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Shakespeare (William) A Midsommer Nights Dreame...from the First Folio of 1623, illustrated by Paul Nash, 1924; The Merchant of Venice..., illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky, 1923; The Tragedie of Julius Caesar..., illustrated by Ernst Stern, 1925, together 3 vol., 'The Players' Shakespeare', each one of 450 copies, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jackets, spines a little browned, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon § Cushman (Robert) Fifty Seasons at Stratford, limited edition signed by 6 people connected with the Ontario Stratford Festival, with signed colour print of Richard III by Tanya Moiseiwitsch loosely inserted, colour illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, Toronto, 2002, 4to (4)

Whittington Press.- O'Connor (John) Knipton: a Leicestershire village, one of 200 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings by O'Connor, with 3 additional wood-engravings initialled by the artist in pencil loosely inserted, 1996 § Macgregor (Miriam) Whittington: Aspects of a Cotswold Village, one of 350 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings by Macgregor, 1991 § Hanscomb (Brian) Cornwall: an Interior Vision, one of 135 copies signed by the artist, engravings by Hanscomb, inscribed by the printers "To Mel - with our love & thanks John & rose 18 Oct. '94" on front free endpaper, original wrappers sewn in Japanese style, 1992 § Harrison (Ski) Portraits of Presses: Photographs..., out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 350, 1997, all but the third original cloth-backed boards, the second with pictorial dust-jacket, the first and third with slip-cases, folio & 4to, Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press (4)

Corbeil (Gilles de) De urinis et pulsibus, edited by Venantius Mutius, with a commentary by Gentilis de Fuligneo, collation: a8 b-r4 s6, 77 ff. (of 78, lacking final blank), 43 lines, Gothic letter, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut printer's device to foot of final verso, neat restoration to some upper corners or margins, within text on S4, but without loss, occasional staining, faint traces of an ink stamp to foot of final verso, modern calf, inner gilt dentelles, [BMC V, 546; Goff A-94; HC 101*; BSB-Ink A-37; GW 270; Klebs 466.1], small 4to (195 x 135mm.), Venice, Bernardinum, de Vitalibus, 16 February, 1494.⁂ The first combined edition of the author's 1483 work 'De urinus' and 1484 work 'De pulsibus.' 'De urinus' constitutes a compendium of uroscopy, and remained the authoritative textbook on uroscopy until the sixteenth century, while De pulsibus (on the pulse) concerns the second of the two principal diagnostic tools available to physicians of the time. After studying at Salerno and Montpellier Gilles de Corbeil became physician to Philip II of France.

Arithmetic.- [Recorde (Robert)] [The Grounde of Artes: teaching the perfecte worke and practise of Arithmetike, bothe in whole numbers and fractions ...], black letter, lacking endpapers, A1 (title) & 8, P1 & 8, Y1 & 8, and anything after a3, with woodcut initialis, with 17th and 18th century manuscript names and notes, rather soiled and stained, A2 strengthened at hinge, leaves at beginning and end a little frayed at edges, occasional marginal tears and some loss to corners (occasionally affecting text), contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, [STC 20799.3], 8vo, Reynolde Wolfe, 1552; sold not subject to return⁂ Very rare, with only one copy on ESTC (BL), also incomplete. One of the first English textbooks on arithmetic, first published in 1543, and running to many editions in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This edition is probably the last to be edited by Recorde, before his death in 1558.

Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, translated by Sir Henry Billingsley, preface by John Dee, first edition in English of the first complete translation, title within fine woodcut border depicting Ptolemy and Strabo, amongst others, folding letter-press table (torn and repaired, without loss), numerous woodcut diagrams including 37 diagrams on 28 pp. with one or more printed overslips, woodcut portrait of John Day above colophon, woodcut historiated or decorative initials and tail-pieces, lacking final blank, title and final 2ff. with neat restorations to blank outer corners, occasional dampstaining, mostly marginal, 2D2 with burn hole to head, 2V2&3 with small patch of soiling partially obscuring text, small rust hold to 2D1, small paper flaws to 2T2&5 with some minor loss to text, modern antique-style calf with original covers laid down, [STC 10560; cf. PMM 25], by John Daye, [1570].⁂ First edition of the first major science book in English. The clear and precise nature of the text coupled with the numerous illustrations ensured this work's continued popularity as a scientific textbook up to the present day. In addition the use of printed slips here (originally printed as six bifolia bound in at the end) mean that this work can lay claim to being the first illustrated popup work in the English language. John Dee's preface is considered by many to be his most important published work. It outlines the practical applications of Euclid's work, lays the foundations for later experimental science and hints at the use of magic and the supernatural in conjunction with the natural. In addition, Dee also contributed further theorems and annotations.

