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EDNA HIBEL (AMERICAN, 1917-2014) 'Finnish Mother and Child', oil and charcoal on silk, signed lower left, 80cm x 44cm, together with Edna Hibel Gallery (Palm Beach) certificate of authenticity; also a book, Pedrick, Kay. Edna Hibel, An Album and Biography, first edition, 1985, soft covers, illustrations throughout, SIGNED BY ARTIST.

[TRANSPORT]. RAILWAY Approximately fifty-two volumes, hardback and softback, including Awdry, Christopher. Brunel's Broad Gauge Railway, first edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Sparkford, 1992, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and Cooksey, Laurie. The Rye & Camber Tramway. A Centenary History, first edition, Plateway Press, Brighton, 1995, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto.

[TRANSPORT]. RAILWAY Approximately sixty-three assorted volumes, hardback and softback, including Vaughan, John. Branches & Byways - Cornwall, Oxford Publishing Co., first edition, Hersham, 2002, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and Robertson, Kevin, and Abbot, David. G.W.R. The Badminton Line. A Portrait of a Railway, first edition, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1988, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. SHIPPING & OTHER Green, Colin. Severn Traders. The West Country Trows and Trowmen, first edition, Black Dwarf Publications, Lydney, 1999, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; March, Edgar. Spritsail Barges of Thames and Medway, Percival Marshall, London, 1948, blue cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; Clark, Roy. Black Sailed Traders. The Keels & Wherries of Norfolk & Suffolk, second impression, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; and nine other works, (12).

[HISTORY]. WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS Wailes, Rex. The English Windmill, first edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1954, cloth, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, octavo; Beedell, Suzanne. Windmills, second impression, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1979, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, square quarto; and fourteen other works, including booklets, (16).

[HISTORY]. INDUSTRIAL ARCHAELOGY & OTHER Cornwell, John. The Bristol Coalfield, first edition, Landmark Publishing Ltd, Ashbourne, 2003, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Cornwell, John. Collieries of Somerset & Bristol, first edition, Landmark Publishing Ltd, Ashbourne, 2001, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Barton, D.H. The Cornish Beam Engine, reprint, Cornwall Books, Exeter, 1989, boards, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, octavo; and twenty-four other works, (27).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, eleventh impression, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1978, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; The Two Towers, tenth impression, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1978, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; The Return of the King, tenth impression, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1978, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; with Forester, C.S. Hornblower and the Hotspur, first edition, Joseph, London, 1962, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and thirteen other works, including those by Henry Williamson, Nevil Shute and W.W. Jacobs, (17).

[TRANSPORT]. RAILWAY Martin, Terry. Halfway to Heaven... The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1879-2000, limited edition 855/2000, Rail Romances, Chester, circa 2000, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Hauck, Cornelius, editor, et al. The South Park Line. A Concise History (Colorado Rail Annual No.12), second impression, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado, 1979, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Wilkins, Tivis. A History of The Florence & Cripple Creek and Golden Circle Railroads (Colorado Rail Annual No.13),first edition, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado, 1976, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and thirty-nine other works, including booklets and annuals, (41).

[MISCELLANEOUS]. AVIATION & OTHER James, Derek. Schneider Trophy Aircraft 1913-1931, first edition, Putnam, London, 1981, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Barker, Ralph. The Schneider Trophy Races, Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, 1981, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Foster, Michael. Hornby Dublo Trains, reprint, New Cavendish Books, London, 2000, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; and twelve other works, (15).

[HISTORY] Latham, Robert, & Matthews, William, editors. The Diary of Samuel Pepys, five volumes, first editions, Bell & Sons, London, 1970-71, boards, dustjackets, frontispieces, octavo; Clarendon, Edward Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, three volumes in six, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1819, quarter cloth with paper labels to spines, octavo; Evelyn, John. Diary and Correspondence, edited by William Bray, four volumes, new edition, Bohn, London, 1859, blind-stamped blue cloth, frontispieces and further plate illustrations, octavo; Pepys, Samuel. Diary and Correspondence, four volumes, sixth edition, Bohn, London, 1858, blind-stamped blue cloth, frontispieces and further plate illustrations, octavo; and a further three works, (22).

[TRANSPORT]. SHIPPING Greenhill, Basil. The Merchant Schooners, two volumes, new and revised editions, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968, boards, dustjackets, plate illustrations, octavo; Marquardt, Karl Heinz. The Global Schooner, Origins, Development, Design and Construction, 1695-1845, first edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 2003, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Campbell, George. China Tea Clippers, reptint, Adlard Coles, London, 1989, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and eighteen other works, (22).

