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Fuller (J.F.C.) Memoirs of Unconventional Soldier illustrations original cloth dust-jacket chipped and torn inscription to front end-paper 1936; Sir John Moore`s System of Training first edition original cloth dust-jacket chipped some foxing n.d.; The Reformation of War original cloth dust-jacket chipped some foxing 1923; and a quantity of others by Fuller § Liddell Hart (B.H.) editor The Rommel Papers first edition illustrations original cloth dust-jacket 1953; A Greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus frontispiece and maps original cloth slightly foxed 1930; Memoirs 2 vol first edition illustrations original cloth dust-jackets 1965; and a quantity of others by Liddell Hart v.s. (qty) (Qty)

Kaye (John William) History of History of the War first edition later half black morocco gilt rubbed some foxing to preliminary pages 1851 § Roberts (Lord) Forty-One Years in India 2 vol first edition illustrations original cloth slightly rubbed 1900 § Younghusband (Capt. G.J.) The Relief of Chitral map and illustrations original cloth soiled contemporary signature to half-title 1897; Indian Frontier Warfare first edition illustrations original cloth worn ink library stamps title and verso of end-paper 1898 § Shadwell (Capt. L.J.) Lockhart`s Advance Through Tirah illustrations and maps original cloth slightly rubbed 1898 § Lockhart (Gen. Sir William) The Campaign in Tirah 1897-1898 maps plans and illustrations original cloth rubbed contemporary signature to end-paper 1898 § Fendall (C.P) The East African Force 1915-1919 first edition photographs and map original cloth soiled 1921 § Reitz (Deneys) Commando A Boer Journal of the Boer War cloth 1929 § Farrelly (M.J.) The Settlement after the War in South Africa first edition original cloth uncut signature to end-paper 1900; and a quantity of others similar v.s. (Qty) (Qty)

Lee (Henry) Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States new edition with revisions illustrations original cloth worn 1869 § Knox (Capt. John) An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America... 3 vols maps and illustrations original cloth Freeport New York 1970 § Freeman (Douglas Southall) Lee`s Lieutenants 3 vol first edition illustrations original cloth New York 1942 § Fuller (Col. J.F.C.) The Generalship of Ulysses S.Grant first edition maps and illustrations original cloth dust-jacket chipped with some loss slightly foxed 1929 § Maurice (Sir Frederick) Robert E. Lee first edition original cloth spine faded 1925 § Pershing (John J.) My Experiences in the World War 2 vol limited edition signed by the author original cloth rubbed book-plate New York 1931; and a quantity of others similar on the American Civil War etc. v.s. (Qty) (Qty)

Maxwell (Sir Herbert) The Life of Wellington 2 vol. maps plans and illustrations original cloth gilt worn hinges cracked 1900 § Murray (Sir George) The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill First Duke of Marlborough 1702-1712 5 vol first edition original cloth gilt 1845 § Anthing (Frederick) History of the Campaigns of Count Alexander Suworow Rymnikski 2 vol frontispiece original boards paper spines lettering labels uncut book-plate of John Rutherford worn with a little loss to spines J.Wright 1799 § Keith (James) A Fragment of a Memoir of Field-Marshall James Keith Written by Himself. 1714-1734 first edition with an Als from Keith loose and another to Keith original cloth slightly worn inscription to front end-paper by George Dempster with his book-plate Edinburgh 1843 § Mitchell (J.) The Life of Wallenstein Duke of Friedland second edition frontispiece original cloth recased new end-papers slight damp-stain 1840 § Ramsey (David) Military Memoirs of Great Britain: first edition frontispiece maps and illustrations some in colour and folding modern half calf gilt David Ramsey Edinburgh 1779 § Forbin (Count de) Memoirs 2 vol second edition contemporary calf book-pales to front paste-down and front end-paper J.Pemberton 1734; and a quantity of others similar v.s. (Qty) § (Qty)

Napier (Charles) An Account of the War in Portugal 2 vol first edition contemporary half calf gilt annotation on title slightly rubbed 8vo 1836.(2)

Richards (Denis) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 3 vol mixed editions illustrations and maps original cloth dust-jackets chipped 1953-54 § Spaight (J.M.) Air Power and War Rights first edition original cloth slightly foxed 1924; Air Power and the Cities first edition original cloth 1930 § De Seversky (Maj. Alexander) Victory through Air Power first edition illustrations original cloth dust-jacket New York 1942 § Wheeler-Bennet (John W.) Hindenburg The Wooden Titan first edition illustrations original cloth slightly damaged at head of spine 1936; and a quantity of others on war in the air and aircraft v.s. (Qty) (Qty)

