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[Colbatch, John]. An Account of the Court of Portugal, under the reign of the present King Dom Pedro II. With some discourses on the interests of Portugal, with regard to other Sovereigns..., 1st edition, 1700, contemporary signature Wm. Ffoulis to title, lower margin repaired, some dampstaining, hinges split, contemporary calf, rebacked, red morocco title label, upper hinge cracked, 8vo, together with Lequien de la Neufville (Jacques), Histoire G‚n‚rale de Portugal, 2 volumes, Paris, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, engraved vignette to titles, later endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spines, corners repaired, 4to, with Wortley (Lady Emmeline Stuart) A Visit to Portugal and Madeira, London: Chapman & Hall, 1854, engraved frontispiece, light toning and some spotting, top edge gilt, 20th ecntury dark green half morocco by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, and Luiz (Nicola), Dona Ignez de Castro, a Tragedy from the Portuguese..., with remarks on the history of that unfortunate lady, by John Adamson, Newcastle: D. Akenhead & Sons, 1808, contemporary calf gilt, blind decoration, red morocco title label, upper board detached, small 8vo, plus Kingston (William H.G.), Lusitanian Sketches of the Pen and Pencil, 2 volumes, 1845, tinted lithograph frontispieces to each (vol. 1 frontispiece detached and a little torn to edges), some browning, volume 1 lacking front free endpaper, original cloth, spines a little faded and worn, 8vo, plus Slave Trade, Class B. Correspondence with Spain, Portugal, Brazil, The Netherlands, and Sweden relative to the Slave Trade, from May 1, 1838, to February 2, 1839, inclusive, Presented to both Houses..., 1839, title torn to upper right corner, some tears & fraying to edges of first & last few leaves (burn mark to edge of rear leaves), disbound folio, plus other 18th-19th century mostly Portugal related (15)

Durbin (Henry). A Narrative of some extraordinary things that happened to Mr. Richard Giles's children, at The Lamb, without Lawford's-Gate, Bristol; supposed to be the effect of Witchcraft... to which is added, a letter from the Rev. Mr. Bedford, late Vicar of Temple, to the Bishop of Glocester, relative to one Thomas Perks, of Mangotsfield, who had dealings with familiar spirits, Bristol, R. Edwards, 1800, title with contemporary ownership inscription in brown ink at head 'Mr. Middleton with A:G's heartiest love', 60 pages of text, including title, light soiling to title and verso of final leaf, later black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with bookplate of Charles Wells to front pastedown, slightly rubbed, slim 8vo First and only edition of an account of the haunting of The Lamb Inn in Bristol, between December 1761 and November 1762. (1)

Pradt (Dominique Dufour de). Des trois derniers mois de l'Am‚rique m‚ridionale et du Br‚sil, 1st edition, Paris: F. Bechet, July 1817, half-title, spotting, marginal tape-repair to first 3 leaves, top edge gilt, 20th-century half morocco (ink-stamp 'L. Berger & Filho, Rio' to front free endpaper), joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with Robinson (Fayette), Mexico and her Military Chieftains, from the Revolution of Hidalgo to the Present Time, 1st edition, Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co., 1847, 12 wood-engraved plates (tanned), spotting, corner of pp. 339/40 torn to no loss of text, presentation copy, inscribed by the author 'E A Crenshaw, from his cousin Fayette Robinson, Philadelphia , Philadelphia Pa, June 15. 1847' on the front free endpaper, with the recipient's bookplate to the front pastedown, original blind-stamped pin cloth, spine sunned, headcaps slightly chipped, 8vo, plus Livermore (Abiel Abbot), The War with Mexico reviewed, 1st edition, Boston: American Peace Society, 1850, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, original blind-stamped blue cloth, rubbed and slightly mottled, spine sunned, 8vo, and Harper (Henry H.), A Journey in South-Eastern Mexico, 1st edition, Boston: printed privately for the author, 1910, etched frontispiece, ownership inscription and bookplate of American politican James Joseph Butler (1862-1917), edges untrimmed, original quarter japon, slipcase (crudely repaired), 4to, and 1 other Sabin 64908, 72071, 41558, N/A; Borba de Moraes II p. 163 for Pradt. (5)

Glareanus (Henricus). De geographia liber unus, 2nd edition, Basel: Johann Faber, 1528, 35 leaves (collates A-C4 D2 E-I4 [G1]; a few records call for a final blank [G2], not present), allegorical woodcut title border, some 20 geographical and cosmographical woodcut diagrams in the text, offsetting, very faint damp-staining to signature C4, closed marginal tear in I2, contemporary inked marginalia to B1-2 and F2, recently bound using a leaf from an incunable edition of St Augustine, 4to (21 x 15.5 cm) Harrisse 143 (with 32 leaves, and leaves 31 and 32 'printed on one side only'), Sabin 27537 (32 leaves); this edition not in Adams (G758 for the first edition of 1527). The final leaf, titled 'De regionibus extra Ptolamaeum' mentions the discovery of America and the expeditions of Columbus and Vespucci. Uncommon: no copies of this second edition traced at auction in over 40 years, and none of the first edition since 1988. (1)

Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Lyon: Guillaume Rouill‚, 1561, woodcut architectonic title page, woodcut initials, faint tide-mark extending from bottom edges, stronger to endpapers, small ink-stain and two near-contemporary inscriptions to title page, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, tawed deerskin ties, a few small marks, 4to (21 x 15.5 cm) Adams H250. First Lyon edition and the first with the lengthy polemical preface by clergyman Gabriel de Saconay, which provoked a satirical response by John Calvin. (1)

Holme (Randle). The Academy of Armory, or, a Storehouse of Armory and Blazon..., 1st edition, Chester: Printed for the Author, 1688, additional engraved title trimmed & torn to image and lined to verso, dedication leaf lined with archival tissue and repaired, letterpress title with early manuscript signature and markings, also repaired to lower and inner margin, numerous full-page engraved illustrations of armorial symbols etc., 3 plates on two leaves, few tears and some repairs mostly to fore-edge margins, some dust-soiling, marks and dampstaining, modern quarter calf, folio Wing H2513. The work is partly an explanation of heraldic symbols, but also an encyclopedia of the 17th century world, with the illustrations depicting not only heraldic symbols, but also trades and pursuits etc. including candle making, brick laying, weaving, tapestry making, baking, painting, falconry, playing billiards, chess and tennis. Randle Holmes (1627-1700) was one of the first Freemasons in Chester, and the volume contains a reference to Freemasonry in Book III chapter 9 (page 393, leaf Ddd) which has the following text "I cannot but honor the Felloship of the Masons because of its Antiquity; and the more, as being a member of that Society, called Free-masons: In being conversant amongst them I have observed the use of these severall Tools following, some whereof I have seen born in coats Armour". The work was intended to consist of four books, each focusing on different aspects of heraldry, but following the printing of the thirteenth chapter of the third book Holme was unable to print the rest of his work even though he had as stated in his passage to the reader following the final chapter completed the manuscript. This manuscript is held at the British Library. The rest of book 3 and book 4 were published in 1905 by the Roxburghe Club. (1)

Hoyle (Edmond). A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist ... the third edition with great additions ... printed for F. Cogan, 1743, bound with Matthews (Thomas), Advice to the Young Whist Plauer ... ninth edition, with additions, Bath: printed Meyler and Son, 1816, 2 works in 1 volume, a few minor marks, Hoyle's work with the initial leaf 'To the Reader', signed by Hoyle and announcing a price reduction to undercut 'Pirated Editions' (the leaf with a very small chip to lower inner corner), quire A closely trimmed with a few catch-words and signatures marks partially shaved, Matthews's work with final leaf in facsimile, engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, corners worn, 12mo ESTC traces four copies only for this expanded third edition of Hoyle (BL, Oxford, Toronto, Virginia); Copac locates one copy for this edition of Matthews (Oxford). 'Hoyle was the first to write scientifically on whist, or indeed any card game' (ODNB); his immensely popular Short Treatise was first published in 1742. (1)

