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Lutyens (Sir Edwin).- Weaver (Lawrence) Houses & Gardens by Sir Edwin Lutyens, R.A., third impression, 1925 § Jekyll (Gertrude) and Christopher Hussey. Garden Ornament, second (and best) edition, 1927 § Stamp (Gavin) Edwin Lutyens Country Houses from the Archives of Country Life, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, 2001, illustrations, the first two original buckram-backed cloth, spines a little faded, the second slightly damp-stained at edge of boards, folio & 4to (3)

Berkshire & Oxfordshire.- Windsor Guide (The)...Town and Castle, folding engraved plate, Windsor, C.Knight, 1799 bound with New Pocket Companion for Oxford (A), folding engraved plan and 4 plates, title shaved at foot, Oxford, J.Cooke, 1799 and New Bath Guide (The), folding engraved plan and 4 plates, Bath, R.Cruttwell, 1792, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine gilt preserving old red roan label "Pamphlets" § Description of Blenheim (A), thirteenth edition, engraved plates and folding map, light spotting, original limp printed boards, rubbed, rebacked, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine gilt, Oxford, [1836] § Hussey (Christopher) Eton College, second edition, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, 1926 § Betjeman (John) An Oxford University Chest, first edition, original cloth-backed marbled boards, 1938, the last two with illustrations, all a little rubbed; and 6 others on Berkshire and Oxfordshire, v.s. (10)

[Martyn (Thomas)] The English Connoisseur: containing an Account of whatever is curious in Painting, Sculpture, &c. in the Palaces and Seats of the Nobility...of England..., 2 vol., first edition, one or two small marginal stains, modern half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with red labels, uncut, L.Davis & C.Reymers, 1766 § Waagen (Dr.Gustav F.) Treasures of Art in Great Britain, 3 vol. (without the supplement), contemporary tan calf gilt, spines gilt with red & green roan labels, very slightly rubbed at edges, a handsome set, 1854-57; and 2 others, 8vo et infra (7)⁂ The first item is "the first general review in book form of collections of pictures in England" (Frank Herrmann. The English as Collectors, p.422) although much of the material was taken from earlier publications. The work covers Blenheim, Chatsworth, Devonshire House, Hampton Court, Kensington Palace, Stowe, Wilton and Windsor amongst others.The second is a pioneering and invaluable record of the wealth and provenance of art treasures in public and private collections in England in the early nineteenth century. Waagen (1794-1868) was the Director of the Berlin Royal Museum and a respected art historian and connoisseur. "Dr Waagen's encyclopaedic survey of art in England is the most important single work available to us in the history of collecting". (Herrmann, p.425).

[Maurice (Thomas)] Grove-Hill, a Descriptive Poem, with an Ode to Mithra, first edition, signed and inscribed "For His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex from his most faithful & devoted servant T.J.Pettigrew Jan. 27th 1821" on front free endpaper, half-title, title with fine wood-engraved vignette and 15 wood-engraved plates by G.Anderson after G.Samuel, with hand-coloured engraved plan and 7 additional plates of Grove Hill mounted on blank leaves at beginning and end (most a little soiled, one ink-stained), modern half green morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., T.Bensley for J. & A.Arch and J.Wright, 1799 § Fosbrooke (T.D.) The Economy of Monastic Life, first edition, lacking half-title, with errata and list of subscribers at end, title with contemporary ink signature and lightly soiled, also final leaf, modern half red morocco, spine gilt, Gloucester, by R. Raikes, [c.1795], 4to (2)⁂ Grove Hill was a villa built by the physician John Coakley Lettsom in Camberwell. In the early 1800s it was demolished and the area developed as Camberwell Grove. T.J.Pettigrew, a surgeon and expert on Egyptian mummies, was an associate of Lettsom's and later edited his correspondence. The plates include scenes of the garden, Lettsom in his study, a telegraph station, an observatory, and bee skeps.The second item is dedicated to Edward Jenner (who also appears in the list of subscribers).

Neale (John Preston) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, First & Second Series, together 11 vol., first edition, additional engraved pictorial titles and 720 plates only (of 722), wood-engraved vignettes, subscriber's copy with contemporary ink inscription "N.Micklethwait Beeston 1819" to head of first title and with his engraved bookplate and ink correction to list of subscribers, plates all numbered in ink in top right-hand corner, some light foxing (mostly to tissue guards), water-staining to vol.1 of Second Series affecting a few plates, contemporary tan straight-grain morocco, gilt, spines gilt, rubbed, splits to joints, some repairs, [Millard, British 45], 8vo, 1818-29.⁂ Including details of architects, owners, and art collections. "The whole comprises the single most important early-nineteenth-century source of country-house architecture". (Millard) Rev. John Nathaniel Micklethwait (?son of the subscriber) inherited the Taverham estate in Norfolk in 1850 through his mother. He demolished the existing house and built a neo-Jacobean mansion; in 1920 it became a preparatory school.

