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Heliodorus (Bishop of Tricca) Historiae Aethiopic& first edition title in Greek and Latin dedication in Latin text in Greek title and verso of otherwise blank final f. with woodcut printer`s device woodcut historiated initials occasional early ink marginalia in Greek some light foxing to preliminaries and a few other ff. heavier to final f. 18th century russia flat spine richly gilt with floral and foliage decoration covers with gilt filet and floral decoration centre-pieces within wide scrolling gilt borders bottom corner of lower cover chipped rubbed [Adams H174] small 4to Basel ex Officina Hervagiana 1534. *** An attractive copy of this romance. The Aethiopicæ was first brought to light during the Renaissance in a manuscript from the library of Matthias Corvinus found at the sack of Buda in 1526. The French dramatist Racine listed it amongst his favourite books and when his copy was taken away from him at the Jansenist retreat of Port-Royal he was rumoured to have had said that he did not care as he had memorised it.

Picart (Bernard) and Baron Philipp von Stosch Pier first edition titles in Latin and French printed in red and black 70 fine engraved plates by Bernard Picart plate 34 damp-stained others generally in good crisp condition some with light marginal foxing or spotting titles and text rather browned contemporary vellum spine richly gilt and with slightly faded red leather label covers with double gilt filet borders with diamond-shaped floral and foliage corner-pieces [Cicognara 3216; Sinkankas 6379; Cohen -de Ricci 959] folio Amsterdam chez Bernard Picart 1724.

Bayardi (Ottavio Antonio) Prodromo delle antichita 5 vol. half-titles first title in red and black with engraved vignette 11 engraved plates 8 folding tear to 1 plate within image but with no loss vol.5 c. a quarter of ff. stained all vol. a few small stains and a few ff. browned contemporary calf bound for presentation with the gilt arms of the dedicatee Carlo VII as King of the Two Sicilies to covers (Carlo VII was later King Carlos III of Spain) spines in compartments richly gilt and with red leather label covers with wide gilt borders with fleur-de-lys corner-pieces some worming rubbing and scuffing resulting in the loss of gilt including to the arms [Cicognara 2649] 4to Naples Regale Stamperia Palatina 1752. *** A scarce complete copy of this preliminary study for the famous folio edition in nine volumes of 1755-92 with a fine provenance.

Hancarville (Pierre Franæ 254;ois Hugues d`) M first edition first issue large paper copy (with 11 line title) engraved additional pictorial title and 49 (of 50) plates lacking plate 40 marginal stain to plate 23 a few ff. with small areas of light water-staining to upper margins some light foxing or spotting and light browning [Cohen -de Ricci 474-475] Caprees chez Sabellus [Nancy Leclerc] 1780; Monumens du Culte Secret des Dames Romaines first edition large paper copy engraved additional pictorial title and 50 plates plates 36-50 browned occasional spotting [Cohen -de Ricci 475] Caprees chez Sabellus [Nancy Leclerc] 1784 together 2 vol. uniformly bound in handsome contemporary red straight grain-morocco-backed red glazed boards flat spines in compartments with gilt motifs covers with borders made up of gilt grape bunches and other floral and foliage motifs all within a single gilt filet outer border scuff mark to head of lower joint of vol.2 both vol. rubbed g.e. 4to *** Provenance: `Vente Patureau 1898. les 2 vol. ?SHK` (ink inscription to rear endpaper).

Ambrosius Opera Ambrosius (Saint) Opera 3 vol. first collected edition vol.1 267 ff. (of 268 lacking second a1 after m8) 52 lines head-line and marginalia; vol.2 302 ff. 52 lines head-line and marginalia n1-6 mis-bound at start; vol.3 285 ff. (of 290 lacking c8 and second b1-4) 48 lines and head-line g1-10 misbound after o6 in total 854 ff. (of 860) mostly double column Gothic Roman and some Greek letter vol.1 title with large woodcut with contemporary hand-colouring of Ambrosius writing at his desk initials supplied in red or blue some large and in red and blue paragraph-marks in red and blue occasional early ink marginalia vol.3 small early ink diagram to title some water-staining to all vol. mostly marginal but heavier to start and end of vol.1 (including title) and a few other ff. in other vol. occasional staining in all vol. vol.2 a1 (divisional title after m6) section from upper margin cut away with loss of part of contemporary ownership inscription also small worm trace turning into a pinpoint hole in later ff. to P4 to end loss of part of a few letters but no loss of sense of text vol.3 repaired tear to d8 no loss of text a few minor marginal repairs 18th century mottled calf spines in compartments and gilt vol.3 lacking backstrip all vol. corners worn heavily rubbed and scuffed [BMC III 753; Goff A-551; Hain 896] folio Basel Johann Amerbach 1492. *** Provenance: `Iste Liber est Monasterii Scti Marie de ?Spado Emptus 1495` (this ink inscription and similar on several ff. including verso of final text f. of vol.1); `ad usum Capucinorum...` (early ink signature on scrap of paper on vol.1 title covering partly obliterated ink inscription as earlier quoted; and a similar inscription to a few other ff.).