James (George Payne Rainsford). The Castle of Ehrenstein; its Lords, Spiritual and Temporal; its Inhabitants Earthly and Unearthly, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Smith, Elder & Co., 1847, titles printed in red and black, lacking half-titles, blank at rear of volume 2 present but lacking advert leaf at rear of volumes 1 & 3, some spotting and finger-soiling, upper outer corner of front free endpaper to volume 1 torn with loss, old ownership inscriptions of M. Todd to front pastedowns, contemporary marbled boards with old calf gilt rebacks, rubbed and some edge wear, 8vo Uncommon first edition of this supernatural tale. Sadleir 1251; Wolff 3503. (3)

[Justice, Alexander]. A Compleat Account of the Portugueze Language. Being a Copious Dictionary of English with Portugueze, and Portugueze with English. Together with an Easie and Unerring Method of its Pronunciation, by a distinguishing Accent, and a Compendium of all the necessary Rules of Construction and Orthography digested into a Grammatical Form. To which is Subjoined by way of Appendix their usual Manner of Correspondence by Writing, being all suitable, as well to the Diversion and Curiosity of the Inquisitive Traveller, as to the Indispensible use and advantage of the more Industrious Trader and Navigator to most of the known parts of the World, 1st edition, London: Printed by R. Janeway, for the Author, 1701, both half-title and title printed in red & black (title with blind library stamp at head), some toning and occasional spotting, recent antique style quarter mottled calf gilt, red morocco title label to spine, marbled boards, folio, together with Castro (Jacobo de), Grammatica Anglo-Lusitanica & Lusitano-Anglica, or, A New Grammar, English and Portuguese, and Portuguese and English; divided into two parts..., to which is now added... Grammatica nova Ingleza e Portugueza, e Portugueza e Ingleza..., 3rd edition, 1759, contemporary inscription to title, some browning particularly to margins of first & last few leaves, modern calf, morocco title label, 8vo, plus Vieyra (Anthony), A New Portuguese Grammar in four parts..., 7th edition, F. Wingrave, 1809, hinges repaired, contemporary sheep, modern reback with morocco title label, 8vo (3)

Kodinos (Georgios). De officialibus Palatii Constantinopolitani, et officiis magnae Ecclesiae, 1st edition, Lyon: Jean Mareschal, 1588, woodcut title vignette and initials, parallel Greek and Latin text, lacking final blank (2E2), spotting and browning, note of provenance to title page, occasional marginalia including Arabic inscriptions on p. 69, 20th-century vellum, 8vo Adams C2300. Uncommon first edition of this probably pseudepigraphic 14th-century account of the Byzantine court. (1)

Maier (Michael). Lusus Serius: or, Serious Passe-time. A Philosophicall Discourse concerning the Superiority of Creatures under Man, 1st English edition, London: Humphrey Moseley & Tho. Heath, 1654, [8],139pp., printing/paper fault to G1, occasional light dampstaining to upper margins of some leaves, adhesive tape to upper hinge, early 19th century calf, loss of upper & lower spine panels, joints cracked and weak, with some wear, slim 12mo Wing M286; ESTC R7027. This particular volume collates as A4,B-F12,G12 (-G11,12). The ESTC provides the same collation as above but curiously provides the pagination [8],139,[17]pp. Copac however states both the pagination of this volume i.e. [8],139pp. and that which is recorded in ESTC. The first edition of this work was published in Latin in 1616. The physician, alchemist and philosopher Michael Maier (1569-1622), was at one time physician to the Emperor Rudolph II. His works reflected an expansive knowledge of alchemical, magical and philosophical matters. In the present treatise Mercurius, the God of metals, is presented to a court consisting of a goose, bee, bull, silkworm, sheep, oyster and linen, with a "rational man" as supreme judge. All these consider their qualities, to which Mercurius is judged King of the World. Mercurius' oration contains interesting remarks on the properties of various metals, lead, gold, silver etc., and an allusion to typography and the invention of printing in Germany, and other curiosities. (1)

Mela (Pomponius, & others). Pomponius Mela, Julius Solinus, Itinerarium Antonini Aug., Vibius Sequester, P. Victor de regionibus urbi Romae, Dionysius Afer De situ orbis Prisciano interprete, Florence: heirs of Filippo Giunta, 1519, printer's woodcut device to final leaf, modereate spotting and soiling towards front and rear and occasionally to margins, marginal worming in signatures a1-4, causing a small portion of loss in a1 gutter, text never affected, free endpapers sometime renewed (with ink-stamp to front), spine lined with binder's waste, contemporary ownership inscriptions to pastedowns, a few near-contemporary annotations to text, contemporary Italian goatskin, covers elaborately blind-tooled with concentric fillet, guilloche, balustrade and floral rolls enclosing central panels built up from palmette and ringlet tools, the floral roll interspersed with two repeated devices of male heads in profile, one in a brimmed cap, the other in a helmet with a raised visor, spine and extremities worn, some restoration and repair, rear board near-detached, 8vo (16.5 x 10 cm) Adams M1054, Bandini II p. 136, BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 432. First Giunta edition of Pomponius Mela's De situ orbis, the earliest Latin geography extant. (1)

Motherby (George). A New Medical Dictionary ... the fourth edition: revised and corrected, with considerable additions, by George Wallis, printed for J. Johnson [and others], 1775, 34 engraved plates (1 folding), occasional light spotting, title page faintly creased, a few spots and smudges to plates, near-contemporary bookseller's ticket (J. Taylor, chemist, Preston) to front pastedown and related inscription to endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, scuffed, tips worn, folio Cf. Waller 6706 (first edition, 1775). (1)

Orta (Garcia de). Due libri dell'historia de i semplici, aromati, et altre cose; che vengono portata dall'Indie Orientali pertinenti all'uso della medicina, Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1582, numerous botanical woodcuts on 17 pages, moderate browning, occasional faint damp-staining in margins, front free endpaper torn, small worm-track in fore margins of quires C-E partially touching a few letters, old marginal repair to lower margin of signature V5, final blank (Y8) removed, 18th-century calf-backed pink paper boards, sunned and rubbed, each joint cracking at head, extremities worn, 8vo (17 x 10.5 cm) BM STC Italian 1465-1500 p. 478, DSB X pp. 236-8, Sabin 57668; not in Adams. First complete edition in Italian; an edition published in 1576 was an abridgment. De Orta 'provided Western scholars with their introduction to tropical medicine ... [and] was one of the first Europeans scholars to express admiration for the civilization of China ... He realized too, that the medieval Arabic authors on materia medica knew more about India than the Greeks' (DSB). (1)

Pearson (John). Opera Posthuma Chronologica, 1st edition, by S. Roycroft for R. Clavell and B. Tooke, 1688, 2 imprimatur leaves, title page in red and black, occasional Arabic types, contemporary speckled calf, front joint superficially cracked but firm, small dent in fore edge of front board, together with: Baxter (Richard), Confesssion of his Faith [sic], 1st edition, by R. W. for Tho. Underhill, and Fra. Tyton, 1655, ownership inscription (dated 1957) and bibliographical notes of Brent Gration Maxfield to front free endpaper and initial blank, bookplates of Sir Corbet Corbet, 1st Baronet (1752-1832), and a descendant, contemporary speckled calf, red and green morocco labels, slightly rubbed, spine-ends expertly restored; England and Wales; Parliament, Speeches and Passages of this Great and Happy Parliament: From the third of November, 1640, to this instant June, 1641, 1st edition, for William Cooke, 1641, ink-stamps of the Loyal National Repeal Association to title verso and final leaf, annotated slip mounted to former, occasional minor worming in gutter, 2G4 repaired, bookplate, annotations to front free endpaper, contemporary reversed calf, rebacked and relined; Hales (John), The Golden Remains, 2nd edition, by Tho. Newcomb, for Robert Pawlet, 1673, bound with Sermons Preach'd at Eton, 2nd edition, by T. Newcomb, for Richard Marriot, 1673, engraved title page to first work, front free endpaper restored, contemporary speckled calf, spine richly gilt with olive branch and acorn motifs, sides gilt-panelled, front joint superficially cracked, tips restored; and 10 similar, 17th- and 18th-century English theology including pamphlet volumes; all 4to Wing P1003, B1231, E2309, H271, H275. (14)

