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Bookbinding--Brassington, W. Salt. A history of the art of bookbinding. London: Elliot Stock, 1894, first edition, 4to, plates and illustrations, some colour, original pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., lightly rubbed

Bookbinding--Hobson, G.D.. Thirty bindings. London: First edition club, 1926, 4to, number 59 of 600 copies, original parchment gilt, t.e.g., slight discolouration to corner of upper cover; Derome, Leopold La reliure de luxe. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1888, large 8vo, one of 900 copies, double-page frontispiece by Adeline, brown half morocco, spine gilt, a fine copy; Englisch, Paul Geschichte der erotischen Literatur. Stuttgart, 1927, 4to, illustrations, red half morocco gilt (3)

Aspin, Jehoshaphat. The naval and military exploits, which have distinguished the reign of George the Third. London: W. Clowes for Samuel Leigh, 1820. First edition, 12mo (150 x 90mm.), 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates, original printed pink-red boards, uncut, preserved in folding red cloth box, occasional light offsetting onto text and plates, without 'Embellishments' leaf, spine rather worn, extremities slightly rubbed . Note: Abbey, Life 350 (with 34 plates). This copy includes the two additional plates, 'Vittoria' and 'Pampeluna', which "were probably issued later, as an added attraction" (Abbey), which may explain why the 'Embellishments' leaf is not present in this copy as it lists only 34 plates.. The work includes illustrations of the wars with France, Spain, the North American Indians, India, the United States of America, Holland and Algiers and the abolition of Christian slavery.

King George VI--Scots Guards--Maurice, Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick. The history of the Scots Guards, from the creation of the regiment to the end of the Great War. London: Chatto & Windus, 1934, 2 volumes, 8vo, first edition, number 41 of the special edition of sixty copies, signed by Prince Albert, Colonel of the Scots Guards, later King George VI, plates and maps, some coloured, including 7 hand-coloured plates by Lawson, original blue buckram gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, dustwrappers, spines somewhat faded . Note: The rare limited edition signed by Prince Albert as Colonel of the regiment before he became King George VI.

Macdonald, Rev. Angus J. and Rev. Archibald M. Macdonald. The clan Donald. Inverness: Northern Counties Publishing Co., 1896-1904, first edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, plates, some coloured, original green and maroon cloth gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a clean set

Madox, Thomas. Formulare Anglicanum, or, a collection of ancient charters and instruments... London, 1702, folio, contemporary panelled calf gilt, some cracking at hinges, corners repaired, interior clean, bookplate; Spelman, Henry Glossarium archaiologicum... London, 1687, third edition, folio, portrait frontispiece, 19th century panelled calf gilt, upper board loose, interior clean, first 3 leaves loose, bookplate of John Clerk Brodie; Warner, George & Ellis, Henry Facsimiles of Royal and other charters in the British Museum, William I-Richard I. London, 1903, folio, volume 1 only, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some fading, interior clean, bookplate (3)

Military History - Hawker, Colonel Peter. The diary of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802-1853. London, 1893, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, some foxing; Fergusson, B. The Black Watch and the King's enemies. London, 1950, 8vo, original cloth, foxing; Groves, J. Percy With claymore and bayonet or the Ross-shire Buffs. London, 1895, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, backstrip faded; Mackenzie, W.C. Colonel Colin Mackenzie, first surveyor-general of India. London, 1952, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, faded; Cooper King, C. The story of the British Army. London, 1897, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, faded; Smith, Sir Harry The autobiography of... London, 1901, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontspiece, later red half morocco, interior clean; Yeomanry An abridgement of the regulations for the formations and movements of the cavalry. London, 1838, 8vo, plates, inscription of A. Gibson Maithland of the Royal Midlothian yeomanry cavalry, July 1843, contemporary cloth; Hammond, Capt. M. Memoir of... London, 1859, sixth edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Nolan, Edward Henry The history of the war against Russia. London: Virtue, [c.1855-95], 8vo, 8 volumes, 72 plates, original red cloth gilt, some foxing; Grieve, Capt. W. Tunnellers, the story of the tunnelling companies, Royal Engineers, during the World War. London, 1936, 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt (19) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

New Forest. An Abstract of all the claims on the New Forest, in the county of Southhampton, entered at the Lord Chief Justice in Eyre's Court..., Salisbury, 1776, 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn, lacking backstrip, boards detached, interior clean; Perrault, Mr. & Stoy, Prof (trans.) Manuel elementaire en figures, pour l'instruction de la jeunesse. Nuremburg, 1789, 8vo, 3 [of 4] volumes, lacking plate volume, later calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at extremities, interiors clean; Clater, Francis Every man his own farrier. London, 1811, twenty-first edition, 8vo, lacking frontispiece, contemporary half calf, worn, boards detached, heavy foxing, first few leaves loose (5)

