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Elzevier Livy. Historiaum libri ex recensione Heinsiana. Leiden: ex off. Elzeviriana, 1634. 3 volumes, 12mo., engraved general title-page in the first volume, modern full light tan morocco; Corvinis, Johannes A. Jurisprudentia romana H. Vulteii contracta, Amsterdam: ex off. Elzeviriana,1658. 2nd edition, 12mo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum; Seneca. Epistolae, quae extant ex recensione I. Lipsii & Io. Fr. Gronovii. Leiden: ex off. Elzeviriana, 1649.12mo., contemporary calf, lacking front free endpaper; Gronovius, Johann Friederich. Ad L. & M. Annaeos Senecas notae. Leiden: ex off. Elzeviriana, 1649. 12mo., 18th century calf, upper board detached (but present), bookplate of David Cave; Claudianus, Claudius. Quae exstant. Nic. Heinsius Dan. F. recensuitemac notas addidit. Leiden: ex off. Elzeviriana, 1650. 12mo., engraved title-page, contemporary calf, spine worn, paper a little discoloured, pencil marginal markings; Plautus. Comoediae superstites XX. Amsterdam: typ. Louis Elzevir, 1652. 16mo., engraved title-page, title margin cropped (8)

Wood, W. Index Entomologicus; or a Complete Illustrated Catalogue, consisting of 1944 figures of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain. London: W. Wood, 1839. First edition, 8vo, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, g.e.

Travel & Military, including Carter, Howard The Tomb of Tutankhamen. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1927. Third impression, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. Twelfth impression, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Fuchs, Sir Vivian and Hillary, Sir Edmund The Crossing of Antarctica. London: Cassell, 1958. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket; Thesiger, Wilfred Arabian Sands. London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little damp-staining and foxing; Stark, Freya Dust in the Lion's Paw. London: John Murray, 1962. Second edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Ross-of-Bladensburg, Sir John The Coldstream Guards, 1914-1918. Oxford University Press, 1928. 2 volumes only (without map volume), 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Blunden, Edmund Undertones of War. London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1928. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth; Churchill, Sir Winston S. Marlborough, his life and times. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. New edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, dust-jacket to volume 1 only; [Idem] Savrola... London: George Newnes, c.1908. 8vo, original 'Sixpenny Novels' wrappers torn; [Idem] The British Gazette, no.8, May 13. 1926, discussing the General Strike; Gilbert, Martin Winston S. Churchill. London: Heinemann, 1977. Volume iv in 3 books, and volume v part 1 only, 8vo, dust-jackets; and 5 others (24)

Graves, Robert Good-bye to all that: an autobiography. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition, first state, 8vo., portrait frontispiece, plates (including double plate), publisher's salmon coloured cloth, dust wrapper, wrapper a little discoloured and with a little wear at head, very slight foxing to upper outer edge, with the book plate of R. J. Dickinson Note: Higginson & Williams A32a

Genga, Bernardino Anatomia Chirurgica. Roma: Nicolò Angelo Tinassi, 1672. 12mo, [24], 455, [1], contemporary vellum, lacks frontispiece, slight worming to last leaf and foot of spine; Hey, William Practical Observations in Surgery. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1810. Second edition, 8vo, 16 engraved plates, original or contemporary boards, uncut, owner's name to title, rubbed; Mayerne Turquet, Theodore de, Sir Praxeos Mayernianae in Morbis internis praecipue Gravioribus & Chronicis Syntagma. London: S. Smith, 1690. First edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait, license leaf before title, Addenda leaf at end, contemporary panelled calf, 18th century owner's names to title, worn, upper cover detached (3)

Juvenile items, a collection of 5 volumes, comprising [Lockman, John] The Entertaining Instructor: in French and English. London: A. Millar, 1765. First edition, 12mo, half title, contemporary speckled sheep, a few spots, worn, [ESTC T128371]; Turner, Richard The Young Geometrician's Companion. London: S. Crowder, 1787. First edition, 12mo, title printed in red and black, modern boards, 1 word on title gone over in black ink, [ESTC T112951, 6 copies]; Gadesby, Richard A New and Easy Introduction to Geography. London: for the author, sold by S. Bladon, 1783. Second edition, 12mo, folding engraved plate, short tear in plate, contemporary sheep, some stains, rubbed, joints splitting, [ESTC T113973: BL only, COPAC adds NLS]; [Trimmer, Mrs Sarah] A Series of Prints of Scripture History. London: John Marshall, [c.1790]. 24mo, 32 engraved plates, contemporary sheep, worn, lacks spine, upper cover virtually detached, [ESTC T132938]; Fisher, George The Instructor, or Young Man's Best Companion. London: A. Millar, W. Cadell [&c.], 1794. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, 1 folding plate, illustrations, contemporary reversed calf, somewhat spotted and soiled, [ESTC N16991] (5)