Eye surgery.- Bartisch (Georg) Opthalmoduleia [Greek type]. Das ist, Augendienst., first edition, collation: A-D⁶ E⁴ A-Z⁶ a-x⁶ y⁸ z⁴ Aa⁶, Gothic letter, title in red and black, woodcut coat-of-arms, portrait and 88 woodcut illustrations, 2 with overlays, colophon to final leaf, previous owner's ink and pencil inscriptions to the front endpapers, 2 old faint library stamps to title, occasional pencil markings to blank margins, short tear to foot a2, occasional browning and spotting, contemporary vellum, later doeskin ties, small ink stain to upper cover, a little rubbed, housed in a modern drop-back box, [VD16 B558; G&M 5817; Hirschberg II pp.323-342], 308 x 190 mm, folio, Dresden, Matthes Stöckel, 1583.⁂ Bartisch was court oculist to the Elector of Dresden and the founder of modern opthalmology. He was developed many instruments and was renowned for his cataract operations. This is the first modern work on eye surgery, and one of the most remarkable illustrated book in early medical literature. Provenance. Purchase note of Andreas Latumarr, dated 1585, to front pastedown. Ownership note of Lundsgaard, Copenhagen, dated 1921 to front pastedown.

Botany.- Fuchs (Leonhart) De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes ..., first edition, collation. α⁶ β⁸ A-Z⁶ a-z⁶ aa-zz⁶ Aaa-fff⁶, printer's device to title and final leaf verso, 509 full-page woodcut engraved illustrations, woodcut portraits to title verso and at end, previous owner's inscription dated 1672 to front pastedown, loss to final free endpaper (restored), occasional faint spotting and minor finger-soiling, pen and ink drawing of a heraldic lion tipped-in to front free endpaper, seventeenth century French calf, spine expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, corners expertly restored, a little rubbed, housed in a modern drop-back box, [Adams 1099; Dibner 19; Horblit 33b; Hunt 48], 360 x 233 mm, folio, Basel, Officina Isingriniana, 1542.⁂ Fuchs's celebrated herbal which effected a revolution in the natural sciences, earning him the title 'German fathers of botany' along with Brunfels and Bock. All three wished to correct botanical knowledge which had been in the hands of itinerant and illiterate herbalists to this point. To effect this reform accurate illustration and identification was the first requirement, and it was to this task that Fuchs addressed himself. Fuchs employed the best artists then available in Basel; Albrecht Meyer, Henrich Füllmaurer and Veit Rudolph Speckle. All three are depicted in the book, the first time that book illustrators are themselves portrayed and named. These illustrations set a new standard for botanical description and were some of the most influential in botanical history, being copied and reprinted well into the eighteenth century.

Architecture.- Papworth (John Buonarotti) Hints on Ornamental Gardening: consisting of a series of Designs for Garden Buildings, first edition, lacking half-title, with 2 hand-coloured aquatint plans and 27 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, a few illustrations and diagrams, occasional spotting or soiling to plates, light offsetting, broken, modern vellum-backed marbled boards, [Abbey, Life 46; Berlin Kat. 3436], 4to, R.Ackermann, 1823.⁂ The fine aquatint plates include an aviary, dairy, ice house, laundry, poultry house, Venetian tent, a bath and an apiary. The two plans show a before and after plan of an estate, one usually forming an overslip to the other, and printed in sepia and uncoloured.

Architecture.- Wood (John) The Origin of Building: or, the Plagiarism of the Heathens Detected, 5 parts in 1 vol., first edition, 25 engraved plates, 11 folding, small hole to title, occasional faint damp-staining to lower margins, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, original spine label laid down, rubbed, folio, Bath, 1741.

China.- White (Herbert C.) Peking the Beautiful, first edition, half-title, mounted photographic frontispiece and 70 plates, most sepia or tinted, some colour, illustrations, occasional soiling and light offsetting, original embroidered dark blue silk, upper cover with title and image of a temple and decorative floral border, preserved in original pictorial box with protective glacine paper, box with some internal repairs and one corner split, but generally in excellent condition, folio, Shanghai, The Commercial Press, 1927.⁂ Extremely rare to find in such condition and preserved in the original box.

India.- Eden (Hon. Emily) Portraits of the Princes & People of India, first edition, tinted lithographed title with vignette and 24 tinted lithographed plates by Lowes Dickinson after Emily Eden printed by C. Hullmandel, plate-guards, some light foxing, with list of plates, plates of Dost Mahomed Khan & others, Runjeet Singh, Horse & Jewels of Raunjeet Singh and Cheetas sent by the King all creased and frayed at edges (some with slight marginal loss), old ink signatures to front free endpaper, modern book-labels of David Mann and another, original half roan over pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and faded, [Not in Abbey], folio, J.Dickinson & Son, 1844.

India.- Scott (Captain Allan N.) Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency, first edition, half-title, albumen frontispiece and 100 albumen plates, tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed, bumping and chipping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1862.

Voyages.- Bruyn (Cornelis de) Voyage au Levant ... dans les Isles de Chio, Rhodes, Chypre, &., 5 vol., first collected edition, engraved portrait plate, 85 plates (12 folding) and 5 folding engraved maps, occasional spotting, small marginal hole (vol. 1, B2), marginal worming affecting 2 or 3 plates (vol. 3, 3C1 - final leaf), occasional spotting and faint soiling, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 225], 4to, Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Bauche, 1725.⁂ Volumes 3-5 were given the alternative title 'Voyages par la Moscovie, Perse et Indes Orientales.'

