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Childers (Erskine). The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved, 1st edition, Smith, Elder & Co., 1903, folding uncoloured map frontispiece, and three other uncoloured maps (one folding and two single-page), a few light spots to outer margins, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear, endpapers lightly browned, original black cloth, upper cover with yacht motif in white, spine lettered in white, rubbed and some wear to edges, joints cracked and near-detached, short vertical tear to head of spine, generally without loss (spine near-detached), 8vo First edition of a classic spy novel involving a planned German invasion of England, which helped to raise awareness of hostile German activity in the years leading up to the First World War. Requires restoration. (1)

Hoskyn (E.L.). Stories of Old..., containing twelve full-page illustrations in colour by L.Tennant, published Adam and Charles Black, 1912, twelve (complete as list), colour printed allegorical maps by Lillian Tennant, each showing a historical or mythological character set within a map of the country of the story's origin, hinges weak, publisher's decorative boards with colour printed panel to upper cover, 4to, together with, Sayer (J. P.), 12 original lithographic prints comprising the first twelve up to October 1947 of the series of Picture Maps of London, published George Newnes, 1947, colour printed pictorial maps and aerial prospects of parts of London, publisher's printed paper wrappers, oblong, 8vo, together with Bullock (L. G.), The Children's Book of London, published Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., revised edition, 1960, additional half title, colour printed frontispiece, numerous uncoloured illustrations throughout, folding colour printed map tipped on to rear pastedown, publishers's colour printed cloth, dust jacket with very slight wear to extremities, 4to (3)

New Forest. Faden (William), A Plan of His Majesty's Forest, called The New Forest in the county of Southampton, laid down from surveys taken by Thos. Richardson, Wm. King and Abm. and Wm. Driver, by order of the Commissioners of the Land Revenue appointed by an Act of Parliament passed in the 26th year of King George, 1789, a large scale map on ten engraved sheets, nine with bright contemporary hand colouring, incorporating a large uncoloured decorative cartouche, an index map, a list of the officers and wardens of the New Forest, a list of the Bailwicks and Walks in the forest, compass rose and table of explanation, large margins, very slight staining, each sheet approximately 575 x 580 mm, retaining contemporary endpapers, modern half calf gilt on marbled boards, slim upright folio A rare map of the New Forest whose accuracy ensured that it was in continual use in several editions up until the late 19th century. We can find only one other copy of this, the first edition, appearing in auction in the last twenty years. (1)

Solar eclipse. Sayer (Robert, publisher), A Map Exhibiting the Dark Shadow of the Moon over England and Other Parts of Europe, In the Five Great Solar Eclipes, Of the Years, 1715, 1724, 1737, 1748 and 1764, published July 1st. 1787, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 310 x 310 mm An unusual map of the British Isles and Northern Europe showing five of the eclipses that occured during the 18th century. The first edition of this map. (1)NB. The footnote of this lot has been amended - it is a first edition not a second edition.

Pontoppidan (Erich). The Natural History of Norway, 2 parts in one, 1755, large folding engraved map, 27 engraved plates only (of 28, lacking plate 13 in part one), small hole in first title affecting a few letters), some offsetting and light spotting, bookplates, hinges reinforced, contemporary panelled calf, lower cover detached, some wear, folio, together with Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, by William Coxe, 5 volumes, 5th edition, 1802, engraved maps, plates and tables, some light offsetting and spotting, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked and repaired, 8vo, plus Joseph Planta's The History of the Helvetic Cofederacy, 2 volumes 1800 (8)

Sarmiento de Gamboa (Pedro). Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes por el Capitan Pedro Sariento de Gamboa en los anos de 1579 y 1580. Y Noticia de la Expedicion que despues hizo para poblarle, 1st edition, Madrid: en la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1768, three folding engraved plates at rear (first plate a little marked), erased and washed out ink stamp to verso of title with consequent small hole, occasional light spotting mostly to margins, marbled endpapers with crude cloth hinge repairs, contemporary marbled sheep, cloth reback with remains of spine relaid, area of leather loss to lower board and infilled with marbled paper, 4to Sabin 77094; Borba de Moraes, page II:777; Hill 1526; Palau 302364. The first edition of an important narrative of early naval adventure and exploration, published from a manuscript found at the University of Madrid after almost two centuries. Sarmiento de Gamboa was a Spanish naval commander who set off from Peru in pursuit of Sir Francis Drake in 1579. He never caught Drake, but did undertake an early passage through the Straits of Magellan, then made visits to the Azores and the African coast. Appended is Tom‚ Hernandez's account of Sarmiento's later disastrous Patagonia colony at 'Port Famine' (Puerto Hambre). (1)

Holme (Vera 'Jacko', 1881-1969 - Suffrage movement). A collection of books from the library of Vera Holme [and others], including, Jock of the Bushveld, by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, 6th edition, 1909, colour frontispiece, monotone plates and illustrations, front blank inscribed 'To my best & dearest friend Evelina Haverfield for her birthday Aug 9th 1910 from Vera Holme', with Vera Holme's bookplate by Jessie M. King, top edge gilt, contemporary brown pigskin gilt by WHS, gilt initials E.H. from V. to upper cover within blind foliage wreath, 8vo, with The Works of William Shakespeare Gathered into One Volume, Oxford, 1934, portrait frontispiece, front blank inscribed in red ink 'Patricia Trotter, 19th November 1939 from V.L.H. "J.", "We must be free or die, who speak the tongue that Shakespeare spake" - Wordsworth', original cloth, scuffed, 8vo, and The Story of a Red-Deer by the Hon. J.W. Fortescue, reprinted 1912, monotone portrait, half-title inscribed 'Vera Holme from her loving E Haverfield, Xmas 1915', bookplate of Vera Holme by Jessie M. King, edges rough trimmed, original cloth gilt, 4to, with South Slav Monuments, I. Serbian Orthodox Vhurch, edited by Michael J. Puplin, 1918, colour and monotone plates, folding map, wrappers bound in, front blank inscribed to Vera Holme, contemporary half sheep, worn, folio, plus 14 volumes from the Representative Women series, some inscribed to Vera Holme and some with her bookplate, plus others similar and a photogravure portrait of Dame Ethel Smyth, signed by Smyth and dated Jan 31, 1925 Vera Holme (1881-1969), was a talented violinist and singer, and member of the Actresses' Franchise League, a group open to all theatre professionals with the aim of promoting women's suffrage through the medium. Holme was also a member of the Women's Social and Political Union and, in 1909, was appointed as Emmeline Pankhurst's chauffeur, despite Sylvia Pankhurst having described Holme as, "... a noisy, explosive young person, frequently rebuked by her elders for lack of dignity." Holme is also believed to have been in a long-standing relationship with Evelina Haverfield, daughter of Lord Arbinger and Commandant in Chief of the Women's Reserve Ambulance Corps during the First World War. Through this link Holme was dispatched to Serbia and appointed to manage horses and trucks in the Scottish Women's Hospital Units. Haverfield died in 1920, and Holme outlived her partner by 49 years and died in Glasgow in 1969. (a carton)

