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Dickens (Charles). Dombey and Son, illustrated by H.K. Browne, 20 parts in 19, 1st edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1846-48, forty etched plates, including frontispiece and additional title-page, numerous printed advertisements and slips at front and rear of each part (complete according to Hatton & Cleaver), original printed blue wrappers, occasional small expert edge-repairs, slim 8vo, housed in a custom-made red cloth solander box with gilt lettered spine, some fading and remains of small label at head of upper side Eckel, pp.74-76; Hatton & Cleaver pp.225-250. Hugh Walpole's copy with his 'Brackenburn' bookplate, and additional bookplate of bibliophiles Ethel and George Booth (both mounted inside solander box). English novelist Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) bought Brackenburn, overlooking Derwentwater in Cumbria, in 1923, and lived there until his death. The house was a bungalow built of local slate, and he enlarged it, converting the upper storey of the nearby garage into a library and study, which eventually housed his art collection as well as his 30,000 books. This copy of 'Dombey and Son' in the original parts is an excellent set, in usually good condition, and with all the advertisements and slips present as called-for by Hatton & Cleaver. Each part is separately enclosed in a loose paper wrapper, with typed information on each indicating that all the plates are in the first state, and all but one letterpress are in first issue form (that to part XI is second issue, but has a copy of the first issue sheets loosely inserted). (1)

Harris (John). Lexicon Technicum: Or, an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Explaining not only the Terms of Art, but the Arts themselves, printed for Dan. Brown, Tim. Goodwin & others, 1st edition, 1704, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, seven engraved plates, including two folding ('The Engine for Raising Water by Fire' and 'John Marshall's New Invented Double Microscope'), numerous woodcut illustrations, subscribers list, some toning to a few leaves and plates, small closed tear at foot of F4, occasional small marginal water stain, contemporary mottled calf, covers stamped with circular armorial in gilt of Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby (1656-1729), tear at head of spine, joints cracking, a little rubbed, folio Norman 992; PMM 171a: "John Harris, clergyman, mathematician, and (from 1709) secretary of the Royal Society, produced the first English encyclopaedia arranged in alphabetical order. He was the earliest lexicographer to distinguish between a word-book (dictionary, in modern parlance) and a subject-book (encylopaedia proper), thereby overcoming the confusion which Isidore had introduced a thousand years earlier. His Lexicon Technicum appears to be the first technical dictionary in any language. The most famous of his contributors was Isaac Newton." (1)

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals..., 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1766, scattered spotting, light browning, rear hinges split, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1781, volume II upper blank margin of title with small loss, scattered spotting and dampstaining, all endpapers renewed, near contemporary calf, rebacked, extremities worn, spines somewhat faded, 8vo The first octavo edition of Johnson's Dictionary. (6)

Milton (John). Paradise Lost, a Poem, Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1770, engraved portrait vignette to title (some offsetting), advertisement leaf, list of subscribers, occasional light spotting, front free endpaper with ink gift inscription to John Hare dated 1894, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, both joints split but holding, some wear to spine ends, contained in modern slipcase, folio, Gaskell 510. First Foulis Press edition. (1)

New Testament [Church Slavonic]. A magnificent Altar Gospel printed in Church Slavonic, Moscow, 7207 (December 1698), [2], 503pp on thick paper, sheet size 445 x 310mm, printed in red and black throughout within typographic woodcut borders and with marginal ornaments, each Gospel opening with a full-page woodcut portrait frontispiece of the Evangelist, and woodcut historiated head-piece, decorated initial and marginal ornament on facing page, gilt-gauffered edges with floral and geometrical design, later (engraved inscription to lower bevelled edge of lower cover dated 1904) brass and gilt ormulu covers over wooden boards, stippled ground and raised foliate design within an applied chased border, the lower cover with central cartouche depicting the Russian Orthodox Cross, decorated spine and spine caps, resting on four lobed feet, two Russian floral cloisonne enamel clasps, the upper cover retaining four original intricate silver niello plaques, the central oval cartouche depicting Christ within a laurel frieze, above which rests a crown and bearing the Moscow silver stamp, circa 1700, three Evangelists and their animal symbols at the corners, lacking the corner-piece for Luke at lower left corner, folio (51 x 36 x 11cm) Peter the Great (1672-1725) visited London for three months in the early part of 1698. While he had contact with the court of William III, he also studied English shipbuilding practice, arranged sailing lessons on the Thames and paid visits to the Woolwich Arsenal, the Royal Observatory and Royal Mint. It was also during this visit that the Russian Orthodox Church was established at the Russian Embassy in London, remaining there until 1917. The four silver niello plaques mounted on the front cover, and possibly the wooden boards, date back to the time of printing. The magnificent recasing in 1904 was made under the supervision of Father Mikhail Derzhavin, possibly for a newly consecrated Church. In recent times this Altar Gospel was present at a Moleben (prayers) service at the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs in Chiswick, London, for the visiting relic of the Holy Cross from Jerusalem and the 400th anniversary of the founding of the House of Romanov. In attendance were the Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanova and her son Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, the Tsarevitch and heir to the Russian throne. Later that year, in December 2013, this Altar Gospel featured in a Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy held in Church Slavonic and English at the Orthodox Church, Bentham, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The printing date is taken from a translation of the first leaf, this copy possibly lacking a preceding title-page: ‘Printed on the press of the great ruling city of Moscow. By command of the most devout and great sovereign our Tsar and Grand Prince Peter Alexeyevich, autocrat of all the Great Russians, Little Russians [i.e. Ukrainians] and White Russians. … In the year 7207 ... [That is to say] … 1698, […] December.’ No other copy of this edition has been traced. (1)

