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Appianus (of Alexandria). Appiano Alexandrino Delle guerre civili de Romani. Tradotto da Messer Alexa[n]dro Braccese Fiorentino nuouamente co[n] somma diligentia impresso, 1st edition, [Florence: per li Heredi di Philippo di Giunta, Nellano del Signore, 1519], collation a-z8, &8, [con]8, [rum]8, A-K8, final leaf K8 present with printer's woodcut device to verso (with few ink marks), occasional early ink underscoring and one or two manuscript annotations, closed tear to D8 at head (without loss), some spotting and light marginal waterstains to front & rear, fine contemporary Florentine gilt decorated calf, incorporating oval cartouche to centre of each board with blind embossed image depicting a chariot rider and horses, with Greek caption around edge of cartouche in gilt, blind rule decoration to spine, lacking ties, some wear to extremities, 8vo A scarce first edition by the Florentine printer Giunta of the Italian translation by Alessandro Braccesi of Appian's history of the Roman civil wars (the first in modern Italian). Attractive contemporary Florentine gilt-decorated binding. No UK institutional location found. (1)

Greene (Graham). A Visit to Morin, Heinemann, 1959, original green cloth (small indentation to spine), dust jacket, some light toning to spine and front panel margins, 8vo Author's presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "For Diana, with love & good wishes for Christmas 1960, from Graham". Limited edition of 250. First published in the London Magazine and then in this edition of 250 copies, which were distributed as gifts to Graham Greene's friends at Christmas 1960. (1)

Raucourt (Antoine). A Manual of Lithography, or Memoir of the Lithographical Experiments made in Paris, at the Royal School..., Translated from the French, by C. Hullmandel, 1st English edition, 1820, two folding lithographed plates (offset to text leaves), some spotting, additional blanks bound in at rear, some with contemporary manuscript notes and a circular pharmacy label (J.B. Trouillet, Paris), contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo Abbey, Life 231. An important book, being the first authoritative account in English of the process of lithography. (1)

Pinter (Harold). Monologue, Covent Garden Press, 1973, original boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition of 100 (this copy unumbered), together with Ten Early Poems, Greville Press Pamphlets, 1992, previous owner signature, original wrappers, 8vo, limited signed edition 43/50, from a total edition of 500, plus Six Poems for A, Greville Press Pamphlets, 2007, previous owner signature, original wrappers, 8vo, limited signed edition 2/50, from a total edition of 300, additionally signed to title, with two publisher's folding proof sheets loosely inserted, the first signed at foot by Pinter, with seven others including Mac, Pendragon Press, 1968, limited edition 27/1000, inscribed "To Clive from Harold, June 1968", A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. The Proust Screenplay, 1978, signed to title, I Know the Place, 1979, limited signed edition 130/500, One for the Road, 1985, signed to title, The Heat of the Day, 1989, signed, The Comfort of Strangers and Other Screenplays, 1990, signed by Pinter and Ian McEwan and War, 2003, signed (10)

[Daniel, Gabriel]. A Voyage to the World of Cartesius. Written Originally in French, and now Translated into English, 1st English edition, Thomas Bennet, 1692, upper double-ruled margin of title excised, few woodcut illustrations to text, spotting, light dust-soiling and few marks, later endpapers with split hinges, contemporary panelled calf, old reback, corners worn & showing, 8vo Wing D201. First appeared in French in 1690. (1)

Daniel (Samuel). The Collection of the History of England, 2nd edition, 1621, decorative woodcut title, close-trimmed at fore-edge, decorative woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional spots and marks, A2 with two small tears at foot (no loss of text), C5 with small burn hole, modern half calf, extremities rubbed, slim folio Second complete edition of Samuel Daniel's historical work, the first part appearing in 1612, and the complete text in 1618. (1)

Wiseman (Richard). Several Chirurgical Treatises, 2nd edition, 1686, some old damp staining, front free endpapers and half-title upper margin inscribed in an early hand with old medical receipts and 'Dr Laurence Heislers Book of Surgery' inscribed to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid and corners restored, folio Garrison & Morton 5573; Norman 2252; both citing the first edition of 1672. (1)

Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha..., nueva edicion corregida por la Real Academia Espana, 4 volumes, Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra Impresor de Camara de S. M. y de la Real Academia, 1780, engraved and printed titles to each volume, engraved portrait of Cervantes by Carmona after Joseph del Castillo, engraved head- and tail-pieces, single folding map, and 31 fine proof engraved plates by Muntaner, Fabregat, Selma, Moles and others after Joseph del Castillo, some light spotting to preliminary leaves, leaf BB2 at rear of first volume with short closed tear to fore-margin, marbled endpapers, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, slightly rubbed and minor wear to joints and extremities, with upper cover to first volume loosening, contained in two modern purpose-made slipcases, large 4to Provenance: From the library of the celebrated bibliophile Granville Penn of Stoke Poges, who purchased a large portion of the library of the English poet Thomas Gray at auction in 1845, and subsequently offered his own library at Sotheby's between 1851 and 1854. A 19th century pencil note to the front of the first volume states 'Fine Impressions - a very large Set - from the 'Extensive and Choice Library - Removed from Buckinghamshire'. (Penn.) - 4 volumes'. Palau 52024. Cohen-De Ricci 218-219. Large Paper copy. Approximately 1600 copies of this edition were printed, with no expense spared on the production, making it one of the major examples of 18th century Spanish typography. (4)

