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Hemingway (Ernest). For Whom The Bell Tolls, first UK edition, with dust wrapper, published by Jonathan Cape, London 1941.

An Orrefors crystal goblet, limited edition number 163/500 commemorating the Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher MP first lady Prime Minister of the UK, approx 18cm high.

Hand painted in matte finish, special edition first issue. M. I. Hummel impressed backstamp. Goebel backstamp. Dimensions: 4"L x 3.75"W x 4"HManufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

A figure of a young girl in dress and yellow apron with pigtails that is made to be seated on her wooden bench along with a pot of picked flowers. Goebel Hummel backstamp. Dimensions of the figure: 3"L x 2.5"W x 5"H. Dimensions of the bench: 6.25"L x 2.5"W x 3.5"H. Issued: 1996Edition Number: First Issue Manufacturer: Goebel HummelCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

BRITISH COMEDY; a first day cover limited edition no. 133/200 bearing three signatures, Ronnie Barker, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

ROWLING J K; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a rare deluxe first edition signed by Daniel Radcliffe accompanied with letter of authenticity.

RONNIE BARKER; a Great British Comedy limited edition first day cover no.43/200 bearing the British acting legend's signature, unframed.

ROWLING, J K; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a rare signed deluxe first edition accompanied with letter of authenticity.

FLEMING, IAN; Dr No, a First Edition hardback copy with clipped addition of the author's signature, bearing signatures of film cast including Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Anthony Dawson and others

ROWLING, J.K; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a signed First Edition, 2005 with dust jacket and missprint on page 99

Orme (Edward) Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes of personal valour ..., terminating with the Battle of Waterloo, first edition, 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates after J.A. Atkinson, W. Heath, and Manskirch, plate-guards, some spotting to text, modern red crushed half morocco spine gilt, original printed paper label to upper cover, [Abbey, Life 376; Bobins 375; Tooley 353], 4to, Edward Orme, 1819.⁂ "There is another issue of the book... without the date at the foot [of title]. Coupled with the fact that dated copies examined carry early watermarks and that the undated ones do not, it would appear reasonable to assume that the early state of the book has a dated title-page..." - Abbey.

Delgado Guerra (Josef) Tauromaquia o arte de torear á cabello y á pie, second edition, 30 engraved plates after Ascenio Julia coloured by a contemporary hand, a crisp, clean copy, ink stamp and small book-label to endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, worming to foot of spine, patch of abrasion to head of upper cover, [Bobins 1397], 8vo, Madrid, Venga y compañía, 1804.⁂ The second, substantially enlarged edition of this celebrated work on bullfighting. The first edition included only half of the present text as well as two, uncoloured, plates. Delgado Guerra (1754-1801) was one of the most prominent bullfighters in Spain until his death in the ring, an event immortalised by Goya in his series of bullfighting scenes published as La Tauromaquia in 1801. Ascenio Julia was a friend and disciple of Goya's. ⁂ Provenance: Denver Art Museum (ink stamps); Charles Bayly, Jr. (book-label).

[Egan (Pierce)] Real Life in Ireland...by a Real Paddy, first edition, frontispiece and 18 plates, all hand-coloured aquatints by Henry Alken and William Heath, some offsetting and occasional foxing, uncut in original pictorial boards, rubbed, spotted and soiled, preserved in modern cloth-backed board drop-back box with green morocco label to upper cover, [Abbey, Life 282; Tooley 201; Bobins 1334], 8vo, Printed by B. Bensley, 1821.⁂ A rare survival in the original boards with the plates bound immediately after the leaves of contents rather than at the places within the book indicated in the "Directions to Binder". Six plates are dated 1822 as listed in Tooley and two plates have variant titles: plate 13 is captioned Adventures in a Snoozing Cellar and is undated and plate 18 is captioned Our Hero and his Friends having a small taste of a Row in the Theatre, also undated.Provenance: Richard Godfrey Bosanquet (bookplate); Moncure Biddle (bookplate).

Egerton (Michael) Matrimonial Ladder! Or Such Things Are, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint title and 22 hand-coloured plates, some light marginal finger-soiling to early plates but a very good, clean copy generally, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary blue half roan, publisher's printed label to upper cover, joints rubbed, corners a little bumped, preserved in slip-case, [Abbey Life 292; Bobins 1338; Colas 939], 4to, Thomas Mclean, 1825.⁂ The Joel Spitz copy of Egerton's marriage satire. Provenance: Joel Spitz (bookplate, sold his sale, Christie's, 27th May, 2015, lot 85).