Thomas Aquinas Saint. [Summa Theologicae] title with large woodcut printer`s device woodcut initials occasional early ink marginalia title with later ink inscription minor wormhole to lower corner of first 8 ff. short repaired tears to *2 & 7 within text but with no loss light staining to c3 a few ff. with light marginal water-staining modern dark green crushed morocco-backed marbled boards [not in Adams] 8vo Paris Gilles de Gourmont [1514]. ***A scarce attractively printed edition.

Bembo (Pietro) Rime 2 parts in 1 first edition italic type first A1 blank first A2 blank except for title verso second A1 errata f. a few marginal spots to part 1 part 2 with marginal staining and light foxing Venice Maestro Giovanantonio & Fratelli da Sabbio [Not in Adams; Censimento 16 CNCE 5002] 1530 bound after Bembo (Pietro) De Gli Asolani italic type A1 blank except for `Edition Seconda` verso A2 with drop-head title and capital space with guide letter very small section cut away from foot of A1 some soiling to A1 & 2 Venice Giovanantonio & i Fratelli da Sabbio [Not in Adams; Censimento 16 CNCE 4999] 1530 ?early 20th century vellum brown morocco label to spine 8vo

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) De Benifizii first edition in Italian title within ornate woodcut architectural border woodcut historiated initials imprimatur f. at end ink stamp of `Sig. Ant Buonamici` to outer margin of A2 occasional early ink marginalia and underlining some browning and staining 18th century mottled calf spine in compartments and richly gilt rubbed [Not in Adams; Censimento 16 CNCE 34611] Florence [Lorenzo Torrentino] 1554; and a defective copy of Petrarca Lyons 1558 small 4to & 12mo

Buchanan (George) Psalmorum Davidis paraphrasis po 2 parts in 1 first edition text in Greek and Latin title with woodcut printer`s device blank f. after s3 stained trimmed at head occasionally just touching a running title modern dark brown crushed morocco gilt 8vo [Geneva] [apud Henricum Stephanum & eius fratrem Robertu Stephanum [?1566]. *** Rare.Provenance: Ragueau (?17th century ink inscription to title); xxxx; Alfred L. Brauder Oct. 1886 (inscription to title)

Sambucus (Johannes) Emblemata et Aliquot Nummi An 2 parts in 1 third edition titles with woodcut printer`s device woodcut portrait of Sambucus 221 emblems and 45 illustrations of coins very small wormhole to lower corner of most ff. mostly marginal but occasionally touching a letter of a catchword attractive contemporary limp vellum yapp edges spine in compartments each with a central floral motif covers with gilt arabesque centre-pieces within double gilt filet borders spine darkened ornately gauffered gilt edges [Landwehr Low Countries 711; Voet 2170; cf. Praz pp.486-487] 16mo Antwerp ex officina Christophori Plantini 1569. *** The first in a series of charming pocket-sized editions which helped to popularise emblematic literature in the Low Countries.

Tasso (Torquato) Gerusalemme Liberata double column within single and double filet borders title with woodcut printer`s device woodcut historiated initials typographic borders to verse at beginning of each canto and to end of each canto imprimatur f. at end with woodcut printer`s device title lightly soiled `Al Libro` dedication f. with outer and lower margin repaired A8 lower corner torn away and with small ink stains at foot of text [Adams T235; Censimento 16 CNCE 23656] small 4to Casalmaggiore Antonio Canacci & Erasmo Viotti 1581. *** A scarce and attractive edition. An epic poem depicting a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims during the siege of Jerusalem at the end of the first crusade. Tasso suffered from mental illness and died a few days before he was crowned king of the poets by the pope.

