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Africa.- Eggeling (William J.) The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, plates and illustrations, folding colour map, original cloth, rubbed, 1940 § O'Shea (T. J.) Farming & Planting in British East Africa, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, cracked hinge, original pictorial boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, Nairobi, 1917 § Morrison (C. R.) Mixed Farming in East Africa, occasional spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, 1935; and 10 others, similar, 8vo (13)

Africa.- Cameron (Verney Lovett) Across Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, water-damage to edge of frontispiece and title (vol. 2, repaired), plates, illustrations, 3 folding facsimiles, folding map in pocket at end, original decorative cloth, [Hosken p.38] 1877 § Akeley (Mary L. Jobe) Carl Akeley's Africa, frontispiece, plates, 4 maps only (of 5), ink inscription, original cloth, 1931; and 11 others, similar, 8vo (14)

Africa.- Carpenter (G. D. Hale) A Naturalist on Lake Victoria, first edition, 3 ALs by the author, colour frontispiece, folding map at end, plates and illustrations, heavily annotated, occasional foxing, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.42], 8vo, 1920. ⁂ With loosely inserted slip noting this as an 'Advance Copy.'

Gay (John) Poems on Several Occasions, 2 vol. in 1, first collected edition, engraved frontispiece by William Kent and 2 plates (not present in all copies), titles in red and black, list of subscribers, for Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720; Fables, 2 vol., fifth edition, engraved frontispiece in vol.2, title vignettes, plates and illustrations after William Kent and Gravelot, J. & R.Tonson and J.Watts; J. & P.Knapton and T.Cox, 1738-38; Fables, engraved title and plates (2 vignettes to each plate), by Darton & Harvey, 1793, some soiling or browning, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, the first rebacked; and 7 others by Gay, v.s. (11)

Walton (Isaac) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, seventh edition, first Bagster edition, wood-engraved pictorial half-title, engraved frontispiece and 15 plates by Audinet only, one of music, engraved illustrations of fish in text, light foxing, later half morocco, Samuel Bagster, 1808; another edition, edited by Sir John Hawkins, fifth edition, engraved portrait and 11 plates, 2 of music, engraved illustrations, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine in compartments and green morocco label, corners repaired, 1792; another edition, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, limited edition, engraved portraits, hand-coloured illustrations of fish, original morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little spotted, spine browned, Nonesuch Press, 1929, 8vo (3)

Cruikshank (George).- Raspe (Rudolph Erich) The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, half-title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece portrait, 22 engraved plates and 5 wood-engraved illustrations, all after George Cruikshank, some double-page, Beeleigh Abbey copy with leather book-label of W.A.Foyle, [cf.Cohn 584, 1867 & 1869 editions], William Tegg, 1868 § Jerrold (Douglas) Cakes and Ale, 2 vol., first edition, etched frontispieces and additional vignette titles by Cruikshank (lightly foxed), bookplate of David. M.Ritchie, [Cohn 451], 1842, both similar later calf, gilt, the first by Morrell, the second Root & Son, spines gilt with morocco labels, g.e., the first with original pictorial gilt red cloth covers and spine bound in at end (spotted and soiled), 8vo (3)

Smythies (Bertram E.) Birds of Burma, first edition, captioned tissue-guards, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed, Rangoon, 1940; [Another copy], second edition, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth, dust-jacket with pictorial onlay to upper cover, price-clipped, 1953; The Birds of Borneo, first edition, original cloth, dent to upper fore-edge, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1960,frontispieces, colour and black and white plates, folding maps, 8vo (3)

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first edition, third issue with 'The Shoulder of Shasta' advertisement f. and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, light browning or finger-soiling to margins, ink ownership inscription to half-title, hinges repaired, original cloth, recased, spine ends strengthened and repaired, spine browned, covers rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, preserved in slip-case, 1897; and a copy of Dracula's Guest, 8vo (2)

17th century fisheries.- Jenner (Thomas) Londons Blame, If not its Shame: Manifested by the great neglect of the Fishery..., first and only edition, title within typographical border, slightly stained, browned, disbound, [Wing J667], sm. 4to, for T.J. at the... Royal Exchange, 1651. ⁂ "Not all Jenner's books were devotional, and with London's Blame if not its Shame (1651) he revealed both patriotism and business acumen. The work is a plea for developing the fishing of English coastal waters which, Jenner argues, if efficiently exploited would not only provide a vital source of food but also give employment 'for a thousand Ships, and at least twenty thousand Fishermen and Mariners at Sea, and consequently as for as many Tradesmen and Labourers at Land' (London's Blame, 10)." - Oxford DNB.

