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Douglas, George The House with the Green Shutters. London: J. Macqueen, 1901. First edition, original cloth, slightly rubbed; The House with the Green Shutters. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. First American edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed; 4 other editions, and 3 biographies (9)

Spark, Muriel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1961. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, dust-jacket with some soiling and wear to joints, repair to reverse, some rubbing to endpapers; [Idem] The Comforters. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1957. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dust-jacket price-clipped with a section also torn from lower inside flap (2)

Milne, A.A. Now we are Six. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket, gift-inscription to half-title, a little browning to initial and final leaves, a few small tears to dust-jacket, top cm of dust-jacket spine chipped away; [Idem] The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929. Third edition, 8vo, original pink cloth gilt, some light foxing, some soiling and tears to dust-jacket; [Idem] The Christopher Robin Story Book. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1938. Eighth edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, ownership signature to free-endpaper (3)

Buchan, John The thirty-nine steps. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1915. First edition in book form, 8vo., publisher's blue cloth, snag to head of spine, boards slightly stained, slight discolouration of margins, lacking front free endpaper

Lagrange, Joseph Louis Méchanique Analytique. Paris: La Veuve Desaint, 1788. First edition, 4to., contemporary calf with red morocco gilt label to spine, some occasional internal soiling, closed tear to one page not affecting text, joints split, some rubbing, soiling and chipping to covers

China - Moss, Hugh M. Snuff Bottles of China. 1971. First edition, 4to, number 103 of 500 copies bound in leather and signed by the Author, colour plates, glassine wrap-around

Lindsay, David The Devil's tor. London: Putnam, 1932. First edition, 8vo., publisher's black cloth, dust wrapper, very slight foxing to the fore edges, wrapper with some loss at foot of spine and lower corners

Blunden, Edmund, editor - Wilfred Owen - Edith Sitwell The Poems of Wilfred Owen. A New Edition Including Many Pieces Now First Published, and Notices of his Life and Work. London: Chatto & Windus. 1931. No. 151 of 160 copies, 8vo, Presentation Copy from Edmund Blunden to Edith Sitwell, also signed on page 41, original brown buckram gilt, t.e.g., the book label of Simon Nowell-Smith and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith Note: This work was exhibited as No. 75 in Wordsworth to Robert Graves and Beyond. Presentation and Association Copies from the Collection of Simon Nowell-Smith. An Exhibition. Bodleian Library November 1983 to January 1984, a copy of which is included in the lot.

Thomas, Dylan Under Milk Wood. London: Dent, 1954. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper (Rolph B21); [Idem] Llareggub in Botteghe Oscure. Vol. 9. Roma: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1952. 8vo., publisher's printed paper wrapper (Rolph C.175); [Idem] Quite early one morning: broadcasts by Dylan Thomas, London: Dent, 1954. First edition, 8vo., first impression with a full stop after sailors on p, 3, portrait frontispiece, publisher's blue cloth, edges stained (Rolph B. 23); [Idem] A prospect of the sea and other stories and prose writings. London: Dent, 1955. First edition, 8vo., portrait frontispiece, publisher's blue cloth, dust wrapper, edges of wrapper very slightly frayed (Rolph B28); [Idem] 18 poems. London: The Fortune Press, [1942]. 2nd edition, later issue in green quarter buckram, paper boards, yellow dust wrapper printed in red, wrapper faded and with a small piece missing at head, boards faded, inscription on front free endpaper (Rolph B.2) and 3 others (8)

Yeats, W.B. A book of Irish verse. London: Methuen, 1895. First edition, 8vo., publisher's green buckram, fore-edges uncut, a little rubbed, fore-edges darkened, (Wade 225); [Idem] Poems. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. 4th English edition, 8vo., portrait frontispiece, dark blue cloth, with design in gold on front cover (by Althea Gyles), edges uncut, (Wade 19); [Idem] The land of heart's desire. Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1905. 4th edition, small 8vo., publisher's paper boards, printed paper labels, edges uncut, (Wade 13); [Idem] The Shananchie: an illustrated Irish miscellany. Vol. 1 1906. Dublin: Maunsel & Co. Ltd., 1906. 4to., frontispiece, plates, publisher's buckram, edges uncut, covers stained, Wade p. 77, contains the first appearance by Yeats of The Song of the Woman under the title Against Witchcraft; [Idem] Reveries over childhood & youth. London: Macmillan, 1916. First edition thus, 8vo., coloured frontispiece, 2 plates, publisher's dark blue cloth, upper cover with design in gold by Sturge Moore, binding faded and with hinges and edges rubbed, (Wade 113); [Idem] Responsibilities and other poems. London: Macmillan, 1916. First edition thus, 8vo., publisher's dark blue cloth with design in gilt on the front cover by Sturge Moore, uncut, spine rubbed and binding generally faded, half-title discoloured, blind stamped "presentation copy" on the title-page, (Wade 116) (6)

China - Adachi, Koruku Choan Shiseki no Kenku. Research on the Historical Remains of Chang'an. Tokyo, 1933. First edition, 2 volumes, 27 x 20cm., black & white illustrations, 5 foldouts, map in pocket, 12pp. text in booklet, separate volume containing 170 loose black and white collotype plates, Japanese text, original boards and cloth-backed boards, bindings rather worn Note: Rare. Two volume report on the historical remains in and around the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an comprising the results of the author's investigation of the area in 1908-11. A definitive work on the condition of the archaological and historical sites in the Xi'an area at the start of the 20th century.

