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Whittington Press.- Heaney (Seamus) & others. Poems for Alan Hancox, number XVIII of 50 specially-bound copies signed by the contributors and with 2 proofs of the wood-engravings, from an edition limited to 350, with contributors' signatures on front free endpaper, wood-engraved vignettes on title by Miriam Macgregor, proofs signed in pencil and loose in pocket at end, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, Risbury, 1993 § Scott (Paul) After the Funeral, number XV of 25 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 200, illustrations by Sally Scott, prospectus loosely inserted, original tan morocco with image of castle stamped in blind on upper cover, Andoversford, 1979 § Lee (Brian North, editor) Dearest Joana: A selection of Joan Hassall's lifetime letters and art, 2 vol., one of 40 specially-bound copies with additional wood-engravings, original vellum-backed marbled boards, Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 2000, plates and illustrations, all uncut, slip-cases, 4to & 8vo, the first two Whittington Press (4)

Symons (Arthur, editor) The Savoy, 3 vol. bound from the original 8 parts, first edition, with the Christmas card by Aubrey Beardsley in vol.1, decorative titles, plates and illustrations by Beardsley and others, original pictorial wrappers bound in, lightly browned, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges but a good bright set, 4to, 1896.

Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) The Whirligig and other poems, first edition, original red boards, dust-jacket designed by Cox, spine a little faded, light spotting to lower cover, 1954; another edition, re-issued as Selected Early Poems, number 15 of 35 copies with an original print signed by the artist, double-page embossed offset colour print tipped in, bookplate of Trevor Hickman, 1970; Forty-five Untitled Poems, 1969 § Poems 1970-1971, 1972, the last two each one of 50 copies signed by the author/artist, printed in black and colours on Japanese handmade paper, with reverse/direct offset prints from leaves, stalks, gesso etc. printed in colours, those in the first double-page, the last three all with prospectus loosely inserted, original boards, transparent wrappers, the second with slightly faded spine, [Chambers d, 21 & 22], 8vo, Gogmagog Press (4).⁂ The first is the author's scarce first published book, and the only one to be published commercially.

Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) Conversation Pieces, number 8 of 11 out-of-series copies (slightly smaller), from an edition limited to 50, signed by the author/artist, reverse/direct offset prints by Cox, variant binding of original patterned boards, 1962; 14 Triads, number 8 of 40 copies bound in Japanese Hana-asa paper, from an edition limited to 100, illustrations, prospectus loosely inserted, original white lace Japanese paper boards, 1967, both printed on Japanese hand-made paper and signed by the artist; and 3 others including ordinary versions of both, [Chambers 8, 18 & 11], 8vo, Gogmagog Press (5)⁂ The first includes the first appearance of the Gogmagog press mark.

Alexandre (Arsène) & Jean Cocteau. The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst, translated by Harry Melvill, first English edition, tipped-in portrait with facsimile signature and 77 tipped-in plates, many colour, a few folding, ex-library copy with label and stamps, mostly embossed, library cloth, 1913 § George W.Harris, number 241 of 425 copies, portrait and plates, some colour, captioned tissue guards, with woodcut by Harris initialled in pencil loosely inserted, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1930, folio & 4to (2)

Dickinson (Emily) Poems, first English edition, edited by Mabel Loomis and T.W. Higginson, lightly browned endpaper, previous owner's pencil inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, & Co., 1891.

Whittington Press.- Heaney (Seamus) & others. Poems for Alan Hancox, number XXXVIII of 50 specially-bound copies signed by the contributors and with 2 proofs of the wood-engravings, from an edition limited to 350, with contributors' signatures on front free endpaper, wood-engraved vignettes on title by Miriam Macgregor, proofs signed in pencil and loose in pocket at end, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1993 § Garland for the Laureate (A): Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman..., one of 350 copies, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, printed by the Whittington Press for the Celandine Press, 1981; and 14 others, poetry, from the press, 4to & 8vo (16) ⁂ Contributors to the first include Heaney, Ted Hughes and Laurie Lee.

Wilde (Oscar) Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play about a Good Woman, first edition, [one of 500 copies], 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lightly browned, later burgundy morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with decorative border & panels and small figures of rabbits, signed "D.L." in binding, spine gilt in compartments with rabbits, slightly rubbed, with original pink cloth gilt binding designed by Charles Shannon bound in at end (a little rubbed and faded), [Mason 357], small 4to, 1893.

Housman (Laurence).- Meredith (George) Jump to Glory Jane, edited by Harry Quilter, one of 100 copies on van Gelder paper, signed presentation copy "From the 1/2 Author with kind regards Harry Quilter Oct 29th 1892" inscribed on front free endpaper, bookplate of Marshall Field, contemporary calf, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt, t.e.g., with original pictorial gilt limp vellum covers bound in at end (slightly soiled), 1892 § Rossetti (Christina) Goblin Market, original decorated green cloth, gilt, g.e., 1893 § Housman (L.) Echo de Paris, a Study from Life, first edition, A.L.s. from the author concerning the loan of a picture to an exhibition loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, spine faded, 1923; Of Aucassin and Nicolette, one of 160 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engravings drawn by Paul Woodroffe and engraved by Clemence Housman, original cloth-backed limp boards, uncut, 1925 § Housman (Clemence) The Were-wolf, first edition, decorative title in red, A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, original cloth, 1896, all but the fourth with wood-engraved plates and/or illustrations by Laurence Housman, a little rubbed; and 7 others with contributions by Housman, 8vo & 4to (12)

Disney (Walt) The Mickey Mouse Fire Brigade, first edition, numerous illustrations, light browning to margins, contents otherwise clean, original pictorial boards, spine faded, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, gift inscription to verso, some chipping and creasing to head and foot, still excellent overall, 4to, [1936].⁂ Rare, especially in the dust-jacket.