Bettini (Mario) ãrarium Philosophiae Mathematicae 7 parts in 3 vol. bound in 2 first edition on thick paper engraved additional pictorial titles by Francesco Curti of Bologna to vol. 1 and 2 only 2 engraved portraits of bishops Madruzzi & Zeccadori engraved plate with a genealogical tree 3 folding engraved plates attached to edges of ff. in vol.3 profusely illustrated with woodcut and engraved diagrams including 10 fine full-page and some half-page engraved illustrations of scientific instruments 2nd additional title trimmed at foot just within plate mark affecting the engraver`s name some marginal browning to ff. with folding plates mounted verso a few spots engraved Macclesfield bookplates contemporary Dutch vellum covers with blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces ms. titles to spines lacking ties spine of second vol. darkened some soiling [Riccardi I 125; Sommervogel I 1428] large 4to Bologna G.B Ferroni 1648. *** A crisp and clean copy of this monumental mathematical work by the Jesuit Bettini. It encompasses all the major fields of mathematics with special attention paid to Geometry including Astronomical Geometry. The work would have passed through the rigorous censorship of Christopher Grienberg of the Collegio Romano where Aristotelian teachings were adhered to. He had succeeded Christopher Cluvius who had been the prime mover in establishing mathematics in the curriculum of the college and had greatly influenced future Jesuit mathematical writings. It is not known how much of the work can be accredited to Grienberg but it is clear that the mechanical and measuring devices illustrating the work must be by him. Indeed Bettini acknowledges the debt to him in the Scholion Parergicon in the present work.Provenance. The Macclesfield copy (Sotheby`s 10th June 2004 lot 347)

Typography.- Mentel (Jacobus) De Vera Typographi&a first edition presentation copy half-title title in red and black and with small woodcut printer`s device fine engraved coat-of-arms within text woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initial a few small marginal stains contemporary calf spine in compartments gilt and with a red morocco label head of spine chipped upper joint split corners worn rubbed [Bigmore & Wyman II p.37] small 4to Paris apud Robertum Ballard 1650. *** A work described by Bigmore and Wyman as a `shameful falsification of history`. Mentel supposedly a descendant of the Strasbourg printer Johann Mentelin here tries to establish his ancestor as the inventor of printing. The presentation inscription reads `Amplissimo doctissimo`qz viro Philiberto de la Mare Senatori Dinionensi Integerrimo Author D.D.`. Philibert de la Mare was a Dijon-born member of the Parlement of Bourgogne.

Boissevin (Louis engraver and publisher) Portrait Boissevin (Louis engraver and publisher) Portraits des Rois de France...depuis Pharamond jusues au Roy Louis XIIII first edition fine engraved title with coat-of-arms and 64 (of 65) portraits some light browning to a few plates a few minor marginal spots or marks but generally in crisp and clean condition contemporary mottled calf spine in compartments with sympathetic later gilt decoration and red morocco label upper cover detached 1 corner worn rubbed a very good copy 4to Paris Boissevin [c.1660]. *** Provenance: Jemima Dutchess of Kent (engraved armorial bookplate to verso of title dated 1710).

d`Aulnoy (Marie Catherine Comtesse) Nouvelles ou d`Aulnoy (Marie Catherine Comtesse) Nouvelles ou Memoires Historiques 2 parts in 1 first edition issue with Lyon titles minor browning old ink stamp on half-title bookplate of Edward Phelips on front paste-down later black morocco g.e. by Cape of Paris 12mo Lyons Amaulry 1693.

[Alber (Erasmus)] L`Alcoran des Cordeliers... 2 vol. engraved additional pictorial title frontispiece and 20 plates 1 folding by Bernard Picart titles in red and black engraved bookplates of Sir John E. Swinburne contemporary speckled calf gilt spines gilt and with a red and green morocco label spines slightly faded and with gilt dulled [Cohen -de Ricci 5] 12mo Amsterdam aux Depens de la Compagnie 1734. *** The first edition to include Picart`s illustrations.

La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers. 2 vol. half-title to vol.2 only engraved portrait frontispiece title vignettes 77 plates and 63 vignettes water-stained at head occasional spotting engraved bookplate of Henry W. Bolckow contemporary calf rebacked preserving original richly gilt backstrips with double red morocco labels spines creased corners repaired rubbed and scratched [Cohen -de Ricci 571] 8vo Amsterdam no printer 1764. *** The first pirated edition called by Cohen -de Ricci `assez jolie`.

