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CAMÕES, Luís de.- RIMAS | VARIAS | DE | LUIS DE CAMOENS, | PRINCIPE DE LOS POETAS HEROYCOS, | y Lyricos de España. | ... | COMMENTADAS | POR MANUEL DE FARIA, Y SOUSA, CAVALLERO | DE LA ORDEN DE CHRISTO.- Lisboa: Na Imprenta de Theotonio Damaso Mello, 1685-1689.- 5 tomos em 2 vols.; 28 cm.- E., 17th century edition of the «Rimas», in the variant that includes the «Vida del Poet», topped by an allusive xylographic vignette, the «Juizio das Rimas» and the «Discurso asobre de los versos...», texts written by Manuel de Faria and Sousa. The first volume integrates the first two volumes with consecutive numbering: [52], 356 p. The remaining three volumes, although with a single title page, have two independent numbering series: III - [4], 207, [1 br.] p.; IV and V – 339, [1 br.] p. First volume with minor flaw on the top margin of the title page (to save ownership) and some (minor) stains on the outer margin of the last pages; title page of the second volume with imperfection in the top margin (probably for the same reason). Otherwise, a clean copy. Full sheepskin contemporary binding, preserving the original endpapers. José do Canto, 25. Arouca, C 84 and 85.

CAETANO, Tommaso de Vio, O.P., Cardeal.- REVEREN | dissimi D. Tho | mæ de Vio Ca- | ictani, cardina- | lis sancti Sixti | perquàm docta, | resoluta ac com | pe[n]diosa de pec- | catis Summula | nuper dilige[n]tis | sime recognita.- Lvgdvni: Væneunt in vico Mercuriali, apud Vincentium de Portonarijs, 1538.- 248, 101, [1] f.; 17 cm.- E., Tommaso de Vio, known as Cardinal Caetano (1469-1534), Dominican religious, Italian exegete, philosopher and theologian, born in Gaeta (Lazio); vicar general of his Order, he was named cardinal in 1517, having participated in the excumbation process of Martin Luther. Lyon edition of one of his most important works, originally published in 1525. The second group of 101 pages contains another work by the same author, with its own title page (Ientaculorum novi testamenti), but apparently it is a single typographic unit. First title page, a little dusty, printed in black and red, with an old manuscript: Dos Carmelitas descalços do Porto. Otherwise, a slightly cropped, but vey clean specimen. Contemporary full sheepskin binding, or a little later, with gold florets between the sections.

BERNARDO DE CLARAVAL, Santo.- D. BERNARDI | Doctoris Mellitissimi, | AC PRIMA ABBATIS | Claræuallensis oenobij, | OPERA QVATENVS in HVNC | VSQVE DIEM EXTARE NOSCVNTVR, | Omnia accuuratissima recognitione & so- | leri collatione ad fidem exempla- | rium permultæ antiquitatis re- | stituta natiuæ integritati. | Quæ nostra hæc editio præter superiores nunc primum typis | euulgat, nosse licebit ex catalogo & appendice, [gravura xilográfica].- Venetiis: Ad Signvm Spei. M D XLIX. [1549].- [58], 451, [4] f.; 21 cm.- E. Junto com: -----.- OPVSCVLA | QVAEDAM, ET SER | MONES D. BERNARDI | CLARAEVALLENSIS COE- | NOBII ABBATIS PRIMI, | quæ nec in Lugdunensibus, neque in Pa- | risiensibus impressionibus | reperiuntur, NVPERRIME AVTEM IN QVODAM | uetustissimo exemplari inuenta, suis operibus | nunc per me excusis addita, quo- | rium indicem sequens in- | dicabit pagella. [gravura xilográfica].- Ad Signvm Spei, M. D. L. [1550].- 45, [3] f.; 21 cm. Junto com: -----.- D. BERNARDI | DOCTORIS MELLITISSIMI | AC PRIMI ABBATIS CLA- | RAEVALLENSIS COENOBII | OPERVM | TOMVS SECVNDVS. | QVATENVS IN HVNC VSQVE | DIEM EXTARE NOSCVNTVR, | omnia accuratissima recognitione & solerti col- | latione ad fidem exemplarium per- | mutæ antiquitatis nati- | uæ integritati | restituta. | [gravura xilográfica].- Venetiis: Ad Signvm Spei, 1549.- 485 f.; 21 cm.- E, 16th century Venetian edition of some of the most important texts by one of the great Doctors of the Church. Saint Bernard (1090-1153), reformer of the Cistercian Order, canonized in 1174 by Pope Alexander III, founded in 1115 the Abbey of Claraval, mother house of around 350 monasteries spread across Europe, including Alcobaça. It contains ancient manuscripts, in both volumes: Cœnobijj Costensis vsu[m] vero obtinet Frater Antonii Rebellus; Br. Diogo de Brandão. Title page of the first volume with some stains and wormholes, without affecting the text. Contemporarry bindings (?), full sheepskin, with blind decoration on the covers and new (reconstructed) spines, retaining the four metal clasps (a loose strap). Carmine edges with the abbreviated author's name inscribed in large capitals on the front edge.

BIBLIA SACRA. [Bíblia de Gutenberg = The Gutenberg Bible.- Edição fac-similada = Facsmile edition].- Paris: Edition Les Incunables, 1985.- 2 vols.; 41 cm.- E. Junto com:GUTENBERG (THE) Bible: a commentary: historical background, transcription, translation / Jean-Marie Dodu.- Paris: Edition Les Incunables, 1985.- 2 vols.; 40 cm.- E., Luxurious facsimile reproduction of the Gutenberg Bible, or 42-line Bible, consensually considered the first book printed in Europe using movable characters or typography (s.d., ca. 1450-1455). The first two volumes are made up of the facsimile (in lithograph) respecting the dimensions and colours of the original (red, blue and black) kept in the Biblioteca Mazarina, the oldest public library in France, founded and developed from the personal library of Cardinal Mazarino (1602-1661). The two volumes that accompany the facsimile, authored by Jean-Marie Dodu, include a historical introduction, the Latin transcription, accompanied by the English translation. The four volumes, as new, retain the publishers' bindings, those of the facsimile fully in red morocco, with closed gold panels on the spines and the top edge gilt at the head (with protective cases); the complementary volumes, with cloth bindings.

