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SLOANE, WILLIAM MILLIGAN - THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE London, Macmillan/Century, 1896. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, profusely illustrated with colour and black and white plates, publisher's red cloth, spines ribbed and some wear (4)++Some spotting and toning internally, wear to head and tail of spines, corners worn, spines dulled

CRAMP, STANLEY (EDITOR) - HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Oxford University Press, 1977-1994. First edition, 9 volumes, 4to, illustrated, near-fine in original dust-wrappers. The complete set of this significant ornithological work comprising: Vol I Ostrich to Ducks, Vol II Hawks to Bustards, Vol III Waders to Gulls, Vol IV Terns to Woodpeckers, Vol V Tyrant Flycatchers to Thrushes, Vol VI Warblers, Vol VII Fly-Catchers to Shrikes, Vol VIII Crows to Finches, Vol IX Buntings and New World Warblers (9)++Near-fine, including dust-wrappers

BANNERMAN, DAVID ARMITAGE - THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1953-1963. First edition, 11 volumes (of 12, missing vol 5), 4to, colour plates, very good in original green cloth, some tears to dust-wrappers; PERROTT, CHARLOTTE - A SELECTION OF BRITISH BIRDS London, The Publishing Partnership, 1979. One of 250 copies, large folio, 5 fine coloured facsimile plates, half morocco leather with marbled boards, complete with the original prospectus in a separate and matching binding, housed in the original quarter leather box, near-fine. A superb facsimile of the original, only 3 copies of which are known. Mrs Perrott planned a major work on British birds illustrated with coloured plates from her own drawings - but her premature death put an end to the project (12)++BANNERMAN - Internally and the bindings both near-fine - just some tears to dust-wrappers PERROTT - The book and prospectus are fine, the box very good, minor marks to corners

[GENEALOGY] STERN, MALCOLM H - FIRST AMERICAN JEWISH FAMILIES 600 Genealogies 1654-1977. Cincinatti, American Jewish Archives, 1978. First edition, oblong folio, hundreds of genealogical charts, fine in original pictorial dust-wrapper; LAKE, CHRISTOPHER - EUROPEAN RULERS 1060-1981 A Cross Referenced Genealogy. Lairg Limited Editions, 1981. First edition, number 25 of 500 copies signed by Lake and the publisher Robert Jones, oblong folio, 162 genealogical charts finely printed in black red and blue, bound in half leather by Weatherby Woolnough Ltd, fine in original slipcase (2)++STERN - book and dust-wrapper both fineLAKE - book fine, slipcase very good

AUSTEN, JANE & THOMSON, HUGH (ILLUSTRATOR) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE [PEACOCK EDITION] London, George Allen, no date [1894]. First Allen/Thomson edition, illustrated throughout, short 1.5 inch tear to bottom corner of title (not affecting text), original publisher's cloth, the upper board with the famous gilt-embossed peacock design, a good copy++Short 1.5 inch tear to bottom corner of title (not affecting text), spine slightly cocked but in very good condition with the gilding still bright, all edges gilt, a good copy

KINGSLEY, CHARLES - THE WATER-BABIES A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY London, Macmillan, 1863. First edition (without the "L'Envoi" leaf which the author had removed after the first 200 or so copies), two full-page plates by J. Noel Paton plus illustrations in the text, occasional light foxing but good in the original publisher's blue cloth

KIPLING, RUDYARD - [A COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS] - KIM London, Macmillan and Co, 1901. First edition, 8vo; REWARDS AND FAIRIES 1910 First edition; FROM SEA TO SEA 1900 First edition, 2 volumes; LIMITS AND RENEWALS, 1932 First edition; and another (WEE WILLIE WINKIE 1899 Uniform edition) - all in original red publisher's cloth with gilt Ganesh elephant device to upper boards (6)++Internally good, cloth bindings rubbed, slight wear at extremities, spines either a little darkened/faded

CAUTY, HENRY EVANS - DISEASES OF THE SKIN London, Churchill, 1874. First edition, 8vo, old library stamps, publisher's green cloth; COOTE, HOLMES - ON JOINT DISEASES Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment. London, Hardwicke, 1867. 8vo, half red calf, library stamp to title; DIEULAFOY, Dr GEORGES - A TREATISE ON THE PNEUMATIC ASPIRATION OF MORBID FLUIDS. London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1873. 8vo, lib stamps, publisher's brown cloth; and 15 others, 19th century all 8vo with old lib stamps (18)

