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JAMES MCBEY (1883-1959) BOYS FISHING (MH2 : 1902) Etching signed in ink, trimmed to the platemark, from an edition of 27 16.5cm x 12cm Note: The first 60 etchings of McBey's career are extremely rare. According to a pencil note verso this is not the copy owned by connoisseur and friend of McBey Malcolm Salaman, but Kenneth Guichard's own copy'. (Kenneth Guichard, author of British Etchers: 1850-1940).

J.G. Mavrogordato, "A Hawk for the Bush", First Edition, published H.F. & F. Witherby Ltd., and "A Falcon in the Field", First Edition, published Knightly Vernon Ltd., signed by the author, (2).

Cecil Aldin,"Old Manor Houses", one illustrated Volume, first edition, published Heinemann, Cecil Alden, "Old Inns", printed January 1930 and "Cathedrals of England", illustrated by Cecil Aldin, printed by published Eyre & Spottiswood, (3).

Hunting Print with two Plates, the first inscribed, "11.10am", the second, "4.30pm", signed with initial G.H., limited edition number 431 of 500, 28cms x 42cms, (11" x 16½").

A Michael Sutty Model of a First Foot Guards 1790, Limited Edition No 75 of 250, 6 ¾” high

A Collection of Twenty Six Biggles Books by W.E.Johns, all in dust jackets, including four first editions, the rest being reprints; seven William novels by Richmal Crompton, all with dust jackets, including Just William's Luck first edition; four other novels.(37)

Antiques Reference - Mackenna, F. Severne. Chelsea Porcelain. Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1951-1969 4to, 3 volumes, to include The red anchor wares, 1951. First edition, number 480 of 500 copies, tipped in frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; The gold anchor wares, 1952. First edition, number 314 of 500 copies, signed by the author, original yellow cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped and faded; The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares, 1969 signed by the author with typed letter signed to purchaser, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped along upper edge; Rackham, Bernard Early Netherlands Maiolica. London, 1926. First edition, 4to, 12 colour plates, original red and cream cloth gilt, fading and staining, interior clean and 30 other volumes of ceramics and antiques reference (34)

Japanese Art and Architecture - Harada, Jiro. Japanese Gardens. London, 1956 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn at hinges; Ibid The Lesson of Japanese Architecture. London, 1954 second edition, 4to, original cloth [damp-stained], dustwrapper, rubbed; Yoshida, Tetsuro Japanische Architektur. Germany, 1952 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges; Koike, Shinji Contemporary Architecture of Japan. [No place], 1953 8vo, original cloth, decorative dustwrapper, some creasing; Serizawa Master of Japanese Textile Design. Edinburgh, 2001 8vo, decorative paper wrapper, in fine condition; Terukazu, Akiyama Japanese Painting. London, 1977 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Noma, Seiroku The Arts of Japan, Ancient and Modern. Toyko, 1966. First deluxe edition, 4to, volume 1 only, original decorative cloth gilt, dustwrapper, slipcase and a copy of 1978 standard edition; Kidder, J. Edward The Art of Japan. London, 1985 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Kakuzo, Okakura The Book of Tea. London, 1974 8vo, decorative quarter cloth, slipcase (13)