Weaver (Raymond). Black Valley, 1st edition, Viking, New York, 1926, some light spotting, previous owner signature, original cloth, some light soiling and a few spots, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "For Virginia Woolf, in gratitude for a Voyage Out, Raymond Weaver, 23 December 1925". Virginia Woolf wrote an essay on Herman Melville in the 1920's and Weaver wrote the first full biography of Melville in 1921. (1)

Maxwell (James Clerk). A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford, 1873, 20 lithographed plates, some illustrations to text, 15 pp. publisher's catalogue at end of volume 2 with 'Just Published' by entry for this work on p. 10, library tickets 'Wheatstone Collection' to front pastedowns, half-titles with Wheatstone shelf marks in grey pencil and blue pencil deletions, King's College, London oval purple ink stamp to title and upper margin of following leaf in both volumes, small library name stamp to title versos, all in blank areas away from printed text, some occasional finger marks, small paper tear with loss to lower outer corner of p. xxiii/xxiv of volume 1, lacks errata slips, inner hinges broken, original cloth gilt, rubbed, some corner wear, volume 1 torn at head of spine without loss, volume 2 frayed on joints, 8vo First edition, first issue of Maxwell's major work, emphasising the important of electricity to physics as a whole and advancing the hypothesis that light and electricity are the same in their nature. One of the most important discoveries of 19th-century physics, Maxwell here laid the groundwork for Einstein's theory of relativity. Norman 1466; PMM 355; Wheeler Gift 1872. (2)

Joyce (James). Ulysses, 1st edition, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936, printed prospectus (some spotting, dust soiling and fold creases) loosely inserted at front with old rusty paperclip mark to upper margin also affecting first two blank free endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder uncut and largely unopened, original green buckram with Homeric bow gilt on upper cover after a design by Eric Gill, spine and parts of both covers faded, minor marks and corners bumped, 4to Limited edition of 1,000 copies, this 665/900 on japon vellum. Slocum & Cahoon A23. (1)

Lofting (Hugh). Doctor Dolittle's Post Office, 1st edition, 1924, & Doctor Dolittle's Circus, 1st edition, 1925, colour frontispiece, and monochrome illustrations, occasional marks, both original cloth, the first volume rubbed and some marks, with spine lightly discoloured, second volume rubbed and marked, spine somewhat darkened and frayed to head and foot of spine and rear joint, 8vo, together with other late 19th and early 20th century literature and fiction, several folding county maps, a small box of Queen Victoria to George VI coinage, a hand-carved bezique box, Savoy Hotel headed notepaper, a small quantity of photographs, addressed envelopes and a few letters relating to the family and descents of Arthur Ransome, including a carte-de-visite photograph of Teddie, aged 13, by W.U. Kirk of Cowes, etc. Provenance: From a descendant of the author Arthur Ransome. (a carton)

Wyndham (John). The Secret People (pseudonym "John Beynon") 1st edition, [1935], a few light spots, original blue cloth, spine faded, 8vo, (the author's first book), together with The Kraken Wakes, 1st edition, 1953, endpapers with light partial troning, contemporary previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, one or two small chips and closed tears, 8vo, plus Jizzle, 1st edition, 1954, faint water stains at gutter front and rear, light partial toning to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, tiny nicks at spine ends, 8vo, together with other first editions by John Wyndham including The Chrysalids, 1955 (2 copies), The Seeds of Time, 1956, The Outward Urge, 1959, Trouble With Lichen, 1960, Consider Her Ways, 1961, the John Wyndham Omnibus, 1964 and Chocky, 1968 (15)

Fitzherbert (Thomas). The First [& Second] Part of a Treatise concerning Policy, and Religion. Wherein the infirmitie of humane wit is amply declared..., 2 volumes, printed at Doway by Laurence Kellam, 1606, [& printed with Licence of Superiors, 1610], decorative border to titles (volume two title, with faded early ink inscription, trimmed to border and relaid), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional marks, volume one with ink inscription 'I.A. Shapiro, 1944' to front pastedown, volume two a2 upper blank corner repaired, volume one: modern vellum gilt, volume two: contemporary calf, small hole at foot of spine, somewhat worn and rubbed to extremities, 4to ESTC S102248 and S102251 respectively. The First Part was a reissue, with cancel title-page, of the first edition of the same year, lacking Kellam's name in the imprint; the first edition of Part Two. (2)

[Dunton, John]. The Phenix: or a Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces from the Remotest Antiquity down to the Present Times.., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1707, blind embossed armorial to title and few other leaves, some toning and scattered spotting, Macclesfield North Library bookplate to upper pastedowns, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with La Mothe Le Vayer (Francois de), Notitia Historicorum Selectorum; or Animadversions upon the Antient and Famous Greek and Latin Historians..., Translated into English, with some Additions by W[illiam]. D[avenant]., Oxford, 1678, blind embossed armorial to title and few other leaves, light damp fraying to first & last few leaves, front free endpaper cropped at fore-edge, Macclesfield North Library bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, lacking title label, 8vo (Wing L301), with James (George), The Lives and Amours of the Empresses, Contorts to the first Twelve Caesars of Rome..., 1723, title in red & black, blind embossed armorial to title and few other leaves, scattered spotting, Macclesfield North Library bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, 8vo (4)

