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Barnaud, Nicolas. Le Cabinet du Roy de France... [No place], 1581. First edition, 8vo, 19th century half calf gilt, rubbed, ink notes to title, pencil notes on endpapers. Note: Adams B219

Dousa, Janus, the elder. Epigrammatum lib. II, Satyrae II, Elegorum lib. I, Silvarum lib. II. Antwerp: excudebat Gulielmus Siluius, 1569. First edition, 8vo, [8, 148], woodcut device on title, engraved portrait on title verso, nineteenth century quarter calf, title renewed in inner margin, cut close affecting two letters and with small repair affecting one letter, rubbed, upper hinge weak, early inscription at foot of title. Note: Rare. No copy traced at auction in the last 30 years.

Greek grammar--Enocus, Lodoicus. De puerili Graecarum literarum doctrina liber. [Geneva or Paris]: R. Stephanus, 1555. First edition, 8vo, [208 leaves], woodcut device on title, with errata leaf [leaf 206] at end, near contemporary panelled calf, inner margin of title and verso of final leaf repaired with sellotape, wormhole and split to head of spine, lacks ties

Storms, Jan. De accurata circuli dimensione et quadratura, cum sylvula epigrammatum, aenigmatum aliorumque versuum de numeris. Louvain, Franciscus Simonis, 1633. First edition, 4to, woodcut device on title [bound after] Ludus fortunae ad recreandam societatem. Louvain: F. Simonis, 1633. First edition, 4to, woodcut device on title, contemporary ink inscription to title, 2 works in one volume, contemporary vellum

Wishart, George. I. G. [i.e. Jacobus, Graemus, Marquis of Montrose] De rebus auspiciis serenissimi, et potentissimi Caroli... Paris: Joannis Bessin, 1648. 8vo, pp [24], 563, [1] (pp.66-81 repeated because sheet F is bound in twice), contemporary French red morocco, lavishly gilt, covers panelled with broad borders surrounding a blank central oval medallion, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, one small scrape on the front cover. Note: A sumptuous copy of the first Paris edition. This is a narrative based on eye-witness accounts of the campaigns of the royalist Scots army in 1644-46, under the command of the Marquis of Montrose, to whom Wishart was chaplain. Montrose won an impressive series of victories against the Covenanters but following defeat in Philiphaugh in September 1646 he fled to the continent where Wishart shared his exile and wrote his book, which spread the fame of Montrose across Europe as a dauntless hero. When, however, Montrose unwisely returned to Scotland to confront the Covenanters again, he was captured and executed with Wishart`s book hung around his neck. Provenance: Library of Pierre-Antoine Bolongaro-Crevenna of Amsterdam, one of the finest libraries in Europe, with charactereistic lot label (6506), auctioned in 1790. "Out of its more then 8000 lots, the incunables alone numbered well over a thousand... one of the largest buyers was the London bookseller Payne." (David Rogers, The Book Collector III, 1954, p.148-149). Robert Maxtone-Graham, bookplate.

Anderson, James. Collections relating to the history of Mary Queen of Scotland. London: F. Gyles, 1729-27. 4 volumes, 4to, volume 1 second edition, volumes 2-4 first edition, contemporary calf, gilt

Browne, James. A history of the Highlands and the Highland clans. Glasgow, 1838-35-36-38. 8vo, 4 volumes, engraved plates, contemporary half calf gilt, marble endpapers, some foxing to titles; [Pennant, Thomas] A tour in Scotland MDCCLXIX. London, 1772. Second edition, 8vo, 15 [of 18] plates, contemporary calf, worn, some plates torn, foxing; Jamieson, R. Burt`s letters from the North of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1876. 8vo, 2 volumes, modern quarter calf gilt; [Sterne, Laurence] A sentimental journey through France and Italy... London, 1774. 12mo, 3 volumes in 1, contemporary calf, boards loose, worn backstrip, contemporary ink inscription on first title, lacking rear endpaper, some worming to last 30 pages [no text loss]; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca`s morals... London, 1678. 8vo, 4 parts in 2 volumes, translated by R. L`Estrange, contemporary calf, worn, bookplates; and a quantity of others (38)

Churchill, Winston Spencer. The river war, an historical account of the reconquest of the Soudan. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co. 1899. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, half titles, 7 photogravure portraits, folding maps and plans, original blue cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, corners bumped, some light foxing, further foxing to page edges, contemporary ink inscription on front endpapers (2)

