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Knowles (Richard) - Precious Caskets: The Friendship of T.E.Lawrence and William McCance, one of 240 copies, tipped-in illustrations, facsimile notebook in pocket at end, original cloth-backed marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, Upper Denby, Fleece Press, 2003 § Burbidge (W.F.) The Mysterious A.C.2: A Biographical Sketch of Lawrence of Arabia, stapled in original wrappers, spotted, Bognor Regis & London, [c.1940] § Thesiger (Wilfred) The Marsh Arabs, first edition , 1964 § Sykes ( Maj. P.M.) & Khan Bahadur Ahmad Din Khan, translators & editors . The Glory of the Shia World: The Tale of a Pilgrimage, first edition , 1910, the last two with plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth with dust-jackets, very slightly frayed at spine ends ; and 7 others on the Middle East, 4to & 8vo (11)

Mountaineering.- Docharty (William McKnight) - A Selection of some 900 British and Irish Mountain Tops, 3 vol. including 2 vol. Supplement, limited edition, signed and inscribed by the author "To E.M.Arkle in token of his love of wide open space and high sky " in each vol., plates, folding panoramas, original cloth, dust-jackets, spines a little browned, first vol. slightly frayed at head, Edinburgh, Darien Press, for the author, 1954-62.

-. Simpson (Joe) - Touching the Void, first edition, first impression with incorrect ISBN no. on verso of title (different to that on dust-jacket), signed by the author and Chris Bonington on title, and by his climbing partner, Simon Yates, on dedication, with ink ex libris stamp on half-title and embossed stamp on front free endpaper, 1988 § Neate (Jill) High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7,000 metre Peaks, 1989 § Gulatee (B.L.) The Height of Mounte Everest, Survey of India Technical Paper No.8, folding charts, with 2 articles by J.de Graaff-Hunter loosely inserted to stapled in at end, original wrappers, browned, spine a little worn, n.p., 1954, the first two with illustrations, original boards with dust-jackets, the first price-clipped and very slightly faded on spine, 8vo & 4to (3) The first tells the extraordinary story of the ascent by the author and Simon Yates of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. Having reached the summit Simpson fell during the descent causing horrific injuries. Yates attempted to lower him down in stages on a rope but he slipped over an edge and Yates, unable to pull him up, had to make the appalling decision to cut the rope. Thinking Simpson was undoubtedly dead Yates returned to camp but after three days, just as Yates was about to leave the area, Simpson crawled into camp.

Russian Campaigns.- Marvin (Charles) - The Eye-Witnesses' Account of the Disastrous Russian Campaign against the Akhal Tekke Turcomans, first edition , 14 maps and plans, most folding, 3 double-page portraits, 2 pp. advertisments at end, little spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, little rubbed, hinges tender , 1880 § Ashmead-Bartlett (Ellis) Port Arthur, the Seige and Capitulation, second edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding plans, 2 large folding colour maps in pocket at end, original cloth, rubbed & marked , 1906 § Kinglake (Alexander William) The Invasion of the Crimea, vol I & II only, of 8, fourth edition, 2 folding maps, 12 plates, contemporary calf, gilt, morocco spine-labels , 1863, and 4 others, 8vo (8)

-. Brown (Percy) - Tours in Sikhim, first edition , 4 folding maps, original wrappers, loose binding, spine chipped, back cover detached, Calcutta, 1917 § Chapman (Abel) and Walter J. Buck Unexplored Spain, limited edition facsimile of the 1910 edition, illustrations, plates, original gilt pictorial cloth with dust-jacket in original slip-case, Madrid, 1978; and 23 others mostly on wildlife and South Amercia, v.s. (25)

South East Asia.- Blakeney (Richard) - The Journal of an Oriental Voyage, first edition, 4 lithographed plates (a little foxed), minor finger-soiling to margins, ink ownership inscriptions to title and front endpaper, contemporary morocco, gilt, covers detached, lacking spine, rubbed, 8vo, 1841. Scarce. Presumably the family copy, the ink inscriptions are by Martha Susan Blakeney and Richard Purdon Blakeney (the latter dated 1884.