Wolff (Tobias). Ugly Rumours, 1st edition, 1975, together with The Barracks Thief, 1st edition, 1987, plus The Night in Question, 1st edition, 1996, signed by author to title, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, fine, plus other mostly American literature including first editions in dust jackets, authors include Richard Ford, Garrison Keillor, James Thurber, etc. (32)

Manuscript paper doll book. The History of Little Fanny exemplified in a series of figures, A new Edition, circa 1860s, 14pp. manuscript, including title-page, paper watermarked 1856, with seven cut-out watercolour paper doll figures loosely inserted (no interchangeable head present), front free endpaper with ownership name of J.M. Hobart on verso, front pastedown with paper pocket for figures composed of three flaps decorated with pen & ink border, original card wrappers, with red border to covers, upper cover decorated in watercolour with calligraphic title within floral border, toned, dust-soiled, and a little rubbed, 13.5 x 10.5cm (5.25 x 4ins) 'The History of Little Fanny' was first published by S. & J. Fuller in 1810. This manuscript copy is charmingly executed, with all seven figures present. An accompanying later manuscript note states: 'Hobart family stayed at Hythe were [sic] this book came from. (Note) Edward VII was a personal friend of the Hobart family.' (1)

Bernieres (Louis de). The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, 1st edition, 1990, light marginal toning, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, the author's first book, together with Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord, 1st edition, 1991, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed to title, plus The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman, 1st edition, 1992, previous owner inscription to title, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, with others by Louis de Bernieres including Captain Corelli's Mandolin, 1st edition, 2nd issue (black boards), 1994, signed to title, A Partisan's Daughter, 2008 (limited signed edition 40/100) and A Day Out for Mehmet Erbil, 1999 (copy 'S' of 26 de luxe copies, with two extra prints) (26)

Wells (H.G.). Little Wars. A Game for Boys, 1st edition, 1913, 19 photographs, marginal drawings by J.R. Sinclair, one photograph with piece torn away, some leaves detached with light soiling and spotting, front hinge breaking, original red cloth, inset illustration to upper cover, spine rubbed with some fading, preserved in a custom made black cloth foldover box, small 4to Graham Greene and Hugh Carelton Greene's copy. Signed twice by a juvenile Graham Greene in pencil to front pastedown, and two ink annotations, presumably by Graham Greene to page 46, providing two extra rules for the game. In the first volume of his autobiography A Sort of Life, Graham Greene recounts this copy of Little Wars: "My favourite toys in those days were a clockwork train and lead soldiers... When I was a bit older (about twelve) I would play with Hugh, who was six, an elaborate war game based on H.G. Wells's book Little Wars. In the holidays we were able to use the big tables in the School House dining hall. We would push two tables together and lay out a whole countryside. There were roads marked in chalk and cottages and forests of twigs and rivers which had to be crossed. One game might last a week, with perhaps two hundred men on either side, quick raids by cavalry and slow advances by infantry, measured on lengths of string, melees which led to capture of prisoners, and bombardments with the two 4.2 naval guns. It was 1916, but war was still glamorous to a child". The poor condition of the book shows the extent to which the Greene brothers played with it, with Graham Greene's extra rules 7 and 8 in ink at foot of page 46, "A gun may not fire if there is more than 2 men of its opponents side within 3" of it" and "One can carry two sand bags moving half his move [and] one [sandbag moving] the whole of his move". There are pencil scores from the brothers games to the rear endpapers, under the headings H and G (unsurprisingly the elder Graham always seemed to win), together with a few juvenile drawings which appear to be the six-year old Hugh's work. (1)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, 1913; Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, 1919; The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth & Marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1920; The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, 1920; Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, 1911; A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, 1920, Heinemann, numerous tipped-in coloured plates, with captioned tissue guards, black & white decorations and illustrations in the text, Rhinegold and Siegfried with decorative endpapers, Book of Pictures with a Rackham-designed bookplate printed on front pastedown (not used), some rear free endpapers toned, top edges gilt, textured and decorated semi-limp brown leather, gilt designs to front covers and gilt lettering on spines, five volumes with additional gilt lettering to front cover, four spines with additional gilt decorative elements, minimal rubbing to some extremities, 4to Scarce variant bindings, probably publisher's bindings circa 1920 and perhaps using first edition sheets in some cases. (6)

