 1936, 99 monochrome tipped-in plates, 'prize' label tipped-in to the front endpaper, some minor marginal toning, publishers original green cloth, boards & spine slightly faded, large 8vo, limited edition 362/750, together with; Morse (Peter), John Sloan's Prints, A Catalogue Rainsonné of the Etchings, Lithographs, and Posters, Yale University Press, 1969, numerous black & white illustrations, publishers original grey cloth in slipcase, folio, limited edition 82/150, and Hope (T. E.), Lexical Borrowing in the Romance Languages, 2 volumes, [Language and Style Series], 1st edition, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1971, publishers original uniform cloth in dust jackets and slipcase, spines lightly faded & marked, 8vo, plus other modern bibliography reference & related, including A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640, 3 volumes, by A. W. Pollard & G. R. Redgrave, 2nd edition, The Bibliography Society, 1986-91, A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library, 3 volumes, by Allen T. Hazen, Oxford University Press, 1969, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Whymper (Edward). Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, 4th edition, London: John Murray, 1893, folding maps, illustrations, top edge gilt, original buckram by Zaehnsdorf with snow flakes in gilt to covers and spine (spine slightly darkened, slight soiling to upper cover), marbled slipcase with morocco label (a little rubbed with small splits), small 4to, together with two others: The Lonsdale Library Volume XVIII, Mountaineering, by Sydney Spencer (editor) and others, [1934] and John Hunt's The Ascent of Everest, 1st edition, 1953Qty: (3)NOTESFirst work Neate W65 'the definitive edition'.

[Boece, Hector]. Descrittione del regno di Scotia, et delle isole sue adiacenti di Petruccio Ubaldini cittadin Fiorentino. Nella quale si descrivono i confini di ciascuna provincia, ed i luoghi che visono, e le cose piu degne di memoria, che visi trovano tanto naturali, quanto maravigliose, Antwerp [i.e. London: John Wolfe], 1588, [8], 54 pp. (i.e. without initial blank A1), printer's woodcut device to title, decorative initials, head- and tailpieces, light toning and scattered spotting, inner hinges split, late-19th-century diced half russia, gilt decorated spine, folio (27.3 x 18.7 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Provenance: Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903), financier and bibliophile (bookplate with monogram surmounted by baron's coronet and printed shelfmark 4844). ESTC S118915 (ten copies in UK libraries); Pforzheimer 1015; STC 24480. First edition of this free Italian translation by Petruccio Ubaldini of Hector Boece's Scotorum Historiae, 'well printed in a fine italic type' (Pforzheimer). Boece's work was first printed in 1527. Despite the Antwerp imprint 'there can be no doubt that this book was printed in London by John Wolfe. He obtained a license for it 27th November 1587, and his name appears on the title of several other of Ubaldini's books published about this time' (Pfozheimer).

Flint (William Russell, illustrator). The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, 3 volumes, Riccardi Press, published by Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1913, mounted colour illustrations with captioned tissue guards, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt lettered limp vellum with green silk ties (two on first volume deficient), 4to Limited edition 2/500 copies.Qty: (3)

Crum (Frederick Maurice). Memoirs of a Rifleman Scout. Parts I to IV, 1st and only edition, Stirling: A. Learmonth & Son, "Journal" Office, 1950, numerous illustrations from photographs to the text, plus some sketch maps and plans, original cloth-backed printed boards, minor marks, 8vo, VGQty: (1)NOTESA very nice copy of this scarce first and only edition which covers Crum's service in the Boer War. He went on to serve with the 8th KRRC (K1) on the Western Front 1915-16. In May 1916 he founded the Sniping School at Acq, succeeding in establishing a standard syllabus for all of the Armies schools and writing the first official pamphlet on the subject.

Molloy (Charles). De Jure Maritimo et Navali: or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime and of Commerce, 7th edition, London: John Walthoe Junr. & J. Wotton, 1722, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, contemporary calf, upper joint split and lower joint cracked at foot, some wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Impey (John), The New Instructor Clericalis, Stating the Authority, Jurisdiction, and Modern Practice of the Court of King's Bench [& Court of Common Pleas], 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for the author, 1785-86, ownership inscription to title of first volume, some dust-soiling, contemporary sheep, joints split and some wear, 8vo, Morgan (John), Essays upon I. The Law of Evidence, II. New Trials, III. Special Verdicts, IV. Trials at Bar, and V. Repleaders, 3 volumes, London: J. Johnson, 1789, titles with early ownership of John Williams, Attorney, Carmarthen, contemporary calf, lacking title labels to spines, joints cracked, 8vo, Ibid, The Attorney's Vade Mecum, and Client's Instructor..., 2 volumes, London: Strahan & Woodfall for T. Cadell, 1787, ownership inscription of John Williams, Attorney, Carmarthen to titles, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo, Robinson (Richard), The Lot Book of the Commissioners for draining the Fen Lands lying between the Hundred Foot River and the River Ouse; being a book of references to the map of that level, done from a survey taken by Richard Robinson in the year 1758, by Order of the said Commissioners..., Cambridge: printed by J. Archdeacon, 1768, some dust-soiling, original boards, worn, 8vo, and eight other 18th & 19th century law relatedQty: (17)

