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Antiques and Art Reference Pinto Edward & Eva Tunbridge and Scottish souvenir woodware. London 1970 8vo illustrated original brown cloth gilt dustwrapper chipped at edges; McVeigh Patrick Scottish East Coast potteries 1750-1840. Edinburgh 1979. First edition 8vo signed by author receipt from author enclosed original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper slight chipping to edges; Arwas Victor Art Deco. London 1982 4to original cloth gilt dustwrapper good condition and 48 others (51)

Bell Scott William William Blake etchings from his works. London: Chatto and Windus 1878 4to 8 etchings [lacking two] original boards water damaged staining throughout gutter percha perished; Hussey C. Tait McKenzie. Philadelphia 1930. First edition 4to photographic plates original green cloth gilt corners bumped some foxing; Bury Adrian Shadow of Eros. London: Dropmore Press 1952 8vo number 28 of 53 specially bound and signed by the author original full morocco gilt a fine copy (3)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Howarth Thomas Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement. London 1952 8vo illustrated original orange cloth gilt interior clean [with] loosely inserted Als from Murial Davidson to Miss Dewar dated 9th December 1952 from 41 Chapel Street Rutherglen; Billcliffe Roger Mackintosh Watercolours. London 1978 4to illustrated original cloth dustwrapper some chipping to edges; Alison Filippo Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a designer of chairs. London 1974. First English edition 8vo illustrated original paper covers interior clean; Macleod Robert Charles Rennie Mackintosh. London 1968 8vo illustrated original cloth dustwrapper; Ibid Charles Rennie Mackintosh Architect and Artist. London 1990 large 8vo illustrated dustwrapper and 7 others on the artist (12)

Thurah Laurids de Den danske Vitruvius. Copenhagen 1746. First edition folio two volumes title and text in Danish French and German engraved frontispiece 181 plates contemporary calf gilt worn section of backstrip on volume 2 lacking corners bumped some staining to interior some repairs to plates Note: BM

Cary J New map of England and Wales with part of Scotland... London: J Cary 1794. First edition 4to 78 full page sectional maps hand coloured including gazetteer and list of subscribers contemporary calf gilt rebacked new endpapers offsetting 3.5cm long by 1cm wide section lacking from margin of map 25 [no loss to image] Provenance: From the collection of J.G. Bartholomew map publisher.

Scale Bernard An Hibernian Atlas or general description of the Kingdom of Ireland... London: Printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennet 1776. First edition 4to engraved vignette title and dedication 37 maps hand coloured contemporary calf gilt board loose backstrip split interior clean Provenance: From the collection of John G. Bartholomew map publisher. Note: BM Chubb p.409-410.

Alcohol - Dubuisson L'Art du distillateur et marchand de liquers avec un mémoire sur les acides natifs du Verjus de l'Orange & du Citron. Paris: Nyon l'aîné & fils 1788. Second edition 2 volumes 8vo half-titles contemporary calf spines gilt [Vicaire p.292] extremities worn; Le Pileur d'Appligny M. Instructions sur l'art de faire la biere. Paris: Serviere 1783 first edition 12mo original wrappers uncut worn neatly rebacked (3)

Chaptal Jean-Antoine L'art de faire gouverner et perfectionner les vins. Paris: Delalain de l'imprimerie de Marchant 1801 8vo (194 x 123mm.) modern morocco-backed boards early wrapper with printer's waste bound in Note: First edition of Chaptal's first major treatise on wine-making. This is the first issue as it also has "de l'imprimerie de Marchant" in the imprint. Oberlé 949; cf. Vicaire col.164 (Second edition of 1819)

Chaptal Jean-Antoine Francois Rozier and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier Traité théorique et pratique sur la culture de la vigne avec l'art de faire le vin les eaux-de-vie esprit-de-vin... Tome premier (-second). Paris: Delalain 1801. First edition 2 volumes 8vo (215 x 140mm.) engraved plates paper wrappers uncut occasional slight staining wrappers worn Note: Cagle 132

Fish seafood and fishing - Philpots John R Oysters and all about them. London: J. Richardson 1891. First edition 8vo 2 volumes original cloth lightly marked; House of Commons. Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the methods of oyster culture in the United Kingdom and France. Dublin: A. Thom 1870 8vo 10 folding coloured plates and plans original wrappers lightly spotted one plan loose; Benham W.G. Colchester Oyster Feast. Colchester: Essex County Standard 1902 4to illustrations half roan spine worn and crudely repaired; Robinson J. The Whole Art of Curing Pickling and Smoking Meat and Fish. London: Longman [& others] 12mo original cloth early inscription on title and endpaper rubbed; The Whaling Directory of the United States in 1869. New Bedford: Taber Bros. 1869 8vo 7 leaves of illustrations original cloth head and tail of spine worn hinges wear with 9 others (15)

[Folz Hans] Wem der Gebrandt Wein nutz sey oder schad und wie er gerecht oder fälschlich gemacht sey. [Augsburg?] 1559 4to (173 x 121mm.) 4 ll. woodcut on title of a couple harvesting grain modern vellum-backed boards foot of each page cropped with some loss of last line repairs in text of first 2 leaves with very slight loss a few small wormholes and light staining Note: An apparently unique copy of an unrecorded edition of this poem about brandy. Folz a surgeon and barber in Nuremberg was the author of several poems (many to do with public health) farces and plays; he also worked as a printer. The assignment of this edition to Augsburg is based on the woodcut which is either a copy or a reworking of a block which was once owned by the printer Heinrich Steiner who had gone bankrupt in 1547.