Blake (William, illustrator). The Triumphs of Temper. A Poem: in six cantos. By William Hayley, 12th edition, corrected. With New Original Designs, by Maria Flaxman, Chichester, J. Seagrave, 1803, six engraved plates by William Blake after Maria Flaxman, minor spotting to plates, with light offsetting to adjacent leaf of text, all edges gilt, contemporary ownership signature of M. Tomkinson to verso of front endpaper, marbled endpapers, near-contemproary straight-grained light brown full morocco, rubbed, 8vo, together with Ballads, by William Hayley, Esq., founded on anecdotes relating to animals, with prints, designed and engraved by William Blake, 1st edition, Chichester, J. Seagrave, for Richard Phillips, 1805, half-title present, 4 (of 5) engraved plates by Blake, lacking the engraved frontispiece, some light soiling to title and text, ownership presentation inscription to front endpaper, dated 1831, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown of Kerr & Richardson of Glasgow, contemporary quarter plain calf, worn with covers detached, vellum outer tips, 8vo, plus Aphorisms on Man: translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, printed for J. Johnson, 1788, engraved frontispiece by Blake after Fuseli, presentation inscription to front endpaper from John Grundy of Lime Field to Ellis Cunliffe, dated 1799, with bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, worn with covers near detached, and others relating to William Blake, including Compositions from the Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod, designed by John Flaxman, engraved by William Blake, 1816-17, Gilchrist, Life of William Blake, 2 volumes, new and enlarged edition, 1880, Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrations by William Blake, 1906, Blake's Songs of Innocence, 1926 & Richard Garnett, William Blake Painter and Poet, 1895 Bentley 471A for the first work. (9)

Batten (J.D., illust.). Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights, edited and arranged by E. Dixon, 1893, large paper copy, decorative half-title, twenty-one plates, nineteen on india paper, numerous black & white illustrations to text, top edge gilt, original gilt lettered cloth, lightly marked, spine faded, 4to, (limited edition, 93/160 copies), together with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Undine, 1st edition, 1909, fifteen tipped-in colour plates, black & white illustrations to text, light spotting to first and last leaves, decorative endpapers, original gilt decorated blue cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, spine faded, 4to, plus Goble (Warwick, illustrator), Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, 1st edition, 1910, forty tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, free endpapers toned, front pastedown with bookplate of 'E.A. Bennett', original gilt decorated blue cloth, lightly rubbed and marked, 4to, plus The Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1913, thirty-two colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, endpapers spotted, front pastedown with contemporary ownership name, associated manuscript letter mounted onto front free endpaper, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, spine with gilt dulled, 4to (4)

Maugham (W. Somerset). Liza of Lambeth, 1st edition, 1897, 5 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, endpapers toned, original green cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo The author's first book. (1)

Palladio (Andrea). The First Book of Architecture..., translated out of Italian, with an Appendix touching doors and windows, by Pr. Le Muet, Architect to the French King. Translated into English, by Godfrey Richards, 12th edition, corrected and enlarged, with a new model of the cathedral of St. Paul, London, printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch..., 1733, additional engraved title, printed title in red and black, 70 engraved plates, including several folding, single printed advertisement leaf at end, folding plate to Chapter 52 at Dd3 now attached to front endpaper, early engraved bookplate to front pastedown with the motto La Vie Durante, contemporary sprinkled full blind-ruled plain calf, joints partly cracked, small 4to Harris 682. (1)

Tipping (H. Avray). English Homes Periods I and II-Vol. II, Mediaeval and Early Tudor, 1066-1558, 1st edition, 1937, black and white illustrations, mostly from photographs, original cloth in torn and soiled dust jacket, folio, together with Nelson (John), The History of Islington, A Facsimile of the First Edition (1811), 1980, black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and faded, 4to, (limited edition, 152/1000 copies), plus Platt (Colin), The Architecture of Medieval Britain, A Social History, Photographs by Anthony Kersting, 1st edition, Yale University Press, 1990, colour and black and white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus Sandon (Eric), Suffolk Houses, A Study of Domestic Architecture, 1st edition, Woodbridge, 1977, colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, small folio, plus other mostly dust-jacketed London and British architectural interest including some HMSO publications, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spines (50)

Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1st edition, John Murray, 1859, folding lithograph diagram at page 117, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, dated June 1859 (Freeman's variant 'a'), original light brown chalk-glazed endpapers (previous owner signature of Suzie Sherwin to front endpaper), half title, title and first few leaves detached (light crease mark to half title), short closed tear to page 397, a few light spots, mainly at front (main text generally clean) front hinges breaking at front and tender at rear, original green blindstamped cloth gilt by Edmonds & Remnants, with their ticket to rear pastedown, spine a little rubbed with slight rippling, wormhole at foot of first triangle, two other very small wormholes, spine ends rubbed with small tears (small loss at head), short splits to lower joint, some light edge wear, mainly to corners, a few small light stains to covers, 8vo The most important biology book ever published. Darwin's achievement "is the most powerful and comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on earth. It helps us understand our origins... We are part of a total process, made of the same matter and operating by the same energy as the rest of the cosmos, maintaining and reproducing by the same mechanism as the rest of life..." (Sir Julian Huxley). In his conclusion, Darwin states "There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a begining endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved". All 1250 copies of the first edition were taken up on the day of publication. Dibner 199; Freeman 373; Garrison & Morton 220; Grolier 23b; PMM 344. (1)

Grimm (Jakob & Wilhelm). Kinder- und Haus-M„rchen. Gesammelt durch die Brder Grimm, 3 volumes, Berlin: G. Reimer, 1819-1822, engraved frontispieces and additional engraved title-pages (by Ludwig Emil Grimm) to volumes 1 and 2, spotting and browning throughout, some old marginal damp stains to volume 1 and ink stain affecting text block fore-edge only, modern rexine-backed marbled boards with spine labels lettered in gilt, square 8vo (127 x 102mm) Second edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales, and first illustrated edition, originally published in two separate volumes in 1812 and 1814 respectively; this is the first appearance of the third volume which contains the sources of the tales and a commentary. Uncommon. (3)

