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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding maps, vol. 1 with errata, scattered very faint spotting, modern half crushed red morocco, raised spine bands, gilt, [Woods A123(b), 8vo, 1948-54.

Waugh (Evelyn) Remote People, first edition, plates, folding maps, light toning to endpapers, contemporary ink ownership name, occasional light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends a little frayed, otherwise an excellent example, 8vo, 1931.

Judaica.- Galiatovsky (Ioannikiy) [Messia pravdivy [The Truthful Messiah, Jesus Christ Son of God], first edition, [18], 429, [5]ff., additional preface dedicated to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, woodcut title with coat-of-arms on verso, 7 woodcut head-pieces and 3 tail-pieces, woodcut of conversation of Christ with a Samaritan on p.278, some repairs to leaves, mostly marginal, some soiling and staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, rebacked, covers repaired and with new clasps, 4to, Kyiv, Press of the Pecherskaia Lavra, 1669.⁂ First edition of an important book, dealing with some of the social and religious polemics of the day. In 1666 a member of the Jewish community in Turkey, Sabbatai Zevi, proclaimed himself the Messiah and claimed he would lead the Jewish people to salvation. Zevi went to Jerusalem and claimed to be its king - as a result he was arrested by the Sultan and put in jail. In jail he converted to Islam, but soon afterwards was executed. The Sabbatean heresy was for a time extremely popular amongst the Jewish community in Ukraine and was the inspiration for this anti-Jewish polemic, 'The truthful Messiah', which has been called the first anti-semitic book in the Russian-Ukrainian tradition, summing up all the then current negative stereotypes of the Jews.The book is written in the form of dialogue between a Jew and a Christian, in the Ukrainian language - it was later translated into Polish in 1672 with the financial assistance of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich who reportedly admired it.No copy traced at auction.

Wilde (Oscar) A Woman of No Importance, first edition, one of 500 copies, half-title, publisher's catalogue dated March 1894 at end, 'Punch' review of the 1893 theatre production of the same pasted at end, programme for the Beerbohm Tree production loosely inserted, folds with short split, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Mason 364], small 4to, 1894.

Polar.- Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) The Last of the Arctic Voyages; being a narrative of the Expedition in H.M.S. Assistance ... in search of Sir John Franklin, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 36 lithographs, some colour, 4 maps, of which 3 folding and 2 in pocket at end vol. 1, one with tears to folds and neat repairs, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, abrasion marks to front pastedowns where labels removed, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight mottling to fore-edges, bumping to corners and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 645], 8vo, 1855.

Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, first edition, double-signed by the author "John Le Carré alias David Cornwell - or the other way around!" on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head, small patch of laminate lifting at upper joint, faint rubbing to upper and lower edge, but a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1974.⁂ Rare double-signed and in such good condition without the usual fading to spine.

Tea.- Campbell (Duncan) A Poem upon tea. Wherein its antiquity, its several virtues and influences are set forth; and the Wisdom of the sober Sex commended in chusing so mild a Liquor for their Entertainments...Also, the Objections against Tea, answered..., first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary ink writing exercises to title and final verso, trimmed at head, affecting headlines, spotting and staining, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, upper cover detached, corners worn, spine scuffed, rubbed, [Foxon C11], 8vo, Printed and sold by Mrs. Dodd, at the Peacock without Temple Bar, 1735.⁂ Rare, with only a handful of copies recorded between ESTC and WorldCat.

Ashendene Press.- Longus. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, translated by J.Amyot, edited by Paul-Louis Courier, one of 290 copies on paper, printed in red and black in Ptolemy type, initials and decorations supplied by hand in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, wood-engraved illustrations by Gwen Raverat, some full-page, bookplate of W. & P.J.Kupfer, original vellum-backed turquoise boards, small design in gilt to upper cover by Raverat, spine ruled and titled in gilt, uncut, very slight soiling to spine, patterned-paper board slip-case (slightly rubbed at edges), [Hornby XXXIX; Franklin p.242], 4to, Ashendene Press, 1933.⁂ The first printing of the Daphnis et Chloe had to be destroyed due to faulty ink causing offsetting on the Japanese paper used. The whole edition was reprinted on English handmade paper by H.Gage-Cole, apprentice pressman to William Morris at the Kelmscott Press and pressman at the Doves Press.

CATRIONA MILLAR, VERA'S GUEST oil on canvas, initialledframedimage size 50cm x 40cm, overall size 67cm x 57cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).

CATRIONA MILLAR, MAVIS AND FRANK oil on canvas, initialledframedimage size 38cm x 48cm, overall size 58cm x 68cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).Condition of both picture and frame is good overall, with no visible or known issues.

CATRIONA MILLAR, HOLIDAY oil on canvas, initialledframedimage size 48cm x 38cm, overall size 68cm x 58cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).