Gilliers Joseph. Le cannaméliste français. Nancy: J.B.H. Leclerc et à Paris chez Merlin 1768. Second edition 4to (254 x 200mm.) engraved armorial head-piece to dedication 13 folding engraved plates nineteenth-century marbled paper boards first gathering on guards some spotting and staining repairs to lower margins of first few leaves a few repairs in plates repaired Note: Vicaire 405; Oberlé 122; Simon BG 759 (variant issue); Berlin Catalogue 115.

Husbandry - Lisle Edward Observations in Husbandry. London: J. Hughs 1757. Second edition 8vo 2 volumes engraved folding portrait contemporary calf very slight worming in margin of volume 1; Houghton John. Husbandry and Trade Improv'd... revised by Richard Bradley. London: Woodman and Lyon 1727 8vo 3 volumes titles printed in red and black contemporary calf bookplates of André Simon slightly rubbed; [Le Lorrain de Vallemont Pierre] Curiosities of Nature and Art in Husbandry and Gardening. London: D. Brown A. Roper and Franc. Coggan 1707 8vo engraved frontispiece and 11 plates contemporary calf slight staining in upper margin and spotting slightly rubbed; Cowell John. The Curious and Profitable Gardener. London: Richard Montagu 1730. First edition 8vo folding engraved plate contemporary calf rubbed neat repair to head and tail of spine; Thorley John. Melissologia or the Female Monarchy... of Bees. London: for the Author 1744. First edition 8vo engraved frontispiece and 4 plates one folding contemporary calf slight offsetting to plates worn upper cover almost detached; Moore J. England's Interest: or the Gentleman and Farmer's Friend. London: A. Bettesworth 1721 12mo advertisement leaf at end modern calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe inscription of collection Strassburger on front endpaper and 2 others (11)

Papin Denis La manière d'amolir les os et de faire cuire toutes sortes de viandes en peu de temps et à peu de frais... Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée d'une seconde partie. Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes 1688 2 parts in one volume 12mo (166 x 103mm.) 4 folding engraved plates paper wrappers uncut morocco chemise and slipcase. a few small repairs in margins Note: This edition contains the first French edition of the second part Continuation du Digesteur... Contenant les perfections qu'on y a ajoutées... avec plusieurs nouvelles utilitez de la machine du vuide. Eprouvées tant en Angleterre qu'en Italie which had been published in English the previous year. The present edition also contains two additional plates which accompany the second part. The preliminary material to the second part includes an alphabetical list of the members of the Royal Society in 1688. Vicaire 652-53; Witteveen 4897; Krivatsy 8546

Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Le maïs ou blé de Turquie apprécié sous tous ses rapports... Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée. Paris: Imprimerie impériale 1812 half-title [Oberlé 816]; Neufchâteau François de comte. Supplément au mémoire de M. Parmentier sur le maïs (ou plutot maïz). Paris: Madame Huzard 1817. First edition 2 works in one volume 8vo (196 x 122mm.) modern calf-backed boards some spotting Note: Second enlarged edition of Parmentier's work on maize published for the market as the first edition had been so scarce.

Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Mémoire sur les avantages que la province de Languedoc peut retirer de ses grains considérés sous leurs différens rapports avec l'agriculture le commerce la meunière et la boulangerie. Paris: imprimerie des Etats de Languedoc sous la direction de P.F. Didot jeune 1786. First edition 4to (255 x 194mm.) half-title 10 folding engraved plates contemporary calf-backed boards short tears in most plates slight worming in some inner margins some light spotting boards worn at corners Note: Goldsmiths 13164; Kress B.1106

Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Le parfait boulanger. Paris: Imprimerie royale 1778. First edition 8vo (195 x 125mm.) contemporary mottled calf spine gilt in compartments light browning in margins occasional spotting binding repaired at corners spine chipped at head Note: Vicaire 656; Oberlé 813

