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PHOEBE ANNA TRAQUAIR & JOHN SUTHERLAND BLACK "Dante" with illustrations by Phoebe Anna Traquair and notes by John Sutherland Black, privately printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh 1890, tooled and gilded leather bound, together with DANTE "La Divina Comedia di Dante Alighieri", edited by Pietro Cicchetti, first publication in England of the poem in one Volume with explanatory notes, published by C.S. Arnold, London 1827, tooled and gilded leather bound pocket edition, together with PIETRO FRATICELLI "Opere Minori di Dante Alighieri", three volume set : Volume I "Il Canzoniere, Le Rime Sacre e Le Poesie Latine", Volume II " La Vita Nova, de Vulgari Eloquio de Monarchia a de Aqua et Terra", and Volume III "Il Convito e Le Epistole", in Italian, published by G. Barbera, Florence 1879, clothboard bound with tooled and gilded leather spines (5)

A re-bound 1899 first edition copy of the history of the dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1625-1897, to include colour plates, by Captain R.J.Mcdonald

Buck, Pearl S. (1892-1973). American novelist, critic, and humanitarian activist; raised in China, she is best known for her stories and novels set there. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Good Earth and, in 1938, the Nobel Prize for Literature. Scarce Autograph Manuscript Signed twice"P.S.B." once in pen and once in pencil, 8-112 pages, 4to, no place, ca. March 1941. A series of book reviews for Asia magazine. First comes a brief note on "The autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru ... entitled Toward Freedom ... the new edition, which contains a valuable new chapter that brings it up to date ... " With Buck's "Asia Column," a book review, in which she writes, "Out of the Night, by Jan Valtin, is a book like none other that has ever been written. It is difficult to define exactly its unique quality and significance, but it has both these. The material is not in itself new. It is, superficially, the story of a German communist who was sent to work in underground activities for communism in many countries ... among which were the United States and China. The book contains no propaganda. It is the story of a man so shaped by the circumstances of his time ... that he was captured by communism ... [For Communism] might be substituted almost any other impersonal power which has laid hold of human individuals and used them and dehumanized them ... " After a discussion of the book's contents, she concludes that "It all makes a book which everyone ought to read who believes in the dignity of the individual ... " She next turns to "Workers Before And After Lenin by Manya Gordon ... an examination into the conditions of the Russian labor for the last fifty years, and a comparison of the conditions of working people in that country now ... The book begins with an account of the gains which labor was making before the revolution ... " Rebelling against oppression and exploitation, " ... The unions did not at once realize that they would be in exactly the same relation to the Soviet government as they were to their former capitalist employers ... with one difference. Under the old system they could strike and arbitrate and negotiate. Under the new regime they lost all such rights ... " She writes of the author's conclusion, " ... If she is right and if the people of Russia are once more fighting for liberty ... it brings them back into the world of peoples ... " She reviews two other works more briefly, "Chinese Homes and Gardens ... a joy to possess ... " and "The Maori People Today," a collection of symposium essays. She notes that " ... it has been taken for granted that the white man in New Zealand has treated the Maori with unusual justice and mercy ... " but the collection shows there was " ... no unusual goodness on the part of the white conquerors ... " Buck signs her initials after each of these last two reviews, the first in pencil. With numerous pencil and ink revisions. All pages stapled together in upper left corner. Binder holes at left edge. Age-toned, especially at edges, with some breaks in binder holes of first page, otherwise in very good condition.

Brittain, Vera (1893-1970). English writer, feminist, and pacifist. Her most popular work was the 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during the First World War, and the origins of her journey towards pacifism. TLS. Dated June 1, 1962. "…'Letters to a Friend' really is out of print…" She suggests that the recipient of the letter should urge the local library to purchase a limited edition and make it available to all readers. Bold signature, and the letter is in excellent condition. From the collection of Diana Herzog.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932). Russia's most popular poet and critic of Stalinism and anti-Semitism. Sketch of Yevtushenko by Kurt Vonnegut. 3/17/96, signed by both men. Signed print of the translation of Babii Yar that once accompanied a limited edition 16/150 art print; signed limited edition Colophon of "Twenty-first Century;" signed limited edition 143/150 "Autoportrait on the Sharp Edge of the Kremlin Tower…." All in excellent condition.

Books - Local History - Cooper (Roy), The Book of Chesterfield, first edition, Barracuda Books Limited, Chesham 1977, signed by the author, limited edition no. 679; others, limited edition nos. 680-688 (10)

Rennell (James). A Bengal Atlas: Containing Maps of the Theatre of War and Commerce on that side of Hindoostan, 2nd edition, 1781, title page, contents list with errata printed to verso, advertisment, map of inland navigation, tables of routes and distances, key map to Bengal and Bahar, nineteen double page engraved maps and one single page map, engraved panorama of Oudanulla and Chunargur (on one sheet), the first ten maps with contemporary outline colouring, lacking the battle of Buxur plan, slight water staining, a.e.g., contemporary mottled calf with elaborate decorated borders to boards, worn and rubbed at extremities, folio (1)

Luttrell Psalter. The Luttrell Psalter, Folio Society/Cambridge University Press, 2006, numerous facsimile colour plates, all edges gilt, original blue Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle, with bevelled edges, decorated gilt blocked border & central armorial to upper board designed by David Eccles, morocco title label to spine, folio, VG Limited edition 335/1480. Lacking both the companion commentary volume by Michelle P. Brown and solander box. This Folio Society volume was the first full facsimile edition of the Luttrel Psalter. The original held by the British Library (MS 42130) was acquired for the nation in 1929, and was the highest price ever paid for a manuscript at the time. (1)

