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JOYCE (JAMES)Anna Livia Plurabelle... With a Preface by Padraic Colum, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 418 OF 800 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the colophon, publisher's brown cloth gilt, gilt blocked decoration on upper cover, t.e.g. [Slocum & Cahoon A32], 8vo, New York, Crosby Gaige, 1928This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

POGANY (WILLY)The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Presented by Willy Pogany, NUMBER 1 OF 25 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, signed by the illustrator, 24 mounted colour plates, lithographic text within ornamental borders, decorative front and end leaves incorporating arabesque design, elaborately bound in full green crushed morocco gilt for Bumpus (signed on rear turn-in), each cover with gilt border of red roses, stems and leaves, the upper cover border enclosing a large central panel with an arabesque design incorporating 4 large bunches of red grapes, gilt panelled spine with raised bands and red rose and grape tools in compartments, red and green morocco doublures with 3 red roses at each corner, g.e., small folio (276 x 186mm.), Vincent J. Brooks, Day and Son, for George Harrap, 1909Footnotes:NUMBER 1 OF AN EDITION OF 25 COPIES, IN A FINE ARABESQUE BINDING. This was the first of two versions of the Rubáiyát that Pogany produced, and the one where he 'endeavour[ed] to remain true to the spirit of Persian art' (dedication to Julius Germanus on verso of title).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'to Bryony - who is the most important person I've ever met in a signing queue & the first person ever to see merit in Harry Potter. With huge [underlined 4 times] thanks. J.K. Rowling' on the dedication leaf, publisher's imprint page with the number sequence from 10 to 1, and author cited as 'Joanne Rowling', p.53 with the duplication of '1 wand' on the equipment list, misspelling 'Philospher's' on lower cover, publisher's pictorial boards, spine and corners slightly bumped, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST HARRY POTTER NOVEL, WITH A REMARKABLE INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR TO 'THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO SEE MERIT IN HARRY POTTER'.In 1995 J.K. Rowling, unknown and unpublished, 'walked into a library in Edinburgh and looked up a list of literary agents. She alighted on the name Christopher Little, and, deciding that he sounded like a character from a children's book, she sent him her own manuscript, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' (Sunday Telegraph, 15 June 2003). In fact she sent just the opening three chapters, and on arrival at Little's small office the book was destined for the slush pile and rejection, as Little's agency had not previously handled children's literature. But office manager Bryony Evens, intrigued by the distinctive black folder in which the manuscript was enclosed, picked it from the pile, read it, was instantly smitten and suggested to Little they request that Rowling send the whole manuscript. She did, and from that moment the Harry Potter phenomenon was launched. The book, after having been rejected by twelve publishers, was sold to Bloomsbury for £2,500 in 1996, and in 1997 was published in an edition of five hundred hardback copies, going onto be the most successful book and subsequent franchise, in publishing history. Evens had left the agency prior to publication of the book, but received a copy on publication. In 1998 she attended a reading by Rowling to promote her second book at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. She joined the short queue to have her copy of Philosopher's Stone signed. Whilst the two had corresponded previously they had never met, and on hearing to whom the book should be inscribed, Rowling stood to give her a hug of gratitude, signing her copy to 'the most important person I've ever met in a signing queue, and the first person ever to see merit in Harry Potter'.Provenance: Bryony Evens.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'to Bryony - who really did discover Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling' on the title-page, publisher's pictorial boards, pictorial dust-jacket (edges slightly frayed), 8vo, Bloomsbury, 2000Footnotes:INSCRIBED TO THE WOMAN 'WHO REALLY DID DISCOVER HARRY POTTER' - This copy of Goblet of Fire was signed for Bryony Evens, the first person to read Harry Potter on 8 July 2000, the day of publication, when she attended a 'golden ticket' event on the Hogwarts Express at Didcot Railway Centre (see previous lots).Provenance: Bryony Evens.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST ADULT EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Hilary - This is the first adult copy I've ever signed! J.K. Rowling, and first edition!' (with an arrow pointing from the number sequence to this note) on dedication leaf, publisher's pictorial wrappers, 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]Footnotes:'THIS IS THE FIRST ADULT COPY I'VE EVER SIGNED! J.K. ROWLING' - An important inscribed copy of the first 'Adult' edition of a Harry Potter title. Accepted for publication by Bloomsbury Children's Books, Rowling's work was initially marketed 'for eight-to-twelve year-old children, with no attempt to attract a crossover audience... When it soared to the top of the adult bestseller lists, Bloomsbury did not delay in getting out an edition for this unexpected market' (Sandra L. Beckett, Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives, 2009). Such was the success of this strategy that by 2001 the industry analysts Book Marketing recorded that almost fifty percent of the Harry Potter buyers were adults.Provenance: Hilary Evens, aunt of Bryony Evens (see previous lots), similarly inscribed at the Cheltenham Literary Festival in 1998.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Susie and Emily (a female Fred & George) with best wishes J.K. Rowling' on the dedication page, publisher's pictorial boards, dust-jacket (spine sunned), 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]Footnotes:INSCRIBED TO 'A FEMALE FRED & GEORGE' BY THE AUTHOR, a reference of course to Ron Weasley's elder twin brothers (who feature prominently in The Chamber of Secrets, helping Harry escape from the Dursleys). This copy was inscribed to thirteen year old, ginger-haired twin girls (Susie and Emily), who had accompanied family friend Bryony Evens (see previous lots) to see J.K. Rowling give a talk at the Cheltenham Literary Festival in 1998, the year of publication.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SCHWITTERS (KURT)Anna Blume. Dichtingen, FIRST EDITION, light toning, publisher's wrappers designed by Schwitters, wrappers slightly creased at extremities, preserved in custom-made box case (with 'Dada' collage artwork by Pierre Mercier, dated 1990), Hanover, Paul Steegemann, [1919]--DUBUFFET (JEAN) Mémorial de la petite exposition de dessins de Jean Dubuffet... pour l'inauguration des sal nouvelle boutique: Le Diable pare la queue, 8pp. (including pictorial covers), lithographed throughout, with calligraphic script and illustrations by the artist, [1949], 8vo--DERMÉE (PAUL) Le volant d'Artimon. Poèmes, ONE OF 'A FEW' AUTHOR'S COPIES, numbered 'OO', printed in addition to the edition of 216 copies, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'Hommage de l'auteur Paul Dermée' on the half-title, 2 woodcut plates by Louis Marcoussis, unopened in publisher's pictorial wrappers printed in colours and designed by Marcoussis, split at head of upper joint, preserved in chemise and slipcase, small 4to, Paris, J. Povoloszky & Cie., 1922 (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, frontispiece and 9 plates or illustrations (all but one full-page), map endpapers (printed in red and black) by the author, publisher's green cloth, lettered and decorated in dark blue, corners of spine slightly worn [Hammond A3(a)], 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, [1937]Footnotes:The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937 in an initial print run of 1500 copies that was sold out by 15 December of that year.Provenance: Michael Tisdall (gifted to him at the time of publication), pencil inscription on front free endpaper; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WARHOL (ANDY)Holy Cats by Andy Warhol's Mother, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by Julia Warhol 'To Jane' on front free endpaper, 20 sheets of illustration and calligraphic text on coloured paper, printed recto only, publisher's pictorial boards, spine frayed with some loss, pastedowns slightly cockled, 8vo, [New York, Privately Printed, 1954]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WOOLF (VIRGINIA)Street Haunting, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 420 OF 500 COPIES, SIGNED and numbered by the author in purple ink, publisher's green quarter morocco, gilt lettered on spine (faded), 8vo, San Francisco, [The Grabhorn Press], for The Westgate Press, 1930This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