Traven, B. Das toten Schiff. Berlin: Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1926. First edition, large 8vo., folding map, plates, publisher's cloth, spine faded; [Idem] Land des Frülings. Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1928. First edition, large 8vo., with folding map and illustrations, publisher's cloth; [Idem] Der Karren. Berlin: Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1931. First edition, 8vo., frontispiece, blue grey cloth, wear to head and tail; [Idem] Die Rebellion der Gehenkten. Zurich: Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1936. First edition, 8vo., frontispiece, red headband, publisher's grey blue cloth; [Idem] Sonnen-Schöpfung: indianische Legende. Zurich: Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1936. First edition,4to., publisher's buckram, no 357 of an unspecified limitation; [Idem] Macario. Büchergilde Guteneberg, 1950. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth; all volumes without dust wrappers; [Idem] The white rose. London: Robert Hale, 1965. First English edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, slight fading of head and tail, head and tail of wrapper chipped, price clipped; and 3 others (10)

Willyams, Cooper A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca and Gibraltar. London: John Hearne, 1821. First edition, folio, 36 coloured aquatints, contemporary quarter calf rebacked with later spine, bookplate of Charles Montague Burnett, some browning to text and plates particularly towards rear of volume

Stanley, Henry M. Through the Dark Continent. London: Sampson Low [&c.], 1878. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 34 plates, 10 maps (2 folding in pockets), illustrations, original brown pictorial cloth, a few spots, lower hinge of volume 1 broken, Publisher's note in volume 1 detached, maps in pockets with small split at some folds

Plutarch Ta sôzomena syngrammata. Plutarchi Chæronensis Quæ extant opera, cum latina interpretatione. Ex vetustis codicibus plurima nunc primum emendata sunt, ut ex Henr. Sephani annotationibus intelleges : quibus et suum quorundam libellorum interpretationem adjunxit. Æmilii Probi de vita excellentium imperatorum liber. [Genève]: Henri Estienne, 1572 First complete edition of the works, 13 vols., 8vo., contemporary calf, gilt rondels on the boards, modern rebacking, title-pages a little dusty, occasional annotations, small tear to the upper margin of the title-page to vol. 4, light water staining to the lower margins of volumes 12 & 13 (13) Note: USTC 452093, etc. Found variously bound. This set has volume 1 with the title Opuscula varia, quæ magna ex parte sunt philosophica but contains the first part of the Vitae paralela. The index to the Lives is bound at the end of volume 9.

Tobacco Fume, J. [pseud. of William Andrew Chatto]. A paper of tobacco treating of the rise, progress, pleasures, and advantages of smoking. London, 1839. 8vo., contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rubbed: Hamilton, A.E. This smoking world. London, 1928. 8vo., publisher's cloth; Duncan, R. Tobacco cultivation in England. London, 1951. 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Hammer, J. The smoker's text book. Liverpool, 1889. 8vo., publisher's pictorial wrapper; The smoker's garland. Liverpool, 1890. 2 parts, 8vo., publisher's pictorial wrappers; Knight, J. Pipe and pouch: the smoker's own book of poetry. London, [1894]. 8vo., publisher's reversed calf, t.e.g.; Dunhill, A. The gentle art of smoking. London, 1954. 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, upper edges of wrapper torn; Mackenzie, Compton. Sublime tobacco. London, 1957. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Rapaport, B. A complete guide to collecting antique pipes. Exton (Penn.), 1979. 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Oswald, A. The archaeological and economic history of English clay tobacco pipes. London, 1967. 8vo., publisher's wrappers; Scott A. & Scott, C. Tobacco and the collector. London, 1966. 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrappers; Fairholt, F.W. Tobacco: its history and associations. London, 1859. 8vo., later cloth; Barrie, J.M. My Lady Nicotine. London, 1890. First edition in book form, 8vo., publisher's cloth; Myer, R. Chats on old English tobacco jars. London, [c. 1930]. 4to., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, wrapper worn; and 22 others (37)

Quran - The Morality of the East; extracted from the Koran of Mohammed: digested under alphabetical heads. With an Introduction, and occasional Remarks. London: W. Nicoll, 1766. First edition, small 8vo, contemporary sheep, a little spotting, worn, lacks final blank leaf [ESTC T114169]

Walker, Mary Adelaide Through Macedonia to the Albanian lakes. London: Chapman & Hall, 1864. First edition, 8vo., with coloured lithographic frontispiece and 3 other coloured lithographs, and 8 tinted lithographs, publisher's cloth over bevelled boards with gilt stamped figure on the upper cover, fore-edges uncut, corners worn, prize label from Kepier Grammar School on front pastedown, upper inner joints cracking, fore-edge of the frontispiece a little frayed and with a small stain