Japan.- Botved (A.P.) - København - Tokio - København: Gennem Luften, first edition , illustrations, bound in tan pigskin with outline map of world blocked in brown and route in gold across both boards and spine, g.e., signed "Petersen & Petersen 1930" at foot of rear turn-in, original pictorial upper wrapper bound in, preserved in cloth dust-jacket and slip-case, 4to, Copenhagen, 1926. Handsomely bound account of a flight from Copenhagen to Tokyo and back by a Danish military pilot.

Ackermann (Rudolph) - The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 vol The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait, plan and 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Pugin and others, list of subscribers, plates with tissue guards, half-titles, vol. I dedication f. bound before half-title, some foxing and browning, later endpapers, modern half calf, spines faded, red morocco labels on spines, 4to, [Abbey Scenery 213], 1812.

Watkins-Pitchford ], "BB". The Fisherman's Bedside Book, first edition Watkins-Pitchford (Denys James)], "BB". The Fisherman's Bedside Book, first edition, illustrations by the author, ink inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, browned, chipped at head, 8vo, 1945; and c. 35 others, Angling, v.s., v.d. (c. 35).

King - The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, first edition ( Major W. Ross) The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, first edition , 6 chromolithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, small tear at to right corner, rubbed, bumped, 4to, 1866.

Selincourt - Le Parfait Chasseurs, first and only edition, occasional spotting (Jean de Sacquespée, Vicomte de ) Le Parfait Chasseurs , first and only edition , occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, head of spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Thiébaud 836], 12mo, Paris, Gabriel Quinet, 1683. 'Ouvrage très estimé et fort rare, qui n'a jamais été réimprimé' (Thiébaud). Includes hunting with dogs and falconry, as well as 'the table, which gives a list of the various forms of hunting as practiced in the different countries of Europe at that date' (Schwerdt).

[Serre de Rieux (Jean)] - Les Dons des enfans de Latone. La Musique et la Chasse du Cerf, first and only edition , half-title, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates by Le Bas after Oudry, 50pp. engraved music, some spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with leather label, head of spine slightly chipped, lower corners worn, rubbed, [Thiébaud 836; Schwerdt p.156; Cohen-de Ricci 952], Paris, Chez Prault, Desaint & Guerin, 1734; and Oppian's poem on hunting, Strasbourg, 1787, 8vo (2) An attractive production that includes a poem on hunting and a dictionary of hunting terms, as well as fanfares, including the first appearance of the famous Fanfares du Marquis de Dampierre .

Solleysell (Jacques de) - Le Parfait Mareschal, 2 vol., fifth edition, titles in red and black, engraved additional pictorial half-title, 2 plates (1 folding) and illustrations, later ink marginalia, minor worm traces to foot of first few ff., staining to inner gutters, some spotting and marking, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines in compartments, spine ends chipped, some corners worn, rubbed, Paris, Gervais Clouzier, 1684; and a copy of Louis Liger's La Connoissance Parfaite des Chevaux, 1741, 4to & 8vo (2) The first mentioned is a scarce edition.

Commines (Philip de) - The Memoirs...Containing the History of Lewis XI, & Charles VIII, KIngs of France, engraved frontispiece, trimmed at foot, 4 pp. advertisments at end, some staining and spotting, contemporary mottled calf, runned, front hinge damaged, J. Starkey , 1674 § Strada (Famianus) Histoire de la Guerre de Flandre, translated by P. Du Ryer, 3 vol., mixed edition, titles in red and black with vignettes, engraved additional title, 4 portraits, 10 folding plates, name & name stamp on first vol. end-papers & title, bookplates, contemporrary speckled calf, spines gilt, not uniform, Antwerp, B. Foppens (vol I , Brussels, J t'Serstevens (vol. II & III), 1705, 1712 § Samson (P.) Histoire de Guillaume III, Roi d'Angleterre, 3 vol ., titles in red and black with vignettes, 2 folding maps, 1 folding plan, 1 folding plate, 15 portraits, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, heads of spines worn, The Hague, E. Foulque , 1703-04 § Julien (Stanislaus, translator ) Meng Tseu vel Mencius, part 1 only, of 4, some spotting, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt and decorated in blind, spine little faded, g.e., Paris, 1824 , 8vo (8)

Meister (Georg) - Der Orientalisch-Indianische Kunst- und Lust-Gaertner, first edition , engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black, engraved portrait and 14 (of 15) plates (the missing plate provided in good facsimile), occasional spottinG, a few very small stains, lightly browned, 20th century mottled calf-backed marbled boards, [Pritzel 6070], small 4to, Dresden, Johann Riedel, 1692. Meister, a German soldier and botanist, records locations he visited as an employee of the Dutch East India Company in Japan and the Far East. The plates include a number of botanical interest and 2 of Japanese characters.

