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Eric Ravilious (1903-1942), lithograph in colours on paper, Oyster Bar, 22cm x 11cm, mounted, framed and glazed. Printed for the first edition of High Street by theCurwen Press in 1938

Clare Leighton (1898-1989), wood engraving printed from the block on paper, May, Sheep Shearing, from The Farmer’s Year, 1933, 20.5cm x 26.5cm, mounted, glazed and framed. This original, full page wood block print is from the first edition of Clare Leighton’s most famous work, which she wrote, engraved and designed

Thackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, first edition, first issue with the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on p.336 and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p.453, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title-page, and 38 plates, wood-engraved vignettes throughout, lacking initial advertisement f., light marginal toning to plates and endpapers, some light offsetting, a few small marginal stains, attractive contemporary burgundy morocco with triple gilt fillet border by Zaehnsdorf, spine lettered and ruled in gilt compartments, inner dentelles richly gilt with flower motif, t.e.g., very slight rubbing to lower edge and upper joint, Bradbury & Evans, 1848; and 9 others, 8vo (10)*** The first issue of Thackeray's iconic novel, in exquisite gilt binding by Zaehnsdorf.

Vaughan (Henry) Silex scintillans: or sacred poems and private ejaculations, first edition, first issue (with the uncancelled title dated 1650), engraved pictorial title, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, lacking A1 (Latin verse explanation f.) and final blank, title bound in at an angle and with outer and lower margins trimmed, A4 torn at head and repaired, with loss of drop-head title recto and 4 lines of text verso, printed side-note on B3 trimmed (as often), G7 (final text f.) professionally reinforced at outer margin, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, endpapers renewed, blind-ruled contemporary sheep, rebacked, preserving original backstrip (with little loss), lower corners worn, little stained, rubbed and marked, [Allison 8; Grolier/Wither to Prior 897; Hayward 81; Wing V125], 8vo, Printed by T[homas] W[alkley], for H. Blunden, 1650.  *** The Gathorne-Hardy-Col. C.H. Wilkinson- Bent Juel-Jensen-Robert Ball copy of one of the great poetry rarities. 'Vaughan's finest poetry was published in this rare volume' (Hayward). Vaughan's work was rediscovered by Wordsworth at the end of the eighteenth century. The inclusion of 'Silurist' after the author's name on title alludes to his home county of Brecknockshire, which had been the place of the ancient British tribe of the Silures. Since 1989 only three copies have appeared at auction: the Houghton-Garden-Pirie copy (sold Pirie sale 2015, $100,000); the Bradley Martin copy (1990, $45,000 hammer, apparently badly wormed); and the John Heugh-Elkin Mathews-Everard Meynell copy (2017, having not been offered at auction since 1959; lacking A1). Provenance: Galthorne-Hardy (pencil inscription dated 1953 to front pastedown); Col. C.H. Wilkinson (‘one of the last books he bought was one which he had always most prized - Silex Scintillans.’ (L.W. Hanson’s obituary notice of him in The Book Collector), sold his sale Sotheby's, 25th October, 1960, lot 512, bought by Blackwell's for Juel-Jensen); Bent Juel-Jensen (book label, his pencil acquisition note to rear pastedown and note re. Wilkinson to front free endpaper); Robert Ball (book label to front pastedown). 

Sallustius Crispus (Caius) and Costanzo Felice. The Conspiracie of Catiline...with the Historye of Jugurth, 2 parts in 1 vol., translated by Alexander Barclay and Thomas Paynell, first combined edition, black letter, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, part 1 Y6 blank, the odd instance of early ink marginalia, part 1 lacking A1 (general title), part 2 lacking 2G1-4 and 2H1-4 (the final 8 ff.), trimmed at head, just within some headlines, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, early 20th century brown half morocco, gilt, rubbed, t.e.g., [Pforzheimer 363; STC 10752], small 4to, [John Waley], 1557. sold not subject to return.  *** Rare at auction in any state. 

Confectionery.- Jarrin (William [Guglielmo] Alexis) The Italian Confectioner, or complete economy of desserts, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 folding plates of utensils and apparatus (the final 8pp. describe the items depicted in the plates), occasional contemporary ink marginalia, lacking initial blank, portrait with outer and lower margins strengthened verso and water-stained, plate I with small part of one fold strengthened verso, mostly marginal water-staining (mostly at foot), spotted, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, flat gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, rubbed and marked, [Cagle 776 ; Oxford p.149; cf. Bitting pp.244- 245], 8vo, Printed for John Harding, 1820.  *** Rare at auction. Jarrin was a confectioner at Gunter's in Berkeley Square. Provenance: ‘Mrs. H Brown, 1872, Warwick Castle’; Dorothy K. Thomas, 22, Crowndale Road, Knowle’ (ink inscriptions to front endpapers).

Sherry.- Vizetelly (Henry) Facts About Sherry, gleaned in the Vineyards and Bodegas of the Jerez, Seville, Moguer, & Montilla Districts during the Autumn of 1875, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 15 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 6 advertisement ff. for various wines and spirits, lightly browned, original colour pictorial wrappers bound in, the upper wrapper depicting a worker testing the vintage, advertisements verso, upper wrapper with very small remains of a label, obscuring one letter, rubbed and marked, modern light brown morocco-backed buckram, spine gilt and with double burgundy morocco labels, a very good copy, [Gabler G40310; Simon Vinaria p.117], 8vo, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1876. *** Provenance: 'M.Winton' (contemporary ink signature to verso of upper wrapper); Cooks Books. T&M McKirdy (small label to lower margin of inner lower wrapper). 