* ELIZABETH BLACKADDER DBE RA RSA RSW RGI DLitt (SCOTTISH 1931 - 2021), IRISES limited edition print on paper, signed and numbered 117/300mounted, framed and under glassimage size 25cm x 38cm, overall size 44cm x 57cm Note: Elizabeth Blackadder was the first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy. She studied at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art from 1949 to 1954. In 1954 she was awarded a Carnegie Travelling Scholarship by the Royal Scottish Academy, which took her to southern Europe. Blackadder also received an Andrew Grant Post-Graduate Scholarship. In 1955 she was awarded another Travelling Scholarship and spent nine months in Italy. In 1956 Blackadder married the painter, John Houston and lectured in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1962 to 1986. Blackadder’s first solo exhibition was held in 1959 at 57 Gallery, Edinburgh. Since then, solo exhibitions of her work have been held almost every year to date, both nationally and internationally. She also participated extensively in group exhibitions around the world. Blackadder received a number of awards, including the Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy (1962) and the Pimms Award for Work on Paper (Royal Academy, 1983). She was joint-winner of the Royal Academy’s Watercolour Foundation Award in 1988. Blackadder was elected Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1972, a Royal Academician in 1976 and a Member of The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1983. She was an Honorary Member of the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She has also received Honorary Doctorates from four Scottish universities. In 2001 she was appointed Her Majesty’s Painter and Limner in Scotland. Selected public collections: Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Carlisle Museum and Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Society, The Carnegie Trust, Edinburgh City Art Gallery, Tower Art Gallery (Eastbourne), The Fleming Collection, Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery, UK Government Art Collection, Greater London Council, Heriot Watt University, Kirkcaldy Museum & Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA), National Portrait Gallery, London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Royal Scottish Academy, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Tate Gallery, London, University of Cambridge, Kettle’s Yard, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Hunterian Art Gallery, Whitworth Gallery, Wustun Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, USA.Condition is good overall

CATRIONA MILLAR, BEAUTIFUL BETSY oil on canvas, initialledframedimage size 48cm x 38cm, overall size 67cm x 57cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).

CATRIONA MILLAR, VALERIE oil on canvas, initialledframedimage size 44cm x 34cm, overall size 63cm x 53cmNote: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).

Maurice Dufrene, Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1925. Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, 1926, 3 volumes comprising Series I-III, folio. 96 photographic plates, leather bound First Edition of this set of plates documenting Art Deco interiors and furnishings on display at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts

Limited Edition 78, Cliff Richard and The Drifters. The first official vinyl issue of the private demo, which was recorded in 1958 by Cliff Richard at the HMV studios on Oxford Street, London, located above their famous record store. 'Breathless/Lawdy Miss Clawdy', (CASB 007, 1998), VG/VG+.

(Signed) Richard Avedon (1923-2004) The Beatles posters. A set of four scarce original psychedelic posters released for The Daily Express, the Lennon poster is larger (77cm x 56cm) and has been signed 'Avedon 68'. 'Limited First Edition, printed in England by Waterlow and Sons Ltd' to the lower right of the other three posters (71.5cm x 50.5cm). All are framed and glazed and in VF condition.

Punk 7" singles. Ruts; 'Bablyon's Burning' (picture sleeve, VS 271, 1979), Devo; 'Whip It' (WBS49550, 1980), The Pogues & The Dubliners; 'The Irish Rover' (picture sleeve, BUY 258, 1987), Rezillos; 'Top Of The Pops' (SIR 4001, 1978), Stiff Little Fingers; 'Straw Dogs' (CHS 2368, 1979), The Stranglers; 'Strange Little Girl' (picture sleeve, BP 412, 1982), Stiff Little Fingers; 'Just Fade Away' (picture sleeve, CHS 2510, 1981), Stiff Little Fingers; 'Listen' (picture sleeve, CHS 2580, 1982), Stiff Little FIngers; 'Gotta Gettaway' (picture sleeve, RT 015, 1979), The Dickies; 'Banana Splits' (picture sleeve, AMS 7431, 1979), The Damned; 'Alone Again Or' (picture sleeve, Ltd Edition CD, DGRIM 7, 1987), The Damned; 'Eloise' (picture sleeve, GRIM 4, 1986), The Damned; 'Is It A Dream' (picture sleeve, GRIM 3, 1985), The Damned; 'Anything' (picture sleeve, GRIM 5, 1986), Stiff Little Fingers; 'Suspect Device' (picture sleeve, RT006, 1978), Sex Pistols; 'Pretty Vacant' (VS 184, 1977), Stiff Little Fingers; 'At The Edge' (picture sleeve, CHS 2406, 1980), The Stranglers; 'Something Better Change' (UP 36277, 1977), The Stranglers; 'Walk On By/Mean To Me/Tits' (offered free with the first 75,000 copites of the Black and White album, white disc, SP-4706, 1978), Stiff Little Fingers; 'Silverlining' (Picture sleeve, CHS 2517, 1981). (20)The overall condition is generally VG.

Madonna. 'Sex' First UK edition, photographed by Stephen Meisel, original ring-bound aluminium covers stamped "Sex" on upper cover and with cut-out "(X)" on lower, opened original pictorial mylar envelope, Martin Secker & Warbug, London, 1992.The book comes without the CD.

Three Wainwrights, A Furness Sketchbook, A Second Furness Sketchbook and a signed first edition of A Second Furness Sketchbook

Alfred Wainwright Scottish Mountain Drawings Volume 2 (first edition) and Scottish Mountain Drawings Volume 3 (signed, first edition)

Wainwright set of A Lakeland Sketchbook first edition (5)

Alfred Wainwright, Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells Book 2, Far Eastern Fells first edition (ex-library)

Gilbow Transport Vehicles Interest. Good Collection of Vehicles, Many Exclusive First Editions, Together with 5 Other Vehicles. Includes London Country Bus, Leyland Ribble Coach, London Vernons Transport Bus, Regal Windover Trent Bus, Manchester City Bus, Salford City, EFE Diecast First Edition E10201 Bus, Vanguards Ember Red & Cream Minx Car etc. ( 20 ) In Total. All In Original Boxes, Vehicles Look Unused, Boxes In Worn Condition.

James Bond Interest - 'Diamonds are Forever' by Ian Fleming, first edition ex library book, dated 1956. Green cover, spine loose. First few pages loose.

