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KINGSLEY AMIS "THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER", first edition 1965 by Jonathan Cape, in original dust wrapper

A set of Lord of the Rings by J R Tolkein (The Return of The King being a first edition) plus The Hobbit - condition poor and a quantity of other Tolkein titles

Milne [A.A.] : The House at Pooh Corner, illustrated by Ernest H. Shephard, published by Methuen & Co., first edition, red leather cover, no dust wrapper; together with another 'When We Were Very Young', twelfth edition and 'Now We Are Six' first edition, both red leather covers. (3)

"Royal Yachts" by C.M. Gavin, 1932 first & limited edition 83 of 1000, gilding to blue cloth cover with uncut pages

Collection of Art & Antiques books including "Contemporary Art from the Collection of Migros Cooperatives" 1994, Sotheby's Auction Catalogues, "English Painted Enamels" Hughes First Edition 1950, and books relating to Pot Lids and Silver Mustard Pots etc

1970 INTERCONTINENTAL CUP Feyenoord v Estudiantes (2nd Leg) played 9 September 1970 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. Scarce Sportclub Feyenoord ''De Feijenoorder Clubblad'' official club edition, 36-page Intercontinental Cup special edition. Includes history of the Intercontinental Cup 1960-69 plus extensive coverage of the first leg played in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 26 August 1970 and includes full team line-ups for both legs with large front cover picture of the Intercontinental Cup trophy - Reserve. Good

MANCHESTER CITY-FA CUP 2011 Victorinox Swiss Army Stainless Steel Sapphire Crystal watch inscribed , Limited Edition (only 34 given) complete with original packaging. The watch is inscribed on the reverse with the City crest and the words "FA Cup Winners 2011 Limited Edition of 34". Comes with black leather strap and sky blue box wrap on which is printed the Manchester City crest and above the crest the words "In recognition of your contribution at Manchester City". Below the crest are the words "FA Cup Winner 2011". City presented one of these to each player and senior back room staff after they won the FA Cup at Wembley against Stoke. This was the first Trophy of the modern era for City and their first Trophy victory since 1976.. The box contains the Instructions and Warranty for Chronographs. The serial number indicates that the watch is a Infantry Vintage Chronograph watch and it is water resistant for 100 meters. A true piece of ephemera from the modern Manchester City era. Good

RUGBY UNION Softback edition of The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1935 from Wilf Wooller who played 18 times for Wales and again All Blacks in 1935. Archive and signed by him to first advert page. Some rusting to staples. Good

NIGEL MANSELL Signed postcard showing Nigel Mansell driving his 93 Lola-Cosworth Indy Car , signed by Mansell plus artist Timothy O'Brien, plus a programme for the 1993 Toyota Monterey Grand Prix (Indy Car) in which Mansell finished in eight position ( signed on cover by Thierry Boutsen). This was the last race of 93 and Mansell also finished eight overall for the season. Also includes a hardback first edition copy of Mansells autobiography published in 1995. Good

EVERTON - THE DOUBLE Magnificently boxed Everton limited edition Commemorative Shirt, DVD and Medal Box Set . The Double 25th Anniversary 1985-2010. Everton won the First Division tile in 84-5 and the European Cup-Winners Cup. Housed in a strong cardboard box with Everton logos on front and a summary of the results on the reverse. There are 16 autographs of the players around the rim of the box, signed in black.. Good

A Circa 1953 Cold War Military Issue Escape Map, printed silk with France to one side and Germany to the other, first edition GSGS. (vgc)

'Barbara Hepworth 'A Life of Forms'The book by Sally Festing First edition 1995Original dust jacket

Sir Alfred MunningsTwo autobiographies'An Artist's Life', 1952'The Second Burst', First Edition, 1951and 'The Finish', First Edition, 1952, lacks dust jacket

CHARLES SIMPSON (Illustrator) 'Unknown Cornwall'The book by C. E. Vulliamy First edition 1925Ex library copy

Several books on war and historical including 'The Story of the Fourth Army in The Battles of the Hundred Days' including maps, vol. by F.A. Simpson on Louis Napoleon and the recovery of France 1923 first edition, 'The Romance of Soldiering and Sport by St. James Willcocks first edition 1925 etc.

