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[Sterne, Laurence]. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 volumes, vols. 1 & 2 2nd edition, vols. 3-9 1st edition, 1760-67, half-titles in volumes 4, 5, 6 and 9 as called for, engraved frontispieces by Hogarth in volumes 1 & 3, volumes 5, 7 and 9 signed by the author as usual, first states of volumes 3-9, some spotting throughout, modern ownership book ticket to pastedown of all 9 volumes 'Sum Caroli Whibley', contemporary polished calf, old joint repairs and many joints weak, a little wear to extremities, 8vo, contained in early 20th-century cloth chemise and quarter morocco over cloth book box, raised bands and gilt titling to spine, rubbed, overall 172mm high x 117mm wide x 188mm deep Rothschild II, 1970 (all first editions). (9)

Sterne (Laurence). The Works... , with a Life of the Author, Written by Himself, 10 volumes, 1783[-92], engraved plates, volume 5 (Sentimental Journey, published William Baynes, 1792) with engraved title and frontispiece, lacking final leaf (?errata/blank), all edges gilt, uniform marbled straight-grained morocco gilt by Riviere, gilt-decorated spines with contrasting red and green leather spine labels, 8vo, contained in purpose-made cloth chemise and quarter calf gilt book box, spine lettering a little indistinct, overall 202mm high x 138mm wide x 241mm deep Volumes 1-3 & 6-10 are first editions of this Works set; volume 5 is a re-issue of a 1791 edition of Sentimental Journey, with a cancelled engraved title-page. A handsome set. (10)

Marnett‚ (Mounsieur, active 17th century). The Perfect Cook: Being the most exact Directions for the making all kinds of Pastes, with the Perfect way teaching how to Raise, Season, and make all sorts of Pies, Pasties, Tarts, and Florentines, &c. now practised by the most Famous and Expert Cooks, both French and English. As also the Perfect English Cook, or right method of the whole Art of Cookery, with the true ordering of French, Spanish, and Italian Kickshaws, with a-la-mode Varieties for Persons of Honour. To which is added, the way of dressing all manner of Flesh, Fowl, and Fish, and making admirable Sauces, after the most refined way of French and English. The like never extant. By Mounsieur Marnette, [2nd edition], London: Printed for Obadiah Blagrave at the Black Bear and Star in St. Pauls Church-Yard, over against the Little North Door, 1686, [14],1-213,[214-216]pp., final three pages comprise printer's book list, lacking frontispiece (?), horizontal closed tear to title & torn to inner blank margin (both neatly repaired), B1 (pages 1/2) torn at head with loss and neatly repaired, occasional light repairs to blank margins and corners of few leaves, final three leaves with neatly repaired tears to inner margin with very slight loss to few words, final leaf repaired mostly to margins, one or two leaves a little close trimmed to running titles, armorial bookplate of Arnold W. Oxford to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th century calf by Lloyd, gilt decorated spine and board edges, contrasting morocco labels to spine, 12mo Scarce, Only one institutional location found (New York Public Library). Cagle 855, Oxford p.28 (in note), Vicaire 566, Wing M706A, ESTC R180373. The first edition was published in 1656 by Nath. Brooks, and included a frontispiece representing the interior of a kitchen. This second edition of 1686 has no frontispiece present and probably never had one according to Oxford, however the New York Public Library example appears to have one present. The first part of this work comprises a translation of Le Pastissier francois, 1653. This actual volume would appear to have been the copy owned by the cookery book bibliographer and collector Arnold Whitaker Oxford (1854-1948). (1)

The Olaf Chedzoy Collection of Ready Reckoners and Mathematical Books. A collection of over 260 items, dating from 1757 to 1971, including ready reckoners, tables, logarithms, works on algebra, arithmetic, commercial arithmetic, calculus, and geometry; school books and other works for children, as well, works and tables connected with agriculture, commerce, engineering, trades and industry. The collection emphasises the social side of mathematics and how it was used by people in different walks of life. One theme which recurs is the proposal to use the decimal system for coinage and measurement. The genesis of this collection was the realisation that with the ubiquity of pocket calculators there would little need for printed ready reckoners, and they would cease to be produced in any significant numbers Olaf Chedzoy is a distinguished statistician who was a lecturer at Bath University. In 1952, he started his career at Ferranti, becoming one of the original programmers of the Ferranti 'Mark I', arguably the first general purpose electronic digital computer. Alan Turing who was in the Mathematics Department at Manchester University contributed to the software of the 'Mark 1' computers. The books include: ANON. The Hay & Cattle Measurer. Glasgow, 1860. ASPIN, J.: Houghton's Mercantile Tables; for Expeditiously Ascertaining the Value of Goods. 1847. CARTER, C. Discount and Per-Centage Tables. 4th edit., 1843. COLENSO, J.W.: The Elements of Algebra designed for the Use of Schools. Cambridge, 1841. Arithmetic Designed for the Use of Schools: To which is added a Chapter on Decimal Coinage. 1886. FENWICK, T.: Elementary and Practical Treatise in Subterraneous Surveying. 3rd edit., 1861. FROST, P.: Newton's Principia Sections I II III With Notes and Illustrations.. Cambridge, 1863. Hints for the Solution of Problems in the Third Edition of Solid Geometry. 1887. HAYES, R.: Interest at One View Calculated to a Farthing. 1794. HIRSCH, M.: Collection of Examples, Formulae & Calculations on the Literal Calculus. 1827. HUTTON, C. A Complete Treatise on Practical Arithmetic and Book-Keeping Both by Single and Double Entry. Newcastle [c.1835] Mathematical Tables. 2nd edit., 1794. HYMERS, J.: A Treatise on Differential Equations and on the Calculus of Finite Differences. Cambridge. 1839. A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. Cambridge. 1847. JORDAN, C.H.: Tabulated, Weights of Angle, Tee and Bulb Iron and Steel, and other Information for the Use of Naval Architects, Shipbuilders and Manufacturers. 5th edit., 1896. LEYBOURNE, W. & FENNING, D.: The Ready Reckoner; or Trader's Sure Guide. Revised by T. Crosby. York, 1811. Eric Gill's copy with his signature. MCCONNELL, P.: Note-Book of Agricultural Facts and Figures for Farmers and Farm Students. 1894. Another edit. 1897. POTTER, J.: A System of Practical Mathematics. 2nd edit., 1757. POWER, F. D.: Pocket-Books for Miners and Metallurgists. 3rd edit., 1914. WADDRINGTON, W.S.R. Mechanical Arithmetic. 1842. WARD, W.: Practical Notes on Screw Cutting. 18th edit., n.d. WRIGHT, J.M.F.: A Collection of Cambridge Mathematical Examination Papers. Cambridge, 1831. (3 shelves & a carton)