Sindy - The History of Sindy, Britain's Teenage Doll 1962-1994, First edition 1995 hardback book by Collette Mansell

Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton signed Manchester United F.C. Opus, Limited Edition of 400 first published October 2006 by Kraken Opus, unopened, ultra luxurious production of over 800 pages lavishly illustrated with more than 2,000 images, 400,000 words, half metre square, weight more than 35kg., printed on 200qsm silk-coated, overall production entirely from natural materials including leather, silk, paper, wood and cotton, in silk clam-shell presentation box with white cotton gloves provided and original cardboard outer box printed UNITED ICON EDITION Condition is very good with no wear, as the opus is in the original cardboard box and is sealed in the original packaging. The exterior of the cardboard box bears wear, dents and tears

Two Old Trafford signed prints,  the first titled Old Trafford Manchester August 1935, edition 307 of 500, signed by the artist in pencil, dated 2000; the second titled Old Trafford Manchester 7th February 1958, edition 12 of 50 Artists Proof, signed by artist and dated 2002, both mounted, glazed and framed, 61 x 78cm. and 66 x 85cm.; sold together with two further prints, 'Theatre Dreams' caricature print, signed by artist, mounted and framed, 38 x 58cm. and 'The Match' print by Bernard McMullen edition 133 of 1000, signed by artist in pencil, rolled, 43 x 72cm., (4)

Roy Lichtenstein, 1923 New York – 1997 ebendaCOW GOING ABSTRACT, 1982Serie von drei Farbserigrafien auf Papier, auf Holz.Sichtmaß: je 65 x 77 cm.Jeweils links unten Auflage 33/150. Das erste Blatt rechts unten, unterhalb der Darstellung signiert „R. Lichtenstein“.Jeweils hinter Glas gerahmt.Literatur: Vgl. Mary Lee Corlet und Roy Lichtenstein, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1993, New York 1994. (1371393) (18)Roy Lichtenstein, 1923 New York – 1997 ibid.COW GOING ABSTRACT, 1982Series of three colour silkscreens on paper, laid on panel.Sight size: 65 x 77 cm each.Each with edition no. 33/150 lower left. The first print signed “R. Lichtenstein” lower right, below the depiction.

LAGAVULIN 16 YEAR OLD ISLAY SINGLE MALT The Islay distillery of Lagavulin first gained notoriety in 1862 when it was acquired by the well-known blender, John Logan Mackie. He then passed the reins to his nephew Peter, who is credited with the creation of the highly regarded White Horse Blend. This blend was so successful that by 1924 the Mackie group changed their name to White Horse Distillers, before becoming part of the DCL group a few years later. Lagavulin single malt was still produced under the White Horse Distillers name until the late 1990s when it became part of the Diageo conglomerate.The most famous advocate of Lagavulin is probably fictional character, Ron Swanson, from hit US sit-com Parks & Recreation. However, Nick Offerman (the actor who plays Ron) must also enjoy a drop, as he has partnered up with the distillery to create his own limited-edition whisky.43% ABV / 70cl

LAGAVULIN 1989 DISTILLERS EDITION ISLAY SINGLE MALT The Islay distillery of Lagavulin first gained notoriety in 1862 when it was acquired by the well-known blender, John Logan Mackie. He then passed the reins to his nephew Peter, who is credited with the creation of the highly regarded White Horse Blend. This blend was so successful that by 1924 the Mackie group changed their name to White Horse Distillers, before becoming part of the DCL group a few years later. Lagavulin single malt was still produced under the White Horse Distillers name until the late 1990s when it became part of the Diageo conglomerate.The most famous advocate of Lagavulin is probably fictional character, Ron Swanson, from hit US sit-com Parks & Recreation. However, Nick Offerman (the actor who plays Ron) must also enjoy a drop, as he has partnered up with the distillery to create his own limited-edition whisky.Distilled: 1989Bottled: 200543% ABV / 70cl

GLENMORANGIE 12 YEAR OLD THREE CASK MATURED LIMITED EDITION HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT Famous for their unique stills, each as tall as an adult giraffe, and their passion for innovation, Glenmorangie remains one of the best-selling single malts in the world. They were one of the first distilleries to experiment with cask finishing; the process of transferring spirit from one cask type to another in order to impart additional characteristics and flavours.To further this agenda of innovation, in September of 2021 Glenmorangie began production at their new “Lighthouse” facility, a futuristic R&D department protruding from the heart of their traditional distillery complex like a monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Off limits to the public, it is home to a “sensory lab” as well as two of Glenmorangie’s signature stills, each of which plays host to several classified modifications. Only time will tell what exciting innovations will filter down to the rest of the industry.40% ABV / 70cl

WOOLF, (VIRGINIA) 'Three Guineas', first edition, 1938, with dust jacket illustration by Vanessa Bell, published by the Hogarth Press.

ROWLING, (J.K); seven Harry Potter hardback books, comprising The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, The Half Blood Prince, The Order of the Phoenix, and The Chamber of Secrets, The Philosophers Stone, The Deathly Hallows (first Edition) (7)Condition Report: Goblet of fire says first edition, the prisoner of Azkaban is a fifth edition and the other five are still sealed in there plastic wrap so we are unable to determine what edition these are.

