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Greece.- Holland (Henry) Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c., first edition, engraved map and 12 plates, foxed (sometimes severely), contemporary half calf, a little worn,upper cover detached, [Blackmer 825; Atabey 589], 4to, 1815.

Architecture.- Loudon (John Claudius) A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences..., 2 vol., first edition, 32 engraved plates, one double-page, one with overslip, binders/errata leaf at end of vol.2, lacks half-titles, 2ff. margins cut away, some slight staining, foxed and browned, contemporary half calf, repaired, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, 4to, 1806.

Children's Books.- Food for the Mind; or, a New Riddle-book...by John the Giant-Killer, Esq., woodcut illustrations, a little foxed and browned, contemporary "Dutch" floral boards, worn, covers becoming loose, lacking spine, York, Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1797 § Garden Amusements, for improving the Minds of Little Children, engraved or woodcut illustrations, contemporary marbled wrappers, Darton & Harvey, 1803 § Watts (I.) Divine and Moral Songs..., woodcuts, original cloth-backed printed boards, Deal, T.Hayward, 1834 § Pinnock (W.) An Introduction to the Universal Explanatory Reader..., contemporary sheep, worn, Alton, Hants, Mentorian Press, 1810, some foxing and soiling, a few stains, rubbed or worn; and c.55 others, 19th century children's books including 30 booklets issued by the Ragged School Union, v.s. (c.60)⁂ Of the first mentioned ESTC lists only one copy of this edition in the UK (Oxford, Bodleian) and one in America (Pierpont Morgan library).

Mediterranean.- Sutherland (Capt. David) A Tour up the Straits, from Gibraltar to Constantinople, first edition, list of subscribers, some foxing, ex- Royal United Service Institution library copy with label but no stamps, later half calf, rubbed, new label, 8vo, for the Author, 1790.

Portugal.- Faria y Sousa (Emanuel) The History of Portugal..., translated by Capt. John Stevens, first English edition, lightly browned, a few rust spots, contemporary calf, rather worn, for W.Rogers and Abel Roper..., [1698] § [Dumouriez (C.F.)] État Présent du Royaume de Portugal, en l'année MDCCLXVI, first edition, half-title, ink ownership stamp to verso of title, staining to a few leaves, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, Lausanne, François Grasset & Co., 1775, 8vo & 12mo (2)

Africa.- Werne (Ferdinand) Expedition to Discover the Source of the White Nile in the Years 1840, 1841, translated by C.W.O'Reilly, 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, folding lithographed map but lacking plate, also lacking half-titles and advertisement leaf, browned, some spotting, map spotted and with short tear to fold, contemporary calf prize binding, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint repaired, 12mo, 1849.⁂ Account of the second European exploration to locate the source of the White Nile, which laid the foundations for the later journeys of Burton, Speke and Baker.

Switzerland.- Spon (Isaac) The History of the City and State of Geneva, first edition in English, additional engraved pictorial title, 3 engraved plates, one folding, woodcut plate of seals, engraved illustration in text, occasional light foxing or browning, modern sprinkled calf, red morocco label, [Wing S5017], folio, for Bernard White, 1687.

Voyages.- Huish (Robert) The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross to the Arctic Regions, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, 6 plates, 1 engraved chart, 1 folding table, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed, upper joint beginning to split, small loss to spine head, 1836 § Lactantius, Lucii Caecilii Firmiani Lactantii de Mortibus Persecutorum ..., additional engraved title (trimmed), 2 folding plates, 1 folding table, illustrations, spotting, ex-school library with label to front pastedown, ink and pencil annotations and small area of loss to front free endpaper, contemporary morocco, gilt, rubbed, remnants of paper label to spine foot, bumping to corners and extremities, Utrecht, Francisci Halma, 1692 § Macaulay (Lord) The history of England, 8vol., occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 1862; and 5 others, 8vo & folio (15)

NO RESERVE England.- Pennant (Thomas) A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor, first edition, lacking half-title, with 27 engraved plates, some foxing and offsetting, modern half calf, Oriental Press, for Edward Harding, 1801 § Phillips (Samuel) Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park, half-title, 3 folding maps, illustrations, advertisement leaf and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary half roan, g.e., spine ends chipped, 1856, 4to & 8vo (2)

America.- [Bellegarde (Jean Baptiste Morvan de, Abbé)] A General History of all Voyages and Travels throughout the Old and New World..by Monsr. du Perier of the Royal Academy, first English edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, some foxing, light worming to upper outer corner at beginning, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Sabin 21351], 8vo, for Edmund Curll...and Egbert Sanger, 1708.⁂ Almost entirely concerning early Spanish voyages in the Americas and with much information on the native Americans. One plate depicts the natives in Jamaica catching parrots by disguising themselves with gourds on their heads in the rivers.