D Wang, Luidwig and Emil von Meerscheidt-Hullessem In und um Peking. Während der Kriegswirren 1900-1901. Berlin: Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., 1902. First edition, oblong folio, 1 heliogravure portrait, 35 leaves of plates (with photos on both verso and rector, folding map, original pictorial blue cloth gilt with dragon design, small tear to map (without loss)

Yorkshire and County Durham, a very large collection including Hutton, W. The history of the Roman Wall. 1802. 8vo, folding map and 7 plates, 19th century calf, neatly rebacked; Watkins, William The fall of Carthage... first presented at The Theatre, Whitby. Whitby: T. Webster, 1802. First edition, 8vo, half-title, 4pp. list of subscribers, contemporary half calf; [Hegge, Robert] Saint Cuthbert, or the histories of his churches at Lindisfarne, Cunecastre and Dunholme. Sunderland: G. Garbutt, [1816], printed and woodcut title, contemporary boards, rebacked; Parson, William and William White History, directory and gazetteer of the counties of Durham and Northumberland. Printed for W. White & Co., 1827-28. 2 volumes, 12mo., original boards, uncut, without the maps (issued separately), boards covered in transparent adhesive material; Young, Rev. George A picture of Whitby and its environs. Whitby, 1840. 12mo. second edition, folding map, plates, some folding, contemporary cloth; Wellbeloved, D. Eburcum, or York under the Romans. York, 1842. 8vo, plates, maps, list of subscribers, original cloth, worn; Ornsby, George Sketches of Durham. Durham, 1846. 12mo, original cloth, worn; Gibson, W.S. Descriptive and historical notices of some remarkable Northumbrian castles, Churches and Antiquities. 1848. First Series only, frontispiece, original boards, some spotting, rebacked; [Abbatt, Richard] A history of the Picts or Romano-British Wall. 1849. 8vo, plates, original cloth; Richardson, George The annals of the Cleveland Richardsons and their descendants. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1850 "Not Published", presentation copy, original cloth, spine faded; [Rewcastle, James] A record of the Great Fire in Newcastle and Gateshead. 1855. 12mo, frontispiece, presentation copy from the writer, original cloth, repaired, new endpapers; Ordnance Survey Map of Hartlepool. 1861, hand-coloured folding map, backed on linen, morocco slipcase, worn; Heavisides, Henry The annals of Stockton-on-Tees. Stockton-on-Tees, 1865. First edition, frontispiece, original cloth, spine rubbed at head and base; Heavisides, Henry Courtship and matrimony. Stockton, 1864. 12mo, frontispiece, original cloth; [Mawr, Eta] Tributes to the Tees. Darlington, 1864, inscribed from the compiler, frontispiece, original boards; [Dresser, William, printer] The Tees in the olden time. Darlington, 1866, original green boards, worn; Baring-Gould, S. Notes on the folk lore of the Northern Counties of England. 1866, 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original cloth; Pickford, John A week in the Yorkshire Dales. Manchester, 1869, presentation copy from the author, original green cloth, title discoloured; Gordon, Samuel The watering places of Cleveland. Redcar, 1869. 8vo, original cloth, worn; Hamlyn, N.T. The Border ballad of Hedgley Moor. Durham, 1894. 4to., original cloth-backed boards; Palgreave, F.M.T. A List of the words and phrases in every-day use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham. 1896, original cloth, title slightly discoloured; [Dixon, S.F.] History of the Saxon Royal Town of Corbridge-on-Tyne. Newcastle, 1912. folding map, plates, original cloth; and c.230 books and pamphlets (approximately half being books), on Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland, mostly later

Dundee - Small, Robert A Statistical Account of the Parish and Town of Dundee in the year MDCCXCII. Dundee: T. Colvill, [1792]. First edition, 8vo, folding plan, neatly laid down, 3 plates, 19th century calf gilt, last leaf with errata on verso, [ESTC: T64556]

Lindsay, David A Voyage to Arcturus. London: Methuen, 1920. First edition, 8vo., 8pp., of publisher's catalogue at the end, publisher's red cloth, lettered in blind on the upper cover and in gilt with gilt rules on the spine, spine slightly faded, with the bookplate of R.J. Dickinson Note: Now considered a seminal work of science fiction and which has been described as the major "underground" novel of the 20th century, this, the author's first book printed in an issue of 1500 copies, was not originally a great success, with only 596 of the issue being sold on publication.

