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Portugal.- Trade.- Pombal (Sebastiao José de, Marquis de) Estatutos dos Mercadores de Retalho, ?first edition, old ink manuscript numbers to head of title, modern marbled boards, 1757 § Instituiçaõ da Companhia Geral de Pernambuco, e Paraíba, first edition, title soiled and stained with some wear to a couple of letters and tear to head affecting first line (repaired), worming, mostly marginal but with slight loss to two lines of last few leaves, rebound using 18th century vellum French legal document with dates and signatures in manuscript, spine titled in ink, rubbed and soiled, spine ends wormed, [Borba de Moraes p.353; Kress 5786], 1759, both titles with large woodcut arms of King Joseph I and woodcut initials, Lisbon, Miguel Rodrigues, folio (2)⁂ The first is an interesting example of the economic reforms put in place by the Marquis de Pombal, in this case codifying national regulations affecting the retail trade, shopkeepers and merchants. Pombal, secretary of state for internal affairs, and de facto Prime Minister of Portugal from 1750 to 1777, is noted for his swift and competent leadership in the aftermath of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. He implemented sweeping economic policies in Portugal to regulate commercial activity and standardize quality throughout the country. The present rules of engagement for the retail trade were part of that reform.The second item was an inaugural address to Joseph I, King of Portugal, announcing the establishment by the Pombal government of the Company of Pernambuco and Paraiba, with information on the commerce of Brazil prior to the Company's existence.

NO RESERVE Hartley (L. P.) The Go-Between, first edition, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, light foxing to fore-edge and half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, some nicks and creasing to edges, tear across rear panel, otherwise an excellent copy, 8vo, 1953.

NO RESERVE Lee (Laurie) Cider with Rosie, first edition, front free endpaper cut away, scattered spotting, mainly at beginning and end, original boards, very slight shelf-lean, a few minor marks to lower cover, dust-jacket, a little chipped and frayed at edges, including 1cm chip to head of upper panel, lightly rubbed at joints, some light spotting to lower panel and flap, still a very good example overall, 8vo, 1959.⁂ The first of Lee's famed autobiographical trilogy.

Mantel (Hilary) [The Thomas Cromwell trilogy], comprising Wolf Hall, second impression, gift inscription to front free endpaper, 2009; Bringing Up the Bodies, first edition, 2012; The Mirror and the Light, first edition, 2020, each signed by the author on title or half-title, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo.

Milne (A. A.) Winne the Pooh, first edition, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some bumping to corners, 1926; Now We Are Six, original de luxe binding of blue limp morocco, gilt, a little rubbed at extremities and along spine, 1927, pictorial endpapers and illustrations by E. H. Shepard, g.e.; and 2 more by Milne, one first edition in de luxe binding, 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, pictorial endpapers and illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, small stain to upper cover, corners bumped, spine slightly sunned, 1928 § William Golding, Rites of Passage, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1980 § Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, spotted, original cloth, slightly spotted and bumped, New York, 1940; and 6 others, modern literature, 8vo (9)

Libel & Censorship.- Preston (Isaac) Mr. Preston's Reply to a Libel, intitl'd a Narrative of the Disputes between Isaac Preston, Esq; of Beeston Saint Lawrence...Norfolk and John Michell, Esq; of Boston...Lincoln, only edition, lightly foxed, modern bookplate of R.C.Fiske, modern vellum, Norwich, 1758 § Borthwick (John) Observations upon the Modes of Prosecuting for Libel according to the Law of England, first edition, presentation copy from the author to the Earl of Rosebery inscribed at head of half-title (shaved), modern marbled boards, 1830 § Constant (B.H. de) On the Liberty of the Press..., extract from the 'Pamphleteer', pp. 205-238, old ink library stamp to verso of title, modern cloth, 1815; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (6)⁂ The first concerns a bitter dispute over property inheritance which continued for years and through several generations, finally ending in the mid-19th century with double murders and a public execution.

Belloc (Hilaire) More Beasts (for Worse Children), first edition, illustrations by "B.T.B" [Lord Basil Temple Blackwood], manuscript poem and gift inscription in ink to front endpaper and pastedown, light finger soiling, original pictorial boards, ?rebacked, surface soiling and rubbing, Edward Arnold, [1897]; New Cautionary Tales, number 10 of 110 copies signed by the author, illustrations by N. Bentley, original pictorial cloth, light surface soiling, 1930; Cautionary Tales for Children, signed by the author illustrations by B.T.B, ink ownership inscription to half title, original pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked, [1907] § Milne (A.A.) The King's Breakfast, first edition, endpapers browned, original pictorial boards, faded, with light surface soiling and running, 1925; and 13 others Belloc, v.s. (16)

Juvenilia.- [Grimaldi (Stacey)] The Toilet, first edition, 9 engraved plates depicting objects found on a young lady's dressing table, each with flap lifting to reveal a virtue (neat repairs to flaps, one detached and loosely inserted), most plates with tissue-guards, some light spotting and offsetting, original printed wrappers, rebacked, quite worn, lower joint split at foot, Published by the Author, 1821 § Ellen, or The Naughty Girl Reclaimed, a Story, exemplified in a Series of Figures, fourth edition, 9 loosely inserted hand-coloured aquatint card costume cut-outs, with interchangeable head and 2 head-pieces (?only, of 5), contemporary ink gift inscription to front endpaper, small hole with remnants of fabric tie to gutter, some spotting, original printed wrappers, faint spotting, original printed slipcase (edges restored with modern paper), upper cover with bookseller's label to foot, lower cover with repaired loss to lower corner, for S. and J. Fuller, 1811; and a second edition of The Toilet with hand-colouring, all housed together in an attractive marbled slipcase, 16mo (3)

Jacobites.- Macallester (Oliver) A Series of Letters, discovering the Scheme projected by France...for an Intended Invasion upon England with Flat-bottom'd Boats, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, occasional foxing, Hastings bookplate, contemporary half calf, red roan label, for the Author, 1765 § Pulteney (William) A Report from the Committee appointed by Order of the House of Commons to examine Christopher Layer, and Others..., first edition, imprimatur leaf, stab-holes, final leaf soiled, engraved bookplates of John Schultz and a 19th century Horace Walpole, contemporary calf, gilt, Jacob Tonson, Bernard Lintot, and William Taylor, 1722, both rubbed, spine ends worn, the second with splits to joints; and another, v.s. (3)⁂ The first describes the political manoeuvrings of the Young Pretender while in France and elsewhere on the Continent in the 1750s.The second is a complete set of all 13 parts of the extensive formal report into the so-called "wondrous plot", a conspiracy to establish James, the Old Pretender, on the throne of England. Christopher Layer (1683-1723), an unscrupulous Norfolk-born attorney, was the principal conspirator. He was eventually convicted, condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, and was executed at Tyburn in May 1723.