Nottinghamshire.- Bailey (Thomas) Hand-Book to Newstead Abbey, first edition, engraved portrait of Lord Byron, title with wood-engraved vignette, 2 plates, 9pp advertisements at end, attractive original glazed yellow wrappers, upper cover with title within decorative embossed frame, very slightly rubbed and soiled, spine a little worn (repaired), preserved in modern board folder and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine gilt, London & Nottingham, 1855 § Allen (Richard) A Souvenir or Newstead Abbey..., 14 actual photographs mounted on card, tissue guards, some a little faded, particularly at edges, bookplate of J.Potter Briscoe, original cloth, gilt, upper cover slightly stained, Nottingham, 1874 § Irving (Washington) Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey, original cloth, spine faded, 1856 § Murray (C.Fairfax) Catalogue of the Pictures belonging to His Grace the Duke of Portland, at Welbeck Abbey, and in London, one of 250 copies, plates, ex-library copy with embossed stamps, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1894, all a little rubbed; and 10 others on Nottinghamshire, including 1938 sale catalogue of Rufford Abbey, some pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (14)⁂ The first is a rare survival in such a delicate binding. It is not listed by either Harris or Holmes in their indices of country houses.

Plaw (John) Sketches for Country Houses, Villas and Rural Dwellings, first edition, 42 sepia aquatint plates & plans, foxing to plates, old marbled boards, uncut, a little rubbed, rebacked and cornered in calf, spine gilt with floral motifs and red & green labels, [Abbey, Life 49], 4to, S.Gosnell for J.Taylor, 1800.⁂ Plaw had introduced a new style of architectural book with his Rural Architecture... of 1794, with aquatint designs set in a picturesque landscape. This is the third of his influential pattern books. "Plaw set the model for villa and cottage pattern books that became a feature of architectural publishing in England for the next fifty years." (Millard British 57).

Repton (Humphry) The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture..., edited by J.C.Loudon, first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (foxed), wood-engraved illustrations, some full-page, one with overslip, ink inscription to head of title partly erased, stain to lower margin of a few leaves, modern half calf, spine gilt with morocco label, [Henrey 1265], 1840 § Gerardin (René, Vicomte d'Ermenonville) An Essay on Landscape; or, On the Means of Improving and Embellishing the Country round our Habitations, first edition in English, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old label, corners worn, J.Dodsley, 1783 § Burke (Edmund) A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, half-title, title ruled in red, attractive contemporary diced calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, Glasgow, 1818, 8vo et infra (3)

Scotland.- Scott (Robert, engraver) [Views of Scottish country houses, scenery etc.], no title, 10 engraved plates with accompanying leaves of text (?of 12, with text for but lacking plates of Melrose Abbey and Pollock House), with 4 additional engravings by Scott (New Battle House, Hopetoun, view of Edinburgh from NW, Craigie-hall Bridge) from a different suite bound in at end, foxed and water-stained, from the library at Prestonfield House, Midlothian with contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper joint split, spine ends chipped, [?Edinburgh], R.Scott, [c.1798] § Lizars (W.H.) Views in Renfrewshire, engraved vignette title, 24 engraved plates on india paper and mounted, some foxing to mounts, with hand-coloured engraving of a mounted Lt. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercrombie in front of the pyramids of Egypt (Rich. Evans, 1816) loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, Edinburgh [& others], [c.1840] § Aiton (William) A History of the Rencounter at Drumclog, and Battle of Bothwell Bridge...1679, first edition, the first book printed in Hamilton, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece, lightly offset on title, stitched in original blue wrappers, preserved in modern dust-jacket and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine gilt, Hamilton, W.M.Borthwick & Co., 1831, rubbed; and 8 others, Scotland, including the 1882 sale catalogue of the Duke of Hamilton's pictures (lacking illustrations) and a catalogue of the pictures at Hendersyde Park, v.s. (11)

Shropshire.- Joffroy (L.) Views of Porkington, lithographed pictorial title & 3 views only of the house at different periods, all on india paper and mounted, lithographed coat-of-arms (duplicated), no text, title and views lightly foxed (marginal on two), modern half morocco, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover and spine, with original printed wrappers bound in, n.p., 1835 § Companion (A) to the Leasowes, Hagley, and Enville; with a Sketch of Fisherwick, 3 engraved plates, one aquatint, advertisement leaf at end, final two leaves lacking lower outer corner not affecting text, book-label of Percy J.Pond and bookplate of John Harris (by Reynolds Stone), modern half calf over marbled boards, [Abbey, Scenery 421], Birmingham, [1800] § [Hill (Jane)] Some Account of the Antiquities of Hawkstone, only edition, 5 lithographed views on 4 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, paper label (chipped), rubbed, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth slip-case, spine gilt, Shrewsbury, printed by W. & J.Eddowes, [c.1830]; and 8 others on Shropshire, v.s. (11)⁂ The first is a very rare but incomplete suite of plates depicting Porkington Hall (now called Brogyntyn), near Oswestry, once home of the Ormsby-Gore family but sold by Lord Harlech in 2001. Not recorded by Library Hub or WorldCat a copy sold at Sotheby's in 1979 for £160 but contained a title and 8 plates.

Suffolk.- Davy (Henry) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in Suffolk, Part I [all published], first edition, one of 65 large paper copies, 20 engraved plates by Lambert after Davy, each with descriptive leaf of text, without list of subscribers, light water-staining to upper inner margin of some plates, occasional marginal spotting, text foxed and with offsetting from plates, neat contemporary ink ownership stamp with crest of F.W.Campbell of Birkfield, Ipswich to front free endpaper (repeated on upper cover with signature), later bookplate of James Mason Martin, original boards, uncut, with original printed wrappers bound in, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in crimson morocco, spine gilt, 4to, Southwold, by the Author, 1827.