[Barruel (l`AbbÚ Augustin)] Les Heviennes ou Lett 3 vol. second edition half-titles first title with woodcut vignette the others with a woodcut ornament errata ff. to vol. 2 and 3 small biro authorship attribution to head of title of vol.1 attractive contemporary mottled calf spines richly gilt and with brown leather labels 1 corner a little worn rubbed Amsterdam et se trouve Ó Paris [1785]. *** This work by the Jesuit Barruel principally concerned with the defence of religious orthodoxy against the ideas of the new breed of philosophes sparked a number of critical responses. Most noteable are those of Jean-Louis Giraud-Soulavie whose researches into mineralogy and natural history cast doubt on the biblical chronology of Creation.

Bodoni.- Ponta (Gioachino) Il Trionfo della Vaccin first and only edition one of 250 copies occasional spotting contemporary mottled calf richly gilt spine ends slightly chipped rubbed [Brooks 1088; Weiss 453] 8vo Parma co` Tipi Bodoniani 1810. *** A poem dedicated to Napoleon which praises Jenner and his small pox vaccine. It deals with the origins of smallpox and its spread throughout the world and the discovery of the vaccine and its eventual triumph.

Emblemata.- Genlis (Stephanie de) Arabesques Mytho ou les Attributs de Toutes les DivinitÚs de la fable... 2 vol. first edition half-titles 78 fine engraved emblematic plates by Gaille after Genlis a few plates trimmed affecting plate numbers plate 5 in vol.1 with small section torn away from lower margin some spotting or foxing a few ff. or plates browned a few small water-stains contemporary blue half calf spines gilt and with red morocco label rubbed Paris 1810-1811; and a 2 vol. second edition 8vo(4)

Goethe (Johann Wolfgang) Briefe an Frau von Stein 3 vol. first edition half-titles engraved portrait frontispiece of Stein some foxing bookplates of Diana Russell contemporary half calf spines in compartments gilt and with double dark green labels rubbed at extremities 8vo Weimar 1848 [-1851].

Architecture.- Marolois (Samuel) Perspectiva Das ist: Die Weitberæ 179;hmte Kunst einer Scheinenden in oder Durchsehenden Augen Gesichts Punct. first edition in German engraved pictorial title and 80 double-page plates title trimmed at outer edge to within platemark and with slight loss to lower corner (no loss of text) final plate split at fold some marginal worming text and a few plates browned occasional spotting contemporary vellum short split to head of spine slightly marked [cf. Millard Northern European Books 62] small folio Amsterdam J. Jansson 1628.

Architecture.- Courtonne (Jean) TraitÚ de la Persp first edition half-title engraved frontispiece and 33 plates 32 folding small red ink ownership inscription of the Mewes Collection to foot of frontispiece and title 2 small red ink spots within foot of image of frontispiece 2 folding plates with repaired tears within image but with no loss a few ff. lightly browned and spotted contemporary calf spine in compartments and richly gilt with a red morocco label covers scuffed rubbed [Berlin Kat. 4729; Fowler p.76; Millard 56] folio Paris Jacques Vincent 1725. *** A very good copy. Courtonne wrote as an architect for architects and lamented that `perspective has all but vanished from the Sacred Hierarchy of the Fine Arts` (Kemp p.272). Provenance: The Mewes Collection (bookplate of Charles Mewes and 2 ink stamps). Charles Mewes was a French architect and interior designer who was responsible for the Ritz hotels on both sides of The Channel.

Architecture.- Taia (Agostino) Descrizione del Pal first and only edition half-title small ownership inscription excised from title engraved bookplate of the Gladstone family of Fasque Kincardineshire contemporary vellum 8vo Rome Niccolæ 8215; e Marco Pagliarini 1750. *** A detailed guidebook to the Vatican Palace.

Architecture.- Zanotti (Eustachio) Trattato Teoric first edition title with engraved vignette 11 folding engraved plates short tear to fold of plate 11 K2 frayed at foot light water-staining to text ff. contemporary mottled vellum spine repaired chipped brown morocco label to spine [Riccardi II col 654 `raro e pregiato`] 4to Bologna Lelio dalla Volpe 1766. *** A scientific approach to perspective and the mathematics thereof. Zanotti was professor of astronomy at Bologna during which time he discovered a number of comets and pioneered the study of variable stars.