Albrizzi (Giovanni Battista). L'Etranger Plainement Instruit des Choses les Plus Rares et Curieuses, Anciennes et Modernes de la Ville de Venise et des Isles A l'Entour, avec la description de ses Eglises, Monasteres, Hopitaux, Tresor de S. Marc, Arsenal, & Batimens publiques: ainsi que des Tableaux les plus excellens, des Moeurs, des Arts & des Sciences, du Commerce..., 1st French edition, Venice, 1771, engraved frontispiece, folding map, and forty-one engraved plates, some folding and with two views, three(?) plates lacking, V1 with short tear in lower blank margin, a clean copy, sprinkled edges, contemporary vellum, gilt titled on spine, with some early manuscript below, 8vo According to the list of plates, there are three lacking: 11/12 - Tour de l'Horloge dans la Place/Eglise de S. Jeminien; 40/41 S. Marie de Nazeret des Carmes dechausses/S. Jeremie y joint le Palais Labia; 68/69 Isle de Burano/Isle de Mazorbo. However, only the first of these has the remains of the stub inside the volume, suggesting that the other two may never have been present in this copy. It would appear that other copies of this work also vary slightly in the number of plates. (1)

Wordsworth (Christopher). Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, 1st ed., 1840, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and twenty-six steel engraved plates, including two maps (complete as list), wood engraved illustrations to text, occasional spotting, green calf gilt, neatly rebacked with original spine relaid, large 8vo, together with Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there, 2nd edition, 1837, two folding maps (one repaired to verso), three lithographed plates, folding plate of inscriptions, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary Eton prize inscription, contemporary calf, a few gouge and scuff marks, 8vo Blackmer 1839 (for the first edition of 1836), for the second work. (2)

Waring (Edward Scott). A Tour to Sheeraz by the route of Kazroon and Feerozabad, with various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians..., printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807, engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate, letterpress Persian text in places, some overall browning, modern half calf, 4to The first edition of this work was published in Bombay in 1804. This London edition has a greatly expanded section on the language and poetry of Persia and was "an important book in its day as it constitutes one of the first attempts to introduce Persian poetry to the West. Byron's reference to Persia poets, especially Hafez, in his English Bards comes from Waring" (Ghani). (1)

Colebrooke (Robert Hyde). Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from drawings taken on the spot. To which are annexed, concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the operations of the army under the Marquis of Cornwallis, during the late war, and a few other particulars, 1st edition, 1793, printed title, dedication leaf, 12 uncoloured aquatint plates by J.W. Edy after R.H. Colebrooke, each with accompanying leaf of letterpress description, single-sheet list of subscribers at rear, title with some light soiling and marginal fraying, relined, with central horizontal repaired tear, and lower outer blank corner missing, short closed tear repair to centre of foremargin of dedication leaf and first two text leaves and plates (not affecting image), a few minor marginal marks and small marginal repairs towards rear of volume, final plate with light central vertical crease, list of subscribers, with one or two marginal closed tears (repaired), late 19th or early 20th-century cloth gilt, with printed label of the Royal United Service Institution to front pastedown, rubbed and some marks and soiling, spine partly defective, large oblong folio (550 x 705mm) Abbey, Travel 419. Tooley 149. First edition of these scenic views of the southern kingdom of Mysore in India, etched in aquatint by the engraver John William Edy after drawings by the surveyor Robert Hyde Colebrooke (1762-1808), produced in the aftermath of the Third Mysore War, following which Tippoo Sultan handed over parts of the region, various forts, and a significant financial settlement to the East India Company. The prints are titled: East View of Bangalore, The Lake of Mooty Tallaow near Seringapatam, Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallaow, Pagodas at Maugry with a distant View of Sewandroog, N.W. View of Nandydroog, North View of Sewandroog shewing the Attack in Decr. 1791, South View of Sewandroog, S.W. View of Ootra-Durgum, West View of Ramgherry, The Mausoleum of Hyder Aly Khan at Laulbaug, East View of Seringapatam & N.W. View of Seringapatam. (1)

Conway (William Martin). Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1894, half-titles, photogravure portrait frontispiece to first volume, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations by A.D. McCormick, with duplicate proofs of the plates printed on Japan tissue, with tissue guards captioned in gold, single advertisement leaf at rear of second volume, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original cloth with morocco labels to spines, a little rubbed and some marks, 8vo Neate C103. Limited edition 73/150 (of which 125 only are for sale), signed by the author. Without the two supplementary volumes of maps and scientific reports. (2)

Tuckett (Francis Fox). A Pioneer in the High Alps, Apline Diaries and Letters of F.F. Tuckett, 1856-1874, Edward Arnold, 1920, photogravure portrait frontispiece with original tissue guard, seven black and white plates, light scattered spotting, presentation inscription 'Lucy and Violet Hodgkin from Alice Tuckett, Xmas 1920' and ownership inscription of Robin A. Hodgkin to upper pastedown, original brown cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with [Tuckett, Elizabeth], Pictures in Tyrol and Elsewhere, from a family Sketch-book, 2nd edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1869, numerous black and white plates, original publisher's cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, scuffed, 8vo, plus Whymper (Edward), Scrambles Amongst the Apls in the Years 1860-69, 5th edition, John Murrary, 1900, numerous black and white plates, plans, maps and illustrations to text, some light scattered spotting, original blue cloth, 8vo First work Neate T69. From the collection of Robin Hodgkin (1916-2003), the eminent mountaineer and educationalist. Alice Tuckett married Francis in 1896. (3)

