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A collection of exclusive first edition boxed models including buses and Days Gone By and other items (3 boxes)

A collection of exclusive first edition boxed buses and cars together with seven display cabinets (2 boxes)

KING (H. C.): THE HISTORY OF THE TELESCOPE first edition, Charles Griffin & Company Limited, 1955, dust jacket; together with "Victorian Telescope Makers" by I. S. Glass (2)

Two Royal Worcester limited edition bird figures, modelled by R. Van Ruyckevelt The first a 'Bob-White quail male', numbered 202, and 'Bob-White quail female', numbered 202, both with certificate of authenticity and raised on original wooden bases. (2) CONDITION REPORT: Female Quail - Small chip to the tip of the lower area of the foliage, missing section approx 1cm in length. Male Quail - Appears to be in sound condition with no visible signs of damage or restoration.

"The Bugatti Book" Compiled by Barry Eaglesfield with the assistance of C W P Hampton, Published by the Motor Racing Publications Limited 1954, first edition, with original dust jacket.

Large collection of assorted books To include the facsimile issue of the First Folio of Shakespeare, second edition, published by W W Norton & Co 1996, bound in half maroon calf with decorative boards, complete with slip case, further books to include the Weekly Guardian, New Yorker, Black & White, The Royal magazine, Harper's Monthly magazine, The Rt Hon. the Earl of Beaconsfield and His Times, Picture Post, Spectator, Horizon, War Illustrated etc. (58)

Jerome K. Jerome, 'Three Men in a Boat', first edition, 1889, J.W. Arrowsmith, Quay Street, London, green cloth boards, spine loose

DOD PROCTER (Illustrator) The Blue Coated Heron First edition 1944 With dust jacket

PETER AND ANDREW LANYON A review copy of the book 'Cornwall' First edition 1983 Sold together with a letter from the publisher And a bromide photograph of one of the Peter Lanyon drawings.

Nazi Germany/The Third Reich - Shirer (William L.), The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, hb; Speer (Albert), Inside The Third Reich: Memoirs, first edition, hb, dj; Wheeler-Bennett (John W.), The Nemesis of Power: The German Army in Politics 1918-1945, hb; Manchester (William), The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968, hb, dj; Zolling (Hermann), The General Was A Spy: The Truth About General Gehlen and His Spy Ring, hb, dj; Toland (John), Adolf Hitler, hb, dj; other biographies of Hitler and his Germany, including Ian Kershaw, Antony Beevor; etc

A BOXED LIMITED EDITION ROYAL CROWN DERBY PAPERWEIGHT, 'Welbeck Squirrel' No.172/1250, First in the Creatures of Sherwood Collection exclusive to Connaught House (certificate)

A BOXED LIMITED EDITION ROYAL CROWN DERBY PAPERWEIGHT, 'Leopard Cub' No.458/1500, First Series commissioned by Sinclairs, signed John Ablitt and another signature in gilt (certificate)

Holman (James). Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Cracow, Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover... undertaken during the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, while suffering from total blindness..., 2 volumes, 4th edition, 1834, monochrome lithographed plates, some browning to first few leaves of second volume, bookplate of George Tuck to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary half calf gilt, with armorial crest of George Beck to foot of spine of each volume, rubbed and upper joint of each volume partly cracked, 8vo, together with Brydone (Patrick), Voyage en Sicile et A Malthe, traduit par M. Demeunier, 2 volumes, Amsterdam, E. van Harrevelt, 1776, half title to each volume, folding engraved map of the two islands, single engraved plate to second volume, contemporary quarter calf gilt, rubbed, 12mo, plus Bulwer (Edward Lytton), Athens, Its Rise and Fall with views of the literature, philosophy, and social life of the Athenean people, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Saunders and Otley, [1837], without half-titles, errata slip pasted at front of first volume, light spotting to preliminary leaves, marbled edges and endpapers, 19th century half calf, gilt-decorated spines, with contrasting red and green morocco labels, joints and edges slightly rubbed (generally a very good copy), and Wordsworth (Christopher), Athens and Attica: Journal of a residence there, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1837, 2 folding maps, 3 lithographed plates, and one folding plate of inscriptions, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Sir George Douglas, Bt. and library label of Springwood Park, Kelso to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus other travel interest, including James B. Fraser, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1834, Sir Francis B. Head, The Emigrant, 1846, Thomas Nujent, The Grand Tour, or, A Journey Through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France, volumes 1-3 (of 4) only, 2nd edition, 1756 & L. Lanier, L'Europe (sans la France), Choix de Lectures de Geographie, 2nd edition, Paris, 1886, all leather-bound, generally in good condition, 8vo (13)