Big Game.- Kearton (Cherry) Photographing Wild Life Across the World, fourth impression, signed by the author, bookplate partially removed, upper cover a little spotted, c.1915 § Dugmore (A[rthur] Radclyffe) Wild Life and the Camera, occasional spotting, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1912 § Stockley (Lieut.-Colonel C. H.) African Camera Hunts, first edition, dust-jacket, small tears (repaired), rubbed, chipping to extremities, 1948; frontispieces, plates, original cloth; and 10 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (13)

Ward (F. Kingdon) From China to Hkamti Long, first edition, plates, folding map, some light foxing, 1924 § Lanning (George) Wild Life in China, bookplate, Shanghai, 1911 § Taka-Tsukasa (Dr Nobusuke) The Birds of Nippon, 3 colour plates, illustrations, original slip-case (rubbed and surface soiled, ink inscription to cover), Tokyo, 1967, original cloth; and another, China, 8vo & 4to (4)

Hope (Thomas) Costume of the Ancients, 2 vol., engraved plates, etched bookplate of George Gilpin, contemporary diced calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with red roan labels, corners repaired, 1809 § Dallaway (James) Anecdotes of the Arts in England, first edition, additional engraved title with aquatint vignette, light foxing, contemporary half red roan, spine gilt, 1800 § Fielding (T.H.) On Painting in Oil and Water Colours, 10 engraved plates, 4 hand-coloured, the others foxed, original cloth-backed boards, spine faded and paper label chipped, 1839, rubbed, 4to & 8vo (4)

Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispieces, 32 plates,10 maps including 2 large folding in pockets at end (1 with small tears to fold lines), original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.189] 1878; and 8 others, Stanley, 8vo (10). ⁂ Scarce in the original cloth

Johnson (Samuel) The Lives of the most eminent English Poets, 4 vol., third edition, engraved portrait, some spotting, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, for C.Bathurst..., 1783; The Rambler, 4 vol., seventh edition, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black roan labels, for A.Millar..., 1767; A Dictionary of the English Language...Abstracted from the Folio Edition, 2 vol. in 1, first 8vo and first abridged edition, spotting at beginning and end of each vol., cropped, old ink inscriptions, later half calf, red morocco label, rubbed, for J.Knapton..., 1756; A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, second printing with 6-line errata leaf following title, spotted, engraved bookplate of Doddington Library, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, for W.Strahan; and T.Cadell, 1775; The Prince of Abissinia, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary calf, rebacked, Dublin, 1787; another edition, eighth edition, engraving mounted as frontispiece and captioned in manuscript with note on verso of title, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, 1790; and 5 others, Johnson, 8vo et infra (17) ⁂ The dictionary has a new preface by Johnson.

Somervile (William) The Chace. A Poem, first edition, engraved frontispiece after Gravelot (trimmed to edges of plate-mark and tipped into blank leaf), errata leaf at end, title lightly soiled and with small ink stain to inner margin, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red roan label (chipped), [Rothschild 1932], for G.Hawkins, and sold by T.Cooper, 1735; another edition, light browning at beginning and end, Mexborough bookplates, later green morocco, elaborately blocked in gilt, spine gilt, t.e.g., Birmingham, Robert Martin [with Baskerville type], 1767; another edition, edited by Edward Topham, engraved additional title and plates after Sartorius, light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt, Albion Press, 1804, all a little rubbed; and another copy of the first (cropped), 4to & 8vo (4)

Africa.- Craster (Capt. J.E.E.) Pemba, the Spice Island of Zanzibar, first edition, folding map, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Hosken o.52] 1913 § Younghusband (Ethel) Glimpses of East Africa and Zanzibar, folding map, later half calf, 1910 § Pearse (Major F. B.) Zanzibar, first edition, occasional light spotting, original cloth, browned spine, rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, 1920; frontispieces, plates; and 12 others, Zanzibar, 8vo (15)

Smellie (William) A sett of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery, first edition, 39 engraved plates, each plate with accompanying leaf of text, plates 10 and 30 torn and repaired, plate 16 hole in plate repaired which has browned, slight offsetting, slightly foxed and browned throughout, new endpapers, modern half calf, gilt spine, [Wellcome V, p.127; Norman 1955; Garrison/ Morton 6154.1] folio, 1754.

Aesop. The Fables..., first edition, Imperial Paper issue [one of 500 copies], Variant B with cut of 'Philosopher' and "candour and prudence" in last line on p.248, 'thumb-mark' receipt page with woodcut vignette over-printed with copper-engraved red seaweed spray, woodcut title-vignette and illustrations by or after Thomas Bewick throughout, occasional light marginal soiling, bookplates of Charles Hervey Hoare and Thomas Glenarthur, later dark green morocco, by Root and Co., uncut, small neat repairs to lower cover, [Roscoe 45a; Tattersfield TB 1.35], Imperial 8vo, Newcastle, 1818. ⁂ A good copy on the largest paper, rare in uncut state.

Greece.- Chandler (Richard) Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti, first edition, 7 engraved maps and plans, 1 folding, errata leaf, offsetting, title foxed, some spotting and light foxing, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding, spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Blackmer 319; Weber II, 554], 4to, Oxford, Printed at The Clarendon Press, 1776. ⁂ The first half of the work is devoted to Athens, and the second to various classical sites, including Marathon, Attica, Corinth and Olympia. During his time in Athens Chandler purchased fragments from the Parthenon frieze.

