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Daphne du Maurier, ''Vanishing Cornwall'', first edition, with personal dedication / signed by the author, good condition, edged 'bumped', cover worn at edges

British Wildlife Post Office First Day Cover dated 1977 together with Five Framed and Glazed Limited Edition Signed Prints of the stamps

'Warrior' (2008) and 'On his Majesty's Service' (2011) signed hardbacks by Allan Mallinson and 'The last days of Newgate' signed hardback by Andrew Pepper together with a collection of first edition hardback books including John Wilcox, Iain Gale, Edwin Thomas, Richard Howard, F.G. Cottam, etc. (qty)

A rare first and limited edition Cream poster advertising their performance at the Royal Albert Hall, 373/500, approx 64cm x 94.5cm.

Beatles collectibles including original 1960's items comprising four packets of emirober Beatles figures, a first edition 'Yellow Submarine' paperback book, a framed and glazed Beatles handkerchief, shopping bag, die cast Corgi Yellow Submarine and a 3 3/4 ips mono tape reel of the album 'Beatles For Sale'.

Two first edition Beatles illustrated lyric books by Alan Aldridge published by Macdonald 1969 and 1971 respectively plus a poster advertising the first book.

Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin First Moonlanding. Signed American first edition of Buzz Aldrin's latest book, 'No Dream Is to High.' Unread and opened only for signing. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

BOOK - COLLINS, John - 'GEOMETRICALL DYALLING: or DYALLING performed by a line of CHORDS only, or by the PLAIN SCALE...' printed by Thomas Johnson for Franci Cossinet 1659, very rare first edition with twenty plates & numerous engravings on the pages, pages 57 & 58 missing, within later 18th or 19th Century board covers.

A collection of various china and glass ware to include a Caithness Christmas goblet 1976 "Two Turtle Doves", limited edition No'd. 339/500 (boxed), another for 1977 "French Hens", limited edition No'd. 339/500 (boxed), a collection of Caverswall china to include "The First Caverswall Christmas Goblet", limited edition No'd. 180/2500, another limited edition No'd. 296/2500, a collection of three Coronation goblets for The 25th Anniversary 1978, a Silver Jubilee plate, limited edition No'd. 950/1000 (all boxed), a 1981 Christmas plate, limited edition No'd. 470/1000, a hand-painted fruit bowl and stem vase, another fruit bowl, Royal Doulton sugar bowl and Noritake sugar bowl and cover, Spode hand-painted jug, etc

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, collection of books produced around the time of the 1937 Walt Disney film: 'Complete Story of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1937, first edition with dust-jacket; four others, similar, by Collins, London and Glasgow, 'Copyright, Walt Disney Mickey Mouse, Ltd. Printed in Great Britain', [n.d.]; another published in London by Dean & Son, Ltd., 'By permission Walt-Disney Mickey Mouse Ltd.'; two copies of 'Snow White Children's Album, A simple arrangement of songs from the film', Chappell & Co., Ltd., London. (8)

'Lino Cutting and Printing', by Claude Flight, first edition 1934, B.T. Batsford Ltd

Natural History/Angling/Sporting interest: 'British Freshwater Fishes', Rev. W. Houghton, first edition, London: William Mackenzie [1879]. Folio, complete in two volumes, original publisher's cloth & gilt binding with bevelled boards, a.e.g., beautiful colour lithograph plates of fish, protected by tissue guards, plus further engravings within the text. (2)

Arthur Rackham interest: four books illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including one signed limited edition. 'Comus', by John Milton, numbered 25 of 550 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham; published in London by William Heinemann, 4to, no date but 1921 according to WorldCat, quarter vellum binding, t.e.g., others uncut, fully complete with all 24 tipped-in colour plates and captioned tissue-guards. 'The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie', Richard Wagner, Heinemann 1910, second impression, 4to cloth & gilt, complete with all 34 tipped-in colour plates and captioned tissue-guards. 'Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods', Richard Wagner, Heinemann 1911, first edition, 4to cloth & gilt, complete with all 30 tipped-in colour plates and captioned tissue-guards. 'The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm', Constable & Company Ltd, London, 1909, red cloth & gilt binding, 4to, complete with all 40 tipped-in colour plates and captioned tissue-guards.