Southey (Robert). History of the Peninsular War, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1823-32, contemporary uniform sprinkled full calf, gilt-decorated spines, first volume with slight split to foot of upper joint, generally in very good condition, 4to Provenance: Library of Clifton Castle, Mashamshire, North Yorkshire. Handsome set. (3)

Tuckett (Francis Fox). A Pioneer in the High Alps, Alpine Diaries and Letters of F.F. Tuckett, 1856-1874, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1920, monochrome plates, original brown cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Whymper (Edward), Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 volumes, including Supplementary Appendix, 1st edition, John Murray, 1892/91, numerous wood engraved illustrations, full-page map of Ecuador, folding plan, two folding maps (one contained in pocket at rear), original gilt-decorated pale green cloth, first volume a little rubbed and with some light soiling (second volume generally in clean condition), 8vo, plus Coolidge (W.A.B.), Swiss Travel and Swiss Guide-Books, 1st edition, Longmans, 1889, original brown cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and other mountaineering interest, all 20th century publications, including David Wall, Mike Banks, Malcolm Slesser, Joe Brown, William Holgate, etc., mostly 1st editions, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo (24)

Bible [Latin]. Biblia. Breves in eadem annotationes, ex doctiss. interpretationibus, & Hebraeorum commentarris, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1534, title with woodcut device with old paper restorations (not affecting printed text), text in small roman type in double-column, ruled in red throughout, old cloth divisional tabs to latter portion of text, all edges gilt, 18th century gilt-decorated red morocco, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, outer corners showing, 8vo Darlow & Moule 6114. The first Estienne octavo edition. (1)

Bible [Cree]. [Old and New Testaments in Native American Cree language], 2 volumes bound in one, [translated by William Mason], British and Foreign Bible Society, 1861-62, [4], 855, [1]; 292 pages, title page to each volume, text in two columns, printed entirely in Cree, all edges gilt, original yellow chalk-glazed endpapers (some light staining to edges), contemporary blind patterned full morocco, rubbed and some wear to spine and edges, covers detached, and leather vertically split to spine, and chipped with slight loss to extreme head and foot, outer corners bumped, thick 8vo Darlow & Moule 3130. Ayer, Indian Linguistics, Cree 5. Presentation copy from William Mason, with handwritten inscription to verso of blank leaf facing title initialled H.V. and dated July 1862, 'The Bible in the language of the Cree Indians in North America - Given to me, June 1862, by the Rev. William Mason, Missionary among the Cree Indians - The translation was the work of Mr Mason & his wife - Mr Mason attended our Missionary Meeting in 1861. H.V. July. 62'. The first edition of the complete bible entirely printed in the Cree, prepared by the Methodist (later Anglican) Minister William Mason and his wife Sophia Thomas Mason while on missionary work in Prince Rupert's land, with the assistance of several native speakers. (1)

Blackstone (William). Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 volumes, mixed editions (volume 1 2nd edition, volume 2 3rd edition, volumes 3 & 4 1st editions), Oxford, 1766-69, engraved Table of Consanguinity and Table of Dissents, occasional light spotting and offsetting, armorial bookplates of Lord Grey de Wilton to front pastedowns, recent antique-style half calf with red morocco gilt spine labels and raised bands, 4to A handsome set. PMM 212 (first edition); Rothschild 407. (4)

Camerarius (Philipp). Operae Horarum Succisivarum sive Meditationes Historicae, [20] leaves, 524 pages, [39] index leaves, title with engraved border, woodcut initials, occasional early annotations and underlying in brown ink, with ownership signature of Caroli Fr. Orlik at head, and other old inscriptions crossed out, light dampstain to inner margins towards rear of volume, with final leaf partly stuck to rear cover, old limp vellum with vellum ties, rubbed and some staining, small 4to The second edition, following its first appearance in 1591 of a work containing a variety of essays and obsversations on history and myth, and which includes reference to the story of Faust. (1)

Caradoc (Saint, of Llancarfan). The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales: A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish Language above two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lhoyd Gentleman: corrected, augmented, and continued out of Records and best approoved Authors, by David Powel Doctor in divinitie, 1st edition, [Imprinted at London by Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584], pp.[14],22,1-48,65-356,365-401,[10], title within decorative woodcut border (torn to lower third with loss, and repaired), woodcut illustrations to letterpress including portraits & shields, text mostly in black letter, few initials and one shield hand painted, occasional old marginalia, D1 torn to fore-edge blank margin (with slight loss to marginal note), lacking 13 leaves of text including last leaf of 1st gathering, F1-8, 2C3-2C6 and also final blank, some dust-soiling, light dampstaining and few marks, 19th century marbled endpapers with split hinges, late 17th/early 18th century blind panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn, small 4to STC 4606, ESTC S121940, Sabin 40914. The first printed history of Wales, it was probably first written in Latin rather than Welsh (the original is not known). This English version was assembled and translated by Humphrey Llwyd from various Welsh sources and expanded by David Powell. "A special interest in this work for American collectors consists in its relation of the most ancient 'Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170'" (Sabin). (1)