Astronomy.- Laplace (P[ierre] S[imon]) The System of the World, 2 vol., first English edition, translated by J. Pond, half-titles, ?ex-library with ink note to titles, occasional spotting, publisher's advertisements bound at end, original boards, a little faded, 12mo, 1809.

NO RESERVE Smiles (Samuel) Lives of the Engineers, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portraits, illustrations, 12pp. catalogue at end of vol.1, a very clean copy, original blind-stamped cloth, a little rubbed, spines faded, 8vo, 1861-62.

Surgery.- Le Dran (H. F.) The Operations in Surgery..., translated by Thomas Gataker... with remarks... by William Cheselden, first English edition, 22 engraved plates, p. 465 small tear at tail, slightly browned throughout, a few marks, ink signature of Rowland Briggs on title and front free endpaper, lacks lower free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, joints splitting, [Wellcome 111, p. 473], 8vo, C. Hitch, 1749.

Americas.- Ulloa (Antonio de) A Voyage to South America..., translated by John Adams, 2 vol., third English edition, folding engraved map, 6 folding engraved plates and plans, contemporary ink inscription at head of titles, occasional spotting, later half green roan, gilt, a little rubbed and marked, for Lockyer Davis, 1772 § Charlevoix (P.-F.-X. de) The History of Paraguay, 2 vol., first English edition, light browning or water-staining, worming to vol.2, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed and stained, worming, spines repaired, 1769, [Sabin 36813 & 12133], 8vo (4)

Boyle (Robert) Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H. Scriptures, first edition, slightly browned, old ink signature crossed out and 20th century ink signature on title, free endpapers cut away, handsomely bound in a Restoration black morocco gilt panelled binding, slight rubbing to edges, rebacked with the original spine laid down, gilt panelled spine, red gilt morocco label on spine, [Wing B4025], Henry Herringman, 1661; and 2 others, Boyle, 8vo (3).

England.- Leland (John) The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary, 9 vol., first edition, engraved folding plate and other illustrations within the text, list of subscribers at the end of vols. 2-9, occasional spotting and browning, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in modern calf, 2 black morocco labels, gilt, 12mo, Oxford, Printed at the Theater for the Publisher, 1710-12.

Book of Common Prayer, Spanish. La Liturgia Ynglesa O el Libro de la Oracion Comun..., second edition, engraved frontispiece portrait of George I by Van der Gucht, slightly browned, portrait with small stain, margins trimmed slightly affecting some catchwords, ink signatures of Mrs H Wahab on title and front free endpaper, contemporary English red red straight-grained morocco, gilt borders, edges slightly rubbed, gilt spine rubbed, g.e., 8vo, [Griffiths p. 558; Bowyer Ledgers 237], William Bowyer, 1715.⁂ First published in 1707 (also printed by Bowyer), and here revised with the state prayers for George I. The preface by the translator includes a survey of Spanish versions of the Scriptures.

Corsica.- Boswell (James) An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island ..., first edition, half-title, engraved vignette title, folding engraved map by Thomas Phinn in second state (tear, repaired), D2 in first state with "John Home" affixed to first quotation, E2 in second state with "enjoying the noble fief of Is-tria", Z3 in second state with "Mariani" corrected, occasional spotting, near contemporary ex-library ink annotations to blank prelims, occasional faint off-setting, early nineteenth century calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, and worn, [Rothschild 442-445], 8vo, Glasgow, Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1768.

Wesley (John) Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 3 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, vol. III small tear in title, browned throughout, ink inscriptions in vol. II & III, contemporary calf, corners bumped and worn, rebacked in modern calf, red and green and gilt morocco labels, [Baker, 234], 4to Bristol, 1765; and c. 25 others, Wesley and non-conformism, v.s., v.d. (c. 25).⁂ Ink inscription in vol. III: "This book is for the use of the preacher, or Preachers in the Bradford Circuit [Wiltshire] to be kept at the Superindents house 1808."

NO RESERVE Gray (Thomas) Poems, first collected edition, London issue, half-title, light water-staining at foot, later calf, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., slightly rubbed and stained, [Rothschild 1071], for J.Dodsley, 1768 § [Moore (Thomas)], "Thomas Little". The Poetical Works..., contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with roan label (slightly chipped), rubbed, Dublin, for William M'Kenzie, 1804, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ "Thomas Little" was the pseudonym used by the Irish poet Thomas Moore to publish his juvenilia.

