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STRANG, JOHN, GLASGOW AND ITS CLUBSthird edition, cloth, 1864; also The Clyde by Neil Munro, first edition (2)

Boxed Lego Star Wars 10179 Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon, Official Limited First Edition. The most collectable Lego set of all time. 100% unused with all parts still sealed in original bags. Box has some very minor wear but is overall excellent and still within original outer shipping box. Complete with all minifigures, instruction manual, stickers, sealed certificate of authenticity, letter from Lego, & original receipt. The best example we have seen of this most sought after Lego set.

Spode bust of Winston Churchill, first edition 1965, after Nemon, also another Spode figure of Churchill, (2) the figure measures 24cm high Condition report: No damage or restoration to either piece. The bust would benefit from a clean.

Abba, Abba - The Singles First Ten Years, ABBOX 2 limited edition picture discs box set complete, box excellent contents NM and Abba - Super Trouper - UK 1980 ABBOX1 box set complete box tear to one corner otherwise excellent contents NM, sold with The Best Of Abba - Readers Digest five album box set EX/NM

Ireland (Samuel), Picturesque Views On the River Thames, From Its Source in Gloucestershire to The Nore; With Observations on The Public Buildings and Other Works of Art In Its Vicinity, first edition, T. and J. Egerton, London 1792, two-volume set, xvi + 209pp + errata [1], viii + 258pp + errata [1], 2 neoclassical sepia aquatint title-pages, 53 further topographical sepia aquatints throughout, 2 pull-page maps of the river and 21 woodcut illustrative vignettes, period marbled boards and paper spine applied with printed paper title label as issued, large paper issue, contemporaneous armorial bookplate of Wm Capel Esqr, later book label of John Sparrow (the famous bibliophile of All Souls' College, Oxford), 8vo

Baines (Edward), History of The County Palatine And Duchy of Lancaster, first edition, Fisher, Son, & Co., London 1836, volumes I, II and III only, illustrated throughout with antiquarian engravings, pull-out genealogical tables of descent, armorial bearings, etc., quarter-leather bindings, large 4to

Hugo (Herman), Pia Desideria: Or, Divine Addreffes (sic), In Three Books[...]Englifhed by Edm[und] Arwaker, M.A. (sic), second edition, first English edition, Henry Bonwicke, London 1686, xiv + 267pp + advertisement (ii), illustrated throughout with forty-six full-page engravings by John Sturt, full period calf, the spine with raised bands, indistinct owner's inscription in ms. pencil to front, small 8vo

James Bond, 007 - Fleming (Ian), You Only Live Twice, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1964, 256pp, hb, dj, 12mo; Fleming (Ian), Octopussy and The Living Daylights, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1966, 94pp, hb, dj, 12mo, ex-library copy (2)

Rogers (Samuel), Poems, first edition, T. Cadell & E. Moxon, London 1834, viii + 295pp, the text embellished throughout with engraved vignettes after Turner and Stothard in proof state, the front endpaper applied with a full-length pencil portrait and further side profile of the author attributed to Sir Gardner Wilkinson, ('the Father of British Egyptology'), the following page with an ink ms. letter from Rogers to Lady Peel dated 12 December 1850 (Julia Peel, the wife of Sir Roger, 2nd Baronet, Prime Minister twice from 1834-1835 and 1841-1846), gilt edged text, full period green grain morocco, the boards tooled in gilt with the side view of the Warwick Vase, spine with raised banding, Ex Libris Arthur G. Soames, 8vo Captain Arthur Granville Soames, OBE (1886-1962), the son of the brewer, Harold Soames of Chesterfield, Derbyshire and thus the brother of Olave Baden-Powell (née Soames, wife of Sir Roger of Scout fame, and herself World Chief Guide)was an officer of the Coldstream Guards, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1926 and 1927, the resident and then vendor of Sheffield Park, Sussex in 1953 when his part of his extensive library was auctioned.

Local Interest - Tarbotton (M.O.), History of the Old Trent Bridge, With A Descriptive Account of the New Bridge, Illustrated by Photographs, Richard Allen and Son, Nottingham 1871, presentation copy signed by the author, original maroon cloth, 4to; Memoirs of The Life of Colonel Hutchinson [...] Written By His Widow Lucy [...] Now First Published From the Original Manuscript By teh Rev. Julius Hutchinson, second edition, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London 1808, engraved title-page, further engravings, pull-out genealogical tables of descent, ms. pencil annotations, period marbled boards, 4to; Nottingham, Veta et Noba: Nottingham In The Olden Time, edited by Timothy Green, William Draper, Nottingham 1859; Bramley (T.), Guide To Nottingham Castle, Shepherd Brothers, Nottingham [c.1870]; other Nottinghamshire history; Croston (James), On Foot Through The Peal, second edition, John Heywood, Manchester 1868; Hussey (Christopher), Haddon Hall, Derbyshire: A Seat of the Duke of Rutland, in four parts from Country Life, December 1949; topography; maps; etc