Eusebius, Caesariensis. Chronicon, translated from Greek into Latin by St.Jerome, with continuations by Prosper Aquitanus (to 448), Matthaeus Palmerius Florentinus (to 1448), and Matthaeus Palmerius Pisanus, edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter, collation: [*12] a-v8 x10, c.130 ff. (of 182), plus fragments of 6 ff., printed in red and black, 34 and 42 lines, Gothic and some Roman type, woodcut initials, 8 ff. torn at head with loss, stained at head, some spotting, endpapers of remnants of a 15th century accounts manuscript (loose), contemporary English blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, central panels with rose tools within a criss cross pattern composed of 3 blind-stamped filets, lacking backstrip, corners worn, rubbed, small 4to (232 x 172mm.), Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 13 September, 1483.⁂ Second edition; the first with the addition up to 1481 by Matteo Palmieri of Pisa, of the most important chronological compendium of ancient times. On v3 verso, for the year 1457, Palmieri mentions Johann Gutenberg and the invention of printing, which he dates to 1440. The condition of the binding on this copy allows us a fascinating insight into the make-up of an early binding, with the 15th century manuscript remnants used as endpapers a charming addition. Literature: BMC V, 287; Goff E-117; HC 6717*; GW 9433; Bod-inc E-040; BSB-Ink E-109.

Dictionary.- Calepinus (Ambrosius) Calepinus. Ad librum. Mos est putidus & novus repertus, collation: a10 b-x8 y10 z8 &8 Ɔ8 Rx8 A-Z8 Et8 Cõ8 Ru8 2A-2C8, double column, woodcut decorative initials, early ink notes to final verso, lacking 2 ff. from sig. a, first and last ff. repaired with some loss of text, a few other ff. with marginal repairs, G1 tear within text with loss of a few letters, water-stained, 20th century vellum-backed boards, spine stained, folio (308 x 194mm.), [Reggio Emilia], [Dionysius Bertochus], 1502. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare first edition of this important dictionary. Calepino's name became synonymous with the 16th century dictionary in Europe. Literature: Adams C202; EDIT 16 CNCE 8416.

Euripides. Euripidis tragoediae septedecim, 2 vol., collation: Ν-Ξ8, Ο10, Π-P8 Σ10, Τ-Υ8, Φ6, Χ-Ω8, ΑΑ-ΒΒ8, ΓΓ6, ΔΔ-ΖΖ8, ΗΗ6, ΘΘ-ΙΙ8, ΚΚ10, [χ]4; ΛΛ8, ΜΜ10, ΝΝ-ΡΡ8, ΣΣ10, ΤΤ8, ΥΥ6, ΦΦ-ΧΧ8, ΨΨ4, ΩΩ8, ΑΑΑ-ΒΒΒ8, ΓΓΓ6, ΔΔΔ-ΖΖΖ8, ΗΗΗ6, ΘΘΘ-ΚΚΚ8, ΛΛΛ4 (Δ4, Φ6, ΗΗ6, ΣΣ10, ΥΥ6 blank), Greek, Roman and italic types, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut printer's device to KK10v of the first volume and ΛΛΛ4v of the second, occasional light staining or spotting, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], 1503; Euripidis Electra. Nunc primum in lucem edita, collation: A-Γ8, Δ8 (fols. A1v, Δ7 and Δ8 blanks), Greek and italic type, title with woodcut coin of Caesar Augustus (Cohen 228), and woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee Cardinal Ardinghelli, woodcut historiated initial, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking final 2 blanks, Rome, [Antonio Blado], 1545, together 2 works in 3 vol., uniformly bound in handsome 19th century dark blue morocco, gilt, spine in compartments and richly so, rubbed at extremities, g.e., 8vo (160 x 97mm. and 155 x 92mm.) ⁂ A handsome set with a distinguished provenance of the first Aldine edition of the plays of Euripides, containing eighteen plays instead of the seventeen announced on the title. It lacks only Electra; provided here in the Blado edition. Provenance: Sir Robert Peel, Bt. (1788-1850), British Conservative stateman, who served twice as Prime Minister and twice as Home Secretary, as well as founding the Metropolitan Police Service (Drayton Manor armorial bookplates to each vol.). Literature: I: Adams E-1030; STC Italian 239; Renouard Alde, 43:10; Ahmanson-Murphy 69; Sicherl Manutius, pp. 291-309; Hoffmann ii, p. 68; Legrand i, 31; Layton, The Sixteenth-Century Greek Book in Italy, p. 383; Staikos, Charta of Greek Printing, p. 343; Staikos, The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators (1495-1515), New Castle, DE 2016, 33 II: Adams E-1052; Fumagalli 79 ("rarissimo"); Ascarelli, p. 100; Hoffmann ii, p. 82.

Military.- Mendoza (Bernardino de) Theorique and practise of warre. Written to Don Philip Prince of Castil, translated by Sir Edward Hoby, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated and decorative initials, lacking final blank, title torn at head and laid down, with loss of first two words and part of two other letters, A3 outer margin torn, affecting a few words, stained, modern mottled calf, [Cockle 67; Palau 163699; STC 17819], small 4to, [Middelburg], [printed by Richard Schilders], 1597.⁂ First edition in English of this important treatise, which is rare at auction. The first edition was 1595. It was intended as a manual for the instruction of the young prince (the future Philip III), to whom it is dedicated, putting into print some thirty years practical experience by Mendoza. He hoped that the work would influence the military policies of the future king. The translator Hoby (1560-1617) was a diplomat, Member of Parliament, soldier, scholar, and friend of William Camden.