Hinde (Captain Robert) The Discipline of the Light-Horse, first edition, errata leaf at end, engraved frontispiece, and 4 plates (3 folding, 1 creased) ?only, a few woodcut illustrations, 2 small pieces of corners torn away, contemporary calf, very slightly rubbed, gilt spine, red morocco gilt label on spine, 8vo, for W. Owen, 1778; sold not subject to return.

[Warton (Joseph)] An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, 2 vol., vol. I The Fourth Edition,vol. II first edition, A1 blanks, slightly browned, contemporary tree calf, gilt, corners bumped, gilt spines, red and gilt morocco labels on spines, 8vo, J. Dodsley, 1782.

Slavery.- Montgomery (James), James Grahame, and E. Benger, Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, first edition, additional engraved title and 12 engraved plates, occasional faint spotting and off-setting, ink inscription to blank prelim, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 4to, 1809.

Slavery.- Jamaica.- Stewart (John) A View of the Past and Present State of the Island of Jamaica, first edition, half-title, small tear to pp.v-vi (repaired), occasional spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, modern half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1823.

Johnson (Samuel) Letters to and from...Published... by Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2 vol., first edition, vol. I lacks A1, slightly foxed and browned, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, gilt panelled spines, worn, red morocco labels, A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788; and another, Johnson, 8vo (3).

STANSBURY, HOWARD - AN EXPEDITION TO THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF UTAH Including a description of its Geography, Natural History, and Minerals, and an analysis of its Waters: with an Account of the Mormon Settlement.....also, a Reconnoissance of a New Route through the Rocky Mountains, and two Large and Accurate Maps of that Region. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1855. First edition, 8vo, lithographed and tinted plates (several folding), all plates present and correct, lacking the (lesser) La Hontan map of "The Long River" - but - this copy has the two large rare additional folding maps (in a separate volume as published) of the route through the Rocky Mountains showing Indian territories, forts, etc. Publisher's cloth, gilt faded. A fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, the large folding maps now missing from most copies (2) ++Lacking the (lesser) La Hontan map of "The Long River" - but - this copy has the two large rare additional folding maps (in a separate volume as published) of the route through the Rocky Mountains showing Indian territories, forts, etc. Publisher's cloth rubbed and gilt faded, slight wear to extremities, internal occasional foxing and toning

PUGIN, A. WELBY - THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF POINTED OR CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE London, John Weale, 1841. First edition, small 4to, architectural plates (some partly hand-coloured) and numerous woodcuts, original cloth re-backed; WORMALD, FRANCIS - THE BOOK OF PSALMS From the Version of Miles Coverdale as Published in the "Great Bible" of 1539. London, Haymarket Press, 1930. Limited Edition of 875 copies, small folio, tipped-in colour plates being facsimile reproductions of eight illuminated leaves from the fourteenth century manuscript known as Queen Mary's Psalter, bound in cream parchment; and 9 others, folio and smaller, Theology and Art related. Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham (11)++PUGIN - internally ok, cloth binding rubbed and re-backed with new spine ,br> BOOK OF PSALMS - internally good, binding good, mellowed, short cracks to joints at top of spine but sound

[THEOLOGY] MACDONALD, REVD WILLIAM - SELECT WORKS OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN DOUGLAS Late Archbishop of Salisbury. Salisbury, Brook & Dowding, 1820. First edition, 4to, large paper copy, portrait, contemporary calf with gilt stamps of the House Of Commons Library to boards (detached); and approx 110 other volumes, mainly 19thC theology, some earlier, all from the library of St John's College Nottingham (111)++Condition varies, sold with all faults

PASCAL, ADRIEN - HISTOIRE DE L'ARMEE et de tous les régiments depuis les premiers temps de la monarchie française jusqu'à nos jours. Illustrée par MM. Philippoteaux, E. Charpentier, H. Bellangé, de Moraine, Morel-Fatio, Sorieul, etc. Paris, Barbier, 1847-1850. 4 volumes, large 8vo, numerous fine hand-coloured and black and white military plates of soldiers in uniform etc, rebound in modern black cloth with marbled blue boards, spines gilt, some internal spotting and staining but generally good; FIEFFE, EUGENE - NAPOLEON Ier ET LA GARDE IMPERIALE Paris, Furne Fils, 1859. First edition, 4to, hand-coloured plates of soldiers in military uniform, staining to text margins in parts but plates largely unaffected, rebound in similar fashion to the previous work; and 4 original pictorial bindings from the first work which have been retained (9) ++as described