Box of books principally on geographical and travel including 'County and Town in England by Grant Allen (1901 first edition), 'Holiday Rambles in the English Lake District' by Arthur Bagley, 'The Ballards of The English Borders' by A.C. Swinburne (first edition 1925)

Vol. 'If St. Peter has Hounds' by Tony Harvey (first edition 1998), vol. 'The Art of the Chase' by Amanda Lockhart, vol. 'Booted and Spurred, an Anthology of Riding' by Peter Biegel

Valuable book of flora and fauna including 'Mostly Mammals' by R. Lydekker 1903 (first edition), Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting by H.F. MacMillian 1910, Timber and Timber Trees by Thomas Laslett 1875

Vol. Musings in Moorland and Marsh (first edition) by Samuel Wills 1895, part leather bound vol. 'Farthest North' by Fridtjof Nansen 1898, vol. with 36 water colour illustrations 'Our Native Land' dated 1879, vol. Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates with many engravings and drawings

'Sovereign Rarity Set 2009' a 2-coin gold set comprising a UK proof quarter sovereign 2009 & Australia proof sovereign/25 dollars 2009P (Perth Mint) with rev. AUSTRALIA above Australian Commonwealth Coat of Arms on a shield with kangaroo & emu supporters on a background of golden wattle (Australian national floral emblem), SOVEREIGN below, 7.9g, .916 gold; first year of issue of both coins, limited edition of 300 sets (this set O70), with cert, in wooden CofI with 'SOVEREIGN RARITY SET 2009' in gilt on lid, FDC

Australia, Commemorative Proof Sovereign 2014, rev. PERTH MINT above crowned AUSTRALIA in wreath, ONE SOVEREIGN in ex., commemorating L C Wyon's original type 1 rev. first issued 1855; 8.0g, .917 gold, limited edition of 1500 (this coin 0823), with cert, in CofI, FDC

A large collection of boxed diecast models including Corgi buses, GB buses, Exclusive First Edition models etc (the contents of four boxed)

Audubon's Birds of America published in 1994 by Thunder Bay Press. Containing all original plates reprinted from the first Royal Octavi Edition.

Virginia Woolf, "The Years," First Edition published 1937, original Vanessa Bell designed dust jacket, published by the Hogarth Press.

Virginia Woolf, "Orlando, A Biography," First Edition 1928 with paper dust jacket, published by the Hogarth Press.

Lauren Bacall "By Myself," First Edition, signed on the title page, 1979 with dust jacket.

Kidd (John). A Geological Essay on the imperfect evidence in support of a theory of the earth, deducible either from its general structure or from the changes produced on its surface by the operation of existing causes, 1st edition, Oxford, 1815, errata to verso of final leaf, contemprary ink signature of Charles Gresley to fronst pastedown, untrimmed, original boards, a little rubbed and some marks, spine with old repapering, 8vo John Kidd (1775-1851) gave lectures on mineralogy and geology at Oxford during the first decade of the 19th century, which were heard by students such as William Conybeare, William Buckland, and Charles Daubeny. In his Geological Essay of 1815 he argues that geology, as a science of observation, cannot claim certainty for its conclusions, and is therefore fallible in relation to the evidence of the Bible. Kidd's point of view coincides in large measure with that of Cuvier, whose recent Theory of the Earth had been translated into English in 1813. (1)

[Wagstaffe, Thomas]. A Vindication of K. Charles the Martyr: proving that His Majesty was the Author of 'Eikon Basilike'. Against a Memorandum, said to be written by the Earl of Anglesey. and, Against the Exceptions of Dr. Walker and others. To which is added a Preface, Wherein the Bold and Insolent Assertions published in a Passage of Mr. Bayle's Dictionary, relating to the present Controversy are Examined and Confuted. The third edition, with large additions; together with some Original Letters of King Charles the First under his own Hand, never before Printed, and faithfully copied from the said Originals..., London: R. Wilkin, 1711, xl,163,[1]pp., occasional spotting, 19th century calf backed marbled boards with library label to upper board, both boards detached, transparent adhesive coating to spine, title lable deficient, worn, 4to ESTC T70182. (1)

Freud (Anna & others, editors). The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, volumes 1, 6, 9, 15, 16 & 18-20, 1945-1965, the first 3 with library stamps to front endpapers, all original cloth, slightly rubbed, 4 in slightly chipped dust jackets, all 8vo, together with a typed letter signed from Anna Freud, 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3, dated 19 December 1974, on letterhead, to Miss Hodgson, thanking her for her letter and saying that her request has already been answered by the Committee, 1 page, 4to, plus Burton (Richard F.), Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Meccah and Medinah, 3rd revised edition, 1879, 4 folding maps and plans including coloured frontispiece, publisher's catalogue bound at rear, some spotting, inner hinges cracked, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, spine darkened and frayed at head and foot, 8vo, plus Eliot (Charles), Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1921, large institutional bookplate to pastedowns, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and nicked at head of spines, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous including Middle and Far East interest (40)