[Charles I]. An Exact and most Impartial Accompt of the Indictment, Arraignment, Trial, and Judgment (according to Law) of Twenty nine Regicides, the Murtherers of His Late Sacred Majesty of most Glorious Memory: begun at Hicks-Hall on Tuesday, the 9th of October, 1660. And continued (at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayley) untill Friday, the nineteenth of the same Moneth. Together with a summary of the Dark, and Horrid Decrees of those Caballists, Preparatory to that Hellish Fact. Exposed to view for the Reader's Satisfaction, and Information of Posterity, London: Andrew Crook and Edward Powel, 1660, [2], 48 p., 49-56 leaves, 57-148, 153-287 pp., verso of first leaf: Imprimatur; J. Berkenhead, 19th century signature to title, some toning and spotting, few marks, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, old rebak, joints cracked, rubbed and worn, 4to Wing N1403A, ESTC R222299. This work is an anonymous work, compiled by Heneage Finch, Earl of Nottingham. In this edition signature V has 2 leaves. (1)

Corelli (Arcangelo). Concerti grossi, con duoi violini, e violoncello di concertino obligati, e duoi altri violini, viola, e basso di concerto grosso, ad arbitrio, che si potranno radoppiare, Opera sesta XII great concertos, or sonatas, for two violins and a violincello: or for two violins more, a tenor, and a thorough-bass: which may be doubled at pleasure, Being the sixth and last work of Arcangelo Corelli, J. Walsh and I. Hare, 7 volumes (parts, as issued), first English edition, light dust-soiling and marginal marks, without portrait (as often), stitched as issued without covers, folio Smith 466. (7)

Descartes (Rene). L'Homme et la Formation du Foetus..., 2nd revised and corrected edition, Paris: Theodore Girard, 1677, woodcut illustrations throughout, a little spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little loss at head and foot, corners worn, 4to The first edition appeared in Latin in 1662, the first French edition appearing in 1664. (1)

Dioscorides (Pedanius). De Medicinali Materia libri sex, Joanne Ruellio Svessionensi interprete..., Additis etiam Annotationibus... Gualtherum H. Ryff..., Frankfurt, Christoph Egenolph, [1543], two parts bound in one (the second part being a commentary by Johann Lonicer, with Narburg imprint, and dated 1543 to colophon), title to each part with printer's woodcut device, second title with woodcut head-piece, numerous woodcut illustrations of plants and animals, etc., to first part, some restoration to lower margins at front of volume, affecting a few words, one or two minor worm tracks to upper and lower margins towards rear of volume, not affecting text, old plain boards with spine label, rubbed and some wear Adams D663. Wellcome 1784. The first Egenolph edition, containing Ruel's latin translation of Dioscorides, with a new commentary by Lonicer and annotations by Ryff. (1)

Gendre (Antoine). De Febre Epidemica in Montis-Albani obsidione grassata, medica dissertatio, 1st edition, Lyons, Antoine Chard, 1626, title printed in red and black, with early signature of Bernhard Rottendorff med: Doct: and I. Cleghorn, 1791, to head and foot, minor marginal staining to first few leaves, bound with Camerarius (Joachim, editor), Synoposis Commentariorum de Peste. Autoribus Hieronymo donzellino, Joanne Philippo Ingrassia, Caesare Rincio, Joachimo Camerario, Nuremberg, Catharinae Gerlachin & Haeredum Johannis Montani, 1583, title with printer's woodcut device, 17th century vellum, rubbed and darkened to spine, 8vo (1)

Hansard (George Agar, Gwent Bowman). The Book of Archery, being the Complete History and Practice of the Art, Ancient and Modern, Interspersed with Numerous Interesting Anecdotes, and an Account of the Existing Toxophilite Societies, 1st edition, 3rd issue, 1841[1845], engraved frontispiece, additional title (dated 1845), and thirty-seven plates, first and final leaves spotted, hinges split, bookplate of J & U Brass on front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, extremities rubbed and spine a little darkened, 8vo (1)

Herwart von Hohenburg (Hans Friedrich). Von der Hochberhmpten, Adelichen vnd Ritterlichen Kunst der Reyterey, 1st edition, Tegernesee, 1581, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, 38 leaves of woodcuts including 7 folding, old manuscript notes in German to 3 blank leaves at rear, some old dampstaining, light browning and spotting throughout, title-page with 2 tiny holes and a little marginal worming not affecting illustrations or text, minor marginal fraying, old limp vellum with flap and leather tie, some soiling and wear, folio A rare work on horsemanship, one of very few books printed by the monastic press at Tegernesee and first issued in 1577. (1)