[TRANSPORT]. AVIATION The Light Plane and Private Owner, Vol. 1 Nos 1-15 (Dec. 1946 - Mar. 1948), bound as one, navy cloth; Ethell, Jeffrey. Komet. The Messerschmitt 163, first edition, Sky Books Press Ltd, New York, 1978, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Jenkins, Dennis. Magnesium Overcast. The Story of the Convair B-36, first edition, Speciality Press, North Branch, 2001, pictorial boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and forty-five other works, (48).

[CHILDRENS]. BIGGLES Johns, Captain W.E. Biggles Sweeps the Desert, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1942, colour frontispiece, eight black and white illustrations (including two double-spread), pale blue cloth (mildew marked; spine dulled and with nicked head; ownership inscription to front free endpaper), octavo; Johns, Captain W.E. Biggles 'Fails to Return', first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1943, colour frontispiece, fifteen black and white illustrations by Stead (including one double-spread), pale blue cloth (mildew marked; spine dulled; ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso), octavo; Johns, Captain W.E. Biggles Second Case, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1948, cream boards (front free endpaper with excised corner and ownership inscription), colour frontispiece, further black and white full-page and text illustrations by Stead, octavo; and a further five Biggles titles, none first editions, including two paperbacks, (8).

[TRANSPORT]. MOTORING Cox, Dave. Ave Atque Vale. The Story of the Vale Special, first edition, Martin Publications, 2006, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Jenkinson, Denis. From Chain Drive to Turbocharger. The A.F.N. Story, first edition, Stephen, Wellingborough, 1984, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and assorted other works, including booklets, (42).

[CHILDRENS] Blyton, Enid. The Famous Five Big Book, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1964, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works, comprising titles by Blyton, Richmal Crompton, Arthur Ransome and others, (47).

A boxed EFE (Exclusive First Editions) 'The Tate & Lyle Story' vehicle set, a boxed 1999 limited edition 'Guinness' set, a boxed 'Raleigh' limited edition vehicle set, a framed and glazed Matchbox 'Models of Yester Year' limited edition 'Preston Tramcar' set and further boxed vehicles to include vanguards.

Robert Parsons; a 1641 Charles I edition of 'Leicester's Common-Wealth', first written in the reign of Elizabeth I, original title, 'The Copie of a Leter Wryten by a Master of Cambrige' 1584. A scholars' book circulated in Elizabethan England which attacked Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, the book in the form of a dialogue between a Cambridge lawyer and a gentleman pleading for religious tolerance. The work was read as Roman Catholic propaganda against the political and religious policy of Elizabeth I's reign, especially the Puritan sympathies held by Leicester, also contains references to Leicester's reputed monstrous sexual appetite and his new wife's lewd private life.

Manuscript - Mariners Magazine. An illustrated manuscript written by Robert Tillidge, circa 1742, being largely neat transcription of sections of Captain Samuel Sturmy's Mariners Magazine (first published 1669), containing information on the Julian calendar, trigonometry, sailing and navigation, artificial fireworks, etc., written and illustrated with diagrams and vignettes on 109 leaves, mostly to rectos only, and including as original work 14 full-page pen and ink and watercolour illustrations including self portrait with globes and instruments, and a final amusing deathbed scene, some browning and dust-soiling, a few tears and old repairs with slight loss at front and rear, later half calf over marbled boards, heavily rubbed, folio (277 x 185 mm) A curious and interesting manuscript, that appears to be largely direct transcriptions of text and problems in Sturmy's work which reached its fourth edition in 1700. The illustrations are all, or mostly original works, and beside the self portraits include illustrations of artillery 'fire works'. The colophon beneath the deathbed scene at the end gives Tillidge's age as 25 on completion of the manuscript on 2nd June 1743. (1)NB. Please note the quantity of full-page illustrations has been amended from 40 to 14.

Bourne (John C., 1814-1896). Paddington Terminus, pencil and sepia wash on card, showing figures and horse-drawn vehicles in front of the arcaded exterior of Paddington Station, pencil captions 'Vynette' and 'Paddington Terminus' to lower margin and below image respectively, some spotting and marks, closed tear in lower margin encroaching 1" into foreground, edge of sheet with pin holes (outside image), image size 31 x 45.5cm (12.25 x 18ins), sheet size 38 x 53cm (15 x 21ins), together with a copy of The History and Description of the Great Western Railway, by John C. Bourne, David & Charles Reprints, 1970, original cloth in slightly torn and stained dustjacket, large folio British artist, engraver and photographer John Cooke Bourne is best known for his lithographs showing the construction, infrastructure and scenery of the railways. His important work on the Great Western Railway was first published by David Bogue in 1843, with a subsequent, more commonly known edition, in 1846. This watercolour is a preparatory sketch for the vignette which appears at the end of the Preface, entitled in the book 'Paddington Station'. (2)

