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Gori (Antonio Francesco). Statuae antiquae deorum et virorum illustrium centum aereis tabulis incisae quae exstant in thesauro Mediceo, 1st edition, Florence: Francisco Mocke, 1734, series and volume titles each with engraved vignette, head- and tailpieces and initials, 100 plates, very light spotting to a few plates, 20th-century quarter morocco, large folio (46 x 32 cm), together with: ibid., Antiqua numismata aurea et argentea ... quae in regio thesaureo magni ducis Etruriae, volumes 1 & 3 (of 3), Florence: Francisco Mocke, 1740-2, engraved title vignettes, head- and tailpieces and initials, 121 plates, 20th-century quarter morocco, large folio (46 x 32 cm), together with: Duns Scotus, In tertium et quartum Sententiarum quaestones subtilissimae. Nunc noviter recognitae ... per Hugonem Cavellum, Antwerp: Jan van Keerbergen, 1620, volume 2 only (of 2; lacking the first volume 'In primum et secundum Sententiarum'), woodcut title device and initials, colophon leaf, browning, small hole in leaf A2, ink-stamp and old institutional ownership inscription to title page, institutional bookplate, old manuscript catch-title to fore edge, contemporary reversed calf over wooden boards, rebacked, clasps gone, folio (35.7 x 22 cm), Cappel (Louis), Critica sacra, siva de variis quae in sacris Veteris Testamenti libris occurrunt lectionibus libri sex, 1st edition, Paris: Cramoisy, 1650, Hebrew types, variable spotting and browning, contemporary mottled calf, gilt arms to sides, rubbed and worn, folio (36 x 22.5 cm), Justin Martyr, Opera quae exstant omnia ... opera et studio ex Monachis Congregationis S. Mauri, The Hague: Pieter de Hondt, 1742, bound with: Paulinus II of Aquileia (Saint), Opera ... notis, et dissertationibus illustravit ... Joannes Franciscus Madrisius, Venice: Typographia Pitteriana, 1737, 2 works in 1 volume, Justin Martyr with Greek and Latin text in double column, browned throughout, Paulinus II with 1 engraved plate (of 3), contemporary calf, gilt spine, joints cracked, worn, folio (40 x 25.5 cm) The first two works (Statue antiquae and Antiqua numismata) were both published as part of the immense twelve-volume Museum florentinum (1731-66), for which see Cicognara 3417 (ten volumes only; lacking the two supplementary volumes. (6)

Franco (Nicolo). Le Pistole Vulgari, 2nd edition, Antonio Gardane, Venice, 1542, title with large woodcut device, repeated to final leaf verso, woodcut portrait of the author, some underlining, crossings-through and early annotations, possibly by Claude Enoch Virez? (ownership signature to title), occasional light soiling, later calf gilt, joints cracking, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo Adams F962. Second edition (first published in 1539) of poet and writer Franco's volume of erotic letters in Italian, in the style of his former employer, the poet Pietro Aretino. After falling out with Aretino, he moved to Rome and was employed by a patron, Alessandro Pallentieri to write barbs against Pope Paul IV, and after Pallentieri fell from favour, Franco was interrogated by the Inquisition for two years, failed to repent and was hanged in Rome in 1570. (1)

Grattius (Faliscus). Cynegeticon. Or, A Poem of Hunting by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished and illustrated by Christopher Wase Gent, 1st English edition, Charles Adams, 1654, [94], 86 pp., some light dust soiling, browning mostly to margins and occasional spots, 19th century half calf, joints cracked at head & foot, some wear to extremities, slim 12mo Wing G1581; ESTC R1966; Schwerdt I, p.217. The first edition in English. The poem which is by a contemporary of Virgil and Ovid, has Latin and English texts on facing pages. Wase's commentary includes chapters on "the styles of hunting different from the English, both antique and forreigne" and "the modern authors who have written upon this subject." The first edition in Latin was published in Lyon by Sebastian Gryphius in 1537. (1)

Loubayssin de Lamarca (Francisco). Historia tragicomica de Don Henrique de Castro, [probable] 1st edition, Paris: Vendense... en la tienda de la viuda de Matias Guillemot, 1617, engraved title and portrait plate (?a8 verso), woodcut initials, lacks errata leaf at end (3K3), a few old brown ink pen scratches to title and foremargin and lower margins repaired close to plate impression, some old ink marginalia and underscoring to Book 1, mostly in French, some spotting and old damp staining at front and rear, edges stained red, 19th-century calf with leather spine label, rubbed, 8vo (17 x 10.5cm) This is generally regarded as the first novel to be set in Spanish America. The action largely takes place in 16th-century Chile and also recounts visits to Mexico, Peru and a circumnavigation of the globe with Magellan. There is one suggestion of an edition of 1612, which is believed to be a ghost and based on a misreading of this 1617 edition. This 1617 edition is therefore considered by all the authorities to be the first edition, with no proven evidence of the existence of a 1612 edition. Medina, Biblioteca Hispano-Chilena 42; Palau 142662. (1)

