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Watkins-Pitchford (D.J., ÒBBÓ). Tides Ending & Dark Estuary, 1950-53, together two volumes, numerous illustrations to text, some in colour, original cloth in d.j.s, (some fraying with loss to spines), 4to, together with Scott (Peter), Morning Flight & Wild Chorus, 1941, numerous illustrations to text, some in colour, original cloth gilt, 4to, plus Holden (Bryan, ed.), BB`s Birds, Roseworld, 2007, limited edition 25 of 950 (of which first 50 are deluxe), signed by the author to title, original blue morocco gilt, contained within blue cloth slipcase, 4to, plus Kirby (W. F.), The Butterflies and Moths of Europe, 1907, numerous plates original decorative cloth, 4to, plus other natural history reference (21)

Burden (Philip D.). The Mapping of North America II, A List of Printed Maps 1671 - 1700, pub. Raleigh Publications, Rickmansworth, 2007, addn. half title, verso of title page signed and numbered by author, numerous illusts. throughout, a.e.g., pubs. burgundy morocco with gilt dec. spine, contained in publishers book box, folio, together with, A collection of thirty-four reference books relating to North America, 20th century, including, Portinaro (Pierluigi & Knirsch (Franco),The Cartography of North America 1500 - 1800, pub. Bison Books, New York, 1987, addn. half title, numerous col. and b & w plts throughout, pubs. cloth gilt, d.j., folio, with, Polk (Dora Beale),The Island of California, A History of the Myth, pub. Arthur H. Clarke Company, Spokane, Wasington, 1991, several b&w illusts. throughout, pubs. cloth gilt, 4to, plus, Lehner (Ernst & Joanna),How they Saw the New World, Edited by Gerard L. Alexander, pub. New York, 1966, addn. half title with presentation signature of the editor to half title, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, pubs. cloth gilt, d.j., 4to, and, Keats (K.A.),America Maps 1795 - 1895, A Guide to Values..., pub. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1994, addn. half title, several b & w illusts. throughout, pubs. cloth gilt, d.j., 4to, together with another thirty volumes similar, various sizes and condition. The first described item is a limited edition 6/25. (35)

Two first edition books, relating to Arctic exploring, a copy of The Decent of Everest by Robert Hunt, first edition and The Crossing of Antarctica by Dr Vivienne Fuchs & Sir Edmund Hillary, both with dust jackets.

A large quantity of Commonwealth, other stamps, presentation packs, limited edition, other first day covers and related items, loose and in albums (3 large and 1 small box) (4)

Vollard, Ambroise (1866-1939). Paul Cézanne. Parigi, Vollard, 1914-15. In 2° (310 x 243 mm). Un?acquaforte originale e 58 tavole di cui 2 a colori. Legatura in marocchino blu contenente l acopertina editoriale in cartoncino figurato, sui piatti cornice di triplice filetto dorato, dorso a quattro nervi con titolo e decorazione fitomorfa in oro, unghiatura à dentelles, tagli dorati (astuccio rovinato). Magnifico esemplare di testa su carta del Giappone, numero 127/150, della prima edizione della prima monografia completa dell?opera di Cézanne, arricchita dalla bella incisione a bulino intitolata Tête de femme (Venturi 1160). ?The first book I wrote was Paul Cezanne, which appeared in 1914 in an expensice edition? (A. Vollard, Recollections of a Picture Dealer, p. 263). Starting price: 750

Comidas de Carbognano, Cosimo. Primi principi della gramatica turca ad uso dei missionari apostolici di Costantinopoli. Roma, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1794. In 4° (255 x 197 mm); 12, 730 pagine. Emblema della Congregatione sul frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero (mancanza al margine esterno bianco di S4 e Nnnn1 per difetto della carta, leggeri bruniture e aloni.) Legatura del secolo XX in mezza pergamena con titolo in oro su tassello al dorso liscio. Esemplare con barbe a fogli chiusi di questa importante prima edizione nella variante di 730 pagine, che non contiene soltanto una dettagliata versione della grammatica turca con versione latina ma anche dialoghi turchi con traduzione italiana. Ebert 3515; Atabey 266: ?First edition. Comidas de Carbognano was dragoman to the Count de Ludolf, minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Constantinople?. Starting price: 500