King Edward VII.- Liddell (Col. R.S.) The Memoirs of the Tenth Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own), first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Albert Edward Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, chromolithograph plates, tissue-guards, illustrations, original cloth backstrip bound at end, new endpapers, modern antique-style crushed red morocco, green morocco label to upper cover, gilt, richly gilt spine, gilt inner dentelles, 4to, 1891. *** Provenance: Inscribed in ink to Commissioner of the Inland Revenue, Alfred Montgomery (1814-96). "To Alfred Montgomery from Albert Edward. Xmas 1893'.Inscribed below in pencil "Edith Finch given by Montgomery" Edith Finch was the daughter of Alfred Montgomery. She was the second wife of George Finch of Burley on the Hill, Rutland. 

Judaica.- Josephus (Flavius) The Works of Flavius Josephus: Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, first edition, additional engraved title and 2 plates, 4 folding maps, one rather browned, bookplate, the odd spot, some light offsetting, first and last leaves reinforced at hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked, extremities a little rubbed, endpapers renewed, folio, Richard Sare, 1702.

Bread.- Acton (Eliza) The English Bread-Book for Domestic Use, Adapted to Families of Every Grade, first edition, wood-engraved additional pictorial title, a few wood-engraved illustrations in text, without 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end (seemingly never bound in), occasional spotting, brown endpapers, pastedowns with printed publisher's advertisements for Richard F. Burton and Huc, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some staining or soiling, rubbed, [Bitting p.3; Cagle 537; Simon BG 25], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. *** First edition of Acton's influential work on bread-making.Provenance: 'G Murray Wilson, Dale End, Grasmere, 1898' (pencil inscription to additional title). 

Regency.- History and Proceedings (The) of the Lords and Commons of Great-Britain, in Parliament, with regard to the Regency..., first collected edition, Lord Eldon's copy with his ink signature and small armorial bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red roan label, John Stockdale, 1789 § [House of Commons.] Report from the Committee appointed to Examine and Report Precedents of such Proceedings as may have been had in the Case of the Personal Exercise of the Royal Authority being prevented by Infancy, Sickness, Infirmity or otherwise, with a View to provide a Remedy for the same, title and final leaf a little soiled and stained, ex-library copy with label to pastedown but no stamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, corners lacking most of leather, rebacked in cloth, 17th December 1788, 8vo & folio (2) *** Concerning the constitutional crisis caused by George III's mental illness and the potential appointment of the Prince of Wales as regent which would have caused parliamentary upheaval. In the event the King recovered and the Regency Act was not implemented until 7 February 1811.  The first is a significant association copy of these comprehensive reports. It collates as in ESTC with the three reports of the "committee appointed to examine the physicians who have attended His Majesty, during his illness, touching the state of His Majesty's health" and Pitt's letter each with separate title-page, pagination and register. John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), barrister and politician, Lord High Chancellor 1801-06 & 1807-27. In 1788 he was appointed Solicitor-General and supported Pitt's suggestions on the state of the King and his delegation of authority. It is thought that he drafted the Regency Bill.

Economics.- House of Commons. Report from the Secret Committee on Joint Stock Banks, with Appendix & Index, together 3 parts, 2 lithographed plans, one with outline in green, [Kress C.591 & 531], 1836-37 bound with Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, drop-head title, W.E.Gladstone's copy with his signature at head of first leaf, [c.1840], together 2 works in 1 vol., ex-Lloyds Bank Board Room copy with bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked § Macleod (Henry Dunning) The Theory and Practice of Banking, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, Seymour E.Harris's copy with his signature and J.F.Kennedy Library bookplate to front pastedowns, original cloth, rubbed, paper labels chipped, 1866; and 12 others on banks and banking, folio & 8vo (15) *** Seymour E.Harris (1897-1974), American economist and adviser to Presidents John F.Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and whose books and papers were bequeathed to the John F.Kennedy Library in Boston. 

Argan (Giulio Carlo) Botticelli: Biographical and Critical Study, first edition, tipped-in colour plates, jacket extremities slightly rubbed, a couple of spots to spine, New York, 1957 § Grossmann (F.) Bruegel: The Paintings, second edition, illustrations, jacket with lower cover slightly soiled, spine lightly sunned, 1966 § Illing (Richard) The Art of Japanese Prints, first edition, illustrations, jacket edges lightly creased, 1984, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.60 others, art reference, v.s. (65)

Military Law.- Wellesley (Arthur, Duke of Wellington).- Principles (The) of War... as Developed in a Series of General Orders..., first edition, light foxing and occasional marginal soiling, bookplate removed, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 1815 § Burn (Richard) A Digest of the Militia Laws, first edition, foxing, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to title, modern cloth, S.Richardson & C.Lintot, 1760 § Napier (Maj.-Gen. Charles J.) Remarks on Military Law and the Punishment of Flogging, first edition, a few leaves torn and creased at lower margin, ex-library copy with label, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, 1837, 8vo (3) *** Although the first is not written or edited by Wellington himself, this clearly draws largely from an analysis of his recorded Orders in the second Peninsular campaign between 1809 and 1814. The hundreds of Orders provide a remarkable record of war management in the early 19th century. The editor's dedication to Wellington ("the Illustrious Hero") is dated June 27, 1815, a mere nine days after Waterloo.