Delambre (Jean Baptiste Joseph) - Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne, 2 vol., first edition Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne, 2 vol., first edition, 17 folding engraved plates, charts, slightly foxed and browned, endpapers foxed, later half calf, rubbed, gilt spines, red and green morocco labels, [Brunet II, p. 571], 4to, Paris, 1817.

[Böhme (Jakob)] - [Mysterium Magnum: Or An exposition of the first book of Moses called Genesis ], first edition in English , engraved plate printed on both sides bound as frontispiece, lacking title but with title to part 3 (3R2) bound as main title, contemporary ink annotations throughout, plate, title and first leaf of 'To the Reader' trimmed, scorch holes to Q1 & 2 and 3Y4 & 3Z1 with loss, 3E3 & 4 torn and repaired with loss of a few letters, with 'The Life of Jacob Behmen' by Durand Hotham and Böhme's 'Four Tables of Divine Revelation' bound in at end, the latter lacking K1 and with K2 defective, very soiled and stained, later half calf, worn, covers detached, [Wing B3411], folio, [by M.Simmons for H. Blunden], [1654]; sold not subject to return. Rare first edition of a mystical interpretation of Genesis, by the greatest mystical mind of the Rosicrucian period (1610-1625).

Butler (John) - Christologia [Greek]. Or A Brief (but True) Account of the certain year, moneth, day and minute of the Birth of Jesus Christ, first edition , folding table (creased), astrological diagrams, small stain affecting head and foot of a few ff., old ink name on front fly-leaf, contemporary reversed calf, some general rubbing and minor marking, [Wing B6270], Joseph Moxon , 1671; and another, on Moxon, 8vo (2)

Patrick (Symon) - A Book for Beginners, or, a Help to Young Communicants, third edition, engraved additional title, lacks final f (? blank), margins of first and last few ff. frayed, some small marginal tears, names on recto of additional title and verso of last f., staining and marking, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, [not in Wing], 12mo, for John Norton , 1681 § Janeway (James) A Token for Children, 2 parts in 1, little browning, contemporary blind-stamped calf, worn, joints cracked, T. Field, 1785 § T[ong] (W[illiam]) An Account of the Life and Death of Mr. Matthew Henry, first edition , browned and marked, notes on 3 blank ff. at start, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine defective at foot , 1716 § Pocket-book, empty but for c.50 pp. manuscript diary, with brief entries for 1851-58 in home-made note-book loosely inserted, eighteenth-century red morocco, richly gilt, silver clasp, later pencil inserted, rubbed, c.105 x 65 mm., n.d ., and another (5)

M[udie] (A[lexander]) - Scotiae Indiculum: or the Present State of Scotland, first edition , engraved additional title, 3 pp. advertisments after Contents, 1 p. advertisments at end, author identified as 'Moodie' on title, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, joints cracked, [Wing M3038], J. Wilkins , 1682 § Ruggle (George) Ignoramus, Comoedia, third edition, engraved frontispiece, margins torn & restored, touching engraved area, little spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing R2213], R. D[aniel], 1658, 12mo (2)

[Rawlet (John)] - A Dialogue Betwixt Two Protestants, In Answer to a Popish Catechism , first edition , 2 parts in 1, lacking Q8, repaired wormtrail to A1-b, hinges strengthened, ink and pencil annotations to pastedowns and initial blank, some browning and spotting, contemporary calf, recased preserving contemporary paper title label, a little worn, [Wing R352], 8vo, for Samuell Tidmarsh, 1685.