ALIBERT, J L - CLINIQUE DE L'HOPITAL SAINT-LOUIS, OU TRAITE COMPLET DES MALADIES DE LA PEAU Contenant la Description de ces Maladies et leurs Meileurs Modes de Traitement. Paris, B Cormon et Blanc, 1833. Elephant folio, engraved frontispiece, 62 fine lithographed plates (all hand-coloured), text with spotting in parts, plates which face text affected by some offsetting/foxing whilst those which are bound consecutively are mostly clean. Reference: Garrison-Morton #3986-7 and other entries - "Contains Alibert's 'family tree' of dermatoses, a classification later discarded for Willan's scheme...the book is also notable for its illustrations, the first on its subject in a French book [for the edition of 1806], and for its original description of mycosis fungoides"++Later cloth, corners a bit bumped and a little worn, text is variously affected by spotting , noticeably at the front and end of the book, although the margins are wide, some of the plates towards the end of the book have been slightly cropped by the binder with the loss of the occasional plate number (situated at the top edge of the leaves) or the first few letters of the legend (likewise printed at the top edge), plates which face text affected by offsetting/foxing whilst those which are bound consecutively are mostly clean, very small library stamp on both free end-papers only

BURNET, GILBERT - AN EXPOSITION OF THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND London, R Roberts, 1699. First edition, folio, half-title present, full calf, joints cracked and hinges weak, armorial bookplate of John Hort of Dublin dated 1757++Unobtrusive ink stamp to title and half-title, internally good, binding worn at bottom corners, both joints cracked and holding by cords, boards rubbed with some wear

AMUNDSEN, ROALD - THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Gjoa 1903-1907. With a Supplement By First Lieutenant Hansen Vice-Commander of the Expedition. London, Constable, 1908. First edition, two volumes, original publisher's green cloth, profusely illustrated with photographic plates and maps, a near-fine set. This famous polar expedition was the first to successfully navigate the Northwest Passage after countless efforts and numerous lives lost. Included in the narrative are the voyage to the Canadian Arctic, wintering at Gjoa Haven on King William Island, Eskimos encountered including Mackenzie Delta Eskimos, numerous boat and sledge journeys, food and hunting, etc (2)++Near-fine internally and externally, a very good set

GRAHAM, THOMAS JOHN M.D. - MODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE; or a Popular Treatise illustrating the Character, Symptoms, Causes, Distinction, and Correct Treatment, of all the Diseases incident to the Human Frame.... London, published for the author, 1826. First edition, 8vo, full contemporary diced calf. The copy of John Scott, 1st earl of Eldon, with his booklabel and signature 'Eldon' (twice) to front endpapers. A nice copy of the scarce first edition of Graham's work which details medications and prescriptions for numerous illnesses and ailments, with a table of the dose of medicines at the rear. It was highly popular, with 11 editions being published. It is suggested that Charlotte Bronte used this work as a medical source for her novels - the Bronte Parsonage Museum owns a heavily-annotated copy of the book++Text generally fresh with just occasional faint spotting, binding with small area of lower board rubbed, spine attractively gilt and bright, publishers advert leaf present at the rear, half-title also present

KIDD, JOHN - ON THE ADAPTATION OF EXTERNAL NATURE TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN, Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants and the Exercise of His Intellectual Faculties. London, William Pickering, 1837. Fifth edition, 8vo, extra-illustrated with numerous engraved portraits and other plates, 14 manuscript leaves bound in at the front written by R Warneford of Symonds Inn Chancery Lane, slight offsetting of some plates, full contemporary calf; CAMPBELL, WILLIAM M.D. - A TREATISE ON THE EPIDEMIC PUERPERAL FEVER as it Prevailed in Edinburgh in 1821-1822 to which is added an Appendix, containing the Essay of the late Dr. Gordon on the Puerperal Fever of Aberdeen in 1789-90-91-92. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute, 1822. First edition, 8vo, two parts in one, separate title and pagination to Gordon's Treatise at the rear, first title with ink stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, contemporary marbled boards with modern re-back in brown calf (2) ++KIDD - some offsetting of plates otherwise clean and fresh, brown calf rubbed at extremities and spine rubbed and a little worn CAMPBELL - ink stamps of Royal College of Surgeons to title, marbled boards rubbed and slight wear to edges and corners, modern re-back

PEARSON, JOHN [SURGEON] - PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON CANCEROUS COMPLAINTS: with an Account of some Diseases which have been Confounded with the Cancer. Also, critical remarks on some of the operations performed in cancerous cases. London, printed for the Author, 1793. First edition, title and two prelim leaves with surgical library ink stamps, contemporary quarter calf, worn; DE STYRAP, JUKES - A CODE OF MEDICAL ETHICS London, H K Lewis, 1895. Original cloth; FERGUSSON, WILLIAM - A SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL SURGERY London, John Churchill, 1857. Fourth edition, later quarter calf; and 3 others, including a 1678 defective copy of William Salmon's 'New London Dispensatory' (6)++PEARSON - title dusty with some spotting, surgical library ink stamp, two ink stamps to preface, binding rubbed/worn DE STYRAP - good FERGUSSON - good, very occasional spotting but clean and fresh, numerous engravings in text, rebound but binding in good condition

