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Hewitson (William C.) Coloured illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, 2 vols, 8vo, contemporary half calf, fine hand-coloured plates, errata slips, first edition, 1846.

"Marksman", The Dead Shot, or Sportsman`s Complete Guide, being a Treatise on the Use of the Gun, 12mo, morocco-backed cloth, plates, 1860; Payne-Gallwey (Sir R.) Letters to Young Shooters (First Series), on the Choice and Use of a Gun, 8vo, calf, illustrations, 1899; Payne-Gallwey (Sir R.) Letters to Young Shooters (Second Series), 8vo, cloth, portrait, illustrations, 1892; Walsingham (J.A. de G., Lord) and Payne-Gallwey (Sir R.) Shooting... Second edition, 2 vols, 8vo, pictorial cloth, plates, illustrations, 1887 (5).

JAMES (MONTAGUE RHODES) GHOST-STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY first edition, second impression, illustrated, black and red printed undyed canvas covered boards, London: Edward Arnold, 1905 and HOPE (ANTHONY) THE PRISONER OF ZENDA first edition, second issue, original cloth gilt, spine somewhat frayed, Bristol: J W Arrowsmith [1894] and two others (4)

"Adolf in Blunderland", First Edition 1939, a Parody on Lewis Caroll`s Story

A Hotpoint first edition washing machine.

Goldfinger 2007 re-release, Eon/United Artists, U.S. -- 34 x 19 in. (104 x 69 cm.), limited edition silkscreen, (A-) unfolded Art by Todd Slater First released 1964 View on Christie's.com

Scarce 1930 World Cup Official Commemorative Album: rare large format ltd ed publication issued after the first ever World Cup tournament held in Montevideo Uruguay titled "Album – Primer Campeonato Mundial De Football – Montevideo Julio De 1930 – La Coupe Du Monde" published in association with Uruguay Football Assoc 1930 – limited edition no 2824/3000 only. Original decorative wrappers, 123p fully illustrated throughout, including construction of the stadium, rules and regulations, constitution, profiles on each team, reports on every match, the inauguration ceremony, goal scorers incl who scored the first ever goal, final ceremony, draw sheet, and various other matters - note some thumb stains to covers and slight bruising to corners, some wear to spine, back cover split along the spine but still intact, some speckle foxing to the front and rear end plate is internally very clean overall (F/G) overall 13.5x 9.75" – please handle covers with care. Illus.

Lucas Bateman (fl. circa 1775-85). Profile portrait of a girl, half length to dexter; Profile portrait of a boy, half length to sinister, Pastels, a pair, The first signed ‘L Bateman Delint 1779’, Later inscription verso ‘Very fine pastile by L Bateman 1779 Given by DM 1948’, The second signed ‘Lucas Bateman Delint 1779’, Later inscription verso ‘Very fine pastile by Lucas Bateman 1779 Given by DM 1948’, Each 13cm x 10.5cm, ovals, In gilt gesso oval frames, See Jeffares, Neil ‘Dictionary of pastellists before 1800’ online edition at www.pastellists.com/Articles/Bateman.pdf. The biography is very sparse with only three works noted. The figures here are cut out from separate sheets of paper, a technique borrowed from Nathaniel Bermingham. Our thanks to Neil Jeffares in helping to catalogue this lot.

Edmund Dulac, A Fairy Garland, first edition 1928

Four first edition books, all in dust jackets, Laurie Lee, Cider With Rosie first /first edition 1959, Graham Greene, A Burnt Out Case 1961, Alistar MacLean, H M S Ulysses 1955, Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies 1992 signed and doodled by the Author (4)

CAMPBELL, Colin (fl. 1715-1729). Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect. London: 1717-1731. Volumes I-III only, 2° (vols I-II 497 x 348mm; vol. III 462 x 295mm). Vols I-II with engraved titles in state C (vol. I with first numerals of 'II' erased, indicating 1717 issue), engraved dedication to vol. I, 159 etched and engraved architectural plates (plate 32 in vol. II appearing twice), 31 of which double-page (some folding), numbered 1-100 in each volume, all in 1717 states; vol. III with title printed in red and black, text in English and French, 73 etched and engraved plates numbered 3-100, 21 of which double-page. (Vol. I: occasional very light browning; Vol. II: occasional very minor marginal worming, a couple of double-page folding plates with edges lightly creased, very light crease to last double-page plate, light variable browning; vol. III: minor marginal worming, plates 31 and 32 with light spotting, double-page plate 91-92 torn along vertical fold without loss, dampstaining to endpapers extending through title, text leaves and into first couple of plates, also affecting last 7 plates.) Contemporary calf (worn, front covers detached). Provenance: Georg Steinmetz (20th-century ink stamp to pastedowns) -- Wasmuth Antiquariat (Berlin bookseller's ticket to vol. I). FIRST EDITIONS of vols I-II, 'arguably the most influential and original British architectural book ever published' (RIBA). This was partly owing to the conscious decision to exclude the pretty views to be found in prospect books such as Kip's Britannia Illustrata, and rely on the effectiveness of purely scientific representations. Although the text and plate list in vol. III calls for plate 101 and Harris also listing 101 plates, this was not issued in this 1731 edition (cf. RIBA 3547). Fowler 76 (vols. I-II); Harris 97 (vols I-II), 102 (vol. III); RIBA 3544 (vols I-II), 3546 (vol. III, 1725 edition). (3) View on Christie's.com

PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580). Les Bátimens et les Desseins de André Palladio recueillis et illustrés par Octave Bertotti Scamozzi. Vicenza: Giovanni Rossi, 1786. 4 volumes, 2° (460 x 320mm). Engraved portrait of Palladio, engraved vignettes to titles, 208 plates (on 210 sheets) of which 33 double-page by David Rossi, Gaetano Testolini and others. (Light crease on title of vol. IV, occasional browning, light spotting and soiling.) Contemporary red straight-grained half morocco over red straight-grained paper-covered boards (extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Bibliothèque de M. Tourton (label) -- Bruno Hessling (Berlin bookseller's ticket). The second French edition. Bertotti Scamozzi (1719-1790), who produced and illustrated this edition, was a distinguished architect and the main representative of neoclassical art in Vicenza, Palladio's home town. 'Fece cosa nobile e grandiosa nel produrre queste grandi opera Palladiane, e nell'illustrarle' (Cicognara). The Architectural Library, AL2, P171; for the first edition of 1776-83, cf. Berlin Kat. 2722, Cicognara 598 and Fowler 231. (4) View on Christie's.com