Maggie Thatcher A Handpainted Humorous Limited Edition Character Jug From 'Spitting Image' Glazed expression. The first ten years. The handle figure of Dennis Thatcher. 7'' in height. Number 578/5000. 1st quality & mint condition

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets American First Edition Arthur A Levine Scholastic Press Hard backed book with original slipcover ISBN 0-439-06486-4 marked year 2 to spine. Excellent condition.

Heinrich Set Of Six Fairy Plates Flower fairy plates, numbers 1-6 first edition, including number 1 Lavender Fairy.

GALLICO, Paul, Love let not me Hunger Heineman 1963. First edition signed 'To Margaretta' by the Author. Together with The Steadfast Man 1958 1st edition and 2 other Paul Gallico titles plus two by Neville Shute, On the Beach, and Stephen Morris. 6

Africa.- Ice- Cap Journal (The). Being the Journal of the Mountain Club of East Africa. No. 1. 1932., first edition, illustrations, plates (1 folding), 3 folding maps, cracked hinge, tape marks to hinges, rust-mark to title, ink-stamp and bookplates, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, 1932; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (4) ⁂ The bookplate is of Frank Oates, a British Naturalist and Explorer who was also Uncle to the Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates.

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, presentation copy from author with ink inscription "Saml Hinton ex dono Authoris Jany. 4th 1656 Litchfeildis" on title, engraved portrait frontispiece by Hollar, title printed in red & black, 5 engraved double-page maps mounted on stubs, 10 plans & plates, other illustrations throughout, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, a little cropped, frontispiece trimmed to plate mark and laid down, light water-staining to inner margins, some spotting and soiling, old marbled boards, rebacked in calf with gilt spine and morocco label, corners repaired, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.

Polar.- Borchgrevink (C. E.) First on the Antarctic Continent, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 3 folding colour maps, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, pencil inscription, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1901.

Congreve (William) The Works, 3 vol., first Baskerville edition, engraved portrait and 5 plates, light foxing to first few leaves of 'The Old Bachelor' in vol.1 but otherwise a lovely clean copy, engraved bookplate of Francis Longe of Spixworth Park, Norfolk, contemporary calf, covers with Longe crest in gilt, a little rubbed, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spines with roan labels, Birmingham, John Baskerville, for J. & R. Tonson, 1761 § Cibber (Colley) An Apology for the Life..., first edition, engraved portrait by G. Vander Gucht after Vanloo, a little soiled and browned, modern half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, by John Watts for the Author, 1740 § Ruggle (George) Ignoramus, Comoedia, engraved frontispiece, woodcut plate, lightly browned, modern cloth, 1787; and 5 others, drama, 4to & 8vo (10) ⁂ Francis Longe (1689-35) or his eldest son and heir, also Francis (1726-76). The latter was an undergraduate at St Catherine's Hall in Cambridge where he met Richard Gardiner who later wrote the scandalous novellaThe History of Pudica, a Lady of N-rf-lk. With an Account of her Five Lovers... published in 1754. It includes an account of life at Spixworth Park. The house contained an extensive and notable library.

Africa.- Dutton (E. A. T.) Kenya Mountain, signed and inscribed by author, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, original cloth, faded spine, 1930 § Hobley (C. W.) Kenya: From Chartered Company to Crown Colony, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, lightly faded spine, 1929 § Foran (W. Robert) A Cuckoo in Kenya, frontispiece, plates, new endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1936; and 12 others, Kenya, 8vo (15)

Lear (Edward).- [Gray (John Edward)] Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall, 17 fine lithographed plates by J.W. Moore (one by D.W. Mitchell) after drawings by Lear, hand-coloured by Bayfield, heightened with gum arabic, some very light spotting, front free endpaper detached, original cloth with gilt lettering to upper cover, a little spotted, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, later endpapers, [Nissen ZBI 1691, IVB 392; Fine Bird Books, p.79; Anker 189], folio, Knowsley, Privately Printed, 1846. ⁂ First edition of this magnificent work, one of only 100 copies printed. Edward Lear lived intermittently at Knowsley between 1831 and 1837, working principally on drawings of the birds and animals in the menageries maintained by Edward Smith Stanley, thirteenth Earl of Derby (Lord Stanley when he first employed Lear). Lord Derby's private zoo was one of the largest in England, occupying 170 acres and holding at his death in 1851, 1,272 birds and 345 mammals. Lear often spoke of his years at Knowsley as the happiest time of his life. He was immensely popular with the Stanley children and grandchildren, and it was to amuse them that he began composing his "Nonsense Books."