Lawrence, D.H. Love poems and others. London: Duckworth, 1913. First edition, 8vo., publisher's blue boards, t.e.g., offsetting to free endpapers, corners a little rubbed, very small stain on the spine, book label of R.J. Dickinson, (Roberts A3); [Idem] Pansies: poems. London: Martin Secker, 1919. First edition (ordinary copy), 8vo., publisher's blue and yellow decorative boards, blue cloth backstrip, t.e.g., others uncut, edges a little rubbed, bookplate of R. J. Dickinson, (Roberts A47b); [Idem] Pansies: poems. [London: Stephensen, 1929]. First edition thus (laid paper copy), stiff pink covers, edges uncut, (Roberts A47e); [Idem] Nettles. London: Faber & Faber, 1930. First edition, 8vo., publisher's printed paper wrappers (Roberts A52b); [Idem] Love among the haystacks & other pieces. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. First edition, 8vo., publisher's yellow cloth boards, natural cloth backstrip, dust wrapper, edges uncut, endpapers and fore-edges a little foxed, (Roberts A56a); [Idem] The ship of death and other poems: with wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. London: Martin Secker, 1933. First collected edition, tall 8vo., publisher's red brown paper boards, black cloth backstrip, with dust wrapper, (Roberts A66); [Idem] The man who died with illustrations drawn and engraved on the wood by John Farleigh. London: Heinemann, 1935. First illustrated edition, 4to., illustrations in red and black, publisher's marbled boards, tan cloth backstrip, fore-edges uncut, ownership signature on the front free endpaper, slight spotting of the prelims. and final leaves, (Roberts A50d); The ship of death and other poems. London: Faber & Faber, 1941. First edition thus, publisher's pink paper boards (Roberts A66 notes) (8)

China- Zhang Daqian Chinese Painting. With the Original Paintings and Discourses on Chinese Art. Hong Kong: East Art Co., 1961. First edition, folio, title printed in gold, portrait of the author and 73 colour illustrations, further illustrations, original silk covered boards, contrasting silk lettering piece laid on coloured paper to the upper board, with gilt vignette of two men in outline, in the original decorative silk slipcase, in the original cardboard box Note: A detailed guide to all aspects of painting in the Chinese style, covering techniques for depicting flowers and plants, people and landscapes, as well as guidelines for the handling of paper and ink, brush and water. Chang Da-Chien (1899-1983) was one of the best-known Chinese artists of the twentieth century, gaining renown not only in the traditional style, but also as an impressionist and expressionist, and as a master forger.

Blyton, Enid, and others, 35 books Blyton, Enid Five Get into Trouble. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1949. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket chipped; [Idem] Five on a Treasure Island, 1949. Sixth impression, dust-jacket chipped and price-clipped; [Idem] Five go Adventuring Again, 1949. Third impression, dust-jacket; [Idem] Five go off in a Caravan, 1949. Third impression, dust-jacket; [Idem] Five go to Mystery Moor, 1954. First edition, dust-jacket; [Idem] Five on a Secret Trail, 1956. First edition, dust-jacket; [Idem] Five get into a Fix, 1958. First edition, dust-jacket price-clipped; and 17 others by Enid Blyton; Needham, Violet The Red Rose of Ruvina. London: Collins, 1957. 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] The Woods of Windri, 1944. Dust-jacket; Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Ingleside. London: George G. Harrap, 1941. Fourth printing, dust-jacket; Oxenham, Elsie Jeanette Goblin Island. London: Collins, [n.d.]. Dust-jacket price-clipped; Saville, Malcolm Not Scarlet but Gold. London; Newnes, 1962. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket; and 6 others by Saville, Needham, Oxenham and Brent-Dyer; sold not subject to return (35)

Coetzee, J.M., 22 books, and others Foe. London: Secker & Warburg, 1986. First edition, signed on title page, original cloth, dustwrapper; Life and Times of Michael K. 1983; Age of Iron. 1990; The Master of Petersburg. 1994; Boyhood. 1997, 2 copies; Disgrace. 1999; The Lives of Animals. 2001, paperback; Youth. 2002; Elizabeth Costello. 2003, 2 copies; Slow Down. 2005; Slow Man. 2005, signed; Diary of a Bad Year. 2007; Summertime. 2009; Disgrace. 2010, limited to 2500 copies; Scenes from Provincial Life. 2011; The Childhood of Jesus. 2013, 2 copies, First American edition signed & with slipcase; Hero and Now. 2013, original boards; The good story. 2015; The Schooldays of Jesus. 2016; McEwan, Ian Atonement. London: J. Cape, 2001. First edition, 8vo, signed on title page, original cloth; Ondaatje, Michael The English Patient. London: Bloomsbury, 1992. First edition, signed on title page, dustwrapper slightly rubbed at extremities; Sebald, W.G. Austerlitz. 2001, uncorrected proof copy, original boards; Austerlitz. 2001, 2 copies; The Rings of the Saturn. 1998, paperback; Vertigo. 1999, paperback; On the Natural History of Destruction. 2003; Unrecounted. 2005, paperback; A Place in the Country. 2013; all with dustwrappers unless noted (32)