Arthur, King of Britain.- Geoffrey of Monmouth. - The British History, translated into English by Aaron Thompson, first English edition , some woodcut headpieces and vignettes, list of subscribers and final errata leaf, some browning, later calf, rebacked, rubbed, J. Bowyer et al, 1718; and 2 others, 17th and 18th cent lit., 8vo (2) Of the twelve books, nine, ten and part of the eleventh are devoted to King Arthur. This section in the original Latin text formed the basis for all subsequent versions of the legend. Among the subscribers to this edition is Sir Isaac Newton.

Sale - The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed (George, translator ) The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, first edition of Sale s translation , title in red and black, folding engraved map of Arabia, 3 engraved genealogical tables (2 folding) and a folding plate of Mecca, map with short tear to fold, some spotting, light water- and damp-staining, cropped, later sheep, rubbed, spine a little worn especially at head, 4to, C.Ackers for J.Wilcox, 1734.

Tollet (Elizabeth) - Poems on Several Occasions, with Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII, an Epistle, first edition , lacking pp. [i]-vi the list of contents and the unnumbered advertisement leaf (as pp. [1-2] of the text), also lacking 2 text leaves (sig.B5 & K), contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, rare, John Clarke, 1755 § Cambon (Madame de) Young Grandison. A Series of letters from Young Persons to their friends , translated by John Hall, 2 vol., first English edition , half title to vol.2 only (misbound after title), 2pp advertisement leaf at the beginning and 3pp publisher's catalogue at the end of vol.1, J.Johnson, 1790, contemporary calf, morocco labels to spines, a little rubbed, second mentioned a little stained ; and 2 others, 18th cent lit, 12mo (5)

Carpzov (Christian Benedict) - Kattalogia, das ist Kurze Katzen-Historie... first edition , 5 engraved plates, browned, contemporary paste-paper wrappers, rather worn, spine defective, later manuscript label "Monsters CCCXLIII" on upper cover, Leipzig, heirs of Friedrich Lanckisch, 1716 § Zacharia (Friedrich Wilhelm) Murner in der Hölle. Ein scherzhaftes Heldengedicht, engraved title vignette and tail-piece, elaborate woodcut chapter-headings, browned, wrappers, uncut, covers detached and frayed, Rostock, J.C.Koppe, 1767; Aelurias epos iocosum, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and 2 tail-pieces, browned, contemporary half calf, upper joint worn and chipped, Braunschweig, Orphanage Press, 1771, v.s. (3) The first a scarce and unusual work on the cat including accounts of monstrous births, namely a cat-pig, a cat-bat and the 6 conjoined kittens of Leipzig. The second, respectively, German and Latin editions of a mock heroic poem on a cat, published in English as Tabby in Elysium .

Dalrymple - Tacticks , first edition, signed presentation copy from the author (Lieutenant Colonel William) Tacticks , first edition, signed presentation copy from the author , 6 folding plates, some light foxing, bookplate of Liddell Hart, original calf, spine gilt, hinges cracked but holding firm, rubbed, 8vo, W. Faden, 1781. The inscription reads ' Sir John Sebright Bart, From the Author'. Sir John Sebright (1725-94), in all likelyhood the 6th Baronet, for he was Colonel of the 52nd Regiment of Foot, where Dalrymple (1736-1807) also served. Captain B. H. Liddell Hart (1895-1970) was an English soldier, military historian, theorist and strategist; he is often credited with greatly influencing the development of armoured warfare.

Livius (Titus) - The History of Rome, translated by George Baker, 6 vol., 1797 § Hales ( Rev. William) A New Analysis of Chronology and Geography, History and Prophecy, 4 vol., second edition, folding engraved maps and plates, 1830 § Burnet (Gilbert) The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 7 vol. including Index, Oxford, 1829 § Josephus (Flavius) The Works, translated by William Whiston, 6 vol., engraved bookplate of Lord Walsingham, worming to lower margin at beginning of vol.1, Edinburgh, 1793, occasional foxing, all contemporary tree calf, the second by Carss & Co. of Glasgow, spines gilt, a little rubbed, particularly the first and last, the last with slight worming to joints, 8vo (23)

Southey (Robert) - The Life of Nelson, 2 vol., first edition , engraved frontispieces, lacks half-titles, occasional foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, nice set, 8vo, 1813.