Big Game.- Madeira (Percy C.) Hunting in British East Africa, first edition, 2 folding maps, ink inscription, spine a little faded, a little rubbed, [Czech p.105] Philadelphia & London, 1909 § Miller (Lieut.-Col. E. D.) Fifty Years of Sport, inscribed and dated by the author, bookplate, occasional spotting, slight bumping to extremities, c.1925 § Percival (A. Blayney) A Game Ranger on Safari, first edition, occasional spotting, ink inscription, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to extremities, [Czech p.128] 1928; frontispieces, plates, original cloth; and 17 others, similar, 8vo (20)

Africa.- Dun (Major T. I.) From Cairo to Siwa Across the Libyan Desert, one of 750 copies, first edition, plates (2 tipped-in), illustrations, some off-setting, bookplate (as issued), original cloth backed boards, a little rubbed, spine browned, splitting to joints, 1933 § Lawrence (T. E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first Trade edition, frontispiece, plates, ink inscription, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed and a little soiled, short tear to top edge, slight chipping to extremities, 1935; and 7 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (9)

[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, first issue with 4 mounted plates, hand-coloured engraved additional title with vignettes, portrait and 34 plates by Henry Alken, 4 trimmed and mounted as issued, extra-illustrated with two original states of two of the mounted plates (untrimmed and with original captions and imprints dated 1838), one with short marginal tears, plate at p.348 'The Tandem' in second state, 10pp. advertisements at end, some spotting, mostly to tissue guards, bookplate of Joel Spitz featuring portrait of Henry Alken and with his pencil note re the additional plates on front free endpaper, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, rubbed, recased, new endpapers, preserved in cloth drop-back box (spine faded), [Tooley 65], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1842. ⁂ "Considered by many to be the premier coloured plate sporting book in the 19th century." Tooley The two additional plates, both dated 1838, prove that the work was planned some time earlier but publication was delayed until 1842. The four plates already produced were then trimmed and mounted with new captions.

Bible, English. The Text of the New Testament of Iesus Christ. . . Translated out of the Vulgar Latine by the Papists of the Seminarie at Rhemes . . . Whereunto is added the Translation out of the Original Greeke, commonly used in the Church of England, edited by William Fulke, Bishops' version and Rheims New Testament, text in parallel columns, title within woodcut decorative border (title slightly soiled and with 18th century ink date and sum on title), woodcut initials and decorations, L2 small piece of corner torn away, 2D1 3Q4 & 4B2 small tears in margins, 2X3-3C2 slight staining in corners, later endpapers, 18th century calf, rubbed, some slight surface wear, rebacked in modern calf, red morocco label on spine, [Herbert 202; STC 2888], folio, London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1589. ⁂ First Fulke edition. "The Rheims version and the Bishops' Bible version in parallel columns, with Fulke's commentary at the end of each chapter. The Rheims version is translated from the Vulgate chiefly by Gregory Martin; the Bishops' Bible translation was overseen by Matthew Parker." - ESTC.

Atlases.- .English Pilot (The). The Fourth Book. Describing The West-Indian Navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones..., 10 double-page engraved maps and charts only of 22 and 4 single maps only of 6, after Captain Southicke, Mark Tiddeman and others, 3 engraved maps in text (St Peter's Island, Barbados and Antigua) and numerous woodcuts in the text, 1 map with rust marks, another map small piece of corner torn away, another map clipped at tail partially repaired with small loss, another map loose with small chip in corner and slight rust marks, title with small tear at tail repaired, small rust marks on title and first f. of text, N1 & 2 small holes in margins, F2 torn and repaired at tail with some loss of text, some creasing and soiling to maps, browned, early 19th century ink signature of Samuel Smiley of Larne on title, remains of 4 engraved maps from another work loosely inserted at end, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, some surface wear, rebacked in modern calf, [Tooley, p. 61], folio, Dublin, Published by Boulter Grierson, 1767; sold not subject to return. ⁂The very rare Dublin edition.