Sussex.- Arundel.- Mason (W.H.) Illustrations of Arundel Castle, Part I [all published], 4 tinted lithographed plates, c.195 x 280mm., light marginal spotting, original printed wrappers, resewn, preserved in modern cloth folder and morocco-backed slip-case, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, Arundel, Frederick Mason, [c.1846] § [Caraccioli (Charles A.)] The Antiquities of Arundel..., first edition, list of subscribers at end, contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints split, spine ends chipped, for the Author, 1766 § Wright (C.) The Antiquities and Description of Arundel Castle, Sussex..., first edition, woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink inscription to head of title and one or two annotations, a little soiled, a couple of tears repaired, modern half red morocco, spine gilt, uncut, Brighton, for the Author, 1817; and 6 others on Arundel and the castle including a second edition of the last, v.s. (9)⁂ The first is seemingly unrecorded; the third has 4 listings on Library Hub.

Sussex.- Dallaway (James) & Edmund Cartwright. A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber..., 2 vol. in 3, mixed set, first edition, titles in red and black, 75 engraved portraits and plates (5 double-page, 4 hand-coloured), 8 engraved maps and plans (5 double-page or folding, 6 hand-coloured), 3 folding pedigrees, illustrations, some engraved, all volumes with numerous coats-of-arms with fine hand-colouring (including dedications), those in the first two vol. contemporary and in the last executed by Alastair Campbell of Airds (at one time Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Scotland) in 1990, vol.1 Lord Leconfield of Petworth's copy with his ink signature to head of title, vol.2 Part I with 2 original pen & ink drawings of Tortington Church, an additional portrait of the Duke of Norfolk trimmed & mounted on blank leaf with his cut signature and 21pp. manuscript index at end with 4 additional mounted engraved plates, vol.2 Part II with tipped-in A.L.s. from the author (Cartwright) to T.C.Medwin of Horsham requesting his help in compiling the work, some light foxing, vol.1 contemporary diced calf, gilt, rubbed and marked, rebacked, corners repaired, vol.2 Part I modern half straight-grain morocco over marbled boards, uncut, vol.2 Part II contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, 4to, 1815-30.⁂ Vol. 2 Part I is scarce as much of the stock was destroyed by fire.

Thompson (Stephen) Old English Homes, first edition, 23 mounted actual photographs of interiors and exteriors, upper hinge split, contemporary half morocco, g.e., rubbed, 1876 § English Country Houses: One Hundred Plates, no text as issued, contemporary half morocco, upper joint repaired, rubbed, Boston, Mass., Bates & Guild Company, 1901 § Weaver (Sir Lawrence) Small Country Houses of To-day, 3 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 second edition, vol.3 first edition, 1922-25 § Richardson (C.J.) Picturesque Designs for Mansions, Villas, Lodges, &c. &c., first edition, ink stamp to title, 1870 § Eastlake (Charles L.) A History of the Gothic Revival, first edition, upper hinge split, half-title loose, lacking front free endpaper, 1872, plates and illustrations, the last three original cloth, the last two rubbed and recased; and c.35 others on houses, 4to & 8vo (c.40)

Tipping (H.Avray) & Charles Latham. In English Homes...Photographs by Charles Latham, 3 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 second edition, vol.3 first edition, ex-library set with ink stamps to title, original decorated cloth, gilt, 1909-08-09; English Homes of the Early Renaissance: Elizabethan and Jacobean Houses and Gardens, ex-library copy with stamp to title, advertisement leaf for 'In English Homes' at end loose, original cloth, [1912]; English Gardens, first edition, 1925 § Gardens Old & New: The Country House & its Garden Environment, edited by John Leyland & H.Avray Tipping, 3 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 & 3 first edition, original pictorial cloth or decorated cloth, gilt, [c.1905-10], all with photographic illustrations, many by Charles Latham, rubbed, the second scratched and stained, folio, Country Life (8)

Tipping (H.Avray) & Christopher Hussey. English Homes, 9 vol. [a complete set], first editions, numerous photographic illustrations, original blue buckram-backed cloth, most g.e., rubbed, some spines faded and lightly stained, folio, Country Life, 1921-37. ⁂ Monumental record of English domestic architecture from the Norman invasion to the end of the Regency period. Rare to find a complete set all in first edition.

Wales.- Cumberland (George) An Attempt to Describe Hafod..., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-title, errata/advertisement leaf, folding engraved plan by ?William Blake, contemporary manuscript notes concerning a proposed second edition to front free endpaper, an excellent copy in contemporary tree calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old roan label, 1796 § Heath (Charles) Monmouthshire. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Ragland Castle..., first edition, spotting to last few leaves, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, split to head of upper joint, Monmouth, [1797], both rubbed; and c.25 others on Wales and Welsh houses, 8vo & 4to (c.30)⁂ The Hafod estate in Ceredigion was inherited and developed by Thomas Johnes (1748-1816), a politician, farmer, writer and social benefactor. He built a new mansion in the Gothic style, filling it with rare books & manuscripts and several furnishings from William Beckford's Fonthill Splendens, and between 1790 and 1810 planted 3 million trees creating one of the finest examples of an 18th century picturesque landscape. George Cumberland, a poet and amateur artist, was a friend of both Johnes and William Blake and it has long been believed that Blake engraved the plan for this scarce work.