Plautus (Titus Maccius). Comoediae viginti, olim a Ioachimo Camerario emendata ... opera et diligentia Ionanis Sambuci, 1st edition, [Antwerp:] Christophe Plantin, 1566, woodcut architectonic title page, woodcut initials, small worm-track to margin of title page and leaf A2, title page also with contemporary ownership inscriptions, pale damp-staining to a few fore margins and to last two quires, a few other trivial marks, gilt edges, contemporary pale calf gilt, slightly worn, restoration to extremities, 16mo Adams P1499, Ruelens-de Backer 53.6 (‚dition trŠs recherch‚e). First edition prepared by Hungarian humanist J nos Zs mboky (Johannes Sambucus). (1)

Procopius of Caesarea. [Greek title] Historiarum sui temporis libri VIII. Interprete Claudio Maltreto ... 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Typographia Regia, 1662-3, engraved title vignettes, head- and tailpieces, and initials, Greek and Latin text in parallel column, a few leaves browned, contemporary inscriptions 'ex Dono D Du Fresne Du Cange an. 1664' and 'Collegii Ambianensis Societatis Jesu Cat Ins.' to title pages (see below), later annotation to volume 1 front pastedown, contemporary French mottled calf, rebacked and recornered (renewed spine richly gilt), gilt-panelled sides (moderately pitted and scuffed), folio (42 x 28.5 cm), together with Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Historia ecclesiastica, chronographia tripertita ... Nunc denuo ad fidem veterum librorum emendata. Accedunt notae Caroli Annibalis Fabroti ... 1st edition, Paris: Typographia Regia, 1649, half-title, engraved title vignette, head- and tailpieces and initials, colophon leaf, occasional light browning and marginal damp-staining, bequest plate to front pastedown, contemporary French mottled calf, rebacked (renewed spine richly gilt), large arms of Louis XIV within foliate border gilt to boards, restoration to extremities, folio (44 x 29 cm), plus Cyprian (Saint), Opera ... editio tertia cui additae sunt Disserationes Cyprianicae Henrici Dodwell, 2 volumes, Amsterdam: Jean Louis de Lorme, 1700, engraved frontispiece, vignette title page and headpiece, woodcut initials, moderate spotting and browning, contemporary calf, worn, folio (42.5 x 37 cm) All wide-margined copies; contemporary inscriptions on the title pages of the first work (Procopius) indicate that this copy was presented by pioneering French historian and Byzantinist Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610-1688) to the Jesuit college in his home town of Amiens. (5)

Rossetti (Dante Gabriel). Sir Hugh the Heron, A Legendary Tale, in Four Parts, 1st edition, G. Polidori's Private Press, (For Private Circulation only), 1843, 24 pages, some marginal toning throughout, title-page slightly discoloured at margins, near-contemporary unlettered mauve wrappers (marginal fading), slim 4to (203 x 155 mm) preserved in a gilt-lettered brown cloth chemise with bookplate of Oliver Brett, and dark blue calf solander box with a gilt design after D.G. Rossetti on upper cover (and in blind on lower cover), gilt-titled on spine Scarce first edition of Rossetti's first book, printed at Rossetti's grandfather's private press. Only a small handful of copies survive, Rossetti having once given his brother William Michael 'a rather considerable stock of copies' to destroy. In a letter to T.J. Wise, written 28 June 1889, W.M. Rossetti writes that he has found 'three complete copies, and one extra copy of a single sheet. All my copies are simply in unstitched sheets - no wrapper'. (1)

Stillingfleet (Edward). An Answer to Mr. Cressy's Epistle Apological to a Person of Honour touching his Vindication of Dr. Stillingfleet, 1st edition, printed by R. White, for Hen. Mortlock, 1675, imprimatur leaf, bound without leaves [A1], a5 and 2K7 (all blank), and terminal half-title (2K8), contemporary and 19th-century ownership and other inscriptions, gilt edges, contemporary red morocco gilt, spine sunned, headcaps slightly chipped, joints rubbed, tips worn, together with: South (Robert), Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 1st collected edition, Oxford: by H. Hall for Ric. Davis and Will. Nott., 1679, including leaf R8 (longitudinal half-title), minor worming in gutter, occasional touching a letter, contmeporary mottled calf, floral cornerpieces to boards, front joint cracked but firm; [Godden, Thomas], Catholicks No Idolaters. Or, a Full Refutation of Doctor Stillingfleet's Unjust Charge of Idolatry against the Church of Rome, 1st edition, 1672, small hole in P6 not affecting text, 19th-century bookplate and ownership inscription, contemporary calf, worn, craquelure; [Allestree, Richard], The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety, printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, 1674, imprimatur leaf, engraved title vignette of a burning cathedral, double-page engraved plate, final advertisement leaf, light browning, marginal spotting and damp-staining, tape-repair to versos of title page and leaf [pi]3, contemporary ownership inscriptions and pen-trials to endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, headcap chipped, joints partially split; Whitaker (William), Praelectiones ... editae opera et cura Joannis Allenson, Herborn: Christoph Corvin, 1607, moderate spotting, marginal worming, bookplate of Earl Cornwallis, contemporary calf, rebacked; Cumberland (Richard), Origines Gentium Antiquissimae, 1st edition, by W. B. for R. Wilkin, 1724; and 7 similar (17th- and 18th-century English theology, contemporary calf); all 8vo Wing S5556 ('a person of honour' is Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon), S4743, G918, and A1102 for the first four works. (13)

Valerius Maximus. De factorum dictionumque memorabilium exemplis libri novem, cura et diligentia recogniti, una cum Henrichi Loriti Glareani, in eundum Valerium Max. Annotationibus, nunc primum in lucem editis, Basel: Henricus Petri, 1562, complete with the register leaf, woodcut device to title page and final leaf verso, woodcut initials, signature 2b5 restored to partial loss of a few letters verso, very occasional faint damp-staining to margins, tiny worm-hole in final 30 leaves, sometimes touching a letter, a few other minor marks, slightly later German ownership inscription to title page, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, later manuscript spine-title, soiled overall, remains of metal clasps, 8vo, together with Stapleton (Thomas), Promptuarium morale super evangelia dominicalia totius anni ... pars hyemalis, Lyon: Jean-Baptiste Buysson, 1593, volume 1 only (of 2), some light spotting, contemporary and later inscriptions and ink-stamps to title page (including ink-stamp of Buxheim monastery, Germany), pastedowns abraded to reveal lining of contemporary printed binder's waste, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, decorative panel-stamps in blind to boards, outer frames showing the Four Evangelists enclosing an inner icon of the Annunciation to the front board and the baptism of Jesus to the rear, rubbed overall, ties gone, 8vo Second edition of Valerius Maximus to contain Glarean's Annotationes, which first appeared in 1553 and are considered 'a watershed in the Renaissance commentary tradition' (Crab, Exemplary Reading, Printed Renaissance Commentaries on Valerius Maximus (1470-1600), p. 173. (2)

Ward (John). The Young Mathematician's Guide. Being a plain and easie introduction to the Mathematicks, Second Edition Corrected, 1713, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Vandergucht, 451 pages of text, with publisher's advertisement to verso of final leaf, woodcut diagram illustrations to text, light soiling to title and pale waterstaining to lower margins towards rear of volume, contemporary calf, worn to edges, with covers detached, 8vo First published in 1707. For the third edition of 1719, see Macclesfield Library, Part 6, 25th October 2005, lot 2087. (1)