Crutchley (John). General View of the Agriculture in the County of Rutland, with Observations on the Means of its Improvement, 1st edition, 1794, lacks half-title, bound with General View of the Agriculture of the County of Salop..., by John Bishton, 1st edition, Brentford, 1794, half-title and final leaf of errata, bound with General View of the Agriculture in the County of Somerset..., by John Billingsley, 1st edition, 1794, folding county map and drainage map, both hand coloured, errata leaf at rear, lacks half-title, bound with 4 further items from the same series, all 1st editions, 1794, including Stafford (folding hand-coloured map), Surrey (1 engraved plate), Suffolk (hand-coloured map (offset to page facing), lacks half-title), and Sussex (1793; 4 engraved plates including 3 hand coloured and 1 folding; some offsetting, 2 plates detached, old marginal damp-staining towards rear), contemporary paper-backed blue grey stiff wrappers, soiled and worn, vertical split along spine with first part and upper cover detached, 4to (1)

Le Clerc (Sebastien). Practical Geometry: Or, a New and Easy Method of Treating that Art, translated from the French of Monsieur S. Le Clerc, 3rd edition, 1727, 80 copper-engraved illustrations, first three letters of title overwritten in manuscript, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, spine rubbed, 8vo, together with Memoirs of the Lord Viscount Dundee, the Highland Clans, and the Massacre of Glenco: With an Accound of Dundee's Officers after they went over to France, by an Officer of the Army, 1st edition, 1714, manuscript poem 'An Epitaph on Dundee' to verso of His Epitaph leaf, some spotting, previous owner signature of Blackburne to title, bookplate, later panelled sheep, a little rubbed with small wormtracks, 8vo, plus Mordaunt Hall; Or, a September Night. A Novel, [by Anne Marsh, afterwards Anne Marsh-Caldwell], 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1849, a few light spots, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others including the Duke of Rochefoucault's Moral Maxims and Reflections, 2nd edition, 1706, Catherine Sinclair's Modern Flirtations, or a Month at Harrowgate, 3 volumes, 1841, Observations on the Trial by Jury, Particularly on the Unanimity Required in the Verdict, by John Longley, 1812, H.T. de la Beche's How to Observe Geology, 1835, Andrew Combe's The Physiology of Digestion, 1836 and Herbert Spencer's Social Statistics: Or the Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, and the First of them Developed, 1851 (with manuscript note to title stating it was withdrawn) (34)

Lyell (Charles). Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in Operation, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1830-33, engraved frontispiece to volume I, hand-coloured frontispieces to volumes II & III, four maps (two hand-coloured & two folding), four engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams, bound without half titles to volumes I & III and advertisements at front of volume I, some light offsetting and scattered spotting, Bedfordshire General Library ink stamps and manuscript shelf numbers to titles, hinges reinforced, booklabels of T. Elger, manuscript note 'Purchased at Library Sale (1868)' to volume I front pastedown, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and repaired, spines with red labels, 8vo, with a loose one page autograph letter signed by Charles Lyell, dated January 1851, giving a new address at Rivermead, Hampton Wick, mounted on pink paper with manuscript note beneath, old folds Dibner 96; Horblit 70; Norman 1398; PMM 344. Charles Lyell popularised the doctrine of uniformitarianism, first suggested by James Hutton, which presumes that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now, have always operated in the past and apply everywhere in the universe. The central argument in Principles, and one that had a notable influence on the young Charles Darwin, was that 'the present is the key to the past' and that geological remains from a distant past can be explained by reference to observable geological processes now in operation. (3)

Jorden (Edward). A Discourse of Naturall Bathes, and Minerall Waters. Wherein first the Originall of Fountaines in Generall is Declared. Then the Nature and Differences of Minerals, with Examples of Particular Bathes from most of them... And lastly, of the Nature and Uses of Bathes, but especially of our Bathes at Bathe in Sommersetshire, 1st edition, Thomas Harper, 1631, 92 pages, a few light spots and small burnhole, modern calf-backed boards, small 4to STC14791. (1)

Sprat (Thomas). The History of the Royal-Society of London, for Improving Natural Knowledge, 1st edition, 1667, imprimatur leaf with engraved armorial to verso (facing title), two folding engraved plates, errata leaf at end, bound without the frontispiece (as often), annotation to title and small repaired hole, dampstaining mostly to first & last few leaves at front & rear of volume, modern half calf, 4to Wing S5032. (1)