A MOORCROFT CHESTNUT LEAVES VASE AND A MAGNOLIA PATTERN PLATE, DESIGNED BY WALTER MOORCROFT vase 31.5cm h impressed marks, painted signature/initials and dated 1987 or 1980 respectively, the first numbered 37 of an edition of 50 Both in fine condition

[L`ESTRANGE (HAMON)] THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES AN HISTORY FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DELIVERED AND DISPOSED INTO ANNALS first edition, small folio, fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with portrait by William Faithorne, contemporary panelled calf with fleurons, London: Edward Dod, 1655, Charles I - Eikon Basilike, wanting frontispiece, contemporary black morocco devotional style centrepiece binding [London] 1649, Famianus Strada de Bello Belgico The History of the Low-Countrey Warres Written.... in English by Sr Rob Stapylton Kt, folio, portraits, woodcut initials and headpieces, contemporary calf, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1650 [Guido] Bentivoglio - Historical Relations of the United Provinces of Flanders.... now rendered into English by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Monmouth, folio, portraits including fine engraved frontispiece by William Faithorne, contemporary calf with double fillets, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1650, William Drummond - The History of Scotland from...1423 until...1542, first edition, folio, portrait, later calf, London 1655 and John Spottiswoode - The History of the Church of Scotland, folio, first edition, portrait engraved by W Hollar, 17th c engraved Spottiswoode allegorical library plate in heart shaped cartouche, London: R Royston, 1655 (6)

EDGEWORTH (MARIA) THE PARENT`S ASSISTANT OR STORIES FOR CHILDREN third edition, six vols, engraved frontispieces, all signed on the pastedown by Maria Edgeworth (all but one signature crossed out) and by two or three of her siblings, dated July 4 1811, 1817 or 1836, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, London: J Johnson, 1800 (6) Provenance: Halls Bookshop (H W Pratley, Tunbridge Wells) from whence bought by Geoffrey Cross. Sold with the bookseller`s card inscribed "May I congratulate you on possessing what must surely be one of the most interesting copies of this work now in existence?" An extraordinary association copy of Edgeworth`s first work for children, presented to her ten year old half sister Harriet and subsequently in the possession of two of her other siblings. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), Maria`s father, was married four times, his wives including two of the beautiful Sneyd sisters. The Anglo Irish Edgeworth household was full of young children since Maria, who was Edgeworth`s second child by his first wife, was born in 1767 and the youngest in 1809. It is likely that Maria gave Harriet Edgeworth (1801-1889) the six volumes in July 1811 when at Edgeworthstown for in a letter to her aunt Margaret Ruxton (1745-1830) on the 30th August she wrote "I have written a little play for our present large juvenile audience [Maria`s sister Anna Beddoes and her three children were staying at Edgeworthstown] not for them to act, but to hear; I read it out last night and it was liked. The scene is in Ireland and the title "The Absentee". .....Anna`s children are very affectionate Henry is beautiful and the most graceful creature I ever saw. The eight children are as happy together as the day is long, and give no sort of trouble." [ A J C Hare, The Life and Letters of M E 1894, vol 1, p178]. Harriet, and Sophy Fox (1803-1836/7) who acquired the books in 1836 were two of Edgeworth`s daughters by his last wife, Frances Ann Beaufort. William Edgeworth (1794-1829) whose signature is dated 1817 was a child of the third marriage, his mother being Elizabeth Sneyd (d 1797).

[RESTA (SEBASTIANO)] THE PORTRAITS OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS AND OTHER FAMOUS ARTISTS THAT HAVE FLOURISHED IN EUROPE two parts in one volume, portraits, contemporary calf worn, upper board detached, London: Joseph Duke, London 1739, John Hales - Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr John Hales of Eaton-Colledge etc, second edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece, contemporary calf, London 1673, William Hamper - The Life Diary and Correspondence of Sir William Dugdale..., first edition, engraved portrait and plates, contemporary polished calf gilt with Lowther monogram, engraved bookplate of Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale, London 1827 (ex Maggs 1947), [F-M Arouet] Voltaire - La Henriade, first English edition, engraved title and plates, contemporary calf worn, upper board detached, London 1728 and five others, all English leather bound books, 17th c (1) and 18th c (9)

TROLLOPE (ANTHONY) THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET first edition in book form, two volumes, illustrated, original bright blue textured cloth gilt, bookplate of William Arnold, London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1867, - He knew he was right, first edition in book form, two vols in one, illustrated, 1p loose, contemporary half green morocco worn, bookplate of William Arnold, London: Strahan & Co, 1869 (3)