Dunsany (Edward Plunkett, Lord) The Blessing of Pan, first edition, frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small chip to upper fore-edge, some light marking but an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1927.⁂ An excellent example of this rare fantasy work by Dunsany.

Bryusov (Valery Yacovlevich) The Fiery Angel, translated by Ivor Montagu and Sergei Nalbandov, first English edition, original cloth, fading to spine ends and upper cover, dust-jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, spine ends and corners chipping with loss to first word of title at head of spine, chipping and creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Rare first edition in English of this tale of witches and the occult in sixteenth century Germany. We can trace no other copy in the dust-jacket.

Menpes (Dorothy) The Durbar, deluxe limited edition signed by the artist, 1903; Paris, one of 500 deluxe copies, 1909 § Murray (A.H.Hallam) Sketches on the Old Road through France to Florence, number 147 of 150 copies, colour plates, bound in blue morocco elaborately blocked with flowers in gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt and very slightly faded, 1904, the first two with colour plates by Mortimer Menpes, original decorated cream cloth, gilt, very slightly soiled, all t.e.g., others uncut, the first two A. & C.Black; and 2 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (5)

Cartier-Bresson (Henri ) Les Européens, first edition, 114 black and white photographic reproductions, introduction and notes on plates in French, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original illustrated boards designed by Joan Miro, some rubbing and minor splitting to joints, neat yellow tape repairs to head and foot of spine, large 4to, 1955.

Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, first edition in book form, first issue with misprint 'nd' for 'and' line 23, page 208, original parchment boards with cover design in gilt by Charles Ricketts, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, still an unusually bright and sharp copy, [Mason 328], 8vo, [1891].⁂ The first trade edition of Wilde's classic novel, published three months prior to the signed limited and seemingly much scarcer, particularly in good condition.

Wilde (Oscar) The Sphinx, first edition, one of only 25 large paper copies, half-title, dedication leaf, pictorial title, illustrations (most full-page) and decorations by Charles Ricketts, printed in red, green and black, with tissue guard to title (very slightly foxed but barely affecting text), bookplate of Edmund Bulkley, an excellent copy in the original pictorial gilt vellum with ties, designed by Ricketts and Henry Leighton, yapp edges, uncut, very lightly soiled, [Mason 362; cf.Ray 262], small 4to, London & Boston, 1894.⁂ Ricketts's masterpiece, which he designed as a complete entity, from the illustrations and lay-out to the striking binding. "The result is a perfect whole, as harmonious as it is dazzling". Ray

Wilde (Oscar) The Happy Prince and other tales, first edition, frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane, head-pieces by Jacomb Hood, signed presentation copy to Mortimer Menpes inscribed "...from his friend and admirer the author. Oscar Wilde June '88" on front free endpaper, child's pencil note to one leaf, small oval book-label of Walter Chrysler (sold Parke-Bernet 1952) on front pastedown, original cream boards, upper cover printed in red and black with title and illustration, uncut, rubbed and lightly soiled, a few small stains, corners creased, spine ends chipped, preserved in morocco-backed cloth drop-front box (slightly rubbed), [Mason 313], small 4to, David Nutt, 1888.

Gray (Thomas) Elegy written in a Country Church-yard, one of 750 copies, wood-engravings by Gwenda Morgan, original cloth-backed marbled boards, 1946 § Bates (H.E.) The House with the Apricot, one of 300 copies signed by the author, illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker, original morocco-backed patterned cloth, 1933 § Davies (Rhys) Daisy Matthews, one of 325 copies signed by the author, illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker, original morocco-backed patterned cloth, 1932 § Leighton (Clare) Woodcuts, one of 450 copies signed by the artist, lightly browned, original cloth, spine ends worn, 1930 § Margaret Pilkington 1891-1974, number 15 of 25 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of 10 proofs of the engravings, from an edition limited to 200, original morocco-backed boards, additional suite loose as issued in original card folder, together in droop-back board slip-case, Buxton, Hermit Press, 1995, plates and/or illustrations, all but the last rubbed, the first three Golden Cockerel Press; and 9 others, illustrated with wood-engravings by women, v.s. (14)

Eliot (T.S.) Little Gidding, first edition, signed by the author on title, ink ownership initials to front free endpaper, original stitched wrappers, light fading to spine, some very minor creasing to extremities, [Gallup A37], 8vo, 1942.⁂ Rare signed.

Vale Press.- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one of 10 copies on vellum, from an edition limited to 220, printed in red and black, wood-engraved decorative border to first leaf of text and large initials by Charles Ricketts, very light browning to title and following leaf and slight foxing to front endpapers, original limp vellum, yapp edges, spine ruled in gilt, [Watry B23], 8vo, [Vale Press], 1899.

Craig (Edward Gordon) Nothing or the Bookplate, with a Handlist by E.Carrick [Edward "Teddy" Craig], number 84 of 280 copies, including an original woodcut on Japon for Jan C. de Vos signed by the artist, 1924; Woodcuts and some Words, one of 150 copies signed by the author/artist, prospectuses loosely inserted, 1924 § Acterian (Haig) Gordon Craig si Ideia in Teatru, deluxe edition, text in Romanian, presentation copy from Craig with long inscription to his lover Daphne Woodward "This little booklet...is offered to Mees Voodvard by M Edward Edwardovitch from France in 1936..." on front free endpaper, slight damage to one plate where previously adhered, original printed wrappers, browned, Bucharest, 1936, the first two both with tipped-in plates, original buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, first spine faded; and 12 others by or concerning Craig including one annotated by him, v.s. (15) ⁂ Daphne Woodward became Craig's secretary and companion in 1929, and mother of his daughter, Daphne, who was always known as "Two Two" as she was born on 22nd May 1935. Daphne later translated French literature into English, particularly Georges Simenon's Maigret books.