*[Shakespeare Studies]. Gloucestershire - Treasury Receipt on vellum for rents, due in Westcombe, Gloucestershire, 1586, signed by Ric[hard] Stonley, one of the four tellers of the Exchequer of Receipt, 31 x 357mm The tellers of the Exchequer of Receipt were four officers charged with receiving and noting incoming revenue to the Exchequer and depositing it in the Treasury. Richard Stonley is famous as the first recorded purchaser of a work by Shakespeare; his journal records that on Tuesday, 12 June 1593, his purchase of the first edition of Shakespeare's first printed work, the narrative poem Venus and Adonis (London, 1593). Only one copy of this edition is now known to survive, being housed at the Bodleian Library. The Folger Shakespeare Library holds three volumes of Stonley's diaries, from 1581/82, 1593/94, and 1597/98. The last volume was written in London's Fleet Prison, to which Stonley had been sent in 1597 when he was convicted of embezzling more than £12,000 from the Exchequer over the course of his career. (1)

Aeschylus. The Tragedies, translated by R. Potter, 1st edition, Norwich, 1777, half-title, list of subscribers, mild browning to prelims and endleaves, contemporary reversed calf, red morocco label, some light wear to extremities, spine darkened, front joint partially cracked at foot, 4to, together with Leland (Thomas) The History of the Life and Reign of Philip of Macedon; the Father of Alexander, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London, 1758, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to each volume, titles pages printed in red and black, engraved folding map, folding numismatic plate, mild browning to prelims and endleaves, short closd tear to folding map, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt in compartments, twin morocco labels, slightly rubbed and scuffed, headcaps chipped, joints superficially cracked in places, but firm, tips worn, 4to, plus Demosthenes, The Orations, delivered on Occasions of Public Deliberation ... translated into English by Thomas Leland, London, 1771, engraved frontispiece, dedication leaf with engraved arms, large folding map, contemporary diced russia, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, joints cracked but holding, head of spine chipped, 4to, and 12 similar works, mainly 18th-century English or continental of Greek authors in contemporary bindings, including Theocritus, Quae supersunt ... edidit Thomas Warton, 2 volumes, 1st edition thus, Oxford, 1770, contemporary tan calf, rebacked, floral roll gilt to sides, 4to; Tryphiodorus, The Destruction of Troy, translated from the Greek, with Notes, by J. Merrick, 1st edition thus, Oxford, 1739, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, and editions of Anacraeon, Hesiod, Homer, Sophocles, and others, 4to and 8vo Potter's work was the first complete translation of Aeschylus into English. (19)

Avesbury (Robert of). Historia de Mirabilibus gestis Eduardi III ... e codicibus MSS. descripsit ediditque Tho. Hearnius, 1st edition, large-paper copy, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1720, folding engraved plate (repaired), contemporary sprinkled calf over thick boards, richly gilt spine, red morocco label (chipped), joints splitting at ends but firm, tips worn, 8vo, together with Ellis (Henry), A General Introduction to Domesday Book, 2 volumes, 1st edition, later tan calf, spines darkened, headcaps chipped, volume 2 boards unevenly discoloured, 8vo, plus Hume (David), The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution in 1688, [-The History of England, from the Revolution to the Death of George II. (designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume's History], 13 volumes, Edinburgh, 1818, engraved frontispieces, bookplates, contemporary reddish-brown calf, rubbed and scuffed, some spine labels renewed, 8vo, and Lingard (John), The History of England, from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accessino of William and Mary in 1688, the sixth edition, revised and considerably enlarged, 10 volumes in 5, 1854-5, engraved frontispieces, spotting and browning, contemporary red half calf, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and 3 others Lowndes p. 1025 for Avesbury. (30)

Camden (William). Anglica, Normannica, Hibernica, Cambrica, a veteribus scripta ... nunc primum in lucem editi, 1st edition, Frankfurt, Claude de marne and Jean Aubry heirs, 1603, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces throughout, 6 portraits to p. 37, complete with the final leaf, blank but for the printer's device verso, variable foxing and browning, title page repaired at lower outer corner, small worm-track to upper margin of first few gatherings, contemporary calf, urn motifs gilt to spine compartments, twin morocco labels, the joints cracked but boards held by cloth inner hinges, rubbed and worn overall, folio, together with Paris (Matthew, & Florence [recte John] of Worcester), Flores historiarum ... et Chronicon ex Chronicis, 1st collected edition, Frankfurt, by Wechel at the shop of Claude de Marne and Jean Aubry heirs, 1601, printer's woodcut device to title page and final leaf, foxing and browning, small worm-hole to lower margin, contemporary French pale calf, rebacked and recornered, elaborate laurel wreath gilt to sides within simple frame, sides slightly scuffed, folio, plus Echard (Laurence), The History of England, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Jacob Tonson, London, 1718 engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht to each volume, additional engraved portrait of George I after Kneller to volume 2, title pages printed in red and black, volume 1 free endpapers browned, volume 3 front free endpaper loose, contemporary panelled calf, volume 2 and 3 labels gone, joints cracked but holding, some wear to sections of extremities, folio (5)