Molinier (Etienne). A Mirrour for Christian States: or, A Table of Politick Vertues considerable amongst Christians, translated into English, by William Tyrwhit, 1st edition, printed by Thom. Harper, 1635, [24], 216, 219-361 pages (complete), woodcut initials, contemporary sprinkled plain calf, with double-blind ruled border to each cover, a little rubbed and marked and 2 small paper labels to head and foot of spine, small 4to STC 18003. Provenance: Macclesfield Library, Shirburn Castle, with large bookplate to front pastedown for the South Library, and press mark 161.B.29. The first English edition of Molinier's Politiques Chrestiennes, published in Paris in 1621, in which the author provides a Christian for those involved in politics. (1)

Montagu (Richard). Diatribae upon the First Part of the Late History of Tithes, 1st edition, Felix Kyngston for Matthew Lownes, 1621, woodcut initials and ornaments, Y1 with marginal repair, B1 reinforced at gutter, and at front and rear, a little light soiling, early ownership signatures of Matthias Swallow, later signature of Ed. Grove, contemporary limp vellum, spine with manuscript title, lacking ties, some soiling, small 4to, together with Priestley (Joseph), The Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity Illustrated; Being an Appendix to the Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit. To which is Added and Answer to the Letters on Materialism, and on Hartley's Theory of the Mind, 1st edition, 1777, errata leaf, advertisement leaf at end, lacking half title, a little light soiling, later calf-backed boards, 8vo First work STC 18037. (2)

[Norden, John]. The Surveiors Dialogue, Very Profitable for all men to peruse, but especially for all Gentlemen, or any other Farmar, or Husbandman, that shall either have occasion, or be willing to buy or sell Lands: As in the ready and perfect Surveying of them, with the manner and methode of keeping a Court of Survey with many excellent rules, and familiar tables to that purpose, printed for I. Busby, 1610, woodcut diagrams and initials, front blank with signature 'A', erratic pagination, some light spotting and soiling, light marginal water stain, some fraying to front blank and title, early ownership signature of Thomas Staveley at head of title (possibly the antiquary and historian of Leicester, 1626-1684), contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, later stitching to joints, some soiling and small losses to spine, small 4to One of three imprint variants, this one without printer's initials, appears to conform with STC 18640a. Signatures M1-8 and N1-8 are unsold sheets from the 1607 first edition. Norden was surveyor of the Duchy of Cornwall, as well as the royal castles and crown woods. (1)

Oecumenius. Oecumenii Commentaria in Hosce Novi Testamenti Tractatus..., 2 volumes, Paris: Claudii Sonnii, 1631, half-titles, main titles printed in red and black with large engraved vignette, several engraved head-pieces, initials and tail-pieces, double column, Greek and Latin, some damage to lower margin of first leaf in volume 1 and second leaf of volume 2, worm track to lower margin throughout preliminaries of first volume (repaired), half-title to volume 2 torn without loss, modern half morocco with red leather spine labels, folio This edition of Oecumenius's Commentaries on the New Testament includes Arethas's Commentary on the Apocalypse, and was re-edited by Morellus from earlier Greek editions. (2)

Philips (Katherine). Poems, by the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of the French, J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Fairthorne (neatly repaired to verso), lacking rear blank, some light spotting and a few dampstains, early previous owner signatures at head of title (flourish of 'C' for Charles crossing through the word Poems of title), later calf gilt, spine label renewed, a little rubbed and scuffed, small folio Grolier 669; Wing P2033. The first authorized edition, following a pirated octavo edition in 1664, containing forty-seven more poems apart from the translations. (1)

Pope (Alexander, trans.). The Odyssey of Homer, 5 volumes, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26, twenty-four engraved plates, lacking portrait frontispiece to first volume (as often), half-title to each volume (that to volume 5 with piece torn from upper blank margin), volumes 1-4 with publisher's advertisements at rear, engraved head and tail-pieces, occasional minor spotting and marks, one leaf in each volume with upper outer blank corner excised (volume 1 title; volumes 2 and 3 B1; volumes 4 and 5 A3), C1 in volume 5 with lower outer blank corner torn away, front free endpapers lacking (except in volume 2), red sprinkled edges, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spines, lightly rubbed and marked, with some minor wear to spine ends, 12mo ESTC T67134. First duodecimo edition, issued by Bernard Lintot to follow on from the success of his printing of the 'Iliad' in a small format. (5)