Parmentier Antoine-Augustin L'Art de faire les eaux-de-vie d'après la doctrine de Chaptal... suivi de l'art de faire les vinaigres simples et composés. Paris: Delalain fils 1805 8vo half-title 5 engraved plates one folding table [cf. Vicaire 657 & Cagle 371] contemporary calf worming in some inner margins rebacked; Ibid. Traité sur l'art de fabriquer les sirops et les conserves de raisins destinés à suppléer le sucre des colonies dans les principaux usages de l'économie domestique... Troisième édition revue corrigée et augmentée. Paris: Méquignon aîné 1810 8vo modern calf-backed boards uncut [Oberlé 835; Vicaire 658; Cagle 377] lacking half-title; Ibid. Nouvel aperçu des résultats obtenus de la fabrication des sirops et conserves de raisins dans le cours de l'année 1812. Paris: Imprimerie impériale 1813. First edition 8vo half-title 4 folding engraved plates of distilling equipment contemporary calf-backed boards [Simon BG 1134; Cagle 373] tear in one plate binding somewhat worn (3) Note: Parmentier's Traité sur l'art de fabriquer les sirops first published in 1808 under the title Instruction sur les moyens de suppléer le sucre was written in response the emperor's request for an alternative to sugar from the colonies which was now being blockaded. Parmentier proposed the use of sugar from grapes to sweeten coffee tea and chocolate and the work contains many recipes. The Nouvel aperçu followed the Aperçu des résultats... dans le cours des années 1810 et 1811 which was published in 1812. The Art de faire les eaux-de-vie was first published in 1801.

Spinniker Adriaan Leerzaame zinnebeelden... Tweede druk. Haarlem: Christoph Henrich Bohn 1756 half-title engraved frontispiece engraved device on title-page engraved illustrations; Ibid. Vervolg der leerzaame zinnebeelden... Haarlem: Jan Bosch 1758. First edition engraved frontispiece engraved device on title-page engraved illustrations and 4 engraved plates 2 works in one volume 4to (191 x 152mm.) contemporary calf spine gilt in compartments red morocco lettering-piece Note: The first work was originally published in 1714 and again in 1757 by Jan Bosch. Neither Praz nor Landwehr list the present edition. Landwehr 759-760; Praz p.157

Villena Enrique de Aragón Marqués de Arte cisoria o tratado del arte del cortar del cuchillo. Madrid: Antonio Marin 1766. First edition 4to (191 x 139mm.) title within typographical border each page within a double-ruled border woodcut illustrations initials head- and tailpieces contemporary limp vellum a few leaves lightly spotted inner hinges split; Ibid Arte cisoria. Madrid/ Barcelona 1879 8vo pp. lxxxvi 315 viii portrait frontispiece woodcut title contemporary quarter calf gilt rubbed sunned (2) Note: The first book in Castilian about table etiquette written in the fifteenth century but not published until 1766. It was printed from a manuscript in the Escorial with no attempt at modernisation of the text or punctuation. The work is prefaced with a short life of Villena. Included in this lot is a copy of the reprint of 1879. Vicaire 864; Simon BG 1578; Oberlé 557; Palau 369452

Wine making works in English - Phin John Open Air Grape Culture. New York: C.M. Saxton 1862. First edition presentation copy inscribed by the author 8vo illustrations original cloth slightly spotted spine lightly marked; Thomson William. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood 1862. Second edition 8vo illustrations original cloth inscribed G. Hargreaves 1863 at head of title; Vizetelly Henry. Facts about Champagne and other Sparkling Wines. London: Ward Lock & Co. 1879. First edition 8vo plates illustrations original pictorial cloth; The Art and Mystery of British Wines Cider and Perry Cordials and Liqueurs. London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First edition 8vo half-title original cloth inscription of C. Batchelor on endpaper and small stamp on title; Symonds J.A. Wine Women and Song. London: Chatto and Windus 1884 First edition one of 50 large paper copies original parchment-backed boards uncut rather rubbed and soiled; Roos L. Wine-Making in Hot Climates. Melbourne: Department of Agriculture 1900 First English edition 8vo illustrations original cloth; Husman George. American Grape Growing and Wine Making. New York: Orange Judd 1892 8vo original purple cloth gilt spine faded covers slightly discoloured; Ellis John. A Reply to "The Academy's" Review of the "The Wine Question in the light of the new dispensation". New York: by the author 1883 8vo original green cloth gilt very slightly rubbed at head of spine with 20 others (28)

Anderson John Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family [with] Supplement [with] Memoirs of the House of Hamilton corrected with an addition. Edinburgh: Anderson 1825-28. First edition 4to. 3 parts in one volume engraved frontispiece engraved facsimile plate with list of subscribers after the first part contemporary half green morocco cloth boards t.e.g. joints and edges a little rubbed title-page slightly spotted lacking the dedication to Alexander 10th Duke of Hamilton. Note: Ferguson p. 77

Burcardus von Biberach. Chronicon abbatis Urspergen. a Nino rege Assyriorum Magno. Augsburg: Joannes Miller 1515 first edition small folio woodcut title hand-coloured initials double column contemporary blind-stamped calf ruled with crowned and other heads and floral roll-tooled panels lacking A2-C6 title with several holes (repaired) rebacked retaining spine corners repaired Footnote: BM STC German Books 169

Carter Matthew Honor redivivus: or the analysis of honor and armory; reprinted with many useful and necessary additions and supply'd with the names and titles of honour of the present nobility of England the bishops baronets members of Parliament &c. London: Henringman 1673. third edition 8vo. engraved frontispiece engraved title-page and 9 engraved plates woodcut illustrations in the text 19th century maroon morocco a.e.g. professional repair to the lower margin of the frontispiece a few leaves lightly stained. Note: Moule 253; Wing C 661. First published in 1655 and again in 1660 Moule attributes the plates to Gaywood and states that they are reduced copies of the figures in Milles's Catalogue of honour.