PIRANESI, Francesco (1748-1810) Raccolta de' Tempi Antichi. Prima Parte ... Seconda Parte. Rome: [c.1780-]1790. 2 volumes in one, 2° (522 x 388mm). Titles with engraved vignettes, fly-title to first vol., engraved initial to dedication to vol. II, double-page etched and engraved dedication, and 38 etched and engraved plates (of 50), 27 double-page, one double-page and folding. (Lacking the descriptive letterpress for vol. I, 5 plates to vol. I and the last 7 plates to vol. II; plates X, XV, XVI and XXIV cut down, plate XV detached with marginal staining, plates to vol. II browned and stained.) Contemporary half vellum (sometime recased and crudely repaired, extremities covered with fabric tape and rubbed). FIRST EDITION WITH THE VERY RARE SECOND PART CONTAINING THE PLATES OF THE PANTHEON. 'This was the first substantial work to be published under Francesco's name after the death of his father in 1778, and was intended as an informal continuation of the elder Piranesi's Le antichità Romane ... very few of the Pantheon plates seem to have been circulated, and the BAL, Bodleian, Soane, British Library and all but one of the American libraries visted by NUC possess only the first part' (RIBA 2546). View on Christie's.com

QUARENGHI, Giacomo (1744-1817). Fabriche e disegni. Mantua: fratelli Negretti, 1843[-1844]. 2 volumes in one, 2° (462 x 325mm). Engraved and etched portrait and 125 plates. (Light spotting, heavier to last few plates of vol. II, portrait with tape repairs to verso, title lightly creased with tiny hole and old paper repairs to verso, lacking 2 preliminary leaves to vol. II including the title.) Contemporary quarter green roan over mottled paper-covered boards, vellum tips (extremities rubbed, joints splitting). Provenance: Bruno Hessling (Berlin bookseller's ticket). 'GIACOMO QUARENGHI WAS PROBABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL OF THE ARCHITECTS AND INTERIOR DESIGNERS BROUGHT TO RUSSIA FROM ITALY BY CATHERINE THE GREAT' (RIBA III, p. 1589). The present lot is the second edition of vol. I, which was published by Quarenghi's son, Guilio, and contains 59 plates, of which 31 are from Édifices construits à Saint Petersbourg (St. Petersburg, 1810), most of them reworked with French and English scales in addition to the original Russian. The second vol. is the FIRST EDITION WITH 66 PLATES after Quarenghi senior's drawings. RIBA 2677. View on Christie's.com

ROBERTS, David (1796-1864). Picturesque Sketches in Spain Taken During the Years 1832 & 1833. London: Hodgson & Graves, 1837. 2° (553 x 360mm). 1p. advertisement at end. Tinted lithographic title, dedication and list of plates, and 25 plates on thick paper after David Roberts. (Light spotting and soiling, two plates with very small marginal ink spots.) Original green morocco-backed cloth boards, lettered to upper board (extremities rubbed, head- and tailcaps worn). Provenance: ?Gerstz 'Königliche Theater Maler ... zu Berlin' (early ink inscription to title and dedication) -- ?Friedrich Blundt (ink signature dated 1921) -- Hähn (ticket with inventory number in ms 2924) -- Wasmuth Antiquariat (Berlin bookseller's ticket). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 152: 'Roberts's first published set of views'; Hardie p.247. View on Christie's.com

BACON, Francis (1561-1629). The Tvvoo Bookes of ... the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, divine and humane. London: for Henrie Tomes, 1605. Small 4° (175 x 137mm). With the blank 3H2. (Lacking the 2 errata leaves not often found, torn lower corner of 3H1 repaired, title and last few leaves soiled and spotted, light browning and spotting throughout.) 19th-century half-calf (rubbed). Provenance: Paulus Wood (early signature on title) -- Tho. Whiston (early inscription on title) -- J. Clement ex dono Dne M[ary] Whiston (later inscription on title) -- a few early scribbles on title, verso of final leaf and rear blank. FIRST EDITION. 'A very few copies have appended two leaves of Errata ... such copies were probably of the latest sold' (Pforzheimer 36); Gibson 81; STC 1164. View on Christie's.com

BIBLE, in English. [London: Robert Barker, 1611.] 2° (378 x 250mm). New Testament with engraved title, ornamental initials. (Lacks 15 leaves: A1 (engraved title), A2-A3r (dedication), A4 (leaf from Translator to the Reader), C1 (first leaf of calendar), A3 & A6 (genealogies), D1 & D2 (map and aplphabetical table), Ss2, Ss5, 3Q1 & 3Q6 (Old Testament) and Aa5-6 (final 2 leaves of New Testament), the last circa 20 leaves frayed, with loss in last few leaves, lower corner of D6 of Old Testament torn away with loss of a few words, some mainly light soiling and light waterstaining, mainly marginal tears). Old calf boards, unsympathetically covered in later cloth (lacking calf spine). FIRST EDITION OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE, "HE" ISSUE, with "he went to the citie" in Ruth iii, 15. Herbert 309; STC 2216. Sold not subject to return. View on Christie's.com

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Le Decameron, translated by Antoine de Macon. London [but Paris]: 1757-61. 5 vols, 8° (196 x 122 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait and 110 plates including titles, 97 engraved culs-de-lampe, most after Gravelot. (Occasional minor spotting and light browning.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, red morocco labels, gilt edges, silk markers (minor rubbing). FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of 'one of the most successful illustrated books of the eighteenth century' (Cohen-de Ricci). An excellent set with fine plates after Gravelot, Eisen, Cochin and Boucher. Issued simultaneously in Italian, this French translation is described by Cohen-de Ricci as 'more sought-after, and often more expensive'. Cohen-de Ricci 160-1; Ray 39-41. (5) View on Christie's.com

BOCCALINI, Trajano (1556-1613). Pietra del paragone politico. Cosmopoli [i.e. Leiden: L. Elsevier], 1671. 24° (89 x 42mm). Engraved frontispiece by H. Bary, 8 etched plates by Romeyn de Hooghe. (End quires waterstained.) Contemporay calf decorated in blind (joints slightly cracked). Boccalini's satire against the Spaniards was first published in 1615 under the Cosmopoli imprint. The etchings by Romeyn de Hoogh in this edition are among the smallest he ever made. Brunet I: 1019; Hollstein IX 1088-1095; Landwehr Romeyn de Hooghe 10. View on Christie's.com