Le Grand (Antoine). Institutio Philosophiae secundum Principia D. Renati Descartes: Nova Methdo adornata & explicata, ... in usum juventutis academicae, Nuremburg, Johann Zieger, 1679, 1200 + [66] pages, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front blank Ex Libris Magistri Roberti Stewart pastor, contemporary blind ruled full calf, thick 8vo, together with Seneca (Lucus Annaeus), L. Annaei Senecai Philosophi, et M. Annaei Senecai Rhetoris Opera quae extant omnia, Cologne, Samuel Crispin, 1614, 1276 pages, title with woodcut device, some marks and soiling, old annotation in ink to verso, contemporary calf, rubbed and some marks, thick 12mo An early edition of Le Grand's compendium of the philosophy of Descartes, first published by Samuel Roycroft in 1694. (2)

Morgagni (Giovanni Battista). Adversaria anatomica omnia..., 6 parts in one, Leiden, Johannem Arnoldum Langerak, 1723, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 11 engraved plates, including one folding, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, joints cracked with a little wear to extremities, 4to The first edition in one volume of the celebrated anatomist Gian Battista Morgagni's six anatomical investigations, containing important new medical understanding of the larynx, trachea, urethra, and genitalia. (1)

Philidor ( Francois Andre Danican). Analysis of the Game of Chess..., with critical remarks and notes by the author of The Stragems of Chess, translated from the last French edition... by W.S. Kemmy, 1819, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, engraved plate, woodcut diagrams in text, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, slightly rubbed, small 8vo First edition of this translation. (1)

Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, lacks first and final blanks as usual, early ownership name of 'Jno:Benthall' to first title, another name at head crossed out, some occasional spotting and light marginal old dampstaining, lower margin of leaf 2A5 of volume 1 torn away without affecting text, small hole from paper thinning to centre of leaf 3F6 of volume 1 with loss affecting lettering of 3 lines recto and verso, 2 small holes to leaf 3N6 of index to volume 2 affecting lettering in 6 lines, marginal worm tracing to index leaves of volume 2 not affecting text, armorial bookplate of J.A. Knowles Renshaw to front pastedown, contemporary calf with gilt lozenge design to centre of both covers, old calf reback with leather label and raised bands, corners restored, somewhat rubbed and upper cover detached, folio (320 x 215 mm) The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. (1)

Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, woodcut initials and ornaments, volume 1 title with marginal hole and dampstains, following few leaves with marginal dampstains, leaves A4-5 at front detached with frayed fore-margins, leaves A2-B3 from volume 2 repaired (some loss of text), a few leaves in first volume affected at gutter by insect damage, armorial bookplate, later calf gilt, rubbed, folio The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Keynes (Geoffrey). William Blake's Laocoon. A Last Testament..., Trianon Press, 1976, black & white frontispiece and plates, publisher's brown morocco gilt, 4to, contained in original slipcase, (special copy no. XVI of 32, signed by Geoffrey Keynes, in an edition of 438 copies), together with Hewitt (Graily), The Pen and Type-Design, London: The First Edition Club, 1928, Ken Tomkinson bookplate, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red morocco with Art Deco gilt design, large 8vo, contained in original drop back box, (limited edition of 250 copies), with Morison (Stanley), On Type Faces, Examples of the use of type for the printing of books..., London: Medici Society & The Fleuron, 1923, edges untrimmed, original cloth-backed marbled boards, folio, (limited edition 111/750), with Godman (Ernest), Norman Architecture in Essex, published by the author at Sunnyside, Banstead, Surrey, 1905, etched frontispiece, black & white plates and illustrations, signature of Elizabeth Ashbee, 1906 to front free endpaper, edges untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, plus other private press and printing reference related etc. (20)

Britton (John). Cathedral Antiquities. Historical and descriptive accounts, with 311 illustrations..., 5 volumes, M.A. Nattali, 1836, numerous engraved plates by Le Keux, Cattermole, Cresey, Gandy, Bartlett, etc, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform red half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, upper cover to first volume detached, 4to, together with Dugdale (Sir William), Monasticon Anglicanum, volume 1 only, 1st edition, Richard Hodgkinson, 1655, numerous etched plates by Wenceslaus Hollar and Daniel King, some soiling and staining to lower fore-margin throughout, a few marginal tears and one folding plate loose, contemporary calf, worn with covers detached, folio (sold with all faults) (6)