Forster (Westgarth). A Treatise on a Section of the Strata, Commencing near Newcastle Upon Tyne, and Concluding on the West Side of the Mountain of Cross-Fell. With Remarks on Mineral Veins in General... To which are Added Tables of the Strata in Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The whole intended to amuse the Mineralogist, and assist the Miner in his Professional Researches, 1st edition, Newcastle, 1809, subscribers list (with errata slip pasted at end), folding plate at rear of volume (some minor marks and light discolouration), 12 wood engraved illustrations of strata, scattered light spotting and dust-soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed and some wear to edges and outer corners, 8vo Rare first edition on the North-East vertical strata discovered through mining, developing mineral veins, ore prospecting and hushing from dams on hillsides in the region. (1)

Michell (Rev. John). Conjectures Concerning the Cause, and Observations upon the Phoenomena of Earthquakes; Particularly of that Great Earthquake of the First of November, 1755, which proved so fatal to the City of Lisbon, and the whole Effects were felt as far as Africa, and more or less throughout almost all Europe, Read at several Meetings of the Royal Society, 1st separate edition, London: [s.n.], 1760, 71pp., folding cross-section engraved plate, ink stamp to verso of final leaf, recent wrappers, slim 4to, contained in a modern portfolio ESTC T31203. (1)

Calepino (Ambrogio). Dictionarium, quanta maxima fide ac diligentia fieri potuit accurate emendatum, multisque partibus cumulatum, Lyons: Filippo Tinghi, 1578, large printer's woodcut device to title, double column, first and last leaves slightly dust-soiled and creased, old dampstaining throughout, sometimes touching text, old ownership signature at foot of title and later signature of John Loudon (of Loudon Castle, Ayrshire), dated 1703, to front free endpaper (partly detached), contemporary calf, rubbed and some corner wear, crude leather repairs at head and foot of spine, thick folio First printed in 1502, this popular work went through over 200 editions by 1779. This polyglot edition is in Latin, Hebrew, Greek, French, Italian, German and Spanish. (1)

[Burnet, Thomas]. An Answer to the Late Exceptions made by Mr Erasmus Warren Against the Theory of the Earth, 1st edition, R. Norton for Walter Kettilby, 1690, 85 pages, publisher's list to last leaf verso, some soiling and ink splashes, marginal wormtrack towards end, later half morocco, upper cover a little frayed at top edge, small folio, together with The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the General Changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo till the Consummation of all things. The Two first Books Concerning the Deluge, and Concerning Paradise, 3rd edition, review'd by the author, 1697, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, two folding plates, rear endpaper torn, a little light soiling, contemporary panelled calf, spine and edges rubbed, folio Wing B5942; B5953. (2)

Burton (Richard Francis). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, volumes I & II (of 3) only, 1st edition, 1855, tinted lithograph frontispiece, folding engraved map and 2 colour lithograph plates to first volume, colour lithograph frontispiece, 2 tinted lithograph plates, and 2 engraved plans (one folding to second volume), 24-page publisher's catalogue at rear of first volume, occasional minor marks, frontispiece to first volume loose and slightly frayed to extreme fore-edge, endpapers to each volume with remains of old library labels, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, with some fraying to joints and extreme head and foot of spines (second volume detached along rear joint), 8vo, together with Barth (Henry), Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M's. Government, in the years 1849-1855, volumes I-III, 2nd edition & volume V, 1st edition (of 5 in total), 1857-58, half-title to volume I only, 13 folding engraved maps (occasional light offsetting, one map to fifth volume torn without loss), 46 tinted lithograph plates, errata leaf at end of volume V, third volume with light waterstain to lower outer corners of plates, several inner hinges partly cracked, original blindstamped green cloth gilt (third volume in slightly non-matching lighter green cloth), rubbed and some marks, second volume with old bookplate of Bury & West Suffolk Library to front pastedown, all 8vo Abbey Travel 368 & 274 respectively. Ghani 62 for the first work. Ibrahim-Hilny I, 54 for the second work. (6)

Gillespie (Alexander). An Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps, from its Original Institution down to the Present Era, 1803, 1st edition, Birmingham, 1803, half title, aquatint frontispiece, engraved vignette, light marginal dampstains to first few leaves, hinges reinforced, bookseller description pasted at end, recent blue half morocco, 4to (1)