Maclure (Andrew) Obsequies of the Late Illustrious Field Marshall, the Duke of Wellington ..., first edition, lithograph title, portrait and 6 plates, ex-RIBA with bookplate and neat ink-stamps to plate verso, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio, [1852].⁂ Scarce. Only 2 copies on WorldCat, at the V&A and Harvard University.

Malory (Sir Thomas) Le Morte Darthur. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, second edition, edited by John Rhys, one of 1500 copies, plates, illustrations, and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, some very light scattered spotting, heavier to edges, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed at extremities, 1909 § Mathers (Powys, translator) The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, 4 vol., one of 2250 copies, frontispieces, titles with red foliate boarders, some toning, hinges weak, later cloth, corners bumped, spines sunned, edges uncut and toned, t.e.g., 1923 § [Dodgson, (Charles) Rev], "Lewis Carroll". The Hunting of the Snark, first edition, illustrations, some toning and spotting, original pictorial cloth, bumped at extremities, 1941; and 13 others, v.s. (19).

Castles.- Clark (George T.) A Description and history of the Castles of Kidwelly and Caerphilly, and of Castell Coch, 3 parts in 1, first edition, 9 engraved plates, of which 1 double-page, some spotting, a little offsetting, lightly browned, near fine original blind-stamped brown cloth, spine gilt, corners slightly bumped, little rubbed at extremities, 8vo, London & Tenby, W. Pickering & R. Mason, 1852.⁂ A very good copy of a rare work. T.E. Lawrence considered Kidwelly Castle to be 'splendid', which he qualifies thus: 'The state of it is good (just ruined enough to be interesting), and although quite plain, it is very large and strong. I did not draw a plan because it was wet and late, but on my next visit I will have much photography and planning to do. Specially remarkable features were the ovens and dungeons.'.

Holl (Steven) and others. Architectures of Herzog & de Meuron. Portraits by Thomas Ruff, second edition, limited to 2000 copies, some illustrations double-page or folding, one tipped-in, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1995 § [Philippe] Starck, signed presentation inscription from the artist "for Sue the ?Boss from Starck 1997" to front endpaper, original paper-covered boards, dust-jacket, spine sunned, some light surface soiling, Taschen, 1996 § Lepik (Andres, editor) O. M. Ungers. Cosmos of Architecture, slight marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, lower panel and flaps lightly toned at extremities, Berlin, 2006 § Ando (Tadao) and others. Emilio Ambasz Inventions the Reality of the Ideal, original blind-stamped cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1992, all profusely illustrated in colour (the first also with many black & white), many full-page; and a quantity of others on architecture, many monographs, others more general and theoretical, v.s. (qty)

Ruskin (John) The Stones of Venice, first edition, 3 vol., plates and illustrations, some coloured, remains of 'Tottenham House Library' bookplate to pastedowns, undamaged in vol. 2, and inkstamps to title and many pages, some spotting, hinges weak, later half morocco, rubbed at extremities, 1851-53 § Ben Jonson, The Works, 7 vol., first Whalley edition, portrait frontispiece to vol.1, plates, bookplates, some light spotting, hinge cracked vol.1, contemporary speckled calf, slightly rubbed at extremities, spines rubbed and sunned, spine cracked vol. 1, upper cover wearing loose vol.2, 1756, v.s. (10)

Contemporary Art.- Clemente (Francesco) and Robert Creeley, IT. Francesco Clemente 64 Pastels Robert Creeley 12 Poems, first edition, whole page colour illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, very faint sunning to spine, Zurich, Edition Bischofberger, 1989 § Goldsworthy (Andy) Wall At Storm King, signed by the artist/author with small doodle, to title, colour photographic illustrations, original boards, two very small marks to upper cover, dust-jacket, faint sunning to spine and extremities, 2000 § Turrell (James) Air Mass, colour photographic illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1993; and a quantity of others contemporary art, v.s. (qty)

Crime & Police.- Foot (John) An Appeal to the Public, touching the Death of Mr. George Clarke, who received a Blow at Brentford...of which he languished and Died..., third edition, old ink inscription "Written by John Horne Tooke. C.J." at head of title, light spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red roan label, [Wellcome III.39], R.Davis, 1769 § House of Commons. Report from the Committee on the State of the Police of the Metropolis..., original printed blue wrappers, uncut, rebacked and upper cover laid down, 1819; and another on London police, 8vo & folio (3)⁂ Although John Horne [Tooke]'s authorship of the first is open to question, it is certain that Horne was closely involved in the case. In 1768 he was intimately engaged with the return of Wilkes from the Continent and the famous Middlesex election. Horne had promoted the prosecution of Edward Quirk who, during a riot at the next election at Brentford (8 Dec. 1768), had killed a man, one George Clarke, by a blow to the head with a bludgeon. The Brentford killing is notable as a modest medico-legal cause célèbre. John Foot, a London surgeon, was professionally insulted when the convicted killer - largely convicted on Foot's own professional evidence of the medical results of the blow to the victim's head - had his conviction quashed by royal warrant on the grounds that death could have been caused by a previous medical condition unrelated to the blow. Foot's Appeal describes in detail his medical findings, including his examination of the skull and the brain, relates his evidence at the Old Bailey trial and his examination by a Court of Examining Surgeons at Surgeons Hall, and his anger at the verdict which challenged his professional integrity.