Episcopal Church in Scotland.- Booke (The) of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments. And other parts of divine service for the use of the Church of Scotland, edited by William Laud, 2 parts in 1, first edition, black letter, title and calendar in red and black, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, and head- and tail-pieces, little chipping to first few ff., a few tears without loss, some staining, mostly lightly browned throughout, [STC 16607], Edinburgh, Robert Young, 1637 bound with The Psalmes of King David, translated by William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, title within engraved architectural border, lightly browned throughout, [STC 2736], Thomas Harper, 1636, modern calf, small folio⁂ KK6 without catchword verso and KK7&8 cancelled. An attempt by King Charles I to impose the Anglican liturgy in Scotland, drawn up by Archbishop Laud and the Scottish bishops.

Courtesy books.- Women.- Braithwait (Richard) The English gentlevvoman, drawne out to the full body: expressing, what habilliments doe best attire her, what ornaments doe best adorne her, what complements doe best accomplish her, first edition (state without the appendix, but with mention of it on 2 [dagger]4v), engraved additional pictorial title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking folding 'The meaning of the frontispiece', additional title neatly trimmed to border and laid down, occasional staining or spotting, a few ff. browned, 19th century diced calf, gilt, spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends little chipped, rubbed, [STC 3565; Pforzheimer 78], printed by B. Alsop and T. Favvcet, for Michaell Sparke, dwelling in Greene Arbor, 1631; and a defective copy of the first edition of his English Gentleman, 1630, uniformly bound with above, small 4to (2) sold not subject to return.

Zarain (Aga) A Relation of the Late Seidge and taking of the City of Babylon by the Turke ... Englished by W[illiam] H[olloway], first English edition, lacks A1 (blank), ex-British Library with stamp to title verso, occasional spotting and soiling, bookplate, modern calf, a little rubbed, [STC 26122], small 4to, I. Raworth, fo N. Butter, and N. Bourne, 1639.⁂ The British Museum ink-stamp reads "Museum Britannicum. British Museum Sale Duplicate 1787."

[Rochester (John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of)] A Satyr against Mankind. Written by a person of Honour, first edition, bifolium, drop-head title, some worming to inner gutters, [Wing R1759 (dating it c.1675); Grolier Wither to Prior 984], folio, [London], no printer, [?1679].⁂ Rare first edition of this notorious poem, which questions reason and critiques rationalism. It gave rise to several poetic responses, including Edward Pococke's An Answer to the Satyr against Mankind, Thomas Lessey's A Satyr In Answer to the Satyr against Man, and two anonymous works: An answer to a Satyr [against] Reason & Mankind and An Answer to the Satyr, Against Man. Another issue in broadside form exists, probably published in the same year. It is occasionally proposed as the first edition, by Vieth, for example, who gives no reasoning in support.

Pulci (Luca) Epistole di Luca de Pulci al magnifico Lorenzo de Medici, collation: A-K4, Gothic type, title within a four-piece woodcut border, some light foxing (mostly marginal), bookplate of Adolfo Tura, vellum over boards by Gozzi of Modena, gilt, covers with medallion bearing inscription 'Torre del Palasciano', 8vo (146 x 94mm.), [Venice], [Manfredo Bonelli], [21 October, 1505].⁂ Rare first edition of this particular collection of poems, with EDIT 16 recording only two copies. The woodcut border was first used by Bonelli in his Aesop of 1491. Literature: Essling 1499 (mentioning this copy, "Florence, Collection Torre, 1898"); Sander 6008; EDIT 16 CNCE 69334.

Huth copy.- Marvell (Andrew) Miscellaneous Poems, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut printer's device to title, without, as usual, R2-T1 and U2-T4 (suppressed poems on Cromwell), S1 and X1 replacing these, neat marginal restoration to portrait, occasional spotting, polished calf by F. Bedford, upper joint splitting, but holding, rubbed, g.e., [Wing M872; Grolier Wither to Prior 536; Hayward 126; Pforzheimer 671], folio, printed [by Simon Miller?] for Robert Boulter, at the Turks-Head in Cornhill, 1681.⁂ First edition of the principal collection of Marvell's poems, edited by his widow Mary Marvell. In her prefatory address she writes: 'These are to Certifie every Ingenious Reader, that all these Poems, as also the other things in this Book contained, are Printed according to the exact Copies of my late dear Husband, under his own Hand-Writing, being found since his Death among his other Papers...'). Includes the first printing of 'To his Coy Mistress'. Provenance: Henry Huth; Robert Herring; Brian Fenwick-Smith (bookplates).

More (Sir Thomas) Utopia, translated by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, with initial & final blanks, a clean bright copy in contemporary sprinkled calf with decoration tooled in blind near joints, corners and spine ends a little worn, gouge to label, joints repaired, [Gibson 30; Pforzheimer 742; Wing M2691], 8vo, for Richard Chiswell, 1684.⁂ First edition of this translation of More's great satire exposing the political corruption and religious hypocrisy of Europe's elite in the early 16th century, first published in 1516 in Latin.