SERAFINO DA FERMO, C. RL., Frei.- Tratados de vi- | da spiritual, que enseñan como el h~- | bre subira del estado de pecca- | do a la cumbre de la | perfection. | florão tipográfico] | Impresso por mamdado, y con approbacion del | muy alto y illustrissimo señordon Enrri- | que Cardenal dela Santa Iglesia Ro- | mana, Infante de Por- | tugal, &c.- Em Coymbra: s.n. [por João de Barreira e João Álvares], M. D. LI. [1551].- [8], 208, 280 p.; 14 cm.- E., 16th century edition of a mystical text by Fr. Serafino da Fermo (ca. 1490-1540), theologian and preacher, born in Fermo (Marcas), canon regular of Lateran, disseminator of the doctrines of the Dominican Battista Carioni da Crema (†1534) , who would be condemned by the Inquisition in 1552. The first text (208 p.) is titled “Libro de la conversion del sinner al amor de Dios...”; the second (280 p.), “Espejo del alma”. Copy slightly cropped, but clean. Interesting contemporary binding, worn and with imperfections (but recoverable), with b.ind tooling on the covers and lack of fixed endpapers and ties. Anselmo, 284. Biblioteca Nacional (16th century), 848. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 501.

SOARES, D. Frei João, O.A.D.- COMMENTARIVM | in sacrosanctum domini nostri IESV Christi Euangelium, | secundum Matthæum: rectu[m] & synceru[m] sensum explicans. | Plurimas etiã hæreticoru[m] minimè orthodoxas opiniones, egregiê dilues. | Cõcionatoribus, disputatibus, & omnibus catholicis apprimê vtile. | A Reuerendiss. Dño. D Ioanne Soarez, Episcopo Conimbricensi, | & Arganili Comite, æditum. | [gravura xilográfica com as armas episcopais] | Cum gratia & priuilegio Regio ad decenium. | Indice etiam locupletissimo adiecto.- Conimbricæ: Apud Ioannem Barrerium Typographum Regium. [Anno M. D. LXII. 1562].- [4], 577 p.; 26 cm.- E., Fr. João Soares (1507-1572), born in Urrô (Penafiel), was a hermit of Saint Augustine and participated in the third session of the Council of Trent (1561/63); he was confessor of King D. João III and bishop of Coimbra between 1545 and the year of his death. He left us the constitutions of his diocese (Coimbra, 1548) and an extensive bibliography on religious themes, namely commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and Mark. In 1548 he was responsible for publishing the new “Constitutions” of his bishopric. Second edition, with the royal privilege occupying the front of the second folio. The first edition (Anselmo, 158), in addition to other differences, presents the privilege on the verso of the first folio. On the back of the last sheet (missing in the BNP copy) there is a colophon dated October 1561. Copy, cropped, with ablation of the last line of the imprint (with the date), on the title page. Otherwise, a very clean and complete copy. Full sheepskin binding, from the 17th century(?) with mottled patina, preserving the original endpapers intact, on plain paper. Anselmo, 164. Biblioteca Nacional (16th century), 855. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II only refers to the 1566 edition. Reiss & Auvermann (Auction 40), 1803 (the same copy, with the mistaken cataloging as being from the first edition) .

[SILVA, D. Jorge da].- TRACTADO EM | QVE SE CONTEM A PAI- | xam de Christo, segundo p Texto dos | Euangelistas muy deuotamente mora- | lizada: & outra Doctrina muito deuo- | ta & proueitosa, q[ue] mostra os proueitos | de se juntar hu[m]a Alma cõ Xpo & duas | Elegias à bem auenturada Magdalena | [gravura xilográfica] | Cõ hu[m] aparelho pera cõfessar & cõmu[m]- | gar: & hum virtuoso Exercicio, | & a Doctrina Christam. Com licença do Sancto Officio.- Euora: em casa de Martim de Burgos, impressor da Vniversidade, 1589.- [8], clxix, [6] f.; 13 cm.- E., Devotional work attributed by the bibliography to D. Jorge da Silva (†1578), nobleman and State councilor who accompanied King D. Sebastião I on the tragic journey to Africa. In the preface (2nd and 3rd preliminary pages), the printer Martim de Burgos, states: “This liuro, deuoto Lector, I print in this city Deuora meu Pay que[que] Deos aja, per duas veses & toda a copia dos liuros se dispe[n]deo muito depressa...”, so this is the third edition, the first two having been printed by André de Burgos, also in Évora, in 1571(?) and 1574 respectively (Anselmo, 379 & 409). Edition mainly composed in round characters, with some epigraphs and current titles in Gothic. Cropped copy, with slight browning and occasional minor stains; title page a little shorter; carmine edges, with excess ink sometimes staining some margins. 20th century full sheepskin binding. Inocêncio, IV, p. 175 and VI, p. 333. Anselmo, 428. Biblioteca Nacional (16th Century), 853. Bibliotec de D. Manuel II, not mentioned.