ASHES VICTORY: The Official Story of the Greatest Ever Test Series in the Team's Own Words - The England Cricket Team, published by Orion in 2005. First edition, limited number 39 of only 50 signed copies for private distribution, bound in gilt blue cloth boards and slipcase. Signed by Michael Vaughan, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Stephen Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Geraint Jones, Simon Jones, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick, Duncan Fletcher (Head Coach), and David Graveney (Chairman of Selectors). UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots

Two limited edition Coalport figurines, Midnight Masquerade and Millennium Debut, no cracks or chips, largest H: 20 cm. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

Bairstow Manor John Lennon limited edition character jug, 80/1971, no cracks or chips, H: 19 cm. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

Set of four Bairstow Manor Beatle character jugs, limited edition number 543, no cracks or chips, largest H: 15 cm. UK P&P Group 3 (£30+VAT for the first lot and £8+VAT for subsequent lots)

Peggy Davies limited edition Iron Man figurine, 10/12, boxed, H: 26 cm, no cracks or chips. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Nolan (Sidney), with introduction by Robert Melville, Paradise Garden, 4to, cloth, illus., first edition, R.Alistair McAlpine publishing, 1971, with dw.

[Barker, Thomas]. The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grassing, and Gardening in Three Books, the first declaring divers waies of Planting, and Grassing, and the best times of year..., the second treateth of the Hop-Garden, with necessary Instructions for the making and maintenance thereof..., 2 parts only (of 4) in one volume, London: T. Mabb, for William Shears, 1654, [16], 135, [1] pp., general title cropped to upper margin and with excision (repaired to verso), separate title-page to 'A perfect platform of a hop-garden' (identified as Wing S946) dated 1653 (pages [129]-135, T1-4 has 'Certain directions for the sowing, planting and transplanting of tobaco' identified as Wing C1700), several woodcut illustrations, register and pagination are continuous, bound without 'The Expert Gardener ... [and] the Art of Angling' at rear of volume, occasional browning and scattered spotting, 31 early 20th-century blank leaves bound-in at rear, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown and with Joseph S. Milligan of Leeds bookseller's label, early 20th-century half calf, 4to, together with:Markham (Gervase). Markham's Farewel to Husbandry: or, The Enriching of all sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in our Nation, to be as Fruitful in all manner of Grain, Pulse, and Grass, as the best Grounds whatsoever..., 10th edition, London: George Sawbridge, 1676, [6], 126, [4] pp., few woodcut illustrations, light toning and occasional scattered spotting, modern half calf, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). Wing B784. Fussell, p. 37. Fussell notes that the attribution by Halkett and Laing (on the authority of Lowndes) is questionable. 'Miss Rhode [author of The Old English Gardening Books] agrees with me that the work should be considered to be anonymous'. Fussell argues that it is, in fact, a compilation of previously published sources.2. Wing M654; Kress 1414. Also formed the penultimate part of A Way to Get Wealth. Containing six principal vocations, or callings....

Davenant (William). The Works of Sir William Davenant Kt, consisting of those which were formerly Printed, and those which he design'd for the Press: Now Published out of the Authors Originall Copies, 1st edition, London: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplates of Winston Henry Hagen and Charles A Gould to front pastedown, with further red morocco book ticket embellished in gilt, all edges gilt, 20th-century full green morocco gilt by Riviere, central Cambridge panel to covers with foliate cornerpieces, incorporated by gilt triple rule border, folio (315 x 195 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provnenance: Winston Henry Hagen and Charles A. Gould (bookplates).ESTC R10223; Wing D320.The first collected edition of the works of Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) including the prefatory The answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sr. William D'Avenant's preface before Gondibert, and poems by Waller and Cowley. The volume includes first printings of six of the sixteen plays by Davenant: The Playhouse to be Let, Law Against Lovers, News from Plymouth, The Fair Favourite, The Distresses, and The Siege. Published by his third wife 'Lady Mary' Davenant, this edition is an important collection of the playwright, poet and theatre manager's work, reflecting his great esteem for Shakepeare, whose plays he freely adapted for a new audience, as well as his innovations in dramatic art during the Restoration.

[Defoe, Daniel]. The True-Born Englishman. A Satyr, London: no publisher, 1701, [4], 60 pp., red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front free endpaper recto, armorial bookplate of Sir Manson Beeton to front pastedown, scattered dust-soiling, modern sprinkled calf gilt, 4to (200 x 150 mm), together with:The Mock Mourners. A Satyr, by way of elegy on King William, 2nd edition, London: no publisher, 1702, [4], 32 pp., red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front free endpaper recto, armorial bookplate of Sir Manson Beeton to front pastedown, a few spots, modern paper-covered boards, 4to (205 x 155 mm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Manson Beeton (bookplates); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).ESTC T176630; Foxon, D154 for first title; Moore 42 for second title.

Forsyth (William). A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees; in which a new method of pruning and training is fully described, London: T. N. Longman, O. Rees, T. Cadell, Jun., W. Davies and J. Debrett, 1802, 13 folding engraved plates, some offsetting, modern dark green half morocco, 4to, together with:Dickson (R. W.). Practical Agriculture; or, A Complete System of Modern Husbandry: with the Methods of Planting and the Management of Live Stock, 2 volumes, London: Richard Phillips, 1805, 86 engraved plates only of 87 (includes 3 folding, and 26 coloured plates of animals and grasses, lacking plate 1 listed in vol. 2 plate list which is usually used as frontispiece in first volume), some blue ink staining to front endpapers of both volumes slightly affecting frontispiece plate and titles, some damp staining to margins, occasional spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 4to,Bewick (Thomas). A General History of Quadrupeds, 6th edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1811, wood engraved vignette illustrations, light toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Sarah Phillott to upper pastedown, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Mavor (William). Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry ... together with a Book of Huswifery..., new edition, London: Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1812, occasional light spotting, burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, of Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, extremities lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (5)