Churchill, Winston Spencer. The world crisis 1916-1918. London, 1927. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, volume III [parts 1&2] only, original blue cloth; [Idem.] A history of the English-speaking peoples. London, 1956-58. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dustwrappers; [Idem.] The second world war. London, 1948-1954. First edition, 6 volumes, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, some short tears, fading to backstrips, interiors clean; Guedalla, Philip Mr. Churchill. London, 1941. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, previous inscription on endpaper (13)

Diana, Princess of Wales. A tribute in dress. London, 1998. First edition, 4to, one of 6 specially bound copies for the printers, full black morocco gilt, a.e.g., original soft covers bound in. Note: An exhibition catalogue of Princess Diana`s dresses published in 1998 to celebrate her fashion style and contribution to the industry as a whole. This volume was produced on behalf of the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, chaired by Paul Burrell.

Dugdale, William. A short view of the late troubles in England. Oxford: for Moses Pitt, 1681. First edition, folio, engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 pages of advertisements at end, contemporary panelled calf, head and tail of spine worn, joints splitting, margins of Pp1 frayed. Note: Wing D2492

Forsyth, Robert. The principles and practice of agriculture... Edinburgh, 1804. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half title in volume I, 21 engraved plates [one folding], contemporary tree calf gilt, rubbed at edges, some plates cropped at outer edges affecting some captions and some images; Scotland The statutes at large concerning elections of members of Parliament for Scotland.. 1743. Edinburgh, 1744. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, some browning to edges of title; [Paulding, James Kirke] The lay of the Scottish fiddle. London, 1814. First English edition, 12mo, uncut, later boards, inner hinges strengthened; Meikle, James Metaphysical maxims... Edinburgh, 1811. Second edition, 12mo, contemporary black morocco gilt, rubbing to edges, some foxing; Ramsey, John Woodnotes of a wanderer. Edinburgh, 1852. Seventh thousand, 12mo, original blue cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, ink stamp to title; Nicholson, John Historical and traditional tales in prose and verse, connected with the South of Scotland. Kirkcudbright, 1843. First edition, 8vo, contemporary cloth, paper label, chipped, some foxing; Milne, John Twelve essays... Aberdeen, 1845. First edition, 12mo, original green cloth gilt, some foxing; Ettrick, William The answer of the Reverend william Ettrick to certain allegations contained in a critique in the Intellectual Repository, Number VII... Sunderland, 1825 [bound with] A reply to the third critique... Sunderland, 1826. 8vo, original boards, uncut, some foxing; and 4 others (13)

Fox, Charles James. A history of the early part of the reign of James the Second. London: W. Miller, 1808. First edition, 4to, half-title [with note "Royal Paper - Two Guineas and a Half, Boards"], engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, uncut, upper joint cracked; Cumberland, Richard Memoirs. London: Lackington, 1806. 4to, plates, one loose and frayed page 105 repaired with some loss, contemporary calf, worn; Watkins, J. Memoirs of the public and private life of... Richard Brinsley Sheridan. London: H. Colburn, 1817. 4to, frontispiece and one plate, contemporary calf, worn, frontispiece slightly soiled; Jerdan, W. National Portrait Gallery. London: Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1830. 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Smollett, T. The history of England. London: T. Cadell, 1804. 5 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, red morocco labels, lightly rubbed (11)

Golden Cockerel Press - Lawrence, T.E. Secret dispatches from Arabia. Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1939. 8vo, number 104 of 970 copies, frontispiece, quarter niger by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, a very clean copy; Lawrence, T.E. Seven pillars of wisdom. London, 1935. First trade edition, 8vo, frontispiece and other plates, original brown cloth gilt, faded at backstrip and edges; Doughty, Charles M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. London, 1936. New edition, 8vo, two volumes, original brown cloth gilt, dustwrappers, torn at edges; Lawrence, T.E. Oriental assembly. London, 1939. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original brown cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem] Revolt in the desert. London, 1927. Fifth impression, 8vo, frontispiece, original brown cloth gilt, previous owner`s inscription on endpaper; and 4 others (10)