Shakespeare (William). The Works, Carefully Revised and Corrected by the Former Editions..., [Edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer], 6 volumes, 1st Oxford edition, 1743-44, engraved vignette general title (dated 1744), engraved portrait frontispiece and 38 engraved plates, some slight offsetting, occasional spotting or browning, armorial bookplate of Leigh [Chandos, First Baron Leigh, 1791-1850] to front pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, gilt-decorated spines with spine labels, volume number labels to volumes 1 and 5 applied to the wrong volumes and lacking volume number label to volume 5, most joints cracked and weak, a little wear to spine ends and volume 2 spine label chipped, volume 6 rebacked with spine relaid, 4to The general title-page in volume 1 is dated 1743. The volume title-pages of volumes 2-4 are dated 1743, those of volumes 1, 5 & 6 dated 1744. This set was presumably sold in 1927 at the same time as Leigh's set of Shakespeare First Folios, which had been passed to his son, William Henry Leigh, and then sold by Sotheby's. Alston, III. 75. (6)

[Skory, Edmund, attributed]. The Copie of a Letter Written from Paris, the 20. of May 1610, Declaring the manner of the execution of Francois Ravaillart, that murdered the French King... Together with two Edicts; One of the Parliament alone; The other of the new King in Parliament, declaring and confirming the Queene Mother Regent of France, 1st edition, Imprinted at Britaine Burse. And are there to be sold, Anno 1610, pp.[iv]+9, first leaf with ornamented 'A', woodcut Royal Arms on verso of title (short tear and slight loss in blank fore-margin), without final blank, woodcut initial letters, binder's blanks at rear, bookplate of Lucy Coleman Carnegie on front pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th century crushed red morocco, with ink stamp on front pastedown 'bound for William Brown, Edinburgh', gilt lettered spine slightly darkened, gilt decorated edges and turn-ins, 8vo ESTC S115640; STC 20754. Francois Ravaillac was a religious fanatic who murdered Henry IV of France in 1610, for which he was tortured before being pulled apart by four horses, a method of execution reserved for regicides. (1)

[Sterne, Laurence]. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 volumes bound in 5, volumes 1 & 2 2nd edition, volumes 3-9 1st edition, 1760-67, engraved frontispieces after Hogarth to volumes 1 & 3 (offsetting to titles), half-title in volumes 4-6 & 9 as called for, Sterne's signature in ink inscribed at the head of Chapter 1 in volumes 5, 7 & 9 (as usual), occasional spotting or browning and scattered old water stains to extremities, small tear without loss to half-title of volume 9, front free endpapers inscribed 'John Gibbons 1777-1851' and facing endpaper with old edition notes initialled C.H., edges stained yellow, contemporary polished calf, gilt-decorated spine with leather labels, spines darkened and upper joints to first and last volume cracked, 8vo (150 x 95 mm) Rothschild II, 1970 (all first editions). (5)

Swearing. Two Letters Written to a Gentleman of Note Guilty of Common Swearing. The Second edition to which is Added a Third Letter to another Gentleman in the Commission of the Peace Exciting him to the Performance of his Part in Executing the late Act against Profane Cursing and Swearing, by B.J., printed for Benjamin Tooke, 1695, first title repaired at lower corner, a few leaves close-trimmed at lower margin just touching one or two catchwords, a couple of manuscript corrections, some spotting and water stains, mainly to second part, previous owner signature, 1767 to renewed front endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, small 8vo, together with A Letter to a Gentleman of Note, Guilty of Common Swearing, by B.J., 1690 First work Wing J5A (for the first edition of 1691). This second edition, with the addition of the third letter apparently unrecorded as a complete volume; the third letter issued separately and recorded in Wing under L1660. (2)

[Swift, Jonathan]. S[wif]t contra omnes. An Irish Miscellany. Containing I. Some Proposals for the Regulation and Improvement of Quadrille. II. The Legion Club. III. A Curry-Comb of Truth for a certain Dean: Or, the Grub-Street Tribunal. IV. The Scall'd Crow's Nest. A very old Tale, Dublin Printed: And London Re-printed; and Sold by R. Amy, [1736], woodcut initial and headpiece, lacking half title, one or two light spots, Earls of Macclesfield Library North Library bookplate, contemporary mottled calf, later spine label, a little rubbed, 8vo Rothschild 2153; Teerink 752. First appearance in print of 'The Legion Club'. Second printing, printed in the same year as the first, this second printing without the date in the imprint, also there was no Dublin edition as stated. (1)