Walker (George) The Costume of Yorkshire..., first edition, titles and text in English and French, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 40 plates by R. and D.Havell after George Walker, occasional spotting, plate 39 damp-stained at foot, original boards redbacked with modern morocco, spine gilt, covers spotted, some wear to extremities, [Abbey Life 432; Bobins 732; Colas 3044; Tooley 498], folio, 1814 [plates watermarked 1811 & 1813].⁂ Several of the images from this book have become icons as depictions of the working classes before the start of the industrial age, but the best known image is of the fledgling steam locomotive designed by John Blenkinsop hauling coal at the Middleton colliery. By 1815 Blenkinsop had built four engines of this type for the colliery. It was a rack engine, its drive wheel engaging a toothed rail for added traction; it could haul 90 tons of coal.

Cruikshank (Robert).- [Westmacott (Charles Molloy)], "Bernard Blackmantle". The English Spy, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with plate 28 dated "1284", hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Robert Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson and others, one wood-engraved plate after Cruikshank, wood-engraved vignettes, light offsetting from plates but plates very clean, bookplate of Sir William Eden, Bart., contemporary calf with Greek key border in blind, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with red and green roan labels, joints and spines a little rubbed, [Abbey Life 325; Bobins 738; Tooley 504], 8vo, 1825-26 .

[Egerton (Michael)] "Omnium Gatherum". Here and There over the Water:being Cullings in a Trip to the Netherlands, first edition, 28 aquatint plates, including 24 hand-coloured, some offsetting, later red crushed half morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, a little rubbed at joints and extremities, small stain to upper cover, [Abbey, Travel 188; Bobins 417], 4to, Published by Geo. Hunt, 1825.⁂ The coloured plates are by George Hunt after Egerton, whilst the plain plates, which show memorials to the fallen on the battlefield of Waterloo, are by W. Bartlett. The frontispiece shows a fantastical channel crossing by means of a jet-pack.

Cruikshank (George).- Carey (David) Life in Paris; comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire...Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton..., first edition, large paper copy, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 20 plates by and after George Cruikshank, wood-engraved illustrations, without the rare Directions to Binder leaf at end, plates lightly browned and offset onto facing leaves, with 4pp. advertisements for Cumberland publications bound in at beginning (small 8vo), original pictorial boards, uncut, rubbed, neatly rebacked preserving original spine labelled "Royal Edition Price £1:11:6", preserved in later silk-lined tan morocco book box with poppered straps, by the Monastery Hill Bindery, spine gilt in compartments, rubbed, straps broken, 8vo, [Abbey, Travel 112; Bobins 1335; Cohn 109; Tooley 129], 8vo, 1822.

[Combe (William)] The Wars of Wellington, a narrative poem... by Dr. Syntax, first edition, half-title, 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. C. Sadler after W. Heath, foxing to text, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed, printed paper label to upper cover, extremities rubbed and scuffed, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Abbey, Life 357; Bobins 355; Tooley 153]4to, C. Whittingham for the author, 1819.

D'Oyly (Charles) Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem, first edition, 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates, half-title, 10pp. advertisements, light offsetting, some scattered foxing to text, bookplates to front pastedown, original boards, paper label to spine with slight chipping, neat and expert repairs to spine, preserved in custom drop-back box (rebacked preserving backstrip), [Abbey, Travel 450; Bobins 1333; Tooley 186], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1828.⁂ The Leeds-Moore Stevens-Hely-Hutchinson-copy in original boards. Watermarks dating 1825-26-27.Provenance: Duke of Leeds (armorial bookplate to front pastedown and frontispiece recto, with pencil library marking and "Carmarthen" ink inscription to front and rear pastedowns); R.N.H. Moore Stevens (bookplate); John Hely-Hutchinson (bookplate).

Hempel (Friedrich Ferdinand) and C.G.H. Geissler. Abbildung und Beschreibung der Voelkerstaemme und Voelker unter des Russischen Kaisers Alexander menschenfreundlichen Regierung, first edition, 66 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional foxing, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Colas 1422; Lipperheide 1342; Bobins 1503], 4to, Leipzig, im Industrie-Comptoir, [1803].