Monro, Robert. Monro his expedtition with the worthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes Regiment) levied in August 1626. London: printed by William Jones, 1637. First edition, 2 parts in one volume, folio, pp. [16], 89, [23], 224, [20] blank leaf, nineteenth century half calf, rebacked, title slightly soiled and a little frayed, inserted blank before text with contemporary manuscript notes. Note: First edition of a vivid account of the first two decades of the Thirty Years War. Robert Monro served in the French Army in 1625-26 before enlisting under Sir Donald Mackay (afterward Lord Reay) to fight for the Danes in Germany, Mackay`s regiment distinguishing itself at Boitzenburg and then at Oldenburg. When Denmark withdrew from the Thirty Years` War in 1629 Monro and 1400 other Scots tranferred to the Swedish service, in which he also acted as an itinerant ambassador to Scotland. His account, which remains a valuable source for the history of Scottish involvement in the Thirty Years` War, influenced Sir Walter Scott, whose based Dugald Dalgetty in A legend of the wars of Montrose (1819) on Monro. STC 18022

Sandford, Francis. The history of the coronation of the most high, most mighty and most excellent monarch, James II. Savoy: Thomas Newcomb, 1687. First edition, folio (42.6 by 27.5cm.), title printed in red and black, imprimatur leaf before title, 29 (of 30) engraved plates, 28 double-page, engraved head-pieces and initials, contemporary calf, most plates with short split at fold in lower margin or strengthened at fold on verso, plate number 7 with short tear, no loss, very slight dampstain in extreme top margin, title somewhat spotted, slight discolouration to two plates, rubbed, rebacked corners repaired. Note: Wing S652

Watson, James. The history of the art of printing, containing an account of it`s [sic] invention and progress in Europe... Edinburgh: printed by James Watson, 1713. First edition, small 8vo, 24, xlviii, 64, folding plate of wood engraved ornaments, title in red and black, modern half calf gilt, folding plate torn and tidily repaired without loss. Note: James Watson was the son of an Aberdeen merchant who advanced money to two Dutch printers to set up a printing house in Edinburgh; the business failed and reverted to the elder Watson, who obtained the sole licence to print almanacs in Scotland. The younger Watson set up as a printer in 1695. In 1700 he was imprisoned for printing a pamphlet attacking the Darien adventure, but was released when the prison was stormed by a mob. Also in 1700 he began publishing the Edinburgh Gazette and in 1705 founded the Edinburgh Courant. In 1711 he obtained a share of the patent of king`s printer. [DNB]

Aldiss, Brian. The canopy of time. London: Faber & Faber, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, interior clean, no inscriptions; Heinlein, Robert Double star. London, 1958. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some fading to backstrip; Delany, Samuel The jewels of Aptor. London: Victor Gollanz, 1968. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, interior clean, no inscriptions; and 9 other Gollanz volumes, later editions (12)

Bentley, E.C. Trent`s own case. London: Constable & Co, 1936. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, price clipped

Blount, Thomas Pope. Censura celebriorum authorum. London: R. Chiswel, 1690. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, head and tail of spine repaired. Note: Wing B-3346. Provenance: Jo. Battely, early inscription on title; J. V. Cleary, S.J.D., Presb. Waterfordiensis 1869, inscription on title

Bookbinding by Edwin Moor of Cambridge. Rutherforth, Thomas. A defence of The Lord Bishop of London`s discourses concerning the use and intent of prophecy. Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1750. First edition, 8vo, contemporary binding of blue morocco gilt by Edwin Moor of Cambridge, covers with concave gilt lozenge-shaped central ornament comprised of various circular and other tools, within wide gilt border of four rolls within double fillet, marbled endpapers, text slightly browned, repaired at head and base of the spine, a few other slight marks to binding

[Burney, Frances]. Camilla: or, a picture of youth. London: T. Payne, T. Cadell Jun., & W. Davies, 1796. First edition, 5 volumes, 12mo, with advertisement leaf A4 and list of subscribers in volume 1, contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering-pieces, spines gilt, head of one spine slightly rubbed; Idem Evelina. London: T. & W. Lowndes, 1783. 4 volumes, 12mo, engraved frontispieces, contemporary calf, morocco lettering pieces, head of spines chipped; Idem The wanderer. London: Longman, 1814. First edition, 5 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, contemporary half calf, some light spotting, one joint splitting; Idem Cecilia. London: T. Cadell, 1809. Fifth edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, titles slightly discoloured, head of spines rubbed (17). Note: With, amongst the names of the subscribers, Miss J. Austen of Steventon.