Stavorinus (John Splinter). Voyages to the East-Indies; by the late John Splinter Stavorinus, Esq. Rear Admiral in the service of the States-General, translated from the original Dutch, by Samuel Hull Wilcocke with notes and additions by the translator. The whole comprising a full and accurate account of all the present and late possessions of the Dutch in India, and at the Cape of Good Hope, 3 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798, 4 folding engraved maps (one with slightly frayed fore margin), some light offsetting and dust-soiling, hinges reinforced, Mission House Library labels and shelf numbers, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed with some edge wear, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Cox I, p. 307; ESTC T100434; Mendelssohn II, p. 426.First published in Leiden in 1793.'This work affords an accurate and valuable account of the Cape in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, with an interesting description of Cape Town and its inhabitants. Stavorinus visited Stellenbosch, Hottentot Holland, Vergeleegen, Klapmuts, and other places of interest in the Colony, and contributes notes upon the position of the country farmers, whom he regarded as being superior in character and manners to the colonists living in the towns. He remarks on the avarice exhibited by the residents of Cape Town, their indisposition to study, and "love of repose and inactivity - what may be denominated laziness"... He draws a gruesome picture of the Cape Town hospital, then opposite the Dutch Reformed Church, and asserts that the institution had, at times, to accommodate 1000 patients, and the sanitary condition of the place was so bad that the sailors who carried the patients to the building often brought back to the ships a fever contracted from the inmates... Stavorinus severely criticises the Government for its arbitrary methods and the public officials for their rapacity, and gives some information respecting the grievances of the colonists, and statistics as to the revenue and expenditure and the settlement.' (Mendelssohn).

Snelgrave (William). A New Account of Guinea, and the Slave-Trade, containing I. The History of the late Conquest of the Kingdom of Whidaw by the King of Dahome. The Author's Journey to the Conqueror's Camp; where he saw several captives sacrificed, etc. II. The Manner how the Negroes became Slaves. The Numbers of them yearly exported from Guinea to America. The Lawfulness of that Trade. The Mutinies among them on board the Ships where the Author has been, etc. III. A Relation of the Author's being taken by Pirates, and the many Dangers he underwent, London: printed for J. Wren, 1754, folding engraved map of the coast of Guinea (some offsetting to title), some toning to endpapers, Mission House Library label and manuscript shelf number to map verso, contemporary calf, modern calf reback with morocco label, corners repaired, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T136168. A re-issue of the 1734 first edition with a cancel title. Snelgrave was an active slave-trader from 1704 to 1734; his book justifies and defends the trade and contains an account of his capture by pirates in 1719.

Swift (Jonathan). The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, accurately revised in twelve volumes, adorned with copper-plates; with some account of the Author's Life, and notes historical and explanatory, by John Hawkesworth, 25 volumes (complete), London: Printed for W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davies, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Co., and B. Collins, 1768-79, 26 copper engraved plates, 4 pages of engraved music, folding pedigree, volume 7 with tear to lower outer corner of Bb2 (pp. 371-72) without loss of text (but just touching catchword), volume 17 with vertical tear without loss to Tt7 (pp. 645-46), bookplate of Charles Arthur Wynne-Finch, dated 1883 to front pastedown of each volume, first volume with old newspaper cuttings mounted to front endpaper, contemporary uniform sprinkled full calf, spines gilt decorated with contrasting red and green morocco labels, rubbed and slight wear to head and foot of spines (generally in good condition), 8voQTY: (25)NOTE:Provenance: Charles Arthur Wynne-Finch (1841-1903), bookplate.ESTC T52752; Teerink-Scouten 89.Initially published as a 12 volume set, this edition was subsequently extended to 17 volumes. Volumes 18 to 23 contain Swift's Letters, and volumes 24 and 25 are titled A Supplement to Dr. Swift's Works.

[Wilcocke, Samuel Hull]. A Narrative of Occurences in the Indian Countries of North America, since the connexion of the Right Hon. The Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, and his attempt to establish a colony on the Red River: With a detailed account of His Lordship's military expedition to, and subsequent proceedings at Fort William, in Upper Canada, 1st edition, London: printed by B. McMillan, 1817, title with small, tear and repair, marginal tear and loss to first leaf of Preface, previous owner signature of John Elder to title, manuscript shelf number to title verso, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie, later tan half morocco gilt, 8vo, together with [Gleig, George Robert]. A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans, under Generals Ross, Pakenham, and Lambert, in the Years 1814 and 1815; with some account of the countries visited, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1821, errata leaf at end, small ownership ink stamp of Hubert Yound, bookplate of Arthur's Club, St. James's, contemporary half calf, upper joint splitting, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance for first work: Andrew Carnegie (1835-1907, Scottish-American philanthropist and industrialist), bookplate; John Elder (possibly John Elder 1824-1869, Scottish marine engineer), his signature to title; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Sabin 20699 (with Douglas ascribed as the author).Sometimes attributed to Simon McGillivary and Edward Ellice the elder, though this work was probably prepared by Samuel Hull Wilcocke, a writer employed by the North-West Company. The culmination of a long trade and land dispute between the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company, following on from Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk's attempt to establish a colony in the Red River Valley. The result was the Battle of Seven Oaks in 1816, and following Selkirk's seizure of the North West Company's trading post at Fort William and his subsequent legal failure to defend the occupation, the two companies were eventually merged in 1821.