[Simond (Louis)] Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain...by a French Traveller, 2 vol., first English edition, 21 hand-tinted aquatint plates by J. Clark after the author, 2 folding tables, engraved illustrations in text, 8pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, light cockling to beginning of vol.1 from damp but faint staining only affecting front endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, Edinburgh, George Ramsay, 1815 § Butcher (Rev. Edmund) An Excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, contemporary half calf, red roan labels, 1805 § [Goldsmith (Oliver)] the Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq., first edition, engraved portrait, 2 advertisement leaves at end, contemporary calf, joints split, 1762 § Gostling (W.) A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury, third edition, title in red and black, signature at head, folding engraved map (lightly foxed), N gathering bound in preliminaries, modern cloth-backed boards, uncut, old paper label preserved on upper cover, Canterbury, 1799, slightly rubbed; and 3 others, topography, 8vo et infra (9)

De Nobleville (Arnault) Aedologie ou traite du rossignol franc, ou chanteur, first edition, Bradley Martin copy with his bookplate, 2 engraved folding plates, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, upper joint cracked but holding firm, Paris, Debure, 1751 § Savigny (Jules-Cesar) Histoire naturelle et mythologique de l'ibis, engraved title vignette, 6 engraved plates (2 folding), occasional light spotting, bookplates "E. Bibl. Radcl." with "Sold by Authority" ink stamp at foot and of Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original backstrip, Paris, Allais, 1805, 8vo (2) ⁂ John Radcliffe (1650-1714), physician and philanthropist, he left the bulk of his estate to University College in trust for building and operating a library.

Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. by Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, variant 2 with "vous" on p.150 in vol.1 and "whho ave" on last line of p.133 in vol.2, lacking half-titles but with list of subscribers, without loosely inserted advertisement leaf (as usual), engraved coat-of-arms in text, titles trimmed at head where ink signatures partly cut away, title in vol.1 with two abraded patches, old ink stamp "J.Holden" in red ink at head of p.1 of each vol., a little browned at beginning and end, book-label of Robert Meyricke, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, red morocco labels, corners repaired, [Rothschild 1972], for T.Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1768; and 15 others, Sterne, including a 1799 edition of with hand-coloured plates, 8vo (17)

[Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] Recueil des Faceties Parisiennes, Pour les Six premiers mois de l'an 1760, first edition, divisional titles, errata f. at end, final f. blank, woodcut head - and tail-pieces and initials. some light browning and spotting, contemporary limp boards, lacking backstrip, later paper to covers, 8vo, [Cramer], [Geneva], 1760. ⁂ Rare first edition of a collection of Voltaire's (and others) defence of Enlightenment thought. It was a reaction to a speech by Jean-Jacques Lefranc at the Académie Française, which voiced counter-Enlightenment tendencies. Of particular note is Voltaire's passionate defence of Diderot and d'Alembert, against criticism by Pallisot. The work also includes contributions by De la Condamine and Morellet.

Mongolia.- Carruthers (Douglas) Unknown Mongolia. A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria, 2 vol., first edition, John F. Baddeley's copy with his pencil note and marginalia, 4 folding maps, 162 photo illustrations on 128 plates, including 11 folding panoramas, some light foxing, original blue cloth, stained and rubbed, 8vo, 1913. ⁂ An excellent association copy. John Frederick Baddeley was a British traveller, journalist and scholar, best remembered for his works on the Caucasas region and Russia, particularly his monumental Russia, Mongolia, China, 1919 (see lot 121).The volumes were presented to him by Sir William Mather, the British industrialist and politician and to whom his 1919 work is dedicated, 'To my friend John Baddeley with the wish that the year 1914 may record the success of his Magnum opus on ancient Mongolia...'. Beneath this inscription Baddeley wrote in 1932 'Sir William Mather's writing. The war delayed publication of my book till 1919. I first met Carruthers at dinner at Mather's home in Kensington Palace Gardens, in, I think, 1913. John F. Baddeley, Oxford, 8 Sept. 1932'.

Big Game.- Stigand (Capt. C.H.) and D. D. Lyell Central African Game and its Spoor, first edition, half-title, errata slip, plates (2 folding), ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.157] 1906; and 3 others by the same, 4to & 8vo (4)

Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus, third edition, part of vol. 9 of Bentley's Standard Novels series, engraved frontispiece and additional illustrated title, an unusually good, clean copy, bookplate, original cloth, spine faded, lacking spine label, rubbed, 8vo, 1831. ⁂ A very good, clean copy of the first one volume and the first illustrated edition.