Skene, William F.. The Highlanders of Scotland, their origin, history, and antiquities … London: John Murray, 1837. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo., original cloth, fore-edges uncut, rubbed, spine of volume 1 damaged; Green, Charles E. East Lothian. Edinburgh: Green, 1907. First edition, 8vo., illustrations, publisher's cloth, t.e.g, others uncut, faded and a little stained, inner joints cracking; McCrie, Thomas, the Revd. The Bass Rock; its civil and ecclesiastical history by the Rev. Thomas McCrie geology by Hugh Miller … zoology and botany by Professor Fleming and Professor Balfour. Edinburgh: Greig, [1847]. 8vo., plates, publisher's cloth, upper inner joint broken, and another. (5)

Milne, A.A.. Now we are six, first edition, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, 1928, original cloth,, both slightly stained & rubbed; When we were very young, 1924, fourth edition, original cloth; Barker, M.C. Flower fairies of the spring, [summer], 2 volumes, [n.d.], original boards, dust-jackets lightly dust-soiled; Jerome, J.K. Told after supper, 1891, original cloth, spine lightly faded (6) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

Potter, J.K.. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998, first edition, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket with blue prize circle and Bookseller review, slight skew to binding, slight light bumping to head of spine, and slight creasing towards edges of wrapper and corners, otherwise a fine copy

Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone, 1997, first paperback edition, 25th impression, Smarties Gold Award label on upper cover, 2cm sellotape strengthening in inner margin of title, some creasing and rubbing to binding, foot of spine torn with sellotape repair; Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets, 1998 (printer's number), first paperback edition, 11th impression, Smarties Gold Award label on upper cover, somewhat creased, rubbed at foot of spine, both signed "J.K. Rowling" on dedication leaf (2)

Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix. London: Bloomsbury, 2003, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed on title-page "To Chantelle, lots of love, J.K. Rowling X", original cloth, dust-jacket . Note: An unread copy in mint condition.

Buchan, John. The thirty nine steps. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915, first edition, 2 pages advertisements at end, original blue cloth, slightly browned as usual, cloth slightly cockled, spine lightly faded & very slightly rubbed; Ibid. The power-house. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916, first edition, half-title, original red cloth, slightly browned as usual, spine faded, a few minor marks to cover; Ibid. The Runagates Club, 1928, original cloth, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, spine faded, slightly rubbed; Prester John, 1910, original cloth, slightly soiled; Greenmantle, 1916, original cloth, slightly soiled and faded (5)

Burton, John Hill. The history of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1874, second edition, 8vo, 8 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, some slight rubbing, bookplates; Temple, Sir W. Memoirs of the life of... London, 1714, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, offsetting; Aiken, Lucy Memoirs of the court of Queen Elizabeth. London, 1819, fourth edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed at edges; Osbourne, Francis Secret history of the court of James the First. Edinburgh, 1811, 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt [uniform with previous], rubbed at edges, some foxing and another volume (14)

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The workes of Geffrey Chaucer, newlie printed, with divers addicions, whiche were never in print before.. compiled by Jhon Lidgate, monke of Berie. [London: Jhon Kyngston for Jhon Wight], 1561, fifth edition, first issue, folio, black letter, title within woodcut border, woodcut sectional titles to The Canterbury Tales and The Romaunt of the Rose, with the 22 woodcuts in the Prologues used by Caxton in his second edition of the Prologues and not present in the second issue of this fifth edition, seventeenth century calf, upper margin cut down with headlines and page numerals occasionally trimmed, lower fore-margin of title and Prologue somewhat grubby and slightly frayed/friable, 2cm repair to title fore-margin, two short tears in lower margin of Prologue (one extending into text, without loss), some damp-staining to margins, some light soiling, small rust-hole in I2, occasional adhesions affecting a few letters, 2B1 torn and repaired, paper flaw to 3N1 affecting a few letters, paper flaw to blank margin of 3O3 and 3V7, some later blank leaves bound in at beginning (now loose), binding worn, cords weak but holding, one ownership inscription lightly erased from title . Note: A complete copy of the desirable first issue of the fifth edition reproducing Caxton's woodcuts used in his second edition of The Canterbury Tales published in 1483. Pforzheimer 176; STC 5075; Langland to Wither 42. Provenance: John Goldwell, two early inscriptions on title, one trimmed; Samuel Oldham Lees, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1858; A. Oldham Lees, Cai. Coll. Cambridge, 1890, inscription on later blank bound in

Christie, Agatha. The murder of Roger Ackroyd. London: W. Collins Sons & Co, 1926, First edition, 8vo, original blue and red cloth, heavily stained and faded, worn at edges, inner hinges repaired, some foxing to interior; Ibid Partners in crime. London: W. Collins & Sons, 1929, First edition, 8vo, original black and red cloth, heavily rubbed, worn at hinges, ink stamp on front free endpaper, pp.43-48 with burns to edges [no text loss]; Ibid Death on the Nile. London: Collins Crime Club, 1937, First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, stained and faded, corners worn, some foxing to interior (3)