Saint-Remy (Pierre Surirey de). Memoires d'Artilleries, ou il est traite des Mortiers, Petards, Arquebuses a croc, Mousquets, Fusils, &c. & de ce qui peut servir a l'execution & au service des toutes ces armes; des Bombes, Carcasses, Grenades &c... 2 volumes, Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1702, engraved frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black, 169 engraved plates and tables only (of 170, lacking table 6 at end of volume II), some water stains and marginal wormtracks, a few closed tears, armorial bookplates of General Viscount Wolseley, Baron Wolseley of Cairo (1833-1913), later cloth-backed marbled boards, some wear to spines and edges, 4to The first edition was published in Paris in 1697. (2)

Scott (Walter). The Lay of the Last Minstrel a Poem, 1st edition, 1805, some light spotting & damp mottling, contemporary half red morocco, spine and upper boards faded, somewhat worn, 4to, together with Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1808, some light spotting & damp mottling, contemporary half red morocco, spine faded, 4to, with Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., 7 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837-1838, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding fascimile handwriting sample, occasional spots, each title with blind embossed monogram, contemporary half calf gilt, a little rubbed, marbled sides with some rubbed areas crudely coloured, 8vo, and Jonson (Ben, and others), The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: the First printed from the Text..., 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1811, three engraved portrait frontispieces (offsetting), some spotting and browning, most hinges split, contemporary gilt and blind-tooled calf, rubbed with a few marks, spines faded, 8vo (13)

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius). The Annales of Cornelivs Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, [The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Foure Bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The Life of Agricola. The fifth Edition], 2 parts in one, [London: Printed by John Bill], 1622, general title strengthened to fore-edge and following leaf frayed, colophon to final leaf of 2nd part (repaired to fore-edge), decorative woodcut initials, without full-page plan, also first and last blank leaves not present, light browning and scattered spotting, late 19th century half calf, red morocco title label, rubbed and scuffed, folio STC 23647. (1)

Wallis (Ralph). The Life and Death of Ralph Wallis, the Cobler of Gloucester: Together with some inquiring into the Mystery of Conventicleism, 1st edition, Printed by E. Okes for William Whitwood, 1670, [4],44pp., some toning and spotting, modern cloth gilt, slim 4to (Wing L2008), together with [Ward, Edward], St. Paul's Church; or, the Protestant Ambulators. A Burlesque Poem, 1st edition, John Morphew, 1716, 32pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W170), with The Poet's Ramble after Riches. With Reflections upon a Country Corporation. Also the Author's Lamentation in the Time of Adversity, London: Printed and Sold by J. How, 1710, 19pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W142), with The Parish Gutt'lers: or, the Humours of a Select Vestry, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1722, 64pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W136), and Consolation to Mira Mourning. A Poem. Discovering a certain Governor's Intreigue with a Lady at his Court, 1st edition, Printed and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1710, 16pp., contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, slim 8vo (Foxon C384), with [Political Pamphlets], A Specimen of Arbitrary Power; in a Speech Made by the Grand Seignior to his Janizaries, 1st edition, 1731, portrait frontispiece, 31pp., disbound, 8vo, with [Erskine, John], A Journal of the Earl of Marr's Proceedings, from his First Arrival in Scotland, to his Embarkation for France, [1716], 48pp., slight spotting mainly to first and last leaves, later paper wrappers, 8vo, plus [Dunton, John], Neck or Nothing: in a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord -- being a Supplement to the Short History of the Parliament..., Written by his Grace John Duke of --, 1st edition, 1713, 60pp., occasional spotting, later paper wrappers, worn and a little marked, 8vo, and another copy of the same, disbound, plus other 17th & 18th century pamphlets including [Hale, Thomas], Mill'd Lead. Demonstrated to be a better and more Durable Covering for Buildings, &c. and above 20 per Cent. cheaper than Cast-Lead can be; supposing that to be 16s. and this but 13s a Hundred.. And also for Seating Ships against Worn, better, and above Cent. per Cent. cheaper than the ordinariest Wood Sheathing can be, 1695, 4pp. (2 separated sheets), caption title, early manuscript annotation to first leaf, colophon 'London: Printed November 20, 1695', some browning and spotting, repaired at folds, close-trimmed and frayed at head, inside blank margin trimmed for folding, disbound folio (23)