Nicolay, Nicolas de, Seigneur d'Arfeville [and Alexander Lyndsay or Lindsay]. La Navigation du Roy d'Ecosse Jaques Cinquesme du nom, autour de son Royaume, & Isles Hebrides & Orchades, soubz la conduicte d'Alexandre Lyndsay excellent pilote escossois. Recueillie & redigee en forme de description hydrographique, & representée en carte marine, & routier ou pilotage, pour la cognoissance particuliere de ce qui est necessaire & considerable à ladicte navigation, par Nicolay D'Arfeville., Premier Cosmographe du Roy, Commissaire ordinaire de son Artillerie, & a la visitation & description generalle du Royaume de France. Dediee A tres-illustre, & tres-vertueux seigneur, Anne Duc de Joyeuse, Pair & Admiral de France Paris: Gilles Beys, 1583.First edition, 4to. (228x165mm.), ff.[vi], 37 fine large folding map (383x288mm. to plate-mark), with ships, compass rose, and a sea monster, also with a folding scale, and 6 large woodcuts in the text (compass rose, prevailing winds, tides and currents, hazards, aids to direction-finding), small repair to head margin of last leaf, and sporadic faint dampstain to corners, contents otherwise in fresh and large state; rebound in modern limp vellum. Note: Royal Scottish Geographcal Society. The Early Maps of Scotland to 1850 (Revised and enlarged, with A History of Scottish Maps by D.G. Moir), Edinburgh, 1973. (Moir's third chapter is devoted to "Nicolas de Nicolay and Alexander Lyndsay," ; Taylor, Adams & Fortune. Alexander Lindsay, a rutter of the Scottish Seas c.1540. (National Maritime Museum Monographs 44), 1980; Moore. The historical cartography of Scotland. Aberdeen, 1991. For John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (1504-1553), a key figure in the transmission of the principal text as well as in the political events of the period, see the entry by David Loades in the Oxford DNB It is an early navigational guide, the oldest Scottish "rutter" (an early sixteenth century term for a set of sailing directions, from the French routier); one of only a handful of such works of any origin to have come down to us, accompanied by the first accurate delineation of Scotland: created by the Scots for the purpose of containment; mysteriously obtained in manuscript by the English, copied by Nicolay and taken to the French king, then put into almost immediate use to avenge the murder of Cardinal Beaton at St. Andrews; and on two subsequent occasions with a view to supporting the Scottish succession The voyage of James V named on the title-page is that of 1540 when the King, with several nobles, set out to subdue the unruly Lords of the Western Isles. "The King visited Orkney, Skye, Lewis, Ross and Kintail and continued by sea to Dumbarton, where he left his fleet and rode back to Edinburgh, which he reached before 29th July (when he wrote to Henry VIII that he had visited the north and south isles), while the ships returned round the north of Scotland" Alexander Lyndsay was the pilot, and Nicolay credits him with having compiled the rutter by command of the King for the purpos. There would appear to be little doubt that this is true, as the guide, laboriously drawn from Lyndsay's experience - and from material gathered from other sources, as the volume and geographical range of the information suggest - starts from Leith as the expedition did, gives the route which James's fleet followed, and provides a suitable course through the Western Isles for meeting the island chiefs. In Scotland, extreme tidal conditions, a shallow seabed, and variable winds and visibilty, retarded the development of astronomical observations for navigation; northern pilots generally made their way by setting courses from one headland to the next, and by keeping in mind the effect of tidal streams and the risk of hidden rocks and other hazards. It required only a compass, a sand-glass, traverse-board, and a lead and line. Lyndsay's rutter is, therefore, typical as a guide to coastal waters before detailed charts and sophisticated inst

Busby, James. Journal of a Recent Visit to the Principal Vineyards of Spain and France. with observations relative to the introduction of the vine into New South Wales. Philadelphia: Jacob Snider, Jr., Wine Merchant, 1838. First American edition, large 12mo (196 x 115mm.), original printed boards, slipcase, some spotting, damp-stained at end, rebacked, boards rubbed and soiled Note: The first edition was published in Sydney in 1833 Cf. Simon, BG 272 (1842 London edition); Ferguson 1635

Obsopoeus, Vicentius. De arte bibendi libri tres. Denuo ab autore recognitum. Nuremberg: Johann Petri, 1537 4to (188 x 133mm.), 54 ll., woodcut initials, nineteenth-century polished calf, upper cover detached Note: Second edition of this poem about the art of drinking without getting drunk, first printed by Petri the previous year. Obsopoeus, or Heydnecker (d. 1539), was the son of a Bavarian cook. He made Latin translations of several of Luther's German works Cf. Oberlé 1017 & Simon, BB ii, 476 (1st edition)

Schoock, Martin Liber de cervisia. Groningen: Franciscus Bronchorts, 1661 first edition, 12mo, uncalled for engraving pasted neatly onto initial blank, title printed in red and black, with final blank, contemporary calf, spine gilt, [Vicaire 775], some light dampstaining to text not affecting title Note: First edition of Schoock's treatise on beer