University Life at Oxford.- [Penton (Stephen)] The Guardian's Instruction, or, The Gentleman's Romance: written for the Diversion and Service of the Gentry, first edition, one of 3 variants, this with gatherings in 12s, colon following "Romance" on title and B of signature B1 below space between "then" and "it", imprimatur leaf bound after title (becoming detached), browned, A2 torn (repaired with loss to a couple of letters), last few leaves frayed at edges with slight loss to pagination and to first few lines of final contents leaf (repaired), modern calf, spine faded, [Wing P1439], 12mo, for the Authour, and sold by Simon Miller, 1688.⁂ Interesting work on polite conduct including an entertaining cameo of life at Oxford in the 17th century with scurrilous details of undergraduate activities. The author also describes the perfect wife, "she should be beautiful, and not proud; well-shap'd, and not stiff, familiar but not fond, good natured but not easie...", and notes that "mothers should have NO say in the education of their children".

Fortification.- Boyer (Abel) The draughts of the most remarkable fortified towns of Europe...With a geographical description of the said places. And the history of the sieges they have sustain'd, and the Revolutions they have undergon, for above these Two hundred Years last, first edition, 44 engraved plates, of which 1 folding, a few stains, occasionally closely trimmed at head, affecting the odd page number, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments, upper cover detached, corners worn, rubbed, small 4to, printed for Isaac Cleave, next to Serjants-Inn in Chancery-Lane, 1701.

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"A PATRICK'S DAY HUNT" BY MARTIN ROSS & E. SOMERVILLE, together with Somerville's book "Slippers ABC of Fox Hunting" dated 1903, and a single volume "The Country Scene" by John Masefield and Edward Seagoe, being a first edition, published in 1937

THE LAST FOUR VOLUMES IN THE "HARRY POTTER" SERIES BY "J.K. ROWLING", each being a first edition to include the misprint "Half-Blood Prince"

Jack The Giant Killer - Richard Doyle - Pub. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London 1842, First Edition - rare fully illustrated edition of the book, lovingly illustrated throughout with coloured engravings. Red gilt decorated hardcover. Rare. From the library of Peter Wyngarde. 

Pemberton, Lynne - Sleeping With Ghosts - UK First Edition 1996 - original signed first edition book. Autographed to the first fly leaf in blue ink by the author, along with a headed note card. The book appears to have come from a 'Make - A - Wish ' event. From the estate of Peter Wyngarde. 

A Kind Of Loving - Stan Barstow - published by London Cape 1960 (1960) - First Edition. Hardcover, complete with dust jacket. Inscription to first fly leaf by Peter Wyngarde - appearing to be a shopping list (unsigned). In the hand of Wyngarde. Rare first edition book. 

Peter Wyngarde Library - ' Radcliffe ' by David Storey - Published by Longmans, London (1963) first edition. With dustcover. Inscription to fly leaf believed to be in the hand of Wyngarde ' William Finley - Dec. 1963 - Tangier '. Possibly relating to the American actor of the same name. Rare book. 

Ian Fleming - James Bond - ' On Her Majesty's Secret Service '. 1963. First edition. Complete with dust cover. From the estate of Peter Wyngarde. 

The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics - 1969 - by Alan Aldridge - first / 1st edition. Wonderfully fully illustrated book of lyrics, with various photographs, cartoons and doodles present within. As owned by Wyngarde, who was an acquaintance of the band during the 60's / 70's. Rare book, with an interesting connection. 

NO RESERVE Architecture.- Chambers (William) A Treatise on Civil Architecture, first edition, list of subscribers, 45 engraved plates only (of 50), first plate of primitive buildings with small pen and ink drawing of a teepee tipped over top of the the illustration of a doric column, a little browned and soiled, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover detached, [Fowler p.70; Harris 122], folio, for the author, 1759.

Gemstones.- Chappuzeau (Samuel) Histoire des Ioyaux, et des Principales richesses de l'Orient & de l'Occident, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, printed title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some foxing, contemporary vellum, [cf. Hoover 217], 12mo, Geneva, for J. H. Widerholt, 1665.⁂ Rare first edition of this history of gemstones. We can trace no other copy at auction. Includes diamonds, opals, emeralds and pearls, as well as references to mining in Peru and trade from the West Indies and Americas.

NO RESERVE Cobbett (William) Paper against Gold, 15 numbers in 1 vol., double-column, large folding broadside "The Death-Bed Recantation of a celebrated Political Writer" bound in at end with 2 other printed ephemeral pieces and some newspaper cuttings, library half morocco, [1817] § Chevalier (Michel) On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold, second edition, translated by Richard Cobden, original cloth, Manchester etc., 1859 § Barnes (William) Views of Labour and Gold, first edition, advertisement leaf and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original cloth, spine ends chipped and torn, 1859; and 3 others, 19th century on Gold coinage, Bullion etc., 8vo (6)

NO RESERVE Calligraphy.- Cocker (Edward) Magnum in parvo or The Pens Perfection, second edition, lacking engraved title and the 6pp. letterpress text (supplied in negative photographs), 25 engraved plates including the rare first plate 'The Foundation of Writing', rather soiled and water-stained, first plate soiled and defective at outer margin preserving contemporary ink initials, final plate defective and laid down (no loss to image), some other marginal defects and repairs, modern library morocco-backed cloth, [Wing C4842], John Garrett, [1675]; and another on calligraphy, oblong 4to & 8vo; sold not subject to return (2)⁂ First published in 1672, both editions are scarce. ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, National Library of Scotland, and Bodleian Library Oxford), plus 2 in America.