Ornithology - The British Bird Book: An Account of All The Birds, Nests and Eggs Found in The British Isles, first edition, edited by F.B. Kirkman, Illustrated By Two Hundred Coloured Drawings and Numerous Photographs, T.C. & E.C. Jack, London 1911-1913, four-volume set, original beige cloth as issued, 4to

James Bond, 007 - Fleming (Ian), The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1965, 221pp, hb, dj, 12mo

James Bond, 007 - Fleming (Ian), The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1962, 221pp, hb, dj, 12mo

James Bond, 007 - Fleming (Ian), From Russia, With Love, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1957, 253pp, hb, later facsimile dust jacket, 12mo

GLENMORANGIE 18 YEARS OLDSingle Malt Scotch Whisky. 70cl, 43% volume, in tube. GLENMORANGIE MILLENNIUM MALT AGED 12 YEARSSingle Malt Scotch Whisky. Limited edition. Matured solely in first-fill casks. 70cl, 40% volume, in carton. 2 bottles.

GLENMORANGIE MILLENNIUM MALT AGED 12 YEARSSingle Malt Scotch Whisky. Limited edition. Matured solely in first-fill casks. 70cl, 40% volume, in carton. GLENMORANGIE SPECIAL RESERVESingle Malt Scotch Whisky. Made from whisky produced in the 1980s. 70cl, 40% volume, in carton. 2 bottles.

HAZELBURN FIRST EDITION AGED 8 YEARS (3)Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Distilled by J. & A. Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Campbeltown. To celebrate the First Release of Hazelburn, artist Ian Gray was commission to paint three pictures to be used as labels: The Maltings, The Stills and The Casks. Only 1700 bottles of each label were produced. All 70cl, 46% volume, in carton. 3 bottles.

A First Edition signed book "Open Season" by Rodger McPhail and a Coalport Fine Bone China Plate Limited Edition - McPhail's Sporting Birds "Wildfowl"

[Illustrated] - a quantity of illustrated books to include, Bateman, H. M - More Drawings, second edition, and three more books with Bateman illustrations; A Mixture, second edition; A Book of Drawings, fifth edition and Draw at a Venture, first edition, together with others, various illustrators, to include Leslie Brooke, Caldecott, Ernest Shepherd etc

[Children's] - a quantity of children's illustrated books to include Kate Greenaway, Cecil Aldin, Ranolph Caldecott together with The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, first edition with illustrations by Ernest Shepherd; AWDRY, Rev. W. Railway Series No. 14, first edition, dust wrapper and The Little Red Engine Gets a Name, together with others

DU MAURIER, Daphne - three first edition titles and all with dust-wrappers to include The Glass Blowers, 1963, Mary Anne, 1954 and The Parasites, 1949 (3)

[Literature] - a quantity of novels mainly first editions together with signed copies and uncorrected proof copies to include LE CARRE - The Russia House, 1989, first edition and AMIS, Kingsley - The Folks that Live on the Hill, uncorrected proof copy, a limited edition printing no. 379/500

BRUYN-ANDREWS - The Torrington Diaries, containing the tours through England and Wales of Hon. John Byng (Later Fifth Viscount Torrington) between the years 1781-1794, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1934, first edition, four vols, uniformly bound

ROWLING, J. K - a collection of eight Harry Potter books to include six which state 'First Edition' on the back of the title page

Rothenstein (William), Men and Memories: Recollections, Faber & Faber Limited, London 1931-1939, three-volume set, bound in full green leather, the spines titled in gilt and with raised banding, William Morris design endpapers, 8vo; Scawen Blunt (Wilfrid), My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events 1888-1914, first single-volume edition, Martin Secker, London 1932, full leather binding tooled in gilt, raised banding, marbled pastedown, 12mo (4)

Ruskin (John), Fors Clavigera, first edition, George Allen, Kent 1871-1884, eight volumes bound as six, period full tooled calf, with 1887 Index in green cloth, Ex Libris W.R. Bevan, 4to

James Bond, 007 - Fleming (Ian), Thunderball, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1961, 254pp, hb, dj, 12mo

Dickens (Charles), The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition, With Illustrations by Phiz, Chapman and Hall, London 1844, xvi + 624pp, 40 steel engraved plates, quarter leather binding with marbled boards, 8vo; Dickens (Charles), Dealings With the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation, first edition, With Illustrations by H.K.Browne, Bradbury & Evans, London 1848, xvi + 624pp, quarter leather binding with marbled boards, 8vo (2)