[Blake, William, illustrator]. The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper..., Esqr., with an introdutory letter to the Right Honorable Earl Cowper, by William Hayley, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Chichester, printed by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson, 1803-04, 5 engraved plates by William Blake, including portrait frontispiece of William Cowper to first volume, and View of St. Edmund's Chapel to third volume, with imprint partially trimmed, a clean copy with wide margins, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed and some marks to extremities, 4to Provenance: Archibald 13th Earl of Eglinton (1812-1861), organiser of the famous medieval re-enactment of 1839, the Eglinton Tournament, with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, page 85. The plates were printed by Blake's wife Catherine on their own press, as Blake stated in a letter to his brother James of 30th June 1803. Large Paper copy, printed on Whatman paper (watermarked and dated 1801), and described as 'uncommon' by Easson & Essick, William Blake book illustrator, 1972, page 38. (3)

[Wesley, John]. The Desideratum: Or, Electricity made Plain and Useful, printed by W. Pine, Bristol, 1771, a little spotting and dust-soiling, disbound and stitching partially broken, 12mo A scarce edition of a pamphlet first published in 1760. Wesley discusses the use of electricity in free medical clinics, which he had established for the poor in Bristol and London. He combined treatment for illness with spiritual evangelism. (1)

Cooper (Astley). Illustrations of Diseases of the Breast, in Two Parts, Part I [all published], 1st edition, 1829, 8 hand-coloured lithographic plates and 1 plain plate on india, some spotting, corner tears with loss to upper outer corners of first few leaves (title-page restored), modern half cloth gilt with marbled boards, slim 4to Garrison & Morton 5769; Norman 511. (1)

Lang (Andrew, editor). The Blue Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1889, eight plates, including frontispiece, and numerous letterpress illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, very occasional light spotting and one or two corners slightly creased, front hinge split, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, some minor rubbing and faint marks, 8vo A good copy of the first title in Andrew Lang's Fairy Book series. (1)

White (Antonia). Frost in May, 1st edition, Desmond Harmsworth, 1933, some scattered pencil proof corrections with their page references to rear endpaper in an unidentified hand, signed presentation inscription from the author to her second husband to front free endpaper, 'To Eric [Earnshaw Smith], with love from Toni', and dated in her hand at foot 14 June 1933, original cream cloth lettered in red, spine partially toned and a little soiled at head and foot, original dust jacket, slightly browned and soiled, spine partly faded, a little chipped and split at extremities with a little loss along upper margins and inner flap detached, 8vo The author's first novel. (1)

Amis (Kingsley). Lucky Jim, 1st edition, 1953, a little light spotting, original gren cloth (some fading to spine, mainly at ends), dust jacket, spine split in two with losses, a few other tears along folds and chips, 8vo The author's acclaimed first novel. (1)

Fortune (Robert). Two Visits to the Tea Countries of China and the British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya..., 2 volumes, 3rd edition, John Murray, 1853, wood engraved frontispiece to each volume (both laid down to front pastedown), additional decorative and printed titles to each volume, single folding engraved map at rear of first volume, wood engraved plates and illustrations, original gilt-decorated cloth, slightly rubbed and a few minor marks (generally a good copy), 8vo (2)

Beckett (Samuel). Whoroscope, 1st edition, Hours Press, Paris, 1930, a few light spots, small light stain at foot ot colophon, original red printed wrappers with white wraparound band, staples rusted, light marginal water stain and soiling to panels, 8vo Limited edxition 93/100, signed by the author from a total edition of 300. The author's first separately published work. (1)

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Fellowship of the Ring, being the first part of the Lord of the Rings, 1st edition, George Allen & Unwin, 1954, folding map at rear printed in red and black, minor browning to endpapers, original red cloth, covers with some damp discolouration to front edges (front cover with approximately half the surface area affected), in slightly soiled and frayed dust wrapper (price unclipped), spine darkened and with very minor loss to extremities, 8vo (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, 1st edition, Warne, [1918], with 'London' printed correctly on the title-page, and p.39 with quotation marks before first line, colour illustrations, one or two marks, a few leaves with slight surface loss (one leaf with loss of two letters), pictorial endpapers, original grey boards with mounted colour illustration to upper cover, 12mo, together with The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1st edition, Warne, 1909, p.14 with noticeboard still present, colour illustrations, frontispiece with ink ownership annotations to blank recto, pictorial endpapers, original brown boards with mounted colour illustration to upper cover, spine detached at lower joint, 12mo, plus The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, 1st edition, Warne, 1910, colour illustrations, a few minor marks, hinge split between half-title and frontispiece (the latter with vertical crease at gutter), pictorial endpapers, original blue-grey boards with mounted colour illustration to upper cover, somewhat rubbed and marked, 12mo (3)