PINTO, Fernão Mendes.- LES | VOYAGES | ADVANTVREVX | DE | FERNAND | MENDEZ PINTO, | FIDELLEMENT TRADVITS DE | Portugais en François par le Sieur BERNARD | Figvier Gentil-homme Portugais.- A Paris: Chez Arnovld Cotinet, et Chez Iean Roger, M. DC. XLV. [1645].- [8], 1020 [i. e. 940], [12] p.; 22 cm.- E, Second edition of the first French translation of the famous book by Fernão Mendes Pinto (1510/14-1583), traveler and adventurer, born in Montemor-o-Velho, which was republished in Paris, once again, during the 17th century , in 1663 (the first edition was also published in Paris, in 1628). Fernão Mendes left for India in 1537, having stayed in the East for around 21 years. The “Pilgrimage”, a fantastic account of his troubled adventures, was originally published on the initiative of Fr. Belchior Faria, 31 years after his death (Lisbon, 1614), from the original manuscript bequeathed by the author to Casa Pia dos Penitentes. Copy lightly handled, slightly cropped (especially at the head) and with some browning; Cover page a little dusty. Contemporary binding, full sheepskin, a little worn, missing the first free endpaper. Cordier (Sinica), II, 2067. Palau, 163206. Leite de Faria, 32-2.

[MONTANUS, Arnoldus].- AMBASSADES | MÉMORABLES | De la Compagnie des Indes Orientales | DES | PROVINCES UNIES, | Vers les | EMPREURS | DU | JAPON. | Contenant | Plusieurs choses remarquables arrivées | pendant le voyage des Ambassadeurs; | Et deplus, la Description | Des Villes, Bourgs, Châteaux, Forteresses, Temples & | autres bâtimens: Des animaux, des Plantes, Montagnes, Rivieréres, Fon- | teines; Des moeurs, coutumes, Religions & habillemens des Japo- | nois: Comme aussi leurs exploits de guerre, & les révolutions | tant anciennes que modernes que ces peuples ont essuyées...- A Amsterdam: Chés Jacob de Meurs, Marchand Libraire. M. DC. LXXX. [1680].- [8], 227, [9], 146, [6] p.: il., 1 mapa desdobr., 14 [i. e. 13], 11 [i. e. 12] gravuras desdobr.; 34 cm.- E., First French translation of this important description of Japan, published without the author's name, Arnoldus Montanus (ca. 1625-1683), theologian, writer, historian and professor, born in Amsterdam (Montanus is the Latinized form of the surname van den Berg or van Bergen). The work, composed of two parts with independent pagination, consists of a collection of writings by Jesuit missionaries, published between 1649 and 1661 for the East India Company, standing out for its rich iconography. The edition is illustrated with an engraved allegorical frontispiece, a large fold-out map (Route d’Osaca à Iedo), 4 fold-out engravings and 21 double engravings; It also includes 70 copperplate print illustrations (±135x170 mm), alongside the text. Copy apparently treated and washed, missing the last engraving of the first part: “Le Temple de Dayro” (p. 222/223 or 224/225); the second part includes an engraving not recorded in the index: “Grand temple proche de Saccai” (p. 92/93). Extensive ownership on the free endpaper: “Ce livre appartient à Jean-Baptiste Cavernier Aubergiste Ala(?) Petit Allonville Grande Route Domaine à Albert... Le 18 février 1834, Cavernier”. 19th century (?) binding, reconstructed, with parchment spine (?) and new endpapers. Cordier (Japonica), 385.

MANUEL I, D. (Rei de Portugal).- EPISTOLA | Potentissimi ac inuictissimi Ema | nuelis Regis portugaliæ & Algarbiorum, | &c. De Victoriis habitis in India | & Malacha. Ad . S . in Christo Patrem & | Dñm nostrum Dñm Leonem . X. | Pont. Maximum. | [gravura xilográfica com as armas de Portugal].- Romæ: impressa per Iacobum Mazochium, [9 de Agosto do] 1513.- [6] f.; 21 cm.- E., Very rare original edition of an important letter addressed by King D. Manuel I to Pope Leo proudly announcing the recent successes of Afonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515) in India and the East Indies, with particular emphasis on the conquest of Malacca in 1511. The small leaflet consists of a single section with six leaves (A6 signatures), with 11 printed pages (the last one blank) and the following colophon at the end: Romæ printed per Iacobum Mazochium .9. Augusti. A second edition of this same epistle was published in Vienna, Austria, on September 16th (just 36 days after the first), by the printers Hieronymus Vietor & Johannes Singriener. The copy, slightly cropped, but very clean, has a small central flaw on the title page, repaired on the back, without loss of support; the same flaw, with less extension, is repeated in the next leaf. Full blue morocco binding, probably from the 20th century, signed: Bound by Zaehnsdorf. London. England. (workshop active between 1842 and 1947). Covers with triple square fillet and the Manueline coat of arms, in the centre, gold engraved; gold stipple on the thickness of the boards and gilt edges. The rear board has a pocket, possibly for storing a document, but it is empty. We are not aware of the existence of any copy in mainland Portuguese libraries (public or private), having only found two copies of the same edition in the Public Library and Regional Archive of Ponta Delgada (quotas: Safe 110 RES and JC/ AR.2 A/390 RES), the second of which belongs to the José do Canto Collection. Library of Congress (for the only copy referenced outside Portugal), DP605. M357 1513.

HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William.- Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope; being the completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825.- London: Published by Smith, Elder and Co., 1847.- [4], XX, 452, [2, 2] p.: 1 frontisp. litogr., XVII estampas; 31 cm.- E., First edition of one of the most important works by John Herschel (1792-1871), famous English astronomer, mathematician, chemist and inventor, born in Slough (Berkshire). The work consists of an exhaustive survey of the stars visible in the celestial sphere, from the southern hemisphere, constituting the natural complement to the survey carried out by the author's father, the German astronomer, naturalized Englishman, Willam Herschel (1738-1822), at the beginning of the 19th century . John Herschel died aged 79 and is buried in Westminster, next to Charles Darwin. Ownership manuscripts on title page: Coll. Aug. Olyssip. 1857.; Ex-libris G. Blake(?). Lightly handled copy, with slight browning, especially in the final prints, of which four are fold-out. Binding with reconstructed spine (in cloth) and covers covered in original blind-decorated cloth. Houzeau-Lancaster (1964), III, coll. 1641.