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues..., Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, 1612], lacking general title (A1), Apocrypha present, New Testament title within woodcut border present, double-column roman text, 18th century inscriptions to verso of New Testament title and final leaf of Revelation (relating to a James & Robert Wilson), bound with at front a defective Book of Common Prayer and Genealogies by John Speed, with remnants of Genealogies title, includes double-page woodcut map of Canaan, bound with at rear an incomplete Booke of Psalmes, London: Imprinted for the Companie of Stationers, 1612, occasional fraying, browning, spotting & few marks etc. throughout volume, few other early inscriptions, front free endpapers replaced, lacking rear endpapers, contemporary sheep to upper board, lacking rear board, old calf reback, rubbed and worn, 4to Herbert 313; Darlow & Moule 242; STC 2219. The first quarto edition of the King James version; printed in roman type. With Ruth iii:15 'hee'. The New Testament title omits the words 'Appointed...'. (1)

Grey (Zane). Tales of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand, published Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1st edition, 1926, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, many with captioned tissue guards, last few images with marginal closed tears and slight adhesion damage, 4to, together with Tales of Fishing Virgin Sea, 1st edition, published Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1925, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, 4to, with Tales of Tahitian Waters, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1931, additional half title, title page with slight adhesian damage and biro numbers to verso and recto, later endpapers, the three volumes bound in uniform modern quarter calf gilt, 4to, plus Tales of Southern Rivers, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton, 1924, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, later endpapers, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, and Tales of Fishes, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton, 1919, colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations throughout, later end papers, modern quarter calf, 8vo, with An American Angler in Australia, published Hodder & Stoughton, first English edition, [1937], additional half title, numerous illustrations, mostly bound at rear, some spotting throughout, later endpapers, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo All the bindings are uniform. (6)

[Davenant, Charles]. Discourses on the Publick Revenues and on the Trade of England, 2 volumes, James Knapton, 1698, half title and terminal ad leaf in the first volume, three folding tables, few contemporary annotations, modern half calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, 8vo, together with A Discourse upon Grants and Resumptions. Showing how our Ancestors have Proceeded with such Ministers as have Procured to Themselves Grants of the Crown-Revenue; and that the Forfeited Estates ought to be applied towards the Payment of the Publick Debts..., 2nd edition, James Knapton, 1700, armorial bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester to upper pastedown, hinges cracked, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo, with Essays upon I. The Ballance of Power. II. The Right of making War, Peace, and Alliances. III. Universal Monarchy..., 1st edition, James Knapton, 1701, half-title, 3 page book list at rear, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked at head & foot, worn at head of spine, 8vo (4)

Lindley (John). Pomologia Britannica; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Most Important Varieties of Fruit Cultivated in Great Britain, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Henry G. Bohn, 1841, 152 hand-coloured engraved plates heightened in gum arabic, 5 double-page, tissue guards, slight offsetting to plate 21, spotting to endpapers and blanks, engraved contemporary book label of one William Scorer to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, original citron half morocco by J. Wright, spines gilt with strawberry and bunch-of-grape motifs, some superficial stripping to morocco, 8vo (23 x 13.6 cm) Nissen BBI 1203. A clean and handsome copy. The plates, which are mainly after Augusta Withers (1792-1877), first appeared in the short-lived Pomological Magazine (1827-30). (3)

Aesop. Aesop's Fables, with his life: in English, French, and Latin, newly translated, illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures, to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life by Francis Barlow, printed by R. Newcombe, for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1703, additional etched title, engraved coat of arms for William Earle of Devonshire (closed tear repair to verso), 32 full-page plates by Thomas Dudley (the first unnumbered and placed as frontispiece, torn with large loss to lower left corner, now supplied with good photocopy repair), 110 half-page copper plates, plate impressions for fables LXX and LXXI transposed, correct impressions additionally tipped in as overlays (the first with paper repair and image loss to upper left corner), Life of Aesop in English and Latin only, lacks 40 pages of the Life of Aesop in French (apparently not bound in), some heavy browning (especially to early leaves) and spotting throughout, occasional ink stains, splashes and other soiling and marks, a few closed tear repairs, old ink doodles of figures and horses to frontispiece recto, bookplate of Christopher Rowe, contemporary boards with period-style calf gilt reback, rubbed, folio (320 x 200 mm) Wing A695. This third edition is a reissue of the 1666 and 1687 edition sheets, with a cancelled title leaf. This copy, unlike most others, has the sheets for folios [2]R1-2 with the requisite copper plate impressions. It also includes the additional engraved title-page, often missing, and the scarce plate 17, often removed because of concern for the nude women depicted. The engraved English version of the text is by Aphra Behn. (1)