COMINES (PHILIPPE DE) LES MEMOIRES DE MESSIRE PH. DE COMMINES CHEVALIER SEIGNEUR D`ARGENTON folio, derniere edition, woodcut device to title (repaired) and initials, later half morocco, Paris: P Le Mur, 1615, P de Mornay - Le Mystere D`Iniquité c`est a dire l`histoire de la Paputé... first French edition, folio, engraved title, 18th c armorial calf, boards detached, Saumur: T Portau, 1611 and Ovid - Les Metamorphoses...en Latin et Francois..., folio, engraved illustrations, engraved title in red and black, calf, upper board detached, Bruxelles: F Foppens, 1677 (3)

BARROUGH (PHILIP) [THE METHOD OF PHISICKE CONTAINING THE CAUSES SIGNES AND CURES OF INWARD DISEASES IN MAN`S BODY FROM THE HEAD TO THE FOOTE] edition unascertained, first half 17th c (?1624) defective, wanting the title and first few leaves, occasional marginalia, contemporary limp vellum, waf

E S DRAKE & CO, PUBLISHER COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE first edition, publisher`s cloth worn, Sheffield, 1861, Hagar & Co, - Commercial Directory of the County of Leicester, cloth, rebacked, Nottingham, 1849 and Kelly`s Directories Ltd - Leicester and Rutland, folding map, cloth, London, 1908 (3)

WHITE (T H) THE SWORD IN THE STONE first edition, cloth, Rugby School Prize (1939), in unclipped black and white dust jacket with designs of shields (slight loss), London: Collins, 1938

MARRIOTT & COOPER ABRIDGED PRICE LIST OF HUMBER CYCLES ALSO OF THE RIPLEY AND OLYMPIA CYCLES, HUMBER & CO LTD ABRIDGED EDITION.... HUMBER CYCLES AND HUMBER LIMITED HUMBER CYCLES SEASON 1901 three, unpaginated, the second of fold-out type, all illustrated, wrappers, the last embossed limp green card lettered in silver, wrapper of the first defective, London and Beeston, Nottingham: 1896-1900 (3)

Satsuma earthenware charger decorated with a scene from Hiroshige`s Tokaido, showing a cortege crossing the Nihon Bridge as a group of vegetable vendors make haste in the foreground, bears title cartouche and other script together with an indistinct signature to the base, 37cm diameter. The decoration on this charger is clearly based on the first plate from the Hoeido edition of Ando Hiroshige`s Fifty Three Stations Of The Tokaido of 1831-1834. In the original plate the group of vendors in the foreground were fishmongers whilst on this charger they are vegetable vendors, there are other discrepancies from the original including the addition of trees and Mount Fuji rising above Edo.

Books - Payne Fisher - A Synopsis Of Heraldry, printed for L. Curtis and T. Simmons, first edition 1682, one volume.

Gill, Eric The engravings. London, 1993. 4to, edited by Christopher Skelton, original cloth, dustwrapper, dampstaining to cloth; [Idem] Autobiography. London, 1940. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, dampstaining to cloth, previous ink inscription on front endpaper; Speaight, Robert The life of Eric Gill. London, 1966. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, cloth dampstained; Simpson, Thomas Modern etchings and their collectors. London, 1919. 4to, one of 450 copies, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, cloth dampstained; Beardsley, Aubrey The collected drawings of… New York, 1967. 4to, original cloth backed boards, dampstaining; Spalding, Francis Gwen Raverat. London, 2001. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth dustwrapper, dampstaining to cloth; Campbell, Colin William Nicholson. London, 1992. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, dampstained; Hardie, Martin English coloured books. London, 1906. 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary half morocco gilt, bookplate, dampstained; and 4 others. Sold not subject to return. (12)