Rolt (Richard) An Impartial Representation of the of the Several Powers of Europe Engaged in the late General War 4 vol. first edition contemporary calf slightly rubbed 8vo S.Birt 1749-1750.(4)

Slatin Pasha (Rudolf C.) Fire and Sword in the Sud first edition illustrations original cloth gilt hinges cracked damp-stain to frontispiece rubbed 1896 § Egmont Hake (A.) The Journals of Major General C.G.Gordon C.B. maps and illustrations original cloth hinges cracked rubbed ink name-stamp to title and verso of front end-paper 1885 § Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom third impression illustrations original cloth dust-jacket torn with loss signature to half-title laid-in two copies of Lawrence of Arabia Memorial pamphlet -1935 v.s. (3)(3)

Tielke (J.G.) The Field Engineer Hegwill (Edwin) translator 2 vol first English edition diagrams many folding contemporary half calf rebacked rubbed slightly browned book-plate J.Walter 1789 § Clark (Geo.T.) Mediaeval Military Architecture first edition illustrations original gilt decorated cloth rubbed 1884 § Philips (Col. G.) Text Book on Fortification etc. 6th edition illustrations many folding original cloth worn 1899 § Martel (G.Le Q.) In the Wake of the Tank first edition illustrations original cloth dust-jacket soiled 1931 § Williams-Ellis (Maj. Clough) and A.Williams-Ellis. The Tank Corps first edition illustrations original parchment gilt slightly worn 1919 § Limited Edition Military Series; Muller (John) Treatise on Fortification 1746 (1968); LeBlond (Guillaume) A Treatise of Artillery 1746 (1968); Windgham (William) The Norfolk Militia 1759 (1969); Wolfe (Maj-Gen.James) Instructions to Young Officers 1780 (1967; Smith (Capt.George) An Universal Military Dictionary 1779 (1969) limited to 1/700 copies illustrated original cloth dust-jackets fine; and a quantity of others similar to includes arms and armour weapons etc. v.s. (Qty) (Qty)

Verner (Col. Willoughby) History & Campaigns of th first edition maps and illustrations some in colour original cloth gilt 1912 & 1919 § Broughton-Mainwaring (Maj. Rowland) Historical Record of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers first edition illustrations many in colour original cloth rubbed and worn 1889 § Woollright (H.H.) History of the Fifty-Seventh Regiment of Foot 1755-1881 first edition maps and illustrations original cloth slightly rubbed and soiled 1893 § Rogerson (Col. W.) Historical Records of the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment first edition illustrations augmented with original hand-drawn and coloured illustrations signed `K.M.Clayton 1918` original cloth slightly worn a few library stamps [1890] § Cannon (Richard) The Twenty-Third Regiment or The Royal Welsh Fusiliers first edition illustrations original cloth 1850 § Foulkes (Maj.-Gen. C.H.) “GAS” The story of the Special Brigade first edition maps and illustrations original cloth 1934 § Anglesey (Marquess) A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919 8 vol first edition maps and illustrations original cloth dust-jackets 1973-1997; and a large quantity of similar volumes on regimental histories v.s. (qty) (Qty)

* Zeppelin Bombing-Raid. An original copy of the Los Angeles Evening Herald newspaper dated Wednesday January 20th 1915, a rare surviving edition declaiming the first aerial bombing raid on Britain during the Great War, the headline inscribed “Zeppelins Terrorize England” and related articles & sub-headlines including quotes by H.G. Wells, who had predicted such atrocities in his fictional works decades earlier, mounted in original polished oak glazed frame, 21 x 18in (54 x 46cm) (1)

Ziegler (Frank). The Story of 609 Squadron Under the White Rose, 1st ed., 1971, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed and chipped d.j. with brown paper protectors covering, 8vo, together with Bag the Hun!, pub. Air Ministry, reprint, November 1943, volvelle to p.15 and target transparency in envelope at rear both still present, orig. printed wrappers, sl. frayed on the spine, oblong 8vo. The front free endpaper and title pages bear a total of 42 signatures of personnel associated with 609 Squadron. Many of the names are neatly identified in pencil beneath and include Sheep Gilroy, George Darley, Alec Ingle, John Bisdee, Count du Monceau, General Mike Donnet, Bee Beamont, Binkie Stark, Eric Roberts, Moose Evans, Frank Ziegler, G. H. Ambler Geerts, Harald Peake, et al. Provenance: David R. Shaw, former chairman of the 609 Squadron Association who obtained this first edition at the book launch of R.A.F. Club in London. (2)