Portraits des Hongrois, des Pandoures ou Croates, des Waradins ou Esclavoniens, et des Ulans, &c....Afbeelding van de Hongaren..., second edition, titles and text in French and Dutch, text printed in double column, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, modern bookplate of F.C.Koch of Rotterdam, stitched in original marbled wrappers, a little rubbed and faded, spine fraying, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 1124; cf. Colas 2410, first edition], 8vo, [The Hague], 1787.⁂ First published in 1742 in folio format, both editions are extremely rare with seemingly only one example of the first edition having appeared at auction and none of the second. WorldCat lists only 2 copies of the first edition and a few of the English editions of 1742 & 1743.

Rowlandson (Thomas) Rowlandson's Characteristic Sketches of the Lower Orders, intended as a companion to the new picture of London, first edition, letterpress title and advertisement leaf, 54 hand-coloured etched plates by Rowlandson, title with slip 'Fifty-Four Engravings' pasted over, a little browned and soiled, a few spots or stains, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, morocco label, [Bobins 894; Colas 2588; Tooley 424], 12mo, Samuel Leigh, 1820.⁂ Rowlandson's second series of London street sellers following his larger format Cries of London of 1799.

Thomson (James) Retreats: A Series of Designs, consisting of Plans and Elevations for Cottages, Villas, and Ornamental Buildings, first edition, 16pp. advertisements at beginning, half-title, 41 engraved plates, of which 31 are hand-coloured aquatints (watermarked 1826 or 1827), occasional spotting and soiling, later calf-backed boards, rebacked, [Abbey, Life 76; Bobins 1474], 4to, Printed for J. Taylor, 1827.⁂ "A delightful and amusing book in fine grain aquatint skilfully coloured" (Abbey)

Rowlandson (Thomas) Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword...under the direction of Messrs. H. Angelo and Son, Fencing Masters to the Light Horse Volunteers., first edition, engraved title and 23 plates, all hand-coloured aquatints by I. Hill after Rowlandson, list of subscribers, title with corners and inner margin repaired, several other corners repaired, some marginal soiling and staining, modern red half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, [Colas 2587; Tooley 414; Bobins 386], oblong folio, H. Angelo, 1799.

Sickelmores' Select Views of Brighton, printed leaf of explanation within a wide engraved border and 9 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by George Hunt after Edward Fox, S.A.E. Jones and H. Jones, all plates with two soft vertical creases, slightly affecting image on plate 8, some light marginal marking or soiling, bookplate to inside front cover, original printed wrappers, covers neatly backed with a few repaired nicks and tears to extremities, light surface soiling, preserved in custom drop-backed box, [Abbey, Scenery 63; Bobins 1471], oblong folio, Brighton, C. and R. Sickelmore, [c.1824].⁂ The Joel Spitz copy of this handsome series of views, this copy a variant of the first edition, the wrapper similar to Abbey 64 but without the part number indicated.Provenance: Joel Spitz (bookplate, sold his sale, Christie's, 27th May, 2015, lot 9).

Stürmer (Johann Heinrich) Sammlung von National-Trachten und andern zu Charakter-Masken passenden Kostümen, Parts 1-8 in 1 vol. [a complete set], first edition, no titles, 64 hand-coloured engraved plates, with letterpress leaf of text on 'Dimitri Donskoy' bound in before the relevant 8 plates at end, a few plates lightly browned, contemporary half blue vellum, original printed blue upper wrapper to Part I bound in, a little rubbed at edges, [Bobins 1514; Not in Colas], large 8vo, Berlin, L.W.Wittich, 1821[-26].⁂ A rare set of ballet and theatrical costumes. WorldCat records only 2 sets, both in German libraries, and we have been unable to trace any copy at auction.

Alken (Henry) A Touch at the Fine Arts, first edition, half-title, 12 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings by Alken, advertisement leaf at end, plates with occasional light marginal soiling but generally very clean, offsetting to plate guards, small stain to lower edge of a few leaves, old ink inscription "Mrs. Ablett Llanbedr Hall 1850" to front free endpaper, engraved Greaves bookplate, original printed red boards rebacked and cornered in red calf, rubbed, [Bobins 612; Tooley 58], 8vo, Thomas M'Lean, 1824.