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus). Workes, newly inlarged and corrected by Thomas Lodge, 2nd edition, Willi[am] Stansby, [1620], engraved architectonic title page, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials and divisional title page, initial and final blanks lacking, engraved title trimmed and mounted, letterpress title page supplied from a copy of the 1614 first edition (none called for in this edition), final text leaf (4L5) trimmed and mounted with loss of a few letters recto and woodcut device verso, other old repairs in last quire affecting headline, occasional marginal damp-staining, a few other marks, 19th-century half sheep, rebacked retaining most of original spine, folio (31 x 19 cm), together with: Marsham (John), Chronicus Canon Aegyptiacus, Ebraicus, Graecus, et Disquitiones, 1st edition, Thomas Roycroft, 1672, engraved portrait frontispiece, corrigenda leaf, contemporary calf gilt, some wear, folio, Parr (Richard, editor), The Life of James Ussher, late Lord Arch-Bishop of Armagh ... with a Collection of Thre Hundred Letters, 1st edition, for Nathanael Ranew, 1686, engraved portrait frontispiece, title page in red and black, errata leaf, engraved bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt arms of Sir Simon R[ichard] B[rissett] Taylor (see note), folio, [Bacon, Francis, & others], Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra: Mysteries of State and Government, in Letters of Illustrious Persons, and Great Ministers of State ... 3rd edition, expanded ... printed for Tho. Sawbridge [and others], 1691, additional engraved title page, letterpress title page in red and black, spotting and browning, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, tips restored, folio, Hooker (Richard), Works, in Eighht Books of Ecclesiastical Polity ... with several other Treatises ... printed by R. White for Rob. Scot [and others], 1676, engraved frontispiece (marginal repair), engraved additional title page (with perforation stamp, attempted repair verso), contemporary blind-panelled calf, rebacked, folio, Luther (Martin), Colloquia Mensalia: Or, Divine Discourses at his Table ... translated out of the high Germane into the English Tongue by Henrie Bell, 1st edition in English, William Du-Gard, 1652, portrait frontispiece lacking, browned throughout, title page slightly marked and frayed, marginal damp-staining (more extensive in final quires), endpapers renewed (and profusely annotated), modern half calf, folio, Howell (James), Londinopolis: an Historicall Discourse or Illustrations of the City of London, 1st edition, by J. Streater for Henry Twiford, 1657, engraved frontispiece and folding panorama supplied in facsimile, text-block loose in contemporary calf covers, folio Pforzheimer 626 and STC 22214 (Seneca); Wing M810A (Marsham), P548 (Parr), C186 (Bacon; Cabala), H2632 (Hooker), L3510 (Luther), H3091 (Howell). Provenance (Parr): Sir Simon Richard Brissett Taylor (1785-1815), 2nd Baronet, of Lysson Hall, Jamaica (sugar plantation owner). (7)

Dickens (Charles). The Works of Charles Dickens ..., Introduction, General Essay, and Notes by Andrew Lang, 34 volumes, Gadshill Edition, Chapman & Hall, 1897-1899, titles printed in red and black, numerous black & white plates and illustrations, occasional generally light spotting, volume 5 front hinge cracked after endpapers, volume 22 sewing broken in one section, contemporary maroon half morocco, somewhat marked in places, some extremities rubbed, volume 2 headcap slightly worn, 8vo, together with Thackeray (William Makepeace), The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, 22 volumes, Smith, Elder & Co., 1869, numerous black & white plates (offset to text) and illustrations, occasional spotting and toning (mainly to first and last few leaves), volume I with dampstaining to some plates, volume II with dampstain to lower corner of first few leaves, a couple of hinges cracked, each pastedown with armorial bookplate of Eustace Corrie Frere, contemporary brown half morocco gilt, worn and marked, 8vo Provenance: from the library of Elspeth Huxley, by family descent. (56)

Mauritius. Souvenirs de Maurice, 1st edition, Port Louis, Mauritius: J. Maisonneuve, [1853], 20 hand-coloured lithographs comprising 18 views and 2 hunting scenes, of which 12 after Alfred Richard, 4 after Edouard Pitot, 3 'from a daguerrotype', and 1 after E. Crook, each with printed series title 'Souvenirs de Maurice', light spotting to margins and occasionally above the skyline within the images, first 4 plates uniformly toned but remaining bright, plate 1 with short closed tear in margin, bound with: Richard (Alfred, & others), [20 hand-coloured lithographs of fruit], Port Louis, Mauritius: J. Maisonneuve, [c. 1850], comprising 9 hand-coloured lithographs after Alfred Richard, 2 signed 'Bojer', the rest unsigned, all with imprint J. Maisonneuve but no series title, all heightened with gum arabic, light marginal finger-soiling to Sugar Apple plate, marginal spotting to Mahogany Fruits plate; and Pitot (Edouard), Ile Maurice, Port Louis, Mauritius: Devaux et Cie, [c. 1850], 16 hand-coloured lithographs of trees after Edouard Pitot, each with printed series title 'Ile Maurice', all but the first with imprint Devaux et Cie, final lithograph heightened with gum arabic, variable spotting to first and last few plates, contemporary cloth binding, marked, inner hinges reinforced, oblong folio (33.5 x 50.5 cm) Toussaint & Adolphe, Bibliography of Mauritius 115 for the Souvenirs; the work was apparently issued monthly, though no collation is provided. Sammelband of three extremely rare Mauritius-printed suites of hand-coloured lithographs, containing in total 56 plates, most of them by Mauritian artists Edouard Pitot (1778-1860) and Alfred Richard (1824-1880). A volume sold at auction in 2004 contained 47 plates, including 22 apparently from the Souvenirs de Maurice, 21 botanicals, and a further three plates comprising two tinted views and an uncoloured plan; another set of the Ile Maurice series comprising 16 plates, appeared in Paris in 2008 (Kahn-Dumousset, 4 April 2008, lot 18). The BibliothŠque nationale de France holds 25 lithographs from the Souvenirs series, including eight not found here, but lacking three plates which are found found in this volume (View at 'Riviere du Poste' (Savanna); 'Montagne du Rempart', from Plaines Wilhems; and Stag hunting); otherwise each series is institutionally untraced. There was an exhibition of Pitot's work at the National History Museum of Mauritius in 2018, and Richard is identified as leading figure among the 'accomplished Mauritian artists' who emerged in the second half of the 19th century (de Kervern & Martial, Mauritius: 500 Early Postcards, p. 11). A full list of plates is available on request. (1)