Tate (Nahum). A Congratulatory Poem on the New Parliament Assembled on This Great Conjucture of Affairs, 1st edition, printed for W. Rogers, 1701, 12 pages, some light overall browning, later plain wrappers, frayed to edges, together with Anon. Robin-Hood and the Duke of Lancaster. A Ballad. To the tune of the Abbot of Canterbury, 1st edition, printed for J. Roberts, 1727, 6 pages, some marks and light discolouration, ink stain to upper left and top margins, plus Anon. The Chelsea Monarch: or, Money Rules All. A New Court Ballad, 1st edition, printed for C. Davies, 1731, 7 pages, untrimmed, some light soiling, plus Anon. The Tryal of Skill Between 'Squire Walsingham and Mother Osborne. An Eclogue, in imitation of Virgil's Palaemon. To which are added, Horace to Fannius, and an Apology for Printing a certain Nobleman's Epistle to Dr. S_w_n, 1st edition, sold by J. Huggonson, 1734, 25 pages, some minor marks to first and last leaves, plus 4 others similar (The Dying Negro, A Poem [by Thomas Day], 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, 1775, x + 24 pages, Brother Peter to Brother Tom. An Expostulatory Epistle by Peter Pindar [John Wolcot], 1st edition, printed for G. Kearsley, 1788, iv + 49 pages, without the final leaf of adverts and warning against piracies, but with author's presentation inscription to head of title To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales from the Author, De Animi Imortalitate. Poema [by Isaac Hawkins Browne], 1754, & Poems, by Felicia Dorothea Browne, Liverpool, 1808), all disbound without wrappers (except final volume bound in orignal pale blue boards, with some wear), folio (except the final 4 titles in 4to) Foxon R232 (Robin-Hood), C141 (Chelsea Monarch) & T474 (Tryal of Skill). (8)

[Taylor, John]. St. Hillaries Teares. Shed upon. All Professions, from the Judge to the petty Fogger, From the spruce Dames of the Exchange, to the durty walking Fishmongers. From the Coven-Garden Lady of iniquity, to the Turne-bal-streete-Trull, And indeed from the Tower-staires to westminster Ferry, For want of a stirring Midsomer Terme, This yeare of Disasters, 1642, Written by one of his Secretaries that had nothing else to doe, London, 1642, four leaves plus additional blanks, 20th century quarter red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, small 4to (ESTC R15224; Wing T508), together with The Answer to the Rattle-Heads, concerning their fictionate Resolution of the Round-Heads..., 1st edition, printed for L.H., [1641], four leaves (A1-4), title-page with woodcut device (foot of leaf defective, with loss of Roman date), woodcut initial, generally toned and marked, modern boards, with paper label to front cover, small 4to (ESTC R19036; Wing T428) First item: a rare copy of the first edition, without 'prinred[sic] for N.V. and I.B.' in imprint. Second item: sometimes attributed to John Taylor. (2)

Tennyson (Alfred, Lord, 1809-1892). The Cup and the Falcon, 1st edition, 1884, signed and inscribed by the author to half-title, 'Mary Baring from Tennyson, April 1884, (with best wishes) from all at Farringford, H.T. [Hallam Tennyson]', some spotting at front and rear, engraved bookplate of William and Mary Compton, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated red morocco, a little rubbed, together with The Holy Grail and Other Poems, 1st edition, 1870, inscribed to front pastedown 'Mary Florence Baring from one who loves here, 183', possibly in the hand of her future husband William Compton, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated crushed green morocco by Bickers & Son with black, brown and red onlays, a little rubbed and faded on spine, both small 8vo The first book was presented to Mary Baring (1860-1902) on the occasion of her wedding (30 April 1884) to William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton. Her portrait was painted by George Frederick Watts, and she was drawn by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, aged 14. (2)

[Udall, William]. The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland, 1st edition, Iohn Haviland for Richard Whitaker, 1624, engraved portrait frontispiece within embellished surrounds, title within architectural woodcut border, a few decorative woodcut initials and headpieces, armorial bookplate, early 18th-century sprinkled calf gilt, rubbed and corner tips bruised, small folio This appears to be the first biography in English of Mary Queen of Scots. STC 24509a. (1)

[Brome, James]. An Historical Account of Mr. Rogers's Three Years Travels over England and Wales..., 1st edition, printed and sold by J. Moxon and B. Beardwell, 1694, folding engraved map at front, entitled 'A New Mapp of England & Wales' (with two short closed handling tears), title with early ink ownership inscriptions, first four leaves with light water stain to fore-margins, last few printed leaves toned, second preliminary leaf with a little loss to upper blank corner, early 19th century calf, extremities rubbed and some light staining, small 8vo ESTC R39940; Wing B4857. A scarce copy of the unauthorized edition. James Brome published his authorized copy in 1700 under the title 'Travels over England, Scotland and Wales'. (1)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. Or of the Prolongation of Life. Written in Latine ..., 1st authorised edition in English, printed by John Haviland, 1638, imprimateur leaves present (at front and rear), lower margin of title cut away (with loss of outer rule border), final signature 'V' bound in duplicate, verso of O3 and recto of O4 with minor horizontal stain, latter with small hole (resulting in loss of a few letters), contemporary armorial bookplate of Smyth-Osbourne on rear free endpaper (upside-down), endpapers and edges spotted, contemporary speckled sheep, slightly rubbed, spine sometime repaired at ends, joints splitting at head, 12mo STC 1158. Scarce first edition of the authorized translation by William Rawley, as opposed to the entirely different and somewhat inaccurate translation brought out by Okes a few months earlier (referred to as "lame and defective" in 'To the Reader'). Some copies have the engraved frontispiece from the Okes translation added, but it does not, strictly speaking, belong, and is not called-for as part of the collation. The volume includes dietary tips to prolong life: 'Curing of Diseases is effected by Temporrary Medicines, but Lengthening of Life requireth Observation of Diets'. (1)

