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Africa.- Slavery.- Spilsbury (F.B.) Account of a Voyage to the Western Coast of Africa...in 1805, 9 aquatint plates, 3 folding, plates with light marginal foxing, modern morocco-backed cloth, cloth very slightly marked, Richard Phillips, 1807 § Riley (James) Loss of the American Brig Commerce, wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in...1815. With an account of Tombuctoo, and of the hitherto undiscovered great city of Wassanah, first English edition, folding engraved map, title a little spotted and soiled, light foxing, staining to lower margin of a few leaves, upper hinge broken, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, rebacked, spine torn, 1817, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ The first work includes references to slavery; the second concerns the shipwreck of an American ship and the crew's resulting appalling hardship, firstly on a trek through the Sahara desert and then through their capture and enslavement by Arabs. On his release the author dedicated himself to campaigning against slavery. This account was a great influence on Abraham Lincoln and his ideas on slavery.

Bible, English.- The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, 2 parts in 1, woodcut coats of arms to title, title browned and soiled, first few ff. chipped along fore-edge, trimmed at fore-edge, occasionally touching printed marginal notes, browning, contemporary calf, repaired and restored, later endpapers, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Wing B2350A], folio, Printed at the Theater and are to be sold by Peter Parker, at the Leg and Star, over against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill, 1688.⁂ A rare edition, only two copies listed on ESTC (not in BL).

Africa.- Steedman (Andrew) Wanderings and Adventures in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed to "Dr. Andrew Smith with the author's regards" at head of front free endpaper of vol.1, wood-engraved vignette titles, 12 lithographed or wood-engraved plates, tissue guards, folding engraved map, title and plates browned, text very clean, original green cloth, rubbed and lightly damp-stained, corners worn, [Czech p153], 8vo, 1835.

Dryden (John) The Comedies, Tragedies and Operas, 2 vol., first collected edition, titles in red and black, large engraved folding portrait frontispiece, torn with loss to lower right corner, laid down, occasional browning, ink ownership inscription of Nathan Wright of Englefield to titles, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, folio, for Jacob Tonson, 1701.

Livius (Titus) Historiarum ab urbe condita, libri, qui extant, XXXV, edited by Carlo Sigonio, 2 parts in 1 vol., collation: a6 a-e8 f6 A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Ddd8; A-N8 O4, both titles with woodcut printer's devices, woodcut decorative initials, a6 and O4 blank, first title mounted on stub, some staining and light browning, occasional spotting, 18th century vellum, chipped leather label to spine, folio (310 x 204mm.), Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1566.⁂ Second edition of Sigonio's text, with copious commentary. References: Adams L1344; Renourd, Alde, 202:19; Ahmanson-Murphy 769; EDIT 16 CNCE 28254. .

Elzevier.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera, edited by Daniel Heinsius, engraved pictorial title, engraved folding map of Aeneas' travels, 2 passages printed in red, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, light foxing, inner gilt dentelles, 19th century red crushed morocco, by Trautz-Bauzonnet, spine in compartments and with gilt lettering, head of spine slightly chipped, joints rubbed, g.e., 12mo (binding 125 x 73mm.), Leiden, Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier, 1636.⁂ 'un chef-d'œuvre typographique' (Willems). The first of three issues of this edition with the same date (the passages in red in black in the later issues). Provenance: John Walter, Bearwood (bookplate).

Elzevier.- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Opera cum optimis exemplaribus accurate collata, 10 vol. in 8, vol.1 with engraved architectural title and portrait of Cicero, other vol. with woodcut printer's device to title,woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, vol.3 with some water-staining, all vol. occasional spotting or light staining, and lightly browned, inner gilt dentelles, olive green morocco, gilt, by J. Larkins, covers with triple gilt filet borders, spines in compartments and richly gilt with various foliage and other tools, rubbed at extremities, g.e., 12mo, Leiden, Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier, 1642.⁂ First Elzevier edition, which Willems calls 'jolie et fort recherchée'. The edition is dedicated to the Dutch diplomat Willem Boreel. References: Willems 535.

Elzevier.- French Literature.- Nicol (Pierre) Les Imaginaires ou lettres sur l'Hérésie Imaginaire [and Les Visionnaires ou seconde partie des lettres sur l'Hérésie, 2 vol., first edition, titles with woodcut printer's devices, a few small worm traces and wormholes, affecting the odd letter, bookplates of Geoffrey Aspin, contemporary polished calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red and dark green morocco labels, vol.1 head of spine little chipped, all corners little worn, rubbed, Liege [but Amsterdam], Adolphe Beyers [but Daniel Elzevier], 1667 § Ménage (Gilles) Poëmata, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, ink inscriptions to title, some spotting and light staining, contemporary polished calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco labels, rubbed, Amsterdam, Louis & Daniel Elzevier, 1663; and Le Mariage du Cid, 1638 and Voiture, 1660, 12mo (5)⁂ References: Willems 1377; 1311; 432 and 870.