Quin (Edward). An Historical Atlas; in a Series of Maps as the World as known at Different Periods, 1st edition, for R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1830, engraved title page, all text-leaves as called for, 21 hand-coloured engraved maps, 6 folding, the first 18 with black aquatint, occasional pale tide-mark in lower margins (text and images never affected), title page and initial text leaves slightly nicked and marked, the aquatinting faintly mottled and offset, first map with paper disruption in gutter not affecting image, folding maps with linen tape-supports along versos of folds (possibly as issued), endpapers renewed, original marbled boards, rebacked and recornered, original paper label to front board, rubbed, folio (42 x 32.5 cm) First edition of this sought-after atlas which illustrates the growing extent of the known world from 'the deluge' (2348 BC) to 1828 by means of the gradual receding of a dramatic black aquatint cloud. There was a quarto edition in 1836 which is far more usually encountered. (1)

Kennedy (William). Texas: the Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. Hastings, 1841, 2 engraved charts, 1 engraved folding map of Texas (of 2: lacking the Arrowsmith map; a duplicate of the second map bound in its place to face the title page, tape-repaired), contents toned, title page slightly soiled, advertisement leaf stained, closed marginal tear in volume 2 leaf R6, folding map backed on linen, 20th-century half sheep, 8vo (21.4 x 13 cm) Howes K92 aa; Jenkins 117; Sabin 37440. Rare first edition of Kennedy's highly influential account, of which Jenkins speculates that Arrowsmith's map was 'included in only a portion of the copies ... as only a small percentage of surviving copies contain it'. For a copy of Arrowsmith's map see lot 100. (2)

[Burke, Edmund; attributed]. An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and Her Colonies, from its Commencement to the End of the Year 1779, 1st London edition, for R. Faulder, and J. Milliken, Carlisle, 1780, engraved folding map of North America as frontispiece, 13 engraved portrait plates of American revolutionaries, map browned and offset and with short split (3 cm) to one fold, plates offset, modern morocco, 8vo (21 x 12.5 cm) Church 1171; ESTC T45611; Howes B975 aa; Sabin 34375. The text was plagiarised from the Annual Register and first published separately at Dublin the previous year as The History of the War in America ... to the End of the Year 1778 (in two volumes, with a third printed in 1785; see Sabin 32226), but this London edition is the first to contain the portrait plates of American revolutionaries. There were also two other issues, with only Faulder's or Milliken's imprint on the title page. (1)

Tzara (Tristan). Braccelli Bizzarie, Propos sur draccelli par Tristan Tzara. L'Aventure d'un Livre et Notes Bibliografique par Alain Brieux, Editeur, Paris, 1963, comprising two booklets, the first containing a facsimile suite of the 'Bizzarie' etchings by the 17th-century Florentine artist Braccelli, original limp vellum wrappers with ties, the second booklet with Tristan Tzara's text, Alain Brieux's notes, and a fold-out illustration of the artist's alphabet, original printed wrappers, the two booklets contained in the original card chemise and slipcase with printed paper label, oblong 8vo Limited edition, 401/500 copies on Hollande Van Gelder, from a total edition of 525 copies. (1)