Cork (Richard). Vorticism and Abstract Art in the First Machine Age, 2 volumes, 1975-76, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed and marked, large 8vo, together with Grigsby (Leslie B.), The Henry H. Weldon Colletion, English Pottery 1650-1800, 1st edition, 1990, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 8vo, and Hoet (Jan), Fetting, 1st edition, 2009, inscribed by the artist to the title page, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards to organge cloth spine, large 8vo, plus other modern art and antique reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (38)

Hoppus (Edward). Practical Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity by a New Set of Tables..., 7th edition, 1765, half title, folding engraved plate, contemporary previous owner inscription at front, small loss at head of front paper, contemporary sheep gilt, neat modern calf reback, tall 8vo, together with The Fourteenth Edition of Skyring's Builder's Prices: Corrected from the Prime Cost of Materials and Labour to the Present Time: And Calculated to do Justice to the Employer, Master Builder, & their Workmen, circa 1824, folding table, first few leaves shaved at foot, affecting some text, some light spotting and soiling, previous owner inscription, contemporary half calf, edges rubbed, small indentation to upper cover, 8vo, plus Edward Hoppus' Practical Measuring Made Easy, 12th edition, 1790 (final leaf torn with loss) (3)

Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in four books. Containing a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building: as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, Xystes, and temples... revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, Third Edition, corrected. With notes and remarks of Inigo Jones: now first taken, from his original manuscript in Worcester College Library, Oxford, 2 volumes bound in one, printed for A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, etc., 1742, printed title to each volume (first title printed in red and black), engraved portrait frontispiece and allegorical frontispiece by Bernard Picart, 230 copper engraved plates on 207 sheets, including several double-page by John Harris, Bernard Picart, Michael Vandergucht and John Cole engraved portrait and first title with some light spotting and marginal fraying, with a few closed marginal tears, occasional spotting elsewhere, 3 plates (XIV-XVI) with some marginal fraying and tears, with minor loss, modern antique-style half calf, contrasting red and green spine labels, large folio (465 x 290 mm) Harris 685. Wittkower, Palladio and Palladianism, pages 79-83. Described by Wittkower as the "most lavish and most famous English Palladio", the present work was the first to contain the notes and remarks of Inigo Jones, taken from Jones's copy of Palladio's Quattro Libri, which had been bequeathed to Worcester College, Oxford, by Dr. George Clarke, M.P. for the University, and an amateur architect. This edition also contains translations of Palladio's texts on the Antiquities of Rome, and Discourse of the Fires of the Ancients. (1)

Bennett (Hugh). Passages from the History of Elmley Castle, a Lecture, Addressed to the Inhabitants of Elmley Castle, Worcester: J. Hatton, 1865, title inscribed to upper blank margin 'Joseph Jones Esq. with the writer's kind regards', few leaves with detailed notes to lower blank margins, interleaved with blanks, mounted newspaper cuttings to blanks at rear, front pastedown with bookplate of Joseph Jone (Lord of the Manor & owner of Abberley Hall), all edges gilt, near contemporary half morocco by C. Winstanley of Manchester, spine rubbed and scuffed, slim 8vo, together with Moilliet (J. Lewis), Abberley Manor, Worcestershire. Notes on its History, Augustine's Oak, Churches and Families connected with the Parish to the Present Day, 1905, numerous black & white plates, edges rough trimmed, original two tone cloth, 8vo, with Hornyold (T. Charles Gandolfi), Blackmore Park, 1883, engraved frontispiece, cation title, folding linen-backed pedigree, bookplate of Carolus Gandolphus Hornyold of Blackmore Park Worcestershire, contemporary red morocco gilt by Deighton & Co, Worcester, slim 8vo, plus Davenport (James), The Washbourne Family of Little Washbourne and Wichenford in the Couty of Worcester, 1st edition, 1907, black & white plates, folding pedigree, some spotting, Hartlebury Castle library ink stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, slightly marked, 8vo Only one UK institutional location of first title found (Society of Antiquaries of London) and one location for third listed title (British Library). (4)

Palladio (Andrea). I Quattro Libri dell'architettura, 4 parts in one, Venice, Bartolomeo Carampello, 1601, four engraved woodcut titles within architectural borders, 221 woodcut illustrations, some full and double page by G. & C. Chrieger, C. Coriolano and others after Palladio, printer's woodcut device to colophon, first title with repairs to verso, a few small marginal repairs, some light water stains and soiling, D3 with manuscript note to margin, previous owner signatures at head of title (one crossed-through), endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, a few repairs and light soiling, folio Fowler 214. Third edition, a reprint of the 1581 edition by the same printer, with the illustrations from the original plates of the 1570 edition. (1)

Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da, 1507-73). Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura, Rome: Andreas Vaccarius, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1607-1610, engraved title and 45 numbered engraved plates including title to second part, some spotting and dust-soiling throughout, old dampstain to foremargins of final 5 plates, contemporary ownership inscription of abbot Leonardo Spinola to first title lower margin (partly trimmed away), contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine, some edge wear, upper joint cracked and weak, spine label defective, folio (382 x 259 mm) Part 2 (leaf [XXXVIII]-XXXXV) has a special title-page engraved by Giovanni Battista Montano: Nuova et ultima aggiunta delle porte d'Architeta di Michel Angelo Buonaroti. The title-page and plates I-XXXVII are from the same plates as those of the 1563 edition except for plate III (the five architectural orders) which does not appear there. Berlin Kat. 2581. (1)

Carter (John). The Builder's Magazine: Or Monthly Companion for Architects, Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers, &c. As well as for every Gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary Art of Building... printed for the authors, 1st edition, 1774, 185 engraved plates, including two hand-coloured and 11 folding (dated 1775-1778), after Carter by Royce, Burder and others, a few close-trimmed shaving imprints, occasional light offsetting and soiling, contemporary reverse calf, light edgewear and stains, 4to Harris 67. First published in parts between 1774 and 1778 and covering a wide range of construction and interior design including churches, hospitals, cathedrals, cottages, public buildings, chimney-pieces, doors, windows, bedrooms et al. (1)

Fritach (Adam). L'Architecture Militaire ou la Fortification Nouvelle, augmentee et enrichie de forteresses regulieres, irregulieres, et de dehors; le tout a la practique moderne, 3 parts in one, 1st French edition, Elzevier, Leiden, 1635, engraved title, 35 double page engraved plates, eight double page tables, occasional small mainly marginal wormtracks and light soiling, small ink stamp of Lord Clifford and shelf number to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, lacking one tie, some stains, folio, together with Goldman (Nicolas), La Nouvelle Fortification, 1st French edition, Elzevier, Leiden, 1645, engraved title, numerous engraved illustrations, leaf L2 misbound after L3, occasional marginal wormtrack, a little light soiling, marginal damp stain to first few leaves, bound without front endpaper?, small booklabel of Vallardi, Milan to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, a few light stains, folio Willems 425 & 587 respectively. (2)

Palladio (Andrea). The First Book of Architecture, translated out of the Italian, with an Appendix touching Doors and Windows by Pr. Le Muet, Architect to the French King. Translated into English, by Godfrey Richards..., 12th edition, corrected and enlarged, 1733, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, 70 engravings, several folding, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting and toning, later blindstamped calf, edges a little rubbed, small 4to (1)

Schubler (Johann Jacob). Erste[-Neunzehende] Ausgabe seines vorhabenden Wercks krafft dessen er gesonnen die von Leonhard Christoph Sturm neu herausgegebene... Goldmannische Bau-Kunst..., Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, [1715-circa 1735], comprising 20 parts (nos. 1-19 plus supplement to the first part), each with printed title and 6 fine copper-engraved plates by Corvinus, Steidlin and Lichtensteger, after Schubler, first printed title in German, with remaining titles in German and Italian, occasional light spotting, mostly to margins, contemporary half plain vellum, rubbed and marked with some soiling, folio (39 x 24 cm, 15.25 x 9.5 ins), together with Belidor (Bernard Forest de), Architechtura Hydraulica. Oder: Die Kunst, das Gew„sser zu denen verschiedentlichen Nothwendigkeiten des menschlichen Lebens zu leiten, in die Hohe zu bringen, und vortheilhaftig anzuwendem, volume 1 (of 4) only, first German edition (except first part, second edition), 1764, 1740-42, 6 parts bound in 1 volume (from the total of 24 parts), 44 folding copper-engraved plates (from the total of 219), text printed in black letter, title to each part, with title to first part printed in red and black (with old ink stamps mostly erased), occasional minor marks and one or two small marginal tears with insignificant loss, not affecting text, contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed and marked with some wear to edges and extremities, folio Berlin Ornamentstichkatalog 98. Attractive collection of 20 (from the total of 24) suites of 120 engraved baroque designs for French beds, clocks, writing desks, garden ornaments and fountains, organ cases, confessionals etc. by Johann Jacob Schubler (1689-1741). (2)

Charleton (Walter). Chorea Gigantum, or, the most Famous Antiquity of Great-Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng, Standing on Salisbury Plain, Restored to the Danes, 1st edition, London: Henry Herringham, 1663, pp.[16],64pp., preliminary imprimatur leaf present, folding engraved portrait frontispiece (short closed tear to fold at foot), title printed in red & black (repaired closed tear to lower blank margin), two woodcut plates (including one folding), some toning and occasional scattered spotting, contemporary mottled sheep, cracking to joints at head & foot, wear to spine and extremities, slim 4to Macdonald 8ai; Wing C3665. This work is a reply to Inigo Jones's "The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain", which argued that Stonehenge had been built by the Romans. The main text is preceded by two poems addressed to Charleton by Robert Howard and John Dryden respectively. The poem by Dryden is the first printing of his poem, "To my Honour'd Friend, Dr Charleton, on his learned and useful Works; and more particularly this of Stone-heng, by him restored to the true founders", which appears on b2r/v. Alterations were made to Dryden's verses as the book was going through the press and this copy is in the final corrected state. Dr. Walter Charleton (1619-1707) was a scholar and physician to Charles I. Provenance: From the collection of John Harris OBE, Fellow and Curator emeritus of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects. With his bookplate to the upper pastedown. (1)