PETRARCH & DOBSON, [SUSANNA] MRS - PETRARCH'S VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE London, John Stockdale, 1791. First edition, 8vo, contemporary diced calf, upper joint cracked but holding. The copy of William Congreve Russell (1778-1850), Tory Whig politician, with his bookplate

[SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR] - STEELE, ELIZABETH - THE MEMOIRS OF MRS SOPHIA BADDELEY, LATE OF DRURY LANE THEATRE. By Mrs. Elizabeth Steele. A New Edition. In Six Volumes. London, Printed for the Author, 1787. 6 volumes, 12mo, the half-title to each volume is signed by Elizabeth Steele, quarter calf, very worn, some spines missing parts of leather and with vertical splits. Despite the poor condition of the bindings, this signed set is rare. Following a dispute between Steele and her publisher, John Trussler, regarding money from the first edition, Steele (on the advice of Counsel) personally signed some of the sets of the second edition in order to deter piracy. In return, on release of the second edition, Trussler accused Steele of piracy herself. Our copy bears her signature in every volume. ESTC T155077, the British Library copy apparently being one of the unsigned sets only (6)

[DERBYSHIRE INTEREST] - THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF ASHBOURN, THE VALLEY OF THE DOVE and the Adjacent Villages. Ashbourn, Dawson & Hobson, 1839. First edition, 8vo, illustrations, half-green morocco, rubbed; LEYLAND, JOHN - THE PEAK OF DERBYSHIRE Its Scenery and Antiquities. London, Seeley & Co, 1891. First edition, 8vo, illustrations, half-calf, gilt spine, good; DERBYSHIRE AND SOME NEIGHBOURING RECORDS, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND PICTORIAL. London, Allan North, circa 1908. First edition, 4to, photographic plates, attractively bound in quarter-vellum, gilt spine; and 6 others all Derbyshire related (9)

[HUNTING] FAIRFAX-BLAKEBOROUGH, J - SPORTING DAYS AND SPORTING STORIES OF TURF AND CHASE London, Philip Allan, 1925. Royal 8vo, photographic plates, red cloth, good; RANDALL, J L - A HISTORY OF THE MEYNELL HOUNDS AND COUNTRY 1780-1901 London, Sampson Low, 1901. First edition, two volumes, Royal 8vo, illustrations, red cloth, small hole to cloth on one spine; and approx 34 others all hunting related (36)

COX, J CHARLES - NOTES ON THE CHURCHES OF DERBYSHIRE. Chesterfield, Palmer and Edmunds, 1875-1879. First edition, 4 volumes (complete), royal 8vo, fine heliotype photographic plates, finely bound in 19th century three-quarter red morocco leather, gilt spines with gilt lettering direct, top edges gilt, a handsome set (4)++as described

[NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEREST] BAILEY, THOMAS - ANNALS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM Including the Borough. London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, [1853]. First edition, four volumes bound in two (complete), large 8vo, titles to vols 1 & 2 bound at beginning of each book, other titles discarded, folding map present, later half brown morocco leather, good; plus a rare printed 'PROGRAMME OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE' for Nottingham in 1897, being the copy of Richard FitzHugh J.P. who was a member of the Jubilee Celebration Committee, in original leather binding; and another 'OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE DIAMOND JUBILEE...', 1897, a presentation copy from the Town Clerk, Sir Samuel Johnson, original cloth binding (4)

[NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEREST] BROWN, CORNELIUS - LIVES OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WORTHIES and of Celebrated and Remarkable Men of the County, from the Norman Conquest to A. D. 1882. London, H Sotheran, 1882. First edition, 4to, Woodburytype photograph frontispiece of Philip James Bailey, other Woodburytype plates, good in the original green cloth; RODGERS, JOSEPH - THE SCENERY OF SHERWOOD FOREST with an Account of Some Emininent People Once Resident There. London, Fisher Unwin, 1908. First edition, 4to, illustrations, publisher's green cloth; HAMMOND, T W - NOTTINGHAM PAST AND PRESENT Fifty Reproductions of Crayon Drawings. Nottingham, J & H Bell, 1926. First edition, 4to, tipped-in colour and other plates, folding map of Nottingham (not called for) bound in at the rear, good in original buckram with gilt lettering (3)