Dallaway James Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England with explanatory observations on armorial ensigns. Gloucester: B. & J. White 1793. First edition 2 parts in 1 volume 4to. 26 plates (of which 8 are hand coloured) 1 folding pedigree contemporary polished tan calf blind tooled and gilt ruled border upper board almost detached. Note: Moule 697. "The author of this elegant and erudite work has here with the pen of a Tacitus accurately defined in a most comprehensive manner the rise and progress of the science of heraldry from the earliest through the most interesting period of British history accommodating the study to modern systems." (Moule) The author also reprints the part of the celebrated "Boke of St. Albans" (1486) which relates to armorial bearings and provides a bibliography of heraldry etc. "This book is not only the first large scale history of English heraldry which attempts to relate its development to social history on the one hand and to that of art architecture and literature on the other. It is also so far surprisingly the last. " (Wagner Pedigree and progress p. 37) Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of John Bolton

Dunbar Sir Archibald Hamilton Scottish Kings a revised chronology of Scottish history 1005-1625. Edinburgh: David Douglas 1899. First edition second impression 8vo 3 volumes lined-blanks bound in black cloth gilt a.e.g. lacking 2D2-2D8 [7 leaves of index] in volume III rubbed pencil notes in margins bookplate Note: A unique 3 volume copy bound by the publisher for the author with additional lined-blanks to allow for editing prior to the publication of the second edition. Various pencil notes in the author's hand show a number revisions. Provenance: Bookplate of the author Archibald Hamilton Douglas in each volume.

Noble Mark the Revd. A history of the College of Arms and the lives of all the kings heralds and pursuivants from the reign of Richard III until the present time. London: Egerton etc. 1805. second edition 4to. 4 engraved portrait plates contemporary sprinkled calf rebacked gilt arms on the covers water staining throughout; Godfrey Walter H. & Wagner Sir Anthony. The College of Arms Queen Victoria Street being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee. London 1963. First edition 4to. illustrated plates original cloth; College of Arms. Herald's commemorative exhibition 1484-1934 held at the College of Arms. London 1936. First edition 4to. plates full dark blue morocco arms of the College on the upper cover t.e.g. others uncut no 122 of 300; Wagner Sir Anthony. Heralds of England: a history of the office and College of Arms. London: HMSO 1967. First edition 4to. plates (including some coloured) original cloth t.e.g. dustwrapper; Campbell Louise. Catalogue of manuscripts in the College of Arms collections. Volume 1. London: College of Arms 1988. First edition 8vo. publisher's cloth dustwrapper and 2 others. (7)

Solis y Ribadeneyra Antonio de The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. London: for T. Woodward and J. Hooke 1724. First English edition translated by Thomas Townsend folio portrait frontispiece 2 maps 6 plates woodcut ornament contemporary calf worn upper board loose hinges split endpapers loose burn marks along top edge some stains

Barrie J.M. Peter and Wendy. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1911] titles printed in grey tones illustrated by F.D. Bedford original decorative green cloth gilt lacking dustjacket beautiful binding with clean interior throughout; Ibid A window in Thrums. London 1889. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt bevelled boards spotting; Ibid Margaret Ogilvy. London 1896. First English edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt bevelled boards some foxing; Ibid The little white bird. London 1902. First edition 8vo original blue cloth bevelled boards some foxing; Milne A.A. The house at Pooh corner. London 1928. First edition 8vo original pink cloth gilt some fading lacking dustwrapper some foxing to edges (5)

Barrie J.M. & Rackham A. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. Second issue of first enlarged edition 4to 50 tipped in colour plates black and white illustrations in text original decorative green cloth gilt some rubbing to edges blank endpapers foxing; Ibid Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1916] 8vo 16 colour plates maps on endpapers original decorative green cloth gilt gilt stamp\of infant on upper board some bumping to edges foxing to edges; Rackham A The Allies' fairy book. London: William Heinemann [1916] 8vo. 11 [of 12] colour plates lacking frontispiece original blue cloth gilt rubbed at edges ink inscription to front endpaper endpapers browned inner hinges weak (3)

Brunhoff Jean de The story of Babar. London 1934 4to pp. 48 colour illustrations original decorative boards rubbed corners bumped inner hinge split; Ibid Babar's Travels. London 1935 4to pp.48 colour illustrations original decorative boards worn at edges inner hinge weak some foxing owner's ink inscription bookplate; Ibid Babar the King. London 1936 4to pp. 48 colour illustrations original decorative boards rubbed inner hinge splitting some foxing bookplate; Milne A.A. The house at Pooh corner. London 1928. First edition 8vo illustrated original cloth gilt faded corners bumped lacking dustwrapper some foxing owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Potter Beatrix The tale of Benjamin Bunny 1904; The tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle 1905; The tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 1909; The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse 1910; all small 8vo rebacked boards rubbed with tape marks various ink and pencil inscriptions/ marks to interiors (8)