Pacioli, Luca. Somma di arithmetica, geometria, proporzioni e proporzionalità. Venezia, Paganino de Paganini, 10 e 20 novembre 1494. In 2° (320 x 223 mm); 2 parti in 1 volume; 232 e 76 carte. Testo con 56 righe, titolo al frontespizio in carattere G130, al recto della carta 9 con grande iniziale L istoriata su 14 righe e alcune righe in inchiostro rosso, figura a piena pagina sul verso della carta 36 raffigurante la ?Distinctio secunda? con le dita della mano, figura in rosso e nero sul recto della carta 82 raffigurante la ?Distinctio sexta Tractatus quartus?, 4 iniziali su fondo criblé raffiguranti l?autore davanti a un libro aperto con un compasso in mano, figure e diagrammi xilografici ai margini di quasi tutte le carte (strappo al margine bianco di a1 e h1, macchia di cera sul recto della carta 37, aloni d?umidità al margine inferiore bianco delle carte i3-r6, macchia al margine bianco di z8, leggeri aloni ai margini bianchi delle ultime 5 carte.) Legatura coeva in piena pergamena floscia con unghiatura e tracce di due bindelle, titolo manoscritto al taglio inferiore e su tassello al dorso (stanca). Prima edizione nella più rara seconda tiratura (cosiddetto setting B, distinguibile dalla grande iniziale ?L? istoriata sul recto della nona carta, cfr. Derek Ashdown Clarke, The first edition of Pacioli?s Summa de Arithmetica, in: Gutenberg Jahrbuch 1974, pp. 90-92) del primo trattato di aritmetica generale, di aritmetica pratica per uso mercantile - con riferimenti a monete, pesi e misure - e di algebra che sia stato stampato applicando inoltre le precedenti teorie di scienziati come Euclide, Boezio, Giovanni Sacrobosco e Leonardo Fibonacci. La Somma va senza dubbio vista nel contesto culturale del Rinascimento italiano: non pretende di essere un trattato matematico nel senso stretto ma un?opera che trasmette la scienza matematica attraverso la somma di aritmetica, geometria, astrologia, musica, prospettiva, architettura e cosmografia. Si tratta in realtà di una summa enciclopedica di saperi e di rimandi connessi e legati tra di loro. Il De computis et scripturis contenuto nell?opera rappresenta inoltre il primo trattato a stampa sul sistema contabile della partita doppia che introduce il calcolo di un logaritmo neperiano calcolato prima di Napier stesso, ed è quindi considerato fondamentale per la moderna scienza commerciale. Pacioli adopera nella sua Somma il volgare, anche se il testo contiene in realtà un miscuglio di termini latini, greci ed italiani. È un?assoluta novità dell?epoca, dovuta al fatto che essa è concepita non solo per gli studi teorici ma anche per l?uso pratico, rivolgendosi a matematici ad architetti, pittori, scultori, intagliatori e mercanti. Il successo è immediato tanto che, sia per copyright che per la grande richiesta da parte del pubblico, vennero stampate tre diverse emissioni della prima edizione, seguite inoltre da una seconda edizione nel 1523. Bell?esemplare con note manoscritte del secolo XVII su aspetti contabili e una postilla cinquecentesca ?Aperi. Premati. Magister. Flamine. Peia. Bispane. Bispena? che allude a un gioco di aritmetica pratica e speculativa con riferimenti mnemotecnici. Goff L315; GW M18913; HC 4105; Essling 779; Sander 5367; IGI 7134; Pr 5168; BMC V 457. Si veda inoltre E. Narducci, Intorno a due edizioni della Summa, Roma, 1863, e B. Boncompagni, Intorno ad un trattato di aritmetica stampato nel 1478, Roma, Atti dell?Accademia dei Nuovi Lincei, 1862, dove si presenta una dettagliata analisi delle diverse emissioni.   Price is on request.   

BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Fight For the Sky - The Story of the Spitfire and Hurricane, First Edition published by Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd., 1973. Signed by Bader in blue ink to the title page and dated 15th August 1976 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with a colour 14 x 20 print entitled The Dambusters by artist John Young, signed in blue ink to the lower border by actor Richard Todd who portrayed Guy Gibson in the film The Dam Busters. Rolled (1), VG, 2

Edward S Curtis, Portraits From North American Indian Life. Published in association with the American Museum of Natural History, First Edition 1972.

GRIFFITH George (George Chetwynd Griffiths Jones) The Angel of the Revolution, London 1893 1st edition, 8vo publishers cloth; and a worn copy of the sequel Olga Romanoff 1895, both illustrated by Fred T Jane; COLLINGWOOD Harry - Log of the Flying Fish, 1887 first edition, lacking frontis plate; and VERNE Jules - Master of the World, London n.d circa 1914 (4)

World Cup 1934. Official Report - World Cup 1930 Uruguay, official report from the Uruaguayan FA. ?Primer Campeonato Mundial de Football. Montevideo Julio de 1930. La Coupe du Monde?. All about the first football World Cup. Unique and detailed documentation with reports about all matches, all team photos and ca 240 high quality b/w match photos. and complete statistics. Limited, numbered edition Nr 640 of 3000. Size 23.5x33 cm, 124 pages. Spine torn with small damage, cover stained. Has been repaired by an expert.