Vogue - Howell, Georgina In Vogue - six decades of fashion. London, 1975. First edition, 4to, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn at edges, backstrip sunned; Tims, Barbara Food in Vogue. London, 1976. First edition, 4to, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, dustwrapper; Rasche, Adelheid & Thomson, Christina Christian Dior and Germany 1947 to 1957. Berlin, 2007. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Metropolitan Museum of Art Chanel. New Haven and London, 2005. 4to, original decorative cloth, protective wrapper; Derrick, Robin & Muir, Robin Vogue covers. London, 2007. 4to, original printed boards, dustwrapper; Muir, Robin Norman Parkinson, portraits in fashion. London, 2004. 4to, original boards, dustwrapper; Dwight, Eleanor Diana Vreeland. New York, 2002. First edition, 4to, original red boards, dustwrapper, some fading; Martin, Richard & Koda, Harold Diana Vreeland: immoderate style. New York, 1993. 4to, exhibition and loose cards in slipcase, creased at backstrip, fading; Wilcox, Claire The golden age of couture. London, 2007. 4to, original soft covers; Ross, Josephine Beaton in Vogue. London, 1986. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Parkinson, Norman Lifework. London, 1983. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Vogue 5 issues of Vogue including the June 1953 Coronation edition and 1976 Diamond Jubilee edition (22)

Greece -- Guys, P.A. Voyage littéraire de la Grèce. Paris: Duchesne, 1776. Second (enlarged) edition, 2 vol., 8vo, half-titles, 7 engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf gilt, occasional slight spotting, joints splitting, spines rubbed; [Chaussard, P.J.B.] Fêtes et courtisanes de la Grèce. Paris: Barba, 1803. Second edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, 4 engraved frontispieces, 6 plates (5 folding), 4 engraved plates of music, folding table, nineteenth-century blue morocco-backed boards; Breton, A. Athènes. Paris: Gide, 1862. First edition, large 8vo, half-title, 8 plates, plan, numerous illustrations, contemporary blue morocco-backed boards, text spotted; Puaux, R. Grèce, terre aimée des dieux. Paris, 1932. First edition, limited to 426 copies, 4to, plates, a few coloured, original wrappers (8)

Montesquieu, C. de S. Le temple de Gnide. Paris: Didot l`Aîné, 1796. 4to, 7 engraved plates only, late nineteenth century quarter morocco, rather spotted; La Fontaine, Jean de Les amours de Psyché et de Cupidon. Paris: P. Didot l`aîné, 1797. 4to, engraved medallion portrait and 5 engraved plates, quarter green morocco; Baudelaire, Charles Les paradis artificiels. Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, 1860. First edition, 8vo, red quarter morocco, bound without original wrappers, joints splitting, covers slightly inkstained (3)

18th Century Army List A list of all the officers of the army... [London], 1780. 8vo, contemporary ink inscription of Fotheringham on title, contemporary red morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, torn at upper edge; Macdonald, Captain Reginald James The history of the dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. London, 1899. First edition, number 3 of 1,500 copies, 4to, 24 colour plates, original cloth backed boards, rubbed at edges, discoloured, some foxing (2)

Military -- Grenadier Guards -- Clayton, B. Costumes of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Guards from 1660. London, Ackermann & Co., 1854. First edition, large oblong folio, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates after B. Clayton, original cloth, binding worn and slightly soiled Note: Very rare: no copy in the British library, and no copy traced in any British institutional library.

Prison & penal policy -- Griffiths, Arthur Memorial of Millbank, and chapters in prison history. London: H.S. King, 1875. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, etched frontispieces, illustrations; [Idem] Secrets of the prison houses or gaol studies and sketches. London: Chapman and Hall, 1894. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispieces, illustrations; [Idem] Mysteries of police and crime. London: Cassell, 1892. 2 volumes, 8vo; [Idem] The chronicles of Newgate. London: Chapman and Hall, 1884. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, plates and illustrations; all in uniform maroon half moroco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, t.e.g., spines gilt (8)

Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh from the earliest accounts to the present time. Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1788. 4to, frontispiece, 18 engraved plates, folding plan trimmed and linen backed, modern half calf gilt, later endpapers, repaired throughout, one plate torn, contemporary ink inscription to title; Wilson, Sir Daniel Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh & London: Adam & Charles Black, 1891. Second edition, 4to, 2 volumes, number 48 of 150 large paper copies, signed by the author and the publisher, 41 plates, folding plan, modern red morocco backed cloth, previous ink inscriptions to half title; [Anon.] A new history of the city of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1800. Fourth edition, 8vo, folding map, frontispiece, 12 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened, bookplate; Grant, James Old and new Edinburgh. London, [no date]. 4to, 3 volumes, illustrated, contemporary half calf gilt, some foxing; Home, Bruce J. Old houses in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1905. Folio, First & Second series, 53 tipped in plates, contemporary cloth gilt, lacking wrapper; and 3 others (11)