France.- Loi. Constitution Francoise. Donne a Paris, le 14 Septembre 1791, drop-head title, woodcut headpiece, 62pp, 4to, stitched as issued, uncut, first page spotted, light browning to final two leaves, [Toulon, L'Imprimerie de Mallard, 1791].⁂ A provincial edition of the first French written constitution first published in Paris earlier the same year and opening with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

Sassoon Seigfried, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer 1931, first illustrated edition with 15 colour plates 

The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming, 1962 first edition Jonathan Cape (no dust jacket)Condition Report: No dust jacket. A couple of stain spots to title page but otherwise good condition. 

Football interest, three Bigblue limited edition prints comprising Nobby Stiles and Jack Charlton during the 1966 World Cup Final, and Peter Osgood scoring for Chelsea against Leeds in the first FA Cup Final 1970, each a numbered edition of 500, signed by the player and blind stamped, 38cm by 53.5cm, with certificates of authenticity (3)

Elliot Hall Hand Painted and Signed Enamel ' Dice ' Paperweight. Puffins Design, From The Onwards Collection, Edition Size of only 30. Signed A.P.F. Bakewell. Dated 22.10.07. Height 40 mm. Mint Condition and First Quality.

Collection Of Books - Lord Of The Rings Interest - Comic Book And Star Trek Interest. To Include The Amazing Spider-Man Annual, Spider-Man Annual 1977, All New Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures, Star Trek The Official Fan Club Magazine, Final Frontier Official Star Trek Magazine, Star Trek The 30th Anniversary Magazine, Star Trek First Edition, Radio Times Star Trek Special, William Shatner Star Trek Movie Memories, Tolkien The Illustrated Encyclopedia, The Lays Of Beleriand J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings Official Movie Guide, The Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers Visual Companion, The Two Towers The Lord Of The Rings Part 2 Etc. Please See Accompanying Image.

Paragon Fine Bone China Impressive Ltd and Numbered Edition Twin Handled Loving Cup to Celebrate the Life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, 1900-2002; Limited Edition of only 500, this Loving Cup is No.216; finished in 22ct Gold; comes with original box and certificate etc.; First quality & mint condition, never removed from box

A selection of first edition hard backed novels by P.C. Wren published by John Murray to include Beau Sabreur (signed, 1926), Beau ideal (1928, signed), Good Gestes (1929, signed), Soldiers of Misfortune (signed, 1929), Mysterious Wayne (signed, 1930), The Mammon of Righteousness (1930), Sowing Glory (1931), Vailiant Dust (1932, signed), Action and Passion (1933 signed), Beau Geste illustrated edition (not signed or believed first edition), Flawed Blades (1933), Beggar's Horses (1934), Port O'Missing Men (1934), Explosion (1935), Sinbad the Soldier (1935), Spanish Maine (1935), Bubble Reputation (1936), Fort in the Jungle (1936), The Man of a Ghost (1937), Worth Wile (1937), Cardboard Castle (1938), Rough Shooting (1938), Paper Prison (1939). 20cm-high 14cm-wide average size. 

A selection of hardback novels by R. F. Delderfield to include 'God is an Englishman' first US edition published by Simon & Schuster in 1970 being signed by the author, 'For My Own Amusement' published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1968, 'A Horseman Riding By' published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1966, 'The Retreat From Moscow' first US edition published by Atheneum in 1967 signed by the author, 'The Avenue' published by Simon & Schuster first US edition signed by the author, 'The green Gauntlet published by Simon & Schuster in 1968 signed by the author and 'On The Fiddle' published by Hodder & Stoughton 1961 first edition. 22cm-high 15cm-wide average size. 

'The Left Bank' by Jean Rhys, published by Jonathan Cape London (1928), hard backed with a linen cover, first edition. 20cm-high 13cm-wide. 

A selection of 20th century non fiction newspaper related books (hard backed) to include 'News paper Society 125 Years of Progress'  by Pratt Boorman published by Kent Messenger (1961), 'The Men That Carry the News' by Guy Schofield published by the Cranford press (1974), 'The Reluctant Press Lord' by S. J. Taylor published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (first GB edition,1988), 'at your peril' by Hugh Cudlipp published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1962), 'Five Years Dead' by Bernard Falk believed first edition published by Hutchinson & Co (1937), 'Sixty Years of Fleet Street' by H. Fyfe published by W.H. Allen (1949), 'Northcliffe' by Pound and Harmsworth published by Cassell first signed edition (1959), 'The House of Northcliffe' by P. Ferris published by Weinfeld & Nicolson (1971) and 'Northcliffe in History' by Tom Clarke published by Hutchinson & Co (believed 1953). 24cm-high 16cm-wide biggest. 

A mid 20th Century novel by W. E. Johns, 'Biggles in the Terai'. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1966. First edition, 8vo (182 x 118mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. 19cm-high 13cm-wide. 

A WWII second world war book of cartoons / illustrations entitled 'Jesters In Earnest' cartoons by the Czechoslovak artists with a preface by David Low published by John Murray London, first edition (1944). 