Baldwin (William Charles). African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi, Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert &c from 1852 to 1860, 2nd ed., 1863, portrait frontispiece, folding map, four tinted lithographed plates (one or two marginal repairs to verso), wood-engravings, 32 pp. catalogue at end, scattered light spotting, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed at spine ends, 8vo Czech p.16 (for the first edition). (1)

Floyer (John). Pharmako-Basanos, Or, The Touch-Stone of Medicines. Discovering the Vertus of Vegetables, Minerals, & Animals, by their Tastes & Smells, volume 1 (of 2) only, 1st edition, 1687, imprimatur leaf and additional part-title, advert leaf at rear, contemporary calf, antique-style calf reback, a little edge wear, [A] Treatise of the Asthma. Divided into Four Parts... , 1st edition, 1698, some spotting and slight soiling throughout, upper margin of title trimmed away, old heavy ink notes to margins of first 3 leaves and title verso, ex libris Edmund Batty, contemporary calf, cracked on joints and some wear to extremities with loss at head of spine, together with a 3rd edition of the same work (1745), some spotting and soiling, small stain to lower margins of final leaves not affecting text, ownership inscription at head of title, ex libris Denis Gibbs, contemporary calf, antique-style calf reback, plus 3 18th-century French editions of the same work, various bindings, all 8vo, plus 1 other related (7)

Gesner (Conrad). The Newe Iewell of Health... , 1st English edition, 1576, large woodcut to title and woodcut illustrations to text, black letter, lacks 11 leaves (folios 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 39, 147, 148, 149, 150 and final leaf), some spotting, scattered old damp staining and minor marginal marks, some leaves detached and slightly frayed at fore-edges, title dust-soiled, also lacks table at end, contemporary calf, worn, antique-style reback, together with Bartholinus (Thomas), Anatomia... , Leiden, 1691, additional engraved title, portrait to title verso, five folding engraved plates and illustrations to text, some spotting, a little worming to lower margins of first few leaves, contemporary calf, antique-style reback, plus Pechey (John), A Store-House of Physical Practice, Being a General Treatise of the Causes and Signs of all Diseases Afflicting Human Bodies, 1695, heavy browning and old damp staining throughout, contemporary calf, antique-style reback, 8vo, plus other mostly 17th-century English and Latin medical interest, many with defects (10)

Jones (Owen). The Grammar of Ornament, Day & Son, [1865], title printed in red and black, 112 lithograph plates with original tissue guards (mostly chromolithograph, few in black and white) including additional chromolithograph title (complete as chapter headings), letterpress engravings, some scattered spotting, Z2 torn with significant loss (but without loss of text), first few gathers loose, ex libris plate for Ilfracombe Hotel, North Devon to initial blank, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, small folio (35cm) This is the second edition, expanded from the first of 1856 with additional plates. Often referred to as the ‘large quarto’ edition to distinguish it from the large folio first edition and the small folio published by Quaritch. (1)  

Baker (Humphrey). [The Well-Spring of Sciences: Teaching the perfect Work and Practice of Arithmetick, both in Numbers and Fractions..., now againe perused, augmented, and amended..., London: Printed by M. F. for Christopher Meredith, 1646], lacking title (provided in facsimile from another edition), contemporary annotations, margins frayed and first leaf of text repaired to lower outer corner, dust-soiling and few marks, modern calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with Byron (George Gordon), The Works of Lord Byron; in Verse and Prose. Including His Letters, Journals, etc. with a Sketch of His Life, Hartford: Silas Andrus & Son, 1851, engraved frontispiece, additional title and few plates, occasional light spotting, recent front endpaper, all edges gilt, original publisher's gilt blocked morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, large 8vo, with Saunders (& Otley, Publishers), The Language of Flowers with Illustrative Poetry, 9th edition 1843, hand-coloured additional title & lithograph plates, all edges gilt, modern green half morocco gilt, 12mo, with Mosheim (John Lawrence), An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, 6 vols., new edition, 1810, contemporary diced calf gilt, some spines worn, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian & later books including The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, 6 vols., 4th edition, Ediburgh, 1811, contemporary calf, worn and boards detached, 8vo, and incomplete & defective copy of Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences..., by E. Chambers, 2 vols., 4th edition, 1741, plus 20th century publications of art reference and illustrated books etc. including The Chippendale Period in English Furniture by K. Warren Clouston, 1897 (2 cartons)

Jefford (C.G.). The Flying Camels, The History of No. 45 Sqn, RAF, 1st edition, 1995, numerous black and white illustrations, original gilt-decorated blue cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, together with Williamson (Howard), The Great War Medal Collectors Companion, volume 1 only, limited edition 2928/3500 copies, signed by the author to title, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original illustrated boards, large 8vo, plus Hamilton (Ernest W.), The First Seven Divisions, Being a detailed account of the fighting from Mons to Ypres, 19th edition, 1917, 11 maps including folding frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated blue half morocco, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus other early 20th-century and modern military history and reference, including publications by Pen & Sword, Arm and Armour, H.M.S.O., Greenhill Books, Schiffer Military History, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Keating (H.R.F.). Death and the Visiting Firemen, 1st edition, 1959, signed by the author to title-page, original red cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Freeman (R. Austin), Mr Polton Explains, 1st edition, 1940, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked, and ACertain Dr. Thorndyke 1st edition, 1927, Mr Pottermack's Oversight, 1st edition, 1930, The Stoneware Monkey, 1st edition, 1938, all original blue cloth, plus 2 further volumes by the author, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, (6 volumes in total), and Paretsky (Sara), Indemnity Only, 1st edition, 1982, Deadlock, 1st edition, 1984, Killing Orders, 1st edition, 1986, inscribed and signed by the author to title-page, all original red cloth in dust jackets, 8vo (3 volumes in total), plus other early to mid 20th-century crime fiction and first editions, including Nicholas Blake, Reginald Hill, Eric Linklater, John Masters, Elmore Leonard, Ellis Peters, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

Modern Fiction. A large collection of ultra modern crime fiction and first edition literature, including Ellis Peters, James Clavell, Sue Grafton, Robert B. Parker, Elmore Leonard, Michael Dibdin, Lindsey Davies, all original cloth in dust jackets, some signed by the author, VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