Hosken (Clifford), "Richard Keverne". Crooks and Vagabonds, first edition, original cloth, spine faded, covers mottled, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light rubbing and creasing to extremities, but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1941.⁂ A lovely copy of this work by a British Golden Age writer, rare in the wonderfully atmospheric dust-jacket.

Craig (Edward Gordon) Scene, With a Foreword and an Introductory Poem by John Masefield, number 78 of 100 copies signed by the author, from an edition limited to 1000, 21 plates after etchings by Craig, the author's own copy with his small circular monogram book-label and inscribed by his son Edward "Teddy" Craig "Ex EGCs Library - now mine Edward Craig" and with his book-plate on front pastedown, with prospectus and reproductions of portrait of Craig by William Rothenstein and Masefield by William Strang loosely inserted, also scrap of notes by Craig with small sketch, prospectus for the Portfolios of Etchings and an engraving of Fingal's Cave loosely inserted, original buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, torn and defective dust-jacket loosely inserted, 4to, 1923.⁂ A wonderful association copy of the embodiment of Craig's ideas on theatre design. He envisaged a moveable theatre with floor and roof composed of cubic columns which could move up and down individually, an ever-changing space using screens and lighting to create mood and setting rather than standard set designs. In this work he attempted to portray changing scenes using developing states of prints, each one depicting a moment of arrested motion. His son, Teddy Craig, realised the idea behind the plates and, trying to help his father, built a simple wooden model with rising and falling cubes using pulleys. At first Craig was thrilled that his idea actually worked but when Teddy mentioned that he had discussed the scheme with an engineering friend his father was furious, imagining his great idea was lost and accusing Teddy of betrayal. The model was banished to the cellar and never developed.

Maupassant (Guy de) Mlle Fifi, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed "A M.Gustave Geffroy son dévoué confrère Guy de Maupassant" on half-title, foxed, contemporary roan-backed wooden boards, upper cover inlaid in radiating panels from sun shape at foot, original wrappers bound in (upper worn and frayed at edges, detached), 1883 § Mauriac (François) Orages, Poèmes, signed and inscribed by the author "à David Posner au poète; ces vieux péchés en lieu cordiale sympathie François Mauriac" on half-title, original printed wrappers, glacine wrapper, slightly frayed at spine ends, 1949 § Régnier (Henri de) Apaisment, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author "a Francis Viélé-Griffin ces vers ternaires et autres son ami Henri de Régnier" on half-title, contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, t.e.g., others uncut, corners bumped and worn, 1886 § Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle) Chéri, signed presentation copy from the author to Mlle. Lucette Rochette inscribed on half-title, browned, contemporary roan-backed boards, a little worn, 1930, Paris; and another, inscribed, and 4 A.Ls.s. from Yvette Guilbert discussing songs etc., one with mention of Isadora Duncan, 8vo (9)⁂ Gustave Geffroy (1855-1926), journalist, novelist and art critic, one of the first to promote the Impressionists, especially Monet.Yvette Guilbert (1865-1944), French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque who became one of the prime models for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, original boards stamped in gilt and blind, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing to head, ink marking to upper panel, light rubbing and some soiling to extremities, a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1959.

Douglas (Lord Alfred) The City of the Soul, first edition, inscribed by the author "Montague Compton Mackenzie form his friend the author A.D. February 1900" on half-title, original parchment-backed boards, uncut, a little soiled, 1899; The Collected Poems, one of 200 copies on Japon signed by the author, original boards, uncut, 1919; The Autobiography, signed and inscribed by the author, original cloth, 1929; Sonnets, signed by the author and with note "4 misprints corrected by the author March 1944" on title and with corrections in ink to text, original cloth, frayed dust-jacket, [1944] § Harris (Frank) & Lord Alfred Douglas. New Preface to "The Life and Confessions of Oscar Wilde", signed and inscribed by the author "Harry de Windt from his old pal...", original cloth, uncut, spine torn, Fortune Press, 1925, all rubbed; and 6 others by Douglas, many signed and inscribed by him, v.s. (11)⁂ Sir Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972), Scottish writer and nationalist, author of Whisky Galore.Captain Harry de Windt (1856-1933), explorer and travel writer.

Gray (John) Silverpoints, first edition, number 12 of only 25 large paper copies, decorative initials by Charles Ricketts, original decorated vellum, gilt, designed by Ricketts, uncut, tall narrow 8vo, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893.⁂ Rare deluxe edition of one of the most significant literary works of the decadent 1890s, by the poet and translator John Gray (1866-1934), one-time protegé of Oscar Wilde and part of the Aesthetic Movement. He was the lifelong partner of Marc-André Raffalovich, the French writer on homosexuality, and is believed to have been the model for Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray but later became a Catholic priest.

Waugh (Evelyn).- Mott (C.C. and E.M.) Clent's Way, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket designed by Evelyn Waugh, very short closed tear to foot of upper panel, vertical crease to spine, minor creasing to spine ends, a sharp, near-fine example overall, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1923.⁂ A rare, seemingly unrecorded dust-jacket designed by the young Evelyn Waugh. Though unsigned the design is unmistakably by Waugh and reminiscent of his designs for works such as Circular Saws and Colleagues published in the same year by Chapman & Hall.