Shanes (Eric). Young Mr Turner, The First Forty Years 1775-1815, 2016, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jackets, large 4to, together with Hardie (Martin), Water-colour Painting in Britain, volumes 1-3, reprint edition, 1969, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original grey cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, and Read (Benedict), Victorian Sculpture, 1982, numerous black and white illustrations, original brown cloth in dust jackets, spine lightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus other modern 19th century art reference, and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (2 shelves)

Rudge (Thomas). General View of the Agriculture in the County of Gloucester. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, 1st edition, 1807, folding hand-coloured map frontispiece, two folding plans with outline colour, engraved plate, light offsetting, previous owner signature to title, bookplate, contemporary half calf, edges rubbed, 8vo, together with The Suffolk Traveller. First published by Mr. John Kirkby, of Wickham-Market, who took an actual survey of the whole county, in the years 1732, 1733 and 1734, 2nd edition, 1764, four folding engraved road maps, title repaired, light water stains, front hinge breaking, later panelled calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, during the Years 1810 and 1811, by a French Traveller [Louis Simond], 2 volumes, Edinburgh, 1815, 21 tinted aquatint plates, two folding tables, publisher's list at end of volume I, some light offsetting, contemporary half calf, old rebacks, a little rubbed, 8vo, with seven others including Tallis's Illustrated London; in Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of all Nations in 1851, 2 volumes, circa 1851, and W.B. Cooke and G. Cooke's The Thames, a Picturesque Delineation of the Most Beautiful Scenery, volume I only (of 2), 1814 (13)

Stukeley (William). Stonehenge. A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, 1st edition, London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), 35 engraved plates (including 9 folding), bound with Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands, Volume the Second [the Description of Stonehenge forms the first Volume], 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1743, large folding engraved frontispiece birdseye view of Avebury, 39 engraved plates (including 6 folding), few minor marks but generally very clean, later endpapers preserving 19th century bookplate of James Frampton (of Moreton House, Dorset) to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco labels, old repairs to joints and board corners, upper joint cracked and light wear to extremities, folio Upcott pp.1320-1322 and 1325-1328. Provenance: From the collection of John Harris OBE, Fellow and Curator emeritus of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects. (1)

Wood (John). Choir Gaure, Vulgarly called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, Described, Restored, and Explained; In a Letter to The Right Honourable Edward Late Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer. By John Wood, Architect, 1st edition, Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1747, without frontispiece and all plates, closed tear to title & A2, dust-soiled to first & last leaf, scattered spotting, 20th century half sheep, 8vo, together with James (Easton), Conjectures on the Mysterious Monument of ancient Art, Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain; Commencing its History by Jeffery of Monmouth..., and continued in chronological Order... to a Period of 682 Years. To which is Added, a History of the Druids, the supposed Architects of Stonehenge, 14th edition, Salisbury: Printed and published by the Compiler, J. Easton, 1826, woodengreved frontispiece and three illustrations, scattered spotting, original printed wrappers, lacking spine, some browning and wear, slim 12mo Provenance: From the collection of John Harris OBE, Fellow and Curator emeritus of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects. (2)

Goedaert (Johannes). Insects. Done into English, and Methodized, with the Addition of Notes, York: Printed by John White, for M.L., 1682, [8],140pp., title in red and black and with early signature Daniel Thomas and inscribed 'Thomas Wentworth of St. John's College in Cambridge, 1711', fourteen engraved plates (including 12 folding), initial blank present, without final errata leaf at rear, occasional mottled toning, early manuscript library numbers (possibly for the Wentworth family library), contemporary mottled calf, remnants of gilt decorated spine, old joint repairs broken, upper board detached and lower board near detached, 4to Wing G1003. The first English edition of Metamorphosis naturalis de Insectis, translated largely by Martin Lister, who states in the preface "this Impression consists but of a 150 Coppys, which were intended only for the curious". The early owner of this copy, Thomas Wentworth (1693-1750), was the son of the Honorable Thomas (Watson) of Wentworth-Woodhouse, Yorkshire (and grandson of Edward, Lord Rockingham). He entered St. John's College, Cambridge in 1707, married Lady Mary Finch, daughter of the Earl of Winchelsea in 1716 and was knighted in 1728, later created Baron Malton in the same year. At around that time he deliberately burned most of the manuscripts left by the 17th century antiquary Richard Gascoigne, thought to be on the advice of his attorney. In 1734 he was created Viscount Higham, and Earl of Malton, and Marquis of Rockingham in 1746, and was Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1733 to 1750. He died at Wentworth House in 1750 and was buried at York Minster. Provenance: Howard Radclyffe Ornithological Collection. (1)