Christie, Agatha. Towards zero. London, 1944, First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, decorative dustwrapper, backstrip discoloured, torn at hinges, owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper; Ibid The labours of Hercules. London, 1947, First edition, 8vo, orignal orange cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, creased, interior clean; Ibid Taken at the flood. London, 1948, First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, dustwrapper, torn at head and tail of backstrip [4cm strip lacking at tail, 1cm at head], tear at rear; Ibid Crooked house. London, 1949, First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, some foxing to interior (4)

Conrad, Joseph. Youth: a narrative. Edinburgh & London: W. Blackwood, 1902, first edition, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated 10/02, original green cloth, slightly soiled with ink mark to upper joint; Ibid. Suspense, 1925, first edition, original maroon cloth; Ibid. Twixt land & sea, 1912, original green cloth, somewhat spotted, binding somewhat marked & rubbed; Tales of hearsay, 1925, first edition, original cloth, damp-mark to upper cover; Ibid. Notes on life & letters, 1921, spine very faded (5)

Cooper, James Fenimore. The last of the Mohicans, a narrative of 1757. London: John Miller, 1826. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, worn at edges of boards, tape repair to upper board of volume 3, foxing (3)

Dickens, Charles. The personal history of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850, 8vo, illustrated by H.K. Browne, engraved title, frontispiece & 38 plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, worn at corners, bookplates, some foxing; Ibid Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857, first edition in book form, 8vo, illustrated by H.K. Browne, engraved title, frontispiece, 38 plates, contemporary half green calf gilt, backstrip faded, bookplates, some foxing (2)

Dickens, Charles. Sketches by Boz. London: John Macrone, 1836, first edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, 16 etched plates by George Cruikshank, with most of the internal flaws listed by W.E. Smith, pale yellow coated endpapers, original dark grayish olive green embossed leaf-patterned cloth, plates lightly damp-mottled, lacking protective tissue volume 1, corner of K9 vol.1 torn away and final leaf torn without loss, some light soiling & spotting, textblock of both volumes split, with some leaves detached, bindings damp-stained, rubbed at extremities, volume 1 lower joint partly split and with small hole to spine . Note: First edition of the first work by Dickens to appear in book form. Smith 1. . Provenance: John Thomson, 1836, inscription on endpapers

Dodgson, C.L. "Lewis Carroll" --Leathes, E. Stanley. Alice's Wonderland birthday book, compiled by E. Stanley Leathes from Alice in Wonderland and Through the looking glass by permission of the author. London: Griffith and Farran, 1884, first edition, small 4to, printed in red and black, illustrations, original red pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed at extremities and lightly soiled . Note: Rare. The work comprises a quotation for each day of the year with space on the facing page for birthdays to be noted in. There are entries for twenty days in a neat early hand. Sotheby's sold a presentation copy from Lewis Carroll with his name inscribed on his own birth date, January 27, in their sale of 10 November 1998, lot 78, £5200.

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The white company. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1891, first English edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of volume 2 and 3, original red-brown cloth lettered and blocked in black and gilt, slightly spotted, covers lightly damp-spotted, very slightly rubbed, Conan Doyle newspaper poem stuck to endpaper of volume 1 with slight loss of floral endpaper at head of page Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

Golding, William. Lord of the flies. London: Faber & Faber, 1954, first edition, dust-jacket lightly dust-soiled and very slightly discoloured at edges, internally clean

Hardy, Thomas. The melancholy hussar [in] three notable stories. London, 1890, first printing in book form, first issue with the Marquis of Lorne incorrectly styled K.G., 4 pages of advertisements, original blue cloth lettered in black, bookplates of A. Edward Newton and Hugh Roberts Parrish, browning to endpapers and half-title, binding slightly stained, spine chipped at head and foot, hinges weak and another copy, later issue with cancel title correcting K.G. to K.T., 4 pages of advertisements and publisher's catalogue dated September 1889, original pictorial grey cloth, hinges tender, covers slightly faded, extremities rubbed; Ibid Life's little Ironies. A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches entitled A Few crusted characters. London, 1894, first edition, ownership inscription of Hardy's cousin, John Antell (dated Easter 1894), original green cloth blocked in brown and lettered in gilt, browning to endpapers, extremities rubbed; Ibid Life's little ironies. London, 1894, Colonial Library edition (issued in the same year as the first edition), original printed wrappers, advertisements at end dated 20 July 1894, wrappers somewhat stained and chipped, spine worn and beginning to split; Ibid Life's little ironies. London, 1895, Colonial Library edition, publisher's catalogue at end dated August 1894, original dark green cloth, hinges slightly tender, extremities bumped; Ibid The famous tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse. London, 1923, first edition, frontispiece and one illustration reproduced from drawings by Hardy, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Ibid The famous tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. New York, 1923, number 553 of 1,000 copies, frontispiece and one illustration, original cloth-backed boards; Ibid An indiscretion in the life of an heiress. Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1934, first edition, number 81 of 100 copies, Max Gate booklabel tipped-in before title-page, original limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt, gilt edges, original black board case; Ibid An indiscretion in the life of an heiress Hardy's lost novel, now first printed in America and edited with introduction and notes by Carl J. Weber. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1935, first American edition in book form, original dark green cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Ibid An indiscretion in the life of an heiress. Edited and with an Introduction by Terry Coleman. London, 1976, proof copy, paper wrappers, slightly stained; and 2 others (12)