Charles II. An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II. after the Battle of Worcester, drawn up by himself, to which are added, his Letters to Several Persons, 1st edition, London, 1766, pale foxing, signature L1 repaired, Castle Goring bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine label, rolled gilt border to covers, front joint cracked but held by cords, 8vo, together with [Blount, Thomas], Boscobel: or,the Compleat History of his Sacred Majesty's most Miraculous Preservation after the Battle of Worcester, which was fought Sept. 3, 1651, 1st Worcester edition, 1769, folding frontispiece depicting Charles's escape, 2 folding plates depicting Boscobel House and the city of Worcester, light offsetting, old tape-repair to frontispiece verso, contemporary marbled boards, sometime rebacked with sheep, cloth inner hinges, rubbed, tips worn, 8vo in half-sheets, plus Hughes (John), The Boscobel Tracts, relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester and his Subsequent Adventures, 1st edition, London, 1830, engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved or lithographic plates, occasional foxing, uncut in original boards, rebacked and relined, tips bumped, 4to, and Harris (William), An Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Charles the Second, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London, 1766, contemporary sprinkled calf, minor wear, volume 2 spine repaired, 8vo, and 1 other The text of An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II was dictated by the king to Samuel Pepys and printed from his manuscript; the first Glasgow edition, printed the same year, is more usually encountered. Provenance (Blount's work): William Nash Skillicorne (1807-1887), first mayor of Cheltenham (ownership inscription and bookplate); Bonham's Oxford, Eric Quayle Library Part II, lot 729, 4 April 2006. (6)

Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Opera omnia, quae exstant, a Dionysio Lambino Monstrolensi ex codicibus manuscriptis emendata, et aucta ... 4 parts in 2 volumes, 1st edition thus, Paris, du Puys, 1565-66, main title with elaborate woodcut border, 3 volume titles with woodcut vignettes, figurative initials throughout, marginalia to part 1 pp. 107-8 and part 4 pp. 3-20, main title and part 3 title slightly soiled, intermittent damp-staining to part 1, marginal burn-holes to part 2 signatures nnn4 and Hhh2, part 3 title slightly soiled, small hole to final leaf of part 4, the text unaffected, 18th-century mottled calf, rebacked and relined in the early 19th, richly gilt spines, twin red morocco labels, gilt frames and cornerpieces to sides, extremities rubbed, joints cracked, lower outer corner of volume 1 front board worn, folio Adams C1656. First edition of Lambin's Cicero. Lambin (1520-1572) 'is generally credited with being the finest Latinist of his age, often anticipating readings which would come to light in later centuries from the manuscripts themselves' (Hunt, A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri, p. 243). Provenance: near-contemporary ownership inscription of one James Hollingworth to title pages of parts 1 and 3; armorial bookplate with the motto of Viscount Downe ('timet pudorem') to front pastedowns. (2)

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641 ... 3 volumes, Oxford, printed at the Theater, 1707, half-title, engraved frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume, engraved head- and tailpieces and historiated initials throughout, half-titles very slightly soiled, contemporary ownership inscriptions to volume 1 front free endpaper, volume 1 frontispiece loose at head, engraved initial in volume 2 preface printed upside-down, a few scattered marks, contemporary panelled calf, labels renewed, light chipping to spine ends, joints superficially split in places, sides scuffed and marked, folio (387 x 242 mm), together with Walker (John), An Attempt towards recovering an Account of the Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England ... in the Late Times of the Grand Rebellion, 1st edition, London, 1714, ownership inscription of Thomas Hearne (dated 1724) and of 'Ro. Churton, Brasen Nose College, 1783' to front free endpaper, further inscription probably in Churton's hand to initial blank, 20th-century bookplate of historian Charles Richard Nairne Routh, occasional spotting and soiling, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, folio, plus [Whitelocke, Bulstrode], Memorials of the English Affairs: or, an Historical Account of what passed from the Beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second his Happy Restauration, 1st edition, London, 1682, ownership inscription dated 1697 to front pastedown and free endpaper, occasional soiling, intermittent worm-track in fore margin, 2P2 disbound, long closed tear to 4D3, tide-mark to gutter of last few gatherings, armorial bookplates of William Fullerton of Fullerton and the marquess of Lansdowne, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label renewed, spine and extremities rubbed, front joint split at head, a few scuffs to sides, folio, and Clarendon, Edward Hyde, earl of,, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon ... in which is included a Continuation of his History of the Grand Rebellion, a new edition, 3 volumes, Oxford, 1827, half-titles, bookplates of Edward Thornton, contemporary tan calf, gilt spines, labels renewed or gone, gilt arms to front boards, rubbed, 8vo ESTC N5833, T145152, R13122, N/A; Lowndes pp. 467, 2812, 2905-6, 468; Wing W1986 for Whitelocke. Clarendon's History is apparently a line-for-line reprint of the first edition (1702-4). Lowndes considered Walker's Attempt 'a work of considerable authority'; this copy of Walker's work is from the library of noted antiquary and diarist Thomas Hearne (1678-1735), with his ownership inscription 'Suum cuique Tho. Hearne, 1724' and possible pressmark 'SW 2610 / SW 3' to the front free endpaper. (8)

Clement of Alexandria. [Greek title] Opera graece et latine quae extant post accuratam Danielis Heinsii recensionem ... accedunt diversae lectiones et emendationes ... a Friderico Sylburgio collectae, Paris, Claude Morel, 1629, half-title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, Greek and Latin text in double column, very small intermittent worm-hole in lower margin affecting one letter in title imprint, contemporary sprinkled calf, leather coming loose in top spine compartment, front joint split at ends, tips bumped and worn, folio, together with Justin Martyr, [Greek title] Opera ... graecus textis multis in locis correctus, et latina Ioannis Langi versio passim emendata, tum varians lectio, emendationum coniecturae, et tres indices seorsum in fine additi, ab initio praemissa veterum de Iustino elogia ... opera Friderici Sylburgii, 1st edition thus, [Heidelberg], Commelin, 1589, woodcut title vignette, Greek and Latin text in double column, profuse contemporary marginalia, water-staining, occasional minor worming in lower margin, title page marked and partially loose, final 2 index leaves and final blank (2X2-4) lacking, contemporary calf, blind floral lozenges to sides, worn, folio, plus Cyprian of Carthage, The Genuine Works, together with his Life, written by his own Deacon Pontius, all done into English, from the Oxford Edition; and illustrated with diverse Notes ... by Nath. Marshall, London, 1717, engraved frontispiece by Vandergucht, binder's blanks browned, contemporary panelled calf, joints split, extremities rubbed and worn, folio, and Ambrose, Opera Omnia, 2 volumes in 1 (only, of 5), novissima editione, Cologne, 1616, engraved allegorical title, letterpress title printed in red and black with large woodcut vignette, contemporary calf, rebacked, folio, and a copy of a later edition of Sylburg's Clement of Alexandria (Cologne 1688), folio Adams J497 for Justin Martyr: this is the first edition edited by German classical scholar Friedrich Sylburg (1536-1596). (4)