CALLOT, Jacques (1592-1635). Les Images de tous les Saincts et Saintes de l'année suivant le martyrologe Romain. Paris: Israel Henriet, 1636. 2° (291 x 180mm). Engraved title, frontispiece, and 122 plates by Henriet after Callot. (The first few leaves strengthened in the inner margin, occasional light mostly marginal spotting, old repair in the margin of the last plate.) Contemporary sprinkled calf (hinges and joints split but holding, corners and extremities rubbed). Provenance: M. Gallien (notes in pencil on the front pastedown, and laid-in, dated 1896). FIRST EDITION, mixed issue: first issue of the plates of Saints with blank margins and signed only with Israel's name; second issue of the plates of feast days; second issue title and imprint with the correct reading 'Henriet'; first issue dedication with all the text on the recto; third issue frontispiece with the caption reading 'ny de mort'. A VERY GOOD COPY. Brunet I: 1484. View on Christie's.com

DONNE, John (1573-1631). Biathanatos. A Declaration of that Paradoxe, or Thesis, that Selfe-homicide is not so Naturally Sinne, that it may never be otherwise. London: John Dawson [1647]. 4° (191 x 140mm). Without initial blank. (First 3 leaves with repair to margin, light marginal browning.) Contemporary panelled calf (expertly rebacked preserving old spine, new spine label, rear free endpaper renewed with the original now bound at front). Provenance: early readers (annotations on title and front free endpaper) -- Everard Meynell (bookplate laid in). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the title undated, of the earliest of Donne's controversial writings, published posthumously. Donne had always been reluctant to publish and was content to let the work, which expressed his doubts about the absolute sinfulness of suicide, circulate in manuscript. Keynes 47; Wing D-1848. View on Christie's.com

EDDA -- Edda Islandorum an. Chr. M.CC.XV Islandice conscripta per Snorronem Sturlae. Copenhagen: H. Gode, 1665. [Bound with:] Philosophia antiquissima Norvego-Danica dicta Volupsa quae pars Edda Saemundi, Edda Snorronis non brevi antiqvioris. Copenhagen: H. Gode, 1665. [And:] Ethica odini pars Edda Saemundi vocata Haavamaal unà cum ejusdem appendice appelato Runa Capitule. Copenhagen: H. Gode, 1665. 3 works in one volume, 4° (193 x 150mm). (First title lightly soiled, a little light spotting throughout, a few leaves with faint waterstain in outer margin.) Contemporary mottled calf (head and tail of spine chipped, lightly rubbed and a few scuff marks on sides). FIRST EDITION of the great Icelandic sagas of Edda (Snorre-Edda), Volupsa and Havamal, containing tales from Nordic mythology. Volupsa is a powerful and moving poem describing the worlds creation, golden age and total destruction before starting new cycle. The Prose Edda includes rules of poetic diction and quotes extensively from the scaldic poems. It was originally referred to as simply the Edda, but was later called the Prose Edda to distinguish it from the Poetic Edda, a collection of anonymous poetry from earlier traditional sources compiled around the same time as the Prose Edda in 13th-century Iceland. View on Christie's.com

FÉNELON, François de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715). Les Aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse. Imprimé par ordre du Roi pour l'education de Monseigneur le Dauphin. Paris: Franç. Ambr. Didot l'aîné, 1783. 2 volumes, 4° (295 x 220mm). Titles with engraved arms of the Dauphin. (T1v and T2r of vol. I with offsetting from page marker, light creasing to corners.) Contemporary crimson morocco gilt by Gaudreau, signed on turn-ins, spines with raised bands, two compartments directly lettered, others with fleuron and small tools, triple fillets on sides, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, blue silk markers, gilt edges (spines a little sunfaded and lightly rubbed at extremities, one or two tiny holes). Provenance: A.L. McLaughlin (bookplate; sale Sotheby's Monaco, 7 October 1980, lot 1704). LIMITED TO 200 COPIES printed with the new types of Didot l'aîné on papier grand raisin vélin d'Annonay made by Matthieu Johannot, this copy in a signed binding by Gaudreau, 'relieur de la Reine'. The present 4to edition of Fenelon's Télémaque was first in the series of classsic French and Latin authors printed in this format for the education of the Dauphin. Brunet II: 1215; Quérard 92. (2) View on Christie's.com

[FERGUSON, Adam (1723-1816)]. Reflections previous to the Establishment of a Militia. London: for R. and J. Dodsley, 1756. 8° (216 x 140mm). Stitched as issued, uncut (dust-soiled). FIRST EDITION of this work by a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. The original state of this copy shows that the title is conjugate to H1. ESTC T93204. View on Christie's.com

[FIELDING, Henry (1707-54)]. Tumble-down Dick: or Phaeton in the Suds, a dramatick Entertainment of Walking ... invented by the ingenious Monsieur Sans Esprit. London: for J. Watts, 1736. 8° (208 x 132mm.). (Title silked, slightly soiled.) Stitched in 20th-century blue paper wrappers, uncut. FIRST EDITION. View on Christie's.com

[HOLBEIN, HANS (1497-1543) AND] HOLLAR, WENCESLAUS (1607-1677). MORTALIUM NOBILITAS. [ANTWERP:] 1651. 30 ENGRAVED PLATES WITH BIBLICAL MOTTOS IN LATIN AS CAPTIONS (C.75 X 55MM TO PLATE MARK) WITHIN ENGRAVED BORDERS (114 X 88MM TO PLATE MARK) BY HOLLAR AFTER HOLBEIN (THE PLATES) AND DIEPENBEEK (THE BORDERS), EACH TIPPED, ONE PER LEAF, IN A MODERN ALBUM (250 X 161MM). (WITHOUT THE TITLE, OCCASIONAL LIGHT SPOTTING.) MODERN QUARTER MOROCCO, FLAT SPINE TITLED IN GILT. THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF HOLLAR'S VERSION OF HOLBEIN. The series is among the most enduring of all renditions of the medieval 'Dance of Death'. Holbein's designs reflect a newly-humanistic conception of death, depicting with realism its arrival into domestic and everyday settings. This celebrated and much reproduced series of copper-plates was made in the years of Hollar's exile in Antwerp (1645-1650). Pennington 233-262. View on Christie's.com