YEATS (W.B.)Poems, FIRST EDITION, pictorial title-page, ownership inscription ('Bessie Radford, 2.12.95') on the front free endpaper, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt [Wade 15], T. Fisher Unwin, 1895; The Collected Works in Verse and Prose, 8 vol., 4 photogravure portrait frontispieces, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, original cloth-backed boards ('remainder' binding') [cf. Wade 75-82], Stratford, Shakespeare Head Press, 1908; Ideas of Good and Evil, bookplate of Martha G.L. Tottenham, publisher's cloth-backed boards, paper spine label [Wade 46], A.H. Bullen, 1903; Reveries Over Childhood & Yeats, colour frontispiece by Jack Yeats [Wade 113], 1916; Responsibilities, [Wade 115], 1916; The Tower, uncut [Wade 158], 1928, last three publisher's cloth gilt, Macmillan; Four Years, [LIMITED TO 400 COPIES], device printed in red on title-page, lacks front free endpaper, publisher's cloth-backed boards, a few small stains [Wade 131], Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1921, 8vo; and 35 others, by or about Yeats (49)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MIDWIFERYGIFFARD (WILLIAM) Cases in Midwifery, 3 folding engraved plates, early ink annotation beside one case study, blindstamp on title, contemporary calf, gilt morocco spine label, spine worn with loss to headband [Blake, p.175; Garrison & Morton 6156.3], B. Motte, T. Wotton, L. Gilliver, and J. Nourse, 1734--CULPEPER (NICHOLAS) The Directory for Midwives: Or, a Guide for Women, in Their Conception, Bearing, and Suckling their Children, title within typographical border, engraved portrait frontispiece, one engraved plate, browning, loss to blank upper margin of frontispiece, small paper flaw touching a couple of letters on one leaf, blindstamp on title and plate, nineteenth century half calf, rebacked [Krivatsy 2957], Printed by Peter Cole, 1651--GRAAF (REGNERUS DE) De mulierum organis generationi inservientibus tractatus novus, engraved allegorical frontispiece, portrait of the author, 27 engraved plates (some folding), blindstamp on title, vellum, Leiden, Ex officina Hackiana, 1672, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo (3)Footnotes:Three classic works on obstetrics and midwifery. Giffard's work includes a series of 225 case studies of difficult deliveries, containing the first published descriptions of the use of obstetric forceps. The first edition of Culpeper's Directory is rare, with no copy listed on Rare Book Hub since 1938.Provenance: First item, early ink inscription 'it would have been better practice to have left this labour to nature', beside Case 98. 'A Delivery, the Child presenting with the head foremost'; Second item, 'J. Oldham 1783. I bought it for its antiquity not for its merit', inscription on title-page; Joseph J. Hilton M.D., bookplate dated 1938; Third item, Herbert McLean Evens, bookplate. All volumes with blindstamp of Emil J. Krahulik (1896-1992), obstetrician; by descent to current owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MINIATURE DICTIONARYThe Book of Nouns, or Things That May Be Seen, FIRST EDITION, 128pp., 63 full-page woodcut illustrations, grease stain to opening 15 leaves (heavier on title and first few leaves), contemporary black morocco, spine gilt [ESTC T184365; Bondy, pp.66-6; Osborne II, p.697, imperfect copy; cf. Spielmann 64A, 1806 edition] 32mo (52 x 38mm.), Printed by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch Street, 1800Footnotes:Rare first edition of The Book of Nouns, a miniature illustrated alphabet book described by Louis W. Bondy as 'one of the most delightful early volumes'. Illustrated with 63 charming woodcut illustrations, it mostly comprises a list of single words, with occasional short phrases ('A Beaver has soft fur', 'Never play with edge tools'), and a section after p.155 devoted to 'Names of People, Trades, Etc.', such as 'Alderman, African, Artist, Butcher, Broker, Banker..'. This edition has the publisher's name and date of publication (1800) on the title-page, the publisher's imprint repeated on recto of final leaf, and a full-page woodcut of a man riding a mule with a basket of vegetables on verso, whilst the copies cited by Bondy and Osborne do not appear to have the final woodcut, and have the date '25 March 1801' on p.65.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SCOTLANDLOGAN (JAMES) AND ROBERT RONALD MCIAN. Clans of the Scottish Highlands, Illustrated by Appropriate Figures, Displaying their Dress, Tartans, Arms, Armorial Insignia and Social Occupations, 2 vol. FIRST EDITION, chromolithographed armorial frontispieces, dedication leaf printed in gilt, list of subscribers, 72 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates after McIan (some heightened with gum-arabic), occasional light spotting, a few plates with imprint shaved or cropped, 'Gordon' plate cropped affecting fishing rod in image, contemporary green morocco, elaborately panelled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., extremities rubbed, small dampstain to one lower cover [Abbey Life 426; Colas 1892; Lipperheide 1032], folio (368 x 250mm.), Ackermann and Co., 1845-1847Footnotes:An attractively bound copy of Logan and McIan's work, published on the centenary of the Jacobite rising and reflecting the growing Victorian interest in a romanticised vision of Scotland.Provenance: Parker Gallery, purchase receipt dated 6 December 1947 (£120); John Donalson Craig, bookplate; and thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