KENNETH M GUICHARD ? BRITISH ETCHERS 1850-1940 GARTON.LONDON.1977 FIRST EDITION includes three original pencil signed etchings by Robin Tanner, signed to front leaf by the author

Volumes I, II and V - "Nuovo Testimento Del Signor Nostro Jesu Cristo Secondo La Volgata Tradotto in Lingua Italiana...", first Neopolitan edition, published Napoli, 1772, marbled paper boards with tooled and gilded leather spines, together with WILLIAM HOLWELL "Selecti Dionysii Halicarnassensis De Priscis Scriptoribus Tractatus Graece Et Latine", published J F & C Ribbington, London, 1778, calf bound with tooled and gilded spine, LUDOVICUS PRATEUS "D Junii Juvenalis Et A Persii Flacci Satirae...", published J F & C Ribbington, London, 1783, calf bound with tooled and gilded spine, J LEMPRIERE "A Classical Dictionary Containing a Copious Account of all the Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors with the Value of Coins, Weights and Measures used amongst the Greeks and Romans and a Chronological Table", 7th edition, published T Cadell & W Davies, London, 1809, calf bound with tooled and gilded spine, one volume "The Linguist or Weekly Instructions in the French and German Languages.... without the Assistance of a Master, the First Half Year or Volume 1" published T Boosey & Sons, London, 1825, marbled paper boards with tooled and gilded spine and corners and one volume "The Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprise and Spirit", volume 18, new series or volume 68, old Series, published J Pittman, London, 1826, marbled paper boards with tooled and gilded leather spine

J K ROWLING "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows", first edition, published 2007, "Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince", first edition, published 2005, "Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix", first edition, published 2003, "Harry Pottery and The Goblet of Fire", first edition, paperback, published 2000, "Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban", paperback, published 1999, "Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets", paperback, published 1999 and "Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone", paperback, published 1997

LEEDS CITY 1919 A tear-jerker for all Leeds fans, excellently framed newspaper, sports edition of the Sports Argus, Saturday 4th October 1919 with a full match report on Wolves v Leeds City. This was the last Football League match ever played by Leeds City which they won 4-2. The Club were suspended from the Football League a few days later due to wartime financial irregularities and their place was taken by Port Vale who continued with their fixtures for the remainder of the season , and a new club , Leeds Uinited were formed and re-entered the League the following season with , ironically , their first match being against Port Vale.. The newspaper provides all the results for the day and repoprts on Villa, Blues, Albion and Wolves v Leeds City , also mentioned is a report on the likelihood of Leeds City being suspended. Black frame, white mount, paper itself is worn along folds. Measures 60cm x 77cm (24 " x 30"). Generally good

F.A CUP FINALS Thirty two Final programmes, 1981 to 2007, lacking 2005. The 2000 Final, Chelsea v Aston Villa, is the limited edition hardback issue (only 5000 produced). Some issues have supplements included, e.g First Day Cover 1982 and Poster 1991. Good

TLS A 20.3 x 12.7cm one page, typed letter on headed ""Bateman`s Burwash, Sussex TLS A 20.3 x 12.7cm one page, typed letter on headed ""Bateman`s Burwash, Sussex"" paper, signed ""Rudyard Kipling"" at foot in ink and dated May 26, 1895. Kipling writes to William Dunlop in reply to his letter of the 25th of May, saying that ""the date on the bookplate merely gives the year when it was designed and has no reference to the volume itself. Nor does it, evidently, belong to any one that I know"". Mailing folds, ""Private"" stamped across the upper margin of the letter. Paperclip rust stain to upper left corner. A few pencil annotations to upper margin. Together with a 18 x 11cm holograph copy of the letter written to Rudyard Kipling from Dunlop, dated ""54 Cromwell Road, Redhill, Surrey, 25th May 1935"", blue-lined white paper. Dunlop enquiries about an edition of ""The Voyage to the Polo Way"" by William Carlton Dawe, containing a bookplate dated 1894 which might be Kipling`s. He adds that the bookplate bears an inscription which might be by Kipling`s late son. Glue residue across upper section of fold, paperclip rust stain to upper left corner. Lot also includes a four page, 18 x 11.5cm letter on light blue paper, dated ""The Glables, Tisbury, 27 October 1905"" and signed ""J.L. Kipling"" at foot. Written on the first page, blank integral leaf. Kipling writes ""Dear Sir, I have a rooted dislike of publicity of any kind and should much prefer not to appear in any way in your book, especially as I have no sort of connection with the county. I have however put down on your slip all that can be necessary to say"". Minor browning to edges and fold, pencil annotations by an unknown hand to the first and third page, explaining that the letter was addressed to H.A. Bench of Brighton and the mentioned book is a ""County Family"" work. John Lockwood Kipling was an art teacher and museum curator and father to the author Rudyard Kipling, for whose works he provided many illustrations.