New Naturalist Series. Numbers 1-115, a complete run, 1945-2010, all first editions excepting numbers 2, 19, 50-53, 55, 58, 60 & 72 reprints, number 35 2nd edition, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, a few light spots and previous owner inscriptions to early numbers, number 13 lacking front endpaper, original cloth, dust jackets, a few small nicks and tears, some early numbers price-clipped, some fading to spines, numbers 68-72, 108, 113 & 115 signed by the authors, together with 1st editions of 121 & 123, 2012-2013 and 6 titles from the New Naturalist Monograph series, a few reprinted (123)

Jazz books. Joachin-Ernst Berendt; Jazz - A Photo History first edition, published by Andrew Deutch, London 1979; Albert McCarthy, Big Band Jazz, first edition, published by Carter Nash Cameron, London 1974, and three further volumes, (5).

2 boxed Atlas Edition WW2 plane sets (4 planes). Comprising:- The D-Day Landings, & The First Jet Fighter

Early 20thC first edition of Mrs Beatons Cookbook and an early copy of Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration

Plastic box containing various mainly boxed die cast model vehicles to include Corgi scamel trucks, Volvo container trucks, Great Buses Collection exclusive first edition, Corgi original omnibus, Burago etc.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

MARCOY (P.) A Journey Across South America . . . First Edition, 2 vols. num. engraved plates & text illus., 10 coloured maps & a plan; contemp. half calf & cloth, gilt-panelled spines, roy. 4to. 1873.

WALTON (I.) The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation . . . First Edition (thus). pictorial title (printed in green & black), 12 coloured plates (with captioned guards) & num. text illus. (by Arthur Rackham); gilt-pictorial cloth, gilt top, d/wrapper & pictorial e/ps., roy. 8vo. 1931.

PRICE (Sir Fredk.) Ootacamund. A History . . . First Edition. folded lithographed frontis., photogravure portrait, 15 other photogravure & litho plates, 8 maps & plans; original gilt-ruled half morocco & cloth, folio. Madras: printed & published by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1908. * compliment slip loosely inserted - 'presented by the Government of Madras'. * the famous hill station & summer capital of the Madras Presidency. see related lots 860, 861, 1326, 1357, 1417, 1418, 1419

BOURNE & SHEPHERD, photographers. The Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903. First Edition. title (printed in purple within decorated borders), introductory 4pp. letterpress & 135 photographs mounted on 103 leaves of thick paper, each preceded by a leaf of descriptive text (& all within decorated borders); publisher's gilt-ruled, lettered & pictorial red morocco, gilt-decorated spine, thick folio. Calcutta (etc.), Bourne & Shepherd, 1903. * seemingly one of the world's most spectacular events (held over 2 weeks & organised by the Viceroy, Lord Curzon; the leading members of the British Administration together with the Sub Continent's maharajahs & other native princes attending en masse; Curzon's only disappointment being the absence of the Emperor himself (Edw.VII) - his brother, the Duke of Connaught being his representative; it is generally acknowledged that the 1903 Durbar was superior in pomp & pageantry to the earlier (1877) or later (1911). see related lots 860, 861, 1326, 1357, 1416, 1418, 1419. Illustrated

WHEELER (S.) History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar . . . compiled from official papers by order of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India . . . First Edition. 30 photogravure portraits (with tissue guards), 19 photo. / photogravure plates, 3 plans (2 folded) & a d-page folded panorama; gilt-ruled, pictorial & decorated red cloth, gilt top, thick roy. 4to. 1904. see related lots 860, 861, 1326, 1357, 1416, 1417, 1419

LOVE (Lt. Col. H.D.) Descriptive List of Pictures in Government House and the Banqueting Hall, Madras . . . First Edition. maps & a plan, photogravure frontis. & other plates, d-page table; gilt-decorated red morocco with panelled spine. Madras . . . Government Printers, 1903. see related lots 860, 861, 1326, 1357, 1416, 1417, 1418

WAKEFIELD (Edw.) An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political. First Edition, 2 vols. folded map & diagram, half titles; later 19th cent. half calf & marbled boards, 4to. 1812. * bookplates of the Surveyors' Institution.

BALCH (H.E.) Wookey Hole: its caves and cave dwellers . . . First Edition. photogravure frontis., 19 other plates & num. text illus. (some full-page, some colour); cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, roy. 4to. 1914. * a valuable contribution; includes a subscribers list.