Wakefield (Edward) New Zealand Illustrated. The Story of New Zealand and Descriptions of its Cities and Towns...The Natural Wonders of New Zealand, first edition, chromolithographed frontispiece and 14 plates (1 folding) after William Potts, 1 plain plate featuring 3 cave scenes, a few tears to text leaves, mostly marginal and touching text, one longer running through text with tape repair, folding plate with tear running into image, 2 other plates with short marginal tears, light finger-soiling, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, some wear to corners, oblong folio, [Bobins 1477], Wanganui, 1889.

Alken (Henry), Thomas Egerton et al. The Melange of Humour, first collected edition, 50 hand-coloured aquatint, etched and lithograph plates, tissue guards, occasional spotting and soiling, contemporary maroon half roan, rubbed, [Abbey, Life 287; Colas 937; Tooley 51,203; Bobins 1319], folio, Printed by W. Lewis, [c.1835].⁂ A good, complete copy of "this acclaimed series of satirical illustrations depicting English life in the 1820s." (Bobins). There are six suites of plates, comprising: 6 after Henry Alken, published by Thomas McLean under Repository of Wit & Humour, 1823; 6 from W.H. Pyne's A Day's Journal of Sponge, 1824; title and 12 by Daniel Thomas Egerton under Fashionable Bores, 1824; 12 by Egerton originally published as The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion, 1823; 6 by Alken under Specimens of Riding near London, 1821; and 7 (lithographs) by Pigal and Boilly.Provenance: John M. Schiff (bookplate); William Morrison (ink inscription dated 1840 on front free endpaper).

Busby (Thomas Lord) Costume of the Lower Orders of London, first edition, additional etched pictorial title and 23 plates, all hand-coloured, some light foxing and offsetting, marginal soiling, plates generally clean, all leaves guarded, later brown morocco, gilt, rebacked preserving most of original gilt spine, inner gilt dentelles, decorative watered silk endpapers, a handsome copy, [Abbey, Life 423; Tooley 123; Bobins 626], 4to, [1820, plates watermarked 1822].⁂ Early issue with "Mattman" uncorrected, "Fortune Teller" unsigned and imprint on title not reading "Baldwin and Co." Includes Owen Clancey the Frost-Bitten sailor, Joseph Hill the Bell-ringer, A Fireman, Thomas Musto the Mat-Man and the fabulous Billy Waters, the Dancing Fiddler. Waters was an American who lost his leg in a sailing accident and used his musical and dancing 'talents' to earn a living for himself, his wife and a five year old daughter.Provenance: Alfred N. Beadleston (bookplate).

Hutton (William) A Voyage to Africa: including a Narrative of an Embassy to one of the Interior Kingdoms..., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates, with final list of plates leaf, rather foxed as usual, some browning to plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spine and burgundy roan label, new endpapers, [Abbey, Travel 280; Bobins 1710], 8vo, 1821.

Atkinson (John Augustus) A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain, vol.1 only [ all published], first edition, first issue, half-title, dedication, prospectus and text in English and French, 33 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light browning, mostly to text, modern half red morocco, gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover, spine ruled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, lower corners a little rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 12; Bobins 1273; Colas 172; cf. Tooley 71], folio, W. Bulmer & Co. for William Miller and James Walker, 1807 [watermarked 1805].⁂ Originally intended as a three volume work with 100 aquatint plates, only the first volume was completed.

Egan (Pierce) Anecdotes, (Original and Selected) of the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage..., first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 12 plates by Theodore Lane, illustrations, plates all bound before text, frontispiece lightly offset on title, small contemporary ink annotation to foot of p.229, crease to last few leaves, 4pp. advertisements bound in at beginning, bookplate of Duncan Andrews, an excellent clean copy in the original pictorial boards with 3 sporting vignettes to each cover, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, spine ends repaired, preserved in later red cloth folder and morocco-backed slip-case, spine faded, [Abbey, Life 283; Bobins 283; Schwerdt I p.158; Tooley 194], 8vo, 1827.⁂ Covering a range of sports and entertainments and including plates of horse-racing, rowing, a circus, and a hopping match held on Clapham Common.