NO RESERVE Wijdeveld (Hendrik) Wendingen: Frank Lloyd Wright, first edition in book form, photographic and other illustrations throughout, the odd short tear to edges, including to title, some soiling, contemporary pencil sketch to penultimate leaf, modern cloth with gilt border, green morocco label to spine, Santpoort, C.A. Mees, 1925 § Muthesius (Hermann) et al. Meister der innen Kunst. Charles Rennie Mackintosh Glasgow Haus eines Kunstfreundes, from an edition limited to 1000 copies, second edition, in facsimile, plates and plans, with decorative title, in colour, loose as issued, original cloth backed portfolio, with printed on-lay to upper cover, ribbons, Glasgow, The Fraser Press, 1991 § Grierson (Flora) Haunting Edinburgh, illustrated by Katherine Cameron, multiple colour plates, also plain plates, original pictorial cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacker, some light toning and rubbing, Edinburgh, 1929; and 27 others early-mid 20th century, several art periodicals, including a worn copy of the Minotaure (no.1), v.s. (30)

Canals & Railways.- Whitworth (Robert) A Report and Survey of the Canal...from Waltham-Abbey to Moorfields..., first edition, 2 large folding engraved plans, some leaves reinforced at edges, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 11059; Kress 6986; Skempton 1798], [1773] § [Convenery of the Trades of Leith]. Papers written in Opposition to the Union Canal, first edition, small hole to B3 affecting a couple of letters, modern marbled boards, [Kress B.7012], Leith, 1817 § [Ellesmere or Severn & Mersey Canal]. An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from the River Severn at Shrewsbury...to the River Mersey, at or near Netherpool..., first 8vo edition, bound with the two subsequent amendment and maintenance Acts, later wrappers preserving original wrappers, spine defective, [1793-96]; and 4 others on canals and railways, v.s. (7)

NO RESERVE Royal Exchange.- Proceedings connected with the Rebuilding of the Royal Exchange 1838-1844: and on the Opening of the Exchange by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 28th October, 1844, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 3 lithographs, 4 plans, 1 folding table, spotting to first few leaves and frontispiece, original cloth, backstrip beginning to split at extremities but holding firm, rubbed, folio, 1845.

NO RESERVE Afghanistan.- Yate (Lieutenant A. C.) England and Russia Face to Face in Asia. Travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, frontispiece, 4 plates, folding map, lacking large map in pocket at end, original cloth, some marking and staining, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, 8vo, 1887.⁂ Rare signed, we can trace no other presentation copies at auction.

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, tinted lithograph frontispieces and 10 tinted lithographs, woodcut illustrations, lacking original folding map, vol. 1 with modern facsimile of folding map in pocket at end, scattered faint spotting, ex-Bournemouth Public Library with occasional faint ink-stamps, modern half-morocco, gilt, 1860; The Lakes Regions of Central Africa, vol. 2 only (of 2), second issue, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 5 tinted lithographs, woodcut illustrations, folding map, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered very faint spotting, original red cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1860, [Penzer pp.65-66], 8vo (3)⁂ Penzer notes that unlike the first issue of this work, vol. 2 of the second issue generally contains the map.

America.- Catlin (George) Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, 2 vol. bound as 4, second edition, frontispiece, plates, one folding map, split in half at foldline, one or two short marginal tears and loss to corners, neat tissue repairs, scattered faint spotting, modern calf-backed boards, 1841 § Dodge (Colonel Richard Irving) Our Wild Indians: Thirty-Three Years' Personal Experience ..., portrait frontispiece, plates, occasional marginal water-staining, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, modern crushed morocco-backed boards, Hartford, Conn., 1882 § Garland (Hamlin) The Book of the American Indian, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, 1923; and others similar, v.s. (16)

America.- Hunting.- Turner-Turner (J.) Three Years' Hunting and Trapping in American and the Great North-West, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, 2 maps, advertisements at end, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1888 § Whitehead (Charles F.) The Camp-fires of the Everglades or Wild Sports in the South, frontispiece, plates, tissue-guards, advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light spotting, bumping to corners, chipping and small loss to spine extremities, Edinburgh, 1891 § Roosevelt (Theodore) & George Bird Grinnell, editors. American Big-Game Hunting. The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club, frontispiece, plates, one or two small marginal stains, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1893; and others similar. 4to & 8vo (9)

Women.- Smith (Hugh) Letters to Married Women, third edition, advertisement leaf at end of preliminaries, near contemporary ink signature of Charlotta Amelia Mitchell to title, engraved bookplate of Knight Mitchell, contemporary sheep, a little worn, joints split, for the author, 1774; and 4 others on women, 8vo et infra (5)⁂ A revised and enlarged early medical treatise concerning child-birth, miscarriages, child-rearing, and particularly advocating a mother to breast-feed her own child. It was first published in 1767 but all early editions are scarce.

America.- Robertson (William) The History of America, 2 vol., first edition, folding engraved plate, vol. 2 bound without title, bound without maps, a1 vol.1 with short marginal tear, 3A1 vol. 2 with marginal tear and neat old repair, scattered spotting, armorial bookplate, previous owner's ink signature to vol. 1 title and head B1 vol. 2, contemporary tree-calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, neat repairs to corners, a little rubbed, [Sabin 71973], 4to, 1777.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate and ink ownership signature of Isaac George Manley (1755-1837). As a child Manley sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour during his first round the world voyage. Manley was a servant to the Master Robert Molineaux, but was promoted to Midshipman on the voyage back to England. He remained in the Navy eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.

Australia.- Macgillivray (John) Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake... during the years 1846-1850. Including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade archipelago...to which is added...the exploration of the Cape of York peninsula, 2 vol., first edition, engraved folding map and 13 plates after T. Huxley & others (2 engraved, the remainder lithographed, including 7 tinted), wood-engraved illustrations, advertisement slip for Napier's War in the Peninsular tipped-in to vol.2, remains of advertisement slip for Rae's Franklin loosely inserted in vol.1, ex-Brooklyn Public library copy with ink and perforated stamps to titles, perforated stamp within image of most plates, map with perforated stamp, short tears or splits, and laid down, occasional perforated stamp within text, preliminaries of vol.1 all but detached, some chipping, including preliminaries of vol.1., occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, brown water-staining to final 2 plates of vol.2, mostly marginal, but touching caption and small part of image on the second, modern dark brown half morocco, spines with double leather labels, [Bagnall 3260; Ferguson 11972; Hill (2004) 1060; Wantrup 145], 8vo, T. & W. Boone, 1852.⁂ 'A very important voyage of exploration and scientific research' (Ferguson). John MacGillivray served as the chief naturalist on the Rattlesnake. The voyage was part of a series of hydrographical expeditions undertaken by the Admiralty, and aimed to chart the Great Barrier Reef, and the northern and southern coastlines of New Guinea. Ports visited included Rio de Janeiro; Simon Bay, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius; Hobart Town, Tasmania; Sydney, New South Wales; Bay of Islands, New Zealand; and Stanley, The Falkland Islands.