FRANCOLIN, Hans von (1520-86). Thurnier Buech Warhafftiger Ritterlicher Thaten, so in dem Monat Junii des vergangnen LX. Jars in und ausserhalb der Statt Wienn zu Rosz und zu fuesz, auff Wasser und Lannd gehalten worden. Vienna: Raphael Skrzetusky, called Hoffhalter, for the author, [1560-61]. 2° (289 x 191mm). Collation: A6; B-N4 (N4 blank), O-P4 Q2, R-X4, x2, Y-Z4; 7 large folded etched plates, including two by Hanns Lautensack (at G4 and N4), one attributed to Francesco Terzi (at H2), one by the monogrammist FA (at I3), one attributed to Giovanni Guerra (at Q2), one unsigned (at X3) and one attributed to Johann Thwenger. Gothic type. Title printed in red and black surrounded by a border of 10 armorial woodcuts, full-page woodcut portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I by Donat Hübschmann on verso, large emblematic etching by Johann Schlutpacher de Rauris (A6v), full-page woodcut by Hanns Lautensack of the standard-bearer Heinrich the younger, Burgrave of Meissen (E1r), 45 woodcut coat-of-arms in quire x, on Z1r woodcut device incorporating the arms of the printer, a Polish nobleman. (Stain on title and final leaf with colophon, sheet A1.6 somewhat browned, one sheet and one plate detached, short tear in fold of 4 plates, 3 plates just shaved on one side.) Contemporary limp vellum (small hole in spine, ties missing, a second book removed from the binding). Provenance: green library stamp on title (unidentified) -- Lathrop Harper (sold in 1955 to:) -- Paul and Marianne Gourary. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN of the finest early printed book on tournaments. It describes in detail and spectacularly illustrates the tournaments, staged battles (including an elaborate naval scene), balls and banquets, held at Vienna to honour the visit of Albrecht V Duke of Bavaria (1528-79), son-in-law of Emperor Ferdinand I and brother-in-law of King Maximilian of Bohemia (from 1564 Emperor Maximilian II). According to Graesse (II, 629), the Latin edition of the same year has different illustrations, which he describes as 'moins bonnes', and the same is true for Feyerabend's Frankfurt edition appended to Rüxner's Thurnier Buch (1566). The author served as Herald to John II Sigismund, King of Hungary. In complete condition with the full complement of etched plates, the book is OF THE GREATEST RARITY; both Ruggieri copies were imperfect and Bartsch describes only three of the etchings. FINE IMPRESSIONS. Brunet Supplement II: 767; Mayer, Wiens Buchdruckergeschichte I, 88-89 ('Pearl of all the books printed in Vienna'); Ruggieri 827; Watanabe 21. View on Christie's.com

HOWARD, Ebenezer (1850-1928). To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd., 1898. 8° (187 x 125mm). 7 chromolithographs. (Dampstain on the top and foredge and a very few margins.) Publisher's original red cloth, upper side lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt (spine sunned, sides and endpapers dampstained). Provenance: Miss Brown Smith (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION. A PRESENTATION COPY of this rare Printing and the Mind of Man title: the founding document of the Garden City movement, which established 'Town and Country Planning as a universally recognized obligation of government in the civilized world' (PMM). Inscribed by the author: 'To Miss Brown Smith, with the best wishes of the author, who has a very pleasant recollection of your interest in his project long before it had reached its present stage, & with his earnest hope that you may feel his aims are worthy of your best efforts being directed to their practical realisation. E. Howard Oct. 4 1898'. ABPC records only one copy selling at auction in 35 years. PMM 387. View on Christie's.com

ALBUMASAR (787-886). De magnis coniunctionibus. Edited by Johannes Angelus, translated by Johannes Hispalensis. Augsburg: Erhart Ratdolt, 31 March 1489. Chancery 4° (205 x 152mm). Gothic type, 286 woodcuts, some repeated, ornamental initials. (Small hole in lower margin of final leaf). 19th-cenutry red morocco gilt by Trautz-Bauzonnet, 'YY' monogram within oval on front cover, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed, a few light scuff marks on front cover). Provenance: NICHOLAS YEMENIZ (1783-1871, bibliophile; binding, book-label, Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de M. N. Yemeniz, no. 968) -- engraved bookplate with motto 'Tout Passe Le Livre Reste' (on pastedown) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 4). THE YEMENIZ COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Albumasar was the leading astrologer of his day, and he presents here his thesis of creation based on the alignment of the seven planets. HC *611; GW 836; BMC II, 383; BSB-Ink A-226; Bod-inc A-153; Schreiber 3072; Houzeau & Lancaster 3819; Fairfax Murray German 26; Klebs 39.1; Goff A-360; . View on Christie's.com

ANTONIUS DE VERCELLIS (d.1483). Sermones quadragesimales de xii mirabilibus Christianae fidei excellentiis, with additions by Ludovicus Brognolo. Venice: Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forlivio [for Alexander Cacedonius], 16 February 1492/93. Super-chancery 4° (209 x 158mm). Gothic type, incipit printed in red, printer's device on G8v, printed guide-letters, rubricated. (Title lightly waterstained and with small hole, some mainly marginal staining or spotting, a few leaves browned.) 19th-century sheep-backed boards (spine wormed amd a little rubbed). Provenance: 'Fratris Hieronimi de bononia' (early inscription at end) -- early inscriptions deleted from title; early marginal annotations -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 10). FIRST EDITION. H *15949; GW 2260; BMC V 343; Bod-inc A-357; BSB-Ink A-644; Goff A-918. View on Christie's.com

AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (St., 354-430). Opus quaestionum. Edited by Augustinus de Ratisbona and Jodocus Badius Ascensius. Lyons: Johannes Trechsel, 25 April 1497. Chancery 2° (280 x 200mm). 283 leaves (of 286, Ff1 and Ff2 supplied in facsimile, without final blank). Gothic types. Initial spaces with printed guide-letters, printer's device on Pp9v. (Some marginal dampstaining.) 16th-century calf over wooden boards tooled in blind with foliate and floral roll-tools, possibly British, brass catches and clasps, old spine label (extremities lightly rubbed, rebacked preserving some of the original backstrip). Provenance: Boies Penrose II (bookplate) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 14). RARE FIRST EDITION of this important text by St Augustine of Hippo and THE ONLY EDITION PRINTED BEFORE 1500. HC *1965; GW 2915; BMC VIII, 301; BSB-Ink A-894; CIBN A-711; Goff A-1297. View on Christie's.com

BAPTISTA MANTUANUS (1447-1516). Parthenice prima, sive Mariana. -Ad beatam Virginem votum post febrim acerrimam. Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 10 February 1492. Chancery 4° (209 x 140mm). Gothic types. Opening 6-line initial in red and blue with penwork decoration and extensions, other initials in red or blue, red capital strokes. (Title in facsimile, bottom margin of final leaf replaced.) Early 20th-century brown morocco, gilt lettering on spine. Provenance: some contemporary marginal annotations -- George Dunn, Woolley Hall (1865-1912, bookplate) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 18). Third edition of an important work, printed by the FIRST PRINTER in Deventer. It was the first in a series of seven hagiographic epic poems in which the Italian Carmelite poet celebrated the lives of Mary, Catherine of Alexandria and other Roman Catholic saints. Not in BSB. HC 2635; GW 3278; BMC IX 55; IDL 650; CIBN B-44; Goff B-59. View on Christie's.com