A Royal Worcester figure The First Quadrille, limited edition 3,839/12,000; a Royal Doulton figure Teressa HN3206, boxed; another, Elaine HN2791 (3)

Antiquarian Books - Tangye (Richard), Reminiscences of Travel in Australia, America, and Egypt, With Illustrations by E.C. Mountfort, first edition, for private circulation, Herald Press, Birmingham 1883, xiv + 290pp, full period green cloth, 8vo

Busto (Alejo Vanegas del). Agonia d[e]l tra[n]sito de la muerte co[n] los auisos y consuelos que cerca della son prouechosos..., [Toledo, 1553], large armorial woodcut to title (closed tear to inner margin), black letter, some browning and old dampstaining, a little worming touching some lettering in final leaves, lacks last 4 pages of text (G7-8), later sheep, some wear, 4to First published in Toledo in 1537 this is the sixth edition of humanist and lexicographer Del Busto's best known work. (1)

Carew (Richard). [The Survey of Cornwall. Written by Richard Carew of Antonie, Esquire, 1st edition, London: Printed by S.S. for John Jaggard, 1602], title provided in facsimile, lacking initial blank, first five leaves torn to outer corners and repaired (with occasional loss to catchwords or printed marginal notes), leaves of tables at end misbound, some light toning to initial few leaves, 20th century reversed calf, blind arabesque to centre of each board, morocco title label to spine, 4to STC 4615. (1)

Arnauld d'Andilly [Robert]. La Maniere de Cultiver les Arbres Fruitiers. Ov' il est Traitte des Pepinieres. Des Espalliers. Des Contr'espalliers. Des Arbres en Buisson, & a haute tige, 1st edition, Antoine Vitre, Paris, 1652, signatures D1-4 bound before C1, light water stain, some insect damage to final blank, marginal wormtracks towards end, early annotations to front blank, contemporary limp vellum, annotation to lower cover, some soiling, 12mo, together with The English Improver Improved, or the Survey of Husbandry Surveyed..., by Walter Blith, 3rd impression much augmented, 1653, engraved emblematic title (trimmed with some slight loss), two full-page woodcut illustrations, folding plate supplied in facsimile, some toning, water stains and underlining, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, small 4to First work scarce first edition, not in Pritzel; second work Wing B3196. (2)

[Fletcher, Phineas]. The Purple Island, or the Isle of Man: Together with Piscatorie Eclogs and other Poeticall Miscellanies, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, Printers to the Universitie, Cambridge, 1633, first title printed in red and black (close-trimmed at lower margin and laid down), 2nd part 'Piscatorie Eclogs' with separate title, pagination and register, 3rd part 'Elisa' with separate title and continuous register, lacking final leaf R4 with the verse by Francis Quarles, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin with slight loss of one or two letters), A1 & A2 of Piscatorie with marginal repaired tears, a few wormtracks and holes, some toning and spotting, bookplate, front hinge tender, all edges gilt, 19th century straight-grained morocco gilt, small tear at head of spine, a little rubbed, small 4to ESTC S5142; Pforzheimer 376; STC 11082; Westwood and Satchell, p.95. (1)

Herbert (Edward, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury). De Religione Gentilivm, errorumque apud eos causis; authore Edoardo Barone Herbert de Cherbury, & Castri Insulae de Kerry in Hibernia..., 1st edition, Amsterdam: Typis Blaeviorum, 1663, printer's woodcut device to title and with early ink stamp 'Ex Bibl. Ios. Ren. Card. Imperialis', some toning and spotting, copious manuscript notes to rear endpaper, contemporary vellum, 4to The first study of comparative religion, published posthumously by Isaac Vossius, giving, in David Hume's words, "a natural history of religion." (1)

Howell (James). S.P.Q.V. A Survay of the Signorie of Venice, of Her Admired Policy, and Method of Government, &c. With a Cohortation to all Christian Princes to her Dangerous Condition at Present, 1st edition, printed for Richard Lowndes, 1651, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Robert Vaughan, title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette of the Venetian lion, engraved portrait of the Doge of Venice by Robert Vaughan, one or two early annotations and marginalia, some toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Sir Edward Watkin, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, folio, together with Parthenopoeia, or the History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, 1654 (ex-libris and defective) First work: Pforzheimer 517; Wing H3112. (2)