The Sphere of Gentry: Deduced from the Principles of Nature The Sphere of Gentry: Deduced from the Principles of Nature, an Historical and Genealogical Work, of Arms and Blazon, first edition, engraved additional title bound opposite printed title, engraved title trimmed, printed title margins torn away and laid in and soiled with ink stains, 35 engraved plates or full-page illustrations (mostly coats of arms), illustrations in the text (a few hand-coloured), lacks printed dedication and supplied in manuscript, lacks folding Howard pedigree, B1, 2C1 & 202 large tears in margins, V2 manuscript illustration inserted on page, 1 engraved plate small hole in corner, some ff. different sizes ?from another copy, some ff. browned, soiled and stained, 5 manuscript coats of arms supplied in manuscript, ink ownership inscription of Richard Linthwaite on 1 plate, manuscript bookplate of George Booth Baron Delamer and later printed bookplate of William Halliday both on front free endpaper, 19th century calf, gilt diamond centrepieces and tooled borders, rubbed, rebacked gilt panelled spine, [Wing M2743], folio, by William Leybourn, for the Author, 1661; sold not subject to return.

Latham (Charles) - In English Homes, edited by H.Avray Tipping, 3 vol., second edition of vol.2, the rest first editions , numerous photographic illustrations, original decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., rubbed, spines slightly faded, folio, Country Life, 1904-08-09.

English. Single leaf, from Luke ch.4-6, Great Bible, first edition English. Single leaf, from Luke ch.4-6, Great Bible, first edition , black letter, double column, 62 lines, margins torn, touching foliation, marked, c.345 x 240mm., [1539] § Single leaf from an early English history, on Edward I, black letter, double column, 44 lines, woodcut of a knight in a landscape, trimmed at foot with loss to bottom line, marked, c.215 x 160mm., [? Wynkyn de Worde] , [early 16th century] (2)

Pagit (Eusebius) - The Historie of the Bible, briefly collected by way of question and answer, bound with Downame (John) A Briefe Concordance bound with Culverwell (Ezekiel) A Ready way to Remember the Scriptures, to be sold by Simon Waterson; printed for N.Bourne and R.Young; first edition , printed for John Clare , 1627; 1642; 1637, 8vo .

2 parts in 1 vol., Ductor dubitantium, or The rule of conscience in all her... 2 parts in 1 vol., Ductor dubitantium, or The rule of conscience in all her generall measures; serving as a great instrument for the determination of cases of conscience , first edition , engraved portrait frontispiece, errata f. at end, title ruled in red, lacks additional engraved title, very short tear within text of H, loss of part of a few letters, contemporary calf, later morocco label to spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing T324], folio, James Flescher for Richard Royston , 1660. Provenance: Thomas Salwey (engraved bookplate to rear pastedown).

Prayer Book.- - [Book of Common Prayer (The)] lacks title, other preliminary ff., and all after T8,`Table of Moveable Feasts` from 1661 to1700, ruled in red throughout, 37 hand-coloured engraved plates added, one holed and corner torn, , I4 defective, name on first p., dates on verso, names and family information on endpapers, some marking and browning, contemporary calf, gilt rules on spine, rubbed, joints cracked , [? 1661] ; another edition, title torn and partly repaired, bound with New Testament (The), device on title, [Herbert 682], and with Whole Book of Psalms (The), l ast f. torn with some loss and repaired, 46 engraved plates added, several defective or with margins torn, some staining and marking, contemporary panelled calf, worn, spine broken, contents partly loose, Cambridge, John Field , 1662, 8vo (2)

Monasticon Anglicanum, vol.1 & 2 only , second edition of vol ( Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum, vol.1 & 2 only (of 3), second edition of vol.1, first edition vol.2, half-titles, additional engraved titles, titles in red and black, numerous engraved plates by Wenceslas Hollar and others, [Wing D2485 & 2486], Christopher Wilkinson, T.Dring & C.Harper; Alice Warren, 1682-61 § Godwin (Francis) A Catalogue of the Bishops of England, [STC 11938], for Thomas Adams, 1615 § Salmon (Thomas) A New Abridgement and Critical Review of the State Trials, 1737 § [Cuper (G.)] Historia trium Gordianorum, 5 engraved plates, contemporary vellum, Deventer, A.Fronten, 1697, browned, some tears and repairs, ex-library copies, most with stamps, all but the last library cloth ; and a small quantity of others, history etc., some odd vol., v.s .; sold not subject to return (c.45)

[Rawlet (John)] - A Dialogue Betwixt Two Protestants, first edition , short thin wormtrack in first few leaves repaired, contemporary calf, recased, [Wing R352], for Samuel Tidmarsh , 1685.

[Defoe (Daniel)] - The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon, Translated from the Lunar Language, first edition , some browning, a little marginal worming in the first few leaves, ink inscription to title and last ff., margins soiled, several repaired and many a little chipped and frayed, lacking half-title, new endpapers, modern speckled calf, [Rothschild 737], 8vo, 1705.