Grass (Günter) Die Blechtrommel, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, slight spotting to covers, later issue dust-jacket (with reviews to flaps) with very short tear to lower panel, else fine, 8vo, Darmstadt etc., 1959.⁂ A fine copy of the author's magnum opus, his first novel and widely regarded as one of the most important German novels of the 20th century. This was the first work of his Danzig Trilogy and was made into a film in 1979, which won the Palme d'Or and the Oscar (perhaps in this case "Oskar" would be more appropriate) for Best Foreign Language Film. Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999. A loosely inserted sticker states that this copy was signed by Grass on 15th April 2005 at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck.

Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin Books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, second edition, ink signature to half-title, 1924; Winnie the Pooh, second edition, 1926; Now We Are Six, first edition, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, 1928, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original cloth bound in at end, modern pictorial morocco, gilt, replicating original cover designs, 8vo, 1924-28

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author with holographic sticker to title, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 2007.

Books on the First World War and later to include Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914-1918, six volumes, Third Edition 1916 (Frederick Manning), 'Her Privates W E' by Private 19022, First Edition Jan 1930, 'The War Illustrated' Ed. by Sir John Hammerton, The Amalgamated Press, five volumes, and others

Horse Racing Limited Edition Prints. The first print depicting "Phar Lap", nr 152/300, the inscription below reads "Phar Lap - Limited Edition Signature Series. Personally autographed by Jack Baker, the first jockey to ride "The Red Terror" to victory in the Maiden Handicap at Rosehill  on 27th April, 1929, 1/300", approx 50 x 39 cms, glazed and framed. The second print by Maxine Cox entitled "Desert Orchid-Gold" nr 1327/2500, approx 48 x 36 cms, signed in pencil lower right, glazed and framed. (2)

Frank Wooton Signed Limited Edition Print. The print  entitled 'First of the Few Spitfire'. The print signed by Artist Frank Wootton PGAvA, Sir Stanley Hooker CBE FRS, Arthur A Rubbra FI MechE FRAaeS, AN Clifton MBE, C.Eng FRAes and Jeffrey Kindersley Quill OBE, AFC, 68 x 82 cms, framed with certificate, nr 545/850, published by Blaze Fine Arts.

First Edition F.X Steward Hunting Countries. Published by Collins 1935, twelve contributors write about hunting throughout the British Isles each one illustrated with a colour print and black and white sketches.

Einstein (Albert). Die Grundlage der Allgemeinen Relativitaetstheorie, Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916, [actually 1919], 'Druck von Omnitypie-Ges., Nachfl. L. Zechnall, Stuttgart' to title verso, 64 pp., original printed wrappers, chipped and toned with some loss to edges, split along spine and upper wrapper detached, slim 8vo First anastatic reprint of 1919 on poorer paper than the first edition of 1916. It is the authorised version of his general theory of relativity, the 1916 edition being considered as the original edition. Printing and the Mind of Man 408; Weil 80a. (1)

Ribadeneira (Marcelo de). Historia de las Islas del Archipielago, y reynos dela gran China, Tartaria, Cuchinchina, Malaca, Sian, Camboxa y Jappon, y de lo sucedido en ellos a los Religiosos Descalcos, de la Orden del Seraphico Padre San Francisco, de la Provincia de San Gregorio de las Philippinas..., 1st edition, Barcelona: Gabriel Graells & Giraldo Dotil, 1601, engraved armorial device of the Franciscans to title and with early signature 'Francisco Guillem', woodcut decorative initials, some dampstaining, light toning and occasional spotting, marbled free endpapers discarded, early 18th century vellum with red morocco title label, 4to, together with Eckeberg (Charles Gustavus), A Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck..., together with a Voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, Chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman and an account of the Chinese Husbandry, by Charles Gustavus Eckeberg. Translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster..., volume 1 only (of 2), 1771, 11 engraved botanical plates, occasional spotting, margins of first & last leaves browned, text block split in two, contemporary sheep, boards detached, worn, 8vo The first title comprises an account of Franciscan missionary activity in the Philippines and Japan, but also dealing with China, Siam, Cochin-China, and Cambodia. (2)

Hoyle (Edmond). Hoyle's Games Improved, Being Practical Treatises on the Following Fashionable Games, Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, Back-gammon, Draughts, Cricket, Tennis, Quinze, Hazard, Lansquenet, and Billiards..., revised and corrected by Charles Jones, new enlarged edition, 1786, a little spotting and soiling, title dust-soiled and with a little wear to outer corners, endpapers frayed with loss, modern imitation leather, 12mo, together with [Payne, William], Maxim[s] for Playing the Game of Whist; with all Necessary Calculations, and Laws for the Game, T. Payne, 1783, title and final leaf verso (blank) slightly browned and dust-soiled, some spotting throughout, title with old ownership inscription, a few marginal splits including loss to upper outer corner and small hole with loss of final letter of first word, old ink calculations to final blank page, old marbled wrappers, small 8vo, plus Cavendish, Patience Games with Examples Played through Illustrated Numerous Diagrams, Thomas De La Rue, 1890, printed in red and black with diagrams throughout, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, oblong small folio, plus other mostly 20th-century cloth-bound publications on chess, bridge, etc. (6 shelves)