Churchill, Sir Winston. My African Journey. London, 1908. First edition, 8vo, illustrated with photographs, original decorative red cloth, backstrip faded, some tears to hinges, some foxing; Ibid Savrola, a tale of Revolution in Laurania. New York, 1956 8vo, original red and blue cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, chipped at head of backstrip, ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid The War Speeches, to include: Into Battle [First edition], The Unrelenting Struggle [First edition], The Dawn of Liberation [Second edition]. London, 1941-1947 8vo, dustwrappers, price clipped, some tears and chips, interios clean; Ibid The Post-War Speeches, to include: The Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite & In the Balance. London, 1948-1951. First editions, 8vo, dustwrappers, all clean interiors and 5 other works by Churchill (13)

Ferguson, Adam. The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic. London: W. Strahan, T. Cadell & W. Creech, 1783. First edition, 3 volumes., 4to., with 5 of 6 engraved maps (of which 3 are folding), lacking the 4th map of the Campaigns in Macedonia and Thesally, contemporary sprinkled calf, red and green morocco lettering pieces, some slight rubbing, a few leaves towards the end of volume 1 a little spotted.

Knight, C A History of England. London: Bradbury, Evans & Co, [no date], 8vo, 8 volumes, illustrated, contemporary half calf gilt, black and red labels, rubbed at edges, interiors clean; Dickens, Charles Hard Times for these Times. London, 1854. First edition in book form, 8vo, original cloth gilt, stained and faded, backstrip torn, inner hinges split, occasional spotting; Jerome, Jerome K. The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. London, 1898 8vo, original green cloth gilt, backstrip faded, rubbed at edges, occasional spotting; Darwin, Charles The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms. London, 1881 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, some slight rubbing to edges, interior clean (11)

Lawrence, T.E A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 1917 to October 1918. London, 1919 4to, maps, reference to Lieut-Colonel Lawrence's exploits in October 1918 opposite plate 51 original printed boards, some rubbing; Ibid Revolt in the Desert. London, 1927. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip; Ibid Seven Pillars of Wisdom. London, 1935. First trade edition, large 8vo, illustrated, folding maps, original cloth gilt, boards stained, interior clean; Garnett, David (ed) The Letters of T.E. Lawrence. London, 1938. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, contemporary cloth gilt, bookplate; Lawrence, A.W. (ed) T.E. Lawrence by his Friends. London, 1937. First edition, 8vo, photographic illustrations, original red cloth gilt, clean; Lawrence, T.E. Oriental Assembly. London, 1939. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, foxed at edges; Lawrence, A.W. (ed) Letters to T.E. Lawrence. London, 1962. First edition, 8vo, later cloth gilt, some fading, ex-library stamp to title (7)

Melville, Robert. A Critical Inquiry into the Constitution of the Roman Legion. Edinburgh: Balfour and Smellie, 1773 first edition, 4to, presentation copy inscribed "From the Author to Sir George McDougal Baronet", half-title, 4 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, morocco lettering piece, joints cracked, slightly rubbed

A Beckett, Gilbert Abbot. The Comic History of England. London, 1847-48 First edition in book form, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated by John Leech, half titles in red, 20 plates, full red morocco gilt by Stikeman and Co, t.e.g., interior fine; Ibid The Comic History of Rome. London: Bradbury and Evans, [1851]. First edition, first issue, 8vo, illustrated by John Leech, engraved title, 10 colour plates, full red morocco gilt by Stikeman & Co, t.e.g., some chipping to front endpaper; Cruikshank, George, etal The Comic Almanack. London, 1912 8vo, 2 volumes, first and second series, illustrated, full blue calf gilt by Riviere, gilt stamp on upper boards, a fine pair (5) Note: Tooley 296 298.