Swift (Jonathan). The Works..., Accurately revised in Six Volumes... with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory by John Hawkesworth, 6 vols., 1755, each volume paginated in two parts with main title to each volume printed in red and black, twenty-six engraved plates, 4pp. engraved music, some light browning & spotting, armorial bookplate of Charles Brandling, hinges repaired, contemporary mottled calf, with gilt crest of Charles Brandling to centre of upper boards, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and morocco labels, board corners worn, 4to Teerink 87. This is the first Hawesworth quarto edition and not to be confused with the 12 volume octavo edition of the same year. (6)

Buffon (Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de). Natural History, General and Particular..., translated into English, illustrated with Above Three Hundred Copper-Plates, and Occasional Notes and Observations by William Smellie, 9 volumes, 2nd edition, 1785, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, two folding maps and 305 copper engraved plates, contemporary uniform tree calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting red and green morocco labels (one title label missing to 5th volume), rubbed and some wear to joints, with 6th volume partly split on spine, 8vo (9)

Christie (Agatha). Ten Little Niggers, 4th impression, Collins Crime Club, November 1942, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, original cloth (slightly rubbed and faded along upper and lower edges) in original 4/6 dust jacket, minor dust-soiling and a few short closed tears, a little chipped at head and foot of spine, 8vo A very good example of this rare dust jacket which differs from that of the infamous first edition of 1939. This green and yellow dust jacket with letterpress in black and white has no pictorial elements and lists other detective novels up until 'Evil Under the Sun' on rear panel. (1)

Kirby (William and Spence, William). An Introduction to Entomology: or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: with plates, 1st edition (except first volume 5th edition), 1817-28, 5 hand-coloured plates, engraved portraits, etc., contemporary uniform dark green half calf gilt, very slightly rubbed to extremities (generally in good condition), 8vo, together with Sowerby (John E. & Johnson, Charles), The Grasses of Great Britain, 1st edition, 1861, numerous hand-coloured lithograph plates, some scattered spotting to first and last few leaves only, ownership signature of Delaval Loftus Astley, and Hastings coat-of-arms bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half-calf gilt, very slightly rubbed (generally in very good condition), large 8vo, plus Wilson (Alexander), American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, with a continuation by Charles Lucian Bonaparte, 3 volumes, 1832, numerous hand-coloured plates, occasional marks and light soiling, first volume with some scattered wormholes and short tracks throughout, third volume with title page restrengthened to fore-margin, one or two plates somewhat loose, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and marked with some wear to joints and third volume detached along upper inner hinge, 8vo, with gilt presentation label to James Kirk from Sir William Jardine to front pastedown of each volume, and signature of James Kirk to title of each volume, 8vo, and other 19th century natural history, including 8 volumes from the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Pennant's British Zoology, volumes 1-2 & 4 only, 1776-77, Edward Newman, A History of British Ferns, 1854, The Cyclopaedia of Botany... forming a complete book of herbs and family herbal, published by F. Farrah, circa 1820s, Hulme, Familiar Wild Flowers, 6 volumes bound in 3, circa 1890s, The Museum of Natural History, published by William Mackenzie, circa 1860s, etc., including some odd volumes, mostly leather bound, mainly 8vo (40)

Prynne (William). The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: Divided into Foure Parts. Together with an Appendix..., parts 1-4 & Appendix in one, London: Michael Sparke Senior, 1643, decorative typographic border to title of each part, final leaf of first part with repaired closed tear, short closed tear and marginal fraying to title of second part, bound with Romes Master-Peece. Or, The Grand Conspiracy of the Pope and his Iesuited Instruments, to extirpate the Protestant Religion, re-establish Popery, subvert Lawes, Liberties, Peace, Parliaments, by kindling a Civill War in Scotland, and all his Majesties Realmes, and to poyson the King himselfe in case he comply not with them in these their execrable designes. Revealed out of [c]onscience to Andreas ab Habernfeld, by an Agent sent from Rome into England, by Cardinal Barbarino..., 1st edition, London: Michael Sparke senior, 1643, bound with The Opening of the Great Seale of England. Containing certain Brief Historicall and Legall Observations, touching the Originall, Antiquity, Progresse, Use, Necessity of the Great Seal of the Kings and Kingdoms of England..., Lodon [sic]: Michael Spark senior, 1643, bound with An Humble Remonstrance Against the Tax of Ship-money Lately Imposed: Laying Open the Illegality, Injustice, Abuses, and Inconveniences thereof..., London: Printed for Michael Sparke senior, 1643, decorative typographic border to title of each work, few woodcut decorative initials, occasional minor toning, contemporary and later manuscript notes to two blank leaves at front (neatly repaired to frayed margins), endpapers renewed, near contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, red morocco title label to spine, 4to Wing P4087A, P4089, P4103, P3962, P4055, P4026 and P3982 respectively. (1)

Priestley (Joseph). Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever. Part I. Containing an Examination of the principal Objections to the Doctrines of Natural Religion, and especially those contained in the Writings of Mr. Hume, 1st edition, Bath, 1780, & Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever. Part II. Containing a State of the Evidence of revealed Religion, with Animadversions on the two last Chapters of the first Volume of Mr. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1st edition, Birmingham, 1787, xxviii, errata leaf, 212 pp., with 4 page publisher's list at end; xxiv, 231 pp., plus 7 page publisher's catalogue at end, some marks to title of first part, and with early ownership signature at head erased, page xxiii of the preface to first part with lower outer corner torn away (still present), title to second part detached and a little frayed to inner and upper edges, bound with Two Discourses; I. On Habitual Devotion, II. On The Duty of Not Living to Ourselves; Both Preached to Assemblies of Protestant Dissenting Ministers, and Published at their Request, 1st edition, Birmingham, 1782, ix, 85 pp., with 7 page publisher's catalogue of works by Priestley at end, title with upper blank margin torn away and replaced, final leaf somewhat marked and with closed tears (without loss), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and some wear, with a little loss to head of spine, 8vo (1)