Dickens (Charles). A Christmas Carol, in Prose, being A Ghost Story of Christmas... with illustrations by John Leech, 1st edition, Chapman & Hall, 1844 [i.e. December 1843], title-page printed in green and red and dated 1844, half-title and verso of title-page printed in green, 'Stave One' at head of first chapter, eight engraved illustrations by John Leech including four hand-coloured plates, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, occasional marks and spotting (latter most noticeable to frontispiece and title), pale turquoise ownership ink stamp of W.F. Collier, Woodtown, Horrabridge at head of half-title, title-page and verso of third and fourth plates, stitching strained, pale yellow endpapers (hinges split), all edges gilt, original light reddish-brown vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and lettered and decorated in gilt, cocked, faded and stained, spine deficient, small 8vo Smith II:4. William Francis Collier was a friend of Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and himself an author. His books were mainly aimed at the education of school children and young people, and his subjects included history, zoology and English literature. (1)

Dionysius of Halicarnassus Antiquitatum sive originum Romanarum libri XI a Lapo Birago Florentino latine versi, ac per Henricum Glareanum recogniti, ab innumerisque mendis repurgati, et illustrati annotationibus, adiuncta est per eundem Chronologia..., Basel: Froben, 1532, printer's woodcut device to title page, final leaf of main text, first leaf of the Chronologia, and verso of colophon leaf, initial figures throughout, foxing and browning, tide-marks to corners of title page and first few text leaves, contemporary marginalia and underlining in brown ink, intermittent worm-track in fore margins, later vellum, title inked to spine, slightly marked, folio Adams D629. First Froben edition and the first edited by the Swiss humanist Heinrich Glarean (1488-1563), this copy complete with the Chronologia, sometimes lacking. (1)

Hume (David). The History of England under the House of Tudor, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London, 1759, half-title, blue patterned endpapers, engraved bookplate of Thomas George Corbett of Elsham Hall to front pastedowns, contemporary ownership inscription and bookplate of J. G. Corbett to front free endpapers of volumes 1 and 2 respectively, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, twin morocco labels, floral cornerpieces gilt to sides, minor loss to headcaps, joints cracked but firm, sides slightly scuffed and marked, board corners restored, 4to, together with another copy of the same, volume 2 title page bound to rear of volume 2, half-title bound as volume 2 title, prelims slightly spotted, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, light wear to extremities, plus [Tytler, William], An Inquiry, Historical and Critical, into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots, and an Examination of the Histories of Dr Robertson and Mr Hume ... second edition, with additions, Edinburgh, 1767, front free endpaper partially loose, small spot to title page, armorial bookplate of Alexander Thomson of Banchory (1792-1868) to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, joints split, extremities rubbed, 8vo in half-sheets, plus [Phillips, Thomas], The History of the Life of Regiald Pole, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, half-titles, folding portrait frontispiece, folding genealogy, contemporary marbled calf, morocco spine labels, rubbed overall, headcaps chipped, joints splitting at ends, 8vo, and Burnet (Gilbert), The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, the Third Part, being a Supplement ot the Two Volumes formerly published, 1st edition, London, 1753, slightly later sprinkled tan calf, richly gilt spine, one morocco label gone, joints partially cracked, rubbed and scuffed, folio, and Cobbett (William), A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland ... a new edition, Sydney, W. A. Duncan, 1844, inscribed by the publisher 'William Aug. Duncan 1844' on the front pastedown, endpapers foxed and browned, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, slightly rubbed, 8vo ESTC T85928 (Hume); T122212 (Tytler); T129675 (Phillips); T105559 (Burnet). Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia 3805 for Cobbett; Duncan's edition appears to be the first printed in Australia. (9)

Kelsall (Charles). The Two Last Pleadings of Marcus Tullius Cicero against Caius Verres, translated, and illustrated with notes, by Charles Kelsall, to which is added a postcript containing remarks on the state of modern Sicily, 1st edition, 1812, folding engraved frontspiece, and several engraved plates, near-contemporary half calf gilt, 8vo, together with other antiquarian interest, mostly English literature and history, including Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 volumes, new edition, 1818, Rapin de Thoyras, History of England, volume II only, 2nd edition, 1733, with maps and plates, folio, Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, 2 volumes, 1800, Princess Cloria, or The Royall Romance, by a Person of Honour, lacking first two leaves, including title page, folio, etc., mostly leather bound, some wear, 8vo/folio Provenance: Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Lord Berners, Faringdon House, Oxfordshire. (29)

Lactantius (Lucius Caecilius Firmianus). Diuinarum institutionem libri septem. De ira Dei, liber I. De opificio Dei, liber I. Epitome in libros suos acephalos. Phoenix. Carmen de Dominica resurrectione, 2 parts in one, [Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri Mense April, 1515], printer's woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, early marginalia to to title, throughout volume and across all of final leaf, occasional dampstains to blank margins of few leaves, old vellum leaf bound-in at front & rear (front leaf with manuscript to recto and faint ink stamp to verso), 19th century limp vellum, worn title label to spine, 8vo Adams L16. First Aldine edition, published shortly after the death of Aldus. The text had been prepared by Aldus and passed to Giovanni Battista Egnazio to finalise, as mentioned by Egnazio in his preface; he also laments that there is no one in the workshop capable of replacing Aldus. (1)

Mably (Gabriel de). Des Droits et des Devoirs du Citoyen, 1st edition, Kell [sic], 1789, half-title present, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, rubbed and slightly cracked on joints, some leather loss to lower part of covers and at foot of spine, 12mo Rare first edition of this important political text of the French Revolution. (1)

Maitland (Captain F.L.). Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of his Residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon; with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship, between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815, 2nd edition, 1826, folding map frontispiece, advertisements at rear, a few leaves detaching, some spotting, armorial bookplate, original boards, some edgewear and stains, 8vo, together with The Diary of Henry Teonge, Chaplain on Board His Majesty's Ships Assistance, Bristol and Royal Oak anno 1675 to 1679. Now first published from the original ms. with biographical and historical notes, 1825, folding facsimile frontispiece, additional engraved title, light spotting and soiling, untrimmed in modern half calf, 8vo, plus Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France and ther Netherlands from 1809 to 1815, by Captain J. Kincaid, 1st edition, 1830, advertisements at rear, a few spots, original cloth-backed boards, short tears at spine ends, some fading, 8vo, with four others related including The Adventures of a Young Rifleman in the French and English Armies during the War in Spain and Portugal from 1806 to 1816. Written by himself, 1826, and The Adventures of a Ship-Boy, written by himself, with an appendix, Leith, 1823 (7)

Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses, An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford, from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, 1500, to the End of the Year 1690, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, London, 1691-2, title pages printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials, dedication leaf, errata leaf, occasional contemporary marginalia, foxing and browning, 18th-century cat's-paw sheep, rebacked and relined in the 19th century, rubbed and light, together with Inett (John), Origines Anglicanae: or, a History of the English Church beginning where Bishop Stillingfleet has ended his History of the British Church ... 2 volumes in 1, 1st editions, London, 1704 [volume 2: Oxford, 1710], first title page printed in red and black, the second with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian, browning to binder's blanks and parts of volume 2, contemporary panelled calf, spine rubbed, joints cracked but holding, tips slightly worn, plus Morton (Thomas), A Catholike Appeale for Protestants, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London, 1610, without the initial blank, title page laid down, contemporary ownership inscriptions (effaced), damp-staining, 20th-century grey calf by Maltby's, and Burnet (Gilbert), An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles, 1st edition, London, 1699, with the half-title, funeral notice (dated 1900) tipped to p. 297, small marginal tears to Y3-4, small tide-mark to fore margins, damp-staining in gutter of last few leaves, 20th-century pale brown calf by Maltby's, and 4 similar works in contemporary bindings: 2 copies of [Allestree, Richard], The Works of the Learned and Pious Author of the Whole Duty of Man, the third impression, 2 volumes in 1, Oxford, 1695, Chillingworth (William), The Works, 10th edition, London, 1742; Strype (John), The Life and Acts of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Whitgift, 1st edition, London, 1718, all folio Wing W3382 & 3383A (Wood), B5791 (Burnet), A1084 (Allestree). (8)

Ferguson (James). The Art of Painting in Oil, Rendered Familiar to Every Capacity: extracted from the Works of the Most Eminent Masters of the Italian, Fleming, and English Schools: to which is prefixed the Method of Mixing the Colours to the Various Teints used both for Portraints, Landscapes, etc., etc., etc., by the Author of the Art of Drawing in Perspective, 1st edition, London, Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1798, original marbled paper wrappers, publisher's printed paper labels to front wrapper recto and verso, slightly rubbed overall, small stain to head of front wrapper and first few leaves of text, 8vo in half sheets, together with Salmon (William), Polygraphice: or the Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming ... fifth Edition: enlarged with above a thousand considerable Additions. Adorned with XXV. Copper Sculptures; the like never yet extant, London, 1685, engraved frontispiece and additional title page, 21 engraved plates (of 23, lacking numbers 4 and 23), near-contemporary ownership inscriptions to frontispiece, title and rear pastedown, foxing and browning, frontispiece chipped and creased, contemporary paint daubs to blank verso of last leaf, contemporary panelled calf, worn, front board detached, rear board held by top two cords, the leather lifting, 8vo Three copies only of The Art of Painting in Oil traced in libraries (Rijksmuseum, Penn. State, and the V & A); judging from Laurie's advertisement in the sixth edition of The Painter's Edition there was a tenth edition by 1823 and the main authority for the work was Thomas Bardwell. (2)

Ware (Isaac). The Complete Body of Architecture. Adorned with Plans and Elevations, from Original Designs..., In which are interspersed some Designs of Inigo Jones, never before published, 1st edition, London: T. Osborne, J. Shipton, J. Hodges, L. Davis, J. Ward & R. Baldwin, 1756, engraved frontispiece (detached and closed tears mostly to margin), title in red & black with engraved vignette (detached, torn to upper right corner with loss to first line), 110 engraved plates only (of 114, includes 10 folding, irregularly numbered 1-122), last two leaves of index detached, contemporary reversed calf, boards detached, lacking spine and leather to boards torn and worn, folio Berlin Katalog 2283, Fowler 436, Harris 906. The first edition of Ware's "massive and compendious" work (ODNB). "Most of Ware's designs were as Palladian in character as might be expected from an architect of his background and credentials. However, as a prominent member of the St Martin's Lane Academy he was also a colleague of such rococo artists as Hogarth, Roubiliac, and Francis Hayman: this is reflected not only in the surprisingly latitudinarian views occasionally found in the pages of the Complete Body but also in the dazzling interiors of his most important work, Chesterfield House, Mayfair (1748?9; dem. 1934), designed in a full-blooded French rococo idiom for the francophile fourth Earl of Chesterfield." (1)

Dickens (Charles). Works, 16 volumes, Folio Society, 2004-7 illustrations throughout from the original engravings by Phiz et al., original maroon quarter morocco, matching cloth sides, onlaid leather labels to spines ruled in gilt, top edges gilt, original slipcases, spine of Barnaby Rudge slightly discoloured, some slipcases rubbed,large 8vo Second Folio Society edition, mixed set of first and second impressions. The text and illustrations reproduce those of the Nonesuch Dickens (1937), itself based on the Charles Dickens Edition, edited by Dickens himself. The first Folio Society edition, with new illustrations by Charles Keeping, was published between 1981 and 1988, and reprinted in 1994. (16)

Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, George Newnes, Limited, 1892, original blue cloth, worn and soiled, spine rolled and defective, front joint cracked with prelims loose, contents foxed, 8vo Gibson and Green 10a. First-issue binding, without the street name on the front cover, and with floral rather than peacock endpapers. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Authorized Version of King James I with Decorations by Eric Gill, September Press, Wellingborough, 1987, decorative initials, headpieces and full-page illustrations throughout from woodcuts by Gill, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf, black spine-label, cockerel vignette to front board in blind, very small mark to lower outer corner, housed in the original fleece-lined slipcase, folio, together with Hymn to Prosperine by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, frontispiece, title page and 5 vignettes by John Buckland-Wright, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original purple canvas, paper spine-label, spine slightly faded, square 8vo, plus Chanticleer; Pertelote; Cockalorum; Cock-a-Hoop, 4 volumes, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936-1961, illustrations throughout, Chanticleer contents toned, Pertelote with light spotting front and back and contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, Cockalorum free endpapers browned, original varicoloured cloth, first 3 volumes slightly marked, Cockalorum in price-clipped dust jacket, Cock-a-Hoop in dust jacket over-price sticker to front flap and tape repair to foot of spine verso, 8vo The Four Gospels: limited facsimile edition, number 27 of 80 copies printed on all rag paper and bound in full leather; there were a further 40 numbered copies on all rag paper issued in a different binding or unbound, and 480 unnumbered copies in buckram. Proserpine: number 179 of 350 copies printed on hand-made paper (Cockalorum 159). Chanticleer, Pertelote, Cockalorum, Cock-a-Hoop: all first editions, trade issues, a complete set. (6)