5 works including Maugham, W. Somerset Cakes and Ale. [1954], number 39 of 1000 copies signed by the Author and Artist, frontispiece by Graham Sutherland, original calf-backed cloth, t.e.g., uncut, slipcase; Maugham, W. Somerset The Vagrant Mood. 1952. First edition, number 107 of 500 copies signed by the author, original calf-backed cloth, t.e.g., uncut, slipcase, spine somewhat spotted; Virgil The Aeneid, translated by C. Day Lewis. Hogarth Press, 1952. Number 38 of 155 copies signed by the author, original calf gilt, t.e.g., slipcase; Middleton, A.H. Records of the Stirlingshire, Dumbarton, Clackmannan and Kinross Militia. Stirling, 1904. First edition, 4to., number 51 of 100 copies signed by the author, also inscribed by the author on endpaper, plates, original red buckram gilt, t.e.g., spine faded; and an extremely defective early 19th copy of Flavius Josephus's Works (5)

China - C.T. Loo - Pelliot, Paul - To-Yi, Tch'Ou Bronzes Antiques de la Chine appartenant à C.T. Loo et Cie. Paris & Brussels: C. Van Oest, 1924. First edition, 4to., presentation copy from C.T. Loo to Monsieur A. Stoelet, 1924, 40 plates, original wrappers bound in, brown cloth Note: Ching Tsai Loo, commonly known as C. T. Loo (1880 – 1957), was an art dealer of Chinese origin who maintained galleries in Paris and New York and supplied important pieces for collectors and American museums. He has been called "the preeminent dealer of Chinese art and artifacts for the first half of the twentieth century."

Graves, Robert Antigua, penny, puce. London: Seizin Press-Deyá, 1936. First edition, first impression, 8vo., publisher's maroon cloth, with R. J. Dickinson's bookplate, blind stamped address on front free endpaper, slight foxing fore edge, without dust wrapper (Higginson & Wlliamson 46a); [Idem] Count Belisarius. London: Cassell,1938. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, with bookplate of R. J. Dickinson (Higginson & Williams A47); [Idem] I Claudius from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius. London: Barker, 1934. First edition, 8vo., publisher's black cloth, genealogical table, with R. J. Dickinson's bookplate and signature on the front free endpaper, without dust wrapper (Higginson & Williams A42a); [Idem] Claudius the god and his wife Messalina. London: Barker, 1934. First edition, 8vo., publisher's black cloth, with a map two genealogical tables, with R. J. Dickinson's bookplate and signature on the front free endpaper, without dust wrapper (Higginson & Williams A43a); [Idem] Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth. London: Methuen.1940. First edition, 8vo., with a folding map, publisher's red cloth, bookplate of R. J. Dickinson, spine and upper cover partly faded, without dust wrapper (Higginson & Williams 51a); [Idem] Proceed Sergeant Lamb. London: Methuen, 1941. First edition, 8vo., frontispiece, with a folding map, publisher's green cloth, spine a little faded (Higginson & Williams A53a); and 6 others (12)

Lawrence, D.H. A collection of works by D.H. Lawrence to include: Twilight in Italy. London: Duckworth, 1916. First edition, 8vo., publisher's dark blue cloth, binding faded, offsetting to endpapers, (Roberts A8); Kangaroo. London: Secker, 1928. First edition, publisher's chocolate-brown cloth, (Roberts A26); Pornography and obscenity. London: Faber & Faber, 1929. First edition, publisher's orange printed paper wrappers, edges of wrappers a little dusty, (Roberts A49a); The woman who rode away. London: Secker, 1928. First edition, 8vo., publisher's chocolate-brown cloth, (Roberts A41a); A propos of Lady Chatterley's lover: being an essay extended from "My skirmish with Jolly Roger". London: Mandrake Press, 1930. First revised edition, small 8vo., publisher's blue cloth boards, dust wrapper, (Roberts A48b); The triumph of the machine: drawings by Althea Willoughby. London: Faber & Faber, 1931. (Ariel poems no 28. First edition (ordinary copy), 8vo., green paper wrappers, (Roberts A58b); The lovely lady. London: Secker, 1931. First edition, 8vo., publisher's chocolate-brown cloth, (Roberts A63. Published January 1933); Etruscan places. New York: Viking Press, 1932, First US edition, 8vo., publisher's black cloth, (Roberts A60 notes); A modern lover. London: Secker, 1934. First edition, 8vo., publisher's chocolate-brown cloth; and 16 others (25)