Furetiere (Antoine). Dictionnaire Universel, contenant generalement tous les mots francois, tant vieux que modernes, et les termes des sciences et des arts..., corrig‚ and augment‚ par M. Basnage de Beauval: et en cette nouvelle edition, revu, corrig‚, & considerablment augment‚ par M. Brutel de la Riviere, 4 volumes, The Hague, 1727, half-title to each volume, titles printed in red and black, mottled edges, contemporary uniform mottled full calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed and some wear, with one or two joints slightly cracked, folio, together with Bacon (Francis), Works, 3 volumes, to which is prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Mr. Mallet, printed for A. Millar, 1753, engraved frontispiece to each volume, including portrait of the author to first volume, titles printed in red and black, contemporary full calf, spines gilt, somewhat worn with several covers detached, plus Gibson (Edmund), A Preservative Against Popery, in several selected discourses upon the principal heads of controversy between Protestants and Papists, written and published by the most eminent divines of the Church of England, chiefly in the reign of King James II, 3 volumes, 1738, later half vellum gilt, gilt stamp of the Athenaeum Library to foot of spine of each volume, a little rubbed and joints partly split at extremities, all folio (10)

Charleton (Walter). Two Discourses: I. Concerning the Different Wits of Men: II. Of the Mysterie of Vintners, Second Edition enlarged, Printed by F.L. for William Whitwood, 1675, general title with early ink ownership initials at head, separate title to each part, first and last leaves lightly spotted, close-trimmed at head, front pastedown with early ink ownership signature 'Sir Thos. Legard Bart.', contemporary mottled calf, front board detached, extremities worn, 8vo, together with Two Discourses. The first, concerning the different Wits of Men. The second, a brief discourse concerning the various Sicknesses of Wines, and their respective remedies; at this day commonly used: delivered to the Royal Society. To which is added in this Third Edition [actually 4th edition], the Art and Mystery of Vintners, and Wine Coopers..., 1692, some dampstaining and toning, disbound, 12mo Bitting p.83; Cagle 597 (for first edition); Cagle 598 for the fourth edition, styled the third (as above). (2)

Kromer (Marcin). Polonia, sive de situ, populis, moribus, magistratibus, et republica regni Polonici libri duo ... Secunda aeditio prioer locupletior et emednatior, Cologne: Maternus Cholinus, 1578, bound without final blank (E4), browning, damp-staining in lower margins, occasional old ink underlining, asterisks and other marks (including to title page), marginal repair to B3, bookplate, 20th-century morocco-backed red cloth, spine rubbed, 4to (19 x 14 cm), together with: Bracelli (Giacomo), De bello Hispaniensi libri quinque, Rome: Antonio Bladio, 1573, first quire ([*]2) duplicated, bound without final blank (S6), occasional light spotting, pp. 2-3 soiled, armorial bookplate, c.1900 calf, extremities rubbed, 4to (18.5 x 13.8 cm), Simler (Josias), La r‚publique des Suisses, 2nd edition in French, Paris: Jacques du Puys, 1578, woodcut views of Swiss cities in the text, bound without quire A, bookplate, 18th-century calf, gilt spine, worn, small 8vo (16.3 x 9.5 cm), Adams C2981 (Kromer), B2649 (Bracelli), S1169 (Simler); VD-16 K 2433 (Kromer). Kromer's 'great geographical and descriptive work, Polonia ... still remains an important source of information about contemporary Poland' (Catholic Encyclopedia). It was first published the previous year. (3)

[Bronte, Charlotte]. The Professor, A Tale, by Currer Bell, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, later issue, 1857, half-titles, 2-page advertisement for Mrs Gaskell''s Life of Charlotte Bronte at end of volume 1, 16 page publisher's catalogue dated April 1859 at end of volume 2, front pastedown with book ticket of J. Horsfall, both hinges cracked, contemporary blind-stamped green cloth, some wear to extremities, small mark on rear cover, lightly faded spine somewhat frayed at head, a little cocked, 8vo Sadleir 347; Symington p. 40; Wolff 827. Charlotte Bronte's first novel, but her last major work to be published. (1)

McCulloch (Warren Sturgis & Pitts, Walter & Landahl, Herbert D.). 'A statistical consequence of the logical calculus of nervous nets', [offprint from:] Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 5, 1943, [135]-137, modern cloth, together with McCulloch (Warren S.), 'The brain as a computing machine', [offprint from:] Electrical Engineering, June 1949, some toning and small old dampstain at upper margin, stapled as issued, plus MacKay (Donald M. & McCulloch, Warren S.), 'The limiting information capacity of neuronal link', [offprint from:] Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 14, 1952, stapled as issued, plus McCulloch (Warren S.), 'Mysterium Iniquitatis of sinful man aspiring into the place of God', [offprint from:] Scientific Monthly 80, 1955, stapled as issued, plus 'Towards some circuitry of ethical robots or an observational science of the genesis of social evaluation in the mind-like behavior of artifacts, [offprint from:] Acta Biotheoretica 11, 1955, stapled as issued, plus McCulloch (Warren S. & Pitts, Walter & Wall, P.D. & Lettvin, Jerome), 'Factors limiting the maximum impulse transmitting ability of an afferent system of nerve fibers', mimeographed typescript, Cambridge: MIT Research Library of Electronics, no date, single staple to top left corner, plus McCulloch (Warren S.), Embodiments of Mind, 1st edition, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1965, author's signed autograph poem on front free endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed, plus three further related items, an offprint on 'Biological computers' (1957), and articles by McCulloch in The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics (September 1947) and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (September 1969) The first seven items (Origins of Cyberspace 785-791) were sold as lot 155 in the Origins of Cyberspace sale at Christie's, London, 23 February 2005. (10)