Berkeley (George). A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge..., to which are added Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonus..., 1st collected edition, 1734, separate title to part 2, some spotting and occasional pencil underscoring, contemporary calf, some edge wear, antique-style reback, 8vo First collected edition, and second edition of the Treatise (1st edition 1710); Third edition of the Dialogues (1st edition 1713). (1)

Boyle (Robert). An Essay of the Great Effects of even Languid and Unheeded Motion. Whereunto is Annexed an Experimental Discourse of some little observed Causes of the Insalubrity and Salubrity of the Air and its Effects, 2 parts in one, Samuel Smith, 1690, cancel title and cancel sub-title, bound without blanks I7 & I8 in first part but with final blank to second part, H6 with closed tear in text with loss of a couple of letters, small marginal loss at fore margin of first title, a little light spotting, front endpaper with small wormtracks, armorial bookplate of P. Starkie, contemporary calf, spine with red label, a little rubbed, 8vo Fulton p. 107; Krivatsy 1716; Wing B3950. Reissue of the 1685 expanded edition and an important early work on thermodynamism. (1)

Dalton (John). Meteorological Observations and Essays, 1st edition, 1793, subscribers list, diagramatic illustrations, modern half calf, 8vo Norman 574: "First edition of the author's first book. It includes his observations on evaporation, including his novel theory that diffusion of water vapour in the atmosphere was not a chemical process. The appendix contains what is now known as "Dalton's Law" of partial pressures: that in a mixture of gases, every gas acts as an independent entity." (1)

Digby (Kenelm). Choice and Experimented Receipts in Physick and Chirurgery, as also Cordial and Distilled Waters and Spirits, Perfumes, and other Curiosities. Translated out of several Languages by G[eorge] H[arman], 1st edition, printed for the Author, and are to be sold by H. Brome, 1668, half-title discarded, etched portrait frontispiece by Cross, with expertly repaired closed tear, slight chipping to fore-edge, and early manuscript shelfmark to upper blank margin, title with woodcut border, index at rear with publishers advertisement to verso of final leaf, some toning, bookplate of K.F. Russell on front pastedown, front hinge sometime strengthened, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary sheep, rubbed, especially to joints, small 8vo Wing D1423. Sir Kenelm Digby was one of the first fellows of the Royal Society. "This book is mainly medical and contains recipes, some of which are even more filthy and superstitious than those of any preceding books. 'A Sympathetick cure of the Tooth-ach. With an Iron-nail raise and cut the gum from about the Teeth, till it bleed, and that some of the blood stick upon the nail; then drive it into a woodden beam up to the head: After this is done, you never shall have the tooth-ach in all your life.'" (Oxford, p.34) (1)

Evelyn (John). A Philosophical Discourse of Earth, Relating to the Culture and Improvement of it for Vegetation, and the Propagation of Plants, etc. as it was presented to the Royal Society, April 29, 1675, 1st edition, printed for John Martyn, 1676, imprimatur leaf present, without final blank, title with contemporary signature Jo. Salusbury to verso, last two leaves with short closed tears at head of blank gutter (just clipping text), some toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rubbed and slightly worn, rebacked, 8vo, together with Publick Employment and an Active Life with all its Appanages... Prefer'd to Solitude, 1st edition, 2nd issue, printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667, 2nd issue with cancel title (some soiling and small repairs to margins), imprimatur leaf and errata slip not present, modern Cambridge panelled calf, 8vo Wing E3507; Keynes, Evelyn Bibliography, 93, for the first work. (2)

Evelyn (John). Fumifugium: or The Inconvenience of the Aer, and Smoak of London Dissipated. Together with some Remedies Humbly Proposed..., 1st edition, first issue, printed by W. Godbid for Gabriel Bedel and Thomas Collins, 1661, pp.[xii]+26, first issue with 'Published by His Majesties Command' on title-page, some toning and light marginal water-staining, title with short tear in blank fore-margin expertly repaired, a1 and a2 each with a small hole just clipping text, without the final blank (as usual), book ticket of Henry Davies on front pastedown, late 19th century mottled half calf with gilt lettered spine, extremities a little rubbed, small 4to Keynes, Evelyn Bibliography, 23; Wing E3488. Rare first edition of the first English book on pollution and town planning. John Evelyn advocates the relocation of some of the more harmful of London's industries, including brewing, dying and lime-burning, as well as the planting of trees to remedy the city's failing air quality. (1)