Wiltshire.- Witham (Rev. George, editor & printer) The History of Lacock Abbey or Locus Beatae Mariae, first edition, light staining to upper outer corner of title, cropped, modern half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, Lacock, by the Rev. G.Witham, 1806; and another on Lacock Abbey by Bowles & J.G.Nichols, small 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ Rare privately-printed text taken mostly from Dugdale and Stevens with a few additions by the printer. In his dedication to the Countess Dowager of Shrewsbury he mentions, "the vacant Hours pleasingly employed in preparing and printing the Work, (my first Performance)". The additional item in the lot refers to this one in a footnote by J.G.Nichols on p.349: "a literary curiosity of great rarity".Library Hub records 6 copies and the collation calls for a final leaf but this is not present here nor in an online text.Listed by Harris in his Country House Index (second edition) but not by Holmes in The Country House Described: An Index to the Country Houses of Great Britain and Ireland, 1986.

Wiltshire.- William Beckford & Fonthill Abbey.- Rutter (John) A Description of Fonthill Abbey, and Demesne..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, some foxing, G3 lacking small portion from outer margin, stitched in original buff wrappers with title printed on upper cover, advertisement for Rutter's guide to Wardour Castle on inside upper wrapper, rubbed and stained, preserved in modern board folder and morocco-backed slip-case, spine gilt, Shaftesbury, 1822; Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint additional pictorial title, 12 engraved plates including 2 hand-coloured aquatints, double-page genealogical table, lacking folding plan (supplied in facsimile) and list of subscribers, wood-engraved vignettes, [cf.Abbey, Scenery 418; Millard, British 72, both large paper copies], Shaftesbury & London, 1823 bound after Britton (John) Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, half-title, engraved additional pictorial title and 10 plates including 2 hand-coloured aquatints, 4pp. list of subscribers and advertisements at end, 1823, together 2 works in 1 vol., foxing, mostly to uncoloured plates, bookplate of John Monkhouse of Barnard Castle, Simon Nowell Smith's copy with manuscript label, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt with olive green roan labels § Storer (James) A Description of Fonthill Abbey, engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, wood-engraved tail-piece, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, 1812 § Nichols (J.B.) Historical Notices of Fonthill Abbey, 11 engraved plates, modern half morocco, gilt, 1836, the first three rubbed; and 4 others by or about Beckford, 8vo & 4to (8)⁂ Various accounts and guides to Beckford's extraordinary Gothic mansion designed by James Wyatt. The construction was rushed and the huge tower collapsed several times. Beckford was forced to sell the property and most of its contents in 1822 due to financial constraints and the majority of the building was demolished in 1825.

MARCEL DUCHAMP (FRENCH 1887-1968) MONTE CARLO BONDsigned on the plate offset lithograph in colours on wove paper 31 x 22.5cm; 12 1/4 x 8 3/4in43.5 x 31cm; 17 1/4 x 12 1/4in (framed)Property from a Private Collection, West LondonProvenanceWilliam Weston Gallery, LondonPurchased from the above by the mother of the present owner in September 1977LiteratureXXe siècle, Paris, 1938, no. 4 (Christmas edition)Arturo Schwarz, The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, London, 1969, pp. 490-91, no. 280, cataloguedExecuted in 1938 in an edition of 2000 and distributed with the periodical XXe siècle, published at Christmas that year. Duchamp originally issued the first impression in an edition of 30 in 1924, and included a third edition in The Box in a Valise in 1941 (see Schwarz ibid. p. 511, no. 311). In 1924 Duchamp decided to try and raise money for a system he had developed for gambling at roulette by issuing bonds for 500 francs at 20% interest. Of the 30 bonds he originally printed, he only managed to sell two to friends - Jacques Doucet, the noted fashion designer and collector, and the painter Marie Laurencin. The system was a failure, Doucet was only repaid 100 francs and Laurencin nothing. The present example is from Duchamp's second edition issued in 1938. The portrait on the bond is from a photo by Man Ray of Duchamp covered in shaving soap.

Riordan (Rick), The Blood of Olympus, 8vo cloth, illus. with colour frontispiece, first edition, published by Disney Books, Los Angeles, 2014, limited edition of 1000 signed and numbered copies; in pictorial d.s.

MacLean (Alistair), H. M. S. Ulysses, first edition and signed by the author, Collins, 1955, with dustwrapper.

A selection of hardback books, primarily relating to history, titles including: The Second World War, by Winston Churchill, 6 vols (plus a duplicate), first edition; Grace Darling and Her Times, by Constance Smedley; The English Gate, by F. A. Wills; The Last 100 Days, by John Toland; London: A Pilgrimage, by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold; and others, contained across two boxes.