CLARKE (Harry), illustrator. Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe. (? First Edition) 32 plates (8 coloured, & mounted on thick paper), pictorial title & text illus.; gilt-lettered cloth, inset illus. on upper cover, gilt top, roy. 8vo. London: George G. Harrap; New York: Brentano's (? 1923). * as might be expected, the artist's own macabre imagination is fully realised in these chilling illustrations. Illustrated

[DODGSON, Rev. C.L.] Doublets: a Word-Puzzle. By Lewis Carroll. First Edition. title within black-ruled border, 39pp.; publisher's blind-ruled & gilt-lettered red cloth, with their blind-tooled monogram on upper cover, slim. 8vo. Macmillan and Co., 1879. * inscribed by the author (in his purple ink) at head of title - 'Alice Hull / from the Author'. * Dodgson had met the Hull family at Eastbourne, where he holidayed for many years from 1876 - a plaque at 7 Lushington Road marks the location of his chosen guest house. Doubtless the five daughters of the London barrister Henry Hull were a welcome addition to his 'child friends', with Eastbourne itself being a fruitful hunting ground for others. Doublets, a word transformation puzzle, had appeared in embryonic form as 'Word-Links' (a cyclostyled leaflet) the year previous, becoming in its developed form a very popular parlour game. As well as his sisters in Guildford, another lived in Brighton, also much visited by the author - who on occasion took a steamer trip between the two resorts; indeed it is at the latter place that Dodgson had a few copies of his 'legendary' pantomime song printed - thus far none have (knowingly) surfaced. Perhaps here, however, we may be able to claim an uncommon sighting of 'Oxford in Eastbourne'. Illustrated

JOHNSON (S.) A Dictionary of the English Language . . . facsimile of the first (1755) edition, 2 vols. publisher's half leather & marbled boards, gilt-decorated spines, in slipcase, folio. (ca. 2005). * a facsimile booklet for 'The Plan of a Dictionary . . . (1747) & a relevant historical information pamphlet accompanying the publication.

UPTON (F.K.) The Golliwogg's Christmas. Pictures by Bertha Upton. First Edition. coloured pictorial title & 31 full-page coloured illus., some text decorations, cloth-backed pictorial boards, patterned e/ps. oblong 4to. 1907.

POLLARD (B.C.) Game Birds . . . First Edition. 12 coloured plates (mounted & with captioned guards), by Philip Rickman) & other illus., gilt-lettered cloth, 4to. 1929; sold with some other related books.

RICKMAN (Philip) A Bird-Painter's Sketch Book. First Edition. 11 coloured plates (with captioned guards) & other illus.; holland cloth with paper label, 4to. 1931; with others by this artist, including Bird Sketches and some Field Observations (1938)

WARREN (M.) Shorelines: birds at the water's edge. First Edition. coloured pictorial title, coloured illus. throughout (some full or d-page), pictorial e/ps.; contemp. red half calf morocco & cloth, gilt-lettered, ruled & panelled spine, gilt top (by Period Binders), 4to. Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. * evidently specially bound for presentation; with a separately printed illus. (of the green heron) mounted at front & signed in ink above - 'Michael Warren'; bound-in at the end are the d/wrapper's front & back covers and the spine.

Monogram model constructor kits, Heritage Edition, to include: First Lunar Landing, 6060; and Apollo Spacecraft Command/Service Module, 15th Anniversary, 6061. (2)

Monogram model constructor kits, Heritage Edition, to include: First Lunar Landing, 6060; and Apollo Spacecraft Command/Service Module, 15th Anniversary, 6061. (2)

autograph copy by Chevalier and Taglang, first edition 1987, numbered 2536, 684pp, with dust jacket – 12 x 17¾in. (32 x 45cm.); together with an autograph copy of American and British Yacht Design 1870 to 1887 by Chevalier and Taglang, first edition 1992, numbered 339; a copy of The Lawson's History of the America's Cup, published by Ashford Press Publishing 1986, number 276/1,500; and a facsimile edition of Dixon Kemp's Manual Yacht and Boat Sailing published by Ashford Press Publishing, 1986(4)

published by Thomas Heywood, first edition 1637, engraved frontispiece (slightly shaved at fore-margin, lower part of inner margin of title reinforced), early 19th century calf, (rubbed), Sovereign of the Seas was the first ship in the Royal Navy to mount 100 guns: Her layout was well described in the words... of the playwright Thomas Heywood, who designed her decoration... (Winfield, pp. 4 & 5), and mentions Selden's Mare Clausum STC 13367.

'THE NARRATIVE ... CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT DISTRESSES ... ON THE COAST OF PATAGONIA', John Byron, first edition 1768, engraved frontispiece by Grignon after Wale (with a few minor stains and offset onto title), 20th century half calf,An interesting account of Byron's travails in Patagonia until his return to England in 1746. He also relates the loss of the Wager, one of Admiral George Anson's squadron.