Hogg, James. The shepherd's calendar. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, London: T. Cadell, 1829, first edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, half-title in volume 2 only, original boards, uncut, early reback with cloth, occasional spotting; Dundas, J. An abridgment of the acts of the general assemblies of the church of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1721, 12mo, contemporary calf; Scott, Sir W. The history of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1836, 2 volumes, 12mo, folding map, contemporary sheep, worn; Cromerty, George, Earl of An historical account of the conspiracies by the Earls of Gowry and Robert Logan of Restalrig against King James VI. Edinburgh, 1713, 8vo, half-title, contemporary calf, worn, cover detached; [Turnpike roads] The acts of Parliament for making and repairing the turnpike roads... within the county of Edinburgh from the Union to the year 1803, Edinburgh, 1803, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Hill, Rowland Journal of a tour through the north of England and parts of Scotland. London, 1799, 8vo, old sheep, worn, pp.123-126 torn without loss, spotting; [Crockatt, Gilbert] Scotch Presbyterian eloquence. London, 1786, 12mo, calf-backed cloth, some spotting and soiling; [Steuart, Walter] Collections and observations methodiz'd concerning the worship... of the Church of Scotland. Edinburgh: Heirs & Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1709, 4to, errata leaf, contemporary calf, rebacked (10)

Joyce, James. Ulysses. London: John Lane, 1936, 8vo, number 317 of 900 copies on Japon vellum, original green cloth gilt, gilt stamp of bow on upper board, dustwrapper, rubbed, chipped at edges, interior clean; Ibid Two tales of Shem and Shaun. London, 1932. First edition, 8vo, original paper boards, hinges cracking, some foxing; Ibid Haveth childers everywhere. London, 1931, 8vo, No 26 Criterion Miscellany, paper wrappers, torn at hinges, some spotting (3)

Mackay Brown, George. The storm and other poems. Kirkwall: The Orkney Press, 1954. First edition, 8vo, introduction by Edwin Muir, original plain paper wrappers, decorative thick paper wrapper designed by Ian MacInnes, small tear at foot of backstrip, some slight discolouration to edges, interior clean; Ibid The year of the whale. London: Chatto & Windus with The Hogarth Press, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, decorative dustwrapper, some discolouration to edges, interior clean (2)

Pinkerton, J.. Rimes. London: Charles Dilly, 1782. Second edition, 8vo., engraved vignette on the titlepage, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, some spotting throughout, possibly lacking a frontispiece; De Quincey, Thomas. Confessions of an English opium-eater. London: Taylor & Hessey, 1823. Third edition, 12mo, contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, rubbed, one of the front free endpapers removed; Scott, Sir Walter. The lady of the lake. Edinburgh: Ballantyne, 1810. First edition, 4to.,engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf, paper boards, rubbed and stained and two others. (5) . Provenance: From the library of the Hon. Lord Elliott Q.C., M.C.

Spark, Muriel. The prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1961, first edition, dust-jacket slightly cockled;Forester, C.S. Hornblower in the West Indies, 1958; Lieutenant Hornblower, 1952; The good shepherd, 1955; Mr Midshipman Hornblower, 1950; Hornblower and the hotspur, 1962, first editions, dust-jackets slightly marked; O'Brian, Patrick Clarissa Oakes, 1992, first edition, dust-jacket; Doyle, A.C. Micah Clarke, 1889, first edition, original cloth gilt, slightly spotted; Hardy, T. Jude the obscure, 1896, etched frontispiece loose, worn; A changed man, 1913, frontispiece, original cloth; Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world, 1932;Smith, C.H. Rawhedia, 1926, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, spine lightly faded (12)

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Co., 1883, first edition, map frontispiece, half-title, 8 pages publisher's advertisements at end dated 5R - 1083, publisher's blue cloth, a few pages slightly spotted, slightly rubbed, spine discoloured and slightly rubbed at extremities . Note: With issue points: "dead man's chest "not capitalised on either page 2 or 7; "8" present in pagination on p.83; "7" not present in pagination on p.127; full-stop lacking following "opportunity" in line 20 of p.178; "worse" in line 3 of p.197.