Modern first editions, and others, 73 books, including Masefield, John The Box of Delights. London: William Heinemann, 1935. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket torn and browned; Steinbeck, John The Moon is Down. London: William Heinemann, 1942. 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket; [Idem] East of Eden. London: William Heinemann, 1952. 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket; Lee, Laurie Cider with Rosie. London: Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket; Hemingway, Ernest Death in the Afternoon. London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket; [Idem] The Old Man and the Sea. London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. First UK edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket; Wodehouse, P.G. The Inimitable Jeeves. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1923. First edition, 8vo, original cloth; [Idem] Something Fishy. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1957. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket; Orwell, George Shooting an Elephant. London: Secker and Warburg, 1950. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket; Stoker, Bram The Jewel of Seven Stars. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 8vo, original cloth; Yeats, W.B. Plays for an Irish Theatre. London: A.H. Bullen, 1911. First edition, 8vo, original boards; Forsyth, Frederick The Day of the Jackal. London: Hutchinson, 1971. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, author's signature pasted to title; Pullman, Philip Northern Lights. London: Scholastic, 1995. First edition, first printing, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket; Durrell, Gerald M. The Overloaded Ark. London, 1953. 8vo, dust-jacket; [Idem] My Family and Other Animals. London, 1956. 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped with a few chips; [Idem] Rosy is my Relative. London, 1968. 8vo, dust-jacket, signed on front free-endpaper; Barnes, Julian The Sense of an Ending. London, 2011. 8vo, dust-jacket, signed on title-page; Naipaul, V.S. In a Free State. London, 1971. 8vo, dust-jacket; McEwan, Ian Amsterdam. London, 1998. 8vo, dust-jacket, signed on title-page; Priest, Christopher The Prestige. London, 1995. 8vo, dust-jacket; Stewart, Mary This Rough Magic. London, 1964. 8vo, dust-jacket, signed on front free-endpaper; and 3 others by Stewart; and 49 others, sold not subject to return (73)

Stevenson, Robert Louis A Child's Garden of Verses. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First edition, 16mo, original blue cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, chemise, blue morocco and cloth slipcase, a few minor spots and stains, spine slightly faded and rubbed at head and tail, corners a trifle worn, Joan Whitney bookplate

Rabdomancy Histoire véritable et merveilleuse d'une jeune Angloise, précédée de quelques circonstances concernant l'enfant hydroscope..., . Imprimé à Physicopolis & se trouve à Paris chez Lottin, 1772. First Edition, 12mo., half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, modern vellum backed boards, A4 with an old repair to a tear in the fore-margin, entering printed area but not affecting text, outer leaves a trifle soiled, one or two spots or dust-stains Note:Rare. WorldCat list a single copy outside Europe, at McMaster; University of London only in COPAC, a second edition in Cambridge and Leeds.

Noel, J.B.L. Through Tibet to Everest. London: E. Arnold, 1927. First edition, frontispiece, original cloth

Simms, Eric - New Naturalist British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails. London: Collins, 1992. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper

Lindsay, David The haunted woman. London: Methuen, 1922. First edition in book form, 8vo., publisher's brown cloth, fore-edges uncut, some foxing of the fore-edges and inner joints a little weak Note: Originally first published, in reduced form, as a serial in The Daily News in 1921, the work supposedly marked Lindsay's attempt to write a more "commercial" novel after the initial failure of his first work, A Voyage to Arcturus (1920), though he began it before that work was published.