John Jones, Dublin, first edition 1805, 159 pages, engraved portrait, extra illustrated with a double-page hand-coloured battle plan, an engraved ticket, with red wax seal, for Nelson's funeral with the signature on verso of Lt. Col. H.A. Woodward, a double-page engraved plate of the funeral procession on Water, a double-page hand-coloured engraving of the catalfalque, a double-page engraving of the Duke of Richmond laying the first stone of Nelson's column, a hand-coloured portrait of Nelson flanked by two sailor's, original printed boards (rebacked, rubbed), inscription at head of A2 Hum J.A. Woodward to Benj. Colby, bound with printed card boards (restored, later spine) and contained within a slip case – 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)Provenance: Lt. Col. H.J.A. Woodward to B. Colby and thence by descent.Lt. Col. Humphrey J. Aldrich Woodward was Auditor General for Ireland and was instrumental in raising the Nelson Pillar in Belfast in 1809 which survived until 1966 when Irish Republicans destroyed it; Although the volume offered here is comparatively slender, it must be the earliest account of Nelson's life to include Trafalgar and is rare.

Sir Winston Churchill. The Second World War , Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm". A First Edition in very good condition complete with dust jacket, signed" Winston S. Churchill", believed authentic, on the title page.

STAUNTON, GEORGE LEONARD; Lord Macartney:An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China,London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797. First edition (plates dated April 12, 1796). ATLAS VOLUME ONLY (without the 2 text volumes). Folio, 22 1/2 x 17 inches (57 x 42.5 cm); Complete with all 44 Maps and plates, including 6 double-page and a large folding chart. Later 3/4 leather binding; Damp staining throughout in various degrees. Sold A/F NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN.1797年 《英使谒见乾隆纪实》初版 包含44张版画及地图

T E Lawrence (1888-1935); three books comprising: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' (Sixth Impression/large format/1935 with dust cover); 'The Letters of T.E. Lawrence' (First Edition 1938 with damaged dust cover); 'The Letters of T.E. Lawrence' (1941 re-print edition with dust cover). Together with 'Lawrence and the Arabs' by Robert Graves (Fourth Impression/MCMXXVIII), 'From a Camel to a Brough' by Hugh Elmes, and 'Lawrence in Arabia' by Scott Anderson (6)

Bentley - The Technical Facts of the Vintage Bentley, a 1984 4th impression of the first 1955 edition, this example in a screw-capture binder. Also, 'WO' the autobiography of W. O. Bentley, 1958 1st ed, and Book of the Bentley, two copies. All in fair condition (4)

Herbert J. Butler - Motor Bodywork: The Design & Construction of Private, Commercial and Passenger Types. A better than usual hardback copy of the First Edition in the original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering plus gilt panelling to the spine, front and rear hinges re-enforced with cloth (as pub), the cover edges a little rubbed, and the lower corners of the covers slightly worn, but internally clean and quite sound. 10 1/2 x 7 3/4-inches, pp xxiv, 492, plus 245 illustrations and 50 working drawings (many folding). Foreword by Sir Herbert Austin, published by W. R. Howell & Co, 1924 (1)

The Automobile edited by Paul Hasluck, fourth and final English edition (first being 1902), published by Cassell 1909. Three volumes in red simulated crocodile, gilt-blocked. Volume 1 with a dissected foldout frontispiece, 480pp, Volume 2, 451pp, Volume 3, 412pp, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4-inches. The subtitle, 'A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric' sums up the contents. Profusely illustrated, detailed line drawings a feature, fair condition Historic Note: The text sequence of the Hasluck series is confusing, with an extended version of the list of 'petrol pleasure cars available in Great Britain' now forming Vol. I, with its own index. The main body of text is now Vols. II and III, with the index for both in Volume III. Pagination runs continuously through volumes II and III with Vol. I independently paginated. (3)

Mercedes-Benz - Grand Prix Racing 1934-1955. A very good hardback copy in transparent dust jacket and cardboard slipcase of the First White Mouse Edition, 1983, of a superbly produced work by George C. Monkhouse, Edited by Cyril Posthumus and with a Foreword by Dipl. Ing. Rudolf Uhlenhaut. Horizontal format (27 x 33.5cm), silvered covers with black lettering/decoration, very well-illustrated, 208 pages (1)

The History of English Racing Automobiles Ltd., by Weguelin. A very good hardback copy of the First White Mouse Edition, 1980, of the standard work. Quarter-bound with a yellow cloth spine with black titling and blue cloth covers with the 'ERA' insignia in raised circles on the front cover, the volume coming with a pictorial cloth-backed card slipcase. Horizontal format (27 x 33cm), 288 pages, over 500 illustrations, including some 75 in colour (1)

The Automobile edited by Paul Hasluck, the 3rd 'Special Subscribers Edition of 1906, the first being 1902, published by Cassell & Co., Ltd. Three volumes in green, gilt-blocked. Volume 1 and 2, 861pp and Volume 3, 416pp with indices, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4-inches. The subtitle, 'A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric' sums up the contents. Profusely illustrated, with detailed line drawings a feature. In fair condition, spines a little loose (3)