POZZO, Pe. Andrea, S.J.- Prospettiva de pittori e architetti. / d'Andrea Pozzo della Compagnia di Giesú: parte prime [e parte seconda] In cui s'insegna il modo più sbrigato di mettere in prospettiva tutti i disegni d'Architettura = Perspectiva pictorum, et architectorum / Andreæ Putei e Societate Jesu.- Roma: Nella Stamperia di Gio: Giacomo Komarek Boëmo, 1693-1700.- 2 vols.: il.; 42 cm.- E., First edition of this treatise, a monumental work by the famous Italian Jesuit painter and architect, born in Trento, who lived between 1642 and 1709. The collation of the two volumes (or parts) is as follows. Pars prima: [6 f.], [100, 6, 1 br.] p.: 1 engraved title, 1 engraving (verse f. prel. [5]), 100 engravings; second part: [8] f., [130, 1 br.] p.; 1 engraved title, 1 engraving, [119] engravings. The two volumes, with title pages and text in Italian, Latin and German, are illustrated with a total of 224 engravings (in fact 223), two are titles, two allegorical engravings, one with the five orders, the other on fresco painting , at the end of the second volume and 218 architectural engravings, all numbered. The first volume lacks engraving No. 71, which should have contained, on the verso, the text of engraving No. 72. In the second volume, the descriptions of engravings No. 112 and 113 are missing, but there is no gap in the sequence of engravings. Ex-libris and white seal of the Salema Garção bookstore. Some stains and handling. Contemporary bindings, full rigid parchment, very worn, but recoverable. Provenance: Auction nº 35 de Silva’s/Pedro de Azevedo (March 2000), lot nº 720.

SPENCER, John.- [...] De Legibus Hebræorum ritualibus earumque rationibus, libro quatuor. Ad nuperam cantabrigiensem, in qua liber quartus, varia capita & dissertationes aliaque autoris supplementa, accessere, accurate reformata...- Tubingæ: Sumptibus Johannis Georgii Cottæ, A. MDCCXXXII. [1732].- [38], 1232, [30] p. 1 retrato; 40 cm.- E., John Spencer (1630-1693), English clergyman and academic, born in Bocton (Kent), was appointed rector of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1667, a position he held until the end of his life. Third edition, enlarged, of his most important work (the first two were published in 1685 and 1727) and also the most controversial, where the author seeks to demonstrate the Egyptian origin of the laws and rituals of the Hebrews and that Judaism is not the oldest world religion. Copy with some browning, sometimes strong, preserving the rare portrait of the author. Title page with former ownership “Da Livraria do Collº de Sta. Rita de Coimbra” and white seal of “Joaquim de Vasconcellos - Porto”. Good binding of the time, full rigid parchment, with double squares and large blind florets (in blocking press), in the center of the covers. Brunet, V, coll. 486.

LA FONTAINE, Jean de.- Fables choisies, mises en vers.- Nouvelle edition gravée en taille douce, les figures par le Sr. Fessard. Le texte par le Sr. Montulay.- A Paris: Chez l’Auteur, graveur ordinaire du Cabinet du Roy. M. DCC. LXV. - M. DCC. LXXV. [1765-1775].- 6 vols.: il.; 22 cm.- E., A masterpiece of elegance and refinement, entirely engraved in copperplate print, it took more than 10 years for the publisher to complete the edition. Etienne Fessard (1714-1777) himself was responsible for opening the 238 compositions in verse (in 724 pages) on a copper plate, while the 243 figures, 243 vignettes and 229 “culs-de-lampe” were written by the engraver François Montulay. Very clean copy, from the first and most popular edition, keeping all the proofs (text and illustrations) very fresh. Good bindings, full morocco “vieux rouge”, unsigned, but probably made in France at the beginning of the 20th century (?); top folder of the first volume loose; triple fillets and “dents-de-rat” on the covers, panels closed in gold with florets on the spine sections; rolls on the squares and thickness of the boards; impeccable gilt edges. Of this edition, said Gordon Ray (The art of the French illustrated book. New York, 1982), which ranks among the one hundred most beautiful French illustrated books of the 18th and 19th centuries. Cohen-De Ricci (Livres à engravures), 551., loose top cover of Tome I

CAMÕES, Luís de.- OS LVSIADAS | DE LVIS DE CAMÕES. | ¶ Agora de nouo impresso, com algu[m]as Annota- | ções, de diuersos Autores. [gravura xilográfica com a marca do impressor] | ¶ Com licença do Supremo Conselho da Sancta | & Geral [In]quisição...- Em Lisboa: Por Manoel de Lyra, 1584.- [12], 280 f.; 12 cm.- E., This is the famous Piscos edition, considered by experts, booksellers and collectors as the rarest of all editions of “Os Lusíadas”. According to some investigators, it is probably the true second edition, refering one of the two editions dated 1572 to a date not before 1584. The explanation of the unusual denomination is as follows: on page 76 (f.), in the first two verses of stanza 65, in song III, wrongly numbered 47, the Poet, when celebrating the victories of King D. Afonso Henriques, writes: “Com estas sojugada foy Palmella, | E a piscosa Cizimbra...” which, at the foot of the same page, the commentator’s note, explains: “Chama piscosa, porq[ue] em certo te[m]po se ajunta ali gra[n]de ca[n]tidade de piscos (birds), pera se passare[m] a Affrica”. Copy slightly cropped (without affecting the text), with old ownership (unreadable) between the first two lines of the title page (with very light stains). Otherwise, a very clean example, with gilt edges (old). Modern pencil inscription on external free endpaper: Purchased by (unreadable) A. Henriques de Oliveira from Francisco Cordeiro de Sousa. Recent binding, full flexible parchment. Anselmo, 738. Biblioteca Nacional (16th Century), 117. José do Canto, 8. Biblioteca D. Manuel II, 83.