BANDELLUS DE CASTRONOVO, Vincentius (1435-1506). Libellus recollectorius auctoritatum de veritate conceptionis beatae virginis Mariae. Milan: Christophorus Valdarfer, 1475. Median 4° (221 x 161mm). Gothic types. Opening 12-line initial in azure, other spaces blank. (Occasional light marginal staining.) Early 20th-century brown calf. Provenance: a few early marginal annotations -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 17). FIRST EDITION. 'The author's name is not given in the book, which has also been ascribed to Jacobus de Susato (Soest), but it is shown to be Bandello's work by the réchauffé dedicated by him to the Duke of Ferrara under the title De singulari puritate et praerogatiua conceptionis Saluatoris nostri and first printed by Rugerius at Bologna in 1481' (BMC). The author, a professor of theology and, in 1501, general of the Dominican order, was one of the century's most violent opponents of the Immaculate Conception. His opposition was brought to an end by Sixtus IV's bull of 1483. H *2352; GW 3237; BMC VI, 726; BSB-Ink B-33; Bod-inc B-022; Goff B-48. View on Christie's.com

BAYSIO, Guido de (d. 1313). Rosarium decretorum. Edited by Petrus Albinianus Trecius, with additions by Paulus Pisanus. Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 12 December 1480. Royal 2° (399 x 263mm). Gothic types, double column. Initials opening each 'causa' in interlocking red and blue, other initials in red or blue, printed and MS headlines, MS guide-letters. (Small wormholes in first 2 quires and last quires, without final blank, some printed headlines shaved, a little light spotting.) Late 16th/early 17th-century German blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, sides panelled with rolls, arms of the monastery of St. Michael's, Metten (possibly Abbot Johann Nablas, 1595-1628) on front cover, St. Michael and the dragon in medallion on rear cover, two fore-edge clasps, red edges (lightly rubbed, short tear at spine foot). Provenance: Metten, Bavaria, Benedictine abbey of St. Michael (17th-century inscription, binding) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer, 2003, no. 68). Fourth edition, the first edited by Trecius, who advertises the greater correctness of the edition in his preface. HC *2716; GW 3746; BMC V, 256; BSB-Ink B-247; Goff B-287. View on Christie's.com

BIBLIA LATINA. Venice: Octavianus Scotus, 31 May 1480. Chancery 4° (207 x 144mm). Gothic types. Opening initial in green with red penwork decoration, other initials in red or blue, MS guide-letters. (Without first blank, some staining, neat tear into text in I5, last leaf repaired on verso with loss of a few letters, blue initials sometimes washed out.) 19th-century half burgundy morocco, gilt edges (lightly rubbed). Provenance: early marginal annotations (sometimes trimmed or washed) -- Jesuit house "Pauperes Evangelizantur" stamp) -- [?Robert Van Biesebroeck (1923-2001, Bruges collector, cf. De Gulden Passer, p. 20) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 27). Rare on the market; no copy of this edition has been sold at auction in over 35 years. HC *3080; GW 4245; BMC V, 276; BSB-Ink B-441; Bod-inc B-279; Goff B-570. View on Christie's.com

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Genealogiae deorum. -De montibus silvis, fontibus. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 1494/95. Super-chancery 2° (290 x 190mm). Roman type. 13 full-page woodcut genealogical trees opening the first 13 books, woodcut initials, publisher's device at end. (Corners repaired with text loss of 8 lines on verso of leaf a1 and with loss of a few words from leaf a2 to a7, closed worm track in upper margin of first 10 leaves, a few small wormholes and light waterstaining, some marginal, some woodcuts shaved.) Late 18th-century calf (upper spine repaired retaining part of old spine, a few small wormholes, rubbed, corners bumped, front joint cracked). Provenance: contemporary marginal annotations, Biblioteca Corsinia Vetus (stamp on title verso). Fourth edition of the full text, and the first to contain the full-page woodcut diagrams illustrating the genealogy of the pagan gods. The woodcuts were next used in a 1497 reprint by Manfredus de Bonellis. HC *3321; GW 4478; BMC V, 444 (IB. 22904); BSB-Ink B-586; Klebs 190.3; Essling 799; Sander 1077; Goff B-753. View on Christie's.com

CAESAR, Gaius Julius (100-44 B.C). Commentarii . Edited by Hieronymous Bononius (1454-1517). - RAIMUNDUS MARLIANUS (ca. 1420-1475). Index Commentariorum C. Julii Caesaris. Venice: Theodorus de Ragazonibus, 13 July 1490. Chancery 2° (289 x 194mm). Roman type. First text page with Arese armorial in lower margin and possibly later illuminated initial, one other later decorated initial, other spaces filled with later pen initial. (Without first blank, lower margin of a2 renewed, retaining coat-of-arms, some light spotting and browning.) Modern vellum, lettered on spine. Provenance: Arese family, Milan nobility (coat-of-arms); early marginal annotations -- Honoratus [--] (inscription dated 1621 pasted over on first leaf) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 38. Third edition edited by Girolamo Bologni of Julius Caesar's commentary on the Gallic and Civil Wars. De Bello Gallico is his first-hand account of the battle of the Romans against the Gauls; its final chapter describes events after the war and was written by Aulus Hirtius. The De Bello Civili covers the period 49 to 48 B.C., from Caesar's invasion of Italy to Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Pharsalus. It continues with an account on the Alexandrian, African and Hispanic wars, believed to have been written by Aulus Hirtius and Gaius Oppius. HC *4219; GW 5870; BMC V 477; BSB-Ink C-29; Bod-inc C-011; CIBN C-11; Goff C-23. View on Christie's.com

AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, 354-430). De civitate Dei, in Italian: De la cita d'dio. [Venice?: Antonio di Bartolommeo da Bologna (Miscomini), c. 1476-78]. Chancery 2° (241 x 163mm). Roman type, double column. Red initials added later, early foliation. (Without first and final blank leaf, quire q misbound after h, some spotting, occasional small stain.) Modern calf, red leather spine label, earlier blue edges. Provenance: Theodore Low DeVinne (1828-1914; bookplate) -- Imrie de Vegh (gifted to:) -- Harvard College Library (bookplate; deaccession stamp). FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. It was previously owned by Theodore Low DeVinne, innovative printer at New York City, scholar of typography, and founding member of the Grolier Club. HC *2071; GW 2892; BMC VII, 1136; BSB-Ink A-865; CIBN A-691; Bod-inc A-534; Goff A-1248. View on Christie's.com

LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695). Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: 1764. 2 vols, 8° (181 x 113mm). 80 engraved plates after Eisen, sixty culs-de-lampe. (A few text leaves lightly browned.) Contemporary olive-green morocco gilt, sides with floral border, morocco labels, gilt edges (light minor rubbing to sides, and a few tiny wormholes to spines). Provenance: Fermor-Hesketh Library at Easton Neston (bookplate and case label in each volume). First pirated edition of this masterpiece of rococo book illustration. Printed just two years after the luxurious limited edition commissioned by the Fermiers Généraux, this edition presents the celebrated series of engravings after Eisen. Brunet III: 760; Cohen-de Ricci 571; Graesse IV: 75. (2) View on Christie's.com

LUYKEN, Jan. Icones Biblicae Veteris et N.Testamenti. Amsterdam: J. Covens & C. Mortier, [c.1729]. Oblong 2° (430 x 497mm). Engraved title, 11 engraved maps and plans, 61 double-page engraved plates (of 62, lacking plate 5). (All leaves with central vertical fold crease, very light spotting and browning.) Late 19th-century half vellum over marbled boards (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION OF THE EARLIEST STATE ISSUED ON LARGE PAPER. Contains a world map depicting California as an island. Brunet III: 1245. View on Christie's.com

OVID (43 B.C.-?17 A.D.). Metamorphosis, translated by George Sandys (1578-1644). London: William Standsby, 1626. 2° (255 x 158mm). Engraved title and portrait. (First gathering, including title and portrait, crudely re-margined, light waterstaining at beginning and end, small wormtrack in upper gutter, lightly spotted or soiled.) Contemporary calf, gilt Harbourne armorial on sides (rubbed and a little scuffed, new endpapers). Provenance: [John] Harbourne, Tackley, Oxon (High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1632; binding) -- George Sandys (pencil inscription at end dated 1673) -- John Y. Sandys (inscription at front dated October 5th, 1844; bookplate) -- Peter Cary (inscription on endpaper, dated 1944). With the second English edition of Publius Papinus Statius' The Thebaid of Statius (2 vols, London: 1773). (3) View on Christie's.com

PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809) Common Sense; addressed to the Inhabitants of America ... a new edition [Plain Truth]. London: for J. Almon, 1776. 2 parts in one vol., 8vo (226mm. x 145mm.) Half-title. (Some minor soiling.) Stitched as issued. FIRST LONDON EDITION View on Christie's.com

PAMPHLETS -- [HEAD, Richard (?1637-1686)]. O-Brazile, or the inchanted Island being a perfect relation of the late discovery and wonderful dis-inchantement of an island on the north of Ireland: with an account of the riches and commodities thereof. Edinburgh: re-printed 1675. 8pp. (Upper margin closely shaved, lightly soiled.) A RARE WORK describing an imaginary island off the cost of Ulster. This is the second edition, known in only 2 other copies (BL and NLS); the first and third editions, also printed in 1675, are also rare and no copy of any edition has sold at auction in over 35 years. The work is dated and pseudonymously signed by Richard Head: Londonderry, March 14. 1674. Wing H1270. Bound with 10 other pamphlets, including: BURNET, Gilbert, 1643-1715. Letter written upon the discovery of the late plot. London, 1678. Wing B5825. -- BURNET, Gilbert. The Unreasonableness and Impiety of Popery: in a second letter written upon the discovery of the late plot. London, 1678. Wing B5935. -- BURNET, Gilbert. A Relation of the Barbarous and Bloody Massacre of about an hundred thousand Protestants, begun at Paris, and carried on over all France by the papists, in the year 1572. London 1678. Wing R814. -- USSHER, James (1581-1656). Strange and remarkable prophefies and predictions of the holy, learned and excellent James Usher. Licensed, November the 16th. Printed 1681. Wing U226. -- [?HUBERT, William] The Puritan Convert or, a discourse by the way of a letter. 1676. Half-title. Wing H3246A. -- BOLDE, Samuel (1649-1737). A Sermon against persecution and the time when the brief for the persecuted protestants in France, was read in the parish church. London, 1682. Fourth edition. Wing B3491. -- [?PEARSON, Anthony] Of Tything amongst the Iewes, 37pp., added before is a manuscript page: 'Anthonie Pe[a]rson's Booke against Tithes who turning Quaker afterward turned so carnall as I was certainly informed that he died in agonies of conscience.' -- BRITTEN, William (d.1669). Silent Meeting, a wonder to the world; yet practised by the apostles and owned by the people of god, scornfully called Quakers. London, 1660. Wing B4825. -- [SMITH, William (d.1673)]. An Holy Kiss of Peace, sent from the Seed of Life. London,1660. Drop-head title. Wing S4307. 11 pamphlets in one volume, 4° (183 x 142mm). (Some browning and soiling.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, quite rubbed). Provenance: 2-page manuscript letter by ?T. Cuthur to T. Hodgkin (tipped-in on front endpaper, dated Newcastle, 23 August 96, explaining that Mr Cuthur is giving this book to T. Hodgkin as a thank you because Mr Hodgkin helped him financially sometime back) -- Thomas Hodgkin (bookplate). View on Christie's.com

PANTALEON, Heinrich (1522-1595). Militaris Ordinis Iohannitarum, Rhodiorum, aut Melitensium Equitum, rerum memorabilium... Historia nova. Basel: [Thomas Guarinus], 1581. 2° (330 x 200mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut illustrations throughout, including maps, views and portraits, some full-page. (Light browning, faint dampstain in the last few gatherings, a few short marginal tears, occasional spotting.) Near-contemporary vellum, spine lettered in manuscript (some soiling, one turn-in lifting). Provenance: Theological Institute of Connecticut (blindstamps). FIRST EDITION of Pantaleon's history of the Christian orders and their deeds against Turks, Arabs, and others in various theatres. The woodcuts include views of Jerusalem, Tyre, and Damascus, maps of the Holy Land, Cyprus, the Nile delta, Greece, and the Balkans, and plans of Constantinople and other cities. Not in Atabey. Adams P-178. View on Christie's.com