HM Bateman - comical 1930's books x2. Comprising ' Brought Forward ' (1931 First Edition), and ' Colonels ' (1925 First Edition). Both featuring humorous caricatures of the period. Pub. Methuen & Co, London. ' Colonels ' featuring a small pamphlet for a related exhibition of the artwork. 32cm-high 26cm-wide. 

The Second Danish Pamir-Expedition. Old and New Architecture in Khiva, Bokhara and Turkestan. Published at the Expense of the Church Ministry and Carlsberg Fund. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1904 - Folio. Original sand buckram, title in brown to front board spine. 26 half-tone plates from photographs. First edition of this important architectural study from the two Danish Pamir Expeditions. 36cm-high 28cm-wide. 

A selection of 19th/20th century non fiction books related to English History (hardbacked) to include  'Mother Tongue' by Bill Bryson published by Hamish Hamilton (first GB edition 1990), 'Boutell's Heraldry' by J. P. Brooke-Little published by Frederick Warne (1978), 'The Lincolnshire Tales' by Mavis Peacock published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co (1889), 'The English Experience by John Bowle published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (first edition, 1971) and 'I Haven't Unpacked' by William Holt published by Harrap (first reprinted 1939). 24cm-high 17cm-wide biggest. 

Scarce 1939 England/Wales v Scotland/Ireland Services Red Cross International Rugby Programme: Sought after issue for this first big game during WWII, for the Red Cross Fund, at Richmond on 16th December 1939. Obolensky played, amongst many caps or 'caps-to-be'. Slim 8 pp edition with illustrated player penpics and to the cover the iconic, much-used 'reaching player' image associated with publications of Forsyth's (outfitters of Edinburgh and London) whose advert fills the back cover. Split to slightly rusty stapled spine & centre fold, & faint address to back, but entire, attractive, interesting and very redolent of time and place 80 years ago. (F/G)

Manchester United Football Books to include Bobby Charlton My Soccer Life 1964 and Bill Foulkes Back at the Top 1965, both first edition, with DJs in good condition overall (2)

Royal Commemorative stamp albums to include Monarchs of the 20th Century Coin First Day Covers (seven silver coloured Crowns), Royal Events limited edition coin covers, stamps and First Day Covers (three silver coloured Crowns, one gold coloured Tala and one cupro nickel coin), Royal Events stamps and The Royal Celebration Album (four gold stamps)

Five Royal Commemorative albums containing coin covers, a silver Penny Black replica stamp, George V coins, a £5 note, a Zambian limited edition oval coin, British £5 coins, postcards, stamps and First Day covers

A luxury First Day Cover collectors album to include a limited edition 1 or 300, profile on print, a Duke of Norfolk signed cover

A stamp album containing European aviation related stamps and first day covers, an album containing Chinese covers and stamps, a limited edition 1 of 500 millennium stamp album, together with an album containing luxury first day covers

A Country Artists resin model, First Light, by K Sherwin, a farmer with two black Labrador dogs, CA848, limited edition 488/850, with certificate

Two limited edition Royal Worcester figures entitled 'The First Quadrille' and 'Belle of the Ball' and three Coalport figures 'Lillie Langtry', 'Midnight Masquerade' and 'Her Hearts Desire'. (5). No significant damage found. One or two very small patches of roughness to each

A collection of books to include the Yeomanry Cavalry of Gloucestershire & Monmouth, Cap of Honour first edition and Memorials of the Civil War (English) in Herefordshire in 2 volumes, 10 books in all

Ten Exclusive First Editions (EFE) 1:76 scale diecast model buses, together with The Rank Hovis Story Limited Edition Bus Set Volume II, all in original boxes 

Three London Olympic 2012 diecast toy cars, various other collectable cars and 10 exclusive First Edition buses

Meyer (Hans). Across East African Glaciers. An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro, translated from the German by E. H. S. Calder, 1st edition, George Philip & Son, 1891, mounted chromolithographic frontispiece, 20 plates including photogravures from watercolours and mounted photographic prints, 3 folding colour maps, half-title and first folding map browned, short closed tear to inner fold of last folding map, marginal browning to a few photogravure plates (images unaffacted), bookplate of Charles Granston Richards to front free endpaper verso (see note), inner hinges skilfully consolidated, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original pictorial cloth, spine and tips slightly rubbed, a couple of faint abrasions to front board, large 8vo Neate M93 'First undisputed ascent of Kibo Peak; handsome volume'. Provenance: Charles Granston Richards (1908-1996), missionary and publisher in Kenya and East Africa. (1)

Priestley (Raymond E.). Antarctic Adventure, Scott's Northern Party, 1st edition, T. Fisher Unwin, 1914, 98 photographic plates, 3 folding maps, spotting to text block, ownership inscription to front pastedown, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver, spine slightly faded, spotted and and rolled, extremities slightly rubbed with light wear to spine-ends and tips, 8vo, together with: Ponting (Herbert G.), The Great White South, being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic, 1st edition, Duckworth & Co., 1921, 96 photographic plates, 1 map in text, spotting to outer leaves, margins and edges, free endpapers browned, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine sunned and rolled, cloth split along rear joint, a few pale marks to side, wear to tips, 8vo; Taylor (Griffith), With Scott: The Silver Lining, 1st edition, 1st state, Smith, Elder & Co., 1916, numerous photographic plates, 2 folding maps, line-drawings and sketch-maps in the text, modern cloth with original spine and covers laid down, rubbed, 8vo; Scott (Robert Falcon), Scott's Last Expedition, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Smith, Elder & Co., gravure frontispieces, numerous plates mainly from photographs, 2 folding panoramas, 8 folding maps, spotting, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original cloth, fraying to spine-ends, wear to tips and to volume 1 rear joint, 8vo Taylor's work is in first state, without the additional preface leaf which was added later. (5)