Watelet (C.H. & Levesque, P.C.). Dictionnaire des arts de peinture, sculpture et gravure, 5 volumes, Paris, L.F. Prault, 1792, folding table to first volume, modern half morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Dufresnoy (C.A.), The Art of Painting: by C.A. Dufresnoy: with remarks. Translated into English, with an original preface, containing a parallel between painting and poetry, by Mr. Dryden. Also a short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern: by Richard Graham, printed for Henry Lintot, 1750, engraved frontispiece by Samuel Gribelin, modern calf, 8vo, plus Burke (Edmund), A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, 8th edition, with an introductory discourse concerning taste, and several other additions, printed for J. Dodsley, 1776, bookplate of Henry Augustus Leicester to front pastedown, with his ownership inscription in ink to head of title, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed with joints partly cracked at head and foot, 8vo (7)

Ashendene Press. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press, 1935, black and white plates and illustrations including some tipped-in specimens and 2 errata slips, ex-public library with numerous stamps and marks, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco, spine heavily rubbed with some loss at head and foot, stamped classification number at foot of spine, slipcase, (signed limited edition, 175/390 copies), together with Limited Editions Club, Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications in the First 25 Years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club, New York, 1959, colour and black and white plates and illustrations including some tipped in, original quarter morocco in worn slipcase, 4to, (limited edition, 1906/2250 copies), plus Dreyfus (John), A History of the Nonesuch Press, 1981, some illustrations in red and black, original cloth in dust jacket, some slight soiling and browning, folio, plus other private press and literary reference (12)

Dugdale (William). Monasticon Anglicanum, sive Pandectae Coenobiorum Benedictinorum, Cluniacensieum, Cisterciensium, Carthusianorum, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Richard Hodgkinson, Alice Warren & Thomas Newcomb, 1655-73, titles printed in red and black, additional etched title to first volume by Hollar, 109 full-page etched plates by Wenceslaus Hollar and Daniel King, including some folding or double-page, plus 1 half-page etched illustration, (volume 1 has frontispiece, 62 plates plus folding map, volume 2 has 18 plates, volume 3 has 28 plates plus 1 half-page etched illustration), linen-backed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 19th century gilt-decorated crushed full red morocco, rubbed and scuffed to joints, with a little wear, upper joint to third volume partly cracked, outer corners bumped, folio Ex libris Henry Parry Liddon (1829-1890), Church of England clergyman and theologian, and a leading member of the Oxford Movement. He was canon of St. Paul's Cathedral from 1870 to his death, and was a close friend of Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. (3)

Potter (Beatrix). The Story of Miss Moppet, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, fourteen colour plates and fourteen leaves of text bound concertina-style, rubbed in places, original wallet-form grey cloth, lettered and blocked in dark blue, with oval pictorial panel to upper cover, lightly soiled, tab closure worn, 16mo, together with a first edition of The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, free endpapers toned, original salmon pink cloth gilt, spine and upper return faded, 8vo, plus three titles by Cicely Mary Barker (Flower Fairies of the Spring, Summer & Autumn), all original boards in dustjackets Linder, p.426; Quinby 11. (5)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1st edition, [1922], 24 plates including 16 tipped-in colour plates, 1 plate detached, scattered minor spotting, original red cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, spine slightly faded, heavy marks to lower board, together with Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, with drawings by Arthur Rackham, 2nd impression, 1905, 51 tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, fore-edges and lower edges of boards heavily dampstained, both 4to, plus Aesop's Fables..., illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 1912, colour plates and black and white illustrations to text, hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo, plus other illustrated books and first editions, mostly early 20th century (27)

Moore (George). Peronnik the Fool, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933, engraved frontispiece, title, two plates and few illustrations by Stephen Gooden, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original full vellum gilt, 4to, (limited editon 215/525, signed by author & illustrator), together with Folio Society, The Getty Apocalypse, facsimile of MS Ludwig III in the J. Paul Getty Museum, with Commentary volume by Nigel J. Morgan, 2011, together 2 volumes, colour facsimile pages heightened in gilt, and black & white plates, original quarter morocco and full maroon buckran, folio, contained together in original drop back box, (limited edition 143/1020), with Worcester (Edward Somerset, Marquis of), [A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected: (which my former Notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the Year 1655, Glasgow: printed by R. and A. Foulis, 1767], lacking title, some light dampstaining and dust-soiling, contemporary marbled sheep, joints cracked, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, modern first editions and art reference etc. including, Diary of Travels in France and Spain, Chiefly in the Year 1844, by Rev. Francis Trench, 2 vols., 1845, Vathek: An Arabian Tale, by William Beckford, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, (limited edition 426/450), Scoop by Evelyn Waugh, 1st edition, 1938, Keynotes by George Egerton, 1893, and Water-Colour Painting in Britain, by Martin Hardie, 3 vols., mixed editions, 1967-68 (a carton)