Gilpin (Rev. William) The Last Work published...representing the Effect of a Morning, a Noon Tide, and an Evening Sun, first edition, half-title 'Gilpin's Day', 30 hand-tinted aquatint plates after Gilpin, one or two plates with small spots, light marginal soiling, text lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, small folio, Edward Orme, 1810.

Ireland.- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, 2 parts in 1, titles within ruled borders, double column, woodcut initials, title and all to B2 lower edges chipped, D4 corner torn away, L4 & M1-3 margins torn and repaired, bound with the Book of Common Prayer (title cut down and repaired) and Sternhold & Hopkins The Whole Book of Psalms, numerous small tears to edges, browned, 18th century ink inscriptions of members of the Clibborn family, Quakers, traces of worming on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, marked, corners bumped and repaired, rebacked with the original spine laid down, [Herbert 928], folio, Dublin, by A. Rhames for William Binaud, 1714. ⁂ The first King James version printed in Ireland. "No copy of an Irish edition . . . before that printed by Rhames in 1714 is known to survive." - Herbert 928.

Calvin (John) Sermons upon the Epistle of Sainct Paule to the Galathians, [translated by A. Golding], first edition, title within woodcut border, title soiled, 2I1 small tear in lower margin, 2R4 corner torn away not affecting text, browned, 17 century ink inscription of Thomas Edwards on title, 19th century bookplate of Hopper, Hermitage, Co. Durham on front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, brass corner and centre plates, remains of brass clasps, re-backed in modern calf, [STC 4449], sm. 4to. by Lucas Haryson and G. Bishop, 1574. ⁂ Perhaps Thomas Edwards (c. 1599-1648), Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist.

Ireland.- Petty (William) Hiberniae Delineatio..., first edition of the first atlas of Ireland, engraved portrait frontispiece of Petty by Edwin Sandys, double-page engraved frontispiece and contents leaf (the second state, with the wording "Cum Privilegio Regis" added), and 37 engraved maps on 36 double-page or folding sheets, frontispiece laid down, some maps folds strengthened, Mayo County map with slight stain, a few maps with slight creasing to edges, slightly foxed and browned in places, book-ticket of Dupplin Castle on front pastedown, new endpapers, modern half calf, [Shirley, British Library T.PETTY-1b], folio, [Dublin], [1685]. ⁂ Produced by William Petty after his "Down" Survey of the 1650s.SALEROOM NOTICES: This is not the first edition of 1685 but the c.1732 edition.

Africa.- Höhnel (Lt. Ludwig von) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie: a Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888, 2 vol., first English edition, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 3 maps (2 colour and folding, partially strengthened), foxing, ex-library (The Leys Institute, Auckland) with labels, ink-stamps and markings to front pastedowns and titles, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 2 small splits to upper joint (vol. 1), slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.78], 8vo, 1894.

White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, first edition, 2 half-titles with engraved vignette, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates, one folding, errata leaf at end, plates a little foxed and lightly offset on facing text, frontispiece with short tear at edge repaired, occasional spotting, 3E1 with small hole to lower margin, engraved bookplates of Daniel Gurney and Reginald Arthur Tatton, handsome contemporary tree calf, gilt, neatly rebacked with gilt spine and black morocco label, corners repaired, preserving original backstrip, [British Bee Books 143; Hunt 707; Rothschild 2550], 4to, T. Bensley , 1789. ⁂ Daniel Gurney (1791-1880), English banker and antiquary, part of the Quaker Gurney family of Norfolk and brother of Elizabeth Fry the prison reformer and philanthropist. Sir Reginald Arthur Tatton (1857-1926), of Cuerden Hall, Preston, Lancs.SALEROOM NOTICE: This has been rebacked, but not preserving the original backstrip as described. 

Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps in pocket at end of vol. 2 (3 small tears to fold lines), half-titles trimmed, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, browned spine, bumping to extremities, 1909 § Scott (Captain Robert F.) The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol., Macmillan's Colonial Library edition, frontispieces, 6 plates, 2 folding maps, 1 with small tear, lacking front free endpapers, original cloth, slight bump to spine foot, 1905; and 4 others, similar, 8vo (8)

Africa.- Stigand (Capt. and Mrs. C.H.) Cooking for Settler and Trekker, illustrations, pencil annotations, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, [1920] § Cranworth (Lord) A Colony in the Making, first edition, frontispiece, plates, large folding map, occasional light spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, 1912; Kenya Chronicles, uncorrected proof copy, occasional spotting, original paper wrapper with printed label to upper cover, rubbed, a little spotted, slight chipping to extremities, 1939; and 12 others, similar, 8vo (15) ⁂ The first is scarce with only 5 copies on COPAC.

Cruikshank (George) Points of Humour, Parts I & II, 20 etched plates and 20 wood-engraved illustrations by George Cruikshank, all proofs on india paper and mounted, with the plates in two states (one hand-coloured), title to first part foxed, occasional spotting, unbound sheets, uncut, preserved in later cloth folder and roan-backed cloth drop-back box, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Cohn 176], 1823-24 § Egan (Pierce) Life in London..., second edition, with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music numbered, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 hand-coloured plates by Isaac, Robert & George Cruikshank, tissue guards, 21 wood-engraved vignettes, 6pp. engraved musical notation on 3 folding sheets, some soiling and offsetting, a few small stains, later half calf, by Hedberg of Stockholm, spine gilt with black roan label, t.e.g., others uncut, [Abbey Life 281; Cohn 262; Tooley 196], 1822 , 8vo (2)

Gay (John) The Beggar's Opera, first edition, ?first issue without 3 bars of music on p.53 and with advertisements on both pp.59 & 60, 16pp. engraved music at end (cropped with slight loss to some pagination, signatures and one or two staves), lightly browned, later bookplate of Fras.Grant, presentation copy from Edward Burgess Butler to Charles G.Dawes with signed accompanying card "My good friend, I may not appreciate opera, but I do appreciate what you have done and are doing for opera and for everything else that is worth while, in Chicago...1916" loosely inserted, later crushed brown morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spines gilt in compartments with five raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., very slight rubbing to joints, preserved in modern cloth folder, [Rothschild 928], 8vo, for John Watts, 1728. ⁂ Charles C.Dawes (1865-1951), 30th Vice President of the United States of America under Calvin Coolidge. As author of the "Dawes plan" for managing Germany's reparations payments after World War I in 1925 he was awarded the Nobel prize for Peace jointly with Austen Chamberlain. Edward Burgess Butler (1853-1928), American businessman, founder of Butler Brothers department stores.

White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, second edition, 2 half-titles with engraved vignette, folding engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates (one hand-coloured) and a tail-piece, frontispiece with short tear at edge repaired, plates a little foxed and offset, light water-staining to a few leaves towards end, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine and green roan label, 1813; The Works, in Natural History... [with] a Calendar and Observations by W.Markwick, 2 vol., lacking half-titles, with 4 engraved plates, 2 folding, 2 hand-coloured, some light foxing, engraved bookplate of Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, attractive contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with red and blue morocco labels, very slightly rubbed at edges, 1802, 4to & 8vo (3) ⁂ Thomas Philip de Grey (2nd Earl de Grey, KG, PC, FRS 1781-1859), politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1841-44. He was also an amateur architect, rebuilding his seat Wrest Park at Silsoe, Beds. in the French style, advising on the development of both Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, and in 1834 he became the first president of the newly established Royal Institute of British Architects.

Africa.- Gregory (J.W.) The Great Rift Valley, first edition, colour frontispiece, 20 plates, 2 folding maps, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, ink inscription, original decorative cloth, rebacked, abrasion mark to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken pp.87-88], 1896 § White (Stewart Edward) The Rediscovered Country, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, with small tear, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, c.1915 § Wilson (Lady Sarah) South African Memories, portrait frontispiece, portraits, cracked hinge, occasional light spotting, 16pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, bumping and splitting to spine (repaired), bumping to extremities, 1909; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (11)

[Smollett (Tobias)] The Regicide: or, James the First, of Scotland. A Tragedy, first published edition, later crushed brown morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, g.e., [Rothschild 1909], for J.Osborn...and A.Millar, 1749; The Works..., 8 vol., engraved frontispiece, errata leaf at end of vol.1, extra-illustrated with 19 etched plates by George Cruikshank, later half calf, by Morrell, spines gilt with red and green labels, joints very slightly rubbed, 1797; The History of England, 5 vol., engraved frontispiece in vol.1, the rest with half-titles, occasional spotting, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with red and black roan labels (one or two slightly chipped), 1785; and 2 others by Smollett, 8vo (16)