Burns, Robert. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Dublin: printed for William Gilbert, 1787. First Dublin edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened, some chipping to edges of title, some small stains. Note: Egerer 4

Christie, Agatha. The hound of death and other stories. London: Odhams Press, 1933. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, lacking dust jacket, backstrip faded, bookplate removed from front free endpaper; [Idem] The hollow. London, 1946. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket, not price clipped, bookplate, previous ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] Sparkling cyanide. London, 1945. First edition, 8vo, lacking dust jacket, original red cloth, bookplate; [Idem] One, two, buckle my shoe. London, 1942. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, bookplate removed; [Idem] Five little pigs. London, 1943. Second edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, bookplate removed, some light foxing; and 6 others (11)

Churchill, Sir Winston. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1900. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed on half-title "To John Black Atkins Esq., from Winston S. Churchill. South Africa, July 1900", and inscribed "J.B. Atkins" in pencil on front endpaper, 8vo, 4 maps [3 folding], 2 + 32pp. advertisements at end, original buff pictorial cloth lettered on upper cover in red and black and on spine in gilt, joints and corners slightly frayed, slightly soiled, spine slightly darkened. Note: A fine early association copy. Churchill had left for South Africa as the correspondent of the Morning Post while John Black Atkins was there as the correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. Atkins had travelled out to S. Africa with the twenty-four year old Churchill by steamer and the two went together to Durban, sharing a tent at Estcourt, but Atkins declined Churchill`s offer to accompany him on the armoured train from Estcourt to Colenso. It was the attack by the Boers on the armoured train, Churchill`s role in freeing the locomotive from the wreckage and his subsequent capture, which gave him the dramatic story he needed to further advance his political career. For J.B. Atkins` account of the Boer war, The relief of Ladysmith and his autobiography, Incidents and Reflections see lot 129.

Deighton, Len. Horse under water. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition, 8vo, crosswords on endpapers remain blank, original red and black cloth, blind stamp on upper board, original dustwrapper; [Ibid.] An expensive place to die. London, 1967. First edition, 8vo, "In transit docket" with papers present, original black cloth, original dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip; [Ibid.] Bomber. London, 1970. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper; [Ibid.] Yesterday`s spy. London, 1975. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth, dustwrapper; and 5 other Len Deighton first editions; Maclean, Alistair The last frontier. London, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, some chipping to head and tail of spine; [Ibid.] When eight bells toll. London, 1966. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, small ink date to front endpaper; [Ibid.] Force 10 from Navarone. London, 1968. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth, dustwrapper, faded at backstrip; and 5 other Alistair Maclean first editions and a Ruth Rendell volume (18)

Dickens, Charles. The posthumous papers of The Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form, early issue, with the footnote on p. 9, "S. Veller" on p. 342 line 5, Pickwick misspelled "Picwkick" on p. 375, half title, frontispiece, additional illustrated title [with "Weller" on sign, later issue altered from "Veller" in earlier issues], 41 plates, original blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, head of hinges splitting, foxing, plates browned at edges; and another copy of the same edition in contemporary half calf, some plates torn (2). CHECK Smith I:3 (pp. 19-27). Grolier, English One Hundred 78. Eckel, p. 56.

Doyle, Arthur Conan. The hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, 1902. First edition, first issue [with "you" for "your" on page 13], 8vo, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, original decorative red cloth gilt, some rubbing to backstrip, ink name on front endpaper

Doyle, Arthur Conan. The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1894. First edition, 8vo, original decorative blue cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, some light foxing

Eliot, George [Evans, Mary Ann]. The mill on the floss. Edinburgh, 1860. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of volume one, publisher`s catalogue at end of volume 3, original orange-brown cloth stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, [Baker & Ross A5.1.a; Sadleir 816], some minor spotting and browning, new endpapers, minor wear to bindings, circulating library labels removed from upper covers; [Idem] Romola. London,1863. First edition in book form, 8vo, 3 volumes, leaf of advertisements at end of volume 2, nineteenth-century crushed green morocco by Riviere, double gilt fillet borders on covers, spine tooled gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt, original cloth bound in at end of each volume, morocco-lipped slipcase, [Baker & Ross A7.2], spines lightly sunned (6)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner`s Sons, 1925. First edition, 2nd printing, original green cloth embossed with lettering, dampstain to upper edge of cloth, slightly rubbed, some light spotting. Provenance: Lord Beaverbook. bookplate; S. Churchill, signature on front endapper; pencil note "August 24 1926, Aquitania, to Southampton".