Veterinary - Eight 19th century veterinary books, including Tindall, John Observations on the Breeding and Management of Neat Cattle. Leeds: for the author, 1811. First edition, 8vo, 3 engraved plates, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, two leaves of subscribers with lower third torn away; Beaumont, T. The Complete New Cow Doctor. Manchester: S. Johnson, 1835. [6th edition ?], 18mo, original blue cloth gilt, half-title, binding slightly soiled; [Youatt, William] Cattle. 1834. First edition, original cloth, neatly rebacked retaining spine; Webb, James The Farmer's Guide. Aberdeen, 1835. Third edition, 12mo., original cloth, some spotting and dampstaining, binding rubbed and stained; Turner, James A Register of Experiments Anatomical, Physiological and Pathological. 1858. [Sole Collected edition, 2nd issue], 8vo, original cloth, spine worn; Gamgee, John & James Law General and Descriptive Anatomy of the Domestic Animals. Edinburgh, 1861. Sole edition, 8vo, 2 double-page plates, original cloth, worn; Harris, Stanley Old Coaching Days. 1882. 8vo, frontispiece & 11 plates, original cloth, some spotting; Hobday, F.T.G. The Castration of Cryptorchid Horses. 1903. 8vo, 1 coloured plate, original cloth, ex-Wellcome Library copy with stamp to title verso (8)

Woolf, Virginia Orlando: a biography. London: Hogarth Press, 1928. First English edition, 8vo., frontispiece and other plates, publisher's orange cloth, fading of spine and boards, endpapers a little discoloured, (Kirkpatrick A11b); [Idem] A Room of one's own. London: Hogarth Press, 1929, First English edition, 8vo., publisher's cinnamon cloth, spine a little faded, corners slightly knocked, endpapers a little discoloured, (Kirkpatrick A12b); [Idem] The waves. London: Hogarth Press, 1931. First edition, 8vo., publisher's purple cloth, spine faded, head and tail rubbed, ownership signature on front free endpaper, (Kirkpatrick A16a); [Idem] Flush: a biography. London: Hogarth Press, 1933. First edition, 8vo., plates, publisher's buff coloured cloth, spine darkened, book plate of the Book Society (Kirkpatrick A19a); [Idem] The years, London: Hogarth Press, 1937, First edition, 8vo., publisher's green cloth, joints faded and rubbed, upper board slightly bowed (Kirkpatrick A22a); and 9 others (14)

India - Arrowsmith, Aaron To Mark Wood Esq. M.P., Colonel of the Army in India, Late Chief Engineer and Surveyer General, of Bengal, This Map of India Compiled from various Interesting and Valuable Materials is inscribed in tasteful testimony of his Liberal Communications. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1804. First edition, very large engraved map of India (187 x 165mm.), partly hand-coloured, mounted on linen, attached to roller at foot with wooden caption, at some point, probably in 19th century, painted over with ?varnish, varnish now unevenly worn & slightly yellowed, small tear to top left sheet (with no loss), few mm. loss extreme right lower corner, slight dampstain at left edge

Medicine, 3 items, comprising Charleton, Walter Spiritus Gorgonicus, vi sua saxipara exutus; sive De causis, signis, & sanatione litheaseos, diatribe. Leiden: Elsevir, 1650. First edition, 12mo, woodcut printer's device on title, contemporary vellum, slight marginal damp-staining towards end, occasional light foxing, [Wellcome II 329]; Rollo, John Remarks on the Disease lately described by Dr. Hendy, under the Appellation of the Glandular Disease of Barbadoes. London: C. Dilly, 1785. First edition, small 8vo, half-title, original blue paper boards, partly opened, rebacked, a little soiled, [ESTC T152137]; [Charcot, Jean-Martin] Pathologie interne [Lecture Notes] [Paris: c. 1865], manuscript in ink on paper on lecture, ff. [20], 4to, paper wrappers with title and contents in manuscript, edges reinforced (3)

Beer and Brewing Black, William. A practical treatise on brewing. New edition. London: Longmans, 1870. 8vo., publisher's cloth, rubbed and a little stained: [Robinson, James]. The art and mystery of making British wines, cider and perry, cordials and liquers: also, the whole art of brewing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, head and tail rubbed; Marchant, W.T., compiler. In praise of ale: songs, ballads, epigrams, & anecdotes relating to beer, malt and hops. London: Redway, 1888. 8vo., publisher's cloth; Wright, H.E. A handbook for young brewers. London: Crosby Lockwood, 1877. 8vo., publisher's cloth, stained, with some pencil annotations; The Public-Housekeeper's monitor: being a serious admonition to the masters and mistresses of those commonly called public-houses, of what kind or denomination so ever. To which is prefixed, A letter from a Minister to the Public-Housekeepers of his Parish, recommending this Tract to their serious Perusal. London: Rivington, 1793. 12mo., modern boards (ESTC T61552); and 9 others (13)

Woolf, Virginia Between the acts. London: Hogarth Press, 1941. First edition, 8vo., publisher's blue cloth, with the dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell, edges of wrapper chipped, a couple of small stains to spine and upper part of wrapper, spine of cloth binding darkened, inscription on front free endpaper (Kirkpatrick A26a); [Idem] A haunted house and other short stories. London: Hogarth Press, 1943. First edition, 8vo., publisher's crimson cloth, with the dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell, spine of wrapper darkened, with snags at head and tail, wrapper generally a little dusty, slight paper discolouration throughout, very slight spotting of fore-edges, (Kirkpatrick A28a); [Idem] The Captain's death bed and other essays. London: Hogarth Press, 1950. First English edition, 8vo., publisher's brown cloth, with the dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell, spine of wrapper chipped at head, off-setting from joints to endpapers, inscription on front free endpaper (Kirkpatrick A36b) (3)