Aure (Antoine Cartier d') Traite d'Equitation, first edition, half-title, lithograph frontispiece and 26 plates by Frey after Ledieu, all hand-coloured, wood-engraved illustrations, errata leaf at end, colour in a few plates oxidised, repairs to a few text leaves at end, some light foxing and offsetting, contemporary brown half roan, rubbed, head of spine nicked, [Bobins 1391; Nissen, ZBI 165], 4to, Paris, 1834.⁂ Rare work by the riding master at the Ecole de Versailles and, later, Saumur.Provenance: Gaston Guitton (1825-91, sculptor, his small ink stamp on title)

Rowlandson (Thomas) Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in Their Respective Uniforms, first edition, 87 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including the title, most highlighted in gold, extra-illustrated with an unsigned plate at end, later tissue guards, list of subscribers (final leaf with silked repair), bookplate, scattered spots and some marks to margins, red crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, ornately gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down), [Abbey, Life 379; Bobins 385; Tooley 416], 4to, R. Ackermann, [1798-99]⁂ A remarkable copy of this beautiful and historically important work, depicting the volunteer corps which came about as a response to the imminent threat of invasion by French revolutionary forces. It is described in Bobins as 'one of the most original and even romantic sets of English military plates'.

[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, aquatint frontispiece, additional title with vignettes and 34 plates by Henry Alken, all hand-coloured, tissue guards, plate at p.348 in first state, advertisement leaf and 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, title soiled, some other marginal soiling, bookplate to pastedown, later red morocco with elaborate gilt border surrounding 5 gilt motifs of a sportsman with gun and dog, spine gilt in compartments with hunting motifs, g.e., [Bobins 768; Schwerdt I, 36; Tooley 65], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1842.

Giscard. Delineations of the most Remarkable Costumes of the Different Provinces of Spain, first edition, 40 hand-coloured lithograph plates after Giscard, tissue guards, some plates foxed and a couple stained, but mostly clean, later half morocco over marbled boards with original printed paper label to upper cover, spine gilt, [Bobins 1040; Colas 1255], 4to, Henry Stokes, 1823.⁂ Rare. RBH cites only one copy at auction, in 1970.

Isaacs (Rev. A.A.) Four Views of the Mosques and Other Objects of Interest occupying the Site of the Temple at Jerusalem, first edition, 4 tinted lithograph plates, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, marginal repairs to some plates and wrappers, wrappers also rebacked, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 1711], folio, Day & Son, 1857.⁂ Rare set of plates "drawn and lithographed from photographs" with only 2 auction appearances in the last 50 years. "Albert Augustus Isaacs (1826-1903), a British clergyman, historian and anthropologist specialising in the Middle East as well as an amateur photographer who captured some of the earliest images of the Holy Land, travelled in Palestine between 1856 and 1857." (Bobins)

Richter (J.) & C.G.H.Geissler. Sitten, Gebräuche und Kleidung der Russen aus den niedern Ständen.../Costumes, Moeurs et Coutumes des Russes, 2 vol. in 1, ?first edition, titles and text of vol.1 in German and French, vol.2 in German only, 68 fine hand-coloured engraved plates after Geissler (40 & 28), text foxed, occasional browning to plates but generally clean, plate 25 in vol.2 with worn patch to corner causing small hole but not affecting image, contemporary glazed marbled boards, rubbed, [Bobins 1926; Colas 1207 but calling for one volume with 40 plates only], 4to, Leipzig, [1801-04-n.d.].⁂ The painter and draughtsman Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geissler spent the years 1790-98 in Russia and worked as artist for the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas on his second scientific expedition to southern Russia. Colas calls for only one volume under this title, containing 40 plates and published in 4 parts from 1801-04. At the end of the preface to the second volume Richter states that the drawings for the second volume were executed in March 1805.

Jones (Owen) and Jules Goury. Views on the Nile: from Cairo to the Second Cataract, first edition, additional tinted lithograph title and 39 plates on 31 sheets, printed title in red, blue and black, advertisement leaf at end, foxing and some water-staining, mostly marginal, some tears and repairs, likewise mostly marginal but occasionally into image, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, rebacked preserving original spine, [Blackmer 888; Bobins 1442], folio, Graves and Warmsley, 1843.⁂ Owen Jones visited parts of Greece, Alexandria, Cairo, Thebes, and Constantinople in 1833. Sixteen plates are after sketches by Jones and fifteen by the architect Jules Goury, who later died of cholera while collaborating with Jones on his study of the Alhambra at Granada.