YACHTSMEIKLE (JAMES) AND HENRY SHIELDS. Famous Clyde Yachts 1880-87, FIRST EDITION, 31 chromolithographed plates after original watercolours by Henry Shields (mounted one per page as published), illustrations in the text, publisher's dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, g.e., rubbed at corners with a few abrasions, folio (500 x 365mm.), Glasgow and London, Oatts & Runciman, 1888This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BEEKEEPINGPURCHAS (SAMUEL) A Theatre of Politicall Flying-Insects, Wherein the Nature, the Worth, the Work, the Wonder, and the Manner of Right-ordering of the Bee, is Discovered and Described, FIRST EDITION, title and parts title within typographical woodcut border, vertical half-title and blank leaf preceding title to part 2, loss of some text to pp.261/2 replaced in manuscript facsimile, small burn hole to pp.259/60 resulting in loss of 5 letters, nineteenth century blind-stamped calf, neatly rebacked to match, gilt lettering on spine [ESTC R6282], small 4to, Printed by R.I., for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657Footnotes:Provenance: B. Venables, early ownership inscription at end of the dedicatory epistle; G.R. Bostock, Aslockton, Notts, small oval stamp on front endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSIONThe Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New, general and NT titles within wide woodcut borders, lacks one preliminary leaf (b6, list of books) and 2 blanks, corner torn away with loss of text to 2 leaves (provided in manuscript facsimile), small loss to one side-note, tear to 7 leaves, light marginal dampstain to approximately 15 leaves, occasional spotting [ESTC S113708; Herbert 349], Robert Barker, 1616; The Genealogies... by J[ohn] S[peed], woodcut ornaments on title, double-page maps of Canaan, light dampstaining [ESTC S122913], [Felix Kingston, ?1628], bound with an incomplete 'Whole Book of Psalmes' (1618), 3 works bound in 1 vol., contemporary blindstamped calf, rebacked, folio (330 x 210mm.)Footnotes:The first small folio edition of King James's version, printed in Roman type.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[BRONTE (CHARLOTTE)]Shirley. A. Tale. By Currer Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, 16pp. of advertisements (dated September 1849) at the end of volume one, 3pp. advertisement for the third edition of Jane Eyre at the end of volume 3 (later state with pagination numeral and printing error on p.304 corrected), publisher's patterned maroon cloth, rebacked retaining original spines (small losses to 1 and 3, loss to upper quarter with some loss to word 'Shirley' of the second), new endpapers [Sadleir 348; Smith 5], 1849--[BRONTE (EMILY AND ANNE)] Wuthering Heights by Ellis Bell; and Agnes Grey, by Acton Bell; With a Preface, and Memoir of Both Authors, by Currer Bell, 'new edition', printed yellow endpapers, ownership inscription 'Fletcher' on title, publisher's yellow cloth, soiled, 1858, 8vo, Smith, Elder (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CLEMENS (SAMUEL L.) 'Mark Twain'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, FIRST EDITION, preliminary advertisement leaf, final leaf with printer's device, occasional light soiling (mostly in upper margins), old splash mark on half-title, publisher's decorative red cloth, stamped in gilt and black, corners worn, some small ink stains on rear cover, spine rubbed and restored at ends, 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1876Footnotes:THE TRUE FIRST EDITION OF 'TOM SAWYER'. The English edition appeared some six months before the American edition, with slight textual variations, in order to secure the British copyright.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COLLINS (WILLIAM WILKIE)Autograph letter signed ('Wilkie Collins'), to Mrs Cunliffe, complaining that 'I am (most unfortunately for myself) obliged to occupy my mornings at my desk – beginning a new novel in this frightfully hot weather' and arranging to meet ('...I am entirely at your service. Your will is law...'), 4 pages, engraved heading, 8vo, 90 Gloucester Place, 10 July 1874Footnotes:'BEGINNING A NEW NOVEL IN THIS FRIGHTFULLY HOT WEATHER' – Wilkie Collins at work on The Law and the Lady, generally believed to be the first full-length novel with a woman detective as its heroine, as well as being an early example of the genre where an amateur triumphs over the professional, with echoes of real-life cases: 'Developing many of the techniques at work in The Moonstone in bizarre and unexpected ways, and employing both Gothic and fantastic elements, The Law and the Lady adds a significant dimension to the history of the detective novel' (introduction to the Oxford World's Classics edition, edited by Jenny Bourne Taylor, 2008). The novel was to begin serialisation in The Graphic on 26 September 1874, running until 13 March the following year, being published in book form by Chatto & Windus on 15 May 1875. The recipient appears to be Mary Cunliffe, a friend of Collins and many distinguished figures of the day, who has left a series of reminiscences, Notes by the Way (typescript at the Armstrong Baylor Library).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BEEKEEPINGRUSDEN (MOSES) A Further Discovery of Bees. Treating the Nature, Government, Generation & Preservation of the Bee, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 3 folding engraved plates (2 with short tear repaired on verso with tape, side-note on p.36 cropped, contemporary calf over pasteboards, rebacked, corners worn, upper cover cracked [ESTC R11920], 8vo, for the Author, 1679Footnotes:A treatise by Moses Rusden, 'Bee-Master to Charles II', containing practical information on the keeping of bees and the benefits and disadvantages of different hives. The book is dedicated to King Charles, explaining the reason why, despite including extensive descriptions of the queen bee, Rusden still refers to it exclusively as the 'king-bee'. It also includes a lengthy dedicatory epistle to the Royal Society.Provenance: M. Staples, Thame, and Mrs. Shrimpton, nineteenth century ink inscription; 'G.R. Bostock, Aslockton, Notts', small oval ink stamp, both on verso of frontispiece.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MILTON (JOHN)Paradisus amissa. Poema... Liber Primus [Paradise Lost. A Poem... Book the First], 2 titles each with small woodcut ornament, and text in English and Latin (facing page to page), contemporary red morocco gilt, spine in six compartments, rubbed at extremities with small loss to foot of spine, small 4to (182 x 130mm.), London, Printed 1702Footnotes:Scarce edition with parallel texts in English and Latin, the first appearance of Michael Bold's translation, with only 3 copies of this issue cited on ESTC, and none traced on Rare Book Hub (which lists only one copy of another issue printed in the same year). Provenance: Thomas Key Bonney, inscription dated 1768, beneath price 'Pret. 6d.'; Cecil Deedes (1843-1920), gift inscription from Mr. Chignell, 1903, with Deedes' bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PETTUS (JOHN)Fodinae regales. Or, the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and the English Pale in Ireland. As also of the Mint and Mony. With a Clavis Explaining Some Difficult Words Relating to Mining, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED 'Ex dono authoris' on front free endpaper, engraved frontispiece portrait, 2 folding engraved plates, 2 engraved illustrations in the text, printed letterpress slip pasted beneath one, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving most of original spine [ESTC R190; Goldsmiths 1930; Hoover 634; Kress 1270], small folio, H.L. and R.B. for Thomas Basset, 1670Footnotes:Author's presentation copy of the first edition of the standard English treatise on mining in the seventeenth century, with much additional information also on metallurgy and coinage.Provenance: 'Ex dono Authoris', presentation inscription on front free endpaper; R.W. Burton of Torbrit Silver Mines, British Columbia, purchased from Bernard Quaritch in 1950, original receipt (£28.0.0) loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RALEIGH (WALTER)TASSO (TORQUATO) Rime et prose... Parte terza. Novamente poste in luce, WALTER RALEIGH'S COPY, signed ('W Ralegh') on the title-page above the woodcut printer's device and with his his motto ('Mediu[m] medijs') at foot, nineteenth century inscription on front free endpaper ('Questo Volume già fu del Cavaliere Gualtero Ralegh, il di cui nome sta scritto nel titolo dalla propria mano'), woodcut initials and tail-pieces, occasional light foxing and browning, later vellum, titled in ink on spine [this edition not in Adams], 12mo, Venice, [Vittorio Baldini], appresso Giulio Vasalini, 1584Footnotes:WALTER RALEIGH'S