Artillery & War Bethell, H.A. Modern artillery in the field. London: Macmillan, 1911. 8vo., frontispiece, plates, illustrations, publisher's cloth, rubbed and worn, library stamps of Elswick Institute; Admiralty. Rifle and field exercises for His Majesty's Fleet, 1913. Small 8vo., illustrations, original limp cloth; Phillips, Edmund Ragland. Hints on shooting. Leeds: Jackson, 1915. Pamphlet, 8vo., printed paper wrappers; French, Sir J.P.D. , Field-Marshall. Extracts from General Routine Orders issued to the British Army in the field. London: Harrison, 1915. Pamphlet, 8vo., printed paper wrappers; General Staff. Notes on trench warfare for infantry offices. Revised diagrams, December 1916. London: Harrison, 1917. Pamphlet, 8vo., printed paper wrappers; Canadian War Records Office. Canada in Khaki No 2. London: Pictorial Newspaper Co., 1917. 4to., plates, illustrations, publisher's cloth; The Wipers Times. London: Herbert Jenkins 1918. 4to., publisher's cloth, with dust wrapper, part of wrapper spine missing; Roberts, F.J., Lieut-Col., editor. The Wipers Times. London: Nash, 1930. First complete edition, 4to., portrait frontispiece, publisher's cloth; His Majesty's Censorship. The Mail-Bag: compiled by members of the Liverpool Postal Censorship. Liverpool: Daily Post Printers, [n.d., c.1920?]. 4to., plates, illustrations, publisher's cloth, with original printed paper covers bound in; Doyle, Arthur Conan. The story of British prisoners. London: National Patriotic Committee, [1915]. Pamphlet, printed paper wrappers; and 12 other similar books and pamphlets (21)

Facsimiles, A Collection Facsimiles to include: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Edinburgh: Bell & MacFarquar, 1771[i.e. New York, 1979] 3 volumes, 4to., publisher's cloth, a facsimile of the first edition: Shakespeare, William. The Norton facsimile: the First Folio of Shakespeare. New York: Norton, 1996. 2nd edition, folio, publisher's quarter morocco, buckram, in a slip case, a special edition exclusive to the Folio Society; Camden, William. Camden's Britannia 1695. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971. Folio, publisher's original buckram; Horseley, John. Britannia Romana or the Roman antiquities of Britain. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1974. Folio, publisher's cloth, a facsimile of the edition of 1733, no 270 of an edition of 700; Aelian. The tactiks. London, 1616. [i.e. Amsterdam: Da Capo Press, 1968]. Folio, publisher's cloth; and 3 others (10)

Orkney & Shetland - Jameson, Robert An Outline of the Mineralogy of the Shetland Islands and the Island of Arran. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1798. First edition, 8vo, folding map, single-page map and plate, later cloth spine over contemporary boards, some browning, spotting and offsetting

Orkney & Shetland - Barry, George The History of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1805. First edition, 4to, frontispiece, folding map, 10 plates, advertisement leaf, contemporary half calf, red morocco gilt label to spine, joints split, upper board detached, some spotting and offsetting

Polybius Historiaum libri qui supersunt, interprete Isacco Casaubono. Iacbus Gronovius recensuit … Accedit Aneae Commentarius de toleranda obsidione cum interpretation ac notis Isaaci Casauboni. Amsterdam: ex off. Johannis Janssonii a Waesberge & Johannis a Someren, 1670. 3 volumes, engraved title-pages to volumes 1 and 2, contemporary vellum, over lapping fore-edges, tear to lower part of the engraved title in volume 1, upper inner joint of volume 1 splitting, final blank leaves dusty, bookplate of the Earl of Kintore; Appianus. Romanrum historiarum … Alexander Tollius … emandavit, correxit & Henrici Stephani … selectas annotations adjecit. Amsterdam: ex off. Johannis Janssonii a Waesberge & Johannis a Someren, 1670. 2 volumes, 8vo., engraved title-pages to both volumes, contemporary vellum, splitting of outer inner joints; Justinus. Historiae Philippicae ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii cum eiusdem castigatinibus. Leiden: apud Jacobum Hackium, 1683. 8vo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum; Velleius Paterculus, Caius. Cum selectis variorum notis: Antonius Thysius edidit & accurante recensuit. Leiden: ex off. Francisci Hakii, 1659. 8vo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum, 18th century armorial bookplate: Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus. De bello civili cum Hug. Griotii, Farnabii notis & variorum selectiss. : accurante Corn. Schrevelio. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1669. 8vo., engraved title-page, folding map, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine rubbed, front free endpaper removed, armorial book plate of Richard Jenkins; Caeser, Caius Julius. Quae extant, cum selectis variorum commentariis, quorum plerique novi, opera et studio Arnoldi Montani: accedunt Notitia Galliae et notae auctiores ex autogapho Iosephi Scaligeri. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1670. 8vo., engraved title-page, engraved folding map and 4 engraved plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, armorial book plate of Richard Jenkins, marginal worming of first few leaves and a single worm through subsequent margins; Florus, Lucius Annaeus. Rerum Romanurum epitome: interpretation & notis illustravit Anna Tanaquilii Fabri Filia … In usum Serenissimi Delphini. London: impens. R. Clavell, et al., 1692. 8vo, title-page in red and black, contemporary sprinkled and panelled calf; Justinus. Historiae Philippicaecum integris commentariis Jac. Bongarsii … Curante Abrahamo Gronovio. Leiden: apud Theodorum Haak, 1719. 8vo., engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, contemporary vellum, gilt ruled, with gilt figure of Athena and corner panel ornaments in gilt; Kennett, Basil. Romae antiquae notitia: or the antiquities of Rome. London: Child, 1717. 6th edition, 8vo., engraved portrait frontispiece, title-page in red and black, 13 engraved plates (including folding), contemporary calf; Echard, Augustus The Roman history, from the building of the City to the perfect settlement of the Empire. London: for R. Bonwick, et al., 1719. 8th edition, 2 volumes only of 5, 8vo., engraved frontispiece to both volumes, title-pages in red and black, contemporary calf; Lipius, Justus. Roma illustrate sive antiquitatum Romanarum breviarium. London: Swale & Childe, 1692. 8vo., engraved frontispice, 1 folding engraved plate and engraved illustrations in the text, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and worn, (ESTC R231286), variant with "et" and "cum figuris aeneis" in the 7th line of the title (15)