HARVEY, GIDEON - THE FAMILY-PHYSICIAN, AND THE HOUSE-APOTHECARY Containing, I. Medicines against all such diseases people usually advice with apothecaries to be cured of. II. Instructions... to prepare... medicines... III. The exact prices of all drugs, ... The third edition revis'd and enlarg'd. By Gideon Harvey, M.D. Her Majesty's Physician to the Tower. London, A Roper, 1704. Third edition, 12mo, small faint marginal wormhole to first few leaves only, without text loss, modern brown calf. Scarce. ESTC N48874, recording just the Oxford and McMaster University copies of this edition++Small faint marginal wormhole to outer margin of first few leaves only, no loss of text, occasional spotting, some creasing to corners, outer edge of title and preface a little frayed. This edition is rare in any condition.

LANZI, LUIGI & ROSCOE, THOMAS [TRANSLATOR] - THE HISTORY OF PAINTING IN ITALY From The Period Of The Revival Of The Fine Arts To The End Of The Eighteenth Century. London, Simpkin & Marshall, 1828. First edition of this translation, 6 volumes, 8vo, original grey boards, cloth spines, and paper labels (labels badly worn, spines soiled, inner hinges split); SHEPHERD, C W - THE NORTH-WEST PENINSULA OF ICELAND London, Longmans, 1867. First edition, 8vo, folding map and 2 coloured plates, very good in original green publisher's cloth; BURGESS, JAMES W - A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON COACH-BUILDING London, Crosby Lockwood and Co, 1881. 12mo, illustrations in text, publisher's cloth, lacks front free end-paper; BELL, J MUNRO & HAYDEN, ARTHUR - THE FURNITURE DESIGNS OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE London, Gibbings and Co, 1910. First edition, large 4to, plates, publisher's cloth; LAWRENCE, T E - SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, London, Cape, 1935. Fifth impression, 4to, dust-wrapper (with repairs); and circa 34 other volumes/pamphlets relating to archaeology and antiquities, mainly early 20th century, w.a.f. (circa 44) ++As described, sold w.a.f.

REMINGTON, FREDERIC - DONE IN THE OPEN, DRAWINGS BY FREDERIC REMINGTON with an Introduction and Verses by Owen Wister and Others. New York, P F Collier & Son, 1902. Folio, first edition with misspelling of 'Frederick' on the upper board, numerous illustrations including several double-page, the coloured plate 'Caught in the Circle: the last stand of three troopers and a scout overtaken by a band of hostile Indians' is present, original boards with coloured illustration to upper board, stitching loose. Pages are unpaginated, sold as a series of plates, not subject to return++Stitching loose, as are a few plates, boards rubbed with some light chipping to the edges, sold as a series of plates and not subject to return

THE SPORTSMAN - BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN PAST AND PRESENT London, 1908. First edition, two volumes, folio, many plates throughout including photogravures, publisher's original green cloth bindings, good (2) ++occasional light internal spotting but otherwise a good copy, bindings good

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE - VANITY FAIR London, Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 8vo, first edition mixed issue (with printed title dated 1848, engraved title-page dated 1849, "Mr.Pitt" on page 453, but without the woodcut of the Marquis de Steyne on p336), engraved plates, calf, joints cracked, rubbed/worn++Internally okay with light occasional spotting, calf rubbed and worn and joints cracked

BARNUM, PHINEAS T - THE LIFE OF P. T. BARNUM Written by Himself. First English edition, 8vo, frontispiece and other illustrations, half brown calf, a fresh clean copy

DICKENS, CHARLES - A CHRISTMAS CAROL in prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London, Chapman and Hall, MDCCCXLIII [1843]. third edition, second issue, 8vo, 4 hand-coloured plates by Leech, final plate with short tear to outer edge without loss, some offsetting of frontispiece to title, reddish-brown cloth, short 1/2 inch crack starting to top of upper joint, slight wear to very top and bottom of spine, a good copy. Conforms to the first edition second issue with following points noted: red and blue title; blue half-title; broken serif on 'D' of 'Dickens' in gilt cartouche on upper board; yellow end-papers; uncorrected text; 'STAVE ONE' chapter heading on first leaf of text++as described