Bogolubow (Andrei). Tapis de l'Asie Centrale faisant partie de la collection r‚unie par A. Bogolubow, 2 parts in one, St. Petersburg: Manufacture des Papiers de l'etat, 1908, lithograph title to first part (with closed tears, & lined to verso), 36 chromo lithograph and seven monochrome plates, 2 double-page coloured maps, text in Russian and French (leaves of letterpress window mounted), occasional spotting, modern gilt & blind panelled and decorated terracotta morocco, elephant folio The first edition of the first great book on Turkoman rugs. (1)

John (W.D.). William Billingsley (1758-1828), His Outstanding Achievements as an Artist and Porcelain Maker, 1st edition, Newport:Ceramic Book Company, 1968, colour and black & white plates, list of subscribers, light spotting to frontispiece blank reverse, original boards gilt, 4to, together with The Nantgarw Porcelain Album, with G.J. Coombes... and Katherine Coombes, 1st edition, Newport: Cermaic Book Company, 1975, numerous colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers lightly spotted, top edge gilt, original boards gilt, a trifle soiled, rear cover discoloured, 4to, plus The National Trust, The James A. De Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century, [compiled and edited by] Serge Grandjean... Anthony Blunt, 1st edition, 1975, tipped-in colour illustrations, numerous black & white illustrations, dust jacket, 4to, and 14 other ceramic and art-related First item: limited to 1000 copies. (17)

Letchford (Albert). A Series of Seventy Original Illustrations to Captain Sir R. F. Burton's "Arabian Nights", 1st and limited edition, H. S. Nichols Ltd., 1897, 12 pp., 71 heliogravure plates each with leaf of descriptive letterpress tipped along fore edge as issued, occasional spotting and creasing to letterpress leaves, plates clean, all loose in original blue cloth porfolio, slightly scuffed and marked, cloth ties (those on fore edge torn), large folio (57 x 44 cm), together with Trechslin (Anne Marie), Old Garden Roses, 1st and limited edition, Bern: Editions Le Moulin, 1975, 38 plates (of 41) each in separate passe-partout, including the '41st rose study' not called for in contents, all loose in original linen-covered aluminium portfolio, large folio (55 x 41 cm) Choice edition de luxe of Letchford's work, one of 250 sets printed on plate paper, from a total edition of 280 'large-size' sets (there was also a three-tier 'small-size' edition); Letchford's illustrations were not finished in time for the first edition of Burton's translation, published 1885-8, and instead appeared in the Nichols edition of 1887 (cf. Penzer pp. 117-23). Number 520 of 4,800 copies of Trechslin's work, signed by the artist, translator and publisher. (2)

Sutherland (Graham). Dodici Acquerelli, 1st edition, Milan: Olivetti, 1971, 12 colour plates from watercolours (1 full-page), 6 double-sided photographic plates (some in colour, one bifolium loose), inscribed by the artist 'For Jean Olvier, with best wishes, Graham Sutherland' on the title page, and by one of the contributors 'For Jean, For Jean [sic], all the very best from Giorgio Soavi, 10. VI. 71, London' on the first section title, original green boards, pictorial onlay to front, head of spine chipped, 4to, together with Read (Herbert, editor), Unit 1. The Modern Movement in English Architecture, Painting and Sculpture, 1st edition, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1938, photographs throughout, light soiling to endpapers, original yellow cloth, marked, boards slightly sprung, lettering to front board partially perished, dust jacket chipped, marked and crudely tape-repaired verso, 4to Inscribed copy of Sutherland's work, which also contrains 'Quattro Poesie per Graham Sutherland' by Raffaele Carrieri, and 'Fotografie di un viaggio nel Pembrokeshire, Galles' by Giorgio Soavi. (2)

*Classical Records. Collection of 25 Decca SXL-series classical records (12" LPs), including Coppelia (ballet) by Delibes with Ernest Ansermet conducting L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Decca SXL 2084-5 double LP, ED1 WBg first stereo edition from 1959), First Piano Concerto by Rachmaninov with Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca SXL 2034, ED1 WBg first stereo edition from 1958, blue border on rear of sleeve), Serenade Opus 31 for Tenor Solo, Horn and Strings by Benjamin Britten (Decca SXL 6110, ED1 WBg first stereo edition from 1964) and Organ Concertos Vol. 1 by Handel with the Karl Richter Chamber Orchestra and Karl Richter on the organ (Decca SXL 2115, ED1 WBg first stereo edition from 1959, blue border on rear of sleeve) together with others from the Decca SXL-series (SXL 6632, 6697, 6764, 6769, 6797, 6832, 6872, 6820, 6410, 6999, 6903, 6959) and several from the Decca LXT-series (LXT 2600, 5336, 5337, 5201) plus Princess Ida and Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan with The Doyle Carte Opera Company (Decca DPA 3053/4 and DPA 3055/6) and three other Decca records (PFS 4158, SPA 88, SET 618) (25)

*Classical Records. Collection of 25 classical records (12" LPs), including TAS-listed recording of Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten featuring Owen Brannigan, Sheila Rex and Trevor Anthony with Norman Del Mar conducting the English Chamber Orchestra (Argo ZNF1, rare ED1 edition from 1961 with grooved label, matrix 1E/1E, complete with libretto), Symphony No 3 in F Major / Academic Festival Overture by Brahms with Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra (Columbia SAX 2351, ED1 first stereo edition with blue/silver label), rare 2-LP promotional sampler of The Recorded Legacy by Igor Stravinsky (CBS XPR 1219), Symphony No 1 by Elgar (signed on rear of sleeve by the conductor James Loughran) with the Halle Orchestra (ASV ALH907), Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E Flat by Shostakovich with Mstislav Rostropovich playing the cello and Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra (Philips Hi-Fi Stereo edition SABL 165 with maroon label), rare promotional copy of A Jacqueline Du Pre Recital (EMI/HMV HQS 1437), rare promotional copy of Dr. Boyd Neel and the Hart House Orchestra (Canadian Talent Library, World / Audat 477-65137), promotional copy of Cello Sonatas 1 and 2 / Elegie, Serenade and Papillon by Gabriel Faure with Paul Tortelier on cello and Eric Heidsieck on piano (HMV ASD 3153), promotional copy of Concertos for Violin and Orchestra by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius with David Oistrakh on violin and Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra (CBS Classics 60312), Symphony No 3 in A Minor by Rachmaninov and the Russian Easter Overture by Rimsky-Korsakov with Sir Adrian Boult conducting the LPO (RCA Living Stereo RED SEAL SB-2035, ED1 version with grooved label) Symphony No 5 in C Minor by Beethoven with Joseph Keilberth conducting the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Telefunken SMA 2 stereo with maroon grooved label), three records by Philip Glass ("Glassworks", "An Interview With" and "The Photographer") plus many other good quality classical records (25)

*Classical Records. Collection of 80 classical record box sets covering many of the popular composers, conductors, orchestras and musicians, including Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner with Kirsten Flagstad and George London and Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (3-LP box set Decca SXL 2101-3, ED1 WBg first stereo edition from 1959, complete with booklet and libretto), Die Walkure by Richard Wagner with Kirsten Flagstad as Brunnhilde and Otto Edelmann as Wotan and Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (2-LP box set Decca SXL 2031-2, ED1 WBg first stereo edition from 1957, complete with libretto), War Requiem by Benjamin Britten with Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) and Benjamin Britten conducting the Melos Ensemble and London Symphony Orchestra (2-LP box set, Decca SET 252/3, ED1 WBg first stereo edition from 1963, complete with libretto), plus 77 other good quality classical box sets (3 cartons)

Eliot (T.S.). Marina, Faber, 1930, illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, original boards, 8vo, limited edition 375/400, signed by the poet, together with John Dryden. The Poet, the Dramatist, the Critic, Three Essays by T.S. Eliot, 1st edition, New York, 1932, original boards, dust jacket, upper joint split, spine toned, 8vo, bookplate of John Waynflete Carter (by Reynolds Stone), plus Four Quartets, 1st UK edition, 1944, leaves a little wrinkled, original cloth (covers bowed), dust jacket, some toning and a few chips, 8vo, Sir Arthur Bliss's copy (his signature to front endpaper), 8vo, with others by or on Eliot including Four Quartets, 2nd US issue, 1943, The Cocktail Party, 1st US edition 1950 (rare first issue, one of only 10 or so copies with uncancelled page 35/36), The Cocktail Party, 1st UK edition, 1950, What is a Classic?, 1945 and The Elder Statesman. A Play, 1959 (approx 100)NB: From the collection of Alexander Davis, author of the T. S. Eliot Bibliography CD-ROM and other works on the poet.