Anderson (David). Canada: or, a View of the Importance of the British Colonies; shewing their Extensive and Improveable Resources and pointing out the Great and Unprecedented Advantages which have been allowed to the Americans over our own Colonists, 1st edition, for J. M. Richardson, 1814, hand-coloured engraved folding map as frontispiece (2-cm split to one fold), contents largely unopened, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked retaining original spine-label, covers slightly marked, corners bumped, 8vo (22.8 x 13.4 cm), together with: Holditch (Robert), The Emigrant's Guide to the United States of America, 1st edition, for William Hone, 1818, 4 pp. publisher's advertisements lacking, ownership inscription date April 1827 and tipped-in carte-de-visite of London-born Philadelphia artist John Sartain (1808-1897) to initial blank, edges untrimmed, modern boards, 8vo (22.2 x 13.4 cm), and Kingdom (William, junior), America and the British Colonies. An Abstract of all the most Useful Information relative to the United States of America, and the British Colonies of Canada, the Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Island. Exhibiting at one view the Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages each Country offers for Emigrations, 2nd edition, for G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1820, title page slightly marked, occasional mild spotting, edges untrimmed, modern boards, 8vo Sabin 1391 (Anderson), 32485 (Holditch), 37865 (Kingdom); Howes H584 (Holditch); Howes K158, Ferguson 789 (Kingdom). Holditch's work is scarce, with four copies located on Copac and one copy traced at auction in the last 50 years. This second edition of Kingdom's work has the same collation as the first, which appeared earlier the same year. (3)

Sir Peter Blake (b.1932)Homage to RauschenbergThe complete set of five screenprints in colours with gold leaf, diamond dust, embossing and glaze embellishments, 2011, each signed and numbered from the edition of 125 in pencil, all on wove paper, published by CCA Galleries, London, together with the original cloth solander portfolio box, the full sheets, each sheet 860 x 700mm (34 x 27 1/2in) (framed) (6)Peter Blake created this set as a tribute to the artist Robert Rauschenberg, who has been a source of inspiration for the artist throughout his career. In Blake's words, 'Robert Rauschenberg was an enormous influence on me in the mid 1950s. My 'Rauschenbergs' are a very formalised version of his work. I made no attempt to assimilate his beautiful, almost 'Abstract Expressionistic' use of paint.' Rauschenberg embraced a great variety of artistic mediums including photography, printmaking, performance art and even stage design in his artistic practice. Using these techniques in original ways, he quickly became the revolutionary artist of his generation. For instance, Rauschenberg created what he called "combines", which were hybrids of painting and sculpture that challenged the conventions of collage, and he was even the first artist to use the technique of screenprinting on canvas. This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)S&H Green Stamps (Feldman & Schellmann II.9; Marechal 5)Offset lithograph printed in colours, 1965, from the edition of 6,000, on wove paper, printed by Eugene Feldman, published by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, the full sheet, 584 x 578mm (23 x 22 2/4in) (unframed)The present artwork first appeared as an invitation in the form of a foldout poster announcing the opening of the first Warhol Retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. It also served as the wallpaper decorating the exhibition space at ICA. Of the six thousand copies printed, five thousand were folded and mailed as invitations, 300 adorned the walls, 300 were sold during the exhibition, and the remainder were used in later exhibitions by the artist.

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) (after)Study for a Portrait of John Edwards; Russian Retrospective exhibition posterOffset lithograph printed in colours, 1988, from the edition of circa 250 of which only approximately 30 are extant, on thin wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, 901 x 575mm (35 1/8 x 22 3/8in) (unframed)This work was printed to advertise the first retrospective exhibition in Russia granted to a living artist since the Russian Revolution and was adopted by the State as a symbol of Glasnost. The exhibition was organized by the British Council in collaboration with Marlborough Fine Art in London. It was held at the Central Union of Artists in Moscow (22nd September to 7th November 1988). It is believed that only 250 posters were printed for the exhibition and at the end of it there were circa 30 left unused.This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

QUEEN - UK 7" COLLECTION. Comprehensive run of 44 x UK 7". Running from the debut in 1973 up to 1996, titles include Keep Yourself Alive (EMI 2036 - Ex), Bohemian Rhapsody (EMI 2375 original picture sleeve - neat Ex/VG+), Now I'm Here (EMI 2256), First EP, We Are The Champions, Don't Stop Me Now, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Love Of My Life, Save Me, Play The Game, Another One Bites The Dust, Flash, Body Language, Radio Ga Ga (inc. stock and black label four prong test pressing), Hammer To Fall (silver label), Thank God It's Christmas, Friends Will Be Friends (QUEENP8 picture disc), Scandal (poster sleeve), The Miracle (ltd edition hologram sleeve), The Invisible Man (stock and clear vinyl), Innuendo, Too Much Love Will Kill Young (pink) and Let Me Live ('95 pic disc). Condition is often clean Ex to Ex+.

CLASSICAL - DECCA SXL LPs. Tremendous bundle of 7 x stereo Decca 'SXL' LPs, 6 of which are the first editions. Works/Performers are Cesare Siepi - Operatic Arias (ED1 SXL 2213), Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (SXL 2001), Tebaldi/Del Monaco - Puccini Tosca Highlights (SXL 2258 ED1), Falla/Rodrigo - Nights In The Gardens Of Spain/Guitar Concerto (ED2 'Made In England ffss wide band), New Year's Concert (SXL 6332 original UK edition), Siegfried (SXL 6142 original UK edition) and Ansermet conducts Mendelssohn (SXL 6166 original UK edition). Condition is generally Ex.