Morier (Sir James Justinian) The Adventures of Haji Baba, of Ispahan, 3 vol., first edition, without half-titles, occasional spotting (mainly to peripheral leaves), modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, John Murray, 1824.*** Provenance: Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Baronet (1770-1844), entrepreneur, linguist and diplomat [bookplates, loosely inserted].

Food & drink quality.- Lemery (Louis) A Treatise of all sorts of foods, both animal and vegetable: also of drinkables, initial imprimatur f., title printed in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, Hugh Selbourne's copy with the usual small marginal ink stamps, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, small 20th century paper ms. title label to upper cover, covers detached, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting pp.281-282; Cagle 822; Gabler G27500; Maclean p.89; Simon BG 948]; Printed for T. Osborne, 1745; and a first edition of The Tricks of the trade in the adulterations of food and physic, 1856, in original cloth, 8vo (2)

Meredith (George) Rhoda Fleming. A Story, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional spotting or light browning, bound in tan half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, vol. 3 with a few light spots, little rubbed in places, t.e.g., [Sadleir 1702], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1865. *** The first edition rare, with infrequent appearances at auction.

Suleymanname [Life of Suleiman the Magnificent], first printed edition, text in Arabic, previous owner's ink inscription, contents ff. and final blank with tears and expert repairs, one or two short marginal tears with neat old repairs, scattered spotting, modern cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo, Cairo, Bulak Printing House, 1248 [1832]. *** Suleiman I or 'Suleiman the Magnificent' (1495-1566), was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He reigned for 46 years, from 1520 until his death in 1566, longer than any other sultan. He is known in the West as 'Suleiman the Magnificent' and in the Muslim world as the 'Lawgiver' because he changed the organisation of the Ottoman legal system. 

Robertson (Hannah) The Young Ladies School of Arts. Containing a great variety of practical receipts, in Gum-Flowers, Filligree, Japanning, Shell-Work, Gilding, Painting, Cosmetics, Jellies, Preserves, Cakes, Cordials, Creams, Jamms, Pickles, Candying, Made Wines, Clear Starching, &c., 2 vol. in 1, 'A New edition, corrected', engraved additional title within ornate floral border ('The second edition with large additions') and 4 (of 5) botanical plates (that missing provided in facsimile), of which all but 1 folding, 1 partially hand-coloured in green, vol.2 b6 blank, lacking M6 in vol.1 (provided in facsimile), spotting and staining, lightly browned, bookplate of Irene A Dunn, 1991, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Maclean p.124], rare in commerce and often found missing plates, Edinburgh, Printed for Robert Jameson, 1777 § Smith (Robert) Court Cookery: or, The Compleat English Cook, second edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial advertisement f. and title, the latter supplied in facsimile, water-stained, some spotting and staining, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked (preserving majority of original backstrip in compartments) and restored, with some loss of original leather at head of lower cover, [Bitting p.440; Maclean p.137; cf. Oxford pp.55-56 (first edition)], Printed for T. Wotton, 1725; and 4 others, defective 18th century cookery (Borella, Lamb (first edition with majority of plates), Atkyns, & Complete Family-Piece, [1737]), v.s. (6). sold not subject to return.  

London.- Langley (Edward, & Belch, William) Langley and Belch's New Map of London, first edition, map of London with 24 uncoloured engraved vignettes of London landmarks set within the horizontal margins, engraving with vibrant hand-colouring, sheet 537 x 785 mm (21 1/8 x 30 7/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, minor surface dirt, some light offsetting, folding into marbled slipcase with publisher's orange printed label to upper cover, worn, [Howgego 256 (1)], 8vo, 1812

Forsythe (Robin) Missing or Murdered, first edition, half-title lightly browned and with very small chip to inner margin, margins very slightly toned, a few small stains, hinges cracked but holding, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, some soiling, rubbed, 8vo, The Bodley Head, 1929.

Economics.- Mill (John Stuart) Principles of Political Economy, 2 vol., third edition, publisher's advertisements at end, ink ownership names to pastedowns and front free endpapers, a few instances of ink underlining or passage-marking, margins slightly toned, some very light spotting to first and last few leaves, vol. 1 gutter cracked at points with a few gatherings working loose, hinges cracked, vol. 1 upper hinge very weak but holding, original cloth, printed paper spine labels (chipped), some chips and fraying to spine ends and joints, rubbed, vol. 1 backstrip splitting at joints but holding firm, 1852; and others, economics and similar, 8vo (8) *** An important edition, revised by Mill and heavily influenced by his wife Harriet.

Servants.- Haywood (Eliza) A New Present for a Servant-Maid...The Whole Art of Cookery, Pickling, Preserving &c., first edition, engraved frontispiece, this with a couple of closed tears and neatly silked verso, final f. (a table of expenses & wages) torn and repaired with loss, D8 neat tear within text without loss, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern blind-stamped and gilt calf in compartments and with double brown leather labels, covers little stained and scuffed, [Bitting p.220; Cagle 733; Maclean p.67; Simon BG 828], 8vo, Printed for G. Pearch, No. 12, Cheapside; and H. Gardner, opposite St. Clement’s Church, in the Strand, 1771. *** Rare at auction in any condition. Of the few copies that have appeared at auction over the last decades the majority either lacked the frontispiece or had some textual loss, or indeed both. While this is the first appearance of this title it owes much to her A Present for a Servant-Maid: or, the sure means of gaining love and esteem, of 1743. Haywood (c.1693-1756) was an English writer (particularly novels), actor and publisher. 