Greenaway (Kate, illustrator). Dame Wiggins of Lee, and Her Seven Wonderful Cats: a Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety, Edited...by John Ruskin, deluxe edition, Orpington: George Allen, 1885, large paper copy, 22 woodcut illustrations including frontispiece and title vignette, occasional very light finger-soiling, free endpaper blank reverses lightly toned, original pictorial brown cloth gilt, a few minor marks, slim 4to, together with Under the Window, Pictures and Rhymes for Children, 1st edition, 1st issue, [1878], half-title with colour vignette, pictorial title with no printer's ornaments either side of "Edmund Evans" and with imprint on verso, page 14 with "End of Contents", colour illustrations throughout by Kate Greenaway, a few leaves with some edge-fraying, blue-black endpapers, cloth-backed pictorial boards, extremities lightly rubbed, front joint splitting, slim 4to, plus The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte, 1st edition, later issue, Chatto and Windus, [1886], half-title (nearly detached), colour illustrations throughout by Kate Greenaway (lightly offset to text), occasional minor marks, stitching strained, all edges gilt, original unbleached linen boards, dust-soiled, each cover with colour vignette, spine darkened, slim 8vo, and four others related including: The April Baby's Book of Tunes..., illustrated by Kate Greenaway, 1st edition, 1900; Little Ann and Other Poems..., illustrated by Kate Greenaway, 1st edition, 1st issue, [1882]; another of the same title, published Frederick Warne and Co., circa 1909; A Century of Kate Greenaway, by Anne Carroll Moore, 1946 First two items: Schuster & Engen, 64 (1e) & 201 (1a) respectively. (7)

Blackie (W.G., editor). Descriptive Atlas of the World and General Geography, 1893, additional half-title, descriptive text and seventy-five double page lithographic maps, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, bumped and worn at extremities, folio, together with Bartholomew (J. G., editor), The Royal Atlas of England and Wales, published George Newnes Limited, circa 1895, photo-relief map of England & Wales as frontispiece, seventy double page lithographic maps, all edges gilt, half morocco gilt, spine and corners replaced, folio, with Philip (George, publisher), Philip's Atlas of the Counties of England..., 1885, forty-eight double page lithographic maps by Edward Weller, upper hinge broken, all edges gilt, contemporary green cloth gilt, folio, plus Hammerton (J. A., editor), Harmsworth's Atlas of the World and Pictorial Gazetteer with an Atlas of the Great War, circa 1920, additional half-title, numerous double page lithographic maps, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spine, worn at extremities, folio, and Ogilby (John), Britannia, volume the first...., [1675], facsimile edition published Alexander Duckham & Co. Ltd, 1939, 100 colour printed strip road maps, publisher's cloth gilt, oblong 4to (5)

Powell (Anthony). A Dance to the Music of Time, 12 volumes, 1st editions, 1951-75, A Question of Upbringing first state with 'A Question of Upbringing' repeated on asterisk page, a little light spotting, contemporary presentation to Acceptance World, original cloth, Acceptance World spine lettering a little faded, dust jackets, Question of Upbringing in 3rd impression 5s cheaper edition jacket, Acceptance World, Kindly Ones, Soldier's Art, one Military Philosophers and one Hearing Secret Harmonies price-clipped, some fading to Buyer's Market and Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, a few small chips and nicks, mainly at spine ends, first three titles and Casanova's Chinese Restaurant with clear tape reinforcements to verso, 8vo, duplicates of The Military Philosophers and Hearing Secret Harmonies, plus a one page typed signed letter from Powell to a Mr Wise, June 1990: "How very nice of you to write (both communications). There is a considerable row going on about the ordure to which you refer, and I have resigned from The Telegraph. My respects to your cat, as also from Snook.", folds, plus a postcard, July 1973, from Powell to Derek Stanford (1918-2008, writer and biographer), thanking him for his favourable review of Temporary Kings, and Greene (Graham). The Labyrinthine Ways, 1st US edition, 2nd issue, Viking, New York, 1940, 2nd issue with pages 165 & 256 correct, slight toning to endpaper gutters, original yellow cloth, dust jacket, front panel with small hole and repair to verso, folds and edges a little rubbed with small nicks, 8vo, together with It's a Battlefield, Viking reprint, 1962 (16)

Abbot (Charles). Flora Bedfordiensis, comprehending such plants as grow wild in the County of Bedford, arranged according to the System of Linnaeus, with occasional remarks, 1st edition, Bedford, W. Smith, 1798, six hand-coloured engraved plates, a few minor spots, armorial bookplate of Knapton, contemporary half calf, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo Henrey 378. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title: "Admiral James Brine, from his affectionate nephew, the author" ('author' shaved at outer margin affecting letters), passed down to his son Rear-Admiral Augustus Brine and by descent to his son, who changed the surname to Knapton. The first local flora in English and the more scarce coloured plate issue. (1)

Bewick (Thomas). The Fables of Aesop, 1st edition, Newcastle, 1818, engraved portrait frontispiece not present, facsimile thumb-mark receipt leaf before title, numerous wood engraved illustrations to text by Thomas Bewick, tail-pieces, etc., some minor soiling marks to preliminary leaves and occasionally to text, first three printed leaves with minor repairs to fore-margins, untrimmed, bookplate of George Skelly, Alnwick to front pastedown, later half calf, a little rubbed and some marks, 8vo, Large Paper copy, together with History of British Birds (Land Birds/Water Birds), 2 volumes, Newcastle, printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 1804, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with wood engraved vignette, and numerous woodcut illustrations to text, contents in clean condition with strong impressions of the plates, all edges gilt, contemporary blind- and gilt-decorated full calf, rubbed and a little wear to extremities, 8vo, plus a copy of the Cresset Press edition of Bewick's Memoir, 1961 (4)