Westall (Richard) Victories of the Duke of Wellington, from Drawings, first edition, third issue (largest paper copy), wood-engraved title-vignette, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, plate-guards, light offsetting, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary black half morocco, morocco label to upper cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, [Abbey, Life 381; Bobins 397; Tooley p.265], folio, 1819.⁂ Provenance: William Netherwood; John Needles Chester (bookplates).

Eyre (Lt. Vincent) The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the Retreat and Destruction of the British Army...with a Journal of Imprisonment in Afghanistan, fourth edition, folding lithographed plan, with the addition of 15 lithographed portraits and plates from Eyre's 'Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners' bound in, one folding, some on india paper and mounted, light spotting to one or two plates but a good clean copy in original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine rubbed and faded with a couple of small nicks, new endpapers, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, morocco label, spine faded, [Bobins 240], 8vo, 1843.⁂ Record of part of the debacle of the First Afghan War of 1839-42. Following the murder of Alexander Burnes in 1841 the British force was besieged in Kabul. They were eventually allowed to evacuate and began the retreat back towards India. On the way the Afghans demanded the surrender of the married officers and their families as hostages and they spent nine months in captivity in various forts, the experience being recorded by both Eyre and Lady Sale in diaries, before being rescued by General Sir George Pollock. The rest of the retreating column of 16,500 including women and children perished in the mountains due to the harsh winter and attacks from local tribesmen. Of the contingent only one British soldier, Dr. William Brydon, and a few sepoys managed to reach Jalalabad.Eyre's portfolio of the portraits of the prisoners was issued separately but was intended to be bound up with either Eyre's or Lady's Sale's journal of the ordeal, as here.

[Durst von Wengen (Gottfried)] Die oeffentliche Maskerade in Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833, first edition, 28 hand-coloured lithograph plates, some double-page, all guarded, one trimmed at edge with partial loss of plate number, some browning to folds or edge with guard, later cloth-backed pictorial boards incorporating the upper wrapper of the first 'Lieferung', a little rubbed and soiled, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 1491], oblong 4to, Bamberg, [1833].⁂ Rare record of the Bamberg folk festival at the Theresienwiese showing all the participants.

Rowlandson (Thomas).- Annals of Sporting, by Caleb Quizem, Esqr. and his Various Correspondents, first edition, hand-coloured folding etched frontispiece, vignette title and 27 plates by Rowlandson and Woodward, a little spotted and browned, plates offset, modern boards with original printed wrappers mounted on covers and original label to spine, uncut, a little rubbed, new endpapers, [Bobins 1192; Schwerdt II p.119], 12mo, Thomas Tegg, 1809.

Breton (Lt. William Henry) Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway, first edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece, vignette title and 16 plates, 5 hand-coloured of costumes, the rest on india paper and mounted, one double-page, folding lithographed map at end, some very light offsetting but overall a lovely clean copy, engraved bookplate of the art collector and benefactor John Sheepshanks, modern bookplate of Robert J.Hayhurst, later speckled calf, gilt, by Rivière, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Abbey, Travel 255; Bobins 1679], 8vo, [1835].

Campbell (Lt. Col. James) Excursions, Adventures and Field-Sports in Ceylon, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 17 lithograph plates, of which 8 are hand-coloured, some folding, later calf, gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, [Bobins 228], 8vo, 1843.

Terry (Daniel) British Theatrical Gallery, first edition, 20 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by R.Cooper after Harlowe, Clint, Sharp, De Wilde and Waldeck, tissue guards, some light foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, original title-label mounted to rear endpaper, later red half morocco, gilt, a little scuffed and lower cover slightly mottled, [Abbey, Life 418; Colas 2862; Bobins 727; Tooley 483], folio, H. Berthoud, 1825.⁂ Featuring the leading actors of the day in some of their most famous roles including Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth and Edmund Kean as Richard III.This copy with ink presentation inscription from Katherine Hepburn ("Kate") to "Bertie" on front free endpaper, apparently given at the end of the New York run of The Millionairess.

Teupken (T.F.) Beschrijving Hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen en alle in Militaire Betrekking Staande Personen Gekleed, Geequipeerd en Gewapend zijn, 2 vol., first edition, subscriber's copy, vol.1 half-title, titles within decorative borders, signed as authentication by the author on versos, list of subscribers, engraved titles and 69 plates after B. van Hove, all but 3 of which are hand-coloured, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked preserving original spines, rubbed, [Lipperheide 2255 and 2256; Bobins 393], folio, The Hague & Amsterdam, Uitgegeven voor rekening van den Auteur [and] Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823-26.⁂ Superb copy of the finest Dutch colour plate work on military costume. Each volume with the ownership inscription of Baron Jules de Constant Rebecque, who is listed as a Lieutenant-General amongst the list of some 280 subscribers.