ROSE, THOMAS - WESTMORLAND, CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND, ILLUSTRATED From original drawings by Thomas Allom, &c., with historical & topographical descriptions, by Thomas Rose. London, Fisher, Son & Co, [1832]. First edition, 4to, engraved title-page, 110 leaves with 215 plates (mostly two to a page), internally a near-fine and clean copy, half-calf with marbled boards,(rubbed) spine gilt, short cracks to joints++as described

SCOTT, SIR WALTER - MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co, 1812. Fifth edition, three volumes, 8vo, attractively bound in 19th century tan calf, spines gilt, contrasting red and green labels; THIRLWALL, REV CONNOP - HISTORY OF GREECE London, Longman, 1835-1844. First edition, 8 volumes 8vo (complete), 19th century tan calf with gilt spines and double labels, rubbed (11)++SCOTT - a late edition but very good and in attractive bindings CONNOP - part of the 'cabinet of history' series, some foxing, ink signature to engraved title, bindings rubbed

MAWE, JOHN - THE MINERALOGY OF DERBYSHIRE with a description of the most interesting mines in the North of England, in Scotland, and in Wales; and an analysis of Mr William's work intitled The Mineral Kingdom. London, William Phillips, 1802. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, map, and two other plates (complete), quarter calf, boards detached, some browning/offsetting. Scarce++Both boards detached, title browned, offsetting of plates, toning, final leaf torn in inner margin not affecting text, requiring a re-bind

[BINDINGS] - BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER London, John Ottridge, 1816. Royal 8vo, bound in full plum morocco leather, gilt borders and spine; CALLCOTT, MARIA - A SCRIPTURE HERBAL. London, Longman, 1842. First edition, thick 8vo, woodcut illustrations of plants, full morocco (rubbed); and 3 others, 19thC (5)++COMMON PRAYER - manuscript prayer to front free end-paper, some spotting/toning internally, binding lghtly rubbed CALLCOTT - internally okay, binding rubbed with some light wear to extremities Others w.a.f.

GREENWOOD, C & J - ATLAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS MADE FROM THE YEARS 1817 TO 1833 London, Greenwood & Co, 1834. First edition, elephant folio, engraved title page with hand-coloured map of England and Wales showing the counties which are contained in the atlas as well as the major towns in each county, forty-six coloured double-page maps (including the title), maps of Wales at the rear, maps generally good clean and fresh with occasional slight offsetting of engraved areas, original quarter diced-calf, upper board detached++maps generally clean and fresh, original quarter diced-calf, upper board detached

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM - THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The text carefully revised with notes by S W Singer. London, Bell and Daldy, 1868. Ten volumes (complete), 8vo, portrait, a fine copy internally, uniformly bound in blue half-calf, gilt spines with double pink morocco labels and volume roundels, spines lightly faded, some scuffing to corners and joints, but a handsome set; BENJAMIN, VINCENT - HAYDN'S DICTIONARY OF DATES London, Moxon, 1878. First edition, large and thick 8vo, a fine copy internally, handsomely bound in full tree-calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed; SHAW, BERNARD - PLAYS London, Constable, 1927. 12 volumes (complete as issued), small 8vo, full blue soft-leather bindings; and 10 volumes of novels by Charles Dickens, published in London by Hazell & Co circa 1930, blue cloth (33)++as described

DICKENS, CHARLES - THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY London, Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition/first state, with all text errors present ("visiter" for "sister" p. 123 line 17; "flys" for "flies" p. 245 line 10; "visiters" for "visitors" p. 272 line 2; "incontestible" for "incontestable" p. 297 line 22; "suprise"for "surprise" p. 586 line 24), 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plates by Phiz (browned as often), worn half calf; DICKENS, CHARLES - THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB London, Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition, 8vo, engravings by Seymour & Phiz, half green calf; DICKENS, CHARLES - MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT London, Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition (vignette on title-page with amount on signpost transposed to read "100£" and seven studs in the trunk), browning of plates (as often), half calf re-backed retaining original spine (3) ++See description - browning of plates, bindings rubbed or worn

CARY, JOHN - CARY'S NEW MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH PART OF SCOTLAND on which are carefully laid down all the Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and Navigable Canals, Cities. London, J Cary, 1794. First edition, 4to, maps with original outline hand-colouring, lacking sheets 62/63 71/72 and 80 as often (62 and 80 are blanks), in an unusual contemporary wallet-style brown calf binding over limp boards, presumably made for travelling purposes. Housed in a modern solander box++Lacking sheets 62-63 71-72 and 80 (62 and 80 are blanks), in an unusual contemporary wallet-style brown calf binding over limp boards, presumably made for travelling purposes. Housed in a modern solander box. Maps clean and fresh with just occasional light marks/soiling, leather rubbed/worn with small calf loss to lower board