Thevenot (Monsieur Jean de). The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In Three Parts, viz. Into I. Turkey. II. Persia. III. The East-Indies, 1st English edition, 1687, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, general title, and 38pp. preface, three engraved plates, occasional minor holes, some staining and toning, especially to upper margin, small wormtrack to gutter margin, close trimmed to upper margin, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, folio, together with Richards (William), The History of Lynn, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Political, Commercial, Biographical, Municipal, and Military, from the earliest accounts to the present time, 2 volumes, printed by W.G. Whittingham, 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece, a few black and white engraved plates, spotting, dust soiling and toning throughout, one or two pages with marginal repair, modern half leather, 8vo, plus Dugdale (Thomas), Curiosities of Great Britain, England & Wales Delineated, 6 volumes, Tallis, engraved frontispiece, black and white engraved plates, scattered spotting throughout, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, rubbed and slightly scuffed, 8vo, plus other travel titles including Baedeker's Guides, A&C Black, and others similar Atabey 1217; Blackmer 1650, for the first work. (3 shelves)

Clarke (Susanna). Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, 1st edition, 2004, signed on title-page by author and illustrator, original white cloth in dust jacket, with another copy, signed by the author and illustrator, original black cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Snicket (Lemony), A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Bad Beginning, limited edition, 2003, signed by the author, original black illustrated boards in slipcase, unopened in original wrapper, 8vo, plus Wright (Sean), The Twisted Root of Jaarfinder, 1st edition, 2004, signed by the author to title-page, original black boards in slipcase, plus other ultra modern literature and first editions, including J.K. Rowling, Frederick Forsyth, Eoin Colfer, Terry Pratchett, Stuart Mill, Philip Pullman, some signed by the authors, many hardback publications, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Folio Society publications, 49 volumes, including The Loved One, by Evelyn Waugh, illustrations by Beryl Cook, 1993, The Pax Britannica Trilogy, volumes 1-3, by James Morris, 1992, Thomas Becket, by Frank Barlow, 2002, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volumes 1-4, by Dr J.C. Mordus & Powys Mathers, 1958, plus 40 further volumes, all original cloth, many in slipcases, 8vo, together with Golding (William), The Pyramid, 1st edition, 1967, minor spotting to text block, original black cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 20th-century modern fiction and first editions, including Iris Murdoch, Paul Gallico, Elmore Leonard, John le Carr‚, Tom Wolfe, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

Durrell (Lawrence). Balthazar, 1st edition, 1958, some tape marks to front endpaper, loss to head of dust jacket spine, Mount Olive, 1st edition, 1958, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, Justine, 5th impression, 1958, Clea, 1st edition, 1960, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers and spines slightly marked and faded, 8vo, (4 volumes in total, known as 'The Alexandria Quartet'), plus 14 further volumes by the same author, together with Masters (John), Nightrunners of Bengal, 1st US edition, 1951, The Lotus and the Wind, 1st edition, 1953, Bhowani Junction, 1st edition, 1954, Coromandel!, 1st edition, 1955, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers price-clipped and rubbed to head and foot with some minor loss, 8vo, (4 volumes in total), plus 6 further volumes by the same author, plus Shute (Nevil), A Town Like Alice, 1st edition, 1950, Round the Bend, 1st edition, 1951, The Far Country, 1st edition, 1952, In the Wet, 1st edition, 1953, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers slightly rubbed with minor tears, 8vo, (4 volumes in total), plus 3 further volumes by the author, plus other modern fiction and first editions, including Rudyard Kipling, John Fowles, Graham Greene, Siegfried Sassoon, V.S. Naipaul, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

Thomson (James). The Works of James Thomson with his last Corrections and Improvements, to which is prefixed an Account of his Life and Writings, 2 volumes, printed for A. Millar, 1747, two engraved portrait frontispieces, few engraved plates, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, slightly rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Farneworth (Ellis), The History of the Civil Wars of France... a new translation from the Italian of Henrico Caterino Davila, 2 volumes, printed for D. Browne et al, 1758, some light dust-soiling, few minor marks, bookplate for Earl of Jersey, Middleton Park to upper pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed and scuffed, upper bopard of volume one detached, 4to, plus another related, plus Maldonatus (Joannes), Commentarii in Quattuor Evangelistas, 2 parts in one, Venice, 1597, titles printed in red and black with large engraved devices, (first title torn without loss at gutter), text mostly in double column, occasional spotting and waterstains, previous owner inscriptions to title, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, rubbed and stained, folio, with other 19th-century literature and historical reference, including The Works of Samuel Johnson, volumes 1-12 (complete), 1820, Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain... , by Thomas Johnes, vols. 1-12, 2nd edition, 1805, some odd volumes, all leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Elliott (Mary Belson). Elliott's Tales for Girls, Translated into French, by A.F.E. Lepee, containing Beauty But Skin Deep, The White Chicken, The Contrast; or How to Be Happy, Idel Ann; or, the Dunce Reclaimed, William Darton, circa 1830, twelve engraved plates, including four folding frontispieces, each tale with individual title (not always present), advertisement leaf following main title, hinges split, lacking front free endpaper, original roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, slight loss at head of spine, 12mo, together with Elliott's Tales for Boys. Translated from the French, by A.F.E. Lepee, containing Self-will; or, Young Heads Not the Wisest, The Ramble; or, More Paths Than One, The Sailor Boy; or, First and Last Voyage, The Greedy Child Cured, William Darton, circa 1830, twelve engraved plates, including four folding frontispieces, with some early hand-colouring, individual titles not bound in, advertisement leaf at rear, generally toned, original roan-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed, 12mo, plus The New Children's Friend: or, Pleasing Incitements to Wisdom and Virtue; conveyed Through the Medium of Anecdote, Tale, and Adventure, calculated to Entertain, Fortify, and Improve the Juvenile Mind, translated chiefly from the German, 3rd edition, printed for Vernor and Hood... and Darton and Harvey, 1799, engraved frontispiece, lacking front free endpaper, original green vellum-backed marbled boards, rubbed and some minor wear, 12mo in 6s, plus A New History of England; from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Year 1803..., Darton and Harvey, 1803, woodcuts on letterpress, with signature 'M. Elliott' (Mary Belson Elliott?) on front free endpaper, marbled boards, rubbed, 12mo in 6s Provenance: from the library of Lawrence Darton, a descendant of the publisher William Darton, each bearing his book ticket. Darton H428; H425; G699(2); G701(3). (4)

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 The Book of Sports, Games, and Athletic Exercises, by William Martin, new edition, Darton and Clark, circa 1840, thirteen etched plates, including frontispiece, one or two early annotations, hinges strengthened, book ticket of Lawrence Darton on front pastedown, original gilt decorated brown cloth, faded and gilt rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine, corners showing, small 8vo 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. (2)