Atkinson (J.) Incidents of British Bravery during the late Campaigns on the Continent, 4 original parts, first edition, 16 hand-coloured lithograph plates, some foxing and browning, uncut in original printed wrappers, some fraying and repairs to edges, spines worn, stitching renewed, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Bobins 344], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, 1817.⁂ Four parts, all published, from an originally intended six parts. Very rare in the original parts.

Eckert (H.A.) Monten (Dietrich) and F. Schlever. Das K.K. Russische Militair aus dem grossen Werke Saemmtliche Truppen von Europa, first edition, 138 hand-coloured lithograph plates, comprising 2 coats-of-arms, 107 of uniforms and 29 schematic plates, the uniform plates tipped in and heightened with gum arabic, with captions beneath on mount, a few with slight creases at corners, occasional foxing, some ink annotations to schematic plates, later green half morocco over original printed boards, spine faded, boards slightly stained from leather, [Colas 935; Lipperheide 2120; Bobins 1137], large 4to, Wuerzburg, Christian Weiss, 1840 [but c.1842].⁂ Superb depictions of Russian military uniforms. There is debate about how many plates there should be (the Bobins catalogue says this copy has 144, including 35 schematic plates; Colas calls for a printed dedication and 144 plates but this may relate to another issue; Lipperheide calls for 128 plates), but this is nevertheless at least substantially complete and the plates, of an early issue by being mounted with the printed captions on the mounts, are generally in excellent and fresh condition.Provenance: Theodor Brauer (ink inscription); Franz Gaucher (ink inscription dated 6 May 1883); Sir George Francis Hugh, Marquess of Cambridge (bookseller's note).

[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Some Will and Some Won't; or, A Lesson on Hunting, first edition, title and 4ff. text, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, text foxed, modern red half morocco over marbled boards, red morocco label to upper cover, [Schwerdt I, p..22; Bobins 753], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1821].⁂ "this is a fine set in Alken's best style" (Schwerdt).

Ridinger (Johann Elias) [Vorstellung der Pferde, nach ihren Hauptfarben und derselben verschiedenen Abtheilungen, Complexion, und der daraus entspringenden Beschaffenheit], first edition, hand-coloured engraved pictorial title 'Hier zeigt sich Rapp Braun Fuchs Falch Schimel Scheck u: Tieger, und jeds nach seiner Art u: mancher änderung wieder', drop-head title and text in German and French printed in double-column, 50 superb finely hand-coloured engraved plates, light marginal soiling, some foxing and staining to plates, mostly marginal but affecting a few images, plate 1 with tear to lower margin just extending beyond platemark (repaired), title and a few other plates with small tears and repairs to lower edge, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt, old paper label at foot, rubbed, [Bobins 1635; Nissen ZBI 3418; Schwerdt III:145; Thienemann 919-969], 4to, Augsburg, [1770].⁂ Rare work on horse colours and shade variations by the great equestrian artist Johann Elias Ridinger, published posthumously by his sons, Martin E. and J. J. Ridinger. It was one of only two of Ridinger's works which were intended for colouring.

Burney (Fanny) Evelina: or The History of a Young Lady's Introduction to the World, hand-coloured aquatint additional title and 6 hand-coloured engraved plates after W.Heath and others, most with aquatint, rather browned, plates offset, 3A gathering a little short, contemporary red cloth, paper label to spine, with bookseller's ticket "A.Playter. Dealer in English Books...Amsterdam" to foot of front pastedown, uncut, rubbed and faded (particularly spine), a few stains, recased, preserved in later red cloth drop-front box (a little soiled and faded), [Bobins 1323; Tooley 118], 8vo, Edward Mason, 1821.⁂ The first issue of this scarce illustrated edition of Burney's epistolary novel; it was reissued the following year by Jones and Co. Library Hub cites one copy only, in the British Library.