Games and pastimes. Youthful Sports, a new edition, Wm. Darton and Josh. Harvey, July 11th, 1804, vignette title-page, and thirty engravings on letterpress, some light spotting and toning, two facing pages with some juvenile colouring, disbound and loosely inserted into later marbled wrappers, 12 x 8cm (4.75 x 3ins), together with Hack (Maria), Winter Evenings; or, Tales of Travellers, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, printed for Harvey and Darton, 1823, engraved frontispiece to each (that to first volume slightly frayed to fore-edge, just clipping head-line), some spotting and toning, D5 in volume 3 with lower corner torn away (with loss of a few letters), contemporary ownership name on front free endpapers, volumes 1 and 4 lacking rear free endpaper, original red roan-backed marbled boards gilt, extremities rubbed, spines faded and with some minor loss at ends, 12mo in 6s, housed together in a modern card slipcase, plus [Strickland, Agnes], The Moss-House: in which many of the Works of Nature are Rendered a Source of Amusement to Children, 1st edition, William Darton, 1822, six engraved plates, including frontispiece, lightly offset to text, front hinge splitting, early manuscript name on front free endpaper, blue sprinkled edges, original roan-backed marbled boards, extremities a little rubbed in places, 12mo in 6s, plus other antiquarian children's books similar Provenance: from the library of a descendant of the publisher William Darton. Darton G1074(3): the first edition of 'Youthful Sports' was published in 1801, and all editions are rare. It contains descriptions of such games as: Battledore and Shuttlecock; Quoits; Blindman's Buff; Flying the Kite; Bow and Arrow; Stilts; Marbles, Peg Top; Trap Ball; Air Balloons, Dressing Dolls; Bird Nesting; Whip Top; and Badger the Bull, or Bait the Bear. (19)

A Fix Masseuau 1979 Venice Simplon Orient Express Poster, depicting Wagon Lit Carriages with Venice in the background, First Edition, Printed in France by Imprimerie, 37160 Descartes, dated 1981 Copyright Venice Simplon Orient Express Inc, 610mm x 970mm, printed on good quality paper with satin finish, VG

A Fix Masseau 1979 Venice Simplon Orient Express Poster, depicting a lady in her Couchette onboard a Sleeping Car, First Edition, Printed in France by Imprimerie, 37160 Descartes, dated 1981 Copyright Venice Simplon Orient Express Inc, 610mm x 970mm, printed on good quality paper with gloss finish, F-G, wear to left side

A collection of later Hornby Catalogues and other Literature: including ' Märklin Miniature Railway HO' handbook circa 1958, a 1963 Märklin leaflet, catalogues by EAMES (1955), Gamages (1961), Peco 4mm scale (first edition 1949), Taylor & McKenna (c1954), Triang and others, together with a number of loco-spotting books and the like, overall G-VG, (qty)

A Fix Masseuau 1979 Venice Simplon Orient Express Poster, depicting a couple being served onboard a Dining Car, First Edition, Printed in France by Imprimerie, 37160 Descartes, dated 1981 Copyright Venice Simplon Orient Express Inc, 610mm x 970mm, printed on good quality paper with satin finish, VG

Various Railway books: MP, Branch Lines to, Alton, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath to Seaford, Eastbourne to Hastings, Bradshaw's 1922 Guide, The Ways of our Railways by Grinling First Edition 1911, Forgotten Railway by White, London's Lost Railways by Klapper, Railway Archaeology by Nock, The World the Railways made by Faith and others, generally VG (17) other titles include Railways Then and No by Course, Down The Line To Dover by Searle, Line Clear Ahead by Nock, The British Railway Station by Spence and British Railways from the Air by Leigh

THREE LIMITED EDITION ROYAL WORCESTER FIGURES, 'Queen of Hearts' 277/12500, 'The First Quadrille' 3054/12500 and 'Noelle' 130/9500 (3)

Blyton (Enid). Real Fairies, 1st edition, J. Saville, 1923, front endpapers renewed, original brown cloth, spine neatly repaired at head, rear cover with vertical crease, upper cover with cloth lifting slightly to lower right corner, small 8vo, together with Noddy's Garage of Books, 1st edition, Sampson Low, [1953], five booklets with black & white illustrations, each with colour pictorial wrappers, housed together in original cardboard case with flaps, both sides strengthened with adhesive tape, plus three Mary Mouse strip books: Mary Mouse and Her Family, 1st edition, 1946; Here Comes Mary Mouse Again, 1st edition, 1947; We Do Love Mary Mouse, c.1951, first item with juvenile scribblings and soiled covers, plus a 1st edition of Happy Holiday Clicky, 1961, in good condition, and four Old Thatch Series in original cloth wrappers: The Tale of Mr. Wumble, 1934; The Adventures of Bobs, 1939; Animals at Home, 1942; Peter Rabbit and His Friends, 1945 'Real Fairies' is Enid Blyton's second book of poetry for children, published following the success of 'Child Whispers'. (10)

Whitaker (John). The History of Manchester in Four Books, 2 volumes (all published), 1st edition, 1771-75, Principal Corrections to the first book bound at the end of volume one, ten engraved plates, illustrations to text, bookplates to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, boards detached, 4to, together with Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, 2 volumes, plus A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales by Daniel Paterson, 10th edition, plus Edward Baines History, Directory & Gazeteer of the County of York, 2 volumes (7)