Goodall (Charles). The Royal College of Physicians of London Founded and Established by Law; as appears by Letters, Patents, Acts of Parliament, Adjudged Cases..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1684, licence leaf bound before title, partly black letter, continous register, some light spotting and toning, manuscript inscription 'Anglesey. Dec 8. 1683. 7' (i.e. Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl Anglesey, 1614-1686,) at head of title, bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, small 4to ESTC R8914; Wing G1091. The first published history of the Royal College of Physicians. (1)

Hume (David). Political Discourses, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1752, advert and contents leaf after title (marginal browning from turn-ins), contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, slightly cracked along upper joints, 12mo A reimpression of the first (octavo) edition of the same year, revised and reimposed in duodecimo. (1)

La Chambre (Marin Cureau de). A Discourse of the Knowledg of Beasts, wherein all that hath been said for and against their Ratiocination is Examined, 1st English edition, 1657, close-trimmed at upper margin shaving some headlines (just touching 'A' at head of title), occasional light water stains, presentation inscription and bookplate, endpapers renewed, later panelled calf gilt, small splits to upper joint, first compartment of spine repaired in red morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo Wing L131. First English translation of La Chambre's work on animal intelligence, in which he argues, in opposition to Descartes, that some animals, like humans, are able to communicate their thoughts, but human intelligence is marked out by superior reasoning abilities. (1)

Malthus (Thomas Robert). The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn: Intended as an Appendix to "Observations on the Corn Laws.", 1st edition, John Murray, 1815, 48 pp., title with small marginal chips and tears, New York Public Library ink stamp to verso, some light spotting and toning, modern boards, 8vo, together with Additions to the Fourth and Former Editions of an Essay on the Principle of Population, 1st edition, 1817, scattered spotting, uncut in later marbled boards, a little rubbed, 8vo First work Kress B. 6535. Malthus compared continuing the corn laws as they stood with imposing greater restrictions on importation, and argues for higher duties in order that Britain becomes more self-sufficient in food supply. (2)

Mandeville (Bernard de). A Treatise of the Hypochondriack and Hysterick Passions, Vulgarly call'd the Hypo in Men and Vapours in Women; in which the Symptoms, Causes, and Cure of those Diseases are set forth after a method intirely new. The whole interspers'd, with instructive discourses on the Real Art of Physick it self; and Entertaining Remarks on the modern practice of Physicians and Apothecaries: Very useful to all, that have the Misfortune to stand in need of either. In three dialogues, 1st edition, 1711, some light spotting and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo Hunter-Macalpine p. 296; Norman 1432: "Possibly the first psychiatric slef-help book. Hunter and Macalpine consider Mandeville's work "the first book on minor mental maladies 'writ by way of Information to Patients' rather than 'to teach other Practitioners'" (Hunter-Macalpine). Mandeville is best known for his The Fable of the Bees, a controversial satiric poem maintaining the essential vileness of human nature." (1)

[Monginot, Francois de]. A New Mystery in Physick Discovered, by Curing of Fevers and Agues by Quinquina or Jesuites Powder, Translated from the French, by Dr. [Peter] Belon, with Additions, 1st English edition, printed for Will. Crook, 1681, close-trimmed affecting fore-margin of first two leaves (title with loss of part of rule border and one letter of imprint, and following leaf with loss of a few end letters) and with a few headlines clipped, without final four advertisement leaves (as usual), final gathering with small worm trail in blank lower margin (mostly repaired), modern calf, 12mo Wing M2416. Early use of Cinchona or Peruvian Bark. (1)

Naldi (Matteo). Pamphilia [Greek text]. Mundi universi amicitia, cui dissidentes philosophorum opiniones conciliantur..., 1st edition, Siena, 1647, title somewhat spotted, register with printer's woodcut device rehinged and inserted before title, a little minor spotting and old damp-staining to lower margin of final leaves, lacks first and final blank, letter to Dr Solomans concerning the book (30 December 1970) loosely inserted, contemporary sheep, some wear, cracked on joints, 4to A rare book, written by the physician to Pope Alexander VII, and mainly concerning diseases of the skin. (1)

Camden (William). Britannia sive Florentissimorum Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae et Insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio..., published George Bishop & John Norton, 1607, additional decorative title with map of Great Britian trimmed to neatline and laid on second front free endpaper, eight engraved plates of coins, fifty-seven (complete) uncoloured engraved maps by William Kip and William Hole after Norden and Saxton, fifty five double-page and two single page (Rutland and Anglesey), small hole to upper margin of the map of Scotland, just touching the neatline, map of Berkshire with five watercolour heraldic shields and a Latin manuscript note to margins, index bound at rear, upper joint cracked, near contemporary calf, with an 18th century reback, worn and a little frayed at extremities, folio The sixth Latin edition but the first to contain maps. Chubb XVIII. (1)