Bible [Old Testament; Chinese]. Jiu yue quan shu, Jingdu [Beijing]: Mei Hua shu yuan [American Bible Society], 1874 [but later], approximately 420 pp. (the text apparently complete, ending with the Book of Malachi, spotting to endpapers, shallow tide-mark in upper margins in the second half of the text block, contemporary blue-green cloth, reversed calf backstrip, covers stained, 8vo (27 x 16 cm) Cf. Darlowe & Moule 2683. Apparently an early reprint of the ground-breaking Mandarin translation of the Old Testament by S. I. J. Schereschewsky (1831-1906), first published in 1875 (despite the date 1874 on the title page). 'Until Schereschewsky's translation of 1875, the Old Testament had not been rendered into northern colloquial Chinese ... Trained in biblical Hebrew and grammar since early childhood, he brought to the task of translation an unrivalled knowledge of and insight into the text' (Eber, The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible, p. xv). Library copies of the 1875 edition are catalogued as containing 1042 pages, though with similar dimensions to the present copy. (1)

Buno (Johannes). Bilder-Bibel: Darinn die Bucher Altes und Neuen Testaments, plate volume only, Hamburg, 1680, complete series of 54 copper-engraved illustrations on 38 sheets including 31 double-page, some significant edge fraying and tears with a little scattered worming, mostly at extremities or outside of plate impressions but with occasional slight loss to images, some browning and soiling, 19th-century limp cloth, soiled and frayed, folio (32 x 19cm) First edition of a complete series of the plates only to this scarce mnemonic Bilder-Bibel, illustrating every chapter of every book of the Bible. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Carbognano (Cosimo Comidas de). Primi Principi della Gramatica Turca ad uso dei missionari apostolici di Costantinopoli, 1st edition, Rome, Stamperia della Sac. Congr. di Prop. Fide, 1794, half-title, title printed in red and black with printer's woodcut device, 730 pages, text printed in roman and Ottoman Turkish type, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt. to front pastedown, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rubbed and marked, modern antique-style reback, 4to Atabey 266. Blackmer 386. Ebert 3515. First edition of the first Turkish grammar in Italian. Comidas de Carbognano was an Armenian minister of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies in Constantinople, who also wrote an important Descrizione Topografica di Constantinopoli, published in 1794. Provenance: Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet (1800-1879), MP for Cornwall, and Fellow of the Royal Society. (1)

Crescimbeni (Giovanni Maria). L'Istoria della Volgar Poesia... nella seconda impressione, fatta l'anno, 1714... ampliata, 3rd edition, 6 volumes, Venice, Lorenzo Basegio, 1730-31, engraved portrait of the author by Antonio Baldi to first volume, half-titles present, woodcut vignette to title of each volume, occasional minor spotting, bookplate of Margaret and Wilson Oliphant to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary vellum, a little rubbed and some light soiling, red morocco title label to spine of each volume, volume number labels missing, 4to, together with a copy of the second edition of the same work, published in Rome, 1714, in a single volume, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, plus Aristotle. Poetica d'Aristotele Vulgarizzata, et Sposta per Lodovico Castelvetro. Riveduta, & ammendata secondo l'originale, & la mente dell'autore, Basel, Pietro de Sedabonis, 1576, title with printer's woodcut device, old ink ownership inscriptions to title crossed through, minor waterstain to head of fore-margins at rear of volume, contemporary vellum, rubbed and some soiling, with minor wear to extremeties, 4to, and one other (Alcune Lettere scritte nei secoli XVI-XVII non pru stampate, Venice, Tipografia di Alvisopoli, 1835), 4to Provenance: From the Library of Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (9)

Davila (Henrico Caterino). The History of the Civil Wars of France, translated out of the original, 2nd edition, Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1678, front free endpaper with early ownership signature of Thomas Johnson and inscription "William Deedes 1725, Given me by Mr Johnson Curate of St Margts. Canterbury", hinges repaired, contemporary speckled calf, modern reback and corner repairs, folio, together with Monluc (Blaise seigneur de), The Commentaries of Messire Blaize de Montluc, Mareschal of France. Wherein are describ'd all the Combats, Rencounters, Skirmishes, Battels, Sieges, Assaults, Scalado's, the Taking and Surprizes of Towns and Fortresses..., Andrew Clark, for Henry Brome, 1674, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, light dust-soiling and some fraying to margins of first & last few leaves, modern half calf, folio (2)