Meyer (Russ) - A Clean Breast: The Life and Loves of Russ Meyer, 3 vol., first edition , Hollywood, 2000 § Von Teese (Dita) Burlesque and the Art of the Teese, 2006 § Brassaï. Le Paris Secret des Années 30, Paris, 1976 § Edgren (G.) The Playboy Book: Forty Years, 1994 § Ryan (Paul) The Sins of Our Fathers: A Study in Victorian Pornography, 2 vol., 2000 § Marshall (Richard) Robert Mapplethorpe, 1988, illustrations, the last two original wrappers, the rest original cloth or boards, all but the first and last two with dust-jackets ; and c.20 others, erotica, 4to & 8vo (c.25)

Wotton Cyfreithjeu Hywel dda ac Eraill, seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae &... Wotton (William, editor ) Cyfreithjeu Hywel dda ac Eraill, seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Hoeli Boni et Aliorum Walliae Principum, first edition, list of subscribers at end, title-page printed in red and black, preface in Latin, then parallel Welsh and Latin texts, 1f. of index at end margin repaired, damp-staining in some margins, new endpapers, modern calf-backed boards, folio, William Bowyer, 1730 The first printing of the laws of Hywel Dda, the traditional name for the native laws of Wales..

Bewick (Thomas).- Hutton (Charles) - A Treatise on Mensuration, both in Theory and Practice, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, errata f. at end, water-stained, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, head of spine chipped, corners worn, [Harris 374], 4to, Newcastle upon Tyne, T.Saint for the Author, 1770. The first book illustrated by Thomas Bewick. ESTC distinguishes between two issues. This issue ends the first line of p.1 with `conceived`, and the third line of p.18 with `will pro-`.

Priestley (Joseph) - Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion, vol.III, containing a view of the doctrine of revelation, first edition , contemporary calf, gilt, 8vo, J.Johnson, 1774. The scarcest volume of this three-volume work.

Sterne (Laurence) - Letters... To his most intimate Friends, 3 vol., first edition , engraved frontispiece, 4 blanks, hinges reinforced, bookplates and ink ownership signatures of Baron Dickinson Webster, wire manufacturer, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, joints rubbed, vol.I upper cover cleanly detached with contents up to & including frontispiece, otherwise an attractive set, 8vo, for T.Becket , 1775.

Nares (George S.) - The Naval Cadet`s Guide, or, seaman s companion, first edition , advertisement, engraved frontispiece, 138 numbered illustrations on 28 lithographed plates (several folding, 2 partly coloured) and 2 extending plates of rigging, presentation copy , inscribed on the flyleaf Cmd.S.Henderson, R.N., from the author , scattered light foxing, original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, Portsea , 1860.

Shakespeare (William) - [First Folio], typographical facsimile edition, portrait of author on title but without woodcut embellishments, watermarked Shakespeare throughout and 1806 occasionally, front endpapers split, contemporary russia, covers detached, folio, E. & J.Wright, [c.1807].

[Drummond (Henry)] - Histories of the Noble British Families, 2 vol. in one, atlas vol., 52 engraved or lithographed plates including 22 hand-coloured portraits, numerous hand-coloured wood-engraved coats of arms, modern morocco-backed cloth, original printed wrapper bound in, William Pickering, 1842. The first part of a rare 2-volume work published by the politician Henry Drummond at great personal expense. According to Warren ( The Charles Whittingham Printers, pp. 148-9), only 4 complete sets of this work were issued, although a second edition was issued in 1846. This volume contains portraits, monuments, busts, effigies, genealogies etc. of the familes of Ashburnham, Arden and Compton of Compton Wynyates and Castle Ashby, Cecil of Burghley, and Harley.

Stuart (Susan E.) - Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840: Cabinetmakers, 2 vol., one of 182 subscribers` copies signed by the author, 2008 § Stevens (C.C.) & Stewart Whittington. 18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection, revised edition, 1994 § Collard (Frances) Regency Furniture, reprint, 2000 § Soros (Susan Weber) The Secular Furniture of E.W.Godwin with Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1999 § Wilkie (Angus) Biedermeier, 1987 § Duncan (Alastair) The Paris Salons 1895-1914, vol.3: Furniture, 1996, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first also with slip-case, all but the fourth and fifth Woodbridge ; and c.30 others on furniture, mostly English, 4to & 8vo (c.35)

Shoe Industry.- Swaysland (E.J.C.) - Boot and Shoe Design and Manufacture, Northampton, 1905 § Hill (H.) & H.Yeoman. A Manual of Boot and Shoe Manufacture, third edition, 1900 § Modern Boot and Shoe Maker (The), 4 vol., 1917 § Proctor (H.R.) The Principles of Leather Manufacture, second edition, 1922, plates and illustrations, ex-library copies with stamps and labels, the first and last library cloth, the rest original cloth, rubbed ; and c.30 others on leather and shoe manufacture, 4to & 8vo (c.35)