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Mary, Queen of Scots. [Blackwood, Adam.] Martyre de la Royne d'Escosse, first edition, Edimbourg [i.e. Paris]: Jean Nafeild, 1587. Octavo, early or contemporary vellum with manuscript title at spine, pp. [xvi], 492, [ii], including final leaf of verse, plus first & final blank. Internally very good, well-preserved with general toning, very pale staining & marks in places, a few heavier marks, shaved close to page numbers in places, one short marginal nick to edge of title, binding tight & strong, slight shelf-lean, vellum very good with a nice colouration from age, the vellum would've originally had ties, bearing Ex Libris plate and pencil owner inscription of Michaelis Hadriani Young A scarce first edition of Blackwood's attack on the enemies of Mary, Queen of Scots. Blackwood visited Mary frequently during her imprisonment. After Mary's execution, he published this exposure of her treatment - a diatribe against Queen Elizabeth I 

Botany & Horticulture. A collection of Victorian & Edwardian books on orchids, some first editions, to include The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, by Charles Darwin, Popular Edition, London: John Murray, 1904, octavo, publisher's green cloth; The Orchid Seekers: A Story of Adventure in Borneo, by Ashmore Russan & Frederick Boyle, London: Frederick Warne & Co., n.d., 8vo, gilt pictorial cloth; The Fairfield Orchids, by James Brooke & Co., London: Bradbury & Evans, 1872, 8vo, green cloth lettered in gilt; Hortus Britannicus, by Robert Sweet, third edition, London: James Ridgway, n.d. [c. 1839], bearing armorial bookplate & library shelf sticker of Malcolm of Poltalloch, 8vo, contemp. gilt cloth; The Orchid-Grower's Manual, by Benjamin Samuel Williams, 7th ed., enlarged by Henry Williams, London: Victoria & Paradise Nurseries, 1894, 8vo, pub's gilt pict. cloth; The Woodlands Orchids, by Frederick Boyle, London: Macmillan, 1901, bearing armorial bookplate for Launcelot A. Huth, 8vo, contemp. gilt cloth, and others, condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults (15)

Shaw, Stebbing. The History & Antiquities of Staffordshire, first edition, Vol. I & Vol. II Part I [all published], London: J. Nichols & Son, 1798-1801. Folio, half-calf with morocco title labels lettered in gilt, numerous engraved plates and folding maps (2)

Travel & Exploration. Cook's Tourists' Handbook for Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert, first edition of the first Thomas Cook guide to Egypt, original binding, London: Thomas Cook & Son, 1876. Octavo, publisher's imitation morocco lettered in gilt, four maps, endpapers with advertising, pp. viii, 309, [iii], 40. Internally very good, clean & bright, paper spine lifting, upper board becoming loose. Scarce

Burne-Jones, Edward (Illust.). The Story of Cupid and Psyche: The forty-four wood-engravings designed by Edward Burne-Jones and mostly engraved by William Morris, first edition portfolio containing a set of proofs of the 44 wood-engravings [their first appearance in print], numbered 63 of 100, Clover Hill Editions, London & Cambridge: Designed & Printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lion Press, 1974. Folio, original card wrappers, housed in publisher's cloth-bound clamshell box with title label. Contents very well-preserved, clean and bright, clamshell box good with light wear to extremities

Higton, Hester. Sundials at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Sundials, Nocturnals and Horary Quadrants in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, first edition, Oxford: University Press, 2002. Folio, blue cloth lettered in gilt with glossy dust-jacket. Clean & bright, housed in protective slipcase

Brickhill, Paul. Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader, first edition, signed by Douglas Bader, 13 March 1954, London: Collins, 1954. Octavo, publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, in unclipped dust-jacket. Well-preserved, clean & bright, housed in protective mylar covers. Together with recent purchase invoice (buyer details removed) from Rainford & Parris Books

Williams, Eric. The Tunnel, signed & inscribed by the author, first edition, London: Collins, 1951; The Escapers, signed, first edition, Collins, 1953; The Wooden Horse, signed, fifth impression, Collins, 1949; Goon in the Block, scarce first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1945; More Escapers, second impression, 1968. Condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults (5)

A collection of escape books to include The Tunnellers of Holzminden, by H. G. Durnford, first edition, Cambridge University Press, 1920; An Escaper's Log, by Duncan Grinnell-Milne, reprinted 1926; Escaped!, by Wallace Ellison, first ed., Blackwood & Sons, 1918; Within Four Walls, by Harrison & Cartwright, first ed., Edward Arnold & Co., 1930; The Jungle is Neutral, by F. Spencer Chapman, 8th impression, 1950; A Crowd Is Not Company, by Robert Kee, presentation copy signed & inscribed by the author, Jonathan Cape, 1982; Free as a Running Fox, by T. D. Calnan, Macdonald, 1970; Winged Dagger, by Roy Farran, first ed., Collins, 1948; Spectator in Hell, by Colin Rushton, signed by the author and Arthur Dodd, Pharaoh Press, 1998; Home By Christmas, edited by Ian English, signed & inscribed by the editor, Privately Published, 1997, and 23 others, condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults (33)

Briggs, Raymond. When the Wind Blows, first edition, presentation copy signed & inscribed by the author for Claire [Rayner], thus an association copy, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. Quarto, publisher's laminated boards, internally well-preserved & bright, binding good, a few bumps to edges/extremities. Together with a purchase invoice from Abe Books stating, 'From the library of Claire Rayner (1931-2012) British author and TV personality.'