[Defoe, Daniel]. The Political History of the Devil, 6th edition, for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Nicoll, and S. Bladon, 1770, front free endpaper partially loose, small mark to title page, tide-mark to upper outer corners of quires A-E (including title), contemporary sheep, red morocco spine label, rubbed and worn, front joint cracked, front board bowed, 12mo (17 x 10 cm) Moore 480 for the first edition (1726). (1)

Dibdin (Thomas Frognall). Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of many Valuable First Editions, in the Library of George John Earl Spencer [and:] Aedes Althorpianae; or an Account of the Mansion, Books, and Pictures, at Althorp, the Residence of George John Earl Spencer, to which is added a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana [and:] A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, lately forming part of the Library of the Duke Di Cassano Serra, and now the Property of George John Earl Spencer, 7 volumes, 1st editions, for the author, 1814-23, half-title to each volume (except volume 7, 'Cassano'), Bibliotheca Spenceriana with engraved frontispiece and dedication leaf to volume 1, errata and advertisement leaves to rear of volume 3, fascimile plates (many in colours, some on india paper, mounted), profuse fascimiles of 15th-century woodcuts and types in the text, frequently rubricated, 1 vignette on india paper, 2 vignettes on india paper lacking (at volume 1 pp. 79 and 87), occasional spotting and offsetting, Aedes Althorpianae with 32 engraved plates (offset, some spotted), facsimile woodcuts in text, all volumes with presentation plates dated 1894 to front pastedowns, a few discreet ownership ink-stamps, top edges gilt, late-19th-century brown half morocco by Worsfold, rubbed, large 8vo (26.2 x 16.2 cm), together with: Peck (Francis), Desiderata Curiosa: or, a Collection of Divers Scarce and Curious Pieces relating chiefly to Matters of English History ... a new edition, greatly corrected, 2 volumes, printed for Thomas Evans, 1779, 10 etched plates including frontispiece, 20th-century bookplate of the Earl of Aylesford to initial blanks, contemporary tree calf, richly gilt spines, rubbed, joints cracked, minor wear to extremities, a wide-margined copy, large 4to (33 x 22 cm); Roxburghe (John Ker, 3rd Duke of), A Catalogue of the Library of the late John Duke of Roxburghe ... which will be sold by auction ... by Robert H. Evans [bound with:] A Supplement [and:] 'The Prices of the Roxburghe Library', 3 parts in 1 volume, 1st editions, W. Bulmer and Co., 1812, engraved frontispiece, blank ledger leaves bound in to rear, bookplate of John Bailey Langhorne (1816-1877), contemporary diced russia, rebacked, 8vo; and Coker Court, Somerset, [Manuscript library catalogue], 1842, 60 unnumbered pages + blanks, Coker Court bookplate, contemporary half roan, spine worn, 4to Provenance: From the Library of Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (11)

Dickens (Charles). Works (Illustrated Library Edition), Chapman and Hall, circa 1870s, numerous engraved plates, some volumes with additional vignette title, half-titles, variable spotting, first and last few leaves generally toned, partially unopened, four volumes with stiching a little strained, two volumes (Life of Charles Dickens volumes 1&2) with hinges cracked and boards just holding on to cords (volume 1 rear joint also split), original uniform publisher's green cloth gilt, rubbed in places and a few marks, large 8vo (32)

Douglas (Sir Howard). A Treatise on Naval Gunnery, published with the Approbation and Permission of the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1st edition, John Murray, 1820, 5 folding letterpress tables, 5 engraved folding plates, title page spotted and plates slightly spotted and browned, a few light spots and stains to text, one folding table (21) slightly torn in upper margin, contemporary ownership inscription 'Wm Vane' to title page, annotations in a similar hand to pp. 183 and 220, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, 8vo (20.5 x 13 cm) Scarce first edition. The work went through five editions by 1861 and remained the basis of study until the 1840s, when Douglas fell out with the captain of training ship HMS Excellent over the significance of the new shell-firing guns: 'unlike members of the liberal school, Douglas considered shells unreliable and inaccurate. War experience would prove him largely correct' (ODNB). (1)

Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, 4 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood, 1871-1872, first volume with errata slip present, bound without half-titles, occasional light spotting mostly at front and rear, front free blank endpapers with signature S.M. Socendy(?), hinges split, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt (with ink stamp to endpapers 'Mudies Select Library"), extremities rubbed, 8vo Sadleir 815; Wolff 2059a. (4)

Hakewill (George). An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God in the Government of the World..., 2nd edition, revised, Oxford: Printed by William Turner, 1630, Argument leaf at front, additional engraved title (library ink stamp to verso) and errata leaf present at end, first and last few leaves strengthened to margins, some browning to fore-edge margins with occasional repairs, dampstains and toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, together with Stillingfleet (Edward), A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion: being a Vindication of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury's Relation of a Conference, etc. from the pretended answer by T.C., 1st edition, 1665, verso of imprimatur leaf with inscription "Ex Libris Tho: Tomlins 1684", ink stamp to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked, folio, plus a 2nd edition of the same work published 1681 (3)