Poetry, 2 volumes - John Tait and William Wordsworth, comprising [Tait, John] The Cave of Morar, The Man of Sorrows. A Legendary Tale. London: T. Davies.. and sold by J. Bew, and J. Balfour, 1774. First edition, 4to, lacking half-title, disbound, last leaf working loose, [ESTC T28960]; Wordsworth, William Yarrow Revisited, and other Poems. London: Longman, [&c.], 1835. First edition, presentation copy, 'From the Author' written on the half-title by a publisher's clerk, lacks erratum slip, margins slightly browned, marginal pencil markings, early twentieth-century brown half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g. (2)

Nepal - Kirkpatrick, Colonel An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul. London: W> Miller, 1811. First edition, 4to., folding map, and 13 (of 14) plates (lacks plate at p.132), title and 2 plates loose, map torn and split in two, quarter calf, worn and crudely repaired

Traven, B. The Death ship: the story of an American sailor. New York: Knopf, 1934. First edition of this translation, 8vo., publisher's black cloth, dust wrapper, edges uncut, slight wear to the edges of the wrapper, price not clipped, edges very lightly foxed, with the bookplate of R.J. Dickinson Note: The American edition differs from the English edition textually and was, unlike the English edition, translated by the author.

Orkney & Shetland - Wallace, James An Account of the Islands of Orkney. London: Jacob Tonson, 1700. First edition, 8vo, folding map, folding plate, contemporary calf

Collection of Modern Literature Mailer, Norman. The naked and the dead. London: Allan Wingate, 1949. First British edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, repairs to head and tail of wrapper, lower inner joint splitting: The deer park. London: Allan Wingate, 1957. First British edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, priced clipped; An American dream. London: Andrew Deutsch, 1965. First British edition, 8vo, publisher's cloth, dust wrappers, price clipped, inscription on front free endpaper; Advertisements for myself. London: Andrew Deutsch, 1961. First British edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Cannibals and Christians. London: Andrew Deutsch, 1967. First British edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Hughes, Richard. The fox in the attic. London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; White, Patrick. Voss. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Greene, Graham. May we borrow your husband? London: The Bodley Head, 1967. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Koestler, Arthur. The Yogi and the commissar and other essays. London: Cape, 1945. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, price clipped; Spark, Muriel. The Abbess of Crewe. London; Macmillan, 1974. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Adams, Richard. The plague dogs. London: Allen Lane in conjunction with Rex Collings, 1977. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; and 44 others (53)

India - Cartier-Bresson, Henri Beautiful Jaipur. Jaipur: the Information Bureau, 1948. First edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, 64 half-tone photographs, original printed red cloth, dust-jacket not price clipped, some minor internal soiling and very slight damp-staining to corners, some soiling to lower part of covers, a few tears and some soiling to dust-jacket

Strutt, Joseph - Fine Extra-Illustrated Work A Biographical Dictionary containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers from the Earliest Period … to the Present Time and a Short List of their most Esteemed Works with Ciphers, Monograms, and Particular Marks, used by each master … to which is prefixed, An Essay on the Rise and Progress of the Art of Engraving, both on Copper and on Wood. London: Robert Faulder, 1785. First edition, 2 volumes, extended to 4, 19 original (of 20?) plates of which 2 are hand coloured, and extra illustrated by some 450 additional engravings, mezzotints, etchings, prints, portraits, etc. (mostly mounted, but with some loosely inserted), later full green morocco, gilt panelled, by Andrew Grieve, a.e.g (4) Note: With an extensive range of examples of the works of the various engravers produced at various periods, amongst which are an elephant and camel by Francis Barlow (Vol. 1 p. 62); 2 contemporary prints on gold silk by Jacques Callot from Les Miseres (there are 2 further prints by Callot, the 4th at Vol. 2 p. 283); The family of the Count Palatine by Crispin de Passe (Vol. 3 p. 204); "Minerva" after Golzius by Saenredam (loosely inserted opposite p. 290 on vol. 4); and 2 further prints on silk after Rembrandt by Thomas Worldige (after p. 248 in vol. 4). Loosely inserted at the front of vol. 1 is an AL from a bookseller (?), dated 16 August, 1872, to the effect that he has acquired the present set from Murthy Castle and that he proposes to have it rebound and the plates remounted. He notes that the original owner paid 110 guineas for it, but that he will be able to offer it at £45.00. Provenance: Alexander Lawson Duncan (1859-1924) of Jordanstone, Perth, gilt white leather book-label.