Davis, B. & others - New Naturalist The Soil. London: Collins, 1992. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper

Mackenzie, Henry The Lounger. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh In the Years 1785 and 1786. Edinburgh: William Creech, [1785-87]. Folio, complete set of 101 numbers, first editions, with a duplicate of No. II in second edition bound in, and of No. XCVII loosely inserted (the latter frayed in inner and outer margins, pagination at head cropped), the usual fold marks, some of which a little discoloured, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips to corners, red lettering piece on spine, sides slightly rubbed, repairs to lower joint and foot of spine, [ESTC P1411], bookplate of James Elphinstone Erskine & Charles R. Cowie

East India Company - Sugar Three Letters addressed to a Friend in India, by a Proprietor. Principally on the Subject of Importing Bengal Sugars into England. London: J. Debrett, 1793. First edition, 8vo., pp. 88, folding table, disbound, first few leaves a little spotted and with a slight damp-stain in the upper margin, [Goldsmiths 15622; ESTC T2945, 7 copies]

Hutchinson, William The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. Newcastle: Hodgson, 1785-94, First edition, 3 volumes, 4to., engraved frontispiece to volume 1, engraved title-pages to each volume, with 53 engraved plates, engraved illustrations in the text, folding pedigrees, contemporary light tan calf, decorative gilt borders, edges rubbed, modern rebacking, engraved title-pages with patches of discolouration, occasional other discolouration due to offsetting, occasional spotting, with the bookplates of John William Pease and John Bailey Langhorne (3)

Orkney and Shetland - Dunn, Robert The Ornithologist's Guide to the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. London & Hull: published by the author, 1837. First edition, 8vo., 2 folding maps and lithographed plate at end, half-title, original cloth, paper label a little worn, lacks front free endpaper

Chinese Turkestan - Stein, Marc Aurel Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan. Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archaeological & Geographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, illustrations in text, original brown pictorial cloth, partly unopened, t.e.g., occasional spotting, front inner hinge slightly cracked

Surtees, Robert The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. London: Nichols & Bentley, 1816. First edition, 4 volumes, folio, with 82 engraved plates and numerous engraved illustrations in the text, errata slip in volume 4, contemporary light tan calf, gilt ruled border, new back strips supplied with decorative gilt panels, red and black morocco lettering pieces, a.e.g., a few pencil marginalia, very occasional light foxing of plate margins, volume 2 with some internal splitting, otherwise a very handsome set with very good margins, and the bookplate of Sir Arthur Middleton, Bart., of Belsay Castle, Northumberland (4)

Veterinary - The Sportsman's Dictionary, or the Country Gentleman's Companion. London: C. Hitch, C. Davis, S. Austen, 1735. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece and 25 engraved plates, most folding, contemporary calf, slightly worn, bookplates of William Dickinson Esq. and Bibliotheca Tiliana

Language, Dictionaries & Phrases, 3 volumes, comprising Chambaud, Lewis The Treasure of the French and English Languages. London: A. Millar, 1762. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep, contemporary inscriptions to endpapers, half-title, title verso &c., worn, [ESTC N479448, NL Australia only]; Neuman, Henry A Marine Pocket-Dictionary of the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German Languages. London: Venoro & Hood, 1800. Second edition, 12mo in fours, contemporary red half morocco, worn, [ESTC N34814, BL only in the UK]; Ravizzotti, Gaetano Viridarium Latinum, ou Recueil des Pensées et Bons-Mots. "Londres": Debeoffe, Dulau [&c.], 1801. First edition, 8vo, title-page signed by the author, contemporary cloth, browned throughout, slightly worn. [5 copies in COPAC and Worldcat, ref. Ref: 51328] (3)

Spark, Muriel The Mandelbaum Gate. New York: Avon, 1992. First impression of this edition, paperback, inscribed: 'Jackie, Best wishes, Muriel Spark', with an ownership inscription dated 2002, accompanied by a letter: "Dear Jackie [Shumeli-Camberg, cousin to Muriel Spark], I see in your letter that you can't obtain The Mandelbaum Gate... I enclose a copy with my best wishes. Muriel [signed]"; [Idem] All the Stories of Muriel Spark. New York, 2000. 8vo, paperback, inscribed to 'Jackie and Davina, fondest love, Muriel', with an ownership inscription; [Idem] Aiding & Abetting. New York: Doubleday, 2001. First edition, first impression, dust-jacket, inscribed by Muriel Spark to title-page: "for cousin Jackie, fond wishes, Muriel", along with an ownership inscription; [Idem] All the Poems of Muriel Spark. New York, 2004. 8vo, paperback, inscribed to title-page: 'For Jackie & his family, warm wishes & love from their cousin Muriel', with an ownership inscription, accompanied by a letter from Muriel Spark, explaining that she is heading to Edinburgh and sending good wishes, in a franked envelope containing two pressed leaves; each with a personal stamp of Muriel Spark's to the title-page (6, including two letters)