Islamic Art.- Binyon (Laurence) Persian Miniature Painting, first edition, colour frontispiece, 113 plates, some colour, hinges splitting, original cloth, gilt, a few small stains, spine soiled, very slight bumping to spine ends and corners, folio, 1933.

Tree plantations.- Langley (Batty) A Sure Method of Improving Estates, by Plantations of Oak, Elm, Ash, Beech, and Other Timber-trees, Coppice-Woods, &c., first edition, issue with pp.viii-xx incorrectly numbered, title printed in red and black, engraved folding plate, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, plate light browned, occasional spotting, but generally crisp and clean internally, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, lacking label, upper cover detached, spine ends little worn, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Fussell I, p.27; Goldsmiths' 6587; Henrey 929; Hunt 473], 8vo, Printed for Francis Clay & Daniel Browne, 1728.  *** First edition of Langley's work on the economical planting and raising of different trees for timber, thereby avoiding inevitable deforestation. Langley (1696-1751) was an English landscape gardener and architect. Provenance: Lord John Somers (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). 

[Dickens (Charles)] "Boz". Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, vol. 1 & 3 only (of 3), first edition, mixed issue, half-titles, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end vol. 1, 17 etched plates by George Cruikshank, extra-illustrated with 17 plates by Cruikshank, the same but hand-coloured and tipped-in opposite those called for, vol. 1 frontispiece with marginal water-stain and loose, a few other plates working loose, plates with the usual foxing, the odd spot to text but generally clean, original reddish brown fine-diaper cloth, spines lightly sunned, a few light stains, rubbing to extremities, [Eckel pp.59-60; Smith I, 4] 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1838. *** Something of a bibliographical curiosity, with "Boz" on titles and 'Rose Maylie and Oliver' plate but vol. 3 with "pier" and "pedestal" on p.164 and a half-title substituted for the preliminary Bentley ads.

English Civil War.- W[yndham] (A[nne]) Claustrum Regale Reseratum, or The Kinges Concealment at Kent, first edition, engraved title, loss to bottom corner with neat restoration, A4 with tear into text and no loss, old marginal repair, water-staining, later endpapers, modern antique style half-calf, [Wing W3772], 4to, for Will. Nott, 1667.

Cider & perry.- Knight (Thomas Andrew) A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, and the manufacture of Cider & Perry, second, enlarged, edition, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut tail-piece, without errata slip at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with leather label, some chipping to upper joint, rubbed, [Simon BG 923; Henrey 909], scarce, Ludlow, Printed and sold by H. Proctor, 1802; and a scarce copy of the first edition of Roberts on drinking cups, 12mo & 8vo (2)

Joseph Ritson's copy.- [Gavin (Antonio)] A Short History of the Monastic Orders... by Gabriel d'Emillianne, first edition, initial imprimatur f., occasional light browning, pencil marks and 2 or 3 words to margins, Joseph Ritson's copy with his ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, ink monogram to title verso, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, [Wing G394], 8vo, S. Roycroft. for Rob. Clavell, 1693.*** Joseph Ritson (1752-1803) antiquary and early vegetarianism activist. 

Mathematics.- Lawson (John) A Synopsis of all the data for the construction of triangles, from which geometrical solutions have hitherto been in print, first edition, offsetting to title, occasional spotting, lightly browned, disbound, Rochester, Printed by T. Fisher, 1773; and a defective Astronomy work, 4to & 8vo (2) *** Lawson, who was rector of Swanscombe in Kent, was an authority on the mathematics of the ancients. 

Africa.- Schillings (C.G.) In Wildest Africa, first American edition, frontispiece, illustrations (many full-page),  previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, Harper & Brothers, 1907 § Drummond (Henry) Tropical Africa, folding colour map frontispiece and 4 folding maps, one with split to folds, scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1889 § Gordon (Alastair) A Slight Touch of Safari, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed, 1955 § Adamson (Joy) Born Free, plates, bookplate, original boards, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, slight creasing to edges, Reprint Society, 1960; Living Free, plates, bookplate, original boards, slight creasing to edges, Reprint Society, 1961; and others, Africa, 8vo & 4to (c.80).

West Frisian Literary classic.- Halbertsma (Brothers) Rimen ind Teltsjes, first edition, half-title, original cloth, gilt, faded, rebacked, 8vo, Deventer, J. de Lange, 1871.*** Scarce first edition of what is now regarded as one of the great books of West Frisian literature by Justus, Tsjalling and Eeltsje Halbertsma, who were all born in the village of Grou towards the end of the 18th century.

Macquoid (Percy) A History of English Furniture [The Age of Oak; Walnut; Mahogany; Satinwood], 4 vol., first edition, chromolithographed plates with captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, contemporary ink ownership names to pastedowns, some tissue-guards a little frayed at edges (one loose to vol. 1), occasional light soiling, gutter cracked at points, endpapers spotted and lightly browned, hinges cracked, a couple weak but holding, original buckram, gilt, spines sunned with ends a little frayed, rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, folio, 1904-08.