* Coulson (Gerald). The First Blow. Published to mark the 50th Anniversary of the First R.A.F. Bombing Raid of the Second World War on September 4th 1939 by the Blenheims of 107, 110 and 139 Squadrons, pub. Solomon & Whitehead, 1989, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Flight Lieutenant George Booth, image size approx. 17.5 x 23.5in (43 x 60cm), gilt frame, glazed (limited edition 1016/1089), together with Wootton (Frank), Blenheim Mk IV, n.d., c. 1990, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and five WWII veterans, including the Rt. Hon. Viscount Rothermere, Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom, Air Commodore Edward Sismore, Group Captain Teddy Frayn and leading Aircraftsman Robert Butcher, image size approx. 15 x 24in (38 x 61cm), gilt frame, glazed (limited edition 713/850), plus Turner (Michael), The First Flight of the British Aerial Museum’s Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV WM-Z, pub. 1993, fine colour print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Graham Warner and John Romain, image size 14.5 x 19in (37 x 48cm), gilt frame, glazed (3)

* Spitfire Ia X4162 ‘LO-J’. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, RAF Westhampnett, pub. 1990, signed in pencil by Sandy Johnstone, image 28 x 43cm, framed and glazed (limited edition 245/8850, with certificate of authenticity verso), together with Walding (Barry), Brabazon - Lord of the Skies. Sunday September 4th 1949 The Bristol Brabazon Mk1 first took to the skies over Filton. Here with its majestic 230 foot wingspan, the giant aeroplane approaches the runway of finals, watched by a crowd of enthusiastic onlookers, pub. 1998, coloured print, signed in pencil by the artist and one other, image size 14 x 22.5in (35.5 x 57cm), no. 560 of 850 copies, framed and glazed, with eight other various aviation prints, all but two framed and glazed, including the Red Arrows and Concorde flying over the Queen Elizabeth passenger liner, with facsimile signatures to lower margin, also a Bruce Draper photograph ‘Adieu Ma Belle’ (Goodbye my love), pub. 1990, plus a framed set of twenty-five Player’s cigarette cards of Squadron badges, three cigarette card booklets and three aviation-related commemorative porcelain plates (16)

* Taylor (Robert). Out of Fuel, and Safely Home. A B-17 Fortress of the American 8th Air Force, with two engines out, makes a successful forced landing in an English cornfield. After an eight hour mission, with tanks dry, the pilot brings the might Warbird down safely in the first available field, pub. 1995, signed in pencil by the artist and five surviving aircrew, image size 17.5 x 27.5in (44 x 70cm), mahogany frame, glazed. Limited edition 710/1250. (1)

* Wootton (Frank). The Dam Busters. Published for 617 Squadron to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Squadron on March 24th 1943. The painting portrays the attack of the Mohne Dam on the night of May 16th/17th 1943 with Gibson in AJ-G and Martin in AJ-P circling either ends of the dam at the moment the breach was first seen, pub. 1993, signed in pencil by the artist and five surviving air crew, image size 19.5 x 23.5 (in (50 x 60cm), gilt frame, glazed. Limited edition 80/850. Signed by Wing Commander Jonathan H. Dickinson, George A. Chalmers DFC, DFM, Jim Clay DFC, Basil Feneron, Dudley Heal DFM, Edward C. Johnson, DFC and David J. Shannon, DSO, DFC. (1)

* Wootton (Frank, 1914-1998). Mosquito. Published to mark the 50th Anniversary of the maiden flight of the de Havilland Mosquito on November 25th, 1940 [pub. 1990], fine coloured print after the original, signed by the artist and six WWII pilots, image size 16.5 x 24in (42 x 61cm), gilt frame, glazed, signatures include: G. Farlny Nare, Paddy Tufield, Ivor Bloom, Pat Fillingham, Eric Brown and John Cunningham, (limited edition of 850 copies), together with Pugh-Jones (Seimon), Clean Sweep. Pilot Officer Broom, in a Blenheim IV of 107 Squadron leading an attack on shipping in Argostoli Harbour, Cephalonia, Greece on the 13th December 1941, pub. 1994, fine coloured print after the original, signed by the artist and Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom, image size 14 x 22.5in (35.5 x 57cm), stained wood frame, glazed (limited edition 22/300), plus Turner (Michael), The First Flight of the British Aerial Museum’s Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV WM-Z, pub. 1993, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Graham Warner and John Romain, image size. approx. 14.5 x 19in (37 x 48cm), stained wood frame, glazed (limited edition 183/850) (3)