Conrad, Joseph Nostromo. A tale of the Seaboard. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First US edition, 8vo, signed and inscribed by Conrad on the endpaper: "A l'ami H.D. Davray, bien cordialement, Joseph Conrad, Nov.bre. 1904" (Davray translated Conrad's The Secret Agent into French), original green cloth gilt with printed orange design, some original publication data deliberately covered with paper on recto and verso of title-page, also to pp.99-100, some very light marginal dampstaining, a little soiling throughout, joints weak, covers with some rubbing, slight soiling and some bumping to spine

Marvell, Andrew The Works, Poetical, Controversial and Political, with a new life of the Author by Capt. Edward Thompson. London: for the editor, 1776. First edition, 3 volumes, 4to., engraved frontispiece portrait, list of subscribers, contemporary half calf gilt, small very neat repairs to joints and corners

Kafka, Franz America: translated German by Edwin and Willa Muir. London: Routledge, 1938. First English edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, spine a little faded, edges slightly rubbed; [Idem] The Great Wall of China and other pieces. London: Martin Secker, 1933. First English edition, 8vo., portrait frontispiece, publisher's cloth, spine faded, a note at the front describes this as being E.R.C. Lucas's copy with his pencilled annotations throughout; [Idem] In the penal settlement: tales and short prose works. London: Secker and Warburg, 1949. First English edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, spine faded; [Idem] Wedding preparations in the country and other posthumous prose writings. London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. First English edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, edges of wrapper slightly chipped, price cropped; [Idem] The diaries: edited by Max Brod. London: Secker & Warburg, 1948. First edition thus, 2 volumes, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrappers; and 5 others (11)

Kafka, Franz The trial; translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. London: Victor Gollancz, 1937. First edition, 8vo., publisher's blue cloth, slight fading of the spine, book plate of R. J. Dickinson, ownership inscription in biro on the front free endpaper, very slight foxing of the front fore-edge

Orwell, George The road to Wigan Pier. London: Victor Gollancz, 1939. First edition (Left Book Club edition), 8vo., publisher's orange limp covers, wear at corners; [Idem] Animal farm: a fairy story. London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First edition, second printing, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, wrapper chipped at head and tail, signature of David Garnett; [Idem] Nineteen eighty-four. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1949. First U.S. edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth; [Idem] 'Unpublished notebooks' in World Review, June 1950. London: Hulton, 1950. 8vo., printed wrappers; [Idem] '1984 and newspeak' in World Review, New Series no 3. London: Hulton, 1949. 8vo., printed wrappers (5)

Thomas, Dylan Under Milk Wood. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1954. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket with some chips, closed tears and foxing to reverse, some fading and wear to covers; [Idem] The Beach of Falesa. London: Ebenezer Baylis & Son, Ltd., 1964. Uncorrected proof copy, 8vo, original green printed wrappers (2)

Australia - Sidney, Samuel The Three Colonies of Australia... London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1852. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 10 plates, contemporary brown morocco gilt, rubbed; [The Gospels of Matthew and Mark] London, 1855. 2 books, 8vo, contemporary blue morocco gilt, rubbed, each with the bookplate of General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane of Brisbane and Makerstoun, after whom Brisbane was named (3)

Bibliography A collection of works on bibliography and the history of the book, to include: Suarez, M.F. & H.R. Woudhuysen. The Oxford companion to the book. Oxford: University Press, 2010. 2 volumes, large 4to., publisher's cloth, in a slip case: Haining, Peter. Movable books: an illustrated history. London: New English Library, 1979. Oblong folio, publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Clark, J.W. Fasciculus Ioanni Willis Clar dicatus. Cambridge: University Press, 1909. 8vo., portrait frontispiece, publisher's cloth; Blake, N.F. Caxton and his world. London: Deutsch, 1969. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Steinberg, S.H. Five hundred years of printing. New edition revised by John Trevitt. London: British library, 1996. 8vo., publisher's limp covers; James, M.R. The Western manuscripts in the library of Trinity College Cambridge: a descriptive catalogue. Cambridge: University Press 1900-1904. 4 volumes, 8vo., publisher's cloth; and 28 other related works or works of reference (38)