COPY OF TASSO - A NEWLY-DISCOVERED VOLUME FROM HIS LIBRARY. In a remarkable echo of the occasion twenty-three years ago when volume two of the Ferrara edition appeared for sale in our Phillips rooms, a third volume has come to light, making it a total of seven printed books now known to have survived from Raleigh's library. These include volumes one, two and three of Tasso's Rime et prose, which constitute the only works of literature in the library, the others being on military or historical subjects. The publication history of the Rime et prose is quite complex. The Parte prima and Parte seconda were first printed by Aldo Manuzio in 1581 and 1582 while Tasso was imprisoned in the asylum of St Anna, and without his cooperation. Further editions of these two volumes were printed by Vittorio Baldini in Ferrara (1582), and the publisher Giulio Vasalini also had them reprinted in 1583, before adding his own selection of verses and prose for the Parte terza published in Venice in 1583 (a copy of which exists with Tasso's autograph corrections). The present copy is Vasalini's reprint of the following year. Raleigh's copy of the Parte prima (Ferrara, ad instanza di Giulio Vassallini, appresso Vittorio Baldini, 1583) is at the Beinecke Library, Yale (1975 380). Like the present copy, it is inscribed with Raleigh's signature and motto (although the signature has been struck through) and, like this copy, it bears the ownership signature 'L. Berard' (it also has the bookplate of Charles Bruce, Earl of Elgin, 1712). The Parte seconda (Ferrara, G. Vassallini per Vittorio Baldini, 1583), similarly inscribed by Raleigh, was sold at Phillips on 13 November 1997 (lot 351, current whereabouts unknown). This also had an inscription in an Italian nineteenth century hand, but did not bear Berard's signature.Raleigh's library is known to have consisted of several hundred books, and he listed over 500 of these in the notebook held in the British Library which he kept while imprisoned in the Tower. The notebook, which was the basis for an article by Walter Oakeshott published in December 1968 ('Sir Walter Ralegh's Library', The Library, 5th Series, vol. 23, no. 4), does not mention any volumes of Tasso and indeed Oakeshott remarks on the absence of poetry. The few volumes of books and manuscripts known to have survived from the library are described on CELM, the online adaptation and extension of Peter Beale's Index of English Literary Manuscripts 1450-1700, where the copies of the Parte prima and Parte seconda now take their place (as RaW 1037 and 1037.5) among the seven printed books.'Ralegh's copy of Tasso provides an evocative link between the doomed golden figure of Elizabeth's court - himself a poet of haunting originality and power - and probably the greatest poet of the later Italian Renaissance. The lives of both poets were marked by the most extrordinary swings of fortune. Both spent long years in prison after dazzling careers at court, both having been befriended by patronesses, Ralegh by the Queen, Tasso by the Duchesses Lucrezia and Leonora; and both afterwards enjoyed contemporary fame as poets while languishing in gaol. In fact this particular volume was published while Tasso was imprisoned by the Duke of Mantua in the hospital of St Anna; and it might well have been among the books Ralegh had with him when he in his turn was imprisoned by James I in the tower... Ralegh's ties with the culture of the Italian Renaissance are further exemplified by the volume's ownership inscription with its carefully-formed Italic script, a script which of course derives from Italian Humanist hands and which at the time had still not supplanted the native Secretary script in Britain: elsewhere Ralegh usually employed a mixed, predominantly Italic, hand; although like many of his contemporaries he could write fluent Secretary when occasion served' (Felix Pryor, Phillips sale catalogue, 1997).Provenance: Walter Raleigh, signature and motto on title-page; inscription on front free endpaper in an Italian nineteenth century hand attributing the volume to Raleigh; L. Berard, signature on title-page; Frederick William Cosens (1819-1889), noted book collector and wine merchant (whose extensive library included Raleigh manuscripts listed on CELM), armorial bookplate; his sale Sothebys, 22 November 1890; Paulin Martin, Abingdon (doctor and antiquary), bookplate; acquired by the present owner's grandfather.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BEEKEEPINGWILDMAN (THOMAS) A Treatise on the Management of Bees; Wherein is Contained the Natural History of Those Insects, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding engraved plates, modern half morocco, 4to, for the Author, and Sold by T. Cadell, 1768--WARDER (JOSEPH) The True Amazons: Or, the Monarchy of Bees... Sixth Edition. To Which is Added, a Letter... Concerning a Late Treatise Upon the Subject of Bees, engraved frontispiece, modern half calf, red morocco gilt spine label ('Bees'), John Pemberton, 1726--BONNER (JAMES) A New Plan for Speedily Increasing the Number of Bee-Hives in Scotland, FIRST EDITION, half-title, modern calf, Edinburgh, W. Creech, Bell & Bradfute, 1795--THORLEY (JOHN) Melisselogia [in Greek]. Or, The Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates (of 4, the fourth provided in facsimile on old paper), light dampstain to title, modern half morocco, for the Author, 1744--TAYLOR (HENRY) The Bee-keeper's Manual; or Practical Hints on the Management and Complete Preservation of the Honey-bee, second edition, frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's cloth, short tear to upper joint, R. Groombridge, 1839, 8vo (5)Footnotes:Provenance: First item, Boston Society of Natural History, blindstamp on title-page; Third item, James ?Spreall early owner's name on title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BIRINGUCCIO (VANNUCCIO)Pirotechnia, title within woodcut border incorporating pyrotechnic instruments and symbols of Venice, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, printer's device on final leaf, small piece (c. 10 x 60mm.) cut away from upper margin of title (just touching border) and following 2 leaves, stain in blank upper margin of final 10 leaves, sixteenth century ink note on verso of final leaf, nineteenth century half vellum over boards, gilt morocco title and date labels on spine [Adams B2081], small 4to (210 x 154mm.), Venice, [Giouan Padoano], 1550Footnotes:The second edition, the first appearing in 1540, of the earliest book on metallurgy, with sections on metals, metal-casting, smelting, type-founding, fireworks and gunpowder.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GOYA Y LUCIENTES (FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE)[La tauromaquia] La taureaumachie. Recueil de quarante estampes inventées et gravées a l'eau-forte, third edition, engraved title printed in black and red with engraved portrait and vignettes by Loizelet, letterpress title printed in red and black, 40 ETCHED PLATES BY GOYA (numbered 1-33, and A-G) on laid paper watermarked 'Arches', without the second portrait of Goya, title lightly soiled, light spotting in margins of three plates, contemporary half morocco, gilt lettered 'Goya. La Tauromaquia' on upper cover, rebacked to match [Harris 204-243], oblong folio (312 x 468mm.), Paris, Loizelet, [1876]Footnotes:THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION. 'In this remarkable series, Goya has immortalised the valour and skill of his [bull-fighting] contemporaries' (Harris). First published in 1816 in a series of 33 plates, and again in 1855, this third edition printed in Paris by Loizelet is the first to include seven 'rejected plates'. Harris notes that the 'edition appears to have been small'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BINDINGSKINGLAKE (ALEXANDER WILLIAM) The Invasion of the Crimea, 8 vol., FIRST EDITION, William Blackwood, 1863-1887--GROTE (GEORGE) History of Greece, 12 vol., second edition, bookplate of T.H. Riches, bound by Riviere, John Murray, 1849-1856, plates and maps (some folding)--NIEBUHR (GEORG) The History of Rome, 3 vol., Walton and Maberly, 1855, contemporary calf gilt, the first 2 mentioned sets very bright--PRESCOTT (WILLIAM H.) History of the Conquest of Mexico, 2 vol.; History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, 2 vol.; History of the Conquest of Peru, 2 vol., George Routledge, [c.1880]--MOTLEY (JOHN LOTHROP) The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 3 vol., W.W. Gibbings, 1892, early half calf gilt--RAWLINSON (GEORGE) History of Herodotus, 4 vol., bookplates of H.B. Walters (King's College) and Hilda Layel, contemporary vellum gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, John Murray, 1880, 8vo (36)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