Ramazzini (Bernardino). A Treatise of the Diseases of Tradesmen, Shewing the Various Influence of Particular Trades upon the State of Health; with the best Methods to avoid or correct it, and useful Hints proper to be minded in regulating the Cure of all Diseases incident to Tradesmen, Written in Latin... And now done in English, 1st English edition, printed for Andrew Bell et al, 1705, title-page with contemporary manuscript name and cancelled ink library stamp to lower blank margin, toned throughout, B6 with repaired tear in fore-margin (just clipping printed marginalia), endpapers renewed, contemporary Cambridge pane calf, lightly rubbed, rebacked with original gilt lettered label relaid, 8vo Garrison & Morton 2121. See PMM 170 for the first edition in Latin, published in 1700. A scarce and important work, being the first comprehensive and systematic treatise on occupational diseases. Amongst many others, it deals with pneumoconiosis and other diseases of miners, lead poisoning in potters and silicosis in stonemasons, as well as the diseases of learned men, metal workers, washer-women, wrestlers, gilders and printers, fishermen, tobacconists, tailors, surgeons and Jews. (1)

[Ross, Alexander]. Arcana Microcosmi: or, the Hid Secrets of Man's Body Discovered; in an Anatomical Duel between Aristotle and Galen concerning the parts thereof: As also, by a Discovery of the strange and marveilous Diseases, Symptomes & Accidents of Man's Body. With a Refutation of Doctor Brown's Vulgar Errors, the Lord Bacon's Natural History, and Doctor Harvy's De Generatione, Comenius, and Others; Whereunto is annexed a Letter from Doctor Pr[imrose] to the author, and his answer thereto, touching Doctor Harvy's Book de Generatione, printed for Thomas Newcomb, 1652, title printed in red and black, Appendix with separate title, some light toning and soiling, one or two small marginal tears, contemporary sheep, rebacked, 8vo Wing R1947. Enlarged second edition and the first to contain the critique of William Harvey's De Generatione Animalium. (1)

Speidell (John). A Geometrical Extraction, or a Compendious Collection of the chiefe and choyse problemes, collected out of the best, and latest writers. Whereunto is added about 30. Problemes of the Authors Invention, being for the most part, performed by a better and briefer way, then by any former writer, variant re-issue, 1617, numerous diagramatic illustrations, lacking front and rear blanks, some repairs to fore margins, one or two marginal holes, occasional light spotting and soiling, presentation bookplate from the University of Keele Library, modern panelled morocco, red label to spine, a trifle rubbed, 4to, together with a 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged of the same work, 1657 First work STC 23062 (2nd edition), a re-issue of the 1616 first printing, with a new title page. (2)

Trade. The Dutch Drawn to the Life, in I. An Exact Description and Character of the Several Provinces of the Netherlands. II. An Account of their Trade and Industry. III. A well-weigh'd re-search into their policy, Government and Strength. IV. A particular discourse of their Religion and Customes. V. A close narrative of the way and method whereby they made themselves a Free State, under the conduct of the Prince of Aurange: Whereunto is added the lives of the 5. last princes. VI. A continued History of the last War, together with their dealings with England, from the year 1612 to the year 1660, 1st edition, 1664, engraved frontispiece (with small repair to verso), some light spotting and soiling, later calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 12mo, together with Pierre-Daniel Huet's A View of the Dutch Trade in all the States, Empires, and Kingdoms in the World... translated from the French, 2nd English edition, 1722 First work Goldsmiths 1723; Kress 1133; Wing D2898. Uncommon account of all things Dutch, including a long section on trade and fisheries. (2)

[Vaughan, Sir William]. Directions for Health, Naturall and Artificiall: Derived from the best Physicians, as well Moderne as Antient, seventh edition reviewed by the Author, whereunto is annexed two treatises of approved medicines for all diseases of the eyes, and preservation of the eyesight, the first written by Dr. Baily, sometimes of Oxford: the other collected out of those two famous Physitians, Fernelius and Riolanus, printed by Thomas Harper, for John Harison, 1633, without blank before title, final blank (Ee4) present, some spotting to outer edges of first few leaves, waterstain to lower outer corners towards rear of volume, final blank with a little marginal loss, a few minor marks elsewhere, including small rust hole to outer margin of P3, contemporary ownership signature in ink to title of John Howell (or Nowell), modern antique-style full calf, small 4to STC 24618. First published in 1600, the seventh edition is the last to be revised by the author who died in 1641, and includes Walter Bailey's treatise on the eye, and a section on food and drink (for which see Andr‚ Simon, Bibliotheca Gastronomica 1529). (1)