MILNE, A A - WINNIE-THE-POOH London, Methuen and Co, 1926. First edition; NOW WE ARE SIX Methuen, 1927. First edition; THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER Methuen 1928. First edition. Together three first editions, all 8vo in original publisher's cloth, illustrated by Ernest H Shepard. Occasional light handling marks internally, some rubbing and light wear at extremities of bindings, 'Six' and 'Pooh Corner' both have slightly faded spines (3)

LAWRENCE, D H - BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERS London, Martin Secker, 1923. First edition, 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed yellow boards (boards worn); MYERS, ELIZABETH - A WELL FULL OF LEAVES. 1946, 5th edition, presentation copy from Elizabeth Myers and Littleton Powys to Gilbert Phelps (British author) with a loose photograph inserted of Myers and Powys on board R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, dust wrapper; MYERS, ELIZABETH - THE BASILISK OF ST. JAMES'S. 1946, 2nd edition, presentation copy from Myers and Littleton Powys (her husband) to Gilbert Phelps, dust wrapper (torn with loss); POWYS, LITTLETON - THE LETTERS OF ELIZABETH MYERS. 1951, 1st edition, presented by Powys to Gilbert Phelps; POWYS, LITTLETON - THE POWYS FAMILY [1953], 1st edition, presented by Powys to Gilbert Phelps; WALLER, ROBERT - JUST CONSEQUENCES. 1971, 1st edition, presented by Waller to Gilbert and Kay Phelps, fine in dust wrapper; and 31 others, some signed / presentation copies, some 1st editions (37)++condition varies, sold as-seen / w.a.f.

BUTLER, ARTHUR G - BRITISH BIRDS WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS illustrated by F. W. Frohawk. London, Brumby & Clarke, no date [circa 1896]. First edition, 6 volumes (complete), large 4to, coloured plates of eggs, other illustrations, half red morocco leather (6)++Internally good with just occasional faint spotting, leather spines and joints rubbed with a little wear, a nice set

FLEMING, IAN - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE London, Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition first impression, 8vo, original black publisher's cloth, slight rubbing at extremities, no dust-wrapper; MARKHAM, ROBERT - COLONEL SUN A JAMES BOND ADVENTURE London, Jonathan Cape, 1968. First edition first impression, original dust-wrapper (clipped), inscription partially erased from blank end-paper (2)

CROWLEY, ALEISTER - MOONCHILD A PROLOGUE London, The Mandrake Press, 1929. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original publisher's green cloth, endpapers with browning as usual, but a near-fine copy with no inscriptions. Crowley's famous second novel and an occult fiction classic; two magicians from rival lodges battle for the body of a young woman, whom one hopes will bear an ethereal being - the 'Moonchild' of the title++browning of end-papers as usual but otherwise a near-fine copy

KIPLING, RUDYARD - POEMS 1886-1929 London, Macmillan & Co, 1929. First and limited edition, number 159 of 525 copies (500 for sale), signed by Kipling in volume 1, three volumes, 4to, portrait frontispiece of Kipling by Francis Dodd and signed by him in pencil, internally fine, publisher's crushed red morocco leather bindings (small stain to vol 3, spines a little faded), housed in a later deluxe solander box with leather spine and gilt lettering. A handsome set of the rare true first edition (also printed in New York, but a year later), signed by Kipling, and magnificently produced++Internally fine, bindings with small stain to vol 3, spines and some boards with fading, rubbing at extremities, top edges cut and gilt, solander box attractive and very fine

FLEMING, IAN - DR NO London, Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition, second impression, 8vo, ink signature to front free end-paper otherwise very good, in the original black cloth with silhouetted dancing girl on upper cover, original wrapper with some tears ++as described

ADAMS, RICHARD - WATERSHIP DOWN London, Rex Collings, 1972. First edition first impression, 8vo, a fine copy in the original unclipped dust-wrapper

[SIGNED BY THE 2005 ASHES-WINNING ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM] - ASHES VICTORY The Official Story of the Greatest Ever Test Series in the Team's Own Words - The England Cricket Team. London, Orion, 2005. First edition number 46 of 50 signed copies for private distribution, photographs, fine in the original gilt blue cloth and slipcase. Signed by Michael Vaughan, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Stephen Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Geraint Jones, Simon Jones, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick, Duncan Fletcher (Head Coach), and David Graveney (Chairman of Selectors)