Fleming, Ian. Diamonds are forever. London: J. Cape, 1956. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket frayed with slight loss at extremities, lower cover slightly soiled, owner`s inscription on front endpaper

Fleming, Ian. Goldfinger. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt with skull design, dustwrapper, not price clipped, head and tail of backstrip slightly bumped, interior very clean, no inscriptions

Fleming, Ian. Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth with blind-stamped hand on upper board, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some slight creasing to head and tail of backstrip, interior very clean, no inscriptions

Fleming, Ian. Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth with blind-stamped hand on upper board, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some slight creasing to lower edge, interior very clean, no inscriptions

Fleming, Ian - 6. You only live twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper, no ink inscriptions and another copy, price clipped; [Idem] Octopussy and the living daylights. London: Jonathan Cape,1966. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy (3)

[Hope, Thomas]. Anastasius. London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, contemporary calf, some dampstaining and spotting, worming to lower margin at end of volume 3, volume 1 with upper joint split and head of spine torn, minor worming to joints. Provenance: Josiah and Anna Maria Coghill, Bally Duff, 1819, inscription on titles

Langbaine, Gerard, the younger. An account of the English dramatick poets. Oxford: Printed by L[ichfield] for G. West & H. Clements, 1691. First edition, 8vo, [16, 556, 34], errata leaf at end, late ninteenth century black half morocco, t.e.g., title laid down but with window on verso to B.M. 1818 duplicate stamp, lower margin of a3 repaired, some spotting and slight discolouration. Note: Wing L373. Provenance: British Museum, library and duplicate stamp on title verso, Duplicate 1818 stamp on verso of OO6

Lewis, C.S. The last battle. London: The Bodley Head, 1956. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly frayed at head of spine and very slightly soiled, owner`s name in ink at head of front endpaper; [Lewis, C.S.]The voyage of the Dawn Treader. London: G. Bles, 1952. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece & illustrations, original cloth, lacking the dust-jacket, owner`s name at head of front endpaper, spine and lower cover partly faded (2)

Lewis, C.S. Out of the silent planet. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1943. American pre-publication unbound page proofs (stamped "Publication Date Sep 21 1943") on title-page comprising 12 unbound gatherings, browning to A1v and A2r (title-page), conjugate leaves A1 and A8 separated, some browning to edges. Note: The first in the Professor Ransom trilogy. Arthur C. Clarke regarded both Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra as "two of the very few works of space fiction that can be classed as literature." The first English edition was published in 1938.

Locke, John. Some familiar letters between Mr. Locke and several of his friends. London: A. & J. Churchill, 1708. First edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, joints splitting

Maclean, Alistair. H.M.S. Ulysses. London, 1955. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped; [Idem.] The guns of Navarone. London, 1957. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped; [Idem.] South by Java Head. London, 1958. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, chipped at edges; [Idem.] The last frontier. London, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, torn at foot of backstrip; [Idem.] The golden rendezvous. London, 1962. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper, torn at edges [some loss]; [Idem.] Ice station Zebra. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, chipped at edges; [Idem.] When eight bells toll. London, 1966. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, chipped at edges; [Idem.] Where eagles dare. London, 1967. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, dustwrapper; [Idem.] Force 10 from Navarone. London, 1968. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth, dustwrapper, backstrip faded; [Idem.] Puppet on a chain. London, 1969. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges (10)