Nesbit E Five children and it. London 1902 8vo illustrated by H.R. Millar origial red cloth gilt stained backstrip faded some foxing some plates loose owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Ransome Arthur The big six. London 1940. First edition 8vo illustrations in text original green cloth decorative endpapers dustwrapper chipped at edges sunned interior clean owner's ink inscription; Ibid Missee Lee. London 1941. First edition 8vo illustrated original green cloth gilt decorative endpapers dustwrapper sunned chipped at head and tail of backstrip interior clean owner's ink inscription (3)

Rackham Arthur (illus.) The ring of Niblung. London: William Heinemann Ltd 1939. First edition 4to 48 coloured plates original blue cloth dustwrapper chipped at edges some tearing to hinges decorative endpapers very occassional foxing

Illustrated - Russel Flint W. Gilbert W.S. Savoy Operas. London 1909 32 colour plates original red cloth gilt some discolouration to backstrip some foxing; Stevens F.L. Through Merrie England. London 1928 8vo illustrated by F.D. Bedford original decorative green cloth gilt t.e.g. backstrip sunned bumping to edges some pencil marks to pages 12-13; Tennyson Alfred Lord Maud. London 1922. First edition 8vo illustrated by Edmund J Sullivan 8 colour plates original decorative white cloth silver faded backstrip interior clean; Canton William A child's book of saints. London 1898 8vo illustrated by T.H. Robinson original decorative cloth hinges splitting rubbing some foxing; Bone Gertrude Of the Western Isles. London: T.N. Foulis 1925 woodcuts by Stephen Bone original decorative boards foxing and 3 others (8)

Bracton Henry de Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri quinq. London: Richard Tottell 1569 first edition folio in fours 272 x 183mm.) woodcut initials ninteenth-century calf raised bands early inscription on title title and second leaf lightly dust-soiled Footnote: A tall clean copy of a classic work on English law. 'A formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law of which the use of precedents is perhaps the most characteristic' and 'a model for legal literature until the present day' (PMM). STC 3475. Provenance: W. Foster 1736 inscription on title The Hon. Henry Booth bookplate on *3; Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow gilt stamp to upper cover

Dalyrymple of Stair James The Institutions of the Law of Scotland. Edinburgh: A. Anderson 1681 first edition 3 parts in one volume eighteenth-century half calf title renewed in margins fore-margin of A1 and a1 renewed a few marks rebacked corners rubbed Footnote: Stair's Institutions of the Law of Scotland first published in 1681 was the foundation of modern Scots law.

Skene Sir John Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawwes and Constitutions of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason 1609 first edition small folio 2 parts in one volume woodcut initials contemporary calf part 2 lacking O1-3 title strengthened occasional spotting rebacked corners rubbed; Regiam Manestatem. Scotiae veteres leges et constitutiones. Edinburgh: T. Finlason 1609 first Latin edition small folio contemporary calf rebacked corners rubbed; and a copy of Neilson's Skene's Memorabilia Scotica 1923 (3)

Burton Robert The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: for Henry Cripps 1651 sixth edition 4to (270 x 178mm.) engraved title by C. le Blon eighteenth-century calf-backed boards with vellum corners title just shaved in lower corner occasional light soiling rusthole to 3M3 and 4Q1 head of spine rubbed Provenance: twentieth-century inscription on front endpaper Note: The first posthumous edition and the last edition with Burton's own revisions which he had prepared for the press before his death in 1639.

Chatwin Bruce On the black hill. London: Jonathan Cape 1982. First edition 8vo original grey cloth gilt dustwrapper backstrip sunned price clipped interior fine; Ibid The songlines. London: Jonathan Cape 1987 original black cloth gilt dustwrapper a fine copy and another copy with some fading and creasing to dustwrapper; Ibid Utz. London: Jonathan Cape 1988. First edition 8vo original black cloth gilt dustwrapper a fine copy; Ibid What am I doing here. London: Jonathan Cape 1989. First edition 8vo original black cloth gilt dustwrapper small creases to top of backstrip some chipping to page edges; Borm Jan & Graves Matthew (eds) Anatomy of restlessness. London: Jonathan Cape 1996. First edition original red cloth gilt dustwrapper a fine copy (6)

Christie Agatha Mrs. McGinty's dead. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1952. First edition 8vo original red cloth dustwrapper hinges split [repaired] chipping along edges tear across backstrip interior clean; Ibid Hickory dickory dock. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1955. First edition 8vo original red cloth dustwrapper backstrip sunned tears to head and tail of backstrip rubbed; Ibid The pale horse. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1961. First edition 8vo orignal red cloth dustwrapper chipped at head and tail of backstrip small hole to rear [no loss to text] owner's ink inscription to endpaper; Third girl. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1966. First edition 8vo original red cloth gilt dustwrapper some slight chipping to upper edges; Ibid By the pricking of my thumbs. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1968. First ediiton 8vo original green cloth gilt yellow dustwrapper some small tears; Ibid Hallowe'en party. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1969. First edition 8vo original red cloth dustwrapper 3.5cm tear to upper small tear to head of backstrip (6)