* RAF First Day Covers and Miscellanea. A collection of approx. 140 first day covers, some signed, including Escaping Society 25th Anniversary (42, of which 6 are signed) and Escape from Crete series (16, of which 6 are signed), Squadron Anniversary series (40, of which 1 is signed), with copy correspondence from R.W. Lewis to various RAF Commanders and Officers, with an original handwritten reply from Arthur T. Harris and another from Viscount Portal of Hungerford, together with seven bone china limited edition RAF commemorative plates, various place mats and drinks coasters, and four aviation prints (rolled) (a carton)

Edward, Duke of Windsor, A King`s Story, the Memoirs of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor K.G., first American unlimited edition; loosely inserted with a sheet of the Duke`s personal monogrammed notepaper, inscribed, signed and dated: To Mary Burke with best wishes from Edward September 1951, New York 1951; The Duchess of Windsor, The Heart has its Reasons, first British edition, inscribed and signed: To Mary Burke with my sincere good wishes Wallis Duchess of Windsor; London, 1956, both with repaired dust jackets (2) Mary Burke was Wallis Simpson`s personal maid in the late 1920s and remained with her until the late 1930s. In her autobiography the Duchess pays tribute to Mary Burke as ‘a girl of fine character and high intelligence ........ both devoted servant and friend in my period of trouble’.

Burton (Captain Sir Richard F.). First Footsteps in East Africa, or an Exploration of Harar, Edited by His Wife, Isabel Burton, 2 vols., Memorial Edition, Tylston & Edwards, 1894, four chromolitho. plts. and two maps, correct as list, half-titles, occn. fox spots, top edges red, orig. gilt dec. black cloth, rubbed and some scuffing, spine ends sl. frayed, 8vo (1)

[Osborne, Francis]. Politicall Reflections Upon the Government of the Turks. Nicolas Machiavel. The King of Sweden’s Descent into Germany. The Conspiracy of Piso and Vindex against Nero. The Greatness and Corruption of the Court of Rome. The Election of Pope Leo the XI. The Defection from the Church of Rome. Martin Luther. By the Author of the late Advice to a son, 1st ed., London: printed by J.G. for Thomas Robinson in Oxford, 1656, A-H12, pp.[viii] 194, few early annotations to margins etc., slight dust soiling and minor toning, contemp. sheep, boards detached and lacking spine, rubbed and worn, 12mo. Two editions appeared in 1656; the first with the imprint as above; the second with the imprint ‘by J.G. for Richard Royston, to be sold by Richard Robinson’. A third edition was printed in 1662. This is an early work regarding the reasons for Ottoman greatness. Atabey 891. Wing O518. (1)

Raunkiaer (Barclay). Gennem Wahhabiternes Land paa Kamelryg... , 1st ed., Copenhagen, 1913, port. frontis., b & w illusts. including many from photos, folding col. map in pocket at rear, author’s signed presentation inscription to Dr. Ditlef Nielsen [Danish Islamic scholar, 1874-1949] to half-title, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and soiled, 8vo. This exploration of Eastern Arabia in 1912 was made on behalf of the Royal Danish Geographical Society. The first English edition, ‘Through Wahabiland on Camel-Back’ was published in 1916, a year after the death of the twenty-five-year old author from tuberculosis. (1)

Oosten (Henrik van). The Dutch Gardener, or, The Compleat Florist, containing the most successful method of cultivating all sorts of flowers ..., together with a particular account of the nursing of lemon and orange trees in northern climates, 1st English ed., 1703, eng. frontis. and two plates, a little old yellow colouring to frontis. offset to title, heavy spotting throughout and a little dampstaining to lower margin of early leaves, contemp. panelled calf, joints sl. cracked, small 8vo. Henrey 1197. Uncommon first English edition. (1)

La Quintinye (Jean de). Trattato del Taglio degl’ Alberi Fruttiferi, Bassano, 1697, engraved frontispiece, eleven folding engraved plates, light dampstain, wormtracks to rear pastedown, bookplate, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, loss to lower portion of spine, 8vo. Henrey 219 (first English edition). (1)

Liger (Louis). The Retir’d Gardener. In Six Parts. The First Two Being Dialogues Between a Gentleman and a Gardener... Translated from the French, the Second Edition, Revised by Joseph Carpenter, 1717, twenty engraved plates, plate numbered XVII omitted, lacking engraved frontispiece, annotation at end, some spotting and browning, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, 8vo. Henrey 990. (1)

Henderson (Robert, farmer). Treatise on the Breeding of Swine and Curing of Bacon; With Hints on Agricultural Subjects, 2nd ed., Enlarged and Improved, Leith, 1814, engraved plate and plan, previous owner signature, some spotting, bookplate, original boards, loss at foot of spine, 8vo. Kress B5836 (first edition). (1)