Boccaccio (Giovanni). Le D‚cam‚ron, 5 volumes, 1st edition in French, London [i.e. Paris: Prault], 1757-61, 127 engraved plates after Gravelot and others, including volume titles ('frontispieces' in Cohen-de Ricci), portrait to volume 1, and one unsigned and unnumbered erotic plate to volume 2 (probably from the suite 'Estampes galantes de Contes du Boccace'), numerous head- and tailpieces, tissue-guards, all edges gilt, contemporary tan calf decorated in gilt and blind, refurbished, joints and inner hinges consolidated, 8vo (19.5 x 11.5 cm) Cohen-de Ricci 160-2; Ray 39-41. Cohen-de Ricci describes the first edition, printed in Italian earlier the same year, as 'one of the most accomplished illustrated books of the entire 18th century', while noting that the French translation is 'more sought-after'. (5)

Forcadel (tienne). Penus Iuris Civilis, Sive De Alimentis Tractatus. Item Auiarium iuris Civilis. Ad Haec, Ardua sapientis cuiusdam Graeci cum stulto Romano disputatio nutu habita, 2nd edition, Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1550, 69,[2],50pp., ownership signature to title, dampstaining to lower margins, minor spotting, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, slight wear to fore-edge of front cover, slim 4to Adams F741; Simon BBII 265 (first edition). Simon, Gastronomica, 689: Etienne Forcadel, poet, lawyer and oenophil, of Beziers, was a champion of the appellations control‚es. In Chapters vii, viii, and ix of his treatise, he deals with the legal right of different wines to certain popular names. (1)

Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1st edition, 1998, usual light marginal toning, original pictorial boards, 2 dust jackets, both with some fading to spine, 8vo, together with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1999, 2nd issue with 'J.K. Rowling' to title verso, slight marginal toning, original pictorial boards, dust jacket, spine faded, 8vo, with other Harry Potter first editions, a few duplicates and Ted Smart editions etc (22)

Saint-Arroman (A.). Coffee, Tea and Chocolate: their Influence upon the Health, the Intellect, and the Moral Nature of Man, translated from the French..., Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, 1852, vi,90pp., oval blind stamp to title, ink manuscript number to lower blank margin of A2, slight spotting to first and last few leaves, endpapers replaced, original cloth, printed paper label to upper board, rebacked, marked, small 8vo, together with Falconer (William), Observations on some of the Articles of Diet and Regimen usually recommended to Valetudinarians, London: Edward & Charles Dilly, 1778, [2],63[1]pp., some dust-soiling and few marks to title, light toning, edges untrimmed, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, leather title label to upper board, slim 8vo, plus Kitchiner (William), The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. and Peptic Precepts, pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve Indigestion, and to strengthen the action of the Stomach and Bowels. To which is added, the pleasure of making a Will, new edition, 1824, dedication before title, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked with later printed title label to spine, foot of spine torn with loss and upper joint split at head, 8vo The first title is scarce, with only one UK institutional location found (University of Liverpool, Sydney Jones Library). (3)

Locke (John). A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galations, Romans, I & II Corinthians, Ephesians. To Which is Prefix'd, an Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles, by Consulting St. Paul Himself, 6 parts in 1 volume, J.H. for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1706-18, general title-page, advertisement leaf and separate title for each Paraphrase, first Book browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine repaired, 8vo Complete collected edition, first editions except for two of the Paraphrases. Comprises: An Essay for the Understanding, 1707; Paraphrase ... Galations, The Third Edition, [actually fourth], 1718; First Epistle... to the Corinthians, Second Edition, 1718; Second ... to the Corinthians, 1706, 2 pp. adverts; Romans, 1707, 2 pp. adverts; Ephesians, 1707. Yolton 287, 286, 280, 282, 283, 285 and 284 respectively. (1)

Cooke (Edward William). Grotesque Animals, invented, drawn, and described, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872, 24 autotype plates on card each with descriptive text leaf, light spotting to blanks, a few trivial spots to contents, text leaves to plates 4 and 6 loose (gutta percha perished), all edges gilt, original green pictorial cloth gilt, spine-ends and corners slightly worn, a couple of other small abrasions to spine, large 4to (31.5 x 24 cm) A notably clean and fresh copy with the fragile binding largely intact. Cooke (1811-1880), a marine artist and gardener, attended the first meeting of the Microscopical Society in 1839, and produced these sketches of imaginary creatures by combining elements from marine and terrestrial fossils and living specimens. His work has been compared to the 'nonsense botany' of Edward Lear, whose Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets appeared in 1871 (Lodge, Inventing Edward Lear, 2019, p. 212). (1)

Calvin (John). The Institution of Christian Religion..., translated into English according to the authors last edition; with sundry tables to finde the principall matters intreated of in this booke, and also the declaration of places of Scripture therein expounded: by Thomas Norton. Whereunto there are newly added in the margin of the booke, notes conteining in briefe the substance of the matter handled in e[a]ch section, London: John Norton, 1611, title within decorative woodcut title, torn to fore-edge, upper & lower outer corners and repaired, first and last few leaves torn and frayed to outer margins and repaired, final leaf of tables provided in facsimile, 20th century half morocco, maroon morocco title, upper board slightly faded at head, folio (STC 4424), together with Wotton (Henry), The State of Christendom: or, a most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages, and Hidden Mysteries of the Times, 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary sheep, joints split at head & foot and some wear, slim folio, with Foulis (Henry), The History of Romish Treasons and Usurpations..., 2nd edition, 1681, half-title, contemporary calf, upper joint split, worn at head & foot of spine, folio, with Sleidan (John), The General History of the Reformation of the Church, from the Errors and Corruptions of the Church of Rome: begun in Germany by Martin Luther, with the Progress thereof in all Parts of Christendom, from the Year 1517, to the Year 1556..., to which is added, a continuation to the end of the Council of Trent, in the Year 1562 by Edmund Bohun, 1689, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, 5 engraved portrait plates, light dampstaining, large bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell, 19th century calf, blind decoration to spine, ruled line borders to covers with embossed monogram & armorial to centre of each, folio, and Lhuyd (Edward), Archaeologia Britannica... volume 1: Glossography [all published], Oxford: M. Bateman, 1707, engraved illustration to title, imprint close trimmed at foot and ownership inscription to gutter margin, some soiling and marks throughout, near contemporary diced calf, rebacked, folio, plus one other (6)