Meyrick (Samuel Rush, and Smith, Charles Hamilton). The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Isles, From the Earliest Periods to the Sixth Century; To which is Added, that of the Gothic Nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic, the Ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes, 1st ed., 1815, additional hand-coloured aquatint title with contemporary signature to upper blank margin, twenty-four hand-coloured aquatint plates, bound without half title or sub title, some light offsetting and spotting, edges untrimmed, 20th century dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spine, folio, together with Loutherbourg (P.J. De), The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales..., 1805, facsimile edition, published Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, 1979, colour plates., contemporary brown half morocco gilt, folio For first title see Abbey Life 427. (2)

Modern fiction. A large collection of modern first edition fiction, including C.S. Forester, Hammond Innes, Lawrence Durrell, H.E. Bates, Iris Murdoch, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)

Modern fiction. A large collection of late 19th-century and modern first edition fiction and literature, including Kingsley Amis, Marina Lewycka, Peter Ackroyd, Laurens van der Post, some signed by the authors, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Brandes (Rand & Durkan, Michael J.). Seamus Heaney, A Bibliography 1959-2003, 1st edition, 2008, original black cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Morrow (Bradford & Lafourcade, Bernard), A Bibliography of the Writings of Wyndham Lewis, advanced review copy, USA, 1978, original illustrated wrappers, covers slightly toned, 8vo, plus Peacock (Jila), Ten Poems from Hafez, 2006, 10 illustrations by the author, original wrappers in slipcase, 4to, plus other modern first edition fiction and literature reference including Philip Roth, Ian McEwan, Philip Larkin, J.G. Ballard, Len Deighton, John Updike, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Norman (Dorothy). Nehru, The First Sixty Years, volumes 1 & 2, 1st edition, 1965, black and white frontispiece and map, later inscription to front endpapers, original plum cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Souza (George Bryan & Turley, Jeffery S.), The Boxer Codex, Transcription and Translation of an Illustrated Late Sixteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript, 1st edition, 2016, original illustrated boards, 8vo, and Rungta (Radhe Shyam), The Rise of Business Corporations in India 1851-1900, 1st edition, CUP, 1970, original blue cloth in dust jacket, plus other modern India reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)

Kelliegram Binding. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, with forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel, thirty-first thousand [6th edition], Macmillan, 1872, frontispiece and numerous letterpress illustrations, original red cloth covers and spine bound in at rear, yellow silk endpapers, verso of front free endpaper with gilt lettered leather book ticket of Herman Louis Kretschmer Jr., and with contemporary inscription, all edges gilt, early 20th century green crushed morocco signed 'Kelliegram Binding' on rear turn-in, foot of spine very slightly rubbed to right hand side, dot decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder gilt panelled with heart tool enclosing a crown and a card suit symbol, date lettered at foot, covers with gilt ogee design, upper and lower cover with depiction of the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit onlaid in coloured leathers respectively, both covers with additional characters onlaid in each of the four corners, gilt fillet on board edges, turn-ins with triple gilt fillets and Tudor roses, 8vo, housed in a custom-made cloth solander box (slightly worn) The binding firm Kelly & Sons was founded in 1770 by John Kellie and carried on into the first half of the twentieth century by successive members of the family. The firm came to be particularly known for its use of reverse cloth on the sides of half leather bindings, which gave a pleasing appearance as well as being water-repellent. Their elaborately onlaid morocco bindings are now particularly sought after. (1)

[Ritson, Joseph & Douce, Francis]. Gammer Gurton's Garland: Or, the Nursery Parnassus, a choice collection of pretty songs and verses, for the amusement of all little good children who can neither read nor run, printed for R. Triphook, 1810, [2], 46 pp., in 4 parts, interleaved copy, the text leaves with brief pen and pencil marks and numerals throughout, mostly 'h'[alliwell] and 'pr', occasional corrections and proof marks, the blanks with numerous alternative versions of some of the verses and additional nursery rhymes written in ink in a neat hand to blanks with an initial for each source (usually L. or M.), some browning and old dampstaining marks throughout, tear with loss to upper inner margin of title, ink ownership name of Henry Cole dated 1832 to title upper margin and pencil name Chas. Halliwell to final leaf verso, front endpapers detached, partial title index to front pastedown and facing endpaper, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, some wear and loss, upper cover detached, 8vo A collection of nursery rhymes in four parts, with parts 1 and 2, compiled by Joseph Ritson, originally published in 1784. This edition adds parts 3 and 4, collected by Francis Douce and others. It includes the first appearances in print of Humpty Dumpty and Little Bo-Peep, I Love Sixpence, etc. Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882), civil servant, industrialist and Christmas card inventor. The 'h' and accompanying pencilled numerals that appear throughout the text refer to the verses as they appeared in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps' 'The Nursery Rhymes of England: Obtained Principally from Oral Tradition' (1844). The additional manuscript verses are in an unidentified hand and would not appear to be that of Henry Cole nor the Shakespearean scholar and nursery rhyme collector James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889). Presumably the Charles Halliwell whose name appears at the back of the volume is a later relation who seems to have added one or two pencil lines to the interleaved blanks. Facing Little Bo-Peep on the blank is one verse that begins 'Little Johnny went to Town / Upon a little pony / Stuck a feather in his cap / Looked like a Macaroni'. Opposite 'The Song of the Cat and the Fiddle' is written: 'continuation. The basin stood behind the door, / and bid the dishcloth wash the floor, / The spit stood up like an armed man, / And vowed he'd fight the dripping pan, / The gridiron said gentlemen if you can't agree, / I'm the head constable bring 'em to me'. (1)