NO RESERVE Istanbul.- Eldem (Sedad Hakki) Reminiscences of Istanbul [and the Bosphorus] 2 vol., first edition, photographic illustrations throughout in sepia, original cloth, small stain upper cover vol. 2, some minor scuffing, Istanbul, 1979 § Ertug (Ahmet) Istanbul, Gateway to Splendour, first edition, photographic illustrations in colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, small tears and chips, light surface scuffing, original pictorial slip-case, 1986, folio (3)

Burke (Edmund) Speech...on Moving his Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22, 1775, second edition, 1775; Speech...on Presenting to the House of Commons...a Plan for the better Security of the Independence of Parliament, and the Oeconomical Reformation of the Civil and other Establishments, first authorized edition, first impression, 1780; A Speech...at the Guildhall, in Bristol...upon Certain Points relative to his Parliamentary Conduct, first edition, first impression, 1780, together 3 works in 1 vol., all lacking half-titles, occasional spotting, light marginal water-staining to a few leaves of final work, contemporary manuscript notes to pastedowns including a table of population figures for the Suffolk town of Haverhill in 1831 to rear, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked in calf, J.Dodsley; and 3 others, politics, 8vo (4)

South America.- Savage-Landor (A. Henry) Across Unknown South America, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1913 § Whiffen (Thomas) The North-West Amazons, presentation copy with blind-stamp to title, frontispiece, plates, 5 maps, 3 folding, scattered spotting, ex-City of Westminster Public Libraries with usual label and withdrawn stamp, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1915 § Wells (James W.) Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles through Brazil, 2 vol., frontispieces, 2 folding maps, one with large tear, illustrations, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1886; and others South America, 8vo (13)

World.- Lavoisne (C.V.) Lavoisne's Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas, 64 hand-coloured double-page maps and tables, occasional off-setting, some short marginal tears, one large tear into image, list of subscribers, first few leaves with tender edges, several short tears and old repairs, scattered spotting, contemporary half-calf, cracked joints, defective backstrip, rubbed and worn, 1814 § Guthrie (William) An Improved System of Modern Geography ..., Chamber's edition, engraved frontispiece, one folding astronomical plate only, bound without maps, list of subscribers, previous owner's ink inscription to title, scattered spotting and occasional finger-soiling, twentieth-century crushed-morocco backed boards, slight rubbing to spine extremities, Dublin, 1789 § The Graphic History of the South African War 1899-1900, frontispiece, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, cracked upper hinge, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, small loss to fore-edge, staining, bumping to corners and extremities, 1900; and others travel, v.s (c.50)

Kent.- Lambarde (William) A Perambulation of Kent, first edition, engraved map after Richard Lyne, additional f. signed H2 'The names of Kentish writers', occasional contemporary ink marginalia and notes to final verso, lacking title, map with small chip to lower corner (with minor loss to image), trimmed just within border at head and foot and all but loose, water-stained, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with black leather label, [STC 15175], small 4to, [[By Henrie Middleton] for Ralphe Nevvberie, dwelling in Fleetestreete a litle aboue the Conduit], 1576.

Derham (William) Astro-Theology: or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a Survey of the Heavens, first edition, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, 3 folding engraved plates, corrections inserted by hand, scattered spotting, bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, 8vo, for W. Innys, 1715.⁂ Provenance: Bookplates of John Peyto Verney (1738-1816) and Robert John Verney (1809-62), 13th and 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke.

Marriage & Scandals.- Hill (Richard) The Blessings of Polygamy Displayed, first edition, with errata slip pasted to final leaf (the first errata corrected in manuscript on relevant leaf), foxed, original boards, uncut, rubbed, upper cover damaged at upper corner with slight loss, rebacked, [Goldsmiths' 15881], J.Mathews, 1781 § [Fry (John)] The Case of Marriages between near Kindred particularly considered..., second edition, half-title, occasional spotting or marginal soiling, old ink inscriptions, ex-library copy with stamp and label to front endpapers, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, B.White, 1773 § Colvill (Robert) Epithalamium on the Marriage of the Right Honourable David, Viscount Stormont, with the Honourable Miss Louisa Cathcart, second edition, modern marbled boards, London & Edinburgh, 1776 § Gunning (Susannah) A Letter from Mrs. Gunning, addressed to his Grave the Duke of Argyll, first edition, ?lacking half-title, bound with 2 other related pamphlets, manuscript index at beginning, modern half morocco, spine giltfor the Author, 1791 [Cumberland (Henry, Duke of York)] Genuine Copies of all the Love Letters and Cards which passed between an Illustrious Personage and a Noble Lady, during the course of a Late Amour, first edition, modern cloth, L.Browning, [?1770], 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ Despite the title, the first work is actually an attack on Martin Madan's Thelypthora which advocated polygamy as a cure for the evil of prostitution. The second relates to Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753, or An Act for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage, which was the first statutory legislation in England and Wales to require a formal ceremony of marriage. Until that time neither prior notice nor parental consent for minors was required for marriage but the Act ordered the reading of banns in church, parents' or guardians' consent for minors, and the service to be conducted by an Anglican clergyman. Henceforth couples had to travel to Scotland in order to marry, the nearest place being Gretna Green just north of Carlisle.The third celebrates the marriage of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), to Louisa Cathcart, some thirty years his junior. Murray, known as Viscount of Stormont, was ambassador to Vienna and then to France in the early years of the American Revolutionary War, and played a role in sending news of American actions back to England. This was Murray's second marriage, ten years after the death of his first wife. We have been unable to trace the first edition and ESTC locates only 4 UK copies of this second edition (E. A. Hornel Art Gallery & Library, Edinburgh University, National Library of Scotland, and St. Andrew's University) plus one in America.The fourth concerns a society scandal revolving around a suitor for the daughter of the novelist Mrs. Gunning, including rival suitors, forged letters and various intrigues. The final item relates to the affair between the Duke of Cumberland, younger brother of George III, and Henrietta, Lady Grosvenor.