Markham (Gervase). [A way to get wealth: containing five principall vocations, or callings, in which every good husband, or house-wife may lawfully imploy themselves. As, I. The natures, ordering, curing, breeding, choice, use, and feeding, of all sorts of cattell, and fowle, fit for the service of man: as also the riding & dieting horses, either for warre or pleasur. II. The knowledge, use, and laudable practise of all the recreations meet for a gentleman. III. The office of a housewife, in phisick, surgery, ... brewing, baking, and the profit of oates. IV. The enrichment of the weald in Kent. V. The husbanding, & enriching of all sorts of barren grounds, making them equal with the most fruitfull: with the preservation of swine, and computation of men, and cattels labours, &c. VI. The making of orchards, planting and grafting, the office of gardening, & the ornaments, wit the best husbanding of bees. The first five bookes gathered by G.M. The last by Master W.L. for the benefit of great Brittain, 7th edition, London: printed by B[ernard]. A[lsop]. for John Harison, 1648 (i.e. 1649)], lacking general title (A1), first part (Cheape and Good Husbandry) with incomplete & misbound preliminaries at front and main body of text (C2-O5) bound at rear of volume, final part (A New Orchard, and Garden) lacking all after I5 (p.123-134,[2]), a few woodcut illustrations and occasional manuscript markings etc., a few leaves close trimmed or cropped at foot, some dust-soiling, dampstaining and spotting, 19th century half calf with vellum corners, red morocco title label, joints rubbed and some light wear, 4to Sold with all faults, not subject to return. Wing M675. Comprising reissues: "Cheape and Good Husbandry" 7th ed. 1648 (Wing M611); "Country Contentments:" 6th ed. 1649 (Wing M620); "The English House-Wife," 5th ed. 1649 (Wing M629); "The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent:" 1649 (Wing M637); "Markhams Farewell to Husbandry:" 4th ed 1649 (Wing M648); "A New Orchard, and Garden; ... by William Lawson" 2nd ed. 1648 (Wing L730). (1)

Kociejowski (Marius). God's Zoo, Artists, Exiles, Londoners, 1st edition, Manchester, 2014, author inscription to the front endpaper, black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Amis (Kingsley), My Enemy's Enemy, 1962, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Aldiss (Brian W.), The Brightfount Diaries, 1st edition, 1955, black and white illustrations by Pearl Falconer, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other modern fiction and first editions, including Kazuo Ishiguro, Raymond Chandler, Ian McEwan, J.G. Ballard, Iris Murdoch, William Golding, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)

Worlidge (John). Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered... To which is added Kalendarium Rusticum, or the Husbandman's monthly directions... and Dictionarium Rusticum: or the interpretation of Rustick Terms, 3rd edition, 1681, explanation of the frontispiece leaf, engraved frontispiece, engraved plate, occasional light soiling, previous owner signature and bookplate of T.B. Grierson (possibly Thomas Boyle Grierson, Dumfries doctor and antiquarian), contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio, together with The Gardener's Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, as also the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard, by Philip Miller, 3rd edition, 1737, engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, Appendix at end dated 1735, occasional light water stains, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, folio First work Goldsmiths' 1898; Kress 1251; Wing W3598. (2)

Kennedy (Alexander W. M. Clark). The Birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, 1st edition, Eton: Ingalton and Drake, 1868, half-title, 4 hand-coloured albumen prints mounted on card, tissue-guards, a few minor spots to title page and text, short nick to rear pastedown, contents largely unopened, original green pictorial cloth gilt, light cockling to spine, a couple of trivial pale marks to front board, lower outer corners slightly bumped, but a bright copy, 8vo Freeman 2071; Gernsheim 436. The first ornithological book to be illustrated with photographs. (1)

Babbage (Charles). Table of the Logarithms of the Natural Numbers, from 1 to 108000, 3rd edition, Charles Knight, 1834, some finger-soiling, especially to first few leaves, title and dedication leaves, dust-soiled and with ink ownership name stamps to blank upper margins, neat ink additions at foot of final table at rear, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, rebacked with original spine relaid, together with Callet (Jean Francois), Table of the Logarithms of Signs and Tangents, for every second, of the first five degrees..., stereotyped and printed by Firmin Didot, Paris, 1795, (Tirage 1827), printed on pale yellow paper, ex library with ink stamp to title and to several blank foremargins, libary stamps and labels to front and rear endpapers, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked and corners restored, both 8vo Babbage designed his Difference Engine no. 1 to mechanise prouduction of mathematical tables such as these. When the first edition was published in 1829 the proofs of these tables were checked nine times against the tables of Callet, Hutton, Vega, Briggs, Gardiner and Taylor. The resultant nine errors were corrected in the second edition of 1831, and no further errors were found in the tables in any of the later editions. Origins of Cyberspace 50. The second work is based on tables prepared by Charles Babbage and, when first published in 1795, was one of the earliest examples of printing in stereotype. (2)