Keynes (John Maynard) A Treatise on Money, 2 vol., first edition, ink ownership name to front free endpapers, ex-library with neat ink shelfmark and presentation labels, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, lightly sunned spines, spine ends and corners little rubbed, split and fraying to spine head (vol. 1), 1930; The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, second impression, contemporary ink ownership inscription to pastedown with portrait of Keynes taped beneath, lacking rear free endpaper, original cloth, spine a fraction sunned, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, March 1936; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)

Photobook.- Carstensen (Pay Christian), Hans Hitzer and Friedrich Richter. Deutschland, first edition, photographic illustrations mounted on stubs, some photomontage, mostly black & white, some with colour tint, folding plate at end, tipped-in printed card "Überreicht bei dem Offliziellen Empfang der Reichsregierung aus anslass der XI. Olympischen Spiele Berlin 1936" to front free endpaper, ex-Wiener Library with ink-stamps to front free endpaper (including withdrawn stamp) and tipped-in printed label "Presented to The Wiener Library in London by Walter Laqueur 1965", folding plate with very short closed tear to foot and small repair at fold, occasional minor soiling, original cloth, small library stickers to foot of lower cover and spine, soiling, little rubbed, 4to, Berlin, 1936. *** Rare pictorial record of pre-war Germany. 

Agriculture.- [Arbuthnot (John)] An Inquiry into the Connection between the present price of Provisions, and the size of Farms. With remarks on Population...By a Farmer, first edition, with half-title and final blank, light foxing, modern boards, [Not in Goldsmiths, Kress or Perkins], T.Cadell, 1773 § [Lewis (John)] Uniting and Monopolizing Farms, plainly proved disadvantageous to the Land-owners, and highly prejudicial to the Public, first edition, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, M.Hingeston, 1767 § Pennington (W.) Reflections on the various Advantages resulting from the Draining, Inclosing, and Allotting of Large Commons and Common Fields, first edition, title and final advertisement leaf soiled, library buckram, [Goldsmiths' 10525; Perkins 1323], Benjamin White, 1769 § Wright (Thomas) A Short Address to the Public on the Monopoly of Small Farms..., only edition, half-title, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 16266; Not in Perkins], for the author, 1795 § Large Farms, recommended in a National View. A Reply to Mr. Wright's Address...on the Monopoly of Small Farms, first edition, half-title, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 16649; cf.Perkins 1955 note], James Scatcherd, 1796, all ex-library copies, the second with old Dutch ink stamp to title, the rest ex-Rothamsted Agricultural library with stamp to front pastedown or upper cover; and 6 others on the size of farms and inclosure of common or waste land, 8vo & 4to (11)

Angling.- Snart (Charles) Practical Observations on Angling in the River Trent, first edition, occasional marginal finger-soiling, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, later morocco-backed boards, library blind-stamp to upper cover, sunned spine, a little rubbed, small abrasion mark to spine foot, Newark, S. and I. Ridge, 1801 § Walton (Izaak) & Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, 2 parts bound as 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispieces and 11 plates, illustrations, 2pp. musical score, faint off-setting to title, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1835 § Salter (T. F.) The Angler's Guide, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map, spotting, contemporary half-roan, a little rubbed, 1830; 12mo & 8vo (3).

Cookery.- Bawden (Edward).- Heath (Ambrose) Good Soups, first edition, original pictorial boards and dust-jacket designed by Edward Bawden, dust-jacket with a few very small tears at edges, spine with two small brown marks and slightly rubbed, 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1935.

S[mith] (E[liza]) The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplished Gentlewoman’s companion: being a Collection of upwards of Five Hundred of the most approved Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Preserving, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials..., second edition, 6 folding engraved bills of fare, advertisement f. at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary ink manuscript medical recipes to endpapers and a8v, index misbound after sig. A (before start of main text), title with neat narrow repair verso to outer margin, T1&2 small hole at start of final line of text, with loss of a few letters, but no loss of sense, occasional marginal worming, some spotting or light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, corners repaired, [Bitting, p.438 (note); Maclean pp.133-135; Oxford p.60 (note); cf. Simon BG 1392 & 1393; Cagle 996 & 997; & Vicaire 794], 8vo, Printed for J. Pemberton, at the Golden Buck, over-against St. Dunstan’s Church in Fleet-Street, 1728.  *** Scarce edition at auction. Despite her popularity little is known of the author, apart from her prefatory statement that she had been employed for upwards of thirty years in fashionable and noble families. The 1742 Virginia edition was the first cookery book published in America.Provenance: ‘Phebe Haton, her Book, July ye 2nd. Anno Domini 1730’ (ink signatures to title and A2r). 

Bees.- Charlton (George) The Bee-keeper's guide, first edition, wood-engraved illustration of a hive to title (the upper wrapper), minor stain to inner gutter throughout, lightly browned, stitched as issued, 12mo, Hexham, Printed at the Hexham Herald Office, 1887.  *** A rare little work not found in British Bee Books. Charlton was a Northumberland bee-keeper and trader in bee-keeping equipment (listed at end), who claims to have had 34 years experience in the study of the honey bee. 