Shetland Islands - Edmonston, Arthur A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands. Edinburgh: for Longman [&c.], 1809. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 1 engraved map, contemporary half calf gilt, map foxed and offset to title

Beerbohm, Max Zuleika Dobson or an Oxord love story. London: William Heinemann, 1911. First edition, 8vo., publisher's brown cloth, edges uncut, spine faded and with a couple of marks, fore-edges foxed, without the dust wrapper (as usual): Chesterton, Gilbert K. The Napoleon of Notting Hill. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1904. First edition, frontispiece, plates, publisher's pictorial cloth, edges uncut, offsetting to free endpapers and publisher's advertisements at end; Grahame, Kenneth. Dream days. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1899. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, spine faded, signature on cover (3)

Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita. Paris: The Olympia Press (printed in Israel), [n.d. but 1955?] 8vo, 2 parts in one, original dark-blue cloth; [Idem] Lolita. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. First UK edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket with a few tears, ownership signature to free-endpaper; [Idem] Lolita. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. 2 volumes, third printing, original green paper wrappers (4)

De Moivre, Abraham The Doctrine of Chances, or a Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play. London: W. Pearson, for the Author, 1718. First edition. 4to., inscribed at head of front endpaper "Mr Wilbraham", engraved title vignette, contemporary panelled calf, worn, [ESTC T33065]

Hooker, Joseph Dalton Himalayan Journals, or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Skikkim and Nepal Himalayas. 1854. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding maps, 12 lithographed plates (1 folding), illustrations, original pictorial cloth, heads of spines worn

Liston, Robert Memoir on the Formation and Connexions of the Crural Arch. Edinburgh: P. Hill, 1819. First edition, 4to., presentation copy to Dr Benjamin Welsh from the author, 3 engraved plates, original printed boards, some spotting, rebacked with cloth; Lobstein, Jean F. De Nervi Sympathetici Humani Fabrica Usu et Morbis. Paris: F.G. Levrault, 1823. First edition, 4to., [12], 174, [8], 10 engraved plates, 6 hand-coloured, original blue printed boards, uncut, rebacked, binding rubbed and dust-soiled (2)

Livingstone, David and Charles Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries. London: John Murray, 1865. First edition, 8vo, 1 folding frontispiece, 12 single page plates and folding map, original purple pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, upper hinge split

Himalayas and Tibet - Thomson, Thomas Richard Heywood Western Himalaya and Tibet, a Narrative of a Journey through the Mountains of Northern India during the years 1848-8. London: Reeve & Co., 1852. First edition, 8vo, 2 tinted lithographed plates, 2 maps (1 folding), 16pp. adverts. at end, original brown blindstamped cloth, cloth lightly marked

James, M.R. A thin ghost and others. London: Edward Arnold, 1919. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, edges rubbed, some offsetting to front and rear prelims., the author's third collection of ghost stories; [Idem] The five jars. London: Edward Arnold, 1922. 8vo., frontispiece, plates by Gilbert James, publisher's orange cloth, spine slightly faded, edges rubbed, without dust wrapper (2)

Dickens, Charles - 4 Christmas Books The Chimes: a Goblin Story. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. First edition, second state, frontispiece, engraved title, two inscriptions to free-endpaper, a little foxing, occasional small tears to page corners; [Idem] The Cricket on the Hearth. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, frontispiece, engraved title, some very occasional foxing; [Idem] The Battle of Life. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, fourth issue according to Eckel, frontispiece, engraved title, gift inscription to half-title, a little foxing and slight marginal browning, spine repaired; [Idem] The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition, frontispiece, additional title-page, ownership signature to endpaper, a little light soiling and slight foxing throughout, spine damaged and re-attached; all in original red cloth gilt with gilt edges, some wear and soiling to covers with repairs to spines (4)

China - Waterbury, Florance Early Chinese Symbols and Literature: Vestiges and Speculations, with Particular Reference to the Ritual Bronzes of the Shang Dynasty. New York: E. Weyhe, 1942. First edition, 4to., number 123 of 250 copies, 77 plates, original red cloth, glassine wrap-around, slipcase