Mack - The Cat-Fight; a Mock Heroic Poem, first edition ( Dr Ebenezer) The Cat-Fight; a Mock Heroic Poem, first edition , 4 engraved plates by D.C.Johnston only (of 5), the missing one supplied in facsimile, foxed, ex-library copy with stamps, contemporary mottled sheep red morocco label, rubbed, upper cover detached with frontispiece becoming loose, [Necker 1266; Sabin 43344], New York, 1824 § Book about Dogs and Cats, 8pp., 5 woodcut illustrations, original printed yellow wrappers with another woodcut on upper wrapper and list of bo oks on lower, a little soiled, crudely stitched, 75 x 60mm., Concord, N.H., R.Merrill & Son, [c.1860] § [?Reed (Priscilla, illustrator )] The Story of Sam the Firehouse Cat, 14 leaves, artist's original layout with text in black ink and illustrations throughout in pen and ink and/or crayon, one leaf with flap of paper over erased drawing and note in pencil at head "11 & 12 to have full page picture color", pencil and crayon illustrated endpapers, stapled card covers, pencil and crayon illustration mounted on upper cover and reinforced at edges with tape, slightly soiled, [1950s]; and 12 others, similar, including an artist's dummy by Helene Carter, v.s. (15) The first is the first American cat book and the second book illustrated by the great American artist Daniel Claypool Johnston. The cat-fight is a metaphor for American politics.

[Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". - The Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, first issue without advertisement leaf in vol.1, half-titles, vol.1 with blank Z6, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end of vol.3, a little foxed and browned, hinges weak, original orange-brown cloth, [Carter Variant B with ímonds & Remnants' binder's ticket at end of vol.1], rubbed and soiled, vol.3 a little stained, spine ends and corners slightly worn, vol.3 recased, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Parrish p.14; Sadleir 816; Wolff 2060], 8vo, 1860.

Trollope (Anthony) - The American Senator, 3 vol. first edition , half title to vol.3 only (lacking in vols 1 & 2), a few small pencil inscriptions to later endpapers, modern full red morocco by Bayntun, covers ruled in gilt, spines gilt with raised bands, g.e., housed in custom cloth slip-case (a little dusty), [Sadlier 46], 1877 § Sadleir (Michael, editor ) An Autobiography, limited edition, some faint spotting to title, modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt, g.e., Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press, 1929, 8vo (4)

Stevenson - Kidnapped, first edition, half-title, folding map frontispiece, 9pp. advertisements at end dated 7.86, foxing, especially at beginning and end, original green cloth, externally very good, 8vo, 1886.

Binding.- Twain (Mark) - The American Claimant, first edition , frontispiece and illustrations, modern green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Asprey, covers ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, New York, 1892 § Jerome (Jerome K.) Three men on the Bummel, [1900], Three men in a Boat, [1889], together 2 vol., uniformely bound in modern half morocco, upper covers of original cloth covers pasted to upper pastedowns of each vol., Bristol § Wallace (Edgar) The Four Just Men, folding frontispiece, some scattered spotting, full tan morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/ Zaehnsdorf, 1905; and a large quantity of others, most 19th/20th cent lit, many in modern bindings, 8vo (qty)

Stevenson (Robert Louis) - The Wrecker, first edition, plates, advertisements, foxing to endpapers and half-title, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners bumped, 1892; and a first edition of The Circular Staircase, 8vo (2)

Nicoll (W. Robertson) and Thomas J. Wise, - editors . Literary anecdotes of the nineteenth century, 2 vol editors . Literary anecdotes of the nineteenth century , 2 vol., first edition , foxing to pastedown, occasional soiling, library markings to front endpapers and spines, original cloth, sunned and rubbed , 1895; and 12 others about Thomas J. Wise, v.s. (14)

Stevenson (Robert Louis) - A Child's Garden of Verses, first illustrated edition, illustrations by Charles Robinson, contemporary ink ownership inscription, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine darkened, crease to lower cover, New York and London, 1897 § Kipling (Rudyard) Puck of Pook's Hill, first edition, plates, endpapers browned, remains of label to pastedown, original cloth, spine faded, splitting to joints, spine ends and corners a little bumped, remains of label to head of upper cover, 1906 ; and 3 others, Kipling, 8vo (5)

Poggius Florentinus. - Historia Florentina, translated by Jacobus Poggius, first edition of this translation , 113 ff. (of 116, lacking n1, 7 & 8, the last blank), 41 lines, Roman type, initials in blue, a couple with red maiblumen decoration, early ink marginalia, first and last ff. lightly soiled, some staining and spotting, disbound, [BMV V, 215; Goff P873; HC 13172], folio, [Venice], [Jacobus Rubeus], [8th March, 1476]. Covers Florentine history in the period 1350-1455.