Everard Digby's copy.- [Ruscelli (Girolamo)] The Secretes of the Reverend Maister Alexis of Piemont. Containing excellent remedies against divers diseases, woundes, and other accidentes, with the maner to make distillations, parfumes, consitures, dyinges, colours, fussions, and meltinges, translated by William Warde, 3 parts in 1, black letter, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, part 1 lacking I2-7 (loosely supplied in photocopy), part 2 lacking F7, part 3 lacking I2&3, L1&4 and N2&3, first title tear to upper corner with loss of part of 2 letters, some worming to lower inner gutters at end of part 1 and start of part 2 (ends around sig. G), some spotting or staining, lightly browned, 19th century blind-stamped calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and preserving original 19th century orange leather label, corners worn, covers rubbed and little scuffed, [Bitting p.6 (note); Cagle 978 (note); STC 296, 301 & 305; cf. Oxford pp.3-4 (first edition); Simon BB 30 & BG 84 & Vicaire 12-13], small 4to, Rowland Hall for Nicholas England, 1562-1563-1562.  *** An extensive compendium of medicinal and culinary recipes. Includes distillation, perfumery, and dyeing. The work is rarely found complete. A fourth part was published in 1569. Our copy with an interesting provenance. Provenance: Provenance: Everard Digby; Martha Flower (early ink inscriptions to title); Henry Holland (early ink inscription to margin of part 1 F4); John T. Beer (engraved bookplate).Possibly Everard Digby (c.1578-1606), member of the group of Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot, who was found guilty of high treason, hanged, drawn and quartered; or Everard Digby (1551-1605) scholar and author of the first book on swimming to be published in England, De arte natandi, 1587; or Everard Digby, father of the first mentioned above, who died in 1592.

Burke (Edmund) The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, 8 vol., first edition, half-titles in vol.4-8, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper of vol.1, light foxing to first and last few leaves of vol.7-8, occasional spotting in vol.8, otherwise text remarkably clean, endpapers marginally browned, contemporary calf, gilt-ruled, spines gilt in compartments, morocco spine labels, most with joints cracked, some covers becoming loose, rubbed, spine ends bumped and chipped, spines lightly faded, 4to, J. Dodsley [and F.C. and J. Rivington], 1792-1827.

Physics.- Planck (Max) Treatise on Thermodynamics, first English edition, errata slip, ex-library with bookplate and ink-stamp to title and final f. of Index, half-title reinforced at gutter, gutter cracked at points, original cloth, rebacked, bumping to spine ends, some wear to corners, 1903; and vols. 2-5 of Planck's 'Introduction to Theoretical Physics', 8vo (5) 

Patisserie.- Carême (Marie-Antoine) The Royal Parisian Pastrycook and Confectioner, edited by John Porter, first edition in English, half-title, lithographed frontispiece and 8 plates (all but 1 folding) depicting various ornate cakes and jellies, the odd outer margin with some chipping or repaired short tear from opening (that at p.281 just within text without loss), some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, [Oxford p.168; Simon BG 284; cf. Vicaire 144 (first edition, 1815)], 8vo, F.J. Mason, 1834.  *** Scarce first edition in English of Le Pâtissier Royal Parisien, Paris, 1815. The editor Porter was cook to the Marquis of Camden, and then at the Travellers' and Oriental clubs. Provenance: 'F. Forster. Febr 15/49'  (contemporary ink inscription at head of half title). 

Woolley (Hannah) The Queen-like closet: or, Rich cabinet, stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery, 3 parts in 1, including supplement, fifth edition, initial imprimatur f. ('Licensed Nov.16. 1669. Roger L'Estrange'), general title within double filet border, lacking additional pictorial title (supplied in facsimile), imprimatur f. with marginal tears and laid down, title closely trimmed at outer margin (just touching small part of border at head) and with lower corner repaired, just touching small part of border and slightly fading a few letters of imprint, all to B11 with small repair to lower marginal corners, decreasing in size as proceeds, final f. with marginal repairs and mounted on stub, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned throughout, new endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, [Bitting 504; Oxford p.35 (note); Hunt 371; Wing W3286 & W3288; cf. Vicaire 878 (first edition); Cagle 1062-1064 (first, third & fourth editions); Simon BG 1628 (first & other editions); & Simon Vinaria p.214 (second edition)], large 12mo, Printed for R. Chiswel, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and T. Sawbridge at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain, 1684. *** Early editions of Hannah Woolley's work are rare at auction, and are often found incomplete, or in poor condition. Woolley was possibly the first woman to earn a living from writing books on household management, and sought to address servants for the first time. She introduced unfashionable ingredients into her dishes, including anchovies and capers, and helped bring pumpkins and molasses from the New World. She was highly-regarded by André Simon, who said of her that she was 'an industrious woman whose book of recipes, menus and directions to servants is well put together'.  

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, first issue, with 'Miss Violent Hunter' in the last sentence on p.317 and without name to street sign on upper cover, half-title, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, pencil inscriptions to title, related newspaper clippings to front free endpaper, recto & verso, spotting and staining, original pictorial cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed, spotting to lower boards, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1892.

World War Two.- Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I. Jahrgang 1935, vol. 1 only (of 2), booksellers paper label to title, original cloth-backed boards, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Berlin, 1935. *** An important historical document, this edition of the law gazette was the first official publication of laws such as the Nuremberg Race laws, that paved the legal path for the Holocaust to take place. 

America.- Moellhausen (Baldwin) Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific, 2 vol., first English edition, map (half missing) and 10 (of 11) lithograph and chromolithograph plates, one with short tear and misbound, plus wood-engraved plates and illustrations, soiled, ex-library copy with stamps, library calf-backed cloth, 8vo, 1858. 

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, first English edition, lacking advertisement leaf at end for second edition of 'A Child's Garden of Verses', ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, last couple of leaves lightly spotted, [Prideaux 17], Longmans, Green and Co., 1886 bound with Stockton (Frank R.) The Casting Away of Mrs Lecks and Mrs Aleshine, first edition, Sampson Low et al., 1886, later cloth, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, spine slightly darkened, 8vo. 