SILLITOE, ALAN - THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER London, W H Allen, 1959. First edition first impression, good, in original unclipped wrapper; LIFE WITHOUT ARMOUR London, HarperCollins, 1995. First edition, signed by Sillitoe to the title, very good in unclipped wrapper; A START IN LIFE London, London Books, 2008. Inscribed by Sillitoe "All Best Wishes to David, from Alan 23/4/08", very good, in wrapper (3)

ADAMS, RICHARD - MAIA London, Viking, 1984. Proof copy by Viking with Allen Lane publisher to title crossed out and advertised publication month of September 1984, very good in soft cover, rare; THE GIRL IN A SWING London, Allen Lane, 1980. First edition, the suppressed first issue with lead character named Kathe Geutner. When an actual Kathe Geutner threatened a libel action the book was quickly reissued with the name amended to Karin Forster. Very good in unclipped wrapper; THE PLAGUE DOGS London, Allen Lane, 1977. First edition, fine in unclipped wrapper; SHARDIK London, Allen Lane, 1974. First edition, near-fine in unclipped wrapper; TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN illustrated by John Lawrence. London, Hutchinson, 1996. First edition, fine in unclipped wrapper; and one other (6)

WILLIAMS, KIT - MASQUERADE London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which the first 100 are not for sale, number 96, signed by Williams, 8vo, fine, with compliments letter from the publisher; MASQUERADE London, Cape, 1979. First edition, 4to, fine; ALDRIDGE, ALAN (ILLUSTRATOR) - THE BUTTERFLY BALL London, Cape, 1973. First edition, 4to, very good; and 3 other similar format books illustrated by Aldridge, all 1970's first editions (6)

JACQUES, BRIAN - REDWALL London, Hutchinson, 1986. First edition, title inscribed by Jacques "To David Preece, from Brian Jacques 23rd Oct 1986, near-fine in unclipped wrapper, with a loose compliments slip with written note signed "Brian"; REDWALL Illustrated Collector's Edition. London, Hutchinson, 1997. First edition thus, very good (2)

[MODERN CHILDREN'S BOOKS INCLUDING FIRST EDITIONS] BRIGGS, RAYMOND - THE MAN (1992)Proof/early release copy of the first edition, issued in soft white blank card covers with a wrapper (slight tears to top edge of wrapper, scarce; plus 1st editions by Briggs of THE SNOWMAN; WHEN THE WIND BLOWS; FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN; and GENTLEMAN JIM; BOND, MICHAEL - PADDINGTON TAKES THE TEST (1979). First edition, original wrapper; and 32 others by various authors, mainly first editions (38)

[RANSOME, ARTHUR] A GOOD COLLECTION OF HIS NOVELS INCLUDING FIRST EDITIONS Comprising: SWALLOWS & AMAZONS London, Jonathan Cape, 1931. First illustrated edition, in the scarce original dust-wrapper; MISSEE LEE First edition, 1941, dust-wrapper; THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS First edition, 1943, dust-wrapper; GREAT NORTHERN? First edition, 1947, dust-wrapper; WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA First edition, 1937, no wrapper; SECRET WATER First edition, 1939 no wrapper; THE BIG SIX First edition, 1940, no wrapper; and 5 others, all later editions (12)++Condition varies

LANG, ANDREW & RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM (ILLUSTRATOR) - THE IDYLS OF THEOCRITUS, AND THE IDYLS OF BION & MOSCHUS London, The Medici Society Ltd, 1922. First edition, two volumes, number 383 of 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, 4to, 20 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, linen-backed blue paper-covered boards, top-edge gilt others uncut, slight toning to boards and spine labels, printed title labels (2)++as described

RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM (ILLUSTRATOR) - THE SONG OF SONGS WHICH IS SOLOMON'S London, Philip Lee Warner Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd, 1909. First edition, number 330 of 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, 4to, 10 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, linen-backed blue paper-covered boards, top-edge gilt others uncut, slight toning to board edges, printed title labels (replacement labels still intact tipped to one of the final blanks as issued), a very good copy++as described

KINGSLEY, CHARLES & RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM (ILLUSTRATOR) - THE HEROES London, Philip Lee Warner Publisher to The Medici Society [Riccardi Press], 1912. First edition, number 25 of 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, 4to, 12 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, cream cloth boards with blue leather spine, a very good copy++Internally and externally very good