Gavin (Antonio). A Master-Key to Popery, 1st edition (except first volume 2nd edition), corrected, 1725-26, contemporary sheep, modern reback, together with Ray (John), A Persuasive to a Holy Life..., 1700, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, rubbed and scuffed to joints with a little wear, 8vo, plus [Lavington, George], The Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists Compared, 2 volumes, 1754, contemporary sprinkled full calf gilt, rubbed and some minor marks, 8vo, and other 18th century theology, including Richard Ward, The Life of the Learned and Pious Dr. Henry More... to which are annex'd divers of his useful and excellent letters, 1710, George Hickes, A Sure Guide to the Holy Sacrament, 1718, John Johnson, The Unbloody Sacrifice, and Altar, Unvail'd and Supported, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, revised, 1724, Samuel Clarke, A Reply to the Ojbections of Robert Nelson, 1714, George Hickes, An Apologetical Vindication of the Church of England: in answer to her adversaries who reproach her with the English heresays and schisms, 2nd edition, revised, 1706, Thomas Burnet, De Statu Mortuorum, 1727, etc., mostly bound in contemporary calf, generally rubbed, 8vo (40)

Raleigh (Walter). Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations, 1st edition, Humphrey Moseley, 1650, engraved portrait frontispiece (a little soiled, chipped and browned at extremities with old erased inscriptions to recto), title within typographical border (small repair to lower margin touching border), separate dated title to second, third and fourth parts, the last within typographical border, bound without advert leaves, some browning, small hole with loss affecting letters in three lines of pp. 3-4 of fourth part, armorial bookplate of William Miller Ord to front pastedown, later calf, neatly rebacked with calf gilt, small 8vo The fourth and final part, 'Sir Walter Rawleigh his apologie for his voyage to Guiana' is the first printed account of the second voyage to Guiana, and contains the early appearance of the word tobacco on pages 24 and 34. Pforzheimer 835; Wing R170. (1)

[Gough, John]. The Academy of Complements, Wherein Ladies, Gentlewomen, Schollers, and Strangers, may accommodate their courtly practice with gentile ceremonies, complementor amorous high expressions, and forms of speaking or writing of letters most in fashion..., with an addition of a new school of love..., the last edition, with two tables, the one expounding the most hard English words: the other resolving the most delightful fictions in the hethan poets, printed for George Sawbridge, 1661, additional engraved title page, engraved by W. Marshall and dated 1656 (a little chipped and frayed at outer and inner margins), some spotting and old dampstaining throughout, close-trimmed at fore-margins, scattered marginal chipping and a few closed tears, rarely affecting lettering, addional armorial bookplate of C.K. Kemeys-Tynte to front pastedown, later blind-stamped calf gilt, a little rubbed, 12mo First published in 1639 this appears to be an unrecorded edition of a scarce collection of suggestive verses. This copy appears to lack a preliminary leaf, possibly blank. (1)

Browne (Thomas). Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, or, a Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk. Together with the Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincunciall, Lozenge, on Net-work Plantations of the Ancients, Artificially, Naturally, Mystically Considered. With Sundry Observations, 1st edition, printed for Henry Brome, 1658, two engraved plates (plate of urns trimmed at fore margin just affecting image and imprint), advertisement leaf at end, lacking errata leaf, a few leaves close-trimmed shaving a few shoulder notes, lower corner of title torn away, some light soiling, later sprinkled calf, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents and Commonly Presumed Truths, the fifth edition... Whereunto are now added two Discourses the one of Urn-Burial, or Sepulchrall Urns, lately found in Norfolk. The other of the Garden of Cyrus, or Network Plantations of the Antients, printed for the Assigns of Edward Dod, 1669, engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed at foot with slight loss), two engraved plates, some spotting and toning, annotations to rear pastedown, crude tape reinforcement to front hinge, armorial bookplate, 18th century mottled calf, joints splitting, slight loss at head of spine, 4to, plus Posthumous Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne, Late of Norwich: Printed from his Original Manuscripts, 1712, 16 engraved plates only (of 22), a few repairs to folding plates, some spotting and water stains, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and repaired, 8vo ESTC R202039; Grolier, Wither to Prior 108; Pforzheimer 110; Wing B5154 for first work. (3)

Vaughan (Henry). Olor Iscanus. A Collection of Some Select Poems, and Translations, formerly written by Mr. Henry Vaughan Silurist. Published by a Friend, 1st edition, printed by T.W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1651, additional engraved title (with loss and repair at top corner, short closed tear at foot), four sectional titles, lacking A3 leaf of verses following first title, errata leaf and eight page publisher's catalogue at end, title close-trimmed at top margin, some light soiling and marginal water stains, armorial bookplate of Henry Francis Lyte, 19th century black morocco, joints a little rubbed, 8vo Wing V123. Provenance: Sotheby's sale of English Literature, the Property of Colonel C.H. Wilkinson, 25 October 1960, lot 513. Important collection by Welsh metaphysical poet Henry Vaughan (1621-95). The title translates as 'the Swan of Usk' and was written at a time of crisis for the poet, three years before publication, when his grandfather William Vaughan died and he and his family were evicted from their home in Brecknockshire. His personal loss, and impact of the civil war were reflected in the poems, and his works much influenced Wordsworth, Tennyson and Sassoon. (1)