3 BOXED EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITION 2 BUS SETS

A collection of natural history books including a first edition of Wild Orchids of Britain - The New Naturalist

Scalextric Catalogues & Ephemera, including First, Second, Third, Fourth (2), Seventh (2) Edition Catalogues, Instruction Manuals, Decorative Flags, Pit Numbers & Car Numbers, 101 Circuits For Scalextric Drivers (3), Track Circuit & Racing Rules, Second (2), Third, Fourth (3), Fifth Editions and many other items, some Airfix, P-VG (qty)

MERVYN PEAKE.Mervyn Peake: two books; 'Figures of Speech', first edition 1954 & 'Letters from a Lost Uncle', a re-issue.

BARBARA HEPWORTH. Two books: 'Barbara Hepworth, A Pictorial Autobiography', extended edition, 1978. Also, 'Barbara Hepworth A Memoir', a first edition by Margaret Gardiner, 1982.

Large assorted lot of Westminster and Jubilee Mint silver plated and limited edition first day covers. Depicting Royalty and Military. Also Diamond Jubilee Executive proof set

Sixteen Ian Fleming James Bond books, including first edition 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' 1963, plus three paperbacks

Five first edition Harry Potter books

An edition of Biggles and the Black Peril, First Edition

A First Edition Proof Set of medallions in bronze depicting Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

'Etat De La France', 2 vols, pub. T. Wood & S. Palmer, 1727, First Edition of this extensive survey of the provinces of France at the beginning of the 18th century, the first volume with impressive fold-out map (2)

The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery, signed in blue ink on the title page and dated 3 November 1960. This autographed edition by Montgomery was published for The Members of The Companion Boom Club in 1960 and is in generally good order with a signature of the owner in ink in the first page.

A large collection of Harry Potter hardback first edition novels (some paperbacks).

Montgomery as Military Commander by Ronald Lewin, first edition, signed by Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein. This book is autographed on the first page, dated 1971, five years before his death. The book is generally in very good condition with some marks but no loose pages and no apparent missing pages.

Two first edition watch catalogues comprising Rolex by George Gordon and Cartier by the same author, both with original slipcases and outer boxes.

A vintage 1950s first edition Subbuteo table soccer with pitch, nets, both teams, instructions and fixtures list etc, along with a 1970s edition cloth pitch and four teams including two boxed examples Sheffield Wednesday and Liverpool.

Royal Doulton Small Character Jug Oliver Cromwell D6986, King Charles the First D6985 limited edition, boxed with cert (2)

A RARE COMPLETE SET OF THE CORONATION ALBUM OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS II, 1899 KORONATSIONNIY SBORNIK SO SOIZVOLENIYA EGO IMPERATORSKOGO VELICHIYA GOSUDARYA IMPERATORA [Coronation Collection with Permission from His Imperial Majesty The Sovereign Emperor, vols. 2 of 2 (Saint Petersburg: Ekspeditsyua zagotovleniya gosudarstvennyh bumag, 1899). Folio (488 x 320 mm) in original embossed gilt cover with medallion. Vol. 1: XXXIII, 415, [12] pp., frontispiece and 60 illustrated plates. Vol. 2: XXVI, 336 pp. 95 illustrated plates. The edition was designed and illustrated by Nikolai Samokish, with illustrations by Samokish, Elena Samokish-Sudovskaya, Sergei Vasilkovsky, and reproductions from the originals by Alexander Benois, Viktor Vasnetsov, Klavdy Lebedev, Makovsky, Ilya Repin, Vladimir Makovsky, Andrey Ryabushkin and Valentin Serov. Edited by Vasily Silovich Krivenko. PROVENANCEDeluxe Presentation Copy with presentation page to Imperial Russian Army General Mikhail Pavlovich DanilovA La Vielle Russie, New YorkAcquired by George Sanders, the British film actor, from the aboveGift from George Sanders to Nadia Petrova Gardiner, model and wife of British actor Reginald GardinerThence by descent in the familyLOT NOTESNadia Petrova was born in civil war torn Russia and was separated from her father Alexander a White Army volunteer who escaped certain death by firing squad along with the remnants of General Peter Wrangel's army from Sevastopol to Constantinople. After a long odyssey through refugee camps from Galipoli to Paris, he at last settled in America where as an aeronautical engineer he helped Igor Sikorsky organize his aircraft company which constructed history's first operational helicopter. By that time he was able to reunite with his two daughters, Nadia and Kira.