Soltykoff (Alexis). Voyages dans l'Inde, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Paris, Curmer & Lecou, 1851, additional title printed in gold with wood engraved vignette to each volume, half-titles, single-page map to first volume, 36 tinted lithograph plates, some spotting throughout, all edges gilt, original elaborately gilt-decorated black cloth, incorporating pink, red, green and blue morocco onlays, minimally rubbed, generally in remarkably bright condition, large 8vo Prince Aleksei Dmitrievich Soltykoff (1806-1859) was a Russian traveller and artist, gave up his diplomatic career to plan his two voyages to India of 1841-43 and 1845-46, during which he both drew and described the people and scenery of New Delhi, Madras, Ceylon, Calcutta, Lahore, and elsewhere. Remarkable copy in a deluxe oriental-style binding. (2)

Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, Founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford; With Descriptions of the Coal-Fields and Overlying Formations, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1839, 3 engraved maps, 14 lithographed plates, including 2 folding and 3 hand-coloured, 9 folding hand-coloured geological sections, EACH SIGNED AT FOOT BY MURCHISON, 31 engraved plates of fossils, some spotting and water stains, mainly to uncoloured plates, occasional pencil annotations, hinges reinforced, contemporary brown half morocco, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 4to, COMPLETE WITH THE RARE ENGRAVED HAND-COLOURED GEOLOGICAL MAP, in three linen-backed sections, the third section signed at foot by Murchison, unobstrusive library blindstamps to blank margins, slight toning at foot of first and second sections, contained in contemporary half morocco case, Free Public Library, Wigan crest gilt stamped to upper cover, a little rubbed with loss at head of spine, plus J.C. Thackray's R.I. Murchison's Silurian System (1839) bibliographical pamphlet (1978), inscribed by the author, 4to Challinor 141; Dibner Heralds 97; Norman 1569; Nissen ZBI 2944; Ward & Carozzi 1620. "Murchison's Silurian System is a book of great importance to all students of Lower Palaeozoic geology. It gives an account of the distribution and succession, palaeontology and economic geology of the rocks of South Wales, the Welsh Borders, and the western Cotswold Hills. The chapters dealing with the Mesozoic and Upper Palaeozoic rocks added details to a story that was well known by 1839, the year of publication. But the chapters on the fossiliferous rocks below the Old Red Sandstone, which Murchison named the Silurian System, opened to view the sequence of rocks and fossils of this ancient epoch of Earth history for the first time. These chapters are still an important reference for the geologist and palaeontologist today." (Thackray). (2)AMENDMENT : All signatures are in facsimile and not original

Badeslade (Thomas & Toms, William Henry). Chorographia Britanniae or a set of Maps of all the Counties of England and Wales..., first edition, published W.H. Toms, 1742, double page calligraphic title with short split along central fold, dedication, four uncoloured engraved maps of England & Wales, three double page tables of cross roads and forty-two uncoloured engraved maps (all maps with the Sept. 29th 1741 imprint), and two further tables of cities and towns (complete), some near contemporary annotations to verso of last table, later endpapers, modern quarter morocco gilt, 8vo Chubb CLXX. (1)

Vertot (Rene Aubert, Abbe de). Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem, Appellez Depuis les Chevaliers de Rhodes, et Aujourd'hui les Chevaliers de Malte, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Rollin, Quillau and Desaint, 1726, seventy-one engraved portrait plates, including frontispiece to first volume, five folding engraved maps and single-page Plan of Rhodes, engraved head and tail-pieces and initial letters, title-pages printed in red and black, that to first volume with early manuscript inscription partly removed with consequent slight loss to fore-margin (not affecting text), some toning, volumes 2 and 4 with some minor worming to lower blank margins, volumes 3 and 4 with first few leaves water-stained at head, endpapers renewed, bookplate of Sigrid Gutekunst on front pastedowns, red sprinkled edges, contemporary calf, mottled with consequent surface abrasion, gilt spines rubbed, and worn to extremities (with some repairs at ends), 4to First edition of Vertot's important historical work on the Order of Malta. (4)