Blackie (W.G.). The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, 1884, colour wood engraved plates, double-page colour maps, all edges gilt, original half brown morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, large thick folio, together with A Description of England and Wales, 10 volumes, 1st edition (except first volume 2nd edition), 1769-75, 240 copper engraved plates, contemporary uniform full calf gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, volume 8 crudely rebacked with original spine laid down, small 8vo, plus Morris (F.O.), A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 volumes, William Mackenzie, circa 1860s, numerous chromolithograph plates, all edges gilt, original publisher's gilt-decorated cloth, rubbed and some wear, ex library copy with classification number in white ink to foot of spine of all except first volume (contents unmarked), 4to, and Rose (Thomas), Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated, from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, &c., 1832, 215 steel engraved views, mostly 2 to a page, some with old colouring, some generally light spotting, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear to extremities, with upper cover detached, 4to, plus one other (Aubreville, La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire, 3 volumes, Paris, 1936) (a carton)

[Parker, Mary Ann]. A Voyage Round the World in the Gorgon Man of War, Captain John Parker, Performed and Written by his Widow, for the Advantage of a Numerous Family, 1st edition, printed by John Nichols, 1795, list of subscribers, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, scattered spotting, presentation inscription 'from the authoress to Henry Madden, 10th January 1799' to title, contemporary half calf, lacking upper cover and front free endpaper, 8vo Ferguson 229; Hill (2004) 1303; Mendelssohn (1979) III, p.629. The first private traveller's account of the new colony, and the first by a woman. Captain Parker sailed with the Gorgon as part of the Third Fleet, carrying Philip King, the new Lieutenant Governor of Norfolk Island and his family. While at Port Jackson, Captain Parker attended conferences to discuss the establishment of a whaling fishery on the coast of New Holland. His minutes of these discussions were published by his widow in the present work, alongside the author's informal observations on the personalities in the settlement. The Gorgon left Australia in December 1791 taking with her Watkin Tench and other marines who had sailed with the First Fleet in 1788. (1)

Adams (Richard). The Plague Dogs, 1st edition, 1977, The Girl in a Swing, 1st edition, 1980, Maia, 1st edition, 1984, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Du Maurier (Daphne), Mary Anne, 1st edition, 1954, The Scapegoat, 1st edition, 1957, The Glass-Blowers, 1st edition, 1963, The Flight of the Falcon, 1st edition, 1965, all original red cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly marked and rubbed, 8vo, plus Graves (Robert), Poems 1938-1945, 1st edition, 1946, some minor spotting, original green cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus other modern literature and first editions, including Graham Greene, Iris Murdoch, Anthony Powell, Dick Francis, C.P. Snow, Simenon, Norman Mailer, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)

Tozer (Henry Fanshawe). The Islands of the Aegean, 1st edition, Oxford, 1890, folding map, single advertisement leaf at rear, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Wordsworth (Christopher). Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there, 1st edition, 1836, half-title, two folding maps, three lithographed plates, folding plate of inscriptions, some offsetting and light spotting, partly uncut, 20th century polished calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo Blackmer 1670, for the first work. Blackmer 1839, for the second work. (2)

Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria). An Historical and Geographical Account of the Morea, Negropont, and the Maritime places, as far as Thessalonica..., Englished by R. W. Gent, printed for Matthew Gillyflower, 1687, forty-two engraved maps, views and plans (Forteresse de Zante replaced and Isle de Zante repaired with facsimiles), advertisment leaf bound at rear, occasional minor marginal tear or small hole, few paper repairs to margins, contemporary calf, worn and rubbed with a little loss to spine, 12mo Atabey 286-8; Blackmer 408; Wing C6342. First edition in English. (1)

Kahn (Moritz). The Design & Construction of Industrial Buildings, 1st edition, Technical Journals, 1917, monochrome illustrations after photographs of factories and related buildings, original vellum-backed printed boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Gloag (John, editor), Design in Every Day Life & Things, The Year Book of the Design & Industries Association 1926/27, monochrome plates after photographs, original cloth, rubbed, 8vo, plus Weaver (Sir Lawrence), Tradition & Modernity in Plasterwork, 1st edition, 1928, Gas Fires and Their Settings, 1st edition, Fanfare Press, 1929 & Laminated Board and Its Uses, a study of modern furniture and decoration, 1st edition, Fanfare Press, 1930, colour frontispiece to second title, monochrome illustrations to each volume, original vellum-backed boards/original boards, the second title with printed dust jacket, rubbed and marked, third title with some wear to spine, slim 4to, and others similar, including Joseph Crouch & Edmund Butler, The Apartments of the House, their arrangement, furnishing and decoration, 1900, James Hole, The Homes of the Working Classes, with suggestions for their improvement, 1866, John Birch, Examples of Labourers' Cottages, 1871, Budgett Meakin, Model Factories and Villages, 1905, H.P. Creswell, The Honeywood File/The Honeywood Settlement, 1929-30 (with autograph letter from Percy Hastings to Sir William Bull tipped in to first volume, dated 8th January 1930), Who's Who in Architecture, 1914, 1923 & 1926, etc. (40)