Goldsmith, Oliver Le Ministre de Wakefield, histoire supposée écrite par lui-même. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris: Pissot [&] Desaint. 1767. First French Edition, 12mo, contemporary French mottled calf, a little minor spotting, tiny wormhole at head of front joint, [ESTC T98006]

Stanley, Henry M. How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa. London: Sampson Low [&c.], 1872. First edition, 8vo, mounted albumen portrait frontispiece, 5 maps (4 folding) & 28 plates, illustrations, with an Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Joyce loosely inserted, asking Joyce not to mention that he has given him unspecified particulars "or it will be said I am courting popularity or in this age that it is simply impossible", original brown pictorial cloth gilt, a few spots, upper hinge slightly weak

Venezuelan Orchids - Dunsterville, G.C.K. and L.A. Garay Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated. 1959-76. First edition, 6 volumes, 4to., volume 6 presentation copy to Sir George Taylor inscribed by G.C.K. Dunsterville, plates, original cloth, dustwrappers

Shetland & Orkney - Wallace, James An account of the Islands of Orkney. London: J. Tonson, 1700. First edition, 8vo [x, 182], folding map, 1 folding plate, contemporary panelled calf, lightly rubbed

Berry, R. J. - New Naturalist The Natural History of Orkney. London: Collins, 1985. First edition (bound from the paperback copy). 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper

Boyd, J. M. & I. L. Boyd - New Naturalist The Hebrides. London: Collins, 1990. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper

New Naturalist, 85 volumes Ford, E. B. Butterflies: London: Collins, 1945. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership inscription to free endpaper; Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian. British Game. London: Collins, 1946. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Fitter, R. S. R. London's Natural History. London: Collins, 1945. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Stamp, L. Dudley. Britain's Structure & Scenery. London: Collins, 1946. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Gilmour, John and Max Walters. Wild Flowers. London: Collings, 1969. Fourth edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacked price clipped, ownership stamps to free endpaper; Darling, F. Fraser. Natural History in the Highlands and Islands. London: Collins, 1947. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Darling, F. Fraser & J. Morton Boyd. The Highlands & Islands. London: Collins, 1964. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Ramsbottom, John. Mushrooms & Toadstools. London: Collins, 1977. Seventh impression. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Imms, A. D. Insect Natural History. London: Collins, 1947. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Turrill, W. B. British Plant Life. London: Collins, 1971. Reprinted third edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper and 75 others

Belloc, H. The old road with illustrations by William Hyde. London: Constable, 1904. First edition, large 8vo., frontispiece, illustrations, plates, publisher's pictorial green cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, title-page and prelims. lightly foxed, with the book plate of Lily Antrobus of the Coutts banking family; The stane street: a monograph: illustrated by William Hyde. London: Constable, 1913. First edition, 8vo., frontispiece, plates, publisher's cloth, with a TLs signed by Belloc to T. Hyde Parker; The contrast. London: Arrowsmith, 1923. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, inner joints weak; Short talks wih the dead and others. Kensington: The Cayme Press, 1926. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, printed paper label, pastedowns foxed; Towns of destiny illustrated by Edmond L.Warre. New York: Robert M. McBride, 1926. First edition, 8vo., frontispiece, plates, publisher's cloth; Hamilton, Robert. Hilaire Belloc. London: Doulas Organ, 1947. 8vo., cloth, dust wrapper (6)

China - Hetherington, A.L. The Early Ceramic Wares of China. London: Benn Bros., 1922. First edition, 4to., frontispiece and 44 plates, some coloured, original pictorial grey-brown buckram gilt, uncut

China Photographs - White Brothers Romantic China. An Album containing Thirty-two Photographic Studies. Shanghai, 1930. First edition, 4to., 41 plates, original decorative red cloth, paper browned as usual, title with slight loss of blank lower corner, slightly rubbed

Brand, John The history and antiquities of the town and county pf the town of Newcastle upon Tyne: including an account of the coal trade of that place. London: White, 1789. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., with an engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page to both volumes, and with 32 other engraved plates (including a folding map of Newcastle and several other folding plates), some engraved illustrations in the text, modern half calf, marbled boards, frontispieces and titles a little discoloured, two small tears at the folds of the engraved map, some off-setting and foxing from the plates (2)