Aristotle. Politiques, or Discourses of government. Translated out of Greeke into French, with Expositions taken out of the best Authours, specially out of Aristotle himselfe, and out of Plato, conferred together where occasion of matter treated of by them both doth offer itselfe: The obseruations and reasons whereof are illustrated and confirmed by inumerable Examples ... concerning the beginning, proceeding, and excellencie of Civile Government. By Loys Le Roy, called Regius. Translated out of French into English [by John Dickenson], 1st English ed., printed by Adam Islip, 1598, title with printer’s woodcut device, previous owners signature excised to extreme upper outer corner, pale brown waterstain to upper portion throughout, blank leaf before title (possibly the initial blank or otherwise the endpaper), final blank present, sl. soiling to first and last leaf, contemp. vellum, soiled and some wear, with remains of ties, folio. STC 760. Tforzheimer 10. The first edition in English of Aristotle’s Politics, translated by the scholar and diplomat John Dickenson (c. 1570-1635/6), who served in several important diplomatic positions in the low countries in the early 1600s, and was appointed ordinary clerk to the Privy Council in 1622. (1)

Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacrosancta Testamenti Veteris & Noui, é sacra Hebraeorum lingua Graecorumq[ue] fontibus, consultis simul orthodoxis interpretibus, religiosissime translata in sermonem Latinum..., Tiguri: [Excudebat Christoph. Froschouerus], 1544, general title trimmed with loss and relaid, ink signatures and marginalia to general title and with printer’s woodcut device inked over and later eng. illust. applied, titles to Apocrypha and New Testament present (both dated 1544), ink annotation & adhesive mark to Apocrypha title, ink notes to verso of both titles with show-through, New Testament title torn/excised and repaired with later eng. illust. overlaid, few dec. woodcut initials (some hand-col.), ink underscoring and marginalia throughout (with some show-through), lower margin of leaf S1 repaired, majority of leaf Z7 excised and repaired, lacks blank leaf Z8 (possibly used to repaired preceeding leaf), heavy ink stain to leaves Ii1 & Ii2, leaf O9 trimmed and relaid, lacks blank leaf Oo10, running titles and some foredge marginal notes close-trimmed, slight dust-soiling and few other marks, ink notes to endpapers & blanks at front and rear, hand-col. eng. armorial of C. Emericus Teleki to upper pastedown, a.e.g., 19th c. gilt dec. morocco, slightly rubbed, contained in purpose-made slipcase, 8vo. Adams B1034. Refer to Darlow & Moule 6126 and Copinger 308. The first 8vo edition of the Zurich Latin Bible (omitting some of the editorial matter in the Folio and 4to editions of 1543-1544). With separate title-page to Apocrypha, reading: “Ecclesiastici libri, qui semper pro sacris libris ab Ecclesia habiti sunt ...”; and separate title-page to New Testament, reading “Nouum Testamentum omne ...”.Printer’s name in imprint is from title-pages of Apocrypha and New Testament. (1)

Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vols., mixed eds., 1776-88, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1 (detached with front free endpaper), three eng. maps, together with Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, 3 vols., 1796-1815, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 3 (port. & initial leaves detached), occ. scattered spotting, uniform calf, worn with some loss of leather to spines, insect damage and wear to covers, some boards detached, 4to. Volume 1 of the first work is a second edition. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (9)

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, Explained in their Different Meanings..., 2 vols., 1756, contemp. half calf with marbled boards, hinges cracking with one cover near-detached, 8vo. First abridged 8vo edition. (2)

Magna Carta. Magna Carta et ce tera antiqua statuta... , 2 parts in 1, pub. Thomas Marshe, 1556, black letter, a1 (blank?) conjugate of a8 stub only (as often), second part with separate part title and pagination, signature D misgathered, some damp staining and sl. soiling throughout, three leaves (one leaf of prelims. and F1/4 of second part) torn with loss of blank areas of foremargins, several lib. blind stamps to upper outer corners including first and last leaves, ink lib. numbers to head of title and foot of final page, joints cracked and contents somewhat shaken in contemp. blind panelled calf with gilt decoration to corners and a fleur-de-lys to centre of each board, somewhat worn with a little loss, small 8vo. STC 9277; Beale S15 & S23. This copy with the variant U4, 5 as cancellanda. A revised edition of the version printed by Thomas Berthelet in 1531 (STC 9271). (1)