Dunbar (William). The Poems of William Dunbar, now first collected , with notes, and a memoir of his life by David Laing, 2 volumes, Edinburgh, 1834, half titles, bookplates, including Lytton Strachey's booklabels , all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, spines faded, 8vo, together with Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Roumaunt: and Other Poems, by Lord Byron, 3rd edition, 1812/Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, 1818, folding facsimile letter in Greek at end of first volume, slight toning and a few spots, contemporary previous owner signature at foot of first volume title, all edges gilt, contemporary purple morocco gilt, a little rubbed with some fading, 8vo, with six others leatherbound including The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith, edited by Robert Aris Willmott, illustrated by Birket Foster & H.N. Humphreys, 1859, and The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 6 volumes, 1883 (15)

Fry (Elizabeth). Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her journal and letters, edited by two of her daughters, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, 1848, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary full calf with red and black spine labels, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Percy (Thomas), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, 1775, engraved frontispiece to first volume, contemporary half calf, first and second volumes recased with original spines laid down, 8vo, plus Wilberforce (William), A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the higher and middle classes in this country, contrasted with real Christianity, 1st edition, 1797, contemporary black half morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century theology and related, mostly bound in calf, 8vo/12mo (approximately 75 volumes) (3 shelves)

Enderbie (Percy). Cambria Triumphans, or Brittain in its Perfect Lustre. Shewing the Origen and Antiquity of that Illustrious Nation. The Succession of their Kings and Princes, from the First, to King Charles, of Happy Memory. The Description of the Countrey: The History of the Antient and Moderne Estate. The Manner of the Investure of the Princes, with the Coats of Arms of the Nobility, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, 1661, woodcut armorial frontispiece (offsetting to title), three double page plates of armorials, scattered light spotting, small bookplate, later diced calf gilt, rebacked, edges rubbed, folio (1)

Dufy (Raoul). Mon Docteur le Vin, aquarelles de Raoul Dufy, published Draeger FrŠres, Paris, 1936, nineteen colour illustrations after Dufy, publisher's limp card boards with glassine wrapper, 4to, together with King (Moses, publisher), Kings Views, New York 1908 - 1909, numerous illustrations of New York including several double page panoramas, publisher's decorative cloth, slight wear to extremities, tall 4to, with Morgan (William), Ogilby's and Morgan's Pocket-Book of the Roads with their Computed and Measured Distances and the Distinction of Market and Post-Towns..., 7th edition, 1732, title with near contemporary ownership signature, advertisement, explanation and tables of roads, lacking map, hinges and joints weak and cracked, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, 16mo, plus Hassall (John, illustrator), Ye Berlyn Tapestrie: Wilhelm's Invasion of Flanders, printed Edmund Evans, circa 1916, colour printed caricature of the German aggression of the First World War published 'concertina style' on thirty pages, publisher's printed paper wrappers, a little frayed at extremities, oblong 8vo, with Morand (Paul), Route de Paris a la M‚diterran‚e, published Paris, 1931, numerous black & white illustrations, publisher's printed card boards, a little chipped and worn, 8vo, with two other volumes similar (7)

Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, 20 original parts in 19, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1836-37, etched frontispiece, additional title-page, and forty-one etched plates, some spotting and toning, parts I-XII without advertisements and with the Buss plates replaced (but with the Seymour plates in the first two parts), original printed blue wrappers, some rubbing and staining, some with loss and repairs to spines, 8vo, contained in a green cloth folder in brown quarter calf slipcase, gilt lettered spine with raised bands, together with The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st bookform edition, Chapman and Hall, 1837, forty-three etched plates, including frontispiece and additional title-page, spotted, half-title discarded, X5 and X6 with short closed tear in blank fore-margin, endpapers renewed, contemporary brown half calf, sometime rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, rubbed, corners showing, 8vo (2)

[Urquhart, Sir Thomas]. Ekskybalaypon, or, the Discovery of a most exquisite Jewel, more precious then Diamonds inchased in Gold, the like whereof was never seen in any age; found in the kennel of Worcester-streets, the day after the Fight, and six before the Autumnal Aequinox, anno 1651. Serving in this place, to frontal a Vindication of the honour of Scotland, from that Infamy, whereinto the Rigid Presbyterian party of that Nation, out of their Covetousnes and ambition, most dissembledly hath involved it..., first edition, London: Printed by Ja: Cottrel, sold by Rich. Baddely, 1652, [32],284,[4]pp., first word of title transliterated from Greek, title cropped to fore-edge and lower margin with loss of ruled border, M4 with small hole & stain to catchword, final gathering close trimmed at foot with occasional loss to signatures, bound without last two leaves (address from the author and errata), some general toning, dampstaining to margins throughout, all edges gilt, modern quarter calf gilt, blind decorated spine, marbled boards, small 8vo Wing U134; ESTC R203867 & Thomason, E.1506[1]. (1)