Kent, Rockwell. Salamina. New York, 1935 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth, slight fading to backstrip, interior clean; Ibid N by E. New York, 1930 8vo, illustrated, original beige and green cloth, backstrip faded, interior clean; Sassoon, Siegfried Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man. London, 1929 second impression, 8vo, illustrated by William Nicholson, original decorative boards, some fading to backstrip, interior clean; Ibid Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. London, 1931 First illustrated edition, illustrated by Barnett Freedman, original decorative boards, backstrip faded, interior clean; Armstrong, Martin The Three-cornered Hat. London, 1927 8vo, illustrated by Norman Telby, colour plates, original cloth, sunned, interior clean and 12 other illustrated volumes (17)

Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories. London: Macmillan, 1902. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by the author, full red morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, original cloth bound in to rear, a fine copy

Milne, A.A When we were very young. London: Methuen, 1924. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by E.H. Shepard, full blue calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere, a.e.g., marble endpapers, some small chips to backstrip, some foxing to edges of endpapers; Ibid Winnie the Pooh. London: Methuen, 1926. First edition, 8vo, full green calf by Riviere, a.e.g., marble endpapers, faint ink owner's inscription to front prelim; Ibid Now we are six. London: Methuen, 1927. First edition, 8vo, full red calf gilt by Riviere, a.e.g., marble endpapers, some fading to backstrip, very slight cracking to hinges; Ibid The House at Pooh Corner. London, Methuen, 1928. First edition, 8vo, full pink calf by Riviere, a.e.g., marble endpapers; all in slipcase (4) Note: A fine set of the works of A.A. Milne bound by Bayntun Riviere with the original cloth bound into the rear of each volume

Shaw, Bernard & Farleigh, John. The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God. London: Cassell & Company, 1932 First edition, 8vo, illustrated by John Farleigh, original decorative boards, decorative endpapers, some rubbing to edges, interior clean; Poole, Monica The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh. Henley, 1985 4to, illustrated, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at upper edge, interior clean (2)

Neild, James. State of the Prisons in England, Scotland, and Wales, extending to various places therein assigned, not for the debtor only. but for felons also, and other less criminal offenders, together with some useful documents, observations, and remarks, adapted to explain and improve the conditions of prisons in general. London: John Nichols, 1812. First edition, 4to., engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved plan of Newgate, contemporary half calf, modern rebacking, original lettering piece retained, neat repair to the lower margin of p. 149 Note:Goldsmiths' 20587. Neild was treasurer of the Society formed in 1773 for the discharge and relief of persons imprisoned for small debts and remained associated with the Society until his death. An important part of the Society's activities was the visitiation and investigation of prisons in England, Scotland and Wales and petitioning for the release of debtors. The Society achieved the release of some 19063 debtors (with 11399 wives and 32871 children)

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 volumes, 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)

Bernieres, Louis de. Captain Corelli's Mandolin. London: Secker & Warburg, 1994. First edition, signed by the author on title, original white cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy

Brooke, Frances. The Excursion. By Mrs Brooke; Author of the History of Lady Julia Mandeville and of Emily Montague. London: T. Cadell, 1777. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, half-titles, contemporary half calf with marbled sides, red morocco lettering pieces, occasional light spotting, small stain to B10-11 of volume 1 Note: Frances Brooke (1724-1789), novelist, playwright, essayist and translator, was a member of the vibrant literary scene in late eighteenth-century London that included Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Anna Seward and Hannah More. In 1755-56 she edited a weekly periodical, The Old Maid, and in 1763 published her first novel, The History of Lady Julia Mandeville. David Garrick's failure to stage her play Virginia: a Tragedy led her searingly satirical portrait of him in The Excursion Provenance: Henrietta Makdougall, contemporary inscriptions on endpapers.

Burns, Robert [Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh, 1787], 8vo, first Edinburgh edition, lacking title-page, issue with "stinking" on p. 263 engraved portrait waterstained and frayed with loss, contemporary half calf, rubbed Note: Egerer 2.

Conan Doyle, Arthur. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892. First edition, large 8vo, illustrated by Sidney Paget, original light blue cloth blocked in black and lettered in gilt, upper hinge splitting, lower hinge split, some spotting and browning; Ibid The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1894 [1893]. First edition, large 8vo, illustrated by Sidney Paget, original blue cloth blocked in black and lettered in gilt, collector's folding box, hinges splitting, binding worn, box worn together with insect damage, interior foxed throughout (2) Note: Green and Gibson A10a, A14a.