Children & Education.- Nelson (James) AnEssayon the Government ofChildren, first edition, contemporary ink signature of Ann Upwood to front free endpaper and with A.L.s. to her presenting the book loosely inserted (frayed at folds with slight loss and laid down), title torn and repaired, original boards, uncut, rubbed and stained, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, R.& J.Dodsley, 1753 § Hints to Parents, on the Cultivation of Children, in the Spirit of Pestalozzi's Method, No.I-IV only (of 6) bound in 1 vol., No.I third edition, No.II second edition, No.III & IV first editions, diagrams in text, Overston ink signature to front pastedown, ex-library copy with ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt, red roan label, a little rubbed, 1824-25, 8vo (2) *** The first concerns the health, manners and education of children, advising regular meals including small beer.Pestalozzi believed it was the educator's task to assist the natural development of head, heart, and hand, and to encourage and guide self-activity. He considerably influenced the development of English education, both by his written works and through the school at Yverdun, which was visited by many English reformers including Owen and Brougham.

[Pope (Alexander)] The Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, engraved vignette on title, title toned with some paper repairs, lightly trimmed on fore-edge slightly affecting title, one or two neat paper repairs throughout and occasional patch of light damp-staining, front free endpaper torn away, bookplate, 19th century half calf, rubbed, [Rothschild 1597], 8vo, for A. Dob, 1729.*** The first complete edition of the first three books of The Dunciad. The Dunciad appeared in four different versions between 1728 and 1743. This copy without the final unsigned Addenda leaf. 

Svevo (Italo) Confessions of Zeno, first English edition, original cloth, 1930 § Murasaki (Lady) The Tale of Genji, translated by Arthur Waley, front free endpaper torn away, ownership name on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, chips and nicks to extremities, lightly rubbed, 1935; and a large quantity of others, literature, v.s. (c.550)

France.- [Hardoin de la Reynnerie (Louis-Eugène)] Consultation pour les Actionnaires de la Compagnie des Indes, first edition, title with woodcut arms of the French East India Company, woodcut head-piece, letterpress tables at end, one folding, modern marbled boards, roan label, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 13586; Not in Kress], Paris, Lottin, 1788 § Calonne (Charles Alexandre de) Requête au Roi, 2 parts in 1, half-title to part 2, errata leaf at end, original boards, uncut, rubbed & soiled, rebacked, [Kress B1174; Einaudi 801], [T.Spilsbury], 1787 § Hocquart de Coubron (M.) Nouvelles Vues sur l'Administration des Finances, et sur l'Allégement de l'Impôt, first edition, half-title, tables, errata leaf at end, [Kress B885], The Hague, 1785; Calculs sur la Circulation, relativement aux Impôts..., first edition, large folding table, "Londres", T.Spilsbury, 1787, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked § Levesque (P.Ch.) L'Homme Moral, ou l'Homme Considéré tant dans l'Etat de pure Nature, que dans la Société, first edition, title with ornamental border, contemporary blue paste-paper boards, rubbed, rebacked in calf, Amsterdam, 1775; and 7 others, French economics etc., v.s. (11) *** The first is a substantial paper relating to the termination of the old Compagnie des Indes and the creation of the new one. The life of the Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales was a short one after Clive's largely successful anti-French campaigns in India. Louis XVI decided to nationalise the Company's assets and, between 1769 and about 1790 most of these assets were taken over by the French government at often a derisory low value. The Company was finally wound up in 1795.

Cruikshank (Isaac).- Woodward (George Moutard) Eccentric Excursions or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, first edition, engraved title, hand-coloured frontispiece and 98 hand-coloured plates, by Cruikshank after Woodward, 5 folding, several plates with carefully repaired tears, frontispiece detached and loose with rough edges, title with surface dirt and stains, scattered spotting and surface dirt throughout, a few on sturdy paper, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine with black morocco label 'Eccentric Excursions, rubbed and scuffed with small loss to upper section, upper joint just starting to crack, corners and extremities worn, [Rosenbach 207], 4to, 1796.

Cooke (John Conrade) Cookery and Confectionery, first and only edition, engraved additional pictorial title depicting cherubs cooking and making an ornate cake and 14 plates of utensils and ornate pastry works, some plates trimmed, affecting imprint of plates 4 and 5, closely trimmed, particularly at head, where just touching some headlines and pagination, some water-staining, spotted, lightly browned, small Cooks Books label to inner rear cover, later half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with leather label, [Bitting p.98; Simon BG 385; Oxford p.154], scarce in commerce, 12mo, For W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1824.   

Municipal Corporations.- City of Birmingham. Public Parks and Pleasure Grounds. Their Cost, Areas, and Maintenance; Bye-Laws and Regulations..., first edition, 14 folding lithographed plans with outlines in green, original cloth, upper cover slightly marked, [Birmingham], 1892 § Roots (George) The Charters of the Town of Kingston upon Thames..., first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, old ink inscription to head of title, faint trace of stamp to final leaf, modern half calf, T.Cadell, Jun. & W.Davies, 1797 § Hill (Sir Richard) Hard Measure, or a Real Statement of Facts, in a Letter to the Burgesses, and Freemen Burgesses of the Town of Shrewsbury..., second edition, light stain to title, a little foxing, modern boards, [Goldsmiths' 16862], J.Stockdale, [1795] § Corporation Annual (The); or, Recollections (not random) of the first Reformed Town Council, of the Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, first edition, with satirised individuals identified in pencil at head of page, title soiled and with small sticker at head, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1836; and 3 others on the corporations of Hull, Warwick, and Great Torrington in Devon, 8vo (7) 

Browne (Sir Thomas) Certain Miscellany Tracts, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking final blank, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Printed for Charles Mearne, and are to be sold by Henry Bonwick, 1684.