[Pearson, John, and others, eds.]. Critici Sacri: sive Annotata Doctissimorium Virorum in Vetus ac Novum Testamentum. Quibus accedunt tractatus vardii theologico-philologici. Editio Nova in Novem tomos distributa, meltis anecdotis commentariis, ac indice ad totum opus locupletissimo, aucta, 9 vols., Amsterdam, 1698, title to first vol. printed in red and black, with printer’s eng. vign., thirteen eng. plts. at rear of first vol. of which ten are folding, including double-hemisphere world map by Montanus, some eng. and woodcut illusts. to text, occ. light browning, contemp. uniform full mottled calf, gilt-dec. spines, rubbed and some wear, mostly to head and foot of spines, one or two joints partly split at foot, small oval gilt label of Dr. Bray’s Library to foot of spine of each vol. (one or two missing). Brunet II, 426. See Sotheby’s, Macclesfield Library, 25-26 October 2006, lot 2884 (for the first edition). The second edition greatly enlarged from the first edition of 1660 of this extensive commentary, intended as a companion work to Walton’s mammoth Polyglot Bible, published in 1657. This revised edition required the collaboration of six Dutch publishers and booksellers from Amsterdam and Utrecht. From the lending library of Dr. Bray, St. James’s, London, with printed library rules, and gift label from the Bray Library to the clerical lending library in West Alvington, Devon, dated 1871, to front pastedown of each volume. (9)

Pelletier (Ambroise). Nobiliaire, ou Armorial General de la Lorraine et du Parrois, en forme de Dictionnaire, vol. 1 [all pub.], Nancy, 1758, half-title, title printed in red and black, approx. 1700 wood eng. illusts. of coats-of-arms to outer margins throughout, all with later hand-colouring by Jacques Francois Joseph de Faulx (born 1741), occ. early ink annotations, with ink annotations by De Faulx to front endpaper and half-title, including a somewhat crude painted armorial of the De Faulx coat-of-arms, and stating this volume was purchased in Metz, and that it was ‘mis en couleur par M. De Faulx procureur du Roi et terminé le 12 Mars 1826’, contemp. mottled calf, gilt-dec. spine, rubbed and some wear to edges, joints cracked, thick folio. Guigard 2681. A fine copy with attractive early colouring, of the first edition of Pelletier’s major work on heraldry, including the rare supplement and errata. Pelletier’s projected second volume remained in manuscript form, and was only published in facsimile in 1974. (1)

Creech (Thomas, trans.). Lucretius, His Six Books of Epicurean Philosophy, and Manilius, His Five Books, containing a system of the ancient astronomy and astrology, together with the philosophy of the stoicks ..., 1700, port. frontis. and five eng. plts., errata leaf at rear, some spotting throughout and heavy browning to early leaves (except plates), small marginal tear with loss to part-title of first work, contemp. panelled calf, antique-style calf reback, 8vo. Wing L3450 and M431. First edition in English of Manilius. (1)

Galilei (Galileo). Mathematical discourses concerning two new sciences relating to mechanicks and local motion, in four dialogues, I. Of the resistance of solids against fraction. II. Of the cause of their coherence. III. Of local motion, viz, equable, and naturally accelerate. IV. Of violent motion, or of projects, by Galileo Galilei, chief philosopher and mathematician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, with an Appendix concerning the center of gravity of solid bodies, done into English from the Italian, by Tho. Weston, late master, and now publish’d by John Weston, present master, of the Academy of Greenwich, 2nd ed. in English, pub. J. Hooke, 1730, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, headpieces, num. diags. in text, plus one table, final leaf of adverts., title sl. browned and soiled with old ink algebra notes to margins, long closed tear to leaf s1 with crude gummed label repair to margin, some old ink marginalia and underscoring including some errata corrections then deleted in errata list, old water stain to upper and lower margins with a few purple spots to lower margins of first few leaves (and front endpapers sl. damp frayed), bound with Bardwell (Thomas), The practice of painting and perspective made easy, 1st ed., 1756, imprimatur leaf before title, six eng. plts., signed by author to title verso to guarantee authenticity, a few ink corrections to text (in author’s hand?), a little spotting and soiling and sl. damp staining to plt. margins, partly torn bookplate of Eric Root to front pastedown, contemp. quarter calf over marbled boards, worn and covers det., 4to (250 x 195mm). Widely recognised as ‘the first modern textbook of physics and the foundation of the [modern] science of mechanics’. This second edition in English is realistically the earliest obtainable. The first translation into English by Thomas Salusbury was published in 1665 but nearly all copies were consumed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. (1)