*Lawrence (T.E.). Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1st trade edition, Jonathan Cape, 1935, colour and monochrome illustrations by Eric Kennington and others, inscribed in blue ink to half-title by Eric Kennington : 'How lucky I was to meet & know this man for 14 years Eric Kennington, August 1954' original light brown cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and stains, 4to Provenance : Eric Kennington's copy, with his signed inscription, and additional presentation and ownership inscriptions to front endpaper of Phyllis Jackson and Christopher Kennington. Kennington got to know T.E. Lawrence in 1920, after Lawrence visited his exhibition at the Alpine Club in the company of Robert Graves in October. Lawrence bought two drawings, and arranged to meet the artist. He subsequently asked for assistance with the illustrations for his unpublished Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and this led to a six month tour together in the Middle East, gathering portraits from the life of those who figured importantly in the book. Further, Kennington became Lawrence's art editor for the book, advising on layout and design, sequence of illustrations, and the selection of additional artwork from contemporary artists. The work was first published in a limited edition for subscribers in 1926. (1)

Tench (Watkin). A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay; with an Account of New South Wales, its Productions, Inhabitants, etc., to which is subjoined, a List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson, Dublin: for H. Chamberlaine [and others], 1789, title page and final leaf repaired (just touching one letter in title), leaves G4-5 supplied in facsimile, recent half calf to style, 8vo (18.5 x 10 cm) ESTC T136953, Ferguson 51. First Dublin edition, the same year as the first London edition. (1)

Lear (Edward). The Pelican Chorus & Other Nonsense Verses. With Drawings by L. Leslie Brooke, Frederick Warne & Co, [?1910], colour plates, text illustrations in black and white, light spotting, red edges, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed, toned and dust-soiled, spine rolled, 4to, together with Sea Poems, limited edition, Philadelphia: printed at the Philadelphia College of Art by Edward O'Brien, 1971, text illustrations, original cloth, 4to, number 6 of 30 copies signed by the typographer, plus Old Stile Press, The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple [bound with, as issued] The Story of the Four Little Children who went round the World, limited edition, Old Stile Press, [1989], text illustrations, laid-in bifolium 'Three Receipts for Domestic Cookery', original quarter cloth, slipcase, folio, number 90 of 225 copies signed by the artist, and 21 others, mainly 19th-century editions of Lear, and some limited 20th-century editions, various formats Moon p. 648 for The Pelican Chorus; Moon refers to a first edition published in 1900, which we have been unable to trace. (24)

Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 1st edition, 1712, portrait frontispiece, eight untitled plates of coats of arms of Gloucestershire families, engraved map, plan of the city, engravings of the West Prospect of Glocester views of and Glocester Cathedral, plus 61 double-page 'bird's eye' views of the seats of the nobility and gentry by Johannes Kip, contemporary blind-panelled calf with old reback, upper hinge partly cracked, folio Upcott 1. page 246. The rare first edition: many copies were lost in a fire at the printer's house in Whitefriars on January 30th 1712. Upcott notes that a similar fate befell copies of the second edition. Sir Robert Atkyns, MP and topographer was somewhat overshadowed by his father, who as chief baron of the exchequer was speaker of the House of Lords between 1689 and 1693. Atkyns refused to take the oath of allegiance to William III and retired to Pinbury Park in Gloucestershire. The first of the three major Gloucestershire antiquaries, the other two being Ralph Bigland (1712-1784) and Samuel Rudder (1726-1801), Atkyns collected material for parish histories in an attempt to record the population of each parish, based on the number of houses therein and the yearly birth and burial numbers. Pinbury Park, a medieval manor house, was later remodelled and renovated by Ernest Gimson and Ernest and Sidney Barnsley who lived there from 1894-1901. (1)

Bunting (Basil). Loquitur, Fulcrum Press, 1965, original printed boards, with printed wrap-around and glassine overwrapper, 4to, limited edition of 1000 copies, together with Thomas (D.M.), Two Voices, & Logan Stone, Cape Goliard Press, 1968/71 respectively, original printed boards/cloth, the first title with glassine overwrapper, second title with dustwrapper, 8vo, plus other 20th century poetry including Kathleen Raine, Alan Ross, Ted Hughes, Roy Campbell, Peter Levi, Brian Patten, Pablo Neruda, Charles Tomlinson, etc., original cloth in dust wrappers, or original printed wrappers, mainly 8vo, (approximately 175 volumes) (3 shelves)

Lambarde (William). A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Historie, and Customes of that Shyre. Written in the yeere 1570..., first published in the yeere 1576 and now increased and altered after the Authors owne last copie, 2nd edition, London: Edm. Bollifant, 1596, title within decorative border, full-page woodcut Heptarchy map (cropped to lower border), folding woodcut map of the Beacons in Kent with repaired closed tear at gutter, black letter text, few decorative woodcut initials, light dust-soiling to first & last leaves, some minor toning & spotting, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, lacking clasps, 4to STC 15176. The second edition of the earliest county history (first published in 1576), including a discussion of the local inheritance custom of gavelkind. (1)

Copley (Esther). The Little Cowslip Gatherers; or, What a Penny Will Do, by Esther Hewlett, 1st edition, William Darton, [1824], engraved presentation leaf (inscribed in contemporary manuscript from 'M Cox' and frontispiece (latter lightly offset to title), and two engraved plates (with imprint dated 1824), engraved advertisement leaf at end, first three leaves and endpaper detached, latter with contemporary ownership signature, rear hinge split, original red roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, corners showing, 12mo in 6s, together with Aikin, J. and Barbauld, Mrs.) Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: consisting of A Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons, 8th edition, 6 volumes, printed for J. Johnson, 1809, sprinkled edges, original green vellum-backed marbled boards, with printed paper spine labels, very slightly rubbed in one or two places, and volume 2 with a small indentation on rear cover, 12mo in 6s, plus other small-format antiquarian children's books similar, some defective Darton H270(I). (22)

Cries of London. The New London Cries; or, Humorous Alphabet, for O. Hodgson, circa 1830s, 16 pages, printed on one side only, hand-coloured wood engraved illustration to title, hand-coloured wood engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout, frontispiece with minor loss at gutter, title with early ink inscription to verso (dated 1839), one leaf with early sewn repair, fore-edge of final printed leaf slightly frayed, juvenile pencilling to blank reverses, sewn into contemporary printed wrappers from 'Bysh's Edition of the Cries of London; or, Amusing Alphabet' (lacking original wrappers), dust-soiled and some wear, slim 12mo, together with Scenes and Cries of London [cover-title], Dean & Son, circa 1861, eight leaves, printed on one side only, each with a large hand-coloured wood engraved illustration, two sets of facing blank pages adhered together, and first and final leaves as pastedowns, first page with ink inscription to upper blank margin and a few minor marks, original hand-coloured pictorial wrappers, sometime respined with paper, some wear and marks, slim 8vo, plus Dean & Son (publisher), The Cat's Party, and Grand Ball [cover-title], circa 1855, eight leaves, printed on one side only, first and final leaves as pastedowns, others laid down on gauze, each with hand-coloured wood engraved illustration, occasional light spotting, original pictorial wrappers, faced with gauze, lightly spotted, minor loss to upper corner of front cover, slim 8vo, and Old London Street Cries and the Cries of To-Day, with Heaps of Quaint Cuts, including Hand-Coloured Frontispiece: by Andrew W. Tuer, Leadenhall Press, 1885 (4)