Ellis (Jean). Essai sur L'Histoire Naturelle des Corallines et d'autres Productions Marines du Mˆme Genre..., sur les cotes de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande auquel on a joint une Description d'un Grand Polype de Mer, published Pierre de Hondt, The Hague, 1756, decorative engraved frontispiece, title printed in red & black, title with near contemporary manuscript ownership signature, thirty-nine uncoloured engraved plates (including five folding), some contemporary ink marginalia throughout, contemporary calf, upper board detached, 4to First and only edition in the French language, which describes and illustrates various types of corals, sponges and crustacea found in British and Irish coastal waters. The first edition in English was published in 1755. (1)

Pennant (Thomas). History of Quadrupeds, & Genera of Birds, 3 volumes bound two, printed for B. White, 1781, engraved title to each volume, 52 and 16 engraved plates to each work respectively (68 plates in total), some light scattered spotting and offsetting, marbled endpapers, with bookplate of Clarkson Palmer to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary tree full calf gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to edges, covers detached, 4to, together with Buffon (Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de), A Natural History, General and Particular: containing the history and theory of the earth, a general history of man..., translated from the French by William Smellie, new edition, corrected and enlarged, to which is added A History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, 2 volumes, published by Richard Adams, 1817, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, 52 hand-coloured engraved plates, some minor marks and occasional spotting, index leaves at front of first volume with slight fraying to fore-edge, contemporary bookplate of S. Wakefield, Digbeth, Birmingham, to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, rubbed and scuffed (generally a good copy), 4to, plus three others related Culpeper's Complete Herbal, new edition, Thomas Kelly, circa 1820s, with hand coloured botanical plates, bound in contemporary black half calf, 4to, & Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 volumes, A. Fullarton & Co., circa 1850s, with hand coloured plates, some spotting, contemporary green half calf gilt, large 8vo (7)

Five volumes "The Modern Physician"; together with Noel Coward's "Pomp and Circumstance" First Edition and other books

Five mainly first edition books, autobiographies relating to media and film stars, most signed by the author, Michael Buerk; 'The Road Taken', Carol Thatcher; 'A Swim-On Part in the Goldfish Bowl', Christine Hamilton; 'For Better, For Worse' and Anne Diamond; 'Girl Next Door' and five unsigned mainly autobiographical books, Julian Barnes; 'Levels of Life', Chris Gidney; 'Celebrating Secombe', Bob Wilson; 'Bob Wilson: Life in the Beautiful Game', Johnny Dankworth; 'Jazz in Revolution' and a leather-bound school copy of Charles Dickens; 'David Copperfield' dated to fly sheet 1923 (10).

Nine mainly first edition local history and fiction books, signed by the author to include Robert Harris; 'The Fear Index', Susan Hill; 'The Shadows in the Street' and 'The Small Hand Ghost Story', Gervase Phinn; 'The Heart of the Dales', Allan Mallinson; 'An Act of Courage' and 'On His Majesty's Service', John Humphrys and Christopher Humphrys; 'Blue Skies and Black Olives', Harry Foster; 'Southport: A History' and Peter Aughton; 'North Meols and Southport' (9).