Two boxed limited edition Western Union table medals. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

2 FIRST EDITION JAMES BOND BOOKS

IRON MAIDEN - THE FIRST TEN YEARS COLLECTION - 12" BOX SET. Ace copy of this 20 x 12" (10 titles) limited edition box set released in 1990 to commemorate Iron Maiden's first ten years of releasing 12" singles. Titles are Running Free/Sanctuary (IRN 1), Women In Uniform/Twilight Zone (IRN 2), Purgatory/Maiden Japan (IRN 3), Run To The Hills/The Number Of The Beast (IRN 4), Flight Of Icarus/The Trooper (IRN 5), 2 Minutes To Midnight/Aces High (IRN 6), Running Free/Run To The Hills (IRN 7), Wasted Years/Stranger In A Strange Land (IRN 8), Can I Play With Madness/The Evil That Men Do (IRN 9) and The Clairvoyant/Infinite Dreams (IRN 10). The records are chiefly in archive condition looking seldom played. The sleeves are primarily in Ex+/archive condition very occasionally showing a couple of very light and minor creases. The 2 part outer box is in Ex condition - lovely to see without heavy wear, there is some light scuffing on the bottom edge, though elsewhere there is very little wear showing.

Hornby Thomas & Friends R9750 Stepney Loco Limited Edition. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)Condition Report: Steam pipes fitted, excellent - very good condition.

Hornby Thomas & Friends R9749 Spencer Loco Limited Edition. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)Condition Report: Detail pack fitted, very good - excellent condition.

Vitrains OO V2001 Northern Belle Limited Edition Twin Loco Set - Certificate Number 203 of 400 - All Boxed. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)Condition Report: Excellent - very good condition, 1x detail pack opened but appears complete, both name plates included.

Hornby Thomas & Friends R9686 Percy Limited Edition Loco. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Hornby R3211 0.4.0 Tank Gildenlow Salt Co, Blue No 3, R2597 0.4.0 ST Queen Elizabeth, Collectors Club Edition. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Hornby R3306 Class A4 Silver Link, Silver Jubilee Collection, 80 Years, limited edition 1000. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

EFE Exclusive First Edition model buses and coaches; forty-five examples all boxed.

A Hardback Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First Edition) and a Paperback Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Pair of large John Charles signed Juventus limited edition b&w photoprints,the first depicting a towering, trademark headed goal v Inter, numbered 181/500; the other featuring the Welsman besides Real Madrid's Ferenc Puskas at the end of a European Cup tie in 1962, numbered 123/125, both identically mounted for framing as a matched pair, overall size 48 by 66cm. 

Fine album of signed First Day Covers and philatelic items relating to the 2nd edition of the American Cup International Soccer Tournament in 1961,the neatly compiled album commences with an introduction page that has been autographed by the President of the New York International Soccer League William D. Cox; it then continues with a beautiful set of signatures of overall champions Dukla Prague, the page also hinge mounted with Czech football postage stamps, there follows a page with the autographs of the Prague and Everton teams that played in the American Challenge Cup Final, from thence onwards the album contains a team-signed FDC for each competing team and with the sole exception of Karlsrue a photograph of the team, the signed FDCs comprise Dukla Prague (Czechoslovakia), Everton (England), Bangu (Brazil), Kilmarnock (Scotland), Besiktas (Turkey), Karlsrue (West Germany), New York Americans (USA), Dinamo Bucuresti (Romania), Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia), A.C. Monaco (Monaco), Shamrock Rovers (Republic of Ireland), Montreal Concordia (Canada), Petah Tikva (Israel), Third Lanark (Scotland), Birmingham City (England), Espanol de Barcelona (Spain), Rapid Vienna (Austria) and Eintract Frankfurt (West Germany), the album concludes with an unsigned United Nations FDC for the tournament In a complicated format Everton and Dukla Prague received trophies for finishing first in the table for Sections 1 & 2 of the competition. Prague then proved the superior team defeating Eveton 2-0 in the League Championship and 7-2 in the American Challenge Cup. There was also a MVP trophy that was awarded to the Bangu (Brazil) player Valter Santos.  This attempt in the USA in the early 1960s to create a Club World Cup was eventually usurped by the UEFA/CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup which had been launched concurrently.Provenance:Originally from the collection of Ronald Landy Antinoris ('Scot Landy'), the renowned Glasgow collector of autographed football philately.