KIRCHER (ATHANASIUS)Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus, 2 vol. bound in 1, 2 additional engraved titles, 2 engraved portraits, 23 engraved plates and maps (some folding), 7 folding letterpress tables, numerous engraved and wood-engraved illustrations in the text, lacks 2 text leaves of text (supplied from a later edition), contemporary calf, rebacked retaining old red morocco gilt spine label [Ferguson I, 467; Sabin 37967; Shirley. World Maps 436], folio (400 x 238mm.), Amsterdam, J. Jansson, and E. Weyerstraten, 1665Footnotes:First edition of Kircher's pioneering survey of the subterranean world, investigating the geology of the earth, metallurgy and mining, meteorolgy, minerals and other scientific fields, but also speculating on more esoteric subjects such as the possibility of underworld inhabitants.Provenance: James Whatman, armorial bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MEDINA (BALTHASAR DE)Chronica de la santa provincia de San Diego de Mexico, de religiosos descalcos de N.S.P.S. Francisco en la Nueva-Espana, FIRST EDITION, title within typographic border, additional engraved title (folding) with border incorporating scenes of martyrs of New Spain, one engraved map, both by Antonio Ysarti, large woodcut arms in text, woodcut decorative initials and ornaments, without final blank, blue crushed morocco gilt, by Lortic fils, covers with 3-line fillet border, elaborately tooled in six compartments within raised bands, g.e., purpose-made slipcase [Palau 159373; Sabin 47336, 'A volume of extreme rarity'; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 55], folio (278 x 195mm.), Mexico, Juan de Ribera, 1682Footnotes:An important account of seventeenth century missions to New Spain, including that of Antonio de Arteaga. Born in Mexico Balthasar De Medina was a Discalced (or 'Barefoot') Franciscan, and also described the political and geographical account of the the Province of San Diego. The decorative title-page (including images of several martyrs of New Spain, whose lives are described in the text), and the decorative bird's-eye view map of the San Diego area were engraved by Antonio Ysarti, constituting 'the earliest specimen of copperplate engraving done in Mexico' (Sabin).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RUSSIA - ZVENIGORODSKOI COLLECTIONSTASOV (VLADIMIR VASILEVICH) Livre du livre Les Emaux Byzantins [Istoriia Knigi Vizantiskiia Emali A.V. Zvenigorodskago], FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES, this copy numbered '71', text in French, lithographed title printed in red and black, limitation leaf printed in gilt and black, 6 plates (2 chromolithographed), printed tissue guards, blue and gilt printed decorative endpapers, publisher's white pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and black, spine similarly decorated, page edges richly ornamented in red and gilt, 4to (302 x 200mm.), St. Petersburg, 1898Footnotes:A VERY FINE COPY of a beautifully presented work by Vladimir Stasov (1824–1906), director of the art department at the Imperial Public Library and a member of the Russian Archaeological Society, celebrating the catalogue of Zvenigorodskoi's exceptional collection of Byzantine enamels (published in 1892, see previous lot).Provenance: Byzantine Library of Panos A. Zamvakellis, author of Introduction To Byzantine Painting (1985), bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RUSSIA - ZVENIGORODSKOI COLLECTIONKONDAKOV (NIKODIM PAVLOVICH) Histoire et monuments des emaux byzantins [Collection de Mr. A. W. Zwenigorodskoi], FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 34 OF 200 COPIES printed in French, introduction by A. Zvenigorodskoi, chromolithographed dedication to Tsar Alexander III printed on an embossed silver foil ground, engraved portrait frontispiece on india-proof paper, additional chromolithographed pictorial title, title printed in red and black within a decorative chromolithographed border, 31 chromolithographed plates, chromolithographed divisional titles, decorative initials and ornaments throughout, limitation leaf printed in gilt and black, decorative endpapers, very light spotting to a few plates, original white morocco, sides and spine with elaborate embossed design blocked in gilt and black, edges printed in various colours, page edges gauffered and richly ornamented in gilt, silver gilt, red and green, original bookmark of multi-coloured and gilt threads attached by thread, very small scuffmark to extreme edge, contemporary cloth-backed silk-lined solander box, red morocco gilt lettering label on spine (some wear at extremities) [Fekula 6705, 'magnificent'; Vengerov, Old Russian Books, 77], folio (358 x 265mm.), Frankfurt, [A. Osterrieth], 1892Footnotes:A VERY FINE COPY OF A LAVISHLY PRESENTED CELEBRATION OF THE ZVENIGORODSKOI COLLECTION OF BYZANTINE ENAMELS, subsequently purchased by J.P. Morgan who donated them to the Metropolitan Museum, New York. The catalogue is 'undoubtedly a masterpiece of the Russian printing industry. It has no equals either in terms of workmanship or in terms of the funds involved (it cost 120,000 roubles [approximately $200,000] in gold by the exchange rate for 1892' (Vengerov), the Dumbarton Oaks website noting that the 'Zwenigorodskoi collection is almost as famous for its catalog as it was for its ancient enamels'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