Betagh (William). A Voyage round the World. Being an account of a Remarkable Enterprize, begun in the year 1719, chiefly to cruise on the Spaniards in the great South Ocean. Relating the true historical facts of that whole affair: testifyd by many imployd therein; and confirmed by Authorities from the Owners, 1st edition, London: Printed for T. Combes, J. Lacy and J. Clarke, 1728, folding engraved double-hemisphere world map, bookplate of Robert Myddelton, Esq. Gwaynynog to front pastedown, modern half calf over old marbled boards and endpapers, red edges, slightly spotted, 8vo (196 x 116mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Robert Myddelton of Gwaynynog, Lieutenant Colonel of the Denbighshire Militia.Borba de Moraes p.104; Hill (2004) 123; Sabin 5057.'One of the most important of the buccaneering expeditions' (Hill). The work includes An Account of the Jesuits settlement in the province of Paraguay in South America. Translated from the French.First edition of Betagh's account of the privateering expedition aboard the Speedwell with Captain Shelvocke. Shelvocke wrote his own narrative of the voyage in which Betagh is cast in a unfavourable light. Here he does his best to discredit Shelvocke while also providing observations of the countries he visited and the people he encountered. 'Betagh describes... the Spanish dominions of Chile and Peru, where he observed the customs of the Creoles and the techniques of gold and silver mining and refining. Baja California and Macao were also visited. Clipperton Island, off the west coast of Mexico, was discovered and named after Captain Clipperton' (Hill).

Glanvill (Joseph). Sadducismus Triumphatus: or, a full and plain evidence, concerning Witches and Apparitions. In Two Parts. The First Treating of their Possibility. The Second of their Real Existence, Fourth edition, with Additions..., with some account of Mr. Glanvil's life and writings, London: Printed for A. Bettesworth, and J. Batley, W. Mears , and J. Hooke, 1726, two parts in one, main title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece to each part (the first close-trimmed to fore-edge, touching engraved area), and one engraved plate, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 4pp. publisher's list at end, bound with Bond (William). The Supernatural Philosopher: or, the Mysteries of Magick, in all its branches, clearly unfolded... All exemplified in the History of the Life and surprizing Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, a Scots Gentleman; who, though Deaf and Dumb, writes down any Stranger’s Name at first Sight, with their future Contingencies of Fortune..., London: Printed for E. Curll, 1728, frontispice lacking, three engraved plates, light spotting, marbled edges and endpapers, 19th century straight-grained dark blue morocco gilt, crimson morocco spine labels, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:One of the most important English works on witches, ghosts, demons and other paranormal phenomena, Glanvill's famous book first appeared posthumously in 1681. The editor is presumed to be Henry More, who certainly contributes to the volume. Includes material on witchcraft in Sweden, supplied by Anthony Horneck, and an the account of the "Drummer of Tedworth", an early poltergeist story. The book affirms the existence of witches with malign supernatural powers of magic, and attacks those skeptical of their existence, likening the latter to the Sadducees, members of a Jewish sect from around the time of Jesus who were said to have denied the immortality of the soul.

Barrow (John). A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions; undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a North-East, North-West or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific: from the earliest periods of Scandinavian navigation, to the departure of recent expeditions, under the orders of Captains Ross and Buchanan, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1818, half-title, folding engraved map, 3 illustrations in Appendix at rear, occasional light offsetting and toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, armorial bookplate of FitzRoy Keith Chapman, front hinge tender, all edges yellow (top edge faded), later tan calf by Bedford, spine with red morocco labels and decorated in gilt, 8vo, together with Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the year 1818 to the present time: under the command of the several naval officers employed by sea and land in search of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with two attempts to reach the North Pole, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1846, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved charts (one folding), a few light spots, bookplates as above, uniformly bound by Bedford, 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).Sabin 3660 & 3669 respectively. First book 'An elaborate work written while the author was Secretary to the Admiralty, with full command of the needful materials.' (Sabin).