Medicine.- Baillie (Matthew) The Morbid Anatomy of some of the most important parts of the Human Body, first edition, ex-medical library copy with old ink inscription and stamp to title, some contemporary ink annotations, O6 with small portion torn away from outer margin not affecting text, some soiling, modern half calf, spine ruled in gilt preserving part of old label (chipped), 8vo, for J.Johnson, 1793.⁂ The first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as an independent science, and including descriptions of the pulmonary lesions of tuberculosis and the morbid anatomy and symptoms of gastric ulcers.

Medicine.- Bell (Charles) An Essay on the Forces which circulate the Blood, first edition, lacking half-title, title spotted and loose, some light marginal soiling, modern half red morocco, spine very lightly faded, 1819 § Adams (Joseph) Memoirs of the Life and Doctrines of the late John Hunter, Esq., second edition, engraved silhouette portrait, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, light damp-staining, modern half calf, 1818; and 2 others including vol.1 only of Bell's Surgical Observations of 1816 (lacking a preliminary leaf but with all 15 engraved plates), 8vo et infra (4)

Medicine.- Cheselden (William) A Treatise on the High Operation of the Stone, first edition, 17 engraved plates, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, occasional light soiling or browning but generally clean and bright, penultimate plate stained at foot affecting corner of image, ex-library copy with old ink stamp to title and verso of plates, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and marked, gilt library stamp to foot of upper cover, rebacked, corners repaired, 8vo, for John Osborn, 1723.⁂ Classic work on lithotomy by the leading practitioner at the time.

Medicine.- Earle (Henry) Practical Observations in Surgery, first edition, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, a few contemporary ink annotations and corrections, pencil sketches and markings to margins, some light soiling or browning, a few spots, worming to lower margin of plates, ex-library copy with old red ink stamp to title and some other leaves, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, 1823 § Liston (Robert) Elements of Surgery, 3 parts in 1, first edition, undated issue, ?lacking half-title, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, spine faded, [1832], both rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ The first includes a description of Earle's invention of a bed for cases of fracture of the leg, which became the modern hospital bed and for which he was awarded the gold medal of the Society of Arts.The second item is the first English surgical textbook to devote considerable discussion to various plastic procedures.

Medicine.- Pott (Percivall) Remarks on the Disease, commonly called a Fistula in Ano, engraved plate, advertisement leaf at end, foxing at beginning and end, modern roan-backed cloth, spine rubbed, 1765; An Account of the Method of obtaining a Perfect or Radical Cure of the Hydrocele, or Watry Rupture, 2 engraved plates (very lightly offset), modern half calf, red morocco label, 1771 § Keate (T.) Cases of the Hydrocele..., folding engraved plate printed in bistre, small embossed stamp to upper outer corner of title, old boards, rubbed, rebacked, J.Walter, 1788 § Curling (T.B.) A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Testis..., second edition, wood-engraved illustrations, light spotting at beginning and end, original cloth, upper cover marked, spine faded, 1856 § Baillie (Matthew) , all but the third first editions, 8vo, the first two L.Hawes, W.Clarke, & R.Collins (4)⁂ The first is probably the greatest English classic of colon-rectal surgery; the second is Pott's supplement to hisTreatise on the Hydrocele, which expands his account of his use of the seton.

Poor.- Gilbert (Thomas) Plan for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor; For Enforcing and Amending the Laws Respecting Houses of Correction, and Vagrants; And for Improving the Police of this Country..., first edition, without supplement, occasional spotting, half-title, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, [Goldsmiths' 12214; Kress B.365], for G. Wilkie, 1781 § [Chester.] An Act, for better Regulating the Poor; maintaining a Nightly Watch; Lighting, paving, and cleansing the Streets, Rows, and Passages; providing Fire-Engines and Firemen, and regulating the Hackney-Coachmen, Chairmen, Carmen, and Porters, within the City of Chester, ink mark to title, lightly browned, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rubbed, corners worn, 1772, 8vo (2)⁂ Thomas Gilbert (c.1720-98), land agent, lawyer, and poor law reformer, devoted much of his mature years, certainly from 1765, to the cause of poor law reform. Despite making attempts at legislative progress during the 1760s and '70s none actually reached the statute book. Eventually, the Act which became known as Gilbert's Act was enacted in 1782.The second item is a second printing, in different format, of the Private Act 2 Geo. III.c.45 first printed in 1761. Both printings seem to be rare with only 4 UK copies listed of this 1772 edition (BL, Department of Health, LSE, and Chetham's Library in Manchester), plus 2 in America..

Pasteur (Louis) Études sur le Vinaigre, sa fabrication, ses maladies, moyens de les prévenir, first edition, half-title, illustrations, a few pencil annotations and markings, light staining at beginning and end, contemporary cloth, rubbed, Paris, 1868 § Wöhler (F.), J.Liebig & Hermann Kopp, editors. Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Band CXXXVII-CXL in 1 vol., plates, some folding, ex-research library copy with stamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine worn, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 1866, 8vo (2)⁂ The second includes 'Untersuchungen über aromatische Verbindungen' by August Kekulé, his important work on the structure of benzene.

Prichard (James Cowles) The Natural History of Man, first edition, without the accompanying folio maps (as usual), half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 33 plates, 5 plain plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, a few plates trimmed with small loss to imprint, plain plates lightly foxed and with some minor damp-staining to foot, the odd spot elsewhere, occasional very light soiling (mainly to first few leaves), modern blue half morocco, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, 8vo, 1843.