Mills (Alfred). [A Miniature Historic Library in 8 volumes]: Pictures of Roman History, 1809; Natural History of 48 Quadrupeds, 1810; Natural History of 48 Birds, 1810; Pictures of Grecian History, 1810; Costumes of Different Nations, 1811; A Short History of the Bible and New Testament, 1811; Pictures of English History, 2 volumes, 1811, 1st edition, printed for Darton, Harvey & Darton, each volume with forty-eight engraved plates, except Costumes with forty-seven plates (complete), Birds with forty-five plates (of 48) and Quadrupeds with forty-six plates (of 48), some light spotting and minor dust-soiling, one or two carefully repaired closed tears, a few leaves starting and a little edge-creased, Roman History with first and final leaves partially browned, marbled endpapers, uniformly bound in contemporary straight-grained brown calf, spines gilt lettered and decorated, extremities lightly rubbed, each approximately 60 x 55mm (2.5 x 2.25ins), contained together in a modern cloth slipcase Provenance: from the library of a descendant of the publisher William Darton. Darton G649 (noting the original pine box, but listing later editions of three of the volumes: Birds, Quadrupeds, and Roman History, all 1812). A rare set. 'Natural History of 48 Birds' includes an engraving of a Dodo. (8)

Watson (Joseph). Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb; or, A Theoretical and Practical View of the Means by which they are Taught to Speak and Understand a Language; Containing Hints for the Correction of Impediments in Speech: together with A Vocabulary Illustrated by numerous Copperplates, representing the most common Objects necessary to be named by Beginners, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Darton and Harvey, 1809-10, eighty engraved plates, slightly offset and one with short closed tear to one corner, first volume with frontispiece lacking (Manual Alphabet plate), early ownership signature at head of title-page, and faint creasing to lower outer corners, bookticket of Lawrence Darton on front pastedowns, modern half morocco, 8vo Provenance: from the library of a descendant of the publisher William Darton. See Darton G1026. Scarce first exposition in print of the teaching methods of Thomas Braidwood (1715-1806), the pioneer teacher of deaf and mute children. Joseph Watson (1765-1829) was Braidwood's nephew, and he attended his uncle's school in Mare Street, Hackney, before going on to be appointed headmaster of the Asylum for Educating the Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor in the Kent Road in 1792. The pictorial vocabulary includes a large number of scenes of trade and commerce, household objects, and natural history subjects. (2)

Napier (Colonel Charles James). The Colonies: Treating of their Value Generally - of the Ionian Islands in Particular; the Importance of the Latter in War and Commerce - As regards Russian Policy - Their Finances - Why an Expense to Great Britain - Detailed Proofs that they ought not to be so - Turkish Goverment - Battle of Navarino - Ali Pasha - Sir Thomas Maitland - Strictures on the Administration of Sir Frederick Adam, 1st ed., 1833, sixteen lithographed plates at end, two plans, a few close-trimmed at outer margin, first plate with two holes, pp. 311-314 with clear tape repairs, library stamps, previous owner inscription to title, 6 pp. publisher's catalogue bound-in at front, later half calf, spine with raised bands, red label and gilt decoration, 8vo, together with The Ionian Islands in the Year 1863, by Professor D.T. Ansted, 1st ed., 1863, tinted lithographed frontispiece, four engraved maps (one close-trimmed at outer margin), later half calf, 8vo First work Blackmer 1181: "First and only edition of this important work. Napier was sent to the Ionian Islands in 1819 as inspecting field officer... He carried out several special assignments, including a secret meeting with Ali Pasha, and then was appointed resident of Cephalonia in 1822... Napier's understanding of Greeks and Greek politics and his contacts with Ali Pasha, Maitland, Byron (who spent some months in Cephalonia) Guilford and many others, have combined to produce a very interesting and amusing book on the Ionian Islands." (2)

Nieuhof (Johannes). Die Gesantschaft der Ost-Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederl„ndern, an den Tartarischen Cham und nunmehr auch Sinischenkeyser, edited by Peter de Gojern and Jacob Keisern, first German edition, Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1669, title in red and black twenty-nine (of 34) double-page or folding plates, one-hundred and six engraved illustrations to text, lacking additional engraved title and portrait of the author, folding engraved map torn with substantial loss, some short closed handling tears to margins (rarely affecting text, few repaired), few plates with repaired tears, illustration on p.72 pasted over another (as usual), some scattered dust-soiling and few minor marks, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum , repaired, soiled and a little marked, folio (1)

*Nielsen (Kay Rasmus, 1886-1957). 'The Nightingale - and when I go back, I hear the nightingale, sing - ', 1923, watercolour on artist's board, with traces of pencil, showing a Chinese maiden standing entranced at the foot of a willow tree beside a river, listening to the song of a nightingale, within a decorative foliate border in pencil, signed and dated in pencil to lower right border, board size 37 x 27cm (14.5 x 10.75ins), mounted, together with backboard from original frame bearing large manuscript title label in Nielsen's hand (rubbed but entirely legible), and other labels denoting provenance, including Leicester Gallery and Gillian Jason Gallery labels Provenance: Purchased by Lady Headley from the Leicester Galleries, London, in 1924 (Exhibition of Kay Nielsen Drawings, February-March 1924, No.5); in the possession of Beryl Fiona Roberts in 1977; purchased by Benny Lee from the Gillian Jason Gallery, London, in 1987; from thence by descent to his niece, the current vendor. Danish artist Kay Nielsen is one of the greatest illustrators of the golden age of book design and illustration in the first half of the twentieth century. Nielsen produced this original watercolour as an illustration for 'The Nightingale', one of the stories in an edition of "Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1924. The delicate and luminous qualities of his best work is arguably nowhere better seen than in this exquisitely drawn picture. 'Nattergalen', first published in 1843, tells of the Emperor of China's preference for the tinkling of a bejewelled mechanical bird over the song of a real nightingale, which flies away and is banished from the land. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale returns, and his song restores the Emperor to health. Well received upon its publication, the tale is believed to have been inspired by the author's unrequited love for opera singer Johanna Maria Lind (1820-1887), better known as Jenny Lind, and in turn was the inspiration for her nickname, the 'Swedish Nightingale'. The story has been adapted for opera, ballet, musicals, television dramas and films. Barbara Janet Ainsleigh Baynton, Lady Headley (1857-1929) was an Australian writer, most noted for her short stories 'Bush Studies'. She married three times and her second husband left his entire estate to her, enabling her to invest in the stock and art market, buy and sell antiques, and collect black opals. During World War I Mrs. Baynton was living in England and in 1921 she married her third husband Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley (1855-1935). Baron Headley, an Irish peer and prominent convert to Islam, was also known as Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq. He was one of the leading members of the Woking Muslim Mission, and presided for a time over the British Muslim Society. In 1921 he married Barbara Baynton, becoming bankrupt the following year. He was offered the throne of Albania in 1925, along with $500,000 and $50,000 per year, an offer he refused, upon which Lady Headley returned to Melbourne, where she died in 1929. Benny Lee was a prominent film lighting engineer who worked with, amongst others, director, producer and screenwriter Sir Alan Parker, whose credits include 'Bugsy Malone', 'Evita' and 'Fame'. In 1961 he established Lee Electric (Lighting) Ltd with his brother John Lee. In 1987 Lee International PLC, as it had become, announced that it had made an offer of $100 million for Panavision, the Hollywood manufacturer and rental company for motion picture cameras and lenses. A highly desirable piece by Kay Nielsen, with a fascinating provenance which starts with the work's first owner the year following its creation. (1) Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.  