Bible, Dominican Use, in Latin. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France: probably Paris, c. 1240], iii + III (original vellum) + 496 + II (original vellum) + iii leaves, ruled for two columns of 50 lines (c. 110 × 70 mm), written below top line in minute gothic script (with nearly 5 lines per centimetre); ILLUMINATED WITH A FOLIATE INITIAL TO EACH BOOK, and to the seven usual divisions of the Psalms, OFTEN INCORPORATING A DRAGON, BIRD, LION, OR OTHER ANIMAL, with similar smaller initials to each prologue, about 150 in all, chapter initials with extensive pen-work, marginal chapter numbers in alternate blue and red characters often similarly adorned, running titles also in red and blue; the corrosive green pigment used for the bounding lines of the Genesis initial caused natural corrosion, repaired on the reverse of the leaf; sporadic minor blemishes, very rarely affecting text or decoration, a few areas of blank margin excised, marbled endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th-century burgundy velvet, the front cover with gilt metal ornaments with an inset rectangular modern colour illustration of an ivory Madonna and Child plaque, upper joint cracked, lacking clasps, 8vo (160 × 119 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance:1: Probably made for a Dominican Friar in Paris: the table of readings includes Dominic’s feast (f. 2r, last line of 2nd column), and the calendar includes both his main feast (5 August) and the translation of his relics, which took place in 1233 (24 May), highly graded; his main feast also has an octave (12 August)2: ? Enrico Mylius (1769–1854): from the ‘Museo Mylius’, according to an inserted note dated at Genoa, 16 May 1880, and signed by:3: Tereza Serafino, Antiquario4. Sotheby’s, 3 June 1946, lot 187, with a clipping from the catalogue loosely inserted; doubtless bought by:5. W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Apparently complete, the collation is difficult to ascertain due to tightness of the binding, but based on visible sewing threads, vestiges of leaf signatures, and some quires marked ‘cor’ on their final verso to record that the text has been corrected, it appears that the first quire is of four leaves, the next two of 24 each, and most of the others of 26 leaves.Added note in 15th-century Humanistic script beginning ‘Maior est scripture huius auctoritas quam omni humani generis capacitas …’ (f. I verso); added 15th-century extracts from Gregory’s Moralia in Job (f. III verso); table of Epistle and Gospel readings for the year (f. 1r); Calendar, with Dominican feasts (f. 3v); General prologue (f. 5r), prologue to the Pentateuch (f. 7v), and Genesis (f. 8r), followed by all the usual books and prologues of the Old and New Testaments; the Apocalypse followed without break by the Interpretations of Hebrew Names, in the usual version from ‘Aaz’ to ‘Zuzim’; added notes (final medieval flyleaves) include a quotation from Hilary De trinitate, and a list of the Books of the Bible with their Hebrew names and the number of chapters in each (first back flyleaf).This is a fine example of a typical ‘Paris’ Bible, arguably the greatest revolution in both biblical scholarship and book production of the 13th century. Through the development of extremely thin vellum and extremely small script, it became possible for the first time, in the early decades of the 13th century, to produce a complete Bible in a single easily portable volume. This development came soon after the standardisation of the ‘Paris’ edition of the text, which combined the recently-introduced chapter numbers with a canonical selection of biblical books and prologues; the incorporation, as standard, of such ancillary textual features as the Interpretations of Hebrew Names; and the abandonment of others, such as capitula lists and canon tables, which are frequently found in 12th-century Bibles. The production of large numbers of these Bibles was probably in response both to the needs of students at the burgeoning university of Paris, and also of the mendicant (itinerant) friars, for whom portability was essential; when such Bibles include calendars (or other liturgical material) it is usually Franciscan or Dominican.The present Bible must date from after the 1233 feast of St Dominic, which is included in the calendar, but probably not much later: one of the developments in page layout that took place in the 1240s was that the chapter numbers were relocated within the main columns of text, rather than placed in the margins (as in the present example).

James I. His Maiesties Speach in the Upper House of Parliament, on Munday the 26. of March, 1621, 1st edition, London: Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1621, 19pp. (A-B4, C2), Royal coat-of-arms to verso of title-page, contemporary ink annotation to front blank 'Kings speech in Parliamt', light soiling to first and last leaf, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, early 20th-century dark blue half calf, spine lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed, slim small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S107590; STC14399.First Edition. James I is recognised today as one of the most influential political writers of the early modern period. His most famous work, the Basilicon Doron first appeared in 1599, and was a book of advice and treatise on kingship written for his son and heir, Prince Henry, which became a European bestseller. This speech to parliament of 1621 is chiefly concerned with abuses in the exercise of patents which were being pursued by the Commons, but also calls for a generally more harmonious relation between monarch and parliament.

[De Lolme, Jean-Louis]. The History of the Flagellants, or the Advantages of Discipline; Being a Paraphrase and Commentary on the Historia Flagellantium of the Abbe Boileau, Doctor of the Sorbonne, Canon of the Holy Chapel, &c. By somebody who is not Doctor of the Sorbonne, 1st edition in English, London: printed for Fielding and Walker, 1777, half-title, title with engraved vignette, 4 engraved plates, 3 engraved head-and- tail pieces, repair at gutter of p. 331, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription at head of title, manuscript shelf number to front pastedown, later speckled calf, green morocco label to spine, decorated in gilt, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Brunet I 22386; ESTC T143818; Lowndes II p. 625.Originally first published in 1700 in Paris by Jacques Boileau, a Doctor of Theology at the Sorbonne, and his controversial treatise was condemned by the Jesuits as heretical. De Lolme's translation includes his own commentary and attempts to allow readers to regard the work in a moral and philosophical light.

Berquin (Arnaud). The Children’s Friend. Translated from the French of Mr. Berquin, by Lucas Williams, Esq. A new corrected edition, with additions, and embellished with forty-four copper plates, 6 volumes, London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1793, 44 fine copper-engraved plates of scenes of childhood by Cook, inside gilt dentelles, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, attractive uniform 19th century gilt-decorated full mottled calf, red morocco labels to spines, rubbed to joints (generally in very good condition), 8voQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Osborne, page 232; ESTC T108208.Fine copy. 'This work, upon its first appearance in the English language, having met with the most favourable reception... the publishers have been induced to bring forward a New Edition of it, but in a state of considerable improvement; for besides the insertion of many original pieces not to be found in the former editions, the present has been corrected throughout with the most scrupulous regard to expression and uniformity, and may therefore be looked upon as almost entirely a new translation' (Advertisement to the first volume).

[Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator & William Combe]. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax: The First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, 3 volumes, 9th edition, London: Nattali and Bond, 1855, 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including frontispieces and additional titles by Thomas Rowlandson (no additional title bound in volume II), later fine tan polished calf by Zaehnsdorf, spines with red and olive morocco labels and decorated in gilt, two corners a little bumped, one or two marks to covers, 8vo, together with The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles, 1st edition, London: Matthew Iley, 1821, 20 hand-coloured plates by C. Williams and W. Read bound at rear, occasional light finger marks, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, later burgundy full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle (bookplate to second work).Although the title of the First Tour of Doctor Syntax states there are 81 plates, the plates in each volume collate to its plate list, in volume II there is no mention of an additional title. Other examples of this ninth edition have been found to be complete with either 80 or 81 plates.