Hardyng (John). [The Chronicle of Ihon Hardying in metre ... from the first begynnyng of Englande, unto Edwarde ye fourth ... with a continuacion of the storie in prose to this our tyme, now first emprinted, gathered out of diverse autors of substanciall credit, yt either in Latin orels in our mother toungue], 1st edition, [Richard Grafton, January 1543], 2 parts in 1 volume, text in black letter, woodcut cribl‚ initials, lacking **1-5 (including title page), a7-e4, g1-5, 2A1 (divisional title page) and 2S8-2V8, **1 (title page) and 2S8-2T1 supplied in 18th-century manuscript, occasional soiling and damp-staining, headlines and foliation often shaved, quires D-E with early marginalia and probably supplied from another copy, 2K7 lower outer corner restored, marginal repair to 2P3, bibliographical annotations and tipped catalogue descriptions to front front free endpaper and manuscript title page, 17th-century reversed calf, rebacked and recorned, gilt arms of Ralph Sheldon (1623-84) to sides, 8vo (18.6 x 11.8 cm) Provenance: binding with gilt arms of Ralph Sheldon (1623-1684), antiquary, collector and royalist, who 'created a fine library at Weston [his Warwickshire seat], catalogued by Anthony Wood' (ODNB); Sheldon's family were one of the wealthiest in the region but were restricted socially owing to their Catholicism. ESTC S103772; STC 12766.7; Hanham, 'The Two Editions of Grafton's Chronicle of John Harding', Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand III (1979) pp. 17-23 for the priority of this edition, First edition, with vertical chain-lines throughout, and leaf 2O4 beginning 'whiche' with lines 10-11 erroneously stating that Henry VII made 'Edwarde his eldest sonne duke of Buckingham'. In the second edition (STC 12767) the Continuation was revised, omitting most of the account of Henry VIII (quire 2V), which is also absent from some copies of the first issue. STC notes that the Harvard copy 'lacks Tt-Vv8 (last leaf of Hen. VII and all of Hen. VIII), and it is just possible that its text was originally abbreviated in a fashion similar to 12767', and that the Peterborough Cathedral copy 'also ends Ss8, completed by a few lines in MS'. (1)

[Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo. De claris mulieribus, edited Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori, Ferrara: Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 29 April 1497], 175 (of 176) leaves, lacks A1 (xylographic title-page with full-page woodcut to verso, photocopies supplied), 45 lines and headline in Gothic type, printed marginalia, a1v full-page woodcut depicting eight scenes from the life of the Virgin within architectural border, a second border framing first text page (a2r), 172 woodcut portraits, including 116 repeats, printed from 52 blocks, ornamental capitals, printer's device at end, A2 variant with 'Prologus' centred on fourth line and signed 'A', A4 bound after a1, scattered old ink marginalia and annotations to several woodcut portraits, occasional spots or light browning, s2 soiled on recto and with two small archival paper repairs with slight loss of lettering affecting first four lines of recto and verso, the robes in woodcut portrait to recto and corner of woodcut initial and a few letters of lines 9-10 to verso, all edges gilt, modern blind-stamped brown morocco with four raised bands, folio (300 x 200mm) BMC VI, 613 (IB. 25752); Goff J-204; HC *2813; Hin, History of the Woodcut, pp. 510-12; Ink-120; ISTC ij00204000; Lippmann, Wood-Engraving in Italy 153; Oates 2246; Polain (B) 1497; Proctor 5762; Sander 915. Collation: A4[-A1] a-e8 f6 g-p8 q6 r8 s6 t8 v6 x8 y-z6. First edition of one of the finest and most beautiful early Italian illustrated books and the first to attempt life-like portraits. An Augustinian monk, Giacomo Filippo Foresti da Bergamo (1434-1520) draws here from Boccaccio's own 'De claris mulieribus', but develops a different approach, choosing lesser-known female figures to 'rediscover' them for posterity. The women portrayed include numerous saints and historical figures such as Joan of Arc, Margaret Queen of England and Mary Queen of Scots. The final seven portraits were contemporaries of the author and are of recognisable likenesses. Unlike other woodcuts in the book, those used for them were not repeated. Five of the seven have been identified as Bianca Maria Sforza, Catherina Countess of Forli and Imola, Leonora of Aragon, wife of Ercole d'Este, Danisella Trivulzia, and Cassandra Fidelis. The artist of these fine woodcuts has not been identified, but several engravers probably contributed to the illustrations. (1)