Polito's Menagerie: an important Staffordshire pearlware model, circa 1825-30The colourful attraction supported by four claw feet, a central flight of steps leading to a six-panelled entrance door flanked by four figures including a drummer, two pipers and a horn player who also operates a barrel organ on which sits a small monkey, the large sign above moulded in relief with an elephant and howdah flanked by exotic animals and birds, impressed 'POLITOS' and 'THE MENAGERIE OF THE WONDERFUL BURDS [sic] AND BEASTS FROM MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD. LION & C', 31.9cm highFootnotes:This important menagerie is one of the most elaborate and arguably most celebrated of the early 19th century Staffordshire figure groups. It represents a culmination in the quality and development of Staffordshire pottery before focus moved towards the production of simpler and more rudimentary flatback figures.Menageries were popular in England from the late 18th century and enabled exotic animals to be seen by the public for the first time. By the 1830s these shows began to evolve into what we now know as a circus, with the addition of animal tamers' tricks, brass bands and performers. Stephen Polito owned one of the earliest and most celebrated travelling menageries, described in the 28 September 1805 edition of the Nottingham Journal as a '...grand and pleasing assemblage of most rare and beautiful living beasts, from the remotest parts of the known world...'.In 1810 he bought the permanent menagerie located on the second floor of the Exeter Exchange in the Strand, London, originally established by the self-styled 'Modern Noah' Gilbert Pidcock, which Polito restyled the 'Royal Menagerie'. Polito died in April 1814 but his family continued to tour and exhibit animals under his name throughout the 1820s and 1830s, mostly abroad. In 1835 or 1836 it was lost at sea on its way to Ireland, see Edward Henry Bostock, Menageries, Circuses and Theatres (1928), pp.7-9.The banner may show the elephant Chunee, Pidcock's star attraction, which was admired by Lord Byron but which killed his keeper and was destroyed in 1826. It has been suggested that the female figure at the door may represent Mrs Polito. Table-base groups are traditionally associated with the Burslem potter Obadiah Sherratt, but in the absence of any marked examples caution is needed in ascribing these pieces to a named maker; indeed, a number of different versions of 'Polito's Menagerie' exist, suggesting that these menageries were made by more than one potter, or the moulds shared between potteries or acquired from the same source. Table-base groups of 'Wombwell's Menagerie' are very closely related to those of Polito. See examples illustrated and discussed by Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures (1991), pp.269-274.More elaborate versions of 'Polito's Menagerie' are held in the Victoria & Albert Museum, (inv. no.C.128-2003) and the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.965-1928). See also the example sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2020, lot 80. A version similar to the present lot from the Christopher Cone and Stanley Seeger Collection was sold by Sotheby's on 30 October 2018, lot 70.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Harry Houdini interest: Four titles: BRIAN LEAD AND ROGER WOODS: HARRY HOUDINI LEGEND AND LEGACY, First edition, 1993. Limited number 20/500, signed inscription by author to title page; BRIAN LEAD AND ROGER WOODS: HOUDINI THE MYTH MAKER - THE UNMASKING OF HARRY HOUDINI, First edition, 1877. Limited number 110/500, signed by both authors; BENJILINI: BENJILINI ON HOUDINI, First edition, 1994, signed by author; BRAIN LEAD: LAUGHING AT LOCKSMITHS, First edition, 1994. Singed by author (4)

Hand reading / Palmistry Interest: 16 titles: K SENGUPTA: THE MANUSCRIPT OF PALMISTRY, Calcutta, Manoranjan, 1980, First Edition; DEAN BRYDEN: PALMISTRY FOR PLEASURE, London, Methuen, 1927, some pencil markings/highlighting; SUJIT MUKERJEE: PSYCHO-PALMISTRY & PSYCHO-ANALYSIS, New Delhi, Sagar, 1974, First Edition; AN INDIAN PALMISTRY MADE EASY (HOW TO READ THE HAND), New Delhi, Indian National Publishing, 1950, First edition; DALE PHILLIPS: SCIENTIFIC PALMISTRY, London, Geoffrey Bles, 1931, First edition; PHANOS: ELEMENTS OF PALM READING, London, Grant Richards, 1903; PEARL L RAYMOND: PALMISTRY EXPLAINED,New York, Vista house, 1958, First edition; ZELIA ELGARO: THE ART OF HAND READING, McNiven, 1950; JULIUS SPIER / VICTOR GROVE (Transl), THE HANDS OF CHILDREN, London, Kegan, 1944, First edition; PRATAP SINGH: SECRET PALM - AN ORIGINAL TREATISE ON PALMISTRY, Delhi, Kartal Prakashan, 1981, First edition; 2x SHEIK HASSAN: TELL YOUR OWN FORTUNE, First edition; 2x FORTUNE TELLING BY CARDS - ORACLE OF DESTINY CHIROMANCY London, W Nicholson; MAURICE WOODRUFF: 1973 HOROSCOPE, London, Granada, 1972; P B BALLARD: GROUP TESTS OF INTELLIGENCE, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1927, Fourth impression.; (16)

Fortune telling interest: 3 titles: MAURICE WOODRUFF: THE SECRET OF FORETELLING YOUR OWN FUTURE, London, Cassell, 1969, First edition; DR ROY PAGE WALTON: NAMES, DATES AND NUMBERS, New York, Edward J Clode, 1914, First edition; SHRIMATI INDOOMATI PANDIT AND JYOTISH MAHARSI AJANTA JAIN: BHAVISHYA VANI - WORLD FORCASTS, 1959, First international edition (3)

Theosophy interest: various titles: JAMES JOHN GARTH WILKINSON: HUMAN SCIENCE AND DIVINE REVELATION, London, Speirs, 1876, First edition; ARTHUR L CONGER: PRACTICAL OCCULTISM FROM THE PRIVATE LETTERS OF WILLIAM Q JUDGE, Pasadena, Theosophical University Press, 1980; CHARLES MCCREERY: PSYCHICAL PHENOMENA AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1973, First edition; FURZE MORRISH: OUTLINE OF METAPHYSICS, London, Rider and Co; RP BEESLEY: THE PATH OF ESOTERIC TRUTHFULNESS, Lewes, Farncombe (5)