Manuscript paper doll book. The History of Little Fanny exemplified in a series of figures, A new Edition, circa 1860s, 14pp. manuscript, including title-page, paper watermarked 1856, with seven cut-out watercolour paper doll figures loosely inserted (no interchangeable head present), front free endpaper with ownership name of J.M. Hobart on verso, front pastedown with paper pocket for figures composed of three flaps decorated with pen & ink border, original card wrappers, with red border to covers, upper cover decorated in watercolour with calligraphic title within floral border, toned, dust-soiled, and a little rubbed, 13.5 x 10.5cm (5.25 x 4ins) 'The History of Little Fanny' was first published by S. & J. Fuller in 1810. This manuscript copy is charmingly executed, with all seven figures present. An accompanying later manuscript note states: 'Hobart family stayed at Hythe were [sic] this book came from. (Note) Edward VII was a personal friend of the Hobart family.' (1)

Darton (W. & T., publisher). An Entire New Pack of Puzzle Cards, 1st edition, circa 1810, eighteen wood engraved puzzle cards, each with illustrations within an oval frame and lettering below, toned, 11.5 x 7.5cm (4.5 x 3ins), together with printed Solution sheet, soiled and with large piece missing, laid down, without booklet, contained in a modern cloth box, together with [Fenn, Ellenor (Frere)], The Mother's Remarks on a Set of Cuts for Children, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, Darton and Harvey, 1802, 336 engraved illustrations on twenty-eight leaves (six to each recto and verso), two title-pages, and each part separately paginated and collated, E3 in 2nd part with lower outer corner torn away (with some loss to three lines of text), some toning and rubbing, rough-trimmed, modern quarter red morocco, 8vo, plus four other 19th century children's books First item Darton H1217 [re-issue of circa 1823 entitled 'Peter Ponder's Book of Puzzles', but mentioning the first edition]. A rare set of puzzle cards. Second item Darton G330(2). (6)

Potter (Beatrix). The Story of Miss Moppet, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, fourteen colour plates and fourteen leaves of text bound concertina-style, pencil note to first plate, final two plates & two leaves creased, original wallet-form grey cloth, lettered and blocked in dark blue, with oval pictorial panel to upper cover, tab closure slightly worn at pastedown, manuscript name in ink to lower board, 16mo Linder, p.426; Quinby 11. (1)

Sendak (Maurice, illust.). Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, A new printing from the original line-blocks made for the first Private Edition of 1901, introduced by Maurice Sendak, Kingston, New York: Battledore Ltd, 1995, thirty-four separate prints of the original Beatrix Potter illustrations, on deckle-edged Arches paper, each numbered in pencil on verso, sheet size 13.5 x 10cm (5.25 x 4in), each with tissue guard and enclosed in printed grey wrappers, together with 25pp. booklet in loose printed wrappers, 16mo, contained in original grey cloth solander box, gilt titled on spine and with inset illustration on upper cover Limited edition, 128/250 copies, signed by Maurice Sendak and the printer Iain Bain. (1)

Awdry (Rev. W.). The Three Railway Engines, Edmund Ward, [1945], full-page colour illustrations throughout, contemporary inscription on front pastedown dated 1945, original cream cloth lettered in green, spotted and covers a little bowed, in slightly rubbed and dusty dustjacket, with some minor edge-fraying, 11 x 14.5cm (4.25 x 5.75ins) The rare first edition of the first book in Awdry's enduringly popular 'Railway Series', in remarkably good condition, including the dustjacket. (1)