Gilpin William The life of Bernard Gilpin. London: for the author [1752] 8vo portrait frontispiece title vignette and 9 enlarged engraved headpieces pp. 280 [bound with] Gilpin Bernard A sermon preached in the court at Greenwich before King Edward VI. London 1752 8vo pp. 52 [11] contemporary half calf worn modern taper reapirs to hinges some light foxing; Gilpin William The life of Hugh Latimer. London 1755 8vo pp. 197 [6] contemporary quarter calf worn lower board loose foxing; Ibid The lives of John Wicliff... London 1766. Second edition 8vo 4 plates [inc. frontispiece] contemporary calf worn upper board loose foxing; Herbert Lord Edward The life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. London 1778. Third edition 8vo folding frontispiece contemporary half calf marble boards worn boards loose foxing to rear some offsetting first three leaves browned at upper edge bookplate; Goldsmith Oliver The vicar of Wakefield. London 1792 8vo title vignette contemporary tree calf worn hinges cracking interior clean; Melvill Philip Memoirs of the late Philip Melvill esq. London [no date] 8vo half title contemporary half calf gilt rubbed heavy foxing ink notes on half title; Birch Thomas The life of the honourable Robert Boyle. London 1744. First separate edition 8vo later blue calf gilt red label interior clean (8)

Graves Robert Goliath and David. London: Chiswick Press [1916]. First edition small 8vo 17pp [limited to 200 copies] original red paper covers edges faded corners bumped damp stain at base of spine red colour stain throughout volume approx 2cm high by 5cm wide at largest owner's stamp on title Provenance: Ink stamp of Robert Ross 40 Half-Moon St W.1. to title and bookplate of Commander W.B.C. Ross. Note: This volume was privately printed by the author in late 1916 limited to 200 copies. It is believed that Siegfried Sassoon distributed 118 copies of this work according to Graves instructions. As a friend of both Graves and Sassoon it is quite likely that Robert Ross was one on this list. Higginson and Williams 1987 p.8-9 reference A2.

Greene Graham The quiet American. London: William Heinemann 1955. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper backstrip faded small section torn from head [approx 0.5cm long by 1cm wide] interior clean; Ibid Loser takes all. London: William Heinemann 1955. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt blue and yellow dustwrapper rubbed price clipped interior clean (2)

Hemingway Ernest The old man and the sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1952. First edition later printing 8vo lacking "A" on copyright page original light blue cloth silver blind stamped on upper board some discolouration at lower edge second issue dustwrapper brown-tinted portrait on rear price clipped interior clean

Mailer Norman The naked and the dead. New York: Rinehart and Company 1948. First edition of author's first book 8vo signed by the author in Sept. 24th 1997 at a book signing in Waterstone's Sauchiehall St Glasgow [with ticket and leaflet for book signing event] original black cloth some wear to edges corners bumped second issue dustwrapper with "$4.00" price on front flap rubbing to edges and hinges small section of upper right-hand corner missing; Ibid A fire on the moon. London: Pan Books Ltd 1970 8vo signed and inscribed by the author on title page original illustrated paper covers wear to edges and backstrip owners ink inscription on inside of front cover interior clean; Ibid The fight. London: Pengiun 1991. 4th edition 8vo signed by author on title original paper covers (3)

Martinez Eugenio Genealogia de la Toledana discreta. Primera parte. Alcala de Henares: Iuan Gracian 1604. First edition 4to. later quarter calf marbled boards lacking upper board lower board detached margins of titlepage frayed affecting some letters of text slight paper discolouration throughout. Note:Palau V. p. 77 Chivalric epic composed from various sources by the Cistercian Eugenio Martinez (1559- c. 1620). Projected as a four part work the author completed only one. Its thirty-four cantos continue at a later unspecified date the battles of the Trojan war and abound with monsters joustsmagicians and enchanted castles.

Naipaul V.S. A house for Mr Biswas. London: Andre Deutsch 1961. First edition 8vo original pink cloth gilt some sunning dustwrapper backstrip slightly faded section torn at head [approx 2.5cm high by 4cm wide] chipped at tail light foxing to outer edges of leaves; Ibid Mr Stone and the knights companion. London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo original brown cloth gilt orange dustwrapper some tearing to rear price clipped [approx 3.5cm high by 7cm wide section removed] and another copy with faded dustwrapper; Ibid In a free state. London: Andre Deutsch 1971 8vo. original black cloth gilt second impression dustwrapper owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid The overcrowded Barracoon and other articles. London: Andre Deutsch 1972. First edition 8vo original black cloth gilt purple dustwrapper owner's ink inscription to front pastedown; Ibid Guerrillas. London: Andre Deutsch 1975. First edition 8vo original brown cloth gilt green dustwrapper light foxing to page edges; Ibid A ben in the river. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. First US edition 8vo original black cloth gilt dustwrapper price clipped and 6 others by the same author (13)