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1886, first edition, half-title, half morocco, lacks advertisements, inner margin of dedication and contents leaf strengthened, rebacked, rubbed

Wodehouse, P.G.. Psmith journalist, 1915, half-title, 12 plates, original pictorial cloth, one plate loose, endpapers spotted, slightly rubbed and marked; The coming of Bill, 1920; The clicking of Cuthbert, 1922; The adventures of Sally, 1923; Leave it to PSmith, 1924; Carry on Jeeves, 1925; The heart of a goof, 1926; The small bachelor, 1927; Meet Mr Mulliner, 1927; Mr Mulliner speaking, 1929; Summer lightning, 8vo, first editions, original cloth, without dust-jackets, most spines slightly faded; and a later edition (12)

Women novelists--[Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone]. The Inheritance, 1824, first edition, 3 volumes, half-titles, contemporary half green calf, rather worn, 1 cover detached; Destiny; or, the Chief’s Daughter, 1831, first edition, 3 volumes, half-titles but with advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, later half morocco, g.e., spines gilt, joints rubbed, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, 1831, some spotting, [Wolff 2235 & 2234; Not in Sadleir]; Fullerton, Georgiana Grantley Manor, 1847, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, bookplates of Sir Frederick Milner; [Kelty, Mary Anne] The favourite of nature, 1822, third edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, contemporary half calf, rebacked, title to volume 3 repaired without loss; Opie, Amelia Tales of real life, 1810, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, volume 3 lacking pp. 145-151, several pages loose; [Tayler, C.B.] May you like it, 1823, 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary green calf gilt (14)

Harris, J.. Three treatises, the first concerning art, the second concerning music, painting and poetry, the third concerning happiness. London, 1744. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, foxing to early pages, bookplate

Pugin, Augustus. Paris and its environs displayed in a series of picturesque views. London: R. Jennings, 1831, 4to, 2 volumes, additional engraved titles and 101 plates (depicting 202 views), contemporary half calf, a little light spotting, small marginal dampstain to a few plates, light wear to binding, split at head of one joint; Huish, M.B. Samplers and tapestry embroideries, 1900, 4to, number 302 of 600 copies, plates, original cloth, a clean copy; Rousselet, Louis L'inde des Rajahs. Voyage dans l'Inde centrale, Paris: Hachette, 1875, 4to, illustrations, original red morocco-backed pictorial cloth, g.e., spine rubbed, upper hinge broken; Ritson, Joseph Robin Hood. A collection of all the ancient poems, songs and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw, 1885, large 8vo, fine large paper edition, number 34 of 100 copies, portrait and 9 etchings on Whatman and Japanese paper, wood-engravings by Thomas Bewick on china paper, original green silk, spine faded and slightly rubbed at head; Mackenzie, Alexander History of the Mackenzies. Inverness, 1894, 8vo, 2 plates, original red morocco-backed cloth, first gathering loose (6)

Wine--Barry, Sir Edward. Observations historical, critical and medical on the wines of the ancients, and the analogy between them and modern wines. London: T. Cadell, 1775, first edition, 4to engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed at base of spine . Note: Simon, BG 168; Vicaire p.67

Wine--Shaw, Thomas George. Wine, the vine and the cellar. London: 1863, first edition, 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, neatly recased

[Fortin de Grandmont, François]. Les ruses innocentes, dans lesquelles se voi comment on prend les oyseaux passagers. Paris: Pierre Lamy, 1660, 5 parts in one volume, 4to, issue with author's initials only on title, title printed in red and black, 66 woodcut plates, 9 folding, contemporary vellum, a few plates just shaved, some soiling and browning to margins, upper joint splitting . Note: First edition of a famous work on hunting. A variant issue gives the author's name in full on the title page. Schwerdt i, 180-181

India--Baker, E.C. Stuart. Indian ducks and their allies. Published in the Bombay Natural History Society's Journal, 1898-1900, presentation copy inscribed by the author, 10 chromolithographed plates (as called for) finished by hand, black half morocco with red morocco lettering pieces, red morocco corners; Ibid. The birds of Cachar. Published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, first edition, 10 chromolithographed plates (as called for) finished by hand, contemporary blue half calf, spine gilt; Ibid. The bulbuls of North Cachar. [Bombay Natural History Society] 8 chromolithographed plates finished by hand, some double-page (including 2 uncalled for plates of a new species of Wren, one from The Ibis, each with one leaf of accompagnying text by Baker, loosely inserted), presentation copy inscribed by the author, contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece; Ibid. The game birds of India, Burma and Ceylon, London: Bombay, Natural History Society, 1921-30, volumes 2-3, presentation copy from the author, coloured and plain plates, green half morocco and green half cloth, one spine faded (5) . Note: The copy of Indian ducks and their allies comprises the 10 original parts from the Bombay Natural History Society Journal, each with one coloured plate, with a specially printed title. The first full edition did not appear until 1908. The Birds of Cachar is similarly composed.