Prestwich (John). Prestwich's Respublica; or, A Display of the Honors, Ceremonies and Ensigns of the Common-Wealth, J. Nichols, 1787, black and white engraved frontispiece and title page, some light spotting, modern gilt decorated brown calf spine retaining contemporary tree calf boards, 4to, together with Prior (Matthew), Poems on Several Occasions, Jacob Tonson, 1709, black and white engraved frontispiece, some light spotting, later gilt decorated brown calf spine retaining contemporary embossed calf boards, 8vo, and Urchard (Thomas), The Works of F. Rabelais, M.D., or, The Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Richard Baldwin, 1694, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, modern gilt decorated calf spine retaining contemporary calf boards, 8vo, plus approximately 136 further 17th-19th century literature and reference, including The Works of Mr William Shakespear, by N. Rowe, volumes 1-5 (of 6), 1709, The First Part of Miscellany Poems..., by Mr Dryden, 4th edition, volumes 1-6, 1716, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, by Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury, volumes 1-3, 6th edition, 1737, mostly leather bindings, bookplates to front pastedowns, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Foot (Mirjam M.). The Henry Davis Gift, 2 volumes (Studies in the History of Bookbinding/North European Bindings), British Library, 1978/83, monochrome plates and illustrations, first volume bound in quarter red morocco, second volume bound in cloth with morocco spine label, 4to, together with Hobson (Anthony), Apollo and Pegasus, An Enquiry into the formation and dispersal of a Renaissance Library, Amsterdam, 1975, colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, plus others on the history of early bookbinding and related, including Michon, Les Reliures Mosaiqu‚es du XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 1956, contemporary pale brown full morocco (by H.J. Phillips), small 4to, limited edition 301/500, The Miss Margaret Sidney Davies Complete Collection of Special Gregynog Bindings, 1995, Van der Vekene, Les Reliures aux Armoiries de Pierre Ernest de Mansfeld, 1978, Bernard Middleton, A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, 1963, Nixon and Foot, The History of Decorated Bookbinding in England, 1992, etc. Ex libris Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian. (18)

Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, 4 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood, 1871-72, half-titles to volumes 2-4 present, title to volume 1 and half-titles heavily clipped to upper outer corners, first volume without errata slip, volume 3 title close-trimmed at foot with shaving to translation rights line, some spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spines, extremities rubbed, 8vo Sadleir 815; Wolff 2059a. (4)

Aldin (Cecil). Cathedrals of England, [1924], 16 tipped-in colour plates, light spotting front and rear, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, a few marks, 4to, limited edition, 40/375 signed by the illustrator, together with The Iliad of Homer. The First Twelve Staves Translated into English by Maurice Hewlett, Cresset Press, 1928, scattered light spotting, top edge gilt, original Japon-backed buckram, corners bumped, a few small stains, 4to, limited edition, 159/750, plus The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana, by Sir Walter Ralegh, Edited from the Original Text... by V.T. Harlow, Argonaut Press, 1928, portrait frontispiece, closed tear to folding facsimile chart, a few light spots, original cloth, light stains, 4to, one of 975 copies, this unumbered, with others including Sidney Herbert Williams, A Bibliography of the Writings of Lewis Carroll, 1924 (limited edition, 108/700), A Specimen Book of Printing Papers Designed Chiefly for the Use of Printers, Spalding and Hodge, circa 1900 and William Somervile's The Chase; a Poem, facsimile edition, circa 1910 (12)

Whitaker (Thomas Dunham). The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York, 2nd edition, 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece, tinted etched title page, engraved folding map, fifty engraved plates (including twenty-four sepia aquatints, most after Alken, and one hand-coloured plate), numerous folding pedigrees, offsetting from plates, spotting generally restricted to two sections (Ii and 3G), three or four leaves with short closed tears to blank margins, new endpapers, contemporary half calf, rebacked, marbled sides a little rubbed, large 4to, together with Hinderwell (Thomas), The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity: with Views and Plans, 1st edition, York: William Blanchard, 1798, engraved frontispiece and three other plates, two folding maps, subscribers list, three additional uncalled for plates, including a double-page panorama of Scarborough dated 1869, and two rare portraits of 'Dicky' Dickinson, Governor of the Spaw (inserted between pp.174-175), scattered spotting, offsetting from plates and maps, embossed library stamps to title, panorama and to blank margins of Dickinson portraits, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, front pastedown with early ink annotation and armorial bookplate of James Comerford, original boards rebacked and recovered (original endpapers reused), 4to in 2s, plus Poulson (George), The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness..., two volumes, Hull, 1840, engraved maps and plates, occasional spotting, mainly to first and last leaves, marbled endpapers, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of William Garnett Esq. of Bleasdale and Quernmore Park, Co. Lancaster, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and a trifle worn, plus The History of Cleveland, by Rev. John Graves, 1808, and The History of the Town and County of Kingston Upon Hull, by Rev. John Tickell, 1796 Second title: James Comerford (1807-1881) was an antiquary, notary, and book collector. After his death his large library, particularly rich in topography, was sold at Sotheby's in 1881. The family motto on his heraldic bookplate, 'So ho ho dea ne', defies translation but may derive from an old Norman-French hunting call. (6)