Briggs, Raymond. Ethel & Ernest: A True Story, first edition, signed & dated by the author, London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. Octavo, publisher's paper-covered boards lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket, protective mylar wrappers, well-preserved, clean & bright

Loutherbourg, Philippe James de. The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England & Wales, facsimile of the 1805 first edition, limited edition numbered 430/1000, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, 1979. Folio, half crushed morocco lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, illustrated with colour plates. Internally very well-preserved, clean & bright, binding tight & square, some discolouration to cloth boards, housed in a scuffed & stained clamshell box

Bestall, Alfred. The New Adventures of Rupert, first edition of the first Rupert Annual, Daily Express Publications, 1936. Quarto, publisher's red cloth, pictorial dust-jacket. Internally good & bright, some pale spotting in places, a little heavier at first & final leaves, neat owner inscription dated 1941, the colouring-in plates have been coloured, one childish illustration of a horse's head at p.39, a few marginal nicks, binding tight & square, cloth well-preserved, spotting to edges of text-block, dust-jacket with light marks, wear around edges and several tears that close quite neatly

Bestall, Alfred. Rupert's Adventure Book, [1940], first edition of the fifth Rupert Annual, internally good & bright, slight spotting in places, occasional marks, one 4cm tear to p.34, gift inscription dated Xmas 1940, some pencil to title, boards good & bright, wear to corners & extremities, shelf-lean. Together with The Rupert Book, [1941], first edition of the sixth Rupert Annual, very well-preserved & bright throughout, boards bold & bright, light bumping & wear to extremities (2)

Bestall, Alfred. More Adventures of Rupert, [1942], first edition of the first softcover Rupert Annual, the rarest of the annuals and printed during the paper shortages of WW2, Daily Express Publication. Internally very well-preserved & bright, owner inscription dated Xmas 1942, covers with creasing to corners & loss to base of spine, detached from text-block

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter. Deluxe Editions. A complete set of first deluxe editions comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Large octavo, publisher's gilt cloth, all edges gilt. In fine, unread condition. All sealed/unopened, though cellophane has broken on Goblet of Fire, and partly at fore-edge of Azkaban. The last four novels with 'First Edition' stated on barcode labels, the first three unopened and therefore unknown. Published by Bloomsbury, London, 1999-2007 (7)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first deluxe edition, first issue with full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', London: Bloomsbury, 1999, together with a sealed/unopened copy of the same title. The sealed copy is fine, as new in original cellophane wrappers, the opened copy is internally good & bright with faint marks in places, slight bumping to corners, some scuffing & marks to cloth (2)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first deluxe edition, sealed, London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Three sealed copies in original cellophane wrappers, one of which has been carefully opened along the fore-edge only, allowing us to inspect the copyright page, which we can confirm includes the full number line '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', with no dropped line of text error on p. 7 [first issue, second state]. The three books were purchased at the same time and are assumed to be identical issues. In fine, unopened, unread condition (3)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition paperback, 24th issue, signed & inscribed by the author on dedication page, "to Sam, J K Rowling", London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Octavo, paperback, publisher's illustrated covers. Contents generally good & bright with usual marginal toning, some lightly creased corners, a couple of small ink marks, signed leaf almost detached with creasing & tears at gutters, binding tight & square, covers bold and lightly creased. Together with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition paperback, first issue, full number line, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1", unsigned, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, good & bright, creased at spine (2) Provenance: Signed at Waterstones, Brighton during a Coombe Road Primary School trip in 1999. The book comes with a Letter of Authenticity from The Harry Potter Specialist [Certification Code: HPS632261], certifying the signature as genuine, signed by Adam Houston, 12 November 2023

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, true first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Of the 500 copies printed, 300 were issued to schools & libraries - this is a superb example of one of the even scarcer and more desirable 200 that were issued to booksellers. Octavo, hardback, publisher's original laminated pictorial boards. Complete with all requisite issue points, namely: full number line on copyright page, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"; "1 wand" appearing twice on p.53; "Philosopher's" misspelled "Philospher's" on rear cover; "Wizardry and Witchcraft" [rather than "Witchcraft and Wizardry"] on rear cover; "Joanne Rowling" on copyright page; no space between "Taylor" and "1997" on copyright page. Internally very well-preserved, clean & bright; usual light toning to page edges; appears almost unread: no folded corners, no inscriptions, no foxing; a few very faint marginal marks in places, including lower gutters of title; original endpapers are good & bright with a star-shaped surface mark at corner of front pastedown; very slightly pulling at gutters of final page; binding very good, strong & unrestored with original laminated finish; slight fading/discolouration to spine; a few very faint scratches to laminate; light wear to extreme corners of boards & spine; very lightly bumped at edges of spine; a couple of very small, light bumps to edges of boards; very slight shelf-lean. Overall, very good indeed - a remarkably well-preserved example of the true first issue of the author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. This is the origin of the best-selling book series in history. Very scarce