Bible in English. Holy Bible, lacking Old Testament title, New Testament: Edinburgh: heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1705, Psalms dated Edinburgh, 1699, 8vo, black panelled morocco, worn, cropped title from a different edition mounted at beginning; [Theology] Two discourses, the first concerning the spirit of Martin Luther, Oxford, 1687 (no printer), bound with others, theological, 4to, calf, worn, title torn with slight loss; Holy Bible London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1592, 4to, later calf, numerous leaves torn and repaired with loss, clasps; Holy Bible [No place or printer], 1708, folio, folding engraved maps; bound with The Psalms of David, Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1679, ninteenth-century blindstamped calf, lacking one clasp; Holy Bible Glasgow & London, 1862, 4to, illustrated, contemporary embossed morocco gilt, some rubbing at corners; sold not subject to return Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis De.. Introduction a la conoissance de l'esprit humain, suivie de reflexions et de maximes. Paris: Antoin-Claude Briasson, 1746. First edition, 12mo (166 x 97mm.), half-title, with the errata leaf, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, pencil markings in margins of first few leaves, joints repaired . Note: Vauvenargues (1715-1747) was a soldier as well as a philosopher and essayist. He wrote on free will and the innate goodness of man, in opposition to the writings of La Rochefoucauld and Pascal, who were pessimistic in their view of man's condition.

Danish medicine--Smith, Henrik. Tredge Urtegaard. Copenhagen: Hans Vingaard, 1557, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, with the final blank leaf, [Nielsen 1511; Rosenkilde & Ballhausen 266; Waller 9022]; Ibid. Fjerde Urtegaard. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, with the final blank leaf, [Nielsen 1512; R. & B. 267; Durling 4224; Waller 9023;]; Ibid. En skon Nyttelig Laegebog. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within a woodcut border, [Nielsen 1507; R & B 265; Durling 4225; Waller 9020]; Ibid. En Bog om Pestelentzis Aarsage. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, [Nielsen 1505; R & B 264; Durling 4222; Waller 9018], lacking final blank; Fries, Lorentz. En Liden Bog om Menniskens Vand... fordancket aff Henrick Smit. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, [Nielsen 639; Waller 3262], lacking final leaf (supplied in facsimile), 5 works in one volume, 4to, later calf, spine gilt, a few early manuscript notes and inscriptions, some light damp-staining throughout, some worming in margins, a few printed margin notes very slightly trimmed, inscription on first title-page deleted, binding slightly worn; Smith, Henrik. [Laegebog] En Bog om Pestilientzia aarsage. Copenhagen: A. Gutterwitz, 1577, part 4 only (of 6), modern morocco, [Nielsen 1508; R & B 269], a few repairs in margins (2) . Note: These five medical works are usually found bound together. The Tredje Urtegaard (orThe third simple garden) is the largest of Smith's popular medical works. Not a medical man himself, Smith drew heavily on the work of others, including Christiern Pedersen. The Fierde Urtegaard is the first Danish book about obstetrics and female diseases. According to Smith himself this is the second edition of his work on the plague following the first of 1535. Fries's work was translated by Smith.

Royal Society--Philosophical Transactions.. The philosophical transactions from the year 1719 to the year 1733. London, 1734, first edition, volume VI (2 parts in one), 49 folding engraved plates, 2 folding tables (one engraved); Ibid. The philosophical transactions from the year 1719 to the year 1733. London, 1734, first edition, volume VII (2 parts in one), 38 folding plates; Ibid. The philosophical transactions from the year 1732 to the year 1744. London, 1747, first edition, volume VIII (2 parts in one), 32 folding plates; Ibid. The philosophical transactions from the year 1743 to the year 1750, London, 1756, volume X (4 parts in two volumes), 87 folding engraved plates, together 5 volumes, 4to, edited by John Martyn and John Eames, together 206 folding plates, one frayed, contemporary calf, worn, hinges split, one cover detached (5) . Note: The leading scientific publication of its day, comprising summaries of the most important scientific and mathematical work submitted to the Royal Society.

Fishing - Harvie-Brown, J.A.. The wonderful trout. London, 1898, First edition, presentation copy from the author, interleaved, original green cloth, some foxing to endpapers; Cadman, Henry Harry Druidale, fisherman from Manxland to England. London, 1898, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, foxing; Ward, R. The English angler in Florida. London, 1898, 8vo, frontispiece, illustrations in text, original red cloth, some rubbing; Chalmers, Patrick Where the spring salmon run. London, 1931, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt, some fading, foxing; Master, J. The Compleat Indian Angler, 1938, 4to, original cloth, covers marked; Maeterlinck, M. Hours of glasness. London, 1912, 4to, coloured plates by E. J. Detmold, original cream cloth gilt, uncut, slightly marked; Harvie-Brown, J.A. The wonderful trout. Edinburgh, 1898, 8vo, original green cloth, ink inscription; Stewart, W.C. The practical angler. Edinburgh, 1861, 8vo, inscribed copy from J. Harvie Brown to Bertram Danford, original green cloth, worn, inner hinges weak; and another copy (9) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