Bannerman (Helen). The Story of Little Black Sambo, 1st edition, Grant Richards, 1899, twenty-seven full-page colour illustrations, some minor spotting and finger-soiling, a few minor splits to lower gutter margins, endpapers slightly spotted and browned at turn-ins, text block spine skilfully strengthened, original light green striped cloth, a little rubbed, 16mo (129 x 79mm) A good copy of the rare first edition of this classic, published as Number 4 in The Dumpy Books for Children series. (1)

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)

Blyton (Enid). The Second Form at Malory Towers, 1947; Upper Fourth at Malory Towers, 1949; In the Fifth at Malory Towers, 1950; Last Term at Malory Towers, 1951, all 1st editions, full-page illustrations, Upper Fourth and Last Term with inscription/ownership name on front free endpaper, some spotting to edges, all original cloth in dustjacket, Last Term price-clipped, some rubbing, creases, and edge-chipping, Second Form with piece missing from lower edge of front panel, 8vo, together with a first edition of Claudine at St. Clare's, 1944, and a later edition of Summer Term at St. Clare's, 1950, both original cloth in dustjacket, plus four Mystery Books: Vanished Prince, 1951; Strange Bundle, 1952; Tally-Ho Cottage, 1954; Banshee Towers, 1961, and five Barney Junior Mystery Books: Rilloby Fair, 1950; Ring O'Bells, 1951; Rubadub, 1952; Rat-a-Tat, 1956; Ragamuffin, 1959, all 1st editions, all original boards in dustjacket (15)

Blyton (Enid). First Term at Malory Towers, 1st edition, 1946, full-page illustrations, inscribed by the author 'love from Enid Blyton' on the front free endpaper (short tear at gutter not encroaching on inscription), original cloth in dustjacket, slightly rubbed and chipped at fold extremities, 8vo, together with The Rubadub Mystery, 1st edition, 1954, illustrations, a few fox spots, inscribed by the author 'Rosemary love from Enid Blyton' on the front free endpaper, original cloth, spine and upper edge of front cover faded, in rubbed dustjacket, frayed and chipped at edges, 8vo, plus Real Fairies, 1st edition, 1923, endpapers lightly toned, edges rough-trimmed, original brown cloth lettered in gilt, small 8vo, plus five other Enid Blyton 1st editions: Summer Term at St. Clare's, 1943; Amelia Jane Again!, 1946; The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters, 1946; The Adventurous Four Again!, 1947; The Rockingdown Mystery, 1949, and a 1st edition of The Changeling of Monte Lucio, by Violet Needham, 1946, all original cloth in dustjacket (9)

Nesbit (Edith). The Phoenix and the Carpet, 1st edition, George Newnes, [1904], colour frontispiece and letterpress vignettes by H.R. Millar, spotting to first and final few leaves, bookplate of Sybil Corbet on front pastedown, free endpapers toned, top edges gilt (remainder lightly spotted), original decorative cloth, a few small marks and some light rubbing to extremities, 8vo (1)

Potter (Beatrix). Peter Rabbit's Painting Book, Frederick Warne, [1911], twenty full-page illustrations (including endpapers and title), eight printed in colour, only one of the black & white illustrations with careful watercolour in a juvenile hand, original dark green pictorial card wrappers, extremities a trifle rubbed in places, original printed glassine wrapper, later issue with advertisements to flaps, including the first edition of 'Appley Dappley' (1917) and 'Peter Rabbit's Slippers', slightly frayed and creased, slim 4to Linder, p.431. A very good copy, rarely found in the glassine wrapper. (1)

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Flopsy Bunnies, 1st edition, deluxe format, Frederick Warne & Co, 1903, minor marks throughout, pencil scribble to half-title verso, single vertical pen marks affecting illustrations on pp. 8, 35 and 68, small paper surface loss to lower sections of pp. 40/41 not affecting illustration or text, upper hinge cracked, original brown cloth gilt with small pictorial onlay to upper cover, slightly rubbed and marked to extremities, together with a first trade edition of the same work, 1909, hinges cracked, original green boards, lettered in white, with pictorial onlay to upper cover, spine darkened and split along lower lower joint, both 16mo Quinby 16. Both copies here show the notice board to the illustration on page 14, absent in later issues and editions. (2)

Preston (Chloe). The Peek-a-Boos in Winter, 1st edition, Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [1911], eighteen colour plates, one with short closed tear in lower margin, stitching partially broken and several leaves near-detached, some light spotting, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dusty, edges rubbed, oblong 4to, together with The Peek-A-Boo Gipsies, Told by May Byron, 1st edition, Humphrey Milford, [1923], six full-page colour illustrations, including frontispiece, a few leaves with light juvenile pencil scribblings, hinges split, free endpapers a little torn (that at front with lower outer corner torn away), original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed and marked, plus a first edition of Peek-a-Boo Circus, [1919], in facsimile rebind, small 4to (3)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Chimes by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht, printed in London by George W. Jones for members of The Limited Editions Club, 1931, 24 monochrome illustrations, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, original light brown cloth with design to upper cover by Rackham, slightly rubbed, and spine somewhat darkened, in original publisher's slipcase, rubbed and marked, 4to, together with The Springtide of Life, Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne, with a preface by Edmund Gosse, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1st edition, 1918, 8 colour plates, monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt-decorated quarter vellum, rubbed and some marks, rear cover heavily waterstained along spine area, with consequent staining to upper inner margins of final few leaves, 4to, plus four others related (Our Gardens by S. Reynolds Hole, 1899, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Retold by May Byron for Little People, circa 1920, Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work, by Derek Hudson, reprinted 1974 & Arthur Rackham, A Life with Illustration, by James Hamilton, 1990), 8vo/4to Limited signed editions 1087/1500 & 42/765 respectively for the first two works. (6)