Poor.- Colquhoun (P.) A Treatise on Indigence; exhibiting a General View of the National Resources for Productive Labour; with Propositions for Ameliorating the Condition of the Poor, and improving the Moral Habits and increasing the comforts of the Labouring People, first edition, final advertisement / directions to binder, folding table, bookplate of Francis White Popham, contemporary half calf, gilt monogram stamp of Richard Walton White to foot of spine, rubbed, spine ends chipped, [Goldsmiths 19292; Kress B5028], for J.Hatchard, 1806 § Gilbert (Thomas) Plan for the Better Relief and Employment of the Poor; For Enforcing and Amending the Laws Respecting Houses of Correction, and Vagrants; And for Improving the Police of this Country..., half-title, 20th century morocco-backed library cloth, [Goldsmiths' 12214; Kress 365], for G. Wilkie, 1781 § Morris (William) Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design. Labour and Pleasure versus Labour and Sorrow. An Address..., library cloth, original wrappers bound in (a little soiled), Birmingham, 1880; and 6 others, poverty & social history, v.s. (9)

Japan.- Conder (Joseph) The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, first edition, 54 plates, 14 colour, illustrations, holes to inner margins from original cord binding, bound in library half morocco, t.e.g., with original pictorial wrappers bound in, a little rubbed and faded, Tokyo, 1891 § Anderson (William) The Pictorial Arts of Japan, plates, mostly photogravure, a few chromolithographed, tissue guards, illustrations, original morocco-backed decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., spine worn, joints split, 1886 § Hayashi (T.) [Sale Catalogue] [Hayashi Collection] Objets d'Art du Japon et de la Chine, Peintures, Livres, plates, some photogravure, contemporary library half morocco, spine gilt, original pictorial wrappers bound in, Paris, 1902; and 3 others on Japanese art and crafts, v.s. (6)⁂ The first is the first book in English on ikebana or Japanese flower-arranging.

Conchology.- Costa (Emanuel Mendes da) Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae, or the British conchology, first edition, 17 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional minor worming to lower margin, title a little soiled, occasional light foxing or soiling to text, contemporary calf-backed boards, joints cracked, extremities a little worn, rubbed, [Nissen IVB 2785], 4to, for the author, 1778.

Darwin (Erasmus) The Botanic Garden, 2 parts in 1, part 1 first edition, part 2 second edition, half-titles, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates, 5 plates and one vignette by William Blake, some offsetting and spotting, errata leaf at end, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt but lacking label, extremities worn, 1791-90; and 6 others by Erasmus Darwin, 4to and 8vo (7)⁂ The Blake plates include 4 (unsigned) of the Portland Vase.

Horology.- D[erham] (W[illiam]) The Artificial Clock-maker. A Treatise of Watch, and Clock-work..., first edition, errata slip pasted in at end of Preface, folding woodcut plate of musical notation and chimes, woodcut diagrams, Addenda leaf at end, title with contemporary ink signature on verso (erased), another signature at head of Preface partly erased causing hole with loss of a few letters from first line on verso, rather soiled and stained, plate torn along fold, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, upper joint split, [Baillie p.123; Clockmakers' 255; Tardy p.74; Wing D1099], 8vo in 4s, for James Knapton, 1696.⁂ Rare; the first comprehensive and scientific treatment of the art of horology, with far greater detail on clock & watch movement and construction than given by John Smith in his Horological Dialogues of 1675. Derham also produced the earliest, reasonably accurate estimate of the speed of sound. In his preface to the present work he admits to having had help "in the History of the Modern Inventions" from Hooke and Tompion.

Alchymia Vera Lapidis Philosophorum = Von der Rechten wahren Kunst des Goldmachens, deren sich viel Aschenpeuster biß dahero ohne grund rühmen, title in red and black and with woodcut symbol, woodcut symbols, device, head- and tail-pieces and initials, [VD 17 3:606692C], Magdeburg, Andreas Betzel for Levin Brauns, 1609 bound with Cocheim (Johann Heinrich) Ein Philosophisch und Chymischer Tractat: genandt: Errantium In Rectam [et] planam viam Reductio. Das ist: Beständiger, first edition, woodcut arms and head- and tail-pieces, title trimmed at foot, affect part of imprint, [Ferguson I, 165; Wellcome I, 1520; Krivatsy 2528; VD 17 23:239300B], Strasbourg, Eberhard Zetzner, 1626, together 2 works in 1 vol., some spotting or staining, lightly browned, ink notes to pastedown, contemporary limp marbled boards, lacking backstrip, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo ⁂ Two rare works, with USTC recording only two copies of the first mentioned. The second mentioned Ferguson calls 'An interesting tract, though short it covers a good deal of ground and quotes leading authorities, of whom a list is given at the end'.