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 24th issue, signed by the following cast members: Richard Harris [Albus Dumbledore]; Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley]; Emma Watson [Hermione Granger]; Maggie Smith [Minerva McGonagall]; Alan Rickman [Severus Snape]; Tom Felton [Draco Malfoy]; Jamie Waylett [Vincent Crabbe]; Josh Herdman [Gregory Goyle]; Matthew Lewis [Neville Longbottom]; Devon Murray [Seamus Finnigan]; Sean Biggerstaff [Oliver Wood]; James Phelps [Fred Weasley]; Oliver Phelps [George Weasley]; Alfred Enoch [Dean Thomas]; Geraldine Somerville [Lily Potter]; Adrian Rawlins [James Potter]; Eleanor Columbus [Susan Bones]; Lauren York [Hannah Abbott], and Ben Borowiecki [Angus/Diagon Alley Boy]. Hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, very well-preserved, clean & bright, appears unread, a couple of light surface scuffs to extremities of rear board. London: Bloomsbury, 1997 Provenance: A state-funded secondary school in North-West London is auctioning this cast-signed copy of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, which is believed to have been a gift from an ex-student who appeared in the film series as a child actor. The school would like to improve the grounds for current students by creating a small quiet garden, installing native plants and a natural seating area (proceeds from the sale of this book will be used for this purpose)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 19th issue, signed by the author in bold blue ink, paperback, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Contents with some creasing & marks, crayon scribbles in places, pp. 39-44 torn horizontally, covers bold but creased & worn around edges of spine Provenance: The vendor has kindly provided the following statement regarding the book's history: 'The exact date I got it signed was at a Conference in London on Monday 19th November 2001. JK Rowling was the Ambassador for National Council for One Parent Families so was attending the conference. JK Rowling was lovely and quipped that her books are probably worth more unsigned, as she'd signed so many. We were very proud to have a signed copy. Unfortunately my granddaughter who is now 11 and loves Harry Potter, damaged this particular book when she was a toddler.'

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, first deluxe editions, sealed/unopened in original cellophane wrappers bearing 'First Edition' barcode stickers, the cellophane of the latter having split open at corners & top/fore-edges, thus a little dusty & lightly scuffed at corners, one corner dented, London: Bloomsbury, 2000 & 2003. Together with first trade editions of Goblet of Fire (x 2); Order of the Phoenix (x 4); Half-Blood Prince (x 4); Deathly Hallows (x 3); adult edition Deathly Hallows (x 1), and a promotional paper bag & bookmark for Half-Blood Prince, condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults

A limited edition Royal Worcester figure group titled The Court of Tutankhamun. With original certificate of authenticity and display base, No. 382/500. Good condition. Gilt fan loose. First quality.

A limited edition Royal Worcester figure depicting Queen Victoria from the Queens of Britain collection. With original display base and certificate of authenticity, No. 403/4,500. Good condition. First quality.

A limited edition Royal Worcester figure depicting Mary Queen of Scots from the Queens of Britain Collection. With original display base and certificate of authenticity, No. 367/4,500. Good condition. First quality.

"The Bridge at Arnhem" by Alan Fearnley. First edition print published in 1980 individually signed by Major General John Frost, CB, DSO, MC.

TWO BOXES OF MISCELLANEOUS SUNDRIES, to include five boxed pieces of Coalport 'Ming Rose' pattern giftware, a stainless steel champagne cooler, silverplate ice bucket, six cases of 1950's photographic slides of Britain, to include Anglesey and Whitby, a Rotel stereo tuner - RT830AL, a collection of cigarette cards, to include Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes, Ardath Cigarettes, Carreras Ltd 'Glamour Girls', a bead necklace of dark amber coloured plastic, a 2018 limited edition half-crown 'Flanders Fields Museum', a first day cover collection 'History Of The Monarchy', six sets of European coins, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, etc. (s.d) (2 boxes + loose)

TOLKIEN; J.R.R. Three hardback titles, The Lord Of The Rings, first published in one volume by Unwin 1978, this is a 3rd Impression 1979, The Hobbit, published by Harper Collins 1995 and The Hobbit 50th Anniversary Edition, published by Unwin Hyman, 1987

Mixed collectors edition proof and circulated crowns and commemoratives. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

Enchantica figurine, Vladdigor, limited edition 2706/2950, with COA, H: 33 cm. UK P&P Group 3 (£30+VAT for the first lot and £8+VAT for subsequent lots)

Enchantica limited edition four seasons dragons, Arangast The Summer Dragon 5978/7500, Gorgoyle The Spring Dragon 6993/7500, Grawlfang The Winter Dragon 3445/15000 and Snarlgard The Autumn Dragon 5594/7500, all with COA's, largest H: 24 cm. UK P&P Group 3 (£30+VAT for the first lot and £8+VAT for subsequent lots)

Antiquarian. Travel. Bulkeley, John & Cummins, John - A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1. Containing a faithful Narrative of the Loss of his Majesty's Ship the Wager.. London: Jacob Robinson. 1743, First edition. Pagination: xx, 220pp. Bound in a modern half leather over marbled boards. One of the principal accounts of the Wager, which was wrecked off the southern coast of Chile after rounding Cape Horn as part of Anson's fleet. (1)

Art. Haste, Cate - Sheila Fell: A Passion for Paint. Lund Humphries: 2010. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. A nice bright copy. (1)

The Macallan Single Highland Malt Scotch Whiskey. The Definitive Guide to Buying Vintage Macallan Firts Edition together with, BUXRUD Ulf, Rare Malts Facts, Figures and Taste hardback first edition 2006, BUXTON Ian 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die 2010, ARTHUR Helen The Single Malt Whisky Companion with many The First Cask Malt Whisky Circle pamphlets and a HUME John. R & MOSS Michael S. The Making of Scotch Whisky. Our in-house postage team can ship this lot to a UK address for £19.76.