Africa.- Churchill (Winston Spencer) My African Journey, first edition in book form, frontispiece and plates, 3 maps with routes in red, booksellers ink stamp to front free endpaper, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, some foxing, cracked hinges, marginal tear to edge of plate opposite p.80, original pictorial cloth, spine a little faded, slight creasing to spine extremities, [Czech p.37], 8vo, 1908. ⁂ This was originally published in a shorter format, as a series of articles for The Strand magazine.

London (Jack) Hearts of Three, first edition, bookplates, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, minor chipping to spine ends nad corners, light creasing to head and foot, a little rubbed but excellent overall, 8vo, New York, 1920. ⁂ London's last finished novel, published posthumously and scarce in the dust-jacket.

Piozzi (Hester Lynch) Observations and Reflections made in the course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, 2 vol., first edition, 6pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, old ink signatures at head of titles, old book-label of C.D.Barret, handsome contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green roan labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, A.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1789 § Boswell (James) An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island..., second edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette, folding engraved map, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards preserving old morocco label on spine, E. & C.Dilly, 1768, 8vo (3)

Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) How I Found Livingstone, second edition, half-title (3 holes, repaired), photographic frontispiece (ink stamp to verso, water-stain to corner), 3 folding maps and plans only (of 5), 2 with small tear, some tender edges, occasional light finger soiling, 1872 § Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, folding frontispiece (tear, repaired), final plate torn and repaired, 1 folding map (small tear), occasional light spotting, 1857; The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, 2 folding maps, marginal water-staining throughout, pencil annotations, 1874; plates and illustrations, later half-calf, [Hosken p.126]; and 3 others, by Livingstone or Stanley, 8vo (7)

Ireland.- Scale (Bernard) An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, first edition, engraved title, dedication, index and 37 hand-coloured engraved maps, very small stain at head of title, some very slight offsetting on text, slightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, some surface wear, rebacked, [Chubb VIII], 4to, for Robert Sayer and John Bennet, 1776.

From the library of Alexis de Tocqueville.- Kergorlay (Comte F. de) Réponse du Comte F. de Kergorlay à un libelle calomnieux, inséré contre lui au Moniteur du 9 Mai 1832 par l'autorité du Ministre de la Guerre, drop-head title, Marseille, Hippolyte Bousquet, 1832; Question de Droit des gens. Saisie du Bâtiment sarde de Charles-Albert, par ordre du gouvernement Français..., Marseille, Hippolyte Bousquet, 1832 bound with Tocqueville (Hervé Clérel, Comte de) De La Charte Provinciale, first edition, Paris, J. J. Blaise, 1829; and 6 other 19th century pamphlets, together 9 works in 1 vol., with a manuscript table of contents by Alexis de Tocqueville, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine title 'Mélanges Politiques', rubbed, 8vo ⁂ A group of rare pamphlets with an excellent provenance. The first mentioned is exceedingly rare and relates to the author's imprisonment for 6 months for his involvement in the Duchesse de Berry's failed plot to put her son on the throne of France. Provenance: Alexis de Tocqueville (ms. table of contents); Christian Clerel, Comte de Tocqueville (armorial bookplate).

Lancashire.- [West (Thomas)] The Antiquities of Furness..., first edition, list of subscribers, folding engraved plan, 2 engraved plates, one folding, some spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, for the Author, 1774; A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, fifth edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and plate, 3pp. advertisements at end, with the additional suite of 16 aquatint plates separately issued but sometimes bound in), some hand-coloured, a few trimmed with loss to imprint, lacking folding engraved map, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with red and blue labels, repairs to joints, 1793 § Aikin (J.) A Description of the Country...round Manchester, 2 vol. including portfolio of maps, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, plates and maps, rather soiled and foxed, text modern half calf, 3 large folding maps detached and loose in cloth portfolio (some tears repaired), 1795, the first two a little rubbed; and 2 others on Tim Bobbin and an 18th conveyance on vellum from Sir William Farrington of Shaw Hall, Leyland concerning the sale of church pews, 4to & 8vo (7)