Pharmacy.- [Dossie (Robert)] The Elaboratory laid open, or, the Secrets of Modern Chemistry and Pharmacy revealed, first edition, with 2 leaves of contemporary manuscript notes of preparations in ink bound in between pp.330 & 331, a few other annotations, 1758; Theory and Practice of Chirurgical Pharmacy: comprehending a complete Dispensatory for the use of Surgeons, 1761, browned, some soiling, contemporary calf, a little worn, both rebacked, J.Nourse; and a second edition of the first, 8vo (3)

Metals, fossils & minerals.- Aldrovandi (Ulisse) Musaeum metallicum in libros IIII distributum, fine engraved pictorial title by F. Coroleanus, numerous woodcut illustrations, without ¶4 (?blank) as with other copies traced, some spotting or light foxing, occasional browning, contemporary mottled vellum, spine in compartments and with morocco label, head of spine repaired, corners worn, [Nissen ZBI 75; Ward and Carozzi 43; Wellcome I, 172], folio, [Bologna], [G. Battista Ferroni], 1648.⁂ Scarce first edition of volume XIII of Aldrovandi's works, covering metals, fossils, minerals and shells. At the University of Bologna Aldrovandi had established one of the first herbaria and extensive botanical and zoological collections.

Physics.- Enfield (William) Institutes of Natural Philosophy, Theoretical and Experimental, second edition, lacking half-title, with errata slip pasted in at end of Contents covered with another blank slip labelled "corrected" in contemporary manuscript, 11 folding engraved plates, corrections in ink, book-label of Dalton Hall, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old red roan label, 4to, J.Johnson, 1785 § Desaguliers (J.T.) A Course of Experimental Philosophy, 2 vol., second edition of vol.1, first edition vol.2, folding engraved plates, modern half library morocco, 1745-44 § Franklin (Benjamin) Experiments and Observations on Electricity, fifth edition, 6 engraved plates only (of 7), one folding, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, rubbed, joints split, for F.Newbery, 1774, 4to (4)

NO RESERVE Numismatics.- Evelyn (John) Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern, first edition, title in red and black, engraved illustrations, that on U1 overlaid, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, [Wing E3505; Keynes 104], folio, for Benj. Tooke, 1697.⁂ Important 17th century work on numismatics, ancient coins and medals.

NO RESERVE Mezzotint engraving.- Evelyn (John) Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, plate and folding mezzotint plate by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, after Ribera, oval bookplate of T.Beale, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, for J. Payne, 1755.⁂ Originally published in 1662 this was the first book in English to describe the process of mezzotint engraving and to include a mezzotint print, 'The Executioner' by Prince Rupert of the Rhine after Ribera. Mezzotint was invented by Ludwig von Siegen in the 1640s and the process was developed and brought to England by Prince Rupert, whom Evelyn credited with the invention. This edition includes 'The Little Executioner', a greatly reduced copy of Rupert's version.

Excellency of Pen and Pencil (The), exemplifying the Uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of Drawing, Etching, Engraving, Limning..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, folding plate and illustrations, some full-page, old ink signature of W.Vaughan at head of title, light spotting, a few small rust-spots causing holes, later tan morocco ruled in gilt, by Ramage, g.e., decorative gilt dentelles, [Wing E3779], 8vo, by Thomas Ratcliff and Thomas Daniel, for Dorman Newman and Richard Jones, 1668. ⁂ Rare; ESTC lists only 6 UK copies.

Fachs (Modestinus) Probier buechlein darinne gruendlicher bericht vormeldet wie man alle metall und derselben zugehoerenden metallischen ertzen und geroechten ein jedes auff seine eigenschafft und metall recht probieren sol, 2 parts in 1, collation: a8 b4 A-P8 Q4; R-T8 U4, Gothic letter, title in red and black, folding metalcut plate, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device to final verso, plate chipped with some loss and laid down, repair to D8 within text, but without loss, lightly browned throughout, occasional spotting, 20th century half calf, rubbed, [Ferguson I, p.261 (note)], 8vo (146 x 88mm.), [Leipzig], [Zacharias Bärwald in the shop of Henning Grosse], [1595].⁂ The rare first edition of this guide to a system of assaying. USTC records only four copies (of which only one in UK). Modestin Fachs was master of the mint of the Prince of Anhalt. Most of the content of the first part relates to gold and silver, and the second part to the management of the mint. Literature: Wellcome I, 2136; VD 16 F542 and F543; cf. Ferguson I, 261 (note).