Billings, Robert William The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1848-52. First edition, 4to, 4 volumes, 240 plates, contemporary diced calf gilt, neatly rebacked with later red and black labels, interiors clean

Johnson, Samuel A journey to the western isles of Scotland. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775. First edition, later issue, with 12 line errata leaf, U4 correctly numbered 296 on verso, modern calf backed boards, contemporary ink inscription on title

Lorimer, Sir Robert - Hussey, Christopher The work of Sir Robert Lorimer. London: Country Life, 1931. First edition, folio, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dustwrapper, wrapper torn at edges, some discolouration to edges of cloth, interior clean; Gillespie, James Details of Scottish domestic architecture. Edinburgh, 1922. Folio, plates, original cloth gilt, previous inscriptions to front endpapers (2)

Lorimer, Sir Robert - Hussey, Christopher The work of Sir Robert Lorimer. London, 1931. First edition, folio, frontispiece, plates, grained cloth, blue labels, interior clean; Savage, Peter Lorimer and the Edinburgh craft designers. Edinburgh, 1980. Square 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, previous ink inscription to endpaper; and 4 volumes from the National Art Survey 1921-1933 [one lacking folio] (6)

[Arnold, Matthew] The strayed reveller. London: B. Fellowes, 1849. First edition, 8vo, half title, original green cloth gilt, interior clean; [Idem] Empedocles on Etna. London: B. Fellowes, 1852. First edition, 8vo, half title, original green cloth gilt, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper (2) Note: These two volumes were the first two works of poetry published anonymously by Matthew Arnold. Only 500 were printed of each volume were published but, unfortunately, less than 50 of each were sold so the author withdrew the remainder.

Arnold, Matthew New poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. First edition, 8vo, half title, 2pp. notes at rear, original green cloth gilt, some bubbling at hinges, contemporary ink inscription on front endpaper

Bronte, Charlotte, Emily & Anne Poems by Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1846. First edition, second issue, 8vo, errata slip, 1pp. of adverts at rear [undated], contemporary green cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, inner hinge weak, 19th century ink inscription on front endpaper

Burns, Robert Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: for the author, 1787. Second [First Edinburgh] edition, 8vo, half-title, first issue with "skinking" on p. 263 and "Boxburgh" for "Roxburgh" in list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, nineteenth century half calf, lower margins dampstained, binding worn

Byron, Lord - Rogers, Samuel - Southey, Robert Lara, a tale. Jacqueline, a tale. London: John Murray, 1814. First edition, 12mo, presentation inscription to Southey from Rogers on half title "Robert Southey Esq from the author of Jacqueline", additional portrait of Byron bound in before title, 4 pages of publisher`s adverts to rear, bound in decorative cloth by Mrs. Caroline Southey, bookplate, some fading to back, some faint tape marks to front endpapers Provenance: From the library of Robert Southey`s "Cottonian Library" at Greta Hall; Edward Kelly, bookplate

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Christabel; Kubla Khan, a vision; The pains of sleep. London, John Murray, 1816. First edition, 8vo, lacking adverts, late 19th century half morocco gilt, interior clean

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Poems on various subjects. London: printed for G.G. and J. Robinsons, and J. Cottle, Bookseller, Bristol, 1796. First edition, 8vo, lacking half title but with the errata and advertisement leaf, contemporary blue morocco gilt, marble endpapers, a.e.g., hinges cracking, bookplates Provenance: From the library of Robert Southey, bookplate designed by Thomas Bewick; Percy L. Babington, bookplate. Note: First edition of Coleridge`s first collection of poems.

Fleming, Ian Casino Royale. London, 1953. First edition, first issue [without Sunday Times Review], 8vo, dustwrapper, not price clipped, original cloth with red heart to upper board, small tape repair to lower cover, some slight chipping to head and tail, some spotting to fold over flaps, spotting to endpapers Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].

Fleming, Ian Moonraker. London, 1955. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, price clipped, wrapper dustmarked, some rubbing at edges, backstrip discoloured, original cloth with title in silver on upper board, some browning to endpapers Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].

Fleming, Ian From Russia, with love. London, 1957. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some chipping to edges, backstrip discoloured, small stain to lower cover, original cloth with rose and gun motif on upper board Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].

Fleming, Ian Dr. No. London, 1958. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some slight fading to backstrip, original cloth with brown dancing girl on upper board Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].