Thunberg (Charles Peter). Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia, Performed Between the Years 1770 and 1779, 4 vols., 3rd ed., [1795]-96, half titles for vols. I-III, eleven engraved plates (a couple close-trimmed at lower margin, some light spotting, waterstains, bookplates and previous owner signatures, contemporary calf, vols. II-IV rebacked with original spines relaid, vol. I upper joint split, a little rubbed with mottled dampstains and small shelf numbers taped to covers, 8vo, together with Spenser St. John's Life in the Forests of the Far East; Or Travels in Northern Borneo, 2 vols, 2nd revised edition, 1863 (lacking vol. 2 map) First work: Cox I, 343: "These travels relating to Japan are exceedingly valuable with respect to the natural history." (6)

Beardsley (Aubrey, illust.). Morte Darthur Portfolio. Reproductions of Eleven Designs Omitted from the First Edition of Le Morte Darthur Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and Published in MDCCCXCIII. Also those made for the Covers of the Issue in Parts and a Facsimile Print of the Merlin Drawing, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1927, black and white illustrations, including one tipped-in, some minor spotting and off-setting, free endpapers toned, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original calf-backed vellum, gilt decorated, 4to Limited edition of 300 copies, this unnumbered. (1)

Nonesuch Press. The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon..., 7 volumes, New York, 1929-33, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. terracotta morocco gilt, spines slightly faded, large 8vo Numbered 839 from an edition of 1600. (7)

James (Montague Rhodes). A Warning to the Curious and other Ghost Stories, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1925, half-title, some light scattered spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, lightly damp marked, 8vo Author's presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: G. McB. from M.R.J. 2 Nov. mdccccxxv'. Together with an autograph letter signed by M.R. James most likely to Jane McBryde, the daughter of Gwendolyn McBryde, and for whom M.R. James was the legal guardian, following the death of James McBryde in June 1904, on letter paper headed The Lodge, King's College Cambridge, dated 1910, written entirely in capitalised French: 'Ma chere souris blanche, mille fois merci de ton aimable epitre. J'espere moi aussi que je pourrai venir vous voir. Ne mangez pas trop de dindon. Ma chatte a lu votre lettre et m'a demandé si j'etais vraiment un souris noir parce que, dit elle, dans ce cas, j'aurai quelque chose a vous dire...' A humorous letter by M.R. James to Gwendolyn McBryde written on 26 December 1910, describing the conversation he had had with his cat regarding her recent letter, and finishing by wishing her a happy new year. (1)

Benson (Raymond). Zero Minus Ten, 1997; Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997; The Facts of Death, 1998; High Time to Kill, 1999; The World is Not Enough, 1999; Doubleshot, 2000; Never Dream of Dying, 2001; Die Another Day, 2002; The Man With the Red Tattoo, 2002, 1st eds., slight marginal toning (as usual), original cloth, d.j.s, some signed by the author either to title or on publisher's loose compliment slip, 8vo, together with Casino Royal, 2 copies, 1957 & 1960 reprints, three First Edition Library facsimile reprints (Live & Let Die, From Russia With Love & You Only Live Twice) & R.D. Mascott's The Adventures of James Bond Junior 0031/2 (15)

Christie (Agatha). Poirot Investigates, John Lane, 1924, half title with verso listing three titles down to The Murder on the Links, 14 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, neat presentation inscription to front endpaper, original blue cloth, spine faded, one or two light stains, 8vo Variant copy in blue boards, dated to title verso and most likely a 'remainder' copy bound-up with unused first edition sheets, as the publisher ran out of the first issue yellow boards. (1)

Le Carre (John). The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, 1st ed., 1963, original brown cloth, titled in gilt to spine, d.j., spine with tiny nicks at ends, light toning to rear panel, 8vo Scarce brown cloth variant, possibly a trial binding, the first edition usually bound in blue boards. (1)

Orwell (George). Down and Out in Paris and London, 1st US ed., New York, 1933, pictorial endpapers, original cloth (slight fading), facsimile d.j., 8vo, together with Burmese Days, 1st ed., 1935, a little light spotting, previous owner signature, original cloth, light mottled stains, slight lean, 8vo, plus Keep the Aspidistra Flying, 1st ed., 1936, one or two light stains, rear pastedown with label remnant, original cloth, spine a little faded, facsimile d.j., 8vo, with six other first editions: The Road to Wigan Pier, 1937, Coming Up For Air, 1939, Inside the Whale and Other Essays, 1940 (2 copies), Critical Essays, 1946 & Shooting and Elephant, 1950 (both in d.j.s), plus George Orwell in Kent. Hop-Picking, Bridge Books, 1970 (limited edition, 51/300) (10)

Bowles & Carver (publishers). Bowles's Universal Display of the Naval Flags of all Nations in the World..., Bowles's vue Universelle des Pavillons Marine dans toutes les Parties du Monde, London: printed for the proprietors, Bowles & Carver, circa 1801, engraved title (printed in English & French), nineteen double-page engraved plates (of 20, lacking first plate) each displaying 12 flags and majority with original hand-colouring, one plate loose, occasional slight smudging to few flags and few minor marks, early ownership inscription 'Elizabeth Newman, Old Charlton, Kent' to upper pastedown, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary quarter calf, joints split, worn, 16mo Flags included are Union Flag or Jack dated 1801, King of Bantam, United States of America & China etc. An earlier edition was published c.1790 with only 19 plates. (1)

Roditi (Edouard). Poems for F., Editions du Sagittaire, Paris, 1935, author's first book, with a signed presentation inscription from him "for Roger Mynors Esq from a "prodigal son" who yet hopes to return to more academic ways' on the half-title, original printed wrappers in frayed glassine dust jacket, 8vo Signed limited edition, 44/250. (1)

Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit or There and Back Again, 1st ed., 2nd impression, 1937, four colour plates by the author, black and white illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, map endpapers, neat presentation inscription to front endpaper, original green pictorial cloth, small lightly faded patch at foot of spine, d.j., vertical split along upper joint (just attaching), some chips and losses, spine and flaps a little toned, 8vo The second impression, published in the same year as the first and is the first edition with the colour plates. (1)

Verne (Jules). Five Weeks in a Balloon. A Voyage of Exploration and Discovery in Central Africa. From the French... with sixty-four Illustrations by Riou, Sampson Low, 2nd UK ed., 1874, thirty-three wood engraved plates, letterpress illustrations, some full-page, 48pp. publishers catalogue dated October 1873 at rear, some light marks, hinges split, all edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, some fraying to corners and head and foot of spine, 8vo First Sampson Low edition, and second UK edition, of Verne's first book (first published in French in 1863), a fantasy of balloon travel over the African continent and a satire on English books on African travel. The first UK edition was published in 1870 by Chapman & Hall and is now virtually impossible to find. This Sampson Low edition is also scarce (unlisted in Myers), and considerably more difficult to find than either Appleton's first edition in English (New York, 1869), or James Osgood's fully illustrated edition (Boston, 1873). (1)