A GOOD COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE including WHYTE, F & J - HISTORY, DIRECTORY, AND GAZETTEER... OF NOTTINGHAM Sheffield, 1844. Map not present, as usual. Calf, re-backed retaining original spine; HICKLIN, JOHN - THE HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAM CASTLE from the Danish Invasion to the Destruction by Rioters, in 1831. London, Hamilton, 1836. First edition, 8vo, additional engraved title, 5 engraved plates, folding plan and facsimile (as called for), green cloth; BAWDEN, REVD WILLIAM - A TRANSLATION OF THE RECORD CALLED DOMESDAY So Far as it Relates to the County of York. Also the Counties of Derby, Nottingham, Rutland, and Lincoln. Doncaster, W Sheardown, 1809. First edition, 4to, cloth with leather spine (spine detaching and very worn), advertisement at the rear for planned further volumes at 2 guineas each; and 30 others, various authors and dates, all Notts related (33)

BENSON, E.F. - WINTER SPORTS IN SWITZERLAND With 12 full-page illustrations in colour by C. Fleming Williams and 47 reproductions from photographs by Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond. London, George Allen and Company, 1913. First edition, 4to, publisher's blue cloth, tipped-in colour plates. A beautifully-illustrated book on winter sports, including skiing, skating, tobogganing and ice-hockey++Cloth binding with slight wear to extremities, internally good with some occasional light spotting, all tissue-guards still in place

HYDE, EDWARD, EARL OF CLARENDON - The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641 first edition, Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, 1702-1704. 3 volumes, folio, 1st volume with half-title but lacking frontispiece and general title, volumes 2 and 3 with half-titles, portrait frontispieces and general titles all present, text generally crisp and clean. Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners repaired (3)

GRAILE, JOHN - THREE SERMONS PREACHED AT THE CATHEDRAL IN NORWICH And a fourth at a parochial church in Norfolk. Humbly recommending, I. True reformation of our selves· II. Pious reverence toward God and the King. III. Just abhorrence of usurping republicans, and IV. Due affection to the monarchy. By John Graile, rector of Blickling in Norfolk. London, printed for W Kettilby, 1685. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf. Wing G1479, scarce - ESTC records just 4 locations in Britain and 2 in N America; CROUCH, WILLIAM - THE ENORMOUS SIN OF COVETOUSNESS DETECTED; with it's Branches, Fraud, Oppression, Lying, Ingratitude, &c. London, J Sowle, 1708. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf; NELSON, ROBERT - THE PRACTICE OF TRUE DEVOTION. London, B Dod, 1753. Thirteenth edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf. ESTC N472831 which records 1 copy - in N America only; DODDRIDGE, PHILIP - PRACTICAL DISCOURSES ON REGENERATION, IN TEN SERMONS. London, H Woodfall, 1766. Fourth edition, 12mo, contemporary calf, the copy of Lady Robert Manners, with her armorial bookplate. ESTC T206658 which records 3 locations in Britain and none in N America (4)

DU PIN, LOUIS ELLIES - THE EVANGELICAL HISTORY: The Life of our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, Comprehensively and Plainly Related [Bound together with] THE LIVES AND ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES London, Abel Swall and T Child, 1696. Two volumes bound in one, 8vo, both with separate pagination and title pages dated 1696, first work with engraved frontispiece and other engravings, second with folding map and full-page engravings of the Apostles, full contemporary panelled calf. ESTC R31386 and R212958 respectively, scarce - in N America ESTC lists 2 locations for the 1st work and 1 location for the 2nd; NEWCOME, WILLIAM [ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH] - AN ENGLISH HARMONY OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS disposed after the Manner of the Greek. London, Samuel Bagster, 1827. 8vo, scarce edition, folding hand-coloured map of the Holy Land, contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards; HERVEY, JAMES - MEDITATIONS AND CONTEMPLATIONS Glasgow, Khull, Blackie, & Co, 1821. 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece plus other engravings (some browning/offsetting), full contemporary tree-calf. This Glasgow printing is scarce (3)++DU PIN - lower margin of T3 repaired not affecting text, partial leaves from an earlier (16th century?) latin work used as pastedowns. NEWCOME - folding map with slight spotting and offsetting to title, top of title with early 19th c ink signature HERVEY - some plate spotting/offsetting