Petrarch (Francesco). Librorum Francisci Petrarche Impressorum Annotatio, & Annotatio nonnullorum librorum seu epistolarum Francisci Petrarche, 2 volumes in 1, Venice, Andrea Torresano de Asula for Simon de Lovere, 27 March [& 17 June] 1501, lettre batarde type in double column, lacks colophon leaf to each volume (O8 at end of first volume, and [24]6 at end of second volume), some initials towards front of volume supplied in red ink, a few early manuscript marginal annotations (title more heavily annotated to lower blank area, and extensively to verso), some minor marks (generally in very good condition with wide margins), pale waterstain to extreme fore-margins at front and rear of volume, bookplate of Ely Cathedral library to front pastedown, 17th century blind-ruled full calf, modern antique-style good-quality reback, thick folio Provenance: Sold Sotheby's Library of Ely Cathedral, 10 March 1972, lot 476, where bought by the present owner. Adams P773. Censimento 16 cnce 31762. Renouard 292/1. Second edition of Petrarch's collected Latin works, following its first appearance in 1496 (Basel, Johann Amerbach), and thus the first to appear in Italy. This edition is also the first to contain the biography of Petrarch by Squarzafico. The publisher Torresani, father in law of Aldus Manutius took charge of the Aldine press following the death of Aldus in 1515 until the son Paulus Manutius came of age. (1)

Vineis (Raimundus de ). Vita Miracolosa Della Seraphica S. Catherina da Siena, 2nd edition, Siena, Simione di Niccolo, 1 September 1524, title within woodcut decorative border, with full-page woodcut of Saint Catherine to verso (fore-margin close-shaved with slight loss), 23 woodcut illustrations to text, woodcut initials, one or two small worm holes to lower blank margins of first few leaves, early 19th century ownership annotations in brown ink to front blanks (upper outer corner excised), bookplate of James Bindley to front pastedown, 18th century French mottled full calf, gilt spine with red morocco title label, rubbed, small 4to in 8's Provenance: Chretien-Francois de Lamoignon (1735-1789), with crowned L stamped to upper outer corner of page 3 of main text; item 3930 in the catalogue of the Bibliotheca Lamoniana by Merigot, 1791-92; the library sold en bloc to Thomas Payne, bookseller (1752-1831), November 13th 1794; Michael Wodhull (1740-1816), his sale 25 March 1803, lot 359, where purchased by James Bindley (manuscript note by Bindley); James Bindley (1737-1818); sold Sotheby's, 29 November 1982, lot 169, Property of the William Carr Will Trust, where purchased by the current owner. Sander 7614. Two editions of this work were printed in Siena in 1524, the first on the 10th May, and the second, as here, on the 1st September. The translation into the vernacular was made by Ambrosio Catherino (i.e. Lancelotto Politi). (1)

Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 volumes in three, 1855-56, 248 tinted lithographed plates, including portrait and titles, two maps, gutta percha perished, contents loose, some spotting, mainly marginal to plates, text leaves a little toned, all edges gilt, contemporary russet morocco gilt, spines faded, edges rubbed, 4to Abbey Travel 388; Tooley 401, 402. The first quarto edition. (3)

Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, woodcut initials and ornaments, volume 1 title with marginal hole and dampstains, following few leaves with marginal dampstains, leaves A4-5 at front detached with frayed fore-margins, leaves A2-B3 from volume 2 repaired (some loss of text), a few leaves in first volume affected at gutter by insect damage, armorial bookplate, later calf gilt, rubbed, folio The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Odo (Bishop of Cambrai). Expositio Canonis Missae, 1st edition, [Paris:], Guy Marchant, 16 August 1490, issue with misprint 'dnomino' in the first line of A1 recto, 12 leaves, gothic letter, 33-36 lines, initials and capital letters supplied in red, final leaf with recto blank (one line old ink annotation at head) and verso bearing title, some old ink underscoring and marginal marks, bookplate of Ken Tomkinson (detached) to front pastedown, modern half calf, padded with blank leaves, small 4to (in 6s) GW M27478; Hain 11959; not in Goff or Polain (B). Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 8 October 1968, lot 378. (1)