Butler (John). A Sketch of Assam: with some account of the Hill Tribes. By an Officer in the Hon. East India Company's Bengal Native Infantry in civil employ. With illustrations from sketches by the author, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847, viii + 220 pages, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, with contemporary related newscuttings pasted to the first page of advertisements, 17 lithograph plates including 16 hand-coloured, 4 wood engravings, one folding map, marbled endpapers, later attractive half calf gilt, with red morocco title label to spine, in fine condition, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel, 471. Fine copy.Butler was a major in the East India Company's 55th Bengal Native Infantry and served as the Principal Assistant to the Governor General on the north-east frontier of Assam.The hand-coloured plates show: Garrow Warrior, Gowahatty; Omanund Island opposite Gowahatty; Mangoe Fly, Queen (or Arrindy) Silkworm of Assam, Long Horned Beetle; Vampire or Fox Bat, Tiger Beetle, Hercules Beetle; Leaf Insect of Assam, Saiknah Caterpillar; Buffalo Heads in Assam; Buffalo Shooting in Assam; An Assamese Gentleman/A Meree Woman; Nagas; Angamee Naga Warrior; Naga Mode of Disposing of the Dead on a Bier or Platform; A Booteah Servant; Cheringtanjing & Gelae; Cheegee Kuppachor Akha & Kuppachor Akha; A Dufflah, A Dufflah Chief's Widow, A Dufflah Chief.

Lewis (John). The Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent; the first printer in England. In which is given an account of the rise and progress of the Art of Pryntyng in England, during his time, till 1493. Collected by John Lewis, Minister of Mergate in Kent, London: [no printer], 1737, engraved frontispiece portrait after Bagford, xxii, 156 pp., plus errata leaf at end, followed by two woodcut plates showing Caxton's watermarks, light offsetting from engraved frontispiece to titlepage, later bibliographical notes in pencil and brown ink to verso of front endpaper and recto of blank leaf, marbled endpapers,with bookplates of Charles J. Crawfurd, Sir Henry Cinliffe, and W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown and front endpaper, all edges gilt, later brown full morocco (by Riviere), ruled in blind with arabesque lozenge blind-stamped to centre of each cover, both morocco spine labels lacking, extremities very lightly rubbed, 8vo (213 x 127 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: C. J. Crawfurd (armorial bookplate); Henry Cunliffe, Vicar of Shifnal, Shropshire (bookplate, and bibliographical notes in Cunliffe's hand to front endpapers); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate); Christie's, The Library of William Foyle, Part III: English Literature and Manuscripts, Travel Books, 12 July 2000, lot 521.150 copies only printed of this work (Lowndes). First edition of the first full-length biography of William Caxton, by the antiquary John Lewis (1675-1747), following on from Conyers Middleton's Dissertation Concerning the Origin of Printing in England (Cambridge, 1735). The main text was reprinted in Dibdin's edition of Ames's Typographical Antiquities, 4 volumes (1810-19) . Both Lowndes and Brunet note that only 150 copies were printed: "150 copes printed with a fictitious portrait of Caxton - 12 copies were printed small octavo for presents to the author's friends, who assisted him in the work." (Lowndes).

James VI (of Scotland). De Antichristo commentatio, Iacobi VI. regis Scotorum ex Apocalypsi cap 20. : Excusa Rupellae & alibi, nunc ad piorum utilitatem recusa, Halae Saxonum: Ex Officina Typographica Erasmi Hynitzi, Impensis Joachimi Kruseken Bibl., 1603, [20] pp., woodcut device and decorative border to title, somewhat toned throughout, small tear to blank outer margin of title (with discreet old paper repair), 4 leaves with small paper repair to blank lower outer corner, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, modern calf, slim 4to, together with:[Sparke, Michael]. Truth Brought to light and discovered by Time; or, a discourse and Historicall Narration of the first XIIII yeares of King Iames reigne, London: Printed by Richard Cotes and are to be sold by Michaell Sparke, 1651, engraved title with facing explanatory leaf of text, 2 engraved portrait plates (one folding), 3 letterpress part-titles, lacking 10 leaves at rear of volume, some browning and occasional spotting, marbled endpapers with red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 18th-century calf, gilt decorated spine joints and spine cracked, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).The first book is a very scarce Latin translation of James VI's A fruitefull meditation: containing. A plaine and easie exposition, or laying open of the 7. 8. 9. and 10. verses of the 20. chap. of the Revelation, first published in 1588. Only one UK location of this edition found (Middle Temple Library).

Burton (Richard F.). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855-56, half-title to volume 3 only (as called for), folding route map at front of volume one, 14 plates (5 chromolithographs, 8 tinted lithographs, 1 wood engraving), 3 plans (2 folding), tissue-guards to plates, scattered light spotting, two small ink-spots at foot of volume two frontispiece, terracotta endpapers with printed advertisements to pastedowns, original cobalt blue decorated cloth gilt, minor rubbing to joints and spine extremities, 8vo, contained in later blue cloth slipcaseQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching, Part 1, Sotheby's, 27 March 2014, lot 213 (his pencilled initials to front blanks or half-title).Abbey Travel 368; Casada 53; Penzer, p.43.Remarkably fresh and unrestored copy. Burton was not the first European to make the Hajj, but his account is the most famous. While it would have been possible for him to make the journey as a convert, Burton was adamant in his desire to explore every aspect of the pilgrimage, something that he believed would only be possible in disguise. Making all manner of conceivable preparatory steps (including undergoing circumcision), Burton was sufficiently disguised to experience the Hajj in a manner no European had previously. He participated in the Tawaf, the Stoning of the Devil and visited Mount Arafat, further journeying to Jeddah after departing Mecca.