NOBLE, MARK - A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ROYAL FAMILIES OF EUROPE; the Stadtholders of the United States; and the succession of the Popes from the Fifteenth Century to the present Time: With the Characters of each Sovereign. Illustrated with tables of descent. London, for R Baldwin, 1781. First edition, small 8vo, engraved frontispiece with coats-of-arms, printed genealogical tables, contemporary marbled boards with calf reback. Scarce, ESTC T142269, second issue of the 1st edition with 34 lines of errata to verso of preface, 3 locations in Britain and 3 in N America++Generally clean and fresh, marbled boards (rubbed, wear to edges) rebacked

FINCH, HENEAGE (1st EARL OF NOTTINGHAM) - AN EXACT AND MOST IMPARTIAL ACCOMPT OF THE INDICTMENT, ARRAIGNMENT, TRIAL, AND JUDGMENT (ACCORDING TO LAW) OF TWENTY NINE REGICIDES, The Murtherers Of His Late Sacred Majesty Of Most Glorious Memory: Began at Hicks-Hall on Tuesday, the 9th of October, 1660. And Continued (at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayley) until Friday the nineteenth of the same Moneth. Together with a Summary of the Dark, and Horrid Decrees of those Caballists, Preparatory to that Hellish Fact. London, R Scot, 1679. 8vo, imprimatur leaf present, full contemporary calf, the copy of the Hon. George M Fortescue with his blind-stamped armorial to the upper board. ESTC R17120, Wing N1404; DU MOULIN, LEWIS - A SHORT AND TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL ADVANCES THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND HATH MADE TOWARDS ROME: or, A model of the grounds upon which the papists for these hundred years have built their hopes and expectations, that England would ere long return to popery. London, Printed in the Year, 1680. First edition, small 4to, three parts in one, second and third parts with separate title pages dated 1679. Later leather-backed boards. ESTC R35667, Wing D2553; NIXON, ROBERT - NIXON'S CHESHIRE PROPHECY AT LARGE. Published from the Lady Cowper's correct copy. With historical and political remarks: and several instances wherein it is fulfilled. Also his life. By John Oldmixon Esq. London, E Curll, 1740. 8vo, modern cloth boards (3)++HENEAGE - signatures M-P a little proud, stitching partially broken at sig M, occasional light spotting, very small loss of calf to base of spine DU MOULIN - text good, modern reback in black leather gilt lettering, old boards NIXON - small contemp. signature to imprint, lightly browned, good, modern cloth boards with new endpapers

ADDISON, JOSEPH - THE WORKS OF THE LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOSEPH ADDISON, ESQ; IN FOUR VOLUMES London, Jacob Tonson, 1730. Second edition, 4to, engraved portrait to first volume, decorative woodcut head and tail pieces, full contemporary panelled calf, the copy of Sir William Earle Welby of Denton Manor, Lincolnshire, with his engraved armorial bookplates (4)++Some light browning, joints cracked and hinges internally reinforced with cloth, rubbed and some wear.

PHILIPS, JOHN - CIDER, A POEM with notes provincial and explanatory, (including the present most approved method of making cider in Herefordshire) and other illustrations, by Charles Dunster. London, George Stafford, 1791. First edition thus, second issue with additional engraved title page of a cider press (spotted), 19th century marbled boards with black calf spine, gilt. ESTC T166367, listing 8 institutional holdings++Foxing to engraved title, otherwise clean and fresh, marbled boards rubbed, some rubbing to spine.

THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO; OR, A FAITHFUL AND INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE UNPARALLELED EVENTS... From the period of Bonaparte's escape from Elba, to his arrival at St. Helena: containing a circumstantial narrative of the decisive victory... on the Plains of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. Manchester, J Gleave, 1816. Second Edition, 8vo, folding engraved and hand-coloured map, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, folding hand-coloured engraving of the 'Plains of Waterloo', plus other engravings, foxed throughout as usual, 19th century quarter red morocco with red cloth boards. This second-edition 1816 Manchester imprint is scarce; LLANOVER, LADY & GRANVILLE, MARY - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MARY GRANVILLE, Mrs. Delaney, With Interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte. London, Richard Bentley, 1861. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, attractive 19th century bindings by L A Smart of Gloucester of green calf with marbled boards and brown morocco labels; ROBERTSON, WILLIAM - AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION CONCERNING THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA; and the Progress of Trade with that country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope. London, Cadell & Davies, 1809. Fifth edition, 8vo, 2 folding maps (tears along folds), foxing throughout, attractively bound in 19th century red calf with paper boards, spine gilt (5)++WATERLOO - heavy foxing due to paper quality (as usual), small hole in leaf 2D, one plate with repairs to verso of folds not affecting image, binding sound, cloth boards with staining but leather spine good GRANVILLE - good, and attractively bound ROBERTSON, tears to folds of maps, heavy foxing throughout, attractive binding with a little wear