Trotter (Thomas) Medicina Nautica: an Essay on the Diseases of Seamen..., 3 vol., first edition, with half-title in vol.2 and engraved plate in vol.3 (bound as frontispiece), lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking 4pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, faint trace of library stamp to titles and plate but unobtrusive, occasional light foxing but generally clean, plate a little offset on title of vol.3, N4 in vol.1 and L8 in vol.2 torn and repaired, a few other minor marginal tears, modern half speckled calf, black morocco labels, [Wellcome V, 301], 8vo, T.Cadell, Jun. & W.Davies, 1797-1803.⁂ Important work on the health and conditions of sailors on board ship, with accounts of the various diseases encountered and recommendations for improvements in living conditions and sanitation. The work led to the adoption of taking limes to sea as a prevention against scurvy and of smallpox vaccination amongst sailors.

Agriculture.- Hunter (Alexander) Georgical essays, first collected edition, 3 folding engraved plates, final advertisement f. for Hunter's edition of John Evelyn's Silva, first plate with marginal tear, a little offsetting, some spotting or foxing, mostly lightly browned (edges of title little darker), contemporary polished calf, gilt spine in compartments and with light red morocco label, some staining, little rubbed at extremities, [Fussell p.92; Goldsmiths' 11558], a solid copy, York, Printed by A. Ward, for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; T. Cadell, in the Strand, [& others], 1777 § [Harte (Walter)] Essays on Husbandry, 2 parts in 1, first edition, 5 engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, errata f., ink inscription to head of title, plates offsetting and themselves with offsetting from text, some spotting, lightly browned, modern half calf, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, [British Bee Books 114; Fussell p.45-46; Hunt 608 (second edition); Perkins 758 (later edition)], Printed for W. Frederick in Bath, 1764; and 2 others, 18th century Agriculture, 8vo (4)⁂ The first mentioned contains a wide range of essays on agricultural subjects by Hunter and others. Subjects include pineapples, seaweed, potatoes, carrots, and cabbages.

Boys (William) Testacea minuta rariora...A Collection of the Minute and Rare Shells, lately discovered in the Sand of the Sea Shore near Sandwich, first edition, 3 engraved plates after drawings by George Walker, light offsetting, original boards with small paper label 'G.Walker's Minute Shells' to upper cover, a little rubbed and marked, crudely rebacked in roan (worn), [Nissen ZBI 524], 4to, printed by J. March, sold by B. White...and at Faversham, by the Author, [1784].⁂ With loosely-inserted typed sheet listing 'Field Meeting to Faversham, Kent, on Sunday 2nd. May 1965' led by Michael Kerney for the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, with the purpose of collecting Acicula fusca "for which this is the type of locality" and referring to both this work and Montagu's Testacea Britannica. "About a dozen other species of land and freshwater Mollusca are recorded by Walker from the neighbourhood of Faversham, and it will be interesting to see how many of these can still be found today".Also inserted is a photocopy of Kerney's article 'Non-marine Mollusca from Faversham, Kent, figures by George Walker in 1784' for the Journal of Conchology vol.29 1976.

Brown (Capt. Thomas) Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, with author's manuscript note "This copy was coloured by my own hand Thos.Brown" at end of Preface, 53 fine hand-coloured engraved plates by W.H.Lizars after the author, very occasional marginal spotting but an excellent bright copy, Advertisement/Prospectus loosely inserted, contemporary ink signature of W.M.Douglas to front pastedown (and "Ld. D. 1830" to rear pastedown but now obscured by repair to spine, as noted on inserted offprint of 1949, see below), original roan-backed boards (upper cover with engraved title), a little soiled and stained, rebacked, [Nissen ZBI 608], large 4to, Edinburgh & London, 1827.⁂ With the plates coloured by the author himself. Presumably only a few copies were coloured by Brown himself as this note does not always appear. Only one other such copy appears to have been sold at auction, in 2004.Loosely inserted is an offprint 'Notes on a Copy of...Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain...in the Original Wrappers' by A.S.Kennard & B.B.Woodward from Proceedings of the Malacological Society vol.XVIII 1928 annotated in pencil and with sheet of pencil notes as to the variations in the plates of this work. Another later offprint from the same source of 1949 refers to this copy as being coloured by Brown himself and the plate variations.The work is dedicated to the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. The signatures of W.M.Douglas and Ld. D[ouglas] suggest that this copy belonged to a member of the extended family.

Beattie (James) Dissertations Moral and Critical, first edition, half-title, engraved Oldham of Doverdale bookplate, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked preserving red roan label, corners repaired, W.Strahan, T.Cadell, W.Creech, 1783 § Paley (William) The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, first edition, half-title, contemporary ink signature of Shirley Perkins to title and engraved bookplate of S.F.Steele Perkins, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, R.Faulder, 1785, some light foxing, rubbed, 4to (2)

Gardens.- Laurence (John) The Clergy-Man's Recreation: shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece, for Bernard Lintott, 1717, bound before, The Gentleman's Recreation: or the second part of the Art of Gardening Improved, second edition, engraved frontispiece and 3 folding plates, for Bernard Lintott, 1717, and, The Fruit-Garden Kalendar: or a Summary of the Art of Managing the Fruit Garden, first edition, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece, for Bernard Lintott, 1718; illustrations, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, together 3 works bound as 1 vol., [Henrey 937; 943; 939], 8vo.

Elections.- Hartley (J.) & others. History of the Westminster Election, first edition, 16 etched satirical plates by Thomas Rowlandson, 13 folding, errata leaf, a couple of small ink stains to title, bookplates of Walter Besant and Herbert Henry Raphael, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving gilt spine, for the Editors, 1784 § Spirit of Election Wit (The), at the City of Exeter, and County of Devon: together with the Burlesque Election at Ide, in the year 1812, first edition, attractive contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, Exeter, R.Cullum, [1812]; and another on elections, 4to & 8vo (3)