Conan Doyle, Arthur. Round the Red lamp. London: Methuen, 1894. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth cloth, fading to backstrip, owner's inscription in coloured pencil to front endpaper; Ibid The Stark Munro letters. London: Longmans, 1895. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 24pp publisher's catalogue dated July 1895 original green cloth gilt, bevelled boards, black endpapers [white listed in Green & Gibson A 18], owner's inscription in coloured pencil to half title; Ibid Rodney Stone. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1896. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original black cloth gilt, backstrip faded, some spotting to tissue guard, owner's ink stamp to half title; Ibid Uncle Bernac. London, 1897. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, uncut, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, corner bumped, very ocassional spotting, owner's ink stamp to endpaper; Ibid The Tragedy of the Korosko. London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1898. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, fading to backstrip, owner's ink stamp to half title; Rider Haggard, H. The People of the Mist. London: Longmans, 1894. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, bevelled boards, some staining, corners bumped (6) Note: Green & Gibson A16 A18 A20 A21 A22 respectively

Dickens, Charles. Dealings with the firm of Dombey and son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, 8vo, frontispiece, vignette, 38 plates, later calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, red label, some light foxing; Ibid Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1851. First edition in book form, 8vo, frontispiece, title vignette, 38 plates, later calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [uniform with previous volume], some light foxing to endpapers; Ibid The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Nottingham Court Press, 1979 8vo, number 9 of 250 copies, fore-edge painting, full green morocco gilt by Morrell, fold-over box, a fine copy (3)

Dickens, Charles. The Works. London: Caxton Publishing, [c.1900], 15 volumes, plates after Phiz, Seymour and Leech, maroon half morocco, spines gilt, head of a few spines slightly rubbed; Bleak House, 1853 8vo, first edition in book form, etched title and 39 plates, contemporary half calf, plates browned, rubbed (16)

Dryden, John. Absalom and Achitophel, a poem. London: printed for J.T., 1681. First edition, folio, pp. 32 part one only, later half morocco gilt, rubbed, foxing, waterstaining to inner hinges, repairs to edges of several pages, contemporary ink notes in margins and on title, bookplate Note: Wing D-2212.

Eliot, George (pseu. Mary Ann Evans). Middlemarch. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871-72. First edition in book form, 8vo, half titles, volume II errata slip, contemporary half calf gilt, red and black labels, marble endpapers, foxing, titles trimmed (4)

Eliot, George (pseu. Mary Ann Evans). Middlemarch. Edinburgh, 1871-72. First edition in book form, 8vo, 4 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, hinges splitting, volume 1 lacking lower board, some spotting, volume I lacking half title and 5 other volumes by Eliot (9)

Greene, Graham. The Comedians. London: The Bodley Head, 1966. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at head of backstrip, a fine copy; Ibid Travels with my Aunt. London: The Bodley Head, 1969. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, torn at edges, some stains to lower board, interior clean; Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. London, 1935 4to, original brown cloth gilt, some fading, owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Gerhardi, William Jazz and Jasper. London, 1928 8vo, number 49 of 110 copies, signed by author, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, some browning to endpapers; Bell, Adrian Men and the Fields. London, 1939. First edition, 8vo, lithographs by John Nash, original cloth, dustwrapper, clipped [some loss to text on inner fold], tears to hinges and 10 other 20th century works (15)

Lawrence, D.H The Prussian Officer. London: Duckworth & Co, 1914. First edition, 8vo, 20pp adverts, original blue cloth gilt, lacking dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip, corners bumped, remainder of label and ink inscription to front pastedown, inner hinges weak; Rider Haggard, H. King Solomon's mines. London: Cassell & Co, 1885. First edition, second issue, folding map, adverts marked 5G.10.85 original red cloth, backstrip faded, stain to upper board, inner hinges strengthened, owner's ink inscription on half title (2) Note: Roberts A6; Whatmore F3.