RAFFALD, ELIZABETH - THE EXPERIENCED ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. New edition, London, A Millar, 1795. 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece of Raffald, 3 folding engraved plates (complete), one of a stove the others of settings for first and second courses, full contemporary calf. Contains many hundreds of recipes. Scarce edition, ESTC T82672, only 4 locations recorded in Britain and 2 in N America++19thc inscription to p369, some occasional marginal water-staining, outer edges of index leaves a little frayed, a few top right corners dog-eared, full calf rubbed and some wear, short cracks to top and bottom of board joints

STANHOPE, PHILIP DORMER; LETTERS Written By The Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, To His Son, Philip Stanhope, Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Eighth edition, published by Eugenia Stanhope, printed for J Dodsley, 1777. 4 vols, 12mo, portrait frontispiece to first volume, full brown calf, red morocco title labels. ESTC T80888 recording 4 locations in Britain; BUSBY, RICHARD - GRAMMATICA BUSBEIANA ACTIOR & EMENDATIOR, I.E. RUDIMENTUM GRAMMATICAE GRAECO-LATINAE METRICUM In Usum Scholae Regiae Westmonasteriensis. Londini, J Redmayne, 1722. 8vo, title in red and black with woodcut armorial device, full panelled calf (5)++STANHOPE - half-titles all present, front blank endpapers with signatures excised and one endpaper removed, joints cracked/cracking but sound, calf rubbed at extremities, spines rubbed with some slight wear to tops and bottoms BUSBY - lacks front blank endpaper, otherwise internally good, joints cracked but sound, 18th/19thc manuscript annotations to inside front board

[DERBYSHIRE INTEREST] KENNET, WHITE - A SERMON PREACH'D AT THE FUNERAL OF THE RIGHT NOBLE WILLIAM DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE in the Church of All-Hallows in Derby, on Friday Septemb. 5th. MDCCVII. With some memoirs of the family of Cavendish. By White Kennet D.D. Archdeac. of Huntingdon, and chaplain in ordinary to Her Majesty. London, printed by W.B. for John Churchill, 1708. First Churchill edition, 8vo, half-title, red leather spine with marbled boards. The 'sermon' was first published in 1707 as a slim volume of just 16 pages, but here it has been significantly extended, and two-thirds of the book detail the history of the Cavendish family; ROEBUCK, JOHN ARTHUR - HISTORY OF THE WHIG MINISTRY OF 1830 to the Passing of the Reform Bill. London, John W Parker, 1852. 2 volumes, 8vo, an attractive set in tan calf with marbled boards, spines with contrasting red and green labels (3) ++KENNET - signature to half-title, lacks blank rear endpaper, internally fresh/clean, spine with hand-lettered white leather title label ROEBUCK - internally good, top of spines slightly rubbed, attractive set

GLOVER, STEPHEN - THE HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF THE COUNTY OF DERBY drawn up from actual Observation, and from the best Authorities; containing a Variety of Geological, Mineralogical, Commercial and Statistical Information. Edited by Thomas Noble. Derby, Henry Mozley and Son, 1829 & 1833. First edition, two volumes (complete), 8vo, volume 1 part 1 published 1829, volume 2 part 1 published 1833, folding map (often missing), plates, illustrations in text, publisher's cloth with printed paper labels; and 6 other 19thC volumes w.a.f. (8)++As described and sold w.a.f.

CRESWICKE, LOUIS - SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR Edinburgh, T C & E C Jack, 1900-1902. First edition, 6 volumes, 4to, plus the 2 additional volumes published by The Caxton Publishing Company, complete, numerous colour plates, illustrations and maps, good in the original pictorial cloth (8)

EISLER, ROBERT - THE MESSIAH JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST According to Flavius Josephus' Recently Rediscovered 'Capture of Jerusalem' and the Other Jewish and Christian Sources. London, Methuen, 1931. First edition, 8vo, photographic and other plates "including reproductions of the Inedited Russian, Rumanian, and Hebrew Mss. and Kindred Documents". From the library of Hugh Ross Williamson (1901-1978), British historian and dramatist++Near-fine internally, cloth very slightly rubbed but good