[Guevara, Antonio de]. The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquente oratour, London: [Thomas Berthelet], 1546, title within architectural woodcut border (with date of 1534 within design), numerous decorative woodcut initials, black letter text, inscription to title with name Michaell Clarson and to final leaf of table, manuscript notes to final leaf, some dampstaining at rear, occasional minor marks, few leaves dust-soiled, bookplate of William Wordie, Glasgow (1884-1952) to verso of front free endpapers and front free blank inscribed 'To Alexr. Smith, from his unseen & sincere friend J. Payne Collier', all edges gilt, 19th century gilt panelled calf, red morocco label to spine, small 8vo Pforzheimer 441 (7 copies known), STC 12440.5 and ESTC S117886. This is the fifth edition translation of the French version of Guevaras fictitious account of Marcus Aurelius, first issued in 1528 under title: Libra aureo de Marco Aurelio. The work states it was "Translated oute of Frenche into Englishe by Iohn Bourchier ..." p.[582]. John Payne Collier (1789-1883), was a controversial figure in the history of literary scholarship, being a Shakespearian critic and forger. An influential writer regarding Shakespeare's drama, poetry, and prose, he was also the originator of an array of forgeries and false evidence at the same time. His efforts seriously affected and confused the text and biography of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. (1)

Dixon (Frederick). The Geology of Sussex; or The Geology & Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex, new edition, revised and augmented by T. Rupert Jones, 2nd edition, Brighton, William J. Smith, 1878, colour lithograph frontispiece, folding coloured geological map of Sussex, 63 uncoloured photolithographed plates (numbered 1-64, including frontispiece) at end, some light spotting to map, final leaf of text and first plate, original yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, original quarter plum morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Geological Map of Sussex by W. Topley, [1878], folding colour lithographic map with table of explanation and cross section of the geology of the English Channel from Seaford to the Isle of Sheppy, 260 x 715 mm, bound in original green cloth with gilt title to upper cover, rubbed and slight wear to spine, slim 4to The geological map was first drawn by Frederick Dixon, a surgeon who practised in Worthing and died in the cholera epidemic of 1849. William Topley was a geologist by profession, who surveyed the Weald between 1863 and 1873 and was Superintendent of the publication of the Ordnance Geological Survey from 1880. (2)

[Browne, William]. Britannia's Pastorals, 2 parts, Geo. Norton, [1613] & Thomas Snodham for George Norton, 1616, engraved title to first part by William Hole (some marks and light waterstains, and closed horizontal tear repaired without loss near inner margin, printed title to second part, 2 engraved plates for first part (pages 60-61), M1 in first part torn with loss to lower outer corner, not affecting text, later bookplate of Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx to front pastedown, and bookplate of Christopher Rowe to front endpaper, modern antique-style blind ruled maroon full morocco, gilt spine, folio ESTC S107097. Hayward 60. Grolier 27. A6, B-O4, P2, title, & A6, B-S4. Second edition of Book 1, with errata corrected, and first edition of Book 2. Provenance: Formerly in the library of Professor James A. Riddell. Often regarded as a companion work to Drayton's Poly-Olbion, William Browne's 2 volumes were described by Walter Greg as "the longest and most ambitious poem ever composed on a pastoral theme" (Greg, Pastoral Poetry, 1906, 131). The text includes commendatory verses by John Selden, Michael Drayton, Edward Heyward, Christopher Brook, Thomas Gardiner, George Wither, Ben Jonson, and others. (1)

More (Henry). A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, the First Part Containing a Careful and Impartial Delineation of the True Idea of Antichristianism in the Real and Genuine Members thereof, such as are Indeed Opposite to the Indispensable Purposes of the Gospel of Christ, and to the Interest of his Kingdome, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, printed by J. Flesher for W. Morden, 1664, imprimatur leaf, title printed in red and black, scattered light spotting, armorial bookplates of Bulkeley Bandinel, Bodleian Librarian and Sir Francis Fust, all edges gilt, 19th century black calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, folio Wing M2666. (1)

Evelyn (John, translator). An Essay on the First Book of T. Lucretius Carus de Rerum Natura. Interpreted and made English Verse by J. Evelyn, 1st edition, printed for Gabriel Bedle and Thomas Collins, 1656, engraved frontispiece by Hollar after Mary Evelyn (trimmed with some loss at fore edge), title printed in red and black, text in Latin and English on facing pages, errata leaf and publisher's list at end, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, just affecting a few headlines, occasional light spotting and soiling, bookplates of Bridgewater Library and William S. Stone, hinges reinforced, contemporary sheep, rebacked and repaired, 8vo Grolier, Wither to Prior 343; Wing L3446. The first English translation of Lucretius in verse. (1)