Leigh, Sir Samuel Egerton. Munster Abbey, a Romance. Edinburgh: W. Creech, S. Cheyne &c., 1797 first edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, list of subscribers, contemporary half calf with marbled sides, red morocco lettering pieces Note: A fine set. The list of subscribers, predominantly Scottish and aristocratic, is particularly impressive, listing approximately 1100 names on 32 pages Provenance: Sir Henry Hay Makdougall Bart. of Makerstoun, armorial bookplates

Literature - Dickens, Charles. The Pickwick Papers. London: Chapman & Hall, 1837. First edition in book form, 43 plates by Phiz, later full green morocco gilt, upper board loose, heavy foxing throughout, endpapers discoloured; Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre. London, 1859 new edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, foxing; Trollope, Anthony The last chronicle of Barset. Leipzig, 1867 copyright edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, some slight rubbing; Fielding, Henry The history of Tom Jones. London, 1818 8vo, 3 volumes, illustrated, contemporary half red morocco gilt, worn, foxing; Swift, Jonathan The works. Edinburgh, 1768 8vo, 10 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, heavy foxing throughout and 23 other volumes (41)

Mackenzie, Henry, [ed.]. The Mirror. A Periodical paper, published at Edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780. Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1781 3 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, red morocco lettering-pieces, occasional small stains or spots Note: First collected edition of the highly successful literary periodical, originally published as 110 biweekly issues. Provenance: Sir Henry Hay Makdougall Bart. of Makerstoun, armorial bookplates

Poetry - Larkin, Philip. The Whitsun Weddings. London: Faber and Faber, 1964 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt, dustwrapper, backstrip rubbed, small tear at top of upper hinge; Eliot, T.S. Four Quartets. London, 1954. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, heavy chipping along upper edge [some small sections of loss], some foxing to endpapers; Gunn, Thom My Sad Captains. London, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt, dustwrapper, sunned; Auden, W.H. The Age of Anxiety. London, 1948. First edition, 8vo, original yellow cloth, dustwrapper, tears along upper edge, ink inscription to front endpaper; Auden, W.H. Nones. London, 1952. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper, sunned, torn and 7 other poetry volumes (12)

Powell, Anthony. A Question of Upbringing. London, 1951 second edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges; Ibid The Acceptance World. London, 1955. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, lacking dustwrapper, backstrip rubbed; Ibid At Lady Molly's. London, 1958 second edition, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn, repaired with tape, sunned; Ibid Casanova's Chinese restaurant. London, 1960. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped, torn at hinges, some fading to edges; Ibid The Kindly Ones. London, 1962. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, 2cm tear to head of backstrip, some fading to backstrip; Ibid A Question of Upbringing. London, 1963 sixth edition, 8vo, lacking dustwrapper; Ibid The Valley of Bones. London, 1964. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, some slight fading to backstrip; Ibid A Buyer's Market. London, 1964 later edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, tears to backstrip; Ibid The Soldier's Art. London, 1966. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, fading; Ibid The Military Philosophers. London, 1968. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, some slight fading; Ibid Books do furnish a room. London, 1971. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, slight shipping to edges, some fading; Ibid Temporary Kings. London, 1973. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn at hinges, some fading; Ibid Hearing Secret Harmonies. London, 1975. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, some fading (13)

Scotland - Chalmers, George. The Life of Thomas Ruddiman. London, 1794 8vo, appendix No. 3 present, lacking portrait frontispiece, original boards, rebacked, some water staining to first few leaves; Chambers, Robert Traditions of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1825 small 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, rebacked, interior clean; Chambers, Robert The Life and Works of Robert Burns. Edinburgh, 1886 the library edition, 8vo, decorative green calf gilt extra, backstrips worn, splitting, backstrips loose, interior clean; Nettlebottom, Nehemiah The Fudge family of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1820 second edition, 8vo, original boards, some cracking to backstrip; Edinburgh A weekly magazine or Edinburgh Amusement. Edinburgh, 1772 8vo, volume XVII, modern quarter calf gilt, interior clean; Cockburn, Henry Journal of Henry Cockburn. Edinburgh, 1874 8vo, 2 volumes, later half calf gilt, some rubbing, interior clean and 13 others volumes (23)

Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe. Edinburgh, 1820. First edition, first state, 12mo, 3 volumes, half-titles, later half calf, marbled boards, original red morocco labels [lacking on volume III], rubbed, gutter percha perishing, some loose leaves, very occasional spotting (3) Note: Worthington 8.