Craven, Elizabeth, Lady A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople... London: G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789. First edition, 4to, folding map and 6 plates, contemporary calf rebacked with a later gilt tooled spine, bookplate of Alexander Trotter of Dreghorn, map torn with some spotting and offsetting, a little spotting and browning throughout, particularly around plates

Moses, Henry A collection of antique vases, altars, paterae, tripos, candelabra. Sarcophagi &c. London: Taylor, [1814]. First edition, small 4to., engraved title-page, with 151(the number 115 used twice) engraved plates (some hand coloured) numbered 150, and 18 engraved illustrations in the text, modern quarter calf, marbled boards; Windus, Thomas. A new elucidation on the subject of the celebrated Portland vase formerly called The Barberini. London: Nicholas for W. Pickering, 1845. First edition, folio, hand coloured frontispiece and 9 plates (some tinted), illustrations in the text, modern rebinding with original upper cover laid down, new endpapers, frontispiece with water stating to left upper margin, some other instances of similar staining; Gell, William, Sir and John P. Gandy. Pompeiana: the topography, edifices, and ornaments. London: Chatto and Widnus, 1875. 8vo., frontispiece and 100 plates (of which two are hand coloured), rebound in modern cloth, plate 75 misbound before 74: Pompeii its destruction and re-discovery. New edition, London: Cox, 1853. 12mo., illustrated, contemporary half calf, marbled boards; Mackenzie, W.M. Pompeii: painted by Alberto Pisa. London: Black, 1910. First edition, 8vo., plates, publisher's cloth; Gell, William, Sir. The topography of Rome and its vicinity. London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. Volume 1 of 2, 8vo., original cloth; Gray, Elizabeth Caroline. Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria in 1839, London: Hatchard, 1841. 2nd edition, 8vo., hand coloured engraving to accompany p. 210 used as frontispiece, other engraved plates with some folding and hand coloured, publisher's cloth: Burn, Robert. Rome and the Campagna. Cambridge: Deighton Bell, 1876. 4to., frontispiece, numerous maps (some folding), plates and illustrations, publisher's cloth over bevelled boards, t.e.g., edges rubbed, bookplate and library stamp of Durham School Library; Schliemann, Henry. Troy and its remains: edited Philip Smith. London: John Murray, 1875. 8vo., frontispiece, plates, maps, illustrations, modern cloth, t.e.g. (9)

A mixed lot of books including Fanny Hill's Cook book, Guiness Book of Records first edition, Observer etc

Jane Austen Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park illustrated Hugh Thomson, Emma Limited edition signed with other novels, Jane Austen & Lyme Regis and various others with collection of first day cover stamps

Collection of books by Laurie Lee, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, 1969 First Edition, I Can't Stay Long 1975, A Rose for Winter and The Firstborn, both Hogarth Press in dust-wrappers with 2 others.

W.J. Brennan-Whitmore With The Irish in Frongoch, The Talbot Press 1917 First Edition with a front portrait and several plates, original boards

Michael Bond Paddington Takes the Test, signed & inscribed copy, illustrated by Peggy Fortnum, 1979 first edition in dust wrapper

Beatrix Potter Tale of Tom Kitten 1907, Timmy Tiptoes 1913, Little Pig Robinson 1930 and Tale of The Faithful Dove 1956 Warne First Edition (4)

Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit by Frederick Warne & Co. and early editions of Two Bad Mice, Mr. Tod, Tom Kitten, with a copy of the first small format edition of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding (1926) and other Potter volumes (38)

Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee with drawings by John Ward, Hogarth Press 1959 signed first edition with interesting inscription from the Author "To May my evening star from Laurie Dec 1959". Original cloth in worn dust-jacket

A first edition set (early impressions) set of The Lord of The Rings in three volumes.

A pair of 17thC first edition copper plate engravings by Crispijn de Passe II from Antoine De Pluvinel 'L'instruction du Roy en l'Exercice de Monter a Cheval' circa 1629, together with an unframed example, 34 x 44cm

J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Bloomsbury 2000 First Edition in colour illustrated boards

A collection of die cast vehicles - exclusive first edition - buses

A collection of die cast vehicles - exclusive first edition - buses

Quantity of Arthur Mee 'The King's England' books inc Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Sussex, Yorkshire and Norfolk (some first edition)