[SONGBOOK] -- BREDERODE, Gerbrand Adriaensz (1585-1618). Boertigh, Amoreus, en Aendachtigh Groot Lied-boeck. Amsterdam: Cornelis Lodowijcksz: vander Plasse, 1622. 3 parts in one volume, oblong 8° (150 x 195mm). General title, additional engraved title, each part with separate title, engraved portrait of the author by Hessel Gerritsz, 20 engraved illustrations, including 3 full-page and 17 half-page, by Jan van de Velde and Michel le Blon, 2 full-page calligraphic woodcuts. (Closed long tear in M1, inner margin of general and engraved title strenghtened, occasional light spotting, very light offsetting from plates). 19th-century vellum (new endpapers). Provenance: G.S. Overdiep (bookplate). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of the famous Groot Lied-boeck, a collection of poems, mostly love and wedding songs. The beautiful illustrations depict scenes of love and courtship. 10 of the engravings are by Jan van de Velde the younger (1587-1658) and 3 by Michel le Blon (1593-1641). View on Christie's.com

[SONGBOOK] -- Amsterdamsche Pegasus, waer in (uyt lust) be een nergadert zijn, deel Minnelijcke Liedekens.... Amsterdam: P.A. van Ravesteyn for Cornelis Willemsz Blaeu-Laken, 1627. Oblong 4° (154 x 191mm). Additional engraved title, 10 engraved illustrations by Jan van de Velde the younger, musical scores in the text (small hole in lower margin from C1 to end repaired, light waterstaining towards the end, lightly browned, margins lightly dust-soiled). Contemporary vellum (front inner hinge starting to crack, lacking ties, lightly soiled). Provenance: Jacob Rocher (contemporary inscription in Latin on front free endpaper, dated 24 July 1635) -- The Royal Society, London (2 stamps on verso of printed title and one on lower margin of final leaf of text). FIRST EDITION, of this collection of Dutch rural and pastoral songs. They are accompanied by 10 engravings by Jan van de Velde (1593-c.1641) who is well known for his landscapes drawn from nature. His naturalistic detail and simple composition influenced other artists, including Rembrandt. Brunet I, 248. View on Christie's.com

[SONGBOOK] -- CAMPHUYSEN, Dirk Raphaelsz (1586-1627). Stichelycke Rymen, om te lesen ofte singhen. Amsterdam: Jacob Colom, 1647. Oblong 4° (144 x 196mm). Folding engraved portrait of the author by S. Savey, 60 engraved illustrations, including one tipped-in between Q4 and R1, large historiated woodcut initials, musical scores. (Small part of inner margin of portrait torn away with slight loss of image, lower corner of C4 torn away, small hole in Oo4 affecting one or two letters over 3 lines, a few short marginal tears, light marginal finger-soiling, stronger soiling on Rr2v and Rr3r). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt border on sides and central gilt lozenge (skilfully rebacked with old spine relaid, upper corners repaired, rubbed). Provenance: G.S Overdiep (bookplate). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION of this celebrated Dutch songbook. Each illustration is accompanied by a four-line poem beneath. Parts one and two include musical scores for every poem. First published in 1624, this book went through several editions in the 17th century. Praz p.35 (calls for only 58 illustrations). View on Christie's.com

SURTEES, Robert Smith (1805-1864).] Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities ... second edition. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. 8° (212 x 134mm). Hand-coloured etched frontispiece, additional title, and 13 plates by Henry Alken. (Occasional light spotting.) Original green cloth gilt, gilt edges (extremities a little rubbed, covers with light marks). FIRST EDITION WITH ALKEN'S COLOURED PLATES. Described as the second edition but actually the third, following those of 1838 and 1839. Schwerdt II, p.236; Tooley 471. [JOHNSTONE, Charles (?1719-1800).] Chrysal: or, the Adventures of a Guinea. A new edition. London: J. Watson, 1821. 3 vols., 8° (210 x 128mm). Half-titles, 15 hand-coloured plates. (Text block slightly loose.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, gilt spines, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed). (4) View on Christie's.com

TASSO, Torquato (1544-95). La Gierusalemme liberata, commentary by S. Gentili and G. Guastavini. Genoa: Girolamo Bertoli, 1590. 4° (262 x 183mm). Engraved title and 20 full-page illustrations after Bernardo Castello by Giacomo Franco and Agostino Carracci. (Title soiled and laid down, some spotting, soiling and browning throughout). Contemporary calf (front cover detached, lacking spine, worn). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, first edition with the commentary of Gentili and Guastavini. Adams T243; Harvard Italian 494. View on Christie's.com

TASSO, Torquato (1544-95). Il Messaggiero dialogo - Discorso della virtú heroica et della charita - Discorso della virtú feminile e donnesca --Il Gonzaga Secondo. Venice: Bernardo Giunta, 1582. 4 works in one volume [?]as issued, 4° (203 x 140mm), titles with woodcut arms. (Old repair to margin of first title and following preliminary, closed tear along one leaf, last leaf of third work torn through, some mainly marginal waterstaining and spotting, some corners creased.) Contemporary limp vellum (worn and crinkled). FIRST EDITION of a little known series of treaties and dialogues by Tasso. Il Messaggiero dialogo was written in 1580 and published without the author's permission in 1582, one year after the publication of Jerusalem Delivered. Dedicated to Vincenzo Gonzaga, duke of Mantova, it is bound with Il Gonzaga Secondo, a dialogue on games, chess and gambling with Giulio Cesare Gonzaga. Graesse VI, p. 39. View on Christie's.com

TURKEY -- WOLF, Hieronymus (ed.). Historia Rerum in Oriente Gestarum ab exordio mundi et orbe condito ad nostra haec usque tempora. Frankfurt: Sigismund Feyrabend, 1587. 2° (347 x 229mm). Woodcut device on the title and colophon, arms of Nidhard Thungen on the dedication leaf (occasional minor spotting, occasional faint marginal dampstain.) Near contemporary vellum, spine lettered in manuscript (light soiling). Provenance: William H. Morley (1815-1860, title-stamps, inscriptions) -- Theological Institute of Connecticut (blindstamps, shelf label on the spine). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of this important compilation of early sources on Turkey and the Islamic world, including Chalcocondylas, Zonaras, Laocitas, Gregoras and Nicetas. From the library of the orientalist and lawyer William Hook Morley. In 1838, the same year this book came into his library, Morley distinguished himself by discovering Jami Al Tawarikh, a lost manuscript of Rashidudin, and entered the Middle Temple. Later in life he became librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society. Katip Celebi translated part of this History for his own Rawnaq al Sultana. Atabey 582; Blackmer 819. View on Christie's.com