Tipping (H.Avray) - Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of his Age (1648-1720), original cloth-backed boards, a little stained, Country Life, 1914 § Rowe (Eleanor, editor ) French Wood Carvings from the National Museums, First-Third Series in 1 vol., 54 collotype plates, ex-library copy with stamps, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1896-97 § Bemrose (W.) Manual of Wood Carving, eleventh edition, some foxing and damp-staining, n.d. § Howard (F.E.) & F.H.Crossley. English Church Woodwork, [1917] § Hasluck (P.N.) Cabinetwork and Joinery, [c.1907] § Jones (Bernard E.) The Practical Woodworker, 4 vol., n.d. § Tracy (Charles) Continental Church Furniture in England: A Traffic in Piety, Woodbridge, 2001 § Thirion (J.) Le Mobilier du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance en France, Dijon, 1998, plates and illustrations, all but the first original cloth or boards, the last three with dust-jackets and/or slip-case, the first five rubbed ; and 7 others on woodwork and carving, v.s. (16)

Thomson (James) - The Seasons, with `Britannia` bound at end, title in red and black with engraved vignette, list of subscribers including Pope and Horace Walpole, 5 engraved plates after William Kent, some light spotting or soiling, Roger Senhouse`s copy with his book-label, contemporary calf, spine gilt, some scratches, 1730 § Churchill (Charles) Poems, 2 vol. in 1, first collected edition , half-title to vol.2, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints split, head of spine worn, for the Author by Dryden Leach, 1763-65 § [Macpherson (James)] Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem by Ossian, first edition , title in red and black with engraved vignette, advertisement leaf at end, lightly browned and spotted, later calf-backed marbled boards, for T.Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1762, 4to (3)

Duck (Stephen) - Poems on Several Occasions, first edition, without engraved portrait present in later editions, woodcut ornaments, list of subscribers including Pope, Swift, Horace Walpole and others, with the final leaf `Ode to the Prince and Princess of Wales` (errata slip pasted at foot), contemporary ink signature of M.Hervey at head of title and with her engraved bookplate, also bookplate of Robert J.Hayhurst, title lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners a little worn, 4to, for the Author, 1736. Stephen Duck (c.1705-1756), was an agricultural labourer who wrote verse and was taken up by Queen Caroline. He became the resident hermit and Keeper of the Queen`s Library, housed in Merlin`s Cave at Richmond Lodge. Lady Mary Hervey (c.1699-1768), née Lepell, wife of John Hervey, later Lord Hervey of Ickworth, Suffolk, who appears in the list of subcribers.

Gwynn (John) - London and Westminster Improved..., first edition , 4 folding engraved plans with partial hand-colouring, a few contemporary ink annotations to text, a little foxed and soiled, marginal water-staining, title and dedication defective at lower outer corner (repaired), one map with short tear to fold repaired, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, lower corners repaired, 4to, for the Author, 1766. The dedication was written by Samuel Johnson.

[Gray (Thomas)] - A Catalogue of the antiquities, houses, parks, plantations, scenes, and situations in England and Wales, first edition, [one of 100 copies], interleaved as usual, this copy inscribed ""T.F.T. The Gift of the Editor"" in contemporary hand at head of title and with note at foot, with extensive ink annotations to text and interleaves , a few ink stains, many leaves reinforced at inner margin, modern calf preserving old red morocco label on spine, [Northup 464; Rothschild 1075], 16mo, [privately printed for William Mason], [1773]. Scarce anonymous work by the renowned poet & literary scholar, author of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard . According to the Advertisement the work was originally drawn up on the blank pages of Kitchen s English Atlas and was intended to be interleaved for readers to add their own comments. The additional note at the foot of the title reads, ""NB. this book had been terribly soil`d & misus`d (tho` not intentionally) by Mr P_e of St.John`s; who is not remarkable for cleanliness."" Another note concerns Newstead Abbey, home of Lord Byron, ""Newstead has been most shamefully defaced, & the house almost pulled down, by Ld. B. the remains of the building are a fine, but melancholy, object, from Mr Montagu`s beautiful walk at Papplewick.

with 2 half-titles, light staining to fore-edge of title and subsequent few... with 2 half-titles, light staining to fore-edge of title and subsequent few leaves, contemporary sheep, upper joint split, spine ends worn, for W.Osborne & T.Griffin, , 1785 § Parnell ( Dr. Thomas) Poems on Several Occasions, edited by Alexander Pope, title in red and black, contemporary calf, rebacked, B.Lintot, 1722 § Dyer (John) Poems, 3 engraved plates, modern morocco-backed boards, spine gilt, R. & J.Dodsley, 1761 § Fawkes (Francis) Original Poems and Translations, engraved title-vignette, 20pp. list of subscribers, Contents leaf torn and repaired, modern calf-backed boards, for the Author, 1761 § Somervile (William) The Chace. A Poem, second edition, A2 defective at lower outer corner with loss of one letter of catchword, old ink inscription on front free endpaper, old library stamp on pastedown, original boards, uncut, spine worn and defective, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, for G.Hawkins & T.Cooper, 1735, all but the first and last first editions , some spotting and browning, some rubbed ; and 7 others, mostly 18th century poetry, 8vo (12)