Royal Asiatic Society. Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, 3 volumes, Parbury, Allen & Co., 1827, half-titles to volumes one and two (not called for in volume three), eighty one engraved and lithograph plates (two with contemporary colouring), including views of antiquities, sculptures, facsimiles of asian scripts etc. (some folding) errata slip to first volume, contemporary half calf, Signet Library gilt stamp to upper board of each volume, very slightly rubbed, 4to A surprisingly rare publication, the contributors to which include John Francis Davis, Henry Colebrooke, Sir John Malcolm, James Tod, R.M. Grindlay, William Marsden, and many others. The subjects include marriage ceremonies of the Hindus, white elephants, the wild dog of the Western Ghats, the cave temples of Ellora, the sheep-eater of Hindustan, the Purik sheep of Ladakh, the Sutlej Valley, and others. (3)

Ruttledge (Hugh). Everest 1933, 1st edition, 1934, sepia plates after photographs, including a portrait of F.S. Smythe, signed by Smythe in blue ink, original cloth gilt, in good condition, together with Everest: The Unfinished Adventure, 1st edition, 1937, numerous plates after photographs, folding maps, etc., original blue cloth gilt, spine lettering rubbed, large 8vo Neate R99 & R100. The first volume being an author's presentation copy, inscribed to the front endpaper 'Everest was worth trying for, and we will try again. Hugh Ruttledge. December, 1934.' (2)

Scheffer (Johannes). De Re Vehiculari Veterum libri duo, 1st ed., Frankfurt, 1671, additional engraved title by H. Roos (old circular library stamp to lower outer corner), 4 engraved illustrations, and 38 woodcut illustrations to text, some (generally light), scattered spotting, later 19th century book label of the Bibliothek des Reichs-Postamts to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, title to spine in manuscript, rubbed, small 4to Brunet 29030. First edition of Scheffer's study of transportation in antiquity. (1)

Nonesuch Press. Selected Poems of Coleridge, 1935, full-page woodcuts on letterpress by Stefan Mrozewski, some light spotting to first few leaves, withdrawn library label on preliminary blank, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original orange limp vellum gilt, tall 8vo, (limited edition 159/500), together with Cresset Press The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ovidius Naso, translated into English Verse by George Turberville, with ten full-page illustrations by Hester Sainsbury..., 1928, ten plates, Curwen Press label on front pastedown, library barcode label on rear pastedown, original quarter cloth, large 8vo, plus Aldin (Cecil, illustrator), A Gay Dog, Heinemann, 1905, twenty-four lithographed plates, first and final leaves spotted, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly bowed, a little marked and edge-rubbed, large 4to, plus twenty-one others, mostly larger format illustrated books, including A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems, translated by Arthur Waley, 1918; X Sermons Preached by that Late Learned and Rev. Divine John Donne, Nonesuch Press, 1923; The Man Who Died by D.H. Lawrence, illustrated by John Farleigh, 1935; and Maufra Peintre et Graveur, by Victor-Emile Michelet, 1908 (24)

Troil (Uno von). Letters on Iceland: Containing Observations on the Civil, Literary, Ecclesiastical, and Natural History; Antiquities, Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs; Customs, Dress, Manners of Inhabitants, &c. made, During a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks, Esq. P.R.S. Assisted by Dr. Solander, F.R.S. Dr. J. Lind, F.R.S. Dr. Uno von Troil, and several other Literary and Ingenious Gentlemen..., 1st ed., 1780, engraved frontispiece of a geyser, folding engraved map (small repair to verso), final leaf repaired, manuscript scoring to one or two leaves, manuscript note to frontispiece verso, near contemporary tan calf, spine a little faded, a few marks, 8vo First English edition, translated from the German edition of 1779. Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander had been preparing to join Captain James Cook on his second voyage, but forced to withdraw and instead led an expedition to Iceland in 1772, the work is the first extensive description of Iceland to be published in English. (1)

Suarez (Michael F. & Woudhuysen, S.J. & H.R.). The Oxford Companion to the Book, volumes 1 & 2 (complete), 2010, original gilt-decorated quarter red morocco in slipcase, large 4to, together with other literary reference and ultra modern and first edition fiction, including Sebastian Faulks, William Golding, Umberto Eco, Michael Crichton, Stieg Larsson, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Smith (George, of Kendal, Westmorland). The Nature of Fermentation Explain'd; with the Method of Opening the Body of any Grain or Vegetable Subject, so as to obtain from it a Spirituous Liquor: Exemplified by the Process of preparing Rum, as 'tis manag'd in the West-Indies..., To which is added, a Collection of several Compound Cordial Waters, with the Art of preparing some Articial Wines, not hitherto publish'd. By way of Appendix to the Compleat Body of Distilling, 1st edition, London: Bernard Lintot, 1729, bound with The Practical Distiller, Or, a Brief Treatise of Practical Distillation. In which the Doctrine of Fermentation is Methodically Explain'd... With the Description of a New Engine-Still..., To which is added, by way of Appendix, a Treatise of making Artificial Wines from several Fruits of the British Production..., 1st edition, London: B. Lintot, 1734, engraved frontispiece, few ink marks and dust-soiling mostly to title, bound with at front Smith (George, of Kendal, Westmorland), A Compleat Body of Distilling, Explaining the Mysteries of that Science..., Containing an Exact and accurate Method of making all the Compound Cordial-Waters now in use, with a particular Account of their several Virtues..., 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, London: Henry Lintot, 1731, engraved frontispiece and publisher's book list at front (both leaves frayed & torn at head), dampstaining and some toning & occasional marks throughout volume, contemporary sheep, boards detached and worn, 8vo Cagle 999 (first title) & Cagle 998 (third title, for 1st edition of 1725). (1)