Napper (Robert Peters). Views in Wales. The Vale of Neath, 1st edition, [London?]: British and Foreign Portrait Company, [1864], 13 albumen prints (20.5 x 15.5 cm) mounted rectos only on card leaves with printed captions (the first of these constituting the title page), 13 leaves of descriptive letterpress (including 'Introduction' to accompany title), variable spotting to mounts, prints faded along edged but retaining their strong tonal range, text-leaves browned, initial blank inscribed 'Fred[eric]k & M. A. Sturge from their affect[ionat]e friend, R. P. Napper, May 1864', original purple cloth gilt, spine faded, headcaps frayed, a few pale marks to sides, tips bumped and worn, folio (37.5 x 27.2 cm) No other copies traced at auction, five complete copies located in libraries world-wide (British Library, Cambridge, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, and Oxford); the National Library of Wales has two additional incomplete copies and an apparent nonce volume of twenty photographs by Napper. Napper (1819-1867), from Newport in Wales, traded in partnership with Thomas Miller McLean and Arthur James Melhuish as McLean, Melhuish, Napper and Co. at 26 Haymarket, London, from 1859 to 1861 (Hannavy, Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, pp. 919-20). He travelled to Spain at the request of Francis Frith (a fellow Quaker) circa 1862-3 and exhibited a small collection of Welsh and Spanish photographs at the Photographic Society, London, in 1864, having previously exhibited a single photograph of Raglan Castle in 1860 (Taylor, Photographs Exhibited in Britain 1839-1865 p. 553). He is also recorded as a member of the Blackheath Photographic Society; the 'British and Foreign Portrait Company' is traced only in connection with the present work. The descriptive text is by Welsh amateur photographer Charles Henry Waring (1818-1887, for whom see Taylor & Schaaf, Impressed by Light, British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860, pp. 387-8). (1)

Nansen (Fridtjof). Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen, with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, 1897, folding maps, colour and monochrome plates, printed cuttings to front endpaper of first volume, ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper of each, original cloth gilt, covers slightly marked, large 8vo, together with Stanley (Henry M.), Through the Dark Continent, or the Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 volumes, 1st U.S. edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, [1878], wood engraved frontispiece to each (volume 1 frontispiece torn with loss to upper blank margin), plates and illustrations, colour maps, two folding maps to rear pockets (strengthened to folds), ink ownership stamp at foot of titles, recent endpapers, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving original spines, 8vo, with [Beale, Anne], Gladys of Harlech; an Historical Romance, 3 volumes, 1858, original cloth, soiled, 8vo, with Ruskin (John), Praeterita, 3 volumes, 1899, half-titles, photogravure frontispiece to each, top edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated vellum, green morocco labels to spines, 8vo, plus other 18th - early 20th century books including travel & history etc. (a carton)

Boutcher (William). A Treatise on Forest-Trees: Containing not only the best methods of their culture hitherto practised, but a variety of new and useful discoveries, the result of many repeated experiments..., 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1775, engraved additional title (with tiny closed tear at foot), title verso unsigned, occasional light soiling, bookplate of Robert George Wyndham Herbert, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, upper joint splitting, slightly rubbed with one or two stains, 4to Henrey 476. Scarce with the additional engraved title. Provenance: Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert (1831-1905), first Premier of Queensland, Australia. (1)

Morgan (John). A Complete History of Algiers. To which is prefixed, An Epitome of the General History of Barbary, from the earliest Times: Interpreted with many curious Remarks and Passages, not touched on by any Writer whatever, 2 volumes in one, 1728-1729, titles in red & black, first title with signature of 'A. Dickson, Royal Artillery, 1804' to upper blank margin and with letterpress price at foot of imprint erased through, light scattered spotting, bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell to upper pastedown, late 19th century calf, blind embossed emblem and armorial to centre of boards, joints and extremities rubbed, 4to, together with A Complete History of Algiers..., 1731, some browning and dust-soiling, contemporary calf, lacking title label to spine, boards detached, worn, 4to, plus Glas (George), The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands: Translated from a Spanish Manuscript, lately found in the Island of Palma. With an Enquiry into the Origin of the Ancient Inhabitants. To which is added, a Description of the Canary Islands, including the Modern History of Inhabitants, and an Account of their Manners, Customs, Trade, &c., 1st edition, 1764, three engraved maps (one folding), some light dampstaining and scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, blind emblem to centre of each board, spine torn with loss, boards detached and some staining, worn, 4to (3)

Brown (George). Arithmetica Infinita, or the Accurate Accomptant's Best Companion..., 1718, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved tables throughout, ink library stamps to frontispiece, title verso and several other leaves and margins, some browning, title-page chipped at lower right corner, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked and restored, oblong 16mo, together with Wilson (John), An Introduction to Arithmetic..., 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 172, some light browning, contemporary calf, rubbed and slight edgewear, 8vo, plus Simson (Robert), The Elements of Euclid, viz the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth..., 21st edition, 1825, some spotting, contemporary sheep, some wear, calf reback, 8vo, plus Ferguson (James), Select Mechanical Excercises: shewing how to construct differenct clocks, orreries, and sun-dials..., 3rd edition, 1790, eight folding engraved plates, some spotting, uncut, modern quarter leather, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th-century maths interest, many with defects and mostly in worn leather bindings (24)