EGYPTOLOGYCARTER (HOWARD) AND ARTHUR CRUTTENDEN MACE. The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY LADY EVELYN BEAUCHAMP 'To my Vi, in memory of the wonderful days we 'all' had together. Eve' on the half-title of volume 1, half-titles, numerous photographic plates, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, the second and third volumes in dust-jackets (some losses, quite substantial on the third), 8vo, Cassell and Co., 1923-1933Footnotes:FIRST EDITION. The first volume is inscribed by Lady Evelyn Beauchamp (née Herbert) as 'Eve'. In the company of her father, the Earl of Carnarvon, and Howard Carter, she was one of the first three people to enter the tomb of Tutankhamun in November 1922.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS (ANTONIO DE)Descripcion de las Indias occidentales de Antonio de Herrera coronista mayor de su Magd. de las Indias, y su coronista de Castilla, 14 double-page or folding engraved maps, mounted on stubs (slight brown mark where joined); Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las islas i tierra firme del mar oceano... Decada primera, 2 parts in 1 vol. (only, of 4), each with engraved pictorial title with borders of deities, conquistadors, battle scenes etc. (the first with margins restored), contemporary limp vellum, titled in ink on spine, crinkled and soiled, later endpapers [Borba de Moraes, I:401; Palau 114287-8; Sabin 31541, 31546; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 12k-l.], folio (299 x 205mm.), Madrid, en la Oficina Real de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1725-1726Footnotes:The Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales, with 14 maps of the Americas, is here bound before the first of the eight 'Decadas' of the Historia general, of which it forms a part. The edition is Gonzales Barcia's reprint of the original edition of 1601-1615, generally thought to be 'the best edition' (Sabin). The maps include Descripcion de las Yndias Ocidentales (the earliest printed Spanish map to depict the complete continents of North and South America), Descripcion de las Indias del Poniente (the First Spanish Map of Southeast Asia, China and the Philippines), Descripcion De las Yndias del Norte (the interior with little or no detail due to the Spanish policy of secrecy, this edition characterised by the naming of Florida in two places).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ISTRIAALLASON (THOMAS) Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Pola, in Istria, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 10 engraved plates by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke, Henry Moses and Cosmo Armstrong, 4 engraved vignettes, some spotting, contemporary green watered silk cloth, gilt morocco lettering label on upper cover [Blackmer 25], folio (475 x 340mm.), John Murray, 1819Footnotes:Thomas Allason (1790-1852) dedicated this work on the Roman antiquities at Pola (once a Province of Italy, now in Croatia) to the Society of Dilettanti, stating his intent to improve on the descriptions previously given by Stuart and Revett.Provenance: The Alpine Club, small withdrawal stamp on verso of title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ITALY - ANTIQUITIESBARTOLI (PIETRO SANTI) Le antiche lucerne sepolcrali figurate. Raccolte dalle cave sotteranee, e grotte di Roma... con l'osservationi di Gio. Pietro Bellori, 3 engraved parts titles, 116 engraved plates (plates 33-46 of part 2 bound at the end of part 1), caption in ink in margin of each plate, light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed [Berlin Cat. 889; Cicognara 3609], folio (322 x 205mm.), Rome, Gio. Francesco Buagni, 1691--VENUTI (RIDOLFO) Antiqua numismata maximi moduli aurea, argentea, aerea ex Museo Alexandri S.R.E. Card. Albani in Vaticanam Bibliothecam, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on titles, engraved plates, numerous large engraved vignette views, contemporary calf gilt, large gilt arms on sides, spine worn [Cicognara 3043], folio (404 x 263mm.), Rome, Calcographei Cameralis, 1739-1744--LA CHAUSSE (MICHEL ANGE) Le grand cabinet romain our recueil d'antiquitez romaines... que l'on trouvé à Rome, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 43 engraved plates (most with 4 images), small dampstain just touching frontispiece image, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio (355 x 240mm.), Amsterdam, Francois l'Honoré, & Zacharie Chastelain le fils, 1706 (4)Footnotes:Provenance: First and second works, L.F. Salzmann, bookplate (1899).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WEST INDIES, CANADA AND AMERICAS - SEVEN YEARS' WARMémoires des Commissaires du Roi et de ceux de Sa Majesté Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux Couronnes en Amérique, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, 2 folding engraved maps (eastern part of North America; North America), toning to maps, occasional spotting, contemporary French red crushed morocco gilt, covers with 3-line fillet border and floral corner-pieces, spines tooled with flowers, sprays and spots with 2 morocco lettering labels within raised bands, speckled marble edges [Sabin 47547, 'The fourth volume... of this valuable work is very scarce, and seldom found with the others'], 4to, Paris, 1755-1757Footnotes:Fine set of the first edition of a valuable collection of official papers and documents relating to the rival claims of France and England to North American territories, at the time of the Seven Years' War. Includes discussions of northeast America, Acadia (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), the Canadian boundaries, and West Indies, particularly St. Lucia and Tobago.Provenance: Rivet, early ownership inscription in a neat miniature hand on the titles.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DRAWING MANUAL - BOTANICALTESTOLINI (GAETANO) Rudiments of Drawing, Shadowing, and Colouring Flowers in Water Colors; Contained in Thirty-Six Instructive Lessons... Intended for Beginners and Students of this Delightful Art. With a Description of Colours Used & the Method of Mixing Them, FIRST EDITION, pictorial aquatint frontispiece, 29 engraved plates of flowers (18 hand-coloured), hand-colored table of colours, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, original red morocco title label on upper cover, rubbed, small loss to foot of spine [Dunthorne 300; Nissen BBI 1946; Prideaux 213], oblong folio (255 x 400mm.), H.K. Causton for G. Testolini, 1818Footnotes:Described by Dunthorne as 'perhaps the finest of all drawing books of the period', Rudiments is one of the few books in which aquatint is used to illustrate botanical subjects. Each flower is shown in three states (outline, aquatint, hand-coloured), although in this copy 3 of the 'aquatint' states have been additional hand-coloured.Provenance William Pike(?), Bolton, 1837, inscription on front pastedown.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Autographs, Football, book, "An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who" by Douglas Lamming, first edition 1990, covering the period 1872-1988, signed to book plate by author Douglas Lamming and players Wilf Mannion and Raich Carter (ex)