Millais, John Guille. Game birds and shooting sketches, 1894, second edition, 8vo, plates and illustrations, original pictorial buckram, spine darkened with tiny nick at head of spine; Ross, John & Hugh Gunn The book of the red deer and empire big game, 1925, 4to, limited to 500 copies, plates, original cream buckram, t.e.g., binding slightly soiled; Bell, W.D.M. The wanderings of an elephant hunter, 1923, first edition, 4to, plates, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, a few light marks to covers, article tipped onto front endpaper (3)

Conway, William Martin. Climbing and exploration in the Karakoram Himalayas. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, first edition, 8vo, folding map, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., hinges a little weak, a few minor damp-spots to lower board

Corfu--Jervis, Henry Jervis White. History of the island of Corfu, and of the republic of the Ionian Islands. London: Colburn, 1852, first edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, folding table, original pictorial cloth gilt, 26pp. advertisements, spine faded

Cunningham, Alexander. Ladak, physical, statistical and historical. London: W.H. Allen, 1854, first edition, 8vo, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline laid down on linen as issued, 31 plates (16 coloured), publisher's blue blind-stamped cloth, some light spotting, textblock split, hinges weak, head and tail of spine worn, some spotting, chiefly to lower board . Provenance: Robert Price 1858; J.E.R. Oldfield; and later inscription on endpapers

Drew, Frederic. The Jummoo and Kashmir territories. London: Edward Stanford, 1875, first edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 3 Woodbury-type plates, general map in pocket, 5 folding maps, 2 other folding plates, Map of India apparently never bound in, publisher's maroon cloth, hinges weak, spine faded . Note: Rare. The Peter Hopkirk sale had a copy of the later edition, The northern barrier of India (1877)

Geology of Ireland--Griffith, Sir Richard John. A general map of Ireland to accompany the report of the railway commissioners shewing the principal physical features and geological structure of the country. Constructed in 1836 and engraved in 1837-8. Dublin: Hodges & Smith: London: James Gardner, [1839], first edition, hand-coloured lithographed map on 6 sheets (each sheet 65 x 79.5cm), dissected and backed on linen, edged in red silk, cloth chemise, original diced calf slipcase lettered in gilt on spine . Note: A fine copy of the Sir Richard Griffith's geological map of Ireland on the quarter inch scale. In Ireland the map possesses the same pioneer status as is held in England and Wales by William Smith's map (1815) and in Scotland by John Macculoch's map (1836). The Irish geologist Richard Griffith (1784-1878) a child prodigy, was unanimously elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh at 23 years of age, elected a member of the newly established Geological Society of London in 1808 and in 1812 was elected professor of geology and mining engineer to the Royal Dublin Society. In 1827 he started his monumental work on the valuations of Ireland. In his work Sheets of Many Colours: the Mapping of Ireland's Rocks Davies states "In its edition of 1839 Griffith's map represents a fine acheivement; in its edition of 1855 it is on every count - cartographic, aesthetic, and geological - a truly superb map." For his geological map and other services to science Griffith was awarded the Wollaston medal by the Geological Society in 1854. Presentation copy, inscribed on cloth chemise "Sent to me from London by Mr Drummond Under Secretary, July 1840", the recipient's name erased. Thomas Drummond (1835-1840), The Under-Secretary for Ireland, the permanent head of the British administration in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Rare: only three copies of the 1839 edition found in the online catalogues of Copac or KVK: N.L.S. (2 sheets only, of 6), Cambridge and Trinity College, Dublin.

Henderson, George and Allan Hume. Lahore to Yarkand. Incidents of the route and natural history of the countries traversed by the expedition under T.D. Forsyth. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1873, first edition, 8vo, 26 heliotype plates, folding map, 38 hand-coloured lithographed plates of birds and plants, 2 hand-coloured geological section plates, illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at end, publisher's brown cloth, library stamp to margin of every plate and to some leaves of text, upper hinge partly split, slight wear to extremities, binding lightly spotted . Provenance: Leeds Mechanics Institution, bookplate and library stamps.

Melville, Herman. Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands; or a peep at Polynesian life. London: John Murray, 1846, first edition, first issue, 8vo (180 x 118mm.), map on page [xviii], 8 leaves of publisher's catalogue at end, modern blue cloth, lacking half-title, title slightly soiled . Note: Blanck, Bibliography of American Literature 13652; cf. Hill p.196 (1847 editions) . The first issue of the author's first book (page 19, line 1 "Pomarea"). This edition predates the American edition of the same year, which appeared as Typee. The London edition was set directly from Melville's manuscript, whereas the New York edition was set from proofs of the Murray edition. . Jacob Blanck notes in BAL that "no wholly satisfactory publication sequence has been established for the London issues of this book ."