MORDEN, Robert (d.1703). Geography rectified: or, A Description of the World. London: for Robert Morden and Thomas Cockeril, 1680. Small 4° (200 x 153mm). 'A Catalogue of the Maps in this Book' bound before title, title in red and black, hand-coloured engraved map of the world and 62 hand-coloured maps in the text. (Lacking Cc1-Cc4, map of 'Zanguebar' cut out and laid down, very light mainly marginal browning, a few spots or stains). Contemporary red calf, double gilt fillet on sides, central gilt panel with floral cornerpieces, spine lavishly decorated and lettered in gilt, inner dentelles, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, a few scuff marks on sides). FIRST EDITION, AN ATTRACTIVE COPY of Morden's celebrated atlas. A second edition was published in 1688, and further editions in 1693 and 1700. The book contains 15 maps of America including a general map of America (Burden's second state) showing California as an island. The small world map in two hemispheres appeared also in Patrick Gordon's Geography Anatomised (1693, 1699, 1700 and 1702 editions) and Modern's Atlas Terrestris (c.1700). Burden 519-524; Shirley Mapping of America 503; Sabin 50535; Wing M2619. View on Christie's.com

[ANSON, George, Baron (1697-1762)]. An Authentic Account of Commodore Anson's Expedition ... taken from a Private Journal. London: for M. Cooper, 1744. 8vo (215mm. x 135mm.) (Some leaves slightly soiled.) Stitched in 20th-century blue paper wrappers, uncut. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 1631. View on Christie's.com

GOTTHEIL, Julius (1810-1868), artist. Mecklenburgisches Album. Hamburg: W.L. Anthes for B.S. Berendsohn, 1855-1856-1867. Oblong 4° (242 x 330mm). 2pp. list of subscribers. Chromolithographic title, 60 steel-engraved plates. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary half calf, 3 (of 20) original yellow letterpress part wrappers bound in at front (extremities rubbed, head of spine defective, rear wrapper of 1867 part creased and soiled). Provenance: Mecklenburgische Ritter und Landschaft Bibliothek (stamp to verso of title). FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive collection of views of Mecklenburg, north-eastern Germany. Two issues are advertised, available either on china paper, or the standard 'milchweisses Kupferdruckpapier'; the present work is the latter. An East German reprint appeared in 1986. View on Christie's.com

MENNIE, Donald, photographer (fl. 1899-1941). The Grandeur of the Gorges. Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co. Kelly & Walsh Ltd., 1926. 4° (312 x 248mm). Limitation leaf, half-title, title and initial to introduction printed in green and brown, text printed in brown. 50 mounted plates, the majority photogravure, twelve hand-coloured, the latter possibly gelatin silver prints, each approx. 150 x 218mm. (Occasional very faint marginal spotting.) Original pictorial embroidered silk binding, contained in the original pebble-grained brown cloth box (extremities lightly rubbed and soiled). Provenance: Edythe B. Grey and William J. Grey (ink presentation inscription to half-title to:) -- Lucy Nancy Lambert (subscriber's name printed on limitation leaf). FIRST EDITION, limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 100. Mennie was a Scottish-born American photographer who initially worked as an assistant in the firm of Mactavish & Lehman & Co. in Beijing, and then for the MacTavish Photo Shop, one of the first producers of picture postcards of Shanghai. He later joined A.S. Watson & Co. in Shanghai, where he eventually becoming the firm's managing director. A.S. Watson is now the worlds largest retailer of health and beauty products, and in the 1920s it had a photographic division which published works such as the present lot. View on Christie's.com

POLAR EXPLORATION -- MURRAY, George Robert Milne (1858-1911), editor. The Antarctic Manual for the use of the expedition of 1901 edited by... Murray... with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham ... presented to the Expedition and issued by the Royal Geographical Society. London: William Clowes & Sons for the R.G.S., 1901. 8° (221 x 147mm). Half-title. 3 folding tinted lithographic maps loose pocket at rear, illustrations. (Half-title browned and with light vertical crease near gutter, maps with light scattered, mainly marginal spotting, pp.169-172 with small marginal chips to fore-edge.) Original blue cloth, spine gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, upper cover with two small scratches, spine lightly soiled, endpapers browned as usual). FIRST EDITION, providing 'easy access to information, otherwise inaccessible, which was required by officers in their scientific investigations' (preface). It includes papers and extracts gathered together under various headings, including: Geography; Antarctic bibliography; Antarctic climate; The Aurora; Geology; Instructions for collecting rocks and minerals; Zoology; Botany; Arctic sledge-travelling. The Geography section includes the first printing of the Journal of John Biscoe, the probable discoverer of the Antarctic continent. Conrad p.119; Rosove 235.A1; Spence 829; Taurus 39. View on Christie's.com

CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. 8° (189 x 125mm). Half-title, frontispiece, plates and maps. (Light spotting, stronger at beginning and end). Original pictorial cloth (spine a little sunfaded, head and tail of spine slightly bumped). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Woods A(12). CHURCHILL, W.S. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. 8° (191 x 125mm). Half-title, folding maps. (Occasional light spotting). Original pictorial cloth (lightly soiled, a few red marks on rear cover). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Woods A(4). With 11 other works in 12 volumes, mostly by and 2 on Churchill, all from the library of Ronald Golding, including first editions of Ian Hamilton's March (London, 1900), Liberalism and the Social Problem (London, 1909), and My Early Life (London, 1930). (14) View on Christie's.com

CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). Secret Session Speeches. London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sidney: Cassell and Company, 1946. 8° (216 x 138mm). Half-title, plates. (Light spotting throughout). Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket (dust-jacket laminated, tail of spine torn away, spine browned, rear cover spotted). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Churchill to Ronald Golding on endpaper and dated 1946. Woods A114. View on Christie's.com

CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). The Second World War. London: Toronto, Melbourne, Sidney and Wellington, 1948-1954. 6 volumes, 8° (211 x 140mm). Half-title, illustrations. (Light spotting in vol.I & II, strong at beginning of both vols., only a few spots in others.) Contemporary black cloth, spines titled in gilt, dust-jackets (small stain on front cover of vol.I, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jackets covered with cellophane, taped to dust-jacket with adhesive tape in places, some repairs with adhesive tape). MIXED EDITION, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF VOLUMES I-III AND VI, VOLUMES IV AND V FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, PRESENTATION COPIES, volume I and II inscribed by Churchill to Ronald Golding and typed compliment slip from Churchill inserted in volume I. (6) View on Christie's.com

CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Step by Step 1936-1939. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1939. 8° (217 x 139mm). Half-title, folding map of Europe at end, borders printed in red, full-page map in the text. (Folding map lightly creased at folds and with very faint scattered spotting.) Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper side stamped in blind (extremities very lightly rubbed and faintly marked). Provenance: Winston S. Churchill (presentation inscription to:) -- Mary ('Mollie') Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1900-1993). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR in the month of publication, June 1939. Step by Step gathers Churchill's weekly commentaries for the Evening Standard, which had been widely read throughout Europe in syndication. Woods A45. View on Christie's.com