Miscellaneous, 4 volumes, comprising O'Dogherty, Sir William An Epitome of the History of Europe. London: T. Hookham, 1788. 8vo, contemporary half calf, slight spotting and soiling, some pencil scribbling, slightly worn; Brousson, Claude The French King's Dream. London: H. Bragge, 1709. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. 16, wrappers, [ESTC T113659], browned and water-stained; Parker, George, Earl of Macclesfield ) Remarks upon the Solar and the Lunar Years, The Cycle of 19 Years, commonly called The Golden Number, The Epact. London: Charles Davis, 1750. First separate edition, 4to, pp. [i], 18, folding table at the end later marbled boards, [ESTC T118141: 2 copies in USA, Huntington and Kansas]; Poilroux, Jacques Traité de Médecine Légale Criminelle. Paris: Levrault, 1834. First edition, 8vo, original yellow paper wrappers, uncut, last leaf slightly stained, small circular library stamp on verso of title, spine slightly rubbed (4)

Tibet, a collection, including Hayden, Sir H. & C. Cosson Sport and Travel in the Highlands of Tibet. 1927. First edition, 8vo, plates, map in pocket, original cloth; Bell, Sir Charles Tibet past & present. 1924, original cloth, lacks map at end, worn; David-Neel, A. Tibetan Journey. 1936, original cloth, 1 plate loose, binding slightly soiled; Burrard, S.G. Records of the Survey of India, Volume VIII, Part 2 only. Dehra Dun, 1915. Folio, frontispiece and folding maps 14-21 & 23-24 only (lacking 13 and 22), original quarter cloth; Burrard, S.G. A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet. Delhi, 1933 and Calcutta, 1908, Parts 2 and 4 only, 4to, plates, maps, original wrappers; Morris, J. Living with Lepchas.1938, title-page discoloured; Rockhill, W.W. Notes on the Ethnology of Tibet. [extracted from a Journal], [1933], plates, cloth; Bailey, F.M. China- Tibet - Assam, a Journey, 1911. 1945; Bell, Sir C. Portrait of the Dalai Lama. 1946, dustwrapper; Bell, Sir C. Tibet past & present. [n.d.], dustwrapper; Thomas, Lowell Out of this World. 1951, dustwrapper; Maraini, F. Secret Tibet. 1952; dustwrapper; Herrligkoffer, K.M. Nanga Parbat. 1954, torn dustwrapper; International Commission of Jurists Tibet and the Chinese People's Republic. Geneva, 1960; Li, Tieh-Tseng. Tibet. New York, 1960, dustwrapper; Gelder, S. & R. The Timely Rain. 1964, dustwrapper; Hopkirk, P. Trespassers on the Roof of the World. 1982, presentation copy from the author, dustwrapper; Richardson, H.M. Tibet & its History. 1984, dustwrapper; Ruttledge, Hugh. Everest 1933. 1934, original cloth; Vaurie, Charles Tibet and its Birds. 1972, dustwrapper, library stamp to endpaper; and several loose extracts from the Himalayan Journal relating to Tibet, in a loose clip folder

Huxley, Aldous Brave new world. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition, 8vo., poublisher's cloth, with dust wrapper (damaged and lacking part of backstrip); Waugh, Evelyn. Black mischief. London: Chapman & Hall, 1932. First trade edition, 8vo., frontispiece, publisher's red and black patterned cloth, edges and corners a little rubbed, bookplate, lacking dust wrapper; [Idem] The Loved one: an Anglo-American tragedy. London: Chapman & Hall, [1948]. First edition, 8vo., illustrations, publisher's blue cloth, dust wrapper, price clipped; [Idem] Love among the ruins. London: Chapman & Hall, 1963. First trade edition, 8vo., publisher's red cloth, dust wrapper, tear in upper inner corner of wrapper; Capote, Truman. In cold blood. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1966. First UK edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Fleming, Ian. Octopussy and The living daylights. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition thus, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper (6)

Astronomy - 13 books Herschel, Sir John Outlines of Astronomy. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. New edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt;Stawell Ball, Sir Robert The Story of the Heavens. London: Cassell and Company, 1897. New edition, 8vo, contemporary half morocco; Hutchinson Splendour of the Heavens. London, 1923. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary red half morocco gilt; Merrifield, John A Treatise on Nautical Astronomy. London, 1886. 8vo, original cloth; Bryant, Walter W. A History of Astronomy. London, 1907. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Webb, T.W. Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. New impression, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Beer, Edward A. Vistas in Astronomy. London, 1956. 4to, volume 2 only; and 4 others, sold not subject to return (13)