Moorcroft, William & George Trebeck. Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab, in Ladakh and Kashmir. London: John Murray, 1841, first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 lithographed frontispieces, 1 folding map, publisher's cloth, early owner's ink stamp (T.W. Mayer) on titles partly offset onto frontispieces, 12pp. advertisements at end of volume 1, bindings poorly rebacked with cloth, edges and corners worn, upper hinge of volume 2 weak . Provenance: Gift of Thomas Walton Mayer, Vet. Surgeon, R.E. Train, Brompton Barracks, 1857, to Library of the Royal Engineers, inscription; Royal Engineers Establishmnet Library Chatham, bookplates

Raleigh, Sir Walter. The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana, edited by V.T.Harlow. Argonaut Press, 1928, 4to, one of 975 copies, frontispiece portrait, original vellum-backed buckram; [Native Americans] . Some account of the conduct of the religious society of friends towards the Indian tribes in the settlement of the colonies of East and West Jersey and Pennsylvania. London: E. Marsh, 1844, first edition, 8vo, 2 lithographed maps, one hand-coloured the other folding and hand-coloured in outline, original cloth, rubbed, lower joint partly split (2)

Stanley, Henry. In darkest Africa or the quiet rescue and retreat of Emin. London: Sampson Low, et al, 1890. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated, 3 folding maps, original decorative cloth gilt, some foxing (2) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

Lambard (William). A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre. Collected and written (for the most part) in the yeare 1570 ... and nowe increased by the addition of some things which the Authour himselfe hath observed since that time, 1st ed., Imprinted at London [by Henry Middleton] for Ralphe Newberie, 1576, title within a border of typographic ornaments, the full-page woodcut map of the Angliae Heptarchia present, slightly shaved at the foot, with the duplicate leaf H2, paginated 58/59, containing a list of the names of Kentish writers, historiated and floriated woodcut initials, a little light soiling, running head-line of last two leaves just touched by the binder, early 18th century calf, gilt fillet border to sides with decorative cornerpieces, elephant crest of Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676-1753) in gilt in five compartments on the spine, slightly faded and rubbed, small 4to. First edition of the first English county history, containing a list of the nobility and gentry from the Herald's Visitation in 1574, omitted from later editions. Considered to be a model of topographical writing by William Camden. De Ricci, English Collectors of Books & Manuscripts, p. 42, remarks that books from the library with the elephant stamped direct onto the binding, as here, were added from 1830 onwards by Andrew Fountaine. The library was dispersed in 1902. S.T.C. 15175. (1)

Corbet (John). An Historicall Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester: From the beginning of the Civill Warre Betweene King and Parliament To the removall of Colonell Massie from that Government to the Command of the Westerne Forces, Printed by M. B. for Robert Bostock, 1645, title-page within a border of typographic ornaments, just touched by the binder, extra-illustrated with nine engraved portraits, and nine engraved views, including folding perspective views of Gloucester, and of Bristol, some soiling, occasional ink marginal annotation, a few running headlines shaved, with manuscript Indexes of names and places supplied at the end, later calf, a little rubbed, rebacked, small 4to. Inscribed "William Bazeley 188[?9] from Louis Henry Hall, a native of the City of Gloucester and grandson of a Freeman of the same", followed by notes on the text and portraits of Massey", on the front pastedown. Wing C6248. Hyett and Bazeley Vol. I p. 256 "This account of the siege of Gloucester is of extreme historical value". First edition, reissued in 1647. (1)

Gilpin (William). Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the Summer of the Year 1770, 1st ed., London, Printed for R. Blamire, 1782, the half-title present, fifteen oval tinted aquatint plates by William Sawrey Gilpin, offset onto facing text, contemp. calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints cracked, 8vo. William Gilpin (1724-1804) was a pioneer in the appreciation of the British landscape. His celebrated published series of Tours through various regions, of which the "Observations on the River Wye" was the first, became the main source of inspiration for a generation of travellers in search of the "picturesque". Whilst his opinionated ideas and "picturesque rules" on what to look for and what to avoid soon attracted ridicule (he was satirized as the bumbling fool Dr. Syntax in William Combe's poems, and brilliantly represented in Rowlandson's accompanying caricatures), his writings had a lasting impact on the way we view the landscape, and in the establishment of a new movement of middle class tourists in a rapidly-changing Britain. Gilpin made his journey down the Wye, from Ross to Chepstow, in June 1770. He had circulated accounts of a number of his tours in manuscript, and their popularity led to a decision to publish. The Wye Tour was chosen ahead of The Lakes as it was a shorter work, which might more effectively test public reaction. "Observations on the River Wye and Several Parts of South Wales" was published in an edition of 700 copies, dated 1782, although not actually appearing until the summer of 1783 due to delays in the production of the aquatint illustrations. It was immediately successful, and a fifth edition was published in 1800, with a new series of plates. In spite of its pomposity (vide the infamous passage recommending the judicious use of a mallet) Gilpin's book remains a cornerstone of River Wye, and British topopgraphical, literature. The first edition not in Abbey, Scenery. (1)