Abercromie (Patrick, editor). The Book of the Modern House, A Panoramic Survey of Contemporary Domestic Design, 1st edition, 1939, several colour and numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, some light foxing to first and last few leaves, original cloth in slightly chipped and torn dust wrapper, with minor loss to head of spine, 4to, together with Marshall (H.G. Hayes), Within Four Walls, a book about interior decoration, colour schemes and furnishing the home, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1948, monochrome plates, mostly after photographs, original blue cloth gilt in dust jacket, one or two minor marks to edges, small 4to, plus Schrijver (Herman), Decoration for the Home, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1939, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, very slightly rubbed to extremities, slim small 4to, and others on interior design and decoration, the modern home, etc., including Amelia Defries, Purpose in Design, a survey of the new movement seen in studios and factories and at the exposition Internationle des Arts et Techniques Appliques a la vie moderne, Paris, 1937, 1st edition, 1938, Walter Dorwin Teague, Design This Day, the technique of order in the machine age, 1st edition, circa 1940, Bruno Taut, Modern Architecture, The Studio, circa 1930, Herbert Hoffmann, Modern Interiors in Europe and America, The Studio, 1930, J.L. Martin and S. Speight, The Flat Book, 1st edition, 1939, Design for To'Day, 3 volumes, 1933, 1934, & 1935, etc (30)

Hill (Oliver and Cornforth, John). English Country Houses, Caroline, 1625-1685, 1st edition, Country Life, 1966, together with English Country Houses, Baroque 1685-1715, by James Lees-Milne, 1st edition, Country Life, 1970, English Country Houses, Early Georgian 1715-1760, by Christopher Hussey, 1st edition, Country Life, 1955, English Country Houses Mid-Georgian 1760-1800, by Christopher Hussey, 1st edition, Country Life, 1956 & English Country Houses, Late Georgian 1800-1840, by Christopher Hussey, 1st edition, Country Life, 1958, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs to each title, all original cloth gilt, all except the first volume in dust jackets, 4to, plus Harris (John), Sir William Chambers, Knight of the Polar Star, 1st edition, Zwemmer, 1970, monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth gilt in dust jacket, 4to, and Downes (Kerry), Vanbrugh, 1st edition, Zwemmer, 1977, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, original blue cloth gilt in dust jacket, 4to, plus others on English Architecture, mainly of the 18th century, including Kerry Downes, English Baroque Architecture, Zwemmer, 1966, Damie Stillman, English Neo-classical Architecture,2 volumes, Zwemmer, 1988, Kerry Downes, Hawksmoor, Zwemmer, 1959, Eduard Seckler, Wren and His Place in European Architecture, Faber & Faber, 1956, Howard E. Stutchbury, The Architecture of Colen Campbell, Manchester University Press, 1967, etc., all original cloth, many in dust jackets, 4to/8vo (30)

Muthesius (Hermann). Das Englische Haus, 3 volumes, Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1904-1905, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, numerous black and white illustrations to text, edges rough trimmed, contemporary cloth, original printed wrappers bound in, folio, together with the first complete English edition of The English House, edited by Dennis Sharp, published by Frances Lincoln, 2007, 3 volumes, original publisher's cloth in d.j., contained within original publisher's slipcase, plus one volume of Die Englische Baukunst der Gegenwart, inlcuding plates 1 - 26 only, original portfolio, rubbed and worn (5)

Paalen (Wolfgang). Form and Sense (Problems of Contemporary Art, No. 1), New York, Wittenborn and Company, 1945, monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, slightly rubbed to extremities and spine lightly browned, with bookplate of J.D.H. Catleugh (designed by Scottie Wilson) to verso of front endpaper, and signature of Jon Catleugh, dated 17 September 1946 to following leaf, slim 4to, together with Focillon (Henri), The Life of Forms in Art, 2nd English edition, enlarged, New York, Wittenborn, Schultz, 1948, monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, very slightly rubbed and spine somewhat browned, with bookplate of J.D.H. Catleugh (designed by Scottie Wilson) to inside front cover, plus Atelier 17. Fourteenth Exhibition of Prints by members of the Atelier 17 Group, Laurel Gallery, New York, March 14 to April 1st, 1949, colour and monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, stapled as issued, very slightly rubbed and spine a little browned, 4to Together with a group of geometric designs in pencil on tracing paper by Jon Catleugh for a Christmas card, loosely inserted to the first volume. (3)

New Naturalist Series. Volumes 1-127, a complete run, 1946-2014, comprising 1st edition numbers 2-3, 6-10, 13-14, 16-18, 39, 41, 46, 48, 50-52, 55-69, 72-127, numbers 70 & 71 (Orkney & British Warblers) 2nd state printings, bound up in pea- green cloth from paperback editions and a few millimetres shorter than the first issues), the others reprints and later editions, colour and black and white illustrations, a few light spots and previous owner signatures, original cloth (some fading to a few early numbers), d.j.s, some early numbers price-clipped with a few chips and light toning, other spines with some fading, 8vo (127)

Plumier (Charles). Plantarum Americanarum fasciculus primus [-Decimus], continens plantas, quas olim Carolus Plumierius, Botanicorum Princeps detexit, eruitque, atque in Insulis Antillis ipse depinxit. Has primum in lucem edidit, concinnis descriptionibus, & observationibus, aeneisque tabulis illustravit Joannes Burmannus, 1st edition, Amsterdam, Sumtibus Auctoris, 1755, 10 parts bound in one volume, title printed in red and black, lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece, 262 full-page copper engraved plates, including one with later hand-colouring, contemporary quarter calf, rubbed and a little wear with joints partly cracked, large folio (44 x 27 cm) Nissen BBI 1547. Sabin 63459. Sitwell, Great Flower Books 70. Hut 554. The French botanist Charles Plumier (1646-1704) undertook three botanical expeditions to the West Indies, the last two as the French King, Louis XIV's appointed botanist. He was one of the first to describe the native plants of America, the present work being a selection by the Dutch botanist Johannes Burmann, Professor of Botany at Amsterdam. (1)