Three photographs of the Uruguay team at 1927 South American Football Championship in Peru, b&w studies, the first taken in a suburb of Lima before a pre-tournament friendly and dated 18th October; two further shots taken outside Hotel San Miguel, Lima, one showing players such as Scarone, Greco and Anselto at the entrance, the other, matted, of directors, referee and players, both photographs annotated and including details of the five teams who took part. This, the eleventh edition of the South American Championship, took place in Lima, Peru from 30th October to 27th November 1927. It was used as a qualifier for the 1928 Olympic Games and the participating teams were Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Uruguay (Brazil were among those who withdrew) and the tournament was won by Argentina.

Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton signed Manchester United F.C. Opus, Limited Edition of 400, first published October 2006 by Krakenopus, unopened, ultra luxurious production of over 800 pages lavishly illustrated with more than 2,000 images, 400,000 words, half metre square, weight more than 35kg., printed on 200qsm silk-coated, overall production entirely from natural materials including leather, silk, paper, wood and cotton, in silk clam-shell presentation box with white cotton gloves provided and original cardboard outer box printed UNITED ICON EDITION, condition is very good with no wear, as the opus is in the original cardboard box and is sealed in the original packaging. The exterior of the cardboard box bears wear, dents and tears

Miles (Eustace). Racquets, Tennis and Squash, first edition, Ward Lock, 1902, 8 vo., with plates and illustrations, folding plate opposite page 90, original green cloth hardback with gilt titling, condition is fair, with wear to the hardcover on the edges and spine, occasional spotting with some foxing, some wear to page edges but generally good condition, please note there is an amendment to this lot, it is 8 vo. page size NOT 8 volumes

Wallis Myers (Arthur). The Complete Lawn Tennis Player, second edition, Methuen & Co, 1908, hardcover, good condition with some internal foxing; sold together with Wallis Myers (Arthur). Lawn Tennis Its Principles and Practice, first edition, The Lonsdale Library, 1930, with 30 illustrations and d/j, good condition (2)

Parmly Paret (Jahial). Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis, US first edition, 1915, hardcover with gilt titling, with contributions from Titanic survivors R.N. Williams and Karl Behr, excellent condition; sold together with Beldam and Vaile. Great Tennis Players, Macmillan & Co, London, 1905, hardcover with gilt titling, excellent condition (2)

McLoughlin (Maurice E.). Tennis As I Play It, first edition, George H. Doran Co, 1915; sold together with rare trim card of Maurice E. McLoughlin at Worple Road circa 1913 with his signature on reverse in pencil and a magazine page describing the famous 1913 Davis Cup win by USA, wear to spine edges, (3) Maurice E. McLoughlin, known as the 'California Comet' due to his fast serve, was US Champion in 1912 and 1913, US Doubles champion 1912/13/14 and Wimbledon runner-up 1913.

Four tennis related books, comprising Mrs Godfree. Lawn Tennis,  second edition, Ward Lock & Co, 1926; Lacoste (Rene). Lacoste on Tennis, Ed. J. Burrow, for Dunlop Sports, 1931; Coombe (D.C.). A History of the Davis Cup, first edition, Hennel Locke, 1949; Robertson (Max). Stop Talking and Give the Score, first edition,1987, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in blue ink with personal library plate and d/j, good condition, minor wear to edges of hardcovers

Todd (Tom). The Tennis Players from Pagan Rites to Strawberries and Cream, first edition, Vallency Press, 1979, hardback, rare limited edition of 500 copies, many illustrations and photographs, with original d/j, good condition

Group of Ascot racecards, including 46 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes dating between 1959 and 2017 and featuring among others 1971 (Mill Reef), 1972 (Brigadier Gerard), 1975 ('Race of the Century' - Grundy and Bustino), 1981 (Shergar) and 1986 (Dancing Brave); also 13 Royal Ascot cards dating between 1950 and 2019 including 1977 Queen's Silver Jubilee edition and first day cover envelope inscribed HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, HRH PRINCE PHILIP, SILVER JUBILEE 1952-1977, with Ascot and Coronation Coach logos and postmarked CHIPPENHAM, WILTS 15 JUNE 1977; together with box and parade ring swing badges; 13 non-Royal cards (Flat and National Hunt) dating between 1954 and 2018, including Frankel's Qipco British Champions Day, October 2011 (qty.)