Scott, Sir Walter. The Monastery. Edinburgh, 1820. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, ex-library bookplate on front pastedowns, foxing; Ibid The Fortunes of Nigel. Edinburgh, 1822. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, labels peeling, occasional spotting; Ibid Peveril of the Peak. Edinburgh, 1822 8vo, 4 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, hinges split, lacking labels, occasional spotting and another set in half green calf, worn; Ibid The Pirate. Edinburgh, 1822. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, slight rubbing to extremities; Ibid St Ronan's Well. Edinburgh, 1824. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, hinges split; Ibid Redgauntlet. Edinburgh, 1824. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, occasional spotting; Ibid Anne of Geierstein. Edinburgh, 1829. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, staining and foxing; 5 other later works [each 3/4 volume sets] by Scott and 5 other volumes (47)

Scottish Literature and Poetry - Spark, Murial. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at head and tail of backstrip, rubbing, price clipped, owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid The Girls of Slender Means. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, rubbed at edges, sunned, price clipped, owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Bruce, George Sea Talk. Glasgow [no date], 8vo, inscribed by the author on front endpaper dated midnight 1971-72 original quarter cloth gilt, dustwrapper, torn [some loss]; McDiarmid, Hugh Sangshaw. Edinburgh, 1925. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, sunned, bookplate and another copy lacking dustwrapper; Ibid Penny Wheep. Edinburgh, 1926. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, sunned, bookplate and another copy lacking dustwrapper; Lines Review Issues 1 - 12. Edinburgh, 1952-1956 11 volumes, 8vo, original paper wrappers and a quantity of Scottish poetry material (30)

Stevenson, R.L Memories & Portraits. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, bevelled boards, some slight rubbing to outer edges, endpapers foxed [Prideaux 22]; Ibid Catriona. London, 1893. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, some foxing to endpapers, [Prideaux 39] Ibid Weir of Hermiston. London, 1896. First published edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, bevelled boards, some fading to backstrip, bookplate [Prideaux 43] (3)

Stevenson, R.L The Black Arrow. London: Cassel & Co, 1888. First edition, 8vo, original red and black cloth, sunned [fading continues onto upper board], some foxing to title, [Prideaux 26]; Ibid The Master of Ballantrae. London, 1889. First published edition, 8vo, original decorative red and black cloth, faded backstrip, ring stain on upper board, head of backstrip chipped, some rust marks to first few leaves, [Prideaux 27] and 8 later works by Stevenson (10)

Stevenson, R.L. & Osbourne, Lloyd. The Ebb-tide. London: William Heinemann, 1894. First edition, 8vo, original decorative gold and black cloth, some rubbing to edges, stain to tail of backstrip, interior clean [Prideaux 40]; Stevenson, Robert Louis The Silverado Squatters. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First published edition, 8vo, frontispiece, adverts to rear dated October 1883 original decorative grey cloth gilt, rubbed at hinges, corners bumped, interior clean [Prideaux 9]; Ibid The Merry Men. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First edition, 8vo, adverts to rear dated November 1886 original blue decorative cloth gilt, rubbed, hinges splitting, interior clean [Prideaux 20] (3)

Thomas, Dylan. Under Milk Wood, a play for voices. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1954. First edition, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at head and tail of backstrip, small tears to hinges, small ring stain to upper cover, neat owner's inscription on front endpaper

Waugh, Evelyn. Scott-King's Modern Europe. London: Chapman and Hall, 1947. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper, stained at backstrip, chipped at upper edge, interior clean; Durrell, Lawrence Collected Poems. London, 1960. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, faded at backstrip; Ibid Pope Joan. 1960 revised edition, 8vo, signed by the author, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, some small chips; Perlès, Alfred My Friend Lawrence Durrell. London, 1961 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, fading to backstrip; Lee, Laurie A Rose for Winter. London, 1955. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, faded, owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Mitford, Nancy Don't tell Alfred. London, 1960. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, designed by Cecil Beaton, rubbed at edges; Ibid Noblesse Oblige. London, 1956. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, faded (7)

Wells, H.G The Invisible Man. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1897. First edition, 8vo, preliminary blank, half-title, title-page printed in red and black, 2pp. of publisher's advertisements at end, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine and on upper cover with design in black, some spotting and browning, binding rubbed at extremities, spine soiled with head and foot frayed