La Mettrie (Julian Offray). Abrégé de la théorie chymique tire des propres ecrits de M. Boerhaave, auquel on a joint le traite du vertige, Paris, 1741, half title, errata leaf at rear, some spotting, a few ink marginalia, contemp. calf gilt, rubbed and upper joint cracked, 12mo. First edition of La Mettrie’s translation into French of that part of Boerhaave’s Essay on Theoretical Chemistry which deals with the four elements, together with a third printing of La Mettrie’s own Essay on Vertigo. The gilt corner decorations of shells are from the coat-of-arms of Chancellor Henri-Francois d’Heuesseau (1668-1751). On the third page of the Privilege, it states that a copy of this book must be placed in the library of this Chancellor d’Aguesseau. This copy of the book appears therefore to be the copy that was deposited there. (1)

[Ross, Alexander]. Arcana Microcosmi, or, The Hid Secrets of Man’s Body Discovered, in an anatomical duel between Aristotle and Galen, concerning the parts thereof, as also, by discovery of the strange and marveilous diseases, symtomes & accidents of man’s body ..., by A. R., 1652, some dampstaining throughout, closely trimmed at upper margin touching a few running heads towards rear, modern antique-style calf, 8vo. Enlarged second edition, and the first edition to contain the Criticism of Harvey’s De Generatione Animalium. Wing R1947; Gibson 561. (1)

Milne A.A. Winnie The Pooh first edition 1926, also Now We Are Six first edition 1927 (2 volumes)

Graham Greene, Loser Takes All, first edition 1955, The Quiet American 1955 first edition, both with dust covers, C S Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, first edition, and Destoievsky, Poor Folk 1894, first edition

Doughty, Charles. Travels in Arabia Deserta, new edition, introduction by T.E. Lawrence, two volumes, Cape, London 1936. Brown buckram, dustjackets, illustrations, quarto; Garnett, David, editor. The Letters of T.E. Lawrence, first edition, Cape, London 1938. Tan buckram, illustrations, quarto; and Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, Cape, London 1935. Brown buckram, illustrations, quarto, (4).

Wills, Alfred. "The Eagle`s Nest" in the Valley of the Sixt; A Summer Home Among the Alps, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, London 1860. Decorative blue cloth gilt, twelve plate illustrations, two folding maps, four pages of publisher`s advertisements and twenty-four page publisher`s catalogue, octavo; Biscoe, C.E. Tyndale. Kashmir in Sunlight & Shade, first edition, Seeley, Service & Co., London 1922. Grey cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; Baker, Sir Samuel. Wild Beasts and Their Ways. Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, two volumes, Macmillan, London 1890. Pictorial maroon cloth gilt, twenty-seven plate illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works, (total ten volumes).

James, M.R., editor, The Canterbury Psalter, limited edition 95/450, Lund, Humphries & Co. for the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, London 1935. Blue buckram, full page illustrations, large quarto; Rushforth, G. McN. Medieval Christian Imagery as illustrated by the painted windows of Great Malvern Priory Church, Worcestershire, together with a description and explanation of all the ancient glass in the church, first edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1936. Buckram library binding, plate illustrations, quarto, (2).

Millar, Oliver, editor. Italian Drawings and Paintings in The Queen`s Collection, first edition, Waterlow & Sons, London 1965. Full scarlet morocco with the name `Elliott Viney` in gilt, watered silk endpapers, tipped-in plate illustrations, quarto, in crimson leather covered slip-case.

Sugden, Alan, & Edmondson, John. A History of English Wallpaper 1509-1914, first edition, Batsford, London 1925. Buckram library binding, mounted colour plate and numerous half-tone plate illustrations, large quarto.

CHILDRENS. Milne, A.A. Now we Are Six, first edition, Methuen, London 1927. Maroon cloth gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, Methuen, London 1928. Pink cloth gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; Milne, A.A. Winnie the Pooh, eighth edition, Methuen, London1929. Dark green cloth gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo; and Milne, A.A. When We Were Very Young, sixth edition, London 1924. Navy cloth gilt, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, octavo, (4).

Rackham, Arthur, illustrator, & Wagner, Richard. The Ring of the Niblung (The Rhiegold & The Valkyrie / Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods), first edition, Heinemann, London 1939. Blue cloth, forty-eight colour plate illustrations, quarto.

Wodehouse, P.G. Ring for Jeeves, first edition, Jenkins, London 1953. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; with Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, first edition, London 1954; Jeeves in the Offing, London 1960; and Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves, first edition, London 1963; together with twelve other titles by the same, the latter second impressions or later printings, (17).

Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, early issue, Chapman & Hall, London 1837. Half calf, forty-three plate illustrations by Seymour and `Phiz` inclusive of frontispiece and vignette half title, octavo (issue points: plates without captions; footnote on p.9; `S. Veller` on p.342 line 5; `this friends` on p.400 line 21; imperfect `f` in `of` to headline on p.432).

Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit, first edition, Bradbury & Evans, London 1857. Half calf, forty plate illustrations by H.K. Browne inclusive of frontispiece and vignette half title, octavo (issue points: `Mrs Flitwick` on p.xii; three line Errata on p.xiv; `William` for `Frederick` on p.317 line 27; `diceing` on p.360 line 6; `B2` for `BB2` on p.371; `Rigaud` on pp.469-74).

Yeats, William Butler. A Selection from the Love Poetry of William Butler Yeats, limited edition of 300, The Cuala Press, Churchtown 1913. Cloth-backed boards, octavo; Auden, W.H. Thank You, Fog, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1974. Cloth-backed boards, dustjacket, octavo; Marsh, Edward. Minima, limited edition 11/1000, SIGNED by author, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1947. Green cloth, octavo; and Belloc, H. Verses, first edition, Duckworth, London 1910. Blue cloth, octavo, (4).

MILITARY. Pitman, Major Stuart. Second Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Libya-Egypt 1941-1942, first edition, The Saint Catherine Press, London 1950. Cloth backed boards, illustrations from photographs, folding maps, octavo.Best Bid

MILITARY. Kitson, Frank. Prince Rupert. Portrait of a Soldier, first edition, Constable, London 1994. Boards, dustjacket, octavo, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Kitson, Frank. Prince Rupert. Admiral and General-at-Sea, first edition, Constable, London 1998. Boards, dustjacket, octavo, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Kitson, Frank. Old Ironsides. The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell, first edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2004. Boards, dustjacket, octavo, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; and assorted other works of military interest. Provenance: General Sir Frank Kitson.

Wyrall, Everard. The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert`s) 1914-1919, first edition, Methuen, London 1927. Quarter leather library binding, sixteen plate illustrations, twenty-one folding maps, quarto.Best Bid

SPORTING. Marchington, John, editor. A Portrait of Shooting, limited edition 641/1100, Anthony Atha / The Game Conservancy, Rugby 1979. Quarter leather and cloth, in slip-case, illustrations throughout, square quarto; Clayton, Michael, & King, John. The Golden Thread. Foxhunting Today, first edition, Methuen, London 1984. Cloth, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, SIGNED BY AUTHORS; Mason, Finch. Sporting Recollections, fifth edition, Fores, London 1886. Pictorial crimson cloth, plate and text illustrations, octavo; and four other works of sporting interest, (7).

Spender, Stephen, & Lehmann, John. Poems for Spain, first edition, Hogarth Press, London 1939. Scarlet cloth, dustjacket, octavo (jacket chipped and rubbed, with some losses); Wedekind, Frank. Tragedies of Sex, Henderson, London no date. Black cloth, octavo, ASSOCIATION COPY SIGNED by Rutland Boughton (covers torn and damp stained); Owen, Trefor. Welsh Folk Customs, second edition, Cardiff 1968. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; and seventeen assorted other volumes, (20).

Yeats, W.B. Poems, fifth edition, Fisher Unwin, London 1908. Decorative navy cloth gilt, portrait frontispiece, octavo; Manning-Sanders, Ruth. Seaside England, first edition, Batsford, London 1951. Cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Muir, Percy. English Children`s Books 1600-1900, fourth impression, Batsford, London 1985. Boards, dustjacket, quarto; and assorted other works, (17).

Michaelis, Ronald. Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks, first edition, Antique Collectors` Club, Woodbridge 1978. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Hajdamach, Charles. British Glass 1800-1914, reprint, Antique Collectors` Club, Woodbridge 1995. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and two other, unrelated books, (4).

Betjeman, John. Summoned by Bells, first edition, murray, London 1960. Green cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Ross, Alan. Time Was Away. A Notebook in Corsica, first edition, Lehmann, London 1948. Yellow cloth, illustrations by John Minton, octavo; and thirty-five assorted other works, many of countryside interest, (37).

Cundall, H.M. Birket Foster, first edition, Black, London 1906. Half blue morocco with gilt decorated spine, sevety-three paper-protected colour plate illustrations, further text illustrations, quarto; and Home, Gordon. Yorkshire, first edition, Black, London 1908. Decorative green cloth, seventy-one paper-protected colour plate illustrations, folding map, four page publisher`s catalogue, quarto, (2).

Tutuola, Amos. The Palm-Wine Drinkard, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1952. Orange cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Tutuola, Amos. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1954. Red cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and Tutuola, Amos. Simbi & the Satyr of the Dark Jungle, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1954. Brown cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (3).