Halfpenny (William and John). Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste, being designs entirely new for the decoration of gardens, parks, forrests, insides of houses, &c. on Sixty Copper Plates with full instructions for workmen, 2nd edition, printed for & sold by Robt Sayer, 1752, engraved title (some soiling and small loss to upper and lower outer corners, 60 copper engraved plates, including some folding, some minor marks, marginal soiling to first and last few leaves, later 19th century quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed and marked, 8vo Archer 134.2. Harris, British Architecture 301. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st trade edition, 1903, colour plates, repeat endpapers (front endpaper detached), stitching breaking, a few leaves loosening, a few light finger marks, front hinge broken, original dark green cloth, upper cover with inset illustration, some wear and losses to spine, 16mo, together with The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, colour plates, title vignette coloured-in, stiching breaking, first few leaves detached, previous owner signature to title, some soiling, front hinge broken, small nicks to fore edges, original cloth, upper cover with inset illustration, upper joint splitting in places, 16mo, with 10 other Beatrix Potters, reprints etc (12)

Potter (Beatrix, illust.). Making Fun for Everyone, written by Clifton Bingham & E. Nesbit, 1st edition, Ernest Nister, [1895], colour and sepia illustrations throughout, some full-page, including a vignette of a rabbit leaving home in the snow wearing a red jacket, carrying a green umbrella, and with a basket over his arm, by Beatrix Potter, some soiling and juvenile colouring, patterned endpapers, free endpapers slightly chipped at edges, early manuscript ownership names to recto and verso of front free endpaper (former dated 1895), hinges split, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, and some trivial edge-wear, 4to Rare Nister publication containing one of Beatrix Potter's earliest published illustrations of a rabbit. There are only two copies on COPAC (British Library, Cambridge University). We have traced only one other copy sold at auction (2005). On May 25th 1894 Ernest Nister sent a letter in response to some drawings offered him by Beatrix Potter: "I fear we cannot keep more than three of the other designs - the cat with the tea set, the mouse knitting, and the rabbit with the umbrella and basket. For these we should be pleased to pay you 7/6 a piece if you can see your way to take it." Beatrix accepted this offer, and the rabbit with umbrella appears in this 1895 publication. A set of frog drawings were discussed in the same exchange of correspondence, and these the publisher eventually bought (after much haggling over price in which the artist held her ground) and these were subsequently published in 'Comical Customers' (1896) and 'Nister's Holiday Annual for 1896'. Much later Potter was to write 'Nister was an unattractive German (?) Firm - but it was my first start at anything published'. (Linder, The History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter', pp.175-78) (1)

Glanvill (Joseph). Philosophia Pia; or, a Discourse of the Religious Temper, and Tendencies of the Experimental Philosophy, which is profest by the Royal Society. To which is annext a Recommendation, and Defence of Reason in the Affairs of Religion, 1st edition, J. Macock for James Collins, 1671, first & last blanks present, contemporary sheep, worn at foot of spine, 8vo (Wing G817), together with La Bruyere (Jean de), The Characters, or the Manners of the Age. With the Characters of Theophrastus, Translated from the Greek..., 2 parts in one, 1st English edition, John Bullord, 1699, contemporary inscription to front pastedown 'Josias Calnady May 7th 1699', contemporary panelled calf, 8vo (Wing L104), plus one other (3)

Dexter (Colin). Last Bus to Woodstock, 1st edition, 1975, usual toning to text block, original cloth, dust jacket, a few small nicks, short closed tear to rear panel, small reinforcements to verso, 8vo The author's first book and debut of Inspector Morse. (1)

Naipaul (V.S.). The Mystic Masseur, 1st edition, 1957, light marginal water stain to pastedowns, original cloth, dust jacket, spine faded to green, a few light spots, 8vo The author's first book. (1)

Golding (William). A Moving Target, 1st edition, 1982, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, slight creasing at spine ends, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to fellow author on front endpaper: "For Ingmar J. Bjorksten, with best wshes from William Golding [his address beneath], 16/10/83". The presentee, Ingmar Bjorksten (1936-2002) was a Finnish-born Swedish author and Nobel Prize committee member, the Nobel prize for literature was awarded to Golding two months after the inscription "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world today". He was the first British Nobel laureate since Sir Winston Churchill in 1953. (1)

Purchas (Samuel). Purchas, His Pilgrimage. Or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the Creation unto this present. In foure Partes. This first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the Islands adjacent, printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1613, [xxviii] + 752 pages (lacking the 22 pages of index at end), title with plain double-rule outer border (some marks and soiling, and small hole towards centre of leaf, with minor loss), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional marks to text (generally in clean condition, with good margins), contemporary calf, somewhat worn with joints cracked, and some loss to spine, folio STC 20505. Sabin 66678. First edition of the first book of this classic early travel account, divided into nine books, of which the eighth book covers North America and the ninth book South America and the West Indies (pages 601 to 752). (1)

Ransome (Arthur). A collection of books and letters relating to Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), including 1st editions Bohemia in London, 1907 (1st UK and US editions), A History of Story-Telling, 1909, The Book of Friendship, circa 1909 (two copies, one in dust jacket), The Elixir of Life, 1915, The Crisis in Russia, 1921, "Racundra's" First Cruise, 1st US edition, 1923, Pigeon Post, 1st US edition, 1937, We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, 2nd impression, 1937, Missee Lee, 1941, Great Northern?, 1947 and Roger Wardale's Arthur Ransome and the World of the Swallows and Amazons, 2000 (signed limited edition of 500), together with a quantity of related books, some reprints, biographies, illustrated editions etc, and two files of correspondence from Arthur Ransome collector and enthusiast John Cowen of Ransome Books, to various collectors, plus John Cowen's own book 'A Ransome Book-Case', 2000 (approx 100)

Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physitian Enlarged; with Three Hundred, Sixty and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs That were not in any Impression until this..., 1681, first few leaves with light dampstain to fore-edges, last few leaves slightly soiled, modern calf, small 8vo ESTC R29495 notes that this edition begins with gathering C; title-page is C2, this copy lacks C1 (blank). (1)

Lull (Ramon). Arbor scientiae venerabilis et caelitus illuminati Patris Raymundi Lullii Maioricensis, liber ad omnes scientias utilissimus, n.p., 1515 (but about 1630), [vi],681,[xviii]pp., large woodcut to title and 17 woodcut illustrations to text (2 full-page), A1 (first page of 'Prooemium') with early french owner's inscription at foot, B1 & K3 torn to lower outer blank corner, closed tear to Ee2 without loss, wormholes to top margin of pp.429-443, 591-627 (without loss) and worm trail to pages 654 to the end of volume with some loss of letters, some dampstaining throughout and occasional spotting, French bookplate 'Bibliotheque de M. de Barante' to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, upper joint cracked, wear to right edge of upper board with slight loss of leather, 4to Adams L1695 (dating to about 1595); Baudrier XI, 108, "Réimpression faite posterieurement, plus d'un siècle après'. Reprint of the Lyon edition of 1515. As in many works by Lull the attribution is problematic. (1)

Swinburne (Henry). Travels in the Two Sicilies, in the Years 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, 1790, folding engraved frontispiece map to first volume, folding table, 2 folding engraved maps and plans to second volume, and 20 folding engraved views, including larger panoramas of Palermo and Messina, one leaf of text to third volume with large closed vertical tear towards outer margin (N7, page 189-90), without loss, marbled endpapers, contemporary uniform full tree calf gilt, with contrasting red and green morocco spine labels, 8vo Pine-Coffin, British and American Travel in Italy, 773. The first edition appeared in 1783-85 in 4to. Fine copy in contemporary binding. (4)

Hooke (Robert). Philosophical Experiments and Observations..., edited by William Derham, 1st edition, 1726, 4 engraved plates including 2 folding, browned, woodcut illustrations and diagrams to text, publisher's advert leaf at rear, a little spotting and soiling at front and rear, contemporary panelled calf, some wear, lower joint cracked and upper cover detached, 8vo First edition of some of Hooke's papers on various scientific subjects, here arranged in a chronological order and interspersed with papers by other virtuosos. Keynes 36; Norman 1102; Wheeler Gift 262. (1)

Leon (Donna). Death at La Fenice, 1992, Death in a Strange Country, 1993, both UK 1st editions, both original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus 9 further Donna Leon volumes, all 1st editions, signed by the author, together with Murakami (Haruki), The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, 1st UK edition, 1991, original cloth in dust jacket, Kafka On The Shore, limited edition 182/1000, 2005, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, limited edition 694/1000, 2006, both signed by the author to the limitation pages, both original cloth in slipcases, 8vo, and other modern first edition fiction and literature, including Walter de la Mare, Desmond Bagley, A.S. Byatt, Isabel Allende, Joanna Trollope, all original cloth in dust jackets, some signed by the authors, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Nicholson (William). A Dictionary of Chemistry..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1795, 4 engraved plates including 2 folding at rear of volume 1, some light uniform browning to volume 2, contemporary polished calf gilt with contrasting leather labels to spines, slightly rubbed, 4to The first dictionary of chemistry by an Englishman. (2)

Hotten (John Camden). Bibliographical Account of Nearly Fifteen Hundred Curious and Rare Books, Tracts, MSS., and Engravings, Relating to the History and Topography of Yorkshire, privately printed, [1863], black & white illustrations, manuscript notes tipped-in front and rear, few ink stamps to interleaved blanks, some light spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, one of only 50 copies (with a facsimile limited edition copy pub. A. Jackson, Leeds, 1970), together with A Catalogue of the Library of Wakefield Books in the Possession of Charles Skidmore, privately printed, 1897, a few spots, author's compliments bookplate, original moire cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Monthly Catalogue of Books, Prints, Mss., Antiquities, Coins &c. on Sale by Henry T. Wake, Antiquarian Bookseller, 1897-1911, numerous numbered lithograph facsimile catalogues, illustrations, some light toning, contemporary morocco-backed boards, 8vo, with other bibliography including A Catalogue of a Valuable and Select Collection of Books, containing Several Unique and Rare Articles..., now on Sale... at Thomas Edwards's Bookseller in Halifax, 1821, Robert Davies's A Memoir of the York Press, 1868, The Lancashire Library, 1875, and Charles Federer's Yorkshire Chap-Books, First Series (all published), 1889 (a carton)

Maugham (W. Somerset). Ashenden or the British Agent, 1st edition, 1928, original blue cloth, near fine dust jacket, with small loss at head of spine and slight toning to spine, contained in custom made morocco-backed foldover box, 8vo A fine copy of the author's highly influential collection of espionage stories, based on his own experiences in British Intelligence during the First World War, inspiring many later writers in the genre including Ian Fleming, John Le Carre, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, Len Deighton among others. (1)

The Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales; Containing Descriptions of Whatever is Most Remarkable in Several Counties. Interspersed with Many Pleasant Adventures..., Written by Himself, printed for R. Amey, 1st edition, 1746, folding engraved map frontispiece hand-coloured in outline (with short closed tear), lacks half-title, some spotting and light browning, scattered old ink inscriptions and doodlings, recent quarter calf, 12mo Osborne, p.192. Osborne: 'Written in a jocular vein, as an autobiographical account by the conceited little hero who set out on the first of April from Hyde Park Corner'. (1)NB : Amendment - The folding map is not the original by Cowley, but a mid-19th century replacement

Milne (Alan Alexander). When We Were Very Young, 3rd edition, Methuen, 1924, numerous illustrations by E.H. Shepard, some spotting and marks, free endpapers toned, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original gilt decorated dark blue cloth, spine ends and gilt rubbed, lower cover with some damp markings, 8vo Signed by Ernest H. Shepard on the title-page. Published just two months after the first edition. (1)

Ferri (Alfonso). De ligni sancti multiplic medicina, & vini exhibitione, libri quatuor, 2nd edition, Basel: Bebel, 1538, printer's woodcut device to title, some dampstaining mostly to margins, occasional spotting, 18th century speckled sheep, insect hole to lower panel of spine, 8vo Durling 1507; Wellcome I, 2240. The first edition was published at Rome in 1537, a treatise on the medicinal uses written by Pope Paul III's chief surgeon. Includes the treatment of syphilis, and the benfits of the guaiacum tree of the West Indies. (1)

Gurney (Ivor, 1890-1937). Severn & Somme, 1st edition, 1917, author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, 'To Marion Scott, dear friend and good business agent, November 6th 1917', two poems ('Purple and Black' and 'Song at Morning') inscribed 'To Marion Scott' in the author's holograph to upper margins, further poems inscribed by Gurney with place of composition at foot of page or poem, 'Carol' "Chelmsford"; 'Strange Service', "Written in trenches, July 1916 (the same day as "By a Bierside")"; 'Serenity', "Written in trenches?"; 'Letters', "In trenches"; 'Strafe', "In trenches"; 'June - to - come', "In trenches, March 1917"; 'Song at Morning', "In trenches"; 'Sonnets 1917 (The Memory of Rupert Brooke) 5. England the Mother', "In trenches", small cutting tipped on to rear endpaper, original cloth with printed paper label to spine (rubbed and slightly soiled), spine faded and label chipped with some loss, together with War's Embers and Other Verses, 1st edition, 1919, author's signed presentation inscription to half-title, 'To M.M.S. [the book's dedicatee], to whose encouragement this and my first book are due, from the diffident but grateful author, Ivor Gurney, June 1919', half-title and final page browned, original boards with printed paper label to spine, rubbed, spine darkened and chipped at foot, small tear to upper joint and label torn with slight loss (spare label at rear of volume retained), both 8vo Having enlisted as a private soldier in the Gloucestershire regiment in February 1915, Gurney began writing poetry seriously at the front, sending poems to his close friend, the musicologist and critic Marion Scott, who worked with Gurney as his editor and business manager. While writing the poems for what would become his first book 'Severn and Somme' he was wounded in the shoulder in April 1917. However, he returned to battle and continued to work on his book and composing music. He was gassed in September 1917 and sent to the Edinburgh War Hospital. His book was published in November 1917. Scott continued to champion Gurney's music and poetry throughout Gurney's mentally troubled life up until her own death in 1953. Scott helped Gurney deal with his doctors, made decisions about his care, took him on trips and provided financial support. After Gurney's death in 1937 she gained full control of his estate and their biographies are covered in Pamela Blevins, 'Ivor Gurney & Marion Scott: Song of Pain and Beauty' (2008). Important association copies. (2)

Searle (Ronald). Forty Drawings, 1st edition, CUP, 1946, monochrome illustrations, previous owner inscription, original limp boards, small split at upper joint, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Souls in Torment, 1st edition, 1953, black and white illustrations, previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, a little rubbed with small chips, 4to, plus The Rake's Progress, 1st edition, 1955, black and white illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, small tears to spine, 4to, with others illustrated by Ronald Searle including Co-Operation in a University Town, by W. Henry Brown, [1939], (Searle's first illustrated book), The Inconstant Moon, by Noel Langley, 1949, Whizz for Atoms, 1956, The Big City, 1958, The St Trinian's Story, 1959, and USA for Beginners, 1959 (48)

John (W.D.). The Nantgarw Porcelain Album, Ceramic Book Company, Newporrt, 1975, colour illustrations, previous owner signature, a few spots to enfpapers, top edge gilt, original tan morocco gilt, 4to, together with In Search of James Giles (1718-1780), by Gerald Coke, 1983, colour and monochrome illustrations, original morocco gilt, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 244/250, with other ceramic related including W.D. John's William Billingsley (1758-1828), 1968, Nicholas Gent's The Shapes and Patterns of the Pinxton China Factory 1796-1813, 1996 (signed) and Joan Jones' Minton. The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, 1993 (15)