Masefield, John - Keeble, Sir F.W. Polly and Freddie. London, 1936. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from the author on half title, from the library of John Masefield, original red cloth gilt; Masefield, John The Wanderer of Liverpool. London, 1930. First edition, 8vo, number 290 of 525 copies, signed by the author, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt; Deeping, Warwick Roper`s row. London, 1929. Collector`s edition, 8vo, number 140 of 500 copies, signed by the author, original black cloth gilt; Golden Cockerel Press Shelley at Oxford. Berkshire, 1944. 8vo, number 60 of 500 copies, frontispiece, original half red morocco gilt, faded at edges; Walton, Izaak The lives of Doctor John Donne... London, 1921. 8vo, number 13 of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, original boards, foxed; Tomlinson, H.M. All our yesterdays. London, 1930. 8vo, number 148 of 1025 copies, signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, some light spotting; La Fontaine, Jean de Tales and novels in verse. London: Society of English Bibliophilists, 1896. 8vo, 2 volumes, number 284 of 520 copies, illustrated with engravings by Eisen, later half green morocco gilt; [Idem] Tales and novels... Paris, 1884. 8vo, 2 volumes, one of 100 copies, later half morocco gilt; Young, Andrew The collected poems of... London, 1960. 8vo, number 23 of 65 copies, signed by the author and illustrator, wood engravings by Joan Hassall, half red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Leighton, John Moral emblems. London, 1862. 8vo, illustrated, full green morocco gilt extra, a.e.g., some rubbing to edges; and 4 others (16). Note: All volumes inscibed in ink by David Fyfe Anderson on front endpaper.

Peters, Ellis [Edith Pargeter]. A morbid taste for bones. London: Macmillan, 1977. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth lettered in black on spine, dust-jacket, bookplate to front free endpaper. Note: A fine copy of the first of the Brother Cadfael mysteries.

Queen, Ellery. An exhibition on the occasion of the opening of the Ellery Queen Collection. University of Texas, 1959. 8vo, number 262 of 500 copies, signed by the author, original paper wrappers; [Idem] Half-way house. London, 1936. First edition, 8vo, pencil inscription by A.A. Milne on front endpaper, original black cloth, lacking dustwrapper; [Idem] Ten days` wonder. 1948, bookplate; Cat of many tails. 1949, bookplate; The King is dead. 1952; The scarlet letters. 1953; Queen`s bureau of investigation. 1955; The finishing stroke. 1958; The glass village, 1954; The origin of evil. 1951; Double, double. 1950, bookplate; Inspector Queen`s own case. 1956; In the Queen`s parlour. 1957; Ellery Queen`s calendar of crime. 1952, bookplate; The player on the other side. 1963; Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper. 1967; The house of brass. 1968; Face to face. 1967; and 35 others; all London, first editions, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrappers [roughly price clipped] (53)

Ripley, J.J. Adhelm and Ethelfled. London: for the Author, 1818; Sheridan, R.B. Clio`s protest. London: J. Arnould, 1819. 2 volumes in one, 8vo, contemporary calf, joints split at head of spine; Akenside, Mark. The pleasures of imagination. London: R. Dodsley, 1744. First edition, third issue, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, title printed in red and black, later boards, lower cover detached; Herbert of Cherbury, Lord. The life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. London: J. Dodsley, 1770. 4to, folding frontispiece, contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece; Falconer, W. The shipwreck. London: Cadell & Davies, 1808. 8vo, wood-engraved vignettes, contemporary calf; Byron, G.G.N., Lord Sardanapalus... The two Foscari... Cain. London: J. Murray, 1821. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; [Idem] Don Juan. London: T. Davison, 1819. 8vo, modern half calf (6)

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the philosopher`s stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1999, First deluxe edition, fifth impression; [Idem] Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First deluxe edition, fifth impression; [Idem] Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First deluxe edition, sixth impression; [Idem] Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. First deluxe edition, original red, blue, green and purple cloth gilt with laid down illustration on upper board, in publisher`s red slipcase, all four signed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title (4). Note: Loosely inserted is a programme for the Millenium Ball, 24 November 2000, in Glasgow, where this set was auctioned in aid of The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust

Sassoon, Siegfried. Vigils. [Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon], 1934. Number 93 [of 272 copies], signed by Siegfried Sassoon, frontispiece engraved by Stephen Gooden, poems engraved by C. Sigrist, original tan morocco, tear to lower board, spine darkened; Beerbohm, Sir Max . The happy hypocrite. 1897. Original wrappers frayed, upper wrapper detached; [Idem] Observations. 1925, coloured frontispiece; [Idem] Rossetti and his circle. 1922; [Idem] Herbert Beerbohm Tree. [N.d.], spine worn; [Idem] A Christmas garland. 1912; [Idem] More. 1899; [Idem] Yet again. 1909; [Idem] And even now. 1920; Waugh, Evelyn Work suspended. 1942. First edition, limited to 500 copies, dust-jacket soiled and torn with loss; [Idem] Scott-King`s modern Europe. 1947. Dust-jacket worn; and 7 others (18)