Nodes (O., & J. Bowcher). A Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, adapted to the Various Metres now in use in all Churhces, Chapels, and Dissenting Congregations throughout Great-Britain, the whole carefully figureed for the Organ, Piano-Forte, etc., 1st edition, printed for the editors, by W. Smith, 1803, 10 pp. preliminary text including title page, introduction, list of subscribers, and index, 152 pp. of engraved music score, 80 pp. (paginated 153-232) of contemporary manuscript music score to rear, initial blank loose, title page chipped at corner, final leaf of introduction torn and repaired, contemporary calf-backed boards, worn, vertical median cracks to boards, oblong 4to, together with Ashworth (Caleb), A Collection of Tunes, Part I. Consisting of Psalms Tunes ... with an Introduction to the Art of Singing and Plain Composition, 4th edition, enlarged, J. Buckland, 1775, 28 pp. preliminary text, 80 pp. engraved music score, 14 pp. contemporary manuscript music score to rear, some minor worming, pagination occasionally shaved, contemporary sheep (probably original, the title page with 'Price, bound in Sheep and rolled, Three Shillings' at foot), worn, oblong 4to, and Engraved music. [Primer and hymn book], 72 leaves of engraved music score including scales, exercises and hymns, printed rectos only and foliated 1-72, possibly lacking the title page, erratically interleaved with blanks filled with contemporary manuscript music score, 20 further leaves of manuscript music score to rear, 18th-century ownership inscriptions to pastedowns, contemporary calf, worn, oblong 8vo, and 3 similar ESTC N28000 for Ashworth (tracing two copies only, Newberry and Pittsburgh); the second part did not appear until 1782 and ESTC traces only the British Library copy. For the first work (Nodes and Bowcher) OCLC traces four copies in libraries (British Library, King's College London, and two US institutions). (6)

Ovidius Naso (Publius). Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished by G[eorge] S[andys], Imprinted at London: [by William Stansby], 1626, engraved title by T. Cecill (with few ink scribbles) and full-page engraved portrait by William Marshall, lacking initial leaf ("The minde of the frontispeece"), woodcut device to final leaf with early ink inscriptions to verso and rear endpaper (some tearing to free endpapers), some dust-soiling and few marks, modern gilt panelled calf, small folio STC 18964 & Sabin 76456. This first edition of 1626 with the translation was composed by Sandys in part during his 1621-25 stay in Virginia, where he served as treasurer of the colony. (1)

Rider (John). [Riders dictionarie, corrected and augmented with the addition of many hundreds of words both out of the law, and out of the Latine, French, and other languages ... whereunto is joyned a dictionarie etymologicall ... now newly corrected and much augmented by Francis Holy-Oke, printed by Felix Kingston, for Andrew Crooke, 1649], 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut headpieces and initials, toning, occasional contemporary marginalia, pen-trials and ink-staining, light intermittent damp-staining, part 1 title page and leaves, quires 2D (i.e. part of index) lacking, A2 torn in lower margin, final leaf (5M4) frayed, contemporary vellum, soiled, 4to in 8s (22.2 x 16.4 cm) Wing 1441A for the second part; there were four variant imprints of the first part (Wing 1442-1442C) with identical collations and distinguishable only by the title page. The work is 'an edition of Rider's Bibliotheca scholastica, a double dictionarie, first published in 1589 ... Holyoake's revision was first published in 1606' (ESTC). (1)

Rudd (Thomas). Practicall Geometry, in Two Parts: The first, shewing how to perform the four Species of Arithmeticke ... The second, containing A Hundred Geometricall Questions, 1st edition, by J[ohn] G[rismond] for Robert Boydell, 1650, 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut diagrams, head- and tailpieces and initials, closely trimmed throughout, cropping pagination, signatures and catch-words in part 1, just shaving several headlines in part 2, minor soiling to 2A2 verso (probaby a printing-shop accident), contemporary manuscript calculations to part 2 p. 121, blind-stamp of the earls of Macclesfield to title page and first 2 text-leaves, title page also with the cropped ownership inscription of William Jones (1675-1749), mathematician and tutor to the earls of Macclesfield, South Library bookplate to front pastedown, later calf, rebacked to style, 4to (17 x 11.5 cm) Wing R2107A. Provenance: Library of the Earls of the Macclesfield, Part IV, 4 November 2004, lot 862. (1)

Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). The Ballad of Beau Brocade and other Poems of the XVIIIth Century, by Austin Dobson, 1892, numerous wood engraved illustrations, generally spotted and toned, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated cloth, spine ends slightly rubbed, toned dust jacket, a few chips and minor losses (previously repaired on verso), one affecting 2 letters on spine, 8vo, together with Lever (Charles), Our Mess, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Dublin: Curry, 1843-1844, bound from the parts, portrait frontispiece (toned and offset), numerous engraved plates by Phiz (offset to text), plates with variable spotting and toning, each front pastedown with mark of removed bookplate, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Roland Cashel, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1850, additional etched title (toned), numerous etched plates by Phiz, a few plates with some spotting or toning, ink ownership inscription to verso of additional title, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed in places, 8vo, with eight others, including another 1st edition copy of Roland Cashel, and Adam Bede, by Geroge Eliot, 2 volumes in one, Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1859 First item is a scarce find in the dust jacket. (13)