Wilde (Oscar) - An Ideal Husband, first edition, one of 1000 copies, original cloth, gilt, spine soiled and nicked at head, 1899; For Love of the King, one of 1000 copies, original cream buckram, gilt, soiled, t.e.g., others uncut and partially unopened, 1922; and 79 others by or about Wilde, v.s. (81)

[Holbach (Paul-Henri Baron d')] "M.Mirabaud".  Systeme de la Nature ou des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral, 2 vol., first edition, without the 2 errata leaves at end of  vol. 2 and a comma after 'Londres' on the title, 2 leaves becoming loose in vol.1, original dark tan motteled calf, gilt, calf labels to spines ("Tome I" label missing), minor worm holes to spines, heads partly cracked, [ESTC T117236], 8vo, 'London' [actually Amsterdam], [M. M. Rey (Tchemerzine)], 1770.

Pearson (Hesketh) and Hugh Kingsmill. - Skye High, first edition , presentation copy signed by Pearson , inner hinges tender, original cloth, rubbed, 1937; and 46 others by both authors, 8vo (47)

David (Elizabeth) - French Country Cooking, first edition, illustrations by John Minton, original cloth, original dust-jacket, slightest hint of wear to extremities, some minor foxing to edges, 1951; Italian Food, first edition , decoration by Renato Guttuso, original cloth, gilt, original dust-jacket, lacking centre section of spine, and other minor tears, very slightly rubbed, 'from the Publisher' in pencil on title , 1954; Summer Cooking, first edition , illustrations by Adrian Daintrey, original cloth. original dust-jacket, lacking small piece from base of spine, head of spine rubbed, 1955 § Beeton ( Mrs Isabella) The Household Management, new edition, frontispiece, repaired with tape on rear, illustrations, original cloth, nicked at head of spine, slightly rubbed , 1888; 5 other modern editions by Elizabeth David, vs. (9)

[Amis (Kingsley)], “Robert Markham”. - Colonel Sun, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear with accompanying creasing to foot of lower panel, 1968; and the first proof and paperback editions of the same, 8vo (3)

Beckett (Samuel) - Molloy, Paris, Olympia Press , [1955]; Malone Dies, ownership inscription on half-title, New York , 1956, first editions in English; All that fall, ownersip inscription on front free endpaper , 1957; From an Abandoned Work, damage to and near spine, 1958, first editions ; La dernière bande suivi de Cendres, first French edition , errata slip loosely inserted, Paris , 1959, browning to page edges, original wrappers, edge wear, some toning ; and another, Beckett, 8vo (6)

Carvalho (Joaõ Jorge de) - Gaticanea, ou Cruelissima Guerra entre os Cães, e os Gatos..., first edition , half-title, engraved frontispiece and 2 large folding engraved plates, directions to binder leaf at end, old ink inscription on verso of half-title, the 4th Conde de Mafra's copy with his bookplate, ink inscription by him on front free endpaper and note on title, lightly soiled and stained, folding plate of the battle between the cats and dogs a little frayed at edges and reinforced at lower edge, small tear to fold, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, especially corners and spine ends, 8vo, Lisbon, Francesco Luiz Ameno, 1781. Mock epic describing the war between cats (women) and dogs (men) in the Portuguese town of Mafra. There were two issues of the first edition, one (as here) with a directions to binder leaf at end, the other without but no precedence has been established.