Simler (Georg) Observationes de arte grammatica. De literis grecis ac diphthongis & quemadmodum ad nos ueniant..., collation: A-G4, H8, K-L4, M8, N-P4, Q8, R-T4, V8, X-Y4, Z8, &4, cum4, rum8; A-Ξ4, AA-BB4, ΓΓ8, ΕΕ6, text in Latin and Greek, initial spaces with guide-letters, errata leaf at end, to verso a woodcut printer's device and colophon framed by an early watercolour, lacking final blank, Tübingen, Thomas Anshelm, March, 1512 bound with Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Epistole Familiares, cum Ascensianis introductiunculis recognitis & auctis, & argumentis illustratis..., edited by Sebastian Munro and with an introduction by Badius Ascencius, collation: A-T4.8, Aa-Tt4.8, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking Nn1-4, Strasbourg, Matthias Schürer, 1512, together 2 works in 1 vol., ink marginalia in both works in at least three sixteenth- and seventeenth- century hands, stained, some spotting, marginal repairs, a few short tears, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metals clasps (with new leather thongs), rebacked, preserving majority of original backstrip in compartments, rather worn, but holding firm, thick 8vo ⁂ Two rare works. The Simler is the first edition of the first grammar of Greek printed in Germany. Simler had been director of the renowned school at Pforzheim, where he introduced the young Phillipp Melanchthon to the study of Greek. The present work is supplemented with two other grammatical writings, again presented to a German audience for the first time: Manutius' De Litteris Graecis ac diphthongis, and the popular Erotemata by the Byzantine philologist Chrysoloras. The Cicero is the first Strasbourg edition, with an introduction by the great scholar-printer Badius Ascencius. Provenance: 'Ego Georgius Sp[?] sum possessor hujus 1621' (ownership inscription to the verso of original front free endpaper); the Scolopian convent at Strážnice (South Moravian Region, Czech Republic; ownership inscription to title of the Simler 'Domus Strasneciensis Pauperum Matris Dei'). Literature: Neither in Adams; I. VD16 S-6497, VD16 M-683, VD16 M-766, VD16 S-6496; K. Steiff, Der erste Buchdruck in Tübingen, 1498-1534, Tübingen 1881, pp. 84-85; II. VD16 C-3030; Ritter no. 488; Chrisman no. A1.6.3; Muller, p. 182, no. 70.

[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, four trimmed and mounted as issued, plate at p.348 'The Tandem' in second state, without 10pp. advertisements at end, a few plates trimmed with loss to imprint, some light soiling, mostly marginal, bookplate of James Keith Fraser, contemporary red morocco, g.e., slightly rubbed and marked, rebacked with gilt spine, [Tooley 65], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1842.

Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, ink inscriptions, illustrated endpapers, frontispieces, 4 maps (3 folding, 2 with a small tear), spotting, 1890; In Darkest Africa, 6 vol., subscribers edition, 3 folding maps (2 with small tears), occasional light spotting, faded spines, slight bumping to extremities, 1890 § Peters (Dr. Carl) New Light on Dark Africa, first English edition, frontispiece (discreetly strengthened), lacking map, occasional light finger soiling, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbing to extremities, 1891; plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, [Hosken p.189; Czech p.128]; and another, by Stanley, 8vo (11)

Galilei (Galileo) Opere, edited by Carlo Manolessi, 19 parts in 2 vol., half-titles, fine engraved frontispiece by Stefano della Bella and a portrait of Galileo by Francesco Villamena, folding engraved plate, woodcuts and diagrams within text, woodcut ornaments, head-pieces and initials, some worming, occasional staining, some light browning, attractive 19th century polished tree calf, spines gilt and with black leather label, spines uniformly faded, small nick to head and foot of vol.1, vol.2 lower cover with a few small scuff marks, 4to, Bologna, Heirs of Dozza for Carlo Manolessi, 1656-1655. ⁂ First collected edition of the works of Galileo, dedicated to Grand Duke Ferdinand II. Literature: Carli and Favaro 251; Cinti 132; Honeyman 1418; Houzeau and Lancaster 3386; Riccardi I, 518

Africa.- Campbell (John) Travels in South Africa, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, 9 plates only (of 10), lacking map, occasional light off-setting, modern half morocco, [Abbey Travel 328] 1822 § Murray (Hugh) Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, engraved folding map, additional engraved title, illustrations, bookplate, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, Edinburgh, 1832; and 9 others, similar, 8vo (11)

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 lightly foxed and some a little offset, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine and green roan label, corners repaired, [British Bee Books 143; Hunt 707; Rothschild 2550], 4to, T. Bensley , 1789.

Alken (Henry) The National Sports of Great Britain, large paper copy, 50 fine hand-coloured soft-ground etchings by and after Alken, tissue guards, 2 preliminary leaves and first plate ('The Race Horse') torn across and neatly repaired, some light spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, by Bernard Middleton 2011, [cf. Tooley 43, 8vo edition], folio, Thomas M'Lean, 1825 [text watermarked 1822, plates 1822-25]. ⁂ Very rare large paper copy of the first edition with these plates. A previous work was published under the same title in 1821 but contained different plates and those were aquatints. It is more usually found in Royal 8vo format. The work includes scenes of horse-racing, hunting, coursing, shooting, angling, dog-fighting, cock-fighting, and bull-, bear- & badger-baiting, but is notable for Alken's preface which condemns the baiting of animals, depicted in the last few plates. The only plate not including animals is of prize-fighting.