[ARTZYBASHEV, SERIBRIAKOFF, STARITSKAYA, TCHERKESSOFF] GROUP OF FOUR ILLUSTRATED BOOKS comprising:a) PADRAIC COLUM (IRISH 1881-1972), author, and BORIS ARTZYBASHEFF (AMERICAN 1899-1965), illustrator, CREATURES (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927). Edition 154 of 300, signed by both Colum and Artzybasheff on the justification page. 8vo (240 x 165 mm) original hardcover. 56+[1] pp. Text in English. In original slipcase.b) ROBERT LAWRENCE (AMERICAN B. 1952), adapted by, and ALEXANDRE SERIBRIAKOFF (FRENCH-RUSSIAN 1907-1994), illustrator, CARMEN: THE STORY OF BIZET'S OPERA (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938). 8vo (240 x 188 mm) original hardcover. 39 pp. Text in English.c) ALEKSANDR SERGEEVICH PUSHKIN (RUSSIAN 1799-1873), author, and ANNA HEORHYIVNA STARITSKAYA (FRENCH-UKRAINIAN 1907-1981), LA DAME DE PIQUE (Brussels: La Boetie, 1947). Edition 4 of 5100 copies, the first 52 with an original engraving. 8vo (205 x 165 mm) with original illustrated cover. 59 pp. Text in French.d) ANDRE MAUROIS (FRENCH 1885-1967), author, and GEORGES TCHERKESSOFF (RUSSIAN-FRENCH 1900-1943), illustrator, DICKENS (Paris: J. Ferenczi et fils, 1935). 8vo (203 x 145 mm) with illustrations and original illustrated wraps. 157 pp. Text in French.This lot is being sold without reserve.

[EL LISSITZKY], USSR BUILDS SOCIALISM, 1933 EL LISSITZKY (RUSSIAN 1890-1941), artist, SSSR STROIT SOTSIALISM [USSR Builds Socialism] (Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1933). First edition of 25 000. 4to (345 x 260 mm). 284+[4] pp. Text in Russian; captions in Russian, English, German and French. In original carton board covers designed by El Lissitzky. Illustrated profusely with photographs and collages.LOT NOTESUSSR Builds Socialism, published in 1933, reports on the accomplishments of heavy industries and agriculture following the first Five-Year Plan (1928-1932). The following edition is one of the first collaborations between El Lissitzky and IZOGIZ (other well-known works include: Industriya Sotsializma (1935) and Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya (1934)). The book comprises a great number of photographs, many previously published in the early issues of SSSR na stroike.

James Bond "Thunderball" First Edition by Ian Fleming, printed by Jonathan Cape, London, 1961, with brown board cover, lacking dust cover, (one book)

A large collection of 14x assorted EFE Exclusive First Edition 1:76 scale boxed diecast model buses. All models appear mint, within the original display boxes. All special or rarer editions. To include; 17401, 19702, 15101B, 15102B, 15101 and others. Great selection. 

A collection of 6x assorted boxed diecast model buses / coaches and related models. To include; 4x Corgi Original Omnibus models, an EFE Exclusive First Editions model and a Corgi limited edition Golden Jubilee Routemaster Bus CC25903. All models appear mint. 

A large collection of 15x assorted EFE Exclusive First Edition 1:76 scale boxed diecast model buses. All models appear mint, within the original display boxes. To include; 12201, 12301, 15802, 16504, 10114, E18404 and others. All boxed. 

Two limited edition Royal Mail stamp prints featuring David Bowie to include The Black Star album No 270 of 950 with accompanying postmarked stamp and the Ziggy Stardust Tour 1973 No. 288 of 950 with accompanying postmarked stamp, also included is a framed set of David Bowie related mint stamps depicting album covers and three sets of Star Wars First Day Covers. Estimate £20 - £40

A 1927 First Edition 'Songs From Now We Are Six' signed A.A.Milne.

The Ford Dynasty by James Brough British first edition 1978 and Henry A Life of Henry Ford II by Walter Hayes first edition, signed by the author or include a signed photograph of Henry Ford II and a Ford collectors watch

Vargas y Ponce, Jose de & Antonio de Cordoba Relacion del ultimo viage al Estrecho de Magallanes de la fragata de S.M. Santa Maria de la Cabeza en los anos de 1785 y 1786. Madrid: la viuda de Ibarra, 1788 -93. First edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to., engraved portrait frontispiece of Magellan, with 5 folding maps and 5 tables, contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards, head, tail and edges rubbed, marginal tear in the map following p 159 (no loss), bookplate of Charles Crofton-Atkins Note: An account of Don Antonio de Córdoba's scientific and hydrographic survey of the Strait of Magellan, 1785-86, 1788-89, compiled by José de Vargas Y Ponce, Spanish geographer and naval officer, mainly from the journals of Córdoba's lieutenants, Dionisio Alcalá Galiano and Alejandro Belmonte. The expedition was appointed by the Spanish Crown to determine the exact navigability of the strait and the advisability of the Spaniards continuing to use the passage in voyages to the Pacific or whether it was preferable to enter the Pacific by way of Cape Horn., as well as to investigate the plant and animal life of the region, with a view toward colonisation.