475 Guericke, Otto von. Experimenta nova (ut vocantur) Magdesburgica de vacuo spatio primùm à R.P. Gaspare Schotto, è Societate Jesu, & Herbipolitanae academiae matheseos professore. Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, 1672. In 2° (300 x 194 mm); [16], 244, [6] pagine. Antiporta figurata, ritratto entro ovale fuori testo, 20 figure incise nel testo e parzialmente a piena pagina, 2 tavole incise e ripiegate fuori testo (prima tavola leggermente corta in testa, leggere sporadiche bruniture.) Legatura coeva in piena pergamena rigida con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Bell’esemplare di questa prima edizione. Wheeler Gift 170: “Copies of the first edition are now very rare”; Dibner 55: “A book of prime importance in electrical discovery”. € 10.000,00

William MorrisChart of Dublin BayThis is the last chart in William Morris's Plans of the Principal Harbours, Bays & Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channels, which was first published in 1748 by his father, though this chart only appeared in this edition of 1801.It shows the Irish coast from Five Mile Point, county Wicklow, to Lambay Island. The title is unframed in the top right corner and reads A Plan of the Bay and Harbour of Dublin by William Morris and an imprint below the lower border reads Publish'd by W. Morris 25th Novr. 1800. Simpkins fe.. In the lower right corner is A Scale of Miles 4 [= 50 mm.]. There are soundings along the whole coast and round the sandbanks, as well as signs for the currents and lighthouses. One compass rose shows north to the top right. 320 x 187 mm.

John Seller (1634-1697)Chart of Ireland and the Irish Sea This chart does not appear in the 1690 edition of The English Pilot, Southern Navigation, and is first seen in the 1701 edition. Three different plates were made, each occurring in two distinct states. The chart was replaced in an edition of c. 1769. It also occurs on its own in the Atlas Maritimus Novus or New Sea-Atlas by Mount and Page and in later editions of The English Pilot, Third Book.It shows all Ireland and the Irish Sea, with the British coast from Cornwall to the Mull of Galloway. The Ards peninsula and Island Magee are shown as separated from the mainland. The title (unframed) in the lower right corner reads A Chart of the Coasts of Ireland and Part of England. Below this is a scale of English and French Leagues 20 [= 80 mm.]. There is one compass rose showing north to the top and there are scales of latitude at each side. This edition from 1743. 555 x 445 mm.

John Seller (1634-1697)Chart of the South-East Coast of Ireland This chart appears first in Seller's The English Pilot, Southern Navigation of 1690, and it was unchanged in editions up to 1715. Later editions used new plates.It shows the coast from Waterford to Dalkey and has no title. The scale in the lower centre reads A Scale of English and French Leagues 20 in a Degre 5 [= 102 mm.]. There is one compass rose, with 16 points, showing north to the right, and there are a scales of latitude at top and bottom. This edition from the first English plate without title or insert. 535 x 440 mm.

John Seller (1634-1697)A Chart of the North-east Coast of IrelandFrom the English Pilot, Southern Navigation. Mount & Page edition. This chart first seen in 1690. (Dublin to Londonderry). And a Chart of the North-west (2)

William HeatherChart of the St. George's and English Channels The dedication is unframed in the top centre and reads To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House this Chart of the English Channel Is most humbly dedicated by their obedient Servant William Heather. This was first produced as a separate chart in 1794 on three sheets which may be joined together. A new edition was printed in 1805.It shows the Irish coast from county Clare to Wexford, the British coast from Barmouth to Yarmouth and Europe from Britany to Haarlem in the Netherlands. There are detailed soundings round the coast and in the open sea, as well as tide and current marks and notes on the sea bottom. Below the frame is the imprint Published as the Act directs, July 12th 1794 by W. Heather, at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157 Leadenhall Street, London. The navigational route through the English Channel is marked by a hand and two ships on the left sheet and two further ships on the middle sheet. There are scales of latitude and longitude east and west from London on all four sides, as well as three coastal profiles in the top centre. Magnetic variation on the left sheet is dated 1794 and there are four compass arrows showing north to the top as well as four ships. (1,890 x 775 mm.).There are six insets in the right sheet, each with one compass arrow showing north to the top:1. (142 x 345 mm.) entitled Portsmouth, with a Scale of Miles 5 [= 30 mm.].2. (100 x 120 mm.) entitled Sketch of the Situation of The Owner's Light by order of the Trinity House, 1794.3. (235 x 125 mm.) entitled Dartmouth, with a Scale of half a Mile 1/2 [= 45 mm.].4. (175 x 175 mm.) entitled Falmouth, with a scale of One Mile [= 30 mm.].5. (175 x 165 mm.) entitled Plymouth, with a scale of One Mile [= 30 mm.].6. (315 x 192 mm.) entitled Downs and Margate, with a Scale of Miles 3 [= 41 mm].1,890 x 775mm

William Heather IChart of the St. George's and English Channels (1,890 x 775 mm.)This was first produced as a separate chart in 1794 on three sheets which may be joined together. A new edition was printed in 1805.It shows the Irish coast from county Clare to Wexford, the British coast from Barmouth to Yarmouth and Europe from Britany to Haarlem in the Netherlands. The dedication is unframed in the top centre and reads To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House this Chart of the English Channel Is most humbly dedicated by their obedient Servant William Heather. There are detailed soundings round the coast and in the open sea, as well as tide and current marks and notes on the sea bottom. Below the bottom border is the imprint Published as the Act directs, July 12th 1794 by W. Heather, at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157 Leadenhall Street, London. The navigational route through the English Channel is marked by a hand and two ships on the left sheet and two further ships on the middle sheet. There are scales of latitude and longitude east and west from London on all four sides, as well as three coastal profiles in the top centre. Magnetic variation on the left sheet is dated 1794 and there are four compass arrows showing north to the top as well as four ships.There are six insets in the right sheet, each with one compass arrow showing north to the top:1. (142 x 345 mm.) entitled Portsmouth, with a Scale of Miles 5 [= 30 mm.].2. (100 x 120 mm.) entitled Sketch of the Situation of The Owner's Light by order of the Trinity House, 1794.3. (235 x 125 mm.) entitled Dartmouth, with a Scale of half a Mile 1/2 [= 45 mm.].4. (175 x 175 mm.) entitled Falmouth, with a scale of One Mile [= 30 mm.].5. (175 x 165 mm.) entitled Plymouth, with a scale of One Mile [= 30 mm.].6. (315 x 192 mm.) entitled Downs and Margate, with a Scale of Miles 3 [= 41 mm]. (3 sheets joined)1,890 x 775mm.

Benedetto Bordone (1460-1539)A Map of IrelandFrom his Isolario Vol 1. First published in Venice in 1528. This edition 1547. 150 x 85. Abl P4.

Johannes Honter (1498-1549)A Map of Ireland (1546)From an edition of Polyhistor Pompeii Melae (1585). First published in Basle in 1561. The map of Scotland has been cut off. 88 x 130. Abl P18.