Charleton (T.W.) The Art of Fishing. A Poem, The Art of Fishing. A Poem, first edition, ink ownership inscription, errata slip, handsome contemporary red straight grained morocco gilt [Westwood & Satchell, p.206], North Shields, Printed for the Author, 1819 § Smith (Arthur) The Thames Angler, second edition, engraved frontispiece, pictorial engraved title, woodcut illustrations, contemporary half calf, spine gilt incorporating fish devices, [Westwood & Satchell, p.195], 1860 § Bailey (William) The Angler's Instructor. A Treatise on the Best Modes of Angling in English Rivers, Lakes, and Ponds and On the Habits of the Fish, third edition, original cloth, gilt, [Westwood & Satchell, p.20], 1866 § Pritt (Thomas Evan) North-Country Flies, second edition, 12 lithographed plates (11 hand-coloured), bookplate of John McKinley, original cloth, gilt, spin ends and corners bumped, dust-jacket, chipped and browned, t.e.g., 1886 § Ronalds (Alfred) The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, second edition, half-title, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, original embossed cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [Westwood & Satchell, p.178], 1839; and 2 others, angling, both with Alan Jarvis' book label, 8vo (7)

South America.- Mawe (John) Travels in the Interior of Brazil, first edition , engraved frontispiece, 7 plates (1 hand-coloured) and 1 map, title and some other ff. offsetting, some foxing, new endpapers, later Longmans catalogue bound in at end, modern half calf, gilt spine, edges uncut, [Sabin 46991], 4to, 1812.

Fielding (Theodore Henry) and J.Walton. A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint title-vignette and 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Fielding and Walton, contemporary ink signature to head of half-title, a little soiled, a few marginal stains to frontispiece and title, some offsetting, modern dark green strainght-grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, [Abbey, Scenery, 192; Tooley, 219], 4to, R.Ackermann, 1821.

Africa.- Johnson (Osa) Four Years in Paradise, signed by author, plates, original cloth, small stain to upper cover, spine browned, chipping to spine extremities, New York, 1941 § Waugh (Evelyn) A Tourist in Africa, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original boards, dust-jacket, small tear and chipping to spine head, 1960 § Baden-Powell (Lord) More Sketches of Kenya, first edition, signed by author, with ALs from Olave Baden-Powell, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, chipped, small loss to spine, tape repairs to verso, 1940; and 11 others, similar, 8vo (14)

Howard (Henry Eliot) The British Warblers, A History with Problems of Their Lives, 2 vol., first edition, 35 chromolithographed plates including 3 of eggs and 51 photogravure plates, all after Henrik Gronvold, 12 maps, later crushed green half morocco, spines faded, [Anker 213; Nissen IVB 454], 8vo, 1907-17.

Hickson (Sidney J.) A Naturalist in North Celebes, first edition, colour frontispiece, folding map, plates and illustrations, upper hinge starting, bookplate of Robert and Maria Travis, original cloth, gilt, chip to head of spine, 1889 § Verner (Colonel Willoughby) My Life Among the Wild Birds in Spain, plates and illustrations, endpapers browned, original cloth, gilt, 1909 § Mary Duchess of Bedford, Edited by John Gore, 2 vol, vol.1 lacking front free endpaper, original half calf, light wear to extremities, 1938; and 18 others, birds and other natural history and biography, 8vo (22)

Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, folding lithographed frontispiece, plates (1 folding), 1 folding map only (of 2), occasional marginal water-staining, pencil annotations, modern half calf, [Hosken p.126] 1857 § The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, chromolithographed frontispiece, additional title and 19 plates, occasional light spotting, original decorative morocco, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Reading and Bath, n.d.; and 14 others, Livingstone, 8vo & 4to (16)

Mairet (Ethel).- Pepler (H.D.C.) The Hand Press, number 198 of 250 copies signed by the author, original cloth with wrap-around pasted down paper label, uncut, spine a little faded, [Taylor A233], Ditchling, St. Dominic's Press, 1934 § Shelley (P.B.) Prometheus Unbound, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 200 on paper, frontispiece by C.R.Ashbee, printed in red and black, original boards, uncut, lacking spine, Campden, Essex House, 1904 § Ashbee (C.R.) Echoes from the City of the Sun, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 250, presentation copy from the author to Ananda Coomaraswamy inscribed "To Shree Coomaraswamy from C.R.A." on front free endpaper, original boards, uncut, Campden, Essex House Press, 1905 § Sirelius (U.T.) The Ryijy-Rugs of Finland, Ethel Mairet's copy with her signature on front free endpaper, colour plates with captioned tissue guards, illustrations, original buckram, a few stains to upper cover, Helskinki, 1926; and a small bundle of others, mostly postcards addressed to Ethel Mairet including one each from the potters Bernard Leach (with sketch) and Shoji Hamada, v.s. (sm.qty) ⁂ Ethel Mairet (1872-1952) was a hand-loom weaver who greatly influenced the development of the craft in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century. She was first married to the art historian Ananda Coomaraswamy, author of works on the art of India and Ceylon, and together they became part of the craft community established by C.R.Ashbee (founder of the Essex House Press) at Chipping Campden, and where she first learnt to weave. She later married Coomaraswamy's secretary, Philip Mairet, and they moved to 'Gospels' in Ditchling, becoming part of the artistic group led by Eric Gill & Douglas Pepler. Her work A Book on Vegetable Dyes had been the first work published by Pepler at the Hampshire House Workshops in 1918 (Taylor A1) and her studio at 'Gospels' became a centre for hand-loom weaving, drawing visitors from all over the world including Mahatma Gandhi and the potters Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada. The latter described her as "the mother of English hand-weaving" and his postcard to her is from Ryuku in Japan which he says is "..famous for producing pots & good 'kaswri' a special sort of cotton cloth with woven white patterns in indigo colour...". The postcard from Leach is from Korea and includes a small sketch with the description below "...hills behind like this...".