Burroughs (Edgar Rice) - Tarzan the Terrible, first UK edition , even browning, a little staining to endpapers, 1921 § Fowles (John) A Maggot, first edition , 1985 § Francis (Dick) Risk, signed presentation inscription from the author on bookplate pasted to half-title , 1977 § Llewellyn (Richard) How Green was My Valley, 1940 § Hughes (Richard) The Fox in the Attic, first edition , 1961 , original cloth, dust-jackets ; and a quantity of others, Literature, most first editions, some anthologies, including works by Joyce Cary, Lillian Beckwith, James Herriot, and others by Francis, 8vo (qty)

MCCARTNEY LINDA: (1941-1998) American Musician & Photographer, husband of Paul McCartney. Book signed, a hardback edition of Photographs, First Edition published by Pavilion Books, London, 1982. Signed by McCartney in blue ink to the front free endpaper, 'For you my friend! love Linda' and dated 1982 in her hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG

BADER & JOHNSON: BADER DOUGLAS (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain & JOHNSON JOHNNIE (1915-2001) British World War II Ace (34 victories). A colour 24 x 20 First Edition print entitled Spitfire by artist Robert Taylor, 1979, signed by both Bader and Johnson individually in bold pencil with their names alone to the lower border. Framed and glazed in a modern plain silver coloured frame to an overall size of 24.5 x 20.5. About EX

Everest Interest. High Adventure by Edmund Hillary, signed first edition 1955, pub. Hodder & Stoughton; together with The Ascent of Everest by John Hunt, signed first edition 1953, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, and a leather bound copy of The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume the First, Pub. London 1765. (3)

Simpson (Charles R I) Trencher and Kennel. First edition published 1927, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1 vol; The Silver Horn by Gordon Grand, Sporting Tales of John Weatherford, drawings by K.F. Barker, 1 cloth bound volume (2)

Two books J K Rowling, Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire First Edition 2000 with dust cover also Jeffrey Archer The Eleventh Commandment signed copy 1998 with dust cover.

Dodsley (R and J ed.). The Perceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning are Laid down in a way most Suitable for trying the Genius and Advancing the Instruction of Youth, 3rd edition, 1758, numerous folding engraved plates, six folding maps by Emanuel Bowen all with contemporary outline colouring (The World, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America [and] South America, contemporary calf worn and bumped, upper board deatched, 8vo, with another copy with the same maps, text block detached and broken, lacking upper board, 8vo, with another three volumes similar, dated 1748, 1758 & 1760, numerous folding engraved plates but lacking maps, mixed bindings, 8vo Sold as a collection of maps and engravings, not subject to return. (5)

Digby (William, 1849-1904). Natural Law in Terrestrial Phenomena... , 1st edition, 1902, author's dummy copy of his own book with printed prelims only, the remaining leaves blank and used as a scrap diary by Digby, including a small number of letters, postcards, cuttings and scraps, etc., the diary notes recording details from the period 1902-04, copy letters to Lord Curzon and others, the final 41 numbered leaves written to rectos only and being an account of a three-week trip to Norway, original cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo William Digby, CIE, was a journalist and author of many works including several relating to India. He was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1879 for his efforts on behalf of the famine-stricken people of South India. Mahatma Gandhi wrote an obituary of William Digby in Indian Opinion: 'By the death of Mr William Digby, CIE, India has lost a champion whom it will be difficult to replace. His advocacy of the Indian cause was strenuous and well-informed. His unrivalled experience of India always stood him in good stead in answering his opponents. He was the founder of the Indian Political Agency, and the first editor of India... ' (29 October 1904). (1)

Alexander (William). The History of Women, from the earliest antiquity, to the present time, giving some account of almost every interesting particular concerning that sex, among all nations, ancient and modern, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1779, scattered spotting, first few leaves in volume I with some minor marginal worming, armorial bookplates, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original gilt decorated spines relaid, joints cracking, a little rubbed, 4to (2)

Arnauld (Antoine). Causa Arnaldina seu Antoninus Arnaldus doctor et socius Sorbonicus..., Li‚ge: Joannem Hoyoux, 1690, title printed in red and black, vignette to head of preface, 10pp. index to rear, occasional scattered spotting and slight marginal dampstain to first few gathers, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed at extremities, 8vo This is the first edition of this Jansenist work edited by Pasquier Quesnet. The second edition, in two volumes, appeared in 1699. (1)