O'Brian Patrick Desolation Island. London: Collins 1978. First edition 8vo original grey cloth gilt dustwrapper backstrip faded; Ibid The yellow admiral. London: HarperCollins 1997. First edition 8vo original red cloth gilt dustwrapper; Ibid The hundred days. London: HarperCollins 1998. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper; Ibid Blue at the Mizzen. London: Harper Collins 1999. First ediiton 8vo original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper (4)

Ross Robert Baldwin - Graves Robert Fairies and Fusiliers. London: William Heinmann 1917. First edition 12mo inscribed by author on front free endpaper "To Robbie [Ross] with affectionate regards from the author RG 1917" original red cloth backstrip badly faded with sections lacking some staining to boards lacking dust wrapper interior clean; Henley W.E. The Song of the Sword and other verses. London: David Nutt 1892. First edition 8vo inscribed by the front free endpaper by author "To R.B.R... W.E. Henley 13/8/92" original green cloth gilt stained and rubbed interior clean; Beerbohm Max And even now. London 1920. First edition 8vo original yellow cloth faded backstrip dust wrapper torn and rubbed sections lacking at head and tail of backstrip interior clean; Sassoon Siegfried The old huntsman and other poems. London 1917. First edition 8vo original paper boards large water stain on upper board dust wrapper torn and stained interior clean; Henley W.E. Poems. London 1903 sixth edition 8vo original green cloth gilt stained and faded interior clean (5) Provenance: Direct family provenance through William and Mary Ross sister of Robert Ross. Bookplate of Commander W.B.C. Ross in each volume. Note: Graves Fairies and Fusiliers Higginson and Williams A3.

Rushdie Salman The satanic verses. London: Viking 1988. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper some sunning to backstrip; Ibid East west. London: Jonathan Cape 1994 8vo signed by author on title page original red cloth gilt dustwrapper a fine copy (2)

Wells. H.G. The New America: The New World. London: The Cresset Press 1935. First Edition 8vo original cloth gilt original decorative dustwrapper chipped at edges some bending to boards interior clean; Yeats W.B. Four plays for dancers. London: Macmillian and Co 1921. First edition 8vo illustrated by Edmund Dulac original pictorial cloth boards some rubbing to edges interior clean (2)

Baxter E.V. & Rintoul L.J The birds of Scotland. Edinburgh 1953. First edition 8vo illustrated original green cloth gilt dustwrapper foxed interiors clean; Harvie-Brown J.A. & Buckley T.E. A vertebrate fauna of the Outer Hebrides. Edinburgh 1888 8vo various additions to include an autograph letter signed from author pasted onto dedication leaf obituary of T.E. Buckley pasted to verso of dedication leaf autograph letter signed from Lily Buckley [daughter of T.E. Buckley] pasted onto preface leaf copy of "Rockall" by Harvie-Brown pasted onto introductory leaf illustrations in text orignal green cloth faded some leaves loose inner hinge split; Gray Robert The birds of the west of Scotland including the Outer Hebrides. Glasgow 1871 8vo illustrated modern quarter morocco gilt foxing ink inscription on title; Dunn Robert The ornithologist's guide to the islands of Orkney and Shetland. London 1837 8vo engraved frontispiece two folding maps to rear modern quarter calf library stamps throughout of the American Museum of Natural History New York; Venables L. & Venables U. Birds and mammals of Shetland. Edinburgh 1955. First edition 8vo illustrated original green cloth gilt dustwrapper chipped foxed (6)

Bewick Thomas A general history of quadrupeds. Newcastle upon Tyne 1792. Third edition 8vo pp x 483 illustrations in text modern half calf gilt sunned some foxing ink inscription at top of pp1; Ibid The fables of Aesop and others. Newcastle 1818. First edition 8vo receipt prior to title page dated 1st October 1818 with engraved vignette signed by author pp xxiv 376 wood engraved vignettes throughout later half calf gilt rubbed hinges splitting label chipped some foxing bookplate and ink inscription to front fixed endpaper (2) Provenance: Bookplate in latter volume of Frederick Russell Denisthorpe alongside an ink inscription to Heather Denisthorpe dated December 1930.

Buc'Hoz Pierre Joseph Manuel médical et usuel des plantes tant exotiques qu'indigenes auquel on a joint un catalogue raisonné des plantes rangées par famille... Tome premier (-second). Paris: Humblot & Herissant fils 1770. First edition 2 volumes 12mo (170 x 92mm.) contemporary mottled calf spines gilt in compartments extremities rubbed; Ibid. Manuel alimentaire des plantes tant indigênes qu'exotiques qui peuvent servir de nourriture & de boisson aux différens peuples de la terre. Paris: J.P. Costard 1771. First edition 8vo (164 x 97mm.) later morocco-backed boards [Vicaire col.128] a few leaves slightly browned extremities slightly rubbed (3)