Africa.- Gehrts (M.) A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland, first edition, plates, occasional light foxing, slight bumping to spine extremities, Philadelphia, 1915 § Wykes (Alan) Nimrod Smith: a Profile of T. Murray Smith, first edition, inscribed and signed by T. Murray Smith, plates, 1961 § Koenig (Oskar) Pori Tupu, plates, slight bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, small tear to top edge, chipping and small loss to extremities, 1955 § Lettow-Vorbeck (General von) Heia Safari! illustrations, spine a little browned, slight splitting to joints, Leipzig, 1920; frontispieces, original cloth; and 20 others, similar, 8vo (24)

[Goury de Champgrand (Charles Jean)] Traité de Vénerie et de Chasses, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-title to each part, 39 engraved plates after Louis Halbou (3 folding), armorial bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield, paper flaw to E3 affecting a few words to verso, twentieth century half morocco, [Harting 177; Schwerdt I, pp.214-215; Souhart 224], 4to, Paris, Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hérissant, 1769 1769. ⁂ Includes an important section on falconry. "C'est a peu pres le seul ouvrage cynegetique illustre qui ait ete publie en France au XVIIIe siecle; il est assez recherche pour cette raison" - Thiebaud.

Bracton (Henry de) De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliæ, first edition, one large historiated initial, other initials criblé, some surface soiling to title and a few margins but overall a very good, clean copy with good margins, bookplate, late 18th century diced russia, gilt, spine faded, water-stain to upper cover, rubbed, [STC 3475; PMM 89], folio, Richard Tottell, 1569. ** An excellent copy of this classic of English law. "[The] most ambitious English legal work of the middle age" (ODNB)

Larkin (Philip) High Windows, first edition, signed by the author 'Philip Larkin, Garrick Club, 3 June, 1974' on front free endpaper, additionally signed by other attendees of the Garrick Club evening, original cloth, dust-jacket, covers and spine very slightly toned, near-fine otherwise, 1974. ⁂ This and the following lot are inscribed by Larkin to Donald Mitchell (b.1925), the founder of the publishing firm Faber Music and known particularly for his writing on Gustav Mahler and Benjamin Britten, he also suggested Larkin as a jazz reviewer for the Daily Telegraph. The other signatories include John Betjeman, Anthony Thwaite and Peter du Sautoy.

Big Game.- Schillings (C.G.) With Flashlight and Rifle, 2 vol., first English edition, illustrations, 1906 § Roosevelt (Theodore) and Edmund Heller, Life Histories of African Game Animals, 2 vol., maps, occasional light spotting, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1915; frontispieces, plates, original pictorial cloth; and 5 others by Schillings or Roosevelt, 8vo (9)

Potatoes.- Kirkpatrick (Hezekiah) An Account of the Manner in which Potatoes are cultivated and preserved, and the uses to which they are applied in the counties of Lancaster and Chester, together with a description of a new variety of the Potatoe, peculiarly convenient for forcing in Hot-Houses and Frames, mounted errata slip at foot of final verso, final f. blank, [Henrey 899; Perkins 935], Warrington, Printed by W. Eyres, 1796 bound with Ringsted (Josiah) The Farmer. Comprehending the several most interesting objects and beneficial practices in the culture of wheat, rye, Barley, Oats, Buckwheat, Peas, Beans...Together with the Cultivation of Hops, Vines, Forest Trees, Fruit Trees, Kitchen and Flower Garden Productions. Likewise, directions in the breeding and improvement of Horses, Oxen, Cows, Calves, Sheep, Lambs, and Hogs...Also, rules for the treatment and rearing of Poultry,viz. Pheasants, Turkeys, Geese, Fowl, Tame Rabbits, Pigeons, &c. And the ordering of bees, and their Labors...third edition, [British Bee Books 128 and cf. 134, Samuel Cooke's The Farmers Wife, 'the wording of the 12 pages on bees is identical with that in The Farmer by Ringsted'], Printed for J. Smeeton, n.d. [?c.1790] and Fordyce (George) Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation...To which is added, an appendix, for the use of Practical Farmers, fifth edition, 3 engraved plates, for J. Johnson, 1796 and Holt (John) General view of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster: with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, first edition, engraved folding frontispiece map and 5 plates, 2 folding letter-press tables, [Perkins 815], for G. Nicol, 1795, together 4 works in 1 vol., some spotting or mostly light foxing, offsetting, occasional staining, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with red morroco label, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ The Kirkpatrick is rare at auction, as is the third edition of Ringsted, which is not recorded in ESTC.