Jonah Lomu signed limited edition Counties Steelers (Manukau) rugby jersey,numbered 294/500, signed in black marker pen, COA pasted to backboard, mounted, framed & glazed, 62 by 88cm.  Jonah Tali Lomu (12 May 1975 – 18 November 2015) was a New Zealand union player. He became the youngest ever All Black when he played his first international in 1994 at the age of 19 years and 45 days. Playing on the wing Lomu finished his international career with 63 caps and 37 tries. He is regarded as the first true global superstar of rugby and consequently had a huge impact on the game. Lomu was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome, a serious kidney disorder in 1995, and the disease had a significant impact on his playing career and wider life. By 2003 he was on dialysis and in 2004 underwent a kidney transplant. He then attempted a comeback but did not play international rugby again, and retired from professional rugby in 2007. He died unexpectedly on 18 November 2015 after suffering a heart attack associated with his kidney condition.

Pair of large signed Chelsea FC limited edition photoprints,the first in colour and featuring the 1970 F.A. Cup Final replay, signed by Ron 'Chopper' Harris and Peter Osgood, numbered 91/500; the other in b&w and featuring the 1971 ECWC Final Replay, signed by Ron Harris, numbered 12/250, both identically mounted for framing as a matched pair, overall size 48 by 66cm. 

Leeds United signed Book of Football,  'their own official book by all the team and the staff', Souvenir Press Ltd, First Edition 1969, signed in blue ink on frontispiece by Charlton, Madeley, Hibbitt, Sprake, Bremner, Lorimer, Clarke, Reaney, Giles, O’Grady, Hunter, Jones, with d/j, minor wear at edges

Pair of large Bobby Charlton signed Manchester United limited edition photoprints,the first in colour and depicting a powerful, trademark right foot shot, numbered 175/500; the other in b&w and featuring the 1968 European Cup Final at Wembley, numbered PC/500, both identically mounted for framing as a matched pair, overall size 48 by 66cm. 

Two Manchester United signed limited edition prints,The first titled ‘The Ferguson Years’, artwork by Peter Wileman, numbered 232/500, produced during Sir Alex Ferguson's Testimonial Year, multi-signed in pencil including Ferguson, Beckham, Schmeichel, Sheringham, Robson, Giggs, Cole and many others, framed & glazed, 80 by 104cm.; COA taped to the backboard; the second featuring artwork by Julian M. Strachan of David Beckham's halfway line goal v Wimbledon in 1997, numbered 8/150, signed by Beckham in ink, fading, mounted together with a photograph taken at the signing, mounted, framed & glazed, 58 by 67cm. (2)

Four Manchester United presentations, two being 1998-99 Treble Winning season signed presentations,the first a Roy Keane signed Manchester United 1998-99 replica home jersey, signature in black marker pen, mounted, framed & glazed, 63 by 57cm.; the second a limited edition 1999 Champions League Final print featuring Manchester United's Peter Schmeichel and Matt Busby by the artist Stewart W. Beckett titled ''Heavenly Intervention'', signed by Schmeichel in pencil, numbered 6/30, COA taped to the backboard, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 6 by 53m.; together with David Beckham & Cristiano Ronaldo signed Manchester United presentations, comprising a limited edition print featuring David Beckham as PFA Young Player of the Year in 1997 by the artist Stewart W. Beckett, signed by Beckham in pencil, numbered 57/150, COA and photo from signing taped to the backboard, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 56 by 75cm.; together with a Cristiano Ronaldo signed photographic presentation, a 12 by 8in. colour photo of Ronaldo at an awards ceremony signed in black marker pen, mounted with a Manchester United crest and title plaque, framed & glazed, overall size 45 by 58cm. (4)

Pair of large Paul Gascoigne signed Tottenham Hotspur limited edition colour photoprints from the 1991 F.A. Cup Semi-Final v Arsenal at Wembley,the first depicting Gazza's free kick wonder goal, numbered 69/500; the other his subsequent goal celebration, numbered 245/500, both identically mounted for framing as a matched pair, overall size 48 by 66cm.