Williams, Helen Maria. Julia, a Novel. London: T. Cadell, 1790 first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf with marbled sides, red morocco lettering pieces, black morocco volume pieces, slight spotting in volume 2 head of spine of volume 2 very slightly rubbed Note: Helen Maria Williams (1762-1827), radical thinker, ardent abolitionist and revolutinary idealist, was born in 1761 to a Scottish mother, Helen Hay. In London Andrew Kippis introduced her to literary and political circles which included Joseph Priestly, Wiliam Godwin, Sarah Siddons, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Charlotte Smith and Mary Wollstonecraft. Her novel Julia, an early endorsement of the French Revolution, led to her philosophical conflict with Edmund Burke and The British Critic Provenance: Sir Henry Hay Makdougall Bart. of Makestoun, armorial bookplates

Wodehouse, P.G Carry on Jeeves. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1925 First edition, 8vo, later dustwrapper, original green and black cloth, dustwrapper torn [with losses], interior clean

Wodehouse, P.G If I were you. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1931 First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, original orange and black cloth, dustwrapper torn [losses to backstrip and front title], interior clean

Wodehouse, P.G Laughing Gas. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1936 First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, original red and black cloth, dustwrapper creased and chipped at edges, interior clean

Dictionary--Murray, James A.H A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888-1933 13 volumes including Supplement, first edition, 4to, publisher's maroon half morocco, spines gilt, head and tail of several spines rubbed, one board detached, two boards reattached Note: First edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, a monumental work of scholarship

Music--Bremner, Robert. The Rudiments of Music. Edinburgh: for the Author, 1756 first edition, 12mo, 2 folding engraved sheets of music, and 20 and 52 pages of engraved music, contemporary calf, double gilt fillet on covers, bookplate of Sir Henry Hay Makdougall Bart. of Makerstoun Note: From about 1754 Bremner (1713-1789) was in business as a music publisher in Edinburgh. Some of his first publications included Niccolo Pasquali's "Thorough Bass Made Easy", "The Rudiments of Music" commissioned as a preceptor for church choirs, and reprints of the fiddle music of William McGibbon

Naude, Gabriel. Instructions concerning erecting of a library. London: printed for G. Bedle and T. Collins, 1661 small 8vo, A1 title; A2a-A7a dedication; a7B "To the reader."; A8a "A tale of.; A8b Latin lines; B1a-G7b (pp.1-94) text; G8 (pp.95-96) "The copy of a letter sent to. Dr Barlow, lacking errata leaf, later half calf gilt, red label gilt, rubbed at edges and to backstrip, lacking original endpapers, small ms note bound in at front, bookplate Provenance: Bookplate of John Newington Hughes Note: Wing N-247 Keynes 30. Gabriel Naude, the great French librarian, expressed the essence of bibliophily when he urged that there is no book whatsoever, be it never so bad or decried, but may in time be sought for by some person or other. He found a good student in John Evelyn, who eventully produced a translation of his work after some delay in 1661. However, Evelyn was not happy with the finished product "as fo rthe translation, it has been so insufferably abus'd at the presse that the shame any uncorrected copy should come abroad has made me suppresse as many as I could light on." This suppression and the original small edition size has made the first 1661 edition of Evelyn's work very rare Literature: Keynes, G. John Evelyn : a study in bibliophily with a bibliography of his writings London, 1968. Second edition. £2500-3500

Carr, Sir John. Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807. London: Mathews and Leigh, 1809 first edition, extra-illustrated copy, containing over 130 engraved portraits and plates, manuscript list of additional illustrations inserted, contemporary maroon straight-grain morocco gilt, by Hering, with his ticket, some spotting, lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, g.e., armorial bookplates of Sir Edward Priaux Tenant Bart., L.J. Whitford, Adam Sim Coulter and J. Dawson Brodie Note: A very fine copy

Cordiner, Charles. Remarkable Ruins and Romantic Prospects of North Britain. London: P. Mazell, 1788 first edition, 4to, volume 1 only, engraved title, frontispiece and 96 engraved plates, contemporary tree calf gilt, spine gilt, black morocco lettering piece, armorial bookplate of Thomas Fraser Duff Note: A fine copy