Williams (Charles, artist) Life High & Low. By the Author of The Greeks, Pigeons, Fashion..., fifth edition, 6 hand-coloured etched plates by Williams, lightly browned, A.M.Cohn's copy with his Cruikshank bookplate 'Connoisseurs at a Book Stall', later polished calf, gilt, by Morrell, spine gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, t.e.g., others uncut, J.J.Stockdale, 1819 § Stevens (G.A.) A Lecture on Heads, first edition, half-title with advertisement on verso, folding hand-coloured etched frontispiece of a theatre, 24 etched plates of heads, all by Thomas Rowlandson after G.M.Woodward, frontispiece soiled and cropped at foot with loss to imprint (laid down), light soiling and offsetting, later half blue morocco, spine gilt, g.e., joints slightly rubbed, 1808, 12mo (2) ⁂ The first is one of several editions but all are scarce. COPAC lists only 4 copies in total and only one of this fifth edition, in the British Library. Albert M.Cohn, collector and bibliographer of George Cruikshank.

Gray (Thomas) Poems, first London edition, half-title, lacking final blank, contemporary calf, J.Dodsley, 1768 § Churchill (Charles) Poems, 2 vol., first collected edition, half-titles, 1763-65 § [Glover (Richard)] Leonidas, a Poem, first edition, etched title vignette, 1737 § Cowper (William) Poems, 2 vol., fourth edition, 1788 § Savage (Richard) The Works, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved title vignettes, contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., 1777, some spotting and/or browning, all but the last contemporary calf, spines gilt with red labels, a little rubbed, the last with spine slightly faded; and 18 others, bound poetry, v.s. (26)

[Burney (Frances)] Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition, vol.1 with list of subscribers, and advertisement leaf at end, contemporary ink inscription or signature at head of titles, some light foxing, mostly at beginning and end, a few minor tears and defects, most marginal but H3, 9 & 10 slightly affecting text, H10 lacking small portion of outer margin just touching edge of text, contemporary calf, new red morocco labels, slightly rubbed, spines browned, [Rothschild 550-551], 12mo, T.Payne, 1796. ⁂ Jane Austen, Sir Joseph Banks, Edmund Burke, Sir William Chambers, Maria Edgeworth, Warren Hastings, Nevil Maskelyne, Hannah More, Mrs Piozzi, Mrs. Radcliffe and Humphry Repton all appear in the extensive list of subscribers. Austen refers to Camilla in Northanger Abbey.

Genealogy.- The Peerage of England. Genealogies of some Peers Extinct, manuscript, with numerous notes in several hands, title and together with notes 195pp., 18th century ink signature "Jos: Smith", some notes tipped-in, others loosely inserted, browned, 19th century boards, manuscript label "24" on upper cover, corners bumped, later cloth spine, folio, [c. 1650] & [17th & 18th centuries]. ⁂ An interesting compilation work on the peerage of England, consisting of 69 pages with the addition of c. 125 pages of manuscript notes in numerous hands on genealogies. Notes include: a note used for an edition of Arthur Collins's The Peerage of England, "Amendment to be made in the Account of Bertie Earl of Abingdon... After the first Paragraph, or else where Mr Collins thinks most proper..."; "Duke of Somerset"; "Courts of Justice, and other inferior Courts within the Realm"; "Here lithe the Ryght Honourable Sir Anton Browne Knyght of the Garter..."; "West Lord Delaware"; "North, Lord North and Grey"; "Poulett Earl Poulett"; "Coventry Earl of Coventry" etc. Ownership signature, possibly Joseph Smith (fl. 1709-31), printseller and art bookseller; published histories of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and an English translation of Dugdale's Monasticon, and Vitruvius Britannicus.

Lambert (Aylmer Bourke) A Description of the Genus Pinus, 2 vol., vol.1 first edition, 38 engraved plates only after Ferdinand Bauer and others (of 42, lacking the bis plates), vol.2 second edition, 20 engraved plates of which 18 finely hand-coloured, some folding, some scattered foxing, heavier to vol.1, contemporary diced russia, t.e.g., a little rubbed and scuffed, [Henrey 920 7 921; Nissen 1123 & 1125], folio, 1803-28. ⁂ A mixed edition of this monumental work, the first great iconography of conifers.