Burns (Robert) - The Works, 4 vol., second edition, engraved portrait, wood-engraved title-vignettes, contemporary tree calf, a little worn, vol.1 rebacked, 1801 § Crabbe ( Rev. George) Poems, 1807 [ with] Tales, 1812, together 2 vol., first editions , half-titles, uniform contemporary half russia, spines gilt ; The Borough, first edition , half-title, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spine, 1810; Tales of the Hall, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, another tipped in at beginning of vol.1, bookplate of Robert Gathorne-Hardy, original boards, uncut, rebacked in cloth, 1819 § [Maurice (Thomas)] Westminster Abbey Oedipus Tyrannus, 3 engraved plates, original boards, uncut, rebacked in cloth, for the Author, 1813, some foxing and soiling, rubbed, 8vo (10)

Bartell (Edmund) - Hints for Picturesque Improvements in Ornamented Cottages, and their scenery, first edition , half-title, 6 hand-tinted aquatint plates, 4pp. publisher`s catalogue at end, text lightly foxed but plates clean, original cloth-backed boards, roan label on spine, uncut, rubbed and marked, a little worn and faded, spine torn, [Berlin Kat. 2313], 8vo, J.Taylor, 1804.

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) - The Cenci, second edition, without half-title (as issued), lightly soiled at beginning and end, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine ends worn and chipped, 8vo, C. & J.Ollier, 1821. The first edition published in England, following that published in Livorno in Italy in an edition of only 250 copies.

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) - Posthumous Poems, first edition, first issue without errata leaf, later dark blue morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, joints very slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1824.

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) - The Masque of Anarchy, With a Preface by Leigh Hunt, first edition , half-title, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting and soiling, a few pencil markings, original boards, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine worn and lacking most of backstrip, preserved in later green straight-grain morocco slip-case with pull-off top (spine faded), 8vo, Edward Moxon, 1832. Written following the notorious Peterloo massacre in 1819 for publication in The Examiner , but the editor, Leigh Hunt, thought the public ""had not become sufficiently discerning to do justice to the sincerity and kind-heartedness of the spirit that walked in this flaming robe of verse.

The Caledonian Muse: A Chronological Selection of Scotish Poetry (Joseph, editor ) The Caledonian Muse: A Chronological Selection of Scotish Poetry, first edition , engraved silhouette portrait (foxed), engraved head-pieces by Heath after Stothard, wood-engraved vignettes by Thomas Bewick, some spotting, original boards, uncut, lacking spine, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 1821; Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry, first edition , half-title, wood-engraved vignettes by the Bewicks, rear free endpaper defective at corner, contemporary calf, gilt, corners worn, rebacked, 1791 § Melmoth (Sidney, editor ) Beauties of British Poetry, wood-engraved vignettes (by ?Bewick), lightly soiled, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, Huddersfield, 1801 § Moore`s Fables for the Female Sex, engraved vignette title and 4 plates, wood-engraved decorations, frontispiece and title foxed, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, 1799, all rubbed, 8vo (4) The first was printed in 1785 but a fire in the warehouse destroyed the manuscript of the introduction; it was finally published in 1821 with new preliminaries.

Clare (John) - The Village Minstrel, and other poems, 2 vol. in 1, first edition , half-titles, engraved frontispieces (portrait in vol.1), 4pp. publishers` catalogue at end of vol.2, frontispieces foxed and offset on titles, some other spotting, old ink inscription on front free endpaper, original red cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt and titled ""Poetic Souvenir"", g.e., a little rubbed and lightly stained, spine ends neatly repaired, 8vo, 1821.

Cooper (Thomas) - The Purgatory of Suicides. A Prison-Rhyme, first edition , half-title, lightly browned with occasional spotting, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and lightly stained, split to lower joint, 8vo, 1847. Cooper (1805-92) was a Chartist imprisoned for sedition in Stafford Gaol where he wrote this poem, which is over 900 stanzas long. ""Though few read it from beginning to end, its poetic ambition impressed not only the readers of the Chartist press but also Carlyle, Disraeli, and Kingsley. The Purgatory was a vindication of Cooper`s radical beliefs ."" Oxford DNB.