An 1886 first edition of "Deer-Stalking" by Augustus Grimble. Original cover front and back. Replacement spine with original overlaid.

Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures with an introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch published by William Heinemann, London 1913, First Edition with numerous colour illustrations throughout

Kennedy (John) A Treatise upon Planting, Gardening, and The Management of the Hot-House. 8vo D. 1784. First Dublin Edition, cont. tree calf binding, mor. label. V. good copy; Pontey (Wm.) The Forest Pruner; or Timber Owner's Assistant..., 8vo L. 1808. Second Edn., engd. frontis plt. & 7 other plts. some sepia & some fold. complete, uncut, orig. boards, worn, but a clean copy. (2)

Limited to 400 Copies in Special BindingBook of Armagh: Gwynn (John)ed. Liber Ardmachanus - The Book of Armagh, Large 4to D. (R.I.A.) 1913. First Edn., De Luxe Edition Limited to 400 Copies, bound in Celtic designed full reversed calf, by Galwey, of Dublin, uncut, and with original 'Prospectus' loosely inserted. V. good copy. (1)

Yelverton - The Yelverton Marriage Case, Thelwall V. Yelverton, c. 1864, The Unabridged Copyright Edition. Frontis & illus., & with 20pp containing numerous cont. news cuttings; bound with Dickson (Lothian Sheffield) Why He Did it; or the True Reasons for the Displacement of an Old Officer at the Instance of The Earl of Wilton, By Maj. Gen. Peel M.P. Sec. for War. 8vo L. 1861. Some cont. news cuttings, bound as one in cont. hf. calf; also Martin (R. Montgomery) Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain, 8vo L. 1843. First Edn., errata slip, cont. hf. mor. (2)

Henry (Francois)ed. The Book of Kells, folio N. York (A.A. Knopf) 1977, First American Edition, fine cold. plts. full gilt decor. green cloth, pict. d.w.; Micheli (G.L.) L'Enluminure du Haut Moyen Age et les Influences Irlandaises, lg. 4to Brussels 1939, 280 illus., orig. cloth; Harbison (Peter) L'Art Medieval en Irlande, v. lg. 4to Zodiaque 1998. First Edn., profusely illustrated, cloth,d .w. & slipcase. (3)

Sheridan (Thomas) Lectures on the Part of Reading, 12mo D. 1775. First Dublin Edition Printed by Assignment from the Author for Samuel Whyte; Bound with Modern Education; 12mo D. 1775 D. 1775, cont. full calf. (1)* Albert Maxwell's copy, variously inscribed by him, and inscribed on cover.