Hand reading/Palmistry interest: PHANOS: ELEMENTS OF HAND-READING, London, Grant and Richards 1903; JOSEF RANALD: HANDS OF DESTINY, New York, Greenberg, 1931, signed and dedicated by author to cover page; DEVACHARYA: THE SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY,Calcutta, Bhola Nath Bose, 1959, 2nd revised and enlarged edition; INA OXENFORD AND ANNA MACDOWELL COSGRAVE: LIFE STUDIES IN PALMISTRY, London, Upcott Gill, 1899; RITA VAN ALEN: YOU AND YOUR HAND, New York, Greystone, 1948, First edition; WILLIAM G BENHAM, HOW TO CHOOSE VOCATIONS FROM THE HAND, New Delhi, Sagar, 1974, tear to dustjacket; EUGENE SCHEIMANN MD: A DOCTOR'S GUIDE TO BETTER HEALTH THROUGH PALMISTRY, New York, Parker, 1969; EDWARD D CAMPBELL: THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PALMISTRY, Suffolk, Hale, 1997; WILLIAM G. BENHAM: HOW TO CHOOSE VOCATIONS FROM THE HANDS, New York, Putman, 1932, red cloth bind with gilt title to spine. Original dustwrapper (worn), green highlighting to some pages, tape repairs to page 18, with EUGENE LAWRENCE: THE SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY, London, Keegan Paul, c1925, Cover very worn (10)

Theosophy interest: various titles: PETER UNDERWOOD: NO COMMON TASK, London, Harrup, 1983, First edition; RAY HYMAN: THE EXCLUSIVE QUARRY, New York, Prometheus, 1989, First edition; HENRY GRIS AND WILLIAM DICK: THE NEW SOVIET PSYCHIC DISCOVERIES, London, Souvenir, 1979, First British edition; RUDY RUCKER: THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND HOW TO GET THERE: London, Rider, 1985, First edition; DENNIS MILNER (Ed): EXPLORATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, Suffolk, Neville Spearman, 1978, First edition (5)

Theosophy interest: various titles: C JINARAJADASA: THEOSOPHY AND MODERN THOUGHT, Madras, Theosophical Publishing House, 1915, First edition; THE INTERNATIONAL THEOSOPHICAL YEAR BOOK 1937, Madras, Theosophical Publishing House; JW DUNNE: THE SERIAL UNIVERSE, London, Faber, 1934, First edition; SG SOAL AND F BATEMAN: MODERN EXPERIMENTS IN TELEPATHY, London, Faber, 1954, First edition; PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, 2 Volumes; CW LEADBETTER: AN OUTLINE OF THEOSOPHY, London, Theosophical Publishing House, 1910; 5 x KRISHNAMURTI BULLETINS

Antiquarian sermons: 6 titles: JOHN GALE: SERMONS...ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS volume 4, London, J Darby and T Browne, 1726, First edition. Front board separated; JOHN GALE: SERMONS...ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS, volume 2, London, Darby, 1724, First edition; GOERGE BULL: SOME IMPORTANT POINTS OF PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY...IN SEVERAL SERMONS, London, WB, 1713, First edition; THOMAS CONEY: SERMONS AND DISCOURSES UPON SEVERAL SUBJECTS AND OCCASIONS, volume 2, London, J Coney, 1750, First edition; ANDREW SNAPE: FORTY FOVE SERMONS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS, volume 2, London, S Birt, 1745, First edition; SAMUEL CLARKE: XVIII SERMONS...ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, London, Knapton, 1734, 3rd edition (corrected) (6)All in contemporary leather bindings.

REV. SIR ADAM GORDON: DISCOURSES ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS...volume 1 of 2, London, John Stockdale, 1795, First edition, with pres inscr from the editor

Arithmatic interest: various titles: FRANK R BARRELL: ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY, New York, Longmans, 1903, First edition; ALFRED J PEARCE: LONGMANS' SCHOOL MENSURATION, London, Longmans, 1892, First edition; PHILIP MAGNUS: LESSONS IN ELEMENTARY MECHANICS, London, Longmans, 1882, Eighth edition; G A WALTON: A WRITTEN ARITHMATIC FOR COMMON AND HIGHER SCHOOLS, Boston, Brewer and Tileston, 1866, First edition; LLOYD L SMAIL: ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY OF INFINITE PROCESSES, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1923, First edition; WSR WADDRINGTON: MECHANICAL ARITHMATIC, London, Mussey, Lambert & Co, Fourth edition; ELLIS A DAVIDSON: ORTHOGRAPHIC AND ISOMETRICAL PROJECTION, London, Cassel, Petter & Galpin; C CARTER: DISCOUNT AND PERCENTAGE TABLES OR PROFIT AND LOSS, London, Simpkin, 1843, First edition, signed by author; PERCIVAL FROST: HINTS FOR THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS IN THE THIRD EDITION OF SOLID GEOMETRY, London, Macmilln, 1887, First edition; J HYMERS: A TREATISE ON PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY, Cambridge, CUP, Third edition, Revised and enlarged (10)

BRUCE ALEXANDER: various titles: BLIND JUSTICE, New York, Putnam, 1994, First Edition; MURDER IN GRUB STREET, New York, Putnam, 1995, First Edition; WATERY GRAVE, New York, Putnam, 1996, First Edition; PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN, New York, Putnam, 1997, First Edition, Signed by author; JACK, KNAVE AND FOOL, New York, Putnam, 1998, First Edition, Signed by author; DEATH OF A COLONIAL, New York, Putnam, 1999, First Edition; THE COLOUR OF DEATH, New York, Putnam, 2000, First Edition, Signed by author; SMUGGLER'S MOON, New York, Putnam, 2001, First Edition, Signed by author; AN EXPERIMENT IN TREASON, New York, Putnam, 2002, First Edition, Signed by author; THE PRICE OF MURDER, New York, Putnam, 2003, First Edition, Signed by author; RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, New York, Putnam, 2005; MURDER IN GRUB STREET, New York, London, Little, Brown and Co, 1996 (scarce) (12)

GRAHAM GREENE: THE THIRD MAN AND THE FALLEN IDOL, Surrey, Heinemann, 1950, First Edition.Wear and tear to dustjacket.