Darton and Co. (publisher). The House that Paxton Built, A New Story on an Old Model, 1st edition, 1851, twelve hand-coloured wood-engravings (some light offsetting and show-through), original printed blue wrappers, large slim 8vo Darton H721. A scarce children's book about the Crystal Palace, in very good condition. COPAC lists two locations only for the first edition (V&A Libraries and Guildhall Library, London), and one location for a later edition (National Library of Scotland). Not in Osborne or Gumuchian, and only two copies traced at auction (1974 and 1993). A prettily illustrated book of cumulative verse describing the variety of foreign visitors to the Great Exhibition, ending with an exhortation for good behaviour on the part of the young reader: 'That the foreigners when they go home may all tell/What good boys and girls in this free country dwell!' (1)

Darton, (William, publisher). Lectures At My School, or Play Ground Conversations. By a Friend to Youth, 2nd edition, circa 1818, engraved frontispiece and 58 engraved plates, some with engraved initial 'W', lacking G5 (pp.81/2), 3pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, toned, some staining and fingermarks, mostly to first and final leaves, one or two short edge-tears, lacking free endpapers, original red roan-backed pastepaper-covered boards, some minor wear to extremities, 12mo in 6s Darton H942(2). Provenance: from the library of Lawrence Darton, a descendant of the publisher William Darton, with his book ticket. Both the first and the second editions are rare, and when they do appear, are seldom complete. The later edition has an additional eight engravings not present in the first. However, it is the fifty original fine engravings which are intriguing, and the question of the artist, who has long been unidentified. There is a clear initial 'W' on some of the plates, which can also be seen in other Darton publications illustrated in the same style. Recent research by the vendor indicates that 'W' may well be William Darton Junior. There is an illustration of a Cooper in this work which in the first edition bears the initial 'T...', whilst in the second edition the initial has been obscured. William's younger brother, Thomas, joined him in business in 1806, and it seems feasible that Thomas engraved his brother's design for the Cooper plate, adding his own initial as engraver (particularly as, unlike his more reticent father and brother, he was more disposed to promoting himself). By the time the second edition was published, Thomas had left the firm to become an independent engraver, and so it seems quite plausible that William 'reclaimed' his design by removing his brother's initial. (1)

[Fenn, Lady Ellenor (Frere)]. A Systematical Arrangement of the Animal Kingdom; Designed to Supply a Pocket Volume for Those Who Visit Museums, and to Enable Ladies to Introduce their Children to the Study of that Branch of Natural History, 1st edition, printed and sold by Darton and Harvey, 1806, nine copper engraved plates, one printed slightly askew with resultant faint impression to fore-margin, a few minor marks, B6 with lower blank corner torn away, front pastedown with an early ownership name obliterated, original blue paper boards (rubbed and scratched), with modern red roan spine, large 12mo Darton G335. Provenance: from the library of Lawrence Darton, a descendant of the publisher William Darton, bearing his book ticket. Scarce: not in Osborne or Gumuchian; not listed on COPAC. In the Preface the author sets out her reasons for writing the book: "In planning this little work, my first ambition is to supply mothers with a pocket volume, to assist them when they accompany their children to museums, or in their rambles in gardens and fields, to enable them to smooth the way for their young people, always reflecting on the importance of such pursuits to young men; particularly those who are destined to visit foreign lands, and peculiarly officers, in their future residence in various ciimes [sic], where such harmless relaxation for their hours of leisure may save them from the paths of vice and ruin. (1)

Harris (J., pub.). Wonders! Descriptive of Some of the Most Remarkable of Nature and Art..., 2nd edition, 1823, printed on one side of the page only, with hand-coloured copper engravings throughout and accompanying verse below, publisher's advertisement page at rear, some faint creasing, a few corners curled, original printed yellow wrappers, slightly rubbed and dusty, slim 8vo Number 24 from Harris's Cabinet of Amusement & Instruction series. Moon 992[2]. See Osborne p.195 for an incomplete copy of the first edition of 1821 (lacking four leaves). Illustrations include St. Michaels's Volcano, Giant's Causeway, Mausoleum of Hyder Ali, Stonehenge, Grotto of Antiparos and Fingal's Cave. (1)

Hine (Henry George, illustrator). The Remarkable History of the House that Jack Built, Splendidly Illustrated and Magnificently Illuminated by the Son of a Genius, Grant & Griffiths, 1st edition, [1854], ff.12, hand-coloured lithographs throughout incorporating text, some minor marginal dust-soiling and spotting, front free endpaper becoming detached and with manuscript inscription dated 1855, original gilt-printed green wrappers, somewhat rubbed and creased, spine with slight loss and old sewn repair, oblong 4to, together with a manuscript postcard from Peter Opie dated 22 November 76 loosely inserted, stating that the book is no. 408 in the Opie 'Three Centuries Catalogue' and probably the first issue Rare: COPAC lists the British Library copy only; not in Osborne or Gumuchian. (1)

Hoffmann (Dr. Heinrich). The English Struwwelpeter or, Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children. After the sixth edition of the Celebrated German work of Dr. H. Hoffmann, 1st edition in English, Leipzig: Friedrich Volckmar, 1848, hand-coloured line illustrations throughout, occasional spotting and toning, original printed boards with faint round ink stamp to upper board, detached and spine torn with loss, light spotting, board edges rubbed and some wear, slim 4to This children's classic was first published in German in 1847, and editions translated into other languages soon followed. The first English edition is scarce and few copies have survived in their original printed board binding, on which the date of publication appears. (1)

Newbery (E., pub.). The History of Jacky Idle, and Dicky Diligent, Exhibiting a Striking Contrast between the different Consequences arising from Indolent Inattention, and Laudable Perseverence. Embellished with Cuts, 1st edition, 1797, wood engraved frontispiece and 12 wood engravings on letterpress, two pages publisher's advertisements at rear, first and last leaves forming pastedowns, verso of title-page with contemporary inscription 'Thomas Isaac his Book Octr 22 1799', generally spotted and toned, and with corners creased, original Durch floral wrappers, a little dusty, lower half of spine lacking, outer corners of front wrapper creased, 10 x 6cm (4 x 2.5ins) ESTC N8761; Roscoe J166. Extremely rare early children's book, attributed to Richard Johnson. Not in Osborne or Gumuchian. We have been unable to trace another copy sold at auction. There is no copy listed in UK libraries and only one in North American libraries (University of California). (1)

Manuscript paper doll book. The History of Little Fanny exemplified in a series of figures, A new Edition, circa 1860s, 14pp. manuscript, including title-page, paper watermarked 1856, with seven cut-out watercolour paper doll figures loosely inserted (no interchangeable head present), front free endpaper with ownership name of J.M. Hobart on verso, front pastedown with paper pocket for figures composed of three flaps decorated with pen & ink border, original card wrappers, with red border to covers, upper cover decorated in watercolour with calligraphic title within floral border, toned, dust-soiled, and a little rubbed, 13.5 x 10.5cm (5.25 x 4ins) 'The History of Little Fanny' was first published by S. & J. Fuller in 1810. This manuscript copy is charmingly executed, with all seven figures present. An accompanying later manuscript note states: 'Hobart family stayed at Hythe were [sic] this book came from. (Note) Edward VII was a personal friend of the Hobart family.' (1)

Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leeds ... the Second Edition, with Notes and Additions, by Thomas Dunham Whitaker, Leeds & Wakefield: printed by B. Dewhirst, for Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth, and John Hurst, 1816, half-title, engraved vignette on india paper to title page, 11 engraved plates, 13 folding pedigrees, engraved initials and arms to text, offsetting, tide-mark in lower margins of a few plates, ink-stamps of the Office of Woods to endpapers and occasionally to text, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, circa 1900 green half morocco, slightly rubbed, folio (44 x 27.5 cm), together with: Whitaker (Thomas Dunham), Loidis and Elmete; or, An Attempt to illustrate the Districts described in those Words by Bede; and supposed to embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale, together with the Entire Vale of Calder, in the County of York, 1st edition, Leeds & Wakefield: printed by T. Davison, for Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth, and John Hurst, 1816, half-title, engraved vignette on india paper to title page, 46 engraved plates (of 47: lacking the View of Gledhow as usual, which was issued with the separately-published appendix), 1 hand-coloured lithographic plate, 1 hand-coloured aquatint, 16 pedigrees (14 folding), engraved initials and arms to text, occasional offsetting and spotting, ink-stamps of the Office of Woods, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, bound uniform with the above work, folio; Hunter (Joseph), Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, 1st edition, for the author, 1819, 9 engraved plates, tissue guards, 7 vignettes, engraved arms to dedication leaf, light spotting to plate margins, all edges gilt, contemporary tan calf, rebacked, gilt arms to sides, scuffed, folio (35.5 x 24.5 cm); Prince (John), Danmonii Orientales Illustres: or, The Worthies of Devon, 1st edition, Exeter: by Sam Farley for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1701, woodcut coats-of-arms to text, early ownership inscriptions and pen-trials to initial blanks and title page, initial gathering starting, occasional mild soiling, engraved bookplate, contemporary panelled sheep, loss to head and foot of spine, wear to extremities, folio Upcott pp. 1384-1390 for Thoresby and Whitaker, considered volumes one and two of what is commonly called 'The History of Leeds'; the second edition of Thoresby was published together with the first edition of Whitaker, so in this form they are considered the first complete edition. (4)

*Groome (William Henry Charles, 1854-1913). Complete set of original illustrations for Shoulder Arms! A Tale of Two Soldiers' Sons, by G. Manville Fenn, published by W. & R. Chambers, 1905, together eight grisaille watercolours on artist's board, depicting scenes of battle and adventure, each (except frontispiece) signed lower left, and all captioned in pencil to lower margin below image, sheet size approximately 37 x 26.5cm (14.5 x 10.5ins), together with a copy of the book for which they were issued (possibly a later edition, and lacking the first three plates) A tale of two young English soldiers and their military adventures in India. (9)

*Hall (Roger, born 1914). Self portrait aged 40 years, gouache on artist's board, half-length portrait of a debonair gentleman in a landscape, wearing a thick cream jumper and flat cap, and smoking a pipe, signed lower left (partly obscured by tape edging), inscription on verso in the artist's hand 'Self portrait from a small (3 1/2" + 2 1/2") B&W photograph aged 40 years', 72.5 x 51.5cm (28.5 x 20.25ins) British artist Roger Hall showed early artistic talent, and he began his career painting publicity images for front of house displays in cinemas at the age of fifteen. He was self-taught, spending his weekends studying portraits at the Tate and the National Gallery, with a particular penchant for the work of John Singer Sargent. Hall went on to become a highly-regarded book illustrator, working for publishers such as Hutchinson, Pan, Arrow, Corgi, Ladybird and Mills & Boon. In 1955 he painted the cover for the first paperback edition of Ian Fleming's 'Casino Royale', published by Pan, which was the first depiction of James Bond on a book cover. (1)

*Wheelhouse (Mary Vermuyden, 1868-1947). One kiss & then a long look, pen, ink & watercolour drawing for an unpublished edition of 'Mill on the Floss', depicting a young courting couple under a tree in a pastoral landscape, lightly spotted, signed lower left, 25 x 16cm (10 x 6.5ins), mounted, framed and glazed, backboard with pencilled title and reference 'Book 6 Chapter 11', together with Interior scene with three figures, pen, ink & watercolour, depicting a grey-haired woman semi-reclining on a chaise longue, with a young lady seated at her feet and a bearded gentleman standing beside, before a large window with a twilight vista of houses, signed lower left, 23.5 x 14.5cm (9.25 x 5.75ins), mounted, framed and glazed, plus a small archive relating to the artist, comprising thirteen photographs, including six old photographs (the others modern reproductions), three of wooden toys and one of the front of an early toy shop, and a quantity of photocopied correspondence (approximately 50 letters) between Mary Wheelhouse and publisher George Bell Mary Wheelhouse was both a successful artist and illustrator, and a maker and seller of toys, particularly of wooden dolls. She studied at the Scarborough School of Art in the mid 1890s, during which time she began to exhibit at The Royal Academy, and she went on to attend the Academie Delecture in Paris. By 1899 she was sharing a house with three other artists in London - 3 Pomona Studios, 111 New King's Road - and exhibiting regularly in London, the provinces and the Paris Salon. A competition win led to commissions as a book illustrator, and particularly to a long working relationship with the publisher George Bell. In 1910 she illustrated an edition of 'Silas Marner' for George Bell, and illustrations were commissioned for an edition of 'The Mill on the Floss' by publishers Herbert & Daniel in 1913, but the book was never published. In 1915 Wheelhouse teamed up first with fellow artist Louise Jacobs, and then later with sculptor A.B. Ellis, to make a range of wooden toys, and she had a shop, Pomona Toys, at 64 Cheyne Walk in Chelsea from around 1916 until 1927. After this time the shop moved to 14 Holland Street, with a workshop at 28 Gunter Grove, and it continued trading until the outbreak of World War II. The company supplied the likes of Fortnum & Mason, Harrods, and Liberty's, and its most prestigious commission was the supply of toys to the royal family, including miniature items for Queen Mary's Dolls' House, such as a tiny merry-go-round for the Day Nursery (one of the photographs included in this lot shows just such a miniature carousel). 'Everybody's Book of the Queen's Dolls' House', published in 1924, makes mention of some of the items supplied: "...and then please, if you were ever a child, squeak with joy over the precious Pomona toys! Amongst these a Sedan chair with lady all complete, a Dutch cradle with child, and a swinging bird...". (an archive)

Attwell (Mabel Lucie, illustrator). Lucie Attwell's Fairy Book, 1st edition, S.W. Partridge, 1932, 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous black & white line drawings to text, occasional light spotting, first and final pages lightly toned, ownership name and small ink doodles on front free endpaper (a little offset to pastedown), rear endpapers renewed, original cloth, spine faded and spotted, small water stain to lower cover, 4to, together with an advertisement flyer for the Fairy Book loosely inserted, plus Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, Raphael Tuck, circa 1920, 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, front free endpaper with ink inscription dated 1920, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, lightly rubbed and marked, 4to, together with another copy of the same title, and Peter Pan and Wendy by J.M. Barrie, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921, colour plates and black & white illustrations to text, few marks to last few leaves, ownership name & date to front free endpaper, front inner hinge cracked, rear endpaper replaced, original pictorial green cloth, slight mottling, 4to, with Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, London, Paris & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, circa 1920, black & white illustrations to text, some toning and spotting, pencil inscription and labels to front pastedown, original cloth backed pictorial boards, rubbed and some wear, 4to, plus other books with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell (23)

Bannerman (Helen). The Story of Little Black Sambo, 1st edition, Grant Richards, 1899, twenty-seven full-page colour illustrations, some finger-soiling and intermittent spotting, a few light creases, mainly to corners, endpapers lightly spotted and toned, text block spine skilfully strengthened, original light green striped cloth, a few minor marks, some wear to extremities, rubbed and darkened spine, minor loss to tail and part of front joint, 16mo (129 x 79mm) The rare first edition of this classic, published as Number 4 in The Dumpy Books for Children series. (1)