Blampied (Edmund, illust.). The Blampied Edition of Peter Pan, the Original Text of Peter Pan & Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, twelve tipped-in colour plates, including frontispiece (with corner crease), captioned tissue guards, full-page letterpress illustrations, some light spotting, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded and with some wear to extremities, 4to, together with Aldin (Cecil), Black Beauty, The Autobiography of a Horse, new edition, Jarrolds, circa 1915, eighteen colour plates, one with tip of lower outer corner torn away, some light spotting to first few leaves, top edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, lower edge of front cover slightly worn, 4to, plus four other illustrated books (The Queen and Princess of Dolly Land, circa 1870; Green Willow, illustrated by Warwick Goble, 1923; Walt Disney's Bambi; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by A. Rado) (6)

Blyton (Enid). Five Have a Mystery to Solve, Illustrated by Eileen Soper, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1962, numerous illustrations, some full-page, pictorial endpapers with some light spotting, original red boards (slightly soiled and shaken) in edge-rubbed dustjacket, 8vo, together with The Ragamuffin Mystery, Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop, 1st edition, Collins, 1959, colour frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, original red bords in frayed and slightly chipped dustjacket, 8vo, plus The Mystery of the Missing Man, 1st edition, Methuen, 1956, numerous full-page letterpress illustrations, including frontispiece, contemporary ownership name on front free endpaper, original blue boards in frayed and chipped dustjacket (with adhesive tape repair at foot of front flap), 8vo, plus six other Blyton first editions, including two in dustjackets (The Rilloby Fair Mystery and The Rockingdown Mystery), and fifteen 1st editions by M. Pardoe, including a 1st edition of The Far Island signed by the author, and thirteen Bunkle books, four in dustjackets (Bunkle and Belinda, Bunkle Baffles Them, Bunkle Scents a Clue and Bunkle Gets Busy) (24)

Flint (William Russell, illust.). The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, 3 volumes, Riccardi Press, published by Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1913, mounted colour illustrations with captioned tissue guards, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt lettered limp vellum with green silk ties (two on first volume deficient), 4to Limited edition 2/500 copies. (3)

Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 5th edition, 1910, black and white frontispiece by Graham Robertson, some scattered spotting, mostly to endpapers and edges, bookplate of Ena Florence Sanderson on front pastedown, and with contemporary inscription to Ena on front free endpaper, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original blue-green cloth gilt, spine faded, but overall in good condition, in First Issue dustjacket with price 6/- to front panel, dustjacket frayed at spine ends (just clipping edge of foliate decoration at head), with 1" tear in folds at top of spine and 1.75" tear in upper fold at foot, 8vo The extremely rare first issue dustjacket in original, unrestored state, identified by the price of 6/- to the upper panel (later issues note the price as 7/6 NET). (1)

Helle (Andre). Droles de Betes. L'Arche de No‚, 1st edition, Paris: A. Tolmer, [1911], numerous illustrations throughout including 20 colour pochoir prints of varying sizes, 2 contemporary presentation inscriptions in French to half-title, both addressed to Fanny Roscol at Christmas 1911, the first from Pierre Muller, the second seemingly from the author/illustrator Helle with a little pen and ink sketch of a donkey, old water staining to lower half of volume throughout with resultant crinkling of paper and boards, contents loose in original linen-backed colour pictorial stiff wrappers, a little soiling and edge wear, spine slightly frayed, covers partly wrinkled, folio (42 x 31.5 cm) (1)

[Lorenzini, Carlo]. The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi, translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray, illustrated by C. Mazzanti, 1st English edition, 1892, Enrico Mazzanti's first name initial misprinted on title, half-title and main title printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette illustrations throughout, some minor soiling, patterned endpapers, matching original patterned cloth in white and blue, spine slightly creased, darkened and cocked, small 8vo Osborne p. 1007. (1)

Milne (Alan Alexander). Toad of Toad Hall. A Play from Kenneth Grahame's Book 'The Wind in the Willows', 1st edition, 1929, uncut and largely unopened, original cloth-backed boards with printed paper label to upper cover (spare tipped in at rear), off-white dust jacket lettered in green, a little rubbed and dust-soiled, lower outer corners slightly bumped, 4to Limited edition, 21/200 copies, signed by Kenneth Grahame and A.A. Milne. This was the first adaptation of the novel, the play having its premiere at the Lyric Theatre on 17 December 1929. (1)

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., very much Enlarged snd Amended by Thomas Johnson..., 2nd edition, London: Adam Islip , Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633, engraved title lined to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations, early ownership signature Lancelot Hutchinson to fore-edge margin of 6C4, ink stamp to fore-edge margin of dedication, final leaf of text lined to verso, lacking front & rear blanks, 5A7 torn at foot with loss to last 2 lines of text, few closed tears etc., fraying and marginal tears to first & last few leaves, occasional minor spotting and marginal toning, light dampstain to lower margins, cloth hinges to endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated calf, rebacked preserving original spine, repaired corners and patch repair to centre of upper board, lacking ties, folio Henrey 155. (1)