PG WODEHOUSE: various titles: FULL MOON, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1947, First edition (x2); MONEY IN THE BANK, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1946, First edition; UNCLE DYNAMITE, London, Herbert Jenkins, First edition (x2); THE LUCK OF THE BODKINS, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1934, First edition (6)

MORNA STUART: MARASSA AND MIDNIGHT, London, Heinemann, 1966, First edition, inscribed by author

Greene, Graham - 'The Power and the Glory', published by William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1940, first edition, yellow cloth boards, 4to.wear to boards and staining to front papers

GRAHAM GREENE: THE RETURN OF AJ RAFFLES: London, The Bodley Head, 1975, First edition (3)

WILLIAMSON (H): Quantity of novels by Williamson, mainly first editions including The Pathway, Cape 1928 first edition, The Linhay on the Downs, Cape 1934 first edition, The Phoenix Generation, McDonald 1965, The Peregrins Saga, Collins 1923 first edition, Young Phillip Maddison, McDonald 1953 first edition, Love and the Loveless, McDonald 1955 first edition, The Innocent Moon, 1961 first edition, Henry Williamson The Man, The Writings, Lucifer Before Sunrise, McDonald 1967, A Test to Destruction, McDonald 1960 first edition, The Power of the Dead, McDonald 1963 first edition, How Dear is Life, McDonald 1954 first edition, The Loan Swallows, Collins 1922 first edition, Devon Holiday, Cape 1935 first edition, The Labouring Life, 1932 first edition, Story of a Norfolk Farm, Faber 1936, The Children of Shallowford, Faber first edition, The Sun in the Sands, Faber first edition, A Clearwater Stream, Faber first edition, Wet Flanders Plane, Beaumont Press, Genius of Friendship, first edition, A Solitary War, McDonald 1966 first edition (qty)

DENNIS WHEATLEY: Various titles, Hutchinson: FAKED PASSPORTS, 1957, Fifth Impression; TO THE DEVIL - A DAUGHTER, 1953, First edition; STAR OF ILL-OMEN, 1952, First edition; THE MAN WHO KILLED THE KING, 1951, First edition; THE GOLDEN SPANIARD, 1952, Third printing; V FOR VENGEANCE, 1954, 6th printing; THE SECRET WAR, 1954, 8th printing; THE SCARLET IMPOSTER, 1953, 5th printing (8)

Tom Seidmann-Freud "Hurra, Wir Rechnen! (Hooray we Calculate)", 1946 first edition in original wraps with insert loose as called for and detachable preface for adults so complete together with Dr Ernest Heimeran "Namenbuchlein 1936", 1940 first edition (2)

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: 6 titles: THE LEGEND OF SIGURD AND GUDRUN x2 (CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN (Ed), London, Harper Collins, 2009, First edition; THE CHILDREN OF HURIN x2 (CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN (Ed), London, Harper Collins, 2007, First edition; THE SILMARILLION, London, Allen and Unwin, 1977, Second impression; FARMER GILES OF HAM, London, Allen and Unwin, 1949, Ninth Impression (6)

HARRY DE WINDT: TRUE TALES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE, London, Chatto & Windus, 1899, First edition, inscribed to cover page by author.

EVELYN SMITH: THE TWINS AT SCHOOL, London, Cassell, 1927, First edition

Cricket interest: 2 titles: HAROLD LARWOOD: BODY-LINE?, London, Elkin Mathews & Marrott, 1933, Reprint; DR JARDINE: IN QUEST OF THE ASHES - A SKIPPER'S LOG, London, Hutchinson, 1933, First edition

Cricket interest: 3 titles: WL MURDOCH: CRICKET, London, Routledge, 1894, First edition; JOHN NYREN: THE YOUNG CRICKETER'S TUTOR, London,, The Dropmore Press, 1948, First edition; ERIC PARKER: BETWEEN THE WICKETS, London, Philip Allan & Co, 1926, First edition (3)

Cricket interest: 3 titles: AC MACLAREN: THE PERFECT BATSMAN, London, Cassell, 1926, First edition; JB HOBBS: RECOVERING THE ASHES, London, Pitman, 1912; DR JARDINE: CRICKET WITH THE LID OFF, London, Hutchinson,