[BINDING] - THE SONNETS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE With decorations by Ernest G. Treglown, engraved on wood by Charles Carr, of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft; printed at the press of the same guild. Birmingham, G Napier, 1895. First edition thus, small 4to, first few leaves with attractive contemporary hand-colouring to the woodcut decorations. In a fine Art-Nouveau binding of full brown morocco leather, the boards with long-stemmed stylised flowers, the flower-heads of dark-blue inlaid morocco, gilt title to upper cover, spine with repeated flower-head devices with circles and pointelles, blue morocco flower-heads inlaid to leather turn-ins on inside of boards, corners worn, spine a little faded, joints starting but firm. The inner board has the fine contemporary engraved bookplate of Barbara Brough. Although unsigned, this binding is reminiscent of the work of the Guild Of Women Binders which emerged 3 years after the production of this book (for example see the Guild binding for Cowper's 'Diverting History of John Gilpin' circa 1899)

[NOTTINGHAM INTEREST] - WILLIAMS, FREDERICK S - NOTTINGHAM PAST AND PRESENT ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHY Nottingham, R Allen & Son, no date [1877]. First edition, 4to, 28 fine mounted albumen photographs of views and buildings in Nottingham (as called for), publisher's gilt-embossed cloth, external binding good but the gutta-percha of the spine has perished and all leaves/plates are now loose, sold as a collection of early photographs, w.a.f.; HICKLIN, JOHN - THE HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAM CASTLE From the Danish Invasion to its Destruction by Rioters in 1831. London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1836. First edition, 8vo, additional engraved title, 5 engraved plates, folding plan of the castle, and folding facsimile manuscript (as called for), original cloth, upper joint cracked and inner hinge weak, some loss of cloth to head and tail of spine; BRISCOE, JOHN POTTER - OLD NOTTINGHAMSHIRE London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1884. Second series, 8vo, original cloth; and 11 others all relating to Nottingham (14)++As described, condition varies

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER & HANKEY, W LEE (ILLUSTRATOR) - THE DESERTED VILLAGE London, Constable, 1909. First edition thus, 4to, number 147 of 250 copies, signed by Hankey, tipped-in colour plates, publisher's full gilt-vellum binding, spine rubbed, toned at edges of upper board; FELL, H GRANVILLE - THE ART OF H. DAVIS RICHTER. F Lewis, 1935. First edition, number 9 of 200 copies, signed by Richter, colour plates, bound in green half morocco leather with cloth boards, a good copy; MERIMEE, PROSPER & BULL, RENE (ILLUSTRATOR) - CARMEN. London, Hutchinson, [1916]. First edition thus, 4to, colour plates, half blue morocco leather binding with blue cloth boards, inner hinge strengthened, browning to verso of last printed leaf (3)++As described

LANG, ANDREW & RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM (ILLUSTRATOR) - THE IDYLS OF THEOCRITUS, AND THE IDYLS OF BION & MOSCHUS London, The Medici Society Ltd, 1922. First edition, two volumes, number 466 of 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, 4to, 20 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, very occasional light spotting but a good copy in original linen-backed blue paper-covered boards, top-edge gilt others uncut, printed title labels, and with the scarce original blue dust-wrappers (a few small tears and some fading to wrappers around the spines) (2)++20 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, very occasional light spotting but a good copy in original linen-backed blue paper-covered boards, top-edge gilt others uncut, printed title labels, and with the scarce original blue dust-wrappers (a few small tears and some fading to wrappers around the spines)

GILBERT, W S & RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM (ILLUSTRATOR) - IOLANTHE AND OTHER OPERAS London, G Bell & Sons, 1910. First edition illustrated by Flint, 4to, colour plates with captioned tissue guards, publisher's green cloth, a good copy; MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL & THOMSON, HUGH (ILLUSTRATOR) - OUR VILLAGE London, Macmillan, 1910. 4to, tipped-in colour plates, publisher's green cloth; THACKERAY, WILLIAM M & BAUMER, LEWIS (ILLUSTRATOR) - VANITY FAIR London, Hodder & Stoughton, no date (circa 1913). 4to, tipped-in colour plates, publisher's grey cloth with pictorial onlay, a very good copy; and 6 other illustrated books including 3 illustrated by W Russell Flint (9)++as described, condition of others varies

LONG, GEORGE & RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM (ILLUSTRATOR) - THE THOUGHTS OF THE EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS London, Philip Lee Warner Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd, 1909. First edition, number 303 of 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, 4to, 12 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, bound in full red morocco leather, boards with decorative gilt panels, spine gilt, all edges gilt, a fine copy++Fine internally and externally

RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM (ILLUSTRATOR) - JUDITH Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha, with an Introduction by Montague R. James. London, Haymarket Press, 1928. First edition, 4to, number 48 of 100 copies, signed by Russell Flint, 4 tipped-in colour plates, a portfolio containing an additional copy of each plate loosely inserted, original vellum, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, cream silk ties, housed in the original slipcase, a very good copy++A very good copy, faint spotting to vellum spine, slipcase with brown spotting at the edges and some toning

RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM (ILLUSTRATOR) - THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER done into English Prose by S.H. Butcher & Andrew Lang. London, The Medici Society Ltd, 1924. First edition thus, number 221 of 500 copies for sale, 4to, 20 colour tipped-in plates with captioned tissue guards, bound in the original white buckram with bevelled edges and leather labels to spine, top-edge gilt others uncut, a good copy++As described a good copy internally and externally

[MILITARY FIRST EDITIONS] EISENHOWER, GENERAL DWIGHT D - CRUSADE IN EUROPE London, Heinemann, 1948. First edition, 8vo, good in original wrapper (chipped and slightly torn), plus another copy of the first edition without wrapper; MONTGOMERY, FIELD-MARSHAL - NORMANDY TO THE BALTIC London, Hutchinson, no date [1946]. First edition, maps in pockets at front and rear, original wrapper with chips and tears (3)

LENYGON, FRANCIS - FURNITURE IN ENGLAND FROM 1660 TO 1760 an Account of its Development and Design. London, Batsford, 1920. Second edition, two volumes, folio, profusely illustrated, publisher's red gilt-decorated cloth; JOURDAIN, M - ENGLISH DECORATION AND FURNITURE. London, Batsford, 1924. First edition, two volumes, folio, illustrated, publisher's red cloth. The two works together comprise all 4 divisions of Batsford's 'Library of Decorative Art'; SMITH, H CLIFFORD - THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE Its Furniture, Decoration & History. London, Country Life, [1937]. Coronation edition, folio, occasional light spotting, publisher's red cloth with dust-wrapper (torn at the edges) (5)++Furniture volumes - generally good, clean internally, the Lenygon volumes have faded spines, all 4 volumes have slight rubbing at extremities Buckingham Palace - has infrequent light spotting, cloth binding good, dust-wrapper with tears at the edges and extremities

[ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE HOLOCAUST] - HAAS, LEO - 12 PUVODNICH LITOGRAFII Z NEMECKYCH KONCENTRACNICH TABORU [A DOZEN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS FROM GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS] Prague, 1947. First edition, oblong folio, large folded sheet of text, 12 fine (and at times quite horrific) numbered lithographic illustrations (complete), text and plates loose as issued in the original publisher's grey wrapper, some light spotting to plates. Haas (1901-1983), a graduate from the art academies of Karlsruhe and Berlin, was arrested in 1939 and sent to the Nisko Labour camp. In September 1942 he was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto and assigned to the Technical Department, where artists were forced to illustrate propaganda material for the Germans. Along with other artists, he secretly painted life in the ghetto. In 1944 he was transported to Auschwitz, and a month later to Sachsenhausen. Following the end of the war, Haas recovered some 400 of his art-works, which he had secretly hidden. For the rest of his life, Haas was committed to the documentation of the horrific events he had witnessed. This important work is rare, especially in such good condition++Some light occasional spotting, but overall in very good condition and a rare survival, especially given that all plates and text were issued loose in just a paper wrapper.

WRIGHT, HAROLD J. L. & RUSSELL FLINT, WILLIAM - ETCHINGS AND DRY POINTS BY SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT London, P & D Colnaghi & Co, 1957. First edition, number 116 of 135 numbered copies, signed by Flint, with frontispiece dry point also signed by him, 66 dry point illustrations, occasional light spotting but generally a clean bright and fresh copy in publisher's blue cloth++Occasional light spotting but generally a clean bright and fresh copy in publisher's blue cloth

HAWNEY, WILLIAM - THE DOCTRINE OF PLAIN AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY: with its Application and Use in the following parts of Mathematics; viz. I. Navigation in all its kinds; as Plain Sailing, Mercator's Sailing, Middle Latitude, and Parallel Sailing. II. Astronomy; wherein all the Problems relating to the Doctrine of the Sphere are solved. III. Projection of the Sphere in Plano. IV. Geography. V. Fortification. VI. Mensuration of Heights and Distances, both accessible and inaccessible. VII. Dialling, Arithmetical and Instrumental, on all Sorts of Planes. London, R Ware, 1750. Second edition, 8vo, folding plates, numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text, full contemporary calf. ESTC T126599. First published in 1725, this second edition is much rarer, with the British Library listing just 3 locations in Britain and 2 in N America++18th century manuscript inscriptions to front free end-paper, occasional faint damp stain to lower right hand corner and bottom of some leaves, but overall a good fresh clean copy, calf rubbed, short 1-inch crack to upper and lower joints, lower edge of text-block with manuscript inscription 'Hawn Trigono:'.