Baum (L. Frank). The Wizard of Oz, Line Illustrations by W.W. Denslow, 8 Colour Stills from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film, 1st UK edition, 1st issue, Hutchinson [1939], eight colour plates, black & white line illustrations, some full-page, title and final printed page toned, some spotting, mainly to margins and edges, original green cloth, front cover with blue lettering and image of tin woodman, slightly faded spine a little toned at ends, dust jacket, spine lightly toned, a few small chips and tears to edges, two closed tears to head of rear panel, 4to The extremely scarce first issue of the British publication produced to tie-in with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie. The blurb on the inside front flap states '...a film taken from the original story is being released to the public in the Autumn'. Therefore this issue was presumably published in early 1939, prior to the film's August release. The more common later issue features a different scene from the film on both pictorial boards and dust jacket. Both state 'The only Edition containing the complete original text on which the movie is based'. (1)

Blyton (Enid). The Folk of the Faraway Tree, Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler, 1st edition, George Newnes, 1946, frontispiece and numerous letterpress illustrations, hinge split between half-title and frontispiece, original red cloth, gilt lettered to spine and upper cover (dulled on former), slightly spotted spine and margins of covers faded, one or two small marks, 8vo The final book in Enid Blyton's phenomenally popular Enchanted Wood trilogy. The series is still in print, but all three of the titles are extremely scarce in first edition, and this last one appears to be particularly so. (1)

Disney (Walt). Mickey Mouse Presents Bucky and Bo, Dean & Son, Ltd., circa 1936, black & white illustrations throughout, toned and some light spotting, front pastedown with ownership name dated 1936, hinges strengthened with paper, original colour pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked, small oblong 8vo, together with 12 other Walt Disney Mickey Mouse related including Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island, 1st edition, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1933; Mickey Mouse and Bobo the Elephant, 1st edition, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935; Mickey Mouse and the Sacred Jewel, 1st edition, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1936; Mickey Mouse and the Pirate Submarine, 1st edition, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1939; The Adventures of Mickey Mouse, Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio, 1st edition, George G. Harrap & Co Ltd., 1931, etc., all illustrated throughout, some browned, original pictorial boards, 12mo & 8vo The first title is rare, apparently with less than 20 copies known. Not traced on COPAC. (13)

Morris (Rev. F.O.). A History of British Birds, six volumes, 1st edition, 1851 - 1857, title page to each volume, 358 coloured engraved plates (complete as lists), variable spotting, a couple of plates with minor traces of adhesion, together with A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1853 - 1856, 225 chromolithographed plates, intermittent spotting, both first volumes with armorial bookplate of Lewis Fry, matching contemporary vellum gilt, soiled with occasional minor marks, calf labels on darkened spines, rubbed in places, both final volumes with 'Index' in ink manuscript on spine, 8vo (9)

Moveable. Touch and Go. A book of Transformation Pictures, with verses by Fred. E. Weatherly, 1st edition, Nister, circa 1894, eight working chromolithographed slatted transformation pictures, two with broken tabs, black & white illustrations to text, endpapers and title toned, most leaves with one or more tears, one page with some adhesive tape stains and old repairs, free endpapers and first two & final two leaves detached, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some light wear to extremities, spine ends frayed with minor loss at head, a few minor marks (mainly on back cover), 4to, together with Crane (Walter, illustrator), Pan-Pipes a Book of Old Songs, newly arranged & with accompaniments by Theo: Marzials; engraved & printed in colours by Edmund Evans, 2nd edition, circa 1890s, colour lithographed illustrations, two leaves with short closed tear, intermittent spotting (mainly to lower margins), each free endpaper with torn loss to lower corner, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, extremities worn, oblong 4to, plus four others similar, including The Book of Nonsense, by Edward Lear, 39th authentic edition, circa 1908 (6)

Norton (Mary). The Borrowers, 4th edition, 1956, colour frontispiece, and illustrations to text by Diana Stanley, some pale spotting to endpapers and first and last few leaves of text, original blue cloth in dust wrapper, very slightly rubbed to extremities, author's presentation copy, inscribed in blue ink to title to Mr Ward of the Barnstaple Building Society, 'Mr Ward, c/o Barnstaple Building Society, with best wishes from one of his prospective [arrow drawn pointing to the title of the book], Mary Norton - July 1st 1958', together with Blyton (Enid), My Fourth Nature Book, The Rabbit's-Party and Other Stories, reprinted, 1953, illustrations by Eileen A. Soper, original red cloth in torn and frayed dust wrapper, endpapers lightly spotted, author's presentation inscription in blue ink to front endpaper 'with lots of love from Enid Blyton', both 8vo (2)

Potter (Beatrix, and Sendak, Maurice). Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit. A new printing from the original line-blocks made for the first Private Edition of 1901, introduced by Maurice Sendak, New York: Battledore, 1995, thirty-four separate prints of the original Beatrix Potter illustrations, on deckle-edged Arches paper, each numbered on verso, sheet size 13.5 x 10cm (5.25 x 4ins), each with tissue guard and enclosed in printed grey wrappers, together with 25pp. booklet in loose printed wrappers, 16mo, contained in original grey cloth solander box, gilt titled on spine and with inset illustration on upper cover, a few light marks Limited edition, 178/250 copies, signed by Maurice Sendak and the printer Iain Bain. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, [Strangeways, December, 1901], colour frontispiece, woodblock engravings from the author's line drawings throughout, some finger-soiling, stitching partially broken and signatures starting, contemporary inscription by the author on front free endpaper 'For Mrs Oliver, from Beatrix Potter - with kind regards & best wishes for Christmas 1901', and later ownership name above of Joan Lamb, original olive-green boards (faded to beige), with flat spine, a little rubbed and upper cover with one or two light marks, spine and lower return with old adhesive tape stain to lower half, and joints mostly split, but with only minor loss at ends (.5" at head), upper cover with printed lettering and vignette of Peter and siblings, 16mo Linder, p.420; Quinby 1. An unrestored copy of Beatrix Potter's extremely rare first book: one of only 250 copies, and this copy inscribed by Beatrix Potter. The character of Peter Rabbit was based on Beatrix's own pet rabbit, and he made his first appearance in a letter written in 1893 to Noel, the five-year-old offspring of her former governess, Annie Carter. Noel and his siblings so enjoyed this and subsequent letters that Beatrix thought about having the story published. In 1900 she sent the story to at least six different publishers, all of whom rejected it, including Frederick Warne, who later decided to take the book on. Undeterred, Beatrix decided to have her little book privately printed, and in 1901 250 copies were published priced at 1/6 each, of which this is one. They sold so well that in February 1902 she had a further 200 copies printed with slightly amended text. (1)

Bramsen (John). Travels in Egypt, Syria, Cyprus, the Morea, Greece, Italy, etc. etc., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Henry Colburn and Co., 1820, bound without the advertisement leaf, spotting to front and rear, later 19th-century half calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Falconer (William), The Shipwreck, a Poem ... illsutrated by additional notes, and corrected ... with a life of the author, by James Stanier Clarke, 1st edition thus, for William Miller, 1804, half-title, vignette sub-title, 3 engraved plates (spotted), occasional minor soiling, modern half calf, large 8vo, plus, Conybeare (William John, & John Saul Howson), The Life and Epistles of St. Paul, 2 volumes, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, engraved additional title pages, 37 plates and maps, several double page, many after W. H. Bartlett, offsetting, gift inscriptions to endpapers, gilt edges, later maroon morocco gilt by Nutt of Cambridge, rubbed, 4to, and 2 others Blackmer 570 for Falconer; cf. 194 for the first edition of Bramsen. (7)