Spy Fiction - Fleming , Ian. On Her Majesty`s secret service. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, torn at head, ink notes on rear wrapper, ink marks on volume list and another second impression copy; [Idem] The man with the golden gun. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, chipped at head and tail, previous owner`s ink inscription on front endpaper and another second impression copy; Amis, Kingsley The James Bond dossier. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original blind stamped cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some slight rubbing to edges; Markham, Robert Colonel sun. London, 1968. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped; Gardner, John Licence renewed. London, 1981. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, ink stamp on front endpaper; Ambler, Eric The night-comers. London, 1956. FIrst edition, 8vo, original orange cloth,dustwrapper, not price clipped; [Idem] The Schirmer inheritance. New York, 1953. First American edition, 8vo, original patterned boards, dustwrapper by Jean Carlu, rubbed at edges, previous owner`s ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] Passage of arms. London, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, previous owner`s ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] The ability to kill. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, protective film; Mackenzie, Compton The three couriers. London, 1929. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper [torn]; Carre, John le Call for the dead. New York, 1962. 8vo, original orange & blue cloth, blue & beige wrapper; Greene, Graham The human factor. London, 1978. First edition, first issue with Bodley Head device in oval on title, 8vo, original green cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, fading to backstrip; Williams, Valentine The knife behind the curtain. London, [no date]. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn at edges, stain to cloth on upper board; and 32 others (48)

Stevenson, Robert Louis. The master of Ballantrae. A winter`s tale. London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1889. First edition, 8vo, half-title, 4pp. of publisher`s advertisements and an additional 8pp. of publisher`s advertisements (coded "5G.7.89") at rear, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine with design in black and lettered with design in black on upper cover, collector`s slipcase, minor stain to foot of final leaves, head and foot of spine slightly bumped. Note: Prideaux 27 ("First Published Edition").

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Island nights` entertainments. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1893. First edition, early issue (price correction present on page ii), 8vo, frontispiece, coloured sketch map and 26 other illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell, original pictorial cloth with lettering in gilt on spine and with illustration on upper cover, 16pp. of publisher`s advertisements (coded "7G-3.93") at end, collector`s folder and morocco-backed slipcase with spine gilt in compartments, minor marks to upper cover, some marks and fading to folder. Note: Prideaux 38. A fine copy of Stevenson`s collection comprising `The Beach of Falesá`, `The Bottle Imp` and `The Isle of Voices`. Prideaux notes that the price correction on page ii is present in "the earliest copies".

Wells, H.G. The island of Doctor Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896. First edition, 8vo, preliminary blank, half-title, frontispiece, 1 page of publisher`s advertisements at rear, 32pp. of publisher`s catalogue at rear, original brown cloth lettered in black on spine and in red and black with design on upper cover, some spotting and browning, small tears to tissue guard, binding slightly soiled, inner hinges split, tear to head of upper joint. Note: Wells 7. On publication The Times noted that "...the book should be kept out of the way of young people and avoided by all who have good taste, good feeling, or feeble nerves".

Wheatley, Dennis. Gateway to hell. London, 1970. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, 2cm tear to upper edge; [Idem.] The ravishing of Lady Mary Ware. London, 1971. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem.] The strange story of Linda Lee. London, 1972. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem.] The Irish witch. London, 1973. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem.] Desperate measures. London, 1974. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; [Idem.] The memoirs of Dennis Wheatley. London, 1977. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper (6)

Wyndham, John [Harris, John Beynon]. The chrysalids. London: Michael Joseph, 1955. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some light staining rear of wrapper, interior clean, no inscriptions; [Idem] Trouble with Lichen. London: Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, tears at head of backstrip, one inch tear to rear of wrapper, interior clean, no inscriptions; [Idem] Consider her ways & others. London: Michael Joseph, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, interior clean, no inscriptions (3)

Yeats, W.B. Poems. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. 8vo, original cloth gilt, some light spotting, owners` names to preliminary leaf; [Idem] The wind among the reeds. London: E. Mathews, 1899. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, owner`s name on front endpaper, a few spots, binding slightly soiled (2)