Darwin (Robert Waring). New Experiments on the Ocular Spectra of Light and Colours, Read at the Royal Society, March 23, 1786, 1st edition, J. Nichols, 1786, 36 pages, five hand-coloured plates at end, uncut, edges a little frayed, disbound, 4to ESTC T186348. Rare. Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848) was a medical doctor and the father of Charles Darwin. "Robert provided the first empirical evidence that small eye movements are made even when people attempt to keep them fixed. This he found during his studies of the afterimages of colored stimuli in which he noticed that while a person tried to fixate a colored circle, a lucid edge appeared on the adjacent white-paper background. He concluded "as by the unsteadiness of the eye a part of the fatigued retina falls on the white paper."" (Burntwood Family History Group). (1)

Senex (John). An Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England and Wales described by One Hundred Maps from copper plates..., first perform'd and publish'd by John Ogilby Esq. and now improved, very much corrected and made portable by John Senex, volume 1 (only of 2) 1st edition, published J.Senex, 1719, title printed in red & black with near contemporary ownership signature and some staining, dedication and table of cities and towns, fifty-four (only) uncoloured engraved strip road maps, very slight spotting, upper hinge crudely strengthened, near contemporary blindstamped specked calf, rear board detached, worn and frayed, oblong 4to (1)

[Serao, Francesco]. The Natural History of Mount Vesuvius, with the Explanation of the various Phenomena that usually attend the Eruptions of this celebrated Volcano. Translated from the Original Italian, composed by the Royal Academy of Science at Naples, by Order of the King of Two Sicilies, 1st English edition, London: E. Cave, 1743, two folding woodcut plates (one lined to verso & with closed tear to central fold), folding table, blind library stamp to title plates, few other leaves & free endpapers, ink library stamp to verso of title, occasional scattered spotting, ownership signature of John Wickins 1744 to front free endpaper, later quarter sheep, joints cracked, spine worn, 12mo in 6s, together with Winchilsea (Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of), [A True and Exact Relation of the Late Prodigious Earthquake & Eruption of Mount Aetna, or, Mount-Gibello; as it came in a Letter Written to His Majesty from Naples by the Right Honorable The Earle of Winchilsea, His Majesties late Ambassador at Constantinople, who in his Return from thence, Visiting Catania in the Island of Sicily, was an Ey-witness of that Dreadfull Spectacle. Together with a more particular Narrative of the same, as it is collected out of severall relations sent from Catania, Printed by T. Newcomb, 1669], folding engraved frontispiece present with few repairs to edges (dust-soiled and dampstained, old ink stamp to verso of Royal Meteorological Society, Symons Bequest), facsimile title and final leaf, first & last leaf repaired at gutter margin, spotting and dust-soiling, early 20th century wrappers with manuscript title and ink stamp to upper cover, slim 8vo, contained in modern portfolio, plus Hamilton (William), Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos: In a Series of Letters Addressed to the Royal Society, 2nd edition, 1773, five engraved plates and one folding map, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, plus four 18th century disbound pamphlets (one defective), including A Sermon on the Late Earthquakes, More particularly that at Lisbon..., by Thomas Alcock, Oxford, 1756 (7)

Fuller (Thomas). The Holy State, & The Profane State, 3rd edition, printed by R.D. for John Williams, 1652, title to each part, with woodcut vignette of a crown, and woodcut border to each, additional engraved title to first part, 20 engraved portraits to text, with fore-margin partially excised, upper outer corner and inner margin restrengthened, several engraved portraits to text, bound with The Historie of the Holy Warre, 3rd edition, Cambridge, Roger Daniel, 1647, additional engraved title, folding engraved map of the Holy Land, early ownership inscriptions of Henry Montfort at head of title, and 'William Williams His Booke 1692' to foot of main title, 19th century bookplate of John Russell to front pastedown, near-contemporary calf-backed boards, heavily rubbed and some wear, with joints partly cracked, folio (1)

Athenaeus (of Naucratis). Athenaei Dipnosophistarum sive Coenae sapientum libri XV. Natale de Comitibus Veneto, nunc primum Š Graeca in Latinam linguam vertente. Cum pluribus ex manuscriptis antiquissimis exemplaribus additis: quae in GraecŠ hactenus impressis uoluminibus non reperiebantur..., Lyon: Sebastianum Barptolomaei Honorati, 1556, printer's woodcut device to title (with ink erased signatures & long diagonal repaired closed tear), worm trail mostly to upper blank margins of initial 130 leaves, some browning and staining, burn mark & embrittlement to leaves A1 & A2 (pages 369-372), contemporary limp vellum, yapp fore-edges, dust-soiled and marked, 8vo Not in Adams, Vicaire 50. The first(?) Lyon edition of the first Latin translation, which was originally published in the same year in Venice. This volume contains information regarding the food, drink, music, songs, dances, games, and courtesans of the Ancients. (1)