Military and shooting interest: Various titles: IAN SKENNERTON: THE LEE-ENFIELD STORY, London, Greenhill, 1993; IAN SKENNERTON: THE BRITISH SNIPER, Margate (AUS), 1984, First edition; TOM DAVIS AND JOHN BODSWORTH: SMALL ARMS TRAINING 1942, Numbers 1-28; PROVISIONAL INSTRUCTION NOTES .50-IN BROWNING MACHINE GUN, 1954; AO EDWARDS: BRITISH SECONDARY SMALL ARMS 1914-1919 PART 1 - ARISAKA RIFLES AND CARBINES, Canterbury, Solo, 2004; EDNA ROSALIND PARKER: A CENTURY OF SIGHTS AND SOUNDS, Birmingham, Alfred J Parker, 1984, signed by author to title page; CH ROADS: THE BRITISH SOLDIER'S FIREARM, New York, R&R Books, 1964; JAMES B MCKAY AND DOUGLAS N ANDERSON: THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY - THE UNOFRMS OF THE REGIMENT 1881 TO 1914, Glasgow, Exacta, 1977, signed by author; THOMAS B BATHA: US MARTIAL .22RF RIFLES, Tucson (AZ), Excalibur, 2001, Second printng; STEWART DAVIS (Ed): ARA CENTENARY 1893-1993; ARTILLERY AND SMALL-ARMS TARGETS AND EQUIPMENT OF TARGET RANGES, August 1904; BA YOUNG: THE ARTISTS AND THE SAS, london 21st Special Air Service Regiment, 1960; 28th (COUNTY OF LONDON) BATTLN. THE LONDON REGIMENT - ARTISTS' RIFLES; PETE BLOOM: PRACTICAL RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP, Exeter, bartlett, 1993,signed and dedicated by author to title page; JOYCE E GOODING AND PETER A SCOTT-EDESON: THE LONDON GUN TRADE 1850-1920, New York,Museum Restoration Service (15)

CECIL ALDIN: Various titles: MAC, London, Henry Frowe / Hodder and Stoughton, 1912, First edition. Quarto, publisher's illustrated boards with lithographic plates, pictorial title and illustrated end papers; DOGS OF CHARACTER, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1927, First edition, pictorial cover image (ripped) with gilt cover and spine wording; SLEEPING PARTNERS, London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1930, Second impression; A DOG DAY (WALTER EMANUEL), London, Heinemann, 1902, First edition, pictorial cover and buckram spine, some wear and rubbing to edging (4)

Yachting / sailing interest: 3 titles: HONORE MORROW: YONDER SAILS THE MAYFLOWER, London, Hutchinson, 1935, First edition, author signed; WILLIAM MARTIN: THE STORY OF THE CLYDE FROM THE PRIMITIVE CANOE TO THE LUSITANIA, Glasgow, The Grant Educational Co, 1911, author signed; EG MARTIN: HELMSMANSHIP, London, OUP, 1934, First edition, inscribed by author to title page (3)

Naval history: 4 titles: LGCARR-LAUGHTON: THE BRITISH NAVY IN WAR, London, Methuen, 1915 First edition; ARNOLD WHITE: THE NAVY AND ITS STORY, London, Macdonald and Evans, 1911, First edition; WHG KINGSTON: POPULAR HISTORY OF THE BRITISH NAVY, Edinburgh/London, Gall and Inglis; PRACTICAL HINTS TO YOUNG OFFICERS IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE, Glasgow, James Brown and Son, 1920, First edition (4)

HERBERT STRANG: HUMPHREY BOLD..., illustrated W H Margetson, London, Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 first edition, 8 tipped in coloured plates as list, 12pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth gilt soiled

TYRREL E BIDDLE: A TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION, RIGGING AND HANDLING OF MODEL YACHTS, SHIPS AND STEAMERS, London, Charles Wilson, 1879, First edition

Motor engineering: 2 titles: R E MATHOT: THE CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES, London, Constable, 1910, First edition; THE ELEMENTARY TEXT BOOK OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING, Dagenham, Ford Motor Company (2)

Steam engine interest: various titles: JOHN BOURNE: A CATECHISM OF THE STEAM ENGINE, New York, D Appleton, 1853, New edition; ANDREW JAMIESON: A TEXT-BOOK ON STEAM AND STEAM ENGINES, London, Charles Griffin, 1896, Eleventh edition, revvised and enlarged; ALFRED EWING: THE STEAM-ENGINE AND OTHER HEAT-ENGINES, Cambridge, CUP, 1926, Fourth edition, revised and enlarged; HW DICKINSON: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE, Cambridge, CUP, 1939, First edition; STEAM, Babcock & Wilcox, London, 1909, Seventh edition (5)

Railway interest: 4 titles: CECIL J ALLEN: THE IRON ROAD - THE WONDERS OF RAILWAY PROGRESS, London, Shaw, 1925, First edition; J A S T HODGSON: LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT: LONDON, St Margaret'sTechnical Press, 1939, Seventh edition; CJ BOWEN COOKE: DEVELOPMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE PRACTIVE, London, Whittaker, 1902, First edition; First edition; MICHAEL REYNOLDS: FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE LOCOMOTIVE, London, Biggs and Co, 1895, First edition (4)

Aviation interest: 2 binders of various ephemera, regarding seaplanes, aircraft engineering, aircraft blueprints, Schneider Trophy interest etc, together with TS DENHAM: SPEED! THE STORY OF THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY, London, The Pilot Press, 1929, First edition; THE BOOK ABOUT AIRCRAFT, London, Frederick Warne, 1942, Fourth edition (4)

Vauxhall motoring interest: 4 titles: JH HAYNES: VAUXHALL VIVA HC OWNER'S WORKSHOP MANUAL, Somerset, JH Haynes, 1972; VAUXHALL VIVA HB, London, Hamyln, 1969, First edition; VAUXHALL VIVA AND MAGNUM OWNER'S HANDBOOK, Luton, Vauxhall, 1973; VAUXHALL VIVA HB OWENER'S HANDBOOK, Luton, Vauxhall, 1967 (4)