Wolcot (John, pseudonym Peter Pindar). A bound collection of 19 poetical satires 1778-89, mezzotint portrait of the author at front, four etched caricatures by Thomas Rowlandson, contemporary half calf, heavily rubbed and some wear, spine restrengthened with black tape, title to first work with some soiling (with printed latin quotation pasted above the imprint), thick 4to The titles are: A Poetical, Supplicating, Modest, and Affecting Epistle to... the Reviewers, printed for the author, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1778, Lyric Odes to the Royal Academicians for MDCCLXXXII, 8th edition, enlarged, printed for G. Kearsley, 1787, More Lyric Odes to the Royal Academicians, 5th edition, G. Kearsley, 1789, Lyric Odes for the year 1785, 7th edition, G. Kearsley, 1787, Farewel Odes, for the year 1786, 5th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788, The Lousiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem Canto I, 8th edition, with considerable additions, G. Kearsley, 1788, The Lousiad, Canto II, 4th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788 (with caricature by Rowlandson), A Poetical and Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell, Esq. on his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with the celebrated Dr. Johnson, 8th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788, Bozzy and Piozzi: Or, The British Biographers, a town eclogue, 9th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788 (with caricature by Rowlandson), Ode upon Ode; Or, A Peep at St. James's; Or, New-Year's Day, 8th edition, G. Kearsley, 1789, An Apologetic Postscript to Ode upon Ode, new edition, with considerable additions, G. Kearsley, 1788, Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat; Alias the Progress of Curiosity..., 8th edition, G. Kearsley, Brother Peter to Brother Tom, 4th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788, Peter's Pension. A Solemn Epistle to a Sublime Personage, 4th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788 (with caricature by Rowlandson), Peter's Prophecy; Or, The President and Poet; Or, An Important Epistle to Sir J. Banks, on the approaching election of a President of the Royal Society, 3rd edition, G. Kearsley (without caricature by Rowlandson), Sir Joseph Banks, and the Emperor of Morocco, 4th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788 (with caricature by Rowlandson), A Poetical Epistle to a Falling Minister, new edition, G. Kearsley, 1789, Subjects for Painters, new edition, G. Kearsley, 1789 & Expostulatory Odes to a Great Duke, and a Little Lord, 1st edition, G. Kearsley, 1789. A collection of 19 poetic satires by John Wolcot (1738-1819), published under his nom de plume of Peter Pindar, the popular, best selling satirist in the age of satire, accompanied by several early caricatures by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827), including Is This Your Louse, Cooks, Scullions, hear me ev'ry Mother's Son, Bozzy & Madame Piozzi, Peter's Pension, & Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. (1)

Donne (John). Paradoxes, Problemes, Essayes, Characters... To which is Added a Book of Epigrams: Written in Latin by the same author, translated into English by J. Maine, as also Ignatius his Conclave, a Satyr, 3rd edition, 2nd issue, printed for T.N. for Humphrey Moseley, 1652, title within typographical woodcut border, blanks L3-L4 at end (L4 with short closed tears), 2nd title with marginal tears at foot, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, bound with Essayes in Divinity; by the Late Dr Donne, Dean of S Paul's. Being Several Disquisitions, Interwoven with Meditations and Prayers: Before he Entered Holy Orders. Now made Publick by his son J.D. Dr of the Civil Law, 1st edition, printed by T.M. for Richard Marriot, 1651, title within typographical border (with closed tear affecting one letter), bound without cancelled leaves A3-7 (the dedication to Sir Harry Vane junior) as usual, bound without the 8 page Moseley catalogue at end, occasional light toning, bookplates of George Macdonald, Abel E. Berland and Bent Juel-Jensen, contemporary calf, rebacked and refurbished, 12mo First work Grolier, Wither to Prior 297; Wing D1866, 2nd work Grolier, Wither to Prior 295; Wing D1861. See Bonhams sale, lot 286, March 2009. (1)

Sacrobosco (Johannes de). Sphaera mundi; Johannes Regiomontanus. Disputationes contra Cremonensia deliramenta; George Peurbach. Theoricae novae planetarum, [probably edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter], Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, [before 4 November 1485], 58 leaves, roman letter, 33 lines, full-page woodcut of an armillary sphere (tiny hole), woodcut initials and astronomical illustrations, 9 diagrams partly colour printed in black, red, yellow, bistre and brown, all with some acidic offsetting/staining and some resultant cracking of paper to leaf 3[5], small hole to centre of final two leaves affecting one line of text on penultimate leaf and three lines of text on final leaf, recto and verso, neat old ink Latin marginalia throughout (trimmed at foremargins), bookplate of Ken Tomkinson to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th-century red straight grain morocco gilt, rubbed, small 4to (205 x 147mm) Sphaera mundi was a cornerstone of medieval astronomy that enjoyed wide circulation from its origin in the 13th century. It was taught in all the schools of Europe and went through 35 editions in the incunable period alone, this being the second Ratdolt edition. Divided into four chapters it first defines a sphere, then its cycles, the rising and settings of the signs and finally movements of the sun and other planets. The later works by Peurbach and his pupil Regiomontanus signalled a new understanding of astronomy and marked the end of the dominance of classical Greek Ptolemaic astronomy. Goff J406; Hain *14111. (1)