Travel.- Thicknesse (Philip) Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse, late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort..., 2 vol., first edition, some browning and staining, bookplate of Benj.Philpot, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Sabin 95343], n.p., for the Author, 1788 § Walker (John) Fragments of Letters & Other Papers, written...at Sea, and on the Asiatic and African Coasts or Shores of the Mediterranean, first edition, errata leaf at end, title with scratch tear and small ink library stamp to verso at foot, original boards, uncut, new label, for the author, 1802 § Macgill (Thomas) An Account of Tunis...especially of its Productions, Manufactures, and Commerce, second edition, original boards, uncut, rubbed, joints split, spine chipped at head, [cf. Goldsmiths' 20215, first edition of 1811], 1816 § Sulivan (Richard Joseph) A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller among the Alps. With reflections on Atheistical Philosophy, now exemplified in France, 6 vol., first edition, half-titles to vol.1 & 6 as called for, errata leaf at end of each vol., some spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, rubbed, some wear and repair to spines, T.Becket, 1794; and another, 8vo (11)⁂ In 1753 Philip Thicknesse bought the Lieutenant-Governorship of Landguard Fort in Suffolk. His work includes accounts of a visit to the colony of Georgia in 1736, and Jamaica. A third volume was published three years later but is often lacking as his son destroyed many copies.The second item is an account by the surgeon John Walker (1759-1830) while travelling through the Mediterranean and Egypt vaccinating against smallpox. There are several references to smallpox and the work includes 'The Origin of the Vaccine Inoculation, by Edward Jenner, M.D.' at end (first published in 1801).

Law.- Deinology: or, the Union of Reason and Elegance...by Hortensius, contemporary ink signature of James Tomkinson to head of title and with his bookplate, small ink library stamp to verso of title, 1789 § P[udse]y (William) The Constitution and Laws of England, first edition, Tim.Goodwin, 1701 § Clerk's Instructor (The) in the Ecclesiastical Courts...by a Gentleman of Doctors Commons, faint contemporary ink inscription to title and manuscript leaf tipped in at end, ex-solicitors' library copy with old label to pastedown, E. & R.Nutt, 1740 § Jacob (Giles) The Compleat Court-Keeper: or, land-Steward's Assistant, John Nutt [& others], 1713 § [Glasse (Samuel)] The Magistrate's Assistant...by a Country Magistrate, half-title, original boards, uncut, rather worn, Gloucester, R.Raikes, 1784, first editions, some browning, all but the last contemporary calf or sheep, rubbed, rebacked; and 9 others, law, 8vo (14)

Bribery & Corruption.- Potter (John) A Treatise on the Law of Elections..., only edition, title soiled, modern cloth, Guildford, J. & S.Russell [& others], 1790 § House of Commons. Reports of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Fees, Gratuities, Perquisites, and Emoluments...in the several Public Offices, only edition, without 8pp. advertisements at end, old cloth-backed boards, uncut & unopened, 1793 § Trials (The) on the Informations...against Richard Smith, Esq. and Thomas Brand Hollis., Esq. for having been Guilty of Notorious Bribery, and thereby procuring themselves to be Elected...to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Hindon..., only edition, double column, modern cloth, 1776; and 2 others on bribery & corruption, v.s. (5)⁂ The first is very rare with ESTC recording only 2 copies (British Library and Queen's University, Canada). The second is a detailed forensic examination of salaries and wages paid to clerical and other staff in the civil service, and whether there are any fraudulent practices.

Government & Constitution.- James (Charles) A Correction of Abuses in Government..., ?only edition, contemporary ink signature of G.Ricketts to half-title, a few pencil annotations & markings, bookplate of Edward Ricketts, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, corners repaired, 1792 § Matius. Aeolus: or, the Constitutional Politician, with the Remarks of a Briton on the Trial of the Irish Chairmen..., only edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette, light spotting or browning, later half calf, joints split, S.Bladon, 1770 § Paine (Thomas) Dissertation on First-Principles of Government, second edition, lightly water-stained, no endpapers, contemporary limp boards, title in manuscript to upper cover, stained, [Goldsmiths' 16489], Daniel Isaac Eaton, 1795 § De Lolme (J.L.) The Constitution of England, or An Account of the English Government, first edition in English, foxing, ex-library copy with embossed stamp to title and ink stamp to verso, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red roan label, 1775, all rubbed; and 12 others on parliament, the constitution, privilege etc., 8vo & 4to (16)⁂ The first is rare with only 5 copies listed on Library Hub. The "Constitutional Politician" in the second item is John Wilkes.

Trade & Excise.- House of Commons. Report (The) of the Committee...To whom the Petition of the Royal Lustring-Company... was Referred... relating to the Smuggling Trade, first edition, initial imprimatur leaf (lightly stained and frayed at edges), with final leaf 'The Names of such other Persons as the House of Commons have Order'd to be Prosecuted in Westminster-Hall for the said Smuggling Trade, and Corresponding with the Enemy, during the War', stab-holes, modern cloth, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 3496; Kress 2095; Wing E2705], E.Whitlock, 1698 § [Davenant (Charles)] An Essay upon the Probable Methods of making a People Gainers in the Ballance of Trade, second edition, 6 folding tables, author's name supplied in ink on title, engraved Johnstone bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, worming to joints, [Goldsmiths' 3651; Kress 2216; Wing D310], James Knapton, 1700 § Symons (Jellinger) The Excise Laws abridged, second edition, contemporary ink signature of J.Ingilby to head of title and upper cover, ink markings to text and notes to rear pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, J.Nourse, 1775 § Plan of National Improvement..., only edition, printed on thick paper, contemporary ink inscription of B.Balfour to head of title, original boards, uncut, name to upper cover, rebacked, new endpapers, [Goldsmiths' 18613; Kress B.4718], 1803, the last three rubbed; and 6 others on trade, v.s. (10)⁂ The first concerns the production of "lustrings" (a light, glossy, black silk) begun by the Royal Lustring Company in 1688, but the trade had largely collapsed by 1698, the number of operating looms having shrunk from over 700 to fewer than 50. Under its Royal Charter the Company enjoyed a monopoly in England and French imports were prohibited, which presumably led to a significant increase in smuggling. The Committee's investigation was both thorough and lengthy, the consequent report throwing considerable light on the organisation of the contraband trade. ESTC describes the final leaf as being blank but the leaf present here is obviously part of the work and always has been, to judge by the stab-holes.