Marcoy, Paul A journey across South America. London: Blackie & Son, 1871-73. First English edition, 4 vols., folio, with 600 entravings on wood by E.Riou, and 12 coloured maps, publisher's cloth, a.e.g., bindings rubbed, vol. 1 shaken, a few instances of discolouration

Paz Soldan, Mateo & Mariano Felipe Atlas geografico del Peru. Paris: Libreria del Firman Didot, 1865. First edition, large folio, 67 (= 68, XXV used three times, L and LI numbered on the same sheet) numbered sheets (of 72) of maps (including some folding), city plans, tinted lithographic plates of views (including engravings from daguerreotypes), two of the maps and 3 geological plates with hand colouring, lacking the half title and general title page and text, Plate XXXVI 'Departmento de Puno' browned (as usual), tear to the lower margin (the numerical key)of plate XXVIII 'Vista de la Torre de Santo Domingo', patches of worming mostly at the front and at the end, contemporary full calf, bookplate of Charles Cotton-Atkins

Cieza de Leon, Pedro de. The Seventeen Years Travels of Peter de Cieza through the mighty kingdom of Peru and the large provinces of Cartagena and Popayan in South America. London, [no printer], 1709. First English edition, 4to., woodcuts in the text, modern limp calf, lacking pp. 29-20 and the folding map and cuts, worming at the lower inner margin of the first few leaves (occasionally touching text), library stamp of the Board of Trade on the titlepage and a withdrawn stamp on the opposite page: [Mouette, Germain]. Travels of the Sieur Mouette in Fez and Morocco. [London?, no printer, or date, 1710?], 4to., lacking map, etc.; [Teixeira, Pedro]. The travels of Peter Teixeira from India to Italy by land. [London?, no printer, 1710?]; [Cauche, Francis]. A voyage to Madagascar, the adjacent islands, and coast of Africk. [London?, no printer, 1710?], 4to., all four bound in limp calf and with the bookplates of Charles Cotton-Atkins [4] Note: ESTC T133232: T133237; T133236; T1332235. The three last items, all without title pages, with ESTC suggesting that this is how they may have been issued. These works were also issued as a part of John Stevens A new collection of voyages and travels, London, 1708-10

Moxo y de Francoli, Benito Maria de Entretenimientos de un prisionero en las provincias del Rio de la Plata. Barcelona: Torner, 1828. First edition, 2 vols. 8vo., engraved titlepage to both vols., engraved dedication leaves, 3 plates, contemporary tree calf, upper inner joint splitting, some water staining in the first volume, with book labels of Charles Crofton-Atkins [2] Note: This work comprises fourteen "disertaciones" taken by El Baron de Juras Reales from Cartas mejicanas of his uncle, Benito Maria Moxó y de Francoli (1763-1816). There is much information on the Mexican Indians, particularly the Tarascans, with sections on music, painting, customs, religious practices, etc. One of the plates depicts Jesuits enchanting Indians with music.

Lasso de la Vega, Garcia La Florida del Inca. Historia del adelantado Hernando de Soto, Governador, y Capitan General del Reino de Florida y de otros heroicos caballeros, Espanoles, e Indios. Madrid: Oficina real por Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1723. Third edition, folio, title page in red and black, contemporary limp vellum, with insect holes, lacking free endpapers at the front, single worm holes through the first few signatures, book plates of Charles Crofton-Atkins, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt., and Brian Fawcett

Cochrane, Charles Stuart Journal of a residence and travels in Colombia during the years 1823 and 1824. London: Henry Colburn, 1825. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo., with a hand coloured frontispieces to both vols. and a large folding map (supplied in facsimile), contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplates of Charles Crofton-Atkins [2]

Smyth, W, & F. Lowe Narrative of a journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon. London: John Murray, 1836. First edition, 8vo., 11 engraved plates, of which 6 are hand coloured, the plate to face p. 28 used as a frontispiece, with 2 folding maps at the end, contemporary half calf, spine worn, edges rubbed, with the bookplate of Charles Crofton-Atkins : Temple, Edmond. Travels in various parts of Peru, including a year's residence in Potosi. London: Henry Colburn, 1830. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo., with engraved illustrations in the text, with 7 of 8 engraved plates (lacking the frontispiece to vol. 1), contemporary, half calf, marbled boards, edges rubbed, bookplates of Mathew Flower [3]

Darwin, Charles, Phillip P. King & Robert Fitz-Roy Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. First edition, 4 vols., including the Appendix to vol. II, 8vo., with 48 plates and 8 folding (2 at the end of each vol.), later blue half straight grain morocco, blue cloth boards, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, ownership inscriptions on the half titles of vols. I, II and III, some foxing to the plates throughout, small tears to the inner margins of some of the folding maps, book plates of Charles Crofton-Atkins [4] Note: The first published account of the voyages of the Beagle, vol. III, with the title "Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle" is the first major work published by Darwin. Demand for the third volume so exceeded that for the first two volumes that it had to be rapidly reissued in 1839 as a publication in its own right with a substantially different title.

[Books] FLINT (Sir William Russell), The Lisping Goddess - A Figurehead Fantasy, a limited edition copy signed by W.R. Flint, number 7 of 275 (of only 240 were for sale, and the first 25 handsewn, headbanded by hand and bound in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London) printed in England at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1968, housed in a marbled slipcase with ribbon Together with a limited edition and signed copy of Breakfast in Perigord, copy 375 of 525 signed by Russell Flint, privately printed by Charles Skilton, London, 1968, housed in slipcase (2)

Leather bound books including pickwick papers 1837 first edition (spine repaired, foxing) together with various other typical library works (qty)