Stephanopoli (Dimo and Nicolo). Voyage de Dimo et Nicolo Stephanopoli en Grece, pendant les ann‚es V et VI..., d'apres deux missions, dont l'une du Gouvernmement Francais, et l'autre du g‚n‚rale en chef Buonaparte, 2 volumes (bound in one), 1st edition, 2nd impression, Paris, [1800], title to each volume, eight engraved plates (including two folding), a little dust soiling, ink stamp to title of first part, recent half calf gilt, 8vo Blackmer 1606. (1)

Christie (Agatha). Ten Little Niggers, Collins Crime Club, reprint, 1958, a few waterstains, mainly to pp. 102-106, clear tape marks front and rear with previous owner signature and manuscript numbers, original red cloth, d.j., small nicks at spine ends, clear tape marks to flap margins, 8vo Scarce reprint with the dust-jacket reproduced from the 1939 first edition. The book was retitled 'And Then There Were None' for the US first edition of 1940 and later further retitled 'Ten Little Indians'. (1)

Bent (J. Theodore). The Cyclades, or Life among the Insular Greeks, 1st edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1885, half-title, folding map, 18pp. publisher's adverts to rear, some pages unopened, ownership inscription of Kirk Nuttal to title, a little light spotting to first few leaves, hinges cracked, original publisher's cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and a little bumped at extremities, 8vo Blackmer 123: 'A very interesting account of the author's stay on each of the 19 islands of the Cyclades with descriptions of customs, beliefs and superstitions of the peoples'. (1)

Ogilby (John). Asia, The First Part [all published] being an Accurate Description of Persia and the Several Provinces therof. The Vast Empire of the Great Mogul and other parts of India and their Several Kingdoms and Regions..., 1st edition, 1673, letterpress title printed in red & black with near contemporary ownership signature, engraved allegorical frontispiece, first few leaves disbound, p.8 torn without loss to text, four double page maps but lacking the folding map of Asia, twenty-six (of twenty-eight) uncoloured engraved plates, including ten double page, numerous engravings to text throughout, occasional creasing and marginal closed tears, maps and several plates with library blind stamp affecting margins, library label to front pastedown, hinges and joints weak and cracked, near contemporary reverse calf, boards near detached, rubbed, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of maps and prints, not subject to return. (1)

Forbes (James D.). The Tour of Mont Blanc and of Monte Rosa being a personal narrative, abridged from the author's travels in the Alps of Savoy, Edinburgh, 1855, folding map frontispiece, folding map at rear (closed tear without loss), publisher's catalogue bound in at end, original gilt-decorated cloth, a little rubbed and some marks, with slight fraying to extreme head of spine, small 8vo, together with Tyndall (John), The Glaciers of the Alps. Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers, and expedition of the physical principles to which they are related, 1st edition, John Murray, 1860, monochrome illustrations, original blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and sunned to spine and upper margins of boards, 8vo, plus Whymper (Edward), Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1871, numerous wood engraved illustrations, original green cloth, gilt decorated spine, very slightly rubbed (generally in good condition), large 8vo, and Umlauft (Professor F.), The Alps, translated by Louisa Brough, 1st English edition, 1889, numerous wood engraved plates and illustrations, maps, etc., original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling, large 8vo, plus other alpine and mountaineering interest, Switzerland, etc., including James D. Forbes, Travels through the Alps, new edition, revised and annotated by W.A.B. Coolidge, 1900, W.A.B. Coolidge, Swiss Travel and Swiss Guide-books, 1st edition, 1989, W.M. Conway, The Alps from End to End, 1895, A.W. Moore, The Alps in 1864, a private journal, 1902, John Ball, Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers, First Series, 3rd edition, 1889 & Third Series, 1932, F. Barham Zincke, A Walk in the Grisons, 1875, Leslie Stephen, The Playground of Europe, 1871, etc. (18)

Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, reprint edition, 1931, advertisements to front, illustrated endpapers, numerous colour woodcuts, some slight offsetting, original Art Deco boards, slightly rubbed, spine rubbed and partially detached, 8vo, together with Johns (W.E.), Biggles Flies North, 1939, colour frontispiece plus 6 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original blue cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus Milne (A.A.), The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928, decorated endpapers, numerous black and white illustrations, previous owner's inscription to front pastedown, hinges cracked, some light marks, original gilt-decorated red boards, boards and spine faded and marked, 8vo, plus other early 20th-century and ultra modern literature and first editions, including John Le Carr‚, Cormac McCarthy, P.D. James, G.M. Fraser, J.R.R. Tolkien, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel). Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts. With Notes. The Prophecy of Dante, a Poem, 1st edition, 1st issue, John Murray, 1821, first issue with Doge's speech in five and a half lines on p.151, half-title present, without terminal advertisement leaf, early ownership name at head of title-page, first and final leaves spotted, red sprinkled edges, contemporary brown calf, rubbed, gilt decorated spine with loss at head, 8vo, together with The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina. A Poem, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1816, first and final leaves a little spotted and dusty, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, contemporary marbled calf gilt, spine rubbed and with contrasting labels chipped, 8vo, uniformly bound with Manfred, 2nd edition, 1817, and The Giaour, 13th edition, 1815, plus two others related, comprising Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold... by John Hobhouse, 2nd edition, revised and corrected, 1818, and The Complete Works of Lord Byron, reprinted from the last London edition..., Paris, 1837 (6)