Bewick (John). The Blossoms of Morality, intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen, fifth edition, printed for Harris, Darton et al, 1810, wood engravings to text, marginal paper repairs to title, prelimary blank and first few leaves, short closed tear to T4 (repaired), contemporary marbled sheep, neatly rebacked, small 8vo, together with Walker (John), Elements of Geography and of Natural and Civil History, second edition, Darton and Harvey, 1795, occasional scattered spotting, ownership inscription to initial blank, ex libris Lawrence Darton with his label to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco spine label 8vo, plus Cobbett (William), Cottage Economy, containing information relative to the Brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry and Rabbits..., C. Clement, 1822, ownership inscription to title, light scattered spotting, ex libris Lawrence Darton with his label to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, small 8vo, together with other antiquarian, including juvenilia and Darton interest (24)

Dante Alighieri. La divina comedia, edited by Lodovico Dolce. Venice: Domenico Farri, 1569, woodcut printer's devices to title, few historiated initials, numerous printer's devices throughout, title torn with loss to outer blank corner, register and colophon leaf (BB12) bound at rear (slightly tightly bound at gutter), occasional scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, modern vellum, 12mo Adams D-105; Brunet II, 503-4; Graesse II, p. 330. Second Dolce edition. Lodovico Dolce (1508-1568) was born to a noble Venetian family, and was the author of tragedies, comedies, and poetry, in addition to his work as a translator and editor of both classical and contemporary authors. Dolce's edition of Dante's Divina Commedia was first published in Venice in 1555 by Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari. (1)

More (Thomas). Utopia: Written in Latin by Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England: Translated into English, [2nd edition of Gilbert Burnet's translation], London: Richard Chiswell, and to be sold by George Powell, 1685, [22], 206pp., lacking first & last blanks (A1 & P4), manuscript ownership signatures to title (one cropped at head), verso of title, A3 & A4 strengthened to inner margin, fraying to blank margins (mostly affecting lower margins & lower outer corners), dampstaining and dust-soiling throughout, early 19th century marbled sheep, upper joint cracked and worn at foot of spine, 8vo ESTC R232304 & Wing M2692. The first English translation was published by Richard Chiswell in 1684. (1)

Musgrave (William). Geta Britannicus accedit Domus Severianae Synopsis Chronologica, et Icuncula quondam M. Regis Aelfredi Dissertatio, 1715, engraved dediction, four engraved plates including three folding (one with lower inner corner of image excised), some toning, armorial booklate of Rt. Hon. Charles Bathurst of Lydney Park, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, lacking title label to spine, 8vo, together with [Dugdale, William], Heraldic Miscellanies, consisting of the lives of Sir William Dugdale, Garter, and G. King, Esq., Windsor Herald. Written by themselves. With an exact copy of the third part of The Boke of St. Albans, First Printed in 1486, London: T. Cadell [1800?], engraved vignette to title, modern half calf gilt, 4to, with [Goodwin, Thomas], Romanae Historiae Anthologia Recognita et Aucta. An English Exposition of the Roman Antiquities: Wherein many Roman and English-Offices are parallel'd, and divers obscure Phrases explain'd. For the use of Abingdon School, newly revised, 1671, modern black buckram, 4to, with Gostling (William), A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury, 2nd edition, Canterbury, 1777, extra-illustrated containing a total of approximately 90 engraved plans and plans (few folding, some window mounted), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 19th half morocco gilt, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century antiquarian and British topography related (11)

Piccolomini (Aeneas Sylvius, Pope Pius II). Opera quae extant omnia, Basel: Henricus Petri, 1551, [112], 1034, [32] pages, lacks final blank, printer's woodcut device to title, 19 woodcut maps (from Munster's Cosmographia), some spotting and browning (heaviest in signatures G/H), armorial bookplate to front pastedown and Hirsel Library ticket above, contemporary mottled calf gilt, some edge wear, antique-style calf gilt reback, folio (310 x 210 mm) A good copy of the first collected edition. (1)

Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene..., to which are now added, a new Life of the Author, and also a Glossary, 3 vols., 1751, thirty-two engraved plates, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels (volume number label to first volume lacking), joints cracked and some wear, lower panel of vol. 3 lacking, 4to, together with Chaucer (Geoffrey), The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer..., together with Notes and a Glossary by the Late Thomas Tyrwhitt, 2 vols., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, contemporary diced, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spines, 4to, plus a defective 3rd edition of The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell, 4 vols., 1799 Provenance: From the library of Frederick Morrell, Black Hall, St. Giles, Oxford, with his bookplate. (9)