Belot (Jean). Les Oeuvres, Contenent la Chiromance Physionomie, l'Art de Memoire de Raymond Lulle..., 3 parts in 1 volume, 2nd edition, Lyon: Claude la Riviere, 1654, woodcut portrait, folding woodcut plate of hands, two full-page engraved plates and illustrations to text, lacks the large engraved plate, some spotting, slight browning at rear, preliminary leaves detached, engraved bookplate, contemporary sheet, worn and upper cover detached, 8vo, together with [Rampalle, Jean Antoine], La Chyromantie Naturelle de Ronphyle, Paris: Baptiste Loyson, 1665, woodcut device to title, six full-page engraved illustrations of the hand, some browning and old damp staining, biopredation at head of title-page with paper loss affecting first word and second letter of second word, later plain wrappers, rubbed and soiled, a little loss to edges, small 8vo, plus a defective copy of Jean Taisnier's La Science Curieuse ou Traite de la Chyromancie, Paris, 1665, with title-page and G2 in pen facsimile, 80 (of 90) engraved plates, lacking plates 34-36 and 84-90, signatures S-Y misbound after plate 19, some soiling, browning and damp staining, sometimes heavy, a few marginal repairs with slight loss, contemporary calf, worn with leather loss, covers near detached, 4to 1) Caillet 934; Fitzherbert 437; Sabattini 24. 3) Caillet 10053. (3)

Fyers (Peter, 1769-1846). Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, the Trosachs etc., illustrated by a series of Lithographic Sketches, 1st edition, Edinburgh: R. H. Nimmo, [between 1827 and 1829], title page, introductory text leaf, 12 lithographic plates each with accompanying text leaf (all text leaves lithographic), front free endpaper inscribed 'Miss Burrough, with the affection regards of her old friend F. Fyers, June 20th 1850', contemporary roan-backed cloth, title gilt to front board, spine worn, boards rubbed, oblong 4to (16 x 24 cm), together with: Besley (Henry, publisher), H. Besley's Views in Devonshire [cover-title], Exeter: Henry Besley, [circa 1850], 12 steel-engraved plates by G. Townsend, tissue-guards, stab-stitched in original cloth-backed printed card wrappers, oblong 8vo, and Newman and Co., publisher, Twelve Views in Hastings [cover-title], 12 steel-engraved plates, original cloth over limp boards, plates detached from binding (but remaining stitched together), oblong 8vo The first work is a rare suite of lithographic Scottish views, not in Abbey, five copies traces in libraries world-wide (British Library, Edinburgh University, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Sweden, and Smith College). The author is named on the title page as 'Colonel Fyers, C.B., Royal Artillery'; this copy appears to be inscribed by a family member. (3)

Cheiro (pseudonym, i.e. Count Louis Hamon). Cheiro's Language of the Hand, 14th edition, London, Chicago and New York, 1910, black & white plates and illustrations, signed 'Cheiro' by author beneath portrait frontispiece and on recto inscribed and signed 'To Kathleen, with the author's best wishes that she may read a glorious future before her, Louis Hamon, Christmas Day, 1912', original cloth-backed decorative boards, rubbed, together with a 4th edition of the same work, 1895, inner hinges broken and front endpaper detached, original cloth-backed decorative boards, rubbed and spine ends frayed, both 4to, plus Cheiro's Memoirs, the Reminiscences of a Society Palmist, 1st edition, 1912, portrait frontispiece, signed by the author in blue ink as Cheiro and dated 7 August 1912, a little spotting, bookplate of Dowager Lady Head, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and small split at foot of spine, 8vo, plus Cheiro's Book of the Hand, 1st edition, The Record Press, [1892], author's first palmistry book, portrait frontispiece and two plates, half-title and frontispiece detached, 8 pp. publisher's adverts at rear, adverts to pastedowns and rear endpaper, original yellow cloth, lettered in black, dust-soiled, plus a 2nd edition of the same work, circa 1899, two plates, adverts at rear, original yellow cloth, lettered in black, rubbed and soiled, laminated, both small 8vo (5)

Cocles (Bartolommeo della Rocca). La Physionomie Naturelle et la Chiromance... o— par les traits & les signes du visage & par les marques & les lineamens de la main, on peut conn“itre les moeurs, les complexions, le naturel & l'interieur de toutes personnes, Rouen, 1698, numerous woodcut illustrations, F1 & F2 with tear and insect damage (with resultant small loss of text), short closed tears to B6 & B7, a little light spotting, modern morocco-backed boards, 12mo Caillet 2413. Second edition in French, first published in 1679 by Bolognese scholar Bartolomeo Della Rocca, also known as 'Cocles' (1467-1504) on physiognomy and chiromancy. (1)

Desbarrolles (Adolphe). Mysteres de la Main. Revelations Completes, Paris, [1874], wood-engraved illustrations throughout, spotting, occasionally heavy, a few minor marginal splits and tears, author's stamped signature to half-title verso, copy letter from the author to Edward Heron-Allen, and covering letter from George Petilleau in the same hand tipped vertically along half-title inner margin with resultant embrowning to inner margins of first few leaves, Heron-Allen's bookplate to front pastedown and autograph note signed to front free endpaper, concerning the work, dated October 1934, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed, together with two other contemporary copies of the same work and a later edition of 1927, all with spotting and browning, the first two with ink stamp signature of the author to half-title verso, the last copy with early leaves somewhat browned and brittled with a few repairs with slight loss, various bindings, all large 8vo (4)