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE & SMOLLETT, TOBIAS - THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF THE RENOWNED DON QUIXOTE Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, To which is prefixed, Some Account of the author's Life. By T.Smollett, M.D. Illustrated with twenty-eight new copper-plates, designed by Hayman, And engraved by the best Artists. London, A Millar, 1755. First Smollett edition, two volumes, 4to, 28 fine engraved plates, first title with paper repair to top where a signature has been excised (not affecting text), contemporary half calf, re-backed retaining original gilt spines, a good copy of the celebrated first Smollett edition (2)++First title with paper repair to top where a signature has been excised (not affecting text), very occasional light spotting but good, contemporary half calf, re-backed retaining original gilt spines, an attractive copy of the celebrated first Smollett edition, beautifully illustrated

CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE - GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-BOOK Edited by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. London, The Punch Office, 1845. First edition, tall 8vo, additional engraved title plus 12 steel engravings and 116 other illustrations by Cruikshank, handsomely bound in full crushed red morocco leather by Sangorski &Sutcliffe of London++A near-fine copy, very occasional minor marks/spotting, handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, minor rubbing to joints

CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE - GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUS Edited by Laman Blanchard Esq. London, Tilt and Bogue, 1842. First edition, tall 8vo, engraved frontispiece and a total of one 100 engravings on steel and wood by Cruikshank, handsomely bound in full crushed red morocco leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London++A very good copy, some minor internal marks/soiling, the binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe being handsome with some light wear and very slight cracking to joints

MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT - AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions. London, J Johnson, 1806. Third edition, two volumes, 8vo, half-titles, a good copy in later 19th century half calf. This is the first 8vo edition and the first revision following the 1803 4to version, of one of the most important and influential books in the history of economics (2)++Occasional light spotting but good, late 19th century bindings of half calf, green cloth boards, lightly rubbed, a nice set, complete with the half-titles which are sometimes missing

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY - FRAMLEY PARSONAGE London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1861. First edition in book form, first issue (volume 3, p.238, line 17, with misplaced quotation mark and comma around the first word, Mark), 16-page catalogue of publisher's ads, dated "April 1861", 6 plates by Dalziel after J. E. Millais, last leaf in volumes 2 and 3 blank except for printer's imprint, original publisher's grey-purple cloth, spines gilt and a little sunned, some wear at the extremities (3)++Occasional light spotting/soiling, publisher's cloth faded in parts, slight wear to extremities, spines a little sunned, but otherwise a good copy of the scarce first-issue of this famous triple-decker

SIMMONS, OWEN - THE BOOK OF BREAD London, Maclaren & Sons, [1903]. First edition, 4to, chromolithograph plates, original tipped-in and mounted black and white photographs, original green cloth. Simmons, a lecturer at the National Bakery School in London, commissioned the full-size black and white photos of different types of bread that appear in his work, writing: "However critical readers may be, they will be forced to admit that never before have they seen such a complete collection of prize loaves illustrated in such an excellent manner"; LAMBETH, JOSEPH A - LAMBETH METHOD OF CAKE DECORATION AND PRACTICAL PASTRIES. Michigan, Allied Bakery, undated (1930's?). Tall 4to, profusely illustrated with photographs and colour plates, publisher's dark red embossed cloth, upper board with gilt roundel and lettering (2)++SIMMONS - few minor marks/soiling to cloth binding LAMBETH - good

[POLLARD, ALFRED W - EDITOR] - BIBLIOGRAPHICA London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895. First edition, three volumes, 4to, profusely illustrated with reproduction woodcuts from early printed books, colour and black and white plates of manuscript leaves, bindings, etc. Contemporary half black leather, some wear to head and tails of spines (3)++Wear to heads and tails of spines, joints and extremities rubbed with some wear, book-plates of Birmingham Library to inside front boards

[NAPOLEON BONAPARTE INTEREST] - A COLLECTION OF 20 VOLUMES about, or relating to, Napoleon, including; GOURGAUD, GENERAL - THE CAMPAIGN OF MDCCCXV Or a narrative of the Military Operations...in France and Belgium during The Hundred Days, written at St Helena. London, James Ridgway, 1818. First edition, 8vo, folding hand-coloured map of the military operations in Flanders, 4 folding tables as called-for, original blue boards and paper spine (split), upper board detached; RICHARDSON, ETHEL M - LONG FORGOTTEN DAYS (LEADING TO WATERLOO). London, Heath Cranton, 1928. First edition, 8vo, cloth; MACUNN, F J - THE CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VIEW OF NAPOLEON. London, G Bell & Sons, 1914. First edition, 8vo, blue cloth; and 17 others mainly early 20thC (20)++Condition varies