Books, James Bond, Ian Fleming, The Man With The Golden Gun, 1965 First Edition, price clipped (some slight age toning to d/w and page edges o/w vg)

A pair of two glazed earthenware wall tiles, the first is a J and J.G. Low Art Tile that is square and olive in color depicting a woman in the center. J and J.G. Low Art mark. The other is a Rookwood rectangular tile painted in various greens depicting a bird resting on a branch with Rookwood engraved in the right corner. The Rookwood tile is a 14th edition of 500. Rookwood backstamp. Dimensions of the largest item: 6"L x 0.5"W x 6"H. Condition: Age related wear. Minor chip on the front of the J and J.G. Low Art tile.

Bossons the crown collection 'first course' racoons limited edition boxed with paperwork and certificate, c1980s.

J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition.

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, "Lewis Carroll": The Hunting of The Snark An Agony in Eight Fits, first edition MacMillan & Co London 1876, original pictorial cloth. (1)

Automobilia Vehicle - A 'barnfind' 1904 Historic Holsman Model 3 two-seat High Wheeler Horseless Carriage Runabout Piano body. Purchased for the London to Brighton Rally. With age related BS 8363 number plate (not SV), Chasis no. 246, with distinguishing Black Detz lights and rear mudguards only.Fully verified by The Science Museum, Tuckett Brothers, Cherished Car Insurance, State of New Jersey (copies) and DVLAThis Holsman High Wheeler, made in Chicago in 1904, was recently recovered from a local yard clearance where it had languished for years. Its existence was not previously known by the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain. It is thought there is only one other Holsman in this country.Before it came to the UK in around 2002, the High Wheeler belonged to Franklin B Tucker of New Jersey, who was very well known in US veteran car circles and was a past-President of the AACA (the Antique Automobile Club of America - the equivalent of the VCC in the UK).December 10th 1972 New York Times8 Years A-BuildingFranklin Tucker of West Caldwell has rebuilt a 1905 rope-driven Holsman literally from a pair of license plates. Mr. Tucker had been summoned to the family's carriage house to appraise what appeared to be an unusual set of license plates, and it was there that he discovered a pile of the original Holsman parts.Eight years were spent in assembling the rest of the parts, and today the machine, with its high wheels and two- cylinder air-cooled engine, can be seen cruising along with the rest of the antiques.August 11th 1978 New York TimesFranklin B. Tucker of West Caldwell, in his second term as national president of the club (Antique Autobile Club of America), points out that the hobby involves the entire family. The New Jersey Region Lists 435 members, with the wives admitted free if they belong to the national organization.Most hobbyists agree that while people seem to be most interested in the value of their restored automobiles they try to discourage inquiries because their automobiles are beyond value to their owners. Mr. Tucker has owned his 1913 Metz Roadster for 30 years. He also owns a 1924 Franklin and a 1905 Holsman.Eight years were spent in assembling the rest of the parts, and today the machine, with its high wheels and two- cylinder air-cooled engine, can be seen cruising along with the rest of the antiques.We have traced part of the history of this particular car, chassis number 246, with the help of American experts. We now know that it was discovered around seventy years ago by Franklin B Tucker as a pile of parts. His reassembly and ownership of the remarkable car was the subject of two articles in the New York Times in the 1950s. Copies of these are included with the car.The English buyer planned to drive it in the annual London to Brighton veteran car run but after an early journey to Ireland, it broke down before he was able to do so and was put away.'High wheelers' were popular rural America in the first decade of the 20th century, built to straddle rocks in the centre of the road. The Holsman was regarded as the very best of these, coming to be known as 'the Cadillac of high wheelers.' Holsman sold about 2,500 of them over a period of 8 or 9 years from the beginning of the 1900s. This very early example from 1904 is their 'Type 3'.It has a correct air-cooled flat twin engine which still turns over. Amongst the large quantity of spares which will also be sold (including two more sets of wheels in lot 250A and 250B).Franklin B Tucker wrote the only book about Holsman cars, part history and part workshop manual. It was printed in 1994 in a very limited edition of 100 copies. We have located one of these and will provide an electronic copy of the whole text to the purchaser.The provenance pack to accompany the car will include colour photographs from its final trip to the Irish mountains and a number of letters regarding the car and its history, plus the bill of sale from Tucker to its new Somerset owner.Film of similar Holsman cars can be seen on YouTube listed as:• The Holsman Automobile 1898 start engine• A Drive Back in Time: The Holsman Revisits Cow Canyon• 1907 Holsman Automobile_0001.wmv• 1906 Holsman Auto buggy ride• 1902 Holsman High Wheeler• Neville Museum Minute - Holsman Runabout Automobile• 1907 Holsman ticking over

PHANTOM LOT PART 1 (57 in Lot) - Includes JOHNSON'S OFFICIAL PHANTOM PRICE GUIDE (First Edition, 1993) + INDEX: THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF THE PHANTOM (FREW PUBLICATIONS - 1998) + THE PHANTOM REPLICA EDITION #1(x2), 2, 3, 4(x2), 5(x2), 6, 7, 8, 9(x2), 10, 11, 12, 18 (FREW PUBLICATIONS) + THE PHANTOM #682, 797, 801, 818, 849, 891A, 942-944, 944A, 946-948, 950, 952-954, 956-958, 958A, 959, 965A, 972, 986, 988, 989(x2), 990(x2), 991-993, 994(x2), 995, 998, 1000 (FREW PUBLICATIONS) - Flat/Unfolded

DC TREASURY EDITION LOT (13 in Lot) - (1974/1976 - DC - US & UK Price Variant) - Includes FAMOUS FIRST EDITION #C-26, C-28, C-30, C-61, F-4, F-5, F-7, F-8 (1974/1979) + SUPERMAN VS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1976) + SUPERMAN AND SPIDER-MAN (1981) + BATMAN VS THE INCREDIBLE HULK (1981) + SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #C-55 (1978) + SUPERMAN THE MOVIE #C-62 (1979) - Flat/Unfolded

Five first edition vintage Japanese Pokemon cards