Darwin Erasmus The botanic garden. London: for J. Johnson 1791-1794 4to 2 volumes in 1 First edition of part I Fourth edition of part II 2 frontispieces 15 engraved plates [one folding] one by William Blake contemporary quarter red morocco gilt hinges cracking boards worn at edges heavy foxing at beginning and end of volume

Gesner Conrad Historia animalium liber iiii qui est de piscium & aquatilium animantium natura. Zurich: Christopher Froschauer 1558. First edition folio volume IV (of 5) woodcut device on title woodcut illustrations in text title-page very slightly frayed at fore-edge lacking final blank modern vellum Note: Nissen ZBI 1553; Horblit 39; PMM 77

Hume A.O. Contributions to Indian Ornithology - Cashmere Ladak Yarkand. London 1873 8vo volume I 32 colour plates original green morocco gilt rubbed at edges interior clean bookplate removed; Swainson William Birds of Western Africa. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars 18378vo 2 volumes volumes VII and VIII from The Naturalist's Library 64 colour plates some trimmed later half calf interiors clean; Meinertzhagen Colonel R. Birds of Arabia. Edinburgh 1954. First edition large 8vo illustrated original cloth dustwrapper some rubbing sunned; Smythies Bertram The birds of Burma. Edinburgh 1953. Second edition 8vo 31 colour plates original cloth some staining dustwrapper sunned chipping to edges; Hudson W.H. Birds of La Plata. London 1920 8vo 2 volumes one of 3000 copies 22 colour plates original quarter calf gilt dustwrappers rubbed split at hinges ex-library stamps to endpaper and verso of title occassional spotting; Bates Henry Walter The naturalist on the river Amazons. London 1864. Second edition 8vo illustrated later half calf gilt some discolouration inner hinges weak occassional spotting and 3 others (11)

[Allestree Richard] The works of the learned and pious author of the whole duty of man. Oxford and London: by Roger Norton and Edward Paulet 1704 folio 3 parts in one volume; The whole duty of man laid down in a plain and familiar way for the use of all... London 1703 pp.[13] 381; The gentleman's calling. London 1703 continuing pagination pp.[10] 393-456; The second part of the works of the learned and pious author of the whole duty of man. London 1704 to include The ladies calling the government of the tongue the art of contentment and the lively oracles given to us pp. [12] 324 [6] contemporary panelled calf hinges split rubbed occassional spotting; Ibid The art of contentment. Oxford 1675. First edition 8vo pp. [8] 214 frontispiece woodcut ornament contemporary calf worn foxing worm [Wing A1085] (2) Note: BM

Thomas a Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. Vita et processus Sancti Thome Cantuariensis martyris super libertate ecclesiasticae. Paris: J. Philippi 27 March 1495 first edition 4to 116 leaves Gothic letter double column woodcut colophon at end seventeenth-century calf gilt stamped ''Edward Gwynn'' on upper cover and ''E.G.'' on lower cover repairs to extreme lower corner of aa5 to end affecting a few letters of bb8 and cc1 lower third of colophon leaf (cc2) renewed not affecting colophon woodcut new endpapers rebacked Footnote:First edition of the first printed life of Thomas a Becket written about 1199 by Henry Abbot of Croyland Lincolnshire who used the writings of four close contemporaries of Becket. This copy is from the library of the seventeenth-century book collector Edward Gwynn with his gilt-stamp on covers and with the signature of P. Tyrwhitt on the title. This is possibly Sir Philip Tyrwhitt (1598-1667) of Stainfield Lincolnshire. Tantalisingly little is known about Gwynn (d.1649) a lawyer who lived in chambers in the Inns of Court for twenty years with Alexander Chorley to whom he bequeathed his considerable library. Gwynn's copies of the early Shakespeare works known as the Pavier quartos and bound in a single volume were sold to Folger around 1919 and are now in the Folger Shakespeare library along with another eighteen volumes from Gwynn's library with his name gilt-stamped on the upper covers. The stamping appears to have been done one letter at a time no two letterings being identical. W.A.Jackson (Records of a Bibliographer (Cambridge MA Belknap Press 1967 p.115-119) believed Gwynn's library to have been broken up in the 1670's or 1680's but a recent Maggs catalogue posited an earlier date citing the ownership inscription of Roger Twysden 1652 in a Gwynn volume. Sir Philip Tyrwhitt's dates coincide neatly with Gwynn's but so far there is nothing to connect the two men. Goff T159; cf. Brunet V 1319; Hain 15510

Beattie William Scotland illustrated in a series of views. London 1838. First edition 4to 2 volumes engraved titles 118 engraved plates folding map contemporary half blue calf gilt rubbed heavy foxing and offsetting throughout; Ibid Scotland illustrated in a series of picturesque views. London 1845 4to 2 volumes engraved plates cntemporary half calf gilt worn not matching foxing some staining; Wilson Daniel Memorials of Edinburgh in olden time. Edinburgh 1891. Second edition 4to 2 volumes engraved plates contemporary quarter red morocco gilt rubbed backstrip faded some light foxing bookplate; Ibid Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh 1875. Third edition 4to folding map plates original green cloth gilt rubbed at edges occassional spotting and another (9)