Ten mainly first edition books, predominantly travel interest, most signed by the author to include Imran Khan; 'Pakistan', Terry Wogan; 'Wogan's Island', Tim Moore; 'Spanish Steps', Jonathan Femby; 'Tiger Head Snake Tails', Mark Tully; 'India: The Road Ahead', Tim Butcher; 'Chasing the Devil', P B Rogers; 'Restless for Morocco', Chris Morris; 'The New Turkey' and Michael Jacobs; 'Andes' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books, autobiographies and biographies of stage and screen stars, most signed by the author, Michael Winner; 'Winner Takes All', Sheila Hancock; 'Just Me', Larry Hagman with Todd Gold; 'Hello Darlin'', Bruce Forsyth; 'Bruce', Charlotte Breese; 'Hutch', Michael Parkinson; 'Parky', Jean Alexander; 'The Other Side of the Street', Mark Kermode; 'The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex', Anna Massey; 'Anna Massey' and Lauren Bacall; 'By Myself' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books relating to politics, TV stars, autobiographies and biographies, most signed by the author, David Jason; 'My Life', Canon Eric Saxon; 'Careering Around Manchester', Peter Sissons; 'When One Door Closes', Joanna Lumley; 'Absolutely', John Major; 'John Major', John Simpson; 'Not Quite World's End', Michael Palin; 'Halfway to Hollywood', Jeremy Bowen; 'The Arab Uprisings' and Mary Robinson; 'Everybody Matters' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books, biographical and autobiographical, most signed by the author, Tim Collins; 'Rules of Engagement: A Life in Conflict', Canon Eric Saxon; 'Careering About Manchester', Michael Holroyd; 'A Book of Secrets', Phillip Serrell; 'An Auctioneer's Lot', Clive James; 'The Blaze of Obscurity', Bertie Ahern; 'Berie Ahern', Harold Evans; 'My Paperchase', Mary Soames; 'A Daughter's Tale' and Anne De Courcy; 'Snowdon' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books, biographical and autobiographical, most signed by the author, Robert Hardman; 'Our Queen', Robin Knight; 'A Road Less Travelled', William Shawcross; 'Counting One's Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother', Richard Dannatt; 'Leading From the Front', Amanda Barrie; 'It's Not a Rehearsal', Alan Johnson; 'This Boy', Stella Rimmington; 'Dead Line', George Alagiah; 'A Home From Home', Simon Hoggart; 'A Long Lunch', and Cherie Blair; 'Speaking for Myself' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books relating to history, biographical, autobiographical and politics, most signed by the author, John Major; 'John Major', Jon Snow; 'Shooting History: A Personal Journey', Sarah Brown; 'Behind the Black Door', Alistair Campbell; 'Power and Responsibility 1999-2001', Mark Stuart; 'John Smith: A Life', Chris Mullin; 'Decline and Fall', Gyles Brandreth; 'Breaking the Code', Christopher Fildes; 'A City Spectator', Paddy Ashdown; 'The Ashdown Diaries, Vol II 1997-1999', and Tony Benn; 'Dare to be a Daniel Then and Now' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books relating to politics, history, and political humour, most signed by the author, Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw; 'To Talk of Many Things', Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson; 'Parting Shots', Peter Mandelson; 'The Third Man', Andrew Neil; 'Full Disclosure', Fion Hague; 'The Pain and the Privilege', Giles Radiche; 'Trio', Ferdinand Mount; 'The New Few', John Sergeant; 'Maggie', Vince Cable; 'The Storm', and Rory Bremner, John Bird and John Fortune; 'You Are Here' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books of sporting, biographical and historical interest, most signed by the author, Fred Trueman; 'As it Was', Peter Alliss; 'My Life', Des Lynam; 'I Should have Been at Work', Ian Botham; 'Head On', David Shepherd; 'Shep', Peter Baxter; 'Inside the Box: My Life with Test Match Special', Roy Cavanagh and Brian Hughes MBE; 'Viollete: The Life of a Legendary Goal Scorer', Mike Atherton; 'Opening Up', Anne De Courcy; 'The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting in the Raj', and Niall Fergusson; 'Kissinger 1923-1968: The Idealist' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books of sporting and biographical interest, most signed by the author, Colin Schindler; 'Bob Barber: The Professional Amateur', Robin Oakley; 'The Cheltenham Festival', David Gower; 'An Endangered Species', Nasser Hussain; 'Playing With Fire', Colin Montgomerie; 'The Real Monty', Kevin Pietersen; 'K P: The Autobiography', Tom Finney; 'Tom Finney: My Autobiography', Paula Radcliffe; 'Paula: My Story So Far', Bobby Robson; 'Farewell But Not Goodbye: My Autobiography', Jimmy Connors; 'The Outsider', and Dickie Bird; 'White Cap and Bales' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books of historical, political, and biographical interest, most signed by the author, Patrick Lee-Fermore; 'An Adventure, Artemis Cooper', Alistair Horne; 'Kissinger's Year: 1973', Max Hastings; 'Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-1945', Ben MacIntyre; 'Double Cross', Jonathan Dimbleby; 'Destiny in the Desert', Andy McNab; 'Spoken From the Front: Real Voices from the Battlefields of Afghanistan', Charlotte Mosley; 'The Mitfords, Letters Between Six Sisters', Edith Diana Sauhami; 'Edith Cavell', A N Wilson; 'Our Times: The Age of Elizabeth II', and Simon Winchester; 'Atlantic: The Vast Ocean of a Million Stories' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books to include history, factual and humour, mostly signed by the author, Simon Schama; 'The American Future; A History', Orlando Figes; 'The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia', David Turner; 'Last Dawn: The Royal Oak Tragedy at Scapa Flow' 70th Anniversary Edition 1939-2009, 'Peter Hennessy; 'The Secret State', Bill Bryson; 'One Summer: America 1927', Max Hastings; 'The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerillas 1939-1945', Christopher Winn; 'I Never Knew that About the English', Andrew Marr; 'The Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and Her People', Tim Jeal; 'Explorers of the Nile', and Anthony Beevor; 'Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books to include factual, fiction and historical, most signed by the author, Antonia Fraser; 'Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832', Boris Johnson; 'Johnson's Life of London; The People Who Made the City that Made the World', Catherine Bailey; 'The Secret Rooms', Diane Cooper; 'Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to her Son John Julias Norwich 1939-1952', Alan Whicker; 'Whicker's War', Anna Reid; 'Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-1944', Graham Robb; 'Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris', Susie Harries; 'Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life', Orlando Figes; 'Crimea: The Last Crusade', and Douglas Hurd; 'Robert Peel: A Biography' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books, most signed by the author, to include historical, geographical, gardening and other subjects, Andrew Marr; 'A History of the World', Gordon Corrigan; 'Waterloo: A New History of the Battle and its Armies', Paddy Ashdown; 'A Brilliant Little Operation', Hugh Cavendish; 'Life and a Time to Plant: Life and Gardening at Holker', Christopher Wynn; 'I Never Knew that About England', Ian Kershaw; 'To Hell and Back', Richard Holmes; 'In The Footsteps of Churchill', Robert Sackville-West; 'The Disinherited', Ben Shepherd; 'The Long Road Home' and Andrew Marr; 'The Making of Modern Britain: From Queen Victoria to VE Day' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books of historical interest, most signed by the author, to include Deborah Cadbury; 'Princes at War', Giles Tremlett; 'Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen', Lisa Jardine; 'Going Dutch', Marc Morris; 'A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain', Norman Davis; 'Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Forgotten Europe', Alison Weir; 'Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen', Andrew Roberts; 'Napoleon The Great', Kate Williams; 'Becoming Queen', Flora Fraser; 'Venus of Empire: The Life of Pauline Bonaparte', and John Sugden, 'Nelson: The Sword of Albion' (10).

Ten mainly first edition books of historical interest, most signed by the author, to include The Duchess of Rutland with Jane Pruden; 'Belvoir Castle', Janice Hadlow; 'The Strangest Family: The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanovarians', John Julias Norwich; 'A History of England in 100 Places, From Stonehenge to The Gherkin', Charles Spencer; 'Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I', Peter Ackroyd; 'The History of England Vol. 1' and 'The History of England Vol. 3 Civil War', A.N. Wilson; 'The Elizabethans', David Starkey; 'Henry Virtuous Prince', David Owen; 'In Sickness and in Power' and Simon Jenkins; 'A Short History of England' (10).

Fleming, Ian, 'Dr. No', 1958, first edition, published by The Book Club of 121 Charing Cross Road, London. Original dust jacket.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

FOUR ROYAL WORCESTER FIGURES, 'Summer Day' 3547, 'Sweet Anne' 3630, 'First Dance' 3629 and 'Safe At Last' limited edition 339/12500 (4)

A VOLUME OF THE GENEVA OR 'BREECHES' BIBLE, DATED 1599 'IMPRINTED AT LONDON BY THE DEPUTIES OF CHRISTOPHER BARKER' with woodblock illustrations. The Geneva Bible (sometimes known as the 'Breeches Bible' for its reference to Adam and Eve clothing themselves in 'breeches' made from fig leaves). It was the first English edition of the Bible to be translated from the Greek and Hebrew texts TOGETHER WITH FOXE'S 'THE BOOK OF MARTYRS' printed by John G Murdoch

"The US Silver Dollar Collection" an album of stamps and coins includes twelve dollars dating from 1879-1935, a Limited Edition stamp album "Lifetime of Service" number 0081, "The Queens Golden Jubilee Stamp Collection" number 6827 including some coins, other albums of First Day Covers with coins, (6).

First edition Wade Noddy and Big Ears figurines c1958-1961 plus four Wade Disney characters. A/f.

Muriel Spark, 1961 First Edition ' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ', published by McMillan with dust cover

Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1905 First Edition volume ' A Little Princess ', published Frederick Warne, London