Genealogy: Somerville (E.O.E.) & (Boyle Townshend) Records of The Somerville Family of Catlehaven and Drishane from 1174 to 1940, 4to Cork (Guy & Co.) 1940. First, Sole Edition, illus. cloth backed pict. boards. V. good. (1)

Allen (J. Romilly) The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, a Classified, Illustrated, Descriptive List of the Monuments, with an Analysis of their symbolism and ornamentation. Lg. thick 4to Edin. 1903. First Edn., No. 115 of Limited edition of 400 Copies, Signed. hf. title, numerous photo illus., text illus. etc., orig. strong hf. green mor. gilt decor., raised bands & gilt decor. panels on spine. V. fine copy. (1)

Scarce First Edition With Tract on American TaxationBurke (E.) The Political Tracts and Speeches of Edmund Burke, Esq., 8vo D. (Wm. Wilson) 1777. First Edition, with variant title page. Hf. title, attractive title page with engd. vignette (printer device), cont. calf, mor. label, joints worn, upr. cover loose, otherwise a clean copy of this scarce work. (1)

With Signed Limited Edition Coloured Print[Wm. Crozier] Crouen (K), Kennedy (S.B.) & Vann (P.) William Crozier, lg. 4to Aldershot 2007 First Edn. Limited, & with signed cold. print loosely inserted,cloth, d.w. & slipcase. (1)

Lever (Charles) Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. 1841. First Edn., Bound from Orig. Ports., engd. titles, & plts. etc., cont. hf. calf, raised bands, mor. labels, v. good; An English Edition of same work; and The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, roy 8vo L. n.d. c. 1840. Engd. plts. by Phiz., cont. calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. (5)

Number 23 of 75 Copies OnlyUssher (Arland) & Von Metzradt (Carl) Enter these Enchanted Woods: An Interpretation of Grimm's Fairy Tales. 8vo Sandymount Press 1954. First Edn. No. 23 of Limited Edn. of 75 Copies. With pencil corrections thro-out, orig. vellum backed decor. boards; also Dolmen Edition of same D. 1956. Limited to 1000 Copy, with illustrations by Tate Adams. Miller 28; & Dufour Edition of same D. (Dolmen) 1966, with illus., cloth & d.w. All v. good. Scarce. (3)

Doyle (A. Conan) The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 8vo N.Y. (McClure, Phillips & co.) 1905, First U.S. Edition, decor. cloth; Henty (G.A.) Under Drake's Flag, 8vo L. (Blackie & Co.), n.d., illus., cloth; Bonnie Prince Charlie, L. (Blackie & Co.) n.d., illus., cloth and one other by the same author, as a lot, w.a.f. (4)

Lady Gregory's CopyRoss (Martin) & Somerville (E.O.E.) A Patrick's Day Hunt, oblong folio L. n.d. First Sole Edition, 8 full page cold. plts., orig. pict. cloth. (1)* Lady Gregory's copy with a card from Violet Martin to her tipped in, also a card to Catherine Kennedy, Lady Gregory's grand daughter, from V. Martin, ' With Love to my god daughter from Violet Martin.'

Yeats (W.B.) The Shadowy Waters, Acting Edition, 8vo L. 1907. First Theatre Edn., with pencil annotations & rough sketches thro-out, orig. ptd. wrappers. Wade 66; The Countess Cathleen, Vol. I of Dublin Plays, 8vo L. 1912. With 2 pp typescript re, play loosely inserted, orig. ptd. boards; Sophocles King Oedipus, sm. 8vo L. 1928, First Edn., adverts. at end, orig. white wrappers painted in green. Wade 160; & 1 other. As a lot. (4)

American Interest: Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty Four, 8vo N.Y. (Harcourt) 1949, cloth (lacks d.j.); Fowles (John) The French Lieutenant's Woman, 8vo Toronto 1969, cloth & decor. d.j.; Williams (T.) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 8vo L. (Secler & Warbug) 1955; Hemingway (Ernest) For Whom the Bell Tolls, 8vo N.Y. (Charles Schriber & Sons) 1940, First US Edition cloth (lacks d.j.); two variant editions of Moveable Feast; True at First Light, 8vo L. 1999, cloth and d.j. As a lot, w.a.f. (7)

Genealogy: Beamish (C.T.M.) Beamish, A Genealogical Study of A Family in County Cork and Elsewhere, 4to L. 1950. First Edn., cloth; Amory (T. Coffin) Materials for a History of the Family of John Sullivan of Berwick, New England, and of The O'Sullivan's of Ardea, Ireland, Roy 8vo Photocopied Edition of Privately Printed Edition of Cambridge 1893, fold. tables, cloth. (2)

The Book of KellsFacsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN. (1480), in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards. Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with a large Commentary Volume, with illus., leather backed cloth, and orig. advertising portfolio. An unique opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the Worlds greatest Art Treasures. As a lot. (1)

The Railway Series, first / early edition book group by Rev W Awdry. Comprising 22 publications. Some better than others but an interesting collection.

A group of early and first edition Beatrix Potter Story Books comprising various including Nutkin, Mr Tod, Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten, Mrs Tittlemouse, Ben Bunny, Tiggywinkle and others. Conditions vary, some very good.