Mason (William) The English Garden: a Poem, edited by W.Burgh, later green morocco, gilt, spine faded, York, A.Ward, 1783; Poems, fifth edition, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with red roan label, York, A.Ward, 1779 § Bloomfield (Robert) The Farmer's Boy; a Rural Poem, first edition, large paper copy, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and vignettes by John Anderson, old ink inscription at head of title, some foxing, contemporary diced russia, gilt, g.e., upper joint repaired, 1800 § Aikin (J.) An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry, first edition, advertisement leaf following preliminaries, lightly water-stained, Robert Surtees's copy with his signature and Mainsforth Library book-label, Warrington, 1777 § Browne (William) The Works, 3 vol., first edition, engraved bookplate of Francis Longe of Spixworth Park, Norfolk, 1772, the last two contemporary calf, gilt, all but the first with gilt spines, a little rubbed, a few repairs; and 5 others, poetry, v.s. (12) ⁂ Robert Surtees (1779-1834), historian and antiquary of county Durham.

Johnson (Daniel) Sketches of Field Sports as Followed by the Natives of India... a Description of the Art of Catching Serpents... with Remarks on Hydrophobia & Rabid Animals, first edition, engraved frontispiece, a little foxed, letterpress descriptive leaf of the frontispiece, bookplates of Schwerdt and Douglas Peter Crossman, original boards, paper label to spine, spine rubbed and creased, uncut, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Schwerdt I, p.268 (this copy)], for the Author, 1822 § [Acton (John)] An Essay on Shooting, second edition, bookplate of Douglas Peter Crossman, original boards, ink lettering to spine, spine a little creased and chipped, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, T.Cadell, 1791 § Hawker (Lt. Col. P) Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting, plates and illustrations, frontispiece and little foxed, bookplate of Josiah Spode, original cloth, some very minor bumping to spine ends and corners but a near-fine copy overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 1844; and another, sporting, with Alan Jarvis bookplate, 8vo & 12mo (4)

Flamsteed (John) Historia Coelestis libri duo quorum prior exhibet catalogum stellarum fixarum Britannicum... Oservante... in Observatorio Regio Grenovicensi continua serie ab anno 1676 ad annum 1705 completum, first edition, engraved frontispiece by George Vertue after J.B. Catenaro, engraved dedication by Guernier after Catenaro, engraved headpieces and 4 engraved plates, errata leaf at end, title slightly browned, I1 small tear in margin repaired not affecting text, 3P2 small splash mark in margin, 401 paper flaw in lower margin, 4Z1 small tear in lower margin, 5B1 and F1 small piece of corner torn away, some slight staining in some margins and fly-leaf, E.H. Columbine's copy with his ink signature at head of title, a few 18th century ink notes in margins of catalogue of fixed stars at beginning, another note in Latin on fly-leaf, bound in contemporary panelled calf, with the gilt arms of Queen Anne on both covers (this binding must date from 1712-14 as Queen Anne died in 1714), slightly rubbed, corners and edges repaired, some ink marks on covers, rebacked with the original spine laid down, red morocco label on spine, [Babson 329; Crawford f. 189; Gingerich Rara astronomica 49], J. Mathews, 1712. ⁂ The most important work of eighteenth century astronomy in the extremely rare "surreptitious" edition produced by Edmund Halley. The British Catalogue at the beginning of this work lists thousands of stars and was the most extensive and comprehensive list to date. The history of this edition is fraught with controversy in which Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley secured the publication of this work much against Flamsteed's wishes. Concerned that the edition had amended his work, Flamsteed after the death of Queen Anne in 1714 retrieved 300 of the 400 copies printed and destroyed them: "I made a sacrifice of them to heavenly truth" (Bailey p. 101). He subsequently disposed of any other copies he came across; Gingerich states that only 60 copies survived. Provenance: Edward Henry Columbine (1763-1811), hydrographer and colonial governor; ?Sotheby's Catalogue of the Valuable Library Removed From, The Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, Tuesday, 7th May, 1935 (identified as the same copy with the arms of Queen Anne).

Walpole (Horace) The Works, 5 vol., first collected edition, first issue with half-titles watermarked 1797, engraved portrait, title vignettes and 164 plates (?of 165), 9 folding, with additional p.*549-50 in vol.1 and pp.*221-252 in vol.2, the Earl of Bradford's copy with his ink signature at head of titles and bookplate of Weston Park, some foxing and browning, Oo2 in vol.4 with small wax stain and Eee3 with tear to upper margin, contemporary tree calf, a little rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines and red and green morocco labels, 1798; A Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors of England, 2 vol., second edition, ruled in red, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green labels, a little rubbed, 1759; Anecdotes of Painting in England, vol.1 & 2 only (of 5), engraved title vignettes and 40 plates, old ink signature "Nic. Bonfoy" at head of titles, contemporary calf, rebacked, by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry Hill, 1762 § Richardson (Jonathan) The Works, with half-title ' Supplement to the Hon. Horace Walpole's Anecdotes...', engraved title vignette, 11 engraved plates on pink paper, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with gilt spine, [not printed at Strawberry Hill], 1792, all a little rubbed; and 6 others, Walpole, v.s. (14)