Legal Cases.- Richardson (Robert) A State of the Evidence in the Cause between His Grace the Duke of Hamilton...and Archibald Douglas..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of title, a few contemporary ink annotations, title repaired at upper outer corner not affecting text, last few leaves stained, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, C.Bathurst, 1769 § [Plowden (Francis)] The Case of the Earl of Newburgh, and Lord Viscount Kinnaird, 1783; Reasons for the late Earl of Newburgh's Application to Parliament, with an Appendix comprising the Case of the Present Earl, [1786], together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, the first a little spotted and soiled, modern cloth § [Ker (John, fan-painter)] The Breach of Promise; or, Mis-led Nobleman, by Artful Teachers; or, Honor Sold for the Sake of a Trifle, first edition, title soiled, old cloth-backed boards, stained at edges, 1814; and 2 others on cases of bigamy and legitimacy, v.s. (5) *** The first is a particularly influential analysis of the enormous quantity of evidence produced in the famous society legal case of Hamilton v Douglas - the so-called Douglas cause which turned on the legitimacy and true parentage of Archibald Douglas (1748-1827) and his claim, launched in 1761, to the extensive Douglas estates. The case itself lasted some seven years, being finally resolved in Douglas's favour by the House of Lords in early 1769. The two Plowden pamphlets were a result of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion and the execution in 1716 of James Radcliffe, the 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, and the confiscation of Jacobite estates. Charles Radcliffe (1693-1740), beheaded after the 1745 rebellion, left a son and heir, James Bartholomew Radcliffe (1725-1786), who became third Earl of Newburgh and was granted £30,000 from the Derwentwater estates. The author, Francis Peter Plowden (1749-1829), was a Roman Catholic historian and lawyer. The second item in the volume is scarce with ESTC recording only 4 UK copies (BL, Bodleian, & 2 copies in Senate House Library). The final item is an interesting but rather sad case of a "Mr John Ker, of Linton, one of the Roxburgh family, grandson of Andrew Ker, who was Lieutenant in the Coldstream Regiment of Guards in George the First's reign....Andrew Ker unfortunately lost his estates at cards, which left his children unprovided for....". As a result of this disaster John Ker had come to an understanding that he would be helped by the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh having "very kindly received me, as a branch of that family". In fact things went disastrously wrong. The present rare pamphlet sets out the situation from Ker's point of view together with transcripts of correspondence. It had all the signs of a friendly, even intimate, relationship with a mutual exchange of social contacts. Library Hub lists only 2 copies (BL & National Library of Scotland).

Milk & dairy products.- Martin (Barthélemy) Traité du lait, du choix qu’on en doit faire, & de la manière d’en user, second edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title working loose, F2 small piece from outer margin, R8 small hole in text, with loss of a few letters, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, joints splitting but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Cagle 314; Vicaire 571; Cf. Bitting, p. 312 (1699 & note)], 12mo, Paris, Laurent d’Houry, 1706.  *** Rare little work. Includes butter, cheeses, and the medicinal uses of milk. This corrected and augmented edition is preceded by the first of 1684 and a reprint of that in 1699. 

Universities.- [Rawlinson (Richard)] A Full and Impartial Account of the Oxford-Riots..., only edition, final advertisement leaf, water-stained, worming to inner margin extending into text with slight loss, modern cloth, for L.Fleetwood, 1715 § [Dalrymple (Charles)] Report of the Trial of the Students on the charge of Mobbing, Rioting, and Assault at the College, on January 11 & 12, 1838, 1838 bound with [Forbes (Edward)] The University Snowdrop: An Appendix to the Great Trial..., 4 lithographed plates, most folding, 1838, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, contemporary ink inscription to head of titles, modern cloth, Edinburgh § Hamilton (Sir William) Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform, first edition, presentation copy from the author to the classical scholar Prof. William Ramsay with pasted in slip to front free endpaper and Ramsay's bookplate, contemporary red calf, gilt, rebacked preserving old spine, 1852 § [Paris (John) & Samuel White.] The True State of Trinity College, in a Letter to a Residing Fellow of that Society, second edition, a little spotted and soiled, modern cloth, for John Morphew, 1710 § Prospectus (The) and Deed of Settlement of Queen's College, Bath, auxiliary to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, [2 copies], only edition, half-title, foxed, contemporary cloth, rubbed and faded, 1839; and 2 others on universities, 8vo (8) *** The first is an account of the largely pro-Jacobite disturbances in Oxford in May 1715, by the Jacobite clergyman and book-collector Richard Rawlinson. The rioters severely damaged a number of Dissenters' Meeting houses, including one used by Baptists. This resulted in the publication of this anonymous pamphlet in which charges of sexual impropriety were levelled at one of the Baptist ministers.The second and third items concern five university students, Charles John Dalrymple, Alfred Westmacott, John Aikenhead, Robert Scot Skirving, and Edward Kellet, who had all been tried at the Sheriff Court in Edinburgh for taking part in a large-scale snowball fight which seems to have got rather out of hand. The police and the magistrates were accused of over-reacting although all the students were eventually acquitted.Queen's College, Bath, proposed in the last pamphlet, was never built.