Whymper (Edward). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1892, wood engraved plates and illustrations, folding map in pocket at rear, untrimmed, original gilt-decorated light brown cloth, spine sunned (generally in bright condition), together with Fitz Gerald (E.A.), The Highest Andes, a record of the first ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the exploration of the surrounding valleys, 1st edition, Methuen, 1899, monochrome plates after photographs, folding maps at rear, some spotting to first few leaves, original red cloth gilt, spine somewhat dulled, plus 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, 1921, monochrome plates after photographs, original blue cloth gilt, spine sunned, short closed tear to head of spine, and Amundsen (Roald and Ellsworth, Lincoln), The First Flight across the Polar Sea, 1st edition, [1927], monochrome plates after photographs, some spotting to first few leaves and outer edges, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, all 8vo (4)

Quillinan (Edward ). The Sacrifice of Isabel: A Poem, 1st edition, printed by Bensley and Son, 1816, vignette title-page (slighlty soiled at gutter), publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, some early pencilled marginalia, corrections, and underlining, lightly spotted and a few corners creased, The Leys Library bookticket on front pastedown, red sprinkled edges, contemporary brown half calf, gilt decorated spine faded, extremities rubbed, 12mo Scarce early poem by Edward Quillinan, whose first wife was the daughter of Sir Egerton Brydges, proprietor of the Lee Priory Press (publisher of a number of Quillinan's works), and whose second wife was Dora Wordsworth, daughter of William. (1)

Modern Literature. A large collection of ultra modern and first edition fiction, including H.G. Wells, David Mitchell, Kazuo Ishiguro, Virginia Woolf, Evelyn Waugh, Yann Martell, Agatha Christie, Kingsley Amis, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

Cesnola (Alexander Palma di). Salaminia (Cyprus), The History, Treasures, & Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus, 2nd ed., 1884, wood-engraved half-title, colour lithograph frontispiece, single-page map, numerous black and white illustrations, single advertisement leaf to rear, ex library copy with usual stamps, including perforated stamp to half-title, occasional offsetting, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Cesnola (General Louis Palma di). Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in that Island, 1st US edition, New York, 1878, portrait frontispiece, map and illustrations, contemporary previous owner signature, rear hinge breaking, front hinge reinforced, t.e.g., contemporary green half morocco, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo Blackmer 1237 (for the first English edition of 1877), for the second work. (2)

Cruikshank (George, illust.). George Cruikshank's Omnibus, Illustrated with One Hundred Engravings on Steel and Wood, edited by Laman Blanchard, 1st edition, Tilt and Bogue, 1842, twenty-one etched plates, including frontispiece, numerous letterpress vignettes, some spotting, half-title and front free endpaper detached, book ticket of John Lewis on front pastedown, rough-trimmed, original gilt and blind decorated green cloth, a little marked and rubbed, spine a trifle faded, 8vo, together with Mornings at Bow Street/More Mornings at Bow Street, by John Wight, 1st editions, 1824/1827, together two volumes, half-titles present, each with etched plates and letterpress illustrations, some spotting or browning, each with book ticket of John Lewis on front pastedown, second volume with inscription on front free endpaper 'Richard Price Esq with the Author's Compliments', each in original cloth-backed boards, faded spines with printed labels, first volume rubbed and soiled, and with joints split, 8vo, plus eleven other volumes with illustrations by George Cruikshank, and ten leather-bound 19th and early 20th century volumes, including A Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, by G. Steinman Steinman, printed for Private Circulation, 1871, inscribed by the author and with two autograph letters signed by the author bound in (25)

Bougainville (Louis de). A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769, Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster, 1st Dublin ed., 1772, folding engraved chart (with a couple of closed tears), engraved plate of Tahitian canoes (close-trimmed at outer margin), some light toning, library inkstamps, recent black half calf, 8vo Sabin 6869. Printed in the same year as the first London edition. (1)

Scheiner (Christoph). Oculus hoc est: Fundamentum Opticum, in quo ex Accurata Oculi Anatome, Abstrusarum Experientiarum Sedula pervestigatione, ex invisis specierum visibilium tam everso quam erecto situ spectaculis, nec non solidis rationum momentis radius visualis eruitur; sua visioni in oculo sedes decernitur; anguli visorii ingenium aperitur..., London: Excudebat J. Flesher, & prostant apud Williel. Morden, Cambridge, 1652, [xii], 254pp., diagrams to text, Includes Monimentum aeternae famae R.P. Christophoro Scheinero ... erectum a Casparo Pansa (in verse at rear), lacking first leaf *1 (blank), contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original spine, 4to Wing S858. This important work on the eye and its anatomy was originally published in Innsbruck in 1619. This 1652 edition (together with a variant of the same year) are the only of Scheiner's works to be printed in England. (1)

Jobard (Lithographer): Souvenirs de Waterloo a Bruxelles: N.d., circa 1830. 13 lithographic views and large hand-coloured folding plan of the battle. First and only edition of a very rare illustrated Napoleonic view book of Waterloo. One litho detached, plates foxed. (1).

'Through Samaria to Galilee & The Jordan' by J.L. Porter. Published London, Edinburgh, and New York Thomas Nelson and Sons 1887. First Edition. Original olive cloth with title & decoration in gilt and black to spine and front board. Gilt edges. Contains 123 illustrations, both full page and in text. 330pp. 1st prize presentation copy from Corrig House School, Kingstown: & others to include 'The Fall of Athens - A Story of The Peloponnesian War' by Rev. AJ Church 1895; (Also Corrig School Prize copy); Vol II The History of Ireland by John Mitchell 1869; 'Country and Town in Ireland Under the Georges' by Constantia Maxwell. Dundalk: Dundalgan Press 1949 (Q).

TROIKA BOOKS. Two books: 'Troika Pottery St.Ives' by Carol Cashmore, 1994 first edition, ex-library copy & 'Troika Ceramics of Cornwall' by George Perrott.

100th Edition First Impression of Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (Two Volumes)