Barnes (William) - Hwomely Rhymes. A Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect, first edition , 1859; Poems of Rural Life in Common English, 1868; Select Poems , edited by Thomas Hardy, photogravure portrait, 1908 § Preston (Benjamin) The Dialect Poems, wood-engraved portrait, lightly spotted, Saltaire, 1872; Dialect and other Poems, photographic portrait, 1881, original cloth, all a little rubbed, the first and last faded, the first rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo (5)

[Dodgson (C.L.)], ""Lewis Carroll"". - The Hunting of the Snark, first edition , wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Henry Holiday, title browned, original pictorial beige cloth, soiled, spine browned and chipped, 1876 § Lindsay (Vachel) The Daniel Jazz and Other Poems, first edition , 1920 § Rilke (Rainer Maria) Letters to Venvenuta, first English edition , Hogarth Press , 1953 § Thomas (Dylan) Collected Poems 1934-1952, first edition , portrait, light spotting, 1952 § Blyth (R.H.) Haiku, 4 vol., plates, [Tokyo], 1952, all original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets, all rubbed, the second soiled and cockled ; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (11)

Hopkins (Gerard Manley) - Poems..., edited by Robert Bridges, first edition , 2 photogravure portraits, double-page facsimile, very light foxing at beginning and end, contemporary ink inscription and stamp ""Christian Community"" at head of front free endpaper, endpapers a little damp-stained, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed, spines browned and worn at head and foot, paper label chipped, corners slightly worn, 1918 § Beeching (H.C., editor ) Lyra Sacra, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, 1895, [Dunne A38 & A15], 8vo (2) The first is one of only 750 copies . Robert Bridges on whom the poet had relied to keep, treasure, and conceivably publish the poems after Hopkins`s death, believed that they must be printed, and was soon planning an edition with a short memoir. Delay was caused by his respect for the private nature of the letters, by his feeling that Hopkins`s melancholia should not be publicly exposed, and by fear that the public would not understand the peculiarities of the verse. He gradually introduced small groups of the poems into anthologies, but it was not until 1916 that he received the public encouragement for which he was waiting. The sensitive, handsome, and almost complete small edition, edited and largely designed by Bridges, was published at the end of 1918. DNB The second work contains the first appearance of Hopkins`s poems in book form (pp.313-136), also those of Digby Mackworth Dolben (pp. 323-26).

Tolkien (J.R.R.).- - Leeds University Verse 1914-24, compiled and edited by the English School Association, [one of 500 copies], contains 3 poems by J.R.R.Tolkien (pp.56-58), original pictorial wrappers, a little soiled and stained, spine faded, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, Leeds, Swan Press, 1924 § Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, first edition , illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original boards, dust-jacket, 1962; Tree and Leaf, first printing , original printed wrappers, browned, 1964; and 5 other later volumes of Leeds University poetry, 8vo (8) The Tolkien poems in the first are: `An Evening in Tavrobel`, `The Lonely Isle` and `The Princess Ni`, of which the first and last have not been reprinted although `The Princess of Ni` was revised and expanded into `Princess Mee` in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil . Tolkien taught at Leeds University from 1920 to 1926, first as a Reader and then as Professor of English Language, a post specially created for him.

Shakespeare (William) - The Merchant of Venice, edited by Herbert Farjeon, limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers, colour plates by René ben Sussan, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, New York, Limited Editions Club, 1939 § Kyd (Thomas) The Spanish Tragedie [1592], 1966 § Marlowe (Christopher) Doctor Faustus 1604 and 1616, 1970 § Webster (John) The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy 1623, 1968 § Ford (John) `Tis Pity She`s a Whore 1633, 1969 § Wycherley (William) The Plain Dealer 1677, 1971 § Farquhar (George) The Beaux Stratagem 1707, 1972, all but the first facsimile reprints, some illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets, Leeds or Menston, Scolar Press ; and 23 others, facsimiles of mostly 17th century drama, most Scolar Press, v.s. (30)

Du Maurier(Daphne) - The Daphne du Maurier Omnibus, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to her godson , some browning to page edges, original boards, dust-jacket, rubbed, some fraying to spine ends, small hole to upper fore edge, 8vo, 1956.

Greene (Graham) - Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes, limited edition signed by the author, glacine jacket chipped at head of upper panel, 1983; The Living Room, in inscription to pastedown, jacket price-clipped, a few tape marks, rubbed and creased at extremities, 1953; The Potting Shed, endpapers browned, jacket chipped and creased at extremities, 1958; The Complaisant Lover, ink inscription, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, 1961, first or first American editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 7 others by the same including the limited version of the first in wrappers, 8vo (11)

King (Stephen) - Firestarter, some age-toning , 1980; Cujo, 1982, first English editions ; Misery, first edition , New York, 1987, original boards/cloth, dust-jackets ; and 8 others, King, duplicates, 8vo (11)

Powell (Anthony) - A Buyer`s Market, first edition , original cloth, minor sunning to spines ends, otherwise a fine, sharp copy, dust-jacket, tears and splits to corners and edges with slight loss, larger tear descending into upper panel and lower panel near spine with loss, light marking, 8vo, 1952. Second in the A Dance to the Music of Time series. Scarce.

Van Gulik (Robert) - The Chinese Maze Murders, first English edition, illustrations, map front endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly worn at corners, otherwise very good, The Hague & Bandung, 1956; and 6 further copies of the same, 4 in dust-jackets, 8vo (7)