Crime--Fingerprinting, Louisiana purchase exposition. Ferrier, J. Kenneth Crooks & Crime, describing the methods of criminals from the area sneak to the professional cardsharper, forger or murderer & the various ways in which they are circumvented & captured. London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1928. Second edition, the author`s copy with his signature, plates, original cloth, upper hinge weak; Signed photograph of J.K. Ferrier; 1 A.L.S. and 1 autograph poem, 7 newspaper articles on criminal cases by J.K. Ferrier for The Weekly Record [1926], letter & Special Commemorative Diploma of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition for J.K. Ferrier of Scotland Yard as custodian of the Finger-Print Exhibit, 1904, cased commemorative bronze medal of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, typescript biography of J.K.F. by "D", two T.L.S. from T. Dickerson Cooke with an 18pp. copy of his lecture to the International Association for Identification convention in St. Louis on the importance of Ferrier to the history of finger-printing in the U.S.A., and 2 other items. Note: Detective Inspector Ferrier of Scotland Yard played a crucial role in the introduction of finger-printing into the U.S.A. when he arrived at the Louisana Purchase Exposition in 1904. Ferrier caught an Englishman posing as a Scotland Yard officer detailed by King Edward to guard the Jubilee gift exhibit, and recorded his finger prints for the St. Louis Police Department`s Identification Bureau, making them the first finger prints of a criminal recorded in the U.S.A., and St. Louis` the first police department in the U.S.A. with a finger print department. Ferrier went on to teach other American and Canadian police officers the infant science of finger print identification.

Duelling--Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton. A publication of His Ma[jes]ties edict and severe censure against private combats and combatants. London: Robert Barker, 1613. First edition, 4to, woodcut coat of arms on title verso, boards, without initial blank leaf A1, title soiled and corner repaired, some dampstaining, final leaf repaired affecting two letters. Note: STC (2nd ed.), 8498.5; ESTC S1240

Park, Mungo. Travels in the interior districts of Africa. Philadelphia, 1800. First American edition, 8vo, folding engraved map, contemporary calf, list of subscribers, slightly spotted, rebacked; Cordova, Admiral Don. A. de. A voyage of discovery to the strait of Magellan. London: R. Phillips, [1812]. 8vo, engraved portrait & folding chart, modern calf-backed cloth; Smith, E. Fragments in prose and verse. London: Cadell & Davies, 1810. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait, original boards, uncut, rubbed; De Retz, Cardinal Memoirs. Dublin: W. Watson, 1777. 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, head of two spines rubbed; Buffon, G.L.M., comte de Buffon`s natural history abridged. Dublin: P. Wogan, 1791. 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 40 engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt; and 40 others [including a run of Portfolio of English cathedrals] (49)

Smiles, Samuel. Lives of the engineers. London: J. Murray, 1861. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed; Idem James Nasmyth engineer. London: J. Murray, 1883. First edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth, upper hinge broken; Idem The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer. London: J. Murray, 1857. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, lower joint split; Encyclopaedia Britannica. 3 volumes, 4to, facsimile edition, imitation calf gilt; Edgeworth, Maria and R.L. Practical education. London: J. Johnson, 1801. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rebacked; Idem Harry and Lucy concluded. London: R. Hunter &c., 1825. 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary half calf, spines worn, a few margins damp-stained at beginning of volume 1; Baines, Edward History of the wars of the French Revolution. London: Longman, 1817. 2 volumes in one, 4to, engraved plates and maps, modern half calf, McDowall, A. & M. Peaks & frescoes. Oxford, 1928. 4to, coloured linocuts by Mary McDowall, original cloth, spine slightly faded; James, Henry Account of the observations and calculations of the principal triangulation. London, 1858. 4to, engraved frontispiece and title, modern cloth; Shakespeare, William The dramatic works. London: W. Miller, 1806. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved title vignettes, contemporary diced calf gilt; and others, miscellaneous (quantity)

Darwin, Charles. On the origin of species by means of natural selection. London: John Murray, 1859. First edition, 8vo, half-title, 1 folding lithographed diagram, a few passages scored in pencil in the margins, with one pencil annotation on p.221, contemporary green half morocco, half-title loose and slightly chipped, worn, upper hinge broken, short marginal tear to pp. 23, 25, 105 & 107. Note: First edition of Darwin`s greatest work, ``the most important biological book ever written`` (Freeman) and ``one of the most important books ever published`` (Garrison & Morton). Murray printed 1250 copies of the first edition, which were all taken up on the first day; a second edition of 3000 copies sold out shortly afterwards.