Steam Engines & James Watt.- Falck (N.D.) An Account and Description of an Improved Steam-Engine, first edition, folding engraved plate, advertisement leaf at end, library half morocco, 1766 § Wicksteed (Thomas) An Experimental Inquiry concerning the Relative Power of, and Useful Effect Produced by, the Cornish and Boulton and Watt Pumping Engines, and Cylindrical and Waggon-Head Boilers, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author to W. Cubitt on front free endpaper, tables, one printed in red and black and linen-backed, 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original cloth, sunned, head of spine nicked, 1841 § Bramah (Joseph) A Letter, to the Rt. Hon. Sir James Eyre...on...Infringement on Mr. Watt's Patent for an Improvement on the Steam Engine, first edition, errata leaf at end, lacks half-title, library morocco-backed cloth, 1797; and 31 others by or about Watt and on steam engines, 4to and 8vo (34)

Franklin (Benjamin) Political, miscellaneous, and philosophical pieces; arranged under the following heads...G. P. General politics; A. B. T. American politics before the troubles; A. D. T. American politics during the troubles; P. P. Provincial or colony politics, [edited by Benjamin Vaughan], first edition, 3 engraved plates, of which 1 folding, folding letter press table, water-stained, occasional spotting or foxing, some browning, contemporary calf, gilt, spine darkened, chipped at ends and with short split at foot, corners worn, rubbed, [Ford 342; Howes F330; Sabin 25565], 8vo, Printed for J. Johnson, 1779.⁂ First edition of the only collected edition of Franklin's works published in his lifetime. It was prepared by Benjamin Vaughan, a close friend of Franklin's, with the latter's knowledge and assistance.

[Freeth (John)], "J. Free". The Political Songster, addressed to the sons of freedom and lovers of humour, title mounted on stub, occasional light soiling, library half morocco, spine chipping at head, rubbed and scuffed, [Gaskell 42], 8vo, Birmingham, for the author, by J. Baskerville, and sold by S. Aris, and M. Swinney, 1771.⁂ Rare, ESTC lists 2 copies only of this edition (not in BL). The Bodleian also has an edition from the same year with an additional leaf at the end not called for here. Freeth was the owner of the Leicester Arms, a Birmingham inn and coffee house (popularly known as Freeth's Coffee House). Freeth would write songs to music based on the events of the day which would then be sung to patrons. The popularity of the songs encouraged Freeth to publish with the first collection appearing in 1766 (also rare with only 1 copy on ESTC). This is the second collection and the first to be printed by Baskerville.

Glass.- Gedde (Walter) A Booke of Sundry Draughtes, principally serving for Glasiers: And not Impertinent for Plasterers, and Gardiners...whereunto is annexed the manner how to anniel in Glas..., first edition, title and 2 part-titles with decorative woodcut borders, over 110 woodcut illustrations and decorations, most full-page designs for leaded windows, lacking folding woodcut plate (as usual), C1 misbound after C3, washed but still a little soiled and stained, cropped affecting a few signatures, first and last few leaves trimmed at inner margin and mounted on stubs, engraved bookplate of Geo.Tho. Robinson, later calf, gilt, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 256], small 4to, by Walter Dight, 1615.⁂ Very rare pattern-book for glaziers. We have been able to trace only one copy sold at auction, in 1934. ESTC lists 6 UK copies (BL, Cambridge University & Magdalene College, Glasgow and Bodleian Oxford 2 copies) and 2 in America (Huntington and Yale); Library Hub adds the V& A and Birmingham University. A facsimile reprint was issued by the Leadenhall Press in 1898 but without the folding plate as it was presumably unknown to the publishers.

Silver.- Germain (Pierre) Elements d'Orfevrerie..., 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved throughout with 2 titles, dedication, notice, list of plates and 100 engraved plates by Pasquier & Baquoy after Germain, handsome early 19th century red morocco, gilt, by Capé, covers with triple gilt fillet borders with central ornamental lozenge surrounding motto "Paulatim", spine gilt with decorations and five raised bands, g.e., light spotting to covers and small ink stain, very slightly rubbed and edges, [Berlin Kat. 1066; Cohen-de Ricci 430], 4to, Paris, chez l'Auteur Place du Carousel a l'Orfevrerie du Roy, 1748.⁂ Attractive and important work of Rococo designs for tableware and churches by the Parisian silversmith Pierre Germain.

NO RESERVE Silver.- Giardini (Giovanni) Promptuarium artis argentariae, 2 parts in 1, second edition, 2 titles with engraved vignettes, 98 engraved plates only (of 100, lacking frontispiece and dedication) by M.J.Limpach after designs by Giardini, some plates numbered in plate, others in manuscript in contemporary hand, light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, contemporary vellum, rubbed, slight wear to corners and head of spine, small splits to joints at head, [Berlin Kat.1142], folio, Rome, Faustus Amideus, 1750.⁂ Designs for silversmiths reflecting the influence of late Baroque architecture and sculpture. The first part contains ecclesiastical objects such as chalices, censers, and candlesticks, the second more secular items including vases, clocks, and candelebras.

Chemistry.- Glaser (Christopher) The compleat chymist, or, A new treatise of chymistry. Teaching by a short and easy method all its most necessary preparations, first and only edition in English, 3 folding engraved plates, sigs. A-E loose, plate 3 with short split / tear at fold, spotted. lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Duveen p. 251; Wellcome III, p.121; Wing G843], 8vo, Printed for John Starkey, 1677. ⁂ First and only edition in English of Glaser's only book. He was demonstrator to Vallot, professor of chemistry at the Jardin du Roi, Paris, and apothecary to the King and the Duc d'Orléans. Glaserite, a solid solution of potassium sulphate and sodium, is named after him.