Gay (John) The Shepherd's Week. In Six Pastorals, ?fourth edition, 7 etched plates by Louis du Guernier, old faint ink inscription "Chris. Gunby Coll. Joh." on title, light soiling and staining, mostly to last few leaves, later wrappers, uncut, a little soiled and creased, preserved in later cloth folder and red morocco-backed cloth slip-case with pull-off top, book-labels and bookplates of the Braikenridge Collection (manuscript label), Alfred Matthew Hale, David & Lulu Borowitz, and Michael Curtis Phillips on inside of folder, [Foxon G73], R.Burleigh, 1714 [but possibly 1716]; another edition, fifth edition, 7 etched plates by du Guernier, stitched in original blue wrappers, uncut, preserved in later cloth folder, J. & R.Tonson, 1742, 8vo (2) ⁂ Satire on the pastoral poetry of Ambrose Philips first published in 1714; Foxon suggests that the date on the first is a misprint for 1716.

Pennant (Thomas) The Journey from Chester to London, first edition, engraved vignette title and 22 plates, lightly foxed, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked preserving gilt spine, B.White, 1782; The Literary Life..., stipple-engraved portrait after Gainsborough, 2 engraved plates, one hand-coloured and folding, some with marginal spotting, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Carysfort of Elton Hall, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red and green morocco labels, upper joint repaired, 1793; A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor, half-title, 27 engraved plates, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary half calf, t.e.g., others uncut, 1801, first editions, a little rubbed; and 2 others, Pennant, 4to & 8vo (5)

[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". Hunting Reminiscences, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, 9 maps and 4 plates, modern half green calf, spine gilt with hunting motifs, 1843 § Radcliffe (F.P.Delmé) The Noble Science, 2 engraved plates, wood-engraved additional pictorial title and 7 plates, later half red morocco, spine gilt, g.e., 1839; another edition, 2 engraved plates, wood-engraved additional pictorial title and 7 plates, all hand-coloured, modern half red morocco, spine gilt with hunting motifs, t.e.g., 1875 § Blew (W.C.A.) A History of Steeple-Chasing, 12 hand-coloured plates after Alken, modern half green calf, original pictorial cloth upper cover and spine bound in at end, 1901 § Browne (Hablot K.), "Phiz". Racing and Chasing: The Road, the River and the Hunt, graphotype plates, original pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in morocco, [1864], occcasional light spotting or browning; and another, 8vo & oblong folio (6)

Soane (Sir John) Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed "To George Hibbert Esq. With the author's respectful compliments" on half-title and with "Not Published" at foot, half-title, 3 engraved plans, 12 lithographed and 2 engraved plates, occasional foxing, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, 4to, 1830.

[Percy (Thomas, editor)] Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the Chinese, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece, slightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, gilt centre ornament onlay, rubbed, re-backed with the original spines laid down, rubbed, 8vo, R. and J. Dodsley, 1762.

[Richardson (John)] Seanmora ar na Priom Phoncibh, na Chreideamh... Sermons upon the Principal Points of Religion, Translated into Irish, first edition, titles in English and Irish, text in Irish, penultimate leaf with alphabet, last f. blank, small rust mark on some ff., slightly browned, new endpapers, modern antique style panelled calf, [Bradshaw 6227], 8vo, sm. 8vo, Printed by Elinor Everingham, 1711. ⁂ Rare. A Protestant work to convert the Catholic Irish, printed in Moxon's Irish type.

Africa.- Churchill (Winston Spencer) The River War, 2vol., first edition, second state with typographical correction to vol.2 p.459, half-titles, photogravure frontispieces, 5 plates, 24 maps, of which 20 folding, illustrations, pencil inscription, without the advertisements at the end of vol. 1, occasional faint foxing, contemporary cloth, spine a little rubbed, slight rubbing to extremities, 8vo, London, New York and Bombay, 1899.

[Combe (William)] Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, first edition, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light spotting and offsetting, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt and a little faded, t.e.g., [Abbey, Travel 89; Tooley 415], 1821; The History of Johnny Quae Genus..., first edition, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, errata slip and 8pp. catalogue at end, text browned in parts, some offsetting from plates, book-label of Abel Berland, contemporary red crushed morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, , [Abbey, Life 268; Tooley 413], 1822 § [Papworth (J.B.) & others.] Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, second edition, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary russia, gilt, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Abbey, Scenery 297; Tooley 423], 1813, all plates by or after Thomas Rowlandson, slightly rubbed, R.Ackermann; and a third edition of the first tour of Dr. Syntax, 8vo (4)

Rawstorne (Lawrence) Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game; and an improved method of making Plantations and Covers..., first edition, half-title, 15 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.T.Rawlins heightened with gum arabic, errata slip at end, light foxing to tissue guards and some text leaves, plates generally clean and bright, contemporary olive green morocco with elaborate gilt-tooled border, g.e., slightly faded, spine ends and corners rubbed, [Abbey, Life 392; Tooley 393], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1837.

Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, first edition, original pictorial cloth, light browning along upper joint, first issue dust-jacket with 'First Edition' to foot of upper flap, spine and margins of panel a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped affecting 'The' at head of spine, minor creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, still very good overall, 8vo, New York, 1939.

Larkin (Philip) All What Jazz. A Record Diary 1961-68, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author 'To Donald [Mitchell] who's responsible for it all' with original 4-line poem to front free endpaper, A.L.s. from the author "I really am grateful to you for bringing so much joy into my life, discreetly disguised as review copies" loosely inserted, signed manuscript poem 'Love Songs in Age' to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and creased at head and foot, excellent otherwise, 8vo, 1970. ⁂ "When Coote roared: 'Mitchell! What about this jazz?' Don thought, That's just the talent Philip has; And if he finds it bad or worse At least he'll have less time for writing verse..."

Plays.- Congreve (William) The Double-Dealer, A Comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal, By Their Majesties Servants, first edition, second issue, with G1 in cancelled state, some light browning and spotting, occasional staining, 20th century morocco-backed marbled boards, [Pforzheimer 194; Wing C5847], Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1694 § Sidley (Sir Charles) The Mulberry-Garden, A Comedy. As it is Acted by His Majestie's Servants at the Theatre-Royal, first edition, with initial blank, a few short tears, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 20th century morocco-backed marbled boards, [Pforzheimer 856; Wing S2402], Printed for H[enry] Herringman, 1668 § Banks (John) The Unhappy Favourite: or the Earl of Essex. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal By their Majesty's Servants, first edition, water-stained, [Wing B663], Printed for Richard Bentley and Mary Magnes, 1682; and The British Enchanters, 1706, small 4to (4) ⁂ A good group of 17th and 18th century plays. The Sidley is based on Molière's L'École des Maris.

Darwin (Erasmus) The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts... The Economy of Vegetation... The Loves of the Plants , 2 vol. in 1, first edition of Part I, third edition of Part II, half-titles, 2 engraved frontispieces and 18 plates including 5 by William Blake (one after Fuseli and 4 of the Portland Vase), 2 folding, errata leaf at end of each part, tear to upper margin of title repaired, light foxing to plates, spotting to one or two gatherings, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, J. Johnson, 1791 § Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar, thirteenth edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 folding plates, contemporary signature at head of title and inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, for the Author, 1762; and 3 others, science and natural history, v.s. (5)

Tyndale's Bible.- Bible, English. [The newe Testament of our Sauiour Jesu Christe], The Leicester Harmsworth copy, [Tyndale's version], black letter, numerous 79 woodcuts and numerous woodcut initials and decorations, 274ff. only of 340ff., lacks title (supplied in later facsimile) and all before C3, lacks C8-D1, D8, 2N7, P5-8, and all after R1, C3 extensively soiled, edges torn and repaired, 2 woodcut with holes, other ff. with some some tears (a few repaired), mostly in margins, browned, some blotching, a few ff. with small ink stains, early signature in lower margin, but most ff. in good condition, later endpapers, old bookseller's description on front pastedown, numerous inscriptions on front endpapers relating to provenance, 17th century panelled calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, re-backed in modern calf, new slip-case, [Herbert 99; STC 2867. Luborsky & Ingram, English Illustrated Books 2867], 4to, [London, Richard Jugge], [1552]; sold not subject to return. ⁂ First edition of Tyndale's version with Jugge's revisions and the first of 3 illustrated quarto editions of Tyndale's version. "This handsomely printed revision by the publisher, Richard Jugge, is lavishly illustrated with nearly sixty new cuts in the Gospels and a large title-page portrait of the young king, who awarded the publisher a license to print the book . . . The narrative cuts in the Gospels are apparently the first made specifically for the text of an English Bible"--Luborsky & Ingram, English Illustrated Books. Provenance: Inscription, "R.E. Ford Bedford 1947. bought Harmsworth sale [Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth, first Baronet (1870-1937), businessman and Liberal MP]."

Strutt (Joseph) The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, edited by William Hone, illustrations, occasional spotting, signature of G.F.I.Schwerdt (son of C.F.G.R.Schwerdt the sporting collector and bibliographer) on front free endpaper 1838 § [Surtees (Robert)] Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, first edition, etched frontispiece and 11 plates by Phiz (rather browned and oxidised, frontispiece with marginal staining), 1838 § [Apperley (C.J.)], "Nimrod". The Chace, the Turf, and the Road, first edition in book form, engraved portrait (foxed), 13 plates, 18pp. advertisements at end, some oxidisation to edges of title and plates, 1837, all original cloth, the last two pictorial gilt, rubbed, recased; and 6 racing calendars for 1780, 1813, 1828, 1835, 1841 & 1867-68, 8vo (9)

Shakespeare Forgeries.- Ireland (William Henry) Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare..., first edition, list of subscribers, 20 engraved plates on 19 sheets (one printed on both sides), 3 printed in colours and/or with partial hand-colouring, 6 engraved illustrations in text, rather spotted and browned, modern half straight-grain morocco, spine gilt with red morocco label, uncut, small gilt-stamped vellum book-label of Hon. Thomas Grenville preserved on front pastedown, folio, Cooper & Graham for Mr. Egerton..., 1796.