Hulle (Anselm van). Pacificatores Orbis Christiani, sive Icones Principum, Ducum, et Legatorum, qui Monasterii atque Osnabrug‘ Pacem Europ‘ Reconciliarunt..., Rotterdam: P. Vander Slaart, 1696, half-title with poem relating to engraved title on verso, additional engraved title, two letterpress titles (in Latin and Dutch), nine pages of text in both Latin and Dutch, 131 engraved plates after van Hulle, including one folding, each with a contemporary manuscript ink number, some soiling mainly to blank margins, several with closed tears to blank margins, some with repairs to verso, plate 1 with closed tear to lower blank margin extending 0.5ins into printed area, plate 22 laid down (repaired closed tear extending halfway up page), plate 46 with closed tear across top right corner of printed area (repaired on verso), plate 115 with 2ins closed tear to printed area (related to a paper fault), 4 plates with ink stamp to printed area 'Verein fr Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens Mnster', ink stamp also present on Latin title-page, engraved title (one stamp to blank margin and one on corner of image), and verso of half-title, front free flyleaf with early ink manuscript ownership annotation and marginal repairs, both free endpapers and rear pastedown with ink stamp 'A. Colin Cole Portcullis Pursuivant College of Arms' to upper corner of each, front free endpaper with short closed marginal tears, front pastedown with armorial bookplate 'Alexander Colin Cole CVO TD FSA Garter Principal King of Arms', hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, previously rebacked, spine deficient, boards worn with some losses to extremities, folio In 1648 Anselm van Hulle was sent by his patron the Prince of Orange to Mnster, there to make portait paintings of the delegates to the Peace of Mnster. The first group of portraits were published in 1648. This edition of 1696 was the first to contain his full collection of related portraits - 131 in all, plus an additional engraved title-page and additonal commentry in both Latin and Dutch. (1)

Greene (Graham). Rumour at Nightfall, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1931, some heavy spotting to first few leaves and marks to front free endpaper, inner upper hinges slightly cracked, original cloth, partly faded and marked on upper cover, together with Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes, 1st edition, 1983, original cloth gilt in glassine dust jacket, 8vo, (signed limited edition, 353/750 copies) (2)

Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, Founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor..., with Descriptions of the Coal-Fields and Overlying Formations, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, John Murray, 1839, subscribers list, 2 maps and 54 engraved plates including 9 hand-coloured folding sections, some spotting or browning to plates, occasionally heavy, small closed tear repair to blank margin of first title, errata slip before plates at rear, lacks separate large geological map, engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary polished calf, neatly rebacked with leather spine labels, rubbed and some edge and corner wear, 4to (1)

Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 3 volumes, 5th edition, 1789, publisher's advertisement to verso of final leaf of third volume, contemporary ink signature of Blackford to head of title of each volume, and old engraved bookplate of John Forbes of Blackford to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary tree calf, rubbed and some marks, spine title labels deficient, rubbed and some marks, upper joint to first and second volumes cracked, 8vo Goldsmith's 13794. Kress B1722. (3)

Sinfield (Peter, 1943-). Under the Sky, a Collection of Lyrics & Poems, 1st edition, Boydell Press, 1974, black and white portrait to half-title, signed in black ink, original publisher's printed covers in d.j., jacket with few minor marks, 8vo, together with 4 large-format paperbacks of Roger Dean, Bruce Pennington, etc., artwork published by Dragon's World, plus a similar format publication on David Bowie by Roy Carr and 2 others, plus 2 rolled vintage posters, the first for The Incredible String Band and Stone Monkey at the Roundhouse, London, April [1970], the second a black and white poster for the Smiths' British tour 1985 (10)

Andrews (Henry C.). The Heathery; or a Monograph of the genus Erica: 6 volumes, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Henry G. Bohn, 1845, additional hand-coloured aquatint title to first volume, 300 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates, occasional minor marks, a few plates trimmed to lower edge with partial loss of printed caption, 19th century ownership armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each volume, with the motto 'En suivant la Verit‚', original uniform blindstamped green cloth, rubbed and soiled, with some fraying and minor wear to head and foot of spines, first volume restrengthened to foot of spine, 8vo Nissen BBI 33. (6)