Parliamentary Reform.- Society of the Friends of the People. The State of the Representation of England and Wales, delivered to the Society...associated for the Purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform..., first edition, first and last leaves a little soiled and stained, modern boards, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 15881], [1793] § Francis (Sir Philip) Plan of a Reform in the Election of the House of Commons, adopted by the Society of the Friends of the People in 1795, advertisement leaf at end, some spotting and soiling, later roan-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 21967], 1817 § Pelham (Henry, Duke of Newcastle) An Address to all Classes and Conditions of Englishmen, interleaved and extensively annotated in contemporary ink manuscript headed "Quotations from history vindicating the Duke of Newcastle's Address...", old cloth, [Goldsmiths' 27694], 1832 § People's Manual (The); or, Notices respecting the Majority of 199 Peers, who...rejected the Reform Bill, first edition, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths 27116], 1831; and 7 others on Parliamentary Reform, mostly relating to the 1832 Reform Act, 4to & 8vo (11)⁂ In 1829 the Duke of Newcastle evicted several of his tenants who had voted against his parliamentary candidate and as a consequence in 1831 his house Nottingham Castle was burnt to the ground by an angry mob. He voted against the Great Reform Bill of 1832 whereby he lost the patronage and interest of six boroughs.

Bates (Ely) A Cursory View of Civil Government, first edition, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, [Not in Goldsmiths' or Kress], 1797 § Pye (Henry James) Sketches on Various Subjects: Moral, Literary, and Political, second edition, browned, staining to a few leaves, bookplate of Rev.William Long, contemporary sprinkled sheep, scuffed, rebacked, red roan label, 1797 § Select Pieces on Commerce, Natural Philosophy, Morality, Antiquities, History, &c., only edition, contemporary calf, splits to joints, [Not in Goldsmiths or Kress; ESTC lists only 2 UK copies (BL & Bodleian)], for the translator, [1754] § Palmer (John) Observations in Defence of the Liberty of Man, as a Moral Agent: in answer to Dr.Priestley's Illustrations of Philosophical Necessity, first edition, half-title, light marginal water-staining, ex-library copy with label to pastedown but no stamps, later half calf, 1799 § [Shaw (Peter)] The Reflector: representing Human Affairs..., first edition, contemporary ink signature of W.Maule and old ink stamp "Cardus" to title, a little browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, new endpapers, 1750, all but the first rubbed; and 6 others, similar, 8vo (11)

Roads.- Cumming (Alexander) Observations on the Effects which Carriage Wheels, with Rims of Different Shapes, have on the Roads, second edition, two folding engraved plates, one mounted on stub as frontispiece, some light spotting, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title and label, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, W.Bulmer & Co., 1799 § Phillips (Robert) A Dissertation concerning the Present State of the High Roads of England...[&] a New Method of Repairing and Maintaining them, first edition, 8 engraved plates, one folding, lacking advertisement leaf at end, title soiled, stab-holes, modern marbled boards, L.Gilliver & J.Clarke, 1737; and 2 others on roads and their vehicles, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first is a scarce treatise by Cumming, a watchmaker and mechanic.

Europe.- Sketches on the Intrinsic Strength, Military and Naval Force of France and Russia, Part I [all published], only edition, printed on thick paper, title light soiled and with small stain, with slip pasted over imprint, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Kress B4736], Hague, 1803 § Stuart (Gilbert) A View of Society in Europe..., second edition, half-title, errata leaf at end, old marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, 1782 § [Denham (Thomas)] The Temporal Government of the Pope's State, first edition, lacking front free endpaper, bookplate removed from pastedown, contemporary calf, J.Johnson, 1788 § Clarke (Thomas B.) A Statistical View of Germany, first edition, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, [Goldsmiths' 14085], C.Dilly, 1790, all rubbed; and 15 others on Europe, 4to & 8vo (19)⁂ The third item is a comprehensive, damning, and seemingly reasonably objective survey of the civil administration and political economy of the Vatican State during the papacy of Pius VI (1775-1799).

Northern Imprints.- Parquot (P.D.) Plenty, following Scarcity, first edition, wood-engraved tail-pieces, 10pp. list of subscribers at end, modern half calf, uncut, Liverpool, 1803 § Association among Protestant Schoolmasters in the North of England, for the Support of their Aged Brethren, Widows, and Orphans. An Address to the Public in behalf of..., ?second edition, light browning, modern marbled boards, Newcastle, M.Angus, 1788 § Milnes (Richard) The Warning Voice of a Hermit Abroad..., only edition, double column, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, Wakefield, for the author, 1825 § Atkinson (Charles) The Life and Adverntures of an Eccentric Traveller, only edition, woodcut frontispiece, plate and illustrations, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, rebacked with old marbled paper, York, for the author, 1818; and 6 others with Northern imprints, v.s. (10)⁂ The first is largely a chronological diary of imports and exports of grain, and the consequences of government action from September 1800 to the end of 1801. It is rare with Library Hub recording only one copy of this first edition (Manchester Public Library). The extensive list of subscribers is almost entirely made up of Liverpool residents including the banker, lawyer and art-collector William Roscoe. The second item is one of two editions listed by ESTC, of 1774 and 1788 respectively. Both are extremely rare, ESTC lists only the British Library copy of either.

Dundas (Henry, 1st Lord Melville) An Address to the Public; containing a Review of the Charges exhibited against Lord Viscount Melville, second edition, contemporary ink signature to head of title, 1805 bound with Considerations on the Declaratory Bill..., first edition, 1806 and [Sedgwick (James)] A Letter to Mr.Whitbread, on the Duty of Rescinding the Resolutions which preceded the Impeachment of Lord Viscount Melville, first edition, 1806 and John Bull's Soliloquies on the late Impeachment, first edition, 1806, together 4 works in 1 vol., all with half-titles, one or two small stains, near contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., rubbed, spine faded § Trial (The), by Impeachment, of Henry Lord Viscount Melville, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, before the House of Peers, in Westminster Hall, first edition, engraved portrait (lightly foxed and offset onto title), bookplate of William Blair of Blair, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, 1806; and another by Melville, 8vo (3)⁂ Lord Melville, a former Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty, was impeached for misuse of Navy funds, but was acquitted of all charges. Melville's was the last English impeachment trial, conducted in the House of Lords, presided over by Lord Chancellor Thomas Erskine.