Picturesque Views on the River Exe, first edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates by D. Havell and E.C. Lewis after H. Haseler, L.E. Reed and Knight, text lightly foxed, uncut in original boards, rebacked in cloth, corners rubbed, preserved in modern cloth chemise, [Abbey, Scenery 117; Bobins 1435], 4to, Tiverton, Printed for J. Chaplin by T. Parkhouse, 1819.

Egan (Pierce) Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their Pursuits through Life in and out of London , first edition, first issue with engraved title dated 1829 and woodcuts on pp.7, 40 & 42, bound from the original 12 parts, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 plates by and after Robert Cruikshank except for one plate by George Cruikshank, wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations, some marginal soiling, one or two plates with small tears to edges (repaired), stab-holes, bookplate of George Seton Veitch, later crushed scarlet morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, with most of the very rare original printed front and rear pictorial wrappers to original parts bound in at end (lacking only upper wrapper to Part I, a little soiled, one or two small stains), spine very slightly rubbed and faded, [Abbey, Life 284-285; Bobins 1337; Cohn 264; Tooley 197], 8vo, 1830.

Heideloff (Victor) Ansichten des Herzoglich Württembergischen Landsitzes Hohenheim, first edition in original 6 parts, engraved hand-coloured plan and 37 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light marginal marking or faint soiling but very clean generally, publisher's neat blindstamp to a few plate margins, original printed wrappers with printed labels to upper covers, part 6 with numbering altered by hand and with neatly repaired tear to head, part 1 with chipping and wear to spine and some staining and scuffing to covers, but a near-fine copy generally, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Bobins 1436], folio, Nuremberg, Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, 1795-1800.⁂ A superb copy of this series of views from the Duke of Württemberg's estate in Hohenheim, one of the rarest and most desirable German colour plate books on gardens. Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728-1793), obtained the former manor of Bombast von Hohenheim for his mistress and later wife Franziska von Hohenheim in 1768. The estate was reconstructed along the lines of an English garden (one of the first in Germany) under the auspices of the court architect Reinhard F. Heinrich Fischer. Around 60 buildings, comprising follies and monuments in Baroque and antique styles, were added to the complex before the duke's death in 1793. Though much of the estate fell into disrepair, several of the buildings were ultimately preserved and the site now houses the botanical gardens of the University of Hohenheim. This appears to be the only complete copy to appear at auction, the last near-complete example being one with the plan and first 23 plates that was sold at Sotheby's in 1965.

Nichol (Andrew) Five Views of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, first edition, 5 superb hand-coloured aquatints by J.Harris after Nichol, 8pp. publisher's catalogue tipped inside rear wrapper, sewn in original printed wrappers, a little spotted and soiled, slight fraying to spine, preserved in modern half dark maroon morocco portfolio, spine slightly faded, [Bobins 1568; Not in Abbey], 4to, Dublin, William Frederick Wakeman, [plates dated and water-marked 1834].⁂ A superb copy of this great rarity, with only a handful of copies recorded at auction.The first railway in Ireland had difficulties to overcome. One opponent, Mr. O'Hanlon, told a Railway Committee of the House of Commons in 1833 that it "would be a monstrous thing that the solid advantages of commerce, manufactures, and all the blessings resulting therefrom, should he sacrificed to a few nursery maids descending from the town of Kingstown to the sea at Dunleary, to perform the pleasures of ablution." Storms also caused a delay as a vital bridge was destroyed. It was finally opened in December 1834 with two engines, the Vauxhall and the Hibernia, which were able to reach speeds of over thirty miles an hour.

Pronay (Freiherr Gabriel von) Skizzen aus dem Volksleben in Ungarn, first German edition, half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette, 25 chromolithograph plates, tissue guards, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed, small mark on upper cover, [Colas 2430; Lipperheide 896; Bobins 444], folio, Budapest, Hermann Geibel, 1855.⁂ Lovely plates showing everyday life in Hungary with German text but German, Hungarian and French plate captions.

[Diston (A.)] Costumes of the Canary Islands, first edition, 6 hand-coloured lithograph plates by W. Fisk after A. Diston, tissue guards, some foxing, stitching perished but one later strand present, original printed wrappers, chipped and repaired, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Abbey, Travel 75; Bobins 93], 4to, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1829.⁂ Rare costume work, not found in Colas. Plates include a 'Hat-Seller of Grand Canary, 'Natives of Fuerteventura' and 'Tapadas, or Walking Dress-Canaries'.